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From the South Carolinian. FBOM KANSAS. We linvc U'i'ii favored with tlib following extracts of a letter wKtttth 1>V Mr. Jos, 1*. Carr, formerly of Charleston, to tliu Chirirmnu of the Kansas Executive Committee in t'rat city: Platte Citv, Mo.. March 25th. Dear Sir : Your favor of the 27th illt., reached me on Saturday evening last, and I hasten to furnish you such information as 1 have been able to gather. In so new a ICsiiwim. tui)<?li nt wluit. v/iii *li?? aire lo know is merely matter of opinion, mi'l, impressed with the importance of giving you nothing Init what lias been well digested, and i? believed to be correct, 1 deemed it advisible t" confer with on the subject. He is more conversant with everything relating to the political condition of the territory than any one in this upper country, stud has devoted much attention to the scheme of populating Kansas with pro-slavery emigrants. Tin; result of our conference 1 will embody in answers lo your <pie>tion in the order in which you may have put them. Should my r plies not he as full as you would wish them, you must attribute it to your lequcst that 1 should ' write immediately," and to me importance or giving l,su n.iuriimuou desired at the earliest moment. 1. Can yon give us accurate information as to the relative strength among the bona jidc settlers of Kansas of the the two parties ? I cannot tell with any precision the ntrength of the two parties at this time.? There has been no reliable te*t of the vole of either party since last spring. The returns of tin! elections if Whitlield and Keeder cannot be taken as any criterion uf the true vote of the respective parties.? There being no opposition to AVhitlield, the vi>l?: e.i.-t at hi* election by our fiieti-ls was very light; while at Jleeder's there being no legal restrainis the vote was stt-h as the abolitionits choose to make it. from the most reliable lniormiilivii l can get, | think there is certainly a majority of |>p slavery iiku in the Territory, and, as llioy arc ???t like the Abolitionists, concentrated upon one or two points, in an election for the members of ilie Legi>lainre thev would. without ai'l from the " Bonier KuHiaiis," he able to carry a decided majority of representatives. We have assurance, however, that the Abolitionists will again make tin; most strenuous ellorts to send out emigrants, and as Missouri had already contributed so many settlers, it is all important that the other Southern Stales should noiv come to our assistance. 2. As (o the possibility of a hostile collision immediately. I think there is nnn??, or indeed do I believe il very likely there will be one at all. The knowledge lli.it (Jovernineiit troops will be UM.-d against them will keep the Abolitionists in check, and prevent them aiiain breaking in insurrection, and unless Whitfield's election be M-t aside and a new election ordered, there cannot well arise any occasion tor a collision?at least, until next fall, when the election for members of the Legislature will Lc held. 'J. The possibility of stroughening < (fi?etll:il!l* lli<> nf I In. i . c! ... ~. ...v ..... l?v tin: next fall elections. Aii'l, 4. What number of emigrants from the South will he necessary t-j .secure in a political contest at the ballot box the majority to the. pro-slavery party. The ( lection for member* of the Legislature will be held on the first Monday in October next. If the slaveholding Slates will send Us two thousand emigrants?that is, two thousand voters?during the present vear, our friend* believe the condition of Kinsa* will be. definitely settled. This is, however, a mere matter of conjecture, for, of course, we cannot tell, liovv large the emigration from the N*<?rth will be. From the. most reliable information, we arc led to believe that we shall have the number suggested and more. There will also be from Missouri a large emigration in addition to those already in the Terri-' lory. ,r?. The pirlics who arrive, by the first of, June, ought to make by their labor etio ugh | to pay for their stihs;stence. Employment i for all kmds of laborers can be obtained at high rates. Mere farm hands will bring j from fifteen to twenty dollars per niontli, : with board furnished them, and mechanics of all kinds are in great demand. All can certainly procure employment until the first of December, and I am assured in ordinary winters can labor conveniently out door* almost the entire season. ****** In addition to the matters suuggested by i your inquiries, I would state that the ter- i ritory lying between tlie Kansas and Mis- ' houri rivers is now occupied by a decidedly | pro-slaver}- population. On the South : nide of the Kansas river, and especially along that river, the Abolitionists have i made their chief settlement. It has oc- | eurreJ to our friends that it would bo bet- j t?r, a* a matter of policy, ami as being j mure Southern, more agreeable to the \ Southern emigrants, that a good portion j of them should settle South of Kansas j river. By this means we will secure the < Southern half of the Territory before it is ! filled by abolitionists; the Northern half i will be secured by Missourians. ^I'lie representatives have already been apportioned ! to the different counties, and adding to our numl>crs North of the Kansas river, will not increase our strength for we have n majority there now ; but if the Southern men are distributed among the countios South of the river their votes will tell. Tho emigrants should still come up the