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THE INDEPENDENT PRESS
tfl PL'BUSIIfcO UVEnY SATURDAY MORNIXO.
O. PUOKBTT, ) ?
M. PUCKETT, Editors.
Individuals, tike nations, fail in nothing tchich
they boldly attempt, trhen sustained by virtuous
purpose, and determined resolution.?Henry Clat.
" Willing to praise, yet not afraid to blame."
Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance.
ABBEVILLE C: H.
FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1855.
S&r The friends of \V. \V. Griffin respectfully
announce tiim a candidate for
Sheriff at tlie next election.
A Bargain in Laud
May be struck by referring to the notice
of Rev. Mr. IIcckabee, and calling on him.
Our Agents.
William IIill and John* McBrtde,
Esqs, are our agents. Any orders left with
them will be attended to.
Important to Physicians.
"Physicians, in want of medicines, will
do well to attend the 6ale of those belonging
to the estate of the late Dr. Tkidle,
advertised in another column.
The New Tailor Shop.
Mr. Ives, as will be seen by reference to
liis advertisement in this issue, has commenced
business on his own account. We
sincerely hope he may find plenty of custom
and good pay.
The Southern Times,
A copt of this new literary paper lias
been sent us, and we fullv agree with all
that ''Ben Lane" said of it in liis late letter.
It is a large sheet, elegantly printed, on excellent
paper, and richly worth the priee?
three dollars per annum. We hope it may
be well sustained. Address Litscombe,
Hixliard & Co., Montgomery, Ala.
Godey for May.
The embellishments are as beautiful as
ever enriched a magazine. We have not
examined farther than this, but as Godey
never deceives, we are peifectly willing to
endorse for tho whnlft niimlinr ??i.?
?VC4V.?H^
matter as well as pictures.
If any body else want? the Lady's Book
and Press, let him send us the three
dollars.
Plea of Insanity.
Gbaham, the man who shot another in
Virginia lately because his daughter refused
to marry biro, now pleads insanity in dofence.
Such pleas are becoming quite
common, and unless the use of the rope
becomes more geueral, insanity will play
sad havoc with the laws of the country. A
few yards of hemp, properly applied, will
make such scamps a/raid "to go deranged."
An Pamil"
Miss Louisa J. Allhn, of this village,
died on Thursday morning last, after a painful
illness of several weeks' duration. The
community is deeply saddened by this
mournful dispensation; for wherever an
acquaintance was, thero is left a mourner.
Truly hath this family been afflicted for
the past twelve months. Not less than
five of its name, in this immediate village,
have died during that time.
female Ingenuity.
Tiie most tastefully designed and elegantly
executed piece of needle-work which we
hare seen for a long while, was paraded before
our admiring gaze, one day this week,
by the mistress of our little household.?
If Mrs. Sonolry, whose skill produced it,
were so unfortunate as to be without a good
husband, and desired to repair that misfortune,
she would need no better advertisement
tbnn an exhibition of that infant's
dress would be.
Better Prospeots.
Since our last wo have had find rains,
and so far as ascertained, they have been
general, throughout the District and State.
How refreshing to all nature are the genial
showere after a lengthened dearth ! The
a ? i--' * -
uuwem iuujc up ana smile, ttie birds sing
clearer and sweeter, ihe grass waxes greener
and thicker and taller, and the whistle of
the ploughman more cheerfully marks time
as he inarches to a contest with it S Let us
be thankful for these, and trust for the "latter
rains." ***&?;
Fair Notice.
Ant subscriber not paying his suhscripP5
tion to the Press witliin the year, will be
* ' ^charged fifty cents extra. We are deter
mined to enforce this rule. So no one will
have a right to complain, tf he neglects. It
is an easy matter to remit a dollar by mail
ny time, and we had rather every one of
oar subscribers' would do so than bo com*'v
pelled to add Che extra in a smgfo case.
The paper#will bee^nt on to all who do
ot giver us notice to discontinue, and ro?0Biber
thkt if taken from the post-office the
kgjtl liability to pay for it is incurred. But
| * . it is 0U* opinion that no hoiust man will
take * paper from a poet-ofBco without intending
to pay for ity unless be knows it is
sent as a gratuity. 4 And
further, it is the duty ?f poetmalters
to notify us when a paper is not taken
' from the offioe. V
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Literary Lectures.
Rev. Mr. Mildurk, Chaplain of the U.S.
