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trial inullions? Must they forever con *-mie to) liv.- fitr below the level of u nil ..appineds, under the strongest te-mpttion to heek the transient dl ,'-v - pleasures of alcohol, opium, and t blnero? I do not think it. necesi'rv to wait for the mnillenlum of .ocial reorganiza. tion, to solve this problem. Man'munst 1"., will have his stimulunts, to ustuinl his higher powers. We must deter taine whether those stimulants shall he na.c(otic tand destructive, or niour ihing, moral and lealthful. Here, then, is the clinan of our reasoning:-man has an inherent and indestructible love of stimulation, and heo must tind that stimulation either in the poison that destroys him, or in the moral that elevates his life. Tern. perance societies, then, inust be roused to a 'new and higher view of their duties. - It is not sufficient merely to arrest the sale of alcohol, even it we could also suppress the use of opin and tobacco, which we cannot. That, which temperance societies have, thus far, attempted, is but one half their work. Before destructive tenperanco has fulfiled its mission, I demand that constructive temperance shall come in to finish the task. I demand social institutions, which shall give to the entire community, that healthful and deli rht'ul moral and intellectual stim ufation, which shall supercede the de mund for the grog-shop:, and which may it only be erected on the ruins of the demolished drinking-house, but may be introduced at once into our commnn iiiities, where the grog-shop is Alourishihg, and grad ual ly withdraw people fron the den of* vice, to more fascinating resorts, where the spiritual rnatiure shal I be refreshed, and strength ented, and the appetite for low indul gences destr-yed, by substituting that which is high and holy. THE SUMTER BfNEtR. J. S. RICHARDSON Ja. JOHN R. LOGAN, Em-rOns. WEDNESDAY, 8EPT., 27, 1854. 17 V. -V. WALKER, JAM., Esqr., is our duly appointed agent in Columbia, 8. C., to receive and receipt for all sums due the Sinmter Banner. ElV Persons wishinir to see us upon hbiniefw connected with the Paper or Law, can find us at any hour during the day, except from four to five in the allernoon, at our office, just hack of 3oixos' New Store. All business connected with the paper. must be transacted with WIr.LAM LEWIS, JOHN S. RicnARDSON, jr., or R. C. LoGAN. Mr. R. C. LoGAN, (he Foreman of Banner Office, is our only authorised Agent to receive money and give receipts for the same, and inay always be found at the Banner Office. All letters addressed to the. lanwr rimlt h i jwo.pnij tu inosure attention. 3ealth of Sumtervile. t.- reputation for health, which our town has always enjoyed is without blot or blemish and it is a rare thing to hear of a case of sickness of any kind within our corporate limits. Physicians have plenty of leisure. Thme ease of yellow fever reported as having arm ived from Charleston may be seen walking the streets with a hearty glow upon the cheek and a pleasant smile, ready for "eustom and orders." The Depot. The depot of the Wilmington and Manchester ears, is during these lis. Ure months the terminus of a daily walk for all those fond of exercise, or meeting the great thoroughfare of tra vol between North and South. I common with others wve have noticed the imnprovemoents going otn in this part. of tihe town, wvhieh was a year ago only an old field, now a thriving portion of ati improving country townm. To the industry and enterprise of Capt. MrrouELL of the " Iarilie llouse." much credit is due for his public spirit. in planting trees and othem wise clearing and beautifying the now street. Mr, T. J. CooursN and his sledge hammer have also accomplished much and mean, to do nmore--vide the three ad. * vertisemnents in this week's paper. It isalways emmeidered an evidence of prosperity and s gacity to see a mansu ad vertising and publishing his business to the world and if industry and atten tion to orders present anmy claim for public patrenago we think our friend CoomLA~ stands a good chance of mak ing some~ few Jumps of gold, even though they be ha-nmered out of iron and ground~ in the " mill " or mnay be eaught on a " lightning rodl." Another Palmuetto Gone. We regret to learn that Mr. J. WVnra who served in the Richuland Company of the Palmetto Regiment, -. died in Columbia on Sunday last. Th one by one the members of thtSpartan band are slowly marching to the grave ; and ere many years arc * gone all of their number will have fiished thme last, fight and " conquered the last enemy which is Death." T1houghm no eenotaph be erected t< gormemorate their glorious actionm 'and noble deeds, yet they will'not b< forgotten. " T~c lire infemne Ihnu1 Aot i,, 1;r. " The Pestilence. In th.