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4t gbetistr. I ARTRUR SInRTWS, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1859. Our Schools. The flourishing and ably-conducted schools at this place will remain for 1960 under the same su pervision as during last year. Attention is earnestly invited to their established merits. The facilities are not to be surpassed in any part of the country. Senator Chesuut's Speech. The reader will find the late speech in Congress by our junior Senator on another page. It is well-conceived and well-expressed. Its decided yet courteous tone will commend the approbation of the country. Ahead of All the Rest. In the prices of negro property the cry is still, they rise. On Friday lait Dr. E. BLASD sold be between 20 and 30 negroes at his plantation for an average of $1165,75 per head. We rather think this is the best sale of the season, South. The Holidays! The Holidays! Mr. EnUxN Pavs, jr., at the old and well known stand, is daily filling In with all the deli cacies and the nick-nacks, the good things and the funny things, the comestibles and the combu2 tibias adapted to the holidays. Oh, those delicious Core Oysters which we have bad the pleasure of sampling! Usuw E Pleribus ! How tempue does fugit! " Christmas comes but once a year."' Go to Pcx:'s and make a good time of iL Also, Mr. GOLDINU, our neighbor, is doubling his forces for the oniet. He had many things the other week when we spake of him, but now-Do ye a(ony! Did you Say That you wanted to get a good set of harness, or a saddle magnifique, or a bridle that will do to ride the President's horse with, or any thing else in the line of equerry matters. Go to SaaixxA, Jase & Co's Augusta, Ga., who have an exten sire assortment- of all these things in their superb store on Broad StreeL See their card. General Bonham. Our motaber has made a sp.iritod speech in Con gress, warning the North of the dangers at hand and solemnly declaring his conviction that the Union is in imminent danger of disruption. We have not received a report of the General's re marks, but will give them as soon as we can. Col. Wigfall's Election. Col. Lovas T. W:GFALL, well remembered by Edgefield as one of her most brilliant sons, has been elected United States Senator from Texas. We beg leave. as it is nearly Christmas, to throw lp our hat and shout threc-tim~es-three for the senator elect. He has reached an arena suited to his genius. We shall expect him to be the Brutus of the American Senate. His triumph over Hous ToN's party in Texas is a matter of congratulation. But lot it not be forgotten that upon the Slave Trade question he agreed with that party. Only the other day an Edgefield man, Mr. LANDRUV, was elected to Congress from Louisiana. Next comes the intelligence we have just recorded. Edgofield is proud of the promotion of her distant a3ns. Vigilant Enough. The Orangeburg Vigilants appear to be deter mined that no one rhall pass that locality unebal lenged. One of our very best looking Edgefield caizens, and who was an aid to Governor ADAus, happened to alight from the railroad at that place rtecntly, and wvas 'nabbed' immediately by them. Humoring the joke, the Colonel went along very quietly until chance threw in his way a friend who knew him well, when of course an explanation ensued and the vigilante subsided. A Foundling. Early on the morning of the 15th instant a vigi lant servant brought into our cottage a young and helpless criature whichs he had found on the side ot the road at a short distance from our gate. Strange to say, It was both healthful and gleeful although so much exposed, which went to prove that it had been thug, abandoned for only a very short time. No one was seen near ;-no one had been seen about that morning;-and no one has since ap peared to claim the little charge. Up to this time, we have kept the matter entirely quiet, lest we might unnecessarily expose a thing in which the too curious public has no especial concern. But now we feel it to be our duty to state the circum stance explicitly. The pitable object of this strange treatment has the appearance of being five or six months old, is a female, has very pretty eyes, and was eomfortably but very plainly clad in a coarse mixtue of wool and hair. The only ether facts worth sdientioning to establish its identity, are these: It hein a veil and barke rery well indceeL for Soiree, . Refer to the cand announcing a Masonie iban eing Soiree for Tuesday next. The occasien will~ bs a brilliant one ;--The management ensures that. We wish to all concrned a happy evening end a bright next morning. Trinity Church. We are requested to state that there will be ser vice ic the Episcopal Charch on Saturday evening next, being Christmas Eve. The Plank Road. It will afford many of the people of this and the upper Districts great pleasure, to know that the Edgefield and Hamburg Plank Ror'd is now undergoing such rapid imul-rovemzent as will result in itst entire renewal within a twelve month frumn this date. The plan adepted is to put down all new plank wherever the rad is touched. There is force enouagh at work to accoumplish one hundred and fifty yards per diem,, which will be about two miles a month. In nine mothds sixteen or cighteen miles will thus be renewed; And there are naow n.eurly laid aearly tee miles. 8o that it may be safely calculated that the wholo ruad will be in good order by the lust of next year. This is good news ind. ' vur there is siot a doubt, that this road is ont .aest works ever undertaken in Edgefield. Its present managers deserve high praise for the determination and energy they have displayed during the last two years, which has been the test period of the Road's fate. Thanks to their unflinehing devotion to its interests, it has stood the test and is again a success. May every good ciizen lend it his patronage; may the stock .oon becoane as valuable as it ever was ; and may P'resident Cenny long live to see the happy results o.f hi's industrious administration of the Company's etiaire. Brown's Accomplices. On Fridlay laest the acco~mplices of Brown were hung at chaarles towna, Vs. The two negroes. Green rand iCopeland were executed at 11i o'clock, A. MI. The two white men C'ook and Coippie, succeeded ar oseai.ng from their cell oni Thursday evening, hatt they wvere, disvered by the sentinel and re imprieoned. and hung on Friday even ing. The Vindictives in Dismay. The following secret dispatch from Newberry wilt explain inelf: "Mr. EDston: This i to inform you that the Vindictive are arrangingt for a regular stampede in the direction of .eun-down. Your announee ment of the' coming of1 the IrrruintIbl, has ab squatulated the den. They may make a showing in the next paper only to get time. hiut their day is out and their race is rn by general consent or the lodgei I do not wish to leave a place where I have so many attachments, and have therefore concluded to turn State's evidence and take the benetit. Your humble petitioner, JACK KASS, Secretary and chbief counsellor of the Newberry Vindictives. IP. S.-!! nou th ink the ga..de worth the troudde, woor there SaaRatiTItaLeA ee tkr the whol p'ar ty if the'y Will .catch the roadl a little .rgond ao Lavat. os Thursdayj aw.rningy neet about day Poor JAci: Kase ! dispel you-r alarms. Your traitorous inissive has been considered, and you are pasdon'ed. Say also to the other poor followe, hat no one has had any serious design of harm ng them. 