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f MALIGNING THE SOUTH V, o i>n?l the subjoined rcportol' a speech IVoln Alison lWirlingame in the </inriiir>:tt.i | *t!a:'.rlt??. lie slanders the South, aTid iiis sympathising audience vociferously cntiorc: At r. quarter before nine Mr. ^Jurlingame, Was introduced t<> (lie audlcttce. lie was gree'ed wit Ii the wildest applause. lid thanked llie andieivc for their llat. ^ Ming reccp?:-V.. IrtVt Ihvy know well it was I ' "no personal triiunph?no tribute to nie as ' a man, but a gush of enthusiasm for thai --Y grfcat cause and those great principles which should survive when all men are in v \ f f!)ie dust. We have assembled here because tl*e meanest tyranny that ever trod on the necks of men in all the ages of the world has taken possession of tlie (Government, ' - - . and because you desire to bring back the Oovermuotit nearer to the nuritv and nor nr'feetion with which it came from the hands of our fathers. He then stated the origin of negro slavery?of its introduction hero, and of the intentions of the framers of our Government with regard to it. Madison would not consent to taint the Constitution with the word "slave;" through that ac-j oident by which it had a representation, it ; ' tacanic a political power, and fell into the hands of the few?into those of 85,000 I voters. i rJ'ho very same year the Pilgrims lauded : at Plymouth, the first slaves were imported i 'rtito Virginia, and the two systems, freedom and -slavery, have traveled* westward, ex- ; tending themselves ever since. lie then rontrasted most eloquently the progress of, j freedom towards the setting sun?of the . intelligence, and improvement, and enter- ! prise that had followed in its path, and of | lllP. f otiil uM-nf/Oimlnncc InfY l>v ? slavery in its blackening course. Fisher [ j\jpes had said that it seemed as if liberty j .^Avas always followed by an assassin, and the j assassin lierc was slavery. ai The North had furnished no little power i fo sustain slavery. She had sent South \ ^ )>?ddlcrs of clocks and peddlers of principles. ^She furnished the brain fMarcy and Oush 'f in the present cabinet that was strikVlown the lives and liberties of our citi- j is in Kansas, but notwithstanding all the cessions the South is continually receiv- j lg from the North, yet while the North is i rowing richer and richer, the South is growing poorer and poorer. ' The South is now as poor as a half it?the fences of old Virginia are "> flown, her church steps wero over-, ii moss, her school houses withmvs or chimneys, and her fields cn as tired land grown over with and the thistle. ado no. books?thorn were iioro dished in the Old Kaueuil Hull ifr. 15.'s district] than in all the i ! together. [withstanding the poverty of the ' . Breeken ridge?a clergyman? f those political clergyman who ..! in secular matters?nh, no? j ?preaching not peace but horri- j y war, had threatened that the j 1 ild hurl upon the North a million i rt vi < i <_>iiroiiiin, wun an nor ooasting, - 2on able during the war [let alone | the British] to defend herself , v ... own tories, and was, throughout ' :i constant fear of her slaves. j I, in the lasi war, had been too . > attack tho North?she sought j vulnerable points in the country ; j , r:.j 3d the land of the chivalry?she j "v e CapTtol of the Nation?through J V * : ? ' !icrn land of demigods ; an<l what : . chivalry do when the British . Vhy tlioy ran?[laucrhter]?ran, ; 'vt-.-i i ley saiO they were afraid their ne- ; y :ld rise behind them. V. the South could'nt raise an army | . \ t would supply any respectable . >f troops for six weeks?their - ;operty had legs?it was running ' ; Suppose '.hey were engaged in v. ow much money could they raise . . ?port in the markets of the world r ; -v_ . ave slock ? -'.nd then their sol- i : ' 5 million of imn that Brecken- ! i '.r atened us with?'vhere were they | ' * c?.. from and what kin I of men were i; . }iey had Generals and Colonels', jv ( ' for everv man ifi the Snnili u-ns i ; , ; ' oilier?but suppose tliey sliould ' ir men?the sfuid-hillers and of South Carolina, and try to : n lino?for many of them did'nt L.. a straight line was?what would ?those stupid men, [made stupid ; : oui of slavery,J against the men '-rth? Even in physical co"^:iC'L 'n l|?tdecided the 1-;^ ' j ' ' i.l,e !50Ul'i co11'^ V.ut manufacture a pistol w? 1/* "Imr1 , , . . ,|T| 1 ipjr* vo in- a knife to stab us. \\ liy even j t v the nullification buttons they wore in South t ! Carolina, tliev bought in Connecticut, f. rA- voice in the crowd cried out, "they j i; - can't make anything but canes."] The Speaker replied to this, that tliov j could not make even canes, for gutta per- j elm was invented by a Yankee in Connec- l ticut, and the canes were manufactured there now. [Laughter and cheers.] j Pfe'V-.