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. IffiJE J3I)URIJ?JL ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. tBUMS?pernnmtfr. in nJvnrtcc. If pnyhu'nt l?9 dol ?yci| mil il niter ilio ex|iir.A?i<>n of I lie your, $>'.!. For six luoJit lis, 7-"> contn in advance. U t):^*AilYerli^>iiK>iiK lii!*prti'<l ni (lie us.nil rules. - ?; PICKENS C. If., S. C.: Baturdp.y Morning, August 11, 1860. FOIl rilKSIDF.VP: HON. JOHN C. BHECXEN&IDGE, Of UKXTrOKV. ron vkm: ri;i:sii)KNT: GENERAL JOSEPH LANE, <!( ' OUKIliiN. Firo. AVo regret to learn Hint the residence of Mrs. >Ik<?k P. IiF.wm, near lVnilleton, was destroyed tiro o?i the morning of tho'-M instant, ni 4 ??o'clock. Most of the furniture wa" saved. The fire originated in the ifitchon, by accident, it is supposed. New AdvertisementsThe attention of the public is diroctcd to the new advertisements in this issue. The tJcrnitin Settlement Society offers desirable lands and lots f>?r calo. Mr. Towers desires certain persons to " tuko notice " of a thing or two. of importance to them. The Commissioner in Equity will sell good land on salcday next. Mr. Joaii Leh*is, Agont, offers Mrs. IIarton's valuable property for sale next Friday. The Administrator of the Estate of Maj. M. Mati.den avill auction oft' articlc.-, in much request. See these and other advertisements. Fa\*9rs. Our. neighbor, Mr. (linso.v, handed us this week a basket of delicious peaches, for which Jic lias our thanks. Mr. Gantt 1ms also laid us under obligations ^^^ior some fine fruit, poaches and apples. Mr. O. W. Massinuii.i. presented us. on Monday, with an ear ?f corn of the new crop. Our friends occasionally present to vis melons and fruit, and confcron us many other favors; which, if not always publicly acknowledged, is not the less appreciated. Abolition Fires in Texas. A despatch from Now Orleans, dated 2d inst, brings the startling now* from Texas that lire-, Jhe work of Abolition insurrectionists, still eonKinuc to devastate various portions of that State. Several large flouring and lumber mills were burned on the 20th ult. The loss is estimated at $IU0,(M0. The incendiary?a negro?was caught in the act of tiring a lvuiiding. lie con losses that lit* was instigated to ivumtiit tin? act by the Abolitionists \vlu> prowl around the sct* tlc:neuts. Sunday Ts one of the " institutions" of the l*n'tmctt>*. State. It is ompliuticully u d*y of sale,apon which tlic citizen comes up to- the chpilol of his district to-trade, exchange greetings with his neighbors, Jearn the "news of the day," and see his wouhlbc-rnlers from all parts deter mining who shall 'rule or nria." Monday lust was one of these days ! In troth, it was "nuo in a hundred." There were no salesThe crowd was lininerous, noisy and anxious.? 'The eleciiou" was the staple of the day, shaped And twisted to subserve the ends of those who were * " arming *' and "cajoling" the dear people! ? Phew', what a. business for grown-up folk to be engaged in ! There were some " spiritual manifestations," as usual; but not of such serious nature, art we have j -before witnessed. 'There was no concussing or bargaining or bail wbvii iiiiumuiicu, mcrjuuu;, nim iiic "" 1'CSl Ol I mankind" proaciTcd their temper admirably, and want their way rejoicing ! This was specially the "ft*" of tbo candidates. Trade of CharlestonEvery indication betokens that the fall trade of Charleston will be largor than usual. The health of the city was never ljett-cr, ?n<5 liopres Arc confidently expressed ttwit it l.rce??uapt from disease. The merchants import directly, nml can exhibit such stocks as must please the ] largest and most fastidious purchaser. The i lino of vessels, owned by Messrs. .Ions' Fraseu <tCo., plying between Charleston and Liverpool, has given a fresh impetus to direct trade, nnd stimulated every patriot in tbo important work of supporting it. Let our merchants buy in Charleston, and then let the public patronize those merchant*. Merchants and others will find in ti s number the advertisement of many of the w o esale .business men of Charleston, from who n fresh 4tnd good articles can be purchased 011 tl ? most .reasonable terms. The Postage Act. To bo found in another column, is cominend-.1 I > 1 .1 1 ! ? uu iu j/vonuuniuis mm my |)iiimio generally. Blue Ridge Mass Meeting The friends of the Blue llidgo Kailroad havo advertised a m iss meeting and barbecue to eoine off at Franklin, N. <J., 011 tho Plb September next. Distinguished gentlemen wdl bo present to address tho pooplo on that occasion. An Indian ball play, to bo participated in by twenty/our Indians, dressed in Turkish costume, will wind iip tho exorcises of tho day. Kveryhmly is invited to attend ! Wo trust that Pickens will (ill a place in the picture. The North Carolina Election. 'The oloction for Governor and members of the Legislature took place on'tho 2d August in this Stato. The question before tho peoplo w..s ono of Stato, and not federal, policy or politics. Tho question of Stato taxation, on the ad valorem l ; i?- - -- - J 1; I*)jrsinijj? uiu ipsurj. uiu iiiMiiucruiiis .candidate, was opposod ?.o this moasure; and Pool,, the oppositionist, favored it. Ku.is is reelected bv ft reduced majority, and the Legisla* taro is democratic. The returns tiro an yet. however. incomplete. Col. Wk, II. Thom as is elected to the Senate, and Col. J. It. Love, Jr, to the IIouso from Jackeon county. Dr.atn from Heat?