House of Representatives, lately gave two
lectures in Charleston. The subject of one
was, "The Rifle, Axe and Saddlebags," and
of the other, "Young America." The people
of that city were so delighted that the
lecturer was prevailed upon to return and
repeat the lectures. Sinco his return he
has also repeated them before the people of
Columbia.
We see also that Wm. Gilmorr Sims
contemplates a tour through the up-country
soon, with a view of giving a series of literary
lectures.
These gentlemen are each well kuown to
1 _ f I ? - 1- ? J ?
uu men oi xii?ii cnaracier auu surpassing
ability, and for one wo should bo pleased
to have Abbeville extend an invitation to
them to put her name in the programme
as they go. Concerts, magic shows, and so
on, we know, do not meet a very oncouraging
appreciation here, but we believe the lectures
of Messrs. Mimhjrn* and Sims, or of
either would he patronized to the extent of
our population, and fully appreciated.
The Institute Address.
We make no apology for the space occupied
in the present and preceding issues
by the address of Col. Oan. It is due to
the cause of the Institute, and to tho intrin
sic merits of the address, that it should
be published throughout this State and the
whole Southern country.
It inculcates the true doctrine, and one
that must prevail practically before that
commercial, manufacturing and educational
independence can be realized by us which
should, if possible, precede political independence.
We must have laborers as well
as soldiers, when we undertake to live indejpcndently.
Educate these, then, and give
! them plenty of profitable employment, and
'you will have in them a population which,
j in times of peace, will be a rich mine of
j wealth, and in war, a strong tower of dej
fence. Do this, and explode the contemptible
idea that labor is vulgar, and you will
j have a contented and patriotic neonle.
The subject is of vast importance, and it
will be well if this admirable effort of the
distinguished statesman produces a waking
up in the public mind to a proper appreciation
of it.
The N6Wb from Europe.
The News from Europe by the Baltic
is by no means encouraging to hopes oi
peace. The Vienna Conference had closed
its deliberations without effecting anything
towards an adjustment of difficulties. Russia
plainly evinces no disposition to "crawfish,"
and as that honorable exercise is obliged
to be performed by some one before
matters are settled, and as France and Eng
laud are still a little too proud to engage in
it themselves, the war will go on yet a while.
Both parties, besieged and besiegers, were
preparing for more active operations.
Louis Napoleon and his wife had ar
rived in England. Their reception, from
accounts, was imposingly ridiculous. The
Emperor made speeches, and Queen Victoria
tied n garter round his leg! A few years
ago, doubtless, she would sooner have tied
a rope round his neck. In one of his
speeches he took occasion to allude to the
mutual desires of England and Frnnce for
the abolition of slavery and the amelioration
of the condition of Europe! There
is some talk of his assuming the chief command
of the Crimean army.
The "British Government estimates the
expenses for the year at eightj'-six millions
pounds sterling, while the revenue reaches
fifty-six millions.
An Enigma.
The enigma below was composed and
sent us by a young friend in Charleston.?
The answer will be supplied next week. In
the meantime "the children" can try to figure
it out:?
I am composed of 13 letters:
My 7, 5, 1, is a very useful little animal;
My 2, 3, 4, 0, is a beloved spot;
My 7, 5, 13, 1, is a an expression we should
never use;
My 0, 12,13, is something we shonld never
engage in;
My 8, 5, 13, is a Roman god ;
My whole is the name of a gentleman and
a scholar. ' H. D. M.
A Georgia Patriot Dead.?-The
Thomasville Watchman sayR: "Lewis Sanders
Noble, a soldier of the revolution and
trooper in Marion's legion, died on the 19th
instant., in Clinch county in this State, at
the advanced age of 104 years. The deceased
had preserved and retained until
within a few years the apparel and hat
worn by him in battle, and which exhibited
nineteen bullet holes. He could never -be
prevailed upon to apply for a pension or
bounty lanu, and when importuned upon
inc subject by his friends th? high-sou led
veteran becamc indignant. He died from
the- results of an accident, and in full possession
of all his mental faculties."
Wabotnotok, May.. 1.?r^The Railroad
Convention net yesterday. Sixteen Companies
were represented, ft. R. Cuylei* was
elected President; and after the appointment
of Committees .to prepare a schedule
between Jf?w York and New Orleans, and
to request the Post Master General to suspend
the Sunday Mails without-abating
the anouaf compensation, the Convention
adj^i^A^^the of May,
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The Self-confident Man.
