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se in u h o.j tr, 4 t ! ' t j A > '. -t- " ! - }t ,L ^ ' y h~" } pj Itl F' Il fihOetsry to Lk .y~t punileijo itould do somo years hz ~"s. o hprgas of unfair weighing of 3+ trY attef h v bin-malde agamnst the weighers iarldit.tdn. Let the matter be fully inves '- Th Coiurier says: We were invited on Monday evening to witness the weighing of -omq cotton on F itzimons'e wharf, the history c ~orhth. may tend to throw some light on the %, ; 3 R'tpanoies between the weights of Planters aid actors, which are now a subject of con. E troverthy, he cotton was received in April last from : no of the most eminent Plantere of our Stato neatly packed, with the weight of each bale 1 - - tmnaerk'ed upon it. It n as shipped from the landing of the Planter in a private boat, and vas consigned to a relative, a gentlemai largely engaged in the cotton business, under whose supervision it. was weighed. Every - _ ' .b'ale fell short from 8 to 35 pounds-the aggre gate deficiency on ten hales being 172 pounds or an average of more than 17 pounds per bale.. Six or eight days afterwards it was sampled and placed in store, on the second story, under lock and key. (n Monday last, ten bales were taken out and re-weighed, showing a further diminution of weight, but which is readily accounted fir by the evaporation which always takes place when stored in a dry room. After the ten bales. were re-weighed in the wharlinger's scales, they were placed together in the t scales of the City Weigher, which were ad. justed with the nicest accuracy, anti this dif .ference wan but three pounds, occasioned, no doubt by the dirt accumulated in rolling the bales from one scale to the other. The following is a recapitulation: Planter's weight and mark on the ,J)ales-374, 326, 330, 360, 400, d604, 390, 380, :300 . . . 3032 Wharitiger's weight, as weighed on. Fitzsinons's wh: rf, April a, 1819. --3:0(,318,316, 3, 339,373, 356. < 377, 345, :146.... .... 40. Whartinger's weight, as weighed on. the 24th September, 1849-355. :315, 309, 327, 33:3, 360, 34-, 37:3. 340, 3411. -: .. 3401 City Scales, as weiglhed, Sept: 21. 1949-ten bales. - . . 3401 t These results will show that errors in c weighing imay sonetimres occur on the Plan- r tatiol, is well us in the Citv, ant that imptuta tions of fraud should not he igh'ly based upon a a discrepancy between them. As charges of the kind have been tmade, however, it is due to all concerned that they shold be pressed I s to an issue, and either estltished or with drawn . c The A7:"ricnu Agn';! t. Itunguary.--The J Paris correspondent of the London Tites, c says:-"A letter from N. York, received in : Paris within the last few days, says that the a Presidentof the United :ates was most anx ious to be the first to welcome I minary into the family of independent nations, aid to an nounce in his message to Cojndess, th re cognition by the American U:ionr of the I "young European republic." In the early a part of the struggle, Kossuth had applied to I the Minister of the United States in Vienna, s to mediate between Ilungary and Austria, but the intervention of that diplomatist failed to effect the desired reconciliation. Since v .then, the government of tihe United States has cherisheod a lively feelirng of sympathy for the Hungarian cause; and tire P'residenat, so far back as June last, sent a confidential agent. to Ilutngary to obtain correct informnaton Ont the state of tire counntry, and to ascertinr, as I far as possible, tire probable result of thne i struggle, Th'le gent lemran charged withr tiat b important mision, M. D). M., was a~ :imateunr diplomatistt, residing at thre t imre in P'aris, and * who was int tire habit of co):nmn1ricatti tg occasionra lly to the A rrrmerin govertrnrnent ins imrpressbanus d/: ro igy. 11. I I. .'nl, hmniig nto Os eenlsil