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AM ACT To INCORPORATE TUIE COLUMBIA AND- IIAMBURG RAIL ROAD CoUtPANY. L Be i eiacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives, now met and sitting in Gen. ral Assembly, ani by the authority of the same,- That the formation of a corporate com pany is herepy'-autb'orized, for the construction -of a rail ro:tl, on- the most practicable route, from some point in or near the town of Colum bia, in-Richland District, to the Savannah River, at or near the town of Hamburg, in Edgefleld District, which said company shall have the ex elusive right to make, keep up and use such rail road, and for the term of time hereinafter to be mentioned no other rail roactshall be construc ted between the points above designated. U. That for the purpose of raising the capi tal stock of said company, it shall be lawful to open books at Hamburg, under the direction of Charles Hammond, E. J. Buckmaster and J. W. Stokes; at Columbia, under the direction of G. M. Thompson, C. t. Bryce and Wn. Wallace; at Lexington.Court House, under the direction of Johniox, Leroy Hendrix and A. H. Fort; at Edgeffild Court House, under the direction of i. .Christie, R. T. Mims and S. F. Goode; and at such other places, andiunder the direction of such other persona as the said Commissioners, ora majority of them, may- designate ; for the purpose of receiving subsoriptions to an amount not exceeding one million of dollars, in shares < of one hundred dollars each, to constitute a joint i capital stock for the purpose of constructing and I carrying into operation the rail road .by this act provided for, and on each share of the stoek sub scribed for, the subscribers shall pay to the Con missions, who shall take the same, the suin of five dollars in specie, or the notes of specie pay inn banks of this State, a III. That it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, to open books of -subscription at such time as they shall deem expedient, of which thirty days previous notice shall be given in any newspaper which may 'be publishea in the towns of Columbia and Hamburg,-and. at Lexington and Edgefield Court Houses, which said books of subscription sliail remain open. for the space of sixty days, and if'at the expiration of that time the sum of fve hundred- thousand dollars shall have been. subscribed, the said Commissioners shall ap point a time and place for the subserbers to the stock to meet for the purpose of organizing, of which due notice shall be given by public adver tisement. It shall be the duty of the said Con missionors to. deposit in some of the banks of this State the amount of money paid in upon subscriptions to stock. But if the sum ot five 'hundred thousand dollars shall not be subscribed L within the time first appointed, the said Coin. 'oners herein named may, at their discretion, in open the books to receive further sub scriptions for said capital stock, and keep them open at such time as they shall think proper and fit, and the. like course shall be pursued by the said Commissioners 'on the second opening of 0 said.books as are prescribed as to the first open- g ing of them. And if the sum of five hundred t thousand dollars shall not be subscribed upon s the first and second opening of said Looks, then b the said books may be closed or kept open, as a majority of the said Commissioners shall think a fit, and for such a period of time as they nuy -b prescribe; Providel, That if upon the first and a second opening of said books, the sum of five r hundred thousand dollars shall have been sub scribed, tle-power to keep open said books shall be transferred to and vested in the subscribers to said stock, or to the P'resident and Directors whom they shall appoint, and not in the Comn mnissioners; 'dumd prorided, also, that neither the a said Comirssioners nor the su-s ibers of said i stock, nor their President and Directors, shall have power to keep open sauid books and to re eeive subscriptions for a longer period than two years from the ratifiention of this Act. WV. That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars sha:ll be snbscribed for in manner herein prescribed, the subscribers shaull be, and they are hereby declared to be incorporated into a company, by the natme and style of "The Co- t, lutnbia and Hamburg Riil Road Compr~ny," and may meet and orgaunize said cotmpany, as v herein provided. forming this company all tile powers conferred by. the charter of the Charlotte and Sougth Carm-, hia Rai! Road Conpany on the Cotmmissioners lI therein designated, shall be vested in the Comi- ' mnissi-oners appointed putrsuatnt to the provisions of this Act, and all the powers, rights 'ad privileges granted by the charter of the Char lotte and South Carolina Rail Road Company to that Company, shall b~e, amnd are hereb~y granted to the Hatnnburg antd Columbhia Rail Road Com pany, anid subje'ct to the conmditions therein con tain'ed, except as to the ca'pital stock, the sunm *necessary to authorize organlizattio~n, and thme amount of shaures; anud exceplt so far as mauy be a othlerwise nece-sary to conformn to thae speci: n provisions of' this Act. VI. Thaut in the event of any vacaney in the 1 Commissioners herein appointed at flambnurg, Lexington Court Ihouse. Edgetield C. H~ou~e, or Columbia, by refusal to serve, death, or other- e wise, the delegaitiotns. or a maijority of then, in both branches of the Legislature, for the Ds tricts of Edgdfield, Lexington and Rtichiand re spectively, for the time being, are autthori:ed to fill such vacancy. VIT. The Charter hlereby gratnted shall en dure for thme period of thirty-six years, and this ~ Act shall be taken and deemed to be a public Act. A CURENT FRAUD. I We find the following paragrauph running the rounds of a certain class of. newspapers. It re- I fers to the Fugitive Slave law: -"rhe South has gained nothing but a loss by this law. It was a stupid blunder on the part of Southern statesmen. The value of the slave lost is eaten tup if capture follows, while hatred to the institution abroad and oppolsitiont to it at home, are increased by its hard features a nd the barbarous enforcement <f them."'