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IWBob. P. w. Pickens made a short
|jj? 4a oar Tillage laat week, having been
wajsvfcit to tbeOld Rock Church, in PickaawlrH
Where repose the remains of bis
patriotic and venerated grandfather, General
4adr** Pickens. He he* 1 removed the
My of hie father, who died in Alabama
name eighteen month* ago, to the name
piece, and has oommenced the highly commendable
work of erecting e suitable monument
oyer their graves, to tell tbe passing
stranger that he treads upon hallowed
ground. And while writing upon this subject,
it atrikee us that a life of General Pickens
is very desirable, to supply some links
la tbe chain of our State history, and to perpetuate
deeds of valor and patriotism, which
a grateful people arc ever willing to honor,
we believe it is a well established fact, that
General Andrew Pickens presided over the
first court ever held in this State, after the
Declaration of Independence, and that his
son, some eight years old, the father of lion.
F. W. Pickens, drew the jury cm pan tie! ed
for the court.
Although General Pickens administered
justice f-r a long period over a large section
vi our gnu, una at a lime, too. when lie Imd
to be guided by hie own notion# of right?yet
it is not his character a* a civilian, so much
aa his natriotic devotion to the cause of liberty,
and gallant defence of our infant colony,
that juetly place his name in the same
rank with those of Sumpter and Marion.
It was through him that the treaty of Hopewell
was made, which gave to the State
that large and fertile tegiori of territory occupied
by the Indians. Atter the treaty
was made, by which the Indian braves gave
up the graves of their fathers, their wigwams
and iheir hunting grounds, to the
possession of the pale faces, they concluded
the ceremony of ratification on their part,
by drinking sentiments of fidelity and friendship
to the white man. We understand
that the cup used on the occasion has been
presented to the widow of President. Polk
We would be glad to know bow she came
to be the recipient of the relic, as it might
elicit some facts concerning this interesting
period of our history.
After the struggle for our independence
had terminated, our State legislature
thought it proper to pass a bill " to exempt
from legal investigation the conduct of the
militia while the war existed." But, so
soon as the bill was proposed. General Pickens
said, like the noble Marion, " If, in a
single instance, in the course of my command,
I have done that which 1 cannot fully
justify, justice requires that I should suffer
for it.**
We might state many more facts, in connection
with this subject, which have not
annfiarAil in nsinf lass* I
|fiiiiit uut uui vnjcvv 13 uicrui v
to suggest that it would be a pleasant task
for some writer of our own State to rescue
from the uncertainty of tradition, by a faithful
historic recoid, the meritorious services rendered
by General Pickens, during the struggle
for our independence.
[Anderson Gazette <& Advocate.
The Pkessurk Increasing.?It is worse
than id .e to disguise the fact that the aspect
of money affairs is growing more gloomy
every day, and with diminishing prospects
of any relief in the absence a general suspension
of the Banks throughout the country.
When the news of the suspension in Phila
delphia and Baltimore reached here, we
stated that it would lies most unwise policy
in the Banks of North Carolina and Virginia
to continue to pay specie, because, while
they might, and would, redeem their circu
lation and meet their obligations, it would
be in substance as perfect a going into liquidation
as if their charters had expired,
and they had a given lime in which to settle
up. It would be a waste of time to show
that the inevitable effect of th?s would be to
crush the mercantile and manufacturing
classes, and their ruin would be immediately
followed by the utter prostration of all
the great agricultural products.
This prostration has already commenced.
Cotton has fallen in the last fortnight 6
cents per lb., wheat, 20 a 25 cents a bushel.
and tobacco from $3 to $4 a hundred.?
This fall of products, and particularly cotton,
has already lowered the price of negroes materially,
and they must go down lower if the
Banks continue the course they are pursuing.
Every interest, therefore, demands a
change of policy, while there is yet time to
avert a vast deal of mischief. For these
views we are alone responsible, as they are
given as the result of our observation and
reflection, and without consultation with any
President or Director of any Bank, in or out
of the State. In conclusion, we say what
we would have said at any time since the
suspensions at the North began?that if we
could multiply ourselves into a Bank Director,
we would suspend forthwith, and act
the part of a public benefactor in so doing.
