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t EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1851. The Last OpWinion of Calhoun. "IF CALIFORN1IA IS ADMITTED, AND NO OTHER b STATE WILL ACT. SOUTit CAoLINA MUST ACT ALONE." Tf Cot.. WHIT. BRooK's Letter to the C - Operation 31ecting at Don.N's, is unavoidab y crowded out of this issue, but shall appear in our next. SUPPOSED MURDER. A woman, named UNtCY Io.%N, was killed on Friday night last, in the house in which she was living, near Liberty Hill, in this District. No chie, as yet, to the perpetrator of the deed. She was shoi in the head and otherwise wounded. -. NOTICE. THE MINUTES OF THE EDGEFIELD BAPTIST AssocIATION are in the Clerk's Office for the Churches. The BOARD OF TiE BOOK FUND have received some valuable Religious works, which are for sale at Mr. B. C. BaYAN's Store at the Charleston re tail prices. SATISFACTORY, WE think the explanatory communication of Capt. Bnooxs, to be foutnd in our present issue, ought to prove entirely satisfactory to the party with which he'has acted. As to this gentleman's course upon the question of State Action, we have only to say that while diflering from his opinions almost in tolo, we yet recognise in him one of the earliest working op. ponents of Secession. And we believe lie has been consistent. -0 CORRECTED. As some have desired that we should give thc exact state of the polls at the recent election held in this District, we publish it correctly below. It will be seen that the result in this District Was about a tie--a thing which has never perhaps happened in the State before, Where so large a number of. votes were cast. WARDLAw received - - 939 votes PICKENs & NANCE received, each, 938 do Sus a - " -- - 933 do ADDRESS ON EDUCATION: hY CLINTON BItOWN, ESQ. WE are indebted to the lIon. J. J. WILSON, of Barnwell, for a copy of this address. It is a pro duction which reflects decided credit u n thor-evincin. * , thouglt, information ant - . his address was delivered to the gat rons and pupils of the Four Mile Branch Acale my of Barnwell District-an Academy, by the way, which seems to be in a highly flourishing condition'. We have heard from various sources that under the guidance of its esteemetd principal, Mr. CROsSLAND, it is even exceeding the expecta tions of its patrons. ,CRAY BROTHERS.-" THE CRY IS, STILL THEY C03ME." . Anotber arnd a varied advertisement from this respectable Augusta firm, may &found upon our advertising columns this week, They are whole sale and retail dealeri-and seldom fail to satisfy urchaser- We have tried them. Besides they 7de we are thinking of this matter, w may as well just drop the hint that the " Advertiser" is becoming an advertiser indee-1. Thte reason of it is that a number of persons have found otit that it is an excellent medium for such purposes. It's subscription list is crawling along up towards a rotund 150-pretty good for a country sheet-and otir subscibers. are sca':.re "hither andl yon,"~ to use a provincialism. We thlerefore venture to recommend that wvhichi recommends itself-and we hope business men, who trade wvith this part of the State, will not stand in their own light by failing to use our columns. To do so, will be keeping something out of our pockets, and a great deal out of theirs. ------- THE.CROPS---IIARD TI3MES A C03MING. WE pronounced the opinion, some umonib h ack. that the Cotton crop in this section wuld lie an aveciage one. The idea was almost laughied at biy a good many of our readers. Wec must iliink, nevertheless, that the opition was very nearly a correct one. It wvas expressetd before the wet and blighting season whlichi causedl cotton to shed in a mannier so unusual. Ihnd this not occurred. the crop would undoubtedly have been. as we have said, an average one. Even as it is. we dlo not believe it will fall very far short of our prediction. In some sections of our District the crop is very; inferior-in others, quite as good as ever. Whilhe some are not making two hundred weight to the acre, others claim as high as eight hutndred. Upon thle whole, we believe now that the Cotton crop of the District will fall below an average one. Corn is destined to be very scarce thiroulghout the ensning season. It is now selling fronm the heap at one dollar per bushel. If this he the price just at the time wvhen the new crop is pouring in, what will it be when the latter end of tat crop is being consumetd! We don't look for a famine exactly, but we fear our people will experience plagued pinching times about the middle of next summer. Let the small grain crops lbe largely increased, and much of the e' il may be averted. Fatten only your best hogs-and save asm much corn as possible. Let those farmers who have the biggest and fullest granaries he the most guarded against wastefulness, and they may have the sat is faction of supplying many a less fortunate indi vidual with his meal next year-at a dollar a bushel of course. Let him whose corit crib is shallow at thte beginning, tuse Yanlkee economy exhaust every coriier of pasture land before begin. nling to feed wvith corn, and when lie does begin. let hlim count theC ears and watch the very grains. In this way we may all squeeze through passably well. NOVEL EXHIiBITION. Orn attention was arrested on sbbath last by a gay cortege wvhichi passed our cottage about noon. It consisteid of some eight or ten young meni, whlo had p'iled on the " foreigni aid of orna flent" in a novel and extraordinary manner. Their caps especially attracted ottr observation fancy-colored and triimmed with long and flutter ing ribbons of every Fine. We saw nothing at all improper ill thte behaviour of time cavaleade, nor have we heard of any thing of the sort. It seenm ed to be niothiing more tTian a freak of youthlful fancy-and we confess that wve thotughit there was something pictturesque in thie applearance of each cavalier, as he dashled along, "all decked in streamers gay.'' It reinuded us of something be tween the Guerrilla and T'roub~adouir. Th'e only scriotus objectioni to the aflilir was t hat it happened on Suniday. And yet throu hioiit one hl f of Chiristendom, this is the very (lay selected-u for amusements of this description. All over the co tinent of Europe, they are sanlctionted as well by Protestantism as Catholicism. But here we have stricter, if not better notionls ~iuon this subject. arid many feel scandalized by the least approachl to gaiety on the Sabbath. Thle happy iiediuiit i. 