-Ci,:rleston Mercury. We shall not say that such a paragraph never appeared in- the Mercury, though we have no recollection of it, and at least can assert that the language at the close has nut now, and never had, the approval of any one connected with the editorship of this journal. .lif it ever appeared in this paper it was by accident, and during the a heated controversy that immiediaitely followed a the Compromise acts. To quote it as pairt of I the current opinion of-the day, is to practice a gross imposition on the public. Concedingv the right of Congress to execute that provision of I the Constitution, we have never doubted that the law was in form and substance a just and proper law. Our objections to it were that it would not and could not be executed, except min so inconsiderable a number of caises and at such cost and peril as to deprive it of its all imupor tance to the interests of the Southern planters; while. on the other haund, it assumed to be so complete and effective a remedy, that its cont cession was made an excuse by Southern tritm mers for surrendering the most important inter- d ests of their constituetnts and dooming thbe South to hopeless weakness and inferiority in the Union. .But the use which is made of the paragraph above quoted, is not the least curious part of the fraud. As we said, if it ever did, by chance, appear in the Mercury, it was some three yearsv ago, when we were urgtng secesson as the only way to save the south from the anti-slavery ag gressions of the north, It is now quoted by such papers as the Richmond Examiner, to prove that the Mercury has lowered its tone on thed slavery question, in compliment to the 'Presi-a dent's alleged league with the free-soilers! Real- a -ly these small politicians are about the coarsest, a and least interesting specimens of the mounte- c bank that even this juggling age can show. -The Examiner need not be in doubt'as to the p rounds of our support of the Adnministration. f Ve have thorough cotnfidence in the President's I good faith on the slavery question. We believe a the Administration is favorable to free trade and ecoomcal e~penditure, and will do what it can r in that direction. Finally, we cannot but ac knowledge that it is a working Administration, and has put the affairs of the several depart ments * n better condition than they have been for mah ny years. Tbese are sufficient reasons for that general support which we offer to the Admmds tration. If the Examiner can find as goqd rea. a vsons for opposing it, we shatll be glad to htear them-Cha~e~OU Mrcur. t ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD,.S. C. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11, 1854. A Dun. Ava, a dun! It's the very reason for it. Every ody else is dunning, and a hy may not we ? Our subscribers need but a hint. We think there are no better nor more punctual newspaper subscribers in he State than ours. A -few sad exceptions there are f course. We scarcely ever heard of a flock that ad not some black sheep among them. So it is with Par flock. But we have hopes of the very worst of hem yet. Now then, dear subscribers, is the time ve particularly need funds. Call in and settle. We Wow you will. Our Schools Aaax again opened for 1854. We are rind to learn hat their prospects are fine. ,Ir. Lvrrx:a's has only eached its second week, and already rmbers over buty. Mlany more are expected. Let them come on. Ir. L..will have an efficient Assistant as soon as is necessary. Rev. M1r. RAYoND's School for Young Ladies was opened this week. We have not heard how many are n attendance, but perceive- that several from abroad save already arrived. The Institute will be full in a eek or two. a We suppose Mrs. IcKtL-ocK will also re-open er excellent School for Children, but have not heard ositiv.-ly. They hre all schools of the very hest character in eir respective spheres, and must succeed. More Turnips. Tne finest, whitest and plumpest Turnip we have ver seen was placed upon our table the other day by fr. W. L. PARKs of the Dark corner. It weighed a raction over sctvn pounds. We do not claim the eight against all other turnips,. but we do the looks. A Now-Year's Gift. As esteemed friend sends as a very acceptable New 'ear's gtft in the shape of a two dollar bill for a new ubscriber. Receive our best thanks, dear sir; you now how to do a handsone thing. Will not many more of our suh.cribers follow suit this kind act. Please try. Without much trouble, any could do so at once. Shall not the mails for anuary bring us at least a hidred ? They shall all regarded as new-year's gifts.and the Editor, Pub sler and Printers will all be thatnkful indeed. An Omnibus needed. Oaa Village and Hamburg are now united by At ontinuous Plank Road. A part of tie Road is in fine der and the rest is being well repaired. We lack ow an Omnibus line between the two places. It ccurs to us that it would pay well at $1 50 a passen er. A two-horse.Omnihts would do. It could carry n, and that would be enough. When fasengers ould be lacking, sonme ethpr freight would- always e at hand. Capt. W.ARD gave some of us to under and that Ie intended starting such a line. Where re you, Captain ? The Oumnibus is called for and adly wanted. We " looks towards you." And it is aped that the idea, which is a good one, will be car ied out. If the Captain wont do it, somebody onght . It would be no great out-lay, and would certainly e a good investment. A werd.for No. 1. Wr. beg to call atte::tiott to a little advertisement aded "hIampton's Shop." We ask only a reasotia e share cf custom. Our inistrnttcionis to'[lamp are, do every lick of your work well ;" and, cotisequtent , he cannot do as mneh as lie might othxerwi'.e 4o. till, lie can accotmmodate a goodly. nutmber of cns miers. A True .Son of Edgefield. RoAMs where we will, there is sotnethitng about a an's birtht-place which: ever dra wvs his afyections back iii int despite of all the chiaitges anad chance of life-. o say all the Poets, and they speak the .sacred truth hetn they say so. A former -citizen of this District irites to us from Alabama in the following language: I am living in the Democratic County of Clark~ here wse poll asomething like a thonitand votes. Seven undredl of them are Dem'crsatic. Let what will be tid, I am for South Carolina. right or wvroing. I have x children, two eons and. four iauighters. My next intend toecall Edgefield-quite immtaterial whether is a son or daug hter. Yours, very respect fully, J. G. BI. Drum iBeats-Go ! MAxy of our g~od'citi'css are o!T for thme grand Au ztsta races, whmich are now going otn. Stuch spoert htas arcely ever been had this side of Virgintia. We are hitat the celebrated " Nmrsa" iv to runi to-morrow rid " RE-Ere" the nlext ay. They will botht have obta cotestaunts, andl cracking heats nay the expect* I. Of all the sports still in vogue, racing is certain the finest, and, we may add, prodiuctive of thme most seful results. Its tendetncy is to improve thte breed the nesxt animal to man. Besidles, its all-absrbinag scitement is apt to lift onte above inure sordid and rovelling amnusetments. 1lThe strong temptattiotn it offers betting is its greatest fault. A fellow, wvho htas ever before hazarded more thtan a peek of peachies t a foot-race, is atpt to be led on by te furor of a eat imatch-race to a cool $100. IThis is the mischtief the thinig. But its a great game nny how. The Zastorn Question. Tue latest telegraphtic despatches lead to a belief tat thte chances of settling the Eastern tronbles are ot so bad after all. Na. apprehentsions of a general uropean war are felt at present. The Chivalry. afa. Sou11E, our Iintister to Sp.ain, has fought a ul with the aMarq jiei of Turgot, arid our 3linister's m has enacted a sitnilar adventure with the yoaung tuke of Alba. Th'is will be horrifying intelligeince to old Mrs. Par *ngton. " ainisters antd their sons a fightiti'. The ord help us !"