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lh?P un- -.itrniinwiimmy?fiitrBwaww _ GENERAL NEWS. THE POLITICAL Mb* KlJ Ell BILL. tll We are surprised and sorry to see ga that a bill has been introduced into the fr house of the General Assembly "toproj th vide for the widow3 and orphans of men fc murdered for their political opinions," by giving them a pension of 8200, to in be collected by assessment upon the re county where the murder was commit- si ted. di . We have always condemned violence b< and intemperance, and have dcncunced every act of violence, whatevci its pro- al vocation. The fceliug of the people is tl opposed to mob law upon any pretext, pi nud as it is our doctrine that every man ir has the right to his own opiuion, wo ui have steadily discountenanced ^ersccu- tc tion and proscription for political or party reasons. But it is useless for tie le people in general to be peaceable and tl law abiding, if the whole ofone county in the State is held responsible for the d lawless deeds of any one man in it. In* v every large body of people, there must ir be indivividual cases of disorder and u wrong; but we say that it is shamefully unjust to impose a tax upou a whole community because some one man iu it \ is not gentle as a sucking dove. f f Of course, if the General Assembly (J of the State is nothing more than an ti organization for the dissemination of o Radical opinions, for the encouragement A ^ rntrorflmnp nnrtr , i ot party natu, nuu iui iwt?.ui?0 t| disciples, the bill will pass, whether we ^ like or not. Hut this we are loath to j believe. We know that there arc men j, in the Legislature who feel that it is to c their interest to work for the good of }j t-be whole State, and that we can have j, neither prosperity nor peace while any c question is decided iu the affirmative or ? negative, acoording to the manner iu a which it affi cts ''the party." And we 0 would ask these members whether they a' can expect to be thought of as represen- _ tatives as the State, or of any part of a it; whether they can expect to bo treat- 0 ed as representative of the pcop'e at ,] large, when they tax the State and the t people to support the heirs of a man who j has been killed, not for the State, not a in the execution of the laws, not in the c service of the Commonwealth, but, to j use the words of the bill, ' on aceuontof ^ bis political opiuions." a If any mau be murdered, and should a be deemed a martyr to the cause, his >(] widow an'd children might properly be f, supported by the party to which he be-- ri longed. The Union League should 'j, take care of hie family, and if there is 91 no money iu the treasury of the League, j] it can be contributed by the surviving c members of the party. j j On the floor of the General Assembly j, there should be no manifestation of po- j, Jitical hatred, and no raking of the jj smouldering party fires. The Legislii- n ture is on trial, and wc who must bear n the brunt wait to learn whether it means f war upon all that is net Radical, or t peace and good will to all real and lion- 0 est men. We desire to do nothing (hat Q shall cause anger or ill feeling. We desire that the General Assemb'y may have a fair and full opportunity of vindicating itself from aspersion, or of damning itself in public esteem; but we 1 cannot be silent when it is-proposed to r make the Legislature a huge .Radical " caucus, a means of rewarding the fallen faithful, and of taxing the State be- P cause this man or that man has been !.' wantonly and brutally killed. . *' "We speak somewhat warmly, because we feel that this political martyrdom ^ bill is a scandal and a shame. Even 0 Congressional partisanship never