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. % * , # | ^ | *1 t ??' , i-j, ^ ?fcA?TATOTO'a. ~ : THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1857. , -??" KK1DTILLB IUOn SCHOOLS. ^ks^Thf?"Tro?too? of the Ueidvillo High Schools de> jIUtlkv subscribers to meet at Ueidvillo, on tho ^tll of November, t> consider tlte principles proposed to be incorporated iuto the charter; ami they nil So would inform them that the first instalment of one-third is no*- due, and would request thorn to pay it over to Dr. John C. Ocland, the Treasurer, M cooo as cor veiiient. Oct 29 3d 2t ^Vi;' COURT. ' Our full court commenced on Monday titoming, 1 1 Jtldgo fifunro presiding. Mis honor i- plain an.l direot In word and action?meaning what he says andaaying what ho means. Wo did not have tho . pleasure of hearing his charge to tl.o grand jury, ?. v ..... . . . " FROsTiii ROPE. Tile Persia, at New York from Liverpool, on Wednesday, 28lh ult., brought ?: 1,000,000 in specie. Site brings accounts of monetary derangements in England, Austria, and Portugal. The Times' Vienna correspondent deserib- s the tpsnio on the Vienna Exchange on tho ] 3th ns frightful. The Nation..l Loan, tearing 4 per cent. .interest, payable in silver, fell to 80J. The Russian naval division destined for the Chinese waters had quilted Cronstudt. It consists of , . three corvettes and three steam clippers. Tho statements in regard to the extensive tinturo of the fortifications which Russia is constructing ut ( the entrance, of tho Sea of Aa?f are confirmed. A letter in the Presse of Vienna says it is pcr feetly true that the Russian Government has sot .apart fi,000,000 roubles fi?r the reconstruction of . Sebastnnol. and that, nlilioiioli ihe ii-<.niv of forbids the building of fortification*, it is supposed it , may bo easily eluded. A New York letter, in noticing the quantity of t specie coming to this country, says: . 'The pi emitim on gold is fulling. The bullion bro- i kern are selling at j of ono per cent, and buy ing at $. A pa11 of the gold received by the H.iltie has I been sent to New Orleans. Our city hanks will i soon have $ 16 000,000 in bartk. The receipts from < Europe and California will mostly go into bank; and the question arises, what will they do with it? The 1 banks do not know now. They keep contracting, ? j? and contracting, buying their treasure and giving t ? no assistance. The city banks begin to be the ridicule of the community. i "The arrival ol ro niueh'specic from Kurope is t or should be felt as an encouraging symptom to us; and otherwise the Cnropcuti news is not worse than t wc expected. Thg I tank ol .England will doubtless raiso its rute not only to eight percent .the highest f it ever charged, but b? nine and ten This is the right way in which to enforce a continuation of ob- t ligations, wlnlo specie flows out, btit when specie flows jn it will fed nee the rate again. We understand that the acceptances of all J/>ndnn houses . doing business with America arc unsaleable. The day before the Persia arrived out, Missis. Hnring ] 1-Biothers' puper sold at 5^ per cent per annum (pre fiiiumJJ but subsequently became nnsaleablo." MoCNT V.ION Col.LtliUTK/iNsrrri'Tit.?The . ^Vioiiftboro Uegislef states thai at a special meeting s of (ha Moaut y."\i Society, on tho i'Otii instant, c (Jen. John A. Alston, of York, was duly elected pi incipal, vice ,1. VV. i 1 itJ.?on, deceased. A Washington corrcvpondunt of the New York !, , 7'mifn, says it is *tip|>osod that lion John Forsyth, > | our Miliislcr to Mexico, has made a prop <?iiion to ' a President Coinoiifort for the purchase of Soiiora j and Lower California, which will probably not be (1 successful, , ' 'j Fuom Utaii.?Cnpt. Van. Vliet; Assistant Qunr- i J trmwtrr, U. S. Army, arrived at St. Louis from | s Salt Like city, 1-ltli alt., gives nn exciting account , h of the temper of the Mormons, lie pasted a week I " in Sidt Lake city, and had good opportunities of f knowing the tceling in reference to the prospect of j having a United States army occupying it. n "lie was treated with much consideration and Aovited lb partake of the hospitalities of tho leading B Aiu-n ol tho city. Put on nil neons ons, and from | , every quarter, lio IMotd ?>nly one expression of opinion?and that was, tiiat they never would per- w i?l?t United States tioops, ??r the officers appointed ! w Kj the United State* Government, to get n foot- ,| InHd in tluir dominions, in nil their public (lcclnrn- ; ^ iMU-.s, nnd in their private conversations, this sonti ^ Jiicnr h boldly avowed: liny will never suffer tin- ^ Ifoops to enter ilio oil;*, and if tliey do, it will be -j utter tliu town has been committed to tlie d imes, j( the territory around it Inid waste, and all tito in- j ^ habitant* have fled to lit* mountains Their fniiati- J eism knows no hounds; tht-y helicvo Hrighnm ; Youiib to be llu- Appointed agent ol the Lord, nml | svlutever lie commands them to do they will perform ii with nlacrity. They sov that they lutvc provisions p sufficient to l.<st them f ?r three or four years, and i m that pwcutol as ttiey have been mid me, by the | T A rivssrans, tlu-y will fesisl to the last extremity." j pi IfaU a?1 , 4 <4 "^"^DSuSSFi^ToSSwr^To the comments vf the ''7V*? Carolinian our remarks on the speech of Get). MoQ "That lie would rote for no tnan for Speaker House who will sustain Walker or the Adt [ration in the (raud which ho* been prsoticed [ho South iu Kansas" we hare only to say: we spunk from no authority but oar judgnu men and circumstances as they become publi notorious?nor huso we, either by word or I Jircctly or indirectly, been made ncquuitited 1 'ol. Orr's views upon the subject of Kansas Walker went there as Governor. Nor did juirc such intimate knowledge of Col, Ofr'a lo enable us to speak os we then did, Gen Queen is known as u coocssioni.it, and has cxh lUI fuor o occasions than the present a deter mil of a similar kind. 1 [unoo, when lie boldly at "that he would vote for no man lor Speaker' would "sustain Walker or the Administrate lliu fraud which has been practiced upon tho ! in Kansas," lie develo|>s a foregone conclusion Walker has practised a fraud upon the South that the Administration is a parti/ lo thut ?therefore ho will support no man tliatsuppu Now, it must b..