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From the 4ugusta Constitutionalist. Beech Island Planters' Club--The Re opening of the Slave Trade. MR. EDITOR :-You are aware of the exis tence of a somewhat distinguished Planters' Club in South Carolina, whose Club'House is on Beech Island, at which the members of the association meet, on the first Saturday of every month, for the discussion of agricultu ral subjects, and to enjoy a good socird din ner. Sharing in the proverbial hospitality of this Club, and having been interested in its debates of the question, " How will the re opening of the African slave trade affect the agricultural interest of the South," it occurs to me that s-'me account of the same will be acceptable to your readers. By previous appointment, Mr. William Gregg opened the discussion. Mr. G. is too well known, as an able and sound man, for any to doubt that his speech on the occasion, against the bringing of more negroes from Africa, was instructive and worth hearing. ie showed the absurdity of attempting by this means to equalize the population or po litical power between the South and the North. He explained in what way he thought the re-opening of the slave trade would re duce the price of cotton to the injury of the planting interest, and also seriously depricata the market value of slaves to the prejudice of all that own them. Senator Hammond followed i a s:eech of greater length, on the same sidie f the.- ques tion. le spoke with unusual zeal and ear nestness, and indulged pretty freely in epi thets and rhetoric. He said that the slave trade agitation is calculated to strengthen the anti-slavery feeling and political power at the North, and electa man President whose policy and administration would be most hos tile to the Suth ; and that no Sont liern State would go for .,ce--ion on the Arinu -lave . trade issues. The conummi:.u.n :i scheme would reduce ther: two hundred dollars a 1w_-.'. .i -n four cents a pound. That while the people of t'& North and of Great Britain might not be unwilling to see both cotton and slaves reduced in price, for moral and political reasons, they w.uld n-ver approve of the conveyance of p.-rons wtio are slaves in Africa to the cotton fields of the Southern States. In poiuting out the horrors of " the middle passage," he said that an average of seven or eight murders were committed for every slave delivered in America, and very adroitly as sumed that all the crimes that ever attended " this infamous traffic," will necessarily attach to it so long as negroes are brought to this country, no matter under what laws or regu lations they come. Dr. Bradford spoko in reply to the two gentlemen who preceded him. He called at tention to the rude and limited agriculture of the aborigines of this continent to the rlanters who succeeded them, and felt that their mission was to belt the forest, clean out the undergrowth, and scratch the virgin soil with the narrow bull tongue and scooter until its humus was consumed by continued crop ping, and the land exhausted for planting pur poses. This system of tillage requires little labor for the surface gone over, as it makes no restitution to arated field.. After the primitive and scourging planter has emigrated est in pursuit of fresh laads there follows a class of cultivators who wisely unite plant ing and farming it.dustry, and manure all the ground they cultivate. Their system is more thoughtful and civil ized, and by feeding the land and plowing deep involves the necessity of having to the one hundred acres two or three three times more laborers than is needed in the wearing out practice by planters who regard dung heaps as a nuisance. As the speaker did not wish to see the soil of South Corolina wholly exhausted, and the State deserted, and inas much as a supply of farm laborers cannot be had from any other source he was in davor of bringing them from Africa. There was an underground rail road used for transporting stolen negroes from the South to Canada, and it was but natural that there should be opened a sub-marine rail road to make good the loss by bringing slaves from Africa to the South. Other gentlemen addressed the Club, but nothing of interest was elicited before ad journment for dinner. Unlike many Military and Fire Companies, Lodges and other As sociations, this Agricultural Club treats its members with nothing stronger than pure' spring water cooled with ice-a practice high ly commendable. The dinner was abundant and every way satisfactory. After its discussion, the meet ing was called to order, and Dr. Lee invited to express his views on the subject under consideration. He commenced by calling at tention to the remarks of Mr. Edmund Ruf fin, of Virginia, in the Southern Planter, pub lished at Richmond. Mr. Ruffi:', he said, was the author of an able work on Calcareous Manures, published some thirty years ago and became so distinguished for his study and practice of impoved agriculture, and for his writings on the subject, that South Caro lina employed him to make an agricultural survey of the State. In the Planter for Au gust, 1859, Mr. 1.sy:" At th rsn high prices of slaves, no one can afford to an.ake new and complete agricultural improve.. mnents. Not such case has occurred, within mny knowledge, for the last two years. It is o.nly in cases of already established and suc cessful farmers who, needing more slaves thani they h tore owned, buy a few more to .upply great deficiencies of labor, and prevent great losses. " But even such men as these doi not, and cannot profitably buy half . mmr my sh:.ves as they greatly need for their laior, nu as the would buy if at muclh lowcr prices. EConse quently, 'the general hotme wa'nt for labor i-. greater than woul.l be supphled bv all the nait ural increase of our slates an ithe homite de mnand is almost nothmng comnpared wit I t 0 southern deimnd for our slatves." lie .:y that " the annual draft an.1 deportuii..n :Ion made on our stock in slaves great ly exceed ini number all the increee in Virgrinia by pro creation. TLmhs loss must continually increase with the potency of the producing cau-es. and with increasing rapidity ; anid sooner or later the operation must remove .so many slaves as necessarily to destroy the institution of ntegro .-lavery in Virgitnia." Until quite recently, said Dr.- L.. the annu-. al increase of slaves, by birt us, in all thie bor dler slave States, was greater th n the number ~..dd into the cotton growing State.- added to 11he loss by absconding to the North. Now, however, the case is not so. The loss in the aggregate exceeds the gain and a rapidly uigmenting white laboring population, ac .-mpanied by a dlecrease of slaves, will soon tr~ansform Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Ken nicky and Missouri into free States, unless tmoey can be permitted to retain their natural icrease of servants for the cultivation and i rovement of their own soil. Dr. Lee e dled attention to the statements of Mr. If arper, in his able essay against re-opening the slave trade, where he admits that the natural course of events, the States above nanmed, are destined to become, at no distant day, non-slave holding States. While gen lemen oi the highest intelligence and unques tioned fidelity to Southern interests, are.th~is ca.rving out five free States in Southern Ter ritory, and while they would prohibit forever he importation of more negroes from Africa, '4 have sought in vain," said Dr. Lee, "for ay other available source from which to draw agricultural laborers for the South." We have some seven hundred thousand s tuare miles of territory now wholly unim proved in the planting States, for which we 1:are no earthly use, unless we can procure lauborers from abroad to render it productive of wealth and human enjoyment. Let gentle men meet this great agricultural question fairly and plainly, and