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From the Loudon Time*, of Jtnr, I'JtfC BATTLE OF 80LFKBIN0. The trfmpii'luiis buttle wliioli rnt?o<l (Vom from rnnriw to sunset of Friday had tieth looked for, and its i* not a surprise. The * position of the contending ftrmit'y rendered the . occurrence of n i;reat enjtHtr,*niefrt. n certain Be- j quencr f" the l??t new*. mid tl.i-re whs a si'ent ! e*p?ffcfa<ioti prevalent ninontr "11 cl.tWt-H. a senwinch, although it whs seldom spoken, j amounted uhiuot ton couvietion, t tint the event i jnust h? what the event, has ln-eit. The cer? j ./.M.i.) wmi \vuicii i no Ati>iri?nsiia.l (tfun forced i Imek miulo tir. rrifref-even*while we admired. | We Km] already roctiitnined in thn comparative1 v *m?ll affair* i.f .Mmitplivlln, I'alcalro nn.1 ' ^Intren'a, She knoll ?>f that Austrian Aynteni M'lin-li w'hk put l efiiri' u? 115 n paUern to Ku? rd|*f of Mtwt n highly disciplined army owjjht ! to ho' n'n-1 *lii?:li was mltlu. '-il as nil . X:unp!o | of In.)TV, . mki .oimI irrcsiMiliie a f?rw a ureal-i TiilliUry monarchy could produce in the figld. I lit AOMriiin iirinv. wh?*ii it arrive'! on tile | vrfat t fii tvVik ill' (lie Mmciv. retreMinji from all I points traini:i? the m<ii.vire of. its fortrcMicii. : und coming within the co-operation of iia re- J *crve, ennrrot he "Mini.iled at lei?9 than ISO,ODD | men. Tlio I'tvtivli, increased l>y a continuous j flifrnNf <?f TrMliforcenn'lits rapid iy pushed up to I th? wn? piohaldy not inferior in nuni- i ber*. In I lie dI I l<i> nt i fill and the per [ th-y liu'l approached each other, until the ' pUr.-tter* llftVin^ pafccd tin* C'lii>'!ie and the I tvtirinsi force having pi.?scd tiio Mineio. only ' the l.'il t>'|- rivvr wcparnlcd litem. It. wua thomiht. | t miulMlh 1. J'.lllOpU I IHIl I IK? .MIStDllllS Mill I tli> ir i'Iuwii lint:l? tr?-tm:i?l, an?l ?lit: Continental ftutli?riti s hest t: iitfr>t in the sirale^it'a of the scat of w-?r liml i-imri.l.-iiitv prcdiet??<l that | the lino m tin? Mincio was I lie appointed spot . of tIk? iv 'mi:U-. Tin1 A'Mtriiins. howev er with that fatal \vr-:iknp<H of purpose which i i?eetii$ t?> actuate ih*-ni in "nit t ii?rir military! movements, i ti'l which cac^c* them to vaaeil? j late between precipitancy uinl timidity, on | Thursday i!t _!.*. :d their steps, re vriiwtl i tilt' Mincio if four enormous divisions, doubled liiif'i ii-<??? their pursuers. and in the Austrian | iwiiiiii dtfi'cs, came upon a niipci hT hotly i of 'lie ?*; eiiiy ??.. tin? Chitse. If this ho true. | nothing coni ' ' >>: nmro suicidal in strategy tlint t fyr an :iir,-ii* r fon-e to eross a threat river in I ol der to M-i k out. a superior enemy. ?n<l to en j liitn v ith that, river in the rear. Tliin ill- j quality iii loice. however, was prohahly only I momentary, and this superior force of I lie ene- i 1113'. which turned out. to he tlie maiti hody of! the Krwii'li uruiy. was qui.kly confront- j cil livtlie whole forvcof the Atisi 1 iniiM in I<"tn- ; haply, with the Kmpcror I'salicis Joseph at j their head. The liattle hcijan at. 4 in the morn- | iiiL'. l?ut n! IO o'clock, allowing thin tix hour* j for concentration. the collision of the two en- ! '.sre nriiuvs io?K |>lnoe. Tile left wine seem* l to liuvc oiiimit'iici'ii ilu? attack. nn?J to have ml- j VHnct<l neat ly as far a< Cliiri?t>. thus, as the Ana trinn net-mint rather insimiiitvi than assert*. I foroinir Inn-k i Ik* KiviivIi riuht. It. irt ehiiniei), iiIho, that, the An.?lrinn riirht. : winp hnrl nil cHi lv mktw Hirainst the Sardinian* j who with >!;>or tIA c'ontpl nearest. to Hrrsein \ ami i'ts-'rhiifia. lint ni:f"i t miatc!y for tlx1 Aiu> i trinn?. it iiii;?;ii>- -il 'hat. while their two wijijjpi'j tvcr? thus vieiorions, iti-ir ?,??iii re was bioken. ' Tl... f.. I. f ? ' ? ii<- i i'-iitu .iit|rvr tiiivcivi in* early I'tl'irU ncnittKi vlii- part ??f tin* mh-iiivV lin<?, nn<l the j Austrian* tr.-i!ilv 8:1 v, "'l'lio or.l?-r nf <uii* CHiitrn ' could not be rriiiorcil." From that moment | tJlC lull tie Hei-Hl- to l.nv*> Ii-.mmi lost. It was ft ( mutter of coiirs'f ttMi hen the t'entor whs j broken, powerful nine 'S should ho ilirecUiil j ajruin>t llit- w>! it whicli lnul pressed luipi'St I upon the French, nn<l was (.till Fiiucessful | against. the fiirt:*- opposed to it. It was in hi r<l<n;ctf willi nil military cxpori- j oiio*- that, under tlii? pressure, the lo?e? rhonM be xtr?<'r.Ii::M>-v heavy, tli.-tt the main body nil.mId mlviinvi', and tlia1 I he arm v. wltoaecentr?* Iih*1 liHfii lii'iilicii ami win"* driven haek, should retreat. The retreat. lioiinn lute in the , ?v..n;..r? TI..V a l r. i i : j .1 ' nii-.nini.s .CII. nrmilll IIIUIII, 111 ; ki!!e<], woiitnle.l nml piimnn'rii, nonie j men, accurding t>> tin- tii'ft French Account, ! whirh wt <?f c?in'?c vt? with a e*r? | tnin Kiii'Mint <>f iiiMririii, nn<l which the la-*! ; statement. in I'm; M>>nitctir mo.lerntes in the j item of prisoner*; luit we nccr|>t it. fi>i the | in the absence of any eotnitet* ctnte- j no'iits <m: the An*'rimi siile. They rccrossml till- Mil..-in U.'lii<.>. I !...? - - .-II- I paeacd upon Mi is ?1 i~a.?t r>>*i- errand. and Napo ! leon III slept in tli>- room which hud been occupied > v Ins brother Emperor on the morning ! of lllti b;iltle. | It is much too eiirlv to attempt criticism up- ' i>n tliti luetic* which have prod-.tced thin great i defeat, or to speculate upon tin* consequence* J it must produce. Sitae great. far ?, however, , there are. which lie upon the Mirfaee, and ale ' ?e?-n even in the medium <>f t.it**a>o telegraphic J dispatched. The Austrian* have iiMml candidly | adniitteil their defeat. llimory scarcely re- j cords u bulletin in which a d it-Hitter wa# more ; explicitly avowed. It ix nwid that they are j prepared to ri-Miinc the cntefrt on the other ; aide of the Mi'tcio and to lie auain defeated | with the unifl stolid liraverv a"d unteachable | awkwardness which 111 <-y have manifested in | ai! th< ir prcvioiiK t-pt rat ions. Among the ma ; py piew* ??f goo.I fortune which fall to the ; French Kmpelor, it e? not the lev1 to have to | deal wi;!i t-ieh an eiicliiV a-1 thin?brave. dis- ! ciplii.ro iiiul criditahlu to heat, hut ?<> slow of j counsel and cli iiiL'eahle of jn11 (n>se t!,at A eiu- | " gle intelligent commanding and army j of ev?