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• a From the Edgefield Advertiser. TO THE H0>'. AMISTEU BI RT. ‘•It is grossly uuLv&niing in thuse who would discharge the trus*o; sen- linels not only to quit their post, but to turn round, and fire upon the camp of their comrades.” \Judgc Butler's Chaileiilou .speecA.] Your course, from the time you took your seat upon theilopr of Congress until a recent date, has, in the main commanded our approbation. We have adhered to and defended you ‘•Fitz James was brave—though to his 1 fail in his proposed improvement, for the : and are expecting to make a fine demomjness, and became scorpions, to “ excite heart. I want of that natron arc which he so rich- [ strat-on on that day. Wo alt feel pained | arm exasperate the people” against the “The lin-blood th' iH’d with sudden stait, ‘•fie inann'd himself with dauntless air, “Returned tho cheif his haughty stare, "His back against a rock he bore, “And firmly placed his foot before. :— “ ‘Come one, come all! this rock shall fly, “From its firm base as soon as l m . Your taunts—your assumptions— your defiance—may not be “had policy will esteem nave aunerea 10 anu oennueu you ^ purposes—few through evil as well as good report and lhem \ |ar ^ of d «***," or every w ore among the last to suspfc your triotic u has long been the prac- farfSfulness as a Southern sentinel.- tjce of , ho en(1|nie8 of the State abroad, But yourself have afforded proofs which ^ ^ ,, e r with sneers and irony; nnexplahied tend to confirm our worst , } wp vpntoK , the (l sse r tion that, with- want of that patronage which lie so rich ly merits. ^ ^ -> CH EEAW a1d*TalOh UTOJl PIAM KOAB. Some time since a correspondent sug gested that a meeting of our citizens be held on 1st July, for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to the proposed Con vention to lie held at Society Hill or Che- raw, during next month; tho business ot our extra Court having conflicted with that suggestion, it is now proposed to at the evident manifestations ot a desire to back out, on the part of a portion of vour people. For God’s sake, hold on. South Carolina is the only hope of the South ; if sMffkicks out we are a doom ed people, and she will become the bye- word and reproach of every soap tail and dirty sub that croaks through the land. I see Pressly, who is sUrting the “Sou thern Standard” at Charleston, to oppose secession, acknowledges the receipt of 30 subscribers from your District at one time. What does this mean ? if you refuse to secede now, it is unfortunate for you that ou have bullied and blustered so much. i yt hold a meeting at the Court House this It will all react mightily against you.— day, during the recess of Court, to which The Carolina friends here have stood up TBlPEt.UCE^fELEBRUIW OF ME It w«s our pleasant prtvitege to be pre- hack out, wu ore, ...... u. .... . ...... , ...... _ .. sent at the celebration of the 4th, by the impudent, insomuch that I think we shall j M " 1 ! 11 ‘ ’ Wl Effingham Division of the Sons of Ten- have to thrash a few of them before they fully endeavoring to misguide the peo- .. .. . behave properlT. I do nope you will give pie. Well, mtatuahon uout another perance. Fire proceeding, although en- ail upoti which 'ihe Son.h wtll ‘ vord for folIv , alld these tirely disconnectt'd with tho political unite soon after it is made, and then we apprehensions. For years past it has been known that you had a ‘penchant’ for the speakership of the United States House of Representatives. Y'ou have not for- j gotten, that you would not have been a candidate for re-election several years ago but that some of your friends in < ’engross desired to run you for the R|)on- kership. Nor have you forgotten thatyou would not have desired re-election at a subsequent period, hut for the same good reason. The intimation of the Press ot vour Congressional District, that you still cherish alurkiiig desire for that | high place, have passed uncoutradicted ns we understand it, and your immedi ate family it is said esteem your pros- peet of succors before the next Congress as highly flattering. It is true you as sert in in your Greenwood letter (which nn its face shows that you were half inclined not to answer that impertinent ettll for your views on “ a question which can not come \\ ithin tho 8CO|>e Federal Govornnu nt! How happens it that September effected such a wonderful transformation 1 Was that the month in which die famous compromise was pass ed, which bartered away the rights of tire South 1 This, I suppose, was tho That is a forlorn hope, especially as <n in her wide borders, no other son of hers can he found who would make such flings at her action and character. Why did you not fill the measure of your derision by calling her at once, Tub Chivai.ky”—that sobriquet” so often applied to her by her enemies in the spirit of your Hamburg letter! If you have thrown yourself into the etn- | braces of Mr. Speaker Cobh, Sti:\ k.