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THE INDEPENDENT 1>RESS
18 PUBLISHED EVEltY SATURDAY moiimnu.
O. O. PUOICDTT,
M. PUCKETT, y Editors.
Individxi/n, like tuition/</// /h nothing ir/ii,
tlicy boldly attempt, v/tcn sUxtuin.d !,y virlnnii
jittrpoxe, anddrtt ratincdresolution*?II kni-.v Oi.ai
" Willing to jti'tii-te, ,'/< t not '[/'ruin' io 'du.itc."
Tcrttis?One Dollar a Year, in Aclvancc
" ABBEVILLE C. H.
SATURDAY, SKI'TKMIJKU 20, 1851
An Explanation.
Tiie paper on which Ihia issue i:i printed i
smaller than it should be. This Js owing to
mistake on our j>art, in ordering the article. There
is, however, only a lack of margin; tli
rending matter is the same nsTjcfbtc.
Rntithnrn Dnovfavltr Prt?vi/v?t*
Tin: publication ofllco of this valuable qum
tcrly has been removed from Charleston to Ci
lumbia, on account of the opideinie in the foi
nier place. All communications should there
fore bo directed lo Columbia, S. C., until furthe
notice.
Execution of Kinman.
Tins unfortunate man paid the penalty of hi
crime, on Friday last, upon the gallows. \\"
learn that bofore his death he confessed hi
gnilt?in his own words lie "was guilty in
part." Truly, "the way of the transgressor i
hard."
A Good Appointment.
Whilst we rcrret d? < i>lv the melancholy <><
currcncc which nccc:?si(.:ilc;l the j?j?<
of a Commissioner in lvjui'.y for J'iekens l>i
Irict, wo rejoice that his Kxcclloney has repose
the trust in one so eminently worthy as our ol
friend Rout. A. Thompson. JIo is not only
brother editor, but (more honorable distim
lion!) a brother printer, and withal a perfee
gentleman. "We fiiuccrely h<>po the Legislatui
may never undo tlio work of llie Ciovernor i
this case. We are sure il need not.
Tho Citizen?Mitcliol'a Paper.
"We take pleasure in commending (o the kin
regards and confidence of the people i'i tbi
community, Capt. 1'. (!. Coi;iii.an, the authoi
ized agent of the New York Citizen?a pnpc
conducted by John Mitcheli, the Irish patrio
and one which we hesitate not to recommen
to general Southern patronage.
Copt. Cog 11 lan cumes lo us recommended 1)
reliable gentlemen of our acquaintance in otlu
sections wliorc he has been sojourning, ami w
trust he may be encouraged by a handsome lii
of eubgcribcrs. Let us btrcngthcii tlic hands i
tho6e in the North who are faithfully iightin
our battles there.
J. H. Thornwell, D. D.
Tins eminent divine delivered several di
courses in our village on Saturday and Sundf
last, to large audience?. We attended the do
icationservice on Sunday, and was not. on
pleased with the instruetivcncssof the discours
but particularly grutilicd with the truly eliri
tian and liberal feelings expressed towards oth
eects. But we could have expected nothing el
of I)r. Tiiohnwelt. ; for great minds are al w:>
i;i,ni>nl lTn?l.?iv.l>in? 1 r... 1.
........ IIVIW UIIUS
lodgment in a lofty intellect or a capacious sot
Aiken and Ninety-Six Railroad.
It was our design lo have submitted a fc
more additional remarks on this aubjeet II
present week; but other matters have il?lii}'t
them.
"Wc desire however, lo refer ?ea<ler to tl
admirable si-??? 01 -,lr- I'Kr.nix on the subjen
wnich will be found on the proceeding pag
Indeed we might well leave the matter there
101 handles it with an ability which we cai
not presume npproach. Let all read h
views, and remei.iot, ,lml they nre those <.r
practical and a eonscicnlio... ,tian <)|10 uj
knows what will work well, and who .,;n n,
speak unless he knows.
Tho Court.
Tjik extra term of the court of Common I'Ioj
is being held this week, Judge O'Nhall prcs
ding.
It is supposed the husii)c33 of the session \vi
consume tlio week. Several important casi
havo been and are now being considered. T1
nttendanee is moderate.
The anticipated speaking by the candidate
on Tuesday, was a failure, as Col. Brooks wt
not present. Wc understand he had been pr<
vailed upon to visit Laurens, that day bcin
tho occasion of some public meeting ther
"Wo arc not apprized now an to when ho wi
visit this place. Col. G.'.rlixotox, wc are tol*
will address the democracy on Tuesday next.
Noxt Monday commences the remilnr i?n
term. "Wo shall endeavor, after all is over, t
pick up ft basket or so of fragment* for the r
frcshmcnt of our readers.
On Tuesday evening, application was mat
to his Honor to admit Mr. E. Gunted, ehargc
aa implicated in the murder of Scuory, to bail
but the application was not granted.
Tho Electoral Question.
