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THE EDGEFIELDADVERTISER,
18 PUBLISHED EY"aY WEDNSDAY MORNING BY
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From thie Corrtspondcne of the Phil'a Gazet<
THE CENM &L iMRIQAN QUESf1ON.
WAsatsN-ros, January 14.
In tie correspondence commuicatel toQ C9
gress, there s4 a letter from Lord Clarendon,
May 2, 1854, in replying to Mr. Buchanan's I
"statenieat"-for the last he las never found
conviwitit to attempt to answer-which matk
a most extraorditary disclosure, as will be rt
dilv seen, whea attention is invited to tfhep:
ticitlar points. Speaking of the British cu
struction of the treaty, in reference to the pt
teetion of the Mosquitos, lie s:ys, " that witt
little more lh.m a month altertho treaty of 18,
had been ralitied," further negoliations were t
tered into, and tpJe "British interpretation was
once accepted by tie Secretary 6f State, A
Webster."
Now, when it is remembered that the ratifit
tions of the treaty were exchanged on the 4th
July,'1850, and that Gen. Taylor died only
few days ifter-the 9th, [ think-this develt
ment has a most signifieant meaning. Mr. Wt
ster was a member of the Senate when that tr4
ty was submiued, and advised its ratificati<
knowg full well that no such construelonh.
is now impudently set up by the British Govel
ment was ever entertaiined on either side duri
the negotiations. How, then, lie could .ha
been so-prompt to repudiate the principle of I
own vote, and, as an American Secretary
State, to accept the terms of interpretation d
tated by the British Minister, Sir Henry Baw
is more tha [ sltall'undertake-to explain. T
indecent haste of that act of repudiation, too
supposing the allegation to be true-when G%
eral Taylor had 'been hardly two weeks i I
grave, and the ink Qf.jis signature scarcely d
excites mingled surprise and indignttion.
Lord Clarendon has producei no evidence,
be sure, verifying such a concession from )
Webster; but those who know the Intimv
which subssted between the latter and Sir lit
ry Bulwer and wbo had the opportunity of a
appreciation of the enfinent skill, ab.lity a
perseverance of the Britisi regotiat r, may ri
satisfied he never was content with an.y ver
assurance from Mr. Webster, but took occasi
to obtain auch a committal as warranted the a
thatic declaration of Lord Clarer.don.
And I have some personal reason to be sat
fled of the justice of this impression, by I
subsequent offiial action of Mr. Webster, wh
fully sanctions all that has been alleged. Tr
years after Lord Clarendon states that Mr. W~
ster allowed the British interpretation, the i
gotiations then referred to were brought .t
desereditable~oncluioni here, throtugh the jo
agency of Mr. Webster and Mr. Craimpton.
A 'project of settlement was agreed up
which assutmed to settle all the questions
contested boundary in Central America; wh
admitted the Mosquito (virtually the British) ti
to San Juan; which conceded the British p'
tectoratte over the Morqui:os; and wvhich und
took to direct the internal legislationi of Ni
~vagua, by ixing the tariff of dnties on inmpor
tions into her territories. Tlhis scheme, wht
niot only sttrrendered the wholo American s
of the question, but recognized ever more p
.tnsionts thtan Great Britain hatd ever prevjiou
claitmed, was sigtted in itis city itt Junte, 18
by the contracting parties named. Three agol
were appointed. to communicate the terms p
sonally to the States interested. They wi
Mr. Wvke, the Bri~ila Cimnsul General in Cm
tral Anxerica, Mr. Kerr, United States Chat
<d'A fiaires at Nicara'gue and Mr. Rt. M. Wal
United States Special Agent to Costa Ri
Re~presenting the two powerfttl governtmel
most interested itt the qutestionls at stake, a
carrying -with them the united authorily of1
niegot iators, the mission was one whtich wot
have left no alternative to the weak states itt
ested no power sulilnt to reaist sutch 3 co
bination.*
Rieliable intelligence of this prrjiect was Co
municated to tme at the time, and I at onced
closed it to the public. This sumarily tern
nated the arrangementt, as it could not stantd
scrutiny of the country. My pubicantions wrt
to Central America, in compatny with the thi
agents, and Nicaragua at onc~e rejected the off
sire overture for the spoliation of' her territo
and the conversiton ot her sovereignly into
condition of vassalago to GreatL Britain. Wi
it would not be becoming to refleet upon 1
motives of Mr. Webster in this tansactioo, I
disclosure of it belongs to the diplomatic his
ry of the Central American controversy, a
could not be suarpressed with~ justice. H~e
dead,-but the President uder whose instructic
he acted is livintg, antd owes it to his reputati
to explain, if lhe can, how this monstrous pi
version of the action of 1850 was brought atbu
and under what inspirations the British constr
tion was accepwtd before General Taylor wam-ha
ly cold in his grave.
There wats treachery somewhere, if .there v
not somtething~ worse, and it is proper tile eWI
try should know upon whose shoulders the r
-ponsibility really rests. And if Mr. Filiw
shouid feel called uapon to make the expsnait
which lhe owes to the country in this tmatter,i
to be hoped it will be guarded by more care
examination thatn that which marked his pm
tive and unqualified disclainmer in reference
the antecedent countenance extended to the g
no enterprise in the Lobos Islands-thern
putting the whole onus on Mr. Webster's
mory-when it is well aseertatined now that 1
original instructions, *vith his autograph app
vat endorsed upon the boek of them, yet ei
in the Departmtent of State, and have been is
with astonishtaetnt by several curious explor
after truth.
VALUE OF THfE HoG~ CROP.-A practical al
cultural paper, the Working Fatrmer, states
the value of the hog crop this year in the Uni
State wilt fall little short of two hudred a
lions of dollars, or fifty million of dollars mu
than the cotton crop. In the United States th~
are believed to be'fifty million of hogs rail
yearly, or more than in all the States of Eor<
combined. In Great Britain the number is el
mated at two million, of which Ireland ha
large proportion, and Scotland nearly two hi
dred thousand. Anstria has about five milli
swine, and Austriat-italy two hundred iad fi
thousand. France hams from five million to
milliton. Russa has an immense number of it
hoirs, but they arc merely skin and bone, vat
ble~ principally for their bristles. It is estima
thatainety-six million pounds of lard are mt
in the United States, of which twenty mill
pounds ar:e made . in Cincinnati. England a
Cuba each take annually nine million pounds
American lard. --
Wwammmw Gasta-A great slaughter of wi
g,:tie, animals and fowl, has taken ph e at L
West since theo cold weather set in, allowiig
its transportation to distant poitnts.
Thte ruilwatukie Sentinel says: " Few reada
can~ have any~ idea of the enormous quantities
game sent East~from \Visconsin and Illinuc
during the cold weather. A few days ago, t'
hundred boxes of quail, averaging pr~obably 1
to a box, were shipped frtom .Janesville direct I
'New York, and thle Sparta (M1onroe) WVatchm:
of the 8th ittt., atatesthat wvithin a short tiu
previous two hundred deer, shot in that count.
has been sent to N. York. The effect of ti
of gano in our State, but greatly to enhance RE
the price'- - Se
The Pa.y-.Paw (Mich.) Free Press, of the
14th *nst., says that it is kstintted tl:t 6tfe cou
tibusand deer-have Sebn -sihinlvin 'Nn, BtirA I "u"
enggty within the List three monthi-and froi of tI
the 'tiige of Paw 11l ;lone, duritg thait time, Sec
e - sik Indred venison tiave* been shipped to mnar and
ket. '.g
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n. ARTiUR SIMKINS,. EDITOR, ha
EDGEFIELD, S. C. . i
T1
rI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARX 6 1856- atei
take
a.i We Must Have Money. corm
M. W.. W. WurE is our.authloriled 4gent to
llcol-et, and receipt for the satn, al utipaid accounts
due this Office, either fr Subseriptioin, Adveri-in- : i
or .Job Work. We hope a:l indebted will hold
tlemnseiv sprepared 'when -e ca!Il oIn tleii, itlmi Wor
re fv. * *perfi
pay up rn . .