-Atid lke--ht'll be sure to turn over te custardl bowl. -The Washington Sentinol. We are very sorry to observe thtat this newly estab shed ctntral paper has so completely given itself up wragings with thte Union. A few chapters of cla stuff, well spicedl, would ntot perhaps htave been miss. But whten every nuimber, and almost every rticle, comtes taitnted witha thte saame old bile, the thting comes absolutely reptignant to all the suggestions oth of good taste aind of sounod policy. We trust thte etainel" will cease these recriminations atid give us cal after peal in the style of the followinig extract ich we clip from its issue of the 1st Istant : We repeat that we do sustain the slave institutions fthe southt. Thtose irnsittiions are recognized by the :onstitution of the United States, and the rights cf ie slavehtolder are recognized by the Contstitution of e United States, and by the detnocratic platform alopted at Bahiimore. Withnut such recogntition, the otistutinn of the Utitied States cotttd not have been ~aed. Without such recogrition, thte Constittution f the Utnited States could never have been adopted. githout such recognition. there would have been no maratic port y-no democratic convetnti at Balti tore, andl Baltimore platform to he cnnstrued dishlon atly by dishonest men, or to be construed fairly by ir en. nt we do not hide our heads tinder the letter of the otstitution, nor under the adoption of thie Constito n-nor urtder the Baltimore platform.. On the con: try, we say to the n unile world that as an original titter wve would perish in our tracks sormner than we d yield one inch to abolition fantaticistm. Our Enemies Pray. Wrru what intense satisfaction are the Whigs irougout the coetntry gloatittg over the prospect of a isrption of the Democratic party ! Their exponents mong the Press are so happy in the anticipation as to how the wildest expressions of joy to escape them gain and again. One of the last atnd mtost jubilant these we find in a Georgia jortnal, coupled with e following bitter prayer: "-Let it" (the /kmocratic arIty) "fall; and our prayer to God is that it may LI, like Luceifer. never to rise again!I" And shtall letnocats patnder to thiese flerce tdesires by bickerings ong themselves, which, if encouraged, may raise a rm to their own destruCtionl Should they not tther smnother their internal feuds andl still rally, a oted band, around one batner, againist the common. semy ? Thus alone carr thieii.principles retain the teendant. F'or the best babies. We see that premiums are olered: for the best one od two year old babies to be exhibited at the next orgia Fair. Thtis oughtt to have beent known about The Augusta Bridge. W E reget to see that the Editors in Augusta have spoken in such extravagant and un warranted terms in reference to the late action of our Legislature in the matter of the Augusta. Bridge. They have evidently been premature and, knowing them as we do, we feel certain that upon a proper presentation of the case they will regret the denunciatory complexion of their comments. Our attention has been called to the mat ter too late to admit of our broaching the subject in reply this week. But from the insight we have into the question, it occurs to us that thbre'will be no dif ficulty in showing that South Carolina needs here neither the excuse of "inadvertance," nor of "pre 'cipitation" nor of" ignorance," The action of the Le gislature was based upon justice and equity, as we undertake to prove at another time. For the present, we meet the assertions of the Constitutionalist, each and every one of them, with a direct negation. And we deceive ourself if we shall not he able to adduce reasons.for our position satisfactory to every candid mind. We might retort upon our neighbor's mention of the "gross want of faith" on our side of the river, by call. iN his attention to the grasping rapacity of a certain city Arporation we ken of. But this would be un kind. And we wish to conduct the discussion without acrimony. 4 Next week, we hope to justify the action of our Le gislature.. An evil fore-shadowing. ,A young mart.f intelligence and high ebaracter de livered an address at the Capital of our State, during the recent Syssion of our Legislature, in which (among otlher things) he advocated a certain system of educa. tion. He opposed the present Free School system on the ground of its inadequacy to acconplish any good. Ile maintained-tile expediency of adupting some plan (not defined) which should assimilate to the old Athe nian moele, arguing that the "citizen" would thereby be improved and elerated in a degree unknown to the present edl neational era. For thus independently expressing his convictions I tpon this important subject, he was horned " in efli gy," at Columbia and at-Ciharlestn. by excited mobs We regard the development as an evil foreshadowmtg for South Carolina. It.is well calculated to fill each patriotic bosom with serious fears lest the flood-gates of mobocracy and turbulence are being opened up in. our midst. It is an apyroximation to some of those scenes of riot und mis-rule wihich we have hitherto regarded as peculiar to the mongrel population of the Northern Cities. And, for one, we feel impelled to raise our voice in condeunation. MTost of our readers nill know at once that our al lusions here are to Mr. TAnEa, of the Charleston Aer rury, and the manifestations made in consequence of his late effort at the quinquenial meeting of his Col lege Class. It is no excuse to say that these manifes. tations acre based upon a report of Mr. TAsan's re. maks asgiven by the Southern Patriot. To proceed I against a respectable fellow-citizen with the extreme of insult on the bare ground of a hasty letter-writer's broad assertions, is the very thing against which we here remonstrate; evidencing as it does a disposition to pre-judge nud injure any one who shall venture in the spirit of true independence to touch freely upon ques tions of public policy without regard to the whims and jealousies of any class or set of met. We have read 3Mr. TAnt:tt's printed speech, nhich its lie earnestly avers, contains ill the oupinions lie ut. tered on the occasion of its delivery. With some of his notions.we do not agree. But abounding as his remarks do with eloqent sentiments and beautiful illustrations, we have nt heriuation in saying that we have been much pleased witha it as a whole. Great injusetice liar been doneiu Mr. TlAaEn, and we Iope for the sake of aill corteernedl, that ample repant tion will he meted out by thosie who have, in so mits guded