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LNTBBESTIlfc} CORILESPONDKNCE. New Yomc, Sept. 0, 1850/ JZllwcxxl Fither, JSsf-: Dear Sir?If I understood aright, you asserted, n few eventing* since, in the course of \ conversation or discussion between us, that if Fremont was elected President of the t}?Jted States, ho could not and would not he inaugurated ; and that, beexuse the South would, by violence, prevent such inauguration. May I ask the expression of your views on this point at more extent ? If you do not object, I will give them some publicity, inasmuch as it is manifest that such an opinion deliberately entertained and well founded, may serve as a warning 'to many who now propose to voto for Fremont, ami to others, :..l. t... a r... >1.. _r i. .. Amu, uut iui uiu ?uin;i|Niuvu ui bucii ?i 'course 011 the part of tlie South, might hereafter conclude to vote for him. Very respectfully yours, Geo. J. (Johnki.l. I'kiith Amuov, Sept. 10, 1850. George J. Cornell, E'sq.?Dear Sir: I duly received your letter of t he 0th instnnt, referring to a conversation that occurred a lew evenings previously between us, in which I expressed a doubt whether Mr. Fremont, if elected, would bo inaugurated President of tho United States, and asking an expression, at more length, of my views on that subject. 1 havo delayed a reply until now, as well from pressing engagements as from an unwillingness to assume to ppe-ik for the South, which I am not authorized to do. Hut as you suggested, 1 tliinlc rather ironically, that such an opinion deliberately i in* /alv.iold t\C /irk terring some from voting for Fremont who aro now disposed to do so, I now respond to the taunt, not in the spirit in which 1 suppose it was made, but in tlio hope, which I admit is not sanguine, that something may yet be done to dispel the delusion that threatens to overspread the Northern States. The purpose for which it is proposed to elect Fremont, is to prevent the extension of slavery, to exclude the South from any occupancy of the common territory of the Union, and to appropriate that territory exclusively in future to Northern institutions. Such an avowal, so unjust and so monstrous, could, of course, excite nothing Out xtsoiiishment and indignation in the section then to be dispoiled, particularly when the fate of the same proposition on two previous occasions u remembered. Jn 1820 the aimo,attempt was made by the North, in resisting the reception of Missouri as a slave State, which, after producing an agitation that shook the Union to its foundation, was settled by the retreat of the North, and the division between the two sections of the J i...i.i I.., ti... i?...i x^iiivvijr IIIVU 1IMU Uj niv; WIIIISM, 11IIU (.nv: pretension slept licaiIv thirty years. But in 1848, it was revived, and the Northern States, by their Legislatures, re-asserted it ! iu the Wilniot Proviso. They wore prom [it- ' ly responded to by all the Southern Legislatures, who declared that such a measure would be resisted at all hazards. And in 1850, the North again abandoned the pretension, and agreed that the institutions of the territoiies of the United States should bo determined by the people respectively who settled them. The ordinance of ITS7, by interdicting slavery in thy territory northwest of the river Ohio, and leaving the Territory southwest of chat riv er with.-,at that interdict, left the territorial area of u;e two sections almost exactly e?pjal, arvi showed that no discrimination ma<i<? .igriin.ic either. But now the North again wu ut> mss twee espio??eii ct.-um, arm ror ui-s Kn; tiine attempts to elect a I'resideut ioi'ilv for the purpose of sustaining it. If the North shall so aetT it by the vote of a majority in all her .States the North shall take the fiist and uioat important step for the purpose, the South will have ftiil notice, and the only question with her will be whether to prevent the thing from L*;in;f done by immediate intervention, or to wait until nil the facilities of federal power and patronage have l>eeii employed to secure its accomplishment. .But not that only.? The exclusion of slavery from new territories is, of course, founded on hostility lo slavery. Tlio election of a President on th.it principle alone is the election of a i tiler hostile to tlio institutions of nearly lialf the Slates. As such, he will select for l>ost officers, judges, district attorneys and others, thoso who aro hostile to the institutions of the Stiite in which they live, or if such cannot be found there, they can be .nnl ll.A T.> 1 t ov/hi/ iv/i inu i'uijiusc. j. his reuerai Government would Llius become an incendiary in all the Southern States. l)o you suppose, or does any man of sense suppose, that any people would lolerale such a government! Ah for the process of dissolution, it is very obvious and easy. A convention ot* all ihe Sotliurn States, or of a considerable number of them, can declare the Union dissolved, and it will thereupon l?e dissolved, and if this be done before the 4th of*March next, no President of the United States can be inaugurated then. You are aware, sir, that if Mr. Fremont is elected at all, it cannot be by a majority of ihe people; for ho in unanimously opposed .by all the Southern States, and by about half the people of the Northern State*. He may be, however, then elected uy iiiq lorins 01 luo i/unsuiulion, but against its spirit; and to set aside his election, thiii accomplished, would not be so great a violation of the Constitution as