went|a; as far as this bill comes up for action it ? will be promptly and decisively reject- ^ ed.? Charts'on Daihj News. a From tiie Ogecuee.?SheriffDoon- is er, Deputy Sheriff Isaac Russell* aud a posse arrived in this city yesterday by tho evening train, with sixty-seven e. prisoners, masing m uu eimuj-unsK ? . a the robbers of the Southficld plants- p tions, now in custody. They were march- ^ cd to the United Stacts R;yracks fur y safekeeping last night, and will be com- C( mitted to the Chatham county jail to- h day by Justice 1'. M. Russell, Jr. A n general notice was given to the negroes tj for whose arrests warrants were in the y bauds of theeheritf, to gome to the miliary headquarters 6f General Sweeny, and in response thereto most of the following named colored men made their appearance at the camp and were ar- " rested. -J Sheriff I'ooncr reports all quiet on- " the Ogcechee when lie left. The mili- c tary remain in camp at th,e Grove plantation, and the sheriff expects to return today or tomorrow for the purpose ^ of securing the remainder of the rob- . cers for whose arrest warrants are in 11 his possession. The irapeession seems v; to prevail that but few more will- come 0 forward and surrender, and that it will tl ko noootmru tn gppIt-fhr the remainder. The course pursued by the military a is worthy of commendation, and has \ doubtless broken up the organization of this band of marauders whose pro- ~ ceedings were calculated and intended n to render planting an impossibility in s' that fertile section of the State ^ Savannah Republican, 8/A. ^ ; P! The guano trade of Baltimore has ma ?' tcrially decreased, the importation havibg fhll6n off from 4G,148 tons in 18G7, to 15,887 in 1868*. TbeChincha Isiands sent 30,175 tons in 1867 and only V 1700 tons in 18G8. The high price de- di manded for guano, SG2 50 per ton in w gold, prevents its use except in the man- at ofacturc cf other fertilizers. 9 \ \ The .Bank, of the State.-t-tTIic harlcston Xeics gives (he following as fi c grounds on which the injunction a- c linst Governor Scot(, to prevent him o om issuing bonds to the bill-holders of v ie Bauk of the Stat-.1, is to be applied fi >r: o 1. Because llto provision contained t i the Act which authorizes (he bonds, I, quiriug the Governor to 4ake posses- a on of the assets of.llie oanK, is a con- t ition precedent to the issuing of the t amis. ' i il 2. Because the Act is. unconstitu- ] , inasmuch as it d >cs not comply with n ic requirement of the Gnnutitution d rohibiting the Legislature from pass- " ig Acts creating obligation*, without, a t the same time, laying a tax hy Which 1; ? provide for mtcling the same:' 1 8. liecau.se the o^ual formalities of n gislation were not complied, with iD .(] passage of the Act. , f 4. Because the Act is contrary tithe t irectiou of the late Constitutional Cou: ention to the Legislature, to examine ito the liabilities of the Bank and take provision for the same. ? Tiie Practical Beauties ofMqrion Polygamy?A Gentile woman in , "tali lately gave a correspondent of the 'incinnati Commercial' this littL, but ;lling sketch of the practical Workings f the Mormon system : "Now, there's Kph. Roberts, over hero," pointing to a stone house near lie mountain, "be brought a real young, clicate wile from New York,.uow gong on sixteen years ago) and wh'o'vrorkd hard, I tell you? why, I've knowu er to do all ln-r own work, when Kph.. ad three hands and the threshing tun-i hine at his house, and sometimes she rorked out in the fit Id, bound wheat . nd raked hay, which you kn!ow isawful n a delicate New Yolk woman; 'taint s if she'd been ruised to it, like we Iblks -and after all, just last yeurj?ph. went nd married another woman, a rea-lyoung nc, not over twenty, and don't you liink, this sptingshc knocked Mariahat's his wife?down with thechnrnasher and scalded her. Eplii stood by. ud said : "Go in, Luoe; kill her if you an." It all started about a churn, too. Joth wanted to use it at once. Maria ,ad it and her butter was slow a comin' nd they got mad, nnd Luce struck her, nd'theu snatched the ketjlc right oil he stove and poured hot water on her :ct, so she Jell down when she tried to un out. And w lat was the risult. final ? 