a manner, wvoundled the feelmtgs of an honora 1le and worthy felhauv-ritizen. -Winter. - Foa twenty days past we have had a fine a spell f oldl-fashtioned Witier as anay one coul desire, made ip of snows, anid frosts, anid sleets, and thte coldlest kind of rain.s. It still continuesC to pinch severely. But we are all getting used to it now, anc could wish it to hold tin until the middle of Febrtiary. W~e m tiht thent xpect an eqable and ge-tial Spritig. -. The Iirie Rioters. Yes, the E-rie ri u:ers haIve hieeni bruumght tip ini thne Ialls of Federal fegislation, as if the Conigress of the 'nioin lad niothting btter to doi thtan tii dirty its re cords withi the tdoings 'of a Penunsylvania moh. Let Pem.syl vania deal withI her own obstreperous ebild ren. ur Congress was contstituted for other puposes We ire leased to see that Mr. fbivcE of this State tnrned the nmatter inito ridicule anud thus closetd the discussion whitl had well nuight sprutng tip. Mr. B. reniarkedl, that this fracas was tite of those accidetnts to whIich the people of the Nortb are sutbjecet because they have tiot the instituttioni of slavery among them. "' It is," aid hei. " oaity the beginoinig of the end. If we can to anythin:; for you, we n ill, for we of the South are :inervaiive. We can onity offer to you our sympathy. t is onte of the misfortunets to which you are exposed, iy hiavinig yeor whole poptulatiotntade tup of--re men. [Laughter.] Fott Tilt- AovsartISER.. BUTLER LODG-E, NO. 17, I. 0. 0. F. E us.a~ it C. 11., ,lan. 2, 1S51. WtuEn sEs, it has ple-as-d the Ahlighty augaini ;o rist this Lodgh~e, with the louss of at miouit worthyv lrother, whi occurred in the death of J~aos B. S)trn, ott the 23d of Decetmber last. B~e it there fore, Resolved, That ini the death of Brother .JAcos 1. Satmtt, the Oudd Felloaws hatve- tat dep1lore thei on tielv deceae oif a mtost useftil anal e-xemnplary M eiber of their Order, andit outr Society is depriv-ed of one of its excellenit and mtost piublic spirited atnd pttriotie citizens. Resolred, That we sinlcerely- condole with the frtmily andu ftriendls of the deceased in their great beeavmutent. Resolved, Thait in testimnitty of our leave fair the inemiory if otur lHrother, we atpproipriate a pnige of atr Ho'ok fur the itnscriptiaon uf ise untme. ia-cord his death in the liible aof the Ledge. atid cause the Seretry to furiih his famtily with a copy of these [eslutiotns. 1U. BOLARIIE, See'ry. DON'T BE IN A HURRY. My dear yobung lady, tall infatuiate.d as you seem to be with a goatee and a erooked cante, that chaip is r-ry probatbly in debt to the harad-workitng meni tat laut him itnto the cloth atnd calf-skitn whieb give himt the outside of a gentlemuan, antd who ktnows, but hat the grumtbling of his washer-wotman, wiil ere og be silenced by thc labor of those delicate hands whse highest amtbitiotn tnow is t. make sweet miusic for the gratiention oif aune who will soon leave you to the miusic of a fretful infanit, while its father is win aing the smniles of courte-ants, or ettgaigtng in the jests and profatnity of a bar-room. D~on't be in a hiury, the rose has not yet faidedl from your cheek, nd there may comie along a man one of these days lat will adesire aour cotmpantionship for life's journey ne that will care for you-that, in timeics of distress, ill give you the help and comifairt that a Christian heart will prompt. Atta supiposec you don't get m tother chance, why you had better go on your wa' in "tmaidena meaditationi," fre-e ftrom the thou and ills that suclh an alliancee would bring tupotn you. Don't be in a hurry, youtng nuan, to get a fortune by somne splendid speculation. 3lztny before you ve ventured all ttpon the tur-n of for-tune's whecel, nd while one has drawn a prize, a hundred have gtten only blanuks. Renmemiber the Soeuth Sea chtee, the Tulip maintia, Maurus M ultieaulis, Wecst r Land speculatiotns, &c., & e. " F-estinaa Lente" is ant aadmonaitiaon full of phtiloso piy, as is kinown in the pracetical details of a thou sand busitness associationts. A greater thani Itaorace hs said, " wecalthi gonenz by vantity shall lie dinmin ishc, bitt he that gn aerth buy labor~i sha:1 increase.'' lei may cry out " Siuw Coach." " Old Foggy," ut ever muiind it ;don't be itn a hurry, see wht ~e enad will be, andl then " let them hiugh who wvin." Don't be in a hutrry, Mr. Fartmer, hi gettig your seed into the grouind before it is properly prepared. 'urn up the soil andu turnt tunder the grasti wveedhs, &e. drill a -' subsoil" inito the clay and "hatrd pin,'' md. gve the roots ac ehance to go aftetr water wvhen the dought begitns to patch thme stutf..ee. Aund. look, ...... at..c . aiure..... th.ak hasben ncatimuluting all winter in the cow pens, pig styes,-stables and fence corners. Rake it up and cart it'but'on your p werty stricken sa.-beds, and spread it out on your gully wrinkled hill sides. Your neighbors may get the start of you in nlanting, but you'll overhaul them in the " last quarter." And all through the stimmer you may work with some heart, with your crop looking green and vigorous, while your always-in-a hurry neighbors will contemplate, with awful faces, their pale and dirt-eating corn and cotton plants. The truth is,there's neither utility nor philosophy in being in a hurry. Even'in matters requiring haste, a certain legrcc of circumspection is necessary. A man that is always in a hurry is cousin-german to the one that always has things " that will do for the present. So just try the experiment of " keeping cool" and not being a hurry,'and see if things don't work better. ELPIS. . ARRIVAL OF THE STEA1MER CANADA. The ''nrksisny that Persia.has declared war. and placed thirty thousand men at the di-posal of Russia, in consequence of the Czar having promised to remit her debt and restore the dis puted territory of Azerbijan.: The allied fleets have entered the Black Sen, and it; is supposed that thii- destination is Sebastopol. It is presumed that the Czar will regard this as an act of war, and withdraw his Ministers from London and Paris. The Rus-ians attacked Kalafat on the 13th of November, but were repulsed with gre:t loss. Two Russi:n steamers with gnn boats, had attacked Matlehin. on the Dantibe. The Turks had forbidden the exportation of grain. - Nothing later from Asia had been received. Mr. Soule had fought.a duel at Mlladrid with the Marquis of Turgot, the French alinister, and his son with the Duke of Alba. None of the parties were injured. The successor to Vi-count Palmerston as Home Secretary of State had not been appoint ed when the Canada left Liverpool. ADDITIONAL PER CANADA. BALT.td1AE, January i. A report that the sincerity ofithe Emperor of France, i-, 10 Forming an alliance with Englamd relative to he Turkish question, was distrusted in Great -itain had enused great indign:tion in Paris, ana the French Cabinet was, at the last advices1 considering the