tell us where the opera tives are to come from who are to rejuvenate and make fertile all the old fields in the sunny South ? From what country, near or remote, are immigrants to arrive who will drain our millions of acres of pestilent swamps, and make grain aind cotton crops in our boundless forests, both East and WVest of the Mississippi? Dr. L. went into an historical atnd statistical inquiry to prove that Africa is incapable of supplying as many slaves as the agriculture of the South will demand in the next quarter of a century. He quoted from Bancroft's History to s'iow that of the six hundred thou sand and a fraction in the country in 1776, only three- hundred~ th'ousand" had been im ported. From other authors it was shown tha from 1776 tonl1908. (thirty-tfwo yea only thirty-three thousand were imported. This is only a fraction over an average of one thousand a year. He quoted Dr. Bowen,. now in Africa, to prove that the number taken to Brazil of leiss than an average of. fifty thousand per annum for five years, greatly reduced the number of negroes in the territory that supplies slaves. It is very sparsely populated, consi'ered-as a whole, and never has, and never can, supply a large surplus number of inhabitants. T he utmost number that can be expected to arrive in the South for a series of years, is fifty thousand a year; whereas Europe, with its nearly three hundred million souls, can spare us three hundred thousand whites a year. Dr. L. cited the report of the Commissioners of Emigration, recently made to parliament, to show that over twenty-three thousand Irish emigrants had returned to Ireland in the last year, over eighteen thousand of whom were from America. This fact shows the large de mand for laborers in the most prolific human hive the world has ever known. In the last ten years this official report shows that Irish men in this country sent home to their friends fifty million dollars-a sum only one-tenth as large as that of the wealth created. by ihem by their industry. Is it not something that our country has gained five hundred million dollars in ten years by the honest toil of persons born in Ireland ? Is it not more that we have gained, but near yv all at the North, three times five hundred million doilars by die labor-of a three times larger industrial lorce, ivhich was born in Ger many ? Senator Hammond says that twenty-fisve dollars will bring a negro most comfortably from his master in Africa, to his master in South Carolina. GrAtt it. And does not this fact prove that if per chance yon ever g.:t too tmaniy slu-es fr:,m Africa, the negro that earns tea dollar anonth, will put into di .: w -i of z:~i ,.nr in two nibs and a -- y-: li- c:C1-d to send imn back to . wir ui:m than he was when he left the land of his nativity? Do you not see in the ease and safety' with which laboring people from Europe return to their native country, that negroes will work their pas sage back to Africa, or to Central or South America, with the utmost facility ? Why should we ignore the great and grow ing advantages of commerce when they are pateit to al? Commerce creates the demand for more laborers to produce all commercial articles, corn and wheat and meat, as well as cotton and rice and tobacco, in the plant ing States; and commerce will ere long bring us the laborers we so much need. Mr. Yeadon, of the Charleston Courier, followed Dr. Le iii an able and lucid argu meut against he re-openiug of the slave trade. I will not attempt to state the points he made, for fear of doing him injustice. He was followed by Mr. Jackson, of this city, in favor of the trade. His remarks were well considered and effective; but the evening was too much consumed by previous speakers to give Mr. J. an opportunity to develope his views, and correct the assumed eirors of . is able opponents. The debate was no, closed, and no vote was taken. Good feeling pre dominated, and the subject will p -obably have one or more discussiouis before the club. A SPECTATOR. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1859. .i0 Don't fail to read the poetic effusion of our new correspondent" 1KATE B. T." MiD- The clever communication of " Lucy LAvENDER" to "Maidens und Iuec," will appear next week without fail. Appointment. We are authorised to announce that Jons L. Annisoy. Esqj., has been appointed by his Excel lency, Guy. Gas?, Magistrate for this Village, vice J.fis. A. Dozisn, Esq., resigned. Pianos.. We would intormn our ucitizens h. w~l.-' ' Piano (or othor Musical instruments) tuned or re paired that Mr. A. J. BULKCELEY, Piano-maker, from New York, is here, and has already repaired two old pianos for Mr. J. It. Gw.tysta. Persons desiring his services would do well to ell at the Seminary and examuiue foir themselves. Mr. EB:LKELEY, may .be found at the "&ududa House" for several days. Notice Particularly, That the meeting of the Literary Club wvill take place in the Court House on Saturdny evening, at andle light, and the lectures and addrosses of Messrs. Ants, A ans and Youycar~ooo, will be lelivered as soon thereafter, as a sutlicient audi. nce shalt have assemnbledl. The Baptist Association. This 15ody assemnbled on Saturday last at the Mt. Tabor Church in this vicinity. The delegt ions froma the Churchbes were large. The atten dance of the people was full upon Saturday, and iumense on the Lord's Day. Itev. .f. M. Cuil.Es iresided as Moderator with his accustomed ur anity aned preion. Mr. .IARs. II. Miss was tleted Clerk sod discharged the duties of that ui.e most etficiently. The utost harmnony lpre. vouLd in the body, containing as it did much of the best toug nnd inmtligence of Edgefield District. The Baptists may welt congratulate themselves upon iher poe for good ina this part of the Gr1 Mrai Yineyardl. Their responusibility is~ iimmieasutratn with their scopec and influenc e. That they wiil meet it faithfully underc the blessing af Almoighaty G.'d, na one can dounbt who witnessed thesaol-.:a::i:y andl earnestness of purpo-e muani r. i :.t As''eiantionel Couvaaention. Mr. Boyce's Speech. We ask uttenttion to the speech of Hion. W. W.l BoveE, which we publish elsewhere. The wisdom af noderaition in the present prosecution of South cr11 interests, is clearly and forcibly sot forth by the speaker :andl the limit to Southern forhearance is also exiplicitly statedl. This last will be n mat-t ter fur eensidlertionm when the occasion shall iirice. t is not to be treated as a foregmne conclusion:; or, except to a very limited extent the people of the South have not weighed the point, much lesS lecidled it. ]3at for all pratical pupoe af pre sent policy, Mr. BoCes strikes out the only wi ise :ourse, and the only course consonant with the uondition of public sentinmeuat. It is this very policy which the ,lelrrtier has persistently kept 1 view in all it has said of Senator ]Dorot.ss. his same puhry,~ still admonishes us to cautio~n the State nut to coummit herself too far in that ire ction. Let us remain silent and be guided by -iretmstantces. Re'ligious. We are reqtuestead to atnnounce that the Rev. L2. R.GUwaLYrsE will preach at Pitne Pleasant on Monday after the first Sundlay in October ntext, if not Providentially prevented; and imay continue the meeting for several days. Pelletier & Co. Notice the newv advertisement of Messrs. PaL. ETttn & Co. Mr. PELLETISEn, an excellent D)rug ist, and a young mann of gooad taste and judlg inent, has recently returned from New York with a most rare and superb Stock of Drugs, Medicines, ils, Paints, &tc. Whilst their stock of Perfumne ry, Pomatums, Soap, Brushes, Fancy articles, &c., hallnges comparison. We know what we stny, because we have looked through this assortument; and would advise ladies and gentlemen visitinag Iamburg to give this House a trial before crossing the River. Texas Crops. The reports from the Texas crops are still flat