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Thirty-First Oougress?1st Session. tv. ... oa lftr.rt The of Representatives inuf>flt 11, >v-(. }j ' ? rew.s- ui'tw i hours'; continued "i *1 s . . :! .* ? ':*! udi. ; .if!. ' i' I :;> ?* :} -!i oem- | i o.' ?{. ?iu.iti^iii<> p?>i.?.i .? t: i - il , v was the several ;ij>i 'i-rj i.ii! Sntiiee it to sav, without . it i i ,t> i tail or the proceedings 1?v . It arrived r,t, th it these bills :3-- Slid. with the exception ii>. !,.'iv.tsp have been siirned hv o rt>. 1 iei.t. -vi-!*1 t.'? ti i- civil bill, - > v ?' ; mill excite IVi-.. < fin< flVO tioHSe*% .i i- :! !-; J.ill <ol|?e : i t\ . ^ gregate of p i.uio.. oi ntmot $ 1 .UwO.lioU. included i:i wlii ). was a provision in regard to the mileage of Senators nm! Representatives, fixing a maximum of mileage to the delegates and representatives west of the Alleghany mountains at i $2,000 and east of said mountains at $1,000 going am! returning to the seat of the federal government? and having for its effect to save tnanv thonsaiuls of dollars to the public trcasu* - - i .1 nr. It also contained three sections, liueuueu i to remunerate the contractors for the public printing (.Messrs. Trenholin and Belt, or otherwise Mr. Ritchie,) for their losses in executing the same. , . ' These sections inden^fied for actual losses, for all the work executed, and made an addition of ten per cent, for profit, to be determined api on by the Secretary of the Treasury, die. And also provided that the work for the next session and that remaining unexecuted for the present, should l?e pro|K>sed for, and awarded to the lowest bidder, &c. These provisions formed the principal cause of controversy between the two Houses'; and which came well nigh losing I the general appropriation, and thus putting a j stop to the wheels of Government After three ; several committees of conference, the House ; n eeded from its provision in regard to the' mileage, and this left it under the old law, enacted before railroads were in operation.? It however, adhered 'Is amendment which struck out the entire provision of the Senate intended to indemnify Mr. Ritchie. Sostioug was the feeling of a considerable majority of the House, that they even refused to accept a merciful proposition roj>orted to the two Houses bv the conferees, (of which Messrs. Vinton, liriunell, and McLane, of Maryland, acted for the House,) intended merely to cover the actual losses of Mr. Ritchte, inclusive of a per centage for the wear and tear of types and presses. The last conference of which Mr. Stanly was chairman on the part of the House, could not agree Finally, upon the motion of Mr. Stanly, the Ho use at 4 1-2 o'clock. A. M., adhered to j its disagreement to the Senate's amendment in regard to the printing, and threw the responsibility on that body of receding or of losing the appropriation bill. The Senate also amended the Civil and Diplomatic bill so as to appropriate 8200,000 to commence laying the foundations for the addi- [ tion to the capital?that is, of a new Hall of lie, resontatives and new Senate Chamber, and iipui Library ; aH of which ar? mnch needed. | The House refused this appropriation. It was j so managed, however, by the conferees as to | induce the House to modify its action and allow j $100,000 to commence this very important and appropriate improvement The additions proposed will increase the fronts of the Capitol east aud west three hundred and fifty feet. The conjectural expenditure for this improvement is about 31.000,000, which will make this edi- j fico of sech extent and magnificence as to sat- I isfy the wants of the Legislative branch of the j Government, and in some degree reflect the ; vastuess of the Republic and and its growing ; wealth. This is an appropriation tor which | the jxoj.le of this country will never complain, j The money expended is not lost?for it accumulates property in another form to the Government, and transfers the money to the pockets of the honest merchant and laborer. In- ! deed it is a great misfortune, (it may prove some day,) that Congress is aroused to the im- j po. taiice of having tire-proof buildings to the | ot.ite War and .Navy Departments at Washing- j ton, i. u :ieh to preserv its valuable memorials Midi as tiie manuscripts of uur departed patriots j and statesmen, and tiie trophies gathered upon