Raleigh (JV, C.) Register, of Wednesday.
A Laooabd Lkandkr.?We Jearn from
the Newark Mercury that a company was
gathered in that city some time since, to wit
ness ft marriage ceremony. The expectant i
Wide w?? arrayed in her i>eat atiire, smile*
shone on every face, and all that waa required
to complete the group was the presence
of the groom. This individual, however,
very much to the wonderment of the guest*,
did not appear, and no one else offering to
marry the lady, the party at last broke up,
and the disappointed Hero retired to sob
herself to sleep. The next day, naturaliv
enough, she was ill, ami so remained for
some time, until at last a clergyman was
called in to oooeole her in her affliction.?
When be arrived at the house, his surprise
?M great to find the groom (that was to
be) engaged in conversation with the lady,
and bis wonder was much increased when
he was asked to perform the ceremony on
the spot, the man alleging that ho did not
come at the time appointed because it rained,
and he thought a day or two would make
no difference. The lady, however, waa not
ratisfled with thia excuse, and positively refused
to mntry him np>n any consideration
?so that while the laggard Leander lost a g
wife, the clergyman also lost bis the. The '
lady, we sre gratified to announce, bat en- _
tlrely recovered from the effects of her die- ~
appointment. Would it not be well for our fc
benevolent Indies to furnish the young gen- 1
tlenaan who has so diHiinguiahed himself iu >
this affair with an umbrella and pair of
overshoes !
1
Tennessee 8enato*.?The election of
Governor Johnson, of Tennessee, to a seat in ti
the U. 8. Senate (says the Petersburg (Va.) *
luit'iigeucer) U an ( njifiom event. Thor |
oiightv asinine, as Gen. Pillow has shown
himself to be, his Democracy is not of a
lower grade than ordinary, and his election
therefore would have indicated a less <! *
praved state of party feeiing. and eievaif ' '
to a hitrh noat a man far lass Aanahl? ?.t (
mischief. Gov. Johnson is, perhaps, the r
most malignant partisan and groveling politician
in the State of Tennessee, lie makes
religion second to Democracy and sneers at
education as promotive of aristocracy. Pro
Ceasing an exclusive sympathy with the
masses, instead of seeking to elevate the
humble and unsuccessful, his highest ambi- <
tion is to drag down the prosperous and cul
tivated. In politics his agrarian principles
make him the advocate of a home-lead law
?and his detestation of everything conserv ,
alive drives niiu to assail even the supreme #
court, which noblest bulwark of our repub
lican liberties he would break down by
making the Judges elective by the people. I
In the gradual demoralisation that is going i
on in Democracy, and its increasing proclivity
to mnke the more vicious propensities of
the people subservient to its success, it may 1
come to pass that even such a man as An 1
drew Johnson will be the candidate of that i
party for the lofty position once illustrated ]
by the patriotic conservatism of Washing
ton nnd adorned by the pure statesmanship
of Madison. T
, , t
Some or the Beauties or Banking. ? |(
The following rich revelations are furnished 1
by a correspondent of tho St. Louis Republi ,
can. %
"In conclusion, I will depict for you an
Illinois bank. A frame house, a counter so 1
high that you can barely lay your wrist on
-j? '
ino Miarp wiges oi u, ana so narrow that
but one man can approach at a time. The
specie scoop hangs high up, like the laws of t
Nero, but, unlike them, covered with cob c
webs. Your check is cancelled in deadly j
silence. You hear some fumbling behind a
green screen. A package of shinplasters, as
thick as a bull's horn, and twenty-five cents
to silver, is banded you for your i.tconsider- r
able check. The bundle is tightly laced, r
the notes are inside, so that, with the other r
inconveniences, you can hardly count them.
