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EDGEFIELD, 8. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1851. The Last Opinion of Calhoun. PEOPLE of Carolina, hear the last declaration of your great CALHOUN, and let it sink deep into your hearts : " IF CALIFORNIA IS ADMITTED, AND NO OTuIRR STATE WILL AcT, SOUTHI CAnrOLINA IMUST ACT ALONE.." OUR EXCHANGES. TuE first number of the " GEORGIA IloitE GA ZETTE," has been received at this office. It gives its patrons an earnest of becoming an excellent laborer in the field of light literature. The "HOME GAT7rTTE" is published in Augusta, by ROBERT A. WHYTE, Editor and Proprietor. "The " WoRKING FARMER" for October, is also on our table, containing its usual variety of useful information. We beg pardon for having failed to acknow ledge, hitherto, the receipt of the "SOUTHERN ADvoCATE," a neat and well con lucted paper, Published and Edited at Anderson C. H., by Mr. RicE. It is devoted, principally, to the cause of Southern Co-operation. PENDLETON MESSENGER REVIVED. WE are glad to announce that this paper only sunk below the horizon for awhile, to rise again at an early day, and we trust with renewed effel gence. Welcome back to the lists, staunch old advocate of State Rights ! There is a terrible time ahead-and your sword, once drawn, may never be returned to its scabbard. Do as you have done-and the tide of consolidation and abolition, which seems destined to take its rise among our mountains, may possibly be turned aside from the lovely plains below. We take this occasion to entreat our brethren of the press throughout the State (or whatever party) to strike their heaviest blows at once, before the DEMtON, which is now stalking among us at mid night, shall impudently walk abroad at the noon day hour. Unless patriots unite with a hearty good wilr to avert the threatening evil, this (lemon may yet preside- at and control the ballot-box. ... EDGEFIELD PLANK ROAD. WE understand that this road is now completed from the eight mile house to the corporate limits of the town of H1amburg. The workmen will he placed, at as early a day as possible, on the upper part of the road. We trust the company will dis appoint the frequently uttered prophrei-s as to the 4 tardiness of this useful work's completion. We have heard many high commendations of the excellence and utility of the road. as far as it has progressed. Let the public once become ac customed to its advantages, and it will become as fixed as any other necessity of the day. Those advantages once realized, and the enterprise can not fall through. Within a year, it is hoped that the greater part of this road will he completed, and then Charles %on will be brought to our doors also. or at least quite as near as we wish it. The trip from our Village to the City can then be made in from eight to ten hours. PREMIlUI OFFERED. Wc propose to take, from the shelves of our Library, one of the very neatest volumes in our - possession and present it to the individual who shall give us the most satisfactory solution of the following question : What has caused tile sad decline of sociality in our community of late years? Competitors ihr thle premitum are requested to hand in their solutions by the 1st of November. It is hoped that each one will confine his remarks to two sheets of letter paper. Ourself, ottr pretdecessor, and a third person, to Be chosen. by us, will form thle coturt of adjudica taun.. TIlE LATE ELECTION. It wvill be seen, from the returns we publish to day, that " Secession" (perhaps we ought so say " immediate action"') has been beaten rather bada ly throughout the State. How ouir brethren gen erally take it, we cannot inmgine. For our own part, we thlought at first of nurturing in our bo som a high feeling of disdain which would lo~ok down conltemptuously upon thle whole affair. But this wvould'nt relieve the hear:. Thlen we essay ed to use such expressions as " Well, our skirts are clear," " Thou canst not say we did it" &c. But this would'nt do eithler. So it has oc curred'to us to make a frank s.cknowledgemett of the truth, as confessions are said to be efficacious in such cases. We therefore admit that, for the iast few days, we have felt a good deal like the fellow did when lhe sttumped his toe. Hie said he was too big to cry, and it hurt hima so d-dl bad he coi'ld'nt 1augh1. Was'nt he in a " phix,"- - However-hlope has returned to otur bosom, anti we are ready once more for the engagement. PURGE THlE GARNER, WE have written an article or two for our pre sent number, wvhich we trust breathe thle righut spirit. They have b~een the restlt of an hotnest and calm communing with our own heart. But we wish it to be clearly understood tihat, in what wve say of parties in South Carolina, we banish from our mind every thlought of affliation with any men or set of men who arc in the least tainted wvithu the teachings of Consolidation or Abolition. And whatever reference we make to theC Co-oper ation party of South Carolina is made under the supposition that this party has as littde affinity for these enemies of our rights and our institutions (whether at hoeme or abroad) as the Secessionists have. lie, who is not blind, must see and acknowledge that, within the few past years, while Carolinians have slept, " the enemy has come and sown tares" in our midst. And now it has become the high and sacred duty of every patriot in the State, be he Co-operationist or Secessionist, to take an oath, upon the altar of his own peculiar country, never to give " sleep to his eyes, or slumber to his eye lids" until the garner is purged, the good wheat preserved, and all filth and corruption cast out from among us. We cannot Begin the good work too soon. Believing that the Co-operatioa party (proper) sympathises- with these expressions, we have indi cated our