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Tlli SUJMTEikBANNER Is runuistth ; EZ ~ RY TUmsDAV1 uOpas ie BY W. .. PRANCIS. W d~.L RS in advance, Two Dollars cents at the expiration of six months, io6Dollars at ilie end of th~e year. NOper discontinued until tll strearages uID nloh,.e. at the option of the Proprietor. vrtisemente inerted utSHVEN''Y. t r tn re, (12 1ints or liess, ~st mCforjr olarau a e tnber.offinse o be dls rged 41166inlg OE D for a Pingle n . tlily Advertise ane as a single in. - y the same as new 0 nes rom the Mercury. Free School Syste . xiljc . MAeans: SFle Se1W ti aystemas ited t. attention o 'our Mnd is yet an unsottled questiont, e 4berty,.through this medi. &"Ing you lw thouights re nrusal -f thee num CyAre entitled ti tiny nfor nots I iwuld he*re ob . tht bave for.many years been '"ted !with the management of , during whi time 1 have had *Atr.opportunity. of witnessilig the o0dngs (if the present system; and u ig am not among those who Ateo good in it, or who wage an utumpromiising wartare aganst it, as tiow -is, yet I will Iot.stop .now to disguss its~merits. bit prefded to sig geeta subs.titute .waidi appeiars, it least ; QUito .be more in accordance with kql e. plicyof the State. Prest'immng that the State in dispeins ;%g riehzfrity in the educaticm .of the doesr citctmphite dtiing mocre to give a gQod English education. e should .take -cdre that she does not a per the pride and- elevate the no tion: of-the recipients of. her bounty bqva- the ordintry pursuits of life; Ilae qsie has, given them an education Uf&eient for any thing more than to Jnak.them giod planter,: mechtnies, rte. There is sometimes truth in the ado a little learning is a dangerous IMg J: -have not been unobservant fant that a youth of talent,- in ..and -ambition, well regulated a good inoral character, having the'foimdation of a good Englih edu eation, will be of the opposite charac ter, and, who will -have to engage in what is called- the lower avoeitions -Iife.- Ii is for 'the interest of such . en t thI State should direct her elation in whatever system she adopt. have about as much expeilence in rg' ng and, education of the poor he-most o men; an % qlighted. to see sonie buil tator charitable frie s, an re ~ibacks ecredit upon their benefactors, 3.veoseen others ruined hssml ra htslia meelyintoxicated the *braii ' who would not by perseverence drin - deep .enough to sob~er them .gain;%who, too proud to work, were Joa ers at store houses, drunkards at grgshops, and pests to society. lIn thle education ofechildren, it shmuld be remembered that there is a Charybidis ~owell as. a:Scilla to be avoided. Let th~e State beware, then, lest she instill p-ide and laziness into her poor chil dren, while she attempts to raise them riom degraded ignorance. I hope it widlnotbe inferred that I am opposed to the education of the poor; I have done as much towards it ats any man of my meanis, and one of the greatest .ources of my present delight, is what *I have done. But what I mean is this. that the State should adopt a system that will not leave the children in a worse condition than she fountd them. The above remarks are merely ini tended to prepare the reader for the staggestion of a plan in accordance mwite these .views, which I promise in a iture number. Annuavn~l.E. Mn. WVaSavEn's Fa nn.