THE INpEFENDENT, PRESS '
W PUBUSJtEl) KVERY 8AT0UDAY MORNING. ]
O. (p. PUOKETT, ln,ifnM1
M; PUCKETT, ) EditorB. ,
Individuals, like nations, fail in nothing which \ i
they boldly attemjt', when sustained by virtuous, (
purpose, andd*tcr>ninrd resolution.?IIkniiv Clay.
" Willing to praise, yet not afraid to blame," I
Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance.
ABBEVILLE C.~ H. ,
j FRIDAY, - - - -V?7uNE 29, 1855. |
Our Agents.
y William Hill and John McBryde,
^ Esq*., of thiB village, aro our agents, with
'' i whom nil ordei-8 can bo left with certaintv
Jr"of receiving prompt attention.
A Case of Drowning.
We aro informed that a negro boy was
accidentally drowned, on Sunday las, whilst
bathing in Little River, in this District, on
which stream his owner, Mrs. Frazier, rc*
sides.
Tlie Junior Exhibition.
"We acknowledge, with great appreciation
of the honor, the reception of a special invitation
to attend at Erhkinc College on
"Wednesday evening, tho 4th of July onsu
ing, nt which time the annual exhibition by
the Junior Class is to bo. Wo have hail a
glance at the programme in advance ; and
in its execution, together with a grand display
of pyrotechnics, wo undertake to insure
a rich treat to all who will attend. And
lot no one bo backward ; the invitation is
public, and there are tlo inhospitable mansions
about Dug West. If we are not there
on the occasion, it will bo because circumstances
will not submit to our control.
Hodges Institute
We take pleasure in asking a general reference
to the advertisement of this institution
of learning.
It is not our fortune vet to have much of
an acquaintance with Greenwood, its schools,
aud its people; and hence we are not propared
to speak, from personal knowledge,
of the condition and prospects of the Hodges
Institute and other Schools of that village.
But from the. character which Mr. McKella.r
bears as an able Teacher, we are prepared
heartily to wish for him and his patrons
all the success tho\* can desire. We
hare always a good wish, a good word, and
a hearty God-speed:- for ail meritorious
Schools, and such we have no doubt are
those of Greenwood.
The Abbeville Female Academy.
This flourishing 'school is moving on in
jts ninftt. fnrr.f .ni- wA^p.-urorisnnd TriemTs
and creditablelo the able and accomplished
.corps of instructors having it in charge.
On Friday, the 2?d instant, we spent a few
hours, :it tho inwitatiditeQ^tfa^.'Principal, in
witnessing an its pupils, and
were highly the .evidences of
honorable advancement exhibited.
Tho various classes were . oondueted
through a series of questions propounded by
-the teachers and spectators, in reference to
their respective studies, to most of which
answers were promptly and correctly given.
Whilst we were much pleased with the exhibitions
of youthful skill in tlio beautiful
arts of drawing and painting, it was a source
of higher satisfaction to us to see the flattering
evidences of rapid progress in those
more important branches of practical science?Geography,
Grnmmar, Arithmetic,
F.nrrlieU *
wuiu|)un;tiuiij vyiicniibiry, anil so
forth.
A public examination, we understand, is
sttmrKToccur, and wedefef a more extended
notice of the Academy and its conductors
until after that event.
Ookesbury Conference Institute.
y It was made our duty, (and we found it j
a pleasant one,) to attend the Anniversary
exercises in this institution last week.
Ojring to a detention of the morning
train on Wednesday, which was caused by
w damage to a portion of the Abbeville
. branch, then and now under repairs, by the
' vgry heavy rains of the previous evening,
the examination had well nigh closed when
? . t we reached the beautiful village of Cokesbu^(1^.