- published report of the Board of Health for Charleston, we notice no marked change in the number of deaths from Yellow Fever, which average still from 18 to 20 deaths daily. II Savannah the suflering and deso. lation is very great- the ravages of the fever continue without diminution. The call fbr aid for Savanah has been nobly responded to by her sister cities. The Howard Association of New Or leans has sent the Mlayor $1,000. The' Mayor of Mobile propo.es to send two physicians to Savannah, which ofTer the Mayor pro. tem. has accepted by tele-raph. From September 2d to the 18th, $20,123.90 had been received by the Mapor pro. tem. for the relief of the suffiwers. In Augusta a perfect panic has been created from the breaking out of the Yellow Fever in that place and all business is suspended. The only Augusta poaper which has been received contains the following notice, which may give sone idea of the stampede: " TuiE'Avus-a POST OFCE.--We have been requested to state that the clerks in the post, oflice in this city having left, it is very difficult to get help enough to distribute the mails. Ifour subs9cribers in the country should fail to receive their papers regularly they will attribute it to this cause." Late dates from Texas state that that the yellow fever still prevails at Galveston, and, on the 8th and 9th inst., there were 26 deaths. The Cholera still continues its rava ges in the smaller towns of the North and North-west. Columbia aid Wilmington continue free frormn the epidemics, the few cases brought to those cities from Charleston have terminated favorably. Report onR Wheat. The Committee on Wheat, of the Newberry Agriciltural Society reports that for seed it is generally admitted that early varieties are the best, and of the dilli'ent early varieties, the Red Spring Wheat iz to be preterred. Il seeding Ieas, the land should be broken up, deep and close-the deeper the better. The ground should be drawn oil' in lands twelve feet wide across the way it was ploughed and if not sullicieitly rich, it should be made so, by gi'ving it a liberal coat ofcotton seed,guano or stable manure. The business of seeding should be comple ted by the twelfth of November. The eend Qihnld he well soaked, for twelve hours, in a strong solution ofbluestone -one pound of bluestone is enough for fiv.a bushels of wheat. From one to two bushels of wheat should be sown per acre ; the qiantity to be re gulated by the land ; the richer, and the better prepbared the land is, the more seed is required. it should be ploughed in wit h a long narrowv plough. The land then should be rolled, or brushed, to level it--and the operation will be complete. The proper time for harvesting for flour is as soon as the grain passes omnt of' the milk state Th'le straw is then oif a golden color. But, if intended for aced, or to be kept any length of time, the grain should be perfectly ripe. It is miore profitable to sell it in thme grain than to grind it, especially when it is worth from onae dollar twelve and a haltf 'cents to one dollar thirty-seven and a half cents per bushel, with the as erage pirice of lour ait six dollars. Newvs oftheii Week. It is w~hi~lpered (and we hope it will go on no further) that the young l~mnpress of Austria is ini that interesting situ ation 'when coining events cast their shaduws before.' General Cass recently made a speech before some of his constituents in whielr he said the mnore the Nebraska lilt wtas atityredJ the better and brighter it would appear, The bill had been strongly dle nounced, but the principle it contained was right, it was true, the Northern senti. ment was opposed to slavery-it wvas nat. ural that it should be. lHe was opposed to t, and hamd said in the Senate that it was a political evil, and many other tl.ings, greatly to the displeasure of thme South, and would stick to it under all circumus'an ces, but yet, search