- known that Col. Orr supporl Administration in its general measures aud ey. Itut, though ho may believe both Walk? the Administration censurable for tho cour thins;* in Kuiisa.i, yet, because he suppoits tha ministration (which is sustained by u united ^ Gen. McQueen avows a determination not It port him for the .Speakership! This was tho lalion thought of our remark, aud to us it doe iccm very inconclusive, neither must it depend that intimate personal knowledge insinuated t True Carolinian, aud wbicli we have disela Further: (Jen. McQueen does not often ninko speeel Itis constituents; hut when lie affords tho cxci [i> the rulo, we li ivo generally found that lie lined himself to such topics ns were subjects i [crest lo them. This was nnothcr^lctnent i conclusion, ns it was known to liiin and tho lhat Col. Orr would be a candidate lor the Spt ship, and the only candidate from this State. Knowing Col. Orr as wo do, wo take it for f sd that his opinions with reference to Go* Walker's unjustifiable and impertinent interfct in trying to control the wishes of the people c Territory, nre the same os those cntcrtaini - wii lauvniAiiu it was similar i<> .lint in einier pl.r><-? on tho cirouit: Prominent subjects were a codili, nation of the statutes of tlic State, bv which the sub. _ stance of the twelve volumes may be-ce>mpresscd into the compass of one; n change in the min t sys- , tem, by thosubstitution of inferior tribunals f >r the i . * trial of nmuil offences, thus relieving the circuit i courts from potty business, and permitting them to i devote more attention to felonies ami civil cases; i and Bud) change in the prison system as will com- | pel prisoners by labor to bear a proportion of the , expenses inseparable from the punishment of crime. ( In connection with tlio courts, .fudge Monro also i suggested that the grand jury be dispensed with in Assaults and batteries, &c., and also that notions founded upon them be not traversable?holding it outrngoons that for simple assaults, &c., a period of ] six months alinlt be allowed to prepare for trial; while for homicides but th. e days are allowed from ? arraignment to trial. We may say here, without flattery, that .fudge Mnnro has thus far given very great satisfaction. He docs not unnecessarily interrupt the lawyers, -and when compelled to do so, tlio interposition is brief and pertinent. Wo hesitate not to avow our belief that Judgo Mnnro will bccomo one of our most -useful and popular judges-?founded upon liia bon esty and impartiality. Tlio business of tho court embraces nothing of commanding interest, but tho dockets will contain miany continued cases for another term. There was during tho early days of the week an unusual attcndanco of our country friends; and at the bar we noticed a perfect avalanche of circuit lawyers?among whom wo were pleased to find Col. On. BED STRAP-LEAF Tt'RXirS. "We love to eucourago agriculture in all departments, and hence notice with pleasure some lino apeeimeus of turnips, of the lied Strap-Leaf variety, -raised by Mr. Win. Alexander, on Cavin's Old Field, in tho neighborhood cf Woodruffs. Thcso turnlpe wcro sowed in drills, thinned to eight inches, on the 1st September, and hnvo had no rain to -speak of during all the sixty days of their growing; nnd yet ono of them measures fourteen and a half 'inches in circumference, ano the balance aro but a few inohes less. In view of this result of ridge planting, in auoh a season as the past fall, w ill not others take tho hint nnd adopt it! Wo thnnk Mr. Alex ander for making his success public, aud shall always cheerfully notice similar results when brought . to our Attentien, satisfied that tho kuowlcdgo will be -valuable to our agriculturists. FINE SEGABS. Thoso is want of a really tine Scgnr can eupply < UteniBclycs nt Twitty'a by purchasing a neat little box of tho Nectar branJ, containing twenty fife. .Thov aro No. 1. slavery standard, is n strong way uf pultin, rase: "Paul actually tip bcndid a futritiv<* slave cut Itiln back to In* lawful owner and earthly r. Aid tlic 'Angel of the Lord' on nms oer >o*iiivcly sorted in the capacity of a Pulled r rlnrshn), and assisted in arresting the fugitive (agar, wIkj had ?scaped from her mielrees e? nd returned her t<> licr lawful owner!" The country hanks of New Voik State In rice ling at Syracuse, on Thursday, and rest i'lint it is their doty to prepare for the early re* ion uf specie payments; thai before said resuii hey will endeavor to keep tlu-ir bills as ncn pccie basis as passible; that they will increase lit ol discounts to tlio eat'lit of their ability 1 it forwarding produce. They also appointed ? iiillee to effect nil association of the coir try ! >r mutual protection; to arrange a system to Icmption and exchanges, and report to a f iiecting. A Nkw GVrnoi.io Translation or th? i.r.?The London Cuthulio Register tnahrt allowing announcement; "We arc authorized 10 state that, in nceorr rlth the decrees of the Inst Synod at Wcstmii rhieh have lately been returned Irani Rome le application of the HolySco, the Cardinal A ishop of West minster has intrusted iho pre on ol a corrected version in English of the eriptur?-s to the en c of I>r. New mm. N eve been I'ttf duly to make tin tirinnuncetnciit v as given us inure heartfelt satisfaction, and 011 In not, it will be shared hy all chimes ol L-aders." The riots at the municipal election of Haiti iduccd the Governor ^f Maryland to issue ui > (leu. Smith to have his troops (d.f.dO) n nis yesterday, ilie day of the general elect bo mayor objects to this, but the Governor i) little lived to him. # . t % # i % . ^ . - ? * COUXIPtHBBKCK OP ClUUiH IFltTlX t," on. On IMuidiy trtolRg, Oot 21,after I closM !ucen, my communication of that data, I had tha pleasure of tha of attending a meeting of the State Agricultural Sonin'm ciaty of North Carolina in the Sena',* Chamber. The upon meeting was largely attended. Chief Juatioe Huf That fin had been President of the soeiety, and was re:nt of ejected by acclamation. He events to be a ventre0 and bte gentleman of three score and ten, and litrei letter, deeply in the oll'evtiuns of bis countrymen. Som< with matters relative to the beat method of perpetuating since the usefalncM ol the society were discussed, Among it rv- the speakers notieed and recollected were ex-Gov views ornor Msnloy, Mr. Junes, (I believe author 0 . Mo- "Cousin Sully Dillurd,") and Mr. Quion. ibited lu the course of the remurks of the evening, sotm tution gentleman, nntuo not known, remarked that thi rowed Agricultural Society of South Carolina asked th< ' who Legislature for three thousand dollars annual appro 7/1 in prinlion, and the Legislature proudly guvu fivo thou South sand. Life membership and other subscriptioui n that were made. , atid Thursday morning, October 22, wo were con fraud ducted through the school rooms of both depart rts it. meats. The number of pupils is about fifty?sev is the oiiircn blind and thirty or upwurds deaf and dumb poli- Tho blind aro instructed by l)r. Waddcll, principa rr and of that department, and his excellent lady. Hiej se of speak of great diflieulty in procuriug books printer t Ad- in raised type for tho blind. The deaf and dumt louth) are instructed hy deaf und dumbussistant teachers sup- graduates of tho New York School. Kuvornblj foun- impressed with tho condition of tho bcIiooI, an. s not feeling greatly obliged to Messrs. Cooke, Waddcl 1 upon and Little aud their kind ladies for their attentions ty the we took leave of all tho inmates and started on oui .iruud. way to Una place. It was our intention to go imrnedi atcly to the Virginia institution. At Wctdou w. lies to bought a through ticket to New York without ds rplion fining the route we wished to go. i con- Tho result was, when we arrived hers, Wo pro of in- cocded at onco to the depot of tho Virginia Centra n our Road, but wcro informed by tho ticket ngent thn Statu our ticket would uot pass us on that road. Aud bo inker- fore wc could make tho ohango and get to the otlioi depot, the cars were gone,and we conseqocutly turn grant- c<l over to the will ol Charlee II<>tel. Having alrp ernor little last night, it was resolved to occupy a part o rence, tho day in repoae. >f that Wo will leave this evening