Ihy
-.The Southern Light. . ness
'Tax Second number is before us, exhihiting great thUs
improvement. We advise readers who wish to be "ay
- 4beneitted wild pleased to subscribe forthwith.
or. .. -..- ------ I ar5
se,
at - hc Artiele of "Eterprtme." volv
it Os the first page of this paper will be found th ad
a mirable article of " Enterprise" on the Edgefield and wil
a. Augusta railroad. It is eninently worthy the atten
r- tion of the people jiterested in the proposed road on dant
n- either aide of the Savannah. It is an array of argu- can
0- ;ments anti facts that cannot be invalidated; a.1 -it Ai
in shoulil be cbonrlosive as to the railroad -policy of Wes.s, the I
i0 -t rn Carolinn for the next zvAenty rears at least. TI
..- . . . er t
;it CV' Tim attention Qf our readers is cited to t4he The
r. iivertisement of the Trustees of the Camnbridge. Fe- 1111"1
reale School. Miss GoT, has the reputation of being in dis
highly qualified as a Teacher, and has a happy facility fied
Of of imparting Instruction to the I apils. -- ten
p JOHNSON FEMALE UXIVEIASITT. the
b- This institution, located at Anderson C. H., is re
- puted to be still in a most flourishing condition. From
n, ie catalogue for 1855, now before us, we gather that T
s the number of pupils for that year -reacbed nearly a best
n- hundred-that the professors remain unichanged-4hat resp
1 the plan-of Fcholarships et on foot some year or two inl 1i
e- ago is certain to succeed-that the session for 1858 The
o wiil begin the first Wednesday in February and -eon
tinue till the middle of November-and, in short, that Fen
the whole machinery is working well. We caniot B
r, doubt the excellence of this institution; for we have And
- had positive, irrefragible proof of this in the accom- An
n plishments and intelligence of several very lovely T
s young ladies who have enjoyed its benefits.
PE.'LXCE NEWS IN EUROPE. A n'i
The intelligence brought by the Arabia, (says the I I
or. Charleston Standurd,) that Russia had unconditional- Ant
r. ly accepted the proposilions for a peace, presented by Sh
,. the other Powers of Europe, has been received with
n feelings of the greatest interest by all classes of our Th
q community. There is room for a doubt of the authen. A
'st ticity of the reprt-to some extent it is qualified- by
al the dispatch of yesterday-there is room td doubt IF
M whether such acceptance may not. be defeated of anT
n- early peace by the inability o agree on minor issues: I
bit there is a general disposition to indulge in the Ani
tS hopes Inspired by the brighter prospect. The dispatchA
e announcing the fact of the assent of Russia was dated 'm
ol n the 16th, and the steamer sailed on then 19th of time
o last month. If the dispatch had been fictitious, there Ant
.was time for its contradiction, and without the new't ri
e- Iof its contradiction wte are to believe that as far as it
mImay have deen intended to go, it was authentic; that, Alh
n being authentic, it conveyed tho reasonable assurance F
n of a peace, is tolerably certain, frota the fact that both A L
of Consuls and Cotton had advanced, and1 that there will'
en not he arbitrary stipulationsa interposed by either par- e
tl ty to arrest the progress of a convention is reasonably At
ro- certain from the facts that England and France are inj
r a position, froom which it is exceedingly. important to I
t- recede, and Russia, in assenting to the proposition,
Ia- has furnished evidence that she also is not in a condi- r~
t ion of entire comfort. These facts considered-thtat
eo the parties have no proper motive to tihe continnance Tins
re- of hostilities, that tihe assent of otne party to term. sl
Sproposed by the others has been announced ; that this
2'announcenment has been uncontradictedl for near three It
days, andl has been believed and acted on by the corn- 4tri
r mercial public of Etiglaml--we have a very fair as. solt
surance that hostilities may at last he diawing to their tal
close, and that once more we are about to enter upon supl
the better state of comnmercial relations which exist in if hi
.a. times of peace. )you
it-'iELOQUENT.
idIn defining his position before the Rouse of Repre- 9''
e sentatives at Washington a fewv weeks since, Hion.
id 3Ma. KTrr-r, of the Orange District, delivered himselfbe
r-of a capital speech. It is said to have commandedpa
the applause of the galleries ; and at its conclusion a cail
number of members crowded around the eloquent the
young statesman to congratulate him upon his effort.
iil a. KEIT is esteemed one of the first orators of thme
e presenit Congress ; amnd if his improvemenrt shmall keep'"
it pace with public expectatiomn, thse old fire of Carolinia
eu ieoquenice will not yet have beetn extingutihied. . E
n- The followinig extract fronm dhe speech to which we Phit
ymake allusion (evidently an impromptu passage) is not, nia
a remotely akin to what might have been the sudden the
le burst of a McDUFrna on such an occasion ; no(
e 3ly object, Mr. Clerk, was to define my own posi- Try
to tio. I will amdd, however, tbat I believe time Demo- "
o.cratic party is, ti-day, purer, amid triter to time Cumuli- Remi
d uion, thman it Iima heema for years. It hmas passed feetc
.through fire andm water, and many of ts impurities sma
8Imve been consumed or washed away. It has time iim
i smell of fire upon its garments, and wilie it moves on etm
on in the iwtoric track of thme finumndrs of time lipubilc, 1 feet
r- shall bid it Godm mspeed! 31any of the halt, andm latmne, eual
and hbid have fallen biy thme way ; hmad tilisi fate over- cmial
itt, taken all such, it wvoumld hav- et beeetter. nec<
e-* The gentleman from Pennsylvania [MIr. Campmbel)} wh<
d-ays that the Diemocrtic: parry came Iiti this 11all wee
two years ago upon time crested wave of popuilar pow. lagt
ser,; andi lie asks, where is it now' I lie says it ms a knio
feeble and scanty band, cliniging to Is broken altars.: g
n- Why feebmle and scanty!? Because it has been much
- more friendly to the South. andI truer to the Constittt- die
r ion, than either of the other parties. Clinging,, says.
ott te gentleman, to its broken altars! Why, sir, .to amn
jewhat else should it clingi While Aholitioin fanaticism wat
ril sweepain over time free States, prostrainmg thme gua-r- pai
t-maining pillars of omir republican edifree, whiereshouldI
to the Democratic party be, but within thme sacred pre- 'i
a. cincts,. fighmtinmg downm the los ? While the lust of northm-pa
byern dominoationm and Free-Snil propaganidism is driving
- the cilarimt of sectional powver over time remains of the
-Constitution, to what should the Democratic party for
he cing hut to thmose altars, reared by the foustnderi of thme ii
to- Repubic ? If it be true to the Coestitutiomn, and (fro
it steadfast in the faith of th-: fathers, let it hind itself to best
tme horns of the altar; and as time angel descended 'the
tom rescue the son of the patriarch even from the imp- ofv
rTS lifted knife, so may the genius of the land stoop down andm
- to rescue it from the gleaming dagger of time fumions ier
cohorts. domu
-, STRIKING IETIPHOR. an
t As odd as is that onrhiymed production of Longfl- Tii
~low, Hiualtku; and ats expesedaur are its peculiaris- goo
Stis to the shafts of waggery ; yet it is dume to the II- IPieC
re hI strions author to say that there are many evidences {
re of poetical genius throughout its pages. TIake the also
'"following excerpt as an eample : -wi<
Never stoops tesoaring vultur. jthd
il-On his qusarry in the desert, -ath
a- On the siok or wounded bison, ak
in. .But another vulture watching, . .1h
onFrom his high, aerial look-our, i
'ty Sees the downward plunge, and f'ollowsk
. And a third pursuer the second,
SIX Cnuing from tim' invisIble ether, -i
id First a speek and then a vultur, cri:
.. TJiltl the air is dark with pinions. .
ed So disasters come net singly; getl
de i But as if they watched and waited, side
on Scanning for anthier's motions- them
d d When thie first descends, the others to s:
of Follow, follow gathieiing flock-wise, less
of-Round their vifctinu, sick arnd wounded ; thar
First a shadow, then a sorrow .mi
Till the air is dark with anguish. . post
lid Such brillianey andc-prepriety of metaphorical illus
he rationi are seldom met with in this iron, praistieale -.
of unpoetical, unclassical age. Iarc!