his election Avould. for the purpose, as is declared, of destroying tho equality of half the States and despoiling tbein of their terntori^lrights, hen eve r"tU$ Union is dissolved, the iilatrR't'of* Columbia reverts to it* original Ap/Oj^rVitOr, ?tlie State of Maryland; and thai, .is Southern soil. . Ajl Tor the eonipetency of tho Southern government, . -arid ihuintftiifft, that question is settled When we coocider that the South hits h rStfpulivlian of;al#out seven millions an J a jitUf tyC >Jnt ?,.;abput three times as innny v$#6lur?d tye)i\. independence of Great W 1776?that the imports of the ijonth, ineasnred by her cxportH, would be *PIdii& one hundred and fifty millions per iWtlura, which, at ti revenue duty of twen BALANCE OF POWER IN EUROPE. In (ho debutes of tho British Parliament and the British press, there is nothing moro characteristic than tho utter blindness of tho nation to its own faults and its pruriency of self-sufficient intermeddling with the imputed faults of other nations. England is full of lamentation over the oppressed nationalities of continental Europe, such as the Poles in subjection to Ilussiii, and tho Hungarians or Italians to Austria; and yet one-half of the inhabitants of the British islands consists of ono nationality oppressed by the other half, which is n distinct nationality. Tho Saxons of England, Wales, Scotland nnd Ireland, conquered the Cells of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and from that day to this have j ruled then) at tho point of tho sword. There does not exist in Europe ? nioro flagrant case of irreconcilablo contrariety of race and of religion than that which is pro' seated l>y the hostile Saxons and Celts. As between England and Ireland especially, in their history tho horrors of foreign tyranny aro tenfold greater than anything which has occurred in I'olaud, in Hungary, or in Lombnrdy. England is continually quarrelling with the imputed luisgovernmciit <?f this or the oilier country of Europe. Her text at the ! present time consists of the most extrava! gant exaggerations of tlm alleged misrule of Kin<; Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies. If it hud happened in Sicily, as it so recently happened in Ireland, that Neapolitan inisgovcrnment had produced chronic famine in Sicily as British misgovernmciit lias in It land, and driven ono fourth part of its population to starvation or exile, there would l-e some little excuso for the systematic calumniation which British orators and writers apply to Ferdinand. If, indeed, there lie iu the history of the human race one long national tragedy, it is in the wrongs inflietcd l?v England upon Ireland. We, in this country, thronged jis it is with millions of Irish exiles, have the evidence continually before our eyes of the misgovcrniiK'iit of England. lint we do not sufticiontiy reflect upon the protracted period of time, and the immense extent, of this depopulation of Ireland by the tyranny of ! England. From the reign of William III ! to tho present day?from the Sarsfield and i the Walls of tho first half of the last century j to the MacMahons and the O'Donnels of I the last half of the present century?there j is not a battle field of Europe which lias not dishonored England through the great achievements of exiled Irishmen. And with what face can the English prate of Spanish misrule, in view of that series of acts of blundering oppression which produced the revolt and the indejx nJciiee of the present ! L1 nited States ? England lias been uttering loud cries ! these twenty years about tho alleged ninbij tion and lust of dominion displayed by tho Russians, allliougli the conquered subjects ! of Eugland count bv thousands, while those j of Russia count only by hundreds; and at , the very time when Great Biitain was en- j deavoring by a war of invasion to cure the ' Russians of the annexing spirit, she herself was annexing the kingdom of Aoudh. And. certainly. if thvre ever was a spectacle ' of unsurpassed self-contradiction and of extre:ii-iu<-oni?.-qu?.-nce. it was that of the Englisis h * '.r.g for the demolition of Sebastonol. wlnle 'Isry tu<5i??e!v>a held l>y intrusion and bv breach of trusty the fortresses of 'jibra.Mr aa-i Ma.u. and the Ionian islands. \ England i.-? r?>m;r.uaily reproaching the Caitm; .^car?e4 bemuse of the existence of slave labor in a portion of them?forgetting chat she h^rs-If has millions upon millions of sia.v.-fl in India, landless but laud bound serfs, whom she had stripped in the mass ; of property and independence by the mere I ,c ? ?!.!-/ i n^iik vi an'j in(j lorce 01 tier ar j inies?forgetting that the inequalities of condition in the Island of Great IJritain, ! the departures from the rule of equal right, 1 pre far greater than they are in the United [ States. The Duchess of Suthorland, insane j ] with bentimental sympathy for the black la- | borers of the United States, is utterly in; s ns'.LI'j to the agonies of the vassals of her I house, burnt out from their ancient homes I in Scotland, in order that she might tenant | Iter lands with cattle, instead of men and . women. Tho ruthless persecutors of their I' own vassals are fit patrons of tho libellous romances of Mrs. Stowc. England, for a hundred and fifty years, has been prating about the balance of pow- ! er in Europe. She cannot tolerate a stand- j ing army, and to keep up this false pretence i she must needs pass a new mutiny act an- : nually, repeating in its preamble every year j the stale