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THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAr RT W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor, A. SIMKINS JOHN BACON, Editors. Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in ndvance-Two DOLLARS And FIFTY Cr.s-rs if not paid in six notithis -and Tanita DoLLARs if not paid before the expiration of the year.

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For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in gdvance. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by tihe 3Magistrate advertising. LIST OF ACTS. An act to open and extend Pitt street, in the town of Mount Pleasant, to Hiblien street. A bill to aiter and amend the Constitution, so as to change the natne of the Election District of Saxe Gotha to that of Lexington, and to extend its boundaries to the presents judicial limits.

An net in relation to the execution of slaves and free persons of color. An net to relieve P'lank Road Companies from the necessity of making returns, unless specially called for by the Legislature. An act to arrange this State into Districts for the election of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and for other purposes. An act to intcorporate tle village of Cokesbury. An act to prevent the obstructiotns to the passage of Fish tip Lvneh's Creek.

An nct to atithorize the fornation of a new Volunteer Company within the limits of the 23d Regiment of Infantry. An act to exetipt the surviving of-icers and members of the. Palmetto Regiment front ordinary Militia duty. An.net to appoint Commi-sioners to ascertain And define the proper dimensions and direction of'the streets of the town of Mloultrieville, and to remove All obstacles in such streets. An act to chi-ter the Lancaster Railroad company.

A bill to alter the constitution of this State so as to divide Pendleton into two election Districts. An act to alter and amend the in relation to the education of the Deaf and Datmb of this State. An act to incorporate the Beaufort and Columbia Loan and Building Associations. An net to amend an net entitled an net to incorporate the Comnercial Inisurance An net to vest the right, title and intere4 of the State in the pro-ceds or the peroonal estate of Daniel McGill, deceased. in 'Catharine Me, Donald, wile of Donald D.

McDonild. An act to 'incorporate the Beaufort Female Seminary. An act to alter and amend an net entitled act to atithorize the Stvtte to aid in the of the and mion Railroatd." Art net to extend the charter of the Bank of the Stte of South Catrolina. An act to establish certatin roads, bridges and ferries and to amend the lawv respecting cotiitssiners of roads in certain particulaurs. An acL to repeal all nets parts of act authtorizingr ordinaries to tauke possessiotn of and adminitster derelict estates.

An net to incorporaite certain towns and vilJages, and to renewv and ametnd certain charters heretofore granted. An nct to incorporate lthe Caurolina Mtutal lit. surance Company of Charleston. An act to authorize thme Stale to aitd int the couimeneino- in October, one thousand eigt hundred ana net-to appropriamte the sum of three thou. sand five hundred dollars for the erection of suitable building for the education of' the Deatt and Dumb of this State, at Cedar Springs, ini Spartanburg District.

An aet to Robert Ilc'pton, a free person of color, from capitation tax. An act to vest in Win. Trapp the exclusive to navigatte Little River. An net to release fronm pledge the Railway shares belonging to the State. -An act to incorporate certain and'contanaies, and for the recharter of others.

An net to authorize the State to aid in the eonstruction of the Pendleton Railrond. An to incorporae certain religious and forthe advanicement of ednecation andl renew the ehhrters of others heretofore granted. An act to atmend the charter of the WVilmington and Mancehester Rail road Compatny. An act to alter atnd the times of thet sitting of the Courts of Equity in the fifth cirrutit. An aet to alter and amend an act entitled "ar act to for the defence of the An act to authorize the formation of the Sa.

vannah River Valley Road Compjany. An act to raise supplies for thme year commen. eing in October, One T.lhotusand Eight Ilundr'ed and Fifty-Three. Legislature adjourned hist evening. after a of twenty-two days.

A numiber of imtportant putblie meastures hav.e beeni perfected, amnomng which are thme re- district. ing oif the State; the re-charter of the of the State incorporattion of a number of new, and the rceharter of the old bands; the liberalI aid givent to the Blue Ridge Ramilroatd Company and manny other mattlers uof less pttblie moment. On the whole the members have worked well, and, wvithi sonme slight the session has been a harmonious andu one to ali concerned. The young memubers have very well broken to the the butsiness of towards thme close of the session went ont very smoothly. WVe wish them ali a return to their Dcc 17.

THlE MANNG Senox.Ansmr.-It is with pleasure that we have perceived in the late Comimcencment Exercises of our College, that the judiciotns and patriotic mnimiicence of Col. J. L. Manning has alreaidy produced such gratifyintg zesults. Many of otur readlers aure aware that, severali years wit that thoughtful nobility of feelitng which so characterizes his acts, I-e made a dottation to the College, thte proceeds of whicht shoulid be perpetually aipplied to the edtteamtion of some young South Carolinian, applicant from this District always to be preferred in the selection.

No one from this District, however, has as yet applied for its betnefits, but their first recipient, Mr. hludson, (we believe from Chmest er) has, in carrying o1f the first honors of the antd thus commencing, successfully, what we hope wvill be a tuseful atnd brilliant life, amply dotnonstrated the wise kindnenss of the donor, and richly rewarded his liberality in the gramtilied Akeling which must have bece cased to him. Andl oftetn, we hope, will this gratification bec sepeatted, and when centuies passed away, may his name still live, illustrious in its atssocinlion withI those whom his munttificence has fittled to do good to the Watcmanmt. Tuse Fmnsr RAJLtnoaD CAR ox THE TRACK IN the 1st the editor of the St. Louis Republicatn visited the depot of the Patcifie Railroad Company to see thme first car started, and listen to thme first whisktle of the iron horse on that side of thme Mississippi.

THE SECRETARY OF STA.E.--We learm the Washington Untion,) that the niomination oif Hon. Edward Everett as Secretary of State was yesterday communicated to thme Senate that the nomination was unanimously confirmed, at the instance of distingushed gentlemen of both partties, without the usual.fobrmamlity of a dkty's EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22, 1152. -WE are requested to say that Dr.

articles advertised for sale to-day, are being disposed of otherwise, and will not be offed In public. A LITER.RY FAVOR. IN accordance with our last week's promise, we publish in the present number a rare, original and literary treat for our readers. "GERALD FLElM ING" is from the able anl gifted pets of the author of Two Grooms fair one Bride." The As it would he forestalling pub. lie opinion, we can at present, only express our high appreciation, of this most admirable tale.

