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J.'].ICH A RI)SON, J a. JOHN R. I.D(GAN, 'WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9. 1854. - W. W. W*iiar, Jun., 1I0gr., is our duly appointed agent in Coluimnbia, S. C., to receive and receipt for all s.ii, 'line the Sumter Banner. - -' Persons wishin r, - upo n busineis connected with t1'e P -- - r ,, can find us at any hour duri :he day, except from four to live iii the ': r'inon, at our office, just hack of S~" mio!s' New Store. All business conneete with the paper must be Irans:actee. ~+'h I.LLIAa LEwis, Jolny 8. la wn: r ,, , . 'r It. c'. LocA . M r. ' t. '1-. . .m of Bann " i . It, .m !- ,sii .gent to s : - money p ots for the saaue, :tl may aw; .-i . il lt the Banner Ollice. All lett, - .hires. to thfln I'Iiner must le i ,id to insure atten'. C4TTON iMARKiETI'. CHARLESTON AUGUST 8. CO'TON.--The transactions to day reached 30) bales, at extreiaes ranging from 7 1-4 to J 1-2c. Coasmuamtillica tiosa. The Colmiuiiication of " i.AU\In" We are sorry to state, caine to haiid too late for this issue-we will insert next week-and hope, in future, our friends will recollect that their contributions must reach us, at least, by Monday midday to assure insertion. We hope "GILAUME " will write frequently. Another Candidate. Col. S. C. DESCrAMPS announced himself on Monday a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of this District. Public Documents. The Hon. A. P. BUTLER and J. L. Ona will please accept our thanks for congressional favors. Gov. Mamnting. Ve are pleased to learn that his Excellency has so fhr recovered his health, as to be enabled to resume his official duties. The Columbia papers announce his arrival in that place on Wednesday last. The Crops. We have never had a better prospect for an abundant grain harvest than the pre. sent, most of the fiolds which we hayg aeen will yield double us miuch as they did last year. Tlhe cotton weed is looking healthy and is well grown, though we hear coipiaiints, ttiin reUcei. rahnm have c.aus ed the pilnts to commence shedding. The Weather. S The heat, which has been very great during the greater part of the day foar a week post, has been miade much mnore 'endurable by the plentif'ul rains which have fallen almost evecry evening dur ing, the same pei'iod, rendeing the nights remarkably cool and ph-asi~~mt. On Friday and Monday e'veninig the rain was accompjanied with quite . storm of wind and on the latter occa -sion with some hail and we heari com-. plaints from several qu. rte'c i hat the .crops have been considembily injured thereby. lion. F. Burt. Tfhis (list inguished citi:zen of Sonthl iCarolinai .u In'e enerig . '. t has ieen si) wel display. ml in .d.i,. of Third Auditor of thet 'Trea-ng', has wet arc y'. :ued to learn, received the: -uppinit lnit of' Governor of Nebraska .territory . 'This is a jud icious appoint. -ment and reflects new lustre on the admin ist ration. "1'he wiay MJitcheltl does thlings uip at the llaliee Ihouse. On Friday last, about midday, the ther'momieter' being abcout 96t, we re ceived the agreeable inf'ormuation that we werec invited to par'take of a fine, large melon ready to be sliced up at thme expense of' friend MrrCJeI.L. On .repairing to the pla1ce designated we found some ten or a dozen othei's gath' cred f'or a " pitch in " into the " .ihon ster Me'lon," wvhich proved to be one of the largest of the species, imported f'rm Wihtnington, N. C., and comn phetely frozen. We can testify that it was the unanimous sentiment of the crowd "it was not har'd to take." It was the first iced melon we had ever got hold of; but upjonm inquiry we learned that they frequently have such luxuries at the IlarlIce 'louse, where if report, he true, every thing is corn .ducted in the v'ery best style. Eanpty Jails. It seemns that Williamsburg is enti tled to the honor of having an empty jai as far back as 1818, when the Sheriff' gave " notice to all concerned "~ that the jail was in such a condition that lhe could not, receive applications, not being able to guarantee safe stor. age. In view of' the recent escapes from the Sutntilme :.a .i. .j .lW " empty," we would recommend a similar course to our Sheriff. 