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keowee courie! EOB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKUMS.?$I.ftft per annum. In ndvanee. If payment he iloUytxl until aftertlio expiration of tlioyour, $2.()0 For six month*, 75 cents, in admnce. Atlvortisamcnt* inserted at the umiiiI rates. J*3C. ~ ~~ "j PirKF.NS r ir sr. - - " v. ?., ?-' v. . 8atuvday Morning, October 16, 1858. j RevivedTlio post offico at O.ikvray, in this district, 1 which had boon disoontiuuoJ, 1ms boon rc- ' rived, and Mr. J. 1>. Sanokks appointed Postmaster. The General Election. An oloction \va# hold on Monday and Tuos- i day last, in this State, for representatives in : Congress and mombersof the Stnto Legisla- . 1 tnro. With us, the election passed oft" very ' 1 quietly. The rain fell steadily throughout j Monday, which kept many from the polls. I Tlio voto of the District, in thin election, is | about twenty-one hundred?fivo hundrod | loss than the number polled in the district election of 185G. Fair weather, with nil ex- j cited homo coutost, would bring out within | a few of threo thousand votes, our approxi- ] mate strength. A tabular st&tcmout of tlic ' result appears in our columns. As a matter of convenient reforonce, we j append the names of the gentlemen compos- , ing our delegation, with their post office attached : Ki.au Sharps, Esq., Oooticc Station. Gko. R. Ciixriiv, Esq., Pondlcton. Hod t. .haxwku., Maxwell a alill. Dr. A. J. Anderson, Dncusvillo. SquashesA vogctablo curiosity, in tlic Squash line, has boou exhibited to ui. It consists of twenty-one squashes, well formed, clustering on a vino measuring eighteen inchcs in length. This prolific vino grew on the farm of Mr. Rob't Knox, in this vicinity. Commissioners of the Poor. Messrs. Kou't Craio, K. P. Vkrnkr, E. E. : Alexander, Ai.cv. Ar.noon niul II. J. An- J TitoNV Imvo boon elected Commissioners of the Poor, for Pickens district. *> - The Result for Congress. The election of a member of Congress, to suceccd Col. Orr, Ims ereiited an undue ex- I citement. There boing no issue involved in inu uuiiwsi, it lunicu ujmiu ]iur90(iivi cuiimuorations, as well as "merit and qualifieation." At first, the rnco was a triangular one ; soon, however, it narrowed down to the gentlemen named below, with the result early foreshadowed. The following is the return from the Districts mentioned: Ami more. Vernon. Pickens, 1,485 530 Anderson, 2,15.') 248 i rw?o i\-n Spartanburg, 7f>2 2,000 0.21)1 4,138 4.138 Ashuore's niaj 2,150 Union district i3 still to hoar from, but cannot chnugo the result. Anderson. Tins has been a busy week for Anderson. ! Court commcnced there Monday morning, Judge O'Neam. presiding. Tlioro are, wo loam, no important eases to eomo before him. j Tho eloction engrossed Monday and Tuesday. The largo voto polled indicates clearly tho interest manifested in the result. There wcro nine hundred and fifty-three Totes cast at tho Court House. For the Senate, tho vote is for Gen. J. W. Harrison 1,458 Dr. Alex. Kviks 808 Harrison's majority 050 For the II >uso, tho candidates stand thuf: ii. 11. v anuivbr : : 1,087 j. t. iiru.vr.z3 : : 1 411 j. l>. siianki.ix : . 1,'29k s. m. wii.kes : : 1.193 j. v. moork : : : 1,1^1 j. cunningham : : : 953 t. 11. russell : : : 8li2 The lirst four fire elccted. The Weather. Aftor much dry weather, rain fid i slowly on Monday last. Sincn, it has boon cool and pleasant. we wore visited by a killing frost on Thursday night, and everything now wears a wintcritdi asnect. The Legislature, Tho following gentlemen have been elected to tho Legislature from tho districts named below: Richland?Senate: Wado Tlumpton. For tho 1 lou.oe: W II Tnlloy, J 1' Adams, Win Wnllace, A J Green. Sumto??Senate: F J Mokos. IIouho: T ]1 Frmer. J L> liianiliu^. 