ELECTION. WE call the attention of our District to the card of Maj. Jost C. lie is, as Paid card will mure fully explain, again before the people for reelection to the State Legislature. It will be seen, by reference to another column, that the friends of S.

S. TomPKINs, announce him as a candidate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the inelligibility of Maj. Jonx C. ALLEY. In consequence of the election having been ordered so soon, the 3rd and 4th of January next, we have been requested to make the above editorial announcement.

CONGRESSIONAL, As yet nothing of iinportance has tra-spired at Washington, either in the Senate or hlouse of Ilepresentatives. The different oflicers under the administration have made their respective reports. The Secretary of War recommends, anong other things, stronger fortifications along the A tlantic coast. He thinks the different forts shonld he rendered itmpregnable against any force that might be sent against them. The Secretary of the Navy deesn it expedient, in fact necessary, that flogging should he again resorted to in that department.

Senators and Itepresentatives are taking "their seats to-day." On the Ith several eudogies were delivered in the Sentate, in honor of IVeIERI. Anong themn are a few chaste and beautiful reiutrks from our Senator, lion. A. P1. and WvUnrr.a, p(ays Senator BUT.Ea in the course of his remarkp,) like PITT, Fox, and Bt-aKr, have made a picture on outr history that will be looked upon as its cultninating splendor.

They were luminaries that in many points of view, especially diflered from each other, as one star differeth from another but they were all of the first magnitude. Distance cannot detroy, nor canl time diminish, the simple splendor of their light for the guidance and instruction of anu a'dmsirig posterity." HONOR IS TIlE SUBJECT OF MY STORY." Tn't last and most efctuaI resource by a against hiis debtor, is an appeal to his honor. Where threats of law, punishnent, and a jail have prove inadeqiate it obtaininag satisfeclion of debts, a nmere intination of staipitg a mark of infatmy upon the fraudnlent debtur Iavs restlted in full of all arrears. The mioit ni-erly and rapacions cannot brook the idea of the btck ecutche o4 infitaty hung over their fair tnaes. liene- at i.

that men are mueh more peaametaIl and ready iaa I iicidatmg those duaes talled debts of honor than any other kind of indebtedaess. Not tlat a love of justice or hon. the fear of emnatlsiona urges thaem thtereto, bitt an exesoss of dlelicacy, a false view of reptatatioct or ocfteaaer a muistaken senase of honoer. A most remarkable insitace of thais 'ccuers in the life of Sheridan. On a certain occ-asion Shecridan'c huitcher deamagaded paymencat of a note given in coan sideramion of ptrovisions5 futrnaishaed fur table.

Shaeri dant in order to rid laistelf of thais annatnavce very huastily replied-I pay nsothting butt debts of haontor, whecreutpon thte crafty Blitgther tmancdiately thtrew thec note ianto the fire sayinsg, now pxay ate mny debt o1 honor. The great tian, it is said, very pleasantly of fered him double thte amonat of his demanad. Some few, whao lay thecir wit or strategy succeed iti -tblmoast 1neret ort'irtrtTfe to stanading, or- rinder thsem more celebratesd. Th'le greal Fox oftena bragged of the amanner int whtice achelated his usurers. rTe antecdote is sottewltmt as follows: Fox, although a Ge-nius, was very and always ta debt.

The Jews, his e-redlitors, called (et hima fi paymaent. Alh, my dear says Fox. I ad mit the prinaciple, I owe yatn money, bitt whlat tit: is this, hent I anm goeing upoan bussiness Thea departed, but shtortly afterwards retuirned-" htat' cries Fox, is thtis a imae, whten I ats enagaged on at appoinlmnt The Jews impjortunaed paymnent agait anad again, andI the endc otf it was tlimt Fox, wath hti Secretary Hare, aehut thaenmselves uip int garrison. 'Thle Jews datily suarrouncded his hsabitationa abouat daylight, andI Fox regualadly tharust hais head onit of Ite winadow, with thais qutetion-" Gentlemen, are yost Pox hutintg or JHure hunscting thisntmorniung Th'le very Jew them'clves tiuitigated hy hais nit, replied well, well Fox, you htave always admtitted the priciple, but protestedl againtst hte limr-we will give you yout own limec, onaly jusxt fix somne final day for ouar repay dear Moses," replies Fox, thtis ii really friendly-I will take yout at youtr word antd fi: a day, anda as it is to be a final Ia'y, what woulsd yoi thaink of te day of Jusdgmn 7" "Thsat, say they, will be too busy a day iths Well, well," an uwered Fox, "in oler to accomtodate botht parties, let us settle it the slay after." Poor Fox, htowever, paid dlear fair htis pleasantry. For althaought Jatvenad htas remarked that ridicule is thec greatest misfocrtuane atteandanat utpon poverty thi stranage Geniuts feasamd a grseater--debat.

It really seea, however, that thte harder thte laho the worse thte pay. As we hsave renmarkedl above, debts of htonor are settled first. Rich nmen always get their maotney itt preference to the pooer, attd those who live by the sweat of ana hottest bramv canme int fort the last shlare, witht the cxceptfun of thec 1'rinier. Our readers wvill not, we trust, thaink thei last aforesaid a hard dun, but forntard tts a pretty little snamb Chtristmnas. Indeled, we onaly mceana that yout tak Iouran paper, andI as we hsold into note againast youet, yota lheonorrdly indaebted to uis for youar subscription.

If. then, yout wisht to be reckoned great men like ande Fox, pay tap, antd we will take great plcasuare itn reckoning youa as siteh. TIlE JAP'AN EXPEDlITION. Tua expcdition fitted nut by the Utnitetd States for Japatt is exciting mativersal inaterest. Osar own Govercnmentt, althought more nearly coneernted in the immtnediate fate of that expedition, canntot be said to be more anuxiouas in regard to its final reslts thact thec Eturpeana nationts.

