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KliOWKK C 01 III EH. 1 W ' Ifcr./r. -..-sss^rrs^-T^^r - - . crcts^r-cs | H03T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. - - - , 5 WUNH.?|>?r annum, in mlvnnco. If j % ptty-.nshl Iks until i?nwthc'fcXph,iUionof iju th/*iVW. $2.00 Kor six months, 76 cents, in ?<Kiuiuc. j 1 i fiqpjNs c. ir., s. c.: V\ Saturday Morning, January 15, 1850. To Correspondents. if ,?E,tt<>rPr,*e" shall appear next week.? fev wit ro^rot the delay, but coiiununieatioiu< mr tjrith u* uro published in the order in which lf:; i dSfty received. A good rod is only the i ^Yw,-l]|p>ro off'Otivo liY bojiiig kept in pickle: so, j i''*J JpfKik out for n keon blade ! " PfoV', nrtiulo hw boon reooive l, but is j / in i imifUiiiio, tor tho ro.nm Unit a personal lKtftaeu-.<*5on is not productive of bcnotioial reA? Sttlte ; and, morojvcr, wo dp not intend that . ^auoh dismissions shrtll hereafter coimneuco ijl.*(nvliorc and tflflmtnato in our columns.? ' <. <^*aff.^r. aWyi of tho parties have boon TiDarN, cvnd slHyld bo satisfied with this disposition rtf tho matter. The arfciclo of "Toucher" can only nppear as an advertisement. Without this onderb tan din if. tho ore.-edont tn 1>n ?r>* ??v is not a good one ; and, besides, tho publica- j U.on of tUc article in question wouUl not be : advantageous to any. Wo dJsiro to repu.it, what wo have before ' said, that wo arc not responsible for what our correspondents may write. However, we fchall not publish anything without tho writer 'ov ouvsclf is responsible; for it. New Po3t Office. K new post ofBeo has been established, in this District, by the name of " Long Creek," hi>d Jilr. Jonas Puiu.irs, Jr., appointed Postnnutfor. Tho ofl^e is supplied by the until conucoang lionAi Slioo with Clayton, (Ja. w- Publio Meeting. Boor We liavo been requested to announce that the, n publio mooting will bo held in tho Court ^ House, on next Saleday, to take into consid^ erosion tbo present condition and future prosp?Cts? of the Bluo BiJgo lluilroud. Wo presume' it i? only necessary to mention the fact, to insure a genornl attendance. ? T 1 - .Legislative, tho Legislature, at its recent Fcssion, autliotised the publication of all the acts of this Sta}o, incontcuicnt form, relating to Elections and tho forms thereof. Kd.muno I1edi.inc.kr, ^ Esq.,-has been appointed to prepare the digest He is the man for tho work. it IV* ?: 'I * - > j itv wuuuui' mi* puuucnuon 01 sncn 01 tlie aetata are of local and genoral interest.? f k\- Otlnj a, of ft liko nature, will appear until ^^'^ftys?rrv-i?l5t)soil of. ... Jjf?' ' Ono of t^o nuts, for increasing the compenv If sation bt ji-rora, wo heartily approve. AVe would have been hotter pleased, however, hud the compensation been increased to two dol - lar.s per day. This would not more than dci fray actual lixpenscs, to sny nothing of comj pcnsailou. ' The Blue liidge Papers. I ,irmv On tlic first p:tgo of this paper cad bo found hoyi'n. the conclusion of a series of editorial articles, arm I taken from the "Charleston Mercury," on A uh^ Fubjeot of tho completion of tho lilac nig over G* 1 . those wl 'dS? Railroad. They treat the question in i>oy-soldie proper spirit, and are having the desired pendingfrJ*. It ia a great enterprise* and should Gf'wcusaod in a spirit commensurate with too importance of the work. Argumentand practical illustration can alone convinco tho ,1 ?..j ? _: > m? miu IHUUU9 wm ngrco with us in tlio remark that there minds enough to convince, und some of them of a high order of tnleiit. Wo have on our table eevornl al>Io spcochos delivered during the discussion of the subject the Legislature, which wo shall give g w utif readers at nr. enr'y dny. The Latest NewsThe last arrival from Ktirope reports a decline in tjie price of cotton, in the Liverpool market, of l-Gd. Treasonabledoings have been carried ' to t dangerous extent in Ireland, nnd arrests j nave boon nuulc. Tho papers publish President j Buchanan's message iu full, and arc in an ox ocedlngly bud liuinor over those portions of it favoring tbc acquisition of Cub;t, Mexico and Central Atnoricim Affairs, The filibustering schooner "Suuftn," which cloered from >t?