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53* All persons-indebtdd^'llaibls'Offiee,' .either for Subscriptions,,or Adyeiii^emonts, payment. l>ho prnounta\ are - generaliy stnallj and guYeijr no $in:can*plc'a4]fc\aii excuse, "he has not sold his Cotton." We I have outstanding dcBls thaimu$l bi paid, and tViis is oa^ c/'/Ac question unless we our?fllitrx nro nnjJ. . . \ - jaugviiciu Auveriisor. VVe perceive by the last number of that paper, W. C. IVJoragne, Esq'r., has undertaken its Editorial management. Mr. Moragne is a fine Scholar, and able writer, and will not only add to the interest of the Advertiser, but be an acquisition to the Editorial corps of the State. Mar!t tha Dcscrlersi! The Baltimore Sun says?"It is said five members of the committee of tiftoen, to -which the address reported by Mr. CalLw un has been committed, have resigned, viz: Mcsrrs Clayton, Chapman, Morehcad, Sieveils and Ruslc. It is expected that others will follow their example." To these men and their course, may be attributed the failure to unite the entire Southern Delegations in Congress, in resisting the farther advance of Abolitionism, and upon their heads should bo hurled tho bitter 7^,^ execrations of an insulted constituency. There is no course they cqtltd have pursued ^%te^^^dto;erubomeftour euetqip $ pTTOvue their continued nsSaulia.-^Ar* sfKey^Swhern tnen; nnd true. who-'thus do <l?Mmrcountry in tho hour of peril ? Let and glory'in their shame, though .. 'eave 'heir posts, the enemy ...:r-f"no"t'find a slumbering garrison. ' ' Mr Calhoun's address is said to be a plain ' and simple document giving a history of the ?YT\-: progress ot Aholilion ; suggesting no remedy to stay its advance but leaving this to the several States to decide tor themselves. And yet every whig member, with one hon v orable exception, voted to lay the address upon the tnble. Toombs of Ga.. spoke against it apparently for opposition's sake alone, for he offered neither an amendment* or a substitute, nnd when asked what courso he would pursue if Congress passed the Wihnot Proviso, made no reply. Stephens moved that the meeting adjourn sine die, and failing to carry h>s movemeut asked to be excused from serving on the Committee and Mr. Berrien was appointed in his stead. After many amendments had been proposed, the report was .re-committed tq - the same committee, and the meeting adjourned to convqno.again on the 22nd inst.- - . j :" **?'mark' the deserters, and the dastards, who lured by promises of nromotion. or urir. . . ?# -- --? ed on by an unhallowed pmbition, have forsaken their country and joined the enemy. Thus have they fulfilled the predictions of Abolitionists, that the South could not be united upon this question to resistance. It remains now for the people of the Southern States to say, whether or not, they will submit to the dictation of Northern masters. ' Congressional. > > ^ We find nothing of much importance in * * our latest intelligence from Congress. The Postage bill had been taken up in the Sen' ate, and several speeches made upon it, it is thought this bill will excite much-discussion, inasmuch .us it contemplatoa ihe qbpliiion.of the franking privilege and other important .......... v. - . . i;nu()ges. , , : ,, The Civil an J Diplomatic bill ha^een SJlRfe ' >. , , al.loaiwBritoi'.^emojoti.jfoflUi.pprqpn^ i;hc I>a-^? -'Hf ;..../' oii vvilh the Florida indi^n9'*6y ^^er of ':'' Geno'roj Oes?ai>,' has passe'd ihe'Hoiise ^bjt . o volo;^ 10. io-04niostly opposed by j Abolitionists who glory ia every .opportunity that , pfe^niie ff#etf?.to F^^2^asi2^iii - m * ' lampoon tjie. institution of ehiVSry nounc^eTiU upholders. The mileage question was also taken up and elicited some discus38ion 'asto the'mode ofpayjng.milenge; a numberofpjropositionB in reference to amendment having been made, one was finally adopted, fixing the rates at teh cents a mile; ntid hereafter in; stead ef members rcceivinig,.