--Colon1el Fuller, editor of' the New York Mir por, in a rcent visit to Plynamtih couin ty,.the place of his nativity, speaks Thuas of Mr. Webster's domama as Narshfield: 'In' the lawn near tihe hoase,- Mr'.. - elter has planted, with hi's owtn )anda;-tiYo- weeping- elns, in maemnory offiis two chiidrit', E'dward. and Ju tlia. Of tile many beauties of this malgni6l cet farnm of two thousand acres (a less domain would not be iln keeping with tman who cultivates it) wve have mot space-to write. No other farm iln the neighborhood, or elsewhere, t hat wehavoe seeng. exults ini such luxuriant cropis, such. nagnirteent fruits. The pears Upon the- bendinmg trees weigh a Spound and n, quarter each! and the swe1ling pumpkins are intdeed 'some.' Th~e uidders& of the cows trail uiponi the grase; the fat geese waddle like alder men; and the legs oft thle poor pigs bond beneath -their 'portly figures.' Everyttirig-boutt the farm, as well as the 'i&amer of Marshfneld,' is on a utate of magnitude unsurpassed.' EULOwY ON '1n W JuUxE OFWr. 3.'ITON.-le is stated that (. P. 14. James, Esq., has consented to, deliver the funeral oration on the life, charne ter and public services, of the late Duke of WVellington, before the Brit ish residents of Boston and their invi ted guests, at the Melodeon, on the 10th of November. A new remedy for hydr.'phobia has bieen found. The woundt~ must be -wAshed with warm vinegar, or tepid -water, -and well dried. 'Then a fey drops of muriatie acidl must be poured on thec bitten part. "I'ant KENTUCKY C(AVK.-'Colonel Crogantlt, to whose fiamily it belongs, TO Eugope OK9til twulty 'ears 1 nd ax'"- ani Wianricai 1in1 I him of th.Manimioth Cae land iiever v'isit'd, a 1, iat hame, though livi ;iiiles of it, he lad little lie went the y oil his ret urn, .ek hlimto piaci A fimily inleritane ont s' batganing, 1 $10,000, tholigh-sl wits ol'lred $10.0,000 ase. Ill his will he tie' a wily that it must rMIl tiaily 1or two genenition appending its celebity to Il' --There are-nitne teoll hund eres inl the estate dhree s< u miles alovo groutid though tAe cive proba bly runs tInder the pr< perty of a great nimber (it other Iand owners. For tear ofiliose who might dig down and establish an cntrice to the cave on their own prop erty, (at man1's litrin extending up to tihe zenith down to the n adi great vigilance is exercised to prevent suih eiSbterrantiean ~surveys and menasure meuciits as would eniable them to sink a shaft with Iny eertainity. - The cave extenlds ten or twelve miles in several directions, and there is probably ma ny a lacnkw6odsrman sitting in-his log hut; withjiln tenl miles of the clave, quite uanconiscious that tle most fitsiioable ladies.and gettlemen of Europe and Atmterica are walking, without leave, under his corn and potatocs.' Ma. WEnTEa 8 TuARAa.-The i. brary of Mr. Webster, says the Boston Traveller, is a mnagiificient room. Ot three sides of the room, extending from the floor to the ceiling, were six spletadid library cases, filled with the choicest getmis of literature Ind tle alble-st pirodact ions fofh)tw. This thvor Ite aparItment of Mr. Webster- is afdorned-with the best portrait of him self that we have ever seen; a portrait of his- son, Major Edard Webster, who died inl the iMexican war, and al so a finc portrait of Lord Ashburton. There is also in this room a hust of Mt.- Webster. Every room in the house is furnished in t'he most magnifi. cent style, atid ornamented with busts and paintings of the most distinguish ed men of all ages, many of which were gills from the persons themselves to -Mr. Webster. M ingled with these were port rais of his (44d-er and gravnd childret.. Anting thee-. ivas a small profile, inl aneiant style, of Mr. Webster's mnot!h er, mider which, in Mr. Webster's hand-writing, were the ilalowing words: 'My excellent mother. D. \V. posed to ' .,y lettig y ham remain in th e pickle, it is less trouble to keep it tan by any other method which I have fbaaamd, anad it keeps sweet atnd tender all summer. . Take a barrel, and turn over an old pan or kettle, anad buran colbs, (I think the best,) or bard wood, iahr seven or eight days, keepinag water oan the hadi to prevent dryinag. Make a pickle with eight pountds of sailt, six ounaces saltpetrat, two iatarts of Molasses, tandl three gaillotns of water, to one hunitdred pountdv. Ba il atnd skim th le pick Is thuas prepatred. 