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LIFE OF JOHN RANDOLPH.

d. Appleton d Co., 200 Broad,oay New York
Have now ready the fourth edition.
r IFE OF JOHN RANDoLPHoF ROANOKE.
il BY Hugh A. Garland. Two volumes l2mo.
Portraits; 80 SO.
g Mr.. Garland has given us a daguerreotype Of
character more eccentric and variable than Ura-
nus itself, and withnl, two volumes of exceedingly
choice historical reading. "-[Republic.
The biography of Randolph has greater charms
than the most exciting fiction. - Charleston .Ner-
curry
ga good life of this remarkable man has long
been desired. Mr.. Garland has furnished an ex-
tremely readable book; the two volumes not only
contain the history Of his life, and analysis of his
character, but an interesting account Of the poll
tics and the public men Of the day ."-[ Crescent
Since Kennedy's life of William Writ, we
have had no biography, certainly no American BIZ
ography, which will at all compare in interest with
this work. 1t must be read by multitudes with in
tense interest. = .Ne,oark Daily Advertiser.
| /" MIR. Garland has made good use of his mate
rial, and has given q striking and accurate por-
traure OF the errnic and brilliant subject of his
pen. II. New Orleans Delta.
GAS biography, it is marked by directnesa
and unity of purpose, and by comprehensivene ss
and variety of manner. 81 Boston Post.
1t is one of the most interesting American BIZ
ographies with which we are acquainted ~ Ere-
ming Post.
The work is written with taste and vgor, and
Its biographical portions is well constructed and
full Of interest. ~ Journal Of Commerce.
" This book fills blank in the biographical no.
tees OF distinguished Americans. The two vol
umes gives us faithful account Of his whole ca
reer, an analysis of his celebrated speeches, &C."
-Phiiadeiphia Enquirer.
"The work is written in an easy and beautiful
style and is replete with striking passages The
author is intimately acquainted with American
literature, and the great men who, at different
times, have played distinguished part in the
drama of the Republic. 1t forms valuable add-
ton to our national history democratic Rerie,c.
March 17-d.tw-w
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Now, the Republic gives a certificate of char
acter to the new Senator, in which the wish
is father to the thoughts" but which unfortu-
nately stutifes most effectually the President
and his immediate organs and friends, if it be
correct: and Mr.. F1sH would be the meekest
man in the world, were he to forget or forgive
such grievous injustice as has been pcrpetrated
against him. But in view Of notorious facts in
regard to his personal associations and SYM
pathies,' elected during the late canvass, this
audacous attempt of the Republic to white-wash
the new Senator, is simply absurd and puerile
Why Senator SEWARD himself might be (and
probably will be, as affairs are now progressing
made the theme of similar euogium for, as
far az we have been informed he too has always
claimed to be q Whig," and has all along been
voted for and sustained by the Wings in the le-
gislature of New York, who have forced Mr..
FrsH into the vacant chair beside him And
if Mr.. FISH is the personal and political friend
Of President FILLMORE tho way he treats bis
" friends" would render it more advisable to be
his enemy.
Well may the Free-soil journals of New York,
which presented this model Wing for the suf-
frages Of the party, exclaim against the faulty
of an Administration that repudntes and ressts
such an accession to its strength.
Now, rs before remarked, the Albany organ
plays totally different tune. 1t is still on the
same key, not having been screwed up to a
higher ptch--and tie following response from
the Albany Alias, Dem. Free-soil) will show
what airs it still is paying:
"QUEsrlosABLE.'--The State Register re-
CARDS the course Of the Democrats Of the Sen
ate, as Of questionable character. IL despairs
of the efficiency" of their opposition to the
election of senator.
While we give the Register oil the credit for
its directness, efficiency and zeal, in its own
cause, we think it casts its censures in the wrong
direction Hs friends ,oanted 10 defeat Mr.. Fish
but would not extend to the Democrats the cour-
tesy of voting for an adjournment, when sena-
tors were worn out by session of sixteen
hours Indeed the onus of discourteous and
unfair action was assumed by the special friends
of Mr.. Fillmore. Even Mr.. Beekman voted to
| retain Mr.. Schoonmaker in his seat. Mr.. Bah
cock not only voted to suspend the 37th rule
but with a crednlity on his own part, or conf
dence in the credulity Of others little less than
miraculous, volunteered to say that he did not
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We have hitherto neglected to state that the
Senate Of the Stste OF Missouri by uuaAimous
vote haa directed the governor to return tha RES
olutions OF the trait0rous Nashville convention
to its secretary or president without note or
comment" That body further resolved that
neither az members of the legislature nor a. pri-
vate individuals would they entertain comm,i-
nicatons from persons who can 80 far forget the
interests Of the people as to claim the right in
State to secede from the Union, believing that
such sentiments can emanate only from deluded
fanatics or from traitors.
