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THE INDEPENDENT 1>RESS 18 PUBLISHED EVEltY SATURDAY moiimnu. O. O. PUOICDTT, M. PUCKETT, y Editors. Individxi/n, like tuition/</// /h nothing ir/ii, tlicy boldly attempt, v/tcn sUxtuin.d !,y virlnnii jittrpoxe, anddrtt ratincdresolution*?II kni-.v Oi.ai " Willing to jti'tii-te, ,'/< t not '[/'ruin' io 'du.itc." Tcrttis?One Dollar a Year, in Aclvancc " ABBEVILLE C. H. SATURDAY, SKI'TKMIJKU 20, 1851 An Explanation. Tiie paper on which Ihia issue i:i printed i smaller than it should be. This Js owing to mistake on our j>art, in ordering the article. There is, however, only a lack of margin; tli rending matter is the same nsTjcfbtc. Rntithnrn Dnovfavltr Prt?vi/v?t* Tin: publication ofllco of this valuable qum tcrly has been removed from Charleston to Ci lumbia, on account of the opideinie in the foi nier place. All communications should there fore bo directed lo Columbia, S. C., until furthe notice. Execution of Kinman. Tins unfortunate man paid the penalty of hi crime, on Friday last, upon the gallows. \\" learn that bofore his death he confessed hi gnilt?in his own words lie "was guilty in part." Truly, "the way of the transgressor i hard." A Good Appointment. Whilst we rcrret d? < i>lv the melancholy <>< currcncc which nccc:?si(.:ilc;l the j?j?< of a Commissioner in lvjui'.y for J'iekens l>i Irict, wo rejoice that his Kxcclloney has repose the trust in one so eminently worthy as our ol friend Rout. A. Thompson. JIo is not only brother editor, but (more honorable distim lion!) a brother printer, and withal a perfee gentleman. "We fiiuccrely h<>po the Legislatui may never undo tlio work of llie Ciovernor i this case. We are sure il need not. Tho Citizen?Mitcliol'a Paper. "We take pleasure in commending (o the kin regards and confidence of the people i'i tbi community, Capt. 1'. (!. Coi;iii.an, the authoi ized agent of the New York Citizen?a pnpc conducted by John Mitcheli, the Irish patrio and one which we hesitate not to recommen to general Southern patronage. Copt. Cog 11 lan cumes lo us recommended 1) reliable gentlemen of our acquaintance in otlu sections wliorc he has been sojourning, ami w trust he may be encouraged by a handsome lii of eubgcribcrs. Let us btrcngthcii tlic hands i tho6e in the North who are faithfully iightin our battles there. J. H. Thornwell, D. D. Tins eminent divine delivered several di courses in our village on Saturday and Sundf last, to large audience?. We attended the do icationservice on Sunday, and was not. on pleased with the instruetivcncssof the discours but particularly grutilicd with the truly eliri tian and liberal feelings expressed towards oth eects. But we could have expected nothing el of I)r. Tiiohnwelt. ; for great minds are al w:> i;i,ni>nl lTn?l.?iv.l>in? 1 r... 1. ........ IIVIW UIIUS lodgment in a lofty intellect or a capacious sot Aiken and Ninety-Six Railroad. It was our design lo have submitted a fc more additional remarks on this aubjeet II present week; but other matters have il?lii}'t them. "Wc desire however, lo refer ?ea<ler to tl admirable si-??? 01 -,lr- I'Kr.nix on the subjen wnich will be found on the proceeding pag Indeed we might well leave the matter there 101 handles it with an ability which we cai not presume npproach. Let all read h views, and remei.iot, ,lml they nre those <.r practical and a eonscicnlio... ,tian <)|10 uj knows what will work well, and who .,;n n, speak unless he knows. Tho Court. Tjik extra term of the court of Common I'Ioj is being held this week, Judge O'Nhall prcs ding. It is supposed the husii)c33 of the session \vi consume tlio week. Several important casi havo been and are now being considered. T1 nttendanee is moderate. The anticipated speaking by the candidate on Tuesday, was a failure, as Col. Brooks wt not present. Wc understand he had been pr< vailed upon to visit Laurens, that day bcin tho occasion of some public meeting ther "Wo arc not apprized now an to when ho wi visit this place. Col. G.'.rlixotox, wc are tol* will address the democracy on Tuesday next. Noxt Monday commences the remilnr i?n term. "Wo shall endeavor, after all is over, t pick up ft basket or so of fragment* for the r frcshmcnt of our readers. On Tuesday evening, application was mat to his Honor to admit Mr. E. Gunted, ehargc aa implicated in the murder of Scuory, to bail but the application was not granted. Tho Electoral Question. Tjie question of submitting; tht^*l?Ction < clcctors to tho people is <udjMia^HMj&erab] interest in different portwwJII^RKl^Btftt Newspapers arc loaded wHm^RHPPM of cm didates in reply to the wishes of querists as t ?i?? ? r- - ?inc 111 invor 01 ciio measure; au with ver^few exceptions, tlicro seems in tli up-coua*y a striking unanimity of scntimcr in favor pf tlio change. Gentlemen, we bolievi who, a fvfn years since, scornfully pronounce it "Mr. Pkhuy's grand scheme of reform," ai now very warm in its support "Circumstai ces alter coocs."