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From the Xew York Day Book. | i It lias nlso been nsjcrlptl tlnit slavery is right, I nml iluti it in tlit* imniial condition of llle laboring lnuii, uinl not. cuntiiiod to ruco or color.?Gov. Hamlin'a Mrgxayc. It may not l>u I lint Gov. Hamlin knew llie above to l?o falsy wlicn lie penned it, v<:t t<> say tb:ii ho believed any person in the wide world had over made sncli an ?sMTtion, is 6Hciili. injw his sense to his honesty. " The normal condition of the laboring man !" Now, we have read the news- 1 papers for the last live years, the speeches in Congress and >? the slump, as attentively, wo will venture to assert, as any other ' , man in the country, and we m-ver yet saw or heard the assertion (joveiior Hamlin gravely states lias been made. On the other hand, ?ve have *i*en i. denied, over ami over again, I'V 1 )fin<?ri--is iitnl southerners, when ' charged with il hy northern men. We have j een the charge in the Tribune anil Kccnittf/ > J'osl, heard it made in I'laek Republican ' f|it'frhes and repeated in country newspapers, hut we never owe supposed that any j intelligent person believed il for a moment. : Why, if the Smith or tlie Democraey held j to any such doettine. tlie very foundation of their party wmild l?e broken up at onee, ; and what is tn<>r<', Governor Hamlin knows | it. lie knows tint the laboring man stands as ilie very vomer s'otie of Democracy ; on ]n> broad shouMers tbe cdilieu itself rests, am] standing there, firm and secure as it j do^s, it is in vain that sneli demagogues as this man Hamlin burl their shafts against j its iron walls. lint tmiv lln> f..!l?w :imte:ils to tin* prejudices of tlie while man, against the lie- j gro. Knowing, as he does, that tin.* oppo- i lients of IMaek l?epublicanism hold thai ' ?uhordiuatiou is I Iim "normal condition" of! the negro,that he is not only created inferi- | or, a distinctly different being from the white ; man, hut made to he subservient, lie dare ' not tell the white laboring men of Maine this truth, hut changes it into a positive, jtalpnhh- lie, sind in doing so, acknowledges the fact, that the nojjro is an inferior being. For if he is not. if he is what Governor Hamlin, Senator Wilson, Speaker ISanks and : their confreres say he is, a man like them- j ^ttffes, errateil, made, and made to be, just 1 like white men. where was the necessity of! telling this lie about his opponents? Why i not write the plain and simple truth ? Why j ll<?l r??i> iw iiic iiivii vi i?i?uin | "Sirs, tin* southern people do not believe J that negroes aic your etpials, nor like von ; t ffioy say l!r?l tliey arc different beings, an<l ought to In: held subordinate to the whit us." > Why, wc ask, did not Governor llainlin j write litis simple trnlh ? If the negro is in reality what he pretends to believe him to>! bo, it" he is what he says he is, this truth Would have answered his purpose just as well as the lie; for feeling and believing ( tho negro to be the same as himself, the j whole nature of the white laboring men of j&iinc would have revolted jn>t as soon at lfh>e idea of holding negroes in bondage as it would at holding while men. lint Govern or Ilamlin knew that this was not so, and so he adds the wilful lie that " the South i hold that you, white laboring men of New j England, are no better than negroes."? | This the Governor knew to be a clincher? ' it was faUe, of course, and he knew it, but ; then it was necessary, for, to say thatslaverv j or subordination is right for the negro, might | set the while working man to thinking, and j ho might go to Governor Hamlin, and say, , '"Sir, I have been thinkim; over what v<ui I nay in your message about the southern | people holding the doctrine that negroes j ought not to ho put on an equality with i vhite folk*, :u>d I begin to think they are i ball'right." " Why, my dear sir," says Governor Hamlin, " do you think that Weeause a man happens to he poor ami unfortunate, he e>?g!:t to he held in bondage ?" ' O no, I don't believe that, hut then a nigger, somehow, is a different heing; you don't want liiiti around you nor I don't want hiin aroun.l me; none of us want him ; we won't eat with the crecter nor sleep with him, nor let a daughter marry him, and somehow it seems as though God made him- different from n?.. I'&j cats differently, lives dit&iivully :ui?F never amounts to much, any How - tU>n*t seein to care much for 1 .ll* I * I nwnseii nor any uouy eise, ami" loals' rouml, doing, nothing, ami acts just as if he wanted Koineboiiy to tell hint what to do ; ami I ain't so sure licit those people down South vhodiave so many of Vin around don't do Uie- right thing when they keep 'em in order, work 'em and take care of 'em." "tfut,V says the Governor, with a twinge or conscience, " they want to make all poor men slaves, without regard to the color; they do not mean that the negro only is to lie held.in bondage, but that you, an l every other laboring man, ought to he slaves; th;a is wliat they are trying to-du now." -?J they are, are they J" says the la borer, with distended eyes. " O, I didn'l know that?that's another thing. If that'i what they want, I am agin 'cm; I can't g( that doctrine. 1 have always been a Demo t?*at, but I'll not go with any party that'i down on the poor man," and away In goes, hurrahing for freedom in Kansas. 