11 r \ i % i . 1 J*a. L! .. _ V _ w I f WCM, iuana lerwimi, ui cuurac? lie had lo, or be killed, it's very nice, hough, fur the men. 1 had zeti jj hances to many old Mormons; but law ! WoulJ'nt give that for all of'em. Why, ist turn things around and let a wnrti:m ave two or three ui au, and see how licy'd like tl at. There woulu'nt be o lu^irdcrin' dune in these pari*? h, o ! And 1 reckon a woman* has a fine selings as a man. 1 tell you, if my busand ever joins 'em, or tries to get anther wife, that day I'll hunt another 1 leulile. Hot your life <>u that."" ' I ? ?? Good Agricultural Rkadino.-*- ( liousands of ?ur lai melts have never t bought ( f subscribing to an a ricullu- . al journal. Every farmer should lake ( t lca-t one; and, if he takes but one, e ought to!give his /nine, paper the . reference. Among the be*t tioit we pceivc is the CuruHnu J'urmrr, pubshed monthly at Wilmington, X. 0. y ^rin. 11. Bernard, at $2 00 per ^ ear, in udvance. The Fanner isjjot uly a handsome work, but is Llicd with . n unusual number of articles devoted j the interests of planters and farmers, end $2 00 fhr a years subscription,-or 5 eeuts for a specimen copy. The iticle on peanuts in January number! i worth more than a years subscription. } Planting in 1809.?We arc assur- ^ 1 i.. .i ?i ...?n ,i t, c U OJ IUU>U nuu uic t?v.i (luniuiu ouv.it j laltera, that there will be mere cotton' hinted io Texas tho ensuing year by ' alt', than has been iu any preeecding * ear in the h^tory of tho 'State. 'The (' aunties ol'.Collin a:rd Dallus, which . ave heretofore devoted their soil to ' lostly to the cultivation oh corn, and he cereals, are going, in the eusuing ear, to plant co'ton extensive y. Galveston (Tex.) Dispute!^ 20//< a Tub Murder of Randolph.?We ndcrtsand that a man named William * 'albot, who was for a long time a resi- r ent of Edgefield County, but more recnily of Abbeville, surrendered him- f jlf to oue of the deputies of Stare Cob- \ table Hubbard, as one of the murderers 11 (' the late li. F. Randolph, and was 0 rougbt' to this city jestcrduy and 1 l jail. It is said that ho possesses a aluable information in reference to the c Lher murderers, as also about the dis- P irbances. which ure reported to have 11 iken place io Abbeville during the v few months.?I'Jtxni(x. , .'' 1 " .* l! c Strike on the Rice Plantations, Jooper'River?The labofcrs in tlie * c etields on the Cooper River, have I1 ruck for oni-balfof the crop instead one ( lirdallowcd under the arrangement o! r ie past season. The planters are much srplexed, and many of them arc in the if un<ji.,,T what, r-uri be done iu order ii .J ^vv...b cultivate the ucxt year serop. n Vharcstun News. a rv c Cotton for Liverpool.?Messrs. b >r. 13. Smith & Co., cleared on Satur- 1 zy last, the ship Oswego, for Liverpool, ^ ith a cargo of 882 bags of sea islaud id 2709 b iles of uplaud cottou. y, Daily News b .Science and Kedioion?The l?ufilu Christian Advocate ?iivcs a detail- ,, d report of a lecture l>y IJinhfip Coxe i n the "Connection of Science and Reeal'ed Religion," full of astonishing rets. "iVe:learn from it that the crust fthc earth is just tweuty-one lif.les hick, that the world's conflagration as already begun, as the internal fires re tending rapidly to its annihilation; hat earfKquiikes**"fifive multiplied since lie Christian era, and indicates a speely collapse oTour sysjeip-) Vhat^il' the jisbon earthquake had been a little li'ortf severe, ~rhe -"shock would?have - - ? - f Iriven *out that pojtiga or us sunacej un the first duy of thcjircsc.ntoontury littlo pjanet was discovered by'Kcper, in our system, and siiiijc then h afge family xiti these little planets have ppcared, which are parts ofan cxplo|cd world.