and silly cxeuse of " the preserva- ! tion of the balance of power in Europe." j In the icign of Ann, she pursued this ! phantom through ten years of bloody war, j stupidly building up Austria at the expense of Fiance, liow scornfully the great his- j torian, Sismondi, points at the senseless in- | fatuation of England during all that period! l So, for another ten years, England exhausts ! herself in the effort to extinguish the dy- | nasty of tho lionapartes in tho person of i Napoleon I; and now, with tho same fury j of unintelligence, she has been deluging ! ?s.i" M.wwi : ' j.? u.vuu umcr iu renovate that dynasty in the person of Napoleon III. In a word, England is pcrpel?;?'ly intermeddling in tUe affairs of other European States, even their domestic administration, in n man nor, which seems like the mere recklessness of wilful mischief-making, but which is reconciled to herself by some delusive imngina tion of her own exclusive virtue, and of the vices of all other people, under the influence of which she pursues philanthropy a* if it were the very demon of hate, and unsettles everything periodically by way of maintaining the balancc of power iu Europe. At the present moment, fresh from the conferences at Paris, and nil the parade of -* " pacuicauon and of disinterestedness, and all tho ostentation of international amity, by which those conferences were characterised, England is taking upon herself?in contempt of the law of nations, with wanton meddlesomeness, the reverse of truo philanthropy, and in disregard of the balance of jjower?to dictate by force, the domestic policy of Naples and of Greece.? Washington Union. ^ m ' Defeat of Hon. Jlfr. Harruon,?Mr. Harrison, whom our readers will remember, bore himself so manfully during the memorable Brooks and Sumner difficulty at the last session of Congress, being the only matt from Ohio who .bad the courage to avow sentiment* favorable to Mr. B., Las been defeated for Congress by an overwUoUping majority. When elected, be car ABBEVILLE BANNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS EDITOR. THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 6, 1856. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Wo clip the following from the Columbia papers, as the sum lotol of news, in regard to the election, up to Wednesday evening. Wednesday, Nov. 5?4 1-2 a. m. Ai.auama.? Returns from Montgomery indicate Fillmore's majority as 130. Buchanan's majority in Caltawlm is 80. Both returns show Democratic gains. Georgia.?A heavy rain storm to-day in the country caused a decrease in tlio votes polled, Returns from scattering precints indicate about tlie same Democratic majority as last year. Later.?Savannah gives over 400 Democratic majority. Georgia has undoubtedly gono for Buchanan by an increased vote. Louisiana.?New Orleans gives Fillmore 3,426 majority. In Jefferson City Fillmore gets 590 majority. This makes the vote of Louisiana doubtful. Tiixsrssrs. ? Ttnnlinnnii nmlroa l^irdrn gains in every oounty hoard from. Ilis majority in the State is estimated between 5,000 and 0,000. Kkntlcky.?Louisville gives Fillmore 1,824 majority. Sale of Real Estate of H. F. Power, dee'd. The attention of purchasers is callcd lu the correction made iu reference to the quantity of Acres, and the boundaries of the llome Tract. ADVERTISERS. "We direct spccial attention to our advertising columns. The merchants of this placo have now on exhibition, their immense fall and winter stock of Dry Goods and Groceries, and every thinsr else condu civv to the health or comfort of mankind; and with their accustomed liberality, they seem determined that the fact shall be known to the people, and knowing no better medium of circulating this intelligence, than the columns of a newspaper, and, perhaps partially influenced by a desire to patronize the printer, they nro willing to avail themselves of this channel. Wo appreciate the motive, whether for their gain or our benefit?it is the *nnie effect to us. Our old friend, II. S. Keuu, has just received a large stock of Groceries, Provisions, and other good things. Call on him, but be sure to take along thu " rhino." Special attention is called to the Estate Sale of Makqauet Watson, on the 10th December next. "We would not omit to state that Jamks II. Riley h:w oj^ened a new Drug Store iu Greenwood. He has several years' of experience in the business, and will not fail to please friends and customers. Mr. F. I*. Houeutson, whose card ap|>t:irs in another column, is known to be a?? excellent Auctioneer. lVrsons having anything to sell at auction, would do well to employ him. ELECTION DAY. Tuesday, the 4th inst., is the day upon which tho exciting contest for the Presidency was decided. Even now, the battle is over, tho victory lost or won. fttnl a m. tion stands in breathless suspense to catch the name of him who lias won the prize. The storm has passed, and while wc write, the result of the contest is flying with the speed of lightning along the electric wires. While, in South Carolina, wc are a unit in political sentiment?while wc have no issues dividing and distracting the masses? while our electors are chosen by the Legislature, we are comparatively unconscious of the commotion, strife and broils which rock from centre to circumference, every other State in the Union. We delay the issue of our paper to the latest possible moment, to give any news which shall be received by the mail of Wednesday. TO THE CITIZENS OF ABBEVILLE. A request was made of