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Circular of the Postmaster General. Tlit" Postmaster Ucneral has addressed a let- j ler ti> Mr. George Mattingly Postmaster of New j York, in reply ton note from (lie latter wish- | ing to lenni whether any provision has been ] made liy the ]>epnrtinent for the relief of its ] creditors and the extinguishment of its liabili- I ties, which have already matured and ore nufr < payuble, The reply is too long for our columns' j but tin- following are its most matt-rial points: Tlie I,"?s!nin?t<lr General states that Congress i lias, for till! tii-M titan sine* the organization of the government, failed to make provision for the dt'|>:"i >;nent. Had nil the next Congress been elet'ed. /ho President might, on the 4th j of MiirC?>, haveeallvd an extra session, and the ] Ottiisssiou of the late Congress been supplied. I Hut. it was impossible t<i do so without disfranchising fifteen of the sovereign States. This was most unfortunate. Tiiere ought to be no time when a full Congress could not be convened, and it is firmly hoped such a state of affairs may never occur agaiu. Had the bill which failed made provision only for the tiAcul year commencing on the first of July, there would have been obviously no necessity for an vxtrn session. Th?> il.-fi. 13tli of June will amount to $1,385.381?nearly ^761.000 of which being an nn|>ai<l balance accumulating on tlio Slat of December and tl?o j?8tl? of February. and which can ami will he paid l>y tlie department witliin sixty days Irom date?the payment of the principal part within thirty days. The l'o.-tmnstor General also makes other statements to show that it would impossible to convene Congress in time to meet the great bulk of the responsibilities without virtually excluding (roin Congress the representatives of several of th? sovereign States. In the judgment of the I'resiilent, the lesser evil was to wait until the lirst Monday of December, when Congress will In- full Contracts can never be repudiated. After the amounts due shall be ascertained, they become debts which must be paid. Un this the contractors, if they desire, can j borrow money, and the lender can have no | better security, lVovicion should be made for ! the payment of the interest, which would j amount to less than $lliit.ut)(). A system of retrenchment, so far as prnetica- I ble, is now an imperative duty. By the act of 1858 Congress established six hundred and ninety-five pnst-rou'es, the service of winch includes t he St. Paul'and I'uget Sound route, established in 18.">5, but not yet put in operation. It has been estimated that these require An annual appropriation of ?tiu-l.-188. over and aoove the receipts accruing, therefore not h d'HIar has been appropriated for this purpose, and, as consequence, though contracts for these routes have been advertised and proposals received, they cannot be put in operation until provision shall be made by law. John G. Saxk'.h Tiirei: Travellers.?Saxe, in a letter ti> tli?? H,winn 1 ~ '' * voi, urnws mese portraits nf thr^? familiar travellers : "lot. the man who travels with his wife; 2d, the man who travels with his wife's sister; 3d, the pian who travels with another man's wife, 'l'lie first tut! is extremely common, and not particularly interesting. The man i* taciturn, an?l sleeps apparently a? much as he cun ; the" "Ionian has a slightly subdued expression of face, and looks a good deal at the scenery along the road, of which she says, for the most j part?nothiiiL'. When she does speak as some- i times happens at the sipht. of something very I remarkable, she says, "Sec?John ! "?that is i all. The man looks carefully after the haggage, and assures his spouse, in reply to a questi' n, that it's "all right." The woman takes care of the small "traps," and seein comfortable and contented. Altogether, tliey hehavc ?piite rationally, and, in spite of their seeming unsociability, are really very fond of each oilier, and will make a very pleasant trip of it?not only to the etui of their railroad tour, but to the terminus of their matrimonial journey. The man who travels with his wife's 6istcr carries himself, perhaps, in the main, like the man who travels with his wife. Hut he is much more talkative, and takes more pains to be agreeable, lie feels that more is expected of him, and as it goes in commercial atfairs, the supply is equal to the demand. A pleasant thing is a wife's sister, unless, indeed, she is quite reverse?and that is not I lie sort of woman 1 am talking of. She takes the wife's nl... !-- i ? - i>mkc kni; uMire numei nnes, aim innv clianee | make n stop-mother. Why not f?for is elm not already tin? mint of tier nieces mid nephew*? This rf*>rt of marriage, however, is, I believe, anti-Levitical: mid some of the theologians don't approve of it?which is a pity. The tunn who travels with another man's wife isof n much more marked behavior. How attentive he is to all the real possible wants of the lady. He respects her whims even, which, you may be sure, her husband does not, at home or abroad. How carefully he hands her :h and out ! How seduously he piles her ear with discourse ! And vet he imagines people take him for the lady's spouse. jio, 1113' dear sir, the briiki'inan in the corner knows better than that. Husbands may be uxorious, but .1'"' kindness such as yours is more like that . A&r of cavalier servintc?which after all, I dare ray you are not. lis tiresome though, after a -r while, md ess the lady is remarkably attractive, and pays her own fare, (which she sometimes forgets,)and, on a journey of a thousand miles, jour own Wife is much the more agreeable companion. Tiie Wasdf.uf.r's Negroes.?To the Editor of the N. Y. Tribune.?Sir: In the morning rdi _,ti?n von inquiie. what has become of the Wanv. ; '? " derer's bIiives ? *" They are s?ol?7 throughout theSouth. I have known of their being offered in Augusta Geo., and ioj/iVcstern-Alabama?in the latter region they brought ?700 to $800, similar negroes of home raising liririging $!,2'iO to $1,500. One authority?nSouthern editor?informed me in private con vermilion,-that they looked wetl but evidently wcr?