eharacter or positoin, was welt fit tedi for a rmrssion, ini tIre uecompnnld:hmrent of whnich die Utrtrost dliscret ;on was st ricetly en joined.' ile was, naove all, caurt ined not to commrit his despai chres to tire post-oilice, but to avail imrseli of a nfe mrde of forwairdlirn threm; and a with a view to grearter secrecy, - the Minister of Amrerica at Viennra, was or dered to put at hris disposal the ciphers used by tire legation. M. I). M. was instruct e.l to make tire best of hris way to tire #Mrt of thre ProvisionalI governme:nt at Pcsthi, oir wherever It mighrt be estabnlishred onr ihis arrival; and ire was furnished wvithr a let te'r of recorrmnendrcationt fromr Mr. Clayton, the~ Foreignr Sacretary tof a State, to tire Ministerm for Fore$~na afii's of Hungary, aplprinsilig Ihe hrtter of tire oflii character of the bearr ari thre obiject of iris ~ ission. Tire conifideintial agenrt inr question c wvas, moreover, fuirnishned withr full powers tor t concludje a comrmercial trca'y wahi IUrngarry, c or to enter into any arrarrgemnt ire might corn sider necessary or useful to the~ interests of the United states."--Charlesto~n Courier. TnoOPS FROMl SMituv.LP. ra Fr.oarl-. ti -The Comnpany of Ui. S. Artillery for sev eral months stationed at Fort Johnrson, Smith vule, commanded by Capt. FElzoy, left there ir -on Mondary afternoon, on hoard tire Steamrer d Gladiator, Capt. Smnithr, for Prlatkn, Florida, a whither they had been oriered b~y thre Secre tary of WVar. Tire Lieuternants attached to tire Company are Carlile, Cooke, artd Larn- r ed. Tire WVilmnington Rail Road Company, r by whom thre Gladiator is owned, receive one i throusarnd dollars for the trartsporrtation ser vice.-W11il. C7hronn. 26th, inst. .Tni FRENell DhrFrc('tmTY.--Th'lrrough tire a frrendly mnterferenrce of the Enrgiish Chrarge, r M. Pouismnr conisentedi to conciliatory proposi. lionrs to our goveronent, through tire Secre tory of State, in referentce to tire recent dlifli-. culty. Ti.o muatter was re.'erred to Genr. T1av. lor, whro promptly refused to tallow Ml Pouss'in .to tesunmo his official inter coraes mnmii further ~ advyices were received fromn F'rance. Datn TP-mr---~The greatest plague in lifei is badi temnper. It is n groat waste of time to t comiplam of other peopnle's; thre best tihing is ( to amend our own, and tho next quality is to learn to bear with what wte meet ini othrers A bad temper will always tire itself out, if it t~ find no one to resent it; anrd thnis very k now. .in ledge is worth a trifle. Irascibility is very in- t< Jurious to health, antd so, iun fact, is every . morbid indulgence of our interior natrure. Low spirits, melarncholhy, diiflldenmce, dlisirrclin, M ation for ordinary duties, discontenmt, fretful, a odespair.-are or iniminical to enjoy'ment i life, and every possible elibrt shtou;td te matde to cast them all to the wiinds, and look n-.d blushingly io thre truth of thre fact. It lat as. h<' ftomshming what a little reflection wtill do. Ounr cc fears are rmostly imaginary arid by one dash b2 - IRplto al my be overegrpe t S .11 . I . TRAVELLING GENT Q3-Rev. FREDERICK RUsuu, is a travelling gent for this paper, and is authorized to re.. eive subscriptions and receipt for:t e n. AGENTS FOR THE BANNER. Jesars. WHITE, & Co. Sumterville, . C. T. W. PEGUES, Esq., Camdlen, H. C. TD' All communications intendedr the ANNEa mtust be directed os Paid to the resent EDrron. .Cortols. Charleston.--Prices from 9 1-2 to 1 cents per pound. 10 The REv. E. CATER will deliver a .ecture on Geology at the Bradford Sprirgs in Saturday the 20th inst at 11 A.