Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r Trite OTMHQmEi ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TERMS?$1.50 per annum, in advance. If payment ho delayed until after tlic expiration of I lie year. $'J. For six months, 7cents in ndvaucc. \ilvertmoments inserted at the usual rates. PICKENS C. 11., S. C.: Saturday Morning, December 1, I860. The ElectionFor delegates to the Convention, hikes place on Thursday nest. Wo trust that ?lie people win vuru out, ana cast tlioir votes for thoso best calculated to represent them. It is the most important election that has been ordered for many years. PersonalMr. J. T. [jVTTa, who, for some years has been residing in New .Jersey, for the benefit of i his health, has returned to his residence near Pendleton, to share the perils which now sur ^ round his native State. ^ Col. I ins* MoCn.i.oi:<;u, of Texas fame, is in | Columbia, ready to take part in the adranco of < the .State. Speech from Mr- Pulliain. Wo learn from the Anderson Gazette, that on ' Friday evening last our talented young Kcprc- -j sentative, Z. C. Pulliam, Esq. spoke at that t place. The Gazette says ho delivered a speech ' which, though short, wes able and to the noint. r Ifc thought Pickens would ho in the front ( ranks in sustaining tho notion of South Caroli- s nu or the Southern States. 1 jj Public Meetings. r Rentiers arc referred to the lirst page for the proceedings of a public meeting at Fair Play, j for the organization of a strong volunteer corps, v etc. Well dono for Fair Play ! To-day, at llaehelor's Retreat, a political ? meeting will he held. We regret our inability ti bo to present. On Monday next, at Pickensville, according J' nrnvinna - *' *' *' I.umi, UIU v-HI/.lll.l Ul II1C (USU'lCt 1 s will assemble to hear discussion on the topics o of the day. j s At Col. 11.vcooii's, on Thursday the Gtli I>e- ] f ccmbcr, instant, an effort will he made to raise ! a a company of Minuto Men. Maj. 1Iai>i>en is o is expected to address the people on the occasion. " Fatal Shooting. "We "grot to learn that an Italian, known by " the name of ftutcho, shot Mr. Tuos. W. Hauri- ti hox, of this District, at Pendleton, on Friday i '' night, 23d ult. 1 r a it it i son lived about an hour. |'j fiuiir.ho has heen cominitti'd to the iail of Anilor- : ..i son District. Wo learn that o(torts are being I made to bail him. We arc not sufficiently ae- ' quaintcd with the particulars of the shooting to ]| give them, even if it were prudent to 'do .so. | ti - | 01 Mass Meeting at Pendleton' | *1 Tho mass mce/Ufg at Pondlcton, on Friday j '' the 2u?i wit, was well attended, taking into ae- ] l, count the inclemency of the weather. ' e The people assembled in the Presbyterian! church, when Messrs. Ciiksnlt and 15 yce ; made able speeches. Both gentlemen took ( si st mg ground for immediate State action. j rt Col. A'smroiu: spoke for a few minutes in his | i\ happy strain, advising prompt and ofToo- tj ction l?y the State. tl was received with rounds of an- ^ i . , 1 'o spoke with much feeling, saving long-looked for co-operation of the ?l I 'I itcs was at hand, and lie would now jssion. Ho paid a handsome tribute I ind called for " tliree cheers" for el re given ill the best spirit. The 'n r, ho said, was more interested i I g| '" n the slaveholder ; because, i C(> ' md tlioy eventually ; cu in the Cnion) they ! *l? compcuiion witti tlicrcby reduce tow that tho ,u I poor house, m; II o would 11^ w' [ J . .... hi c<|iiiilitiv between ; '' , ? ut'.rcr woulil submit toAuch equal- ' .quality at tho ballot box and tiury box, ami at tho witness stand. * | , Col. Ork advised that moderate, prudent i ounsels should prevail in the present emergen* V , but was fur prompt, decidod action. His ( s barks wen/ listened to moat attentively, and , Vivod with great applause. * I'liO ladies evinced their interest in the cause ( by attendance in handsome numbers. I' In tit i, t Will 1 in I'lioi'ii i vr-i* r.i'i^nn prtil tn \v*liit*li ' ample justice was done. Flags were Hying sif. prominent, points, bear- j ing appropriate inscriptions. Cockades were *1 also quite numerous. At nigitf-, tlie corps of Minute Men, under ' command otv Col Gwvnne, passed through the street*, and called for Hon. W. W. Boyck, at Bowden's Hotel, who made a first-rate specch ? on the occasion. Liberty Pole. Our citizens, on Thursday, raised a liberty pole, in front of the Court House, bearing a large blue flag. The design is very pretty.? " South Carolina " and the "Lone Stai" are first?then " Room for more," with a cluster of stars : and beneath the words?" A Southern V Confederacy." i? Mai. IIaddkx, being called on, made a few pertinent and eloquent remarks on the occasion. Declination. Mr. Samlf.i, Lovingood requests us to say that ho is not a candidate for the Convention, and return his thanks for the honorable manner in which his name lias been announced. Greenville At a largo public meeting held at Grocnvillo Court House, on Saturday the 10th ult, the following gentlemen were nominated as candidates Mm Cnnvmitwin Kcv. C. Furinan, Col. W. II. Campbell, Dr. James Harrison,P. K. Duncan, Gen. W. K. Enslcy. CongressThe second Session of the thirty-third Congress commoncea on Monday, the 3d of Doccm her, instant. Deo 1,1 nations?Wo learn from tho C'uiirir.i that tho Hon. W F Colcock, Gen. Schnicrh and C M Furman, positively doclino boin^ean ? ? - ? .? - ci. , - t \ n? i __ (lldatOH tor llio OlftlC v>oiivenuoii irum vuuriua ton. Mr. Colcock, noting upon tho advice o many merchants and centlomen of the city has determined to remain for the present at tli head of the