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From *)9 CnuiamJ ugvclph . ':HLONNETIeG LINg. Meiss. Editors:.-As the subject of Inter nalImproveifient in this State; seems to be, A thebsorbing question of the Legislitier, as wvll-as the people generally at the pres ent-noment, it may not be mappropriate to ofl'er a fewremarks for consideition in re lation to one of the projects under contem plation-I mean the Wilmington and Man chester Rail Road. These remarks are nec essarily called for, from the fact that the rise, progress and future prospects of this com pany seem to be littlo undestood. I. pro pose, therefore, before entering upon the merits of this project, to offer a brief history of the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Read Company, which gave rise to this. As early as 1830, the necessity of a R. road -communication through North Carolina, con necting with the Rail Roads of Virginia and South Carolina, for the transpbrtation of the -mail and passengers, and thus opening a con tinuous line of communication 'between the North and South presented itself to the p'eople of Wilmington, who immediately commenced - devising the ways and means of accomplishing so desirable an object. At the session of the Legislature of 1833,. a charter was obtained for a Rail Road from Wihnington to Raleighi but owing to some difficulties on the route, not before discovered,- the charter was hot accepted, until the session of 1835, when it was so amended as to authorize the construc tion of the Road from Wilmington to Weldon on the Roanoke river, the state becoming a stockholder to the amount of two-fiftlis of the capital stock, (00,000). On the 14th March, 1836, this company was orgunized, and with a spirit and energy unparalleled, I believe, in 'the hstory of our country, pushed the work on to completion in four years t ine, the first lo comotive passing over the whole line of 162 miles, on t he 0th March 18-10. Thus, you, see, the town of Wilmington at that tine, with a population of less than 3000 souls, all told, whose entire property was valued at a tri fle over $300,000, opening a line of com muncation 322 miles in length, (162 by Rail Road to Weldon, and 1(0 by steam boats to Charleston.) Was it to be expected, in a line of this extent, complicated by two separate interests, governed by a raw 'direc tory, uninitiated in the arts of managing a work of such mngnitude and complication, with skill and economy. The Road passing through a perfectly new country, w'here the people on the line were entirely utnacquaintd with the labor required of them, andI at a time when the whole country was flushed with prosperity, that every thing for the use of the company had to be purchased at the highest rate-was it to be expected, I say, un der all these disadvantageous circumstances, that no missteps should be taken, no awk ward blunders committed ? And furthermore, the State of North Carolina, who had a large interest in this company, and whose fostering care and protection should have been spread over it--who shonld have nursed it with a mother's scrutiny and a mother's love-the State of N. Carolina I say like an unnatural mother, looks upon the death-stiugile of this her noble ofi'spring, with a cold indifrerence? yea, more, she even binds her with more seve rity than she wonuld a stranger, so that, what ever of censure or derision may be expressed of the Legislature of North Carolina, by her sister States, in regard ,to her rigid exac tions of this Company, a'ny allusioh to the poverty or condition of it, is as unkind as unjust. But what is the true condition of this Com pany! From doe uents and inf'ormnation placed in my possession, and which may be relied on, it appears that from the comniicement, Oe tober, '47, there has been received into the Treasury, for stock paid in and present debt of the Company, a fraction less than two mil lion of dollars, when there has been actually 'paill out. of the TIreasuary, for construction, 'boats, real estate, interest losses, misfortunes, a&c., &c., a sum little short of three millions of dollars. Thus showing in nett profits, over andl above its expenses (in which are in cluded the re-laying of about twenty miles of heavy iron, the addition of several' kocomo tives, coaches, &.c., and