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The Blue Ridge Railroad.

we are pleased to hear that the pros-
pecta of this great enterprise are brighten
ing, and that the difficulties which have ex-
isted between the Company and contract
ors are soon to be permanently adjusted.
This, at least is the tenor of our advices,
and we are inclined to rely upon them.
Tie Company has resumed payment, we
learn, which fact will giivs the contractors
no other alternative but to proceed with the
work. They, of course, must be held re-
sPons,bie tor any want OF energy that is
manifested in the prosecution Of the work.
as, also, the difficulties which may and have
occurred with the sub-contractors.-
have been neither few nor unimportant, but
we hope they may be freed from them for
the future.
We regret to gee the AbbeyilIe Banner
manltesting the spirit Of opposition and de-
nunciation which characterised its editorial
of last week. Of all the articles that have
appeared, in opposition to this Road and it's
able Direction, (and they are mauy,) none
have equalled it in bitterness, unfairness and
denunciation. The assertion that the "bus-
mess OF the concern is standing stock stilI,'
and the engineers have "nothing to do but
to hunt, or to toss snow balls at each other
on the ice-clad mountains" should have been
based upon something more than mere as.
sertlon. There are between four and five
hundred hands employed on the Road in
Anderson and Pickens, and we have been
assured that the engineers perform their du-
ties faithfully. The Banner says that .Pres-
ident Gourdin has made shockingly bad
bargain" with the contractors. We doubt Il
much. From the best information we can
obtain, we believe the contract favorable
one for all parties, and, If carried out, will
result in the completion of the road in a
reasonable length of time.
The idea put forth by the same paper.
that the confidence of the State, with her
means, are being abused and wasted, is too
Preposterous to need reply. The act of the
Legislature, granting aid to this magnificent
project, is too we'll guarded to admit of the
states means being lost or even misapplied
Besides, the character of the President and
Directors of the Road has never been oues.
toned, and we have implicit confidence in
their honesty, and, also, in their ability to
complete the work.
Our confidence in the practicability Of
the enterprise is still unshaken, and we trust
it may be prosecuted with energy to com
pletion. It's benfts will be MANY. wide
spread, and general, and it deserves not only
the support, but the hearty cooperation Of
aH-Heotuee Courier.
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Cedar Spring Mute ASYLUM.

a CORRESPONDENT Of the Laurensville
Herald lately visited this institution which
is located in Spartanburg District. We ex-
tract from his account as follows:
arrived about noon and after participa-
ting in sumptuous dinner, repaired to the
school. The affability and urbanity of Mr..
N. +: Walker soon removed all perplexity,
and entered into conversation with the
mutcs upon the blackboard, and found them
truly intelligent. In fact, if one is not "post-
ed up" pretty a0cN they will prove a title
too fast for him. Mr.. W. has about thirty
Mutes under his charge, and is now about
to open school for the education of the
blind. He is certainly one Of the right sort
of men; possessing all the traits Of charac-
ter, and accomplishments of head and heart,
which make the true Carolina gentleman.
May he live long TO enjoy we'll earned
reputation, and may the evening of his life
be as tranquil and happy as the morning
thereof has been useful.-When the hour Of
dlsmlssion arrived, the scholars repaired to
the chapel room, and Mr.. W. dismissed then,
with prayer. Although my stay at the Asy.
lum, like the life of the ephemera, was Of
short duration, yet came away somewhat
edified-imprcssed with the high merit Of
MIR. WIS school, and with the feeling ot
sympathy, blended with good wishes, for
those under his charge.
Those who have not visited this school
ought to; and venture to say, that those
who do will never regret tie. time they
spend there.
Ionrs truly, D. W.P.
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Guropean Intelligenoe.

