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,i Jp . ?'.. %. y , ? ! I 1 ! ' - tr Mm A* ^ i^rr^j^; f? A Cl??ring Out . t SV^e? have, had oeoasion sovoral times recent ly to refer te suhdry suspicious transaotious in co.tton, ooourring in thc nciguuoring^ato of r South Caroliua, and haye been appealed to by several of our merchants to protect their in terests against tho sobemos of dishouest men, both, in and ot.it of the servioe of tbo United States. We have said, m reply'to all such applications, that tho editor ot' this papers not a practitioner either in the civil or military courts of tho land ; but having located our selves boro " for good," wo identify ourselves with tho ?business community, and tuako it our duty to exert "whatever influence wo may ?08SC8S for the welfare of tha^t community ^heso sare tho only considerations ,that have impelled us to refer at all to tho shameful op erations in cotton that h?vo characterized tho administration of those military. offioinls in 9 South Carolina, and to wok thoir removal^ We aro happy to be able to say that our offorts have, succeeded beyond our most sanguino expectations. Tho commander of the Milita ry District in South Carolina adjoining this portion-ot* our Stato has been relioved from duty and mustered out of sorvice, and the ! commander of tho department of Soutl^Cfuo iina has been ordered to surrender his com maud to Major-Goneral Daniol hi. Sickles. * The operations of the late incumbents of the military positionsJu South Carolina have been disgraceful ianthe extreme. Certain of them had surrounded themselves with outside parties, through whom they were carrying on extensive schemes-of extortion and wrong, ,affbotiug alike tht?rcsidcnt population and tho business community of Charleston and Wil mington who sought the pu "chase of the pro* duce of tho country.- No contract for tho purchase of cotton in eastern South Carolina rcould bo enforced, without the payment of ^ tributo money, frequently .amounting to thous ands of dollars. We know of ono ?aso where two hundred bales of cotton were contracted to a mcrohant in this town. When he called for his staple h'e'was politely notified that a bonus of throe thousand dollars would ensuro the fulfillment of tho contract. Ho did not pay tho tribute money, ands consequently did not get his cot ton.' {Io will doubtless get it now. Thc government of thc%United States is far from b?ing a swindling concern, however muon tho conduct of some of its officers may have tonded'to produce suoh an impression; and wo aro particularly glad of this opportunity to assure our people that all oases of wrong, when properly brought to tho atteution of tho gov ernment, will bo corrected, and tho guilty parties will be made to answer. [Wilmington Herald. Low MONEY AND HIGH GOODS.-It ap pears that whatever gold may be quoted at, those who have anything to sell, have a way of their own to depreciate the currency. If they do not avowedly tako a.discouut off the money, they accomplish their object justas effectually by increasing the premium pn their goods, wares and merchandize. For instauce, if you want an axe, you have to pay 82.25 for the article, which you could have bought five years ago for $1.25; go to the grocer, and-al most every article is doublo, treble and quad . ruplc tho old price ; go to tho dry goods man, to tho milliner, to tho tailor-in short,-to those employed in any kind of business, and the same story must be told. Some who have gone through the process already, fancy they can .see in this course the beginning of a'serious depreciation in tho na tional ourrency, and some even arc talking of squaring, thejr sails to meet the storm in the financial world they approlc od. But we have eonfidonco that Secretary McCullough aiid Congress will adopt, tbo necessary measures to prevent any fatal redundancy of currency. To them tho country looks forward for a safo and healthy currency, based upon that which makos every species