< easily cowed. Anothergeiitleiiian a* ti ong believer in thepecoliiir institution, writes us: They are a miserable looking set, hnboor-'.ooking, little bone or inun cle,-ai>d scarcely able to move, which is not to be wondered :it as they prefer to eat acorns and raw eorn." New York isoverrun with Southern buyers, and the merchants here as wild aficr Southern trade, as they were two year* since after Western trade. An old Southern merchant said, a day or two since : "There are fellows hero from the South who hftve not got a cent, never had; and never will have." ^ 1 prophesy, being wfell acquainted with" Southern modes of business and their resources, that, in a year or two All - ir i- "" " we ?ew i oi k inerciinuis will have as many or more "Jurne duck* "South than r.o'w Weal. Fisk Art.?The pictmes advertised by the Master in Equity, James Tupper. Esq., were sold -yesterday nt 1*2 in., at his office, by Misers. Wilbur and Sou. auctioneers. The pririci pal picture in the collection was the Spalntro. or Bloody Hand, by Washington AiUton. This picture was painted for the late Horn. Elin> Bali, and hns been regarded an one of the best works oftlie distinguished arid lamented artist. We were gratified to see so large an attendance of our citizens, and more than pleated to knoW that the Spalatro was secured by one of them, and will not, therefore leave our State,' n bad been somewhat anticipated. , Chat. Mcrcury Tmr Mississippi River.?We copy tho following from the Memphis Bulletin of the 23d io?L iJespatches from St. Louis and Louis ilk, of tlm 22d instant, report the driver at th?M two points as rising rapidly : 1 The rivir, in the twenty-four hours ending at four o'clock last evening, had fallen, one nan incn, me mil Having neon checlred, doubtlifts, by'tlie heavy raios* of* Sunday anil Monday ni^liU. ? We learn ofseveral novr brealls io the levee below, some of*which are doing considerable . damage. That at M?nly'?, ftelow Napoleon. i reported to be n very bad one, and has 'earned immense lose to Mr. Manly, who was forced yesterday to flee wilb bis family fot " ai?d ot|>er planters in the imtnediq^o vicinity, Paentlia/Vriar's Point ?*d Delta are nlKuud*r writer, and Hftrbelt'a and Gray's landings nearly^s^-' fVoatf breaks have oourred afGen. Clarice and at Mr. Robb's. opposite Thomp oattnAflaW from which the adjaoent oountry T? Wing Vcry^saerally flooded/kl THE INDEPENDENT PRESS & rvfcLisiiKt) tvfcay kridaV MvihNilto nv mb & wilson. W. A. Leu, ? Editor, Individuals, like nations, fait in nothing which | t/k'ii l/otiltif <rfh'iu/it, trhen sustained fit/ virtuous | i pur post-, o !! ' dttermi ifd resolution.?Hknry Clav | " Willing to jiraisr, ljrt not afraid to blame." Terms?Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. | ABBEVILLE C. H. KKIDAY, AriilL 1, 1859. | Clubbing with Magazines. The example ol several of our contetr por?ries of the press, suggests the propriety of reminding our readers, that wo are prepared to furnish our paper in connection with the popular monthlies of the Season at reduced rates. We will furnish the PItHSS and cither " IIAltrElt." "GODEY," "GHAIIAM or the ' KNICKERBOCKERfor FOUR DOLLARS ; and ' PETERSON " or "Arthur" with the PRESS for ?which is only $1 in advance upon the current rates of those Magazines. Such magazines as HARPER, OODEY and others, with their attractions literary ami pictorial are iuvaluable to the family circle, and with the local incidents and general miscellany of the country paper, constitute a fund of entertainment, which well repays the pecuniary outlay. AVe are indebted to the Hon. S. A. Douglas for n pamphlet of 32 pages, containing his speech in reply to Senator Brown, on the subject of the Territories; it contains, also, an ap- < pendix intended to show the position <ifotlir-r? on this question, id the contests of 1804 and 1850. i Advertisements. We dircct the especial attention of our readers to tho vniions now mid attractive advertisements which appear in our present issue. 1 ^".Messrs. CJRAY Jt UOHBRTSON, it will he ! seen appropriate a whole column to themselves. What better evidence won lil our friends have of the taste, enterprise and liberality of these gentlemen. Call nt No. 1. Granite Range, where you will find all the novelties of the Season. C^"Messrs. MOORE A- QUAIFE, promise for our next issue n full descriptive catalogue of ' their new and fashionable styles, ami in the meantime would dircet attention to their programme in another column, as giving an idea nf the space which they intend to occupy, in ' describing their various att motions. ' Z3P Mr. A. A. WILLIAMS so well and favor- ' hly known to our business community presents himself as a new candidate for public favor, lie hasjnst returned from New York where he hns laid in a varied stock of all the attractive , a i i'Iao ll.x c ' i . . .... ?.j.w V, .us ucnauii, mill which lie will taka | groat pleasure in showing to his numerous c friends. Give hiui a call. ] Z2T Messrs. B. M. <k S. A. WIXSTOCK Imve r opened at tlieir well known stand, at the corner of llie " Marshall House a large and varied j assortment of ready-made clothing, embracing ^ ull the latestSpring and Summer etylea. These gentlemen sell on the most liberal terms, and i have a variety to suit, every taste. ? Messrs. ROCIIB <fc CHRISTIAN'S Xem j Boot and S/ioc &hoj> is one of the attractions of > the season, and commends itself to the liberal < patronage of the public. The experiwnce of ^ Mr. Roche has enabled him to lay in a very f superior Stock, made of the very best material i by the best Northern Workmen, and warranted t to give satisfaction. Be sure to examine their fine Stock. Read the advertisement of M. STRAUSS, of Cokcsbury, who is now offering a portion of o his valuable Stock, at very reduced prices. 3 The attention of Contractors is invited to c the advertisement of Mr. R. J. WHITE!, in 3 another column. < Reail the advertisement of Dr. Martin's t great remedy for consumption. r See the Professional Card of Drs. ANDER- E SOX A McSWAIN, of New Market. * v Note the change of Schedule of tlie Wash- I in^ton Stage Line ; the change in the Sheriff's 1 udvertisenieiils, the notice of tho Comuiissioner and other advertisements. Beautiful Designs. 