*- -Some-of'these fragments 'ell ofa the earth in,tbe shape ofmceors. If I^cpler's plauct exploded, rhy not,purs ? ^ A Little Girl BcrIfJi) fs the Ln'<^jv.?The Lake Shore Enterprise of Saturday says :: ; . ' ' On Wednesday of this week anknc:id'>ntoccurred which is painful to re:ord Near Gruhamviile, Pa., five or iix uiiles. south of North ' East, a littlo ;irl, about eight years of age, stiirted lorue alone froth school at 4 o'clock in be afternoon- A heavy snow storm icconipanir-d with a strong wind prernitad at^the time. , Since that hour lothing has been seen or heard of the ittle one, and the resident* ofthc neigh>oihood have been dilligehtly searching or the. unfortunate, digging itj snow I Tanks and- lookitJg everywhere. The ! poor little'girl, doubtless bocime f:H igucd buttling against the slorni, Was ! icry cold, sought shelior behind sonic i ;rce or bush, and wns burjetl bquenth-. he snow. s r . . ; r.. / I' , Excitement in the Fibst Pkesiytjsiuan Church.?Yesterday mornng-ll/ev. David K. J'ortcr, .Pastor of he First Presbyterian Cliureh, while n the act of reading the eccoml hymn u the regular order of..s< rvices, uudIcijJy fell to the floor of the pulpit.? Jousiderable excitement was created in , lie congregation,,and, the members ol | lie church went up to.the lainis-er,! *ho was lound to he sutTering from an ; 1 4 I ittack of pulpit ipyti of the heart, lie j vas taken to I.is residence and medical tid cuiiiiiioiied. Vt'e understand that ^ ho attack is not likely to have any seious result, a lew d<ya-' tjuic-L being j inly necessary tojcsiorc the Keveiend ;eutlemau lu liis usual health. ? i$-4can$n?i Ju.ifjif .4tft. ittei . ( - 1 \ ) Tin; Cotton Suit ly,?The English ripeis as asset t that tlie pt Oj lt. of li.du uve nut a .'etpuu ely taken ad Vintage id i iio i n ftHimiL.iH alt >rJid theiii 1>V t}<.? i ;ivil war iu the Uutb.d Mates, to ao- I I i i e pro-emineuec in I'hit cultivation 1 if coilou.- 'iu iiuprute the quality olid 0':, to increase t ho production, to: pen or remove nil existing obstacle?, 0 provide beitrr roads and ample 1 ncaus of irrigation, and, in abort, to ! nuke diligent usu.of air the appliances j viiicii exists, in older to retain and inirease so valuable a.tradd, it is stated, liould be'mi object df cou-tant soiiciuie. The new- Governor (.icneral of udia, it is 1 elioved, will exert himself n tire prutnuiioij of the eutlon interests n that country. I>R EADfT r. TitXflEDY AT SKAThe 'ork J Jerri ft I publishes I be particulars if an extraordinary tragedy at sea. A iondmer named Hmlgers, one of a crew i if a .Dutch yes-el which arrived in thai larbt r ou the -1 11 f D comber, iro-n South America, attunpted, while (he; 1 esse I was'at sea, tc obtain possession : it'll or by murdering nil his shipmates, le pushed two men into the sea, and | n flic led injuries ou several others, and; lid ncfiiitllv become master of the ship I "V , ( or three days, hut on the fourth, one f the captives killed hi-ru while lie w;w sleep. !. The correspondent of the Charleston Courier gives the following suruiises elativc to the State University : "A bill to suspend the exercises of lie South