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bet the unenviable fraction of nothing. When next he wandeta from the awful shades of the university--the member represents Cambridge to give us the glorious maxims of olden tites, let him not mutilate them. Let him give them to us in their full and solemn import; let him tell us-" de morTuis nil, nisi bonum alque re rum:" nothing of the dead but what is good and true. When next he is moved to speak upon this floor, let him speak to us of both goodness and truth. God knows, Mr. Speaker, that it is not my province to point out to the member what he should do ; but I hope that, in asking him to speak in both goodness and truth, 1 am not asking too much ; that I am not impo sing upon him a luxury, which his scanty means will not afford. Mr. Speaker, it is recorded in a treatise on physiology, as an evidence of the power of the imagination, that a poor water-carrier once dreamed that the king had conferred upon him a patent of nobility, and that he arose in the morn ing a lunatic, weeping over the stern necessity of divorcing from the instincts of his nature and the habits of his life. Now, Mr. Speaker, if the words of the holy seer have come to pass ; if we have fallen upon the days when the wo men of Massachusetts prophesy, when the men of Massachusetts" see visions and dream dreams' if the member from the Sufiflk district has dreamed that he can speak what is both good and true of the living or of the dead. I trust, sir. that in his waking hours he finds the reality no violence offered to his nature, or no burden too heavy to be borne. Now, sir, I have to perform the last act in this legislative ceremony. A majority in this house has passed a resolution of censure upon me. For what? Because I did nut turn public in former. Informer against whom? Against my then colleague, [Mr. Brooks]-against my friend, my bosom friend, and, as the black republican journals have charged complicity on my part and a conspiracy, I will say, informer against my State. What, sir! turn public informer against my colleagne, against my friend, against my State? Sir, those who wish-to be galvanised into walking satires upon honor and decency and fidel ity may turn informers; I never shall. And turn informer in favor of whom ? A man who has slandered my State and one of her most distin guished and trusted sons [Judge Butler.] Sir, I knew that my colleague intended to punish the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Sumner] unless lie apologised. I knew he would punish him, for he told me so, and he al ways performs what he attempts. I did not know, however, when or where the punishment would be inflicted ; and I did not anticipate its infliction in the Senate chamber. Had 1 antici. pated that act of justice there, I should have been still nearer the scene of action than I was. Sir, the Senator front Massachusetts [Mr. Sumner] had 'landered South Carolina and one of her distinguished Senators, [Judge Butler.] Sir, he had slandered a man dear to my State, [Judge Butler;] a man whose name is interwo ven with her history; a man in whose veins flow only patriotic blood, and whose family escutche on is bound with laurels won on many a field. Sir, when this man was slandered-this man, distinguished by dignity and usefulness, by his service and reputation-this man crowned with all the honors of a well-spent life--when he was slandered in his absence, is it strange that the blood of a kinsman should run swiftly, and boil up with indignation against the slanderer? Sir, had my colleague acted otherwise than lie did, he would have deserved contempt. There are wrongs, sir, for the redress of which no appeal can be made to a human tribunal. Wounded honor can never be redressed by an attorney; nor can a manly pride be weighed in legal seales. My colleague redressed a wrong to his blond and his State, and he did it in a fair and manly way. Sir, in the feudal code of chivalry-the only code of chivalry the wit of man has ever con-. structed-the churl was never touched with the knightly sword ; his person was muleted by the charterstaff. Sir, wvhat a spectacle has this H-ouse presented to the world ! The adherents of Mr. Sumner say : We hold a man's person sacred, but his reputation out of the pale of protection. We, on the other hand, say that character is sacred, and without it a man's person is not worth pro tecting. Sir, let us go to the country on this issue: Sanctity of character on the one side, aind impunity to slander on the other. j ask, again, sir, did this House expect me to turn informer? Informer, sir, again.st any col league and intimate friend !-and that, too, in favor of a slanderer. Sir, of all characters, sauve that of~ the informer, the slanderer is most des picable. Even after he shall have breathed the supreme breath of his hideous life-for cold. blooded and measured slander is moral hideous ness---even from the worms, fitly battening on his disgraced remains, even after the flesh that wraps him shall have dissolved away and mingled with the tainted earth-even then will history select, his name from among the dishonored names of earth anti condemn it, in stereotyped infamy, to live amongst her most witherinir re cords. Sir, whoever wishes to be pillorfe~d in dishonor may turn informer-never will I. If the constitution only protects the slanderer, it is wvorthless. If its a-gis is only thrown around a man's body of flesh, wvhile his cha~racter, which i= imnmortal, is left to be blurred, and stained, and sullied by obscenity and slander, thena the light. nling of an indignant people should blast and consume it. Sir, never will I submit to slander, or wvill I betray confidence. For the inidividuail opinion of those who have passed the resolution of censure upon me, I care nothing. For their oflicial opinion., formally recorded, I have a proper sensitiveness. From this recorded act of a m::jority here, almost en tirely black republican arid aboli:ion. I shall :ap. peal to my constituents. I shall appeal to thiose who hold character sacred, and among wvhotm honor is maintained. I sha~l appeal to a coni stituency to whom are given our revolutionary records, as the primer of learninig is given to in, fancy, to turn over its leaves like those of an illustrated volume ; for those who have umas tered the hornibook of fame and the alphabet of patriotism may dec upon the ebharacter of an act. I have only now to add that I have placed my rcsignaition in the hands of my colleague, (Gov. Aiken,) to take effect whean I make the a,'. nouncement upon this floor, and that he has al ready transmitted it to the Governor of the State of South Carolina. I wish only to say. in justice to the chairman (Mr. Camnpbeli) of the special committee. that I haive no complaint to make against his conduct in this matter. I now deelekre, sir, that I atm no longer a mean. ber, of the Thirty-fourth Conagress of the Unai ted States. EXECUTI0N0F . E. CHANEY. This unfortunate maa convicted at the last springf term of our Court otf negro stealing, ex piated his crime on the gallows ont Friday last, the 11th of July. It had long been the impres sion of~ persons in this commuitay, thiat the pris oner was one of a regula.rly orgaanized clan, who were engaged int enticing and abducting slaves from their masters.