Messrs. Editors : The self-confident man
is my themo. lie is a natural curiosity.?
lie always gives his opinion without reason,
and generally without invitation. He thinks,
if ho thinks at all, that others will rcceirc
in the way he yives?upon the ipse dixit
principle. lie deals it out most positively,
in the highest style of the dcclartorial, just
as if men were afraid to contradict him,
while the truth is they do not consider it
i>..? -i. >
..vr.v.. nuiiv. "lit UII, niiTi, you Ollgllt to
seo him when he is contested! Then*lie
moves it. He lets down upon all reason
and good sense according to the most approved
rules of vociferation. He must be
dealing with a very weak man, or else he is
dir-posed to be vicious, he cannot tell which,
for he knows very little of man any way.?
Does he write ? Criticise him, (though
there is not much to operate upon,) and he
gives you the gas in abuubauce! If he had
the control of things, he would work them
off about right, is his notion; but at the
same time there is such a state of things
around him he cannot get at them. So it
always was, and so it always will be.
Now what is to be done with this same
self-confident man ? for lie is an evil that
we wish to get rid of. We know ?>f nothing
better than to make him wiser; this
is the remedy- IIow this is to be done we
, , . ,
arc HDL prepiireu 10 say, unless it is oy simply
Kitting him alone; and tliis is a poor
remedy. lie needs instruction, but is wiser
than liis teachers! lie talks with those I
only who agree with him, except merely to
give his opinions; he reads onlv such works
as agree with his views, and to be certain of
the tiling, very little of that. One might
say of him in truth tliat onee in a while a
fool will visit our world, and if lie stays long
in it will define his position. But this is
, doing nothing fur the man. The strongest
men known in history have given their
opinions with diffidence, and always sus|
taincd them hv the considerations which
gave them their being. "Strike, but hear
me," is the rule of action with wisdom ; a
chance to lay down, the arguments is all
that intelligence asks for, and the thing
which comes last, or rather not at all, with
the man of self-confidence.
The habit of mind should be contracted
to hold opinion as the result of reason, and
always hear reason against it. This is the
way the world gets on, and it cannot get on
safety any other way. "Let every man be
ready to give an account of the faith which
is in liini," is a rule of revelation ; and 90
such rules for the guide of human conduct
can be found anywhere else.
Yours, &c. Imprimatur.
.{Von THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.]
May Party at Anderson.
\Yk jumped aboard the cars, and not the
telegraph, and traveled up the country, and
not down the river; the engine did not
burst, neither did any other accident happen
of any importance, until we arrived at
the pleasant little village of Anderson.
Now, reader, the cause of our sojourn in
this little village of pleasure was nothing
more nor less than the May Party to be
given that night by the young ladies of the
Johnson Female University.
It would bo :iltOOrpfli??r llaJ-li'CQ fr?i" 110 In
try to give the full details of every thing
that happened at that party. It was everything
that heart could wish for; yea, more,
we did not even anticipate such a pleasant
affair; and our highest aspirations are to
live to enjoy a hundred such parties among
the same generous, hospitable people. We
arrived at the hotel at 4 o'clock p. m., after
a very dus'.y ride on the cars. Tea over,
we 6lrollcd out, gathered one of Nature's
prettiest flowers in the shape of a beautiful
young lady, just in her teens, and beginning
to show what flowers will make with
proper training?I mean sueh training as is
given at the Johnson University. We then
proceeded to the place prepared by the
young ladies for the evening's entertain-j
ment. We arrived there in time to procure j
a favorable place for hearing and seeing all
that was intended for us to see and hear;
but, to judge from the billing and cooing of
a great many in corners and oth'ef out of
the way places, there were a great-^rtany
things said that were ?ot inteqjied for the
ears of the multitude. ' '
We were not to be long kept jo waiting,
for ere we could look around the room to
see who all we knew, tingle went the bell,
| and tip went the curtain, and lo! one of the
I llVAflf *t. _ *
i*va? iA.ttuni 111 Dc^uua uihi eyes ever g?izeo
upon was before us. The scene was one
representing the settlor class of the University?ten
in number of tfrtr prettiest young
ladies of the village, yeaj even of the State.