us. iust on tlm eve of putting our Inst issue to press, to give notice thsit h public meeting of the citizens of this Village would be held on Saturday the 8th inst., to discuss the propriety of giving our Town Council the power to tax property for purposes of improvement.? We could not then comply with the request ; but it being u tneasuro which we had repeatedly urged since our connection with the Banner, we gave a promise to speak of it in this issue. We have an eternal growling about bad streets and dilapidated side-walks. Un vnaiircu curse* iu'o neaped upon the Town Council; they nro blamed for not repairing this. place and that place?every man has some charge to prefer against them. But if we were disposod to view things as they exist?if we would learn the real cause of the "ills we bear," we might trace it, perhaps, to the citizens themselves. May it not be found in the refusal upon the part of the citizens to place the means, and the only means, by which improvements may bo carried on, in the hands of the Town Council. They havo not the money.? You must give llicm the power to raise it, and every citizen must be made to contribute. We cannot expect them to expend their private funds for our benefit. This power is given to th? municipal thoritie* in several villages in the State. The several Boards of -- m w^??M#.MOIVU0?0 111 the District, liave the same power. They have the right to raise a revenue to keep in repair the roads and tmdjjesef the District, and why should there iK>t be some power invested in our Town Council, for the same furjMfcet Tfci? poyre^oatt UeaeHjrlfmited, oasto pmiwt ab^e:^ ilio value of real estate ? And is it not conclusive, that those who own such property, should pay tho expense of enhancing its value? Oivo us a tax per capita, and then an additional properly tax. We hope that all will attend tho meeting. THE ABBEVILLE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. The members of this body met on Friday last, pursuant to notice. Wo understand that among other things, a committee was appointed to secure teachers for tho next year. Feeling a deep interest in tho cause of education, here and in every section of tho country, ourselves, wo regret that any ; community should be without well conI W?? i!n iu?f ImuitfitA lo ??iv ! - "V ; j that the citizens of this village have heretofore, manifested too little interest in this matter. They occasionally have good teachers and llourishing schools. 'i'lio mule school is prospering now, l?ut for the female part of the community, they have 110 teacher. It is, however, to bo hoped that they will secure for the next year, the services of such teachers as will render the school worthy of public patronage. If wo are allowed, wo would suggest, that if the Association ever intends to build up n reputation for our schools, that they must pay a stated salary, and not make the teacher entirely dependant upon the tuition fuud for compensation. The teacher should be independent of the pupil. Tlie old idea that our village is unhealthy, | has long since grown obsolete; one's health ! is as safe here, as it would be in the inoiin- I tains of North Carolina. If, however, oth- | era at a distance are afraid to risk 'lie j health of their daughters here, wo have | enough of home material to prosper our schools, if tho Association will manifest j that spirit and energy, which knows no law ? but the law of success. It is a fsilsc ccon- ' oiny, to refuse to pay hundreds to educate j j your children at home, and yet pay your , j thousands to send them abroad. THE SLAVE TRADE j Tho Charleston Standard, in a long : i seiies of articles upon the re-establishment1 j of the slave trade, has sought to establish j | the following propositions: "That equality I j of Stales is necessary to equality of power j i in tho Senate of the Union ; that equality j j of population is ticcciumry to equality of | j power in the House of Representatives; i that we cannot expand our labor into Teri ritories, without decreasing it within the | States ; that what is gained upon the froni tiers is lost at (he centres of llie institution ; j that pauper white labor will not come to I competition with our slaves, and if it did, j that it would not increase the integrity and ' strength of siaverv, and that, therefore, to i . 3 ' the equality of influence in the Federal : Legislature, there is the necessity for the I slavo trade. That without equality of I power in the federal government, there is no hope of an equaiity of right*; that there is no natural antagonism between abolitionists and capital, and no necessary check the one upon the other, that both grasp at government; the one to control : slavery, the other to control the South; that they only differ in the fact, that while one would go ahead at once, tlio other would graduate advancement; that while one would force, the other would toil us to subjection ; that our only salvation is in our own capabilities of resistance; and that at last if we would survive and perpetuate our form of society, we must he equal to the North, or we must ho independent, and are driven, therefore, to tho alternatives of dissolution or the slave trade." EDGEFIELD INFORMER. The ahovo paper has been discontinued. Head the following from C. W. Styles, its 1 proprietor : For Sale.?The "Informer" is for sale, i We oiler Press, Typo, fixtures, and every- ! thing connected with tho office, for sale, j ! and a purchaser can be accommodated ' I upon easy terms. The office is in good ; I condition, with plenty of material, and a ! I Vi?rtr " ,!