C.old--Coiler--Coldent, whi,
f For the winter of 1855-'58 we have thuzb far hadi bit,
cold of every degree, but chiefly the superlative. For :jects
*the last moth we have hadl snow or sleet uninter- |Poli
DOruptedly. By tids we mean that it has at no time en- |andl
'or tirely disappearedl during that period. Perhaps time 'ican
mmlike was never before knmown in this ocality. We thme,
rie have not conversed with that respectable individal- Ele<
y, the " oldest inihabitant"--but feel confident that even Suh.
i-he could riot call to minad a fiercer winter thtan the pom
PORT OF TIIE SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY. T
cretary Donti's rqpurt is one of considerable deal
est. Tie firt portion of it contains a clear ac- beal
t of our diflvent naval sqajadrons and thrtnanner -
icir einployiient' during the past year.. The, aw5
etary next gecuiends on Incrense of the N,,avyf 1
urgeslt witlk earnest solicitude. lie especially" he I
ests'ieconsruction of an additional number of At i
n slQops-Of-ar, cartying each about twenty guns, age
e best Mnoddrn improvementj requiringwdraft of
nore titan e:ghteen feet and thereby being capable one
rtering every southern as well as northern port of the
magnitude. " Vessels of thi.< size," he remarks ant
re attracted much consideration anti acquired ,rn
i'cAaracter during the re0nt coniflic1i!Eatotpe."
ie following reflections are eminently worthy the a 1o
tion of.tihe American Congress, anti any action cret
n in the direction they indicate will assuredly Eva
iand the applatse of the A meriern people t --
,cent orcurences in Europe demonstrate the 1fity
lying urpin It navy ro feeble, sel impotent foreither V
ilt or defence, talt pilicy required. it to Ie. cnre
su k to avoid enriching Ite entemy. The Umited
es cannot, by suciah -a pulidy, maintain infik and "at.
t.ard respect. The governments of the Old edit
laf re vieing wlh each oiher in amnifyiing nl cun
eling this arm of defence. Our intitunotine if 9
do not excite their popive jealousy, are notihe
-ts of a large share of their esteem; and weak- wal
may, snoner or later, invite thc interference of str
r whose leas nf regulating ihe hailance-of power witl
a expand as to comprehend not simply our for- ""
, twour Atlantic, Pacific, and State rehtiona. I.
rd the steady increase of naval btrength as not a
but a peace measurr-a me:sure of defence in
ing grave qestions of commercial seccurity and
mal independence. Negotiation and diplomac .a
be cxhausted before war is made upon a nation o the
i men. parerful., and readyl for thie conflict. Ant
, s-ir, if ever., is t he anspit:iuus time, with an alt- an
treasury, to make an investnrt than which none %win
be found more nationail and safe. ue
nong stndry matters of a miscellaneous dtiracter
olloing is calnilated tot arrest public attention: tur
10 Nivul Aetlemy is in sutccessful oper tion on
ie diltigent supervision oF Captain ?ollsborongi. the
re are now 'atMced to it, for instruoaion. one
Ired anti sixty-four midshipmen and at-ting mid- t t
inen. The board of examiners for the last year, con
eir report, express themselves as not merelysatis- an'
ith, but really amazed at, the remarkable profi- e
ey exhihited by the ondergraduates, as well as thai
tradtating class, and as mnch impressed with the]
Aty, minuteness, and exacmtess of the teaching and
nodes of examination. -0*
- -+- -- hou
" THERE LIES A VILLAGE.79
nr following is one of Wmi. CULLrIK BRTANT' is
futgitive pieces and cannot fail to awaken a tender pro
)atse in liearts that have any experienne whatever
te subject-niatter'of tle poet's fancy:
re lies a village it a peacefol vale,
jit sloping hi!ls and waving woods around, TO
ed from the blast. There neve.r ruder gale
,ws the tall grass. that covers all the ground :
planted shrubs are there, and cheriited flowers,
brigh teat verdure born of gentle showers.
Ele
as there my youtng existence was begun ; gen
y eagliest sports were on its flowery green: ted
often, when my school-boy task was done, and
imed its hills to view the.pleasant scene
stood and gazed till the sun's setting ray
is on the iightt-the sweetest of the day. -
re, when that hour of mellow light was come, tite
d mnoutain shadows cooled the ripened grain
itched the weary yeoman plodding home,
the lone path that winds across tle plain, INI
-est hill limbs, and watch his child at play,
I tell him o'er the labors of the day.
I when the woods put otn their autumn glow,
nd the bright sun came in among the trees,
leaves were gathered in the glen below,
ipt softly from the mouintain by the breeze,
tndered, till the star-lightt, con the stream,
engtha awoke tme frotm my fairy dream.
!happy days, too htappy to retutrn,
led on tihe wings of youth's departed years:
itter lesson has been muine to learn,
hte truth of life, its labors, pains, and fears.
does t'ie memory of my hoyhoiod stay ;
vilight of the brightness passed away.
totghts steal back to tat sweet. village still;
s flo-ers and peaceful shades before me riste:
play-place and the prospectufrotn the hill,
s stummner verdure and autnmtntal dyes:
present brinags its storms ; biut while they last,
eter me itn the deligbtftul past.
NEW PRRASES.
is.growing common witha the Washington letter.
trs, now-a-dlays, to speak of snoch anti such a re
tion's being " tabled" intiteadl of " a idi up~on tihe
e"as formerly. 'This is upon the- princile, we
oe, oaf the Westrna enleman's reply when asked
y wnuldi take a glass of wine. " Much obliged to
," sai-l be, "~ I've xcounad."
gaita, these same devotees of te cnrrespondlential
I n ho, lby the by, are getting tao lbe a regular class
ciety) hatve beett obligedl to draw a distinctin
veen the Americ-an party North atnd the Ameritn
y Southt, from the fact thtat this ptarty has emphiati
y split in two. So, to. savr. prulixity of expression,
have coame to speak of the one branch as " Norlth
rican." atnd the other as " Soath Americans."
latter, we suippose, will soon be sub-divided itttoki
axoians, Patagatuisn- andi the like.I
JOHWN PKUEXIX'S R ECIPES. I vit
ither of the following recipes are staid by .rthn
nix to answer a good cnd in keeping aIT Califor
fleas. Whtile the first of them nmay he the b'tter, for
secnd is acertainly thte speeadier. Either would, in
loubt, result in the animals utter discomfortture. sir
them: Ie
oil a qiarl of tar until it becomes qnite tiit gr:
iove the c-iothing, anal l,'fore the tatr heetimes per-n
ly col, wvith. a broad flat hrush' apply a thlin,
ott coatintg to thte entire sttrfaice of the hodly atnd Ott
>s. Whtile thte tatr retnaints soft, the flen heromtfes 1
agled itt its tenriciouts folds-, antd is rend-redl per.