11 L Iloriot. W0Wl?err#v?Ilouso: U U 8ul>or, ,l 11 Wil-I limns. It J Jones. Lexington?Hou?c: J (J Hope, G Mullor j J 11 Counts". Fairfield House: II C Davis, It B Boylston, .J B MoCants. Lttnveifa?Senate: J II Irhv. limine: Si J Ci-aipc. W D Simpson, J A JVfctts, Dr Wior. K'lgoHeld?Senato: J P Carroll. House: : J II Brooks, A Joiic?, ? Bearing, W W Adams, James Tompkins, J Qnattlebuin. Greenville?House: J \V Stokes, J M Sullivan, B F Porry, W II Cainpholl. Abbovillo?House: S McQowan, Thomas Thomson, IIII Harper, J Cochran, J J WardJftw. Paraguay?Under tho authority of Congress, the President in fitting out an expedition, composed of vessels of war and about 3,000 men, for the purpose of demanding reparation for insult* to our flng and injuries to our citizens. Mr. Bowlin goes out to settle the difficulty "penccnbly, if he can; forcibly, if he mu*t." The expedition will sail soon.; (Iiiii.tv ? ittiiimh Tioina Tr.i? Ainnil r>n!Wv i " ' i of tho homicidc of Ilryan Meat in, in Co- I week. IIo was triod boforo j News Summary. The intelligence from Mexico is important A buttle had been fought near Sun Louis IV. tu.^i between tlio liberals and the govcrniucn troops, though nothing relating thereto is dc finitely known. The whole country is iu disorganize! and deplornblo condition. From Oiiliforiiin. \vi> lonrn I lint tlioio lu\ been lighting between tlio Indian* uml white* In tlie various skirmishes, about fifty Indian hsivo been killed. This loss of tho whites ii sovoral. Thero has been one or more arrivals fron Europe sinco our last. Cotton advanced i: Liverpool 1-1GJ, with a brisk demand. Tii Atlantic cable is still in an inoperative con dition?its managers arc laboring hard t< right it. A telegraph cable has been laid be twecn England ami Holland. Spain is send ing troops to Spain, and threatens Mexico ii nor uHuai siyio. it is reported that tlie lvus> sians Imvc gained a victory over tho Circus sians. Hostilities continuo in India, tin English being successful. Telegraphic accounts, dated the 12th, pa; that tho " people's party," composed of abo litionists, know nothings, etc., have triumph ed in the State election, in Pennsylvania over the democratic party. Gen Bonham at Ahbevillo. We extract from the Independent !Wss th following from Uon. Bouliam's speech at Al. bovillc: Though ho did not vote for the Confcrenc b 11, ho was, however, ho .said, in liivor of ri gidly enforcing its conditions, and would op pose the admission of Kansas until she al taincd the requisite population of 03,000. If did not believe, however, that the cpieslioi of admission could bo raised in tho next scs sion, as there was not time enough to prepar a Constitution. With regard to the President and the load ing measures of the Administration, lie \va preparen 10 enuorso ins general policy, am thought that it should enlist the sympath; and support of the South. lie was willinj to act with the Democratic party, and to g< into Convention with them, but he did no favor the idea of being absorbed in that par ty ; and he iusistcd upon maintaining stil and forever the distinction between "Nation al" and " Stato Rights" Democrats. Th purity and conservatism of the organizatioi depended, ho thought, upon tlio Southern clc ment, and it was our duty, by united conn sels and a determined eifort, to maintain tin rights of the States ami the integrity of ou institute ns. The necessity of Southern union was neve more apparent than at present, in view o the designs and policy of a great party t< revolutionize tho Government, amend tin Constitution, reform tho Supremo Court abolish slavery in the Territories, and per hups, eventually in the State. To arrest tin progress of Black Uopulriieanit-ni, we ahouh act with that party which is now making cvynmon cause \vi th us, ami by giving ?lu prominence to the States Right olciuotit. pre sorve, in their integrity, the constitutiona guaranteo.i of the Union and tho cardinal do trine.* of the party. The Sneaker eonolmloil with n rrlnwirnr tvi 1 mto to the wisdom and patriotism of the grea Calhoun, and referred to his published work as containing tlio oldest and most conelusiv vindication of the rights of the States. Health of CharlestonThe deaths in Charleston for the last vrcel were sixty-six, of which forty-five were Iron yellow fever. There has been live hundre* and seventy-three deaths during thoeontinu a:ice of the epidemic. Blackwood's Magazine, For Scptombcr, with the tabic of content following, 1ms been received: 1. Cherbourg?the Spectacle. 