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Vf , .. 4 I* " - * ...if ; * . V. , ' <?y?nw i Sty artan. jt ?? *;^*^feti6rAmsu)8?? V WttfRSttAY, OCTOBER 15, 1857. k RtTCRN Pay ano Court.?Saturday is rvlurn find court begins oh the November ? Judge Monro, wo believe, presiding for (lie liist time oil + <? ; tW? eircuit. * . - % UAND ImTuTu XtlLLH. * ? <'* '*V ro requested to say that tlio Treasurer of j t ** '# the Botudof Cotnmiwioncrs ol Koudn will be in atf tendance, tu tho Court House, nt Spartanburg, on * ,* SeturQay, IHrt instant, prepared to pay ail orders fxuted upon by the Board. Tbosohaving accounts will please pi cm lit lliein on thutdny. ^ 2t 8DUDEN DEATH. ' .v.- , Wo tcgfft to learn that \\ in. Dod I, r><j , it si* *. ding 7 irt'l [Co from town, oil the Howard (Jap road, 'i * expired suddenly in h;s chair, on Monday uorieng, " Without apparent cause for so hasty a tcrminHt:on of life. It. WM doubtless disease of the heart. ADvmiTiimis. Among our Itew uilvcitiscuieti's will he found ipito vn r^?i V8UIU', lilt' opining <?i a lir\V MH V i:3k the M?x>n?. Milclic'l, a new hotel, l>y .1. K. Pbple, ??id several oilier things ol ititcris* The * _* Meaftrs. Twilly,onu of whom Ins just i etc nod. mil ?. the North, soetn to have provided theinselvi with a p'.rgcr Bt; of merchandise than used, from tin ?. trcmely lo v rutes at which were a' nost (creed upon * . them in New Voik. It is raid that ?hc < ?ly h id catcher the Worm* hut th' <cgentlemen tl'nk ilmm ] Reives rather foilunate in ntrih:?ii? the ir 'kit nt un j hot" wlun money couhl dietato pricis, and tiny b>>a?t of t^'jig able * ?8oll low down to all who may ! with to purchase. TIk Mw<mi. Mitchell are provi'h I i\i?h a new | stock, n new store-house, an.I am to all intents new | merchants, cxi pt in ? x| ?>riciicc -thci.l.ro ciMo iners may ex | wet them to hu zealous to si -uro eus torn by low prices and pcrribnal ac.- .n -uoduliou. Of friend Poole's hotel we have not room to sjicak; hut shall lake un early oppoilonily ofg< tting him to invite us to dinner?and then we can write knowingly. The Hank of the Male. \Y o are sorry to lenrn from the Cliarle* ion Standard and News that the Hank of the State of South Camilla lias been forced 10 a suspension of *p< etr l?ay.niot-i to depositors and note holdiis Th * course was rendered imperative upon the direction by the other bciks si vur'.n ? the b'"s of the bank, and ruiuiriiifj seltlcim nt ol balance in sp. eie. No bank can stand such ooiiib'nation. ami the direei on acted wisely in the course adepti d, which put an cpdtotilis depleting process, however inconvenient it may be to bilt-holdi; s and d? |s-sitrrs forashoit time. Ill the present crisis we u mid urge cnilidence towards the bills of this hank. The imtitution is perfectly solvent?having !.?its in the bruk and branches ftinomiiini/ t,i>s.iiCi.ls.s 7.,i. w ih bilities to nn equal amount? but r l.IVof which is doc to the Stale1. Therefore he has ovi i $8,l0r?,l8l} n?acte to |>ay n <lclit ul j-3,fiS0,593. IIcbides, tho failh of the State m pledged lor 'ho debts of the bank,even il bhe owned nothing tit ull. ]<i tilts view ol the condition ol the b.u k, \vc I rust the noliy will remain in circf' itiou, and that holders' # will not submit to olio mill discount oil a liundnd dollars. Remember nlbo that all Minis duo the State aro payable i,i tin sc noted. Wcelnll bo glad to get #?qiiy quantity ?>:' them in payment f ir the Spmtnn ? . . Concert hi the l'emalc College. Ft id a_V nigh'I Irst wf an i eeanicu of rare enjoyroent at tho Female College, in the* production under the d:,vctioii of I'rofs. Ulaisdell and Saunicr, of Root's Festival of the Flowers', ur (Jiowning 'he Rose Queen. lieautiful scenery had lieen p. iuti 1 by Mr. Saunie-r and tho young ladies, and the chapel was fitted up into a sylvan retreat that might 1. .1.. . ?t -r i " ? ' lafv wuipu.'u uic |;rc9cucv *ji i* w niau rial uciugH than thcso who represented tlio t'orul kingdom. The urgumont of tlio pitco i , ll?*it the llowcrs or* Rcntblc to oliootc n queen from tin ir numb.. r. These were trpr< seated by female bc iuty bursting iuto < womanhood, with their emblematic insignia, bcau0 tifully wrought by the artistic hands of Mrs. Garrett. The pretensions of many of the flowers to the high cl'?line':oti were urged in *0/0.1, effect ively tendered by the young ladies. Whether u e result of Occident or u wise discriminal o i we know net, but most of the selections were in admirable harmony with the characteristics of the flowers. Of these wo must mention Dandelion, Heliotrope, Mignioneltc, Lily, Dald'a, Hollyhock, &0. The Hose was modest and queenly?blending Lath with an ease and grace at once.am.able and natuml. Ju lwed the whole scene wus cnclrmbug, and highly enjoyed l?y tlio largo audience present Wo trust this cutcrtainiuent will be repeated daring Couit week, whet) our town is likely to conla'ii n goodly number from the District nml abroad. aVAUn&ER. . The North Squadron of the Ninth Cavalry, Maj. II. F. McDowell, paraded here on Saturday last. The companies present uvto tlio Cashvillo Troop, Oapt. Green; the Iluaeard lb?o?i Troop, Cupt. \\ il- i kins; the Glenn fSpVipgn Troop, Cunt. liiti; an J, by i invitation of tlio rev,owing officer, Col. Harlan, the Morgan IMlea, as mounted troops. In ldi> <,ii to this feature ol tlio occasion, Col. Harlan xtended nil invitation to Co). Vjodko and stall', who were alto pr.M iit to feud iiiiprt ssivctuss and pomp to the day's ctftfht's&q which wire more thriu usually interes n?, fri in the fact that Maj. McDowell's s Ivir cup was to bo TFwarded to 'ho ?.-t>nt|uiu\ whose charge in lino was most rccoli" and b >Uii r-I Ue. Knch of the companies charged I'm e limes, and r" willi inuuti regularity anil precision. Uul though nil d-d tveff, in or- judgmen', thosu on wlioin (lie decision depeiidi I awai'dcil tin lio.,;-i-ab!t.- trophy to the Glenn Springs Troop us having pcrforiiu 1 best. The cup wHI b? contended for by 'ho members of licit company lit llivir nrxt muster, nn.l will be the priao ot ilio most expert Irpnpcr in ;i conti si at the ring. At the close of the review Col. llni liiil-xprcf* <1 hta gratification with the nuinaiuvn , niul tendered hit thanks lot ilie prompt jterforiwincu of duty. Hot forgetting to coiiipliin nt the infantry aim i preecntcd in the ranks and khill". Maj. Me J Jo well, Mnj. lagg und iim.O, K. Edwards wore also culled out, as 'acio Col. iJogaii und Sargcam C.ivis. India uunncti ?a corn 'pondout of the Journal of Ountmcrce, spvak'ng ot the American It Mltule I'e r at the New YoiU Ci \stal I'u' tco, says: *'( ! India rubber and gulta petclci contributions, the Heat is almost etldli sm. 