'iechaeIaical Corresposadeace.' We publish the article of " Vulcan," it in doing so we wish to clear our Selv's of fill :v,.' nsibiliy attaching to it. \ responsible name is given to us as its a- "or and we can demand nothing more. The article contains certainly one, perhaps troo, assertions which we think requires substantiation tromiv its author, before it can he fhvora ably received hl a tree and disinterest. el ii h l. The illsinuiation that Col. M 1srs' lhcatl co.urse has been a timid and wavering one to suit the popular currenvt, amounts almost to an :4 '-ei. i' "., upon the merit and the truth I. "'lair !" People, who have been . iig ... < furse for the last fifteen years, will decide for themselves. But the declaration that he (Col. Moses) had said that he would " fix his grappling irons on those who (in the late congres sional election) had the courage to ex ercise the freedom of voting according to the dictates of their own judgment, as free American citizens have i right to do," &c. &c., a charge so directly an tagonistic to his interest as a public mtan and so at variance with the course of a shrewd politician that the people may, with good reason, suppose, that there must be some mistake in the premises. Ve think it devolves upon the author to sibstantiate before the community, this assertion before he can expect the people to coincide with his Opinions. The Branch Bank. We refer to this subject again, be cause we think that now is the impor tant time to agitate this question in the public mind, as well as to place our selves right with our friend of the Journal. We do not wish a hank at the crpense of Camden, and if any such inference is deducable from our hasty article upon this subject, a week or two ago, we would disclaim any such in. tention. But we have heard it said that the Branch Bank must be and will be removed now from Camden, ;here it has been kept up for some years pact on account ::f it late hoaored and deserving President, and not at the best advantage tr, the State. Under these circumstances we would present (as we think) the strong claims of Sum terville to its ,location in this place. lr;e ;O n "., n .3'vvueu we want it to be removed here. And in support of our claims we would repeat that there are no banking facilities ir. Sumnter, D::r. lington. Marion or WVilliamvsburg, while at the same time Sumnterville presents a free and easy access to all of these Districts. We think too I hat one bank will now be enough for the business of Camden surrounded as she is by othcr banks and that she should be satiafed with one-especially since she has been so long favored with' two. We' would have our friend of the Jour nal recollect that the good old rule " to do to others as we would that they should do to us " works both ways in this instan-:. The Branch Bank is public property and belongs as much to ay uthver District as to Kershaw. Andl au Ker.shaw has been enjoying its facilities for no0w these many years it is but right avid fair that some of the other own rs of the property should now have their turn. The Journal asks " which is best to remove the Blank to Suinterville, out of the way of Lancaster and Fairfield and Ker shaw too, or let, it remain where it is to the further accommiodatio~n of Lan. caster, Firfield and Kershaw ?" We answer that lhirfield has a Bank of its own anid ini future miay need but little aid fiomi either of the Baniks at Cami deni, and now has a direct commvunica-. tioii with the B3anks at. Columbia-that. Kershiaw, if the Branch Bank is remov ed will still have a Bank remaininig and at the same timie have an immediate and direct communication with the Branmch Bank if established ini this place aiid also with those in Columbia, and that Lancaster will still have one Bank at Camden to apply to and may very easily reach the one at Fairfield. Now wheni you lhace in the opposite scale the faet which we have already repeated, viz: that there is no Bank in either Sumter, Darlington, Marion or Williamsbnrg, we ask if there can be a doubt as to what is best-what is faircst avid what will be most advanta geous to the institution-to do with the public property? TniE SOU'vngENj Ecl.ECTIC hOME GA ZETrE.