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Kor the Lancaster Lodger. Guano Mr Editor? Dear Sir:?Guano as n fertiliser of land and a stimulant to crops, has given rise to a great deal of discussion, and that of n conflicting nature to the agriculturul interests of our country Therefore. when I venture to give my experi* i merits on the effects of 1'eruvian Ciur.no through the columns of n public journal, 1 do so with considerable diffidence. JSinee I have hai but one years experience upon i the subject, and more especially when 1 consider my pen very inadequate to the per fortnance of such a duty. History has long since proven that these conflicting opinions do exist in the.political and religious.world j b. ti-..fi .... ?;... 'in ? i hope you will pardon me for my seeming forwardness in giving through your paper to tin: people of this District a data of my experiments .on (Juuno. More particularly, since I have heretofore evinced a seeming dimposition and anxiety to see the people of this Pislr ct elevated i-n t>.e scale ;>f agricultural progression. I have long been anxious to see a Rail j Road in Lancaster District, and I think tin- | ano will be a mighty lev* r in the aecom- j plishuicnt of such an enterprise. If it still i continues to produce results similar to the experiments I made last year. I have of-ten made enquiry of gentlemen who had made experiments on guano, but not one of them gave an answer satisfactory to me. They all told me that it would pay well, j but when I invest money in any enterprise, j I want to know either directly or iudircctly j to a mathematical demonstration what 1 can realize'upon tiro capital invested. In j giving my experiments I will give the nature of the soil,preparation of land, mode and time of application, and also cultivation of land : It was lute in the spring when I got my Guano up. consequently, I hud iny land pre I pared to plant. I opened the beds with ? long strait shovel. After having pulverized and sifted the Guano very fine, 1 made boxes out of white pine, verv light, about 3 feet long, 6 or 7 inches wide at the top, 1? or '2 inches at the lower end. At the wide end I attached a string on each side to put around the servants neck, with a sack to hold the Guano. The servant would put .ais hand into the Hack and get it full of guano and then put the hand into the box and guide it, letting tiro guano fall according to the thickness you wanted it. I put at the rates of one hundred pounds per sere. 1 forthwith throwed two furrows on the Guano and then commeneed planting. My object in using this box w as to keep the wind from blowing the guano away and to get it down in the centre of the furrow.? The land upon which this experiment was mrde has been cleared ahoQl one hundred years?soil is clay of a cold nature. The cotton was planted about the 2jth of April and from the ex'reine dry spring it never came up until some time in May. The first time I hoed it without plowing ; then in about ten days I plowed it Willi a sweep plow?two fuirows in the row ; then in about two weeks I plowed it with a forked plow, with two small grabs the inside edges strait that henned ?nn? dirt n>> t? n? ton, and then I put the hoes in about n week behind the forked plow ; anil thinned the cotton out where it was too thick, ami I brushed a little dirt trout each of the small fudges natotig the cotton ; after that time 1 plowed it With a sweep, sometimes one furrow and sometimes two and brushed it over with the he e. I then topped it from the 10th to the 15th of August. 1 left or.c row in the Held TO yards long. I was particular enough to pick out a row 'in some place where it would he the saute quality of land f.ont one end to the other and the same liability to the effects of diy weather- The two rows upon which the experiment was made were side by side.? The summer was extremely dry until 3d of August and no blossom was seen for a week or two after the 4ih of July. Tint following data show the result of the two rows : WITH G ANO. WITHOUT GUANO. First Picking. First Picking. 1st time... 40 bolls. 1st time... 3 bolls ad " ... 11 a 44 ad ' .it 3d " ...160 " 3d " ..37 " 4th ' .. JOO " 4th " ..80 " 6th " ...107 " 6th " ..50 " 6th " ...loo ' ftili " no 719 boll*. -71 bulla. The per cent on the guano row exceeded the non-guano row at the different pickings resulted n* follows : GUANO HOW 1st time 123it per cent. id " 700 3d - 332 " 4th " 122 Oth " A3 44 tilli " 2n *' The total per cent, on the number of bolln the guano pultun exceeded the nonguano cotton is 162. According to thin ntaleinett the non-guano cotton had tho advantage nver the guano cotton, from the fact that it would take about 3 bolls of the J non guano cotton to mate 2 bolls of tlia guano cotton. 