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THE INDEPENDENT PRESS IB PUDI.IBUKO EVERY 8ATUBDAY MOIUilNO. ? [Editors. M. PUOKBTT, J Individual*, like nation*, fail in nothing which they boldly attempt, when sustained by virtuous jturposc, and deter mined resolution.?litxnv Ci.av. " Willing topraixe, yet riot afraid to blame" Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance. ABBEVILLE 6. H. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1854. Advertisements. Do not ncglcct to notice tlic now advertisements, especially those of Mr. I'osey and W. D. Calhoun, Esq. Town property and new invention. Fever in Charleston. Tiik epidemic in Charleston, we nro hnppy to sny, Beems to be rather decreasing. Eighteen is about the average number of deaths per day for tho last week. Dedication. "We aro roquestod to state that Rov. Dr. Tiiohnwell will perform tho services in connection with tho dedication of tho new Presbyterian church in this villago, on Snnday next The Female Mind. The perusal of the address of Rev. Dr. Caoss, at the last commencement in tlio Madison Female College, on the subject above, has afforded us much instruction and entertainment. It is a noble defence of tho capabilities of tho fomale intellect, and a worthy tribute tfethocausc of female education. Thaqica'"to the friend whose kind rcmcmbrancc placed it in our way. Mysterious Visitor. Bv some mysterious oversight, this little visitor in its iirst round did not observe our abodr. "Wo are glad to say tliat its second round has discovered to it our whereabouts. It now knows the way, and we cordially solicit its monthly visits. There is a charming display of modesty and real good sense in its conversation fiYftO.flin mil* ffiat.n j 'T"1U"1burg, S. C., at 25 cents per six months. OoL Brooks and Poverty. JL caustic writer in the lost issue of the Newberry Sentinel, in a long and able defence of Col. Brooks, thus puts his foot upon the slander which wo denounced last week. lie must havo read the last Press. At any rate he lias notions very much like we have: "Remarks have beon made respecting his strictures on the easy manner in which some editor or editors might decamp in a night This perhaps may be true, but as to any attempt to produce an impression that lie denies patriotism to poverty, or ridicules men because they are poor, is an unjust and false mircprcsontation. He never uttered such a thing." "Tonkers." On the preceding page will be found the communication over the above signature. The state of society is indeed lamentable, where mioK A?*1onro na Lo Joooribtu oro GufFcrcd to override tho strong hoata of the law. But a redeeming feature it is, that when justice fails to find an executioner in cowering officials, she rarely turns in vain to individual responsibility. We Bbould blush for human nature, if such outrages moved it not to vengeance. "Will our friend "Yo.nkeus" tell us more of how things wag out west ? Nothing but alack of disposition to try could prevent him from doing much towards the entertainment of the JPrew-taking public. There are doubtless many stirring events in his region more than worth the recording. Religious Revival. Quite an interesting scries of meetings has been progressing in the villago and at Upper Long Cane church, during the past week. Rev.* Dr. Bakeu has been preaching during that time frith an earnestness and efficiency rarely equaled. Meetings wcrchcld in the day atLoug Cane, and in the village at night No very marked effect has been produced in the village except that a deep solemnity has uniformly pervaded the large congregations who wait on his ministrations. At Long Cane, however, a very extensive revival has boon the result. We learned on Wednesday evening (the last opportunity v6 had of hearing) that there were some dity-fiVe persons who would very probably oonnect themselves with the Church. And many, many moro whose serious demeanor betolrATlA/1 "? L- 1 nviv ?u luJllliglU UIOJI UUU U6Ver thought before. u The pleasure of listening to Dr. Bakeb was oars bat twice during his stay, and each occasion was lit night after his arduous labors in Ike country church daring the day. Hence, doubtless, many of his ablest