You open the bundle and sift out the link
hams, almond trees, and Wisconsin*, and 1
you are peremptorily toJJ, ' No use in as f
sorting, that is all you can get.' You sav. I
' Please, then, return tne my check.' An- t
swer, ' Your check is already cancelled.'?
This is the return made you by the best uf
them for gold advanced on grain. Had the 1
giain gone down, you would have had it, a
hut having gone up they return you such
shirplasters for your advances in gold, or /
stand suit."
#
scrpkrrion ok tilk Gkohoia r ml.ro ad
Bank. ? We regret to announce (savs the 1
Augusta Constitutionalist) the suspension of
the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
yesterday The immediate cause of the
suspension, we understand, rvns the failure tl
of their deposit bank, in Charleston, from h
which some specie had been ordered. We ^
will only add, that rvhatever may be the
present inconvenience to many, no hill hold c
ar at* <1 onnciJav oI?aii 1.1 * * **
v. OHVIIMI nuncr UIC IUh8 OI fl |
cent on the issue* of thin bank. t
The Company, by its last statement, has ,
a surplus of more than half a million, ami
securities of the best kind, easily convertible
in ordinary times, to twice the amount of
their present circulation. With these "
means, and an average gross income of e
about three thousand dollars per day, with ^
a proud and wealthy set of stockholders, the ,
bill-holder has nothing to fear but present c
inconvenience. We make these remarks r
solely to caution the unwary against sacri- ^
five The bills are intrinsically as good now ^
as they were before the suspension of the t
bank was announced.
Dbatii or G. W. P. Custis.?The ven- f
arable George W. P. Custis, of Arlington, 1
died at bis residence in Alexandria county, I
Vs., on Saturday last, in the 77th year of ?
his nge. The Alexandria Gazette, in an- .
nouncing the event, says :
"Closely allied to ihe Washington faini- *
Iy, fond of calling himself the child of Mount f
Vernon, lie was never so much in his element
as when he was talking or wiiting of
the Great Chief, and the men and the limes
of the Revolution. As he said of himself
once, " his was the destiny of no common
man n?for he had been fondled on the
knee of the Father of his Country, and re
ceived from him the kindness of a parent.
!!c repaid that cure and affection with filial 1
devotion, and to the day of his death, all
the recollections of hta life ce Hered around
or radiated from, the time when he wan
one of VVfudiington'* family. lie lived to a
good old age, retaining his mental faculties
to the last."
Vkry Probablb.?The Democrat, published
at Abingdon, Va., an extensive hog
growing region, thinks it likely that speculators
in pork will find their anticipated
profits very small. It says there will be an
unusually large number of hogs in that
3Barter. The same thing is true of nearly j
le entire northwest. In the central ooun- ,
ties of Illinois, it is eonfidently affirmed,
there will be an increase of 40 per cent.
The high price of bacon this year will cause i
an immense augmentation of the article, i
next year, and the result will be a material <
decline in price. We shall not he surprised i
if speculators find themselves terribly hog <
bii.-?A?htrilU ATcfes. ,
S>OMt!)frn enterprise?
W, T. PBICT, Iditor. J
OVA MOTTO?" SQTTAX BIOHTS TO AUL" 8
GREENVILLE, S. C# d
rhaniay Msnilaf, Oct. 99, 1MT. 8
?" " j'M'I 'I ? ?
To Am?Tt?m-?Penoai sending in adverisomenU
will please mark the number of inter- r
ions. Ualees this is dose, <re publish antil no- r
ice given to discontinue, end ensrgo neeording- t
7
?W Owing to tbo indisposition of the
nlitor, several notices, including nn account ?
>? the f?tr of the Ladies of the Baptist ?
'hurch, recent publications, and the mothlv I
nagazines, have been postponed. 11
Our Charleston Correspondent a
The letter of our correspondent" 8," reach- J1
d us last week the day after publication. c
lis letters should always reach us on Tues- f,
Iny, but some how or other they do not.
Greenville and Paint Book.