expediency of inakiig an explicit denial of the truth of the rumor. and it is said that Louis Napoleon expresses himself in Ivor of such action. The Vienna papers state that the allied fleet. had entered the Black Sea on a peaceful erran. to prevent further collision between the Rus:-ian and Turkish naval forces. The rupture between Persia and England happened anterior to the declaration of war by Persia against 'Turkev, and was oecasuotied by an insult having been offered to the British anb.ts s.idor at 'Teheran. The British Consul at Jassy, the capital of Moldavia, had retired from the l'rinripali:ie-. The Russian Government had ordere.l that all foreign nierehamt.ships going to Ott on:an lrts in the Black Sea shonid~ be seized, nitwi i.,tanding they might be sailing under a neutr.d flag, if they had munnitions of war lni board. An insurrection had broken out in the Crimea in favor of Turkey, and the lIrovinces of Kher son, Tinnrida. and'Bessarabia' had been placed under martial law by the Russian.. The Turkiah armj' had crossed the Georgrian frontier and imarch upon Tilhis. 11 was welcomed everyw1'here by the Georgi:m s. The Turkish forces -uecupied Erivan, which hatd . been :tbandoned by the Ruissian ott their approach. It isrrported that the intuligence'relative to the Turkish defeat aut Akalzik is dontuted, abbhongh it is kitown) that :a bat tle il beein fonght there on the 26th of. November, and that great slaughter hiad tiken %ibmte. The initelligence that the l'turkish fleet wais at Siiiope was carried to the Riussiant Admir:d by an Austriano steamer. The l 'aris papers. publish a dieunment pnriiir ting to be a heuter..of inst rite! ion fromi i: th llied .owersto ter.Ministersat Coiist:t iminle. Itiearsrathuer hardn oii Tirkey. It .is statei, posively, that Kossnith left for Const:iitiople On the 23d nlt. Th'le poult atiton of Rtuss.iat is kept uaonstantly rejoicinig fir re-ported tictories. A line of defence hais buen thrown nronnd Cpenhatgen in an t i ition ot hostilities taiking place in thle Bah . in the sprinhg. Four Russiain ships have artivi d at Nangaski. the prinicipual senpiort and co~mmuercial city of Japan, and will be received by the Governmieiit. There is a deticit in the /ptstriain budget of fitt miillion of fluriins. ''lhe English Cabinet assembhled on thle 23d1 ult. Sir Georg;e Grey hadl declined the s.fi'r made him of the post, of Secretary of State 1'r the IHonie Depaurtmieiit. It wa~s rumio'red that Viscount Patlmerston had beeii inivire.l to resumlte he oflice, ini consequence of* lhe Earl of Clair endon, Secretary of Staite for F: reigni Alhirs, hinving threateined to resign. The liberal papilers complain thait Priince Albert has been too busy in the all'iirs of the army, and some jiitrnals at tribute V isconnt Palmwersion's resigi;tion to cabl s in that qsnart er. -The insurgetit ini China keep firm poissess~ion of Shianighii. The rebl forces, however had been defeated by the Imiperialists at Aimoy. DIVIDENDS. THE BASK OF IJAMiDURG, b. C. has declared a Semi-.Ainual Dividend of Four Diillars per Share pa3 able to the Stockhlers on demnaid. THE EXehANGE BANK oi' CoLU.ltrA.-he Bord of Directors otf this Institution hniee dec elred at Dividend of fifty cents per Sha~re on its Capital Stock, payable on aiid atter the 9thi instant. CotusniA INSURANCE Co.irANY.-Thie Direc tors of this Company have declared, from the proits of the last six months, a divideiid ot t wo dollars per share ($:2.00) paiyable on andu alter Saturday, die 7th inistaint. Co.MtEnetAL BANK OF 'CoLvnmBIA.-The Di rectors of this Banik have declared a.divideind oif one dollar and twenty-live cents per~ share, ont if the profits for last six months payable oii and after Monday, the 2d of .hu..ry. CHKARLOTTE ANn S. C. RAI~nOAD Comi.W. -The Boaird of Directors of the Chairlotte and South l Carolina Railroad Compainy hate declar ed a dividend of two dollars antd a halt' per share payable on atnd after the 2d of Januairy. MEnCuANTs' BANK OF CniIAW.-The Direc tors of~ this Bank hatve declared a dividend of five dillars per share, for the last half year, pay. able on and after the 2d of Jantuary, 185.. The Ferrvmnaster at Detroit saiys that at least ninec hundred fugitive slaves eros/ed at that pint into Canadat during the past year. It, is ailso estimated that some two hundred and lilty cross ed over at Cleveland. If tl ese sta-e:nients are correct. nit less thtan two thotusatid slaves, of a market value of two millions of dollars, piased ito Canada within the past year, at two points idone. We learn thaut the establishments of C'handler & McCamny has an order for 100.000 piunds of ard at 9 cents per pound, delivered at the Depot. Thiy still have as much otn hand, of a superior ruality. Corn is in active demand at 45 cents per busheel.-Chaittanooga Adhvertiscr. TH E StnP STAFFo DSHIE.-This vessel from Liverpool bound to Bostoin, was wrecked on the 1st December, on Blande Rock. Sonth of Seal isad, with one hundred and seventy-seven persons, (including passengers and crew,) on board. The Captain (Richardson.) andh at part f his crew were drowned, bitt the first, second nd third Mates and seventeeni of the crew with one hundred tand thirty of the passeners hae been picked uip and tire now saife. Their suffering waus verry great. WE have been showtn a five dolhur bill pur portinig to be issued from the Oemnlgee Baink t Macon, Georgia, and nire inforiied that severtau f various denoimiations have beent eircnhited pretty freely in this city, to the co.st, we regret to saiy, of the patrties who reci'ved them, as the Ocemulgee Batik failed some years sinice. The plates theefore ust have Ifillen into bad hiands; but we trust, however, that this notice will have the effect of putting the unwary ont their guard. _-C1t..lnestn nCoutrier.I DEATH OF MR. JOHN VRASER.-WC are pain ed to announce the death of this old and honor ed Merchant, which occurred on Monday. Mr. Fraser was over seventy-five vears of age, and w:.s, with a single exception, the oldest Mer chant in Charlestor. He was born in Inverness, Scotland, of highly reputable parentage, and re ceived a good education in his native country. le prepared for his after career in one of the. lirat Commercial iouses of London. nod came to this countrv in 1801. Atbout 1803 he wen into buliness iunder the firm of Men:.is and Frat ser, afterwards Cuit antid Fraser, and finally Jnhn Frnser and Co. by which title it hay been known le this ti:ne. Fur just half a century, then, 11r. Fraser has been an es:tblished Mer. ehmn; in Charleaton. and for a large portion of that time he has hell rank among the fi:st. In bu.,ines he was systematic, sagacious and governeul by the highest sense of commercial honor. His word was ever as good as his bond, and in his whole h.log career no one has had to e:ill twice on him for a just debt, nor has lie iev er had a note protested. In all the telations of life Mr. Fraser main tained an unsullied reputation, nnd ripe in years, ho descends to le grave amidst the regrets of a whole community. to whom his stecessful career has been an honor and a benefit.