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THS ACQUITTAL OF MH1. CUNtt!lfl(UAtt^R8> LMASK OF fcCKKL. Tlio ncmiitlnl of Mi*, I'titinltmhntit, clinrtrmt Willi llio niuhh-r of l>r, Himhll, ntut tlio relent* of livlcol, on his own roc??g- . tiitatico llio Mint of *rt,OUO, has l*< on Itivtiliotieil by tcloar.-iph. 'I'liu I'll'oit of her ; counsel wan forcible and eloquent. Mr. ' Hull, llio pro?oriilitij{, iiltoriu'V, followed : for llio prosecution, aiul reviewed llio whole testimony in ii close and critical maimer, ntld declaring (tie prisoner guilty of tins murder. We ?iiiote the following point of iiisargiiuii.MiL; : Tliero is nobody who knows wlicro ho i ppent that night, and it was but fair to llio ! honorable gentleman who boro the tlio bur- j doll of the defence, as well as to the prosecution, to believe his whereabouts were not known. Eckel's clock was up there; was it going ? perhaps not. She was the clock ; she told Hannah, the cook, to go to bed, as was it near 10 o'clock; she told the daughters tlio hour ; she told the boys the hour, and the inference is that she caused that clock to bo set to one hour earlier that night. The doctor generally came in about ton o'clock; all were in bed; Eckel to his room, Snodgrass to his, the little boys, the little girls then in bod, all were out of the way when tlio victim came in; ho took oil' his shoes and folded his shawl and put down Lis cap. None, then, but this woman could have vuiuu in wuiiout excmng remai n; or perhaps she opened the door, which he perhaps had not carefutly locked, and throwing the handkerchief over the Adams' apple, dragged him back with the right hand, while the stab was inllictcd with (he left; and , the strong man would havo the purchase of 1 his arm, but it was the weak hand of wo- i man there, and he ran to the door, followed ' the by (lend. He saw those eyes glaring on ' him, and the carving knife plunged in his i neck ; she was as tali as Judge L>can, who j was as tall as Doctor 13uidcll; and even a j fdiorter woman than she is could have in- j flicted this blow. lie (the district Attorney) j when he first saw it said it was a lefted handed blow ; itr. r ratios first thought so, l>r. Woodward said so, and Dr. L'lil did not commit himself, but spite of all physicions have said, there was tlio situation of j , the door, and the jet of blood on the wall : to be looked to, and turning like a stag at *jbayf the left-handed blow was struck in side. 4- I will state, gentlemen, thai you iiiusl look at this ease with reference to the prisoner at the bar, whether the hypothesis is sustained, so as to exclude the idea that this death could have been caused by any other person. In reference to this rule of evidence, I will (piote an old and well known authority : 'The case must be such as to exclude to a moral certainty every other hypothesis but that of the guilt of the party accau3cd. In cases of doubt, it is safer i> acquit than to condemn.' Gentlemen, I have now discharged the duly which the law imposes upon me in this most painful and exeitinrr trial. T think Mint ivm will bear me witness that I have exhibited no other motive than to elicit the truth ami the v whole truth, and to aid iti placing before you any facts which could avail you in solving this great crime. My duty is now ended, and you have to retire to your room, calmly to deliberate and decide 011 the fate of this unhappy woman at (he bar. Meet your whole duty like men, feeling your dqep responsibilities and the solemnities of your oaths. To your decision I now com$mit the fate of this unfortunate woman and the future of herself and her family. While you deal justly by her, it is your privilege also to deal mercifully ; for, as I have before remarked, if you have any reasonable doubt of her guilt, that doubt is to be cast into the scale in her favor, and entitles her to your verdict of acquittal. If on the con trarv, on a review ot tlie the whole case, you deem tlie charge contained in the indictment proven, it is your duty to your "country and your God to say so, though it be with anguish of heart, and may cause 01 <leep shame and sorrow to others. But if in this final reviewing you are not satisfied of her guilt, pronounce a^verdict of acquit"" -<t*. ' tail, and let t'r" accused go free. 0 Tho jury retired precisely at 1 o'clock.? All eyes were directed after them as they defiled behind the Jlulgc's chair 011 their way to the jury room. At twenty-five minutes to 8 o'clock the buz went round that the jury had agreed atitf were ontering the court. The jury entered and took their scats in the box. A painful, profound stillness reigned through^,,.*out the court. The Clerk (Mr. Jlenry Van* vSF^ dervoort) took his posision on tho witness' chair, to call over the names of the jurors and to put tho usual formal questions to them. Jfk Mr. Vaudervoot?Gentlemen of the jury. Lave you agreed to your veidict? ,gg??: The Foreman?We lir.ve. Mr. Vandervoot?Jurors, look upon the prisoner; prisoner, look upon the jurors.? ilow say ypn, gentlemen, do you find Emma Augusta Cunningham, otherwise called Durdell, guilty or not guilty ? The Foreman?Not guilty. Mrs. CurHalngham was so agitated that fiihe heard not the words that the foreman uttered, and did not know what the verdict was., till her -<?o?jnsel whispered it to her; then "she sanl^back overpowered by her feeling*. Mrs., Cunningham and her daughters were then conducted out of Court into one nf tlieJuiWR <il?nnil?prn ami ilium f/.p cmoo I f time received the, congratulations of their fronds oh - the liappy termi nation of the prosecution; We sndorstand ''that they retvriied.io the fatal house in.Bond street.? The verdict seemed to afford very gencr* %1 satisfaction. 'rj.x ' & jriyJii&fjpfctaelet.?r'SigUt Spectacles, lo see wilh in "the diii-k, aro suggested by a correspondenfclu llio"8?(&ftific Americans " They would bo very desttnuM.^ he think*, "in some situations, to f?e olenrw whep. Q^ile dark, when acting cm sjribt, f^W^mpIsTon river steamboat*. The ride* js i^cticabtt& rbht which avails an owl to-see in tne dark ^lkbo enable a man to aeeta.'the night. HencheU could Me with the aid of an optical instalment which he constructed, the dial on * steeple clock, a mile dis|JM><? when it was so dark that he coald see but a few feet with the naked eye:" . lilt " Dettructize Kre?Taenty-three Jlorut Burnt. ?Last night about 10 o'clock, the stables of Mr. W. Graves, on Council Chamber Hill, were die cevered te 4<-en fin*'and so qnick was (lie conflagration the bnikSag was almost des'.royed before the alarm was - given. We understood that twenty three horses were burnt (o death, belonging to fliffereat persons, their value being esti? mated at 516,000. We were unable to lenrn whether there w?i any insuranoe on the building er not?Richmond Bitjsateh. At tTv> anniversary meotin^f the Colonization So?5fit J, in New York, on Tuesday, 4ter. Dr. Beth on** who was one of the speakers, told the following anecdote: A Southern ftipad had asked him to look oat and do something, tor an old woman oflii* tfb? had run away, ana when be went to see h'?fc 4^ told him:." I wish to ite got no 'spec' fur a efcllvd puMun lieafa." ^ The jail of Jaekfpto aonnty, N. C., is without a prisoner, and the second rtorj* haa beenriedted hy a dajjuerreoijpiit * ' * v. ; ^ ^ ZUW *tAi'taVto*. ? <-?