'HE TWO ORGANS.-.AN ACCORD.NT DISCORD. THE " Southern !Sjadard," of Charleston, is ie generally accredited organ of the Co-operation arty, while the "Southcra Patriot," of Green ille, undoubtedly leads the Union party of this tate. These two parties (although differing er ,ntially in their political faith) have been thrown )gethcr by the force of circumstances, and have oted together in an election which has recently een held among us. Their respective exponent rescs have been co-adjttors, so far as the labors r the past cafnvass5 are considered. The (11 has ot toiled more assiduiouly or more faithfully than te other to make the result of that election tell gainst the " Action party." Their efforts have cen crowned with success-their united forces ave out-nutmhered their opponents and have de -ated them at the liallot-box. The engagement over--the smoke has cleared away from the attle field. and the victorious generals are seated nietly in their tents. pondering over their signal riumph, calculating its results and maturing their itture plans. The "Patriot' leader is prompt, and sends at nee a missive to the wing under his command. elling them that a glorious future is now before he .tatc. le is a firm believer in the " integrity of the Union," and has ever been. He saw that ecession threatened the subversion of that Union. mad lie opposed the menrure with zeal and energy. [le thought, that to a'ct with the Co-operation iarty, was the only effectual mode of meeting the langer which threatened his beloved Unior. Thus Letinig, that danger has been met, and, to his view, mtirely dissipated. Ie therefore, sounds to his *riends and followers the note of triumpl. Ie elieves the Union is saved, and that all now will 3e well with South Carolina. lie believes that rsperity stands waiting to shower upon ts tite ichest treasures of her store-house. Under the ving of the American Eagle, lie feels and believes hat we wi!l have eternal security-that we will eap untold blessings to the end of time. We can iot refuse to believe that the " Patrio8's" glowing 'ith is sincere. .To do so would be to doubt the xvord of one whom we have ever regarded a kind icarted gentleman and a contsistent politician. And could we think as lie does, we would not esitate to join him in his plans of thanksgiving iid praise. But honest though we admit him to be, it is yet our deliberate conviction that no fol. lower of MoKANA was ever more sadly deluded. And when lie rejoices at the defeat of secession, because it assures him of the preservation of a glorious government, we can bit weep over the event because it presents to our mind the almost impossibility of resisting American despotism. But what says the organ of the other anti-Seces sion divi.sion? The " Standard" has not spoken, as yet, with that decision, and distinctness which has been ex hibited by the "Patriot." It has told its follow ers " to keep cool"-and again, " to keep cool." This is excellent advice as far as it goes. But a successful leader is generally expected to stimulate his men to the prosecution of the enterprise in hand, by active preparatioins to reap the full ad vantage of his first victory. " The enterprise in hand" is resistance to federal tyranny. The first obstacle in the way of achieving this enterprise has been overcome. This obstacle was the mea sure of separate State action. The true resistance party has now full and faiFreope. The leading journal of that party has proclaimed that a great and a mighty work is now before them; and that work is tie dissolution of the American Union, and the establishment of a Southern Confederacy. MLqv-of istombe enteredn upn at onr& -Ih il, ar d" has so declared. It does not say to its fol lowers, like the " Paztriot." that a brilliant day has dawned. It admonishes theta that the destrtuction oif secession ishiut a small part of their wvork--onily a preludtie. as it were, to the grand performatnce. Thue traaedy of " dissolution lby co-operation" isi now to he etnacteid. and eat-h man is called upon to "bhear a hiand"-to buckle on his armor for the real fight-no sham secessiiout brawl, bttt an orthit dox co-operation battle. Every thing is to he dlone -and a Southern Confederacy is sure to conic. "Biut what is to be dotie ?" asks an anxiotis fol lower. " Alt ! says the Standi-ard, kreep, cool. Clouds atnd darkness hang uipoti the future, biut a reat work is before tus. anid we milust prepare our selves for a steady andI prolonigedl struggle. Let every thintg lie donte. andl a Sothern Confederacy is sure toi conme.''" Bitt. says thet imapatietit dis iple, .lhat is to lie done ? Assign me my part itt the great drama that I may feel that I aim not sinking, sitiking.sinikitnginto submission." -' Fear not that, would the .Standlard say--such an awful catastrophe awaits no one who beliings to the trtue resistanee party." "I would have been a Seces inist. says thte spirited disciple-, had I thought otherwise. Lift the ve-il, at least fur a moment; that. I may feel myself to he a resistatnce man." "Keep cool, says the Stadard, antI all will soon come right-that which now apipears a gloomy widerntess of dange-rs will lie coniverted itnto a gloriotnsly bright and placidl scetne of imppitness antI wealt h byv the mtagic word eli-operation. It is ceriiun. ce-rtin, certaiti. Ilave we niot foretol it ? and a Sotherti Ctonfederacy wvill comie. it weill come. (il, it w tIf.L come. Ontly, keep covol." Stich. rather jestitiely described, is thme presetnt positiotn of the StanudardL as we utnderstand it. It contrasts srongly with that of the Patriot. 