tering. A letter from Grimes county to an ex tan~e, has the following statenment: " Crops in this section are fine. The cotton ields are whitenaing with an abunadanot haurvest; picking has commenced in earnest, and should fa rsrable circumstances parevail, beautifual will lbe the ield. This is emphatically a farming country; the extensive upland prairies being fertilo and any of theta highly improved-ntot mao liable to lisastrous drouths as some of the western counties, hih have however many charms that this has pi~ The anticipated - public dinner .toSenator Chesnt, will be given by the citizens of Kershaw European News. The Steamship " Ocean Queete has arrived with Liverpool dates to the 31st August. There are no features of unusual interest report ed by this arrival. Nothing of importance was known in regard to the proceedings of:the Zurich Conference. The sales of cotton for the three days previous to the leaving of the " Occan Queen" were 23,000 bales, of which speculators took 2,500 bales, and exporters 2,500 bales. The market was firm, and generally closed with an advancing tendency. The quotations were. for Middling Orleans 7 1-]Od, and for Middling Uplands 6 M3-16d. Breadstuffs were dull; and perovisions had a de elining tendency. Consols were quoted at 95i (; .51. By the "Eur op" which hrings Liverpool In telligence to the 27th tilt.. we gather the following news of.general importance. Sardinia refuses ti accede, even conditionally, to the annexation of the Duchies, without consult ing other powers, partcularly France. The Italians maintain a firm attitude in regard to their national Independence. The harvest was almost completed. The London Advertiser'e Paris correspondent says: The French Minister of Marine has ordered fifty transports capablo of containing one hundred thousand troops, to rendevous opposite Dover by the first of the ensuing year; and the correspon dent further says, that the fact has been telegraph ed to the English government. The Assembly at .Modena have confirmed the Dietatorship of Farini.. The Charleston Courier. The Savannah (Ga.) Republeran, of Sept. 9th, aluding to our Charleston cotemporary, says: " The prnprietors of this venerable and excel lent paper, give notice that they will soon issue it in entirely now, type, and greatly enlarged in size. They are also about to add another and faster press to their supply of machinery, in order to get off their large circulati in time for the mails. The Cour;rr has won distinguished success, and we take pleasure in adding that it deserves it." We take particularly pleasure in endorsing the above truthtal allusion to this popular and most valuable paper. Thi Courier, here as elsewhere, stands high as a reliable commercial journal, and is always sought after as medium though which to obtain the latest and most interesting intelligence. The Courier merits great success, and we are glad to know is receiving its due to a most liberal extent. Miscellaneous Itemn. 0 It is understood at Washington that our government will make no compromise in regard to the Island of San Juan, believing it unequivo cally the property of the United States. pa Advices from Arizona have been received at St. Louis, that state that Sonora and hichun hua, are about to declare their independence General Pesquiera at their head. There has been a large amount of ammunition and arms lately re ceived, and the army has been increased to three thousand. gWP From the 6th of July to the 1st instant, 9692 dogs and 387 purlies (quadrupedal) were killed officially in New York at the cost of $5,256. -go- The London Field says it calculated that Mr. Ten Broeck is a richer man by E40,000 than he was when he landed on these hospitable shores in 1857. ggr It is a beautiful custom in some Oriental lands to leave untouched the fruits that are shaken from the trees 'oy the wind; these being regarded as sacred to the poor and the stranger. lTD- There are fifteen daily papers, eight semi weekly, eleven semi-monthly, thirty-nine monthly, and one hundred and eight weekly, printed in the . city of New York. p!! It has been inferred that Dryden wa:'a't opposed to sherry coblers, from the remark he once made-" Straws may be made the instru ments of happiness." p0- Ju Mitebel, late of the Southern Citizea, has, it is stated, gone to~ Africa after a cargo of slaves. ton road by an elderly mati with a small bottlo of gin in his hand. " Pray, sir, I beg your pardon, is this the way to the poor-house ?'" John gave him a look of elerical diguity, and, pointing to the bottle, very gravely said : "Nu sir, but that is !"' pa If you desire to enjoy. lire, avoid uapune tual people. They impede business and poison pleasure. Make it a rule, not only to be punc tual, but a little beforehand. gg " I say, Sambo, can you answer dis conun derfum: Suppusin' I gib you a I bottle of whisky, corked, shut wid a cork; how woubul you get de whi.ky out widout pullin' de cork, or b~reakin' de bottle ?' " I gives dat utp.", " Why, putsh de c.rk in. Yah, yah!"' pD The .Iurnial anys, Loui.s Paul.sen, the cule ~rated cees pl~yer,.is about tacking his departure from that city toe New York, to challenge Morphly toe a match gamie of chess. p0 A young lawyer in Chicago was recently tent to the Penitentiary In that city for ten ays For the crime of stealing ten cents. Hie was drunk at the time. He beegged of the Justice to rparc him the dirgrace of imprisonment. hut hi, tears were uinavaiiling. The young man is a grad ute fromi Now Eneghaind College, and the son of repetable pasrenats at the Easat. gg Intelligence from the principal cotton coun ties in Texus replresent the eropt as having been greatly damnaged by drought. :prd- B-shoap l~avis, of South Ciarolinne, has be sme alnmost tutally blind. His gener:d health is, however. good, und his vigorous muental faculties animpairedl. gg' The V ieksblurg Sun. elf the~ Itth insatant. sanounces the receipt ..flifty hle~s ofl new cotton frome ne pcl:mnintion) on .the Yazeuo river. The Letton is openting with extraordinary rn pidity. **- The lrice ofI negroes in Rtichmnond (states theI Dparch/) conutinues high, and the demand foir themis unaha ted.. Good field bandls are worth fromn I1400 to $1650,1 and other grades in propor tion. A t such prices ass these very few persons in Virgii~a can afford to emnploy shave lab~or. pa- The Newr Orleans lDelta says, that Bob larlan, the colored man who nercomcpanied Mr. Ten roeck tie England, and is one of the best race managers in the Uneitedt States, won $:I0,000O 'n the recent sucecesses of the American horses. p A writer in the Galveston News nominates Col. Louis T. WinFall as a c:adidate For the United Stat~es Senate. His election would be jecyfully hailed by the Southern Rights maen all over the South. gg A young Tennessee girl recently married ant entire s:rtager, allegiang that she would have plenty of~ tim~e t-, becoame acquainted with bim aF terw'ards. ?g A gentleman in Pickenas District has been Lfferedl fer sevenm negroes (two under 14 years of age) the sum of $tI,U50 ! This is an average $122,S5. The Staste is challenged to show higher figures. fa Feasr.