ly harmlessa; but it will soion f-,rmn a htard, ainwoth us
i, entirely impervious to its hite. Shouald thtedi
ing crack atthet knaee or elbow-jaunts, it is merely,
:ssary to re-touch it slightly at thotse places. l'Te Cl
le coat shouatld he. renewed every three air fouar latu
k. Th'lis remteaiy is stare, amii haavinag the advan
of simplicity antd econuoy, shouhd be getneraally P"
e mettions a still simpler methtoad of gettinag rid of Uue
annoyance.: the~
On feeling thte bite aofa flea, thtriustthe part lititen thec
tediately into boiling watter. VTe hepit of thte
er destroys the insect, and inastatntly removes the nt l
of the bite." qlit
GOOD MUFtFINS. '' I
/hat Is better thtete cold mornings titan to sac a get
e of piping hot muffins, elegantly cooked, just pir~
athe oven and ready for butter? i Here is a plan
ma'king some such:
UFFts.-Add a pint and a half of good ale yeast i
m pale mait,'if taus-ible) to a bushtel of the very aa
;white fltaur;. Jet the yeast lie all nighat in water, Aad
apour off thre water quits clear ; make two gallon. 'eer
ater just milk-warm, and mix your water, yeast,
'two ounces of salt well together for a'houat a qfuar- of a
afain haour. St-ain the whole, and mlx up your oc
gh as light as possible, letting it lie in thte trough
'aur, to rine; next rotl it with your hantd, puling a
ito l pieces about thte size of a large walntat. jbe~s
:se must bie rolledl ot thin witha a rulling-pin, in a it
deal of flour, and if covered immediately with a t
a of flannel, they will rise to a prdper thtckness; thte
if too large or small, dough maist be addlaed accord
y, or takean atway ; mearrwhile, thte donigh muist he
covered with flannel. Next bett'm bakinig; and La
lai'ona te iron, watcht carefully, and wheut one "t
changes color, turn thte othter, takinag care that
do not burn or become discolored. De careful Le1
that the irots does inot get too htot. In order to Pmt
muffins properly, you ought to have a place btuilt,
ra coptper was to be set ; bilr instead of c-opper, a of t
e of iron must be put over the taop, fixead itt formt bet
the bottom of an iron pot, underneath wiihl a kn
fire is kindled, whten required. Toast the muffisn
p on boith sides, witht a fbrk ; pnll thetm open w~ ith wal
rhand, and they will be like a boneycomb ; lay Iser
much baitter as yotu intend, then clap them to
r, anid set by dhe fire ; turn thetn oncge, that both 1to
a ay be buttered aliket.. When quite done, cutdi
acrosq with a knife ; hbut if you atse a knife either
pread or divide them, t hey will be as heavy as I o
. -Somne kind of-fiunr will soak up more water h
Sanother; when this occurs, add water ; orif too. t1 '
t, add Aour; for the douglh must be as light as
ible. . ~ - disa
FRAlNKLIN'S woRKS. hib
he latest and best edition of this venerable patri. to:
a. works is the etdition by .JARnD Sr'Atrs, anil I
ali takes the followitng wvide scope: I. Thte Auto- Iitng
raplhy; 2. Essays on Religious and Moral Stab- ita
and the Econnomy oft Life ; 3. Essays on .General den
tics, Commerce and Political Economy ; 4. Essays o
Trate, flistorical and Political, btefore the Amer
Revolution ; 5. Political Papers durinag and after
American Reyolutton; 6. Letters antd Papers on
tricit y ; 7. Letters anal Papers on Phlilcosophaical ntit
jects; andi eighthtly and lastly, Pranklin's Corres- bats
lnce: all together qnite a library an atnd of thaem- re
- es...a old. p..:n,.ter~ edfr .sometrhing.lf
inductive process of argumeuntion, no one after
reading attentively his pitee, cau, logically arrive at.
a different conclusion. -
In cotcluding his last-reply, he asserts that 4 our
professio' corresponds strangely with our prtmtice."
We clain never to fight with amuflied dagger, or
to take any unlue advantage of an 'a4versary ;'nna
if the exprbssion that " personally we' entertained
no unkind feelings towards im," should liaive led
him into this erroneous inferetice, we regret i'vinig
nade it. For we .vish to extennate nothing that
we have written, or shirk resposibility behind any
expression that may have rallen from us. " What
's (vrit, is writ, would it were worthier."
J UN IOlP.
dgesfeld C. H1., S C., Feb. 51h, 185G..
TO TOHN A. CALHOUN, ESQ.
Presidicnt of the Strvannah Valley Rail Road
Cynpany.
Sil: The lite Act by whith you an.i the brood
Ir qiandti g dfaultlers to the Bull-Sluice project'
- procured the transfer.of-the Valey Railjnlad enter
pri-e to an interest.foreign to ours, anlalien to our
people, has one splintered fragment of justice among
its provisa-s,'ani as it is the only item of that stamp
i th.e 1 13ll,' we are not disposed to overlituk its
I "hallow ieIrits." Whethur that measure was the
reenit or good faith, atid an tarnest desire to build
the Ro-id, or the reverse, is a problent we icare for
you and the future to solve: but certain it is that
some of your champions, both in the lloute and
Senate, were enemiis to the pteject. until they -nw
a fair olipurtunity of killing it with kiiidnes. The
- \t pr-ovides that the stockholders, in 1I.: original
project, shall have the privilege o7 withdrawing thei
stock, :,tter paying their rateable share of the expen
stes alrea-ly incurred. provided they do so within
sixty days from the firtL of January.. Ndw, the
i sixty days are about hall nunbered, and we desire
to kngs how to proceed in order to avail uiurselves
fr this high privilege. We have been thinking that
'we yet hal a right to be heard (bnt that is niothitig
Ivith the diplomacy of men " entirely great") and
that you won!d have the' magnanimity to call ts
togeth:er for the two.fuLd purpose of acting uptn the
I proposition to neeept the aiendimenits, and to With
draw our stock if we ehoose so to do. Ilow, sir, do
von know that the Compahy will accept'the amuend
ents ? Can you presume to speak ani'act flir us
all ? Perhaps these interrogattions are not po rtinent,
and it would be more proper to ask it' you have gone
over, horse foot and dragoon, to your put city, ani
intend forcitig us to build a Rail Road from A tgusta.
But be assured, sir, that we are not all such iu'ser
able dupes as not to kiiw our rights. Justice de
nmands a meeting of the Stoekholders-counition
sense dietates the nec'ssity of it, and the rights of
Stockholilers knock at your door for the call-wiy
not call them together ! A re you araid tIe amend
merts will be rejectih? Then the interests of the
cmpany call for a mcetiting. Are you a'rntid the
company will be disolved by direct vote or other
wise ? Still the voice of the conpany is for a meet
ing. Do you believe we have not sense enoligi to
dtcrmine these matters ? Then it is your duty to
net fkr us and there will be no call. On no other prii
iple enn you justify your " masterly inactivity" anl
;1aily s.l-nee. But, sir, how tire we to proceedl in
the little matter or' withdrawinig out- stock ? That
the ijite-tiil.
Yurs wit h'espect,
M.t~v T-ocKtoL.DERS5.
Dark Corner, .ilan. 26, 1856.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
Cottoo .\arke't had' :i advanced f'romt 1.8l a :j pei
Ib an' rd thle sales.. hadt comprltised~i tduring thIe week
58000 bale's, of' which expoirters took 5tt00 ati
SpecLula tirs 9000 bales, leav'ing 3-l.000 bah-Iis oj
a l' eript ios tot lie trade. Tlhie storch: of Cot
tot ott hiand was 370,000 b:ides inch ndit: 200,0O(
Tlhe atnnnneeent iby the Londonr Tlimnes thl;
R I~in%~ haidi uneiondit Iittnalv:LyneLepted thle Aulstriat
iroosl$LS, hais eaused greait exeltiteeit, bt
Govermen'tt despaiteh next dany stateid that Ruts
si only neceptedI the Austriani proposals ais:
ba-is of' ntiations 0 . Conttlence is shlitl)l
re~ied, atnd'theL pubtli' is l's -:ti"yitite- ""3ii
hik tha,:t l it-il mtere'ly acctsLi~i tese prTopotsib
Previonis to the ainnottnneiet otfI Rt-sia'
acepLtance.' of the pe:e propoiusalIs, the Vie'nni
Ipapers re'preseteLd ailTirs ais ini an atltrmting 'conf
dition. It was stated that the Autstrian Embntas
svttad received Lorders to quit St. Ptersbutrg
T h facts uconnecced withI the piroposals are, thia
Est erhiazy had hanided thle ntle to Nessel rode
sytig that lie was not authlorized- to eniter init
di-.u i on. hut it' thle ito!te was tiot neeepted tin
c ittniiiinlly befoere the I18th, lie aind the An,
triai it1 Emba ' tut li'ave St. l'ete'r buirg. T1%
ireentt thli,, NL'ssehrodl.'eiicomniticatted diret ti
P intce U urt.'ehiak''fl :t V'iennai wiho, tad au talk
w vith Coutnt hluol, ui hii prodneted a memtorandunit
xpresin the general inclhition of Rutisia te
ngt iatet, buit prpinii~tg certaitn allitalins.
