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TLE SU1TE R B.lM\ Ll J.S. RICHARDSON,J,. EDITORS. JQIHN R. LOGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEB'Y, 22. 1854. Q ? Persuns wishinir to see us upon business connected with the Paper or Law. can find us it any hour during the day, except from four to five in the afternoon, at our office, just back of 80.0M3:os' Now Store. All business connected with the paper must be transacted with Vn.u~n Lawis, JoHN S. RicHARDsoN, jr., or it. C. LOGAN. Mr. R. C. LOGAN, the Foreman " of Banner Office, is our only anuthorised Agent to receive money and rive receipts for' the same, and mnay always he found nt the Banner Office. All letters addressed to the Banker must be pre-paid to insure attention. COTTON MARKET. CIAI:LFsTON, Feb. 21. The latest advices by the St. amer Africa state that Cotton has declined in Eumope from 1-8 to 1-4 d. Sales in Charleston on the 15th inst. ranged fran 7 58 to 10 1-4 ets. {g' We nre indebted to the [Ion. L. M. KEITT. for puilblic documents. Vuils aI. We publish the communication of " Vulcan" as a mere matter of right. to himself and the Association of which he is a member. Ile having been called upon by " An honest lnquis er to defend himself and friends, and charged with " boasting, &c," we have deemed it improper, under all the cir cumetances, to stifle and shut out his reply ; but while we g-ve him a hear ing in our columns, we wish it under stood, that we do not endorse his re miarks. " A CItizcss." The communication of." A Citizen " on another column, was intended for our last issue. It reached our office on Tuesday, the day before our publica. tion day, and being directed to our. selves and not to "the Editor" re. mained unopened until we returned from the country on Wcednesday, where we had strolled a day or two before. When found, it was too !ate to insert it in that number, as our paper had gone to press. We give it a place in this week's issue and we make this explanation that it may stand in its own light and not appear as an endorsement of the views of " An Honest Inquirer." The Day.' Throughout the iuited States, this is a day held sacred, as the oneI which urshered in the birth of WASnIINGTCN, and has from the foundationx of' this tRepublic, been regarded as a~ nationmal bolyday. The Claremont troop will celebmate their Annive'rs ury together with the occasion an oration will be delivered in the Court Ilouse, at 10 o'clock, by Tuomas M. Looxx, Jr., a trooper. The pubilic are invited to attend. Itinerntuut Pediers. Our country friends cannot be too much on their guard against a set of itinerant law-breaking pact-pedlers, who are frequently to be found in re tired neighborhoods, trading with -slaves and plach::g in their hands ob scene prints, calculated to excite and arouse the worst creature passions, and leading to the most revolting crimes. The goods ofli-red by these illicit traders have toco, in some instan ces, been found to be0 the east oil and infected furniture oft a hospital , the wearer of which rerndcrs himself liabMu to many loathsome disorders. Such * things may be of rare oeccurrence, but they hiuve happened and it were well to be cautious. Th'le only aund most sura way of snppressing this kind of trade is by handing over every travel. hing pedler to the nearest Magistrate, who is authoriscd to commit them on a refusal or inabilIty to show license. The Gadadena Treaty. This document was sent, to the Sen ate on the 10th inst. The accomupany - lng message of President Pierce re commends some modifientions and amnendmentts, wvhleh are of an imopor tant chiaracter.- The treaty has been published in full, but aftar a careful perusa)j we find no additional provis Ions ofimportmance, to those mada puh. 1ie some) thnIa sinco, A telegraphia despatch from Washmington to the Chanrleston Courier of the 18th inst, sayss neither the Gasdurn or Conkling Treaties will be ratified, Theo Eveninag News. By the last issue of this interesting daily, we perceive that JoHn CuNssajo. nali, Esqr-., has becoma associated with WV. Y. PAXrr, Ii its publication. The editorial department will he tunder the charge of Mr. Cmtxx:Noub who will have the aid of J. N. CAnnOZO, Esqr. We wish th0 Charleston NYews a care of nrosncritay 'ortIa Atenadiiag To. We call the attention of the reading public to our advertising columns. And to commence near home, Mr. LA FAR, just ' next door, announces his readiness to