-Vario us circumst ances led to this impression, and many efforts were mtade to induce the prisoner to conaieuss his own guilt. rand to reveal the names and whereabouts of his confederates; and we believe inducements were held out that his doing so neight lead to a par don in his own case; but lie persisted in assert. ing his ininocence-maintained that he bonght and paid for thae negro that lie was convicted of stealing, and that lie was ignorant of any law less clan of which he was supposed to be a member. It was believed, however, that when broughtt to the gallows aind convinaced that there was no hope of pardon, and that onuly a few mao ments seperated iaim rrom eternity, he would make a clean breast, and an open exposure of his guilt. He addressed the people for abont one hour and a half, and during that timne, lie was repeat edly urged by persons present to make a con fession ; but all to no purpose, and if we un derstood the substance of his remarks, he main tained his innocence to the hastm; though we be. lieve the main issues wvere. rathc-r evaded. The parting words of the unfortunate man to his old friends and aequainlanceu, as lie shook them severally by the hand, were truly affecting. About half past 1 o'clock, the fatal instrument of death was drawn around his neck ; the horrid cap adjusted, and soon the wretched criminal was launched into eternity.-Lancaster Ledger, 1MA ingi. From the Washington Union. I TO THE PUBLIC. t It is with extreme reluctance that I am con- t strained to transfer a private quarrel from its < legitimate field into the public press. The fault, however, does not properly rest with me, as an I impartial public will decide .after reading the fol lowing card from Anson Burlingame, member of t Congress from Massachusetts : A Card. I am informed that the memorandum of a re rent conversation of myself and friends with the friends of Mr. Brooks has received, in soni quarters, from i's position, as appended to Mr. , Brooks' speech, anfinterpretation which does injustice to its real meaning and to my intentions. This is what I say, and have said, in relation to my speech: That I observed in it the rules of personal and parliamentary decorum; that I could not qualify or retract any portion of it, and held myself responsible to any gentleman aggrieved by it. This is the only construction which I supposed would be placed on the memorandum, which my friends reduced to writing, that there might be no misunderstanding. But, inasmuch as at tempts, not altogether unsuccessful, have been made to pervert its true meaning, I now with dran it. And, that there may not be any mis apprehension in the future, I say, explicitly, that I leave my speech to interpret itself, and hold myself responsible for it, without qi:.lification or amendment. A BURLINGAME. WASHINGTON, July 19 1855. 'This card was first published in the " Intelli gencer" on Monday, the 21st inst., thongh it is dated July 19. As soon as I coald procure a friend (which was in less than two hours after I first saw the card) the following message was sent to Mr. Burlingame: WAS;IINGTON, July 21. Si : Will you do me the kindness to indicale soae place outside of this District where it will be convenient to you to negotiate in reference to the difference between us. Very respectfully, &c., P. S. BROOKS. Hon. A BUNIGAME. Apprehending an arrest from the ofliciOi in terference of ar. Burlingame's friends, t,1 knew that no friend of mine would lodge information,) at night-f1al I left my own rooms and went to the hone of a friend for greater security. At about twelve o'clock Gen. Lane called and delivered Mr. Burlingame's reply to my note, which reads as follows: \VASHINGTON. D. C., July 21, 1856. Sin: Your note of this date was placed in my hands by Gen. Lane this afternoon. In reply. I have to say th:tt I will be at the Clifton House, on the Canada side of Ni:gasra Falls, on Saturday next, at 12 o'clock. n., to negotiate" in reference to any " difference be tween us" which in your judgment may require settlement "outside of this District." I have the honor to be your obedient servant. A. BURLINGAME. lion. P. S. Bnooss. In order that the public may fuly understand the whole matter in relation to Mr. Burlingame and myself, it is ncessary to revert to events antecedent to the last correspondence between us. Some time during the last mnth he made I a speech in the House of R. presentatives, and when referring to the asault upon Senator Sum ner, he applied this language to myself: " Stole into the Senate chamber, and struck his brother. as Cain did Abel." When the sentence was ut tered, my friend, Mr. Keitt, who knew that I was absent, pronounced it false; under which impu tation Mr. Burlingame quietly rested. I did not att that time feel it my duty to hold Mr. Burlin game responsible for his language, anid might perhaps have permin.ed him and his words to pass. It was not long, however, before intimations from divers soarces reached mec that the friends of Mr. liurlingame were ba':tsing of his valo rous assault upon me-of his expertness with the rifle, (which they more than insinuated had come to may ears, in explanation oaf my forhear ance)-and that he himself was making capital at home in consequence of his courageous con duct. In regard to the insult given him by Mr. Keitm, it was said that he (Mr. Burlingome) "would not send, but thamt he would accept, a challenge." Under these circumstances 1 felt tha t forbear ance was no longer a virtue, and requested my friend, Mir. Bocock, on the 1st day of July, to go to Mr. Burlingame with the simple question, "Would lhe receive a call from me ?" The re ply to this short question is to be found in the following extract from a written stattement made to me by Mr. Bocock: [Extract.] "Mr. Burlingamie then commenced an expili nation, which led to a hung coniversation be tweein us, ini thme course of which he nmade mnitiy statements, which he said were confidemitial. "Omitting these, the answer which lie desire~d me to bear you was atibstantially this : that he had no unkind feelings whatsoever for you, but, on the contrary, regarded you as a man of cour :ge :ind a mnn 0of honor; that while lie disap proved of the a.-sault oii Mr. Sumner, amid felt bound as a Massauchusetts ma~n to conidemn it, le land designed to discrimtinate, betweeii the man and lie act, [let it be remuemblered that this language wa*;s used on the 1st of Jutly.] anid had said no mnore oii the subject thaii his sense of representative duty required. Under thlese cir umstanmces, he was surprised t o find thait you had takenm exception to anything which he had said. ' li relation to the boatsts that had been thrown out in hi.