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the Charleston Standard. Nicaragua?Geu. Walker, fe, Affairs in Nicaragua have hfgttn (o attract no little attention, mid wlmt at first <f* teemed to be merely an ordinary ftlHhus [ i> taring expedition, has assumed a inure serious aspect. The republic of Nicaragua f presents a rather anomalous character.? t Ostensibly a free and sovereign State, hav- , gHSp '"g ,or "s ciieit magistrate oik; l'atricio ] gpjS|?.'- liivns, elected to tlie office hy the suffrages 1 &? ' of tlie people, it in reality holds lip its H head as a government at the will and hy m the power of Gen. Win. Walker?a sort of second Cardinal Kichclieu. It must 1 SR1 he confessed that thus far the official course 1 fBfoVv.. of Con. Walker lias been characterized ( 1BP* hy extraordinary ability. His measures I nre not hesitant, hut hold and effective; W.and in a nosition ilian wliicli n.-mn , - - r?"i'"> j coulil be more trymg, he lias evinced diplo- j j ' malic skill and executive force, which have ' tint only strengthened his position in his j adopted country, hut have attracted many !1 to his companionship and support* lie ! i has promulgod a decree, selling forth that 1 ( the Mosquito country is notoriously the t / complement of Nicaragua, and as such, must he looked upon as under the same government. This decree caused no little astonishment, which, however, had hardly j time for exhibition, before another coup d'etat was announced?the seizure of the < Transit Company's boats, the annullilica t ' tion of th?-ir charter and the rendering of | 1 it to another company. This last exercise I of authority was due, probably, to some disagreement between the Government and ] ' the Company coneernir.g the payment of j ^ certain ooiigauons incurred l?y Itic latter in accepting tlieir charter. These obliga_ tiotis or ilucs were somewhat onerous, and i * u is said that the Company, with a view to tlieir removal, incited the revolution t which has agitated tho country. The event allows their mistake; for, instead of relief from their former burdens, tln*y are sub- h jected to new ones. Walker's Government 1 needs money, and the Transit Company a has plenty. "Two considerations," say A7 ? Nicuruyucnsc, " prompted the seizure? t right and policy, ll is said that the Company refused lo comply with its engagements, 1' and therefore the State was bound to see its j interests and dignity respected. The Com- ' n pany had threatend to suspend tho line, ! |, nnd break up all communication with the j (j ports of Nicaragua, and therefore the St.tte | was interested iu seeing tliis threat was not n executed." What may be the JihuIc of this disagreement, it is not easy to predict. the opinion lias heeii expressed that a new line of steamers will bo established. which will merit public patronage, while it will w greatly benefit Nicaragua. ? We now have information that the dis- ^ pitted territory of Mosquito has at last found an owier, or, in oilier words, that ' the question of domination over it has d heen decided hetween the (iovernmeiits si of England and Nicaragua, through their s) *!rents. Who that owner is, does not vet i . . . . |] appear; out it is tair lo suppose, thai tin; policy of Walker, which has so long and " under so many difficulties sustained himself ti and his prospects, will, in this instatue also, tl result lo Sii.-i benefit. w Hut. if lie has disposed of one difficulty. Another and a far more serious one seems threatening liim. A coalition of all the Central American Slates, with the design ii of crushim* this one man, has beet! formed, j tl and the fir>t movements to its end are soon ,l( to be made. Guatemala, San Salvador, | j Honduras, and Nicaragua are the States 0 banded together against him, and atlh?|? Inst advices, 5000 troops were lo have been I ii raised for the expedition. To tesist the | si MitacK, tvaiKvi' lias am an my oi 1200 loreigners and a considerable native force, . which is constantly disciplined in military exercise. kept together and largely increased 11 by the impressment system. No one, it is n said, who goes to Granada, without a spe- c cial permit previously given, ever returns, t ut becomes immediately a soldier in Walker's airmv. What is more to lie valued than the reinforcements which are pouring in upon li him, the confidence of the people of (| Granada in Gen. Walker seems to be un- (. diminished; yet the eiisis will he moment- r| otis to him. If lie successfully encounters the forces, which, perhaps, now are arrayed h against him, it is impossible to foretell A what may be his future achievements ; hut c. if he is defeated, that defeat must be (| incalculably disastrous. My the proclamation noticed above, the " claims of Ool. Kinney upon the Mosquito ?! Territory were utterly net aside; and he g himself was banished from Grenada, whither r he had come with diplomatic intent. Col. Kinney lias published a letter in trie Ceil tral American, in which he reviews this proclamation?terms it an " cniMiiniidn fr.nn a the dictatorial will now controlling and ii directing all tlie acts of tlie Nicaraguan v Executive," and denies in toto tlie position j it assumes. But Kinney's expedition has now become a secondary ohjet-L of attention; the prospects of its success are grow- li jn? still more gloomy ; and inuny of those r who went out with bright hopes of a t home in the Kinney colony, disheartened and disappointed, are returning home. u Small Pox in Green County.? We re- 1 gret to learn that