'Uhe Governor puts his hands deep dowi in* his packets, stretches out his feet nm looks nb*trnctedly into the fire, and soldo quises thus: M What ai? infernal lfe* rtint w, now L have lived with those southerners more 4) ^ "Ifess fi>r nearly a dozen years, heard a bun ilred speeches on the slavery question, an< Bead a- thmtxand newspapers, end liav neverhean) i?or sten>?ucli an idea proinul irated; vet I have tuld> this noon fellow and given to my words nil'official nnlhoril and dignity, that the South was trying t enslave all laboring men* whito and* blacl Tkno* libit Horace* Greely says soy an tells it e*ny week- to ten thousand1- of in neople, and they believe it; but then know it is false, and ? ought not to hat naid it. Oh, these cursed politics, and th worse than cursed free-soil party to whic 1 -have allied myself! what villains the make of us all. And I have written i Miy message, that the South holds that a .laboring men ought to be slaves, wiihoi AT* PAgard to color, when*J[ know that if tliei w? ? people on the laeo of tho earth wli Ifelievp 'in tho equality of white men, it southern people. Why, so great ?kMt?Mrtion do*. Itiey make between whi H UmtIv UmI. . if. a tiegro strikes white nin^, uo matter hem poor or men or low'or'ugly the twin may bo, it is deal to tWif liigger. put the white inr away tip above aml.aUuoftt oubof sight the * negro, am) never acknowledge th tliey can in wivtljittgqr in rtWj; r?specl I 4K|unl. We make * dii*tirictiun- l>etwe< fjcU. Hnd |K>ort Ihey only t>et#ocn win nnd black. ! Uavc * wljito qmu l* vri on Hie, black t?y,.j?o<^^?we?p out nr officer driv? ^ comes ^ ?i<>c* ' tHk i jiw my equal ; if poor, lie must be my servant Not so with Governor Wise. No while man waits on liiin; lie could not. hire one m all Virginia to do it. He does not believe white men were made to wait on sacli other; ho says tliey arc all equal, and that if God had intended one white man to wait on another, He never would have made a nigger. * * * And Wise is right after all. His Democracy is tho only I rue Democracy in tho country. lie believes that white men are created equal, ;iud should be treated as equals, and that niggers are niggers, and should be kept in llieir place, and he is right. Hut, hang it nil, I have trot in with this infernal crew of old federalist abolition whigs, trce-soilers, mid the Lord knows what, and I must lie it through. 80 farewell to conscience and honesty for the next four years." EXPLORATION OF THENOBTH PACIFIC. Tlio expedition to llio North l'aicific Ocean, which sailed in 1853 under the command of Capt. llinggold, ami lias recently returned under that of Capt. Jolin Kogers?which had for its object the survey of the almost unknown coasts of Japan and of the islands and shoals lying between tliis country and China, as well as the examination of the seas in the vicinity of liehriiig's Straits?returned last summer, ia the midst of the Presidential canvass, without exciting as much interest in the public mind as the magnitude and importance of tlio results of the explorations deserve.? Tlio expedition was lilted out on the most liberal scale, with all modem appliances and l.. c _ ?i... ?: ? C -- ' tun* iur cue jhosl'cuuuii 01 surveys ami scientific researches; ami tlio value of its discoveries ami additions to our knowledge of the countries vi.-ited, is far more than commensurate with the expenditure incurred. When Government shall give these to the world they cannot but redound greatly to the credit of our country. The recent extension of American commerce into the remote seas of the Northwestern Pacific renders necessary many new charts, which can now be iu a great measure supplied. In the various depart ments of science a multitude of new facts have been collected, which have already excited great interest among savans, both of this country and of Kurope, and the appearance of a lull report of them to Congress is anxionsty looked for. liich collections. illuslratinir the natural hi*lorv of Japan ami the neighboring countries, have huen brought home. They include more than a thousand kinds of plants and animals never before known to exi>t, many of which are very rcmnikable in form and structure, as might iiavo been expected from the examination of a country only just opened to the civilized world. To our (jovcrmucnt belongs the credit of first breaking tl rough the barrier of exelusivene*s with which the Japanese have heretofore encased themselves. We have opened their ports, and induced them to acknowl edge their relations with other divisions of the human family. Europeans are rapidly following in our track, and are not slow to improve the advantage presented by our movement, and to glean from the rich untrodden fields the treasures of science.? Shall we not, then, again bo beforehand with ilium ? Ami will not Congress call for a report which shall anticipate the publication of so much new and valuable mat ter by any subsequent foreign explorer ? The Smithsonian Institution, in its careful guardianship of all Governmental scientific properly, has takon in charge the col| lections of the expedition, which are now i being unpacked and prepared for study.? This is done, however, rather slowly, on account of the expense of proeess; and hut a small portion of the specimens arc as yet open to the public eye. These have been placed in the upper stories of the cases recently put up in the great hall of the Smithsonian building. Oilier cases will be filled as soon as they arc erected.?A'ationul Intelligencer. THE AFRICAN SLAVS TRADE. It appears from a late number of the London Times that froin 1845 to 185G there were imported successive, year bv year, into Brazil from Africa, the following ba'clies of slaves: 17,435, 19,095,22,840 19.453, 50,324, 50.172, 00,000, 54.000 and 23,000. It will be observed from thes< figures, that from 1842 to 1845 the slav< j traffic, though apparently declining, was, a any rate stationary, whereas in 18-JG it re ceived an extraordinary impulse, which fo tour successive years nearly trebled its re suit. It is unnecessary to add that this in crease coincided with those legislative act which opened the British markets to Brazil ' ian sugars. In 1850, however, though the sugar trad > retained all its freedom, the importation e slaves fell to 23,000?scarcely one half it recent amount?and in the next year the rt 1 turns were more remarkable still. The fi? 4 ures, which from 1819 had ranged froi * 50.000 to 60,000, dropped in 1851 to 3 287, showing a decline in this nefariou * traffic to less than one fifth of the smallci 3 importation previously known. This dechn arose from a tardy, though sincere resoli 1 lion of Brazil to prohibit the trade. The trade of Cuba in this coinmerc " tbniinrb hirim in ~ ' n bv tu 119 VAlt'Ill < territory, is absolutely much smaller thn I that of Brazil. Tlio number of the shm r imported into this island during foe ten yea i- specified, were respectively, 3,030, 8,00 'l 1,300, 10,000, 410, 1,450, 1,500, 8/700, f ? 