New Cotton.?The first bale of
the season was received in this
city yesterday, from Macon, by
the Central Kail road. It was from
the plantation of Mr. Isaac West,
of Houston county, and is consigned
to Charles Hatridge, Esq.
The staple has been much cut in
ginning, and the color is rather
dull, quality about midline fair.
Not being able to obtain 10 cents
per lb., the price asked for it, it
was shipped on board the brig
Sterling for New York.
The lirst bale of new Cotton was
received at this place last year
from the same plantation 011 the
28th July; the year previous, on
the 31st July ; in 1813, on the 21st
August; in 1812 on the 10th August
; and in 1811, on the 27th of
August.?Sa annak Republican.
The Crops in Florida.?We
yesterday conversed with a gentleman
from the neighborhood of the
Suwannee Springs, who gave it as
his opinion that the crops of Sea
island in that rigion, and in fact
nearly all of East Florida, would
fall short of even a low average.
The plant, he thinks, is entirely too
thrifty to promise a good yield of
fruit. The. continued rains are
causing the lower bolls to shed
rapidly while the catterpillar has
already commenced its ravarrps
? -*o
upon the top fruit. In man}' places
the Cotton is just beginning to
open, when last year at this season
the picking was general. The
most experienced planters do not
hope for anything iike an average
yield. The corn and provision
crops generally are fine.?Ibid.
From Havana.?The brig confidence,
Captain Pleasant, arrived
yesterday from Havana, having
sailed on the 1st inst,, nine days
later than advices by the Titi.
We are constrained to say that
our files contains not one word of
news of thfi intr-rpcfc Tim
latest news they had in Havana of
Mexican affairs they received
from this city. One Havana editor,
in speculating upon the causes
which have induced Gen. Taylor
to lie idle so many weeks at Matamoras,
attributes his delay to the
wisdom of the General Government
which thus seeks to impress
upon Mexico a sense of modern.
tion, and to convince the people
that the sole object of the war is
to fix the Rio Bravo as the boundary
of Texas.?N. O. P,cayunc.
Combustion of the Wii.low Tree.
?The fact of trees being subject
to spontaneous combustion is wonderful,
though well attested, and
forms another of those natural
phenomena, which only can be explaine
1 by the scientific. We read
in a late number of the Cambridge,
(Eng.) Advertiser, that the banks
of flip. n?m thic t'liwcnn li'nm
w VUIM uwuouil Hit V L. VyAUi"
bited an unusual number of these
cases, occurring principally in
growing willows. At one point
on the river in particularly, the
process was seen going on thor- |
oughly. "It was really astonish
ing," says the Advertiser, " to look
upon a fine willow, in the full vigor
of robust vegetable health, 1
pouring forth clouds of smoke
from its half burned stem, and j
doomed speedily to expire?itself
its own funeral pile. IIow ex- i
plain this? How account for the
nt tllit! 'tot " '
Jt*w V1U?3 II lA't J C 1/ 1JCX11T f\ 11 ^-1 I
green, covered with a rich mass of
foliage and flourishing ' like a
green bay tree" on the river bank
?should sudd? nly burst lortli intoipnit.inn.
Imrn liL'o tindnn In ilk! rni.1T .
O ' " " """ ? ??? ?' J (
core, and to-monow bo prostrate.
There is no putresconce?we
think there can be no fermentation
in this process." If instances of 1
spontaneous vegetable combustion
thus frequently happen, why dispute
the analogous case of spontaneous
animal combustion? The
A i
tree v\ men we observed last week,
as stated above, is now prostrate
?its very foliage charred, a vejre- J
table ruin?as if stripped, shatte
red, blasted and half-consumed by <
the electric fluid."
The supposition has been lately ,
made, that a considerable Dortion
or the waters of the Niagara escapes
by a subteranean passage J
and re-appears in the river some ,
miles below.
4
No Sunday Tkixcraimiin*:.?The
telegraph companies, in accordance
with the wishes ol' Mr.
Morse, refuse, to encourage desecration
oft he Sabbath. In several
of the association formed, one of
their articles entirely prohibits the
use of the wires on that day.
Victoria.?A London letter in
.1 i % ?
ino ljosion i ravcllcr, says:?
" Our Queen is a pattern of her
sex. Slit; rises at seven o'clock ;
enters the nursery at eight, to indulge
in a romp with her children,
like any oilier mother; and at
nine, the household assemble lor
prayers."
