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ADDESSOF 7 EN. g , HAiDLER. MUfIIIsHEb nV REQUEtT OF THE SUBMTER AORIC0LTURAL A5$YCIATION-. It is well known, that I appear be fore you to-day, nore front con straint, than fromn choice. -But for the fact that this is our Ejrst Anniversary, and believing that lal entire failure in the matter- of a pnblic Address would throw a damper upon our noble enterprise, I should remain silent on this occasion. As it is, I must plead tho indulgence of my auditory for the hasty and undigested manner, in which I have thrown my ,Jdsas together, from pressure of bu yiv' ness, and from circumstances beyond my control. Having, in justice to inyself, said thus much, I proceed briefly to place before.yqi some considerattidns connected with the great object we have in view. Agriculture ha; been defined to he the "art of disposing the soil in such a manner as to make it produce in the greatest abundance and perfection those vegetables which are useful to man and the animals dependent on him for subsistence." Agriculture is the prime source of wealth and of coifiort. The gold of Chlifornia and the mighty improve. ments of our day, would be valueless and useless apart from this first, and. may add, noblest employment of man. I':leed, the gold of Odlifornia _.would continue to be embedded in the sands of the Sacramncuto, as it has done from time iamemnorial, and all the grand improvemnents which characterise civilized and enlightened society, would be unthought of, un cared for, but for the wealth and con. fort which Agricultural pursuits have produced in the world. I am not, however, to be understood as depreciating other pursuits; but merely as giving that of the culture of the earth, tihe first place for utility, and the source from which miun derives his sustenance and his ability to embark successfully in any oth er pursuit. I have been often surprised and grieved at the fheility with which many of the promising young men of our country, possessing small poatri .,monies, turn from the sure and hap * py. means of not only obtaining a competent support, but of ultimate ly enriching themselves by the* cul ure of the earth, to the hazards of ercantile pursuits, and to the so cal led learned professions. If our generous and enterprising young men of limited capital, woVld but take warning from the numerous examples of failure among their pre ,decessors, who embark upon the deceitful sea of mercantile speculation, IJam sure a large majority of theni ild be content to build up their unes slowly, it may be but safely and hanpily by the culture of the soil. I ne succeeds in mercantile pur ~npsud either remain poor, .or s '8 true tat lite mim wealth in Agricultur al prsits is not very large; but most f them liv'e fre of debt and happily And comfo! tably. We of the South are essentially an ~?Ag'ricultural people-we at-c so from oircumstances, and must continue to be so. There are numerous considlerations pressing upon us with increasing force, to improve our Agricultural re sources to their utmost limits. Ifwe would retain and increase our population, this must be done. With *a territory sufficient to supp.ort three millions of people, now with onie fifth of that number, our inhabitants are emigrating to the virgin soils of the South west.-Now how is this con fessed evil to be remedied? Ilow arec our people to be lixed to the soiln Why surely by making it to their interest to remain. As long as vias ions of wealth and prosperity arec held out in the Southi-west, superior to any thing to be fotund among our selves, so long will our- State continue - her contribution of emigrants to the unbroken soils of those regions. We *can and must change the mode of our culture in many respects. We eani and must resor-t lo many expedients, now either altogether neglected -by us, or, * but, inadequately attended to, as aids and supports in our- chief pursuit. -It is almost universally coniceded. that we cultivate too mouch land-that, in this way we cultivate badly--we manure lightly-and thus crop (our soil *to'exhaustion. I say, this is almost universally conceded, and yet the sys tern, to a great degree remains m-alter ed. It is tr-ue, we manure moore largely now, than in former days, but it is not to be concealed that the exhausting process is still going on. What is to> be done to ireduce the quantity of cuL.I tivated lands wvithin such limits, as to secure a progr-essive improvement? Wrting about it, has proved a failure; adspeaking about it has met with no h eiter auccess. The only way is prac K ijally to show t hat it is projitable to d9 so. I feel assuried that we might culimtivate one fourth less land than -e now do, with increased profit in a very short time as to produr,, andl rihour lands imamenisely impr-oved. That planter who does not contemplate the I progressive improvement of lislnds, in his great anxiety for present profit, is pursuing a course which a few years will convince him to be ruinous. But there is another evil of alarm ig, and I fear, increasing magnitude, which has long existed among us, and to which I wvish to call your special at *jention.