about seven o'olocl rd by for Philadelphia, sad try to return by way of Suun South, ton. True Tho troubles in money matters seem to be on tb< a the increase. It is exceedingly difficult for travellers b 10 ap- keep funds in such ooodit'ou ss to bo acceptable, echou? W. [Wc regret to learn from our correspondent tha his health and tho amount of labor he will ncceesa irthor rjjy l,aT0 to undergo in a tour devoted to busince tisfuo- wju noj permit }(im to continue hia letters to th uer in gpartan. Under dato of Fhilodelphia, October 27 a dis- igj7t i,c writes as llmt bo had mado an erainina K*1* lion of tho Pennsylvania Institution for tho Blind cw under the control of Mr. Cltupin, find regards i 0 will wc|i worthy of the reputation it has acquired abroad ?Ens. Sparta*.] of our sia?w to rest For tho Carolina Spartan. look- TUB MERCHANTS AND THE BANKS. m?nts Spartanburo, C. H.,Oct. 2d. 1837. Hon. ^y^ ty,0 undersigned, Merchants of this place m *^e take this mothod of informing our friends nnd cu? lMlcri tomers that wo will tako in payment fur nil onto and accounts duo it*, and for merchandise, all th afined Bills of tho Banks of this State, as well ns the bill nplevt ?* a" *'10 ^cor2'a ^anka, payable at Savannah am prao- Augusta; and may add, that the suspension of lb leans, Banks of our Slate we believe to bo a wise and ju dicious oourso for their protection, and wo buvq eu a hon- ''r? ,u 'bc-ir solvency cxtir- Tolleson & Winoo, A. J. Warren, 1 per- Foster 6c .Jodd, Cleveland & Wesser initios Lee & Batons, Morgan 6s Moors, ig bo 14. Bloomberg & Bro.. A. 11. Kihst, of the Firmer 6c Heinitsii, Louis A Mare, per Ja to ho II. & H. II. Mitchell.J cob Lout*, igcnts m ?s? s Rani? P.., It,.. Kn..,.. Thffi THE BHK OF CHESTER. By Messrs. Cavjb 4: Trimmikr; anous Dear Sins: In your last week's issue I see on Mates' *'cr '',c l,l'ac' ?' "Batiks not Suspended:'' Tlio "Tito only banks in this State tbnt hnvo n"l sui >pera- pcnJcd, ns fnr as wo onn see, are the Hank e Hanks Charleston, the t'nion Hank, the State B.t k, th As Commercial Bunk of Columbia, and the Batik < my bo Cantdcn." bitnks Being interested iu the Hank of Chester, and sat isfied that y?u Itnvn inadvertently included it ntnonj the eusj>ondcd. I tnke the liberty of enclosing tnyir a circular issued by their Board of Directors, re >n l'ip sped fully requesting, at same titno, that you w?ul 9 W'" give the sanio such publication as you may considf necessary under tlio circumstances. Yon will oh ' n the ciroular is dated the 9th instant, but I tun 11 ops- the President (<?. S. Cameron, Esq.,) no later lha yesterday, (tlio S'tth,) and was pleased to learn, thti upnt they had not only withstood the storm thus far, bu 'next ',U ' t""""" t? believe that all sbculd b well for the future ?and that the Bank would sul up nt fcr hut lilllo front the confusion aud diatr< ss prevail ick, if inK around. "'*l Meantime, with respect, truly yours, taken A. M. LATHAM, until CoorEnsviLLK, S. C.. Oct. 26, 1807. id on "Notice.? Whitens unfounded statements htlvi b< in made, calculated to alarm the lioldiis rf th lobe bills of the Bank of Chester: We, tlio undeisigtici Directors, stale that the said Hank was never in . i the more safe condition, and ;s going on with its itnu.i business. Its Bills arc todecined in Ch.irl ston urn at its own counter. Now, to satisfy the public, in nd ditiim to our Imbility as ^stockholders or the h.lls (which liability is for twice the amount of stock lieh t Ills by each and every one of the Stock Ituldcrs) wc line : 1 Dili by pledge our private fortunes to tlio bill-ltolder for tlio redemption and protection of the lulls of till Bank. TikJb. McLure, ISam'l. Mc\i.ii.f,y, " Count.i.ius Caldwell, S. W. .Mont.*\, *t .J as. Hemphill, N. U. Eaves, r 0 t lr.o. S. Cameron, J. McLuuk, . W. A. Walker, A. I>. Sprinos, mi'. J?,,N " Adams. |C. i). mem on. '"CjiESTEa, 8. C , October 9, 1837." anion ' Comptroller General's Office, Columbia , October 23, 18o". ' Messrs. Koitors: Allow me the uso of jour col urtms, to answer the numerous inquiries made o f| j me as to tlio hanks in this State that havo sua , Icendcd Mttecie iiiivinenis nn.i i linen it...# ..iilt ...... (inno io pay coin for their hills, vir: SLertNDEii Hanks?Bank of the State o > i i C.i roll on. Kianoii Bank of tlie State nl Co , lumhin. Blanch Hank of 11 a- Stale nt Camden ( 1 J South-Western l!uilri?ad Bank, Planters mul Me " ' ' chanlcs' Bank, Hank of South Carolina, Farmers ' und Kxchangc Bank of Charleston, Bank n| Ifi.m * burp, I'.nnk of Newberry, Kxeliangc Hank of Co 11" lumhin, People's Bank ol Charleston. u,mi Hanks Pa vino Spkcik.-?Union I tank of Charles ton, Stale Hank ol South Carolina, liuuk of Charles. : j{,. ton, Commercial l'.ank of lumhin, Planters' 1 Sank i the "f Fairfield, M< reliant*' Hank of Chernw, Bank <1 Chester, P..ink of Camden, Hank of (ioorpetourn, lance Hlevcn of our blinks havo suspended. Nino ?. ,?,cr tin m still continue to redeem their notes in specie will, 'Many mis tatcnu'iits have been riindo. Tlio ubovc ii eh- " eliahlc us reported to tli.s office. Oilier pa pen para- I" 1 haps do the public a service by giving tliii iloly coinmiinication an insertion in their papers, A&le r has ,'H' solreiicy of our hank* there i* not one of tlicin k'liich ''lit have assets abundantly HuAicielit to meet tllvil wo liabilities. Very respectfully, ymir ohcJ ciil servant, (lUr .1, 1). ASII.MOBH, Coiopt. (?eii, {Culumbui Carolinian. moru Senator llui.tcr of Vn., between whom and Gov, r.lers Wise, it is said, there will ben struggle for the iltd r I about to lie vacant senatorial sent, lis.s published u ions 1 letter hi winch lie denies the statcnxill that lie is will ] hostile to the present administration. 11 c aiinouu I cc? Ins disapproval of Governor Wolker's course nearly every man or every party in the entire ? Will tJen. McQueen or tho editor of the Carolinian giro their constituents or readot name of a single politician in the South wli [>rovca of Walker's Innugural and Topcka Spci THE BmT AU A IN. On this subject we have but littlo to say, ft lhan to express a hope, that the general dissa lion of the people with tho masterly man which the banks treat them will awaken i Btission in the Legislature touching their ri; lord it over all interests but their own. A fi tho papers are speaking out, and wo trust mot follow in tho same strain. It affords us pleasure to notioe that some i public mon, whoso political vision is supposed 1 forever beyond tho boundaries of tho State, ars ing into this suhject, and are uttering sentii not exactly harmonious with present banking. Mr. llnyoe, Representative in Congress fro Richland I>i?trict, lately ma le a speech at Ch in which he said: "The banks of Sooth Carolina should bo coi to the Ranking business of thcSlato of South tina. They should be permitted this in its ar range, but not ono step beyond. The lice of our banks having agents in Now Or . lobilo or otlur cities, loaning money and d in exchanges, and having ollicers in New shaving uoics there, is to my mind, says tlx Diablo gentleman, monstroos, and should he pa ted by the roots?should he absolutely nn?] cmplorily forbidden, and forbidden, too, by pei that would enforce obedience. Can anythii imagined more prejudicial to the interests < pcoplo of this State, than for financial safety constantly put in jeopardy by speculations of i and bank officers in distant States? It is a at which tho people of South Carolina huve ? thing to lose and nothing to gain. 1 do not it necessary to enlarge upnu this proposition permitting our hanks to speculate in the v forms of money-making in distant States, w nil tho risk*tof the finnncialdisaster*of those!: without uny counterbalancing advantage, people cannot possibly gain anything by this < lion, and yet tliey may lose u great deal. ] ?ro institutions chnrtered for the public good the public good cannot be promoted, but rr vastly prejudiced, by this transference of our lo othe r Ktatcs, I say it should be prohibited." TfRSTSSSf Tho Court of A ppeal meets at Columbia t fourth Monday of this month. The bn^ines bo called in tho following order: equity.? i. causes ironi mo oin circuit lukon up on tlio fourth Monday in Novombci uid heard for one week, if n- much time bo t ?ary; otlierwiso liie next Circuit in order. 