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kkowkk comKK. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. tkkmn.?sl.oti jior niinimi, in ndvnnco. If y>ayniont l?o <lc:'-tve'l mtf il niter the expiration of the your !?.! For six months, 75 cents, in btlvnnoc. ,\ 'v:1 - ( inserted nt the usnal rotes. PICK UN'S C. II., S. C.: Saturday Morning, September 25, 1858. Return Day, For l'iekoris district, is Saturday the 2d day of Oetober next. Special. Our rtinders will bear in mind tlint wo .ire , not responsible for the utn'emonts nnd opinions of our correspondent.-". Further, where i eoiiunuu:.vi iou8 are inteudod for this nnd | nay outer paper, eopios snouiu 00 luriusiicu i tO'Oivcli at tho same tim?? that they amy ap- ' pear simultaneously. Whoa this rule, hich ; isvrcll estaldished amongst the craft, is not . 1 complied with, such urticles?cannot appear ; in our columns. An examination of tho Georges' crook school will take place 011 the i!th ; 11 ft or which, Mr- j l'ut.MAM delivers his address. For further j particulars, see advertisement. Mr. Am. en* oilers valuable land for mile. Attention is directed to his and other new advertisements in this paper. Changed. The arrival and departure of the mail, connecting this place and (Ireenville, has been changed as follows : Leave Pickens on Saturday, supplying Anderson's Mills, Hock .uoumain, minnyunie, i anie uock, I'umpkini v n, isuuth Suluda. and then to Greenville. 1 Returning, leaveu Greenville Monday morn- ! ing, supplying Georges' Croek, Arnold's Mills. I'iekensvillc, Eighteen Mile, Salubrity, Syninics' Mill, Five Mile, and to Pickens by Tuesday at 12 o'clock, M. The Election. An election will be held through ' tiie . State on the second Monday in October fur, <'ongressmen and mcinbersof the Legislature, j In this district, a member of Congress, out:, .Senator, ami three Ueprcscntuti'. es r.vo to he I elected. It has been suggested that wo cnll attcntkn to the fact, that tvo persons of the same name are announced in our columns for the office of Representative, and that voters should designate for whom the/ vote by writing on their tickets the christian name of the MiL.LF.ti voted for - otherwise, such votes will bo thrown away. Death of Col- Calhoun. "NYc are pained to learn that f.\d. Wii.uam L. Cai.uoun, (a son of the lanvm'ted John C. Calhoun) died at his residence, in Abbeville district, last week. Ilia remains were inter- j red at the Stone church, iu this district, on Thursday last. The memory ol' one, ho well and favorably known in the walks of private life, requires no tribute from the pen of the public journalist, l'eaoe to his dust! Tho Blue Ridge Railroad. The Marietta (On) Adrocatc, of the 17th instant, states that the United States Court,! for the northorn district of Georgia, is in session at that place, Judge Niou, presiding. Tho great cause in Equity An on Bangs & Co vs the lilue Ridge lta;:t ?ad Company? is before the Court on the evidence already taken. Tho argument of counsel, it is understoo 1, will . -cupy tho attention of tho Court sovoi .il itv. ?. Messrs. T. 11. 11. Conn, I Hi i.r. and Toov.i;: appear for the complain-1 Mils-:, i M..- . . Peticru, Mi:mmincck and Law i r ihc dc l'ciulanta. The decision of the .Juu, ' will bo looked for with interest, as the amount involved in the suit is large. Cotton PickingOn Saturday last, in this District, Mr. Ai.kx. Hamii.ton picked 213 lbs. ootton, on the plantation of Mr. u. S. Garvin*. His staler i . vu onh it.? 'i?n:? j ?:.-i-: ? f'.i.ie, J#I\. IVV3?I *>W AUS, O. II 10 13 fur tliis section?who can beat it? Deaths from Yellow Fever Two deaths have occurred in our district from yellow t'over?one at Walhalla some weeks ago, and one at Tunnel Hill only a few days aince. A la ly (Mrs. Thurston) died of the same disease, near Pendleton, on Mnnlay last. The di^aso, in oaeh of those cases, was contracted in Charleston. This fever is very fatal in Charleston. For the week unding the 18th, there were 172 deaths in tlio city, 128 of which were from Yellow fever. This terrible disease prevails ulso in Now Orleans, Savannah, Mobile, and >iiur jmicus in MIU soul II -wrsi. For Charleston, wo may bo permitted to sny a word. Her citizens, ever generous in notion and noble in deed, arc bowed under tho influences of the epidemic. Their time and means have been liberally 0Xiended for the relief of the destitute and ho'plosB. In other sections of tlie State, funds have been ironorouslv iriven for tlm munn nnrnosA. 