Missouri river, and land at Kansas City or Atchison, as they might determine on going to tho Eastern and Westgpi portion of the Territory. Atchison is nearer to Lecomplon. the Canitol; and 1 think thn lifiinr portion of the Southern pari of the Territory now open for settlement, cat) be reached from that point most convenient")'.? These **x>, Jwut-ver, pmiur* for future consideration^ 1 would iwggxt thai you should seek, as far as pos?ible to induce all who have a small number of slaves to come out. To tfuch this is a peculirlydesirablecountry, and ihey need to have no fear of their slaves escaping. The actual presence of a good number uf slave* would At once setllo the ijuestiun,If I can bo useful to you in any way In carrying out the object* of your so*yety,4?y services are at your command. Very nesj>ectfully, your obedient ser >4UM* J. P. CARR. William Whafey, Esq. Chairman of Executiro Committee of >' A Society for the niil of tine set!Lenient of Kan* mw," Charleston, 8. C. X3T There is a young; man in Clncin? o:i?i bo modest that ho will not u cm brace /in oj'j>orluniiy.H POLITICAL FBOSPECTS. This Democratic parly lias never occupied . a prouder position beforo llio American peoplo and llio world of freedom, than it ! does al this moment, ft can say with truth of the Union and the Constitution, as the haughty French Monarch said of his Govurnmeut?" Jest mot." Always tlie defender of the integrity of tho Constitution and of the Union which found in that Constitution its form and life, the Demo- j eratie party has, in the course of events, come to be tin; only breakwater between them and the dehigo of dangerous principles and vicious sentiments which have been turned loose for their destruction. If i:? I--- ' - - < . v> vi *i |?.im v iiiiu ;i i igiiiuuus JUKI ! patriotic, cause to carry ami to vindicate, il ! is the Democratic party in the campaign of ; this year. Tlio great and fundamental I principles of the American Confederacy j t which maintain the ('/audi// of the States, j ! are assailed hy politico-religions fanatics, ; and the Democratic paily interposes its! wliole moral, political and physical power! for their protection. North, South, East and West?everywhere it is the same, and sectionalism is forgotten in the grand ! thought and absorbing purpose of saving ! the Constitution from violation, one-halt* of' the Stales of the Confederacy from dishon-1 j oring wrong, and the I'nion itself from do- j | struclion. The D-jiihh ratie paitv enters j j tliis noLile lie I-1 of contest tingle-handed. ! It has li<? party allies?all the shreds ami ' otitis of parly combinations aro fused | ' against it. It stands alone l<> do battle. i j stioiig in the coti.-ciousiiess of the grntuh nr ! of its cause and the weight of its respoiui j bilities, and iclying only hut securely upon j j the reverence of the American people for i ! t!i?* great principles of Jvepubliean, const i- ! i tntional, civil and religious liberty it d?- ' ! fends. Wo thank t.iod that the I>einoeratie j | party is aide thus alone, to achieve its great ; ! work and defeat not only the great mass of | : the traitors to the country by whom it is J ; opposed, but ai>o tin; Minded and prejii- i diced men who give " aid and comfort" to ! ' trea>on, either l?v standing aloof from the ; | fight or l?y throwing 'heir weight to the j l side of the enemies of the country. It is a foregone conclusion, as certain as; ! any Snmian event can lie, that the I>emo-| : eratie party w ill triumph in the Presidential ; Selection, ami a Democratic statesman will ' i l>e p!aee<! at the hea<l *?f the (lovelinneiit. ' I We shall sweep the Southern States l?v unpreeed?n!ed majorities; w<: shall maintain! j a light for at h ast an eipial division of the j 111M.Hu and Wcctciu States, ami shall not I j despair of resctieiug even one or two of the j \ .Vw KnglatiJ .States irom tuv d'.'m:n;oii <?f' i treason ami fanatici-mi. < )f o:;r prospects , in the hitter, the New Voili Journal ofj Vsoinmcrcc, a cool and conservative paper, I thus speaks :?Jlubil'' livjislcr. j ' The I'rosp t:!:;.?The immense gains of, ; the I U'linifiats in our large cities and town?,' ! and in those Stat? s where elections have i I bwn h.1.1 j his spring, although opposed hy ( a combination of the Know-Nothing*, lit1-! publicans and Abolitionists, show very ! clearly which way the wind blows. A year j | agt>, in each of the States alluded to, viz: ! New Hampshire, Rhode Island andCt.ii-i ncetieiit, the Democrats were defeated bv ! ' an overwhelming majority. This year the' : combination against them has been mure . extensive and complete than before, yet in i ! each case they press very closely npi>n the j heels of tln ir opponents. I ntil last year i there had been an Abolition or Five Soil ' j party, whieh neither sided with the Demo-1 erats nor the Whigs. IJut, at the last two j ; elections, they have fraternized lovingly ! with the other otmoncnls of I li iiidcini v i and the consequence is, that although the Democrat*, in each of the States mentioned, polled a vole nearly, if not tjuile unprecedented, I hey an; still slightly in a minority, i I#ui they now see tlie full strength of the ! enemy, and the amount of work to l?e done, j All that remains is, to do. And the oj>j?or-; tunitv is near. Church Statistics.?The general minutes for 1835-'56 of all the Conferences of the M. E. Church, South, twcnt\* three in number, are now completed, and will soon hi; ! issued from the put-lidiing house, at Xaslij ville, Tenn. j The returns show the following results, in totals, with reference to the preceding I I JfVSI 10 j Iiu'reus*. ! Traveling jiro tellers -,078 I'M ; ftiipcriumiiaw-il preacher* I'M I I .oca! prrnclfrs 4,ti28 WJ While members ?t probationer.