-n only equal couruife and discipline, can i count every ltd tile u victory, an J every cam- ! puign a conquest. ADDRESS 07*BEV. T. A. EOYT. We extract from the Spartanburg Expre** | the following notice of tin* addrcs recently j deli veped hy the R-v. T. A. IIo.T, of our villnge j bcf<*rc the P.eidvillu High School, of that I District: Amontr the many nddre??e*s to which we hnre linteileil on nimilnr occasions, we cannot recall otie which haft given us higher satisfaction in it* delivery, or which contr.ined truths no tit for the time and |dac?% or which wps so complete in idl the requisites to a literary address. a* the one delivered at. iteiii ville, On Inst Tl.n?.hiv U..v T A ?*-i - f-. -j ... .. .. ... .1..J14 ui nunti- | Till. \V? tloniii *leHire to !>.: mii<im<lcr*too<l; i we have henril more cogrnt nn<l irresiatuMe | rea?jii>iiiir. wc have lieen ehavmetl with inure 1 fjen\it .fully rounded sentences and pololied plim***. we 't:?ve hud our heart to throb nnd palpitate under the influence of more stirring %hp[>?vio'.ed cliiii'imcc, hut we sre unahle^to recwl Leein our own experience nit example if a ii,.., e appropriate and suecesaful effort on nr..* ?uch rtn occasion. It wan philosophic^ -wiuior.L lumg tmiu?( . Kwii-ai to every mind without reftM-ancc tn dialectie*t eloquent withofat beiug" roo rhetorical. It wo# *|>oken with mi eat?y ternep and earnerine*# <if manner, and in n akilfuliy modulated toiin which, white it pleased unil delighted", riveted the attention of every one in the larg.? and densely cio'wded Chapel of the Female H igh* School. We eliould like exceedingly. if it wef'd'flbt for tlie unusual number of mthjects which .:<!? jtnond a place in our paper this week, to give ?tir reader* the outline* o? the address. We have room to state only thfl-|6ope of the jnt?jecta treated. After congratulating the truetee# upon t'li* energy ondjit.erality which they had <ln?pUj?rt iu founding the Sch< of at IteidvilU, in ei>rtii*g #u< h iiajtylpom* huildiog*. anil npon the nn?fticiou? Iflartyning wuich Ujey had mmir, prjOC*cd*d i?? diauuM th? rein t i vainer its, and to eontrn >t the r?af fitntfeattiid adjMjktion of }lat hematic. the t'luwitb ami Metaphysics. nieaiiH of edi'eat fug and developing'tin* r al... 111. a ' / K.lL "iyi,r- imiimii p|??'ro univ *' nnwF* ematti.%, And without dfcp'trngiiig the cnltiva?n of tliio science a* nn? in<li?peiisahle for aineaa iff life, lie denied the great ilfcpnrlanee which hue- l?enr claimed <.?r it as a mental gtfmnaatic, Il? regarded ih? i^ntaHdinaipline. ?. waicb a study of tlx* cla?ics affurds, as far aa-* iterior to that of mathematics. MetaphVeiea ??a l>#!d to lw? abo ve^Mith in this reej?eetiand by far lb* frpst t^-hr-ol for oalliyg forth and training for vigorous and eff-dtive service the po?ara of the mind. Por the**' position* lie argued for n.QM thy an Jinur, and gave such convincing proof of their corfeotn ess and truth, that fawr, wa ttoiitk, who k?ar4 htm, will hare Uia ? man of our tSMfce, ^il *? rust thai Jus |W#aE<l may ha spared to fulfill trie lffgR,ljopM,*ud promises think hia talaftta hire excited, J? * " **n|lWC;' I & $ now ia fiat working order. TUB INDEPENDENT PRESS. ABBEVILLE, S. C. w. A. LeE7"EBTi oE. Friday Morning, July 22, 1859. A DVICKTIFEMENTB. We direct attention to the curd of Prof. S. M. Hall, wlio is now engaged in instructing a large class in dancing at. this pla<;e and at tlio | solicitation of liis friends and pupils, propose# to form a new class on I lie l?t August next. I'rof. IIall has the beat of references, and lius given very general satisfaction here ami else- ' where. See ulso tlie advertisements of II. S. Kerk, Api-lkton ?fc 11. 51. Pkruymax, II.T. Tustin. Militurv Orders l?v Gen Griffin. Military Orders l?y Col. Ci.inkscalks, notice of the Major's Election in tlio Cth i.cjjirnent, and other advertisements. THE CIRCUS. Our renders will not forget that Rodissox A Lake's great Circus will perform here according to announcement on Saturday next. It i? one of the best companies of the kind and their bills promise nn attractive entertainment. THE CENSU8 OF ABBEVILLE. We learned from Air. Johnson Kamey, who has completed, the duty assigned him by the j legislature, <>i inking lliu ccnvis of the white J inhabitant* of Abbeville, tlint there are in our j District, 5,710 males, ami 5,.r>00 females, innk- : ing total <>f 11,216. The total by U. S. cen- | mis of isr.o. wiib I'2,<190 white persons, allowing a dcerensc <>f 14S:i. THE HOP AT*WILLIAMSTON. By reference to their advertisement it will j be aseii that the proprietors of the Williumston ( Hotel intend giving a Hop on Wednesday the I '27 th inst. It promises to be a very pleasant' ntFiiir, and to commend it to the attention of nil who arc in search of recreation and enjoyment. THE McKRNZIK TROTTPR We linve lie^n favored, during llie pn?it woelt with 8'>tne very agreeable dramatic entcrtainnieiits fruin this well known corps. The performances generally have given much Bot.isf.ic lion, and we regiet that the company have not receiwd the patronage to 'which their merits entitle them. HOT AND~DttY WEATHEB. The weather during the past week ha* been opprenfively hot and dry?the thermometer ranging a'love one hundred deg. in the shade. From all parw of the District, we hear constant | complaints <if ihc excessive and long continued drought., which is seriously iilfecting the growing crops. In eoine ?ect.ions there has been little rniii for nine or ten weeks, and all portions of the District are suffering tnore or le?s. Without r?:n soon our crops must be very much cut short. OBITTJAKY. Wo regret to announce the death of Mr.ABRAU Litks, aii old and respectable citizen of our District, who leaves a largo circle of friend* an<l I relative* to deplore his lo?. lie was for many years n member of the Baptist Church At Brulab. r.nd led the life of a consistent aud devoted Chris' inn. We nre pained to learn also of the death oft Mr. John Hoof long .1 resident of our District I near ilurrinhui-g, nnd who had endeared hini..lf t, 1. l - I-.: I - -1? I i-t.il miiuy i it'Mua mm reninvr?, uy wnoni It is loss will be greatly lamented. THE CELEBRATION AT WILLIAMSTON. The Suudiiy School Celebration came off at \Villi.ttiiriion. according to announcement, on Wednesday the 20tb in^t. There whs n large attendance on the occasion, an?l the number present wns estimated at between 2500 and 8'tOO perwons. Various Sunday Schools of this and the adjoining Districts were represented, and formed an imposing profession with their beautiful bannersand appropriate budge*. Addresses were delivered h}' C. .1. Elford Esq. and