Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 08, 1858, Image 2
KEO W E fi CO U RI ER.T ,
ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. J?n
TERM$.?$1.60 per annum, In advance. If '
payment bo dolayo'l until nftcr the expiration of ',U!'
tho year, $2.00 For sis months, 7<> cont.s, in liill
advance. i>oH
Adverti?crnonN inserted at the usual rate*. ,.
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PICKENS C. II., S. C.: bni
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Saturday Morning, May 8, 1858. 000
Saleday. has
Soveral tracts < f land were sold on Monday, the
at good prices. The rc'il estate of Tiias. Al- J pro
kxaxder, deceased, was gi^ld by tho Ordina- 1 gfilv
ry at $2,230! This tract lies near Walhallfl, j turn
and its 'sworn valuo" was less than $1,000! I nte
Two of the candidates for Congress?Cols. Kai
Vernon and Ashmore?with several of the ; vilal
district candidates, were here. They h >d n j\
thin crowd to operate on. j lv a
The Texas Almanac. I
"We aro indebted to our young' friend, Mr. | Rn<'
T. W. FiizoKRAi.n, of Austin county. Texan, * ",c
for ucopy of tho "Texas Almanae for 1^">8.*' '11ls
It is a work of one hundred and ninety-four ('10
pagos, with an advertising sheet of some fifty Jou:
pages inoro added; and, uuliko the publics- srtV'
tions bearing the name, scattered broad cast I f',e
over the land, it is fillcu with facta and atu- *
tistics of a very interesting character. We ^u"
Khali draw on it, for tho benefit of our read- j
ers, the first opportunity that is afforded us. *\^'s
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Valuable Plantation for Sale. i jjv
A raro opportunity is new offored by Col. i
Prathkr for making an investment in onoof j ,
the most desirable places in the district, llis I ^
advertisement in another column gives such ;
particulars ns it is important to know, and to t )
which wc take pleasure in directing the at* '
tention of purchasers. T1
Wc learn that it is the intention of Ool. ^
Pkatiier to remove to an adjoining State.? KC"
This has not hecn determined on without a
Hceming necessity, but we are coufulont that '
many of our citizens} who know h?s worth, jf
?vill unite with us in expressions of sincere A.
regret at his detormination.
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Effects of the Cold. Gei
The week just passed has developed fully
tho damage done by the late "cold snap." j/'fj
Throughout l'ickuns district, the e fleet has Dr.
not boon tho same. In some sections tho ni?
fruit has boon killed, while in others thero is '
ii Mllfllinrmi?v loft Tlin wlmnt not inimo.l P*"
ko much as was ut first supposed, although j Sun
u fow fields havo boou nearly ruiu.od. What
ja remarkable in this connexion is the fact: E?r
tliat two fields, separated only by tho high- 1 >?*.
way, have not suffered to the samo extent,
Oiio will not make half a yield : tho other cscapod
almost entirely. The corn was bit to N.
tho earth, some being killed. Cotton, whore
it was up, has fared worst of all. In the %
low of districts, and throughout the South and ors
"West, much of it will havo to bo ploughed up ( f,
and planted again. The effects of the cold | .
will doubtless advance the prico of grain and WU
cotton at an early day. im'<
Our columns contain such extracts from a- '
broad, on the disaster, as we can make room |im
for- . ? , by
A heavy rain fell on Tuesday last, raising ^
the streams suddenly to an ovcrllow of their ' jtU
banks, though no damage has resulted there- not
from. Since it lias been cool, with a stiff
breeze from the north-west. TVuly, winter
lingers long in the "lap of Spring." 8|,0
"' Special. ~
Mrs. Knee, ofWalhalln, is receiving a vc- fcn
rv Riinrtrmr Snvinrr nnil Summer stnolr nf .T-ir
(looda, which she offers at the most reaeonn- the
ble firicos. Head her oilvertisement and give H10
her a trial!
Mr. Ansel, Auctioneer and Commission
Agent, offers at public and private sulo some pre
desirable property. Give him your attention Mr
on the 15th and 22d. See advertisement. Prc
Attention is also directed to other adver- 0,18
tiseiuents in our columns. !
The Parade at PickenBville. (.
The first Battalion of the 5th Regiment, S.
C. M., paraded at Pickcrsville on Saturday J
la?t, undor tho command of Capt. (>*jiriant. | ^
The men composing the battalion did their j ^ ^
duty well and soldierly, performing tho vftri- I ^ ^
oas evolutions with eredst to themselves nnd I ^
the officers in command. Col. Jameson, with ^
? fnll nnd handsomely equipped staff, was
the reviewing officer. 'j
A squadron of Cavalry, commanded by an wa)
avpallantnffi^r mni vpiptnw rvn**.?*larl fi\i* i
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review at the same hour. The performances fro,
of the Cavalry were very creditable to this
arm of the voluntoor scrvioo. C1 j
Tho candidates for Congres? were present, vj|j
and addressed the people on tho topics of the w;j
day. They rverc attentively listened to. j,;,,
Tho sjldiors and spectators, with quite a
number of tho fair daughters of the vicinity, tju,
numtiAi'Pil Tftrf V At nn r>nrlv
hour a general diapomon for horae.occurrad. 'j
For the Legislature. of I
In Andoraon district, Messrs. J. L. Siian'k- t
i.ikt JoilS cunningham, T. h. russem., j. out
V. Mookk, S. M. Wilkes itaa II..R. Vandi-' ot''
vbr have b?en announced or nominated for
the House. Rumor also designates others I
who aro or will be candidates', making only gon
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ion ill an; iuur iu ue t'lecicu. vtu regular ( ovc
announcement for the .Senato has yet hoen Mo;
iuad? in Anderson.
