The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, January 20, 1849, Image 2
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persons indebted to this Olfice, |
ciili M- tor Sitl?.?:ri|ilions, or Advertisements, j
are oinic.vly rfqin'Stml to mako immediate i
|v?ytm*nt. Tho amounts arc generally j
sm ill. and surely' no man can plcud as an i
e.i ' lie has not solcT his Cotton-" w
have outstanding-debts that must be paid, j
and this is out of the question unless outyj
selves arc jmul, VMr.
James K. Bois.ieauj.of New^jTork
formerly of this State, has (fetifljpTiy made a
donation to the Pre3byteriafc HSm School,
of Cireenwcoil, ofali-thej^ll^/focks, hinges,
glass, sheet.. lead-^'ndaiwTnaow pulley?, for
the new buijdmj^jppV' being erected by thoj
frienda tind'^Prons of the Institution. The
\vholo minWush prices would amount to
cjiiingc.
We unintentionally omitted in our last to
notice ihr. editorial change that has taken
place in the Carolinian. Col. A. G. Summer
after having conducted that paper with
muchability for several years has withdrawn
atid Mr. Vy,s^J^()hnotou formiirly. editor of
Carolinian has lost nothing in. the chkri-je,
^ as Mr. Johnston is a genilem.m of experience
and ability and every way qu 11iiif.l 10 render
the. paper interesting and useful.
Mr. Thetlow Gasten, lias laken charge
of the " Camden Journal," he is S;sid to be
a genueinan 01 ability.
In tho hst number of thu Anderson ;
"'7^^^^^^Ki>GozcUe, we nolicc I he editorial adJrcss of ,
%'^rh^^^:^Wi^Urrisoii. who has taken charge of j
:' ihiSPro^l^SBi'e p.izotte has been fuitunate j
* in sgcurmg^^j^^r^ices of this gentleman. i
We have just seen a letter to a gentleman
in this place from Judge Gj'NijiH, with regard
to connecting our Vilia'g ^&i)ie Greenville
and ColumbiA Rail'R^d^j^branch.
He had been written to u^n'rlMP'^bject,
and after expressing his .flpprobati^pfthe
project says, he. has directed the'GhiefEp^
einecr atyoiamt>m,jo,.Mistruct Mnj. Blisaib
reconnottcf ' ttie l?auftr-jmliro of ita
praciiCflbiHtyr^r^^7^^ii~w ~~~nwhen
we ^atl-trijrafan opportunity to say
more upon tbo subject. It id one of vital '
importance to tbe citizens of our dmtiripfcjHwh
should be considered in time... j
Items
A fire occurrcd in tb^'v^i^^nPfttIington
on the 10th inat., itt^wS^en ofonb
of the Hotels, WoJ^<tt|9^^6ro burnt to
death, and two thou^d^ilt^ra in money
from Cholera in
' : ; JNew:Orleai}$Jfcern its first appearance until
ihat it is rapiilly declining. .
Col. Crogun, who during the late war
distinguished himself in the defence of Fort
Sandusky died of Cholera in New Oceans
Pr" on the 8ih inst. - " . * ,
Nineteen thips, nineteen barques, fourteen
brigs, fivu schooners, three pilots and
one steam .ship, are advertised in the New
York papers topsail Soon for-California.
Mr. Van Huren has written.another letter
to some of his friends in Npw York in
T<tvor of 'vfree soil" and " no extension of
. Hon. A. H. Sevier, late United States
^.Commissioner in Mexico, died on .the 1st
of Judge Johnson be
3 erve8 for o
Of c^tirso
this all operate^W rertdefr. ttitihey scarce arid
keep as fro.ii prospering. If the Kentucky'
and^enneiaee drovers can uflford to cfriye.
hogs to this market and soil them from 3'to^;
j 4 cents per pound and relive a pro'Rt;by-it,
surely our farmers eon do the same rV ^
The season for making a^fu ri u ne-'U '
cultivation of cotton has# past and so I6ng
the market continues to be gluited as it has
becu for years, it cannot ho a profitable busI
ineea. '_It.ce?tainly is bad policy upon the
jpart of a farmer to strain every nerve and
.^pliint large crops of cotton to the neglect
of a sufficiency of corn and oilier grains, and
at the close of the year, buy his pork from
tho sales of his cotton. It is impossible
that a planter ean prosper who pursues such
a course. It is this cotton mania that has
ruined* ur lands and caused them to be prematurely
worn out by injudicious and reckless
farming. The soil has . been heavily
tax 3d j-our after year without change or rest
to raise cotton, until in many places it is ex
hausied and abandoned. This District h^s
been and still is, a magnificent cou t\try,und
had the proper cure been taken ofiL
l would have stood first among the lands OV
the South lor fertility. All the ?rains kiou\
licre exceedingly well, and the yield of cot^l
ton upon the Savannah and Saluda Rivers
is equal to the boasted lunik of thtt West.