% M. The ublic are invited to attend. Shocking Event. It has become our painfl duty to re. ord one of the most tragic events which he annuls of our State presents, the death SJonr A. CE.LCLOUGH, Jun., On Sat rday evening last he was called on by Iirs. MARSHA LL, ttie wife of one RICHARD bIARSALL, to mate some e ort to protet or from the wrongs which had been in. Feted on her by her husband. Prompted hy the generosity of his nature, he im nediately went, accompanied by his irother and brother-in-law, to the house bcupied by Marshall, at a distanc of ome three or tlur hundred yards from is residence. Mlarshall heing called, af r some time came out to neet them in bie yard-learning who they were and What had brought them to his house, he ecate furiously enraged, which was in resed by the remonstrance und reproof ieh they addressed to hin. Being held y one of the gentlemen by the collar, he esired him to let him get his cat-was ermitted to enter his house for the pur ose-and as soon as he entered hie seis. d his gun and fired at Mir. John A. Col. longh. The loud entered his head and ef'ill without a word. The gun, we o'n erstand, was loaded with duck-shot and a lugr of lead. This occurred aller night, ti the moon was shining brightly. Mar hall was immediately arrested and com itted to Jail, where he will remain for is trial. Of the criminal. stern justice, requires s to be silent; his case must he judged f by his country and his Creator. Of ir. Colclough, it is no lying epitaph to ay, that he was the ihvorite of all who new him. lun ofn a ti S n ro on Snteh, ii ths itrct Itn wasning tituted Mar hull Lwas, ssitedby arsoed mem'cor. ersC~ o JSumterDivieio. Themi folow is tril.cr eeeetdadisald Dr. Jth x rinL. Fternusti, r.P. c J yhi ountry anKis, reat. O W. oclnh it Nis, no lyin epS.ht S-ns of A DDupcrN, . A.i Distic. Rtaas insitteC. D EONJ. ADDI.*t '. . JolhN R-. Krx;,' O. S. Dr. .r RK aai, . W1 S. Rev. JI. SPIN, Caplain. This is now the 4th Division ini Sum r District. The progress- of the order still onward, and it daily inceiases in Opularity. The enemries of Temper nee have a formidable foe in the above atalogue and thaete are "a few more of te same sort," We wish them a gloi us defeat. The Cuaba Quuestlon. If there was at any time an intention in us country to invade Cuba, the project must are been abandoned, for we heatr no more of .There nmight have been a gathering of etached piarties, more with a view of ma kingr ome demonstrations on some parts of Alexi o or Yucatan, thtan attacking Cuba, for histo. y shows that an army, of 17,0(00 men, wazs oquiirod to reduce the Mlow Castle alone, anid is in every respect so well fortified and de0 suided, that if the people are unitedl it is al Jost impossible, without a very large army rd many shtips of war, to capture it. We eqluiredl 10,000) menx and several ships of war a reduco the Castle of San Juan Do Ulloanat 'era Cruz. The Spanish Governm~ent awvare hat Cuba is the most valuable of all their ojsessions, has taken every' precaution to de. mad it, and are prepared for aniy exigenicy.. Ve have acted with tpromptness and decision i thte case of REY, and if on the trial of 'ie Spanish Consul it shall appear that the 'aptaein General of Cupa authorised or sanc onied that outrage ona our Jaws, a strong pro. ist should he maide to the Spanish Govern tent. While we are doing all in our power > preserve our nout raulity' towvards expiedit ious gainst her from various states of the Union, e have a right to demeand the punishmnient of ly her of ollicers who violate our Jaws. Penudleton Sept. 28. Ftos'r.-We had slight frosts on last Mon. ty andtu Tluesay mtorning's in this neighbor. od, which did no injury to the crops. The >tton arid pa' a, have been cult very short the dry wea.her, which has lasted ntearly 'o monthse.