---Kentucky arid Tennessee r'1ve takeni rnllionls. of dollar-s from ils wrhich ought to have r-emained and ciclae within otir own limits, Qot JJnow;pis, and ought to be our ifpe produotion. 1 have an increas ~~J~~ifdnce in the adaptattion of our soil haid clinate to the production of' this plAi, 'which lays the world un der CoAtibution to these Southern States. It is my conviction that cot ton will be cultivated with increasing success in our State and Georgia when sonic of the boasted lands of the South West will be u'tterly valueless for this purpose-our lands, so far from be ing exhansted, may ind must be im proved by a judicious system of cul ture. There tre perhaps, more worn out plantations in Alabama at this time, thani in South Carolina. But we have turned our attention too ex clusively to the culture of this plant. We have made the grain crop too much a matter of secondary con sideration. Tihe consequence has been, we have been for a long time look. ing to a foreign market for our imlent, our mules, horses, and our negro clothing-yes, and we, Ofen se Northern corn aid northern hay in our markets and on our own planta tions. It is vain to Assert that by devoting our attention almost exclu sivelv to the culture ofcotton, we shall be enabled to purchase these tlilgs more advanitgeously than by redue ing our cotton erop, and raising them ourselves. Stubborn ficts tell a dif .erent story. A bushel of corn in your own barn, is wor ti al bostl 1half as much more in a distant market. It is a pro verb among us, that, bought corn does not fatten well. And the proverb is foIinded in wisdom, as almost all proverlis are. Our lands will produce grailn of almost every description a bundantly. And having an abundance of grain we can easily raise our own pork, our horses and our mules. A Southern planter ought to be the most independent man in the world. 1ie ought to have all the conveniences and comforts of life not only in abundance but in rich profusion. H1ut the South ern planter is not an hndepenlent mtan. Ile is dependent upon a foreign mar ket for his menat, his mules, his hor ses his negro clothing. hisi butter of tentimes and Ilis cheese always. Tiis is like tihe California gold digger, who negleets mnaking his bread in his ar dor after the precios metal, wich wlen it is obtained lie gives most ( f it and sometimes all of it for some. thing to :at and to put on. Kentucky and T1'enlessCe stock raisers, and Nor. thern maiII] I ettu rers extract, froi us a large jn' priprtion of our iard earn ed gains, leaving us with poorly sup. plied ta bles, and destitute ol' inlime rable conveaiences and comfiorts whieb are within the reach oi us al. did we but put forth our liands to Claimi theim. In order to place before you m1:Y idea of' what a Southern planter shol'dh have, pernit ine to draw somewhat upon your imagin/ain, fr I cainot point you to any example by way of illustration. I Suppose first a dwelling house built Upon some approved and con venient. 1111. I suppose all the nece sary plantation buildingsto be sub stantially builL and convenie'ntly ar-, ,ranged, mnd a01 i losure i-. ing- protectiil altai beauty to the whole. I suppose at some conveni ent distance, the negro quarter as it, is termed, consisting of neat and suli stantial cottares, ael'rding aitle r'omi for all thir~l inma12tes. Thlenl c'mes the garde-n, thle very right arm I of' domlestie comifort in thle way of ti ale suppl ies-large-, and1 su pp' l wvithi every variety of vegetables and14 worked withI even lmo~re di ligenice thans the all abisorbing cotton plamt. A good gardenl I freely acknoiwledge to be one4 of tile righits of' the /ad~ies, oft wvhichl they are too often inl want, aind fori wvhich they shc ul stiu I V contend. Thelairlhusban'dis oughIt to bei aewd/e'si:rd ito. immI ed iate reh brmation1 iln this par'ticular. Thecy shaumld lock up~ the panitr and 11( ext ing uishl the k itchl en fires until thiei r leige-loirds shball haul11 diowni thirI fhigs andit capi tullate uponi such1 terms as will insure (onet good hanid at least f'rom the cottonl field to the vegetabile gard(en. Next come11s thle (orchal2rd, with its trees immnerous variedl anid choice-, substantially enclosed anid at temlledl tos with caire. Thei oIpinlion that, a lfruit tree will live and f1lourish on being thlrust anyl ho4w intio thle groud anid heft to take care 44f itself has long since expaloded. .lqual painls 2md1 cultivation should lbe besti wed uiponl orchards as upon tilnge land1(, with thle kniowl.I eilge t bat, wi tl ut t hese. goodl crops of' large anid fair fruit (can111 nmre lie