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THE INDEPENDENT MESS |j u rculisiieu every mti'rdat mojinixo. O. O. PUCKBTT, ) j1' M. FUCILETT, Editors. , 8 ... . i Individuals, like nations, fail in not hi at/ which t they boldly attempt, ir'f n sustained by rirtnous v purpose, and d-hrmin-d resoh'tinn.?Ifiivny Ci.av. s " IViltiny loj>ruix'\ yet not afraid to blame.'" ' Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance. A "OTITITTTT T "T1 n TT I ilJOJJXj V V>. XX. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1854,'v A Chanco to Settle. I If any of our rcadora desire a settlement in j v Abbeville District, near the railroad, Mr. wether, ns will be seen bv his advertisement, !s oilers a rnre clmnce. i j .Resurrection of Hamburg. 11 A new paper is soon to be issued from Ilnm ' burg, S. C., under tin title of The Vttllti/ lJio- 1 necr,, bj* J. M. Koi.insoS, l'sq. Price, "lie dollar. |' Wo wish Mr. kom.nson groat sitcccs*. 11 is ' prospectus shall have n showing next week. | Our Representative. [ The Lexington papers report the fulfilment' i of Col. Brooks' appointment to address the s citizens of that District on sale-<lay last, ami , speak very highly of his performance on the f occasion. , In behalf of his irieml.< in tl?ii? District, wo '. exienu 10col. liuooKS an invitation to vi- iI. Ah- ; bovillc at his earliest convenience, and uddivss i tlic "unterrificd" in this quarter of hi, lichl.? , A hearty "well done!" awaits liim. ' j Special Notice. In order to avail ourselves of the earliest do-! pm turc of the country mails, we f-hall henceforth commence the printing of the Pwm on Thursday, at ten or'eleven o'cloelf, a. m. The | majority of the mails for the District leave on 1 Friday morning, and if we fail to transmit at j1 that time, the opportunity does not. occur airain ' 1 for R^vprnl /lnrc Aa !?? 1 * 1 ? ?..?= ...v una K-jiai-L early cv- , ' cry morning, it is impossible for us to supplv | 1 those offices 011 the r:iiiro.-i<l before Saturday, j without neglecting l.liose whose mail facilities j ' arc less, aiul lience demand first attention. Those wishing to advertise with us will please j1 hand in th> .r favors hy 10 o'clock on Thursday. ' This will save us ineonvenienee, and insure tht |' insertion of advertisements. Erskine Commencement. !:l All along we had flattered oiir.-cll' that this 1 occasion should not pass without our parlicipa-' K tion in its enjoyments; hut when the day nr- :l ni tu we ;oiinu oilier claims so relentlessly:1' exacting that wo were forced 1? yifM ami sti.y j x away. Our columns were so full, too, la-! ' week, that wo wauled oven space to acknowledge the kindness of "A Si'iictatok," whose long i v slumbering pen, nothing blunted by the inter- 1 val of idleness, awoke to sketch for us the beau-1 1 ties of the literary scene. It is not too late, i N however, even now, and bersby we tender our thanks, and a "free ticket" into our "omnibus" 1 ' whenever he chooses to occupy a scat. ! 1 Allow us a word in reference to the College :" generally. We have the pleasing intelligence ' that the Endowment will take effect at the 11 opening of the next session in November.? 11 Some forty-eight thousand dollars' worth of 1 scholarship have been sold already, and there ! h arc still "a few more of the same sort" to lie j r obtained by early application to ilr. IIi.mi-iiii.l, \ ? or any other of the agents. ! v "We speak the sober convictions of an unbi-j v ased judgment when we say a citizen of Abbe- 11 ville could scarcely <lo more for his District j a in one act than by investing the price of a j< scholarship in Erokinc. We have resided in ; tlie midst of that community, at the same time li perliaps prejudiced against the peculiarities of n the "r?eceder"*faith and worship, and we can s nay a inore honorable, liberal, and truly goner- t oub commnnity of citizens is not to be found in \ this District or Slate. They arc eminently r worthy of trust;"aiid, so far as we can judge, r rnn(lnMj> nf 17?? / > " v* ^o?iii? ^onoge nre ns copa-j1 bio in the discharge of preceptorial duties as j t thej ore kind and conscientious in the discharge ! < of those of 60ciul nnd religions character. I? Invest, then, in Erskine College. It will pay : < your children o dividend when your bank and i railroad stocks shall have long been forgotten. * ? ? ^ Mt. Vernon Campmeeting. < Tue exercises of this meeting were com- i menced on Thursday evening, the 8d, and con-' i tinned until Tuesday morning, the 8th instant, j i The principal part of the tent-holders were , < on the ground at an early hourin tire ntternoon : t of the first dijjr, but were held in BMncnsn > < several hours by the non-arrival of any preacher ; and it wns not until about sunset that they < were relieved by the welcome and quick-spread 1 intelligence that "Brother K has come."