--This is thetilofave Journal published at Augusta, Ga., by JAMIE M. SMYrrnE. The Number be. fore us contains rnuch interesting mat ter and the sheet presents quite a neat and handsome appearance. It is to be devoted to Literature, Art, Science, Agriculture, General intelligene~ and Southern interest. Price *3 per coepy in advance. We w elcome the o "utarz Ecec tic and Home Gazette " among our ex. changes and hope for it all the success its most sanguine friends may desire. A Suggestion. In connection with the subject of the removal from Camden, and establish. ment of a branch of the Bank of the State in this place, we would suggest to the citizens of Sumter, and also of Darlington, Marion, and Williams burg, who are equally interested in the proposed change, that public meetings be called and the sense of the people taken upi.n it. that should it meet with generally fsvor, the Senators and representatives of the several districts above mentioned may be instructed to agitate and vote for the measure. We di) not wish to throw any addi tional lobor upon the entmiidates for the legislature, but would with all humility suggest that at the next publio gather ing they express their views upon this subject; it is one, in which we have reason to believe the people feel much interested and should be thoroughly discussed before them. What say you gentlenen t The Blete Ridge R. Road. The interesting and able report of the President of this Road is published upon our first pur"e. To it we refer our readers for much nteresting matter in connection with the enterprise. The report points out very clearly the advantages to be derived from this Road, to the different parts ofoui country and establishes the necessity of the South acting at once, in this matter it is beyond dispute that our whoie South. ern , .artry is deeply interested in the en terpris,. There is no calculating the ad. vantages to be derived from a direct ant immediate Communication with the riet valeys of the west, or from diverting the great channel of travel and conveyance from what may he called the Northerr channel to a Southern one and that one leading through South Carolina. We re peat it, we arn, all deeply interested in the success of this move a-d we invite the attention ofourleading men and especially of the candidates, to the consideration o the subject. Those of them who shall bc fortunate enough to be elected will be call, ed upon to vnte naima the propriety of the enterprise and it is but right and fair tha ihey should represent the wishes of ;heir constituents in this matter. We learn that the atairs of the PRoad are now in c prosperous condition. It is to be finishes in four and a half years from January last. The cost has been estimated at six mill.ona -.o-a-- 'rae company have in ham Five millions four hundred and fifty thou. sand dollars. Trhey have already expend, ed one hundred and four thousand foutl miles have been located in South Caroli' na,seve~nteen and a half in Georgia, thirty in Tennessee; and in six week. the entire line will be ready for grading. The corn pany wvill ask the !.egislature at the nexi Session, to take one million of stock, ant etdorse bonds to the amount of a million mnore, NeWM of thme Week. The Columbia Carolinian informs uts that thc Coummissioners for thme new State Catpitol have selected, from anmong twenty nine applicants, Mr. E. G. Walker, of Chmarlestonm as a local and suaperintending architect. Mr. J. Rt. Nierusee, of Balti. mnore, is the consulting architect. The United States Senmate, after long anmd strong opposition from Messrs. Sew. ard and Suner, passed thme proposition te grant a pension to the widow of Mr. Bachelder, thme Marshal whom w~as shot down while dischairging his dutie, during the late abolition riots sm Boston. There were ontly twelve negative votes. Grant Thtorburn, alias Laurie Todd, is keeping a seed anid anumff shtop, and writing commnunicatiouns for the Mountain County Ilirald, at Winsted, Connecticut. WVe learn by the Cheraw Gazette of Wednecsday last that the l'ee Dee River was quite low at that place. Dr. Cartwright, a distinguished physic. ian of New Orleans, htas written a paper, inm whichhme undelLrakes to prov'e that chole ra wyill biecomne a diseae incident to the Unmted States, as it has beenm from time inminemorial Otn thte Ganges. Mr. Graham, late Secretary of the Navy, is said to lie a candidate for United Suates Senastor from Noth Carolina, in pin. 'f Mr. Badger who goea out ini a year hem-re. The Anderson Advocate of W~ednesday informs us that Mr. Mattox, overseer of Mr. Barmore, in Abbeville District, was brutally murdered by t!