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trial millions? Must they forever con. -ito live- flr below the level of ai -uppiness, under the strongest epftalimitiot to t-eek the transient d -.! pleasures of* alcohol, opium, and aobaceo? I do not think it necesmry to wait for the muillenlun of.ocial reorganiza. *tionl, to solve this problem. Mainust. ml will have his stimulnts, to ustuin his higher powers. We suust deter. tuine whether those stimulants shall he iinrcItiec atd destructive, or nour jahing, moral and healthful, Here, then, - is the cliinax of our reasoning:-man has an inhereit and indestructible love of stimulation, and le'iust ttiid that stimulation either in the poison that destroys him, or in the moral that elevates his life. Ten perance societies, then, must be roused to a new and higher view of their duties. It is not suflicient merely to arrest the sale of alcohol, even if we Could also suppress the use of opium and tobacco, which we cannot. That which temperance societies have, thus far, attempled, is but one half their work. Before destructive temperance has fulfiled its mission, I demand that constructive t erance shall comlie in to finish the task. I demand social institutions, which shall give to the entire community, that healthfil and delight'ful moral and intellectual stim ulation, which shall supercede the de. mand for the grog-sho., and which may not only be erected on the ruins of the demolished drinking-house, but maLy be introduced at once into our coiImunitietis, where the grog-shop is flourishlihg, and gradually withdraw people from the den of vice, to more fascinating resorts, where the spiritual nitiatre shial I be refreshed, and streiigth eied, and the appetite for low indul gences destr.-yed, by substituting that which is high and holy. THE SUM ER BAINNER.i J. S. RICH ARDSON, Ja. JOHN R. LOGAN, Entons. WEDNESDAY, SEPT., 27, 1854. Ur V. W. WALKER, Jun., Esgr., is our duly nplointed agent in Columbia, S. C., to receive and receipt for all suims due the Sumter llannr. . Persons wvishing- to see us uptont busines connected wit i the Paper or Law, can find us at any hour during the day, except from four to live in the aflernoon, at our office, just back of Szoo.voss' New Store. All business connected with the paper must be transacted with Wu.Ltam LEWIS, JOHN S. RICHAnDSON, jr.. or R. C. LocA. Mr. 1t. C. LoGAN, the Forematt of Banner Ollice, is our only authorised Agent to receive money antid give receipts for the same, and may aiways be found at the Banner Office. All letters addremsed to the. Baun wr nmait hip propmid tv inbure attention. lealthi of Sumnterville. 1 sic reputation hor health, which our tovn has always enjoyed is without blot or blemish and it is a rare thing to hear of'a caset of sickness of anay kind within our corporate limits. Physicians have plenty of leisure. The case of yellow fever reported as having art ived froim Charleston may be seen walking the streets with a hearty glow upon the cheek and a pleasant smile, ready for " custom and orders." .The Depot. The depot of the Wilmington and Matnchester ears, is during these leis ure months the terminus of a daily walk for all those fond of exercise, or meeting the great thoroughfare of tra. vel between North and South. In common with others wve have noticed the improvemencts going on in this part. of thme town, wvhich was a year ago onily an old field, now a thriving portion of an itmprovitng country towna. To the industry and enterprise of Capt. MIrenELL of the " .IIarllce hlouse " much credit is due for his public spirit. in planting trees and otheci wise clearing and beautifying the new~ street. Mr, T. J. CoontLAN and his sledge hammer have also accomplished much and mean, to do mnore-vide the three ad. vertisements in this week's pa per. It *is always comrridered an evidee of prosperity and s- gacity to see a iman ad vertising and publishing his business to the world and if indlustry and atten tion to orders present any claim for public patronage we think our friend CoomILAJ stands a good chance of mak ing sone few lumps of gold, even though they be hammered out of firon and ground in the " mill " or mauy be caught on a " lightning rod." Antother Palmetto Gone. We rnegret to learn that Mr. .J. WVarra who served in the Rlichland Company of the Palmetto Regiment, died in Columbia on Sunday last. 