--A killing frost fell in the "Glades," Randolpeh county, Vat., on Monday aight last, des troying the late corn and utterly destroying the buckwheat. po A letter from Hiavana says the African slave trade is aourishing amazingly. A cargo of SlO Bozales was lauded recently at a place called aniza, not veary far from Sierra Morena; two other bit smaller cargoes near Cardiunas, anud a fourth cargo fronm a full rigged ship near Biahia Honda. pa Ex-Senator Soule, of Louisiania, is said to have recently declared, at Old Point Comfort, that, From a intinmate knowledge of the Democracy of thaLt State, among whoem he had recently mingled, e was satisfies they would send to Charleston a Douglas delegation. faTsFacts attending the expulsioni of Cap tain Stone, with other Americans from Soenora, have induced the government to send- vessels of w.mr to Gunaymas and insist that thie rights of our :itizens shall be respected. ' p- A new shtot gun has been perfected at Colt's rmory, which, will probably be in market next winter. It is made for'. five charges, on the re rolver principle, and is loaded and firod with great -pg Mr. Win. H. Wilson, late of the .Abeville Independent Prres, has purchased th Wilkes .Repulica'n, published at Washington, 0a He 'assumes control of the columns Editorially, and judging from the number before us, the chances arein favor of his making a good editor and an interesting journal. To Win. Wileon,. Esq., -the retiring editor, we bid farewell, with .thpe hopi that success may attend him in his fiure efforts be they what they may. g ? Mr. Ten Booeck states in a private letter addressed to a friend in Memphis, that his total winninge, since his present sojouru in England, have amounted to $440,000, to gain which he has only risked $20,000. g' The latest novelty is a dog, who has a whistle growing on the end of his tail. He al ways calls himself when wanted. Seeking the Olive Branch. But the dorefound no rert for tA sole of herfout." I sometimes dream of a cottage home Far away in the dim Ideal, With wreaths of rosesand bowers of shade, Oh, I wish in my heart it were real. There are gleams of sunshine along my path, There are calms upon the billow, But the "Home, sweet Home," I have never found Save in dreams that haunt my pillow. If I pitch my tent by a fountain's brim In the shade of the wilderness palm, To lavo my temples and cool my tongue As I muse in the noon-tide calm; If I plant. me a vine on a sunny shore And smile with the hopes I borrow, The finger of Destiny startles my dream And points far away on the morrow. Then farewell to the Homesof the Tearful Land Where the chill winds bleak are blowing, For the Infinite Father giveth a Home In the Land where we are going. KATE B. T. Sept. 6, 1359. For the Advertiser. The " Starr Hotel." HAxBURC, Sept. 10th 1859. Mr. EnIvOn: I was pleased to see that you had given the above-named new and elegant establish ment a favorable notice in yourlast issue. Favor able, so far as it went. But, if you could see, and be shown through the " Starr House" now, with all its appointments complete, you would be pre'. pared to speak still more favorably of it. It has, as you remarked, "been recently re newed, remodelled and thoroughly cleansed, from basement to garret." But that is not all: it has been refurnished throughout all its departments *with new and splendidfurniture, not only sufficient for all the comforts, but many of the elegancies of a well fuanished private mansion. But that is not all. The ruling Star, thatgoveras and directs, a Star of the first magnitude, as a Hotel keeper, at least, is Mrs. E. C. Siann, pro prietress. To say she can keep a Hotel, woild only be a superfluous repetition of what every body says-from Maine to New Orleans. The handsome Dining Room, handsomely furnished the Ladies' Reception Room,-Gentlemen's Sitting Room-and the Office, are all on the first floor. Then, on the second floor, there is a Ladies' Parlor, which it is perfectly refreshing to enter. And, in addition to the bed rooms generally, (which areill well furnished, and as clean, bright and sweet as a new pin) there is an elegantly furnished Bridal Chamber which, to look at, would seem to he al most, if not quite, enough to tempt all the fusty old Bachelors (like myself) in the country round about, to get married and betake themselves to the "Star Hotel," to spend the Hioneymoeon. People of Edlgefleld, Barnwell, Abbeville and other Districts of the State, who may have ocea sion to visit Hamburg or its vicinity, try the " Star Hotel" once, and if disappointed, and not pleased, call on me to foot the bill. O. K. Ex-President Pierce, ont his arrival at Bos to, en the evening of the 27th ultimo, as announrted by telegraph, was serenaded at the Tremont House. A second despatch gives the speech he delivered on the occasion, whic-h will be found below : I thank you cordially, gentlemen, for the manifestation of your kindness which this call implies. Alter an absence fromt our shores mtuch wore protracted than 1 had an ticipated when I left them, I found a degree of satisfactiotn in agaiin planting my foot upon New England soil quite unanticipated,. often and earniestly as my heart has yearned for home. Even in these past two years, many changes have occurred, some of them national i character, and bearing sorrow and profound sense of loss threughout the land. TYhe death of yonr neighbor and friend, the statsman. orator atnd patriot, re-achled mec otn the other side of the Atlantic hut a few days previous to my embarkation. With all myI sympathy with those who are bountd to htim, by the dearest of earthly ties, and whose l.,st is irreiparable, with all my htomage for his. genius, that which I felt stirring at my hrart with a warmer and deeper feeling thtan nll besides, that which will cause his memory to I be cherished by you ais Amnerictan citizens, be-t gondl mere intellectual supertiority, is the fact that his patriotismi was as steady, broad, and glowing as his eloquence was brilliant, andi his learnting varied and profond. 1 1 do naot, of course, mennm to speak the lan gnage of eulogy, but I cannot consent to staund befre you, in the pleasutre which I experienee itt your kind greetinig. and in beitng thius - midd that I haive a plaice int your persionail regard which neither time nor absence is likely to shatke. and seem for a moment to 1 forgt.t the great. loss which you especiatlly, andl whiich the nation :s a whole, has sust-ain- i ed in thne deatgt of Mr. Choate. You do tnot., my friendrs, expect anthting like a speech front me to-night, and if you (lid, 1 catnot fittitngly respond to that expec-tationi. I You will he glad to know that the great object of mty voyage to Madeira, and thenice to Southern Europe, hits been partially realized. For mnyse.lf, J have, during iny absence, foutnd . ' .nh to enjoy, and .1 will add, mutch to ad- 1 mire. But alter all I have comec haeck moore thoroughly convinced than even before of the: wisdom, strength, and duratbility of these itn stitutions tunder which we live, and of the Cottituion whit-I upholds thenm. We have ito queistions of the balance of power to cotn tinaly agitate anti disturb its. We need not give ourself oite momenut's un- r asitess about armnametits by sea or by land ott the part of atty foreign power. Whether these foreign armuameints be increased or diiished-whtethter they are strotng or weak -is to us, as a naion, a mantterofintdifferenuce. With the greaut barrier of the Atlantic roll ing between its and them, so long as we are trte to ourselves, trute to our theory, true to our honor and dignity, and just to them, theya will have no motive, and let ine add, I be-t lieve they will have no inclintation to itnterfere,e even if they htad the- material might, with our otward matrcht of peaceful prosperity. Wej, have only to cultivate the peerless inlieritance whihl, through the initerposition anid blessinag of God, hats descended to us; to recognuise and gratehilly ackniowledge His goodness; to obey the laws, and first of all the fundamental I law of the Itand, and we- catnnot fail to secure an unchecked career of pervading, united prosperity and happiness. I can e:;press noe better wish for you ttnd for my counttry than, that these may be your and her possessions. C Renewitig to you, gent'einet, my grateful acknowledgments, I bid you good night. A MouAiuM F-D Sraibyxma11er.