\s aud Toombs—you may with propriety , say, you “have nothing to loose by ex- : pressing your opinions,” on this fore great measure of deliverance and liberty to “One of the People,” which, like the balm in Gilead, brought peace and rest to his troubled soul. The next count in his grave indict ment has reference to the action of the Legislature. This I leave to be noticed, if they please, by our able delegation in that body. After considerable fuss about the ac tion of the legislature, he makes the fol- her are in perfect extacies over her supjHised \ \ 0WU) „ bald assertion, “that the seces- and they begin to talk a little | :>u __ _ 4 ..j :l pot ism. An* too weak to stand alone ? Wo have then already found a master. It in true, the question of secession needs to be sofetnnly pondered. It is a momen tous issue. But where is there to be found any other tangible or practicable measure of redress? Is it co-operation I question of the day, were highly inter- | are sate.” esting. The exercises were commenced by the Chaplain of the Division, Rev. J. M. Timmons, who rtfpjkg paraphrase on tho Declaration of ItfitiSendencR, written gone conclusion”—this unalterable de- bv himself, proclaiming their allegiance i , _ A _ tl . ,. ... ... ... termination of the State”-orrfom/j,, ' to King Alcohol to be forever annulled, of by the State Right Republican, as ] drnn will die w.th them^the latter-th* ‘new fledged com- The Rev. Messrs. Lewis, of .Sumter, and (Why, Legislators ot houth | Culpeper, of Darlington, then entertain ed the audience for some length of time with interesting and eloquent remarks on the subject of temperance, in which was mingled a fund of anecdote and humor. The Rev. Mr. Culpeper favored the coin nothing, with your radea.” Oaro!in>\ stands unamended our A. A. 18*2*2, under which our members of Congress are elected fourteen months i . .. . • l , - n • c i f ■ i the subject of temperance, in which was before they take their seats? Georgia ] „ J „ J anH h.,mor and Nortli Carolina wisely elect theirs but four months previously.) . Your course, apparently, can alone | ,an y with several ol his original tempe- . . . . iii be recon cilod with aspirations to that ranee songs, among which we were par- of your duties.) "I havo seen Uie 'lay d i s( j nct i 0 „, w !.ieh Mr. Speaker Couu, I ticularly delighted with his parody on with all his his popularity in Congress ! those beautiful words, “I love the free.” when l would have held an office unde the Federal Government, I could not do so at this time, without a feeling ol personal degradation.” Hut if we are not greatly mistaken, you will hold that there is a distinction between fede ral office stricty speaking, and the speakership the correctness of which we will admit however such distinction may appear to others in the light of nn evasion. Y’our Hamburg letter seems confir matory of our apprehension. You ut ter not a word of indignation, as to the wounds of Constitution, and the grie vous wrongs of the dow n-troden South ns might have been expected from one who, but last fall, talked, in that con nexion of “blood and gunpowder tea,” as a beverage ; but you exhaust your native tongue in the application of harsh epithets to tlumiecessioii policy which you yourself denominate the “unalter- i able determination of the State.” Sui cidal measures,” “dire calamity,” “the most extraordinary delusion that ever ruined a country or people,” “disaster utter and irreparable,” are few of the i gentle phrases which fairly dance through your letter in application to j to that “unalterable determination ;” j whilst to those who favor that policy ! you courteously attribute “ headlong j indiscretion mid the most reckless ami desprate efforts” to effect it. Y ou do not perceive how any ration- j ul man can doubt that separate State secession “must involve the State in a hostile collision with the Federal Gov ernment.” Y ou could not have been | ignorant when you penned your letter that onrdistinguished Senator the Hon. A. P. Bt'Ti.KR, had taken the ground in his Charleston speech that such would not be the result. Whatever may he i vour opusion of his intellect, the people of this State—especially those of your , own Congressional District, although they differ with him in some of his political views— look upon that Sena tor-Hot only ns a “rational man,” but :dso as one of unquestionably high abili ties. Perhaps this side blow at that Senator, tn»y be a part of the service due to your allies, in consideration your future reward, more grateful to the trio—Cobh Ste- vens and Toombs—especially since tliat Senator’s application to Mr. Spea- keitCoBH of the extract at the head of this communication. You take up the question of the “val or and heroism” of the Southern States ns though South Carolina really denies them “those qualities,” nmUlts antecedent of separate State action ( it may follow—it will not precede it Tem porizing and timid counsels can never redeem the lost liberties of a people.