'Thus one by one the members of that Spartan band are slowly marching to the grave ; and ere many years are gone all of their numaber will have finished the last fight and " conquered the last enemy which is Death." Though no cenotaph be erected to * omnmemorate their glorious actions and noble deeds, yet they will'not be forgotten. " Tuer lire in fmne ftongli vln fn ln The Pestilence. In th. published report of the Board of Health for Charleston, we notice no marked change in the number of deaths from Yellow Fever, which average still from 18 to 20 deaths daily. In Savainuah the sulffering and deso. lation is very great- the ravagis of the fever contiugue without diminution. The call for aid fur Savannah has beei nobly responded to by her sister cities. The Howard Association of New Or leans has sent the Mayor $1,000. The Mayor ot Mobile propoes to send two physicians to Savannah, which offer the Mayor pro. tem. has acecpted by tele-raph. Froin September 2d to the 18th, $20,123.90 had been received by the Mapor pro. tem. for the relief of the sufferers. In Augusta a perfect panic has been created froi the breaking out of the Yellow Fever in that place and all business is suspended. The only Augusta paper which has been received coitains the following notice, which may give some idea of the stampede: " TimAUGUSTA 'OST OFFICE.--Wre have been requested to state that the clerks in the post, ollice in this city having left, it is very dillicult to get, help enough to distribute the mails. If our Subscribers in the country should fail to receive their iapers regularly they will attribute it to this cause." Late dates from Texas state that that the yellow fever still prevails at Galveston, and, on the 8th and 9th inst., there were 20 deaths. The Cholera still continues its rava gesin the smaller towns of the North and North.west. Columbia and Wilmington continue free fromn the epidemics, the few cases brought to those cities from Charleston have terminated frvorably. Report on1 Wheat. The Committee on Wheat, of the Newberry Agriciltural Society reports that for seed it is generally admitted that early varieties are the best, and of the dilli-ent early varieties, the led Spring Wheat ia to be prelerred. In seeding icas, thu land should be broken up, deep and close-the deeper the better. The ground should be drawn oif in lands twelve feet wide across the way it was ploughed ; and if not sulliciengtlV rich. it, should be nade so, by gi'ving it a liberal coat ofcotton seed, guano or stable manure. The business of seeding should be compie ted by the twelfth of November. The euna sbould he well soaked, for twelve hours, in a strong solution of bluestone -one pound of bluestone is enough for five bushels of wheat. Froim one to two bushels of wheat should be sown per acre ; the quantity to be re gulated by the lanid ; the richer, and the better pirepared the land is, the more seed is required. It should be ploughed in with a long narrow plough. The land then should be rolled, or brushed, to level it-and the operation will be complete. The piropier time for harvesting for flour is as soon as the grain passes out of the milk state The straw is theni of a golden color. But, if intended for seed, or to be kept any length of time, the grain should b~e perfectly ripe. It is muore profitable to sell it in thu graini than to grind it, especially wheni it. is worth from onae dollar twelve and a half 'cents to one dollar thiirty-seven andl a half cents pier bushel, with thme average pirice of hlour at six dollatrs. News of'thei W1eek. It is w hispered (and we hrop it wilt go oux no further) that thre young }$mnpress of Austria is in that interesting situ ation 'wheni comning events cast their shaduws before.' General Cass recently made a speech before somie of his constit uent~s in which he s'd the more the Nebraska ill was st ifrired, the bt ter and bnrighter it would appear, The bill had beenm strongly de. nou nced, but the principle it contained was right. 