-The New Orinnnp correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, under date of 25th July, says : Last week the heat was intense. Three hundred deaths during the seven days attest the territ?1? vigor of tho sun's rays. Forty-two persons died of sunstroko, and forty of apoplexy.? These, with a largo majority of the others, \royo all prodnced by the effects of the prolonged<tnd iqtojer&bjo not fpcJK _ A Paikpit. ItKConn?According to Edward Everett, the use of alcoholic bovoragc* co*ts tho United States directly in ton yearn $120,000,O00; has burnt op othor'wisc destroyed $5,000,000 vrorth of property ; dostroyed 300.000 livos; sent 250,000 to prison and 100,000 children to tho poor-houses; caused 15,000 murders and 5,000 suicides ; nnd bequeathed to tho country lt? 4HW,000 orphan children, Tho Canvass. The canvass fop urn!* in tho Legislature lu\s opened with spirit in several of tho districts, tho candidates taking tho Mump and giving their views on tho lending questions of the day. In Pickens, owing to l?cnl causes, soon to jiass j nwny. the canvass lias not vet n*Mim?d*tho iinI mirtnnno if lm? nl*r% w1?ni?r? The qiiontioiis of prominence l?of??r?- the people of tlio State. nri?; Aid to tlio IIIuc Rid*e Railroad, <lie free school yystem ; resistance. in tin* event that Lincoln, the Itltick republican candidate for tho Presidency, is elected : the j election of a U. S. Senator to succeed Mr. i IIamm.'XD, the flection of Hiu:<kk\j;iik:e ami i.axe. and giving tlio nlection of (J.ivernor and ! that of electors of President and \ ice President to the people. | A? usual. nncrie*. in some instances, are pot , to the candidate* like the following clipped from the Clarendon I hunter : I " i. i>? wiiu-ii winjr oi the pnrty, (convention i or niiti-coiivcution) ?!?> ym belong, and with which win? of the party will you net? If the lllaek Republican candidate is elected President, what ?ht von propose should he done? Do von think thnt further aid ?honld he given j to the completion of the Hlite Hidgc Railroad? i j State your reasons for or against, as your opin- ' i ion? may he. | What arc your views ns to the r>resent free school system ? There will ho nn election f>r United State* 1 | Senator : should 1 >t-= election turn upon a strictly ; | party vote. with which wing of the nnrty may j i your vote ho found recorded ? Voters." I Another question of more than'nsual moment ! I is being discussed by several of our Slate ex- j i exchanges, to wit: In what manner shall the ' ' taxes of the State and districts he assessed*? j In other words a strong preference is being ex- ' pressed f.ir t'?e <nl vi/orcni system, over the one now in force. More than u year ago. we expressed our belief in the justness of (lie ad I I, mm iii i: iihw IIIUII) ltrimy im- ) pressed than over tIt:it wo were then right. Ac1 cording to this system. each pcrsnH. nays a cort n i 11 percent, to l*> fixed by t l:t? Legislature, on his or Iter on tiro estate, real an<\ personal.? j Tlien, all wmilil hear the burdens of taxation i alike. Tlie adoption of lljis system would iiave ' tlio effect of reducing tlie atnount now paiil 1>v : | each individual, not by collecting a less sum. i | hut by making every thing share its proportion of the tax?property, money, etc, ctc. Farmer nnd Planter- . The August number is pun :tua'ly. on our table, filled with appropriate articles. The 1-ditorial department is presided over with ability j nnd tact. Published by 1L. M. SxOKKS, esq. at | $\ a year : Columbia. S. 0. State Action?A Word Contra. Tlio Clarendon linnntr, speaking of Col. Kr.irt's recent letter on politics, sfij-s "it !?:>s r.ll therpinJiiies t Iri t over chfcractori'es li is product ions? j earnestness, gracefulness and felicity of die- ' tion, richness of imagery and skill in presenting strong jioints. If the lllack Itepnli'.ienn nominee I is pUvyeil, lve ut^e-> resistance "nt all harards and to the lust ?\tre?*ity." I'ro?7\ fn-escnf nppearances of <he political hori/.on in nil probability lie w ill he j clecteil. The State of South Carolina will pet j wonderfully vexed. 'J'lie whole of the time of the ; ' next Legislature will he taken up with the discission of federal rolntions. (to the great detriment of loenl interests.) A convention will he called " to proteet the State from I It e dishonor of submission ! to l'daek lit publican rule. Ministers plcnipoteo- I liarv ftwd ambassadors e.t Virro.- will smii (r? oil I cotton Stales to counsel wil"h tlicm on ilic wrongs fit' the South. 'J'lic convention will meet, lnnrcli nj> the hill nnd (hen inarch clown ngain." After linvinj; resorted to that awful engine of warfare. j??tifir.lile e?*ly in great emergencies, the passing or piper resolutions, riiilt" "South Camirvts will lmve played out before high licnven nn?l "the res! of mankinil." a great fnrco, equalled nt least, if not surpassing the otio of J1 :i ! not tlie i Inspector (ieneral better he having an eve to the ' ordnance department Will not the saute cannon ' and ammunition that the appropriation of two hundred and lifty thousand dollars was then made to pure.has'o, now answer? It was said tlint. the acute Yankees w h<? e-ast ed Uiem aud for whose de Htruction they werr nrd-cred, so made then), *hni they would do tivorelvarin to the "chivalry" <ha? to the enemy. The Slate of South Carolina hntt called already o?e <o?vc?