this loathsome disease is <] spreading in tiieen county. We have seen | ? a letter from Greenville, dated the 10th j inst., saying that it is within fire miles of that place, west, and that several deaths P have occurred, while others nre expected to l< die. The infected region fa gnr?nh?f! hy t! armed men, and so is tlie town, and the ci- a tizens are terribly frightened ! All who can get matter are vaccinating, 1 but it is scarce. The same disease is prevailing in Carter and Washington counties, o and in Buncombe and Madison coun- h ties, North Carolina, north of Gaeen t county. The disease was taken frt Green county n by a traveling family from Nashville, who called at John Reader's, live miles west of Greenville. They are said to have crossed the mountains into CHrolina, and left it all ..I - 4l... J % mung uiu ruHij, ana nailing at their home si on Cane Creek, the whole neighborhood b became inleoted. Two young men, passen- j gel* froia New Market, with this family, also took the diseaae, hikJ earned'it to 0 Washington county. The town of Jones- g borough is guarded with a strong force, as e the letter states, and tho citizen* are greatly ? aiarracu \?jkJiormoet [jitnn.y Whig. , -Cooking Without Fire.?The laat tnven- " tton in a pi,in for cooking without fire, tie- t scribed in the Sci.-ntiffb American. The n M-' invention is r combination of tin cooking -dishes placed one above another, the but- f! torn of one vessel fitting on the- t?p? part of the dish below. In the lower disli of a. 11 ABBEVILLE BANNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS, ttblTOR. rHUR8DAY MORNIHG, 1ICH 27,1856 The R?'.v. Mr. Coiikn, a converted Few, and n member of Charleston Prc.sby,erv, will preach in the Presbyteriau Church 11 this village, on next Sabbath. Acknowledgment. The Treasurer of the Abbeville District liible Society, acknowledges the receipt of Eight Dollars, as a Donation to the Society i t.t - ~ iriu tfurj" HO. Z. Do you want your Phiz Taken? Tf so, Mr. llicitAUD Wkaiin will be here n .1 few days with his Sky-Light traveling Jar, prepared to perpetuate your ugliness >r beauty. He is a native Carolinian, a rentlemau, and ranks among the foremost is an Artist. See Advertisement in an>thcr column. Advortisemento. Read the Advertisements of S. G. W. )ii.l, and It. II. Waudlaw <fe Son. l'ersons wanting Brick work and Plasoring, will do well to consult Coumde & ivoodiil'icst. M. Ishaki. <fc Biiubsei., Dry Goods merhants, offer inducements to purchasers. This is a new house?their Stuck is large ?give them a call. i The attention of the public is directed o the report of lion. A. lk'ut, Chairman f the Joint Committee of the Kansas Asociution, from which it will he seen that he j coplo arc l?fi?iimin_tf to understand the ;ieat importance of winning Kansas to the louth. The stake to ho won is millions? lie question is, who will take a hand to lay for it. 'I lie Committee have wisely determined ot to enroll any hut reliable men. We ave only time to giv?? a brief notice, but lay reour to the subject before the next leeting on S.do-dav. Reeder vs. Whitfield. In the history of the Republic, we poraps have no case of a contested election hich would equal in magnitude, cost and ngry debate, the one that is now engrossig the attention of the House, between Ikkokk and Wiiitkiki.o, claiming to be elegates from Kansas Territory. A.simple latemeiit of Ilu: facts in dispute, would he iflieieut to convince every light minded win of llie unjust and ill-founded claim of Ikedkr to a seat. Every Territory is entied to one delegate to Congress. After ic Hill organizing the Territory of Kansas as passed, the present contestant, Reedeii, 'as appointed Governor, with authority to Ldivcne the Legislature, ?fce. He accordigly ordered an election.of members, called lein together, and, l>y his solemn official ets, admitted that the meiuhers were duly lected, and that the Legislature was legally rganized. This Legislature passed a lav,*, i pursuance of which, Whitfield, a proavery man, was elected a delegate from [ansas. It so happened, subsequent to lis, that in consequence of Reedek's fraudlent land speculations and other official lisconduct, President I'ierce thought prop r to remove him from office. Being thus eheaded ami foiled in hisfreesoil schemes, nd after Whitfield hud been duly elected elegate in pursuance of an act of the Kansas Legislature, he (Uekdkii) without ic authority of law, proclaimed himself a andidate, obtained the freesoil vote of tiie erritory, and notified Gen. Whitfield of is intention to contest his seat in Congress. unl what is strange, after he had, as CJovrnor, officially assented to the legality of lie Kansas Legislature, commissioned its lembers, &? .., lie 'turns, and by a peculiar trctch of conscience, makes the main round upon which he denies Whitfield's icrht to a seat, that the T,i'<r!sl:iinr.? Itci.lf o ? ? O * ,,"v" ?as illegally constituted?that its acts are illtided in tVand and bribery, and therefore liould he void. lie now denies the legally of that body which he by his own acts diile Governor of the Territory, legalized imself. Viis, because the Legislature reused to advance his favorite freesoil plan?, ie, by a process of perverted reasoning, lias cached the unwarrantable conclusion that lie laws of Kansas should be kieked out of xistence. This is a mammoth lawsuit, and will tax lie people to the tune of two or three hunIred thousand dollars. Not like other litigants, the loser will not pay the cost. Hut