ra2ise1data gooad crops of' corn, ctttanl, or' potaltoe1s. "Fro'm thle num Ierouis P~omlological anid Hor~iticulltuiral Associ ationis now% ini active (operaltion), at no( distant, day the cultivaitionl and con sump)t ionl of'good fr-uits ini thlis countr y willI realcla a figure far aboveo what is brea gener1ally expected. Although, breaicn met will niever be dispenis ed with, yet a mnuch harger portiont oif apples, pieches, and1( ofther' fruits, wh'len grownl in) the miost econoical imnner wtill be consmiined by the millioiis, because these luxuries canl be ii-crea2sed( indefinitely, and sold low without loss of profit. Whein tested to its uitmos1t capiaci ty, an acre of grouind cani hard ly yield more of' hluman sulsteniance than in (one4 of apples or pe)acheis" "Success ill fr'uit gr'owinlg ill tile Sou1th need nlot be expected where irelianice is placed on inidi vid iual trees of' Northlen growthl though by per'sever'ance anmd sonol degree of skill, miost aof thme finest Nor' therni antd Euriopean fi'uits may' be1 grown in a1 cold climate is adiapted tio that climate, to a cotld long wtinter, and a short stunmiler. Wheni such trees are brought her'e, they mal~y grow (41' with 50111e appealrancee of vigour for' a tine; but when wai'i wealther hals siit. f'airly in, they betgill to suller; the leaves look dry and shri1veled lip; and it, is with difficulty they can be kept alive with all the labor that can be bestow ce1 upon them. Nurseries of fruit trees so far as to meet the demand for vonnrr tresntinnd hy n healthful comno ~' %. tilion to plaed them within the easy reach of the humblest farmerand mechanid, shdtild be encouraged by us. Every young fhrrner can very easily start an orchaid and at a trifling expense, if he only has th'e will, lie may be sure to find the way. Few orchards receive much manure, and it is highly probable that more trees aire injured than benefitted there by,-the only manure necessary for fruit trees are ashes, charcoal, and limne. Limo is a absolutely indispensablo ingredient in our soil in which fruit trees of' illy kind are grown. "Ile who has planted a tree, will lie not desire to eat of't he fiuit there of? and Ie whose filither has raised it, will he not feel it to be aliost sacrilege to give it into the hands of' straingers?" Patriotism has n0 basis so scure is iln the love which nanl hlils for his ome and the home of' his fth e rs. It was a great ternplatioii to the Israelites when wanderinig inl the wilderness, to return to Egypt, when they remembered its fleshpots, its poigrai tes, its figs, aniId its vinlem'. And ouri people hiaviig an abulndanice of these things, will have little or no tenptation to wanider into the wilds of' the uitl west. The old Scot tish laird (Tve god advice to his soil when he middressed hiin thus: '": k, wleu ve hae inething else to (it), ye iay113 be aye sticking in a tree, it will be gr'owiing Jock when ye're I sleepinlg." I wo iuld go still fitther and say we should nake it a part of o ir business; and an im. portaint part too, to p1lat oiti trees both fir fruit and rnaluent. The orcliard not only affords a luxury in deliciouts wholesome fruit, but it,h is also an actual profit. Our climate is ad mirably adapted to the pro Iluetionl 4of at successionl of tri'1t crop's, from AMayv to October, including both, thus cove ilg one IIlf the year. It is a well known faet, that stock will fleed and thrive upon the various fi-nuits, espeei:al ly ipon the peach atid apple. ( )u Northern iieighbors have long known this, and have practised it with great adv~anltage. oiste eldan Next in oider comes the wel(- I ed and enclosed meadow. There is hardly a plaltatiol of any size, but aflbrds land adapted to this purpose, and with a little care it may be t urned to great, advantage; there Cattle 1111y feed and bring to tile dairy, uldei's dis tended with the richest mi ilk. The dair 'y should form a special item iin the attention (f the planter. And here is allothe) riglht of the /wl/cs lielh I free ly ack now ledge, aid for which they 11hould co'n tend w itli all the piowers with which their longuess are gified, calling to their support, all tile other aids which ingenuity inny dictate. They have sull'tl'red too inl this rcspuect. and f'orbearance has lowg a g ceased to be ia vi; tue in view of' their wrongs. I do not oliject, to tile introductio in of' improved breeds of' cattle, provided they are atteided to. But to liop e to improve our stock without improerd attention to thelm is perfect f'olly. The day has Nirevei passed with usm, to exp'r. no" r guiJo ',.1 aic tal. e ~by roaining at large iti our forest lands. Seraggy and serawny. hundreds of them aniually leave their h!ines in our b-gs and upon our plahins, hetire tlie genial silln *f s retilnilillg slrin I ig, causes the conistan tly dlecreasinug wo odhlnid gralsses to shoot forthI. Our I s',temi inl