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k? VOLUME V. t ' i . :: I '' ' ' ' ' ' I '' NUMBER 42. V ABBEVILLE C. II., S. C.,;; JANUARY 6, 1849. ii_ : L_i l .. y--i Published every Saturday Moriiiug by CHARLES II. ALLEN, v " J- v MDITOK AM) I'ltOl'JUKTOK. i.- TLRMS. : Oaie I>oS!?r ami Fitly cojaJ?:, Invariably i n A tl v a nee. 'f : , ADVERTISEMENTS, inserted at 75 els. j.rr , ^ \ nqunrc ol' twelve liat'B l'ur tliw lin>t iiiscrtion, and 37 1-2 et?. for eaeli eonlinunnce. Those not liai *:/ viiifj the desired number of insertions marked &***<> ji*. upon them, will be eontinued until ordered out ^ w ' uml cliui'gi'd accordingly. ^ 03' Eritraya Tolled, be paid by the .Ma- I jistrulc. . AO" For dnuduuciug a Candidate, ijj!!2.00, in advance. ' N 1 O* Thn Postage' must' bp paid upon all letters and communications to secure attention. mis hq&fr, ~ rut: AiS'gel vvatck]:r7~ A daughter watched at midnight, 1 l?*r dying mother's hed ; Pur five lung night* she had not slept, gr And many tears were plied : ?.*; A vision like an angel came, . ^?*Wuieli none but her might see: 'i<' ?? Sleep, Uutioiis child," the angel said, ' . ' \iiil I will wriieii for thee I" mm - :Sweot slumber, like a blessing, fell * . Up??:i the daughter's face; The an;*'*] smiled, and touchcd her not Bu: <r< utiy took her place: And oil. si> full of hum hi love T1?!?m' pi'y i?iT eyes did sliiue, 'J'lie. ati!>el yiifst half mortal seemed? Tin* shiRiberer halt*divine. I.ikft rays of liijllt the sleeper's lock*. In warm loose curls ware throw.j Like rays ?>l light the angel's hair Seemed liLe the sleep :i'.- own. ruse-t.iv : mi tuuvv uu i i? tuccu, Diss >i viii_j into |<eurl? A MOia :thiiiif in that Hny?il'? face f'-' Q - " i ii Ti'rf :' '?~x7^~ r~ Tlif! inarlAl anil ttn-nnrlitl, *acti ft?fl cti?5 wero siteti; jS : .love, what itivn^th Iik* thine? From then shosi* prayers arise, Winciij entering into lJa.radi?e, I ' Draws ungel* from the skies. Tile dawn l??.?k.? ! through the easement A wintry .j*?vn of glo<>m, (coM, Ami s.ul It showed tne curuiined l-sd? The stiil und sickly room : "My daugiuei!?art ihou there, my child? O haste thee, love, cotno nigh, That I may see orice more thy face, And bless then, ere i. die ' u If ever I were harsh lo thee, Forgive, ine now,'' she cried ; " God knows my heart, I loved the most When most I seemed to chide; av Now bend and kiss thy mother's lips, ... "--v.. ^ And for her spirit pray I" ' y...kissed her. and her iouI A aoddea^ftijrtjj? what drea m, what sound iJ The alumoeftng girl alarms ? She w?li?'s?she feej her mother dead Within the angels arms'! I She wakes?aliesprings witb.wildembrace ? lJut nothing the re'appears Hxcept her mother** aweet dead lace?" r'^f Her own own convulsive tears. , " ??. - |i . jipjiUlUlincmi WJ lilt: a?. uu. vvu? C^irl^gjjipf S.' W. Capers, P.- E. \dvocutc, W. M. Wighiman Beih^l, J )hn A. Poiter.^ vtifiu St. A. G. Stacey,; .! . . ??? Miss. lo China, B. Juokins, C. Taylor. ffjfi? v Agent to Bible Society, H. A. C. Walker. SJLi.k Swamp, YV. A. MCtSwain, "i. niiicneii. Suv. River M.;to bu supplied, H. T. Porler Colleton Ne.CK.AI., Joseph Warno*k.~ * W a I lerburOjA' WvWu 1 ke r,E .G Mey n a rd i n. ConibAhofi^ftpt'Afchapoo AI., J. R. Coburn, % Qt ^'Cpirfuzsburg, Orungeibur^ W. G." Connor.' . - Cypress, W. C. Kifkland, Q. W, JVfoore. Pon PouJ^yfi. P. .Taylor. Cooper ? Cooper rjyer M., T. E. Leudbetlcr. B|? Beaufort M. D. D. Cox, L. A. Johnson. dpT .Edisio M., C. Wijson. PvL-v Cokesburyj W. A/Oamewel, P. E. |.^3f;"Coke?buryl C.. A. Crewel," J. T. Munds. I?. Edgefield, W. P, Mouzon,- A. L." Smilh Pendl??n^l^ Sack??. t,- Pickens, U. P...Frankv, Et$ Paris Mounlain,1V. Seal. g< Greeovilfe, S. M. Green. 