? t The lights were soon blazing upon the fire- 1 stands, tho congregation assembled, and the ? preach'eVs voice (by no means effeminate) was 1 beard in tones of marshalling thunder "setting I the battle in array." I To tho great relief of those to whom an hour j 1 of imaginary disappointment is an ago uneasiness, the nnmhep nf 1 ' - v> |/( vuvuvis uegrni 10 j I multiply at every succeeding service, and by j < Saturday nftornoon wo had, in common par- i lance, "preachers a plenty." i Tho ministrations of the pulpit were pointed, c effective and eloquent^> JW| that forced and j. studied eloquence which'trio often finds cpunte- c nance by those who ltfan upon an arm of flesh, nd bope by worldly wisdom to sncceed ; but 1 i1,A i' mi a i true and genuine eloquence which lives in I c sweet. ?nd IndUsolbblc association with "the f gospel of thallessed God." Tlio attention of ] the rpnltitude to the preaching of the word was ti marked and respectful. There were a$out sev- c flrity Accessions to the Church, and notlese than t thirty professed conversion. ti ' of Snturdr.y>t)igM, tho " entirewSffen was one of interest and profit. e wufi vp jil^ui/ specmea, |^( "l$wd fellowe-of the baser torV ? te^ fergot -i ' fry Wr^j^Slng. ri to ,.H.T Ijgj&lr ji friah supply of both gentiM* li?d Just been im* b. yorttd, ?ifd being tinacqtijiintod with tli? oan- rt * '* *j* k ^ *>; % .$*. vj.sf ' '< 3#1. '"- - oins of civilized society and knowing nothing filer, of course were excusable. But, us public sediment and fueling have rmg .since fixed upon nil such cluiract.-rs the eal of moral reprobation, wo are reminded of !?? duty of forbearaueo, and would add but one lord more?all such "chaps" will, 011 till occaions, "bear watching." ' ? - - - Gatherings l>y tho Waysido. Tiiukk is a distressing dearth at present in lie staple market, and editors ?>f non-inventive lenities find il difficult to jiroeuro the wherevi11 to manufacture "leaders."' There are, lowever. fortunately, two inexhaustible sources lift to those who can find nothing else from ^liioh to draw. First, travelling affords mater for very accommodating expatiation ; and, ccondly, Maj. l'liintv, <?f the J'atriot, is nn ol>i-et tijion whom all seem privileged to extend their harmless thunder, aiul many have irru uiuuiicsi ing very assiduously lor sonic uonths a disposition to exorcist* their pri\ ik-ges. v. e do not consider ourself among the elass lenounccd by the 1'atrial, we have no desire vhatcver to join the clamorous crusade again.-t int. ICn passant. We would suggest, and then nocecd, that the probable cause of this allied oHeg e upon the Patriot exists in his ignoring oine of lis.-; cotemporaries, and they have unUrtuketi to urturt a recognition. There is a ii niiarity, in some respects, between the conluot of quadrupeds and bipeds. When, fur inlit nee. a rather independent eow is attacked in ; meadow by some en viousco-grazer, the whole ici'd usually "pitch in" to aid envy against- in* lcpeiideiiee. or, as they would probably define t, presumption. Having, as remarked, 110 desire to compete in such an alVrny, we turn to the first named resort and try to build a column or so out of u Lrip to Anderson. On the way hence to iloiic-Es' Depot we found I he converse of a gentleman, who was on his eturn from u Western tour, very ciitcr'.uiuing. lie spoke of tlie crops in many sections of Tenlessee, Alaliama, and Mississippi, as hcing very ine. Corn is now selling in many of those Beeions at thirty-live cents per bushel, ami ho .'oiiiiilently predicts the growing crop will rclnee the priee to little more than hall* the prcs nt rate. The Htciim horse, lie says, is much wifter 011 the Western tracks than lie is here; n fact everything there goes on the hijrh pros um principle?no place for laggards. Wo wc-ro glad to see such nu anxiety evinced ilong the way to obtain the Ind< pnuli-nt, (it heng the day of its issue,) hut wcte extremely ojtv tliai from inadvertent neglect the paekire ha<l not heen sent to the conductor. We .. cur l<> the matter, that our friends along the cay may know that we are conscious of and egret the disappointment. After the usual detention at Iloiions', we vere again thundering onward towards the toint of our aim, with u heart throbbing, at. houghts of cherished association.", in unison villi the throes of the iron museles bearing us ullantly away. At Donualdsvillc iJr. 1-2. 15. 'i!i>si.v, of Due West, was added to ou; com ijiiiy. i*roiu turn we heard, for tlie first time, 1" tin: .su<1<1<m) dcnlli (if a highly esteemed friend, ami:-, Lindsay, Jisq. lie died, at his home in )ue West, on Thursday the 10th instant, after very brief but painful conflict with disease, "lie intelligence fell like an ic'.de upon our cart. The death of no man (outside of near elationsliip) could have a fleeted us more. To s lie was a friend, in the fullest, sense of the fold, and we feel ntnl mourn his loss. The illngo of Duo West, for which ho. did more hun any other man, by his energy, liberality nd Bound discretion, has sustained a shock by his r?... ...i.:. i. ? ' , 11IV.II \ UillO Will Kill IO eeover it. Mr. Lindsay was ft model man. In 11s character