500, 500. It will be seen that these figur I* present a singular and not very explicab >Y contrast to tliose extracted above from tl y Brazilian features, and that they indica 0 some sources of encouragement and discou c. agement entirely peculiar. d fit 1954 the traffic was exceedingly larg y the next year it'suddenly decreased by mo 1 than four-fifths ; and in 1846, the very ye 'e when the English sugar bills give such i is impulse to the trade of Brszil, it declined h its lowest' point, and almost, indeed, to y nominal extent. Neither did it recover in self in 1847 or 1848, when the Brazilii ill dealings were so large, while, on the otli ?t hand, now that Brazil seems r^lly desisli re from the traffic, Cuba shows A very cons to erable importation?an importation, inde< is siirpatuiing for th'e first time that of her rii a Ait ill* fluutlinrn ?%nlin#nt ft High Prices for Net/roea in Worth A n, lama.?The lluntsville Advocate says tl ill at the chancery sale on Monday iu tt in town, twenty-oite negroes?children, v of men and men?bronght $14,068, an av at ngeof $712.28. One man sold for $1,3! >e one girl thirteen yea/ft old brought $lj2i m 'apd . a liulo boy eleven ye*r? old sold te $937. The sale was a cash oqe., . ABBEVILLE'BANNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS EDITOR THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 29,1857. ADVERTISEMENTS. Don't inflect to read tho udvcrtixcineuts of J. J. Lyons, J. U. Black, Lkavrll tfc Chalmers, Wii.i.iam Siikau, J. Mkvkrk, 8. A. IIodckh' notice to tux-pnycra, and other important notices. YOUNQ MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. It will be seen by the proceeding of the Hireling of tliis Association, held on lu.st Saturday : tngl*1, that the Association lias been organized, the Conatitution adopted, and officers clected. The meetings will hereafter be held on tlie Tuesday night after the first and third Monday in each month. An annual fee of one dollar, with a character for uprightness and honesty, are the only qualifications necessary to entitle any one to membership. The principles and objects of the Association will bo fully expounded by Itev. T. A. Hovt, on next Tuesday night, to all such as ure willing to give him a hearing. DISTRESSING*DEATHS. We nee that a number of persons, in more Northern latitudes, have suffered from the intense cold. Sir. Jamkh Sutton, of Hanover Co., Van lost a valuable servant, in a snow storm, while attempting to puss from the kitchen to his cubiu, a distance of three hundred yards. Jamkh D Cociiran, says the Richmond lihpatrh, while skating upon the river, broke through and was drowned. Mr. J. II. Brown, aged Hit years, was found in the streets of Petersburg, Va , at a late hour Sunday night: he died next day, having been chilled through l>y the cold. Iu the same city, K.wvsos S. Ki>waiu>b, a dealer in fish, wua frozen to death iu liis stall. IMPORTANT TO INSURANCE AGENCIES. An net passed the last session of the Legislature, wliieh requires, among other tliingr, that the Agents for till Insurance Companies not incorporated by this .Slate, shall obtain a license from the Comptroller General. That sueh AgentH shall file in the Comptroller's Offtce, a certified eopy of the chnrter of the company from which he receives his appointment, and the resolution making the np|x>iiitmcnt, with the warrant of Agency under the senl of the Company, signed by the President, before a license will be grunted. In addition to this, the President of the Compnny must file and publish u statement under oath of the assets and liabilities of such Company. That the Ag?'iit shall cause such statements to be published in some newspaper in the District in which he resides. THE OFFICE OF ORDINARY. An fM't of tlio Ifiat l.iMfulflhir? ttfnuitloA ?6 when (lie deceased linn left u will in writing wiiliout having npjmiuted an executor therein, or, having appointed one, such executor shall have departed this life without having qualified thereon, or lieing alive shall have refused to qualify, it shall be the duty of tho Ordinary in whose office such will shall have been proved, to grant letters of administration, with the will unnexed, to such persons as would have been entitled thereto if the deceased had died intestate: Provided, such persons shall take an interest, or expectant, under such will, epual ill value to the distributive share to which they would have been entitled had the deceased died intestate. And ill case no one of the distributees at law of such deceased shall take an interest, under such will, equul in value to the interest he wouhl have taken if ihe deceased had died intestate, then to such peisons as shall have tho greatest in sub Luimng sutii win, in me urucr 01 ineir interests. Anil in ease no person taking interest* under such will shall apply within three iiioiiiIik aftei the death or the testator, then to llie greatest ereditorii; and in default of such applying, then to such other persons as may apply there for. COTTON. Though England, for the last twenty years, has