furnish, at the shortest notice, the best of likenesses, at the lowest possible price. No sun neces sary to insure a good picture. Mr. L., has favorcd us with a sight at his fine collection of Cases, Lockets, Brooches, Pins, &c., &c.. we feel that we risk nothing in recommending them as the best assortment of the kind we have had in our village. We have not had an opportunity of judging ourselves as to Mr. LAFAL'S skill in Daguerreo typing, he having just arrived, but we have been informed that he is an ex cellent hand at his business Call and give him a trial. Next in order is our friend F. Hor, who has just received a large addition of new and fine Jew elry, Cutlery, &c., to his establishment. We were quite dazled the other eve ning, when we accidentally stepped into his shop and thought for a while, that. we must have found our way into YONGUE'S of Columbia, or JADEN & GuEGo's of Charleston. Call on him all ye who want'-fine dings." Ile is a clever fellow and will sell cheap. There, ton, is the "' Clothing Empo rium " of Columbia, owned by Messrs. FuLLINGS, BsrSTwICK & Co. See what inducements they hold out to us ; Co lumbia is now but a few hours ride from here and our people w.l soon see that it is to their interest to watch that market. See also "UNCLE JoaN's " notice. Atnd last, but not least, by no means, is our clever citizens Messrs. TINDALL, W-ATO & Co., who have located at the corner, opposite the " Old Sumter House," that was. They advertise quite a long list of goods, which they guarantee to sell very cheap. They are hard-working and enterprising men and deserve patronage. Step in and try them and we guarantee you will find thema as attentive, polite and obli ging a firm as any in the country. And next in order is-is-is-oh, that is all. Vell, we are only sorry that we have no more te notice, and we wish our friends would only give us a chance to do them:all the good we can. Tihe Ltst Cemusruu. From the lately published census returns we gather the following inter esting statistics, which will be found of great'interest.: Population. Dwelling.. Familie~e. U. States, 19J,987,589 3,362142 3,593.1)45 G;r. Britain, 20.81G,351 3,6-18,347 4,319,388 Ireland, 6,515,794 1,047,735 not giv-en. Ausi ra, 36,514,397 not given. 8.219.597 P'russia, 16,331,187 do. 2,611,055 The number of births, marriages and deaths in the United St ate, cannot, be accurately stated on account of the. w~anit of a Reirainsystem in tuist of the States.,' he recent act of our Legislature will (dbvialte this difliculty so far as South Car.liina is coincerned. The uinimher iof persons in the Un i ted States enugaged in Coinmerce, Trade and Mauiactures, is put down at 1.500,2G5 ; in Agriculttiure, 2,400, 583; Gtiverment Ollices, 14.966. In Great Br-itain the occupat ions of the people are divided thus: Commtierece, Trad1e aind Mainufhetures, 3,092,787; Agricultur-e, 1,490,785; Government Ofliees, 16,805. lIn South.Carolinia we have 921 citi zens born in England; 4,051 in Ireland; 651 in Scotland; 2,180 in Germany; 270 in Franice; 407 in Massachiusetis; 22A in Conniecticut; 884 in New-York; 1,621 in Virginia; atnd 6,173 in North. Carolinua. Near a thoustsand copies of an abridg mc,.s o f the cen~tsu repo rts will lie furi iihled to eachl 1mmber of Congress, for- distrmibu'ion whicb will be foiund as useful as the enlarged edition. Isaspor-taast To Tax CoIectors. Dy the recent act of the Legislature, establishinig a system .for registration of births. imarriages, d athis, &e, the tax culleetors of each district is reqjuiired to fuirnish the Comptroller Generial with the fillowing iniformaamion in regard to eivei-y citizen: As to births: The date, sex, names of pairerit s' and their residenice. A s to deat his: D~ate, age, sex, tname, pareints. residence, cause of death, As to mar riages: TIhe name of the husband, age residence, name of wife, age, residence, namires of parentls. date of imarriage, and byV whomil married. As to colored persons and free nic groes, the births and deaths are to lbe rLeordecd; and as to slav'es, the ntumber-, sex, dates, name of ownvier, time of birth or death, causes of death, &c. As to non-piaying citizens, schedules will be ftirnished by the tax collector-s to ministers of the gospel, magistrates anid physicians, to enable them to re oord cases amodng the poor. A ppro)priattioins will doubttless be made at the niext sessionl of the Legis lature, to remunerate the tax collotor for this extra labor. -~-.