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LETTER FROM GEK, tioQtJEEN. We clivurfully Surrender our editorin column tliis morning to tlio subjoined lot Ut of (.leneral McQueen, of South Carolina addressed to the Kansas meeting lately hehi in tliis city. No more chivalrous gentleman, or niOK earnest suj porter of the rights an J institu tions of the South, resides in its broad limit.*, than (ien. MeQucen.?Petersburg ( Fa.) JJetnocrat. IIoU?k of IlKrUK8ENTATIVES, ) May 9th, 1850. J Gentlemen: Iliad the honor to receive your kind invitation to attend a meeting ol the citizens of Petersburg, to take into (tin stllitirf ? til r\T vuuniuuiiiiiivii niv *jw\-aiivii vi |/i viuvmi^ emigration to Kansas, ou the seventh ol May, iust., for which please accept my thanks. It would afford mo very great pleasure to accept the invitation, and I fully intended to have done so, had it been in my power, but circumstances which I cannot control deny me the pleasure. Th?re has, in my judgment, been no subject, since I have known an thing of public a flairs in lliis country, which ought to attract the attention and heart of the Southern people, more than the present condition of things in Kansas. The abolitionists of the North at first excited but little apprehension on tho part of the South, and notwithstanding they have grown stronger with every effort they l.gvn in...In milSI il.o., 1 ? tl.~ 1?I .. ?i v KMtMV} iimmi *uv?j iivn umu mu vuuiiui uf tho most popular branch of the government of the confederacy, and threaten even the dissolution of tho Union unless the relation of master and African slave lie abolished in the country. The South, still hoping that tho sons of patriots, who founded a Government under which the people of tho earth could and did live in poaec, prosperity and happines, would ho found with patriotism enough to preserve it from fanaticism, staved oft' the issue, and aided in compromises having that effect. Hut as our submission to a wrong has always but emboldened the aggressor to new and deeper outrage, so the enemies of the South, and the worst enemies we have on earth, as if not contcnt to outrage the Constitution of the country as well as our feelings, have made an issue in Kansas that we dare not disregard. They have had five free States out of the Territory of Virginia, and that, too, by the generosity and consent of that Old Dominion. They have taken all the Territory of much value obtained from Mexico; enough for an empire of itself. They purchased from Texas, and paid with our money, a considerable portion of her Dominion to make it free-soil. They have Oregon, "Washington and Nebraska, and not content with this, although amounting to "twenty times the area, they have organized Aid Societies, and, by New England capital. navo ueiermineu mat mc sou in shall not even enjoy, upon terms of equality, the small Territory of Kansas. They send their emissaries through and around the State of Missouri, first to reduce lier to their wishes, and then draw their poisonous cords successively around our Southern States, until rcduccd to such numbers that they become like St. Domingo, or furnish such scenes of blood as the hearts of Christians shrink from contemplating. Kansas lias been opened by the law of the land, free to all upon terms of equality. Her laws are binding upon every citizen of those United States. These are being resisted by bands of fanatics, sent there with weapons and the munitions of war, to crush nit slavery and spill the heart's blood of Southerners and owners of the soil. Even the puipits have been desecrated for this fiendish purpose; men who havo been placed as guardians over the minds and uiuiius ui vuiiLiis irum 1110 aoum, nave given tlieir aid to this murderous and treasonable purpose, and no one need doubt it is time for the South to meet this issue as becomes men intelligent enough to understand their rights, and patriotic enough to defend and inaintaiu them. This is the first issue tendered the South by our ene inios, which has not been complicated with some deceptive ingredients. In this, there is nothing but a bold and arrogant determination, in the face of tho Constitution, the law of Congress, of the Territory, and justice, to crush out the slaveholder, and deprive him of his rights, and it is for tho South to meet it as tendered. If 6hc delays, she is unworthy of her rights. If she fail6 to maintain them, she is unworthy the heritage and name of her ancestors. The issue is not of our seeking. We demand but as equals?we would never live with anything less. Whilst, then, I am denied the plensuro of being with you to morrow, allow me to express my most hourly aprobation of your wist) and patriotic object, and the hope that the Old Dominion will not delay in sending men and money to aid our friends in tho settlement of Kansas, to protect our friends in Missouri ; and in fact, iu the end, ourselves, from a poisonous contiguity with vile abolitionists, who arc not eutisficd to live in peace under a Government (in its purity) the best known to man, but would thrust their sickly sentimentality upon a jHjoplo who know their motives and loathe tljeir character and isms. Send your young men to occupy the lands, to maintain law and order in the Territory, and if nothing olse will do, meet traitors with their weapons, and teach them that punishment is the reward of treason. Virginia has the means, and I hope alio wiH, use them.. rlmfo tbe honor to be, your ob't serv't, ****# JNO. McQUEEN. Me&srfcR. K; Meade, J. W. 8yme, Thos. A\r_n n? nr T? * ?r ?!