an expenditure du ring the past year of' over $10,000(, in repair ing and impronving t heir steamboats,) a sum not far short of a mnilliona of dollars, being near seventy-tiv'e per cent on the original amount of stock subsrbed-anid had' the Company beena enabled to have commenced operations withmout debt, ('onst ': ted and man naged with skill and ec'onomii, I have no lhes itation in saying, t hat at t his muoment it would have been ias good stock as any in the coun try. - 'The travelling pubali', however, are dlissat is fled with the sea route between Wihningtn and Charleston, anad demand, in tones that Cannot he misunderstood, a Rt. Road comanl -nication between those cities, or some poinut of connect ion on the Charleston Ro~ad. Th'le citizens of WVilmington and that portion ot' N. C., demand that the wealth analdie resour ces of the counties of Brunswick, Illaden, Columbaus anal Robeson may lie developed. The citizens of a p~ort ion of South C2aroliia reqluire that the wealth anda resomirees of the districts of Sumter, D~arlington and Marion ay lbe developed. Will it be dlenied them! Wec shall see. ilut then it has been said, that th~s Road, forming a juncetion at the Illambhurg lh'il Road at Br.mnchville, wvill take the travellers - thr'ough f'rom 0riachrille', and t hereby dimii nish thle receiptsa ot' that Road to lie imout of Ut) miles on every' passengerm whoa puse that course, and if 'it be allowed that the Manchester connection will not inacroase the number of travellers but renmain at the pre - sent numbler, thean thi argnument will hol good so far as Ilie Carlestoun andh Hnamrg road is coincerned; limt will not thie State at large be doubly reimbutrsed by the transit of thme samn' or a grceater unuber of posenagers - over roiads wit lbin her bordere, now ini opera tiotn andI to be cuonstruc'ted, 150 miiles in lengthi, anud whl i roaads now gret lnonaoiti through travel. . co l~ Th'le adhvantagres :and halc,,ings of' this en terprise, huowever, do, noat staop here. IIliun dredas ;and tho us:uuuis ofl thte c mi't.n oft Ten'u and IFloriai, whoia waoal. rejaicne att ihe' onlppor-' tumnity of t ravellinig thei Atlhatii riante be-" twveeni Cha.'rlaeto ;ad Wihnuingli.n, anid ihae aboinable stc:nnm haa:t----(h wnhl b'g le:ace luere to state t hat I honeua:stI ly ieve the imo puttationus appuiliedl toa th~ it ratt atwl the asteam boats is altaogether' imauugiwiury, aund wuitoti the slightest foundation; tor it. is noattrion.i, ~that the bmtats tire kepit in ats line order, awitl perform more~ servico with less loss of life air >property, taun anty sitnilair line in the United States. But. it is enlough i'ar us to know th it the prejudice exists, 'hether just or tio I shall not pretend to argue.) Thus it is ev; deont, ard beyt n l.dispute, that wh'len this cota tnecting link shall be complete, the travel utp ona the Athintic rotate will increase at least fiur-fol, for,'by this timec, Georgia, A labamta, to thit hart ano. exth th o4ntes of6theAtl wes' couintoy. . So far, then, as the.State is concerned, her Interest will be greatly enhanced, instead of diminished by this cnnecting, link. But then, it :has lieen asked, what effee will this mushrooin scherne have upOxn ou' darling-pet, the city' of Charleston?. * Will it not open facilities. to- our people, .our mer-' chants and traders, to go with speedI arid eco n'omy to the North for the purchase of goods, etc., when our grand object is to. build up a city within our borders, that shall be the ter minus of all Soutiern works of internal imr provement, and that shall merit appellation of the great Southern emporium Shall we not, by this connexion, build up a rival in the town of Wilnington, which will drain us all the products of those districts through which the road passes, turn thom from the ports of our own State, and carry them to Wilmington! And will it not have the ef'ect of taking tra vellers, that'now pass through our city and may occasionally stop and look around with a view of' making their purchases, here, in stead of.going North for that purpose, far away, an hurry them by. without stopping! In regard to the first proposition, that of affording facilities for intelligence, communi cation and Free Trade, upon the mostliberal construction of that term, is