Custom House organisation. Mr Furinnn deems a seat in tlie Convention as in oompatible with his responsible and importan duties ?s Vromdont of the Bank of the State. Fort Kearnet. Nov. }0?Advices from Co.1 . fornia to tho 8th inst., stu^o that tjio Prosider tial eleotion reports aro very contradictory.Tho Pouglasitos and Lincolnites both claim plurality. Tho total tote cast is 96,000. ' Our Representatives In Congress. Such of our Representatives, as have not resigned, have returned to Washington, and I will take their scut* in Congress. They hnvn ' heon advised to this course by the Southern members, who desire to confer with theni on the subject of the formation of a Southern ConC...I? r. i- i vuviHi;v. 11 iiwm noon consmercu important, too, that our members should l>o present to use their influence on the President-, who, it is rc 1 ported, wiU now oppose secession by force. Co]. Asiimore lifts returned to Washington; and, on this account, has not been aide to canvass our District as lie intended to do. Col. Our ' is also closely engaged speaking in Anderson Hist riot. The Legislature. Tho Legislature of South Carolina, convened ) in regular session, on Monday last, in Columbia. " In tho Senate, tho joint committee on the ' military of the Senate and tho House, to whom it was referred at the extra session of the Leg- t, islaturc, to report to their respective Houses, on r tho lirst dav of the re-iiscemldinrr t imi-iw.f .. ?vt.... - t - ?? I'lUM yj Pur arming tlio State, anil organizing a perma- | nent military Imrean, ask leave to say they % have performed the duty assigned them. They , prc-ent the accompanying bill, and recommend e that it do pass : A Kit.i. to l'.sr.vni.isu a Hoard ok OunxAsrv: asi> ' an OunsAXcr. lit'ntu', and kou otiikk l'ritro- C SKS. I. 15e it enacted by tlio Senate and House of llcpresentativos, now met nn<l sitting in General . \ssen?bly an?l by the authority of the same, That a Hoard of Ordnance be ami is hereby es- [ ablishcd, to consist of the Governor of this Stale, J iiu mijuiani and inspector Wenctnl. the Ordnance 1 )lliee, hereinafter provided, and tlirec other per- < ons, to he appointed by the Governor, nnd that lovornor he, cx-ojfh'io. President of said Hoard, my four of whom shall constitute a quorum.? \iiil it shall he the duty of the saiil Hoard to ex- ' iinine the condition of all ordnance small nv < '. ?. 1 irdnanco stores, ammunition, pun carriages and 1 ither equipments, shot, shell, &< ., belonging to he State; and for this purpose, they shall have c lower to call upon all other officers of tho Stale. " rho have such matters in charge, for reports on j he condition, location &c.. of such articles; ami t lie said Hoard shall have ncces-s to the arsenals, | lagnzincs and other depots <if the State, at such | imes ns they shall deem proper. II. That tin? said Hoard shall take the proper | H icans, and make appropriate arranecinem for I 8 lie preservation and safe keeping the ait'lievy, j 3 mall arms, equipments aiul munitions of war, kc., ! 1 f the Stale, and for ilie storage anil other dispo- I K nl of them: ami for this purpose may employ orps of guards for the arsenals and magazines lid armories, to keep in goo'l order such ordnance, rms, &o. To defray this expenditure, Ihe sum | 1 f dollars shall he annually added to the i lit ary contingent fund and he.distributed under ' ] ic supervision of the (iovernor. | i 111. That the said Hoard shall disburse the funds c hich may bo provided or appropriated by the s egislaturc at this term, or from time to time, for ic purpose, and placed at the disposal of the oaru, in I lie purchase (if such improved tiro- | ' nns, ordnance nn<l munitions of war as may be J ucmcdexpedieat by them; ami the said purchase i linll ''0 under tlio direction find control of the said j t toard. 1 I IV. Tbnt ilie small lire-arms purchased and | ;i rovided under this Act, shall n<it lie given out to \ in ordinary militia or to the volunteer orgnnizaons of the State, except when drafted. ordered nt or enrolled for a term of n-tn il servieo, or Cor ' ;>ecial duty, at the end of which time tlioy shall e returned to the dispensing officer and restored . i i > - - ' . ....... ..rr.w^. i.uc in j iic noaru oi ur<iniico shall provide the proper regulations to tlii* lid. '' V. That tlie said Board of Ordinance shall be tthorized to enjjajie a tit nnd competent oriliinco oflicer. who shall t>o rx officio a member of '' lid Hoard, and who shall open an Ordinance llu- Ci :au, inspect all arms ami ordinances purchased a y the direction of the Hoard, organize an Ordi- *1 Don:* rf inoiil 11 i- ' - 1 , , .. .Ill Mil II IIC V <IU - I | 1 es ns inny be designated by tlie suid Hoard; nnd j o in said officer shall have tlic rank of a Colonel of jf rtillorv. shall be commissioned by I lie (iovernur vi j such, shall In- subject as such to be tried. rep- Y inanded, fined or cashiered by couvt-martial, for li tlinquencies of duty, in (lie same manner a-; oilier n llieers of bis grade, and shall receive a salary at g ie rate of three thoiisnnd dollars per annum, lie j lay employ a Clerk, (subject to his removal for in- j Oiciency or bad conduct.) at a salary not exceed- s:i g one thousand dollars per annum. le VI. That the said Hoard shall make to the I.e- tli .sintore, at each session, a report of their pro- 1 $ ... vn.iv.