llev. W. A. McSw.u* and others, after which the company partook of ft pic nie dinner. The day passed off very pleasantly and quietly. ABBEVILLE MALE ACADEMY. We nre indebted ton friend, for a- very interesting neconnt of tfie recent Examination, at this flourishing Academy, now under the charge of Mr. Wm 11. White, and Mr. Wm C. Word In w. his assistant, and regret that it was received too late for our this week's issue. It is written by one fully competent to do justice to the subject, and who attended 4he examination throughout, and who says of it, that it was the moBt thorough and searching that he ever witnessed, reflating the greatest cred.t upon teacher and pupil, and sufficient in itself to give a high position to the institution. INURE AiBK<tT THE WEALTH ' OF ABBEVILLE. We publish in another column an interesting communication from the Rev. Thomas Frean, of Columbia, Deputy Treasurer of the upper Di. vision irSrintr a OMmnarafSco ?f ^? Returns of jtic Upper Division during the past an J present year?nnd also a comparative state * mentof the namber of slnv.-s in Abbevillo District,.. 8_#l?ia of eoods, receipts from factorage employments, the value of town lots, nnd the gro?? Auioui.t of taxes paid during tbo years 1828 '38, '48, '68. The statement affords a gratifying view of the increase of the wenlth of our District, and' will be valuable to our citizens, as* matter of reference. It will be seen from the table given, that in thn last 80 years, the number of slaves in our District4*M nearly doubled whilst the j value of goods Bold, and town lota, has in. I creased in more than a tenfold: vein*. - EXECUTION Or TSX SLAVE tAIHT Our Newtterry exuhrtpgea inform m of tho execution of the ?Uve Fanny on Friday ImI, convicted of adminittering^toieoft to l|r. Bob-" (Tut Btrwat"* fnm41y. ftnd which miilu^n the death of Mra. WiLKta, hia4iousekeepVT M'opt five thouaaed persona Were preaeot at T'Arr-. oaiion. She appeared ponitant. maden full oonfesfion-j^en first d<jj?e of tfraenio furnUhe^ *w*a (]. fitally destroyed by falling' into the'<firj9B Tbciieond waa furni?he*Tto pdlMWnlMH tbe-owttflW-rmrt^by-poWinigr K*i? har- sh*?3{ l*vC. elM beioff the oTtfy antyt? the fftnjlj who \ dr?pktf?i*beter*g?, t^poi-, on with the ringTe djpp?r pf w?U?r with #hicb . he Intended mriiirfg ?K? "Ifp^oTrif# -ito'/wM called oot of tHo kitotten. Mm. tbtrfi* t?>? bowkffe?fttr ?tWirf Ui'^hfT nbuaa* ?nd, ?h< oppofd, pat tffo dipped into W>? baok^tL "i&ff? ifl it, 4?d *** * drfnk> that becoaotiDg for the greater *lrut?HM -of tut tb*a tie otfiW*. FwjJljr up6r> tier reUrtp to til* 'kitttyA, ?* the- dipjw in ^ backet, *nd **pp9*&. tjw poiton.hul been pmpiMH fc? tin ' ' >J,! ' i ?' TFTR naturalization QUESTION. A recent despatch of tlio State DepartmeD. to the Minister of the United States at lierlin dated July 8th. 1859, recognizes tlio right of , expatriation as fullv, and places the doctrine up on as high eround, as Gov. Wisk himself could desire. It slates that the right of expatriation litis always been held in the United States, and recognized generally l?y the most eminent writers on public law. The Constitution recognizes the right, by conferring upon Congress the power to establish a uniform ruin of naturalization," and Congress has uniformly acted upon the principle ever since the commencement of the federal government. They established a uniform rule of naturalization, near seventy , years ago. and these laws continue ip to the present time, though various changes have been made in their provisions. The Alien, in order j to becomo a citizen, is required to make oath ' or affirmation to support the Constitution of | the United States, nud must entirely rt-nuunce ! all allegiance to any foreign State or Sovereignty whatever. Such is the requirement of oiu law, nud there exists, it is believed, ncnrce ly a State in Europe, in which the law does not in Rome form or other, authorize the naturalization of foreigners?The clYect of naturalization is to co'ifer upon the foreigner nil the riglus, privileges and immunities, which belong to a native born citizen, in their full extent with the single qualification, that "no person { exc< pt a native born citizen is eligible to the j oftice of President." With this exception, the j naturalized citizen, after the date of his ntitu" ralization is placed upon the Fame footi'ig with ! the native citizen. Naturalization confers a j new political birth, and exempts the naturnl' ( ized citizen who returns to his native land, j from any linbilty for Militnry service except | mm, uuc in, me nine 01 in* leaving. A tuture liability to serve in the army will not he sufTi- j eient to charge the pnrty,?since before the j time has arrived fur tho performance of the i duty, he bus changed his allegiance and become | a citizen of tho United Stales. Hence, the | naturalised citizen is entitled to protection | in all cases, exoept that o f actu-il desertion, or j a refusal to enter the army, after being regti- j larly drafted into it by the Government to | which ho then owed hid nllegiance. t:ik position and prospects of cotton. The Charleston Jfrrcuri/ published from the | Liverpool Pott, a communication from iu> well j known correspondent "Mcreutor," on the Po j ait ion and Protptcti of Cotton during the prca- < cut year. The writer estimated the last years crop, at ! from 3,700.000 to 3.800,000 bales, which has j exceeded the cJt-l}' estimates of the season, by nearly 500,000 baled?yet so great has been j the extent of the consumption, that but for the ! European war the present prices would have I been much higher, and unoasineM would have ! been felt in Manchester iti relation to llie fu- | ture supply of cotton. The elasticity of trude j has been sufficient lo counterbalance tlie enormous crop, and the derangement of tho Contenetital war, The tot al supply of cotton for the hnlunoa of the year is estimated nt 1,695.001) hales, and the consumption for the aarne period nt I lie ' rate of 43,000 bales?per week to the niannf.ic i turer. together with the foreign export, will ! reach 1,360,000 bale?, reducing the stock on j hand in Liverpool on Ihe Stint December 1859, J to 335,000 hales?nn aggregate stock suhstaoti ally the same ns last year, but very diflicrcutly divided?the proportion of American cotton lie* ing 100.000 hal?