A Royal Income.?Queen Victoria's
income, says a late Ensrlish
paper, amounts to the snug little
sum ?f 500,000 pounds per annum,
or nearly equal to two millions five
hundred thousand dollars yearly.
It. is said that. Senator Haywood
is about to commence legal proceedings
against some of the papers
which have intimated that he
resigned his seat from mercenary
motives.
Two hundred snuff boxes, in
gold and in tortoise shell, were
sold recently in London as part of
the property of the late celebrated
musician Dragonetti, most of them
being presents from Crowned
Heads.
The main body of the Mormons
hound lor -Oregon, consisting of
2100 wagons, had arrived at Council
Bluir, and were engaged in
cultivating the extensive lields of
corn and other grain that had been
planted by those who preceded
them.
Harvard Law School.?The
Law Reporter intimates that
William Kent, who has been travelling
in Europe, will be appointed
lloyal Professor of Law. in
Harvard Law School.
A New State.?The bill defining
the boundaries of Iowa has been
approved by the President. We
may expect two new Senators and
two new Representatives from
Iowa at the next session of Congress.
Anecdote of Decatur.?At the
close of the war with Algiers,
when the preliminaries of pcace
were argued, the Dey insisted that
the United States ought to pay
flinm enmn / 14
KU^III oumu (.11LJUIC, ^iis UiSllcllJ 11
nothing more than a quantity ol
gunpowder. Com, Decatur replied
he did not doubt but his government
would willingly let him have
the powder, " but," added, " you
must take ball with it."
Whosoever is seen drunk in
Sweden is finnd for the first offence
S-i ; lor the second SO, and for the
third and fourth a still higher line,
and deprived of the right of election,
and exposed in the parish
church.
The corps of Reporters for the
Union in the two Houses during
the session, has cost that oflice
IVom $0,000 to SI0,000.
The friends of equal rights and liberties
take pleasure in announcing HO*
BERT DONNALD as a candidate to represent
Abbeville District at the ensuing
session of the Legislature. He is a well
wisher of Temperance, but an uncompromising
opponent of Pledges.
Country Bacon,
20,000 Lbs. Country BACON, prime article,
for sale by
SIBLEY & CRAPON.
Hamburg, Aiy 12 24 lit
Bacon for Sale.
3,000 Lbs priinn Country BACON just
received and for sale by
T. P. MOSELY.
Abbeville C. H. Aug 12 24tf
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS,
AND RECEIVING AND
FORWARDING AGENCY,
HAMBURG, S. C.
The undersigned hns
1 <$> J||been for three seasons, en>
^ frtt"rf'cl i" the above business.
WMMWbHe will continue to occupy
the same Ware House; which, for convenience
and safety, is unequalled by any
Dther in Hamburg.
Cotton shipped to me by the River, will
not incur any more expense for Drayajre,
&c., than it consigned to any Ware House
ou the bank of the River.
All consignments and orders thankfully
received and punctually attended to. Li*
beral advances will be made on Cotton, in
store, when icquired,
Aug 5 23 J. F. GRIFFIN.
?>i)itufl V)}
DIED, i.f a congestivc chill, on Monday
the 10th instant, Maj. ARCHIBALD
Al?NOLI), in the .31st year of
his age.
Death is abroad in the land! Not a
I day rolls by, but it burdens our records
with narratives of tribulation and grief!
| None can foretell what a day or an hour
may bring forth. To-day we mingle
with our friends and relatives, in all
the sweets of life's enjoyment, unmindful,
that to-morrow may call us to pay
the last debt of regard, in following the
once cheerful and gay (in breathless
sleon^ with surriiw In tlw? I ! -
I ! W n.v WIIIU : IJ ML (I
few days since, Major Arnold lived in
the full enjoyment ol earthly happiness.
His cheerful manner and kind disposition,
were a rich boon to all who enjoyed
his companionship. As a benefactor,
he was liberal to the full extent of
his means. The weary or distressed
were never turned from his door uncomforted.
The coverture of his house
Was alike welcome to the stranger guest
and intimate friend. In him, many
will mourn the lo>s of an esteemed relative?many
more, the loss of a friend
?and all, the loss of a useful citizen.
As a husband, none but a faithful and
devoted wife (but now bereaved widow)
can appreciate the loss. As a parent,
nn excess oi Kindness was perhaps liis
greatest fault; three children are left to
feel its want.