-i .1 jiuiim: or private commnni- lv ion, as may .seem to tliom most expedient for ^ e public service. \ 11. That tlic said Board be and are hereby anorized to employ a scientific and competent Mill- -sii i'y Kngineur, who shall, as soon as possible, i ike nn c:<amina(fwn of the coast of the Stale. ' \\{ tb a view to (Iio^^fcncc of the' same, and make j ;-il ' *> said Hoard, at lo flic I?1 ~sl !i plans for the ? report or . >? <?? points which may need dclcnce, >> same. t N The House was organized and procceuwu t > business. v Mr. Lucas presented the memorial ot lv. , Douglas Co.. for an net of incorporation of n ' 1 L'ity Railroad Company in the city of Charleston. 1 Mr. I\ipe offered the following: I 1 If, solved. That it he referred to the Commit- 1 tec on the Military to inquire into the cxportion- 1 ey of providing a coast police for the State of j South Carolina; anil for that purpose, how j 1 many vessel*, whether propelled l?v steam or oth- 1 crwise, would he necessary ; and how armi-d so as to secure the efficient protection of the inlets and harbors of said coast. Resolution considered and agreed to. Mr. Simonton gave notice of a bill to organize a rural police. Mr. Cunningham, from the Committee on MilWnr.' ,?n, rrkrvnvt on t\ 1 ii 11 tn iirm till* ShlfO. ! Mr. Kdwards, from tho same committee, nu ide a report on the resolution of inquiry as to (lie expediency of providing a more efficient system of patrol police, 'flic report says the committee I are fully satisfied that the laws now existing are quite sufficient, if strictly enforced, and ask to he discharged. Agreed to. Mr. Foster gave notice of a hill to repeal tho Act exempting teachers and students from the performance of road duty. Mr. DeSaussurc, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the schemo for raising supplies for arming the State, 'l'he I report recommends that tho money be raised by loan and not by taxation, ft proposes to issue i bonds fir certificates to a small amount, relying on the patriotism of our citizens to purchase tlaom at n fair interest. Iu pursuance to instruc! tion, the Cuininittco report liy bill. The bill I was reail a first time. The Double Revolution. Tho Now York Herald, speaking of I lie political fin<l financial revolution now sweeping through tho ' country, says: I '-This double revolution, political and financial, involves not alone tho people of the United .States. , Us effects will be felt all over the civilized world. I Tho American Revolution of 1776led to tho French Kovolution of 1789, and to the sanguinary w.rs which, following that event, deluged all Kurope in i blood. Events at the present moment arc shaping themselves into a similar course. The hostility existing on tho part of one section of tho Union toj wards the other iscertuinly no less bitter or intense . ; than that which oxisted between the colonie3 ami , tho mother country ; and that feeling is hourly in creasing in voiumo. /w nny iiioinrni mc mini tiicj _ ( may be taken v/hieh will prccipitnte an intemecim p war, tho very contemplation of which is enough t< nuke one shudder. * , " And Kurope cannot Jielp feeling the shock find becoming herself involved in tho consequences ' ; The American revolution of 1810 may have as tor 1 riblo nn echo on that continent as that of 1770 had i The very interruption to trade and commerce : which would lx> 'he inevitable accompaniment o civil war, could not fail to prove disastrous to Kng land and France, and might precipitate revolutioi in those countries. Thus it is apparent that th ~ tim< i through which wo nrc passing are pregnan A with tho most momentous issues, not only to our selves, but to the world." Pennings and Clippings. Smai.i, I'ox?-Small pox is prevalent in Columbia, uikI is exciting some alarm. Would it not lie well to pjo through the process of vaccination in this section ? 1 First Shah--The " first shu<l of the season " ( was served up at the Pulaski House, Savannah, ( on Thursday of last week. , viitiios i'ji.kction?Ailvicos from San Fran- ' risco, dated 1-lth instant, report tlint in Oregon, (, Lincoln was two I hi mired ami fifty ahead, with three Counties to hear from. I nk Noutii?Tratio is dull there, and inmui- ' j faeturors are at a stand still. Thirteen ihmis- I md operatives wore discharged in 0110 day.? i Secession makes those republican rascals quake 11 their boots ! f Lauhkns?Hon II C Young, Col. 11 W Gat- ' ington. W I> Watts, Ksq., Dr. Thomas Wior, * >i\, and Col. Jno. 1) Williams, are candidates ; ' or the Convention. ' 1 Foil Secession?Hon A II II Dawson, who ( anvassed Gooriria in behalf of Hell and Kver- j :tt, writes to ?..; > Charleston Mcrcuri/ in favor of ecession, and advocates separate Slate action. ; le thinks if South Carolina will go out first, it i vill largely increase the secession vote in lieor- ' ( ;ia and Alabama. I ^ Lincoln Votes South?- "'In received 2.- j t 100 votes in Virginia; 1,2U(' voutucky; 12,- ] 00 in Missouri, and a low oOUv.cring ones in ? I'cnncssee. I \ Soon 11k am zed?" Life is short," were the 1 ast words of Mr. Dall, in lie stepped on the I rain with a friend, at 1* rancisville. Indiana. ! 1 nst week, liis foot slipped, and the train heinp j " n motion, the next moment he was a mangled ' lorpso. Population ok London?The census (level- $ ipe? ?11o curious fact that there are more Scotch t lescendants in London than in Kdinhiirph ; | norc Irish than in Dublin : 100,000 more I'o- I minis than in Home, and more Jews than in ^ \ilc8tine. There are also in the saino metropolis no less than 00,000 (iermaiis,30,000 French, J nul 0,00(1 Italians; a very largo number of Asiatics, from all parts of the East, and many vho still worship idols. A Modki. Man?Cicneral .Scott is the largest < nan in tho American service. He is six feet \. ix inches tall, and weighs two hundred and 1 ixiy pounus. no is seventy-tour yours old. j s et his health is good ami his whole system np- j * latently vigorous, much of which is doubtless i iwiug to his temperate habits. j v Xkoi.ectki) licit 1 >i tti.k?A llible was recent- ! J y sold at auction in France, which h:nl been -| >resented by rt nobleman to deceased actress. | 1'lie purchaser turned over the leaves, and bund scat tered here and there bank bills amount- | ng to about $3,000, which the actress had nev- ' ir discovered. Her heirs have commenced a j ? nit to recover tho money. i ^ Tun llimi-p li.... n i i-.