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fig ?iiioiiu} ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TRllMS?$1.60 per luinutn. in itdv mco. If payment be delayed until attcr the expiration ot tlio year, $2. For ?tix months, 7."> cents in advance. I Skay'Advortisotiwnts inserted nt tlie usual rates. ) PICK UN'S C. If., S. C.: Saturday Morning, Ftbi nary 18, 18G0. Return Day. For l'iukens district, is Saturday the 3d day of March next. Public Documents. Col. Asiim 'Iu:, our attentive Representative, ban our thanks for pa!>lic documents, sj .eohes ! uud papers. The Charleston Medical College. The Catalogue of the trustee.*, faculty and students of the Medical College of South Carolina, at Charleston, for the session of 18">9-(U). has been laid before us. The total numbor <>P sin. dents iti attendance is 'J48, being the highest i number ever he fore llierc. Of those, 1S8 are i from this 8ri\te. l'ickens is represented 1>) Messrs. J. A. Johns and J. \. Dovi.e. Special Attention is direeled to the advertisement of u runaway Negro, to Contractors, niul oilier notices. ' From WashingtonTho House of KopreSentntivos lias completed its organization by the olection uf black rcpublican officers. This is, of itself, sufficient to show : our people to what degradation we must submit when that party shall be in tho asccndancy in all the departments of the government 1 aiio post otiico Ueticieney bill is vet before Congress. It passed the Senate, that body stri- | king out the clause conferring the franking ' privilege on members of Congress and e thers.? The House now lias it nn?ler consideration. A tolegrnphic despatch informs us that lion. IIenuy a. Edmuxdson, of Virginia, severely chastised with a cano. Jciix IIickman, of Pennsylvania, on the lltli, (i?r harsh expressions against the State of Virginia, uttered by the former during his speech at the serenade given j to Mr. 1'exxinut >n. the newly elected Speaker, i Both are members of the present Connross. Mr. Kdmuudsou deserv- > well of his eountrv fur tlii? I net! The IlonsoiConunittccs, us constructed by the j new Speaker, do not give entire satisfaction to ! lii.* party. Siikrm.w is Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Corwin* of that j of Foreign Relations. Col. Asiimokl is Chair-J matt of the Continittee on Mileage, the only) chairmanship given to South Carolina. The District SubscriptionIn tlie further investigation of this subject, we propose to inquire into and examine more particularly the provisions of the recent act of t hn T.nrriulotuvn ? ??* Iw.mI ,.:? -- ?-? -- *' 1 0..muiui curium uisiriOIS to Bubscribe stock to the Blue Ilidgo and French Broad railroads: The act provides that the Board of Commissioners of Roads are authorized by resolution of naid board to propose the subscription, fixing the sum to bo subscribed. 2 That the question of "subscription" or "no subscription" shall be submitted to "the legal voters of the district, who are tax payers." ' ) If a majority are for "subscription." then the Chairman of the Hoard of Commissioners is required to subscribe the amount to the capital stock of the company, and | to issuo coupon bonds, bearing seven per cent j illfOPAaf niwl : - 41 4 ....v.v. M ivuwiiiiiifiu in iiiiny yours, or at such time as the Hoard of Commissioners shall think advisable?the company to take the bonds at par. -1 The Hoard of Commissioners are thou required to assess a tax each year to pay the interest, in the same manner as they are required by law now to raise a tax for road and bridge purposes. 5 The tax collector is to receive the taxes and give a seperate receipt therefor, to be known as a 'railroad tax,' and, whenever any person can present to tho liluo Itidge company 'tax receipts,'either in his own name or as assignee of others to an amount equal to a share, tho company ia to issue to such person a ccrtilicate of stock to that amount. 0 'l'lie said Hoard of Commissioners are to provide, at or before the end of the thirty years, or when tho bonds fall due, for their payment. Will the principal have to bo paid by taxation? I "\Ve think not, and proceed to give our reasons ' r..~ iK?i r .i < iui uitti ut-iiui: in mc itrst place, wo urge the j subscription upon tho condition {hat (he <S>nte 1 grants further aid to tho 15!no Ridge railroad, one of the greatest enterprises of tho age. This road, when completed, will bo 200 miles long. It runs through four Slates, connecting tho great "West?the commercial importance of which can hardly ho estimated?with tho Atlantic seaports, Charleston directly. Will it he a paying road? We are firmly of this opinion, and give 0. few facts, out of many, for the support thereof: Kvery road in the country, long or short, with one exception, has a surplus ineomc, on<l irtnuu aT "A"** 11 j u, i,iiiiii <1.u iuiy |n'i)iiiiuiie. nil' instance, Stilltli Carolina railroad stock, the shares of which are $100, arc now selling at $150 per fdiare ! Again : the Georgia State road, running from Atlanta to Chattanooga, was built l>v our sister State at a cost of $0,000,000. lis net income is ?43,000 per month, being an annual income of $516,000, or S'JG.OOO more than seven per cent on the six million! This is evidence, j incontrovertible, that railroads do pay. Resides, ! the Blue ltidge will be a more profitable road than tluit of Georgia, because it pierces the same j fertile region, and is a more direct and shorter j route to thoseaboard. Then, at the end of four- ; tccn or twenty years, when tho stock proposed ! 