'J Iiovo mili-tanc s pre gmdui "y supplanting cloth, wood mid lintnl, aiu! there n,i guc-.s'ii when their adaptability to the wan'i of ni.ni wilt bo cilmuslod. A I'H ol nil 'Inin Holes w looh coilic U'l'lor this head would alnu.oi till a column ol tliv Journal." ifovlcr mid Going, int-ii m Union lust week for negro stool tig, were uc'juituJ. Fowler wita n"-tviidoud on roju.s-:.onof the Governor of Georgia, and removed fur trial to that State oil a similar clwrgc. Among the recent failures in New Yotli ore the Harper*, Ifowcn & MeNainrc? tvlioac assets ltre said to be ample, Gco.l'lss & Co. were also reported . but this it coitt/adicti d o? totally unfounded. i . I - - .- ,iuw Mm JJni....i-iLi. .. Til R AQRIOULmU SULMI5TY. The Swond Annual Kuir of the Spartanburg A ticulturnl Society took pkieo on Wednes Iny, i Till instant. Owing to muuyCMiwi, l>ut pur tic lurly t? I lie fiiluro of frnit cropa, and the ii perfect maturing of ordinary field ntuigaidcn cro| the fair in tlirsc department was not cqnal to k year'* oxhibilli n. In consequence of the eenfcily rough food, |hos, corn, &c., in the spring, nod t coittiliuvd drought of the summer, keeping dot pasturage, lite sleek |H>riion ?>f the lair was nl?o h attractive than at the former anniversary, much the regret ?>f all interested in Mock improvotnei Wo earnestly hope, however, that ull tlicoe dra' hacks will t?e inoperative another year, And that t shall then have the privilege of noticing an inercs comm nsuralo with the pi cucnl falling oft'. In the depai tmeiit of domestic mniitifnctnt credit able specimen* ?f industry were exhibited,; though the variety did not keep puce .with the J velopoil industry of the District. This should 1 he the case. With the iiumtxr o(, factories, t yards, iron works, to say nothing of the produi ol housewives, our industry in this departing should show I tti r at an animal lair. The ladies' department, we are pleased to say, <>n the increase?in needlework of useful and ? iiaiiicntnl k;nds ? pnverves, jellies, wiocs, A*e. so, in painting, drawing, artificial fruit*. tlowc vVc. The Supper was sumptuous, nnd the com; ny large beyond expectation to do it justice. V vote this the ino-st e joyahlo pat t ol our fair, and : rejoiced that tin- contributions to its prise umd i now equal t<> the male department. 1 ' fore cb :tig one notice, and turning the red J el's attention to the official r?q?ort of the pr;cec ' 1 in nttotlu r place, wo most notice the mhlri of IVofessoi Dul're, hut solely to bt stow comrnc d ition upon i' ?not to do justice to its merits. 11 the ' r In en produe''vo of no other resu't than t bringing out that address, a1' the exp nso woi have been repaid a huuJred' fold. A eounnitt was appoint' I t ' procure a e spy for publication; b we utidei no) that it is not the ititen,:on of the a tln?r to consent t<> this course at present, as jic pi pose*, as itoon ;m no fin gather g en logical <kiia, pi paring a sen i<-s of article-*, combining tin' itinin tni tor of his address wall a<l?litional information a research, for popn'ur dissemination. Perhaps tl s ihc best course, and immt advantageous lor t pup] r interest. , The liuuiici'il condition of the Society is not wl it should le> as t.i resources. The prclP'uitis id tot be ol inep ased value, and jet the lixeculivo Col mittec are unable '? oiler laigcr premiums, from 1 small nntnh r of members. Surely ninro than o hundred person* in the district are interested in t objects of the ?>r:'an:7cttien! And yet the fact is tl outs die of the town it has not fifty mcmlurs. O dollar secures tin mbe-rsliip?a very small sum I the interests subserved. Si veal valuable paper* were prcparisl by Col milte, s of the Society, u liioli will be published time for our friends to apply their practical lcs*o to next s as .||\ well,. In this connection wo append tbo following red lotion, at ihc request of the Kxecutlro Committee Resolutions of Thanks.? At n meeting of t K .eeniivc Conmiiiti e of the Spartanburg Agrici turul Society, on 'lhursdny last, Resolution* we panned retum ng tlianks, in behalf of the* Saeiety, Mr. A. Tolleson,for tlio ??*c of the Pa'metto II ;niu i iilitiiuiM>m lor i auii car i?uir; nnd also Mi * ?rn. M. A. vt .1. Hnrvey, for the use of th( I Ail- lor the exhibit'on of Stock. BlTTli oFkinSV SuFytain. Tli" ci Miration of tlio anniversary of tlic Uat of Kui^V Mountain, by the Cadets of the Kinii Mount-:n M'lit iry Institute, camo oflf on the 7 ins' int. We extinct from the Yorkvillc Knqo:r< On W ednesJ.iy morning, the Cadets were pat ?! I in front of the Court Utilise, where they we joiiicil t.y the Miieout, CaJcts of Tenipcraucc, bl ight array o! t idies, and those citizens who elm to join the procession. They were tlo-rr march t,? the (larr-on, Col. W. 1?. Wilson noting Marshal of the day, assisted Ly ^?i?j. Jenkins, Caj Coward, fjltu's. Seabtook, Law and Abbot, j the tiariisnu convenient scats had been prcpnr. and a rostrum erected. Around this assembled large audn neo draw n ironi n't portions of the btul ca^#r to hear iImj distinguished orator and to ft their bosoms thrill with the recital of ihc heroism their ancestry. Tin y were not kept long in mi pense. Col. Wilson presented Dr. Sininisto tl audience, and tiring, he delivered nn oration splendid as it vvr1 erudite, as interesting as it is w patriotic, Ilcginuing Ins exordium with a reform to the celebrated battle field- which had bet baptiz d in the Wood of helves and confecraU hy chivalrous devotion and sacrifice of life, I dwelt for a moment on the chr-aotcr of those fee ing.t which cause us to venerate the dust ulu re: t the brave in dreamless sle-ep. Fnuii fields iv deied illustrious hy Crteinn and Uoman valor, tl transition was easy to our Therinnpjlir?King Mountain. Here, like the gathering 11 Scotiaud ehmmcn at the pibroch's sound, or of the brni Ciici'tsinns froni their mountain bonus, oullecli the umliejlpiincd J-coinaury of the two Carolina* repel an insolent and ciuel, though brave and ski fill foe. A simple Stone r< cards tlio rimi't. Mo of our renders have read its inscription. The uuforiuiUito l-eignsoii fell, iilt< r dt.sp.ra valor had doiic its utmost to sustain the royal cutis lie fell to risj no more, and many a hrave soldii fell hy his M.h; hut their blood was rnin:;h-i wii tbnt of benils even more licroie. lie f. II aft? r I bad twice cut down the flag vvbieb ntli >nl tl In |k1i~siicss of his bravery; and h s bhrill wldst above the tl'Ulult of bar'e cliin il nil It's dopni ill" comrade*; l?ut tlie heroic Williams who vi.v tit that lie "would Kitc'llce l!i it wlesl cor he ?-' !* nc< forever,'' in tlio achievement of that rc*o't. I< moil.illy wifDnillrd. itill 'bis history is f.llillli.il nil, i.uil the li .illume <!ue to hiuIi heroism li. * Kii since marked Col. Wiltitinm r.s heron* Kn^ Mnmiln'ii." The oration closed with patriotic u?lv.