--The pro digality of the Sultan is so great, that althouh his civil list is 27,000,000 francs, the ninth of te presengime amount toO00,000,000 frqnks. As an example of his Majesty's extravagance, 11 it is stated that in 1858 hie borrowed 10,000, 000 franca, at 11 per cent., to pay for a fete given to his two daughters. ExcoMMUNcAE-Rev. W. W. Allen. First Baptist Church, Keokuck, Iowa, was excomunicated on the l1th inst. by a coun cil of Baptist clergymen. Tlie charge againist I him was that he was an advocate of "open F communio," and had acted upon his views by partaking of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper ini another church, with persons who ad nt ban immersed. . From Kansas. LExvr.%wonTI, Monday, Sept. 5.-A colli ion took place between the Republicans and Diemocrata on Saturday night, when both parties were having demonstraLions prior to the municipal election to-day. The Republi ,ans held their mecting at the intersection of two-streets, and the Democratic torchlight procession attenipted. to pass through out. This was 'esisted, when a general melee en sued, several hundred on both sides, partici pating in it, using stones, bludgeons, pistols and knives. One man was shot, and five or six severel y cut, but it is believed none were fatally injured. The Republicans maintained their ground, and proceeded with their meet ing. 'he affray is believed to have been purely accidental, and is univerrally regretted. There is sotne apprehensions that the distur bances will be renewed to-day, but effective measures- have been taken to preserve peace apd order. -DOUGLAS AND TIIS ADoLITIONiST.-The intelligent Washington correspondent of the New York Journal ef Commerce expresses the following views. It is manifest that Douglas' prospects are growing desperately hopeless. He is indefatigable at wire-pulling and in the newspapers. But to all who watch public opinion closely and intelligent ly, it is becoming mnanilest that he can never overcome obstacles at the South, and must " dry up" or join the Black Republicans: I have no doubt myself that the nominee will be a Southern man. The selection ought to be left to the South, not only because the Nor th has bad the Presidency for two terms in succession, but because tile South is to furnish most ot the electoral votes necessary to the success of the Democratic candidates in 1860. From what I can learn from the views of influential and considerate Democrits, North and South, the party will give a cordial and united support to any one who may be norni nated at Charleston. Senator Douglas is no exception to this remark. A HORRID CRIME.-We are informud thatI the people of the North-eastern section of our District, known as the " Wild Cat" re gion, are greatly excited in consequence of the well grounded belief of a murder having been perpetrated in that section a few days since, w.jich in point of brutality challenges the most diabolical instances ofattrocity known to the annals of crime. The victim was a young girl, about thirteen years of age, the daughter of Alvin Massey. She died sudden ly on Thursday night, and under circumstances plainly indicating that she was poisoned. Suspicion rests upon Dan, a slave of the said Massey, as having administered the poison. His motive for so doing, it int said, was to screen himself from the consequences of an intimacy which had for some time subsisttd between him and this girl, the criminal char acter of which must in the course of nature have been revealed in a few months. We forbear to mention further details of this out rageous affair until a legal in-restigation has been had. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Dan, and also for Sal, who is in some way connected with the affair, but up to this time, we have not heard that they have been apprehended.-Lancaster Ledger. HommciDE.-It is with much pain, since our District in the last few years is so de servedly noted for its morality and freedom rom crime, as well as from our sympathy for the unfortunate victim, that we record the murder of Mr. Wade Coley, on the 29th ult., by a slave Ike, the property oaf Mr. Joel F. Smith, of the western portion of this Dis trict. Mr. Coley was overseeing for Mr. Smith, and something having arisen between im and the negro Ike, the latter gathered a small pole and struck Coley a blow over the bead, which killed him. The negro says, he lid not intend to kill him, nor to strike him ver the head, but Mr. Smith, without at tempting to screen him, and with a prompt ess and propriety well becoming a good t ~itizen and gentlenian, handed his negro over o0 the hands of the law., The commtitte of his shocking deed was tried before a court of lriday in October next.--Iaurensville Herald. SAD AcmEN.-It was sad to learn that 1 rn last Monday, Mr. John Davis was injured I ao severely at a house-raising at Mr. Jas. Parks', who lives a few miles above this place, ~hat he died in a few hours afterwards. The ork was nearly liaished, as the last plate I ad just been gottoni up on the top, when by omre unforeseen accident, it slipped from the old or those on the house and fell, striking he deceased on the beatd, who was attemupt ngr to get out of the way, for, had he stood ~till, he would have been uninjured. What nakes the cake an extreme one of sympathy s, that hc !haves an old and blind :nother, ho was dependent on himr. for support. -Laurensville Ilerald.. As Isot:NDIAav TO BY. iI'NG.-.On last. ~riday, Cain, a negro boy belonging to James fohnston. Esq., of Orangeburg, was lodged in mr jail foar burning the barn and stables of Jlo Ilantiman, E49., of this 1]istrict, I~e irst iredl Mr. IlfInm's say mills which vere discovered and extinguisheul before any ~ret damage was done. The villain seized he opportunity of carrying out his nrfarions ork by igniting the barn and stables while 11I persons about the premiac.: were en;gaged n ptting out the fire at the mill. le will e executed on the second Friday in October1 aext, near where lhe committed the crime. exigton Flag. ~Tur. SarvaNA CA~il Ms:w:-rrs.-The exzer ises at Snmrna Camp Ground closed Wed aesday morning last-.having been continued rom the preceding Thursday. T.Lhere was a i arge attendance on the occasion. and the ex ries were of the nost inte-:'oling charac er. Very excellenit discourses were dcliv 'red duritie the progress of f he meeting, by he R1ev. M[essrs. McSwain, Franks, Glea.a for, F'rippe, Ifenry Moore, North. and unch religious feeling was mnsiifested. There rere many conversions especially amotng the 0 ing inen, and 51 white pcrsons, and 2I1 i!cks were added to the church.-Abbeville SCOMMER CIA L. HIAMBITltti, Sepat. 11. a Man. Emvon: Our Cotton mnurlet ha< been the ~ ame te past week na it was~ t& previuts one. he taccounts received thai. morning lby the ''Oceanu v aeen" look moare favorable thati was anticipat.:a.. a o I look for an improvement in our cotton market ,r the etnsuing week. Younrs, truly, P. I 1 CHlARLESTON, Sept. 5. a Corrox.-Thaere has beeni a decideud improve-. int in the dlemnand foar this ,artiece, and thie trains ctions duritng the peritad under reiew, have es- k blished a decline, which las b~ean generally ac ededa of 2 @ 1c. ont the parients currentt somec reeks since. The adeumand was rnnadily met, antd - tlers were free sellers at this reductiona. We ave arrangedl our quoaatations~ to correspond with he above remarks, tand those we offer wvill give a - e fair index of the present value of this stapale, iz: Low to Sriet Middllinag, it @iiI 11; taonal C idllig, 114 @ 11ii., aind Middling Fair to Fair, t 12 @~ 12c. The lower graides ore still very muchI egletedl antd prices are nomtinal. ]JACON -There has been a very faair demand ai r Sides and Shoulders, which coupled with a t, omparatively light stock, have enhancedl their alue. The market closed at about Ie. advance Ih nt the Openaing figures. 1 LAn.-There has been some niovetment in this L rticle this wveek anid uparuds :,f 400 packages E ava changed hatnds at 12 @ l2je. fur kegs, andl I @ l i e, fur tierces anda bairreh'*. 3ACING AND' RorF..