?Then it woe thought the pet pie desired no sueh privilege; now it is know that they do; and who could cxpcct a good-ni turedi obliging candidate to opposo the wi of (he dear people, even though it was cvidet that will was-a perverse onef lion. F. W. Pickkns has written a letter 1 CeL Ohb, declaring himself in favor of tl; olinn/vA ?n'l ? - -41 - 9 11 1 ?""" ""j 'wvwij wnmg lurin ma roi fion? for Lis faith. The letter was published i the Carolinian lost week. We should like t rcproduco as Mr. I'jckkns is a oitizen of Ui "NJnety-81* District" and will cndcaror to d no nt the earliosfc possihlo opportunity. i :.v" " - - ' t ' JVsSlC'ZUiL.. EC . I?.? We doubt not the consummation of tlio measure nt uo distant day, perhaps by the Legialaturc now 6oon to l>o clioscu. Progress of tho Epidcmic. ft | i m: ycuow levov in l.'liarlcstou seems slow 1<> x i abate. The slill average fronirixteen to eighteen per ilay. In Augusta, On., we learn from the C?roHiiiuit, the greatest panic has been produced by the occurrence there of several deaths from the came disease last week. Seven deaths were reported for the twenty-four hours preceding 1. Thursday. The inhabitants, wo are told, nro : leaving by hundreds, eveiy departing train bearing away scores. Tin; City Council oiler s 1o pay the expenses of all llie indigent poor !l v. ho will fly from the pontile nee. AVo have re- , - eeived no papers or letters front there for the c last week, and the postmaster announce:; his inability, from the absence of clerks, to distribute and forward the mails. home rumors have floated over the country in regard to the existence of tin-yellow fever in _ Columbia; I>ut the (,'urolhiittn asserts that no .. ease has originated there, and promises most j. faithfully that the first ease shall he duly reported. We apprehend there is no cause for alarm in regard to the health of Columbia. s Pro Bono Publico. b Tiii:ki: are some new advertisements in our ? present issue, to which we would direct r.pccial a notice. s The lands to be sold by the Commissioner in Kip lily are s;iid to be some of the finest tracts in Abbeville I'istrict. Mr. Aosi:w, whose advertisement has been in ( ! the /'rrss almost even s-ince our connection with | it began, it will be seen, is determined to rc1 | move, and oilers to sell oft' at auction. Let all . who need anything pertaining to household or farm affairs, attend th?> sale. Bacon, \vc are sorry to hoar, lias advanced ( to a very high price in every portion of the country, and the demand seeing greater titan lite supply. Mr. Ki:un, howev< r, can furnish customers, if application bo made early. See iiis advertisements. To our many friends in tlio vicitiily of \V!iit<;,j hall, we would"suggest a notice of Mr. Marjs siiai.i.'s "bargains," promised in our advortir. sing column?, and a call upon liiin. I>on't take his word, but go and see whether he sells barj gains or not. ,] Last, though not least, we feel decidedly like commending the card of our old friend Bnxsox, Y and his new partner, Mr. Joiinson, to the favora>r ble notice of our readers. Mr. ]?i:ns<>x is too well e known to need any vouchor for his ability or jj, lidolity in the discharge of business. ' Sales of Real Estate. ? Ki:vku within our recollection has there been so much land offered for sale in South Carolina as is at the pi-escnt. Wc observe that tlie laiitls. ed estate of the late Samu Maverick in this State is now in market, being thirty-two tracts j. of land ami thirty town lots, lying principally ly in Anderson District. One would suppose, from i0 a glance at the advertisement in the columns of j3. the Anderson papers, that the whole District 01. was for sale! Indeed, it seems to us, the cxsc penso of advertising might have been diminyH ished by cxrrj,H)if/ a few tracts ami lots and ofn fering the balance of the District in quantities j|. to suit purchasers. These lands are to be sold on the second Monday and days following in October ensuing, and constitute a grand total w oi more than eight thousand acres! ic This is certainly the besL opportunity for the j !<1 purchase of sr.mll farms that has been or likely I sown to Ijc ottered in this region. The tracts j ie are in size from twenty-eight to eight hundred I t, anil thirty acres. "NVe mention these facts for e. the bcnelit <>f tliose of our patrons who may >; desire to avail themselves of such rare chances, j i ])ut the tale is half untold ! in the District j is journal of Marion we find otic hundred ami | a hr/lrr tracts of land advertised to be sold by the j 10 | Sheriff, on sale-day next, being the properly of ->l j almost as many different iiii/vrlitnalrs. livery | * ' ???? vo recur to this array of lands by said , Kherifi, \r?