what, not only the leaders in politics, but tle people in mass of this State have been battling for, for years; such an objection would be insulting to the intelligence of the State at large. Tie next 'proposition, of buibling up the town of Wihlnington to rival Charleston, is too preposterous to admit of cotinnient. ('an it be possible that any one of intelligence, who is at all acquainted with the two pors, can entertain such an opinion for a moment! What! that little town on Caji Fear river, stuck upon a sand bank thirty miles front the ocean, with a difficult bar and river naviga tion ten feet deep-whose exports consist of tar, pitch and turpentine, lumber and shin gles-whose citizens are never gladdened by the sight of a bale of cotton, except when astonished by an importation from Charleston for the factories of the interior-such a place rivalling Charleston, the Queen city of the South, situated but seven miles from the ocean, accessible by ships from fifteen to eighteen feet draught, from every quarter of the alobe-whose canvass whitens every sea -w7:ose exports of cottlon and rice are imnum bered by thousands of bales and barrels! iinpossible. In reg.ard to the last proposition, that af carrying passongers by without aflhrding an opportunity of stopping to mnake purclases, cannot hold good. Tl. laws of trade, like water, will find their level. Supplv and Ie mand will regulate thlat part of the businsse, and if yon import the right ktnd of goods. and sell thetn at the right kind of prices, no question but you will find purchasers, provi died you (it) not import too largely, and get in to the difliculty of over-trading, and provided further, you %% ill encourage worthy enter prize. by modifying some of your municipal restrictions, and by inviting trade and busi ness, rather than simply performing what is obstinately foresd upon you. Tihis is the way to build ill) your city: by carrying out the Free Trade principles, in their most generous sense. Emplty professions, without action, are useless as they are unworthy. But supsose you should consider it impor taut that travellers, who are traders, and de sire to visit Charleston with a view of ma king purchases: this difliculty can be easily overcome by allowing such passengers to come down to Charleston and return to lBranchiville by a through ticket at the sane price as if they were to pass inmediately on. 'Tl's would be a small matter, in comparison to obst ructing a great and good enterprise, that is calculated to improve your trade, and greatly enhance the receipts of your present rail roads. Now tone word, itt regard to the pract icabmil ity and probable fprofit of the WVilmington and Manchtester rail road, and I amt done. Of Its practicability, genteral useftulness and pirofit, I think no one can doubt, who wiill take the trotuble to exatmine the subject; and htere, I beg leave to refer to a report miade by the surveyors of that route accompanying a chart of the same, in the hands of somne of the friends of this enterprise, now in Cohlumbia, by whticht, ntd the statemtent made in the commetncemnent of this c imntunicat ion, it will be seeni that tho Wihnington Iload, un der tlte most withering circumnstanuce.<, has not only sitstainted itself, bitt paid a protit iup.. on its captital, tdurintg tlte past year, of' six per cent, and is graidtually impjrovinmg thme Ro:dil anid paying its debt4, and thtis wvith the boat line~ at ta(cd. WVlnt mtay we tiext expect, lhen, for the Manchester Rto:ul, witht the im le-ovemtents of the age, antd lightts of experi.. entce before ums, our southiern nteighbtors, ptn.s ing their roads still farther south and wes', will ore long s'mtd such a current of travel along this Atlantic route, as thte mo~ st pas. sionatte fanatics in thte cause hatve never vet dreameod of. hlire we no right, then, to ex poet at nto distant day, a rich harvest fronm this enterprise-l If ftere is any' reliance wvhatever to be placed in figures,' we haive, and nmany who are disposed to ridicule this idea ntow, (whether front private interest, or htonest c'onict ions, -1 shatll not pretend to say,) sh-'tl he forcedl to acknowh'tdge thteir error, amnd wonder at their former blitaintess. Rt. 0. B. Ta'l'ti~s or -rnet L A wni'r.s.