willingness to put our shoulder to the wheel in promotion ofany scee they may devel ope, which shall be efficient for guarding the liberties, preserving- the institutions and saving the character of our common State. But let tnhat sifting out of the tares first take place. This is an essential requisite to such con ciliation as will result in positive good. S .. - WHOOPING-COUGHI. As we have heard that this complaint is preva lent, at this time, in several sections of the Dis trict, we pltuck from an exchange paper the follow ing sitmple prescription. Thle Editor, who gives it, avers that he has tried it in his own family with success : " Mit equal portions oif rum, honey and linseed nil. an'l Erive one1 table-spoonful. wvhenever the couch is at all troublesome. It will eflect a cure in a few days." TIlE DIFFERENCE---BEAR IT IN mIND. THE dominant wing of the Southern Rights party in South Carolina (the Co-operationists) have distinctly announced that " they believe the time has come when " this Union should be dis solved." The Southern Rights parties of all the other Southern States have declared that they do not so believe. The dominant party in our State has " earnest ly invoked" our Convention elect " to determine by a solemn ordinance" what relation to the Fed eral Government it shall become us to occupy, until some other State shall come up to our posi tion. We quote from the Charleston Co-operation Resolutions, which we believe have been pretty generally adopted as tie party creed. No one can imagine that this invocation, thus solemnly and formally expressed, meant that the Convention was desired to adjourn without any kind of action whatever. It seems to us clearly inferable, from the reading of the entire resolution, that something was held in contemplation which would require the sanction of the "representatives of South Carolina sovereignty," duly declared by an ordi nance. This inference is corroborated by the fact of an imaginary ordinance having been put forth through the public prints by a thorough-going Co-operationist, looking to certain definite mea sures of State action, sinrtof the act of secession. We do not remember an instance in which this "sketch of an ordinance" was distented from by any member of the party which published it. But several prominent Co-operationists have indi cated similar views-and we therefore suppose it perfectly fair to conclude that the dominant party above mentioned, will take some acittal steps to wards meeting Federal aggression.-The Southern Rights party of no other Southern State ccuttpies any such attitude. On the contrary, in Georgia they have acquiesced finally in the decision of the Union party of that State. They do not look to any definite steps of redress or resistance. They do not propose to contend' further, mlss new aggressions occur-and even then they give us no grotnd to hope that they will strive for a Soutiern Confederacy. The position of the Southern Rights parties in all th'e other Southern States is i mich the same. The dominant party in . onth Carolina (if the opinions of their worthy and distinguishedleaders may he taken as a correct expression) declare tltat they will never submit to past aggressions. The Southern Rights parties (if the other Southern States have already yielded to the force of cir cumstances, and have submit ted. We design, by drawing this contrast, to show that South Carolina (even as she now stands) can not he classed as yet upon the list of submission States. Where the developments of the next six months may place her, we cannot conjecture. We have all along feared that, if action failed. she too wovuld ultimately slide into submission. But, forbidden as we are by tite history, <)f tihe day to recur to her " anins opibusque parat;," we yet cast our eyes with fait h to her " dam spiro, spero" --and we hone on for tite best. Attd we say to our brother SeCes.iontistF-" lift up your heads and be not east down." Our destiny is still in the hands of those who are " bone of our bone, atd flesh of our fle.,h." When they deceive us-and not till then-shoid we despair. Below we give the resolioien in full, to which we have alluded above. We lave italicized sev eral passages to call particular attention to them: G. " R:'solecd, That as our hope of deliverance at this crisis rests on the formation of a :Southern Confederacy-a conclttsion which wie believe to be entertained hy a large uc.ij'rity of the people of Seitmb Carolina-we woul earnestly itevoke the early action of otur State Convention. whlenever it shtall be assembled to devise and adoupt suchl nteasttres, as, in their wiecdonc shall seemO tost effectual to bring abuent a system of contcert and co-operation among the slive-htling States, in resistitng thte agrgressions of the Federal Govern mentc; anid also as re'presecnting the sov-ereignty of South Carolina, to deternmine by a solemni ordi nance, what relatioen to that Governent it shall cmeamerile l'eucme u<~ to occupytev: antd at te sate time ton presc'rie to the constcit utedi atmblorii ies cf thte State. sttchl a rourse of action as will enalIe tem to take adevanttage of all emergencies, attd to be plreplared foer all results." Now if neo acticon, othter tihan setting on foot a scemne to produce co-operattion, lhad been destgn ed, the first half of this resolution would leave been amply sufliciettt. The addiion oef the otheer half, expressed as it is in strong andI poineted tertms, is te fotundation of ottr hope ancd expecca:it'n, that Carolina will yet tnke ste-ps foerwardi. We entreat 'itr friendis in other States to with hold their opinione of us util the result is seet. Ov the whole thtree hundred acnd sixty-five, thtese are, to thce Fartner. the mnost dceltftul-wve mana now the Fall Harvest. The inecomning of te Stummner Harvest is agreab'le eneotughe to the sight-hut the intolerable heat of thce Junte ande .uly sun, greatly dimeinishe-s the real enjoeymc-et of the occasion. Bracing ol October's liarvest hcas no such draw-hack. Thcen, the hecaltfl frosts lave begttn to co'me, to destro'y rte foul malariaof Summner. Th'le wicnds are chcanging rotundc from Southc to North.. 