> cannot roni'pss Hm invj.im.in , . . 1 'J billion of (lie old song? . > "Oil, de.-vv! what can llic matter be?" Has bankruptcy assumed an epidemic charac]] tor 1 or bus Marion concluded to "set up" an ?s independent government, and tivkes this plan |C to dispose of her lands ? An exjdananation would be almost worth a trip to Marion ; a but perhaps our friend the filar can give us ls one at less cost, . Resides these, the columns of newspapers g are constantly freighted with offers of private e sales, many citizens appearing disposed to foljj low "the star of empire" as westward it moves j on. Where the buyer of all theso lauds is to como from, we cannot conjceturc, unless Undo 11 Sam, who seems to indulrro a tnstn fnr <lnnlin? 0 in territory, will send Mr. Gad9t>kjj or some othg. er liberal diplomatist over with a few millions 1 lo Rev. James JDarmclly. j The venerablo person whoso namo is our caption lias been, and is, perhaps, thosnbjcot of as ' much remark as any minister whoso history stands identified with South Carolina. Amusing incidents, not to say comico-anccjf dotes, aro told in connection with the past-days |c of "the wooden-legged preacher," as well by e> friends as enemies. j. As a minister of the gospel, ho possescs ma0 ny traits of character peculiar to himself alone, J i iic inauigenco 01 somcoi wmcu Mas associated lC with his name the idea of Prince of Reprover*. it Being a man of "great plainness of speech," 0t lie has frequently been charged, by some, with d being unnecessarily abrupt and undignified, o when in tho consecrated box ; as for instance, i- when lie testifies against grog-shops, grog-drinky. era, chewing, smoking, and onufiing tobacco, n pointer-dogs, "pocket companions,"clerical innsi laches and dancing masters. 11 In fact it is thought by many, who have been 't listening for years to hu pulpit ministrations, that ho suffers uo excrescence of moral evil up ? on the body social or religious, to remain un >o touched by tbo eauatio of heavenly roLukc and <*- admonition. "" >> Not oven tii^ raoatpppular and ao-called "in ? nocent AinuaemcnW of "coquotks an<l daudy>o loafers" aro allowed to paaa unnoticed. For lo those tldngfl, and only thceo, lio has been threatened witli more thnn On'* pbowcr of "rotten _ _ _ -1 .f - i - . cgg?" from tlic uccoMjiflxhctlgentry of fashiwuilih: society! While on thoonu hand wo oiler no advooney for tin warranted severity in tho pulpit, on the other, we can hut admire the fearless spirit ami ! indexible fidelity with 'which the venerahle I).\xni:li.v portrays the corruptions of buth the Church ami llio World. At a recent meeting, held in Amleron village, we enjuyed the pleasure <>f hearing him preach ' Among many oilier things Hint were j???ii?te?l 1 and bold, lie spoke of "hoy-newspaper editor.'," and of their pu fling "eloquent sermon.-;," nu<l a threat deal ".-inch like an?l whilst wo appropriated to ourself, at least, "one share in llic stock," we could but say in our heart, (from an honest conviction that loo much praise is lavished upon "Coasar," and the glory withhold from Clod, loo often, in the midst of religions revivals) "speak 1 on." The sermon was of such a varied character, distinguished for such a widespread and comprehensive range of thought and application, that wo cannot indulge the belief that any one who loves to hear and understand the truth, i could, in anywise, have felt himself neglected, j The foregoing remarks have been prompted j by considerations of regard for a long-lived and | worthy minister of Jeans Christ. lie is now in tho evening twi-light of his years. Slay his sun go down in peace, ami the brightness of nil eternal <lay lie his. COMMUNICATIONS. [r.?r. Till-: IMtKI'CXKKST IMSKSS.] Col. Brooks and his Assailants. Jf>xsrs. /'Mitors : 1 have all along deemed it j unnecessary to say one word, through the public prints, in vindication of Col. 15ironies' course in Congiv.-v, or in defence of his claims at home; for it has required no prophetie power.?to foresee that his course would vindicate itself, and that his claims would lie triumphantly uur.lained on the second Monday in October. Uut when bold perversion and chamelesj inisjrcjirc^entation t;eek to taint the public mind, and by falsehood to defeat, and break down a good citizen and an able representative, that another individual. V illi I/O h 'mln ? r/iiimx 111.Ill L.< mm the waves of fortune, outraged justice demands that those of us who arc her advocates shall break silence, ami if necessary a lance, in her defence. 