'Plm demand is urgent, find the necessity pressing. Those among us inclined to nid in the work can remit through us or directly to the Howard Association. Frost Sovoral persons have tohl i s that there was frost in the district last week. It was not general, however. In tlioadjoiningcountica of North Carolina, the frost has bitten the fodder. Tbo corn there i? in a critical condition. A (ijvNtnous l>tr:i).?The Washington Union statos that Mr. John U. Rivi>s, Editor of iho Globf. has recently made a present of up vrarda of five thousand dollars to Mr. Michael Oaton. as a token of his appreciation of hin faithful cervices. Mr. G'aton lias been in Mr- IUW offteo for more than twenty-five years, and ii now a vonoroblo old man of #bout luxty years. General Intelligence. 1 Tho Directors of the Air I/mo Railroad liavo ordered the lotting of contract?, for grading, 011 portions of their roud : and cullcd in flvo per cent on the stock subscribed. At Knir 1'lnv n.. l?o? \ I.......... A.... more and 11.ikkison made speeches. showing tho advantages to tliat section of having the road located there. We hove net learned tho a mount of stock subscribed there. Gov. Denver has resigned the Governorship of Kansas. 1 lis successor is unknown. The cotton crop of tho country, for the year < ending 1st September, amounts to 3,11-1,000 I bales, being an increase of tho previous year i C 1-1 ! io ?.~ i f\C *1 * ? r t\i\ ul 11 uuiu^* v/i uiusQi wcro cxportod, and *>03,500 consumed at homo. In Mi'.ine, the black republicans huvo elected their candidates fov Governor, Congress' and tius lit-gialaturo. The revolution continues in Mexico, with j lighting and bloodshed. Anarchy reigns su- ! premo in that benighted country. Arrivals from Europe advise us of-a slight | decline in cotton, at Liverpool. The Queen of England had returned from her continen-I tal tour. The news from India is nnimpor- ! til It TIlO I Sfntiu eltrtMA.. !.? *1-- - 1 -..v w...?vv? wvtuvo oiiuiua ill llIU UU- | vantages resulting from the opening of the i ports of Chinr.. The continent of Europe is ' unusually culm nnd quiet. Again in the Harness. AVo tiro glad to perceivo that W. B. Me- I OnEHiHT, Esq., has become associate editor ot ! the (luardian, published at Columbia. McO. ! wield' a bold and vigorous pen, and we wish ' him plcnsuro anil profit by the connection. The Address, Delivered before the l)n(>;ist Female Co'.- I lege, ut Greenville II., Ins been received. The subject? " Woman : her true mission and ' Mncatiou"?is handled most interestingly by the speaker, Kev. J. M.C. Ukkakf.r. lie will accept our thanks for the copy sent us. The Comet. .Su'-'iof >ur readers, as have notdone so, may v.;h their uuTural sight, see the comet. It m iy ! (: .von in the north-west about 7 o'clock. in the evening, and al*o, by the early riser, 1 in (tie cast, just before daylight i;i the morn- ' in^. lt ;?.s not ye; aU '.inod its full brillia cy. Two other comets are reported as ' in the distance" by the astronomers, though not yet visible to the unassisted eye. Come on, ye "stars" with brilliant "narratives!" Judges O'Neall and Whitner. Presiding Elder J. W. Kelmsv, in the last Yorkvillc /'Inquirer, holds sentiments in unison with our own. He says : " I am heartily glad that the up-country baa two such .Judges ns O'Xeall and Whitner. i '1*1 I ' ? T ' .Liiuy uunor muir piaccn. 1 am a .uctliudist. 1 I they aro Christians, one n Baptist, tlie other i I a Presbyterian; I honor them for their faith- ; fulness ami usefulness as men, Judges and I philanthopists, and servants oft he Lord Jesus, i Other occupants 01'the Bench may be equal- , i ly deserving for aught I know to the contra- , | ry. Certainly a christian people should have I I men faithful to God, as well as acceptable to I ! men, to hold the scales of justice and apply j j the rules of equity." The Right Spirit. I The Lexington Fluy understands his right?, as well as those of his patrons, and is deteri mined to maintain them. Oil the " patent j medicine question," he says: | ' S. M. lNsttengill & Co., Newspaper Ad-j vortising Agency New York. Wo have re- j ceived yours of August thirteenth, ami twen- ! tv KUVrtllfll ^rvnfniiliiw* llm ...1.