Diov't Taketiie Papers.?In Cincinnati, the*
a few <!nyfl since, a man who resides within woi
twelve miles of that city, walked into tho Git- #yn
izens' bank for iho purpose of obtaining a P?*
sum of uioney which ho had deposited thore of t
weveral years ago. Imagine his feeling* on Flo
Iaamtiam fhdt th. Ixm.'* Ikfifl ftkiloil AtV ntA?4lta. T
H.-1?vnv ' <*** laiHn* OlA JIIUiilMt I *
ago ! ^ He had liot oven heard of tlio oxtraov-1 ape
<h?ry flnaacUl panic which rcoontly swept I mm
wv*r *h* country with such a lovollinjj influ. j ban
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Kansas.
'he bill reported to Congress by tho Con;nce
Committee, of which Mr. English, of
iantt, is chairman, for tho admission of
iisas under tho Locoinpton constitution,
parsed both houses. It differs from tho
whioh pivssod the ?Senate in only one initnnt
particular. Tho Senate bill ceded to
new oiate la^us worm yzo.vw.uw. nic
reported by the confcrence conunittcc
g'ves to Kansas a domain valued at $5,,000,
and this is the Koction that i.s to he
mitted to tho neopio of Kansas. Slavery:
nothing to do with it. If Kansas accepts '
land provision tendered by Congress, the
iidowt admits her into tho Union as a
e State, under tho Lecontpton constUuShou]d
tho people refuse to incorpor
mis grant ot uvuu int>< imur constitution,
isas is to remain a territory until her pop:ion
shall number ono hundred thousand,
is we have said before, Kansas is virtual*
free territory. Slavery exists it is true,
a majority of the votors are abolitionists, I
they will change at once th<j charaotor of |
ir institutions. The result of the contest
been barren of fruit to the South. Alugh
she has been successful, yet sho reeth
not. The administration has been
">d a defeat, nnd we trust quiet restored to
country'by this disposition of the matter,
'he ontirc South Carolina delegation, in
Lgiu.-v*, auppurit'u iiiu muutmrc H9 11 pnssen,
spt Gen. Bonitam. Gen. Quitman', of
s., "a Northern man with Southern pr'u>
osMessrs. Davis, Harris, Kic.\cDund
df.itwooi), "Southern know-nothings," and
. Blair, of Me!, a " Southern black redican,"
voted with the abolitionists against
bill. The democratic party, with thoadlistration
successful, has again been true
principle, and the rights of the South.
he Southern Commercial Convention.
Jov. Am.stox bas appointed the following
itlemen delegates nt large for ilie State to (lie
nmerciul Convention, which is to assemble
Montgomery, Ala., on Monday next:
!,\-Qot, J. II. Aduir.s, W. Gilmorc Sinims,
1)., Hon. A. Burt, IIonG. Cunuon, Hon. J.
Woodward. lion. It. F. Perry, Hon. Jn? II.
y, Hon. J. Marshall, Col. A. 1'. Calin,
Gen. \V. \V. H.Hloe, G?n. James Gadsden,
1. Wni. E. Martin, Col. A. 1*. Itaync, Col.
in N. W illiatnp, Gabriel Manigault, of YVini,
A. W. Dozier, I)r. Jolm Douglas. Geo. P.
iott, Samuel P. Manor, 1?. W. WiHingliam,
U. W. l.ftwton, R. J. Davant, E. Span 11amnd,
R. W. Walker.
flie Town Council of Wallialla lias also apntcd
the following delegates to attend the
ic body :
'ol. A. P. Calhoun, Col. Win. Sloan, Col. M.
Norton, Klaia Shavpe, Kuq., R. S. Porelier,
j., t;oi. k. M. Keith, ltoOcrt iviaxivell, Jr.,
Tlioraas L. Lewis, Col. J. A. Doyle, Gen. F\
Garvin, Joseph K. Shclor, E. P. Vornor, W.