* < oujnng, A. JJ. 15auks, llio^^CjlipIsgn, Petqrqb.urg, Va. following gentlomftn Were, on jjfesterdfty, admitted to practice iwin tlwtOourU of Common Pleaa mid General Sessions, in tbis Bute ; . Ilolit,Alison, York: Ja?, M? Bowden, M. t)^ j Calhoun arid J. Ward law ^3%rrin, AUxiville; David M. 0lJ^1^D%*6dambia yi?*. A. Dower, E<fjf?fh^;> M; AAv MOOTC, Spartanburg ;A, *** B? Steed man. ' /- -tA . > - ir... . :;0? ' , ABBEVILLE BAOER. ' ; WILLIAM O. DAVIB, EDITOR. 1 THURSDAY MOBHINQ, MAY 22,1858. i ) CANDIDATES. | (j^-Tlie friends of JAMES A. NORWOOD, f Esq., respectfully aunouuco liiin a Cuudiduto to represent tltis lMxirict in llic ensuing Legislature. 1ST Hie numerous friends of Col. T. J. KOBi ERTS respectfully announce liiui a Candidate f for Sheriff nt the uexl election. ' The friends of EDWARD NOBLE, Esq., r announce him nn a Candidate for re-cloctiou to the Legislature at the ensuiug election. C55F~Thc friends of II. A. JONES, Kaq., respectfully announce him as a Candidate for tlio Legislature at Iho ensuing election. The friends of J. K. V ANCE, rcspect' fully announce him as a Candidate for the Legislature at the ensuing election. To the Voters of Abbeville District: A few of tliu friends and neighbors of Col. , A. M. SMITH, announce liiin a Candidate to represent the District in the cusuing Legislature. May 5, 18.">rt. The friends of LUCIKN II. LOMAX, Esq., respectfully announce liitu as a Candidate for the uext Legislature. the tilt. "We call the attention of our readers to the notice of tlio Tilt of the Southern Rights Dragoons, which is to take place at Norwood's Old Field, near this Village, on the 30th inst. MATTBIVK YABD. Uy refereneo to their Advertisement, which appears in our columns this morning, it will seen that Messrs. Lkavem. ifc Chalmers have opened a Marble Yard in this Village. We bespeak for them a liberal patronage. ' There are also some other notices, to | which we direct attention. j LOOK TO YOUB BACK LOTS. The Town Council gives notice of a gen- I eral inspection of lots, stables, tfce. You i | that liave tilth and dccaving rubbish, had j I butter see to having1 it removed, orelse yoti may expect to pay the penalty. | > Nothing adds more to the health and * beauty of a village than cleanliness. The 1 Council will therefore make it compulsory ' upon every lot owner, to remove everything 1 calculated to cause disease in his own fam- 1 ily or that of his neighbor. ' SONS OF TEMPERANCE. ' We publish in another column the proceedings of tlio first meeting of tlio Sons ] of Temperance, resuscitated, we suppose, by the recent lectures of Mr. Carey among us. "We think it a good thing, if they will but stick to it, and are very much inclined to puff and blow them up a little; but 1 past experience teaches us to forbear, for 1 the reason that they usually blow tin them- l 1 j selves too soon. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Last Thursday was llio Anniversary of the Medical Association of Abbeville. A dinner was given at the Maishall House, and a respectable number of physicians, with other invited guests, were present to enjoy the " feast of reason and flow of soul." DISSOLUTION. By a card which appears in the Carolina Times of the 20th inst., we learn that the co-partnership between E. II. Bkhtok & J. II. Giles has been desolved by mutual consent The paper aud office will bo continued under the charge of E. II. Biutton- ' SQUADRON DRILL. 1 On last Saturday we attended the Cavalry Parade at Whitehall. Capt. W. W. 1'kk- 1 rvmas commanded as M?jor; Col. J. F. Talbert reviewed, lioth officers and men seemed to understand their duties; they 1 performed the various evolutions with a ' skill and promptness eroditablc to citizen soldiery. 1 Col. Talbert made a very appropriate j i address to the Squadron. Tins speech was j1 rather an innovation upon the stereotyped I military speeches of the last half century. It abounded but little in fulsome praiae and 1 flattery, and was directed more particularly to existing deficiencies and proper dutic* of j the inen and officer* of the different companics comprising the Squadron. I We were fdiown, a few days since, a lump of gold, taken from the premises of Lkwis Rrowin this JTistrict, worth, we suppose, six or seven dollars. The appearance of the rock, as described to us, near which it was < found, affords the strongest evidence of an auriferous vein in the vicinity. Sometime since, we were shown specimen ore from the plantation of Mr. Cunningham ; but as we learned it was the intention to test its quality, we omitted to mention the fact, expeoting soon to hear the result. 