-.?' i - j ~ , viiv iiumn UflClllUlll^ UI i ' Jacobs Cordial," and tlic " Livcv Invigora- I tor" with a request to publish, which rosiest j | wo cannot comply with, for various reasons, j a few of which we will give. In the first | place wo do not feel it doing justice to our | loaders, to till our o lumns with long standing patent uicdicino advertisements, which we know becomes old, and consenueutly detestable in tho sight of the most of our readers. Secondly, the amount you offer for their insertion, is far below our advertising rates, and to insert them at your rates, and I eniugc our nome auvertisers higher, or sic- I | cording to our rates, would be a crime i:i our j ! estimation, fully us menu a* putiy l?w>oii/.? . j Thirdly, wo have been swindled, time and ' j again, by northern advertising Agencies ami j advertisers, (we do not doubt the honesty of , yours) so we have formed a resolution not to j 1 Miqoi'l niw.llinr niirt iultl.Aia !? ? : - 1 v. a VIIV> U Illiv/Ul It l>1 JIL'UW 1II J 'II 1 1 1U' 1 j by the amount of cash which it is to be; inser- ! I toil for. We have roccivo l numerous patent j medicine advertisements?enough at least to have filled every column in a paper three or four times as largo as ours, all of which j ?vo declined admitting into our columns for ' the abovo stated reasons." Joiin C. Calhoun an"i> tiik Tki.kuraimi WlllKO.?One of the speakers at the cable celebration in Buffalo, to wit, J. G. Bryan, I i a- :~i- i i ?wrjr uii|i|>ii^ uiii-ouuceu tno loiiowtng oeauti- j ! ful (icntiment of the lato Jolin (J. Calhoun, of South Carolina in his speech : M igie wires aro stretching themselves in j nil directions over the earth, and when their mystic meshes shall at length have been perfected, our globe it?elf will be endowed with a sensitiveness which will render it impoasi; ble to touch it upon any one point and the touch not bo felt from one end of the world | j u> uio oinor. vn(l this work H but just com i menced ; it "ih but tlie broakln^ of tlie dawn i of tho world's great jobiloe. it promises a i day of morO refinement, moro intellectual brightness, more moral elevation, ami of con. sequent.y morn human felicity, than the world hats over seen from its creation. Aucusta, Ha., Sept. 10.?A dispatch from Milieu (tlie j'v,lotion of the Augus and Savuia.iii Uuii.'oad) statoa that the down train ! from Augi^ta la t night run off in a wash : can < i by In ,\y r.?ii>8, ten milos this side of 1 Mill,Ml III V<(. f 'Pl.A Unfl-Uoo.. Iv.. - . tnu IlilllK' J | <>( irtliy, and tv.y firemen killed and a 111:1- j cliinifttf nhku'i not ;^ivi n) mortally wounde.l. ' ; Kngiue and b.>x earn a porfeot wreck?1 >! | passengers injured. Trains will bo much i I detained?no mail from Savannah this inorn! in<r. South Carolina Confkkknck.?At the requestor sovoral persona in South Carolina, Hiflhop Andrews Iiiih determined to change tlie time of the session of that Conference. Tlio tiino for its comment >?nent bos been fixed at Decombor l?t, instead of Xorombsr 17, n? originally intended. Pennings and Clippings. Cotton*.?Cotton is quoted in Charleston ut 12J conts por lb. In Funds.?The United States Treasury, nt Washington, contain* $12,333,000. J ji HF.it a I..?Hon. J. 1J. Alien has presented the town of Isarnwoll with a handsouio sun dial, for marking timo. Col. All.hi is a liboral man, nnd knows how to ilo a handsome thing. Dl'ei..?A duel was fought near Richmond Vu.. on Friday last, I7thinst., hotwoon Hon. Shcrard Clemens and O. J. Wise, Esq., one ,.r i?..? n .1 itiu j-jiuiors ot mo nnqnirei'. Four shots wore exchanged, tho last tiro resulting in a sovoro wound to Mr. Clemens. The difficulty originate ! by an article i:i the Enquirer on the loth instant. Tub Author.?Tho expression, "a nation of bhopkeopors," so often applied to tho English !>" ?? - " ' * ....