-ree negroes be longing -o thme latter gentleman, one day last week. ilThey ctut him to pieces with axes for having punished one of their number. Twvo of them have been con demned to be hung, and it is probable the third will share a similar fate. The Cincinnati Commercial says it is proposed to found a Jewish Orphan Asy hinm-one that would suffice for all thme United States-in Cincinnati. It is also proposed to connect therewith a Free School for the instruchioon of Israelites. Thne celebrated Scotch giant died sud denly on the 18th ult. in the Western country. The difficulty between Mr, John Van Bturen, Softshell, and Mr. Daniel E, Sickles, hard-shell, growing out of u' speech deliveroad by the frme t, T.... many Hall last November, has been ani- C eably nettled in London. John says he a did not mean anything personal. g The p holera continues its ravages in the Northefn atid Western States. The deco. latlon caused by this disease in some l( localities Is described as dreadful, there S not being enough (living to bury the dead A The brother of ex-President Fillmore has died in Minnesota of cholera. a The published list of deaths in the Atlantic cities for tha past week, show a that Charleston still maintains its reputa. Q tion as the healthiest. C It is said to be a fact recorded that dur. a ing the visitation of choler i in France, out e of nearly 10,228 subscribers to the public t baths of .Paris, Bordeaux and Marseilles, only two deaths among them were as t cribed to cholera. There does not exist e a more eflfctual preventive of disease of every kind, and a greater promoter of good health at all times, than the practice of daily bathing. The experiment of growing cotton in Mexico has succeeded admirably. The papers state that cotton picking there t will commence in a few days. The Yorkville Misecllany. of the 2d inst. says. " A soeinus affair occurred in our dis. trict last week-a man named William 1 Dobson having been stabbed in nine places by two young men named Vickers, who are now in jail. The wounds arc. very severe, but whether Dobson has survived them, or not there are conflicting reports. The tnets will hardly transpire as to the origin of the affray before court." Mike Walsh and Mr. Seward, of Geor. gia, have had, it is said, a " brush " in the 1 House post otlice. Mike was the aggres. sor, and was severely handled. The diffi. culty ended where it began, and both were in their seats the same evening. Wofford College, Spartanburg, as we learn from the Carolinian, was opened on Tuesday last with a Freshman and Soph. omore class. under the charge of the Pres. ident, Dr. Wightuman, and Professors Dun. can and Carlisle. The terms of tuition are 850 per an. num,. Good board can be procured at from $9 to 812 per month. Mr.John A. Kay has been appointed .lismant areb1itect to Mr. Walker in the construction of the new State House. eMr. Kay has for some time past been the superintendent of the work. The physicians of the New York Ies. pitaI give' some facts showing that seven. eighths of ail persona aie-.adJ with chole. ttos who hsve already been lone suffering from sonme organic disease, as of the liver, lungs, &c., and who could not live long under any circumnstances. This is shown by post mortem examinations, made in abnmost everyinaa- e The boring for the Artesian well in Charleston ha~s penetrated to the depth of 1,2(00 feet and is still continued with a determined energy. The accounts of cholera in Barbadoes are truly appalling. Up to the 24th no less thant 6,500 persons had fallen victims. On oiie (lay the number of deaths was compnted I.t 311. The advices from Jamaica are scarcely more favorable. At some poinits no one could be prevailedi upon to assist in burying the dead. A phanic prevailed, and busi. ness wae remiarkably dull. Correspondence of the lunner. Greytfowk dificul-Fight between Ml. C.-Gaurdiner case aain-C(ont gressionarl Jproceeding/s &c. &c. WVA5Ju1oroN Auo. 7th, 1854. Mfessr's Editors :President Pierce havinig commnittiicated to both Hotises of Congress the correspnndence be. tween the Greytownt authorities and Capt. Hlollins, together with other pa. pers calculated to thtrowv light on the whole case, the people of our Republic are we.ll enabled to judge of the titntess and propriety of Capt Hollins conduet< in destroying that tow~n. Whig jour- i nals thronghout the Union have en. < deavored to cast odiumt upon the Ad-. mrniustraition by stigmatizing Hollin's' actiton as n cowardly and cruel one-, knowing that he would be sustained by our President and Conigress. But from the people, there will conme the a reply -'he did his duty," and we will add--"served the rascals right."