~..0. Judgeo Douglas Nebrncau lbll is still the important Rulject of discssion before the U. &. Senate. The French spoliation bill han jissodm. * Frosm Europe. The latest dates front Europe are up to the 4th inst. - We note no decided change in the aspect of commercial, or political aflutirs. The demand for cot ton is increasing and prices steady. The market for breadstufTs is nnsettled and a slight decline has been submit. ted to by holders of flour. France and England are resolute and deter. mined in their assumed posit'on to. wards Rus and prepared for the probable coest, which eannot be long delayed. Ti4Iossian Minister has paid his fingfopnal visit to the For. eign department in London and it is reported that the French and English Mitiisters have been recalled from St. Petetsburg. A great battle is said to have been fought between the Russians and Turks 'at Kalafat in which the lat. ter were completely victorious. ITEMS. The Washington correspondent, Ion, of the Baltimore Sun says, Mr. T. L. Daw. son, of Pennsylvania, will next Tuesday bring up and advocate his bill granting to every male head of a family, and a citizen of the United States, a homestead ol 180 acres of land out of the public domain, or certain CCn(litions. An enterprising Chinese merchant al Sacramento. California, advertises that among his goods received, he has "dried worms for sotUF!" For every dollar that Boston spends oil city Government, she spends one i:ollar and thirty cents upon her public free schools. The Panama Railroad is so far completed as to allow the cars to run to Obispo. 19 miles from Panama, and the transit of the Isthmus is now easily made in one day The Senate of Rhode Island has passed the law abolishing capital punshment. The Tennessee House of Representa. tives have adopted the Senate's amend. ments to the "Otanibus bil, ' with the ex, ception of the on extendmg the South Western Ra:il Road. This bill provides for the ten thousund dollars per mile, of State aid, on both roads, leading frot Knoxville to Rabun Gan, and frum Kno.. ville to Kentucky, and besides this. money for the lindges over Clinch, IHolston, Lit. tle Iiver, &c. The New-Orleans Delta, of Sunday, says that forty-six negroes, belongng t the eaate of the late D. F. Burthe, were sold in that city on Saturd-ay, for the sumr of $37, 470. The sale was to close the estate, and consisted of old and young wo. men and ch.ldren: The question of moving the Capital of Georgia is to be laid before the people anc decided by the ballot box.. Thela townt of London, Madisna County, Ohio; has beetn almost entirely destroyedi by fire. Ilouse robabemries are b'ecomintg very fre, quet in Charleston and famniles are watrned to be on their gu'ard. Frauds itt the u eight of Flour are mael. compllaitned of atnd purchasers are cautiona. ed to he on their guard, as the present high prices ofTer atn inducemuent to cheat There sents to be no doubt, but thai the apprenatice systm is to be adlopted im: Cubam. If so the fate of the Island is seal. ed. The culture of thte grape is beiingtt tc attract muchl attenttion itt California, anad ir thac lower country a conasderable quantity of wvine has already been made. VTe climtate is said to be as well suited to athe vinte as any part of the world. A conltract las beetn maade with Mesra, Ghtze & Bioatwright of Columbia, for the remtoval of thte old dtate Ilouse, wvhicha is to be completed in time for the meeting of thte necxt Legislattur'e. T1hae nomtainat ion of Mr. Sauanders as Coat. sul to Lonidont hts beent rejected by the Senate. Mr. Sntlivan as M inister to Por tugal has been confirmed. The Senate of Georgia has passed in bill 1o puntisha the keepitag of farn, oar othet gamitng tablegor es.tabbtshmenats, witha im; parisonmtaent in thte petenottiary fromt one~ tc jive years. Messrs. Goldthawaite. Clinton and Rice, htave beena elected Judges of the Sampretme Court of Alabanma. The Legislatuare of Maryland haa e einct. edl James A. Peaurce, WVhig, United States Seniator for six years from the 4th of Mareh ntex t. Anderson Miller. Esq., on the 7th inst. cottmitted suicide at St. Lonis, lby cuatting hais throat with a kntife under a fit of tetn. piorary itnsanaity induced by the varioloid, Thae lion. WV. WV. Boyce nande a power ful speech in the [Ioutse of Reopresentatives on Tlhursday last in favor of a reduction of the Tariff. De'spatchaes, it is said, have been for. warded lby the