2. Causes from the 4 th Circuit to be token die eiul of the foregoing, nnd heard for ouo w f so much time be necessary; otherwise the Circuit ilr order. ^ 3. Causes from twe 5th Crcuit to bo taken lie end of tlio foregoing', and heard for one we 0 much time be neemsiry; otlierwiso tlie Circuit in order. t. Caused from the 2d and 3d Circuit to bo tp at tlie el' of the foregoing, and heard he end of tlie te rm, or until, disposed of. Law.?-]. Tlie Soul/tern C rcuit to be call lie fourth Monday in November. 2. The Eastern Circuit immediately after; olloWed by 3. The Western Circuii, and probably ii mine week by 1. Tlie Northern Circuit. o. The Middle Circuit. Tiianksoivino Day.? It will he seen ilia Sxeclleuey Governor A listen has appointed tin >f th's month as a day of thanksgiving. JJhownlow o.n inn Kluitivk Slavs: La 1 lie following, from lliowiilou.i l< tier to the ; :? tub iuii 1 Menu. Editor** Ttis people went lif ht on tl i' subject of modern banking. v yoa, tberefoi givo piece to the following communication from tl i Charleston Mercury, m tho rays shot forth by it a calculated to penetrate the moot stolid intello* among oar people as well as legislator*. Suob - state of thing* colls loaJly for tho Interposition I the reserved authority of the Legislature-, and if th i refuse to protect the masse* against the present p< ; nioious banking syetem, it will bo the doty of tho p? [ people to change their rolcrs, and send other agci . to look after the geuoral interest: f "Our Banes.?Tho condition of tho Bank Newborry, as officially reported for Augnst lust, fords a strong elucidation of the new course ofbu ' ntx?* entered on by our Banks as dealers in exchuuf > At the timo its report to our Comptroller v j made, it had, of notes ou personal security loan oct, only twenty four thousand four hundred a thirty-six dollars, whilst it had vested in domes exchange coven hundred and twenty-eight thousa i ono hundred and sixty-thno dollars. Now, in w! did this domestic exchange consist? Chiefly, ' presume, in bills ou New York; uud when tin bill* matured and were collected by their agent New York, tile monvy wos vested in shavi notes on New York, given by merchants of Sot Carolina or Georgia, in ;mynieut of goods purchos . in New York, 'thus, shaving billsol exchange New York in South Caiotitin, and shaving notes ' Notv York due in South Carolina, constituted t I circulation of their capital. The people of the Sti , received no benefit whatever from the existence tho Bank. The insignificant amount of twentyfu ' thousand dollar*, which it had loaned on notes w ' personal security, we presume, would easily bo r 1 proprinted by our LSauk Directors. Thu Bank I not only of no o?e to the pc pic of the State, bul positive injury. If the Bank had not been est* 1 lishcd, the capita] constituting it would havo be f vested, directly or indirectly, in lauds and negroes South Cartdiua, and thus the prosperity of the Sti , would have been proniou d. But being thrown i to brokerage oper'tions, it is kept floating on t wings of brokerage paper, and excepting iu the creased incomo of the stockholders, utterly cxt guished for any use to the Statu. This is a gr< I abuse of banking. The State I as not granted clu term ol incorporation to our Banks, and made th paper the money of the people, merely to cnnblf - eirtnin number of individuals to make morcmon< r Such an object would bo as unjust :is it would beneath tho dignity of the Stale. All her citizc s*and with equal rights before the State. All ahoi 1 be left free to use tbeir iniu?try in their own w f to adrauco their fortunes. To enable somo cilizt to make money oat of others, is besido the provit ( of a free nnd joat government; but to give them i power to make money out of tho mora distresi _~J - j? : in _'j - J - uuu uotnj, in u buii wiurr ui-p. riure irum WIO pr ciples of a just government; and this ia the pov B they pnaacss, as practiced by the Rank of Newbei } and other similar Ranks, in dealing in exchange "The State had a very different and a eontr; purpose in chartering our Ranks. It was suppoi that they would nss-.at the distressed or needy w I were solvent, by their loans, and thus save estat and keep property in the State. Instead of ecudi capital out of the Slate, it was supposed that tl * would increase the capital within it, and thus ndd e tho wealth n:id prosperity of the State. For ih groat nnd beneficial purpose* tho State has agr? that tho Ranks should make the currency of I people by their bills, and that their bills should * received ns money in the payment ot the tni t Tit's isn mighty power entrusted to tho Ranks. '1 power of altering or ehnnging weights nnd mc urcs, is nothing to it in every country in world excepting the United States, this power is i dor the direct and active control of the sovereig of the country. We have given it to the Rau nnd whnt wc, the people, have a right to rcrjuiri tho Ranks, is a fair fulfilment of ths purpose* their creation. ON E OF THE PEOPLE LETTER Ftto/iu'c. VIMIIROP. " The Hoston jonrnn's bring to os the report e * mreting held in Fui.cuil Hall,'"irrespective of ( * ty," but which spjienra, from it* publithrd call, i ' tho programme <f its speaki rs, to linve been nu u ly ooiiipi ?od ol th^oo fsvorablo to the rveieetioi llie piisLiit Govoiuur .a t'uo po.iu ..g uuu>mi * Statu ofUoer* in M.i**fiohu?cUM. Tho foliowin<j tor from iluu. U. C. Wiuthrop rppears muong prooecdii-.gs: ,, Bosro.s.Oct. Id, I8a7 Mr r)e*n Srs" Uii ivoidubiv engagements we have rendered it im|>T..rt'*"?ble fir ?nr to b* nt ncu'l il ill this evening, even if! hud not previoi j resolved to attend no politics I tmri.ng during present scat* in. I have- no de-ore, however, cnncfsl ihr views which writ govern my vote ai approaching election, nr.d I cannot r.-fu-e to ci |?ly witli your toquest for n hrit t csprees:or> of tin I can vnto for ii'? one w ho stands before the f pie as the avowed can . ul.it c c?l a sectional pmty, i whoso great end and object would seem to be to r.iy "a united North" against the other parts of cmntty. Other* tnay go fta u unit <1 North 'f bhall continue to prefer n united nation. ? N<>r enn I vote for one who places so low an 'f timate ?