-- 1 Catitoni ball andl bomb shells serve admiirabuly to inispire respect of our Goverinmenit into thieving, plunder- .3 ing, dei-savages, who regard not the customs and( rights of civilized nations. On Tuesday last, a rencountre took i placo in t he Post Oflico of the House o f Ipre~sentativyes betwveen Mike Walsh of N ew York and Mr. Seward of Geor. g ia, in which t&he "rowdy member" fromn Oswcgo, received a thrashing and retired fronm the contest-as most ja writers say-with black and blue eyes. I This disgraceful occurrence formed the I theme of miuch conversation and thte general impression sents to be that one or both of thetm should be expel. led front the House. Allowvances oughttto'be made; for the unusual heat 'l calls into action all a man's pugnaoious propensities ; and a slight cause wvill now produce a considerable eci'eet in ti fighting characters. u TIhe Gardiner' case is revived; and a Ii second battle over " the spoils " may d again h~e fought. Messrs. Bradley and C Carlisle Gaurdiner's counsel, having e applied to Judge Purcell, Probate ii Judge, for letters of Administration 1i on his (Gardiner's) estato, Judge P. 'I declined granting them on the ground e< that the Government is the largest C ereditor. Gardiner owed )he Govern, sq ment *400,000 and his cdunsel $100,- n 900. The latter have annealer4 tQ Ut. rcuit Court, but will probably be b rain unsuccessful. Money unfairly r ined will never do any one good, as ie history of poor Gardiner conclu. vely showed. The River and Harbor bill after a a ng and violent discussion passed the C enate on Tuesday by a vote of 31 I yes to 17 Nays. The Appropriation p ill is at present the " causus belli" o nd even if passed in its present form All not prove acceptable to many. a Sam Houston of Texas-known to r 11 as an arrogant boaster but a brave t fan-made a long speech the other ay, in defence of his name and fame 'hich some latter-day historian had spersed. Sam is certainly very mod. st to " trumpet forth " his valorous t eeds. It is mentioned as a curious fact that he Post Office BilI, which mentions very legalized route in the United tates occupies over three hundred >ages: The parchment on which it s engrossed cost $250. We see mentioned in one or two apers the name of Jas. L. Orr ofyour lelegation as likely to be the Demo ratic nominee Vice-Presivient at he nextehlt6ion. -- YOUR REPORTER., For the Banner. lechaaaical Correeponsdeice. Mn. BROADAXE : I embrace the oppor. unity. afforded by early rising to wield the fen a few minutes before the hour arrives o commence wielding the hammer, in that nost pleasant of all vocations in these ex eedingly hot days, to wit : Forging the 'arious implements required to keep the vheels of industry in successful motion. The principal object of my prevent com nunication, friend Broadaxe, is to congrat ulate you and the honorable branch of your Ivision of Mechanics, on the happy im >rovement in public sentiment, which is rccoming more and more alive to the abso. cite necessity, if not the justice of fostering .he mechanic art at home. I have been for the last week engages n a highly intelligent part of our district lying the duties of my honorable profes. lion, sometimes discoursing sweet music in that most ancient of musical instru nents the anvil, from which it is said, that i certain old gentleman called Pythagoras Ierived the idea of composing musical notes ind at other times, soothing the tender licitude of amiable and atithoointe P:_' by bringing :he combined :smatts ii: - 2.n tific research and mechanical skill to hear. 9o as to afflrd a sale Conductor to that most wonderful and subtile fluid, Electri city, thereby, affording safolylto tleJewels antrusted to their care. While thus employed in erecting Elec trical points above the Horizon, I had an opportunity of directing my attemion to political points in the Horizon of Elections -and happy am I to say friends Broadaxe, Trowel, Sledge hammer, Lap-stone, Peg. ing awl'and nippers, that the aa'pect of the Poiuical Itaru"as viewed frosathis point of the great observatory of our district pre cents a most beautiful and flattering indi cation of the .future arporosritjr .i4 Sumter. It is now reduced to a certainly friend Broadaxe, that wye will have for our next Senator a sturdy farmer, a gentleman of reliable and fixed Principles, win in an emergency would not metamorphose him accommodate his actions to every breath of popular exhaslation, regardless of the interest of his. country. Besides, friend Biroadaxe, the sturdy farmier and intehi gent Mechanic are not to be intimidated by the threats of the presemnt IIOZORADLE in. mumnbent who when so gloriously defeated by the estimable Boyce, had the audacity to declare that he would fix his grappling irons on ihose who had