* v" The South could not build a fort, j t\r Avpn a limnin willimil lint enmn Northern mechanic to go down there and \\f work among their negroes. They conld make a vessel, " to walk the waters like '"WL- *' a thing of life;" and more than all, they could'nt make the Yankee sailors to man them. [Cheers.] The cannon they had in South Carolina, " . which were to belch forth lire and death on anybody who caino within a thousand / . miles of tlicm [laughter,] were made by '$?, the Yankees. it . These were the men who were threateni^ ' ing te walk up to 3G deg. 30 with their . ? coffins on their backs?a very needful precaution. [Hero the speaker gave a very amosrng account of their coffin exercise.] Ho had spokei* of the weakness of slavery?lie would now speak of its power. The" only power it possessed was political; the oyuper of live slaves had four votes.? True, t?e did tyob cast them himself?it k': would be far hotter if he did, for it was ovver. ? : * lie: thenjwoke.of the miserable condif/^|^^mM^d^iK>n-allavoboldors iiv the slave ;??Sti^P^ij60ne of them were ever elevated "v wefeao oppressed and det* **"' ^ tli^;;s*|sftW slave looked with '* # . v aoftiem^t.'xw^i tlre.poorwbitetrash that V thi#. ??s a mistake; muster?slaveholders governed % 3L V tlred^R^xftiet,uopityisg and unyielding .f\/\ paster, that ground tbenv to the very dust, their condition pitiable even to jQt^.fiien ?poke pf. Massachusetts and- her ^/v?n on/1 Allit/1in/tf M f]i t% i-laaf a?v11 v f ivmiA. i', v^dfr,';;' r, ?WUi| ftUVI cuauvgaug jyvr v?w mw?hmerit Ufa n&blejJL of j&etn, had received ^ ^ from. nanper, WebBtor, ,\.sk<.>s " \\lnnj was the v.in c?t* llnj < i??vc? l> iUK'ul appointed to ^r.aVnntr; to evory man protection to life, liberty fir:d property?" | Alter paving a high compliment to Tim. C. Day, li'i proceeded to speak of the great tpicstion now in isswp. OKI issues were : a*?c1 tlfo o'ftiy iptestton now before the pi*<.j?io, w:i> whether a noble laml?larger | than the entire. aivaof the Kreo States, and watered by tiro noblest rivers in the world j ?should be the Imritago of freedom or ! ujiven over to the curse, of ?d:ivi-iA? He couM not sjM'itk of Ihichanan person| ally, because l??i had abdicated his personali ily. lie was uot .lames Ihichatiau, but the I Cincinnati Platform?a l'latlbrm that referred to all that was good in the past ami I adopted all that was had in the present, and which reflected a lasting disgrace on ! Cincinnati, by connecting her name with it as a prefix. i The jiolitical history of l?nchanan re' minded him of an anucdote of an old rcv; olutionary soldier which the people of a j country village onco made a great fuss over. ; After marching him through the streets, with the music of life and dnlm, and feasting and treating him, they asked him what battle in the Revolution lie had fought in. He replird that he had fought on the side of the British at York'owu. This damped the ardor of their ieitrio?isin ?mil iln.v tnn? <juictly dispersed and left him alone. Sj it was with our 1 V'inocralic friends? they came here with (heir Keystone band ?boating the drum through the streets to nominate a Democrat, but went home and found that they had nominated a Federalist, a thing of all others that (he Democrats hate. [Cheers and laughter.] Buchanan, besides being an old Federalist, was an old bachelor. (A voice, " Nobody would have him."] Ileally, ftaid the speaker, this ir, one of the best audiences I ever addressed. It can make better speeches | all the time than I can. Buchanan had no | right to disobey the Bible injunction?there ' must be something wrong about it.? (Laughter.) What had he done toward tilling up this great Western valley with freemen! Fremont had lihieed (lie nf mir I ~ ' v"* w?. I country nearer Ileavcn tlnm aliy othe r man, j Inil. nol !??glier thin: Ms own fame, ami not \ half so high as it was vol destined to go. i lie was a man yon could not buy, nor sell, J nor scare. (Applause.) lie had a back- j bone running all the way ?lown. (Cheers.) : There was a touch of < ?l?l Hickory in him ; ; ami when he was 1 'ivsidi-ut (as lie surely would be) let South Carolina nullify if she dare! There would then be use of Southern hemp, for we didn't mean to let anybody dissolve this Union (tremendous applause,-) but meant to subiut/ale all men to i Freedom. (Applause.) !!< then appealed to the different polit- i ical p.irtk-*\ 1st. 'Jo tile O'f the G'ld I*i~CO Poil i (. uard, to lake tin; tlag of our country as ! the clansmen of old seized the cross of tire in Soothnd. Next, to the men of the old Whig school?the friends of Webster, now in his grave by the sounding sea he loved so well ?to those who- hail been accustomed to listen to the rich voice of the gallant lleniy Clay?to the Democracy, the lion hearted, the followers of Andrew Jackson, Silas Wright and llobert Kantoul?they who did not like to see Jackson's old friend, Francis I', lllair, driven from his home because he loved freedom. To that Democracy that always boasted that its great arm of labor was bigger than a Whig's waist?the Democracy who had always professed to love liberty?to come one and all to its rescue now?to unite all as brethren to sustain freedom in its hour of peril. Mr. liurlingame spoke a little over an hour and a half, and was listened to with the deepest interest and frequently interrupted l>y irrepressible bursts of applause. CONGRESSIONAL. "Washington, August 1G, 185G. Tlie Senate, last night, passed the Civil Appropriation Hill, including another amendment of ,000,000 for the dome of the capitol. They also passed the bill compensating members of Congress, as amended by the House. "Washington, August 10, 1S56. The Senate passed the House bill ex{eiulinsj the time of payment of Texas claims GO days. The hill for the settlement of the claims of Revolutionary officer*, their widows and orphans, was