1lThe latter has dashed oil' intrepidly to reap the fruits iif the vie try ini which lie has participated. IIe appropri ates his fttll sit-re of the spoils atid lays them like a dlevoted kntighit at the feet of his idolized Untion. le inidicates to his followers the path they are to pursute, with a clearttess that admtits of ino mis conceiCptiont. The formier is walkinig over time hat le fichil. saying to himself perhaps. "great hena vns, what a triumph ? Whto wvouhi have thottghut it. ! tt, meni anid brethren, keep cool. IHere is food for reflectiotn." ie chews the cud awhile and retires to his tettt. Agaitn lie returnts andI nmoraizies. " Otur dutty andi our danger,'' is thte text. anid hie deduces from it sum'- sentsible sermon izing enough. Hot nothinig definite transpilres. Such is the diflerence between the two anti-seces sion organs of tihe two anti-secession divisions. Which -haimis the highest diegree of admiration? The Xtvandar-d has said thtat a large portion of the so called " Action party," will be sure to join tie Co-operation ranks ini the comnprehmensivue and powerful plan of resistancee which they w-ill pro pose. So w-e will, anid that exultinitgly, if this plan lie indceed a plan of resistanice. But if it lbe nly mi-ant to keep alive thc miururing o-f a disi rintented race by assuring themi of their oppires dons, while no door of e's-ape is pointed outit-if :to be plaitner) wve are to lbe drilled in thte mere act f etirsing the Union, while its burdens atre to lie orie in practical acquiescetnce, we say at otice hat we have no stomach for thte work. We shall hit consult our philosophily wh iethier it be not bet er to struggle, once agaiti, to view the bright side f the pictiure as the Patriot does--whether it be iot better foir ourselves atd for our children that .rc should prepare htumbly to petitiiin for reidress nt the Union rather titan conitiu vagute atid itt lefite threats of resistitng out i-f it. T'hat we may not be misutnderstood in the least, tmay he as wvell to say that we do not belotig to hat class of Secessiotiists (if such-d there lbe) which eels the least degree of hostility towards the Co. peration party proper. Oin the contrary wye re ard them as brothers: and,. although our favorite icasure oir separate action ha-: hei-n t hie stbhiect of ates, have incurred with others the charge of infiltuation, and even insanity, yet we are ready Lo join them on any thing like a resistance plat Lorm, and to battle with them to the death rather Lhan see our State pass under the control of Union ists, Consolidationists, and Submissionistts. And tvc once more exhort them not to dampen the hopes with which we look to them. Temporize no longer-the day is far spent-the night is at hand-give us your plan of action without daoly ing, for which there is no necessity-and we will war under a true resistance banner with none the less enthusiasm because it is unfurled by Co-oper ationists. ATTENTION, LITERATI! SEvERAL candidates for the premium, offered in our last, have handed in their pieces. The door is still open. "1 Hnrry up the cakes." You need not bother yourselves to make your articles diffuse. The shorter the better! A single line has some times won the meed of praise from long and learn ed theses. We will mention one instance for your encouragement. - At some school or college. in some country or other, in some year of the last hundred, a prize was oflered for the best treatise upon Christ's first miracle, viz: the changing of water into wine at the marriage in Cana of Gallilee. Many elabo rate essays were forthcoming. Among them was found a scrip of paper, containing one line hur riedlv scrawled. It ran thus: "'T'he conscious waters saw their God-and blushed." The judges appointed to make the award of merit pronounced at once in favor of the author of this line. Whether said line would pass with a .lohnsonian critic is doubtful. But there was something new and original about it-and it took. Will not some scribbler take heart of grace and do likewise? INDICATIONS FROM GEORGIA. WE have read several long articles by a contri butor to the Columbus Times, which are, we fear, correct indications of tite course things will speedily take in Georgia. The writer is a mem ber of the " Southern Rights" party of that State, and, we judere, a very sensible one. The course lie recommends is that the Southern Rights party coalesce at once with tihe Con, STEmPtIE*s and Toomas party-and that, with their united strength, they join the general Democratic party of the Union. The very name of "Southern Rights" is to be abandoned in the new ore niza tion. This is precisely what we somet: since declared to be our apprehension. If our Co-oper ation fi iends expect to work with any party in Georgia, we believe they can only do so by joining, as the Georgians will do, tle Democratic party of time Union. Where then will be your united South ern resistance? DR. HUTCHINGS AND lIlS DYSPEPSIA BIT. TERS. "IT is very seldwn," says the New York Times, "and only after being thoroughly convinced of the propriety of so doing, that we call the parti cular attention of our readers to an advertised medicine. Satisfied that