-^ 17,:?7 2 lS.K'il Colored members*!: probationers 17",l.r>0 fi.fiCG Indian member* 3,t'?l3 "141 * Decrease. ! Tula! membership 027.0(12 21,6fc'9 The total increase reported is 'J7,022, which is reduced l?y decrease in five conferences to the netL increabo 24,1589, as above given. Tlie largest wliito membership reported is for lh<; Georgia Conference, 44,252 ; the i |irg?-st colored membership, South Carolina Conference, 37,1)33 ; ami tlie largest membership generally, South Carolina, 70,005. The Kentucky JJbick Jlrpvhlican? I Cassius M. Clay and the liev. John G. Fee I have managed to organize a lilack llepub- { liean Association in Madison county. All of those who are connected with this affair : have been and arc now bitter, uncompro ! ... only wj.jFuuvis in mo .American party in i Kentucky and identified with the Sag j I Niehts. Keiituckians should ponder upon these facts. In the very bosom of the Sag i j Nieht party in Kentucky an Abolition asi soeiation has been openly organized. In i the city of Louisville there lias existed, for j some tiinc past, a German association, in j whose published platform the rankest and j most offensive Abolitionism is avowed.? The great mass of the foreigners among us are Abolitionists. It is from the foreign immigration that tho Abolition party in ! tho country have received their greatest i accession of strength and numbers. In the North they attach themselves to the j Black Ili-publicans. In tho South tlicy | compose a great pait of and actually con! trol the anti-American party. Everywhere I e. j j i11v-jr mc luiuiu wMginij si norce warfare | . gainst the Americans.?Louisville Ken-1 tuckian. John Tyler Lecturing on the Dead of his Cabinet.?The South Side (Va.) Democrat states that Ex-President Tyler is about to deliver a lecture upon "tho dead of his Cabinet." The Democrat says : " lu that Cabinet were the accomplished Legare, the elegant and erudite Upshur, the brilliant Gilmer, and those twin giants of their age Webster and Calhoun. Scarce ten years have passed since the illustrious gallery of statesmen, jurists and scholars filled lite offices of the Cabinet, but one bv ! .1 - 1 ?? ' one inc nnitou iihh j>ui. on mourning lor them, and be who gathered them around him to bear with him the groat responsibilities of his time, and share the heavy duties of his post, lives still to speak their eulogism. Need we add that it will be a tribnfo worthy even of these migbtv dead." / ... w. ABBEVILLE^BANNER WILtilAM O. DAVIS, EDITOR. THUKSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 185< C3TTIic friends of JA1CIKN If. LOMA> Est]., respectfully uimouiice Iiim us a Cumliiiul fur the next Legislature. If you want Tin ware, l?v wholesal or retail, go to Lawsox'b. If you wan Toinb Stones, Monuments, &c., go to Smali wood. Newberry, and get tlicin. If yoi arc liol, and want to cool oil', go down t lIi'tsiiKv's and g? t some Ico?he's got ity of it. If you have any lJiittei I"'ggs? Tallow, &c., for sale, carry them I I.o.max ?V Conn?they'll pay you the <:a.-l And should you visit Augusta, and wisl Dry (loods, call on Wili.iam Siikak ; h wiil not fail l<> please you in prices am jiiality. 1 load the advertisements of tlio nI>ov< named gentlemen, to l>is found in auotlie column. HOUSE-BURNING. We ngret to learn that the new Dwell ing ?>f Dr. 1'. II. 15kauu:y, near Mapletoi in this District, was burnt on the 'J 1st illt It is supposed to be the work of an inetn diary. Mr. Dkaoixy oilers a reward, bi a lvci;i>eineiit in another column, for !ii apprehension. EARLY PEAS. Mrs. D. II. .Sondi.ky has placed in on sanctum, full grown I'eas. These are tin iu*i ??, scvii or uearu 01 in lHls Iuc.il ity this spring. STRAWBERRIES. We lvcc-ivol on la.-t Saturday, ihrougl the kindness of Mrs. .1. 1\ Maksiiai.i., ; plate of tills dclkious fiuit. TIk-v wen largo, well ripe, and thrown in the upon air Strawberries the 113th uf April! who cat beat this ? BATTALION DRILL. ^ c attended the J)i ill at McCaw'h < >! Field. M:ij. Ct'NMNciiam commanded? Co!. IIaui-ku and liis stall' reviewed. Tin oliieers seemed to understand their duties T!ie men, wo suppose, done as well a:; eouh ho c-rjyctcd. C'.d. IJ a addressed tin ! 5;l!!::!i((li?inn.'.. :i V .. -5,! other improvement wo w<ill!il notice, is tlii ?I lie re were no Ihpior stands, no drunken n>s or fighting; and wo suppose tliat ii thirly minutes after parade, every man lu.i left the held. THE MAY CONVENTION. Next Monday is ;he day upon whieh tin do!orates appointed to consider the propii ety of sending delegates to the Ciucinnal Convention, will assendiie in Columbia.? The manner in whieh those delegates havi been appniuted, viz: by ihe friends of tin ine;isur<?and those only receiving the ap pointmeut who wore known to favor tb< proposition?leave l>ul little doubt. as U u 11 at will be the result of their deli bora tions. Though in our lJistriet this rule wa van-.d, ami persons ;ij>1 >?