University of South Carolina Libraries
TttS OADSDMK PURCHASE Wo perceive by tlio Clmrtoclun and oilier Carolina pnpew, that (Jon. J tune# dndaden, illvi Into Minister to Mexico, linn been put in nomination l?y his ftiuiids, an Svt?ntor to Congress; or to iill Iho vacancy reccntly occniionml in tlmt body by thedeath | of Judge Uutler. Should thin gentleman i bo electctl, I ho new territory, of Arezonia? i Moru familiarly known an the (iadsden ! purchaso?will Imve mi agent at Washing- ; tun, or i/unsi delegate ill Congress, rather ' early in its history?as (Jon. Cadsden not ' only negotiated the treaty by which it was added to the already world-wide domain of' the Republic?but is probably better ao i tpiainted with its character and resources, ' than anybody else; and would, therefore,1 iiaVM it ill llis nmvor In nnmiola il> 1 mid shape its destinies; or in various ways ! to influence its future fortunes, both as a ' territory and State, should lie choose to use ' his position in the Senate in this way ; as J he would most certainly have a right to, | and might do, in perfect consistency with patriotism and his public duty. We sus- 1 pecf, however, that the discovery made at last, of the importance of this new acqtiisi- j tioii, or of its great mineral riches and agii- j cultural resources?and of the advantages it enjoys from its lying upon, and being j destined to he one of the thoroughfares of ^ the mcst eligible route to California, has al- , eo had something to do with, or led to the j discovery simultaneously made by the Cieii- ! vral's political friends, of his pocuhar fitness ; for the place to which thev would elevate ! him, and in whi< fs__lio might in turn serve ; tliein essentially l?y the influence which he ' wouhl he entitled to exercise over ihcall'airs of this new region?rich in mineral wealth, now rapidly coining into notice. The ful- ; lowing compendious account of it, and his- i tory of iis acquisition?is given in a recent ; number of the Springfield (Massachusetts) licpul lican : "Several years since, General Gadsden, i of Charleston, South Carolina, then Minis- | terto Mexico, made a new treaty with Saiv : ta Anna, while that gentleman was 'on his , last legs,' by which, iu consideration of a 1 small pile of purchase money, a cousid ral?Ie strip of teriilory on the northern boundary of Mexico, was transferred to the L'ui- | ted Stales. C'eneral Gadsden made this j purchase almost at the risk of his reputa- ! lion ; because he conceived that the Terri- | tory would be mainly available for the Southern l'acific Kailroad. The purchase j was ridiculed at the time ;is very foolish; the General ivas even charged with having anticipated his authority?and the Senate j only ratified his treaty, after a long and foiuewhat earnest struggle. Keccnt developments, however, have changed the aspect of this at first inauspicious event?and ( instead of having paid Santa Anna ten J millions for a desert, which he was glad to j he rid of, in lieu of the cash which lie so [ badly needed at the time?we have added to our domain a largo and fertile Territory, well adapted to agricultural pursuits, and :iboumliu;r in the precious metals. Tin* ]>urcIi;\so has proved a good bargain, and now the question is being mooted, ' llow shall we best avail ourselves of it.?' The 1'iinas Indians, a large and scini-eultivated ttibo, raise magnificent crops of cotton, wheat and corn in the Gila valley, and employ the first named product in the manufacture of blankets, woven by hand, but of n texture as beautiful as it is skillful. In j those portions of the Territory where the ; ground is not irrigated by streams an abun- j daneo of water has been fpuud, by sinking ! wells; and a few artesian wells in the western part of the country would forever redeem it from the name of desert, which, it is humorously said, it so ill deserves. The discovery of rich veins of silver and copper within the year past has attracted to the Territory a large number of California miners, who aro now successfully opening rich mines?which tvirli canliol ? ?.! ---? v"l ",,u VVMI" cetit rated effort, can be worked to great profit. Tlio silver mines lately opened at Arivocn, Sopori, Santa Uita and ltarbarsomeri, numbering over one hundred distinct j veins of rich ore, are only an earnest of what can be done under favorable auspices, j In copper mining, two million dollars are 1 already invested?and the oro has been J pronounced in London to be the richest . ever sold in that market. One of the last j California Steamers also brought several packages of silver from the supposed desert ?which arc represented as being very rich." Gen. Gadsden, however?from what we have heat^l of liis character?is not a man to lend himself to the views or intrigues, cither of land speculators or speculating politicians?who may therefore do more service to their country than themselves hy bridging him into the Senate. Gen. Gadsden, it has been charged hy his friends, was badly treated by the late administration, and by the Senate?who mutilated, and finally sent back the treaty which he had ne gotiated wifli Mexico, and which was highly advantageous?a result occasioned, as tlicy contend, partly by the ignorance that prevailed at Washington in relation to the subjects and interests embraced in, and connected with the treaty, and partly the molelike workings and intrigues of the rival CoropatTtes interested in the confirmation of the grants made at different times by the Mexican government, for the cons', ruction of the Tehauntepec route. We find the following notice of these counterploitings and intrigues in the Charleston Courier of the 28th nltimo; We lure seen, with gratification, from a Washington and reliable correspondent? of the lialtimore Sun?that the President has directed our Envoy in Mexico to open tho negotiations for the Tehauntepec Tran/?u^.1. l.