*.t'Kw *00 o>ia?iy. Let her j he careful before she calls anolher. When she j ilnoq lot if ho fni' a rmiMincn ???<! to fi?4 ?? tion brave rcsolvrs. Death or Hoy . Kkf.kif.i, Pickf.vs?Tlio Mo! bile Mcrcury ravs-. On last f?at?r<Sny week, wo went up tire Mobile and Ohio IViKroad, itt-eiun-, pany with (be lion. Iv/.okicl Pickens. lie was complaining of feeling unwell, and seemed quite j dispirited. The Kistrrn Clarion, of "iVednes- i day. brings us the mclanolMjJy intelligence of bis demise. That paper says: lion. Ezekiel Pickens died at bis resilience, ! in this county. Saturday morning last. Very few persons in this Statt and Alabama, who j have been for nnv lr>inrtl> >) timn fiinulioi- ?? ! !. I - j ; ? r> j t'to names of public men need to bo told who i Judge Pickens whs. For many yours a Judge'] of the Circuit Court of Alabama, lie removed to this State upon leaving the bench, and his ' name is well and widely known, both here and i there. The intelligence of his death will cause | a tolling 01 madness to one ki.ov," j him, for h? was possesse^, of the qualities of a good and honest man. and upright Judge, and a valuable citizen, l'eace to bis ashos and honor to his memory. K/.ekiel Pickens was n graduate of the South Carolina College, in lSl5, in the class with ! n? 11i i.- w... ii I .... Mi/iinrni, Willi I IIIU'V, *>111. I|. Inglcsby, and tlic l:\tc Dr. Tliop. Y. Simons, of Charleston. T!?o United States M^ul ftcamghlp North?rn Light, from Aspinwuil oft tho 25th ultimo, arrival] at Now York on Thursday. Ilcr advices from Cnlifornin. have been anticipated by the Overland Mail, but a fortnight's later no wo is received from the dift'eront Central I . .ml South American States. Intelligence <?f I the departure of Gen. AValker from New Or- | loans had reached (Jijntamala and Nicaragua. I and in tho latter Jtapnbtic the information bad j caused tho greatest excitement." It was bolieved that tho filibustering General would I attempt to land at Onion or Truxillo, in ll-m- I dnras. Piilvndnp l?ml Imnn ?Suiin.l i..? i I severe emthqunko pb'OeJcs, and a rumor j?rc- : vailed tlint tl*o town of Sun Vincent had Ixum \ destroyed. Our Minister to Costa Hiea. Hon. I | Alexander Diinitr^r?< lias sucocedcd tin con| eluding u treaty wjth tlio Qovornincnt of that country. The treaty provide* for the appointI mcnt of a Commissioner to settle nil claims against Costa, llica. New Grenada continues I in ft very disturbed state. No reliable ir.telliI ?on..a Aiin l.? C * 1 , ? VM.. W.sinmi-u 11 i>1 ll I in; I lltlTIIM'i Dili | ; it duo* not appear that ?ith#r of tho IvdJijjo- i ( rout |??>rt?? * is itf-rong Bong/h (o crush it? op- ! i ponnnt. YVnr hotwoen i'eru and ltolivia m j j supposed to bo inevitable. Nnn-in.orcnnri"C j 1 Ijetwoen the two Jtapublia*, ho injurious to the I trade of Bolivia, is strictly ifr)uintni?c?l. Mr. | j Clay lias not yet sncce?(f?d Sn procuring settlement of tho various American claims against the I'wrnvinn flovornmnnt. The lust mail from Kcuador reported that a hatlln hotwoo 11 tho rival parties under Floras nnd Vvttnr co, was imminant. Tho conflict has not yot taken place, hut it U still ' momentarily ex- j f^poctod." It oocmfl thut tho belligerents ?ro I 8omowhat afraid of cacti other. ' Johm Browm ^ Familv?'Tho sum of $G.lf>0, linn boon cotagjluiteil in tlio ffnitod States for tho benefit oiold Brown'* family, was distributed among thorn a fow days ago. Tlio widow ami throo mrjt^rt 11 children received $2,250, John Brown, Ji4.. $1,000, Watson Brown's widow $t<00, Win. Thompson's widow $500, and the others the balance. Mk Penningsaru^TTppIngs^^^^^] VRRAruiNOr-Ucv. Kdv?N V. Tliwlng *01 proncli ' nt tlio Stono Church on Snbballi evening next, nt 4 ; j o'clftt.!;, p. hi. Ram IT'X-stox?(Ion. Snm. Houston hn? writ- : on to liis friend* in Now York, under .ditto of , July 18, tlmt tlto movement favoring h's nicetion to tl>c Presidency heing strictly independ-* cnt nnd popular, lie will in no ense decline. Tiie U.WAnr.n Svrian Towns?Piwmseus l?n?? i? pOpnlntion of 1*20,000 iulmliitnnts?Zidilch, before it \viii *neked, contained 11,000 sonls. Dcircl Kiunir 7.000. (of whom 2 000 nro said to have been plain,) Iluslfoiva 0,000, nud llindiui 2,500. | Tne SrvrvTEr.N Ykar Locr*Ts?Tn tho ro^i >n of tho Lnhigh Ynllrv tlio seventeen yenr l<?1 ousts linvo nuiilo their appearance" during the present season in swarms. nod nro now passing nwnv. having completed their arrangements for tl.o next generation, which will be due in 1S77. Americans witii (Sariiialm? A considerable nnmlier of Amftrionns Imve joined tlionrinv of tinrihnldi. A young Yirgitiinn lofr Paris oil tho 11 tli nit., with n c>niiui?sion a* liontonTint ho had just reeoived from headquarters at i'u lermo. ( 't^TTOY?-Tho fntfil roooinle *,??-? nl rt'l tlie ports since the first of Soi'tomlier last, amount to 4,451,C97, against 3,08!,083 bales Inst year. Tiik (Iiif.at Kastkhxs Steam Power?Tt is stated that a careful computation shows tho steam power of tho (Irent Kastern steamship is rqonl to tho water power that drives tlie mills at Lowell. This gives an idea of the ' imon?o power of the steamer, equal to that required for the works of one of tjic great manufacturing cities of America. Vire tv St. J.ori??Tho extensive iron rftiling manufactory of McMorrv. Winkle. Ma yi? ? Co. wa? lmrnod on the 31st nlf. Loss $ 15,000 ; insured for $10,000 in city offices. Ma net i or T'epivkmf.nt-t-''Mndam,'' said a druggist tho other day, to a lady who was examining some cologne. " 1 assure yon it is an excellent article, and if yon will approximate .... < A>vuriuil > ! |milll|V.II< Id I 110 C.IICiOSCfl I orifice of tin* 1 m>I11 ?