'Let them stay at home, mend their ays if poseible, take their Christmas, andI eat mhir nassnes inaessos. congressional. Nothing decisive had occurred in Congress up to last advices. Mr. Masox's resolution of enqui ry was still under consideration in the Senate. Members of the House were still delivering them selves of speeches and sectional sentiments. Mr. SiCELs, of New York, had made a patriotic ap peal to the North against the slavery agitation and in justification of the South. Mr. HICKMAN, of Pen., had threatened force in the event of attempted disunion. General BONaM and others had given expression to high-toned southern feelings. The excitement was rather on the decline. No election of Speaker yet. The last ballot on Friday, the 16th, stood as follows: Sherman 1l1 Bocock 88. Boteler 25. The Legislature. Having waited until the last hour almost for the letter of our Columbia Correspondent, and not having received it, we are minue our Legislative information. Neitheris it a matter of consequence, as no new topic appears to have been broached in either House, and we now only await the decision of what has been brought before the body,-of all which our readers have been duly advertised, One of the most important measures of the Ses sion is the establishment of a separate Court of Ap peals. The intelligence is sufficiently positive that this measure has received the sanction of the Leg. islature, and is by this time an Act. In view of its passage, we distinctly take back what we have good humouredly said about tho "masterly inac tivity of our present Legislature," &c, &c. This measure alone is sufficient to redeem that assembly from the charge of mediocrity. Because it is a measure of general value and of eminently wise purposes. Its adoption is an era in oir State Leg islation, and we doubt not that the prejudices en gendered against it in days past will soon be forgotten in the admirable working of the present arrangement. There are speculations alloat as to the occupan cy of the new bench, and the name of JAMEs L. PtroaU is mentioned in connection with the po sition of Chief Justice. With all due respect and admiration for this distinguished lawyer, may it not yet be doubted whether it would be either wise or proper to go outside of our present Judiciary to obtain the Judges of the new Court? In Federal politics, the storw has been raging high during the night sossions of the past week. Action appears to have settled down upon the fol lowing resolutions offered by Hon. C. U. MEx miaMaa, which were passed unanimously in the House on the 16th instant: , Ifesolvel, That it is the deliberate judgment of this General Assembly that the slave-holding States should immediately meet together to con cert measures for united action. Rlesolved, That the foregoing resolution be com municated by the Governor to all the slave-holding States, with the earnest request of this State that they will appoint deputies, and adopt such mea sures as in their judgment will promote the said meeting. Resolved, That a special commission be appoin ted by this General Assembly to communicate the foregoing resolutions to the State of Virginia, and to express to the authorities of that State the cor dial sympathy of the people of South Carolina with the people of Virginia, and their earnest do sire to unite with them in measures of defence. Resolred. That the State of South Carolina owes it to her own citizens to protect them and their property from every enemy, and that for the pur pose of military preparation for any emergency, the sum of $100,000 he appropriated for military contingencies. Another resolution was at first appended to this string, authorizing the establishment of a separate office in the Executive Department for organizing and directing the military defences of the State with the money voted in a preceding resolution. lBnt this was dropped from some cause or other: although, to say the truth, it was the only one of the set which really sounded like immediate ae tion. The resolutions as they stand will receive the cordial approbation of the whole State. It is to be hoped that, they will nut prove, like other resolutions of a past day, CoUc et pruterea nihil. 3. Amongst other propositions likely to peass, one for the protection of sheep-husbandry, by cur tailing our dog privileges, is worthy of mention. There has heretofore been an indisposition to at tempt any thing of this sort in earnest; but this session it has not been a laughing matter. On the contrary, it has been'well and favorably con sidered. And we believe Its adoption would meet the general applause of the people. It would cer tainly conduce to the true interests of otur State. Next wedk we hope to be able to give a list of the Arts of the Leginuture at its present 4ession. Thu people will then see the. reeault of the lahurs of their Representatives during the three busy weeks just gone by. We shall also, if we can find a journal of the Session, give the votes of our ow'n members on each measure of any impor tance. Christmas. The hallowed season approchos. " wherein our Saviour's birth is celobruted." Other annaiversa. ries among men have only to do with mortul and perishable greatness. But this is the anniversary of the birth of the Sou of the Highest. Other celebrations have for their subject the triumph of armies, or, it way be, the achieved independence of nations. But this is the celebration of an event which inaugurated thu Salvation of a World. Eighteen hundred and aifty-nine years have run their appointed rounds since that glorious morn arose when the Angel of the Lord aroused certain shepherds of the plaiu with the thrilling intelli gence, " I bring you good tidings of great joy, which ehall be to all people; For unto yow is borns this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." And as often as that anni verary has recurred, that Angel with legiuns of atteudaze spirits may well he supposed to have descended from the battlements of HigbhHeaven. to sweep through the murky atmosphlere of Earth agiu, and again to renew those precious breath. ingS~oi Heavenly inepiratioun: * Glory to God in tho highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." M3ay it not be, that " a multitude of the Heavenly hoes" is now again preparing, in the very ecstasy of rapture, toj revifrit Bethlehem in meory of that great miesiont of Love,-thence to impart to the four qguarters of the Globe the be nign influences of thu tjum~like boon of which they were the hnnored bearers eighteen hundred and fifty-us years ago! Call it superstition, if you like ; there Las ever pervaded the atmosphere of earth,at this blessed season, a peculiar something of joy and gratitude and love and charity which have not beeon obser vable at any) other periods of the rolling years. True, this blending of righateoaus imp~ulses has of tn been fund running in pollutedl channel, and xhiLiting itself in unhallowed orgies. But good men have ever been lifted nearer to lleaven by the suggestions of tihe hour ; andI even the demnonstra tions of the thouightlttas and of fouls seem to have proceeded upon sonme udetined conviction, now dimly realized through the dusk of their beelouded imaginations, that the earth is full of the glory and of the goodness of Gud. The bard of Avon, than whom no man ever inure aceurately recordled the opinions and traditions of his day. thus makes an interior character in one of his plays aliude to the ever wide-spread sentimount of