Tjie question of submitting; tht^*l?Ction <
clcctors to tho people is <udjMia^HMj&erab]
interest in different portwwJII^RKl^Btftt
Newspapers arc loaded wHm^RHPPM of cm
didates in reply to the wishes of querists as t
?i?? ? r- -
?inc 111 invor 01 ciio measure; au
with ver^few exceptions, tlicro seems in tli
up-coua*y a striking unanimity of scntimcr
in favor pf tlio change. Gentlemen, we bolievi
who, a fvfn years since, scornfully pronounce
it "Mr. Pkhuy's grand scheme of reform," ai
now very warm in its support "Circumstai
ces alter coocs."?Then it woe thought the pet
pie desired no sueh privilege; now it is know
that they do; and who could cxpcct a good-ni
turedi obliging candidate to opposo the wi
of (he dear people, even though it was cvidet
that will was-a perverse onef
lion. F. W. Pickkns has written a letter 1
CeL Ohb, declaring himself in favor of tl;
olinn/vA ?n'l ? - -41 - 9 11 1
?""" ""j 'wvwij wnmg lurin ma roi
fion? for Lis faith. The letter was published i
the Carolinian lost week. We should like t
rcproduco as Mr. I'jckkns is a oitizen of Ui
"NJnety-81* District" and will cndcaror to d
no nt the earliosfc possihlo opportunity.
i :.v" " - - ' t
' JVsSlC'ZUiL.. EC . I?.?
We doubt not the consummation of tlio measure
nt uo distant day, perhaps by the Legialaturc
now 6oon to l>o clioscu.
Progress of tho Epidcmic.
ft | i m: ycuow levov in l.'liarlcstou seems slow 1<>
x i abate. The slill average fronirixteen to
eighteen per ilay.
In Augusta, On., we learn from the C?roHiiiuit,
the greatest panic has been produced by
the occurrence there of several deaths from
the came disease last week. Seven deaths were
reported for the twenty-four hours preceding
1. Thursday. The inhabitants, wo are told, nro
: leaving by hundreds, eveiy departing train
bearing away scores. Tin; City Council oiler
s 1o pay the expenses of all llie indigent poor
!l v. ho will fly from the pontile nee. AVo have re- ,
- eeived no papers or letters front there for the
c last week, and the postmaster announce:; his
inability, from the absence of clerks, to distribute
and forward the mails.
home rumors have floated over the country
in regard to the existence of tin-yellow fever in
_ Columbia; I>ut the (,'urolhiittn asserts that no
.. ease has originated there, and promises most
j. faithfully that the first ease shall he duly reported.
We apprehend there is no cause for
alarm in regard to the health of Columbia.
s Pro Bono Publico.
b Tiii:ki: are some new advertisements in our
? present issue, to which we would direct r.pccial
a notice.
s The lands to be sold by the Commissioner in
Kip lily are s;iid to be some of the finest tracts
in Abbeville I'istrict.
Mr. Aosi:w, whose advertisement has been in
( ! the /'rrss almost even s-ince our connection with
| it began, it will be seen, is determined to rc1
| move, and oilers to sell oft' at auction. Let all
. who need anything pertaining to household or
farm affairs, attend th?> sale.
Bacon, \vc are sorry to hoar, lias advanced
( to a very high price in every portion of the
country, and the demand seeing greater titan
lite supply. Mr. Ki:un, howev< r, can furnish
customers, if application bo made early. See
iiis advertisements.
To our many friends in tlio vicitiily of \V!iit<;,j
hall, we would"suggest a notice of Mr. Marjs
siiai.i.'s "bargains," promised in our advortir.
sing column?, and a call upon liiin. I>on't take
his word, but go and see whether he sells barj
gains or not.
,] Last, though not least, we feel decidedly like
commending the card of our old friend Bnxsox,
Y and his new partner, Mr. Joiinson, to the favora>r
ble notice of our readers. Mr. ]?i:ns<>x is too well
e known to need any vouchor for his ability or
jj, lidolity in the discharge of business.
' Sales of Real Estate.
? Ki:vku within our recollection has there been
so much land offered for sale in South Carolina
as is at the pi-escnt. Wc observe that tlie laiitls.
ed estate of the late Samu Maverick in this
State is now in market, being thirty-two tracts
j. of land ami thirty town lots, lying principally
ly in Anderson District. One would suppose, from
i0 a glance at the advertisement in the columns of
j3. the Anderson papers, that the whole District
01. was for sale! Indeed, it seems to us, the cxsc
penso of advertising might have been diminyH
ished by cxrrj,H)if/ a few tracts ami lots and ofn
fering the balance of the District in quantities
j|. to suit purchasers. These lands are to be sold
on the second Monday and days following in
October ensuing, and constitute a grand total
w oi more than eight thousand acres!
ic This is certainly the besL opportunity for the j
!<1 purchase of sr.mll farms that has been or likely I
sown to Ijc ottered in this region. The tracts j
ie are in size from twenty-eight to eight hundred I
t, anil thirty acres. "NVe mention these facts for
e. the bcnelit <>f tliose of our patrons who may
>; desire to avail themselves of such rare chances, j
i ])ut the tale is half untold ! in the District j
is journal of Marion we find otic hundred ami |
a hr/lrr tracts of land advertised to be sold by the j
10 | Sheriff, on sale-day next, being the properly of
->l j almost as many different iiii/vrlitnalrs. livery
| * ' ???? vo recur to this array of lands by said
, Kherifi, \r?> cannot roni'pss Hm invj.im.in
, . . 1 'J
billion of (lie old song?