~ ? nt, ^nnnn uo innuu in usmilllllg 111 HII enrli jr date,) on tlid |>arl of the Government of tlie Uuitcd Stalcu - Hoc from connection with nmcrlcd piivnlo grants and claims on llio enterprise. Il I* well known that the contending feuds between the two claimmiMn?llio reprenentalives ?>f (lit* (ttiruy MacfiiIohIi Chatter, ninl licit in the name of Slno?purely American, liavu greatly deranged our relations witli Mexico on that all important object. No Legation was more annoyed and secretly interfered with than our lato Minister, who was recalled through the influence of one of llio parlies to this conflict, most mysteriously exercising a power over the late Administration, as it is reported to have done over some of the previous Legations. The exposure of their interference with Mr ( iiilmli-li llir??u?rti > ? -.| ?... ? jnn?li\i WIIIIUVIl* tial agent connected with one of the grants, sent out by ilie ]'resident to instruct the Minister, was so inexplicable, 011 the part of the Executive and Secretary, and so elevated the integrity and independence of the Minister, that the Senate shrank from the publicity; though called for at the same moment that the influence of the contending feuds for the grant?had induced, first, a rejection of the treaty, and finally, 011 reconsideration, a mutilation of its most vital provisions ; giving to one- of the contending grants a favorable treaty recognition, and leaving the silence of llie Senate 011 their proceedings, to cause out of doors to this day suspicions of something wrong in the Legation. The recognition of the grant in Sloo, superceding that to Garav, was an interpolation of the Senate 011 the <!adsden Treaty, and was made the condition of the advocates, if not co-partners, in the grant to the passage of the mutilated treaty?shorn of some of its most favorable provisions in our relations with Mexico. These contending feuds, which have been so mischievous in the past, we arc told, have now been reconciled to the satisfaction of the new Ad ministration; so that Mr. Forsyth, in his negotiations for the " Freedom of the Transit of Tcliauntepee," may possibly be exempt from those secret adverse inthicneu3, which were permitted by the late Administration to be exercised so prejudicially on Minister Gadsden. As South Carolina is always very much on the qui vice whenever her Federal relations or interests are concerned, or the character and claims of her distinguished public men arc involved, the treatment complained of, or which Gen. Gadsden re ceivcd from the late Administration, may occasion that gentleman to receive a support on tliat ground from liis native State, that would be both honorable to her, and a deserved tribute to the character, merits and services of this distinguished statesman ?the iiual results of whose negotiations rcllect credit in the diplomatic history of the country, and have been the means of adding an extensive and invaluable domain to the territory of the Republic.?J'hiltulcfjj/iiu 1'cnnsyhunian. The Cultivation of Cotton in Africa.? Papers relative to the cultivation of cotton in Africa have been presented to the British House of Lord's by command of the Queen. They include two reports on the subject from Mr. Consul Campbell (of Lagos) to the Earl of Clarendon, dated respectively the 5th of January and the 14lh of io->t k .. i - i - - - .uniui, 10ot. ^vii iicruuui is suso given of the trade of the Bight of Benin for the year 1800, and it hence appears that tho whole of the Yoruba and other countries south of the Niger, with the Hotissa and Nuflee countries on the north side of the same river, have been from all time cottongrowing countries; and that, notwithstanding the civil wars, ravages, disorders, and disruptions caused hy the slave trade, more than sufficient colton to clothe their population has always been cultivated, and their fabiics have found markets and a ready sale in those lands where tho cotton plant is not cultivated and into which the fabrics of Manchester and Glasgow have not yet penetrated. The cultivation of cotton, thori'fnri> in itm flAimlnm ?l? I- ......... i , ... ...w wuKiiigo U.IIIIUU in not new to the inhabitants; all that is required is to offer them a market for the sale of as much sis they can cultivate, and by preventing the export of slaves from the seaboard to render some security to life, freedom, property and labor. It is estimated that the annual cultivation of cotton in the Yoi rtba and the adjacent States is equal to 7,200,000 pounds. Whenever the cotton fabrics of England arc