1 We have also henrd that a valuable mine has been discovered upon the premises of Col. Jis. E. Calhoun. Who know* but that old Abbeville may yet prove as rich in this precious mfriftfel, as the bills and plains of California! WASBOKffar. . Among Our news items will bo fonnd the announcement that our Government has determined to recognize Mr. Vion. as Minuter from Gen. Walk*r'? Government in Nicaragua. This step of President Pfltne* add another link to the chain of em bartuMmg, dtttbtiJtia* ilnod? TM*W*Stetf*K>u? irntif Jfntn PfltfTrrfnlrt thitffl * : io -mm \ t*tmm# OoT<t?mm ? ymo^ufe ; * .a!tt -*!* * dhi *1 hlWli Ifrlfc win DC ?w #ui?rw uiu ajNWj wifl wonr < ? of tll*-PpiW<^Mto. JfoM* ?. Nsws ^Wlr?4Q|t^TH^yi( j aftrafliij bfaB.v? *te? *?vV' ' ' sH''V:' '., -'. ;<". * . . - TERRITORIES, THEIR SOVEREIGNTY, AC. Fur some time past, tho Senate lias been discussing the Bill offered by lion. S. A. Douglass, providing' for the admission of Kansas into tho Union ?s n Slate, whenever, by a census taken, it shall bo ascertained thai sho has a sufiicieiit number of inhabitants to entitle her to ono Representative in Congress. Even if the principles of this Bill cannot be applied generally to all the new Suites which may hereafter apply for admission, and become a precedent?a fixed rulo?forever hushing the clamoring and contention, incident to the admission of new States, it is highly important that its provisions should bo extended to Kansas. The Kansas and Nebraska Bill is incoinnlittn u'itlinnf if Tliia Tlil! if iu frnn nl lows the people of tho Territory to regnhite their domestic institutions ?s they innv see proper, and expressly declares that it is not the purpose of Congress either to legislate slavery into or out of tho Territory. But the Kansas Bill is deficient in not defining the time when the people of the Territory shall exercise the right of sovereignty.? There is no time fixed, at which the people of a Territory may assume to act independently of Congress?to take on the functions of a sovereign State. The powers of squatters arc not sufficiently defined ; and an insignificant number of them, without some rule upon this subject, might, by settling upon small tracts of the public domain, assume a jurisdiction over millions of acrcs, shape the destiny and mould the institutions of the millions that are to come : after them. ti..? ti:u ii.? c ...i jliiv i/in nun uuiuiu liiv; ouiimir, | us an amendment of the Kansas Bill, makes it complete. It fixes the timo when the Territory should apply for admission into the Union, viz : when, l?y an actual census, it has ninety-three thousand inhabitants. llad this provision been originally inserted in the Kansas Bill, we should have had in that Territory no Topeka Convention, no forged papers from Rkkdku, ltonicusox, Lank it Co., praying admission as a free State; because if it had been a law of Congress not to receive petitions from the people of the Territories, praying admission until they had the requisite population, until .his fact was ascertained by a census, the mouths of these abolition demons would Lie sealed. Sufficient light has been thrown ipon the odious and senseless doctrines of Territorial Sovereignty, by recent discussions and the very able report of Mr. Douglass, Chairman of the Committee on Territories, to satisfy any reasonable inind of LUC JUSUCC Ul tllO Hill. There is nothing more absurd to our j mind than the idea of popular, Territorial, ' Squatter Sovereignty. Is it not worse than j nonsense to say that a Territory which re- j i-eives its law, its judges, and nearly every | ullier functionary, by appointments from Congress, is invested with the sovereign powers of a State i "Where, you might say, is this sovereignty lodged ? We answer, properly speaking, it is in tlie people of llie several Slates, but they have created Congress their agent, and the government of a Territory, with other powers, have been entrusted to that body. Hut the powers of Congress are limited by the Constitution, and the Constitution forbids the exercise of siicb a power as would destroy anything recognized by the laws of South Carolina or Vermont, n* iirniwrk- ifrinmi if , I 1 / V/U.l gress should confcr upon the people of a Territory (he power to abolish or destroy slavery, she would bo granting n power which she did not possess herself. There can be no such thing as sovereignty in a Territory, during its territorial existence. Ever)' act passed by a Territorial Legislature, is in pursuance of and in subordination to the laws of Congress; and as the laws of Congress are in subordination to the Constitution, and as the Constitution protects ^slavery, it follows that Congress can neither pass or empower a Territory to pass a law destroying or abolishing it.? But when the Territorry bccomes a State I.. *1.