postponed till December. The Post Ollicc bill was amended. \>y a provision for a half monthly overland mail to California. The bill regulating the Diplomatic and Consular system passed. Tl. - 1 ?n < -1 - * me in?lis iur me improvement of tiio l-)es Moines and l'atapsco rivers were passed over the President's vetoes. The Senate refused to recede from the Kansas amendment to the Legislative bill, and afterwards struck out the appropriation for the next Kansas Legislature. The House passed the Ocean Mail Appropriation hill with a proviso terminating the compensation to the Collins line. The bill grarrttng land to the crews of the privateers in tho war of 1812 was passed. I The bill to protect U. S. citizens in the 1 discovery of Guano Islands passed. The bill for tho improvement of i>es Moines river passed over the veto. The House receded from its amendments ! to the Legislative bill, except the clause apj propriating $20,000 for the next Kansas Legislature. Washington, Augrtst 17, 1850. i Congress remained in session tHl 4 1-2 1 o'clock this morning. The Senate passed the Ocean Mail ap| propriation bill, with the lIou*e amendI mont, terminating compensation to tbe 1 Collins Line. The treaties with the Creeks and Semi1' noles were ratified, involving an appropriation of over $1,000,000. Tho IIouso insisted upon its Kansas ! amendment to the Army J'ill. Heveral appropriation IJills arc yet ponding. Jforrihh Outraye.?The New York papers give accounts of a most horrible outrage committed in the streets of that eity some ten days ago. A young Irish woman was arrested by a band of villains, near the Ito?evelt Ferry, who held her and1 forced' a v?al of poison down her throat. She was tafc&if to the station house and died in the coarse of a "ftw hours. The murderers, after committing the-cfeedi disappeared in a neighboring cellar. ~,i .? Valuable .Stave P^oi>erty.-r~X\. ia- stated that the value, of slave property at the South m not l?a tliwn two thousand million? of doll&rs, a sum eqitfl to one-fourth tin value of afFtke othef property in the Unified State?r as stqpwn by the Jast census.? Uo tbe abolitionist* axpifct^io, anuihilatt this amount of pro^fy MYfjpDjit rcois Stance? r \ I S " * * - ,y <?' "1 v +d.K:'m*?,_ r-: .xmiu . ABBEyiLLE B A NNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS, EDITOR. THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 21,1856. ! The letter of our correspondent, " Joyck Ann," lifts been received, and shall appear in our next issue. Tho Editor phVper of tho Jiunncr has onco more returned to his post, after having traveled over half tho Union. lie has been amid tho stirring scenes of tho " far, smiling West," and being full of sight-seeing and adventure, we trust will give us at least j an oulliiic ot ins extended tour. FUNERAL. We are requested to state that the Ilev. Mr. Dcuant will preach tho funeral of Mrs. Aforsri's Lomax on Sunday tho 7th of i September, in tho Methodist Church of this 1 Village. j THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. liisliop Davis will visit Litis Church 011 tiic 2'Jth of this month, and preach and administer tho rite of Confirmation on Sun- ' day 01st. The community generally aro 1 invited to attend. Seals free. Ceil. S. M. Wilkks, of Anderson, has j resigned liis commission as Brigadier General 1st Brigade Cavalry. We learn that | j Capt. Pkkhvman, of this District, is a can- ^ didate to fill the vacancy. Success to the j Captain. I AYc are gratified to learn from the Charleston papers, that the reported prevalence of Yellow Fever in that city has been ' greatly exaggerated, ami that it has almost ' entirely subsided. ( ambrotypes. j "We would call the attention of the publie to the Card of M. II. Deai.h, published in another eoluiuu. Having fitted out an ^ elegant Car, and being supplied with the j t best of materials, he will bo ready in a few j ( days to take Likenesses for any person de- : , siring them, in the finest style of the art. i j storm in new orleans In another column of this paper will l>c seen the particulars of the late storrn in New Orleans, which has been exceedingly ) destructive to life and property. The losses l>y damages to the cottun and sugar crops, is said to be incalculable. The storm, it , seems, extended high up the Mississippi j I river, and fourteen inches of water fell in : ' three days. MIL BURLING AME. In another column will be found a syti- opsis of the speech recently delivered by J this beautiful specimen of Massachusetts 1 chivalry, at Dayton, Ohio, to an Abolition * mass meeting. It is said to have been a ' rich afl'nir, and lias added fresh laurels to c the Xiajura hero's brow. c SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW. The August innmbcr of this superb publication has been received, and although we have had time to take only a glance at t its contents we do not hesitate to pro- 1 nouncc it a literary treat. The Southern s Quarterly occupies the front rank of bubli- I cations of this kind in this, and we may > say, in any other country, and should be liberally patronised. The articles are al- y ways cnnracieriseu with marked ability* j and tliere is everything about it to recoin- ( mend it to public favor, and especially to t Southerners, as it is a Southern pitblica- ( tion. ADJOURNMENT. c Congress, after a session of near ten i months, adjourned on Monday last.? Months have thus been frittered away, we may almost say, in idle disputations and wrangling at an expense to the Govern- ^ incut of thousands of dollars. "When we ^ v.i'o inunsures acted upon, we are 1 at a loss to find anything that has been done of practical utility to the country. ] The large appropriations made for purposes t of internal improvements, will characterise j the session as one prodigal of expenditures if nothing else, and precludo any probability of a modification of the Tariff, at least J for somo time to come. Thus the South, t and wo may say injured South, is continually doomed to bear her share of the burdens of govefnfrient, whilst slref is allowed ^ to oniov but few of its privileges. 