Ieeder, whether he wins or loses, will iocket his mileage and per diem pay, or at . ast it has heretofore been the practice of lie House to allow this bonus to contestnts, and wo suppose it will not depart from t in this case. However wfdmsical and unjust the claim f Keedek, his Abolition allies are pressing is right with a dogged pertinacity, and lius wasting the time of the Ilouse, to the eglect of other more important business. ?? m ^ - - ? The Northern Poor. The Philadelphia North American gives be following gloomy picture of the misery, tarvatioii and wretchedness among the laoring poor of tins North, which is but aditional evidence of the happy condition of ur slaves, in contrast with the sociiJ deradation and squalid misery of the Northra poor. Yet, abolition fanatics, though urrounded with the wailing and suffering of he white man, ignoves lite gulden rule, that charity begins at house." finds it? hiwu. ? * j ?r" liy lo? good for its ow? kith and fcii*, ftnd iiabes no effort to alleviate and comfort the emliing thousands around them. But Jo it'U of doing this,, their duty to God and nnn,. they dteseant upon the evils of 8outb< ra Slavery,, and. throw a#*y their prayers nd sympathies upon- the greasy, well-fed egroea at the South'?happy in tlieir masers' employment,, who i*' well- eared for and ierer knew what it w*a to want:: " The Hungry, Starving Poor, and Moyameimng Soiip House.?Now that the ! God of Heavel! h:ts hronght tho sevcio winter upon the helpless poor, it liccomes us to do what we can to ameliorate their cotulition. The high price of provisions, tho cessation in many trades, and the want of employment 011 tho part of thousands who live from day to day on the fruits of their toil, and who are h-ft now wholly destitute, call loiidlv for M??? ! !?? ? f (lie wealthy and Immune, anil that call should not be in vain, when tlio north west winds have dtilted tlie snow from their house-tops to the street. No human tongue can describe their suflerings as wo have seen it in lltcir mist ruble hovels within ilie past week. Nuture seems to deny litem mercy, the earth sustenance, and the heavens comfort. Their helpless and unprotected condition becomes most apparent; the tattered rags of summer's poverty let in cold currents that strike to the very soul. The yearning hunger, increased by the season, finds no storehouse in plenteous fields, no granary in nature's abundance; but everywhere the frozen ground, the desolate herbage, and the inclement sky. Then it is, if ever, that he that has more titan the necessities of his condition require, will feel it to be a privilege to disburse liberally. In other seasons the inebriate .....i .i7~ ....i. nit; smiggaru win meet no worse punishment fur their faults than hunger, hut now the penalty of extreme and unassisted poverty is deatli ? death hy starvation, and hy the stiffening cold. And to these horrors the good and evil alike fall victims. It is to us a heart-rending thought that we cannot furnish more effective and immediate aid to those who in their wretched hovels crouch, with extended hands, friendless, homeless ami forlorn, over tho last expiring blaze, and feel, perhaps, like that their life is flickering away, as value less and as deserted. Our Society commenced operations on the first day of January, since which time wo have distributed 21)0 gallons of soup and 1,500 loaves of bread per day to about a.000 persons daily, two-thirds of whom are women and children. We are expending about ?200 per week, ami up to this time wo have received but very little money.? We believe it to be only necessary to mention these facts to tho benevolent, in order to get sufficient means to supply the wants pi' the poor for the season, WWTTKV FOR TilK Altlir.VILt.K BANXKR. Kansas Meeting. At a meeting of the two Committees, which were appointed last Sale-day, held at the Court House the 2*2d of tint month it was determined that all suitable persons who j should enrol their names as emigrants to j Kansas, will be accepted, and shall receive | an outfit of two hundred dollars; that Thursday tho 10th day of April, be the time ??f their departure from Abbeville Court House ; and that those who accept, the outfit, will be required to remain in Kansas until a Constitution shall be adopted by the people of the Territory in due form of law. It was further resolved, that a meeting be called on next Sale-day, at the Court House, and that tins meeting be addressed by Hon. A. lie in , Col. Marshall and Gen. Mc-Oowak. The Committee are happy to announce | to their fellow-citizens, that eleven true and ! gallant - -! >r. J. M. Pki.ot, J. II. Con sou, (J. W. Connor, E. A. IIodgks, 1'. M. Connor, W. A. (Juaviion, J. T. McXkill, William Aitlkton, William McGill, Alexander McNkill, and Andrew N. Darricoit?have enrolled llieir names as emigrants, and that handsome contributions of money have been made. The Committee are encouraged by their present success, to hope that twenty-five or thirty men will he enrolled, and ample funds to equip them obtained, by the day appointed for their departure. The emigrants to Kansas will go out as .i mere colony, without military organization or equipment. Tlicy will carry only the implements that are useful in the private ami peaceful pursuits of life. It is not expected that they will he called on to en- ' gage in any military expedition or enterprise, hut if it become necessary to defend | the Constitution of tlie country, or the : cause of the South, l?y the might that is in : a freeman's arm, they will he expected, every man of them, to do their duty. Those who have enrolled their names, are young men of high respectability, some of them of education?all of them fit associates and companions for our most worthy citizens. The Soil of Kansas is nf tf>f?minrr fi-rtilitv I . ? ? ? ' ?the climate one of the finest on earth. It is a tempting enterprise to those who seek fortune?it is a glorious field for those who seek fame. The cause appeals to the courage and enterprise?to the pride and patriotism of Southern men?to the sympathies of all good men. The destiny of Kansas i9 the destiny of the whole South. Her triumph will be our triumph?her humiliation will be our humiliation. Her cause is the cause of the Constitution, of the Union, of the public pence, and of constitutional liberty. Brave men and true ?.:n t. e ? iiivii win lunu iiuiii every county ana Vlllage in the South to the rescue of Kansas. Shall South Carolina, shall Abbeville be a laggard in riicIi a contest ? Then, let the meeting next Sale-day be one of those immense gatherings of the people?one of those noble demonstrations of patriotic enthusiasm which have jpven to Abbeville so much character, and to the State so much renown. ARMSTEAD BURT, Chairman Joint Committee. JgT Independent Press please copy. ^ ? > tpi JOR THE ADDKVII.LK BANNKB. Oong.'Pg?tion?l Singing. Mb. Editob:?Beii>'? much pleased with the suggestions in the accompanying extract from the Southern Presbyterian, wo beg of you the favor of hiiving it transferred to the columns ?f year valuable paper. Having in our community at this tfme a competent Teacher of the principles of vocal music? a gentleman and a Christian?it will be at once apparent to overy one, that the extract is by no means inopportune. In viewv then, of the fact that we have within our immediate reach the mean* of improvement in ?j?> <;? y . . ' i. ? Church Music, il becomes those of us who profess to be Christians, to enquire as to our duty in the premises, and having ascertained it, to perform it. If there is need for improvement, our duty is plain?there can be no quest ion whatever about it?we should at once make the necessary expenditure of time and means to remedy the defect. And, that there is room for improvement, will not admit of a doubt. The simple fact, that the authorities of ?t><> church in many places iu the up-country are sometimes, yes, often hard jnil to, to get up n tune, of any description as to quality, at their prayer meetings, Sabbath Schools, and even in the regular service of the Sanctuary, with an occasional entire failure to have any sinyiny at all, it seems to us, is (juite sufficient to settle any question as to need for improvement. Hut, may we be told that the many Singing Schools taught in our midst have conferred but little benefit upon the churches ? And why is this the case ? Simply because the churches, as such, have not taken the matter into their own hands and brought the benefits of these Schools to /-directly upon th< msclvci. If u Teacher is so fortunate as to get. up a class in vocal music in this community, nine times out of ten. ves. ten limes out of ten, he is under no ohligalions to the churches, or to the authorities of the cliurclics, for his success, lie is indebted to liis own exertions, or to the exertions of one, two, or three individuals of the community, who are probably not members of any church, and whose object in getting up a class is not directly or indirectly to benefit the churches. It is usually the ease, too, that two-thirds of those who join the lassos thus gotten up, are not members of the church, and who have, in joining, no view whatever to the good of the churches. This is the reason that the churches are not benefited. They duiit Ivy to be benefited ?they make no systematic effort for this purpose?they stand aloof?they don't give themselves any trouble, care, or concern about these things. And not only so, but their own members sometimes ridicule to death an effort to raise a class?they la-tyh at the idea of a Sinyiny School. We can bear testimony to this fact ourselves?in our own person we have met with these very a;ci>jf*, from members of oar church. From a state of facts like this, is it just, eleven fair, to draw an argument against an ciloil at improvement in tins most important and delightful part of public and private worship ? Hut, Mr. Editor, wc arc departing from our purpose, which was merely to introduce the article from the Southern Presbyterian, and are about to run into a current of thoughts of our own. This we must not do, at this time. We hope the article reIcrreJ to will be read, and its suggestions pondered. A rare opportunity is now before the churches of this community, for improvement in sacred music?it remains to be seen what use they will make of it. F. Mr. Editor: Ilarin* rend with very gieat interest in uiv, ami, perhaps, all of the excellent articles, editorial and otherwise. published iti the Southern Prexhyterian. within the last two years, and hoping that the subject mav be kept before .1,./ ?i i .:i - ? - ? iini limn jnfiiic rnnrifiiL lliouc IS generally adopted fur improvement in Congregational Singing?may I ask for the admission of a few remarks and suggestions on liie same subject?' And first, it is a sill?joct tliat all otjr Ministers and peoplu talk much about, and feu) a deep interest in, hut unfortunately very few maku any st/sfrmnlic effort towards improvement?I mean in our smaller towns and country churchc?. Now, I