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you may have it at twenty cents." Poor fellow, he was dealing with an old market woman, she cut his acquaintance, but left the fish. 1 . r <1 l i leave ai iour ociock mis morning in the steamer, St. Mathews, for Picolatu on the St. Johns. She touches at Darien, St. Marys, Brunswick, Jacksonville, Black creek &c. Fare from Savannah to Pilatka, 88. In great haste I have written the above,?as I shall continue to write, under steam power. Yours, truly. B. /?) (for the banner.) ^ TEMERANCE MEETING. The 3d. Quarterly meeting, of the Abbeville District Temperance Society, met this day at Greenville Presbyterian church, in this district, agreable to adjournment. Dr. F. G. Thomas, the President, took the chair, and called on the Rev. Mr. Gains, of the Baptist church, to open the meeting with prayer, who performed the duty in an appropriate manner. The proceedings of the last meeting, were then read by the Secretary, after which a call was made for Delegates. As the day was lowering but few of the local societies were represented. The President then read a note he had just received from the Broad Mouth Temperance Society, setting forth that they numbered 114 members and NO BACKSLIDERS, which was truly encouraging and was ordered to be filed. The President then introduced Mr. Y W. A. Lee, a Law student from the C. H., and a delegate from the Hopewell Temperance Society, to the meeting, who arose and deliverw! a most excellent address, which occupied about an hour. The Secretary was then called on, who spoke about half an hour. Dr. Thomas, made a few remarks and at this moment Mr. Lesly, arrived who added a few remarks to what Dr. Thomas had said. On motion of the Secretary it was, Resolved., that the anniversary meeting of the District Society be celebrated at Ab beville C. H, on 2d Wednesday in July, with 2 or 3 public speeches, and on uotice of the same, the Rev. Mr. Turner, S. L. Heller, Esq., and Thomas Thomson, Esq., were unanimously appointed to discharge this duty. The President appointed the following committees:? Committee of arrangements.?Dr Isaac Branch, H. A. Jones, David Lesly, James Fair, John Brownlee, J. G. Caldwell, B- F. Gibert, Lewis Smith, Dr. Joseph Marshall, G. W. Hodges, L. Barmore, S. Donald, N. R. Reeves, WM. JfciDDlNS, J. Jtt. WILLSON, IN. M. Strickland, Dr. E. R. Calhoun, John wideman, Joel Smith and Dr. N. NorHI8. Committee on Report.?H. A. Jones, R. H. WARDLAwand Isaac Branch. Committee of Invitation.?D. Lesly, R. H. Wardlaw, Isaac Branch, H. A. Jones and John McIlwain. On motion of the Secretary, it was Resolved, That the President of the District Society, appoint meetings of the several local societies, and detail speakers for each meeting and publish these appointments in the Tempcrance Abvocole and Abbeville Banner. Isaac Branch, Sec'y. April 24, 1846. The above communication, will inform your correspondent "The Country," as to the " whereabout^ of some of those persons for whom he appears to be so solicitous, and we presume the balance have just stopped to breathe a little ?-that they are still clothed in the habiliments of temperance, and will soon grasp its banner, and "once again," spread it to the breeze. I. B. Kapid Increase of Democracy !? A Kentucky paper states?" A lady residing within fifty miles of this place, has recently given birth to fonr sons within an honr. They have been named Polk, Dallas, Texas and Oregon, and all in a thriving condition." I I ' \ (for the banner.) MAY DAY. ??The epriner is hero?the delicate footed May With its light fingors full of leaves and flower#, And with it comes the thirst to be away, Wasting in woodpaths its voluptuous hours." The month of flowers, poetry and love, the sweet merry month of May is here. The dark, cold days of winter are gone, and we have in their place, days as soft and bright and balmy, as zephyrs and sunshine can make them. The spirits, after having been as it were frozen and congealed by winter, are now turned loose and set at rambling. The gay prospect of fields and meadows, with the courtships of the birds in every