Indeed, it is a matter of the greatest imxportne thtat thec commtstercial anad mercanttile world should take anay and every mteasusre to irote'ct thteir interest, and particetilarly thaose personts entrutstedl therewitha. rTe position of Japan, howrever, being directly opposed to thsat of our possession ont thte Paucifia coast renders it necessatry thtat atvessails passing betweens or thereabouts isuld be It is said that hunsdre-ds of our whmale fleets are obligedl antnally to-pass through the straits of Sangar, near the ishandls of Niphion anad Jesso. If heowever by ship. wreck, stress of weathter, or anty otheer unefortuniate concutrrece of circmanstantees, thec illfated crew arc cast uthxin thtese shoeres, intstead of receiving thmat laospiality anad assisttace generally met with atntong other niatioens, thtey are immtetdiately seized, cantin ttel, and cialher put to death, or shust up for life ins eages and' exhiaited lifke b-ests of thte foarest. Thte spirit of the age, inaformned ase it is.

and contintually akinsg rapid strides towards refinemnent and ecivilizatioen caanot ntor will nset longer hook suach a state of allhirs, anad we are more thtan pleased to see ouar takintg thte lead againast a policy so shocking tso thte entlighitensd views of the nineteeantha century as theat exhibited by the Japattese islands. The area of Japana is estimated at 266,000 ssjnare niles, ande it. poputlat ion "'Te Emperor's araiy c-onsistR of toot and 20,000 horse. Thle. Lrds, compelled to atitaini soldiers in proportion to thecir revenuea, whichb enables thte Etaperor to call inito time field at atty time an armny of 268,000 fonot atad hiorse.

The iliregoinag items, for whicht, we are indebtedc to acn arsiche utpon the SEumpire of Japan" puzbisheds itt the last numaber of tion, an.1 military force, it is by no mcans an insignificant territory. The same article gives a most satisfactory and lucid account of the expedition, its spirit, intentions, The principal object, as set forth in President Fu.Lut on letter to the Emperor of Japan, is to obtain from that Emperor "permission to purchase from his subjcets the necessary supplies of coal whirl our steamers in their outward and inward voyages to and from India may reqlitre." "'The ubjects of the present expedition to Japan are entirely peaceful, and simply to offer propositions to tle Japanese which would be benefici-Al to both nas tions. The exercise of no force whatever is contemplated." Such we have no doubt is the present intention of our Government, and such we suppose its present policy. But if the Japnnese, as it is stupposedi should refuse to concede this uninane regnest, what then is to be done They mtust unquestionably he forced, and war would not only be necessary, but justifiable. "THE LEGITIMATE DRAMA," WE have been envrinr the Charleston- bound pation of our fellow-citizens for some time, and have been wishing that we had the time and the cash at our disposal, in sufficient quantities to enable us, with the rest, to make a short visit, to our sombre but agreeable metropolis.

To confess the honest truth, one of the chiefest desires which had entered our imagination, amid these Charleston yearnings, was to witness that "1 restoration wf the Legiinate DransaL9' bravely announced a month or two since, as des, tined to mark the winter of Fifty-Two 'and Three. And just to think how we shoud have been disappointed The la.t Literary while speaking of Miss Je A netally to the world as follows: A Juliet, she was charming, but towards the conclusion of the play, and especially in the scene in which she takes the teauporalry poison. the effect of 3Miss Dean's fine nerting was considenatilly marred by the wretcliedneys of the stage The bed, conmissed o- the coarsest naterials, was srarcely larger than a childs crib. When she herself IjUpon it. the scene clsed upoin her near enough to Ieave a considerable po-rtion of her alress exposmed.

ITo make the matter worse. the clmnsy nistake was made of sliding in the half of the cell (or what we snpite was intentled to represent it,) oil one side, anl the half of a parlour on the other! Oh! Charleston! Charleston! Whay, even the bed. quilt scenery of a country-school exhibition would scarcely he more horrifying to the shade of S-hakcspeare than this. Alas poor Julia FoR THE ADAMTiPFn. TO THE PEOPLE OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT.

Fkt-r Hit.i., Edgrield District, S. C. Lmw CmTzexs I find myself a Candidate before you for re-election; and it -is proper that I should State the eircumaistances. For many years I had been Post Master at Fru't 1111. and was Post Master at the time of ny elee.

tion. Shortly after the election, and before I took mV seat as a member of the Ilouse, I forwarded mny resiguation to the Department at Washington, and withlrew from all connection with the not doubting that by resigning before I took umy seat, I land compnilied with all the Constitutioual require. ments. Nor I iar aity thinag to the contrary i until at the regul.ar Session of the Legislature, I learne.1 that the opinion was entertainel by some that the shouhl have taken plaee biefort the eceetim whiie iers thought it was to beloire being swornI as a miiber. Finding that there was a contatriety of opiion, I1 addressed a letter to the I lous--, (at copy of whiell appeared in the E1dgeihl Adreriser of 0th De ctmber) statting the facts anad asking their decisiot ont the qulestioin.

'Te matte-r was rs ferred to the Coimmaittee ot Prmvle-ges antd Eletins, whot repiorted that in theit olpiniion, such resigntationt tmust take place before elertion no how unimportant or trifling the I sice smight lbe. T'1he llouse ado0pted this report of course ntew cecetion beeamne ntecessary andm lasn beet ordered to ta-ke place Ott the first Moinday tani Tuesday ini Jantuary next, binhg the 3rd anid 4th days of the mountha. I reain, very rcspec-tfully, your obedien se'rvanat, C. ALLEN. 'THF.

CAPTAIN GF.NERtAL AND Satm -Theli New York Ilerald thec flloaw. ing tranashliona of an order isstted by the Call ttiin Getieral of Cubat to the Captain of the l'ort of Ilavania, pubhlised ini thle Ilavann, Diario of the 1st ini relation to thec recent diflienilty with Pturser Smtith, and all oppoloithiont to Mr. Staith's going ashore on thte islatnd, atnd to lte entrance of the steameri Crescentl City into thle harbior of Ilavana: "His Excellency, thme iiister P'lenaipotentin. ry of 11er 3Majesty WVashington, has forward ed nme a note directed to) him on the 15th1 instunat, by thme haonorable Secretary of State of the Unaited States, necomnpiaied by att allidavit in dtue of haw, to the etiet that the pturser of thec Crescent City-, r. Williatm Sttith, was int every respect guIalthaes of thme charges lire.

fi-rred aigainmst, himt with respect to hais haiig' Ibe-en the hearenr of news and commniciations libelhinig the govrnameant of this Isluad, and that le htad never taketn any part, direct or inidirect against the seenrity- of the sanme, or ofk-ensiVe to the authorities thereof. "This step having anniulled the exuse which promupted mny de-ternaation of 4, last. past, wit regard to thait individual atid vessel on boatrd of which lie is ea mloyend, you will see thamt ina fultare nao objection be tmade to the entrance of the saidI steanmer. "God preserve tus manya yeara. CANEDO.