>l>ilu for Nicaragua Hoinctinio sinco, was wrecked on the lfith ult., AO miles from Iializo. A British vessol of war rcsrued "emigrants," and retura> i with them to ! B^obilo. Mexican affairs are still in a confused condj Ion. Fighting is corried on generally, and ,tl sir appears to be no settled government in tl a country. A New Bookr y "Tho Philadelphia Hoard of Trade" sends us . ?.HUI? IVIWUIU) MV1VIVU l>U lllllk Cliy ftlld 118 | twnufacturos. It contains much statistical information, and in worthy of pcrusul and pveforvatiou?if for nothing elso mil to hoc the ingenuity displayed and the money expended in getting up such a work ! It is filled with a sttc' cession of atti active advertisements! Lidukat,, Very.?At Pcteraburgh, Ya., a few days ago, a pookot-book containing $5,-Tt dropped by a visitor at the Fair, and I found by a little girl, who honestly returned | It to the owner, in considoration of which J Mio was presented with tho handsome and ) liberal rowardoi' 12 1-2cents worth of.candyl \ 1 St*j>i>kv DiATtr.?(Jen. Henderson, of tho ^ j marine oorp:\ died suddenly at Washington on Thnr#,dfty. IIo had been iu the acrvice 1 ovor a half centtirv^ _ lloxo Hiiissi.r ix Jam,.?Janiee Saw. . ^ <-Aliifind in chains in tho Morgantown, Vn? j jail, on tho charge of murdering his wife, ! ' brok'S hi? i>innnoles a fo\* nights ngo, ftnd ( { hung himself to ono of tho bnr? of his coll i t window. llo hud Attempted his own lift: ' vow beforo. t I Exchanges. The new your brings numoroVH changes in tltQ diameter ami composition uf our conteuij>ori\rlon ? , ; Th* " LuuvensvlHo llcrnhl " passes from Mr. Storks into the ni??soM?tni> ?f M?* ' ir... mnuswoktii, a most worthy prnvtlcal printer. Mr. H. L. McUowan, a voting man of liigli i promise, is (lie editor. The " Herald," always , good, must now he bettor; arid we wish all 1 concerned in it much success! Messrs. If. A. G mi.laud and \Y. H Oi.aukk. \ iis.su mo the joint editorship of (lie "Fairfield j Register," under Mattering auspices. Wo cor- , dially welcome theiu into the newspaper ranks. ^ The "Caiuden Journal "?the oldest paper . iu tho State out of Charleston and Columbia? I dons a now dross, which it wears with brightness and becoming modesty. There is not a 1 n....... I..X I ...? ,.J!? ... !.. .V. . .. ' - I V tuuviivuuviii cuuur 111 111C OIHIC I.mtn t.ol. ' Wakukx. lie deserves success at the hands of | an appreciating pnbllo. The Petersburg (Va.) "Express" Iris been j enlarged, nndoouies out in a new and tidy suit. I The daily is a spirited und well conducted sheet, . from which is made up a weekly of entertaining, j instructive and useful reading. Here's a hup- | py new year, spiced with on abundant success, | for our Virginia friends. A. F. CucrciiriKi.D . & Co. are the editors and proprietors. The "Homo Journal"?a choice New York i weekly?coinos in for a passing notice. Whilst i Ano-l.oK* !.? i:?- " * wit uiriit J nunu Hl'C HUOIIling tor I lie , "New Vork Ledger," wc prefer to recommend ! (lie " Home Journal^' to ladies and gentlemen 1 who desire the visits of the best literary paper j i:i the country. Address Messrs. Mourns & Wn.- ' I,is, New York city; $2 a year. Murders in' Nkuhkuhv.?Wo copy tho ; following from the Consorvatist, of tho 4th : it u iuj^ici io L'uruiiu'in ivvo murders committed in this district during the recent holidays: The first is the murder of Elzey Morris committed about eleven miles below this plnco, in the region ofthotyone Hills, on the night of '2;">th ultimo. Morris was killed while at a neighbor's house. The verdict of I tllO ilirV Of itllllllV^I irin t Knk lw. nn n.i> I"- 1 _ _ _ ... x %..?%? ??v V * I 11V3 %AJ U13 I death by a wuuml from n shot {ran. The evidence implicates n man named Croobcr, Capers Couuts and Mrs. Counts, mother of the aforesaid Capers. On the night of the .'Ust ultimo, Reason, a slave of John J. Kibler, resident about thirteen miles from the town, was found dead near his master's house, horribly mangled, with his throat cut. lie was supposed to be j killed some two or three miles from the spot upon which he was found, brought there and j hid in a fence corner near the roadside. .Jeff, j i tllP RIlnhllMAll nuifilovrti. ?. . 