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AN ACT -Amend ihc Act of Incur juration of the V'otcn of Abbevillei so as to f/ive to tfie 7oi0n (Stttncil the power to impose ToxM, Oml Jor other purposes. I. He. it enacted hy tho Senate nnd House of Heprescntaiives, now met mid bitting ill General Assembly, nnd hy tlio authority of the mmr, That the Town Council of the town of Ahhovillo he, and they nro hereby authorized and empowered to impose an annual tax not to exceed the rates per centum or hums hereinafter 8pecified, upon I he following properly, and after the following manner, fot* tlie use and service of said town, that is to say i Twenty cents on ev??ry hundred dollars ??f the ca>h I value of till real estate lying within the cor- i porate limits of said town (the real estate of s entireties, jiiitl school association* excepted,) which valuation shall be ascertained and fixed by the Town Council for the time be- < inj;: Provided, that if tlio owner of any i real estate shall collider himself aiygiioved l*y mioli valuation, lie shall have (lie ri?ht i to appeal to a special jury of live freeholders, < to ho drawn hy hallol from the li>t of per- t guns who own real estate and are resident within said corporation, to whom the mat- i ter shall he suhmitted, and who>e decision ) nhalI be final. Fifty cents on eaeli negro r between the ages of .sixteen and lil'iy years: ' five dollars on each free t.egro between the I ages of sixteen ami sixty years, unless it shall bo shown to the satisfaction of the | Council that any such free negro, fiom j t maims or other causes, is unable to procure 1 his or her livelihood; three dollarsou every t pleasure carriage in use, I u\\ 11 by two or o more horse*; two dollars mi wi'iy hujjijv, ' o jyijf, sulkt*}', haronche ami other liko vehicle, I' drawn l?v one horse; five dollars on eveiy *> omnibus, hack or carriage, drawn hy two ' si or more Imrscs, and u>cd f??r hire; tluve dollars on ever hug>ry, gig, sulkev, barouche : *< and other like which*. drawn hy one hors?\ 1 kud Used h>r Li?f * [\\c dollars on every four h'?rse wagon used for hire; three dol- !i Jars en ev.ry two-horse wagan, drav, or cart used fi>r hiie; ten cents on every huu- 01 dred dollars of ih?? sales of all merchandise between ihe first day of Jaiiury in any one ai year and the lirst day of January in the 11 next succeeding year ; fifteen rents on every hundred dollars of professional income, in eluding the income of lawyers, physicians and dentists; ten cents on every hundred dollars of income arising from any median- g> iuui employment; nve umiars oil every ii;ijjucrreotyp:si, :im!?rotypist or other person H practicing a like art or profession, who may w open a car or room, within said corporation; l'' i\.\y cents on each dog; live per centum on ttio value of all sales made at auction by transient persons; two perceutuui on the 511 value of all sales of shoes, medicines, leather, lints, tobacco, books, and such like articles, Si niitdo by transient persons exposing the Ci same for sale on (he public square, or within the limits of the incorporation, with pow- c; *r !fk llio K!I!.I T.nvn I'oiiixmI tr? it.? cri aid five per centum and two per centum in the manner hereafter provided, at any litnc m after such sales, and beforo such transient person shall leave the limits of the ineorpor- o1 ntion; and also to impose a lax, within dr their discretion, upon ail shows or exhibi- to lions for gain or reward. Hi II. That returns of the value of sales of II merchandise, and also of the amount of Crofessional and mechanical income, shall e mndu upon oath to the Town Council l>y F\ the parlies who may be liable to pay a tax on the same, during the month of January of cacli year for the preceding year: and the said lax shall be paid by the first day of Mftrch next enduing. 11 1 1 f. T il;l! I Ink I\ivtiarc r\C rtnnr.A?<.. #.*. limn real c.-talo, upon which a tax is herein ill authorized to he levied, shall make their re- in, turns, upon oath, to the Town Council, of the C< amount or value thereof, as the vase may be, isl <luri?i<f the month of January in each year, ta ami pay the taxes thereon by the first day tii of March next ensuing. so IV. That the said Town Council shall in Lave power to compound with all persons ri< liable l<? patrol duly, by requiring the pay- th meat of an annual sum of money in lieu of b< the performance of such duty, the money so hi recci.od to be applied to the public, use of tii naid corporation ; and all persons failing or ai refusing to pay such commutation shall be n< If It. ... iiauic uj sucii uucs ami penalties as tlio said la Town Council may impose. p< V. That the said Town Council shall Jiave power to elect one or more Marshall*, to .fix P" their salaries, and prescril>e their duties, the ?' aid Marshall* to l>e duly sworn in, and in- ?< vested with all the powers ConslalileB now to liave by law, in addition to the duties pre- O scribed by the Town Council, and whose ju- p< risdiction and authority shall be confined to hi the corporate limits of .said town. fi<: VI. That every person who s!;:dl lie qualified to vote for Inteudant and Wardens of ci the said town shall, at least one week pre- in vions to any election of Inteudantand War- w dens, - register his name in a book to be le kept by the Inlcndaut or Clerk of the si Council for that purpose, and shidl pay into di >u i.............. .,? i >.? * - IK'S VI j *J? n??u iwhii iiiu Blllll ?JI UlIC Ul dollar, and no ]>erson failing (o comply with t; these requisitions shall be allowed to vote jt nt any such election. ti . VII. That the sai l Tow n Council shall o have power to enforce the payment of all r< taxes ami assessments levied under the an- d thority of this act against the properly and u pcr<oi)i* of defaulters to the same extent and t in the