11 was true, the Northern senti. mnent was opposed to slavery-it wias nat. ural that it should be. lie was opposed to -t, and haid said in the Senate that it was a political evil, and many other tt.ings, greatly to the displeasure of the South, and would stick to it under all circumns'an ces, but yet, search the constitution, from one end to the other, and there is not a wvord of authority to touch, or interfere with, the subject of slavery in any shape. The Wilmington Journal informs us that tihe destruction of the Rice crop on the Cape Fear River, by the recent gale is comparitively small. John L. Taylor, whig member of Con. gress from the 10th district in Ohio, who voted against thme Nebraska hill, has been defeated by his own pairty ini his own town where the delegates to the cngressional convenition were instructedl to vote for the nominmationu of Mr. Nanh, eI Gallia ! Cause: his consistent high-toned oJposition to wool lyhcadism. T1he New-Orleans riots have entirely ceased. John Kane, one of the men sup. posed to have been killed, has since been found, Hie was elbot four times, but may reenver 'rom his wound.. An attempt was nade at Augusta on Monday evening last, to set fire to the Catholic Parsonage there. The Savannah papers announce the death of the Right RWv. Francis Xavier Gartland, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia, who died at the resi dence of M. Pendergrast, in that city, on Wednesday morning at half-yast 11 o'clock, of yellow fever. The democrats have carried Arkansas by a large majority. Messrs. Rusk and Greenwood (democrats) are elected to Congress, and the Legislature stands on joint ballot-democrats 75, whigs 25. Attorney General Cushing is preparing to test the constitutionality of the Fueri tive Slave law in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. % hich pronounced the law utn constitutional. The Gaca of Costa Rica calculates the destruction of locusts in that country in consequence of the measures dictated by the Government, at 1.50,400,000 insects. Up to the 24th of July, 3,000 sacks of the insects, weighing each 60 pounds, had been presented for the purpose of obtain ing the bounty ofTercd by the Government for their destruction. The government of Greece has forward ed to Washiiigton a block of marble taken from the Parthenon. in order "that it may serve to adorn. however humbly, the monument destined to perpetuate the re nemnbrance of the great founder of the American Independeice." The Marion Star says that the bridge of the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, over the Pee Dee is in a near state of completion. The cylanders have been flnished some time, andI there remains but one stran of the superstructure to be completed, which it is expected will be done by the 15th of October, and be ready for the passage of the traiis. Accounts from Boston of 19th, state that the delegates thus far elected to the Democratic Convention are generally fa vorable to the administratlon. A State Internal Improvement Conven tion is to be held at Salisbury, North Car ulina, on the Id day of November next, to devise some general plan for improving the State by railroads. The corn crop in Chickasaw county Miss., is represented as being the largest ever raised there, and is selling at 20 to 25 cents a bushel. The Carolinian states that Columbia was i.ever in a better conditiou of entire health than at this season. The last Marion Star has one hundred and eleven tracts of land advertised at sherdff"s sale. The advertisement occu pies nearly two columns of its pages. That some persons in -Canada begin to loo- upon Inc mlux of fugitive slaves m that country as an evil may be inferred from a motion made in the Canadian Lg - islature, that the same capitation tax now imposed on all strangers entering the Irovince, be enacted in future frmun black immigrants. There was a sharp frost in somne parts of New Ilampshire and Maine on the 11th inst., which hats put a stop, it is stated, to the growth of vines, tomnatos, and tender plants generally. Upwards of four thousand iommigrants arrived at New York en Saturday last. Mr. John S. Richardson ano old and res pected citizen of Greenv'ille District, is announced in the Mfounataineer as having died last wveek, aged 7.5 years The Town Council or Columbia have forwarded five hundred dollars to Savannah for the relief of thme sufferinig. At an election held on the 18th inst., for Intenidant and six \Var ens, to serve in,the Townw of WVatterLboroughm, the follow ing was thme result ; Imuendcat.-H~on. M. Fi. Carn. W~ardenas --Ca rios Tracy, Esq., Major Cha:rles Warley. Dr. Emaunl. Witsell, Col. 1L. T1. Witsell, Dr. Thos.o Lining, Rt. 11 Jenkins, Esq. AN ASTOUNDING REcoRD FOR A MAINE. LAWt C'Tv.