- 1 111 uiu union, siic id men equal in power with th<j other States; it is then she is invented with the power of doing what she pleancR, pawing any law pertaining to her domestic policy, and making laws either to n-gulute or prohibit alavery. THE PBESIDEHT PERPLEXED. WasiiisotoN, May 14, 180G. It in understood thai the President will to-morrow communicate to Congress various documents and probably a message upon the entire subject of Central American affairs. The President is evidently in a position of great embarrassment upon this and oilier questions. Congress recently sent him for approval n bill for deepening the flat* over the channel of the St. Clair river, Michigan, and a bill 'for removal of obstructions at the mouth of the Mississippi In this way the North and South are combined upon a subject of great public interest. An earnest inquiry is raised : 44 Will he affix his signature to these measures f" Tkmi> Anr?AliAn ? nAi?t? 4-*. 1-2?I ??? ? *mw|i vj>|/VIIVUIM j/l/l 1!% IAJ HIS JIU8lbIUU R8 defined in liis veto message of January, 1855, and be is approached by friends favorable to these' internal improvements.?' Thus his position is ono calculated to test the mettle of any man and to settle for the presont many questions regarding himself and of lulerest to the country. At a critical time, \yben it is known that he is oppressed by immense labor, Important questions of a political diameter crowd upon biro. Hit intimate friends boldly predict, however, that be wjJl flrmly stand by bis principles heretofore annunciated, especially as^c> roar. '' ' i' SONS OF TEMPEKAHCK. Pursuant to appointment, a very rcspoct| ablo number of citizens in favor of organj izing, iit Abbeville C. II., a Division of ! Sons of Temperance, met in M?j. Jones' Oilice, on Monday evening, 19th instant, and On motion of ltev. Mr. Dukant, llev. Mr. Johnson was elected to ihe Chair, and C. 0. Puckktt requested to act as Secretary. Tho Chairman, remarking, as tho object of tho mooting was well known to all present, it was unnecessary to explain it, de?i a.. 1_ ? 1,'iiuvu iuu nivuiiii|j rviiu^r iu jiruvuvu iu business. Rev. Duiiant, moved a committeo of three lo procure a Charter for a Division of Sons o? Temperance, together with the necessary books, ritual, <fcc. II. A. Jones, R. A. Fair and C. C. Puckett were named by the Chair for that duty. Mr. Westfield moved the meeting to proceed to the election of Officers, which was agreed to, and On motion of Mr. Fair, Messrs. "Westkield, Durant and Jones were constituted a committee to nominate Officers. The committee retired, and after a brief consultation, returned and submitted the following nominations, viz: Rev. II. II. Di'rant, W. P.; Rev. B. Johnson, W. A.; R. A. Fair, R. S.; L. Martin, A. R. S.; Geo. Mili.eu, I. S.; II. F. Black, O. S.; 11. T. Tlsten, T.; Jno. Knuiout, C.; Mr. Fair moved to amend tho report by adding II. A. Jones as 1*. \V. 1\, which was carried, and On motion of Mr. McHkydk, the report, as amended, was adopted, and the gentlemen named declared Officers elect. Mr. Duitant moved a committee of-three to draft a Constitution and liy Laws to be presented at next regular meeting, which motion was agreed to, and Messrs. Ditrant, Enriciit and McUuydk were appointed. On motion of Mr. Fair, Messrs. Westfield, Tcstkn and 13i.ack were appointed a committee io procure a suitable ilali for the regular meetings of the Division; and, after some discussion as to the most suitable lime for holding the regular weekly meetings, On motion of Mr. Joneg, it was decided that the regular meetings of the Division be held weekly, on Wednesday evenings, until further arrangement. The expediency of holding oecasional public meetings was discussed, and, On motion of Mr. Fat it, It was resolved that a public meeting bo held in the Court House, on Tuesday evening 27th instant, and that liev. Messrs. Di'rant and Johnson be appointed to make addresses upon the occasion. Mr. Fas a urged upon the individual members present, the importance of activity and zeal it) procuring all the names possible to be added to the Division, and in trying to induce everybody, and especially the ladies, to attend the first public meeting; and also moved, That a committee of three be appointed, ; whose duty shall bo to procure funds by so- j liciling contributions, for the purchase aiul distribution of tcinperance tracts, with h view to the enlightenment of the public mind in reference to the nature and objects of the organization ; which motion was carried, and Messrs. Jones, Fair and Martin named as the committee. On inotiou, Messrs. Fair, "NVestfield and Cociiran were appointed a committee to procure a sufficient number of appropriate badges for the use of the Division. A unanimous desire was expressed that a special invitation should be extended, through the press, to the ladies to attend the public meeting on Tuesday evening 27th instant, and to lend their sympathy and aid in promoting the cause of temperance and morality, for which this organization is instituted. On motion, the papers of the village were requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting; and, A t.