-nfe r t a d inC d hum gg'igS ato brunch or t D. mocrctic Party, which, had hoisted ie black flog of abolition,-has induced tie Pon oeratic party of the state of NeowYof j to coalesce, but only-for State Electiois. Io great may he the regrets of thitDibO ocratid party at the South, it is on the whlol[ a ory uAso mea sure. The. state of New: Yok possesses with in itself a governroenthhe ptronage is the most powerfully of any' of the Federal Union. It has been and-is now a gemocratic state until the late cecession of some members to the ranks of the abolitionists, in conse quence of which th? "glory departed from Israel" and the Whigs usurped the power. With theirstate elections theFederal elections is vitally connected, and on the result in the state so hang that of a presidential canvass; the Empire Stake holding the balance of pow er.. The stute is now under the misrule of the Whigs, excesses of the most glaring na ture sItvu bee: perpetrated, and the masses, the bone and sinew of Ilth Dam-icratic party, to relieve themselves from exhorbitant taxes' yoked on them by the extravagancies of the Whigs,have accepted the proffered olive branch and the nominations of the Free-Soil Party, determined to exert themselves for their own safety. Such is the position of the mom Ib talked of coalition of the Democracy of the State of New York with the abolition. ists. Under the new constitution every offi cer of the state government is elective, and as a sugar-coating to the bitter-pill of Union they have allowed the Barnburners one-half of the offices, which will ensure the election of the whole ticket, hlf genuine Democracy and half, abolition, and as every body isaware that "half a loaf is better than none," so is the measure a politic one. The Hunker and Barburner journals seem to expect great bene fits from this concentration .'f their forces and from the action, violent, bitter and sarcastic tone of the Whig it would stent that the lat ter party dreaded the movement and drened it prejudicial to their interests. 'T'hat this coali tion will be carried into national points we cannot say. The South must look to it. Keep awake aind stirring. We will keep a bright look out on all the movements at the North' though we confers to have every confidence the Demooeraitie, or hunker party of the state of New York. Our Foreign File. The intense anxiety w hich, but a few weeks since, the people of this country felt in the weekly arrival of foreign news had been al most total!y crushesd by the astounding intelli gence of the fall of Hlung-rv, now seems likely to rise. phcnix-like, at the attetnps of Austria to subjugate the only free country of Europe--Switzerland. Switzerland had re rnained passive during the intestine war late ly prevalent until Russia miarchaed an army' through her contfines. Switzerland flew to arms to repel so groiss a violation of rte rights of ntations, to defenid hter Lorders and her in h ibitants. in such a position te fall of I Iun gary found th'se devoted nation, she' lhas long byen ana eye-tcore to the monarchties of Eu rope. and we doubt not but the attemnpt of the foruamer to emuatlate lher gala-tt e xaoaple ha bn pruda' t, her chi Irge. WVhat is to be the resuit ot this. Switzerland is in a very' pre car.otus situati, Ruscia andl A ustria ready to subajagate and dovde her like ill-fated l'olantd -the only- barrcer ex s:ing between the Au. to rat and France, she too must fall if En" 1and and Frnatce mnterfere not. If we are to goded in our surmi~ses bty the late trcache. a:d Italian RtH spubhlia Switzerian~d it indeed a sacrifice ready to lie immtlatedl, but shouldl rus action of France in regardl the Gerumant t haine two great ipowers iinterfere she~ is ,a e.l Let us look at the preseunt ptosit ion of SNwitzer hiand, a republic mi thle oraidat of despotice Ett. roipe, a refuge of repubbeanau s and foreign p'o. litical mittrtyrs, ith a tree-press, most liberal inlstit uations anda a Deumocraut ic p'arty tuppermonst, governing the states or cantons of her conifed eracy wvith justice, mnoderat ion and equality. he peace of the crowned hearts is menaced in her existenice and she