— Bold and determined acts may, and what ever the hazards snd sacrifices which may betide us, let us fearlessly stand up to our rights, trusting to tfie God of jus tice to sustain right against might. A Member of the 8. R. AssociaV DEFINITIONS. Patriot—a man that wants a place.— Dr. Johnson. Politics—the art of getting that place. —Dr. Johnson. Jury—twelve of the most ignorant in dividuals in a community, picked out to decide cases which they cannot possibly understand. lawyer—a person paid to render the aforesaid cases still ng^re unintelligible to the aforesaid jury. Judge—a nigh officer of the State, whosy duty it is to have ill-behaved peo ple whipped, imprisoned, &c.; ana to keep the jury sober—(often failing in the last department.) if possible but by separate State action if This is a wilful slander. If *!5ne of the Chancellor—an officer whose duty is necessary. A barbacue was prepared in People” were likely to prove half as val- to settle quarrels amongst relations, about the College campus, and every thing is .ant in the use of his musket as he is in ] pan ion given by God, represented as having passed off with random and extravagant assertions, he 1 - r enthusiasm and harmony. Among the would be an acquisition to the cause of volunteer toasts we find one complimen- Southern Rights. tary to our distinguished fellow citizen This Pleb ian representative of “ the Chancellor Darg vs. j people—the masses,” says they are satis- people folly, and these maligned may be foolish. Subuiis- sionists say they are; Free Soilers say THE FOl’RTII IN COLUHfilA. j they are; and their valiant coadjutor This anniversary was celebrated in "Owe of the People,” right here among Columbia with much spirit. The oration ! them, and perhapa^on that account the of the Hon. J. A. Black, is highly spoken ! best judge, says they are. Perhaps wis- breathing forth a determined spirit of re- deponent saith not. “ Or they are wilful- sistance by co-operation with other states ly endeavoring to misguide Uie people.” eould get, after sixty odd ballot!ngs only nttlie price of placing abolitionists at the head of several important committees. How, let us ask can a South Carolinian —whose State, for twenty-five years past has been ostracised, as to that honor,—now reach it except by simi lar, if not greater concessions’ Could the immortal McDuffie ‘snuff the tain ted gale, which may bring to the South the intelligence of such an event, he would rise from his grave and rebuke the apostacy. MANY CITIZENS. Parlinijtim flmv J. Maxcy Timmons, Esq., then presented a Bible to the Division in the name of the ladies of Effingham, in an address of much force and eloquence. The manner of the youthful orator was easy aud grace ful, his style classic and nervous, and his speech met with universal applause.— Dr. S 11. Miller, the Worthy Patriarch of the Div ision, responded in a few very appropriate and well timed remarks.— Members of other Divisions were called on for speeches, and the call was res ponded to by Messrs. W. E. Dargan and F. F. Warley, of the Darlington Divis ion. After Ahe speeches were concluded many volunteer sentiments were offered, in w Inch the ladies and cold water figured mo-t conspicuously. We would be glad to publish the proceedings of the meeting at length, together with the sentiments offered on the occasion, but as we have to rely entirely .on memory it is impossi ble for us to do so. Although politics brightly on the day which you were not broached, we were informed morale By the Committee of Arrangements.— Chancellor Dargan.—The able jurist and the accomplished gentleman. In the day of her trial, South Carolina will find him true to her standard. [The following letter was then read from Chancellor Dargan:] Columbia, July 4th, 1851. Gentlemen:—I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt, at a late hour last evening, of your invitation to participate in your celebration of this Anniversary in the College Campus. Allow me to say, that though not permitted by pre-existing arrangements, to be present at your festi val, 1 can assure you of my sympathy with the spirit by which I know it will be animated. While this day will witness the humi liating spectacle of thousands ol Southern men engaged in singing praises to “ the glorious Union” that has enslaved them, you will devote the day to a nobler,higher, and holier purpose. By recurring to first principles, and calling to mind the deeds of our gallant and patriotic sires, you will aim to rekindle upon the altars of your country, the sacred flame that burned no cornme- DARLINGTON, s. c. J. Kl. NORWOOD, Editor. IMUHNT 1HBM, JBtT 1,18H. DiEMTS PH THE DARLINGTON FLAB. S. D. Hallforp, - Camden. S. C. Charles DeLorme, Sumterville, S. C. THE B03. Ml. BI RT. We commend to those who believe in the infallibility