< <* to tl CadetH?.i pni.dlrl bolnrvo their s ;n tin re ?i'joy.iil by .In ir foiflatli' r?, and tin- uic.it responsibility which Would cuiiscqut ntly r -I ujs tln iii. 'I lir nililn m wan no Ji ks cliar.i' t. i / .1 1 historical accuracy titan by its literary and or loric.il merit*, ivliiuli unrorluiiulcly c.itinot bovii.l moot rhetorical production*. We hopo it will I published, ill order I lull our people may real it, at thai full justice may he tioiio to the Iujihs ,vl tell? "Repenting The song tvlu.se breath Might h ad to death, Hut never retreating." shnaioriaT im;i ! iiiv. From the subjoin* I li tier, which we liiul in tl Charleston Mercury, ol the btli i .t , it will h s.? lllitt Ex-GoV. lfitmtllond p ilvely declines to he candidate Jor tl>< United Stan a Senate: IvKliCLirFK. OcI.'IhI "J, 1857. Mi^num. Kijitoiw: Vly nunc li.ii been inrnt'oi I'll in tlio newKjw|HT!? in connecti<m vvitli tho n; prnaflliilig election ot I'lntcil Staled Senator, ami Ikivo mjmli'received many rnniinuiiiciuioii? on tl subject. It if, perhaps. r tlull I hlmnM mnl puUle my determination net to be n candidate li iVv never linil mU 'ii practical < xpcritiiee of publ nt'i vice, and for tlio Inst tliirt* en years?wbieli liili comprised tlio prime of my life?I linvo lived Complete retirement, devoted t<> agricultural pn snitr, and wholly neglectful of political html in :iii cnrrutit nfliiiri. To comment".', a* it would l?e, puiiiienl carter nl fifty yarn of aye, m impo-mbl It is, nl le.iiit, ijiiitc Imim-.i-.lile in me. I have n< vi at any time, dtvrcd a beat m tliu Sen.in-; Iml consent to go there no**-, if ?t. ?-t- .1, would be i ilo n great injustice to the Stale, ntol tlie groat.violence to ITty imn iiieiiiialiniiv, ah well ax iujiit to all my intcrchtu. I am, very respectfully, yoi 0 eilieiit Bel Salt!, >1. II. 11 A \IM< >.\ I >. In tlio recent Georgia t lection the return* m.l cale tlio election of Drown, Governor, by at leai b,fi00. The returns for (Jongre.-i are ineomplcli but it is thought tlie Democrat* liavc hi* t l tl eight member*. Prof. Agni*:x lias icftwtd n protev. i?!.ip of l'i leontoli'ty in tlie Pari* Museum of Nation il lli .it 1 v, I emit ml by Napoleon ~ ^ - v~ I * ? - ; ... ' " * ^ 4 "_r -: 4JL- njaapw^Lmw -lUi! wemmBmmmrn?** DKATtt OF U &CK0 1SB USEFUL UITRB.V **? 2- MkaMM. BprtoM: As au ?vv ut worthy of uioro * ho than the rsnnl announcement in the obituary eol- cnl u- unit), allow me to give your renders and the people nil' n- of Spaitaiibiirg tho m-tauchuly intelligence t>f tlic v?' |m, ileutli of olio whose life forme*} pari of ttio liiitory jj|," isl of tlio Uiatrlcl, ni? 1 whoso memory will, be cherish uc, of v*l l?jr all who knew l??m, ns well f?>r hi* private as lw> l?o lii* public wiwtli. U*? ru 'Col. Isaac Smith liepnitci this life, on ThursJjy, ** .tlw btli invt., lit his residence, live milvs south of 8j? to Spartanburg Coui t Ilousv, of dropsy, in the 73d pr< at. year of his ?^e, on w- For more thnn.n year, Coh Smith luid boon laivo boring more or less under the disease which car* cm c?l his death; but for tho greater puri'Ott of this rc* em riod, h6 continued to go about his farm, and pre- or es M*rte'nn active superintendence over nil his bt??*iid new. And oven alter the disease htul fully master- |n, le- ed hh* body?in hi-t last ino nents?his mctitul fao* to lot allies were unimpaired. t?u Throughout on active lift-, extending over nenrly at* fourscore y* ars, embracing cxeited periods, in wliioh iu, ut ho bore a prnmiucnt part. Col. Smith illustrated tp in his daily conduct tho highest virtues of n South , i? Carolina gentleman. At tlio usual ago, he was cu- ji'. >r- tcred. at tho South Carolina Odlege, Where lie #|, W- gradual* d hi 1808, in tho class with .Governor Mil- on re, h-r, Ohaneolh?r Harper, and dodge Kraiis, nr.d "<t'1 >a- otlters. Upon graduating, lie entered upon the ^ e profusion of law, which lie pursued for a lew years f,.( ire till li's inarriuiro. when ho tvllroil lY.im llw IVsi* fur wl ire the parji'fc of dt voting himself exclusively to ngri- jj"* cultural pursuits. He was n<?tpermitle?l, however, id- to continue in this retirement. Hi* vigorous Intel* ,n. ''I Icct nnJ steifing patriotism pointed him ?nit to Ids hi* i** tclluw citizen* av ono whpsc w-Tvioi-s were needed c'' it- in their bvhnlf in' lira Halts of lA-giflanon. For ^ nd several ymr.-i ho was one of the most faithful Hi p- ||, he icscntntircs ?f Spartanburg 1 >;strict in iho lowir tci ihl House, whence, after an honorable career, ho was -C promoted to the Smntorship, in which capacity he ' u t sci ret] with fidelity end <l:sttiictioii for a period of u* eight yearn. It has been arid uf him, by those cam?r pch nt to speak on litis subject, that,an a Senator, re- lie onve our District a position of respcctubi''ty and it- lienor, which we had never before attained. As a "d father, ho was afTecliotiate and gent'ej as a neigh lis hor, obliging and hospitable; as a citizen, he loved t.] he his Stale with nil the ardor of disinterested patriot- n<J istn; as u man of business, no man was over in?re up- jn int right ?>r just. As a public t rvant, he was honest, g| d*l fearless, and consistent. Patriotism wns lilt* by in- ji, a- hcfitnioc?he b' in ? t'io con of n distinguished of lie liecr of tin. Revolutionary war, who, ahcr e'o-ing l(| t?e an act'vo career, leaped additional laure's in tliccj- ?c ho ptcily of a .fudge ot the County Court,a Reprcsi n- t? at tnlivc in tlio Legislature, and a member of the Cmi- ^ no ores* of the United Ftatrs. To many ol those now af icr in our midst, Col. Smith, owing to hi- life of r? tirenn nt, of late years, is personally unknown; hut from rc n- many such will the announcement of Ids death IU| n cause a sigh of regret, for the many manly virtues t's which they knew hv rejmtntion that he po->"- . ?i. And the writer of this feeble tubule knows the im- tj to- port of his word* whet) lie says, that of the subject |]i( : of th's notice it isstrietlv ; .10. that :! ?. 1. o. .? 