Strihling. Lewis Morehead, Dr. I>. A. Henry,
11. J. Uillilund, Ed wind Hughes, Esij., J.
F. l'orry, Esfy.
The Palmetto Regiment.
speaking <>f tho eolebration of tho survivflfthis
veteran regiment, in Columbia at
iture day the Carolinian says:
' We also learn that part of' the ceremony
! be the presentation to the Palmetto HogJi?t,
of tho silver vaso. that was presented
;ien. Jackson by the ladies of Charleston;
1 a largo picture, representing tho unfurl
; Dt tnc American ttag, presented to turn
the citi/.onaof South Carolina. They wero
in his will to his adopted son, Andrew
ikson, with the instructions that, as it was
probable our country would always he
ssod with peace, and in tho multiplicity of
relations a war would be likoly to occur,
so "inestimable" relies, as lie termed them
uld be given to the citizen of the city or
te, who 'ho ladies or citizens might dotcrio
had bonaved moat gallantly in the dcco
of his country'* right and honor. Mr.
jkaon has determined to prosent them to
Palmetto Association, as a lenacv from
old Hero to the horo-Rogiment of his mi3
State. In carrying out this appropriate
entiorr, he has sent tfiein to Governor A11r?,
with tho request that they he by him
rented to tho ltegiment. We regret that
. Jackson could not himself have been
isont to witness the coreinonion of tho-ycion;"
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3reenville and Columbia Railroad
Vttho Annual Mooting of the Coluiubiaand
jcnville Railroad Company, held at Cciibia
on Thursday, the following gentlemen
ro elected Directors for the ensuing.ye&i ;
r President, Thomas C. Pori'in : for DireeVardy
Mo Hoc, <1. N. Whitnor, Charles
lit It, J. R, O'Nertll, Kolicvt Stewart, Daniel'
ike, T. M. Cox, J. P. I Ice J, J. F. Living11,
Simeon "Fair, J. M. Allen, C. G. Memiger.
I'll? Anderson Gazette says that a measure
< introduced by Col. J. P. Heed, of that
ee, to extend aid to tho Air Linn Railroad
Atlanta to Anderson, and wo avc gratii
to state that it met with a cordial approv>y
a majority of the mooting. TheGrccu0
ami Columbia Railroad Company, it
1 be seen, guarantees tho bonds of the Air
e Railroad Company, to the ataoont of
0,000, with tho condition, however, that
bands thus guaranteed shall be used for
i>thc> purpose than to obtain tho iron.
'llO Sl/inblinlilnra nUn aiillwiri?n<l ll.n
ion<la to tho cxtont of $2.30,000.
Jol. Uknj. IIacoou, of Pickens, wiw pros-at
tbo meeting, representing himself and
er?.
General Intelligence.
t is stated as truo that Col. Kinmky, oneo
lething of a filibuster, is negotiating, with
rjprospcctof success, for colonizing the
sqoito coast with English Mormons, untho
Nicarnguan or Musquito (lag. &houhl
<1olonel not aueceed io thai quarter, wc
il<l commerid (o h<? kindly feelings and
ipathioH Hrioii am Yoi'Napnd his "saint*."
hap# L'nclo Sam would part with a few
hem ft* a trifle h>?s than he paya for live
rulft Seminolos!
ho Augusta and Savannah banks roBumcd
htA nawmnnta Art Sohiflrttr 1 r?4?f XT^v -1a.
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ml was mado on tljem for specie. Those
iks refuse to receive the hills of the sunned
back", eloquently tb? bUI? of the
il ' Wf.
non-specio paying hanks of tide State aro at I
a discount of one per cent!
A steamer front California brings one million
and a half in gold, and five hundred passengers?Now
York city received both. By
this steamer South American dates aro rocoived,
informing us of the defeat of (Jen.
Vivanco with great slaughter. . All his steamers
were captured?ho (led to Bolivia.
The steamer from Etlropo announces the
decline of 1-Id in the pricc of cotton. The
political news is not important.
A court martial is in session at Cincinnati
for the trial of Ma\. (len. Twines, U. S. A.
The offence charged is not a very grave one."
A noto to the Petersburg (Va.) Express,
dated Favettovillo, N. 0. 28th nlt.r givof nu
aoc<jv.nt of a most diabolical quftdruplo murder
perpetrated by a crazy negro fellow
belonging to J no. Cuaitkm*. The first victim
was a child of Mr. C.-?then tho wife*?
then another child, and then Mr.'C. himself.
\ The negro nad to bo killed before he could be
subdued.
Tho I .aw and Equity Court of Appeals are
. in session at Columbia.
| CSen. Wauoy Thompson, of Groonville, lec;
turod iit Columbia hist week on Moxioo, and
| hor future prospects.
Tlio Newborry editor, after declining tho
j rac.e for the Legislature, says:
" A friend ot ours after hearing wo were a
candidate, eolloctcd together his grand children
and sent us word to come down nnd bikn
i a d'mnor of kisxcx. Our kindest thanks to .
j our vRiiernblo friond. As wo have withdrawn |
; tvo will send a substitute in our place, who
I is oat, and whose mouth is nicely arranged
j to enjoy luxuries. If, however, nothing will
! do save ourselves we will " be thar." and do
I tho best with our hill that we can."
Exchanges.