-i-A t a con ' ivzal mteetinig of hitwyers, the ,precsidett caglled ont the senior' solicitor to propose' the hm''althi of thte ho st friendi of' the pmlission. '''The r'icht mnit who tmak's his owtt will,"' wa's the response. TJrttly thte genttlemen of te g reen bag nre nttorry' in their ienps!1 Thyillutsrate t he tmaximt in rino r'critas'; f'ot' whten cool sober'r, they ar ie itnot apt to let thre cat ontt of the' bag! So it appearats that "'the best fr'iend of' the pr'ofession" the mittniinat'el li'tt--einnnot esc'apeh hem even'i wihen ina e.r/rris ! Jf hle have a lawy'~er' to imke htis will, ht" mitst be at fihe 'osts4lt, and ebaryes as ai mtit( terf eon rse; andu if' he' utndertake toi mahke his awnt will, his 's:tat af'ter' his <b.aith will he' gone l;or the wvh'le f'trt'rnity'. Wa't at dliletnnuat Ai ' xchimige lpap'I' r pptr'atethe Ii..' h',wing' Connadrmit nnti, to whtich thte above aiecd'e 'wonht seem to give' somte pi Why i:s a latwyeri like it sniwyer?--lle -ase wiebe'lveri wiay lhe goe's down nitst comei the duts.--Char. Ea'ening Ne'~ws. Tttoomrtr.--T'houmght is the electrcit y tof thet brin-i-it shoots to thme remi~otest pe-I t'iods of htistry, antI touches the first linik of'life'. It passes through the elenmetof'fir'e, nit', and water. .It peetrtates to the depths of' ktowledge, andt~ rises to the gates of hea. vent. Thannla an ifnitnn ah.. ..... of'r 1'4 the Dety, bowed n humanifyJ. It re.. turns, oJlimifrom a orruptible to a spir. itual existence' .Clt 'ate it, and you will be refine4 ieglee 4 you will be de.. based.-J.R. Prio ANPRBW 11. BUCHANAN, EDITOR. SUMTERVILLE, S. C. libcobqI , teM ber 29, 1847. AGENTS FOR THE BANNER. Messrs.WuIT, & Co. Sumtorville, S. C. T. W. PEGuEs, Esq., Camden, S. C. ' COTTON. The cotton market during the past week he been represented as unsettled, -little o n' vuriation in prices, but the demand at some times being very fiir and at others very small. 8 cents is now the highest price for good cotton. T9IE WEATHER. For the past two weeks we have had very changeable weather. We have had some intensely cold days-as cold as is ever experienced in this section-and at other times it has been quite mild ant' pleasant for,a day or two. Such changes are trying to delicate constitutions, and we should be careful not to expose our. selves unnecessarily. TH11E BRAVERY OF THE PAL. METTO REGIMENT. The Editor of the North Carolinian, in speaking of the South Carolina Volun teers, says, , they were more cut to pieces at Churutbulco than any other regiment, but this wis more owing to rashness than true courage." We presume it was not the ineniiun of the editor to impute a want of courage to our brave men, but he certainly does them great injustice to suppose that they were actuated by a rash, inconsiderate headstrong wreckless ness, which is just as distinct from true valor, as impulse is from settled principle. Our men fought under orders, and if there had been amy unnecessary exposure their commaniding oflicers would have re ceived. instead of the unbounded applause that now greets them on all sides, unmnca sured censure for their want of humani. ty and consideration. The Palmetto re giment had a hazardous duty to perform -they didit-4carlessly and at the cost of nuch blood, and let no one who values his own reputation, say or do any thing to tarnish the lustre of their well earned tame, for the whole American people are ready to protect and defend it. TIIE MILITARY BALL IN CHIARLESTON. Thie Ball given in honor of Generals QurrTMAN anid SIaLmim, in Charleston, is described as a most brilliant afTair. Thle Generals ieft for Waushington, we >elieve it is stated, on Friday evening. IMiPROVE YOUR STOCK. We have received from the oflice of the A merican Agriculhurist a treatise on the ihe history, nature, management, diseas -s, &c., of the principal animals used on 'fiirm. From the cursor~y view we have aken of it, it-appears to usa most excel ent work. We conlunend it to the at entive p~erusal of our planters gonerally. ine of the main-'causes why imore atten ion is not givenl te thbe -improvement of took at the South is that the benefits to he ierivedl from it are tnot properly under tood are appreciated. Our planlters gen. ~rally read little or nothing upimn agricuml ura! subjects, relying altogether upon :heir own limrbied