Then came the music by the skillfal performer
and instructor of the University. It
is said, and I believe truly said, that
*Mu6ic hath charms to soothe a savage,"
for just as the music commenced, some kind
gentleipan* very iinluekily placed himself on
ourcbrns, and arofuranll the aavagfe within
us; but music proved tt> be an antidote
taJill such feelings, and put them to"rest,
^Then came one *cene after another, with
until
l>eon shown, among the rest the beautiful
Queen of May. Then the University building
was illuminated. Supper was announced
; and after a trial of it, we are prepared
to say that infinite honor is due the
good Indies of whose bounty it was kindly
contributed.
Slipper over, there was a general promenade
until all parties were willing to retire,
acknowledging to' themselves that they
had had glory enough for one night. So
ended the pleasant Anderson May Party.
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nvu liiu ivinxfiMiy ; UHSKUVKIt.
Railroad Meeting at Xjdgefiold.
In accordance with previous notice, the
citizens of Edgefield village and its vicinity
assembled in the court-houso, on Thursday,
'25th April, to consider the merits of "our
last and best chance for a liailroad."
The lion. Samuel Brooks, Intendant, was
called to the chair. Having briefly stated
the object of the meeting, be introduced to
the audience Mr. John A. Calhoun. President
of the Savannah Valley Railroad.?
Mr.Calhoun, by his dignified, sincere and
earnest manner, soon won the entire confidence
of the audience, and convinced them
that lie bad not sought this occasion to
frighten others into action. lie remarked
that 1,is object was, if possible, to reconcile
the conflicting interests of the Savannah
Valley liailroad. To do this a survey had
been ordered by the Board of Directors of
thcUoad of tl ic line from Aiken to or below
Dorn's Gold M ine, which is now in progress.
That it was expected that the expense necessary
for the construction of this Branch
should be borne by Charleston, UahunGap,
South Carolina Railroad, and that portion
of Edgefield lying on the proposed lino.?
The amount necessary to no raised bv their
combined interests would be about $G00,000
? and to each it would be but small, if
a vniled efibrt were made. lie dwelt upon
this as the most practicable and shortest
line of coimei'timi wliii-li ( >?<.'
tlio IJabun Ciap Railroad are likely to obtain?an
ftir line being altogether impracticable
iimlcr existing circumstances. This
matter is now before the people of Charleston,
ami 110 doubt will receive all proper
consideration. Action in that quarter is delayed
until the completion of the survey
from Aiken to Pom's, and until the disposition
of the people of Edgefield is ascertained.
lie was of the opinion that the
more decided the'manifestation of the feeling
of the people of Edgefield, in favor of
the proposed route from Aiken to Horn's,
the more probable would be the favorable
action of the City of Charleston. As to
the benefit of this Road on the interests ot
Edgefield Village, and that portion of the
District through which it is proposed to be
run, Mr. C. was decided in his opinion. lit
thought that it would enchance the value
of real estate at least fifty (50) per cent.,
and probably more. This had been the Effect
elsewhere, wherever Railroads had been
judiciously located, more generally going
Iover than falling under this estimate. lie
mentioned several apt illustrations upon this
Mr r? ?w.i.? ? i...:?
mi* v. ui iiiir> us* m:ni?; lit
liogtia survey, bui one made in good fait^|
and if the amount of money necessary tc
construct this Branch should bo raised, l>y
the combined interests involved in it, a practical
character would at once be uiven to it.
lie did not wish the people of this District
to enter into it prematurely, but after
due deliberation to fix their mark, nnd-frcf up
to it. It would then become his duty, as
it would be his pleasure, to bring all Edge,
field into direct connection with the world
at la<f, bv means of steam, and to aid in
restoring to her that pre-eminence which in
time past she was justly entitled to anion"
her sister villages in the up-country of out
Slate.
The above is but a meagre and impeiT;:;:l
synopsis of Mr. C.'s admirable and well
conceived address. The speech was charac
terized by jjiat logical statement of facts
and that practical and hard common sense
that so eminently distinguishes those of his
great and illustrious kinsman.
Tim nixMnnm, ?.4 ~1,1 1
V Vf>??i.i?i<ui uitii aiuoc IIIIU iiuuitwu
tlie audience in a few but telling remarks,
Ho said that this was our last chance, and
now was the time to act. lie for one was
willing to put his shoulder to the wheel?
and was now ready to enlarge his subscription.
His concise and pertinent speech was
applauded to tlie echo.