Brutish steamer Martini from Imalifaix via Buastotn, conataining an or der to Vice-Admniral aSrymtoua to proceed immediately to l'nmgland, atnd take cott. nmad of the British fleet in the Baltic. The New-Yorha herald learna that soy. en vessels have Hailed wvithain six or eighlt weeks from Baltimore, Boston, rend New. Y'ork, wvith the direct intetntion of being emaployed as slavors. -3. Ghancy Jor.es (Demn.) has been eletod to Congress front the Eighth Dis Itric of [Penansylvaniia, (Barks county,) ini place of Ii. A. Muleln burg, (Dam.) de ceased, Thme Marqutis do Trurgot, lately wouanded it1 the dtuel with Mr. Soule, is said to be ini a hadl condition. IHis leg has been am. nutated. and it is believed he will die. BALTIMORE, Feb. 17, 5. 15, P. M. The boiler of the steamboat Kate Kear. iey exploded at Louisville to-day, killing tweuty persons. Major Beale, of the Army, is dangerous. ly wounded. The Charlotteville, Jeffersonian ennu. merates the number of students of the University, at four hundred and sixty, the greatest number ever assembled there. Constantinople has been besieged twen. ty-four times-eighteen times without success. The place is one of the easieat to defend in the world, an'l Nicholas would find it hard wnrk to get inside of its walls after he had roicld the* outside. George Lippard, the Author, is dead. Ihe had been sick for some time. Time Nortih Brititia Review and BLACKwooD's Edinburgh Magazine for January, have been upon our table for some weeks, deserving a rich notice, but other matters have so much en grossed our time and attention that, until now, we have been unable to ex amine their contents. They both con. tain their usual quantity of reading matter and that (as is the case always) of the best guality. We are informed by a circulp'r issued by the American Proprietors, Messrs. LENAaD SCOTT & Co., that they have made arrange ments witlrthu English publi-hers, by which, the re-prints of Blackwood and the four Reviews appear almost as soon in this 'country as the English copies could be obtained. These five Periodicals may now all be had'6>r ten dollars per year. Any one of them is worth the money to be paid for all. They al contain the choicest reading from the first E;glish writers. To recomnend them to our readers would be idle. Every reading men knows their value and ought noit to be without them. See the inducements which their enterprising Proprietors hold out in their advcrtixeament on an other colui:n. Tia SourHaN LITERAY AEss. orat.--Thue February number of this excellent work - conies to us with an uncommonunly interesting list of anti cles-among thetm a long and inter-st ing article on " Free Schools a. d the University of Yarginia," which we re commend to all interested in that im portatt question. . ..-... South Csrolia Railroad Comupana y. At the late annual meeting of this com] pany the following gentlemen were elect ed directors for the ensuing year: Directors ey tll* Road.--Johna Caldwel', W. ihmpton, Andrew Wallace, .iohin Bryc-e, H. W. Conner, C. J. Shannon, L. J. P'auerson, A. Hager, WV. (, Duakes, G. A. Trenholm, Hlenry Goamrdin, Ker Boyee, C. 31. Fermni, W. B. Pringle, A. Burn. side. I;irectors rfs ihe flank.-Jas. Rose,Wi1. ham Pauttoni. 1. S. Cohen, WV. C. Ga rewood, J. A. Ilopley, G. B. Ioteke, WV. 3. Graysonu, 0. B. Iiliid, I1. W. Peronntaean, II. TI. Ilall, P. 3. Porchmer, James Gadedeni, 0. B. Hleriaut. A resoalutiona was also passead permittinn share-holders, owning live shares, to pas on the road lfor three moenthas previous to the genmeral annuial meLetintg, to and from thme place of suchl aneetinig, free of c-haerge. M E:DIc A z. ASsocrA TION.--Thle following are the otticers of~ the South Caroina 31ed. 'ial A ssocilation for 18.54: R. E. Wy-lie. M1. D., or Lancaster, Pres idenmt. RL. \V. Gibbhe, Mf. D. of Riel.land; Elias luorlbeck, M. D. Charleston, Vice Presi dents. Amnoy Collinx, M. D). Barnwell, Cur. Sec ret ary. F. T. Miles, M. D. Charleston, Rec. Secretary. II. W. DeSaussure, M. D). Charleston, Treasurer. WV. WV. Mohuley, Lancaster, Orator for 1855. NOnRH EASErens RAIL ROA.--The Directors of the North Eastern Real Road have cnteredl into a contriact watht Col. Tr. c. Nye, of the State of New York, for thme completion of that Road by the 1st of July, 1855. Col. Nye hans the reputation of he-. ing an etlicienat and experienced contractoar, ith a capaital'adegname to the ac-omiplish. ment of this importatnt enterprise in theo timne designated. Cha'rlesm Courier. A LAnoS Ciry.