resorted to every possible means, expending millions, to provide a source of supply indrpend ently of the cotton grown in the United Stales Vet her efforts iu this direction liave been n sig nal failure; the cause of her failures arc no more the inadaptability of the soil and climut* iu those plnccs where ehe has attempted t< ' grow cotton, than to the system of labor she ha ,, employed in its culture. The history of the cot ? ton culture, clearly proves that it is only iu thosi i countries ill wlliirll llio nv???m nf nn'olnnUn slave labor prevailed, tliut cotton growing lia r been o profitable expeiintent. It i? time tlie two leading truths shouh . be known, viz: That white labor, under th s scorching rays of a tropical puii, can never b - made profitable in the culture or cotton; nn< that to make the production of cotton dependen C upon the voluntary labor of the lnzy and indr if lent African, would prove signally fatal to il s culture. Of the D00,000.000 lbs. of cotton mar !- ufactured in England, about "700,000,000 lbs. ar J- exports from the United Stutec. Showing tha I) notwithstanding English ingenuity has been to r tured to retrench their dependence, yet near! 18 four-fifths of hnr supply is the production of tli Southern States. THE VABTNESS OF LONDON. The Philadelphia Ledger, in speaking of tl e growth of cities, states that London, in 180 had a population of nine hundred and fity-eigl ? thousand. Iler population now reaches two mi lions and a half. It is five times larger tha rs Philadelphia, and contains more inhabitants tin 0, air the great cities of the United States. |t- London prisons and poor houses contain fifl es thousand souls. Twenty thousand persons a ;e engaged in Killing ana soiling animal food, ai 1)0 twenty-five thousand In doctoring, preaching ai te managing law suits. r- ? BAIL BO ADS. It is stated' that U'm United States lias 27,3' miles of Rail Road. Great Britain, 8,000. Tl ar whole muuber of miles in the world, is 1< Rn than fifty thousand miles. The United Stat lo has three times as much as Great Britain; ai ( a more than half the Railway of the world. T jt_ average cost of Americau Railways, is for <n thousand dollurs per mile. Tho English Ra ier waV* have cost two hundred thonsand dolla ?,r The French, 130,000. The German, 56,000 p i(). mile. -d' GOVBSHOR8HtP OP GEORGIA. ltt' We umtee that Mr. Gakdkeo, Editor of t ConttiltUionalut, is spoken of through the Ge< gia press, aa the Democratic nominee for G< ernor. The Savaunah Jtepublitan anuoum ,a* B. II. Hill, as one capable by talent and posits 1Ml to become the flagsman of the American par "?* in the contest. er- - 15, What the French Bay.?Tha French edit 25, are beginning to op?n their eyes to the fe?t tl at fee United States are wielding no little infloei - jptoai. They think we are a gre*t Chritli power, whose *J&ire e*n not any' loiiger be M] CONGRESSIONAL. A little muss has been kickcd up in Washinglon, growing out or allegations of bribery mid fraud, made by Mr. Simo.nton, tlio correspondent of the New York 'Jlmrt. The grtws charges of corruption published in tlio 'J'imca, probably would not have been dignified with an investigation, but for the declaration of Mr. Paine, from North Carolina, upon the floor of the House, pending the discussion upon a resolution to uppoint a Committoe of investigation, that it hud been remarked in his hearing, by n member of the House, thut those who voted for the Minnesota Land Kill would receivo fifteen hundred dollars. After this declaration of Mr. Pai.nk, wilhont further discussion, the House almost unanimously passed a resolu nun in np|?>int a committee to investigate the matter. The Committee, in puiauanco of their duty, proceeded to take testimony in reference to the matter. Sir. Simo.nton was summoned before them, but declined to unswer certain questions put by the Committee, thereby bringing ti|>oit himself the charge of conicmpt. The House passed a resolution, thul he should be put in close confinement u;itil tlio end of the session, or until he relieves himself of the charge of contempt before the investigating Committee. Another witness, Mr. CiiKSTKn, refusal to appear before the Committee, whereupon a resolution was passed, that the Speaker should issue his warrant, directed to the Sergcant-at-Arms, coin* niaudiiig him to take into custody, the body of said CiiKSTKn, and bring him before the bar of the House to answer the charge of contempt.? Tho enid Ciikstkii was fleeing "the wrath to come," but was arrested by the Scrgcant-atAnils in Philadelphia. It is not yet known what will be the result of this investigation. Justice demands that the Committee should faithfully discharge tlicir trust, and if such churgts have any foundation iu truth, to place the guilt where it belongs?to set upou the guilty the murk of nutiouul shame ami dishonor. COMMUNUATKD. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. An adjourned meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association was held in the Temperance Hull on Saturday evening the 24th inst., to adopt u Constitution for the government of the Association, and organized by calling Dr. I. Druiich to the Chair, and the appointment of C. II. Allen to act as Secretary. The meeting was opened with prayer by the n ...I.:..I. il- f ? vf. v. uiw-1 w ihvii hiv viiiiamuuinit uh reported, with slight alteration?, wus adopted, and tho following officers clectcd for the term of one yenr: W. II. PARKER, Esq., President. J as. M. Pkkkix, 1st Vice " A. T. Watson, 2nd " " A. A. Wii.i.ia.ms, Recording Secretary, W. A. Iii:):, Esq., Corresponding " J. T. Roiikiithon. Treasurer. BOARD OF MANAGERS: R. J. White, W. M. IIaddkn, II. L. Francis, R. A. Faik, W. C. Davik. On motion, it was resolved that the Rev.T. A Iloyt be requested to deliver an address be fort the Association on Tuesday evening the Ihl o February, setting forth the nature and object o the organization. CIIAS. II. ALLEN, Sec'y. commitnicatku. ROSLIN LODGE, NO. 88, A/. F.