1 will now proceed to show the per cent on the money invested upon a supposition of the difference in the )ield of eight acres, that I had manured with guano, and then supposing that it had had no guano. The eight acres made 6400 Ihs with guano, and without guano it would not have exceeded 300 pounds per .uto.? 1 put rotton in the need (o be worth 3} per hundred nod the Need 15 cents. WITH OUANO. WITHOUT (JUAIfO. pounds. pounds. 0400 st 3} $2J 1,00. 2400 ut 3* #81,00 Cot, seed. 19.20. Cotton seed, 7.80 '243 80 91.80 cost of I'Diintf, '26 00 817 80 This is <184 per cent on the money invested according to this calculation. I have in tide the statement very plain foi the information of every man. The guano row ' mr.de at the rates ot 603 pounds to the i i 'It acre counting 1')?" bolls to the pound, nnd [ the non guano row made at the rates ??t" 191. These two rows were on about as thin land as was in the field. My cxperi enee proves that it pays better on pretty goed land than poor land. Here is the ren- j bun from this fact : I picked 7 rows 70 yards long where the ground was damp.? j Therefore it did not sutler from the otFocts j of dry weather so u uch, and it made at i the rates of '2 080 pounds per acre. I also made an experiment on corn, but J I have come to the conclusion that it will not pay as well on corn as eot'on one season with another, and here is my reason why ; corn may be in the act of jhootinir at the time o? a severe drought, and' the ' talk of corn having hut one ear generally, if it misses that it misses all. The cotton is a different kind of weed, from the fact that it has more fruit and drought may ef I feet a part and not the whole. Some stalks have from 3 bolls to three and four hun- ' dred, hnl very few stalks of corn have more than two ears. The experiment I made j with corn, yielded 50 per cent, but it is I precisely with the corn as is with the cotton in one respect, which is this : it will \ield ; more corn on damp and cold land. It will yield more from the cold land in dry weather than it will from warm. Ilere is my ren . son. and every man who has had any prac- | tioal experience on a farm will perceive j where lie plants on a warm spot of land, 1 s.iv for inst.ineo an old liomosti-d. thai the corn or cotton will grow oil early in the and, roiisiMj'ii'nllv, it will lire soon cr froiii the eflects of dry weather. It is upon this principle that I argue that "llano | will pay better upon cold land than warm. I was not so accurate in mv experiment with corn as I was with cotton, notwith- j standing I believe it w ill pay upon corn. In the very same field where I made fifty per cent 011 guano, where tin1 rows were conn j ted,? in the same field where the land w as damper the yield would have been 150 t<> j 1500 per cent. This difference inav occur I in tliis way, the corn on the warm und more thirsty laud may shootout earlier, because I the eold bind may hold back longer for rain. ; I have heard it alleged against guano that j it fired the plants, and that 1 believe, where 1 unw ise judgment is exercised in the application of it and unskillful cultivation on the | crop. 1 had heard time and again that gu| tint) would nearly burn up corn aid cotton ' in dry weather, hut to my astonishment my j eorn and cotton under w hich guano hail ] been put. fired less than anv other part of my plantation. I have heard that guano | impoverished land where a succession of crops were continued. That is a subject upon which I have no experience. Hut then, I do believe if guano will even make one , hundred per cent. I can use it and make ii j a matter of economy. This would be my | /nodus o/wranJi : I would put guano on a i piece of cotton hind one year and make 400 pounds more than I would have other| wise made without the guano, and 8 bush I els of cotton seed. The next icar I would I | > I it 111 it in w lieat ; the next I wi-whl let it I grow np in weeds ; the next phtnt it in cotton :ig:iin, nnd I believe l.y that process I : eoiilii get the same amount of nionev from j my land in one tear that 1 would otherwise in two years work. I would then get | clear of one years work and expenses. Guano was made ami has been hmugb' ! into use by an all seeing I'rovideiiee for u | very wise purpose. That purpose I think I is to equalize the advantages and disadvnn' tages between exhausted and fresh conn, t io?. Had it not have been for the use of j Guano, I have no doubt some parts of our I State would have been nearly depopulated Mr Kditor, one more en.ark I have to I make about guano, then .1 have done. I would not be responsible for guano j benefitting every farmer or planter, for a great many will not take the pains with it tliat it should have. I do not think guano will pay either a farmer or planter, who suffers himself to gel a good deal in the grass or pusley. From the fact, that the nmonin j in the guano causes it to rise to the surface, Consequently, if his cotton gets in the grass or pusley, lie will chop the effects