A railroad meeting was held at Henderlonville,
N. C., on the 6th inst.. to devise J
rod consider the best method of construct #
ng a railroad from Greenville, 8. C., to ?
Paint Rock, v?o Hendersonville and Ashe s
dlle. d
The meeting was addressed in a spirited
ind interesting manner, by N. W. Woodrii?,
Esq-, Gen. W. F. Jones, David Cole- ^
ian, Esq., Makci'8 Erwin, Esq., Gen. B.
d. Ednkt, and A. S. Mrrrimon, Esq. I
The fact was demonstrated, that the said f
oad roust be built, or ou* people will, in its 1
leglect, prove recreant to themselves, their |
>wn interest, and to following generations. r
t was also shown that, if the people will t
mite, the road can l?e built, and that in a h
'?rv f?W Vpars. 8n aavn tlm HonilaraAntillu i
Herald of Truth.
Hon. John McQueen.
Tlii* gentleman made a speech at Cheaerfiold.
on the 7th inst., in which lie took ocasion
to denounce Governor Walkkr's
Causae policy, and charge President Iiocilinan
with " his full share of his responsi ility
for this treacherous fraud upon the
ights of the South." A writer in the Che t
aw papers statos that the National Democacy
came in very properly for a large share
>f the streaker's reprobation. lie considers
t the great enemy ngainst which the whole
brce of our energies will ultimately have to
re directed, lie also deprecated the at
empt to create a party in South Carolina in
up|K>rt of the National Democracy, and to
nake the election of Senator a lest of its
trength.
Gen. McQi'Rkn said that he would vote
or no man for Speaker of the House, who
rill sustain Walkkii or the Administration
n the fraud which has been practiced upon
he South in Kansas.
Dead this Time.
?!,*, " '-? -? > -
mm)/ tnu w? ichtu 'j
hat Mark Wiikalkr recently diod at the (
ouse of Alkkku Drake, in Ctiiloden, Geo. ^
h?me four months since, this old gentleman .
ailed upon us, and desired our assistance in ^
irocuring some little property which he i
liought whs due him from a citizen n our r
laeo. Upon making enquiries, we learned *
hat after several years' diligent search,- and '
H'ing uuahle to learn his whereabouts, the ?
[foresaid citizen had npplied for and obtainsi
letters of administration upon the " esate
of Mark Whkalkk, deceased," and the i
lay upon which he was to make his final 1
eturn to the Ordinary's office, Mark
liViiKALKR appeared, and testified that he
sras not dead, and received from the hands
>f his own administrator, all that was due him, r
ibout $118.00, and left apparently as well I
intisfied as if he had attended to the busi- 1
less himself. He has children residing in
he upper part of this District and in Ruth- '
rfordton, N. C. Should this notice meet c
heir eyes they can obtain information con- I
:erning his remains, die., by addressing the 1
gentleman at whose house he died.
q. t ? ? a ? aa 1
rvr. 1.UUIH, IJCl. ZU.
Kant'it Election.?Advice* from Kannus (
<liow no decided position A* vet. li<>th per- '
ie* claim majorities. Walker defend* the
noting of the soldiers, 011 the plea of their (
evidence, and the f,.ct that all employers of
he Government voted And are entitled to do
>0.
The official rctmns will be sent in some- '
'v??e?e ?l*?ut the Md
[Special Cor. Timet.
Augusta, Oct. 10. j
Fearful Tragedy.?A man by the name
>f John 8. Handle, residing near Hamburg.
:ul his wife's throat last night, in a (It of
delirium tremens. The woman died inttantly.
Handle then cut his own throat,
snd is not expected to survive.
? tit
Dubuque, Iowa, October 10.
Iowa Election.?Samuels, Democrat, has 1
5,600 majority in 21 counties. The Deoo
u-ats gain 14 Assemblymen.
H. S. Foots, formerly United States Sen
stor from Mississippi, and lately a prominent
American candidate in California, wee <
one of the speakers at a late Democratic I
meeting in New York. This gentleman,
during the last twenty years* bee been epon
every point of live political compass.
toot <> srsr ?> ?o?
