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From thr Mnhilr 'J'rifjuntr. ]< '.* 80UTHERN INDEPENDENCE. There is no sul>jctit wliieh has been so extensively debated by the public journals throughout the entire country, South of Mat son and Dixon's line, as that of Southern independence. The necessity of it is deeply felt, and all unite in deploring the existing state of things which subjects us to dependence on the North for nearly every article of foreign and domestic manufacture which we need. It is indeed humiliating for those of us who appreciate the vast and varied resources of seectton, to see every day the raw material sent from the South to the North, where it is converted into a form of usefulness, greatly increased in value, and then returned, to bo distributed among the original producers. There is scared}' an article of luxury or necessity, from a penny whistle to an organ, from a clothes piu to a set of parlor furniture, from a tooth nick to a steam en gine, which reaches us except through the north. While vessels are daily arriving at our ports from Europe in ballast, our merchants are receiving their supplies of Ku ropean products from New York, Huston and Philadelphia, paying therefor, not only higher freight charges across the Atlantic than would bo asked by vessels coming here in ballast for cotton, but all the expenses of handling, carting, extra insurance, commissions, and transportation south.? Even the products of South America and the islands of tho West Indies pass our very doors on their way to northern cities. ivlir>nrr> 111<> nriiicmal tciri. of our sinniiii-s arc obtained. This dependence lias existed for many years. It commenced with the l>irtli of' manufactures in New England, and in proportion to tlieir increase and prosperity it has grown. When they were in inlani-y the Solidi sustained and nourished them.? This mot.ufacluring interest has given to the North a dense population?it has filled her coders and added to her strength ; while at the same time it has heen like a leech on the brent of the South?it has nicked "tit our life blood and left us poor and dependent, in which state we shall continue while the dependence exists. This fact is known to all, and every Southern citizen sees and feels it. The whole South is aroused to a true sense of its abject position, >ind a determination to arise from it, is exhibited in every town throughout the length an breadth of our section. The benelicial affects resulting fiom this determination may be seen in the cotton and wooden factoiies which have sprung tip during the past ten years in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. They may also be seen in the railroads which are now stretching out into the interior from Charleston. Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. Tty such means, and no other, will the South be enriched, strengthened, and made independent of the North. The first great object to be achieved is the production of all common articles of ncccssary consumption. To accomplish that object, it is necessary for us to patronise and do all in our power lolfoster every variety of manufacture. .By so doing, we shall soon have an interest built up which whill afford a home market to our agricultural producers, and increase the number of our towns, cities an<l population. Our second object is the direct importation of all foreign articles. This can bo attained -? only by creating an extensive demand for foreign products. Our -merchants might possibly, as they no doubt often do, form an importing copartnerslnp and order their goods to be shipped together; but even such an arrangement as that would not afford freight for more than one in ten of the European ves sels which coine hither for cotton. It is useless to talk of direct trade before wo can f T sustain it. We need the demand, then the trade will surely follow. Let it l>e known iin^1(!nrnnA nr nnv Allinr *1>a V 1 J I""'- ? I -*" tliht a vessel coming to America with a particular cargo, can dispose of it in Mobile to good advantage, and receive return freight, "*'' that vessel would be sent hither. Therein -New York has the advantage over every other place on the continent. The demand A" exists thero, consequently the supply goes to meet iU This demand can be crealcd by presenting inducements that will retain our young men, and prevent them from emigrating to other part6 in- pursuit of business?that will draw to us consumers from diilercnt n parts of the earth?that will bring the trade of the interior to our seaboard. To effect "j: this, it is only necessary for us to- develope ' our natural resources. -** '* ' Our soil and climate are adapted to the . luxurious production of a greater variety of tfi-ii-; ' the necessaries of life than any other nart . of the continent. Out land teems with lie!) ' * / mid inexhaustible deposits of iron, coal, marble, lime, &c., and abounds with exten J pive forests of the most valuable pine tim r; " ber in the Union. f , ' ??Our facilities for manufacturing cannot it' be.-surpassed?yet, nevertheless, we have ^ among us those who assert that it is impos?' siblo for us lo compete with the North.? That idea has been the great obstacle in the way of Southern improvement. Ithascon/ fined our people to the production of one ^article?by which they have repeatedly sufconsequence of failure of crops, K j .5>?iiu ruinous iHiciuauous in prices. This id?a, however, bo far as it relates to the yF^'winnufneture of cotton and woolen fabries, "'fcfpkp* been exploded ; but it is still contended '-ill?at Wtf'hftvc not tlio ability to manufacture -' vit^. profit Hi'nuy other articles of common ^C^ Tiw<r, omtjn/7 which furniture and wooden conspicuous. To-show that inipr&sion is erroneous, wo j present the following, extract from an article ? .. '. *liidi rocfeljftly nppeared in a paper publishf. .