-s less than at the end of 1858. Tim writer therefore concludes that the position of the market is good, and warrants the existing currcncy. A crop of 1,750,000 hales has i b en inort than absorbed; for stocks will be i lighter at the cud than at the beginning of the j vear,?and this under a state of warfare ' which would seem to indicate that if peace j were restored, a crop of 4,000,000 bales would ; be disposed of next year. TTTE CTTMPS TW TTT.fmiTlA We tnaku the following extract from a letter written by a gentleman of Coluinbin County, Flft., to a friend in Abbeville, dated July 4th, in which he gives the following account of the growing crops : " The crops are good, and all hands are feasting on watermelons, peaches and roasting ears. I will finish laying by cotton this week* and start all hands to planting new ground in pea?. My cotton is growing rapidly, and is as full as 1 ever saw any, and if it turns out as well aa it now promises to dj?. will put up our Inndsto |s 15 or$20 in less than five years.? The long-cotton fellows are beginning to admit that tftay bc it will do; and if it does, will hrflp our country very much. What think j-ou of cotton the 4th of Jul}' as high as your head, and numbers of grown bowls upon it. If I hft.l you At my Bronson field, I could make you slare a little, and wish that you were away from old Abbeville." LITERARY NOTICES. Godey'b Lady's Book.?We have received the August number of th if ^popular periodical leading tiie bright array of the monthlies. It is richly illustrated, and contains a finely colored engraving of u Subcrban Villa, drawn expressly for the Lady'p Book, from an original design. It contains numerous fafliion platen, and much en'-ertsiuing literary matter. (am. vVI^MVrUlil IAD Alt! OUUHJIAU 1 *"* O ?j indebted to th? Cosmopolitan Art Asadfcintion for the June number their very excellent Journal. It is published quarterly at $2.00 ' per annum, or 60 centa for aibgle number*. A subucriplion of,$3/)0 will make ap annual member of the Association "arid^title him to tiiQiMfigHEine, a'fine engraving, 'and a chance for th*) aurtual (frizes. & DEATH 07 COlL Zrf. HKEJTDOlf. We ferret U learn s?iy# the QafoltMian that Col. Z. 1*. Derndoh, of ihi* plaoe, formerly of Uaionr-diad at ^HHBpringa, Tuesday morn>uig, at K o'olock^flMf retnaiaa were brought^ 10pl V? on yesterday, moor ted by a appointed by the. Bar of Union,* jQpjjr^^pgdon long occupied a very prominent jlltffition mt the Bar of that plaee. He wa? le- < legal adviter, and was em> almost every mm pf any importance brought ^ffore the Ccurta of that HMfe. Hi* health ha? for tome time been on fSecline. lie was in tlie eixty-eiglnh year [jdUIAll MMHI ?ai w . ?- - ? w?v |/<W HIM m? /tnr o'clock.' -* y' At Ui?>ftpaa4 ui#oting of the stockholders of the Bank of N?wberry, 8. CS, held ooAhc ftih JolL, tft ioHowltig nlMed gftnileta?3^^r*p? d*?t?d dirttto+a, fo er?? totfiocntuttoffjMitv; I*- B. JIIKM IL BftCtpr^Mopb. -C#WwaH, Ro?eio? F. At?fo4, KWmVTowp, ( Jame* A- Ren wick. R. L. M'Caijyhi^jy JyhnPKinard, Satn'L R. Todd, John ^.Bbnpwm. iohs qpttrtly bfefil, B: T>. BoydlTM ir^^rrnMiiWit, - w i COMPARATIVE VIEW Of the General Tux of the Upper Division. To tiik Editor of the Independent IVkss: Sir:?Herewith I give yo.y a Comparotive View of tlie Tax Returns ofRlie present willi the past year. The inertaso of every apeciep of tuxthle properly muni. l>e i*iiflily gratifying (o tlio cilizcnsof the Upper Division. Year#, tila.vef.|"?alo? of Value of Gro?s To?ii I't* Taxci 18.r>9 24<t.48'.? 8.1.r>3.H?2 ftt4f.6.185 3>4.'lt>2 9r> 1868 217.286 7.883,213 fi.n87.7B3 236.fl<>9 9.r> Inorewsp 2203 WWj) 347.432 88.39ft.00 As an unnnswernlile ?ri?urnent in favor of i>.ii^.n.< r.. ?:i^ ...... .i.n o n..... partitive View of the Tax Return# of yo'jr District for cnch decade within the last thirty year*. Hut convincing as theae argument* are# they arc deficient in force and strength unless we could tthew I fie vast increase in the valuo of real estate throughout the District. TIiib however under our present form of Taxation cannot l>e done. 1 hope our Tux Act will undergo revision for it generally r.-ud* it. It belongs to the past ami not to tin* present.! Extract from the Tax Rrtttrii* of Abbeville Din I rid for the Jlnmiug Yeair, viz: +4 \ Cj** r r: ? j2 o MM 5*? 5 "2. s ? s ? ? If, s3 s-3 i r! j **> ?. _11 5l__ 1828i 11,4 lit *> lit, olio $:?y.47.> $I0.353.o:$ 183Kll3.3lMiill9.0tm! 10.30ft.85 l84Hjl7.2-*| 8<". Oil"! 29,09ft I21,3ft"l 11.34(5.37 18C8ll9.8ti8ijStl.808! 44.UtHn4Ql.2Wil 23.714 111 Number ot Slaves in 1828 were 11.415; iu 38, lo,3i>0; in Mfi, 17.285; in '08, 19,808. THOMAS rttEAN, IVp. Treiw. Treasury Office Columbia, July 14th, 1859. The Tax on Oooda. Wares ami Mri-lmnil;?< is not Mtiform, sometimes it is levied on I lie amount of 6*l?s. .111.J sometimes on tin; amount of stock employed. WRITTEN roil THE INEI'KNDKST PRKSS "A RETIRED PRIVATE1* VS. OUR MILITIA. Mr. Kditor: We had indulged the hope tlmt we Imd run agnist. "the very man, who perfectly" understood the rope*, "mid would expose the evils and inutility of the military system; hut not so," for ''A Retired Private'' raises hi* "voice" a second time, only show how successful he is in "accomplishing h beautiful evasion.*' We are truly- sorry for this, for we feel ai?nin doomed to have our tympanum annoyed by the sA:ne' old song of "the military system ought to be abolished," when not. one of twenty, even of those under the anti-military instructions of A Retired Private, either can, or will assign the simplest valid renqOti for it* abolish tlleiit. He. however, seems disposed to excuse liimsel' on the ground of "disrespect to the understand ir.g of our fellow cit izens," who, in his opinion, having examined the matter "calmly ami faitly fur themselves, disapprove of-it. Now w? will not u uestion his m-destv but tl>inL-I>? need not entertain feare of wounding the feeling of "our fellow citizens'Tor men rarely ohjeiM to lieint; xificnleJ from a dilemma. In<lceil they mi^ht be placeil under lusting gratitude to liirn for uri idea or two on the subject, piuc< our legislature lias had it under conyidcrn tion, and not being favored with the vision* of some, has failed to perceive th-? magnitude of the evila eo long and so often chanted. Tlx matter was even referred to 11 special eomm ittee ; but nfter enreful search tbev also fulled to gel n glimpse of the "lilnek Crow." Wc bop leave to suggest to our legislature llie propne t v of selecting a committee of less contractcd via ion liercufter, or if enough can be had, whohiid tlie exquisite pleasure of riding that