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THE PUBLIC LANDS. j Vast as Ht one time was the* patrimony j of public lands belonging to the United ' Statu", ami i.lillosl impossible as it tlicn up peared that they couKl be entirely alienated ! r except l>y division among the States, a ! , measure that was smothered by political | opposition without much attention being | paid either to its justice or propriety, it is j evident tl.at the give away policy so liber- j ally pursued during the lust ten years | < is rapidly accomplishing a tesult that differ* I : only in name, ami in ipiality of fairness, : . from liii! system of distribution proposed , and advocated by Mr. Clay. The lands j* aro not apportioned to the States having a I 1 common heirship in them, but Iliev aro by ; 1 donation, by bounty warrants, bv railroad i ( grants, and by condemnation its swamp 1 i lands, being rapidly portioned among the i people of the Slates, which after all amounts | to pretty ilitteh the same tiling. We have j 1 a semi official announcement that it will reipiire very nearly two millions of land to ( satisfy the bounty warrants issued during v Manb, and as that month lias not been a morethan usually iudu*triousouuiii ilie Pen- ' sionoflice, we may gather from the statement | 1 sonic approximation of the vast extent of ! territory that will be thus alienated during | , the whole year. The report of the Com- j } missioiier of the Land Oilice for lN.j,"), af- I folds some figures which when placed in | 1 comparison with the prvions years gives a ' striking illustration ef the extent of the ? j^ilU llll !>J rtcill, I I ! ';"> I. I Acii'.n A res. i ' Sold for cash 7.0:i">,7:Jj l5,75.,il,.VJl i I.oe:iU<l wi.lt military scrip ami land warrants 110,8"^ 115,">wii i Swuiup Iliadsdonated to j Siat-s M,03:t,Ki:{ T,l? : Donations to road.-', ?!:< . I,7:">l .'.n'ri 1I,.V?8 ' i Total 'j:s,Il.'i 2 lot) : 1 The aggregate i|tianlily of html alienated, j ' by safe or otherwise, during tito first ijuar- J 1 tcr of the present INcal year, was 5,Ji:J2,000 c acres, of which 2,400,000 acres were granted in (.lunations to Suites ami individual*; making for the fifteen months 21),QUO,070 acres. We have not the official figures ; I for the second <|narter, but it is probably ; t not loss than 7,000,000 of acres, making l t for the eighteen months a total of about HO,000,000 acres, and the two remaining ! rpiarlers for the vear endimr on .Tilth Si>n- . ' " " >~7 | . tember next, will probably li-avc the not below 50,000,000 of acres, an ag?ro- ! gate of territory larger than all the -New \ England States. The large increase in the . amount of sales for c.i.sii in 1S55 over 1851, is explained by the fact that the act reducing tho price of lands according to the 1 period they have been in market, to rates varying from one dollar to twelve and a t half cents per acre, went into operation in s July, 1S5L Under that law 10,200,930 acres have been sold fur the small sum of $3,311,990?the average price, being 32 1 Cents per acre. The receipts from the public lands during the two years and three ] months ending September 30, 1855, were t 22,480,000, and during the past twenty years have been over &100,000,000. The | ^ total appropriations of laud for tho satisfae- ! r lion of Virginia Military bounty warrants i t amount to 1,400,000. ! j lint the most oxtranrdinarj* and wholesale alienation uf the public lands has been done under cover of what is known as the ' ' ' ' * ft\v?iiup laini aeis, lusr passoi.i m ] s 10 and ' 1 '50 and extended in 1$55. The Southern i and Western States have under tho provi- ] sions of these acts been permitted to condemn 47,819,709 acres of the public domain as "swamp lands" and to appropriate { to themselves of the amount condemned \ 33,GS5,4'2o acres. Much of the land thus ] t condemned as submerged, or worthless, ' | is positively asserted to be valuable torri tory and quite as inarlcet.-ible as much of | ( that held by the United States. The pro- \ J cess of absorption under these acts is still j going on, Congress having passed an act I providing that for all lands thus condemned ! by the States, others of equal extent should ( i bo set off to them. ] We have collated these facts and figures ' | in reference to the alienation of the public i domain rather with the view of showing , J the curiosities of onr land system than for j any purpose of denouncing it as a scheme , J of general spoliation, though the exhibit 1 | auggnsU how justly condemnation is meri ; ( led. lint the matter is one in winch re- , form is barely possible and not at all prob- 1 i ' I iiuiv. \-/ui v>ongie*siiieu nave too many temptations to perpetuate tlie system and , I it affords too largo a margin for pecuniary ] and political speculation, for them to wil- | lingly institute the clus-j inquiries that aro needed to clearly expose its rottenness.? Grants to States, donations to railroad companies, or condemnations as" swamp lands," successfully engineered through Congress, ! ' are achievements that make for the ainbi- , ; tious politician a large amount of home | t popularity which he would very unwillingly 1 j forego. It is hut just, however, to say j that this indiscriminate squandering of the public lands is not wholly an evil. On the 1 contrary it has borne in its effects on the ; 5 rapid settlement and improvement of the ) i country good fruits that go far to reconcile ] us to its temptations to fraud and other objectionable features. The abundance of bounty land warrants lias stimulated location and settlement with them, and the ( land in the vicinage still held by the United j States lias .been increased in value and more ! rapidly sold for cash. As, however. Con- ' gross will no doubt find other pretext for i perpetuating the give away system, this ' inereaso in value is of little importance to ( tho Government, though it speaks well for the material prospects of the countrv.? There is no doubt however tlint uiuler this ; 1 system the process of settlement of our Western territories has been greatly ac- ] cclerntcJ. Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, No- j braska, and Texas, have each felt the benefits of the extraordinary rusli of emigrants attracted by the facilities foi obtaining land at a tnerefy nominal cost. Lnnd warrant , ' holders and lnnd buyers are taking to these territories an immense population that will ' rapidly prepare tlieni for admission as new | States. The iron band* of our railway ays- I lem are also already stretching out towards ] these incipient States, and arc likely to bring them into commercial anion with the older States even before they are admitted iuto Lho political fellowship of the Confederacy.-^ Hultimore American. There are seventy-one Bank*- irt ] thp United States having a capital of a , million .of dollars .or more each. The , ^jjg&nnlc of .Commerce at Now York has the ^Tnrgeat eanital, namely, fivo millions of ^ <Jglrara. 'ijbA Merchant's Hank of Boston 1 millions. The Bank of ; LouJimriV eoijiea nearly up tnnrlef^3>9i<:<,000 capital. The American, Exchange and Metioplitan Bank# t ot'New York have each thr<>? millinne and tlie New Orleans Canal and Hanking Company, and llio Bank of Charleston, ' Sorith Carolina, Jjayo about tlio saino ' w" inn cur.?, j s V 4 m ABBEVILLE BANNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS, EDITOR. f CHURSDAY MORNING, APX 24,1856- [ A NEW VOLUME COMMENCED. t It will bo observed by our vendors that s his number begins the thirteenth volume ' )f (ho Abbeville /Junner. Twelve years t igo to-day, the /Juinter, under (ho guardi- t mship of II. Am.es, sprung into exist- ' slice. It would bo uninteresting to the * eader to give a history of the many changes Sl t ha9 undergone since the day of its birth. ' )ur connection with it began in September, t l.So.'), being sissociatcd with Dr. J. II. Lo- 1 j vn up lo January, 1800; since that date, i ivo have had solo charge of the paper.? Though we are not, nor do wo ever expect- 1 o become, a luminary in journalism, we ihall not furl much inclined to resign our losition while we are sudicieiitly reinunera- ; ud for our labor. , We are aware that we may have made j >nemies l?y the course wo have pursued ; * still, it is no disgrace to have them. Every ! nan with brain enough to have opinions, md independence to proclaim them, will ] crtainly make enemies. We would not < ;ive a tig t??r a man who didn't have them. 1 [( is the fool only, the fawning sycophant, ? ,vho has no will of his own, hut docs an- ^ jther's bidding, that may aspire to the , Viendship of all, i Though wo may have expressed views * ipon public measures, at variance with 1 hose of our best friends, we are not aware [ jf ever having penned a line to insult, to vound the sensi hi lilies, or injure llie private S :haracter of any one. J '1'lie prospect.-; of tin; limnicr, we sup- j j >osc, were never more flattering than at i ., resent. We attribute its success more to i he kindness and indulgence of our patrons, j ' hau to any real merit of our own. j j We think there may he such a tiling as lolitica) enmity and personal friendship tovards the same individiinl: we shall, there.- < ore, cherish no ill feeling towards those ,vho doubtless honestly differ with lis upon j ^ Political matters. We are willing to ?ivc i , . . . i hem the credit of honest sincerity in their \ pinions. This is all we ask for ourselves, i There is not enough of vanity in our na- ^ ure, to make us suppose that every man lioitld believe as we do; and all that we j isk is, that our opponents will ascribe to us I he merit of faith in our own opinions. Wo have thus far steered clear of qitib- ! >ling newspaper controversies; we hope iver to avoid them ; they seldom result in mything good, but are almost certain to un into low personalities, unpleasant to the lisputants and disgusting to the reading uiblio. :| We have said more than we intended ? ' ibout ourselves, and conclude with the re- ' nark, that the Banner will ever continue t ts weekly visits, while it is supported by ' lUixIretls of subscribers who commenced heir subscriptions with the first Dumber, 1 iml have nobly stood by it through every ricissitude up to the present time, aiul still t ;ling to it as an hcir-looni of the family, t Unto the care of such tried friends, we 1 :ommit our enterprise and fear no danger. ADVERTISEMENTS. Uead tlie Advertisements of F. A. Youxo, , \f AltSIIAl.I. <fc Co I.I'M AN*, ClIUISTIAK it j I>eam:, II. S. Keuh, and W. S. Woon, Co- < umliin, who is selling of)' his Stock of Shoes ' it Cost. '' Do you want (ioods? tlien, call on M.\nuiai.l 11 Coi.emax ; but if you wish any- > hing in the Carriage and Huggy line, just < step into Ciiuistian ?fc ]>uai.k's Carriage 1 Shop, and yon can be accommodated. AVe arc a little inclined to boast of the wo excellent Carriage Shops in our vilage?the one by Oiimstian *Vr Deai.is. tlic >ther by E. J. Taylor. AGRICULTURAL. t We are requested by Col. J. F. Mar- ( shall, to elate that lie desires all tlie Life * Members of the State Agricultural Society, ; .0 call 011 him and pay the first quarterly t nstallmcnl 011 their subscriptions, by the t irst Monday iu May next, so that their lames may be placed 011 the free list of iubsciibers to the State Agricultural Jourlal, to be issued about the middle of ' May. e REPORT. We publish on the out side of our paper, he report of the Vwaiilont ?