>? should be glad to bar* his father-in-law,
(r. Cults, appointed 16 effioe, but that any
uch appointment of persons other than citmm
of Illinois?mo matter how near and
lear to htm?,4must not be considered as any
ompmtation f>r the omission to appoint
ucb Democrats from that State as be, and
be rest of the delegation might recumnend."
To this particularly cool note be
eceived the following gracious and satisfao
ory reply : #
WASHtNOTON, Monday, Sept. ?, 1857
My Dear Sir?1 have reoeived your letter
if the 4th instant, by which you seem to ap
irebend that should I appoint Mr. Cutis
leeond Comptroller, this appointment migh.
as charged to Illinois. You need entertain
io apprehension on the subject. Should I
nake the appointment, which is not improbble,
it will to my own individual appointnent,
proceeding entirely from my regafd
or Mr. Cutts and bis family, and not beause
Senator Douglas lias bad the good
ortune to become his son in-law.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon. S. A. Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.
[N. Y. Timet.
We agree with the Times?if the story is
rue?that the Above was ** rather small
tusiness," both in Mr. Douglas for writing
uch expressions as those auoted on him,
>nd in the President of the United States in
ending a reply that is greatly wanting in
lignity, to say the least of it.? Ch Courier.
The Meeting or the Emperors.?The
Vienna correspondent ot the London Times
rrites as follows under date of the 16ib :
44 As private news from Russia is extreme
y rare, the following information will liArdly
nil to interest your readers. When the
^aris papers assert that it was the Emperor
Alexander who Brst proposed to meet the
imperor Napoleon they are somewhat in eror.
The leaders of the Muscovite party are
lesirous to effect an alliance between France
ind Russia, and they first proposed that the
lecessary steps should be taken for bringing
ibout a meeting between the two Emperors.
When the matter was mentioned to the
Dxar by Prince Gortschakoff he displayed
10 inclination to make advances to the Eroreror
of the French, but bis Majesty eventuilly
yielded to the importunity of his Miniser
for Foreign Affairs, who represented to
lini that it was necessary to the welfare of
lis empire that he should be on the very
rest terms with the French Monarch. As
oon as Prince Gortscbakoflf had obtained
he conseut of his Soveieign he began to
reat with the French Government, and, afer
a prolonged correapondenc), it was agreed
nat Hie two r.;nperor? slioutU meet at tome
bird Court."
A Darkey's Speech.?In one of the
mailer cities of Massachusetts, the colored
population held meetings to discuss the propriety
of celebrating the anniversary of West
ndian Emancipation, August 1. At one of
hese meetings, a very conservative gentlenan
was exceedingly surprised to see some
f the" fair-sex " rising and taking part in
he discussion After two or three of the
islers had "freed dar mines" on matters tinier
debate, he sprung up in a greatly exci
ed stale and addressed the audience :
"Feller-citizens Ef I'd a sposee 'at de laleea
wood be p'milled to take a part in dis
ere discussion?(sensation)?ef I'd a node
tt de ladoes could jino in dis yere debate?
all eyes turned on the speaker)?ef I'd a
ileeved for one momunt, feller-citizens, 'at
le female sect wood dar to raise deir woice
n dis yere ineetin', I'd?feller citizens? |
Wot ! toot wood you've a did. ef you'd
lode it ?" shouted two or threo of the strongninded
sisters, as the whites of their eves
lashed on the speaker)?I?f scratching his<
wool.) I'd a brung ray wife alow wid me /"
Here the discomfited orator dropped into
lis seat, completely exhausted.
Tim Bunk of Charleston (says the Evenng
News) issued this morning the followng
bulletin :
Bank or Charleston, South Carolina.
October, 16, 1867.
This Bank mil continue Specie Payment.
All bank notes current in this city will be
eceived in payment, and on deposit, by this
>ank, and depositors ate requested to draw
heir checks payable in current funds.