Rki'kints.?The April number of "Black
wood's Edinburgh Mngnzino," has boon rcooivcd,
with content* noted below :
1. The Missionary Explorer. 2. Food and
i Drink. 3. A few words on Social Philoso|
phy. 4. WTt;U will hedo with it? 5. From
Spain to Plodraont. 8. Rambles around
Glasgow. 7. Mr. .John Company to Mr. J no.
Bull on tho rivyl India bills, 8. The now
Administration.
Terms of Subscrivtion.?Any oho Review
or Blackwood, $3 a year. Blackwood and ono
Review?-or any two Reviows, $5. Tho four
Reviews and Blackwood, $10.
Postage on tlio four Reviews and Blackwood,
to any Post efiico in (lie United Statos,
only 80 conts a year, viz : 14 cents a year on
each Review, and 24 cents a yoar on Blackwood.
Farmer and Planter*?With much picas
ore we announce the reception of this valun|
bi-monthly for May. It is the only work of
the kind in tho State, and should l>e bund-'
s imcly supported;- It is publishod at Pendleton,
S. C., by Of.o. Seaborne, at $1 a year.?
We will forward subscribers, andactas ujent
generally for the F. and P.
Pennings and Clippings.
The Markkt.?Cotton is still quoted in
Charleston at IU to 13 cents per lb.
Df.ad.?Col. Win, It. Cannon diod in C luinbue,
Miss., on the lf>th nit. lie had sened
in the House and Seuato of that State.?
Ho was a native of Darlington district.
Kansas.?The passngc of the Kansas bill
by Congress was received in Washington with
^demonstrations of joy. Oiio hundred guns
wore fired.
Con viction's At Yoiik Court.?In the oases
of the State vs. Bell, for killing Allen.and
the State vs. Dickson, for killing Derer, both
defendants were found guilty of manwlaugh
I icr ana sentenced.?the former to tu& month*
i imprisonment and a fine yf a thousaud dolJ
lars, tho lattorto two ninths imprisonment
| and a fine of two hundred dollars.
I No such a Man.?The rotired 'physician
" whoso sands of Ijl'e have nearly run out,"
no extensively advertised throughout the
whole country, is discovered to be an imposition,
there being no such person as "Old
Doctor James."
A pied Gang.? Mossm. Kvo.roit. Ttnll n.;?.
j tendon, Fillmore, Fremont, and Douglas,
have all been named in different directions,
by the opposition, for the Presidency in 1800.
i A Depraved Rasoai..? Some one entered.
' the Presbyterian church at Raleigh, on Saturday
night last, and stolo from the pulpit,
the Church Bible and Hymn Rook.
! EntERPHISE.?A Mrs. Mlsklo of FrsintfrsrL
Ky., swore out a warrant for her husband
and got him in jail, and run away with a lover
mimed Bridgeford, taking her thrco children.
Baptist Convkihjions.?Tlio American
Baptist naya : " Tho aggregate of conversions
reported in connection with Baptist
churches alone, during the month of March,
is over seventeen thousand.
TJsr f0l. Okname.nts.?In Germany, cliesuut
trcos nfo planted along tho roadsidos,
which yield tho villagers a largo inoome, a?
thoir fruit ia inuniifacturod iuto starch.?
When America gets enconomionl, our ratlroada
will be lined in tlio same way.
A Ijono Absence.?Twenty-seven years
ago a citizen of Winnsboro, in this State, lost
five negroes, who ran away from him. A
fow days ago he, for tho first time, hoard from
one' of them ; hid information was in th?
fo>m of a lettor from h?r, bogging to. bo allowed
to return to his service.
TllEIR VaI.IT*?K irni M/rtvilo avn ??./? '
brightest. flower* of earth { th^y cortvort the
hum blest homo into & parailWe ; ih'oroforo \iso
them, especially afoudd tho fire aide circle.
Purchase op Mrzioan TerritoR*.?It i?
Htftted very positively in Washington letter*
! that not oniv Honora. hut filiihimlinn ???<!
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Lower California will bo offered to our government
at a fair value,lion, and that au accredited
agent in to oom? to Washington with
fnTt )pirm? to'a<rt,
A
ftult '? ?
Mo? Violence iv Peoria.?A mob in Pcorin,
Illinois, lmH made a dosccnt upon the
houses of ill fame in that city, expelled ilio
inmate*, set the costly furniture in the street,
burned it to ashes, and sacked tho houses.?
Sowio ten or elovou houses wero visited in
turn, and proporty to tho value of $7,000 was
destroyed. Most of tho cxpolled partioa huve
nvw m vunr.jjw, _
ButTuhkE.?There are l>"t thrno revolutionary
pensioners surviving in the State of
Ohio.
Vkuv Poi'jitkl'u?'l i.o report is revived in
well iufornted circles in Washington, that
Sotiator SliileU.'oF Louisiana, and Mr. Belmont,
late Minister to tho llagne, lire engaged
in the raising of a loan for three tnil?
lions of dollars, to bo appliod in aid of the
revolution now in progress in Sonom,
Trauk is Coox 8kin'?.?On Friday last.