i . the land and the ocean liy our heroes. To return to the action of the last days of i the session. I would mention in cominenda- i tiou the passage a law by which the surviving ; officers and soldiers of all the wars in which i the United States have been engaged will re-1 ceive bounty land: and in certain cases their | wi lows or children. The administration of the i law y'ioi i: is now a law, having been signed by i t.ie iVe.udeut,) will absorb nearly 00,000,000 tup rmiilif* <hi?n?nti tn thnKP infj>Milp?l tti hp ! benefitted, or to speculators. It will deprive : the government of any accruing revenufe from > the sale of public lands for the ten or fifteen years to corne. The rules of evidence will be such, no doubt, as to deprive, the departments of tho ability to issue warrants to cover more than 5,00.0,000 of acres per annum. Should this amount issue, it will bring down j the price of the warrants much lower than the j government prices for tho land; and thus enable speculators to undersell the government at < the doors of the several land offices where the j greatest amount of public lands are entered. ; Purchasers o! land instead of paving the gov-! ornment cash, will rnak" their entries with these warrants, while they will he able to buy at per cent or even 50 per ct, lov^er than the government minimum price. The only moneys j that the government can possibly receive at j their land offices will be for payments from actual pre-emptors; and it. will not receive any j from this class of purchasers if these warrants j i -.1- 1- : ..rk..! III.- Ilium; ivtcifuuiv III j/.ijIIIVIIV ui limns uj pre-emptors. Thus you sw, that whilst the appropriations of this year amount to some 41.000,000, (independent of the appropriations to the Post-oifice c_. fiejcirtmenl-Sfrfcich department is presumed to support itself)?the policy of the present Con-j j^reas h is been to cut off a great source of revenue? the public lands?and to add that much : to the deficit in the revenues. I foresee that. the which party will not only have a pretext for ra.\ in6- the tariff the next session, but a e how of actual necessity for it, upon articles which will hear an increased duty without cutting off . the importation, to replenish the Treasury and enable the Government to get a'ong. The'alifomia Custom House bill passed; ami several other hills of minor importance, winch 1 have not time to now. ' U :n -ttinrrnw of 11 The! 1 tie uui1m- Will iiilvv iv-ii.vlv.. ,.v ... only remaining act to he done, is the signing ? of the civil and diplomatic hill by the Speaker. It is very doubtful whether there will be a 1 quorum to witness the signature. t - c, TlIK imiotk a\u thk Fmkmont difficulty". i - IVtnhiiig'on, Sept. '29.?The Senate went into js Executive session last night at seven, in order ( to get ii.l of the California Luid bill, wiiich was iik- ly to r.ai>e a storm. The bill was one oi Col. Fremont's aitd provided for the s.?:J?. *? *?*?' . of piivate finds claims in Culifn-m. Onsection of tlie bill established a ;i?ji i n in California, which was to decide finally and ! conclusively on all claims, arising under the old Spanieh government of Mexico, or the authorities of California, This was much opposed though strenuously advocated by Col. Benton. . The object of the bill was disposed of the claims at once, to quiet titles, and prevent the necessity of an appeal to the Supreme umuri of the United Suites. This departure from every established mode of adjusting titles occasioned much debate The hour of the recess > had arrived, and the discussion wa9 broken off*. j At seven, after dinner and wine, the Senate re-assembled, and in the ante-room, Col. Fre- , mont met Mr. Foote, and upbraided him, in no very mild manner, for opposing his bill. Col. Fremont said Mr. Foote, had promised to support the California bills, and, by his hostility to 1 this bill had committed a breach of faith, and thut, in fine, Mr. Foote wa3 no gentleman. These were the identical words. Mr. Foote replied instantly, by slapping Col. Fremont's f face. Col. Fremont struck at him, but at this r moment, Mr. Clarke of Rhode Island, came 2 between the parties and forcibly separated them, i 1 So much excitement prevailed that Mr. Dickin- f son thought it necessary to move an Executive < session. ^ Both Col. Fremont and Mr. Foote left the c Senate Chamber some