* ^ ed irf^ColujW'nR, Gn. r f- *j In winking through tho wnrerooms of tire Troy f&ctO.ry, in- thia city, we wcro surgitotified, as well at the quantity i?i^GiiHliTy, of the ware# on hand. We /ound cliaire, tubs on tubs, buckets on buckets, and any quantity of bedsteads, bureaus, Vmbles, wardrobes and Snhiskstamls \ nil of "'^which \jrere made of Southern lumber, and , manufactured by Southern hands. The 0 -? fbllofting inventory of wares on hand, wilh f*' give our reader* some idea of the business <l?ne by the Troy factory: 6,000"buckets, ? 6J>00. chairs, 6)700 tub*, 600 churns, 260 * bcasiend*, Ac., Ac. 'fr* . "The warc^of the Troy factory are of f)tj^l>est quality, and, in finish, are equal to the best imported articles-. Tliey are sold v clteajw, we learn, than they can be procured from the Northern mnkcr?, and yet, i * *tq are snrpriaod to learn that aererarf' or Our merchants bjtro this year made p*rW* < 'diaacs of similar goods in New York.' ^ Tim* it In We hrfve e^ry facility to " ; /convert Our raw material into articles of Uftcfutnoa*; and lite only difficulty which is .Id tfieway of our success, is, that our people give tlri Northern producer -the preferonce/ . .This-dispoeitioe is nnpAgtet in every branch dPbounojK JfterfiiafH^not only buy thejr ^rttire slocks jjb Nw York, but < ? '>1* litii.Ik , i i-r ' , m ... - many of them get llicir printing done there Wo sire acquainted wilh several who loud : ly denounce tho North, vet they pursue ; tliis course, and do not seemingly bestow r | thought on the struggling manufacturing : interests of the South. It is natural, wo know, for purchasers Ic '. go to tho largest and !>est markets ; wo do j not object to this ; hut wo are opposed tc . tho ncglect with which our small manufacturers aro treated by thoso who obtain j their living among us. It is tlio duty ol every man to study their interests and enhance them bo far as it is in his power to do. Let our citizens bo convinced of this and act in accordance wilh their convictions, and our manufacturing interests will speedily grow in strength and power, and we will bo better enabled to build railroad?. and thereby create a demand on our seaboard that will bo sufficient to call fur and sustain direot trade with the distant nations, of the earth. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE TERRITORIES. The legitimate relationship and attitude of the Federal Government, towards the Territories of tho United States, are too palpable for the misapprehension of any understanding not subservient to tho evil influence of a disloyal heart. And yet there are difficulties constantly occnriiig, not less { from a disposition 011 tho part of the peo1 pie in the States, to insist upon such an ini terferenco of the. Federal Government wilh i tho internal affairs of tho territories, as ' would anticipate and determine their constitutional characters upon their advent into the Union, than from usurpation of authori ity and resistance to the jurisdiction of the general government, as exercised within its peculiar province,'by tho people of the territories themselves. I11 either instance, it ! devolves unon tin; ndininisfrnlifiii is ? /Ini.. ! to itself, to tin: Status and to the territories, lo sue that, each citizen ami settler litis his j rights, ami that the laws are enforced firmly j an I impartially, free from prejudice or pasj sion, fear, favor or a flection. The Milliej inent of Kansas troubles has been assigned ; to several men of reputed administrative i abilities. ]5ul so far they have all failed lo fullill their mission. That it is a trying taslc, requiring calmness and courage, and a stoical indifference to everything but reason and right, to control the incongruous elements of a society, already arrayed in antagonism by education and almost by instinct, we have only to revert to enacted scenes lo be convinced. There arc ntnny men eminently endowed with any one of the requisites for success in such an undertaking, but there arc few, very few, who have die fortitude and firmness, the rigor without rashness, the judgment without bias, to render them competent to the task. Some such parson, however, must be sought, and selected by the administration for the Governorship of Kansas, who we trust will be succeeded in turn by the Gov i cnior ot ft sovereign State admitted into ; tlic Union, with a domestic policy (airly determined by the voice of its visiters, whether in favor of slavery or against it.? If the people of the territory express a preference for the institutions of the South, in the formation of their constitution, justly and properly, we will welcome the new State as an ally ; if otherwise, we shall not repel her as an enemy. But the attention of the nation seems ahout to be attracted by troubles of another character, and in another quarter of the cnimfrr 'I'hi* -- . WW J. < >I\> VVIIIIUIJI V/I Oiiiii, ou ULtcii I squinted at, is being brought more immediately under the optical contemplation of the country. The question of woman's rights is assuming a new phase. It is stated that Drighani Young is in open rebellion against the authority of the Uiited States; that lie and his adherents have burned the government archives, court records, ?fcc., in Utah, and that his a la Turkish Excellency is determined to be re-appointed, or to resist his successor with bayonet and ball. The question then arises, as to what policy the administration will pursue towards these unchristian outlaws.? They are in occupancy of the tcrriton'; and, with their soeial institutions, revolting alike to civilization and law, it would be au imputation upon the purity of our people and our government, to commit ha ivltl. tliem as equals, or to recognize them as entitled to the guardianship of our institutions, unless they can he made to relinquish their barbarious code of laws, and conform to the usages of civilized society. Since they have thrown down the gauntlet of defiance, and opened a warfare upon the Federal Government, it is to be hoped that they will be visited with something severer than censure; and if Hrigliam Young persists in his determination of armed resistance to all action not in conformity with his own personal purposes, the sooner he is hung as a traitor, the belter it will be for 1.!? t - - Iuis liinnucai loiiowcrs, and for the reputation and pence of our country. The Federal Government should never be allowed to transcend its authority. Hut when necessary for the interests and honor of the people of the State, whom it surveys, it should energetically exercise the powers with which it is entrusted. If the accounts of the condition of the affairs in Utah bo true, the administration will doubtless turn its attention to Brigham and his wives as speedily as practicable.? Old liuck, who has never had a wife, can ccrtniuly have no fellow feeling for his rebellious rascals in Utah.?Richmond En. quirer. < ?