tIns pa rticu h lar list be eblanig.d to sit the ehi:inged ci rculnstaniees 'oour' coun1 tiry--u wi ~ oodllands and swarnps no Ilnge r alihrld a rich spon1tanleou pals iiur'age-our m stotck niust lbe r'eduiedt to sileh a nuobe a11'''us can lie well pai:stuired in the sumnir and wvell'led ill the: win. ter'. Thmen our1 tables will be well sup pilie'd with goiod tat, tender' beef,; andI limit the toot hi extracetinig, gristly- st oill' we now tir lie lilost, part get. whichi is an absolute babo' to cat. And theni the go ld like butter, and clhee'se tomo, it' the ladies shall dleemi it as coiningi wit hi in the circle of their' -ightsI. to lilke it. Thlen oiir v'ilhlages, towns antd cities would be abuindaintly silulplied with goo d whlol esoime and cheap but ter', in stead of'sending thousauds malll tenls of thousands of' dotllars to thle NorthI f'or gtosheni11 bt ter ifteni with ain artificial piriced. Andat then comes the fltckl (it shteep, no( t t hrowin tuon the woodii s an easy prey' to dlogs, but within ent'ltisui'es both wo od landu and openci fie'ls. W\e have imch land which inightI. be appro- i ii'iatedl to the groiwthI of sinuIdI graini anid wiinter' crop's. AntI here I wouin suia gest, tothe phC imters 'f' our c on try, af'tei' thleir crops have beeni madite on thieiir lands they cultivate, at. a suit auble time, sow down smiall graiin, gi'ass. or' w~hatever'l else will grow well ini outr country', thus aflrd inzg wiinter' pasturii Ilge fim' sto ck,-b y cutt inig the IiCiril in the spr'inlg it will give you a gireen crop to turn unl lder, andi iln this wayi~, r'eno-i vate aind r'estore' your wtirn andt tiied lanids, instead of a mor'e expeinlsivye uiiethiod of mnaiiiiing. \Ve have, in the numerous varieties of ithe cow- pea, a l'Lreasure' for r'aisingm stock of every dIes. er'ipt ion, which has not y'et beent suilli eien tly est imaoted. \\'heii lanuted by it self' the peaU will flmaurishi and bea' al'mn dan tly 111 upon o iooest, soiils; andh as a renlovator of' exhausted soils, I believe it to lie' bietter than uano11. At all ev'enits, it is withiln the reach of' every' mI an's pur'se, and1( its good efleets are shouild call f'oi'th the special at tetiond (ifthle plan ter', if'hle would have finle iit sheep. It aflbrds a winter fibod for' the flock, unsurp'iassed by aniy (other'. I ini. sist upon! it, that evdery planter should raise lat leaist as many113 sheep as5 will aff'ord a sufliciencey of' wool with ai lit e help fro ourii(~I grealt staple, to cloth his ntegrioes an Id aiflord themi blankets too.I "1 f'eeh aL deep and abtidinig interest in| thle prospects and1( success of' tile cot ton| Djisitricts, anid feel confident that, wool| gr'owinig wouild aid1 them in timues oif difliculty anid depresssion, when our gr'eat staple coitton, is f'orced below its initrinnio valn, by caus.s ab...a over which we htavifno ontrol." The United States imyirt aqiiually a largo amount of wool. 'If th producer does not wish to manuficture it himirelf; he can easily cotivert it into money, which would be it clear gain. "The growth of sheep adds to the necessaries of lii. Nu food is more healthful and delicate fir the table; no Clothliig more coRn ortabile for m-in." Now we go for the imlost part to the North for the latter; which is ofiete inferior, and always high priced-coarse woolens, have always been high priced in our country, since Northeri man ufactories have sprung 11p), our government, pursuing a par. tial policy, have protected these North ern Fzactories, by laying heay (Iuties upon foreigil goods of the same eharac. ter, seeking a market in this. country. This has been a grievous oppresssioni to us, with our hundreds of tlIousanids of slaves. Though matters are not so had now as they have been, yet we have n1o security f1;)r the futu re. I have thius hastily deseribed what eV ery I main nty d fill fir himself. I cole now 111inally to speak of what we IoIIghit to fit) in ernnpanies. We muitist nunmihe1ltcure both cotton :mld woolenl eo thinig b ar ourilvl'es. I Invinig liail I4oad fitilities firoi ie Imiiouitains to the sea-bord.1ai1il the raw material just it hand, hing streruis, SR ieient to turn, it ieed be aIs mt ainy Sp iId les i have given wealth anl Iptila t ioll to the city Of LOwel, aind hLing opera tiveI, the ml ost orderly and peaceable it the wiorld, O we can and must set up fo' oirsih-es .111( )e n1f) lonigr depend uiit upoii the North. If there arie no water' col'5us ill certain vicinitie 1adapt ed to tile purpose, steaml) will effect the mrite for us, as it does fbr those, liviig inl a highler latitimle. (iur plant ters shloul Ihrm ninnifieturing Comn 11ies, requirinog the withdrawal of only few Lo tlii'r liainds fom itheir Ir. spective latatfions. In a few years, the thee 'f uJll Country woulR h aissLItume a difler mit aspect, otir popul t iii would SOOn lilloblle its presenit