we are but doing our duty, and conferring a favor upon the community at large, we take occasion to speak of ' Hutchings' Vegetable Dyspepsia Bitters,' which have been some years before the public. Their qualities have been tested so carefully and completely, that not a doubt remains as to tle fact that a better medicine for all diseases of the stomach and liver was never made. Its success is commensurate with its wonderful merits. Thasands of bottles *g I -~~i - - - - -- - V atnd in no instance have we heard of a purchaser complaining thtat thte relief soughtt for nas not found. Dr. II's principal depot is at 112 Fulton street." COMMYUNICJATIONS. FOR TnEt ADvERTisR. A Card. To the Co-operationists~ of the Fifth Congree sional District. Thte undersigne'd hmas leartted with regret tht~ his withdurawal frott the catnvass for~ the South etrn Congtess, lmns provoked thte displeasure of some of his political friends. lie fancwies it at dutty which ite owes to his frienuds of A bbeville, by whtom lie wa nomninated, atnd a ptoptiety to te Co-operation party gcene trally, thtat Ite shmould give ptublicity to thte con siderations which impelled hitm thmereto. At the Co-operatioin mneetilg at thte Ridge,hett was itnfornied that otn thte Saturday before, the lin. T. C. PERRtN, of A Ubevihle, toagethmer witht hmimsel f. hand been nomuintated1 for thte Sothernm Conrecss, hut that upon further conference b~y the party itn Edgefieldi, ottr ntames ha~d beent stib seuiuetntly wiihdrawn from thte pr'in ter, because or the suggestioni, " that oppositioni to tite secs siti catndida:tes wottld but swell the secession vo'te. and if no oppoImmsition was offeredl the gene ral vote wouild be so meagre, tha~t thme month ef feet of it would be disastrous ton thtat party." Mr. ]kn-rT in his speech ad3vised atgainst runtning co-Operatioun catndidates, and gave reasons, which seemned good to a matjuority of our piarty. About a week afterwards my atteittion was directed to the nomination of Dr. W Anm.Aw and myself, in the A bbeville Blanner. I enelosed the ad'vertisemecnt to atn influential getitlenman of the party, in a short niote saying, "the tntminatiotn otught to be0 immediately conifirmecd by thme party in this District, or the nominees withdrawn." The meeting at Donufs on the 20th ultimo, which assembled leading Co-operationists from differ eut quarters of the District, presented a fit op portunity of ratifying it, as wats the custom in other Districts; and I suggested to two of my personatl friends thme propriety of doing so on that occasion. as also the emnbarrassme-nt of my posi tion, shoiuldI it not be domme. Thtese genitlemnen comttmnicted with severail othters of te party, und I was itnfortied that the samte considerations which htad caused the withdrawal of Mr. Prmntix and mnyself, still operated with thme party, and indeed the nmemtbers thten preent, to declinera ratification of the A bbeville nominitation-thmat no persuonal or political objectiomt existed toivards either Dr. Wantm.Aw or myself, anid that thme refusal of the party to confirm our nomination, restutted from a doutbt as to thte policy of cre ting a party cont et. Now let thme facts ove givetn be cotnnected: 1st, That umy notne hadl ottee beetn withtdrawn, because it wvas deemed advisable to avoid a party contst-andl 2nd, For time samte reason, thte party refused at D)on:xs to ratify tihe Alibbeville nonmination. though thme prupriety of su dloing was suggested, and it is submitted to a spiritedl cotmmunity that I cotuld nt have cotttiued a candidate without a forfeiture of self respect. I atm always ready to retder hmonorable service to my party, btut I eani never avail myself of a tnmnation tmade out of mty Distriet, to force anyself, even itt seemimng, upon the party in it. TI,.. ..1..:.. .t .r f tm u1... t..... , at.. the. ,,.... in EIgetield was ignorant of its own tritgtli (and preferred to avoid a contest, rather than in cut the riak of a defeat) until the first Monday in October, when Judge BUTLI'S magrificent ef fort gave it confidence and additional strengtli, and for the first time im-ressed it witi the im portance of the pending election. I was gratified to learn on my return to the District, that my friends would ltave renominated me on that day, but that subsequent to my with drawal. ITExny SUMitEr, Eq , (than whom no better selection could have beentmade) had beCn named in Abbeville in my stead. The result of the election is gratifying to every true Co-opera tionist, and tie only discontent I feel is, that my withdrawal should have been pronounced " un expected," when the absolute refusal by the party in Edgefiell to approve my nomination was tie sole cause of my withdrawal, which was done by the advice and through the agency of friends. That I should be suspected of"I timidity in ma king the issue" is certainly remarkable, when it is recollected that mine, was the very first voice (the first article of " Independence" was in the hand of the Editor, on the Saturday before Judge BrLT.R announced his position) raised in Edge field in support of Co-operation doctrines, and that for six months my pen alone defended them. Respectfully your fellow-citizen, P.S. BROOKS. ---e FOR TiE AivEITISER. Mn. EnDTOR:-Pleasc publish the following account of a protracted mneetitig at Red Tlill. in your valuable paper, for the benefit of the reli etious commt 'ty : The m.eetil commegeed on Saturday, before the third Sabbath in August last, and continued until the next Friday, with manifestations of great good, and at the close of the meeting, there were several candidates for baptism, besides a great many seeking souls-baptism was postponed un til the next regular meeting, when it was pro posed to have a three days meeting, to