>:;i:1 of tin.' oppo sitioti. yet if ilii.s rule h:ul been adapted ii all the other Districts, the political caste n the Convention would not have been inuel afleetcd, because most ol those who oppos* the scheme would prefer to slay at honv and so the eonventxmists would have ban it all their own way anyhow. We may certainly expect this bodycomposed as it will be of fhosu who havi been active in counselling the State to pn aside all the legitimate ana constitutional objections to the plan upon which the Xa tional Convention is worked?to train)pi under foot the great political doctrines o (.'amioi n ; yes, his opinions upon this sub jcet, derived ais they were from the platir import uf tin? Constitution, arc to be treats as v.ort!.less?!o be stij?j>!;ti?tetl by inoderi heresies?modern light, emanating Iron lesser orbs, whose dull dimness changes t< daikness in comparison with the iutellcctua biilliancy of him whose principles the) would now repudiate. It would be folly tc cx| cct anything else from tl.is body. Ii will doubtless, by its action, endorse tin present National Convention system, thougl we would gladly hope otherwise. If the National Convention was organ izjd upon a plan which would give to eacl State the weight in choosing the President allotted to it by the Constitution, we couli consistently advocate the propriety of i representation at Cincinnati. The Consti tution provides that the President shall b< elected by elcctois, cliuscn in such inannci as the people of the several States may <li rect. These electors meet together, cas their votes for the respective candidates their votes are counted jyer capita, and s majority of all the volts of the Electora College is necessary to a choice. Tin number of the electors from each State ii made equal to the vote of the State in botl Houses of Congress; and if no choico ii made by the Electoral College, the threi highest on the list of those voted for, g< before the House of Representatives, wbicl votes by States, a majority of the delega tion controlling the vote of the State, whicl is counted as one. 15y this, the constitu tional mode of choosinsr the President. \vi equalize tlic power of the large and sinal Slates. Hut let us see if the plan of votinj in the National Convention assimilates t< the constitutional plan, or to anything lit fairness, or, indeed, if it is not at varianc with the spirit and genius of republicai principles. Well, how do they vote ?? Each State in Convention is allowed a vol equal to her vote in Congress, votes by inn jority and counts per capita. To illustrate South Carolina in Cincinnati would ho enti ; tied to eight votes, and supposing that fiv out of eight voted for Buchanan, thnt be iug a majority would carry the vote of tb whole Slate for. biin, and count for him n eight votes, when in fact ho only receive five; and by this system of voting, we prea the opposition minorities in each State int ; the srrtirc of the majorities and coun > . " * ' I tlicir votes for the candidate ngainst whom * they voted. Tlie majority in tlie Convention virtually ; f?:iy to the minority, that, although you i . may consider the man of our choice a | traitor, you shall not vote against him; or e ; if you do vote against him, your vote shall I l?e counted for him. Could anything bo u more absuid, and less republican, more sub- . t | versive of the relative power of the States, ' _ ! and less in accordance with tho spirit of ! ? ! our institutions? () | Wo have seen it hinted in public prints, ! that John C. Camiouk favored the Ualtir 1 more Convention in 1814, until he found i ( | that he could not get the nomination, and ( i then tinned and opposed it. The charge ( we consider unfounded. The Congressional > u Caueus system had been repudiated on no- . j count of its corruption, and the Democratic i party were discussing plans by which they , could preserve the strength and harmony of the party. While yet the Convention sytseni was being discussed, and no definite , ' plan of organization had been fixed upon, J ' Mr. Cai.iioi x conceived that a nominating ; ; " | convention mi^ht be organized upon a plan | 1 ! that would allow liiin to favor it without | ' any violation of his principles, lie con- 1 * ! ceived a plan of organization by which each ' I oi.m; nuiiiu nave ilie same power hi noun- i j s . tinting that the Constitution gives it in | , i electing t!io President, P.ist when it was . , ! suftirioiitly ascertained that iho convention 1 : was to be organized upon a basis at war j 1 L' ' with the principles of the Constitution, lie ' thereupon pubKMied a letter to his political | friends ami supporters, taking strong i . ground* against tlie convention, disapproved ' i 1 of the proposed plan of organization and i of voting, refused to allow his name to go I l> . before the convention as a candidate, and I 1 . i thought that he would have been but little j ' i less than a traitor to the Constitution, to j j have countenanced that practice which lie : | foresaw would divest the smaller States of t i , ; their just weight in the Presidential clec- ! ' ' . i. - ; i : \\ < are m>l aware tliat Mr. C'ai.ii m-n or l* ! any of his cotcmporaries uf this Stale, not ! ' , even the Democratic State Convention, of 1 1 I .: ] G-lever recommended the propi iety 6. ' 1 a National Convention, according to tho i upon which it is at preKent organ- | * 1 i>:ed. " j , ( | Vain is the attempt to convert the action I j of our State Convention in 1813 into a precedent ; nor does it atl'ord the slightest s ar 'umeiit whv wo should ?0 into conven- ' 1 . . " . . .1 ; lion in 1S5G. What did that convention - do ? It simply met and discussed the vari - ous plans of organizing the National Con1 i volition, ami finally laid down the basis and - j proclaimed to the iMnocratic party tliu 2 j Unas ami conditions upon \\lii?