the courage to exercise the freedom of voting according :o their judgments, as free American .itizens have a right to do, although un ortunately he, as an attorney hefjudg. nents against them. This rule, my good riend whenever he attempts to apply it to lhe bone and sinew of Sumter district, will ;ooin consign him to his proper level. It is true that the prominent candidate or the Senate, Mr. Nelson, has no sheriff's >ffice influence to wield against the unfor unate Farmer or Mechanic wvith which to nenace himl, and by threats of immediate xecution, like Shylock of old, demand 'our vote or ponnd of flesh. Good Ileavens ! friend Broadaxe, is not his an awful state of affairs ? to think that lie ministers of the law (that most perfect natitution of human reason, wvhichi every american citizen has been taught to vene ate as his temporal safeguardl, and second inly to the divime law,) should attempt to se it as an engine of destruCtion againlst hose who dare exercise the freedom of the lective franchise. There ore Political hylocks at present, as w"ell as in the days f Shakespear's Shylock of Venice; and t Lntonio's speech is appiicable now with ie alteration of a wvord or two ; instead of )ucats, we will substitute votes &c. I pray you. think you question with the unPrincipled P'olitician; ou may as well go stand upon the beach, Lnd bid the main flood bate his usual height; ou may as well use questionl with the wolf, Vhy he hath made the eweo to blate for the lamb; 'ou mazy as well forbid the mountain pines 'o wag their high tops, and make no noimo, Vhein they are fretted with the gusts of IHeaven ; ou may as wvell do anything most hard, s to soften that (than which what's har- I der?) [is unprincipled heart :--Therefore I do beseech yen, lake no more offer, use no further means. e ut with all brief and plain conveniencry, ~ a be executed." Yours in Iron Bonida, For the Ifannler.a 'he Episcopal Churches. Comun, S. C., A ug. 8, 1854. a Messrs. Editors : IL may be proper ~ state that the term " secessionrl " ted in the last paragraph of my last g tter from this place, in alluding to the itferences existing in the Trinity hurech congregation, was intended to nvey no other meaning than that fi uiplied in a voluntary separation. I he opinions of the mem bers of that y mgregation upon certain questione of ' hutrchf611ey did ntot coincide t hence ~ 'meof them voiuntarlly withdrew anid - >w itet buildinmg another Church. 19ei Oblsh $o abys ad thre. y greatly oblige your Columbia cor .spondent. RICULAND. From the Watchman. MESSRS EDIToRs : As no response has s yet been made -by the Senator from 'larendon, to the interrogatories of "Wes. ay" the people are left in doubt as to his osition in respect to the all-absorbing uestion of giving the election of Electors f President and Vico-President to the cople. To remove all doubt upon that ubject the following extract from the Jour ial of the Senate is sent you for publica ion : CONSISTENCY. "in the Senate, Saturday Dec. 17, 1853. Special order of this day for this hour the ollowing Resolution offered by the Sena or from Claremont viz : "Resolved, as the sense of this Senate, hat the election of Electors of President md Vice-President of the United States should be made directly by the people. P'hat for the purpose of providing a plan to ?fTect the same, the Committee on Privile eges and Elections be instructed to report Bill. "On question of agreeing to the Reso lution the year and nays were ordered to be taken and they are as follows : "Those who voted in the affirmative are: Miesars Brockman, Booser, Cannon, Dud ley, Evins, Grissett, Ilarlee, Iluey, Ingram, Mc Aliley, Moorman, Moses, Porter. Powe, Witherspoon, and Zimmerman,-16. "Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs t. F. W. Allston Adams, Barker, Barton, Buchanan, Calhoun, Carew, Car roll, DeTreville, Drayton, Fishburn, Good win, Hasel, Mazyck, Miller, Nowel, Ruth. rownsend, Williams John Wilson and Fames J. Wilson,-22." Senate Journal pages 128 and 129. The old school presbyterians are the largest body of Presbyterians, in one connection, in the world. According to its annual statistics, just issued, the Philadelphia American learns it num bers 2, 203 ministers; 235 licentiates; 2,976 churches, and 225,404 commu nicants. There were added during the ecclesiastical year just closed 63 minis ters, 92 churches, 13.433 comanuni cants on profession of their fath ; 2,3 minitetrs additional to the foregoing were added from other denominations. The ameunt oni* hutcd to congrega tinn: -1 .enn.ient objects during has been $2,036,724. The b: : w considrtbly larger than im Gwi New Sch,;o! branch of the Cuim ci separated from it. Monunsent of the "Brave Palumetto Boy." The lidies of Spartanburg have erected a miriiiment over the grave of the landiV ted "Brave Palmetto Boy," the noble Al. len H. Little. The following description of thei onu mont and brief sketch of hlaqbeloved and lamented Little, we take frain'thd E.rpress of the 1st instant. 