were combined ?s many virtues ,iul as few fauils as in that of any one. I'osessing unusual equanimity of temper, indoniiable energy, and extrnordinary judgment, lie vas n model master; ft most sagacious business nan ; a comparatively unerring counsellor ; ind, above nil, ft philanthropist and a christian. Host sincerely docs the writer of this brief ribute to bis memory and worth shed ft tear >ver his grave; not ns ono without hope; for, iltliougli eminently successful in meeting an earthly reward, we doubt not bis is now "the nlieritance of the saints in light." As wo approach (lje village of Anderson, the :rops exhibit a more cheering prospect than in >ur own vicinity; and beyond they are si ill nore promising. We raw excellent corn a few niles from the village. The grain crop usually nonopolizes our attention. It is an essential :rop. Of cotton we con scarcely venture nn pinion, though we believe it looks generally 1 ne. Sabbath we spent in Anderson village, in company with our old friend and partner, Mr. {ice, of the Advocate, and others, whom past issociations still garner in our memory. An ?our was devoted to attendance on religious lervices, conducted by Rev. Mr. Mouse, in the Presbyterian church. Tho ministrations.of Mr. ^Iohse are earnest and ?>fT?.? ?.?t, unu wc were ileased to sre, as of yore, a full assemblage of learcrs. The grading of tho Rabun Gap Road goes jravely on. From tbc village some of the opcations arc plainly visible. At tho depot we loticed a host of huge iron tubes to be uso<l, nste?4fof brick or stone, in tho construction of ulverts on tlielinc. It is thought the road from Anderson to.the tunnel (forty-five miles) will.b?;raded by the end of the present year. Anderson village is still iinnrovintr. ?nJ n.? icerts of ita citizens still expanding with antiipntions of its coming greatness. There are a ew adjuncts, however, about Bomo of its excelcnt hotels which we respeotfully submit aro lot required for the promotion of public interst or private virtue, or the advancement ofl heir most excellent female seminaries. We lave no fancy for "cracks in the wall." There has been some sickness thero the presut season. One or two, wo were informed, rim regarded by an experienced physician as fill-defined cases of cholera. They, however,, f?t?> not fatal, and trenflr?1 . ? 6v itemi*ii now Myalls. On onr return we were subjected to a dofen"on of three hoars at Bolton, occ<6iohed by the scurroncoof airacoideot. About three mile* dyond -WiHiamBton an axle of the loooraotire alqntarily broke, nn4 th? consequence* were .. tu; . * , ; JfcV.r- ' a departure from tho tracks-considerable injupw to a fireman, niul tlio nfoi^Snid detention. Tlief, ' Anderson branch train ran up and brougliC* off tho passengers, leaving the GrccnvfliS train in ' xta/ii quo?on the track, stationary. Stenni and dust were again raised, and in a very few minutes we tumbled out at lloixir.V. Anotfttfr do- , ; r .... i .. i.?ir i ! printed in the company of a few fiiend^jf 8J^d ; once more we were on the wing, and scion nt j : Abbeville, entertaining more strongly than ev- , : ?-r the opinion tlint. *!ie, even she, lias the clej meats, if only full} developed, of ns mueh pros- | purity and beauty some of the balance of ! those "cracked up" railroad village*. Hut we j i will not assume to lecture the 'city fathers"? ! ! we are too conscious of the evident presumption I i of such an undertaking. Yi'c are content with . ! our home, at any late, and more wp need not hope or desire. COMMUNICATIONS. (Volt tiib inilefesilknt i'uiks.] j The Barbccuo at Matthews' Spiing. j I Mcssrx. Ju/ilors: ilany a barbecue has reI ceived newspaper notoriety not lialf so descrv! ing as llie one to which we are about to allude. I I We oiler this rattier as an apology for trespa.v t sing upon your columns, if indeed there is cause j j thai we should be apoiogetieal. i On Friday of last week, at Mattiikws' Spring, i I just to (he l ight of (lie Augusta road, about! j t wo and a half miles from the village of Abbe- ; i ville, we ale one of the host Imrhrpiie.! ?li?. j net's?(we say it without the fear of successful I contradiction)?that, was ever cooked in this or . in any other District of South Carolina. This : is n {.weeping assertion, but it can be sustained ' j by the te.-tiiiiony of m?n, good and true, whose j say so in a matter of the kind is far better au- j thorify than that of our humble self. We would premise a more particular deseripi tion of the occasion with the remark that this ! dinner was made up by the liberal contributions of th?5 worthy farmers residing around I ' the spot where it was served, and the suhserip- j ' lions of a number of the villagers?that its | vcitur was laid in a neighborhood abounding in i fat shoats and mutton, and all the materials! which constitute the staff of life, and in a cool and pleasant grove in close proximity to a l.:.... - inir, iiic mm'.