do believe there are very few of our churches hut might, with proper efibrt, have good Congregational Singing; but how shall it be brought about? In the first place, then. I would respectfully suggest, let every Minister and Church Session take the thing in hand, and organize a permanent Church Choir, or Singing M-eting, and encourage as many of the congregation as can sing at nil to attend these meetings. In many places, I know it will he dillicult to get a suitable leader for such a meeting, but that very difficulty shows the urgent necessity of making a beginning. Let llio Session, then, organize 11 Choir or Society, appoint a Leader, or let iho Choir elect one, and then lot the Minister, or snine of the Klders, always attend the meetings, to see that they are conducted decently and in order; otherwise, they will he annoyed by intruders, and the meet ings will soon degenerate into mere social parties. It will, doubtless, he very dillicult in many places to keep np regularly such meetings, but perseverance will overcome all obstacles; the youn^ people will get fond of it, as they improve in the knowledge of Music, aud all will profit by their uuiiuiftuniiire* Lei a sufficient number of Mu*ic Books be provided; and here I would suggest, that our own book, the "Presbyterian Paalmodist," and "the New Cariniua Sacra," are among the beat for general Congregational Singing, with winch I am familiar. One great obstaclo, Mr. Editor, to the improvement of Church Music, is the penuriousnesft of the people. I have known parent# who would Bend their children to expensive school*, and pny heavy extra charges for lessons in Wax Work, and other like accomplishments, who would not send their children to a .Singing School, because a hook would cost a dollar, and the tuition, perhaps, fonr or five. Every church, and every parent particularly, should encourage the teacher of Vocal Music. Let all our children be taught Music, (and! i* may be done at very small cost,) and how different would home be to what it often is ? Lei father and mother, brothers and sisters, cousins and friends, all be able to join in singing, with or without an instrument, all the different parts of Church Music and other innocent, social songs, Oh, how pleasant, how delightful is such a home! But I find my communication getting too long, and will close by expressing my gratitude to yon, Mr. Editor, for writing and publishing so many excellent articles on Church Music. If you deem this worthy of publication, I may follow it with another the subject of Choir Singing.. II. iff >' i'i i T'iTi'i From the Liverpool Jourrinl; March 8. The proceedings of the conferences, or, ns it wns called in Paris, * t!?e congress," continue involved in impenetrable obscurity. Either there is nothing particular done, or what is done is kept a profound seortft; It was known on Monday that the preliminaries of pence had been signed ; but Lord Palmerstun, when questioned in the evening in the House of Commons, by Mr. Disraeli, refused to tell on what day they were signed, his answer being a vague one ?"some recent day last week." Mr. Disraeli probably knew that they were signed on Sunday, and Lord Palnierston, to avoid giving oiK-no.u to the religious mind of the country, turned off the question by n jest, wliif.lt, like all his lordship's jokes, elicited laughter. It was expected that the speech of the Emperor of the French would have made some allusion to this mutter, hut His Majesty dealt largely in generalities, and made no specific reference to the proceedings of I he congress. The speech was obviously greatly elaborated, and it seems that after heing printed, Louis Napoleon introduced many alterations. France, however, seems apparently satisfied; and all Knrope looks with united confidence to a general peace. The Indc'i icudeiicc does not enter so much into detail, hut it maintains its assertion of the preliminaries being signed, and also states that the Emperor's speech would contain the announcement about peace. This story is considered in l'aris as similar to that of the lirst taking of Sehastopol, and has already obtained tin* appellation of canard a la Torture. Despatches from Berlin speak of a similar stale of things, and il is expected that, a combination exists, both in l'aris and Brussels, for the fabrication of news with a view to Bourse speculations. The Times l'aris correspondent writes, on the evening of March 5th : " I believe that France and England have not been since the commencement more iirmly united than at the present moment. Of Austria's firmness, I doubt whether so much (ran be said. At all events I again hear whisperings of Count Buol not realizing all thai was expected of Itiin. " It is stated positively that 110 prolongation of the armistice beyond the Hist of M arcli will be listened to, and that, in fact., everything must be arranged in ten or twelve days from this date." The Times says there is little donl?t tho cause uf order and justice speeds well at the Paris conferences; but, as regards the alleged signatures of the preliminaries of peace, it was a mistake. Nothing has happened but what everybody was aware of last week, namely, that the conferences had adopted the proceedings of that at Vienna. Turkey.?A letter from Vienna, in the Post (ia/.i-tte of Frankfort, says : " ISy letters from Constantinople we learn that Lord Stratford de Kadclitlc had presented a note from the English Government, asking ihe Porte to allow, as a guarantee | for the promised reforms, the occupation I by English troops, for an indefinite period, of Varna, Callipoli and Cuiidia. It was thought, at Constantinople that if this |iicstion I?e discussed at Paris, Russia will oppose it. Reinforcements are no longer directed on Kamieseb, hilt on Maslak.? Marshal l'elissier has been summoned to i'aris." TIic latest mail from Constantinople brings news of the promulgation of the new hatti-shoriir. H states that? " Ktironenns will have 11 ii<rl?t tn nr??