-4 A ,~.J fv.?j?ww?uiv ouunuilpllUU JI5U prne- [ tical printer could make money out of the ' enterprise. AVo ]?rop?se to sell for two j reason*, first, becnn.se we don't intend to be j bothered with a newspaper any longer; secondly, because peculiar circumstances dictate to us the propriety of such a course. Our brethren of the Press would do us a favor by stating that tho 44 13dgeHt;ld Informer" is for sale, and that it call bo bought upon easy terms. FORGERIES. The New York Herald gives the following description of tlio career of IIcntinoton, who has recently forged notes to the amount of half a million of dollars, lie is iiow in prisou awaiting bis trial: ' Tlio career of Huntington lias been like a display of fireworks?brilliant, but evanescent. For a little while ho spent money liko water. lie had six or eight horses? two pairs of carriages for himself and wife, and several fast trotters. His sideboard was brilliant with massive plate. Ho was ft great man nt Saratoga, Niagara, and Ilockaway, where his wife had more trunks and more diamond* than any one else; and in town he kept up two matrimonial establishments, one regular and the other irregular?one a Christian borne, tbo other n Mohammedan seraglio?one according to the laws of New York, and tbo other aocording to the eustoma of the Mormons? within a few doors of each other, lie was a prince for an hour. People ate at bis dinners, drove bis horses, drank hivwitie, borrowed bis money, s'nd.V6ndered how be got it all. Uat tire crash came at lust, and what are all his former aplendora compared with bis present position f He bought! bis luxuries at a tremendously high price." . Artifioinl Fith*?:There was a new feature atibe Agricultural F#ir At. Cleveland, ; ftlilo * tlinia nf flulk -? NEWS FROM MEXICO. Gen. Oanalcs has been on tlio American side of tlVe Rio Grande for soino time, waiting a favorAblo opportunity to " pitch in," and tako Advantage of circumstances. Tlio former Governor of Tatnaulipas, Don Jesus Cardenas, is also on our safe side of the ltio, with tho sauio intentions. It is believed by both that Vidaurri has tlio best chances of success, and they aro ready to fraternize. Messrs. Mathew and Thomas Noland, who left Camargo on the night of tho lltli inst., jitter having participated in several skirmishes between tho belligerent forces, in company with other Americans, report the following news : The fighting commenced on tho lOib, and up to tho night of tlio lltli success had not favored either party. Vidaurri has 3,000 men under bis command, soma of whom are Americans. Camargo is defended by 1,300 Mexicans, under command of Gen. Garza. Camargo is situated about llireo miles from liio Grande city, on the opposite side of tho river, and the troops of the contending forces are scattered up and down tha river for several miles. On Sun.1.... i....? /? * - - vi.ihm, \jvjii. v/JirvHjill was SCIIl U)r l>3' Gen. Garza, to take command of the Government forces. lie had gone down to ('amargo, hut whether lie accepted tho invitation is not known. No general engagement hail taken place, hut Gen. Villainri had sent a despatch to Gen. Garza, informing him that, unless ho surrendered the town immediately, ho should commence to bombard it. 11 besides several pieces of heavy ordnance, Vidaurri has four howitzers, or mortars, in his possession.J Garza sent back w??rd for Vidaurri to " pitch in !" and immediate!v In.l I.It* , '"J 'l itis was the state of :tHairs on the other side of tlio liver, when the Messrs. Noland left. The accounts from the Rio Grande concur in Mating that Yidaurri is popular on both Rules of the river: and l as at his command money and iwn sufficient to enable him to prosecute the pending revolution to a successful issue. In addition to the foregoing, we have been favored with an extract from a private source to a gentleman of high standing in our city, which states that (Jen. Vidauni had possession of Micr, and probably, (Jamargo also ; and that he was m:ikimr nr. - -y ? rangoinents with merchant* along the linefur the introduction of goods into Nnovo Leon. The cxcitcmcnt at llio (Jrande City was very great in coiise?jnence of these events.?JY. O. Picayune. Naples! The recent attempt at violent intervention in the domestic affairs of thi-? kingdom, by the same Powers who have jnst come out of a war " in defence of civilisation and tKo integrity of the Ottoman Empire," gives interest to every impartial notice of i the actual condition of the. country, and , the relations subsisting hotween the soveri eign and his subjects. The following letter : from nu ollioer of the United States Navy to the New York Journal of Cummcree is i of this character:?Mercury. Nai-i.ks, Sept. 28, 185G. Since our arrival in Naples. I have iiiin i gled much with the people in public places, ami have endeavored 1>V inquiry as well as : by observation to ascertain the exact state of things politically. I was prepared to i see many more manifestations of opposition i to King Ferdinand than I have actually i witnessed. Indeed, 1 am convinced that the monarch has milch more contidcncc in j his own power, and especially in the atVec: tioii of his subjects, than the English and ; French journals give him credit for. You i would suppose, from their representations, ! that the people were ready to rise and mur1 der hi in instantly, if he appealed among then) unprotected. But the simple faet is, 1 