Ffly one years have marked the period
of his earthly pilgrimage. Thus
long lias he been spared to the enjoyment
of his friends and family. For
many years he has lived a member,and
enjoyed the christian privileges, of the
AI. E. Church. He maintained a life,
even in advanced age, for activity and
busines, which the young and vigorous
might be proud to imitate?ever manifesting
the greatest concern for the welfare
of his household. Uut death has
snatched him from this chicfest earthly
care. Alas! he sinks beneath the
stroke of time. That familiar face has
ceased to smiln: flint rlinnrfn! vnicp ?-.?
I 7 1 * " ' * "vr
longer animates the pratling babe, or
solaces the wife of its bosom. May heaI
ven sustain the family under this sudden
affliction. Heaven husband the
widow and father the orphan. Peace
to thee, O shade of the departed! Rest!
for the race is run?rest! for the strife
is o'er. To-morrow's sun may light
again the busy theatre of life ; but thou
shalt toil no more. " God bless the living
and the dead.?[Com.
To Physicians.
Having exchanged tiie practice of medil
cinc for a more congenial employment, I
offer for sale mv entire stock of MEDICINES,
SHOP FURNITURE. SAD.
DLE-BAGSS, an excellent case of SURGEON'S
POCKET INSTUMENTS,
&c &c &c. This stock embraces all ibe
medicines, furniture, &c. nescessary for
the young Physician to enable liiin to enter
at once upon the practice of his profession.
The above articles will be sold at a
sacrifice. Persons wishing to purchase
will apply at the Printing Officr*.
C. H. KINGSMORE. *
Aug 19 25 tf
TIIE SOUTH CAROLINIAN,
By A. Summer and B. R. Carroll.
Should sufficient encouragement bo received,
the proprietors propose to issue.
The South Caiolinian, after the first day
of October next, ns follows :
A SEMI-WEEKLY PAPER at $5
per annum, in advance ; or 86 at the
end of the year.
A WEEKLY PAPER at S3 per annum,
in advance; or $1 at the end
i of the year.
I Both papers will contain the same reading
maner, anu also, all new advertisements.
I The South Carolinian will be printed
on the very best paper, with now and beautiful
type. Aug 19 tfO
LAND SALE,
jtoKKKN At Abbeville Court House, on
Sale Day in October next, and
immediately after the sales by
?the public officers, I will sell lo
the highest bidder, the tract of Land on
which 1 now reside. It lies 16 miles west
of the Court House, within two miles of
Savannah river, and contains, according
to a recent survey, 3S5? acres, 200 in cultivation
and balance well timhnreil ivnml.
land. A credit of two years will be given,
with interest from day of sale; purchaser
to give bond with approved security. Possession
to be given on or before the 15th
November next. E. P. NOBLE.
August 19 25 7t
Valuable Land for Sale !
A BARGAIN TO BE HAD!!!
AfeThc subscriber offers his tract of
Land for sain, fnnr miloa ennHi ...??*
ot Abbeville C. H. on the Snake Road.
It contains about 550 acres, between 2
and 300 acres of it wood land, well timbered,
the balance in cultivation, about 60
acres fresh. There is a good dwelling
with all out buildings necessary, a good
screw, gin house &c; and within 100 yds
ot a regularly attended Church. The purchaser
can haye his own tune to part of
the money by giving good security.
May 27 13 tfO F S LUCIUS
Election Notice.
Notico is hereby given to the citizens ot'
Abbeville District, that an ELBCTION
will be licld at the followiw places on the |
SECOND MONDAY and TUESDAY]
in OCTOBER NEXT, lor a Represen- j
tative in Congress, also lor a Senator, to j
supply the vacancy occasioned by the re- j
situation of Dr. A. 13. Arnold, whose term
ot'oflicn will he the unexpired time for j
which the said A. 1>. Arnold was elcctcd,;
and for five Members to represent the I
District in the Legislature, also five Com-;
missioners of the Poor.
The following are the names of the .Ma \
najjffra ui iho respective l'recincts :
At the. Court House, N .1 Davis, Au-j
jjusius Lomax ami William llill.
--1/ Drake's, I) O Ilawthovn, S Don- j
nald, and A 11 Miller. i
At 1 Varmilon, W II MeC 'aw, C 1>
Guflm, R Wilson. !
At Callnhajtrs, J Robinson, 15 Ca I lalimn,
J F Clinkscales.
At Loiinrlcsvi.il1-, J G Caldwell, 11
Davis, J Maulden.
Al Calhoun's Mills, W T Drennan,
R Brady, L? LcRoi.
At MrCdtc's, \V Bradley, J C Limlscy,
jr D MeClain.
