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J iorn the Watfrington L'nion. CHALLENGE BETWXGN MESSRS. BROOKS AND EOUUN'VAMK?AEHKSX OF 3iS. L'RCOXS. I'll) misunderstanding between ex-lion. Mr. Brouk?, ot South Carolina, Hiui Mr. Buriiugatue, ?>i* Mssxiieliusott?, member uf the lower II^usu of Congress, has teen renewed within a tow days past. It will bo remembered that Mr. Buiiingame during a speech in the IIouso of itcpreseutatives caiied Mr. Brook*' attack on Mr. Sumner brutal and cowardly, and announced that ho held himself responsible ibr his words. When chII?<] upon, howover, by u friend of-Mr. Htooks he " disclaimed any intention to rcllwt t.|>on the personal character ui* thai gentleman, or to itnputo in any respect a until ot' courage; Init discriminating between thy man and tilO act to which ho was called upon to allude, ho had characterised t!io latter only in h manner :is his representative duty required iiiiii to do." This cxpiauu'.ioii Mr. Brooks deviued satisfactory and tliu matter was dropped. It is said, however, to have given otic nee to Mr. Burlingamc's friend*, both in Massachusetts and Washington, and they have Leeu foolishly animating that there ws?3 a want of c<?urag?> on hu part. The following "card" t'roiu Mr. Biooks will explain tho balance: To tub I'cnuu.? it is with extrcmo reluctance that 1 am constrained to transfer a private quarrel from its legitamatu field into the public preh.i. Tho fault, however, does not properly rest with me, as an impartial public will dccido after readinc the following eanl from An.-uu liurlingatue, member of Congress from Massachusetts: A L'akd.? 1 am infurme'l tliat the iiieniorrtnJmii of a i cceii L conversation of myself and frieiuls with iliu zVioix!^ of Mr. Liiuok-i liavo receive'!, in s??mo (jit-uters, from its position, as :?j'i>endci l<> Mr. Brooks' speech, ;aa interpretation wiiivh <l?.?s injustice to its rcttl meaning ami to my intentions. Tliis ii vvbat I say, an.! have sai?l, in re- j latum tu my .speech : Th:?t I observed in it tlio lu'eSof OUIfiOll::! Mil IU1I lijiliwnfnru I decorum ; that I coul.1 qualify or retwct any portiv/u of if, and hoid myself responsible to any getith-uiaii aggrieved bv it. 'litis i? tho o;:iy construction which I supposed wuuul hi' placed on the memorandum, which iny friends reduced to wjitiiig, that there might be no misunderstanding. But iiiasttiucli as attempts, not altogether uusucicssfid, l.avo been made to pervert its true meamng, i iwiv uithdiuw it. And, that there may not be any misapprehension in the future, i ?::v explicitly, that I leave my spteeh to interpret usel?', and hold myself responsible for it, without qualification or umeudmeut. A. UUKLINGAME. Washington, July l'J, IbSU. This card was fiiat published in tho "Intclligcncer" on Monday, tho *lnt iust., ' tliongh it i# dated July IS). As soon as I could procure a friend I (which was in less than two hours after 1 j &;iw uiu cam.; me following message was sent to Mr. liurHnsfxiiiM: \Vas-uikoton, July 21. Sir: Will you do mo the kindness to inviic;<to some place outside of Litis District where It will l>c convenient to you to negotiate iu reference to tlic diiluvuco between us. Vcrv recjiectl'ullv, JLv., i' 6.* biiOOIi.S. Ho?. A. Bl'rm.noamk. Apprehending an ;;rr?.st fiom tr.o ollicious j ir.t?;iItri-iice of Mr. Uuilit:game's friends, (I j kr.ov that no mend of mine would lodge | : > - - - : -> - ** ' T ' iiiiwi luauuii.y iiu i;jy I ICll lliy OWIl I jouiiii una wont to the Louse of u friend fur greater security. ! At about twelve o'clock Gen. Lane culled ; and delivered Mr. burliugaiue'rt reply to my noi?, which reads as foliov.s: Wabiiinoion, U. C., July 21, 1356. Sin : Your note of this dato was placed iu my bands by (<eu. Lane this afteritoon. Iu reply, 1 have to s?ay 1 will bo at the Clifton llouso, on tho Canada side of Niagara Falls, on Saturday next, at lii o'clock, iu., to " negotiate" iu reference to any "U mure lice between Ua ' which in your judgment may require settlement " outsuio of this District." I have tho honor to bo your ob't serv't, A. BUKLINUAME. Hon. P. 8. Bhooks. In order that the public may fully uuderfctimtl the whole matter in relation to Mr. Uurlingumo and myself, it is nocessary to revert to events antecedent to the last ?fcri&tpotideuce between us. Some timo during the last mouth he made a speech in the House of Itejuoaenlalives, and when referring to the assault upon Senator Sumner, ho uppl.ed this language to myself:? "Stole into tho Senate chamber, an?l struck bin brother, as Cain did Abel." When the btnlenco was uttered, 1113' friend, Mr. Keitt, who knew that I whs absent, pronounced it false; under which imputation Mr. burlingame qu.etly rested. I did not at that uino feel it mv dutv to hold Mr. Hnrlin. game responsible for his language, and might perhaps have permitted him aud his words to pass. It was not long, however, before intimations from divers sources reached mo that the friends of Mr. Buriingame wore boasting of his valorous assault upon me? of his expertness with the rifle, (winch they utoro thau iusinu:itcd had come to my ears, iu explanation of my forbearance)?aud that ho himself was making capital at homo in uuii9t;<jtieui:u ut ins COUnigCOllS ConUtlC'. In regard to the insult given him by Mr. Keitt, it was said that ho (Mr. Burlingitine) " would not send, but that hu .vould accept a challenge." Under theso circumstances I felt that for* bcarancu was