bush, naturally unbend the mind, and soften it to pleasure, and along with this delightful season?this carn'val of nature?the first of May? ??? comes a thirst to be away, Wasti'V in woodpaths its voluptuous ho - s I And aci ->rdingly, in obedience to this instinct within, and this universal invitation of nature without, the good people of Abbeville, and the ladies in particular, rose at an earlier hour this morning than usual?their slumbers no doubt having been disturbed by visions of rural retreats, sylvan solitudes, bubbling streams, " Nereides of the strand," and all the " dramatis personae'' of Spencer's fairy Q,ueen. The sun though lately shorn of his lAAlr? 1^.* II ~_i: ? - 1 *-- ? iv?~n.o uy nugc eclipse, UI1U DUl yCS* terday obscured by clouds and rain, as if conscious of his power and importance upon this occasion, and anxious to retrieve his tarnished brightness, rose with a majesty, and shone with a splendor unusuai even with himself. About 9 o'clock, quite a cavalcade was prepared for the long anticipated " pic nic," which the young ladies of the Abbeville Female Institute had so generously suggested. Quite a display of female beauty from the village, yes, and from the country too, (for the young ladies from favored us with their attendance,) was seen wending to the lar-lamed retreat, the rural resort of a former occasion, well known in the District as Calhoun's creek. We are upon the banks, and every countenance is lit up with a joyous smile preparatory for the occasion, indicating that the object of their meeting, pleasure and pleasure alone, was lurking unrestrained within their fervent bosoms. The parties commenced with feverish desire the " modus operandi" of hooking " minners" from the stream. This sport continued with unalloyed pleasure until the announcement of Cl dinver time" was given, when the cro 'd returned to their carriages fully satr led with their success. About 2 o'clock, the cloth was spread upon the green, and the substantiate and sweetmeats that was placed before us, language would fail me to describe ; but the recollection of it by those, whose good fortune it was to enjoy it, will redound in continued praise of the generosity and taste of those good matrons that were present, and those that assisted in preparing that magnificent and glorious feast. Suffice it by saying that the savory viands and agreeable flavors, cannot possibly have been surpassed on any former occasion. After this treat was past, we then returned to the carO W/l ftirvrtVk# ~ 1-. ? --?? -? * * imgco uiiu opcui a icw uuurs in social K chit chatafter which, the day being far spent, the parties dispersed and returned to the village in gayety and ^ myrth, all being well pleased with the amusement of the day. As for myself, I was perfectly delighted with the fish, but more particularly with the ladies. May 1 st, 1846. " Fish Hook." Edgar A. Poe.?The Baltimore Visitor says: this gentleman is so far on the verge of insanity that his friends think of sending him to the Lunatic Asylum at Utica, Whether this is intended as a ioke or not, we cannot sav t hut ur? certainly object to any action which shall prevent Mr. Poe from having the full benifit of Park Benjamin's motto; *s No pent up Utica confines our powers, But the whole boundless Continent is our!" ?W??M?????C?B??MOQ????Kgai?? The VaLue of Orogon.?At the dinner of the St. Georges' Society. * in Baltimore, on the 23rd ult., Mr. c Barclay, the British Consul at. N. i York, made the following state- y merit of the intrinsic value of the ?' territory, about which two great ( nations have been upon the eve i ot a war. s Gentlemen, it was my honorable 11 task, after five years of exposed j< service about the upper great < lakes and above them, to superin- I tend the establishment of the now i i much talked of 49th parallel of!< north latitude, at the Lake of the;] Woods, in the year 1825, and there j 1 to erect a monument. I tell you, j i as a fact, that for a distance of one ; < thousand miles before I reached' i that point?though I visited nu-! 