'rie wocods are bright and beatt tifcul with te variedlihues of Auctun. 'rhe sun set glow is rich andc mellolcw. The flnttering Par tridge startles te husbhandmcan icc every cdingle of his pleasanct farm. The Doves are colleccicng in flocks, and are witnging their gracefucl, whistling flighct to fied hetinmes thce most abunedant feeding places. The Cows come lowing up at evetning tide fromc their newly-opened pastures, with udi ders well distended. All the bcrute creation is growing fat anti merry. Thle contenctedl farmer sees it and rejoices with the rest. ie looks biac'k upon a well-specnt summer, ie is gratefully watching the return ocf heis labor. ie is hcappy to see heis- well-fed servants "driving thecir joctcncd teams afield" to gathecr ice thce remnant of his crop. At twilight, a blazing fire crackles tcpen his hearth-stone-heis all arc gathteredl arotund in a pleasant cirele-frocm withoeut comes the joyous sounds of the corn-sheuckineg chcorus-anmd, anon, a responsive sheotut reachees te ear front some neigh borineg farm. Tice heour of rest findis all inc the enjoyment of balmy, refreshbig slumber. The nights are growing long-and, at daylight, all are aroused from their sleepy couchees, and te happy day's work is again beguen, before cte "reusset mantle" of morn has been stupersecded by thte glo rious tupwarcd cmarch of llyperion.-liut, hey-dey ! we are grcowinmg terribly grandciloqucenct. L-etus pacuse in time. And yet it is a happy season! Would that we could all be morally purified by its genial icflucnces ! ----- -- - .- --- YOUNG LADIES, YOUR ATTENTION I Tees followmng touch otught to be felt by those for whoca it is intendedl. Not a few of the married lathes come in feir a shcare cof the stricture. Weo do not say thtat cte fault alludedc to is of an ouet rageoues chearacter-beut it c.ertainely be:rays either cisrespect to one's maothter-tcngue, or a lametable ignorance of its proprieties: "TusE L.ANGUAGE OF YoUNG I.Ancrs.--,Te Rev. A. Peabody. in ane adderess heliere cte New buryport Fenmale Schocol, etelarged une te euse oef exaggerated. extravaganet formes of speech, saying splendid for pretty, magnsjlrent for hsands~ome.'hour rid or horrible for unpieasant, immense tier large, thousands or mytriads fur anty mcore clhan two 'WNero 1,' says lie, ' to wvrite clown, foer onee clay, the coversation of some young ladies of mry ac quaintance. and then tee interprtn it literally, ia woteld imply that, within the coampa.-s oef twelve or fourteen htours, they headh ncet wvh emore mcar vellous ad ventutres an'd hueir-breadthe escapes, lead passecd through more distressicng ex periecnces, lead seen more impoesineg spectcldes, ande eundurecd more frighct, hadh enjoyed more raptucre, thtan would suf fice. fr a c.vt .o~,.emmn lives' " PATRIOTISM----uWHAT DOES IT TEACI US? WutL patriotism is perhaps the holiest princi ple ingrafted upon the human heart (after the love of God), yet (sad reflection !) there is scarcely another, within the whole range of virtues, more frequently desecrated through caprice, or passion, or prejudice. Especially is this the case with men who have just passed through a civil contest which has called into exercise the heated feelings of party strife. The defeated are too apt to give way to the promptings of disappointment and F mortified pride-the successful, not unfrequently, err quite as much by yielding to the suggestions of F inflated arrogance. The patriotism of Carolinians! is now being subjected to this trying ordeal. And we fondly hope it will come out liko gold from the furnace, refined and purified. Upon this point, we would venture to address a very few words to that party with which we have had the honor to act for the past year-a party, with whose views our feelings and convictions have b been bound up-but a party, whose policy seems now to be condemned by the people of their at State. Let us, first of all, bear in mind this reflection: Our defeat does not imple ',at we have either railed in the discharge of . duty or in the im partial exercise of our reason upon the great issues before us. There may be a few individual in- i tances among us, where ambition or perverseness took the reins from both reason and conscience; although in all sincerity we avow our belief, that a the Secession party of South Carolina is as slight- I ly amenable to sich charges, as any party that evcr struggled for the prevalence of its principles. I Some such instances, however, are unavoidable I incidents of every controversy of the kind. We hould not, and we do not lay claim to any supe- b, rior degree of exemption from the frailties of hu- m manity. But we do lay claim to an honesty of: purpose, fully equal to that which has claracter ti ized the most intluential branch of our immediate r pponents. And this, every generous bosom among them will allow us. We do lay claim to i the mnrit of having acted both considerately and conscienciusly in the maintenance and further- It ance of that course which we adopted. And this will doubtless be readily admitted by all. We do lay claim to an intensity of devotion to the honor 'i and welfare of South Carolina, unsurpassed by that of any other party within her borders. Neither will this be gainsayed. In short, we, as C a party, lay claim to the pure spirit of elevated patriontisi: and in doing so, we deny it not to :! thers. We earnestly believe that a large major. 