must fall. We fear the Un~i of crowned haeads will prove too strong for the liberties o)f the Swiss and, wvith outt strenuous ellerts. on thle part of England IFrance and Amnerica, theay maust pass again under the irona yo':e of A ustrcia. Th'le peace between Austria and Sardain and the down fall of Ventice leaves.Austria as powerful as ever, Itomne, fallen, leaves all Itally in tihe samie p)osition as it formerly occutpied, without scarcely a free institutioin. All time little prinipahities anid electorates in Euirope have united ini ate stronag govetrnnmen under thte gidaltnce oft lie I 'russiai nmnarch and the on - ly bird to be lutckecd is poor devoted dovehike Switzerland. ,The, Swviss may emutlate the glorious examples of their forefthers, ay exhibit great bravery :andl maike a decided and firma tand, yet in suchl ai quiarcrel, thle allied sovereigas will aidl Austria, aind as long as Elantd, Franace andl 'Turkey remain neutral, Switze.rht ad will lie tnumbhered w~ish thle hye nones andl lhe hook chi ses oa 'n t i tiiio iberty' in Earuope. It is trite that athe amon-a archs have raeevetd a se vere lessonm in thie re pteated atteimpits toi thrcv their yokes oiff, but when'dmd sucht lessons hav e ana influtence on Amof'- 'Ihie peo~ile have fougoht biravely, btt lie treachiery of 1-rance bet rayed thoi andl the curtamn tails lea ving a adark and direary in lture for the comnquiered and( glotsmia and ales-a Iiodndey int the bosom1 of trce-maeti. Alas poor Switzerlanad. iTiasox asn ANNix A-rios.--.~.The Cantna da papers anouncei' that Local Elgin the Gov crnor G;eneraul of. Can mnaida htas in his posses slain, adocumtenits teiading to imtplicato several leading politicians there in a charge of trca son in regard to the notion of annexing Canada' some aies " M5'ce itit4 siony, it u *Sd have i arnicablatdjuut.d. :ti ty 20th the whf Union was aazel by the receipt pfjliewi of the dismissal of he renh Minister, b Telegrap', buts as the latter. had noved rath or remiss in some statements lately it wa received and stamped at onco, d ubtful-- bu alas, the government organ, the Republic iha published a statenent oghegwole transac Lion and we must believe that we are eithe on the eve of a rupture with onur soidissanat republic across the water. or she must bend t!i suppliant k nee to the Land of Liberty. LikI all great matters this affairs originated:ii a very petty,,mean spirit, fairly out of ootl ng, resisting a just claim of salvage pieferrei by Capt Carpenter of the 4). . Steamo Iris for releiving a French bark, the Eugenia from a dangerous position on the rock El RI ,o near Anton Lizardo, off Vera Cruz Gul of Mexico. Coupled with a return of. somi tobacco to the proper proprietors during thi Mexican Campaign, by a military cou't a the head of which sat Col. Childs, for which r Mr. A. PoRT.-who had purchased it claims damnges. The following is the be gining of the Drama. On the ,7th day of February last M1r. Pous sis, in a note to Mr. BUCHANAN, alleged thal be was charged by the Government with the prosecution of a claim against the, Unite. Mtates, brought by it Frenchman named A POtT, established in Mexico, for indemnifica. Lion for damages sustained by him from the acts of certain agents of-the army of the Uni. Led States. his application was in the natur< ,f an appeal from the sentence of a Mditar Court of Inquiry at Puebla, which had made a decision to the unfavorable to the claim. This answer being sent by the late secretary if state, it was brought to the attention of Mr. CLAYTON who devoted himself to its investiga. Lion, with the view of gratifying Mr. Poussim a by decision. Within ten days from the time it was presented to him, Mr. C. announced to Mr P. that he had arrived at the conclusion that NIsr. PO-rdhad no just cause to be dissatisfied with the award of the military court of