\ M.\ l.own dkkvili.k, S. C., J jii. U3, 1S57. The following arc the Officers for Rostin Lodge | >0. bt">, A.1. M.\, for 58">7: Bro. John Biwwni.ke, W.\ M.\, " Sam'l S. IIakkr, S. W., " J. F. C. DuI'rk, J. W? " II. II. IlARrKit. Treasurer, " Wm. R. Wiiitk, Sccrctary, ' Tiios. A. Daniki., Tyler, ' Wm. w'ilwin, s. I)., " It. T. Bkix, J. D., " It. II. W. lloitGKH, ) c, , Wm. A. G.lrs, I Stewards. From the Luurru^ville Herald. < Laurens C. II., S. C., Jummry G, 1857. '< To Col. J. II. Lane: Having he on your clinl ' lengc: to Col. A. \V. Doniphan, and Col. A. G ISonue, of Missouri, to settle the vexed questioi ' of Kansas, and save her from further outrage 1 and being one of those engaged in the receii " troubles in that Territory, I accept your proposi 1 tion, nnd will ineet you upon the plains of Kuu 3 Has upon tho tcrnis and under the condition * mentioned by you. B Now, "lay on MoDufT, nnd damned be h f who first cries hold, enough." 8 Yours, A. C. JONES, ^ of South Carolina. c -? m ? e me vonsumpiicr.?miring the ln?t six tiny ,} Buys (lie Savannah Georgian of Thursday, iwer ,1 ty-niuc persons in the far gone stages of coi sumption, emigrating from the scveiity of 1 li 3 Northern climate, have visited this city, Home t i. remain here (luring the winter, others, who! e oases were at the last stage, going further Soutl t ward. r- Laying Rails by Steam.?Two engineers c y the Virginia Centrul Itailroad, have contrived ie machine for laying railroad tracks liy stcum.According to the accouut publixhcd, it does e the work of grading the road, laj-ing the tic |C and putting the rails and chaini in position. T1 j machine used is sixty two feet in length, and ^ is estimated that it will lay track at the rate , jj. ten feet a minute. m Georgia and Tennessee Copper Ore.?Tho A iu lanta ((in.) Intelligencer says: A friend wt had occasion, a day or two ago, to examiu? ll by records at the State Road office, with a view re ascertaining the amonnt of copper ore broug id down over that road daring the year 1656, li sd ascertained that 20,932 boxes have boon tran ported. This would inake about 074 car loa<] or 6,314 ton& .? 5Q Sordid.?Among tho applicants to the comm l|Q tee of council of Cincinnati for wood at lit !se Pr'co week, was a man who is estimated be possessed of hard cash to the amount of ill n(j 000 or $50,000. <>f course his application w refused, (hi* wood being designed only for tl ,y " deserving poor." '* JTotpital for Inebriatet.?The plan of a bos tal for inebriates is to be seriously tried in Ne ,er York. A pelitjoui signed by several hundn physicians, including many who Lave themselv contributed to tlie object, has been presented he the Legislature for the aid of the State. or" We regret to learn that the Rer. Charles >v* Walker, an ablo and well known member of t :e* South Carojiua Conference of the Methodist Ep >n> copal Church South, died at Spartanburg, S. I ly on Snriday the 18tb instant, of an attack . >v- . w, >W * Negro Tettimony.? A bill lifts been introdue > 1 in the Legislature of North Carolina, to adn M? negro testimony In cvtes where peraont are tvi ? for exciting ImuirMtioo. 1'' - !$/ : A Mammoth Clock.?It is stated Hint the diuls of the Englih I'urliumcntcloek arc twentytwo foet in diameter, and are (ho largest in the world with the minute hand. Every h'alf minute the point of the minute hand moves nearly seven inches. The clock will go eight and a half days, and slriko only for seven and n half, so as to indicate, by its silence, any neglect in winding it uj>. The mere winding of each of the striking parts will take two hours. The pendulum is fifteen feet long; the wheels are of cast iron ; the hell is eight fret high and nine feet in diameter, weighing from foil.teen to fif teen tons. The weight of the hammer is four cwl. We have often beon surprised, on visiting the warchoucN of ihe larger dealers in drugs, in our principal cities, to Bee the immense quantities of those very popular medicines, l)r. M'Lane's Celebrated Vermifuge nml Liver Pills, piled tip on their doors. Their very beautiful labels and the clean, neat boxen, make a highly imposing appearance. We think Fleming llros., of Pittsburgh, who ure the manufacturer* and proprietors of tlieso justly celebrated medicines, deserve much credit for tho neatness with which they pluco them before the public; in our mind, it is a guarantee of the purity and care with which they are prepared. We are told that a bungling and trashy imitation has lately made its appear auee ; and purchasers hail better look to it. Sec that cucli wrapper is signed Fleming Bros. 77mr nf Font Horxr*.?"Porter's Spirit" of No. vcmber 22d, says: Tho fastest mile ever made by it running liorae, was made l>y Ilcnry 1'crrit, in Tlic fastest mile ever made by it pacer, wii8 made by l'ocuhoutas, in 1!:17A; und tin. fastest mile ever inude ill trotting, was made bj Flora Temple, in harness, in 2:21.}. A wealthy ludy of Roslnn culled several o her friends together n few dayn since, and will their nid prepared a feast for 15l)0 poor children and at the close presented each one with a com fnrtahle garment and u pair of shoes It \vu given in Faneuil Hall. At an election, held on the I'illi inst., for In tendnnt and Wardens of Due West, ihc follow ing gentlemen were eleel?