-TIhe police report of the Boston Courier of Tuesday appears as f ollows: "Sixty-four stnnpfe drunkards, . four cotmmion drunkards, seven assaulters, tetn Card-players oni the Lord's day, three rescuers, fourteeni rioters, one store breaker, one hotel aund ,,two petty thieves were tried in the police court yes terday. The entire party figuro up onte htundredl and six strong, andi were as dirty a looking crew as oneo wouh'~ wish to see. int Fort WVayne, Indiana, at a late elec tion for city clerk, the Know--Nothing cani didate was defeated by a large majority. The Democracy triumphmed in Berkely county, Virginia, at a special election for sherift, the Democratic candtdato was elected over a regular Know-Nothing can didate. And so it will be says thte Na tional Democrat, for it isi now believed that the Knmow-Nothingistm is only a Whig trap. A tmass meeting was held at Washitng tont, D). C., on Tuesday evening, inmopposi 'imp to the Ktnow Nothings. When the vote was taken on the resolutions, thme negtive seemed to prep~ondmerate largely. Col. T'. B. Florence, of P'hiladelphia, was introduced to the meeting, and endeavored to get a hearing, but was ht.oted dowtn. Thme Carolintian has published a letter from Col. F. WV. Pickens, addressed to Col. Orr, coming out warmly in favor of givIng the election of Presidetnt and Vice Presidnt to te~ peomle Written fo the Sumer athiner. An Incident of Real Life at Cape May. Among the beauties congregated at Cape May this summer none surpassed Miss E- of Boston. Possessing a splendid forin, a lovely. face, and what some value above all things else afortune she soon became the "belle of the bay-" Admirers, and would be lovers flocked around her from morning to "dewy eve"; and happy was the one she favored with a prome nade, a ride on the sandy beach or a walk by mnconlight. Acknowledged as the "Queen of Hearts" she ruled with undisputed sway over all. But no mortal is perfect, and Miss E so beautiful and wealthy, was un fortunately, the proudest of the proud. Her father a worthy old gentleman of s!xty-hid been for many.years enga ged in the grocery business and by care and laboiw accumulated a fortune, which Miss E-his only child would eventually possess. He had expostu lated with her ofon on her "high" notions, but a toss of the head or a curl of the lip would be her only re ply. And the old moan loving his daughter with no common atIection soon ceased to notice the many airs and conceits she would assumc. 3ut in these, as well as in past, times, "pride coneth before a fall." * * * * * One morning, the name of Fitz Jameq Perry Esq. was found on the list of "arrivals." Who lie was and whence he came no one knew. Sup. pertine came and by mere accident of course, Miss E obtained a seat near that distinguished stranger and "great unknown." She was at first sight struck with the appearance ofMr. Per ry. A pleasing countenance, intelli gent features, a heavy mnoustache and above all an avowed coratermpt for the crowd-the ignobile vulgus-iiduced Miss E to have him added to her already numerous list of beaux. lie soon became a favored one-out shin. ing, as the boys say, every other ri val. No one was permitted to dance so often, to promenade or drive so frequently with Miss E as the gentle man from Europe-by which cogno V.:#~ I'- L. .. .e'..itz Jae Perry was non For him, no cotorie was sulliciently se lect or distingue to suit a gentleman of his birth and fortune. Miss E and others often noticed that Fitz'Jamesg rerry :M:q. IV, es immediately after dinner and supper and could not make his appearance for some time. The Landlord, au jol ly an old fellow as ever lived, for somie cause or other frequently smiled when F. J1. P's name was mntioned. What did these things mean '? As re gards the first, F. J. P. assured Miss E "it was his custom nowv, as when lie lived ini his father's castle on the Thames to spend one or two hours daily in the great work of writing his autobiography. " This explanation allayed all apprehensions and every one awaited with impatience the publication of such a great work. Our Landlord, the old scamp ! still contin ued to smile and oftentimes to grin, when sonme romantic incident or thril ling adventure of F. J. P's was re counted in his