Carolina University will be ntroduced in the Ifouse tomorrow. It s proposed to take tho buildings now ccupied by the prote^orsj aud eouvert hem into a residence lor tho Govcroor, jid others for the use of tile Stntooffiero. The bill, I learn, lias been preiflrcd by Whipper. If (he hill tails n tho Senate, then it is said the Howe (ill refuse to make ,any approptiatiy/is jf. the professors, Tluvargument used tliut it is a needless expense to flic Ifato, costing ?22,000 for eleven proessors to teach fifty students, and it is ropost'tl to make the Citadel in Cliar5sto;i a .State College, fur students irreespcctive of color." Tl?c Virginia conjinittee, now in "\Vashaeton, have held tlr.ee meetings toueliirgtHc political condition of that State, nd'ltio proper steps to he taken to sourejreliof, but nothing defiinito ha?yet! ecu agreed upon. A number of the Icpublicun members of Congress have greed to support the proposition ofnoro suffrage and general amnesty in Viriniu, and it may be the proposition diivdi will be submitted will be adopted y Congress. if # # tiie^OURSAL. Thursday, January 14, 1869. to - ; " ? Pr WANDO;hl&TfnZ-&ll. We invite the anent!'on tff planters . and farmers to the advertisement of Messrs. Win. C. Dukes & Co., the agents of the'Wando Miffing and" Mun- ^ ufacluring Company, .in to-.duyls issue, "the experience of th"e season'his" proven the Eertilizcr.,toA>e one of t^c ^ best now offered, and the high charac- ^ ter of Dr. Shopard, who analyses the ^ materials of which it is composed, guar-. ^ tees, its parity and entitle? it to:the. . t ' * * n( nnufillAnt>ft r?r nil . WU T r UJ . .,1 . . , .jj, TIIK l^OGRKSS OF TITE C jtfRT. '<* ' . 1 / ' tl V Last week: and up to this writing in ^ the present, the Court has been engaged in tho sessions cases exclusively,. and ?' there is but-little prospect of any iui- ^ prcssion being made upon our civil j. pockets before the adjournment, on Friday. The case of the Statd vs. Louisa Deas, and Lula- Collins for murder, was heard Saturday last and" resulted in the speedy'acquittal of the p'nttles. The |j trial of William Kelly for the murder {,| of Mack Kirkland, colored, was taken j upon Monday inornitrg^ arid vVu's glVen '? to the jury on Tuesday afternoon. The 'p State was ably reproseuteri by W. IT. g Tnlley, Esq.; Solicitor, and the defence 'aj by Messfs. Do Fuss, Lejtnor, Shannon tI and Kershaw. The jtiry after' being (I] out a very short'tiriic, returned a vet- c. diet of not guilty. ; b i. The! case of the State against White, u| for bigamy, was tried-on Wednesday, and resulted in a verdict-of guilty.?' f( Shortly after being refnandcd-to jail lie ^ effected an cscSfic. i! fe BUEAftKftS AlfEAD. fr Since tin: general elections pcr.cn and bl "ordi r have prevailed, generally in the K Slate, and a feeling of security and ?' cViccrf'nl acceptance of the situation has iu been/manifested to sonic extent by the C( people everywhere. Hopes were entertained that f|iiiet, orderly and irnlus- '1: tn.u- persons, might be permitted t(> 1,1 follow their urobtru-ivc pur uits wirii sera"' at umcc th-t th -v rooM rc^t in ! peace under their own roof-tree, with sc none to molest or make them afraid. I3u; ; b< a treasure if now pending Ht-rW h' datfrc, wti'lCh ttirvnteis destruffibri- to n" all tin so newly pledged hopes, and j E unco more clouds our future wirfi a pall [ K of gloomy horror We refer to the Bill; ^ t) arm and organize the Mil!tit*? This : ^ measure of desperate folly, less juslifia-1 K ble hero, th >n in any Southern State, j wt has produced bl ?o lr riot, arson and;'" plunder as its legitimate fi'irt, whcucrer | l?