"ry at three o'clock in the evening; only
twgjcjasses remaining to be examined after
our arrival, which was done in their Greek
and Algebraic studies. But we were, howjfift
ever, wholly satisfied, by tlie examination of
W thwe'.two, that tlie Teachers and Students
f had eacji Ifeen awake and active to their
^ reppi^ti?? dories. w it was thorough and ira%.
j^/ pariia^on ,the ,j^t' of the examiners, and
well atiH'hono^?iy-fiU^ainjpd on the part of
jrR.' the young, exairlin&l: In short, p.ll
present were entirely satisfied, long before t
this part of the exercises won elosed, that f.'dr*-*
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aut?jflaa neen understood and regnriled,' <
* ?M Wiwe-anxious for the?conoing of the
next parti whjch was 'the Exhibition of ,
the Senior eJa^ vv * ,
Ojipie prt)gtamm<& of the otening appear i
ed the names of uina who were to speak, Ute
th^ evxiiiiig j
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%L'-fei' - w *$? '
would be hard for us to 8ay who of the 1
foung men bore off the palm. They all, 1
without exception, in our judgment, acquit- :
Led themselves in a manner at once gratify- :
mg to their friends, honorable to them- i
selves, to their preceptors, and to the Insti
tution. This is our deliberate opinion ; and 1
we heard no expression, in tbat? large audi- <
r;nco, of one opposed to ours. The cxerei- !
ses of the evening, we 6bould remark, were <
opened with a powerful prayer, by Rev. Mr.
Talley, and rendered more agreeable by
tho grateful music from a baud of amateur I
musicians who volunteered good services
for tho occasion.
On the following morning, (Thursday,)
Rev. A. II. Lesteii delivered an address
before the Erosophio Literary Society. We :
had indulged and expressed sanguine autici- :
pations of a highly creditable performance
by our young and esteemed friend, and wo
were in no degree disappointed. Tbo address
occupied near au hour, and tbo close
attention which the speaker received all the
while from every member of that crowded
auditory, is its best eulogiutn. We had
gathered up a few of its most prominent
ideas with a view to an abstract; but learning
that the Society have resolved upon its
publication, wo refrain from our purpose.
\\ ? liono it. innv cnnn Iia iccnoil nn<l will
assure the public in ndvanco that it will be
found to,contain as much good, sound, practical
6cnso, (and not by any means wholly
unadorned,) as could ea>ily be measured
out in one hour's reading, even by much
older and more prominent orators than A.
II. Lester.
This, Avith the benediction by Rev. Mr.
Leaud, (who, we should have remarked,
opened the morning exercises with an appropriate
and fervid prayer,) closed the interesting
exercises.
Having been admitted to the deliberations
of the Hoard of Trustees in their anmm!
mnnti nrr wa Iim.1 <Wi aF
....... .mu .... vTj,^. ...... V w.
'learning tliat tlie School, in its financial condition,
as well as otherwise, is entirely sound,
healthy and prosperous. Inilecd wo could
hardly imagine how it could be otherwise,
considering the unwearying care with which
that body watch over it, and tho character
of th6 Teachers under whore immediate j
care tho Institution is. Wo regard Mr, I
Round, tho excellent Rector, as a man
most eminently qualified in all respects for
the part lie fills; and he has able and efficient
assistants. Long may the Cokesbury
School live and flourish, for it is a credit to
the District, an honor tp the Church, and a
gcs!
^- Cokosbury Masonic Female Institute.
The exercises in connection with the
annual examination in the Masonic Female
Institute at Cokesbury closed on Wednesday
last with an admirable speech from
our gallant and able representative Don. P.
S. Buooiis.5
' The very short time to elapse before the
hcfui of publication will necessarily render
our present report hasty and inadequate;
but amends for such inadequacy, we are
glad to know, already exist in a great degree
by the proceedings having been attended
throughout by hundreds more competent
to judge of their character than we
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| ciann 10 uc.
I* It has rarely, if ever, been our fortune to
j atjend upon an examination in any institution
which afforded such uniform evidence
of surpassing ability in teachers and diligent
application in students ?is this one presented.