-Char luston Mercury. THE CoTToN Cio.-Mr. W. P. Wright, a cotton broker-of New York, thus alludes to the p-ospect of the cotton crops this sea~sun, in his weekly circular for Wedbiesd:ay's ste.uner to E -uripe: '"leceipts at the ports continue to fall off; the deuri:sue now amounts to 432,000 bales. and on Satrday last the deicit, as made up in New Orle:nus, was 465.000 bales. It is quite pissi ble, owing to the low state of varinis Sou:hern rivers, very few of which ire in navigable coidi tion, thait the teliit may reach 650,000 bales or even ntire, and it is also probable that the m:.xi umi to decrease when attained may dinioiih very slowly fir mi any weeks there.ter. The large and increasing deficit in receipts as compared with last Valr give contidence to parties whoa.e estim:tes are lieloiw 3,000,000 bales, and I un derstand a large portion of tle tbsineis in New Orleans is being transaieted upon crop estimates of 2,800,U0. - ----sir LortD AIrEi:DEEN is snid to have declaIred, that having once witnessed forty thonad dead and wounded men exposed on a battle field, lie shrinks from the re..ponsibility of being a party to any war-like operations. Btsnor Soet.E.-The venerable Bishop Soule le ft Nashville on Mlinday night, the 26th Decem her, o.u hit .ecound vi.it to California, where h - ro:es to further the interests of the church of which he is a highly eteeit and inlluential mouemuhb r.. HYMENIAL. ilthuu-:u, at Mlaj. G. D. uiet's, by .Jas. Perry, FI., Mr. CuinK MARTi and Miss EuazIncrTir iEttY. all of Edgefield District. "PIe.- t" hse whon Ihymen joins, in wediock's sacred ties.'' UD, Ahhevihle 1.mner and indepcndeit Press'are rt quisted to copy the ahorc. ..OBITUARY. DiED. at h-s father's residence in this j)istrict. oi the 2:5th Nutv. I 53, lArri: M. llowiau, aged 17 y airs 2 mointhis aund 27 days. Thle suibject of this notic, w'ais suirpaissingily pe - eutiar in his nature. U.'nlike mosat. boys of his age, who :ire eve r re.adiy to yiehlt to temtptationt, lie waus firm ini the pruactie of sa rietly monral ptreepts, amul seeed inv ulneruatite to the- ulturemnenis or vice anud uissipation. As a Irie'nd. he was genecrous ahnt to) a faulh ; ever reatly to foirgive an injury, oir wil linig to r,-turn a tfav'tr. lIe wats dlutifiil to his pa rntis, and endifea red t. pay thaut graitittude an.l ibediience, whieb is (lue the piarent from the. ehild. Althtugh he did niot p.-ifes~s a houpe in the' salva t if his sil, iny it p~-taiku.of the joy3s pireplaredl for the ineiint, and~ find rest int the presencee of limt whott gave it. II. 13. COMMI IERCIA L. - Oorrespondence of the Advertisor. Co-r'roN.---For the paust week our .larkets lhave been vtery nntsettledl, aiiid prices ve'ry irregular oth Ri eee~u' ts and Sau'es hauve bieen light. The mautr ket clo'ses to-.dny with a rathe.r de'pressedu fee~ling~ andl downwaird tendenucy in prices. We are there tre unabhe tuo give satisfatory gnotatiotns, furthe.r it a etnt.u sales-8.6S to 9J} ets. A ecordhing to the latest repoirts oft the genteral dere'ase in theu Re eipts iof Ctttnt it reaches 553,imu0 PBales. D. Masonic Notice, A RImG IU L A it Comunuicatioun of No. 50, A. F M1., will be lield:ut he~ itr II ill on Saturday evening, 2b-t January, at 7 o'clock, fur the Iustalla tion of Oflu-ers. 1By order of thec Wi. al. JOSEPhl A BNEY, Sec'y. Jani 10 it 4' g-Tit Friends or Mir. 3altNEY' LAM1AR. ver'y respi.uetfually annouunce him as a Candiidaute fur thu. Otfiwo of LT Collector at thie ensuing .electon. piurpolse of devoting hiimself, moure exelnisivelhy tohspruofessiion, andh iicupying the rea.idenuce first hevuii the. I.titi,.t Chtuirchi on the righit, andi ad joitinig lae 'ula!e: Aceademyii. (thei residlence formecrly .iedti by s. S. To:inyk.nis, Estq., aund1 Reuv. C. A. Praofesnional~ Servicesi Tou thc peop'e of the Village andi the surrounding cont rv. In tile day, lit eii b e fiunatd in his O.lice, adijtoin ing thle Office uof W. W. A nOAs. E-sq., aind iun fronut of the ptresent re.sidecve umf tlr. Gou. A. A ddisitn, (formert.ly Citmtpty's llotel) ; and at niighit, lie can ti foiundi at his ifwelliniz. ile with give attenitun;it aill titmes most punietm all,, th allcals upion hon, either fur imedicine', ad vie andh pru~esriptitons, oir fur persotial attendanice. I laving becen enetaged in the prauctice of Physaic, itt the citutry, fur foiuriteen years, and withiui that peritd, hav in: trenited miost of the disteaises oif our c'.iiiate, andi hiaving thtus acquire.] somiue expieriee. he hiipes, to claimi a shiatre of' the puhie coinflidence. 31. W. AJ1NEY. Jant 11 if 52 Hampton's Shop I S Rle-opented, at the rooit o~f the- hiih, immueiately aut die enitrance of the Plnik Rotid into lauitn street, and nearly uippoisite Mlr. W1itt's residenee. lie Shoes'~ llorses, umakes Ploiws, fronis Waucgonts, mndiis Wattle hrtons, Liys Axs aund duues vari.'u other t hinugs iafter the old style. 1 Ic has adopited~i niamiy of' the inodern iuuprovemetnts, in fauct alth of' themt except taut of slighting his work. And the humbly tusks a caIl. Jant 11 tf 5'2 Notice. J IIAVE no regutaurly constituted A ents to miake contriaetS for ime or to inucur debts uon umy aiceounmt. Auth I hereby sigimfty to atll that I wihi nut be hound by any ongagemencut uif the kinud. An express order fromt onysell, verbal or wcritten, will alone bintd ime. A. SIMKINS. Jan 11, l185i. 3t 52 Notice. A Nettro Maui waitedu, fur thec present year, a 3.good fiedd hand. .Ahpply ait this Oflice. .Janu 10, 18541 tf 52 Notice ~LL Perstins iundebted to thue Subscr'iber, either b/.ly Note or Acesunut, are htereiby ntotified to make immnnediate patymen~tt, as longer idulgene cannot be giveni,auid.imust. tot be expected. Tambnuirg, Jan 11 2t 5 Notice. I) ElSONS inidebted to te Assigned Estate.of J.ohni Lyon ill ple.atse take ntotice thaut their Accunuts andt Notes are in the hands utf WV, W. Admus for collectioin. Those whto are desirous of savig cost ill calt immnediaite!y. S. F'. UOODE, Assigniee. J....1, tr 52 Edgefield Dale Academy. T HIS Institution is opened for another year under the control of Mr. J. GREGG LEITNER, our Inst year's Teacher. The experience of a twelvemonth hias fully satis fled us thmat no more competent young gentlh-man U cn be found in the state ,hAin the one now at the head of our Academy. 