* 01 wnose waters is not j (. infilled to its shady precincts. When we arrived at llio spot and paw who | I wore the men in charge of the entertainment, j we were well satisfied of three things: that : we should have a good dinner; that tlie guests would be well served; nnd last, though not i least, that order and quietude would eharaeteri ize tlie whole scene. Willi connoting reflections j suggested hy a remembrance of these facts, we ' i availed ourseif of one of the many comforta- j ! hie seats provided, and sat us down to nurse j j our appetite, in which task we were materially j i aided bv tlie irentie hreeve* wliii-li i | brought. IIic /mz/ks of the smoking pit athwart I j our olfactories. To Johnson U.oir.v and J>ri> Matthews, who superintended the pit, we were indebted for the j thoroughly coo!;e<l enreassos, the delightful i beef.steaks and rich hash with which the tables | I were loaded. To Messrs. N. J. Davis, Tiios. E. | j Owes, Jamks H. Conn, John Tacgakt, W. M. j j SaLK, .InO. A. IIL'.NTKR, G. C. RoWKItS, McMtM.AX, j ! Ives, and others, the ladies were indebted for a j , table spread with a show white cloth, and pro-! vided with knives and forks and every eonve- j [ niencc for disetwsing tlie meat an?l vegetable j j repast with wbieli it groaned; as also to them j ' were all the guests, both ladies and gentlemen, | to the number of about, three hundred, indebt- ! ; cu lor ilie very kind and valuable attention re- j | ecived whilst at- tlie table*. j After tlie whites were served, and well served, j i the servants of the neighborhood in attendance [ ; were brought to tlie tabic*, as bountifully pro- | , vided for them as for the master ; and still the j l provisions furnished for the occasion were by , i no means consumed, for we noticed seven or ! I eight carcasses untouched upon the pits, and i I also quantities of bread, when all were filled I J "to running over." * Nor whs this all. Wo saw : vessels full of the most delicately tempered ice , lemonade, carried in all directions through the ! crowd, to the great comfort and refreshment i thereof. In short, there \vns everything that | heart could wish, appetite could crave, or comj fort demand. Socially, the guests enjoyed themselves very i much. There seemed to be a free communion i of feeling, and interchange of sentiment, so : eminently productive of peace and harmony in j I a neigborhood. There was uo public speaking, j the dinner bulrig exclusively a social and neiir'ij borhood ^flTaif.' 'Mr. Samuel Jordan was the only rAndidiitc for tho Legislature |)rcscnt, those residing in tho village being absent and otherwiso engaged so that they could not attend. Tho candidacy for Sheriff and Tax Collector was represented in tho persons of James M. Martin and T. It. Cochran, and tho Rev. .T.x.ui \f~? J" ? * ? ???? wmou mm oaml'cl a. llodoe.3. At an early hour after dinner, the more staid portion of tho compauy vory quietlj' dispersed, each to his own home, well satisfied and gratified at tho agreeable manner in which tho day ?long to .beTgtnembcred by those who enjoyed it?pftMod jME^'riie young people in attendance adjomWST to a neighboring lior.se, where for several"hours, as we have heard, they shook "the light fantastic toe." A Guest. Boston, Aug. 9.?A Constable of Sheerhroko has arretted tw6 gangs of counterfeiters in Canada. They carried on the business in tho woods. Thei^irppleinenUi were taken, consist4ng,of a printftflT nress, 20 p'atca, a machine for 1 stamping gold ami silver- moulds, dies, ink, paper, engraver's tools, and thousands of counter- 1 feit money. It is the moifcUmportant arrest of ' ? * tvivcmiiiurniaae, " Since tbo middlo of Jnno $10,000 had been' ' isesucd on the Nashville Bonk of New Hampshire alone, nnd circulated "chiefly in the State' of New York. They frero 6<ocuted with singular skill. Large amounts of coun^rfeit gold and jilver coin bad also be$n issued.^Phe-band was complefclly organised, and engrftvera, p?in- 1 I tors, signers, to., ore now all lodged in the I Montreal jail. ' * 1 { The Newberry BentinH uvi?Mr. B. V. J Jverson pfauted one-twelfth of *& in ' Resoua Grass Med last t*li. Tbk *?umnwr he J gathered 18 buahdp of seed off of jty WUob he ' Has sold for $8fl0 in wh. . ^ f We learn nmbia OatoUman that * <' * ? * 4 V ? *, Prospoota of the Wart *iTlic Nil tibial Intelligencer publishes the following extract of a letter from an American now in Franco. The views nre, perhaps, as likely to l>e correct us thu very different ones commonly put forward: Pauih, July 20, 1RWL?1 saw vostcidav Count. , who is behind tin; curiam liorc. He is evidently dissatisfied wish tli<? present stnte of affairs, an<l that}oattcrs arc not working well as regards Kilssta. He says that Louis Napoleon has " missed n figure" in his present policv, and no hod v issatisficdy.