The prospects of any favorable results
from the labors of the "Peace Conference. :"
In session at Vienna, seem by no means to
brighten. The committee Of enquiry insti-
tuted by Parliament to look into the Brit
ish army, in the Crimea report startling
developments. Thousands of the sick and
wounded have literally starved to DEATH
Occasional skirmishing is carried on, but
no general fighting In fact it seems that
the allies are trying to demolish sebastopol
on the same principle that the ancient city
Of Jericho was taken--by 6lo,oing their
horns around It. On the 18th ultimo, it is
said, the Russians made an attack, but were
repulsed with considerable loss.
LOUIS NAPOLEON and the Empress were
expected in England, on a visit to Queen
VICTORIA, some time in the present month.
1t is not stated for what purpose the visit is
to be, but we suppose merely fashionable
call" 1t seems, therefore, that the contem.
plated visit Of the Emperor to the seat of
war Is abandoned, or at least deferred for a
while. A conspiracy against him in France
had been detected, and some fifty or sixty
Of the conspiratofs arrested. 1t appears,
however, TO have been regarded quite a
triaing "sffair-NApoLEon premises fifty
thousand additional troops for the Crimea,
If England will fnd vessels to transport
them. e.
The nobility Of Russia had laid at tie
feet Of: the zarALExAsDEE am address, de.
clazing their loyalty and devotion to, him.
To which he very graeiously replied, assu.
ring them: thai Rnssisn soip should never
Bs dishonosed 10 hiH. .nsnsss. he lad hoped
fer days oigjoy, b said, but Il had pleased
God 70 derids Othsrwiss, BE bslisvsd III!
yips goodness woald protect Russia. &
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The Eldorado Affair,

The Washington Star, which is supposed
BY many persons to more nearly represent
the sentiments of the Administration than
the Union, does not join in the extravagant
attempts which the latter paper is making
to manufacture out Of the El Dorado al
fair terrible outrage upon our national
honor. The Star says:
With all due Difference to our respected
neighbor, (the Union,) we are beginning to
believe that he is raising something Of q
tempest in teapot over the recent causes
of complaint, which, he insists, we have a.
gainst Spain. We admit the old sores to
be very aggravated cases indeed, and trust
that our Government will compel Spain to
settle them promptly. That should be done
beyond all question. But as for the so-cal-
ed FL Dorado outrage, we as yet cannot
see it in the hideons light in which it ap-
pears through our neighbor's spectacles.
Ever since the Lopez Expedition the quiet
folks of Cuba have gone to bed nightly in
expectation, to make bull, of rising next
morning with their throats cut by Yankee
filibusters, and to give them peace it is clear
y necessary that the Spanish police Of the
Island shall be very strict, in view of the
fact that all the earnest and honest efforts
of this Government to prevent attempts to
get up within its jurisdiction efforts to wrest
the island violently from Spain, do not put
them down completely. Spain has right
to expect that the United States will have
enough authority at home to check filibus-
tering. All the world knows that so far,
it has proved impossible to stop such efforts,
which, though they do not succeed as a.
gainst Spain, haze succeeded of late as
against Mexico, wide the Walker affair."
Self preservation is the first law Of nature,
and Spain appears to us merely to be act
ing on that principle in strictly guarding
every approach to Cuba against the success
full departure of such expeditions as this
Government is evidently doing its best to de-
feat as is manifested in seizures not long
since made in New York and the prosecu-
tions essayed previously in New Orleans.
There may, however, be other facts involved
of which we have no information, which
have come to the knowledge Of the Union,
causing it to fret so much over these social
ed new "Spanish outrages."
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lt acknowledgements.
Spring! Spring +

YES, joyous, lovely, beautiful Spring, it is
indeed thlne advent we welcome! 1t is
the verdure Of thine that cheers the eve
the ambrozia! breath of thine that greets
the grateful sense-tho bland sunlight of
thine that moves the dormant powers, and
wakes the soul-stirring symphonies of the
woodland choir.
But, truant Spring, why hast thou lin
gerod so long in thy cominga Didst not
know millions Of anxious eyes were watch
ing for thy lengthening shadow DER the
forest-bound fields Didst heed not the
sighs of winter-ridden world9 Nay,
hcardst thou not the murmurrings of i'm
patient man at thy delaya Or hath an in
CRATE world SO forgotten its subordinance
to thy Giver as to provoke a Christening in
thy prolonged absencel All, we'll mightst
thou hesitate to smile upon a world SO full
of wretchedness, or spread thy beauties
where the censer of gratitude so family
burns; where even thy brief stay outlives
the song that babe the welcome
But nay, gentle Spring, forsake US not !!
The world is not all ingratitude and dis
content. In many heart thy coming will
revive the story of mans first inheritance,
forfeited Eden, and the hope Of restoration :;
and whilst the great mass sweeps on in
cheerless silence, songs of thankfulness, here
and there, will ascend to Him whose mer-
cy still vouchsafes in thee so sweet relic
Of the primeval Paradise.
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An Editor Married.