commenee on Friday before the third Sunday in September, and at that mecting on Sunday, twenty-seven converts followed their Saviotir into the liquid grave, by baptism. The meeting on that day was so interesting, it was proposed to continue a few days longer, and it went on with increased inter est until next Sabbath, when thirty-five more were added to the Church by baptism, and the meeting broke up under verf favorable circum sinees, many cryinr out in the bitterness of their souls saving, "what shall we do to be saved." The result w'as that at the meeting in October, eleven more were baptized, making in all seven ty-three. that have been (we hopie) truly coni verted, and added to the Red Hill Church. D. B. 0r Southern Baptist please copy. It Will Enow no Resurrection. T hus speaks the New Orleans Crescent of Disunion. in announcing the result of the elections here. Twelve months ago our Co operationists would have been insulted had they been accused of having a spark of Unionism in their composition, and now the Southern Patriot and nil the Union presses outside of the State claim them as brothers and co-labnrers in time great work of preserv ing the Union. It is idle tiPs. have ino foundation for such a claim s -' : for althoucrh mnan a~ against secession are disunion meni, yet they harve coalesced and fraternized with submis. sionists, and have given cause to time otsi ders to embrace them as Unin brethren, and to the Southern 15triot to antnonnee its chaim as the leader who pointed them to victory,. 'rTe "sober second thtoughit" is yet, we trust, to he nmanifested by our petple ; for it. is impossible that they shonld thtus lay gniet. ly dlown by thme side of those whlo have :ii renidy subtnitte~d to past aggressiotns. We say so, because the leaders of the preset'i Co-operation party have, again4 and ngnitn s-uid so; they have denonneied the Union in the most fiery langnage that eloquetnce could put forthnnd althoguhmt present the', lie piople they huave. excited by 1their itmpas. sionedl orator-yet the spirit is uingneeed. and the',, too. if honest, must take their pince~s int the front ranks of resistance. If we thongt it wa':s otherwise, if' w,,e conld be lieve they were determined to do nothin'g then, inideed, would we feel the whole force and truth of the Crescent's prediction--that not only disuniion would knowv no resurree ion, btt that the last nail ha~d buen put in the coflin of State rights and State sover Do; not our renders observe one thing in all the comtments of the papers we have laid before them, and that is the ',etrifient ion ot what wey haive often asserted, viz: that the secessioni of South Carolina would have produced a dissolution of the Union-a separation of the t wo sections-nd, conse quently, the establishment of a Southern conf'ederney. Not a sentence, not a line, that comes to us on the stubject, lbut proves this. The rejoicings of the Northern press es, and the desponding responses of South ern rigts journals, are alike evidences of t he t ruth of thme assumption. The only pirobem to be solved nowv is, wvethmer thme co-operation party will faithfullhy redeem their di- union pledlges-whether they will procl~inm to tihe country that secession is the rightful remedy of an aggrieved sovereign State, and that it is the remedy they will use after having dili gently sought to obtain others. On thre so lution of this question depends the enitire fate of State sovereignty. On the failure to exercise the right of secession, when oilier mennis of protection have been honest ly searched after and not found, thle Ilast hop'e of any security for Southern inistitutionsx will have perished for ever. No true Catro linian will shrink from the resp'onsibility, when it is so plain to every uprejutdiet'd mind that State right's are in extreme peril. {South Carolinian. --0- -- ORGnozArro.-We notice that a call has been made for the members of' the secessio~n party of Marion District to meet to-mnorrow', for the piurpose of' organizing arn associnttion.L The Marion Star, in noticing the call, says: "We have a majrity~ of tihe 'legal voters ot Ma:rion for secession, and it' we are fully anid completely organized mainy of' the resis tance men of~ the co-operation party, whmo have been deceived in the prosptect or co operatioin from other States, will, wh''etn te', find tha~t subimission is their ontly alternative, .trike nobly for secession-the only reimedy left with us. " We will not give utp this last hope of the State wvithtout a struggle. .Judge Chresluidit took 1-1 years to get tip otne rvutoand secession is btut a year old. "thsgr'own w,,ell for its age here, anid w,,ill yet, go triumphtantlv ont till otir lost hton or arid equality are r'edeemed. If' the co operation ot' the other Stites camn be had we will engerly embrace it at any, titme ; but het its be prepared whlen thIis is hon'peless t o str'iku for ourtselves. This is the ontly way in out' MlEL.NCtOLY CASUALY.-WC are pained to learti that on Friday last, William Flein ing, an interesting youth about eighteen years of age, son of Ir. James Fleming, of Columbia county, was shot through the heart and killed instantly by the neetd'ntal discharge of his gun. We h:tve heard no particitlurs of this most mnelanelholv event, except t hat yonwg Fh ming was out hunting and slipped ip. Ii the let of fiilig, his gun went ofl, the whole load entering his side. On the samie day this event occurred in Columbia county,'our paper contained an accouut of a similar caitast rophe in Liberty county, resulting in the death of 31r. Le Conte. Thus, by these mysterious dispenlations. two amo-ng the mo-t estntimble failii.s in the State have been suddenly plunged into the deepest sorrow.-Augusta Constitution alist. Fir.E..