sermons were unheard by us.,. Bui those were amply sufficient to Impress' US with a sense of bk. uncommon power as ? minister, perseverance, zeal and a most lively, faithseem to be his characteristics, and crown his labors with such Mtnuirfinanr sqeooss. Long may b? continue, for wo seldom look upon his like I < . i . . Stealing W?wj4n|. , y The Black River Watchman hw failed RO Uttfcrlytb understand onr position on this subject, that we must be excuae^wluptber brief alluiton to it It xaureprese^ftwi entirely, bat ftom iU wbole bearing in this as in every other discussion, we are in no wise inclined to charge it with intentional misrepresentation. We may | Ik** " * ftaiatcs our position to bo: 1st, ] l&^'TIB|KlMgL death is tbo penalty, unauthomed by Divine law, and not demanded y of the time*" 2d, " Wbcmver thaj LoguUtore ha? ' T? '?f A VMUU t ?uu *f ** ^Ve f^^'to#WUin ^ ^ ^alt thftt 1,0 ?3febt h*vo hM sentence comma . W WM ' M . tod. This desiro arose from our opposition to hanging for nogro stealing, under any ordinary circumstance f and flot that we hold the duty i of tho Governor to bo to pardon with or with- i out extenuating circumstances; and because his t Excellency had pardoned criminals guilty of at 1 least as heinous offences ; ami we conceived it < dim fn )iia nnneicfAnnr /* *!?!.? ? We distinctly stated that wc had no idea of i charging the responsibility of the law's existence ] upon the Executive; but when tho power was < given liiin to modify or withdraw the penalty i annexed he should act consistently with prccc- < dents established in other cases. We repeat* i has tho Executive not pardoned crimes a3 cuor- < tnous and as destitute of extenuating circum- 1 stances ns the one wc have alluded to? Wo 1 could mention them, but forbear. Our positions in reference to tho law and the < pardoning power arc Bimply these: 1st, The 1 law is not a just or expedient one; 2d, The pardoning power should not rest in the hands i of any single individual. These are our posi- I lions; and it will take moro logic thau our \ frionda of tlio WnlrJuimn nmwmia f/? illnln.l 1 We tliink wo havo demonstrated, in former 1 numbers, their correctness; and, as the Watch- I man has failed to pcrceivo it, it is usolcss to add < more. When wo have time and space, wo may * give our notions in regard to the pardoning 1 power more definitely and at length. 1 Aiken and Ninety-Six Railroad. We have appropriated the above name to this Railroad, not because we advocate either , of these specified points as the termini of the Road. Wo have no partioular feoling or anxietyoiWm that particular subject. We say the Road must be built, and that the charter ought , to be sccurcd at once, and then that the Road ought to be located over the best and most praeticnble route, and vre are rejoiced to learn that Edgefield C. II. secma to be directly on ( that route. This being the case, that place alone ought to contribute a smooth hundred thousand to secure the charter, and the location of the Road through that village. We understand that the charter requires an individual sub seription of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars by about the 15th of December next, or that, by its own provisions, it is forfeited. This Road when built will make the communication between Anderson and Charleston almost direct. It will be about twenty miles nearer than over the contemplated Savannah Volley Road, and nearly fifty miles shorter than the Columbia route. As to injuring the busiI n naa An tlm fnlmnlvlrt nfnm ^ ? _ ?vw -w -?*v wv?uuiuiu Diiciu ui uic vjrreuiivmc aud Columbia Railroad, it is all folly to talk about it After the completion of the Blue Ridge Road there will be moro business thrown , upon the Greenville and Columbia Road tlinn can possibly be performed by both stems without the addition of a BCCODd track. This is the deliberate opinion of Mr. Gourdin, the intelligent and enterprising President of the Blue Ridge Road, and so much alive is he and the friends of the latter road to this connexion that we understand lie has ofTorcd to complete the j entire line for us and equip it out and out within twelve montUB, and to take the cutiro pay in tbo Bonds of