Let ua then appreciate our country, and ,iijiv
prove it. And further, let. us. push on.with j
Jb.o,JiftU_Tlo'>d_?u.d fufnish mean? to getoff
;U> mnrke.tyThe liuffd<
rof dispose and convert into money, and we
shall yet be a prospo-ous people,' 'Fa'tmera
what suy y.iu to this ? <: v.
v
T3ie ,\civ York ltesoiiUioiii.
The following resolutions have recently
been passed by both branches of the New
York Legislature und afio rds aslmolher evedence
uf tbe progress of Abolitionisin.
Although this ii the act of a Ssuto JLegislu.
lure, and simply a string of foolish resolutions,
coining ns they do from one of the
leading and strongest Stales tn the union,
wo regarded it as omenous ol'evil, and that
no quarters or comprorhiso^will he given us
upon this question 11' reason and a sense
of justice will not teach them to respect our
rights, thank God we have amu and stout
hearts that can. It is useless to argue with
madmen,letthe South then define her rights
Laud in tones of thunder sound them in the
ears oi niese uesiroyers 01 our country's
[' peace, then if they rcspect thein not they
" ' ' 1" ~zz.
"Whereas the people of NewMcxico have
petitioned Congress for the establishment
of a territorial government, which shall protect
them aguinst the institution of domestic
slavery, while they remain u territory of
the United Slates, and have also petitioned
Congress for protection against the unfounded
claims of the State of'Texas to a large
portion of their territory lying East of the
Rio Grande ; and whereas it would he unjust
to the people of Mexico and revolting to
the spirit of the age to permit domestic slavery,
an institution from which they are now
iree, to he lutrouuceu among them; and
whereas since the acquisition of Ne'v Mexico
and California by (tie United States, the
people thereof ha ve a.right to expect the protection
of the General government, and
should be secured in the full possession and
enjoyment of the new territory ; therefore
RisoloecL, (if the Assembly concur,) That
our Senators in Congress be instructed and
our representatives be requested to use their
best efforts to procure the passage of laws
for the establishment. ofgovernm?*.nt?( (br the
territories acquired by the late treaty o'fpjsace
with Mexico, and that by such I&'w? farolilntarv
servitude, excent fiii1 c.rrrrrn~-bi'-B*.
-?j ?t ?vr"J ~r - ?
eluded from such territory. - V,'R^uliced,
(if the. Assembly concur,) That
the.terrilb'ry lying between the Nueces and
the Rio Gruude, and thai portion ofTJeW
Mexico lying east of the Rio Grande, aYe
the common property of the United States,
and that our Senatori and Representatives
in Congress .be requested to use their best
efforts to preserve the same a? such common
property, and .protect it from the unfounded
claims of the State of T?icaa, and prohibit
the extension over it of the laws of Texas
or the institution of domestic sfarery. "
. Ihsolved, (if the assembly concur,) That
, the existence of prisons .for the confinement,
and marts for tfi? gale of 8lave?, at tbir 6eat
of thtf.^tional ^vernmfeo|/f? vieWdf by
this legislature .with deep regret andmortificatjetn;
that auch prisons and mart*ought
forthwith Jo be abolished.
Resofovl, (iflhe'^seiifbly concur,) That
s our Seizor?&nd topresentati^a ia'fJongrejja,
i bo requested id ude their strenuous efforts to
passage of a' |i? vv'that shall pro4teef^^v|
from unjust imp'risorfuient,and
Hhall effectually put un end to', the slave
1^
darkness begjtt
Wylight, so Wt4<L-* A-/ . ."
brok'b in i^Yl&Ud and by^degr^SI??
glares v4ously looked for, ?
shone silouds in heavy t
was iun inonr'^ynjf^^^tho glorioUs%uri t
slorm ilrenchah^t|iwelti^?C\^r> and nevcV <
coM and i
by would hay^^po^<^^"ad '?tin?^lhu 1
g? a era 1 w' i s l)i o g tfay J^?\ o uV ;v*v e t clothes
werVstretchedofy e/ery *\jush in the old
field to dry. j/ ,
Afttr a days lest \vc reauu d our journey
il'-'uj; h Burke, and cntenJ Jeflerson county
'v 'iiosl of the land s seen from the
i' 'uile sandy am uusuited for tho
cult of com or cottui, in Jefferson,
w _ , sciJ several exteii^jre farms well improve^
tho cotton upon /these plantations,
looked'as well as any vv/luivc ever seen in
our native district. Tifc Sen Jslund cotton,
? ni . ) n ? - ? J' ?
ui i>iuck aeeu, is Hie IinU generally cultivated.