* m Look at the Two Pictures.?The following nppears in a late number of the Louisville Democrat: * It is said that there nre now in the limits of, Cincinnati, full three hundred negro families in a state of utter destitution and want. This does not include cases of individual suffering, hut whole families, numbering from five to ton poor miserablo creatures in each house. All of these are objects of charity, depending wholly upon the various charitable institutions in the city for their daily subsistence. This a deplorable picture of the life of the negroes in a free city and a free State, where such intense sympathy is supposed to exist for the downtrodden race. " What) it contract to this fa. exhibited hnrA in flionf f * ... ?.v w.y A^vw.ofiiic, iuo i/Viure ox slavery, as it is denominated. You might search tho city and country from one extremity to the other, and no? find a solitary case of destitution Want among.our lave population. Such faoU as are l?ere presented, speak for themselves, and expose tile'fallacy of tbo cant of life abolitionists, who pretend to consider tho slaveholders as the worst peopi^of? eartbsr . ^ A< Certain Curi for CdOghs and Colds, ?Take a deewtionr of tw leaves ofthe nine tree, sweetened with loaf itfgar; <frink fredy ofLit warm, when going ip bed at night, and Oold tbtough the day. hort time, your cough wi!|3^0mappe*r.^ Homestead. ' > - ei J " Mill At ? - . A Neio Treaty toith Mexico.?The N. - V. Herald learns, "from sources at Wash- " s i>igton entirely reliable, that the rejection of i tlie parcel of treaties lately negotiated at . ; Mexico, under the auspicies of President Pierce, by our Minister, Mr. Forsyth, has : i been followed up by our present Cabinet ? vitli tho draft of a now treaty upon the i simple basis of money for land. We nre further advised that the naino messenger > who brought the Forsyth treaties from 1 * Mexico?Mr. liutterlield?ha9 been des- t patched back via Mobile to tho Mexican capita! with the substitute proposed by our t i new administration. c " We aro gratified, also, to learn that it is tho concurrent opinion of both Mexicans i and Americans at Washington, conversant with the exigencies of Gen. Comonfort's * government, that this new treaty will bo r eiieertulJy accepted by him, as it promptly 1 meets the main object of all his overtures ?a liberal supply of ready money. Aban- ' rioning entirely tho projects embodied in f Mr. Forsyth's batch of treaties, of frontier '' reciprocities and tariff concessions and secu1 ritics, together with his round-about equivalent in the shape of a loan to Mexico, the t new treaty propose this purchase of tho ^ Territories comprehended in tho Northwestern Mexican States of Sonora, Sinaloa j and Lower California, including the great Gulf of California, which in itself, if secured B will prove to us a most important commercial and naval acquisition. In exchange L for this vast extent of waste lands and wn- . ters, wo are to pay some twelve or Hfteen 1 millions of dollars, including three millions r to bo. set apart for tho satisfaction of claims 1 of American citizens?the claims of all oth- ^ <.t loruiguurs, as a^ains; me Mexican government being very propetly ignored. , "Another feature of the treaty is the g proposed establishment of a line of postal j steamers between New Orleans and Vera < Cruz, under the American flag." t Power of the Human Eye.?George Pitt, 1 afterwards Lord Rivers, declared that he ? could tame the most furious animal by look- 1 ing at it steadily. Lord Spence said, K " Well, there is a mastiff in the Court yard ^ here which is the terror of the neighbor- 11 hood, will you trv your power on him ?"? Pitt agreed to do so, and the company descended to the Court yard. A servant " held the mastiff by a chain. Pilt knelt down a short distance from the animal, and " stared him sternly in the face. They all n .1 :tr - aid ? oi?.im tHU IllildllU was let loose, and rushed furiously towards Pitt, then suddenly checked his pace, seemed confounded, and leaping over Pilt's head, ran away, and was not seen for many hours p aftor. During one of my visits 10 Italy, jn while I was walking a little before my car- t] riage on the road not far from Vienna, I ti perceived two l uge dogs hounding towards c me. I recollected what Pitt had done, and si trembling from head to foot, I yet had res- a olulion enough to stand quite still and eye i( them with a fixed look. They gradually 8 relaxed their speed from a gallop to a trot, 8, came up to me. stopped for a moment and v went back again.?Roycrs' Tabic Talk. p American Travelers Attacked by Be- ? don ins.?Dr. I. B. Frank, of Baltimore. I. A. Lehman, of Philadelphia, and Ilyman Joseph, of California, left Jerusalem on the 2Gt.li of January last for Cairo, and on the 21st of February encamped in the vicinity of a largo number of Bedouins of H Wady Musa, who frightened the dragoman 8 ItV nvrkrliif.iti* fIM.~ A ^ ..J V..V vAwtciwiiib MvaimiiUB. 