-?f tlm < ! ???_ rillc Road. AVc should have been pleased j :o publish the report of the Superintendent ind Treasurer, if our 6paco permitted.? ^ File President's report, disconnected from the other reports, gives a full statement of the affairs of the Itoad ; and wo thereforo publish "his, leaving out the other reports. * [t will be seen that the business and pros- ' pects of the Road are gradually incrcas- 1 in 2. ' INSURANCE. , Mr. J. G. Wii.lsox, agent for tlio Ashe- ) villo Mutual Insurance Company, publishes liis card in another column. The advantages of insuring valuable property can but be obvious. The poor man, by insuring his ^ life, in the event of death, may secure a * competency for his family. 1 PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. Messrs. Butler, Brooks and Orr will accept our thanks for numerous Public t Docutnentft sent to our address. These are ] valuable additions to an Editor's library, i We are especially tinder obligations to Mr. 1 Brooks, for bis kindness and attention in t :bis respect. ? - % KANSAS EMIGRANTS. 1 The New Orleans Picayune announces 8 hat Col. Bdford had passed through.that sity en route for Kansas, with two hundred ind eighty emigrants. Two-thirds of them | ire from Alabama, the test from Georgin j u'.-l South Carolina. * HON. W. W. BOYCE. Wo give place to the following letter iotn lion. W. W. ]>oyce, endorsing it as ixpressing our views with reference to Naional Conventions. We have been taught o believe that ours is a Republic of ovcreign and independent States, except n so far as the States have surrendered cerain powers to Congress by the Constitution ; and believing as we do, that nothing las done more to centralize power, consolilato our government, destroy State rights md State sovereignty, and subvert the inlividuality of the States, than National Jonventions ? the political machinery of 'resident making?wo have, under these mprcssions, entered our protest against the ionvention system as at present organized. Jut to llie letter: " \Vasiiix<ston, I). April 7, 1S."?G " My Dear Sir.? I have just read with jreat pleasure your letter in the Mercury, md 1 agree with yon in the course of policy roil recommend. You recognize tins propriety of the State giving all legitimate iuppoitto (Jencral l'ieree. (ieneral l'ieree ias discharged the duties of his situatiun it such a manner as lo merit the respect md confidence of the people of the South. would, therefore, be glad to see the people >f South Carolina make some manifestation >f their preference for him, and I do not ee how this can be better done than u the way you propose, l>y State 'onvention, nominating him for the l'resilewy. Thus we will lie doing everything 11 our power to sustain (leneral l'ieree, conistentlv with our fixed policy of not going nto national conventions. This much ilis air duty to do, beyond this we should not >e expected to go. ' Having expressed my views upon the general subject of going into the ('ir.einmti Convention in my speech at Sumter, I i!ivn n>>( ! ? 1 - ' ....v, ...^v ...wu-im 11 iicci-sviiv 10 no repcatng myseif, ami shall, therefore, l',oin uiv farther public rcjiciiiion of my opinoiis, um.K'i' the general discussion which las been going on upon the subject. Hut our letter starts another proposition, ami have taken occasion to assure you of my onenrrence with you. " The advantages of this course are variius. It is perhaps the most <U'ectual way >y which we we can evince our preference or General l'icrce. It presents a plan ipon which nearly all shades of opinion nay unite, and thus tend to proscive that manimity of public, action so ilf-sirablo in tself, and for which our Slate has hitherto >een usually so favorably distinguished.? t preserves our political individuality, and a"cs us from absolute merging with any tolilical party. In this way 1 think wo can est carry out the policy of Mr. Calhoun ?co-operation by independent action with he Democratic party, without losing our ilcntity in it. With groat regard, " \V. W. H< >YCE. "tJol. \V. IS. i-vi.us." BLUE RIDGE BAIL ROAD. AVo have learned iliat the Company lias nnullod the contract with Axsox, Hangs c Co., have taken the matter in their own lands, and arc now letting out the Iload to ;ontia<".tors. The Anderson True Caroli\iaii of the 17th inst., remarks: "Judge Frost left this place on yesterday noruing, after a st:iy of one week. Duing the week, our usually ipiict town has >resented quite a bustle. All the sub-conractors, or nearly so, have been here for he purpose of renewing their contracts villi the' Company, and wo learn that all lave done so, with the exception of one or wo who were deemed to be wholly irreponsible for any contract ihey might make, md entirely unable for the want of sufli:ient means to complete the work, had hcv received thrt irrmfriin.f.a fnit-iwt I'ublie confidence seems to be established >n a firmer basis, ami we trust tlint tin; vork will now progress with rapidity.? fudge Frost manifests great zeal in the dis:hargo of his duties as President, and the ible Chief Engineer, Maj. Gwynn, goes to vork as if lie designed having the road ;ompleted in the shortest possible space of iine." CENTRA! AMERICA. Accounts from Central America, state hat Col. Sciilkssin'oer, of Wai.keu's army, villi 400 men, had been attacked by the Josta llicans and entirely defeated. Nineeen Americans were taken prisoners, :ourt-marlialcd, condemned