1,? ... ... wv oMucunuuii 1.1 in ur aoovc pur, It CollM bo ; sold and the district relieved, <>r be hold us an investment profitftblo to us. And just here we would remark, that, should ilio income of the liluc Ridge road be in proportion to that rftaj>ed \ l?y the Georgia State road, the nmount would bo ! greater tlmn tho whole of our State taxes at the i present time? Will wodoth.it which our more j enterprising neighbors have already accomplishvd for themselves? Our interest, Stato pride, ' and patriotism eagerly answer the question. The udv.intage derived from tho district subscription, over that of private individuals, id . this: Tho private stockholder receives no inter- j est on his investment. Tho tax payers, in pro- j viding for the payment of tho interest, receive in stock annually $3,500 ; or, nt the end of fourteen years, the stun of $50,000 in stock, which is the interest on the proposed district subscripr.C 3?A AAA iL-i il >uii vi i^uu.vw iur iiihv time, an, at. most, your i taxes onch year in but a loan to the road, or a private subscription to tlint amount. Tlic Commissioners of Roads of Spartanburg re-assembled on aaledav, ami submitted a sub- , pcrintion of $100,000, to the French Broad road, , to tlie people tlioro. Messrs Farrow and Ke- , wards, me in bora of the legislature, warmly advocated it. Rev. J. O. Imni'RUM, a pure and viso man. enforlv s*c.nn.l<v1 mil,?Ai.:ni:..n tho ftvowod object of himself and others bring to kill tho Uliie Ridgo road by tho success of tho j French Broad enterprise. 'Shall they do it' Let the friends of the Bine Hidgc answer. , Wo shall recur to tho subject next wook. Announced?Messrs. H R Vandifer, Elijah Webb and F A Iloko aroiin pounced. in rrrt G-iecttt, as candidates for Olerk of the Court for i Ai>der?oa di?trict. I II I ir .in l.i I . . i ll< Tiiu Democracy The l>ii?nictf of Chester, Spartanburg RUd (*rce>iv 'in\c, by district meetings, appointed delegate* i?? tho Democratic State Convention to bo held in Columbia on the 10tb of April next, f ir tho purpose of appointing delegates to represent tho State at largo in tbo Charleston Convention. Chester appointed Messrs. S MoA'dcv, W '1' (iilinore, 1' 1' Ingrain, Richard Woods, C II Stevenson, K X 11 cut |>hi11, K S ll-'pe, J liii Simpson. From Spartanburg, the delegates are II C Poole, .1 C Zimmerman, O I' Mnfl.i. ('. < >1 ...... -1 \t I' I- < ' " ' > > " . ......... V VHMIR, w ?/ ll'iu Jims, P W.i.idrufi; S u..lx>. U V Hates, .1 W Miller. .) l> I>;t\ iT S Furrow, A S Douglass. A T Cavis, T 0 I' Vernon, -I \V Carlisle. -I II F.vins, James Farrow, W ii Trimmier, <1 1' Wright. li 1> Foster The proceedings of liie Greenville meeting appear in our columns, together with a call to* a future meeting to take into consideration the non-intercourse remedy. What sav our democratic friends to a meeting hereon saleday next for the purpose of appointing delegates ? The object in bo well under* stood that nothing is necessary on tlnit point.? \Ve hope there will he a general ingathering of the friends of the movement?those who desire to be represented in the convention which is to select candidates for President and Yice-Presi From California* T.ute Arrivals from tho Gulden S'nte advise us that (Sov. \V. 1'. Latiiem has been elected U. S. Senator in Buodeuick's place. lie was to leave for Washington immediately. The last steamer brought $1,600,000 in gold. A portion of the people there desire to form n pew State, hounding the Mexican possessions. It may be a slave State. The report of iiie State sapcrinteisdoi' of public schools is published. Tho total amount of nwin'v expended for school purposes in 1859 was S IT'.'.Ot'O. Tho new year cnrninencod with 04,000 Kchv?lt?i*s. employing 754 teachers. Tho number of? .dren in the Stato under 18 years of age is over 70,01)0. The comptroller's report .snows an increase 01 taxable property of over seven millions dollars. The Current New3. A terrific gale swept through the North on the 10th inst. Damage was done to the shipningin New York. In Philadelphia several .. uses were blown down II A Davidson went into the store of Duncan & Brother, llawcsville, Ivy, on the 8th, with an infernal machine in his hands, lie ignited tho bomb, which bursting blew the store to pieces, wounding himself and six other persons severely. The object seemed to be to kill a man by the name of Sterritt. who had something to do with the ij->\vo iragouy years ago The democrats have elected the Mayor of Lancaster, Pa, )>y a majority of 180 votes, being a gain of fiOO since the last election Fifty wealthy freo colored agriculturists, from the interior of Louisiana, will leave Now Orleans for 1 lavti in a short time The house of Luther liriggs, of Davenport county, N. Y, was burned recently, ami in it perished at the same time five of his children. Himself and wife were spending the evening away from home at the time of the fire The steamship Northerner was totally lost in a fog off Mendocino, the rtth January, ult. The lives of 35 persons wore loi>t, as well as the vessel, upon which there was a light ins.nance lla/.lett, another of tho John Hrown raid men, is on trial at Chnrlcstown, Vn, for his participation in the Harper's Ferry affair Race week in Charleston was a gay one?good running for well filled purses. Maj. U,.rtn? .>...1 ii?. n.J ii.. i. 'A,nn"" **??.? t'wnuin nine 11 J Ml 15 L' OI *? US, WyU on a (our mile race, to lie run over the Camden track next Call! 