-We regret to learn that the Barn of Mr. Smith Bradley, four or five miles from this phice, was struck by lightning, on hist Saturday night, took fire and was C. lited. A valuable horse was killed by the lightning at the sane time. Mr. B. had a large qnan:ity of new fodder in his b:rn with oats and other provender, which was entirely lost. The fire communiented to the stable which was also burnt. The horse haid been killed in the stauble by the light ning, as Mr. B. found him deud when he entered for the pur pose of turning him out. The light from the flames was so bright at this pinee. as to larn our eiiizens who supposed the fire was with in our town.-Greenville Mountaineer, 23rd inst. ANoTEr..-The residence of 31r. John Ashmore, nine miles below this place, was comsumed by fire on Thursdav last. The house was jnst newly repaired,'and is a seri ous loss to Mr. A. Ilis out houses, we tn derstand, were also burnt. The fire was the result of aceident.-Greenville Mountaineer, Oct. 23. PAL-IETTO AnaionY.-We give on the first pagebof ofor daily paper a representa ion of this building. erected by Messrs. Glaze and Boatwriglt, for. the pulrpose of manufnctu rii!g arms fiur the State. We hearn that the enterprising proprietors are already at Work, and that they will be in full operation by the 1st proximo. It is a South Carolina 'altir throughout. and we have all confidence th:t the appropriation made by the Legislature will be faithfully administered. Whatever miy be the condi;ion of public nfiirs, we think the appropriation was judicious, and demanded by the best interests of the State. -Carolinian. SOMETHING OF AN ERoR.-We perceive by the last number of the Southern Patriot, tiat friend Perry furni.hes as an item of news that the Abbeville hanner has been sold out, and is hereafter to be a co.operation paper. In this rth-ular our friend hias been misinlorned. e tieknowledge the foct that we are beaten badly; but our colors, though riddled in the conflict through which they have.passed, are still flying, inseribed with tie motto "secession."-Abbeville Banner. H1ox. H-. S. FOOTE's RESIGNATION.-W are authorized to announce, snys the Vicks burg True Ismu of Friday last, that the Hon, ii. S. Foote has resigned his seat as a uein. ber of' the United States Senate from the State of Mississippi, to take efl'et on the 8l anuary prox. His resignation is in the will be tenidered at the proper time. AssassiNaTroN AT HAvANA.-A despatell from New Orienns, October 20. mtentionis in a letter from Havana says that the Spanisi otlieers wholn enptured Lopez have been se cret ly assassinated. MonEn tSt OrrnA: E.-TheC Nationai Tntelligencer publishes a letter from at Ameriean in Snin, stat ingta asr proposition was ptublielv muade to moub Il Amuerican M itister in his residence at Mad rid anid was :appa:)retntly near~ being ca rrie'd int elTeett and this at ier Concha's huu:chlery 0 the A merienniienpt ives in Unavann was kniownt The riolS at New Orleans were the pretext --- - TmE Ileustoin (Texas) Telkgraph of thI( 17th inst., leatrns that the cotrn crop on the Gutadaloupe ha~s beetn so :tbundant that thern will be several hundred thousatid bushels foi sale in t he cotnsties on the river. Sumt planterts haive ant ually rai-ed morIe corn thlir they conl harvest, :imd have* allowved theil neigrhbors to, gat her it free of chargye. ,i The S.n Antonia ILedger saiys that C'apt -JThonmas W~X. G rayson, of thle S:alado, h:u gathered this season from seventy-one acres d1.500 bushels of corn, which is a fractioi short of sixty-fiiir bushels per acre. A GnEFAT mrany peopile like an " indepen dlent press," which alhways chimtes exnuetly with tiheir own o inins ; bitt a truly hontesi press must diti'er fromi somtebody. O BIT UA RY. Drmv, att the~ lnte residlence of he~r fathear's \Miss A xx E. Nrciiotsox, in the 1 tth year of lier age. Tlein months hack she was atteningi school, semintgly well (itnkhg deliente, appilyig tier self with Intilible zenl to tier studies. A bout the time of1 the death of her kindi and atl'etiontec fattier, tier henhh I began to fail her, the- (hasticity oif her steps. the bouynn~ey and ganit of her dis posiin, ant thle plteaig eerfiniess of her smiles and coenversation, began to give way tio n disease which ineroeaeced, day by dlay, upon tier eonstituition.unitil the 10(th of October. when she seank, cahunly and happuily, into the deep Steep oft deat h. Shae was a14 utiful and all'eetionate chil, chierished atnd lede by relatives and friends, whoe deeply and sadly mourn tier loss. Alas, the fond hopes oif a parent. the aniipiations of teach ers, auund omanionts tall, have tieen blasted, and the commiingled sorroews andl tears of all who saw hier last on earili, foircd the coniitrast-howv vast is the dtith'rence of the first happy momuients oef childhood, to the last soemn miotments of denthi. A. CO0 M M ERO0I AL. Correspondence of the Advortiser. IIA 11B ERG, Oc-r. 28, 1851. There is bitt a slight difl'rence betwveen our quotations of this week and those oif our last. There is but little doeing in our Cotton .tarket. We quote as at our last, 7 1-2 to 7 3-4 sit ietly Fair ; 7 1-2 for Fair. and proportionuabhy fur othenr qualities. There is not the islighitest de pendence to he put ini the present price of Cotton. We quote fir arneles of con sumpjt'on, as at our last, viz: B.hco-Sides 12 1-2 et'. with a gooud de mandl ; Shuonlders 1t et'. smnalt stock on hiand llamts 12 1-2 to 1-1 ets. LAnD 12 1-2 cents. F.oeu--New York al ltimore brands, SGi 50 to $7 ; Iliram Smiithi, 8, 8 50 to f$9. ]tAG~ixG-Gutnny, 15 to 16 ets; Kentucky 12 1-2 to 1I ets. R or'i-lentnieky, 10, 10 1-2 to 11 1-2. S.1 fromi 8E1 .15, 1 50 to St 60o. FIDA!ALGO. 0oof0anud's German Bitters. TnsE ecelebrated