At White Hall, J C Sproull, E Watson,
S Marshall, jr.
/-I I .* f T*' ' *? ' "?,r - - -
i^anwrmgC) it tjnuu, w t;arter, W
Chiles.
At Gimiu'iioJ, II M White, W I>
Part low, T I < Coleman.
Wow/rillc. 11 Talbert, M Hutchison, '
Thomas I loss.
Dead Jui//, P D Kit-ugh, J V Bey-!
nokls, W Buchanan. i
Scujjlclo/i, B F Jones, A II Ma gee, J ;
Killingsworth. !
llolliinaiCs Store, K Tvible, R G,
llarkness, El M Prince.
Smil/triUt'j J Jordan, Silas Kay, BI
Stewart. I
I,ytaziei's: G J Cannon, F. Nelson, S,
B McClinton.
Nuruoo.'Csj J F Gray, S J Hester, W
Speer.
Stony Point, D W McCants, J Smith J
G Anpieton.
JHorgane's. B K Gibcrt, P L Guillebeuu,
E C Martin.
Moscleijsj J II Brut, II Palmer, B
Talbot.
uouiran's., w LJ Sullivan, S I'crrin,
S C Pcnnal.
Due West Corner. J II Hadden, J
C'ownn, 11 Ellis.
Cokcsbury, W C Anderson, 13 Z
Herndon, J Wright.
Speed's, A F Wimbish, J A Speer,
W 3 Lomax.
The votes to be counlcd at the Court
House on Wednesday after the election.
August 10, 1846 25 8t
Abbeville Sheriff Sales.
skftemiieu.
By virtue ol sundry Writs of Fieri Facias
to me directed, will be sold, at Abbeville
Court House, on the first Monday in
September next, the following property:?
500 Acres of Land, more or less,
bounded by Samuel Cowan, N Wide.nan
and others ; levied on as the property of
Edward Collier ads W W Belcher.
375 Acres of Land, more or less,
bounded by L Wideman and others ; levied
on as the property of John Lyon ads
Robert Gcnnings.
100 Acres of Land, more or less,
bounded by Jas McCrackan and others ;
Invm/I nn nc rl?n r\??nnA???i? ^ ? t*r
I.HU |>1U|1L11^ U1 WIlilllL'S >V
Fooshee ads John Sims for John Smith.
500 Acrcs of Land, more or less,
bounded by Dr Winson Davis and otiiers ;
levied on ns the property of Joel Fooshee
ads Whitlock, Sullivan Waller, ct a?.
80 Acres of Land, more or less, levied
on as the property of W W Anderson ads
Reubin Robertson and others
1 Horse, levied on as the property of
of J S Barnes ads Wm Duncan, adm'r.
2 Horses levied on as the property of
J M Golding ads J R Bolware and others.
G Negroes. Matilda and 5 children,
levied on as the property of Jas M VandU
ver ads D L Adams and others.
Terms Cash. J. RAM IVY,
Ang 12, 1846 Sheriff
BIBLE SOCIETY.
The Executive Committee of the Abbe*,
ville and Edgefield Union Bible Society,
composed of the following members, viz:
Messrs. William Iloyall for Ilorub; A
Waller and \V P Hill for Mt Mori ah ' 12
Lake for Damascus ; T I'ayne for Fellow,
ship; J W Coleman for Sister Springs;
Jas Richardson for Siloam ; Jas Wright
for Walnut Grove ; A II McGee for Turkey
Creek ; W P Martin for Broadinouth;
A Williams for Little lliver; W Smith for
Beulah; Jos Sharp for Bethlehem; W
Brooks for Penicl: Jas Wiilomnn fnr
Buffalo; M Cobb for Providence; and
whom the church may appoint for Botlms
ny?will meet atSILOAMon FRIDAY
before the second Sabbath in SEPTEMBER
NEXT, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Churches not represented in the Annual i
Meeting1 of the Society, are requested "to
send up their contributions to the meeting
of the Committee, as the proceedings of
the Anniversary will not be published till
after that time. J
A full and punctual attendance is much
desired.
Tho Edgefield Advertiser will pleaso
copy four times. W.S.HARRIS,
August 5 23 4t Secretary.
1-UOC L AM ATION.
jflfei":'
Exkcvtivk Urrici:, >
Charleston. S. C..Au^. 13,1810. $
Hv llis Kxcillunv \VM. AIKKN. Ti'.sn .