1 _ < . . m " ME. FTLLMOREAND^nS PROSPECTS. j It seems to be the opinion of the knowj ing ones now, that Mr. Fillmoke will not 1 he able to procure the vote of a single 1 Southern State. Almost every paper that reaches us, contains accounts of the falling off of friends and admirers who were once loud in his praise, and whilst, tome have gone over to the Black Republican f>afty and candidate, many staunch Whigs have declared tltemselves for liuciiAKAN. The probability now is, that the contest will be alone between Uuciunas and Fremont, and in such an event, the election of the floTmer we think will bo ccrlain. The fiev. A. Crruucn, D. IX, lias tendered liis resignation of the Presidency of the University of Georgia to thfe Tru&tees, to take effcct the first of January next. For nearly forty years, this gentleirtnn* has been connected with that College as Professor or President, and discharged1 his dnties with marked ability. ^ Abolition Documents at the South.?? . -y ' John Duberry has been arrested at Columbus, Miss., for circulating the Bpoccjfraiof ' Senators Sumner and-Seward among ftfcfcyes. 'flie punishment on'conviction' | in the penitentiary. % -. rri.. wi e.u /ILi" ?'t.? XUU l'/lg?UUIU i'lHVCTiMfT N^a lOM,pU|: \V11V. Gregg, of Kalmia, fidgcfl'elcf XAqitifyf ( has realized this year very n , sand dollars from sales in hills of that District. ' * . conferred Oie degree of D. Tjjos. h. of ERSKINE COLLEGE. The Commencement Exercises ot this College came oil in lino style on Wednesday tho 13th inst., and was attended by the ' largest concourse of people wo have ever , c seen there upon a similar occasion. Ten ^ addresses were delivered by the young men , of the graduating class, all of whom ac- t quitted themselves handsomely. Decidedly -I the best of these speeches, however, was [ that of J. II. Peoples, of N. C., the Vale- J dictory ; it was chaste, appropriate, and ex- J ceedingly touching, and impressed all who c heard it with his merited tributo to those 1 who had watched over and guided himself 1 a and comrades in their college career. The closing speech of the day Vvas deliv- ; ercd by the Hon. Jah. L. Petiqiu:-, which a we could not hear from the position we oc- v cupicd ; wc have heard it, however, spoken j of in the highest terms of commendation, n and have no doubt it was worthy the inau 1 and the occasion. ? The address delivered before the Alumni Association, by the Rev. A. II. Lester, was ^ decidedly an able effort, and marks him c out as one of Erskinc's most gifted sons.? t A.s the two last mentioned aildresr.es will 11 ln> ?v? /luiim . I in relation to them unnecessary. t We arc gratified to learn tlmt this College is in a more flourishing condition now ihan it has ever been ; long may it continue :o flourish and send forth its healthful in- s iluenccs upon society. Jiepublican Paler res.?It is said that thero tro at least a dozen private residences in N'ew York city, recently erected, which 1 :ost from ?100,000 to ?150,000 each, rival- ^ ing in magnificence the royal palaces of Europe, ami inferior only in point of mag- fj lituric. The most elegant dwelling in the I :ity is reported to have cost about ?250,- v )00. In a residence that has been fitted c ip in the most gorgeous style, $54,000 was ;.\pemh'd in four or five of the apartments, i single room being fitted up at a cost of rom ?25,000 to ?30,000. e A treaty was signed in Washington on i Thursday, between the Creek Nation of In- v linns and the Secretary of the Interior.? li ... i L lie tormer received a million ot dollars for 11 MaLuma hmd claims, $200,000 of vhich are to be applied to Agricultural pur- fi loses, and the balance to be divided per :apita among the tribe. The delegation vere to have left on Friday for the West. Water is getting frightfully scarce in (1 S'ew York. Ou Saturday tho Crolon i< \quediict Board sent in a coininunicatiou fi o the Commissioners of Health, informing hat body that the Croton water must not ? >e used to clean the streets. No water has .1 Tossed the Croton dam for a period of nine j 0 lays, they ray, and what is more, the water 1 g n the dam itself is falling at the rate of an ' nch and a half a day? One thousand baskets of ['caches were , ?'1 hipped from Norfolk by one of the New ^ - 1- -4 ..I i oi k steamers. jiariy apples are also j hipped to Baltimore. The sweet potato | r, radfc will commence shortly?a few bar-' ft els having already been sold at $0. ^ The present summer has proved hitherto rery unfavorable to the crops in parts of the tussian Empire, by the continual rainy and sliilly sLale of the weather, and especially ^ >tl account of the many desolating storms v )f thunder, hail and rain. h Newark, X. J., contains now fifty-eight ?j listinct church organizations, or one to h svery thousand inhabitants, and therefore a tinv instlv bf.stvh'd " llift Oilv of ClnirrliM." tl V The Frlciul of India estimates the num- a jcr of converts to Christianity li at probn- ? ?ly one hundred thousand ill India, nud p wenty thousand more in Ceylon." By recent intelligence from Oregon, we earn that the Indians have been routed and c lufeated on all sidus, and driven to their e eserves, and that the war is closed. 