no longer a virtue, and requested my friend, Mr. Bocock, on the 1st lay of July to go to Mr. Burlingaiuo with the simple question, " Would ho receive a cull fr^m nie V The reply to this short question is to bo found in ttio following extract from a wriltt u statement made to me by Mr. Bocock: EXTRACT. "Mr. Burlingamo tbcu comrooncfed an explanation, which led to a long conversa* lion between us, iu the course of which h? made many auterucntf, which he said 4. were confidential. " Omitting these, the. anew# which he desired me to bear you was subbtantially tikis: thatbo had no unkiud feelings whaU aoerer for.you, but, on the contrary, mann] + ' - -O g of courage ^ ! u Ami if, nftcr all this, yov. v.vro not sati and uantcd hi* blwud, ho slated ! tliRt he could do nothing elsu tlau acccpt, and would do so. I " Before leaving Mr. Burlingame, I ic capitulated what 1 undetslood to be bis answer. llo agreed that I was right, and added, describe me to him as you bee me; do justice to my kind feelings to hiui, and do justice also to my manhood.'" I did do justico to Mr. Burlingame in thought, bearing and speech. I was pleased with the report of his bearing, and imposed with the belief that ho was an elevated gentleman; ar.d when next I met him, I respectfully offered him my hand, ? .?? ! ? - * which ue ns respectfully received. On tlio day that tlio resolution for my expulsion waa to he taken up in the Ilouse, intending to be severe in my remarks upon certain of its members, a? also upon tlio Stale of Massachusetts, I requested Mr. liocock to submit his written statement to Mr. Burliugamo for his approval or rejection. In relation to this point. Mr. Bocock ?.us in his last statement: "On the morning on which you made your speech and resigned your seat in tlio House, I Imnded Mr. I'urlingmuc the statement which I had prepare:!, and he has never returned it to tne." I informed Mr. Bocock that I must and sllifllli! luiVA ?n ui.Mtnlt'.ii.'.. M Builingame; am! on that evening (of the tiny 011 which my speech was made) my friend Mr. Bocock brought me the memorandum which was appended to my speech, and which U in tho handwriting of Speaker I Bank*. The memorandum was in all essential points the same as Air. Bocoek's statement, the original of which Mr. Burliugame had retained, but a copy of which 1 had fortunately kept. This memorandum I accepted under the advice of friends, in lieu of Mr. i'jcock's statement, aud wa? told that it was gnerom to d<? so. I did it to save Mr. Buiiiixmtu.Ai < "O ~ W " llV/,l; ciales I was informed were pressing him. And yet. after all this?after five days of delay?-Mr. Burlingame had iho eflVontery to embarrass his counselling friends, and to repudiate, on the 10th of July, because of an assumed false construction " in some <piaitcrs,"' an instrument which contained apologies which ho had made on the first of the same month, and which apologetic construction he had repeatedly admitted to bo true, :.nJ also in the presence of his friend Mr. Hanki. lie now even n fleets the chevalier, and defiantly e:iys, "I leavo my speech to interpret itself, and hold myself responsible for it, without qualification or amendment."' ! He requires me to mec-t him in Canada, i a distance of near seven hundred miles by uiu mini roui-j?a route running through the ilK'ir.y's country, and through which no man knows butter ihan Mr. Builingame, lli.ut I could not without running tho gauntlet of mobs and assassins, prisons and penitentiaries, bailiffs and constables. He knew that I could never get to Canada, and that were I to do to and lie were to fall, that I would never get back. He might as well have designated Boston Common. Ilia proposition in of so preposterous a chnracier, that the public will appreciate it without comment from me. When he repudiated the memorandum which war, pre pared by his friends, and delivered in his presence, I felt some sympathy for the agony of a proud man driven to doing wrong that he might retrieve the honor of a Statu which had been tarnished by mij worthy representatives. But his last coni diticn ii worse than the former, and I deliver hiin to that condemnation which honorable men in every community will sternly inllict. I have no further demands upon him, I will yet treat him as a gentleman, and meet him at any convenient and accessible point upon equal terms. I respectfully ask that tho subjoined let tor from tic?. Lane ir?:iy bo read, and submit my conduct to the intelligent and spirited people of tv .-ry State in the Union. P. S. BROOKS. Washington City, July 22, 1850. Dear Sir: I have deemed it proper and just to make the following statement: At your request, I called yesterday at near tlireo o'clock, as your friend, upon lion. Mr. Burlingame, that being the first opportunity I had of meeting him and of delivering your note. After ho had read it, I informed him that I was requested by rnn tn urnrA ft-..