Cunt linoil received the dolttitmen'tt, bitt as it
did not co'tnii uit unicoitionai~l aer'eptane
Anistria coold1 noit rLeply wXi-hou t at confe hrenet
1with F'ratue anid Enigland. Th'le ambhassadtors ol
ttest Powers acco'irdingtly senit to i~tiLoto andi
Parisi for itt-Iruct iins, andii t he reply was reeirtel
I hat the We.-terni IPowers ha~d tno tmotuve tri
e bage their deiini ailready c arifl'yU coniide'r
e l, adm furthier that i' Rutssia did ino- aeelpt lby
ie tht, Cunlt tE'sterhaz~y ad thle Auistrman Ih
eat int w outld leave anid Aiistri.t woutld immnedi.
itel setek to obtain the assoired co-opjer'ation ol
o the.r powevtrs.
he Rnitsianu Embat,:ssy hadl been ordered to
lny V'ienna~ diuirinug te Week and~ L etremttO aplt
p reheon existe ai st Vienn a, bitt ott thle 16(thi
t he pprhensionl suitd~ e.l by an i annoni tneemtent
that RUs'.ia aigrees to neugotiate. on the termy~
p ropotsd.
Froma the Crimnes there is no imtpoirtanit initelli
* The Presidenetit .\Iessatge is genetrally regarded
f vorably ini Entgland. 'ven ithe a! itu tLe as
suned with rega~srd tuo Cenitral Amterient ia nit
objected to. Nobody seemt to aipprehenid dilh
culty betweeni 'lie two cottttmes
'The bitllioin in the Bink of Entgland lias d~e
grease~d $1 19,00t0.
Bredst ulls had conmsidherablyv deelinted. (hio
hd duelined, and was worth d12s. per 106 lbs.
White Corn was lower, and .llixed ws worth
4s. per 480 .lbs.
R .Lrk. lBeIf an~d Baconit were quiet and lower.
Lard was quoted ait (17h. pr' ewt. Sogars hiid
avanet. Naval Stores had declined. Rtoant
as worth 45s. Gd. per ewt. Spirits of Turpeui
te mtaded 36s. per' ewt.
ACiDENT AND WotNDEnytLt.'RANCE.-TheC
Grnrd Raptjids Etqtuirer states iton WVedines
d dy Iist a serious accident oceurred int the town
ofoParis, about six miles front that ciity. A
yonng man, aged .18 years, son o1 .air. Niernolas
C Crltu, was chopping downt a tree, ini comntjty
w wth anther yomuis triman. As the tree wvas fall
in itit struck atnother tree, atnd swerved frotm te
nsitito itn which it was expected to fall, striking
'c nig arton. k nockitig hun down, erishing his
riht armi to jelly, and the butt of the tree, a
foot thick, restinig ont his htead, forcing the hitter
into the groun'd. The skulil was somewhnt frat
tuned, but strangei to lell, thme head w~as coimpar
alvely uninjuired. T'he young maut with himt
chtpped ofl' the log, nind .endeatvored to roll it
ll Csarltun's headh, all the ime supposinig t$e
latter to be detad, bitt hocould not mtove the hag,
an dwas forced to go a milo and a half to obtain~
asistance.. WVhen the log wias rolled awauy, it
was ascertinred that Carltoni vas alive. Hie
was ccorditgly conveyed homte. The follow
i' day his armt was amnputaited, anid lie is likely
totoecover.
*(. o SrnEtsv.-We learn thatt a vessel from
Bo loto, with a cargo of ice, consigned to Mr.
Badger, of thtis city, is ice.boitnd ini the river,
abot en miles below thtis city ! The catptain
o' thevessel mantagedh to " maike his way'' ttp to
Richmenrd ont Sat urday, and atfter witnessintg the
refrg ierItig scenes preMented to his astontihied
vidn m, hereabouts, vow,-d tat he would tnever
- ...r..t.i.. unli., t hniit, .a ..ar of i to thta
.a
Judge Bere n.
e New York E.rpress, in noticng the -recent
h of this distingullishedcitizei, pays the following
Rful tribute to-his acknowridged ability:
n lhe Hon. John M. Berrien, of Georgia, passes
y 5~reat midd and a great man. in profevved
I afquisitionjin general legal lore, in the fitenhy
Ialysis, combinat:on, rnd position of thoughts,
al-but few, very few equa, 'Jn the United States.
he *ge df 72, for that mntshave been abmit his'
his head %tas as clear as a, "ytal, n1d ilat rAW
er the Senator, who met himi in dehnte, met it nian
ishorai manhood, ant' of uitilonled vigor. Tius
by one, go oflthe stage, the Calhotns, the Clays,
Websters, the Berriens of ouriuecond golden age,
it is to be hoped some are rjslng. who, in patrot.
and honor, can ill their pl .s.'
?" Tu re Darlington Flag extracts from our paper
ig letter from " 11" in Europe without givinmg us
it for thesame. Itemenmber diegood old rule,bruther
ns: "Render unto Casar &c."
PRETTILY EXPRESSED.
,e ob'terve in the last Yorkville Enqairer a wTell
ted eneomium pronounced upon tihe itomne Jour.
Speaking of N. P WILLIS, one of the .iJrnal's
rs, tihe Enguircr pays him the fullovling eficitous
liment in which we fullyconctir:
In the stubble-field through whic'h we grope our
, his fancies peep out here and there like red, ripe
wberries ; and jus.t like strawberries they go down
us; lusciunsly.
COMMUNICOATIONS.
#For tile Advertiser.
a. EDITOR :-I observed- in the Advertiser of
22d ult.. over the signatur.e of " MAs, Fair.s as,"
nqn!ry lddres'sed to iein regard It the fact,
ther or not I would consent for my inme to be
I as a Candidate for a sent in the next Lgisla
Now, Sir, permit me in candor to say to my
ANv Finmtss," I alm at i kwivs how to answer
qinery. True it is, I an under great obligations
lie people of the Distrkt for repeated favors
rerred on me, and would feel that I was tctilg
rateful not to yield to any reasonalle service
would result benefiially to them; but feeling
do, sensible of my inability to serve them in a
tion fo highly imprtant, must, at this early
r, ask of them to indulge me in regard to an
-er to the point, as tine and events will more
erly dictate the better course.
Rleepectftn!ly.
J. QUATTLEBUM.
For the Advertiser.
ESSRS. KORAGNE, LANDRUM & NOBLEY;
;ETLKEN,-We learn that you three had the
neas, at the hust Session of the Legisiature,
m the question came up to give the Electiou of
tlots of President and Vice Preaident to thme
le, and when the happy nuitials were celebrs
between one of our immsediate Ilepresentatives
the lon. B. F. PEIaY. to give your votes
inst the mensure. Since Mir. TaLLAN has made
self heard by the countrj on the other side, we
1id like'to hear you, in your vindlicathm,throutgh
columns of. the Advertiser.
Respectfully, MANY PEOPLE.
=- -64- -- -
CRmi ON THEDEATH OFJOHN V. TILLMAN.
I)parted friend ! upon thy bier
No flowers of vain regret we strew ;
lut joy thiu canst no longer here,
Sorrow, and eare, aud anguish know.