involuntary faith respeting this great festival of penc: tE And thaen they an~y no .pirit duare, etr abrand . Th m nights aure wholesomi~e ;then nao platrir ,trike,, o fairy takes, nor ,citch hath powter to cam Ru hallow 'd and eo gracious as the time." As then, so before, and so to the day in which we live, has the mystery of a divine agency been recognized through out C hristendo~m as peculiarly prevailing in the earth and air and waters of ottr p!anet at this mighty anniversary. Let us then, with all the hosts of Heaven, and with all the elements of Tiwe, and with all the sparkling orbs that fill creation, bow down our hearts in gratitude and lore while viewinag anew the birth day of the P'rince of P'eace, lowreer we may he found celebrating Its return, let net, Jhe memory of Eternal Love he altogether absent from our rejoicinga! Let Pease and Charity temper aur festivals ! Let joy he softened by humility ! And let Hope take hold of the prozrises that clus ter around the Season ! Se may we derive tem oral pleasure and eternal gain from this Great lugh Feast of the Christian Church. j' The Keowee ('ourier has recently been en rged and otherwise improved. We are gratified :o chroniele this evidence of increasingprosperity ..,lh on.. .mountain Cssk.wr Mr. Jennys' Card. It w: . be seen that Mr. JENNys, the agent of .,t, ATHERTON & Co's piano manufactory, ad vertises the arrival in Augusta of a large lot of instruments from that house. .Mr. J. professes to sell these instruments at a moderate profit, which we do not doubt. At any rate he has satis fled purchasers hereabouts as to the price and quality of these-planos. The selection of a niano forte is a matter of taste, and about ta:te it is well known there is no disputing. Our motto in such matters is, fair play and every man suit him self. Read Mr. J's card and see, when conveni ent, his new display in Augusta. - I - Trade with Charleston. Reference is asked to the card of various Charleston merchants in favor of the Charleston trade. They present their case strongly. What say our merchants of the interior? European News.. The steamship America arrived at Halifax, with Liverpool dates to December 3rd. The sales of cotton during the week reached 51,000 bales, of which speculators took 3,500 and exporters 9,000 bales. All qualities have partially declined, and in some cases id. lower has been submitted to. The authorised quotations are: Fair Orleans, 7j; Middling Orlears, 1; Fair Mobiles, 71; Middling Mobiles, 71; Fair Uplands, T; Middling Uplands, 6 11-18. The stock of cotton in Liverpool is 410,500, of which 255,000 are American. Manchester advices were favorable, and prices were firm and steady. At Liverpool breadetuffs were declining. Corn firm. At London, money was in good demand at un changed rates. The Bullion in the bank of Eng land had increased thirty-three thousand pounds. The political news by this arrival is generally uninteresting. The London Times strongly urges Lord Palmer eton to represent England. The 5th of January, it is rumored, will be the day for the first sitting of the Congress. The French fleet have destroyed two forts at the mouth of the Totune for firing at a French vessel. The French fleet afterwards returned to a position of neutrality. The Charleston Convention in the Sen ate. The Senate was yesterday (says the South Car olinian of Friday last,) again engaged in discus sing the propriety of any citizens of the State send ing delegates to the Charleston Convention. All the declamation, eloquent and forcible though it was, about the corruption that prevails in these conventions, may be true, but where can we go to avoid the contact of corruption ? Certainly no hu man body is exempt from it, not even our Legis lature. Denunciations could be heaped with all truthfulness and propriety upon that very body for the log-rolling, caucusing and wire-pulling in dulged in whenever any election of importance comes up. It would not be a great exaggeration to say that, in many instances, the minor offices are made so much stock in trade for carrying lar ger ones, yet no one should decline holding a place in the State councils beeause these things occur. So, also, with our Federal Congress. Yet we And our very best men either going there or trying to get there. ' No one thinks any the less of.them for it. These conventions have become a part of our Government-they name the men who are to fill its most important offices, and it is much better that we should go there and contribute our influ ence towards securing a proper nomination. Messrs. Garlington, Moses, Rhett, Wilson and Al len participated in the discusion. Mr. Wilson ma.le some very forcible, elequent and telling re marks on the remeteness of the entire subject mat tr to the business before the Senate. The discussion has the very eontrary effect froma that intended. So far from tbe advocates of rep resentation in the Convention being intimidated by this attempt at Senatorial rebyke, they are on ly the more resolved to do so. Nothing is ever accomplished by interference with other people's business. The Spartantand the Cpuavestzon.-. The Spartanburg Ljpartan has the following sea ible remarks upon this topic : The Demoeratic Executive Committee appoin ted at the Cincinnati Convention, at their meeting in Washington. on the 7th instant, designated the 23d of April ats the day for the opening of the Chrleston D~eznorratie Notninating Convent ion. It is a maarked feature of the excitement of the times that the Senate of South Carolina should al low grave debate on resolutions antagonistic to any of her eit izens taking part in the deliberations of that bodly, if patriutienm reqluires that all South Carolinians be outsiders, the Senate, in con junction with the llouse, lhusonly to take the pos itive steps necessary to sever the ctonnection of this State from the confederacy. If we are to go ott of the Union, it matters not who may be cho sn President: but, if we are still to remain in it, we may as well umake the muost of our present ill asortod connection, und secure as good a l'resi dut as we can. Further than this, we believe that South Carolina will be held derelict iu duty to the South, if, uder the peculiar circumstances of the next Convention, the manner of its appointment, the place of its meeting and( the emnerge-ncy of the occasion, she shall refuse to tueet her si.-ter Slave States in that body. Miscellaneous Items. M' Envy increases itn exact prop~ortion with fae; the man1 that nitnkes 2a character makes ene mies. A radiant genius calls forth swarm s of pevish, biting. stinging iiectLs, just as the sun shine awakenus the world of flies. prJohn Mlitchell, in a letter fromn Paris re gnarding the movele.t being mtade in Ireland to o'taii an amnesty for him and his fellow exi'es, declares he would uccep~t tao smnesty-. Ilo adds that he will never live in Irelaud under English rule, and yet he hoj vs to gro back to live in Ire lnd. .r The "Sutctr Je-purch," is the title of a paper to he issued ait Suter, S. C., during .innua y next. It will be under the control of T2. WV. Dikinsr, Eeg., a graduate of the 8. C. Collegg~ and publ shed by NMesr. W. J. Francis and Joho F. DeLorme. g|* The Augusta C'ountiturl~aal.rsays: "There are very few advertisemnents in sout horn new-spa pers, at this time, ainnonncing goods for sule, which have bseen "just received front Boston, New York," &c. This style of advertising is eut of date, behind the times, old fogyish, and will net attract customers.. In tine, it is getting to be en fshionable to talk or think about northern antd estern goods, unless it is to reputdiate the ttse of them. pgtIt is reported (says the Charleston C'ourier) that Senator llammond has expressed his inten tion of resigning his seat at the close of the pre sent Ses.