| it hair been enforced. We have only t" to look at the condition of things in Arkansas to see this, and lure, in South 'n Carolina, we can expect no-other result, hi f tlrie measure of madness. We, do P: not know the feataris of t'n:s hill but rc 'we do know that it is impo.-.'rihh: in the !l present condition if things, in; the rftatc, jw to frame its provisions.as to > gi avoid unmitigated evil. If it be an a organization of a class, it will not b.u si endured by them 'who are exeljided.? p If it be mixed, of all classes, every j n< . , . ' . * j miwter ground will become a field of th blood. 'If sopar.itc organizations ol A different classes, collision will be incvi- tl t ibje. The misfortune of the people hi of t'ne Soujh is, that they are under the e! government of people who do uot com- ty j-^eheud them. Who cannot apprehend su the failings incorp ir.ited into their na- se turc by descent, habit, custom, traiuing re and education. Who .sec all things "! through a different medium and from a different st iud point. Who are a u mere ox people in ae?cew, n.iuu, custom, training i.nd education. Tlicy do not see the Numbering firc^ of the vol- ar cano ouly held in check by the uttpost 111 tension of the highest principles of th tnora fity and au educated self-govern ''I incut. There ia not a good citizen in nc South Carolina, who dues not desire T1 ... peace or any fair living terms, and there th is not one such, who does not see that ihis Bill is incompatible with its preser- v| vatioQ. Upon the head of those who \ project and enforce this law, rests the pr responsibility of its consequences. We j8 presume no warning words of ours would have any effect upon the friends pr of this measure, which perhaps is only framed for the purpose of provoking fg up."chief for party purposes, but it is p our duty to Fpcaic "wiiutner uiey win t.a hear or whether they will forbear." J j " cii Democratic State Central Ci.ub. of ?Thj regular meeting of the Dcmu- jic erntic State Central Club will be held tw in Columbia, on the 20th inpt. *ai TILK SOUTH ERN Ol'INION. Thig sprightly weekly paper comes us with the salutatory of its new proietors Messrs. W. D. CIjUSTkrman, & o., who have succeeded the l ite II. R. dllard, whose tragic cud ilr yet fresh the memory of our readers. Th'cy omise to "guide back the Opinion to c fountain of its birth and baptize it resh in the name of.^the people of thfc >uth;-is- line name/ ot her Lost Cause: ' J. i * I A. J the name or Justice, humanity and ight.'< The- iwmber hof?ro-UStO0Jttins a number of' interesting; ;arfiOyS'j id evinces considerable literary.mjprit, id there is nothing in-k4liat we catr )t justly'tJomiirdnd trtile<s<it bt.a satCup'in Jifd'^'Uffrtmvobt), which L othed iri sbutething like & parody of ie style of the Satircd- Writings! W( link the'paper would'bo b-Itter ififcfr ?* I*..! \-^A. . I-.- -UUULJ L ji mai, um lire ueuiapu merits 0.1 uu ?per cutitle it to' su'ppWrt as "*8'literary uurnal" for family reaiiiii;*.' It is pubshed weekly, at Richmond, V-ii'Tortus our dollars per annum.' -:! ' . a* ^ f.miii-TMli KELLY CASti..,, . . Thife case,, the State'.vs., William Kel r, indictituidt for murdor, oec/ipjcd th< :tentiou of the Coiirt pn Mtfud/iy^ani uesday loot. UpoD.sthe part of th< tate, the evidence substantially .was liat on tlitir^.lst day of October last, a; lelly was sit-tinji on his horse, leading fiother,.both partly on- the' sidewalk,- it out of J. ?S.-Cloijil'srstoro; that,a freed i(D) one Mack Kiikland came by ltrgnt mc crime uj tnc noise tiuuer y Kelly ntir) bucked him so that hi light pass?that an altercation emuicd i course of which, the freed man.- JWwck ?ld Kelly, " 1 am j our , rider," oi f.-rc's your rider,'.'