WE find, in an exchange paper, the fol.
lowing announcement. Mr.. LAREY now
occupies two honorable positions in life
those of an Editor and of married man.
We send him our greetings, and heartily
wish him success in both; for we believe
him we'll worthy:
Married at the residence Of the brides
father, in Williston, South Carolina, on the
llth instant, by the Rev. Simpson Jones,
Mr. P. b. LAREY, of Orangeburg, to Miss
Lorraine E., only daughter and child of w.
B. Beatty and Mary L. Beazly, deceased,
and granddaughter of the late Downes
Calhoun, Of Abbeville district, 8. G.
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The Rabun Gap Railroad.

In another place we have an article from
the Pickens Courier in reference to the
Blue Ridge Road. The Courier is near
the scene Of operations, and, we take it,
must be pretty we'll informed on the sub.
ject 1t is conducted, we know, by inqui-
ring men, and men, too, who will not viii
fully misrepresent facts. Hence, therefore,
our reprint Of its remarks. We most sim
cerely hope its confidence in the integrity
and capacity of the President and Direction
Is not misplaced ); for we long to see the
steam horse scale the Blue Ridge.
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In Utah, collision has occurred in Salt
Lake city between tho U. s. troops station.
ed there under Col. Steptoe and the Nor
mons, growing out of the soldiers expressing
their opinion that Young and Kimball are
rakish old reprobates. Some of the sons Of
those worthless being present, grand fight
ensued. in which the boys fought with fists
and clubs, and the soldiers used their guns.
After much trouble, the military andScivil
officers succeeded in stopping the riot. A
portion Of the militia were called out and
placed in the streets on guard.
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There were rumors of misundcrstand-
ing between the Minister Of England at
Madrid and the Spanish Government, in re-
gard to the religious basis adopted in the
new Constitution Of the latter, and some
alleged outragcs at Seville. Details are not
furnished, and very probably there is more
of rumor than fact in. the report-The chol-
era is prevailing in portions of Spain.
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FOR TIE INDEPENDENT rREss1
Lines suggested by the Death of Mrs.
Lucinda Ross

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEW MONTHS AGO
We stood beside her dying couch, and saw
The lamp Of life expirc-caught the last fond
Glimmer of its earthly ray--till deaths cold
Darkness camo upon the heart, with its deep
Weight of woef We heard her speak of him
In whom she put her trust in eary life, and,
While her lips were eloquent with words
OF heaven, We thought how good it wero 10 die :;
To thus be called to put our armor off,
When ripe for heaven, and with the bright
Redeemed sit down around Gods thronei
But oh, how sad it is to part with one
Whom we do Ito know that kindling eve,
Whose beaming was the spirits joyous ray
Is closed foreverl and those soft lids that yelled
The brightness ofthe glowing thoughts are seald
In deaths dark slumber! The echo of her voice
Whose tone was music in it's household words,
And in its tenderness and love, sweeter
Than wind-swept Tyre, shall never fall
Upon our ear again; but to the bosom it will
Come, and almost startle with its familiar sound.
And in our dreams we'll hear it oft
AS we have heard it in some strain of song,
Or in its tone Of happiness, till it shall seem
Reality; then wake to sad
New consciousness that it has gone from earth,
And will be heard no MORE no more on Garth
But oh, how sadl death, ever busy in this
Dark world of ours, has q strange power
Over the human form. turning the warm
And animated frame to marble cold,
Motionless and white as sculptured statue;
lie gathers back the roses from the cheek
No trace of life upon the features leaves
fountain OF the warm affections freezes up
Mocks the fond eye with sweet smile,
Left on the countenancc, MS if'twere sleep;
But oh! vain hope, when naught but
Tho fair robe is left that the sweet spirit wore
None but the bosom wrung
With this painful certainty can conceive
His giant strength to make the Fl rm heart weak
Even as helpless infancy-to palsy
For season every other thought but that
Which yields itself to hopeless piercing,
Lonely griefl Death in all forms has terror,
But never do we feel his sting as when
He lays his icy hand upon the bloom
Of youthful beauty, swapping the bud,
And blossoms of our fondcst hopes, and laying
PROSTATE some clay idol of our cherished homes
These are our earthly feelings,
Bound rs we are BY sweetest earthly ties;
But when we look a6ore, up whcro
The spirit ivcs, in the calm light
Of heavenly love, of peace and purest joy
| Conscious of bliss complete, in its near in
tercouree
With angels-free from the sin and stain Of this
Low earth; if but THIS hope is ours, steadfast
And sure, what can we not renounee of our
Own selfish love, and bid our hearts "be still"
Even beneath the stroke that Stays them d
Then to ye who mourn, let this sweet thought
Bring peace to your lone hearts, with
Sorrow stricken, and whilst they feel
Bereft of what this world cannot restore
Oh may it be a heavenward link in that
bright chain
That draws tho soul to God C.
BIT. Carmel.
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MURDER AND SuIcIDE.-The bodies OF
T. F. STlTF and his son, a child of six
years, were found in the woods, near St.
Mary's, Ga, on the 2lst Of last month with
throats cut: ST1Fy had been man Of very
Incorporate habits, and for a week previ-
ous partially insane; and as a razor, known
to have been his,was lying BY, there is no
doubt he murdered his own child and after
wards himself. T
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Anniversary Grafton.