-io. Hie has been prevented from taking his place at Washlington isy indisposition. ' p- A verdiet was un the 15th jes&., obtained in the United Sttatss Court ini New York ejgy, bty the Adlams' Express Company, against Nathsan Maroney, (the former agent of the Express Cum panyat Montgomery,) for the sum of tifty-three thousand dollars. . ip S. C. Deschanmps, late Ordinary for Claren don District, has absc-ontded, at the expense of' several gentlemen concerned with him in business, and of his sureties. An election has been ordered fr the 16th January to fill his place. prS The detective editor of the Charleston Cuir thus smiles at an unlucky wight of the ountry press: "' Sec. is rAxx. The death of W'ashingon Envt., is unnauunerd by one oJ f one ountr exvehangre." gf It has been proposed in the Virginia Leg islature to make colored persons competent wit sesses in all cases of conspiracy with, or inciting daves to insturrection or of circulating any written r yinteg matter designed to that end; or of goaling sg'es or inciting themu to absecond. .Nowi CANOMI.:-t-The Governor and L1ouncil of North Carolina, at a ru'nt meet ig, tendered the warm sympathy of the tatu o Virginia, deterainaed to demnand North Darolia's qtiota of arms from the General Government, atnd recotmmended the re-organ za ot . e mikiia. For the Advertiser. Les Chateaux D'Espagne. BY K. It. GODNAN. Whoso dwells in a chateau d'espague, 'Tis plain, Careth neither for wind or for rain: 'Twero vain, For wrapped in his mantle secure All storms.he alike could onjure, As long as the chateau shall last, His joys they but multiply fast. Still, he'd best keep a foot upon earth, - For his birth, :Estalls upon some a sad dearth - Of true mirth; And his chateau might fall, And then sorrow's dark pall Would o'erwhelm him beneath its dull fold; And the love.of this world groweth cold, When one has neither wit nor bright gold! if he's "born to the purple"-woree still, Should he fail His purse with fair metal to fill, Men would rail, At his airy-built castles that vanish like day, Though decked with fair jewels-emiting no ray, And sad would he be then indeed -To find his hopes but a " bruised reed." Atill, "Bohemians" will cherish each dream, Though a gleam Of sad fact through the imagery beam; 'Till it seem, That each "c astle of Spain" That is built, is but vain; .Whilst Adversity's knock at the door Like " Poe's Raren," is heard "EvznxoiE For the Advertiser. MR. EDITOR:-Permit me through the columns of your excellent paper, to present my thanks to the Brethren of the Edgefield Association who have contributed to the payment of the debt against the Coliseum Church in New Orleans. The following amounts have been received since the acknowledgement on 10th November,.viz: From Damascur.....................$10,00 " Chesnut Hill,......................10,00 " Clouds Creek,................ ..10,00 " Red Hill.............................1,00 Calliham's Mill,...................15,00 " Red Oak Grove................... 3,00 " Little Stevens' Creek,.........10,00 " Good Hope,........................10,00 " Dry Creek,......................... 6,00 Total........................... $'5,00 J. M. CHILES. Greenwood, Dec. 12th 1859. GtEENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD. We are credibly informad that the business of the Greenville and Columbia Road, for the month of November, amounted to $38,451. This is the largest business that has ever been done on the road ~for any one 'month. We are plaesed to chronicle such evidences of its growing prosperity. With the Blue Ridge Railroad, it would at once become a firstelass railroad.-South Carolinian. NoN-IsTEaCoURsE.-The Alexandrians have given the contract for water pipe to Anderson & Co., of that city, though Northern firms of fered to do it cheaper. "Home industr seems to be the rallying cry throughout the Souh. TuE HrLpem Boor.-Charles T. Dixon, of 1orcheater County, Md., it has already bee .mentioned, was arrested last week on the - arge of circulating incendiary documents It appeared it was the " Helper Impending Crisis" which he had been selling. HYMENEAL. MAIED, on the 8th inst., by Rev. John Trapp, Mr.iT. W. WEEMS of Caus Co., Ga., and Miss MAhGARET BYRD, of this District. MaranE, in Shatteir~eld, by Rev. John Trapp, on the 14th inst., Mr. SAMUEL DEAL and Miss ELIM& MILLER, all of this District. MAants.D, on the 15th inst., by Rev. E. Caugh man, Mr. HI. VANSAN T to Miss E. WA TSON, all of '.his District. *Mr Niii the I7th int., by F. W. Burt, Esq., Mr. E. HI. HAMMOND, and Miss J. HAMMOND, all of this District. Peace and prosperity to the happy pairs. OBITUARY. ia, on the morning of the 1 ith instant, after a brier illness at the residence of lher father, CH AttLEII H1.tos, Esg., Miss BETTIE S. HAMMOND, in the Twentieth your of her age' Summoned thus in the morning o'f life to cross the green threshold of the Tomb, the event hi's brought sorrow end anguish upon a happy homc-but their loss ishereternal gain. Sihe has piasseid thnrough the Gates into the City where there shall be no more death, neither sorruw nor weeping ; neither shall there be any more pain. Arfections crushed and fund hopes early blighted In the deep hush of thy coldl tomb are laidl, Alas for those whose path thy presence light~d, Now lonely lost in sorrows deep'st shade. Farewell, thou loved one-snered be thy rest, No blot is on thy spotless me:oory; Our sighs are not for thee, for tho'u art blessed Thou art in Hleaven and there thy God with theet. N. Hlanmburg, S. C., Dec. 17, 1859. COMMER CIA L. h AMBURG, Dee. 19th 1S59. Mr. Eturron: We had an active cottou mnnrket for the past week; and in a few instances some lota were sold at det advance on p~revious quotations. I quote 106 fur good middling, vend 103ets for middling fair. Rteceipts for the wevd, 1418 halos. P. A cous-r.t Dec. 17. ('uou.-There was an active demaind in the market to-day, and ptrices5 had an upt ard tendency. Thei sales root up' 1,503 b'alie, at quotatmins fromn 8 to llets. CuxmvsoooA, Dec. 1s.-Wheat, Corn and Hugqe are the only marketabsle ctommodities now incitinag inquiry. Wheat.-The demand is far in edvance of stup. ply, and no little inquiry p~revai:I tas toaci enpu hases can be made. We make quotaatioens at $l,15 @j $1201, active-sunall lo:s haive chanaged hands at these figures, and heard otf contracts at smne prices. Corn.-Is awaking inquiry, andl for which buy. era would give 60c. quite reodily. As yet little afered in mnarket-60ec.. and! active, may he regar ded a reliable queotable tigure. We olier it. as an opinion baasedl upon reliable initelligenace, thant the preont erop ins this re-gion of count ry, anal fur mar ket. when shelled, will he quite larga'. Hog.--In fair sized droves are daily arriving at this point for southern .shipment. Butyers are giv ing 5c. gr'ess, und several Itots have exchanged hands. From an inspection of the Western and Atlantic railroad books at the Chattaniouga depot, we Atid that the numbers shipped fretm this point up to Dec. 1st, is 10,860 against 6,920 of last year. -Advertiser. CHAaRLESTON, Dee. 1O,-Cutton.