1< There is a firm in Cincinnati which cui- a )loys a capital of ten thousand dollars in ^ .he rather singular business of preparing t lausnge skins for European markets. t * 8 I). B. Orooin, Esq.-, of Clarke county. , Ivy.,- sold a few days ago,- one hundred and t nine head of two years old mules at $175 1 jach. J The Frontier (Texas) Patriot says wheat a is selling in that (Lamar) county at fifty c uents per bushel. j THE 8UQAB CROP. r A sugar planter of Louisiana writes to j the New Orleans Crescent as follows in re- s lation to the sugar crop : f it is assumed that the crop of sugar made ( in the United States in 185fl will nnt. av ceed 100,000,000 of pounds. Owing to the diseased condition of the sugar cane of Louisiana, the crop has fallen from near 500,000,000 in' 1853 to 250,000,000 m 1855, and no well-i ft formed pereoTr can think the crop of 1850 will go over tire estimate of 100,000,000. The diseased5 state of flie caite for several years past, and the very long, cold and wet winter, has eradicated the rattobn cane. There was so Very little rattoon caYi6 made in I85<Mn Louisiana aS to Make it titinecossary to take it into consideration in an estimate of the quantity of cane necessary " to mat",for planting in 1857. Man/ tfill be cymp^lled to put in mat all of their C'topfe of HJB6. FevV or none Will make as rtrttoh srftfhr as in 18#6'atitf nftie-tehths $annot rttake the one-half of what they :tMufo in 1855*. These are facts patent to ijM :Whfl am infftMriAlt ltnnn nkattAH ;?/??!??. .HivriUVU MyVM UIAM?I9 (QinVIU^ tif *|igflr in Louisiana. quite ? common practice to ov?rjvgfyt thepfodnct of augar in the United States. It wijfr be v?ry difficult (or any one ?> tifederrato it in1, 18561, : H di ttm cane tffcw growing was saved for planting in .1857, the orpp of that year would tfot jli^nbt.to the product of rtf$?*. ffljgl) prto^tethJ tb ditaidiih coti?uinptten;"Th8 eapeoity.?to -toubfti***Mi *> gpeatj owing to theprosj^n^. o| ***** DISASTROUS INUNDATIONS IN LOUISIANA. New Oklkans, August 1-1. A viulcnt rain and wind storm comnenced on Saturday night and continued >n Sunday, doing immense damage. The treets of this city have been Hooded every e\v hours during the last few days. The vind ceased 011 Monday, but the rain coninues to fail witli little intermission.? flic waters of Lake Pontchartraiu have >een blown back, submerging the farms in he vicinity and the Jackson ltnil Itnml fo? nany miles. The destruction of property las been immense?indeed tlio loss is in:alculable. Yesterday evening a report cached the city that Last Island?a suinner resort?had been engulfed, completely ubmerged, all the buildings thereon swepl iway and 137 lives lost. The steamboat SVur, a small packet, had been blown ishore 400 yards from the Hotel and vrecked, and it was reported that 250 perons were clinging to her. A steamboat las been despatched from this city to the issistance of those on the Island. It is loped that tlio rumors have been cxnggeritod, but they bear the impress of truth, tnd it is feared that they are too true. The aland is mostly frequented by wealthy .? a A -- ?l i " Mimicrs irom me neignuoring 1'anslies, anu ontained a largo Hotel and numerous cotages which arc all gone. The water rose ,t the rate of a foot a initiate, and it is retorted that it is live feet deep all over the sland. Sonic more rain fell in this city his evening. New Orleans, August 13. Accounts from Last Island verify the sad tory of yesterday. It is positively ascerained that 108 persons are lost. It is uared that Grand Caillou Island, another catering place, has shared the same fate. Jorn, cotton ami siigav arc incalculably inured. The Texas steamers Nautilus and 'crsevcranco are several days due. The teamship Texas lias gone in search o( beui. The storm extended far up tho river as iir as heard from. At the Government lospital, Baton Kongo, fourteen inches of rater fell 011 Sunday evening. The weathr is clear this morning. SECOND DESPATCH. Xii\v Oki.kans, August 15. The survivors at Last Island have rcachd the city this morning. They estimate lie loss of life at two hundred and ei</ht>/ivo, already counted. Many of the snrvi01s are wounded, bruised and have broken imbs. The dead bodies have been pluiiered bv a set of nirnli-s wlm inli-il.it tl.n ------ I sland. Tlio Perseverance ami Galveston iave arrived. The Nautilus not heard rom. THIRD DESPATCH. New On leans, August 13. Nothing definite from Caillou Island, but indoubtodly there is great loj=s of life. It > reported that thirty bodies have been ound at one end of tho Island. The loss of property on Last Island is stimated at $100,000. It is supposed that 10,000 in money have been taken from lie pockets of the victims bv the fell hands f the pirates, besides *3,000 iu the bag;ago on the river. The banks caved in at Jayou Sara, carryiiiir awav three residen. cs?no lives lost. Several vessels have been blown ashore t the mouth of I lie Mississippi. The teleTJiph lines have stifle red severely. Tiie 5r. sehuoner Manchester, from Belize, louduras, went ashore sit the South l'oint, . ports >. large lire at Belize a few days bene her departure?loss half a million.? 