same manner as is provided by law, for the collection of the general Si ale tax, c except that executions to enforce the pay- <1 meat of llio town taxes shall be issued under the seal of the corporation, nnd directed c to the Town Marshal or other person espe- I riftlly appointed by the Council to collect I tlio same ; the money so collected to be ap- j plied .to the public ueei of the said corporation',.. And hII properly upon which a tax tfiMI be lei led ami assessed is hereby de- i dared nnd inade liable for the payment i 'thereof, in preference lo other debts due by Mie pentoii owning me properly ui the time i of.tile RKsesMiient. except debts due thb Stato, which shall be firftt paid. And that tli?said Town Council shall file in (he office tit ill? Clerk of the District, a full exhibit of difcil-TeceipU and expenditure at leaft one w#ek.l>efor6 the annual election for Intonilant aikf .Wardens. Via. TJ|U ?'??H be deemed and takep toi?o A public Act, and ?hall continue in force for three yentt'f'Om aiyl after the first Alij of/dnuary liext. In <Ufl Senate Kou<c, the t wentieth day of December, in the year of out Lord one r'tfaoui&nd. eigh? hundred Mid fifty "*''* *n<l in ilio eighty first year of J he aovereil'oty -?~* LiuA; ?.i._ a,<,inm A1' IMUVJtCIIUVIlCC VI MID UUIWU v. dfrj *'' ^ JAij?8 CHESNUT, Un ***&? prntdrvtofthc Senate, jpoal: V*. Ooid.-^lt 8j?p^ar? thht lliecoal {ro |?eiinay!vhniii ifiu liOlL I'trtir flits IMAR Mll'u (At lift anni rit A*. ' . , ^ V . ARRIVAL OP THE CITY OP WASHINGTON. Ifos'tiliticS in China.? Canton tnk-cn by the Jiritisk.?Difficulties Unsettled between Pntssia and Switzerland.?Apjfointinent of a. Minister to this Country.?Advance in Cotton. Nkw York, Jan. 17, 1857. Tlio TJriliMi Steamship City of \Vnnliinj;ton, Captain Wylis, has arrived at litis port, wiih dates from l.ivol pool to tliu 31st ult. OKKItU At> tNTKU.KIKNCR. A collision occurred at Canton, owing to llie M-'iRiire of twelve HritUh neainen on lltn llooj^ly Uiver. The Miitish Connnl interfered in llio matter, but wan inMilted, and ihieatened witli violence ami when remonstrating with ttio Chinese tiovornnient, wan treated with eonteinnt. Hostilities cnnitiK'iKvd on tin* Villi of CVl<?l>cr. The foils ill I'milou woro taken, iilnl several wvro tlo*trove?l. I,ntor n<l vices stale that the t?oinl?ar?l moot of Canton commenced on the v'Vth Molx'r. All the foils worn eaplmi'il nn?l lie damage (o properly was immense. I'lie Hiilisli cat :ie<| (lie place artei htc-iclt Hi* llit* waIN, with the l?<i* of ihioe KiMihI iiiiI twelve woiiii?leil. The t'lnuev ha.I i vjeolisl all ollois of conciliation up lo November 4th. I lie |oi\i>*n f;h>|><no? h.i>l ?reii vacated and 1'iiMness ?,h pu.V\*>>?!. Prussia nil.I Swi:?eiUn?l ivuhmio their I reparations for ??si ; l>\it ownl mtelli i ;once was l'svi>r.iMi> to an abatement of "riissi.s > (li'iii:iiiiN. \nstn * stt>mjj!y pco csts aij oii"! the ?si ; an.I \\ in toinheij; t . ..... . ... - ?' ' - ,. . . .. . . { ??> < i i iii?i;iii wr hoi Vlto Swiss I *i?*t li.-ul 1 tvn oonwk.xl. uul the VivM?lent tn.-nlc n j cuhko sp.wh. mi which ho :?>ko?l pormis- . ion lo o\?nt'aot a loan of (11 ii(y millions. ' It w.1* ivpoito.l tli:?t Kisschiof li:ul Ct>n-i mHvhI to tho proj option of the allies rolaVo to the frontier of Ivssarahia. Twelve hundred S?i>i resident* of I'aris avo n*kc'l p?s<p.uts for Switzerland. Several French sliips of war were filtini? lit tor China. A New Kiiglish Minister will probably rrive in Washington before the lib March, lis name has not been allowed to transpire. FltOM NICAIIAGI'A. New Ouleans, Jan. 1G, 1857. Nie.-iragnans, returned by the Texas, ve contradictory but rather dismal ac'tinU of the capture, on thu San Juan iver, by an American named Spencer, ith one of the company's boat hands and iree hundred Costa Kirnus. Tliev took 1 the liver boats, Forts Castillo ami San iirIo-5, and Walker's large lake steamers id a few barges. Several oilicers passengers on the Texas. [>me of them say that Walker is a "gone ise," whi:? others are hopeful. \ t ? ? - r?J- 1 ?... ? MIVCUII^ Ul ??illl\UI3 UICHUS, WHO imc out in the steamer, it was decided lo ) hack in a few days. It is reported that the man Spencer, entioned above, is in llie pay of Mr. anderbilt. The Hritifh assisted him with m-boats. Col. Lockridge, with two buned men at l'unta Arenas, would attempt re-capture the boats lying there, but the riti.sh commander gave notice that lie 3uld not allow it.? Charleston Standard. AN ACT jr the better establishment of a General System of Registration of Births, Mnrriar/es and Deaths, in the State of South Carolina. t n. s ? - ~ - uw. *. uc 11 cnacica by l/ic {Senate and buse oj Representatives, now met and sil\g in General Assembly, and by the author/of the same, That from and after the pass g of tliis act, it shall be the duty of the Tax j| lector* of the different districts and paries of this State, to require of the inhuLints of the said districts or parishes, at the ne of making the general tax returns, a parnte return stating the number of whites, ale and female, who have been born, inar./l .1:^,1 .1..1 -w, vi ? uv uu?V uivn uwiiiij; iiiu > Ciir III eir respective house-holds, an<l the num:r of blacks who have been born or who ive died during the same period, and re* irn the same to the Comptroller General; id in each ease in which the Tax Collector iglects his duty, he shall be fined five dolrs, and the citizen refusing charged fire ir cent, on his general tax. Sec. 2. That one Registrar shall be npjiuted by the Governor, whose duty it lall be to receive from the respective of:es of theComptrollers General, in Charlesn and Columbia, the returns of the Tax ollectors, and make and publish a full re)rt of tlie same annually, filing a copy of s report in 'he Comptroller General's of:e, both in Charleston and