Bitters prepared by" Dr. C. M. JACKSoN, 120 Arch-Street, Philadelphia, are performing astonishing cures throughout the whole country. We can bear witness to their curative powers in the case of a friend of ours who had the Liver Complain, and who hud tried alost every other medicine, but without efi'et. After taking a fe'v bottles of these Bitters he was entirely cured. To those who arte similarly affiicted we recommend then to take the pre paration, knowing that they will cure the disease spoken of, and many others to which " flesh is heir to." There is a spurious article made in Philadelphiia. The only place to get the genu ine article is 120 Arch street, Philadelphia, of Dr. JACKSON, or his agents throughout the coun try. It is for sale in this place by Mr. G. L. PaX, Agent. Butler Lodge, No. 17 1 0.0, F. A Regular meeting of this Lodge Xwill be ld on Monday evening nex at 7 ocloek. A. G. TEAGUE, See'y. Oct. 30 1851 tf 37 Election Notice. ? OT1C'E is hereby given that an Eletion .1 will be lield on the 2nd Monday in .Jani rv next, to fill tie vaencies about to occur in tile Offices of CLERIK. AltINARtY and Si IIl RIFF, lir Edgetield District. The Polls will be opened for (one day only. The iAlanaers will niect at Ealgetl 1.1 Court i l-se on the VeAnesdity following, count out the votes and declare the Election. T. G. BACON, Clerk. . Oct. 30 11 41 Notice. B Y yn Order fromn the Ordinary of Edgefield District, I shall proceed to sell at tihe late residence of 1). C. Simily, dee'd., on Tuesday the ltlt day of November next, all the real and personal estate of said decenseil, consisting of 776 Acrct, more or less.-Sold by consent of parties. Also, TEN LIKELY NEGROES, Horses, Mules, Cattle, logs, Sheep, Corn. Fad der. Whavt, Cotton, Plantation Tools, House hold and Kitchen Furniture, and many other ar tieles too tedious to mention. Termis.-On a credit of twelve months, with note and two. approvel securities, except all sums under ten dollars, which will be required in cash. J. C. S.\Y LY, Adm'r. Oct 27 3t 41 Notice. B Y virtue of a power of A ttorney from T.n favette i. Wever, I am authorized to make salo of lci state, real and personal. ite Real Estate consists of a tract of 47r acres, on Shaw's Creek. whereon are a good saw and Grist 'Mill in fine repair, and suitable improvements. The hwids may be seen lby .1p. ;lieation either to John R. W1ever or 1Milledge B. Wever. near the place. The personal estate consists of three or four likely negroes. The whole will be sold privately t and if not sold ini that way, will he sAld at public outcry on the first Mondtty in .lanuarv next, at Edgefield Court House. Termts easy and mnade known on the day of sale. PICKENS B. WEVERL . Oct. 27, cow~t 41 Notice. Y an Order from John Hill, Esq., Ordinary, a. ewis Collins;-m-c'd., on Thmursdla4'he. 9nd of ]Decembe~ar next, all te personal prope.-. sad decensed coinsistinag of NINETEEN LIKELY NE('ROES, Hoarses, alulaes, Cattle1 Unogs, Plantatiain aml aathear Tooil's, iugtgy tad Carriage. llouseholdl and Kitc han Fuiraituare, Cotta. F'odder, Oats, one Sett hitlacksmithts Taols, &e.. ke. T ermsa-On a credit of twelve muonthts. Pur ebiasers to give notes with two approt ed sureties Sale to connnece at 10 o'loc'k. Ot205t 41 State of Southl Carolinia, EDGWEIl.D DISTRICT. IN ORINARY. . Summnons in Partii'n JTesse Smtithi andI othters. lIT appearing tao m~y satisflietion that Jessa .1Smith. one of thte D)istrihutees of thte Real Estatte of Mlargarett Smith, decased, resides be vontd the limtits ofi this State, it is therefoare, Or leread tlm:t thec said Jesse Smtith, Di.tributmee, at taraestiad, appea.r in thea Caourt of Oradinary. aan or belfaare the ,e tst day of .hmtaunry next (185'2 tao show canse, it any' yoau enn, whty the real Cs' tea aaf sai dlectased, shouatld naat he' sold fair pat' tiitian tat vontir cansti~ai wvill ibe entereal of reeora. G'iven tnunder tmy htand at mny ( Jlice, this thei 27th dlay of Octaabear. in thme year of taur Lord one thoaisstand eight tad tifty-aaona. JOIIX lill.L, 0. E. I). Oct ;30 1851. 3m 41 Notice. T persons intdebted ta, the estate of Lcwis A Collins, dee'd., are rettestead to mtae im nediante paytmenat, and thaise having dlematnas against the same tao presentt thema properly at. tested. J. A. COLLINS, Admn'r. Oct. 3fl t 41 Notice. TWILL proecead to sell ntt my foarmner resi d 1.aence ont Thutrsday the 6tht of Noavembea.r niext, myt present vear's erap aaf Cairn, Oats, Fiod der anid Peas. Also, mty Hutsehald and Kitch en Futrnitture, Plantatio~n Tools, &c. 17 Tei'ms Cash. G. M1. BLOCKER. Oct. 30 - It 41. Oils, Oils. T UST Receiveda a sutpply ofi Fall and Winter Cl L~amap Oil, Lintseed Oil, rain Oil and Neets faot ( il, all of which is ot'ered fair sale lowv foir Cah, lay G. L. PENN, Agent. Oct 30 tf 41 White Lead. J UST receivedl a lnrge suply of Extra anal Purte WH'IITE LEAD, of the very best make. fur sale cheap fair Cash, by G. L. PENN, AGENT. Oct 30 tf 41 Wlinc and Oider Vinegar. JUsTr Receivedl 30f0 Galloans Choaice WVINE t attd CIDER VINEGAR, fair sale eheapt by G. L. P'ENN, Agent. Oct 30 tf 41 M~atchies. TU.iT Re'ceivedl a large supply uof those supe tC ror M ATCH ES without SULPHUR. The great superiotrity oaf these Mlatches over all oteris contsists in their noit givinig that disagree blo aidlaur, whtich is experienced fronm thte use of nmatehes made from Sulpihur. Fair sale by G. L. PENN, AGEN'T. Oct 30 tf 41 Notice. . LL persons itndebtedl to the Subscriber pre .t ~vious to the year 1851, are requested to come forwardl and settle as longer indulgence canit e ivlt JOIN CIIEATIIAM 'ittonsyiall..e c 1%:_. 