inquiry. his award, had been regularly sanctioned nd approved by Gen. ScOTT, the commander. n-chief. Dissatisfied with this decision. Mr, P. on the 13th of March, addressed a note to the Secretary of State, in which he reviewed he supposed grounds of the decision, and ani. rnadverted with some severity on the.testi nony of a distinguished officer of the Ameri. can army in Mexico, who had been a witness before the court at Puebla. This Mr. C. respectfully answered assign ing his reasons for his decision. On the 18th if April C. M r. received another note from Mr P. in which the M inister indulged in a strain of nvective evidently intended to he highly of. ensive to the American Government. The orrespondence was immediately submitted by the Secretary of State to the PRESIDENT, who directed him tolose no time in requesting Nir. Pousas, to repair to Washington Tvith. )ut unnecessary delay. The offensive note was dated at Washing. on, while Mr. Poussin was absent in Newv. Y'ork, upward of two hundred mnilesi distant Tromn this city. Bearing on its taco an insult 0 the Americ~an Government, deliberately liven il the very capital of the United States, which if not satisfactorily explained or re. tracted, would have required that all corres. )ondence with him as a minister should ter ninate wvhhout delay, it was made important o hiumpr'f andl Government thai lie should use 1.0 time ini repairing to WVashington, LDie "tPensive passage was thme foilowimg: T1he Goiernment of the 1.'nited States must beconi ined that it is muore honniale to acijauit 1airly, a debt contractedlduring aear, under th. pressure <f necessity than to erade i1s pa5mcnJ by end~ea(wr e ng to brand the character of an 'mnest man." T1he same note contained ai ittack upon a high military oflicer, charging Iimi, in effect, with perjury before a mihtary :ouirt; and an attack upon the distinguished miuere composing the court, who were eh:irg. vi with permitting iat oflicer ";o ca~rry out, vihut inte: ruption, his ot'ing of calm nies ieredible." It. closed with an insinuatin hit the State Department hadl become the rganm of a criumlnal accusation, without proofe ig ui:st Mr. Port. Helre the high handed position or the~ French Minister in endeavoring it thrnst the vord of a private individual before the De. :artinent to controvert the testimony and actions of some of its most distinguished otli. ~ers, is very apparent. Notwithstanding all hion his return to Washington hie wvas illowved to withdrawv this letter and expunge lie offensive expressions and here the mattei vas allowed to rest. But, however, on the 12th of May, M. Poussin,' in a diplomatic lute in relation to the claim of Capt. Carpen. e.-, making sernous charges against that offi. :er, whlich were promptly laid before the Va~vy Departument, but in the mean time, it the suggestion of the Par.srnEr, Capt. D. addressed an explanatory note to the F'renchm Minister, making a clear statement >f the w~hole affair, toget her wvith the favora. alo opinions of Mr. Ci.FFra, U. 8. Minis. er to Mexico, late Attorney General of the J. 8. and also that of i. JonNSoN the pros. mi, A. G. as to his conduct. To which Uir. P. returns answer, insultiing the general iction of the Government for acknowledg. ng the correct conduct of one of its officers. Ie said lie was very sorry to fnd the A meri ajn Guorernnment so utterly insensible to the !ignity, and so ignorant of the interests, of its Ilarine service, as it had shown itself to be, in his transaction." WVhatever miay be the language of ordina y transactions it has alwvays beon considered hat the most courteous should be used in all iplom atic correspondence, nothing being 60 leicrate of managemient as the relations ex. iting bietween two governmnits, and no rup. ure so bittter as that made by ignorant and eadst rong foreign representatives,. But' then