2. Wltn will hod.) with it? continued?by Pisistrn tus ('uxton?part XVI. 3. Respiration nm Suffocation. 4. The Light on the llcarthpart 1. f>. A Parochial Kpio. (?. John (Join patty's Farewell to John Bull. 7. The Coir nionn nt Cliorbourg, by ono of thontpclvo?. The price of " lilaokwood" is a year any one of the four capital (Knglish) l?oview aiul " Blackwood," $5 : tho four ttovicw una lHACKwooU," $ 1U.UU. li. Scott & (,i New York. "Latest I'auis Fashion."?The latest new about tho 1'arin "tasliion?" is somewhat man ling. Fat is the rage. Indies cultivate il They arc devouring vastquautitic!? of buttci mashed rose loaves, and mich like. The Km press is quite corpulent, which accounts fo tho stylo. Tho fashion will he hero Lcfot ,v/"o' _ Baltimore, Oct. 4.?The train from Phi! adelphia, duo here at 3 o'clock this uiorninj: was detained until six, bv the running ovt of a horse at I'erryvillo. Tho baggage ea w?\a thrown from tho track, and Peter Mi Oira, tho bnggagc-mastor, killed. Anothr man named Jftinar was severely hurt. Th passengers were uninjured. II.)onsa Coi'oii.?Uroat numbers of chi dren laboring under hooping cough ?a,y vis fclio gas works in 1'rOflton, England, f >r tr purpaso of breathing tlio oxhalations froi the gas lime. It is xai<l that all tlio littl sufferers feol considerably relieved, and man aro absolutely cured by this simple reined Coai< Pit.?Tlio deepest c >al pit in (?ro, Britain, and probably in tho world, has ju boon complete I and opene l at Dukenfiol vjiiOHinic. Hit' fliiiiitis o;?>j yiml deep,at the Muiking of it, whioli lias occupied ncarl twelve yearn, has co#t about $50U,0U0. Bisnop Soui.k.?We regret to loarn fro ! the Memphis. Tonn. Bulletin of the 14th ull that the health of Dishof) Soule of the M. J I Church, South, wim at that timo vory prcc I rious. Ho had hcconio too fooblo oven to r | ply to correspondents, uuil roqucstod a pul | lie statement of the fact. Ykllow Fcvift.?There vrero eightj'-nii ' deaths in Now Orleans for tho thirty hou previous to tho 5th instant. Tiianksgitinu Da v.?TheOovornor of No Hampshire has appointed Thursday, Norei Mr zoth, os&day ol 1 liankflgmng. itistl first Rppointmoiitn.ado this ycnr, ami thedi selected will doubtless be generally scloct< | by other Governors. Pennings and Clippings. ' | 1'neachino.?Ilcv. W. (J. Mullinmx will i preach nt Pickens C II, on Suuday tho lilet > ^ : of October, instant. kT 'IM._ \f.. ... ? ! m ? ! u | 1'jii l 11,*.? liiu .uiuuio.s 01 me iwoivo Milo Hivcr Baptist Association will bo ready s I fur dolivory on Monday next. Ki,ectei>?llobort McKay tins boon re*ol?cs tod Ordinary of Grccnvillo district. ( 8 Cotton?Cotton was quoted in Charleston ' on the 9ib nt 12 3-8 cts per lb. 1 | (Stn.tv.?One J. Millor 1ms boon found j 1 i guilty of '"sheep stealing," in Columbia, | c | during the present term of the court in that , city Official.?John Laurens has boon up- . pointed l>y the President, Naval Ottiuor for I ( the port of Charleston, in the placo of lion- j . ry M. Howard, deceased. The Cotton Want^ of China.?Tho "Eoon- ! o onust" estimates that with free commercial intercourse under tho lute Troaty, tho four f ] hundred millions of Chinese alono will re ! nuiro tho whole cotton ewm i>f tlm Iliiltml ! . States to supply their wants. > Distinul'isukd Stkctatok.?(?on. Comon- J fort, ex-President of Mexico, was present at j tho encampment of the first division of tho I 0 ! Massachusetts militia last week. IIo came | . j on tho ground in a barouche drawn l>y four j (grays. He was received with much honor. | ,, ' and was presented to tho Governor and other j - dignitaries present. Firf..?Tho Crystal I'alace of New York I 0 caught fire on tho 5th, and was consumed.? j 1 LI - ? & 1 AAA ii ! i uu iu.