hearing. T1hus went matters thien, Miss E's fo ther being daily expected from Boston in the comach which re-ach ed New York at 5 o'clock in the morning, that young lady was up) amnd dressed waiting for his arrival. lIeI did not conme that morning but Miss E. concluded to take a walk alone to the sea-shore to watch the ocean surges and see the billows leap. There she remainmed until Sol had riseui, Retui. ning she found a number of gentlemen in the front piazza of the hotel and accordingly- was passing through the back yard, when oh ! " horror of horrors " what fell uipon her astonished view. - itz James Perry Esqj., clotched in a ragged suit and protected by a coarse aproni and wollen gloves was cleaning, k-nirecs for bireaAfasl ! That was his "great work." " Oh what a fall was there my countrymen." No wonder the lanidlord used to smile or eveni to grin!! For somne unaccountable cause Miss E~ left the very same day for homie not waitinig for- her father's arrival. Mr. Jamies Fitz P~erry shortly after wards departed, pirobably to'visit his father's castle on tihe Thames, but an acquaintance of ours dleclares he saw Mr. J, F. P. in Taylor's Restauraiit iri Broadway waiting oin customers. Oi course, we don't believe any such statement. All is not gold that glitters and th< most fashionable gentlemen at water. ing places arc often arrant pretenders, Yours, MAURIeE. New Yor t-y Sept.a d184 To the Rev. tile Clergy. of 8otath Croilssa. At the last Session of the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of South Carolina. It was resolved: "That the Grand Worthy Patriarch be requested to invite all the Ministers in this State to Preach sernions in fa vor of Temperance and Prohibition." Beloved Friends: In obedience to the above resolution, the duty devol. ves upon me to solicit your kind offi ces in behalf of the great and good cause in which we are engaged, by delivering a lecture or sermon on Temperance and Prohibition at such time as may suit your convenience. We feel that the very solicitations will find a prompt response in the bosom of each of you, for they who are dispensing to erring humanity the inestimable blessings of Religion. will appreciate the motives by which we are influenced in the laudable un dertaking, towards which we have contributed not only o;.r time, but our best energies. Standing as you do, on the lofty pinacle of piety, Watchmen to discern the approach of' sin and to ward offits danger, who so well calculated to speak for us a kind word against a vice, which daily slaughters its hundreds ? who so capa ble ofdasl hig the tempting cup from the hand of the poor deluded inebriate as you who, hour by hour witness the baneful effect of this most corrupting temptation ; and froi whose tongue with more power and truth than from yours, can fall the sweet word which may charm from the chaliced draug t, the lips %lhich are about to touch it ! M inistering at the Holy Altar where thousa ds are deterred from uniting with yon in thanks to Ltc Most Ifigh for blessings extended,. and promises foretold, by reason of the great enemy, against whom we have declared un. ceasing hostility, your own observa tion and reflection have furnish-d you with reasons and with arguments, which coming from the sacred desk, may tell with a power not yet experi eneed,.and you may have the .sweet consolation of knowing that you have chased the tear of sorrow from the eye of many a poor wife, and restored to sobriety and usefulness sonic degra. ded victim, who yet may be converted into a 'iseful member of society. Permit time to express my high gratification at the passage of the lies olutioti to which I have referred you. We have sent forth eloquent emissa ries in the great cause from our order, and they have efiteeted nuch, but yet much remains to be done. If we can engage in our good work mien, who like you, all must feel and know can not be possibly influenced by any consideration but such as have the welfare of marn in view, we flatter our selves that we shall have in our behal a tower of strength-one potent, for good. If the attention of listening and prayerful congregations throughout the land can be turned to the irmpor tant subject of Tenmperance, a diree. tion will be giv'en to thoughts, which will not be lost and will not pass away with the moment. The very conver sation to