From this it appears that the wretched trait
ors Of the South have no chance of enlightning
the sympathes of the people of Missouri In ia
yor of any wild scheme of disunionisn. Let the
traitors attempt to break up the Union, and they
will then see that the majority of the savehold-
ing States will DO ready to give the Union a
support that can be chilled only by DEATH The
same men in most Of the Southern States regard
the traitors, both of the North and the South,
with feelings of the most irrepressible contempt.
louisville Journal.
We have hitherto neglected to state that the
first State Of the Union, that adopted resolutions
equally "tratorous" with those Of the Nashville
Convention, was the State of Kentucky. In
1898, this State passed several resolutions, the
second, third, fourth, and sixth Of which, drawn
by the hand of JEFFERSON himself, and adopted
unanimously by the senate Of Kentucky, and
with only two dissentients in the house,) pro-
nounced certain acts of Congress to be mot
law" but altogether void and of no force"
which was much more "traitorous," according
TO modern slang, than any resolutions of the
Nashville Convention.
The State of kentucky did then as the Nash
vile Convention has done, send her resolutions
to the legislatures of the other States, and she
was answered by some Of them in manner SIM
lar to that, in which the senate Of Missouri
has answered the Nashville Convention. For the
legislature of Kentucky, complained of them for
lack Of "decency and temper" the same COM
plant which can now be made Of the senate of
Missouri
And, as Kentucky was probably as patriotic in
1898, as now, and certainly possessed as large a
proportion Of great men-and as even before
that, she was the first Stale tot hreaten dsunion,
on account of the navigation Of Mississippi, we
presume that it cannot be the STATE Of Kentucky
that now goes into such agonies Of Unionism,
but only some of her politicians who are playing
the demagogue for Northern votes-and some
Of her exotic editors.
As for the senate Of Missouri, it i'll becomes
that body to take airs upon itself about the sane
tity of tho Union, when it is considered that
Missouri owes her admission into this Union,
with the institutions of her choice, to the men
who declared their readiness to dissolve this
Union if she were excluded-the very class of
men who have been treated by the Compromise
measures, worse than Missouri would have been
treated, if she had been excluded
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Using circulating as It does very extensively in
Virginia, North and South Carolina and Marv-
land, and throughout the South generally. A few
Advertisements Of Medical Schools, Books. In
struments, &C., and Medicines will be inserted on
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The North Carolina Hornets Nest says

at is said that Mr. Stanly declines being
candidate for Congress again in his district
Now II may be supposed, that from our utter
detestation Of Stany Ms a politician that we
would be pleased to hear of his declension---
But it ia not So for we do like to henr of a
mans declining to be beat, whom It would give
us 90 much pleasure TO see beaten
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FLOOD DIsAsTRR.--A very large three
story brick store fell at Aberdeen, Mississippi.
on the night of the 10th ult., crushing in its
fall, an adjoining wooden, building occupied as
drug store. The brick building was valued at
$4,000, and was occupied by Messrs. Cozart g.
Clark, by the former of whom it was owned.
The stock in the drug store belonged to DR.. J..
Street, and was nearly total loss
The cause of the disaster is attributed to the
effects of the recent overflow Of the Tombigbee
river and perhaps fault in the original con
structon of the house
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WV. HOW IAN ID,
TunOrter and Dealer in Dry Goods, In
CHARLESTON, 8. C.

CHARLESTON, 9. G..
VXTOULD call the attention Of planters visiting
w Charleston for their supplies, to his stock
of Dry Goods, which is kept constantly full, and
embraces a complete assortment for families and
plantation wear; and, in Dress Goods, frsm the
iowpriced, to the richest, latest, and most FISH
ionabIe.
All Goods Of Southern rsanssfactsws, he will par
ticuarly keep.
No. 224, bend Of King st., Charleston
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An AMERICAN CITIZEN IMPRISONED IN FRANCE.