^ ppr day be . allowed? salary of. ^2,000, a year. IC jsi thought however, that-this ---not succeed t: . it. '" r JrZ' \ v'-Ji*> >*. % I I I |UisJio^nbf6 gentlemanhi^s shown sjmfomii'bftftfctf'ficciioD^iB caiirsp upon the comy l^ailae-bilIdfifittj&lh^laatseis i o n, was en-' ougli ofitseif^o have set the seal of condemn- h,R with .K? fr,nvni and} co,ho. ,0 richly cioseFved, fiis whig frionds eulogised himi and whig papers were loud in his praise.. And there are flot wanting now, friends of the samii'.stjuip,-who, in their partizun zeal will still sustain Hitn. K< \Vben th'e'traitoTous conduct of such men meet with approval, oven though it be by -a fovHq -our m;Jbt, /u-ia M^mg fuel to. lha already "consuming flames, arid serves toembolden bur adversaries to continue their attack. In this particular, the course of some of the Whig presses in South, is inost extraordinary, und huVo done us much to further the cause of abolition as their own prints, by inducing the belief in the North that upon this vital question we aro divided at home. Tha promotion of their party is all and all with th-Mii, and toihis they bend their energies ; unmindful of the dark and threatening cloud that now covers oar political sky; regardless of the thunders that are shaking the Union to its centre. If there ever was a period in the history of any country, when firm and united action was called for upon the part of its citizens to resist aggression, that period has arrived with us. And he who shrinks from his duty let his name be linked iii infamous memory with thd traitor Arnold and trans-, mitted to posterity. (J?TDr<i Shields has b'e&n el "t o h Si Senate bv the Tjftffislfttnrft .nf llllnnto <* ^ ?~ y "T'-O ~ * w*w) ' T**; supply the place of Mr. Brecse, whose term expires on the ,4lh! of March next. It is said that the General hits pledged himself in favor of preventing the extention of slavery in new territories. Also that1 a question will arise as to his eligibility to a sent in-the Senate?he must have been naturalized nine years before he can do this. The subject ot coining gold dot la is is now before the Committees of both Houses of ^Congress, and it is thought will be carried. Tho Washington Union contradicts the rumor that has been current in the newsna. ~r _ pers, of Government having received accounts from the Gold Mines in California and with-holding them from the public. Also that Governor Marcy's son had collected fifteen barrels of Gold dust. A gentleman' who sent out five dozen shovels to California, sometime ago,- realized $4,000 of Gold dual therefor. And another, who had previously sent out one thousand spades, realized only $40,000. The Editor of the Columbia Telegraph, received the other day a .small package of Green Tea leaves grown by Mr. R. E. D ? t ?' -- * *vMcoti ui niui pmco. toe taner gonueinan thinks Tea plant wili grow as well here ns in China.- He hns Olives also .growing in his garden, unsheltered, nnd says they are t?.hqj*dy plant and will bear fruit here. if The Hi?rtrord Times sayS that very l.-frge quantities of speller solder have been sent to California for'speculation.' It is dropped in wa^r when hot) by which meanS small' scales Are-'formed resembling almost exaciJy^the "gold dust or scales of Feather Riven It is one 'oF the vilest ' eherilk rif tl?? Xa&'~' ,afe . fb/orined that six barrels of this *U?ff were sent out in one ship from Nervr. 1 3Fbrk; and also that iomtf has been sent base ine^I .to the gotd buntew,, as they *rr rive in\GaJjfornia; /Intelligence frocnr^:Midago8car/received at' Jamaica, gi ves the particulars of the failure of Admiral DSciffe^'lo 6p5cn.friendly relations with, the Queen, of Madagascar. ' <Tbe, Queen bad demanded, the head.6f< 5.-^-. ? >< -J * oupiain Jtveiiy, ol-ner Mnjosty'sahip CotK ivay tvhich-of coarse was refused/ * It has been rumored that, in consequcnce of the daring pilch to vjrhich thu pirates on the coasts of Morocco hare carried their i fjj^fclees^vocations, th^ BrifUh-Gommiknder raandiog^tUMion'frOm the E^peror>f: Morpcco;' " - v ' ... ,, ' Eicon's History^ tof tlrt M Conqawt | p^exlcp,0 tbfc ^l||C^I?tg of tt TOMr ti> FloPWa. LHttle Ocmuljpt JacJtspnvUle-?Great OchU/gter?Lumber Florida, ^.^Linc?