'if him best loved littn must. " . J'" About fourteen year* since, Oul. Smith was callro I , cd to mourn the loxs ol her who: c MitiUn had bghtcu i)C nil his pathway for more than thirty yean. Yet he j,0 ?? wtuMin^ulono.' A largo family of children trad by k" this Tunc eruwn up around him, who, though they >* may not hare supplied the place ? ( thu partner of |n) his bosom? the sharer o( his trials and successes? ^ [|e were yet n stay und k laec in his declining years. w ,*H Ilo wm tho father of niito children, six of wlmin? ili three tons and three daugliUr*?survive lorn. lu t ? fill T. The mortal remains of the late G< <1. Isaac Smith ..j. were de|K*sitcd, on Friday, the Otli iust , in tlteir last re resting place, in tho family burial giou id, at the ( a homestead of tho lato Judgo Wm. Smith, attended ( f hv a large number ol his former neighbors and iis friends. I Ionorcd ho his mcniorv* it. A F1IIKNI). [v,j l'or the Carolina Spartan. | \v? ? Bible Distribution?Young Mrn's Sorcity. ?i? Mrjoiu. Korrons: It is now neatly dO yeata ,,l since the manager* ol tho Aim ricau IhMe Socle ty reis solved to supply every family in the Country th lituio t'1' -of tho J hi ' And, thereupon, with liml'ed mean-, " having only vven travelling agcut--, seven hundred , as * J .... ., | \i auxiliaries, and (he ability ?l furnishing only SO'',- j *? *n 000 volumes per annum to meet the exigencies ol I :l * sogreut an undertaking, they set themselves to work l'r h ''o'1' c:,r"( stly, and with the leal and energy of a B-*' iv full chrifl an msnlnod, and accomplished the work I' n- with every accessible family in the space u' two fe * <> * | H >f. Nor was litis a paroxysmal cl1brl. The h ret e>t '"l ire theiv heroic l.ci.elieouce did not exhaust i! 1: at 11 d the e\p'rat:. n of this time; but this ha) pioved r ely "'I the in !;at iiy step to still in re efllotiro an 1 pros, longi d operation*. Imbued with the procursive spirit of christian Americanism, the Society his I'1'1 cxli ii h d its fields ot labor and ioflucnci comntenc* sural o with governmental acjuieliion of to-rip.t v. ; 11, 1 And though the United State.* have incn. cd by to the addition of sewn or eight new St:ilea ami ''U 10 many Territories b'aico the fust ic?ihnioa of It 7- i ' "* and though tho population i vastly uj-nitiiP 1 by aetuul incr< two among our own |M>oplc, u? also by 1 I llltx^inlu I.'.II.I ?il.r. I ..... l". .. I 'I... I I . 1 ' iuiwuii ? UIIU ini'i'U II il l lilt.' new l.nul lliu r | rcscnlntivi s u! this great liible Ita- ' ' tionality. 1 ^ Ig 1 j, iiio l i t Ui'ini il report informs us licit llicro is 1 about fine gener 11 agent In ciich Slate, nti<l n;uiu ; t!i in !!,000 auxiliaries local' I in d'tlcri-ut part* of t " l( the Country; ami also that the Soci< ty'* jh-. - tur- 'k n, uishes nearly 8*'",0U0 copies ot the Scriptures an- ;;o' >\ Dually-, and llotw ilhstaiulii 'all this, the lies'. utiuu , 011 et" the l.unl continues?the demnud for llibh s is hot, irpu lied by tin supply. ,.j In view ol this statu ot tho cab *, tin: mating' r* i ral io have again j wil ' llcmlrcil, la humble reliance on Divine aid, to . enter on a second exploration ot our entire country, ' with the purpose of placing a copy ol thw Sacred ) Volume, as early us practicable, in cviiy destitute j lioiia Uo!i| where tin ic >? a willingness to receive lal to The purpose-herein . luted can only bo nciorn-i | | ie plished, in the present ceoiiouiy ol the American 1 ,n I liblu Society, (>y nuuiis of tho uuxilinrirs; utal wo bil i( are glad t know that nlready more than livo huii- I'll ilreil el'iln.ni liavi ie. poinleU la thu call from vari |n). oUs sections of tho country. Hut wleit lias Spartanburg District ihiiicI and what will it do? We a * i- have in our riialsl nu auxiliary. The Young Men's , I hide Suo'a ly luis been in ex >tciicuovi r three yearn. , I and in a ?|uict and unostentatious way bus distributed j to I ie over live hundred volumes ol the Scripture Some Wcj ie of these, like the husbandman's seed, will tiling no , t, I butt; otners will tako root, grow, and yield results' ic which eternity alone c.iu measure. Of ibis num- c''" ia ber tlie greater part have gone to the peer ? those froi hi w ho, iijioii impei v, wo luivo learned were not aide r, |, r- to bllV ? and we nr.. vew.ll I.tv I...I 1I...1 !.... ? - - I Tlli 1 inaity, vny many, < ! IliU i l.t^st. \V> have no Hit- , a tial'oal lahlo <>( ih-Milution, but \vc Uarn front near- ] | f. ly rVrty ?>IIC XvliOOalm U|K)|) II4 ol siilllo utllf'IS ill r, llm i'ih io|tl>"|-f|i, ..I tvlto liavt in>t at |>V ?'f llu'Sol i|i 1 i<> tims. Iinlnil, wo vvouK! bo iiiixit l'ii*lily favorc?l J ijui l<i above all olle r t o'oiis of our walo eoitnuy <1 I xvi 1. have no llib'i iltsi tutioii. In cerla rt oclirtiitfof M i- t the y rjlan.l, r.l'it r ii .'iilar annual ili.?tribuii<>li, o??ntiit??< 1 ; llio ir through k viral jv.ii*, cut of 10,000 families ? ?. J boo toil, ".'."Jnti *\ .10 intiml ilisl.lu'.o. VirK'nvii, uiiJoi , tin similar investigation, up"ila ?,I00 lain lis ibati- j eon i- into. < < "ivia, n few y? ..ra ulnro, in Ike fimuncr, m'1 U'l'lll tl I "III ll'llil <>l III" f.llllllie* X 1 till (ll'Siilnto I A iiiI mi n'i mi.Jil go on through oilier Slat< a, whose-j uf ii ' Liluoatioiialrynt'111 1.4 vastly nn?ro inlinxivi than ! lor niir (i.vii, an<l xvli.i liavo t-uslnim >1 I'm MV?-r.;l u o |i.i4t a Hjrti'inatio niniual canvass lit?, ami imtxx 'Ii- I .-lilt Mau ling nil lliot ix ibmo, there unia im inncli I > bo j tiy nvoomiilislicil. j bin i It ?, tinrt lore, inoiiniU ill U|"i|? tin--uponalleluia J |url Llians, < ! every nam- ami d?"iumiiiu' ??ii, x*!m b.i*?-1 mixi i. r ; ? '* " . v *r faith on the Bible?to fcok into this matter. Scriptures arc worth anything, they uro ?c wything. If they ore valuable lu tin? rich, tl i !o?o none of their worth to tho poor?the l? il oiitcw of the laud. The lltbW?-the Uiblo < tes man to nn appreciating eennoof the dignit; > manhood, and "brings him into commuii th principle* am] pniu<:?ci which God has c cted with nil that is pure and noble in tiino i pefnl and b! sscd for eternity." It is th.- only i n ol troth which ndigk>n end philosophy sanct it is given by inspiration of (Jod. But let u? ccntriro some measure* by whigh ill giro to the Young Men's Bible Soeietj iper ucd just I Pittance. Economy et time, In il tnoxicy is essential to this Society; for, I am >tant to wiy, ifstrcaeury is small, and is not \ ijvi), Could wo procure tho services of an i nt and aotiro ngeot, whww duty it should b avion tho district, go from hodso to house, sel giving the Bible, as occasion may be, and at no time noting in u tabular f"rm the nutnbo b destitute, doubtless we should be- directly ir itrumcntal for good,as well nsstimubisoour fiic help us more abundantly in the pccunhiry all*; Bnt, for reasons above stated, we cangflknt ne, biro nn agent, and therefore wajH^ll lowing plan, which will not conflict with tTic rc appointment of an agency, and we most tctfe'ly call upou all ministers and pastors in Urict to aid m: We euggoai to the m that l point and Crgnniao a branch to the Yonng Mi life Society in their teeprotivo chuichca, wl nil be governed on tho same principles as ru, nnd nt tho jmuic time auxiliary to it ip use that wc arc auxiliary to the American Ij leicty. Tho brajicli bocieticstlicu hecomo'ngen collection of money, and depositories of Bit >m wh'ch the r? Mp'ct'vo lucalit'cHcHu boaupp! jib1 'lie Yount Si ell's Uiblo Society, us the < il body, may be mod# a largo depot and coin u business nllairs of tho work. The advantage* of th:s courso ore great my. It g'tvc* grehter facilities for pr' curing s at the American Bible Society's pi ices?it gi s a greater uuinlicr o( pcrsous in tho work II increase the funds, thereby enabling us to >y nn agent. In a word, it economize* nil tl ngs essential to n beneficent and benevolent prit-e, and farn:shro to tho Young Men's JJ >cicty the inrans by which tlicy can carry e> gular and systcinatio course of Bible distribut _ KUSSEf COKPeESPMDRKC?'CAROLIN'A SPARTAN 'ink SiwptiiKtoiiH?Financial Matter*?II Times?Court Week?The College?Mi see uenus. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 12, IS??" .Mhsshs. Ewtors; Op Saturday morning If Icgraphio despatch was received in our c'ty lunciiig tliat tlio Banks of Charleston wcro rc K to receive the hills of the Bank of the St lortly afterwards unothcr despatch catnc s'.a at said bank had snspenJod specie pnynic i roby causing groat excitement on Broad bt nl throughout tlio city generally, 'this int mce created n ? .Ideal of talk, but not il?c-lij l fears among our cill?.etw;, as everyone kn at llie Hank ?>f tho State of South Carolina is the soundest and tafttt institutions in the sv! uiitry. Its hills this moment will pass nhno' adi'y as gold itself, and the idea of the bank bn g is too at sm d even to be alluded to. What the other banks in tho Stile will d<? ains to bt s?cn. It is generally conceded I at some of them w 'l shortly suspend. Sue moment "0 tl.iir part in'ght Injure their ciro m our ol the Stntc, but lure at homo would itJueliveof no real evil. W'c thiuk that the liar state of fioaucial matti rs at this time w< a sufficient justification for their temporary union of specie p lymcnt*. Money matter* are certainly look<ug nturc g'i?o early every mail and telegram (to u<cn new w< ?ntions sonio new failure or suspension at ortb. Wo sec by Saturday's papers that . H-klloivu publishing Imuso of Harper A I! d temporal ily SUspvU led. Tllelr a." ^el ; Were i I e million dollar*, and tin- frm is as ?1 and as any in tlio L'niu'i. la l.'?luinbia ;,i toy ">s j>r. Ity is arcs', hut wc I no recent failures r.or su^pen iotts among <-'ncss iir it, ..-id hope ih .t imne may isVo pi The i .*mr ,i I'lras ami f}? r.t'r.d r nj t Bid land I1 t: a 1. tiivn in m -slim <-i andav?Je.djjo W! ;??cr pn.od'Mg. The ii ik has been sp'n'. on ?V? prori an 1 or!in cl?cl. i I? -a nmnh. r of can ? ar< on lhu l.i am in.; lhm in la nts for llin,; lienor to i. i lV;uro fo: spli ui u Jy. in a,I, ?a 1 ' >> vt? l'.c litjnor ea <?, Julm lhir?V ', Chief .* Pc d his : 5- .nits, aro tin pi - rutoiy. The for ihiu'.ly .1 'uUips his duty, an I wo .i;l?c i IV? r TradcWcU, who while d 'ea ! :>g Btir.lo! :liar;C of as-null an 1 bat'cry , in which lie onij.fly acquitted l>y t! o jury, said that but til ;i limit as Hurdill at lie head of the police ilmciit, our city would Ik- overrun witli cri > murder con. is on tlm nit this court uud by iv, tlic prisoner who was tried lust March iml guilty of mjiisliiujjhter was tried this c< Nell'iijj I iptor to ticjjrocs, and found guilti ice or four eases, lie may iheren re have to tin in jail three or four years. No civil action have cuno up yet, and c urt b.ibiy adjourn without d-posit:# of tiumc: . a. Either llio Se&ion : h i M be longer, or art f.-r llch'and i.h.uiM m et tficncr. It n i.sl imp -, -.bio to t through the vast nmoun :ut?s alwnyBou I ;.nd in (lie limited una alio til.: fct s- ion. i'ne Ji ml dury recommend. d in their prco i.t on Thursday that a new Court ffotisu boL Columbia, ho winch we nil ncfTe.-,) that el.an m ab- in the Uoud Law, and that frceni^i r.i? tb r owners and return into slavery?s n.'vo In in; for their benefit nud advantage. The ev reins of th Soutli Carolina Col! inintuceJ lait Monday. About Si venly-flvei uls w? iv prts nt at that time, nud th mini ;?t<pun!lv h.is incr. i 1 to about one hum] I thirty. I)r. M. Dilt .rdc is I'rcsidetit j>rn i llio Faculty. There-is no local items of interest uconmit e. Tlio weather is quite > x>l this morning,! lifer will sc. he uj-.n us. Yours, truly, C< )NG AUKK Owina to llio I'luladelphia Hank suspensions, ivernor ">f 1\uii-ylvaniu has convened tlio D; tire in extra session to hijnl'xo llio act, so as require n forfeiiure t>f charter. Unit buJy mndc.l a statement of the Condition of thoba i.io actio# on the subject; and llio I Inn era! ilailelplna, in pub'ic meeting, denounced i .i*nic ihsijui.fd to allow the hanks to reman tato of -u^pen-ton. flu 1W. lent of tlio I'n le.l States has eau ac |>r> rented to C.ipf.tin A. .lolinsoii, of the N pan bnrk KIlcii, a magnificent pocket climm r, wiili ;<>;.| chain, k<y, Ate., tn* a national uitiou of Ills services in rescuing the pantuu ii die t .-iitr.il America. The bai lr is also lu aired ;>l national cost, at llio Norfolk uavy y: s is i .tlil ami j?r??|>t r. M^dii M return day closed on 150 cavs. I'iik Srtcui.ATio\s >.r Sro? K Covi imu,? rii.i having been made ol tlio (ienerul l/uid a.- to whether a number of persons, form mselvt s into ii joint-stock i se.v at n, can Ii benefit of the graduation act by going out inning uciual settlers on public t in Is?.not ir individual be'Ucfit, but for tlio bent lit oft I inmn interest?on ain-vwr in tlio negative v I'ivcd, riie rod nation net was intended for (be ben lu.it settlers and cultivators of tbu soil only, speculators; and the lights given by it nru p ,d only, and because of actual settlement r vat.oil already made or contemplated. No < e n t'lcnfofo, bo ma lc under said net for inl < i any min i |>creoti or persons than iy unking li e fame, to whom the patent is I 11 every installer Wnthingiun Unioti. ; V ' ^ " * ? : . v ? jl <? # , # , / / \ 4 \1 ; # I. ; * :-. # * ; ? ??t gwawwrn ! 1 j i wmmmsmsrniemmmam i? ' THE AGRICULTURAL FAIR. j Tlio Second An Dim) Fair of tho Spartanburg one Agriculture) Sooirty wae held ou the 7th 'met ant. tie- lite Society met in tho Court House at.! 1 o'clock, y?' A. M. The President being absent, Dr. B. F. im'- Kilgorc, gnc> ^ t'10 Vioe-Preuldonts, on motion of nnd Cannon, woe oaltcd to the chair. After the iys- reading of the proceedings of the lost meeting. Com* 'OQi mittecs on Premiums were appointed, nnd the Sow< ciety adjourned to the eoeno of exhibition. , k, Although ucithcr the number of animab or oribor tides entered for exhibition were so large is desired, ro yet tlicre wti an evident improvement, in some repfii sP*cl<SOB *UJ ^a'ri whicb encourages the friends 0 to of the Society to hope for on ultimate success that ling may prove quite creditable to our JVstrict. t'1? At 3 o'clock tho Society u* assembled in the Court lore and iho Committees on Premiums read their nds I!eporis, reevmmcudiug that tho following Prcilrs. mums be awarded* this q-u Joel Ballengcr, for best Stallion, Silver Cup l,!C To >)no. Lwifoid, for best More and Coil, Silver ' fu" Cup. r,c" To James Nesbit, for best Imported Jack, Silver 1 C?PTo E'ias Hemming, for best native Jack, Silver p.n" Cup. ' ' To Hielinrd Bnllcnger, for best 3-year old Colt, ?.ur Preuiiuin. i , ,? Te SnflOi Lipscomb, for best 2-year old Colt, fcrerrflutn. ens fo Uicliord Bpllcngor, for best I-year old Colt, f. Premium. ' To Dr. J. C. Dob ml, for best Pony, Premium, sen- 1'0 Dp. j, (J. Oeland. for best Mule,2-ycar, Pieniiuni. . To Edward II. Uobo, for best Bull, 8ilvcr Cnp. a"d To W. Walker, (\V. II.) for best Milch Cow, Silver Cup. erV To Sauiud Thomas, for host Sow and Pigs, Sil11 ver Cup. em- To ,)_ Henry Scoy, foi;beat Pig, Premium. u?sc To p. Govan lvirby, for bbst Bantam Chiokeus, (>n* n I I rcmunn. 