~ >#wvii vmiiiiiuiiiy uunuutou to iSupolcon, but it is fouiul in an oration of Samuel Adams, delivered in Philadelphia, August 1st, 1, .*(>, republished in Fronch at Paris. Garoeninu for I.aiues.?Mako up your b vis early in tho morning: sow buttons on your husbands' shirts; do not rake up any grievances; protect the young and Vender branches of your family ; plant a smile of gioti temper in your face, and carefully root [ out all angry fooliugRj and expcot a good | crop of hnppinoss. Incendiarism.?On Thursday last eight young inon, ouo of thorn only ton years ol?l, wore arrested in Quincey, Massachusetts, charged with having set lire to four or five buildings in that town. kn.TL. p. '"'i-- * ...... . r, Uimiui.13. L flu UOXfc OtatO 0100ti>n-? will bo I10M in O-tobcr, when Florida, Hi' ?rgin Indiana, I , Minnesota, Ohio and Pinrtsylvania, nil h members of Oongross, ami near .1 '.oet n general State ticket. Gone.?The A Vicairj liavo been placed >m biard tlio .stoain"i* Niagara, at Charleston, and will sail it ' lod'mtcly for Libci a, vi. they are to i>c < i mi/ed. \or S i r..). - >!':." ! o V.!:' I S. * ! IK? fVohi 1 "ta :. tvrrlvo'l at r?<v\yonworth, report I . i!Ti ;U:- with tho M nno:i^;it M.ilt i . .1!. '. .i" i. P \iii iu?m .' ; i .> . Match A girl j t! V'm > : !, .jhtor of Mr. llenry Hakv , ii u 'wiv, .' ] iss., died on Thursday last, from the effects of eating the ends of three dozen friction matches. S.uch cases aro becoming quite frequent, and more care should be uacti in tho disposal of these dangerous articles. Tiie Discission- Kndkd.?The disnnssinh between Parson Brownlow, of Tonn., and 1 Parson Pryno, of New York, on the slavery ! question, terminated on Saturday ovonipg, ! at the National Guard's Hall, PhiladelpUia, j in the presence of a very intelligent nudion'ce. I Numerous ladies were in attendance, and j they seemed to share in the eloso inlerbut j with which the remarks of the different j speakers wero received. There was no vote taken itp?>ii tlio i|UC?lion under discussion. Explosion.?Springfield, Mans., Sept. l.ltli \ A new mill of the I Lazzavd I'owdcr Works, at! Knlield, Ot., exploded this afternoon. Four; workmen were killed?three of tliein leaving! fiimilioti. One of the killed was the foreman, < Mr. Ca.jche. Larok 1>i i.f..?Now York city's hill for the lunenu expenses ot AUtcrnmn MurrayJ am mated to $(>72, of which $li>6 was for drinks, etc., on tlio road to tho Cemetry. Col'Stbiu'eiteii Ooxvu tkd.?On Wednesday last Ilonry Moore, indicted for manufacturing am! forging counterfeit 25 cent pitfeos was convicted in the L'. S. District Court, in i Pittsburg, Pa. lii.ooov UirsiNiiss.? .V Gorman, named | Sebastian Worrell, doing a flourishing husi- j n..c< Ohio, was discovered in tlio ! vicinity of Columbus, 011 Saturday, in a fie'd, j with liis throat cut and his pocket-book missing. _ Tiiiutv IIorsks Burnt.?Thirty horses belonging to Mr. Haukin, perished by tlio burning of his stablo at Cynthia, Ky., on thu j 13th instant. SuiriiBN't or <_!oons to Canton.?It is stated that one of tho largest commission houses in 1J )?ton shipped lint Saturday, per stotinier from Portland to Vcw York, 1,100 bides j ol domestic*, destined for Canton. Frassr Itrvt:it Demcauiks.?By the'lnst Accounts from Feasor rivor, provisions wore ' very scarce anil dear. Dog moat was selling I at ffcy cents per pound. The New Ohi.eavs Sufferers.?The New ; York Times, of the 14tb, acknowledges the i receipt of live Iiuridrod and ten dollars, fori the Young Men's Christian Association of . Now Orleans for the reliof of vellow f??vn>* I sufferer a. For Senator.?A crroHpondcntof Cunnlon j Journal n miimuOH Jud^o O'Nonll for I). S. | S aior. 'J'lioJounud l'.vvors the noraintvtiuii ; but wo ngrcf' with that journal, that "it is a question of soi ions doubt whether ins vaiuamc experience nrul services coimI 1 be spared from tlio Bench of our State, which lift has bo hm:; am! ho ably honored." Ubfusim; to Kush.- -Tho black republic-tins and knU\\' nothings of New York have norniivitcd c.undiJiiteA for Statn of'icerH '"Tho pintfirm of principles M* f-iVch yijUtv t* th<v?|i;n?:r t nn<l u "fusion" ia cxppotod beforo thofunvass is ov<Sr. Commit j rd.'