< name, he staited that they' ha d not been authorized by himi: hut, on the co n trary, he very strongly eondemnned boili them and their aut hors.' -Aiid if, after all this, you wvere not sati~fled. and wanited his blood, he stated that lie could do nothing elke tha~n accept, and would do so. "IBofore leaving M~r. Burliingame, I recapituba. ted whlat I understooad to be his answer. Hie agreed that I was right, anid added,' describe ine to him as you see mie; do justice to my kiind eelings to himi, and do justice also to my mian hood.'" I did do justice to Mr. Burlingame in t hotight, bearing, anid sp,-ech. I was pleased with the re port of his bearing, and impressed with the be. lief that lie was an elevated gentleman ; aiid when next I met him I respect fully offered him mmy hiaid, wvhich lie as respectfully received. On the day that the resolution for my expul. sion was to be taken up in the t louse, intein.1 ding to be severe ini my remarks tupoii certaini o its members, as also upon the Sta' of Mas. sachusetts, I reqtuested Mr. Boenek; to snbmit his written statemeiit to Mr. ijtrlingame for his approval or rejection. In relation to this point, Mr. Bocock sayvs iti his laust statement : "On the morning on which you made your ereech and resigned vonir seat in the House, I handed Mr. Duringatne the statement which I had prepared, and he has nerer returned it to mc." I informed Sr. Boeoek that I must and should have an ac quittance from Mr. Biurlingaime; and on that evening (of the day on which my speech was made) my frieiid Mr. Bocock brought me the meorandm which was appended to m~y speech, aid wvhich is in the handwriting of Speaker Baiks. Trhe memorandum was in all essential points the same as Mr. Boenek's statement, the original of which Mr. Burlingamie had retained, but a copy of which I had fortunately kept. This memorandum I accepted tinder thec advice of friends, ini lieu of Mir. Blocock's statement, aid was told that it wvas generous to do so. I did it to save Mr. Burlingamie's feelings, whose associates I was informed wvere pressing him. And yet, after all ihis-after five days of delay -Mr. Burlingame had the effrontery to embar rass his couinseliing friends, and to repudiate, on the 19th ot July, hecause of an atssumed false construcetion, "in some quarters." an in. strument w hich contained tipologies whieh lhe hd made on thme first of the samie nmonthi, and which apologetic construction lie had repeatedly admiited to be true, and also in the presence of his frienid, Mir. Banks. He now even utfects the chevalier, and defi antly says, "I leave my speech to interpret itself, and hold myself responsible for it. without ', qaulifcation or amendment." I He requires me to mpet him in Canada, a die tance of near seren hundred miles by mnail.route -a route running through the enemy's country, and through which no man knows better thman Mr. Burlinigame that I could nost pass without running the gauntlet of miobs anid asusassins, pr.isons nd nenit entiaries, bailiffs and constables te knew that I could never get to Canada, and hat were Ito do so and he were to fall, that I vould never get back. He might as well have lesign:ted Boston Common. his proposition is of a so preposterous e.harac er that the public will appreciate it without omment from me. When he repudiated the nemorandum which was prepared by his friend, td delivered in his own presence, I felt some ympathy f-r the agony of a proud man driven o doing wrong that ho might retrieve the honor >f a State which had been tarnished by unwor by representatives. But his last condition is vorse than the former, and I deliver him to hat condemnation which honorable men in very community will sternly inflict. 1 have no 'urther demands upon him; but should he be crowed up to the point of making demands upon ne, I will yet treat him as a gentleman, and eet him at any convenient and accessible point ipon equal terms. I respectfully ask that the subjoined letter 'rom General Lane may be read, and submit my 'onduct to the intelligent and spirited people of :very State in the Union. P. S. BROOKS. WAsts GroN cItY, July 22, 1856. DEAR sIR : I have deemed it proper and just .o make the following statement. At your request, 1 called yesterday at near bree o'clock, as your friend, upon Hon. Mr. Burlingame-that being the first opportunity I tad of meeting him and delivering your note. After he had read it, I informed him that I was requested by you to urge that a meeting should lake place at the earliest practicable moment, uggesting that afternoon or this morning at four o'clock, and hoped that it would suit his onvenienco. I further stated that you had supposed that all differences between you and himself had been adjusted; that he (Mr. Burlingame) had re-opened the matter, as you supposed for a personal diniculty, and that you were anxious to have it ended without delay. He replied, " That is the feeling of a gallant m::n, and Brooks is a brave man." That he would have to look out for a friend, and had none in his mind at that ime, aid perhaps he could not be ready for a meeting at as early an hour as you requested. I also impressed upon him the necessity of entire esrecy save with his friend; and further reques. Led that hit or hi' friend would communicate with me at my seat while the House was in ses ion, or at my room after its adjournment; and, as he had the right of selecting the place for the meeting, and such other arrangements as are usual uipon such occasions, that he would have the kindness to let me know, at as early an hour as was convenient, when and where and what it would be. Last evening, about eleven o'clock, the enclo-ed note from Mr. Burlingame was placed in my hand by the Hon. L. D. Campbell. The place of meeting designated in said note is so far distant, and would subject you to so many hazards or arrest, and also to a jurisdiction without the limits of the United States, th:t, as your friend, I advise you, without hesitation, to take no further notice of the matter. I am, sir, very respectfully, Y'ur obedient servant. JOSEPH LANE. Hon. P. S. Baooxs. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, 8. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1856. W The high-toned article of our friend Jo SE.PH GalFFrru, Esq., in reply to "IRictafa," has been taid on our tabte fur publication, but in conscquence of the crowded state of our columns and the late hour at which it was handed in, we are reinctantly cutm peled to defer presetnting it to our readers until next week, SAMERICAN HOTEL. Hamburg has two good hamels. But the one in our mind just now is the " American," kept by OL~tvEa I. P. SCO-r- & Co., From gentlemen who have stopped there recently, we ascertain that it is atl right in every department. Its proprietors know what a good Hotel is and mean to prove this knowledge by giving the highest satisfaction to all who many lend them custom. W See advertisement on another column. MR. CARWILE'S ANNOUNCEMENT. It ise our fault that Mr. CAnwit.E;'s name was not brought out two weeks ago. It was handed in to us three weeks agno; but we were requested to withheld it for a week. Through inadvertence ne have omit ted to pubtlih until now, for which we tender to his friends our best apology. NOTICE. We are requeste-d to .state that the Slechanies of this pil ce n ill huhld an adjtcrried meeting, ttis (Wednes' day) evening, am 8 o'clock, in Mr. Jons Cox~cas work shop. A FRIENDLESS CHILD. Mir. WV. C. IIALLr, residing near this place, took in 10 his