thme constitution from one end to the other, and~ there is not a word of authority to touch, or interfere with, the subject of slavery in any shape. Thme Wilmington Journal informs us that the destruction of the Rice crop on the Cape F~ear Rliver, by thme recent gale is comiparitively emall. John L. Tay lor, whig member of Con. gress from thme 10th district in Ohio, who~ voted against the Nebraska hill,has been defeated by his own party in his own towni where the delegates to the congressional convenmtion were instructed to vote for the nomninationi of Mr. Nash, <>f Gamllia ! Cause: his conisistenut high-toned opponsitiona to wool lyheadiam. The New-Orleans riots have entirely ceased. ' John Kane, one of the men sup. posed to have been kilhcd, has since been found. He was ebot four times, but rm> vneover 'rnr his wunn,.. An attempt was made at Augusta on Monday evening last, to set fire to the CatholicParsonage there. The Savannah papers announce the death of the Right Rev. Francis Xavier Gartland, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia, who died at the resi dence of M. Pendergrast, in that city, on Wednesday morning at half-yast 11 o'clock, of yellow fever. The democrats have carried Arkansas by a large majority. Messrs. Rusk and Greenwood (democrats) are elected to Congress, and the Legislature stands on joint ballot-demiocrats 75, whigs 25. Attorney General Cushing Is preparing to test the constitutionality of the Fuyi live Shave law in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. which pronounced the law un constitutional. The Gaceta of Costa Rica calculates the destruction of locusts in that country in consequence of the measures dictated by the Government, at 150,400,000 insects. Up to the 24th of July, 3,000 sacks of the insects, weighing each 60 pounds, had been presented for the purpose of obtain ing the ouny ofTered by tha Government for theirdestruction. The government of Greece has forward ed to Washington a block of marble taken from the Parthenon. in order "that it may serve to adorn. however humbly, the niontarent destined to perpetuate the re. nenbranace of the great founder of the American Independence." The Marion Star says that the bridge of the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, over the Pee Dee as in a near state of completion. The cylanders have been finished some time, and there remains but one stran of the superstructure to be completed, w hich it is expected will be done by the 15th of October, and be ready for the passage of the trains. Accounts from Boston of 19th, state that the delegates thus far elected to the Democratic Convention are generally fa. vorable to the administration. A State Internal Improvement Conven tion is to be held at Salisbury, North Car ofina, on the -d day of November next, to devise some general plan for improving the State by railroads. The corn crop in Chickasaw county Miss., is represented as being the largest ever raised there, and is selbng at 20 to 25 cents a bushel. The Carolinian states that Columbin was Lever in a batter condition of entire health than at this season. The last Marion Star has one hundred and eleven tracts of land advertised at sheriff's sale. The advertisement occu pies nearly two columans of its pages. That some persons in .Canada begin to oo upon tne mautlux o; !ugatave staves aa that country as an ovl aaay be inferred front a motion made in the Canadian Leg islature, that the samne capitation tax now imposed on all strangers entering ilia Province, be enacted in future from black intigrants. There was a sharp frost ian some ports of New Ilaampshire aand M1aine on the lith inst., which has put a stop, it is stated, tn the growth of vianes, toamatos, and tender phaants generally. Upwards of four thousand inaanigraants arrived at New York eon Saturday last, Mr. Johna S. Richardsona an old and res pected citizen of Greenville District, is annaouanced in the M~ountlainaer as havinag daed last wveek, aged 75 years The Town Council or Columbia haave forwarded five lhunmdred dollars to Savannah for thae relief of the suferiaag. At aan election held era thae 18th inst., for Iateadaant anid six WVar:eans, to serve ian,tha Town of WVa~ter borougha, the follow inag was thle result ; Jrmendant.