of the I guano from the cotton, then I do not think ! it can do the same good I have bought | three tons of i'eruvran Guano anil some of ivtuiewoiis maniiputateri guano. After trying it unotlier year I think I can | .then form some better iiien what it will do. 1 believe Mr. Win. J. Cure ton in the liist I man tint introduced jpinnn into this DimI liict. lie deserves jjreal credit for auch an enterprising disposition. I Know he will be | among the first men to hubd a railroad to j Lancaster*ilk*. J. A. ('. As affkat ?Occurred, as we are in* | formed, on Wednesday last, at the resi I deuce of Capt. Stephen I> lloujli, in ibis | 1 hslricl, between Hurwell Outlaw, and Nelson Newman, in which the former received a terrible cut on the bead from an I Axe, thrown by the latter. As far as we have been able to learn I the particulars, Mr. Newman .acted on the defensive, a id being a peaceable man, it is hardly probable that the <IHi cully would have occurred, had it not been forced upon him by Mr. Outlaw, | who is ssi 1 to have been considerably I under the influence of liquor at ilie lime. l>r Lucas, were called in to ibe I wounded man, but we learn that little I hope is entertained of bis recovery.? Camden Journal. United States Arms. Augubta, Jannary *24.?The war Department ha* ordered ! 15,000 muskets, from Springfield, and ttOOO rifles, from Watertfifle, to be transferred to the U. S. Arsenals at Charleston, Augusta and Baton Uonge, to supply quotas for Ibe Southern States. The Harper's Ferry Affair. Tl.- \T. J ? 2 ? f 1 i ne rir^iiiiit L??gi8i?;ure mta appropri* | nted $1.50,000 to inoet the expernten of the John IJrown war. Major General I fAllmferro atate* (hat the expense* eg far xmount to $72,007.10. (T Ijr C rilLjn. j * lanuasterville. s c. \V ED X BSD AT mornin'o, Fob. 1, i860. tr The absence of the Editor this week in Charleston will nocount for any seeminy deficiency of editorial matter in lliis issue. Yokkviu.e ' imjuikek.?J. Wood Davidami. is now on editor of this excellent paper, lie resides in Columbia and his articles ap- | pear under the head ' ('ontrihutional.'' Haumk De Vie.-?It will he seen by ndverlismcnt in to day's paper 'hat Mc*scrs Ila-seUine & Mnssey are the agents at this place for the sale of the Batiine De Vie a medicine prepared by I J. MeKain, Druggist. Camden, S. C. We believe this to he u safe and effective preparation, free from ninny of the objections which attach to most of the popular patent medicines. It has hecll extensively used in some of the Districts South of us, and many persons of the first standing have testified to its merits. The recommendations it has received from responsible sources, justify us in commending it to our readers. Try it. Guano. A hngthy article upon the subject of Guano, written hy Mr. Joseph A. Cunning* , Italii, appears in toda\'s paper. Mr vt ho is the President of our District Agricultural Society and who is known to he one of the best farmers of which the upcountry can boast, details an experiment which lie made with the article upon cotton last year. The results, as will he seen, arc astonishing, and having the endorsement of a practical man like Mr. ('. should elicit the i attention end consideration of the farmers ' generally throughout t'le District This popular fertilizer has been introduced hut I | to a vert limited extent in our Distiict; in this, as in many other particulars, wo arc I j several years behind the age. As applicable in this place, we append ! the to lowing from the last issue of the Camden.Journal, shotting, the increase < f cotton shipped Iroin Claremont Depot since i the introduction of Guano in t! at section : | A gentleman informs us that in the year i 1H57, two thousand live hundred and thirty- | five, (2.5't.r?) hales of Cotton Were shipped j from Claren out Depot?Camden Branch j Bail Bond, and that ill the \ i-ur IH.'iH thr..,. I Ilii'ii-nii'l eight hundred ami scvciitv-fotir. | ! (,3.N"7-I,> wvri' shipped, ai d in lour j j thiMiniiiul ?i\ hundred ami eleven, ( I'll I.) I allowing tin increase of over Hfty per cent. ' | in tlie shipments of lN/jH over thoac of I j |X.i7 iiik) nearly one loin.ire.I per cent, in | favor of the year 1N;?!I, ov. r the Maine i car. Tilia increase is at I rilmtahlc to the fuel that the planters in tli it Meetioli have leariieil I the value of durum, mm a fertilizer of their , j land*, ami liavu u-eil it freely with the j grntifving anil profitable result* as above j indicated. o> f A Voice Fruni New York A frieml ha* shown its a circular letter I received from a well known jobbing House j in New \ ork, w iiieh bearing as It does upon the 11 absorbing question of the day, we feel constrained to notice it and our readers ' may place what reliance they please upon j it as indicating the sentiment of the people j of the section from which it hails towards ! the South. The mass of the Northern j people, we believe are against ; lull that u large number are loial to the constitution and true-So the South, is eipiallv worthy of credence. The letter referred to protests against the indiscriminate withdrawal of Southern patronage from Northern cities in eo||sei|Uence of the recent political excite* ment, and says that the great mass ot the i business eoiiimunity of New York are ?