-xcept thcariiiy. Spain at. present, is a great cause of anxiety, as it is an encouragement to sm-h charlatans as Kossuth, Ma/.zini, <ki'. There is no eonlidenee felt here in Prussia mid Austria, partieularly the latter, tliouuli lieravowed views are really not so openl\" against the allies as those of Prussia. Great Britain, before all is over, must look out for squalls, for, whether defeat or victory attends the allies in the East, there will he a grand blow up between those who are now apparently so loving, after being haters of each other for *. ?i_??? wii i??? IV.-., 1 n*r ?i | *j?;i i l*ii i I'Wi uiaillV IS yu IV from the tooth outward, ami the former jealousies nn<l bitterness ?.f fooling are as deepseated as over. If they arc siiceossfu), thoy will quarrel over Iho spoils, and if thoy are defeated, thoy will likewise quarrel and separate. It is amusing to read the English papers and see how coolly they curtail the territories of Russia, as if that Empire was at hor foot. They hii'l hotter first ealeh tho IJoar before tin1}' soil his hide. My holiefis that ho will thrash them all right soundly. BrcadstufTs. The lust accounts from Europe represent crops <>f every description to be in h llourishing condition. The prospects of an abundant, yield is said never to have been better. Tho conclusion, therefore, is, though it is hardly i f. .. .1. ii-i ?> - i ' v....x. , r (?ri .11 u iivimiiiv; win*, Liiai* '-in1 urnmsiu lor supplie* from this country will be considerably below what it was lastvear. The London paper-' state that Knuland wil! bo much less dependent xi)><>( America in lHjl tlian she was in 185!5 for i<ri|-pliesof wheat, ami llonr?hergrannric? being now tolerably well filled, and her harvesi promising. In Trance, too. the wheat erop is said to be superior in quality and larger in quantity than the average of former years. A London correspondent adds: "The Algeria harvest is already reaped, and large consignments are on their way to Marseilles, and have already materially influenced prices in favor of theIriyor. There is also the almost positive certainty that France will he able to sell to Knglish purchasers instead of competing with them intheirown market. On ?i... ? .1. . - . ' ...-i V ..,.11,1.111. Hie < TUJIS :in; iwiciisivc, anu U?? markets nre not. only <1 nil hut fa-t declining. A circular from ltostock calculates on n lurge yield, at least, one-fourth above the usual average of the wheat, crop, and more than a full nvcingc of other corn. There are the same prospects in the liallic districts, nnd accounts ore extremely favorable from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In Prussia there are excellent, prospects of a (rrcnt yield, and at Smyrna the (rraiu is unu-tm'il v plentiful. In Kgypt. the prices have greatly fallen, and at. Alexandria the corn is Most abundant. In the Principalities the corn s being ent hv tlie Russians, but in Bnlpirin the harvest has Ik-c;i the most abundant. On the whole, the prospects 01 the supplies of corn aIV very good. Potatoes promises to be abundant, and a- these two articles have a material influence on the general price of provisions, the food of the people may he cxpeited to irrow 'clien,*; nnd should this anticipation prove correct, an impulse will be given to business which it i* now seriously in need of." Horrible Murder. Another shocking murder was committed in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening. Mr. J. X. T. Tucker, editor of the j?ailv Freeman, on his way home from hits office, drunk with a friend and became intoxicated. On reaching homo lie gave his children a pop-gun, which soon af'er created a quarrel among them, and lie snbseBuently took up a razor, and laying hold of his ttle bov, aged five years, he cut his throat from ear to ear, killing him instantly. The New York Kxprosa gives the following details ol the ivvo ting scene: 44 A a 1m *1-- f ' 1 1 1 .. . ..v <>.?> ui'uhv i" commit. ihi: i:tiin ui'cm, the child cried, ill pitiable accents, 'don't kill me, daddy,' ami those were the last words tlie poor bnltc spoke, for in a second ho whs dead. The mother, who was in the room, and little thought her husband was about to commit the horrid deed, shrieked, and lie. immediately caught hold of her and cut her throat from the left ear, but the razor missed the jugular vein and cut the chock, lie then made two other attempts at her throat, making severe gashes, but she struggled and fought with him, and prevented his accomplishing his murderous purpose. The daughter of the unfortunate man, and her brother, escaped from the room and pave thcalarm? and soon officer Cavcrty, of the Third District^ and several other persons, rushed up stairs to withhold his murderous hand. "On entering, they fonnd Air. Tuckcr struggling with liia wife, in tlio act of cutting nt licr throat: on the floor lay the body of the murdered child, weltering in its blood, which made the room like a slaughter house. One of the persons who first entered struck the murderer on the head and knocked him down, and one or two others held him down, lie tried to get. his hand into his pocket, I hreatening to shoot them, but the officer raised his club to strike him if he made any attempt to injure them. Tliev then