*. vim will pcrecive tlic truth | of my assertion." Tnr. Potato PfsnsK iv Trfi.avo?This disease has hoou mvauing the lip!'!-* <>.(' the onliro Sunt horn o?:i?t of Ireland. 'I'lio only hope fir the crop existed in the foot that lino, dry wOath* or might yet preserve it from destruction. Fell on i, TIoi'sr Stritk r.v Lkiutnivc ?A school house nt Marion, Lynn county. Iowa. \vn? struck hv li?;htiiit?*r last week. Friday, nml three out of seven children present wore iiistnnllv killed. The other four, with Miss KclU'gg. the teacher, were knocked senseless. Tuf. SfMMr.n or 1SfiO?The present summer promises to ho memorable for hurricanes, hail storms, hot weather, astronomical wonders.' fin ' unusual influx of Asiatic find Kurnjienn royaltv, and a sn|sirabundanco of Presidential candidates. Ov?nr M winim Pk wi.wto Si/ef.v Tonv.mr.n ? Hall's JiHirwil <>_!' Il^nlHi. which claims to I <* high authority in medical science, lias taken n stand against married people sleeping togo!I,or, Ixit thinksthoy lind hotter sleep in adjoining rooms. It savs that Kings and Queens do not sleep together, and why should other people ? 1? >y C?okkt> to Death irv a Pkiiiii.f.? A little son, ahont throe years old. of J. K. Uiordau. of Georgetown, < ;?., was aw\* suddenly killed one di'iT lust veek by swallowing a small j>c!? hie. It had a rock or pchhle in its mouth. anil while laughing. swallowed it. and was choked : to (.loath in a very few minutes. Dkath or an Ot.t) Sot.iur.it?Isaac. Chambers, 1 who fought in f!i<^ batik: of Xew Orleans, died 1 in Jell'erson c >untv. led-, Saturday night, aged sixty-sis years.. lie f. trmerly lived in liards- | town. Ky., and volunteered there for the jwar of ' 1 "). .. Twi\ SficinR?Two girl*. eonsins, ago! iif- I teen and S'xt?cn, h-ng'?tl th'-nisclves in J.ic;son comity. Iowa, recently, on account i.f loving ( the same man. I 'I'ifk Last JIw?The oldest living graduate ( of Vale College, Mr.' Joshua Pewov, of \Vate:> town, Xew York, is in Now Ihncn. nltending ( the cominciKiemont exercises. Ho ontcre I his ninety fourth year in April last, and enjoys his bodily ?nd mental "faculties to a rcmarkah'e do- 1 -pp Ml*. I )i?\vn v rlnuiiil^iio liimwl V.m?. somewhat changed since he 1??ft .ejlJogo seventy- .1 tliroe years ?go. Mictnt Ykiisw.?John A. Washington, YNq.. the former proprietor of Moijnt Vernon. has j formally transferred tho homo n..d grounds; to j the Ladies' M unit Vernon Association. Jlo is | still tho proprietor of a la "go portion of tin* | Mount Vernon estate. ITavdsomk (iirT?A nolde building f?r the | Yale College Scientific School is on the point of completion nt New Haven, Conneetion'f. nt i\ cost of ?50.000?the entire properly Using rt" ' gift from .Joseph K. Sheffield, Iwj. M miui sot? or Ma*. Ui iinr.i.v Cvnmngii am.? , The San Francisco OnUb'ti ih a. of June 17. no- I noiim-es the marriage of Mrs. 13ur?lul 1 Cunning- | Item, iu tlczt eity. lllOT .'.T St. 1 -v.'*- ? \ n>r.li attacked n mini- i her of houses <>f ill f.iinc on tin* night of t li o 2f?th. and destroyed property valued at ^o'),000.? Sixty-three ii iters were arrested. Avotiirr Stokm?A terrible tornado pnssod over Cooper's Point. N. ?J., last Thursday evening, 1 iy which three men lost their lives and three were seriously injured. CoxrirrjKiCAi'&o?Upwards of fifty eor.vie.ts escaped fmnrthe I'enitcntiary at Jolforaon City, Mo., on tho 23d. by bursting open the prison ;?Htc. In the melee, Deputy Warden Ritchie j was slightly injured. Three convicts were killed and seven seriously wounded. Ail the prisoners were re-captured except coven. Voi.untf.khs in Enoi.ano?" Volunteer " en titusinxm ha* reaolte?l mm clunn\.in Knglund, and at Hartlepool a corps'rtf ladies is regularly drilled in 1 infantry tactics by a Government sergeant. Conviction or a Mcrdkrer?Ferdinnr 1 MoOaskill, who was arrested in Toxas a short time since for the alleged murder of George Young, nt the J*cnsncola N'avy Yard. two year a ago. has l>cen found guilty of murder in tbo first degree. I'kwksyi.vania poutlcr?The Philadelphia I'fnwf/lraiiinn has ehnnged proprietor*?r-l)r. K. Morwita retiring, succeeded by John II. Brunner. il'lie Breckinridge and Lane (lag has | been hoisted. Low?The water in tho Alabama rivers Is : lower than it has been known for years before, j jMivigntiuti tor even tlto lightest draught Icits is very difficult. Nr.w Om.E \vs, Aug. l-r-Tho steamship La Crosse, for (JtilvoHton, exploded helow the city fo.dijy, killing four arid wounding throe pcreonn. The boat ami cargo are a total wvQck. Thp Joss id C-Altiiiuicd ill $C0,00Q. Kf.w Okf.taK8, July 31?Advices from Tpxa?, jiiRt roceivod liere, nnnounco the final ?upprc?wion of the Insurrectionary movements in Northern Texnf. Two of the prominent Abolition(eta had been hong by a Vigilance Committee, ' on tho.chargo of distributing arms among the ' npflrroe<". | Jt.v 4 Ff*?Tho 8upronio Court of Now York linn dcciiloil that nil mnrrinftc* that Imvo boon norformud I>y a Notary I'uhliu are illognl.? ThoiisuDiLs aro thus ilivorood, without exponpo of a Ruit. fino time for the (Hfcordnntu of that discordant city. hnudn thiil our Oonsu'-Generul, Mr. Towncoml lifts Qviuccd grent skill n* n ne?otmtor. The nrovfolnn tlmt Sotmtitnic* the President of the I nitod StutCH the referee on tlie part of Jupnn in tiny eulty sho mnv huve with foreign p >wcre Is regarded us one ??f tlic most signal triumph* yet tic)iieved in.diplnnuu'v. 