4 I1C iHllLTIcans finally commenced negotiations with l< the principal Sheikh, who demanded eight ? hundred piasters. This was not paid and y the Arabs becamo so violent that the Amer- ? icans drew their pistols and thus held them 11 at bay. Finally, the Americans retired to their tents and the Arabs withdrew, but unexpectedly returned and commenced firing r upon the tent. Dr. Frank was slightly t wounded on the knee and breast, and j George, the cook in the hip severely. In the end, the Americans, to save themselves, ? were compelled to hand over to the robbers 0 nearly two thousand piasters. They then ^ set out on their journey and reached llobron on the 9th of February. c A n.f'i*. in ? - -i si i-uuiicai j'rencncr i/cnounced.?The 01 New York Observor (Presbyterian, Old 1 School,) notes Itev. Dr. Cheever's Sunday ^ nullification discourses about tbo Dred Scott c decision, and says : V ' This preacher lias talcen more atrocious o and treasonable ground than the most rad- 11 ical newspapers of tbe day. "Whether we o regard the decision of the Supreme Court as sound or not, we should be recreant to a the plainest principle of the New Testa- li inent, we should be false to the government it of God, and the civil government under c which we live, if wo did not express our a unminglcd abhorrence of the doctrine of n resistance in this discourse. It is a (lis- e grace to tlie city and to the nation, it is a p disgrace to the pulpit and to tlie religion of Christ, that a man professing the spirit of the gospel should thus prostitute the sacred desk, the ministerial character and the <% house of God." w Interesting from Washington.?Washinoton. March 27.?The post of Minister h to Russia is said to have been tendered to j| Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, but the latter would prefer to succeed Mr. Dallas? providing he can do so. ^ The chances of Francis Gallagher, of Baltimore, for the Consulship at Glasgow, ? are very good. There are hundreds of applications for " the Liverpool Consulate, which will soon be w vacant, but no selection has yet been made. * Reports are current of a sudden coolness d between tlio Administration nnd Governoi ' Geary, but I can learn nothing deflnite con- 1 cerning them. 0 I! Disraeli's plagiarism on the Frencli his- u torian, Thiers, in the former's eulogy on the Duke of Wellington, made a great e deal of noise at the time, and was frequently punished l?y Punch and the paragraphists B, of 4 the opposition,' yet the ex minister has ? invented better things than evor he stole, g and has written some of the cleverest novels extant. Of a certain fine lady, he wrote: c| ?'*She had certainly tome qualities to ^ shine in a fashionable circle. She had A plenty of apufhy, was tolerably Illiterate;., was brilliantly vain, and fertilely capricious; acquiesced with every one, Bnd diffused .<* universal smiles." A pretty ?el of attrfb- % utes for a coquette, certainly. fe j" A^^Bkrprise" Parly.?As a.gentleman u was Dassinff thrnncrh * !??? > , o ? 4rn,,nu,>tf" ? port, Maa?^ oo Thursday nigM,<he bearagi d noise in a houM near 4>y, wUiAfttapon closer c attention jre*plf$d itself into a fbice, urgimj, passionate entreaty, alternating with doforous groiofl. Thinking tlfat *ome terrible ft tra^wy the gentleman kj stood Ibefore blin. " ... ; :-.*&*# :-C* . J.i&?d?V" -'^.44. . ..VUiH&*i . ABBEVILLE BANNER. Thursday Morning, April 2, 1867. W. C. DAVIS, Editor. A NEW ENTERPRISE. The Wushingtou correspondent of the New fork News, slates tliut the project of publishing, 11 London, a Southern Kighus Journal, devoted o the cotton and pro-slavery interest, is about o be initiated. Mr. Slocum, of Mississippi is the founder of he enterprise and it is stated that I'rof. Dimitry, if Louisiana, is to be the Editor. ADVERTISEMENTS. Don't forget to noticoour advertising columns, il. Israel <fc Buussw, are opening a largo stock >f Dry Goods; their store presents great attracionB to every class of purchasers. Wo diroct attention to the notice of G. C. JowuilS, sale of S. L. Madiiox'h Kstnte, and arm of Mrs. C. M. Alexander, und Lee <Jc [*ucker, itc. OPIUM IN AMERICA. The Boston Earning 'JYarellrr gives some 111erestiiig statistics relative to the use of this drug. Die total amount of opium imported in tlie vu iouh porta of the United States, is Ret down at 57,814 pounds. Although this drug is extcnively used for medical purposes, it is, pcrhajw, tot unreasonable to suppose tliut not ouo-fourth T this amount in used an u medicine; and hcucc, lie inference is that tlie remaining three-fourths s consumed by opium eaters and smokers. It in ( marked hy druggists, in large cities, tliut opium uters are duily iucreasing. 'HE LITTLE GIANT CORlT AND COBB MILL. The Washington Union, says, in noticing the nachincs of great utility for agricultural purpoes now in operation in tliut city, at themechnncb' Metro|m>litan Exhibition, that '' (Ju- improved fittle giant corn and cob and meal mill, with its riple sets of crushers and double-grinding suriiecs, was set at work, and accomplished wonlers, grinding corn and coh at the rate of a bushel u three minutes. It was light and portable, yet its trength was satisfactorily tested by the exhibitor, lr. Hedges, of Cincinnati, who threw in briekats, stones and nailH, which came out well round up, yet oil examination (he interior surnces of the mill appeared uninjured. This mill rierits tile attention of agriculturists." Wo understand tlitl Mr. Ii. S. Kkrh is the gent for the sale of this mill, in this place, and o doubt would be pleased to accommodate any f his friends who may desiro to purchnso thcni. TO OUR PATRONS. It is not a plcasir.g duty to write duns to our nitrous, and we would gladly avoid it on the 'resent occasion, were it not for the fact, that lie terms of the recent change of proprietors of no Abbeville Iimmcr, render it absolutely necssary that all those in any way indebted to us, liould settle their dues immediately. We feel ssured from the usual promptness of our patrons [l paying their dues, that none will fuil to repond to our