secured him and conveyed him to the Third District btation house, where ho was locked up out of the way of further harm. In the commission of the horiid deed, ho cut his own Liiumo severetv." Fp.a.vce.?Tlio Emperor arrived at Bouiogno on the 11 tli. There wits 110 public reception. On arrival-he reviewed the troops and issued the fallowing Proclamation to the army: "Soldiers:?Russia having forccd us to war, France has armed 000,000 of hur children. England has called out a considerable number of troops. To-day troops and armies, united for the same cause, dominate in the Baltic as well as the Black Sea. I have selected you to be the first to carry our eagles to those regions of the North, English vessels will oonvey you there ?a uniuqe fact in history, which nroves the in timutc nl'linnce of tlio two great n itions, nn?l Uie firm resolution of the twoGovcmmcnU not to abstain from any sacrifice to defend th<s right of the weak, tlio liberty of Europe, aud the national honor. " Go, my children I Attentivo Europe, openly or secretly, offorsup vows for your triumph; our country, proud of a stQjggle which only threatens, the aggressor, nc*S||*niee you with its ardent vows;?and I, wfroitt- imperious dutios i-otain still distant from the scene of events, shall have my eyes upon yon. I shall be able Lo sayr'thoy are worthy sons of the conquerors of Ansterlitz, of Eylan, of Friedland, and of Moakowo, "Go I May God protect you I Napolson." Old School jbesbtteniax Church.?-This is i the largest body of Presbyterians, in one con- : joctioD, in the world. According tp its annual statistics, just issued, tbe Philadelphia Ameriian learns its numbers 2,208 ministers; 236 11- i :ontii?tea; 2,?7fl churches, and 225,404 comrauiicanUi ? There were added during the eaclesiutioaLyter just olosed 68 ministers, 02 chnrehm, X8,4?J communicants on Wof?sslpn vT tbair iaith; 23 ministers additional to tno foregoing , vere added from' other denominations. Tha, i ftnonnt contrib'uted to congregational and be-f 1 Hiqreh Mpawtfd from it. ..?. - * ' NEWS ITEMS. - ? ? li Bi.ve Ridoe Railroad.?We find the fol!o%v- 01 ing paragraph respecting this important work, in the correspondence of the Spartanburg Ex- 8' press: ' 1 have no news of much interest to coniniu! nientc. The work 011 the Bluts RiJire Railroad -v is progressing finely, and would go on tnuelt t] | more* expeditiously, if tlic necessary number of ? laborers eould be procured. The entire work ^ from Anderson to the tunnel, some 33 miles, be- ^ ingletoutto nub-contractors, who are anxious . to push their jobs through, the price uud de! maud for labor is greatly enhanced j and labor* ^ j era, like cotton speculators, in times ofexcitement^ are looking for higher prices, and socrn indiirerI cut about it, although wages are from lifty to i sevciily-live cents higher than they ever were | before up here. Negroes hire at fifteen dollars i per mouth, and white men from seventy-five j cents to one dollar per day, boarding themi Helve?. There are now not less than five or | six hundred hands employed on the different ! contracts; and as many more can find profita- , ble employment in ten days. j I Corn is selling at seventy-five cents, and ba- ? ! con :it nine to ten ccnts. So you inny set down j ! the completion of the IJlue Ridge Railroad 115 j a fixed fact, with much more ccitnninty than j ' the completion of the State House, with its an- [ ; nual appropriation of ?250,000. y Tin: Xkw Post Route Ait.?The Washington ^ National Iiitclligciiccr says (lint the net 011 this ~ j subject, passed by Congress a day or two ago, J j combines several importantndvuutngea. In the *J : first place, it enumerate < mid re-enacts all the 'J | legal post roads in 011c bill, instead of leaving '* them dispersed ns now through the laws of forty | or fifty years. Next, it arranges them on a ' principle which makes reference to the contents I of the act quite easy ; a feature not to be found *' 1 in any previous route bill. Again, it states the | j points of supply by the official names of the 'J ; post, offices thereat. Lastly, it legalizes the mi- 'J i merous alterations in the course of the post ^ I ...... .. me u<iu[iiin^ 01 me rauroaas ns "" the principal arteries of the mails lins in Into J years forced upon the Postma;-ttT Central. The J, Department. now starts oil' with a clean batch * of about eight thousand routes, laid down, as ;!, i stated, <m a plan convenient for reference. J PrAKTAXBlUG ANI) I'xjON RAII.r.OAn.?TIlC ? Stock! older* of the Spartanburg and lrnion V Railroad met. at Union t ,'ourt. Ifouse on Wednes- V day last., for the purpose of electing a President s and Directors, mid attending to other business s and iul<-rcsU of the company. In the forenoon ! U resolutions were passed eoinplinieiil.iry to Col. y Cannon, the lonner President, and the after- J noon was consumed in discussing the manner j: of giving validity to proxies. The meeti- g then 1 adjourned till ten o'clock Thursday morning, '] at which time they met, and went into an elee- l I tion for President and I>irectors, which resulted 1 I us follows : | I j Prrtiilfnt?lion. D. Wallace. !