To say that the several classes
sustained a most thorough and impartial
examination with the highest credit, is to
say no more than the simple truth, and to
convey but a faint idea of tlio impression
made on the minds of the examining board
and of the audience generally.
On Tuesday evening some dozen of the
young ladies read, before a very large assembly,
as many fine specimens of original
composition. And we must say, in all candor,
that no exhibition of Bimilar productions
was ever mado in our presence, at any
Institution of learnincr. mate or f?mn!#? fhnf
evinced a higher order of excellence in this
important branch than did those read on
that occasion. There was a display of varied
talent?poetical, romantic, witty, humorous,
satirical, and practic^l-r^rhioh we
confess was-far ahead of any anticipations
we had sent out, even after witnessing the
proficiency of the pupils in other exercises.
We might not easily find (certainly coold
not produce) anything better "to grace acolumh
or two of the Press than d review of
several pieces read; but as every one of
tberh/deserve "honorable mention," for
kts.'i- sis %
which we nave neitner umo or space now, {
forbear invidious distinctions,
^(^jyednesday morning at 11 o'clock, '
after tw$ exceedingly interesting classes had 1
concluded jbe, c;cartKnation, Col. Brooks, !
as before. mtiHiated, proceeded to crown fhe j
whole bf .tyi dcl??eiy<>f an Address, wbicb, i
"or elegance of diction, originality and vigor 4
>f -thought, fcrf and
'or patriotism, t
We believe U wss irirmi i
Bany of bis friend 8 asweil t
ffidoki (if &ifv) prsstot
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Hjough of a literary character and on a
iterary occasion, the address contained nn
idtnirable and incontrovertible argument '
igainst the Know Nothing heresy, which j
a-as received with.sucli a round of applause j1
is plainly to indicate that that audience j
iad no faith in this now system of politi-1
al religion, at whose altar Gardner and i
Hale and Trumbull and Wilson and
others of their stripe oflkiate as high priests.
But a report of Col. Brooks' address is
not designed hero. We presume the Trustees
will solicit its publication entire, anil
we protniso our readers the pleasure of its
perusal as soon as a copy can be obtained.
The Colcesbury Masonic Female Inslituto,
though but an infant in ago, is already
a vigorous child in the rising family of female
seminaries, and it wants but a few yoars more
under the skillful guardianship of sueh
teachers as Mr. Wannamaker and Miss
Thompson, and the watchful care of the
Mystic Brotherhood, to developo it into a
charming, beautiful and useful womanhood
amongst its sisters of tho country. Too
much praise cannot easily be passed upefn
Mr. Wannamaker as a teacher of females.
We must admit that we have nev?r yet
seen his equal iu that sphere.
AVe conclude this meagre report with a
remark more pertinent to Cokesbury itself
than to , the"subject above. After having
spent nearly a week in her most agreeable
aud hospitable Bocietv, wo are prepared ?o
reiterate and heartily endorse the sentiment
of Col. Brooks,which was called forth by]
tlie tender of a unanimous vote of thanks
fiom the audience at the close of his address,
and is ns follows: ''The natural productions
of Cokesbury?Beautiful women and warmhearted
men."
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Why Don't They ?
To every lawyer in the State generally,
and of Abbeville particularly, we commend
the subjoined paragraph. It shows the folly
of not advertising, and we suppose the
wisdom of advertising follows as a natural
sequence. And to all other professions and
trades who look to the public for support,
hundreds of arguments equally convincing
might be addressed. Read, repent, believe,
and practice :
"Why Don't Lawyers Advertise.?
We ask the members of the bar why their
business cards are not found in our journals
? Apropos to the question?we saw
a paragraph in a Virginia paper the other
day to lb is effect: A rrentleman wont to a
printing office to examine an exchange paper,
coming from a place some fifty or one
hundred miles distant, with tho view to diswnom
he wished fo confide the transaction
of some business matters of pressing importance.