cull. Those indebted to uh are cattcred over such nil extent of country tliut re cannot, unless forced to it an u lost resort, cmloy ngents to collect our dues, und the only leans we can employ, is to make out the bills of liose indebted and send them by mail, and rely pon our patrons to forward the amount of their ills by letter. We, therefore, commence this feek to forward our bills, and we hope that very one who receives them will remit the mount by the first mail, or call personally and ettlc them. There is no kind of risk in sending mney by mail?put it in a letter and direct it j us and we will guarantee that we get it. Not ne dollar in a thousand will be liwfc. Wli.n our dues are received in ihU way, we will muke ut and forward receipt*) to you for tho amount liat you send us. MOUNT VERNON. The Charleston Evening Newt publishes a corespondciice, which has been recently had beweeu a Southern matron, Wm. F. Kitchie, and ohm A. Washington, relative to the purchase f Mount Yornon. Mr. John A. Washington onseuts to transfer the Estate to the State of rirgima, upon certain conditions, which will, no oubt, be accepted at the next session of the cucral Assembly of that State. It will be remembered that an effort was but a hort time since made by the ladies of thiscounry, associated as tho Mount Vernon Association, a purchase the Tomb of Washington by private uuii luuiiuns. urn me proprietor, air. joiin a. V abhinoton, declined to convey the Estate to an ssociation of private individuals, but proposed, lien, as he does now, to make title to the Slate f Virginia. From the correspondence, to which we allude, nd an article from the Richmond Enquirer, pubshed in connection with it, we suppose that the ltention is to have Virginia to make the purlioao, and that the ladies of the Mouut Vernon association will geuerously furnish the purchase loncy. We have only space to make this genral statement in reference to this matter, at resent THE PUB0HA8S OF MOUNT VERB ON. It is understood?-?ays tho St. Louis ltcpubliin, tlmt arrangemdnUi have been mado, by diich the proprietor of Mouut Vernon will soon ransfer the residence and burial place of Wasiihgton, directly to the State of Virginia, to be eld in perpetuity, as the Mecca of the American Republic. The idea of the purchatc was conoived by a woman of America, and her noble nd patrutic project has been supported with onlusiastic aud laborious devotion by the women f every city in the Union. An auxiliary effort was initiated in this city, lore than a year ago. F.or Virions reasons it ras suspended for a time, but Is now renewed rith fresh zeal, under the auspices of the Laies' Mouut Vernon Association of St. Louis.? t is tlie hooe of tho viiinm S- - tailed State*, that the present year will se& thin bject consummated, and the Grave of Washmjton the public property of the nation. We "ust that the appeal to the citizens of St Louis rill be answered by liberal contributions. If very lady in the city, of moderate means, would ontributo one dollar, the aggregate sum would veil largely the fund now rapidly accumulating, nd the name of St Louis be honornbly'ideutied with this patriotic object* when it is anounced to the country. Mount Vernon ip pur. based, and the Grave ofcWAnnynTox consecra?d as the shnne of tte Republic of North .raerica. ' * ?' Swindler? Arretted.?Two men who have been ' tohed by our police for nmc time past, named a/ts#$nodgrass, and Dnffie alias Hjpi >vfiU| wore srrwuHl ODOQl I WO QX100K yeBWPfliy> ist after obtaining about $60 under false pfemcea, from a Mr. Blake, of Abbeville. Colton iid Doffle were lodged io Ute Guard HotVMyandill be tent oat of toe eky *o-dav, after their gtierraMjrpet ..with the Chief ^of ^V'o^?'"r ' _ f AFFAIRS IN KANSAS. Governor Geaky has resigned, ?nd is now in Washington. He has had a consultation with the President and liis Cnbinet, relutive to Knnmis afTairs. lie declares that in all lib conduct, lie aimed nt thfe peace and wellfaro of tlie |>eoplo; tliut in the administration of his duties, all parties were treated with the strictest impartiality. The Governor reiterates the opinion tliat the population of the Territory, is still too small foi admission as u State. This opinion doubtless accords with tho liniveisul sentiment of the North The pro-slavery interest, at present, seem tu have the ascendency in tho Territory, and undei the late election law, passed by tho Kansas legislature, regulating tho qualification of voters, and specifying the lime of holding a convention to frame a Constitution, it is at least probabk that the convention would favor tho idea ot do mcstic slavery. Rccausc of tho probability thai Wmil/l lw> #l?i? nnoo /J... * w? (.KW vuob, UVfVI UUI V* r.A l\ 1 , III commoii witli tho popular sentiment of tlio nix teen Free Stales of this Union, would prefer de lay?would usk thai Kansas should be dcniet admission into the Union, until the influx of nb> olitionists into the Territory tdiould he sufRcieni to over-ride the pro-slavery interest. We too, liave held to the doctrine, thai tin period ut which a Territory should bo allowed U corno into the Union, in when it shall have 11 pop ulation suflicieut to entitle it to a Representative in Congress. We regret that this doctrine upon n former occasion, when the whole South was clamoring for IIiIh principle, wan repudiated by the North. Wc allude to the admission of California, and we cauuol forget that the North, in voting California into the Union, established the principle of Squatter Sovereignty, viz: That a few hundred squatters upon the soil of any Teritory, can frame a Constitution and make applictiou to come into the Union. The squatters in California, unkod admission with a Free State Constitution, and bocausc such washer Constitution, the North voted her in. But now that the tables arc turned?when there is a probability that Kansas may adopt, it pro slavery Constitution, we hear the line iiml cry coining from this