1 If Union, S Townscnd. II C Parsons. Laurens, Z W Barnes. Newberry, P G Bowman, L H Dun woody. Ml Tryon M, L Sccarborough. Columbia District, N Tally, P E. Columbia, Joseph Stacev, J T Wighltnan. Barnwell, It J Itoyd, A II Harmon. Graniteville, H M Mood. Columbia Circuit. D Derrick. ?i'! i r __ i i %ir t ii \> imiMJoro, o ljfrurcij j >> j riurris. Camden. W T Capers. Santi'C, W S Ualiotn. Snmterviilp. J H Zimmerman. '. I Darlington, C S Walter, A J Oauthou. Lancaster, I) McDonald. Wuloree M, D G McDaniel; K B Ivsny. j Con?jarec M, W. Martin. .St MaliJfciVs AJ. VViiiuniswti Snwtli. Wilmington'District C But?, 1' B. Wilmington, W Crook, S II Browne. Smiihville, J It BucUett, W M i Cane Fear M, A! C Turrontino. Conwayboro to be supplied. Georgetown, A M Creitzburg. Black Itivcr, J II Cliau JJer, J Porter. Black Poedee M. M Eudy, H A Buss. A2?rio!!f A J P ii.s *iiv. Bladen, W II Fleming", P VV McDanifl. Waccalnaw AI, J A Minniek, A Ervin. Sampil I\I} W Carson. San tee M, L M Liltle. Fayoiisville Di.s r ct VV li*rren<jer, P E. " D J Simmons. " Cir.} S Jones. Rcmi ltsville, J W Wightinao. Society Hill M, C McLuod. Cberaw, T S Daniel. 4i Miss., W J Jack&on. -^.uj rr-jj 1 eynes. VVadcsboro, J H Wheeler, J A Mood. 'Rockingham M A M-'r<Tihhftr ?= 1 Montgomery, j M Bradly. * j D?ep River, T W Posiell. j Lincointon District, A M Forsier, P E. I Charleston, P A M Williams, T M Farrow Pleasant Grove, W C Dash. Concord, W C Patterson. Lincoln ion, C Murchison. Yorkville, P It Hoyle. Spurtaiiburg, H H Durant, A P Martin. Rutherfood, S D Laney. Shelby, J L Shu ford. Catawba, A P Avant. M, raanlOlK II ?L?hu II. Lenoir, i'K Kittler. A M Shipp.Pres., Gieensboro F College. M Robbins and J O A Connor, without ?<ppoiutineuls on account of ill health. T Hiijrtjins without appointment. to settle his business. LIST OF AC 1'S, PASSED TlIK I.EUISJ. ATU UK, AT ITS SESSION OK 1 84S. ,h,1. rAn act to ine irporite the Kind's ,,_:i if * i,T10IIIIMIII JVitll lUU'.ft W.Flli|fiva V ,tv 2. An net to incorpo ate the Luirel Falls Manufacturing Company. 3. An act to abolish tho office of .'superintendent of Public Works, a.il C>t other purposes. 4. An net to confirm a gratit to Jhs. M. Harris, which by mistake was issued to Jas. W. Harris. 5. An act to aid in the construction of the Wilmington and Manchester R. R. Co. 6. An act to incorporate tue town of Winnsboro'. 7. An act to afford aid in constructing the Rail Roads from . Columbia, to Greenville and Charlotte. 8. An act to authorize and empoyver the Commissioners of Frae Schools, of the Parishes of St Phillip's *nd St. Michael'*, to raise a fund for the building of school houses and forot her purposes. -"9. An act to amerid an act, entitled,/' an act more efTectupUy to prevent tree negroes and othet; .persons of colof from entering into this State, and for other purposes." pa* sed. 19th Dec. 1835. * 1,0. An "apt to amend an art entitled ''an ; No. 5,of the. Independent Ot5er of <Odd ' Fellows . > * ' An act to declare Polk Bvfratrtp in :gft. GteofgcVParish, a navigable atream. v l2^: An act .to eBtablish the allowance of bills of Exchange. v ,13: An ,a^t to VissV the right and title of the ?taie. in and to4ha 9?iate of Elizabetli Kerfi deceased, in HamUtort Boland. 14. An aet to ajter tV? B?t[ibg9 of the . Court* of Equityjn Marlborough District. 15. Aofeet ioaiUh&rfze tfie United State? to phrqhiie a.ttffficieni quantity of 0fnd in .r . ' . -/;> : >r;y>' i> V 7 . v. ?vJL< A**#*?*! -?* i *x>'- Asfiii!. V&U.-5 -MiMtrX s .?< > - i-Vr y $' ' - 1 thisStite, for the erection'ofa Justom house and for oil purposes. *. 16.J Ar; raise supplies for the year, commencing *tober 184;.' 17. An a- .icorporute fcertain Soeietins and C i..es, and to renew certain charters heretofore granted, "tr* 18 An net to amend the qhrirters of the Spartanburg and Union Rail Road Company. - ? J . I'.). Aii act to authorize the admission of | porsonsof ci l->r into the Jjuuatic Asylum, j ! mi.I for <>t;.?'r pui-pusesT"^^"'1 JO. Aii !t?