'I*lie foreign news is more than usually i;?torosti???5. The French Emperor has abolished the duty on cotton, tobacco and other articles which is having a good effect.? The sales of cotton in Liverpool, lor the week ending 2St!i nit, was 1,000 hales, at an advance of 1-8(1. The 1* |>e sits uneasily, as he ought to d'i. on his throne. The French Kmperor advises him to code several of his Holiness states to Italy. T'uo war in Morocco continues with the Spaniards, who are generally successfull. The news by the last arrival is otherwise unimportant. The Farmer and Planter The February number of this valuable agricultural work is before us. It is a journal of thirty-four large pages, and as its name denotes, is devoted to farming and planting. The print is unexceptionable. The editors' columns are well and industriously filled, and the selections suitable in every respect. It is the only paper of the kind in the State, and a* its proprietor remarks, is poorly sustained. Will not our farmers do something for it ? It is published in Columbia, S. C. by H. M. Storks, at one < ollnr per annum in advance. Road tlio following i?1 in its behalf, and then decide its destiny : An ArPE.u. to tub Fakmers and Planters of South Oahomma,?The Farmer and I'/mi/; > has been published over one year, by Mr. 11. M. .Stokes, at Columbia, South Carolina, without a sufficient subscription list to defray its expenses. It has been printed and sent forth in tiie best style, and the Agricultural Department has been edited with signal ability by gentlemen who are practical agriculturalists and who are deeply interested in t he welfare of the State. The Kditors have not received, nor have they charged a single cent for their labors. They have worked for the good cause alone, freely devoting their time to its advancement. Mr. Stokes has spent largo sums in bringing this joun-.al within reach of the agriculturalists and rural men of the State. Unless ho receives a iii.. i . i:?> i.? .. .? i - .11 * ....v.... . lyr.Mfll .Ml. IIO ? III IIWl IJU UUIC lO continue ilie work beyond the present your, lie lias assured mo that, at all hazards, lie will print it during the year 1SG0. lie requires at loa^l P ur thousand subscribers to inako it prosperous. lie lias not one thousand now upon his list. Without his knowledge I venture to publish this appeal in his behalf, and ask tlio people of the State to aid in sustaining this effort to establish a rural organ in our midst. Our pooplo have suffered every journal of UiO kind to die for want of support. Shall the same fate nttond The Farmer <t?rl Planter? 1 hope that the small mite required will bo immediately F>ent in the shapo of cash subscriptions to Mr. Stokes. No one need fear losing their subscrip Hons \>y a discontinuance during 1800. If The Farmer f.h'I Planter is) allowed now to perish for want of support, no one can tell wlion another effort to establish an agricultural journal will ho made in this State. I iiiuke no sectional appeal in behalf of this journal. The place of its publication is a sufficient guarantee for its devotion to the people of the State. 1 ask the men of South Carolina to step forward, without hesitation, and put it on a lining b.isis. I n?ed not reiterate tnat I will still givo it iny time and labor as Horticultural Editor, as I h .vo always done, without remuneration ; and that I will thus endcuvor to sustain it as long as Mr. Stokes is able to print it. I ask the newspapers of the State, on behalf r>f Mr. Stokes, to publish this appeal, anil ospe cially to notice tlio numbers as they appear each month. Tlic work is published in nandkoiuo style at $1 per annum, and a little exertion op. tho part of the agriculturalists and hortieulturalists of the State would immediately place it on a permanent basis. WiI.I.IAM SUMMER. Poinaria, ?S'. C., February 0, 1800. Disifmt?t?t.i>?The Students of iKe 8onth Carolina College have disjnteTred the remains of a follow student, John T Findley. who died in 1^11. and was buried in Potters field. Ill* remains havo boon p'lftoed in ccmctorejr 1 Pennings and Clippings. Tiik Maiikkt.?Sales of cotton wore mitde in Charleston. on the 11th, ivt 9 to 12 cents per lb; for long cotton, '2!l to 5o cents per lb; wheat, $1 40 to ?1 43 per bushel; flour, !?t? to $7 1-4 per bbl; fait, Bo cents per sack; bacon, 8 to 11 cents per lb; t o.'ti 8<> to 0W cents per bushel. Hf.turnkd?lion C U Mcmtningcr arrived in Charleston, on the 11th instant, from Richmond > lrgima has not yot ollicially responded to bin 1 mission. Kii.i.kd?Robert Aiken Youngo, formerly of Coluinbiii, was killed recently by falling from a trostic work on llio Northeastern Kailroad.-? t ' His brother was killed a few months sinco in ' attempting to get upon a train of which ho was conductor. Extensive Southern KNTKRrfltstj?The lit is* j tol At-tr.v states that responsible drovers of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky liavo set on foot a project for establishing at tlmt phu" an extensive pork packing establishment on the joint stock principle. It will require a capital of $300,000 to begin with. The Course ok 11. WintkW Oavis?'The House of Delegates of Maryland have adopted resolutions condemning the course of Hon II Winter Davis, of tlmt State, in voting for Pen- i nim-t.m. n?a ilrtuni'viiwi1 <?!' ??