uliliber, aniid we kvoul be prepared fmr any% emngencv i this dav of' propgressive f'olly anid wild limaticism. A wvorld within our 'elves, We my defv a -world of eie The signs d' tihe times adllolnish us lo stre'eht all the resoure's of our he loved State to) their'I ut most limlits inl all thlings teindiing to) make u s pierf ectly ini lepeldeit of those %whRo would strip us itouri rights, and reducee Its to abject ivependen lce. Anud to the Simter Agricuilturial A ssociation, I woul say, persevere in ite good Cause you have embarked in. It. is a toble cause, aind oiie in which all ire iiterested; leave not that to be dione by another, which we shoild do our .h-.Ies, hut eveJ'tr'y 411ie Shld itl con t ribuiate his mite, however huIllble it may be, tO the perfection of si) tiolile a work. "Ile has been said to be a public bene heto'~ r Who iIaIhCs t.w bl s of grass gro(w where bit t.one11 grew befire: and especially is this the caise if lhe not oil ly efl'eets such a result., but at tie saune Valuable nutritents to both the pro. iluets of the frrmter blade as well as otf tle aaw o1n. 11 0 who calm plant a new germinating principle, it4 train one new shoot of' kindly felitg lie' tweeti citizens1 of' thle saritin C coutry ', Ieser'ves a stilt higer ee oft Hra sC. IIioiw niioble thien is thle wo rk befor Pie iuS, :ut91 hiow'u ipirtant that re.lationiship exi:-tin-r hietween its, where we cent as (iur i io~ iiinil this, itei nobles~t, and Iirtst wa 'rk of taut. . These A soittions lhtve don e mneth of~ thle Ni>rthertn Slates oft this I 'niion 'nnh thiey nit ili rthe samIe ii' us ? if' we wil l bitt. dii ur ihi ity' mu1 atll lend a TheR~ jmiio(us a pplicitationt of'immm~ires tip laind. involv'ing as it. doies, te feed. ing toi pilaiits, is a miatiei' pit the gr'eait est. pirai tial imporitunele tip the tniltiv'a. titr of' thet soil. ''lainure is the~ chief sourle oft Agric'ultur'aI prospeiity; liy R it eans bha land~ is conve'rtedi inito hptlted tio yitthl te r'ichest pr'o~d ucts. - Ot' all kiopwin mt:liore's, none~l areo ot such vatlue andl iinpi rtan(e as thosre fro the. sta ble atmd cattle y'ard; tu' tese are .'aapteid to a gre'ater niumberot if liicationis and vaiieties of' sioils, andRL to all phaits anrd mioudes oeitivaitiont. 'True, sublstantceis ar ea equit ly use'ad ais. tertilIizirs, iimiehti mor'e enlerget ic thanu tiui ortdinary~ forim y'ard bmanur'e: but it is onily tip su"pply ai deic~incy of /he la/l ter or /o ittcas' i:/s ur'/ion. ''These fer ti lizers are no IIt to be htad~ in suttlieienut quiatity t nor' 1 is thirI trianSfPoritatio so1 5 easy a- tti .lispeniso wi th the necessitLy, for stableht muaurle withiout which th~e highest degre~t'e ofi piodtv enessC~C5 is nev." er' attainied. anid wvithoutig whichl ill most ease's Agricuiltur'e wouhil heciiie an uin priifiaible puirsuit." Aind here I beg li'avie tio caitl yioil' attention to one1 im.tt lPiortanrt tact, hitherto neglected by all; the wiaiste of' vailuable timberi'Il ill'u counlltry, t saty nothiing of' fi'e wioodu lhis bteen seriiouisly fetl t ini somec section'is ailready-; but thtese will niot bie at~pre ciaited on til our i piopulation slohPl 1 doe its pre(sentt numblt er. Thenu thIt foflly aind shoitsighitediness of' this a~ge will miect with a degree of' cenisure anld te proach noitI pIlaant, to coittemtiplate. P re'serve your' forest land, for' the pitr Ipose of' enrichinug youri worn'i atnd tired ielids; and~ with a deeIp sutbsoil anid if' prpitieily Iprepiared bef'bre thle seed is (deposited ini the ground, the plantteir maiity reaisionablly c:aleatetO oni tan abuni~d ailt hatrvest to crown his laibours. If' the quiestion were askedl, wihat is it that. isgi viing these Utnit ed Staites an Iicased nl mportancle int thIt view of the itat IiRns of thte earth, the aniswver is ready; it is thte incr'eaasinig ktiowled ge these inationpis tire gaitninig of the ele men~its of' ourl fprosper'ity, and thte iuse we ai'e umiking of' them; they ate be comting better' acqutainted with us. .low evident thton. the vast bearing, of all colletedA kXlaInMt6 sources on the nflLci72of'thinbound try abroad, lot the ininense cxit4rtlie - variety and the quality of obr soil, 1-0. sources, the elements of our industry, the channels furnished fur our future devel-penents, all be laid open, spread out before the world, and leave them to find the way to the minds and hearts of our fellow men of every clime." lie who advocates the Agricultural interest of a country, is her greatest benethetor. Ile thus contributes to throw a wall around his country, mo-e impregnable than ramparts ofstone, in the freedom and independence of her citizens prepared to die in the de fence of a soil, which yields them an ample and easy support. TH SUMBTER RENER. J, RICIIARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, NOV'R, 23, 1853. To Correspondests. WVe have several