*l to incorporate the Green villi- j I Rail rtoi.i Co. i I. Aii aoi to :uin nJ :iu Act, tjiiiiiiotl '* in ad io incorporate ilie I,aureus U.til It ?? I | ?. '??lliji:i!'V. t:i. Aii act to incorporate the Koowet: ; liirrpiliV Coinpiiny. I t!3. An act to aiiu'ij,! . in relation :-i ibe nim-uiioo ii?e 1 ib ?:i-' l*liinl children of this Stnte. 21. An act directing Uie (*<. ?-ins to In; taken o! the free while inhabitants of tiiM St.ili-. A;i act to provide for ajsjieoial elect\?:i l ?i" Tax Colicctor, for Uaurtns iiij >?; i.. r..- .1L r..,.r ?, ? , ihr dri?t o:" thi* South Carolina Kail iioad Co In the Suite. xl. An act to establish xviain Uoads, Bridges and 1-Vrries. 28. An act to produce-conformity in the charters granted to the Ct??foitevand South Carolina llaii {load Comp|nyv;iiy4)ie State* ot"Noitii and South CaroMi^:*^*-,'* "' 29. An act to increnserha pd worg'of the Town Council of ' 30. An act to make"n~p rM^j^tfgna for the year, commencing in ;Gc ^84.8. 31. An Act to incofj) %^w^fe'Bradford Springs Itnialc histituti ; .-.. /1. . n ifili ti A'rut/i i/ie AXLin HA i L KOA 9PpMsy>^. r Tin; Massachusetts Compah oIders. "iTh? AV7c6|crn Vi rwf ETagtern Ronds h:ive already declared " foiV^T-J?er cent di?iclends, aud it is said thai the'i Lowell, Fitchimar. Wori-fBterj and v?iJ! p?y-the same per ceritage. ?'l-h^^tb.Oplpny, Providence, and Fall RiveirfkladV,it is under, stood. ?*ill divide three.andU\%;tlfper cent each. This kind of invonu^nt. still, con*. tinues to bo the favorite at tl^R-ED^ nor can it be otherwise. No Ban?WuM$ ^profitable, nor any iiiuiiuf'actur^i^fepcpyWUoh so sure of making large ted uod well managed Roadi The New York Tribune Say*;*?The New Haven and New Yoirk'^RatlvRoad i* completed, and the Coirtp?*?y-:7ar? only waiting for the finishing of t^e track in Canal .?t., 10 commence operations. There will probably be pome d*?HiV*i? junnitig th;oug:i train* to i3"5tort'for awhile, as there is tirne <li!ucijliy lo settle vviiu thn Haillbrd anil New Haven Company. Tile Worcester uud .Nashua Rail Road ?a.? to Iji* formally oppr.ed on ibe 20tl) nil. On the 18ih ult u not her acction of the Louisa Rail Roal was opened, and the curs now run to within ten milesy>[^CuailoUt^vill??. This itu.iu i'r-'tiielfaTty \vtirkiriij its way to the lilue Rid^e, and making friends ' us it advances. Indue lime 11 will reach i the waters of ilie (_>hit?. The New York Express eay6 :?The Erie Kail Road is now finished to liinghuuloii, anJ will he exaniin>'d in a few days by ilie. LMroctors, huh tipnu-u 10 me puonc <pn the tirsi of Janu iry. The^growipg^?elhn ?tion io wlncli u id held by Uiu ptfoho in fully shown by the advance in its Uonds, which now sell at 92 1-2, a risa of c4 .p?r.:cent within thirty days?an ad v^n^V greater than has been sees jo any other funded debt in the market. The purcf?MW;.npw made are for in vestment,:. and daify ji.d ranees are given by pariiea in .purijrtui-.ofihese securities. ' Lqw Farbs, and I.n ufeeASED?^?fjsferr u is iruiy gratifying to niiu ihui ?jijne o.uii t ^^ ^^ri'^^^^ x* 41Jr?' State at largo, an;l in States adjoining, benefitted by them at ton times tlioir cost; or at least equal, annually, since their average completion, to tlto entire coat of all the Roads in the State. No man not familiar with the position of things before their construction, utiil now, can realise and appreciate their influences. This very ground on which the ''United Si ilea Hotel," where we now write, and ih? immense Worcester and Western ^Rail Road depots, and a thousand brick buildings, now stand, was? ii"\vij in iv iisi; u I f ihrrnieisin?ivulcr ton I yiuirs :?.',o; and iliu very extensive Hats I around lio.-tcni, always covered \vith water I l>ulii-ilfjitii ut from five to eight feet, at lii.jii ti.le will be a|nedily ft I loci ill, and at u<> .iu. :>i >! iy b.