* " ?' "4- 1 1 * 1 i j viitib ii uiucliiig hiiousu iai;e j place at tho earliest practicable moment, suggesting that afternoon or this morning at four oVloi-k, and hoped that it would suit his convenience. I fintlior stated that you bad supposed that all differences between you and himself had been adjusted ; that he (Mr. Burlingame) had re-opened tho matter, as you supposed, for a personal difficulty, and that you were anxious to have it ended witliout delay. Ho replied, "That is the feeling of a gallant man, and Brooks is a brave man." That ho would have to look out for a friend, and had none in his mind at thaL time, and perhaps lie could not bo ready for a meeting at as early an hour as you requested. I also impressed upon him tho necessity of ei.tire secrecy save with his friend; and further requested that he or his friend would communicate with me at my seat while tho House was in session, or at my room after its adjournment; hik), as Iio had the right of selecting iho place for tho meeting, and 6uc.Ii other arrangements as arc usual upon such occasions, that ho would have tho kindness to let me know, at as early an hoar as was convenient, when and where and what it would be. Last evening, about eleven o'clock, tho onc.losed note from Mr. Burlingame was placed in my hand by tho Hon. L. D. Campbell. The place of meeting designated in said note is so far distant, and would subject yon to so many hazards of arrest, and also to a jurisdiction without the limits of the United Staten, that, as your friend, I advise you, without hesita hod, 10 taso no iurmcr uotico of tbe matter. I am, sir. very respectfully, Your obedient oervant, JOSEPH LANE. Hon. P. S. Brooks. London the OrtaUst City.?London is now the greateit city in the world, and far urpMMa all tbe great cithja of antiqnity.*? Acoording to Gibbon, the popalation of ancient Rome, in the height of iu magnificence, w*? 2,200,000. Nineveh ia eeti mated to have bad 600,000, and Dr. Medhar?t uppoeee that the population of Pekfn it about 2,000,000. The popolatiodof London, according to recent utMtttice, amount* to a soft ftoft??oo 1.-AA. j ?M|^ HUUVM to it during the hurt ten years, l'ho census ?how? thath CopUios 307,722 inhabited, and JML# n?bW>ta$ hoo^f. ; jr t ffVij;;;,r..v * * 309 -^. . . wA.-tSfi. -?T^i >Jlu&t&Caaa*3~*-!A *? I.twi ABBEVILLE BANNER; WILLIAM O. DAVIS, EDITOR THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31,1858. CONGR&SSioNAL ELECTION. We have just received, while going to press, the result of the election in ibis District. It stands thus: 1,G08 votes, about two-thirds of tho voters in Abbeville.? $168.00 have been contributed towards paying the fine. Read the advertisements of Kerr and Leavell & Chalmers. JS3T We lave receivod r communication aignod "A Voter," which we must rerpcctfullv lay over until the return of the Editor proper, as it contains matter which if published, will unquestionably lead to a controversy. JT*T The 18th of August has been fixed upon as tho day for the adjournment of Congress. Tho present session has been n long and eventful one. ERSRINE COLLEGE. We learn from tho Tclcxcopc that the Annual Commencement of that College will take placo on the 13th of August; i. :n ? uiji/u nmi;ii uticiiaiuii) itxi omuoiia will ue delivered l>y tho graduating class. R<>v. A. II. Llsteu, well known in thiJ coinmunity as a talented gent Jcuien, will deliver an address, on tho evening previous, to the Alumni Association. On Wednesday afternoon, the exercises will be closed with an address to the Literary Societies by the lion. Jamts L. Petiortj, of Charleston. MESSRS. BROOKS AND BURLINGAME. In another column will be seen the card of Col. Biiooks iu relation to tho expected rcncouutru with Mr. Buulinoamh. It seems that every effort the chivalrous Massachusetts man makes, but sinks him deeper j in the mire. By recent intelligence from Washington, we learn that Bciilixgamk and his fiiend Cami*beli., have made quite a voluminous exposition of the affair iu one j 01 u:o city papers, 111 which Mr. Campueli. j assumes :ill the responsibility of manage nient. This of course does nut help the matter, as it was dune to screen his friend. Col. Brooks and Mr. Bculingame have both been a nested and held to bail in tlid| sum of $5,000, not only to keep the peace in Washington, but also, not to leavo the city fui ihu jniijmso of engaging in a duel. And thus we presume the affair will rest, j TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION. j The Grand Division of the Sons of Ten? peranco of South Carolina, held their third Quarterly Meeting at Greenwood in this j District, on Wednesday and Thursday hist, j Prof. Oaklislb, of Woftbrd Col logo, Rev. j II. H. Durant, of this place, "\V. B. Carj x.Irle, of Charleston, ami Judgo 0'Nkai.l, I were the sneakers upon the occasion. The speech of Prof. Carlisle was a masterly effurt in behalf of Temperance, and was listened to with the deepest interest by the large assembly, lie is comparatively n young man but unquestionably one of the brightest intellect of the State, and destined to shine with no ordinary splendor in her galaxy of great men. The dinner prepared for the occasion, was also something superlatively fine, and quite iu keeping with tho hospitality of the people. Greenwood never fails in what she attempts. The festivities were to close with a bupper, but we could not stay to partake of that, as business called us away. j. m. jciutmuxi r. The friends of this notorious personage, it seems, are determined to leave 110 stone unturned 10 secure his election, and throughout the realms of Black Republicanism, peans are 6ung to his praise, whilst an enthusiasm prevails worthy a better cause and lender. The inconsistencies and qualifications of tho man aro explained away and overlooked in the struggle for victory. Il successful, a pliant tool in the hands of his party, ho will obey its mandates and sanction every act of injustice against hia native country, or, perhaps, like another Coriolanus, lead his victorious bauds into our midst, At least, we think nothing moro could be expected from a man who has so utterly aoandonctl his country and her institutions, and placed himt>elf at the head of a parly in direct antng mism to ovcry tbing Soulhorn. The Washington Union regards Fremont's chances of success as exceedingly slim, however, and terms him a bundle oj mysteries, and says: " It iB u mystery where Col. Fremont was born ; how he was educated, whether for a Catholic priest or Protestant clergyman ; whether he is the real couqueror of California or only a pretender; whether ho is the greatest adventurer and explorer of the Rocky mountains, or whether Kit Carson - ?