of paper money good gold and silver, or equivalent securities. lu tho meantimo, we hope that our merchants generally will have sufficient philanthropy and ?generosity to supply customers at a living price to both parties, especially the latter. [Phoenix. THE South Carolina Railroad, says tho dai ly Charleston News, which all our oitizensarc anxiously cbnoorned about, is making, we un derstand, steady progress towards completion. It is thought that tho Augusta branch will bo cotnpletert tc. Midway, twelve miles beyond branchville, about tho first of the coming month ; and if no unusual obstacle present it self, the entiro lino will bo open to Augusta on the first of February^next, or perhaps soon er. The Savannah Railroad.Company have contracted for tho rebuilding pf their bridges across tho Edist?, Ashcpoo ant} Congaree riv ers, and this work will bo pu?hod forward rai] ' pidly to completion. With energy, it may bo expeoted that tho entiro railroad system of tho State, which,;a few months since, was.in a most dilapidated condition, will be in work ing order* -, What Becotoes of the Speoie. We aro al! {?w?re that tanto hos been a con stant flow of silver to tho countries of, tho East, but we never hear o^ its returning. This has been so ever since history'beo-any asd tLs> voustanc tide of metal that is over actiug in that direction, au'4 what b?cooios of it; has puzzled inoro' savons than ono. The enormous absorption of silver by tho Eastern States of the. world is ouo.of the most rouiarkablo facts in tho history of the precious metals. From tho earliest- historio times, the East has taken little else but silver for its commodities. In( thc tiuie of Pliny, tho ex portation of precious metals from.tho West was sot down at from WQ.OOO to $?00,0Q0 a year. Thc Homans had tljoir ohief entrepot for the East in tho Island of Teprobons,. now called Ceylon ; and they carried on considera ble commerce with tho Indians, Persians and Ethiopians. Tko shawls aud stuffs of the East found their way tb Europe,long before tho timo of tho Crusades. ' The Arabs carried on a large and regular trade in these aud oth or Atlantic productions, till tho discovery of tho Cape of Good Hope diverted the coursc.of commerce. Tho establishment of thc over land route has operated to some extent lo tho other direction; but however and by whom the trade has boon carried on, tjie How of sil ver has been, generally-from the West toward the East. Humboldt .calculated that in tho year 1800, tho amount of silver sent Eastward annually was between 25,000,000 and ?30,, 000,000v Between 1830 and 1853, the largo amount of Syoio silycr received from China, .and the export of groat quantities of English goods to India, disturbed tho flow of silver Eastward, which has, however, since set in with more determination than ever. In 1854, tho balance in favor of thc East was about $30,000,00v). The exportation of tho pre cious metals from Groat Britain.alone, durmg, tho seven years ending with 1858, was more than $125,000,000 per annum, of which all but one-cigth part was in silver. At the present time, the balance of thc imports and exports of gold and silver in favor of tho East is cal culated at from 500,000,000'to $80,000,000 per annum, or more than the total 3'icld of all the silver mines in the world. The enormous production of gold in Australia and California has heretofore enabled thc Western nations to part with their silver without great inconveni ence, but thc present rate of export of thc latter seems to demand some new arrangement, if any be practicable. Nearly all Orientals aro given to boarding. ' It is believed, ? says M. Miriaume, the 'French economist, that, the Egyptians hide away nearly 820,000,000 an nually. Thc Emperors of Morocco hold it a point of honor to till as many chambers as pos sible with gold and silver. The present Em peror is said to have filled seventeen,,,and to have another in courso of being lilied. Mo rocco never parts with the money it receives j and it is said, on the part of respectable wit nesses, that moro than $350,000,000 are hoard ed away in that country,, and-that tl?e Empe ror's treasure is of the valu? of at least $200, 000,000.