-Hon. M. E.Carn. War*den*s -Carios Tracy-, Esq., Maajor Chrarles Warley. Dr. Eanai. WVitsell, Cot. L,. T1. WVitsell, Dr. Thoas. Linting, R. B .Jenkinas, Esq. AN AsTotsorso R~coRD FelR A MAINE LAw CIrr.-TheC police report of tihe Boston Courier of Tuesday appears as lolows " Sixty-four smipfe drunkards, ,four common drun-kards, seven assaulters, teat Card-players ern thte Lord's day, tharee rescuaers, fourteen rioters, onie store breaker, one hotel and stwo petty thieves wvere tried in the police court yes terday. The entire party figuro up otae huandred and six strong, andi were as dirty a looking crewv as one wouh' wish to see. Inm Fort WVayne, Indiana, at a late elec tion for city clerk, thae Know--Nothing cani didate was defeated by a large mtajority. Thte Democracy triuamphaed in Berkely county, Virginmia, at a special elecionm for shaerifT, thme Deamocratic candtdate wvas elected over a regarha Know-Nothaing can didate. And so it will be says thme Ka tionmal Democrat, for it is now believed that thme Knowv-Nothaingisma is only a WVhig trap. A mass meeting was held at Washinig tont, D. C., on Tuesday evening, in opposi. miM to the Kanow Nothings. Whn the vote was taken on thae resolutiorn, the negative seemned to preponaderate largely Col. T1. B. Florence, of P'hiladelphia, wes alt roduced to the meeting, and en~deatvored to get a hezarinig, but wvas booted dowmn. The Carolinian lias published a lettet fro..m Col. F. W. Pickens, addressed tc Col. Orr, comning out warmly in favor oi giving the election of President and Vict President to the peonle. Written for the Sumier llanner. An Incident of Real Life at Cape May. Among the beauties congregated at Cape May this summer none surpassed M iss E-of Boston. Possessing a splendid fomn, a lovely. face, and what some value above all things else afortune she soon became the "belle of the bay-" Admirers, and would be lovers flocked around her from morning to "dewy eve"; and happy was the one she favored with a prome. nade, a ride on the sandy beach or a walk by inconlight. Acknowledged as tihe "Queen of Hearts" she ruled with undisputed sway over all. But no mortal is perfect, and Miss E so beautiful and wealthy, was un fortunately, the proudest of the proud. Her father a worthy old gentleman of s!xty-id been for many.years enga ged in the grocery business and by care and labotw accumulated a fortune, which Miss E-his only child would eventually possess. Ie had cxpostu lated with her often on her "high" noticns, but a toss of tihe head or a curl of the lip would be her only re ply. And the old man loving his daughter with no common affeetion soon ceased to notice the many airs and conceits she would assume. But in these, as well as in past, times, "pride cumneth before a fall." * * * * * One morning, the name of Fitz Jamnes Perry Esq. was found on the list of "arrivals." Who lie was and whence he caine no one knew. Sup pertinie came and by mere accident of course, Miss E obtained a seat near that distinguished stranger and "great unknown." She was at first sight struck with the appearance ofMr. Per ry. A pleasing countenance, intelli gent feutures, a heavy moustache and above all an avowed corterisptfor the crowd-the ignobile vulgus-inalueed Miss E to have him added to her already numerous list of beaux. le soon became a favored one-out shin. ing, as the boys say, every other ri val. No one was permitted to dance so often, to promienade or drive so frequently with Miss E as the gentle mal from Europe-by which cogno men..t.James Perry .::; . For him, 110 cotorie was sufliciently se leet or distingue to suit a gentleman of his birth and fortune. Miss E and others often noticed that Fitz'James rerry rebq. SLu; -J inmediately after dinner and supper and could not make his appearance for some time. The Landlord, as jol ly an old fellow as ever lived, for soime cause or other frequently smiled when F. J1. P's name was mentioned. What did these things mean ? As re gards e'he first, F. J. P. assured Miss E "it, was his custom now, as when lie lived in his father's castle on the Thames to spend one or two hours daily in the great work of' writing his autobiography. " This explanation allayed all apprehensions and ev-ery one awaited with impatience the publication of such a great work. Our Landlord, the old scamp ! still contin tied to smile and oftentimes to grin, when sonic romantic incident