** 1.. . vv ' ; " \v"' :,,,M "IT"* : tuiion to the Rontiincnts ol the cut no State,? i There wan only one dissenting voice. OicoRot a?Uy a rocont consus tho population , of tho State of (1corgi a is found to ho: W'hitoa, t 570.710 ; lllacks and colored, -I l7,0t<l2?tutal I,*: i 023,71)3. I IIaru Ur?A wostorn editorsnya:?""Wood,' ! chips, coke, cowl, i wn-eohs. leathers, rosin, saw- ! 5 dti?t, cdsavsRgs. "pUutei-K. dry loaves, old rags, j < fonoo-rnils. barn-doors, flints, or anything that will burn or strike tiro, taken on subscription at , this ollice." Countixo l*p?This year Lent will com- ; i meneo on tho 22nd of February, and Haster-day I | will fall on Sunday, tho 8th of April?a fort- ' i night earlier than last year. Whit Sunday will j I 'VVIU oil un: -l III ill luny, i1i1c1 1 i iiii1y on tlio ! third of .luno. There will ho twenty fivo Sun' days after Trinity; Advent Sunday will recur ' on the 2nd of December, ami Christmas day will fall on a Tuesday, two days later (owing to leap I year) than last year: that is, according to the | solar cycle, when the reckoning is by the days I of the week exclusively. Fatai. Mistake?The Abbeville Manner 8ays the friends of -J 1< Griffin will regret to hear of his death, lie leaves a wife and two children, ! with a large circle of friends and relations to mourn his loss. His untimely death is said to have been caused by unintentionally taking too | much Laudanum. Tiif. Presidency?Tlio Washington eorres! pendents of both the New York Times and the 1 Charleston Courier, state that Mr. Bates, of ! Missouri, and Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, have been respectively up eed upon as tlio Ho! publican candidates for I'rcsidency and Vice- I | Presidency. Tim xkh' Si'kakku.?Independent of polities and of the circumstances attending the election, sivy3 the Charleston Courier, there is no ohjeei tion to Mr. Speaker Pennington excopt the fact that he is not at all qualified for the ollice to ! which availability and "a concatenation of conj tingoncics" has elevated him. Elected?Gov. S 1' Chase, of Ohio, has boon olected U S Senator from that State, to succeed i Mr. I'ugh, democrat, on the 4th of March, 1801. j The Senator elect is a black republican of the I Sherman stripe, and reported in a public speech | as saying that be " hated slaveholders." Wo I can assure him that "there is no love lost" in 'he reciprocal interchange of soutiiucots ! Fever?The scarlet fever still continues its ravages in various sections of the country. In Pennsylvania it has been particularly fatal.? For instance, in one township of Jetferson County, twenty-five children have died within a peI riod of two months, and the disease, instead of . , abating, appears to he increasing, whole families of children being prostrated with it. In the space of tvvo weeks, out of a family of ten chilJron, seven have died, stricken down by the red demon of the nursery." Mourvfi;i,?The Newberry Conwnalist announces t!io death of Howard II Cohlwell, n young man of promise in the law and letters. Sad Affmotion*?The llev. I)r. Roberts, Professor in Union Academy, Clinton, Tennessee, has lost four children from consumption, in the j short period o<" twenty months?three sons and a daughter. Their ago3 rangod from Id to 21 yea rs. SuioinF.?Mr. J. Foxworth, of Marion District, South Carolina, committed suicide on Sunday last. Cause assigned hy the S/<ir?probable delirium tremens from intoxication. Ivkceiv!no his Ubward?Tho favorite candidate of the Republicans for the position of Sergeunt-nt-Arins, with some' $20,000 per annum, is Mr. llolfman, of Maryland ; and what do yon imagine is his rccoinmcmlation ? He was the only Southern member of Congress who voted to expel Mr. Brooksforcauing that wretch, Sumner. lie has since been elected. Bavk Koiiiif.ry?The Branch Bank of Ten] nessee, locatcd at Clarksville, was robbed on I Thursday night, of $18,000, mostly in gold coin. i A Nkw Dime Issued?A new dime has been issued froii the United States Mint. It differs from the old coimigo in some respects. The g uldens of liberty is in a sitting position, as on tlio old coin, but instead of the encircling stars, j llioro arc the words " lTnited States of America." i Tho words " Oue Dime," on the other side of tlio coin, aro in a wreath of cereals, instead of tlio old fashioned wreath of leaves. New York, Feb. 7?The slaver bark Orion, of this city, has been seized l>y tho Ilritish, and delivered over to the American steamer Mystic. Tho ^aptain has been imprisoned atSt. Helena, j The bark bad upwards of 1000 negroes on board. AugustFeb. 7?John \V Walker shot John [ Owens dead on Monday, fit Waynesborough, ( a., and the Sheriff, in attempting to arrest him. shot Walker dead, and wounded Walker's 1 wife and child. New Fashion?One of the I'tica, NY, papers state that the crirls of that o.itv linvn ] brought out a now fashion?flannol noek-tw^^; narrow strips of flannol, worn tight around tluV ' throat. Tlio gentlemen fol!