After running his eyea uarefuliy
over the paper, he laid it as:do"and remarked?'Well,
I can't find the name of a eir?
gle Attorney in the paper; and any mehi;
b?;r of the profession at the place allude^l
to, could have obtained a fee of fifty "dollars
from me by having a card in that paper,
and I would have paid the amount rather
than take the trip at this particular time.'"
-a n/r,t>?n~~ '?
Mvubiiig \JX LUO X/UULUI3*
The following announcement appeared
in tho Banner last week, with a request for
all papers friendly to the cause to copy. If
such an association is likely to result in
any good to the cause of afflicted humanity,
(of which the doctors, of course, are the
best judges,) the paragraph is ccrt&inly
more than welcome to a place la <cu*5 oolumns:
"Meeting of the Medical Association
of South Carolina.?The Association,
at. their Annual Meeting in Charleston
in February, resolvwl to havd a called
meeting of their body in Greenwood, on
the third Wednesday in July, which will
be the 18th of tho month. This meeting
will be called in session at four o'clock p. in.,
r..l~ a r - -
ouiy i oui, tor me purpose of shewing forth |
the objects of the Association, and opening I
a door of admission to tho whole profession.
"The citizens of Greenwood unanimously
tender hospitality to tho Profession during
tho meeting.
Joun P. Barratt,
Committee Arrangement,
S. C. Medical Association."
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Sharp Retort.
Jokes at lawyers' expense are becoming
almost as numerous as-lawsuit* at clients*
expense. The follow!ng. Which we-find in
an exchange is not bad: ' ' ' ?' '*
"Cross Examination.?^r. Witness,
you stated that my client manifested great
astonishment when you tohi Mm the facts
you just stated.?-Now, how did he'manifest
astonishment 1' 'He Idoked astonished.'
'But what were the indications of iRtonishmeritisir?
You seem to be a very smart
witness, and ought to-be able; td-tell mo
this.' Oli, I merely judged of his feelings
by hi* general appearand.' "That won't
answef)sir.; If you can't describe the appearance
of my clieht, When astonished, in
urtler to give tlie jury an idea; of it; sup
yuu iook asiontsnea once yourself!'
That I will do, if you will show >p? something
astonishing.' 'Well, now, raj .sharp '
fellow, what would astonish sochiti- aatonshing
witness as youtwlf/IterJ v^fVhv, (
f you want to paralyze me with Mtonish- 1
Tient, just show moan honest .la&yer \1 1
Th~?tho wi?witneq^an take fois yjjj? w j
Buffalo, June 2I.~The ?taftrnjJ&thnt
he wounds 'of Leaven wortli Jbai^r indfe6ed t
sinoorrect Eviry day thebis >
g^ia Utter, and his dai^r j
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In Iauck Once.
The Atlanta (Oa.) Examiner chronicles
Llio following cu9c of lottery luck. We do not
wonder at the corresponding "flow of soul
such a streak of luck would set any poor
man to whistling, if not to dancing. We
profess ourselves to bo rather unexcitable,
and would like, just as a kind of test, to
have a similar galvanic battery applied to
our usually dormant vocal powers about
oneo a year. However, if all the patrons
of the Press will but "shell out" as duty requires,
there will be no temptation for us
to buy lottery tickets :
"An honest workiojr citizen of Atlanta,
not far from our olfioc, drew a prize of
S'2,000, at tho late drawing of the Fort
Gaines Academy Loiter)', managed by
Swan, in this city. The day alter the drawing,
he could be heard whistling for a mile."
Lament of a Kno\tr Nothing.
The following is the concluding paragraph
in a letter from a repentant Know
Nothing. Truly ho hath been badly diseased,
and doviseth a desperate remedy :
"And now what is to become of mc / I
who have rnn through all parties beginpint*
with old Federalism as long ago as
1810! JNo part}' wants mo now. (You
don't think the Democrats would take me,
do you ?) Well. I will tell you the conclusions
at which I have arrived. First of all
I mean to go to bed and lie in a bed a
whole day. Then I'll have my head shaved
as smooth as an ivory ball, and after this
I'll be siek, alarmingly siek, for a period of
ninety days. I'll have the small-pox, the
measles, the whooping cough, and a smart
touch of neuralgia, and if all those don't
render me proof against the contagion of
Know Nothingism a second time, I'll ask
admission to some house of reformation for
chronic offenders.