<?'c.). ' The. jbwtjj: portion of Laurenif'county, is a gloomy Wilderness, wlicro yctst hearda pfcaiUo anc^ficer, roam aad^edi-u'^ja^be luxuriant ciVss that covera iho* ^vhole mcp of the country,^ Here the habitatioh-of man israrolv mM'w'ith n J . T? '? - W ,1 u f? Mpiv id spread out! before, * the Jtaveler. 'i-helse lands still belong to.Gav^rnment, and in bJ(; hartirm,prpfobT|itY,5'y|r|jl ]To?gag fWjHJ^yyAar? to cofne.. Yei ?iu of these dreary forests of pihp,^6ccasiqh&Uy: the rude home of. s&me poverty "stricken wretch may be seen. wW living upon the scanty fruits of an unyielding earth, seems contented with his lot. His wants are few and es?ily gratified, and when his little crop of corn is gathered, he has nothing fo ! do but to hunt the deer or look after his : cattle. Mutations of opinion, the fall of 'empires, and revolutions, effect him not* he knows nothing of the world beyond his humble cabin, and jives and dies "unpitied and unknown." In passing through this j county, &nd looking at the squaled condition r\t i1ia*a> ?- ' ? ^ '' 11 1 * * . n.cay,v-lu BiU ICSy WO COUIJ OUl IlSlC OUT. selyos the question where were the induce; tneiyts figr inan to dwell in such a region; rei moved from the haunts of civilization and ' refinement, unci with no facilities for educa! lion, what is to prevent the relapse into burUti^? .Ift-paqjing on. w(j .. noticed frequently Urge .piles, of sand thro.vyn^ ixp^, leaving a ^j/f^j^iee^'itichea or two feet ^ rt didine ler ; learned weie the defle;of Gophers, a tj^ge species of Tarapin \vhichyburrnw in ihe. ground, and in the night season'/ecd upon the grass. Being anxious to sei one of? them, when we stopped at nighj^we. .^focured torches and a spa^^^d^^^hing.in . the barren soon ' fr.und'^ertxttWd 8et,^5. v/ork to exhume .the ! inmate.iV^^e due down throueh the sand ! abouC'fiVe it'et and'rcbchcd liis Sanctum. and uncerequxniously dragged him out for 1 inspection:1 In gcnernl shape they resomI ble our common Tarapin with the exception of a stationary, or rather immovable bone in front in the form of a Gopher, used in plowing, and hence the name. Their habitations are found only in regions of deep sand where they can operate easily with their feet in scratching,.;^., the .ground, when this is .done, with the bone Are have mentioned, twitch is.gd^irqi&iy.'adaptedfor purpose, thujr xinefully- remove the Joofce fearttoend thus form/their holes'which are sluntini* and frr?nr? tunlnfffinnn i O -????" ,CCfc,V ,0,,BIUThey grow to an e'nof'm o u s size and arc regarded good eating. We de. signed skinning and preserving the one we caught, and with this vjew opened it and removed the entrails and heart, leaving the balance of the work for day-light, but in finding twelve hours after, to our great surprise, that it <had strength and vitality enough.tq resist, we desisted from the .ope* ratiort leli him slime in his glory." Wtftriveled freqiiptit&" for miles in that countryAvuhout see^ng^a. dwelling or cross ing?a0(^^i of Avai^V: x^be roads are Jbut little tt^ci^and oft?ri,V#rf?all. path or occa ptyiMoii - uiu?b u[iun,^j)iBB,; ircP; 13 ipe pnly i^e^op^pf a, Voajkvf/L'..wagon with four y' ? n k n own ul^Ss?. one of tbe iri^utar|e?rof the Oc.nuj^,;; knovvn^as Liulo r 'i. ls$2SB3g.Sv??11 ihou enoqgn where th*re are ^.^re^i^gp be .forded. .A! ih?s w6> togctbor fyith oar cargo, got a g?^eet weui'ng; and/atotherofour cooxpa. r 1 oosi njl'he w^f ra fyfrSnrnir nnr] tnlom t ? V" 111. 'll..'** ' mwKjfuiiriin'.iniamcrm it is guile a small places coQlpming., jsojnc \ 'seventy,or a hundred.^jnlmbitants, add is situated about one.mile from the Great Ocmulgeej'a' river of considerable magnitude, affd'.jtyitbe winter months navigable for, steamboats ttf Macon. . Possessing' .