-ii ... X,. K^r.v r.o.-i wo i i' mi 1/ Gillian- ; lighum, of Ohio, publishes in the (Jineinnnti i P ''jH'Jiiirr>\ ol' 11?o 19th instant, a very able letter, ' 1 n which he takes strong ground* in favor of | he riuht of a State to secede. He says that i o le will never vote for an appropriation to fin e I o l State to remain in the I"nion against Ik r "? j 1. Opposed?Hon ll \V Barnwell, of Beaufort, , (' nrmeriy u. o. senator in (Joiigrotw from this I Sl State, is opposed to secession. j ( f.ohgia?For l'rosidoiit tlio vote of (.Se ?rgia ; s: lJruokinridge. o 1 .R'.f.'i ; Hull, 42,8X1 ; Dougis, 11,033, with T;it lall county to hoar from. j) Pf.n nsvi.v ania Ki.mtio.v?The full returns rom Forest and Potior counties have heen re- ] eived, ;<nil the <>lti?riul aggregates of tlio State; ro as follows : Lincoln, C70.170: Fusion, 17(?.- I n Douglas, 17,lo0; Hell, 12,Too ; Lincoln's tl lurality over fusion, '.)3,73o: !>is plurality ' vor Douglas. Coll,32(1: over Hull. 2f>7.4lo ; ma- (j >rity over all opposition. 03.7.'?.r>. The wlnile ,] uto of the State is -(7<?.710. while that of New , f, ork is 0(10.000. The.se two States together j |j aveca-t 1,130.710 votes, being ahout .no sain ; ,S nnilior a> the whole vote of all liie Southern j p tales. 1 [ 1; A Smaht Hov?The Webster (.Mass.) Times ^ lys that Jimmy Welch, an Irish b.oy. in l)u<lv, lias irathoriil ie present season, for which lie has received si I9.f>0. Tho hoy has at tended .-ehnol regular- si . ami the chosuuts were all guthcroil out of hi hool hours. hi , i iik 1'asiiions?A New York fashion writer ivs of tho fall goods which will he worn : ^ Flash has had its day. Tho rainbow plaid*. j. itli squares as big as Mtiall windows, aro con nod to oblivion, and ladies arc no longer to "eon walking the streets incl"?ed in eheoiior %1, Tim ....: i i " . ... Miijics me also numljcrc<I ! M ''nigs that were.'' \ itli 1 ho i,. *""* \ r.w.vniANS < 111\. MM Tir?Tho nunih/r of j t rouiif* nuiii who have left Quebec during the i a^i few days for tlie Southern State*, according j o the C/uouicIf, is positively astonishing, and ; surpasses by far the mtinher of tlio^e who were i 1 ti the habit of seeking tlieir fortune in ti e South ' luring tlie winter of former years. The 11 euro ' will scarcely fall short of six hundred. They nearly all belong to the working classes connected with the shipping, and are hound for Savannah, New Orleans, Mobile, I'cnsacola and other Southern ports. KXCITF.MF.NT AMONli N.WV Ol KKT.RS?-TlieXcW York Hm,hi. of the tZOtli instant, says: " Wo learn from reliable sources that a very great excitement prevails among tho officers of the navy ( in consequence of the present state of affairs at i O.a 5s.,i.fl, oml tit.if ci\ u.ti'ArCA m-n tlii.u (i*. ft ' collision with their fellow-citizens in that quarter, that there will he an almost universal resignation of their commissions us soon as hostilities hrcak out. They will not imhuc their hands in the hloud of their brethren." Louisiana?A special dispatch to the Charleston Courier state * that Governor Moore, of Louisiana. has issued hit) proclamation, convening the Legislature of Louisiana, on thb 10th l>ocemher, to determino on the course of the State . in the present crisis. A I'kmai.k Voter.?At the late vote on annexation in Naples, a woman who. from her heroittm, has become famous, La Rangiovannnra, claimed tho right to vote, and voted. She i j t)?<? IaoiIop /?!' n lot'iro di<h'ii>r in tlin of Naples, iiml fought ut Cnpun. Having borne irins. *he was judged to have gained tlic light j of suffrage. | From tiif. Craim.k to the Grave?One of the j most remarkable events in every day life that | has ever come under our observation, occurred i in the suburbs of this city during the present ! week. A lady gave birth to a child, was mari riod, and died tlic same day.?TsOuiavillc Journal Chicago, 111., Nov )9?Tho official voto of j Illinois is as follows: Lincoln, 172,545; Douglas, 100.640; Hell, 4,840 , Breckonridge, 2/272. Tho ineroaao in the vote since 1850 is 103,131. ? f r> <i?i.? n..?i.? Ix\y llfi'ft I AI<AV/I4?1UU X aonift t/i |>w ,r establishing n magniflcont palace, built ol French cast iron, for a museum of antiquities, ! to lio filled with relics of antiquity, found ir i KgVpt. in tlie execution of whieh 2.A(V men ar< , ; now employed, under tho direction of Marietta > | tlio French archaeologist. Tknnkrskk?Tho Nashville Patriot gives ful ' returns, reported and official, which show tha ' the State has gone for Boll and Kverett by i plurality of 5.Of"}. The vote of Douglas in tin whole f^tato is about 11,000. f Baltimore, Nov. 23?Samuel Harris & Sons Banker*, suspended hore to-day. . Their em r> barrassmenta aro understood to i>o merely teiu ? porary. _ Trenton. N. J., Nov. 23?All tho banks ii thin place suspended specie payments to-day. \ r > Spirit of the Times. Washington, Nov. 23?Tlio people of Warsaw, Mo., havo culled upon tlie President to protect them against Montgomery, and hi* band : of freosoil outlaws, who have threatened them j with slaughter and destruction. Governor Jack- j <nn has