1 I% %f- Wl .... ?...un.tu i , tv oun v i;i Jir. \) UKiniro's, is in joil awaiting hid triul. Pennings and Clippings. Axokksox.?Rov. David Simmons has been appointed Census taker of Andorson District. Moitxt Vebxon*.?The Indies of Ilonolulo, ' Sandwich -1hIni>tly, have contributed two j | hundred dollars to the Jit. Vernon fund. i 1'iitr..?Recently, a lire in Columbia, consained seventy bit' of cotton and several mules and horses, belonging to the estate of Iliclmrd Sundlcy. Smashing Dogukkies.?A few days since the people of Anderson, Ind., " assorted their s ivereignty," Jand " cleaned out " fourteen liquor ubops and low groceries. Heavy Tax.?The city tax of Charleston amounts to about the large sum of $700,000! Kershaw ?Col. A. II. Hoy kin has been elected State Senator from Kershaw district, to lil 1 the vacancy occasioned by thcresigna- j tinn-.frr.l Cotton.?Cotton was quoted in Charleston* on tho 7lh, sit 10J to 12 conts per pound. Ilion 1? it ice.?Long Cotton is being sold in Charleston at forty-live cents per pound! Strawukrkiks.?Such has heen tho forwardness of the season, that lipo St raw herr'.es, grown in the open air, were exhibited n.~ r>i i? - /> - ..a n.u vnunuoiuu courier omco a low tluj a ?S?! li.iitut ?The f.-'j^'^xhir^ nr floorgin just adjourned passed "two hundred and twenty-ono acts," local and goneral. ]>esides, about one hundred niovo failed to be- j come laws, because of executive veto and the omission to enrol and bign the various bills i passed ! White Rack Discovert.) in Africa.-Two j Kngliuh travellers, Capt. Barton and Mr. i Spick, have penetrated very far into tlio inte- j riorof Africa. South of Ahyssinnia tliov j discovered so viral white tribes, via: the Am* ura, the Conso, tiio Auiarakoko, and tho liondike. Tlio two first named stand opoit a level with tlio Abysuitmians in rcnpoct to civilization. They nil seem to bo remnants of tho ancient Church in Ethiopia. Appat.mxo Destitution.?A woman nam ed Hughes, died in tlio city of Now York on Thursday, for the want of som 'thing to eat. A littlo boy, aged 8 yonrs, was found iu tho room, erruchiug in a corner, quite faint from Thb Past Yp.vk.?The statiatios of 185ft are be in g published. Tlio number ofpori sons killed in tlio Unitod Slates, last year, by? railway aeoidonts wa? 103, injurod229. Tlic i j loss of life by atoamboat accidents was 8J4. Tho loss by tiro in 1858, was $16,051,000.? ! 1 The vosyelft and cargoos lost in tho storms of , j the year, now gone, are valued at $4,471,000. i c._.? t\ ... wnii'us viiAKdK.?uov. utunmings is char- J god with having become a Mormon, and of j ! planning to secure admission into tho Union, l>y endorsing rtluvcholding and evading poly#?n y NV>Mi*atkd.?The Uon. Win, L. Dayton, of N. J., is nominated by tho Monmouth (N. J.) ilintld for tho I'rosidency. Mr. I), vtaa the Republican candidato f'?r tho Vice Presidency in 1856. n.^,\ In.. ?ti,? m?.- v?t. " -1 vvm -???u 4*^it IK. jrjvrmnfj r%)8l my# Georgo C. Thouburn, tho florist, will talco charge of tho Mount Vernon oat tile when tho ln<iiou arc put In po?ycs*ion of the prop- j C!V' I Jk ' Bkttinu ox the Little Giant.? Bols to ft large amount, hnvo already boon made in I Now York, tlmt Douglas will bo oloctcd Proa- c ident in 1800. 11 in friends are willing, in i: some caws to givo odd*?rtlius piling up tlio proof that "a tool and his money arc soon, t parted." . ti Thu'OaM Villi VI A flftl.ll Tlio ut.inninnti. />f f V? g >ld from California to tlio United Slates amounted the last year to thirty-six millions I of dollars?about two millions more than tho e year previous. i Sbxator Doi'o'.ask?The receptions of Sonfttor Douglas at New York. Baltimore nn?l < Washington havo been very enthusiastic and t cordial. lie appears to ho on rising ground. A Djcsi'kratb Uci'urt.?The " old wliigs" 1 of Virginia arc attempting to organize oppo- 8 sition to Lctchcr, the deinocratie candidate * for Govornor. They are assisted by the ' Kuuwiiiiiiimgs ; uui must ultimately tin I of c tlieir purpose. f Elected.?Hon. S. A. Douglas has been ' rc-clocterl U. S. Senator from the State of II- c linois for six years, by a majority of eight o^ joint bnllott. ' A Mk!,.\.\ciioi,v W.vrninii.?John IF. War- ' I;uul, formorly a popular editor, at Claremrmt, Mass., afterwards editor of the Lowell c Journal, then editor in Boston, and author of s >ine good poetry, is now in the Insane llos* 1 pitulat South Boston, the victim of intempcr- t anco. ' A Rarr Beauty.?A whole military com- ^ nan v in Da v ton. Ohio, n short timn nimm v fell iii lovo with a beautiful voung lady, a Jewcsf, and as thay couldn't oil have her, they compromised the matter by selecting her I as their cajjfaiii. I IurmsoNKD koh 1)f.3t.?Eleven thousand ' males and six hundred omales were iu.prifonod for debt in England in 18.00. 