time before the tennina- ? tion of the sitting. Mr. Foote was going homewards, to Mississippi, to-morrow, Sunday morning. The difficulty that has arisen could bo adjusted, if it had arisen casually, and if there ? was no feeling between the parties, arising j f rvm other causes. But Mr. Foote's hostile relations to Col. Benton are well known, and 1 in the Committee of Investigation into the Foote ' and Benton affair, Mr. Foote asked some que3- 1 tions of Col. Frcnvnt, which the latter took t exception to, in such a mai.ner that is was then thought the tvyc Senators won d not long avoid coining to blows.?Cor. Charleston Courier. The Kind of Troops to Subdue tiie 1 S'tuTir.?It will no doubt be recollected that i one Col. Bissel from Illinois, threatened in j bragadocia terms some time since of marching t a regiment of Illinois soldiers upon the South- ^ 5- :? em oi.'iiea in case a secession was atu.iiij'K.u, nnd whip them into a peaceable and a respectful obedience to the General Government and the abolition Yankees that now have it in their hands. This of course made some timid Southtrners tremble, hut did not sulwlue all the Southern States un il Mr. Clay's great hemp speech ^ was made. Col. Bissel fixed all the Southern States but South Carolina and that was left for Mr. Clay?he shook Kentucky growth and Kentucky bravery at the poor rice-eaters and tlie v of course did sink into a state of quietude especially when it will he recollected that the Kentucky troops were the only troops that ran awnv Juriiiir the greatest battle that ever was fought hv American arms. For proof look at I (ien. Jackson's despatch on the occasion.? j The Richmond Virginia Examiner savs of this ' fact that it is very disagreeable hut very true. ! We lie i not quote the words of Taylor's des- | c I atc:i, which detailed the similar adventure of j a the :llinois regiment at the battle of Hueua Vis-1 f ta; they were well reiiiemhered. Mr. (.'lay, j C we suppose, will lend the Kentucky hunters on I \ \ irgiuia ; ha once 'thought he could slay a j j, Mexican we suppose that he can slay a fel- i o low-citizen too. Hut who is to lead the Illinois rcinmeut to ts'outh Carolina? Not their ( olo SI nol at Huena V ista for after trying in vain t<> rally those who were sheep then, hi:' wolves now, he threw away his sword shouldered his oiusket under the thin of an ni - State?tliey will scarcely get him 1 nek now, "He that fij(hi? and run* away, j .May livr to .%l:l another day." says an old rhyme. The South Carolina regimerit stood its ground in .Mexico, and was cut j b to pieces ! Of.el the braves oftho State, but a p handful returned ; and of that handful none e without a scar ! Hut the Illinois regiment who }, "ran away 'alive," to march on the South or at 0 least to wear the lion's over their ass's skins in the halls of Congress. Alabama Stale Guard. (] The press in England.? The Liverpool ^ Times understands with some truth that the * chancellor of the exchequer has at length been ^ convinced, by the powerful arguments and con- 1 vincing statistical returns of the Newspaper ^ Press Association, that ft is advisable, in the ^ next session of Parliament, to abolish the pa- ^ per duties, a6 the stamp duty on newspapers * and the duty oil advertisements?in tact to ! . make the press of this country as free as it is in 1 America. Ia P The "Lead Game" is one of the last things b out in the city of New York, and as it may not bo understood by our readers, we will briefly ,. describe it. A single thickness of tin foil is ! ? 1 Oft !il 1 ? _ 81 strucn on a miy ceni piece wun gum aruoic, | and pressed down so smoothly as not to expose j v the deception, giving to the coin an unctions 1 P feeling and a leaden sound whon thrown down 1 " on a table or counter. A person uncquaintcd | with the deception readily bets that the piece & is not genuine. It is needless to remark, in the ei phrase of the b'hoys, that the dupe is ''leaded." s< Public Lands.?The amount of the public lands already granted bjT the present Congress, N an^l those which liave been asked for in aid of ic various- projects and for various gratuities, will di not b? less than fifty millions of acres. &( TOBEI8 J@TBTBH.A3L.' CAMDEN. 3. C. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4,1850. Serious Railroad Accident IVp rpprpf PYrpprJiniWv to ctatp that a terrible iccident has befallen our Railroad on the Camden Jranch. A large freight'train left this place yeserday, laden with cotton, and in passing over the resile work at the Waterce swamp, the timbers if the track gave way, which threw the cars off, irushing every thing before them. We understand about three milt*.'- rf the track is thrown lowp. Fortunately no lives were lost, although ju-.j ol the hand.*, wo learn, art seriously but not tang* rou.-ly injured. We learn that prompt ^.;e.'4;n tic tn*:is:ir<s have. been taken to repair !r <!>.!?:::g.*e, and that over hundred hands art) ir.ely engaged '.ready in the work;. > Return Days. For Kershaw, Saturday, Oct. 19. Sumter, " ' 25. Lancaster, " Nov. 2. Pnnrt IU lioM turn tt'oolrc in Stimfne ' VUUi i i?3 it^iu H> V rri'tiio in vu illj ' Olay and Foota. This firm might do well as musicians, they play '0 harmoniously together. Foote's second part o old Mr. Clay's fiddle cant be Wat Their ultinate success in the "omnibus*' business ought by ill mean's to induce them to start out. Their first >ffort should be where the Rhett-ites and "Trai:ors" could hear them, in order to lull them to repose, Another Question. What must be done with those papers of South:rn locality, that copy, without comment or renark, the complimentary manifesto ofthree thous ind charming creatures uho have purchased the lundred dollar pitcher to be presented to Chaplin, or attempting to steal two slaves from Southern Congressmen?the fact of an avowed submission laper copying an article of this character without :ensure, is virtually taking a hand against us at :his stage of the political game. Telegraph Office at Branchville. We understand a Telegraph office is in process >f erectton at Branchville, on the South Carolina lail Road, where communications by this mode vill be received and transmitted. It is principaly intended, we believe, for the benefit and convelienceof the Rail Road Company, and must be o them, productive of immense good. A Probability. The Charleston papers inform us that Jenny Land may visit that city in December. We merey give this information, for the people. We vould be pleased to hear the warblings of this inmitable vocalist, but despair of doing ao on living erms if Barnum is about. We hope that there J vill not be found one in the " Queen City" green j snough to try the a-la-dodge. Lancaster Division No. 30, 8. T. The following brethren were, on the 28th ult.,1 sleeted officers of this Division for the ensuing [uarter:? R. L. CRAWFORD, W. P. J. GALLUCHAT, W, A. J. R. LARK, R. S. JOSIAH SINGS, A. R. S. A. J. BELDEN, T. J. L DIXON. F. S. T. K. MAOILL. C. A MURPHY, A. C. J. LEVERTON, I. S. A. FUiNDEltBURG, 0. S. 2rfF"We were shown yesterday (says the Mer- I urj) at the counting house of Messrs. Chambers | nd White, Atlantic Wharf, to whom they were ' jr warded, a few sample pieces of black and grey j 'assiineres, manufactured by Messrs. Carson, "oung and Grier, at their Rock Island Factory, : i Mecklenburg County, N'T'Ii Carolina. We : innk \vr nr,J i : )? i') u ?iit- j xhibhcii i"> 'ts, :,fu ?fn?ni niy that can be j : I n*'ii I'-mm any Northern; idiki Ti i ' "j y ! ; :: ?! It- en in op-j rarn ire thai. i"<y >)-. but i :. ?w well es- i ihli lif! i:. \ e iti ? to meet ty demand n. 'f. i it j i'ov j^oo:! j of it mrintifacture. We copy the following communication 'otti tlie Charleston Mercury, The example set 1 y the planters of St. Helena, of refusing to emloy Northern vessels in shipping their produce is lipitinfr others and \re hone the dav in nnar nt and when the whole South will adopt the system f Non-Intarco.UVstr.?* "Messrs. Editors: 'For good and sufficient easons me thereunto moving/ I have deterlined hereafter to use Jo Northern Coaster to carry my crop. Jo Northern Cloth for my negro's clothing. Jo Northern shoes, if others can be obtained. Jo Northern soap, candles, flour, or (Ohio) bacon. io Northern potatos, cabbage, fruit or hay. Jo Northern butter, cheese, or preserveed fish. Jo Northern refined sugar. "And, in fact, nothing that is produced at le North that can possibly be procured from ny other region ; and I would respectfully sugest the same course to others that will be pur ued by A PLANTER." A Question for C asuists.?If W. L. Chapn, for .in unsuccessful attempt at stealing two laves, is justly entitled to the silver pitcher, 'Inch the ladies of