-T'1he Legislature onslIvania hats just passed a bill cnoidatig that strong collection ot mrunicipalities known as Philidelphia imto cite city, tinder oneb government; and ntot only that, btut it has also ta k en in the whao/e country ; the corpoarate liinits of Philidelphia are now sname. what larger than Ninevah and Baby Ion comribinea--and Solomnon, itn all his glory never heard of so extensive a city, Londoan ain't a circumstantce and Paris is no where, except in pop ulation ! Thte city is like a Quaker's hat : the filled up portion has a mighty broad brim to it.--Wilmington Jouar nucl. On Monday last, the Board of Free Schools foar Anderson DistrJet. hand a meeting in the village. Fifty-four schools were located, eight scholars arc allowed to each school, formerly the nutmber was seven. Forty-one teach era were ranked as first, and thirteen as secontd class. VTe frst class teach ers are paid eight dollars per annuam, and the second class seven dollors for each poor scholar. Mr. A. T. Broyles was elected Treasurer of the Board, to fill the va canecy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Joel Towers. We understand that the examninatiotn of the teachers was rigid, and that each of them ac njuitaed himanlfhandanomly COMMU N ICA'T'IONS. For hl Iakanner. (This artielo was Intended for the lit issue, but cimres too Ito.-In. DAN.) Alestrs. Editors --We were much pleased with tho spirit of it cEommunicatiol signed "Vulaen," whieb niipoarod in th last Banner, and heaurtily nore with hin ii oxpreiuxing the hpei tht Iho. Ansociai tion etgaged in this landildu slhort of mat. tug eortain violatirn of law, order and do coney, " drflon their positioni," mitay very aoon ehllI-et their object. A net of rabic Ahul.tiuits could nut operate with more detrient to the intereals of slave-ownerr than these miscreants, who are engage( night alter night, in illicit trafic with on slaves ; indeed, what better can be expect ed, of a class so unprincipled, than the utterance of sentiments in the presence o the poor Negro, cakulated to excite in hin a spirit of dissapation and insubordination Who can doubt that they encourage hit by precept, as well as their acts, to rob hi master, or that they seek by pretended sympathy to win his love am! confidence when he is punished for crimes they en courage him toconmmir. When " Vulcan, and his associates have forced them to de fine their position, or have defined it fo theme, we trust their position will he moad so very uneasy as to induce theme to chang it by favoring us with their departure. But Messrs.Editors, wehave lately heard intimated that "Vuican," and his'associ ates are few in number, and though the en terprize in which they are engaged is at arduous oue, demanding groat vigilance and necessarily. suhjecting them to mucd loss of sleep, yet there are some who mnigh lend a helping hand, but will not; nay, %he seem to fear that these vermin may sting and bite them, and who therefiire neithe by word nor act, show ainy signs of oppo sition or disfavor towards their ; who Will not "screw their courage to the stick ing place," he. anse theyineay fail, and ii case of failure they wou'd gaim the ill wil of the owls w.thout breaking up thei quarters, and who are t herefore willing that a select fiw should bear the heat an' burthen of the day, designing when suc cess is certain, then, to share the giory b; siouting vi:tory. If this be so, we wouih iniuire of "Vulcan," whether he thinks i practical to "rasp the scales from the o', truse vision" of such fo!ks, and i s.-, whether it would not he well to open thei eyes to the propriety of deli sing their ponsi tion also. We understand it is the deter muination of those associated to put down the illicit tratiet referred to and o.her friendly to the same object. not only te bring to the bar of justice all who are de teted in it, but after cracking the skull o their credit, to withho!d from them in fu tnre all support, and all friendly regard: whatever. Would it not be well, frien "Vulcan, to doom to the same fate, those wh atever their calling, wno plainly inti mate thi.r friendship for the violators of law, order aiid good miorals. Wec by ni means refer to those who lhave really anm giood reason or excuse for not taking parl mn the enterpirize in which you are engagedl biut, lie who by word or atct gives thon secret aid and comfort, or wh'so silenci anid