1 11ar111:k IJnimiovitaUi.e.?The gross reve- ' nuc of tlie Ohio public works for the past year ' reached ?.51 1,440, which is less than the total expense*. " < 1 AX AT ION TV I'UltA.? I'llO atMOUnfc l>T tj\X- " o< annually col looted in Cuba, i8 000,000, 1 which is equal to about $46 for every inhab- 1 itant. An Ex-Senator Looking up!?The Ilm* Joro. Clemens, Ex-Sciintor from Alabama, is about to take the editorial charge of the Memphis Eayle and Enquirer. Bound Over.?'Wc learn from the Disnatch. I that Henry Wivcnnut, of Franklin county, ! (Lla.) was nrrostod in Augusta, on the ?Ojh i ult., and bound over to Superior Court, on ; the charge of parsing a counterfeit $50 bill. A Fast Team.?The O-skuloosa (Iowa) ! If rahl, of the 1'Jth ult., says a mail couch j loft there tho day bofoio with sis sprightly oxen. Til ft Tlli'l'lf.?-Our in a 1*1 f ni*n/?ni?rto %\a H?a ..O I..V | ostcem of men of sense, and our good fu tunc j that of tlie public 1 Sloped.?The Postmaster at Dnnburg, N. 1 C., has runaway, leaving a bail official od* r behind him! Presidkntiai..?President Buchanan has | determined to make a tour through North I Carolina next summer, ami to attend the i commencement nt Chnpcl Hill College. < ^ I High.?The Hubert It. Gore plantation (000 ueros) in Marongn county, Alabama, J was latoly sold fur $">1.10 per aero. , I.vkoe Canal.?Tiio Erie Canal contains 1 more water oU-J floats more vessels than any canal in Europe, and has ?,;">(?S vessels on its 1 rogister, of which 1,446 are larger than the ' one in which Coin minis discovered America. 1 Dvino or a Broken* Hkaiit.?Pnnr \I?. dame Mortara i.s dying of a broken hoart, , because the P>?po is deaf in her prayers for j tlio release of lior stolen child. \ Curious Monomania oy a Physician.?A Mnrnilar individual, a physician, who died recently in Montpelier, Vt., has for the last few years boon possessed with a curious mo- ( noniania. lie occupied ill lib leisuro in ma* , king violins, and had accumulated 14(1 at tho ( mm- 111 ma ueillll. { Ila/oi.L'TioNAUv Sui.uiers.?Eighteen rev- ' olutionary pensioners died during tho Inst your. There are still two hundred of tho old pa 'lots living. No Oi.d Maids in J .wan.?No singlo wo- . men are allowed in Japan. E\ory man is allowed one lojjal wife, and us manv i . " 1 ' wive# as his means will permit biuo to ?u] - | pv>". * . , Qijekr Betting.?Tho I'lafndcaJtr im- ' nounoos nn eating match in Cleveland for the championship of America. Tho two contes- ' tnnts are to beyond the city limits unci oat ! mush rtiul milk unti! oneot* them bursts?the ' one who doe<i not burnt to bo declared the victor! ' t-'l vohck in ftXOI.ANI).*?DlVOrCO CllSftH have ] ( multiplied enormously in England, sinco the ! , now divorce aot, disclosing u vurL utuount of i matrimonial misery, hitherto kept private,on i account of the cxponso of getting u divorce. IIai.f-Dum.aks.?The Spartanburg fJxpresa ' says that a man, representing himself an a ' returned drover, passed to tho merchant# in that placc a number of counter (bit half-dollar* , Theyhavo thogonuino "ring," but tho "mil- ( led-edgc" i? deficient in rxocution. |, UxBodTio* ov Xkokwfs.?Fiirrell and John I bIuvcs of II. It. Turley, of Ijoxingtou, Mo,, ' wcro publicly executed od tl>o 31*1 ult., (It ' t.lio murdor of thoir ovoraeor, Mr. llenry Nance. 1 Tiie Low Counthy.?Wo lourn that there wnu heavy frost, caya the Charleston Mcrcii- . rj, of the 5th inst., nt Wr.dmnlaw. At 8t. ( IlelcnnV, cnrly thiH week, tho ornngo treoi ? worn nn;l <> ""> ' ...... v.?. >, Bjirugg irowi Wf??TC need, was from tire to six inches in height The now year promises an early spring. Smai.i, Notts.-?lly tho act of tho IHth dutch, 1868, m? hank in Tonno^oe Is idlowi.l to iesuo or jmy nut notes of u le^s* douomiifttion than five dnliuVH. Charleston, Jan. 10,?Tho Foundry e?aldishuiont of Mr. Archibald Mcl'Oieh, ftit* itttetl on Oi^bdcn'u wliarf, was destroyed by : ire thin morning, Scddem Dkatu.?<icyrgo M. Newton, of bigustn, Oa , aming tho in >$t distingui.di 1 i!..: i:~.? ?.