Last evening the Clariosophic Society of
the South Carolina College celebrated their
anniversary by public address in the City
Hall. Mr.. A. Il. MCGOWAN, of Laureus,
was the organ Of the Society and the orator of
the occasion, and right nobly did he acquit
himself and vindicate the partiality that ap-
pointed him. His address was well deliver
ed. There was neither rant nor fustian in
the manner, style or matter. All was in
most excellent taste. Mr.. MCGOWAN. pos
sesses the rudiments of an accomplished or
ator, and by assiduous cultivation will at
tain high rank.
The subject Of the address may be sue
cinctly stated in the apot.legm, Labor
conquers all things" The indomitable will
energzed by virtuous ambition, and aided
by assiduous toll, will accomplish greater
things, achieve higher success, and confer
a more enduring fame than mere genius
how great socver without application and
labor. This was the general drift of Mr..
McGowan's speech. The position was we'll
sustained and its truth abundant1y illustra,
ted. Altogether it was a capital speech.
Curo{iniun.
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Ben Lane.

We have just received long and enter
tanning letter from BEN LANE. Too late for
this issue. 1t is, in part, discussion Of
that very interesting subject, the Cuban
question. Our readers may anticipate q
treat in its appearance next week.
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The Weather

For the past few days, has been unusually
warm. On Wednesday last the thermome-
ter indicated heat only about FIVE degrees
below our hottest days last summer-it rose
to ninety-eight in the shade, and a few
streaks Of sunshine hurried it up to one
hundred.
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Arrest of a Mail Agent.

THOMAS ]. EccLEs, mail agent on the
Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, was
arrested on Tuesday of last week, charged
with robbing the mails. He publishes a
card in the Yorkville Enquirer, protesting
his innocence, and asking suspension Of
public judgment until the charge shall be
legally investigated.
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10 nE HASGED.-The negro man, prop
erty' OF W. N. Martin, who perpetrated the
outrage on the person of lady in this dis
trlct, has been arrested, and was tried, on
fr!day last, according to law. lie was found
ga'ity, and condemned to be hung, at this
place. on the second Friday in May next.
on being tirst questioned, he denied the COM
i',,'ihg OF the act, but afterwards made
full confession.-Keosuee Courier.
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Hon. r. Barnweu Rhett.

THIS distinguished gentleman was in our
village few hours on Tuesday last. His
visit was one Of business. Mr. RHErr is a
man Of fine personal appearance, and ap-
pears in the enjoyment of fine health. He
is still, we believe, in the District.
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Our Agents.
Executive Department,

ALL applications for Executive clemency
must be accompanied with report Of the
case from the presiding Judge; otherwise
they will not be considered.
April 6, 1855. 40 St
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:, The Blue Ridge Tunnel has progressed
through all its difficulties $3.50 feet, and
sne remaining i,5oo feet wilt probably Of
,er no further difficulty than the hardness of
the rock. A progress of about 70 feet per
month Will complete it short Of eighteen
months Charleston Courier
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CONSIGN EES.