? Capt. Town?oiul,of tlicslnvtr Kcho, wa* committed to juil in Iloston on the 11th instant, on the oath ol'Lieut. Muffin, of the Navy, his captor. The Africans are atill in the harbor of Charleston, but will bo Aftnt back?probably to Liberia?at tho expense of tho g ivornment, as tho law fl;rcct?. / The Clay Monujiknt.?"Work on the Clay Monument, at Lexington, Ky>, is to ho suspended nftor tho 30th of tho present month, in ootiecquenco of tho non-payment of nuhsoriptions. The amount duo is said to ho $10,000. " Hi.ectkd.?Col. It. 0. tViolo has been clcctod Tux Collector of Kivutanhurg district, by ! ft majority of 787 votes. The total vote polled was 2,885! TiikEndof an /UroNaut.??Mr. Poitovin, the intrepid (uronant, whrtse excursions on horseback caused so nuicli oxoitumnnt. in L union, hai mot tlio fate of his predecessors. Ho foil into the sen, near Malaga, when do" scomling with his balloon, and was drowned. A CliNTEN.WU.W in tub Pfl.pit.? llcv. John Stm t, nged 100 years, proauliod in (Jallapolis, lud., on tho 31st lilt, lie was a .soldier of the Revolution. Ki.oi'ed.?An < : >|ioinent took plnco from Falmouth, Ky., :i few days since, l>y which the bridegroom not only got a young ami pretty wife, but a fortune of $50,000 in the bargain. Tnv It.?The (JazctU Mtdicula of France Bays, tiiathy an accident, charcoal lias been discovered to be a cure for burns. llv laying a piece of cold charcoal upon a burn, the pain subsided imuwdiately. By leaving the eharv coal on one hour, the wound is healed, as has been demonstrated on several occasions. Sudden Death.?Henry M. Howard, naval officer of tho port of Charleston, died suddenly on (lie 'Jth in.-it. Lucky Piiintkk Hoy.?IJy tho dentil of Mr. II ihson, of Calcutta, a youth now in tho employ of a printer in London, is suddenly put in possesion of more than a million and a Imlf sterling. Drv.?A letter from Paris states that the river Smno on tho 20th ull., was so low that j it conhl be crossed on foot, which is the first time for one hundred and fifty years that such iv thing has happened. \"ot OaniTRD.?A Virginia oxehungo snyf: ' I, ill \':< M 1? vo" has created a srn.s<H-k i; ! . i /. ' tl reputation, an ' \< ,....1 I ?>?..! t.. i? ui - m.i' i'll, ijj vumiiciuin lUjJUSj-TBrj' gOOU" ru.-'H K . 11. A yoi:.i** w. mnh unnud Mi-.. H ..vs w.. mnrtliMv ! :-.t o!'j veil o'i i. c'; '!; y 1?v 'h Smiths >n. She refused to -, eaU wi i >i :i whou lie wn-; d;?unk, whereupon ho clrow a pi?tol and phot her.-? Smitlison has not yet boon arrested. Conversion* ok Jews.?A writer nay* there arc at the present time between seventy and eighty clergymen in the Church of England Sin Rosa.?Among the Greeks the rose was tho emblem of" silence. ami was placed ovor the banquet to intimate that tho conver- j s it ion should not bo reported outside. Hence, | to act with confidential seeresy is embleinnt-1 ienllv expressed by tho words .tub insa?un- I dor the rose. ('iiANuED.?Three hundred women have re- ; nounced Mormonism and urn lf?i\viiin? S5m1? I I,nke City. They dcnouncc llrigham Young nml his "apostles" in unmeasured terms. Ooi'.D.?A correspondent of the Savannah (tin.) Jirpuh/ican pays, that the Fields' gold mine, near Dahlonega, is very rich. The ore that is now being raised is worth $1,000 per bushel. Other valuable mines will he open in a short time. Costi.y Luxuries.?The brandy, wine, cigars and tobacco imported into tlio United States last year cost $11,034,808. Methodists.?From th > minutes of the several Conferences of i'.iO New Englai I States, it appears that there are in round numbers one hundred thousand members of the Methodist Church in New England. The increase the l >ltst Vftftl* llJLS It lumonn.l including those on probation. Deaths in New Yokk.?Wo learn from the report of tho City Inspector that the whole number of deaths in the city during tho past week was 588?a decrease of four as compared with the mortality of tho week provious, and 83 loss than occurred during the corresponding week last year. t.