>w suit. White is ' j tlio prevailing color, although a few aro Indul- i ' ging in rod and yellow. New York Citv?Tlio grand jury of N Y | city presented on Monday last sovontcon hills of ; indictment for murder and manslaughter.? i There wcro oight persons awaiting thoir trials for such offence* prior to these presentments. Gkvtu.ixv?A high senso of honor, a determination never to tako a mouri advantage of | nnothor, an adherence to truth, delicacy, politeness toward those with whom wo havo no dealings, are the characteristics of gentility. I'atikvck axd Mkkkmess?Tlio most patient j man that ever broathed cursed tlio day lie was i | born, and the meekest man murdered an E^vrv- i thin. A Tough Story?They "fljr the ice at -tho north pole is frozen so hard that tho natives burn it for coal, as it will burn beforo it will molt. ; 1 S?vnt? Weather in Texas?A Mexican sheep drover lost over 1,000 head of sh?Tp, in jight, daring tho rocont sorere weather in J'A'exw m . v iry.a >--,- .v ..._? . r Ja' i ii in South Carw.inian* in Texas?Tho Houston (Texas) Telegraph hi\vh : Since Texas linn boon in the Union, it. bus had r?ix Senators in the Unitod States Congress. nnd of those tux, fivo hnve boon nntivos of South Oiirollnn.? Smtli Carolina in not ottly n proud old State to hull from, buttlmpo who hail from lior, In Tex* i. v?? sons for any State to bo proud of. Uusk, lk .in, Ward, Hemphill, Wigfall, in the Stii>.i ire a glorious galaxy, nnd lot us ncM our own glorious Frank litibbook, tosiiy nothing >.(* n li .ul ..4" ..?> .. I .1-.- I' - - ' ... > ukdv \m wviioio, mm iii? lint will niJSOri) U 1 Urge proportion of the talent and brightest I spirits in the Lone Stiir State. Nkw YouK. l'Yb. 12?Tlic night wrttch-rtlnn \ at the I'nitod Suites Custom House was found in tho street this morning. murdered and robbed. " Mii.i.Ion's " o?' Mi itl)Kt!P.U?--At tho John Urown mooting held in the Cooper Institute, New York, on Thursday evening. Rev. Dr. Chcevor eaid that "there aro millions at the, North who receive God's word on this subject i [slavery) just as John Drown received it."**-, I u other words, that there aro " millions " of J murderers at the North. Too Tni'E?To bo worthy of nn olive now-n-1 days, one mum DO entirely unworthy of anv- t thing else. 1'uEE XEQRf.Es?The number of frco negroes , in the Southern States in estimated at 2<V>,0U0. The number iu this State is about 10,000, Ai.l. "Morai. Men1 "?A olorgyman in Su- , loin, N. -1, savs tho S/mulartl, rocently nn- ! nouncod from his pulpit that upon the next Sab- \ hath ovoning he would preach n sermon to { " moral nion." Upon this occasion tho house was crowdod in every part, and ? largo propor- J tion of tho oongrogation was inado up of those j who had nut 14 darkened i\ church door" lor! ye* Tiib Hkiumimcans .limit.\vr?Throughout the j Xorth. the Republicans nro rejoicing over the election of Mr. Pennington t < the Speakership. At Pittsburg. Pa, t hoy It red 117 guns; at Newark, N. J, 118 guns, and had illuminations and bonfires; and at Albany, N. Y, 117 guns. T v v II iriMir?It ivc Qui11 tlifih thf* nf ! tlio lloiiso<>f Representatives hasalready signed checks for $270,000. for payment of the salaries ! of members, which will "relievo many crod- i itors." Kxi'i.osion xi) Loss ok Like?A lint factory hlew up with tremendous force in Brooklyn, X Y, on the 3d inst. Seven persons wore killed, ami some twenty wounded. Pieces of the boiler were propelled 200 yards. Ax Invention'?A Yankee in U.ah has invented and set in operation an artificial la<ly- i in full dross, propelled by a small boy, and ad- ! ver'ises to sweep the sidewalks and crossings for j a certain annual salary. The lady is crinolined | according to tho width of the sidewalk, the crinoline being so rigged that it can be widened or narrowed at pleasure. G"*:.\t Fikk andLossok Like?Tn Now York, on t,.! 2d instant, a lire occurred in a bakery and adjoining tenement. The loss of life was fearful?numbering thirty persons. The loss of property was inconsiderable. Atrocious Murder?Two negro women of i Dr. Croxton, of Kssex county, Va, murdered i liiin on the 4th inst, by first striking him to the | ground with a hoc, and then burning hun to j allies! lie had corrcctod thcin the morning before. I'oisoxijfo?Two children of Mr. O. K. Farney, of Chirko county. Kv. were seriously, if not fatally, poisoned a few days since, by c.uing some colored candy toys. IIigii Prick or X kg roes?The .Jacksonville Jirpuhlifan says at the late estate sale of the property of .Joseph Phillips, deceased, in that county, 11 negroes were sold at an average of $1223. One hoy 3-> years old sold for ?1701. Several othors sold for $1540 and $1550. Tiib Cotton Chop?The excess in cotton receipts is now raised to 300,000 bales, which, added to the last crop, would represent a total A... ?l.!o / ?i.~? I? ? * < mm uiio t uui pu-iu iiiuiu iiu nil iiiur muruusuj oi ; 4,250,000 bales. Tlio largest. estimates arc tints so far c mfirmcd. An'otiikie Cask?Tho Chicago ILrald say? that a fow days since a beaui'ful wife of that city?the mother of three daughters?hitherto courted and respccted; and moving in the first eireles of society?has permitted herself to become the victim of otto who had been honored with the confidence of both herself and h<*r bus- i band. The affair has been discovered and the faithless wife diseardoJ, but the seducer still lives. "The West "?Wo learn from the Mni jphis Enquirer that 20 murders wore committed in that city in 1859, and that the porpetrators of I 15 have not yet been discovered. Transi'oskd?Lucy Stone says that " there is cotton in the ears of men and hope in the bosom of women." Got that wrong end first, Lucy. i'KKPARiNo?Ruth Houses of the Virginia ' Legislature liuvc passed tlio bill appropriating I $;jO?