-.li South i I: Carolina would lit; willing to meet them in 1 . i - a National Convention. ii I Just lie re we would remark that these : > trims were not unreasonable; if they were i - | wrong, the Constitution is wrong, because s they were drawn from that snored itistru- '< - | menl. Uut reasonable as were ihe terms, ' i they were imliccilcd by the party in other i t States, and we had no alternative but either j i ' to go into the National Convention under i u oppressive and unju-t system of voting, or t refuse any participation in it. 1 If the National Convention had been or- j i gatiized according to the principles o?" jus tire, no voice ill South Carolina would have l* j been raised against it. If it had secured t j to the small States the power guaranteed | I t by the Constitution, we should not have ' - : penned a line against it. It is not from J l* ; unkind feelings toward our sister Southern I f. States?not that we are better, or can lay j - ' claim to a higher intelligence, as lias been I i alleged, that we would decline to go into ; I , convention with them ; but it is from a ; : conviction that to do so, would be to sub- j ? : mit to wrong?to deprive our State of that i ) ' power to which it is entitled in the election ' I I of President. ' iS/ HON. P. 8. BROOKS. } r 1 publish elsewhere the remarks of Mr. ^ ! ItiinnL-c il..\ ii.mifnili.in I" " ' 1 1 "I"'" ?" J""!""""" ? ; bonus to Mrs. Tillman", who lost a husband 1 1 and three sons in Mexico. The occasion J : did not require an elaborate speech. Ilis i remarks, we think, were very appropriate? j 1 j the effort was equal to the occasion. 1 j THE WASHINGTON LIGHT INF ANTSY. | The Spartanburg papers contain a detailed account of the recent pilgrimage of this Company from Charleston, to the spot upon which the battle of the Cowpens was fought. They marched under the same tlag , t borne by the gallant Col. Washinoton, of Revolutionary memory, entrusted to them | by his widow. 1 NICARAGUA. 2 Late accounts from Central America, at5 tribute the defeat of Col. Schlkssixoeii to i cowardice and negligence on his part.? 9 Capt. Thorpe faced him on the field and 1 a threatened to shoot him as a coward. > Gen. Walker is said to be well fortified, i and is receiving additional forces. ? Another battle had taken place between t i fourteen Americans, under Capt. Baldwin, j - and one hundred Costa llicans, in which the 0 latter were defeated, with a loss of thirty 1 killed. Baldwin lost two men. ? BEMTNOLES. ? This hmall band of about 150 fighting e Indians, are still committing occasional c murders. They have thus far eluded purn suit, and though their depredations have - been appalling, not a single one of llicm is , o known to have been killed. I- -T COTTON. It is supposed that the present cotton '* cron of the United States will reach 3.500. 0 000, making half a million over tho crop * of 1854. ,s The Oreat West.?The steam r.avigad t;on of the Mississippi and its tributaries consists of 787 boats, of an aggregate ton- , nage of 180,004; being an increase of ? twenty per cent, in boats, and forty per t : cent, in tonnage, over 1855. BABNUM'S MASTERPIECE. Barmtm hrs performed many wonders, i II but tlio greatest of all is the following: It ' I consists in nothing less than passing down tl the Niagara cataract in a vessel constructed w for this purpose. Tlio vessel is a ball of fi gulta pcrclia, thirty feet in diameter, sup- | u ported in its interior l>y hoops, rings of I ? steel, and wood. Si lings of gulta pcrchn, I t. coining from four |>oiiits of the rings, meet 81 in the centre of the sphere, where they are ,, fixed to a coat of mail of the samo mate- j (| rial. This is so fixed that a man buckled ; in it hangs, supported by llio four strings, ' safe iu the middle of the ball. At the j lower end of the ball, where the lower part Jj of the mail is directed, some lead is put, ( M so that, swimming in the water the head j side will be turned upwards. In this upper i j, part there is a hole which may bo opened ! ? by the person in the interior. The ball is ! so strong as to sustain, without danger, the ! shock of the fall. Oil account of its size J it cannot sink, nor can the person l>uckl<-d j in the coat of mail sutler any harm from ! the violence of the fall. As soon as the j j, ball, after its fall, has fotni'1 its centre of j rrrnvif f ?*-i 1 .! ....i ! * " 1 ** ' ^ **"? 1111??i?' 11?i i i ii UlliJliCKK'S llllMMMl, | opens the llap, and gets out of the hold, | * waving the United Stales colors under tlio | upplause of soiik* r.0,000 or 100,000 spec- j tutors, who 1'.allium intends to assemble, ? one dollar each, upon 11 to occasion of his j '' first performance. From every such per- j ? formauce, a gain of $'20,000 or $:I0,- ! is U00 is to he counted on, since from all j a parts ol the L niuii spectators will llock to r< lhc cataract of N iagara. 1'..i num is al>out I !" make nu Apcrinieiit with a dog. If that litiitiia! arrives all ri^lit. helow, a nigger will , I't! 0t!gag< ?l for lilt! IICNt expel illK-llt. II that one. arrives equally safe, the Yankee i undertakes the fir.^t sciious passage liini-j 3 ^ !f. J-'rom Ihr Jjarlini/ton ting. A CUKIOUS PIG. n. Kditoi: : A young sow, belonging to j Mr. .John N. Andrews, of this county,; brought forth several pigs yestchbiy, one L?f which is a curieMty so uunatiir.-il. that I ! ^ i-anuot retrain 1 r<>111 giving you an account | i?f it. j I have called it a pig, 1 >i 11 I believo it ; j would l>o more jifoin'i to say pigs. It had j |, two spines, eight legs, (with four hoofs on | ei r?ach.) two tails, ami tlx: hinder parts, in 1 In everything well developed. At'tlie upper -v| part of the ahiloinen, the two pigs (as I J 11 -li ill term them) became j >ined together. ! 