introduced, via the Niger, to the upper part of the Yoruba and the circumjacent districts, the natives will probably sell their own cotton and clothe themselves with tho lighter and cheaper cloths of Manchester and Glasgow. There is no iiopc of inducing tho natives to cumvAio cotlee; because it is n "new tiling,** (tlie Africans being obstinately conservative,) and would require care, attention, intelligence, and, above all paticnco. CotIon alone, therefore, can be looked to as nn agricultural marketable production, obtainable from tlie interior of Africa. Meanwhile English cotton fabrics are gradually working their way into Africa and superseding the native manufacture. The two greater staples of the trade of the Bight of Benin are palm oil and ivory, cotton ranking as the third. Mange in Swine.?John Bonner, of Hancock county, Ga., communicates the following never-foiling remedy for mange, to-wit: "dive the pig or hog affected (according to age) from ten to twenty grains of arscnic, twice a week for three weeks feeding him plentifully duringthe time, and' 1 warrant that he will soon sited off and become perfectly well, fat and sleek. It will also cure the worst ca&o of mange on any dog. I speak from experience, and there is no danger of doses of that size killing either pigs or dogs." Douglas Jerrold tealls a woman's arms the serpents that winds about a man's neck, killing his best iulentious, AMKIUOAtt KXTRAVAUANCK. 'I'lu* accomplished authoress of "Tho Three Kxprtiuiciils in Living" lias not only ' contributed n ?paikllng jji'in to our nulivu literature, litit linn taught Iter countrymen | :t lesson in economy ami morals most np1 proprialo to tlio limc?, nnd, if observed, most snlutary in iln bearings on all the relations of life. There is 110 period of any continuance in which we do not hear tlio cry of " hud times." What should make the times hard in such a country as ours? Nothing surely but famine, and that is a 1 scourgo wloch Divine Providence has hitherto spared us. There has been a remarkable succession of itbiin?l;?n? >- ? < j back over a long series of years. And yet ! our ears arc greeted with tlie cry of hard times. What lias our young and vigorous country to do hut provido for its wants?? \Y?j have the cheapest government that was ever maintained. Wo have 110 dangerous and powerful neighbors to compel us to squander millions in fortifying an extensive frontier. We are not compelled ly the { same cause to keep up a large standing I army, to consume in useless parade, in ' tents, minor and provisions the fruits of the ! n.irfJ. 4lw. .1 1?1~ ? v<?? ? ) UIIIVII IIIVJ UV iivn 111_" IJ? IU IMUUIIUU. Xor is our navy very extensive. A few ships of war make, our ilag lo be respected all over the globe. When the cry of hard limes is set up in any pait of Kurope, we are able to understand it. Thero taxation is enormous.? England has a monstrous public debt, as much as she can stagger under, pressing her down the whole time. France has half a million of troops ready at any moment to bo called into the field. The funds to sustain all this artned force must come from somewhere. It must come from the pockets of the people. It must be taken from tlio menus 01 supplying the most common and urgent wants of life. Tlic cry of " hard times," comes legitimately from a j people thus oppressed and ground down.? I But the terrors of the bayonet slille the murmur which the bayonet causes, and thus the men live on from generation to generation, under the severest pressure of " hard times," without complaint, and without scarcely confessing it to each other. But here, in this country, wc have hard times without any legitimate cause. "What is the cause of this/ There can be but one reason. nnd fhnl f/wsnn is nv(roi-n?<n.n-. 'P'? I - ? whole country is trying Mrs. Leo's thinl experiment of living. Those who have not read her book, ami there are few we hope ' who have not, must be informed that the family whose history the authoress gives tried three experiments in living. The first was living within their means. While this experiment was in process of trial, everything went smoothly and we'll. The next was that of living up to their means. Here things began to go badly. There was occasionally a hard rub; nothing, however, very disastrous. Last came the experiment of living beyond their means. As may be imagined, everything began to go wrong. They got in debt. Things went worse and 4?t? i? .11 .1 worse, mi, iinany, nicy cnmo 10 a stand.? The Americans are plainly trying the last experiment, for everybody and everything is in debt. A railroad is to bo built.? About half money enough ia subscribed, and the rest is made on credit. The debt finally swallows up everything. A man undertakes to build a house, llis plan at first is modest and reasonable. 