#,OI)U for tho State armory, to ho expeuded for machinery and tlie manufacture of lire-arm*. , Nothing hut a Man?When Alexander the tireat was deified by his parasites, made a g>>d. he saw one of his wounds bleed, and perceived that after all the deification ho was but a man. ?500.?At a rccent meeting of the Masonic Lodge in Due West, they resolved to give Five I Hundred Dollars towards the erection nf Mm I ncccssary buildings for tho Due West Female j College. The donation was unsolicited and 1 is on this account the more acceptable. The i Lodge is composed of our citizens, nearly all I of whom have suVscribed as individuals.? Now the Masons come up in their associated capacity and subscribe thus liberally. These things show that our whole community is in earnest, and having put their hands to the plough they are not going to look back. [ Telescope. Cl,KVF.r,AND, Feb. 8.?The passenger cars, were thrown from the track on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, two miles wcxt of Perrysvillo, this morning, in consequent of a broken rail. Philip Farley was killed, and Peter Hoffman, Supervisor of the road, and a child, wore seriously injured. The rctt of tho passengers escapcd with slight bruises. R.vtLnoAD Accident.?We learn that a fireman on the iSouth Carolina Railroad was killed yesterday morning. Tlio night train coming up, ran off tho track, and tho fireman jumped oif. Tn bis leap, he struck u piece of ] timber, which killed him almost instantly. I [Guardian} 14 th. j T>rfai.catio.v?Tho ilinappoaranoo of ncflfthior i and book-keeper of ono 01 our merchant* in accounted for by a defalcation of $3(HiO to $4000 i in the balance of his book?. IIo n reported to havo squandered tho nionov on a wanton, who accompanied him in his flight, as far as Branch viHe, wliero she contrived to elude liiin by taking the return train to this city. It is tho old ntory ?tho ruin and disgrace Of a dupe.?Charleston Mercury. A person who was recently called into court for the purpose of proving the correctness of a dootor's bill, was asked by tho lawyer whether " tho doctor did not make several visit* after the patient was out of danger ?" " No," replied the witness, " I considered tho patient in danger as long as the doctor contiu* ued Lia visits!" ?. , i. ^pp??fl T - lw-n> i->ui4i -^inilTrh^m/rtr|>17 oomm^boAtbows. Correspondence of the ReoWV* Courier. ]S'?\r York, Feb. 6, 1WIH). A large tenement houso of six stories, situated on Kim .Street, hihI occupied by n largo number OT laborers with their families, was reduce'! to ilshes on the 4th inst., ami tlilrty hlimitU beings were j i..........i .1....1I. n..~ ...._.i - ? . I/MIUOU IV UV?iV<l> UllglllillW III II lHgllUr I store in tho basement, nnd betbro its discovery, ' had consumed the stairs, thereby cutting oil' alt j egress. The engines wore soon on the ground niul j the tii'eiiten sitccecdeO it? rescuing several persons, j but Iho flames hud inside too much headway, there- i by driving tile hapless tenants to the roof, The ladders reached but to lie third story, where a i mass of flames and dense smoke drovo tho gallant tireiuuU back. They were doomed?their last lion** hud arrived. 1? was nil awful ami heu>* rcmiuig ' sight, i:pon a root seventy feet f"Y., mo ground, thirty human beings were so; ? amidst tlie deathly flames, with frantic c": ...tosaud despairing shrieks I boseoching nssist ,uce. Tho a-alls commenced to ; totter, nnd in a few moments fell, with mi awful | crash, i lie wind ceased, and an appalling silcneo ] succeeded. A while tlamo enveloped tho ruins in j in a doath-likogarb; whilst tho smoke steamed far , away into the quiet sky, and thirty human beings | utj M UIIIP.1 \?i UiMUIVVI UVIIViilll (ilv I'll I UN. Jamkh Stki'iikxi*. the wil'o-inurdevcr, was quietly launched into eternity in t!ie yard of the Toombs, oil the -1th inst. He made a short speech returning thanks to hit) keeper ami spiritual adviser for ( their kindness, utul closed by stating (lint he was innocent. II. W. Rkkchku and daughter, Miss IIakrikt Stowk, delivered a lecture on the 5Jd inst.. at the Cooper Institute. Subject, " Woman's Rights."? " he attendance was poor. The fact is, the Yankee's are tired of this eternal talk about woman's rights, and the ladles are too content to tlirt near immense crinolines, promenade Hroadway, and talk endless nonsense, than to rage battles in which they i.re always vanquished. The Hon. Ctiaui.ks It. Kai.kn'rii. nnv mow mtniu. tor to Franco. is now at tlie Nesv York Hotel, ami wns serenaded Just evening. For the uso of those of your readers desiring to penetrate I lie future, I enclose the advert isciucnt of .Miss. Wkm.ixuton, who will be pleased to answer their queries for the usual feet?: "A Fortune for All?No Humbug.?Cio ye and see Miss Wellington, the great Knglish prophetess, the best of all and cannot be excelled. Can be ' consulted, personally or by letter, on all a flairs of ( life, love, courtship, property lost or stolen, law suits, journeys, hidden treasures ; drunken or unfaithful husbands reclaimed, at No. 1:2, Sixth street, j 1W>NXIVKT. Public Meeting-. At a meeting of the citizens of Pickens district, < held at Fair Piny, Feb Iti, i860, the following res- < olutiona were submitted and unanimously passed: Resolved, That the sense of this meeting cordially Approve of the proposition of a subscription of ( $50,000, by Pickens district, to the capital slock \ of the lllue Kidfrn Hnilriwitl i^ninmnu t ' ? i l ?"v Stat? makes furl Iter appropriation. Roaolved, Tluxt the l?o?nl of Commissioners of 1 Roads be requested to make t he said subscription, i and to submit it tor ratification to the voters of the ? district in pursuance of the net of the Legislature. | Resolved, That we will not