house, the other daiy, a poor little boy, n hti says his name is lr.Tt-:t MITCIIE LL. lie was awandering alone upon thme high roadl, witth a little wallet of clothes containing t wo or three suits. Upon bue'ig questioned, hie did not know wthere lie was going, nor whmence he name. Ie says his maother andI fatther are both idead. Te child appears to be about six or seven years old. his clothes are blue twiiled cotton. le wore a roundabout andi straw hat. Any one knowing the unfortunate chtilid and desirous af releiving tim, can apply to Mr. Hat~t., fotur mites West of this place, on the Edgefield & Cheatham Plank oadt. If appliation is not imade soon, the child will be turned over to the Commi:sinner's of the Puor. PROFESSOR J. F. 0. MITT~lAG. This gentlematn has been sojurtiing itn our village and i.inity for some weeks, ad will probably re main with us a good wah'le yet. Interesting as a philosopher, stuccessfml as an artist and pleasing as a companiio, the Doictor is sure to wiin friends and dmirers whierever hie goes. We have not enjoyed a Fortnight in a twelve-month so nmuch a we d'd oneo lie lately spent with us. Between the Professor's tntiiifc specnlations on the one side, and, on the >ther, watching the progress of our yotnngest's pur rait to comnpletion, it was really cite of the dream ipots of life. It is almost unnecessary to add, by wvay of a hint 'o or Edgefield readers, that tnow is the anspicious oment to secure beautiful portraits of themselves d, especially, of their little dears. MECIIANICS' MEETING. It vill be seen that a meeting of the Mechanics of >nr town was held last wveek, to pay a proper tribute f respect to the memory of Mr. J. H. Christian. We earn that it was a hirge aiid a feeling one. The utd for the tombstone to he placed over his grave ire already raised. Alho, some three or four hundred lollar have been rubscribed for te relief of his des itute family, and the list is still passing arotund. OUR DARK CORNER LIST. It is vexatious indeed to be treated, as newspaper mhlishers are occasionally by thme oflicials of the nail department. We have a complaint to lay at e door of the Augusta posit office, and it is this: Our nbsriers in the Dark Corner of Edgefield receive eir pap~rs by the way of Atngnsta. Thte river niail, as we are infiirmed, goes up from Augusta io hat neighborhood every Thursday morning. We rre now, and have been for some time, mnailitig our taper for the Dark Cortner on Tuesday evening. It tuts reaches Augtusta Tuesday night, givitig the ehole of Wednesday and Wednesdasy night to ensure ts being carried on by the river mail. Anti yet tur ubcriers on the Savannah side are frequently, n~ay ilmost always, more than a week behind in hearing um us. Can the post-master at Augusta explain thtis ii his satisfaction? If not, then we ask that the altter be corrected for the future. We are threaten d with the loss of subscribers on this account, of usribers too whom we prize as cultivatedl and in elligent readers. Arid we trust otur complaint will ~e heeded. Will our neighbors of Augusta copy!? g A poet says: "Oh she was fair; But sorrow came and left his traces there." What became of the balance of the harness he onat state. UNANIMOUSLY RETURNED. The extra Congressional election for the 4th District is over, and PREsToN S. BRooKs is of course unani mously returned to the seat he lately occupied in the Federal house of Representatives. We are unable to say what has been the strength of his vote among the people at large. At tie place the turn-out was very full considering that the election came off in such hot I weather and at so quiet a time. But whatever may be the strength of tis vote, it is perfectly certain that his whole constituency sympathise with and applaud his spirited course of conduct. They not only beleive that the castigation of CuAs. SUUNEa was entirely justifiable, but they take pride in pointing to their own gallant representative as the man who inflicted it. It is not a mere cold endorsement on their part, but an active, warm, demnnstrativeapproval. We have our selves heard hundreds of his constituents speak of the whole aflkir nith the quivering lip and flashing eye of a most cordial sympathy. Not one have we seen, who ever seemed to think it wrong. For Elgefield espe cially, we speak with emphasis. She says to her member-" Well done good and faithful scrvant ;" if necessary she would add-" Hit 'em again." And she wishes it to go out to our enemies at the North. in a manner palpable and unmis'akeahle, that her noble son is more cherished than ever for the righteous blows he has so resolutely laid on in defence of South Caro lina's fame and Senatcr BoartE's honor. Site ap proves, she applauds ; anti now she exults in returning her representative immediately and unanimonsly to the Congress in which he has stood forth before the country as a true gentleman aund a high-souled patriot. GLANCES AT OUR EXCHANGES. By the Yorkville Enquirer we observe that the Temperance question is again lifting its head for dis cus'ion in that rart of the country., JuDGE O'NEAI. is doubtless determined that thelmeasure of reform he has so long had at heart shall not go by the board without another trial before the State. The Abbeville Banner also has an account of a Temperance Prohibition meeting recently held in that District, at which strong resolutions were adop ted in favor of a prohibitory law. Delegates were ap pointed to attend the Greenville Temperance Conven tion which is to meet to a very short time. How is it that we hear of no movement in that direction by the Temperance men of Edgefield? Antd by the way, what has become of the Order of the Sons amongst us? The Sumter (Alabama) Democrat contains a South ern Rights Call signed by sunry rersons, the object being to get up a purely Southern nomination for Sumter County, from President down. Some mde penlence to be sure, but rather more of folly. The Anderson Gazette 4' -Advocate comes out in plain terms against the present management of the South Carolina College. It is not opposed to the Col lege per-se hut condemns the~extravagance of the ap propriation for its support. 