7'iur lesion Keening News. J'rom the f.'/iar/cxlon M-rrurtj. THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Benton's defeat in Missouri, and the trimph of the Democracy in Arkansas, exas, North Carolina, and Kentucky? hich last was supposed to he the strongold of the American party in the South? ave produced some strange revulsions.? "he Benton Democrats, we are informed, ave dropped their own Electoral ticket, nd united with the anti-Bentonitce, while lie Fillmore party has divided into two ,-ings?the Southern going for Buchanan, nd the Northern for l'Yemont. These latemcnts arc not yet positively verified, ut their truth is very probable. We are Kieuie'.l io our own telegraphic reports for lie former, and to that of the Standard for bo latter. So far as Mr. Fillmore is concerned, this ourse of his friends bat realises what the lections have made apparent?tho hopejssness of his cause in the South as well s the North. The letters of the two Senators from laryland, advising the people of that State _ ...... \t.. ?? f ? - u au|>puii. ini ijiu uiiii.ui, wuiii i;ir 10 e\inguish his hopes, where before thev were anguine and confident. And then this out in Kentucky completely bewildered nil he calculations of his friends, and foretold lis doom in the other Southern States.? >lr. Fillmore's only expectations were in ho South. At the Noith, there wrts not a ingle State upon which a reasonable hope :ould be based; and, therefore, in the face >f the developments at the South, nothng was left but to write the verdict already leclared, and withdraw him from the field, lo remain, would be only to embarrass the ftffccGSs of others, without benefitting himlelf. liegarding Mr. Fillmore,- then, as in act out of the contest?whether withdrawn >r not?it becomes a matter of interest to consider what effect his withdrawal will lave upou the chances of the two compe itors, Buchanan and Fremont. Iu the first place, it is clear that it will lot affect Mr. Buchanan's prospects in the South. . The recent elections show how united the South is in support of the uemocratic nominee, and Iiow idle are tbo efforts of the opposition. Mr. Fillmore's withdrawal, thefore, will only secure to Mr, Buchanan larger majorities" in the South, without in any way affecting the final remit. Mr. Buchanan's strength in the Elec* Loral College, so far as the Scrutlf is c6hBerridtf, will he neither incrased nor diminished by any course Mr. Fillmore's friends may see fit to pursue. But how will it affeot Mr. Buchanan al the North ? This is the point most important to' thd result. With the infinite shades of existing opinions, the force ol merety local interest* and prejudices, the animosities of old party divisions, and the thousand otlief elei^rtfe hiolr mutet entei into the caiotilaiCiori, it is, of cotirae, ironos eible to nrediot with acoflrafev hat will L< the effect at the North of IhO Withdrawn of Mr. JFillnJt)re. Bnt this point,- pre think must be Admitted on all bands nh^it wil bring tO Mr. Buchnnan's support tlie con ?ervalive fooling hithdrto wasted on Mr Finraore^ Bivlaod^twoen Mr Bdfcjjrift! tory to Slack Republicanism.' But ubite< in favor of Mr. Bu<Jhauin,- tafcy^Ul icd -is ... y*' - prove his prospccts, where, Lilt now, they liavo been gloomy. It cannot be supposed that, in a contest between tho Democratic party and Black Republicanism, tlio Northern conservatives will hesitate in their choice. On the other hand, it Is state':! that Mr. Fillmore's Northern friends intend to withdraw him in favor of Fremont. A strange specimen of party faith, wlnfn Mr. Filliiioro has declared that lie "regarded the success of Fremont as the dissolution of tho Union !" lint it does not appear improbable, ...I. ^ d i ?1.i xi_ ir t wucii wo reiiect mat nir. uaveii, a iiiemuer n( tho House from New York, formerly tho law partner, and now the confidential political adviser of Mr. Fillmore, voted with tho Black Republicans in their recent Abolition amendments to the Appropriation bills. Tho withdrawal of Fillmore will, therefore, give to Buchanan the conservative, and to Fremont the Freesoil, portion of his party. It will narrow the contest down to a single issue, between tho Democratic party and Black Republicanism. It will present to the North the simple question?whether the South is her equal in this Confederacy or not. It will league all the elements of lawlessness, fanaticism, and sectional ambition, against tho constitutional rights of the South. And, finally, upon tho issue of " No more slave States," it will dpniiln wliollu-r ic n? ll.?i a party true lo the South, and capable of protecting her against tho aggressions of Abolition?whether, in a word, the South can, consistently with her existence, as u free people, continue in the Union. We agree with the New York Tribune, that the sooner this issue is tried and determined, the better for all parties. Runaway Negro Camp.?On Friday last a runaway