of this gentleman’s opin- , . . . j IJUUUM, ttllli ions, a communication m another coin inn, I ., , addressed to him through the columns of the Edgefield Advertiser. We do not say that the glittering prize of the Speaker’s of! chair has had any effect on Mr. B.'s opin- Notliing could be I ions, but as a plain statement of facts, the article is worthy of a perusal. Facts are stubborn things. that it was not because there was any di vision among them; the people of that nt ighborhood are, we understood, almost to a man in favor of secession. THE SOITHErV^TANDAID. We have received two numbers of this paper, which has just been started in Charleston, for the purpose of apposing, as it is said, the present or early secession | of South Carolina. So tar as present se cession is concerned, we shall not differ from the Standard, and shall heartily con cur with it in advocating co-operation at j every sacrifice, save that “ involved in i submission.” It is gotten up in neat style, i and will no doubt be edited with ability Mr I’ressly, the senior editor, is favora bly known to many of our readers, as i having been connected with the youthern Baptist, and as being the author of an j on secession that paper, i It is the deep settled and solemn con clusion of my mind, and it is an opinion which 1 share with a vast ma jority of the citizens of this State, that there is no peare, honor or security for the South within the Federal Union. Federal Un ion!! so called, but Federal no longer.— It is impossible for us to disguise from ourselves the fact, that the government under which we live is a despotism—the despotism of a local, numerical, and irre sponsible majority. This deep power is wielded by a people foreign to us, in inte rest and feeling bitterly hostile, who have waged and continue to wage an implaca ble warfare apon our dearest and most cherished rights, and who have nothing in common with us, but the odious form of government which hinds us within their grasp. That the proud and free-born sons of the .South can submit for a day to such oppression and degradation is a wonder and a mystery. It were needless and perhaps inappro priate, in a communication like this, to re peat the story of our wrongs, so familiar to you and all those with whom you will On tho 2nd inst. we received from 1 Mr. Joseph Commander, a very accepta ble and valued donation, in the form of a I large, nice, ripe watermellon. It was thmi'di ' ftti^d on the plantation of Capt. John which appeared last fall, and which threw I 1 * associated in the celebration of this some of our fire-eaters in these parts into day, or to point to the only remedy for nn 1 insulted, oppressed, and down-trodden pertect extac.es. We have the pleasure people- T {£ time fbr di8CHg8i(m ilS pasti of a personal acquaintance with Dr. T. j and the time for action has arrived. Re x'on were a citizen of on#! of them Fountain, and was pulled on the first day claiming “thoae qualities also,” for your- of July. During this weather such at- C. Serene, one of the assistant editors, who has charge of the foreign and local department; he is a gentleman of taste and fine literary acquirements. W’e wel come the Standard to ail the rights and privilege# of the corps editorial, and would commend to it, by way of warn- sistance is the only remedy. The sole al ternative left us is a withdrawal fron. tho Union; peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must. As 1 cannot possibly be present, allow | me to offer a sentiment: The Federal Unurn.—It must be diseol- ing, the old Latin proverb, “ Inridit in ScijU lam qui vult vitare Charybdern.” FluiuDL self and your fellow-citizens. j tentions are properly appreciated by us, i Every mail brings us evidence of the You unwarrantably assume that and we shall not object to frequent repe- ardent sympathy felt for our cause Inoth- Sottili Carolina arrogates by her un- litions ot such by our iriends. A word I er States. We have on several occasions altendilo determination” of seperate j secession to* herself “alone,” “the spirit ( and intelligence to defend the com mon rights of all tho States,” and then condemn it as “bad jiolicy, as it L bad taste.” You vaunt you familiarity, w ith the public opinion of the Slave-holding Sates,” as though a few leaders at Washington—yonr “gallant and dis- to the wise is sufficient DEBOW'S REVIEW. The July number of this able Southern periodical has arrived with its accustom ed punctuality. As usual, it is replete with able articles on the subjects of com merce, agriculture, manufactures, &c., to which it is devoted. It is a work which presented our readers w i:h extracts of letters received from our friends in oilier States. Almost every paper in the State teems wiih similar extracts. Below we call attention to one from a distinguished citizen of Florida, to a citizen of this Dis trict. We invite attention particularly tg the portion in italics. Who is it, we ask, who are moving heaven and earth to pre- tingaatieri and true men 1’—can indicate I ought to bo found in the library of every! > vent our g tate f rorn wcpd j, t g i Ecno an- with precision in advance, the course Southuzo gentleman.