brautifu< little animal "antimilitary," they will do. lint, .is "A Retired Private's" position is nn? pretty clear, we will dismiss bis '-Ipse dixit' and for once, violate to a limited extent, tin rule# of controvert", by stating a few of tin reasons for continuing the militia. We tie not, however, feel ourself under obligation tc to do so, since we are acting on the defensive and arc o:.ly expected to meet arguments io f>te'>d of advancing them. And first, we take it for granted, that thos< who originated and established the military law. were wife and good men, and if wise and good, they must have been intellectually and morally incapable of imposing useless dnt.iee upon their constiuents, hence, they evidently saw the very best of reason* for Betting on fuol ana enucting a law boiu inconvenient and expensive. Again, the law being established, it wotib be reflecting greatly upon the w isJom ant character;uf our sage statesmen; to say, thai they had, for more than half a century, sustained a law which required unmerited ser.vice at the hands of their fellow citizens. Had this heen the case with the immortal Calhoun, McDnffin, Butler and others, and they had known that they were sustaining a calling law, how could W*.i??y to their ashes liequei* cat in pace. Wo would rather say "ye lenew your duty bul did it not," But there is again, no ground upon which to predicate the belief, that .circumstances have so altered in the affairs of out governments as to render, a once nseful milfta ry law, now worthless. If so, why has nol "A Retired Private" so informed the public, and act about devising some plan, hj which, bis fellow citizens, for whom he appears to havo unusual sympathy, might be saved from such in cnprofitnble duty! lot nut-shell, we conclude, according to the fact that if the system is uow, aa it is said to bt?, worthless, it must have been always so, and those who established it, together with th>w who* have since sustained it, wera either knave* or MBIs; but we are far from beli?ring them U liav? been either; but wise and good men, jusl the vary men who should make laws for friond "Private" and ourselt The only error wbict we conceive they committed, was too much Teniency, or want of stringenoy in ilia law, {Sflireh allows fcnrt rnonv mrirtnt fha 1 iKart ?r a <r |?- - .^ becoming "Retired." Thir bnwerer, mayb< attributed to the amount of awntfdeiiee whict .tliry were disposed to plijee io tb?ir Bona, ?nc which the laltf r Ii?va fuiltd t<> merit Tin fftt it dur father* tired before the day* of end rnpid, flashing progression end true, genuini fm and fitvtktt*, end were sedate anil patriotic ibm. lUviog panlii?4 by their owi for#, tijeir. liberties, they handed then down, to us, witfjjt law making ^?ery man i a cititen easier, ready at attysnd alftinpea U defend his Wuod-booght f nheritan'ee. Bui now bartag'growo to fee 4?teat'p?opW, taadfeliattti and nice to parade on aa -old field "uud?r t biroiHtf gjfcoi'' w? must lay asjde dld {so called flifflpt,* no-mauer what goad may o? o*a ^ * *, i-'-r-; , ? are gfteatly iod?bt*d ,t? flHptck ?f >h?-ela?rela wpn. Tfc hones ?f 'uptne of otfr bjravf?t paopfc now lie tyaaahing on many ? well aaaMdrs mo&yriUn* ?mi< tho greatest clash of guns and loudest roar of cannon, might always have been foUnd the brave Palmetto boys. But whether or not. as is no doubt questioned, this heroism id due to the influence of our militia, we have the consolation to know that j it belonged peculiarly to those, who had been I raided up to manhood, under strict military j discipline. Tiui if the military system had no other good ttinn tliat of sustaining n well reg- [ ulated system ?if patrol, tlmt ought to lie j enough to commend it to^tlio favor of every I devoted son of tile .South. We believe it to lie ! useless to talk about a system of patrol being j ; kept up without the militia. The two are in- I I separable, any attempt to ahol Mi the ohm will j I equally effect the other also. The truth of this lias already been observed in tome parts of our j district, where little or no attention is paid to the military law. Our slaves no longer fear the patrol, and are permitted to roam where the please. We know plantations of negroes which have not been patrolled for years. I Will this state of things do? There are many other points, of great bearing, in the question i before us, but it is unnecessary to speak o! | them. The circumstances are such, that we j I are compelled to acknowledge the great utility | of the military system, until the contrary is I proven, just as the law regards n man innocent I until he is proven guilty. BAYONET. I FOREIGN NEWS. j Arrival of the Steamir Weaer. NK\v York, July 16. i The steamer Wcscr. which sailed from Liver- I ! pool on the 4th iustunt, arrived ut thin port j to-day. The salts of cotton on Saturday amounted to 0,001) bale*?tlie market closing quint luit steady. Breadstuff* dull. Provisions dull, i Consols {Wjj. ; Tlie poliiicaI news is of little interest. , I The Gentian l)iet Imve nirreed to place a | , ! corps ??f observation on the Rhine. Disturbances are occurring at .MeMino. , \ A despatch from Vienna, duted the lid, M-nW that the l'iedmoiiteje had surrounded i'esJ chiera. Despatches from Milan to the 1st instant, i state that Giirilialdi, with 5.U0U men, was tna' . mouvreiiig to close the valley of the Adige, so us to isolate Vci'imib from tne Tyiol. . I'riuee Windisehgraiz was expected nt Ber- I ' 1 in on the S'l, on a special mission from Vicuna, j i '1 he French rentes have an advancing tcii* k dcucy, closing nt OH.3.1. Important from the Seat of War. i Tlie PitriM Afititifrur #?f .fnlw 1 I fuiiiiwini; lrl<i?Miin : i Valk?i?>. Friday.?From the Kmpprr>r Nopo- ; ; leon to the Fmpress: '"The whole army has . |>ntt*i*il the Mitieiu. The Sardinian* have in[ vested I r?uliit'i'a. The r?iiifurcvtiit>nt? which I j have received by the nrrivul of ttft.tMO men mi1 <ler l'rinee Napoleon, have enuMed me to apI protieh Verona without compromising myself j in nn.y wiiy. a* I have left- a corp* d'armtc at : tin- liurlo, t<> wiitfh Mnnt.ua ; and L him ahoitt r ' to assemble another at lireaciu to watch the . t passea of the Tyrol." Tiie Monitntr bImi contain* tlie following offi ! cial bulletin of the battle of hullVriiio : I Tilt? force of lli* army of the enemy amounted to from two hundred nnd filly thoui<Hiid to '< two hundred und seventy thousand. The new | artillery produced terribl* elFevt?its d'n! ehartjea reached the enemy a'. a distance their heav iedl. i^iius eon Id not reply, and covered the | plain with the dead. ! The low rtisiiiined by the French is 720 offi cel t* placed hurt de combit. one hundred and : twenty of whom were killc'l. and twelve thocs : an<l privates killed and wounded. Among (lie killed are seven colonies ami six lieutenant ! colonels. Among those wounded are five gene, rah. i The Austrian correspondent says that the : Iocs at the haltle of the *24th, an fur as hits yet < i been ascertained, is one thousand nine hun dred killed and eight Lhousand one hundred I wounded. ! j Arrival of the Steamer City of Waahf i ington. New York, July 18. The ?lonm?