'I'lio titnml weight, it Is wild. wliK'h it gives to this i oimtry in tho Orient enn sonrefcly l?e over catiu.nlcd. IVuinKns?A young tnnti giving hi* nnnn? .'s Win. '1'nvMr, has heun lately iirroptcd inthocity of Charleston. f >r nttempting t< |?n?!* *?ff? forged olieck, 011 n house iu New Orleans. Tlioso swindlers keep the polk-c quito busy. Nf.w Om.E\Y3, Aug. 2?It.i* now nseortniu- j oil tlmt nine persons were killed nn?l fxir wmin. <! *?! hv .the bojlor explosion yesKtrduy, 01: ban id mi- NiQiiiniioni ijnftrodso. X.iftiivit.i.K.'July 23? A fill electoral ticket was uoniiimUul l>\ the Douglas nml j men lo-ilav. William U. l\?lk ami II. M. Waii-rvon were chosen electors for the State at ?rge. SriciOE?Th?<s. Monroe Cory, n propiinent inorehant of New Ot leans. lately colhmiiteil suicide l>y hanging hiniHcir. C'au.-c?financial embariaHsmentM. KNrOVHAfSV.MKNT foil TIIK 15..'IK llllKJl. j Hah.lion.? \Vo eojy the following from the i Krntihliu, N. Obtcrrrr, of the 551st n!t. : { We learn flint the'engineers on the lvntion of the WrBtcrn extension of tlio X or'a Caro- I linn llni'road. are now at work f> t Scott's 1 Crock, miles from this place ami about the name distance. IVoni Xantr ,nla, in this i County, wlioro this road and ?ne Blue l'idge lioad intersect. Wo nr<; informed tlmt'^o considerably harriers t<> the easy buildup; of '> ro d have yet been 1'onn'd: It' tho/"' irtner location finds no greater in future, 0*.ui the experimental survey experienced, 'liis route will be most fa- | liv I lin wi'fl - ..P ? ? * - * -- 1 I w ? .V uruj 111 Pill y\IICI hence wc nay i > the ] >? ? ]>lo of South Carolina, press on with the ]>!uc llidjro Uoad. Within 2.> miles of l.-'ranklin and-IS of Clayton, (hi., you will i ;ot, with a railroad running from Mi&sissly'.i to the Atlantic Ocean. Tub Wkstf.ux Citors.?Onic.viso, Thursday. Au/ust 2, 13('?0.?Well's . ComDtrrcia/ fj.rprw t.o-ilay <rives the result | of t'i? wheat crop of >lSsjJ), ns marketed at this point. In flour, 7 11,5502 barrels; in wheat, S,04-2,-HiI bushels; to'd, equal to 12,408,071 bush V*, exceeding the receipts from the erop of 18 .">8 by 5,203. >f>0 bushels, hut. fallinir short of tlu)Si) frop the crop of 18f>7 by !},700,S^?0 bushels. Tho JJ.rpris* stakes its v. v . . v Iiuuiiiuu "it uiu til i n hi i/n; iilllil uf lliprediction, ilia' Chicn<>o will ruceive nearly if not quite lift y millions bushels of rrain, from the country, which peck its market here, in the year from .\u?*ust 1, 18(50, to Aujrust 1, 1801. Corn rt'cipts hero from the last crop have already rented twelve, million bushels. llcceipts of "e\v wliont arc already to be liberal, uid will soon be Jai'ire. Uaitist Stvtk (Jon vkntion .??This body convened 1. re on Friday lost. A larj?c | IlllinKftl* * ? 1 - - * 1 , wi ir-mra urn; Ml it LI mUlll'i;, Will j the session was unusunlly intern Sin;:. Hon. I. ]>. O'Noall was elected l'resi< cut, Rev. .< | (I. 1 jV lid in >n, Vice President., ILr Dr. Kraut- I ley, Secretary, and l'rof. ('. II.?. id.son, Trea- i surer. Wo believe the various .interests, IMucntional. Missionary, Sabbath J'oliool, &e., coining under (lie cognizance of i ic Conventitm, lia^} received a now inipetu from lliis inoolinsr. Rev. II. A. Duncan \vi tappointed Ajrent for the J'umiau I "diversify, and Hcv. .Mr. Dariran, A?iont for Sabbath > Schools.? Among tli. editorial ih'xh'nt/iir draw > t?>>or L>y (hi.*! occasion, we observe the n.n *.s of >J. i) it i.'^. f <! ? ? ? ! -. . ?? i/uii , i \ mikii wi i?i\j ' 'uiiiiih i ihd iicvi-.sv, Kev. .J. ?). hloiniivu', v iitov of the Sumter Dispatch, and Kev. \Y. B Carson, editor of tlio Southern llaptist. i on: M. Kiiig :i!i<] Judge A. (J. Mngrath, aro also in hue n. Th? l";n?v2UtioH adjourned oi-Ttiestiny evening, to meet next your in the 'own \ Lif Spartanburg. Tlio occasion tln'oUj v.out i lias been uno of great interest. ,[C tYc.utill'' JJnUrpHse. \ Josr.vii A. Woomv.\nn.?The Talladega(Aln.) Watchfowev says : llou. .J. A- Wowdw.ii'd, for many years t.lic , distinguished rrprofieirtatativo in IJongress from tho Columbia District. S. ('., hut nov a I'itiwiKif tJmphree, has declared his int ntion to support Breckinridge and Lane. 1>? 1 Xfifi Mr Wiwul iv'inl ivtio m cm ?\rw*vln*? ??P \ ? 1 ? - - <xy Iiilniurc, niul made in.*u:y efficient speech? i in his behalf ill A1"1wm?a. -11now fuvori the election of Jircckinriduc mid Lane, as the *epre.seniatives of (he only pnrty whoso pint: >vni cnuuriatiw purely Constitutional piiiicipfc' .s. Anoci South Cabomnians.?It is too common to hoar the people of the Puhi otto State summarily sot do>wn ius the oinbociin e-ft of till that is unreasonable and hot-hemleo ? J no toltowinjr paragraph, wliicli wolind jroing the rounds of (he Northern papers, thr >ws some lijjht on this subject: 'J'lie benevolent'Miss I >i t. whose pliTT *nthropic labors in behalf of the insane refe ct J much credit on her humanity, and ha >*c) been attended with wonderful Miecess, staU *, i in one of l.er publications* that in the Ne v Knpland States the proportion of the insnt o to the whole population is about one in 000 ; in the Middle States, one in 700 ; and in the Western States, one in li>00. 