-lucre is said to bo a considerable
portion ot rich land idthis county, and the
crops of i-corn and cotton are abundant in
seasonable .yours, in about ttje centre of
the county, \titliWa few miles of ihe
Ogcehee, js situated Louisville the county
seat^~lt is a;,small place-'"containing some
\hroe hundred" inhabitants, two churches,
o^e bcldqging to.lfio Methbdist denominan'oii,
the oHje.r to the Buptt'st, and several
had Kting ov^theit' doors Avith letters so
urge tDat.u-nn wno runs may. read, "uneap
Cash Slore,''I'Clieaper^than tho Cheapest,"
&c.,?The iJcRifct _lIou*e is decidedly u
fine buildingj -made of' brick and rough
plastered wijhWtj it', has been recently finished.
and sj^ukV well for the taste anil liberality
of JelieisOn... The Jailjs a miserable
looking old i\ou3e, apparently framed and
painted red, and standing noar the Court
House forms'quite a contrast with it. The
village id well laid nut, tlie streets crossing
,.?i. 1..0 .,..,1 i . r
'-"VII UlUH UV ?II^ICC| Uliu Ow VC1UI U1
thein ornamented with shade trees.' After
leaving this little village, we crossed the
x!Ogechce
upon an excellent bridge, it iffs a
deep rapid ftream thirty or forty yards in
width and is said to bo quite abundant in
fish. Upon the banks of this stream, for
the first tiin^ wo noticed the Saw Palmetto
or Fan Palmetto, as it is frequently called
from its.xo&mblancc to a tan. they are
ing in sucli disgusting profusion nil over
Florida. Wo wefe so much taken with
ihe first we saw that wo cut several and pul
them in the wagon with the view of bring,
ing them home as a cpriostty, but in a few
days threw them.away and would hava
been glad to escape seeing any more, especially
the roots. These are of considerable
size, and in many places, for miles, across
the road in all direction, a ride over them
in a common wagon will shako the soul
out of a tnan almost, or to say the least of it
will^ivehitn an appetite for dinner. When
dry the leaf makes, nn excellent fun ami
nature seem*t6 ba Wdesigned them express
iy for Ws pUfpose by causing: thein to grow
so abitodanUy .in a#arm and.sultry climate,
Whilst pacing through 'Jefferson, we
met many'TSrttfe sovereign people of CSedr
gia, in high# g^e^gomg ip the precinctstc
vote for ahd Vice-President ol
p?mct*o<J M- ftys' conifclud^W^l^f^th'Mft
Ijywuy of finding ou
tixeir po!Uiq^1^^::a4^t^fopdftmi
Voice, "lf hurrah ..fo?;;old 'TJac.lr.'' w? niritr.tr
the right ;.(^y?;..aaft:J with a simultaneous
movement^HK'vptjlUd- off, iheir hats am
.,inadethV ftairy^-pirttT barren' Vocal with
the najue oCGenem Taylor ; ore with or
oath exclaimed ih&t.hovvoiild treat had the)
not just finished the last of their whiskey
We noticedat'oneof thete precincls qpiu
a gathering of hard'featured and shabby
looking nr*en; 80rno werej k)ud in their
praises of Taylor, others,ofjCnss, whilsi
others again, having exorcised the>glbrjou?
rtrivillkaA nfftllfrraffA ' linnn iKa ?
r-- ? -OT n-rrsri -r>? ? ?
wero reeli^gand staggering in dtun^ennen
doubtless feeling much like iBurhs's Tun
O'Shanter,^?-?^Iorioua and o'er the ill:
of life vic^rUtii.'1 Such besotted wrelche
are fiMtvimjftpch privileges, jbY 6 heritRgi
?n thei^ftoffVeedbin; incapublopfthinkin;
they are tools in the hand
il.sighing'is'eyer ' an?l ?j
itreaaia of runmng.vyater aro. ?n ^
ho inhabitant few and fur betW^O.... Io
>ur surprise, however, t
:ome to small settlements iti thw pine land :
where corn and cotton aeemed to flourish
finely, and the sugar cune very well, they
"? ...? mature upon an averuge 1
erally cultivated so high up tut* cimw,v4U-:.!