1 believed from the first, and still believe, that the objections raised to Col. I)i:ooi;s' sentiments expressed in his speech upon the Pacific Railroad project, wore the commencement of an unjust, ungenerous and unmnnly system of electioneering, which it was hoped would result in his defeat; for I must confess I never could discern any other object. The objections are certainly without merit, and surely patriotism could never have suggested sueli a monstrous absurdity. The only hypothesis, therefore, upon which lean account for so singular an instance of the ttnprcnwly ridiculous is tliat the i objections were the crude conceptions of a mind nun-bully sensitive niul laboring under the chagrin of disappointment, or the hallucination of a dream Hint l>y torturing and twisting the truth into falsehood, C?>1. Ukookb might bo dispossessed of his sent. It is well known that the Colonel has been watched with a jcsuitieal cunning ever siuec lie went to 'Washington; that every word ho spoke On the floor of the House has been weighed and measured, granmiarti/.ed. Anglicized, Latinized, eantonized and traced to its derivative. His Nebraska-Kansas spccch passed the crucible test, and to the mortification of the searching chemists, was found to lie pure coin, and of a superior character. It was weighed in the scale of his enemies, and when nothing was found wanting, they charged him with the extravagance of having paid fifty or an bund red dol lars to sonic Yankee speech-writer for it. (I?y the way, if such productions arc to be procured so cheaply, why don't the little opposition party improve their present stock?) After this, ..11 i ..e - i-_i ? i-- i- ... on ui u uiiHu uiiiuticr, or even a crippling, error, in the Colonel's Congressional propriety (led, and his enemies sank down in silent despair. Not a word is heard from them till the Colonel is again heard, battling for the South, on the floor of tlio House. His spccch is printed, eomcs to his constituents glowing with eloquence, teeming with logic, and burning with patriotism. It is read by thousands, and pronounced pure coin, and a good speech. Rut what is heard next? It is subjeeted to the crucible*, the searching alehymy of his enemies, and lo! it is found wanting! "He is proud that he is an American!" "He prefers the word constitutional, in his political vocabulary, to the word sectional /" "He compliments Alio noble New England trioM" These startling announcements aro made, and upon every gale llioy sweep across the Congressional District, carrying conviction to tlio minds of all who were beforo opposed to the man, tlmt lie is disloyal, that lie lias sold himself to tlio Jfortli, and so forth, and a general J'elping is raised like unto tlmt of a pack of cure. But, gentlemen editors, I am about to make my communication loo long. I intended to notice more recent events?the commencement of the end of nil this nonsense. I shall say nothing in vindication of the Colonel's sentiments, which have mado it necessary for mo to send you this papor?they speak for thom3olvc3. And now permit mo to direct your attention more particularly to another branch of the subject. The Abbeville Banner, the Ncuibcrrian, and tlio Edgefield Advertiser accm to receivo tlio enstigntion administered by the Colonel villi rather a bad grace. Tlio two former, especially, aro terribly out of joint. They break out in a now place, observing their consistency, pcrvorting nnd misrepresenting, accusing and abusing, and dealing generally in "self-de/cnco," throwing out quibbles and curious scented sentences, to catch tlio unwary and uninformed. The effort of theso papers to array the poorer classes against CoL Brooks Is worso than mean ?it ia contemptible, baro-faoqd effrontery without a parallel. Is it tho liberty of tho press for designing oditors to distort a man's language into a meaning that ho never intended to givoitf or is it a prostitution of tlio press? It is one or the other. And when Co). 1>uooks said ho was attached to the soil by, tho possession of lauds aud negroes, and tho heritugo of his father^ ??d tliatbo wight therefore ne rnfoly l>c trusted ?' . - oh mi cililou^rlio could decamp in n singlo night nnd cnny Lis nil upon n pnek-srfddle, lie no ] more intended to to licet upon the patriotism of j tlio poor than do I hy penning these lines; nor ettuhl his words hnVo hcen bo construed by nny hut those who nrc skilled in the art of shnpint; .. , . . . litem u? c.nib ittetr own cnua. no oiny ai.ucu the ijuestion, ''jWho would be the most likely to abandon tlicflwrofits o?his Slato and her banner, in the hour of UMpi1, lie, who wits rooted to thesoil by pecuniary interest'; andattached to ' ? homo of his sires by the glorious n:xl etiii uring associations and