same North, that Kansas should not l>c admitted until she shall have a population of ninety-three thousand, holding in contempt her own precedents, when likely to operate against her interest. While upon tliib subject, we would slute as a inntter of news, that the Topekn correspondent of tlic St. Louis Democrat, says " that the Free State Convention was in session at that place on the 10th and Ilth ult., C. F. Currier presiding. The committee on a platform reported a series nf resolutions Helling forth tliut tho people of the Territory cannot participate in the election under the recent Constitutional Convention act, withoiit'coinpromisiug their rights as Aniericon citizens, nnd jeopardizing the public pence ; that the Topeka Constitution is still the choice of a majority of the citizens, ami urging upon Congress the immediate admission of Kansas as a State under it." We 8ce it stilted that Robert J. Wai.kku has accepted the Governorship of Kansas, tendered hi in hy tho President. Hon. K. 1?. Stanton, ol Texas accepts Secretary of State of the same Territory. EX-GOVERNOR HAMMOND. A writer over the signature of " Ninety-Six,' publishes a length}' card, presenting the claims of this distinguished gentleman, as being a worthy successor of Hon. I'. S. 1$hooks, and requests as nil act of courlc-.sy, thai the papers in the Congressional District publish his card. The iciigui ui il, ana me lute Hour at which it wad received, precludes us from publishing it entire. We do nol intend, however, to become the special advocute of any particular candidate, and shall not therefore undertake to discuss the peculiar claims of ibe various noi.iinces; yet we ehcerfully give place to the following suggestion couiaincd in the card referred to, and leavo the voters of this District to take such actiou as they may think proper: " We propose, therefore, that on the Sale Day in April, his friends in the several constituent Districts, shall ascertain the public sentiment iu regard to his nomination : and that they forthwith proceed, either by formal announcement, or, if if is preferred, by private information conveyed to him, to take all proper steps to secure his nomination and election. This is done for every candidate by his friends; and is especially due to our nominee, from the consideration that he is not seeking our service, but we his; that he is not yet regularly a candidate : that from being long addictcd to private pursuits, he is out of the way of ascertaining tho public will without such aid. Wo are in earnest in the mutter. We do not regard this question as one of promotion to him, but one of service to the public. No one would for a moment believe that a states man of his einiuence would be honored by sending him to Congress ; liut all -will acknowledge that the country will bo well served, ut this crisis, if his abilities should be brought to the public council." THE MISSION OF THE PRESS. His Honor, Judge Withers, before whom the case of Dr. It. W. Gibdk*, vs. the City Council of Columbia was tried, took occasion to speak in no very complimentary terms of the newspaper press of the present day. The Charleaton Courier, in alluding to the strictures of the Judge, has the following very sensible remarks: " IIow any one, in lliia enlightened era, and, in this land of law, order, aud liberty, could persuauo mmseii tnai tiie newspaper press of this country, or even of Now York, 011 the whole, and, in the long run, doea moro harm than good, excites our apcciul wonder. Without a free newspaper pi ess, untrammelled by previous censorship, yet subject to subsequent social legal responsibility for abuse,, we should stagnate in mind nnd spirit, nnd be rogdy to bow the neck to the yoke of despotism. When our United Stutes constitution doclnred that ' no law should be passed abridging the freedom of the press,' and, ' the "right of the people to bear urins shall never be infringed,' and our State constitution, that "the right of trial by jury,' as heretofore used irt this State, and tho freedom of tho presa, should be forever inviolably preserved, they showed their just appreciation of the press, and of the newspaper, press, as one of the^gceat bulwarks of political and popular liberty; '^fid, |ie, wuqTwould abate the press, as a nuisance, or war against it, as art" enemy or a public mischief, runs a tilt against the constitution of his Stale and his coutry, fend, in iutention at leusU wageftr internecine-1irlr, against liberty itself.?'The consolation, however; is that the tilt is simply quixotic, and, Although it may induce a hostile jury**to belittle a* groat principle, by a pitiful verdict, it will&e Apt to recoil)- moH'jroetully, and with winflmfil fbrco." on the rajtf fllaailiafit; and, the otttr, however strong in pu^posei willprove feelfle and harmless in action, againtt the glorious rigfi^-gj" y^u-aiid type, entrenched, as It is, .hajuud the doable* rampart of the Str and Federal constitutions, cherishisbed as it b in 4hp hearti of*.f(*% people and defended OS it U by the aVros'of V c1ti?en-so]di?ryiM' ; - i y Novel Application of JSlecffHjtu?-~&n ingfe nioos contrivance has been devised by Tttt. Bnrgos, for the projrerftioflfbf burglary and are/ It consists of M spring couoealedTn itery ' dSof, .window jdrtdtojar desk to which it nay.be det> red.io 'Wplyn; ?ad it'if so Arranged that?; eoit Will b^complfted, ?pd^t^IaJ^b?U w?