\.? v ~ t. ? i . . ? m....? i nr. .inn 11111 1.91.?ii m naiu mat vion. Ilarney will sail the Pacific on tho 20th instant, and will liuvc a 1'orcoof about l;l>rc? tliousand men when all the contingents arrive. He expects to mako short work of tho Indian war in that region. Tub Afrtoanh.?We oli j? the subjoined from the the Charleston Mercury of yesterday : "Lieuts. Bradford and Carpeutcr, with the pfee crew of* (beslaver Koho, returned to Charleston yesterday morning. This restores to the government the testimony isvwmii; >v? biiu ixuiiiMcauou or tnc orig. Dr. Thoinas lluioey, of Now York, who has been appointed, by the President, Special Agent to superintend the retui n of the cargo of the llclio f > the shores ol Africa, arrived in Charleston last evening, lie) awaits here the arrival of the United States steam frigate Niagara, which is reported to | have left New Fork 011 Saturday for this port. I)r. itainey is well and favorably known in his connection with the projected enterprise of establishing a line of steamers oeiween the United .States and lirav.il.? The Waflhington Union Hays: "Dr. Hftinry Is a high-toned gontleman, j a consistent and zealous Democrat, and we i feel sritisfied Lhsit ho will diselinrgo the du tics imposed tirKm him with ttroinptnen# arid i fidelity" ' ' --im St. j/-u ik, S?ipt. I8l?-A train tlie Han- ' ibal mid St. Josephs K>\il\viiy met witb am; | rious accident at IMaho Hivor Bridge, ten i ...;i?<. ?? v. . vuow m ou tui! ''j.ii on tho rooming of the 13th, bv which two 'iitboror* wore drownod. OcorgQ Thompson, Iho onglnccr. and two firomen bndly injured, nnd two or three pimsongors Bli/'hMy hurt. Tho bridge in supposed to hftvf; been fired by un ineotuMnry. and : was bo ntuoli buruad below that when the In-1 <y>inotivo roached it, tho entiro Btructuro fell, j nvcojpiffttibg the wh'do train iqto tho river. | _ ??M^'MgS^iiSSs, KOll THE KKOWKK COIRIKR. Proceedings of the Pickens District Agricultural Society at WalhitUa, at their , Annual Meeting. Sept- AG, 1868. J lie 1.'resident beni? absent, vol. 1. ]Juadwki,t., one of the Vico- Presidents, was called to the chair, and di. 'cl 1 (he deliberations of the members. After some business of less importnneo hnd been attend| ed to, Col. 1. TiltAUWKIjTj, Chairman of the ' i Committee, offered their report "on the. cost ; | of rain!hi/ a f>ui/icf of vhcat or corn, in \ | Pickens District, within 15 ov 20 ini/cs run ml Walftnlfa, taking the average yield j of from Jim to tc, years." The report was ' adonted. ordered to be published in the I journals of tho District, ami will appear' next week. The officers of last year were re-elected. Death and removal caused some changes in the Ex. Committee, which consists now of the following gentlemen, viz : Messrs. J. j C. Miller, C. 1?\ Bansciner, J. II. Osten dorlf, II. Knee, J. Ilcncken, I). Bicmutm, ! The Fair will take place at the American ; Hotel, on Thursday ami Friday, Oct. 14th ' and 15th j that is, in (lie week preceding ; the sitting of the Court at 1'ickenM (,'. II. On the first day, Thursday, Oct. 14th, the j annual oration is to be delivered by Rev. | ('. F. Hnnsemer. at 11 o'clock, A. M. The public is generally invited to atte.id, and ; the members are particularly requested to ! meet at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the transaction of business. \i.? .1 ;\itiuiv;o 111?? v i;i; u.Miiuuni ?j11 uuill UliyN, but on Friday tho rcxpective Committees will award the premiums. The arrangements which were made !: year, will prevail at the ensuing meeting. Persons intending to exhibit their productions will please to send then as early as their convenience may permit, and direct them to tho Secretary. The utmost ' ire will be taken of goods given in lii.s Mi'gc. On Thursday night, the anniver:ry of the Society will be celebrated by a , Subscription Ball. The following gentle| m n have been selected to act as managers : Col. I. Hi' Iwcll, A. F. Lewis, Mnj. G. 'ii, S. Maxwell, Thos. Sloan, ('apt. li. Towers, !! Maxwell, jun., Col. P. If. I'rather, li. C. Craig, Esq., (I. llicckc, jr., J. 1?. Fischesser, l)r. A. Fi. Norman.? Tickets for a gentleman, 82.00. No charge for the admittance of ladies. Tickets arc to be procured of the managers. There will be none sold at the door on the niorlit of the ball. Committee on Howes, Jacks and Mules( Col. I. JJradwell, "\V. II. Stribling, C. Sahlm:in, l'i. I'. Vomer, .Jo. Shelor. For tlic best Stud Colt, not exceeding 3 years, 8f) 00 For the best Filly, not exceeding !J years,. 