recollect,inns of (he j-nst; or the editor, who had charged him with disloyally, and who had 110 interest in the noil hut mich a.; hi t pen, papor and neissor.s gave hint, and who might carry his all with him and leave in a night?" "Out of this breath to raise a whirlwind !'' Oh, prodigious! lie has Haiti nothing, nnd 1 assert it upon my own rc ])(>nsibility, i:t his ppeoi'liKi before the people, in relation to patriotism, poverty or wealth, which could have justly ollcudcd even the poorest of his constit uents, (unless that unfortunate individual should be an editor who has done or attempted to do him some foul wrong,) or made them think less of him for having said it. I!..I < - <:?.... i ? .1 i t 4^uv iiivsv I'licsis uiu aiiiiiriuig llliucr LI1U I as II of public indignation us well as tho rebuke of Col. ]Ji:ooks, ami if in their writhing* they should let fall any strangrt <>r s tartling aniiottuccincnts, lot nobo lv be alarmed, they ?<#'// i;et hack to their polarity after a while. 1 have ever regarded, as I ?iid before, thir. line and cry about t'ie nationality ot Col. IIkooks'politics a:; an electioneering cnuade? a re ;nlar system planned and shaped by selfish iiH't: for aelli:-!i ond.<; and! have been surprised !* s: ? > honorable men engngo in it. The whole affair is a ridiculous farce?a niir.crablo subterfuge. A mountain travailed, and a mouse \va:thc bantling. And 1 have noln-ilali<>n in saying that h.e who would wink at such trickery in an honorable canvass has very indi.-linct ideas of the dignity of the station to which IJrooks and (J.mu.inoton are a.-piring. '] lii! Adrii'lir.cr .-luclds iticlf bi-l.ind the :;rii-l.'.l rule tliat nil men arc liable to tna1:e uii.v lako.i sometimes, and thai lie "went by the rum6r of the town" in giving to ill-. McDcmr: the honor of having i:Uerc?l the "high sounding woril.-," which Col. I'r.ooKi repudiates. Now till; is something like cutting oil' n inan'.-s liead, and then bogging pardon, and urging in cxcu.se that it was a Mistake, the head of another man should have been cut off. The editor well knows how wedded to Mr. Mcl)i-n u:*s polities and sentiment* a great many Carolinians are, I and well does ho know the effect upon the pubI lie car to quote from that great man's thrilling speeelies; and therefore he should have been more particular in connecting him with the language in question, as lie could not then toll hut that an important election involving the political existence of a worthy representative, i>ii'.;ht turn upon that hinge. ]!ut tlii.-s question, above nil, I would ask: How doe.-; it happen that no other paper in the t itilcfl !;(:itOji htiL the A fiber Hie lSumtcv, the Luitriu::. illc II. raid, the A'i'fbtrri'tn, and oiuh'tlf of the XcirUt fry ScnliwI, and the / .'<lyjttltl Athxrliwr ever found fault with the noble sentiments so roundly condemned l>y these papers? Those papers arc all edited l>v men who arc opposed to Col. Dr.ooii.s in politics, and sonic of them have hitter personal opposition, while cnch and every one of theia we heliovu nris strong friends of Col. (' Auuxct'oN, and nre working fur his election, except one of the editors of lluj X<tr.'n fry Scull hi/, who I believe i.s a Uuofiu.s man. In my opinion the question is ni.swercd: so I ill Illl wait for the next, being ,.\er ready to answer. 1'i:ukyman. Distressing I-icturo. Tin: following extracts from a private loiter written hy a native of this village, now a resithni of Charleston, ami every way reliable, w 11 give some idea of the distress there : "There is more sickness ami death here now tliat has ever eoino within the knowledge o( the oldest inhabitants, so fur as L can learn. The physicians are rnn down. l>r. l'ettigrcw sues about seventy patients per day. lie lias a limited practice. Oertniuly there must lie doctors lieie whose practice doubles, aye, more tLau trebles his. There are over sixty doctors here, and if you put down fifty patients for each, you have threo thousand sick people in Charleston, and 1 think this a very low estimate. There arc one hundred and sixty one deaths reported for the week ending last Saturday night, nine o'clock, p. in.?one hundred and eighteen from yellow fever, fily opinion is, that if we add ono hundred to tho above one hundred and eighteen, you will bo nearer tho truth, as 1 am told that the friend* of many poor persona who dio put them on carls atul run them up to "Potters field," (where the burial fees are very small, if anything,) during the nighty and the City ltegistcr never henrs of them, as lie makes his report from tho certificates handed him by the sextons of tho various burial grounds in the city, and the public cemetery outside of the city. There is grcut distress hero, and if you