#uclfe AiJ.ffjlUtages it strjuck us as rather singular thatlhepfo'uudefc of this little town did'not bajjd it upon the immediate banks of the river. . . ' Raftiagiumber down the Ogmulgcc to. i^ni iciij- a uiniautB ui iiirvu .uunurea miit'5,is :jit businieSe much resorted Jo bythe-peoplu 'JiyJng'-iiear ir. And .it is Bujd' to .bc profitable.' Wes.iw several of these rafb fastened lo the banffsofthe river,they are made by pinning together some fifty or a hundred pine sills nicely hewed, and when ready are floated down with the current. Two inen gener- ! ally manage them, which they do with long beams flattened at one end. On this river we saw numerous flocks ofl'arakitcs feeding upon the cypress leaves, their plumage is exceedingly beautiful and when seen upon a fine day on the wing, will excite the admiration of the most indifferent. They I generally associate in large droves, and such is iheir affection for cach other, that when ono in the flock is killed they will not leave it, but hover around and all may be shot a. the will of the sportsman. After leaving the Ocmulgee, settlements again bccoioo scarce and provision high. We traveled the road known as the Coffee route, said to have been cut out by an officer of thut name during the'Florida war, It led us across the head waters of the Satilla which wo rolled on through the endless forests of hiiic. , -1WS? < < . - ta> I hoping soon to experience a change of seen- J eryand reach the uland ol flowers." The country we were passing through vvns enceedingly flat and low, and the Saw Pal met to grow over it in wild profusion ; water was much-more abundant, arid from the trees upon the margin of the ponds ui,d s;reams, the long moss waved gracefully in the breeze. After a hard days drive"we passed o\cr the county o! Lowndes, and w?>r? nut and fatigued with the length of the journey, pitched out tents in Florida. (FOR THE ABBEVILLE BANNER.) 8. Carolina. medical Association. A meeting of this association will be held in Charleston on WedncsJuy the 21st of February. Delegates to the Convention are charged the usual faro on the rail road going down, butrelurnfree of charge. Any ifegulardiplomatod practitioner ofeoodstan ding, may bccome a member at this meeting by s:gning the Constitution and paying the iniuution fee. Wo trust that the profession in Abbeville will be fully represented in the coming convention. Any physician who cannot attend himself, may authorize another to subscribe his name for him. ~ Any name left with eithor of the delegates of last year Drs. Barrntt, Gibert, Mabrey, Dondy or I. B.nnch, will be cheerfully attended to. ^ \'1 (FOIL THE AnBKVIl.T.P. BANNER.) Rail Road to Abbeville C. H. a meeting ot the citizens ol the village was held on the evening, of the 24 mst., for the purpose of interchanging opinions in're" g4rd to this enterprise, ijind we rejoice to say that but one opinion was"felt, 6r expressed, on the subject, and.ihut.was that ike rood must be built. -& Moj. Bliss, one of ihe prifyeivilie road was present, 'a.nfrhat)ing l6oketlaher tfieroiU',, goyo i't /is' bifiJdecidod opinjou that the thing was ndt only practicable, but tbat feWjer obstacles were in the way than itio supposed?; : A Committee consisting of Messrs T. C. Perrin, John W hijev and John, McLaren, was appointed by the Chair to superintend a< survey of the route which is thought the mojt practicable,, andia subscription was fro: . mediately taken .Qp for the purposo of defraying the p*jicose. Maj. Blisa has promised to lend us all theaid hecanMn making the surrey, con sistent with hi* duties t6 the company. ; CQr^dVunlty. The first.flte|L?fa?8 now been taken in tho copsjrqctiod br the road and^ ^ ''' '''^^'^t rctfSWBBBlfc ' WIMUSS**-'*'5'" - ?. " I ' . From ttimiiins'ioii. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. \ WASHINGTON, JAN IG. \ The ndjoUrnedi^jTiCL'tin^ of Southern i foemofers, called ,ofigrroally ;?or:tlie purpose, of lakingiutj^^Qiuidcr^iQA legislative, and oilier n^gresins >upon-.|bo ;;{South on the paVt of the .Noi th, was held l;i-u night in 1 Senate Chamber. The suhe organization ^ was made?:Mr. * Metcalfe President, an I M r. VenaMe Secretary, Tbe meeting'waa / private, and confined." only to . Southern .'members of Congress/' Th^'pffoc'eedings occupied five hour.