or thr-il hang asdventure of F. J. P's was re counted in his hearing. Thus wecnt, Miss E's fi'thier being daily expected fr-om Boston in the conch which reaceh ed New York at 5 o'clock in the mor-ning, that young lady was up anmd dressed waiting for his arrival., hie did not conme that morning but Miss E. concluded to take a wailk alone to the sea-shore to watch the ocean sur-ges anid see the billows leap. There she remainied until Sol had risen, Retur ninug she found a number of gentlemen in the front piazza of the hotel and' acordinugly was passing through the back yard, wheni oh ! " horiror of horrors " what fell upon her astonished view. - 1Fitz James Perry Esq., clotched in a ragged suit, and p'rotected by a coarse apron and wollen gloves was cleaninug kni ires for breuafasl ! That was his "greitt work." " Oh what a fall was there my countrymen." No wonder the landlor-d used to smile or even to For some unac.icounitaible cause Miss E~ left the very same day for homie not waiting fuor her father's arrival Mr. Jamies Fitz Perry shor-tly aftecr wards departed, pirobably to visit his father's castle on the Thames, but an acquaintance of ours declares he saw Mr. J. F. P. ini Taylor's Restaurant ini Biroadway waiting oni customers. Ofi course, we don't believe any sueh statement. All is not gold that glitters and the most fashionable gentlemen at water. inig laces are often arrant pretenders. Yours, MAURiCE. New York Cityeptn. 23rd lir5 To tliae Rev. the Clergy. of South Carolina. At the last Session of the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of South Carolina. It was resolved: "That the Grand Worthy Patriarch be requested to invite all the Ministers in thisState to Preach sermons in fa vor of Temnperance and Prohibition." Belovcd Friend: In obedience to the above resolution, the duty devol. ves upon me to solicit your kind offi ces in behalf of the great and good cause in which we are engaged, by delivering a lecture or sermon on Tcmpcrance and Prohibition at such time as may suit your convenience. We feel that the very solicitations will find a prompt response in the boson of each of you, for they who arc dispensing to erring humanity the inestimable blessings of Religion. will appreciate the moti ves by which we are influenced in the laudable un dertaking, towards which we have contributed not only o;,r time, but our best energies. Standing as you do, on the lofty pinacle of piety, Watchmen to discern the approach of sin and to ward off its danger, who so well calculated to speak for us a kind word against a vice, which daily slaughters its hundreds ? who so capa ble of dashiiig the tempting cup from the hand of the poor deluded inebriate as you who, hour by hour witness the baneful effect of this most corrupting temptation ; and from whose tongue with more power and truth than from yours, can fall the sweet word which may charm from the chaliced draug!t, the lips which are about to touch it! Ministering at the Holy Altar where thousa ds are deterred from uniting with yon in thanks to tue Most High for blessings extended,. and promises foretold, by reason of the great enemy, against whom we have declared un. ceasing hostility, your own observa. tion and reflection have furnish-d you with reasons and with arguments, which coming from the sacred desk, may tell with a power not yet experi eneed, and you may have the sweet consolation of knowing that you have chased the tear of sorrow from the eye of many a poor wile, and restored to sobriety and usefulness sonic degra. ded victim, who yet may be converted into a useful member of society, Permit me to express my high gratification at the passage of the Res olution to which I have referred you. We have sent forth eloquent emissa ries in the great cause from our order, aud they have effected much, but yet much remains to be done. If we can engage in our good work men, who like you, all must feel aiid know can not be possibly influenced by any consideration but such as have the welfare of man in view, we flatter our selves that we shall have in our behal' a tower of strength-one potent, for good. If the attention of listening and prayerful congregations throughout the land can be turned to the impor tant subject of Temperance, a diree. tion will be given to thouights, wvhich will not be lost and will