MIR. William +. Petty, a native born citizen of
the United States, writes home to his friends
that he has been incarcerated for fifteen months
past, in the prison Of Paimboof, in France, on n
charge Of which he is entirely innocent and that
he has had no assistance from the American con-
sui Mr.. Roques, at Nantes, whose duty it was
to extend to him all the protection In his power.
What Mr.. Pettys offence was does not appear,
but as the consul has been thus publicly accused,
the latter will doubtless communicate to govern
ment the facts in the case.
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TEA CuLruRE.--Dr. Juniua Smith, who is
paying great attention to culture Of tea in
South Carolna, says that the heat of summer is
far more to BE- feared for the tea-plant than the
cold Of winter He thinks the cultivation Of the
tea-plans may be vastly extended in New Eng
laud, while comparatively it stands still in the
South
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TESTING THE GALLERIES OF THE CRYSTAL
PALAcE.-An interesting account OF the opera
ton Of testing the galleries of the Crystal Pal
ace, in the presence Of the Queen, Prince AL
bert, and distinguished party, is given in the
columns OF the Illustrated London News. The
first experiment was made by placing a dead
load Of forty-two thousand pounds, consisting
of three hundred workmen, on the floor and adj
joining approaches the second test was that Of
crowding the men together in the smallest pos
sible space. In both cases no effect was pro-
duced on the flooring. The third experiment
consisted in the same number Of men walking
first in regular step, and afterwards in irregular
step, and afterwards running over the floor, and
was also satisfactory. When the fourth expert
ment was made, the same body of men, closely
packed together, jumped up and down for some
time. The greatest amount Of detection was
found not to exceed quarter of an inch at any
interval
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sTEELE.-southern Halter.

23l King ST. Charleston, S. C.
~ GENTLEMEN wishing to purch-
" ase beautiful new style Spring
Hat for 1851, made in Southern State are invited
to call as above. IiirL
French Imported Hats
few cases Of fine light French Hats, imported
for my fashionable retail trade.
Strno Department.
This department comprehends all the newest
styles of Panamas and Leghorns for gentlemen,
youths, and infants, Of new styles, manufactured
under my own direction.
STEELE'S HAT HALL,
March 8-4tsw Charleston, S. C.
PROSPECTUS OF THE CUBAN LIBERIA
/ TOR, a neata}ook Of 300 octave pages, illus
trated with engravings. Price ~, payable inva-
r6bly when subscribing, to enable the author to
have it done in the finest style of the Arts.
Editors who copy this, and postmasters who
will frank remittances, authorized to act as
agents for the work, and retain % per cent COM
mission. Confident Of the most liberal support in
this enterprise, ! shall endeavor to merit Il, and
close hasty penned Prospectus upon the noun
tain waves of the Ocean, as well as the draughts
for steel plates representing the author before the
" Inquisaters," and American Ladies and Gentle
men in Havana, thNwing bags of gold an of
yering for his liberation, upon the desk Of the
American Consul. EDWARD STIFF,
Author of "The Texan Emigrant, and late edi-
tor Of the " Cherokee Sentinel, " at Cedar Bluff,
Alabama. March B.
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PROSPECTUS
THE SOIL OF THE SOUTH.

ME undersigned, committee Of publication, on
| the part Of the Muscogee and Russell Agricul-
tural Society, respectfully invite public attention
to the following prospectus of a MONTHLY
JOURNAL, to be published in this city under the
auspices Of the above named association.
The work will be devoted to the interests Of .ag-
ric,tlture and Horticulture, Domestic and Rural
Economy. Under these several heads will be in
cluded all that concerns the culture of crops, the
Improvement Of the soil, the management Of the
farm, the garden, the orchard, the flower yard
and the house-keeper's department In their con-
nexon with the interests Of the soil, the other in
dustria pursuits Of the land, will receive their ap-
propriate attention
The "SOIL OF THE SOUTH" will be under
the editorial supervision of CHARLES A. PEABODY,
esq. and Col. JAMES M CHAMBERS. Mr.. Peabody
has been for two years past connected with the
Agricultural Press, and is equally distinguished as
a practical and scientific farmer and gardener
Col. Chambers is Of the most intelligent and
successful planters in the South They will be
assisted by an able corps Of contributors, among
the practical farmers and planters Of the land
Each number will contain sixteen pages of
quarto size, printed with new type on superior
white paper, and furnished to subscribers at the
rate of
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to any one twelve months gratutously, who will
remit four names ,cih four dollars.