'she Ga:ette does not re gard the course of studies and plan of education adap ted to the wants of the State. We think ourself it would be well enotigh to metamorphose the Institu tion into a regular University. In the last number of the 1larion Star is a very manly letter from D)r. RODERT HARLE., declining to run again for State Senate. We regret that circum stances have led this gentleman thus to withdraw his name from before the public. No more true or trust worthy citizen is to be found in the State ; and the people of Marion lose, by his declining, the services of one vito has proven himself an efficient and useful Legislator. The papers generally are load in their denunciations of the shameful carelessness which bronght about the late awful catastrophe on the.Pennsylvania Railroad. The Washington Sentinel well remarks that such evils will scarcely be corrected " except by hanging until thtey are dead the scoua rels who thus sacrafice human life by wholesale."3 The True Carolinian, of Alerson, holds forth the Air Line Railroad, proposed a be run from Atlanta, Ga., to Chtarlotte, N. C., as a decided probability. and urges the people of Anderson to arouse thtemselvest to the wvork. Anderson Village is directly on the contemplated route. " Georgia," says the True Car olinian, " will build the road to the line ; South Carm lia will have to carry it throught her borders, with te help of New York and ~Iw Orleans." And that. the ball, it is haoped, wi. - to until the project shall he accomplished. Fuirterm~ore, it ap pears that the South Carolina College is abottt to lhe brought on the tapiR in Anderson as an electioneering hobby, against which thse editor in htand enters htis protest. The Greenville Patriot 4- Mountaineer in its last issuae avows thtat if the New Enagland States wvere occupied solely by such men as SU~tNaa and BUa LtNGAME, it w ould not hesitate to dissolve the IUnion before go~ing to sleep. Thte Yorkville Citizen thinks thtat the election of Mr. BucatA .IN may put off the evil day of disuntion ; " but it will be a miracle of Giod's mercy anal good iess alone, that can stay the angry waves of discord which threaten to overwhetm us."-The Citizen speaks in commendatory germs of ite Piedmont Sul phur Sf.rin'gs, situated in ihturk County, N. C. Th~ey are surrountded by beastiftul mouantan scenery, and pervated by tarn invigorating atmos-phere. The Pee Dee Herald, of July 22ndl, ahotunds in original matter upon variouts topics. It is a handsome young parer and we wvish it success. The Chester Standard has an ne-coutnt of a Temper ance meeting ina Chester for the pturpose of uppointinag delegates to the Greenville Convention.---The Stand ard and its correspondent, " Reform," are stirinag tap the suabject of road-working. Ilope they'll amake somethiang out of it be fore thery get through. Thte Carolina Times refers to a notice in the Winns boro Register in regard to the nominationi of a Tm p-rance Prohibition ticket for the Legislature.-The Tims still growls at BucinA xA x and the Democrats, and avers thtat it is opposed to all parties except a "Southecrn Rights party ;" whlich is the same as say ing that it oposes all the existant parties of the cotun try. We should be very glad to see oaar friends of the Times assatming a more praetical groutnd in the pi ties of this day; fotr they have a position of proami nence anid could exercise mucht control in thte State, if they chtose to get uipon the right track. The " Border Ruffan," from Westport, Missoutri, has reachetd us, anad we take pleasure in recogniisimg the exchange. The Ruffan as a statarach Democratic anl Southern joturnal. TI.e number hef're its abounods in Kansau ineidentts. Southern emigrants to thte ter ritory come in for much the larger share of the Rufl an's notices. From its location near the Kansas bur der, thi- paper must prove a most acceptable (Oe to Soutern readers, and we commend it accordingly. Te Montgomery (Ala.,) Advertiser 4. Ga::ette is one of the most active Democraticeets of the couno try. We believe it was from the ediorial chair of this paper that ouar old friend and classmate, J. J. Sat E~s, stepped into a foreign mission under Pixar. Shoul'n't wonder if something else fell tha wniy upon thte election of old Buck. Te Cultumbia Eraminer has a brief but v-ery sen sible article upon " Northern Papers with Saouthiern Principles." A fter pointinag to the flagitionts course of the New York Herald, the Exraminer adds: " Andl what guaranty have thte Southern people, wvho forward their dotlars to North--rn publishers, that other pn pers now hsaitintg thteir haooks with open-nioutth ed profes.ion of friendship fur the Sotuth will not, on tse first opportunity, whtether presenated by pecta inry interest or a synmpathectic feeling witha the public sen timent around themo, haul down the flag of Stouthern Rihs, and run tap that of Black Rtepiablicanism. Stl there he ainy declinie or falling off in Southern support, they will very likely do so." Th'ere is certainly fuorce in this suggestIon, as also in that which follows: " Northern newspapers professing Sriuthaern princi ples have fewv subscribers at htome. Whailea the TIri hane, HeralId, Times, &c., nunber their subsenibers an tat region by i heir fifty and seventy-five thoou al, the uthers whlo speak andl prougnite opposite pr:ncipleta have few, very few, readers in thata latitude. N, benefit, then, accrues to the Soutahern cause there, in Southrners suastnining, by thteir Eubscraptions, ttese jouarnals. Thte sentiment if gratutids however, and a just appreciation of a hold anad manly avowal of correct ptrmtciples an the mIdst of error, impel the people of the South to bestow thtis mark of their ap proastion."' And while it is admitted that to do so is all right enugh in the main, yet we must agree witha the E.x amnr in thinking that liberality in such matters most properly begIns at hsome. Bit in hacking brother JouaxsvoN thus, wve mtast make a special exception foritwith in favor of Mon tt & WaL~ras's Home JournaL. It is one of the really charming elheets of America, so pure, so taste ful, so fair, ro checerfial does it ever erme to us. We very much donht v. hether a line of ill feeling towards our sectien las ever marred its engaging columns; at le... .....e s..c hs.. .... f..lle. benea th one ohserva ion. And as to its kindliness of tone towards the Southeri press, we have only to clip a paragraph from the number before us to exhibit that in its proper light. This is what the last Home Journal says of a Southern publication: "There are some superior prose and poetical papers in the current number of the Southern Literary Mes senger, among which we observe "A Pastoral Hymn to the Fairies," by our friend and correspondent, T. B. Aldrich, author of " iahie Bell," "A Legend of Elsinore," etc. The Messenger is one of our best literary periodicals, and is published by Macfarlane, Ferguson and Company, at Richmond, Virginia. THE CROPS AGAIN. Messages have beer: sent to us, correcting a state ment we made some v:eeks ago relative to the excel. lence of the crops in Edgefield. Certain neighborhoods, it seems, have suffered extremely for rain and! are literal ly parched up. We hear also of the army worm in cotton fields above this place, which is saniel to he com pletely devastating particular spots. Still we think the whole grain crop of the district will he above an average one. Of cotton we will say nothtng until we find how far the army worm progresses. MORE ABOUT FLOUR. Cot.. PtexCNs and Cur.. FRA ziat are solling some very fine flour hereabouts, they tell us ; and we have heard a good deal said about the superior qualities of their respective brands. The fact is, we have seen some of the biscuits ourself, having bought a little of each to try; and they certainly show white enough. But "white" is not all in flour. There is a kind that has a slight creamy tinge; it tastes deliciouslysweet and assures the palate as it goes down that it is the genuine, Simon Pure article. This is the kind Mr. SnEMau.L Nicnot.son turns out and to which we al luded last week-just as far ahead of your dead white powder as any one thing can be of another. Least. ways, as Mace Sloper