'The monument "erect the ladies of epartanurg,"' has een ity reared over the spot where rests the remains of Allen II. Little. It onsist of an obelisk upon a solid square trunk, resting upon a suitable base, all of marble, and ta':en from a quarry in ouer own Palmetto State It was fashioned for ius oresent purnosie at Columbia. S. C. Upon'its trunk are suit able inscriptions, and upon the obelisk is a beautifully carved Palmetto tree. It is sleven or twvelve feet in height, and taken entire, presents quite a handsome appear. an.-e. Standing in the biuryinir ground of our eillage, in view of the Wolford Col lege, near one of the prettiest parts of the town, it will form one of the attractions of the place. Contemplate it, if you admire thra beautifuk, 'and if you have a heart. to he touched wtitlh patiotism, read thme inaterip tion. Thlis young patriot wolunteered, at t lhe age of sixteen, to bear, in port, the offer ing of his country and the banner of his Sitate to the fields of Mexico. Near the gates ot'the city lie lost an arm ; and af'~er uis return, the gratitude and obligation of uis State was acknowledged by placing him, to be educated, in the Citadel Acade myr at Charleston. IHere, though hae en te'red ignorant of his letters, he graduated ni four years with the higiaest honors. h~is health w as so impaired, that he shaort y after fell a victim to his early anibition, and died in July 28th, 1853, while oni the search of health, at Spartansburg village, caving no regrets beltind. BAtD DED'rs.-IInnt's Merchants' Maga sine advocates the passage of the following is a law : "Be enacted, etc., that all the laws for he collection of any debt, contracted af er the passage of fthis law, be abolished, except where property so transferred to be he only legal security on such debt." The writer says that should this become law, it would prevent seventy-five per ent, of the bad debts now made, besides ironmoting integrity and upright mercantile haracter. The Spanish Revolution is progressing. Efforts are being made to arouse the peo. sIe in the interior against the Government. DR. GUYSOTS I31PROVED EXTRACT 'F YF.L.:OW DocK AND SanAAPaRIL.A, put p in the largest sized betles, contains m~ore of he pure llonduras Sarsaparilla than any other repasataion extant, which is chemically corn ined with the Extract of Yellow Dock and the intract of Wild Cherry, thus making the reme ymore thoroughly efleent than any other Sar apa rilla before the public. At theo same time Sas perfectlyfree fronm all mineral poison., which annut be said of any oither of the Saisaparilla ompound s~. T1he invalid should beware ofpoi. ens! Afercury, Iron, Quinine, Potash, Io ine, Sulphnr, Arsenic, and many oilher min sal anad metallic poison., en ter into and form lie act~ve basis of mnost of the Sarsaparillas and anac.-as of tie day. Guysott's Compound sztran' 'if Yelloro Dock and Sarsaparilla does 1:1 ,?atunn a particle of these substances ; as say "sne can ascertain by applying the necessa f teats. Let all poisonous Sarsaparilla pre urations lone, and se Guysogt's unmproved Lxtract, of ellow~ Dock, and Sarsaparilta, which is thor ugl faiupretyharmless, and purely Eil See Advertisement. The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills -An astounding cute by this miraculous med. ins after evury other means had failed. see stract from hIs lordlsip's letter, dated "Yilla lessina, Leghaorn, February 21, 1845. To reesrHlway. Sir,-I beg to acquaint on fihat your P111. have effected a cure of dis rd.'r in say liver and stomach,- whieh all the oast eminent of the faceulty~ax hiome .and all ver-the Continent had not been-able to adie nat, not even the waI~sirf ar r [ tu. ti~ 4AbanotroVN" Lig htning Conductors. PLEAS&r read the following extract from the Scientifc American a paper de. voted to the' Mechanic Arts, Manufactures, and General Science. A STANDARD AUTHORITY. " I have long considered a good light ning conductor for Ships a great desidera tum, and have employed