Columbia. Sec. 3. That in order to ascertain as acirately as possible the numbei of births, aniages and deaths of lion tax paying bites, it t-hall be the duty of the Tax Colctor to ascertain from the magistrate, pbv clans ana ministers of tiic uospel, ot the ilicreut districts and parishes, the number f births, marriages and deaths that have tkeu place among tlie persons within their insdiction, or belonging to their congregaons respectively'; and it shall bo the duly f Registrar to draw out a proper fortn of fgislration fur the Tax Collectors of the ifferent Districts and parishes, and for the se of the magistrates and ministers of the iospcl, of tho said districts and parishes. Sec. 4. That the said Registrar shall reeke annually the sum of four hundred lollars lor his services. Sec. 5. That the Tax Collectors shall be :ntillcd to retain out of the taxes collected >y them three cents for the entry of each /irlh, death or marriage, required by this t\Cl. I ?4 -m | Panama British Naval Depot.?Un<lcr this heading the Panama Star of- the 10th ult., has the following : " We learn from reliable authority that one of the principal objects of Admiral Briicc's visit to this port in Her Britannic Majesty's frigate Monarch, is to examine in* to the practicability of establishing a British Naval depot in the Bay of Panama, in or* der that the British fleet in the Pacific, now principally steamers, may receive their coal across the Isthmus. The United States government have also, we understand, been thinking of taking a similar step, which, by the way, they should have done years ago. but we fear, from the turd in ess with which they generally nttend to matters in Washington relative to their interest on the Pacific coast, that they may let the matter remain until it be too late to .effect the object." The New State Ifoute.?The new capital building at Columbus, Ohio, is the largest of any State io the Union. The appropriation* alrsadymade amount to $1,104 700.85. The architect estimate*..the additional coat of completing me frutidin# Ot $3Q9,689,0it flnd or' enduring, grading ?n4jprnarnemiiig the ^rounds at #160,000 mo^ making the grand totfl 6F Iha witofe ^ .... ABBEVILLE BANNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS EDITOR. THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 22,1857. IMPORTANT TO TAX-PAYERS. * Wf jiuliliah in miothcr column, tho ro(jintralinn nol, nud tho net nmriiiliiig the clinrtor of AhhcvUlo Villnjjo. EXCHANGES. Wo nor Omt T. S, Farhow linn <linpn*ci1 of l?w InlrrcM in Ihv Spnrtmihnrjj Hx/trr**. which lie linn oonducloil for tlio hint two year*, with mnrko?l nl'iliiy. A. H. Dovmi.aha nml II. I-'.vim* linving |<itrolitmo<l tlio h'x/tre**, it will in flit urn ho it*?iioil tinilor tlu'ir chargo. EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. Wo H'vo, in mioilior oolninn, tlio news by tlie ?iouiii?liip (V/v >>f' Wtifhifitloti, from wliicli it |<l?oiti? iluii tlio ChinoRc liavo ulinwn gome ini|<\iiti'iioo lo John Him, \> hereupon tlio sniil .lot i ii lini 11 ? it, it in it. it 11 oil o<l into tlio Chinamen ( * . in?>l onplliroil tlio oily of Clinton. EI.KCTI0N8. At * rooont olootioii for SSliorilT in Laurent), ,t W A UN.>iii lutil n innjority, but in consei|iiottoo or illo^:il voton, tlio olocti?n wns sot usitlo iin.l n now olootioii onloro?l to tuko jilnco on Moiiilnv tlio I tit Ii of l'obrunry. I'l imii Wknn lux* boon r? elf ctwl Clerk of .Smloi'Koii. J. 11. Toi.i.kson, Clerk for 5|iurluiibuvK. 8N0W. Wo linvo liroti oxiiorionoiinr. for tlie taut fow tiny* extremely riiltl weather fur tIlia 1 utituOoOn Sunday inuring Inst, we had considerable mu?\v, wliieh still lies ti|ton (lie ground. The ice mid snow has prevented the regularity of ilie trains upon (lie Greenville Road. The until having failed on Tuesday t?> roach this jducc, we aro subjected lo tli? inconvenience of furnishing a |?n|?i*r without it. ADVERTISEMENTS. I We usk attention lo the notice of Smith it IlroT, Druggists, of Columbia- Dr. L. II. Smitii i* ? native of this District, well known to us, ' and wc take pleasure in recommending their ^ establishment to those who may wish anything in their line. ' The well known establishment of Warm.aw <t Lvox in this place, in the same business, arc ' making additions to their stock. Persons who have any intention of visiting ' Florida, will preserve the notice of G. S. IIorx, Agent for the Everglade. We ulso direct attention to various other new ' advertisements in this issue. CONGRESSIONAL. \ The greater part of the session thus fur has t been spent ill a fruitless discussion upon the j President's Message, the flatus of politiral parties, ?fcc. The question of reducing the tariff is now being discussed in the House. ; It is stated that President Pierce will make u ( Southern tour soon after the iuauguration of Mr. c lircitANAN. t The question who is " to be or not to be" f members of the Buchanan cabinet, is exciting j attention not only in Washington, but from the , entire press of the country. Nearly every ed- >j itor and l>olilieinti linn ninniirii(>litr/i.( ? ?"l?"?' ' [ for Mr, Uuciiana.v. About fifly of these cubi- e nets, built according to the political texture of ? ucli builder, lias been bandied to the country as the true one. t Mr. lit'ciiANAv has at least the wisdom to keen t his own councils until tho proper time to divulge e them. Aud notwithstanding the distinguished u men whose names have been put forth (among J tliem lion. F. W. I'ickens, of out .mn Btutc; us ?j those into whose liiindi the conduct of the i Buchanan Administration is to be committed, t we have regarded such announcements to be t without even u reasonable pretext. f QUARANTINE. v E. McnniAM, of New York, lias communion- f ted an interesting pnper to tlie Merchants' May ? aziue, upon this subject. The writer proceeding t upon the fact, thut Yellow Fever and frost can- G nnt Aviut tmrnlImr Hint ? frnol lAmrvAoutnoA ??.ll ?