>| ! posed to Die lu'rcnics of abolitionism and farintieism in all if?* r??rn?M. Tliit there are | .... : also many friends of the South outside of j ! thu business circle*?such n* mechanic**, ; I laborer*. retired and professional men ; "in* i I c'ltding our ablest Divine*, a truly Conner| vallve body of Union-loving men, in powerful opposition to the very few hut noisy i fanatic**, w h<> have brought disgrace upon ! their pulpits by preac'iing polities instead ' j of the Gospel," The concluding portion , of the circular wo copy verbatim : Such being the true stale of affairs. We ; ; look to our brethren of the South for that consideration and co-operation whieh, as members of one common famfederal*v, we I think weuijiy rea-onablv expect We there- ! fore deprecate any interruption of the husiriess or so* ial relations ol the two see lions nor do we see what is In be gained bv it ! ! I The Jobber of the Southern Cities must, ' I of necessity, buy Goods which are luanu- j I faetured either at the Bast or in Burwpe : I and which pass through tlx hands of North' ern Commission Houses. It follows, then, I I that no one would he injured by such pro | scriptive policy but the New York Jobber, ! ; whom we consider, emphatically, a National { man, and whose influence in every crisis is ! I exerted in behalf of the Smith. Nor do di- j reel Importations to Soutiuirn Cities nlTect the principle involved, as that is merely di- | verting trade from this City to Foreign Nalions, whose Governments and pt ople are I in favor of immediate and unconditional I emancipation, and we believe, would he willing to use any nnd every means to affect it. As for (urseivea, we stand just where we ] have always stood?thoroughly identified with the interests nnd rights of the South, and nl all tin.es ready to maintain nnd de- { fend them, with our means, our votes nnd ' onr influence. With these remarks we re main, yours very respectfully, Henrys, Smith At Townsend. A Noble I.apy Comjno.?The New j York Commercial Advertiser learm that I-ndy Franklin, the devoted widow of the long lost navigator, will pay a visit to that | city within a few week*, and that she ia to he the ifiieat of Henry Hrlnneli. A case waa tried (or the'aecond time in a ' Cincinnati Court, a few days since, invol- ' *ing the title to u barrel worth ninety j cents The coats of the case have nmoun- J ted to over $50, and as it ia to be appealed, . , they will probably reach $200. 1 4 Con?re?Moual. January 21.?Sknate.?Mr. Toombs of (in.. made a speech. in w 11it*h he charged the Black Republican party w th seeking to overturn the Constitution, by tlu? election of one of their number to the Presidency. lie took strong secession ground, arguing that tlm South should not wail for an overt act, but meet the enemy at the threshold and drive him back, or tear down the pillars of the temple of liberty, over whelming all in universal ruin. January 25.?Senate.?Mr. Wilson, of Mass, made a speech. IIou.se of Representatives.?Mr. Keilt, of South Carolina, made an eloquent speech. He said that the flouth shouhl prepare for a dissolution of the Union, and if it was avoided she would have onl_\ taken a wise precaution. A ballot for Speaker was had. one hundred and eight votes being necessary to n choice, with the following result : SitRitman, Black Republican 105 Booiick, Democrat 51 Smith, of North Carolina 2fi January 2'i.?Senate.?Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, concluded his speech. A debate then sprang up between Mos-.ru. Davis, of Mississippi, and Douglas, of Illinois, in relation to the resolution of the latter, instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to report a bill to protect the in. habitants of any other Slate or Territory. Mr. Davis inliimted that this resolution would enable the Federal Kxccutive to encroach on States rights, in case of any change in the policv of the (jovcrnnient. Mr Douglas replied to litis imputation with great energy. Washington, January 27.?House of Representatives?Mr. Smith, of North Carolina, was formally nominated for the Speakership l>v the Americans. It having lieen ascertained that Smith could he elected, nearly all the Democrats went over to him. including .all the Southern members. < >n the linal ballot it was found that he lacked *wo votes of an election. Mr. Sherman voted for M.. Corn in. thus preventing an election. The ballot stood ?one hundred and fifteen voles being necessary to a choice : ? Smith. American. . . . 