'Ihe bes proof of this is the general sat.f:-etion given, b) "imim last year, backed by the additional fact that l:s Schdo, at the termination of its fir.t week for the second year, numbered 43 Pupils. The Trustees desire to assure the Public that their united eliirts will be given to the cause of their School, and a continued and complete supervi. sion will be exercised by them over its progress. Mr. .ryNin will in a short time procure a first rate Assistant, and any number short of rour score can then be well attended to. The Building is in comfortable eendition, havming three large fire-places (one in each of the larger rooms,) aind being well supplied with. convenient tables and arm-chairs of the best finimsh. Once more we appeal to the people of Edgefield and the aeljmiining )istr:ets, for their encouragenment of our earnest endeavors to establishi a first rate preparatory School. Terms. F'or the Claissienl Department, per annum,.. $36.00 Iliiuher Eng. " " " .--32.00 " " Ordinarv " " " "t -mm -8,00 Capitol boardi'ng to be had in pleasant families. JOllN LIPSCOMl, A RTilU1 SINKINS, i GEN.). A. A l1)l ON, LEWit JUNES, I -iR. T. .\llW.' ) ' Jan 11 It 52 Negroes andLad for Sale. 11E Subscriber will offer for sale, t., the highe-t bidder, on the first Momday in Febmary next, 11 or 12 Likely Negroes, Consisting of hou-e serv-sts and field h;nds. I -Alvin My 110US1 and LOT. situmatedt in the Corporate limits of the Vislage of I-:dgmiield, on the tCohnmbia Rimal, contaiinmg two acres, mmorue or -less, wimh all necessary out buildmings. Also-Seven hundred Aeres, more or lesim, of heavy tiemiberedi Pinewoods ILams, nenr one Steam Saw Mill and several tither Mills. Tumtts.-The ab..ve. property will be sold on a credit of one, two and three years, with interr.st from date. The purela.-ters will be required to give I their notes with two approve.t securities. Any one wishing to purchase any of the above prol.erty J ean treat fo.r it priv'ptely previous to the day of mii.. it. ILA1.OCK. .Jan I 4t 52. Land for Sale ! ILL he sold at Eulgefiil Court Mouse, on the first Mmonday in February next, at public out-ery, to the highett hidder, a VALUABLE. TRACT OF LAND, Situated in Edngefield District, on both sideS of the Plank Road leading from llamiburg to Elg.-tield C. 11., called the " JHartlet Place," and containing Sev.-n hundr d and sixty acres. This Tract has a settlement upon it, and a small portion of . the land has be-n el. ared. The baanee is thickly ei.vered with heavy pine timber suitable f.or the Iumber busines, and blaeckjaek and hickory for ire-woed. On the premises is an txcellent Mill Sent, Where formerly a GriNt-Mill slued, on Little Hlotso Creek. - A Plat of the above pren;ises may be se. n in the Ollie of I..bert lel)inald. Er., I lamurg, to whomrefeencein mdemfrearter pa~rtaium. T'm.mams or S.i:...-( ne andmm twmi years credit, with uiniterest. Pumrchamse-mooney tim be-scu.tredl in time usmual mannemtmr. .. JlY J113 i.SKET'T. .Janm ii, -It 52 g- Hammmburg Rlepmbim ira wli copy. Administrator's Sale, B YVirmue mit anm Onlier frm 1i. T Wright, Es'.. - Or.linamry. I will puroceedl t., ineli mit public imut ery, at Elilgetield C. 11-., onm time First Mmemmday in Feruamry nest, time fmolimwimng personalmty of time late N. L. Griffin,, dee'd., viz: SIXTY SHARES OF STOCK IN THE HAMBURG AND EDGEFIEL.D P. R. COMPANY. Cnn N-Mtmo ts.0fl1TLJM, aprime field hand and am smprior Wamggoniier, Onme senmemi ha.edm CA RRIAli, Tmn.-.Credmit tiill i .Jamuary next, withm note hearing interest amid twn applromved suremtesH. M. L. BOI~t1AM, Adm'or. .lnn It 4t 52 jkgro'.( for Snlc. I W ttLL sell to time hi::hest iddier .mm s.dle-day in -Feb'~trua~ry next. b..t'ore time Coumrt I leeo umer at idgetield, at LINEI.Y N imG1 hl MAN, nimnemi Tm, time preerty of Mirs. lri'aebetsk Ml,-t'ulloeumih. Saei.t TIoimm is mm.,w lealgemi inm id~ .Jaii, andm e only soit beamuse lie is mepium.ed ti, leavimmg time l1s tric. W. M. W.\LLACE, A.e.s-c. Jamn 4 4t 52 Notice S Ihereby givenm tee time Cremditora ouf F. M. Ymunmg, .de--amsed, tmm meet ini time rdiinary'~ Olli- e at leield, min thne 2nd Memneay inm A peril next, for time purosme met maekinmg a linmil settemenit onm said listate.| Tmose elamnnms mnot represenmtedl at thmat tmnme will be i precluded. E. PlENN, Adnm'r. ,anm it 3m 52 Stray1 ed ?ROMI time Subsreiber's panmmttin, a few damys I' after Chmristmm,' IS mir Twenmty FATTiEN iG 110GS, emf varioums coimrs-pmrincipally whmit-, black ammd blume. They are ali mam~rke~d with a spmlit ii each year, andm amn mmnderhim in thme right. Anmy intormiojmn conmcerninge saidt linigs iii be tamkfuily received. AMO10 L(NI)SEY. .an 11t tt 52 List of Letters R EMAINING imn time Pemst Oflice at Edgefid C.IH., 1st Jantuary 1854. Alen, Johni W. Mamthis, James C. Adamms, Geu. WV. ~mundy, Miss Ti. A. Bland, Elizabeth Mmiieey. Mrs. Mary E. Borders, Sammm. K. MctKee, Thnmos. J. Brwn, llev. S. HI. Marminm, Templie Brown, Jeohn . McKeiman, P. Bremks, H mn. P. S. Morris, Williatm lHzzrd, Miss Emiiy C.Merriwethmer, N. Bhddie, .elmhn Nowry, Elisha rit ton, Stanhoimpe Miller, J. J. Car:er, Ch'arles B. Parker, llorace, Christie, John Pairkmnan, Charles' Cogburn, Sallie Pemtritoy, Ret'. T. D. Culcimazier, Mrs. Mary P'oweil, Ro~bt. Crtker, J1. Porter, J. C. Commings, Gleo. - Ramdfturd, Wtm. Daniel, Mmaj. Wm. Rhodes, Coenm C. Dean, Tahbithan Reed, Miss M. Dnoamnt, Mrs. Ellen SReebertsoni, Douglas sonm, Cmpt. T. J. Rrmwmdw, J uditha I Denmy, David 2 - Ronberts, R. S. I E~verett, Mr, flyatn, Mrs. R. R. Griffin, Dr. J. F. Saitmel, Mrs. Mamry A. .~ I Gregg, WVm. Strmother, Mrs', $. F$, I Grognm, J. 1P. -SeoI t, John A. t Hammmod. A. J. 3 Smlytey, Messrs. & Co, imrrisonm, WV. 2 Simpkin., Clarke Hanmkeroe'n, R. T. Shienmks, P. A. lavrd & Co, W;H. 2 Smith, Mrs. E. Rt. Hawles, A. H. ' . Seigans, Hymamn L. Ha mrden, WVm. C. Shmaer, MI. leid, James Tiillmamn, lMrs, T. A. Hintot, Rev. S. C. Tatylor, Mrs. 8. Hughes, D. 0. Tiiitmwi, Mrs. Mary A Johson or Hieirs, Benmj Th'iom~a, Crimneti Jeumsn, Wil limmt Tamtom, We. S. Jottmon, Rev. WV. B. Temple, Raphel, Jonos, Miss A mmanda 'Tolls, Danlel 2 Jotnes, Robt. C. Tiiluman, 0. H-. Keip, Mrs. Betty Warner, Bemnj. Luke, Dr. John Walker, Rt. M. [5eoprd, Thomas Wmilliatms, Emily Li ndsey, P. N. Wilimms, Eli-4. Logan,'John -Woouds, W-. C Mmmgrtth, Thox.~.P. -W.'W. W.H TE, P. M. ~ Jamn 11 2L 52 ~ Mvusic! A STUCKLER, P'rofessor nyad Teacher y . of Music, htavinmg arrived in ]Ege~eldl, is imow remdy to receive Pupmils mn time P'.ANO and FLiTE, andl ini SINGING. Ladies mnd genteman tmught at their own reisi denee, ir 1mm a Ciass, wh'l:chm lie is now fermin jg.: - For Terms an fiiiturthmer particulamrs inriirg mof A. . mit Mr. N nmoLAs l~tlid. Graniteville Hotel for Sale. TIlE Undersigned- offers for sale . the above Ilotel with tie whole Lot of nenarly Three and * half ncresbeauti flystae ..alStieitaCher n'eessary buildings thereon- for.llotel uses-= ow in line repair and, te Houtel newly furnished. - A - SPACIOUS STA ItLE, seventy-two, feet ing With Steeds on both sidas. has reeeptly been wift of the.bitni wood matergls..