__ l*w-? ^ I dissipate the fever poison?argues that refrigera- c tion would be a cheap, thorough, and Bpce<ly t work, and a complete relief agaiust the iutoleru- t ble losses by quarantine. 11 is plan is to build stone ware houses, compnr- ( atively air-tight, and by tlie use of a machine re- j cently invented for freezing water, to produce 1 such an artificial temperature within the builil- < ing, as will disinfect sailors' clothes or merchan- , disc, placcd within it. , The operation of this machine consists in no- 1 thing more than passing ether through a number of metal pipes, in which a complete vncuum has been made by pumpiug the air therefrom. | By this mean?, n temperature mny be liad sufli- { cicntly cold to produce the result desired. The 1 writer concludes with the following: ! r..> ? 1_ r?* square, having thick granite or gneiss rock walls i and stone floor?, with close shutting doors ; place around it 400 feet metal pipe, in the same way i as would be done to heat it by steam ; exhaust the air from these pipes, until a vacuum is produced, and then force a current of ether through and through the pipes, until the temperature of the room is reduced us much below zero as it is desirable to produce the result required. The clothing of passengers and mnriners from an infected vessel hung up for a couple of hours in the zero temperature of such a room, would be completely disinfected in an hour. "Stone warehouses can be constructed at Sandy Hook, of granite or gneiss rock, with thick wails, by virtue of an act of Congress of 1799, into wliicb the cargoes of infected vessels could be transferred and there exposed to a cold atmosphere produced by artificial means, and in a few hours bo thoroughly iiisiniecteu as to ue ht to send to market at once for sale. The vessel, after having discharged her cat (go, could be frosted and thus disinfected. The expeutie of disinfecting cargoes weuld not equal one week's interest on the amount of its cost. " This simple and easy process it would be seen, would at once relieve quarantine of all its deluyn and detentions, and thus facilitate commerce* and at the same time, protect public heulth. During the summer, vessels have rodequarantine for months, exposed to storms and infecting ether vessel* at anchor near them." The Dead erf Four CilUi.?'The number of interments durhig the year 1856, In the four principal cities of the Eastern States, is quite frightful, amounting to/13/432, divided as follows; 12,900 In Philadelphia, 31,495 in New York, 5,677 In TtnlHninrn mid i..17ft III iLwtAn. Tn fnn. cities, 24,761 <hlidrtrt tinder five years of age, perished daring the year. The particularly fatal durease ibis year among children has been scarlet fever, nyhjch has. bad iu 2,678 victims, 952 of whom wer* in the city ?f Philadelphia. f , i# ? Copper Mine* in South Carolina.?The copper mines discovered by 0.11. Loiber, Esq., the State geologist, on the plaulatious of Jotfeph Turned and Uobert Stearns have been purchased, says this Yorkville Enquirer, by a company of gentleman from Colombia for $3,000, and it is >rt*po?*l to oornmenc# opemli(i)in irainwfaioly. tt>?F&EYBAI)E. Wo condcnse ? few items from a very clnboruto article, |>?iblisl>ed In the Charleston Courier, uport the production olid consumption of coflce. The coffee plant wan early known to have been n native of Africa. It in not stipfiosed that the infusion from the roasted and crushed her rieH, wns uned us a bcvera|?o anterior to the fifteenth century. The first public coffee house was established in Loudon iti 1673. Coffee wai? introduced in France, between thoyears lft-10 and IG(>0, and the first house for tlie sale of coffee was opened at MarsailleH in IG7I. At ono time, it. was chiefly produced in St. Domingo ; the exports from that Island reaching ;18,UOO bnjjs. Had the revolution of 1732 not broke out ill that year, it would have reached 42,000. I Iiih, However, caused almost a total cessation of the supplies. The failure in St. Domingo greatly augmented its culture in Cuba, Jamaica, Surinam und Java, mid win subsequently introduced witli great success into Hra7.il, Ijor production, in 1820, readmit; 100,000 bays. In 1834, the year in which the emancipation net wont into effect, Jamaica exported to England. 18,2(iH,88:t lbs.; and in lH:{?),only U,4'23, l'J7, showing, in live years after the abolition of African slavery, a decrease of nearly one-half. The first import of Hra7.il coll'ee, was made in 1801). TI10 imports now reach lt'0,000 bags. The lotal importation of coffee into the United States in 183">, amounted to iyO,7?54,'257 lbs. Hra-/il is now the only coffee growing region that, through misguided Hritish philanthropy, has escaped the blighting curse of negro email* ciputiou j ami is a fact worthy to be remembered by negro philanthropists, tlint the production of coffee in H1a7.il, largely exceeds that of Juvft and St. Doliiitigo Willi tlie entire list of coffco grow- 1 ing islands combined. It has been h:i1i?hK1" -i _ j?j ui-Miuiisirmcii, iiiuL mo voluntary labor of Africans, can never be profituble. So if negro slavery should be abolished in Ilruxil, there will be a growing deficiency in the supply, and a corresponding increase in the price. And hence, the kind ?>f labor employed ill the production of this and other tropical productions which have become food for the millions in more Northern latitudes, becomes important to the consumer. The writer makes the following comparison jctwccn the negro slaves of ihe United Slates, Hid the free blacks of the British West Indies: ' It may be remarked that the rise and fall of Topical productions have fluctuated with the lupply of ihe only labor suitable for their produeion beneath a tropical sun?and llint is African. ? 