* covtred with dwellings, [and wo; 1<<, in I nianulaetorie?. All j ili<>s<i i'?'suii4 urr-uwiug in.iinly tu rail roads. ! arid u-ry iiiu< ii to a .-y>UMii ol low lures and j ln.qiii/i.t '.rains on tin- it >il '-"'.u ids. I-Voiii the iYea; V ut k . hlcrt iiacr, CAl.ir U It .N I A Li U LU, ! Anir it I'On Jus-: Dr.Uceur, the first : ' >. .. .. ii. II) rn'i ji.ne-.ls. ij.iii ju<f i) T/VUeur, the celebrated Spanj ish 1 jtuiwgi.-i, u hose famous ireattej'on the. t '"A^ol lilt? Karth' must be known to maI n v ill our readers, hus ju.it arrived at iVi-w { Y ork, from the Regions ot California, by the way of Panama, Chagres. and iN'ew Orleans, bringing witU him a large amount ol Gold ore, estimated to he worth more than a million ot dollars, the result of his labors, by the aid ol a large body oi Indians, long beiore the existeuce of the gold mines i . ? i..... .i,,.. . .-.i t Itorr. IJITUUUIC II ?u IU^ .WW...W...V w. WW...,,, |IIU generally, Si^nor Dt-Alvear went out lo California nearly iwo ycais ago, in consequence ot .certain information which he had received of ihe geological character ?><' that country, with ihe firm belici that the. raot mine* of pieen.us metals would be revealed there, upon cai-elul itives'igalioii. He was encouraged to this enterprise, also, edj called the " Goldometer," by whose aid he expected lo be directed at once lo the "Gold placers,if any fuch existed. Not were Ins expeclrttio"# disappointed. His scientific calculations pioved to be founded in truth and profound wisdom, and his new instrument, the "Goldonirter," fuliilled his highest hopes. In less- than two months after reaching California, ho struck upon ' one of the richest g.dd mines in thai country upon an obscure branched the Sacramento river, in a gorge of hid* extrcinuly rock)' a lid difficult oi access, and seldom visited by the native Calilornians. Disguising his object umicr tiitf pretence of purely scmn. .1; . he obtained the uid of some j im?j irsuuivitj - - | fifteen or twenty simple mid luitliful Indians ; and Mendily pursuexl his task, collecting of: ten more Hian 41,000 worth of gold in a J single day, which lie concealed in a deep | ravine, wiihuui exciting any buspicion j whatever, uatii a tier die discovery ol gold : at C.tptuni Sutter's Mill, when the moun[ lams were ransacked by guij seekers, and j Signor 1)'A.I veai' ?placer," the r,chest | in uli California, was betel with greedy I adventurer#. It is now that the real | mines or s >urces ol the gold, lie in the ! gorges of the mountain;, and not in the Led;? or sands of the tivcr?. Don Joi'e D'Alveur was beyond all ques j lion, Hi)! ur&i aim um uia'.uinci ui me ?<;Id mines uf California ; and lie deserved wie inoie ?:r?.-dii for this, aa his discovery was based upon profound scientific calculation, and was not the result of uccidcnt. Tiie evidence of the facts, which he possesses in the shape of well attested documents Iroui persons of high authority in California, places the matter beyond ail doubt. ^, Signor D'Alvear now vists the United Stales, where he was for several years a i resident; lor the purpose of disposing of his k gold, ana investing u m saie uuu improving - ^ropfefty, and also for ttie purpose ofobtain<, necc63'iry apparatus and material for coni slructnig liis ncjW instrument, the ';Goldo-.meter," which .is now. in great demand in ^California, but the means of constructing .them was riot to be obtained." Previous ? fq leaving-CaliforniiV* hd eold his Own in tipj11 I I II i ^r i^iilrt^Vi't'i'i'ii'-i' ?'n.ra*ht '- - ily discovered in Va. and N. and ;.h.H the other mineral richc5of tliia roun'.iy . f<: inconceivably great, The Si^nor p:r.foiindly skilled in the mysteries of Chemistry, Geology, Electro ami Vital .Magnetism, and other curious branches of philosophical study, which, it must be granted, ho has put to good account in the present instance. We believe it is his intention to publish nn account of his invention of the 'GoMomctcr,' heforo returning to California. Wo shall loolc for this worlc with much interest. ?? From the Col. Telegraph. WHAT WAS DONE BY THE LEGISLATURE. If our Legislature at its lat?i session. effected but little good by new legislation, it certainly did very little harm, for but 31 act.