experience and reject. ng tile experience of others. We are o cngrossed with the business of' making outtoni that but little attentioni is pnid eithi. r to the improvement of our stock or oil. This is an o'rr in our011 mniaige int. It is radicamlly wrong. Tlhe most roeperous and successful planter is not e who produces most for market, but lie -hose labor is so emph(yedl as to produce' hm greatest amount of value, includhing lie cond~itionl of theC farm, farming utten. ils, stock, &c. Sonme fe-w of our planters have experi-. imnted on a limited scale with imiproved minglish stock, and complain that they iare been disappointed in the(ir expecta ens. it is superior ini sonme respects they ;zy to the native stock, but is not so well LdaphtedI to our situation ald things beingr onisid~ered. TiIhey are not so Llmhrifty, (1o not prse ii our climai~te amnd va riouis other objec ions l~ hve bteent imadet, aill of whlichi we telieve are~ in falct uniblunided, hut sup~po ing thiem to be0 true it is no argument gainst bestowving more attention upon the arceding, rearing and developing the tn ive stock. In the Newv-Englamnd States -here great care has been taken with heir native stock for many years they. lavo been astoniehingly improvt d andl int 51 - most cases Will.-c pat favb bly with the best foreign i: rtatk us! f We think thia. subject of considera ble-. importance to usi outh. Carolina cian t continue much longer a cotton. growing State' Te low price~which the staple now comma'da together with the prospect of vastly increased competition in the more fertile regions of tihe south Wes-t, Mnst- h sufficient..tdconvince any one that'dur ttention atd labor will soon take a difrerest ienainnel. Ours never canl be altogetiera menu facturing State-the climate, the character of our laboring population, and. other causes.wil prevent it-and it is evident that'to sonie exient a0i least we will have to depend upon our stock, and the sooner our attention is turned to it die better it will be-for us. At any rate we can loose nothing by u'tg the best means for imnprpving what we have. ^ The work abovei4lluded to can be pro. cured at the office of te Aminerican Agai culturist. It was written by Mr. A'LLEN and embodies 'much practical inforna tion. - Frn the Colaunbia South Carolinian. ADDRESS OF GOV. JOHNSON AND REPLY OF GENSfllELDS. Upon the arrival aft'en. Shinelds, lie was received in the apartments of iis Eixcellency Governor Johnson, who ten dered him tihe greeting and lospitalities of tihe State, inl the olblowilng address: General :-l was the willineg instru. lamenmt of the Legislature, in sesion, to invite you to our capital. I bid you welcoime, aid welcome will re-echo fromn the imountains to the sca-coast. I regret only that I ama deprived of tihe honor of extelnding a like greeting to your compa nion inl arms, Major Ge-peral Quitnan, who we hoped would h1ave accomipanied vou. General: wihoin tme' historian of our conmmon cotintry shall cironicle tihe events of tihe War with Mexico, your name will be inscribed onl a page in cla raeters, that shall never fade, whilst patri. otism hams a divelling place, or courage, cooliess and decision are ranked amongst the virtues of a soldier. - But, General, South Carolina oweY'ou a debt of her own. A bout a year ago she sent a thousand of her young men to do battle inl Mexico ifl time 'caus5e of our country. It was their fortumn- to be piaced under your conimand. We know the se quel. They triumpihed with you on nan ny a bloody field, nd under your leading they have won for theirmselves a proud name, and for tihe State.n neasure of re nown, of wiich she-in proud. Exposed to common perils, you haive earned ia com. ition fime, and your blood lais been miin gled om tihe field of battle. A re you not of the same kindred? May we tiot call you one of us? You are wreome-very wellomei~! - General Shields r plied as follows: Sir :-I am so entirely ov rpowc re-cd by this generous and unexpectedl receptiim thmat I cannmot find lanaguaage to c xpress to your Excellency and the Legilatumre of this State, thme feeings of' gratitude with wicie lam impjressL-ed. I amn proud, sir, of mneetinig with suchm a reception fiom the chivalr1ous and gallant Palmea)tto State. I appreciate it ini all its importance, amid