>n the value of an independent judiciary t ho would c ither remove n State judge or dciiout i- revile, and nssail n national bench of judges fo g d eihioti or decree, however unpalatable, \vh may have been given in tlio conscientious dimlm of iluty. Nor am I ready to su.tain n party which is d placing a hundred thousand dollni* at c*<-cu' vet r oretion or indiscretion, to be sent away on trra of sympathy, while our own State tri usury in such l.itiu ntnble need of all, and more than all, v resources. n It id no time, in inv I umb!c judgment, for it naming and stimulating sect!' nnl antipathies . |t animosities. They havu already caused more e than they can ever cure. \V o sli.iil need nil the v co-operation and mfttu I g <?) will of tli vari 1- parts of tho country to concert and carry out rru . urcs for restoring the pri..li e:ity of out coinmtr and industrial pursuits. I lie labor i f the North certainly requires sc better encouragement and relief than iinv w li can result from such whohsale and inflitnmaf denunciations of southern labor aswsro In-art the late republican convention. p Vours. respectfully and truly. IlOHKUT C. WLVTIIItOr j Colonel J. \Y. Ssvitu. i I'ickin- CouBT.?The editor of tlio Palrut gi t llit? particulars of n singul a cano trad at tho I . scssii n of I'loJtctis court, .vhu-h may bo of iutel to tbe profession and litigant*: 1 "There were three case- of tre?pifs to try li' - depundii g on a singular ijiu.-tmn. Tho plan ? was a woman, wl o, duiiug the hfet'ine of bur I; L' band, I'.ill nir.to T with liim m convoying hoi l.m She utlerwurds rclinqnislud her istate of inln lance, declaring that she I ml, ni least seven il bcl.no, freely anil mhiiitardy pin .1 lior said li baud in executing the deed lint it appeared t tin- deed was date 1 "li the lIUli i.f August, lt> and the release ol inluritancu bore dale tlie 19d tho same month. It was contended by plaint! counsel that the s veit days had n .t elapsed. ] defendant?, it *vas vontendid that the pl.t mill' I hers* It eoli'i led all 1 admitted nil the reeuld that leant scren t'aijs had expired, and rhe was liar by her own admission. It was u'so contended t f llioro was error in tho date of the rcliii<|tt shine The jury so found, in opposition to tin opn on the Collit, and the case K" s up to the Court A PI ?e lis. It would h.ivo been u ease of extrc I hardship to the defendants to have lieetl disposse cd of their lands under tho circumstances." VYoktii 1'kauino.? We make the following ' tiart from a communication in the l.'hmjcbton tier, in re,;ar I t<> our fiiianc.nl affairs: Tl o sii*p< n led Hanks, wo understand, arc e tailing their circulation, in tho hope of resuui specie paymentH in a short l ine. I'.nli! they i Hot he able to do it with ill six months to a yt . and stand one week after. What is the nccos* f of curtailii-i; their circulation to the detriment of people! They littto suspended; tho penalty for ' doing is [) |h i eetit. on tho amount ol circulation the t.ino of suspension. Their account with i Comptroller (inn r.il is closed; he has nothing in i to (In with thorn; their weekly or monthly stnteine i arc* not wanted. To spenk Jockey like tlicy i nowhere. Now is the time for litem t<> make I again. Thcio i# plenty of wheat and il ur read] ' he moved. With proper facilities they Cau , brought to mnrket, which would at eitee givo i ployment to the highest and the lowest in their spectivo avocations. The people, by their rcy eiltativcc, will iliiuaud and will have a salisf.iot account rendered of their actions, (which they i be unable to give,) or punish all t*? the extent of i law*. I'i< \ and nil. suspended or not, have fori i e?l their ihart, is, am) they had better in time r. the hoii, and extract h? claw#, cie ho tears ill to picoca. be I Tuudat, Oct. is.?The CmwwMi stake*. ' , free handicap of 21 tort, each 15 ft., with 200 odd, ' ed by the Jockey Club; certain penalties, the Mcond to r?oeive 50 euve. out of the Stakes. Ceeearowitch ** Course (2 tnilee 2 for. 28 yard*) 71 rake, jte Sir. It. Ton Broeck's Priorcsa, by Sovereign, 4 yre. Get. 5tb. - t f Cuj't. Smith's K1 Hakim, by the Core, 3 yre., or Gut. 01b -- - - 7 Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, by Alarm, 3 yre., let. tr- 10 lb. - t (0. Mr. Simpson's Fright, 3 yre., Gst. 121b. 4 Betting at Starting ?4 to 1 against M. Doblor, 8 to 1 against El llukim, 12 to 1 against Warlook, 100 to 8 against Lima, 100 to 7 ugainst Roof sati, 15 to 1 against Plusli colt, 20 to 1 against of- Martinet, 20 to 1 ngainst Tasmania, 25 to 1 against si- Emulator, 30 to 1 against Queen Hess, 33 to 1, jo. each against Fright, Zigtng and Fisherman, 40 to as I ngainst Poodle, 50 to 1 each against Bnrfleur, cd December aud Dusty Miller, CO to 1 each against ud Eloquence and St. Giles, aud 100 to 1 oseSi against tio Prioress and Sluggard. The flag was dropped to ml* a beautiful start. Dusty Miller tk>ro his colors to int the front, with Queeu Hess, Cervu, M. Dobler aud nro the l'lush Colt following nearly iu tho order Human* cd; Odd Trick, Fright, Emulutor, Zigzag, Warlock, in Prioress and Poodle lying in tho middle of tho ng ruck. These positions were unchanged until reachith ing tho Ditch, when Ctrva rushed to tho front cd Queen Bess being iu clow* attendance upon her, on With Odd Trick third, Emulator, El Ilnkini, Priorin ess, Fright, Zigzag, Warlock and the Plush colt ho fbrniiug tho next lot. At tho Husliee the pneo bene gun to tell, and Warlock, Pliudt colt, and Poodle of dropped buck, uud Orva resigned the lead to mr Qui en Hess. ith As they des^.nded the hill, Odd Trick, Einulaip tor and Zigzag also disappeared from tho trout. On is approaching the cords, Queen Bess, with El llakim 1 a at her neck, still held a slight lead, with Prioress ib- running by herself on the fair side third; Fright, cd Zigzag, Warlock, uud Emulator showiug in front iin of the ruck. One of the most exciting Ccssarewitch ito finishes ever sera then ensued. Prioress, half way iu- up the cords seemed to be about coming in alono, he but the tiny jockeys of El Hakim and Queen Hess in- made a determined set to, and the judge, unable to in- separate tho first three, pronoum-ed a dead heat >is with Prioress, Queen lit ss and El llakim. Fright ir- was next, about a length and a half behind thrtn; eir Z;gzag was fifth, about a length iu advance of War? ft lock, who was sixth. And Martinet seventh; Emney. Inter aud Sauntercr headed the next lot thai strsgC?* gled in. In the extreme* rear, pulled up, wore St. ins Giles, Wild lloncy, Poodle, Fisherman, Black jld Tommy, aud the Poacher, ay, DECIDING It EAT. *n? Mr. R. Ton Broeck's Prioress, by Sovereign (bred tco in America.) 4 years, Gst. 01b. - 1 the Captain Smith's El llakim, 3 years, 6st. 91b. 2 >cd Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, 3 years, 4st. 101b. 3 in- Bettino?5 to 4 against El Hakim; 2 to 1 rer against Prioress, and 3 to 1 Against Queen Bess, rry The "heat" was run after the last race i i n deepen lug twilight, which rendered it impossible to disiry tingumh the colors of the riders nt a distance. El ted Hnkin was first off, but after going about fifty yards, llin Pi-IaFi ? nvi*rr/?u*nrini? l?\?. A !.#*??? E.,.1 ?'