( I Directors?T. M. Lyles, J. S. Sims, J. M. Gad- j ,1 berry, .1. T. Jeter, James Gil'am, J. Winsmith, ; Simpson Boh.., G. Cannon, T. L. Hutchinson, J I N. Kvaus, J. 11. (.'arson, T. B. Jeter. ] j A SrccKs-rrL Ci:ue.?A letter written from the wreck of the steamer Franklin, below New ' ; Vork, says: "Two of tlie hands employed in j I diving f(>r thoeargo were attacked with cholera |, i ?one a man of herculean frame. Whilst I was j'. \ there, his moans, when doubled up and his fei-t ! i contracted by the eramp, were horrible. In ; : j both eas.-s ("apt. J. Q. Bowne, the agent of i!:c i 1 j underwriters, gave the following: 1 tablespoon-1 : mi <ii sair, i icaspooutul of cayenne popper, j half pint of hot water. The man 1 saw was as ] i had as lie could he. \Ve put his logs in a strong j mustard ljiitli, give him tlie above, and in two hours he was easy and wanted to go to work." ' WoKFoitn Coi.lf.ge.?We learn from a friend ^ that this institution, located in Spartanburg, wan opened on Tuesday last with u l'roshnian and Sophomore ela>s, under the charge of the 1 President, l)r. Wightman, and Frofessoi-s Dun- ? can and Carlisle. The buildings are in progress, and will be entirely completed within the year, so as to be f rciujy 10 go into operation under its full organ- s izntionin January. r The prospects of the institution ore flattering, e ami no doubt it will lie very successful. The j . terms of tuition are $50 per nnnnni. Good 1 hoard ean he proeured at from ?9 to $12 per e month.?Carolinian. j Sthauno, Whipping and Plkixo.?A negro at f the Western &. Atlantic Hotel, being suspicion- r ed of stealing a one bundled dollar bill from ^ Col. W. K. Moore, was taken up nnd whipped, but denied stealing it for a long time; at last I she confessed the theft, and saM that she chewed it up and spit it out; a few more lashes, however, changed that tune, and she then most posi- g lively declared that she had swallowed it, and to use her evil words, it 'was in her.' Taking her at her word on emetic was administered which, after a little gagging, caused her bump ^ of benevolence to predominate, whereupon she | .1 ? ...nuuwu net purse strings and up came the cash, much to I ho satisfaction of cramped up Bill.? Dallon 'fifties. The Navy Yard Foundry. atWashinglon, -was destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon. They ? wore casting a cylinder for the steamer Fultnv, and had two-thirds of the metal poured into ? the mould, when the latter exploded, the eruption immediately setting the roofing in a blaze. "I There were about 100 spectators present at the J time, who all escaped with the workmen without injury. The adjacent building was saved n< by the most strenuous exertions. reunions Sects in Viroinia.?The Richmond _ (Vn.) Christian Advocate says that there are in Virginia 80,805 Baptists: 02,640 Methodist RiiianAmnlinn* . 1.1 Tnrt *?-?? -J!-* ? - - | i^iuv uici/iiiMiist iToicstanls; ri 5,147 Episcopalians; 12,881 Old School Presby- J terinn's; 2,260 New School Presbyterians; mn. m king a totnl of 215,200. Of the Baptists there Pi are in Eastern Virginia 44,000 colored members. The Allies.?Here nro figures which it will Al be well to bear in mind. The wholo number be of French troops sent to Turkey thus far, is 47,- inj 310, with 7,858 horses nnd mules; the wholo in number of English troops is 81,010, with 6,000 horses and a few mules. The allies, therefore, wi number nearly 800,000 men. The totnl of tho de French land troops to be embarked at Calais fir under Oen. Baraguay d'Hilliens will be 40,000 lie men. This is an addition to the 80,000. New Cottox in Alabama.?Tim Mnliil? cli ~'m 7**" *'v" rp_ of Monday evening, mentions the arrival of t4te A oteniner Cupt. Fremont, with two bales of new cotton, from Dcmopolis. One, of strictly middling quality, sold for 10 cents per pound. On ? the same day two additional bales of the new crop rcaelfed Mobile in steamer Montgomery. M. Barth, printer of Breslau, (Silesia,) cele- \ brnted a few weeks ago the 850th anniversary of T the first book printed in liis establishment Mr. Jet Earth's printing office is tlio oldest in Europe, flit and has been for tbrco hundred and fifty years Be uninterruptedly in the hands of his ancestors M< and himself. ? fie Indian Bath.*-?Advices from Corpds Christi ' Biaie uiat Uapt. Van Buren, with twelve United P States troops, bad pursued twenty Camancbes ? three, bundrod miles and attacked add defeated j? them, killing navernl. Cept. Van Buren -was shot/bct not mortally Wounded. fox N*w CorrpK.?A bale of new cotton was re- ^ seived;ye6t*rday morning, by Armstrong, Her rie &?o>> ttucn the-plantation ?f Mr. Flonrney ^ in Oi&io Pariah, La;, being the first from this "i state?N. O. Dtlta, Avgxut Uk. ^ .;t ' ' WAsarsaror, Aogn?tll.-~Mr. Bert has not . c. t-Jl ? - JT? ? ? " on?w#r 01 th?