< >.* ?? * MonSK-MMH DtNNEK Itt PAtttB. An pH|toitmoiilnl tllmipr was given the other ?lity l?y the fli-itt ??r 1'ln'Vcl, In n numtier of m fi*nIk "who took lln> leail soini* time ago In recommending liors? ?llesli n? n wholesome mul nourishIne nlitnent. The ham|Uct accordingly consisted almost ene'iisively <>f that cscnlnnt, unci of the ignatna, n Chines* root, which promises, from its nutritive qualities, to become n powerful niixillnry to tin" potato. Anions the gncsts were M. ile St. Ililniro, the originator of hippophnny in 1 l-Vanee, MM. Moui|uin,Titndoonml l iiyon, ntcinbeis of the Institute. (Sencrnl do lircssols, di* rector of the Artillery Department nt tho Ministry of War; several eminent Hirroniomists, ami |)r. Vvan, a gentleman who has traveled much, nml whose claim to lie considered a connoisseur in i;iiMtr?iiomy rests on tin* fact that, according to his own neconnt, he has in thocourso of his' life euten of the dog, eat, monkey, rut, lizard, | I mini K, IIIIU evell ICCCIICff I 1 IMS gcllIICIIIUII StlltCK that tlii' dinner consisted of bread soup of horse j broth, boiled horseflesh (fivo hours'cooking,) ig1 namusof China stowed in butter, dabs with Dutch ' sutler, anil ignatnus boiled for twelve minutes iu ; witter nud salt, rul-itii-rciilniratiiourctlrmuAv with i the s|iiu;il uinrrow of the horse, u chine of horse i (ft it tic r/irrnl) rousted, u triiillcd turkey, and a j I pie of ii (it mml' flesh. The soup \\ as pronounced I excellent, having a flavor which beef" broth docs j not arrive at ; the boiled meat could not be dis| finguished from beef by any outward token, und ! the taste was nearly the same. Tli<1 vol-au-mitx, I l)r. Y van slates, would not have disgraced an | Imperial table. The roust was extremely rich in ! fjravy, and emitted a peculiar aroma not unlike tlna belonging to go,nl venison. In short, the i horse was unanimously pronounced a fit animal ; for human food. As for the ignuiiin, it was found ! inferior to the potato iu its feculent quality, hut , superior in taste nnd tlavor. What renders this ' root particularly interesting to agriculturists is, I that the longer it- remains in the ground the more i it increases tu bulk and in quality ; so that it may 1 lie in the ground during years of abundance, and brought, into m:irkcl when u your of fcarcity occurs. ? (t\i/iifii a ii i. The Cotton Qitt-xfioii.?The cotton question ! still engrossed much attention. Ileceut returns | show that England imported in 18'JOfroni America !l0tM74 His. of rr.w cotton, ami from India 23,12r>,f25 lbs. of the same aiticle. In 1855 the | importation from America was ti81,C2D, 13-1 lbs., | and from Iniha l-l.r>, 17'.?,i2(iG lbs. In 1820 England 1 exported to America manufactured cotton valued j at .1*1,l'J 1,5*11 ; and to India t'85i>,9(IG ; while in i 1855 the exports of the name articlo from England to America was ?2, lo5,:t:il,and to India .i.'5,t>8l,584. These figures show that in the thirty-live years which elapsed between lt>~0 ami 1855, the importation of raw cotton from America increased more than 75o per cent, and that from India only (525 per cent.; whilst the exports of the manufactured goods from England to India increased 0150 pel* cent., ami that to America only 2<>r> per cent. Tliesostateineiilsprove two facts, viz: that America is the great source of the raw material for England, and must probably long continue so, whilst India is the great consumer of her cotton manufactures. All other circumstances equal, India can never compete with America iu the production of cotton for the English market, until the Indian Hoverninent supply the necessary railway communication. The great tardiness of il,.. ? - .... .......... ..V.v......vnfc lit ui.n H.MJIIT1, IS MlOWIl !>y I lie fact, that whilst I lie whole extent of railways in India amounts to only 1558 miles, that in Kngland is 8,0'j7 miles, and that in the United State.", wo believe, more than 25,1)1)0 miles. Not loss than 8,Dim) miles of railway must be constructed on well selected lines in India, before that country can test her capability for raising cotton and competing with the American producer, though that would be far short of her ultimate requirement. We take these figures froin a report made hy Lieut. Col. Kennedy to the shareholders of the lJombay and liuroda iluilway Company. The G'ntrrof J/inr;t Clay.?-The editor of the Fort Wayne Times has been 011 a journey through Kentucky, and went to pay his devotions to the grave of Henry Clay, in the cemetery, not far from Lexington, he searched for it first among those covered culabled slabs, obelisks, pyramids and imposing monuments, but the name was found 011 none of those ; he sought it among less imposing tabulets, hut found it not. A lad at last led him to the spot, where n little mound, marked only by the path worn by the foot-prints of devoted countrvmen told that the Croat C0111mouiier still lived in the hearts of the people.? Near by was the monument affeetionatelv in scribed by Mr. Clay to lii.s mother. On an adjoining eminence?which is a bountiful site, with ail urea of half un acre, circular in form?tho people of Kentucky are to ercct u monument of Kentucky marble of beuutiful design, which is t? rise 1*20 feet ill height, under which the remains of the noble von of our sister State are to be deposited. The corner stone will be laid on the 4th of July next, with imposing ceremonies. ] roiH l/ic J'ort Wayne Sentinel, April -1, Siiii/ulnr b'reak of JTitlitrc.? Mis. Editor.? ?Yourself and readers have doubtless heard of the Irishman whose cow came front a cow that never had a calf. I had considered the story as fiornewhat apochrvphal until 11)3* attention wus called to acalf now at Leesburg, Kosciusko county", the property of Robert Blain, l?sq. The calf is now months old, and has been givii.g milk ever since she was two months old. L. C. Jacoby, Ejfj., and myself both examined her; she is now giving milk at the rate of one half gallon per da}*, and that of a very rich quality. Another ealf running iu the same pasture was observed to bo in 1 lif* Imhit ?'f I.:.. A..tr . - ?.iio wun niii-u (sue was only two months old, which firs<t. attracted Mr. {Haiti's attention lo this singular freak of unture. Milk was noticed in her tents, mid she has been milked regnlarly ever Hi lice. She is pari Durham, and presents tlie appearance of a large yearling heifer, nii'l has nev?r had a calf. The mother