tlio Greenville and Columbia Rail Road Company. In our opinion the friends of the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road ought to be wide awake on this subject, or there is great danger that thoy will be cut out entirely. An air line Railroad from Aiken to Anderson would shorten the distance a few miles?perhaps ten, and just so sure as the G. &. C. Road throws cold water on the Aiken and Ninety-Six connection, tbo i?t?rpaf. will Ka *? , ? - ?. MV WUU?QI1CU III behalf of the air liuo project which will result in the final defeat and overthrow of the G. <fe G. Railroad so far as the communication with Charleston is concerned. Tho South Carolina Rail Road Company ought to subscribe liberally to this project, and so ought tho Charlotte [fe&d- j m \ Execution of Sentence. I On Friday, J5tli instant, Mose and Tom, I slaves of Mr. Baumokjs and murderers of Jesse Mattox, expiated their crime on the gallows. There were, we should suppose, not less than < two thousand five hundred or three thousand human beings?men, women and children,?at the place of execution. And why was there such a vast number there! Was it sympathy for the wretched victims of orime! Nay, the multitude were there neither in the character of mourners, nor to learn a lesson of wisdom from this mournful exhibition , of the depravity of human nature. There is an undefinable, uncontrollable morbid curiosity wliich prompts us to witness such scenes. Tf. ?a a lrin<1 a/ -???? ?**4 * ?v w M muu vi iotvuvj m uiu unvuro; 812on as seeks amusement by wifcneaeing "gander puttings," cock-fights, bull fights, .And suoh other barbarian sources of vulgar pleasure. It Is a pari of the rubhish of Mrbario age*. We are not yet wholly civilized. Human nature is truly a strange oompouud?a kind of milk, water, oil, and vinegar mixture. When a human being is abont to die naturally, a few relatives may crowd around and weep over expiring existence, but it is too common an occurrence to excite the curiosity or sympathy of distant peo- < pie. The most distinguished man in the conn. try might publish to the world that on each a day he should proceed n&ta rally to give up the ghost, and accompany the publication with such assurances (were it possible) as should convince every one that the event would most certainly occur as appointed; at the same time let a proclamation go forth, setting apart the ' same day for the pnblio execution of the poor- 1 est criminal; and which of the twain would 1 receive the largest number of farewell visitors ' on that day! That the orio^intfl would, admit# 1 of no question. Such scenes as the public ex- * eeutum or eonvicta, ^ux unrophirticated mind 1 might presume, would affect for good the heart < of almost every individual who ifitn?*sad th?m ; ' but it is not so. Tba orowd go away just af i they oama, with the single exception. th?X curi- j oaity haa been partially, not wholly, ?*tinted 1 Abolition literature. Some of our cotemporariea aro dcnouncin] 'cry fiercely the abolition litoraturo of tli Sortli, and urgiug upon the Southern peopl ne propriety of "sawing off" their support.? tfow tills preaching does very well?ia clo juent, and for might wo know, is earnest. Bu ixamplo is better than preaching, and sliouli ilways accompany it. How Southern newspa icrs can publish flaming prospectuses of Nortli :rn journals from weok to week, indito con ncudatory notices of every number they re :oive, and then expect their preaching to hav iny effect, passes our comprehension. Pcopl lo not regard the words of a mouth that fire jlows hot and then cold ; and if this is 110 Ldowing hot and cold, it is closely akin to it. ? e are rcmmuea, by these indignant clcnur uations, of a certain editor whom we one tnew to publish a warm pliillipio against th Yankee Blw1-, refusing to insert its prospcctw and afterwards extractiug two or tlirco articlc from its columns, with the credits annexed, au Lliea directing his publisher to direct a copy < liis paper to tho Blade with the extracts market "fur," remarked he, "that is a good prospecti for him, and perhaps ho will continue the e: shange" I And again, of a certain honorabl committee of vigilance who, it was said, use bo ransack