01 ity of both the prominent political divisions of our P1 people have been actuated by genuine patriotism b nf the big best grade. And it will so be recorded by I it the fiinifit historian, if both parties now do their ruty to the Sia'e. Here is the test. And it now becomes every true Carolinian (of whatever polit. ical creed) to examine himself well, lest he fall into Fomte extreme error, on one side or the other, and1 thus mutilate the fair fame of our common b mother, more grievously than our unfortunate r schisms h:m already d]one it. h Let us bring our every impulse to the touch- ti stone of that patriotism wich we profess, and if I it be not conornable thereti, let it he east out as Il evil. Especially. let not Secessionists, who thus i far feel a proud consciousness of rectitude, do aught to detract from the glorious brightness of S1 their position. To avoid a result so much to be al deprecated], let us conduct ourselves with mild- II C ness, respect and aflection towards our opponents. Let us Ilook no them with hope. Let tis await, with as nmunch cronfldence as we can, tine development of their plan of resistance. (They have assured us one is to be forthcoming). Let us not fail to I give any suchn plan onur most respectful considera tion. If it maitntains tine hnonnor of our State, let C us rejoice at it. If it gives promise of disenthrall- e ing tine hampered sovereignity of South Carolina, I (even thoutghi it be prospectively) let uns stand by ti it and defetnd it, if in shall have bnecomne clear that ti nothintg better ent be carriedi to consutmmatio~n. tI Ahtnve all, let ins clinig to our dear old Palmetto j State " thnroutgh evil as well as thtrugh good re- S port." We featr that she ' ill be taunuted as a t "poor braggadocio" thnroghout tine letngthn and I breadlth of tine landi-we piretdicted this to deter our opponeints from prosetuting opinions which we regardeod fallacionus. Let uis now strive to falsify otur ptredlictions. We many be injurinng ounr own reputation for sagacity by so ndoing-but we wvilli he savitng. to sonie extent. at least, tine chnarncter a of our beloved Stato. Aind thnis snurely is an uobject pn that dematnds tine sacrifice of every selftinh cont- Il sieratiot-of every mere party predilectionn.- ii Having, as far as we can now judge, failed to il carry out our preferrend policy, let ins struggle to unite parties ott some connmntn gruntmd of resistance i -anid hnavinig donie all that can he donne, let us, S conme winat will, staind or fall wvith South Caroli na. This we conceive to be the kind of patriot. ism required to meet tine emuergetncy. TIlE PRlESERVATION OF TilE 1l'NION. d Mnt. Pvnar, of tine Paliot, is an untiring Utnionist. ie is, beyond question, "leenar pro. posili" on thnis poitnt at least. We have observed his editorial colums pretty closely, and we have no hesitatiun in saying that he frequently gives read-v itg matter, which wvould be quine etntertaining, did it nnot almost inivariably run into " Union, Utnion,n Union." A man and a woman can't get marriedl in A bheville, bitt lie munst take it ns a text for a Unioun discoutrse. A poor oltd witnness, in Spartan. burg Conurt, can't swear thnat hec abstaitnetd from { striking a weak wvomnani from a dread of making mn her lose hner inifant, bitt tine " Patriot" must make ,p an analnigy between that tnno atnd tine preservation of tine Union. T1ruliy, tneigihbor PF.anY, thnis looks very much like " rnnuing tine thnnig inuto tine' ground." CRITICAL j IIH." of the Sothern Litrry Ga:ette, wvrites pleasanutly and sensibly. lie is tnow penning sev eral articles tiion "Sothern Literature." Thne first one we have read with satisfaction, and wei hope our cotemporary wvill deal matny such thrusts at the inufattation of thne Southern reading public. Will HI. excuse uns fur calling his attention to a certain sentence, in his article of the 18th, begin- b ning with " whence" and ennding with "lhaiI?" C Could thnat sentence be imoproved! Or is " hail" stfimciently contiguo'us to " whetnce" for all sub lunary purposes ! 'I Dint perhaps we are squeamishn. Dutwva has f somne passages of the kindc in his " Athnens," andi d in Camssai we remember to have seen mauny sunch. I 9 Each writer to his model. For ounrself, we are content with plain, elegant, strait-forward old " WAiTEa SCOTT, or, to conme necarer home, with our own chnaste and melifituent InviNa. We fial lowv them-at a conisideratble distance, wxe atdit. But-thnere are few better journals titan tine SSouthern Literary Ga:eIte." S- b " Oh. Dalbnt-a. thou great Godl of wvar. Lieutet:-(Colonnel to tihe Earl of Mar !"' Hsan Majesty of Spain lias declared her de.<ire of going ton war forthwith against the United' States of America. A letter-writer to the New a York .Sun, from Madrid, expresses thne belief that c tie general voice of her nation coincides with tine g Quen's desire. That Aturora Borealis, we do b suspect, meant war after all. Oh ! for a MAC- ur nETH's voice to scream aloud: i: " Hang ouit ottr banners on the fliter wvall!" p] "AndI join the dlreadful revelry." Shades of SiuAKstrEARE atnd CA.MPDELt., for- I ive un! ELECTION RETURNS OF THE Deputies to a Southern Congress, AS FAR AS BEARD FROM. DISTRICTS. , - rst Congressional District.... 408i] 3302 "coil do d) ... 5010 1S1 ird do do .... 3t1. 2.107 urth do do .... 407: 23s! fllt do do .... 13M1 2.175 xth do do .... 2 7 1.154 venth do do .... 1715 2501 Total.................... 