'l*l>u r ? - tn /xincnn slaves into I lie United JStatc.< (tlicu British colonics) wuh by i I)utcli ship, in ltf'iO. i*ioiii dial period until .lie prohibition of the slave trade in 1808, the vhole number of Africans introduced into llic United States did not exeeed about 375,000. Of bo first cargo bent over, 1)1 were consigned to ilritish subjects, K8 to Itliodc Island, 10 to French objects, and 12 tc natives of ClinrlcMon. " We thus find thai the Africans in tbc United Slates, from tliis original small number, lmve inreused to 1 It, or in tbc ratio of nearly 8 >r JO to 1 ; while in the British West Indies, Iters arc not two persons remaining for every ivc of ibe imported and their descendants. Tliis a seen from tbc following statement: There vere imported into Jamaica, previously to 1817, '00,000 negroes, of whom and their descendants lUt 311,000 remained, after 178 years, to be nianciputcd in lb'Jo, the dute of the British ict. " In the whole 6f tlic Rrititish West Indies here were imported 1,700,00(1; of whom, and | heir descendant?, but Gf0,0i>0 remained, to he emancipated. (.Sac * Carey on the Slave Trade,' nid ' Compendium of the Staten Census, lc'50, inges 83, 84.') These facte prove that in no nnrt if Die world, and whether Iree or bond, lias the Vfrican race increased so rapidly as jii the Uni ed States, which is un irrefrugiblc proof that liey have been better treated and belter cared 1 or in the. United States than anywhere else. 44 Yet wo find a class of fanatics at the North, vlio are willing to contribute millions to Cuba or sugar, and to Drnzi I for codec, piling up an innunl balance o{ trade in iho two places ofover wcnt.y millions of dollars per annum, to see the lave trade clandestinely continued?to see the legroes annually decimated?to see St. Domingo ind the Hritisli West Indies mined by cinnncipa ion ; yet lliey carry on a reckless crusade against heir brethicu at the South. 44 The decimation of over one million of Afii' :nna in the British West Indies alone they marines over in silence, but for their Southern brelh en, who will not consent to destroy 3,000,000 >f contented and weli treated Africans by eman?i i i - - " . I'uuxu, mi-> nuutv iiu uuuiiiin m uieir rage .hough their measures, if carried out, would involve ruin to their own section of the country. u Where hue emancipation ever succeeded 1? Where have the blacks ever been raised by it to the civilized condition of the blacks of the United Stales? Iii no part of Africa is the ineroasc [>f population equal to that of the Southern States of North Amorica. "Mr. MeCulloch,in his Geographical Dictionary, speaking of Hayti, says lhat, 'One of the first effects of the revolution which ubolit>lied the slavery of tho blacks, was the enormous decrease in the amount of agricultural produce. From 1794, the year in which the slave were declared free by the National Convention of Frunce, to 17HG, the value of exported produce hud sunk to 8,006,720 livres, only about five per cent of whut it had been; and seven years ufcerwurds the country had become ulmost a desert, not so'much from the waste of the civil war, but ulso from the indolence of the bh.ck population.'" THE NOBTH AND SOUTH. The Charleston Standard, speaking of the comparative weulth of Northern and Southern States, has the following statement condensed from llic report of the Secretary of the Treasury : "The results, as fur as we lmve thought important to pursue the investigation, are as follows: The population of the Slates is given in one column, and the property ill the other, and taking the ratio of property to population, wo And tliul to each individual in the State of Georgia there is $586; in Massachusetts $527; Connecticut, $507 ; Louisiana, $450; South Carolina, $430; Pennsylvania, $400; New York, $3)13 : Virginia, $350. It will thus be seen, that however great may be our deficiency in some respects, there is a condition of pecuniary affairs about rs comfortable in the one section as the other. As a modification of this statement, however, it must be remembered that while the people of the North invest in other property, the South has invested largely in slaves; and slaves, thorefore, should be withdrawn from the population of the Southern States. The nonulation of South Carolina is set down nt 705,000, and to each individual of that population there is $430, nearly as much ua to the individual in any other State in the Union, but of that 705,000, just 400,000 are slaves. Now, if these be taken from the proprietors of South Carolina, there will be only 303,000, among whom is to be dixtributed the 8303,000,000 of property in this State, and the share of each, therefore, will not be $480, but $1,000, the largest average known among any people In the world. Nor is th>s all; the estimate of property ia based upon the census of 1S60. Slaves then were worth, on an average, $100 -less thau tbey are at prose tit, and that would give about'$ I SO more, making for every individual white peraon iu Soutlf Carolina, $1,180. Whatever, tlmwfore.'ma v be said of alave3f in other respocts. it ean hardlithe said that it opressM the material worth of Uwtpeople who a ? V' ' fe *? ? ?* ' - '' . . ' $ -?. ' ". .v..? ' . jy HESPERIAN CHAPTER R.\ A.'. M.'. Tlio nlmvo Chapter was duly organized on Monday, lBtli hint., under u Dispensation (Vom. tlio Urniiri High Priest, und the following officers elected to serve the ensuing year: . Conip. I). Johnson, M. K. II. I'., " Andiikw I'aci, K., ?? Wm. Hbnky Parker, S., " J. Townks UonRR-nuiM, C. II., " J. J. Lyons, P. 8, " John Okay, R. A. C., It. J. Wiiitr, CI. M. 3d Veil, 11 Jno. CJ. Hahki.n, Ci. M. 2d Veil, " W. CJ. Davis, CS. M. 1st Veil, " T. It. <?v -r ? Ciias. II. Ai.i.kn, Secretary, ' , Sentinel. MACKEY COUNCIL OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS. Mnckoy Council, It. uml S. M., wns organized on Tuesday, 20th in?t., under I >ispeiiK:itinu from IIIiiBt. Comp. A. (I. Mackky, Sovereign (Sruud 1 inspector nf the :i:M Degree, uud Secretary (General of the Supreme Council. Com}*. G. Mcl). Mil.i.Kit, 'I'liriec Illustrious, " JclIN (illAV, Illustrious II. of T., J. J. Lyons, I'rincipul Conductor of tlio Works, ?? Tnos. M. CiiitisriAN, Treasurer, " J. U. IIaskin, Recorder, " J. 