* Puhliahed monthly « W ers, our enemies. Who would rejoice of their respective States. Some of in N#w Orleans by J. D. B. DeBow,^*5 t0 ^ her orect a p| at f orm of submission your informants will perhaps find them- per annum, in advance. ~ ' to the Compromise measures of 1850? selves as far in error as have acme of — - j The abolitionists of the North, and the THE TII.WEF.UT REPI BLIMN, hirelm g defenders and eulogists of the Is the title of a remarkably neat little " gfonons Union,” at the South. Would sheet issued from the office of the True it rt0t we || for our friends who oppose KepuMupa, m Georgetown. It is intend-! Becession, to consider into what bad com pany they are placing tagpiselves. PolL tics, like misery, soqggplmwi makes strange tho leoders of South Carolina. Her course indicates the voice of her people —not of Iier le adult ^ - Yeuemt I cr&* i forgireness. tuiees from those who brink ©f the ^>re©i -aud intrepidly pro- ance in this bold and -"Let them strike .I* ' 8 intend- 1 ! ed as a specimen number, and w ill be continued#!' thej^itor meets with suffi- eient fpicourRgeii terprise will |ucce«d. Y\ e hope the en- j bed fellows. But fb the extract: The people of that | “Tolofa, 25th June, 1851. be obtained before the final adjournment of our State Convention; otherwise by separate State action. I am, with great respect, yours, GEO. W. DARGAN, Messrs. R. H. Goodwin, A. H. Gladden, Theo. Stark, Wm. Wallace, J. U. Ad ams, Committee of Arrangements. (foe THE DARLINGTON FLAG.) Mr. Editor : The Hon. A. W. Dozier, of Georgetown, and the Hon. I. D. Wil son, of Darlington, are respectfully sug- gested as suitable delegates to represent this Congressional district in the proposed Southern Congress, by MANY VOTERS. (for the earlington flag.) Mr. Editor : All that some people want to entangle themselves, is “webb and warp" enough of their own making. And “ One of the People,” in your issue of June 25 is an illustration in point. The cry ofae. cession, it seems, has rung in his ears un til it has bewildered and frightened him; and Southern Rights Associations have, in the meantime, been transformed before his vision into little less thljriinfernal ma chines. They were instituW for a “ good purpose” at first, but diuin£ the very iheit forbearance or their wealthy and refined •action of our State | «w e , or the Southern Rights Assoc is- j critical month of /$ptember last, passed 4 wi|l not, fl‘ ink ’ r miit ^ ,r TVzif.h to tion, are giving a barbacue on the 4th, * through their chrysalis state of harmltoe- fied and happy, feeling that they are now secure in their rights, that the cloud that hung so gloomily over us has passed away, and they are now basking in the sunshine of prosperity unparalelled, and require no change in the existing order of things, and desire none!!" “ Happy is that people that is in such a case!” Hitch ed to the Federal car, and rolling along in the sunshine of Federal favor, with no rights to vindicate, and no wrongs to re dress. In olden times, prophets of evil were not always listened to with patience, but were invited to ‘^jjpeak smooth things, and prophecy deceits.” As in the spiritu al, so also in the political world we must expect the demand for a “ little more sleep, a little more slumlier, a little more folding of the hands to sleep,” and the cry of “ peace, peace, when there is no peace.” And the flesh pots of Egypt— what a charm they possess ? A plenty of land and negroes—hogs aud hominy, and cotton at a fair price, and why need we talk about our rights—those abstract things which do not strike the sense ?— The people will bear the ills of bad gov ernment as long as they are bearable, ra ther than right themselves by forms to which they are not accu»tomed. Hence the necessity of stirring them up by pat riotic appeals to their higher instincts and better passions. Hence the necessity of frequently recurring to first principles, and enforcing the important truth that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, or in the language of the venerable Chevks, that the pfHlosophy of liberty is jealousy. But let us have another assertion of “ One of the People.” “Mo st of the pub lie presses, and the Southern Rights Asso ciations have approved them, (secession doctrines) and have created a sort of spurious public sentiment, by pretending to act for and in the name of the people.” Here is a sweeping charge against a large and respectable portion of the people of South Carolina. The recklessness and injustice of this charge need not be en forced. To those possessed of ordinary ingenuousness and magnanimity of spirit, it is sufficiently obvious. A resort to such means argues