Western New York, have resented, how many negroes must be stolen i earnest, to earn a gold pitcher. Thus asks our neighbor of the Columbia Teleraph. We wonder if some of those /emfcr-heartd creatures in "Western New York" can't aniver the question? D" The subjoined letter we find copied in the ; ew Orleans Crescent, a paper as essentially inim- ] al to the rights of the South, and which has, no ( aubt, done us infinitely more harm than any free I >il or abolitiou press uorth of Mason and Dixon, ' ggg?? ?from such friends we beg deliverance. It is not strange now that 'the distinguished Senator from Mississippi" should find favor in the I eyes of his Majesty?who acknowledges having, ' "prior to the present session of Congress." "imprer- 1 sions somewhat unfavorable towards him." Y? t! acting no doubt so well his part in the grai d scheme of his illustrious prototype, it would be base ingratitude in the original not to allow his exemplar some credit at least for "untiring in- | dustry and patriotic zeal , Henry Clay and Mr. F<*>fr.?The following < letter from Mr. Clay speaks for itself: ] Washington, August 2D, 1850. Gentlemen : 1 have the pleasure to acknowl- < edge the receipt of your letter, inviting me to attend a public dinner, proposed to he given in I honorof General Henry S. Foote, at Warren- 1 ton, on the mst. 1 should be most happy i o be able to attend oil that interesting occa- t sion, as well on account of the gratification 1 ( should derive from meeting many highly es- t teemed friends of both political parties, in the t county of Faiiqufcr, to> testify by my jrres- < ence and assistance to the very high merits of ( the distinguished Senator from Mississippi? i Prior to the present session of Congress, I had < only a casual and limited acquaintance with j him, and I came to Washington with iinpres- < sions somewhat unfavorable towards bim.? j These have not only Ireen entirely removed by < my personal and official intercourse with him, > Vv?tf lno nn#l AAtt^lnot /-liit-to/* I uuv IllO l/UUIOC UIIU Vl/IIUUtV UUIIII?? ll'IO I protracted, and arduous session, have impress- < ed me with the conviction that he ip an ardent, I able, and enlightened patiiot. In the trying ( scenes which have passed, and are passing, no < one has surpassed him in firm devotion to that Union which I believe to be the surest and best guarantee of all political blessings. Prompt, ; ready, and full of information in debate, he has ( sought, with untiring industry and patriotic zeal, to heal and adjust the agitations and dissen- ; sions which unhappily affect our common country. Such a distinguished statesman deserves to be honored and cherished every where, hut especially in that State which gave him, you, and tne, our birth respectively. 1 regret that mj' public duties here forbid my sharing in the testimony intended to be rendered to him at Warrenton. I hope that the festival will realize all your anticipations, and be worthy of the ancient Dominion, and of her patriotic son from Mississippi. I am, gentlemen, with the highest respect, r i i l- .1. 4. u vuui menu a.iu uueuieiH servant, 11. vui, Those who are not for ns are against us. Is the Charleston Courier for us! Are those who sustain it for us, if Southern men, true to themselves? Are those men, in Camden, who on a recent occasion, promptly discontinued it, and immediately clandestinely resumed it?are they for us? We shall not chr.racterize the Courier as *Mhe Organ of Northern plunder shops in Charleston." But let those whose interests and policy and prejudices it consults, or defers to?our Xurfhurn brtihren (?)?whether in Charleston or Camden, or elsewhere?let them take care of it; it is Iheir organ. We are false to ourselves if we countenance or support it. Are not all the papers that are true to the South proscribed at the North, and by Northern men in the Southern towns and villages? What Northern man rends the Mercury or the News, at home, \f I 1 t TI. J * I* _ . in iHiihei'MUiii. now many reaa iuc.se papers even here in the South ? Can you find tlieiu on a Northern reading table, or in a Northern counting room? And do you not find Ihe Courier every where in the North and in Ynnktecounting rooms in the Southern cities and filiates ? And why? Does it not defer to their interests, their prejudices and their sympathies ? Does it not "roar you as gently