1 We have been shown by Mr. Joseph D. Daly, I the Architect, the plans for the fino Brick * Range of Stores to he erected by Mr. R. J. c White, on the. burnt district, and also some ' beautiful designs of private mansions, prepared ' for Jnines M. Porrin, Esq., f?en. A. M. Smith, ' and others of our citizens. They reflect the 1 highest Tedit upon the skill of the architect < and the liberality of the projectors, and will, ' when completed, add greatly to the beauty and t attractiveness of our Village. Mr. Daly is in- 1 troilucing among us the most approved styles of ' architecture, and our citizens nre beginning to I n rtf?rA/>iflt < t ll/? mi'o nninn nf ????! il ' "11 "" Oil" MII1H.J which mark his designs. lie terms to have 1 hi*hands full, hut will he no doubt, equal to | the demand. He wield* a ready pencil, and I possesses indcfatignhle eneriry. < The Tilt. 1 Ourroadera will not forget the "Fancy Tilt" hy theyout.hful equestrians, on this afternoon? also the Tilt of the Southern Rights Dragoons ' on the morning following. We anticipate a 1 large attendance. 1 Hon. M. L Bonham. The Edgefield Adaertiier announce* that Gen. Bonham will address the citizens of Edgefield District at the Court House on tale day in i April. i To the Citizens of Ookasbury and Neigh- 1 borhood. ' C. II. Lanmkau, Amhrotypist, will be in 1 Cokesbury on the 2d or 3d of April, and will be ' prepmed to receive visitors, at his room, on ttie premises of Dr. Connor, on Monday, the 1 4th inst. I We trike pleasure in commending Mr. Lan- | neaXj to the citizens of Cokesbury, as an ac- ( coinplished artist and courteous gentleman. He | leaves mnny friends in Abbeville village, who i appreciate his merits, and will be glad to hear | of hit continued success. ' Edgefield Advertiser. The last number of this valuable jonrn)^ comes ttt'us much enlarged and improved. It , has assumed a new and becoming drees, and | presents a very neat and tasteful appearance. , The Advertiser is one of the best conducted journals in the State. It is edited with ability, | and has been ever noted for ita independent and consistency. We congratulate lb* proprietors upou the evidence* of ita increasing" propperity. m 9 m ' J Unlucky. A' gentfeman in Cincinnati. a few daya ainee, | etuptiod hia pockets of * parcel of l?tfer* and Y papera which he had keaomolated thare and bnrnt them. The next morning ho discovered thai among them was on a eontaufmg fnOO in f Isilli ?bbh ha had intandad for the sail. I -lo-- ? .... Village IitqJtovemonti!. It gives us great pleasure to state that the front section of the corner lot of tlie Burnt District, lately owned by Mr*. Allen, has been recently purchased by Mr. Hobt. J. White of our village, and tlint thia gentleman inteiwlx erecting shortly n fine range of Dry Good* Stores. The range will extend the whole front of the lot, comprising four stores. It will be a massive hrick structure, with a beautiful imitation marble front, and will he quite an ornament to the Public Square. The stores wiil be lnrge. airy nnd commodious, and will enable the occupants to do full justice to the large and varied stocks which are now beimr brought c r? " to this market. Three of the stores have already been engaged by the Messrs. White, Messrs. Wicr ?fc Lythgoe, and Mr. A. A. Williams, and we lenru that there hove been several applications for the fourth. The building will be commenced at once, and plan* and specifications will he furnished to Contractors by Mr. Daly the architect, at the Marshall House. In connection with the above building, and upon the adjoining lot, Mr. J. A. Allen also intends erecting u store?which will be of uniform dimensions with the foregoing and embraced in the s.tme Range. The lot formerly occupied by the " Uatney Hotel is now owned l?y Mr. Win. l)orn of our District, and we learn that he intends building very soon, and will no doubt erect an edifice which will he in keeping with the surrounding structures. Mr. John McLaren of our village, the proprietor of the corner lot adjoining the "Marshall House,*' and which is now occupied by the store of Messrs. Moore and Quuife, has it also in contemplation, we bear, to erect a fine building, with two stores in the basement, and a large Public IIull uhove. This lust by the way will be a great acquisition, and wo hail the idea with unmingled pleasure. JCear by standi the I'ost Office, and we learn Llint there are now in the hands of the contractor, plans for various additions and improvements to the building aud for providing it with tuitnble boxes. Our citizens whilst attending to their secular interests have been equally alive to sacred .hings. Our Presbyterian brethren have it in contemplation to build a new Church, or to nake extensive additions to the old edifice? ?nd an adjourned meeting ?f the Congregation Evill be held next week to determine upon the propositions. The plan of the new Episcopal Jhurch has been agreed upon and the work of building will soon be vigorously prosecuted. In the meantime various other works of private enterprise either in progress or contemplation nttest the liberality and enterprise of )iir citizens, and give evidence of the increasng prosperity of our village. New Literary Journal. \v? ? :!! ! |iuuiaail ill uur IIVAt llltt |1I*IW j rectus of this new Literary Journnl, which is to I >e established at Columbia, under the editorial hnrge of Howard II. Caldwell, and J. Wood Davidson, so well and favorably known to the 'ending public: The following well-known Southern writerB lave expressed their sympathy with the enerprise and llieir intention to contribute: lion. A. B. Meek, A. J. Reqnier, The Abbe louqiiotte, John W. Overall, lion. C. Gayarre, )r. O. B. Maj-er, John K. Thompson, l'aul II. layre, Henry Tiinrud, J. Wood Davidson, 0. il. Lieber, W. M. Martin, Madame Le Vert, ?Irs. Caroline Glovor, Mrs. M. Martin, Miss iallie Ada Iteeily. President Longsireet, Proessor LeCoute, Prof. LaBorde, Prof. Rivers, Yof Venable, Prof. Reynolds, Pi of. Barnwell, Vof. Dupre. A Blue Ridge Railroad Serenade. The Anderson Gazette contains a long account if a serenade, given during court week, to ilnj. Perry an?l Gen. McGowan, for their advo aey of the Blue Ridge Railroad enterprise.? ilaj. \V. 1). Simpson, of Laurens, wns also icrenaded, though lie wns known to be opposed o the road. The Gazette anys lie was esteemed lone tlio less ns a high-minded and lionorahlu ;entlemnn. Hon. C. 1'. Sullivan, of Laurens, ?.iscalled for, but had retired, and declined, lirough a friend, addressing them at so late an lour. English Reform. From the details of foreign news hy the Washington, we learn thattlic long-promised >ill for a reform of parliamentary representaion was introduced into the House of Commons >n the 28th ult., Mr. Disraeli, the Chancellor >f the Exchequer, entering