Oli ! not for thee shoumld teairs he sited,
To dnm thy pinion~ pure ad bright,
Of thy redeemeda spirit, spread .
Rejo~icinig, for its upuward flight.
B-ut tears were shmed- when thou did'st dlie,
And loving hearts were bathed in woe;
Atd dimt'd .was mantty a kindred eyee
When thy fair form was strickent luw.
Yet nott ini sorrow for ouar loss,
tShould we tor;;et tahy gloirious gain ;
Oh : what could temp;t thy steps to cross
.\gaini life's dark{ and~ toisomtte mnain
lam tlmtut hi.s~t world ito teairs entn daim
Th~e glory of thy ransomend soul;
ut joyous song of seraphlim
Throughm all undly ing~ ages roll.
Then shonld we miourmn that thout art gitte
Fromn a wlotld like ours whmere te;mrs abound
To. knto'w the btightnes if thIat dann m,
Where never dstk'ting clouds are found
That withm the lived of C td on highm,
Thttu dwelles't in eterald dasy,
Where " tears are wiped from every eye,"
Atud grief antd siglhing flee away ?
A FamKst,.
the Editor of the Edgefeld Advertiser:
t: Once nmore we are comupelled to) tax your
umes, by solicititng at shtort spaice in the coumns
:'ur valuable papemr, ini order to nakte a brier and1
sing reply to Mir. TttLus.
e should ertmanly huave remained silent, but
his incorrect conceptioni of ai sentence containeid
tr former reply ; and hmad it tiot beetn trout a de
:to assure him, that we are truly sensible of the
'y debt of gratitude, that lie htas generously and
tuitously imiposedi uipn ts. How ennt we htnd
4uage stnnis-ienmtly impassssiomned to express to hi,
deep sense of obligamtionm tnd. respiect, for the
roni~ing nisanier u that Ito hs assumned towatrds
and the unpatrallel'-l exhibition of his inmtenuouis
nterestedness in poitiing rut toi ms thme Sylit ansd
try bdis, that beset his barque,. whten ini youth lie
i-lied it upotn the turbid antd tempestuous sea ot
ties. Such eonduct is without precedenit, whticht
Is t the comuplitimnt of hts pleasing partitnlity.
nsie from all this, we beg to consider a few of
" admonitions'' that he hs given tus, as being
rich fruits of " age and experietnc." lle adyvises
o " refraitn fromti thme further use of so tmatny Lattint
tttions ;" atnd the substitutiion .oif the pronoun
for " we.'' Now, we are surprised that a
t!ean, of his refined and delicate taiste., should
fur the egotistical persotnal pronoun "' I,'' to wht~
sually regrded as a msore modest formn of expres
t, but there is no aecounting for tlte dilh'erenees
Ifreaks of taste. if lie will conuil~t the pages of
dison, Steele, and the unknown Jlunlus, who are
aitnly the mtost elegant models ini this department
ur literature, he will findi that their writitngs arc
asionly embellisheid with classical quotations.;
,that they use thec psranouns " lIn and " we" as
suits their taste in the sanne articl-. We'hope
we shall not inenr his disapprobaitioni by giving
so authors the preference.
hr. TIL.uA having failed to establisha, 1st. that
yers would oppose divisson, because its a body
icy were competitors fur offices in the gift of the
~islature, whlich was under the control of thte
ises' 2nd. To prove that "at least two thirds
Lawyers in te Legislature, fromti thme l)islricts,
nay their constituents, anid bend the supp)lle
e to the Parishes," sinee Ite hats not brotught for
Sa single individual itmstance to sustain his as
ion. 3rd. To show that Lawyers are opposed
ivition, because " they aire averse to eirepit ri
i." 4th. To make good hxis " interential.olharge
ashonesty or at lcast inferiority in profewonal
-eter, aginist' the majority of thme members of
Bar," we cheerfully acquiesce in his wish to
ontinue the controversy, as we would. not exV
t the getnerons spirit of i Carolinian, to continue
trike, when an antagonist cries " hold, enouigh.''
ii hisst reply, ho complains bitterly of our hav..
done htim the " ratnkest injuistie.-," in supposing
he was " catcring to vulgar prejudice and en
oring to excite the ill will of thme honest farmters
ur coitntry agatinst us." Since lhe denies hsaving~
a prompted to his extraordlinary eaurse from
such motive, we accept his disavowal, and shaill
subit at synop~sis of the fttcts upomi whichh we
d oar opinion, but at the sameo titme lie muvst
lleet, whatever may have beeni his motive, tihe
THE XERCVRYS ANTI-CONVENTION ARTICI
\VE ohserve th;at sonie political remurrecti
Est is bent upon qxhuming (from the tomb
the Capulets ?) certain a.rticles of the Mere
c alled frrth b-y that-qeiryof ours, " Wint
we tr -4o." jhe 'Wimabbero Register, at
request, of a sibiscribef, is nlow passing t.h
tlhrugh a second edItionm .In doingso the R
iser gives 'cxpression to the subjoined rel
tions, which will command the attention v
respect of (very unprejudiced man:
The Mercury ibjects.4 to tIhCe Conventi
Ias a. piece of. machinery,.never centemplated
the Uonstit ution. ' Wry true.- Bnt neverthe
they had their origin inl an imperioui necses-5
and were called into existence by thL voiec
the people. It had become appanre;t that
Presidetial election was a matter of too m
impoirtaince to long'er be permitted to remain
fore the llipneof Ropre.ioriattivem.. They W
a long standing body, and so great were
temnrp!ations il tie hands of an aspirant, 1
the spirit of bribery iad corruption vas spre
ing. like. a. i-tendfrl cunt agion througoiut
repre-eniat ive budy of tle poeople. W%*ith
.number of oliee. in the.-gift ofthe sucum
candidate aud' the smaflah. inmber atfoli .wI
they were to be distributed, Mr. 3lcDufTe
clared tat the temptlationi we-re tai oreat
hiutman integirity, that '-the very .iels tell Ii
lleavena With lIess temnptatin." We will
muention any of thle memorable oc~casions wl
tle American people hid their faces with shn
for the conduct of their representatives. It %
a noble and patriotie v-irit, th:it promped lt
to remaove from their krgkit ive bralls this c
rupting elect ion. The appaint lent o: sa e
ate electoral<i cnllege failed, hecaitse, from
ii nnmber of caudidat!s whomta the electiars C:
pledged t) support, the election had ag:in it)
returned to the House for a final deci-ian. %
has forigttenl tho circnstaces i;lt-r wI
John Quincy Adams was electedP liV,
founder and first parent of the party now ena
Repablican, obtained his etevation to the Pr
dential chair by the return of the election
the House. A fact, which should be rememl
ed, particiarly now when thatparty is a
rality, if not a imjoriiy, iln the House, and
now polling a Iager vote for Banks than is
ceived lay any- other candidate. This cire
stance w'ars us us(that the caunsei which exim
for keeping tlhe election from the llouse are
strong now as ever; and many tindes more d
getrous ; hieatse ile contest will now be.
between Whi(!s and DemocratA. but antioslai
1fanaties and tile lovers of the Constitition;
placable hostility to the South will lire
hearts of one, the rights of the South and
preservation of the Constitution animate til
of the other. Look tao the Federal Cap
witness the scene that is being enacted th
If it be desired to elect Seward, let a few of
Southern States withahold thewielves from
Cincinnati Convention and by so doing send
Democratic cmdiiate befaare the House, with
party in broken and fragmentary confusion.
have heard some of the opponents or the c
vention bare their oppsilion to it on the gro
that, they wihed to see Pierce defeated
Seward 'elcteld, and thus a dissolution of
Unioir accomplihed. Such can most cor
tently oppovise the 'onventinil, becaise to de
it is to defeat the Denicratie Party, and,
neces.ary result, necompilhl the election
Seward.