>? ia u.maiuuruiiij ^i,vuu,vuv;.? , i_ Tlioro is litllo or no insurance. TiikCost or War.?The cost of a thirteen !- inch shell, as it ilios? through the nir. is from 1 s $10 to $12. The estimate cost of tiring thir1 . . . ty-six inch bomb is near $150. Theao .iigIr uresatl'ord sonto idea of the '"shelling out" o to which warring governments must submit. So Ml.*c? KOU llElXU a (iheat M vx.?Mr. I Cyrus W. field is overwhelmed by correspoti" donte, who request "locks of his hair," nuto1 graphs, loans of money, ami favors of every i. sjrt. Mei.axciioly Death.?A gentleman by ^ the mime of ,1. I,. IJrooks, die 1 at the restd inco of a friend in Rankin county, Missi* r sip;>i, a few dnys ago, under very painful cir' ou instances. llo wont from Mobilo to be ' married, but was seized with tho vellow fo5 ' vor, and instead of reaching tho Hymeneal - altar, found au untimely grave. 1 The Decision*.?'L'lio decision in tho case x, of Bangs & C >. vs. the liluo Ridge Railroad L' will not bo rcadorol by Judgo Nicoll in a I less time than six months, it is said, c Tub Xotvnr Eastern Rau.roao.?Tho Athn.,c /n? \ .,n?. , | \ '"-l "VWUUUII HI IrltW t importance of construating this rot\<l, vrliioh s ! connects Athens with Clayton, in Rnhun 0 County, via Clarkosvillo. 'L'ho same paper says a charter has already boon secured. A Kentucky Dkovkr Victimized?Mr* 5 i Bonjnmln F. lliblor, a wealthy cattle drover, 1 j residing in Paris, Irving county, Ky., avtis 1 I induced to enter tho gambling house, N . " ' 551 Broadway. X. V., a fovr davs since, and ! robbed of $800 in money, through tlio agency j of the Faro tahle. s r.im.rat,.?Tho workmen in tho Gosport, Virginia, Navy Yard huvo contributed $7l'0 t for tlio relief of tho yellow fever sufferers of I ; New Orleans and Charleston. - | Tub Mii.iti.v Svj-tf.m.?Tlio cilitor of tho l" j Lancaster Lnlj/cr, in a lengthy article, con- ! j sidors tho "militia system of this State one ! of the veriest humbugs of tho day." 'i i t? *? ' > ' r s ; i. iri, ami 01 inuk.?.uiss jyuuy June 3 Blako, n pretty girl of twenty, daughter of Samuel Make, of Iviitery, Maine committed suicide, last Sunday afternoon, by drowning licrpolf in Sewavd's Cove. Loving not wisely, but too well," is reported as tliocauoc of j J t!io act of self-destruction. V.u.ua3i.e IIaii.uoad.?The treasurer of tlio Georgia Stat! lload Pays tlie Atlanta Intel'ii/rnrrr, informed lis a few days airo. that lie u hiiil transmitted to tho treasury nt Millcdgci ville $25,000, as tho not earnings of the road |. fir tho month of September, in all, np to r this time, the lmudsonio little sum of $175,"r ,}U0 ,. IIorxem.sviu.e, X. Y. Oct. 8.?Snow fell in this village l ist night to th? depth of three !r inches. The storm commencing at tho Lnlces, ? extontod Must aluntr tho Erie Railroad as far 1 ? ? Great llend, and snow foil at almost all j i tho intermediate place*. it I Accepted.?Hon. William Preston, of l 10 ' Kentucky, lias accepted tho appointment of in ; Minister to Spain. le i Cincinnati, Oct. 9.?A collision occurred y j on the Ohio and Mimuafippi Railroad last V. I lli'rlit. lintu-nnn twn fi-niorlit ?rnin? A n..n. ! I ductor, engineer, liremau, ami brakesman st wore killed. il, I lU-EsTAni.isiiEu.?Tl?? Olympian games, id j after being discontinued for liftecn hundred Iy y.'uirs, aro rc-establiehed at Athens, in tlio ancient Stndiuni, by a decrco of tlio Queen m Kegont of Oreoeo. t.. Dki.civare.?Complete returns havo bocn B. received from the election hold in I>elo\rurc a- | on the 5th mat. The Democrats liavo car i rieu uio oinic oy <;>u majority. | Jj!BERAf? BkvtuSeT.?Win. W. Swain, who I diod in New Bedford a fow days sinco, loft a 10 hcqueet of $57,000 to ho applied to the ostiihru littlunont of a frco seminary for females upon tlio site of his homestead. w I.eoar, Trnokk.?Gold and ail vor dollars, n- | of tho United States coinage, are ft Icgftl ton'le ! dcr to any amount. Throo eontpeicos to tho ?y : amount of thirty cents only ; and five, ton, 3(1 twonty-fivo and fifty