there is no doubt it will soon be planted by |
every farmer mlhe.lower portion of (Jeor- I
gia, and every family ^maho, fcugar enough
lor its own use. This sand^iajid seeina 1
admirably adapted for the Sweet P&tatoand
largo crops arc raistd, many of uWnNtte
of enormous size, we purchased one^.uaya
dozen for twelve and a half contsj^lho
smaller of which, would have measurajflp
twelve inches in circumference. PuinpkiniP
also grow there of considerable size, we saw'
one in hounds County lliut was indeed a
cuflosity, it was four feet long, mid about
three in circumference, and we were informed
by the gentleman who raised it,
weighed over fifty pounds.
There is quite u change in the character
of the country 111 the immediate vicinity of
the Oconee liivei, it ia more broken anil
clayey, and the pine interspersed with
hickory and oak. The Oconjje is a pretty
stream, about eighty yards wide and during
ihe winter months nnvngable for'Steam
jexuMa^cljat'ttoee vi>^; jt runs
' then*
Alataumha, a large and navagable Stream,
trussing the Oconee we entered Laurens
county, iind in six irtilos travel along the
hanks of<"the River, ranched the little town
ofDuhlin, ratberahd unprepossessing place,
and scarcely worthy ol'thc name of a village,
it is thu county seat however, where jiisline
is mefU'd out to the lew litigants living in
that lonely region* The Court tluiise was
in process of erection and is to be a plain
wooden building.
( M> BE C*NTIMOE?.)
Telegraphed t&ihe Charleston CourietgL
ARRIVAL OF jgm&
The Steamer
LATER FROM EUKOmM^-^S'
The British Steamer al
Boston on Friday morn"g *"''
passage across the Atlajj^yfe^ei than 13
* Cotto^^pl.
The position of kQait^'in Liverpool re
mains tho same na nt luit necouni#. TK<
inilrkct vv it 11 iimvn o)iiiiticiictt nmuded
on tfte low prices, add the idea that then
v would not be nife^nususHJy largo crop o
L American. Sales oHfaii^il^k 18,300b.
, On the 22d ult. Murruet'ofofel^irned Lou
is Napoleon President of t!|?.Republic un
' (il May, 1852. He took l>F^ga{h..ofofijo
at the Tribune, and read pro
? c.laimtna ilia RoniiKli/* nno f>n^t'offllWfc5*k!a
5 After the delivery of the in??g
of Louis Napoleon, Gen.JCa vni^riaCTSnt^B
1 shook hand?, at which Act of triend?hfjfcgffl
' good feeling the members of the Chamwl
, expressed their gratification. . ""*?
i * Odillon Bnrrot is empowered to form th
I new Ministry, its said to be doubtful whe
t..er Thiers will accept office under the nev
administration.
?us]&ud. \
The stock.of bullion in the Bank of En
gland is increasing in spile of the demai<
from the Continent. The specio on ban
i*i5,000,000.and the circulation 16,700,0.0(
... Funds, had ri sen aod prosperity expecte
with the new year's return.
f i* ..... Rome.
- Tha_Foj>e atll] "continues at Gneta??
. Provisional Governmonthna been estubl 1st
ed. An endeavor fans been-tnadejo iudutr
'ike Pope to return to Rome, but he refuse
unless on condition that the- Nation*
i Quard shall be disbaqded, and the journal
I -suppressed^.
A Congress of Notions was to assemb!
1 at Brussels shortly, to-settl* affairs.
>' The.Coininanding General of the Piips
' army in Pons on ,hi?, vay (
London, feeing1 on' n mission to both tl
great powers of France and England.
x As soon as Russia gives and cxhibitio
of her feeling,a final disposition the pg
son of the Pop** will be made.
i j CqNTiNrntaC.?-Acoounts w ijJjy reg&9|
> postpone the further consideration of the
ubject indefinitely, aud it iva3 carried, ayes
17, noes 23. "
The SiMiate then proceeded to the constleration
of Executive business in secret
session.
House OP KUPKESKNTATIVE.S
Tne motion to reconsider the vote by
which Mr. Coil's resolution relative to the
slave trade in the District of Columbia, was
taken, up.