into an extended irmlyeis of the measure. The bill enlarges the Yanchise, extend ing it. to a large body of the eople heretofore excluded, and at the same .iriie disfranchising another large body of the ictual electors. The bill was vehemently attacked by the Opposition, and but feebly sustained by the Ministry. The Press was. of course, divided os to the merits of tlie bill; the balance ofopiuion incliuing against it. One frnit sf the new measure watt already gathered in ihe retirement of two of the Cabinet, Mr. Wal|>ole, the Home Secretary, and Sir. Henley, President of the Board of Trade. Other changes arc rumored as on the eve of occurrence. Military Commission. We learn ssys the Carolinian that Gov. Gist has appointed Capt. Allen J. Green, of our cit , a member of the Military Commission to revise the Militia Laws of the State. A preliminary meeting is to be held in Charleston, on the 8th of April. The Richmond Litpalch says that there is a number of new and handsome dwellings and storescommenced and projected in thatcity for this spring and the ensuing summer than at iny time for any preceding year, and that there is a very great improvement in the style aud ircbitecture of the new buildings. An actor in Georgia, in tho course of a play, kissed the wife of a brother actor once oftener Jian the authorised version of the play required, and was thereupon aeverely whipped by .he out-raged husUand. Having been a "star" before, and now being provided with the 'stripes," ho thinks he is entitled to represent the flag of bis country. Slave Trade in Cuba. The Ilavana correspondent of the 8avannaK Republican writes: During the yeara I have resided on this Island the average annual number of Africans imported has been about eight thousand. Last year, however, that number was nearly trebled?twenty three thousand laving been imported. 1 Bxtrema Penalty. The Charleston Mercury of the 2Stb, states that on that day Richard J. Foster was to have been hting, at the jail yard in thateity.' He iru conricUd of burgTary, and M&krooed at & laty Fait Term of Ceurt> j The Parmm' and Exchange Bank Chftr * *** ***' " * The University Of the South. The Board of Trustees of the University of the South, during its recent meeting fit. the Beershelm Springs, Tenn., having re-aflirtiiad their former decision, selecting us the site of the proposed University, thut portion of tlie Cumberland plateau, called Sewonee, ami having li >n11 v sett'ed the question of location, aeommittee consisting of Uishopfi Elliott and Polk. the llev. Ah-x. Oregg, mid Messrs. Geo. Fairbanks, and Jno. A. Calhoun, were appointed to set forth the reasons of the decision, and lo furnish the fullest information us to tho ail vantages of tlio locality. We are indebted to a frii-inl for a copy of litis address, which presents in a clear point of view, the ninny considerations which determined the Hoard to make Sewuneu the site of tlie projected lusti tution. Tliis Institution is intended to concentrate the patronage of ten Dioeesee of the Episcopal Church, extending from the Southern Hue of Kentucky and Virginia to the Western limits of Texas and Arkansas. Though under the charge of a church, it is in 110 sense intended to he sectarian, liut appeals to the sympathy nnd patronage of men of every name and profession at the South. It is designed to elevate the standard of literary culture and scientific attainment in our midst, to relieve us from the necessity of importing our Instruc tors, moral mid iiitellectu.il from otliel* lands ; find whil.-t witli itsninple endowment of 000, it will furnish every literary facility, it will nfTord an education imhu*d witli the spirit of our institutions, and in harmony with our cherished principles. The Address se's forth in detail the advantages of the proposed location.?It wnsdesir? aide that the select ion should lie made of a central position, of undoubted health, ami easy coiiimunieation with all parts of the confederation, and which should be surrounded hy a farming country, furnishing all the neeessurit s of life at a moderate expense. Again as a literary institution at the South should furnish employment to the student during the Summer months, when the paternal mansion is deserted, it should lie located in a high mountain region where the cool brucing climate will restore the energies which are wasted hy intellectual toil. Airilin I III' lunation ol..?..l.l those natural attraction*, which would make it a desirable residence, and thus create a social atmosphere of its owu around the University. These advantages are ull combined in the location which the Board has chosen atSewannoe. It stands upon the elevated plateau ol the Cumberland mountain, l'JOO feet above the level of the ocean, possessing a climate equivalent to that of Flat Rock in N.C. It is above the level of intermittent disease : is blessed with an abtindauce of the purest water, is covered with excellent timber, has the very best building stone, and an inexhaustible supply of fuel in the coal mines at iis very door, and is connected by Railroad with one of the richest farming countries of the West. Form, ing the Eastern limitofthc Great Mississippi valley, and easy of aco-ss at many points it must form the Summer resort of those wealthy planters, who desire to recruit, their families during the Summer months, nt a convenient .i:.< r- - uiownwc iiviii uicir | I <1111 11 LC llIlCrt'M. After n clear ftn?l forcible statement of the ml vantages of the proposed location the Address concludes with the following eloquent appeal in behalf of the University which must find a response in every Southern brcust: Such ore the reasons which have induced the Board of Trustees to adhere t<i their choice of Sewanee as the fittest site for the University. Tliey have had but one object in view, the best interests of the Institution which t hey ore endeavoring to create for the benefit and blessing of the Southern States. Could they have been swi?yed by any mercenary or short-sighted motives, inducements of a pecuniary kind would have directed their attention elsewhere. But they were acting under a solemn sense of the deep responsibility which rested upon thein in this matter. They felr that. they had volunteered to perform for the South a work which was to bless it for ages to come, which was to mould its morals and its learning, which wns to raise its trailing banner