1 l:S Sni i:max, Illack Republican I (Mi ColtwiN, Illack Renublican I A few scattering Adjourned until Monday. January J7. ? House of lieprrs-ntaliies.? ()ii the cull of the roll this morning, it was found that Mr. Smith, of North Carolina, coii'd be elected Speaker h\ the id of all the Demoerat.s. lie was, therefore, formuilv nominated by the Americans M ,nv of the Democratic ineinhers mole explanations, and some fioin the Northeast said they were satisfied that Mr. Smith was an < )ld l.ine V* liig, and had lleVel joined the American party. Other Democratic members endorsed this, adding that they fell Imund to make sacrifices for the good of the country, believing him to he n conservative hi in The Southern members all tinaHv came to Smith's support, and lie appeared to lie elected, and it was so understo ol, although the result had not been announced. All at once, i.nd aftorall the votes had been taken Mr Sherman voted for Mr. t'orwiu. thus destrov ing the whole fabric. Mr. Morris, of Pennsylvania, nominated or ' ur? in. :m?i lit* an?1 two other fvI Valiums changed their voles in ft\?>r of .Mr, 'orw in Mr Nixon, of New Jersey changed lio from Smiili to Pennington. Two Ohio Demoe rats now came over t?i Smiili. w lio lacked lltree \?.t?-h of an flee* lion Tlii* greatest interest was manifested throughout the whole proceeding, anil tin remarks of iiiclllht-rH as tliev changed the i votes in favor of Smith were rapturously applauded. The Mark Ifepnhlicans will hul l a can. ens nl noon to-morrow, w hen they w ill probably nominate Mr. Pennington of, New Jersey, or Mr (Jorwin, of Ohio Tln re is no diltieiiltv now in placing the responsibility of the non-organization of tin1 House where it properly belongs. January 27, 10: 18 p m ?Mr Smith in not eleeteii. He lacks tliiee Votes anil hat Dint in reserve, lie may loose two others however. The House bus adjourned until Monday Mr. Corwin ennnot be ducted, though Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey, may be. Mr Sherman lias cnlled a meeting of bis friends, and will withdraw from the contest for speakership. Mr. Smith is an Old lane Wing, nrid nev. er belonncd to n Know Nothing Lodge.? He advocated the Slavery code for the Territories. lie is from Hertford County, V C., is a lawyer by profession, urn! was for many years Solicitor in that Judicial Cir cuit. This i* hit first tciin in the House Receipts. it I) M Duninp, Feb. I'J, '61 Win I. Fund'-rburk, J.m 21, '6U K R Thompson, Jan. 0, '60 Mi** Joannas Hood, Jan. 5, '61 W II Cn?kwy Jan. I, '6<? John I, Tillman, March 16, '60 VV M Adams, Aiipunt 1,'GO Hon (loo McO WlUierspoon, Fob. 12, '61 J ( Short, Fob 11, '60 J J Williams, Jan'y I, '60 Thus T IJ.uKor, July 21, *6o James I, Reed, July 6, '60 J M Teams, Jan'y 18, '60 D.ui'l J Cope land, June 20, '60 'J' W McAlilly, Nov. 10, '60 J B ('melon, Feb 12, '61 J A llasseltine, Feb. 12, '61 A Hales, June 13, '60 Klisha 1'lyler, April 1. '60 Dr T K Cureton, Dec 1 J, '69 H dt R llngtn*, Aug 26, *60 B R Cockrell, Jan'y 1, '60 ' Rom, Sept 16, '60 J A C'urne, Feb. II, '61 B F If MM jr. Feb. 16, '61 8 B Mcsney, August 12, '60 I'apt R If Sima. Feb 1, '61 J*hm Truendiile, Jan'y 13, '61 Dr W W Twhty, March 30, '60 1 LOCAL'S COLUMN", i~tr W.e direct attention to the udveri tiseuient of W. II. Burns' middle and har| lies* establishment in to-days paper. Mr. Burns lias just returned from (Charleston will, a laroe and varied stock .in his line pf j j business, and we take pleasure in reeom mending him to the favorable patronage of the District If you want saddles, harness, i bridles, marlingnls, whips, &e., just call up1 on friend Burns, one door North of the ledger ollioo. lie warrants all work, and sells cheap as possible. The Right Spirit Up. We are pleased to see the spirited move- ! meat on the part of many of our mist in , i Ibiential citizens, in behalf of the eontemI plated I tail Itoad from this place to (Jain den. So much talk and public demonstr.i- j lion about this important enterprise has, I somewhat, ceased and the work of (retting subscriptions have fairly commenced, which receive almost, the unanimous support of the people, ft seems, from the present 1 prospects, that It is a settled determination j I of the citizens of this District to accoin- ' . plish this great and advnntng.3nus enterprise Some of our largest planters have sub?eri- | ' bed an average crop of cotton and also to i grade one mile of the road. Merchants I have pledged their profits for one year.? ; Professional men their income and Median- I ics their wages. The woik is going on rapidly and if n<> impediment is met with, success is bound , to accompany us ', although, it will ever be j the policy of oi:r enemies ticlow, as it has j j been, to keep us under subjection. 