'J'hc most unfortunate is llhodc Island, where there is one to every 5051;'and the State less afflicted tin n all others with this calamity is South Can lina, where tTierc is but one insane parson rtoi every 6058. TunniFic SrnnM.?'Tntelligonco renched Philadelphia late Friday evening of tho oeeurrence of a destnwtivo tovnmln nf Pnninir'j Point, New Jersey, by which tlirce men were j killed nnd n large building destroyed. About i (be time the storm came up eight -men, em- | plyod by Messrs. 1 'ottM & Klett, mnnufnctu- | ing chemists, were engaged in nnd nbout a' largo building nt Cooper's Point, ono mile \ above Camden. Tbo men warned by it few , drops of rain, collected together under tbo 1 shelter of the tenement, engaged in talking, i when, in nn instant tho storm burst, and si- j multnneously tho immense building two hun- i drcd^foet long by thirty-six wide, *vas ft mass ! of ruins. llcucath the fallen timbers wore the former occupants; oC these throcr were killed outright, and three wcto seriously injured, and two wcjC badly wounded. Tii'O' nvOst intonso excitement prevailed in the vicinity but tho comparative* isolated position of the structure prevented any.pcrsoiyi, except those who happened to be in the vicinity, from witnessing the srtd effect#. Mr. Klett, one of tho partners of the firm was at r,uo extremity of tho building, in n small coUnting-room. Thedoorof this was blocked by tho falling timbers, and he and one or two yvho wcro with him osenped. jMu ?OR TUB KFOWKIt COI UIKll. Yonng Men. Mr. Ri/itor: Suffer me to nmUc a few rcniarku J in reference to tlie manner in wMch young i men" nrr (routed ,n pome of tlio PHtriotR of our Btnte. ll i? R *t range, but nercrlliele?(?'* lanientnblc fact, tlirtt "young men" are considered ?: mere "hovg" unlit their hatl* becomes sprinkled with grey. Our citiv.ens would r.itlier place nu oflico of trust mid dignity-in the hands of a comparative stranger?one of wliom they know very I Utile-?than to place it in (lie hinds of one whom they linvo known from child-hood, knowing his fiiillsns well nt his merits. Is il because his faults preponderate ? t?\? they fenr to trust him ?ith rtn of.icc of responsibility?not in every instance, ] even in this "fast age." As soon as it young man's tin mo is mentioned in connection with a seat in the Legislature, or in eounection with any oftice. theory is ruined, "he j is looynnng"?no other otijcotlon is urged against ' him?lie lias talents of a high order?is n scholar, ; n gentleman, is moral and steady enough?I lit. my dear sir. lie is too* young." How is ho to learn experience ? NVe venture lo say that if his bark is not launched at nn early day. whilst ambition throb* throughout his frame with every pulsation he will never ntako a man suitable to be entrusted with ani/ ; ollioc. Whilst young, 'tis llrfl sweel and alluring ' liolio of I'aino llinl loads him on " eonniiorinir. and i to conqubr"?tiinl serves as a compass to steer liim " right but, when old tint) broken ?lowu liy I lie cares and storms ol' life, il' elevated to any office, what is his first inquiry? " I >oes it pay ? Whilst in office his thoughts are continually revnrtiag to hix Inline, to hi a crops, to hi* horses, to hit hogs?lie does net think much of his constituents or of Ih'ir interests?I.e will be too obi when his term expires to run" again. It is-ultFev?Mit with the "young man "?he, if elected, tirst sips the delightful draught. from the golden cbalice of Koine, mul with every sip lie bocomes more intoxicated with its allurements. lie feels that the eves of li is country, of his State, of Rio world, nro upon him, Aiul the encouraging soiiles of tiro "lovely fair" are continually before hijjLga/.e, and urges him on to battle tor bis country im<T his country's interest??for all that lie holds dear nlid sacred. No mercenary aim inspires him. 'Tis Fame, 'tis Ambition?and with youth, health and vigor lie bounds ftlotig?not with a crutch, and t body diseased and impaired does he liwbVile n)r?ng. ; with the "almighty doihir" alone in view?hut. j with encouraging untiles prrliaps a long life liefore j liini, and ow more round in the ladder of Fame to I Iio reached, Ito makes his motto aK^?lsioi'"? nnd still poes on. With these nrdent impulses, why in >1 tliuk our citizen* endeavor to keep liim buck? why do I hoy not mete out praise to him when deserving? A Ins! they forget that they were once voting?they forpet what hopes and aspirations thrilled their voting hearts when they first stood upon the threshold of young manhood, lias the yonnjj lit'? VJ??>d hoconio so chilled in their veins as to render them sordid -and ?clfwh v--to urge always to their lips, when they behoUl a voting nspirant for populnr suffrage. the cry?' lie is too young !"' l.et them remember what Washington wa;?, when a young nmn ; nnd. with .proper encouragement. ?Ucy may yet develop many NYashingtons, hmiiv I'alhcnns! Keep lmek the ery " he is too young "?K'vr 'din a trial ? hid hint (Cod speed?ami we Warrant, thwt, in n'ter years the old men will look hack with.pride upon their performanre. when, first elevated |/> an oilier of dignity nnd lrn?l, as a " Young Man " If a ' Plain Man'' will ciuse the citizens to lay a. ido this objection lie will always 1*? enabled to make out a "full ticket " from tho.w who are both will'tig nr.d cannlde to ?evvo tiie district with honor and fidelity Yours. 