iniactiont plIaiinly proceeds from a rgienid ly spirit towardls themi or the lea of en counterimg their hioustility, should be treates as a bird of the same 'feather. A CtizEN. F'or the llanner. MEssns. Eorrons--Daar Sirs: In voni last issue, some onie over the signature o " A n Ihonest ln-jui; er "' ini reply to a sh'r atnd commitendatory article, by " Vudcan in relation to certain measures recentl3 adopted. ftir theo suppress.o:. of illicit tratit with onr slaves in the town of Sumntervi lle and its vicintity, calls for iniformuationi ot certain points, andie for fear tha;t "* Vulcan miay lbe too busily engaged at his forge o mill (foi lie is a working.m-mn) toi firit all necessatry information about " a|| thi. much a-do, in Sumiterviide," we proplosc i.. foring " A n lonest 'puqirer "! ant through him the public (for it appears, that through lhim the public looks for thu iiformoatmn) where und how Ihe cani be fullI' enilighitened on the sublject, and haye the diiulty, undelr which hie baibors, satisfaic torily "cleared up." With thc great diji culty which An hmnest inqunirer " fanci " V/uln has got himoselt into, we have nothing to do ; and with the reasons, why four or live promtinent citizens of Sumter. ville have so far withhield their suppor from the mnorementt, and which "b An Hom est inqumirer "' strongly insinuat es theyj have done ; we shall have as little to ei as with the apology of ' An H~onest in quirer '' fur havmig so far onily initrmnded het " sentimnent "upon1 this " Erery body' measure." lBut, Messrs. Editors, we mout here enter our protest against the conrer siun of t he A ssociaion (or " much a.dn,' if -An Ihmnest Inquirer " prefers the title into a political, electioneering, logtrollink concerni, which " A n 1olmest Inquirer' evidlently designs, when lie speaks of " can didates," " loss of business," " contemnpta. ble vote of a few contemiptable negro traders, &c."' But, Sirs, as we did 1no design fromt the first, to reply to the in terrogatories of - An hmnest Inquirer,' but merely to point himn to the true sourci of information, anid desiring not to con ieume your time, o~r occupy your sheet ti the exclusion of moure important mattet we shall conclude, by earnestly and seri Eusly recommending * An H~onest Inquir er " if he seriously and honestly desires ti be fully indoctrinated in thie measures o the organization, and to know, *hat is go. ing owm in this progressire age, and to d( some good in his day and generation ; no' to be sitting up there astride of that fence accusing"- Old Vulcan " of casting "slurs' nor watching- what "prmin,..., citize.. are taking hold of the business, and what holding off; but just to come down, wp!k up to the Captain's Oljic-, enroll his lnam?, pay h's'dollar, become one of the Host of " Vulcan," and stand fully prepare. to -'fllou," where such men as the Brad. fonrds, Wilders, M..lits, Winns, Webb's Friersons, IImrings, Flowerses anl a lint of others, may "lead " for seveni long, mortal, Consecutive days and nights ; and though he should not he able to discover anything " Rotten in Denmark," still lie may find something " Rotten in Sumter. vii le,'' the removal of which, not only do miands the " sentiment," but also the " ac tion " of " An Honest Inquirer." ONE OF TiW [losT. Fur the Hanner. 1Essls. EDrroRs :--Through your courtesy, " Vulcan " presents his compli ments to " lione4 Iiuirer, " and begs leave to assure him that it was in no spir it of " boasting, " he mentioned the names of the citizens who were, and are still, so actively engage!d in carrying out the views of the Vigiant Association, and only re grets that those of other " prominent citi zens, " are not found on our list. Iloiest Inquirer, " having nitde him self acquainted with the measures em r bodied in our Constitutio:i, and, being ful ly satisfied of their expediency, yet, fearing the Public may have some misgivings as to their legality, calls on "' Vulc;n, " or some one else for him to say, why, if we are right, such prominent namens as our Ilan. Senator, our P. G. V. P., the Lewis's. Vebb's, and Blanding,s ,ar, not with us. As the honest sentiments, and indepen dent spirit tmaimife*sted in the conimumca tioB of " lhime-t Inquirer, " show him to be a true Pitriot, and gooJ citizen, "Vul r can," will endeavor to answer some of his questions. But belore I attempt an explanati u, it may be proper to premise, that our s'o:iety is composled of goenctn, wh , would