>d: Jntendunt.?A. P. Lindsay. Warden*.?R. 0. Orier, D. D., Dr J. L. Mil ler, 1). M. Lattimer, Robert Drenuaii. Visit to the II"est Indie*.?The Ronton P<? mention* a rumor that President Pierce, wit Mrs. I*., awl Mr. Webster, his Secretary, wi visit the West indies immediately upon tlic a piratiou of his official term or office, for the hei etit of Mrs. Pierce's heiilth, which in very feeltl The inaugural ccremonies connected with ii ducting (iov. Polk, of Missouri, into office, wel delayed more than half an hour in consequent of there being no BiMc at the Slate House, mi not a cop}* in the vicinity. One was finally ol tniucd at the penitentiary. A recent letter from Australia, slates that t\v missionaries and their wives bad been murder) and eaten by the savages of the New ilcltride j Polynesia, a short time before. ntwo iavn n?. w mtAlt'U. f A Wonderful Story?The Gold lier/im of California Outdone.?The Santa 1 Gazette announces the arrival of M Mler, the agent and general director of tl Mining Company, organized some tin since in Washington city, to work tl Placer mines near Santa Fe. Mr. Kurt h machinist from Norris' engine shop, i Philadelphia, and Mr. Chappin, a mil wright, all engaged it; the same bu sines This, says the Gazeotte, is a new era in tl history of New Mexico. Two steam ei gines, with crushing apparatus, are soon I l>e put in operation at the Placer mines,an the question will l?e settled as to wlieth gold abounds in suilicieut quantities I justify the cost of extracting it bv this d sciiplioti ot' machinery. If tlie cxperimoi proves successful, it must produce n chan; in tlie business of the Territory, for tl quantity of gold bearing earth and rock . admitted to be inexhaustible, and there room for any number of machine*. ? It lias been stated that the g"ld min . of New Mexico bid fair to equal those lt California. A letter from Santa Fo to I. California paper gives a romantic nccou _ of their discovery. The story goes that Mexican woman returned from a captivi of eight years among the Covotcry Apach of the Gila country, bringing cxtraordiua nccunts of gold treasures in the region i habited by that tribe. The woman sa that in tin? region from whence she cscnpi gold exists in every quarter on the surliu and in great quantities, and that there w h one large lump imbedded in the side of hill, and jealously guarded by the tribo. le nrsi Jnirotiucnon of Slaves.?A Jsutl; ,o paper, speaking of slaves, says they \vi 10 first introduced in the West India Islan in 1503. This is an error of 42 years. Slaves were sold in Cuba as early as 152 At that time the Spaniards were much l< desirous than the Portugues of posscssii a slaves, in 1539, twelve thousand negro ~ were sold in the city of Lisbon. The tra 1 in slaves was not free in the sixteenth cc " tury, license for it being granted by t government; and, in 1580, Gaspar Peral 11 purchased the monopoly for the whole Spanish America. In 1505, it was sold Gomez Raynal; and again, in 1015, Anl t- nio liodriguez do Elere. The entire Amv io can importation tlien did not exceed 351 ie yearly, and the people of Cuba occupi of exclusively in raising cattle, received a ve lit few. During the war of the successic us the French traders visited Havana, exchan is. ing slaves for tobacco. Tlio possession |g( the Islands by the English, 6timuhit somewhat the imnortation of necrroes : v ;t in 1753, although the capture of Hnva and the presence of foreigners, created n< wants, the number of slaves did not' exce 25,000 in that district, and 32,000 in t ' whole island. ',e Martyrdom of a Catholic Missionn in China.?A letter received from bon pi- tho French war Frigate, Virginia, n( ,w 8hanghne, narrates the cruel death of Fatl ed Chapdelaine, a Missionary. It says : "The details of his martyrdom are nu to horiible. The Chinese, even after th victim was dead, persecuted his remai with a "savage and unrelenting hatred. I s* head was stuck upon the point of n pil and the children were encouraged to thr< ' * stones at it fot several days. What is s more frightful, and will hardly be belief of as a fact is, that bis heart was out in piec then cooked along with some pie's trii ? J. t ij: _f <i a. ' ana emeu uy uio buiuioio ui iuv nmuum ?it faWf. than men. . " The tniwoiwry who ha? thus, been t to do*th vra* named Cbnpdelaine. V wponvrrivin^ nl Macao, shall demand s ^ tofkcckm from the Viceroy at Cantoo. 1 ^ Uiwuii?ion* with the Cliinese govern rru fc 'd mnn dal L/ we^raTy call cSineie jtnliceJNi... Wi<a +* * 11 -."^,1 -a-'^ LATER FROM MEXICO. TIio schooner Minna Schiflfer, Capt. ' Blacknoy, from Vera CJruz, arrive-1 yestei - 1 ' day. Site left Hint port on the 7lh inst., and brings $40,705 in specie on freight. ' By this arrival we have Vera Cruz pa- ; 1 pers to the Glli inst., which contain iutclli- ! ireiicu from the City of Mexico to the 30th ' j uit. i The following is all (he news of interest ' ' we find in our exchanges : From Mexico we have the welcome Intel j licence that Don Miguel Lerdo had cousen- ; I i..,l ?... .i. ..e 1.* I j ivu iv i\,Muinu in\? luiuiairv ui rranee.? j Notwithstanding this, however, the ininiste- j rial crisis still continued. The Monitor, of the '27th ultimo, has a report that the insurgents, at San Luis Polo- , ! si, were preparing to occupy the road to Par- | ! rsd. There was a rumor current in the city ; ! of Mexico, that much dissatisfaction existed i i I among the insurgent troops in consequence of not having received any jiay for several ' days, and that the leaders were thinking of 1 risking an attaek iu order to divert the attention of the troops from their cause of dis- j ! satisfaction. j President Comonfort has granted pen- i sions to the families of the "Hirers anil sol- I ' diers of the war steamship Iturbidc, which i was lost on 20th nil. Aguas Calientes was visited on the 14th I ult., hy a bund of two hundred robbers, /ill j armed and mounted. The(lovernor of the i Department marched against them, but the j 1 robbers havintr already vumnxnl ln> I O J > ""w not fin<l them. , ! Thecouducta from tlm oily of Mexico had , ; partly arrived :it Vera Cruz. Up to the 4t!i r i inst., forty-five wagons had come in witli ! ahout $3,000,000. The road between Jai lapa and Mexico, the drivers of the wagons * declared, was terribly had. 1 On the 4lli inst., the sum of $1,800,000 ? in Mexican coin, was shipped on the Itrilish * mail steamship.?N. O. Picoynnc, Jan* i uuri/ 21. A Nno Slulr.?The Western Reserve is - [ proposed as a new State, onUidc of 4i (>hio I'roper," which "goes Democratic" hy a ' small majority. The Clcrchnul /'liiiiidntl j cr thus speaks. "'Ohio I'roper* need have ! nothing lo say ahout affairs in 'The llet 1 serve.' We are a peculiar people, running I, i altogether to priest*, Puritanism, and putupU kin vines. Oherhne is lo he the capital of 1 our new State, nnd (biddings is to he the ! Hri<;ham Young of the concern. Women I- ! ^ 51 , are going to vote; ami men are going to : part their hair in the middle. 