Mr. Moragne then submitted the following
Resolution, which was unanimously
adopted.
Jxesolvcd, That a committee of six be appointed
to inquire into the propriety of transferring
the Stock taken by the citizens of
this village and its vicinity in theOreenville
and Columbia Railroad to the Savannah
Valley Railroad connection between Aiken
and a point on the Savannah Valley Railroad,
at or near Dyrn's Gold Mine ; and that
said committee report on said matter to an
adjourned meeting of the citizens of this
I village, to bo called by the Intendant.
Where upon the Chair appointed the
following committee : Messrs. W. C. Moragne,
R. T. Miins, A. Simkins, Jas. Shepherd,
F. \V. Pickens, antl.G. A. Addison.
On motion, the Chairman was added.
Mr. Joseph Abney then arose and entertained
the audience with a few remarks ex-,
pressive of bis feelings of gratification at the
harmonious action of the meeting, and. his
sanguine hope that ere long the monotony
of our beautiful village would be broken in
upon by the shrill whistle of the ate?m
engine. iThere
was manifested An eagerness upon
the part of some pw*ejf?l income forward
And dubsoribe, but-50 call. waarmaUe. -The
feeling that wag exhibited did.-ppt fail tpjyonvince
all present, that Our citizens
to their interests, and fully determined-t?v
have 0 Railroad, and no longer^m<rfe pertsioners
on the^gfeperoeity of tfro ,G,r$eTi*illp,
& Columbia Railroad Company.
On irtOtioa, U(^^.
ResolvedThaftHo proceed ingn,>.of this,
mfeititig bo publinh^) in'the
titer, and the Valley Pioneer / flrtd thM/
the papers of Abbeville be requested to copyfl
; SAMUEL BROOKS, Cha'n.
m. wxthtmpoow qa-ktj sewetury. :]
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Meanest Type of Slander.
The editor of the Southern Times closes I
an article, on Lady Blessinqton, with the
following remarks. Tho world would ho
vastly benefitted if it could fully realize
their truths and npply them:
"One thin# more may bo said. It is extremely
painful to every one of any sensibility
to see the eagerness with which slanders
against wonlen aro taken up and circulated
l?y a certain class of persons, ft is
the meanest, lowest and most malignant
form of depravity that ever shows its forked
tongue and spits ils poison on those within
its reach. No woman ought, to be suspected
of any departure from tin; strictest
line of virtue but on the clearest and fullest
evidence. No verdict oucjht to bo pro
i : i i .. i i ?
liiniiici'ii iiit i:.\cepi wnere sue Il.'is
certainly out raged tlio laws of propriety.
Imprudence is unfortunate, but imprudence
is one tiling; vice is another; and surely
where a woman has been indiscreet without
being corrupt, il is an awful code that punishes
a want of judgment and of fitness in
behavior just as if she had committed the
worst vice known to the refinement and purity
of Christian civilization."
The New Bounty Land Law.
The' number of applications under this
law now amount to 101,800, and are slill
coming in at a rapid rate. The Union of
Friday says:
It is probable that the Pension Oflioe
will commence the issue of warrants about
the first of June next, as tiie encrravinf* of
plates is rapidiy progressing. Already lias
a copy of tlie portrait of the Secretary of
the Navy boon completed for the 1G0 acre
warrant, that of the Secretary of the Interior
forth? 120 acre warrant, and that of the
Secretary of War for the 80 acre warrant.
The portraits of the President and others
are still in the hands of the engravers. The
engravings already executed are greatly admired
by all who have seen them, and arc
an evidence of American skill and genius
in this department of the fine arts.
The Boiumissioner has decided that the
rights of a widow of a deceased soldier are
lust in a second marriage, but are revived
again on the death of a second hushnnd.
If, however, there be minor children living
of the first, husband, they may claim in
right of their father during this second marj
riage. A power of attorney cannot he cxJecutcd
until after the warrant has been
jissued.
Mason and Dixon's Line.