The objection to nominating Conventiot
inantlicient.. Allhough not contemplated in
federni, nor in any of the State coanstituti
they have nueverthtele~ss grown to b~e part of
m aaeliinery ofioavernmelnt. anad are resorte.
every wh lere. Thley havae been hed1 in ( 'ran
in Charleston, :and' in Wintn.,boaro. Called
ekistence by necessity, establishaod by usaut
every State. Counaty. (or Djistrict, throaughoua
lengiIh and breiadthI ot the~ whocle couttry,
an error tao ascribe lanr -lbsene fruam the Nat
al noaminati ng Conaveaaiobns to conlstituti
scruples: iontead ot toa a mnere usage forced
ona us byv ci reaanrannes no longer existimg.
ta ne paolitiona oaf Soauth Carolina is to nect
thiose part ies wit h whoaam 'he iagrees : :ad ifI
cat :agree with naonea, stand ail of traom all . '4
internalI irmprovemtents, and a parotect ive t:
were the issues bieforer lie coatry. neihhe
ther tw i treatt paart ies carried out Sou tth Cauna
views, hacnce, very cotsistenutly, shte bhld bei
aloonf from their Party Caonventions. Thelae
nuaestiont to dhetermainae the course aof the S
noaw is: Do we atgre~e ith the pre.<ent posi
of thea I)emaoeratic Ptarty, iad oft their di:
aniished head, Presidlent Pierce ? If wie di
aroc of thtem, ie will act conasistenatly h3
tminiag aloaaf. But if wve ;appirove oft thema
ilt be actinag inconsistentlyv, if we still :a
to isol ation, when-a the causes far sat din;a
laongrer e'xist. A tmian vl w heimbs a poast it
c ~ apelfr a doug, would bhacat ing very.itemu
tetly a if e stillI adhered to his po-i iiaai
i%(ai t ad ionatr liis aggressaar hiad disapapeaure
IWe enin see nto reason for aid vocatiug the umn
Iah noation of presaervinag our purity and vi
by 'seeluding ourselves from the rest oaf
Southeurat States. It is tooa well kiaownt l
ntitt anadiang our haabits of fedheral .,eebua
here we re as 'maniy :aplicanLits lfar caflieu I
It bisSate as~ anay othier ina athe Uionu.
It i~ vain fair the Mercury to attempt to 4
viiace thae plel of this State, tha~t a lo-e
favor that< Conaiventiaiu. are animaated lby a
aith bu att tin the spoi." Whenu-our great Stri
na, Mr. C alhouna, went into the Corngressi.
G Caucus that tanminated Mr. Montrot, wvill
.lfreury have its believe. that, not the desir
eevate a staiesan~i anad pat riot to that high4
iianeei, hai "a taiilh in the spoails"' animaated hi
Wihien thae Conivent iaan of 18-13 meat iind tare
rplresaentatioln of the State in the Hiltitn
Demoataic Conaventin, :andi was w~rmaly pa
ipa ted- ini by the paraminaenat tanen oat oura S
aand by Biuchuanan, Pahnaer, anad Alstont, of
own District, amean whosea integrity hatve at
abovey repraicht, are we taa believe thiat" fait
hae spoai I." fundta anamoment's acceptancee ini t
hearts? N-eer! Never! I
in conacluision, let us beg the Mercury to
den well the remuarks of Col. Ke-itt. T1
enmne from a disinterested source. He proch-Iu
that the D~emtaerat ie thle onily Conist itutia
party now before thae criantry, and the
chanage, wihh has takent pla:ce in that pa~rty,
st itulie, reasaons a chlangaa in our u sage. I
Keiit's splen~idid caomputimen-tt taa thai partyv,
cmmnuntd toP its consiaderationa. whenever, tog
er with the Knoaw-Nat hinag papers oaf lie St
t inidulges in utnmaerited aubuse of the meni
loning to it.
Yoctns Tau:Lv.--Oiver Mlillikian is as mauel
a wag as a lnusiciani; anal to make his wag;
the nmore sutc-cessful, '' lie :aleets thle dress
maanner of a c~ergymanf." With his white er:
atd aober black coat he makes not a had itt
tian. He was at one oaf the hotels in Spr
fichal a iew weyks ago, and his decidedly elei
appeairaance etta:.eting the attenationa of thte
p anty as they sat downt to dinner, he was en
up110n to. ask a b!essiing. Hie did tnt refuse,
gt oat very well for a sentenace or two:
when he~ camae towardl the coniclusiona, lie fan
as it was hais first attempt, that lie was uatt,
uable to remembtaer the usual manner of clus
sch an exercjse. After hesitatintg a tmom
he recuollectead the tiuua sutbscriptionl of hais
tes, andl he brouaght lais pet ition h t a losa
addinag, withl great solymntaity. "Yours truly,
ver Milhikin' "
THE Delaware river iatPhiladelphia is fre
o firmly thlat boat h fair the saihe of refreshma
to altears and others have been ereeted or
The Bulletin asays: The constanat-plying to
fra of the furry boatsi, opposite the cenitre of
1city,'has kept the ice broaken up there, but ab
ad below it is perihety tight. Some of
ebannels that were brokon up thte tiver- by
tg American were frozean over within twei
for haours afterward sufficiently strong to
mit pedlestriants to cross thtem.
SLAVES ?N TNsT Taan ~PENNSYrVA
A correspoindeiat aof the Philiadelphtia Led~
writind~ fraim HIarrisbuirg. atbouit thea proceedi
ift the'Penansylvaia Legislature, says: lin a
days, the Comtmitaeo of the Judiciarv ini
Huse will make at wittena report on the sub
of transit thro'ugh the Commttonweatlth of Sot
rers with their slave property. The mtajoa
rephort with take the grournd tha~t suach right
ists, anad hast not beeni iumpatiread by ouar legi
tion ; while the tinaority wvill Ihold the posti
Itht such right does nuot exist, and hats been
Es. CIIAsCELLOI? WAHMD.AW.-From serious in
on- dis.position, this amiable and able Judge will
of not he able to hold his Courts on the Third.
- Equity Cirenit, at the approaching term. Hi.
ry healthh is .s' tirin, that lie was induced to retire
ar from ithe perfioriance of his ardnous duties in
th the Comit of Appeals in Chnrleston, which has
Vilm just conesind. its labors. Arrangements have
been made -to supply his plice on the Eastertn
Circuit, which is iii appropriate Winter Circuit
in ritation,
Lad Chancellor Dargan is to hold the Winter Cir
cnit for Charlestoi, to which the law allows six.
inq weeks, if so metich time is necessary. But the
by Ch:irlecton Bar hiave represented to him, that
es1 the businass of the Circuit will not iequire the;
jv, whole of that time, and, at their renest, the*
ot opening of the Court. for that Circuit will be
the deferred until h'e third Monday in February -
uch i In the Imeanitile, Chaneellor Diar-an will hold
be-I tie Equity Couris for Marlboro and Darlington,
ere in the place of Chanceltr Wardlaw, at the regu
tle lar'teris as establi.hied by r'aw. 'e will~al46'
hat hok4 extrai Courts fur Cisterfield. and Macion,
d. at conveident tinies hereafter to b 'deinted;.
the ot which due itOice will be :iven.
the Chaneelior Dniikin, who'lins niWitMer CrT
dnl enit for the present year. will sepply'Chanielle
0m111 Wardlaw's pikice at the Equity Court fur Horry,
le.| Georgetown and. Williamsburg, .at the regula
for Ites (it' those Courts. respectively. By this
, :arrangeental, it will be perceived that thue pub
not lie ser1,e will receive no detriment from Cha-ng
)een ellOr Wardlaw's iudisposition.-Charlestoi
nie Mercury.
v Is fSov-r Cuo.I.A RA.ILRoA6.-The Charleston'
11Mercrv .says:
r A largcre portion of our paper is necessarily
r- enpied wfib the Annual Report of the South
'i Iarolina RaWilroa:d. It exhibits a htrikintg in
file ,P
crea.e in the busisiess of thqCq~pany for the
past year; and, we lie glad-to see, shows that
they are determined not to sacrifice the perma.
t !feint interests of thie road, by negalecting the
le improvenent of tile trick. Duriog the list
S. year, more than $200,000 have been expended
to n such inprovemnern.s; and we recognize, with
tr. satisthsction among those that are contemplsIted,
r the filling up of the, trestle work at Aiked:
>U- There ought to be io untiecess ary delay in thi.+
re work. It was erected as temporary,' and wras
meant tat be tilled up vith earth As fast as pes.
sible. It is, doubtless, very firm now, but it
ed cannot last; and it is important to the charater
Itof the raad that the progress of perfecting this
portion of the track should not be intermitted.