1'antaloons i- | will give place to pantalets, and white men ?? | will not l>e allowed lo run at large without : * j their papers. Our railroads will rim under ,1 ground, and will make connections only |>- I willi Canada and Kentucky. The Constitution will In* construed strictly, and all men i will be considered euual, and some a little ? more so, depending on their color. The j Slate of 'Tlie Reserve,' l>y the grace of s' Joshua IC. (lidding*, is hereby declared a free and independent State. "Ohio I'loper" and all other States of this lTniou will please conduct themselves accordingly." Is ? 11'ojw ami H orn-?lutmiy I'vrn Af;niu. | ?Some days since, says the M??ntgoioeiy j Mail, we exprcsssed ourselves freely in rej iliird to the itnsiii(iibifilt/ of Fanny Kern** z 1 'lav 1?av 15?>ok, lor Soul/icrtt children.? j|J j What we then said was suggested. mi si |). j good measure by finding in ihe little volI uiiic a very fulsome biographical sketch ol | that very dirty fellow, George Law. Oil taking up the book since, we observed thai [n Horace (Jreely of the New York Tribune |(j comes in for a laudation of ten or elevetl e|. pages. Horace (Jreely!?ihe iilthiest ol . all the vile crew who swelter in the amalgamation ami Free Love Prostitution caul j dron of New York?(ireelv, the beasl r(; whose touch would be pollution to any de 1e cent, man or woman ! \Ye trust that our Southern Booksellers in offering this volume for sale, have beei unaware of its contents. Let them mak< es a bonfire of the pile, or send back to Kami) Fern's publishers hep detestfi'-'e trash. A x any rate, the sale of such books should b( nl summarily stopped. ? ?? " m * ? " tv borrow Escnyrof an Hf. C.?The Wash es ington correspondent ??f the N. Y. Evening iy l'ust, reports licit Mr. Cadwalhider, Deiim ii- era tic representative from Pennsylvania ys was sliot on Saturday night while walking !t|t in tlie street with a friend. The b;ill passei . e, close to his head, as ^? ? 51 A nolhrr Canenj'Vcrer ami Ayih (.'itrrd.?A fev days ago wc rccurilcil an astonishing cure o Fever and Aj?ue l?y the use of ]>r. M'liiiuu' ilo Liver Fills, prepared by Fleming llros., Fiits re hurgh, l'u. Wc have now unotlicr to mention Is viz: Uiat of Mr. James Sharpe, of Madisonhitrirli ? who slated that he bad labored under n ver; <* severe attack of Ague and Fever, and was bom J8S restored by tlie use of these Fills. Mr. Sharp also expresses an opinion, founded on ohservn ?es tion, that the Liver Fills are the liest for billion complaints ever offered in his section of country Although long known as a sovereign remedy 'l0 for chronic cases of Hepatic derangement, o diseases of the Liver, the nronrictorj'. Fleinim Bros., of Dr. M'I>ane'8 Pills, were not pr?p?r?i for llio frequent, but gratifying evidences of it ^ general utility and curativo cupaciiy. In thi, QQ respect. this invaluable medicine Iihs exceede< e(j their most sanguine expectations, and iudiice< tliein to hope ilint it will lie introduced into cverj r^' family iu the United States. >??V C3S~ Purchasers will he careful to nak for Dr r M'Lane's Celebrated Vermifuge, lunnufuclnrei ' by Fleming IJroa, of Pittiburgfi, l*a. All othtti Gd Vermifuge* in comparison ure worthies*. I)r et, M'l.aue's genuine Vermifuge, nlno his celehralet na Liver Pills, eun now be bad at nil rcapeetabb iut drug stores. uYo/ie genuine without the tianatur , of FLEMING IHtOS. 0tl Hold hy Warm.aw Sc I.von. Abbeville (* II ho S. C., and by one Ageut in every town in th< South. * It ry Letter from Hon. John Mmor Both, of Vir ird Oinia.?Richmond, July Oth, 1865.?Mauri >IUP Wh.S. Bkeus ?t Co.?Gentlemen:?Considera ier lions of duty to the afflicted alone prompt me t send you tms voluntary testimonial to tlie grea jsl value of Carter's Spanish- Mixture, forth ft t a' eir most iiicurable disease, Scrofula. * '"8 Without being disposed, or deeming it neee *19 snry, to go into the particulam of the case, I ca vG' say Hint tlie astouiihing results that have bee >_Y produced by tlmt medicine, 011 a member of m, . own family, and under my own observation an superintendence, after the skill of the beet f?hj e9' aici^aa had been ,exhacisted, and all the remedies had failed, fully joitify me in recoil mending ite use to all who may be eofTerin )Uj from that Jreadful malady. .1 do not mean to say that it Ir adapted to at- constitution's, or that it will afford tlie Am? ri lu Kmt Is aril eases: for. of csnra??1 ?in kiih#? int tbiftff abonl (Vat?but from whatl liave mm Jj sly tfjeeffoct*, I would apt httiUite I? rn it , i mad erqry ?|Mf of.8erofuti, with. poisons ft me whom I Ut iolnteresl, or ovpr whom I eoul in, o*crci?e iafliicnco or control. ..,1 JNO M. BQTW* ' - *v. V ym'-MeSy le??? i M r - Jlic/iinohU J\rv</r<> Market.?The editor of lie Warren ton Whig, who was recently on a nsit to Richmond, was informed l>y Messrs. Dickinson, Hill ?fc Co., auctioneers of that i city, that the gross amount of their sales of \ negroes last year reached the enormous / sum of two millions. The entire sales of other houses of a similar kind in Richmond, 1 it is said, would make the amount to go \ over four millions?and still the busines is ' increasing. tConuncvcial. Aiuikvii.i.k C. II., Jan. 2"j, 1857. Cotton.?This article is in Rood demand, at frnii. 