Checks on New York will be furnished at
?ar for the bills of this bank.
Depositors may, at their option, receive
?rtificatea for deposits now at their ciedit,
Mtaring interest at tho rate of seven per cent,
>er annum, redeemable in coin, at not less
ban three nor more than six months.
For the protection of the public, this bank
pill receive current funds for tho payment of
lebts due the bank, and for all collection pa
ier received from other banks, and will
Ornish similar funds only for payments to
ilher banks.
?- I I^M I
Laconic.? We subjoin (says the York
ville Enquirer) tho graphic report of the
itate of the jail made bv the Sheriff of York
District, and the equally graphic comments
>f his Honor Judge O'Keall. They have
ill the vigor of the true Spartan atvle. We
;orld not give a tnore striking panegyric on
mo riominy influence Of ine QOM or l?m*
peranoe:
South Carolina, York District : To the
Hon. J. B. O Nea.ll, Pre tiding Judge of
the Court of Common Pleat of Central
Delivery, at York Court Houte, Fall
Term, 1857 s
1 re* poet fully report that no person Is
now confined in the Jail of York District.
8. 0. YOUNGBLOOD, 8. Y. D.
October 13, 1857.
The following la the endorsement of
fudge O'Neall:
Let it be filed and published aa a beautiful
commentary on the healthy condition of
the District.
JOHN BKLTON O NEALL,
Presiding Judge.
October 13, 1857.
member* of the EpW>pafch*tcf[, to whom
the subject matter has been committed. will
aseemble in Montgomery, on the Jffith of
November, to perfect the plans for the es
teblisbrnent and endowment of a Southern
University, under the control of the Church.
It is expected, we belive, that the bishops of
hII the slareholding States will be present,
with two or three exceptions.
The Committee on Locution will assemble
in Montgomery, on the 18th of November.
Its Episcopal members are Rt. Revs.
Bishops Otey, Pole, Iiutledge, Elliott and
Cobbs.? Charleston Courier.
nr> t-.- . * ~
I ?|ft J KLKUKAfll TU" 141 IUII FUN THK Mf
oomotivb.?-As soon as the New York banks
suspended, several of the brokers of the
w metropolis " started ott to Boston to draw
specie from the banks of that city. The
news was telegraphed in advance of their ar
rival by the railroad, that the Now York
banks had suspended, and when the brokers
presented themselves on Wednesday morning
demanding $300,000 in gold, the officers of
the Boston Banks very politely told them
that the subject of suspension was under
consideration, and until it was decided, there
would he no payment in specie?and there
was not.
?o??
Warning to Pork Spkcui.ators.?The
number of hogs in this section, says the Ab
ingdon (Vs.) Democrat, is about as large as
usual, so a well informed friend assures us.
vet the prices asked by sellers, and offered
by buyers, are quite " tall." We incline to
the opinion that some of the speculators will
burn their fingers if they are not cautious.?
Stimulated by the high price of potk last
season, and the prospect of an abundant
corn crop, many farmers, we understand, are
making arrangements to fatten a larger number
of nogs than they did last year, and the
same state of things is likely to prevail in
other quarters.
?o?
Trig Bull Will Cask.?This important
case came op for trial at the recent Term of
our Court, and resulted iu a verdkt in favor
of the will.
By a former decision of tho court of Errors
in this case, it was determined, that E.
C. Martin an executor named therein, was a
competent attesting witness, and that the
oraer oi tne circuit Judge, at a former trial
excluding hi* testimony, wan erroneous.
The question chiefly insisted upon at the
present trial was one of revocation. An appeal,
we learn, lias been taken.
[Independent Abbeville Prut.
?o?
Count auric it on the Camden IUn*.?
The Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer says :
44 A friend has exhibited to us two oounterfeit
$100 notes on the Bank of Camden.
S. C., which were sent here from Montgomery
county, a few days ago, in satisfaction of
a judgment against a citizen of that countv.