5 Q0 F';v the best Colt of 1 year, or under 1 year, 8 00 For the best Jack, not exceeding o years, 5 00 For the best Jennet, not oxcccding ii years, 5 00 For the best Mule, not exceeding I i - i yvur, o uu For the best pair of match-Horses, raised in the District, ft 00 For the best pair match-Mules, raised in the District, ft 00 Committee on Cattle?Col. J. A. Doyle, M. S. Htribling, S. .1. Vomer. For the best Milch Cow, 8 00 For t he best Hull, 3 00 For the hot Calf, not oxcccdiug (i months, 1 00 : For the besf 'yoke of Oxen, ;j 00 I Coin mitt co on Sheep, Goats nnd Ilogt*? R. Maxwell, jun., I). Hieimm, Titos. M. Stvibling, L. II. Venter, 1*. J. Miller, J. K. Hagood. For fclie best Hoar, not exceeding 1 year, 2 00 For the best brood Sow, not exceeding 1 year, 2 00 For the heaviest >?ot exceeding 1 year, 2 00 ! For tbe^jest Hum, Kwo, bo-Goat and she-Gout, respectively, 1 00 Committee on the bcHt-fininIuotp.il ffiirm? I Col. M. M Norton, E. P. Vcrner, Col. A. Uryce, A. Jenkins, Muj. J. C. Miller. For the host Conducted Farm, 10 00 Committee on Wlicnt, Flour, Hye and liny?J. Schroeder, 1). 1>. Vornor, W Hull, K. Shnrpe, L. Towers. For the host ncrc of Wheat, 5 00 For the host barrel of Flour, 51 00 For the best acre of Ryo, 2 00 For the bc*t ncrc of Hay, 8 00 Committee on Cor i and Cotton?A. F. Lewis, 8. R. MoFull, N. J. F. l'orry, E. ; Uerndon, P. J. Miller. ror me noac acje oi i;orn, upland, {> UU For tho bc?t acre of Corn, bottom land, 5 00 For the beat aero of Cotton, 5 00 Committee on Chinese Sugar Cane? Muj. (I. Seaborn, Gen. F. N. Garvin, Col. A. iiryce. M. Hulwinkle, J. Gillieon. For tho best half-acre of Chinese Sugar Cane, with inodc of cultivation, and man- i ner of reducing to Syrup, ft 00 Committeo on Uoot Crops- -('apt. I<. N. T r\ f? I 1 I* 17. If. tH.H'1 I'J. OUHCH, (>. II. Korbcr, II. (iiwsel. For the best 1 acre of Irish Potatoes 3 00 Fop the 'beat \ aero of Swcot Poi.itocH, 8 00 For the befit J ncro of Turnips, 2 00 Committee on tho Products of tho Dairy ~~M. F. Mitchell, II. Buhutgo, A. .Jenkins, It. !>oyle, 8. Haiti. I or the best 5 lbs of Butter. I 00 For tho best 4 lb# of hoinc-mndo Choose, t 00 Committee on Agricultural Implement* nnd Hnddlss*?W. IT. 1). Uaillinrd,0. Joo?t, Dr. J. V/. K?rle, P. J. Miller, Thoiuns Keith, J. 8. Diokswm, B. ?. Poole. Fot* tho bc?t model of a Plough, 2 00 Pov the beat Coroaheller, 2 00 \ (.tyrom'^eo oil tyoots find Co!. Burnett, J. N. Adams, 1J. F. Hloan. For tin: bent pair of HootH, 2 00 For the be.st pair of Hhoea, 1 00 Committee on Furniture*?Dr. L. B. .Johnson, 11, A. Thompson, II. 1'. Thodc. ror me oosi jiousteau, z uu For the best Bureau, <5 OU Committee on Ladica'-work?To bo appointed oil tho day of the Fair. For the bent Coverlet, 1 00 For the best Quilt, 1 00 For the best 0 yards .Tonus, 1 00 i.v... it... i._ ? i -<? i-ui iiiu ui'M pmr ui ihu^'n nose, ;>v; For the best puir of gent'.s socks, 60 For t lie best piece of Kmbroidery, J) 00 Discretionary Committee?W. 0. Lee, K.s(j., .Joel II. Clayton, (I. W. Phillips. Premiums of the same amount ns those for native .stock aro offered for imported \ Sheep, Horncs, Jacks, Cattle, Hogs, ?fee. No animal or article which has previously taken the premium of the Society, enn tiirnili hnt?m?. > ? r-oiunr.ffi?r tlm ?n?n> ? "> niium, but ib may be exhibited a/rain. A premium will not be awarded when the animal or article is not worthy, though there is no competition. Members CHii present for the considerrtion of the .Judges no production .or articles which arc not the growth or make of themselves, or their subordinate-, rtfid no stock which does nut. nrtimllv inul vn?ll? J J to them. Competitors for premiums for Agricultural productions, must exhibit a sample of the crop; and produce n full utntomont of the modo of cultivation; and Accompany the same with certificates of two or more disinterested persons, as to weight or quantity by the product and measurement of the uround. The measurement of an acre or half-acre shall bo in the form either of a square or of a parallelogram. Ixodes may exhibit their articles free of