( eqmmcm instaflt wMauce. / > * 4* COM MUNICATKf). TO THE PUBLIC. Mn. Editor: Ah the Eloctiou for u mcnibe i of Congress ix ordered by tlie Governor, to tak< place bo early us the first Monday and Tuesday of Way next,?within a month of this time?i behooves us of the 4th Congressional District, t< be very active in our exertions to select u fit am proper person to represent us. Wc mu.il mak a proper choice. It is due to ourwelvos, and tin old Ninety-Six District, that wc should have i ninu of distinguished character to stand in tin councils of tho nation, where Calhoun and Me Duffie have stood; und the only question will all of us, is?Where can such n man bo found Wo answer?In Abbeville District, ill the per son of JOHN A. CALHOUN, Esq., who wa | reared in the same neighborhood, and taugli ) in tho same school, with both of those distill guished sons of South Carolina, above uuincd. j>ir. UALitoiiN is a nephew or John C. Cullioun ^ to whom he bears a strong likeness, both in per son and character. Ho wan always devoted t< his great Uncle, personally and politically. II I was bred to the bar, and in early life was u mem her of tho State Legislature. IIo removed t L the V* est, and for u time, was a distinguishei citizen of Eufuula, Alabama. A few years age he returned to Abbeville District, mid here h has cast his lot, to stand or fall with South Car olinn. lie is a mini of decided character am ability ; and we make the pledge for him, thu he will be aqual to the position. Electors of tin lib Congressional District, let us send him t< , Congress ! Let lis give him a long pull, u strong pull and a pull altogether 1 ABBEVILLE. Maple Siif/nr.?By the census of 1850, tli< total product of maple sugar ill the Uuitet States was 44,2&^,43K lbs., valued at $1,712,771 ?more than one twelfth the value of the vane sugar product. This valuation however, is at the rate of five cents a pound, which is onlv about one-half llie average market price. Tlu quantity of molasses manufactured is also very considerable. The two largest maple-growing States are New York ami Vermont, which pro<l<ui<-o<l upwards of ten and a quarter and nix nixl u quarter millions of pounds, respectively.? The next largest are Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia. All the States, with the exception of Delaware, Florida, Mississippi and Texas, are producers to u greater or less extent. From present indications, tlie quantity ol maple sugar and molasses made this year will ho greater than ever before. The high price ol .sugar, of idl ?ra<les, have stimulated its manufacture, and there s.-ems to l>c a fair prospect that the product this year will be upwards ol fifty millions pnundn. At present prices (la cents a pound and $1 a gallon,) the product will be worth not less than ?7,01)0,01)0. A Tragedy at t/ie Opera,?The Philadelphia correspondent of the Baltimore American, writing Monday, notices u startling occurrence ut j the Opera House there, as follows: A tragedy, appalling from its suddiucss, occurred during the performance of Linda di Clmmounix, at the Academy of Music, on Saturday evening. Ono of the female choristers, an Italian woman of consiilerat)l6 etnbonpnitit, viu observed by several persona on the stage to lean against one of the wing pieces, in the atlitudt of a Hick person. Assistance was immediatek rendered, and so quietly, thut nhc whs led off tin stage without any of the audience ol>serviiig.? She was taken to the green room, but died lie fore reaching it. The incident was certainly startling enough to shake the nerves of a set o fashionable people, or a troupe, of Italian inusi dans, ar even of u theatre manager. It di? nothing of the kind in this case, however, foi the comedy proceeded as qui tly aa if tlu tragedy had not occurred; mid the giddy mimi< of life went on, while one of the actors mailt her " exit" into the presence of the Eternal?? Tlio <le?:eu?ed singer was subject to disease o the heart. International Dog Fit/fit.?It is said that al a great dog light at llronte, Canada, oil Thursday, the 5th instant, the match was for Jjj?f?,00l a side, and the. result was the death of th( Buffalo dog, which expired after a severe combat of two hours and hfieen miiiutes, the IMon treat dog, although victor, barely escaping alive, l'arties of tlie " fancy" were there from all parts of tin: United States and Canada. Tits IiulTalo Republic says there was a loss in bets oi about. ?4t?,00rt to the American* party. After tho death of "Tinker," lie was deposited inn handsome black walnut coffin Arid brought ot Ituflnlu for burial. It isoaid that many.of the Buffalo gentry were po effected at the death oi their favorite, llmt tliey actually shed tears over the dead body of " Tinker." t Kansas Mating.?We ure requested by u member of, tlie Executive Couunitteee of the Williamburg Kansas Association, to cnll the attention of the Committee to the fact that there will be a meeting in the Court House in Kingstreeon the first Monday in April. The committee are requestnl to collect nil the funds they jHwaibly can. The people of the District are solicited to contribute to the cause, as the comniittce desires, not only to uid those who arc now in KaiiHns battling Tor the rljjhtH of the South, but to send other eiuigrnnts.-^JiY7?n'utrec Star. Depot Burned.?Wo. received intelligence a few days since* tliatrtho. depot at Gourdin's Turn Out, on the North Eastern Railroad and contents were consumed by fire on Saturday night, the 21st in9^.? There were an unusual quantity of goods, merchandize, apd in the depot'at tho time. Several of our merchants sustained heavy losses. Messrs. Mouzon <fc Clomons estimate their loss at $600, M'essrrfl Jones, Smith and Floyd, each, lost, we understand, a largo quantity of goods. Messrs. Kelly & Kidgill in Manning, estimated their loss nt Si0,000. \\T. I I 1 ? ? - 1 1 ? we navo 1101 oeen auie 10 lenrn now me fire originated. The case is ono t/j bo deeply deplored.^ Let the loss falTupon whom it may, ty will prove to be a lamentable misfortune. * . .. P. S.?Since the above was written, wo have recoived a" ndti<;e from tjie Agent Kt the Depot, where the tire occurred; inform* ing us tbgt it was the act of a burglar,-and tba? a considerable amount of freigljf r? saved?-that the Company has ma'dd'arrange* monts for the "^security pf freight; Kinystree Star. - i ' Dentil'of the Presidfut's phey.-^tG briefly announced yesterday.