'I'll ' postcritv of a Jackson will no longer hiiITVi the dignity of old Lancaster to be insulted, ' by being held under the power and control cfa sister District. The mere mention of j this fact. is a siitlieieut ineen'ive to kindle the patriotis 1 m the heart of any citizen j of old Lancaster District . Temperance | Toe amount of good accomplished by the temperance reformation during the last hail* century could not be accurately calcu* | late I its ennobling virtues and beiicvo I lent objects li ivo c intrihutcd illintil 'bit* folici'v I<> in my. whose ebb-tide of life, I rently, were drawing in i close. When wo 1 retrospect the pist ami >eo what lie* b'on I limit* by this groat cause ; ami trace the i inaik t*< r good which it hat made up <n the i Iimiii.iii family in general, wo call but won tier why it it, liial men ?if all classes ami I ages tl? nut rally to its standard. lit character at an <>r>icr ami the princl I pics which it emlcavnr> In inctilcalo into th.' hearlt of the rising generation, nre vvm:hy nf tiie strong arm nf the wisest |i?i, telltale."* nf the earth. Sea i jit hi>tory ? mark lit rapid strides in b"sto.vi:ig happi| llett Upon the broken hcirtc! lll.d besotted ill illter--tiio w eel'iii ' ami degraded tout | ** I and daughter* of Adam. I'cii eannn, pot. tray, nor tongue evjire the r jnici.ugs id , | a mother over the reelai nod linthami or hiiii hi \ 11nI:i, fancy pictured to her a life of b'i?S iliilil table. it 11 now liu.v H.olly in . litis nil realized. This cans- has liken the , m.Ulnflnf.ini) frmii tile %|..West depths nf misery and w oe, mid pi tee I him on an eijit tl i/.atioii with his respected nciglilmr : it has imlnwed him v\ 1 <11 chrisii ni prim iples and j integrity. These deeds of kindness are charaet -fistic of tnis Iinhle order ? they can , r.nt he magnified Then, well may they call upon the jji-iie* , rims hearts of love ami charity, l?i aid them . in < arrying nut these principle-, which have nmved tiieli a Ore.it hles-imr to mnutiooi ( 'moe (inc and till. unfurl majestically t > , tIk* breeze the h inner of ihw crystal wave. . (i id speed the cause. A Kimrr Step ? \ Raleigh corrcspon (Unit of the Petersburg Kxprcsssiv*: | 1 'I was present when Judge Saundci* Inh) Mr. I'niiicioy, proprietor of a large I hook store in 111:h place, to stop Harper's Weeklv unit .Monthly Magazine on account ' of the fact that (i. \V Curtis, one ? f the 1 *-iiiI? r-, is an abolitionist, and that one of the Harpers has been Contributing money for lite relief of escaped slaves in Cnliad i. * This is a noble example, and should be i^ folio veil bv every Southern man ami wo man." J-r?' It is proposed to hold a Convention at Richmond, V.i , oil the *d3lli of FYb'y, of i ' all the southern Railroad President* for lbpurpose of considering the means by which they ean best secure, either by direct importation or southern in iiiuf.ictiire, the equipment* and supplies for the use of southern railroads, without retvln'' upon the North for such things. The call fur the convention is signed by II Virgini v railroad Presidents. So says the Charlotte Demo1 crat. Death op Col. II. It Davis ?The Sumter IV ntrtfinan announces the dmilh of Col B It. Davis of Clarendon. lie was the < out iiumiht <>i inu .^iri riegimeni oi i aval' rv The Chemistry or Medicine.?Among the special delight* which hnVe *o richly repai-i our v:?it to New Kngland. was the inspection, it was our privilege to mnkc of !>r J C Ayer & Co.'s laboratory at ell. Although we knew l>v hear say, that it was large, vet were wo surprised when w.e eauie in view of its real magnitude, and ; still more by the extent and complication of its truly immense business. The wholu l massive structure is in fact one vnst chemical laboratory, in which the processes of this wonderful nrt are eonatnnt'y going on. VI.7! V : ? I ?: L - e -_J - h i ii'iiiii iii ^cirncc iihi loiiim Mini IDS curative properties of any substance -xixt in soma one <>r inore of it* component part*. Thus the remedial effect* gf opium ; are due solely to the morphia it contains, although thin i? bu' one eighteenth part of 1 ita weight ; the other seventeen parta are gum, extractive and inert or offenaive matter. Or Ayer'a system aeparalea the medicnl properties of each substance employed and we are here vhown the processes by which the virtue* of each rfuiedic.il agent are chased through the alembics until they come out completely pore at last. These concentrated, purified medical properties, or virtues are finally combined together to produce the remedies which have made themselves a reputation for unrivalled excellence, all over thu world. Not only does the Doctor disclaim all secrecy in his art and explain every process and every particular, but he maintain.* that this is the only process by which the people can be supplied with the best possible remedies for the. treatment of disease. The Formula by which his remedies are mado are published in the medical Journals nr.d have been presented to a largo part of the medical Faculty of the United States, and are constantly sent by mail to such physicians as apply for them.? Duly (Chronicle, San Francisco. Hymeneal. Married, on the 3d inst., by the Rev. S P. Murchison, Mr. Jesseo Trucsdell, to Mi?