"This from yours in the bonds of iniquity."
Furman University.
The Southern Patriot makes the following
announcement, and we add that all
who desire to hear a first-rate address would
do well to attend :?
"We nre requested to give notice that
the Annual Commencement of this Institution
will take, place on the 19th of July
next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. The annivers:;rv
address before the Literary Societies of the
College will be delivered the day previous,
by Hon. James L. Orr, our distinguished
Representative in Concjre^s. At eiglii
o'clock, p. m., Iie.v. Mr. Howell, P. 1)., will
preach the Commencement Sermon."
Anothkk Schoolmaster Murdered.?
.The Memphis papers states that a keeper
of an academy at Pontotoc, Miss., named
Brown, recently punched one of his pupils,
for which he wflir Y*
->V~ V-vy'-k K-aKftiE- .ahe two clinched, ano
tnose Wno saw itT tnought it only to be a
scuffle between them, until they saw B.
run a few yards, his hands upon his abdomen,
and fail, down lifeless. The young
it mi wjis arresieu ai once. Mr. ISrown was
a man much respected, and leaves a young
widow. According to the verdict in the
case of Ward, for killing Butler, there is no
law to punish the murderer of a schoolmaster.
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A portion of the Suspension Bridge at
Nashville gave way oti Saturday l;ist, while
a heavily laden wagon and a buggy was
crossing, both of which went through to
the, water, a distance of one hundred and
ten feet. Several persons were on the bridge
at the time of the accident and escaped by
running. Tin driver of the wagfin escaped
with.H broken thigh ; and the gentleman
.ip the buggy without any serious injury
wJintfeyer^-.A later account sayg a youth,^
nephew1 of Dr. Ross, of Nashville, was
rlnucnofi' ivl/J./iwo D???
" ..WV.* JL WM-. ? I .
CiNcrssfATr, Juno 20.'?Extensive arrangements
are being made for celebrating
the 4th of July here, and notice has been
given that Roman Catholics or foreign military
companies will not be permitted to join
the procession. All the foreign Protestant
Associations will, however, unite in the proceedings.
The Know Nothing Platform.
I?The acknowledgement of the Almighty
Being who rules over the universe
?who presides over the council of nations
| ?who conducts the affairs of men. and who,
j in every step,by,which we have advanced to
I the character of an independent nation, has i
distinguished us by some token of Droviden-I
tial agency.
11-?Tbo. cultivation and developement
of a sentiment of profoundly intense American
feeling; of passionate attachment to
our country,its history and its institutions;
of admiraton for tho purer days of our
nxtiona! existence; of veneration for the heroism
that precipitated our revolution; and
of emulation of the virtue, wisdottf and patriotism
that framed our constitution, and
first successfully applied its provisions.
III.?Tho miintainance of the union, of
these United States as the paramount political
good ;Xor? to use tho language of
Washington, "the primary object of patriotic
desire." And-hence.:-r1.
Opposition to all atteraps to . weaken
or subvert it., ,}:
2. Uncompromising antagonist to every
principle policy that enjlangere it...
8. Tho advocacy of an equitable adjust_
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iiioukui nu puniiyai uinorencesswmctl Uireatep
its integrity or perpetuity. ' 't
4. The Mipprewion of all the tenijenci^eto
political division, founded-on j&sogr#*
phicfel discrimination?, 6r onthe:he1>?fthat
here is
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or executive action. r
IV.?Obedienco to the Constitution of c
these United States, as the Bupreme law of p
the land, sacredly obligatory upon all its s
parte and members; and steadfast resistance c
to the spirit of innovation upon its princi- s
pies, however specious the pretexts. Avow* ?
ing that iu all doubtful or disputed points it ?
may only bo legally ascertained and ex- c
pounded by the judicial power of the Uni- s
ted Slates. t
And, as a corollary to the above :? I
1. A habit of reverential obeiiienec <o l
the laws, whether National, State, or Municipal,
until they are either repealed or de- f
dared unconstitutional by the proper au- <
thority. I
I. A lender and sacred regard tor those <
acts of statesmanship which are to be con- j
Ira-distinguished from acts of ordinary leg- I
islation, by the fact of their being of the i
nature of compacts and agreements; and
so to bo considered a fixed and settled national
policy.