that lie is seen everywhere, in the streets, in . church, and at his different palaces, unprotected. I met him and the Queen, a few days since, on their way to the Palace of ! Portiei. He was in an open coach drawn ; by a single pair of horses, without a single ! guard, or even an out-rider, passing quietly ! along, the people in carriages and on foot rcspccuuuy slopping as lie readied tliem, | and the King returning their Habitations ; with a cordiality simple ami unaffected.? | This is said to he a common thing. And ! cerlaiuly I saw the name exhibition of fearless confidence in the people last year in the public grounds of the Palace called "La Favorita." Still there may be a secret Police, hidden from the people, but omnipresent in the city, mightier than troops marching openly by his side, on which he relies. Extraordinary Product from Coal.? Among the remarkable substances formed by the distillation of coal, there is iioha which has attracted more notice than that known as paraftine oil. This articlo may bo considered oleiianl gas in a liquid state ; and a young French chemist, M. Herthclot, publicly announced in the Comptes Raul us that he has succeeded in producing alcohol or pure spirit from olefiant gas. According to his statement of the results of his experiments, when olefiant gas is shaken violently in a glass vessel with sulphuric acid and metallic mercury for a considerable time, it is absorded ; on adding water and distilling the mixture, alcohol is said to pass over, which, on examination, is found to be simple spirit of wino. It matters not from what substance the olefiant gas is obtained, whether from alcohol or from eoal gas, the result is the same?a pure alcoholic spirit. Whatever the economic value of this sitigii lar discovery may prove, it certainly furnishes a striking instance of the triumph of in dllctivM u<ipn(>H nml ?rf Magnificent Gift to Mayor Hall of Brooklyn.?The citizens of Brooklyn, in acknowledgment of Mayor Hull's philanthropic and unremitting exertions in relieving the Hick and taking precaution* against the spread of disease during the prevalence of yellow fever in Hronktyn, havebuhscribcd the sum of $10,000 to purchaso a liouso and lot for presentation to tueir worthy Chief MumklrutA. This nnlila r?<nmiiiiAn "f Q ... ..... Wfv vvv^llltavll VI IIJVIB it does honor nliko to tho donors and to the rccipiont. Siezable Pips.?A hog exhibited at the Ohillicothe, Ohio, fair, Ia*t week, weighed 1286 lbs., nnd measures 0 feet in length, and about the same in girth. lie was two years nnd throe months old. Mir. J. B. Yates, of Falmouth, Va., .nUo has one of the Irtfgeat lit>g? in tfikt^tafe. lie ft two years aba- one month old; his length from the tind-of li&ailODi to ths end ^ his tail ia 9 feet, meagre 6 feet a,inches around the w *roqnd {or* kg ? ? ? )' iii i fiftiffiviii 11 linml I IT*, lit.. I I,, te Interesting from Jajxut?Liberal Designs of the Government.?Our last account from 1 tho China Seas mention a highly interesting f.iet. The Emperor of Japan, being anxious to adjust various questions connected with : tho recent treaties lie has concluded with the several Governments of Europe ami I America, held on the 22d of June, at Jcddo, | tho capital of his empire, a solemn assembly 1 of the principal lords and most influential 1 personages of his Court. It was decided at ; the meeting that two ports of the empire, j those of Nangasaki and Ilagodadi, should mj open ;o mo vessels ot all nattons. There ; they might repair, take in provisions, cstabj lisli depots of coal, Are. Tho other ports of ' the empire, moreover, are to bo accessible i to vessels in distress which may take refuge | in them, but which will have to put to ecu J tho moment the danger is over. No foreigner is to l?e allowed to penetrate into the interior of tho country without a special permission from the Chief of the State. No do- j cision had yd been come to with regard to tho commercial question. The right of trading with Japan is still exclusively maintained in favor of the Dutch and Chinese, w ho 1 have long possessed it on very onerous terms, j j having but one market open to them, that of Nangasaki. The new policy adopted by : the Government of Japan will be productive J of incalculable result-*. Hitherto no foreign i vessel could enter the ports of tho country to refit or tnL? in -i j cision of tlio Court of Jeddo accordingly | i constitutes a grand progress.?Monitcur lie \ I lu Flu tie. i South Corulinu C'oiifcrcncc.?Tlio next ' j Session of this lu><lv is to he helil in this I town, hrginnint; on Wednesday, tlio 10th ( ] November. The usual examination of the i uuder-graduates will he attended to oil j Monday and Tuesday preceding. Hence a j number of preachers will arrive on Sat unlay, the 15th, ami religious service on Sunday, ! the 16tli, will be conducted by brethren ! from a distance. About one hundred and j thirty itinerant preachers are cxpected to be : present during the session. Bishop Andrew ! ... i?