24.9 10,2-14 The majority for Co-Operation out of the ove 40,340 votes is 7,852, from which must deducted the Williamsburg majority, and dcM the majority in Clarendon, which will give total thus far, of 8,07G. Our ruture. We said, in a brief comment. on the elee )n, that. it really settled nothiniig as to ilie :tion of the State; that tte Co-operation id Secession parties would meet in the Lgislture, which called the Convention, id in (lie Convention whieh emhodied the vereign power of the State, and would ere try the great question of Resistniee - Submission. We only hinted at this atter then; we desire to dwell upon it ore at length. The Legilature passed the Convention i by nn almost unaninis .vote. The me bodv of men will be enlied tipon to a timefor tie assemblge of the Conven n. The wrongs which it w:is intended to dress, have in no iartietilar beet iodified, ve that the only one of the Compromise ensures which was given to the South. ts a impensation for the injury, insult and rob. rry of all the others, has been fully proved be worse thian worthless. The Legisla re, then, would naturally be unnimitilois in ing the tine for the Convention. From I that we have heard, we are convinced that telh will be their decision. Now there are not ten Unionists in the onvention, unless the inembers lve gross belied their real sentiments. It will be :nn senmblage of men hent on tle dissolution this Confederney; of men devoterd and edged to resistance,-and this becanuse they -ieve the very existence of the Souh, ns publican and civilized commui:ies, is in imitent peril under the present govern ent. In these positions there is no differ ice between the Co-operation party, as rch, and the Secessiinists. The leaders of le former are the most eloquent tenehers of sunion, and frotn them have come the tiriing words that. inflamced the people it) istance. They will not, they cniio, ake ick their words. They will not be allowed forget them; we do iot lienr that they v. ill sire to do so. or that they wil! shrink from c responsibility they have assumed before e State and the South. When this bodv of Resistnnee men as nibles in Convention, and Co-opernt niists id Secessionists face each other. and, minder e niposing rerponsibiliies of that position. pilore to their deplits the great questions fonre them, is it to he believed that they i Sepa~rate without :tdoptinig some et1yeet m:l d decisive measure ? Is it to lbe feared for moment that they wvill sink down to Ithe vel of the eorgia platform? That th -y ill ihvow aT' ,e 111 and stirring word f beves and Butler, the~ bitter wronrzs antd -owding dangers of time Sout h, in order tlht e may arrive at die impotent eoneln-ion at thme remedy is patience? No. iio! a ousand times, no ! Trhese are not Ite men ns to stultify themselves, anid fix npon otth Carolina, before all the world. te igma of being a commuity of imot!'ers id braggarts. They will go for resistamnce some practienil and deiive form. Hence e say that, as between Resistumnee anid Sub issiu'n, this electioti has decided nothitng. [Chatrles.ton 3ercury. Tir. CmsA Pr.tsoyaEo.-Mr. Lrarkin. of oni<ina, has ret urtied from Cuiba, where lie eiit for thme purpose of seeinig somez of the isoners of the expeiIdition of Gen. L~opez. e stnecoede~d in hiis obiject, ha vinig obtained ie pecrmit of the Cptiniii General to li-it i. Punmt a. 1r. En;irkin rep'irt s that thle pri metrs were' in (food spiriits, anid neamrly all of. lem united ini dieiritng himti to staite t hat the at emeint of Caput in Ph itt, of the Albanyi. heh has bee pubitiliheid in (lie United taes, that they des-ired to cheer wheti in rted of the e~'xCn ion oft Lopiez, was not nte that sneh feelings tmightm have bmeen in: inted by a very fe oft the~ prison..rs. hut mt thie great mnijority regarrde~d Lope~z with r different fbelin's. is iai iln:t andit hionest atriot. Mur. Larkini w'as regnested, ais a fi rr to the prisoners. to ive the must pulie ynradition to this tatetmenit. whlich was uerv unjust and intiitoius to them. Mr. Lurkin gives manyt other statetme'nts nde to him by the prisoiners some of which ivolve very serious imiputationis on partie~s -ho were r'eleased lby the Captini~ Geniera . rid h~o have, since their retuirti to t he nited States, pulished eaninmiiious stte ents agaiinst their confederates in the ex edit ion. PRoHABLE RET..AsE OF THlE C;imAN Pr.T )EIS.-It is stated otn thme nitthority ofi pt.. Eil is, one of thie recent ly relmnsed pri mers. who enmte in the Emptire City. that II of the prisoiiers of (lie Lopez expe~dition 'ill be liberated biy applicatiotn to Miilriid. pn condition thatt the anthmri'ie~s willI re-. omneate the Spaniards oft New Orlieans fur in losses by the riot there. Ge~n. Cotmcha tilorized Cn pt. Ellis, to make t hi< represer tion att Wa~shintgton. I: is prob~lble ithat e required indeninient ion will he nmude tip sinsoe way. Two other prisomners haive een released. The removal of Consui wens is confirmed. DEATH OF A REvoLITroNAiRY So.DTER. 'le Greenville Mloiimtiieer says t hat the meral ceremoies of Willianm Grant. a siol ir of~ the Rovulution, who died ini Angust Lst, took place, near Pendleton, on the 3d st. A large umber of persons assembhled nd moved in tprocession to (lie grave. tiider inmtand of Gen. Gnirvitn as Marshial of (lhe ny. The Richmond Artillery corps fired iirteen minute guns over the~ grave, :ifter 'hieb suitable addresses were delivered by) [j. Win. K. Easlev and Ciii. Jas5. L,. Orr. Mr. Grant was b'orn in Virginia, but was rought t.o this State wh'len a child. by his rents, wvho settled in Spar tanhnrg Dist riet, er the Cowpens. Hie enitered the arniy at 1early age, rose to (lhe ratnk oif Lieuitenatut, d served through (lie wvar. H~e was in (lie ttle of Cowpens, to which pinece lie piloted n. Morgan,. and also in (lie battlhes oif uilford, Blackstock's and King's Mouintain, sides others of less inmportatice. He oved to Pendleton about 1788, atid resided this District un til his death. which took ae after he had attained his 90th~ year. Unenviable is (lie state of the wicked, m-e-nP proserousH ithey may appea.P Land and Mills for Sale, L TIE Subsrriber off'ers for sale his well known MERCAANT MILLS, situated i'n Ab beville District on the head waters of Turkey Creek, within one mile of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. Together