--? t ? ?i. .i? i uuk uiiuticu \aj ui?i> nuuur i HllUllier Utt 18 mure Know-Nothing than liluck Rcpublican, or whether he is either ; whether he is the richest man in the world, or whether Mariposa is worth anything ; whether he ie the real candidate for the Presidency, 01 whether he is not in fact 'Jessie.' It is a mystery how ho was over thought of 01 DOiniunted for the Presidenoy, and equally a mystery how any sensible man can think thut ho has any cbaoco for an elec? tion." ? * The KnoWNothings of Massacbnsetts on the 26th inst., in Convention, have nominated the prewnt Bute officers, inolu ding Got. Giuniu A hundred and fiftj ftiufoxs dviegatee withdrew from the Cbn vention. There ie said to bave been great excitement, end the Convention wee in ms si on all night. . . J^rOn the 26th inst., the jury in ib< HrnoiaT oase,*fter an abeonce of forty-ita minfUe, retarded * Verdict q4pot guilty,' tons presidency. TIi i canvass for Presidency is waxing wanner and warmer; politicians, wire- * workers and .slump orators, are busy 1 throughout the length and breadth of the c land, pressing the claims of the various s candidates upon the suffrages of the public. ' Whilst the friends and admirers of Buck* I asan would make his sublime head stiike ( the stars; tho partisans of Fillmore and [ Fremont, with equal real, laud their virtues t and qualifications, and would eternise their * names by enrolling thorn among the Presidents of tho Republic. IIow this contest { 14 ovnnt 'i*- ' * *1 1 1 ... ?w liju kvu 01 me snrewuest intellect cannot now foretell; from the present aspect of parties, it is, however, very probablo that the election may be thrown into the House, ami in such an event, the chances would be greatly in favor of Fremont, the candidate of the Black Republican party. There being three candidates in the field, and tho constitution requiring a nmjority of the whole to elect, it will be seen at once how piobable the chances are for tho election to be thrown into the House. In such an event, wo say, Fremont may be elected, taking as a criterion the vote given to Banks for Speaker. There has not been. nor perhaps will bo, any change in the sen- ^ timeuts of tho members of tho House since j that election, and should that body be culled , on to decide the contest, tho following may , be the result as surmised by the Boston | Post: ' | 1 For Fremont ? Connecticut, Indiar.a> j Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, N. H impshire, New Jersey, New York. Ohio, Petin- < sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont tmd Wis ' cousin?13. 1 For Buchanan?Alabama, Arkansas, ! nni;fnP?;a /i T w.iimi, nunuii, vzvurgw, j^onisilina, .MIS- | sissippi, North Carolina, Soulh Carolina I and Virginia?10. t For Filhnorc?Delaware, Kentucky, 1 M ryland, Missouri and Tennessee?5. It will bo readily perceived that with t such a vote, giving him decidedly tlio ad- > vantage, Frkmost would eventually be ' elected : and if such should be the result, j ' it what piophetean foretell the consequences ? i t A renegade from his country and an apos- j tate from his religion, what could the South reasonably expect from him, hut injustice? i Wo verily believe that if the election~of ^ j Fkkmont does not lead to an immediate f[ ] revolution in our country, it will at least I I hasten the dissolution of the Union, and ^ with it, almost as n natural consequence,' the horrors of a fratricidal war. * DECIDEDLY RICH. The Carolina Times, speaking of the re- 1 nnnt :? _<r =- i .? ?? ? ' wuk . ..iiiiijj miair at me .Metropolitan Ho- , tel. New York, lias tho following: I ' It will be remembered that an account ' of a caning at tho Metropolitan Ilotcl, by Mr. Vicks, who thrashed Stanwood Severely, * appeared in our columns a few days sitire. : Connected with Mr. Vieks, wc I ave a tale | to uni'o'.d wiiicii will make the abolitionists ' of Philadelphia feel very ehcap. > " It seems that when Mr. Vk ks was about t? leave North Curd inn in company with Mr. Haywood on a Northern pleasure tonr, ho whs requested by the Stalo authorities to take with him u negro who had been sentenced to banishment from North Cnio- < linn for a glaring outrage upon the laws ot that St;.te. Mr. V. consented, and on bis i arrival at tlio llotel in Philadelphia he registered his name Vicks and servant.? 