- ? ? W...4VX/....IV.J W! HIV? VIIIUII, UIUH Mil 1-IIU Will | nstunt, of loetyaw. Hold.?The Charleston iScwt nays tho brig ' Echo," of slnvo trade memory, was sold in hat oity on tho Oth insfrtrtt, for $2,300, cash. Tub War ok 1812 1'knsion Bim..?>From trosent appearance?, it appears impossible, ays the Washington Star, that this measure vill pass the Senate this winter. Wo have arely over known a inoasure more geucrully [ :ondomned by the press of tho land ; whieli | lli'.t (nil mrwh nAwnpAillt/ oo*.%I??uf !?? ? ? ? " | J V..V trobability of its acceptance by the Senate if tho Unite;! States. Larue Beql'f^t.? Henry L, Ellsworth, of lurtfortl, Conn., bcqneathc-l all hisinnncn.sc iroporty, except $102,000, to Yale College, md it is estimated that tho College will revive about $700,000 The State Road.?Tho Federal Irnii>n, >f Milledgcville, Goorgia, 8hys:?We have ho nlonsiiro to stiLln t.lmf AOfi 0<V> f..<- tl.<> nonth of December, has boon pnid into tho | State Treasury by tho Treasurer of tho stato llond. An J vii'ortant Act.?The last Macon Cilzcn publishes the Acts of tho late Goorgin [jogislaturo. Among tliom we find the folowing: 1st. To alter and amend tho chartr(er of*''o "ity of Macon. Ai'vice, gratis.?(Jo tostrangors fur oltarty, to acquaintances for advico, and to relaivci for nothing?and you will always have i supply. Not jIau.?Plutarch havs, in his life of Yloxander, that the Babylonians n cd. durng the dog days to sleep 011 skins filled with Oilier, a 1506ton paper says, thai in tliive lays men sleep in skins tilled with bud w !iistcy. From the Anderson Unzitto. Public Meeting. A meeting of the citizens of Anderson Uistrict was held in the Court Ilou.se on Monday, Juuunry 3d, 1859, to take into consideration tho action of the Legislature it its last session on the JJluc ltidgc ltnilroad, and to make such expression of their sentiment* at the failure of the Legislature :o grant further aid to this enterprise us night be deemed lit and proper. On motion of Dr. C. L. (iaillurd, tho nceting was organized by calling J. P. Ileed, Esq., t > tho Chair and appointing j lames A. lloyt to act as .Secretary. The chairman briefly expluiued the ob- I ject of the meeting, and announced that lie was prepared to bear any proposition that i i... ii. ... iiu^ui uc Miumiiica. nepeaied calls were j untie fur (leu. James \V. Harrison, who in i response entertained theaudiehce for a few > minutes in explanation of tlio progress of the lload and the nature and cliarnctir of Lhe aid voquested from the Legislature; nl- J o, a brief summary of the proceedings ofj that hody on this important measure. He ! believed that the necessary aid wcnld he t grunted sh ?u!d his Excellency the Governor convene the Legislature in extra session, which the friends of the Road desired might be done in the mouth of February. On motion of Dr. O. 11. JJroyles, a Committee of five was appointed to draft a Premilil.t mii/1 . r ?i A>V1UIU>IUU0 VAIJI l-WH C UI U10 >cu?c of tho mooting. Tho Committee, jonsistiug of Dr. (). It. Broyles, lion. J. N. Whitner, lion. It. Munro, Col, J". J). Aslimoro and Col. A. Rico, reported the following Preamble and Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Wijf.rkas, tho citizens of this District liavo heard with disappointment and regret lie action of the Legislature at. its lust hea>ion, in declining to grant further uid to ,ho Blue Ridgo Railroad Company; and, whereas, in our judgment* nromitt in<yi>s ires should l>o taken to save the State uiul M Company from the groat loss which will result from an abandonment of the work, fhercforo IlcxoU'cil, That the construction of the BIucRidge llailroad is essential totlie commercial independence and prosperity of the State of South Carolina. llesolvwl, That tho aid asked by the Company from the State at the last Lcgulii lure was under tho ciruumbtanocs reasonable *nd proper, and should have boon granted ! without hesitation. jy i > m. . ii A - k i nai me notion ot tlic Legislature mui t have resulted from t misapprehension of tho importanco of the work tml tho wishes of a majority of the people )(tho State, and should be corrected at the earliest convenient moment. Jirnolvcdf That in viow of tho ru'nouw 3onscc|uencea of an abandonment q!' the work to the Company, to the State, in.d to many contractor* now engaged |n tlie work, it is wuH worthy the cmmiucrcuion of his Kxcollenoy the (tovornor, whether tlio Legislature should not be convened in oxtrajrdinary session, to adopt suc.li incamircs as would prevent so great a low and distrenH. Kruolved, Thnt the i'rtwklout nod !