with the adjoin ing tract of land, containing about 370 acres, on which there is considerable bottom and a reason able quantity of Wood Land. The Mills are in complete order, running one pair of Burr and on- pair of Colligstones, with a smutter and all neve-sary machinery for man ufacturine flour. The Miill House is three sto ries, the basenient story of rock, with a first rate frame thereon. On the premises in a tolerable good Dwelling House and all necessary outbuildings, a Miller's House andi Carpenter's shop If not sohl previous to the 13th of December next, they will be offered at Public Sale, on the Premises, on that day. Terms made to accom niodate tbe purchaser. For further partienlars apply to the subscriber or to D. L. Donalti on the premises. JOHN DONNALD, Sr. Oct23 ti 40 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EDGEFTELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Wilson Holstein and wife, ) and others. ins. fPasri;ion. E. If. Norris and otlers. J NOTICE is hereby given. that by virtue of an order from the Court if Eqtity in this ea:e. I shall sell at the late residence of Nattan Norris. Sr.,dee'd., o th el-venth day of November next, ihe following real estate of said deceased, viz: The tract of land whereon said deceased resided at the lime of his deiilb. ecentAiiiig thirteen hundre-d (1300) creis more or 1es. atd adjoining lands of Anidrew Baties, J1,hn Bates. Elbert H1. Norris. A. J. idgett. Gil bert 3lcCoy. 31organ Corde-r.and 0;hers. The Above truet of land will be divided. nd sold itt three or more p rsels. plots of whieb11 will be exhihi'ed on the day of sale. Also. one fot her Ir et of land. cota ?ining onle-hutidred :;id -ixy (I 60) oerv.-. more or lesa, mid :taj-inin .he lastett. d tr.ict of said deceased, the estate of Andrew Bates and others. Said Lands will lie sold on a credit of one and two years. e-xcept as to so much as will pay the cost, to be paid in cash. ; The Pnrehnse tuoney to be secured by bond and good surely. S. S. TOMIPKINS, C. E. E. D. Comm'rs. Office, Oct. 17, 1851. 4t 40 STATE-OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EDGEFIFLD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Mary Towles and others. vs. Eliza Towles and Partition. Ralph S. Towles. N OTICE is hereby gien, that by virtue of an order from the Court of Equity in this casIshall sell atthe Le residence of Col. OliverTowles. decensed. on the Half way Swattmp, on the 10th dav of November next, the following real estate of said deceased, viz: The Half;Swamp tract, containing (850) acres, more or less, situate-d in the District and State aforesnid, on Half Way Swamp Creek, andnadjoining lands of the Estate of iJohn Jordan, David Butler, - Wertzand Julius Bair.ks. Also, one other tract. contsaining ,fifty acres, more or less, nnd adjoining the trsact of land whereon Pickens B. Waver now re sides, beingi the tract botught of Levi Adams. Saidi lands will be sold on a credit of one uand two years. exceplt as to so tmuch as will pay cost, whaich tmust be patid in ensh. 'The purchase money to b~e secured by bond and good personaal suretie. S. S. TO.\hl'KhNS, C. E. E. D. Comm'rs. Oflice.. Oct. 17, 1851. 4t 40. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN OIIDINARY. BY JOHIN HILL, Esq., Ordinary of Edge. BWhereas DWm.~ J.lker has applied to me for Letters of' Administration, on sall atnd sin-. giular the gaods iad ehattles, rights and cred its of WVilliamn Unll 'late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and :admonish all and singuhIsr. the kindred and credi ors of the said deensed, to be stud appear before mc, at our next Ordinarny's Court for the said Dis trict, to be holden at Edgeficid Court House, on the 3d day of October next, to show esase, if any,'why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hasnd antd seual, this the 20th daty October'in the yesir of our Lord one thousand eight huntdred and tifty-oane anid in the seventy-sixth year of Amearienn In dependence. JON IL.o .D Oct. 23 1851 at 40 STATE OF SOUTH'I CAROI1NA. EDGEFIELD) DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. B Y JOHN HILL, Esqj.,Ordinmary of Edge field Distriet: Wheresis Tandy Buickhai~lter hi~ae appliedu to tme for Letters of Admnititratiott, onl al aind singular the goods and chsttles. rights and crecdits of Joeph Saummiterall, late oif the District aforessnid. dlerenised. These are. therefore. to cite and admnonishi all and singulsar, the kindred -and creditors of the said deeesnsedl, to be and aippeatr before mec at our next Ordinary's Court for the said Dis trict, to be holden at Edgefield Court House on thte 3d daiy of Oct. next to show cauise if any why the' said admintistration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal. this the 16th day of' Oct., in'the year oif our Lord one thousatnd eighat hutidred and fifty.one. and in the 76th year of American Independence. JOHN HILL, 0. E. D. Oct 2 3 t 40 IBrouight to the .lii O F this Distric't. a negro man who says his name is BUGER. and thsat he belongs to Mr. Wmtt. Ltme, of Newberry District, and that he wsas hired to Mr. Wmn. Morris, of the sne District. Ssnid boy is about 14 years of age, 5 feet 4 inch high, dark complected. The owvner is requested to eome forwsard, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, otherwise she will be dealt with as the law directs. I. R. SPANN,.t. E. D. Oct 23 tf 40 Found, ON th 21stinst., a Double Cased StILVER OWiAeTCH, very much injured. The owner can have the same by provitng property and pay ine for thtis Advertisetment. Enquire at this Office. Oct 23 tf 40 1~otice. A LL those having demands against the Estate of Abner V. White, deceased,are requested to present them, properly attested,and those in debted to make payment. JOHN HILL, Adsn, Amril 2onf - 15 Vin.GI.