3t .11 Land'For Sale! T HE Subscriber having determined to more to the West, offers for sale at his residence, on the 18th day of November next, the fuUowing property, viz: The valuable tract of Land whereon he nowV resides, containing eleven hundred (1100) alres, lying on the Scott's Ferry Road, two niles from. 1.iberty Hill, Edgefield District. On the premi ses are a good )welling, New Gin House and Screw and other necessary out buildings. Also, another tract, lying on Cufree Town Creek and adjoining the above tract, containing two hundred (200) acres, on which are a good dwelling and other out buildings. Also, a Tan Yard, containing two aeres,' in successful operation, near Shinburg, with the stock .f lenther on hand, finished and unfinished, the tools, &c. Also, Corn, Fodder, Onts, Rye, Wheat. Plan-. tation and Blacksmith's Tools, Housebohl and Kitchen Furniture. Also, the Stock of Hogs, Cattle, Sheep, two Yoke of Oxen, ox-Cart, &o. . . . All the above, will be sold on credit.-Terms made known on day of sale.' A. PERRIN. Liberty Hill, Oct.28 3t 41 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. B Y JOHN ITLL,Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, Rebecca Bland and William Mobley hath applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattles, rights and credits of Luke S. Bland, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish' all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deeensed, to be and appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said Dis trict, to be holden at Edgefield Court House. on the 10th day of November next, to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this the 28th day of Oct. in the year of our Lord one thLousand eight hundried and fifty-one, and in' the seventy-sixth year of American Indepen. dence. JOHN -HILL, o.. D. Oct 30 2t 41 Tobacco and Segars. TUST received a lot of Choice CHEWING. TOBACCO, of various prices from 12 1:2 to 50 cents a Plue. Tn the lot is a box of the celebrated " CALHOUN BRAND," said to be superior to any ever brought to this market. AIso, in Store, 10,0"t SEGARS, of favourite brands, for sale cheap ay G. L. PENN, Agent. Oct 30 tf 41 Notice. 'EALET) PROPOSATS, will be received S by the Chairman of the. Commwittee, intil the 1st December next, for erecting a Churek at otool llopo, of tlhe following dimensions: The building to be 66 feet long by 44 feet wide; 14 feet pitch, with two isles running the full length of the house, to be four feet wide each, together with a cross isle of the some wielth opposite the side doors. There will be fiur Grecian folding doorit, 4 reet wide atid 7 feet highlt 12 large tvindows of 18 ligllts-each, 10 by 12 glass : also, one small window at the hack of the pulpit of 12 lights. 10 by 12 glass. Vt netian blinds will be tequired for all the win dows-the blinds and doors to be hung with suitable hinges; also, one knob lock for one -of the doors. The walls and- overhead-to beeeited with narrow ceiling plank; the flooring to.beo( good heart ank, 2 nr T inehjs thiek. .The p.ut p Lrs, 6 in tes .enare, 1 : A - ton) n'nd ottom. The 'body of .te,pftlpjt, -vLavork, shlowlmg.3 feetfromn - . itThiere wilt be - - - - at encht es. - s to b~ .. l..ne, 14 hi.- . ' .-s thiek:;.the seats to bet plnced - 1-2"'feet frotn the hnek to one sent , .t of tite other; the backs to bc put on n. ;:retra* the lower- back to be 12 inches wvidet, the top to be 4 incehesawide. Thie weather-boardling and shingles to be of good heart lulmber. The building to rest upon 18 pil-t lars of well bunrnt brick. 15 inches highl. A pair oif strong sters to eneh loor. The undertakers will be require~to. give bond andl seurity for the faithful performance of the work. nll to be completed by the 15tht of Att. gust I851. Thte monev to bie .lue by thle 1st Nov. 1852. Address hiobert liryant,Sr., Meeting Street, Ellefield District, S. C. Oct. 23 4t 40. Ad iitao' Sale. ,)Y an Order from John Hlill, Esq., Ordinary J.of Ehletield District, I shlall proceed to *sell, on the Tuesdnyv thle 11th November, at the last residence of Nathatn Norris, dee'd., all the personal property of said deceased, consisting of FORTY-TWO LIKELY NEGROES, *StiOz. IHorses. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Corn, Fed der. Cotton, I fuousehold and Kitchlen Furniture, an~d various :artieles ton tedious to mention. NA TilAN A. NORRIS, Adm'or. Oct 23 3t 40 Notice. L tL persons indebted to mc either by note .I..or open necount, will do well to come imn mediately forward and pay the samne. Mytl Book. andI Notes are at the store of Messrs. Sale, Lark & Co. A. BURNlDEF. l1amnburg, Oct. 9,1851. 4i 40 Found, O N the 21st inst., a Double Cased SILVER W.\TCil, very much injured. The owner can have the same by proving property and pay ing for this Advertisement. Enquire at tluis Oct 23 tf .40 Notice. SLL those hlaving demands against the Estate E.of Ab ner V. White, deceased.nre requested to present themt, properly attested, and those in debted to mnake paymnent. JOHN TILL, Adm. A pril 29. tf 15 Notic e. ALL~ persons inldebted to the estate of J. A. Li Perrin, dee'd., are requested to make in mtediate paymenlt, and those hlavinlg demands neninst said estate will present them properly at tested. A. PER RIN, Adm'r. Oct. 6 ~6m 38 Notice. 4LL Prsons indebted to tile estate of Mrs. I/1 Susan M. Nicholls, deceased, aro requested to make imnmediate pnyment, and those having demnds against the estate will present them properly attested. R. T. MIS, Atug 13, 1851 tf 30 Admt'r, Notice. SLL Persons inldebted to the estate of Oliver. .).Towles, are requested to make immediate paymnent, and those hlaving demands against the samea will render them in properly attested. R. M. SCURRY, Administrator. Oct. 9 tf 38 Turpentine Soap. 5O BOXES TURPENTINE SOAP, 20 boxes Variegated do Cases Chinese 'Washing Fluid. ' For male HI. A. KENRICK.' m,,,ib...~ F..b -3 r 3