V.?A radical revision and modification .
of the laws regulating immigration, and i
the settlement of immigrants. Offering to 1
tho honest immigrant who, from love of
liberty or hatred of oppression, s<?eks an asylum
in the United States, a friendly reception
and protection; but unqualifiedly
condemning the transmission to our shores
..e e i j
ui K'linih Jimi
VI.?The essential modification of the
naturalization laws.
The repeal b)' the Legislatures of the respective
Stales of all State laws allowing
foreigners not naturalized to vote.
The repeal, without retro-active operation.
of all acts of Congress making grants
of land to unnaturalized foreigner?, and allowing
them to vote in the Territories.
VII.?Hostility to the corrupt means l?y
which the leaders of party have hitherto
forced up?n us pur rules and our political
creeds.
Implacable enmity against this prevalent
demoralizing system of rewards for political
subserviency, and of punishments for political
independence.
Disgust for the wild hunt after office
which characterizes the age.
These on the one hand. On the other :?
Imitation of the practice of the purer
days of the republic, and admiration of the
iiiitxun 111:11 "omec should seek the man, and
notinan tlio office;" and of the rule, that
the best mode of ascertaining fitness for
tt'iicc is the capability, the faithfulness, and
the honesty of the incumbent or candidate.
VIII.?Resistance to the aggressive policy
and corrupt tendencies of the Roman
Catholic Church in our country by the advancement
to all political stations?executive,
legislative, judicial or diplomatic?of
those only who do not. hold civil allegiance,
directly or indirectly, to anv foreicrn nower
whether civil or ecclesiastical, and who are
Americans by birth, education and training?.thus
fulfilling the maxim, "Americans
only shall govern America,!!
The protection of ail citizens in the leonh
propur UIVIuiic "';i uicii i nn
religious rights nnd privileges; the maintenance
of the right of every man to the
full, unrestrained and peaceful enjoyment
of his own religious opinions and worship;
and a jealous resistance of all attempts bv
any scot, denomination or church to obtain
an ascendency' over any other in the State,
by means of any special privileges or exemption,
by any political combination of its
members, or by a division of their civil allegiance
with any foreign power, potentate
or oedesiastic.
IX.?The reformation of the character
of our national Legislature, by elevating to
that dignified and responsible position, men
of higher qualifications, purer morals, and
more unselfish patriotism.
X.?The restriction of executive patronage?especially
in the matter of appointments
to office?so far as it may be permitted
bv the constitution, and consistent with
the public., ccopd. _
jjC 11^-TIib"educ&tioo:of th6# ou th of our
country in Schools'pr ovi Bedthe-.State;'
which schools shall be common to all, witiiout
distinction of creed or party, and free
i from any influence of a denominational or
I noi'licon
|/MI ii^nu uiinuu'icr*
And, inasmuch as Christianity bv the
constitutions of nearly all the States, by the
decisions of the most eminent judicial authorities,
and by the consent of the people
of America, is considered an element of
our political system; and as the Holy Bible
is at once the sourco of Christianity, and
the depository and fountain of all civil and '
religious freedom, we oppose every attempt
to exclude it from the schools wis established
in the'States. ' - w' ' '
XIT.-s.The Anteti<&ii*party having arisen
upon the ruins,. nri^in Rpite of the oppo- |
sition, of thtf-Wlrt^ft?r3 democratic parties, j.
cannot lw liolrl i? onn ?'