"To the Caiptain of this Port. avaNA, Novemaber l852." Tm tt-lITs OF AIRot.aTon.-To suIow that e-fleet prodnteedI by the Nort hern Abolitionists, were anuy evidepeei of atheir inahtumanity- watnting, w'e neetd onaly call attenthion to the subljninetd cirenlar, which we copy rerlbaimn fronm ones forwarded to the Postmaster of this city. It requairtes, however, no coimmtent at our hanids, as its conttents exhibmit in plaina terms the heartlessness 'of those who uder the Spte eiotus prceence of coinferrinag a benefit, cfosigin their dupes to ttter muisery and destittution FR EE. L.CTUR E--Thtere nre int Catnda abott thirty thoutsatndcoloaredt atmajority of woardest itute of homttes. Extreme stuffering hans thmemta duritng thte plast wintter-anty fre-ezintg fair want of ruimntt, othaers f-taishing for want of bread.

A large majority of. thaeir childrena are wvithaout schaools, and growaing tup withotut educeation. A pltan huas rcentaly been started for the eff-ectual and peranaaent relief of these poor people. A generalh tmaetitng itn their be-half will lie held att thme Town Hall, thIt (Sabbath) evening, November 21st, 1852. Rev.

Mtr. Foote, (who lase spaent somne time in and who britngs miost cordial testimontianis frtna wise and goad men, of dlilferenat relipious nd political views,) will addre-ss thme mieetinag. Other will also be presenlt. IA large athetanerie is reqnested. tronis about mtilesi from Bloston.

Fr-om thes Ahhelville 1Hanner. Mn. Cairolitat stands in a pectuliar- Iosil iotn. Shte is disimntegratfed her pirineiples tire the tue prinaciples of the Conastittution of the Unmited States, antd by thtese prinaciples shec now stands and will stand, bttt thme doetritme thmat the majaority is thte conistitutioan, is abouit to trample down' thte Cotnstitatiotn itself. If t.lths be donte thte Untion is gone, and withI thme ruint of line Conast it nmiona the rttin of thea Unaiona, amid ita thmis catastraophe thme htopes of freedomi will perisha.

In flas peculhiar posihiion of Southa Carolina, stanadiang to her piritnciple as see does anad will contirn-ne to do, it is all imnportanat, thmat she shoutld have in Coingress a Statosman attached to her principles anad able to explain them. In the Seniate, she hans Statoemn anda so. she hans in the Hiotuse oif Representatives bitt shte calls for experienice, firness and political knmowledge. Stuch, a Stat esmtan is Col. F.

WV. Pickens and nmany frienads nomainato himt fomr Congress. OLD INETervIv ASSIGNXNTOP LANP We are favored With a copy of the following letter which will be of interest ta many of our riaders: 6lEtERAL LAND OFFICE, 8th, 152. reply toyour letter of the 26tt ulit. in relation to the.asignment of Land Warrants, .1 have to inforn you, that where a soldier dies possessed of a Watritrbeing in the nature of real estate, descend.s-to the heirs.

A certificate issuted under the seakof the. Court having probate jurisdiction, stating of the death of the soldier, and nanies of his only heirs at law, will enable said heirs to locate the Warrant, or sell and assign the sime. Jf any of the heirs are minors they must net-by their guardian, duly appointed, and an older, authorizing him to sell the specilic must be granted by the Court. A copy ofall-the proceedings had before the court, duly certified, must accompany the Warrant, to enable tie party interested to dipose of the same. In regard to the assignment being made on a separate piece of paper, I have to state, that where it is that office will require assignments to be made in conformity with the rules and regulations for the assignment of Warrants and Loations, a copy of which is herewith enclosed (dated March 22d, but if the back of the Warrant has become defaced, by unproper asnignnients -or otherwise, AssignmetItS niade on a separate piee of paper, properly attached, will be recognized; pruvided sutlirietmi evidence nppears on the same, that said assign ment was made in good'fnith.

Very repectfully. Your obt JOllN WIL9ON, Commnissioner. DAvID G. WILDs, Sparta, Ga. PROFIMG BY.EXPERIENCE, It is well known that is not very friendly to the instittition of slavery, and that she expended a large amount of money in her misguided philanthropy on that subject.

She has Ieen her error; she now feels the full force and eiect oflier follyand the London Timaes, a paper whose sympathieis have always been cnlisted against the institution, has conmiderably moditied its tone. In one of its recent articles on the subject orecurs the tMiowitig paragraph, "Our has been dictated by the presumed nieeraities of'the African slave. A fmier the Emianeipation large charge was assessed upoi the colony in aid of civil and religious institutions for the beliefit. of the enfranchised neoro), and it w-as hoped that these colored subjects of the British Crown would soon be assimilated to their fellow citizens. Fron all the.

in. formation which reaches us, no less tham from the visible probabilities of the case, we are comistrained to believe tfiat these hopes have falsified. The negro has not acquired with hik freedom any habits of industry or morality. Ilis independeice is but little better than that of the uicaptured brute. Having accepted a few of the restraints of civilization, he is amenable to few of its necessities; and the wants of his nature are so easily satisfied, that at the enrrent rate of wages he is called upon fornothing but fitful or desultory exertion.