A Chicago Brm shipped direct to tcondnn, I''rleland,
by way of New York, eighteen thousand ]
Coon skins, valued at $0,000. The.skins wore
made up 111 sixty compactly pressed bMo?
'Another Duel.?A duel was fought at I
Augusta,. Ua., on the 28th ulfc. between two |
mou?Hilaekmcycr And I'ollard. Two shots
wore exchanged without injury to cither party
Extinguished.?An old suit, oommonoed
nearlj'twenty-eight years ago by the United
States, against Gon. Harrison, upon an official
bond which ho signed for.n public officer
WiisrAP.nnt.lv nr<1m*Ai1 tn ufrnolr #)%/?
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docket of tlio United Stntos Circuit Court at
Cincinnati.
Paper Mu.r.s Bl'kned.-?The Chronicle utul
Sentinel, of Sunday morning learned from
paftsongors by the Georgia Kailroad yesterday
morning, that tho "Pioneer PapQr Mill,"
near Athonn, was destroyed liy fire Friday
afternoon.
j. ex as urops.?Tho 10xu3 papers, without
oxcoption, speak of tho flattering pfospocts
of the crop?, in thoir respective sections of
thoooqntryj though tljey will occasionally
relieve the sunshino with a growl about the.
grasshoppers, tho nipping frost, and "too
much rain."
Cosscirscf Stricken.?Tho Secretary of
the Treasury received, a fW days since,
$1500 in Treasury notes from an unknown
individual, who states that ho had cheatedthe
Government to that amount during l'terce's
administration.
Anotiikr State.??A bill to admit Oregon
law already been reported, and will come up
next in order. At tho oloso of the pjesent
session of Congr'esa, tho Union will probably
embrace thirty-four States.
Que at 1'i,ood.?Heavy rains fell at IIuntFvilln
Mil nn Ihrt <KM ..W Vl .l~l..
....... ...... S" \ IIIohes
of solid water fell. Tlio railroads have
been injured to a very considerable extent.
New York, April 28.?Win. Fuller'' hup
beeu arretted here, clinrged with forging a
Government draft for $<">,000, purporting to
bo drawn by James Roeside and accepted by
O. P. Brown, Treasurer of the PoHt Office Department.
Four drafts of a similar nature
have been- already paid at various periods..
Austria-?I" 18"?6, according to an official
report 84,774,371 lbs. cotton wero imported
into Au&tr'ui. In L^51, 189. establishments
for iotton manufacturing wore iu oporation
in Austria, consuming (estimated) 143,000
bale?.
Important to Younu Farmers.?Effectual
destruction of weeds?marrvinga widow.
Lotteries.?Wo see from the -Xatioital
American, published in Atlanta,Oft., that the
Grand Jury of Fulton county, in that .State
iii speaking of lotteries, say that '"the .system
is <Hangorou;i to tho interests of the community
and demoralizing in its influono$."
A 1)f.\it Act.-1-A few days since, a farmor
living near Galena, III,, carried a load of potatoes
to that place. The highest offer ho could
get was tenoents a bushel, and rather than
bjII thorn at that rate, he tipped them into
Fovorltiver. The result whs that ho thus
obstructed, navigation, and w.lm flml $l.t.
Votisci in Kansas.?Tho negro worshippers
of Kansas havo passod a law, giving nogrooa
of that territory tho right of MiQYage,
and making thorn socially and politically?
a* no doubt they arc morally?tfqual to tli?i
froodom shrickors, with white skins, b^f
black principles,
Govern men r Fikancps.?The receipts into
tho U. S. Trcrsurv for tho throe mifirhora itf
tho prosent fiscal your, amount to $09,238380,
including $31,931,220 from customs
601,407, from sales of prtblic lands, and $1,fi94,692,
from miscellaneous sources.
Shochno A.*taih.?A little girl, about 7
y<<arn of ago, named Anna Reyford, was run
over by tho citrs at Syracuse, Friday afternoon,
near (ho cofnor ofGenoseo and Montgomery
streets. Tho girl afterwards .lied.
Last Excuse.?Tho last excuse for erinft
line is that tho " weaker vef.sels" ccod much
hooping. t w
Thk Latkht "Or katAtt ft action" in
New Yokk.?A corrcspondoutof tho Boston
Journal, writing fromNcw York oity,
say*: . '
w? n ill . !l- i
it v iiwiu i? mm y^j iu vuin Oi! y 111
the person of a boy prcncher. Ho is abdttfc
fifteen ycarsof ago. His name in Crannfond
Kjnngdy. lie is a Baptist, and belongs to
tlio ohutrcli of llov. Mr. Aduuut, on Christophor-streot.
Ho is a convert iu the Into
rovivai, nag nircauy ooon uoenged to preach
by thai church, and i? juet now ntt railing
large crowds to hoar him. His stylo k "vehement;
his aoi-mon? have iw ,thefn in;'ch
method: he|poak? wholly ex teuipora aoously,
and hio system of theology ?coin? to he
ruaturo and after tho school of the sounder
and fciorc conservative schools of tho day.