~ r>i*? llllU JllilJVJI liy 1VUV. lur. L/l/UANT, Adjourned to meet Wednesday evening, 28th instant. B. JOHNSON, CA'n. C. C. Pl'Ckktt, Sec. The Fisheries of Monterey, California. ?Prolmbly there is not in the whole world a const so abounding in productive fisheries as that of our State, Oregon, and Washington. Sardines, mackerel, codfish, and salmon, are not found in any part of the earth's shores as numerous as they are hereabout. In the summer and fall they arrive in our bays in such shoals ns to astoo'sh the stranger. In September, 18f>5, the bay of Montery was visited by such immense shoals of fish as to astonish the oldest inhabitants.? We were a wondering eyo-witnea* to this remarkable piscatory influx. So incredibly thick were the fish near the beach and wharf of the town, that they could be taken by the hand with ease, and boys and men for two days in the above month, the 7th and 8th, were dipping them up with buck eie nuu oiantiets like so roucli moiassess.? They would oveu jamp on rocks of their own accord, and tlio sardines were washed ashore on the sandy beach by thousands.? Men were out in boats all da? long, hauling in mackerel and sardines by the bucket full, and catching as many barraoouts by the hook as tlicir shallops could ballast under. One crew actnafly tipped over their boat into a shoal of fisb, and tipped it back again full of sardines and other ttsb.?San Francisco Morning Herald. . i <ift* The Reception of Padre Vigil.?Washington, May 1ft; Yesterday afternoon Seorelarv UirmrJMIr'fa? lUmvLiUL E^SjuI^ 't ,|iJA t,U V' WRITTEN FOR TUB ADBKVILLE BANNER. TEMPERANCE I ECTURING. Thin method of conveying one's ideas hns bccome, in our tiirtes, a very favorite expedient. It readies the multitude nt once, and where thero is, seldom or ever, any public reason to assemble together, this opportunity is eagerly embraced. It is a powerful lever; it reaches those that would never take time to read a newspaper about this subject. There is, besides, the attrac~r ii.~ ?I,.,. ?..,i ?i.~ i 1 r,_ in/ia vi iiiu o|?vnnci ?nu mu nupcu'iur amusement with somo; of edification with others; and the reception of valuable instructive principles, or moral or physical truths with another class; this of itself is sufficient to create a strong desire to hear the lecturer; but they soon find out, to their great disappointment, that most of the lecture is but passion and declamation, and that there is neither reason nor logic in the application of their many assertions. There is as great a distance from bathing in water and bathing in wine, as there is from truth to falsehood. Truth is thus intended to be disseminated, without its being mixed with falsehood to render it more attractive. Lecturers generally are very frequently very acute men; seldom men of enlarged views. They resort most frequently, to illustrate intemperance, to minute descrip tions of special cases of vice and its conse quences, and the ramifications of cunning and intrigues; but they seldom elevate their views to the true policy, or the sound morality inseparably united with humanity, unadorned with fraudulent deceptions, to beautify with it a story or an anecdote, which, if not true, is well told, and at all events amuses and deceives the greater number. A writer's true sentiments and doctrines, are to be found in his writings; he is seen in it, as if he inhabited a glass house; you see the man not in profile, but full in the face, and his statue is in full relief and stands out in bold outlines before you. There is no means for him to get out of your grasp. You hold him. lie cannot back out. The tricks of a juggler; the assumptions of a lecturer; the pitty routine of their operations, is quickly understood, and their deceptions arc soon appreciated to their true value. The experience of the past is a useful" guide for the future, when wisely interrogated ; but this mode of instruction must have its proper limitations and mrst be surrounded with prudent precautions, or ctae ?i :u i - c? i i ? mry win uo luiiiHi inguiy dangerous to adopt them Mindly on mere false or fallacious authority. To close our eyes to the facts of experience of the past, would be absurd ; but to regulate our physical conduct by them, without bringing them to their proper test of their present utility, would be still more so. With these prcfaetory remarks, I propose to give you, Mr. Editor, my views of the tendency of the prese t temperance move* mcnt it) the United States. Suppose a wild boar would speak plainly, if not eloquently, and was to say to you : " lie on the look out; I am trying my best to come into your vineyard, and with my strong fangs, (brewed up public prejudices, miscalled public opinion,) I will root up all your vines, (that has cost you so much labor) for the good of the