.... ... ?...j miner rt-PJIOllSlOie t
for the obnoxiQua acts or violated pledges ]
of either. And the systematic Agitation of
the slavery question by those parties having 1
elevated sectional hostility into a positive '
element of politicatpower, and brought our ,
institutions into peril, it has therefore be- 'c
come the imperativo duty of the American 1
party to interpose for the purpose of giving 8
peace to the country and perpetuity to the
Union. And pa ^xperierice has. shown it
impossible to reconcile opinions so extreme
as those which separate the disputants,'and "
as there can be no dishonor in submitting
to the laws, the National Council has deem- {
ed it to be tfte best gnarantee of common ?
justice and of future peace, to abide by and i
maintajn tlW!pxi?ting laws upon th? a
u f . . a "V "v P
of iMvery.as a final and conclusive settle- 11
ment of that subject, in spirit and. in substaoeo.
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And regard ing-'it the highest duty tct i<
avow their.opinions upona snbjert bo hnM 5*'
portant, in* distinct and unequivooat -tejrii^fe'
it ? hereby declared aft the sens* efutbw g
National Council; that Conjyre^^jjijiJi L? fa
no power; under the Con^titu^ML
late upon the subject of jQbmj^4u tl^a ?'
3tate?uwhew it deep or^??i^^-' to**- ;fi
tfude any State tbo (J
(Jnion .
P " ' **
ireteraritting any expression of opinion upm
the power of Congress' to establish or
uoliibit slavery in any Territory, it is the
ense of the National Council that Congress
'light not lo legislato upon the subject of
Irtvery within the Territories of the United
States, jv,nd that any interference .by Congress
with slavery as it exists in tho District
>f Oohiiohia, would bo a violation of tho
pirit nnd:intention of.the compact by which*
be State of Maryland ceded the district to
he U nited States, and a breach of tho na.ional
faith.
"V 11T Tl 'e i -C
? i ne |)uircy*ot, uui governnieni- ui
lie United Stales, in \ta relations with foreign
governments, is to e*a<9t justice from
I he strongest, and do justice to the weakest;
restraining, bv all .tha power of the
government, all its citizen* from interference
with tlio internal concerns of nations
with whom we are at peace.
XIV.?This National Council declares
ihatall the principles of the Order shall ha
henceforward everywhere ,?penly avowi'd
; and that each member shall be at liberty
to make known the existence of the
Order,'and the fact that he himself is ? ^
member; and it recommends that there be
no concealment of tho places of meeting o?
subordinate Councils.
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A FACT WOHTII REMEMBERING. In
this ngo of empiricism, wlien "Cure-alls" aIiouik],
a mcdicine which has stood the test of
scientific investigation, and received the unqualified
approval of tlifl ni?w1i/.?l fa/?iiWtT io.
certainty a rarity. Such a medicine is STABI.EITS
ANODYNE CHERRY EXPECTORANT,
which has been rccoratnended by numbers
of the best and moat experienced physicians,
used by them in Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
and diseases of the lungs and throat
generally. It will be well for all to bear this
iu mind, during the inclement season now approaching,
as. l>y so doing ithey may be tlio
means of preventing much suffering to themselves
or friends. '
See descriptive pamphlets, to be had gratis
of the agents. Price of each, only 60
cents per bottle, or six bottles for $2 60.
E. II. STABLER <fc CO., Proprietors,
Wholesale Druggists. Baltimore,
Sold by Dr. F. F. GARY, Cokesbury;
WARDLAW <fc LYON, AbbevilleC. H.;
1IAVILAND, HARRAL <fc Co.,
Wholesale agents, Charleston;
And by Merchants generally.
COSSlGMBEg.
The following persons have freight in th?
Uepot at Abbeville:?
E Tilmnn, J II Marshall, Orl'Branoh, H S
Kerr, W Wilson, J M Perrin, O T Poreher, H
A Hones 110 HA Co, Q T Ilaakell, J S-Cothran,.!