cont pieces to the o:.t? nt of fivo dollar*. Tub Coi.lk*ik.?Tho exercises of tho South Carolina Collego wero ro*tiincd on tlio first Monday in Oot, Ninety <>f tho students suspended in May hnvo applied agnin for admission. There was also other applications for admission. Maine Coxorks'Uikn.?Tho Democrats in Maine claim two of the Congressmen. Alfred W. Johnson, in tho Third District, will contest the right to tlio scat against Ezra I?. French; ami the election of Biou Bradbury, Democrat, in the Sixth District, over Stoplicn 0. Foster, is unofficially announced. Br am. Means.?F.ncko'w comet having no tail, it is proposed to open a subscription to procure t'unila to buy one?a short one?sny about live millions of miles long. An'otiikr Disxku.?A niovetnont is on foot in Orangeburg to give Senator Ilammoml a public dinner. Thin ij done'for the phrpono of giving him an opportunity for "defining his position" on the politicsof the day. Tiib Impui.m vg Lm.a.? Lda Montoz has written a letter to Iter. Ralph 11.>yt, offering to deliver n lecture for the benefit of tlio Church of the Giod Shepherd, which was deftroveil lately. Mr. Iloy t replies, accepting the oiler of the impulsive Lola. Ii.vr ;b <i\ins.?The democratic party has gained in two years in eight States, 80,000 votes in tho different elections?;3 1,000 in the North, and 24,000 in the South. "Mahv."?This name, by a dccree of P!o Natio, can no longer ho given to children, on pain of excommunication. Ho reserves it hereafter exclusively for tlie Virgin of the 1 mmaculatc Conception. No Mors Cimnomne.?It is stated in tho Herman journals that tho ladies of tho Court of Wurtemburg, have resolved uo longer to wear crinoline. A Vai.uahi.k Mark.?Tho celebrated racer Fashion, was exhibited at tho Ohio State Fair lapt week. She had with hor :v blooded colt. She is now over twenty-one yoaro old, and has won for her owners, at ditto rout times, $04,000. Rkki'skoto Chanok.?The people of Tennessee have refused to alter their Constitution. Tho official returns of tlie lato election indicate, notwithstanding the sniaUncsa of the voto. a deoidod opposition to any change. Out of 21,858 votes east, 20,031 \rero against, and only 3,037 in favor of it. A MvnnviNo Man.?They have under arrest in New York one Samuel Morris, a gent of Hebrew extraction, who has obtained a livelihood for sorno time by "boarding'ound'' and marrying some female boarder in the h mso ho happened to bo patronizing, and after cohabiting with her a few week*, disappearing with such articles as happened to be lying around looso. lie is under arrest for bigamy, aa well as for snapping up unconsidered tritlos. Kissing.?An exchango says thnt we have a right to take an umbrella or a kiss without permission wherever wo can. Well, but if tho umbrella isn't returned, the fault is ours, if tho kiss isn't it is the lady's. Steam Pi.ouoir.?Among the attractions at the Ohio State Fair, was a steam ploughing machine. Its weight is only seven tons, and its engineer declares that eight bushels of e nil only is required to do a day's work, which will prove an economy of 100 per cent, ovor the horso power. Fop. 18(1;).?In Cincinnati, at a sreat Dom ocratio meeting, recently, while Senator Pugh van haranguing tlie multitude ami eulogising the President in the most extravagant stylo, a delegation from one of tho Wards marohodto tho stand, hearing a transparency inscribed, " Succession in 18G0? Douglas uml Orr." Man Murokued.?Mr. Thomas Bagby, Jr., was fatally stabbed at a camp ground near Macon, Geo., on Sunday, tho 26 th of Sep(nm1\OP wns nHAmntiiur Min . . -' o-v | ^ negro. had ?\ jag of whiekoy ha<l a jug of whiskey. Deceased had boon recently married. Dead.?Col. S. A. Wales, at one timo h resident of ilaborsham Co., Ga., died in Columbus recently, aged about sixty ycina. Tub " Bim Indian."?In Ln fay otto, Indi ana, thoy have a gigantic Indian on exhibi tion. Ho i.