1 merous posts and forts, as they are j called, of the fur traders, between j ( the months of May and October, which are the most favorable to vegetation, I never could obtain, j one single vegetable?a potatoc,' j carrot, turnip, or even a salad?L to check the stringent thirst which < our salted meat produced, or to ! allay the apprehensions of scurvy. I { I leave it for you to examine what', luxuries are to be e^pectcd by' j going further. j The Consul concluded by an ( j admirable sentiment from which ( 11*0 imonrin** A "* TT* ? ? > v uiiuqiiiu ion niiici iu(lll3 ul' | I lishmen will dissent. " Anglo-Sax- j on blood?too good to be spilt." ! ( The Mormons.?We learn from I, the Nauvoo Eagle that all the j ( mormon publications have been j discontinued. The archives and j trappings of the church have been j removed, and are now on the way | to California. The church (says the Eagle) has ceased to exist, the "Twelve" have gone, and with them the acting spirit of Mormonism. Camp of Israe? j the name which the advanct . company ol Mormons have assumed. The latest accounts from them state that they had crossed the head watprc n f ^ i .. ..1/v. u ui ottu V>I1U1IIUU> i were travelling very slow, and their stock was much reduced lor want of food. The trustees ol'the temple offer to lease it to any religious society or literary institution. A wealthy gentleman from the South, a bachelor,far advanced in life, has gone to Nauvoo, to purchase the temple, if it can be bought for *a reasonable price, and concert it into an Asylum for destitute \vidows and females, and to purchase lands and town lots, an j endow it out of the results of the . sales of them. The Navv.?It appears bv the < Naval Register for 1840, that the | naval force of the United States < consists of eleven ship-of-the-line, ] one razee, twelve first class fri- 1 gates, two second class frigates, t wenty-three sloop of-war, eight brigs, six frigates, nine war steamers, and four store ships. There are 67 captains, 97 com- ] manders, 326 lieutenants, 134 sur- i geons and assistant surgeons, 64 pursers, 22 chaplains, and 484 ] midshipmen, passed midshipmen, * masters and masters mates, be~ sides petty officers. There is 1 co- ! lonel of marines, 1 lieutenant colo- ' nel, 4 majors, 12 captains, and 40 ( lieutenants. There are also 67 \ engineers and assistant engineers, ] 6 naval constructors, eight store keepers, and 15 navy agents. 1 Suppression of Hrose-Kacing.? A liill * for the suppression of horse- < racing,' * trotting and pacing/ and '> the racing, trotting and pacing of ' other animals' has been passed bv 11 A W the Legislature of Massachusetts. It inflicts no penalty upon the ani- mals, but provides for the punish- 1 ment of all persons concerned in ^ any race by a fine not exceeding ( ?1000, and imprisonment not exceeding one year. Meeting of the Presbyterian l Genebal Assembly.?The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (Old School,) will hold its next annual meeting in the Tenth Presbyterian Church,Philadelphia, j on Thursday, the 21st of May next, _ _.!lt - - -1 - * ana win oe opencu witn a sermon by the Rev. John M. Krebs, D. D., the Moderator of the last Assem- . I bly. Bread from IIeavey.?A very lingular event is said to have oc- C< 'liri'nfl in (ltn 13?>?1???1!?(' A 4.11 ? ? III 1.11V ?. (iVflKll IV; Ml /VllillWIlil) 11 Asia Minor. Th"y wero star,'ing at that place for want of food. "f md an extraordinary interposition Cu )f Providence had been manilested pa n their behalf. A glutinous sub- *VI stance or manna, of which they ^ nake bread, has fallen in immense ]?. juantities in a district of lhatjll< jountry. This food is sellin**- pub-1 Pc icly at 17s per quarter, 'l'his is ! stated in a letter from Smyrna, 1 lated March 7, 1810, received in ' ? capers by the steamer, which, il ;rue, will create a great sensation -II n the religious world, being an ^ 3vent similar to the raining of j3 nana a to the starving Israelites in : d. he desert. ! " 1 ! S< Tiir Chincii-im:g, Seasons aN? ! A! "roi'S.?We regret to learn that | N :he Chinch^bug has made its ap *1 1 <-) !'V/?.iunuc in Lilt; pimiUtllUlilS Ol UK! (Q Fork, in this District, in sucli