-:aid IGA RDEN f nearly two ncres, under a-new enelosure of the -st li. twool posts and- heart-pla ik,nale -riefr ith a thorough brndti-cat cover of compost. Tbi iarle is amply sufficient to furnish atoall times that lItel with a plentiful supply of vegitables. Persons wisatiing to buy th-s raluable property so - kenutifully lnafed in Granitev.lle, are invited to "all .nd exannine thie prendses. Notliig is .anbt- - nt- bt energiy and close apipliention to business, to lanke it a valuable invst:neuant to any .one who will -- eside on the premises all the time. - Tsxs to nan approved purehasaer- will -be made aIy tid aeeaomnodating. and. posesion givnlA he 2uth M\arch next, and if n.t.ald, will be rea - > -d from that daly until 1st .n 185:. For further partculars, aldresis the Subscriber, at ilver 11.11 P. 0., .t. I'eter's'Parish. S. C. B. McB3ITDV. - Jatnary 1I. St - 52 ) i The-Charlast.n .\lercry and 'A ugusta Con - titutionalist w.ll copy the-nbove fire times,' weekly, nd forward accounts to - B. E1clk- - - Land and Negroes for Sale I S Agent of the I)istribute.-a tf lichad ert - dee., I will sell on MOND.AY, the ftth')aff - tarv inst., at his L..te resilene, eight miles south, -et' or Newbirry C. I., a ta one and a half tailes. -ot the Silver Street -Station, on the Gre euvilue d -Columbia IRailroad, the following Tracts of andi, viz 1. The llO03aE PLACE. containing four hun Ir.d anal twenty acres, more or l as,, bounelud by, tais of .lames Spearaaan, 'Daniel Stewart, Daviat ,Vert.-. M. M. Iligrins. andf the Broawn-Tract. OA his Tract is a good Diwelling ltouse. new Gn louse. Screw, an I all uceuisary Out IDu:idings || in goal repair. 2. The (.iSK IN PLACE, dontaining four hun red acres, nore or le.ss, h,,nnded by hands' i.Jas., pearmanl, Wnslaington Floyl, D)avid Stephens, - - Little ltiver anal the lirown Trnat. On this Tract here is a goul I)we:ling I louse nal Out J3uidings. 3. The litOWN TKACT. cntaining three huut red- and forty acres, more or le.. bouided by. mas of Ma. 5l. Iliggini. the Ilome Tract, the Ga-- - ina Tract, Little and $aludla Riv-ers. Trasots or ...-There will be a credit- of one year for one-aif .. the purchase money, and two - - ars for the other half, wi:h interest from the d.y d sale. Goad personal sur-ties will he requi: ed, tadl a mortgag.- .f the premises if deemed ne es-ary. W1. 1). IEAGIN, Agent. 1t the same time and place, 'as Administrator of ichael Werts, ieceased, I will sell, front Forty to Forty-five Negroes, le'onging to Mail -ceased. Among these are thir or thirty-five good working bands,. one first rate eatnftress. - Al.u, 17 Uerses and Mules,' Stock of Cattle, ligs ana1 Sheep, 3 loaal Waggons. one of then hew, 1 Ox Cart and 2 ,okae of Oxen, I Ilarouche, IBuggy, Corn, Fald,-r, Shucks, .Whtat, Floar, - 'ens, Ciotton Seed. 2 Gins, 2 Thraahets, I Fan. 1 ce ot Blaeksmaitl Tools, Salted Pork, Ilousehold 11a Kitchen Furniture, anal various other articles.. Terms of :ale will be made known on day of sale. W.M. D. REAGIN, Adl'or. Jan 11 It 52 Sheriff's Sale. BY Virtue aif sun tdry writs of Fi.la. to me directe~d. I shaltl proceed to' sell _on the rat Maondaty ian Feb'ry next, anilagefield Court Iue, the fullowintg paraperty itt tlie following as, viz: .evi G. Holloway vsa. Wm. Stromn, Sr. Sami tel C. Strotm and idnmuntd Boyd, One Trnet of - ad, caitiainting three hundured aeres, more- or as, adt!joinaing land.,b of L. Reyntolds, WVahing ai Strin and athter.<, levied on as. phe ptroperty it Wm'. Stromn. Sr. Gearge Gitzen vs Thoiamas 0 sBurnettSamp o Suallivaitn and Julma Terry, Sr.,. ITe TruetL of Lad whta-re the Defentdant Thonn is 0. Burnett ecsies. c-ontaininlg. one.hIunadred antd tatte (109) ars, moure oar lesos,. najiintitng Lands of Tandy luktankhiltr anad others4.. Masry Hardi-ni vsm. 11. P. Srelling, One Sorrel uiorse. Bntj. Gatlbnan vs. Ben. G. Ryan. One pair-of 'arses, onae LBuggy, the D)efendsant's interest ini nfla Neero an Whaiifielad. S. F. Gaiade vs Jatmes M. Harrison: Various tlher llaintiiti via thes Sumae, One Negro . i# tint Bolint. i wo Minles. atte Bay Hairse,- oneo aggy and Ilarntess, anad onae Ox Watggont. Termis Csh.* LEWIS JONES, S. E. D). .an 9, 1851. 41 ___ 52 SATrE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEPIEL.D DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. Tornton Culentiant Bil for sale of LanJ vs.anRei. Clemnan Nichaolson. dReif ~Y Virite oif :an Ordler from Chan. WVAnn L)Lw itn this e-n-e, I will procaeed to sell at dg~lield C. H., ait the fir.,tMatandayitn Februatry text, thte followinig Real Estate of A'Lnten sicolson, deeased: A baody of Choaice Land coint-aining thtree hun- - Iredl acres, or theureiabouts, situaated ini Edgrefield )is'trict on thec Salnda side, andl bounded by~ as aif George Laong, Wilsian Abnt-y. Lewis ~inmple, Albtiatn Miartin, Bennet Perry, A. J. hieCartey, .M. WV. Clarey ad others. This Lanttd will be sold itt two or three Tracts, 'their boundsaries to be ma~de known the day of ale,) ott a credit of onte year with interest fronm ay of sale. l'urchase~rs to give Bonds with adequate sure le to seenre the puirchas~e mnoneay. Costs to e paid in enah~. A. SIMKINS, C. E. E. D. .an 9. 183. 4It5 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIEI.D DISTRICT, ' N EQUITY. Elizaeth Berry, 1 Hellent Berry, ~ .Bill for Par'n of Lands. lattah Brarry, - Jaohn G. Berry, et alh H E Plsaittaili in thais cas'e, having this day filed her Bill, and it appearing to myv sat sfnetin, that thte Defentdants, Neuomy Taylor itd her huisbantd, WV. B. T aylor, Rachtael .Mor : at landhr hus.'batad Reuben. Morgant, Satraht umiigs andic her husbathd L.Maysoan Cuni tig, Susatn Little and her husbaind Allen Lit e, Mary Martin antd her husband-Edward Mar is, and John G. Berry, are absaent fromt and re ide beyond thte limtits of this State, wherer the arocess of thits Coutrt cannot be served -upon Item: Otn motioni of Mr. A bney, Solicitor for le Coplinanat, It is ordered, That the De ~ndatti do appear, and plead, answer or demuav a) this Bill, withitn tree months, or nintety d aya -__ o thu putblioatiaon lhereaf, and int defult hereof, that Judgmtent pro con!fbsso, be awarded gA. SIMKINS, c. L. I. D Jan 10, 1854. 3m 5 Stte of South Card~iln EDGSFIELD DISTRICT,. -IN OlRDINARY. - Y IT. T. W1IGHiT, Esquzire, Ordinary o IEdgeleld Dhstript. - -. ~ - Wtereas, Pleasant Johnson has applied to me . r Letters of ,Adminaistration'amn all and atm atlar te goods and ehaattel.4, iVIhts and creilf if Judith Johanson late of the Sititaoea Tho.a arc, therefore, to cite-and admonish all d s'iglar, the kinadred and Lreditora -of the aid dceased, to bo and. appe ar befor-e me, at. ur tet Ordinary's Couirt lor the said District, i- be holden at Eadgafield C. H. on the i9at - ay of' .Jnm. inst.;,to show cause, ifgany, wini.<" to anid-adpinistration~ should not besgranted. Given ujnder miy hand and sal, tis9th dtt t r Jan. int the year or outr Lord -one ethous aid eigt~ hundred :ita tiftyfour~nd izt-11t 78tlt3 -'r of Amnericani !ndependenee. -. . H2.T.WRIGHIT'O E.D D. J a n l i ~ - . . * hile Lead, .Jinseed O Elts OIL,~ for saen ~ Aug24 -