-The two great parties in the commonwealth of Virginia have held their conventiorn preparatory to the fa!l elections. The Whigs have nominated as their candi dates Geo. W. Summers for Governor, Sam uiel Watts for Lieutenant Governor. S. S. Baxter for Attorney General. The Demo erats have nominated Joseph Johnson for Governor, Shelton F. Lenke for Lieutenant Governor,and W. P. Bocock for Attorney General. The Richmond Examiner, in reviewing the political life of MLfr. Summers, proves hin, Iy his spetehes and his poli:ilenl votes, to be hostile to the institnions of the South-in short. that he is litle less Ihain an abolition ist. This is rapid progress.--South Caro linina. In nlluding to the recent unfortunate per. sinal conflier between Chancellor Clark. of Alabamn, a Southern Rights man, and Hion. U1. J. Thornton, a Union man, the Mont gaonery, Ala. Journal attempts to be witty. We don't admire the tnste that attempts to matke a joke out of such an affhir, espeeially as the joke i< on the other side. Mr. Thorn ton struck Mr. Clark in the mouth and Wounded him-elf in the hand. which after wards infiamed. and Iid to )e- amputated. The Journal regrirds this as evidence that the teeth of a fire-eater are poisonons. We tihink it. at least, eqally evident that, inl con flict with Southern Ritls men. the submis sionists are easily mortiled.-Southern Press. COMMERCIAL. Correspondence of the Advertiser. IlX AiBURG, Ocr. 21, 1851. Since my list account of our Cotton Market, no materini cbange has occurred. There ap pears to be a firmer feeling, without an aetual ad vance. We quote extremes ( to i a 7. Re eeipts light. We onte no chanc in other articles. FiD. L GO. HYMEN IIAL, 11.%faw rn on the IG i inst., by M. M. Palget, Esq., Mr. WIL.LAt (rAPrIAN, of Lexin-gton District, to Miss s <laughter of Abram Chiapman, of Edgefield District. \IARiD, in A ugusta, On.. on the 16th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Johnson, Mir. ANDREw G. LA TAs-r, of that city, to Miss M1AnY ANY NAPlER, (if Elgefield District. OBITUARY. Dimn, on the 24th day of September, Mrs S'a. t A utsos. in the sixty-seventh yearof age. Darin- her pr.tracted ii!:s olf ft tur motiIts, she bore her aliiellti wit!i tlie utaost Christian frrtittue, until alout ihree wAks before he'r death, when she di. nt aappear to enjoy the copilany of her fritn.:. .\ 1ew davs before her death she appearei ratioal. and1 -conscious of her nilpr(nhin diut-, i -admonishing her ehiitlren andl friienls to p:-pare tt meet her in I t-tve'n after having experienced tle- goodness of GOd in the fIorgive'ness of ;ils. She was a tember (if tile Ulptist Ciurelt for forty years. Well tny we adtlopt tile lnttgttage of Revelation, lRig:t b6clese are the deadi that lie in the Lord, vea saitht the Spirit. frotm hetnceforth they do cease fr'eot teir labors atnd teir works do fol low them't.'' Dearest mother, thntn hast left us, And thtv loss we deeply' feel. But 'tis add titmt htas heereft us, And to his will we all must yield. Tht etsy 'tcenes of life are closed, .\nd act've life is tt'r The botdy's laid in calmn re'pose Atnd sin shtall ne'er ditsotrb it mare. Thte heappy sonl is gone to rest, Wh.ere care not miore sheall tspeil its peace, Rei elitainga on its Saveour's b~reat It shall enajoyv eternald blis's. The writer or this tihitmuary has leog been ae qtuited with the deceased, and tduring hter ill n tess called fregnenttly to see her. Shte often sotlicited ithe ptrayers et' te peop'lle of God, mtantifestintg resignt ion' to the will of hietr Divtne Alaster. Shte dtied leavitng a famtily atnd a large conntuectiont to hemtoatn hter loss. ]l. Butler Lodget No. 17 I, 0 0, F. A t ib-tlar tteetitng eat thtis Loadge wt illb hat lnt \atonday eventing nex at i ek. at A. C. TE.\GUE, See'y. OcLt. 23 1851 t' : 37 NIo~ee. 3 l- .\ L ED PROPtOS.\ LS, will he received k.lby te Chatiirmtan aaf the Co~niittaee, until the 1st 1Decembiler tnext. fear ereceting a Church at Goo tet Ilaopt, aof thet fatllaowinta ditmetnsions: Th'le hutibling tat be tit feet liatg by d4~ feet wh:14 feet paitch, with two isles runtning the [till lenthtt of thte htouse, to be fatur feet widle tnch,. toge~ter with ai cross isle atf the same wid d tltppo:ite the sidle dooajrs. There will be fauir G reinnt fldintg tdatars. 4 feet wide and 7 Ifeet high :12 largre witndoiws of 18 lights enich. 10 by la 12las: also. aante samall witndow at the hnetak eaf the pttlpit gaf 12 liutits.- 10 byi 12 'ghtss. Vs tntiatn blintds will lit rtetuitrea fir till thte wint adtws-thea blitals :ad doosrs tae be hunttg with suitable htiiges: also, attie kttah ktak faor ec oif the doosra. The walls htaa oerhteaad to beceihed with narrow eriline platak t the flortittg to be of gaoodi heart phiank. 2 ort 7 itebes thick. The pul p jit tat he 6 feet laane, 41 feet wide, restitng upon 0 Itillars. 6 inchles sarte. witha a neat mnaulinc at te la tatn battatmt. Thte bodyh of the pnlpit to be aaf neat p~tatnel work. shtowintg 3 feet ftraom the talt of the pillars to lie bireast botard, with a neat hiatnd railine~ anal steps to the same. Thtere will bte 5 rows eaf seats, thtree itn froant, andte one at ec ed oaf the tattpit: the senats to be 12 feet laontg, 14 ittches wiada, 1.1 ittehes thick ; the seats talte pineed oni t thte flaoar .1 1-2 feet frotm the hack to atti stent tat the ftront rif the other: the btnek~s to be pntt onl with screws : thte lower back tt lie 12 inichtes wide, the leap to lie 4 iniches wiade. Thte weaather-bardhinig att shiingles tee be of gooed heart tthuuhe. 