'lThena pacik your lama ini the barrels, and whlena the piek!e is cold, pour it 0on to the mtent, iand itt four we-eks youa have excellenat .ham, very tender, andl well smowked.-Alba nay ult~iator. SAin UtLtr VInom -rreauxtu A 1o0-. A case will be inavest igated bsefore Ahal. lza~ad this moin'-aag, ga owitng out of the following cirtcum isttances : A lad aged abouant 14 year-s, ian adop ted son of Mr. David Simon.it, r-sidinug ini Suth street, above Seemiid, wastickled by a yountg ltawyer named M ichieson, a 'e diays ago. fhr somea alleged offe'nce r-e specting a book. It tappeairs that the lawyer, froum all accoumnts, to punui.-ha the b oy held himta fast het ween his knece, and commnaced tickIlng htima inij vaios Jarts of the bondy. Thlae lhuh struaggled to get away, tand ii n soa doing st rainted the sinews of .mo of hais legs aind ailso braised the flesh. In a short timae aftet thiis lie was taken ill, the limab being bldack, aimd several tmedical getlemna waere called in, atmong whomit wias Pro Ibs-sor Mutter. An pinhitan was enter. taainedl yestetrdiay 1hat the bruised andu stainead limtb will have~ to he :amtputtatedl, in ordher to stave the buoy's ife.--Pag. in his letter to thle llulletitn, thius writes of this most trashy and dis gusting faarago of lies antd ii nnense, got ump in a po imai tat iota of thle F'rench flashy style of Mtadamt Dude vmnit anad Euigetne Site: "1 read Unctle Tomi's C'absin, biecauise a-read every thing which is popuatlar , anid because I saiw that it shuld be underst-ood in its trute light. Its ece uandies of style, its want of in formation on, general subjefcts,. i ts ext tavaganctes of niarrative, its absdiflties of plaot, atad its falsities of stateenat, are to he culled ini every chapter; anid yet its stuff is ini near-ly every Nothernt househ'ord. My copy has beeni purti fied, as all tasha shouald he, through the mtedimtit of a tongs tad tanthlrac-ite. It was selling elinrmouasly, too, in Etnglantd, unttil the judicious review ini the Lonadona T1imies stopped it.." "Always be prepareda for death." This wans the adimonait ion of a Missouri elder, as lie plaiced ini his soan's belt, two bowie kntives and a ptair of re vulvers t.R 111D1 B NNEH.e er rr So. T. DITOR. ut'ba er 16, 1852. a' PrIuwe ics o pne "I ?n - 4,1h thern ran fir no . jif nya th raton tho..e ar !t r or wcho Ahe va etupri theri eds not to be slat. ; that is if twe shonid he .fordj.ecoombtwertep.pjstaar ind igulunissian e reuastane atcMll'auii/ls." CA ~iiOUN.-: To do that. canerrt of aciin must be neerssa: ry. not to ave the Uio,. for at would then le too ltile, but to stae ourset!rS. Thus in ,ny racer, concert as the one-thing ne01fN.-C. .noes. What ip the rem I 1 I Unfsuer serssion, 'tsuelbel sect.ihin qf th'q lv#/holdinag Statce,ar y' harge nusbei thenm. wthinurlse will l,'rise nothing else garll be practieabte."-CuEVy s. ig7-Coinmuneations intended fur, the 11ihner nuist be handed in on or Oburd, Saturday jmruhng, alld those ftdring.-us *v'ith Idve-tig emeijts will please let ts have tIetu -at least O v 8 o'clock on Mon(ay. fom. leumry S. Foote.' Tie Senaite ot Missitidppi we ml-n from anl exchange, lhas icijised to re Ceive the : voto (if eensure passed by that bOdy oil lIENRY S. FOOTE, heause (of his support of the Compromise neasures. Whens the resolutioins and instructions from the Legisituiire Was presented in the United States Senate, Mr. FOOTE took OcCaSion to say, hait. the Legislature had imistaken t lie opin jil and Public Seitiment of the peole)! of that State iii reference to the subject they had unuTertaken to i'nstrut him upon. Mr. FOOTE Went * 1nme and discussed these measures. . The issue bctween him mid the L.egislature was submitted to the people ihr ldiscissioi through the haill.t-haix, and it was plainly