the post-office, take out all the ab< lition documents they could find, pocket the: Dwn, march into the street and burn those d rected to their neighbors ! The people kno' these things, nnd when they are urged to al solve themselves from this particular sin, the remember the very reasonable injunction"Pliysician, heal thyself 1" Quit publishing tli prospectuses of abolition journals and magi Eines attended now and then with eulogist "puffing," and sec what effect a consistct preaching and practice combined will have. We have preached once and ngnin upon tl Bubjcct, but if any practical conversions ha\ as yet resulted, we are unconscious of tho fac Wc have said, and ngnin say, give Souther publishers the means, and they can give ub li craturc. But as it is difficult to turn a might stream from its long coursed channel, so is almost impossible to divert the stream of monc which is constantly setting towards the Nortl We can, by consistent advico and cxampl perhaps, prevail upon a few of its tributarii to stay their course, but tho great trunk flov on, and finding no tide setting back, they ai forced to rejoin the original stream or remai stagnant In other words, a few Southern me; impressed with the importance of the subjec determine to withdraw their support from th intermeddling literature, and contribute it t wardB tho sustenance of struggling, perishir Southern literature ; but the great mass wi not follow the example, nnd the few cventuall fall in again with the crowd, and leave it I languish and die. The South lias a habit of looking North ft good things in this as in almost every other lin and every one knows the giant strength of linl it. One will Bay, "If I could get as good, < nearly as good, literature at home, and i cheap, why I would cease to patroairo that < the North." This'is the cry of thousands, an if they would only act, as well as cry, in harm* ny, results at once beneficent and plcoeir would soon follow. Putnam and ilarrea are doubtless able lite ary magazines, and if tlicy confined their pra tico witbin the limits of their profession, wou] bo worthy of patronage from any and cvei section. But when they leave the flowery fiel of literature and stray into the brushwood politics, thereby taking advantage of the tho sands of patrons who have subscribed with confidence in the good faith of tho conductor to pour forth their fuBtid torrent* of abolitionist they perpetrate a fraud, and merit punislimen But will tlicy suffer! We have no ground 1 cherish any such hope ; especially whilst continue to advertise and "nuflf" limit-urn It is a positive truth that whilst hundreds < Northern journals have so strong a hold up< the affections of Southern readers as to enab them to enforce most rigidly (as we know the do) the advance system of payment, if a SoutJ era journal modestly hints to ita subscribers tl duty of settling ancient accounts, "Stop my pi per," is the consoling response! Literature at the North is a trade?a payio trade. Who ever hoard of a man making h bread at the business in the South I One tbigl as well hope to live by preaching to a congr gation of Hard-shells. Until the trada mti i o?- it .will pay in our latitude, it is vain to talk < having a Southern literaturo worthy of existenc Let the fertilizing streams, then, which no flow so profusely over the literary fields of tl North be rolled back to those of our own sunn clime, and soon the now dreaVy'waste shall t mado to "rejoice and blossom pi the rose." Rabun Gap An excellent article oa this subject, tak? from the Charleston Mercury, appears in ox present issue. We respectfully solicit attentio co tt? J?sp?aially>do w? hope that those wl expect to represent the people in the next Lej islature will-road it, and not only it> but ever other article bearing' upon the sutyeet. VI presume (he Rabnn Gap Railroad la to const tote a proitainent feature la the transactions < the approaching session,' and we are sore n other subject could scarcely compare with It 1 importance. Vigorous efforts are being made to foresta the action of the State in regard to the appl satlon of the Babun Gap Company for Stat kid, ostensibly ^n the ground that the Eos has been injudiciously