>ii-eotora.of the Company should, if possible, jonsutcntiy witli tlteir view# of ju.stico and policy, continue tho important points of the work, in tho confidence thiit the Legislature will whenovey convened, afford tho iid ncccHHary to completo the Road. On motion, a copy ol tliese proceedings was ordered to be gent to bin Kxcollency iho ClovQmor, and another to tho President )f tho Bluo Kidgo Hiulrond. On motion, thoiwi proceedings wore ovleiv.d to be published in tho Aiidoruon (in iettr. r (>u motion, tiic ni&^uigridjo'ijrncd. J. P. KKKI), Cluu'a James A, IIoyt, sccvciary. * # Do You wish to Buy Bargains J Call on Moists. Piki'kk & Lowkv, Woodjn To & Co., ...id O. Kuxkf, Jr. The stocks of > 1 these gentlemen uvo not to bo surpassed, and they bftVo tt clevor way of treating you to bargains that is particularly ploasdng. 'When ?f y hi visit Wulholla give them a trial. At ||l .Mr. Uikckk's. you can also bavo your coat ^ made to porfcuiiou?Friend Wai.semax has tvni n? superior, in bis lino, in the country. ! |:|( Mr. U.miv, tlto obligingTnxColleetor,sends c}}) firth this week his Annual advertisement. It demands espccinl attention. Mr. yon Hoi.i,kn'ssnleof property, together with vuriuus sic new advertisements in our columns, will nt- > nil tract llio notieo of tho public. "It t ? ! .. 8h< OOM^yKlilOAtaOKIS. p[? *?/?% ? iiii r.r< unijt| r.ll. To the Members ofthe Legislature fur 1-S5S As ft constituent of yours, t shall offer t no apology for the fiortttiny of your nets; (,f an.! iny effort shall bo strictly go* enictl by of voracity. s'a We quote from the 15th Psalm, of Pn, CC1I viil, part of the 1st verse : " I^onl! who shall dwell in thy tabernacle?." The 5th ,sio verso mails : ITn fclmf. xmniffih imf<? Kin i?r nritf/ibor, nnd disappoinlfth h im nof, though w,t it wore to // in oint hin<Jranc6. tru I suppose that when ynu woro boys, you road the fable of Cook llobi n nnd tlip upar- Jsp row; and, in history, the burning of Home by Nero, lie fiddled nine days by the ^a light of the city. You, gentlemen, have ^ accomplished more than the sparrow or m, Nero, for you have, wantonly destroyed the liii reputation i..* your own St .to, po!i'(.'c(il/y ria and commercially. Vou have invaded the J.',( rights of the city of (Charleston in her cor- l IIU porn to capacity, and the private subscript tititis of individual.*. iuc 'J I >.e -1th day of july, 18i)G, nine States. I ma their delegatus numbering oSO, with SI ab< from South Carolina, decided that the ('in- iitf cinati awl CJiarlextou Ix'aitroatl would i;oi make us nrijhbors. I nskj emphatically, sh: what son of South Carolina dare to say that pit the following gentlemen acted with jur- ije nc(lit(t/clJwtishiir.i*, and intended to dis- in? jjracc tlie citizens of jSoutli Carolina in the lor eyes of the world, by their action, that gei South Carolina could not build this road or the 01 tie Ridgo iUiilrond, which is one titl juirl (lin vnmo iM-niiu'f 'I'Krt fii*wf .*?? I 1... .... ... w y. JW*. -* IIV UICV KIIIVM U (I liy account of the great commercial revulsion in) in ISoO, nnd the hitter for reasons that / bii am as/ia m-:tf to give; but the people of At our ncighliouiig States njillsay that it failed?never Jblloytcd in the Jubtfitch# of the th< following gentlemen, who represented ns Co in tho Knowille (Joinoition, \i.: K. V. tra llayne, 11. I'oinsett, Jno. B. O'Neall, i tin Mitchell King, James (!ad.-dcn, Thomas for Lowndes,11. liarnwcll Smith, J. K. Holmes bo 13. F. Dunkiii, Patrick Noblo, J. II. Irbv, hot Win. K. (Ilownev. H. J. lvirle 1?\ II It.I- ?!?/ more, .James II. Adams, Abraham Bland- ant ing, John K. Calhoun, J. l'Mward Colhoun, and John Buchanan, who pledged Go themselves to their sister States that the wh road was practicable?that it could and am should be built. The comtnittco ot' Forty, still ve, at Knoxvillc, reported eight vesolu- pit lions for the action of that body. tlu The first speaks of the impulse which It this road must give to .the industry of the t >i rust and t\ rtilr regions through which it Co will pass, by improving their agriculture? lui adding to the vahu of lands?develoninir am their minimi resource,1*?introducing hc.ic inj munnjactums?augmenting their populn- in lion?