shall ever chcrish time renmemabramce of thmis hour as lime brighatest anad mocst grati inmg e-poeb of nay life. Whmen I re-call to mnd the simple fact that 1 am~a strana ger to your State-that I aim not even a native of this countrv-that I have hither to lad no connaetion with you, except from the circuimstance of mv'havinmg land time honor of leadiang the~ sons of your proud State ini baittle. ten I refieet onm all these circaustanmces, and then look around~l me amid fiad nmyself thme object of so nmuch coailSideratioim tamid regard, I cain nlot hlp~ intterruing time comaplirment as anm approval of mry conduct, anad as a proof, that myw eforts -ina the path of dunty anid haoanor, liowever 'humblme mad circmn ser-ihed, hmave mnot bmeenm altoget-her uamvail inag. Suchl r, reception froin such a State, mmight wll fill up lime ambmiitionm of thme proumdest main that aver .trod lihe .carth. But, sir-, I am not vain enoughri to believe, thait this receptioni is intende'd Aus a tribute of recpect to me alone. WhIaitever pride I imay take in it ams participaitor in thmose scenes, whiicha have- luali been enactedl inm Mex ico, I look umponm it as time offsprinug of a gaeerouas andia enmthausiastic feeling for your gallant army-for- thme conmimnd I hmad hme .hionor to lemd-and~ for that bravo anal indomitable P'ahame> Rtegiment, wi itha whos)~e firmuncs I have beconic ini somel annmer- idlenmtitleda ; a re-gimena-t, sira, whiebh eommbimed im as hmigh a degree as any body of imen thait evea entered time field of b~attle time nolest characteristic of time soldier, withI time more einde-arinmg at tribuntas of immnaity amnd patriotism. Othecr Genemralhs may havec led inito time fiel troops Lhbat could konst of better or ganmizatiomn, amid a igher degree of miii tamy diseiidine ande much lonager experi enmce but nmve~r before did a body of mencm, under- simila-r circutmistances, exhmibit a gre-ater amounmt of intrepidity and noblo conmdamet, thman those I had the pecutliar good lortuane to coamnand on the ensan guined plainis of MexficoE Thie State thaut oould send tom-th suach sO'diers as time Pal aetto's, nmy we-lilibe proud of the namme; amid whatever may have beenm time elevation of chanraicter which dIstinguishes Southm Cariolina, time he. r,>c deeds of that regimenit hiavo adedet newv ilustro to her famie, and given hlier a frecsher anmd meo enduring ti tle to time consideration of time world. Sir, once amore I thmank yotur Excellency, and time Legislature nmow ini sessioni, for this courteoms amid mat iyim recenpton. fro~Y'th ilia Aser 20t9inst T E F40VDN TI'E'. The papersreceivlkby last ight's a em mail are llled with accounts of sasterougpeffeci produced by the rebe vere freshot it! the western Rivers. Sciota River has 6verdlowed its banks, ing away the turnpike, bridges, cule On this as well as on the smaller emptying it, vast am 4hog a Oth - stock have.beenwasha, . Tliglatest Cinciakipa reteived. ar# those ofi.Morday lastid wve are therefo witlpoutany further accounts of theafects of the freshet in that.city -than ths received yThleittsburghi Gazette of the 17th inst. contains the following notice of ti fleqd in the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers: By the politeness of Capt. Gray,hf i Cincinnati packet Pensylviibia, whieh u6 ved at port last evening, we have further par ticulars of- the disastrous flood of teiit few days. He says that at no time sincethe memorable flood of 1832, has the Ohio river been so high'as at present. Tie'destructia of property along the river and the distress of the inhabitants is truly appalling. . In the* towns of Guyandotte; Poiiit Pleasant. PomT. roy, Ilockiiigport, Parkersburg, Po:nt Jlnr mar, Marietta and Sun Fish ;mny fanjilies were comfelled to lea-aheIdwelldige e others removed to the upper stories. . Most of the Islands between Kanadh Wheeling, are ent:rely covered.7e 1s' corn, wood and property of aJ kifids have been carried away by the water. * All the people residing withip -the. low lands have abandoned thdir dwelling and ta. ken refuge on the hi'ls, leaving their proper ty to the mercy of. the wate-, being satisfied to escape with their lives. When the Pennsylvania passed P6#vj - mouth the river was rising at the rate of 9iur - inches per hour, and at Mirieua the