<si*<s<5 I O I hiti'lctl property; that, as regards civil rights, there will he complete eipiality l>e tweeii Mussulmans and Christians, and that the latter will l?e subject to the payment of different taxes. Any denomination of a nature to express the superiority of one race over another is expressly forbidden. In.th in public documents as in private conversations!. The patriarchs are to be named f.?r life. The clergy will receive a lixed sti|ieinl, and the church properly will he managed by an assembly composed of persons of lliat religion. There will In.* mixed tribunals. Education will l?c free, but under the surveillance of mixed commissions.? Other reforms are announced, as, for indtance, tlie right granted to provincial and communal councils to take tlx: initiative in grants for public works; as also the est ah; lisliuiciit of b.mks, in order Jo legitimize the monetary system of tlie empire." Perennial Massacre. A Warning and a jR-commenrfalion.? The mortality among children born in i American cities, bears an immeasurably higher ratio to the whole mortality than I ? i in UIIV flf thft eities r?vnn ?1 ir? innat nn. j healthy, in the Eastern Hemisphere. The i deaths resulting from improper medical treatment, and lack of prompt attention and care, are higher among the adult population in Lhis coun'ry, than in any other country, savage or civilized. Throughout the.-'e United States of America (God bless them) there is not 0110 household in a hundred that lias not its graves. People may well begin to take this solemn fact to heart, and ask, is this always to bo? We justly pride ourselves on our superior intelligence, but is it not humiliating to us tobe obliged to acknowledge that through our own oversight and careloconnea Ufa l\o?i\nnA ||?V ? III OIIV/I bUl (IIIU IIIUIC uncertain among us than any other people? Lot ut pauso a moment to inquire liow this awful mortality is produced. The women of this country are proverbial for the implicit rcliance which they place on professional skill in all the diseases and ailments to which ihey are subject.? For reasons which wo do not purpose here to discuss, the inevitable consequence is, that women are always ill, or nearly so, and their children, in whom the effects of that illness are perpetuftted, are constitutionally affected, so that (or them prolonged life, in a majority of cases is a sheer impossibility, short of a miracle. Again, the extremes of temperature in this country are eo far apart, and variations occur so suddenly, that without some means of raamtaiuing the aystem in a well-balanced condition^, thai is, without some means of preserving the blood pure, and keeping it at an equable degree of heat, standing good health is utterly beyond attainment. Then comes the moinentuous- question,' where shaft we obtain b grand1 "desideMtluro*1 which is to avert illness, or to* remove* it in all these eases f Innumerable nostrums have been proposed* and the more high sounding tbei* pretensions, the more com| plcte lias bcorv tluur- failure.- The only mr i .1 II f I I r m-nr ' T ? Universrtl remedies for disease that hav< stood the test of time, that have seme alike tlio lofly and lowly; that hav< elieitcd the tlliqualiiied encomiums of tin highest medical talent; that havo reccivec tlio apph>ral and patronage of Royalty even; that liave laid three Continents uti der obligation ; that have never yet beei pronounced inefficacious by those who use< them; that have never yet failed to benefi the sufferer; are Ilolloway's Tills and Oint ment. This is no high-Hown and exagger ated eulogy; it is a plain statement of fact Wo have no interest in pulling Professoi uoiioway or his medicines. 1 hey nee? no such equivocal recommendation as that We have an interest in the welfare o Immunity and so has lie. lie is a cosmo politan (a citizen of the world) his sympa lilies are confined to no rlitne or race.-" Every man is his neighbor, and therefore li< feels bound to do good to him as far as h< i can. And how can he render him bt-llci service than by bestowing on him th? greatest of all blessings?Health. Ilis medicines have aired y met with a mosi enviable appreciation in this country, liui they cannot he too widely diffused. Everj man and woman is liable to sickness therefore every man and woman should have these I'ills for complaints of the svs ! t-m, and this Ointment for local afflictions ! such as wounds and sores. Every f;imil\ ! s'ioiiM be furnished with both. IIow conh | better provision he made for the year jn>i i begun than to provide against the ini>for I tunes of ill health and the thousand am | one other evils that follow in its trail.? N~. J". Sunday Af. rritry. Commercial. Aiiiikvii.i.k C II., March 2rt, 18.">r.. Cotton.?We quote this article ut from WJ (c 5>J cents, extrvnue. Coi.rMniA, March 25. IRSfi. Cotton.?There was sci lit lit* dour in cnno ve.st?