-s Jane, second daughter of James Clyburn. Esq., of Kershaw. On the I Dili inst.. by the same, Mr. Dove Segars, to Miss C. A. Pitts, of Kershaw. In Yorkvillc, on the Pith inst., Mr. Sample Alexander of Chester, to Miss Lucie II CSawson. Obituary. Died, of typhoid fever, at the residence of his father, (lion K. (J. Palmer.) nenr Ridge way, Fairliold, S. C., on the 29th of December last, Captain George D. Palmer, in the twenty-third year of his age. THE MARKETS Columbia, January 28. ? We have no | change to notice in cotton. Sales jesterI day 300 bales, at former rates, viz : 7 to 11 cents. Charleston, January 27.? There was a very fiir demand to-dav, nnd full prices were obtained. Tiie sales reached 2350 bal.-s, at prices ranging from 9 to 11 jo. New Orleans. Jan. 27. ? Sales to day of j 7000 b.iloi Cotton; Middling II a I I jr.?. i The sales of the week slim up 02.000, and I the receipts 8 1.000 against 51,000 in the I corresponding period last year. Speoial Notioes IIoi.i.oway'h Oixtmkst ami I'ii.i.s, infallible Remedies fur Salt Khcum.?Edward Jackson, ol < 'alveston, Texas, sutfered unceasingly fur four years with salt rheum, so had was lie that for four or five months at a time, he was compelled to keep to his lied, ami the doctors tol I him candidly that he need never again expert to lie well. Finding this to lie the ease he ili--mi-.-cd them, and immediately put him* i sell under a course >>f Ilullowny's (liniment aad Fills, these line remedies soon made such an imp.ovement in him that he was enabled to lesumo his occupation, and by continuing i thum for a short time, he was ie*tored to the j blessings of health, which he has enjoyed over 1 since. 23 The use of Dr HoUetter's Stomach B Iters, tor Dyspepsia, Elatulence, Heaviness J of the Stomach, Or any ot'.iei lik affection, is j second to iioiic in Anieiica 01 abroad. To be j able to state confidently tbat the "lllTTMts," j are a ceilain cure for dyspepsia ami like diseases. is to the proprietors a source of unalloyed pleasure. It removes all morbid matter from the stomach, purifies the liloo I, imparts I renewed vitality to the nervous system, giving | it that tone and energy so indispensable for I .rt-i..-.*: i i. i.i I ...V ivstviaiuKi ill maim. I 110 llUtllelOUS ackI iiowledgeineuts ol its superior excellence and j bcnehCcut results, have assured th?* proprietors I lh.?t it can'.ol but prove u great cure to tbe , alllietcd, and impart vitality to llie thorough I system. February. I Sold by d-uggists and dealers goueriillv, ( every where. See dvciV.soiuciil ill anoth* er cob. inn. The Test of 12 Years' Experience hm proved the superior quality ol liegeman, f.lark \ fo.'s Uenuine (Vnl Live.- Oil, It is ponau i. cod by Physicians the best remedy for Com | sumption, Scrofula, Chronic lOieuiiiatism, Ac., i ever discovered. 1 Caution?The value of this remedy doI peiuls upon its (unity, and in order to secure ] our customers a pin c srticle, one of our firm ' went to Newfoundland to superintend the i manufacture ol our oil, mid we warrant it pure, i See that the label has the eagle and mortar, i alul the signature over the eork of each Isittle as there is n great deal of cheap, inferior oil palmed oH' for genuine, to the great injury ol | patients. risk for liegeman, 'lark A' Co.'s, ind take | no other, us many have been cured witb the | genuine who have used others without any 1 benefit. rueful In Every Family. Paint, Urease Pots, I etc., removed instantly ; gloves, silks, ribbons, to., cleaned equal to new, without injury to -the moat d? liuate color of fabrics, Ly liegeman A Co's ('oucentrated Benzine, only Ji centl per Isittle. liegeman A Co., Druggists, Idl UV'J, ftll nnd 756 Broadway, N. Y 45 -Sm. Announcements* FOR CLERK. i j Mk Kdjtor?The many friendi of Mr, II. J. IIANCOT'K. announce luin a candidate for t'lerk of lh?: ('ourt for the ensuing term. FOR SHERIFF Mb. KiiITor :?I'lense announce Mr. AMOS McM.ANUS,n candidate for the Office of Sheriff for l^tncntter District, for the entiling term nnd oblige his Many Pkikkds. The friends of (Npt J II COUMART. ' announce him s candidate for Sheriff for frfincaster District, at the ensuing term. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. Ma. Kditor.?Hy announcing Mr. R. C. POT I'S. a candidate for Tax Collector at i the next election you will oblige his Mary Fhikros. Mr Kditor : By announcing Capt A. S. NI8BET a candidal* for Tax Collector at the next election you will oblige. Him Prikrd*. Mr. Kditor.?Pleaaeannounce Mr. Wm. Robkrtso*. a Candidate for Tux Collector at the erauing election and oblige hia frt?nda Wavhawr. New Advertisements. Notice. rWILL ssli tli rough my agent on Satnrdity the 4lh of February next .at u:y residence, corn, fodder, ccHton seed, peas, vows, hogs, lard*, bacon, house hold an I kitchen furniture and plantation tools. My hmds to rent. Terms of sale, nil sums of 5 dollars and under cash, nil over, a credit until January 18til, note and npproved surity and 4 interest from day of sale. { N. B.?G. VV. Boll is my authorized agent to transact business for me in my abscenue. F. A BBL1.. I FVb. 1. 