articles on hand, which would he publikhed if they were accompa nied with the author's nane-anonimous contributions cannot he attended to. COTTON MARKET. SUMTER VILLE, Nov. 22. Prices continue to range from 7 1.2 to 9 3-4c. CHIARLESToN, Nov. 21. The Courier says-There was a fair demahd for this article to-day, the trans. actions having reached fully 450 bales. The prices ranging from 8 1-4 to 10 7-8c GenM. Clamsdler's Addrems. We publish in another part of this pa per the address in full of Gen. S. R. CHAN bFLER prepared for delivery before the Suniter Agricultural Association. Genl. Chandler is himself a practical and1 very successful planter and we com. mend the perusal of his address to all in terested and think many of our farmers would find it profitable to carry out some of his sugirdstioiis; Time Court. The Ftallterm of the Court of Cotimmon Pleas and Gencal Sessions for this Dis trict closed bit Thursday last after ten days of continued ahtl active labor, dui-ing all of which time Judge tLovEn prdsided, with a degree of patience and cdurtesy; which won the respect and good will hrf all who were brouglt in contact with him. When about to adjourn, Col. F. J. MoSEs rose and on the part of the Bar asked leave to express the high gratification they felt at the services of His Honor. who had now presided for the first time at this Court and who by his urbanity, close attention, and learning brought to bear upon all legni points at issue, cotmmrnded the admiration and respect of rat nnLLacsreq estmgRisO that His Ifonor would -aot rede: tHis tes timonial as an idle compliment, but as a just tribute to an ollicer who had well arid faithfully performed his duty in the high station, which he had been called to occu. py. Juiditi dx~cvtn, ack nowledged with warmth and1 gratitude his ap~preciation ot tis ofTring from the Sumter Bar; a Bar, he had always held in high estimtation, not only on account of its prominent position in the profession, but also for the dienmfieu anid genitleanily bearing be had noticed during the recent long and laborious term; trusting that this expIression at their regard would sustain and enicourage him in the performance of the duties to which the L egi la'unre had caulled himt, he begged to tendler to the memubers cf this Bar the as. suranuce of his high respect arid regard and wvarmn appreciation of their kind nffering. Souath Carolissa Press Associa tiosa. We learn fromt a notice in the Carolin. inn that the first tnniversairy meeting of thnis associationt will he held at Columbia, on Wednesday. 7th Deccember necxt, at 11 o'clock. Th'le Annual Oration will be delivered in thie evening of the same day by Thomn. as J. WVarren, Esq. We hope to he able to attend. SocuraR AGRieULTURisT.--The Nov. ember nmber of thus excelleit journal of Agriculture, Iiorticulture, Ponmology &c., is equal to any of the others arid contains a useful variety of inatter sin all its va rius branches, and though no practical tanner, we have read it through with pleas. uare. We advise atlIlplantersl, gardeners, anid ladies who have a Hjot houso to send $1.00 to R. M. STOKEs, proprietor at Laurensville, S. C., and get a copy. SoCTn1ERN LITERAltY hiassERsa. T1hisg old established Journal of Southern Literature has weathieredl all the storms of adverse winds that generally assail literary efnhrts in the South and continues to be puiblisheid at Rtichmnond, Va. The last anm ber is an excellent one and as the volume is about drawing to a close it is a good time to subscrihe. Jno. R. Tmroatrson, editor. Price $3.00) in iidvanco. WmLNu'GTON CohmalRAL.-We con gratulate our cotemiporaries of the Corn. mercial ont the enlarged and improved aip. pearance of this ably conducted paper and wish them a continuation of bright sunny dlays of ptrospierity. E LEcTIoN oF GoVERNsOR.-The offi. cial vote for Governor is as followvs: J ohnson, 47,638; Jenkins, 47,128; Geo. R. Gibmner, d; and John Mv. Becr. rien, 1. Johnson's majority over Jenkins is 510, and over all, 504. The while vote polled is 94,772. Mhacon ( Ga.) Toeann. Si ps, beeasource ofgratifletion to 6 and asubject of congratulatiori W ur t toWnsi en, to notice the largb ath'bunt bf business done in Suniteiville this Fall4 F Which encourages thb belief that %Ve 1 are still upon' the bpwai-d niait-h dhd T likely soon to reach a higher point of pids- t perity, than the most sanguine of tis look ed for a few years since. Of cotton there has boon perhaps less brought to market and fewer bales sold, than during the same tihie in tile two previbus years; this may be accounted for by the short crop made in the district and the fact that many plan ters are holding on for better prices, not t willing yet to submit to the decline on last years' prices, which they can see no good and satisfactory reason for. This has however been no draw back on the town trade, a number of our largest