The blacks, therefore instead of becoming intelligent husbmandmneu, have become vngranta and squatters, and it is now ap. preheided that, with the failure of enitivation in the lamid, will come the failure of its resources for iost ret ing or controlling its population. 811 imminent. does this consummation appear, th.at metmiorials have been signed by classes of colo. ninl societ y.

hitherto standinig aloof from polities, anid not'only the bench and the bar, bnt the bish. up, clergy, and ministers of denonminations in the 1.land. without exception, have recorded their conviction that, in the absence of timely relief, the religionis imud educational institutions of the Island mnst be abandoned, and the nunsses of the poipulation retorgrade to CAN OsE BAIL ROAD C2ioss question which we hnve plinced as thme enpjtioni to this aurticle has been excihing some di-enssion at as we learn from our attentive able correspondent, and has. been argned by before a comuittee of thie Pettigru, for tiiti. J.

Rail Road, iminttainigthe atirniive, Mr. Spain, for the Wilnmington andi Man hiiter Ramil Road, in the nega. tive. have -received, we hope to e'an (only stamtetIhe practicnl deeision 0 te commnittees in ofAli beinestioni. The majority of thme commnittee in House decided ini fatvor of so amending the N.

R. R. charlecr as to give it thie iight of crossinug-eon coniditior that the schuedule of the former shall conform to the arratngemnents (if the rond crossed, and thmat in eases of collision the rond shanll be hed primnafacis respomsible. WVe have heard it iumimated -is pro'per, in vie'w of the great imlpolrtance oif the question and the probability ouf its recurrence, that a judicid decision in the last resort should be had-if so, we may expect that the highest legal talent of the country will be called into requii ion. Vir.LANors.-WVe are informed by a passonger, that on Friday night last, the Georgia Railrond cars were shot at, somnewere below Double thle contents of thme gun or pislol passing through at winidow immediately in fronit of au lady passeniger, shatterinig the glass in her faee.

The passenugers herird wo dIstinct reports, which they supposed to 'omne from the discharge of a postol. It is a miracle that tno person wans injlured, as the ears were very mneh crowded at the time. We did not uppiilose there was within die limits of a beinig so utterly base as to wantumnly jeopardize the lives of plerfons, not one of whom was probably known to him, or could have done him an injury. If that chap contidi be caught, an application of pitnh and fire woutld hbe lpeenliarly applicnble to his exit from this world should be made in a blaze of glory Union, 2d inst. Goi.D IN AUsTRAT.tA.-Durinig a week in July, as much as ounce iol dmst were brought into Meibouirne and P'ort.

Philip. which at a v-ahuation of $20, (or sterling.) gives a weekly prodneit of two and a halhf milions dollars. Of course, this rat did not, hold out through tile month, but the aggregate was not short of.400,000J eunees, or $8. 000,000. TuE GR ANnSON OF eldest son of Lord anmd Latdy Lovlince, who was lately advertised in the l.ondon Times, a fugitive, has beeun recoveredr hv the police.

ie hmd gonie to Liverpool, with the intention of shipping as a enabin-boy, to amvoidh beinig pnt oin honrd a manof-war. This youth whio is described as welllooking, is thme grandson of Lord Byron, the eldhest son (if" Ada, sole daughter of liis honse and heart." But Lord Lovehnee, in a letter, demiies the stories in the papers. SIsaULAn yole in Morgain county, Virginia, last year, foir Governror stood Deniocrat 238, WVhig 288. This year, for President it stanids Pierce 291, Scott 291. ANOTHER writer in the Washington Union, speaking of Brazil, says that this Gtvernmient is out a naval expedition to eplore the rivers of country, anid to make known their navigability timd the commuercial resources oif the countries drainied by them, that our merchants may knowv howv to send, what to sell and what to buy there.

HeI seems desirous that our Gzovermnent should force open theo free navigationi otthe Anmazon, aifter the fashion of the English in China, and the intended expedit ion. NEW Yorft military funeral, ensisling of colored soldiers, preceded by a band of wvhite musicia ns, pase through Fnon street yesterdaty, to one of the cemioteries on tie Post. TImE O.DEST oldest livinig priner in tihe United Slates is a mam namimed Carly, in C. Hie worked with Ben Rssell on thme Sentinel over half a eenInry ago, amnd lie yet sets type by candle light and is 97 years of age. REsISTING TIdE FcarrvE bill has passed thirouigh committee of the wvhole ouf time Ohio house of delegates, to protect the rights of persons ehned na Fugitive slaves.

Its provisions are somwhmat similar to the famious Vermont latw. Prosecuting attornecys are to anpply for writs of habensi corpus whlere persons are arrested, anmd if either party ask, a jury trial halb llonwedA Ac THE SOUTE CAROLINA COLLEGE. A friend and well-informed correspondent sends the Carolinian, the following note, in relation to the late withdrawal of students from this institution: As the leaving of.108 students from this insti. tution may give rise to mistakes, especially abroad, which might injure the colles, I would beg leave to cll the attention of your exchanges from without the stntu to the following brief statement of affair; The Coninions Hall of tie college being obnoxious to most of the students, 108 from the different classes entered into a pledge to leave the college, provided the Trustees did not abol- ish the hall at their meeting inl December. The Trustees having not abolished the hall, the 108 students have applied for and received dismissus.

These leave without the least unfriendly feeling existing between themselves and the Preflessors of the college; and ainty will aplply for admittanee next May, shounlil the coeminons hall be then done away with. I may also state that I have been reliably informed that at this last metioned date licensed boarding houses will be subtituted for the commions hall: or at least arrangements will be entered into for so doing. ALUMNS. A Br.ACE Or day or two mince a country gentleman visiting eiy, had the poeket.bookt game suressfully played olf upon him by a coiuple of Northern sharpers, who on pretenee of ciounting out the reward he proposed to give then for a pocket-hisok they to have funnd, walked oiV his, cointaining sonic seventy or eighty dollars. O(ieers Schouboe and Jowilt tUere promptly on their trial, and succeeding in arresting theum, lut the gentlemian having left the city, no one appeared them and they were di-cliarged on their priisise to leave Charleston forthwith.

llearing, however, that another attempt had been made, Ollicers Schonboe and Jowitt arrested them and safety depa-teled them from Ithe eilv, inl Thur.dAny eveingi's eairs. Their Riley alive- and Brown. The Iirier, a rel whiskeredl and nustnelhed individlual, hails from Phliladelpha an1. the latter, who rejosices in blick wlikkers munstachos, from Baltimore. Booth dress in the latest style of l'ashion, and wear jewelry in prolntsuion.