taken private, measures for Iho proteo > tion of tho border counties. The reported bur- j uing of Fort Scott is untrue. Montgomery captured an$ hung live men. His atrocities have i caused the greatest excitement throughout the | lV?ct ir i - .... i .. a. lunuu no win uo summarily foalt ivith. Norfolk. Nov. 23?Gov. Wine litis Offered his iorvicc? to His Kxeolleney, (Jot; uf South Carolina, in case of* nu emergency, and if not -oqnirpd by Virginia. New Qri.eans. Nov. 20?We lmve received id vice* from Vera Cruz to the f>tli instant.? Jen. Miramon lias resigned his pretensions to he Presidency, and been succeeded by Gen. ilohles. The reactionary party hns been comidled to evacuate Puebla. There is great ilarm at the capi'nl. and another struggle for he ascendancy between the factions is appro* : tended. f., V _ on v.Mi .iwi, > iv, ?ijincom arrived in this itv this evening, and made a short nddre?s, vhich was not altogether political. Ho bought the people would ever do vrell if done veil h\\ and hoped ihat all parts of the connrv. North and South, would continue iu its ! 1 resent career of prosperity. Richmond, Nov. 20?The Farmers' Hank of rirginia suspended specie payment io-dny. I? s believed that the other hanks will certainly )iirsue the same course to-morrow The mcrilnints are highly elated at this turn of affairs, md seem to regard suspension favorably. In act, it is the only movement that could save hem from ruin. While this action of the ?an';s may give them temporary relief, it will oarcely prevent numerous heavy failures in ho stock market. Nbw York, Nov. 22?The HrraUl publishes lespatehcs from Fort Seott, dated the l'Jth, vhich state that .Judge Williams and other ofli its cm mo reuerai Court were compelled to ly int>> Missouri. Ono of the escaped Jnylnrks, Samuel Scott. >f I,iun County, was hung on tho 18th. Many imminent citizens lnt?l l>ron arrested. Several ir the principal merchants had removed their roods to Missouri. The Herald also publishes a despatch which ) taten that Fort Scott, had been burnt, but it j vas not generally credited. New York, N*v. 22?The banks have resol- | ed to make common stocks of the'i specie as | (iiitr as it lasts, ami if it is insi^flicient to meet lie demand, then all to suspend together.? 'lie balance between the hanks will he settleil y certificates, based on national and State sourities* I.atkst?11 o'clock p. 111.?Unliable private espntches state that the action of the hanks ives o rcat relief to stocks, which had ad v a lied three per cent. Washington, Nov. 22?All the banks susonded here, this morning. It is prob'iblo the Miiladclphia hanks will suspend to-day. Richmond, Ya., Xovcmher 21?All the banks T this city and Petersburg, Va., have suspendd specie payment?. Xi w Y<>u:?. Xov. 21?Tlio Presidents of the >ading banks of this city at" discussing a plan ?r the relief of the community, by issuing isrip, bearing interest at 7 per cent. Rai.timoiie. Xov. 21?The Hank Presidents j ave resolved to suspend to-morrow. Distinguished Visitor*?Hon R B Rhett. of j outh Carolina, an I Mr. Ratlin, of Virginia, are j ere. ami have been tendered seats on the floor. 1 r. .J \\ 11 Underwood is also here. > MillcthjeuiUc /'profiler Ant*. 21. Ml I.I.kixif.vi I.I.f.. Xov. 23?Th* It: 11 f? loving tlic restriction for suspension, passed 10 Senate to-day. 05 yens, 15 tiny?. , lloW THE I'l KCTolts AKE To PltoCKED?Not on- I 1 one month after the election can the Presi- i ential Electors record their official decision : ' >r !>y net of Congress, passed 1 *t March, 1702. j 1 icy arc directed to meet in their respective ! ' tates and vote hy liallot for President and Vice | 'resident on the first Wedftosdav in December 1 tllowing the Presidential election. The lirst ' Wednesday in next Decemher occurs on the 5th r the month. Teruiiii.r Scene?The Edgefield Ailncrfisrr | ivh that John J. .Jennings, of that district, in lit of delirium, set tire to his gin house, re- i mining himself in the liurning bnihling. His >dy was only discovered when the house fell i i and the weather-hoarding was off. i ,\< < idevt?The Marion Slur savs that, on 1 'eo'nesday of last week, Dr. Willis II Craw* rd a< eidentnlly shot himself in the thigh.? e diedVii Friday morning. ( ' <heat 1,'bi.h or (J<>k\?Mr. K I) Hull, of j } oily .SI?? 11o? > Nihv Hanover county, X 0. *??." i ' ? >Muncd\froni a'singlo acre one J><f* i'*r' emu \i .. i i i i V "undred . \ n 'bushels and thre^' . iml twenty-two - pecks ol II I i riv >orn. Located?Wo have the authority of Profes- | tor A^cssi/. for the assertion that ft grasahop* i " r's oiyans of hoaring nrc in itis legs. F.\ru, Urn'conthe?Win. Sharpton, as we < learn, kil!"d lames Cotton, on Friday last, near 1 Aiken. Sh.'.rpton is lodged in the jaiiof this j 1 >istrict.?I'Jdt/ct't'I I Ath'cr/t.icr. 1'atai, Accident?Monry Tyler. an orphan 1.1 years old, in the employ of Major Bragg, of Warrenton, Vn., was killed on Sunday week while playing with a gun. The explosion of the piece caused instant death. N'kw York, Nov. 20?Business here is very dull today. A despatch from Albany announces the suspension of two or three Hour and grain houses there. Attkmit at House Bukninc.?The Sp. rtanliurg IJxnrcss notices an attempt, 011 the night (if the lHih, tohurn the dwelling of Mrs. Bowie, material damage was done. Washington*. Nov.2(> -lion. Thomas C'orwin arrived here to-day. Mis conversation indicates tliat Lincoln'.