to death and ihot. The Costa llicans had 10 killed. Ninety of Wai.kkii's men were left dead on lie field, others, it is supposed, perished in he woods. DPAfO? TikT rminwn m &uav/il. The steamer Baltic arrived at New York, \pril 17, bringing the gratifying intelligence that peace hail been declared. Some bur weeks will elapse before the ratifieaions can be exchanged. The terms, or the jonditions, of the treaty, will not be made mblic until it has been ratified by the sev;ral Powers. Lord Palmekston expresses lie opinion that the terms would be satisaetory to England and to Europe. KANSAS. The Central Kansas Committee, says the Columbia Carolinian of the 19th inst., uet to-day. Some of the Committee were lot present to report. Resolutions were passed for an adjourned meeting. Thesubicriptions reported, amount to $1,097. It was believed that 81,000 more would be wised. - ?? APPOINTMENT. Col. J. F. Marshall has appointed Cr. [I. McCalla delegate to the Columbia May Convention, vice E. Noble, Esq., whoso resgnation is found in another column. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Tlio Yorkville Enquirer states that while lie little son of Rev. J. A. IIill was at >lay he accidentally fell into a well forty eet in depth. No effieieut aid boing at land, a young man at work on the plantaion was sent for, who descended the well, ind, to the astonishment of all, brought the ittle fellow out alive and without the iljghtcst injury. rax m iaikw The loss by the recent fir* in Nashville, s supposed to bo $285,000?insurance M 71,000. The Court tlou&e, with a part >f the record*, were burnt. CAROLINIANS IN KANSAS. Wo transfer with pleasure the following nolico of Messrs. 13klcuku and IIkstkk from Abbeville, which appeared in th< West port 1 lunlcr 1 'imcs of April 5lh.? Kroir. notices wo have seen in oilier papers we suppose in this the number of Bi kohd^ men is overstated : 4i Maj. Unfold, of Ala., (wo learn fron Messrs. Hester and IJeleher, his advancc pioneers, who are now in this place,) wil he here about the 15th or 201 li inst. lit brings with him about seven hundred boni ji\/c Southern emigrants; men of the righl stamp, who come to till the lerlile plainso Kansas; men who have left the orang< groves of the South, llie palmetto shades I of early boyhood, to seek new homes it j the rich and fertile domains of Kansas Territory. " From our acquaintance with Messrs I Fester and belcher, we art! favorably im pressed, ami if they are samples of the hal I anco, the Southern cause will gain an im ! pclus on their arrival, which will startle tin j owls and bats of Abolitionism which eon | gregale at Lawrence, and only end whet tin; last Abolitionist shall have left Kansas Territory. "Messrs. Hester ami 1'dehor are younc men of line education atul gentlemanly ad dress, ami possess all the requisite ipialiliea lions for hardy, trusty pioneers, and ar< just such men as are wanted in Kansas Territory. They have our best \vi>hes foi their sueeess, and we well know that tin j business men of West port will atl'ord Maj | U111'oid every possible facility for carrying , out his noble enterprise." REVIEWS. | We are in receipt of the JYorlh lirilial ! Ilcricw for February, 1850, with the follow ing interesting table of contents: j France and Scotland; Dr. George Wil . son on Colour l'dindiicss; Scottish School: 1 lor the Middle Classes; Hansen's Signs o the Times; Melt ray and Ked-IIill ; I let i.lotison; lteeent Sermons?Scotch, Eng lish and Irish; Hotels; Italian Characlei and Italian I'rospeels. i We would especially recommend this a: i a favorable time to subscribe. j 'JWum ')/' S'lbxrrijiliim.?Any one lie [ view <ir Ulaekwood, V-'J a year. IMaekwooc illld one l.Vvi..u- ?.h ..I... I-'....: - ; 'Plus four Reviews and 1 'lackwood, *10 Four copies to otic address, $i?0. Postage (which should he paid Quarter! \ in advance) un the lour Reviews and Rlack wood to any Post Ollioc in the I7nitc< Stales, only 80 cents a year. Namely : 1-1 cents a year on each Review, and 21 cent: a year oil 1 Mack wood. Address, J,. SCOTT tfc CO., Publishers, 54 (lold-st., Co'r. of Kill ton, X. V. SUPPOET YOUR HOME PAPER We commend the following extract fron a city journal, to those who would willingl' sutler their hour* paper to die by neglect " />/'<?'( Your Home J'o/ier.?We oc casionally receive letters in which the writer express an intention to st?>p their countr or village paper, and take one of our publi cations instead. We always regret to re ceive such intimations. We think a mai ought to support his own palter first, ant then if !?: cmi atlbrd to take a ]>:i|?or lion !?. distance, lot him do so, ami wo .shall In happy to furnish him with the u Life Illus trated." The country press, in our opinion is (ho most important in its elleet ??n th* enlightenment of the nation. It convey in a thousand rills, intelligence to nearh every home in the country. The countn press then ought to receive a cordial sup port. Every place should try to have it: paper of such character that the people could l>e justly proud of it. To this em. let them pay promptly, advertise liberally recommend warmly, and in every waj stand by their editors as long as they eon scieuliously can." hoi: tiii: auiif.vii.lk iiaxxkr. A run. 18th, 18.">G. Cot.. J. F. Mausiiam.?JJftir Sir: A: Chairman of the mcelinif on the 4th inst I sco you have appointed mo one of tin ten delegates to the May Convention in Co lumhia. Having opposed the resolutions passci by the mooting, I ilo not think I can con sislcutly accept an appointment under them for unless I have greatly changed in senti mont since (hen, I am sure I cannot carrj them out in good faith. I respectfully, therefore, decline the ap pointment, and request you to name sonn other person in my place, who can honestb and heartily approve tl.c policy of the Stati being represented in the forthcoming Na tional Democratic Convention. With respect, &c., Your ob't serv't, EDWARD NOBLE. A Human Horn.?Dr. Pocrhcr, o Charleston, has in his possession a horn about seven inches in length, and in diain ntor turn 5iw?lw.u ???w1 ? 