Ii-eieral this report will be higrly satisfae
ry tory u t lie Stockholders and to the public.
til.
the WAstiscroN, Jan. 29.
the VITrENT ASSAULT UPoi GREELEY.-As'Ho
ose ree Greeley was coming from the Capitol Build
tol, ing this afternoon, he was attacked by the Hon.
re. Albert Rost., of Arkansas, who, with his fist,
the inflicted several blows upon the defenceless head
the of Greeley. Wheni Greeley was approaching
the thicNatioial Hotel, Rust aaain struck him over
the arm with a stiek.. The'assalt is supposeo to
Wel- have been eiused by some severe striet fres in
- the Washington letiers which appearfd it tile
sd 1141Trihine newspaper of yesferday, on Mr. Rfust's
a proposition in the House, requesting all the can.
.hI didates for the Speake-rship to withdraw fram s
the coiteAt.
IS a1 KANAAs AFFAIRS.-A despateh in the Sf. Louis
Otf Intelligeneer from Westport, Jan. 16, says:
Things being to look better- in the Territory,
is in some respe)cts. Last Friday, Sheriff Jones
tie was sent for by one of the Freesoilers of Law
>renet'. to serve a writ on some of the citizens of
the Ethe pilaice fair raibbing his store. I have just seen
I to a letter traomi the Sheriff saying that lie had ar
in, rested aelme six .or eight of the citirps-s00'a
iinto. ebarge of stentiing--had no0 dilliculty except with --
a in I one fellow, who drew his pistol find sWOreOk
the |woild not be taken. Jaones thon drew his, and
it s walked up to hima andl milde the arrest. The
ion-i fellaiw enaved. H e searched 'rever:Wt houses in
mia! l 1,a'vrence, and found a good many of the stolen
up. gooids.
he Sheriff Jones has also arrested some ten or
vith eleven of the* party who rescued the prisoner
she iransioan from him,. who gave saeenrity for their
hen appe'aranee at the next term of the Court.
iritl' .
r __f H YD E N IAL.
self (Ix the 23d1 Jan., in Putnam County, FIa., at the
oly residlence af Rev. Wma. Johinson, by Rev..\l:N.
tae S tricktlanid, Rev. .f. It. IhunxRAK. and Aliss Asov.
ion I.LI.A C. Jonsxsozs, both ot Flurida.
11 Also, ait the same timne and pinaee, Mr. Wu.ftaux
' L. Tasolwer.t. andl 3iss Jossrmazsi I. Jonsxsos,
re- hiah ir t-'ltri,la.
"'4 ' Colu.bia papers will ptease coipy.
n0 Mrar.ier). oni the 24thi Jan.. at Live Oak, Riht
lanad listrict. bv Rev. .J. L.. httynoldsa. D. D)., ..
- H~lu'rs B~coo'as, aof Eadgetield, to MARaY Gooni'N,
- elet dauther of Gaav. Jas. H. Adams.
.- Ox tao 2h 1)ec by Daniel S. Bus, Esq., Eoxiso
k. Min~rox, of Edgetieldl, S. C., to Miss ExxA Tex
-tue p.-ros, tof IBurke county, Ga.
the Ox the 30th aof Oct. 1853, by W. Tiammernian.
hal Esti.. M.r. 110t..1so Ter.av, to Jse SUMMLIIALL, all
cit: fthis Ditrict.
(JOathe 27th ait Decemuber 1855, by tlesanie,Mr
oW ~ if.tLlAu Tesfn', to, 3iss Euiz.cnErut S.urxtaP.ALL,
ni sall of this Distaict.
-no Ox Thaursay thue 24th .January,by thesame, Mr.
tes. Rouca-r .\cFaucii. of Abbeville DistriefT, to Miss
>nal M.ucaoaE-t lofcltu~tiELb, tat Edgenleld District.
the Os Thursaday the 24th1 January, by the same. Mr.
to A . I). Sxrn to Miss ELIZrA C. GAIILs, all of thie
i-li District.
id au O BIT UA RY;
-ti- r0:n, at die resilice aof his Step-Fathei-,' Dr. Jas.
st', II. Adtiais, ain ilie 30th:1 uit.. Jouns V. TrIL.M., aged
our 17 years eleve'n months anti 5 days, of Typhoid Pneu
li united hitl to the HonsCreek Baptist
beiri ,-i.<tent membier until detchi. He was perfctly asig
ed tao the witt oftGod.- .' ..
The 'lure was a union a (as many amiable qualities in
I'the c'hasracaer of this young man ak can, perhaps, he
icunnoiid uniutd in that of any aine inut uhue whole country.
tilS Kind, abliiging and respectful in his deportment and
mal uncommonly correct inu his habits-ho lived without
cry repiroach. ilavingt given thimself away in an everlaut
ing covenani, to tlim, wvho is ever faithful-he died
n-l without reiir. Wittinig to occiupy an hnmbte- place
'lhere. hie tias received from his 3lastcer a call to " come
wo u tp ig ser."
ite M as on ic No ti e,
be- R EG U L A R Coiuununicaitioni of
' CONCORDIA LODGE, No. 60,
of A. F. M., will be held stt their Hull,
ey on Satturday eveninug, 1 6th Feb. at
anud 7 o'lomck.
By order of' the W. M.
.ja- A. G. TEAGUE, Ssc'ai'.
m- I 7i TnE Frienuds of Mr. ROBERT D. BRYAN
~resp~etfully annouince him as a Canaidate for Clerk
aund for Eadgetiehal District sit the next election.'
"d, Exc to' Notice.
'rly Erqetall peu'sons indebted to the Estato.
ba 8 T of .Jaeob B. Smnitht, to comec forwatrd by thc.
tt, 1 0th of February, and make some arrp~mgement with,
t tus in~ order tat sve COsts.
by BENJAMIN WAT.DO,
G EO. A. A DDISON. Eeaos
Feb. 4, 1856. 3r 4
- -Notice.
it. T HA~t Y Placed1 all my~ Notes in thte-hands if .G.
d --m W.-ficndrum, FEsq., for collection. Th~'efer'
the all indebted with not pru'dently by settling up byo
obefore Rcturh day. P. R. BLALOCK.
Fe b -2t - 4
the. AdmniRistratortS $3l0,
ity- H E Distribatees of.the Estate of lohn Schuma
.1er- pert, dleisisedl, are huereby notified-that there
will be a tinsal settle'ment made, on saidl estate, on
St. Mondiaty, ihe 17ith dasy of Miach niext, in-thes Ordi
iir na' (Jihi0. at EdguefelilCotirt Houise, and alt sha
D Iistiributees of riad estate are reqnested to attend ut
the time and plauc aforesaid. And n)l persons hair
ing daemnands augainst said estate are reaquested to
ha. isnd them in to the subscriber at the time and placce
~.h sfrai. . JESSE SCIIUMPRlT, Adm'r.
rity Feb. 6, 1S56. 6 4
$.a Physdcians' Buggy Trunks and Pocket
ton ~II EDICINE CASES--for sale by
ex iv~. A. G.&2:T. Ji. TE AG UE, Druggists.
M,.)' 0-3 - if 1

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