109 to 111 - ?* ??- --- - - - ---4 j'v. iv. j#ui. uiiiic oiirrni|? Com-miiia, January 27, 1857. There was only a limit.m1 amount of IxmineM riono m cotton j'esterday, hI ill I lie few trannHCtioiiH which t?i'?k place Klmwcd u decided tendency in favor of seller:!. The range of prices wer? It) 2 (a: 1cents. CiiAiti.KSTON, January 24, 1857. The transactions in cotton to day reached nearly 1,2110 hales, and the market, which hurt hceii gradually niriiil; strength since the date <of our Inst report, closed al -J cent, advance, vi* 5 ^ ^ 11 J (1/; 1*25 eents. f NEW CROP?PITCH IN I OU YIvS! oh yes! Kveryhndy who waiilrt (mioiIs for nothing, and", if they are not satisfied. I'l-i ? ?i?:.ii s?- ? -- ** . ? - .. |ii;iiau I loll lur lUKIIIJf lar>?e quantities nil" liail cir.braco Ihe opportunity the iiidctatigahlo Xj Y O KT S is now offeii11ir. Til., way Lyons is now putting off Ins W INTKIt HOODS, any one can afford 10 iItpss well. Ami it.'s a shame, with Clothing at present prices, that people t>hnti!tl jjo any other way than dcccntly clad. So come up, ride up, ' slide ti|i, fall up, or any way no you get up, and . lay in a supply of WinU-r apparel. AV inter uii? I ipiito over; we'll have cool nijrlit- anil morning | for some time yet, if tin: moon ilon't change; and i if it docs, we'll have falling weather, and you'll i want Hoinetiling to kcrp the rain off. So dive I in, pilch in, cave in. fipicexe in, (jot sninclKnly tr? i push yon in, lie fore Hie Winter iitmiln are all (nine. 1 >imi|'k open at (i a. tn . sales commence a? . | soon iin doors me open. Whole tickets ?5.00 ; I I children and servants half I?* ?' ? jl. ub uc9i wrutr I uih! dt'Coriim preserved. M. L. KENNEDY. i Stage Manager. Ahlieville I!., .Ian. '2^, 1S.17. 4ll-if ! ZKTZETW S5T01EI.DES! rpilE Siili>Ki'ilii*i liegs to infoiin 1110 citizen* of i JL Alilicvillit District, lliat Iiis New Store in Greenwood \\ ill lie open oil I In; Is* of Fotoruary, I and 11ml lie will always keep mi Intml a Inrgo assortment ?f the liest <?l <?roi'l'l'irs, Dry Uooilo, ?ic., which he will sell low for CASH. .J. MEYERS. January 28, 1857. 4(1 3t HESPERIAN- CHAPTER R.V A COMMUNICATION of this Chapter will J1. he held oil / 'riilnif h'mii/iff the '.'Mlh iiut. Candidates fur the Mark Muster's Degree, are requested to lii* in rcadineiM. A general attendance is requested, as business of iii>|iortalice will foe transacted. j?v onicr 01 mo \i.\ ! ;.*. ii.*. i*.*. ( HAS. il. ALLEN, Sec'y. 1 January '-'r5, 4U It GENTLEMENS' SHAWLS. WILLIAM SI I K All HAS received from New York, n supply of Ceiith-meii.-*' Hiawls, of extra aize, and j * i of superior stylo and tju.ilily. Also, pome at | 1 very low prires. Tin* public are respectfully re- i ; quested lit eall anil exaluit.e tin- assortment. | Augusta, Jan. iiS, 1KVJ. 40 tf I [LINEN SHIRT BOSOMST j ,| WILLIAM SI1KAU 6 0 received from New York, n supply of |- U (ieiilleiiiens' ntid Youths Linen Shirt j r . hcuiitifiilly stitched, a nil of superior \ \! style and quality, which lie will sell a very low t A. prices. \ , I Augusta, Jan. 2?, I8.VT. '10 tf I ]^T Observe this Notice. C1KUTAIN Persons liaviiitj taken the liberty J to trespass upon the preini-es of Mr?. A(!NKS MMJTIN? Ho it known, that all audi ' ore Iteivhy fiirliiiltleu to remov? any Rock or Ttmliers, or in tiny minuter to trespites u|ion said priMuifcs. 'l'lu* pi-iiiiltic.i of the law will lie euI'nrocil against any our lailiti^ to observe thin in? ' junction: .1AM Kg V. MARTIN, Ag't. I Jiuitiiiry 28, 18.17. 40 ll LEAVELL & CHALMERS, ' AMERICAN^: I TALI AN MARBLE, Main Street, ABBEVILLE C. II., ?. C. January 28, 1807. 40 ^ 6m E3S?~ Independent 1'forejcopy 8 montlts. . . Attontlon! > r r Abbeville Light Infantry!! ' II Voli art- lierehv ordered to appear at.j-ouf ? ! 3Uf of' January insl., j.t half past 10 o'eK>ck,U& - ; for ]>rill ami Instruction. t lly order of 1 f CAI'T. LIVINGSTON". J. T. Owf.X, O. S. K January 2'"', 1857. 40 It Negro for Sale. H BY Mhtlinrily of the Court of Equity, I will ofi"* ft-r for sale ai Abbeville C. II. on Sale-day y' j in lYI.riii.ry, u likely NEGItO FELLOW. - ' * 11 | TKJtMS.?Crcilit of twelve months, with iii~ e 1 tcrest from date?approved security. GEOUGI3 lis CALDWRLI^ Guurdinn. s January 28, 1857, 40 _ It To XLexxty I ROSEWOOD Oct. l,IANO.artgfeg^_ l\ Fashionable, and warranted a^U^SKxSS * jjood .instrument, and nearly <new. u {/ 0 ' per month, with pci^'ilcge, if bought, of pay-. . 8 ing interest instead of rent. . 8 Apply, at this <4lice, in behalf of the owner. j January 28, 1857. *' 40 * > . 3b -j i t a Tv/nca n n at Trnrrw m v uiuiuJtJ v< v>n i ini/v?[ r A ttorney at Xiaw, and solicitor in EQUITY,ABBEVILLE C. H., * ' WILL udeii<1 promptly to aj| Uuyitms enr ?V trusted to liia cnre. Jnuuury 88, 18;i7. 40 . r Bra I GENERAL ORDERS 3. t , * sik" '* ; ' ; HEAD QUARTERS, /? 4 . r? '4* ' C RonoM^WN,' Jantftiry 5, 1867. f A welWorganizcd Militia being U>0 titrenjftli . n oiAi pride of the Conimoiiweulth, nud InOfrde**- y n that due organization may the 1>eUer?t?e mnita* _ .Jj y taiuod^it is enjoined by the Conimft^for-taTCIfcf; . jj d Upon thp OfFicfrs in cainumnd of I^visioui^toi .. j. f |mtiuonce with a vleW;|i il I orjpkui*ation of tfie difFor&nt Brigade J i? (tyfjlr y^SpedSVa Divisions. ' ''<> J, t Officers iu eomifiend .fl|SrHNi|N "J ?t)3^Wne1? ?? coiimmiid of Rcgimei^ U*l- ^ ? 40 th? tbrtv V ^ ^^Rrgiipoui# ind Comp?DiMI tuidA- <h?tf??*. y iS#i*nJ to tf*We"eioui'1 yftfr'fMM* of p*? I t'JMTiVy 28,4857. , ?. V: *. SSk? ' ==?. **, .. . iM\'I*