maifiiest that the wisdom of the Legislature was mistaken and IaENr S. FooT. istained. No* it wOuld seem that a eelsure Stionid be visited-on n'nfi pirty concerned, because thfey Iiir-ersen(ed tihe people of Mis sissipjpi , iCo one Cant doubt whieire that Censure ought to rest. We have never entertained any very exalted opdiion of he political reputatior of Mississip- I pi's late Senator or for his course in relation to the amicable adjustment of the late difference between the North and South. hut let honor he given to whom honor is due, and let censure Iere it is deserved. FooTE hi11S 'QIIsolition, while restinr . Dannter. ~ asaingtona FnarewellI - Address. It may he recollected, that durin the excitement of the Cahitbrinia discus sion, an inistrument of writing purport ing, it' recollection he not atftimit, to be the original draught of that venerable political dociument, " TheIi Farewel A dd ress "1 in thet hand wr'iuing of W Asui is4oros, was exhibited ait the. seat of' the .deral Go.vernimen t, and sold ihr* a conisideirable suim, to the highest, bid der. A late publication in a Northern pa. per, on tlie authorityv of a son oft Gen. UniTos pretris ai claimi to the exch i siv~e authorshiip of thle " Add iess " fo r that eminment anid distinguiashed citizen, 'roma thie lhet of a diraughit of it, in his hiaindwritiing haaving' been disovered aimoiig the Un.~.iiux papers. Coni temtiporaneous expfosi tiona iay poss'ily el aeidatG thle subjtet. .1 EFFEalsoN in a letter to duidge' Jons~sos, of' Suat h Carolina, of the 1 2thi of Junae 182~3, pubilishied in the coarresp)ondaence' edited bay Tnosus.~ ,JE " Withi re'spect toa his fhrewell ad " dress to the uitho.rship l of* whieb. it "seems, there are conflicting claimse~a I "state to you somne thets. I Ie hiad de. "terinined to declinei a re-electioan at "the endt ot' his first term, and so (hr "deteriiineal, fthat lie had re.1iested "' Mr. MI AmlsoN to prepaare iar him i a "valedictory to bec aiddressed to his "constituments on hais' retireiieint. This1 "VI lasbioe ; hbut lie was finally persua.: "(ded tol nespiesce in a se'ondt election, "to wich, nio one more streniuouslyV " pressed'a him i than meyself, fromi a " conviction oft the i mportancee of 'a strenagthiing lay longer hai t, lie re " spect necessary ftar that oilicee, whih "thle weight of' his charaeter, only "could effeet. Wh len at, the end of his "s'conaid termi his valedictory camei "out., Mr. M~iunson. recogniised in it "several passa51ges of his d raug'htsi "eoral others we were satisfied were " fromi the pen1ta of [Unin'roN, and oth. "er~s (i-oma that of the Presidecnt lhim. "'self. These he prbal put inito "the hrads of 1UnniLrON to tohrm a "whocle, anid baeiae it liay' appe'ari in " IAILOn~S hiandiwrting, as if it wvere " all of his comipositionb." The hypostasis is well preserved. .JEFFEnsoN' S tatdeelt whlihle it nlega tives the clalim of IanIfTros to exclui sive' author'ship, at least, does not, iii taite aigainbt, the clalIin of'X W amu o w Nel tphe originality of the8 position in Ththo id valed o r t he resid conc4 d that th nuth0 of a tan addr would n traIl vo a est. ed mselve'-O ,hiI 1 nii and comprehensive understanding is equal. ly probable; and that the intercom imtnication with the members of his eqllidt mention'ed,'ig the itiuts pr-66hmble, of"calling M09 italorIbatio .in dticngtdwttetgyr. departments, and its subsequent adop ti0iand 1 lifeiried to a obnfidenitjd ad accustomed organ of ollicial consulta tion for embodiment, it is to be regard ed a no more thanthe slijJOrviiorF d velojnicat of ait original conception (even upon thc hypothesis it t te doeinieint. stated to have been sold at vashington City was sptrions) ap. pear to be iiferences equally legitiiate fro1 tile pr'elaiseS. PF.aICLE is not the less reputed tie founder of the Pairtlienon, in* that