13ut as the work goes on his ideas enlarge, and before he gets through, he finds that ho has b_?en constructing a palace, and ho must either sell it or live under the embarrassment of a heavy debt. If he concludes to live in it at all hazards, his troubles have but beguu. He must furnish it in a stylo corresponding to its costliness, and here is another cause of vexation. There is absolutely no end to i . - ' the demands of fashion, and lie who has made himself his slave is most sincerely to be pitied. Two of the most significant symbols of Ameiican extravagance are men's watches and >vomen's dresses. Every man must sport a gold watch. California itself, the HI Dorado of modern times, is scarcely rich enough, one would suppose, to furnish tlio cases of the watches worn by the Americans. Gentlemen in Europe, with moderate fortunes which they have accumulated i by their own industry and saved by their economy, do not think of indulging tliomsclves iu gold watches. They modestly wear a silver one. The climax of extravagance is reached in dressing of tho women. The millions which annually go abroad for tho purchase of silks aro enough alone to upset tho balanco of trade. Thero is no women so poor that she cannot nfford a silk drcrs, and some, half a score. And then what an enormous quantity of the precious fabric is consumed in making a costume a la mode ! Coaches and omnibusses have become too 6inall to stow them away. The sidewalks aro getting too narrow to contain two of them abreast. Now what is the uae of all (Ids extravaganco 1 It is for the exclusive benefit of the silk growers of France and the silk-weavers of Lyons aud Marseilles. A sensible woman is no more agreeabio when she is environod with flounces and furbelows than when she is arrayed in plain attire. Indoed it argues badly for n nullum s sense iimt slieis incapable of withstanding tlio mandates of fashion.. And then lei them consider the moral Jfect upon the rising generation. What can be worse than to train up a family-of daughters in the slavery of fashion arid in habits of extravagance??Baltimore tipathy botwvym cattle at>d dog# is so.universal that when oxen or steer* are MiUfy;' and lio down, as thrown o/? ili'cih, or at thc'ny stantly rise und go on, whea nptWlgcJa* ! will move tUctu. ' I THK nilnksk in war Iii a ivoent tiumher of (lii) Now Yolk Tiiin.-*, we IIml the following interesting lottor, wliicli einhraccs n key to tho mvstory of their cnpiihillty of sustaining a conflict (on their own soil) w'tli Britain, which presonl lliom to tho work! in n military point ! of view, in which, we feel very sure, few in thin country wero prepared to expoct to seo them :?Wushinyton Slur. China, .luno 10, 1Y. To the Ktl'lor of the Xem York I tail;/ Tunes : One of tho most mischievous errors committed by the press of the United States, is in tho self-complacont ignorance with ;> e?A?i-e ?i .v .w.iii.! ui uiu niiniKc means ana abilities of tlie Cbineso. A Chinese fort is spoken of us though it wero a inud wall to bo kicked down, a war junk as though it woro as fragile as a Chinese lantern, and the Chinese arc considered as capable of little other warfare than that of "making faces," or beating gongs and "loin toms." A part of this misconception undoubtedly arises from the vulgar contempt which one people has for another of different usages, and a part from extreme and profound ignorance of tho Chinese. Tlio.se who have the longest and most familiar experience with them are compelled lo admit how little tliey know; and if we outsiders indulge the idea that any of our letter-learn ed, book-tanght notions of the Chinese are correct, we may be sure we arc setting in the shadow of a delusion. Tho contempt we entertain for tho Chinese is returned with interest by them, and T ..ni > ?u uvt viiiuiv hi.n, hu can ucicrininc Willi truth (lial their's is more unreasonable than our's. The London times opened its eyes with astonishment?for as a "Thunderer" it must have eyes?at Admiral Seymour's description of the Barrier Forts, taken l>y the United States naval forces. Instead of meeting the popular contemptuous notion of a Chinese fort, "these," it claims, "arc the fortresses of a Sebastopol." A war junk is a heavy mass of timber, carrying a large armament, as many as twenty heavy guns; and these junks can be gathered together l?y hundreds, forming very formidable fleets. Tlio long familiarity of the Chinese with gunpowder, ami skill in pyrotechnics, their resources and facilities for casting the heaviest guns in immense numbers, ought to have opened our eyes to their war like abilities, ami tins lilnmlu n-iinm <.f their coutcst with each other, their habitual disregard of life, should iiavc disbursed us of our doubts of their personal courage. Such erroneous notions have led to great mistakes in this war, and yet, with the propensity which unthinking people have to stereotype ideas wliic'ii uiu put into their heads by others, we fiud letter writers repeating the same false notions, in the face of facts. When the English first attacked Canton it was thought a few shots would bring the Governor to terms, and a few shells empty the city. The Governor and people stood the shooting and shelling through the fall and winter, the breach of the wall, the sack of the palace, and finally expelled the English and all foreigners from the city and its neighborhood. In their various devices to blow up tho English steamer, they exhibited both skill and courage. Tho men in charge of the machines knew that success must | involve the sacrifice of their lives, and some did lose tlicir lives in the attempt. They