8'rnrx. i??wi? j twiwwmitimf tut IjKT i s J'iikvauk vott tiik Wottis't".?The n .'Ml W iti l'ufMliav \l iliw Miviw.1n.lnt! l.Io omwv.Ji 1 at (lie ratification meeting in Charleston, with those words : " If, the coining con tost with JJlaek IJepublicanism and seclionnl domination. Tietory should porch upon the banners of Urvekinrid;jo nnd Lane, t!iorc is a chance fbr al least si temporary vespite from frcosnil agitation.? Tim wnvo of uiiti-gluvcry hostility may ho temporarily stayed. Hot what it' they ?vo.flefcatt'd, and Lincoln ,and his " irropiVKviblc conflict," nnd " hij*Uor-h?w," Conytitutionijrnoriup party clcctod to rule over us?? What then ? South Carolinians, what then ? Will yoti allow a sectional, fanatical party, whose creed i* hatred of the Smith?the only cement of whose heterogeneous mass is animosity to slaveholders?will you suflVrsuch a i. .1 ?_ gMtlij ."IIMl llliril IU t'.'MilUII.'Ml I 11 *' 1 I UJ) IIIl^L) over you ? WiH you thus allow the old i'almctto Stnto to bo degraded from her position as the equal of every other .State in the Confederacy '{ J f so, I would sty to you : Forget Fort Moultrie; forget Kings Mountain; forget Kutuw?the gloric.t of which my friend has so eloquently portrayed; for their memory will be u burning weight in your hearts, and will cover the faces of your women with the mnntle of shame ! I nm very chary of seeing the South pnsr "'resolutions." They accomplish nothing.?. Frequently mean nothing. In trnth, have I come to be regarded very much like the cry of "wolf!" Let us "resolve" less and do j more. I am sick at heart of the endless talk I and bluster of the South. If we are in carn| est, let us act. Above all, I am weary of these 1 | ete:v?:?l Mtompts to hold out the olive branch, j i when we ought rather to be preparing to grasp ! the sword. Hut why should I snymoro? Tho question is with you. It is for you to decide?you, the descendants of the men ot *78?the coun* ... r ii_ _.i 1 t * . ? iijiui-u <11 ino men who neipeu 10 frame the Constitution?of tho men who more than once, i on " more questions of abstract right," livli) i out to tho North tlic alternative, " ihfvcqual rights of South Carolina, or no Union it in i for you to decide whether you will be content to live under a Oovornment in which yon would bo no lunger equals, but Hubjugatcd vassals t" , 1'msT "Hawks.?A somewhat. extended I observation nnd a solitary experience, have | convinced us that first babies have a hard time. Parents must have two or three children before they know what a baby is, knowhow to treat it, ami aeouirn nntion/?<* tnfR cient to treat it properly. 'J'ho poor little fellowH that 'have the misfortune to coinc along fivat have to cducate parents to tlieir tisk, and in the process they pet spanked, j and shaken, and abused. After a man has \irco or four children, ho 1 emits that whip- | ping, or striking n child less than two years i of ngo, is barbarism. "NVo know ono " paternal bond " who struck his first child when . only six weeks old, the ass actually believing j that the child knew better than to cry4 nnd ! that lie stopped crying nt t,hnt particular time | bocanno he struck liiin. We carry certain | notions of children nnd of family provernoient i into married life, nnd tlie first child is nlwnys ' tho victim of tlieso notions. And not nlono ) of these, for the nnrcnts hnvn 1rtnr..?.i i self-control, and a baby is whipped quite n* often because the parent is impatient or angry, ns becuuse it Ia vicious nr intractable. \\t> infiiet on onr first children the flogging* wo ought to hnvo for our own impaticneo or fretfulness. Thju.poinding children beforo they bccoipc, in God's eyo, morally responsible beings, is very slrango business. Patienco, good people?^tnwearying patience! Don't wait to lenrn it until one of yotir little ones ishall be hidden under Ihc daisies ! La . t arrived here lo-day, nnd is lodged nt BnriiituiV. Ihi trna-sorenaded ut half-past-ten o'clock by 1 lie Zouaves' band, of Chicago.? fIo fifcechtud himself on tlio bidcony, nnd was warmly grcctdl. Ilo spoko <froi?i fifteen to twenty niiruite*. Jlu nrguod thrtt thevo could be no middle ground in the Presidential conte; t, either Tfreckinridge or Lincoln must bo cleeted. Th6 former, io said, will ho sustained by all reliable Democratic State*, lie denounced Douglas as a disorganized nnd disturber, who. in the name of the Pcmoera cy, fought to destroy the party mid overthrow tiic Constitution. Ifo urged t 1m* nomocracy Sf Maryland to rally to the support of tho country :is they did in ISoJ. :iii'l to domand tlio withdrawal of iVmjl.is, who was only in "" the field as a promoter of the election of Lin coin. Tub Onnftrd stMnnhip Asi:i, from I/.vorpool on (lie 2l?4 nnd Queciistown on the 22d u!t., nrrived nt New York, Tliursdny niter_.i. i i A! i- i i mmn. nvr uuricyn niivo necii hiiiici|>:iic<i i>y tho I'rinco Albert at-St. Julius. Account* from Italy nro of nn important character.? CSaribaldi wns daily receiving lnrgo reinforcements, ttnil, it is said, his preparations for renewing the \r:?r fro now eompleto. Tho disaffection of the officers of the Neapolitan navy is so great lis to be n serious danger to the (Sovcrnnicnt. Tho 1'arin Mom'tfiir has officially announced that in coiiscqiicncc of t' e d< pluruble events in h')iia. the "Kwporor* ot "the French has deemed it his duty "to ? e.oinniunicutc his views without delay to tho Cabinets of the other great powers nnd to J lie INrt'to. in order to concert the measures \v 11ii 11 i?rtin!i'inl M It tii .v .r, vcil that a large French force will be sent to Syria. 