in a spirit of toleration towards M. Poua. in, an American citiz~en and formerly an ih. or in the U. 8. Army, the 'whole corres. ondenco was subrinitted to the secretay f Stato for Foreign RIelations of France fbr q u a r e u s B i i t i s v a y wsVr a; not gutiadmire tlas .co uct of the dietlnyu t ed. statesman, of the present, avminlitratio s throughout rhe-whole 'transaction and'ome whast mray, our cotintry, 'right. or toong, omi r: country. Our.governmen, cohtemuplates: mc evil.,consequences to result from the dismissa of the renh Minister, such a proceeding being perfectly at unison wiut the rights o; niations; and we hope for no war, st ill we, art prepared for any immergency. our fleet in te lediterranean unustually largo and com. plete, couiping of thy.Contituon,0 guns, Ind coendence 5;to Cumberland, 50; James. Stown, 22; Mississippi, (steaer,) 10 heavy f piixhans; Erie, 4-Total, 102 guns.--1,700 m ten. Besides hc we he for are stwenty-ax other vessels afloat, carrying: 330. guns and 3,000'men, noticounting thle -.arious vessels now _dismantled and 'on the stocks in the3 yards, nor yet the vast fleet ofsteamers ap. plicablo to the service. Our various harbor fortification are infine order and those build. ing are fast hurrying to cornplet.iou. France is now in such a position thatioshe would act after the wildest chinierasiefhe ;would not astonish us. We are prepare4;,come what may, and know who'll come offssecond best. Season of pdtetics. Whilo the North and West hse been af flicted during the past sumpmer, Providence has in a great measure sparedte South, which has been unusually healthi y e 'r h Stanger's Feverwhich has lately appeared in Charlest ton, forms perhaps an exception, but this we have reason to believe will not prove to be very prevalent. The approach of cooi weath er has abated the epidemic in every direction and business begins to be active. It is the opinion of the best physicians, that the chole raof 1839is precisely the same as the dis ease of 1 3 a in ympto s and results,. and that it is atmospheric, and becomes more vio lently developed from local causes. In many places, where the atmosphere was pure and every locality guarded, the inery did not ap pear.. The latest proof of which Was the ap eaane of cholera 'at Rokawy on the bor tiers of the Ocean, and a position of great health as a summer retreat from New York. Iwas ascertained that the practice of an naring the land in the vicinity with fish, which was allowed to decay on the surface and poisoned the atmosphere, produced tIo cholera. Using fieslras a manure 'hie ibeien practised on the sea-board of the North for a century with no bad consequzences, but the air being affected by the epidemic, the impu ritiesof the soil developed it. The cholera never prevailed in the vicinity of gaa houses, turpentine stills, etc. shewing that coal, rosin, sulphur and turpentine are purifiers. All these various manifestations of the disease are valuable, and it will be recollected that th~s state was visited by thie cholera one yea~r after it had ravaged elsewhere, in $5. May it not prevauil in 50. We hope that a full ex. amtination of the whole question will now~ take place, also the best mode of cure. Pr. K RoArs.--Our State, we 'arc happy to notice, is moving in favor of these ituport ant improvemnents, several companies are about forming, an-' their profits at the North, will cause themi to be avery fopular investrmenut covering every section untraversed by rail. rocd. They can be built in the South, with our timber and level ground, in thme very best manner wfthin $I000 per mile, all graled1 and' firmly co~mpleted. We hope sa:iac enter prising einzeen of our ltstrict will buib. a h one as an experiment. A FARMERS' CONVENTION. The last Abbmevillo Bianner contains an editornal from which we take the following extracts: "It