of the calf gave, an I am credibly informed, 245 gallons of gooil milk (luring the month of October lust. The calf is evidently increasing in milk, and is something decidedly new under the sun. Mr. Blain asks $30 for her. Moses Jknkinson. American Tract and liihlc Societies.?The Abolitionists arc about making a regular onslaught upon the American Bible and Tract Societies, w-ith the hope of being able to split their, into fragments, as they have the New York Young Men's Christian Association. It is to bo hoped that the conservative members of tlieso bodies will be able to rally iu strength enough to save tlicm from the ruin which faunticism would bring upou them. What is it that these madmen have succeeded iu abolishing ? Churches, Christian Associations, national unity, with the prospect of abolishing the Bible Society, the Tract Society and the American Union?abolishing everything hi snori mil oiavery, wiitcli is stronger now, und far more profitable, tliau when they commenced their labors, twenty yours ago.?lUchmond Dispatch. dttano Islands in the Arabian Sea.?Orders liave just been received at Newport, Mass., and offers made to charier a few sliipa to load guano at tliese irfuuds for Great Britain,'on English account. The guano deposits on tliese islands were discovered in 1853, l>y Mr. Johu Ord, an English master mariner. The qnantity estimated is from one to two millions of tons, and worth ?10,000,(100 to ?15,000,000. These islands had been previously ceded to the British crown by thelmanm of Muscat., and the English Government has leaded tliein to Mr. Ord and his associates for tho term of five years, for the purpose of removing the guano, at the rate of two shillings sterling per ion, to be paid as royalty for the first year, and four shillings per ton for the four following years; and tho Government has agreed to seud an armed vessel to protect them in'their operations. School Fund of Connecticut?'The school fund of Connecficat is in a very satisfactorily condition. iTho income of the fund for the j-ear ending on t^e 31st of March, 1857, has been $148r 815 against $ 149,21 fi the previous year. There has bo en vtnA to the school aMiWiM fi?? ??? $148/1 VgjigAiost $129,243 for tliepreviousjiear. The fana bM been ao managed a* to yield j? jjett income of 1 l-2 ptr cent. The children -to whom this sum bM been divided have diminished by the number of 275 within tbe year. The dividend to each obildhaa been increased from ff,30 to |1.40. Convicted?"Rot* Ifii Ifypney, Who was arretted In Frodri<j>, Md.,':jl?v*r?l month* ago, on the obarge -of having robbodtbe Roman Catholic cbnrcli el MarUnebpry, j(of ik?hiob he ,w?a formorly the pester,) and other vdlaahles, w/ia convietodjiatlfia eMtrf rf" Berkeley CHinty, Virginia, during i^ p#*C^*)e'k, nud sentenced to ^ijre peueleiUia^ RJ*. tjja terrc of AimiiVtUK BA.NNIiH.jl Thnf?day Morning, May SI. 1857. \\\ t\ DAVIS* tirtltor. BLANKS! BLANKS!! Wo would Mate to t!n> l.rjjal Fraternity Ilutt wo have jttnl printed n large and complete o?.?orliiii'iil of 111 it nk->, which ore well pressed, neatly printed, and on tlio beet <|iiality of paper. We have, also, Magistrates' Hlauks, of all kinds. ASSOCIATED. wo nolico 1C. ,11. SStwkkk,of tlio I.tiurriisville | //?mhl, has associated with Iiim Mr. W. I* ; II uuiiKNK ad co-editor of that Journal. Wo uu- | dcrstiind that Sir. Ili'ixsRNsi# n younginnn of fine j talents, and thatour friend Mr. Stokes is fortunate in sii .trin?r hid nervines. HEALTH OF HON. A. P. BUTLER. Wo learn, tlironel* a gentleman who arrived in this city last night, from Kdgcfield, thai the heallh of Judge IIuti.kk had improved, and he was regardod much better. This will bo highly gratifying news to tho friends of that distinguished gentleman.?Carolina Times. DISMISSED. II will l?o remembered that some time since, wo gave a report of the case of W. W. Hki.cukii r.t. Iluiiii McKklvv, Administrator of the Entitle of TYckkk. Mr. Bki.ciiku endeavored to estab- j lish a will. The will was set aside by the jury j ?an appi al was taken, and we see that in the Court <>f Appeals, the motion for new trial has Iipoii dismissed RUSSELL'S MAGAZINE. W? have received the Second No., Vol. 1, of tliin work, published by Walker, Evans tt Co., Charleston. It is u monthly Literary Magazine claiming, though uol without merit, the patronage of the reading public. Messrs. Branch &. Allen are the agents for this pluee. Si'iglo copies or subscribers hy the year will bo supplied by them. Subscription price 00, or iJO ceuts for single numbers. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. We would call (he attention of tho public to the u(lverlisemeiit8 of J.G. Wii.i.son, Iutei>dant,Tuo*. Lesi.v, Si.aheu ?fr. Livingston, and A. Stkknes, of the American Hotel, Columbia, whuhas remodeled that old and popular establishment, and is now prepared to accommodate nil who will favor him with their patronage. To those who design visit ing our capital, we would say, give the American a cull. A PUBLIC LECTURE. We are requested to state that J. L. IJkvxoi.iis, I'rofessor in tho South Carolina College, will, by invitation of the Youssg Men's Christian Association of this place, deliver a Lecture to-morrow, Fiiday evening, 22d inst., in tlic Court House, commencing at 8 o'clock. Subject?J.itrrar>/ 11 inton/ of -South Carolina." Professor Uf.v.noi.iis enjoys an envious reputation as a public Lecturer. The public is invited to attend, and the Association is solicitous that all wiiocuu conveniently should attend. ADMISSIONS TO THE BAB. The following gentlemen have been admitted to praelico in tho Law Courts of this State: TIioh. W. Allen, Abbeville ; W. B. Culp, Columbia; \V. L. Del'ass, Camden; P. C. Dozier, Williamsburg; F. W. Iloadly, Columbia; J. II. Hudson. Marlborough ; Jas. F. Izlac, Orangeburg; S. W. Maurice, "Williamsburg; John CMcClenaghun, Marion ; F. ML Mciver, Cheraw ; T. II. Muse, Barnwell; Thos. I'. Oliver, Oi ungoburg; Henry J. Smith, Greenville ; R. I*. Todd. Laurent*; J. Waitien, Columbia; G. \V. Wolfe, Orangeburg. A NEW PAPER. F. N. frARViN ?t Co., have issued tlic first niiiiilicr of ft large weekly sheet, at Walhalla, Pickens District, christened the Walhalla Bantier. Subscription price $1.00 We wish them success. The Jiauucr snys of the Blue Itidge Railroad: "Several of the contractors on this line of the road arc nt work ; ami several more us they inform us, will resume operations in a few days. At the Tunnel, Mr. Collyier <fc Co., are carrying on this work handsomely.? Shaft No. 1 is down to grade?shaft No. '2 will soon reach grade. Messrs. Collyier &. Co., have just received and are now putting at shaft Xo. 3 another engine for the working of that shaft. We expect to pay Tunnell Hill a visit in a short time and will give our readers full particulars'.'' AN EGREGIOUS ERROR. It is an egregious error to suppose that nil men were born