1 his conjunction hecanie so close :it the j neck that one hea<l was lost in the other.? j It, however, had tight lusk^ snnl two ; lougucs, the same as two The ti"ck | hoi.05 were sopmaJc. It had four sets of; tihs, two heads, two livers, two stomachs, > ifcc., hut the hearts and livers were grown ( together. This pig, or ] i^s, I hardly know how to j rail it, was as large as usual, but did not j live more than an hour or two. Will : some Naturalist tell us what was the cause 1 of ibis. li. 13. G. j Dale Conn';/, .-!/(/., .1 /nil 10. A'/m.v/x.?The New \ ovk Ilerald has! compiled a table from the fulle-t attainable material-;, whi.di presents an exhibit of the . emigration, from the North and South, t<< I Kansas. Of the emigrants for 1 ?."?(! from the South, Missouri has furnished 1,100,; and South Carolina, the next largest, uum- I bi*r, 2:50 men. Of the Northern States,; Massachusetts has sent the largest t.umber, : and New York the next largest, JW0. j The South, a? a whole, has sent out 1,000 ! emigrants, while the North has furnished j only 1 ,:}.~>0.? Cuioliuiuii. Ext'nili'in.?Yesterday the penalty of ! tin: law was enforced 011 .lames MeCombs, who expiated on the iraliows the eriim* >!' which li?; \v:is convicted. lie is said ti? have met his end with tli?- thinness result- i in*; from Christian Imp.* of forgiveness from ! (Jud.? Carolinian, 20.'// ult. j s The College Seen ted.?The Laurensville M Herald says: We have the pleasure of staling that the Kxecutive Committee of a the lVcshyterian College, at th?-ir meeting on Weil!H'S<lay hist, unanimously determin- e<l to commcnee erecting the htiildin:;* ;tt j once, or as soon as the plan can ho decided on. Snicitlc.?Wo are pained to learn that on the 13th instant, Mr. Gideon Me.Whor- j J ter, of this Histrict, committed suicide by <? shooting himself through the head with a " gun. He was a man of family, and in the v prime of life. We have not heard I lie r l i r- 1 " cause ot this most iiiiimfni-tii * ?.? ? Courier, 2G///. lilt. | n Costly Itikflantl.?The plenipotentiaries, J in signing the treaty of peactt in Paris, i " tiiadu use of a silver gilt inkstand spec ially j n ordered for tlie occasion. The inkstand is | decorated in the style of the first empire, sl ami cost not less than 11,000 francs. Oregon is taking measures to he admitted into the Union. It is stated j that the population now amounts to lifty | thousand, with "more wealth than any | other community of fifty thousand people j fu on the (ilohe." _ b. Commercial. Aiidlvillk C 1I-, April 30, 1S50. Cotton.?We have no clinn^e to notice since | * ; ui Dur lust report. Wc rjuole 8? ? 10J cents. C'omt.mbi.v, April 20. 1851!. l'' Cotton.?There in but lililc oiiVrin^ in this market. Prices range from @ lli cents. ni ClIAKl.r.STO.v, April 28, 185C. nl L'olfon.?The demand for thin article is good. 1 ,M)U bales changed hands ut 11 <w llg cents. ul Dr. WLanes Celebrated Vermifuge and Liver C Pills.?A a ngular combination, but very effect- jj iinl. as the following will show : New York, November 20, 1852. Knowing froin experience, tho valuable quali- M tie3 of Dr. M'Lime's Vermifuge, and Liner Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros. Pittsburgh, I have for " sometime l??ck considered il my duty, and made of it my business, to make those articles known wherever I went among my friends. A short ^ time ago I became acquainted with the case of a young girl, who seemed to be troubled with S worms and liver complaint at the Rome time, and had been suffering for romo two months.? Through my persuasion she purchased ono bot- j? .le of Dr. iP Lane's Vermifuge, and one box of Liver PilU, which she took according to direc- i'i lions. The result wax, she passed a large quan tity or worms, and thinks tliut one box more of the Fills will restore her to perfect health. Her w nnine and residence run bo learned by calling on el E. L. Theall, Druggist, corner of Butger and jj Monroe streets. pi* Purchasers will be careful to nsk for Dr. C M'Lane't Celebrated Vermifuge, manufactured by Fleming Bros, of Fittaburgb, Pa. All other Vermifuges in comparison are worthless. Dr. q M'Lane's geuuine Vermifuge, also bit celebrated Liver Pill*, can how be bad at all respectable 'u drug stores. None genuine without the tignaiure , 0/ FLEMING BROS. w Sold by Wabplaw &. Lyon, Abbeville C* II., p S. C., aud by one Agent in every town in the ai South. It ' (DrllOI.LOWAY'SOINTMENTaiidPILLS, lie most elfcetuul remedy for Old Wounds nml Jlcerf.?Tlio wonderful euros daily effected l>y liese celebrated remedies linvo established them ritli tlio citizens of ttic Union, ns two of the nest preparations ever nindo known, ami it is n astonishing fact, ilmt lliey will lifiil and eure Id wounds nnd ulcere of twenty yearn standing, ven after every other treatment has been re?rted to ineffectually. All cutaneous eruptions jadily yield to their mighty power; and for ........... ..r A-II ?i.... : i ?11 ,v, v,ii v ui ticviiiuii) hi* j ill V III ? UiUUWItN It t^~l"'EVi:U AND AGUE?AX IN FA LI.IILK CU11K.?Wo defy the world to produce any ledicue which dors not contain (Juinine, LSark ir.seuic, Mercury or any noxious or deadly comoiind, to cure this annoying disease so eUcctully us Carter's Spanish Mixture. While itconlias none of the above named dangerous ai ti!ej?, yet it jiosscsses u power in relieving anil uiing I'eVer and Ague which cannot be nproaehed by any of them separately or in comillation. It nets l>peci(ic:d!y oil the Liver, uiifies .ho Blood, opens the pores of the Skin, id assists nature to expel from tin-system tlie eeds of Disease, or what is as bad, the cumins f the Mineral Drug?, which clog and finally demy the coustitiiiion. See tlio cure of Mr. Loiigdeii of Virginia; lie i-ito ?? imv mr ? year.", not ing onlil relieve liim until he tiied Carter's Span* li Mixture, only three bottles of wliieh cHeuiuII}' restored him to health) nor has lie hu<l a .turn of tin.