They are said to he very in their nianners. notorious poeket-h-sk d(rolippers and thimIle-riggers. We would our Atigusta friends these snipicissus eharneters and advisc them to give them a walkinig ticket Ws ion asos ihte, if they hrive nsot alreayiv intro- I duced thmiiselves to the notice of the olicers of the law in that city. Messrs. Schouboe and Jowitt deserve credit for the prosmptness and energy they have evinced in the Courier.

urmn find the fPtlowing tribute to Van Nuchis skill in the Natchez. Courier, of the 300t ult. Rorething gentleman was swindied some time ago iv Dr. D. T.

Mines, (who is represeited true to th'e life in Sig. Vanunchi's collectisn sif wax figures, now exhibiting at Comineri.sl excl.nye) hei having rold wo negroes to the aentleiman in qnes! 'ion f'or sixteen hundred which were sto)len. Sosme time after the pourchae, the Loi-i sna Reynblcan,) the negrsoes were claiim-d, and the purchaser, withiut tv was forcesd to ive theim up IIhe hl ievser laid eves iiuo Dr. llinns since lie honght ithem, until lie dropped in at the exhibitisn, and after lioking at the fact simnile.s of those in the fsoregronid, whose lives were devotel to virtuous de-eds, lie repaired to the criminal i department, there elit in all the reality of hinm who had easedl his of sixteen hundred dsllars, wit hout any enduring equivalent, and without exmniinting whether he (Ilines) Iw.is onily "ctoutetsrfeit presentimenit" osr not. he madse it rush for thle dsoor.

and in a few mimites returned with a constabhle' and writ tso take Hines before a magtrate, that jtustice might lie rendered antd was remove the was replresenttutiont or him. Mr. interfered anid proved the whole alfir to be but TT will be seen byv a'comimunienition in another porion oft tis piper, that our Senatoir, thes tric-t wvhieb nv embhraces A bbheville, Edlgefiel d. Laustrens, Newhserv Lexingtont. The namies sif Col.

F. WN. Piekens anid P. S. Brooks of Edgef 31lr.

8nzhlivan, of Launrens is also sposken of in conntexion with the pbost. Tfhe eletioni we understand will take plaee early in February. A blheille Tiue asscese value of the real and personal estate of thle inhlabitansts oif South Cairolitna, for the year endinig Junte 1, 1850, was hiue the true or est v'ahic wats comttputed at thuis shiowitng thaut shte is more we-salthlv in this respect, than either Maine. New Illamp'hire, Vermntt, Ithodise Island, eiit, New Dlist rict oft Coslumbuia, Nsort Caroslisis Fhssridau, Alaubamna. 31i.ssissippi, Lonisiana.

TIexss, Arkantsas, Indian, Ilitnois, lowa, Whisennsini and Califosrnia. New York stands irst, Pennsylvania secontd, 31assachttsetts third. Virginia fsourth, Georgia fifth, Kentuceky sixth, Ohis, seventh, and Sosuth Carlina eighth. Rusons of more expeditious against Cuba are beomiing entrent in the South. The last dan Antonio (Texas) remarks that three hutstredi armued men, supposed to be volunteers for Cubs, were on St.

Joseph's Island. Poorn Ne-w York Tribune, thomngh havinig little to do ith and theatricauls generally, eulogizes the late Junius Bru-. tus Bsoth, aind says: A man of genius ensdedi his career a few days sinice. ini the death of Juntius Brtutuis Booth, the well-known ragediani. The vie.imt of circtusinnees and of a takse social state, there was ever in him a mlan ly and resptectabsle elemenit, atnd stone who kisew him ais hes was atnd as he mtight have beetn, will refuse a of pity for his Turs.

llnli. or NAro.r~ss.-The Baden of the Colsonge Guzette, writes front Ciarlrnhe on the 1 ith nIt:" The betrothimnt uf Napohernn- with the P'rinseeas Darola of Vasa umyt now lbe regarded as a certaintty has, hsowever, as I hearns, frsst miost trust worthy sontrees, onily been broughit abosut after the cotiquest of great dilliculhties. Not onily were high adivisers isgainist the matth, bumt manty wariing vssices were roi-ed atmsng the family eonnsexionts tnf the lady, to remitid her of the tununpjpy Isit of another Prinscess of Enmt the psoliey of the Grand Duess Stephanie granid-miother of the young Prinmcess, and the irnines. of the bride, have triumtphed over every obsale." TEF.TH.--Healthy teeth depetnd maimnly on healthy digention, and ont cleanly habtisa as regards die teeth. T1hey must, of course, lhe cotnined to the purposes for wvhtich they are designed.

If they are empljsoyed for the piurpiose of eracking ntits, hsittinig thsrendi, umserewing needie causes, or turninig the stsspper of a smellingbottle if the month is used as a kind of portauble fur a tosol chest, in whtich a paiir of scissors, a kntife, a icie, a essrk-crew, sor any other instrntmenta, may be fottnd at the time of need-then serius and irretrievablse inijury will evenst naslly be donie to Ithe etnmel sf the teeth, which no healthiness of digestion noti cleahiniess of habit will avail to remxedy'. A BIL. hsas passed the Virginia Ilotise of Del- I egates authsorisitng the Virgintia and Tenmnessee Railroatd Comnpanyv to increase its enpitail stock, by psrivate sitbscript issn, to the amounsl it sit one million live hunimdred thsonssand dollars; atnd also auth.rizing the Borard of Public Works to subsribe to the capital stock of the Manassas Gasp Railroaid Cosmpany the of one hundred itnd sixty thousand dtsllairs. A fatal disease is saiid to prevail in the northern anid western patrt oif Pike county, Miss. It is cnllesd htux, attenidedl with typhoid and congestive fever.

It is fatal it uhnmost every easemiuch more so thtan the dreaded cholera. In a spece of about fousr miles sqtuare, there have been a upwards of forty' deaths. It spares neither wvhitc necr black, ol.1 nr yt-nnif A SAN Franeisco correspondent of the N. Y. ournal of Commerce has made up a Ji4t of all 2e fire-proof buildings erected and erecting in lie former city.