equal, endowed with the same capacity for moral and intellectual improvement Proceeding upon this ubsurd notion, fcevcrul of our Northern States, through the action of their legislatures, have attempted, politically, to equalize the uegro and the white man. We see, in the same upecies, a marked ditfercnce in the power and sagacity of the inferior order of animals.? mo same amercuce ol cupacily, physically and mentally, is observable in the human race. It is a grand mistake to aopposo that laws Adapted to the scale of intelligence among the Anglo Saxons, would be suited to a mentally inferior rnce. Negvo citizenship, and the colonization schcnie in Liberia, are founded upon the false as8Uir.ption that tho negro is capable of an independent self-government. We might, with as much propriety, assume lhat the Republican institutions of the United States, were ndapted to the government of the Hottentots. Government must be adapted to the moral and intellectual improvement of a people, and in the ratio of their rise and progress in the Rcale of intelligence must be tho civil liberty they enjoy. The liberal government under which we live, would prove worse than iriiurchy, if bestowed upon a degraded nud inferior race. ? 4^? ? NICARAGUA. General Hornsby who, for some time, lias been conuected with the fortunes of Walker, addresses a letter to ls>rA W....?, n-:.:.,u * nr??. ? JL/Miaoil lUIUiniUI C*W ?f B81I* ington, in wliicli he makes some serious chargcs against the conduct of British officials in reference to the war in Nicaragua. He denies the ?tatcment that Lock ridge's party, when "defeated, were protected from the C?Bta Ricans -by the British gunboats?pronouuecs it a " bold fubrication, circulated by the allies to call public attention away from the infamous and tyranical efforts of the British officials, at San Juan, to force the Americana out of the river," and charges England with boing in ^partnership with Costa Rica for the destruction of American 3nltiP?et on the Isthmus. lie pledgMftimself to proVe thit England it the active amraeadly, though se?fref and deceitful foe of American progress in Central America; to prove that she has treacherously Ald?d aud abetted in the Slaughter of A mericans on tho latlimiu ; that.her afEeials1ia*e ranclioDed and auetmiied the deatruclion of the Kieafagrwi route to California; that ibey hav? opposed every attempt:ty reeoverUvc ?Uaaw?,eic ployed or,/he rovt?. He proclaims ihat England ia ambitious BALANCE OF POWER. Hie Uiebtimnil /f?y??frrr|Mlbli*bo* nil nrfnilin ! ) > nrtlele upon |Ih> ionnl between 1 tin North nn<l llm South. It Ciui but lie <>|i\ ioiiH that j If we nre ilepemlont. upon the e<ptlpoi*e of power, ( between tin*two ?cetion?, by ndiitlttingaUvrinitoly 1 a'uve nml noii-Mnvebobling State?, for n prrpotu- : uli.lti ?if lllia IT llinil il? ilnva .......I.......I V'.. J i".umvitu. ii<? | Southern man can look out upon llio groat plains of the North-west, and wiliio.?s tho rapid growth of free States, mid si ill hopo to preserve tho Union by n Imlanco of power between North and South. We must hx>k to other bonds of Union. If the virtue, patriotism, intelligence and sense of justice among the pi^ilc of the stronger section shall fail to mete out to tho weaker, their full measure of right, then will our Union be hopelessly dissolved. " When," says the Enquirer, the "institutions of u Republican people can be main taiucd only by an e^uipoiso of sectional influence and strength in the councils of tho nation, there Is something radically wrong, either in the government itself,, or in tho loyalty and patriot ism of a large proportion of the peoplo who ure professing to support it." Again, tho Ent/nirrr remarks?" that the Constitution of the United States recognizes negro ii4 nil inst it.iilimi ivIiiMi ll?? ' eminent lins no authority either to circumscribc or extend, it in idle to deny. Ami it is equally evident that the aim of Abolitionism is to obtain, if possible, power enough so to amend that coiiipact between the States as to make this domestic institution amenable to Federal lawn, or to accomplish, by violence, what they nmy fail to be enabled to achieve by virtue of legitimate legislation. The North strives to introduce new States, with anti-slavery setinients engrafted upon their organic laws, for the purpose of out-numbering and overruling the representation of the SouthAnd the South in anxious that each new State should adopt a Constitution acknowledging the legitimacy of tlio institution of slavery, as an earnest, that in its representatives we will find friends instead of foes. '*'! > policy of the North is aggressive, that of the o utli defensive. But for the attacks of the abolitionists upon the institutions of slavery, and through that upon the Constitution, the Southern people would have made no extraordinary exertion to eolonize Kansas with supporters of tlio South. Let us be assured that the compact will not lir? l?r/?L-<.? <! ?* the Constitution will neither bo violated nor altered against us, tlint wo are safe within the Union, and that our State sovereignty is sacred, and the South will be willing to entrust her fortunes to the laws of liberty, nature and industry alone, without striving to fortify her institutions against the inroads of an enemy. Rut while the abolitionists nro preparing for battle, if we would reuijtiu in the Union as long as it can be endured, ire must also be active." COMMUNICATED. J Ir. Editor:?According to a Resolution passed at the Kansas meeting, at Abbeville C. II., on lite 11 ill instant, a report of which appeared in your .last paper, the Chairman appoints the following committees to solicit sultscriplions to aid the cause of the South in Kansas: Lo\vi:u Savannah Battalion*.?Messrs. James II. Widcman, I). M. Rogers. % Uitkii Savannah lt.vrrAi.iMN.?Messrs. James M. Latimer, John Rrownlco. Uitkb. Saluda Battalion.?Messrp. William r>i:..i. l.. mm ? > ummiicam, i nonius J. ltoiicris. Loweu Saluda Battalion:?Messrs. Jno. Boozer, James Fooshe. ll would be unnecessary to stale tho purpose of the subscription to those who heard.the eloquent remarks of Mr. lJuker. It is enough to say, that the money subscribed, is intended to support the self-sacrificing efforts of General Atchison and others in Kansas, in behalf of the interests of the South. Collect ions# made before next ealeday, can then be handed to the Chairman, whose directions arc to remit them to Gen. Atchison. TIIOS. THOMSON, Chr'n. Jilotjuent J'rtstage.?The following beautiful passage is from a lecture on "'The Philosophy of Life." delivered n short time sir.ee by Mr. Win. Winter, at Cambridge, Muss. Mr. Winter is a young man, not more than twenty years o( ago, and has already won a high reputation us a poet and prose writer: "For the greatest human intellects there is no exemption from the common doom. I have sometimes thought how sud, yet how sublime, must have been the emotions of tliut man, whose privilege it was to stand by the coffin of Shnkspearo, and gaze on that sweet and noble face, when death had called out all the strange beauty which never lives then. It wfis worth a life-time to have stood there one minute???