has been r-uggested to us by a planter of this District, that a meeting of the Fadrm ers be called to take p lace here on Sale Dayv next, with the view of considerig the propri ety ar.d practicability of holding a Farmers' Conivention at Montgomery, Ala. about the first of November next, provided the sugges tion meets with the co-operation of othier Districts in this and the cotton growin'. States. The object of this Convention will be to ascertaim as accurately as possible, the amount of the present crop, and adopt such measures as may be t hought expedlient to advance the price of cotton.* * * * * * A concerted action upon the part of the ptlanters of withholding from the market the.r cotton for a length of time, would most . - taimly raise the price of-it; and they sht. take advantage of tho state of things now, to realize a fair price. Cotton, from its sca rci ty, and the reports which have reauched Eu rope of the probable shortness of the crop in this country, is commanding a goo~d price, and every steamer that arrives brmngs tidings of a further advance, and this we may contin ue to expect as the aff'airs of Europe become more settled. "~What sty you, Farmers, to this project? Come up on Sale day and speak for your selves. And will the press sanction and aid in this matterr" We insert the above estract, in order that the suggestion, which it contains, may meet with that consideratier.which the importance of its object demands. But we fear that the scheme is visionary and impracticable. Mla ny of our planters are involved to a consider able degree in debt and even If diiposed could not withhold their crops from mnarket-. And an attempt toregulatettrade by volun tary association of whole communities, would be the sante ini principle and Just as tansaef 26'" Fj pper C ':t Atkinson, ?jstse = . giro *n Sojozrp r4m Bradley. , S'-S I.t Boone,'T'homnigr ~J''r ' rt Miuone, l~ar4& >' 1~ClfL Big d'3 f Browvt;llo o r, 4F bEp ?, '''' Brown,.Jno tri "ficeu)* veii 24' ~ " Batemnan, B3 B 6 !g: ,W 3 r - rwJse 6 Rogeinso, Y'tbu ; ' ,Y~ Al-Brown, JTas tbdt< n, /ys:3t, E Brown Edy 2Sca~ooul4 rp 5>i ig Crane Charles L Sabr~h Corbitt, Wm B* SctJ a i ' v Crnea, Jas A 0yie nce4 apl a+ Y ''" Crostell, Gilbert 6 ~tckeyf; {ad Cwer "e Cnmander, Mary 3Sbtucke t BJfl i z' CrrnswliJno J' 6," tuckey,k oi 'it4er'6 Dennuis, Jneo E 8iStuckev, k~IowelI 3 t Duna, Burrell 3"Stuekoy, Pei gr t1 Doughaery, Britton C 41Stuckev, Wtloy.D' '4 Davie,' Joel 9; -. 0!Vtlierspton, C.1 Jet6 D~ougherty, Susanna ",Wlt'ntppon: $ 4 D~ougherty, Johin 10}1Wilson,W Fraser, Raba 7t~b'oodw aid, J , 'Fraser, Thomras I1 Waon,. Willits >"rrser, Sartl. 1 Wvataoiiv1 olpi Al Green, Jno '!' '81 Watso~n,' Jitai' } 2 Gruen, Ezra W 5i WoVrodward, J 3: . . I loleymia lVrn 11 71 Wnodtt ird, Jesse st".J huisbauds, Laowiur 8 Woodwtard: Wrt ,( hiziggins. George b5 Watson, Win 2 Holland,inhn 14 . IA RRIl';D.-On the o"enmtnof the 20th,. Sept. by W. P. I 3 in wirtbEq, ri J. LAWJRE.NE, to Mist IMAEtsY DAvIS, all of tisi District: On thre eveining nt thq ,27th, Sept:. by Ie N. Grahanm, Mr. %V 1111A.Tinmoro BRtOApDy, to Miss AMAtiNTOA PAC cs'll of thzer Thetrkl,: MA RIJB1)-In Chirlestr,wg oni T'usedrry mnoratin'r 253ih ult., by. Rn'. 1r1 V; M1anrtlF Dr. J. l)EIiJAY, of Camnid to Jog xi r E~. Bflo+TAty of the former. Died, on Sunday morning the2t jr,.t putrid soric /roes JAMirs S; on'y son i~; J.. and Mary E. C. Franci', aged: y2jears . months and 8 - days: ' irs, interesting sund in telligent little troy was ionycbi,:rwa the adol Of h's p- n ont' buttwhonr Gd btli he taketh to liinurel1.': .The 1uve y., flower haas faded ere yot the Sun o4)f bo bad ;, iref full uipont it; hut it vill" bloom freshe'r and fairer. :n nnio:laer cline. "jA ye ~yea agnuri that bed rnt~tlon,; - Ini ilissful etirir., rib'r . W~here i3 fret-dune fromn :rfl Cloown. And rall is pezzcir.v. t..+ +