num- tii hers sis to threaten great injury to th the grain crops, and j'oung corn. W| i he fine rains which set in on ? Monday night last will, if they sc continue, soon banish them and M set at defiance their depredations, ind will also ensure our planters n full stand of Corn. [" South Carolinian. r;i Tim Croiv.?The Marengo ^ (Ala.) Ledger of the 20th ultimo ur says?The present spring has been w Dne of unexampled unfavorable- r.v ness to the planters of this region ^ af country. The most incessant 3, heavy rains that prevailed for the li\ past two or three months, together st with unusual cold have prevented ai the farmers from obtaining 'stands' sc of cotton. The seed have mostly ti< rottnd in tlin rrrnnml 'jn'l - iinu " Iiai | little cotton has made ita appearanee has been materially injured. Alany persons, in fact all that we y( can hear of, are now plowing up *v and planting again, either the "j whole or a part of their grounds. p A poor mechanic at Baltimore, named Hitchcock, had added to his family,the other morning, three jj, daughters, whom he named Jane S Polk, Marv Florida, and Martha ?? V . ?") Texas. It is a pitty he had not 1 one more, to call Susan Oregon. ^ It is said that the ladies are ^ about holding a meeting to remonstrate against Senator Allen being called " Petticoat Allen." - For the honor of their sex, they 1 protest against any attempt to make a woman of him, ? ! 0^7" Dr. Franklin Branch being on a yisit to Florida, his place will be supplied in [)( [lis Profession by Dr. H. W. NICHOLS, di ivlio will atlend faithfully to all calls winch I may haye during an absence of four iveeks. F. Branch. j? Abbeville, April 22. % tf fe CANDIDATES. j_ We are authorized-to announce | Mr. J. R. TARRANT, ns a candidate for T Sheriff at the ensuing election. ye We are authorized to announce T. cc P. MOSEL.Y as a candidate tor Sheriff G )f Abbeville Dis, at the ensuing- ejection, cr We are authorized to announce W. '?> A.. COBB as a candidate for the office of1 5mw...;a at>u?..:n? t^..i. ' ./ iv. a iu ui nuug v iiiu L/191UCI Ul HHJ UUBU" I log election. i di We are authorized to announce J AS. ! jn 3. WILSON as a candidate for Clerk of . Court for Abbeville District at the ensuing ,n Election. e[ The friends of A C HAWTHORN an- of nounce him as a candidate for Sheriff for CJ Abbeville District at the ensuing election P1 We are authorized to announce VADHAEL HUGHEY as a candidate for cc Sheriff, at the ensuing election. We are authorised to announce HUGH . ARMSTRONG as a candidate for Sheriff ,n Abbeille District at the ensuing election. at We areauthorized to announce Maj. A. ft.Itl\l ULiDi as a Candidate for Sheriff, at ur he ensuing election. We are authorized to announce N1MROD McCORD, as a candidate for Clerk nE >f the Court at the next election. m in JOHN G. BASKIN, - . wi Ittomey at Law, having taken an office T in the rear of the Court House and I'c near to the Printing Office,will promptly attend to all business entrusted to re his care. Jan 14 46 W. C. & J. B. MORAGNE, Ittorneys at Law?Have formed a Part- A ncrship for the practice of LAW, in . Abbeville District. 8tf ar an A. large assortment of LAW ,y BLANKS just printed, at this office. WOOL CARDING mtinued at Tucker's Mills, on Rocky River, AT LOW HATES, lie Machines of this establishment have rti-ntly ?one through a thorough course repairs, and are now prepared to exeto CARDING with neatness and distcli. Those expecting to patronize us, 11 please handle their" wool carefully at me, and we pronji.se <jood work. ites for cardinjr into Rolls, 8 cts per lb. vttinjj for Hatters, 6^" " r>lls cat) be had at the Factory at 40 cts r lb. Terms Cash. JNO. M. HAMILTON. JORDAN HOOD. May G [printer's hill ,jj>1.87?] 