> l?u Iniil your linn.I on that'.broad brow, and started at the .oold chill ; and, so pausing, 'to have culled up ill memory all the magniticenL creation? his genius, and worshipped him there in Hie silcnco and the gloom : But he is dead and gone; At his head a grass green turf, At his heels a stone. So they all go. Mairdies, but nature is eternal. The seasons keep their appottltcd time ; day returns with its golden spleudor, nud night with its eloquent mystery. Tho samo stars which lit the ghastly bnttle-tield of Troy?rough wjth the dead bodies of ancient heroes ; which shone 011 the marble streets of imperial Home, and on U10 sad eyes of Virgil, slcftpless in the living glow of inspiration?the watch fires of the angelin tyJbich . through centuries of devastation nud ^liange have still burned 011 unceasingly?speak To ns us they did to Danto, nud Sliakspearc, and ^lilton, of the divine glory, the omnipotence, the everlasting beauty nnd love of God." ?'? ^ Concealed Weapon?.?There are ttyo things which gentlemen never do: one is jvrRifig-anonyinous letters; the other is carrying'concealed weapons. Of course, thero nre> occasions when a man, knowing that he is to be attacked, may fairly carry weapons which he does not display. But no geiitlemnn habitually secretins knives and [ pistols about his person unless he lives among 'savages or wild beasts. The reasons for this are obvious. It is an entirely unfair advantage,only phj'sically but morally; for a man will not be likely to restrain his tongue or his temner when he known that lm lias the mentis of effectually silencing his opponent?and knows also that his opponent cannot possibly be awnre of that foci. It was all fair and right enough when every gentleman openly wore his sword at bis side. Certainly it was bad enough then, but there was nothing concealed. But to hido your knife and pick ft quarrel, or to engage in quarrel, knowing that you have a knife hidden, is nsjind as inviting your enemy to driuk wine which you have poisoned. Decent society is not possible upon such terms. We are all so purely unchristian and petulent, that anything which serves to unbridle our tongues and loove our wrath, as coQceft{jd'''lreapons inevitably do, and postpones t?nyyffiappier day*. - "** Oat Made from Water.?All attempts to manufacture gas .from water.alone, had heretofore beou a complete failure ; Payne's gas turpentine and water gae, water and platina and many suoli like have all proved either impracticable or inferior to the coal nnd wood gas now in use. A French chenmst, Mr. Gaillard, has affast discovered and put into actual use the gas inado from water, not in lhn Inlvnm tot'y or at an exhibition, but in illuminating a irtole town: the ancient city of NarboniM/iFrfttice, ftpriea in a light, the element* of vhicb we afawn from its antiaot and beaatilul canlf, the flame looking like tueitiectrical light", dusli.ng, &ut nOttireaonie, aa white aa can be> without vvacillialion or aniell; all buraerabeinafiimila* to to many pianola.?Courier det JStqit Uni*. ' 7* to lit ?Q IcL* A*<T" ^ ^ | OKN. QUITMAN AND THB QKOftOt A AND BOOTH CAROLINA DELEGATION TO IftliltPltlS. On the 4th Innlnnt, wlteit tin? nlontncr John Siiiiuilda landed nt VIckidttirK oil her voyage lo New Urlcniis, it (feoame known U> tlm |mxxi<iiiMrn ilmt. (<?n. (Juitmnn liml uomo on hourd* The ( nnrgiii and Hmitli Carolina delegation immediately determined to tcnliTy their- rttlfiect Tor his" <1i?tiii8iii*hc<I milit iiry and political Hflrviron. The lion. Hnluiiiun Cohen, on the |iurt of the G'eorf$ian?, iiinl t on. William T). Martin, on the paffc of the Carolinian*. were appointed to reprcMent their rc<?i?ective delegation*. (Jnn. Mnrtin Kutd.hi^ ' (t'rnernl C/niVinA^^Vt have on lionrd a largo uiinibor of (je.orginna and Caroliniaua now ret urning homeward from the Memphis oclehmtion. This auspicious event, commemorating the Union of the Atlantic and 'the Minsipsippi, hus bean Uic occnnion of many ngraeablo 'incidents, and has i?.i i.. .i.? ,.r :..t __-i < ICU IU HIV lUdiiiiuvii UI ui.<|uuiui,.iiltfH, UIIU irec<lon? of intercourse. Th? usual spoctne'o of so largo ft number from tlio Atlantic States on one boat oh this magnificent" stream, is at the same timo the result and the illustration of this union by iron hands. Hut gf all (he agreOible incidents to whioh this cxcurslO^ has niven rise, where many will be roinei;ibCrcd with pleasure, nothing has gratified lis more, than the accession to our circle ntTordeil by your prc?e> ce. j The occasion ftiid the hour (11:30 p. 111) will [ not justify m? in lengthened remarks; nor would they he suitable under any circumstances. This | demonstration is spontaneous oii the part of your fellow-citizens?we design u hearty mid a heart| fell offering. You eould wish no more?wo could yive no less. As Southerners we greet you? the defender of the rights and the equality of the South. Your uniform, consistent, fearless advocacy of our institutions merits our admiration and our gratitude. Wq lieg you to bo assured that our sentiments are those of the people whom we represent. Put sir, dear as you are to us ns n statesman, there is a still more tender tic that binds Carolinians to you. AVe never, no, never, can forget that under your leadership the Palmetto regiment, marehed to glory and the grave. There was liuller demanding for his regiment "a place ill the picture." Dickinson, who would be "nearer to the flashing of the guns," mid (Madden receiving I lie standard from his dying commander find bearing it to victory. And your friend, the lamented 13rooks, and others equally brave whose names time would fail us to mention, led by the "Southern Chief," the epitaph may wen uu umi 01 *\rgyie? 