located, and will then Tore faQ, if built as located^ of the ends cof cm plated. Bnt the Veal ground of oppoei tioi ore oon*eive, is to be "fonndin a udionaJim jtcu inore contracted than some of our eotnpeei jfcuth,(Voh'na congressmen t " - ^ unites nt Anderson with the Greenville and Co* ; lumbia Ilailroad, which runs to Columbia, the c centre and Capital of the State, and there 6on0 nects with our wholo system of Railroads. - In thus running to the Capital of the State, i- that Road passes through not only the District t of I'ickens, *"ut Anderson, Abbeville, Edgefield, 1 Newberry, ^ airfield and Riclfland. We are not - sectional, but wo desiro to be informed if there i- is any portion of South Carolina superior in nnv vaanAot. flio rnrrmn aa?aoa.T !? ? ^ I- mm? J > -W I vg.Ull WTCt VU UJ VUO JL/ID* i tricta named. Wo can surely say, with all be e coming modesty, that these Districts aro equal e to any portion of the State of South Carolina, it It would bo a disgrace to South Carolina it were she to suffer the abandonment of t.liin on. terprize at this day. Full well does bIic know i- the advantages which will accrue to her from o its completion. And aside from the aotual adc vantages which it is to bestow, the honor of s, having so magnificent a railway traversing our 8 borders?tho admiration of the whole country d ?should exert some influence in nerving the >f Carolina arm to its aid. Yet the course purf; sued by geutlomcn in other sections of the is State is the very one pregnant with defeat to c. tho whole scheme. And would not, wo repeat, [e sueh a result bo an everlasting, burning diad grace? Do such gentlemen think that the >. Road, as now located, is to be abandoned, beir cause forsooth it does not traverse the centre of j. tho State, or start from Spartanburg C. II.! w This discovery and this opposition, it scenm y. to us, at this late day, comes with questionable y grace, to soy tlio least Was Spartanburg _ originally opposed to the selection of the Raie bun Gap route? If so, then it was her right t- and duty to declare herself so, or over after ic hold her peace. If she was not then opposed it to it, her recent conversion, after a lapse of two j-cars, argucB a kind of Rip Van Winkle awakeie ning altogether too tardy for this sleepless age. re In cither view of the case, wc think it the wit. sest and most becoming policy for her to have n closed the debate when tho question was passed t- upon. In the language of Jackson, "when the ,y time for action arrives, stop thinking." it Let this great enterprize be secured to the I (y State, and uot to Spartanburg, Greenville, Anli. derson, Abbeville, or any other particular disc, triet and village Let it run through whatever 28 section it may, and cross the mountains at what i-8 gap it may, so that it connects our seaboard re with the great North-west, and draws thenco iQ a trade to Charleston which shall render it a nt market equal to the first class. This will have t, been "tho consummation devoutly to bo wished'' is by every South?Curolinian. o- In 1852, when this project was first mooted, ig after Sir. Calhoun and others bad laid it to U rest, we should have been mortified to discover [y any disposition to divide and distract the coun -o unb ivuunc guiuancovoa 10 uglier it forth and direct its incipicut steps, by a predominance of >r sectional feeling in the mere question of its loe; cation. Much more, then, is our grief and asb tonishment now, when we see efforts to intro>r duce the brand for tho explosion of that which is has already been done, and to effectually arrest of the further prosecution of the work in any diid rection. o- But we do not beg the question. We hold ig that the Road has been judiciously located ?that the Knbun Gap is the best routo. "We r- may simply remark, thougli, for the present, c- without entering a detail, that the distance is Id shorter than any other surveyed route; that, y from Anderson to Pendleton, tho Road can be Id built (or nearly so) with tho stock of the Fenof dlcton Railroad Company. Pendleton, then, is 11- the point from which the Road now asking a State aid Is to start. Will any ono assume for B, a moment the distance from the latter point to n, Knoxvillc, Tenn., to bo greater than that from t. Spartanburg? From Pendleton to tho Stump to Ilouse Mountain is a route which cannot be re surpased. After crossing Seneca River, four f.nn< T? 11. - r ' ' ? ..vui a <iiukivu, i>u" lace oi uio country of is almost a perfect level. The cost of construoin tion then from Seneca to the Stump House le is obliged to be light We venture the asseriy tion that there is no tract of country in South hi- Carolina over which a Road can be built at ie as small a cost. From Stamp House thence as far as we have any personal knowledge the rnnt.A in >nintK ?? ? 