? ? . ..? , '"H ? ? ?.luoiiew w rue n, front and carried on tho running to tho Ditch gnp, ng w litre sl.o was pulled back, nnd by about three ?cy lengths in the rear, Queen lien going on with the I to lend, closely attended by El 11;,Win. Oncoming esc down the Hush's Hill Prioress hung to the left, fed and a shout was raised of "The American's beatthe en!" but Fo dlintn roused the mare with his whip, be and before reaching the foot of the hill she bore her tcs. colors in advance, and, quitting her opponents hall rile way up the cords, won cleverly by a length and a as- half; El Ilakim beating Queen Hess by u bend onthe ly for second place. A loud and prolonged cheer un- hailed the triumph of the American colors, nnd Mr. nty Ten lirocck wne warmly congratulated upon the ks; first viatory achieved by him in England. An ob: of jection ens made by tlioridcrol Queen Ecus against i of the rider of El Hakim on the ground of a cross, i. (London Pott. From Ransm. if a S r. Loiis, October 26. inr A protest signcJ by several prominent citizens ol Kansas was tiled on tlio 15lh instant,, against the fraudulent returns front Oxford Precinct, Johnson I n* Cpunty; ui ?1 in iiply l?? it, ufier a peraoual esntni id | iuation, M. Mii-s. Walker nnd Stanton publish n fv i prweiaiuatiou at t. v lleiaid of Freedom of llioSOlh, , in which they express a uttoruiituitiou to reject ? the entire veto of Oxford, aud to give coil Center l',u to the lii? Statu c.'iul dates. The proclamation ptoJuocd iutrttsc exc lemcut uiueug the vxti*raa pio-sl.tTt iy m. n, nud threats of vengeance ngmust u'd Gov. Wal-?r aud Secretary Slant- n were made. Fa On the tV'h insisnt, a piotusl was made ng.-.u*' i?!) asst iuMing the C??. a tutianalConveutiou hy a (nasi tho eoniration of the psopteut l.ecoinptoD. , ! ? Kansas Walikr.? Washington, Oct, 28 ? the Oov. Walker's le-picst to hove the L'uited Slatci an troops detained in Kansas during the coming win i in i r indicates it ? fe.ir that their service* may Ik- re. so quired, nnd, therefore, that the troubles in tho Tcr ind ritory nrc not altogether at an end. Tho oompauei ar- on BTvioe in that quarter nrc seriously needed rise the where fur the protection of the frontier irom savage ; i violence, and tho Cabinet will scarcely assent tr the Governor's request, units* sustained by decided es- evidence of the ncccst ly for so doing. An order hat withdrawing the luree from Kansas, liad nlrrndj ice. been prepared b for?- tho Governor's letter was r?r a j c? ived. Mr. Walker's friends hero think he will iich arrive at Washington before tho meeting of Conrge gr? w. The St. T.'in.s Democrat says: It is rumored in for the city that the olltcers in the army stationed ir II It lv.lt w U llttVll rw't ll/ill*/) flu. ll?r.n/???*rl f.vss !?-? nds al of Gov. Walker, oo account of bis iutefferenct i in vviili tliv troop* to induce tbcm to voto at tho lute it* election. New York, October 31.?Private despatches in. rccr:vril in th ? city from Lawrence, Ktnsis, say and that Walker and Stanton hml fled from JVnlcia, ir v;l* consequence of the threats of the ultra*. ThcpcopU old of Lawrence oiler them nn asylum and protecliou. otIS ? .-as- Tits CoNsri rut ion or Oregon.?Tho Constat!' C!;l' tion, according to the last accounts, to be adopted by the Ori^i'ii Convention, eontaius some rcmarka 'fn0 ble provisions. It docs away (says tho Journal o 1 r'' ! Commerce) with grand juries as unnecessary?tin "ry prchni rimy examination before a magistrate prtvi ' n' 1'U.i to e rnm.lt ! being deemed sufficient. It pro tides that th re shall be no lieutenant governor that the secretary of State shall exercise the lunc lions of governor /"0 fern in caso of tho death o that functionary; and that the governor shall also l* treasure r of the Statu. '1 he numtar of men ber? o vo* the State senate' is hauled to fifteen, and that of llu a-s Mibly to th tiy, wall biennial sciucotis. Tin ballot is abolished at elections, and t'fru l oce voting siibsl luted dud.'is are declared in.hgibie for any ll< ? ( fli < not jod ei.il daring the pertud for which they it'll are elected, aud fur one year otter; municipuhtici us- j arc absolutely prohibited from contracting debts id*, und haul, charters of ?-?t ry description are forbid i-ri- den. \N itli regard to tho question of slavery, it ii ays behoved that two clauses?one legal'*.ng and tin us- other prohi >>l ng slavery?will be appended to tin hat ! draught ill tho c< 11*1 tu! elt; to Ik udoptcd e>r reject -3. ' cd by a s bsv queut voto of the people. IPs ^Yo h'.'.vii from a handbill published by Mr. Ii [."oe (I. 11. NN . shnigton, ol Macon, G*o, that L. K tad Kowler, who was lecently tried a' Union Court,oi ?t n charge of tn gro stealing, and acquitted, and alt red charged with felony in Georgia, made his eseapi hat from Mr. Washington, who Ii id him in charge ot nl. li s way to Georgia, on the li'th u!t , by jumping . 0| iint of the car wiihIjw, at Lewitville, on the S. C ot Railroad,leaving his hand-cuds and chain in the ear ino | The handbill states that it is believed he received as ,ftg. Mstauce m C'olunih a which enabled him t;? escape Mr. Washington offers a reward of $150 for his tie livery in Macon, within twelve months, mid Mr. C ex- T. sScaifo ai-'i uQVrs in same amount lor his npprc nu. heiisioti.? Vnionville Journal. ur- ' MirriNO or Cotton I'lantkrs?Tlio Ifollj in^j Springs (Mississippi) Herald gives notice of a mvet ,vi!I 1 on tho 'JCtli instant., of tin- cotton planter* o ar, I Marshall county to "tako such step* as may seen aty test in regard to tho monetary derangcmenti the ! throughout the country, and the consequent rcdtio ho * tion of tho price o(cotton, resulting alone from sue) i nt i financial derangement." Tho Herald remarks tha tho | "there is no cause lor such a state of things, and i ore J the planters w ill store their own cotton hags undei tits i their own cotton sheds, and withhold it from mar are { ket for a few weeks, tho gold and silver will bi 'id'/ shipped t>y ten* ol millions of dollars from every im f to , portant port in Lumps. Let the farmers, then he ; meet ill ]lolly Springs on the 2f>tli inst., and con in- salt together, and wo believe lliut their deliberation re w ill result In good." orv '1,1 ''rocc^ won "t'other race at New w.jjl market with his horse Hells. He was unanimous .1 ly e'lectod a member ol tho New Hoonis, New market. r>ax ' f apt. Ja*. Johnston, Ml we learn by the Regi.iciii | tcr, was elected Ordinary of Fairfield on th ) 26th ult. ; . 