* and a half. . ? Mr. Calhoun's report was read, rirtd a; vehement opposition was made toil by Mr. Clayton, Mr. otepluas, Mr; Toombs, Mr. H(fustonr of. Delaware, and othur wbig^ members. It was a!so opposed by the' 'lVxan Senator9. General Houston, ii wllV / Ik* remembered, made an elaborate Speech ut the close of the late session, in opposition to Mr. Calhoun's views on the subject under considerntiton, and he was opposed to uny action now. Mr. Berrien, nnd Mr. M'Kav were, it seem?, against the report, but in favor of some action on the subject. * A motion to postpone the whole subject indefinitely was m.ide, and would it issiid, have prevailed, had not it been proposed to re commit the report. The report was re-commil'.eJ, after a l?mg i debate The whig member* declined serv- f ing on the Committee again. Iti SOMl'i f of them, inclu.ling Mr. Clayton and Mr. C Stephen.--, withdrew' from all co-operation * in the proceedings. \ Tho Committee are directed to report to \ an adjourned meeting, to l>j held on Monday night, tho 22;jd. It i.i uriderstoo-1 that j tho next meeting will he very thinly at-"- ,V,,,)V;. vXj j tended, and but by few whig metnbcis.( The report will be sighed, therefore, 'But by ^portion qf tho Southern mem.befcMinrl Phi! report lis oil agree, presents meirciyS' "* ~ .. Jjtt statement of historical hiut&^howing tho t progress uf Abohiiotiism and ft? injustice to-' .. ,t the South. It proposes nothing.' recom- "" mends nothing. To use the words of otie V.jfcji of the supporter;! ol the repot t. it calls for but -.rjw one thing, and that is Union of the South?. i an object which this mcrting showed could ' *$Ki not be obtained, at least at present. 'yl Mr. Clayton and others argued against it, thai it proceeded upon-nn assumption thai tslli | (joneral Taylor would lavor '.lie Wilm.it v Proviso, nud was calculated to prejudice r iiini, in uivaitcu ui his act?, at the South. - It was also urged that any movement look- I ing to resistance and tu sexioaal combination, as Ihe report did, was a .step to lh?s dissolution of tho Union, and uuglii mil, therefore^ to bo countenanced. To thi.s las.l suggestion, Mr. .Calhoun mails a very stern and dignified reply, and maintained that if measures were not taken prospectively for resislen(& 10 continued aggression, ! the (Juiou would bo disnlved. It was also urged by the whigs thai no overt act of aggression had been committed, \?: and none might he committed, aud that \ the thunder of the South should b? reserved lor a proper visas belli. Some'went so f.ir as to argue lhat, even in case ol ojieu aggression, the South ought 10 prefer submission to resistance. This would seem an exaggeration, hut an eminent Senator luld me that the word "submission" was used. Those who spoke in favor of the report, were Messrs. Calhoun, Wcsteott, Jelfcison Davis, Baily ai|d Mason. Some of the extreme supporters of the .. \ report say that nothing can be done?that there is dissension on every side?that it will be belter to do nothing, unless the jF? South can act with unanimity, and that the & : whole movement has ended, though not beiran. in it naiiv snini libit*. * Mr. Douglass has proposed a substitute ( jb.:,.' for his California Statu Bill, which will obviate llie three object ion 3 urged against V it by the Judiciary Committee. He intends \)J to urge ir, notwithstanding his instructions to support tho W ilmot Proviso.*' Thtiro is not much prospect, as I four, of its passage ^1- ihi?. ???iut|. ^ ^ - ^ ; Letters have-,been received in this city from the capital of Mexico^ containing later advices from California than any which have yet been published. One of tliesnlet} ' ! ters from an intelligent gontlomiiiijf who is ? / ..-A informed'on ibe subject, state* that jfjjrther j discoveries bavo been made in the gold're-.. gion, >vlvich* yield "even a .more abundant .X > supply of the'article than the previous dig* "V gings. T~e quantity gathered already amounted to at least 8100,000 dailyt and was ' constantly increasing, without apparently , an exhaustion, or any limit to ilie supply. Tber'b wus n, great deal ofdistrc^s among alt the diggers, lor tliowantoi.common ne- y. cessaries oi life.and attended With very extpbsive sicUnesS and Abirtality.: s MerVJoad- * ed>it^g?ld, np^ar liUe. h^gdtd vaga- j bonds, clothed in tattered garments, of tho meanest Jfind.: It it stated; that-one man rao JitoMwo^barrels of brahdy, told thein out at the 0)ijifS? by tho srtair^i&-ffld?s 'rtt M <K--- - Hi 6^g??^^^salggaaBMSBiCTB^Ba^ 1 -.