'I'. Roiikiitson, Cnpt. of ( uords, " J. IIoi.lingbwortii, Conductor of Council, " \V. C. Davis, Steward. One of Ihr Hick Mm.?It is estimated tluit j one of the rich tucn of New York 1ms now ? I " regular inconit;" of $3,000 a tiny?about ?1,100,000 a year. Oul of this he can probably manage, with ccoiiumy, to "lay asido against a rainy day" the respectable sum of a million a your. A(I<1 to thisanothcrmilliouby the rapid appreciation of hid real estate, and we have an unusual increase of wealth for this individual amounting to two millions of dollars. Win. H. Astor is that gentleman. Religions Statistic*.?The Puritan Recorder sums up the statistics of evangelical religion in the United States as follows: Over thirty thousand working ministers of the gospal, sustained by four millions of communicants, and heard by sixteen millions of church going people. Church property, seventy millions; religious contributions, tweuty-four millions of dollars per onnutn. A Cltey tiered ?Few men have run a ' more diversified career than Mr. Hanks, Speak- I er of the Houses of Representatives. lie is ! now n little over P.'rty years old?hns lieen it factory hoy, a carpenter, a machinist, n dancing master, an actor, a lawyer, a national Democrat, 1 a coalitionist, an ardent lover of the Iiish, a' champion of religious liberty, u Know Nothing ! und is now u Freesoiler. Marine Dixustcrxfor December.?According In the New York Journal of Commerce, not less thnn 51 vessels, of all kinds, were lost during j the past month of December. They were j valued at. ?ii>57,000 and their cargoes ai $!)Sli,000. Fortunately not over 20 lives, it is believed, were lost by these numerous wrecks. Trade bettrecn Iluxxiu and the United State*? The exports from the United States last year, to i Russia and her possessions amounted to .^tihfG, 4o5, ogaiiibt only $12:1,4-15 in 1P55. Our imports from lliissiuii ports on the ISallic and North seas last year, reached $:S30,581, against $506,11S in 1855. A Loaii.?Th- \w n i? ? V..1.UIKI vnuic utMiinnm | an advertisement for a Xicaraimn" Innn nTS.^nfJ i?uu. it is maue payable in twwnty years, at the rate of six per cent, per annum, and the security is one million of acres of ihe best lands, llic scrip of which if said to he ready. Monxlw/ic?A Physiologist, of Cincinnati, has discovered that wearing moustache Mreiijjtfteiis ; the eye sight, and (lint removal of these hairy appendages has the effect of causing several dis. J eases of the eye. W'rslri/mtx in J-'ranee.?The WeslcyuiiR in j France maintain l:tO pulpits, and 78 preachers of various ijiudes, "i'J Sabbath schools, churches numbering l,i:i() members, and congregations amounting to I5,00U heareis. Compelling Free Xryrocs to Leave.?A bill is before the Arkansas Legislature to compel all free negroes at once to leave the State, under the penalty of immediate sulo into slavery for life. The annual expenses of the houses of the Hrit iah Parliament ended the.'llsl Mnrch, wan Xlfi'2,2::<), of winch the printing amounted to X70,904. Dtiliet on Sj>iril? in England.?Hie London News states that tlic large amount of .?10,350,479 wus paid in that country, in the year 1855, os a duly on foreign and British spirits. St. Louix Flour.?The St, Louis Republican "ays there were manufactured in the mills of lliat city last year 0.^2,418 barrels of flour?an increase over 1855 of 49,6Gfi bar role. Thirty thousand passengers were carried last year by the steamships between Europe and tbe United States, including eastern and western passages. u i v? ??- - - .1 inuuvji i? ouiiici-r in new mc.ncu nun ever before. The cost of sugar is 30 ccnts per lb; coffee 35c.; ham?, very common, 30, and so on. Tiie corporation of Boston owes a public debt of $7,801,049, to pay which it has resources amounting to $1,151,477. Interesting from Kunsns.?The Sf. Louis Democrat has Kansas advices to the 7th instant. The free Slate Legislature inet at Topcka on the 6th, and after a short session adjourned till next day. Governor Robinson had resigned. Lieut. Governor Ilobcrts was in the territory but fuiled to attend, and much dissatisfaction prevailed in consequence. A United States deputy marshal had arrested seven members of the free State Legislature on a writ issued by Judge Cato. Over thirty names were attached to the writ. The prisoner* were taken to Tecumseh for trial. Tho President of the Senate would deliver the annual message as Acting Governor. A determination existed to push the work of the Legislature through, if possible, Spartanburg and Union Railroad.?The Spartanburg Spartan, of the 14th inst., informs us that the Directors of this road, had a meeting at Union last week, at which a good deal of practical business wm done. Bonds to the amount of over f100,000 have-been, subscribed for, th?t they ^re in course of afgnatcre.and will bo ready for delivery in a week or so. that the necessary ; mortgage for the security of tbe bond-bolder* i* executed; end only lacks the signature of tbe Trustees, end tbat ihePrendent of tlje road leaves forthwith to mpke the necoMMtry arrangements to procure iron [te^ptete tbe md to ;*M? f v y ' , Ifi/son'a Ifeud Ileal for Travelers.? What miseries have l>e?n endured liv travelers, especially on railroads, for want of n suitable rest fur " the weary head." An invention long sought alter to meet this great want for every traveler, has at last