would say, that's our notion ion about it. TIlE DIFFERENCE. The Charleston Evening News thus briefly and forcibly sets forth the wide difference between South Carolina and Massachusetts Nullification: The difference is in this-the former nullified, through a Convention of her people. what she deemed, and no doubt was, an unconstitutional law. lassa chusetts, nullified through her Leeistature, an art of Coentress. passed, in conformity with an express pro vision of the Constitution, and which had been so declared, not only by the Supreme Conrt of tha Uni ted States, but the Supreme Court of lassachusetts. CODIMERCIAL, TO THE CANDIDATES OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. GENTLrEMtEN: The undersigned, citizens and voters of Edgefield District, claiming it as a right to ques tion Candidates, who aspire to represent them in the Legislative Assembly, upon measures of public policy, respectfully ask of you direct and positive answers to the following interrogations: 1sT. Arc you in favor of giving the election of Elec tors of President and Vice-President of the United States to the people? 2ND. Will you, if elected, pledge yourselves to make it an indispensible prerequisite for your votes in any candidate for the Governorship of the State, that lie shall favor such a measure? 3an. If elected, will you vote for Electors who will cast the vote of the State at the next Presidenttal elec tion, for the nominee of the Democratic party, Mr. BucnANANr J. Ii. Goodman, P. J. Coleman, Mark Black, J. A. Coleman, J. S. Coleman, Bennet Perry, E. II. Addy, R. S. Loveless, S. A. Campbell, Wm. Coleman, Sr., L. Sample, R. 3. Smith, Martin Stewart, MI. Long, Charles Black, Clark Martin, A. D. 3Martin, J. D. Ridlehouver, Hardy Crouch, G. A. Gibson, Wilson Abney, E. J. Wills, S. E. Perry, J. R. Banknight, S. Sample, John Coleman, [This call (says the Editor of the hiformcr,) was signed by near two hunedred names, but the pnper on which the balance were written was mislaid, in the office of the gentleman to whom it was sent, and it is not now in our power to recover it.] F"or the A dvertiser. TO THE VOTERS OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, Culls hatve been made upon the candidates, for the Letgisinture, for an expercssion of sentimnent upon Division of the District. the Electoral Question, and the propriety of a roll Tatx. Asa one of the candidates, r now proced to derine my position on these questians. If elected to the Legslatture. or whethtier electeed or nlot, I pledge moy self to stuppoert Division of the Distriet, aned the giv ing the eecetionc of Presidential Eketots to the people. The whocle plan of Division, together with the -lnes'' and " bounadaries' of the contemplated new Districts are set fortha, in a very partaicular and heinite tmanner, ini a memorial, f:,r Divison, pre sentd to the Legislature at its last session. I amn not aware that any ch~ange is contemnplated. I have ao c~oy of that aemaorial in nmy lpossession,. Thaose who macde thte eall ean obta'n the reqjuired ineforma ion by consuhing that ameorul, 1 spenk fer mny self, attiu. I thi::k, I wou'ald n'ot very rfrarisrepresent thae feelings anl1setinu-nitS of every Divisoanist in the Distri-t, whent I say, that if thte lines there pro pesedh, and the planl of Division there inadiented, are no't the be.st, giv.; us a better planf and a more eqit b! botundary. We wnnt thaet phlan and boundary that conmes neanrest doing justice to all contcerned. We nre neot at all dipe'sed to be contentions. We want the best we enan get. Int regard to a Po.ll-Tax, I haave only thais to say : If it is proposcd to tax every titan in the Staite, (not subject to pay a tiax by eitng laee) to the same amontat, regardless of isa condition, I eanntot thinkah such a tax would be hfotunded in juosaice or good poli e-. Thecre is us much disparity in thte ability tot pny m toney aamorng thaose who own no hand nor negroes. us amotg those wtho on n thoem. if, thce, it be right to make every rman pate s::me amount of taxes whoe hea. no hamd naora a.gruoes, it is surely equal!) just to tax all whno ha:-ppen to own such preoperty to te sanme extenat. Thte an with one slave, by such a rle, would paey as mauch as hte whto ownted five und red. The principole woul.I be the sniane in both instanes. It is true, thaere are manay in thae State~ who pay no taxes, whlo ::ae beoth able anad willing to. pay. Let all such pearsoans paty a tax itt proportion to their nreat income, or in soame other less objec tionbe mode. It is urged, by somec, that ever' body shouald pay somnethitng f..r the privilege of vo. titng. 1 v-oubel resptettully suggest that thtose who cn brely hanve thte necessaries of life, paty sufficient ly haih for thec po!or privilege of casting the fene votes now petm nitted by laiw, itn thec performtance of road, muster, and i-atrol dtuty. All whto haive a neat inacome, after deducting necessary expences, tax tem; and tax ini proptortiona to neat inceome. All who cnnot htave a aecat inacome, who scarcely hauve thce necessaries of life for thaemseives and faimi lies, do not tax themi. It would be'a tax on poverty. G. M. YA RBROUGHI. July 2iid, 183i6. ----+*+ Feor thec Adlvertiser. TO THE VOTERS OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICTr. F ELLOW CITriZxts :--A onc of those who solicit your suffraeges with a view to a seat in your next Legislature, I heure proceed to responad to various queries proponnded tharougha lhe nmedium of your aigly respected columns by " TAx-PAT ERs." viz: The practienabilityof levying a poll tax or taxing money at interest, and professional income. In regard to professional inetnme, " TAx-rAvEn~S" are a little be ind te times, as Professional income has been taxed for niany years at least. Money at interest, should in my opinione be taxed in the same ratio that slaves are, being governed by thu me~diom price of them; say about fifteen cents upon every hundred dollars at interest. The Poll-tax system is a new question ;and one oo, which may afford strong arguament one either side. It is a question that I never leave hesard pro pet ly discussed ;yet. I have e-ndeavoured to some extent, to exercise amy mind upon thec expediency of it s,:doptio. In . ,.rt vero et.i ubjet it does appear that as the person and privilege of all are equally protected, and equal privileges afforded them to a certain extent, that every able-bodied white should pay something at least, to support the Government by which he is protected. Yet upon a further examination of the subject, it may present a feature somewhat different. While the poor man enjoys equal privilege and protection to that of the man more affluently situated, he is conplled by law to perform Roal and Patrol duty, likewise Military duty preparatory to the proteetb of our rights, and even fight valiantly for those liberties when circumstances require it, is equal proportion to that of the most wealthy, while he (the poor man) has but little to protect, and no means of eva ding those dutihs when required of him. I cannot therefore, with the light before me, see that it would be an equitable enactment to ad.pt that measure. If however, a