lie approved and completed the.designs of PDIu'm s and contempoirryarchtitects; SH AKsPEARE not less the chief drtimatists, in) that le lits borrowed the plot and mahi in. eidents of several of his plays from Italian story. .Scorr not the less the chief of modern poets, in that lie has given* '. a local hblitatiotn and a name" to the* tradilionary legends of his lin tive .uad, in imnnortal song. War. LIN'GTON not less the 'Conqueror of Wa'terloo inthiat lie approved and di- I reet-ed'. tle* coatmbinations of subordi nnts in subservience to a m-and and harmoiousult. , Nor is it imprbba ble that IfAiwrox rMay have retained a copy. tinoing his papers for his own satisihetion doubtless, as has beenl al ready stated. PACIFICUS, * -T'feVC ie-pmblirli the abeve on ie couut (If severial errors which occurred when fit st-published. T Ha hEALTH OF OUR CIrv.-The I Coluinbia S. C. Palnetto State Ban tier, in its issue ofSaturday evening, regrets to hear that the few days of warm weather latelv have brought out other cases of Yellour Fever in Charles to.-We would refe!r our frien a of the Balimer, to tile weekly report of the City . Register il o4r columns this miorniig; from which lie will perceive that the nortality tr the week has been unausually smal-in fitet, unpre cedented, we believe. at any season; and although the item of Yellow Fe vuer has th figure eichlt attached to it, yet we Ar o'ssured by- Dr.. Dawson, . - e. As:int the victiMUw eii ISs., were all I Old ea'ses, and t04at aeites -. have ecured at, all -ur) I t a dhv who_ have(1 d fir, weneNd,-were lindler five -w age one uder' tw< -ears, one agesi eightgenoie, aind one sevenity y'earis;-indevalt,,as we have befojre sta ted, Chlaurlestonu is unusually heal thy, and Dr. Dawsoun aiuthorizes uas to state thait he coniscientiously believes that. strangers viitn ou 'ity incur no risk whIatlsoever in so dsoiig; ailthough utiitil a. fro st takes plaice, lie t hiniks it possibale thant Mmiie sporadice ases maut occur aimongst t hose unarcimated jir eignaers whois have resided in the city throughout- the prev'alene of' thIe e'i demiie, anid have the seeds of the dis case already. ini them.--T'he rain, how. ever, that fell yesterday, together with the cool wea ther thbat fol lowed it, has~ tenided in ucha to.puiy t1vhe at!in. sphiere, anad it is hopied-thiat a frost will spaeedi. ly occuir. lin the melanitime wVe would :tdv ise our counliltry friendiis not to put unpheliiit (credence mn the repo rts Itat are circulated so' inidustiioushy through out. thle counitry to the prejudice of' Chiaiilestonii. As publici juriinalist.s. we have a duty to perform to- the commaaa isity at. large, ats well as to our city~ aind we shalI hever, wve trust, lhe guailt'~ of' sacrificinag the a;fety- of' the fiirinf it lie inteciest s of' thle bit ter.---\W h eveir we state ats to health oft thle ei'~ we do on thle anuthority~ of those mei ai ument who are qulal ified to giv'e en1 oinioni oin tile subject, andi wide standinig in theu ir rfe'sion eniti es themi to lie fitlIlest conamfience of ihe publ'Iie.-Ch'Iarleston 5ourier. inx: is (CAns.-We regre)to peeiv e by the J ournaial, that athe tsi dleice of' t lhe Misses Laing, inl t.a c on was destroyved by fire oii last ',3 e, lay. The d wellinsg houses of' Mrs.' n ra ces Lee and of' Dr. Joseph~ Lee i -e . in gvreait dlanger, but by the exh >n.ry exertsions oft the citizens1 werf' sa cid. Tnm lI.aiN GAP' 1.U lo.U .-Oat Sat urdayl evening last i iad brief' just ret urined froma a to 5 ir of' re -onniois a nee throu igh that Iport'on of Tennes see, extendcinig tfrom, this 1 aice to lie North Ca irolina line, inii w c it is proposed1 'ts locate 'the fli onm G'ap Rlailiroadni. i[e repo ris t ho rouite as ext end ing throuitgh a valunable section oif coutryi' nd offe'rinig few' imnpe'di men'its to) a speediy anid permaoinent co nst ruio in of' thle road., ieJ also conumiirn .s t he anniouneent mde ini omit' paper' oif Thrdal.atSup~ I louse Mounitain had heeai pa'ased at at mimum~iiit grade of 5:3 feet to the anile. Mr. Corry will origaniize inuinediately a corps of' engineers for the purpose of makinig an in~strment al sur ivey as a s the North Caro ina line. 