-Thecre hats been somte liti te deand for Indiae Ttgging, and upawards of til bales !. ave ch:inged htands tat prices ranginag raama 122 to 13c. Some 5010 coils Western Rape .tae also becen sold at prices ranaging from 8.1 to c., the latter price for Maehine 'Rope. NEW YI)RK, Sept. 10. Sales 'of catton to-day 1.5001 bedes; prices were aiier tut unchanged. Flour adavanced 10 cents er barrel; iaales oaf 9,.500 biarrels; Southern $4 - at a $5 10l. W heat quiet ; sales of 9,500 bushel-a rhaite Si 38 a $1 45. Caorn firm; sates of 8,500 . ushelau; quoted at S83 @ salec. Spairitu of Tur- ti entino closed firm, at 451 @ 46fle. Rosin firm t$1 Si1. Rice dull at 3i @ 44c. A UG USTA, Sept. 10. . Coro.-A few halos of newr cotton sold at isfr- nood uMidln to Midd~.w aim mnje OF Tig FOURTH ANNUAL FAIR DF THE EDGEFIELD DISTRICT AORICUL-' TURAL SOCIETY, To le eld at Edgefeld C..., Tiesday, the 8th Korenber, 1859. Field ('opa.-The greatest production of cotton upon one acre of improved upland by the aid of lonestic mianurea with the mode of cultivation, the amount and kind of manure used, the prepara tion of.the soil, period of planting, the number of times plowed and hoed, the ruriety of rotton-the land to be measured and the cotton weighed and vouched for by affidarit; the report to be made to the Secretary and submitted to the Executive Committee by the first of January next. Pre. The greatest production of Corn upon one acre )f restored upland, the mode of planting, manur. tug, kind of manure used and variety of corn etated under the same requisitions. Pre. The largest yield of wheat upon one or more cres under the same requisitions. Pre. Samples of Field Crop.-Best Bushel of wheat with a sheaf of the same. Pre. Best bushel of Corn ivith a dozen ears. Pre. Best variety of Sweet Potatoes, not less than a bushel. Pre. Best variety of field Peas, not less than a bushel. Pre. Best bushel of Irish Potatoes, with the mode of ultivation, ke. Pre. Best bale of Hay made in. tho District. Pre. Cattle.-Best Bull of im'proved breed, 3 years Ad or more. Pre. 2nd Lest Bull of improved breed, 3 years old or inure. Pre. Best Bull or Heifer, from I to 3 years old. Pre. 2nd Best Bull or Heifer, from 1 to 3 years ald. Pre. Best sucking Calf. Pre. Rest Cow for milking qualities, without regard to hlood. Pre. Best pen of Cattle not less than five. Pre. Best Yoke of Oxen raised in the Dristrict. Pre. Jforses.-Best Blooded Stallion, Mare or Colt, )f any age raised in the District. Pre. Beat Stallion for heavy draft of any age. 're. Best Brood Mare of any age. ]'re. Best Colt 3 years old. 're. 2nd Best Colt 3 years old. ]'re. Boat Colt 2 years old. Pre. ;od Best Colt 2 years old. Pre. Best Colt 1 year uld. Pre. fnd Best Colt 1 year old. Pre. Bit suck!ng Colt, without regard to blood. Pre. Xules.-Best Mule 3 years old. Pre. 2md B&t Mule 3 years old. Pre. Best Mule 2 years old. Pre. 2;,, Best Mule .2 years old. Pre. Be-: Mule 1 year old. Pre. 2ni .'est Mule 1 year old. Pre. Best acking Colt. * Pre. For the best pair of Camels. Pre. Jack. -d Jennetta.-Best and largest Jack. Pre. Best and largest District raised Jack. Pre. Best Jack or Jennett raised in the District 2 rears or under. Pre. Best and largest Jonnott. Pre. Best and largest Jennett raised in the Dis trict. Pre. Hoys.-Best Boar of improved Breed. Pre. Best Sow of improved breed. Pre. Best Sow and pigs. Pre. Best pen of Stock hogs not less than six. Pre. Best lot of fat hogs not less than three. Pre. Best young hogs of native stock, not less than wo. Pre. -Sheep.-Best Buck of improved blood. Pre. Best Ewe of improved blood. Pre. Best pen consisting of a Buck, Ewe and Lamb. Pre. Goate.-Best Cashmere Grades. Pre. Fimh.-Dest specimen of brim, from a District ishpond. Pre. Best specimen of red-belly, from a District ishpond. P're. Soithern Farniiing Implemente.-Best District nado wrought-iron 2 horse mould board-plow. Pre. Best wrought-iron subsoil plow. Pre. Best wrought-iron sweep. Pre. Best Sunthern Road Wagon. Pre. Best Common plow stock with a correct state nent of the rule by which it is made. Pre. Best harrow. Pre. District Domestic M1ranufacturee.-Best woolen Ilanket. Pre. 'Best 10 yards (negro) Woolen Cloth. Pre. Best 10 yards Woolen Jeans. Pee. Best Coverlet of' wool or cotton. Jre. Best pair of woolen Socks or Stockings Pre. Best specipien of Sewing Silk. Pree. Best specimen of Silk and Woolen cloth. Pee. Best Rag Carpet. *Pre. Best imitation of Marseilles Counterpain. Pee. Fine Art.-Best Oil Paintings, done in the Dis rit. Pre. Best Paintings in Water Colors, dono in the )istrict. Pre. Best Fancy Paintings, &c, Pre. Houcehold Department.-Best Je r Leaf Lard Best 5 lbs. of Toilet Soap. *Pe Samples of Jellies, Preserves, Pickles, Catsups, iyrups, Cordizds &*c., with full description of the ,rocess of manufacture, keeping, &c., for each mid- Pre. Best speccimnen of Dom..clie WVine, not less than we bottlcs, uinder the above ro'tuitions, for each ind- Pre. Best half bushel of dried apples, peaches, o. ruit of any kind. J're. Best specimen of hermetically- sealed fruits. Pre. Best speecimen of vegitables for table use, her etically sealed and preserved. P're. Best gallon home made Vinegar. i're. Best specimen of Tfallow Candlese. I're. LEost specimen of Starch. Prr. liest Sample of Chinese Sugar Cane Syrup. Pere. 1Eest Ham. r. Best sack if Flour. /'re. Bust loaf Bread. J're, Best jar of Butter not less than 5lbs. f're. Best .liistrict niade Cheese. 'e. Best L'istrict madsie Corin brooms. lare. P'rei..--Deat A pptes. Pecuhes, Pear', Q-iinees Ie., Plumis or Wa termclonis. I'r.. /'u,,/try.-Best pauir Ilistrict Rnised Durkin g,. Be't pair Ifarnyard Fowls. Pe'rr. Best pair of G~ame Fowls. /'re. Best pair Demestie Turkeyn. I'rr. iest pair Eiistern Iieese. /'re. Best pair Muscovy Ducke. /'e,. hlest pair Puddle Ducks. i're. lIe-st pai White Guinea Fowls. Pee. Best pair Javai Ducks. Pee. Best pair Native Geese. /'rr, J/oanctuere in Le-uther.-Best dozen pair o: rogns mzado inl the District. Pee. Best specimen of leather tanned in the District. Sethen .lfunnisetu.Iire.-Best Buggy or Carrinige z:zede in the District. /'e. fJiutrict .1/onnfrr/'rv .-liest Stone ware or rokery. PIc Best Tin whne. P'rr. eele Wlorl:.-Nost beniutiful Collnr ande Chier., Mosjt bentiful Uiidercleet e'a. , l'e Morist berauti alt llankerebief. lI'r. Metst beeautiful (Hd Lady's El'p. /'re. Most beautiful Shawl er Mantle. /'rt. Most beauitifiul Child's D)ies. /'r.-. Most bea-utiiful Chibil's Saeck 'or Sfeneer. /'e. Most beautfiiul Chibjll'.u Clonk.l', 1:bst Patcht Work utiil. 're. Blest Patchz Work ini $ilk. /r liest Crib Quilt. /',. L,,15t1y.-Fo)r thme largest Indiy's Dress rionne: nl the least Hoop Skirt, worn on the occasion. NOTICE TO EXHIBITORS. Exhibitors n::e requesctied to furnish lists of thei: rticles three days previous to the day of exhii ition. Mr. JAxFes 11. Mins, Secretary, will re sive thems at the place. Thte dnty after the Fnir-day will be salesdamy. ot, hih the articles oni exhil,ition can be ot1ered for de byv those who desire to do so. Other articles of rarec merit not metitioned above. ill be resrived, ussigned to suitable comnitteen id shaire in the awards according to their excel nee. The aboeve-offered Premiums are all oni ji'l, i will lhe exhibited on the aniy of the Fair, va ying in value from $2 to $10 each. Come utp, Farmers, Platiters, Mechanics, House epers, &c., &c., in all youtr strength. A. L. DEARING, Pros. J. H. Misxs, Sec'ry. SHYME NEAL. Minumtin, nenr Ninety-Six, by Rev. Jamnes M, hiles, on Ist inst., Wet. G. G AY ER of Charleston. Miss CORA C. CA RTER, of Abbeville District. M~aic, on the 7th inst., by J. A. Lott, Esq. [r. JAMES RABORN and Miss AMERICA. sughter of WrILIAxI MennhtiL, all of this Dis MattED, on Wednesday evening the I1Ith Aug. at, at the residence of William Dale, Esq., near~ amhurg, by Benjamin Baird, Esq., Mr. M. DI. .MILLE R, of Hamizburg, to Miss A. C. FLETCHI. R, of Augusta, Gha. Maneen, on the 18th Aug. last, in Hamburg. y Benjamin Baird, Esq., Mr. ASBURY LOWEI Miss EUGENIA KKIGHlT, both of Augusta. corgia. Manien, on the 3d August, by Rev. D. Bodie. ~. WARREN SMITH- and Miss FRANCEE ODIE, all of this District. HOICE CHAMPAGNE C I DE R l.