> * I ?, .? J'ltaiviv. / UIA l/tsirici IslirOlllClC. | A n J'Jiiylish Miser.? Daniel Dancer i when lie had i.'3,0U0 a year, used to beg ; a pinch of siinfV frotn all his friends, and, when his box was full, bartered its contents | for a tallow candlc. lint his parsimonious ; ingenuity appears contemptible in compar ! ison with thiit of the Russian miser, wiio ; learned to bark that he might avoid the ! expense of keeping a dog. ! Preahylcriun Mission.?The receipts of : the Hoards of the Presbyterian Church (Old School) for September are reported as follows : Domestic missions, $4,070.24; education, $1,562.25; foreign missions, $4,738.i 02 ; publication, $5,294.62 ; donations and I sales, inclusive, and church extension, $988.i 12. Total * 10,053.25. j To be J funded.?Thomas Wells, tried at I Newberry last court, for the murder of John ' Gillow, was fotiml guilty, ami sentenced to hb hung on Friday the 2d day of January next. j Commercial. Abokyilu C. II., Nov. 6, 185a. Cotton ?There in liul little offering and the . market in dull. We quote li) <3 11 ? extreme*. Newdkruy, Nov. 3, 1856. Cotton?The later Accounts from Liverpool being favorable, there is an active demand in I the market with an upward tendency. I'licea IUi to 11^c. extremes. tfv.t v t?? ??" nuvcmucr o, i Cottun.?We have no chtiisgo to muko in our j last report; llic dales to-day amount to 75 bnlcf, ! ut prices ranging from 10J to 11^. Xkw York, November 3, 18&G. j The steamship Canadian with Liverpool dutes ! up to lite 'Jl.il iustnat has arrived nl Quebec. Tlie political news lias not yet come to hand. 1 , The hales of cotton on Saturday*, prior to her day of sailing, foot up 15,000 Imlcn. Flic Canada arrived out on the 19th, and her advices ca used an udvuncc of three sixteenths of a penny iu the cotton market, and created nil excited speculative demand. The sales during ^ the three days amounted to 60,000 bnlea, of i which speculators look 31,Olll) bales. I j M'J.ane's Vermifuge in Texu*.?Hear whut \ tlio Proprietor of the "Star Hotel" linn to say of ! the wonderful effects of M'Lane's Vermifuge: i " Star Hotel," Centrcville, Texas, Aug. 22<i, | 1851?Mwn< Fleming Bos.?I feci it my duty \ to mako the following ptatomeut: Several of ! my children have been unwell for the last wock j or two. I called at the " Il'g Mortar" lo get I Home Oil of Worinsecd und other truck, lo give : them for worms. Tho Druggist recoinmciuled ' JH'J.nue't Vermifuge, prepared by you, but having heretofore, tried evei?y Vermifuge, in my knowing, wi bout advantage, 1 told him it was not worth while, as my children appeared proof against them all. He said to take u bottle, And ! offered if it (louc no good to refund tlie money. | To satisfy him 1 done so, nnd tlie effect was so j nuich better than expected that I got another bottle, nnd the result was most astonishing.? Three of my children discharged a great number of tho largest worms I ever saw. To a young man, my Muil Carrirr, who win weak, puny and poor as a snake, for a month or so, I gave two doses, which brought from hiin at least a pint of what is called stomach worms! Strange as this may appear, yet it is as H true at preaching" How the boy stood it, so long n? he did, with ten thousand ' Hots" gnawing at his stomach, is tho greatest wonder to me. All these cases are now doing woll. No doubt the lives of thousands of children hnvo been saved by tlio timely use of this cxlraordinay medicine.? Dou't fail 10 givo it a trial. TIIOS. 11. TIIURMAN. cr Purchasers will Lo cnreful to ask for Dr. M'jAtne't t'elebrateil Vermifuge, manufactured by Fleming Una, of Pittsburgh, Pa. All other Vermifuges in comparison ure worthless. Dr. iM'Lmm's geiiniuo Vermifuge, nlno his celebrated Liver Pills, can now be had at nil respectable drug stores. None genuine without the signature of FLEMING l?UOS. Sold by Wabbuw & Lyon, Abbeville O fI., 8. C., and by one Agent iu every town in the South. It ^ mm Scrofula and Salt Rheum of four years standing, Cured by Carter s Spanish Mixture.?Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, December 1, 1883 ? Blears. Bennett A Beers.?Gentlemen; Having for four years past been suffering with Scrofula in it* wort form, without finding relief from oar best physicians, I waa solicited ey a friend to try Carter's Spanish Mixture, It gives me pleasure to stats that before finishing tho first bottle, the Hiss wise relaxed. I then ordered iwo more bottles; and, with heartfatt gratitnd*, I sUt? to yon the fact that two bottles of year excellent preparation biu entirely cured mo. ]?*!# *?Ul? I give to a friend who ntd been .Uffcring withSiH Rheum for ? length of *?4jjbr, like tojtiU, w+4*M$ r# M?h &th? Virtu*# "CMWi?|??ih Mix tm&'r %**, w ?l fitwrtj to <u* ttt? letter in w*yT?up.y -MAmm.# ****** fit the nMicUi. YW t wr??t, n i. . >i ii i. <. ! . .... CLINTON LODGE, NO. 3AJTTI.-. A THERE will be a KeA.0,ninulli. ^jy^jfcntioii of thin Lod^e lie* yoll<ftly /Nr \ Kvcuiuy the 10/A intt. PuVuUei?d? mice i* requested. \ By order of the W.\ M.\ \ J. Cf. BA.Sluc^1,., November 5, i860. 2# AXTOTIONBBb. ^ TB1IIK undersigned offers bis servicV (hi* A and the Hurrouiiding District*, V\uc? lioneer. \ Address F. P. ROBEUTSa TV ....I 11.11 a l.l ill- V Nov. 4, 185G." 2'J ' ' V NOTICE. V SKALRI) Proposal* will bo received byY, Town Council, of Abbeville, until tbc \ | j iltld November Next, \ ? f??r the Working anil Keeping the Public Roailk ' within the Iucor|Mirate limits of enivl Town, fon tlio Term of Three Yearn, beginning the 16tli\ September, 1850, and emling the 15th Scptcm- \ bcr, 1S5U. \ Thu Kond will be required to be put ami kept in Complete Order, t'trowu up in the Centre, and also Ditched on eaeb aide, wherever the Council ni:iy direct. Payments will be made Hcmi annually, mid Contractor* will be required to give Bond and Security for the faithful per- , forumncc of their Contracts. Bidders will epecily ut what sum they propose iu uiKicriuKc each particular Itond. Information wanted i\? to tlio dixtnncc to be W?rk?