1 Soon after, the Abolitionists appeared and i used every persua>ion to induce tlio negro ' to abscond ; and be informed Mr. V. lliat they bad offered him $50 to run off. Mr. 1 V. advised the boy to demand $100. Tlio I amount was paid and the banished negro who was taken to the North to bo left there, received aid unexpectedly and is now reei- < ding among a class of people altogether ' worthy his association." I By the latent intelligence from Kan- ] sas, we learn that Col. Lane had crossed ' tlio Missouri into that Territory with six hundred men armed with Sharp's rifles, re- ( volvers, bowie-knives, <fcc., and that his intention was to return and mako his way np j i the Missouri river with another regiment. Gen. Uaunev, Col. Bakkr and Capt. Pleas- 1 i ants bad arrived at Fort Leavenworth.? Col. Sumner, lately in command at that Fort, has been relieved by Gen. Smith, and i returned to St. Louis. _ | The Presbyterian College.?At a meeting i of the Executive Commitleo on Wednesday last, (says tlio Lnurensvillu Herald of the 24 th inst.,) Mr. T. C. Veal, of Columbia, was elected Architect, and Dr. J. W. Simpson builder. The plan selected is, in our r opinion, commodious and admirably arranged for the purpose designed, and will make one of the handsomest buildings in the State. Dr. Simpson informs us that be will commence tho work immediately, and all who know him must feel confident that ho will not only push the work forward with as much speed as its nature will admit, ; but when done it will be well done. ? ^ ?? ?? , The Army Worm.?We regret to record tho fact (says the Carolina Times of the 1 26th inst.,) that the Arinv Worm has made iU appearance in tho neighborhood of Oo | lumbia, And is doing much injury. Ye*ter> day morning the grouud in front of the i Guard House was literally covered with ' them. They were busily at work destroying every blade of grass with which they . came in intact. tar The sum of $5,000 has been collected in Philadelphia for the relief of the . wounded and the burial, of the dead, from | the tragedy of the Jfrorth Pennsylvania Railroad, oorreotlv termed the M Massacre of tfc? Innocents." Mar Fruit jellies may be preserved from 1 rnonldinesa, by covering tbe surface one- , | fourth of at> ??oh deep'with finely puW- j ised leaf sugar. Thna protected, they will keep 10 good oondition for yesre. [ J3T Id tb# Ohio *e6iieotiary there are * Stf #; umOfo #?sricu 'Mfci WW.' v * m & * ' SIGNS OF REVOLUTION IN EUROPE. Tlio number of secret societies in Franco nid, tlio persi*tancy of their projectors, fatting all tlio repressive c (For is of Louis ^ajVoleon, sliow a deep and wide spread liftatiection to hU govorineut. Closo obiervers consider France as sleeping on a roluatio. To what extent the French Era>eror may rely on tlx-? obedience and devoion of his troops will depend, of course, >n the fact, whether litis spirit of diaatfec.iou has entered the army, lie continues o shower on it rewards and distinctions, to lecuru its allegiance. The unquiet slate of Italy has a close <viiuvvtiwn IIHU VI It piV3l'lll IIILOIIlill COIIUIion of France. Should there exist a well tlanned conspiracy to overthrow established uUhority among the disaffected clauses in he French empire, its execution would orin the rallying cry of the revolutionary >arty of Italy. So soon :?s an emtute takes >lac.e in Paris, which menaces the governnent, it will he the signal for kindling hroughout Iialy ati insurrectionary spirit, >cforc which the Neapolitan and itotnun lower will qtntil. Sardinia will, in all likeihood, give momentum to this movement ifter it has received its impulse from the French capital. To what extent it will involvo Europe, will depend on the force of resistance and * . i-i 1-1 ... - <-|nvamvii viiiii i? iiKciy 10 lie npplied tur his purpose Iiv tlie grunt absolutist powers, [t is questionable whether Austria and Russia will sympathise, n? they di<1 in tin* Hungarian insurrection. It' tho govern iiK-nt of Louis Napoleon is disarmed hy a French outbreak, the Emperor of Austria will bo left alone ill her efforts to suppress revolution in Italy. Everything will depend of course, as the first *tep, on the Ability of the malcontents in France to organize an opposition which will sweep away Lhe usurpation of Louis Napoleon. There are signs from tho materials of which the secret societies in France are om posed, not in the capital merely, but in lhe Provinces, th?t nnoiln-r revolution will be more radical than that of 1S48. The ivoiht doctrines of communism?of spoliaiuii?of insane democracy?have been proVwCI'fl 111' till! lu-./K.rc ;> ? ? - - ..J %.,v ivvivio 111 vuroc OUCIITI SUCH5.?? $. The reactionary influence may not be is effectual again as it was then, in restraint A the ultra democratic tendencies of that jel'iod. As bad as Louis Napoleon's gov:rnine?>t is, its continuance is rather to he vished than the predominance o* such anirehical doctrines as appear to form the jond of union between the secrct associaions which threaten to sul>vert his authority.? Charleston Evening News. FJEtOM CALIFORNIA. New Orleans. July 20. I Tlio steamship Granada from Sun Fran'isao, with dates up to the 5lh inst., arrived ast night. Everything was quiet at the Isthmus.? [t was very sickly at Aspinwall. Walker was inaugurated President on .lie 12th instant. Rivas holds Leon, and it was reported .hat many natives who consider Walker is u uMirprr, nave declared against him.? \mougst the deserters named are Col. Kenlree Mini Gen. Cliilloti. Much sickness uevails in Walker's army and desertions ire frequent. There has been r.o abatement of the cxriiemeut in San l,V.inci>eo. The committee ir? still in session. Judge Terry of the ! 