retook a fort which had been captured by the English. They have maintained a capital and steady fire from these forts under the heaviest and inost skillful shelling of their antagonists. They have also shown skill as gunners, and inade too many accurate shots to permiL their being attributed to accident. In the fire upon so small an object as the Portsmouth gig, the shot fell around iho boat and among the oars. In the next fire upon a small boat one shot cut off the head of tho leadmaii. When the Portsmouth came up to her spring and lost her broadside bearing upon the fort, one shot was fired CXflCllv in?o lmr elnrn Tn tlio first firing*of the forts upon the Portsmouth tho guns seemed to be trained accurately on tho fore-and-aft range of the ship, but fortunately or providonti^y, they were trained n little too4iigh, otherwise the first disphargo of round shot and grape would have swept the poop. So persistent was their fire that a little more skill in tho elevation of their guns, or a better device for managing it, would have suuk tho Portsmouth. And yet the first intention was to attack tho forts with that ship alone, until it was suggested by ono who know something of the forts that they might bo more than ono ship could manage. Whilst I endeavor to correct some of tho errors relativo to tho Chineso in war, I do not mean to say they aro equal to tho "VVes fern nations in warlike cliaractor and resources, or that lliero can bo any doubl as to tbe final result of a contest between tbem and tbe English. * Whilst they stand to their guns under a heavy fire when the enemy is at a distance, they have n mystical dread of personal conflict with the outside barbarians or "foreign devils," which may arise from some supposed real demoniac relations of those u devils" not yet got rid of, but which will very much change tlio relations of the parties when it is. They want llie knowledge'of shells, loo, which is an esseutial thing. It is extraordinary that tbev have not fue knowledge of il.io ir?ia*iln fcv- fc.?.<1??J iv? ?uvj mutc iinuuir auuv^ HUM A shell rocket?a rocket carrying a small cxptaAfve 1 ball, one of which burst in the ;W.4?^?%?8l?^rtan. <> f ^irrtstj^^iftw',K> lm>o passed ovor a rico field ^aidplunged into the mqd iu> the chat) ami the <litt were curried Into lliu wound. Within tliu hut week llio Kugliidt luivo continued tlicir war attacks upon lIn; fleets ul' nrmod junks in llio Canton river. Tlioy have destroyed about olio hundred junks, but wo ?co tin; melancholy cunt in tlio dolucliuictils of killed and wounded brought ( down to the hospital ships?nine killed and Iwenty-fivo wounded ; among the former, Major Kearney, Assistant tiiiarterumster (ieiicral. Commodore Keppol, lato of the Kalcigh, had his boat knocked to pieces, and every one in it killed or wounded but i.:.......if Chinemcn can to conquered?Chinese foi ls and junks taken and destroyed?but those who sit at lioinu and fancy it to bo an easy, pleasant and safo business, are somewhat ignorant of tho facts of tho matter, and every day's experience renders the occupation of opening the Chinese Umpire ono of increasing difficulty. Grtiphic J)cscrii>(u>i of Jerusalem.?The Jerusalem correspondent of tho J Boston I'ost graphically describes tho ruin and desolate condition of the Holy City. Jlesays : "The women, clothed from head to foot in wiiiic sheets with tlietr faces concealed by a black veil, resemble so many gl ionics just risen from tlieir subterranean abodes, ! more especially as tliey have a great fancy for cemeteries, where tliey daily congregate to howl. No sound of youth?there are 110 boys in the streets?110 sound of wheels ?there are no carriages?the dogs, mangy and wolfish, snarl and snap when you disturb them in their daily work as scavengers, and make the livelong night hide- with their contentions?the very birds do not sing, but j to each other with a dissonant j chirp, or complain with a harsh niurmer* From the horrors of tlie city, if we pass to the environs, we find naught but bare rocks around?stones and dust beneath?the bright sun, reflected from every object, burns into the brain?no grass, no trees, 110 green thing?the promenades arc cemeteries?the seats arc whited sepulchers.? Ilere have been buried whole generations of Jews; hero are the bones of tlio Assyrian, the Kirvntian. the Chaldenn. llio 1'nr. sini), the Greek, the Syrian, the Roman, the Saracen, the Crusader, tiie Turk. In fine. Jerusalem is nnught hut a heap of mouldering hones and shattered houses." A Romantic Marrutf/r.?The young con pie who were married some time sinct while on a pic nic excursion do not, il seems, appreciate the joys of wedded life The friends of the young lady, who were not informed of the event until after it had taken place, have since refused obstinatel}* to consent to in interview between the parties, and, in tho opinion of some, have, by a process of misrepresentation, succeeded in poisoning the mind of the young ami inexperienced wife against her equally inexperienced husband. The younir man. desi roils of ascertaining Hie feelings of Lis wife, on Monday addressed her a nole requesting Iier to meet him at or near Mt. lMe;isant Cemetery. The lady failed to comply