world." Would you not, sir, load all your guns, and at the coming of this infuriated and blindly fanatical animal, shoot him dead ? That VOIl would sn will I -T THC-Vn A PROVIDENTIAL MAN. There is no aspiration so glorious as (.he desire to do good. Howard, bonding over the couch of sicknexs and smoothing the pillow of death, was greater than Napoleon at Austcrlitz. And Thomas Ilolloway, whose inestimable medicines are subduing disease of every type, in every part of the habitable globe, is more worth)' of re?peut and honor than any warrior that ever drew the sword. When Kossuth visited the United States, he was designated by one of onr clergy as the "providential man." Surely, Professor Ilolloway, who has come to our country 011 a nobler errand, better deserves that title. His establishment in New York has been the fontal source of health to ,l._. i_ ..<n: .-1 f .n tiiuuaaiius ui uur niiiiCLC'U iuiuw UIUZUIIS. Ilis agencies, established in every city and town of the Union, are the people's dispensaries. What is true of the popularity of his medicines here, is true throughout the world; for wherever civilization has penetrated, by land or sea, they are known and appreciated. From Greenland to Terra del Fuego?from the Mississippi to the Gauges ?tliey are advertised in every printed language, and resorted to by races of every name and color, as the only reliable and proven remedies in all the phases of disease. The leading medical periodicals of London and Edinburgh not only except Holloway'e Pills and Ointment from their general denunciations of patent medicines, but unreservedly commend tbem. In short, if we are to believe concurrent toatimony of all nation*, Professor Holloway has done more to ameliorate human suffering and rob the grave of victims, than any other medioal diaooverer of this or any former age. We have unquestionable authority for saying that his centra! offices for the old afcd now world?London twid New York ? end oftt annually more tbu ten million* of dollars' worth of bis medicines. The statistics of lbs cures effssted by tbeir Mesue* cannot, of coarse, be ascertained, from the fiwte within our owti MAitU ^i8wt^ rttMiwtiottj wsafcotild say iLa? m m - ^if<tA-~ ?' WW UFVinwj' <|WW WHniD CVUIQ Cufr WW IW (vOilQ* sWfflJ ?Hw uHQO*cror Md pfei!aitht*pitt wbo has eeoomplisbed such resulU, may, without srrogauce, be sijM ary, nn ndrocate, or attorneyv? New Yotk II?t Trade.?The New York j Journal of Commerco lias some interesting ' statistics it> relation to tho hut trade of that city: It say*, as nearly as can be estimated, the number of hats annually sold in this market is not far from, 7,000*000, and ihe annual sales in New York, of this description of merchandise, exclusive of straw goods, amounts to at least &8,000,000. Tlio number of fur hats manufactured by j machinery amounts to 0,000,000 annually, or 20,000 each working day. It is estiI mated that, of this number, nearly 4,500,| 000 eame into the city trade, and that I 1 AAA AAA ' 1 1 1 1 nmiui i,vuv,uuv mum. oe nuueti, aa tlio anionnt manufactured by other processes, giving 5,500,000 as the total trade in fur hats. It is judged that the total number of woo! hats manufactured in equal to about one-third or ono-quater of the total manufacture of fur hats. There ore about three of the principal hatters who, together, sell some 50,000 silk hats per annum, and half n dozen more that sell from 10,000 to 30,; 000. The total muber sold is estimated nt 100,000. Robcrry of Afnj, BuforJ.?We regret j to see that Major Bufoid, who left for Kansas some weeks ago, at the head of a large company of Southern emigrants, was robbed of a large amount of money at St. Louis?probably the entire dependence of many members of his company in a strange land. The St. Louis Herald of ilie 2Uili lilt., gives the following account of the matter : Just as the steamer KWstnno ivn? nlmnt shoving otl fr<n? our landing on Thursday ?on which boat were Col. liuford of Alabama, and his Company, on their way to Kansas?soiiio daiin<* ant] expert tldef broke open Col. BufurJ's trunk, and stole j $5,000. It is supposed the thief was on i the boat, and went up with the company, i so that he will probably he discovered lieI fore they reach Kansas. Intelligence of the robbery was brought to litis city by a descending boat from the Missouri river, the robbery not having been discovered j until the Keystone was out from our wharf. Current JVffMv.?At a Kansas meeting 1 in Upson county, on the 7th instant, a company of thirty men was raised, and ?1.200 piompiiy contributed in further nice of the enterprise. The- corps was headed by Captain Moore, and are, perhaps, by I this time, on their way to Kansas. In Merriwether county, a company of twentyJive or thirty, under Captain F. A. lioykiu, are also preparing to leave for Kansas. A meeting Iihs been called in Pike county, and a number of persons arc expected to enroll themselves in a company. in Uass county, Uaptam Uook, with a company of