-The reeipts since our last amount to 18,026 haled, and the sales in the sette time, l16,354 lbales. We quote L'.w to Rtrict Middling luI*@10te.; tibod Middling 1t0P@ 10ge.; and Midldling Fair te Fair, 1l@111c. p Ip-'e Frjends of Mavjor TILGM14N WA'p ON, respectfully nomihnalp haim a4s a Candidlatyi f'r the State Senate, to till the yacauncy occosioned by the election of Hon. J. P. CARIntt to the Chancery IBench. Dec.'7, 1859 418 gg Many friends of Dr. JOHN L.AKE re spectfully nominate hitt as a Candidlate for the State Senate, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the lction of Hon. J1. P. CAnr~r. to the Chancery Bench. Dec. 5, tf 49 JEThe friendls of Dr. WM. D. JENNINGS respetfully nominate him as a Candidate for tli Senate-to fil the vacancy therein existing. Dec. 14 (f 49 pi'-The friends of Capt. M. W. GARY re pectfully announce him a Candidate for Colonel f 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, to fill the vacancy caioned by the resignation tof Cotl. J. F. Bun. Iee. 2,0 ,tf 50 ngeenon Press wi)) please copy and fwarti bill l'o Tii'ggee." " ' Y 3SACKS FRESH FLOUR just re ceived and for sale by E. M. PENN.. ne.l . 1ic rie "Avolio, And Other Poems." Such is the designation of a new volume of Poems by Mr. PAUL H1. HAYNX, of C' who alresady ranks honorably amongst the poets of America. We hare just read his present book through and through with care stimulated by in torest in the success of the author. It is with sin cere gratitication that we say, in arising from the pleasant task, that we are satisfied with the progress towards full development here manifested by the young Poet Laureate of South Carolina. " AvoLIo," the first and longest poem in the volume, is founded upon Lrsca HUNr's " Daugh ter of Hippocrate," which wild sketch we chanced to republish for our readers' entertainment only a few weeks ago. Mr. HATsN has wrought a web of poesy around that strange narrative in the style of true genius. If we say that Hexr's prose thrilled us more than HIAYNE's poetry, we would not be understood as underrating the latter. Prose, we respectfully submit, is a far more pow erful means of descriptive eloquence than poetry, and, in the hands of such a master as LEIGH HUNT' can be made, as in this instance, to subserve a purpose which few poets may successfully strive to equal. But Mr. HAYsEa has done himself great credit by his brilliant execution of this daring ex ploit in the field of letters. While HUNT has not been rivalud in the denouement of his story, he has been more than rivaled in other portions of the sketch. Our poet has outshone him in the In troduction, which is the richest descriptive passage we have seen from his pon. His fancy of the un fortunate Actoon, who also felt DIANA'S wrath, and his interpolation of the " Imtprisoned Naiad," are both quite in keeping with the subject of the poem, and add decided beauty to its proportions. The versification throughout is exceedingly well finished. (Exception: Scond line of 12th Page, in which the article ais not sufficient to thedemand of the foot in which it occurs.) The language of the ppom is simplex maunditias in the main, with occasional passages of gorgeous elegance. But we prefer some other portions of this little work to "Avoto." The Sonnets generally are very sweet, a few of them strikingly beautiful. Among these " The Revelation of Death," suggested by the last words of GOETHE, is net the least mor torious. We herewith copy it: " Light! give me light!"-the expiring Poet cried, Closing hs languid eyelids on the day, And with that soleton cry he passed away; And haply Doubt was solved, and Error died, And glimmering Trust was grandly glorified, Even in the moment of his mightiest need; And that same light God plantoth as a seed, Outburst from darkness to a bread noontide; So that he saw as, Brothers! toe shall see (Freed by the angel Death) the chain sublime Which binds dim Earth to clear Eternity, Gleam from the duskiest depths of doubtful Time; And learnt, as ae shall learn, the wondrous plan " Which justifies the ways of God to man." The reader will not object to another exquisite morceau from this department of the book: SONNET. Between the sunken Sun and the new Moon, I stood in fields through which a clear brook ran With scarce perceptible motion, not a span Of its smooth surface trembling to the tune Of sunset breezes: "0 delicious boon," I cried, "of quiet !-wise is Nature's plan, Who, ini her real, as in the soul of man, Alternates storu with calm, and the loud Noon With dewy Evening's soft and sacred lull: Happy the Heart taat keeps its twilight hour, And, in the depths of heavenly peace reclined, Loves to commune with thoughts of tender power, Thoughts that ascend,-like Angels beautiful, A shining Jacob's ladder of the mind." Of the miscellaneous pieces ii this charming col leetion we venture to name the following as our favorites: (1) The song, 'ly, ieftly Fly; (2) The Tero Sunmere; (3) The Village Beauty ; (4) The Picture Of A Iieantiful Death; (5) The Ece of The fridal; (6) The Will And The Wing. And one Iof these we append, to give a taste of Mr. HIAYNE 'S quality in this class of verses. We feel sure that many will applaud our selection: THlE VILLAGE BEA UTY. The glowing tints of a Tropic eve Burn on her radiant cheek, And we know that her voice is rich and low, Though we never have heard her speak; So full are those gracious eyes of light, That the bliseful flood runs o'er, And wherever her tranquil pathw'ay tends A glory dits on before1 0 ! very grand are the city belles, Of a brilliant and stately mien, As they walk the steps of the languid dance, And flirt in the pauses between; Dut beneath -.he boughs of the hoary oak, Where the iinstrel fountains play, I think that the artless village girl Is sweeter by far than they. 0! vesry grand are the city belle', But their hearts are worn away By the keen-edgedt worlad,.and their lives have lost The beauty and :nirth of May; They morve where the sun and the starry dews lleign no't; they are haughty and hold, Andl they do not shrink from the cursed mart Where Faith is the slave of Gold. But the starry dews end the genial sun Have gladdunedl her guileless youth, And her browv is bright with the 8ush of hope, Hecr soul with the seual of truth; Her feet arc beautilul on the hilia .As the steys of an Orient muorn, And Rtuth was never maore fair tu see I' the midst of the A utumn corn. e a a a a is a a Dear Eflie! givh me thy loyal hand, As soft sund warns as thy heart, Anal tell mne again .I tuay call thee mine, When the winter sturmas depart ; 'Tis true that thou mnak'st all seasons bsright, lint is it not fitter that we. Shuould wed when the Spring-thy sister-comnes To be a brideasnaidl to thee ? The buds wiil lurosum as bloom our hopes, And the carth make glad replies To the mnusic that moves our inmnost souls With its marvellous harmonies ; And between the Nature that glows without Andl the nature thait thrills withiun, The delicate mnorning of love shall close, And its bountiful noon begiun! A little gemn of loveliness! Lines that will live. Without a daw or a blemish. Our A merican boots are deficient in this kind of soft-tiowing;. natural, warm-hbearted poetry. It brings to muind Horace's " dulee ridetcmcs, dnIcvfae iatem' AInyena." Mr. UHAYNE will not, !t is to be hoped, refuse to allow his msuse further gisnnees in this direction. But while pleased with the rest of Mr. l1Avss new bookh, we aro adelighted with his samlesc of Dramtsntic Cumaporition. Both . lautnie J/lefhda'ri