-* Cabinet will be highly conservative. Suspensions jn Tb>cnf.sse.f.?Xashvii.i.k, Xov. 2G?The Planters', Union and State Banks, of this State, suspended to-day, at tho request of the community. ) State Aid Df.fk.atki>?After n very able discussion of nearly the entire day, the bill to aid the citizens of Georgia in the construction of railroads, was put on its passage in the House of Representatives, yesterday, and lost by r vote of 5'1 to 75. | Millc'lyrniUe. Recorder, 24Ih inst. MoiiP. Volcntkkhs.?It is very grfttifyiiiR t< loain llinf in llio Qonnsmifwi mftVPinont iit.incni .ttOt lijr South Carolina, wc linvo tlio solid sympathy o tho Southern States. From nil quarters, the (Jov ernor is receiving tenders of volunteers by individ wild, companies and regiments of rifle companies sharp shooters, cavalry and artillery, fi'om Vi? ginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and Tonnes see. A French Zouave oHiccr in Philadelphia, o! fors to raiso a company or regiment of Zonav Chassours. and individual ofliocrs lender their sci vices to raise.all sorts of companies. The South! truly roused.?Carolinian. I Nkw Ori.eans, November 25?A tromondoi gathering took nlnco in ibis city lust night. ( 1 j the Odd Fellows Hall. It was a mooting of n 1 in favor of Southern Hights, nnd opposed lilnck Hepuhlionn rule, without rognru to pari ' preferences. A number of thoroughly patriot ; speoohos wore delivered. nil breathing tho tri | resistance spirit. Tho mooting resolved it?< t into nu Association, to he called tho "Southei x Rights Association of Ijouisinnn." The objoe o of tho Association tiro to promote concert of n | tion among tho Southern States, and to aid tl ; organization of ininuto volunteer oompani ? ; throughout the State. The peoploof Lonieiai * are almost unanimous in favor of secession ?i l" n Southern Confederacy. Important from tnr. F*i>rrat, Capitol. a | Wasimnoton, Nov. 23?I loarn from relial sources that tho Treasury Department will ^ forced to suspend spccio ynyment in tho courso | of tho next ton days. Arrangements will be | rnado to pay off the Government officials in Treasury notes. There is tho greatest alarm among the clerks in conacrjucnco of this straitened condition of tho public Treasury. Tliero is no longer any possible doubt concern* ' ing the President's views on secession. In con- l versing to day with a gentlomnn of tbis city, ho i took strong ground against the Southern move- j nient. He declared that ho did not believe that . tho groat West would eycr permit the mouths oi tue Mississippi Kivor t<> l>c hold by ft foreign power. " South Carolina." said lie, ' wishes to 1 enter into a conflict with me. and. upon tlio shedding of the first drop of blond. to drug the other States into the movement of dissolution." ( Tie acknowledged tluit the South had suffered ?, great wrongs at the hands of tho North, but' thought that the compact between them should not bo broken until reasoning and reflection had 1 been exhausted. lie would first appeal to the 1 North for justice, and if it should be denied, ' then, said the President, ' I am with them."? s Notwithstanding his condemnation of secession, ' ( Mr. Huclmnnn has not vet given the slightest ,.r ti,,? ? ?? ? .MMivntiwi. 1/1 liavf V> III flj in ||-IW|UMIV? <,*> ilUWjll when it takes place. But lio has pointedly an- . thori/.ed the denial of the statement that ho fa- j 1 vor* secession. i 8 The Administration still holds in ohovnnce ' tho resignation of tlie Federal officials in South r Carolina. To-dav the resignation of I'nitod | States Marshal Hamilton, of Charleston, was 1 S( received and placed upon lilc. ! Tho President today dispatched a special messenger, with full instructions for Gen. I far- 0 ney to proceed with all possible hast? against , n Montgomery, and to deal with him in n sum ma- o ry way. Information has been received hero that , ] Montgomery, and his desperate hand of Aholi- ! j tionists, are preparing to proceed through tho ! >, I ?>1!t> ? ?r.....i.n :.1 - .1 - 1 ixiuiiii Ti iw iiiiii\u (i iiini tin' impnttcc'ci frontiers of Texas. Montgomery has ; !l sworn that lie will carry on his bloodv war of h extermination until he frees every siavo in the 1 ( Southwestern part of Missouri. j Charleston Mercury. w Nkw York, Nov. 20.?7.40 I'. M.?The panic*' is upon us iu earnest. Six houses certain, (and s. probably more.) doing an extensive business in ' Weste,-u proihiee, failed this day. There is the j greatest xcitoment on 'change, nnd people are ' c getting exceedingly nervous. The action nf the ' c llank Presidents has so tar afforded relief to the \ merchants. Sterling bills, with bills of lading 1 y attached, sold to-day as tow as 05. Cotton stands j up better than anything else. The money mar- I y kct is more stringent than ever. .Sixteen of the , o principal Now York Hanks have agreed lo par- o chase two nnil a half millions of dollars in sterling bills fortlie benefit of tlie holders of product, J Also, to expend from live to six per cciit. over j their receipts the present week. j ^ Xr.~ Youk, Nov 20?Thompson's Tlrntk Xofe I . Reporter quotes II n cur rent funds of all tho hanks Hon t!i of Washington at ten pot- cent, discount: r' Maryland and Washington City three to liro P per cent. p Mit.t.F.ncKvit.t.E, Nov 20?The bill for tho ro< b lief of tlie hanks passed hotli Houses to-i\jiv hv c a largo majority. A veto is expected, but the t; bill will probably pass over the veto. ^ Jackson. Mississippi, N'ov 21?Tho Oongitiss- u men from this State met to-day. and unanimouslv doidarnd fur i? SiiiiiIihph (' .i.fnilni-n.in 'l'l.?..? is great disunion enthusiasm throughout the ,l State. c Ni:\v Oiti.r.avs, Xhv 2.'