not pass away w&u the moment. T1hue very conver sation to which the fact will give rise --thte very .circumstance that the mat ter is airrestingL the attention of those v; hose character and position give them weight in evt ry community, will speak trumpet tongued in a cause against which not eveti the most illy disposed can inveigh. Allow me to add muy own solicitfa tion to that of those I have the honor to represent on this occasion, and to express the hope that our proposition may not only meet with your appro bation, but that you will commend the miotives which urge us to mako it. M( NTGOMERY MOSES G. W. P. Sumterville, Sept. 20thi 1854. -gr Papers friendly to the cause oif Temperance, will please insert the above. 1YMElNEAL. MARRIED,-On the 6th inst., by the Rev. A. E. Chandler, Mr-. TIroMAS E. WarrE, and Miss FRAsoEs T. SPANN, daughter of Mr. WVillisSpann, all of Sumter District. Scrontila. It has been remarked by eminent men, that ini the varied catalogue of diseases tse wvhich man is liable, there is scarcely onc of such importance and o such interes1 as Scrofula, whether we look to the ob, scurity of its origin, its insiduous progress the number and variety of organs that il attacks, or its remarkable inucurability and extensive fatality. Scrofulam has baffled the skill of the mnosl eminent physicians in this country and ia Europe. But there is an antidote for th~i d isease in e-Dr. Guysou~'s E~xtract of Yet low Doc-k and Sarsaptarilla," which ii proving itself a Specific in the moat sever caises of Scrofula. rf"' See advertisement. Turpentine Land. hue subscriber offers for sale 1,000 acrei &of Turpentine Land at 63,001 per acre M. H. PLO WDEN. 8ani 20, 185"a A47 . Eleotion Resolves, 11n tile House of Repreieiata tives Decenuber 20. 1853. The Committee on Priveleges and Elections to whom were referred suudry petitions, praying the establishment of new pl cc of Elections and the appointment of Managers for the iext General election; having lihd the same under consideration, beg leave to Ieport, and recommend the adopt ion of the following Resolution Resoled, That the electons to be hold en on the secoud Monday in Octoher next and the day following, for Senators and Representatives in the S:ate Legislature, shail be he!d at the foilowing places only, and conducted by the followmg persons: CLAREMONT MANAGERS. SUNTERVILLE: 1. J. Knox, G- \. Bradford, lenry Haynsworth. SwiMicING PENS: A. S. Watts, John W. Montgomery, It. 1H. Rembert. Biislopville: John H. Dixon, J. Al Stuckey, John T. Green. CARTERS CROSSING: Ilardy Scarbor. ough, John Stuckey, George McCutcheon Jr. SPRING ILL : \Villiam T. Belvin, James Curbitt Sr., Ozias Mathis. STALEBURG : \. W. Itees, Sebasti in Sumter, .iilood. l'HoviDENcE : John Ballard, C. C. Jack son, L J. Dinkins. MANCH ESTER : Jacob B. Belser, James A Ilarvin, Matthew Itamosey. I'tIVATEER: Th1os. O'Steen, William Nettles, John B. Tmndale. Lvcuaum : John G. Potts, Isaac Rees Jr., A. A. AcLeod. MECIANICSVILLE: Francis 11. Kennedy, Jamies \V. Itenbert, Won. Prescott. LowRy's : M. A. Muldrow, Thomas R. English, Josiah A. Flemming. W- In consequence of the death and resignation of some of the Managers in the above list the following appointments have been made : to wit. JisHovMILLE: Charles Spencer, in place of J. T. Green resigned, und \Vm. K. Dixon in place of John 11. Dixon resirned. SrING lILL : Daniel Mlatjais, in place of Ozias Mathis resigned. I'RovIDENcE : Vin. B. Jennings, in place of .lnit Ballard, deceused. One Senator and three Representatives to be elected. Po is to be opened two days at Sumter ville and one day (Monday) at all the other placas Managers to meet at Sumter. ville on the Wednesday following, count the votes and declare the election. CLAtENDON: MANAGERS. BtAnMaais: Wim. L. Iteynolds, John C. Blethune, E. M. Bramdlham. FULTON: T. C. Itichardson, Browi Ma!ning, J. J. Broughtn. .. WIll..w SILORTERS : Hamilton lius bands, Willhamn S. Wider, Be.j. Walker. JON j. Tist-ALE's : It. P. llayusworth, Thos. Bur ess, James Plowden. McFADDENs SCHOOL HOUSE: F. S. McFadden, Charles A Rich, J. C. Bur gess. FuRK Box : D. E. Ilodge. C. L. With. erpoon, Jos. L. Plowden. WITHERsrOUN'S MUSTER FIELD : Sti11. A Burgess, Daniel E. Evans, W. 1-. McElvean. :: O LC PCE: Robert . Mc Knight, Stephen C. Lea, Jas. B. McEl veen. CALHOUN BoX: S. C. Riolbbourgh, A. P. Brock, Robert Wells. une Senaior and two Representatives to be elected. Mban,gtor- to rueet un Wiednesthy t, Samuel Harvins, count the votes and de. clare 'ie electinl. Pulls t , be opened at 9 o'clock, A. M. and clored at 4 )'clock P. M., with conive eiit intervals, The box, vessel or bag to be sealed up when the pulls are closed, and not to be opened except to receive votes the second day, and to) counit the votes at. the regoalar timi and place, A. A. 17'.1, :3 Sint. t36. Resolred, Th'lat the Managers of Elec tionis, prior to their proceeding to the elec. tons di' take the following cath or atlirma tion betore sonme Magistrate, or one o1 the Maunagers or Elections, to wit : " That they wvill faithfully and impairtmally conduct and tteiid to thme foregoinug electionis agreeably to the Constitution of the State ot South Carolina and the laws thereof." Resolved, TIhat itn future, no person quabhied to vote for miembers of each~ branich of the Legislature, shall be par. m.tted to vote in miore than one election: district or parish, amid the Managers 01 Election throughout the State aresiereby required and idirected if they thintk proper, or on applieation of ainy elei tar present) to adiniister to any persons ofierumg te vote, the followuig oath. 1. A. B., di, so.emnly swvear (or affirm, as the caso ruay bue, that I have nlot, a, this genieral election fomr tmembers of the Legislature voted ini this or anly other dis. trict or parish, and that I am counstituttioni. aly quahtiedto vote-8o help mie Goi. As i.any person or persons, required. aatoresaid to take said oath or atfirma. ttiiot shall refuse to dio so, then the Mana. gors, in their respective Districts or Par. ishecs, shall 'oe. arid they are hereby re. quriredl and einjoincd to refuse such vote or Yotes. and in case the Mandgers shal, refuse to require the oath as aforsaid~ wvhen dematnded, they shall be liauble to all the pains and penalties they would be liable atnd subject to for neglecting any other duties required of thtem as Manageri of Elections for either bratnch of the Leg. ish ture.* Resohred, Thait the Act altering fourthi Sectiont of the State of South Carolina bc herewith published, to-wit: " Every free white man of twventy-one years (paupers, non-comm iissiotned otficert and privates of the Army of the United 8tates excepted,) being a citizen at this State, and having restded thiereitn twt: years previous to the day of election, and who has a Ireehuold of lifty acres of latnd or a townt lot of which he has been legal, ly seized amid possessed at least six monutht b*!fore such election, or not havitng such freehold or town lot, hath been a resideni in the election District in which he offeri to give his vote before the electuion i motnthis. shall have a right to vote for memixber or tnembers tot sorve in eithet branch of the L.egislature for the Electior Dis'rict in which he holds such property or residence." Resolred, That the two years' residenci required by the Constitution in a voter are the two years Immediately previon to) the election, and the six months' resi dence in the Election District, are the si: months immtediately previous to the elec tion. But if arty person have his hiomiei the State, he does not lose the right c residence by temporary absence with th i. t 'ntion of returnming, but it one have li home and family in another State, th presenice of suich person. although cotinr ned for two years ini the State, gives- n rtght to vote. Resolried, That it shall be the spool, duty of the Manugera to report. to th Sulicitora all violations of the elbottiale imd'all caseI m arsa.d ......t2&i1 1 to use theirbest elrorts to bring the ofroen der to juistico. Sept. 27, 1851. Horse Shoeing, B1acksmith1 ing, &, &c. The above branches, together with En gineering and Machinests work generally, can and will be taithiully executed at the SUMTEt M1ACHINE SHOPS near the Rail Road Depot in Suinterville. No ex ertions will be withheld to render theso Shops worthy the patronage, and capable of supplyinr the Mechanical requirenents of the District. A Foundry will be erected as soon ais practicable, both for Iron and Brass. \Ve have an excellent Steam En gine in operation, capable of driving a large duantity of machinery, I .I ena bling u to execute work wit ty and econioAy. AM work done at this establ ishnent will be turned out undur the imediate inspec tion of the subscriber. We ak no oneslded patronage. If our work is not as well dono and as cheap ine other Shops can ac coimplish it, we expect not to be employed. Otherwise we desire only such patronage as will enables us to do justice to all par ties. '. J. COGH LAN, Manager. Sept . 