CJovornernor and (Jommnndor~in-Chiof
in ami over the State of South Carolina.
Whereas. information has been received
at this Department of a deliberate and atroeioiis
murder having been committed
on ihi! body of Thomas Smiley, of Fairfield
District, on iln> 7th August, Ity one J AS.
M. SIMPSOA, of the same neighborhood,
and that, the said James j\l? Simpson lias
absconded : Mow know ye I hut justice
mnv be had?1 do hereby oiler a reward of
ONK IJUNDUKD DOLLAllS for the
apprehension and safe delivery of the said
J aini'.s M. Simpson in any jail in this State.
I le is about (> feet one inch high, light
hair, stoops in the shoulder, downcast
look, spare built, and had a long beard on
his under chin and neck ,* rather inclined
to I)'? rude.
Given under my hand this 13th day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thou
si-nu cignt Hundred ami toity-six, and 111
tli'- seventieth vear of American Independence
WILLIAM AIKEN.
I*y the Governor :
It. (i. l'inckney, Sec. of State.
A iu yt
'J hi Slain of South Carolina.
rIo I he Managers of Illation, for the Election
District of Abbeville: (Liiikktixg :
Whereas, tins scat in tiie Senate of the
said State, lor the Election District aforesaid,
has lately become vacant by the resignation
of the Honorable A. 15. Arnold :
And whereas, by the Constitution of the
State of Soul h Carolina il is provided that
a writ of election shall be issued by the
President of the Senate for the purpose of
filling the vacancy thus occasioned, for
the remainder of the term for which the
member so resigning his scat was elected
to serve.
Now, therefore, you, and cach of you,
nrn Knrnhw mnni 1 ?
v?iw Iiv.1 v- wj iXItur uuu uuvuruscment,
and wild strict regard to all the provisions
of the constitution anil laws of the
said State, touching your duty in such
case, to hold an election for a member of
tiio Senate for the Election District aforesaid,
to serve for the remainder of tho
term for which the said A. 13. Arnold was
elected to serve; the polls to he opened ut
the various places of election within the
said District on the SECOND MONDAY
in OCTOBER NEXT, and the
day following, hy the various sets of managers
for those places respectively; the
managers for all Ihe placcs of election
aforesaid to meet at Abbeville Court
House on Wednesday following count the
votes and declare the election.
Witness, the Honorable Angus Patterson,
President of the Senate, at Barnwell,'
this third day of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty-six and in the seventy-first
year of the ^Sovereignty and Independence
of the United States of America.
ANGUS PATTERSON,
President of the Senate.
August L'A IS413 24 9t
Valuable Land for Sale !
The i-ubscribcr oiiVrs his tract
of Land for sale, throe miles
west of Abbcvi!!.'; II., on th?;
waters of Cu'liouu't; Creek. It
contains Four Ilundrul Aen-p, between
one hundred and fifty and two hundred
acres of which is woodland, will timbered;
the balance in a hi?rh state of cultivation ;
a considerable portion IV? .sh.
There is a *001! new dwelling, with all
neerssary out buildings: a Ciin House,
Screw. Tlirpsln-i*.
The above tract cfland, if not disposed
of before Sale Day in October, will be of-,
fered, at Abbeville C. 1J , lo the highest
bidder, as I am determined on selling before
I Ieaye the Pist net.
ROBERT 1UCI1EY, Jr,
Aug 12 24 8t
For Sale.
The subscriber, desirous of removing, offers
for sale a small FA11M. about one
mile above Loundesviile. The location is
a healthy one, and within 5 miles of Savannah
river. Any person wishing to
Blirclliltip. f.nn ano ltir? liml on/1 Viiiil.liniru
by calling on ine at my residence, or obtain
partirulnrs by addressing me at
Lonndesvillc. JAS. DANNELLY.
July 8 19 tf
NOTICE.
WHITLQCK, SULLIVAN & WALLER,
having- plnced all their NOTES
and ACCOUNTS in our hands (or collection,
with special instructions, those indebted
by Note or Book Account, would
do well to call and make payment as soon
as convenient. Payment ia not to be
>incl.. In * I...* nlnnn In
IllttUU IU UllliCI Ul lilt" Uiirilll'IS) ym, IV
us. PERRIN & McGOWEN.
July 22, 18-16 21 tf
W. C. & J. B. MORAGNE,
Attorneys at Law?Have formed a Partnership
for the practice of LAW, iu
Abboville District. 8tf
A largo .assortment of LAW
BLANKS just printed, at this office.