1 wv. .mviivo niiu tuicu ijiiiinerjj, ix'uniu a close resemblance lo a rain's horn, whici lie extracted from the head of a negrcsfi aged about fifty-two, born on a plantatioi in St. John Berkley, South Carolina. Tin tumor commenced forming somo eigli years since, with a swelling and discharge and, after a while, a gradual increase ii size. During the four months prcecdinf its removal, it grew some two inches, am having, in curving around, reached the fac< in the temporal region, just to tlio left o one eye, and having commenced to product suppuration of the skin with which it ha( come in contact, its immediate removal was necessitated. Its removal, which was don* in December, 1854, in tho presence of Dr J. Cain, and several students of the Charles ton Preparatory Mcdical School, was ac companied with comparatively little pain It was found, upon examination afterwards that some remains of tho original growtl remained, and there is some probability that it may increase in size and again re quire removal.? Carolina Times. ? ^ ? < ? ?3T A private of tho East York militu was on parade a few days ago, at the camj at Alderehott, and being accused of talking more than once by the sergeant by whoir he was threatened that if he did so armir ? o ? he would ho reported to the colonel, saic he did not talk, and at the same timi wished that ' God might strike him durnl if ho hadhe was/rom that instant struct dumb, and hns not spoken since. Ho liru answered questions by writing, and atatoc that tho moment ho had uttered the Inst word, "dumb," he boenme so. From thr C'/mrlfstoH Slttmlard. r TILE FLAG FIEST PLANTED IN THE CITY OF MEXICO. ' Messus. Editohb : In your issue of Sat1 unlay you noticed the claims set up by ! " I'eiijamin S. Huberts, Captain of the liitles ? | in tlio New York Kegiuiout, to (lie honor i of having raised the Hag of that company, j tliu first over the gates of Mexico, and 1 was glad to see the refutation given to the 1 , claim. 1 was with (Jen. (Juitman when ? I the Ciarita de Helen was taken, and was ' . within a few feet of him when he called i for the National Klag, which was sup]iosed ' to he in possession of the New York llegi\ I inent. I myself answered that it was not ' | there; when he replied give me a llag. and ' I .il'lll Sl'lll'i'lr (.Inlinnil fiirtvsiril Mini nn.c.iii. ' I ted tho tlag of lh? Palmetto Regiment. 1 (Jon. (Quitman said place it on tho aque' j duct, and though we were within two hundred yards of the citadel, surrounded l?v an abaltis and wet ditch, and firing upon us " with musketry and ordnanee, lie did as he " w:is ordered, and elevating the Hag, there held it until (Jen. (>itman, conscious of his ' ! extreme peril, ordered it down ng;iiu. That, ' j beyond :t doubt, was the, lirst llaLf raised 1 ; within the city. Whether the Hag from 4 ; Xew York Regiment was afterwards elevated from any oilier point, I have no means C of knowing; but certain it is, that (Jen. ' (Quitman, attended by a portion of the Palmetto and New York Regiments. was the ' I lirst to enter the city, and the flag of the 5 Palmetto Regiment was, as I have stated, r | the lirst in requisition. My recollection 5 ' upon this subject is particularly distinct? ! it may be supposed, that I was particularly > | impressed with all the incidents of an oc! c.urrence so important, but beside this, I J had just come from preventing a dillioulty upon the same subject at the heights of \ < Cliapii! tepee. When the heights were j ' ! cleared two oflicers, the one Lieut. Pickett, [ j of the 8th infantry, and the other, a Lieu , tenant of the nth, were both ambitious of laisillff the Ibf'S of llieir I'l'siii'i'tivi. r..rri. ! j. mollis. The Lieutenant of the 9th was in i ! the act of raising liis llag, when Lieut. i ' I'iekett, who was :in ailjutalil, ordered him - to haul it down. 1le claimed that there was , i- i nothing in the position and services in the ! I Dili infantry, to entitle il to that distinction ; hut the order was resisted, and both olliccrs ' drew their swords, and were in the net of ! settling the question by the appeal to arms, ' - when interposing, I hedged tliem to renicin| | ber that we were in all propalrility standing npon a mine that would be thrown np ! ' ; at any instant, and that every consideration * ??f Immunity retpiiivd that we should draw oil' the men as soon as possible. They did , . so, and falling again into the ranks of my ' own regiment, we were able to participate I under (>en. (juitman in the brilliant ! achievement at the Ueleti (late. A claim j ' has been made by one of the companies of s | the Palmetto Regiment but it has not been | pressed, as every Hag was held to be the I th'"" of the vior; J. <) X K O V TIIK 1 A LM LTTOS. CONGRESSIONAL. Wasiiixotox, April 1?Skxatk?Mr. liii.sk from the l'ost-oHice committee, to 1 which was referred the memorials of Com. k' Vanderbilt and Living-ton, reported a bill : | to encourage steam navigation lines, to . | provide for the transportation of the mail s IF? .1IIU Ull UIIH.T |Ml l']? IM'S. The coiisiti?