0 To Howard S. Boho, for best Brahma P<y>fr? ii 11 premium. ion. To J.is. A. Fowler, for best Buggy, Silver Cup. To J>nrant ?fc Hamlin, for be.*-t Iron-wrought Gate, Silver Cop. To N. P. Walker, for he.-t liotne-manufactured r?rd Corn Brooms, Premium. 1lla- 'Po B. P. Rogers, for best Bout9 and Shoes, Fre mium. f- To W. II. Bagwell, for best Brogaun, Premium, tst a To J. B. Fioy, for best Leather, Premium. an. To Chas. Thomson, for bed sell Harness, Pre, mium. To Jns. IT. Hunt, for best Saddle. Premium, ate. To Jniii Hoinnr, .Jr. ?fc Co., for best Usnuburgs, i Snrr and KtiirtifHr. I'l-rtninm Corretptmtlins Stertlnry?a. t. cav1s. ' 1irem live Commillet?- garr1kl can. l of n*. >\. j. c. oeland, jas. a. anderson, ,lca jr., i o. i'. v lUlNON, .1. c. zimmerman, si .ml'son iic>i it >. ex oJTtrio, thos. sttjro FARIH ?W, cj officio. 1 ncre l?.;iig no further business lioCnre the meetlU,i' iui', the Society adjourned to meet again at tlie iges Patau ttu House Hull, V. 7* o'clook, P. M. riKS LA HISS' FAIR, noli Tl.o exhibition in the l.sulu s' 1 lcpnriiut nt opened in the Puliy tto Hull, on the imo evening, at 7 j o'clock. Committee*,composed of l-adieunnd Gen- ! tk-unn, wi re npi>oiOttd*lo examine the articles on I mi* exhibition, and award premium*. WJirn the ' bar t " 'iiinittei-.s liitd performed the duutitupotcil U|?on , r j llo.ni, the Society was called t?? ordvr to hear their Ui potts, which reconuiitud the followin * premiums; r lor t^ii Its?Mi?* Eugenie Miller, l?>t Premium, mi- " Mrs. Dr. Wright, "J Premium. 44 Mrs. M. Means', od Premium. A largo number of other CJuiltu exhibited, tv ro rrjiorted as dt serving 1 igh corn mend at ion. Woretetl Work?Mrs. A. Tollesott, 1st Pro* . niium. 41 44 M ss LI/..belli Morgan, 2d if"*" Preiiiiuin. not Kiisc.l Worsted Woik?Miss Rosalie Foster, I. Premium, Cambric Embroidery?Mis. J. M. Host, Pre"ks mium. s of Several other specime ns of Cambric Embroidery any were reported highly commendable. ( j Silk Embroidery?Miss E. K. llcnry, 1st I'rc- , ntiuni. 44 Miss I. C. C. Daniel, 2d Premium. l.ico Work?Mis. Dr. Guiding, Premium, or- Embroidered SlipjH.-.s?Mrs. M. U. Anderson, >iii. Premium. Toilet-Tablo Cover?Mrs. 1). C. Judd, Pro-j inium. lts Crochet Work?Mrs. J. \V. Webber, Premium. ' i be Rennets?Mrs. (j. fJarrott, Premium. n,l Paintings?Mrs .1. M. Row den, Premium. | Drawings?Miss C. M. LL Goldiug, Prcminm. Cr.tjoii Sketchy?Miss Ann Camp, 1st Pre- j mium. 44 44 Mrs. P. M. Gillespie, 2d Pro-I In- ttiiuui. Of- Artificial Mowers?Mrs. A. Tollesoti, 1st Proing j mium. are | 44 ,4 Mm. Ann Dortick, 2<1 Pronid | mium. fot i Wax Fruit?Mrs. G. Garrett, 1st Premium i?.ir 44 44 Miss M.-ut'o Mille-r, 2d Premium, vas j Rest Variety of Flowers, Mrs. J. Choice, Pre- | | mmiii. cfit W-etabkss, (Most Variety,) Mis. .1. Choice, j not I Premium. 11 - Vegetable*, (largest sice,) Mrs. Dr. J. F. Mil- ! iii-l ler, Premium. i n- Mutter, (C> month*' old) Mm. W. Walker, W. | the II., Premium. the Matter, (l'resh,) M =* Mnrii Well*, Premium, is- Wines, (It'^ckberry,) Mrs. J. D. W right, l'rc% 1 S To J no. 1;muir -1 r.,?Sr Co , for best Cotton Vain, ' Premium. reel f0 i; Kroy, for best cow-ho;r Negro Clotli, vlli- Prem'um. 'lit* To J. B. Frey, for bwt.Domcstio Wool Blanket, ' Premium. ? To.1. C. Zmnufmai;, for best Cotton in Kales, one premium. Iiole Tot'no. W. MeCrayy, for best specimens of tlie tns "Villirent kinds ol Cotton, Premium. ' To I)r. I). F. K'lgorc, for best Wbeat, Premium. " To 1 Anderson, tor be t Corn, Premium. To J no. Itomur & Co.. for best Flour, Premium, re- To ,1ns. O. Harris, for best S^rup, from Cbine.^c iere Sw.'nr Carte, Premium. To NVocdiuJ Allen, for best Strawberries. Preh a nrum. ula- ']' ? Dr. .1. C. OeHnd, for best Boc-IIive and i ?.? l?w>. To T. Stolm Farrow, fur procuring largest num,. bor of now subscribers, Premium. BU After 11k> uuu'ounoeiuent ?T tlic PrunitmiB, Prosue f.!M.<>r i >uPrc, the Orator ol the Day, wan intro* j duccd, who entertained tire l.trtfe and intelligent I m_ audience with au able and interesting address, in * which lie drew from the rich treasures of hie seicn?d) i lie mind many great practical truth.*, and so pretlio seated them a* to make them familiar and attracts tive (oall. On the cntichiHcii h:? address. N. P. Walker niuved that a Committee m appointed lo wait on out Prof. DuPir, and ic<jnc*t i. copy <>f hi* speech lor and ' publication in the I Mstrict papers; whereupon the I' Chairman (- at 1 N. P. Wa'kvr, Simpson ]<obo and Thomas Stub" Farrow. .Nc:.l in or, the ''lii.rinan called ii|?r>n the our i Committees apu'tiitled !? r..ul IJi-poris on vdihhii :iee. ! Mibjct.' ol which Vol \ liv were prep'Ted. I'ntt' I dent <1. W. Tu-fct r I 'tiilol in a Ucport on the ! pi- | r Jvleeat uil ? :' Farmer.- ; lie*. W. 1 laird l,,'? ' ii >1 an interest:u^ Uvpoit ? '' hin ts; nod Major I'Te I J. I ?. Wli-hl alf loilidcd in a io-p>rt on Mutinies; nn| all if vchivli w?tc fihd Ii r <! j> -it.on by tliv Exccutivc Comm'ttec, The Ci.' miiii.i n ..'iii' n was, in motion of T. 1 t-'.otio la ui\\. uiiinin.iii.-ly adopted: , of Itrnouc ili..I i. e !??..lerntsMi ot (.Ton shown ,jiCl i!i?- t>o' \y lioin lime in t nr.-, the KJiloranud Pnspi i loi i l I ho I >i^i t p 'pei s U' ail i a tail to the ' ! nri\ ' < f ii n! a Hienibiw without paying the fc,'ll ; ujtlal |e*s. I o.i On mo' ii of Slmjrsoij D ?Un, Ivq., Colonel 3no. was Ct'S'l; and I >r. J. C. Oeland weio ap]?oiiited deler entis to the Annual Fair of t'.ui Etito Agricultural Society, witli the power of appaintiutj alternates, "c" il" prevented Iroin biing in attendance, me. < >n in iiioti of T. rtio'.?o Fau -.v, ] >r. 1?. F. Kiltlie gore was unanimously deatod to deliver tho uexi Annual Address hctoro the Society. "'"l | On motion of Colonel S. N. Kvins, the kuho ,:1rl i i.dicers were uriaulatous'y re-vlucted fer the ensuin ! ino year, viz: lrresiiUni?SIMPSON UOIJO. Viee I* rc ulil en Is?J. W. MILLET., .1. P. EAIiliK, It. F. KlLCOttlS, A. K. SMITH, will .1. WINSMITII. ous Seerel'tri/ and Titanurer?THOS. ST'OlIO I I.