'There was j^l<?ry in his eye, And lie never inarched to battle Alore proudly than to die." Again, sir, on tlic part of (he South Carolinians here present, I assure yon that we are much geatified by the opportunity of extending to you this greeting. Mr. Cohen rose and said: General Quitmnn, we are now returning from the grand celebration at Memphis, which hns just been concluded in commemoration of the union of the mighty Atlantic with the majestic river 011 which we now flout, and derive much pleasure in meeting with one so closely allied to us in all things tlnit bind man to mam. I11 thus meeting you, sir?a warm advocate of Southern rights?on our return to our homes, it seems n happy coincidence, for 1 look with pleasure and the most happy anticipations, upon this union of the .Southern Atlantic with the Valley of the Mississippi, uot so much for its commercial advantages?great though they be?as for the cementing together States, united by nom1 mllliity of interests, of feelings, and of institutions ?institutions against which the whole civilized world are now madly arrayed, but, sir, 1 may not on this occasion, amplify, and again express to you our heartfelt gratifications at meeting with one so distinguished in the field for calm bravery and nolilo daring, and ill the halls of legislation for a patriotism that must ever command our respect and love. <Jon (}nitman responded as follows: Ladies and Omtl^nien : I have just returned from tlie swamps of Mississippi. and little expected a demons!ration ho flattering ns tlint which has just taken place, I cannot hilt feel proud at meeting so many of my fellow-citizens from the Atlantic seaboard. Until very lately, the citizens of my own Sl-nle, have been better Acquainted with those north and northwest of them than with their brethren of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. 'Jliis lias been altogether owing to the fact, that the great connecting routes have led tlicm necessarily in another direction. Tliifi is now happily obviated l>y the completion of the Memphis and Charleston Ilailroad?which is very properly In fit subject of congratulation, politically, lis well as socially anil commercially. Since lfvt'J, I have been more or less connected with the leading men of South Carolina and Georgia, and have always acted with them in the halls of public legislation for our commou interests and institutions, and can say frankly, thnt I have ever found them conservative, public-spirited. 1 linve always acted with 1113' party, a a far I us i coiiiii, ijiii nave ever Uoon ready to raise my voice in behalfof the much-abused State of South Carolina. [Cheers.] I am peculiarly gratified ; in being spoken of in connection with (ho Pulnietlo Regiment, wlio.se da rib g and impetuosity won for tlicui au honorable position on many a hard-fought lield ill Mexico. You have been pleased, gentlemen, to allude I in complimentary terms of my public services.? 1 thank you for your appreciation of them. For thirty years, it has been 1113' aim and purposo to maintain the equality of the Southern States of this Union. I claim uo greater merit than to have expressed sentiments freely, frankly, boldly, without'4C?.ird to consequences. As was remarked by itie gentleman from Ceoi;gia (Mr. Coben,)that the world is in arms againBt us on the subject of domestic slaveiy?but with the cotton plant, a fertile country, and slave labor, we have but to be true to numclvno tain our position, regardless ofconsequences; and , I say to you, gentlemen,*tliat it is our duty to maintain nn equality ut any and every hazard. You li'avo beeu pleased to refer to my public services in Mexico. Ijjee among you niiold friend, I a native of Georgia, n member of the gallaut Alabama llogiment, (MajorGoode Bryan, ofAugusta, Gn.,) and if opportunity hud been afforded tp that gallant band from Georgia equal to those enjoyed by others, th?*y would have won as many laurels, and worn them as gracefully as any in the service. Of the South Carolina Regiment I' am in a condition to cpeak a? of those under my immediate command ; and 1 hflve no hesitation in saying that a braver sec of men than the Palmetto Regiment never faced an enemy iu the field. There was Butler?my friend?the impersonation of chivalrv: and Dickinson. filmKl mid Brooks, than whom never did brnvcr inei! wear an epaulette ; and ho-was the Regiment.? One of yoti. gent lemen, has roferred to me us the Father of the Regiment. .1 desire no more honorable title than that of (he Southern Chieftain. Identified with t.lio South in my feel'iugs, hopes, aspiration^* I link iny d&tiny with her now and forever. In conclusion, gentlemen, allow me again to thank you for your kind and cordial inception. Gen. Quitman wns presoilted to the ladies 011 board, the following gentlemen were theif intioduced to Gen. Quitman: Fhom S. C.?General Wro. E. Mart ill, Captain Joseph Walker, W. II. Betta, II. L. Butterfield, Win. A. Oourtenay, George Kiddvll Samuel C. Black, II. B. Olney,Ed.Sebring.S.S. Howell,Sr., W. II. Huzeltine. Jgm .Mti v k n;?i?v J. Walker, W. J. Axaon. TIios. Reilly, John II. Honour, E. M. Moreland, James L. Patterson, N. A. Porter, T. Smvajje Hey word, Sam. Lord, Sr., D. B. Lnzarus, Daniel T. Fleming, Clarence Johnson, J. Bunnoft, Sr., Col.E. II. Locke, A. P. Caldwell, C. McDonald, Tilnian Watson. .r From Georgia?Hon. Salomon Cohen, R. D. Walker, E. G. Wilson, W. H. Wndley, D. G. Qlcott, B. Whitehead, J. J. Snider, D. II. Baldwin, J. A. Rnlmon, Dr. J09. Thompson, C. Kile, J. h. Muatain, F. W. Simms, A. E. Webster, David Handera, G. W. Adams, E. Foote, E. H. Carhin-1, W. D. Winship, J. S. Wright, W. Ballard, J. Thompson, Goode^Bry^n.? jV. O. Deli*. From Kaiuat?St. Louis, May 13.?The Republican's Lecorrtpton correspondent says that vuugo wm a court was opened on the 6th.? Several gentlemen amonr them prominent free State men, were admiitejl to the bar?taking the oatlt to support the Kansas-Nebraska act. At tl>? solicitation of Governor Robinson, Secretary Stanton has appointed Joseph Lyman, o( Boston, commissioner of deeds. The Hays case had been called by the district attorney, but the State was not ready for trial. The treason eases would not' be reached for some time. 'The criminal docket coouVned about $06 C^e?* ^ ^ ^ .* - ^ n . .*# ?# v r w A Tlic jwiiivrranry celehrnlloti of Iho l'ultueHti Association look p!ucc on ycidcnlny, ami wiis (ho opcmkIoii of n hcnutifal ntul linpoilnif tUui<>nstration. Klovntlng lytil ft?ogt comincmtwMfc in Its dnti^ii, it wn? tasteful niul complete in iin oxriMiti11ii. \V? wore plunged to uotlca 11 a< mHtiy of the plncra of business Wore clone J ihiriii# the ocTchnition, as n uinrk of rcnprcl hoth to the ; gallant iicna and the hvnorcd survivors of the PiihiiHtos. . \ L? The ptftcwmion, escorted by lliul firte hodv <?f | I soldiery, the Volunteer llnt'r linn, passed through j several of the streets of llin city, und tinnUy I reaehru the Conrt House square, wliero u'.cgm- 1 modious uwniiig hud been prgpurod. The pro- j cession llien divided, un<l proceeded to thestugc i in inverted order. On tlie ntnere wo notiaod the ] Governor, Col. L. M. Keitt, mid the reininint of the I'nliiicttaes prevent ? about 80 iu number.? , The Judge#, .also, honored tlrtj occasion with tlfeir presence., c " * ' . ' The exercises opened with n beautiful/ earn- |' est, und appropriate prayer from the Rev. Ko- ( bert W. Uurnwell, who, among other tiling* be- : sought the favor of Heaven upon the widows ' nnd orphans of those members of the Palmetto , Regiment who had fallen iu the cause of their country. The following odo was " written for llic occasion," by Howard II. Caldwell, Ks?