>ti ol" I lie: I'ill to admit Kansas as a State, was |n?stponed in c? < picture of tin; illness of Mr. Clay, who was , | entitled to tin' floor. j ] Tlic Senate thou went into Kxwutive . .session anil adjourn'-d. llor.sK.?'Jlie House j>:isso<l a bill amendatory of the act ol' 181!), I'or tlie ' payment lor horses ami other property lost ' i in the United States military services, givs ing facilities for obtaing proof in such 1 . cases. The deficiency hill was taken up. anil . ! the Senate's amendment, appropriating s ->300,000 the Washington aqueduct, was | j rejected. j The House then adjourned. , Washington. April 10.?Sknatk?The ; Senate to-day passed a hill to remove from - circulation all the smaller Mexican and Spanish coin, establishing their value when received by Government, and providing for I the coinage of a new description of cents. 1 Mr. Seward introduced a hill providing s j for tlie taking possession of (iuano Island, , j uisoovered l?y Americans. . | Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made a speech on _; Kansas afiairs, and tin; Si-nate adjourned. Hoi st:.?The House passed a I>i 11 grant- i ing ?20 per month for the relief of a lady j 1 in South Carolina, who lost three sons in - the Mexican war. The agricultural portion of the Patent Office Report was received. 'l'he Ilou^e passed the joint resolution ' subscribing for lf>,000 copies of Kane's An tic exploration narrative, and providing . medals for Dr. Kane and the officers of his expedition. ' The JIousc then adjourned. 3 The Holy Lance.?The lance which opened the side of our Divine Saviour is now kept at Rome, but has no point. Andrew of Crete, who lived in the seventh century, says it was buried together with the cross, and St. Gregory of Tours and Venerable Bede testify that in their time it was kept at Jerusalem. For fear of the f Saracens, it was buried privately at Antioch, in which citv it ?? .! I wrought many miracles, as Robert the y Monk and many eye witnesses testify. It ! was first carried to Jerusalem, and then to l( Constantinople, and at the time the city 1 was taken by. the Latins, Baldwin II sent 2 the point of it to Venico as a pledge for a t loan of money. St. Louis, King of France, : redeemed it by paying tho sum for which i it was pledged, and had it conveyed toj'arr is, where it is still dept in the lloiy Chapel. I Tho rest of thu lance remained at Constani tinople, after tho Turks had taken that f cily to tho year 1492, when the Sultan j Bajazet sent it by an embassador, in a rich 1 and beautiful case, to Pope Innocent VIII, s adding that the point was in the possession 3 of the King of France. A Poser.?A?? artist who had been em" ployed to construct an angel, for the spire * of a church, in a neighboring town, fin ished the work with a pair of shoes on. > Some one undertook to point out tho error 1 to him, and asked, " who ever saw an nnr gel with brogans on ?" Tho arti&t regarded * tho work for a moment, with an air of mortification, but recovering himself, rejoined, "you may be right, but who over 1 saw one without ?"?Belfast Journal. . Errors of the Press.?Render, did you , know that every column of a newspaper ! contained from ton to twenty thousand dis; tinct pieces of metal, tho misplacing of any i ono of which would causo a blunder or ty> pographical error? With this curious fact : before you, don't you wonder at the general j accuracy of newspapers? Knowing this I to be the fact, you will be more disposed, I wo hope, to excuse than magnify errors of the press. A Lucky Fellow.?The Rogersville, Tenn., Times 1ms the following : " A short time since a fellow from Buffalo Crock, Carter county, was imprisoned in Klizabcthtown jail, for burning a barn. The citizens of the place, learning that he was from the neighborhood whore the small-pox was raging, broke open the j:?il and turned him out, and then told him if he didn't leave town in fifteen niiurtes, the}' would tar and feather him." Longevity.?Of civilly clergymen who died in the year 18">5, one half had passed threescore and ten, thus confirming the generally received opinion of staliciaus that theologians arc the longest lived of any members of (lie human family. Commercial. Aiiiikvii.i.k C. II-, April 23, IKoti. dot tun.?About ouo hundred liules have changed hands during the last week, at prices ranging from lo 101 ets. per H>. We iinilei'tituiul tliut a lot of fancy cotton brought even higher figures, 1 mt the price was not made public. C'oi.i Mlil.v, April 22, IHfifi. Tim sales of cotton yesterday were litflif and iiiiimportaiil, ill pi ices were very full >jii| firm, running IVoiu ii(?/ 1 l?, the latter price being freely paid lor a line aiiicle. CiiAKi.rsrox, April 22, I Sales to-day of .'i.ooo Kales cotton, at J (? ^ cent advance. Cood middling 11 J, (" 1 l{ cents. ?bituarn. Another Soldier of the Revolution Gone. I)iki>, ilie I lilt inst., at his residence near (irccnwiHid in this District, (.'apt. Amhikw l.oCW lit fill* ? Jl'.? M/./.il fun. <?I* ?? ? Cllpt. l.oliAV, in III'' bllHMII of IIIUIlllOOil, WHS present ;it tin- siego of Ninety-Six, which began llu; morning of the of 3Iav, 17^1 ; and afterwards became on active parti/an in the ilesultory waifaro sustained by the gallant Moore anil his compatriots, against, tin* predatory mid remorseless hands of lories who ravaged the country on the disastrous ret real of ( recti from Ninety-Six. Near the elose of the same year, (1781,) he marched with (Sen. l'ickcns ill his famous expedition against (lie Cherokee Indians; in which, at lilt; head of three hundred and ninety-four mounted men, in n campaign of only fourteen days, he burned thirteen towns. Killed forty Indians, and took a large numlier of piisoners, without the loss of a man from his parly. In private life, In- was it most indulgent father and master; temperate in hisliahits, inilefatigahly industrious, just to iill men, and punctiliously honorable; aiiiiahh; and retiring in his disposition, hut ?