* \ was in Union on (ho Oth instant. The grand juryof finion recommend aim ndnu i t to ihc law against trading with slaves, no as to adJ whipping iw a penalty. This was in accordance with tho charge of .lu 1 ;o O'Neull. II. W. Tievcher thinks Sunday school and church-going fopr times op Kan lay to bo breaking the Sabbath. 'l ite Pickens Cuur cr state* the fruits of return day iar that district at 200 cams. Anderson 100. Providence, II. l.| has a public library, containing 22,000 volaims. Tho class of woiks most read is fiction. The novels of W. Gihnoro Sitams, LLJ)., are inore read than All others, o*crpt those o| Sir Walter Scott. We are glad to notice in the Charleston Mircury (i:.u niv IIV?1 J'UUUV DUIIKUt 111 V- UHlUJH'HV'U V?I tlio Oth instant with 735 pupils nut of the 887 icgistertd. Tliin is a model school, and n e liopo hs influence will extend as far as po&siblu ortr the State in ettrj pnial uf view. Tho Sooth Carolinian notices the death, in Uv crpool, in duly last, uf Alexander IUihcmoui. jr., formerly of Columbia. Col. T. II. Benton is said to be osutndeseing, though serious fears ore entertained that life will not bo much further protracted, Tiik Mahkkts.?Tho Charleston and Columbia markets arc doing something in cotton, but the fall in prices is remarkable, if the state of exchange is unnoticed. The average decline isjfbout 2 J cents per pound, in ten days, hut tho difference in exchange is equal to 1$, so that the purchaser takes little advantage by tho full, t hticr articles arc about as before. OBITUARY. 1 bed, at his resident* inHpni tntiburg District,ou 13th of September lust, 8 AMl' KL OASTON, in the tifiy ninth year ot his age. Tho deceased left a widow and two childtcu to mourn tho loss, with many relatives and friends. A. P. W. MO lie A N R 1 PL KS. V Regular MONTHI.Y MBETING of Morgan Hides will bo held at tho Armory, on Saturday Evening next. Punctual nttcndaooo of members Is required. \V. II. TTUMMfER, Oct 15 ?4 Vt See. and Tress, " pj puwwpqgiPM 4 * *- * . * . 0 . ^ # . # ' ?* J5S: ftnr; Premium. Cake and Candies, J. Millar, Premimu. There were several other UrtkUefcversldv ifrffosd by the Committees, which for ?mt of a^ftoe bare been left otU. On the conclusion of tho reading tbe Bcpasts of Committee* the Society adjourned informally ,ft? dlsoum the merita of a good and" spbsUDltn) Sapper, provided by the Lodiea for tho purpose fU raising! toads for purchasing Premiums for the ImdW Department. 15. F. KJLOORR, Clwirmun. Tnoa. Stodo Farrow, Bocietary. i Report c' Treasurer of Agricultural Society. mcn'b 11 eta KT M E N T . Amount received for Initiation fee" up to Agricultural Fair of 1856, ?77.00 Amount of expend it oris for Premiums awarded at tue Annual Fair of 1856, chargeable to this fund', $54.00 Balance in Treasury alter paying for Pretnlnn?s for 1656, $10.00 Amount received for Initiation nnd Annual Fees for 1557, 05.00 Total amount now in Treasury to be applied iu llio purchase of tbc Premiums awarded at the Annual Fi'f of '1357, held on lite 7th instant, . - ?84.00 LADIES* DKTARTMCKT. Amount received for Initiation fees up to ilia Annual Fair of 1657, $7.00 Amouut received from qdmWion fees to Ladies' Fair and fiupper of 1850, 44.40 By cosh subscription for Supper, 4.00 Total omount roncived for the Indies' Dupar'intent for 1350, ?55.40 Amount^f.expenditures for Premiums for tlt? of 1856, 55.00 l!alnne<yj> Treasury after paying for Premimm for 1S50, ?0.40 A motfAt Received for Initiation and Annua) Foes$(MS57. 2C.O0 Amount received from adinissiou (res to La- e died^Fuir and Supper, 56.10 Tufel 4 ?81.50 l^xpcnsra of supper, lights, &c., 4.82i Teful amount now in Treasury to bo rpplicd in tho purchase of Premiums awarded ft the Annual Fair of 1657, held on tho 7th inrtaut, ?7'J.G7J Respect fnlfy submitted, T. STOBO VAUKOW, Sec. and Treas. NEWS^SCJaAPS. I.ieot. Col. Paul S. Thompson, l'ayinuler Genera! of South Cnrol'iin, is dead. The re(ill tit of the election in Kansas show I)emcratru majorities. Tbc nccoilnts nro contradictory ?olio slates that both Houses of tho Legislature will be 1 hnnocrofic; another that tbc free State candidate will be elected to Congress. The returns arc too see tie ring to indicate results. Tbc Planters' Bank, of Fairfield has declared an October dividend cf ?1 per share?8 per cent; Bank or Newberry, ?1.25?10 |?er cent.-, Bank of Chester, ?1.25?10 per cent.} Fanners' nud Exchange of Chat lesion,-?1 ? 8 per cent.; Firemen's Iutuiancc?12 per cent. Ilou. I.euis McLaney of Delaware,died in Baltimore, on the 7th instant. Mr. McLano lia l been a public man since 1708?lie began as midsbiptnau and elided his career as minister to England under Mr. Polk. Ho was iu his 72J yonr. Tho Times says it had the pleasure of seeing many oi i. ?.* r?iu jc'jis ot KM' fsoutli Uarulntu College in town t>n Monday, and tliot Or. L:l!ord? had been chosen Chairman o( tho Faculty of tlte Colli' re. Tlie nnmbcr of pupi'e uow in College is estimated at 150. - ' . IImi. T?. Weller, Demo., liaa been elected Governor o( California over Bowie, Ain., nnd Stauly, Black Cqiukliran: Wilier "J,503; Bourie 9.0lf>t Stanly 13,"88. Wlint ia n Specie-Paying Bank? U it a batik which paya specie bo long as nobody wants it, but iho moment thvro ia any special call for it '"will nut submit to n run?" Tho number of locomotives running at thin time in the Unite.! Stales i? estimated at nint^thousaod, At an agricultural exhibition at Springfield, Maen.. a four-horse team was exhibited, ihe united age* ol the horses aggregating 91 yn?s. It is .id they would still ntaku a good show before -u light earri:l?c* . . / !* 'lliinga arc* oomiitg i-ighi^uanciuny, ' Unv but sure'.'' The Now Yoik tmd Boston banks refuse to yield to thcrsUOMU of panic, and are riding Nifcly at their anchors. In 1852-3?1 the foreign iini>orl* to this country exceeded the exports by $'17,151,53 i; while during the last three years our cxpmts lmveexoc.l wd our imports by $28,072,295. Thin is ? JilFerenco in our favor of e/ily S9*?,223>2t? during bxrely three yours'. The Legislature* of Tennessee met at Nashville on the 5th ir?M. Two United State* Senators wiH be elect. J during tho present session. Ice nud frost wefu si-en at Chora w on the moraiug of tLu 1st in.-tnut. * * 'Plie Herald relates au incidi ui of the occidental lot-king up of a dog in n d*mist's office, where tiiu jxior biutc remained without food for hftir wcHta, and yet lite was tu t extinct. The dog is now doing will. * ' Our Cltcratv n idols arc rejoicing bv?r the completion tho Northeastern Bailioad?the first through train having passed up on the 5th. Wo hope b itru day to have it to say the tap-irtanburg and I nion road '*is done." Il? n. ,1. Ii. ttrr frays tho Uiiionvillo Jouvnah firwt C<>au over h?U in thia Htnic , tho jury cmpaoncled forth# Court. Ahheqgi4*n?