-LouisvUh Journal. IMMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH.-Thc New York " Herald," of t.hc 15?, says : Wo see that among thc immigrant! arriving here a considerable number are .bfund directly for thc Southern States. There aro parties whose destinations were fixed "before they left Eu rope, aud who do not include tho immigrants who came herc without any settled plans, and who were subsequently influenced to.proceed' in the samo direction,. Tho fact is a signifi cant one, and is full of promise for the South. It is well known tliat but few immigrants ar?, rive hero without bringing some little capital with them, and no doubt most of those who started with tho idea of settling in the restored States are provided wltlj^ larger sums than usual. At tho South* the amounts which they bring will, in gold, purch 39 ten times the land which they ooula buy at-tho North for the samo money. Thus \^o shall iiave intro duced atonoe into the Southcfn States an ag ricultural element that will replace negro la bor, and that by its introduction of capital, will also replace all that has been lost bv the war. \ . THE Chattanooga " Gazette," of the 17th inst., says:^ J. L. Westcott, late general su perintendent, under Captain Montandop, at Johnsonville, has recently struck oil near ?al-., ton, Geo , and .has sold rbis interest in the well for $10,000 cash. It occupied four men fivo days in tho digging, and th,o .oil' afronco' began to flow freely. THE Natchez "Courier", thinks that if Governor Brownlow were to die and go #rtho deuce, he would assert his right to tho crown, artd thc devil'Would bo n^e^oly ^lieutenant governor of tho concern. , , fi .' . ' -?.? * -- ' \ ' THE Washington ? Chronicle " soys that tho excess of th? receipts over the expendi tures .in tho Pest Office 'Department for tho year ending June 80, 1805, is; more than $850,000., Never before was so favorablo an. exhibit mado in the Department. THE Cherokees have dopos'od John Ross and proclaimed D?wniug. as Chief. i.i ..Li..'.*_?_-.U Tho Kabbit in the'Moon-Au Oriental Talo. Tho Hiud?sta?co believe that they can seo a rabbit, in tho nicken. The .Cbineso, when, they represent tho moon,'paint in its qcntre u rabul? poundiug rico. -Tlio singular belief re calls a curious and touohing.legend which in early times passed from India to China. . T^iero is near Benares a forest, in the mid dle of whioh is a religious, monument called that of " Thc. Three Quadrupeds." The fol lowing story explains to us tho caruso of its consecration : Tlirco. animals, a fox; a' monkey, and a rab bit, lived most friendly together in that forest. One day the master of. gods, under tho garb of a poor man, appeared before them and thus addressed them ; ' " My children, do you love this calm retired place ? Do you never feel afraid ?" * " The thick grass is our oarpet," they an swered. " We'walk through tjie shady forest; and, though of different families, we livo in' harmony. Wc arc peaceful aud happy." . " I heard of'it,", said ?he old man ; "?ind, theroforc, forgetting the Burden bf my ago, I came frpm a groat distanco expressly to see you. But to-day I Suffer greatly from hun-; ge?, Could you give rae something to eat?" "At once the. three quadrupeds, moved with compassion and love, leaped^ away in three different directions to seek for the desired food. "After galloping by. thc river's brink, the fox seized a'silvcrjlcarp, fresh and dripping, . and'brought it between his teeth. j Thc monkey climbed tho highest trees, and descended with the most exquisite flowers, and the most luscious fruits. The rabbit alone roturned as he had gone away, and had nothing to offer tlio old num. Tho latter said.with sadness, *' *" Tho monkey aud thefox had pity on me. Why has tho rabbit despised me ?" Qn hearing these words of reproach, thc rabbit said to tho fox and monkey : . ^.Myfriends, makeiiere a pile of wood and dead leaves, aud you will soon know what I think:" ' # . ' ? When they had finished the heap o'f wood and leaves, thc rabbit set it on fire, and then said- , ".Cood old man, I am little and feeble. I have looked everywhere, and^foiind nothing Worthy to bring to you. But I do daro to offer my humble body foi* your repast.