IIo prctohea and speakh nearly every nigh"#,
fltl houJKJft arc crowded to overflow irfg, and
for a season h? will b? tbc great attiuotjoti
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The Late Frost.
Wo, compile from our oxulmngox tho subjoined
items concerning the effects of the recent
frost:
Tho Chronicle & ScfttintL of Augusta suys
timt a planter writirtg Frtrtn"Covington to his 1
factor in that city, dating his lettor Wodnon- t
day. says:
1 am just about starting with nil my hands
for my plantation. My oversee* tolls mo it'
will bo n?co.-<Sary to re-plant two hundred
acres yf cotton, the whole of which has boon
cut down bv the frost.
? planter residing in Sivannah, fearing
that the frost had injured his crop, pent a I
meSfKMigof to hi* plantation, in Beaufort dis-!
trlct Snuth Carolina, to leurn the result. lie j
returned with the gratifying intelligence that 1
nothing was injured.
i .. i ' ..>i n?.v.., i
xii tuuvi i\iiu iiiiuuiuuuvi^in inu nyuij utto
uo' boon so grcut. but in uppfcr Georgiiithorc !
Cur be no doubt that the cotton uu(ltfritit have !
beon very much injured, uiul in fcomc sections i
the w'lieut. |
In the low grounds tho damage has beon j
the greatest.
Throughout Alabama, Mississippi, t/ouiai-;
ana, Toiinesfuie and Arkansas,'tno frost, on 1
the high hvnds and the floods in tho Valleys j
linve caused incalculable injury.
For more than :i month pust i-ho fertile val- |
ley lamU of tho West havo becu .iuuudutcd, |
and the wators continue high.
Tho Montgomery import* rej>ort " a heavy
frost," in tho neighborhood of tluit city, on 1
; tiic ^oth uit.
Tho Rutherford, N. C, /wtJtttVcr of the 27th
say*: >
Wo were greeted yestaYday wirh a full of
snow, which continued for Kovoral hours, but
being accompanied with rain U i/iel tod as fast
ns it fell. '1 his is rather lflte in tho season
for a visit of thin'kind. AYe have not seen
tho oldest inhabitant, but wo have ho doxibt
that lie does not romwuibor a snow so late as
this.
Fkost.?On Monday and Tuesday nights
our section was visited by frost, which we
regret to learn, has materially damaged wheat
| Itallon Ttmcs, S28/A U((.
The Coi.n?Fhost.?Apprehensions wore
entertained yesterday that much damage had
been done by the fr.jst. Tlio frost liad boon
seen in many sections of tlio city, and soihe
even spok6 of ice. ? One gentleman a.saured
ii3 thut he had seen ice the thieknew of a?ilvyr
dollar at Mount PlOflsant. We were at
pains, however, to look into the effects upon
'the farms in this vicinity, and wire pleased
to And that no damage .ins been sustained.
Some elight effect is to be noticed upon eouppefnonp
grapo vinos, but tlio fruit has nut
I icon injured. More danuipe has been'done
upon plantations in the, district, and froQi.
8CVOr.il sor.tioiis tlvf! ronnrl i-J Unit tlm wilftm
has 1u?ort killed. Several stalk^/wcre eCiu.bited
upon the streets which were quite dead.
In tho upper Districts of the Stuto*kkc cold
has been more severe. Dispatches to gentlemen
in thi? city from ?Augu?tn and Colombia;
stato tjiat at both phicos lliero wns ii killing
frost. Thoro certainly v. ?h pnow in tho region
above the latitude ftp rColumbin, and it,
is to be feared that much damage ha* beo,u
| ilono. (Jcutlemen whoso statements are reliable,
who arrived by tho Curs yesterday
| from it reenwoqd and OokoslAify, Abbeville
1 district, report that the cotton in that neighborhood
buy boon all killed. A messenger
o .1 ed in post haste yettorduy from a plantation
in St. John's iferkley for cotton v:eod.
as tbut in the ground was considered dead. *
Churfytton Standard, 291 ft.
The Fiiost.?Tho woather in this vicinity
has been mild since Wednesday morning,and
all future apprehensions of frost in this section
are dispelled. A gentleman from Marlb.iro'
district, himself a lrrge planter, nulled
at our ollioc yesterday and informed u? that
in Marlboro'and Darlington districts tlio cotton
hivs boon :jll killed, llo loft Marlboro'
on Wednesday a ihrqp o'clock, and bis fine
field* of cotton, whlfcn hut a few days before
were healthy, and preen, were all shriveled
amj black. Ilia object in nothing to the city
won to procure seed to re-plnnt. there being
nqno in his neighborhood.-. The ground was
frozen hard, mid ioo formed an eighth of an
inch in thickness. Cotton seed was in demand
yesterday, us we have hoard of several
1 Wimri [mines will* WWIIU IT BDIU lit lOW!\ Oil
> tlm sanlo important errand. At KantowlM,
a plantation- of seventy acres ha* boon plowed
up toro-pluut.? Char. /Staiblurd, 3[)th.