can maKe nny collections about hospitablo old Abbeville and eend down, it will truly be bread cast upon the waters. Whole families have been swept off. I know of two instances where both parents have died, leaving their orphan childron to the cold charity of the world, tshcet after sheet could be filled, detailing tlio sorrows of the people. My knowledge is exceedingly limited; 1 don't know one thousandth part, yet I know enough to make my heart bleed when I contemplate the distress of our justly chastened city, 'i'ho half can never be told. Twill all be known by ono who shapes the ends of individuals aud nations. Nurses arc hard to get, and tlioy charge in somo cases four dollars per day, which precludes many a j>oor family from getting one, for they will not l;u uiuuss mcy can oc ussurcu oi iiicir money. 1 engaged n nurse this morning for a sick family, (a negro woman,) and sho would not move, unless I stood security. I told her to go and 1 would boo it ]>aid, wlmtover it might bo, and die ngrcvd to go. I will see in about nn hour whether she is gone. How grateful ought I to be, that I am yet spared ; how soon it inay be my time, tlio Lord only knows. I trust I will be prepared to go. Bend what you can in the way of money. Yellow Fever. * The total intermonts ia Savannah on Wednesday were 28 ; yellow fovcr 18. On Thursilay tnoy woro 10 : yellow fovcr 12> On Friday thoy wore 19; yollow fovor 15. Tlicro seems to Co an abatement, but tlio diseaso is stifl'very virulent. From Augusta wo liavo little direct information. The deaths reported from yellow fovcr kwt week were on Monday 2, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 2, Thursday 1, Friday 3. This shows projn oa* ?>f Uic dificnse; nnd lcavc3 scarce u ! L 4u.,- t i. . j. possibility tliat it can bccoino generally opi-" domic at Ibis late noa8on. lint tiio effect ban r ! been exceedingly disastrous to business. The | l'oat Oflicc ha* been deserted ami unable to <lia- . I tribute tbo mails, ami wo are informed that | me nanus nre not much hotter oil", There lias | heon u general flight ami consternation, douht- I i less on the supposition tliat everybody was i | equally lialdo to ilu: disease. It i i better (o | s^lay nndfaeo it out on such occasion?, although I : the advice is liardto follow, and we donotblame I any who reject it. I In Charleston wo fool again encouraged to I I say that the virulence of the disease lias abated, \ j and that the new eases arc ucithir co many nor j violent as heretofore. ISut disease in many I forms is filill among us ami the energies of our t j people are taxed heavily to bear and alleviate i i the weight of Buffering that oppresses the city, < Patience, persovorcnce, and a good heait, will carry us through. The {rood (Jod still governs the world,?lotus hope.?Mercury. IIonr.ini.fi Aitaik.?We learn, from a source i which cannot be doubted, that Mr. .1esse Scurry was killed in Newberry ])i.striel, not far from mo j-.ugcuciu line, un inesuay lasi. llio unlortnnale deceased seen is U> h:ivo boon idiot while riding along the public road in his buggy. A j negro boy, wlio was villi liini, was also killed. , j Tho weapon vised is thought to have been a , double-barrelled shot gun. The deed is said to . j have been done by a Dr. Ountcr, who was nt j enmity with Mr. Scurry.?Julyjicld Advertiser Savannah Uivkr Railroad Mkktinci.?Tho < ; friends of tins enterprise held a meeting 011 Saturday last at Shcrnrd's old store. A respcc- : I table eonconrso of persons were Assembled and ' considerable interest was awakened. Vo think 1 it. i[uite probable thai lite subscription between I this place and J.owndesville will be grcally < j increased. Speeches wero made by Hon. J. J.. j ( >it, Gold's. .1. W. Harrison and S. M. Wilkes, ! ami S. (!. Ivirle, c-f|. I (Mir readers will recollect that a meeting will i be held at. Cross Roads on tlie 2'.Hh of this | month; we bespeak a largo attendance.? liuitl/uni liijlilt Adrociitr. A reward of *5,000 has been offered for Hie j arrest and .":ife delivery of Mr. Schuyler, late j absconding President of the .New llaven Kail , ; IJoad Company. It is thought Uiis will fetch him. i .Major John ('. Allen, a candidate f.?r the J.ogj i lature in Kdgoliold died, at his residence . 1 i'i that <!i ti ii-1, alter a long and severe illness. of Typhoid fever. l'lr-r.fr.i:, September 2'J.?Tlio Cholera is mahinr; awful ravages in this city. There ha ; been five hundred deaths during the last eight , day.*. 'fi'eie iliarkct. Ai:ut:vn.i.r., Sept. 28.?Cotton ranges from to S cciil.-*. A line grade of now would roach a higher notch than either of these quotation?. Coi.imi;i.\, Sept. 27.?Cotton ranges front G.