from the dust and plant it upon an equal height with those of other civilized people. If they failed, thescheme was likelv to fail with thi-rn lia tude would prevent others from undertaking it, and there would he n<> hope of high scholar ship engendered among ourselves. We should continue to be dependents in ibis as in every thing else. We should continue to import Teachers, Clergymen. Professors, and Literary men from other lands. We should return nothing to the common stock of literature and" science, and should be aliens from the commonwealth of letters. We should leave our it>stitutions with the stigma resting upon thehi of degrading instead of elevating our aocial condition. All these consequences were before us when we made our choice, and in full view of them, with a holy pride for the elevation of our homes, with a becoming zeal for the moral culture of our people, with a love, parsing the love of woman, for the land of the sun and the slave, we were willing to stake our judgments upon the selection and leave it to time to vindicate its soundness. And we call upon the men of the Squill to rally Hround us ; not upon churchmen only, but upon all good men and true of whatever name and profession 1 We have undertaken una tiling as a Uliurcli, because there was no other way of doing it. The government of such an university must be mi unit, harmonious in its principle*, views and feelings. Hut it is in no i-ense intended to lie sectarian. Itf? curriculum will extend through every branch of learning and science?iudoors will bo open to students of every numo and sect?its conduct will be Catholic in the very highest sense of the word. If the States could have done this work, wc should have let it aloue. But they could not accomplish it, for there can be no unity in a State Institution. It can be accomplished only through a body, whose principles are settled, wlio.?e basis is immovable, whose officers lire permanent, whose spirit, while determined, is large and comprehensive. Confident in our possession of these thing* we have undertaken this task. We have shadowed forth our ideal?we have laid the foundations broad and deep. It remains for you to rally around us, and by your wealth, your counsel, your active co operation, to enable u? to build up an University which ehall offer your sous the highest literary culture, which shall surround your homes with the refinement of scholarship and piety, and which shall vindicate the Southern States from the obloquy of ignorauoeand barbarism. ?S- Cheap Postage. Referring to the increased expenditures of the Post office Department over (he income during the last six years, the New York Evening Pott aay?: " The nvstem of cheap postage has not -been to blame for this ; the system of chWp pontage lias yielded liberally, and with the exception of tliQyear of 1868, when tljere was a falling off in its re teniae, itjhasgone on from year to year with stead ily increasing ineoine, so tlmi m 1867, the year of tbis great extra vaganct'in the Post otffoe expand it ur??, it hajdgeatnied the nm ofjjtl;op8.952, or. rioreJhao f fnjllion and a quarter of dollar* toy*od Wh?t ifaWJ irffthe lastvear of the Ave cent D&tage. That the revenue of tha POst-offisf itfeiXyanrs, urute#the cheap po*tage.sy?Um had grown to be I*i\ger by on? aiguT than lt,had bepo *ita the most5 prodoetfY* ftaii of the ??nt poeUge, ought 14 bave^atrtfied any reasonable sanitations. It ie almos^preal^W'C^rrespondrtt Uvtbe i?crease of opr io&e fime period, t? h 9 +> .* v., ' . \ , v" ? . " i?'' - -It. *? Cotton Statemont. The receipt* of cottun in Charleston for the post week were, by railroads 10,209 bales ; by water niul wngon 1.388 bales?together 11,697 bales?corresponding week last year 10,662 bales. The exports from Charleston for the same time were, to foreign ports 9,260 bales ; coast wine 3.833 bnles?milking the lotal exports of the week 13,093 Imles, and leaving on hand a Block of ft 1,814 bales, inclusive of 13.102 bale* on ship-board not cleared, against a stock of 58,947 bales, and 18,889 bales on shipboard same time last year. The sales in Charleston during the past, week amounted to 8,8oo bales, at prices ranging fr??m 12? to 13$. The total receipts at all the porta during the past week amounted to 63,874 bales, against A.. ?,.> 1--I : - * uu,? i v uuit-o, rcceivcu utiruit^ Mie name period last year. The total receipts at all the porta since the 1st ofSeptember, ainounl to 3,l7?>,Of>9 bales. against 2.330,880 lip to tlie same'dates last, year, allowing an increase tliis y?ar of 833.089 bales. Tlie exports to Great Britain tip to tlie latest dates, amounts to 1,131,1)39. showing an increase on tlie exports to ilmt country last year of 2114,913 bales. Tlie shipments to Northern ports show an increase of 392,132 bales from the shipments of last year. The slock on hand and on ship-hoard at all the ports,up to the latest dates, amounts to 870,01 1 hales, being 87,391 hales more than the stock on hand at the corresponding date last year. Mexico. If the latest news from Mexico, says the Journal of Commerce, he not almost, wholly unreliable, there is now good reason to hope that the Liberals or Juarez party will succeed in their struggle with Miramon and the church faction, and that before long they will have proved by their physical superiority that they are justly entitled to be considered the representatives of the wishes of tiie Mexican people. Should this hope be realized, we believe that Mr. Mc Lunc will immediately recognize the Juarez government, nnd thus give them that moral support which they have so much needed, both nt home and abroad. Although hitherto the sympathies our government. nnd people have been decidedly with Junrez mul the principles which he represent?, it was hardly possible for President Buchanan to recognize him as the government tie 'facto of Mexico, while almost the entire country, with the exception of Vera Cruz, wns in possession of the Conservatives or Church party. It wns iilln to assert that the masses of the Mexican people were in lavorof Junrez while four fifths of the country wus held by Zulnira Jnnd Miruinon ; and however sincerely we might desire the triumph of that party whose principles accorded most nearly with tlnii>e which we profess and practise, we had no right to inter vene for the mere purpose of setting up this or that, faction, so long as our own safety did not require our interference, and so long as foreign governments abstained from meddling for the iiilvnntnue of one side or the other. 