with the request, and subsequently the twain met by accident near the corner of Uroad and New streets, where the husband upbrained his wife in unmeasured terms, using l harsh and unbecoming language. So much for a marriage which never ought to havo taken place. The young lady's friends intend applying for a divorce, and the clergyman who performed the marriage rite is to be prosecuted, the parties being minors; The caso will l>o tried at tbo next term of the Union Courts, tlie'^not'' having been tied in that count)'. Meanwhile the subject will remain as food for gossip.?Newark (JV. </.) Eutjle. Sea-Sickness Curable.?Vr. W. 1'. Harris, surgeon to the Khersonese steamship* writes to the London Lnncct: " I am much surprised at the opinion, which is so prevalent, of the utter incurability of seasickness. 1 believe this opinion to exist amongst the lion medical part of the community from sheer ignorance, and amongst sea-going surgeons from a supineness in applying remedies?a fault to which they arc rather too subject. As surgeon to one of the first-class American* steamships, which each voyage carries over to Portland at least four hundred emigrants, I think I may venture to slate my experienco. In the greater number of instances I allow the stomach to discharge its contents once or twice, and then, if ibero is no organic diseases, I give five drops of chloroform in a little water, and, if nocessary, repent the doso in four or 6ix hours. The almost constant effect of this treatment, if conjoined with a few simple precautions mentioned below, is to cause au immediate sensation, as it were, of warmth in tho stomach, accompanied by nlmost a total relief of tho nausea and sickness, likewise curing tho | distressing headache and usually causing a quiet sleep, from wfciuh tho passenger awakes quite well." Eccentric Damsel.?The Audover (Mass.) Advertiser tells a story of a woman belonging to tbat town, who liad a falling out witb her husband, and threatened to drown horself in the "great pond." IFer husband was not at first alarmed, but at length she disappeared; soon her bonnet and shawl were discored at the water's edgp, tho alarm sprca I throughout tho neighborhood, and diligent ttoarch was instituted. Several persons were engaged in dragging in the pond, grappling irons were, brought into reqoisitio*, but to no purpose., All efforts, however, proved abortive, and the noxious one* were about to give up in despair, when lo! and be* hold, the lost one appeared, safe and sound. She bad been seated in u thicket overlooking the whole ufiair, and congratulated her elf ob having come it over thorn. Wit iti a bubble, cast up from the weak icv'cssui> uf the mind. $!)C QVbbcuil c Danncv, Published Every Thursday Homing, by davis tfc ormw?. W O. DAVIS...... Editor T. B. ORBWS Publisher. T 33 n IVT Si Two I)oi.i.*i;> pi-r uiiiitiiii, if |i?i>l in advance; Two 1 >ni.i.aiis nnd Fifty t'Kvraif nut |>Hi?l within six month's and TiutKK D'H.imis if not paid before tli?s end of the year. All subscriptions not. j limited at the time of Mihscribini;, wilt be eon! sidered us indefinite, and will be continnod until nrri'iiro^i'H are paid, i>r at the option of the Proprietor*. Orders from other States must iitrari iil>l>/ he accompanied with the C'tu/i. RATES OF ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of tho Abbeville Jlnnurr and /mlf/iriufeiit I'ri-nM, have established tho following rules of Advertising to he charged in both | imperii: livery Advertisement inserted for a less lime t liuti throe months, will ho chargcd by tlie insertion at. One Dollar per Square (I j- inch?the space ?>f 12 solid lines or lees,) for the first inserIioii, niul Fifty Cents for euch subsequent insertion. ?jJ?**Tlie Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's ami Ordinary's Advertisements will lie inserted in hot 11 papers, .-Hell charging half price. Sheriff's Levies, One Dollar eaeh. Auiioiineiui; a Cnndidute, Five Dollars. Ailvorl isinj! an Kst ray, Two Dollars, to l?e jmi'l l?y tli<i .Magistrate. Advert.isenn ills inserted fur tlirec months, or fr?nir?T, at the following rules: 1 square :t inontlis S fi.nO i mjiiiu'o ?> months K.Oil j 1 square '.i months 10.0k | !1 sipiare I'2 mouths lli.oo 2 squares 'i months H.Uo y squares ti months 14.M0 i t! si | u a res 'J months IS.ihi | 2 squares 12 months 20.10 j S squares :( mouths to mi " squures (1 months lii.Oo vqutires months '21.00 :i squares 12 months 25.oo 4 squares mouths 12.0u 4 squares <! mouths 20.00 | 1 squares mouths 2h.0n -1 squares 12 months Itl.tlo 5 squares :> months 15.0O ii squares G months 25.Uo ?? squares'.I months Itl.oO < squares 12 months 35.00 1 t'? squares 3 months 2<Mlo , i i> squares ti mouths .iO.oo (> squares mouths 3t*>.?iO ' t> squares 12 mouths 40.OO ] 7 squares 1$ mouths 25.00 7 squares (> mouths 85.0(1 7 squares 1) mouths 41.00 7 squares 12 mouths 45.00 8 squares !i months 30.00 u ....... r. I I ^ .........VO U IH..IUI1S i I 8 squares W months 4tJ.0II I 8 squares 12 months ftU.oO Fractions of Squares will be charged in proportion to the above rates. ! C3T Business Curds for the term of one year, i will be charged in proportion to the space they occupy, at ()?