'I as proposed1 rotate leaves North Car'o in theo Valley of' the Litth lTn sA'ee and followis that river to it, iuehtion with the main riv er, pur'sucs the mtost, direct course to tik~ ot. These ftetsgive a nSv asA abun Gap entorprize, and inspire v bue t nfhd6 ef arl >m)le n. U11 esol spO ak the niteetio ith e N. . b this oute aand ill ild' of the dId ip 'an 1 inkle State will arouse from the lethargy that list so. long crippled her energies, and will build her portion of the road; and C:m11 we doubt as to-7Tele essee? pur Leg. islsatdre )n'' alrdadf a conmrillte near ly one half of the amont required. Nashvillecuepital will- nomwreciprocate the aid rendered by Charidston in 'buildiig the N. and C. R.. R. and thuis the means: is provided amid the work will go on. This done, and ~Chsetanu9ogL is iudeed )he Jocal een tre of a1 vast systom 6f Connecting roads.-,Chuuoogg.Adi. From Ilhe SouthCaOUliinn. Governor.: ad Seastator. At the recent Session-of the Legisla. ture, which was 1convened ihr the spe. Cial purpoeof eastig be vote.of.the State fur- Presideust the candidlates, bothIi GUns. S(itt iil Pierce, ie de clared therinselves in fitvoI.Ot the coim. promise act, uind therefire neither of tiem are iacepstaile tio the people of South Caroina; but in hoosiig the least of two dvils, they invaleoted for Pierce and King.at tite sanietflne they did not endorse the so-eUidi: compro. mise net. The next and nisost impor. tant duty is yet to be acted-tupon at our reguairs t'essin of the Legislature, and that is the choice of 4a overnor and United States Senator. As to the election of (overnor, it is nit. impor. talit that he should he a. politiciani, bust : man of p. staion, dignity -'and sound judgment. I suiggest the nIIme of one who possesses all of these reiisisites to a very high degree.- I allude to thie IToi, 'Jidge Evans. Yet I an aware that it ttill be urged against hint as a bad anid dadlgertis precedeit to elect a J udge to any olice duiring their con t inniance in oice is it 11a. Cripple their independence mid cmnt'ribute to aill'Ct tie purity (it the juidiciary; more over, the lawyers will or lamiy bel' in duced to take sides amid aid.' in' tieir promotion, or stand prejdiced beltbre thems onl their ccil. l]i the event of a defeat, selfrreservationsi as well as policy will drive the bar to the sup. port ot the Judge to aily office thist they 1mV seek liter. I t rust, io wCver, that the Legislatiro will .not he iniflu liced by any11) such soph ibtry, as I aml told that his I lonir designs retiriwg -from the law bendh very soonii at an% rate. lie lis nCwirown old, lim lisns won ir hiiself, high distinc0*1t ion as a Ji uidge; and I hope the Legislaturd may be usinim s in cuioferrinig upon hinm this ConIplimIseit in the evening of life. For Unitcd States -Senatolr, it re. quires the maturest eusideatioms garls's of part., fldtit#iW.tf *,l4it.) skilled 1pi yppIg 4iy 4J4us-ny enmergotev. -As eiwh- I rgneposssa~sgsil iQf'theu quaj. tees t,(cOessry to thsnt ra))pi aIbhe Oilice. It is tm ru'i l'mive heard it nigmued as on obje<4iim to him that lhe was horn ad ri'sed a Virgiiian, of sa Whlig and 1'ederal ifomily, and that the masj. ~r po r.uiin of his estate is ins the State of Louisisana, and argely initerest ed in tihe .proidluthion of sugar, sand thast h~e'uut poEisse$: mnore thsan ordinsary ptiiitismu to sacralice his private inxte.rest to sus tain t'ie policiy oft an adop~te I State. I. dou iii't- I hope the Legislatusre will noct. -enf~ertain anyi sneh prejiudi~e.