a good deal of my spare tune and money in endeavoring to introduce into our Navy, and into ottr mer cantile Marine, the Conductor of Sir Wil liam Snow Harris, which in the British Navy, n the lion. East India Company's service and in some of the other Navies of Europe has been adopted ; every ship in the British Navy has Harris' Conductor, and not a pound sterling nor a single life has been lost by lightning since it has been fully adopted. This is a fact which speaks to the humane, as well as to that no smaller class who look solely to their own interest. The underwriters of New York have agreed to make a return of 2 per cent. of the premium on all Ships furnished with suitable lightning conductors, they show a regard for the cause of humanity and for their own interests by making this return; and it is to be hoped that all underwriters will follow this good example, not that it is the duty of underwriters to encourage these means more than shipowners, but the con. cession will have the effect to wake up the owners of ships to a sense of their duty in this respect." The owners of houses are no less bound by the ties of Humanity or the promptings of interest to protect their own and the dwellings of their tenants, by furnishing them with Otes' Patent Conductors which can be obtained from the subscribers, the sole owners of the right for this District This is unquestionably the best Conductor for houses ever introduced. DIXON & COGHLAN. Aug. 9, 1854 41 at Eif" Watchman copy 3 times. Palmetto Iron Works. (LATE PALMETTO ARMIORY.) THE proprietors of the above establish. ment, having furnished themselves with all the necessary ma vinery ani, ' for conducting the FOUNDItY ANi) MA. CHINE BUSINESS. together with ar stock of materials, are now ready to con. tract for the making of Stationary Engines of any power, all kinds of Mill Work, Cast Iron Fronts, Fencing, and other descrip tions of Iron Work generally conducted in a well regulated establishment. Mr. GEORGE SINCLAIR will give his supervision of al! work. Hia old friend. and patrons will find him ready to furnish all orders with despatch Persons desiring to patroniae a home institution can be as eured that their work will be done and ;warranted satisfactory. Our prices will be :as low as any similar establishment in the country, and terms liberal. A share of puuic patronage is respect fully solicited. VM. GLAZE & CO. August 9, 1854 41 1t AT THE OLD STAND. THE CONCERN of'ISHElR H XlE & f'O. having been clied by an entire sale of their stock, the subscriber announ ces to his old customers thbt heb will opets an entire assortment of NEW GOODE O'n his own account. The exteunsive cred.. it given by FISHER, HOXIE & CCO'. produced the necessity of closing this con cern at com'iderable sacrifice.. I no* propose to open a stock of NEW GOODS about the 1st of September, at the store formerly occenpied by Fisher, Hoxie & Co., No. 153 Richardson street, C~olumbia, whlere I will be pleased to receive the calla, of tmy old friends and other's dealring DiW GOODS'of the best quality at' the lowest prices. My terms will he 070ASII ON LY.g For which I will give value received.I will not1 be undersold by n ne Aug. 9, 1854- 41 1 time. PAUL T. VILLEPIGUJE, PACTOR, AND COMMISSION and FO RW ARDING Accomaunodationl Whaarf CH A RLESTON, S. C., Sells Cotton. Grain, Flour, Bacon, and all other ar tieles of produce. Strict and rompt attention given to the FORWA III)fNG of Goods and Produce. August 9, 1851 41 tf TURPENTINE STILLS FOR SALE. Two N EW STIL LS and WORMS carig from 18 to 21 Barrel. Virgin Turpentine. Wr. ranted by the maker for t welve months. Apply to JOSEPH R. BLOSSOM, Wihnington, N. C. Auagust .9, 1854 41 3mn. Francis R. Shackelford, FAC TOR AND Conunmission Mlerchant. CHAR LES TON, S. C. TIIE subscribier respectfully calls the attention of the Planters ofSumiior District to the above Card, and solicits a 'hutre of thteir patronage. The most satismactory reference can be liven if required. F. R- SHJACKELFORD. Charleston, Aug., 9, 1854 41 4: Beat Company No. 2. IN pursu ance of ordlers from Hend Q'marters you are hereby commande-t to appear at Sumterville otn the 7th Septemn. ber nex't for drill aid inspection, Corn. missioned and non .com missioned officers will appear on thte day previous for drill and instructions. By order of T. Capt. Rt. A. CHA NDLER. T.O'Cens~oR, 0. 8. Aug 9, 16 4! td 117 Wmachaman copy. Just Arrived and for ~Sal. Fire-Sereets, Wind~w. Whade. antd iNaturem, &c. ogtt &$8.4 ~ 41 ta..