and Atf.na IHed aure triumphant effor ts. The latter is but a fragmnent, though very beautiful as far as it is given. The former approaches the dimsensions anad caast of the Driama nsear enough to shosw that our author is qiuite ceaable of ituccess in this paecu'iar sand .ltlicult graade of poetic coim piositioan. The plot, tht tarrangemient, the style, are of a kind to paroducte stage as well as book ef fect ; Anid we beg leave warsuly to urge Mr. HlA xE toa labaor on its this dlepartmaenst, asnd to, give us a fulleoized Dr.amsa nsext. Thluat he enna succeed in producing sa Play that will bht drelt and read arell, there is nlow naa room to daoubt. That he .hoat d'o so, the credit of our Southern literature detandss.. In coneliding this brief uotice, we cosmmend the iamirable little volume unraler rupsideration to all catch of our readlers as love the gensuine its spirations of the mnuse, andl to all besides who feel ansy interest itn fosterinag nsative Samuthern ge tiuas. Eepeciially will the laidies find it a paoetic cas:mket every way worthy "rf their sensitive and refined appreciation. P'ost Scriptam. Where there is so mauch to grat ify, we are indisposed to criticize. Yet we must be piermaitted to hope that Mr. HIAYsE will avoitd in fauture a c'ertaina prolixity of sentence which detracts frotm thet met it of some of his best pieces. We sare aware of the famsius authority for this pe. culiarity of style. Itut the old Hloratian rule,-to write so .simplly that every readler will imagine that he might have donec it himself,-is to our view the true ,.ule in poetic aPamnpa.sitionu. Mr. IIaYYT. is not obaraare in any single .sentence that we have in yiew; butt the length, increased as it sometimes is b~y fhe intfoduction of insterjectionasl ideds, ron dlefs a. second ,qr [hird r,eptdimng necessary to its full understusding. Dop tI~b styleappeal tg thse beart? And can any papiry livpe is thse'ypynries of mpen which does not ? Also, is not our gifteda friend a little too partial to sauch words (beautiful thousgh they be)asaurieat,' 'luridt,' ',ausrmuaroua,' &c ? pr John C. Breckonridge Vice-President has been electedl inited States Senator, by twenty. nine majority, lie succeeds the lion. 3. J. Crit-. ts.de, -s.l..s tor.. ...t... i. I Sat J. L. ADDISOMLT, 1ttorney at Law & Solicitor in Equity, EDGEFIELD C. H., S. C. ggaOrFice over B. C. Bryan's Store. Dee 14 If 49 MAGRATH & BUTLER, ATTORE''S AT LAkW AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, EDGEFIELD C. IL., S. C. Dec. 7, 1859 tf 4S Medical Card. D R. R. C. MAYSON h1aving permanently located 1 miles North of Gilgal Church offers his professional services in the PRACTICE of MEDICINE in its various branches, and hopes to receive a liberal share of public patronage. Dec. 21 2me 511 Dentistry. T HE Undersigned will do all work in the line of DENTISTRY that may be entrusted to him. He will take pleasure in w.Litiug on them at their residences, if they will notify him through the Richardson Post Office-or if desired at his Father's residence one mile and a half from Red Bank Church. All work warranted. GEO. M. ETHEREDGE, Phyuician amd Surgen Dnlist. Dee 13 tf 40 Fresh Supplies FOR CHRISTMAS! -0 T UE Subscriber has in store and now receiving a BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY of Good Things for Christmas, Consisting in part of BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, FRESH GOSHEN BUTTER, ENGLISH DAIRY CHEESE, ITALIAN MACCARONI, COVE OYSTERS, SARDINES, SALMON, LOBSTERS, MACKEREL; English and American Pickles. Catsups and Fish Sauces. FIGS, RAISINS, PRUNES, CURRANTS, ENG. WALNUTS, ALMONDS, BRAZIL NUTS, ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, PINE APPLES, COCOA NUTS, NORTHERN APPLES, BUNCOMBE APPLES, CANDIES AND CONFECTIONARIES In Great Variety. -.ALSO A handsome supply of Books for Christmas and Holiday Presents, embracing Annuals, Albums, Gift. BoS, Juvenile Gift Books, &c. E. M. PENN. Dec 21 tf 51 TO THE MERCHANTS OF THE SOUTH AND SOTHWESTI WE, THE UNDESIGNED, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS in the City of Charleston, in view of the present excited state of the country, deem it proper to bring to the notice of the interior Mer chants the claims we have to their patronage and custom. The majority 6f us have been long es. tablished in business, and from our experience are well acquainted with the wants of this section of country. All of us hold sentiments in common on the agitating question of the day-slavery-and all 01 us desire, as far as practicable to become eomnmereinally independent of the North. We have no desire to underrate the energy and enterprise of the merchants of Northern cities, but we claim tao be able to supply Goods in our respective linen on as favorable terms, both as to price and credit, as the merchants of any city in the Union. We have facilities for obtaining Goods from Eurojae not surpassed by any, and our importations from abroad are very large, notwithsttading the reports to the contrary, circulated by thase who, haive no knowledge of what they affirm or whose interests prompt them to mislead. Americana Goodis we eb tain from the manufacturers on as fnvorable ternms as any Jobbing merchant,.tde Ahe Northern cities, Why, then, should w'e not be ablle ta, sell (an-as favorable terms as others ? We are able und de termined to do so, and all we ask of you is to try this market-hay aside the parejudice (f'or it is only a prejudice) that your customers larefer Gaoods from New York to thaose fraom Chanrlestoan, nndl build up and encourage your oawn seni~ort nudl your own merchants, If we eannot daa whmat we prefers, yo~u will be subajected to very little inceon; venience, for oppartunmities (at leavimag b~y railwna) or steaumaer aure offered every twelve hours. Our Stocks will b~e conmplete lay 1st Felaruanry next, and it remains to hbe seen how manay of thao.c who have heretofore purahased all their Goaods in Northern cities will give Charleston a trial this Spring. Charleston, So. Ca., Decemnber l'2th, 1859. DRY 0001DS, GItIL.AND, HOWxtL, & Cu aarnLAt, -MILL.rJn Co. & Co. H[vATT,McBCu'CTA:Co.tJ. S. & L. Bou : Co. JoussroN, CamEws A: Cu. ltonarn Atan &A Co. Unae, B~oYL5Tont A-Cu. NAa.Ea, Surrn & C'o. Juns U. MaL.Noat & Cu. .Asumnr~w Ma:LowAit.. KattnnisoN & Lauaaus. Canow, Mc.Kzxxz~ A& Co. h ARD WARE. CocarsrY & T~ssu:s'r. !W::.nstAs & Pauacs. livuas, unmteca A: DAyv. IH. F. Srboarx.au UttAvfrg.i : & PIsaYGt. !J. E. AlGEng & Co. SROES. E. II. Sionannx & Co. IID. F. Fr.xxtu &: Co. Foned: A: M:Tentzt~.. LDusuax, Tarr & Co. JIuSET.1:& WAI.ToN. It. A. PaisuL.E A: Co. . CL0TIIG. WVAtuaoY, EULESTOY &.PIYEnsoN, $aturu A: Cn. Co. MATriutassex. t'iManA & Esawis BATES & Co Co. CuaneY, WIL.I.r & Co. GROCERIES. S. S.FI'Ia i Bros.&: Co. Ua'.a,. W1. W at.i.m:aus & Co. L.Iw:.a A: Wuataaai. T. J. A: C. U. Moase. .J. A. liu'ancvaf.. (ROCKERY AND) GLASS1WAIE. llanows A: PAI.5ta. | WEnD & SAcU. DiRiGS AND) MEDICINES. Hl[ vI .lxam. .Tra:v1:acs & R rar ' & Unwr vt. Caa. - ENsoN'~a' CA nu ai: . Jo: AsanrUPsr. SILKS AND F~ANCY 00011S. Bwa-y, FaasrEa & Co. iMAnsnt. &1 Benui:. Tuarxx:a, D,.wn'o A: Co.jJ. & W. Kxox. ArLnEIrr Laxsm.'cK. HATS, CAP'S AND STRA1V GOOIDS, Honsar, Auraes & Co. ;F. DI. FANXisc. D. R. WVz:.amis A Co.; SAI)DLES & SADDLERY IIARDIE. J:NSrfas, Tnosta.asso'H sIre CaLnorN AL Co'. A: Co. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. McCAnuTxna & DA wsoN. ,S. B. JoNacs, A E'L Metho A CANTen. I dist.Booak Concern. CARPETS, OIL 0CL?118 A WINDOW CURTAINS, LamasnTS & H~oW.t. Juss G. B3a:x. PAPER COMMISSION DEALER. JoREPH-a 1VAa:.Kn. Importers and D~ealers in .Wines, LIQUORSI, SEGARS, TOBACCO,&c. C'nIarEE :. -. Aasp &')A CntorT. pcember 21 It .ai LAW BOOKS FOR SALTE IWILL SELL at Edgefleldl C. H., on tne SE COND MONDAY in JANUARY NEXT, the LAW LIBRARY, Formerly ownead by the late H[. R. Spann, Esq., f this District. The Books are new and well selected, number. ing near Four Hlundlred V'olumes. G. McD. WEV ER. Dec 21 ' 3t 50O WTANiTED, A MILLER, ta-take chlarge of an MILLS near thais place. A man of' axperience, who cana rome well recomnmenaded, will ind constant employment. R. T. MIMS. Dec 21 If 5 Notice. ALIL persons indebtead to the subscriber, lay Naate aar Accaaunta are earnestly requmestaea to call and settle up by next sale-day, as I have heavy payments to make and cannot give laanger inadul ence. JOHN COLGAN. Dec.21 If 50 !31 HIRE, For the ensuing year, a G00D 'PL A N''iTl'ON 'BL A CiSMIT-L Ennir at this Offics. Dec. 21re MASONIC BALL! ON T'IESDAY EVENING, the 27th insitant,- a MASONTIC BALL, Will be given in the Odd Fellows' & Maonic 1l1a11, at 7 o'clock. " The fairy hours we call up thus Obey no wand but pleisure'e." SENIOR MA2NA.GERS. ilon. F. H. W.Ilt ll.AW, 11n. J. P. CARROLL, ;ien. W. C. .\DI:.\;NE, Dr. E. Bi.AND. (;n. .R. R (;lii F FIN. Ccl. A. L )E.\lI:NG, cnpt ..1SEl'iI .\liN~Y, LEWIS JONES, .IA.\lFS M1. 11.\1:1:1O80 ,1M0j. LOD HILL, Ct pt. CICEIII0 AI).\.) , Dr. Wuc. BUIr. ANDI.E W RiA.\l.AY, Capt..1. A. BLAND. ,:UNIOR MANANGER8 MalUTIN W. U..\l:Y, ESII., LOC'DON BLTLElt,Esq., Col. T. L. SMITH. JA.MES T. BACON, Dr. T. .1. T.it7F. Maj. S. B. BLOCKElI, M. C. BUTLEl. ESq.. 31. A. A1RKERtT, HI. W. AlliSeiN. Esq., Dr. A. S. DOZIEt. LEWIS COLEMAN, R. W. P. TOM PK INS, Esq Capt. E. M. PENN. Dr. J. W. HILL, .IS. A. DOZIER, E-q. _& There will be an elegant Band from Au gusta in attendance. Edgefeld, S. C., Dec. 20, . I t 50 SOIREE i M R. & MRS. L. M. HALL will give their SECOND SOIREE at Masonie Hall, on Thurday Ecningty, Deccuber 29th, commencing at 73 o'clock. 2W Cards of Admission, $1,50. Dec 21 2t 50 Christmas is Near -0 LOOK OUT FOR SANTA CLAUS! -0 JUST received at the GROCERY and CON FECTIONERY STORE, adjoining the Ad vertiser Office, a largo assortment of CHRISTMAS GOODS, For the Young nod the Old, the White and the Black, the Rich and the Poor. FRUITS, CANDIES, NUTS, TOYS, &c.. &c., &c. FIRE WORKS OF EVERY KIND, JELLIES, PRESERVES, PICKLES, SAUCES, COVE OYSTERS, SARDINES, SALMON; LOBSTERS. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, GOSHEN BUTTER, CHEESE, DRIED BEEF, &n., &c. And in Fact, Almost E v er y Article You may want to make the Holidays glide pleas antly along. Call early and get your supplies. W. T. GOLDING. Dec 2u 2t .01 A. FREDERICK, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in CONFECTIONARIES, Candies, Fruits, &c.; CUoICE WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS; And all kinds of TOYS AND FIREWORKS, Suitable for the lieg to call the aittention of hi friends and the ptublic teo the LAlttUE AND FR ESi STrOCK of nrtieles which he hcas just receivedc undi opened, alli of which will be sold at LOW PRICES.. Orders from the Country promptly attended to. A. FREDERICK. Opposite Aucgustat lntel. Augustac, Gac., Dec 21 2t 5 _ PIANO FORTES,. MANUFACTURED BY TIIE CELEBRATED .MAKERUS, Messrs. Smiith, Athierton & Co., OF NEWY YORK CITY. T IE Suabscribier wouldi respecItfully minr the inhncbitaents cf Edlgeiiebt andl vicinity, tihat hwe~ a !ent.cci imself cit L. M. siNi: ER & u' Sewing Mneine Manufnecctcary. No. 1S2 1-2, Broad St., Auglista, Ga., Where lhe now has on exhibition and for sale, cun EXTENSIVE vacriety of elegantly Carved Rosewood Piano Fortes, manucctfactu redc bcy the aboeve nu e ciuc nn~kr-: nll oaf which arte full Sevenc Oetare,. wth beauitiful kc y-, of the Moetheir P'earl, nudi the cnme hloardl nilro richly iuciid with Pe-arl. Thcis mnctec iael l. r keys is bcy t'ur supcierior tic Ivory, nci they tc.ver chanccge their color: while at thce samcce time thcey are mnecch cmoire dcarable. Thecce PIA NIS ncre csverstccung inc such ai cmaner asi to ailfercd a lenigth ccf strinig esicnal to the Grancd Pino,nn ciaic fcclhnesc, sweetniecs. ccndi greact volumeca of tioce, hitherto unclkncown ccn ciny squcru Pianco, is procedt~.. hecincg inc all reipects eqtual to ccny ft rnsut P'iancc that ennl be pirodicedi cut Once Thcousacncd Dllbrc. Messrs. SM IT H. A TIIERTfON & CO . hacve re eeivedi thce first Pretniumcc ait macny of thce tirucnt Facirm tharoughc thle ttctry, foir plrccdncinlg iitheln' P'ianco, over all oher maickerce. Wi ilec at. c*~ sameic timeC thceir prices foar thlese Elegantc inscctrutuentccc cre mcccch lecci thanc are uon'ly chairgedl fo~r iniferior Pious. These Tncstrucmentsc will be oli'eredl at great bacr ccninc, cnudc every Picano fully warrnted for any numbaler of yeaers. The publie acre respcectfuzlly invited to enll andc exminei andl jitdge fur themcselvect. J1. JENNYS. Agecnt. Mr. cend Mrs. JIennys will be in uttendaciee to shocw lice Piancos to visaitors. Augucatn, Ijee. 21 lUt 50. Excellent Wagons ! T ilIE $cub.ercicer hca-c jusct ilt SIX more ELE t ANT WA GuNS, withc I rn Axles, andii ina ac workmcanclcke mcannce-r. Two. cf them cnre TWO hIOLtSE-twc111UI F 'l li!iSE. cach twcoc SIN iLlISE W A G ONS. Prices, l.w--etasi I'ash. cr hclb c:r. Ic--- 19 f fI :je Military Election. IN~iai pur-unee of ccn crder fracc Oin. JT. 11. Giriflin. there ill be ii ien E ll CTION Flit ('OLOc. N t.L of th :1n.c Rceg inacnt of ccvcalcy. t* lilt the V.ce cancy l.lecirned by~ the resignc:sticon ..f Cil. .1. F. lc:irnt. .n Fridncy the 4IthI dniy of Febrary. C.mac ndaeccers elf toancif.s will opten polshc act their respctive, u'er gracundes. cn cte dry ccli paeic~e cci fr sn'di electionm ; And cn thce dhcy tidlowa ic-t will forwucrdl a return of the ekeecionc toeLna mcirets P'. tI.. Eidgetieldl istrict. A. D. BATE.4, Lieutenacnt Coma~ccndincg Colu. 2nd Rtegimcenct of .cavalrcy. ZeP indeipendlent Pre,c please copily.' liee. 21 ttf 50c. Horace Greely!! A NiiMilER ONE TA NNERI can get cc good Situatien, wicic liberal wnages, by capply.ncg immcediately tco the undeerigned,. near L-m:gcmire's P. 0. Edlgetielud list. S. C. A. Ii. W i I TE. Dee,. 21 i f 5,c Maigaal Notice. HPIOSE indebted tic lice Undieersigned,. eilher by Note or Acecountt, will pilease mike it eenve~c niate to settle befoare retucrn dacy---as I' nan inc dleb and must hacve money. TIHOS. Hi. PA TTISc)N. Dee 14, 4t__ 419 indlebtedl to the Estacte ict Wiliamcc Culecazier. deceocaced, who do not miake paymnit bcy ithe first Monday in Februcary next. cacy extpeet teo findl their notes in thce hcandis of ano Otlicer tir ccoliectieo; andi those having demcand's, whoi ~ cd n. Icresent thema by that timae, maicy expect ti bce barredl of their claims. J. Q UA TTL EIlAUM. Ex'ccr. Dee. 21 fit 5i0 NOT ICE.--Hl. 1). LAMlER having left the NState, appointed me him Agent. All person iuteltedl to hinm by Note or A ccount will pleasce yet ie with me; and nl l p'erse having dlemacndls ngainst hIm wilt presenat them in proper focrmc. .l01lN C. LANIER. Ar Dec. 21 4It 50 NOTICE.