41 - "* Wt'ra^.!e&SiSr ; cv, who, U ? ?lj. seat m.4 reports that injured the reputation of Mr. Jtmw All*, Jan.. merchant of Torkvttle. Tirl runti ^aranfiiiiiMit grew oat of this natter, aad oa Stfurday last Mr. j J a me* Allen, Ben. woe about F~**-g upliMlnij 1 handbill* of tbe affair; when the special A sent, a 1 Mr. T. J. Ball, approached htm aad dmircd bua to deeiat; word* aroaa, and Ball shot Mr. Alien on the spot with a double-barreled gun, kitting hint instantly. The grcateat excitement prevails in Yorkville-?eo our infoirmmt aaya. who afcitcd In Columbia laat night, and young Allen was by the merest chance presented avenging the mutaer of Ilia father by immediately shooting the oold-blooded perpetrator of the dreadful deed. Bell ia lodged in jail, and the authorities are commanding fall pow er over tbo excited people.? Car Ainu Timet. Mr. Ten UnOECtt's WtKttlNOA.?A? everybody it anxious to know whether Mr. Ten Broeck made himself whole by his winnings in the Cesarewitcb, for the cxpeuses and losses of his spirited enterprise, wo will state, says Porter's Spirit of the Times, that wo have reliable information that he bet very largely on the result, and that be not only reimbursed himself for all his outlays and mishaps, bat is largely in oxeoas. Without any special information on the subject, however,all who know Mr.Ten Broeck would bo sure of this result, He had lost tbe whole season through, nnd tbe Newmarket meeting afforded him bis Inst and only chance for the season to get even. The withdrawal of Pryor also made it still more necessary that he should not let slip the only opportnoity within his rcaoh to redeem bis unfortunate campaign. Under such circumstances, a man with no more pluck than a rabbit would feel bound to bet with spirit while u game mun liko Mr. Ten lirocck, would be sure logo a good length. The weights suited him; the mare was iu line condition: and all wo have to add is that if he laid out a bare thousand pounds at the odds, ho stands winner to the tuue of half a million of dollars. Although a great many have been laughing at him here, bo is now laughing at them, in thu right time. Can a Minister Marry a Divorced WoxanT ?Rev. Mr. Shields, of Iowa, having been silenced by tlio Presbytery of Dee Moines lor marrying a woman w ho had been divorced by the laws of Iowa, appealed to the Synod and his appeal was sustained. Thu Synod expresses its opinion that ths action of tho Presbytery wns carried In form, and suggested by a laudable zeal in the service of tbe church; and although sustaining Mr. Shields, docs not approve of bis marriage, as is shown by the following resolution: Retolvtd, That in rcstoriog Rev. J. II. Shields fn hit fnrmr>r nnxllinn In ftm nnarmt mtnUisu *1.? Synod aliould not be understood n? approving tbo contracting of marriage, especially by ministers of the goepel, with persons divorced for whatever cause, believing that such marriages impair usefulness, influence and standing, and bring into question the purity and wisdom of the parties thereto. The American Goodwood.?The Lexington (Ky.) Fall fleeting closed October 3d, with the "Goodwood Iluee?Puree$130, entrance added, for beaten horses, club weights, two and n half miles." It won won by R. A. Alexander's oh. e. ny imported GUncoe, ib 5.22$, track very heavy. "Mr. Alexander," says the correspondent of the Spirit of the Times, "has reason to be proud, lia.i'g won the first Goodwood Cup ever run for in America. The Cup itself was a most cbasto aud beautiful one, reflecting great credit upon the artist who designed and manuiaclured it. Aside from the beauty of tho design and tho quality of the material of which it was made, being the very best article ef block tin, its immense cost, being no less than fifteen ocnts, cosh, greatly enhanced its volue. It is tho design of tho club to give a similar parse, at every meeting, for Lenten horrcs.'' Tiie Fr.ow or Gold.?Gold is flowing into the country from ail quarters. Since the suspension in New ^ ork, less than a week ago, the receipts have F been?by the Northern L'ghl Irom California, $1,ftOO.OOO; by the Rlack Warrior, from Havana, i $lbo,00b; by the Cahawba, from Havana $500,UtiO; by the Europn, from England, $315,000; aud * by thu Persia, $1,ixx>,Of*); i.mounting id the ag, gregate to $3,000,000. 'I bis gold m being desseinit nated throughout the country, finding its way from i New Orleans up to St. I?uis ash distributing point, i mid from New York wcstwstd to Chicago, and > for our cotton. t ltu> flow lias just commenced. It will continue for several mouths yet, as the Onaueters of the Ot?l t World arc perluotly aware. W uh the tido of epui oie setting thus strongly to this country, a resumption by the bauks ought n>>t to he delayed beyond the hitter part ot next spring.?-Carolina Times. Minnesota Election.?List cveniDg's western mail (says the Washington Union) brought us the following gratifying letter from Ex-Governor Gori man: St. Paul, October 21. ; To the Editor of the Union: > Minnesota line elected tho whole Democratic I Slate ticket aud a majority of the Legislature by a , fair majority. i The battle has been fought by the Democracy on the soundest constitutional principles, and tho conI stitution adopted by a large majority. Democratic majority on Stato ticket about 1,000. Democratic majority in Legislature about 4 to 8 i votes on joint ballot. Truly, yours, i W. A. GORMAN. ! Planters' Hank.?The Directors of the Planters i Rank of Fairflctd have primed a circular in which fhey announce that, nil the "hills receivable," disi Counted during tho present year, are believed to be \ safe and secure, being in almost every iostanco i drawn and endorsed by planters and accepted by > i Southern houses in good standing. No discounts Iiavc been nudo in nnjr Nortliern city, nor do they own a single b;II on any protested house in the North. They also stale that while the Board of Directors own one-third of the stock, they do uot owe out dollar to the Dank.?Fatrficld Remitter. Svnodof Vibcixu?New School Presbyterians.?After tho usual devotional exercises on Friday morning last, the Rev. Mr. Danforlh, from the Committee ou the Ministers of the General Asicmb!y, made a report recommending a withdrawal of the Synod from the (iencral Assembly. The report was discu-wcd at length during the morning and evening scsslou*, and gave rise to various propositions. Ttie result was the adoption, at a lute hour, by n nearly unnnimous vote, of a resolution to withdraw front the present General Assembly and form i a Uuitcd General Assembly. Haro Times.?A couple of gentlemen of our city were standing on the lfay yesterday, convert mg about tho hardmcs of the times and the nccos ?ity lor economy. One of litem remarked: "Well, i 1 hud corn au<l beet and cabbage, for dinner to day." Hie companion stumped him with thoques, tion, "Why, what did you do with that pair of ducks 1 saw you pay a dollar and n quarter for?" "Oh!" replied our economist,"! had them besides." [S\tr. Republican, Whet is to he tiik "Issue?"?The Washington correspondent of tho New York Commercial j Advertiser, says: "A party is rising in favor of a national bank of j some sort, of protective tariff, and of a bankrupt law. JSo the slato of things that existed twenty ! years ago is coining round to us again. The Kaui nai issue is gone by; aud tins fact favors tho rise of 1 other issues of a genera! aud practical nature." I Tho New York Pest siys that domestic exchanges arc becoming still more enibai rasscd, and says j that remittances to 0210 of the city banks from a wes tern correspondent, costing him ten per cont. pre f i miuni in tue purchase, was pnwa 10 nut account . j at (i further cost of live per cent, making n total of f fifteen. Parties who bought dra'ts in Dalliuiore, , on Saturday last, lost on* per cent, by the change , | of market boforo they could get returns. - | The Administration utterly condemns Gov. Wali Iter's course in purging the polls iu Oxford county, t Kansas, oontrar> to specilie instructions to not act if' n? judge iu this matter. Thcro are the best roftr j sons Or the belief that both Walker aud Stanton will bo recalled, unless they immediately resign. 