been struck oil' l>y the fertile brain of a well-known inventor, whose name it bears. It is so made as to ho worn or supported upon the back or shoulders of a person, and it supports the head without being attached to a seat, or anything but the body of the wearer, whose head it supports, we mav truly say, "in the lap of luxury." It can bo folded up, and carried easily in the I- - ... jmjckoj, and every railroad traveler can thus furnish a liea<l rest for himself, and sit at ease asleep or awake, 1 ?y niglit or day. For persons who travel much by railroad at niglit, it is one of tbe best inventions ever brought before the public, and it will, no doubt, soon come into very general use.? Measures have been taken to secure a patent for it, and more information may be obtained by applying to the Sole Agent, L. 1'liilip ] leers, 47:} llroadway, N. V. Scicnlific Ante riot >i. Mil it in System.?The net to promote the efficiency of the Volunteer system in this Stal?', passed at the recent session of the Legislature, provides that all persons who shall serve lor fourteen years in any volunteer company in litis State, shall be exempt fro^'i fin iher military duty. Ollieers were before exempt after a service as such iu the malitia for seven years. of Cotton.?The receipts of cotton, the present season, at all the ports, reach one million, six hundred and tiny thousand bales, which is an increase over the receipts of any previous year, except the last. The shipments to England from New Orleans the past were 13,000 bales. A CAED. Mil Ki>iT?>n:?We oircr the Wowing in justification of returning from Abbeville to imr "Rural Village ": If any person living ought to br contented, l>y being honored mul sustained with an almost unbounded confidence, ami a liberal reiiiuiieiMtion for professional services, we surely ou^lit; for the confidence ami support of tlie "primitive ami delightful Village ill the Wooil.V' ami the tin iliule neighborhood, which have been the tichl ol our utmost ellbiis to Im?h>i?<> ^..r..i 1 ---?' honor Jo our liable railing. In till ihi.-?t we slionltl be guilty of ingratitude, if wo did not acknowledge an undoubted I'ro videuti.il support; for in the hour of woman's greatest M.iT.-ring and extremity, not a single case has failed us. And if wc cannot secure in this healthful and delightful section, the luxuries, elegancies and influence that pertain t<> the rich and the great, wc surely can obtain the imhl-trial cetlit'ortsof life. Ilathei than break up such ties and forsake such confidence, we are constrained to return and spend the remainder of our days in our best clfoits to serve nil who may honor us professionally in C'okesbury, or within tlio possible reach of the same. " W. C. NORWOOD. C'okesbury, .Tan. l'J, 18">7. DELEGATES TO THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Mil. Ehitoi::?Will you do me the favor t<> announce, that :?t. the last meeting ??f the Abbeville District Medical Society, the following gentlemen were appointed Delegates to the Annual Meeting ! of the iSaw/A Citrti/eiiii Mi tliruf ,| xsocinfioii, to j be livid in tlu> Oily of Charleston on Monday, lib I February next: I?t!. J. J. VVaimh.aw, die. tiioh. .1. maiicv, ]>IU 15. A. Ar.niKi^ s. m':. s. Mai;s:iai.i. Very respectfully, II. T. I.VOX, .M. I)., Sce'y. Commercial. Aiiiicvu.i.K C II , Jan. '22, I8f>7. Cotton.?We <|iinie ibis urtic'o at prices ranging fiom llli to 11J cents. lUu littlo offering. Coi.i.'MniA, January 21, 1857. The weather still is unfavorable fur out door business, mid cotis^fpicntly ibero in very littlo doing in cotton. The few sales that were made yesterday, however, showed the market to be j very firm, at former prices. irtfJmiif /"* ????,../j know them.?Now York, October 10, 1852.? Mrs. Hardy, No. 119 Suffolk street, writes uc that she lias boon troubled with worms for some three years, ami that *hc tixed one viul of J)r. Jl 'Lane'* Ccl'hrnfrtl Vermifuge, prepared by Fleming llros., Pittsburgh, l*u., which hrught away over fifty large Worms. Ilor usual g<>od health immediately returned. J Irs. Quigby, No. 18- Essex street, New York, uiider date of November 23, 1S52, -writes us that she bad a child which had been unwell for better than two months. She procured a bottle of M'Lauc's Vermifuge, and administered it.? The child passed a large quantity of worms, and in a few days was as hearty as ever it had been. Parents, wish such teslimonv he for o llinm nlionM not hesitate when lliero is nny reason to suspect worms, and I<>s*< no lime in procuring anil administering Dr. iM'Lune's Vermifuge. It never fails, ami is perfectly safe. 62T r? rehascrs will be enreful to nsk for Dr. M' /.ants (JthUralcd Vermifuge, manufactured hy Fleming Bros, of Pitt.oburuh, I'u. All oilier Vermifuges in comparison are worthless. l)r. M'Lane's genuine Vermifuge, also his celebrated Liver Pills, cm now bo had tit nil respectable drug stores. None genuine without the signature of FLKM1NU IlKOS. Sold hy W.vnm.aw &. I,von, Abbeville C? I! , S. C., and by one Agent in every town in the South. It Letter from Jlon. John Minor Holts, of VirGin ia.?Richmond, July Oth, ?Messrs. Wm.S. Bkf.uk Co.?Gentlemen:?Considerations of duty to the afflicted alone prompt me to : send you this voluntary testimonial to the great l..? _e /i?j?a -*- ?' ' ? ? ' vui.it: m vurirr fl tDjiantan JiliJcmrr, IOT Ulftl almost incurable disejse, Scrofula. Without being dispopcd, or derming it ncecs. anry, to go iuto the particulars of tlio case, I can say that the utQiiithing results that have bee a produced by that medicine, on a member of my own family, and under my own ohservutiou and superintendence, after the skill of the best physicians had been exhausted, and all tho usual remedies had failed, fully justify me in recommending its use to all who may be suffering from that dreadful malady. I do not mean to say that it is adapted to all constitutions, or that it will ^flord the samo relief iu all coses; for, of course, I can know.nothing altout ibat?biU from what I huvo seen of the effects, I would irot hesitate to use it in Vny and every cose of Scrofula, with persons fbr whom I felt an interest, or over wliom I could exercise influence or control - >v Respectfully yours, . JNO. M. BOTT$ 1 S?adyiMa& ptothin* V1KT? are new offering Wr eniire Stocfc d V* WINTER et COST fd CASH. WI^ir^YtllGOR ^noary 21, 1$W. 90 *t' MASONIC NOTICE. '*" A: rpiIE Members of CLINTON LODGE No. 1. 