Mus-" kingumn river was found to have cornmenced rising the second time, and riore rapidly thin. before.' Fears were enterained that the ships now on the stocks at that poit, would be cirried off. The late rains have been ve.. ry heavy in the valley of the Muskirnum 4 river. At difibrent points -om their Wiay:1up, they saw several houses afloat, and innutner able quantities of corn, hay dtacks, &c.' - On many of the farms. the people 'Were obsered. gathering their corn in flat boats... At GalPlt polis th rivei lacdp feet of being high as 'n d was fising rapidly. In mf ypla. ces it was difilcult to toll where- the main channel of the river was. the low ground be ing ovci-flowed for several miles in width. The steamer passed across fields on hdr way up fully thirty feet higher than the phan. nel of the river at low water mark. - Cobt. Lucas, of the steamboat Mary Ste. vens, reports the dist&%ss occas'oned-by the flood below Mnrietta, as truly alarning. People deserting their dwellings in such haste as to be compelled to leave their property, others taking what they coulI in Loats and removing to the h 1ls. TiHREADDni BANK NorS.-Messrs. Craie & Co., of Dalton 'Musa4Ohusetts, mianufiacturers of I nk note paper, have iav'ented a very simple and efficient miethod of preseiving the denomination of a bill from alterutiqs. Threads of silk or citon are arraged- il) paralll lies lCngthlwmise with the note, Ond enlalied in the substance of tihe pa p, r during its main ifieture. A one dollar bill has one thread, and one dded for enehi dnnominatien up ta fivc dullars, then a ten dollar 'hill Ias six threads another is addal for fifly, one hm-i. dired, five hundred, and one thousand; the last having cleven threads. It must be ditlicult,Tf not impouible, to insert ano. thter thread aller~ thei. noto is finished, and pa the thareads marks its value distinetly na the figures, the chances of a sunessful alteration are tit least greatly dinminished: The Mechaic'Ti Baang A'ssociation of' this city, and severnl of tho'baniks in this State and at the East, have ordered'd the threaded paper, and it will probabli. come into general uise. *N. Y. Jour. of Com. 'CONSUMPTIO~ in itas confirmed and incipient stageP, coughs, cathina, croup and liver complaint, form by far the niost fatal class of disenases known to our lande Yet even those may be cuired by means of the simple yet powerful remedies that a re scattered wherever those imaladies prevail. Wistar's Bialsam of WVild Cherry it the conentr-atedl essence of those remedies-it hats cured incipient consumption, psilhma, liv, er complaint, croup, etc, in numbherless c.ase&' where all oilier medical means have failed. In the first stages of the diseases termed ''Catarrhal Consumptioni," originating from neglected colds, it has been used wvith unde viating success, and hundreds acknowledge they owe the restoration of their health sto this invaluable medicine. In that form of consumnption so prevailing among young fe. males, commonly termed debility, "'GOING INTO A D)ECLINE," A complaint with wvhich thousands are lini. gering, It hams also provied h'ghly successful, and not only possesses thme power of checking thme progress of this alarming cornplaint, bumy also strengthens and invigorates the system more efl'ectually than any medicine wve have ever possessed. None genuine, unless signed I. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale in Sumterville, by Dr. J. I. MILLElt, at the Drug Store; and lby Druggists generally in South Carolina. DIED)-At Willowv Grove, S. C. on the 12th inst., Mrs. MAR JANF., consort of G. C. WVheeler, Esq., in the 24th year of her age. NOTICE. Th'Iere wlbean 'election upon Monday the 10th Januar next, Lor Intendant nad four Wardes ome Village gf Suimterville. Polls to be openedt at China' Hotel, from 10 A. M., to 3 P. M. A. C. SrAIN, F. M. ADAS, Man gr, - W. F. B. U Au~skPon ~u. Dec. 29th, 1847. 9 Ot STRAYND. From theo subscriber on Sunday, 80th Nov. a red sorrell mule, with a roan head, about 9. years old, a sink or indentation upon the loin or the left side, about the size of a billiard ball, and some scars upon the fore lega, just, under the knee. He is. lazy when rode Obd inclines to pace, Aisuitable rewvard will bi paid for his delivery 'to JOS. 8OSs J Dac. 20, t