- flisfioe i-inco. [May. T7*7" J&. 1ST 3? JE2 IO ! BY j A. X & COBB, 5 BBLS. EGGS, 200 LBS. BUTTER, 200 LBS. TALLOW. Casli i'aicl. April ?'?. -2, if LAWSOKT'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL <JA5H AMD CREDIT PRICES. N I hail my wholesale lii!l-> |irinl<- I :tml ?Ii>l iiI>til?><I unionist. the iiii-i-t.-liiiiit.~-. lull they iivr since heell win !; <! ill amongst my If -1 >1 isJniiiurs, iiikI I liev wish nn: t?i reduee iiiv U<?lil pri<:?-s, wliii-li 1 tin not inti-iul to do. Itelow i>11 liiiv ! iiiv Wlio!?-t*:tlo ami C'asli Retail prices, to iiiv Credit Retail pi-iees; Whole- Retail R.-ti.il sale. dish. cre<lit. I I i|t. I)i11 I'niis. .">!) till 75 1'J ' " -10 fill tin 10 12S -HI 5u It ?' 80 -||? ii ' .Milk, ix tin, 'S-i :{' -to 1 ? 14 W -J3 i jit. " ?; 11) 12 No. 1 INe Ii 15 IS " 2 " 7.V lo 11 l.nr;;e Wash US Ii.*> -IK Sin ill " 17 so y.-? II mulled ao :?o 37 li ijt. CllflTee Pots 4-? fin 7 > S " " 55 r.-i i ?? " an -ir> 50 :? ? ? ii:t as -lo o * ** Is ? i>t. 14 .Mi ai 1'2 ijt. Kalt: 1 !.") i'i"i 7'r) l?t " ' so -to r>o ?i " " 22 si) s:> 12 " (Joveve-l ix tin, ?u r>.'i 7."> ii " ' ll.'j ,rj() tin 1 " " 3o -tti An :} " " is :M :;7 l '? " 11 2") a " Milk Cups II l"? 20 I }>t. " *1} H II) { " ' X 5 ti \V.*tl?:r l>ippcrs II 1IS Trumpets 13 'in 25 ' allou Mrasiircd ')<> HI i?<) k " -ill i!.-i :ti? i <|i. * la ir, is 1 pi. ' 5 10 1-J ) irai. i''iinitu!d a.? :iil -10 .} " " l.j 20 25 i*t. i*> in ia Wat'-r l'ots .'lit *15 Ml Wirv Siniinvij 17 ii.) 155 ("ii lit! Moulds 1 (> S All : i tic It's warranted, or r<'liirn*'<l to any ton* lln*y <*oinc from ami i;et otln*r wan;. Tiiis !ial does not iudtidc near ali of my assortic lit To merchants those are my WhoL-sule prices t my Manufactory. Terma cash. II. \V. LAWSOX. April 30, 1850. 2 It STEW SPRING GOODS. si ri'i.iix William Slionr rcccivod his full supplies of SI'RIXCi a. a. GOODS, coin prising a Inriic assort incut f new mid beautiful slylr* of Fancy au<l Staple liicles, suitable for the present season, ani'injr , liieli arc I'aris Printed Organdie* ui.d Jaconet Muslins, t very low prices; I'luia Colored L'hallica and Rich Printed l!.i j;cs ; riaiu Bareyes and Crnpc Maretz, of beautiful nlors; English and French Prints un.l BWIiiantes. of f\v and beautiful sly les ; I-atlics'Spring and Summer Silks, of the latest yl.rs; Plain Dlnck Silks, of superior quality and al ery low prices ; Superior lilark Silks, without lustre, for I,a ies' Mourning Dresses ; Lupin's Summer Black Bombazines, and Black bullies; l'lain Black Crape Muretz nnd Black Bareges v Lud.es' ,\1 oiiruiiig Dresses; Superior Mourning Ginghams, of new and rami till styles; Mourning Muslins and Plain Black Lhwiis; English Hlnck Crapes uud Ludies' Mourning eils; Lad ies' Mourning Collars and I'lidersleeVes; Ladies' Embroidered Mus'.in Husipirs, of new id beautiful styles; Ladies' Embroidered Muslin Collars and Uiisrsleeves; Jaeonet nnd Swiss Muslin Hands, Iuserlings id Edgings; Heal Thread and Vulenciciines Luro Edgings id I user lilies ; Ladies' Spiin^r and Summer Mantillas, of new id bcuuliful styles; Ladies' Embroidered and Scolloped Linen umbric Handkerchief*; Ladies' Wide Hem-blitcli Linen Cambric undkerchicfs, for Mourning; Superior Linen Cambrics and French Lawns; Superior Pluid Nainsook and Dotted Swiss l.wl.mo . Plain Swiss, Mull, Naintook and Jaconet Musis, at very low prices; Plain White Organdy and Tarlatan Musli. ?, extra width; Plain Pink and Orange Colored Tailalan Musiir, for covering Chandeliers and Luokinglasses; Superior 4-4 Irish Linens anil 12-4 Linen feelings; Damask and Table Dinpors, of superior quality; Huckabacks and Scotch Diapers, for Towels; 10-.1 All..nf!n!? n it/1 lln.,.;if?.. 1*1^. 1 1 tal. ? . g8; A full supply of Bleached and Browu Shirtgs, of the best make ; A largo supply of urticles suitable for Servants' car; Madonna Mixtures, Himalaya Lustres, and all ool Debege, of the best style for Ladies' Truving Dresses; A complete assortment of Ladies, Gentlemen, iisses, \ outh and Children's Hosiery ; Ladies' White llair Cloth Skirts and French orsots; Lollies' Embroidered Marseilles and Corded kirts; Superior Marseilles, Lancaster and Allendale uilts; Cotton Osnaburgs and Georgia Stripes, at the west prices; With a great variety of other articles, suitable r Family and Plantation use, and all of which ill be sold at very low prieoft for cash. The ublic are respectfully requested to cull and exnine the assortment. Augusta, April ?0, 1800- 3 tf $100 Howard, WILL bo given (o nny person or persons for (tie apprehension, witli wuflicient evidence to convict, of tlio incendiary who set firo to n?v House on the night of the iil?t lilt., j 1>K. K II. Hit,\1>LKY. Mnplctou I*. O., S. C. April -2'.), 1 H~i6. 2 tf Xoo ! 