norchants, we are creditably informed, have sold more goods and recelved in leturn a larger amount of actual cash, than at any lbrmer period, satisfying us, taut our planters have arrived at the truth that they can supply their wants at as cheap a rate in this mar ket as in any other. A gentleman who was purchasing his negro clothing itud shdes here during Court week told us, lie found them cheaper, than he could procure themI in Charleston : and why not? most of our I merchants Jay in their stock at the same narket as the Charleston merchants, the additional freight to Sumterville is very small. on dry good@ merely nomninal,arrived here they have not more than one-half the houso rent or clerk hire to pay and the ex penses of living are less, leaving a very fair ground to suppose, that they may suc cessfully compete with any class of mer- r chants and monopolise the District trade. s We have no desire to detract from the business prospects of Charleston and feel c proud of her as the commercial city of the State and destined ere long, we confidently helieve to be the "Queen City" of the t1 South and South-west. lvery movementP of her enterprising and public spirited capi- a talists tending to the advancemrent of the city, we watch with pleasure and delight and wish them "God speed." Still what I we have stated in relation to the business ti of our own town is strictly true and as a tl public journalist, and well %:isher of the a pro: perity of our fellow citizeas, it is a r duty, and a pleasant one. to lay such facts P before the community, whose interests they 9 v are. . ... r FATAL AcciDrNT-A WAugING.-A e most melancholy and fatal accident oe- u eurred on Thursday last, in the neigh borhood of Cross Hill, about 10 miles 1t fron this village, which we trust will " act as a warning to all who use fire. a arms. The circumstances, as we have b heard them, are these: g Mr. John Ligon, accompanied by William Z. Carter, were out duck huntia ing, and coming 111 sight of gamei the t little fellow was anxious to shoot t. them, when Mr L ii ,kti guli 0 ~fiom tumrnid1snitit.onihas arns, put a cp oi the tub',oeked itana in the act of returning it, the hanrney fell and the gun went o, lodging the 0 whole load in the breast and heart of 8 Carter. The little llow immtedte- ~ ly rana towards Mr. L. and exclaimed, E -Uncle, yout have sho t tme," theni, fel- t and instatly expired. The agony of s tminid expetienced by Mr. L. can be n better iagined than described. 11 The little fellow was an interesting d and affectionate child, and sad moust be the hearts of his most estimable par. emnts; we sincerely sympathize with thenm in their bereavemtent, and would remind them that the Dispe-nsor of all y things gutides ouar destinies, and to hime ahmew can we only fly for consolation in anid comfort in our trials and tribula tionts. - Thbis sad event shoulmd he a solimn a atnd iimpresive warning to parents to I be careful noat to permit their yotung P P children to have the use of fire-arms; while we would remind all older per. sons who tuse them, that too great care* cannot be exercised, undler any cir cumustances, in their mnagemecttnt. a La urensile Herald. A-TrAN, November 12. MfURDE.-E. A. P. White, Da guerrean artist, was shot last night, by c a boy named O'dcna, at tihe Exchange CofTee Uouse, in this city. Three shots taking effect, he died in a few hours.- b O'Dena was arrested by the Augusta, p A tlanta anid Nashville Telegraph Line, i ini Madison, this forenoon, andi will be t brought back this afternoon Naw YoRKc, Nov. 9. FArA. AcctaZ.r.-John Becker was run over b~y the ears on the rail. road opposite Tam many H all, and in stantly ki!!ed. H~e had been sergeant-d at-artms of Tammiany Hall 40 years. A Gts.-One of the 700 Tukrish. cannoni wh cit guard the Dardanelles is charged. with 230 poinds of powder, antd throws a stone shot of one thou- a sand pound weight. Of cousrse such hi immense guns are more for-midable in b appearance than reality, and the firing a is not unat tended with datnger to their . own artillerymen. RETURNicm.--We learn from Phila- a delphia that Sholly, the slave belong ing to Paddleford of Georgia, was re- I cently ran oi,; returned an-l begged to iI be takim back, saying that he had been persuaded by white men to run away.t ils master consented, and he is now I on his way to Savannahm. MfAoNEsIA.-We..see it statted that the "ordinary caleined magnesita, mixed with water, is considered a certain antidote to numerous poisotns, especial ly those of metalic origin, such as arsenic, corrosive sublimate, sulphate of zinc &c. In cases of this deplorableJ kind, two or three teaspoonfuls of t ~ i tn~ ted, Whieh -ini robaldig ;will save the atienntu1lb e doctor ncomee." . 'his is n very awk wa 'way ulting words together.. 'hen'vr ter ight as well have said, "willvd th 4 atienl till the doctor comes, wien here will be no hope ofhito. Tin, WorN'DEs oF BADYDOM.