1'resident Buchanan has distinct ly announced his preference for Juarez, his hope that the Liberals would triumph, nnd his conviction that in such nn event, the differences which exist bet ween the United Stales nnd Mexico would be speedily nnd satisfactorily adjusted. The American people entertained similar convictions and sentiments ; and while they have watched the ..r.- -r ... .1 ? HIIICIII. HI CveiMH III lliu ?lt;XICI>n Republic, tlicy have, we think, wisely stood aloof, niiil left the Mexicans to eel tie their own affairs, ami determine for thcmselves what sort of government and what institutions they pre* j for. If Mr. McLnne, when he reaches Mexico, finds, after due inquiry and examination of ! the slate of things there, that Juarez really represents the Mexican people, he will not i recognize and sustain him, and will not, we believe, confine his support ton mere verbal recognition. There are few men in the United .States lietter fitted for the delicate and arduous mission lie has undertaken, than lion Hohert McLnne. lie enjoys the entire confidence of President Buchanan arid Gen. Cass, and hits been entrusted with very large dis oretiunnry powers as to the course he will pursue in Mexico. Doubtless, should he recognize .iunrez, he would speedtlv conclude a treaty, by which the existing claims of American citizens against the Mexican government would lie paid or secured, ami menus provided of enabling the latter to preserve peace, reuatnt.i;^i. ..~.i.._ ?i ? -1.1 VW...VM.M* UU\J Hill ivikiii UIIICI UIIU OIUUIU guv eminent, und restore the national finances aod resources to a sound condition, iliese means can be provided l>y tlie United States alone ; and wo have no doubt that the arrangement can be made without much difficulty, which will prove advantageous to both couutries. m ^ Correspondence of the Courier. New York, March 21. 1859. The funeral of Mike Walsh yesterday was the lakgCM, and called out in the streets through whi<5fi the procession passed the greatest crowd of sjiectutors of any that has taken place] in This city since the death of Bill Poole. Among the pall bearers were several distinguished pol. iticians and gentlemen eminent in the varied walks of life, all of whom were personal friends of the deceased. Of the uumber were Fernando Wood, Ex Mayor; John Cochran, Member ot t:ongrese; Kustice Steers, brother of the late George Steers; George Wilkes. editor of Porter's Spirit of the Time* ; A. G. Williamson, of the Sunday Despatch ; J. T. Brady, <tc. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, has lost his youngest son, Cosmo Gordon Bennett. Mr. Bennett has lo6t several other children, and has living now but one son, the eldest, bearing his own name, who is well known ad a member of the New York Yacht Club, and owner of the yacht Rebecca. Both Mr. Bennett, of the Herald, and Mr. Greeley, of the Tribune, the most widely known editors of the two leading journals, have been especi aly unfortunate hi their families, the latter heing without an heir, and the former having, out of four or five children, but one son. Among the rumors floating around town is one to the effect that Stewart is about to transfer his business from the noble marble building at the* comer of Broadway and Chambers street, to the site of the Metropolitan Hotel. Niblo's lease of the portion of the building rented by him for theatrical purposes expires on the hrstof May next, aod the lease ol the hotel by the Lelands lias not long to run. The Metropolitan building, on beiog vacated by iU present occupants, will it. is said, either be pulled down ftu J replaced with a new editico. or 40 re-inoJeled as to adapt it to the accommodation of Stewart's dc Co.'a enormous and continually increasing business. Humor also says that Delniouico (who occupies the opposite corner) has leased, or is about to lease, the premises now occupied by Stewart <b Co., for a hoteL * Professor Agassis. A doouraent relating to edncution presented to the Massachusetts Legislature, notices the scientific movements of Professor Agassiz since he came to this country in 1846, Itsa'ys: Prof Agassis himself has visited every State in the Union East of (he Rocky mountains, except Iowa and-Texas, accompanied always by one or more Assistants, and by an indefatigable and zealous effort of his own, and a* well as by an infusion of scientific interest la others, lias laid so broad and deep the foundation of liis iuu?ftum, as to maka it certain-beyond a -aouut tnal Willi ine countenance ui iiucim men and th? deserved (Mtronigi of the'St?te, hie collection Will eoon Uawln* not' a imply a monument to Hii'?w? a<wiuir?M>?uU and industry, but an evarl?ting roan tain of knowledge to our dramofPuinh, the enty of the W<ifld. Hbavt V|BM>W!t.-?*tha jnriea of <>? late court la several heavy verdicts.-Among them w*? on* of $5,000 in "John W. >ioK6lUrOa. Albert O. Oaikfnt." In tR* caw, Meairffc Carroll and Gary *?ra tW pUintlff'a attorney". Th? o?Hjos ?m an a?a?l* and ? ? 25"Vy ?? Hili <' - -- - n* - <? liVt communicated. Mr. Editor : I was culled to Cokesbury loflt Friday to unpack and arrange some Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus which I purchased ill New York, iu February,for the Female College, and it so happened lliut the monthly examination of the lower classes occurred during my vis. it, witli which I was exceedingly well pleased The more I see of that school the better am I confirmed in tlifc bSlief that it is one possessing rare advantages for femala education. As intimated above, tli? school now lias the advantage of & good Clieinicul and Philosophical Apparatus, and although limited in extent, it ia Kfrolj sufficient to demonstrate tlio more important principles in these Sciences. In the depart menls of Klectricity, Galvanism, Magn< tism and Pneumatic*, the Apparatus is all that could he asked for as to every essential principle. A slight accident has happened to the Air Pump, which will be very soon repuired, and which will iiicii enuuie me i'roiessor in that, science to give full and nmplo demonstrations in that inter' eating department. In a word, it fceetns to be a leading motive with the Trustees to add every thing necessary in the way of apparatus which the wants of tlio institution may require, or