~ It is triue Col. Preston is a irgiian, bust he ' as umarried and set tle~d in SousthI (a dssinaa yeasi. aigo, and is idenstitled hut/ i in feeling ansd polit is .iFrom the Ctsrtiiie:n n tansan. Mat. Einrroi: As the perionI ir t he elct ioni of a Unsited St ates Se'natoir is gearat haund. and as it is imi w well knoiwni who will compliose the body (the legistatulre) by whsom thle sieh-et iion wii Ibei imde, piermiit at sbscribler tio your valuable paiper, to suiggest through its columitns, the niamea of thle liioni. J1ames 1,. Orr, as a gent lema wiho would lillI that distinuguishe'd psos'tion sand represenst the State in that exalted capj acitSy with ho inor and dlistinct ion. And while wc wtould thua exhibit "tur preferen~'ice or partiality, we disclanns any design or' intenstions to dispairage or i hurrsate t he muerits or aibility iif oithter distinigishled citiz.ents, alr-eady bselbre the public for that oflice. Tlhat. Col. (Orr po~ssesses asn intelicet iof the miost brhiiat order,-thiat hie is endoi wedl with a polsiticail saigacity and~ inigeunnity, at oncee pelnet rat inig sand serns tiniziig,-that lhe is acttuated and( conI trolled byv a bohl, viguorious, aid inde.. pen'iden/(couirse oft coniduet;-in pol itical as well as civil life,--must he evidenit to all whio have observeid his late re niowneLd and1( evematibi earee~r in the Ilhalls of' Congress. Comsbined with the above, Col. Orr, by~ nature is bless ed with a ebsaracter whichs isters sand esn iurageSs h warmuest and)( strongest social andsi persomnaI at tachmnents; and an eniergy and zeal which chalhlenges alil oppiti~~~on, and breaks down all comIibinations. l's (Cousiav. Thne Claester Court. A tier t he recess of - the Court of' Comm aon Pleas,sat Chestervihll, which emibraced one dsay and a hialf, viz, thse whole of Tuesday sand till 12 'cloiCk ona Wednesday, the bialanice of the lat ter day waas takens up in hearing three or tur cauoses of assault and b~at tery and one ter trading with sa slave. All the parties were fiund gusilty, hut as nosne of the otleniees, charged appeared to be one of ani aggravatedl nature, we deem it improiper to give any further notie of them. Oin Thuarsdsay, the whle day was ta ken usp in the hearing of' twoi cases; and bouth of them were against the Char lotte & S. C. Railroad Company, for th : land tzakens hy the Comnasnv in the co(ftructlon 6 ~ (a.i~5:p4~1 up by way of appea1, of the' huduw P rx, from the assesm8i dnissirniers wh had Min o value the land taken n irs four acres ofland haL.bedir en, ch w,%as valuedx at live: aS ere% id tile whole tract ntal ab ou e hundred acres. The Cor missioncrs :1 ported that the rest of the landaf ihe ap. pellaint, was increased inl value, by the Road. runpitt gthr one dellar pr acre, hi t wp hun dred dollarin-; hid that i erefiare the upjapellnt had, received a:benefitti. stead ti being damaged by tile Road. Fnnni this report an appeal was taken. Mues.1 iestiloiny., was:introduced by both pliafies, and-ilthe eiase was dirguied at length by Mr. AfeAliley . fbr the comIpiiv, and Messrs. Dawkins and Melton for the appellanit. After an preidiig Judge, lon. DJ). Wardaw, the Jury found Twenty-one dollar' and twent v-Iive vents for the appellatit-oint Of which verdict. nothiing less tla fr fIv dlla8rs,' would ajaplroximate z ting near: a reasuiable Counsel Te. Que. ry, what does eiLher pi rty' gu'na by tile suit ? The second case was .rett hearly the sane, in principle,- n thieirst. Is it,. however, the Anantit) 'of andtilken was eight. aeCres, and14] it WS to*re vl_ tiable; also there Was a lot faieveral acres severed . by tie Iaund from th., ther .portion , of t ie b, a Stle ,1t. way as to render, it. 1f littl e o al. tie to the owner. In this Cse the Coalilussioner- reported tihe da mi Fr(es to the h1lnd to be