3U| reme Couit hail been arretted for stabbing a coimniile policeman while engaged n making an am si. The co 11111 it lee are firmly established, rhe Governor remains al Sacramento. The accounts from the mines are good. TiiC-agricultural prospect* are cheering.? , L'lie conduct of Herbert excites indignation . The News from Oregon states that skirni.dies continue. The rumor that Col. Wright had been killed is lint correct. Col. Buchanan's forces liad a hat l<s at the Big Meadows where forty Ind aim were kided iind ten U. S. soldiers. The election retains aro not compl t , ntiii.turvi :? i ^ >1. . vhhui (Hill UlU X^C'UlUv 111 lb liavo a maj. rity. SECOND DISPATCn. New Okleans, July 26.? Major "Water's ommand uutit tu Leon lo reoonnoiter Rivas' movements, oti approachingGu itetnala wen* tired upon by Rivas' party ami one man whs wounded. Several of RivHs' party weie killed. Major Waters retired after tli'j battic. There nre nn si^jns of an early invasion, although it is certain that a Northern le.igue locNih and an invasion is looked for. Tho votn given for President of Nicaragua is set down at 21,000; of this nutnher Walker received 14.000 for President. The r st was given for Rivas, Forres, Salizar and Je cz. FROM MEXICO. New Ohleaks, July 26.?A conspiracy ia* been detected at J'uebla, (Mexico.') to estorc Santa Anna. Matty persons high it authority are implicated. , " The Man and the Act"?Mr. Burlin * Kiune, of Massachusetts, on being challenged -by Preston S. Brooks for bis stricurcs on the Sumner assault, "disclaimed itiy intention to reflect upon tho personal diameter of Mr. Brooks, or to impute to lim in any respect a want of courage; but. iiscriminating between the man and the act :o which lie wan called upon to allude, lie tad characterized the latter only in such manner as bis representative duty required iiin to do." Thin apology has given great (Fence to bis constituents, who perceive in t a backing down from the position he asitttned as a " fighting man." Tho Boston Courier conclude* some severe strictures as follows:? " We cannot trust ourselves to characterize his conduct. Had his views of duelling been honestly entertained and honestly id he red to, he would in the estimation of ;i large body of men in Massachusetts, been llio champion of a suction, mid living might havo been a hero, or dying a martyr. As it is, ho has disgraced his District and liis adopted StHte, and is no representative of tho character and courage of New England. If at the end of his Congressional sareer he shall be remembered at all, it will be only for the puriillHiiimous discrimination which he has suffered himself to make between 4 the man and the act.*" Indian BattU.?Intelligence received at St. Louis from the Plains, state that a sanguinary battle had occurred at the crossing of the Arkansas river, on the Santa Fe Road, Iwtween the confederate Sac* and Poxes and the Camaalte Indians, resulting in a complete route of the latter. The loss of the Camanches w*? 81, whilo the 8ac? wnd Foxes lost butitwo. It is noted as m narioua on incidence, that at the samo 'time twp years meeting; occurred ?t W Lug. hm lw'T, oe?ly dfiwoi^fa fei?t?l America. 21 * *J m Most Melancholy Occurrence.?It grieves j lis to the* heart, to havo to record a most melancholy occurrence which took place in our village on Monday night last. Wo alludo to the death of Mr. J. Llenry Christian, who was shot in a sudden affray by Mr. George D. Tillman and expired very noon afterwards. The verdict ol" the jury of inquest was, that the deceased caino to his death hy the discharge of a pistol iu the ; hands of O. D. Tillman. We forbear all comment. The affair, wo presume, will undergo judicial investigation. For the present, however, Tillman bus left and is not yet arrested. Mr. Christian was well known to us, as lilt ? * ne iiiiu oeen ior several yen is engaged in superintending :i number of uieeliatiii:* and oilier liands in our employment. We drop hii unfeigned tear of regret lit Iim ?ad fate, lie was an independent and an holiest man. May God protect hi* widowed relict and fatherless daughters.?EJiye field Advertiser, 23d iiist. (Eoiumcvcicil. Columbia, July 2!). 1856. Titer* was no cotton offering yesterday, and and consequently we could not ascertain the precise position of the market, still we think 9 @ 11 c is the true value of ttie article. ?bituarn. PIED, oil the 14ih inst., lit his residence in lii* Mr . ...? t .1-- ?- -> ..... fl A. Aliil.l<E.n| All lilt} UmU >ear of his age. After having enjoyed robust health for more than thiee-suore years, he fell a victim at last to a complication ot disorders, chief among which w.ib a dropsical affection of the chest. Mr. Milter w.is one of the olde-t and moat reppi'CtuMe of our citizens, us might. I?e interred from the large attendance on Inn tuner-u sefviee* lie was rennirkuble lor Hie honestv and stieugtli of his convictions, and lor tho firmness with wliicli lie in:iiiii>r.it<rd thetn. Iliti most vivid recollections in later life were inmocixted with tlio nullification content; unci i writer vim struck with the d< pth ot' the imj*r>-rniou made on llie mind*' of those who were it tercsted in lliut in moiuhli- ili-cu.