( iron will, ami a physical constitution whose .strength il reipiired near a ceii tiiry to exhaust. A soldier, in his enrly life, in the cause of human right, it was the glory of his old age to live and die a soldier of the Cross.? The natural force of his mind was not perceptibly abated to ihc last; ami his body, though not so active as once, was still still Wal t, and hlraiglit af au arrow, lie passed away calmly, as "sinks the gale when storms arc o'er," surrounded hy h;s tf?ll i 111 1*1*11 III' I I.! -.*? -1 ik mil vailllliii^ 111 nil' tirosnect of a jdorious imniorlalit v. 1 1 * J. II. L. ?2^" HOLLOW AY'S 1MLI.S, an unparalleled Remedy fur l'-.-malc ("oinplaints.?The ilanghtci ot' Mrs. Henderson, of Wuukeslia, Wisconsin, was for a h?ng time in a wry peculiar ami delit rule slate nf health. tlic mot Iter tric<l a variety 1 i)f remedies, hut without the young lady ilcrivi iu? any hcuelit. Am a lin.it recourse she tried ! llolloway's 1'ills, which she used three weeks; ; and found I hoy considerably ii:i|>rovcil her; l>\ 1 continuim; with these wondctful 1 'ills for ten i iliiys more, all obstructions were quickly removed, and she has since enjoyed the best <>l I health. ' ? _ U i If r As a Sl'KINO and SIMMKIl MKDI1 ("INK, ("arter's Spanish ."Mixture stands prc-etui; ncnt above all others. Its singularly ctlicncious action on the blood ; itsstrcngtlicuiu^ and vivify I in? i|iialities; its toiiie action on the Liv-;r; its | tendency to drive a!' !iit;not\s to the surface, I thereby cleansing ti e system according to Nn; lure's own prescription; its hariuhss, and at the ; same time extraordinary l'oci.I cllects, and tin number of cures testified to hy many of the most , respectable citizens of Uichliiond, Va.t anil elsewhere, must he conclusive evidence that there ii no humbug about it. The trial of a single bottle will satisfy the ! most skeptical of its benefits. I See advertisement iu another column. [April. n-?? U'a 1 r.. .. v nil vu ii i-ijm-miy iicaru iiic ceiei?raie?i Cieriiiaii Hitters, sold liy I>r. f*. II. Jackson, 12' Aroll Street, Philadelphia, pjHikeii of in terms ol the highest commendation, and we honestly be lieve that it is one of the host liiOilieinoH snivel' tised for the complaints for which it is recommended. Tliev are pleasant ti? the. taste, anil can be taken under any circumstances hv tin mo^t debeiite stomach. The press fur and wide, ha vc united in commending this in valuable remedy fur dyspr p=ia, debility, &.c.; and such arc the healing effects of this panacea, that we hope it. may be introduced to every family where dyspepsia has or is likely to have a victim. See advertisement. f April. ~ SUGAif AND MOMSSEST d /J HMDS. Prime N. O. and Porto Rico J. SUGAR. I IIhils. Prime W. [. MOLASSES, 2n Hbls. " N. O. SYRl'P, Just icccived and for sale by II. S. KKRR. 4 -_:i ..o tn... 4i|>iii ? >, ioai>. 1 tf WHITE LEAD AND LINSEED OIL. L11S. Pureand Xo. 1 WHITE LKAD, as good lis any in t ho I'nituil Stales, uud will be sold at Cliarlestoil prices, for Ciixh. :i()u Gallons LINSEED OIL. Just received and fur tiulc by II. S. KF.RR. April 22. 1 4t rNSURANCE OPPI C E, ATolaovillo O. S. The Ashcviile Mutual Insurance Company HAS established an Agency at this place, and will Insure against Fire, and also upon Life. Insurance on me often secures a living for futilities that otherwise would be in wunt. Also, valuable Slaves should ulways bo covered by Insurance. J. G. WILLSON, Agent. April 19, I85C. 1 ly WHITE HALL. rpilE Subscribers would respectfully inform JL their friends and the public generally, thut they are just receiving their Sprins O-oodLs, in wliich there will be exhibited every variety of Goods; and they flatter themselves the}' can suit the mo?t fustidious tasto, And will sell at Bliort Profits, vnvc 118 a mil, ana see that there is uo Ifwnbutj in what we say. MARSHALL 4 COLEMAN, White Ilall, 8. C. April 19, 185ft. 1 Im Land for Sale. flTUE Subscriber wishing to go West* offers his _L Land for Sale, lying niuo miles abovo LowndeHvillc, on the Anderson roj\d, containing 4SO A ores, abont 800 Acres in wooda, and 20 Acrcs of good BOTTOM in cultivation. A oomfortablo Dwelling, Gin House and Screw, and other necessary out-buildings on tlio premises. A barguin can bo had by early npplicntion. F. A. YOUNG. MofTiitsvillc, Anderson, S. C., ) April ii2, 18.W \ 1 ify SELLING OFF AT COST. '"I'MIE subscriber liaivng determined to chango JL liia business, offers for Bale his entire slock of BOOTS, SHOES, BROGANS, TRUNKS, <te., AT COST FOR CASH ONLY. ; Tin* stock id ull fresh ami well selected. Persons desiring goods in this line, will find it to their advantage to eall and make an examination before purchasing. The subscriber also returns Ins thanks to his friends nn<l customers for llio liberal patronngo ' heretofore bestowed, and requests those indebted i to him to eall and settle up their accounts. I N. 15. To unv one desiring to make an invest| men I in this ifno of business, the whole fcfoek i may he treated for, together with tlio unexpired i lease of the store, which has two years to ! run. \\\ S. WOOD, IS.'i Hiehardson Street, Columbia. April 23, 1850. 