iciint the idea of encroaching on the leg..! rights ofany c lass of Citizens. Nor would th"re be the I ost necessity for our move. ment if it was lj'ssible for thole who are appointed by the town council to guard and protoet the rights and property of hon. est citizens, to preserve us from the vile practice., of thse who, while they choose to disregard their own true intercsts, are inflicting incalcu'able injury on their hon. est neighbors. Our organizition was et. fected for the purpose of pulting a stop to the illicit tratic carried on with our slave poplation, p:rticularly in the aiomin;.ble d g-poison, sold them as spirituous liquors no matter by whom, be they rich or poor, native or foreign. f Now it uniortunatcly happens that a certain class of our fellow citizens, and some of them are very enterprising chaps, for they have introduced a new order of Architecture, which not being laid downm in the hooks, we will call for thme present the Order of the "Bull's Eye." Two of these eyes are usually inserted in each front wvindow. shutter of the dogery, about live inches in diameter nout to view excern'l obhjects, but for trae purpose or throwingr light on thd suly'ects within. And, they pretend to be un Ier the im piression, that ours is a party m'rement andi intended to affect them only, and con sequently. they have exhibited a decided but useless ohpositiont toi our measures. Is it strange then, that our Ilon. Sena. tor, (whose natural benerolence is so well nown,) should he prompted to withhold the weight of liis influence. But, why we have not the P. G. WV. P., with us, is a question " Vulcan " cannot so eausily answer. IL may be through sym-n pathut with others whose pecuniary inter ests ma~y, perhaps be effectedl, in some way, Iby the present restrictions, or perhaps through sonme affected disgust, as sine have been heard to expiress thieimselves in rather contemptuous hanguage towards the Ai'Asociationt. lHe this as it may, however, thecre is certainly a departure from that good generalship, invariably displayed by Ithe last named getlemnen, in all questioins ningtoagitate the pubbec mind. Fur so far t rom remaining on the feiice, they have always, tittil now, like adroit fishers of nieii cast their nets on both sides, and by this skilful mi'Vtovmet seldom failing to make successful hanls. As for.the Lewises, Mr. " Inquirer " it is only enough for that name, to get an inkling of anything being on foot to elevate the coindition of either white or black, and he is ofT-hike old Bertrand, at the first tap of the drum anid, tenm to one, while the jockeys are setting the prelimtinaries of the race, hie has made his first round. rThe Webbs, the Bllandings, and a host of other " prominent citizens " are all right. So Mr. " Inquirer " farewell. .Feb. 2l, 1854.VUCN For the Biantier. MESSRs. Eorr'oms : I request " A friend to Merit " in the ieaner, and " Echmo "in the Watchmnan, to atuecpt my grateful ac knowledgiments for the honor intended in indicating mue for the Senate, and my .sincere thanks for the kind words used in those commnunications towards me. But as the namies of two gentlemen are al. ready helore the people of Claremont for that office, I respectfully decline thme noimi natiotn. U J. B. WITIHERSPOON. Feb. 20th. 1854. 02- Watchmans will please copy. THEz WILLt OF 3lUDAtt rUURtO.-Tlie will of Judath Tour,,, whome recently died at New Orleans~, alpptint. foiur excntors. giving *10,000 to the three of them, andt~ making the foturth. R. .. Shepa rd, residuary legnteec. Nearly *450,000 is biequeathed to diteeit p ublic institutions and for charitabhi .S purposes, including the hollowing: $80, 000 for the establishanent of an Alms Iluso inl New Orleans, $5 ,000 to the I lebrew congregation in Boston, the sate nuaunt to caaeh of the I le. brew eangregat ions ir lart turd, New. Inavetv New.Yea k, Charleston and Suvanah ;*50,000 to the Orphan Boys Anylum at Boston, $5,000 to the Fe. male Asylumn at Boston, $10,000 to the Matbssachlusetts Eeinale Ilospital Se ety t New-Yory, a10,000 to the New-York Relit Society ihr Indige..t Jecws inl Palestine, al..o $50,000 to the Agent of said Society for Ameliorating the Conidition of the Jews in the holy Land, and securing the enjoyment if their religion ; also consiterable be. quest to other llebrew congregations througthout the United,Staites, and sev. eral handsome legacies to individuals. V. 11. SEWAnD IN TiaIF FJEtLD.