> 1 rnl FirV-r- "-1?"t'plrml jn|in*'f>TT rtti^j|. * over n largo seet'on of our fStatc. nod at fl wlun he bed to t>o gnjdcd by Li* own., not^o* *f right-yet it I* not his charter ?. ? cfeS; 2 much as his pa< nubp devvbou to the ennre of liha*v - ? te, nod gallant deiett&of oor infant o*Iooy, tfcif '* ' justly (ilpcq lil* name in the rock' with-th?s? of Sumter nud Morion. It wan through kin AM n the treaty of IIopewcN was ninde, which gave t? , b ; thu.Stat* that largo and fertile region of tertitWy# ? \X3 occulted hy the Indians. After the treaty mam, made, by which llic Indian braver gave up fh* * grim* of their fathers, their wigwawts and tWie * * hut: tiug groUnd*. to the possession of the pal* fao?s,. they concluded tne ceremony of ratiftrntion on tbdr ? plrt, by drinking ?cuiit?nrt!i* of fidelity and friend ship to the white man. We nrtkerttand that tfeo - ' s cup used ou the oeamlothbas !?cvn presented to Ah widow or Presidi*. PoHt. We would be glad to- ? .* kuo>v Kuw al'c-euinu to bo tbj recipient of Ale rette,-' - ?% aa It night t Kelt some tact* concerning this hrtaNat >. . lug period of oar hl-tory. After fl?* straggle fbtr V * f . oor independence bad terminated, our State LeghK^ , * latorc thooght It proper to pas* a bill MoexefnjA * i' from legal iuvceligntion tlie conduct of tho nllM while the w ar lasted." Cut so soon n* the bill wan ' pro|H>*ed, General I'iekcna said, like the noble Ma-' * rion, "If, in a niuplc insianec, in the conrsa of wr% command, I have done that which f cannot f??r . ,, justify,jist'co requires that I should suffer for it." ? *' V,'o might stuto ninny inure Uets, in couaaetH^ "> with thfv suificct, which huve not appeared in print, but our object is merely 'u saggcM thai U would bo a pb-atanl task fai some writer of oor own FHstoto rescue from tho oncert'iuty of tradition, by fthhfrrt hivtorie record, the merit oriow services reodoiwd by General Pick i us during tile struggle f?f our lo-1 doptndcnctv?Anderson Gnstetta. , ' " TR!BCTE"oF*kKSPECT. ' . . , At u meeting or tho Eumalhoan Sac'icty, St. John's Classical and Military Academy, Spartanburg |4,; Cour* 1 loose, lield ou the 12th Im-tant, the follow- ? ing Preamble and lt< t-ulutioiis were uonniinoosly adopted: " . "^72^ * * \V herons Divhte Providence his seen Tit to take from our midst ou>- Frlcud und Kcllow-Mnnber F. D. LYrUi; be it "V *|t ltfolvni, That io the d eat It of F. Lytle the f . society luis lost n useful nicnibwj the school has . sustained au irreparable loss; nnd his Family n kind . * and I elation; and that wo (the numbers ?f the Eucnalbcan Society) oflcr to t!re'fhmi)y of the deceased ??or wnrmost sympathies. * ItesulrrU, Tlmt through respect Jnc bis memo ry, we wv.tr the qsuhI badge of mourning ft* thirty * days. t Hrfolred, That a copy of this Preamble and desolations be presented to the family of the decerned, ond al?? one scot to cncli ol tho towwpupcr? for publication. ^ LK.MUCL MOORMAN, -*k? Sccnlary of the K. S. A a no* or ocr acql/aistancr, MRS. POWELL,, N'o. IS.STANTON STREET, HEW Y O tt K , ' " [J" Was troubled w ith livnr <-ompl*iet for 'ong time, rud fur trying many remedies, was * advised to try l>r. '.PLAN lvS Celebrated Liver PilU, prepared by Fleming ltree. of Pituburgb. She did so, and wjjtn that with one bos she woe rf- ' . factually coiad. " ' ludigetttua, atoppape of the virnset, CTifiw^ .? rttta, a rut geueral trregulatity of the hoieeU, ere^W all dUeasca originating in tho same piolifte cause, ' as in niso that dreadful scourge DYSPKPS3A. The** who mc ntllictcd with any of the above vnuir. crated diseases, may rest r.Kit.red that the source ' of all.Lltc-ir maladies is In the kv? r; i,nd for he. cor' rcrtion tho test rem. <1 y ever offered to tho pubMe is I). M'LitieN, Cclcbrxrod Liver 1111s. Try them. The money i t fa u Jed if nc4 snibef.icfary. jy Purahpav-s w !l ho inr.tur to ask for DR. M EANER CGU&lltlAXpD LIVER PILLS, mcmnfirturc.l hy FLEMING !5llOcLrid Pirruscsuil, Pa. There ?ro other l.V.ls purporting to wo Liver Pills now before "Jin [lubbc. IV. M'Lme's j genuine Liver lMle, aW?> Ms celebrated Vvpuiftg^ I ean uow lw had at idl rese ctable drug stores. fioHO genuine itriliiuul fht signature oj * ,\ FLEMING l?ilj Let 15 34 It i TEACHER WANTED,, rpo take elcirgc of the Odd FeUoWu' SCliuOL, JL the eusuinu' year. For t< i tits, &0., applv to VV.M. Ii. 1 RI.MMlEi:,)' < ' . > 11 ' committee. ^ 1 J. .. KLFOUD, * i 9purfftnl|U*g S. C ,Get. 13. 31 It ATTENTION, MORUAS RIFLES!. J YOU arc hefeby ctl'flercd U> a^semWlo at | )'"n.r u?nal Ih'u.lczv. us, < ? SATURIldflt SiK'M, !h'? 17th in-.tant. rtt V c'ctuek, h. m., ki^T ? full ijn.f>>rni, h>r |t?rn.!u ?n>d inr'ruc'.l'ia, -J Munihors unit provide tliomeelvco- with ran ode of tatnnk cartridge, Ly /Jcr ??( tJAPT. LHQ<J. A. T. Cavh, <j. S. A - . Oct 15 " 34 It KrOTIOB. f}T^UK KtiiliiosC??i?mi;uv of tht 11 KUAIL1J? J JL HIGH JMplfOO) S will U-t at public outcry, y ! to the k>tvo.<t bwJdir. nr. ihidsvilte, ?n the Tlh oi* November ue*t, ut I'.itA-lock, a LRILK PULDLN(i-, the Cojntwtoi to give McurttW* tjT the f..ith.ul per urniaecc oCthwvvuilt. 'lite ph> I and Htxc ltCtttiJMs Cviu be St en at the hUjkZ of K<*ter i & J udd Spartanburg C II. R. H. Li KID, i CiuAnuin of Committee. ! Oet 16 34 4t , 'I * ? | ?32cooutor&;' Sale.. . Of Real and Personal Property. ' ? \\ .,<?! ihe J' -: I; >. ><:iib>r s?ltj K J >T the Intel WI LI .1A M SMITH. H on the Greenville io.d, the iuUouiug parcels of REAL ESTATE, v.?: ' . ' 1 it.No. l,ti>wa n'.nq 100 sorter Nu. 2,107); Nov , 3, I.M'j: N . -J. .Vi 11 Place, 15Vi; New. / C, Carman Place, btNo. 7, Siren.ore Place, ffy J 8, San '?}~aU ndyoin ng land*. No, It, Jelin Smith Place, HO; No. lit. Tun-Yard Place, IS4 Ne. 11, Henry Wood l'laee, 130; No. 12, 'jinx on the wqters of Tjger, 1<K) ncrce?eft 1 sijmritt, ft. itt c-oli t ibcr. Resides the shore, the Allowing personal PropI pu;y ? '1 be 1* . v.i: kg j 0 LIKELY IsiA.L<>LS?3 gtnen ineu nl) ! ohMdlelt. 0 I 1 Also, (V?rn, Wheat, Fe Wor, &c. j 1 ' Terms tor the Prrvmul Property?a eradit Of 1 ; twelve ntniiiS, n 11 :< - Li nr.n.; uttnit, with two 1 i approved sureties. , f linns oi lite ileal n!c knofta oil tkt day of sale. M. M. R1M1I1, \ ..._1 _ ' N. .SMITH, I ttrwlm. Oct 15 34 H 4 ' SIIEUU-'F'S SALES, , . roil Ni iVKMKER, 1817. ' I J 1> Y virtue of sundry wrri* of fieri fsc'iM, to ? V > . . I ? ,li ll.oii SA ! .!.si i \ Y IN NO* \ 1CMUKU, biivi'i-ei) 11 io iesrai hoora, bafor? Af V Court Hou?c, iu the lowu of Spart:?ihurir: 1 300 acres of Und I ?.i A..I. F'-tvr Hinl Win Smiib. ^oi<i ns UrnfA- M potty ot Win. .lames, at the suit of Krwin, Ori* fl vVB Also,on miiJ Monday,by virtu? of an attacJuMlfc. I m .? tnrl u.nii. J Catnlme?i*>ld by ah arJkTTNj^ court. Bold as ilie pi'ojHTty of 1&. 11. .MVn, at suit of R. Poiivler. < ShentVs Ollicc, Oct. l'-Ah, 16W. * t?ei t > M A WIN'OO, s. i. ftr M 1