-sion, on hearing Mr. Miller, a lew mont'is before his eaili, give, with great accuracy of memory, a d- tailed account of Hitch of the Kpeerrheu, debute*, converrations and newspaper articl of thoso dayi hfell under his observation. itir (leceuseil w<n Tor more thaii thirty yeara a member of Upper Long (June Church; there his loss i' deeply deplored. He died in the eujoyinrnt of the hopes of the gospel; and hia family nnd hin brethren are uot permit ed to mourn a a those who have no hope. " IIow blest the righteous wheu ho dies." A. Due "WpRt Telescopo and Southern Presbyterian will please copy. DIED at the Ilocka, in this Diatrirf, on the 21th iiiBt., .Mr. IIanabai. Ma lone, aged about thirty-two years, with Typhoid Dysentery, O: iie.trlv four weeks continuance, which ho bore with a remarkable degree of fortitude. lie Ii:<k luft a widow and little son, with a large number of relations and friends, to tnouru their irreparable lo.-a. Have you ? Diseased, Liter??The queat"ii>, though startling, i-> sufficiently sugircsiive whe< the fact is taken into consideration that dinease.of the Liver hov? become mo>t alarmingly fre quent in tlio United Statfg. Iiuleod. there aie few formidable diseases that arc not in aome wa> traceable to a deranged Bi->tu of th tt impoit mi ori?nn. Many of (he compluiniB usually clas-fr-o under the head of C?>nsuinpiion, have their oii gin in the Liver. " Any remedy that would in sure rejrnluiity and hcvlihful action in th? Livi r would be a blessing to mankind!" lias b^ea th exclamation of thousands. That remedy has bei-n found; it ia eafe and nire- When a fi r tiiul has been afforded it, it lias never been know n to fail. Header, have j'nu any disease of tho I.ivt-r, o di-ease which ynu believe proceeds from heputn d Tangemcnl I Loao not r m?m?iit, but pur aha*e a box of Dr M'l.ane's Pills, prepared b' Fleming Rroa, Pittsburgh, Pa., and they will re storo you to health. It ia the only remedy vet. discovered, in which implicit confidence may I e placed. ?37"* Purchn#erx will be careful to oak for Dr Al'Lanc's Celebrated Vermifuge, manufacture' by Fie mini; Bros. of Pittsburgh Pa. All other Vermifuges in comparison urc worthless I) M'l.ft lie's tfoi'uiuu Vernnfu/e, also his celebrated Liver Pil:s, cm now be liad ir nil tetpeciahld.ug stores. None genuine without the ngnatur* of FLEMING n'KOS. Sold by Warduw & Lyon. Abbeville ( If , C., and by one Agent in every towu iu the Sou ill. It Tettimony of Dr. O. Butcher.?Green Br-If, Pocaliuntur Co., Apiil lotli, IHS5.?(xenileroe : ?Som? few months a.m-e a patient applies to me lor medical advice, afflicted with a seti-i'i form of secondary syphilis (be had been under ilie chur^e of two physicians without deriving relief.) I commenced uainy tile regular reniedii 8 of the profession, but the disease stubbornly r? si: ted all my efforts. The reputai ion of CurterV Spanish Mixture having reacln-d me. ?nd xeinj person ally acquainted with yourselves, 1 determined to give )i h trial. I <sid so, ami iu a slioit time its L"?>d efTecta were evident, and three bo>t ee cured hiin. As un Act of justioe to suffering humanity. 1 cannot wi'hbold my tea imonv to its viriueB a* im alterative ami prompfe-puiiner of the blo'd. and take pleasure in recommending ii to the proan<4 il?/? '' -* w.v t-u...... gnu-i-miy. / Yuurn r.tmecifnllv. ' 0. BUTCHER, M. D. [Ju'y MarT>l? Yara! PERSONS in want of an)-th;ng in Ikl ivr A T7 -FtT.T! 3JIWEJ, enn be ucc uiino>.uivd i?y cu-l.ng on the ?ui<?t-rihers, at ABBEVILLE COURT HOU8B. They will be found on Washington Street, in the bouse formerly occupied by ?v . M. Hughev. LEAVELL <k CHALMERS." July SO, 1865. 10 tf O" Independent Prow copy 3 mouth*. RECEIVED TO-DAY! Sacks java coffee, SACKS rio do. boxes cheese, BOXES CURRANTS, 20,000 LBS. BACON, 1,000 LARD. All pi wnicu win oe uoiu low, oy LOMAX A COBB. July 23. 1* If WANTED IMMEDIATELY! lOO STegroes X FOR which ihe HIGHEST CASH PRICES will be paid. All penious desiring to Mil one or more would do well to addrees one of the subscriberft? J. W. SUBER, R. W. WHITE, Cokcabnrj, 8. C. Greenwood, 3. C. July SS, ib66. '14 if tOT Anderson Gazette and Lanrenaville Herald oopy. Estate of Sam'l S. Baker, deo'd. Noite* ia hereby publicly given to all parties intereaied, that a Final Settlement of the Estate of 8. S. Baker, dso'd, will be made before the Ordinanr of Abbevlllfe Distriot, on the ISth day of Oetowr next. AH parties having rlaims agefnet the Estate, Will ptfsent tho Mtne for payment on or before thai day, aud thoeo yet indebted witl>;p Le*se make fatly payment. Il l* hop.-d that th* di?Ittfbutei* or their repreeeiitatifre, will take dni aOtieo of th? day appoiu^ >pr. eotUrmenti as the AdminWtor,*nd Administratrix will not lotd tbaaaaited if mwrtaflt frrltiWrfsi fcftsr' it i? v**4 .. :k.? ' v ** BELLINO OFF AT A PBdfTil , / LARGE STOCK 07 GROCERIES Ni And Provisions for Salo! AT ABBEVILLE COTJBT HOUSE. CHASOE OF PROGRAMME! THE nulxcrib-T being <letrmine<l to ruise a larg>- hdi.uiit of money. nIF- r? his (JdoiIh, for the next sixty da\i", at n reasonable Piofit l * It is to be hoped that peiaiins iii wnit of ii'ty-* tiling in lii<* line, will nvuil th?inseIvtH of thitf opportunity- The general rule is to sell nut at cost ; but (he programme Saving been chunked to suit tint present arrangement, it will be observed accordingly. His object iu making this oiler in pieparatory 10 mi entirely new arrangement for tin* Full TrHde, by which persons will bo sble 10 got Goods only for the Cash. I.oug experience lius saiisfi d the subscriber tliHt this arrangement wili be most advantageous to alt purlies, except those who never intend to pay, and it is I'or the special benefit of this class that the rule will bo adopted. llis Stuck consists iu part of the following, vie: 10 llh is. B \CON SIDES ; .1 ilii fill.. \li>l * -Ji.