FMarshall, Rev H II Durant? P Conner,
II W Law son, Wier & Mill^ N Knox, F M
Davis, Mrs M A Fraser. h *'
D. It. St)tlt)LEY, Ag't.
"markets;
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ABBEVILLE, Jujie ?Prices ua?:?
yuHtig?U| uuu ?ci j iiyiiv in vua uuoi*ug?
j|. New Floub.?k $5 per 100 lbs.
? Jan'S 27.?CoTrotf.T^Qnr ?tton
market is still at & t.fand, not' A bale nu
been offered during the pa^fc two days, viz:
Monday and -Tnfeadayj couBcquently we cau*
not give quotations,. uOi; can we. Bay what the
nrticle is actually ^or^h* *.'
AUGUSTA, Juno 35.-?Wehear of a sale today
of a single lot of about"700 hales to one
bu3'er at tlto rale of llje. for Middling.
CH ARLESTON, June 25.?The transaction!
to-day reached 404 bales, at extremes ranging
from 10 11-16 to 12$c.?principally at 10$ a
12?. The market firm ana prices unchanged.!
JEfs trayXoiled.
LD. JOHNSON, living nertr this i
place, T0II3 before m'o an estray
.
JIJ1V19Y7
of a Brown Bnj' color, size, with considerable
marks of irear, stippoaed to he about
six or seven years old. nnd* appraised by F. A.
Connar, Charles Smith and J. P. Blackwcllatt
Seventy Dollar*. j
S. E GRAYDON, M. A. D. j
Cokesburv, June 20, 1865. 8 tf ^
? HODGES INSTITUTE' >
\Ml jj? McKELLAii, Principal. ?
Tuition, from $8'to -$10 ?or Session of;6
Month* - '
Board, from $8 to $10 per Month. v?" >
rpHIS Institution possesses advar.ta- mk'
jl. pea not surpassed by any cf n like gliUfr
character in the State. Its location is phyeiA
ally and morally lienltby; its bnildin^r, larg^ <
ana conveniently arranged; and its Librarjfc
and Apparatus, already extensive, are contitff
uallv increasing. ' '
The 2d Session will ones on the last Mondays
iq July. S' . i; ; i fa
* ? r *
ro the'Inhabitants of'the Village of
Abbeville.
ON TIJURSDAY ne*t, July 3d. a Committee
ofXhe Town Council will inspect the Iota
n the v:Uage, to see that they are in a proper j
'??w v* victtumim iu pruoorvu uiu uemiu ui win
ilnce. ?
Ownert and occupants of loCs are therefore
earned to hare by that day. their lots welll
Penned up, all water, if liny, iu cellars removed.j
cellars secured against the- entry of water. alL .
iccumulations of filth, of. .wba^ver is prejudi4
sial to health removed, or they will be deals >
with as directed by tho "Ordinance for the PrA ,
?rvation of Health." - , * -w
By order of Council, M ?
R. H. WARDLAW,?
IntendantK
Jnne 2V, 1868 8 t It ^ ,
Committed.t<? 1 I
^tlie 26th Inatanty ?,^^M^%vho %NB(l
nd that he h^longdm^wfi^sShson of LISl
kridergon village.,- fc^.ufk&vfurther interrW t
:ation aaidhii niuae Wi fOHit, and that HP f
?8lonped ,|kr Hadrell of Abbeviy p
SaiijkoWi fcbmit flve feet, seven, eight M. m
ine ftjfcWa' in height, of eoiel bUck cotnple* A *
form, between twenty;OHe arts' ML
ye?r? of Age, and weighs about1 ? f
ne Jinndt-fcd And twenty-five haodreqt m
qd thirty pound*. Sautboy'fr.MBjy ojothedj *
nd *#ry m tioh dmI kttf. by wnipjtfiiE^ Np oth-< T
.The owner'of #*id boy -ft l\*r?by'?btHl dd to
irrfe forward*ipferre P F^y?JlM^oharffevj
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