negro camp was discovered on an "island" in ]?ig Swamp, situated between ? linden and Kobeson counties. On Satnru. _ lorning a company of twelve or fifteen started out to hunt them, and after starting them from their camp, one of the negroes fired at Mr. David C. Lewis, wounding him, from the effects of which he died on Sunday morning. On Friday a man named Taylor was shot at twice from the same place, but missed. The negroes had cleared a place for a garden, had cows, ?fcc., in the swamp?none arrested. The swamp is about four miles wide, and almost impenetrable.? Wilmington Journal. Cjnmcncal. MAKK1KI), :i( l.owmli-svillc, an ilio l2lb inst, by Itev. Joseph Gibert, Mr. I.. Dixon*, of Columbia, S. (J? and Miss C. II. DcI'rk, of the , former place. try I iiili'iN'Mck nl Press rl>,nse cos?v. * ' j THE AM8R0TYPF ftAR WILL BE OUT IN A FEW DAYS! j M. H. DEALE, Agent, WO I'M) respectfully say l<> tlie Lndies ?n<l ( eutlemcn of Abbeville anil vicinity, that, lie will be ready l>y III') ?7tll to take those beautiful Pictures 011 (.Mass, called iLm"brotypes. These Pictures are the lincst ever produced by light. They urc far superior to the Daguerreotype, both in looks an:l durability; the tone is soft, and they can be seen in any light. Persons wanting Pictures, will please call as j early as possible, as my stay will be short nt this , place. He pledges himself to give satisfaction ! in all cases, or no charge. Pictures taken as j well in cloudy weather as clear. Opcruting j hours from 8 until '2 o'clock. ; 1'. S.?I.udies will find that dark dresses will [ add much to the beauty of the Picture. August 1855. 18 tf IVCedLical Card.. DR. A. P. BOOZER, HAYING- permanently locnted at the residence of A. H. MORTON, for the purpose of prosecuting the business of his profession, asks a share of patronage. Address?Smithville, Abbeville District, S>. C. j\ iii^um su, lo.jn. IS -It | (&OTIM(UIATS, &G. AT AUCTION! Ai Abbeville Court House, next Sale-Day, September 1, 1850. BARGAINS may be expcctedin Fine Black BROADCLOTH DRESS COATS, Hut-, Vents, .Money Belts, tkc. T. It. COCIIRAN, Agent. August 20. 18 tad O* Independent Press copy. LANDFOR SALE. WILL be sold to ihe highest bidder on SaleDay in October, unless previously disposed of, my Tract of LAND, 9 miles from the Village of Abbeville, and situated on the road leading from that plaec to Cambridge, containing 1 178 Acres. This Land is well improved and in good repair, uud supplied with most excellent water. Persons 1 wishing such Laud, would do well to i;ive me a \ cm i. J AS. T. MART IX. August 15, I85G. 18 tds ~ WAGONS FOR SALE. f"|"MlE Subscriber will have Wag- RSJ. JL Otis put up?Four, Two anilw3py^One-hors? Wngoys, with Iron Axle-^2__SLtrees if required?aii'ii soil them nt first cost. The wood work is well put up And well irofi'ed. Any person wishing to purchase, can lmvc Wug-. ous at short notice. I have on haiul several ready finished?one Four-horse, light, three Twohorse, and two One-horse Wagons on hand. 1 live five miles south of Greenville Court House. WILLISS BENSON. August 20, 1856. IB 14 Estate of Thou. P. Dowtin, ded'd. NOTICE ia hereby given L> all whom it may concern, that there will be a Settlement of the Personal Estate of Thomas P. DoWtin, dee'd, in the Ordinary's Office of this District; I at Abbeville Court House, on 'Jlturtday the 20th , day of November next. All persons having demands against said Estate, will present them properly attested, and those indebted to the Estate are requested to i make payment to the undersigned on or before i the <ft?y of Settlement. M. O. McCASkAN; Executor, AMELIA DOWTIN. Executrix. > Abbeville C. II., A'tig/ 19, f85e.; f8-3m! MONEY WANTED. fT ftOSE perstfas who are indebted to t!he EhX tate of John Donnald, deceased, nVe hereby notified that payment mnnt.be mqde Id the. subscriber belbre " Return Day" of October Court T^e Estato mast be settled up soon, and before this can be done, collectiorts.from throe indebted to it mult be made. lie desires all those who may htrfe <f&man<3i to' present them for payment ... And as surviving partner of the deceased, he gives notice of the necessity of the parent of 11 debts due to J. * 8. DONNALD; aa this is* reatsile before the Estate Can be settled. SAM*L ?*)NNALD, Ex'or. Angnt 19'185&- 18 -8t or Press dopy X times. , White Load" ~ 10,000 lu. rure;?am r do: *. AIbC V P*inU, OU* Dye Sioffs, Ac., 4?., 4*. ? ' "J ' 1 ^ome olk AtCbUKTS on hand, by g Aajf-13?17?tf-3 Ih'8. KERB: WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BffiAaE^sSSV^lLlCri AT Til Kilt OLI> STAND, JACKSON STREET, NEAR GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, OA. rI~MIR Copartnership of JilCALL At, STOVALl) having expired by ita own limitation, tii tho Grocery Business, they would iiilornt tiio public tiiat tlicy have renewed the Copartnership] und intend conducting tho WAR KILO USE ninl COMMISSION 15US1NESS alone, and solicit a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore extended to them. 'i'lieir undivided attention will be devoted to the interests of their patrons. FAMILY SUPI'LIES, and tl:c usual facilities will he afforded to customers. .. ; Commissions will be such as are customary ill the city. W.M. M. BEAM.. J. \V. Ij. STOVALL. Augusta, Aug. 20, I8.10. IS Gm T7" a X xx alDlo LAND FOR SALE. MI W1I.I, S.