1 ? ?tvugw, i/uh v?u uo xiv/ ruugner g than the French Broad route. That monster of is our friend the Spartan, the Tonne), Is h?re.? it And it is truly a formidable undertaking, and a- will require labor and money for its cotnpleto tion. But let us remember that this is not of the first tunnel that was ever undertaken. The e. Georgia Road, if we mistake not, runs through fr one of considerable length, and who will supie pose that if it had been even twice the length y of the Stump Honse tunnel, the energetic Qeor,6 gians would have quailed before itt' Axothi.. - . wuwugmwvo m wvvr UI UIO XVADUD Gap route ia, that' Tenn4a*ee haa'not only granted a charter, but ia pledged to build the n Road to the N. Carolina line. Whore, vre a?k, ir are any such provisions for any other route j n Where la the charter! the pledged fandsf in10 deed, where is' tha surrey, oveiif We have J- failed to lean of the existence of either* Let j Spartanburg and tkbaowhg may be diapooed to , c act with her, put down their instruments, and ' 1- tell uabv actual measurement the difference 1 tf in the respective distances. Let them compute ' ? the actual difToronco in co*U .of construction, n Let them procure their charters, and tho guar- . an tee of Tenn e?ee (o build to tho North Caro* H lina line. And then-^-tBen?why then,hy that i- time, the Rabun Gap Road will have been gra ? ded to tho Stump l!on?e Mountain?forty milea ; d from Anderson C. II.?and then, eurely, it will ' 9- be too late to talk about abandoning the roofe 1 ?- for another. .... .. ... j > 13 ?l 1 Mumurv *uu spiWV huuw, W8 IWJ rWQT Ml * ?>Wect again, and give onr views more ' i * - ' - > ' ("^'i :' ' , : Aimi i? WAU3ULUL?We r??T%t 'to learn f , ^ " T HEWS ITEMS. It is said tbcro is a good potato crop on the Upper Mississippi. ' Augusta has noblv subscribed over IS4000 for the relief of Savannah. Col. A. C. Oarllngton was, on the 8th inst., 'J1 elected Brigadier General, 10th Brigade S. O. ?" Militia. lo' ui The Town Council of Columbia, in obedience joi to the request of a public meeting in that citv, Jr have donated $600 for the relief of Havanah. jjC There was a frost in the neighborhood of Albany on Sunday night, the luth inst., not Be- cr vero enough to do any harm. ? A new Post Office has been established in the lower part of Greenville District bv the name of Cottage Hill, and T. 1L Stokes- npi>ointed 6 Postmuster. The crops in North Carolina promise to yield to abundantly. The wheat harvest is said to have gt( been largo, and the cotton and tobacco crops look well. tc cc The N. Y. Journal of Commerce learns that ? frost was see on Monday morning in some parts of Connecticut, where, 80 hours before, the heat = was oppressive in the extreme. Clinton W. Pickett, late a clcrk in Cincinnati poet office, and the son of a respectable citizen, :' has been arrested on the charge of pilfering from the mails. The Gazette says he lias confesaed to abstracting, at different times, about $400 from the mails. A grand National Convention of Babies is to m be held at Springfield, Massachusetts, on the pi 5tli of next month, -when prizes amounting in ci value to $500 will be awarded to the finest ba- fr bics exhibited. ki The number of immigrants arrived from for- ^ eign countries, from the first of January to Cth IJ instant, is officially stated to have been 217,- * 662?showing an excess of 22,515 orer the ar- 1 rivals for the corresponding period last year. J Health of Acovsta.?The Board of Health of Augusta makes the following report: Saturday, September 16, 5 o'clock p.m.?The Board of Health reports three deaths from yd- C 1?... t. -1 ? . 