-increasing the demand tor labor of <^n every description, and Vuildiug up ciUnge.i tic in all du'Cetiuns. pr; Eight and lastly : it* controlling perina- to ucntinfluence on tho /?fmr nnd perpetuity | to of the Union, by practically increasing the : fur reciprocal dependence of the North and ev< South, from Michigan to Florida, b/ eatab- ler liijhing connections in busings, promoting let friendships, abolishing prejudice, creating greater uuitbrmity i:i political ojnniotm, shi ?;;d bbudiiig tW f?>e.Unijs of distant por- tin tiuns of country into an union of heart. ho 1 presume there is no man in the State ..;n j *1?? ^ i > i1 I ?? ??v* 11>U |/i V< l/V? | J V* IU tA v; 11Jf mill. V>Ul. I>. I1. IvC I'l'.aHY stands second to any in tho State to for sound, mature judgment, stored with ed, facts intimately connected with the history oui of his Suite. Tuko tho coincidence of ii pr* part of the first resolution, enhaueing the ret value of lands, lie tells you tho valuo of land is 530 per nore, in Groenvillo. Who tui doubts it? Now apply the rtile to Tick- th< ens District. 1 am confident, and 1 have aft consulted with other gentlemen, that, if the of road is stopped, five dollars would be an an; extravagant nverago. Take that average | ed" ou 707,-55 acres, then take (be average bit at ton dol'iurs por aero, (which ono-half ah: loss than it would bo Worth,) icith flic road, by and you have* played Nero on us to the { auiouut of ?51,780,275 Unt this is a suiull matter with South Carolina b'hoys, i ? whoso fathers have toiled to uuiko their I real estates worth hundreds of t/musuiufi of dollarn; but, gentleiueo, jqu livo in a I christian, civilized and polished State.? ( ,u Vou havo sworu to your neighbors, and ,,l< your mothers have taught you tho plaiu 0 Scriptural doctrine of restitution, that if you nave taken anything unjuntly from any 1,11 uiiui, you xh'jtild return /our fold, ! J)id KvT the uiiniiBtaVublo public voioo of t^c Stuto send you upjto Columbia, as tmtcJi J-vy* of , the triMisurjf, or wore you nut ,cnt there to .u logisljfo tor tho houor and pronperlty of V1 every portion of the Slate 'f Moi? anon. u A. UkLKOAXK l'ROM PeNDI.KTON \lhiAflB TO XUK lvNOXVlljIiK CONVENTION. of Sudden Death-?Wo regret to' lfcim 0f m.. v..?l w T-f-. -s- ..... ...UK . ??. o.tiimii i. lilies, oi ini.s distinct, died quite suddenly on Tuesday lant. Ho th< wus ill the fcujoyiueut of good hcnltli up to tho (hue of his doatli. lie wtu* walking in n(\{ liia yard, little dreaming tlmt tlto fell de- ex, stroyev was al haud, when Tie was >atnmoa- hU, cd to tlicr presence of Uis God.--- Tl7ii nihoro jjy Ifryi'tfcr. , #u, An Aot niter and amend tlio Law in relation to llic Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths. I. lie it enacted by the Senate and House KeprcttentativcH, now met and tnttiu^ in neral Assembly, and by the authority of ! same, That it shall be the duly of till igistfutes, Clergymen and others, who rform marriage ceremony in f>outh C'aroa, to keep a registry of nil marriages edited by them, together with date, nutiles, ?s, lTstidenoo und nativity of portion. 11. That it shall be the duty of nil Phyiiiiisniid Midwivos to keep a registry of births and deaths, at which thoy have ended professionally, which registry shall >W, in case of whitr birth*, the time and c< names and residence of parents, sex 1 nu.ue of child, (it it have the latter.) i whether born aliv^or dead; in case of ifh* of ir/u'la, the date, placo and eauso death, natue, age, sex, whpther single or rricd, occupation, residence utid nativity tho deceased, with naiiioa and surnames parents ; in ease of birfh* <uul deaths vf era the same it-oi*i5?, together with tho ue of tlie owner, instead of name of deised, and the liaiuo.s of parents. III. That it shall be the duty of all I'hvinns, Clergymen and Midlives to dclivto the Tax Collector of the District, in ich such births occur, while he is colting tax oh in every year, the said rcgif >s, or copica ot thorn, embracing Hie poll of ono your, ending on the thirty-first i of December preceding. IV. Tliat it .shall bo the duty of eacli k Col loo tor, while attending to tho other dness of hia office, to ascertain, number 1 record, in tho order in which they nre eived ( in blank books to bo fnrnisbod ii for that purpose,) all the births, marges and deaths, which have occurred in ; District during the year preceding the t day of January previous, with all the ins its inserted in tho registries above mod. Ho shall make strict inquiry ?