They are correctly described in a New York
Counterfeit Detector, as having for vignettes,
a beehive, and an eagle on a shield, and a
female with shield on the lower right comer.
The signatures are engraved, not written.
The paper of one is greasy, the other
while."
??o ??
Comino Home to Roost.?The Cleaveland
Plaindcaler says the steamer Telegraph
brings back from Canada on every trip fam
ilies of negroes who have formerly fled to
the provinces from the States. They describe
the life and the condition of the blacks
in Canada as miserable in the extreme.?
Tliev are principally from Canada West.
Ohio and Michigan are liktlv to have large
accession* to negro population from
that source. The Canadians have shown n
disposition in their parliunient and in their
every day transactions to disoourage the ne
gro population coining to or remaining in
the provinces.
Great MSM,?NORTB A*D Ronm.?T|I?
Charleston Medical Review for September,
has an article (it is stated to be Professor
Dickson's) on the height and weight of
Southern men and American Recruits, and
states that Georgia and North Carolina lead
the van.
In Georgia, 90 men out of 100 were six
feet and upwards.
In North Carolina, 24.
In Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, 18
Illinois, 17.
New York, 5.
?o?
Prize Fioht Extraordinary.?In New
Orleans, last week, a fierce loin cat and a
bull-dog were pitted against each other, for
a wager of $25. The brutal and disgusting
spucincle was witnessed by a large crowd,
and bets were made on tb* Ttault, some as
high as *250. After a bloody coutest, in
I which the cat was torn almost to pieces, and
the uog'e even scratciieti away, ine former
was declared the victor. The dog wm? put
out of hi* misery by a pi?tol shot, and the
cat hood afterwards died.
Dbatu ??* lies4. Bscs. ?We learn
with deep regret, from the Anderson True
Carolinian, the death of our former fellow*
citizen, Maj. Bice, who went to Kansas with
the patriotic hope of benefitting the South.
He was a noble spirit, and one whom all
respected and loved.
The particulars of his death are not given
further than that he had a fall from the
steps of the Journal office, and died in two
hours after.
o-~Cols.
Wiovall amd Evams.?A report
has gone the rounds of the press, ("ays the
Carolina Times.) of an encounter between
Col. Wigfall and Mr. Evans, in Teaae, in
which shots were exchanged and one of ih<
parties killed. We understand that letteri
nave been received from member* of Col.
Wigfaji'e faintly to the 10th of September,
which lead to the belief that the wboU
statement is untrue.
is at least 12.000 vot? id 9^ ?Smo^?s, and
it is confidently expecied they will osrry the
whole state. Rhould they do so, even by a "
small majoritt. it wilt be a triumph oroi jj
the ranh Abolitionists.? Special Cor. Timer. .
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Aw Unlucky Opkration.?A man in
RrnnVlwn N V.. last ftalurdav. ftirinff a
saving* bank in that city would burnt,"
drew out $200?all be possessed. He told
h11 Ms frit-iKIn of hid good luck in gettivg
the money, took sever ?l drink*, got " tight,"
and had his pocket picked of every dollar.
He did not make much by that operation.
?o?
Dkath of Gkw. J. G. Btncm.'?By *
private deapalcb, we learn tbe death, yester*
day, at Wilmington, of Gen. John Gray Bynum,
of Rutherford, North Carolina.
Gen. Bjnttm was a gentleman of high
literary and legal attainmenta, arid held a
gennaiient position in our neighboring
la tee.
Thk Gclf Stream.?parard Taylor
states that the fishermen on the coaet of
Norway are supplied with wood from the
tropica, by the Gulf Stream. Think of the
Arctic fishers burning upon their hearths
the palms of Havti, the mahogany of lion*
duras, and the p?*ecious woods of the Ami
ion and the Oronoco.
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Thk IIkrmitauk.?Gov. Johnson, of Tennessee,
reports the purchase for the Stale of
the Hermitage, and its tender to the Federal
Government. In case the tender is not
accepted, the Governor recommends that
the property i e retained as a residence fyr i
the future Governors of the Stnte.