?thftf Kelly (lis ountcd, drew his pistol, advanced > :w steps and- tired ouo shot?that th< eelir.au then ntruck Kelly /ine or iw< lows on: the head with it stick?rthal !e ly staggered; they then clinched, id after reaching a point near thr id-ilo of the street, Kelly .-hot the soind time and killed hi:u . ' 'J'hc defence labored to show, Hial ic homicide was in self defence, anil lereft.re, excusable. The i vidrnce fin ie defence |>re.-<;r?t-: Tint Kelly wfls a-ncu to le.r.e town tli.it d iy, in jenm (jtieiice of tlu.ca'ts made against' him y Kiiklaiid, the dcecapcd?that Kirk' ro] -a izi (I I he bri lie ol Kelly's louse, "l.'fl W"a c%itl"' f'" him, in XVyUt Imici'sf -tore, (hat an.altercation ensued. ' <):? di-nrnmiivd. wasslnick tnoblow.Tt-h a stick by K'rklartd belofy the lirst i >t wa-frred?rhat then they.grappled. !clly being, fo.cod b ckwaru?tl;a? i thcr b ow was only prevented from king effect upon hif head, by throwp his una?then tho fatal shot war ed-und the freedm ;n fell. The judge's c'uaiyo to the jury w;u icid, concise and able, showing thai in Omar Kucmieiige ut the law, and cayjity of silting evidence. The jur) !tired' uhd after do'ibcratioa, rcudcrcd verdict, of not guilty*. > We understand that the- Verdict lia.< ven rise to some dissatisfaction amone portion; of our community. '1 hi? innld bofbe; A jury ,of twelve iui irtial rnerr have decided that Kehy h )t guilty of the nmrdcr alleged, hill int the killing. was in self defence.? ? thi* verdict way,in- accordance with ic evidence for the defence, no our is a riidit to qucston or impeach the wractcr of the jwryf or their reliabilas men of hon-,r and understanding, iffieient to weigh'every qtmstion pfented in this case, and'a true verdict nder accordi?<j to the evidence.? Who art ihtntj thatjudgestanother?" Correspondence of,lhe Garfnji n Journal. Columbia S. U., Jan. 1, 1868. I) ic Ait jtuiroiis:: To-day tlie negroes e out in iecblu fofce io celebrate eancrpation day. i Conspicuous among cir leadem, may be observed those i _ ?> il .i a ! - rcc negroes mai m wines tu jcttcc, srcr knew aught c!.s? than freedom.? bis demonstration will, perhaps, be eir last effort to make a parade. Business hopes of the people will rove at (lie incoming of the New Year, disposition to invest in the vacant cfperty lying around and in this city, being manifested by northern capital's; the sales of the large " Kiuslor" opirly cnmc off on the 2Sth ult., and sooner than the first piece of real tatc, consisting of 1-Q ceres of brick id and quarry laud, lying along the nal was put up for sale, a lively bidfig commenced between some of the lizeiis and an agent of Senator Sprague, llliode Island, and to whom the pro rty was finally sold lor the sum 01 cuty-two tliouHutid Jve hundred dol;s. This at once gave ati impetus to * ? ail succeeding sales, and the price o' real estate throughout the entire city advaqced' twenty five per cent, before' the duy closed. Sprague's object is to' buy the canal'for manufacturing ?ur-* poses; but would not embark therein' , until he could procure land, whcreuponi to build operatives' houBes. - Numerous , vacant lots were bought by the above .www- 1 J J - J Scott, who is now beeoafing a1 large owner hi real estoU aliio6t!to6fe. < j , Penitentiary affiirs are at d dfcaa<F . ."still.- My oixLwj'.l b a. o u 'thr?'sh''jecEp" in which I lrofic ta give irMlry . of1 the,.progress of the,.work'and th<T , life of a c^nVict VT ' i1' ^lT- / ;'t U . ;' "l .|l' , .NutnpfoUs public and private butld~ ' ... #,Tr Ti..?f? .. ; l -ing^ arc going. up'about here. A de* *M J V ; .y ' t', . .tailed description of some or Ihcni, cs" ' ajiu.