-~ J For sale Iby D. R. DURISO E. Sept 14 tf31 PPLICATION--Will be made at the next Session of the Legislature to re-incorporato 1 Ferry known as McNary's Ferry, across Big euda River, for a term of twenty-one years. SAug. 20 3m 38 LL COTTON RAGS WANTED, for .which cash will be paid by 8. E. BOWERS, Ag't. u..-t-uk b2. * a Fresh Groceries! S E. BOWERS, AG'r., thanks his friends and . patrous for their liberal support, and desires a continuance of their kindnoss. Every effort will be made to give entire satisfaction both in GOODS AND PRICES. He will fill any orders entrusted to his care, at his Store in Hamburg, or Lambsck & Cooper's in. Augusta, at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES, and of the BEST ARTICLES. His Stock con sists of Java, Laguira and Rio COFFEE; Museovado and Portorico SUGAR; Crushed and Powdered " Extra A. B. & C. " BROOMS, TUBS, BUCKETS, DIPPERS, &c. Colgate's No. 1 SOAP; Family and Toilet SOAP; Patent Wax CANDLES; Pure Sperm ' Hydraulic Pressed CANDLES; Extra Fumily FLOUR; Canvass HAMS; Family LARD; Orango County BUTTER; English Dairy CHEESE; Pine Apple " TEA of all kinds; Candies, Preserves, Pickles, ground and grain Spices; Hermetrically sealed Fish, Lobsters, Oysters an Sardines, &c; Raisins, Citron, Currants, Macaroni, Soda and Butter Crackers; All kinds of Sauces, pure Olive Oil; No. 1, 2 and 3 Mackerel, Kitts; Salmun do.; Havana SEGARS of the best quality, imp.:.rted by Lumback & Cooper. American do.: French BRANDY, of all qualities.; Madiera, Sherry, Port, Claret and Champagnt W.INES; SCIINAPPS, Holland and Jamaica RUM, St Croix RUM, imported by Lamback & Cooper. Gibson's NECTAR, XXXX, XXX, XX, X; Mountain Rye and pure Corn, Catherwood Nectar. XXX, XX, X; superfine Monongahela and Corn: North Carolina Corn, Rye and Wheat WHIS KEY; Pickens District Corn WHISKEY; Anderson District Corn WHISKEY; Double Distilled Rectified do; CORDIALS of all kinds, by the bottle or barrel; Lemon SYRUP do. All the above goods will be sold by wholesale or retail. Hamburg, Sept. 14, 1859 tf 36 A CARD. TO THE PLANTERS OF EDGEFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. -:0: A S the price of Storcage on Cotton has ad vanced in this town to 25 cents per Bale for thu first month. we have converted into a COTTON WAREHOUSE, the Store and adjacent premise, formerly occupied by us. We.will store Cotton at 121 cents per month, or 50 cents by the year. We solicit the patronage of our friends and the plant ers generally. H. & N. E. SOLOMON. Having undertaken the management of the COTTON WAREHOUSE of Messrs. H. & N. E. SOLOMON, I respectfully solicit a share of the pat ronage of my friends and the public generally. JAMES MATHENY. Hamburg, Sept. 7, 1859 tf 35 Splendid Wagons ! T UE Subscriber has justhad manufactured, by Tgood workmen, and of the best seasoned wood, one S X HORSE, one FOUR HORSE, and two TWO HRSE WAGONS, which for beauty, utility and cheapness, cannot be excelled. He only asks an examination, to convince those wanting Wagons that they cannot do better else where. 0. H. P. SCOTT. Hamburg, Sept. 12, tf 36 Fresh Arrivals! FTNE English Dairy CHEESE; C..oice MACCARONI; Fine No. I and 2 MACKEREL; Dried BEEF and Beef TONGUES; Fresh PICKLES; Fresh Bottle MUSTARD, for tahle use; Fresh SALMON and LOBSTERS, in Cans; Fresh Suda CRACKERS; Sugar BISCUITS and JUMBLES; Fresh CANDIES--varied assortment; NUTS of all kinds ; For sale cheap by D. R. DURISOE. Sept. 14 tf 38 JEFFREY'S BEST ALE AND POR TER.--For sale by D. R. DURISOE.' Sept. 14 tf 36 LFJ94~~eL1LN SYRUP. D. R. DURISOE. Sept. 14 tf 36 A Cheap Plaie ! 7 TIlE Subscriber will sell to suit Lpurchasers his DESIRABLE AND) WELL IMPROVED) Tract had~near Winter Sent, on Ninehu Five hundrcd andl fify woodlu fYAr. three hund-red cleared and in a fine sta e r viatioan, seventy-five of whieb is Creek und Jra bttom. one hundred andi twenty-tive fre~sh up lunad that will produce from six to eight hundredl lbs. Seed Cnttoin, and1 from fifteen to twenty bush uls Corn per nere without manure. Those desirous to buy land in Edgefield or Ah beville will do well to look at mine, as I ama de' termninedl ti sell, and will give a great Bargnin. The buildings arc guoodand in thorough repai-. Come quick, or you v'll loose a bargain. .JOlIN W. McJ ELLAlC. Sept 14 tf 3 Head-Quarters, P-r REG IMENT, S. C. M., ) Tuieac.n's PosN, Sept. 8th. 1359. j AO'R T MAR'i A will e'nvene at 3Ire Sus.a BamL'esoN's, on Saturay tho24th inst.. ters the purp'ose of trying al11 defatulters of Mulitia ma Patruleduly. The Caourt will consist of the foi luwing members: Maj. S. B. BLOCKER, Preside'nt. Capt's. THIL'RMOND, Lient's. NIXON. " Ror:n," .E.J.s, 4 II " ]IoLSTE.IN, D. BRUNSON, Judge Advoc'ate. MAry. Moss, Adj't. Bly ordler of J. W. TO31PKINS, Col. Sept.1I S 3 ....To Sportsmen. Ihave one of Powvel's best double barrel G UNS. nnd am de.srous 'f selling it for a reasonalee ensderation. Call andl see it at :ny Store ini [larnhurg. S. E. flOWERS, Ae'-r. Hnamhurg, .uept. Ii tf 3 Cotton Gins. T11E Subscriher offers for sale at low l.rice, two enpiin! CaPTTON GINS. These Gins were ionde at the suabse:-ih~e'a shop on the Ridge, out of he very best material, willh 40 andI I5 tine steel aurs. They are warranted to work we',ll. Purehseurs wisl.ing to get a bargain, would do well to call early. T IL LMA N WATSON, Jun'r. SSept. 14 t f .1,; 01 .tS A LE--A Goodl CAlIR T L OC1. A pply to, 3r. Johnu W. P'owers, 4 miles from Edge eld. 'in Plank Road to Pine Housea. Sept. 131 - 2 t NOT'1ICE--Is hereby given to all interestod. S that :n final settlemnent will be made(1 in Ihe Or linarv', (lnieeq on the Estate of A. J. Un:limnan, leecaseal, oin Friday the 16thb day of D~eemher ext. All the eredlitors of the said dleceased, are erehy notified In paresent their claims on that day n due form. N. RAMfEY, Sen'r.. A'dm'cr. Sept. 12, 1359 .in 36 SINAL SET TLEMENT.--I will proceed on Tuesday, the first day of November nexf, o make a final settlement on the Estate of Wat on Warren, dee'd. Those having claims against aid Estate, will present them to mie by that time. hose indebted must pay up without delay. ELIJAH WATSON, Adtu'or. Sept. 1-, 2t 36 urveying ! Surveying !!. IE Subscriber would respectfully notify the Ipublic, that he has been commissioned DEP JT'Y SURVEYOR for the State, and is now ready o Survey. lie feels confident, having bieen thoroughly edu ated in all the various branches of Surveying in he Citadel Acener y, and having taught it him elf, both theoretically and practically for a num ir of years, that he can give full satisfaction to hose who may favair him with their work. lie hopes by prompt and strict attention to his rofession, to receive a liberal share of patronage. pH- Address, Rtichardsonville, P. 0., S. C. T. B. CR OOKER. Sept. I, 1859 3m 35 0OTICE is hereby given, that application will I be made at the next session of the Legisla ure, for a charter to incorporate Horn's Creek aptist Churob. Aug. 31, 1359 tf 34 ~LOUR--A lot of superfine N'EW FLOUR. Kfrum Richardson's and Dr. Andrews, just ;round, and for sale at $4 per sack, cash. E. PENN, Ag't. Au.u... , 1859 (1r a 3 New Fall Goods. WILLIAM SHEAR AS received, by the last steamer fromNew York-Ladies' Rich Silk ROBES, of new and elegant styles: Rich Bayadere, Taffeta and Fancy SILKS and POPLINS; Superior 4-4 French PRINTS, of beautiful pat terns; Superior English and American PRINTS: Fancy Delaine ROBES, of the latest Paris styles; Small Figured DELAINES, for Children's Dresses; Superior Saxony, Welch and Patent FLANNELS; With a variety of other articles suitable for the present season, to which