one of two things, —either a we#k cause, or a scanty supply of ammunition on the part of the cham pion who undertakes to defend it. Hard words can be disposed of in one way or another, but hard arguments are the hardest kind #f thinks to get over. But I will not follow “One of the Peo ple” in his tirade. I only propose to glance at him occasionally. He seems to be deliglited with the won derful discovery of Gen. Hamilton, that the illustrious Calhoun did not favor separate State action. The name of this great apostle of liberty seems to be a great convenience. Hamilton and Footf, andatarititudes of others find it to their purfB to call it into requisition occasion ally. But State Rights men claim the humble privilege of interpreting Mr. Cal houn for themselves. The effulgent light of his genius made some things per fectly plain, even to the understandings of secessioniste. And among them may be mentioned State sovererelgnty and the necessity of determined resistance to Federal misrule. I abominate appea to the aiarici or the fears of the peo] in a crisis so big with momentous issues as the present And yet these are per petually sounded in our ears by our #ne- mies, who have wronged us, as well as by certain of our friends at home. Is ad herence to the central Government at Washington our only safety f Then we are already slaves of a consolidated des- J to man, to contribute to his comfort and happiness; but as civilization progresses, proving exactly the reverse. Man—unknown, except to his maker. Irfive—a disease which evinces itself by making men and women tell an im mense quantity of lies to each other; the samptoms vary in different cases; but it cyn only be radically cured by Marriage—which is a ceremony by which a man and woman give each other the reciprocal power of making each other a# unhappy and uncomfortable as they please. High spirited woman—one who, not not satisfied with making her husband unhappy and uncomfortable, eudeaWMs to do the same to all her household- add the neighborhood. Devoted wife—a species of woman that must have existed once, as we read of them in books. Accomplished woman—one who can do everything well except just what you want her to do. „ Heart broken woman—one who has tormented either her husband or some other man until she can do so no longer, and then gets sick out of spite; the only cure is hard work. Amiable woman—one w ho troubles no body, and keeps the children clean; (not often found.) Honest man—one that cheats other people so smoothly and politely, that he is never found out. Philosopher—one who consider# him self much w ieer than other people. Moral philosophy—(according to the definition of the Scotch blacksmith)— when a man is explaining to other peop!e w ha the can’t iffiderstaari himself- Thr Turkish Costume ijc Wash- ington.—A display of tho Turkish cos tume (so called) was made for the first time publicly, in Washington city, on Saturday evening, on Pensylvania av«- nue. The Republic say#; “The wearer was a young lady aged apparently about fonrtcen years. Tho dress was extremely fanciful, and was something like this; The trowsers were made of deep pink satin, covered with white figured lace, full and drawn at the ankles, from which frills of w hite lace fell on white kid boots. The tunic fairly reached to tho knees. This like wise of materials similar to those of the trowsers Around the hem of of the skirt was a quilling of Pink riband. The sleeves were full and tight at the wrists. Frills partially covered the white kid ded hands, in the right of which was a large and beautiful fan. The front hair braided and turned back. On l|»r head was a roll or turban of pink silk and white lace. A brilliant ornament in fro# of it clas|ied the barrels of two white feathers tipped with red, which gracefully waved as she walked some what embarrassed, with a male friend supposed to be her father. Two com panions, a lady and gentleman follow- in the rear. The lady it Is said resides in this District. “'Iliere were not very many persons on the avenue at tho time ofribe display but those who were a vailed themselves of the opportanity to take a good look at th e lady and the costume both of which were pronounced decidedly pret- ‘J- A aother Terrible Fire-Damp Explosion.—It give# us paiu to hear that at five ocIock yesterday morning and explosion took place in oneqjfvi the Black He# Coal mine#, in Chesterfield country killing three persons—two white and one black. At 7 o’clock, one of the overseers was on the edge of the same pit, preparing to descend when another ex|MOsion took place, Jn blowing out tho shaft amLkilling the unfortunate man. Mr. Gffbrd shortly before the explosion, designed ding tho shaft- Had the < occurred one hour later, tbe^Hfrl of life would have keen awfrtl* ** about 150 laborers would have ‘"been in the pit At our last sdAce, tbs pit was impossibls to explore or even to enter it.—Rich mound Enquirer,