>r City of Washington, which sail' i-d from Liverpool, via Cotk, on the 7-th instant, | arrived at thm port to <lay? * j The sales of cHton on \Wdnesday were 15.? , ; 0(n> l>al*s?nearly ull to the trade ; all qualities i slightly ndvmieed. Sales on Thursday 8,000 ' : hale*?mnrket firm. Consols 0S? to 93J. > ; Breadstuff* dull, prices nominal. Corn , I steady, with an increased demand for yellow. Provisions dull. Produce unchanged. Gkmkk.il I.ntei.liuenc^.?A battle is daily expeeted on the Adige. It is reported ihat n British mail steamer has been requeiled to prepare to carry an anna* ^ A neon a 1ms Wen declared in a state of siege. Latest, (via Queenstown )?The Paris corres> pondent of the L?n<1on Tonus says that tin* Minister of War and Pelissier have had another conference, for the purpose cf concerting measures for a complete organization of the army in ! the East. A general disarming of the citizens of Trieste I i has been ordered. I { The Auftrians are believed to have 2,000 men , j in line on the Adige. Information had readied Vienna that Garij baldi's meigjhft'l violated Tyrol by entering one i j of .the prominent passes. Windischjrratz had gone to Berlin to acquaint the Prussians of this fact, and to proposo to send a German army lilt-'* l)mi|a Koffiit.h has issued a proclamation, calling r ! on tlie Hungarians to rise for their liberty, and . i say* flint he will wmn be among '.hem. j The I'.viSide Ku?w> sava that Prussia ha* called out #ii/rmv of 800', oOO men, whiufi will t be reinforced bv 1*50,000 of the Federal troops, and thinks under the circumstances that France will not listen to hei* proposed mediation. It was rjp-rted at iiootnia that Garibaldi had deifiited three to five Ihou-and Tyrolean Chasseurs. and had succeeded in driving them I beyond the Steliro past)?the latter Buffering severely. ?^ a m Arrival of tb? Stammer Indian. , Farther Point, July 17. k The steamer Indian touched at thia point yesterday, beiuglng advice* from Liverpool to the 6th instant. The salcfe of cotton for the <hr?e daya amonnt I ed t-o 28,f?00 bales, the market closing dull, hut , prices steady. Breadstuff* declining. Consols 93f to 934 fcr gecouofcr 1 Tub Latw.?O&tfe sales of cotton at Liv*r> pool, speculators anoVsportf-a took 2,OOObales. I Middling Or eaus is qlwtodat 6Jd., and middling upland* ttf-1. , . The Manchester accounts are favorabla, and 1 A&qualitiot of good* hava slightly .advanced, ' wM.li an active market and stock* Tow. Richardson. Soenca A On., sav that the f weather is favorable for the growing crops. Plotir i*vcrV dull, and holder* prea!"iii!? aa'es. 1 Wheat ts'tfOll. and haadefclirted I ti? 24,; Booth > ern It*. to,lIa..2d. Ro*in ?a atoadjir at 8f? lOd. | to 8?. lid. Terpentine is 4nll'ttt~88*. 9ft. a1).... i.u u..? a..i.i: ti ,.c ? ? *!?* lino IM OII IIV UgMl'lllg* *'l Peft^jjfp* i> rofff-'uiiig, and tbe Frcnch are 1 threatening: Verona. " ' *' i- ^-American securities, art flow of sale, but uu Losdom. Wfdne?i9af.?Cerrtols are quoted at 93? for moQ.?tj fpd xcauuot. .< ' The Austrian %d/anted prat is bu^ ah?rt i distance from Villa Franefc) which is occupi ^ |d by the. opr^^under ooounand uf # ftftfiel ' ' Is Vety rtrneh donbted" whether the Attatfjfr" * u> would venture to accept battle io Vie n hrxunt dpmnr?li?nfl unnilition nf tkitir trtnv. ) Itatft. Jbfy 4 ?H ft mrftaor?d that W,000 Jtaufth *r*;p? h*v? dtombfls-kwl aiJL0di?0?9d ?:W ' 1 . "T^i* Or*?t If wa >t Totfnerftlll, 1 t*wi>?iur KM** Roj^wWH* tield oflPfeUr, THE BIGHTS OF AN ALIEN UNDER OUB LAWS. A correspondent of the Columbia Guardian furnishes to thai paper nn interesting statemcht.of our law with reg.nrtl to aliens and tlieir naturalization?from which it appears that by the amendment of our Constitut ion in 1856. no one in South Carolina can voto unless ho has been a citizen of the Slate for two years previous to the election : Whether nn alien can hold ofliee in South Carolina is que t ioned by some?nine* under the amendment of the Constitution (1854) all officers must take tin* oath of alli-i/iance to the State. No one certainly can bp elected a mem her of the l.owcr House unless he has been a eiti?e i of South Carolina lor three years, Senate live years, Governor or Lieutenant (Joverner lor ten years. See Constitution of I7fli> Nor can aliens a' all. nor naturalized (until they lr?ve been a citizen for two yeurs) serve nn jurors, for jurors must be voters. See Acts of Assembly. Kxcept as to votes nnd as to being eligible to l lie Legislature and Kxeeutive Ifeimrtmeiit* mid rs to serving a* juror*, there is not recall cd at present any <li4--r 1111 innluxi between nillive I jo r it nml naturalised in South Carolina, llnl it should lie observed tlint. these reslticlions as to time apply to citizens from sisler States and our Slate as well ns lo naturalized. The two fm inur classes must have been citizens of this State so many yearn before allowed to voto or hold the oflieca. or serve as juror#.? Of course with lis aliens cannot own real estate, but they limy take and hold until oflico found. They may lend money on mortgages of real en:ate, and alien widows of citizens are in law the same as other widows, and aliens may like native born and naturalized be required todo miliiia and patrol duty, lo work on the roads, to |>ay taxes, and to be "of good behavior." WASHINGTON NEWS. General Lamar, our Minister to Nicaragua, j informed our (iovernuiciit l?y the Inst steamer j that Ik; iiitcinlcil tn letuin home in the it*fxi- j utenmer. The return of Jerez to Nleai ngun | may tlflay his relurn. in the hope of necum1 plishing B'imoihiiitr. Jerez, left here ftillv ini? preiWqd with the belief that he could unravel the Central Am- ricau imbroglio. l)espatehc? from Nicaragua are looked fur by the administration with nilleh interest. The Board of Naval Officers appointed by the "Secretary of the Navy to examine the various lireech loading rifles hc^t- adapted for naval purpose!! have completed their labors und made their repoit. The Secretary will dispose of the matter duriug the coming week. The appropriation i? one hundred thousand dollars, and i the content is very animated. ' Judge lionglas is here and intends to remain ; n month mi'hi. lie, with a few of his mends, j are quietly arranging a programme lor the | Chariest ion Convention. Iliti friends look upon | | Ins uoniinntion as u foregone conclusion. J. C. Ilaniil'on ia here, making researches in relation to the i'r?;?t questions of neutrality ami commercial freedom, and, it is understood. ii< possessed of very important inn erial.