--he Timws discloses the secret of its origin, th* object of its es ablishmieut and the ultimtattn of its policy to be the elec tion of W. II. Sevrard to the presiden cy. The faet, is out at last, after every attempt at. making a temporary bar. gain and sale with the present admin. istration has frailed. It. now foreshail. ows the nomintation of W. I. Sew ard, by the partisans. as a. candidate for Gosvernaor of New York, prepara tory to enteri ig the field for the pres. idential chances of 1856. And the movemint is to be commenced upon the Nebraska question. Very well. A coal of fare apio the back of a tor. toise will infillibly open his shell; and bring out. his head, legs, and tail. Douglas is working wonders. N. Y. Herald. HYMEEA L. MA RRIED,--On Thursday the 16t inst., ly J. R. liagat, Esqr., ISAAC D. McK ENztE to Misa ELIrABETIt ANNE Ca ter daughter of Mr. Henry Cater, all of Saunter District. INVITATION. THE public generally, and ladies especially, together with the Surnter Iiflemen and Beat No. 2, are invited to participatu with the Clare nont Troop in the C-'lebration of their Aanni versiary, on the 221 February, inst. There will be nn Oration delivered by Mr. T. M. Logan, in the Court hlouse, at 10 o'clock, A. M. H. C. WEBB, Captain. II. N. BaAnyoan, 0. S. Attention, Claremont Troop. YOU will parae on the 22d inst., at your usual place of renlezvous, properly armed and equipped, according to law. By order of R. C. WEBB, Captain. It. N. BnADFoRD, 0. S. Feb. 22!, 1351. 17 It i We are authorised to atnounce Maj. A. C. SPAIN as a cand date for tepresentativ, fron Claremont County. it the ensuing election. Feb. 23, 1854. 17 tf Ms Messrs, Editors: You will oblige mtauny voter-s o; Char -mnt Elec ition lD-t rict by annouiuncinag Col. Rt. LA - ROACI!E IER IOT ns a canadsdate for a se-t in the Loiwer Branch-l of the Legisla ture of the State of South Carolia, at the ensuing election. Fob:. 2:2, 1851. 17 t To the Public, JIOIIN C'IINA ulTra his evie t h citizenis of Sumter District and thte public gen erally anid pledlge.s himeseif to give every atten tion to the sale of all propernies entrusted to hcia hands on comnmission, either at auction or pri vate sate. The faceilities he enjoys, as to situa tion and hais lung experience in the business are seatisfac-tory evidence of his ability to do justice to anay who may employ him. Fe b 22, 1854. 17 it FREEMVAN HOYT. H1 AS just received fromi -New York, a Igood nasortmecnt of fine JcdWEL RY, POCKET CUTLERY, GOLD SPEC TACLES, &c , &c., which he will sell as che~ap for cash acs any other retailing es tabbtshmcent ini ihe State. TIhaunkful for past flavors, he respectfully solbcits a conctmiuanc(e of thec patronauesof his old friends and the pubhlic generally. Fetb. '2, 1954. 17 6t Executor's Notice, A LL persons indebted to the Estate of Richard Ruigina. Esgjr., deceased, of Sumter District, will present them properly attest eJ to eatther ol the uunderaigned. anid those who tare-inadebted will mtake payment to the samte. W. C. DUKES, Chiarlescton, ,INO. J. RAG! N, Cla-endoin, Ex'rs. Suterville, Feb. 12, 1854. J7-4t if7 Watchman copy. ' THlE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING !" TEN PERFORMERS. THEl OLD AAD ORlGLyA4, JMPELL MINTRELLS, W H1-OSE Concerts hiave beena rec eived 55 throughout the ,United States, foir the past six years with so much apiplatuse, have the huntor to annmounce to the L-adies and tGentlemen oftlumterville and vicinity, that they will give two or three populiter conicerts ncext week. Due notice wall be giv en of the titam- and place. Dr. F. A. JONES, Agent. Feb. 22, 1654. 17 - 2t So, Carolina--Sumnter Dist, By WV. LLE W IS, E sq., Oirdina~ry for said DIstrict. WVhereas, W. M.Sandcera, hath applied to tri for h~etlers rd Adiistiaration, on all and sintgular the goods aitd chattels, rights. and credats of It. M. Satnders, la'.e of the said District, deceased. These are, therelore, to cite and admon ash all and singular, the kinadred and creda. tors of the said decetased, to be and appear before mue at our next Ordinary's Court lor the said JDistrict, toa be hioldetn at Sutmter Court flouse ont Friday thae Snrd,dav of. Machl next., to ashew cause,i atnBy,'why the samd adm.mtstrat,oni should noat bce grante-J. Given under nmy band and seal, this 2:2th daay of touruary an the year of [a.. a.] catr 1.ord, onie I hocusanid eight Jun.. dred antda tirty -lour anid ta the 78th year ea AmnereaaIcan lepec. donce. Peb. 22, 1854. . 17 .1