} to S:J. Don't i\"kui.kit a J5ai> Coi.n, it may speedily lead you to your grave. Oct a bottle of KTAHLKIl'S ANODYNE C1IEKKY KXL'KCTO- ' It A NT at once?a safe, efficient and scientific remedy, which has been well tried and not found wanting. Many physicians liavo been informed of its composition, used it in their practice, and have given certificates reeom- : menuing n in tlie highest manner. It is the beat remedy known for the euro of Coughs, 1 Hoarseness, ami oilier forms of coiiiuion cold*, \ llronchilis, Asthma, Croup, Consumption in an early stage, and for the relief of tho patient , even in the advanced stages of that fatal disease. See descriptive pamphlets, to he had . gratis of the agents. Price of encli, only 00 cents per hot lie, or six bottles for s?t> 00. ] :. Jl. STAP,IU,i:n it C<)., proprietors, Wholesale Druggists, iinltimuro. Sold hy Dn. V. V. OAItV, Cokesbury; WAlllH-AW.fc LYON, AhlravillcC.il.; 1IAYIL AND, 1IAUUAL ?t Co., Wholesale agents, Clmrlcston; And l>y Merchants generally. Aug. \1 '51. * I t 2t. SaEi, ^allium-: lll.NDUKI) SACKS SALT ill rtoro. ft I-or rale l?y 1 l.S. K KU1*. Rfcgro tail*! to Hire. 4 l.lIvKLY negro girl can he hired by early -ZjL a]>|>lieation at litis ollice. S.-pt, at), 185-1. 21 t-f MittTwii i uucoii : i IiMOl 1TTHOUSAND i'ounJs ehoioo BACON, _/ Sides, Shoulders, and Ilam.-j, to arrive this day, direct from Tennescc, nnd will be sold ill Augusta prices. II. S. KEltll. Sept 28 2t Valuablo property for Salo. I will sell on the first Monday in November ; next, at Abbovillo Court House, (if not pro- 1 viously disposed of,) a portion of the I'lnnta- ' lion o'f the late David Lesly, situated on Cal- 1 houn's Creek, two and a half miles north-west < of the village, and containing livo hundred ' acres, more or lesa. 1 will also sell on the same I day, a lot of likely Negroes, Horses ifcc. JOHN \V. LESLEY, Executor. i Sept. 20, lS.r)l 21 tf < MffiON! AUCTXOH!! ' nnins - _ ....?^...uvi .mi unci-jor Hiue ni JL public Auction, on tho 27tli of y-j^ Octobcr, tlio following property, viz., CORN, FODDER, OATS, Stock of All Kinds, l'lnntntiou Tools, one Gin and Thrasher, in good order, (T\ ALSO, Household and Kitchen FURNITURE Ac. ^ f\\ ALSO, ^ lny i'lmitation will be offered to the highest f bidder on the day of ealo, if not sold previously. JOSEPH AGNEW. 1 Sept 2i), 1854 21 4t 1 KEW FIRM! NEW FlltlVI! HAMBURG, s. a 7j; o J' TIIE undersigned having V o jf ]& &% >foined a co-partnership in this plnce for tho purpose of transacting n GENERAL GROCERY & COTTON ? JJUNHNKSH, o would rcspcotfully inform onr numerous friends mul tho publio that we will koep constantly on a hand a largo supply of ovcrv article needed by 9 tho Fanner, which wo will disposo of on as fa- 0 voruhlc terms as any other home in the placc. ^ Wo have engaged the services of Mcssra. T. f( M. Welborn nud S. V. Johnson, both of whom j| aro well known to tho public as liberal Cotton ^ buyers, and who will, at all times, give tho ? highest market prices for that and oilier articles of produce. Our Senior Partner will, as heretofore, givo his personal Attention to tho RECEIVING AND FORWARDING" OF MERCHANDISE . to th$ country. > T a JOlfsISs: | BENSON* JOHNSON. T ^ oakd ! IN rctirina^from the above business wc leave _ Messrs. uonaon Jc Jqhnson in our place, aud Boiicit lor utoin tno patronago of our ol?J customer* h'ml tLo pnblic generally. s *' JJKIHWLY A ROSAMOND* / Hept> ,23, 1851. 2-21 7t aC Whitehall. I'M IF, Subscriber, intending to closo up Ilia Mercantile Business, offers bia stock of loodrt at greatly *?' ' licdurcd B'rlccs. )unnt^ these times of high prices, persons wishng cheap goods would do well to call. 'Vvf * tie ban on lintul n lunw )? "f iom k-m a i ?i: n va; uo' 1 mot; a nr, PLANTATION WOOLLBNB, 11kst c5eoug1a OSNABflRGSi ndced (\ pretty full nssortnicut of Full anil iV inter Ciootid, recently purchased. To any pci-son wishing to sell Goods, I can ( commend the above placc as a ^<>u<l utand, vliere ten or twelve thousand dollars' worth ran Ijc sold aimually. a H. MARSHALL. n. 15.?l'eivona indebted will be kind enoilgh ,o come forward and settle their accounts^ ivitlion/ further invitation. S. S. M: Kept!!'.) '21 8t THE~STATE" OFIOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville Jjish'ict.? fn Knuiiu ? Waller 15. Meriwether ati<ll Matilda. K., hi* wife, I um for rorUtion; Hazel Smith, ami ollicrs. J I>Y Order of ( lie Court of Equity, I will prd) coed to Hell, at KdgefieldC. II., on saleilay in November next, tlie following tract or parcel of Land, situate in tlio District of Edgoliclil, nnd within the incorporate limits of tli<j Town of Hamburg, known and designated in a certain plat of the town of Hamburg aa aectioq number seven (7), containing Nineteen ancl one ninely-ninlh acre?, more or less, to be more particularly described on day of sale. On a m?lit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale. The purchaser to give bond with two good sureties, and a mortgage of the premise?, lo secure the purchase money; pay tho cosfo in cash, al.so pay for paper.