1members au'stVtfrtu'ViKrt'J> " ben
Mr. Wenlworth movnl to lay tlio motion
to reconsider on tho tabir, which was nejja*
lived, ayes 70 noes 122. ;-j
A discussion then ensued, in which Messrs
McLane ol Md, Smith ol lnJ, Sawyer ol G.>,
participated, when tho proiious quesi'um _$'
wus deuimdud and seconded, and die mo'- ,
tion t&"Ttc<msiller tho vote was cuiriod, ayes
I 19 noes 81. *
j^MiySmnh of la, thou moved to amend
^moil's resolution, so as to instruct tlus
cowmitte on the Dial to impure what li-yia^mtW^
u'ajrnticessary to edi ct its purpose.
M r," i?Oyed to lay tliu amtMidtiienlnti .*
the table, bunVvyus negatived, ayes 0 1 nous
Mr. Smith moomj^nRpfmcndtneni, so as
to instruct the Coininitte^ to/renon a bill u> i
prevent the introduction into the C
District lor sale, and iiiov^Wfte-pievioua
question, but ii was not stcondeuT^ ^Wl" s
Mr. Meade moved As an amendment ;'
thul the Coinniilie be instructed to report u
bill to provide for the detention and restitulion
to thug owners of fugitive slaves i\-Ciiping
Irom one Stale to another. But the Jfcr
Speaker decided the amendment not in or- . *
der. * ,-t
r ' i? "
House adjourned. ,
/ fSjr* "* " . : ,
JS. R. Willsoiifs Letter. &gp(5
v"' Locust Grovh. A.bb'. Dist., > jj& '
1'uiknd Bkadlky :?Sir, on exa;nin
of your Annual JLleporl, as l1
the last Court, t hnd mmw<i
beg li.avo to call your utkrotianab.inasmuch
i as I am in the inat- j
to l^ia Treasl
'1r"J^Bgf.'rr" r' p''' with l'K: Board as GoiiIft^BHpPef,
oh ihti 1st Ocrtd'17, t reporSwte^aitb
on b in ! 8G5i3 05 and you will tind
BBpby credit, between . Oct 1st ami J ail 1st
- ;:18w:fQ34 leaving a balance in my bands
!'* qi^lj^j4Hrik?^dgrsKldcb I paid over to you. ,
? Oiftsyou have taken tntu. the ttepori, but ~h,
there is no showing in the Report how 1 exptMided
the $043,1 will thank you to make
r an additionul Report and have it published,
showing the cash which 1 had oii^haitd toir>*thnr
with hniv il wim
o v \
atteutien to this will oblige your frit>nd??rf.>
> V.
7 "?--*"E.lra rayon.
j? The following report whill showipe'n
penditures of John R. YVillson formeri^^jSpf ' /
Gen'l Board of Com'rs of Roads for Aijwville
Dist S. G. from Idi Oct. 18-18 to 1st
L Jan 1848 I
0 According to his report dated 1st Oi;t '47 . i'
had Gueh oa bund, - $531 0.1 ^ i
Yfijy'ah o^fereight in making out
* the Generul Report lor 1848, it v I
Sjj&Tasomitted to show in whui way
|^^;m?iuiuuuui uuu uceu
Cr.. ..
e t!wB|P^BBwte"D9id L J Johnson
^uMKBflOf teltendi?a Da? '
^Wfew ft Pr S S
liakSnpMKg^ : 9309 uu
i- l^y for
>1 S Baker's order.
). Nov. 1 By cash paid (J II Allen, "* ^
d - .. ?.- .< for publishing the annual ' * i
' t Report in the Banner, - 15 00 '\?i?WBr
f " 8 By Cash paid J no E Nor- ...ffir
,n ris of Anderson, in piiri for
I- buildi?g -Bxldg?. al ^wir> f ' "'"^F
e 'on Litlle Rivf?r, S00 *00
I/n o TJ\. ?u?..:.i d n D?n_..
?ruiii uj uanu jjaiu i. 11 L)iuuii!jf
il T'r., appointed this day, 2 05 ^|j?
[e I certify that the above is n true?
of the Expenditures made '
^E^?ttArri'ed| on the evening of the 11th inst., l"
Ilev'd. E. E. Pressly, D. D.,
DAVID LEWIS DONNALD, to
E|pi?a JANE AGNEW?ail of this district. /
a j But Peace be there,
1? Aad Pleuty ctowu a, pfeuaaut home.