<. sliow| ing that the policy of the ndin'iiistrnl ion in till? j ly iti consonance with tlnit tinullv adopted by : Washington, to be embraced in his history | of the United States. The lale Congress hnj appropriated only , flft.nnw an n preliminary to taking thu next j eensiis, for the preparation of blank form?, instruct ions to Marshals. ?tc. Ample time will he allowed for the selection o reliable deputies, ait'l Mich arrangements wtll he made by the Secretary of the Interior ft* will mure tlie prosecution of ffie work with more per feet liens j than heretofore. Many ftpplieutio na have been j mndo for employment as eleika, but tlie Census Bureau will not bu organized nnli! next year, when the return# shall begin to be received. There is authority for the assertion that, how ever desirable the acquisition of Lower Califur I tun niuy he to tlx* administration, iiohucIi prnj position in now pending between the govern* j incut* of llie United States and Mexico as lias been stilted. Secretary Fiord's health is slightly improved, and lie will rut urn to Washington to accompany tlie President to liudford Springs ou Mon; day. BANK STATEMENT. Th? follow ill jj cundviise t statement of tlie condition of the linnks in Souili Carolina, on the 30th June, is from the Comparative View published in the Charleston Mercury: The aggregate results are as follows: liability f-?Capital 314.wlK.35U WS : circulation 8,14*>.??74 152 ; profit on hand 2.193,(13$ Ort; due Bank* '2,778,"23 4ii; deposits 4.131.8K2 85; due State 3.32U.H74 40: other items 1,775 UU; total $35,495.1" >5 HI. ItetMiurctf*?Specie $2.828.6.">8 14 ; Itenl Estate, 076.741 47 ; Rank Noted, 44",839 00; Da** from Bunk*, 2.6'>0.868 66 ; Diseonnlf. 12.? 716,785 95 ; Dumwrii! Cx>:tiHii|(e, 8.659.3:i3 3D. Foreign Kxvlian^e, 712.415 05; Bond*, i.103.?[ 737 40; Stork*. 1.941,663 77; Suspended ti?M, 1 04.761) 62. Branched, 1,342,073 50. Total, 35,- j 495.805 21. By eomparing I hi* with I lie statement for the month >>f Muv, we note the following cl>niiireB: A decrease in the total of linliilitied nnil of red"*irce* of $1,187,344 83; a decrease in circulation of (981,(194 60 ; a decrease in deposit* ??f $534.3mt 97; a decrease in Domestie KxHianp;, of $949,iil3 82; an increase in Kill nlA on llrtml nf !fcKl7 AKl R?4 an inopu.iau in j-- v?. discount* i>f #392.'28.1 14 ; nml an lucrum** in Foreigu Exchange qf^'2<tjf08 65. Mn. Yancf.y's SiMcljEpaWe have received a full report of the speech delivered in Columbia, on Friday evening, l>y Hon. William L. Yancey of Alabama, at tlio reijuest and invitation of ninny friend* in Columbia. Oar accumulation of arrears in reports of celohrntions, proceeding*. news and correspondence, cornels us to defer publication. The South Carolinian says of this speech : We shal! publish in oimjwe of Wednesday n full report of Mr. Yandiy'a ohle speech in the Allieoeum Hall. -Oar fihonoirraithlc reporter. Mr. Woodruff, was present, and took full mid n<ic urate notes, whirh were revised l?y Mr. Yanccjf" himself. Though, of cour?e, we differ Willi him entirely in lilt ingenious argument concerning the exercise of Congressional eontrol over the fureiun slave trade, we yet realize 'lie force and lieauiy ?>f the appeals fur agitation to it. and, without recoil my from the a*ue. shall present views on the other side, perfectly confident that a cl nr. understanding of them will convince the public mind. If this power "to control the foreign slave trade is a usurpation liv tho Federal Government, and an in. fririgement of Stat** sovereignty, then no effort to recover it should lw lost, even though it he not in contemplation to exercise it. But for the publicat ion, in our i*?ue of Sunday, of Mr. Khett's speech. which ooctipit* our tri-weekly of to day, we should liHV? pre*ented the speech in this i??sue. An we <Ur?ot desire to put two longr: speeches in one triweekly, wo have thought.proper to retain it for Wednesday. Treaty with Mexico.?Tire'Mobile Register, (ex-Minictor Forsyth's paper,) *11 mling to the rt'poft that Mr."McLsne ir negotiating a treaty with the Liberal government of M&tica* says: , We have good res son to know, that a Degoti at ion js on foot. The' httsis of it, w? tender stand, in pecuniary Aid Irotn the United Mtifte*, in con*i<l?T*ii?? of'thi'tfesahiti of L?w*r California. The Jarffe* government. !jri*|ie4,to include in thW'tt-eaty * Kunrsriiv of its'parnianenee and power, bat Mr. MoLime hud uo. instructions tu authorise this. A pusjnl arrangement will lie made; perhaps a reoipnfcity <S?nvontion. Whrt the Tennessee left Vera Crue .the liberal.goytrqmcnt.had almost rpade up its mind to aWndoa a "Heap rooted Mexican pra,jo<H?ei?id ?o aaoept the services of a corpa of r Am?#ioarU-tytaj?0E*aiv three -or foiy. Ihqusapd Jfcgung. Toe Washington writers, wljo #tarti>d tWs report, now take it' back as fal*fe. Thajce .U, neverthe)esa< troth in it; aBd. *h? nm steamer m*j-hrjog Lerdo de T?da<R or Gen. Ffagolla do ttt make the ai'ia ^ ''j ?-?? "' ?? & . uo iaat. years Th?ra . Medical Convention fob Revising the Phahmacoprffiia of tiie Unitkd States.?The Medical Convention for revising the Pharmacopseia, which met at Washington in liny, I860, provided for assembling a convention for the samo purpose in the year 1891), hy tiio following resolutions: 1. The President of the convention shall, on the first ilny of May, 18.">9, issue a notice re<|iit'*tinn the severi'l incorporate State Medical Societies, the incorporated Medical Colleges, the incorporated Collets of I'hysioians and Summons, and the incorporated Ollegea of Pharmacy throughout. the United States, to elect a number of delegates, not exceeding throe, to attend a general convention, to ha held at Washington on the first Wednesday in May 180't. 2. The several incorporated bodies thus addressed shall also he required by the President to submit the PharmacopKia to a careful revision, mid transmit, the result of their labors, through their delegates, or through any other chnnnel. to I lie next convention. 