*nlay it wiw difficult to ascertain thn tru mate of the market, still tlie few sales tlint, wer made wore at the very outside ft mi res given i our weekly report, en dim; on Saturday evcniiij. viz: 8 (w 'JI extremes.?South Carolinian. CtiAKi.KSTON, March 24, 1850. Cotton.?The transactions since our last puli i licatioti rea< h seine 3.7(H) bales. I'rices grail i uallv stilFfiied, ami wli.-n we closed our it: 1 ipiiries on Sat.uidav ufteruooii, tli-y hail im proved nil of ? to J c. on the rates current pre vioux to tin* receipt of the IVrsia's advices.? The Hales ranged from 8.J (ti> 10] cents.?Carotin Times. ?bitucirih 1)1 KI), in iliis Pist., of SrorUt J'Vrrr. on ill ill) ilisi.. Mi.is i''llAM:fa C. I$.\UMI>UK, ill lllu 2Dll year of her aye. Thus, hv mi inscrutable Providence, Iiiih oii< who was hi the morning of lilt-, ati<l who prom iscd much usefulness, been culled lo expericuc eternal realities. She was amiable and lovely She was eminently endowed with those virtue which are calculated to inspire esteem uiul con fidellce. Kind, gi'tierniM, alfeclioiiate .uid ronfi diu.tr, ?lic wiis loved mid respected by nil win knew her. llv her death, a breach has beei made in a largo circle ol relatives and t'licixb | which time cannot, repair?a mother's heart lin I been wrung with anguish?the hearth of fotn sisters and brothers bicn made to bl< rd, anil ; ! vacuum created at the maternal board whirl can lleTcr br tilled. j Hut her surviving friends have the Batisfaetioi to beiieve, liiar throut;li Faith in Christ, she t'i unipheil over "the last enemy." The slihjeet o prrxittml rc'it/itm had occupied her attention and iltjicr last sit.I.lless, (.lie exprcs cd entire re situation to the Divine will?cheered by tin hope thill *h<? would l)e received to the Cllj'-y iiient of that " rest which reiiiaineth for tin people of (Jod." w. X HUH A I.G I A.?This formidable disease which yretns to bdllc the skill of physicians yiiMUs iiko magic to I'arter'K Spanish Mixture. Mr. F. Hoyden, formerly of the A*tor House New York, and lute proprietor of the Kxehingi Hotel, Richmond, Va., is one of the hundred: who have lieen cuicii of severe Neuralgia, l?> Carter's Spanish Mixture. Since his rare, he has recommended it l< numbers of others, who were suffering will nearly every form of disease, with the most won derful success. lie says it is the most extraordinary medictiir lie has ever teen used, un<l the best blood purifier known. See advertisement. March. We seldom recommend a manufacture* medicine, believing that, in most cases, nalun herself perfects u cure more rapidly and effect daily than enn be accomplished by the vegcta btcs mid minerals of medicnl scince. But in tin matter of dyHpep.-in, there arc chronic fcaturei about it, which very often defy nil the efforts o nature to create a tea I thy Action of the diges live organs, and it not (infrequently happen that thousands suffer for yours, diseased both ii body anil*in mind, from indigestion and it: kindred ills. To such, lloodand's tscruiaii liit lers, prepared by I>r. O. M. Jackson, arc truly i most valuable preparation. It is u tonic inedi cine, giving a healthy action to the stomach and will lie found highly serviceable nt nl seasons, but especially during the spring. Dys pepsin can only be cured by a patient ucrsever ante in one course of treatment; mid to ul those suffering undur this snd malady we wntth recommend an application to tho Depot o lloofliind's German, Hitters, 120 Arch street Philadelphia.?Philadelphia Inquirer. Sec ad vertiBement. March. BONNETS. JUST received and opened litis day an extr Liirjje Stock lJON.NliTS, of latest Sprin] Styles, from 50 Cents to $1.1 00 ! R. II. WARDLAYV &. SON. March 27, 1856. 49 It Genin's Hats. VMTE have just received direct from GENIX ww the must FASHIONABLE HATTER of New York, a Case of his latest and most beau tiful 8l\lo DRESS HATS. Cull soon ut R. II. WARDLAW <ii SDN'S. March 26, 1856. 49 It iVe are also daily roccivmg a complet Stock of SPRING} AND SUMMER GOODS 11 It. JI. W. & SON. New & Cheap Goods FOR SALE. fin tr_ J ; a ? ? ? J ? ? | 'n?> uiiurrBigueu IIM now uu ninu, una wii JL offer at private sale omil tale-day in A|?ril at his residence, near the Jail, a lot of liew nui elegant DI(Y GOODS, conxistiiijj of WORSTED DRESS GOODS, MUSLINS, GINGHAMS, OIL CALICOES, Ac., BOOTS, SHOES, CA PS, Jke., <tc., dee. The publio are respectfully invited to call, ex amiue and buy. . tar Goods remaining on hand sale-day ii April will be olTered at public Auction. S. G. W. DILL. Abbeville C.- H., March 25, 1856. 40-It m > i 'i i r'fi r ? W B ARN'S ' nniMB'snex) SK ir-MOOT , Ambrotype3 & Daguerreotypes* . rj II K Suhxcrilier rif pcutfully announceslo thd X Iridic* mi<1 Genil?men ol Abbeville C. H: , mid vicinity, that be will be there in s few day4 with his , Celebrated Car* | being a combination of Sky and Sidn Light, by whinh light only csm a true Picture he produced; I TIiuh1 desiring, linve it rare ot>|M>rtnnity of obtaining one or more of hid A M it ROT Y PES of i>a<;uijuim:otypes. 11 in Am: rotypes for permnncncR. depth of tontf niul brilliancy, arc fir superior, and mny be suid " i<> I... .1 I.. -t t? ? ..v ?. -- . J ... uumiKi; VI im^uvr* r rcolvpei. | Suffice it to sny, his work shall not be surpxsscd l?v any. I'rices, from $1.60 to $8.00 each?case and aft f complete. H. WKAKN, Artist. March 24. IKOfi. 49 tf Brickmusonry and Plastering. fPlIK uiidoinij;licd having formed a Co-partner* 1 slup in tin* ?l>?ve business, nre prepared to I <lo all work cut rattle I to (hem in the best and k | most Mili-liiniial manner. Having a lontr pracj lical experience ia the business, they flutter' r llii'lllMflvun that lliev can please the most fuatid, iouH. All work will lie warranted. JOHN COUMBE, A. J. WOODIIUKST. L Rt'ft! VOIICCH.?II. A. J oiks, J. A. Culhuun ami I)r. J. W. Hearst, of Abbeville. 