only support the snjd aupseription, but uao our best influence to i induce our fellow citizens of the District also to 1 support it. Resolved, That wo tender our tbanks to Mr. ('. I'l i.i.iam. Ks<|., for bis active endeavors in 1 behalf of the enterprise, and recommend hint i and the statistics offered liv him in support of | the same, as sufficient to induce all who will bear , him to approve likewise of the said subscription. i uunaiicu i>y oruer. T. J. SLOAN. ! Dear Thompson1 : As a market is opened, nuil will perhaps l>e kept open fur years, for to- i baeco in tlio leaf in l'ickens District, permit me i through the columns of your valuable paper to furnish some instruction to those who may engago in its cultivation : To cotninencc then with the seed, a moist spot should he selected, (new ground is the best,) the leaves and trash taken off, and the ground burnt sufficiently hard to prevent any wild growth from springing up ; when cool, the coals and ashes should he shoved off and the ground dui* 111) to the dentil of two ioi>lin? i.ff ili" roots ami pulverize well with n rake; mix the seed with ashes and sow them regularly over [ the bed, In the proportion of a table-spoonful of | siit-u 10 nny sqnaro yards oJ surface. Tramp tlio bod closely all over, and cover it with any kind of leuflcsis brush. i Any time from tlio first of January to the . lirst of March will d<> to sow tobacco seed ; 1 prefer tlio middle of February. 1>. L. February Gih, 18(>0. Kon TilK OOUHIKllj I nin composed of 21 letter*. mtn h i ? My 14. (i, 20. K, 4. is a tlistingui^icTTrvorgiiin^^ My I t, 2, 0, <>, 15, 8, what all neighbor doJMfeg^if 5 My r>, 1 10. 2 4, is used in tisliiiig-^B^^pV^ My 17, 21, 18, 7, a preposition, %t*TlfiL -,.u-' My 12, 13, 28, 10, a point ol tlie if Mv l 1 r? ii t .. ^ .j . ..5 ?, .. muig tllillUtUH, 1. My 2H, lrt, 12, 12, JC>, a firm b'i'>slnnco,^Sfti^l? My 8, 2. ! a tiAeful instrument, My 22, 10, 12. ii noted river in I' f"] t |h< f < Slates. Nkw Oiu.kans, Feb. 11.?The steamship Arizonia, froiii Indianola and 15ra/.os Santiago, lias arrived, with Urowusville, Texas, dates to the 5th inst. A courier despatched by Col. Ford to Maj. llciutzleman reports that the. American steamer Rainbow was lired into thirty utiles above Ihowmvilleby a par- 1 tv of Mexicans, bearing a Mexican flag.? | Several shots were fired, and some of them nn.QSUv! ll?r* O*r?o CJ.-L *' , muiuiii;!, ouuscriueniiy, i a body of men on tbe Mexican side of the river fired at Col. Ford's company of rangers and dangerously wounded ono of bis men.? The Colonel ordered tbe fire to be returned, , and crossed tbo river into Mexican territory in pursuit. Captain Stoneman's company of dragoons have been reinforced, and bis command now numbers two hundred men. Tbo ?j- ?i *. -* - ui luuwuuoras continue, as formally, to sympathize with Cortinas and his band of uiarauaers. War is considered inevitable. CoMPMMKNTAllY SoiRRK.?The graceful compliment bestowed upon the daughter of Col. Meunningcr, by the young men of Richmond, is pronounced by the Enquirer to bo " one of tho most agreeable and briliant reunions of the season." Tho ball was given ut tho Ballard House. Says tho Enquire?: " Worthy received, modestly Juid gr^efully worn, happily conducted and agreeably ended the compliment. "While it. was a personal tribute to Mouth ( nrnlinn'o :* i n UUU^IIIlVI) Il> Wil.1 also a cordial testimony of our respect and love for the chivalry, independence and lofty patriotism of her people." I Advkhti'hino. ?Wo aro often amused at tho shifts resorted to by our northern brethren to pet tboir advertising dono for nothing-, or next to nothing, at tho South. Ono offers , to pay in printers' ink, another in jewelry, I (pinchbeck of eouree,) another in a trashy 1 naner. or niflmiilnn ? ? ' . , , - n 1 ? ?"??? "> aujUHIIg UUt | money, Hut tlio qneeriHt proposition wo! havo yet had was ouo this week to pay in I whiskey for 810 worth of Philadelphia addgfiu tising. Our friend of tho Raleigh HpifflH the Ago will doubtlean bo glad to kno<vfl^H \ wo deolino the operation ; we do not thitiffiflEf 3uitc as bad m tho dentist's offer to pay TH j rawing teeth.?FayettvUU Observer, I Short reckonings make long frieadn. I f rtr .'i * ' >...*T^^Ba-'wr-v -i Efkkct ok Railroads on Pr&pkuty. 1 The Railroad ltocord, published in Oincinnn- a ti, ntntcn th.it upon carefully examining thc V valuation of property in a large nuinhur of {jMfl tho coUntlcH of Ohio) it finds that the iu->^B orctuo In those having railroads is always donIde tho increu.se of tlioae having no railrdiuln thus proving conclusively that u largo part of the incrcufle ill tho State is due to railroads only. Enquiring into tho relative ofFttet-ot' the capital employed on one bund, and of tho inorensoof capital, it obtuiiiB tho following result: litoroAueof capital $4">O,OOO,OO0 Cost of road? 110,000,000 A prcebc bi,v.iilnr result is to be witnessed in Missouri. In 1S50 when the railroad syst?'u in that State was commenced, the taxable property in the State was 808,f>00,000, which, for tho sake of easy calculation, we will call 8100,000,000. In 1800, the taxable property in tho State is at least 8350,000,000. It has therefore increased in ten years, 8250,-' 000,000. Estimating the natural increase lint nrm)nnnrl l?v rnil**iv?#lj ??< #.??? *?..?? ' ..v? m ?...? vi.v?-j ??