that ive dollars. From whiih assessen1lt 'the ina own er'appealed. This ease was managed by thle same gentlemeillat argied the tIther and wais heard at great lengti--constuling the entire afternoin an1d. ti'Ailng till atboutt half past seven o'clock. ,Tie verdict ot thie Jury 11111 .ot leell pulislhed, betbre we left the next His honor, Judge Wavrdlaw. pre sides with great ubility aid(] impartial itv, is a bright ornahnenit to: the jua. diciary of tihe Site aid is fhst wininhi his watky to popular eminene' andI distinction. lie applies hiiself .to, his dtiies with i energy oatsnirit, that' clearly tllllilests I dieotioll to them whib calillot le excelled--hen.e We] regard him, as tile oti the most 1tiithifl Mid usetil public servInnats ill t he State. Ochster Slandard. The Resiuul.t... From the returbs we snm ip. fihe re sit ;ir elvetors ot Pretident iid Vice President as follows: Delaware - 3 Peniisylvnian-'27 New York - 35 - Maine - H New Hampshire - 5 116)i -__ _ _ _ VirginiA Alichiiga.. - . Stouth Cairolinla .- 8 Mlassa1chusetts1 - -- . - llhode Islanld - 5 Vermiont - -5 Kentueky - . 12 ' New Jemser -. 7 *nin 1:1 lilinos - - 11 - Alabamna - 9 Miss(issippi - 7 T'enniss-ee - 12 North C.lalina~ J0 . ieLonisuina - (3 -- Arkansas - 4 Texas - - 4 -- Wis!onsinf- - - 5. - - lowa i - - 4 - Floriida . - : G.eotrgia - 10 C'alifornia - 4 Totaal, - 278 . 8 Ax ImSZ.1J M.remzsx, oh T[on. Ptao.-it is staled that on1 the even. ing oft the .18th uilt, aI. lmanl, whoe. ident ity hats not beenl lltt maeaout, :eml played a heackmnan at the Park to take him toea Fu0 'ltonl F'erry'. - On their wa dolwni. the peersonl stopped the hackmnan et the lerald. allice, andl a'ked himi) to deliver a pauckage. 'The hackman (lid as he wvas requested, an~d left ill the Hcrald ofliee a alll rounh~d bo x. Thle beox was subasegnent. ly hanilded to Mr. lBennet, the editor oft the I Ieral. It was, as is said, marik ed as tbilo~ws "Native silver and coeppeCr ore froam t he Cunba mlounltalins, wvithl letter in~sid~e the box. For Jamnes Goardean Bennlett, prloprietor and1( editor. Olliec, N. W. corner of Fulton and Nassau streets. Private tad with care." Accoampanying the boax was a card, an~ which was prin-. ted withl a [pen as foalows: "Sucnor whio will call onl his reCturni to the city."' The outer envelope being reimoved, the following iscriptionl was 1 ead: "Specimoes and private do10ements from the initerior (of Hiavana for Mr. Bennett (only.) Should he be out oft town, keep for him. Island of Cubia, September, 1852." As the box could not be readily openeud, Mr. H uldsoni, onle ot tile edi tors ot' the I lerald, who was presenit, made an incision with a lnife, when, somne black grains of some hard sueb stance rolled out up11on his dek. These grainls p~roved to be powder, and ai su bscqulen t illvest igatioln proved that the paper box conitainled a qulantity ot otxplosive powder, pellets of paper and frictiollnimatchtes, so placed as to ignlite whene the cover oft the blOX was tuirned rounid. It is supposed thlat mischief was intended, though none resnitedI fromi the torpedo.--N. Y'. Times. It is said that abotut *100,000 in beCt., chanliged hlands ill Pittsibulr. on tha Preside.ntin D lul tim ~ s the several Districts,-gn afccount. of the geographik-Al _Pj So fr ms tiw two "uili and lower) of tho .Siijfoqrpo o it preserve-a to eachi JtB jum r~pi~uitp) rive proportimi. 'Iler ii.~yp n plias 1114-1. wi-ill Ito0 to iqAiy t "hin' lie jiropowtkd; Wi,4j0 jim -iidiued to heiy just anid as jdiws j~ a do the eirculamwtafi covuf tla . Tb,~Il dp . .I Ntilderrv oin, ILIjl ti ll do ,10 o F ~airfie tilitr) Tot 1 -ouain " ~ hem ~iv..n o 4:414ii~tii~~mN Darlmluailgurg 7E0 Aao Mairim, d, d i liitigeto, do di B- trnlli i 'Vo do 2 I ni~ui~ it S~t's.~Ii ec 064 the ll 26thJA IM]. 4t4 2 Cri.~-npublc lO~t43, M~rthe i~i OF mt, MUM,~m tel~l