-J - %/uwu uVU.VTOr.SJj 10 do Louisiana SUG AlUi ; 20 Bags Rio COFFKIi; * Loaf. Crushed and Powdered SUGARS; P.iwder, Sh..', Lead and Glin Wadding ; A few che <p Doul.tf I) irrel Shot Cuns; Backsnutli T. o.x, lion and N.iils; White Leu J, Given uud Yellow do, ground in oi"; Hio Hondo und other brands Cigi.ra. Agricultural Implements. Straw Cutters aud Corn ??hel erf ; Bagguitr, Hale Hope aud Twine; llviid'.ck, Upper and ll.iriie*. Leather; A I rge lot of Hollow Ware; Burning F uid aud >|>iiits Turpentine; Wiiiti* Wine and <"idcr Vinegar; Trace, Log and Fifili Chairs; A lnrge Sto. k ol Win. K and l.iquors offered at low prices. us he is determined 10 quit this p.ri of the trade; and a great 111:1113' oilier ur ti.-les to mention Goods hiive advanced considerably since these purchases were made, aud lie is tttus enabled to compete with any market in price at* well its quality and quantity, and h? hopes that a hungry, needy public Will 111 ike haute tn I.m- '? _ ... ??. . - if; iic unH nu iand. All uf which is r?ept!C<fu Iv submitted by II. S. KUKR, No. 0, lirick Range. July 80, 1855. 15 tf 3R0CERY & COTTOYBUSINESS, By HAMMOND & LARK. rpiJl? subscribers Imvo this day asrociated 1. th-niselve* together for the purpose of conducting h GKNKit A 1j t;oTT()N AND GROCCUY BPjSINKS.S in nil its brunch**. 'l'he npp.rent necessity for a House in HamJ?urtf vvlieic the I'lanter can with ocitanty procure ull hid supplied, has prompted us to ni ike it eeueral y known, thai a Liri?e anil eurefully seleeted aitnek of Goods bIihII always hi- kept, and sold ; ? low i>8 cnu be purch.iBed in Augu.-ta or uny other Hiiithern murkei. Orders for Goods str-c'ly attended to, and all irticles Hi*ill out Warranted to please, and ut. prices as low as if pal-lies ordering weie personally present. We art* now fitting up the Imge BriiiV "tore iidjoiniutT the Warehouse tH-cupied by (Miarti'S llainuiuud, where wo will be pleased to uei-t our uunierou friends, and the public no-- erally ; we will pn\ tin-in bln-mi priuei for their < 'oiion and other I'mduce, and otter every it? luceiiK'Ui to trade w.tli lis. Ctl vlil.K** lI.\?Mnvn J A M 15* 7:7 LARK?' Hamburg, July 14th, 1*68. Having effected a change in my bustneM by a coiim-ctioii w.tli Mr. Chitiles Hammond, I re peollully tender mv ilmnknto my old fiioinl? and customers gem-rally, for lh<"ir constant ami ino'ettsing pniromii{v, and rnrnrfttly nolii-it for tho e\v firm of I1ammo.nl> <fe Laiis a continuance of he buuie. J.\ME3 C. LARK. Hamburg, July 14th, 185(>. I take the preeeut cc-ibion to r<-new my kind cknotvlcdgfio-iits to my friend* for ihe .ih.-r.il -atrouag- exivi idcil to me in the Warehouse and < ' miuV-ioii Bwa miss, and would n?v to them, hat tiie bthdiittsx shall bi: continue'! nn hereto it-, o;i my uvvn account; uii i th-ir iuieiest iu * iy hand* shall ut all tiinert he- I'ul v protected. Libirjl \Jvnnce* malleoli Cotton in More. 'otiiiuirHion fur heil-ng IJut.Ou, 115 ccuts per Jalc. btOtil.ii! at ;oh:<hihi ?* Cll AKI.ES IIAMMOND. Hamburg, July 14tn, Ib-.ti. list Sheriff's Sale. aY virtue of sundry Writ* of Fi?*ra Facia* in directed, f will sell at Ahhrvill* 'milt House, on the tiiat Monday and Tu sday ii August next, xvitliiii the legal hours of i>ale, ih*'.'iillowiug propoity, to wit: Aor>*b of Lund, more or leas, hounded by :)r. Win. Teniiaut, Miij. A Burt and olhi-rs, n* he property of d. L. Deveaua:, ad*. J no. T. Good\ in and utiieis. 1*20 Arres, more or I?m, hounded by J. W. r'oodlie. Patrick Hetfi-riinn and others, as the roperty of B.ill Sunders, add Dau'I Rudd. Hit Keren, more or Ickh, bounded by Peter (iuillebctu, J. P. Graves mid Oilier*, an tile property of If. E. Giberi, uds. J. W. Lesley, Kx'or, Hid ntheis. 801 Acu-8, more or loss, bounded by Tho?. i'< ttigru, ft>Hiidi-rs Waiker ami others, as the properly of Eilw'd Jones, ads. liritt & Cowan an I (iihers. A'so, at Greenwood on Tuesday after Sale* das, I Cow ami full", 2 Heifers, I >uw mill Pig*. J 'i'ahles, 10 Chairs, I Clork, I Looking Glass. I (Jiothen rie6n, I Clipboard, 1 Siife, &c . as the iroperiy of J no. Logue, uds. (J ilt'ord Waller and others. TERMS CASH. T R. COCHR AN, 9. A. D. Sheriff's Office, July 14, 13-isd * BONNET RIBBONS, PLAIN ami Fuin'V Eiig?- ROUOIICS, French FLOWERS, tbc., suitable lor Trimming liounete, at CHAMBERS Sl MARSHALL'S. May 7. 3 tf CANDIDATES. FOK TIIE SENATE. Sir The nuineroua friendx of the Hon. J. F. MARSHALL, hemi; entirely satisfied wilh bis past course in the Scunte, niniouitoo him again ua h Candidate for re-election. The friends of Dr. JOHN W. HEARST respectfully announce him a Candidate for Sen* * aior, lit the ensuing election. FoniitB iiousb or uepicebicntativks. KTThe friends of M*j. R A. GRIFFIN Hopeotfally announce hiin a Candidate for tha* legislature al the ensuing election. The friends of THOS THOMSON, Esq., Hiiunuuce him a Candidate for re-election to the Legislature. y ' t3T The friends of Qen. S. McGOWAH a*, nouuce him a Candidate for re-eleotion to th? Lst/inlhture. r t^*The friends of JAMES A. NORWOOD, Esq., respectfully announce hirn a Candidate to represent ibis District in theensuio^ LegisUtare. . 1ST The friends of EDWARD NOBLE, Ee*., announce liim as a Candidate fur reelection to the Legislature at the ensuing election.;1 ? ^ , Ml . ^ ^ ^ The fWend* of Hi A. JONES, r?> pecifally announce" hira u? * Candid*:* for th? Legislature at ihe rntuiug election. "fJTTlwfrlcrtd ?r J~K; folly auBoxinOP him ? a Candidate fo~r3^.'Ltg? ielatote at the ?o?uiog HreOon. A. M. ^