-j II) years of ago, stands soven inches in his moccasins, and weighs 480 lb. IliHiirtP rivniRiifivi; ?A \'ow Yuri* 0(?r respondent mentions, us among the proba bilities, tlie restoration of Bishop Ondordonk of New York, to tho Kpisoopate. Ho saythat the matter meets with tho approbation of Bishop J'otter, of Ponn., and also of tin Uev. Dr. Hawks, who has heretolbro stooi in antagonism to Bisop 0. Tkxas.?It appears from tho returns of tin census of Texas that tho population of tha i i .....i nr... IUA.. in iiiA'in iuui uuhMiuu iiiiu uiijf mull sand. It is stntod that in eight yoar.i Toxai has more than duublod its numbor of inhabi tii'ita, while its productive capacity lias heor developed in aatill higher ratio. Jeff. Davis on Noah Webster.?It j a Bpccoh delivered on tho28d ult., nt tin | Alamo Ntato Fair, in Augusta, JoU'eraoi j Darin paid ft Mississipiuu 8 tribute to j Yankee spelling book : "You have r right to bo proud of youi achievements in school-house, in tin publio assembly, in tho Work-shop, in tin ! field and on the sea. You hsvo a right t< bo proud that your manufactures encircle tho world. This in tho power of mind ovoi matter. This is what makes your peoph great. Above all other people wo arc one and above all books which havo united ui ! in tho b?$jl of a common languago, 1 plae< i tlto good old npolling-book of Nonh Web : ator. Wo have a unity of language whiol ! no other nnd wo owo thi ' unity, abovo all e!ao, to Noah Webster', j Yankee ?pellu?g bo;OK." Result of tho Election held CdligrcM Sennte H K t C g 5? it ? * ? Jjoxos. tr ?' cr tS ci ? B -2. $ 3 *i B o c " m i : i i i ; I'astutoo 7.5 5 42 17 J Iliu-ricnno f>3 20 14 4;"> ! j Salubrity 71 21 lf> 72 ! Trap 0.") 21) IS 2f> I W?)lf Crook OS 28 3" 23 ! I'ickcnsvillc 201 43 104 70 Pum^kintuwu 31 ID IS 1 CiauiOH 4} 12 7 47 Millor's IS 21 1.) 25 llanrrtod's 37 IS 14 4 ' Pick?ii8 C II lto .r>2 50 103 i OluM-heo 70 IS f?3 32 AVliat.ttonn Ml 1 IT 95 I Tunnel Ilill 40 43 ?j 54 ; | WnlhnUa 233 74 170 03 1 j Trimnrcr'fl 21 17 11) 1"> j KUpatrick'* , GO 33 29 42 Itauhnlor'a Uotrcnt 63 2!) 37 40 ; Fair Play 80 33 103 3 j Colonel's Fork 11) D 18 1 | 148.*> 530 821 700 4 FOH TI1K COUlUKll. Mr. Editor : In your issue of the '2d instant, 1 find a communication purporting to l?e ii "report of the committee ou the cost of producing corn and wheat." Of this ! committee I know nothing farther thnn l see from the Chairman, hut presume that there are others ; and that they were, perhaps, appointed by the Walhulla Agricultural Society. As 1 am a citizen of Pickens, and have an interest in common with all the good people of our fertile and grandly I picturesque and healthy district, and as I i e.uieeive that t.lift rminrt of tliisi Pniiiniiftnn is erroneous, ami calculated rather to lessen than strengthen our bonds, I cannot refrain expressing iny disapprobation of the circulation of fuch "papers." I had an idea that the chief end of an agricultural socies ty was, to raise the district in tho cstiniai tion of outsiders, upon truthful representation of Ivor farm product*, stock, Ac., reI nnrhiinf oIaiio ti?na t e< I ? ? -v.v.y. IJut to tho report, its errors and eonnichons. First, we would ask the learned Chairman by what scale of computation ho makes 800 bushels of corn nt 40 ots., $400. Secondly, how docs lie make 5 bushels of corn, at 75 Ots., S3.00; and, thirdly, does the corn on that 80 acrta cost more or less than 86 cents? If his figures are right, then wo need not send our children to teachers who persist in using Smith, l'owlcr, Jjoonoy or .Smile;, as the basis of their calculations. ''The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our books, but in ouraolve*." The committee elaborate, learnedly and plAllllimHv no flirt i^rtuh'iiAtiAn A*"** j?. j, V..V, UV01IUV..UU U1 UUI "forests and groves j" forgotting, perhaps, just above, having given us to understand that upon that 80 acres, 8 hands and an ovorsocr wore employed ! Only 10 acres per hand, allowing the overseer to walk around with his hands folded, whon less than 20 acres per hand is small work. No need, than, in that quarter, of the warning "Woodman, spare that tree." So much, then, for tho errors and conflietions. As to tho amount of corn per acre raised | upon our lowlands, the committee is, I think, about correct, but the calculation for preparation, if they do not moan us to liiderstand clearing out and out, is far too largo. If merely cutting briars and sprouts, and plowing in winter or spring, one dollar and lifty cents is a high compensation. The wheat crop in our district, oh in all other places, is uncertain ; but I havo never seen the average put so low 03 7 bushels per fini'M T nm Snnlinnrl fa tltinlr 1H bushels in a small average. I find that in soiuc sections of the district, the crop is often frtvn UO to 40 bushels per aero. I think ns high, within 2 years past, as 44 bushels was reported to tiie Wuihaiia Agricuiiuiul Society, and within the samo length of time, as high as 90 bushels of corn was rc; ported as raised upon one ncrc, without cx tra piins or manuro. Why need Scncea co., N. Y., Buncombe, or Charleston be cit. cd to us, when with thoir best fertili/.crs, . and extra culturo, but little more than this ( has been raised ? The oat crop, na set down by the committee, is perhaps a fnir avorugo. 1 tind that the committee Hay nothing about the fodder, as grown on that 80 acres. I'orhapr they arc of the opinion that it was , worth it to gather it. Grant it, but with * the siune argument, would it not have been i cheaper to have bought the oorn, wheat and 5 oatH ? In our district, many peas are inado I ?fiufticicut, on many farms, to fatten their pork, or nearly bo. Tho way they are usually cultivated, with tho corn crop, nothing ' is counted for tho culture. This item, ana 1 tho fodder, should liavo been taken by the * committee. Jiut they may say none wan ' raised : thou may bo wuu, it wiw a bad - farm to report upon. As to the timo tho i hands liiny have boon omployed after the .. ? ** i kuiiuJTiujs ui wiucrop, untmng need DO fluid, a3 nil know tho prico of lubor iit Piokcns, and but few a physician's bill. ' The committee find, from An old and vnl1 nablo work, now nearly out nf print, tho 1 "Patent Office Kuport," that "whore the greatest amount of labor is applied, thoro 1 is tho greater yield." I must flny to them, 3 ?1.n? '.t 1? t? it--:? ? I i/iiuv >i mi iiuviuii^iviw 111 tiiuiniuio rc[K)ri( ' j I nin obliged, on my own Account, for this 1 valuable dincovcry. It is ronaonnblo, lucid i and plain?but L ennnot any that I was nat r long aware tliat moat things in this Hphoro 3 conic to ua, only fcs the rcsxilt of diligent ' and unremitted Inbov, I am aware that mnch is yot.*o bo done 3 before wo ean atftnd at tho hoad of the older agricultural ?i?tricti?, but I shall not oom? * promit that wo have Ittn of the elements to j givo us that j)i:ioo, than they, when 'hntB incentive of industry tnkca hold upon ua I firmly, that I now sco vigorowly taking 2d Monde y in Oct. 18CQ. Kcprooontntivcs w o ss i* ?? 31 K 2 cr 1-1 ^ ?- s 15" C * " > S j =fr 3. O K c g: (I >> tbtrP C-o^t^ E" <* m 2 3 n ? ^ * a 5- sr =r IX ? 5 p o 1 _ I 2 ^ ^ IN O.X 28 6(i ().-{ 7 14 or, 27 82 01 29 | 3 81 49 40 48 -17 4! it) r.:? 4K t>K 40 18! 27 02 04 00 r?0 2 5 1 >3 104 103 90 103 48 84 1 ZS 29 29 4ft 13 of, 30 30 20 19 1 38 18 17 17 10 1 35 ftl 88 40 10 2 1 j\ 102 105 14ft 92 31 5 0 82 58 70 88 5 9 47 38 41 8 4 20 78 72 27 48 3 3 30 277 183 127 210 41 11 *mi w <>u J i . .? 15 94 27 04 00 0 | 14 7H 00 50 57 5 I 1 106 93 40 71 8 I 8 19 i:i 7 24 3 | ^0 1608 1252 1137 1009 2701 111! .1 root. Thou you will nee further evidcnccx of civilization, whou you hoc our hills covered with corn, and our fields with the wavintr grain, our meadows with the swoct new mown liny, our forests sprinkled with tho variegu ted flowers, our orchard trees hanging loaded with the tempting fruit, which is to l ".d our cars, and enrich our ppeketc, and feed us if wo choose, with the productions and delicacies of other clinic?. Then will it be said, Pickcus has her rich lnnd>, and her good farmer.