< Do/fur per line spneo. For "'I advertisenicnlR set in ilouhlr column, Filly per Cent, extra will he ailded to the . above rates. DAVIS A CRHWS, / 'or Httnurr; I LEIi ?fc WII.SON, J-'or /'rrxs. s FZUNTIira. I rpflK Proprietors of tho Aiiiikvili.k Banner JL would respectfully inform tlio public that tlicy are prepared to execute all kinds of Job , Work with neatness and dispatch. Having incurred considerable expense for printing mate, rials, they have no hcsituncy in suying that tlicy arc as well prepared, and can do as neat work us any other establishment in the up-country of South Carolina. :m --1? ? iviu aisu Keep on liana a complete assortment of BTi A UKS, of which wo have now on hand the following List, to which we shall continue to add until wo t^ct a coillpleto assortment: Sum. Pro; Fi. Fa. on Sum. Pro.; ('a. Sa. on Sum. Pro.; Suli. Writs; Sub. Tickets in Law; Sub. Tickets in K<|uity ; Fi. Fa.; Cn. Sa; Ca. Sa. in Case ; Copy Writ iti Case ; Deeds of Conveyance ; Declaration on Note; Commission to Kxaminu Witnesses; Judgment by Confession in Assumpsit; Judg. on Writ of Kn?[niry, Damages Assessed by Clerk?Debt or Assumpsit, Judg. by Confession in Debt, on Single Hill; Judgment ou Writ of Enquiry, Dumages Assessed by Jury ; Judgment in Assumpsit at Issue. Plea Withdrawn ; Postic Judgment on Issue Tried, Verdict for Plaintiff; Mortgage for Personal Property; Mortgage of ileal Kstate; Magistrates'Summons; Do. Kxe.cutions ; Do. Kcuognizauce ; Summons to Defaulting Jurors. May 28, 1857 BOOTS A N 0 SHOES! J FOR. CASH. _j0l' 1,01(0 PAIR MEN'S BKST KIP BHOGANS. l,O()0 pair Men's 2<1 <|ua 1 ity Brognns. 1 pair Mull's .'Id quality Hrofrans. 1,0i >0 puir Women's Pegged Uootees. 1,0(10 pair Women's Pegged (lid quality) Bootees. 5o0 pair I5"v'm best Ki[> lirogaus ;>(?) pair Hoy's 2d quality Brogans. 500 pair Youth's Itrogans, various qualities. 5(>t> pair Ladies* (Jailors, from $1.35 to $2.TiO. 500 pair Ladies' SIipptrs and Tien, Till fiOc. to $1 .60. r>0<? puir .Misses'and Children's Shoes, Sue. to jtl.XJo. 1(?0 pair Cents' fino Calf lioota. 100 pair Cents' fine Cloth (Suiter*. 300 pair Women's Coal. Hootces. 2,000 pair Negro Hrognns. 1,000 House Servant's Shoos. Together with nil other kinds of Shoes usually to ho found in u Shoe Store. Call and see. Just received and for sale by W. S. WOOD, 185 Richardson Street, Columbia. March 24, 1857. 48 Jy The State of South Carolina, A Bllli V1LLE DISTRICT. In the Common Vitas. William Willaoii, ) vs. > Foreign Attachment. Jan. A. I.iddell. ) Thomson ic Fair, Attorneys. Will-Ill MAS the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and fiftysevcn.JiTo his declaration against the Defendant, who, it in said, is absent from mid without the limits of this Sfntc, and lias neither wife nor attorney known witWfc the Mime, upon wliom a copy of the Haiti declaration might be serrot*? It is therefore ordeltd, tliut the said Defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, ou or before the twelfth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, otherwise final and absolute judgment will thou be given aud uwai'tfo} . against him. MATTHEW MoDONALD, c.c.r. Clerk's Office, April 11, 18fi7 51? ly Disaolutlon. rpiIE Firm of WIER A MILLER was thin JL day dissolved by mutual consent, the limitation of the Partnership having expired. The name of the Firm will be used iu the closing up of the busineHfl, by either one of us*. All persons indebted to us by Note or Account* will please oome forward and pay up as soon na convenient, an it in very desirable that the busi ucaa should be closed aa early as possible. inUKI a w?on wv/iiu X*. IDil) , G. McD. MILLER. August 23, 1850. 19 tf PERRIN & COT HRAN, Atloraeys at Law and Solicitor! in Equity. Office, the one formerly occupied BY MoOOWAN & PERRIN, T A m uA n AAnttfi, Jab. M. Pkbrik, Jar. S. CoTn?v*N. Jan. 7, 1867. J)7 tf WM. K. BLAKE, Attorney At Zae^w, AND SOLICITOR IN fQUIT>\ ? Will practice in tire CourU of Abbeville, LnurcnH urn] Newberry. OFFICE AT NEWBEREY C H Ovl H, I85'J. -V? J y NEW D K ITU STOltE ! AT QREEHWOOD. f BUI K Drupglrd and Apothecary, JL liu* just received a very complete Block of Drugs and Medicines, selected witli tlio groutcM ear? for thin inurket. 11 ih ntork connirtMof every variety usually fanix] in t'ity Apotlieenry ?V/ivji*. CMrm-l* of all the vegctuldo preparation* from tlie best ChctiiiKtx. 'Viilctlll'VN |ire|mrcil from the crude material, and warranted to be of the Htrengih lain down in tlio United Stilton I'hnrmnctcpa. lit direct from tlio manufactory, uh cheap as they have ever b?eu sold iii this place. A very xupeiior article of ISrniltf y, for uintieiiuil /ntrpo.ir* only. Fine Old I'orte, Madeira, and Sherry Willi'*, Selieidum Schnapps, itr-., ?te. lie will keep coimtantly a fine nssortm?nt of Confectioneries, Tobacco and Seran. ? ?o * It would )" unnecessary to enumerate nil tha articles. To f'/ii/xiciunt, he pledges liimself to till their orders with as good Medicines as can bo obtained elsewhere ; and to his friends, lie pledges like satisfaction uh to the Goods and term*. Cull ut the Store formerly occupied a? the Post. Oflice. JAN. il. RILKV. Greenwood, S. C., Nov. I, lbTiti. SJ'J-tf ATTENTION, PLANTERS Economy and Utility! '"I'M IK iinilcrnntiied having porch as ed the Right 1 of Warliclt's PLOW, l'utented April Iu."i5, will sell Plantation Uights, per How $1.00 Stork* delivered ut (irrrnwuix! Depot, or rwidi'iici1 ?f W. 1*. Hill 4.50 Willi small Scooter 6.00 Willi Turning Shovel, fur from ?