Thk'OhOps.?Tho extent of the damagfe
by the late frost does not scein to bo 90 great
in our District m in other portions of the
State. We conversed on Mondisy with
fat-mew of various sections, atid they informed
us thnt the crops have hot suffered
materially, except in the upper portion of
the District, where the injury is much
greater than elsewhere. The cotton in
many places will have to be rc-planted, but
judging from what our exchanges in the
un-aounti-v nav. we nnn?hid? thnt. n*;r u/w?.
tion ib more highly favored. "NVo hopo that
the unfavorable accounts from other Districts
niny ho ?rroncons, nR timo Was not ai4
lowed to tell the precise condition of the
crops boforo the*-publication of thosfc reports.?Anderson
Gazette.
Great Fkkbiik^ in Mississippi.?-Tho
Aberdeen Sunny South, of. tho 22d ult.,
I S3V8 : On Momlu ir ni?rlif !?* . ilw
y - - ???p? >
were opened, and the country round abo?t
PUUtJlloi^!) The '' ohiOr-l iiiftn"
Saw something ucw on Tuesday. Matubba
creek, flowing into tho river, half a mile
above the city, was nWer kuown to contaih
ao.inuoh .water. Xho waters re*.. go rapid'
ly that by jnoruirig many pernon^ living on
the opposite aide of thu creok, wero surroutided.
Assistance wns immediately rendered,
and all ware saved, ftnvnrnf nnr.
Kong uamc Dear being lost a the attom^t to
rescue the sufferer*. ;
The /ivor rose sixteen feet in twelve
hours, Divl at tho present writing, continue#
to ri#o. It has already attained tho
highest water mark of the reason. Thflre
has probably been much loss of property,
and some of life.
This morning tho river is within eighteen
inch's of tho high water mark and
still, rising at the fate of an inch ??' honr.
The probability is it will roach the highest
point. The lower part of tho oity is completely
puhmoj'god, and many h(?ve fomikcn
their d\folli^s and huitineas housox, fcjuch
a rise waa nevor known fron? the ono night's
rain. The' destruction to ttock has boon
LmmcnBO.
Tn* Ttotctiport (Town) News ftaya' that
emigration up .the Mi?j\ouri Hivcr t:>U sea
con la UQpretcdootcd. ItiKTMimnttdthnt
emigrants we pourfn# ipto tlid TfiVfiforjw
tt t^jr?;e iffy# >. ffitfupt ? &/.. .
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v. , ' FOU'VlI* KKOWKK COUIUKR.
The Congressional Eleotion?Maj. T. 0.
P. Vernon.
' Mr. Editor!" .As the Atoiiu ami claims of two
of tho presont candidates for Congress have been
urged frequently j 11 several of the newspapers
of (bo Congressional District, it Is but fair, that
the oilier candidate, Maj Vkrnon, of Spnrtanburg,
should have his claims prosonted in tho
sanio \?ay. The writer of this article knows
wo'l that puffs in the public prints nro nt? evi
IfiK'o o( inorit, Wfcft-days, when vcty often
tho.-e least worthy have their names ino<^ uois- '
eil before tho public ; still, ns Maj. Veknox id
unknown t?> innny of your readers, it ltirty not
be (iini** for 11 frieml to make known, In tiiin
way, something of his churncter ami quitlificntjon*.
Mr. VniMON has spent the wkolovf ii><< t'/clit
Spartanburg. where he id rogtmlitl ne the tiiost
popular man in tho District | ami the fact that
those who know him bunt esteem him ni^st, in no '
bail criterion ofhis worth. His popnlurltv nml
inHniiiii?ii in littt nu'ii ilintrict n r#* llm rnunft tint
only uf confidence in his ability mid moral worth,
but of amiability, generosity ami kindness of
lieaH, which pre-eminently distinguish hi in.?
These qualities, h*1?1o?1 to the fin t that he It descended
from tin old nntl aroll kilown revolutionary,
fainily', distinguished in nil its blanches, during
the revolutionary war.'for devotion to the
o:uV?o of liberty ; c,hd \?no in the late war again
exhibited their hereditary patriotism Ivjr marching
against the foes of thejr country, giye Mi?j,
Vkunon ii hold on the affections of the people
acquainted with these fncU not wsily shaken.?
It is conceded on ull hands that in )ifs own District
he will get an almost unanimous vote. Indeed
It is thought by many of his friends that
hi* vote in Spartanburg and Uniou will alonw
bo sufficient to elect him. Hut ho will get a
i large rote in ll^e other Districts, so tb it?his
I okvtion is almost, certain. And it is ?lso cerj
tail .nit no one belt* r qualified the position
II in an rospects can be selected.