The following persons have freight in the
Depot nt Abbevile:-
Moore, r II Wardlaw d Son, U Richey,
B Hughes, Wardlaw d Lyon, T C Perrin. n
McEvoy,J Marshall, C & NJ Pickett, Cham
bers d. Marshall, O T Porchcr, r NJ Davis, ESQ,
L johnson, C T Haskell, VIM Morris, DR. I
Branch, D Sondley Horseback Norton, Wm
n Hughey.
D. R. SONDLEY Apt-
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RAINING BRIMsroNE!- "A getlcman from
Chulahoma, Mississippi, informs the Mem
phls Eagle that there was "a shower of brim-
stone" in that vicinity, during the rain, a
bout two weeks since. Particles of brim-
stone, (he says,) were scraped from the
ground the day after the rain by spoons
full; and by tasting and burning were fully
decided to be birthstone, and nothing else /!
Birthstone is said, also, to have fallen
throughout De Soto and Marshall counties,
Miss, during the same rain; and reports of
a similar shower were in circulation here
about the same time. The Eagle hopes its
Mississippi friends are not alarmed. Such
showers frequently occur in the tropics and
adjacent countries when the trees are in
bloom. The pollen of the flowers is taken
up by the wind and distributed far and near.
and out of such material was our shower Of
birthstone made!
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.. at an election in Augusta, Ca, ON the
9th instant, Dearing, Know Nothing, was
elected by 345 majority. The Know No
things elected IL out of l2 Aldermen.
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BosToE, April, 9.-The Massachusetts
Senate to-day adopted resolution, with on.
y one dissenting voice, declaring that no
foreiger shall be eligible to Office. - :.s :is
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Felix G.. Livingston was murdered 10
Madison village Fla, On Monday week, BY
man named Peacock, Of North Caroline.
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Is There is soma effort nov ,beisg made Il
construct 4 Telegraph lins from Colambia Il
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MURDER IN EMANUEL CoUNrY.-We
are panied to learn through private source,
that three citizens of Emanuel county, Guy
Ter Mosely, Matthew w. Williamson, and
Samuel Williamson, were killed in fight
on Monday of the last week. The origin
and particulars Of the difficulty have not
come TO hand.
We only know that rifles were the weap-
ons used, and that Samuel Williamson re-
ceived three shots through his body.
Savannah Georgian.
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She reign of emperor Nisholas listed ri
years, 8 month";, and . day. E's,ss .',s ss 7
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FIsE IN QsxHEv1LIx.The stables Of
DS. NE b! Earle, 10 G,eenyille, with 8 large
:qpsnfity Of com, osts, DO, we're totally de
saspys 5y fire 90 s sssturda night sth ssnst.
'ltxss thought "a be incendislissn.
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ELEcr,os RIor IN Cro1NHArr.--A dread
full riot occurred in Cincinnati At d late mn-
nicipd election. It lasted tous orfise days.
The Know Nothiogs, anticipating q defeat,
at one of the wards, seized the ballot-box
and stamped it to atoms. Some twenty
persons were killed and about ono hundred
wounded. The Know Nothings were routed.
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The WHEAT CRoP.-We regret to no.
t'ce in our Virginia exchanges very discour-
aging accounts of the wheat crop in differ
ent localities. In Loudon county, accord
ing to the Leesburg Washingtonian, the
length and severity Of the winter, the unusu-
ally dry spring, and the prevalence of high
winds, have materially injured the CROP
The Piedmont Wing brings a similar ac-
count from Fauquier, and the editor advises
the farmers to make up the deficiency in
some other way.-The Fredericksburg Her.
aid has accounts from the Valley of the
Rappahannock, which indicate that the
growing crop of wheat is anything but prom
ising.-Richmond Wh;g.
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Committed to ,TaiF.

ON the nth day Of April, instant,
~ NEGRO BOY. who says he be.
longs to James L. McCelvy, and gives
his name as :.
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.:W1EE~~

Peter says he ran away on Monday, the stEs
instant. He is about eighteen or twenty years
old about ave feet ten inches high weighs
abont one hundred and sixty pounds -. eoaa
black complexion No particular marks.
The owner Of said boy il notified to claim
and prove his property within tho time required
by law. else he will be disposed Of in manner
and form as directed by the law in such cases
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