emigrants, was announced to leave on the 5th inst., and Uaplain A. S. Hamilton and company on Saturday last. Under the auspices of Charles A. Hamilton, esq., over ouo hundred men are now en route for Kansas. Other companies have preceded these, and wo arc satisfied that several others will yet lie organized in Georgia and proceed to Kansas.? Georgia Paper. Awful Occurrcncc.?Mr. James 13urkhalter, in the neighborhood of Coopersville, Edgefield District, came to an untimely ml a few days since in the following shocking manner : He was attending to his mother's business; and, returning with the hands from the field, he mounted one of the mules just taken out of the plow. From some cause the mule took fright and ran away, unseating his rider. In falling, Mr. H.'s leg became entangled in the gear and he was dragged a considerable distance over rough ground. When extricated, lie was found to Ik; horribly injured, :md died in a very short lima.?KJyefitid Advertiser. ^ ^ A Monster Benefit.?Ilnrmim's frionds arc pulling their heads together to get up .1 monster benefit, from which to realize a sufficiency to purchase a homestead for his family. The proposition is. to give benefit* at each of the several places of amusements on consecutive nights, thus maintaining a round of amusement, all for the same purpose, for ten days or a fortnight together.?N. Y. Sun. Commercial. Abbkvillk C II., Muy 21, 1830. Thdrfl hn? lwian Ki?l !! ?! during last currcnt week?at prices reduced.? A fine article ia worth ]0 rents. Flour, extra hrandtt,$4 @ $4.SO per 100 lb*. Corn, from 06 @ 7.?? cents. Bacon, hog round, 12} cents. Columbia, May 10. 185S. Our market ia quiet and there wns no little done to-day that we are not warranted in giving any quotations other than our last, viz: 8} @ 10| cents. NOTICE ! I TT1|R. MARSHALL. JOHN II. WILSON and MJT JAMES II. COBB, have b<-en appointed n Committer, by the Town Council, to examine the Cellar*, Buck Yiird- and StabV Lota of the Villuce. They will commence their dutii-s on Tuesday next, the '11th initant All person* arc notified to be ready for the inspection ; the Towu Council is resolved to enforce most strictly all sanitary regulations, without fear, favor or affection. 8. McGOWAN, Jntendant. May SO, 1666. 6 It ^.obLnowledcment. PROF. T. B WILLIAMS having for sometime piisfc been engaged In Abbeville Village, as Instructor of Music mid Dancing, would thus publicly tender his profound aoknbwledg- | ments to hit patrons for the vary com teou* treat ment he has received at tlielr lianda. lfe wilt cherish a grateful remembrance of the kindnccs and patronage so liberally bestowed upou him by tbe ciiizons of Abbeville. May 31, 1830. 5 ? _ 'I' w m ATTHNTION OF those INDEIlTEO to the subscriber, previous to the first-of this year, by Note or Account, will save trouble and cost by paying up at ones; and those who have running aeMtnto an tms year's business, must also make payment 1 am obliged to have money to meet the demands against me, and I Intend loh'tve it H. a KERR. Abbeville, May SO. 185ft. 5 3t 835" Independent Press copy 8 times. SOXBTHIVO *BW! < MARBLE YARP IM ABBEVILLE! IiESATKLXs ft. CHALMERS lir?UU> iWfWtfiiUy MoiM th* cUiMM df & halite & jmrposa 6f carrying an the .mac *r in ta all iU 1?m1k4. TWy ?u* vr?p*r?d to far* njub, M ?iort neitmt auylh:u, id th?ir line. w|pwSk My **?*. IT Indepcu<J?iHrW? pwate copy I reoiitlr. =?I Ciumcncal. JWAILI(IEI), Muy l:Jth, 1R56, by (he Rer. Joseph Gihert, Mr. It. \V. Caki-k.nter, of El- m be* ton, Gn., to Miss >Sama"itii>a Pratiiek, of Lo\viid?>f<villo. S. O. QDbituarn. DIED, of Scarlet I'evcr, at l'oplur Hill, neRr ('umbridge, Wednesday tlx* 30tli of April, IB5C. Hunt Amukrson, eldest son of Jnmcs nnd Elisa \ II. MeCrncknn, nged 12 yearn, 4 mouths Hud 4 j days. And Wednesday Tilny 7tli, of the same feurful disease, Jamkh I)laiu, the second sou, aged 11 year.'. 1 mouth and 5 days. Seldom have tho hearts of fond parents been stricken under more painful circumstances, ot by the loss of more interesting children, tlinn in the suuden denih uf these j just on the threshold of young manhood, intelligent^ active, nd truiued with the anxious car? . of a pious, educated parentage, human foresight I would have promised long lift*, and a proud reward nt worldly usefulness uud success. But that God wlioxe thought* arc not as men'it thoughts, and whose way* are past finding out, decreed otherwise. They were boili remarkable for their obe .ienee, and love of truth; the last \' act of little Birti.?an cirort ihnt proved the \\ proximate cause of his death ? was an act of \\ obedience. JAMta was a l?oy of uncommon tal- i % emu, anil gave promise of n brilliant future j \ Karly taught to reverence the work of G^l, it \ wns his delight to study it himself, and rend it to * the servants and younger tnentbeniof the household. The bereaved parents have the heart-felt sympathies of a largo eirclc of friends and ac> I quaintances. A FKIl'N D, I 13T HOLLOW AY'S OINTMENT AND IMLI-S, will