1 . . . - iuvci- uuruig mo iaai iwenty-iour hours, 01 one of which contracted iho disease in Cliorles- c: ton. Tiie Corn Crop Panic.?A correspondent of C the Cincinnati Gazette ridicules the extrava- If gant stories that liavo been in circulation in 0 relation to the failure of the corn crop, and ? says: " Wc hear such mclancholy accounts of the ( corn crops that the country is up in arras, and I have no doubt the farmer thinks that his crop y is tho only one in the country, all others hay- a ing failed. 1 will admit in some sections tho .,,:n i.? ...?11 : ?i ? " ---? ??*vi?wiii(g wrm uc ouiuii, lit utlien) UIICMIQII QUO threo-fourth, and bo on; tlien if you please C add the stock of old corn now in the country ? to the present crop, 3-ou have more than au I average; this is not guess work, but thorough investigation. I am not an^r way interested in s: flour or com, but merely in my travels this p summer have made personal examinations, and p find no cause of alarm, only to speculators and r humbug livers." tl Receipts. a Tiie following persons have paid their sub- g BcnpuuiiB lomezu v oiume ol tlie Independent " Press:? 1 A A Roberta, Lagrange, ($2) Ga. Willson <fc Williams, Abbeville C II S C J W Darby, Lowndsvillo " T J Hill, Diamond Hill " r Win Moore, " " J J Uldrich, Monterey, " c, R C Sharp, Due West, " Wm McGill, Warrenton, " Je Garlington Owens, Cokeebury, " (t John C Ilays, Sandover, " J J McGaw, (by John Lank) Mt Willing, Ala e; E P Speed, Harper's Ferry, SC v ? rj rrayior, Marion, La a J It Bryant, " " p G W Derdon, " " ^ Itcv E George, " " MrsC McAanms, " " w A J Conner, Long Cane, S C Isaac Kennedy, Harrisburg, " Jos Rosamond, Pilatka, Fla ^ Wm Wilson, Donnaldsville, S C Dr C C Higgins, Ckappel's Depot, " J E Hubert, Charleston, " ri Maj J H Hughes, Edgefield C II " ti John Davenport, Luurens CH " n Dr J W Stokes, Ilamburg, " A F Everett, Cokesbury, (6 months) " Elihu Campbell, " " R A Kirkpntrick,.Madison C II " J H Sharp, Mt Pleasant, Miss J T Miller, Due West, SC 1 Andrew Cobb, Cokesbury, " Capt J J McOowan, Cross Ilill " M Erwin, Abbeville, " a> Rev Z W Barnes, Lowndaville, " W II Alexander, Richland, Miss R H Mouooe, Greenwood, SC 11 uewu oprueiii JLiODg tano " I> Holder, Ninety-Sir, " ox John Workman, Lebanon . ? to T M Morrow, Abbeville . , ; " f? Robt Hodges, Lowndsville " ? Oapt J P Nixon, Woodlawn, " h< Thos McKie, , . " ?? ft P n Larey, Orangeburg " M Magee, Mt Hill " Wm McClelland, Shelbyville Texas R A Crawford, Richland , Miss R Y1I Terry, Dunklin 8C R J Dolph, Hamburg > < Addiaon Cliaksoales, Due Weat ... ,.M . " T Timothy Stevens, Marietta, ' Ga ?H Blease, Newberry CII 8C " JS Kv&DS, (JftlhOUM Mills " -m Frederick Ivoe, Abbeville C'H " 1 J F 0 Settle, Dnntonaville, n DrST Bransotr, " " 2 R L Williams, Temple of Health ? P Wm Robertson, Hodges Depot -' *' * J B Block, Steolea i .. '* { ktl W A Lomax, Yazoo. Ciiy# ^ Miss Col l>? Jackson, Dal ton , G? ** BTStewart,-Huntington SG ?J J W Wilcntt, Newberry OH ? ?> Thos E Owen, AbbeviUe ? J J Campbell,. Mountainview --r Q JndPCampbell, f.a , ~ Jss Crowther, Diamond HOL, , Will Sbenurd^Moffattarills ? V DrH Q Kfogts Q*een-wo6d ? " . ^ ' Dox'x Nseuor x Had Colo, it may speedily -N lead von. to'mnr mv< rut 4,iwi4?i? - > Bm. ANQ?YDNB~CHEBEY EXPBOTO- r BJLUT M onee?a *#fa, efficient ad uioattit t remody, which ht& h?CB veli triad ttdno4e fonnd wanting. M?oy physieiana h?To b??B ^ Loforzaed of it* eompontion, -?Mdr fr't* - OnSt BJ PtmUmc ?md h?T? ,giren.) r*6&tar <? Moding it-in- ti?higb^jiuuii^!?tfe?l* 99 t>wt woMdy-knoftrn'far. Um mnv<( (feftgfc* OWttQ ^*4 Smoular HallOcikation.?The Zjtnesvvillcr >urier soys the other morning a young girl me twelve or fourteen yean of age, residing tlio family of one of the editor* of this paper, oso from "her bed, remarked to another girl# lio slept in the some room with her, that she Olirrllt. Knmnfltinrf miiaf ? ?/> ?f Knmn nn o ifrcamod she saw her littlo brother and her ukcd n? if lie was dead; and since she was > she still sftw his face whichever way sbfl ukcd?still looking as if he was dead. Shcr csscd herself and wont down stairs to pursao irwork; but in less than fifteen minutes afrwnrda word was brought her that her broth-' had died that morning. Strange, wasn't it t The market. * AnriKVIM.K. SonL 1 5* ??Pnftnn to 8i. CoLiMniA, Sept 13.?The cotton market wm tlicr more settled yesterday, with prices uady and uniform. 