as any sucking dove" as to Northern aggressions upon your rights, your interests and your honor? Awake then, men of the South, to your duty to yourselves. No neutrals?no Southern ! men with Northern principles or sympathies, or treasonable deference to Northern views, or de- | pendenceon Northern patronage should lie coun- * teuauced by you. Your salvation depends on { . . . .. A _ A! ... - I .1 _ _ . .1 _ _ I your sustaining uieiiien aim me presses wno are openly for the South, and who are consequently ( denounced and proscribed by the North, and by insidious and hostile Northern men among us, and j their base and treacherous southern coadjutors, j f Abolition of Slavkrv in thb Disthict.? ! . From the Report of Congressional proceedings yesterday, it will he seen that another proposition looking to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, tvas made in the House by Preston King. The vote was, ayes fifty-two nays one hundred and nine?seventy-t'wo members absent or not voting. Of course nil the ayes were Northern men, and unless the ranks of Abolition have filled wonderfully fast during the session many of those " sound Northern conservatives," so much relied on by the Intelligencer and other ''National" prints in this city, must have been caught in this trap. ( Others, however, were observed to perforin S the safe but undignified operation of '(lodging,' ^ either by leaving the Hall or turning a deal ear tj the. call of the Clerk. A majority of the '< Northern men voting, were in favor of suspending the sules for this purpose. Oil a direct vote it would have been much stronger ?ti e press of business, and the late period of the session, 1 i ?r ? * a. il 1 ueing sumcicnc excuses lor opposing ii in uiu > form in which it wus brought up. These things a need no comment?Soulhern Press. n The Banner advises us to " abandon the a Rhett platform as soon as possible if we wish d to get along with the old-fashioned, true dem- < ocracy of Tennessee." We were not aware a that we had ever occupied the Rhett platform, ! from first to last; nor have we written a line or 11 sentiment claiming for the South any right to ^ which she is not entitled both by law and jus^. j, tice. When we wish to be informed as to rights | o of the South, we will not go to the Banner for : instruction, or to the any of its kindred.. We | ~ have yet to learn that the old-fashioned demo- i 3racy of Tenuessee have ceased to remember j the high toned sentiments ofGen. Jackson,! which always led him to resist injustice and j wrongs at nil hazards and to the last extremity. If Old Hickory were Bvmg, lie would have set' his heel upon tiite necks of all those who are indirectly.aiding an<$ abelting the enemies of the South. He was a South Carolinian and his veins were J?fU-of South Carnhna blood. Nathcille Amer. TiikCottwt Wovk Jamaica,?Tim New York Evert/hp Ptutf,, in giving* the news from Jamaica, received by the Empire City, emarka t'aat all eydft in die Island are turned >n the culture of cotti?v rtnri>,a? an evidence, publishes a letter datbd-^Kfrrgsfon, Jamaica, August 21),". fro.'" which wCnmtfe the following; ^strict : " I write chiefly to give'/do-the'earliest inbrmatiun about tiie cotton movement her i. ? IVe have have had an iniportah'f meeting this* .veek, at which the Chief Justice prided, f?r fie purpose of estabflsliing a smallfexpe'rthnental? mmpany for tiie growth of cotton. On the' lay of tnia meeting, we had the delightful ih-tlligeuce from Manchester, in- England, that ofjompauy had been- estnbfefrecf there for the*-" niltivatiun of cotton ift this Islaiulv Weitrer^ low all much excited, and tiwr* ?an be no'' ioubt that before 'six months pass, >e an export ition to England of some considh^ jrahle amount Thete are several hundreds of . ictcs now in cultivation, and it is . extending r" jvery day. Tbe specimens already fomardech ire highly esteemed. Estates and laods of alP j r>. Jn At A\(> AAttnn kono koan daiM-MuulH IVHIUOl 111 IV* vvmuii imrv wvwii wk - ? jeedmgly m value, but now they most rite, and w may consider hinwelf a fortunate maa who' ?btakis posse-ssion of property here at the prea-' eat low prices"' In eonnoetiott with the foregoing letter, the' Pos' publishes the following extract from an article in the Trelurony, 3 Jamaica paper o considerable influence J . " A few weeks ago we rode itrfltd Mmeld