Poll-tax was imposed to be appropriated as an additional Edueation fund, to be applied in the District in which it arises, I see no reason for an objection to it; and if such bill should be presen ted, (should I have the honor to be a party con cerned) the probability is, I would support it. True it is, by this mode of action, the property holder would not, to any extent, be relieved from taxation ; yet, it would be productive of a more cx tecnive education fund, which I believe is strictly essential, and would result in general benefit to the community; for light giveth understanding; and where darkness exists, corruption prevails. I do however, in this, and all other eases, reserve to myself the right of doing what I may think best calculated to promote general interest when the case shall have been properly presented before me. SJ. QUAmrLEBUx. For the Advertiser. Some weeks ago "TAX PAVEns" published, in the Advertiser and Informer, a call upon the candi dates, for the Legislature, relative to "the expedi eny of the Legislature of 1856, engraf ing on the Statute Book an Act imposing a Poll-Tax in the State of South Carolina." I have, on various occasions, answered this call, publicly and privately, on the stump, and in the street, and elsewhere; and have only delayed answering through the papers, as requested, be cause I deemed it, not only unfair, but unnecessary, until all who were expected to be candidates should be mounted and ready to take tee field. I am now ready to answer, but must be excused from giving a 'studied and el:aborate opinion." I am on the hustings every week, and am always willing and pre pared then, to give the reasons which influence my judgment upon this or any other question. "TAx PAYERS" have, doubtless, already found out my position ; but it is due to them that I should define it through the same medium that conveyed the enquiry. I, therefore, ask leave to say to them, that I am unq"alifedly and uncompromisingly op posed to "engrafting upon our Statute Book" any such a law, unless the Tax Payers of the State, in a spirit of liberality, will come forward and so modify the Constitution of the State, as to place the poor man on perfect political equality with the property holder. Anud that is a measure which I shall neither propose nor advocate. T"e organic system of our State, so far as poverty and taxation are concerned. is properly balanced and harmonizes in all its parts; and we dare not undertake to tax poverty or labor. without a corresponding change in that system. [ refer " TAx PARas" to the bustings for my argu ment. Respectfully, &c., C. W. STYLES. For the A dvertiser. DAISY'S TAMEWT FOR FADED FLOWEES. THAT BLooMED IN THlE "sUNLIoiT 0F LONo AGo."~ The bloom has fled from ye,"sweet roses, Gathered all so long ago, In the sunshine that reposes, l "ound thme part, whlere'er I go ! Must I n.urn ye withered flowers ? And your light forever past ? Lonely grieving tharo' long hours O'er joys too bright, too sweet to last ? Shall I always weep thme blighiting. Of life's flmveis, one atnd all ? Will there be no glad relightintg Of your beauties, from their fall ? Hope at last grows wveary-heartcd, Sadly droop her snow-white wings, Mlourniing o'er the changed, the parted, And the doom of all bright things ! Al h bloom again, the fragrance lingers E'cn around your wilted leaves, As whenm the wind with faiiry fingers layed softly there, tharo' sunlit eves. O'er my heart, ye faded flowers Sadly comes your mournful dirge, Like~ thc deatha-watil, thro' night hours, Sighing o'er the ocean's surge. Embtlemos of thle p:ost, I cherish Ye, with all my heat's deep hove 'Twas my fate to see ye perish, Many ye bloonm for ime above ! Folt TnE ADvEIrisERt. TIUTE OF P.ESPECT TOT. H. CHEISTIAN. (ty Wednesday evening, the 23d inst., a large :nd respectable meeting of the Mlechanics of this Village was held in the Odd Fellows' Iha11, faor the purpose of raying a tribute of respect to the memo ry of -1. ITENRY CniRisTIAN, and sympathising with mis aflicted famnily. Capt. .Ewvis CavAR calleda thme meeting to order ; a~d, on maodonof 01 M. G. S. MlcNiru., Mir. C. L. t vro waS ;ap1~iimed Cha'rman, and F. L. Sumrrn reqmetedl to aet as Si eretary. The Chairmnan on taking his seat addressed the meeig in a few brief' :,adleehing remarks which were well received by the audience. Mr. D). R. DesisoE then submitted the following Preamble and Rtesoluitionis, wvhich met the hearty apirovail of the body. W nEn EAs, Decath, suddenm and unexpected, through 'ho wise~ decree of Alab'ighty G;od, has ruthlessly invadedt our ranks and cut do~wn, in the vigor of mntthoiod anad priwe if lif'e, our much esteemed ssiate and worthy fellow-citizen, .J. IIENRY CnusriN. Yes, one who hmas shared our every letsure, and in our troubles ever borne his part, as been snatched away from time to eternity; a fnmiliar voice thant has often cheered ard ghiddened our career on erarth has become silent in death ; amd a generous and kind-hearted friend has bid us adieu forever. To those who knmew hiom in th~e va. ious walks of life, as a true and public spirited citizen, and as a warmn and unwavering friend, words are unnecessary for his eulogy. H~e was, strictly speaking, " An honest mani, thme noblest work of God." His death has deprived us of a valuable and industrious member, and his bereaved family of a devoted and aflrectionate husband and father. Therefore be it Resoled, That while we wvould bow in humble summission to the Divinme ill in ha~vin'g taken for ever from ama ng us our friend and brother asso ciate, J. Ih ENRY CnRisTiAN, wve desire to express our sincere sorrow at the awful vi-itatian which has so unepetedly stricken him down. Resalred, That we will cherish his virtues. for' get his faultb, and claim to unite with his widowved companion anid fatherless daughters and other relatives in their sad anda deplaoratle bereavement, and tmat we. one and all, tender them thme sympathy of the EdgefielId Mlechanies. Capt. LoGUE, in seconding the Resolutions, de livered a brief but very elequent address, I~e ighmly extolled the chaacter of the deceased, and in a sympathetic manner condoled wvtl the once00 happy but new miserable family in their unfortunate and irreparable loss. is remarks added much in erest to the meeting. II. R. SPrN, Esq., being present, not only through motives of regard for the deceased, but at the es pecial invitation of the body en masse, also spoke in a fluent tune of his high esteem for the deceased, and sincerely joined the meeting in their melan choly bereavement. After the above Resolutions were unanimously adopted, Capt. L. Covan presented the following, which was also passed without a dissenting voice. Resolved, That this meeting raise by such Me chanics as feel disposed to contribute, a sufficient amount to place over the remains of J. U. Cusss -ruN a suitable tombstone, with such inscription thereon as the sense of the body may desire. And further Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a Committee of five to carry the Resolution into efect as soon as practicable. In accordance with the Resolution the Chair ap pointed as members of that Committee the follow