* t he' sudden .death of Mr. Eskrtdce Lane; of Eatrpaliter, Pennsylvania, il* nepliew xR^ ptesid^Qt of the United*.States, and. brother of 'l^jss Lane, who,/at" presftnt, * pfesidoe.. *t?tha Wbit^ Hous*. We-M earn "that My. - tie Jjaq beeti Indisposed fof & tlav'of two With IJnpjatiniU ioflsuttraatior^boiMt tr*?f aotfoW I fidored as u talT gf o"tfe jCJlp ljje niglit befo?e la|w, nf^d^athvn(tejj?(ore, J tnlcttn hiat . * * * * * w -.. ForoigrL JTeyiraf ' J'Yoin the South Carolinian. S r Nkw YonK, Murch 28, l8.r>? The steamship Illinois arrived to-day, later udvices from Nicaragua. ,< Olio hundred and thirty deserters from Walk-* j er'? army liavo taken pusFupe for the UuitedV States. Walker's case is cousihlrred desperate, us three thousand more Costa llieaus have been \ a I Hent to Nicaragua. There is no chnnco fur llio settlement of a afl'nirs between Granada und the United ouiiuh. j Halifax, March 20, 1867. Tlio Cunard Steamship Europu, Capt. Leitch, wliicli left Liverpool on Suturday, the 14tl? int utant, has arrived, bringing one week's later adviccB from Europu. The general and political news in of no special importance in addiliou to what in ready re' coivcd. Spain continues her preparations against Mexico, and wants England and France to keep the ' United StateB neutral. In China, the afliiirs remain without any j chango from lust advices. ( Tho Liverpool cotton market was steady, and c prices unchanged. Thn sales of the week amounted to 4^,000 bales, of which speculators I took 2,800 bales, and exportors 5,500. On Frij. day sales were made amounting to <5,000 bales? to speculators 1,000. Fair Orleans was quoted ot " 8J, middling7 13-16; upland 7& middling 7 9-lfi; fair Mobile 8d., middling 7^d. The stock on ' hand is 334,000, including 232,000 Americau.? * The Manchester market was steady, llarvo trcs ordinaire is quoted nt 111. , Naval atoros were firm. Provisions unchanged. I Breadstuff's were very dull, and flour nominal.? Wheat 3d. iower. Coru decliucd Cd. Beef ac' tivc. -,v The weather bad contiuued quite favorablo . , * i for the crops. * , 4 In England a notice was given in Parliamon' that motion of inquiry would be m^do in referonco to the relations with the United Slates.? The treaty regarding the Sound -Dues is Baid to give general satisfaction to all (ho powers in- ' terestcd. * t The government of Spain aro prepariug-to Ip- " vadc Mexico on a large scale, but it is generally thought thai the fiist movements will be cou fined lo an attack on Ww Oni* The Sultan of Turkey lifts presented Franco with tho Church of the Nativity, at Jerusalem, and tlie I'alace of tlie Knights of St John. . . [ The Circassians Iinvo again defeated tlie Russians, tuking 400 prisionere, nnd n considerable amount of cunnon; baggage, &e. Lord Elgin hns nccepted the uppointrocut of Special Envoy to China. Affair* in filhntcxrjta.?Gov. Gorman,' of Minnesota, bus issued a prcchiinmaiioii, calling an cxtra session of tlie Legislature for April 27tli, for j the purpose of milking tho necessary laws to s enable th? people to form n State constitution, , nnd also for the purpose of disponing of the . lands granted :it the last session of Congress to . aid in the construction of railroads. [ The citizens of M Old Mecklenburg," N. C., have mvt at Charlotte, nnd adopted resolutions , for a celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaruf tion Anbivcrsary,-on the 20tli of May, prox. 1 A terrible explosion has taken plneo at St. p Louis, recently, killing four persons uud wound; ing.inany others. Commercial. Annr.viM.KC. II., April 2, 1857. Cotton.?There has been but little cotton offering tlii* week. We quote extremes at ll-J to * , 13 cents. Columbia, March 31, 1857. Cotton.?The cotton, miirkel was almost at a . stand yesterday ; there was mo little offering wo J were unable to find the true valuo of the arti, ele ; still we think if there was a supply on sale it would freely bring our former quotations of 11^ (3 13 cents. Charleston, March 30, 1857. Cotton.?Sales of "cotton to-day two thousand . bales. Prices firm, with an advancing tendency. 4 - - ? . 1 ? ?bitnari). DIED, on Saturday morning, tlio 7th iimt., from the effects of a wound in the head, caused by the accidental discharge of u shot gun, Jesse, Bkasly, aged twenty years. The community deeply mourn the loss of a young mun of so much promise of future useful* ness. Ilia fimiiiblo disposition, pleasant manner*, nn J excellent morals, elicited tho esteem and udmirnlion of all who knew liim, and ihoqe who knew him. Lest, appreciated his-virtues most. lie wan at tlie time of iiin death^a student of the Greenwood school, of highstanduig - in his elates, beloved both by teachers and students, who now wear a badge of mourning in attestation of thoir sorrow, for his, untimely death. "Art thou indeed, dear 3'ontb, forever fled, So quickly numbered with the silent dead, Too sure I reud itjn the downcast eve.' Hear it in mourniffg friendship's stifled sigb. Ahl could esteem or admiration B^jPe,. ' So dear an object from the untimely -grave, This transcript "ftiinl had not essay'd to tellj*" The loss of one beloved, revered so well." * m v ^ LIST OF CONSIGNEES, . Remaining in the I)ej>ol at Abbeville, for the * xeeek ending April 185*7. W ? Nichols, McCaslin, Widemon Taggert, McCaslin Sc. Co., Col J F Morsfiill;^ I Jon T C Perrip, H S Kerr, J A ^Hen, Wier do Lythgoe, II C Cable, II W Ltmlii, \V D Mar?? R J1 Wardlaw, dt Son, IHlStono, DJ Jordan, ^ Miss Kate Putton, J-C Brooks? Jas Key, Gen^A# A M Smith, J H Bnskin, A- L Gray, - Mrs L I> y Parker, J & N Knox, W L Calhopn, Cupt.Robt Blak?fTey, E Cowen A'Co., Enrite &, Star, Sla. ger ds'Leviiigstoni J A Norwood, B P Hughes, A Clack, Jr, J It Daltou. _ . - .....nig unuuius agmnfi mo ADLx. .beville TlioSpiflii Corns will .pjea?0 present ' them to the Trcaavir?t\ Mh J. G. Willson, tot. . payment , '. * : - * \ S. 0. DkBBUU^ Sec'jv v Aprf 2 t ^ v. 9 m' T^. s^teeeiair a/. .. "A r <50N V'OCATIGjBf irtf! h ? >'e!d <rti ^rOtay . are c<*i uticteil Av^il 1) ... ' > ' ?>* 'V . -