??Messrs. "Walker, Cox | ' it Co.. nnd Fellows & Co.. extensive notion fao- j ;l tors, failed yesterday. Their liabilities have j b not been aaccrtuined. S Jrnr.k Douoi.as.?The Washington Star lias the | following paragraph. We arc inclined to the npin- d ion tlint Judge Douglas will certainly pay a flying U visit to this city. Our people are in 110 humor to listen to Union speeches?his remarks, therefore, in favor of the Union, would l>o love's labor lost ; ^ ' Mr. Douglas will, it is siid. make, in a few i _ lays, a great, Union speech iu the 8011th. ll is j Mated he will visit Columbia, South Carolina, du- | lug mo session ot llio legislature. If lie should j risit Columbia, I lie probability is, tlnit, finding C :hat city too hot to hold bim, lie will leave it in a j a hurry in the course of the first ni<rht after bin j sj irrivnl. As for his proponed great 'lTn o i speech.' j r it strikes us that he had better 'tsave bis breath I ' lo cool his porridge.' After the result he 1ms ' ' brought about in the recent election, to attempt 1 Is lo trust his advice upon the Si.utli concerning the ! r] proper course for them ?o pur .ue in the ditlicul- j ,] lies into which his mad ambit ion. has late alliance I with the. Hepublican party, and his unprincipled ^ mendacity have plunged th;it section <d' the Con- j l' Cederacy, will, ten to one. prove an net of inipu- | ') l(>nce so unblushing. ns that no . '.i.'i.? I i ??>tron Slates will permit it to.'wu perpetrated in . ilieir niiilst." i'lfkv iiavj. f|/rcf.i ved Til k msei.v b.s.?There : j ;an htyjQ/ doubt, says tho Augusta Dinpafrh, ! j thnt 'liipre is ii general conviction North that , 'llie Hell and Douglas parties South will oppose . rcdi-tance to the election of Lincoln. Never were men more deceived. So far as we know every Douglas paper in Oeorgia if now nnvoca* ' ting the most summary resistance, and the most " ultra " disur.ioaists within our knowledge are i those who were llell men. Party issues are vanished into thin air. All men South seethe futility of trying to beguile the freesoil party from its aggressive course. In Broeken ridge, Douglas and Hell, they were offered men of such shades of aecoptanco as must have satisfied those not positively hostile to us. The unity of the North is complete?and their sectional purpose is hcyond dispute. I<ct the South ho a unit to : defeat thoir ournosc. and all will be well. Sad OroujiRENCE.?We were pained to learn, on Friday last, that Mr. Thomas J. ; (Jeer, son of Mr. David Ocer, of this District, was drowned on the morning of that day.? It seems that lie had left home and proceeded to (Jeer's Mill l'ond, for the purpose of shooting ducks. A short time after his hat ! was seen floating on the water, which circumstance aroused the fears of his neighbors, who, on searching, found his body in the pond. The deceased was subject to having lits, which is supposed to bo tho cause of his being drowned, as his body was found lying , very near the spot where lie fell, and from the fact that ho was a very good swimmer. ; Ifc leaves a wife and one child. Our sympathies are with his friends and relatives. r osiii. ? i PUKI. 11 Douiit no Mork 1?Tho iuauo in upon us ?a stern, solouin reality ! Cl;<8 no longer? paper resolutions no longor?hut a fixed fact. > The Union is gone?South Carolina accedes 1 | ? md, probably, n glorious and harmonious f''Southern Confederacy springs into being, * nndruiaci its flag before tho nations of the (i ! earth?but anyhow, unconditionally, South -1 Carolina breaks a way from Northern dotninution. r' What docs Mr. (Kx-Speaker) Orr nay ?? ,? IIo has been tho great Union champion, bu< what does ho say now t Secede at once !? ! What docs Col. Ashmorc say ? Socedc a ! i lifL.i .1- :J .... i IS OlllIO * 1* llltt UU our juu^iti niljr uuu uu it legislators, and clergy ? Sccede at onoe !? 'I From mountain to seaboard?from proas am to pulpit and platform?there comes tho Bain ory ! And Alabama, Florida, (ioorgia, am Mississippi re-eoho that cry?and other State ,lfi ore moving into line! Why will tlicv nc m | move at onoo ? Virgin hi inay fear to bo tb to battleground?but if she wouid coino at one* I0" there would be a united soutn, ami prouubi 1,0 : nobattlo tit all ! 1'altinpr and hesitating, ?li but invites the very trouble* sho seems to do] ,(j i recato and dread. Our wisest and best mc see no ooursn of safety or of honor for fct S South, but in n prompt severance of those ti ,|0 , which- nomihuily connect two distinct and a be tagonistio c.iviliaatioou.?-Sumter Dinpn'rh. vf The Ciiaulkston Banks'?Pitoposfci Mkasurks of JtET.-kr.ito.?Wo copy tho following special despatch from the Philudel- ' pliia Inquirer : Charleston, Nov. 20.?The refusal of tho banks to assist tho merchants i? begiiinii?<r to develop results. A heavy failuro of n cotton firm js reported. Ono bank hnd a severe shake this morning, hut manfully withstood the shock. Financial matters are rapdlv aiiproachiuir a climax. Cotton is do- fl pressed, prices generally favoring buyers. I'lie stock on hand is 500,000 bales. Many suggestions nro mado for the relief >f the merchants; among others, fbr banksto mspend, not exceeding ninety days, and to ncreuso the circulation three millions by buyng that extent of drafts on Kuropc, based ipon actual shipments of produce, with the (ills of lading attached, such drafts to be ont direct to Europe and specie returned to Charleston, which would enable the banks to edeem the extra issue and resume, specie pay* Dents. This, it is supposed, wofild bo a icavy blow upon New York bankers, who P(?lll lionf nrvAII nnniniiit/v * ? -1 * -v... ??..? VVV/OVUVIIUI II blilUU \jy nancial pressure, utid would inaugurate dicct intercourse with Europe. -JC^j The Legislature meets on Mondny, when jiiio further relief measures will ho uoubt be , .iked, which will honorably relieve tho nicrhants with Northern creditors satisfactorily, nd preserve their honor, integrity, anu ihut News of the suspension of the Farmers' SB lank at Richmond was received here after uisncss hours. It was not hnlookcd for.? 