-. iT.Mr* j J pecially of the strudturo n6wbeing etjc " } , ted over l|roa4- llivef,' abd ifow thatf": * r .company got ttypir brjugo Btlllt will bd* ; interesting-to niany of-jour rfeadbrs al r hw timer . , ..I -Atsns'einenta havo had a deeV ', dud check gitw fhe#i ?in!;,thp Ipsa of , Calisthonio IIi?Uy whidh WR^.iu ^reggV - bjuildrng/and periled in'^.the lahe fire/ > :? rvtflfltf *ef.' fiF nniniincra nflrlaftrid. irf - - J ? r?,HB" r?r.~ ?f , 1 J^vc fhines, together Jwitir ail-, the /urni3 .tcrre'df th?#tfyfe'.artd bye, it wU|*n , t be gratifying to tbtrjCairfdcW Dtamatitf ., ? Clubi to kiiow tbtfi a firtl. set .of- Bcfenes ; ; will!,be bdm/tK-ted^tfr'tHertl Al pu earifj ,fll i dgy, by a nafi^ tfftist in- thi#. ?ty%i Itfj, y is in the pqj^er'of a vfrfil organised o.tftfrVt,, in a eommtftiity, to do mucK ^ood'oh^;,^ j itibly, ^^froin tho iijiciieetiial-'beiid-r ? tits to bo'det^ved-JiVuioi'tha cxerciao of ,, the ftfama:- ' - w -i t,iJj ..? <u , , , Bring'yoflr community together oficW < r ' tu witiffeis'lhe dramatic an l':Iiieraifcy>of>?. - . .! f(>rt.<bf those in \vln?at tlmy i .terest, iiud if the arotors vtaLe an JtutCr-i ; i est in their wctIc- my w-ird.for it, tUc-\ . > ! eerfs wiihifteiii tlieireffurts-and ; ijy .d- f6l;)Vni and- i/h-'iuurc' will result tli -.rcfVv'uj." 'ilLre-unvHi' : ' " ' ' i :?? . K#E". . . - ... ... yS T, ? = M A15Pi?lKD*-4*ti the .Grli jottf,, l?j tltC.-. i iiev.M. K. it'd;et?, -dir. J#li*1. Kngl j.iii.sfr- to Miss Annib K , .daughter of the offi(.hiring minisfcrv All ofjveraluw i ' Di.-tri^ ' j ' On lho7t.lt itist., by Ihc same, Mr?'( McOa skill,- <SF tfuttifrr, j Maria M., daogli cr of Col.' iT M. Bojkii'i, of.Keri&ivr District. ?<moN quotations; T Calt^leit.'Ja'i 1i-r -7 V-2 n 'Pit*'.CTi'afhfstbn, 13.?2tf w 2b 1'2. " New York, 1$ ?*&. ' *> i Liv. rp o!, 18-11-1-2(1:" 'V '? I ! ii ?mm wm:.,wm, UNITE!) STATES ~ OF' ' ' , AMEKICA, ' SOU'l II-CAKOL1NA DIS'l KICT. ' , In tlicj&iatter '^obrt-L. Jotfm fiarkmpt. EX-PARTE SAMUEL M'GOWAN. r Iff 'pursuance of the orders of the' I Court mado in uboy; cause, I will tell; to the highest bidder, before the CourtHouse ih t'iiirpleif; on Monday, the 1 c r day of February next, all the KeufundHi r Fersoual Estate cf the sard John L. 4 sJi/nes, eons>*ri-inir of all that JpLAN'T AT I ON ofi'Be^scr, .Crt^jr, iu Kershaw County, containing.Two Thousand ! Five Hundred acres?bounded North, I- by lands of Mtt Ltfnreafr; Wiley Putter-. soh^ CharleA L. Dycund Mrs iiamuiond.-. Kfist,< by lauds of:Est. of Jaa. Biggayer and -Est.. Joha Thompson. : South, by lands of Mrs. Sarah Flud! sou and L. J. Pattfr-on, and West, by ' i lands of Li J Fatteison. Also six . mules: . f . TERMS. For the personalty Ca^. For the llcalty, One half cash, balance iu one year, to be secured by bond of Purchaser,-bearing;interest from the day 1 of sale, and By a mortgage of the proper-ty. Purolmser to .pay for stamps and pa-/ ?? n * \rr n * pcre. _ . J. iu. vjvy i l,?j, 9 , Jan, 7?3t. 'Assignee. UNITED STATES ' ' of AMERICA. SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT,, IN RANKlilTTCY. IN pursuance of orders made in above" . chUsp, I will sell at public out-cry atCamden, S. C-, before the Court llou>c,< on Monday the 25th day of January,I860, all the personal prop' rty assigned' in his schedule, the said JOHN J'.NKLSON, Bankrupt. , J. M. GAYLE, Assignee. "STATEIAXES.THE quartarly tax, on nmouni-of spir-* itous liquors manufactured, and on* hiuount of sales of goods, wares or rocrr-cliandize, from 1st January 18G8, to' J 1st December 186$, embracing all the "i i.^4 l j articles OT iracie, saie, uarier uruxvuau^ ' (cotTort tayed by the United States ca> { cepted,) is now due. Returns will be5 madd kamediately. Office at Jones'' store. D. L. DeSAUSSUIIE, County Treasurer. Dec. 31. if?r : ' -? . * > y