the excellent Faculty may wish. Two first rato Pianos have just been added to those already there, which will enable Professor Aicliel, the head of the Music Department, and Miss Carter, his assistant, just elected, to do everything in the way of music which can be asked for. Mr. Aicliel is a superior teacher of music,"as well as one of the best singers I ever listened to. In this latter accomplishment he gives instruction to the whole school?it is a part of the course. The Coll?ge has uow 120 pupils, with an unexceptionable Faculty to iin part instruction. It is under a religious, but not a denominational influence, as divine service is to bo performed hereafter in the Chapel by the clergy of three or four denominations. I was not shown through the Ornnmental Department, but underHtaud Miss Anderson, who hus it in cliurge, is a superior instructress. I. BRANCH. Anson Bangs &. Co. vs. the Blue Ridge Rnilroad. We copied ssya the Charleston Mercury, an item on the 19th inst., from the Atlanta Intelligenccr, chronicling the proceedings in the United States District Court, ai Marietta, among which was the decision of the case prosecuted against the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, by their former contractors, Messrs. Anson Bnngs & Co. The Marietta Advocate has since come to hand, which, alluding to the session of this Court, says: The subject, of greatest interest at this term, was the opinion of Judge Nicoll in the ca?e of Anson Bangs A Co , against the Blue Ridge Itnilrnad Company. Judge Nicoll. after a lu cid and elaborate examination of all the leading qnestious involved in thecase. grunted an order to dismiss the Bill of Complaints with costs. \V. II. Hall, Esq.. Solicitor for Coin plaints, took at Hi is term nn order of Court preparatory to an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. The decree must he most gratifying to the friends of the Blue Ridge Road, and will operate favorably for the enterprise. The extravagant and even preposterous claims for damages made hy Bangs <fc-Co.. in thi-ir bill, excited public apprehension respecting the result. Audacity and energy are dangerous qualities in an adversary suitor, and frequently make wrong triumphant against every safeguard for the right in the adininiHtration of justice. That the case was to be tried in a foreign jurisdiction, supposed to be under the bias of an adverse interest, increased the apprehension. But fortunately for ihc Blue Ridi?e Road, Bangs <i Co.. saw fit to file a bill on the Chancer side of the United States District Court for the State of Ocorgin. The cause was thus with- j drawn froin the caprice and wantonness which juries sometimes practice, nnil was submitted i to tlie dispassionate and enlightened consideration of the presiding Judge. IHJmipfl <fe Co., should prosecute an appeal, it may confidently he expected that the Supreme Court will affirm the decree of Judgo Xicoll. lie brought to the consideration of the case an impartial and honest mind, the most patient diligence and the mature learning of a long and distinguishsd judicial service. The application of .such eminent faculties warrants great confidence in the conclusions of his judgment. Another Missouri Speech. Somebody has been making a speech in the Missouri Legislature?probably M. i'itt, who wanted the 8th of January celebrated : What do gentlemen wantf Is corn so dear and hoe cuke so sweet as to be purchased only at the price of having the State garrisoned by our enemies? Forbid it, Jeremiah! Do you want the institutors of your State reduced to the condition of affair* away down in Georgia, where a plantation consists of two overseers miu une nipgeri i.augnit*r.j As lite poet says, "I'd rather be a lone, mangy, strunge yuller dog with a bob tail and bay at I he moon, than nut to say, thus is me own, me native State." [Great applause.] And I will defend her institutions so long as grass runs aud water grows. [Renewed applause.] A Good Notice for Doestioka. TheSnvuiriah Republican gives Doesticks the benefit of a "first-rate notice" in its last issue, which notice winds up in the following capital style : "The worst thing he says about the assembly at the sale ww, that he saw a fast young Georgian, who had his pantaloons stuffed in his boots, and wore his cap on the side of hie head, and probably had a pistol and Bowie-knife on his person. He was not certain about the two latter articles. The personal suggestion in his report are quite as contemptible as the source from which they emanate. We are sorry that our fast young men won't wear their pantaloon* over their boois on a mu^dv dav and at.raivh. ten up their cups ; but when the pink of propriety come* here again as a spy, fie shonld let the fast young m<?n know it. and they will straighten everything except hit coat tail ; that task Doesticks will perform himself." Will oftha Lato Wm. McKanna. The Lancaster Ledger says : " A good deal of interest seems io be felt in our community upon the subject of the late Hon. Wm. McKenna'a will. whi>s? death was announced in our paper last week. This arises from the fact of tk* very considerable property left by fcbe tests tor, the large amount of refI estate he owned in this town, and the sympathy felt for his kindred residing in this town whom, it is said, he has cut off with tho merest pUsance, leaving ttfe bulk of his prop* erty to Catholic Church The property is estimated at f200,000. Thk Sickles Tkaqedy.?The religions newspapers all seem to agree about the recant trag edy in Washington. The following U tbe *er-. diet of tbe New York Observer: "The daily Press is discussing tbe rigbt and wrong of tne affair, soma defending one party and others cdnAumring; bat the Obrtiftira judgmeut is, that? scougdf*!. died like a dog by miv uaiiu ui m luonierer. mere l? no BtW CI nlineing the or wHtipg long oolooMt* to determiner which wae the rooet guilty. The wretch de?er*<d Qod'e wrath and uurme, and hm it. Ii,wm aat the right of a??a, even of ! wronged and rained raiiv, to ta&iol tl>? judgment ' Bnt it oome, ?wift, terrible and fcrj&a. ,ti? ImM+ili-' .; m i 40 *here^P)?B^?rj^?ad Uetbanioa Bank JiBSSSi W s. * \ - . . Tho Pardoning Power. EE Tile Ghnrlcaton Mercury in its notice of tli4 H execution of roster on Friday last, convicted H for Burglary, closed with the following r?