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
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