|., hut owing to some misunderstanding wus not snug: Sing in loud, triumphal numbers, Sing a grateful nation's lay! Dead must be the h-jart that slumbers Throblcss, on this solemn day. Sing the men, whose stout hearts heating, Keeked not of the doubtful strife; Hearing Honor's voice repeating, " Is not Duty more than life ?" Twine the cypress, twine the laurel, 'Round brave IIitlek'r honored name; While to coming times, Iho moral lie has t.night us, gilds his fume: Xubly for his country dying, Shouts of victory thrilled his ears; While that soul to Heaven was Hying, Who may count its rapturous prayers? Think wo of the brave who perished, I'ar beneath that tropic sky ; In our heart of hearts he cherished Memories, all too deep to die. 'Tis not ull a dark affliction? This stem thought of those who died ; But the nation's benediction, And that weeping nation's pride! By this pride, the surest token. Know your amaranthine fame, Alore than may by words bo spoken, Still thro' ceaseless years the same ; Wreathed in many a bardie story. Sung to many a mountain lyre, Live, forever live, your glory. In olio blaze of hollowed lire I The President of the Association. W. B. Stan- i ley, Ks<j.f then introduced to the uudi>-nc>* the ( Orator of the day? Gen. Samuel MeGowan, of, Abbeville?a man of tine appearance and sol- i dicrly bearing?who, in nurr< tiiur thiin's of I which he was a great part, entered cou spirito into his (heme, and in u clear and eloquent style gave expression to the sentiments of his truthful heart. Like a gallant ship, which sails spread, aud colors flying, he horo down upon his subject, and after grnppling with it, withdrew sadly, amid the cries of the dying, and the moans sick. Of the living lie forbore to speak, hut to the defld of the regiment, he paid cloipiellt triliutcs. We fully intended to attempt a report of this very udtuirahle address, aud took notes for that I purpose, but Wd really feel that we would do injustice to the Orator, were we to undertake it.. We therefore await its publication in full, and will only udd, in addition to what we have already said, that, the l'almctto Regiment has been happy in their selection of Gen. McGowan as their exponent on this occasion.?Carolinian 4 Valuable ? Inspeakingof the fruit prospects in that particular locality, the Columbus Times, sa\s: ''We i.rc very glad to announce that our market next summer, will be abundantly supplied with peaches, from the orchard of our enterprising frilow-citizcii, R. .1. Moses, Ksij., who counteracted the influence of cold and frost by building fires tinder his trees. It is ?su|ip"s*-d ilia! the smoke from the tires counteract .ml the cold." jMorn nf Dr'tl Srotl.?A dispatch from Harris ljiirg. Pa., says Hint tin: linn. YViilinm II. Welsh, the able State Senator from York county, has made n minority report, sustaining the decision of the 11 nitod Slates Supremo Court in (lie Dred Scott case, ll in a document of much ability, and evinces great research ami a thorough review of all the great principles at issue. A majority report, taking opposite views, hail boon previously made.?Charleston Courier. A Iftird Case.?It is staled that an aged maiden lad3", of 1'ortlaiKl, Maine, 74 years of age, was carried to the work-house, who lias a brother living in that city, who was taxed the psstyear. on the assessor's liooks, for over ?14,000; nlso. a sister whose husband is taxed for $H,000; and a cousin wJ)o is reported to be worth $511,000. The St, Louis Intelligencer is informed that there is now hardly 1(10,000 acres of public land in northwestern Alissomi left, and most of this is cluimed by pre-emption. The emigration from all, parts of the northern and middle State*- is Very -heavy, and i few yenrs west of Grand river will tie the thickest settled part of the State, j nc i nnama jjijpctiHies.?A letter received in New Orleans from Aapinwall, dated the afternoon of the 4th, reports the United States steamer Wnlifflh not arrived, hut hourly expected. There hns been no further arrivals of waj vessels At 1'unnma or Af>|>inwall siuco Inst advices. The difficulties with the United .Stntes it is believed will l>_e. settled[amicably. " _ A Valuable Painting-?A letter from Venice announces,tliut a painting by Paul Veronec, for. three centhries the |iroperty"of the Pisani familj\ Jiuh been purchased by the British government for ?14,OoO sterling. (Commercial. Cotton.?The few saleB made during the Ja?t week were ut prices considerably under fqrtb'er quotations. "Wc quote Ordinary to Good Middling 10 to 12}. Columbia, May 10. The cotton maket was h^oi)glil<to u stand yes terday, in cousegnouco of none being offered, and we tliereforo have no sales to notice, nor cun we give any quotations. y . Charleston May 16. Tho sales of cotton, to day were limited to about 000 bales, at.extremes-ranging from ll^W 14c. Tlie transitions were confined principally" to the lower grades,, at a full decline. ? ? . . - ... _lfr LIST OF CONSIGNEES, Remaining in the 'Depot at Abbeville, for the week ending May 20//*, 1857. J W Foy, J & It J White, E J Taylor Dr T 4 Mabry, Tlios R Cochran, O T Porcber, W C rMo'ore, D F Jones, W C Ware, J S Coihran. A M Smith, W II Goodrick, II W Lawson, J J Lyons, J W Jones, H S Kerr, II T Miller, Mrs K Tilmaii, Tlios Jnckson, A L Gray, Dr Ilarri*. ' D. R. SONDLEY, Ag'U Qgmenert. MARRIED, on the 6th iiist., by the Rev. II,, T. Sloan, Mr. Eduunu Cowan, to Miss Saixik Joki>an, all of this District. Surety donbly dear is life, To nin? who has a kindiv wjfej And better, purer is his bliss*, Than ho who wanders life amiss, fltroshine and flowers gild t)?y way, Wherever thou may'pt chance to stray* May blessings shower from ^^^WhU^AL^i^l^e^osh?Fej*y^ove^^ To Bridge guilders. T WflJJC otUhd at WartHnW's Bridge oh Little '? 4Ji? <12lh of Jam, at Eleven o'clock, ?* ijUrpurpoae of letting ont, to Jtbe low, eat bidder,'tbe re-baildiurof said Bridge. 'W * l?0toAS LESLY, Com. U. 8.' B. . May 1$ IWJ. 4 .at r : ? *Tp Bridge Builders W WYLL attend on Satnrday, the tSlK of June, Ji- at MeOaw'a Bridge, at Eleven o'clock, for the purpose of letting out, totho lowest bidder, tho re-b?Qclii)g of said Bridge. ' THOMAS LESLY, &** v May l8*ti85V 4 . at m to protftnt autln (torn rutin tag In tkiMrMta. ring the night, |nd to proteot the lite Walk Ml Bhkdo Tree*, bordering on the Street*,-I* tM To^n of AMieVillo. section r. V , ,f . , F)fi it DrJiinrti bi/ Ihr 'Jhwrt Council of Ab&t* ' villi- VUhxga, 8. C., an<f by the authority ?