ing gentlemen : Lewis Covur, Wm. Leune, J. Mi. Witt, D. R. Durisoe, F. L. Smith. On motion, it was Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this * meeting be sent to the fimily of the deceased, and that they be published in the Village papers. On motion of C. W. LEGo, the meeting then ad journed until Wednesday evening, the 30th inst. C. L. ItEFO, CUata'N. F. L. SMIT, See'ry. TO JOSEPH GRiFFIT, ESQ., San: You have hitherto been so exceedingly for tunate in your disturbance of the repose of the Dis trict-meant, no doubt, to effect an object deemed, by yourself and many good men, praiseworthy-as to have met with no cheek at all, or even an im pres.ive admonition. Your favorites have been promoted by you, in some instances, over their su periors, with a marked exclusiveness, which has not failed, at length, to arrest the attention of the thoughtful, and true everywhere. In a word, and in sportsman's phrase, your " Bostons,"and " Bas corns," and "Argyles," have walked the track for want of competitors to dispute the race with them. Their success, however, is destined to be short-liv ed. Their arrogance and presumption, and the proscriptive character of your party have evoked a spirit, which has decreed that the wild-career ofyour swiftly-flying coursers shall be brought to a speedy, if not disastrous termination. If they strain upon the bit, therefore, for God's saket give them rein, and let them fly. You will soon have to apply the lash, and then the spur, and then to retire inglori ous from the field. The citizens have been constrained, by you, to act in self defense, and in vindication of the rights and interests of the community ; and the conduct of yourself and proselytes, and confederates, has now to be tried by the touchstoneof truth and argument; and if you be found wanting, all your triumphs and glories, and your victors' crowns thull be laid in the dust. I proceed, at once, to a criticism of your policy in one aspect only. 1 would rather be condemned to dig in the coal-mines, than made to follow and analize, in detail, all the absurdity that has been . written and spoken on Division in Edgefield Dis trict, for the last three years. Neither will I con tend that there are no ciscumstances, under which a Division of Edgefield District might not become convenient, expedient, and proper. It is not your abstract cause that I propose to assail ; but it is your unheard of, and wretched manner of vindicat ing it. And if a word of derision should fall from me, do consider it as not aimed at you, but at the peculiar diplotnacy of your party, which genius could not treat of with gravity, and which the meekness of hMoses would laugh at in scorn. The great argument which your friends have been spouting and scribbling and tearing their hair so long to develope is, that your special interest-the interest of you who live so far from the Court House, demands that another and smaller district should be made ont Saluda, as a matter of shere justice. ,And, to sustain theirgview, they~ltare csountdyou.r additional expenses mn riding to the village, in tarry ing there, in returning home, and perhaps, in taking your extra meals, and extra drinks on the way. All this has been summed up, with the arithmneti cal exactness that an old-field school-nmaster would etnploy.in telling his wotidering and hopeful pupils how many minutes had intervened from the birth of his datughter Sal. You have also been wcll-inform ed as to~ the amount of hard casht the proud anid <eornful vi htgers and petifogging lawyers, and Court efieers are deriving annually from y-our pcr spiring brows ; anid you are, consequently, wmatned against their opposition and honesty, and e'xhorted and e-ntreate-d to tturn your hands, at once, against such perfidious creatures. Your admiring senses are regaled with a thousand other delicacies like thtese; :and you are- conmpletely transported ~hien you are told what a beautiful little town is destined to sping up on Red Bank, or on the banks of Big Creek, or Terapin Creek ; hoaw academies arc to flourish there ; how in:elligence is to be diffused thence, as from a grand central sun of light and knowledge-how the lands in the vicinity are to be enhatne'd in value, and how you are all to become wise, rich, and m::gnificetnt. It is clear that your whole claim is based upon interest, and you exemplify this by employing scaret ly any one in your publce busir~ss, hut the men who, can say they go for Division. Since then the burden of your argument is in terest. let us examine the question wihen the prin cirle is applied to the wholo District. You must not forget that you are still in Edgefield. Saluda is not yet a separate District, mind your reasoning must have relation to Edgefield District, as a whole. For I declare to you, thtat, politically, the people neatr the Court Uouse have as loud a voice, and as much right to speak, in regard to Division, as the people a bout Coleman's and Perry's Crors Roads, or the people residing near "Barnwell District, Aiken Town." A dopttng, therefore, your own mode of argumentationt, those who live wtithin about twenty mile-s of thte Court House are perfectly contented with the District as it is, and are interested to be so. They htave moved towards the village, fronm various quarters, and settled down upon the lands, and improved them, and augumented their value thre-e or four fold, and it would be highly detrimen tal to them to have a Division. Lands within a few miles of where I now write, that once could be pur chased for- one dollar per acre, average, at this time, front ten to fifteen dollars. Thme inhabitants, in and around and near the village, bave expended much to procure for themselves suitable and permanent locations, and if Edgefield were div-ided their rights and interests would be seriously infringed. Because thtey settled whtere they live with the expectatie-n that the District would remain one and indivisible. So have the people of Saluda settled wihere they live. They bought land with a knowledge of the disadvantages, if any, under which they labor, and on that very account they ohtaincd excellent plan tations much under their real value. 'What right have they, thten, to complain ? It is true, that every mtan has the priviko geef bettering his own condition ; but not, I datre say, at the expemnse of his neightbor. It is evident, from what we all know, that about three fourths of Edgefield are satisfied witht the Dis trict as it is, and are perfectly justifyab'c in making objection to any chiange of it. Phtny of them toould make objections, for they have bought up and clear ed poor lands, within ten or twelve miles of the town of Edgefield, as int the Dutch settlement, prin cipally on account of the ready ad convenient market the town affords them, for all the extra pro d uce of their farms, and whilst thtey are now thriv ing and happy, they would be made poor if they were deprived of thteir present facilities, by a reek less division of EdgetieldI, which should materially injute thue village. Besides, the pe ople own a large public property in Edge iel, wihicho they care not to have injured or endsrge red by any hasty and vis