Cure AsiJiina and all Disorders of the Chest.?llenry Vincent, of .Schua, Alabama, was nllmoKt a martyr to asthma for nineteen yam, which literally shook him to pieces, and made him as thin as a skeleton, so that he neither enjoyed rest by night or by day. He tric?l many things for the cure o( this complaint, but they did not benefit him. Aliout three montlin ago. lie commenced taking Uolloway's Pills and well rubbing the Ointment into the clicst night and morning. Immediately lie gave tlirsc remedies a lair trial, he was able to sleep at flight. I5y persevering with them for only seven weeks, every symptom of his disorder left him. Ilia friends who have not wen him for some time, now hardly know him, he has so wonderfully improved. FEVER AND AGUE?AN INFALLIui.rc nrnr ?\v?. .ur,. ?t.~ i-> - ?> v ...t ..in 111 in i'ujimico any nu-dione which doi-s not contnin Quinine, Bark I Arsenic, Mcrcury or nny noxious or deadly cotu* pound, io cure litis annoying disease so effectually us Carter'* Spanish Mixture. While it contains none of the uliove named dangerous articles, j'ct it possesses n power in relieving an<l cuiinz Fever and A^ue which cannot be approached by any of llc-ni separately or in combination It acta specifically on the Liver, Purifies .he Itlood, opens the pores of the Skill, and assists nature Mi expel from the system the seeds of Disease, or what is ns bad, the cmains of th- Mineral Drue*, which clog and fiually destroy the constitution. Sre the euro of Sir. I.oneden of Virginia; ho had Chills ttvice a dny for 3 yan?, nothing would relieve him until he tried Carter's Spats4 I is'i Mixture, only three hollies of which effectually i CHtorod liiin to health, nor has he had a return of the disease since. [May. ? Worm*.?As til in in the season of the year when worms arc most formidable* among children, the proprietors of M'Lane's Vermifuge, Fleming Bri>n. ?f Pittsburg, beg leave to cull the attention of parents to its virtues for the expelling of these annoying, and often fatal enemies of children. It was invented by a physician of great experience in Virginia, who. after having used it for several ye irs in hit own practice, and found it? Hnfces* so universal, was induced nt iast 10 offer it to the public. as n cheap but certain nnd excellent medicine. 11 has since become justlv popular throughout the United Siniec, ns the most efficient Vermifuge ever known, and the demand baa been stendily on the increase since its first introduction to tho public. CST Purelinscru will be enreful to nsk for Dr. 31'Lane n Celebrated Vermifuge, manufactured by Fleming Bros, of PitUliuri>li, Pa. All other Vermifuges in comparison are worthless. Dr. M'l.nne's genuine Vermifuge, also his celebrated Liver Pills, chii now be bad at all resectable drug stores. Xone genuine vrithout the nquature of FLEMING HROS. 0*1,1 l?. W.n... Jt. T ?.??. A 1.1 111- / '. OW1U UJ II.MHM.IU V*. IiIU.lt nuucnuo v? S. C., mid by one Agent in every town in the South. It N T I L T OF TIIK SOUTHERN RIGHTS DRAOOONS. The Cunmi'tve appointed to make arrangements for the Tilt of the Southern Right* Dragoons, bcLr leave to report in part? That the Tilt will take place on Friday the intt., at 12 o'clock M , at Mr. James Norwood's Old Field, near the village. The Judges of the occasion, will be Capt. Jam lb M. Peiirix, Maj. Rod't A. Fair and Capt. J. \V. Livingston*. The Public generally, and the Ladies particularly, are respectfully invited to attend. LIEUT. PERRIN,* C'h'n Committee Arrangement*. Abbeville, May 21, 1856. 6 2t The Committee will report Regulations on the * day of the Tilt. ar Independent Press please ropy.. rA 11 (> a t I o ii I Southern Rights Dragoons!! YOU are hereby ordered to appear at y?"r uxu:il place, Friday, 30/A Jftn init., at hulf pivst 10 o'clock, n. m. *f "if By Order of CAPT. SMITH. R.J. Wiiitk, O. S. . . s-r * Abbeville C. II., M?y 21, 1856. 6 * tt f3T Press copy twice. Commlttecl ' rp0 ilic JAIL at Abbeville Court House, jL on Sunday the I8Ui inst, a NEGROigfr i GIRL, who ?itys she belongs to' C. T. Haskell, / of il? is District i 8aid girl is supposed to be about fourteen / years old. / The owner is requested to comfr forward^ pMvi ' property, pay cliurgrs, and lake her *wav. li. J. *COC HIL4 Ni'j&USr^' May 23, 185?. ^ ft '-v PEOHIBITOB.T LYONS' new, fine Drab d'Ele COATSand PANTS, just got In, -will prohibit Ifevttto of mean goods in this' town for./ hilf , A)1 who are in want of anything iu the Drab.a'lCte line, had better call auen, ha they ?r? mighty salcabta fjoods. < W. B. MoKeUar, . ' 8VBQBQH DENTIST, t&ite&r WOULD mOet rrtpectfally ?ay to the MO>< pie of Abbeville, UMt(t^*l) b? ^ tk| IKouirf#* " from the l* to the ?th of Jrit& ~j3WB&m frfe deoire hit MrvleM. wlU ufe it K* ? ?. hrxt of thtt week/ "* . May IS, 1?&. 4 ' i?"ws^fssmr^r'' nriLL be LET to the U*nt Bttdn-, 2*fcfe. R^ov^S-s' 5^vS^fig& krnt pi tie tthingl^ of |ioe* cati<>n? mi^iei^oww.on'SSu der. -*WWV ^ v :?t. ? iiowb^f ^i *** ?** ,** ? May 12, l2k^'^%h ' 81 .