'lThe b~uilding tat rest upo~fn 18 pil Irs air well hnrtnt br'ic!h. I15 inehdes high. A pair of strog steps tat eachlidt'tr. Thei ttnd--rtakers will be' reited to give bond aned seenrity fear thea fna. .! ptiaerrmane of te wortk.nall to be ctomplead by the 1 5th of Au gust 1831. The imoney tet be duie by the 1st Nov. 1552. Addhress Robert Bryan, Sr., Meeting Street, Eadtfielhl District, S. C. Oct. 23 4t 40 Admninistrator's Sale. BY an Ordher ftrom .uohn Hl ill. Esq., Ordirnary .J f hdgeield District. I shall proceedl to stell, ott the Tu'esdny the 11tht Novemtber, at the last residence of Natlman Na:rris, dee'd., all the piersoanal property of sn;.2 ' t :-d. consisting of FO TTO LiKELY NEGROES, Stoeg,. Itorses. Catttle. lleigs, Sheep. Corn, Foad adter. Cotteatn, leetnschald atnd Kitehecn Faurnitre, and various articles teoo tedions to tmetntin. NA'rIllN A. NOiRIS, Admn'or. Oct23 St 40 Notice. .tJL persons itndebtedl to mne either by note i. iir oent necount. will dat well to conme im tmtediattely forwardl atnd pay thte same. My Books nad Notes are at the store eof Messrs. Sale, Lark & Cat. A. BIJRNdlDE. 11atttbur, Ot. 0 1it. 4t 40 New Goods! New Goods ! I HAVE received my usual supply of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, to which I respectfully invite the attention of all persons purchasing in this market. My Stock is now FULL and COMPLETE, and shall be sold AT TnE LOWEST MARKET PRICYS for Cash or punctual purchasers. W. P. BUTLER. Oct.16, tf 39 For the Ladies! T ITE Subscriber has a large and beautiful as sorment of Plain and Figured, Black and Col'd Silks, Handsome Cashmere and DeLaines, Fig'd and solid Colors Alpacca and Persian Cloths. French and Enalish AMarinoes, French. English and American Prints, Earlston Ginghams, Mantillas. Time Shnwls and Scarfs, Worked Sleeves, Collars. &c.. &e. W. P. BUTLER. Oct. 16, tf 39 For the Planters. E GRO ShIOES ar a superior quality. iN Kersevs and Pinides. Jeans and Cassimeres Blankets, Linseys, &c.. &c. W. P. BUTLER. Oct. 16 tf 39 For the Sportsman. I'NE Double Barrel GUNS. F Game Sagrees. Flasks and Pouces, Powder, Shot, Caps. &e. W. P. BUTLER, Oct. 16 tf 39 Jewelry. D OTBLE and Single Cased Gold Lever DWatches. Guard and Fob Chains. Chainta lins. Seals, Charms. Buttons, Buckk s. Brooches and Ear Rings. Gold Pencils. Coral Necklaces, Plain, Carved and Diamond Rings. W. P. BUTI.ER. For Every Body. OFFICE and OVER COATS, Saddles, Bri Stiles, Gloves, TTats and Caps, Hardware. Crockery Ware. Casins. &o. W. P. BUTLF.R. Oct.16 if 3% FALL AND WINTER GOODS! R. N. FULLER & CO., , RE daily receiving their FALL AND . WINTER GOODS. direct from New York.-They have the nimost beautiful pat:erns of Plain Black and Fancy Fig'd Alpaes, French and English DeLaines. of all styles and prices, A new style of Thibet Cashmere, Choice Ginghams at 12 eta. Shawls of all qualities and descriptions, Latest Paris styles of Fancy Cassinieres, "4 "4 " Vestingv, We are certain to pleae in our Prints, Our Kerseys. Geo. Plains and Negro Cloths, stand unrivaled in price. We have on hand a full supply of Dry Goods, Greceries, Hardware, I. Drugs and Nedicines, and in fact, any thing you are in want of R. M. FULLER & CO. Oct. 16 tf 39 Cheap Boot and Shoe Store i I E Subscriber in ad.lition to his usual Stock Lhas received a great variety of (Gentlemgen's, Boys' and Yo.uth's BOOTS'AND SHOES, suited fo.r the seasoin. Ladies Guiters, of various colours. " Jenirid- Enamekd Shoesgea beauti fuliarticle. ftor...............$ 00 '' French Kid Walking shoes, fur.. 1 25 at * " Slipers and Ties.. 1 00 Cilren's Shoes..................... 2 Gents Shoes wtorth $1.50. fo.r......... (i0) Chenp Sipers and Negro Bouts and Shoes in abntdance. (17 Call and see at the BOOT AsN SnoE STORE of WM. .t cE\'OY. October 16 . f 3 Notice. T OFFER for sale the Partlow Home .stead Tract, contaitning nine hiundrud and se.venty-seveni aeres, productive hands open to yield twenty-five huindred bushels oIf Cotrn, aid one hndred bales Cotton. weighing 4001( lbs; beautiful site, well implroved, Northern btounda ry nearly paralel wirk IRail Road-distance to Radl . miles- distance to Greenwood Depot 14 miles. A better tract of htlannnot be found within ten miles of Greenwood. The land will he open to sale utntil middle tof Ntovember, unless s.old. Corn, Ftndler, &c., enni be had with land, at average nteighborhood pirices. J. W. JONES. Oct. 16 if 39 0i The Newberry Sentinel. Lauretnsville Her ald andi A bbeville 1Banner. will please copy tree times and forward aecounts to the A bbeville Bnneitr. J. W. J. Notice. BY an order front the Ordinary of Edgefield D.)Listrict, I shutil proceed to sell at the hate residet ce of Olve Towles, deceased, on lont day, the 10th doy of Novemaber next, all the persntal estate~ of said deceased. consisting tof THIRTY-SEVEN LIKELY NEGROES, I orses. NI tles, Cattle. Ilogs, Corn. Fodder, Ous. Wagg.'ns, Carringt.. the crop of Cottotn, lotsehil atnd Kitchent Furniture, Phtntation, Totls. &c., on a cretdit of twelve mionths with note and approved securities. Rl. NI. SCURRY, A dministrator. Oct. 16, 1851 4t 3 Buckwheat Flour, &c. J UST received a sple.ndid lot of new BUCK WHEAT PREMIUM FLOUR. A large supplIIy uf BACON SIDES. Also, an excellent lot of choice LIQ UORS. for sale byS., E. BOW EIS. Oct. 16 tf 39 Mackerel. JUCST rteeivedl a large~ lot of No. 1, 2 and 3 MA CKEREL, it, Kits and hialf Barrels, and for satle by S. E. BOWERS. Ilanmburg. Oct 13 tf 39 Notice. SLL rersons indebted to ite estate of Oliver .LTowles, are requested to make immediate payment. and those having denmatnds against the same will retnder thetm in groperly attested. R. M. SCUR R Y, A dministirator.. Oct. 9 tf 3S Notice. SLL~ Persons indidhted to the estate of Mrs. Sarah Nixotn, deceased, will make imme dite payment, and those having demands against said estate will present them properly attested, as we are determined to settle without delay. G. W. NIXON.' Administrators. FELTX G. PARKS.3 Oct. 16, 1851 tf 3 Notice. A LL those indebted to the Estate of A binh ..Robertson, decscd,are requested to make payment, and those having demands to present them, properly attested.JONHLAm Apil9, 15