Their cost, exclusive of the round, is nearly six millions of dollars. DitUNKENFSS, aneording to the Portland era is greatly on the i-crease ii that city, noteithstandiiig the stringent provisions of the laine law. A AnoN BuRn's remains were und' r-cently, inmarked by no memorial. A straiger p'assing hrough the grave yard at Princeton, where his emnins repose, had a neat marble monument rected, with a brief inscription. HYIENIAL.

NIARRIE, at Sutmervilie, near Ilamburg, on the 5th by Rev. S. 11. Browne, Mr. JANEU F.

NEEMAN and Miss CAROLINA WALKER, daughter if Mr. A. Walker, all of Edgefield Ditarict. 0 MERC I AL. Correspondence of the Advertiser.

I AbMBURG, 18, Monday our market manifestel a lull feeling, and continued so up to the receipt of ivices from Europe, which causied quite a reaction, md sales were effected at an advance of a full et. in all qualities. however, that feel-ng has wen sonewhat checkedi by the advances received if the transactions in the difl'erent Ports mince the -eceipjt of the late foreign advievs. We qucote sales it 71 a 9 principle sales, 8.J a 85 et. We notice he price of freight per River has advanced to $1 )r bale-the saile p-r S.

C. Railrond. D. gg" The Friends of S. S.

TOMPKIN.4, mntiunce him as a Canlidate to fill the vacancy by the incligibility of Maj. Jonx C. PRO PUBLICO. New Goods! New BOOTS, SuOES, CAPS, HATS, A MBURG S. C.

11E Subseriber having unsurpassed facilities I for the Market wAh the above artiAls. would renew his slieitations to his eutoners 914 the codinunity to give him a call be. rore purchasing elsew.here, as lie is conafident that he 0e1 show as well selecttdi an ssortinent as is to be fuid in the State this side of Charleston. and he is determined to camp.te with the priees of that City. Coie judge for yourselves.

as gools will be freely shown. WEL.iI, Opposte the Amerieaa Hotel. Dec 22 Im 49 Headquarters. ORDER NO 1. COLUMBIA, 13, l52.

following gentlemen have been apointel' 1 and commisiontd ida-e-Cam to) his Excellenev the (Governor and witl the -ank of and will be and1 r. spected By o'rder: .1. W. CANTET. and Inspector General.

James Simo'ns, lilacthcew lrvine $inkl-r, Thomas M. Wagner, Johlin Jrk-ston lHeadh, Ke'itt, .1. I A shmiore, J7. T. Slowm, J.

N. Sh--d Frank 1Ihamnton, A. MleFarlan, C. Gairlinigton, S. W.

Nelson. Richard C. 11. L. Tillinghrat.

Julius J. Ilugueniin. Dec 22 3t 49t. Good things for Christanas. lIE Subdcriber ha's orderedl to supply the want the a pproaching APPLF.S, R.ilSlNr4, APPL.ES, PR UNE.4, I And a large of Coufectionuary, t' which hie invites the attentioanto the little folk' book ouit n0w anld hang up your tetekgs, Oha Santa Clans'' is near at hand lad-n with hi's things teo fill the bags and stockng of good children G.

PEJNN. Aozsr. Dee 22 tf 49 Executor's Sale, TT NDER the provisinns of a decree of the lion. UJorale the Court of Egnity for Edgefield I )is trict. S.

in a proceedig wherein the undersignedl as the only quialilled in sa-d iDistrict anc Stats, of Mairthia Fury, was coamp'ainant aid William P. Dearndnc and wife, William 11 Turpin, Trustee, and others, were itefendants will be sold, on MION I)AYT, the 10th day of January next, at the Sonth sice cit the Fury's Ferry, to the highest bidder, fair thle benefit oft the credlitars aend 'hegate'as of said estate, all that Traet or Parcel of LA ND containing Six Hundred andl Eighty-One Arces, Heing part oif the Tract knoawn as the Fury's Ferry Tract, situate in said and State, cin the Savannahl River, on whmichi it boandls for one mil-, anti adjoliing lands of Ware, and Mackey, andl lthe balance of the Fury's Ferry Tract not in that oflfere'd for sale. One Jhundrd aer I of this land is cleared andi ninder fence, and the balace being ill good Oak anid 11iekory upland well timbered. This valuahle tract of land will be sold on the rollowing ace'nnmodating tcrmns. viz: One-th-rd aand the balance payable in three equal instalent', with interest fromi date of sale, aiid satisfacor' security.

JOhlN P. KI.NC, Ea2'r, 2t 49 WVanted an Overscer FjOR 1853, to take charge oft a Plantation and Uabout Fifteen hands, near Mt. Willing. A roung, single mnan, of energy, steady habits, and iomel. esxperienlce is desired.

A pply at this Office. De 2e 2t SheriUf's Sales. Virtue of a writa of Ficri Facias, to me directed, I shll proceed to sell at dgefield Court the first Monday and uesaly in Jan'y. next, the following propjerty, the faollowing case, viz: The State vis. Simon P.

Street, one Blay Mare. Termts Cash. LEWIS JONES, s. ii. Dec 18 185 23 te 49 Notice the Copartnership cit hlsnxr.r.

Wmr- has beent dissolvedl it is nlecessary to clo'e the uinc's of the Firmn, all indeb'lted, ittser by note or opeltn necount, are requested to ome forward anid settle by the first of 1853, Wi'TT. De 22 2 419 Tobacco, Segars and SnulE SUPPLY of the abenwe articles of CHOICE -BR ANDS, just rece'ivcud and for sale by G. L. PENN, AaENr. Oct ta tf 39 Not ice.

LL persons indebted to the estate of Ihenry F. Freman, will come forward imnmeitely andi niake payment and those having detauds will render them in properly attested. J. II. JIENNINGS, Ex'or.

51 Masonic Notice, A REGULAR Communication of No. 50, A. will be- held at their Hall o. Monday evening, 27th December, at 7 o'clock P. i.

A full attendance of the Brethren is earnestly requested ns It is the oceasion of the Installation if the Officers of the lAcoge. for tho ensuing year, which ceremony will be conlucted by lrother Jaus GoDsay, P. of Social Lodge, of the City of A euusta. It is exipected. besiles, to celebrate the Anniversary of St.