1860. 51- It. |>d. NOTICE. ILL Persons having claim* or denttnd* against the Estate of Mr*. Elizabeth i Masse*', late of Lancaster District South j Carolina, Dwrivied, are hereby notified to present th?tn properly attested to tue on or before the first d.iv of June 1860 ; and all those indebted to the said Estate e.re roquosted to make payment to mo before U?I turn day next, or otherwise be sued. DIXON BARNS, Executor. Feb. 1, 1860.-51-41. A WORD TO THE WT^T 8ADDLE AND HARNESS Establishment ! ] I I AGAIN RKSPEOTFTLLY IN- J FORM THE CITIZENS of Lan- | j raster*ille and tile District in general, tli.it i I I am now fully prepared to furnish any nnd ^ ' all of then) with anything coming in n?v ; line of business and cheap as possible. I use nothing but the best material and keep always <>n hand a complete stock of, SADDLES, CARRIAGE M,d BUGGY HARNESS, BRIDLES, HAULIERS, MARTINGALS, WHIPS, POLE STRAPS, WAGON ! HARNESS, WAGON SADDLES, BLIND BRIDLES and all kind of BRIDLE BUS. ? &" Saddles atnj Harness repaired at slum notice I am truly thankful for the patronage heretotore received and hope by strict ati tendon to business to merit a continuance of the same. {-*?" Those indebted toine f??r the year I '58 aiul '58 are requested to come torI ward and settle tip. w. il noitNs, Feb. I, I860 51 if. A SOUTHERN MEDICINE ,THE ORIGINAL AND '(! EN IT IN IS I1A HUE l?E VIE. Composed entirely of Choice Vegetable Extracts, a a i) \\ A it it i: .\ r i:? i To Cure Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, relieve all Derangement of the St'jinache and Dowels, Nervous Debility, Oppression after Mating. &e. A I.SO, | hi cx'ollvnt ? x'or;ul apj,Iic.tuoi In C .f', Wo.ui.u, I'ruisos nil 1?.. In Keridiaw District win re it is made u, I [ well known, it in appreciated ami has c?:rtil some case* of dyspepsia ? I* I n?.? Mian Ij injf,a* numerous ?-,*rii ri-lcn IY.?.i? ri-liu o ! altd inli-ll gent citizen* will ?li iw. To IIkmi* w ho dfMire to pntrnni/u u Southern Mrdirint* in prefcr.ince to llio niiuicioii* compound* in ide at the North with hum. : bu^ certificate* ihi* article it ufl'ttrcil, con. liil.-nt that those wl.o use it wi.l always reOOIIMncml it. Ilein^ made of llie best m it'-riaU ami by ' an > xperieo. ctl'tlrog<;ii?t, ami prescribed by I'hvnicianw, it in hu|iril thnt none will be | afraid to give it n trial, and be certain of its | real merit. I'rcparcd and *old w holcnaTe and retail | l?v, J. J. Mt.K \l.\, l)ru^'oiat, Camden. S. And nold bv, IIAS8KI.TI.NK &. M \SSKV, U I alienator vtllc. ^ Feb 1st, I860. AI-3m * 1 Notioo. IS Mr. Felix .McLiriion. adin'r, t?f Patrick Mi* I arrtAM liuu ? ? * * .. ? ..... inn agent u> Mettle ujt tin* K^tate, all persons having iId | inands against the e?lutu lire requested to present Uieiii proper'y attested, ami nil iniloliteil to naiil estate will please mike payment to me without delay or tlivy will Ami I their iii-counts in the hands of an ntlicer for I Collection. F. K. I1RUMMKTT. I I January 25, ItttiU, 50-21 1 I I.Dill & WILLI IMS. : r|AMK UNI)KHSI(iNKI) IIAVIN(i Pur1 chased the interest of I., M. Tan then in the Tan Vnid and Jioot nnd Shoe ?it<blifchmeiit, one mile Bast of Pleasant Hill, adopt thin method of introducing themselves arid business to the public. ' , They hold themselves in readiness to till all orders, at short notice, for leather, ii,...i- ui - - ......i., iiinn's, ate, on me moat nccommo. dating terina. They run lurmah gentle* men'* boot* and Indira tkhoe*, wliich in poiut of i|naliiy cannot bv excelled by liny other eatabliabinent in the country. >V'e arc nlno prepared to furniah heavy Urogana for plantation uao. NT Our work in nil caaei j WILL BE WAURANTEB Order* from a distance accompanied with Ihe cash or n known reaponaible name, will lie promptly attended to. The public gen* iwrnlly are iovited to giv.i n? n cull. I FIX) YD 4. WILLIAMS, i O. FLOYD. JOHN J. WILLIAMS. I'leaaant llill, H. C. Jen IS, I860. 49tf W/u wv LBS,~OF HIDES VVarT* p'ArV/ ted immediately. Thirteen ' i renu in trade will be given, or n fair prica j in eaah, * ALSO WANTED, about 3ft corda of Tan Bark. Six dollara per cord will ba paid in trade. FIjDYD & WILLIAMS. Jannary 18, I860. 49tf | Apples, Oranges and Lemons. C10N8TANTLY ON HAND and Freah J through the seaaon. JOS. M. OA YLK At CO. I Camden. Nov. tfi? tl Orookery Ware. GLASS and Karthern Ware, a well assorted Stock at low fi^urea. JOS M GAYLK 4 CO. < Camden, Not. 16?tf