>f lividuals and heads of families, and also ke use of the registries of Physicians Dve named, in order to obtain the correct briuntion and complete )iis lists; after miction of said lists, the Tax. Collector ill iniiko <>\|t and attach thereto a coiu te alphabetical index of tho name, and shall return, on oath, tho books contains said records and index to (lie Comptrol(leneral at the time when lie nnkoa his neral tax returns. Y. That the Tax ('ollcetors shall ho enled to retain, out of the taxes collected them, five, cents for collecting, rftcordr?nd indexing a complete return of o;:oh til. do.itll mid litiirri.im> rmmii'nfl tl.Ia ---I o' > ? 1 J t. VI. That any citizen refusing to give j nccessary information, and any Tax llcctor, vlergymsm, I'hysician, *Magiste or Mi (J wife, refusing to comply with ) rcuui:>ilio.i., of this Act, shall be fined each offence ten dollars, which fine shall recovered by any person who shall suo "ore a Magistrate for the name, one-half ;reof to the use of the said complainant, I the other half to the State. \ ll. J hut it Mlinll be tho duty of the vcrnor to'appoint a Registrar, under oso order tbc ncccssHry registry blanks 1 hooka, together with such printed inuetions ns bo nifty deciu proper, shall bo pai < d and furnished, nt the expense of : State, to the different Tax Collector*. hJih11 be tho duty of the Registrar also receive from the respective offices of tho nipt roller Uemr.d, in Charleston and Conbia, tho returns of the Tax Collector*), ,1 ? <> ' .? u> jm-jiniu u ri'pui i iiiuroiroin, eontainr tabular Afatemcnts, which Hhnll show, a condensed form, tho information rcirod to be preserved, keeping the statists of each District separate, together with ictic il observations upon said tables, and cause one thousand copies of said report, bo printed in pamphlet form, on or botho fourth Monday in November in iiry year, filing a copy in catdi Comptrol's oilicc, and delivering to each Tux Coltor a copy nlso. VUl. That the salary of tho Registrar ill do live hundred dollars per milium, for ; services of himsclf'nnd such Clerks as may fiuu iicui-iunov, IX. That it shall he tho duty of tho igistrar also to return tho registry hooks tho Comptroller aftorsuid reportu print. , ftrtd tho Comptroller sludl hu\*?> >Huw> of ch yonr hound together in volumes, to ho .\sorved thereafter in his office for further erenee. V TLa( ~ iJfl-.t /? j it wuij waiiu'ii copy 01 any ro? i? of birth, death or marriitge, given by 5 Comptroller or his Deputy, tdutti herecrbe admitted ft ml reoeivedin nil Court* this Htato n? prima facic evidenoo of 5" such birth, death or marriage, record* or so eortilied. For fcioh certiorate of tl?, death or marriage, the ComntroUer ill bo entitled to a fee of ?1, to bo p;tid tho party applying for it. An Aot itiorenae the Compensation of Grand audi Petit Jurorri. I. He itcnncted by theSonute and Ildttno Uepmsentutivo.i, now |)\ot and sitting in neral Assembly, and by tbo authority of i same, That hereafter ovory Grand and tit Juror entitled to pay, shall receive as n pen sat ion fur Ilia servicos, uno dollnr I n hnlf pc* day, for oach day lie shall vo <m Juror, and five cents for every i % ? ' io no compeiicu to travel, in going and urniog to and from tho Court ilon*e and > place of hit) renidonco, which amount ill be chargcd hut ouco for each term of j court. f _ : An Act Providing for tho Punishment PrivMy Stealing from tho Person. I. Boitennctodby thoSeoatennd Uouso ^ KcpropontntiVci, now met aiid sitting in moral Assembly, and by tho authority of > santo, That bo much "of tho ytetutc of ) Right of Klhwbotb, chapter fourth, jpted and made of forco in tliiK Skto fl(i elude* from the benefit of their clcrpy jh us arc convicted of the offense of privatealing frc'.u the porneu, ho fbcrtho lie is hereby repealed, and HQWftcf * *