Many persons arc ignorant of the origin
; of "Mason <fc Dixon's Li no," and think it
, | was established as a separation between the
, i free and slave Stales. It originated by
, J the arrangement of a dispute between William
Penn and Lord Pmltimore, begun aa
early as 1G8'2, with reference to the bound.
j aries of their respective grants of land, now
! forming the States of Pennsylvania, Deiawaie
. | and Maryland, Lord Haltimonc claiming to,
land including tho 40th degree of North
; ' Latitude. The ease was brought into tlfc
,j English Court of Chancery, and in 1750
m was djeeided against Lord Baltimore. Hut
"the commissioners appointed to make the
i boundaries, failed to agree; and, after further
litigation and delay, the matter was
settled by mutual agreement between the
surviving heirs of the original litigants, and
.' in 1771, Mr. Charles Mason, of the Royal
.....o .. ? .1 :
I : - ^ ^ . ?n w, > , 11.1.1 OVUI. 1 Ull II"*V I Villi 1<I lO
measure the decree of latitude. This duty,
. in connection with Jeremiah Dixon, he aeI
complished?established the famous "Ma,!
son it Dixon's Line" between the present
,i States of Pennsylvania, on the North, and
Pj Maryland on the South?and making his
'.j report to the lloyal Society of London in
| the year 17G7.
? i.- ,
j | Mi'. N. P. Walker^ or the Cedar Spring*
j Asylum, near Spartanburg C. 1L, P. C.,
(contemplates, in connection with his school
' for the Deaf and Dumb, opening a. school
for the Blind. Tho Spartanburg journal
urge upon the Legislature, at its next meeting,
an appropriation in furtherance of his
benevolent design. From a slight personal
acquaintance with Mr. Walker, formed at
his admirably conducted school, we feel
satisfied that ho deserves such an appropriation,
aud whether lie asks it or not, the ability
he manifested in carrying on' his school
' I r il-- IT-w ? ^
i lor me ueai ana uumu, is a sufficient guar|
anty that ho will succeed in this noble-en|
torprise to ameliorate the hapless condition
of suffering mortals, and should meet, at
ihe hands of our Legislators, the aid he so
justly merits.
Tho Marion Star of Tuesday, says : "Moses
Ilarrelsou, who was convicted of the
murder of E. A. Rogers, at tho last term
of tho Court, and under sentence of death,
which was to be executed 011 the 29th June,
on Sunday morning, an hour or two before
day, made his escape fcom prison. He was
confined by a chain to the floor of the cell.
It is supposed that with a wire taken from
a water bucket, he succeeded ijj unlocking
the lock that fastened the chain, and that
with the same wire I10 successively unlocked
all the locks, and made httf way ; to the
Ibwor floor and escaped through the windows.
rHe whs tracked where he left, the
Road and went across the fields of'Mr. Nathan
Evans, and until ho came tp the run
of Smith Swamp." .. '
Whitewash.?Poor whitewash is a serious
injury to a wall or ceiling, and when
once on it is difficult to get it off ot properly
cover it and produce a clear white appearance.
This is the season for cleaning
up, nnd we will give the recipe for a first-rate
wash* - Quick lime, slackened by boilingjtwater^'ftirring
it untH so slackened
water white vitriol, (sulphate
of ^Ino^'Which yoa get afr^ie druggist^ib&jiwte
of two pounds^dC^yjc to a
hitewash, mnkrtigiHfof the
cH rprtflt. This sulphate of
he wffeJUo |i'ar(te1>, an_d; to.
> from nit>hin# ou,jk
fd bo thrown fwto'ft. -C
tleeft ujati in bed like
Tiie Lakokst Cargo.?Tlie ship Frank
l'ierce, Capt. Leach, cleared at the Custom
House Saturday for Liverpool, by Messrs. A.
Low and Co., with tho following cargo of
Cotton, the largest ever shipped from this
point in any one vessel. The Captain informs
us that he could have carried considerably
more, but for the space occupied by
the Sea Island (round) hales. Total bales
of Upland. 4,207. Total Sea Islands. 498
i bales. Total number of bales, 4,Vol. Total
weight 2,027,771 pounds. Total value
$208,014,35.?Savannah Rcjniblican.
Tub following paragraph is from tho *
regular report of the proceedings of tho _ *
Connecticut Legislature. "Hill to tax geese,
' cats and bachelors, taken up. Mr. Harrison
was opposed to tho provision taxing bachdors.
There, was a tax already laid upon a
goose, and any man who had lived twenlive
years without being married could bo
taxed under that section. The bill wa?
postponed."
Tiik Constitutionalist ? Republic has
been sliown another valuable lump of gold
from the mine of Messrs. McCormick & Leitner,
in Columbia County, Ga. It is worth
*1050, weighing 1760 pennyweights, and it
was the product of twenty-six hands in nine
working days, from surface ore, some of
which had been thrown aside for fifteen
years.