which the fact, will give rise -the very circumstance that the mat ter' is arresting the attention (if those ';hose character and position give thema weight in evi ry community, will speak trumpet tongued in a eanse against which not, even the most ill)' disposed can inveigh. Allow me to add my own solicita tion to that of those I have the honor to represent on this occasion, and to express the hope that our proposition may not only meet with your appro bation, but that you will commend the muotives which urge us to maka it. Mt NTGOMEltY MOSES G. W. P. Sumterville, Sept. 20th 1854. Mr Papers friendly to the cause oif Temperance, will please insert the abo v e. HYMENEIAL. M A1URliiD,---On the 6Jth inst., by the Rev. A. E. Chandler, Mr'. TrOMAS E. WVhrrT, anid Miss FRANCas IT. SP'ANN, daughter of Mr. Willis Spann, all of Sumter District. ScrofulIa. It has been remarked by eminent men, that in the varied catalogue of' diseases to which man is liable, there us scnrcely one of such imnportance and o such interest as Scrofula, whethrer we look to the oh. scurity of its origin, its insiduous progress, the number and variety of' organs that it attacks, or its remarkable incurability atnd extenisive fatality. Scrofuhi has baffled the skill of' the most eminent physicians in this country and in l~urope. But there is an antidote for this disease in "-Dr. Guayson's Extract of Yel lo okand Sarsapurilla," which is provinig itself a Specfic in the most severe catses ol Scrofudu. g-if" See advertisement. Turpentine Land. IIhe subscriber offers for sale 1,000 acres &of Turpentine Land at 63,00) per acre. M. H. PLO WDEN. Seai 20n 18- 4, .t Election Resolves, In tive House of Represesuta tives Decemaber 20. 1853. The Committee on Priveloges and Elections to whom were referred suudry petitions, praying the establihment ol new pl ces of Elections and the appointment of Managers for the next General election; having had t he same under consideration, beg leave to Report, and recommend the adoi ion of the following Itesolution: Resored, That the electons to be hold en on the second Monday in October next and the day following, for Senators and Representatives in the S:ate Legislature, shail be he!d at the foilowing places only, and conducted by the following persons: CLAREMONT MANAGERS. SUSITERVILLE: J. J. Knox, G- W. Bradlord, Ilenry Haynsworth. SwimiCrNG PENS: A. S. Watts, John W. Montgomery, It. H. Itembert. Bishopvlle: John H. Dixon, J. M Stuckey, John T. Green. CARTERS CRossING: Hardy Scarbor. ough, John Stuckey, George McCutcheon J r. SPRING HILL : Villiam T. Belvin, Jaimes Curbt Sr., Ozias Mathis. STALEBURG: \Y. W. Itees, Sebasti ,n Simter, B-flood. IioVIDENc : John Ballard, C. C. Jack. son, L J. Dikins. AMANCiIEsTER : Jacob B. Belrer, James A Ilarvin, Matthew Ramsey. PRIVAT:EER: Thos. O'Steen, \Villiam Nettles, John B. Tndale. Lymicujiau : John G. Potts, Isaac Rees Jr., A. A. McLeod. MECHANICSVILLE: Francis 1-1. Kennedy, Jam-ies W. Riembert, Wn. Prescott. Lowty's : M. A. Muldrow, Thomas R. Englibh, Josiah A. Flemining. W- In consequence of the death and resignation of suome of the Managers in the above list the folloving appointments have beei made: to wit. Bis[orvlLLE: Charles Spencer, in place of J. T. Green resigned, and Vm. K. Dixon in place of John 11. Dixon resiLned. SPRING HILL : Daniel Mitiis, in place of Ozias Mathis resigned. 1P:oVIDENcE : Wn. B. Jennings, in place of John Ballard, deceased. One Scnator and three Representatives to be elected. Po Is to be opened two days at Sumter ville and one day (Monday) at all the other placias Managers to ineet at Sumter. ville on the Wednesday following, count the votes and declare the election. CLAltENDON : MANAGERS. BRAnuA3s: Win. L. Iteynolds, John C. Bethune. E. M. Bradham. FULTON : T. C. Itichardson, Brown MannJ. J. Broughton.. Wr.LLInM SHoRTEas : Hamilton lus bands, William S. Wilder, Be.j. Walker. Jons J. TisiALE's : It. P. Ilaynsworth, Thos. Bur ess, James Plowden. McFAD DENS 8enool HOUsE : F. S. McFli.&dden, Charles A Rich, J. C. Bur gess. ''oRK Box : D. E. Ilodge. C. L. With. ersploon, Jos. L,. Plowden. WtTitERSi'ouN'S MUsTER FIELD : SIl. A Burgess, Daniel E. Evans, W. 11. M~cEiscan. MoTis OLD PLACE : Robert J. Mc Knight, Stephen C. Lea, Jas. B. McE] veen. CALUOUN Box: 8. C. Riobbourgh, A. P. Brock, Robert Wells. Onee Senator and two Representatives to be elected. Man:,gor4 to mieet ntl Vdnemdiy UL Samuel Hlarvins, count the votes and de. ciare the election. 