11 Kx-Preaident Pierce has decided to visit Madeira " ' with his wife this winter, on account of the letter's ' ill health, and President UuoLonaii has courteously tendered them a passage in a government vowel, * which is ?Kin going that way. The La Grange Repovfr nays that on the line . of Georgia and TetitKssoe Inst week, corn was sell i. ing ut twenty-five cents, and wheat at fifty conts per bushel. Mr. .loaeph Ganahl Las been appointed United | Slates District Attorney for Georgia, and John M. llurrel, United States District Attorney for the ! Kaateru Diatnat of Arkansas. Colombia IhrM, Qmflgi 11, >187.^ Ai It regard* the eaV-aT mate* -1m oar mHh(, 'ft, I tfaerp i* bat littt* tten?y ot> j|? laiiwiipfo?,' t tare wn determined to toll thabjfiine affAa iwh?t for the preeent. hepiog. are ?moee, to ^ Urn tetter write* by and by, end i? eeweWplMio*' efl,v ' ' this Mat* of thing*, the qaaatHy offering J* *61M? . * we rony any w? hare alni<?*t ton market M <dh eflfl ** the few mm* thai have teen mad* art at (ornra* price*, vie 1! a Hi aaata. The total NLl*a<f.&* ' week are only a fraction over 100 hake. ?' Conn.?The sleek efeornon the market iaMtt. and price* are firm, at Me. a $1X0 per haahel. Ftoua.?'The floor market b dell, end prices aep drooping. We quote a $< for common to cm w Crfiue brand*; extra family floor $G? a $6.75 pea rrel. ' ? "LIMESTONE SPRINGS FEM?l1T|IGII VCHOOt ' CVKCEKT. . . - " ' The FALL CONCERT of the above Ia*titatiea -* J in Vooal and Infltrumctital Music -will be given on i * t WEDNESDAY, tho lid. proximo, at 7 o'clock, P.M. , The Patron* and friend* of the Institution are *, respectfully invited to attend. Nov 5 37 2t * DR. M'LANT^sTlVER PILLS, flkmixu bros. raorxieroRa. * {$y*This great medicine lias supplanted all elk- /era for tb* care of diseaaes of the Liver. It* effects are *o salutary and speedy, and at tho same time so ^ > perfectly cafe, that it ia no surprising it shonld supersede nil other*. Invented by a very distinguished physician of Virginia, who practiced in a region of country in wbioh Hepatis, or Liver Complaiufc, is a peculiarly formidablo and common, and who bad ? pent year* in discovering the ingredients and proportioning their quantities, these Pills are peon* tiarly adapted to every form of the disease, and never foil to alleviate the moet obstinate cases of that terrible complaint. They have justly become celebrated, and the researches of Dr. M'Laoe have placed his name among many benefactors of mankind ^ No ons having symptons of this formidable com plaint should be without these invaluable Pills C1 lave yon a pain in the right side, nnder the edge of the ribs, wbioh increases with pressure?unable to lie with ease on the left side?with occasional, ^ sometimes constant, pain under the shoulder-blads, frequently extending to the top of the sbouldecf Rely upon it, that although the latter pains are sometimes taken for rheumatic, they all arise from diseases of the Liver; and if yon would have relief, go instantly and buy a box of Dr. M'Lane's Liver Pills, prepared only by Fleming Bros, of Pitt?bnrgb. Purchasers will bo careful to ask for DR. M'LANE'S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS, manufactured by FLEMING BROS., of Pitt*- ^ buxom, Pa. There are other Pills purporting to be Liver Pills now before the public. Dr. M'Lsnc's genuine Liver Pills, also his celebrated Vermifuge, can now be had at all respectablo drug stores. None genuine without the signature of FLEMING BROS. [25] Oct 29 36 It SPB6IAL NOTICE. The undersigned, a committee appointed by the M< unt Zion Society for the purpose of having suitable Monument erected in front of the College * over the remains of JAMES W. HITDSON, late Principal of the College, take this method of Bug-* . v gosling to those who have at any* lime been pupil* of Mr. Hudson, that each one ouulribute the limit- * " ed sum of one dollar to aid in ihs above design. Any one falling within the above dvscrip'ion, end * desiring to participate in this well <k*er*?d tribute * to departed worth and usefulness, c:m do so by enclosing the suiu limited to J. 11. Uion, Treasurer of ' the committee. , Receipts will be acknowledged from time to time in the Fairfield Herald. a James B. McCamts, James R. Aiken, JsmksILRion. School Exhibition. THERE will be a public Exhibition at BEECH SPRINGS SCHOOL, on FRIDAY, the 13th insteat, commencing ut 10 o'clock, A. M. The public are respectfully invited to attend. O. P. RICHARDSON, Principal. Nov 4 37 _ St* Strayed or Stolen, e*l TTMtO.M the subscriber, in the immeAjTOl d ate vicinity of Grccnvills village, on the night of the 30th of October lost, A DARK BAY MARE, about six or seven years old. Had some few signs, as did saddle marks, on her buck,and when standing would show a stooping of the head. For any information whereby the sn^eenber enn obtain her, a suitable rewurd will be given. Address to Mountain Shoals P. O.. Spartanburg S. C. Nov.S 37 It WILLIAM COLE. Sale of Real and Personal Property. WE propose to sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder, at the late residence of .1KSSK BROWN, deceased, on the 24th day of NOVEMBER NEXT, the tract of land whereon the said deceased resided, containing 237 seres, tlic REASON TRACT, (as it is called) containing CO acres-, Nine Likely Negroes, Lot of Mules, Homes, Cattle, Hogs, Seed Cotton* Wheat, Corn, Fo-'dor, one Waggon, Buggy and Harness, Farming Implements, Household and Kitc-hen Furniture, dee. Term* ?AH sums under five dollars cash, on the ; delivery of property, nil of and over five dollars, v twelve months' credit, with interest front tho day of sale) the purchaser to give bond and approved sureties for tho purchase money. JAMES OA EN EL, > v Z. LAN FORD, \ Lsecetors. Nov. 5 _ 37 ft STATE OF * EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Columhu, S, C., Oct. 30, 1857. By hie Excellency Bobt. P. W. AlUton, Governor ^ and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Stato ** of South Carolina. THURSDAY, the 19lh o( November, is appointed a day of Thanksgiving and Pteiae Almighty God for till the blcssingaof tho pi >? Itis recommended that on that day business be suspended, at lea?t during the hours of public serviee, in order that citizens may have the opportunity to attend, with tbeir families, their respective plaoca of worship, and there in the House of the Ixwd to pay their vow* in the presence of *11 tbe people, to > worship llira in the beauty o( holmes*. \ There *re, in the course of every year, mournful results 00004,0 of calamities by sea, disasters on land, casualties and crime, besides the natural wearing out of the human frame, to remind us that death ia the common lot of man. Free, however, from pestilence and famine, jeying a good degree of health, and having seoered, in peace, abundant harvests, we should indeed be ungrateful who should decline to devote one bnei nces day especially to the contemplation nnd ado* rition of the divioo author of creation and *U lib bounties. Given under my hand, and the seal of U*o Stale, in CotumK*, this 3?Mh of Cetebbr, At the yens of our Ixird one ihnwsl ?V-?s htmdrod and ( fifty seven, and in the *oe?ipd year <4 American lodep. ndoee . "?L RtiKT- ALtWOS. Nov 6 . ? U '- V. - * . v. ' # . a ' x - *fjr ?. ' %Jk .. .1, . * -vV** . 9fl&