All communications must be addressed, post
paid, to WIN. RI. CHAMBERS, publisher of "The
Soil Of the South !" Columbus, Ga.
VAN LEONARD, Committee
JE. HURT, Qualification.
Colun,bus (Ga \ March 1871,
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lLOAN
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THIS Loan is guaranteed by the Government,
| and contracted by the eminent Banking
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SoNs, in Frankfort-on the Maine. The following
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% 10000 60 1000
"a" $4,000 100 500 &c
60 5000 1870 900 4"
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The next drawing takes place irrevocably on'the
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The price Of the Tickets is as foilo,cs:
ticket for Dollars tickets for 25 Dollars
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Remittances can be made in Bank Notes, Bills
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receive free of expense the Prospectus, with full
particulars and after the drawing, the list Of the
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in cash at Frankfort Maine, Paris, Lon
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Apply, without delay, to MoRIz STIEBEI,
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THE Hon. JEFFERSON DAvIs.--We are ena-
bIed to inform our friends throughout the State,
that this tried and faithful public servant, will
visit every portion of the State during the ensu-
ing summer, and address his fellow-citzens
upon the momentous issues which are before
them, and upon the decision of which, hangs the
fate of Mississippi. Fresh from the scenes of
conflict, and n sentinel upon the outer wall, he
will present such facts as will facilitate them in
the selection of the course which wisdom and
patriotism demand they should pursue.
Col Davis could no more remain silent at a
period like this, when his native State is sur
rounded on all sides by danger, than he could
turn deaf ear to the call of Mississippi few
wears ago, to lead her sons to victory on for
eign fields. lie is enlisted in the cause of Mis-
sissippi, and now, as then, he will stake himself
upon the cast In such hands, her banner will
never trail.
Hon. ]. ]. McRAE.-We learn from the Mo-
bile Herald and Tribune that this gentleman de-
livered ga very able and interesting speech
before the Southern Rights Association, Of that
city, few days since The journal says:
ale ran over the whole history Of the aggres
sons on the South, and showed by a clear and
luminous train of augmentation, that in all the
measures which have received the appreciation o.
the chowder men, there is not one, save the fu
gitive slave law, which does not entail injustice
on the South, In Mississippi, (and no man, VIZ
presume, can speak with more authority Of thu
condition Of public opinion in that gallant State,
he declared the spirit Of Indignation to be ir
radical and active against this injustice"
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e-Sy- The conclusion ofethe Address Of the
Alabama Convention will be given in few days.
The whole has not yet reached us.
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Special dispatch TO the Tribune.

ALBANY, Wednesday,, 9 o'clock, a. m.
HAMILTON FISH has just been elected United
States Senator, for six years ensuing. The vote
in the Senate stood-F'ish l6; all others IL.
Beekman declined noting In the House, Fish
So. Yours, J. T. f.
Now three cheers for HAMILTON FrsH and the
invincible Wing majority in the New York leg
islature Where's the Union committee of safe
tyr
We might easily multiply these extracts-but
enough have been given to subserve our present
purpose. If the friends" of the Administra-
ton in New York are Of that calibre now, the
fend between MrsSEwAED and the PRESIDENT
must certainly cease, and cordial understanding
be established between them.
But what is to become of the Silver Grays
Where are they to go to!
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SPRING MILLINERY
WILL be opened at Mrs. S. PARkER'S on
w Saturday, 18th instant, at 10 o'clock.
PARKER'S new Fancy store,
March 12--3t under National hotel.
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York, with u single ex-
ception. His personal
associations and sympa-
thies are the most remote
from those Of an agita-
tor or demagogue. He
will be the last man to
act from factious or IA
natical inducements; for
such is his sedate, tran
qail, and we'll Unbalanced
temperament, that such
inducements can find no
Judgment in his breast
He is the personal and
political friend Of Presi-
dent FILLMORE, and will
yield a firm and cordial
support to his admins
tration.
II the interests of the
South suffer from no
more "fanatical" or
aggressive" influences
than are likely to be ex-
ercised by HAMILTON
FIsH in his votes and
speeches in the Senate of
the United States, we
apprehend that they will
be safe TO the end of
time.