10 4t Valuable School Hooks, ist received from Philadelphia, Grifrjj & lliotl's New Series of Common School eudcrs No 1 2 3 and 4. Dr Frost, L L. , Professor of lJi.'lle's Lett res in i'hilal|)liia Hi^lt School, says of these books, I know of no book used iu Common diool.s wliicli arc preferable to them." !so, l)r Uuschcnberger's First Books of atural History, eo.nprissing Elements of uatotny and Physiology, Mineralogy, rniihology, Conchology, Icthiology, Eninologv, Botany and Geology, llespecig these books,'the Publishers, among e groat number of recommendations Iiich tb^y luivc received, present the folding: " 11 avincr examined, with some care, a ries ot School Rooks, lately published by [ess re. <-?rigg &. Elliott of Philadelphia, affords mo pleasure to state, that the lenders' appear to me well adapted to the irposo for which they are designed. The ssons art' judiciously selected, well ar.ng?-d, and calculated at once to improve te mind and heart. Dr Ruschenberger's ries of'Text Books of Natural History' e admirable, and supply a deficiency men iiiis Jong1 uecn tilt in our Klcmenta School.-*, not to say Colleges, in wlucli 10 book of Nature fair' lias beer, too little tidied, and our children and youth, conqucntly, nay, our grown up men, though ,-ing anil moving in the midst of the most uprising wonders, neither heed nor feel ly interest in them, because they have jt the most elementary knowledge to ;rve as a first step to excite their attens Dn, or guide thuir observations. This ate of things need no longer, and we jpe will no longer, continue. Dr Ru>ihenborger has imposed a new duty upon irery intelligent and faithful teacher of juth at once to make himself acquaitcd ill), and communicate to his pupils, the teresting subjects oF which those manus treat; HENRY M. BURNS, rincipal ofthe High Sehool of Charleston Also, U. States Dispensatory, Sterne's ^orks, Joseplius 2 vols 8vo, Village Ser^ ions, Daughter's Own Book, Book of Poteness, Dictionary ot Select Quotations, eneca's Morals, Mason's Farring, Gold" nitli's Animated Nature 2 vols, Life of aul Jones, Byron's Works illustrated and vtra gilt, Mrs Hemans's Works, Rogers, lampboll.Cowper, Milton, Crabbe,Young, Iray, Beattie, Ileber, &c &c, Smylcy's .rithmetick, &c, for sale by 11. II. & W. A. WARDLAW. May 6 10 8w 'he State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. jscph Lively and Mary, his wife, v. Win. G. Cain, James Bolds. et al.? Bill for Attachment, Sfc. annpsiritifr tn tnv KntiaFuntint* th?f fltl rt Ivy and Roeannah, his wife, Defenmts, reside beyoud the limits of this tate: Ordered that they do appear and answer or demur to the said bill, ithin three months from the publication ?reof, or the same will be taken pro cou? sso against them. H. A. JONES, onj'rs office, 4th May, 1840 C. E. A. D. My 6 [pr's bid tf7.50] 10 13t Pendleton Female Academy. his Institution, which has for several -? ;ars sustained a high reputation, still intinues under tlie charge of Mr. J. P. OULD and daughters, and receives the mfidence and patronage of our coinmuty. The qualifications of Mr. Gould as an structor, are of a high order, and his un? vided and unremitted attention to the tercsls of the School, together with his ng experience as a Teacher, place him t.hf? rnnl in liio nmlnooinn ""J ? ? ?? ? n?u |/|VICO01UIJ) U11U ititle him to the warmest commendation his patrons. His examinations have chibitod in his pupils a scholarship and -oficiency not surpassed, and seldom [ualled. Parents who wish their children >rrectly and thoroughly taught, and who e not content with the flimsy and super* nol education of mere fashionable Board, g Schools, would do well to place them this Institution. The system of inruction is thorough and complete, ein^. acing all the studies taught in Acadeies of the highest grade, uniting the bo1 and substantial branches with the Or* tmentnl, and blending in agreeable har? ony, the cultivation of the mind- and the anners. There is a Boarding House connected iih the Academy in the family of the eacher, besides in several genteel fami* >s in the Village. Thfl Tpnnc nf rPi?fiJ ?-? ? ? v? jl uibiuu aim uuai u oiu asonable, and as heretofore published. By order of the Board of Trustees. April 29 [Pr's bill ?3.37$] 9 2w. NOTICE. II persons indebted to the Estate of the ,e THOMAS W. WILLIAMS, dec'd,, e requested to call and mal^o payment; d creditors will hand in their ciarihs doattested, by the 25th of December next. MAT. J. WILLIAMS, Ex'or. April 8,1846. 6 13\y V'-?