of some thirty acres of cotton, in company **** two otiier gentlemen of this town, and the gentleman in charge of the plantation stated that the peasantry appeared to like the description of labor required for its cultivation. The plants looked healthy, and it may not prove uninterest ing to our renders if we give an account of its preparation and progress. The field was ruinate land, with logwood growing upon it? Eighteen acres were cleaned, digged, and planted in two weeks, which ended on the 19 th May last. The plant did not make its appearance a! o.'e the ground until the sixth day after being p'aited. ; ' ; :-r 'I here was no rain until the '26th May, and the growth of she plant after the first shower was rapid. Almost every seed took, four be mg planted la each hole. I he uouon oret bloomed on the 25th Jane, the j&tiufbeing' about nine inches high ; the piece was fluiined. in the l itter end of June. The cotton was: planted in rows of six feet apart, and the holes dug twelve inches square, five feet apart from each other. The planting of the* rciuamingtwolve acres was finished oil the 2oth of June; these came up three days nftet* being planted, having liad the advantage of a good shower immediately after the seed bad beert ]#rt mto the earth. The pods of the first* plants \yi#e formed on the 1st of July, and by the Utb of the sarno month were as huge as eggs. We $re informed that the gentleman who has this plantation intends having the cultivation extended to about one hundred acres; and front all the tnfartnatio i we have gathered on this important question, we anticipato tlie happiest results. ?' . Plank Roads.- C'harter^JwST Wii granted for eight pl ank ro.idiytolreia 'from D twit in different directions, whose entire length will he 187 miles. s. c. KAIL ARRANGEMENTS. *0UT1IKRX 31 lit, -VIA ATOtrSTAi"<JFO. Due Ihiily at : #r - 1 ; 7 P.M. Cukcs " : ' r. : 9 P. AI. JfoKTHKRJS .MAIL, VIA CHAKLKVTON. [)ne Daily, at : : : - 7 P. M. " : - : : y : . - .!) P. M. NOHTIIKKN MAIL, VJA CHRBAW, S C. L>u? <lailv,at : : 4 A. M. Slwet"* : : . s" 5 P. AI. CUARLKSTO.M MAIL. Dne daily, at : : *: t 7 P. AI. CK*o? - " : >. : - 9 P M. Ky A Way Bn^ will be kept open for die reeeptien of ?hnrlcKlon letter. until the mail leave*. WB8TKR.<i MAIL, VIA.CoLUVBIA, 8. C. lhie ?lnily, at : : ; t 7 P. M. Clonea " " : : ! : 9 P. M. iOMTKR DISTRICT MAILS, VIA STATKRL'KK. S. C_ Foe Dnilv. at t . : : : 7 P. AI. Close. " : : ; : 5 P. M. KTVVay Mail* for Offices on the South Carolina Rail! load close daily at 5 P. M. CHARI.OTTK MAIL, VIA LARCASTKR C. H. ?. C. Dor Tuesdayand Thursday, Mindey. 3 P. M. Closes Monday, Wednesday and Saturday; at. 6 A. M.. YORKVILLR MAIL, VIA KK1> HiLl;dtT, Doe Thursday, nt : j : . A M_ Clones some day, at' tr. t "> : ' " * IS MNKWBKKRY MlIL, VIA LOMOTOWX, &C. Dtie evert' Tuesday, at :' : . 7 P. M. Close* every Wedwwhty. at " ?: ; 7 A.M. LYNCIItVOOn MAIL, VIA TILLKr's KF.RHY. Due Ttierrfay and Friday, : : ' :1AM. Closes some day, at : : : 5 P. M. J. N. G\MEWULL. P. M. OFFIOR MnPR*. Open ar 8 A. M.?Close at 1 P. M. Open at 3 P. M /lose at 5 P. M.. and open half hoar after the arrival of th Southern Mails in tl>e evening On the Sabbath, onen from 9to 10 A. M., and ItaJf au our after lite arrival of the Southern mails in the evening SCTAll credit tur {w-injf* is mopped. ixo mail mail mat* ?r delivered until it ? paid for. Postnije Stamps for wile. Oct. 1,I?3() J. N. GAMEWKf.L, P. M.. SoHth Cnrolina?K?nba\v District. [I7HER.EAS Aire, Susannah Tweed has applied' If to me for Letters of Administration on nil nd singular the Goods end Chattels, Rights and redita of Robert L Tweed, late of V? Distric^ foresaid deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ali: nd singular, the kindred and creditor:* of the said, creased, to be and appear before me at our next Irdinary's Court for the said District, to be holder-, t Kershaw Court House on the 16th day of 0-t. nst, to show cause, if Any, wbv the said admiu. oration should not be granted. o: L. o..i j r. viiveil uiiutrF ?iiy vikiiu ?uu mrntf hub oru day "I )ct., in the year of our Lord one thousand cijrht lundred and fifty, and in tbe eevenly-fifih yearf American Independence. JOHN R. JOV. 0. K. I). ?? 1 . Copal Varnish, Leather Varnish, .Spanish Brown, Vcnetiau Red, Japan Varnish, Red Lead, &c.&c. Kept constantly ou hand at J, OeIIAV'S Sept, 2ft