100 bales were sold, at 6 8$ cents for inferior to good middling old itton, and 8| to O^for new. OBITUARY.* DIED,?On the 13th inst., of inflammation the liver and stomach, Mrs. DRUCILLA \CE, in the 38th year of her age. Mrs. Tace is been a member of the church sinco the ;ar 1840 ; and, although it is usual to ic virtues of the dead^ we venture nothing ore than will he endorsed by all who knew" it when wc soy that lier whole life has beed \ existence of evenness of temper, piety,' and ractical Christianity. She left behind ner no lcmics; but many warm and ever abiding * ieuds, among whom is an affectionate ana ind husband with nine children (the young est 1 infant) to mourn their irreparable loss. I>. ALTJABLE TOWN LOTS FOB SALE. r WILL Sell, on very accommodating terms, L tho following LOTS OF LAND, lying in ?e incorporate limits of tho Town of Abbeville, amcdiatcly on the Cokesbury road, to wit: JtLsMJBrMT MTCB* JL9 ontaining 5 acres 1 rood and 38 perches. Upn this lot there are two good kitchens and xeellcnt garden. < ?r " sro* 229 ?ontaiiiing 7 ncrcs and 11 perches. Upon tliis >t there is 0 fine DWELLING HOUSE, with II necessary outbuildings, all new, and r good roll of water._ Containing 4 acres 3 roods and 86 perches.? Fpon this lot thero is a fine DWELLING 10USE, now completed, with a good kitchen, nd will be othor necessary outbuildings. <MJ?- . 'ontaining 1 acre 2 roods and 81 perches. Upn this lot there is a comfortable DWELLING IOUSE, with necessary outbuildings, <fco. These lots lift adioininrr mo)> ??>' ? j 0 ? -mwf uvf ??o Hunted about far enough from the business art of Town to render them very desirable for irivato residences, and in full view of the IlaJIoad. There is a sufficiency of wood upon lietn to furnish firewood for twenty yean. To approved purchasers I will sell upon rery ecommodating terms, and will take good Heroes in part payment Those who wish good argains would do well to seo me and examine be lots before purchasing elsewhere. B. V.POSEY. Abbeville a IL, Sept 18, 1864, 20tf H* A NEW IXVENTIOH. rlllS will inform the PLANTERS of Abbeville and Laurens Districts that I have resntly purchased the Celebrated Cotton See? Planter, itely Patented by Mr. J. T. 4 L J. Wait; .he right of the above named Districts.) And ill send an Agent over the two Districts and riiibit it, who will be authorised to sell Indiidual Itiffhbi op tlin Maoliino. ?! "?".1?- ? 0 ? ?w mtluaClY V5, } UJ s reasonable terms as can be afforded. The lantcr will be an oxcellent thing to drill GU.NO or any otlier MANURE. 1 feel assured ; will not rail to give satisfaction to every one 'ho will try it. - W. D. CALHOUN, * Sept. 19, 1854 2-20 tf ... 'o The Planters of Abbeville and ZAarens. We have sold W. D. Callionn the exclusive ijjht to our Patent Cotton Planter for the Disricts above named, and can cheerfully recomlend it as a very useful and variable Machine. J. T, i L J. WAIT. THE STATE OF SOUTH'ISAROUNA-' kULrr*-*.r- ? \nooevuce jjtsirtcc?-t/itation. w ' [T7IIEREA8, Samuel P. l^eard has applied T T to mo for Letters of Administration, on II and singular the goods and chatties, rights rid credits of John Leard, late of the Dietriot foresaid deceased; wm .iM These are therefore, to cite and admoo^h.aU id singular, the kindred land creditoro Wihe id deceased, to be find appear before-ms^a* ir next Ordinary^s Court.xof the said Ptistric^ be holden at Abbeville 'Contt House, on Che urth day of October next, to show cause; any, why the said administration fhouldnqf iven under my. hand and Wl, thifl ttiaoteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-5?ur? and in the tfevsnty-nihtb year of Ainerieaa Sept W, '84.to i ' W fctO1 MF * ft I all and siBiroUp-th*:godi^:*eMy*|*k zhte tod credits ot Jc*?ph Xk. MaCai&^er,, be of the District aforesaid; d*>eaeo<L ' -" Theso are, therefore, to ciV?uxd*dmaai* aH id singnlar, the kindred and auditors of th? id deceased,Wtb4 Md WVp^'b^Mra^ life. ^day ^8^^ ? ' 'r * l