--AH eron indlebted to theq Eeat t., mcake pacymnent lay the tirst cf Jcanuary, and cnl thouse haivincg claimns agcainsct mcid edeceased will reder, them in properly attested, ciecording to law. i :J. D. JOHNSON, Admi'or... De.21st 1. '1 28 -, 5 TO THE MINAGR8 OF EECIflONS FOR EDGEFIE L) DISTRICT: N Pursuance of a Writ of Election from the Slon..W. D. PORTER. President of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, directed to the Managers of Elections for Edgefield District, an ELECTION will be held on the Second Monday in January, For a STATE SENATOR to fill the vacancy from Edgefield District in the Stnte Senate occasioned by the prototion or Jimn. J. P. C.rtor.r., to the Chancery Bench. The Managers will meet at Edgefield C. H., count the voes and declare the election. S. S. TOMPKINS, Chair. Dec ItI 3t 50 Edgefield Male Academy T IIE Trustees of this Institution take pleasure in announeing to the public that M3fr. J. 0. FERRELL will continue in charge of this Acade. my with a competent Assistant for the ensuing year. The School will be opened on the 2nd Monday of January. Terms, the same as heretofore. 17 A prompt attendance at the beginning of the Session is requested. R. T. MIMS, Chair. of Board. G. A. Ainosos, See'ry & Treas. Ae-N. B.-All Applications for admission into this School must be made to the Sec'y & Treas'r., G. A. Animsox. No student will be received with out his ticket of admittance. Dec 21 2t 50 W ANTED, AN ASSISTANT TEACHER in the Edgefiuld Male Academy. To one competent to teach all the English Branches and the elementary studies of the classical department, a liberal salary will be paid. Satisfactory recom mendations will be required. R. T. MIMS, Chair. of Board. G. A. ADDISON, Sec'ry & Treas. Dec. 21 tf 50 EXECUTOR'S SALE OF 24 LIKELY NEGROES And other Property, - AT GREENVILLE S. C., On Wednesday, the 18th of January next. W ILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, at W the Carpenter Shops of the late JOAB MA ULDIN, deceased, at Greenville. S. C., at 11. o'clock, on llednadoy, the 18th of .Zainury next, The Following Negroes: GEORGE, about 22 years of age, a first rate Carpenter, and a man of superior intelligence and character. ELIAS. about 39 years old, a first rate Car penter. JEFF, about 25, a good Carpenter; with his Wife, JENNY, about 25, a good Cook, Washer, Ironer and Seamstress, and their two Children, .JOjIN, 4, and HAIRRIET, 2 years old-an un-. commonly likely and valuable Family. FRANK, 25, a good Carpenter. TITUS, 35, a good Carpenter; with his two Children, DAVID, 7, and THOMAS. 5 years old. .JOE, 15, a good Carpenter; with his Wife, CHANEY, 30, and their Children, ROSE, 12, CAROLiN E, 10, PHILLIP, 5, and WILSON, 3 years old. HARRY. 17, been working some time at the Carpenter's trade. JAC01B. 1.. bcen some time at the Carpenter's trale-unoataammoanly likely. JIM. '-it, good C.atler atand Carriage Driver; with his Wife, AMELIA, 30, a good Cook, and their Chil.lres, DOLPH, 4, and TOM, 2 years old. BILL. alout 12 years old. MA 111A, about 12 years old. The ordinary CARPENTER'S TOOLS of the above named Workmen will be sold with them. THItanE %' .L A.SO nE so.n, Several Hundredt Thousand Feet of Fir~st Rate LUMBER, of all kinds. A great portion of this is Yellow Pine. of unusail sizes and lengths. front Frost's MIills. near Columbia. To ie sold in lots. A (tulantity if Yellow Pine SnINGLES. A tine Assortment of C A I P E N T E R 'S TOO , S. of excelelent quality. A Lot of LATHS. A FOUR HORSE POWER, with Shafts, Bandi, Whip in,! Circular Suw, &e.-complete and in g-d Irder. 2 'Twoa Horse WAGONS and- HARNESS. I CART. 1 'Two-IHorse CA RRIAGE nnd IIA RNESS. I Pair First Rate atnd Well Broke M ULES. 1 Grey PONT. Some CATTLE'and HOGS. A lnrge Kiln of Well-Butrnt DRICK, to be sold entire. delivarale as it stands, about two miles* fra.n t..wn, on the Penodle~on road. Tenas.-A credit oft one year, with intercet from date, onl notte with two' appilrovedl securities. N. B.-The BJrick Kilo nay be purehased at priatenierirat)~rTyifiinttlion iirregardl to the other roperty- obtained, on tapplication to C. J. ELFORD), Attorney, G3reaitville'. S. C. 11. F. MA ULDIN, Q~difiedl Executor. Administrator's Sale. BY .:n order freim the Ordinary T will pruceedl to sall at nay reid'ence,. ain thae:'.Tll DECCEM HIElt, a I the pevrsonal Estate of Mrs. Belinda Loia.ardl, dlecnsedl, c:.nsis:ing of 'Two Negrocs, TWa) MULES, IIOUSI.110LD AND KITCHlEN FIItN [TUlt.E AND PLANTATION TOOLS. pe-fTrma miande kno'wn in lay of sale. J, ID. J01hNSON, Adm'or. Executor's Sale. B Y vitamae ofi an ordher fraomt the Orudiatary of Edleftieldl, I wil! h.ro.edC' to sil at the Ilate r adenceo of Je~s.: lI m-inh, dee'd, on TH URSDAY the~ 2Uath in.-tan t. all thle lI.'rs.aznal estate of staid -lecca..ed. ri'iii.tin;:~ i ara of SIX LihELY~ NEGROES, l~oua-ehialta nil K it .:hen.' Fmiatutira'. t '..rn,. Foddei~r, Shauks. I f'rae, (t*ith.'. I l'l Plttato im laemtlcas. (C"traan, I'ota-n Stedl, ('ne four hoarselcria wniaa -ti~oe itigm'y &c., &c. Terms.-I i.:taaas taaaier .95 en:sh. For nall sum. --*vr 85 'ai ai credit unttil first Dec., 1811f, with~ init--r--. froma iih:y of saleI. TLe purebasers to;ire ntoO a ith tw'. ar aaiare atraad securities. R'.QPERT RAMBO, Ex'tor. NEGROES FOR SALE!' I WILL SELL ti thec highest bialder at Edge. field C. II., ona thec first Monday in January, Ten Likely Negroes,' MEN, WOMEN, BOYS, AND TWO OR THREE CHILDREN. . On a credit of twelve months, interest from date, with good sureties. M. W. ABNEY. Den 1 0 t 50 Notice to Builders. P ROP'O.'ALS will lie received until the 27th ianst.. toi buildl a TWO STORY HOUSE at Liberty liill, to be used as n Store Room and Ma toniie hlsl. Fur Plan andl Specifications apply to either at' the undersigned. Thnitliuv, (,munittee. J. T. ('I!EA THIAM, A. 0. W HITE, J1. C. L A NER. B. M. TA LBERT, .1. IL. JENNTNGS, J1. L. TALBERT, J. F. lil'RRESS. J. E. BURRKHALTER, WM. T. WEST. Launmire's Store, Dec 14 2t49 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD D)ISTRICT, I5 ORtDJ.YARY.~ BY W. F. Durisoc, lCog., Ordlinary of Edgefield District. Whaerens. Johna F. Talbeart.hlaath applied to me for Letters oft .Almniistration, on all and singular the goodtas niaal chiattles. rights and credits of Maury It. Talhert late of the District aforcsaidl, dleceased. These arc, therefore, to cite tand adlmonish all andl singaar, thec kindred anal creditors of the staid ileeased. to bae and appear befoire me, at aoir next trdIiaanry'.< Court fair the sail District, to bie haedden atEgfedCourt liouse, tan the 30th day of De eaier inst., to show g'amse, if any, why thme said :niiistratiop shudld nmo be grantedl. faivena under' my hi andi and aeal Ilsis 20th ay oif Dcembealar int the year of our Lorad a':: thtousandl eight haundredl anal fifty-nine anad itn the ighty tfourthi year of American Independence. W. F. DU RISOEC, or Dec 21 2te 5 State of S3outh Carolina, EDGEFIELD) DISTRICT, IN' O RDINA N Y. B Y WY. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Eadge field D)istrict. Whereas, J1. HI. Lamar anal B. (Glover have ap pliedl to me for Letters of Administration. ant all anal singultar, 'h goods and chattles, rightea nnd credhils of Wtade ullover late of the District aforesaiad, de These nre, therefore, to cite anal almonisha all anal slina':. the kindredl anda ereditors of the siia leceaasead. tat be andl nppear bef'are me, at laur next Oralinnry's Ciaurt fair thme saidl District, tat he ho'ldena at Ealgefieldl C. II., on she :ah dlay of Dec. inst., to show cause, if any, why the said alminist ration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, thtis 20th ay of Dec. in the year of aur Lorad one thousand eightL hundlred andl fifty-nine, and in the S4th year of Amnerican Independence. - W.PF. DURISE, 0..D - Dec. 16.1859 2t. '50