3Coo ! Ioe ! AT TUB ABBEVILLE ICE HOUSE! ' KKKP on liuiiil ii ceiotnnt supply of StipeI M. tior U'K, which is offered to village or country customers at $8.00 per Hundred Weight. W. Al. 1IUUIIF.Y. Ahk'villo II., April 3u. 2 If B a A n n ran ? - - ? ? kyi a n ts l n MARBLE! rpilK Subscriber has on baud a fine unbort1 1110tiL of Marble, both ITALIAN AND AMERICAN, \t Ii:c!i lit- will sell Claoftp for Oaslx ! } Tomb Slabs ? K I! feet, S'l" to $ ' ">. Marlilo : Tombs, .Monuim-'ils ami 11cad-Stones proportionally chc<*p. l.i4lt< -rss cut nt. Charleston pri* <\ SMALLWOOD. Newberry (!. II., April .'U?. 2 till Tin: STATE OF sot Til CAUOLINA, ABBEVILLIJ DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Attorney Central, in behalf of tlio State of Sonlli Carolina, ' < i .tunc T. Haker ami others. ( T :ip|H'j?rhiu t<? my satisfaction tliat Jaincs A. ! I Halter ami J<>1iti T. Haker. two of the I)e' feiidants to tin- above staled Hill, are beyond Iho [ limits ?'l" litis State, on motion of Wilson, l<omnx 11 ; <! 1<- ii. (hil'f'i/. Thai saiil Defendants do plead. answer or demur to said Hill of Coin t |iiiiiui w 111 11 inrct* iin>iitlis from the publication ; licienf, i.r ./m/giiic:.! 1' to (.'oiij'rsso will be taken ; ? .'U!II.-'t I hull!. \YM. II. 1?AUKEH, c. K. A. I>. i C'>mmi'sioncr*s (Mice, I April "J'.', I " '.'Hi. { 2 3m ; sk;ar and molasses. ^ ^ IIMDS. Prime X. O. ami Porto Rico I 11 inl*. Prime \V. I. MOI.ASSES, S>o 111.Is. " N. (). SYRUP, ! Just icceiveil ami lor stile by H. S. KERR. i April 'IX, I^.r>t>. 1 tf white lead am) linseed oil (s (mm) LHS. Pure and N?. 1 WHITE i if ^W *4 V ^1W l.KAD, as i>oml as any lit i t In- Uniteil St.jitcs, ami will be solil al C'harles' ton piiei-s, for f.'.i.ii'i. Ji!o Gallons 1.1 NSEKI) OIL. i Jum received ami lor sale bv ' II. S. KERU. .A 1'i'il 2-J. 1 -It INSUR A N C E~0 F F I CE~ iLi iLtotoovillo C. ZZ. . The Aslieviile .Mutual Insurance Company HAS ? -i:iiilislii 'i an A^eliey nt lli>s place, mid . will Insure against 1'il'e, and also upon Life, i liisut'.iiK--- on Ist'c <11*11*11 f?e<Miros n living for fami iiies that, otherwise would be in want. AI:>o, valuable Slaves should silvvays lie eovered by Inj suraitee. .1. U. Vi'lLLSON, Agent. April 15), 1850. 1 ly WHITE HALL. ; 'I'M IE Subscribers woubl respect fully inform 1 tlieir friemls ami tbe public gen orally, that . iliey are just receiving tbeir ; in whieh lln-rn will 1?? exhibited every variety j .>!" <m>ki1s; iiml tli.-y Hatter themselves they cull J suit ti.u lim-t f.isli?li<ni* tas'e, ?ti?l will sell nt Sliorc 3Proflt?. (live tK a rail, atui sre that there is no llumj bit'/ in what we saw MAlirillALl. .t COI.KAIAN", White Hall, S. 0. April 10, lH.'rt. 1 lit) ! for Bale. I ' | Mil-. Mili.?erilier wisliiiii; lu jjo West, iillcnliis I. l.and for Sale. lying nine mi'es al-ovo I I.owudcsville, mi the Anderson road, containing -3L 3 O -Z?L. Cl*Gfci, i about :t<it Aeres in wnmls, and 2o Acresof good j nOTTOM in cultiviiiion. A comfortable ! Dwelling, Gin House and Screw, ' ami other neeus-j.xry oat-buildings oil the i>romA burtr-dn can be hail by early ii|>|>lit>iition. " V. A. YOUNG. }lolla!t>\ iile, Andcreon, S. C., ) April 22. 1S50. ) 1 tfo SELLING- OFF AT COST. r|"MI K Hiihseriber huiviig determined to chnngo 1 his biMinexi*. offers fur sale his entire stock of BOOTS, SHOES, BRGGANS, TRUNKS, AT COST FOR CASH ONLY. The stock is all fresh und well selected. Persons desiring floods in iliis lino, will find it to j their advantage to call und make nil cxHinina: lion lirfoie |>nri'hasini;. i The subscriber also returns his thanks to bin | ftieiids mid customers for the liberal patronage ' Ii>-i*etiifi>re bi-stowi d, and reijursts those indebted 1 to him lo eail and setlle ii|> their aeeonnts. , N. It, To jiiiv one ib-siiiuir to make nn invest moilt iIbis line of husiuctw, the whole stock may be treated for, togctnci' with the unexpired I'-iim! of lliu store, which has two years to run. W. S. WOOD, I S/i Kiehardsoii Street, Columbia. Auril Ik.-.u. ? ?? , A OIII SALE. SNOW ollVr fi>r Snli' ONR-IIALF of my TIN MANUFACTORY, i in a good business pt-i9oii. Aly object for Rolling. | i.s Ilinl 1 wisli to cnlnrgn my biiMiivs.*, ami, by so I doing, it will require more of my time from the working department than can bo Kpnrcd. It is | (>110 of The Beat Manufactories in the TJp-Country. My Machinery i^ ull of the latest improved patterns, nnil my building is amply large. To a man of good business habits, it id a rare clianco <o lie met with. II. W. LAWSON. Abbeville C\ II., April 15, 1856. 62-31 ii i im.< (n iiiii-in i reBH copy a lime*. 3PR.OT EOT YOUlt LIVES AND BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING. I rpuE Subscribers Iinvc the exclusive right to -1 put up in Abbeville District, | GTIS'S PATENT LIGHTNING BOD, the only perfectly Bufo Hod now in use. Mr. Sr.vitKS will commence in a few days, and will travel over tho District, and will put these lioil.i up in n substantial, safe and satisfactory niiinnor. In tbe meantime, all orders sent uc\ 1 shall bo promptly afti-mled to. UAILEY & SPARKS^ Greenwood, S. C , April 14. 62 4t, Uat? Arrivals LOMAX & COBB'S. A VARIETY of Ilrown Goods and Checked Homespuns, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Rsiaiuu, Citron, Salmon, Mackerel, Mncnnaw Trout. Also, n lew liurrels or "ORAOK SHLUIiXi." Wo respectfully invito persou* to call and exumiiic our Stuck. April 15, 1856. 62 tf Ambrotypes! Ambrotypes!! MR. WE A UN has the pleasure of annoane* iog to the Ludics and Gentlemen, of Abbeville, that lie is now in the Village with bit SKY-I.IGHT CAUll, prepared to take those beautiful colored Never Fading Glass Pictures! The last and groutcst improvement iu the Photo* graphic. Art. C'all eurly, his stay will be short. Abbeville C. II., S. C. ) April 7, 1866. S 51 tf HatSJ I Ha.fjs ! JUST opened, a large Stock of MEN'S SUM? MER HATS, BOY'S and INFAT*8 da nl CHAMBERS A ** April P, ISjO.