-I1 on RALE-DAY ?cx<. AjjWj. to tho highest my Tract t'fSJU', LANI), situated on tlio waters of Ciillioun'a Creek, containing 7 O O A c r os , n Inrgc portion of which is still in woods. The BOTTOM I.AN PS of litis trart is very produc| tive, and I lie present crop is a tine one, although the drouth has been :evere. I "pan this tract is In eoininodious nnd comfortable DWKLLIXG; I with all the necessary Out-buildings, in (rood re pair. This Land is convenient to the Village of Abbeville, being only three miles distant from it. 1 will sell it upon a credit of one, two mid tlirco years, with interest from date?also, will roquiru h mortgHgo or security, to secure the purchase j money. i Any person wishing to examine this tract, can do so at iuiv time between this and the dav of sale. " \VM. BAKU. August 13, 1850. 17 ."it LAND FOR SALE. M TUK subscriber offers for sale his 1'LANTATIOX, lying on 'i wentv-Mill : mrec iUilft I'ri'ck, four miles iruuth-cael of I'cii: die ton, ten miles north of Anderson, mul two milus from the line of the Blue Itidge Railroad. | Said Lund contains 412 AC1TC3, near luu of ' which is Good Bottom Land, and Two Hundred Acres of good \V<)()1> LAND, j I'poll the place is ;i jjooil Two-story DWRLLIN(i IlOl'SK, with ill neccssary Uut-hiiiliJingM. I There .'ire : Sovoral Fixio Springs | upon the Trucl, affording ail abundant supply 1 of delicious wafer. ! Any person desiring to purelinsc, would ?lo j well to give him n cull, as he is determined to I sell. For terms, Arc., npply to Mr. Thomas linmi ilton upon the premises, or to tIn? undersigned nt his residence, one and :i half miles from tho place, J. I). BLACK. August 13, lS."iti. 17 4t Martole ^ard.! WJJERSONS in want of anything in tlic " BCARTIT .K XjISTE, can lie uccoimuodnted by eallinir on die subscribers, at ABBEVILLE COURT HOUSE. They will be found on Washington Street, iit the house formerly occupied by W. M. llngheyLEAVE!.L 4t CHALMERS." July 30, 18."<o. 13 tf 3j" Independent Press copy .'I months. DRS. BLANDING & ROBERTS, Surgeon Dentists, COI.BJilIBIA, S. V. Dll. O. M. ROBERTS will be at Abbeville C. II. nliont the 12th of August, lo oiler his services to those who may nccl Dental operations. Persons wishing to employ him, are requested to make early application. August it, 185(i. 1 f* tf s i 11 x? a oIp AT COST! E nre now offering our entire STOCK Tl Ol-' (iOOUS ut' COST FOR CASH! Ami to prompt customers on n ereilil to the- first of January next, ?t a small advance on Cost We have a great many very desirable (?OOI>S on liaml, ami we would nay to our friends, come in ami buy before lliey ure all gone. VV1KII ?t JlILLEIt/ August?, 18r?c. ](i t? Fresh Lard, 1/^n A LBS. which is otferetl at small figures,' ,UUU by 11. S. KEKU. Aug. 13. 17 tf Feter and Ayuc?Certain Cure.?Xo more nee for Tonic mixtures, Quinine, Fowlor's Solution, Arsenic, Mercury, or unv of the villainous or liniiKmili-i roiiiiintin.l-j wliii-li <mlir paI;.>vub disease to implant another more deadly, and which sends its unhappy victims finally, with a wrecked and broken constitution, to an early gruvc. Try Caitor's Spanish Mixture, which contains none of these dangerous drugs, hut euros by acting wpecifically on the Liver, purifying the blood and *t:engt honing the sjstem, thus enabling nature to recuperate its exhausted energies by opening the pores of the skin, and expelling from the body all impurities and old medicines, which clog and retard its freo operation. More than one thousand persons have l>ecn cured by Carter's Spnuitdi Mixture, after everything elso had signally failed. As a sample of its remarkable clfects, Messrs. Davis &, Hicks, of Autaugifrille, Ala., writes us that it cured a gentleman 01 I'lironic revcr ana Ague, wincii an me eitorta of physicians and their remedies, could not nubduo. He only took three bottles. They say it nells very mpidly, and maintains its high reputation all through the country. [August No Wonder He teas Thankful. ? Bead and Jud'/e for Yourselves?Roche-tor, October 19, 1852.?Mess re. Fleming Brto.?Gentlemen: Having experienced the beneficial effects of Dr. M'Lane'e Celebrated Liver Tills, prepared l?y 3*011, I take great pleasure in recomfneuding them to the public. I feel warranted in saying that they are a certain cure lor liver complaint* and- all bilious diseases, uo mutter how difficult or long" v standing. 1 myself was ufilieied with tliia* dreadful disease for over two years, uud oh! how thankful I dm that I heard of these Pills. T purcfins6(. 6f one of j'our agents three boxes, anct" before I had finished the third box, was com-' pletely cared. I verily believe, but for DrV M'Lane's Liver rills, 1 should have now been in' my grave ; but as it is, I ain now enjoying th6 best of health, and Btund u living witness of the efficiency of Dr. M'Lane's Liver Pills. Besides recovering my health, I consider that I have saved iu pocket some two or three hundred dol>> lore physician's fees. > This testim&ny I give you with the gre.itetf* pleasure, and hope it may do something to ward* making these invaluable Pill? known to ali"*hb' are suffering *vith liver complaint. WILLIAM HISS,. ' I rravNerin W(*tert Wew. yofk. I MB" PurobaMi* w jllbe carefal to aafc for If*. ATLanet Cd?br<U?d m*nnfaotuMd 4rog ?tore?. None "^Sold by WXrdlaw Si Lyon, Afcboiritt* tPm, a C., abd by one Agei\t iu cv?ry towir lo.iJro 3o?tb. ' 4 -J * *