1 Abbeville C. II., March 23, 18.">6. 49-Iy $100 reward! ' RUNAWAY from I he subscriber oitf l',c'"'eli'y, my hoy AARON.. He M Ji* is of \i-lloiv or coppcr color, and has a large scar on oik.' of his arms, run iiinir from the wrist upwards, supposed r /zls^lj i? have been burned. lie is a keen, ttTi ~1 I boy. with rather a sly look* ' over 0 leet hiuli and weighs 200 lbs or more. L I will pa\ the above reward of $1011 for Ilia delivery to me, with proof sufficient l>? convict any white person or prisons of hurlioring him, ni' I ?40 for his delivery lo me wiihoui proof, or $25? if lodgi'd in anv Jail in the State, so I can get him W. SMITH. Smithville, S. C , Mar. 20, I860. 1U 3in f ?3?" ln?l? pendent Pros copy. Attention! Abboville Liglit Infantry!! YOl' will appear nt. your I'arade CJroond on ?S'ulurilaii, April f>, u'llitd ulld t-(flipped, fur I list ru vi inn ami Drill. The im-inhers will recollect to conic prepared fur Target I)rill. Bvor.terof CAPT. LIVINGSTON. . J. T. Ow K.N. O. S. ^ March -ill, JK:"i?. 40 2t r> Estray. '7V -rrx '''"I-' Subscriber has taken into hi? /'t./X. |um*i-w>ion, a large Iiiiulu liitv ilOllKK, supposed t<> lie all Kstmy. lie litis a while stripe on Ins iiosc, mill his loll liind font white uhnvethe ' pastor jo lit. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay eliaigcs and take liim away JOHN iXjl'GLASS. March '2-1, 4'J tit a _______ THIS STATIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AMnville District.? Citation. Hy WILLIAM MILL, I^.p, Ordinary of Abbeville District. Ii I1EREAS, .lolin Ii. Wilson, has applied v w to tne for Letters of Administration do u huttix mon, on ail and singular tln? goods and - chattels, rights anil credits of I). \l. Seigler, with* > the will annexed, late of the District aforesaid, ? deeea.-ed. s These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all - | ami Miiuuinr, Hie kindred ami crt-ditorti of lit* saiil deceased. to he and appear before me, at our t> next Ordinirys Court of the said l>j?trict, lo b? ii (tuition at Abbeville Court House, on tile itinei, tecnth tli?y of April next, tt> show cati.?e, if any, s why the said administration bliould uot b? il granted. n <iiveil under my liantl und Meal, this 2Gth Ii day of Murev, ill the year of our Lord one thousand eisiht hundred and tifiy-aix, n ant] in the 8Uth year ol American Independence. f WILLIAM IIILL, O. A. IX ; March 26, IfSti. 49 Dry Hides Wanted. B I'i'y Hides, in good order, T7iII a .0 lie taken in Trade, or ill the hic".e>t <*a-h Prices, by II. S. KERR. Maieii 18. IH.IG. 48 61 Itj"" Independent Press copy. ' Irish Potatoes. ffjr 15BUS. I-Ht Northern Yellow Pink-Eye Irti-li Potatoes, ou hand and for sals at Cos1 fur ('ash, hv 41- S. KE11IL ? March 1*. 18015." 48 3t * 13$~ Independent Pre.*# copy. Country Bacon. , LUS. choice Country Bacon, well ilrieil, in Bion* and fur 1 sale low (Tor Cash onlj) by II. S. KERR. Match 18. lriiiti. 48 2t Independent Press copy. Iocs! 8I?m>k! 1TUST rcceive<l ? lot of SCOVII/S No. 1 and ?J0 2. and BRADE'sJ Patent HOES, which we will ?ell low. * AI*o, a lot of White and Striped OSNA_ III" RUS. WIER <L MILLER. Mareh 18. 48 tf State Agricultural Society. rPIIE LIFE MEMBERS of the above Society, i 1. livijjr in Abbeville District, are requested f to in; ko payment of their dues to Col. J. V. - MARSHALL, who id authorized to rceeive and * receipt for the same. , A. C?. SUMMER, < Tretmurer S. A. S. March 19, 18.r.fi- 48 2t 1 O* Independent Press copy. . 10,000 Lbs. Beeswax Wanted. $ ' r I'MIE Subscriber will p?y the liigliea. price in 1. Tiude for Ten Thousand Poundii of R- ea' wax. II. S. KERR. | March 1ft, 185ft. 48 6t j- CSP* Independent Press copy. - Estate of James 0. Conner, dee'd. r|'MIE Aduiiiiiitir itors of the Estate of JainM ! JL O. Confier, <lec'd, hereby give notice to all pitrtiea interested, that a Settlement of the Estate will be made in the Court of Ord-nary f?w ^ Ahfw>vill<> m? ihp firmt Ann nf S All |)ei8oiiH having deniHiidti, niiirtt prr>t-0iit the* eiiiue fur pnymei.t lirfure th.it iluy ; und those iadfliii-il will nee the necessity of paying up. The Arimiiiiairtitniw will not pay interest on* claims against the E-ttnio ?ftcr the any of Sottlomciit, if this imtice in nnt attended to. A. P. CONN Ell, I ... J. B. CRAWFORD, \ Adm"rf March 14, IH?6- 48 tds A1J13EVILLE COUIIT HOUSE. Obeap Gash Boot and Shoe Manufactory^ Til E Subscriber would most re-\ J^^^Bpecifiilly call tin* attention of the **^1 jr*?^?publio, nnd especially his old Q friends uiul customers, to bin large nnd well xeh'Cled stock of Gentlemen's and Ladies' Shoes. lie has also u large stock of tine 1'uinp-soled, fine Welted and fine Water-proof Boots, all of hivown manufacture, warruuted, all of which he > will soil eheup for cosh, or on a credit to prompt paying customers, lie is ulao prepared to make to order any article iu the Boot and Shoe ' line. t Having ? large number of the finest wnrkmeif 1 in his employment, and being u practical work? man himself, having the finest, stock of Leather that has over come to this DnMrict. his Boot* and Shoes will he made in the neatest and lateststyle, which for fit aud workmanship, cauaot Utr exec-lied. N. McEVOV. Starch 10, 1856. 48 ly Beebo Hats. l E have iuKt received the latent style* of V BEEBE IlATd from New York. WIER & MILLER. Feb. 27, 1658. 46 tf .