charge. Not only the quantity of the prodoco will be taken into consideration, but also the mode of cultivation, and the nature of the ground. Gentlemen that are not members of 4ho Society, mav bv thu navmcnt. nf 00 ro. cure tiie privilege ot exhibiting and proposing any aniuiul or article for tho premium. This contribution is not to entitle any person to exhibit at more than one Fair. Membership foe for the first year 82.00, an.I tor every year thereafter, 91.00. Payment is expected to be made in advance. By complying with these libera) terms, members obtain the rie;ht to exhibit for premiums, as many articles us they choose, at any one of our Fairs. The Secretary was ordered by n formal rositllltion fif till) inonfinir vnimiwl !..? ? -- "o member*, especially those, tlmt hare not yet paid their duos for the year or years preceding the present, to pay tip their arrears on the first day of the exhibition. C. F. Banskmkr, Scc'y. ton tii k coi'wir.r. * Mr. E'lilor: A strange front of nnturc lias f occurred o* ho plantation of Mr. Juki. Pitt.--, three mile - north of JurrnttH Bridge. It is n l.nmU annnAon/1 a I?uaa ??aa1*a -?1<1 !* ! - .. w; i in w nvun.i win, II 1.1 us spotted as a fawn, tho {spots arc ro<l and white, it has coar.se wool on tlie neck ami shoulders, the balanco of th'Q nnimal is colored with coarse hair resembling that of tltn Goat, its ours ami legn arc as largo as that of a grown .sheep. I lux any of your renders soon Anything like it. It is hero supposed to ho a cross of tho red Goat and common Sheep, as the flocks of each run in tho Jtninc range. Hospoctfnlly yourn, li. P. Ten Thousand Women Floundering in tho Mud and Bain* Never, says tho St. Louis Democrat, wns there such u scene in the wide world r.s that witnessed on Friday afternoon last, pn tho Fair Ground. Never were bo many white and black, old and young, tall and small, beuut'fnl and bud-looking ladies in such u terrible dilemma. The day opened propitiously, with a clouded sky that threatened no rain, and cool breezes that wero without any admixture of dust or smoke. Tho city poured forth her thousands, with all their country relations ?ml visitors, and by one o'clock P. M., the Fair Ground could not lutvo contained loss than twenty-live thousand people. A little shower that passed over alxmt eleven o'elook excited but small surprise, ond did not interfere in the least with the pleasures of the day. About ii o'clock another dmzlo eimieon, which wna chiefly iiiHtrumci.uil in driving to shelter the hundreds of groups that wore takiiHr their pic-nic dinners out among the trees and on tho green grans. Th<> nt'tornoou exhibitions were innugurated with great spirit, the scenes of the ring being witnessed by n densely crowded amphitheatre, containing not lew* than from fifteen to twenty thousand persons. Whilo the contest between tho roadsters Was still ifoinif on. nnnthor flritaln numml *.%?/??. O n - i V1UI, " 'MVH | wn? noon succccdcd hy n dashing thunder , gust with ii heavy pour tfrnin. This drcu- I chc(i oil outsiders, nnd Hooded the promo- 1 undo and steps of the amphitheatre with | t'vo or tliroo inchoa of water Tho cloud ^ broke nwny ngnin nnd the nun pcc.cd f'ri- ri ously out na if to noW the oll'cct of thin sh )\rer upon the scene. Evidently diiMipfointed nt tlio failure of his thunder gust to vc.itlir the crowds, ho ugnin withdrew and called up out of tho west a Very womhn ninwj of vapora that Htreichcd almont from .South to North, and oanio tdowly on with woful portent. " ' It was evident that a long, itendy rnin wflB about to act in. The crowd took ftlum and at about 8 o'olook tho riwh for ouittl- | buHca and other vehicle# began. Tho mud was oxoesnivo. The water stood in pud.lleA and pondH nil Over the grounds and alo'ifjj tho pathway*. The moHfc dcoiucd movement wn? first noticed nt tho?tep? lending down from tlio promenade to the nmf.hitheutre, which wus nil. muddy and slipjj jry. Tho do.BeciH had to ^ imido, and there watf no other wuy for tho" lidioa but to olovate such of their drnpery n? ti.ov dedred to preserve from pollution, and mnko | tho tush. Down ihey came singly And in 1 troops. Hundred* of meftn una bIiisiucIcsh 1 at $1"9 I