>*-a?nator, 6f Mr. Mc-1 1 t>60*ld, of Maine, trill be offered tl??r position. I A?i| During ft rcccnt thunder atom the ghtning entered a room where sat a paralytio nd speechless man, sot fire to the curttih?; ?n? 'ent otit of a window, which it brokft. The lock was euch that ho recovered hi# spetfehj And ns since been greatly improved in health: Settlement of Kansas.?A letter to the New 'ork Tribune, dated Lexington, Virginia, #4y# lint numbers of young men in Western Virinin, opposed to "slavery, are getting ready to migrate to Kansas Territory, to assist in maing it a free State. Receipts. \,i. r?n :.? ' ...? ivnvmu|j (jcisuns nave paid their ?ubsefiptions to the 2?1 Volume of the Independent Press:? P Young, Lowndesvillc, S. C. lev T S Daniel, Cambridge *' lev T Ii Mnuldon, Warsaw, Vm Oliver. PiekeiiB C. II., lev James Moore, Abbeville C. II., IA Fair, Esq., " " no T Lyon, " ' W Thomas, Warronton, " II F Wilson, Abbeville, " T Johnson, Ninety-Six, " no Smith Laurvs, CokeBbury, " lev Samuel Leard, " " lev J W Kolly, " " i I*" Hammond, WurrontoD, " V S Cochran, Abbeville, us \V Kicliey, Donnnldsvillo, " Vm J Kicliey, " ? L Brunch, Charleston, " It Wilson, Due Wc*t, ? no Donald, Jr., Donnaldtville; " : Kricgvr, Newberry, " L A McCnxlun, Long Cone, " as Young, Diamona Hill, 11 no JIofTeman, Cokcsburv, ' l M Iienson, Hamburg, " as Deal, Ninety-Six, " no I, Addison, Edgefield C. H., EG Hell, Cherokee Heights, " Johnson, " ? Irs Kingsmoro, Glenn Springs, " . I) Connor, Cokesbury, Johnson, Phoenix, olin Adams, Abbeville, " 'lios Irwin, Anderson C; II.j " as Lindsay, Ksq., Due West, ficor^e"' \V A Grnvdon, Abbeville, * V" 11 White, Lowndesville, '* iT I? Brooks, New Mnrkef, " 0 Cowau. Willington, " anil Ayncw, Jr., Ml. llill, " lobt. Smith, Cokesbnry, " B MeClinton, Whitehall, " I.erov, Jit. Carmel, " lev .! M Chile?, Greenwood, " II Moselv, Lowndesville, " ' L Coleman, Greenwood, (0 months) " 1 Trible, Diamond Hill, " tobt. Boyd, " ? ' S !>' Bruce, Mt. Curmel, 1 .Jaeger. Greenwood, [ N Boiling, Dunklin, s. v.,i , . /.. ? > ......v.. lbuuit, iu monms) " I F Talbert, Greenwood, * Ii Reynolds, White Hall, r J llaker, Hernando, Miss. klr3 M Harris, Pensaeoln, (0 months) " l It Russell, Auburn, " V W Littlo, Cornesville, Ga. Stephen Smith, Lincolnton, " Ii Kddin.->, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Ii W Mattison, Silver Run, " I>r Saml M Stover, Elizabelhtown, Tenn. &T ANOTHER ASTONISHING CURE.? Highly appreciated as Stabler'? Anodyne Cherry Vrpcclorant is, wherever known, too much u-aise cannot be bestowed upon a medicine vhit h .ill accomplish such cures as that of A. r. McCaity, of West View, Richmond county, fa., who lind, for the third time, on abscess to >renk in the right lobe of his lungs, causing & jrcat discharge of phlegm, with a dreadful ough, pains in the brenst and sides, sick stomicll. ill tltrtrt m-nri' oninnlnm , J ? - ?. V.J UiMluniCU peedy death from Consumption; yet these terible symptoms were Ameliorated, and at length ntirely curcd by the use of this vnlunblo medcine. After such cures, no wonder that phyaiinns invariabty recommend it, and also tho Diarrhoea Cordial, which is equally ciBcient or those painful diseases of the bowels, Diarha?a, <kc. Price of each, only fifty cent# per lOttle, or 6 bottles for $2 50. See dcscriptivo umjmicis, 10 ue nan gratis ot tho agents. E. II. STABBLER <fc CO., Proprietors, Wholesale Druggists, Ualtimoro. io\d by Dr.. F. F. GAUY, Cokesbury; ' WA RDLAW ?fc LYON, Abbeville C. H.; IIAVILAND, IIARRAL <fc Co., Wholesale agents, Charleston; ind by Merchnnts generally. * Aug. 12 *64. 14 2t NOTICE. A PPLICATION Will be mode at tbo next V. session of the Legislature to have tho reenwood and Cokesbury Road opened. August 3, 1854. J6 tf INDEBTED. ~~7 3ERSONS indebted to the subscriber aro re. quested to settle their liabilitigg on or bere the 1st September. After the first j*ir >tes will not be in my possession. AUGUSTUS LOMAX. August 19. 1854. 15 ' LAND FOR SALE. rllE Subteribor offers for tile hia tract of Land, in Abbeville District, five till ilea from Ninety-six Depot, and one mile from ickctt's Ferry on Balaaai river, containing 203 Ac res. jout seventy five acrcs Woodland, weH timrcd; Dwelling, and all necessary ontbuild35s attached; and aa healthy aa any aitaatiov t he ^istrict -- > .... vf. Persons wishing to pnrcbaso laud, wonld dcr , jll to call and examine for tbemaeWea. I ant termined to seH, and if not sold before the' st Monday in October, it will be told at pnbnuction at Abbeville C-HPcrsons poreha?ing the laniT, ean alio par' nso IStock. Corn. M<l?* r??#? *?i??- ' ola, Ac. ; -----v *..n?Uoi> a A i * W. B. MERIWETHER, Aqgugt Iff, 1964, ;. I? : lS P&OGLAK ATIOH. J . ExKCVTIVK DxFilKinttKKT. ft S/" HERE AS In formation hoi reached this SJW?JS?5feS!3^SaE8? >- I J property oj LArm t^m^re, of Abb?*j?lo of -ykottt ? >3ES wh. one, ana that the wid Jfcx^s has E <1 from justice; ; j.. ^, -- * ? : MSU^tSUS#&ai: \ the law in aneh cwii provided, 1 hereby efft revrnrd of ' ' * T-. **??> ? -