1ills t , he opened at 9 o'clock, A. M and c'ored it 4 )'clock P. M., with conve nient inturvals, The box, vessel or bag to be sealed up when the hulls are closed, and not to be openetd except to rceove~ votes the second day, and ~to count the votes at t he regetlar tcm2 and place, A. A. 17:21, 3 Sint. 136. Resolred, That the Managers of Elec tions, prior to their proceedmug to the elec tons dii take the following oath or allirmna tioni heinre some Mlagistrate, or one of the Miaiagers of Elections, to wit : "That they wvill faithfully and impartially conduct and attend to the foregoineg elections agreeably to the Constitution of the State ot South Carolina and the laws thuereof." Resol red, That in future, no person gnahatied to vote for miemibers of each brancth of the Legislature, shall be par nmi.tted to vote in more than one election district or parish, and the Managers of Election thiroughiout the State arediereby required anid directed if they think proper, or on application of any ese tor presenit) to :diniister to any persoins offermig to vote, the foillowimi cath. 1. A. B., di, solminly s sear (or affirm, as the case ma~y be, that I have not, at this g~eneral election foer muemibers of the Legislature voted in this or any other dis. trict or parish, and that I am co.nsutiition aly qjuah~ted to vote-8o help moe Gol. Arid ii any persoin or piersonis, required as aforesaeid to take said oath or affirmna. ticon shall refuse to do so, then the Mana-. gers, in their respective Disirects or Par ishes, shall be, anid they are hereby re quiired anid enjoined to refnse such vote or Yotes. and mn case the Manaegers shall refuse to require the oath as aforesaid wvh'n demanded, they shaldl be liable to all the painis anid penalties they woulid be liabile and subject to for neglecting any other duties required of them as Mlanagers of Elections for either branich of the Leg ish turo. Resolred, Thati the Act altering fourth Sectionu of the State of South Carolina be herewith published, to-wit: " Every free white rman of twvety-one years (paupers, non-commnissionued otieers and privates of the Army of the United 8tates excepted,) being a citizen ol this State. and havmng resided therein two years previous to the day of election, and who has a freehold of fifty acres of land, or a town lot of which he has beeni legal. hy seized and possessed at least six months before auch election, or not havitng such freehold or town lot, hath been a resident in the election District in which he off'ers to give his vo before the election uix mnonths, shall have a right to vote for a member or mnembers to servo in either branch of the Legislature for the Election Dis'rict in which he holds such property or residence." Resoired, TPhat the two years' residence required by the Constittion in a voter, are the two years inmmediately previeus to the election, and the six months' resl. dence in the Election District, are the si., months immetediately previous to the elec. tion. But if aniy person have his homne ii the State, lie does not lose the right oj residence by temporary absence with the St 'ntion of ret urnitng, but it one have his homne and famnily in another State, th< presence of such persoti. although contin. ned for tw~o years ini the State, gives- rx right to vote. Resolred, That it shall be the special duty of the Man igera to report. to the SolicItors all violations of the electionnle and all cases of t ry and corrojtkett aftd to use their*best effirts to brigg the offena der to justico. Sept. 27, 1851 Horse Shoeing, Blacksmithb ing, &. &c. The above braicheii, together with En giieering and Aachinests work generally, cun and will be haithiully executed at the SUMTElt MACHINE SHOPS near the Rail Road Depot itn Sumtnerville. No ex. ertions will be withheld to render these Shops worthy the patronage, and capable of supplymtr the Mechanical requirements of tIhe District. A Foundry will be erected as soon as practicable, both for Iron and Brass. \Ve have anl excellent Steam En gine in operation, capable of driving a large duantity of machinery, p'.y eno. bling ue to execute work witt y and economy. Al work done nt this estai.ishment will bo turned out undor the inimediate inspec