/ , th>* anuicThat no Cow or Cnlf, Ojr 6t Bull ahAli. lie ullowoil to run in tho xtrect, between (lie ?et? t tin# and rimnj* of the win.. Arid fbr etery vio- * iuwoji <>i huh Scctioif, ilia crtrncr of snob catU?c' . shall bo liable to pay n fipe of-Two^JoUara md ' costs, pn oftch nml cvorykiich cattle'that may be found in this street* ot public Bquarc, between* the tiii}e uliovc specified. " ' Skc-.'2.?Tlint nil persotishnvingn milkingpla'ift, . . or n place to |wn cattle, opening on the public" square, or any stret-t where there is a sidewalk, are required to keep the siile-walk in /rootof V such lot, clean nnd free from lifter, and forevrty . . violation of this Suction, nil persons ao offondinjj, __ / ~ *t> shall be liable to pay n fine of Two Dollars and ' ?? " '(t ' ? yjt costs. - r3 * ' ' sec. 3.?Thnt no person shall be -allowed to " hitch a Horse, Mare, Mule of Ox to any Shade Tree, bordering on the Side/Walks, in tho Public Squnro, or nny street: neither shall-aify persoO bo allowed to hitch to any railing or fence, where ^ there is a Side Walk formed- And for each aid' every violation or this Section, the person to offending shall !io liable to pay a fine not' [rati- - s than Five Dollars nor exceeding Twenty Dollarrf* and costs ; and should any slave, or free per&ort of color he found guilty of the offences contained i, *>"in this Section, they shall ho whipped at the die* * ?' cretion of the Council, not exceeding Twenty lnshcs, except the owner of such slave or free person of color will pay the fine specified in tfiis *' Section, which shall exempt them from whipping* * Sue. 4.?That no person shall be allowed ta throw wnler 011 the side-walk from any door or window of any building on the public square, or on any street, win-re there is a Hide walk formed, and fort-very violation of this Section, the person so offending, shall l>e liable io pay a fine not Ina than Five, nor exceeding Twenty Dollar*, and should any slave, ct free person of color, be found guilty of thc-offeiiccspccified in this Section, they shall be liable to be whipped at the discretion of me i own i ounoii, not exceeding Twenty lashes ; provided, nevertheless, that the Raid slave, or free prison of color, tlitis offending, may be ex-' einped (rom whipping bj* the owner of such slave, or jrimrdiaii of such frei* person of color, or any while person h:tvilli; sueli slave or free person of color tinder their control, by pnying the fine epeci- / fied in this Section. / Si:c. 5.?That ?U persons residing, or doing any business whatsoever on the Public Square, or any Street, ho and are required to keep all sewers or ditches, bordering on tho Side Wal^s, ^ v freo from all obstructions whatsoever, which will prevent the free p;iss:tge of tho water, the full length of front of building which they may oc-? cupv, and for every violation of this Section. Mia person or persons so offending, shall be liable to * j?:iv " line of Two Dollars nnd costs. In Town Council, this the nineteenth day 6f ~~ Muv, Ono Thoiisainl Might Hundred "and Fifly-^.' v'V Seven, inn! the Ki-^lii y-tirst year of the Sovereign-' ty nn?l Independence of the United State* of Aincrieu. y/ J. (J. WIIjLSON, liitondant. / M?y '21, is.VT. 4 It / NOTICE. * I'.A LKI> I'll* U'OSA I.S will be received by *9 ih.. TOWN COUNCIL of Abbeville, S.'- -H* until ill.- 6th of June next, for fretting out-1 , Vv t and iayinir <l<i\vn (>rniiie Curl. Sloues oh the % Sid.!-Walks. and also. Lrvelintr ami Sanding the I shim-, lioni itii11 to (lie points as specified be- \ low: 10 1 i-ioiii Mr. .1. Wh t-'s Corner, on the Public . v Sijuarc, t ? tli?* lower Corner of Mr. E. Westfield'a ' Lot. ami from Mr C. I)endv*? Corner pn the , I'lililie S......... i.. H... ' *- _r ' , ?- ...v .v? v. ^ ?'i iivi vi xnr.oiiie f puling, ntul from the Corner of tho Marshall - I House, on tin* I'uMie Square, to the upper Cor- \ ner of Judge .VVardlaw's paling, and from Mr?. . I AIt-tuu's Corner, on the I'uhlic Square, io the J, upper Corner of Dr. Wurdluw's paling. ?. * The KOt'K. to he of the following description : " r\_a - I That to lie laid clown from Mr. White's Cor- | ner, to its low down Street as the Corner of Mr. -* f Shellit'/s Shop, to 1>p 4 by 12 inche*, and all the "*"* balance of the .loh to ho 4 by 8 inches, and no , piece of any of ihe Rock lo be shorter |hari>. ' l'our feet, hut may he iih long uh the Coiitfactor * eali gel, anil before llaiiringe or Wagon waya-v; jvit. ' ' opening on the Street, no Rock ahull be Uud *V^v down bhorltr than 7 Fret. The work SMh|& ' couipleU'd hy the lirat of ?sovember next, and < * pavmint inade foi the same the first of April*, v..Iti&tf. '.V The whole work of laying down Stone and Leveling uml Sanding Side Walks is to be done under the direction and advice of tho Town Council. Didders will specify how mujb per jluiu nicy win uu uie wui'K lor. a /. '' And in cuae Ihc money in the hands of Couii-^oil, together with the amount*'.of Tux"Jip the>;% . -i* power, of the Couuoil to rt?>sd,*3iiTiould not bomB5y eieiit to meet the whble nmount of th^lowlest' ? Didder, then the woVk will be equally (iiglrilAited . f on each Side-Walk, to tTi^f*tcnt oftneans ia' / the power of the Town Council to raise. v V' ' - [ BIT Contractors will be required tp give botid and security for the faitliDtil porfonuaype of tba ' , work. .. J. O. WILL.SON, Intpndant, - ? May, 20. 1857; " '4 . " : 8t , State^ofS(^h Carolii^a. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, * Columbia, lath May, 2867-.. * WMT IIEREA&, at an auction to mpp)y tnt'' ..... w vacancy in the Thirty-Fifth Congress ' occasioned by the deatl] of the late ton H. Brooks, the Representative of the Fourth District of this State, whicli was ordered to b#.< held, and whh held,-according to on tliei; foui'tli and fifth days of MaV> install t, it appear* ' ; that Gen. MILLEDGE L." Bl>NHAJtf.V ^ rV . field District, received,a clear majority or aty the votes cast iu thp Judicial District* of Edge? ; ?<*. field, Abbeville, Lauren^ Nepbcrry. and X ington, composing tl>oauid Fourth C<rogremo(Wf ' ' , District. - .; . v ." .A; ?" Now, therefore, I, ROBERT F. V&^LW^;: STON, Governor and 0ornmander-1n|V#3uaf^'- :'Y and over the State oi South Carolina* do tara^-,, turn my i rociamauoii, announcing mat Oenwi* MILLEDGE b. BON IIAM has ted and comnii8aioi\ed to Jill thjo and to serve as a member of Cot>gr**4 for.Jjjp^7 naid Fcurth Congressional District of this Stat& ' for the remainder of tlio lermjof two yaa|^W?$rj; '> the fourth of March lost post. i'Wfc >>1 .Given under my liaiia-^ftvd the Seal ? tB<i? OjsT State, in Columbia, the 12th day r . in the year of our t?ord oot.ihbafQi^^,' aJ eight hundred and fifty-aeveu, and iif'Ulo *?f .eighty year tho Sovereignty and . SgA Iiidoperidonce of the tJailed State* :.-.V America. \ HQ n r. F? W. AlU&QXi W. R- IIuntt, Deputy Secretary of Stale. May 20, 1857: *' ' ~ CATOIPATM. > " tST We are authorized fcol unnmiiA Ak tiiiWl' PHUS WILLIAMS as a Candidal*WitSi jfc ^ fico of Ordiuary.al tba eusuing eloctio*.^ - - ? >? We are uulhorizad to announce Mnj. Vf. jL HODGISS as a'candidfite Tor Brigsd&r GaWfy. " .1 of tlio 1st Division, 2d Hrigada; 8.>C. M.*'^ larTiie"nionds oTc! *, respect fully an no unco tiinr n eandiato for Brig* "y adier General of llie 2d Brigade oflnfaatty^Mk,' . DiV?i<jII, a. C. M., to fill the tacancy.ocomho^ by Die rcsignutiort J. 1U WevetJ '