27th, 1854 48 . tf 0- Watchnan copy tf. Gun and Locksmith Shop. The subscribor informs the public th3t he has added to the workshops near the Depot in Sumiterville, a shop for doing Gun, Locksmith, and other fine Smithwork, aand la;'s employed a first rate workman for that purpose. T. J. COGiILAN. Sept. 27, 1854 48 tf 0-T Watchman copy tf. Steam Grist Mill. A first rate Grist Mill is now in operation at the Sumter Machine Shops. A.careful and attentive watchman attends to this department. Those who choose to avail themselves -of this convenience can be ac commanodated every day except Snndays. T. J. COGHLAN, Manager. Sapt. 27, 1854 49 tf STr Watchman copy tf. Notice. Office Wil. & Man. R. R, Co. ON and after Ist of October, the Pas senger Ra'es of Fare on this Road, will be established as follows: First Rate Fare, per station, - 8 30 " " frot Wilminngton. ton to Kingsville, - 6 00 Second WIoae Fare, per s ation, - 25 " " - for two or more station.-per station, - 20 '' " " fro Walningtoui to Kingsvlle, 4 00 J. 1. ROBERTSON, Act'g Supt. Sept. 27, 1854 48 3L Land For Sale. OFFER for sale TIJIIEE TRACTS OF LAND lying in Clarke County Mi-sissippi, near a depot on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and within a few h'our's travel of the Soutliern Railroad route froms. Vicksburg to the Abebatima State Line, ere' long comnnecting st-eli wah the Char;estou road, and thus in tm, It will he on the great thuroughfare trom the Atlantic to the Pacitic. rThe first T'ract is over 1700 acres, 400 hasmmsauck, the balanace rich "reek bottom, every acre of whicha (e .cept that whtich the creek runs tharougha) cani be cultivated, anid wvill yield 1500 pounds of' cotton per acre, and from 40 to 50. bushels of' cornt per acre. Thle second Tract has 800 acres, joins the above anad is equtally as rich. Each hive beautiful sites for settlemnents, comn smanding a full v'iew of the whole. The third Tract has 850 acres, 200 cleared, wdal mnake 1000 pounds of cotton, and 30 bushels of corn per acre-Screw, Gin House, tine dwelling, &c. Trhe above lands lie near the village of Enterprise, wvhere there are two fine Ac ademnies. They are fine-watered, well. timbered, the best of smmer and winter range for stock, extensive outlets, and as to htealth and society, thet counatry stands unsurpassed by ,ay other portion of the " S'unny South." Tnhere are miany advantages htere, whlich a notice of thais kink woid preclude-the fact is I have never seen so tine a country overlooked us this has been. Imiaginae bodies of land lying in the sand bills between Columbia and Camden,-S. C., which will produce fromt 1000 to 1500 pounds of couton per acre, and corn in the same proportion, with all the blessings of pure water and goo I health for which those sanadhills are noted, and the same will be realized here in thae country, and the Lands which I now off3: for sale. Upon the whole, (and I speak knowing. ly,) thise is the most desirable cotton region in the West. I will only add that here the children's children will find a fertile -homestead " without the applicati on of Gunnuo. Payments easy-t ils indisputable. - WILLIAM A. WVARD, Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi. Sept. 27, 1854 48 2 Millesl!M111eB! Mille8sT THEI -subscribers notify the citizens of Sumter and the adjoininag Districts, that they wall be in Sumutervalle ont the 10th of October proximno, at which time thaey wil.l offer for sale as finte, or the finest lot 'of Mules ever of1emod in this market. - They will be glad to have all those- who, may be in want of tmules or horses, whlo are fond of looking at fine stock, to call 4~pon thema at China's Hintel. Their old. custo mers especially.ELS& AN R Sept. 13, 1954 46 . f Sppiction will be made at the-J&xt - ngt fJericho, located at Siaouterville' South Carolina, fSept. 6, 1854 45 '3r. s SUY DR. 29AD's MODERN HRBE DOCTQR, a THE rBsi' WORK ON TIlE HQRSE, . VER-PUBJLiRHD IN AmJkERI. *. PRlCE*sC 3JHN' P. JEWETT - C~M1ifuey