--A.i cepondent of the Auburn AdVts ells of two remarkable bahi '0n eight mrnth4 old that can sing Moe han twenty tunes." (Nobody Mrill loubt the truth of thrtt statemelit). 'he other baby, he says, hs (We years ild, and never made the Jeati.und, 'not even a whisper." It J , a ake ipa proper face to cry by, bu cdai4l sause the noise. Ie also speaks of ami . >ther in Niagara county thai aint a 1a )y. Though it is twelve yearl of ge, ,he child never had a tooth 9 a siin 6f >ne, A Cool Autswes. A very cool answer from a soplio. nore is indelibly recorded among the ne'mories of our college days. Professor- had a peculairly red lose; so red, indeed, that it was usual y deemed, that the interior of the tem lc was dedicated to Bacchus.", Upon his point the professor was peculairly ensitiwe. One day a chestnut, propelled by ome invisIble hand, hurled neross the. oon, and cene so violently in con act with the learned itentlenian's bald ate, that glancing ofn, it spun aImost 'p to the ceiling. Mr. F ," thundered out the rofessor "that was you, sir; don't do y it, sir; your blushes betrays you "Do you think I blush, siri" mod stly asked the student. "Blush!" retorted the Pr, fessor. Your face is as red as a beet." "Pa'donl me, sir," replied F., "I iink its only the reflection of light; erhaps you looke(I at me over your ose."-Porland Transcript. 'Old Bull's Concert!' said Mrs. 'artington, glancing up from her knit ng as she read the announcemenk of ie grand concert on Saturday evening nd as she smiled the rediculous fancy in through her mind, like a grass hop er in a stubble field, of an old bull iving a concert. 'And yet it is'nt so ery wonderful, 'continued she, 'for I miensber a cat and a canary that liv d together, and one or tother of em sed to sing beautilfilly. But I wnider hat he plays on. 'Ike suggesed thiat ! played on one ot his oin" ' .huin9, hich seemed to be reasonable. I m glad he is going togive'hie concert ecause when I went down to hear a reat artizen play on a violence, as.. icy called it, though I found ,ut fterwards it was nothing but a rddie, icy were'going to thargn a doll :(ilI told em I wasone ofthe eOM2 o60 Fthe Poiand they let061" -h" IDn re. W14t- b vey Ot. ta s'fnn shouldithink,. and' btt 4'[ verturni tifah for Apti i m . he closed her citique -ith 7paifh I stuulf, anld got ont to-hier wires aAili ke a Telegraphic dispatch, anid~weiit head, while Ike amused himiself .by aratchinig his name with a board nail in. lsagnificent t3oman cnpitols upon 'the owly pain ed pzatmal ot' the kitchea' oor. WVorsaar I Worsuss ! gair Various theories have been started re ltite to the origin of intestinal worms, and et the question is still a vexed one among medi al authorities. Of one fact, however, all are iformed, and in which all agree-the fatal na Jre of the influence they exert on children. .t this season of the year, the attacksof worms re most frequent. as well as dangerous. Wa Lke great pleasure in directing the attention of trents to thne Vermifugo of Dr. M'Lane. It is lIe of the most extraordinary medicines ever utroduced to the public, and has never failed 7 success whe~n tried. I:2' Purchasers will please be careful to ik for DR. 3ICLANE'S CELEBRATED 'E RMIFUGE, and take none else. All other rermifuges, in comparison, are worthless. Dr, 1'Lane's genuine Vermifuge, also his Celebra -.d Liver Pills, can now be had at all respect-. ble Drug Stores in the United States and anada. The above valuable Preparation for sale y the Agents, P M. COH EN & CO. Im arters and Dealers in DRUGS AND JEDICINES, No. 29, Hlayne st. Charles 'm, 8. C. hanotluer Scicnthific Woander I IMroRtTANT TO DYSPEPTIes. Dr. J. S. Houghton's Pepsin, the true Di istive Fluid, or Gastric Juaice, preppared from ennet, or the Fourth Stomach of the Ox, after - rections of Beront Liebig, the 'great Physloti. cal Chlemist, by J. 8. Houghton, M. D., Phila~~ tiphia. Tils is truly a wonderful remedy nudigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver .Cos*ut aint, Constipation ad Debility, curing alber rature's Own Method, by Nature's 'twn genlt, the Guatric Juice. Pamphlets, contin. rg Scientiflo evidence of Its value, furnished y agents, grafts. See notice among the medica clvertisements. 8-ly. HTMEIHEAL. Married, on Thtursday evening, 3d insi by ~ :phrainm Vauise, Esq., Mr. Lewis LOGax to ilies I5A5XtLLA Dxanne, all of .Sumter Distric. On the 23d ult., by Col. Deschamps, (o'qe4 he magistrates of th6 District,) MIss MAI~ tuoENE AnaALtNr, daughter of Mr. Hopkin~i )aniels, of Sumter, to Mr. Gxoaoz Baotfry t' ' Cershiaw District. ' On the 10th Inst., by Thou. H. O'Steen Esq.,.6 hliss M.tnv GIDDENS to Mr. AARom o OBITUARY. Died, at the residence of W n' hire. Emily Watts, near IMA - tursaP. he 10th Inst., W, r.: i.i-Bas.4nzs leseeW. and isa a l.fmI god bmnar ne oan ad 1? tir