^ |H tnnrks : SB "Wo congratulate the community, there- HE fore, that iu this case, and in many other*. Sj all others fur aught we know to the H contrary, Willi one exception, the Governor lirt flj exhibited commendable firmness iu the main* H tennnce of the lows. fl| I The exception we are constrained to notice ie H I that of Hav?, convicted of the murder of a s?i- H lar boy iu tlmcity Rome time ago. He was to 9 have expiated his crime about the same time |H with Foster ; but ns previously announced, hie 3| sentence was commuted by his Excellency Got, BE G int. n A more wanton, cold blooded murder?one 9 that more clearly exhibited " the heart devoid & of social duly and fatally bent on mischief B the element of murder, has scarcely even been 9 perpetrated. While recognizing and admiring fl the strict adherence to constitutional duty which the Governor hns ?hown in the opening 9 ui ins icrni, we cannot forbear the expression M of our deep regret Hint in this case he should I have allowci] himself to have been influenced H by representations of interested persons. What fl these may have been we know not. But thera B tins seldom been manifested more general dis* B satisfaction limn that felt in our comniunitj . 9 by tlii9 pardon. The exercise of tliis power is a B growing evil in our State. Capital offences of*' 9 ten go unpunished, in consequence of the un- B willitignesaof juries, selected frequently of tha* 9 weukest material. to convict. And when, in' 8 rare instances, they do their duty, it is much' 9 to be deplored that those high in office should I be overcome by interested representation. The dreadful scene of disorder lately exhibited I in Louisville, should be a warning to all other I communities tu adhere strictly and firmly to th? I enforeciuent of the laws. The people of South 8 Carolina are a conservative, lawfulfilling pea- 1 pie. We hope they will ever be so. S It is said that the Governor of Missouri baa ? commuted the sentence of the young barber* I who murdered and robbed Hugh Downey i* J St. Louie, while he was in their shop for tha 1 purpose of being shaved, frotn hanging to iai- I prisonment for life. 1 It is not easy to imagine the ground for com- 1 mutation, but probably the Governor had ba- i f L!? .1 1 * ' vie nun tin; jirt'ceuent ui me western jury, which in the cnse of a Imtcher charged with killing a neighbor and converting the body into suuspges, found him "guilty with extenua* ting circumstanced Mournful Pkatii ?It will be with great sor| sow. thnt the friends and acquaintances of W. 8. Philips, will nee the announcement of hit death iu another column. He wns a student of Athens College, Geor? gii, nt the time of his decease, the only son of hi.-t parents, who loved him in common with all who knew him, for his man}' virtue#, and front his brilliant talents, anticipated for him a bright career of future usefulness. We sympathies with the afflicted parents, and claim a part in their grief in this sad dispensation. Jjaurentuillt Herald. Facts and Rumors.?The New York Herald's Washington correspondent says: "The State Department received volumiii- j ous despatches by the last arrival from Europe from Mr. Reed, oty minister to China. Amoog other mutters, lie speaks at length of the coolie trade as cnrriCd on between China ami vjhuh. lie cnarncierizes it in strong language, nnd says it presents an awful picture of atroei* tv and barbarism." ???????? HYMENEAL. MARRIED, on the 16tl? tilt., I>v Rev. Mr. Mors, Mr. THOMAS MoCORL) of this Dietriol to Miss MARGARET E. NASH, of Andersos l)iat. rict. MARKETS. Abbkvillk, April 1, 1859. Cotton.?The quantity offVired hits been limited during the past week. We give the extremes of to day, at from 8$ to llf. Columbia March 29. 1859. This morning's advices from Liverpool per steamer Alp*, with dutes to the 12. instant^ were received, showing an improvement of an Our market became more animated and buyers met sellers freely at an advance o f an ? a ?c. The sules for the day amount U about 6l)U bales. Extremes 8$ to 12Jc. Charleston, March 29, 1859. Sales of Cotton to-day 800 bale?. Market firm. New York, March 29, 1859. Sales of cotton to-day 8,000 bales at an advance of i to +. Middling Uplands 12$ to 12$. Middling Orleans 13c. CONSIGNEES. The following person* have freight in the Dapot at Abbeville:? W A <fc R E Gaines, D J Jordan, J J Wardlaw. A M Smith, H S Kerr, C B Griffin, J H Wideman, DM Rogers, W H Parker, JW Jones, W H Htone. J McCue, W D Mars, J MeBryde, W Mcllwm'n, A E Turner, CT Haskell,* J ?fc N Knox, RT Gordon, J D Chalmers, T1?o? Thompson, HWLnw^on, Cobb Hunter <fc Co, J 8 Cothran, J W Tavler, Mrs E M Du Pre?, D McLauchlin. J F Marohall. J <fe R J Whit*, D F Freolaad, Gray <fc Robertson, A Clark Jr, Taggart A McCnalan, B M <fe 3 A Winstock, C L Edwards, H S Cason, Branch Allen A Edwardjj( Moore it Quaife, J Martin, D L Wirdlaw, J A Calhoun, J A Norwood. D. R. SONDLEY, Ag't To Contractors. PROPOSALS will be received by the undersigned until Monday the 18lh April, for the erection of a " Brick Building " upon th? burnt District known heretofore as "Mrs. Allen's lot." ^ # f ine uuuuing win uo iwostones oiga ; iw feet in front by 80 feet in depth. PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS can be mn by ending upon J. D. Daly, Architect* or apoa the Subscriber. All materials for the Building will be furnished Contractors. R. J. WHITE. March 29tb, 1869 48 St SOUTH CARLINA, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. In Equity. A. K. Butler, et. a). 1 vs. > Bill to set aside Jadgtnent Wm, B. Lloyd, et, al. ) (Injunction, Ac. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Wm. B, Lloyd, Albert Gibertand Thomas S. Hay- . don defendants in the above stated case, reside heyond the limits of this State. On motion of McQowan, Comp. So)., Ordered that said defendants do appear and plead, answer or demur to said Bill of Complaint within thre* months from tho pnblioation hereof or'thesam* will be taken pro conftito against tbem. WM. H. PARKER, 0, E. A. lfc Rammlninntr'a flffiiu 1 'i March 25th, 1869. > 48 ?W j|6HT FOR THE SUFFEftWB MIU.MHE DR. MARTIN'S OKEA'C.4EKK?f. CUM rt>R j? CONSUMPTION, AkA *11 Maimer?? Itia* Bimsea, Sbortneu of Breat^. Dy?pepBi(?, DywnUrjv . . JlMtftHliMM d Jni the 111 world. Oa?boW>* , hould be e.rrisd by tutm^omitt fltfrti. ohild, tiwvvtkBj Weuj ooiin?ry?-*pb mix +fiit7r Vh?lr wayurUMSmk, >? ? , ... .... mi- . 0&lim01.UA& *JSfi BtiTitrjfa' If it dtafeeot {in wtotI will >*