>0.00 to 6.50 This Plow, from its simple structure, durability, lightness of draught, ease of management, adaptation to the different Shares used in the uitllivalioii of I ho farm, and consequent cheapness, i* commending ii.u lf l? general use as a Hiiorrtor tuirmim/ Im/'fi'iiiritt wliwruvar ' 1111.1. &"ANDUGWS. ( ri'cnwuod, S. ('., Oct. 0, 18.Mi. 25-ly We, tlio undersigned, having examined and I tried th>; Warlick I'lnw, concur in the abote I coiniiioiululiotiH. J AM MS ORIvSWELIi, JOHNSON SALE, It. M. WHITE, SAM'L MdJOWAN, LAltKIN REYNOLDS, ROUT \V. LITES, A. WII) EM AN. " O knts : I have usi d the Plough you sent m? and urn min-li pleased with it. I think it the best Plough i have cv?t used. It combines tttmoniy ami utility in a high degree. It breaks up the soil well and to a giMitl depth, with one mule. I ntn k<> well pleaded with it, thut I want mora of them. ? *** ,l Very respectfully yours, "TIIOS. C. PERRIN." LAND WARRANTS. An Unlimited Number Wanted. f|"MIK undersigned is still in the market for 1_ Lj.h.I \V?r i ucea, nowever, at pre?ent nrc much depressed ; though he will pledge himself to puy us inueli us can be had for them in any market. Remittances mode at their highest market value, by Sight Drafts oil New York, or Charleston, for all \Varrauts soul to mo bjr mail. Address W. C. DAVIS, Abbeville C. II., S. C. Sept. 3,18f>?. 20 tf A. DEI. MILLS, IOWA, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA L1KO OFFICE, AT DUBUQUE, IOWA. PARTICULAR attention paid io the locating of Land Warrants for persona South, on the finest selected Timber and Prairie I,and*. Warrants loaned to settlers on one year's time at til percent. Interest, charging $1.25 prr Acre for Warrant. Tuxes paid, Collections made and remitted for in Sight Exchange. Money loaned ut high rates of Interest. Investments made.? l< nnurrent muney bought, ?fcc. B.r Kefers to Wm. C. JL?a vis, Esq., Abbeyill# C. II., S. V. Scjil. lfrjirt. '20 if 'IIIK STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, AUtfvillc ?In the Common Pit at. Amos Clark, jr., ) Attachment. rn. > McGownn &, I'erriti James A. Liddell. ) I'IIT'b Att'ys. WIIKRKAS, the Plaintiff dirt, 011 the lliirtyfirst day of October, 18T>G, file his declaration against the Defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of this State, and Iiiib neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a coj>y of tlic said declaration might be served. It is therefore oidered. inui 111 e said IJefendnnt do appear and plead to the Raid declaration, on or before the first day of November, which will be in the year of oar Lord Kightem Hundred and Fifty-Seven, otherwise final and absolute Judgment will then be given and awarded against him. MATTHEW MrDONALD, c. c. r. Clerk's Office, Oct. SO, 1?66. 29 ly The State of South Carolina. Abbeville District.?In the Common Pleas, James T. Raskin, \ Attachment. vs. > Buskin, Pl'fFs Attorney. James A. Liddcll. ) WIIBIIKAB the Plaintiff did, on the eighteenth day of Octobcr, eighteen hundred and filly-six, file his declaration against the Defen- ' dant, who, (it is said,) is absent from and withont.. the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor _ -. attorney known within the same, upon whopi ft _ copy of the said declaration might be aerTed:^' ? It is therefore ordered, that the said Defendant ^ do appear and plead to the said declaration, op or before the nineteenth day of October eighteen? ! hundred and fifty-seven,,otherwise final and ?V. . solute judgment will then be given and award?4 nirniiifit lihn MATTHEW McDONALD, c. c.r. ' Clerk's (.Mice, Oct 18, i860 . 27 ly S. McGOWAN, Attorney at Law, "" Office in Law Range, . ^ ' . " (iWor* Door to Thomaort <6 *JFdi ABBEVILLE C. H j'" 1 Jul). 8,1867. *" " 37 f - * Just Xle> cs c>"l, SIX. I)OZ > All Siz?r andillf cirAjan^fis March 18, 1857. ? "it.Z ' '^pST ?? ??i# iuj) mMdNfe' . friends of'JCWEPfl T. sjvciufully aiinouncehim VCaudidqAe forjHfcpNT/ at the ensuing eiettion. * . . #r. : tf The frieiuls of RAN rc>?pect(u)]y anuoijpce i?iro':?jB#n?iTaiVVw * (or Sheriff of ^bbeyillo District, at the ae*t.ele?-i |"3ST The friend? of MATTHEW ALD, aunounce him a Cundidate for rt-elntii^ for Clerk, at the ensuing elecVijWV " , J3g~Thn friends of C. >1. ALlldf aanoon^f v hitu ?si paodidate for Clerk of the Conrt at the ensiling election. 17' The friends of NJMIIOD McCORD. **-. spect fully announce him as a Candidate fbr SImtitT nt the ensuing Election.' tar Tbe numerous friends of Col. T. J. RuB? ERTS \wpeetfully a^nc^ee'liim, % Candid%t% for Sheriff at the next election. tST'l'Uo frieuda of It. W. HAWf HOB* respectfully announce him ft Candidate for Bh?t- , iff of Abbeville Di?tricV, at Hit neat election MANY FRIENDS Mny 5, 185ft. -J. .. !m (.'"i tw The friends W^W, GRIFFIN^ w speclfnlly announce liim a* a candidate W Sheriff til the emming election. UTTho friend* of JAMBS II. COBB aftiK.iuicc liim .is ii Candidal^ (v* Sheriff ut thvetWU* iiijj ' (cclio'i