*' At these words he jumped into the fire, and there met his death. ^ <v ? 'The god then appeared under his real fea tures, gathered up the bones of thc poor little rabbit, and nftor a painful sigh, said to tho fox and the monkey, " I am deeply touched by this sacrifice, andas a reward, 1 shall place the rabbitrin the centre of tho moon, iu order that his memory may uever perish." . THE following items (.aro taken from thc " Soiith Caioliniun f Wo learn from unquestionable authority that thc door plate of Col. Richard Yeadon, the time honored editor of the Charleston " Courier," is now in the/possession of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.' It was, presented, we hear, by Redpath. Gen. Robert E. Lee is^running a College; Gen. Joe Johnston, tho National Express Company; Gen. Beauregard, an Alabama railroad, and Gen. Mansfield- Lovell, a. law office; Gen. N.JB. Forrest still preserves his individuality hy "rqnniug'a saw mill." All honor to thc men'who thus set noble examples of industry to their comrades. MOUE ENTERPRISE.-The Kalmia paper and cotton mills have recently enlarged their cash capital to $250,000, and are making prep arations to commence work. -Tho paper fac tory will be erected near Kalmia, and it is stated that the cotton factory will be estab lished in thh/prnmises at Columbia, owned, and until the fall of that oity, occupied by 4hc extensive priuting house of Evans & Cogs well. A ME ETI NO was held at Boston, on thc 13th instant, to advocate and sot fortlrtho ad vantages of the Noitliern. route for a Pacifiq Railroad. The meeting was addressed by ox Governor Curry, of Oregon, and ex-Governor , Kx-Gov. Curry presentedvmany interesting faots respecting tho Columbia and Snake Riv ers. Twenty-five thousand tous of freight had alroady Leen'transported as far up tko Colum bia as it was navigable. Ho advocated thc Northern route for a Paoifio Railroad, as .thc easiest to bo built, and becauso it would ?pon a country to trade almost inexhaustible. ICxjGov. Fuller, of Utah, raado a detailoo1 exposition of tho products and wealth ox Can ada, tho Western States that vould' bo'affoot cd by tho proposed road, the riches of thc Pao.i?c States and of tho Asiatic empires, ni arguments for tho Northern route. _ The min oral regions of Idaho, tho agrieulturo of Ida )jm Washington and Ore^oii, wore fully de piotcd. The rapid growth in population o soino of these regions was also noted. Mon tana, in 1862, had nota siugfe whito Aian now it has 30,000., Mr.' Fullor gavo many statistics pf thc Co lumbla River, which ho sai^jwas (larger thai ? tho Danube,lind equal'in sifto to the Ganges Tho mouth of tho Columbia ??zs of a size equ?s to tho bay of Shu Erunoisco? Its shallowest, part was thirty-five foot in depth. whjle thc ?reepesu water in New York harbor is twenty nine feet. CoNTUiuUTlor?s aro advertised for in Balti more to mal?e up thc sum of $20,000 to com plete the equestrian statue to Stonewall Jack? son, which is in tho hands of au Eqglislii artist, and is to bo set up in RichnionaV A WESTERN cflitor, speaking of a quill driving cotfcmporary, says : " His intclloot i& so dense that it would take thc au<??.r of com mon-sense lougor to penetrate it than, to boro* through Mount Blane with a boil jd ?rrot.'* . ESTATE SALE.^ '. WILL BE SOLD, at tho lato residenco of Wm.. Mt Fennell,* decoded, ou( Tuesday tho 12th. day of December, next, tho - PERSONAL ESTATE' Of said deceased, consisting of, Corn, Coward. Calf, Hog?, Household and Kitchen Furniture, .Farming Tools, and various other siti?los. ? . TERMS-So much cash," *say $20.00, as willi pay costs ; balance on a credit of twelve months,, with note,'interest and approved security. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON,. C.E.1VD. and Adm'r. Nov. 180V ? ll ' . 3 : FINAL NOTICE. TO THOSE WHO HAYE Oil HAVE HAD GOV ERNMKNT- PROPERTY IN \ ANDERSON, POCKENS, G>RE EN VILLE, AND SPARTANBURG DIS TRICTS : . ./'. 1MIE partios who have hitherto noglcctod to re . port ?GOVii IINMENT PROPER!' Y In their p?- ' session, are finally notified that in the event the* facts connected with tho samo are not reported without delay,'those failing to do so will be pro-* cccdcd against' according to law. k Tlie Property w ll bc received, ora report, of the same made to mo at Greenville or to the'Garrisoib Commander at eitl\cr of the above Humbd Court Houses. ' - T. W. G. FRY, * r; A ss't Agerti Treas. Department, "j Greenville. Nov. 28, 1805. Spartanburg. Greenville and ?Piokeris pa .b?Vs,c?py three times, and send bills \p this ollice. Nov. 30, . . 12_, . . 8 . WATCHES &"JEWELRY REPAIRED.' 0^ I WOULD respectftilly inform my 'Mrt^jDfidonds and the public generally, that. W~J ??Bpi am'ngainat myoid stand at M^M^ PICKENS O. H., l'ixpurod lo do all work in my line, in a. neat and. workmnn-likc-manncr, atas rca'son'ablo rhtoijas th? times will allow Thankful for past patronage, L solicit.a,continuance of thc same. U??f" All work warranted. H. A. U. GIBSON'. ' Sept lu. 18.85 _?_l_ ?m JOSEPH, J. NC?TON, ATTORNEY AT JAW * AND , ' , SOLICITOR IN-EQIJITY, OFFICE AT PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. 6 Sept H'., 18G5 1 ff "li'iMTK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ix onniNAav-CITATION. WHEREAS. Rob't. A Thompson, C.K;.V.O., hath applied" to ?ne for letters bf administration upon tlie estate of.Jos. I!. .MeGulUn, deceased, late of the District, of Dickens and State aforesaid : The kindred and creditors of said deceased, aro, there--, fors, cited ,to appear before mo at Dickens C.' H.?^: on Monday the 1st day of January, 1800, to sliW ; cause, if any ihey can, .why said letters should not bo granted. Given under my hand and seal, this^ 17th November, .1805. . W. E. HOLCOMBE, o.r.p. Th? State of South Carolina, # ix onniNAUY-nc KI: xs. Jas. G. Black, Adm'r. \ Petition for sale of Re~ . . vs I al Mst ato tor tl?e pay Nancy Black and others? J mont of debts; . IT appearing to my satisfaction'thatjbo heirs at law of Eliza Crane, deceased, d?fendants in Olis case, regido without the limits of thls'Stato : It-is ordered, thercforo, that the gftid absent defendants do appear in thc Court of Ordinary, for tho. Statu .and Du.ti'iet aforesaid, at Dickens C H., on Mon day the 10th day of February next, to objeot to tho salo of the Real Estate of John H. Black?, deceased, or their consent to tho samo will bo en tired of record. . . . , ' * W. 13. HOLCOMBE, o.p.n. Ordinary's Office, Nov 13, 1865' 3m' ' DR. JOHN-R. PARKER, % HAVING-looatod permanently at th? Court House* respectfully offers Jiis'Professional services to the citizens of Dickons district. Having boen Sta tioned for .two years at'Richmond, ho luis had muon, exporjenoo bollon Surgory, in compounding, ami N in prescribing Modieines. . Ho oilers his STOCK OF BR VOS low for oush. Ofiico next to Col. Norton's. * _Sopt 14,1805 >. t ,- 3nv J j State ol* South O?ruliiia. . IN OUlUNAttY-CITATION. .> . ' .- J&k HU?IE.REAS, Rob't. ^. Thompson, o.B.r.n, .hath , ; i ? applied to mo for letters of administration? upon tho estato of Alvan Jenkins, deceased^ lato of tho District of Dickens and State, aforesaid ; - Tho kindred and creditors of saiil'dcooasod, arc, thorolbre. cited to armear bofoVc mb otjHokens C.* H., on friday tho reth day of January I860, to* shew'oauBO. if any they cah, why said1 letters should not bc granted. Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of Novomber, 1805. - * ; ' , . W. JJ.-HOLCOMBE, o.p.n. M .. - .'.'??.-? -,>>.?;?.. -if.'