A PriKNOMKKoN.? Mr. L. O. Shoemaker,
of our I>istiict. informs us that he has a c >w,
on his premises, which lately gave birth to
three calves, which nre alive and doing well.
This cow is certainly a prodigy, and has decidedly
outstripped the Shanghai fowl that
lays the niamutoih egg.--^A6crt7/? Preu.
A Reward of Hcmakity.?Captain T.
G. Mitchell, of Hath, Me., has received from
the King of Naples, a handsome gold medal.
in appreciation of his conduct in rescuing
the officers and crew of the Neapolitan
schooner La Luce, when on the point of
foundering.
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Samukl G. Goodrich has obtained a verdict
of $8,000 damages against a publishing
Orm for getting up books in the name of
Peter Parley?Mr. Good rich's mondc plume.
Mr. Goodrich resides in Boston, and for a
quarter of a century has been known as PeUrr
Parity. ^ lie is anything but a decrepid
old mnn.
commercial!"
Coluub a, S. C., October, 80. 1867.?Oar cotton
market is at a stand, and therefore we can
only quote nominal 11 a 11 J, and almost nothing
offering.
Charleston. S. C., October 17.?'There was a
good inquiry for cotton to-day, and the traneac
lions reached 711 bales, of which 100 bales were
sold st prices not made public; the balance were
effected at prices current yesterday, vii: 11 m
12 cento.
INVALIDS recovering front the effects of Fever.
Billions Diseases, or long oontinned Illness
of any kind, will find Carter's Spanish Mixture
the only remedy which will revive their drooping
constitution, expel all bad humors from tha
blood, excite the liver to a prompt and healthy
aelion, and. by its tonie properties, restore the
patient to life and vigor.
We can only eay tst rr. A single bottle la
worth all the so-called Bsrsaparillas in existence.
It eontaine no Mercury, Opinm, or any other
noxious or ooisonoua dnio. and n*n h* ?!?? ? ?
I the youngest infant without hesitation.
See the certificates of wonderful cures around
ihe lluUisat aavfi ???? ur? i>55urw pvtiSSi in
the eitv of Riohtnond, Va., can testify to its
good effects. See advertisement.
~INHALATION IN C0&8UMtTT0l?.?8?
advertisement nnder this heading In another
oolumn. w8m
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FUIVEBAL IIVTITATXOIV.
THE Friends and Aoqaaintanees of Hit SARAH
A. PRINCE, are requested in attend her
Funeral, at the Baptist Church, THIS MORNING,
at 10 o'clock.
October 23d.
pS ?
THE CHILDREN of the Methodist Sabbath
School will hold a- FAIR at McBee'e Hall, on
Wednesday evening, October 28th.
tW The Mend* of A. R. MoBttvid, Xaq., \
respectfully announce hint as a candidate for Tax
Collector at the envuing election.
Tlii
I \ AY ba had dariag Court wwk at tha
if 1 GAHfui viLLtt i ONft-X/TIONl^Y.
Oet 2* *4-1 Opposite Mansioo How.
Execnter't Notice.
ALL persons indebted t?. the Estate of JOHK
T. LIGON, dfeMMd, are hereby notified
to make payment to the uoderaifaed. All tUoaa
having olainu agaioat said daeeaaad will preaeot
them for peymeet within the time proscribed by
' law, or thsy will be barred:
Oat *? W A TOWJOCB, Iseeoter
Houifi and L??ls for 9al?.
?THE Subscriber offer* ^ wlo
two desirable HOUSES AJC|> wK, dte
about one milo Awn OwoVflle Court
1 House, aad Immediately npoa the liae of rail
i road. Sahl houeea lure bet reeantly eoeafdata^A;
i and contain ft root oaak with hHeheaa .Ilia
lota eontaln one-half aore each, I propoaa to
take far each house aad lot U>j sura m 1700.
Per farther pertioularm ?Hjolre at nay r?ai
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