John the aSupperai Br. Doby'. By order of the W. hi. Dec 22 49 it Butler Lodge, No.

17, 0 0. A Regular Meeting of this TAg will be held.un Monday evening next 7 o'cluck. LEWIS Dee 15 I 46 EDGEFIELD' COLLEGIATE DISTITUTE! Rev. C. A.

RAYMOIND, Principal TRUSTES. Hon. N. L. GRIFFIN, I EDMUND PENN, S.

F. GOODE. Da. IL T. MIMS.

HE TRUSTEES and TEACHERS of this Institute tender their nost respectful thanks, for the very patronage bestowed upon the Institution during the past year. They are also happy to announce the very prosperous conditien of the Institute, and its flattering prosperity for the coming yo-ar. They assure their patrons that no etterts will be spared to continue deserving tof se liberal a patronage. The next Session will commence on MONDAT, the l0th of January 1853. The same 'renchers will be employed in the tifferent Departments, as duri'g the past year.

A nd the same rates of Tuiton, and general regulations Pupils can enter at any Juring the SeSion, and if near the middle or eloise of the Session, they will be charged from the time of entrance, to the enil of the Those leaving before the eloses, exerpt in eases of sicknese, are charged for the whole 4ession. Application for ad-nission may be made to either of the Trustees, or the Principal. Dec 22 tf 49 JOHNSON FENALE UNIVERSITY, AT ANDERSON C. TIIIS INSTITUTION, heretofore known an Johnson Feniale Seminary," will go into operat'on as a University, and be open for the reception of Students, on the first Wednesday of Felruary iext. Rev.

Dr. WILLIAM B. Joiuoson )ss been elected Chaneellor, and is expected to be present at the opening of the Institution. Among the Teachers. whose services have been secured, are Rev.

.1. SCOTT MTRRAY, and Mrs. MARY E. DANIEL, both of whsen are so favorably known to the in cosmexion with the Instistitution as a Seminary. In the Mus'e Department, it is aNufficient to say, that that Prince of Musicians, Prof-sor WILLIAM WAUSTAFF, will continue in charge.

A detail. p'an of of the University will be publithed in in pamphlet form. A vy infeirnaton in respect to the University may had by inquiring at Itolesabe's Ilotti, in Auderson Village. Pee 22 4t 49 Thalian AcadeMy. ITUATED) in Anderson district, midway between amid 'Greenville, will be reop--nedl on the 10th of January next, under charge of the present ieachers, Messrs.

J. R. Kennmedy and .1. 13. lIIilhouse.

Instruction muay here be received in the branoches, in any branch of the Mathemautical course, and in the Latin, Greek, French, or German langtuage. The highest of tuition bc $9.50 pcer quarter. Boardigat per month. Adadress Equality or Double 11ranches, S. Bly order of the Board Trustees, IL MetANN, See'yDee22 3t' 49, Notice.

District. THEREAS. JOHN C. A LLEN, who, at the TVGeneral Election held in October, 18352, was chosen a member of the House of Representatives for the District of Edgefieldl to serve for two years, has been declared ineligible. And, whereas, the of the State of South Carolina directs that in such a casca Writ of Election shall be i-sued bay the Speaker of the I louse of Representatives, for the purpose of filling the varancy thns oceasioned, for the remainder of the tern; for which the Member ao ineligible waa elected to servo: Now.

therefore, yan and eacho ocf you are hereIby required, after due advertisement, and with strict regard to sli-the proviaionn of the Constitution and Laws of thme said State, touching your duty in such case, to hold an election fo)r a 3Memhter of thme Iliouse of Representatives, for the Election District aforesaid, to serve fo'r the rem-inder of the term for which the said JOIIN C. A LLEN was elected: the Polls to be opened at the various places of Election in the said l)istrict, on Mionday amid Tuesday, 3rd and 4th days of January tnt, by the various sets of Mianagers for those places respectivelv. The Managers to meet at Edigefield C. on Wednesday folliwing, count the votes and deelare the gslection. This Writ, together wilh your return of the Election to be held tinier it, have before the lie of RepresentatiVes at its next meeting after the Election.

Witness, the II'cnorahhe JAMES SIMONS, Esquire, Speaker of the Ilouse of Representalives, at Columbcia, this 14th day of Decembecr. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, andlin thmeseventy-seventh year of the Soovereignty and Independencee of he United States of America. JA ilES SIMONS. Speaker of the IIouse of Representatives. Dec 22 2t 4 Negroesi to Hire.

I WILL out for the ensuing year, the INegrocs which I have this year hiredl, as Attoirney for Rtoht. McCullough. The hiring to take place C. 11., on Saturday the 1st January 1853. All persons who have any of the above named Negroes hired fur the present year, are required tic deliver to mne at Edgefield C.

on the 1st. JIant'ary 18S53, and also conme prepared to settle their notes for the hire of thenrr, Ternas made known on day of S. ChItSTIE, A ttorney in fact for R. MoCullough. Dee22 -2t 49 Take Warning a LLthose who are indebted to ine indiviidtally, Walker Coleman, Brannon Coleman, or W.

B. lirannocn, that do not make payment by the first of February next, will find theIr accounts and iii the hands of Ofiee for ecl1-etion, as money 1 ust hare. Mi. W. COLEMAN.

Ifamaburg, Dec 13, 2mn 48 Notice. I A PPOINT Mr. J. Dnrni of THamburg, my IA genlt in settletmenit oif dues to myself, or any of the psarties above mntionedl. The bcookm aro in his hiandls.

Mi. W. COLEMtA N. I lamburg. Dec 15, 1852.

2im 48 ot io 0o! U'ndersigned have this day associatedl togethmer in the PR ACTICE OF LAW, for ligelield District. Any business entrusted to them simfl he prompctly nttended to. Amsson will keep an Office at Edigefielod, in rear of the Court Ilouse, where he can be found at all tinees. MI. M.

GR AY, 'W l. ATKINSON. Nov 5, 1852. tf 43 Notie. A TLpesn having demands against the estato A of are requested to render them in to Capt.

W.11larrison, as he is my Agent during my absence from the State. A. PERIN, Adm'r..