'lie impression now ia that the Philadelphia IIU Iicw 1 OIK DailKS Will IWllOW. 'I'llIS will e tho f^ij^tial for the suspension of the harlo3tou bank?. H To-morrow is thanksgiving, and the banks rS ill be closed and business suspended. Vigilance committees are formed in several H :outhern towns. A man named Finley, from Miiladelphia, has received notice from the ommittee, at Lexington, (la., to leave, for xpressing anti slavoi^ sentiments. Although the delegates elected to tlu; 5 South Carolina Convention will all favor scossion, thcrd will, doubtless, be two parties? no hot for immediate secession, and the tlier ..lore calm and deliberate. ?? ? i *u JM Tiik Indian Waii in New Mkxtco.? ndenoudence. Mo.. Nov. '24 Tim t.i..:i roin Now Mexico bus arrived, after cncounnring a violent snow storm. News had cached Santa Kc frotn the volunteero in k ursuit of the Nuvajy Indians. The. camaigu was verj successful, and a large numer of Indians were killed and taken prisonrs, and more stock than they are able to I f ike care of; also, sufficient corn to last them hrough the winter. They have applied for lore men to take care of the stock. , . I The soldiers from Hatch's ranch made nil ttack upon some Camanehe Indians that nino into Uhnptttt-to (hido. They fired on i-M. hchi while they were at the trading house, ?y ml then took all their horses and left. The orses were sold in Santa Fe a few days ago. 'inee that time the Indians have retaliated, y going in open day to Hatch's ranch and > ?j riving off four hundred and sixty governicnt beof cattle. TkKKIW.R TllAUKOY AT Oob'FKKVI I.IjK, fiss. Two PuoMINKNT fjAWVKUS Kuj.f.o. -We learned lust evening, says the .Memphis 'Inquirer of Saturday, the particulars of one ?* f tho most shocking affrays which it, ha* ver hern our duty to record. Tt occurred t Coffeovillc, Miss., about twenty miles this L ^ ide of Grenada, on the Mississippi Central iailroad. Tho participants were Henry A. liddick and Avruin Snider, hoth prominent iwyers of, that place. Tho origin of the ifliculty was in some remarks made by Sni- ^ ler in relation to a trial progressing in court, hioh I'iddick considered as personal and < - iiii-ni.il] in niii Mianani^r in society. This v cenrred Wodnesdnv cypniiiir !>??? V,,L " ' imi^. mo pnrut'n uifit, when nil oxdunntini was demanded by Riddiek. High M vords followed and sharp epithets weVe ap died on either side, when they both drew dstols and fired. Riddiek received tlio brill M" if his opponent in the left breast, killing him |A 11 most instantly, his own shot failing to take effect. At this juncture in the affray, the J srowd rushed inr and a brother of Riddiek, '4S named William, seized his brother's pistol ;?nd fired at Snider, the ball taking effect on the left cheek bone, passing on nnd entering me Dim II, irom WHICH iic uiru III uun; iium.i nfterwards. These oro the particulars as related to us last evening. The affair naturally created great excitement throughout the town, the news spreading rapidly. J Cotton Culturk A ran honed in India. jj ?Foreign papers contain the following very * significant paragraph, showing that after all ? the protracted efforts to grow cotton in the liiitish India possessions, the attempt hns been at length abandoned ns hupeicss : "Jn the annual report of the Bo.nOay Ohnnibcr of Commerce a statement announces I that tho Indian Government had finally abandoned, ns being hopeless failures, their experiments at cotton growing in that country. Their experiments hrd commenced ns far back sis 1789, and were prosecuted almost without intermission during the Roventytwo I vein's that have since elapsed. They had fMt, from first to last, ?856,000, nnd, ns tho I i iport states, bad absorbed ' the energies and intelligence of governors, collectors, conmns| aioncs, American planters, and pains-taking ; nmatcures.' Yet die result of nil this prolonged effort and enormous ouflny hfld been nothing but a continued series of disappoint- ^ nients. One solitary success is recofdcd ns having been achieved, on ' n small scale,' by Mr. Shaw, collector at Dharwnr, who, taking ' up the enterprise in 1840, upon an area of , ; only two hundred acres, developed tho rcI suits so rapidly that in 1851 there were 81,088 'kupas'planted Vith Amcrienn. nnd 224,1 314 with native cotton, Mid in 1850 the area increased to 150,310 kupas appropriated to tho American, nnd 230,507 to the nativo variety of tho plant. It docs not appear that 1 Mr. Shaw was assisted by any (lovcrnment ^ grant in this work; nnd, at all events nil . direct co-operation of tlio Mtato with t!io r I cultivation of <)otton if? now fuuimnrily abhh donud." " I North Caromna?The vote of this Stntw fW rl President is n? follows-?Brftokinridjro hnd Lruio. <h 48.570; Hell nnd Mverett, 44,090 ; Dnugtnn niul ,? Johnaon, 2, f> 10. Demuomtlc majority over nil, : i i ,ooo. 0 "U. '.'.'J ' '. ! 'J i." 'ii.ii ,M m ajLEUJI a- inij)l( ili c A RIV. y nirvii n ii fiVMMF.a ?,i.u ! U Colle#into course, offer# hir* Profo???onal P" j Horvioc# to his friend* nnd tho ptil?lic generally. in j Will bfl prontpt in hi* attention to his pntron*. )0 j Ills offltfe will bo found with Dr. M. L. Siiarcr r? in the brick hniidlng adjoining Store of lute K. n. I). Bonnon k Son. I' Pendleton, M?y 12, 1800 41 tf % 0 & : 'A