1 5m j Til 10 STATU OK snt'Tir mi>rnrw? j Ahhii'Ulc JJintrict.?Citation. i : Hy WILLIAM 1I1LL, Ksij., Ordinary of Abbeville* District. WIlKlir.AS, Mary A. Andrews 1ms ap* plied to aitv for Letters of Administration on all and singular I lie goods and chattel.", rights and credits of James A. Andrews, lul? of tin: District aforesaid, decuased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish nit and singular, the kindred and ercditors of the said deceased, to he and appear before me, nt our next Ordinary's Court of the said District, to bit h?tlden at Abbeville Court linage, on the eighth day of May next, to show ran.<e, if any, why ; the said administration should not be granted. | (iivcti under my hand and seal, this 1 Utl'r day of April, in the year of onr Lortl one thousand eivjlit bundle. I and fifty-eixn and in the i>??th year o! American Independence. WILLIAM I1II.L, O. A. D! April I ft, I-.1i;. 1 2t 27?OR SNOW oiler for Sill.- liMvllAhl- of my TIN MANUFACTORY,. to n good business person. My object for Selling.' is that I wish to enlarge my business, and, by so i doing, it will reipiire more of my time from ill?' ' working department than can be spared. It is i one of The Best Manufactories in the Up-Country. My Maehinery is all of the latest improved patterns, and InV building is amply large, 'loa mall of good business habits, it i< mm to bo met with. 11. W. LAWSONI Ahhevi'.le ('. II., April lf>, lH.*>ti. 5ti-:5t , 11 i' Independent Press cupy IS tiniOP. 2P* UFL <0 TEC T ! YOl'll LIVKS AM) HIII.DINGSFROM ! rrill'. Subset iliers have tin- e.\elnsivo right toi | I put. i:j in Al.li.-vilK- I>i.-t riet. OTIS S PATENT LIGHTNING ROD, the only |>"ii. ly Mil'.* ii??d i:i#w in use. i Mr. wi'I !?* in a few day*, and 1 will tiave! *iv?*r the t>i>:?ii-s. ai'.il will ptit. the?e Rods ii11 i:i u substantial, Halo and satisfactory man iter. In t! : nicamiiif. all ordern sent uu1 : shall In' |?n?l:lj?'lv attended to. i'.AII.KV ?t SPARKS. 1 Clreenwood, S. (V, Ajnil I I. .">2 4t AT | LOMAX & COBB'S. AVAIMKTV of Iliown (iiMtds and ("heckcd I! oitiespiins, Shiies, llats. Cups, Ruiuimit j Citron, Salmon, .Maekerel, Murium w Trout. Also, a few ISal'lvIs ol' I " crtivcis: siiutsia." Wo respeelfully invit< pet-.-ons to eall and cxj amine our Stock. I April l;>, Ifiio. 82 tf IKTO^hcoies. A I.I. persons having demands iiL'iinst the Kstate i.f II. II. NI'.l^nN, de<?.>ed, ;.r.- . t <|ii<<Mcii in pivent llnm Id Hie iiti<lprop-. . ' crly nUcstcd, lor payment. Those indebted U>. the arc requested In ntsik?> immediatepayment. i;M>C I! .N'KLSUN, iix'or. April 7, 1 *.">ii. ,01 lit Shoriff's Sale. I n D V virtue of sundry Writs of Fi<>ri? Fnrian; ^ i S In ik- ilirvvk'J, 1 will fell al Abbeville ~ | Court llottsc, nil tlic lirst Monday and Tu?*mlfty in May nest, within the legal hours' of sale,. , the following properly, to wit: IAries of I.ami, more nr less, hounded l?y | .Inn. \V* Highy, Widow Webster and others, un the property <>f lleii.snn l'osey, uds. Charles , I .Murphy and others. litM? Acres, more or less, hounded by A. 1*. | flintier, J no. Itrown anil others, as the property of McClanc, ails. John \Vi?leiii:ui. i I House sind I.<it in I.owndcsville containing M Acres, more nt less, houn<le<l hy Will. M. Iiell, l)r. .1. T. Itaskin ami others, as the property of ! T. W. O'anit, ads. Win. Hill, Successor, untl others. l?iO Acres, inoro or Ices, hounded hy C. All?n? Tlios. Heal a ii'I others, as the property of WinA. Shaw, utls Tlios. 1,. Fowler, unit others, I 1 Negrn Woman June, its I ho property of tlioKstate of C. A. Smith, uds. 11. C. (Jrifllli, and' ' ! others. r j I Iloive, as the properly of II. S. Coiibt ads.. . : \V. It. Sanders |*C others. 1 Sorrel Horse and 1 Day Marc, as the pn>|>| erty of .Inn. W. Wilson, ads. Chirk it Tillottsoii ' | ami others. I | I Negro I Joy, lis the propel ty of W. S. Rob. i erlson, ads. 10. Nelson and others. I IlilUlS L'A.SII. T n. COCIIRAN, s. A. D. Slioi iir'8 Oflico, April 10, 18f>(>. ft'i-ud Ambrotypcs! Ambrotypes!! MH. WKAIIN lists the pleasure of aiinounoinir t<> the LiuliM and (lentleincn, of Ab| bevillo, that lie i* u-.nv in t ho Village with his | SK y - I.I* 11*1* C'AUU, prepared to take thouo j beautiful colored : Nover Fading Glass Pictures f The last and greatest improvement iu tho Photographic Art, ( till early, liis stay will be xhort. Abbeville I!. If., S. ('. > April 7, 18/iU. ) 51 If , Notice. rpiJE i ndersipned would respectfully infoim ) jl mic public, lluit lie it* now prepared to put up ami repair In the neatest style, and at l ho shortest notice, which arc warranted to give satisfaction, both in price and durability All I auk in a trial. J. W. IRWIN. Greenwood Depot, ) April 8, 185(1. j 51 Om Hats! Hats! JUST opened, a largo Stock of MEN'S SUMMElt llATS, ROY'S uml INFAT'S do., at CHAMBERS A MARSHALL^ April 8, 1850. 01 l( PROFESSIONAL CARD. r|"MIE Undersigned would hereby notify 1 public, dial he lias again resumed the Praetico of Medicine, and will practico in Greenwood and the surrounding country. 1)R. L. II. SMITH. Greenwood, April 7, 1850. 51-lf BOOT WTCAPTTvrn . ?. . it- 1- VIAiXI A rB^IIK undersigned, Root ranker, would inform JL the yiulUic generally^ und espoelaJly his old friends and customers, thut ho hns just received that splendid lot of LEATHER of whioh lie gave notice some weeks since, and is now ready and willing to put up in the boat possible style. any work entrusted to him. If you want a Boot that is a Boot, you wil) step into the Shop und leave your measure. To bo fouud on Washington Street. ' * EDW'D ROCHE* March 6, 1856. 46 tf Dry Hides Wanted. '^l-y in good order, will """I" 1m taken in Trade, or a| tho highest Cash Prices, by II. 8. KERR. Murch 18, 1856. 48 Qt O" Independent Press copy, OH eap Saddles FOR MEN AND BQYS, CALL ON ? ?V R. II. WARDLAW & SON. April. 2, 1S5?5. ?3 jy