<l on each llond, can bo bad from any 1 member of tlie prexenl Council. I J. G. W1LLSON, Intendnnt. November 5, 1800. 29 HI j In Hie Court of Ordinary. > Salo of the Real Estate of Sam'l | Banks, doe'd. BY Order of the Court of Ordinary, I will He'.I by iiiibli': auction, til Abbeville C. II., ! on Snle-dav in December iifst, tlin lteiil Kctntc ; of Snm'l Bunkn, dee'd, nituuted in Abbeville [ District, on waters of l.ittlc Ilivcr, containing 88 Acres, more or le^, bounded by lnudn of Jas. A. Tvlutundp, Sum'l Kdmnnds :?nd others?on a credit of 1'2 months, Bond and Security required, and ] n mortgage of the premises if deemed ncce??<nry. Costs lo lif paid in Cash. Til OS. 11. COCHRAN, S. A. I>. Nov. S, IS">(>. '.?9 3t NEW DRUG STORK I AT GREENWOOD. rill! K undersigned, Druggist anil Apathrcarj', JflL ha* just reeeiveil u wry complete stock of Drugs and Medicines, selected with the ?realesl earn for l?iin market. II is ptock iiinMiihof ever)' variety usually found in City Apothecary Ux'lrsiCtK of all the vegetable preparations from the best Chemists. TillCllim nrrpared from the crude ninterinl, and warranted to be of the strength Iain down in the United Stolen I'hnriiiHcu-pa. I* S?t? lit direct from the manufactory, as cheap as thev have ever sold mi this plncf. A very unpeiior article of Rrillldy, for medicinal purposet only. Fine Old I'ortc, Madeira, and Sherry Will*?*, Seheidnm Schnapps, ?kc., tfcc. lie will keep constantly a fine assortment of Confectioneries, Tobacco and Segars. , I ll would lie unnecessary to enumrrate all ths ft articles. To J'hi/tieinn*, he pit-dues himself to I till their orders wi ll as good Medicines us can be obtained elsewhere ; and to his friends, he pledges like Ralisfactiou as to th? Goods and terms. Cnli ni tiie Store former it/ occupied na the Post Office. JAS. 11. It I LEY. I Greenwood, S. C., Nov. J, lH5(i. li'J-tf ~ ADMINISTRATGRS SALE. BY permission of Willinm llil), Ordinary of Abbeville District, I will proceed.to sell I ut tha lute residence??f IMnrijaret Watson, dee'd. On the 16th December next, all the Personal Property of tlio said Margarot Watson, ilctt'd, consisting of 85 Tillroly KTogrooiB, , 10 head of llorses and M idea, a large lot of Cattle, a large lot of Fat and Stock Hug?, u lot of Corn, Fodder and Oats, A large lot of Cotton in Bale, a lot of Plantation Tools, and other things too tedious to mention. j j-wi.i/o.?a credit ol twelve months with interest fiom date. The purchasi-i to give Nolo and two uppioved sureties. GEORGK JfcD. WATSON, AdmV. November 4, 1856. 29 tit ?3f~ independent Tress copy. T1IE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District?In (he Common Plea*. Amos Clark, jr., 1 Attachment. vi. v McGowmi 6c IVrrin, James A. Liridt'll. ) l'llf's Att'ys. 11T IIGREAS, the Plaiulitr did, on tlie Ihirty1? lirst day of October, 1S5(>, tile l?is deeluru- . tiou against the Defendant, who (us il is said) i? I r.??. _;?l ..r ui-i.. I and ha* neither wife nor attorney known within the stlllie, upon whom u copy ot? the said dei-la- I ration might be served. It id therefore oidered. \ that the said Defendant do appear and plead I* the buid declaration, on or before the iirtft dny of > November, which will he in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Filty-Seven, otlierwiiie 6nul mid absolute Judgment will then be given and awarded against him. MATTHEW McROXALD, c. c. r. Clerk's Ollice, Oct. 30, 1*50. 29 ly TIIE STATE OF SOUTII CAROLINA, Abbeville District.? Citation. By WILLIAM IIILL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbeville District. WHEREAS, Henry Beurd nnd Elixubcth &. Nichols have applied to me for Letters of Admiiiistratii n, on all and singnhir the good* and ehnttcls, right* ami credits of Muj. Thomas Nichols late of tlie District, afortwaid deceased. These nre, therefore, to cite and udmonish all unil xingulur, the kindred nnd creditors of the ujiid deceased, to ho and appear before me, at our next Ordinary'# Court for the said District, to be liohlen nt Abhcvillo Court House, on the seventeenth day of November inst, to show cause, if any, why thesuid administration should notbq granted. Given under my hand and nrnl, this twoutyninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiftysix. and in the 81st year of Amcricun ludepeiidcnco. WILLIAM HILL, O. A--- D. Oct. 27, 1856. 2U St . TIIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District.? Citation. By WILLIAM HILL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbe, ville District. WIIEREAS, John Devlin litis applied to tnc for Lettcm of Administration, with will unnexed, on all and singular the goods und chattels, rights and credits of Cato Ooliuan, ft man of color, Into of tbe District afore aid, d*? cunsed. These are, therefore, to cite aud admonish all and singular, the kindred aud creditors of tlie said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our i /?-J - it * -?.i ii - - ? nmi vrrumarv a wui fc ui mc wiiu lO OB liol Jen at Abbeville Court House, on tho tntepti. eth day of November 'mat., to allow chum'; inTnjr, why the aai<l aduiiuiatratiou should uOt Mr ffan? te?f. Given Under my hand and Mai, this fifth day of November, in the yeur of out Lord ope thousand eight huudred and fiftV-?i*, and iu tho 8 fat yoar of'Ameriein Icufepeu. deuce. W|I/LIAi? HLLLy O. A. D. Koremlnr 5, 1M&. 20 . * " .'.I J1..!", j' ''if ' ? Eitate of Ut8> Martha P. "Sxaoy, subscriber, on or before the lot ofjaouary w**L, ?*y.o? tbn4n. wh *? -J , u^M.feY,-,0SN?0N-^