3. niv requested to meet on Monday y "njht ntjcl. A full attendance la requested, ns busij lies# of importance will lie brought bi fore the ? Craft. l$y order of the W. M. 11. J. WHITE, Sec'y. Jim. 21, 1857. 39 It KTO TI OB. A]jT> persons in uny wny indebted to N. McEVOV, nic lieiehy notified that his Notes mid Aeeowntrt nre ill my hands for collection, nml if not paid immediiit-lv. ' -j, ....j ?... UC b 110(1 I'pull without discrimination. J. O. BASK IN. Jim. 21, 1857. 3<J It NOTICEI. AN Extra Meeting of THE ABBEVILLE THESPIAN ('OKI'S will lie held in their Hall Fri'hiji Hi-rtiintj 2'.{t/ iiixt. Punctual attmdance of I lie mcllibcix is earnestly solicited. Hv tinier of the President. K. .1. WHITE, See'y. j Jim si, is*i7. :;y it iLUOTIOKT. WILL l.u ollered at Alilicvi'.le Court Hones on Sale-day in February, two Negroes. 'I'lii! woman about 40 yearn of age, an excellent field hand, and her daughter between nine and ten years of age. Condition Cash. Jan. 21, ltf.-iti. 33 2t Final Notice. A LI. persons indebted to the Estate of JOEL JVl. SMITH, deceased, or to llic undersigned us KxorV, must pav up. A. Nl. SMITH. > - ! J AS. M. l'KKUlX, \ Kxore' I Jan. 21, 1857- 3'.? trd KTOTIOE. " All i 'or.suns iuil' litcil in me liy Not# or Account, must |>ny up liefore Uvlurn-Duy, or I will collect tilt-Ill l?V Law. Al??, thoso inil.lJoil to SAMUEL TUSTIN must pay up, or tlivv will l>e mrvt'd it> tlie same way. * II. T. TUSTIN. January 21, LSf?7. fl'j 2t 1 ^ITlSriKTCS-^IMIH Undersigned. a rrsiili-nt of_ JL Klln'itun <*<>., (in., having in ?<Esp3pv ken rooms at tlie .Marslu.ll House,\7 " 9 \7 W : oIFvik liis sirvicv to tin. citizens of tlic Villnp? I ami surrounding country, as a 1*1 A NO TUN Kit* | Any ?n?> desiring liis sei vices, will please call on ! or address liim liy letter at Alilicville C. II. KOliKKT SCIIMITS. Jan 21, I8"i7. UU It | Cruvolli Whalchnnn Sirica j WILLIAM SIIKAR, HAS .HIST rrc'ivml from New York n supply ?.f LA!.'IKS' CRIJ VKLLI WHALKliO.NK Slvl RTS I3- the most approved ; styles now ill line. I AUo, .MISSUS' WIIALKRoXK SKIRTS, t?? ' :ill of which tlu* attention of tliu Lniliea in r?j uprcllully mvitcil. I .Inn. -'I, ISV.7. .19 tf $25 REWARD" WILL bit jjivt'li for tlie apprehension anil loilifonuMil in the Jail of Alt fliTonn, of my no^ro man, DILL, rmimmn. 1V ly rullt-il !>ii<:k. Sniil lioy is iihntil. \i"> or :;f> ywns oM, about 5fi>i>t Id inrlios li?i?!i?wiy "t/l'aeU,. fro*i* 170 to ISO [Himtils. No i^lter 111.111;^ rconllrcted. 1M.LI.ARD IK JDEAN. Jan. SI, S3 it Ladies' Cloth and Velvet Cloak*, at xkvv youk cost. "Y^ILLIAM SIIKAR will sell llie remaiivdw off ?? inn stocU i.r l.iidics' riotti nod YoIthI ClAlAKS anil Clo h I'ALMAS, at New Yorlt cost. The asMirintotit embraces ttioso of the: latest ami best styles. ALSO, SonM-very l?an?lsoineM(>l*ftX[XG CLOAKS. 4 some of cxini sizi>, to nil i.f which the attention of the politic i* respectfully iuvitd. _ . HEAD a FARTERS. bill KKGIMRXT. S. C. M. > Aiiiikviu.k, S. C., Jan. 14, 1S37. y IX nMii'nco to orders reerirnl in.ru (I llrioadier General. J- K. Weaver, Bj an Klect ion will he held at Mot row's ftgm Ohl Fir 1.1, on Wednesday the'iStli Fef?riiary m xt, for Major General of 1st Vjf Division, S. M , lo fill the vacancy occasioned I?v the resignation of .Major General Sntn'l MeGowan. liy order of lirig. Gen. JXO. Ii. WEAVER. II. !l. II.\nt'i;it, Col. Jan. ai, 1867. 39 Idp" "" FRESH ARRIVALS^ " j r I'MIK Subscriber* have just received large adL ditions to their former supply, making their Stock of Drugs, Medicines and Perfumery, very full and complete. A large supply ol FitKSII and GEXUINE Grarclon Soeds, which they w II sell lower than ever olTcstd in this market. 1 m SKGAKS. A largo lot of fir.-t-rate ones. Coll and try t hem. All of these article?, nnd many others. they will keep on hand, and sell LOW for CASH, or 1 to approved customers. WAKDLAW A LYON". A Abbeville O. II., Jan. 21,18'?7... M-3f- ~ * ]) 11lldS, DRUfiSk, fpiIB UN I)IRSIGNED having purchuiwd 1 the Slock of _ - _ _ -.:'V Drugs, Chemicals, MeiHoines, A&-, r formerly owned by I>r. J. II. Doatwrigfit, (Boat- - j . wriuhi <fc Barkufon,) h.?ve opened at iRjf^pid Sinixl in (.'olunil'iii, tin; largest Stock,in onf (in*.' ' ever ofTerei! in tl.o interior of the State. " >* , We have a complete Slock of Siirglciil, Dentil * *7.' and Obstetrical I not rumen Is. lMuutntinii?f!IiiMta with a full assortment of Medioinc-B and Ina?ra- * . - V insula for plantation use; Physiciani" Cnitnf ISr ?'-J-v % Saddle or Ibi-fgy. Our Instrifmenta havaaftarty * . " nil been imported, und arc of tlio \ety best * :s? ' - make. In calling the attention of Physicians t^oup establishment, they may be assured thnt theij or- ' durs will receive, our best care, ?nd lhp? may * rely on the purity of our Medicines, If iMfcjKj' tiling ordered in our lin* fails to p(bfl*?,'or M jwt t I as represented, we hold ourselves rc*po?stft^uj^,'. ? will promptly malic it right. .**. .-? >J&' cj * -. SMITH & ;ilUOTftT^;*.C (formerly J-~H. L. II. Smith, M. D. i . l. v. iiwot, m. i>. | jon. % I nvnil myself of tliis menus of ortilW'WfrigjTOy ' vw' fiii'iuln in AbhovilW ni^OoulK'i f will continue ilmt kindness thfeV littvJkW^Qfrerf :r;:/"?hy 'A-'. <t V' .. i ife #/ *** m ft .. * ^