the attention of the pub lie is respectfully invited. Augusta, Sept. 7, 1859. if 35 EDGlFIE1 FMILE INSITUTE ! T HIS School will commence again on Monday the 1911h of September, under the manage .enit of the undersigned as PRINCIPAL and PROPRIETOR. Ilis purpose, if liberally sustained by the com inunity, is to enlargo and beautify the present buildings, furnishing theta ,lth everything re quisite,-to employ a full and efficient corps of Teachers, anal thus to establish a PERMANENT iCIIOOL that shall farnih to young ladies the best educstional facilities. It will open with FOUR TEACHERS, and others will be employed as noon .as the number of Pupils shall justify. The Scholastie year will be divided as boreto fore, into two Sessions of twenty weeks each; the first to clere on Friday, the 10th of Februnary ; the second to commence on the folloicing Mondauy, and close the last day of June. The school will be divided, for the present, into -4,re Departments, PiumARY, ACADEMIC and Cot IXGtAT.. For studies. under each, see Circular. Terms per Session of Twenty Weeks, Payable by cash or note, onae half in adeance, and the other at the noiddle of each Seusion. Tuition in Primary Department...............$15 00 -' Academic " .............. 20 00 " " Collegiate " . ............... 25 00 " " Music " ............... 25 00 " " French " .............. 16 00 Use of Piano for Sessions......................... 1 50 Use of Piano, and for Practice................ 4 00 Contingent Fee........... . ...... 1 50 g& Each pupil will be charged from the time of entrance to the close of the Session. No de duction, however, will be made for the los of a few weeks at the commencement of the Sessi'.n, or for absence during the Session, except in cues of protracted sickness. It is, therefore, earnestly hoped that all who intend to enter will do so promptly at the opening of the School. IV Pupils from a distance, can obtain board qn reasonable terms, in pleasant private families. Ji For further information, address JOHN R. GWALTNEY, M. A. Edgefield, S. C., Sept. 7, 1859 tf 35 Sheriff's Sale, BY Virtue of sundry Writs of Fieri Facias to me directed, I will proceed to sell at Edge fGild C. U., on the first Monday and Tuesday In October next, the following property in the fol lowing cases, viz: John W. McKellar vs. Albert G. Gaskins, One Tract of Land, containing four hundred and eighty acres, more or less, whereon the Defendant resides, adjoining lands of John F. Burress, Davis Gil christ and others. S. W. Nicholson vs. Allen Franklin. and L. J. Miles; John Seigler, Bearer, and others, severally vs. Allen Franklin, One Tract of Land, containing two thousand acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Win. Gregg, Kissiah Swearingen. and others. James H. Swearingen vs. G. McD. Wever; other Plaintiffs vs. the same, One Tract of Land, where on the Defendant resides, containing four hundred acres, more or less, adjoining lands of William rouncy, James Swearingen, Sen'r., Absalom Horn .Lad others. Also, One other Tract of Land, con taining three hundred acres, more or less, adjoin ing lands of William Toney, B. W. Hatcher, Da vid Harris and others. John R. Wever vs- Milledge B. Wever, One Tract of If.'ud, containing three hundred and eigh ry-nine acies, more or less, bounded by lands of Johnson Bland, Aquilla Miles and others. Daniel Holland vs. John C. Loveless and others; Bennett Holland and other Plaintiffs, severally vs. John C. Loveless, One Tract of Land, containing two hundred acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Geogge Spearman, Eldred Mobley and others. E. L. Whatley for another, vs. ThomaW. What Icy, One Tract of Land, containing one hundred .and fifty acres, moare or less, adjoining lands of Mrs. Mariah A tkinson, Mrs. Whatley and others. W. WV. Hanvirdi for another, vs. Winnield Hiavird, One Tract of Land, contatining one hundred andi twenty acres, more or less, adjoining lnnds of Ja cob McCarty, Thornton Colemnan and others. Ellis A Simonton vs. E. P. B. Eirgka.yAdan'or., One Tract-lr Lani~g-conaming two hundred acres, -nore or less, adjoining lands of James Swuaringen, denr., F. M. Coleman and others. 1). J. Walker v3s. John Marsh, One Tract of Land, containing ninety-three acres, more or less, sljoining lands of John J. Glover, William P'ar Itte, Win. P. Jones and others. a J. E. Wells, for another, vs. John Autry, One fract of btml conttaining two hundlred and ten ,eres, houtiled by lands of B. T. Buatwright, Mrs. Slizabeth L'tmh and others. A. G. Trutner vs. F. M. Nicholas: Other plain iffs vs. The Sume, One lot in tae Vilunguof Edlge ild containing three zaeres, l.oradedt lby lands of I. iams, .Sirs. Spanan andl uthers. Windcont E.C. Rahertson, One Tract of ands of Johnz Drigy/tda neres. bounded bay E-state of Jammes Blackwel' del belonmging to the Alfred ti. Howrard vs. Gleorgo Shia'rpton, Tract or loat of land contuinin~g tire acres. move Jr less, nijoining lands of Mrs. Saraht M,rris anid ,thters. L~. C. Detninig vs. II. R. e'o.,k, (One Trm-at at. andt canttaiing ane hurualred- ne-raes, tmore or 1.5. tiad J. Hi. Hlammoind. JA Mfl EIDSON, s.+;.. State of South Oarolina, EDGEFIELD D)ISTR--T. Robert QuntrIes. tunardian udItems, PrN,, Evi legg and wife, and others.J BY' an arader from the Ordinary, I will proes to sealI nt~ Edgefield C. H., on~ the first 31amn) a Octob~er next, the Real Estate of Mildred Aitona, lecemaed, corsisting of a Tract of Land, lying anad baing in the District and State aforesaid, contain ng two hundrrd and sixty-nine acres, more or ess, botunded lay lands of Joaahua Harris, James Sheppard, Elias Lagroon. and ethers. Trans-On a credit of twelve months. Pur :hasers to give bond with good seccurilies, and a nortgage to the Ordinary, to secure the purchase noney. Coast to bae paidl in cash. Titles astra. JAMES EIDSON, P.F.. Sept. 9, 1859 ~ 4te ;ati State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, I.V ORDINAR Y. obert Quarles, Guardian, ad liecm. ohn Williams and wife, and others. J 3an order from the Ordinary, I will proceed 17to sell at Edgefleld C. HI., on the first Monday nt Octobaer next, the Real Estate of Robert Aiton, lecased. consiting aaf a small Tract of Land, ly .g atnd being in the District and State aforesaid, n ilorse Put Creek. waters of Ouffeetown Creek, ntnded by lands oaf Joshua Harris, Dr. E. An Irew< and' Isaac Burnet, and others, containitng ne hundred andl thirty-five ac. muore or lesas. T F:RS--On a credit of twelve months. Pturcha ers to give band with gotod securities, and a mort age to the Ordinary, to secure the purchase mon y. Cost to be paid in cash. Titles extra. JAMES EIDS@N, S.E.n. Sept. 0, 1S59 4te 36 State of South Carolina, EDGEFJLD DISTRICT, IX ORDISARIY. lilen Franklin and wife Mar-) thApplicants, j th.a, For Parition,. enjamin Barton and wife Be- | bala, and others, Def'ts. J BY an order from the Ordinary, I shall proceed to sell at Edlgetleld Court House on the tirst ionday in October next, for Partition, the Real ~state of Obedience Holley, deceased, a tract or arcel of land, lying and being in the District and tato aforesaid, containing one hundred and six sen Aeres, more or less, and adjoining lands of ~Villiam Hightower, Estate of Mrs. Hlightower, foseph Ramabo and others. Taaus-On a credit until the first day of Janu ry next. The purchaser to give bond and securi r, and a mortgage to the Ordinary to secure the urhaise money. Cost to be paid in cash, and to ay for titles extra. .-JAS. EIDSON, S-... Sept. 9, 4 4t 36 P OSITIVE NOTICE.-All persons indebt Led either by note or account to Dr, J. Y. ENDERSON must settle up with me by the 1st f October next if you wish to avoid paying cost. M. M. PADGET AoENT. Sept. 533 35 SOTICE.--All persons, having iemands Sagainst Alfred May, Deceased, are requested o render them in, properly attested, according to w. ' C. M. MAY, Ex or AuS H1. HART. Exees