-j were passed, and few of public interest. The must important ut these we shali pub-' lish at our conveniniee, exercising inu nine, lions of State Printer for the benefit of our patrons,, as during t lie \yhol6 session \vc performed those of our Legislative Reporter. Our readers may rest assured that they shall be kept informed tis? to. all'that is going on, if industry arid energy can effect it. With regard to the^new Acts on our Statue Bonk; a glance over the list will show that they relate chiefly to. amendments of Charters of rail toads, and acts of incorporation for various companies. The uttcmpts at retrenchment were not > very successful. The Superintendent of Public works was abolished, and his place supplied by a special Commissioner, with a very reduced salary?a position of very questionable utility and economy, in the opinion of those well informed as to the condition of our public works, and productive of some future annoyance. A similar thurs'. wn^jpade at the Adju- " tantGeneral.cuttinjidfown his salary 81,000 <? I which passed the Koustv. but. was nnrried *r='"x-ns epTrtr jTCTJ;^JUp wag ever, carried so far, that a Monument to the fallen heroes of the Pituutnio Ivcgiiuent was voteda luxury !" and the surplus revenue of the South 1 Carolina College, sought to bo'"''removed from its present stable basis. The proposition that the surplus of that fund, should be paid into the Slate treasury instead of being used for the exigencies of tho. College,actually passed the House?but was indignantly reprimanded by the Senate which proved itself an eminently conservative hodv durinir the whole session. The acts establishing the allowance of days of sight upon Dills of Exchange, is an important one to our merchants, (for which if we mistake not. they are indebted to the practical business tact of Mr Reynolds, of Charleston,) as well as the acts giving aid to those links of the greit chain of rail road communication that are to bind the South and West yet nearer to each other. Too much praise cannot be accorded to the Legislature for its liberality in this respect. ff .m/x Artlo ef/*rlmi* iVinnfir %\rei ? >. o |e '? X \TU UWIO WftPIWI yui" ??J "'. 4V M.. perforgied-^-one in further aid of the KC cation of the deaf, dim!) an I blind 'I of the State \ tho other providing for tt.ii < sane and idiotic among our colored population. The .latter of these benevolent aids wassuggested by our Representative, Gen. Jus. H. Adams, to whom and I113 able colleague, Mr J S Preston, we are indebted for the liberal appropriation made for the benefit of that unhappy class of our citizens, from whom the guilding ray of reason has been withdrawn .This seems but light work for n <?rs?ion of twenty four days?as the question naturally suggests itself, What else has been done? In reply we can only stale, that a great deal of time cons :mcd in reading Bills, which never came to maturity ; the Spcakk er rising tbree day3 .before the cl< sc of the session witn a wnoje-. oaicn 01 legismuvu bantlings, and impatiently inquiring.''what &w is to be done with (bisIbundle of Bills read, r a first time.?" to'which came the chilling' response frotn'an'bld niomber. lay thdra on the table until tjievlst January? !" which was. adopted, ahtftho hoprs of many a youthful aspirant "nipped fix lite hyd,. Wvv > , ^por the ranirfindei of the time, the Ban^lc^