*. I find that I have digressed, and will return to the subject matter under consideration, "that report." I will say a few words in relation to that portion of the re port that speaks ot "trcsneta, irregularities of thKseaHonK," &e. 'Tis a proverb, "that there is more rain in the mountain, tlinn in the low country." It may be no. Tho ea\ .e I don't pretend to divine, for wo read 'tis u> rain upon tho "just a? well as tho unjust." It may be in the peculiar action of our climate. 11 is nccouutcd for by somo from the fact that we hnvo many lofty wrtor-falls and caaeadcs, and that tho mist, from them favors evaporation, making ifc more rapid, producing rain cloud i that aro often pouring their imbibntions apon us. Of (jQureoour .streams rise, more suddenly, from tho fact, in part, tli.it comparatively little of our territory in in cultivation. L find that upon our cleared and cultivated land, tho water is con.*idcrably ubsoibcd before reaching a running stream. And another cause is, the peculiar maimer our lands ore arranged, to let the "water slide." The last thing in the report I shall notice, is the "malaria being prevented by allowing our forests to grow, our timber to remain, and all decaying matter to riot rc main in a natural Ktato upon tho land."? The first is impossible, and tho latter preposterous; all contrary to tho lawn of health. Tho loss infectious matter, tho l<*s di.*case, and vicc-vorsa. I am of the opinion, from daily observation, that tho filth of our land is what gives the physicians tho few uo?lls" thev niav have. I find that even onra k are iufeutcd, when allowed to run upon . yearly "'uuburnod woods." -Mushroom.., of a disagreeable and poisonous nature, there spring up, and destroy our hogs; and our cattle, from eating them, givo us bad milk, and are otherwise diseased. My experience is, that much sunshine in our climnto is more conducive to hcqlth than much shade. I mil now done. Having had nothing in view savo the honor of my native diutrict, I hope that I have said nothing which may wound the feelings of the moat sensitive. Pickens. commlnk'ATKn. Mr. Editor : Wc had the pleasure, on i 1 _ O.I ! 1 *? A. ? mo oui nisi., oi aiionauig tne examination of the students of George's Crock Academy. Mr. (J m.JK, recently of your villago, 18 the Xeachcr or this School. Quito si concourse of people had assembled to witness the oxeroiscs of the day.? The Examination coinmcnccd about If) o'clock, A. M. Sovcrnl elates jrero examined in the different English brandies, and ve take pleasure in saying that they acquitted thomselvos handsomely. They did honor to themselves, hon^flo their instruo tor, mul to the district, y> ^ Mr. QrIck i? intrad#&ih? ami adopting, in part, tho system practised in tho Normal School ui tJ^Mwiwrni and, so far as wo saw it illusltj^gOTen tho ooea.. sion, wo admiro, and ' ^^^Sbi'ovc of tho system. It commands the raftjtion of tho student; brings tho musclt^BBRiMI na tho mind into play ; fastens and idenn and produces an honorable rivalfy among the studonts. Mr. Griok desen'oh ?rcat credit tor bis energy, and his devotodiress to tho causo Of education. The Tnn?lu?r !h nlwuififnrtrtr to hi* rncc?his position is a respon*ib!o one, ami wo ore eorry to any tbnt Teachera genorally are not appreciated ah they should be. The Examination closed about 2 o'clock, when Mr. Pum.iam ndilrcpscd tho uudionec in a npeech of about thirty-flvo minute* in length. At tho clone of bin anAnnli ull Tki*nuAiif uy/kWU t? **?I .i/1 4/% * ?rvw...... W .. W..K table in tho #rovo, which had been prepared, and which was most sumptuously spread with tho richeot dainties of tho cotiul*'jr. At night, tho Exhibition oniuooff, when the young mon gnvo specimens of their d<j-. olnmation, and acted severnl Rinusing and oriirinal dinlocues. Wo close l>v tendorim? to our fricndn of that neighborhood, our thnnka for their land, gem-rou* nnd fco?pitabl? treatment. Moy their ficho.il proper and (heir obfldrcn pttovr up to be honorohlo * (UV.J u#of\il bero, nrnl happy a nn hoveaftcr. VlBITOft,