I*r is with pleasure tlint we announce that,
by request of (lie Board of Trustees of Erskine
College, Professor Patton will deliver
an Inaugural Address during Commencement
week in August next. This will add
much to the interest of the Annual festival.
An excellent Address, to use no stronger
term, may be certainly expected.
JJcc Went Telescope.
A New Thick.?A servant girl bclongi
to !l gentleman in Montgomery, Ala.,
J was arrested recently at Weldon, N. C., on
I her way to New York. She had passed
I thus far on the cars closely veiled, as a lady,
and was only discovered by the slipping of
! one of her glover-, wliicli discovered her
complexion.
Cholera on tiie Mississippi ltivEri.?
The cholera has appeared among the emiI
grant passengers on the Upper Mississippi.
On the 23d nit. the steamer Montauk buried
seven of her passenger, victims of cholera,
between Keokuk and Dubuque. There were
seventeen cases on the Royal Arch, during
her upward trip to St. Paul last week.
Is Richmond, Virginia, there is a Baptist
church for colored people, which numbers
SOIIIO 2.700 irommiitiw-nnta Tl ictlimml.* ?a
, . _ - AV iaiuutit;ia IV
be theirs! Christ inn church, in point of nmnhers,
in the United States, and perhaps in
the world, with possibly an exception or
two among the native churches in India and
the Sandwich Islands.
A sen monster wn& Taught near Punta
Rossa, on the Florida cKnst, not many days
ago, which had a mouth three and a half
feet long, and wide enough to swallow a canoe.
The.space between its eyes measured
four feet, four inches, its length of body
ninety feet, and weighing three thousand
j pounds.
There are about 2,500,000 children in
; the United States in attendance upon Sab1
bath schools, and of this number 550,000
I are under the care of the Methodist Episco;
pal Church. In the Baltimore Conference
about 44,000 children arc every Sabbath
i instructed in this portion of the church.
j Tub Fisheries, on tho Potomac river,
nave occ-n very productive, recently, and extraordinary
lmul? are made. Alexandria,
shad are selling at- from $7- to $7 50 a hun
drcd, and herring at $5 25 atho.lisand. The
, pi ices were somewhat higher at Georgetown.
The board of managers of tho WealeHl
i Virginia Agricultural Society have awarded
a premium to Daniel Steenrod, of Ohio
county, for tho "best three acres of corn."
Mr. S. was the only competitor. Jl.is lan4
produced 10 4 bushels to tlie acre.
Our Dan says whenever he wants a hot
bath and hasn't tho change to pay for it, he
has only to tell his girl that lie has about
made up his mind to select another sweetheart?he
is in hot water directly.
'"Sambo, if de devil was to lose him tail,
whar would he go to get anoder one !"?
"Why, to do Grocery, ob course?dat's da
only place what I knows on whar dey retail
bad sperrets /" .
Clerical Impostors.?The North Carolina
Christian Advocate warns the public
against three clerical impostors respectively
named A. Armstrong, Charles Wesley Scott,
and Dr. Mann. : ,
Halk a Thousand Babies.?A train of
cars recently passed through Michigan con- ?
taining 053 paying passengers, and 525 babies,
all bound to Cbiopg# and the west, *'.'
v ' ' *" r .
WrrfinnAWAts.?Twenty-mne member#
of a Know Nothing Lodge in Honrtczr
county, Virginia, liave published a card announcing
their withdrawal frrrfr the order.Hon.
Walter T. Colqiiiti, a distinguished!
citizen of Georgia, died , in Macon, oft the
7th instant. r v
The Planters? Bank of Fairfield has de'
clared a dividend of eight per cent, for the .
last six months. + *
Senator Adams has taken the stump id '$
Mississippi ir^favor 'of the Know-Nothinga *
nnd his own reliction. . '"& *
c ' . m r- 4 ' '
Thbrb ore at present lining in the United
State* four hundred and thirty women, *
*- *<"/. "?, ?.* / ;? /
yv$5a? $penker at?sl- Crerk of.jhe ^otsWdaf
Representatives of 1j?wa,: s(ro i?tl? pia'0?SSgifo
- ; V;^ y g? ;
?LljUsp warranto are bnai IkMfcg^
mgfen At the rate df l> p^.^cw' of land, ;