1 >II1 NO IT V(>l!It liOOSK OwANflK. TllO Nashville I Mi ih/ Gazette of Thursday has thc? follow' g: A responsible"gentleman in Kentucky requests ns to give publication to the following proposition: 10 cents that Lincoln don't carry Tcnncs, sco. TO cents that Bm-kinvidgo gets more,votes in Twiessee than Lincoln. JO r mts tliMt Hell gets more votes in Tennessee than Lincoln. 10 cents that Pouglaa gets more votes in >"* Tennessee than Lincoln. 10 cents-that Lincoln don't get a majority of votes in the electoral eollegc from tho- | southern ntatts. 10 cents that he ilon't enrfy one Southern Str.to. U'lic ahovc amounts to bo taken together.? Proposition open until 12 o'clock to day.?rdown. Conic ?>ii \vitl< your Hpondulieks, or forever after hold your pea<fc. Ilonuoits (iv tiik Ci-viii War in Vexkkl'ki.a.?Civil war in the most horrihlo shape is now prevailing in Venezuela ?.<* in Syria, as the following brief letter in tho Journal i/t" Commerce, dated l.jaj;nayra, Juno 20th, will show : Your readers have no doubt heard inanv ^ accounts of the civil war in this unfortunate? f?AI1 lltri' lillf ??*?! Ann !?" .Jn.n..... ......... , , m/? viib n/iitvii \ * 4 ?nvi uin? nnd disnsters nre genomlly known. The rn- 1 nil districts lwvo most awfully suffered, in I the biirnin.tr of villages and houses, des- I troving plantations, nml the cold blooded 1 murders, rapes und assassinations wantonly I perpetrated. I TllK fioon WlFK.?She never crosseth her i y* husband in the spring-tido of Jtis antrcr, but ^ >it-iy.s tin n'tie coning water, and rhon mildly she argufcs the matter, not to much to condemn \ him ns to acquit "herself. Truly men, eon- i traty to iron, are worst to bo wrought, upon m when they are hot. and are far more tractably. * 1 in eold blood. It is an observation of seamen, I that if a single meteor or lire-ball falls on their nmst, it portends ill luck, but if two como together they pr< s >?e good success". lJo sure in a family it bodeth most bad when two tire-balls, husband's and wife's anger, coino both together. Mahrikii, on tlio tifh Mny liu?l. by Lkonahi? Rocikus. Kuq., %lr. Jaiihs Wood to Miss Mautiia. ' Ubad. nil of lMckcns. __ I On the ItMli July, nil., by tlie snme, Mr. Wm. 11. * Whitmiuk. to Miss S a it.mi, daughter of Mr. Hennet t .Mood/, nil of lMckeim. On ttso ~d iastnnt, by Hov. T. 11. Mnuldrn. Mr. W. U\ Janm, of IMckens, to Miss 1). 8. It cu r, of Pranklln onunty, (In. Printer's received. Muy Imppiucss timl V* 1 prosperity nltend them. W> : ?iaTO^vV Dti:r>. nl his"frsldenre in IMcJicr.s District, on tho . , -A? I _<4 A 1131ml 1 inwi.. ,1. ..., I ? yenr of Ms ngc. The decchSP'* ,al| ft Dative of iho dixtrict, nntl one of it" ?a( respectable citiicnp. Mr. Tkhktm rt nigh appreciation of all Ibosc* v-onttiituling a gcutUvn>??. IIc wns strictly honest, ?utl punctual in nil bis engagements.? I.ilicrnl by m*ti(ro, bis circnmstanera ennbb ?l him to minister to the vinl! of the p?>or: many If whom trill Mnctrely mourn bin (Iktm*. He *?> Vintl and invlulj?mt to his family, ami loreil by them in rrturn, lie wa* irn exemplary neighbor. l!e wn.i t inflexible in lun devotion' to liis friend* ?n'! country, nnd neYt>r allowed nn bo?.o""ble opporiiv: nily to pass without furthering ?Ut> intercuts of lb^ one, or advocating tho cause of I lie oihoi\ Thy* has patted away. ono rii>e in yours and g?o?\ wt>i iit? ; mourned devotedly by nU fatuity, hit relative?, nml a wide circlo of friend*. * I' '.' ' " ' 1 < 11 A Card. Mr. Editor: A1Ia? hiiuiiiii iii'! roillllins 01 J your pnper, lorcliirtt my thnnkn lo "voter*" for J the Announcementul' inv nnma as n cfindidnto for lite next Legislature, nnd lo other friend* who Iihtu f iriiicl given nte many nsaurnncea of h?ij>j?'oi-i. Whilot I 1 feel ihnt xncii n comnlinK-nt |o oiiu of my ngo | and inexperience, i? niHleecrvcd. Mill 1 highly a|?| predate the molivo llant T?romrteil Mirli nn " i sion or conHflence anil good wiH. Put through conrtcsy lo tlic gentlemen who have ro long been in the fiolil. and with the lirofmctice Mini our Uifliirl j I shouhl be rfpTOHiit((l in tlie j>roHchitip crif-lB of ] political nffrtiiB b^ nirn of inriuuer judgment and | Wisdom, I fool constrained? most I decline. with the nxnurnnce of u villingncsHnt nny J future time, to contributo (if reqvlred.) my fecblo 1 aerricN In promoting tho intrreotH of my District mid FtatA. ?. W. KU.PATrtM'K. A npiift "ft, IffiA. Notion 4 PNiltATIO?) will bo in*do to llie T,rgUlnture, i\ ?t ilR next fSMlon. for an net to IncorpornH Hii liln'nl (l'rcfb/tcrlun) Church, In IMckensiliMrict Aug. ft. iMr 2 . ?m Till', STATU OK SOUTH CAjliOLlNA, I'JCKKNS Dlf-TIUT. *^T"OTICK in horcljy given Ibil from nml of J.1 tor throe month* from tlii* I will | trmifaot lmnirio** gonemlly Sn my ovrn nnroe, I n? I intend nt thnt time avniting myself of ll*? F provision* of the law mrfVirig " f?i?e? covert" I free dealers. j \ MI01>A MACLDIN. \ Wife of Maulton Mnuldin of tlw> plnco i uniri. Au?, 0, |f*G0 2 3u?f " .. ". * j , ,