Maj. Ykrnon has heretofore led somewhat 'of
a retired life, preferring to devote his leisure
j time to the poacoiuj pursuits of the student,
rather than to tho excitement of political lite ;
and in that rol-ii-ciitcnt lio has 8torc\l Ins imml
with learning and knowledge, which his fricn<i?
think should now be applied to the public service,
and which would be of jtroal advantage in
giving him poallion and iutluenoe in h legislativebody.
Politics h:ivo formed a lavge proportion
of his studies, and 110 one iu tho Congressional
District in better informed and onturtnins
more correct views of the political questions of
tf.AH.lv II OM .? Ut.nnb,... will m..n ^Ivn
? ""'V * U??.. b. . ?
him a high position in Congress,':* position which
will justify the wisdom of liis selection?whilst
his unblemished cktritcttlund high moral worth
anil integrity afford to constituents a suro
guaranty that tho corruptions of Washington
will nover cause lilni to vary frotn tho path of
duly and devotion to I lie interests nud honor
of his tUatc.
1 have no" desire. Mr. Editor, to detract from
the other candidates, and I have written of Maj.
Vkuno.n nothing hut what, will he ndiniite?l to
j be true by all who know hint. Thjn, too. Is
.published without tho knowledge of .Maj. Vkkxo.v,
and without tho copsultnthin of friends,
and should it not meet th<) approval of himself
and othei; friend*, I hope they will attribute it
I to tho tvuo cause, a desire to promote uudpsum
mg mrrii, r.gi'Ai. twuilTH.
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fpll thk col'kikk.
XTr. Kihlor : The celebration of the 1st of May,
by tlie Modern Knight Templars at Twelve Milo
Camp Ground, came oil'on that (lay, with much
credit to the order and to tho cpiuiuuuity at lar^cThe
mciubwu of tho ordqr convened at their
Temperaiico lfall, and wore there formed in or
dor of procenainn by the marshals of the day, A.
J. Kt'uiixs and I,. J. Await,, and were front
t lie nop conducted to lit" church, where a vca
peeiaoie miuicni'c jiou uireaqy usscmi>te<1.-??
>Ve were then addrosncd on tho subjcct of Temperance,
in a cliuir. pointed an it feeling mun.ier
by thcllev. J. M. Mai'M>rn. After taking nomo
refreshments, wcjigain assembled in thechnreh,
when Rev. .11. lloijii'.b delivered a very able
nnd comprehensive address on tho subject of
temperance, producing arguments which wo
eonsidfu* to be incontrovertible^ nnd which were
listened to Willi grtaf'ncrlnusAcss arid attontiou
by the audlenco, evincing an interest in the
temperance Oftuto which toll* well for our community,
After which the meeting was dismissed. At
night tho order again assembled at their hull
muI received nn acconfion of twelve to their
number-by initiation, hcaidcH Home applications
for future admission. Onr ctuise is looking up
anil wo feel tlmt a t?ettor day ii? dawning. May
God #&nd ti speedy and gcneml reformation.
* I. .1. A.
JMJ-JJ-' I.11-J. J! -J.! -!-.- JUL?i-Lfffi!l-JO
>- From Washington.
"Wasijinoton, Ajpri.l 547.
a joint resolution for the relief .widow
of tho late Connuanderjfij^BBf^wuH
read twioo, and referred t<|jN^?pmiu.Utco
on Navh) Affaire. 9
The Kansas queation wij^HHfiMfincd,
and tho debate ?till contiuU|SflBBftWten
den pointed out the diflore^^ jSjKveeri
tho Committee's subatitute arcWBjpDwn.
Mr. Hunter luadd an ublc-rcpk.^Mr.
Crittenden,
Mr. OoHmucr mndn ?. IvHumm
Mr. Wado aj^ofce for nu hour, characterizing
tho Administration as corrupt.
.Mr, Orcoii) now at 5 o'clook, P. M,,
defending tho Administration, and tho
Committee's roport.
Tho Senate adjourned without titking notion.
Tho House roceived from tho Secretary
of iiho Treasury, a statement of tho condw
tion of t)io Banks of iho wholo country.
mo JTOrt .duelling Committee made two
reports. .<
A. rcHolution. wftfl adnptod, .authorizing
evening 803.S10U8 for debate only.
Tho Houa? diseuuacd a bill to allow pensions
to the soldior? of tho war of 1812,
Washington, April 28.~fcJn tho Senate
to-day hut three apooohos were umdo on #
tho IvurtsaB nucstion?Settoton* fctunrt,
P'ltrh and Dooiittlo. dcliver?fl
The Httbjcct will bo finished to-morrow.?
Sowrai others hove yet towpouk.
In the Iloiuto Kniifws wan discussed.?.
Messrs. Howard and Bingham dctuiod
, their positions.
Mr. Davis opposed the report, because it
imposed conditions on the admission of
Kansas, ?nd interfered with Stato llights.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, eloquently re^l!.l
A 1- ^ a .? ^
ptieti, snowing toac otncr ?tato? bod been
admitted on the wwie Sedition#.
Mr. Koitt anid ho would vote for tho report,
n?d then proceeded to reply to Darvin*
objections.. "
The Hons* adjourned without taking %
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