tion of the subscr.ber. We ask no onesilded patronage. If our work is not as well done and as cheap na other Shops can ac coimiplish it, we expect not to be employed. Otherwise we desire only such patronage as will enables us to do justice to all pIar ties. T. J. COGU LAN, Ma:ager. Sept. 27th, 1854 48 tf Ur3 Watchnan, copy if. Gun and Locksmith Shop. The subscriber informs the public that lie has added to the workshops near the Depot in Suniterville, a shop for doing G un, Locksnith, and other fine Smithwork, aprd ha's enployed a first rate workman for that purpose. T. J. COGIULAN. Sept. 27, 1854 48 tf [ET Watchman copy tf. Steam Grist Mill. A first rate Grist Mill is now in operation at tie Sumter Machine Shops. A careful aid attentive watchman attends to this department. Those who choose to avail themselves of this convepience can be ac coiirodated every day except Snndays. T. J. COGHLAN, Manager. S;ept. 27, 1854 43 tf 1D" Watchiran copy if. Notice. Office Wil. & Man. R. R, Co. ON and after ist of October, the Pas seinger lta'es of Fare on this Road, will be estalblished as follows : First Rate Fare, ner station, - $ 30 ""fromt Wliingtori. toil to Kingsville, - 6 00 Second Rate Fare. per s ation. - 25 "6 ". for two or more stations-per station, - 20 " " " frurn Wlningtoi to Kingsvrlle, 4 00 J. '. ROBERTSON, Act'g Supt. Sept. 27, 1854 48 at Land For Sale. I FER 6r sale TIlltEEE TRACTS OF LAND lying in Clarke County it isissippi, rear a depot n tihe Mbile anl' Ohio Railroad, and within a few hour's travel of the Southern Itailroad route frotrt Vicksburg to the Alabama State Line, ere long ctincliirg itbelf w.th the Charlestonr road, and thus mi t nt iL will be oni the great thurolugrfare from the At, ic te the Paciie. The first Tract is over 1700 arcres, 400 hreirrrnock, the~ balantce rich rreek bottom, every acre of whichr (e .eept th-rt which the creek runs throughr) carn he cultivated, andi will yield 1500 pounrds of cotton per acre, arnd from 40 to 50 bushels of corn per acre. The secoind Tract hias 80o acres, joins the nbove and is eqrually as r:ch. Each hrve beautiful sites for settlements, com rmarding a full view of the whole. T1he third Tract hasr 850 acres, 200 cleared, wvill make 1000 pounds of cotton, arnd 30) bushrels of corn per acre-Screw, Gin House, line dwelling, &c. -The above lands lie near the village of Enterprise, where there are two fine Ac adeimies. They are fine-wvatered, well. timbered, the besat of stummer and winter range for stock, extensive outlets, arnd ars to health and societf, the country stands unrsurpasised by a-ry other portion of the ' Sunny South." Th~ere are miany advantages here, whili a notice of this kink would preclude--the l'act is I have never seen so tine a country overlooked as this has been. Imniginre bodies of land lying in the sand. hills betwveen Columbia arnd Camden, S. C., which will produce fromi 1(000 to 1500 pounds of cotton per acre, and corn in the same proportion, with all tire blessings of pure water anid goo I health for which those sarndhills are nroted, arnd the same wvill be realize J here in the country, and the Lands which I now offn for sale. Upon the whole, (aind I speak knowing. ly,) this is the most desirable cotton regrion in the West. I will only add that here tihe children's children. will find a fertile -ihomiesteaid" without the applicati on of G uuno. Pay menits easy-titles indisputable. WILLIAM A. WARD, Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi. Sept. 27, 1854 48 2 Mules I Mules ! Mules ! TH'lE subscribers notify the citiz.ens of Sumter atnd tihe adjoining Districts, that they will be in Sumttervydle onr the 10th of October proxitmo, at which time they wil off'er for sale as tine, or the finest lot of Mules ev'er off'ered in this market. TIhey will be glad to have all those who, may be in want oftmules or horses, wvhoaro rend of looking at fine stock, to call tipon them at China's lontel. Their old .custo mtera especially.LJS& ANE - Sept. 13, 1954 463 . if Notice. Application will be mande at the zext session of the Legislature 19r an~ 4t of incorporationr. of Calhoun 141dg', 1N 1, Knightas of Jericho, located ait Su, tcrville! South Carolina.. Sept. 0, 1854 45 4 3nrh MODERN HORSE DOCTOR, THEhBEST' WORK ON TiiE UORSE~ ?VIER PUBlU8HED IN AMk1 Lg4. - 'JEiE $pa . JOHfN P. JEWETI & COMutt yv