% ?w?i |A;i-.uulH JJlfT mmuin, tliis natural increase for teo year# would amount to$l00,000,000. Tlio remainder, 81 ~)0,000,000, would be the increase duo to tlio influence of tho railroads. We would tli on liavo these figures : Cost of roads S13O,OOO,OO0 Value of increased wealth produced by thorn 1 .">0,000,000 Profit 8120,000,000 Thk Mkxican Tukatv.?Washinoto.v, I-'ih. 11.?Sonor Ocamdo, th? Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mexico, is expected hero via Havana and Charleston, to consult with our (lovernmcut in rojjard t<> tho ponding treaty, and moro particularly in relation to tho free transit of merchandize. The Senate Committee were ready to report on the treaty Inst week, but want some Black Republican votes to effcct its passage. It is reported that Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina, r.ml Messrs. Hemphill and Wigfull, oC Texas, are not yet prepared to vote on tlio* treaty. This hesitation is caused by the question whether tlie Constitutional party is </et'ncto the (Jovcnnncnt of Mexico. ('or.. Mkmminokk.?The Mercury of tlio ^ 1 *{tli inst. says: Mr. Mcuuninger arrived safely in Charleston on Friday, lie expresses himself as completely overpowered by tho innumerable delicate attention ami marks of respect paid to South Carolina in tho person >f her Commissioner during his sojourn at Richmond. This gush of genuine good feeling and esteem on the part of the Old Dominion towards us, is highly gratifying. It gives ividenee, too, of what we never doubted?tho strong Southern predilections and affinities of her people, whatever bo their attachment to the Union and the course of Virginia in thopresent conjuncture of affairs. A OKNTf.KMAN of middle ape was attacked with delirium tremens, lie fought tho surrounding snakes for a few days, and then told lii.s friends that he was dead. He lay stretched upon the bed for some minutes, when ho iiro?w, walked into another room, and complained that lie had forgotten something in his will, lie added a codicil, requesting his employers to take his son into their employment us his succcssor in business, lie returned nirain to the rimin. it... v....i ...... "I"'" *?? <l"11 to began to rave because his body had been stolen, asserting that be bad left it upon tbo bed a few moments before, and some of tbe attendants bad taken it a way. Soon tbo stupor came over liim again, when he laid himself down, and the tongue thai had before so wildly insisted on its posse.-wr's decease, was stilled in tho Cold cnibnice of death. " I didn't say, your honor, that the defendant was intoxicated?no, not by any means? Hut this 1 will ftay, when last I saw him be win? wishing his fare in a mud puddle and drying it on tho door mat." j The question, " Why printers did not sue- 1 ceede as well as brewerswas answered :? " Because printers work for tho bend, and brewers for tho stomach ; and where twenty men have stomachs, but one has brains." A nkw Sr.ct.?" Well, June, this is a fjuccr word," said .Toe to his wife; a xect of women philosophers has just spnvnjr up "? "Indeed," fluid .Jane, "and what do they hold?" " The strangest thing in nature," Haiti JRj he, ".their tongues!" ? Ma hi: it: i), on Thursday llioftli inst., at the residence of lloboi't lnboll, by Itcv. S. Itdndl, Mr. Wm. 0. Mahktt to Minn Ji'i.ia Ihiiki.i., all of Pickon*. On tho Hlli Inst, by Thou. II. Ilojrgs, Kgq, Mr. 11. F Hou(i8 to Mis.s Hohalik II. WiLLAitn, nil of Picken.*. On (lie 12th in?l. by tho same, at Sharon Cluircli, j Mr Him.inr IIatkh, of Picken.s, to Miss Taditiia < i. itKNxii.vw, oi Aiiupmon. On t ho HMi inHf, by I ho fcwno, Mr Jon F. Fmitii to Mi?? M. Adamnk, tluugliter of the lato Joliu Ferguson, nil of l'ickens. I*i?l of* CoiiMi^neeH At Anderson l)f])ot, tccA* ending Fib. 11,18(50 B 1) Benson & Son. J O I,c\r!s, lllccklv & C, .) C Neville, W II Dend v A Co, [L. | Kngland & 1), .Tones & S, J Under. K K Alexander, .1 8 . Iiorton. J \V C, II Jj JelTors, Williitc A II, K A M, 11 F Cravton, 1) Mnver, .1 J Drown, ! A I'ngctt, H It R 11 Co, A P Old lion n, Slonn AT, w a l.'r.l/.n l? a.i ii... - ? ? i>u^vr, u ti .vuger, <i u i norn? ton. J 1$ K Sloan, A M Holland. J T S & S, W 11 JonPK, Monro & M. E W II, I W Taylor. A 0 N. W II I? (iaillard. C Suhlman, Sl-mn. S A Co, 1) A Kcyulor, J B Sloan. K Morrlo. S K May, j .1 B E Sloan & Co. A S M.iCHnton, II I) M'*nre,f Smith k II, A li Grant, L T Arpnld, J Schr"* dor, Jno Ilnvne, J M Partlow. I) Jenning*. W 5 Sharpo, liackot St> S, E 0 Poe. S B, jr, W S 6 (i F William*, P & Smith, 0 C Lnngiton, J S Murray. i O. 11- P. FA XT. Agent. TUB STATIC ()]-' SOTTII CAROLINA, IX OHDINAllY?I'lCKKNH. John Ilowcn, Fx'or, ? vn I Petition for final Rcttlcmtnl Thou. II llowen, ct.nl* ) IT appearing to tho Ordinary that the hois'' of W. II llowon, decea?od, (name* and nnw* hor unknown,) tho heirs at-'aw of Dorcns C?n nop, dccca*ed. (tinmen nnd number unknown.) Tlrnn... ? ** ? " " ...uii.itn >i. ?nv\'en, uoiieccii KobertHon, i> ? ftowcn, defendants in thi? c.n?rt. re?ide without the limits of this Stutot It l? ordered, therefore, that those severn! fthaontdofandHnt* do t?|>ponr in the Court of Ordinary, At Pickens Cour' limine, on Monday the 2l?t duy of Mny n?*1, to show cunso, if i\ny tho/ enn, why ft tinnl ?? ' tloniont of tho oMuto of john Jlowron, d^ccu** nhould not bo niftdo nl that time, und a decrf* thoroon pronounced. W. E. IIOLCOMBB, o.y.o. J fcjfr mo 3w_ Positive Notice. ' * 1 LL FER80TS8 Mebtid *o tho un<ftwffneV 71 tiicr by Note or Account, imuttro&ke JiwwdM payment; on their failure to do so. tb?y wlH ^ AllA/i {iiilU/ivtmUitlAU 11 -* ? ~f? 3m- ?i, 1*50 tT "