-v 11. A. .IONICS, C. K. A. D. Commissioner's OHice, Sept. 25, 1854. 21td >V I'.ilg. i'icM and Hamburg papers pleaso publish till sale, and forward accounts to this uilieo. "thYstate of south caroling Ahhceillc Dhlr'tcl.?In Equity. lame ; A. Morrow, Assignee, IlilUow Nathaniel 11 arris and others. f Mortgage. 1">V ORDER of Iho Court of Eijuity, I will jiroceed to sell, ounale-day m November next, at Abbeville C. 11., the tract of Lnn?l dcscril icd in the IJill, to wit: Hie upper part of a tract of land called the Fort (,'harlotte Tract, situate in Abbeville District, on Savannah River, containing about .Seven Hundred Acres, inoro or les.?, bounded by lands of V. D. l'artlow, 1). 15. Kadc, I)r. A. Armstcad and others, mid lately belonging to Mary A. Noblo and Joliii A. Nodle, deceased, for cash. 11. A. JONES, C. E. A. 1>. Commissioner** Oftiee, Sept. 25, 1861. 21td "THTSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AliliEVIJAE DISTRICT.?IN EQUITY. John L. Griflin, 1 Larkin Reynolds, [ Bill for Partition. Agnes W.t liis wife, ct. at. ] J)Y Older of tho Court of Equity, I will ) proceed to sell, at AbbcviLlo C. II., on sale-day in November next, tbc following Valuable LaiidN, Of llic Ileal Estate of Vinccnt Griffin, doccnsud, viz:? TRACT No. 1 ? Tlic llOMKSTEAD PLACE, near Whitehall, situate in Abbeville District, on Hardlabor and Covlu-ful crooks, containing Eight Hundred an<l Thirty- Atres, more or Jess, (with about Three Hundred and Fifty Acres in woods) Twenty-live acres of which being first-rot? creek bottom, and a part in cultivation. Ujjon the place there is a comfortable Dwelling 1 louse containing ten rooms, having a commodious Earn and Stables attached, a Gin-liouse and other necessary outbuildings in good repair. The clcarcd land is in a state of high cultivation. TRACT No. 2? Known as the Kdwards place, containing about One Hundred and Sixty acres, Bit unto in Abbeville. J >i?itrict, on the roads leading to AV hevillc C. 11. and Vicuna, sixty acres being woodland. And TllAUT No. 3? Known nn the Uostri plncc, Bil.uato in Edgelield District, in three nulcs of Ninety-Six Depot on the lireenvillc ami Columbia Railroad, containing Six llundred'ncrca, uioro or less, sixty of which being woodland, and threo hundred of Lite cleared land in n high state of eultivntion, the residue hcing uudcr a good pasture fence. There is on tlio place a framed house with four rooms, together with ueocssary' outbuildings. TERMS?A credit of ono, two and three years from the day of salo, with in tor eat On mc iaai insuiinicut irom th* timo tho second becomes due. JJoinl with good sureties, And n or t gages of tho premises to sccnre the pnr:hnse money, to l?o given by tho purchasers.? I'lirchnsers will also pay tho costs in cash and my for titles. ; Persons wishing to buy said lands, would do .veil to call niul examine thorn before the day >f sale. Maj. Larkin Reynolds will take pleaaai\j in showing them to any person so disposed. IL A. JONES, C. B. A. D. Commissioner's Office, Sept. 26, 1864. 21td %* Edgefield Advertiser ploaso copy till sale. CSoIdcu Prolific GotlonSee^i A SAMl'LE of tho GOLDEN PROLIFIC! / \ COTTON 8EED mav be nonn V?~>m Grocery Store. I'lantors wishing to purchase, vill leave their names with the subscriber. wba vill take pleasiiro in furnishing them witn ii? pmntity tney may want. ' Several of tho heat planters in the District invo planted tho abovo bccJ, and are highly ?lca8od with thcin. Apply to II. 8. KERR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * AbhevtiU'^pktrict? Citation, t Stj&tfal P. Lcsrd has applied IT to Lexers' of Administration, on 11 and sinfpnHKIw goods and chatties, righto nd credits of John Lcard, late of the District foresaid deceased. Thcso arc therefore, to cito and admonish-*!! gd singular, tlio kindred and oreditora of the aid dcconscd, to bo and appea? before mo, at ur nest Ordinary's Court for the. said District^ a bo holdon at Abbeville-Gooft House, on the nn-tb divy of Ootobor next* to show aauae, : any, why tho said administration jtboald not o granted. ^4 liven under ray band and seal; this nineteenth day of Sopteraber in the year of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred andfiftj'foqr, > and jn. tho seventy-ninth yeirt of Anwfipan Independence. ' ' vr:^ax, o. A. i>. . Sept, 19, '64. 2-20 r 1 ?''W' ' : Wantei^kL^'".-^^[3EESWAX, TALLOW and WDES, wili U !* l>;Oakep in o*ch*ng* ft* Goods tar * ...... ^ aj - - ~jr onljSiy ?opt. 0, 'y. " ' ' if v <irf& V