3. The several medical and pharmaceutical bodies shall be further requested to transmit to the President of this convention the names and residences of their respective delegates. as soon no tli?-y shall have lierri) appointed. a list of whom slin11 tie published under his Authority, for the information of the medical public, iu the newspapers ami medical journals, 10 the month of March, I860. Rumor or a New Political Moykment.? The Athens (Tenn.) Poet gives currency to the following rumor: "Ruinore are afloat to the effect that thero will Miortly hi* a meeting of prominent Democrats of Louisiana, Mississippi. Virginia, AlaIiriiib, r.eorgin and South Carolina, to tak<r counsel upon the condition of the party, and to ditu'tieft the expediency of letting the Charleston Convention go hy default. The party iu the free States hns become so thoroughly fre*-' soilized that they utterly despair of electing rv sound Democrat iu 18t>0, and regard a union with the Southern opposition and the conservative men of the North nnd \Vcat, as the only means of defcuting the Black Republicans in the Presidential contest of the approaching year. It is said the movements only await lha termination of the election* in Tennessee and Kentucky. Should t e opposition carry thaw two States. of which there is now hut little doubt, it will immediately go forward." Mit. Yasckt and thk S-ave Trade. ?Mr. Yancey believes the laws against the elave trade and making it piracy when it is not, should bo repealed. But, as to reopening the trade, that is a question he is not prepared to advocate, and, I ke ourselves, regarda as premature. lie concludes a recent letter on polities, addressed to J. D. Meadows, Esq., as fol iuws; > 1* hi r'npciiiii/j the African slave (rode, that M a grave question of the highest political auj rco)iniiiic import, and should lie decided alone liy i In* ?>*vfPol StHtee?each for itself, and with ref? Teiiee nl<me In the industrial interest of each. The ti'ne for its decision ha* not yet arrived, and ae I have formed no opinion upon it* expediency trith that thoughtfnines* which it* great importance demands, I will not discuss it here. Very respectfully. Your fellow-citizen, W51. L. YANCEY. Tiir. Slavic Tram: in Alabama.?The Hon. I\. B. Moure, new Governor of Alabama, and a candidate f<?r re?election, on being applied lo f?>r an expression of his opinion on publio topics. bus written n long letter, in which, treating of the topic, lie opposes the opening of the slave trade on grounds of public policy. | and regrets the agitation of the subject at a i huhrie of irritation and division ainoni; southI in people. lie is in favor of modifying the I laws which make it piracy, and discriminating ) anioni* different grades of the offence, but neit liI I li>a .</,r nn<. ?l 1,1 I milted to divide llie South in the crisis of t'lio next year. Mount Vernon.?The Alexandria Oaxctts says the home nml tomb of Washington will rtnon j)us** into the possession of tbc Ladier' ; Mount Vernon A?m)i:intii>n. Various repair* i Were commenced on Monday,-the 11th inntant, under ths superintendence of Col. Charle* ft. Prii-e, of Alexitndinu. Tho carpenter's tools imported from England by General Wnahin^ton, dliriug his life time, have linen- preserved,, and will, in ull probnhili'y, be ub?d' now in making the contemplated repairs. Masonic.?The committee appointed by tfi? Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter, whioli ha* i been in >*e*<<ion nearly tho entire week, fiuinhed their labors yesterday morning, and returned t<> their respective home*. The following gfentleini-n constitute the committee: A. G. Slack? ey. M. I)., and II. W. Schroder, Esq., Charleston ; G?-n. V. D. V. Jnmieon, Orangeburg; T. | I'. >lider, Ivq., KewUerry; Rev. li. Johnson, Abbeville; li. R. Campbell, E<q , Lauren*; and A. Ramsey, E*q., Edgefield. The object of tha meeting wan to tevise the Constit otioo of tbe Grai.d Lodge and Grand Chapter. Valuation oy Louisiana.?Tho following ia the lunt. summing iid of the census returns of the State of Loumunn, hh given by thw N*w Orleans Delia : Assessed value of t axable property. $:<78.6i>4,'2ttl ; of which New- Orlmai Itns $i?ft.2oti.725 ; a#*ew?ed taxes thereon, $I, HW8.IW8; ii? New Orleans, $483,564; school money, $8u0,4tta; number of voters in tb? I Male, 6S.f>46 ; educalable children, 76.P12. New Orleans owns more than one fourth of thu property, and pays more than one-third of the taxes ot the State. The Bihla Society of Somter. as we learn from the Watchman, have appointed the following delegates to the Bible Convention at Yorkville on the 2d prox . W. E. Dick. W. F. B. Haynsworth, J. SL Richardson. Jr., G. S. Deschamps, J. D. Blandfill*, J N. Corbett, H. L. Darr. D. J. Winn, J. 11. Dingle, A. A. Gilbert. R. A. Pryob.?We see by our Petersburg exchanges that great efforts -re being made to nr. iv a, r-yor 10 become the Democratic candidate fur tho seat in Con grew made vacant by the di-ath of Hon. W. O. Uoode. H?, however, decline*. Tub Dank* in Comx.?The cue of tha Bank of Charleatou again?t the Bank of the .-rtate of South Carolina was resumed and concluded Thursday. Tho jury returned verdict in favor of the Bank of the State. It i*' Understood that the-?M* will be carried to the Court of Appeal*. % ^ a> a' Maj. F. W. Cxpku.?The Charteeton Courier announces that Mnj. .Capon will not accept tha invitation to tha Georgia Miliary Academy, but wi^l rumain at the Citadel in CWuleaiou. Si onrr*ajK?nd?nt of (he Bouih Carolinian, n?rriin?Ve? Robert B. Boston. fe?q.. of Winofrbi?ro,' 8. C,, (?.n#tive.qf. this ctty, and ft ton of Dr. tlenry Buyliion,) for the Vfoaaojr oa tbo Ch?bcery B?Tiuh. John M. Landrum, of G?ddo. ii;, h?t tatn nominated for Congress in the Fottrili.Di&triqt, T?eei #iag 46 rOUa oat of 88 (ft*' the 6ritb?U&t. ^ OOMMEBOf ' 'r " * * -. >*'.; < " . r ;-i' ' v j?. 4r< Ani'im, Jolt 91,1869 Cotton.?None offering. Would bring $m? 7tolofs. * "* .** . -CoMnfBiA, Jevr SO, ite?. CoUe*.?!There were 75 bale# of cotton told "yesterday j e*trerae? 7 toli^o." ' Jolt 1?, IBS* - CoUon.?The ootum market Mu b<wfa qoiat ;W*o^4gttMi?ir oo ofa??io+o~ B. SOW)&QN