. > "Oil, de.-vv! what can llic matter be?"
Has bankruptcy assumed an epidemic charac]]
tor 1 or bus Marion concluded to "set up" an
?s independent government, and tivkes this plan
|C to dispose of her lands ? An exjdananation
would be almost worth a trip to Marion ;
a but perhaps our friend the filar can give us
ls one at less cost,
. Resides these, the columns of newspapers
g are constantly freighted with offers of private
e sales, many citizens appearing disposed to foljj
low "the star of empire" as westward it moves
j on. Where the buyer of all theso lauds is to
como from, we cannot conjceturc, unless Undo
11 Sam, who seems to indulrro a tnstn fnr <lnnlin?
0 in territory, will send Mr. Gad9t>kjj or some othg.
er liberal diplomatist over with a few millions 1
lo Rev. James JDarmclly.
j The venerablo person whoso namo is our caption
lias been, and is, perhaps, thosnbjcot of as
' much remark as any minister whoso history
stands identified with South Carolina.
Amusing incidents, not to say comico-anccjf
dotes, aro told in connection with the past-days
|c of "the wooden-legged preacher," as well by
e> friends as enemies.
j. As a minister of the gospel, ho possescs ma0
ny traits of character peculiar to himself alone,
J i iic inauigenco 01 somcoi wmcu Mas associated
lC with his name the idea of Prince of Reprover*.
it Being a man of "great plainness of speech,"
0t lie has frequently been charged, by some, with
d being unnecessarily abrupt and undignified,
o when in tho consecrated box ; as for instance,
i- when lie testifies against grog-shops, grog-drinky.
era, chewing, smoking, and onufiing tobacco,
n pointer-dogs, "pocket companions,"clerical innsi
laches and dancing masters.
11 In fact it is thought by many, who have been
't listening for years to hu pulpit ministrations,
that ho suffers uo excrescence of moral evil up ?
on the body social or religious, to remain un
>o touched by tbo eauatio of heavenly roLukc and
<*- admonition. ""
>> Not oven tii^ raoatpppular and ao-called "in ?
nocent AinuaemcnW of "coquotks an<l daudy>o
loafers" aro allowed to paaa unnoticed. For
lo those tldngfl, and only thceo, lio has been threatened
witli more thnn On'* pbowcr of "rotten
_ _ _ -1 .f - i - .
cgg?" from tlic uccoMjiflxhctlgentry of fashiwuilih:
society!
While on thoonu hand wo oiler no advooney
for tin warranted severity in tho pulpit, on the
other, we can hut admire the fearless spirit ami !
indexible fidelity with 'which the venerahle
I).\xni:li.v portrays the corruptions of buth the
Church ami llio World.
At a recent meeting, held in Amleron village,
we enjuyed the pleasure <>f hearing him preach '
Among many oilier things Hint were j???ii?te?l 1
and bold, lie spoke of "hoy-newspaper editor.',"
and of their pu fling "eloquent sermon.-;," nu<l a
threat deal ".-inch like an?l whilst wo appropriated
to ourself, at least, "one share in llic stock,"
we could but say in our heart, (from an honest
conviction that loo much praise is lavished upon
"Coasar," and the glory withhold from Clod, loo
often, in the midst of religions revivals) "speak 1
on." The sermon was of such a varied character,
distinguished for such a widespread and comprehensive
range of thought and application,
that wo cannot indulge the belief that any one
who loves to hear and understand the truth, i
could, in anywise, have felt himself neglected, j
The foregoing remarks have been prompted j
by considerations of regard for a long-lived and |
worthy minister of Jeans Christ.
lie is now in tho evening twi-light of his
years. Slay his sun go down in peace, ami the
brightness of nil eternal <lay lie his.
COMMUNICATIONS.
[r.?r. Till-: IMtKI'CXKKST IMSKSS.]
Col. Brooks and his Assailants.
Jf>xsrs. /'Mitors : 1 have all along deemed it j
unnecessary to say one word, through the public
prints, in vindication of Col. 15ironies' course
in Congiv.-v, or in defence of his claims at home;
for it has required no prophetie power.?to foresee
that his course would vindicate itself, and
that his claims would lie triumphantly uur.lained
on the second Monday in October. Uut when
bold perversion and chamelesj inisjrcjirc^entation
t;eek to taint the public mind, and by falsehood
to defeat, and break down a good citizen
and an able representative, that another individual.
V illi I/O h 'mln ? r/iiimx 111.Ill L.< mm
the waves of fortune, outraged justice demands
that those of us who arc her advocates shall
break silence, ami if necessary a lance, in her
defence.
1 believed from the first, and still believe,
that the objections raised to Col. I)i:ooi;s' sentiments
expressed in his speech upon the Pacific
Railroad project, wore the commencement of an
unjust, ungenerous and unmnnly system of electioneering,
which it was hoped would result in
his defeat; for I must confess I never could discern
any other object. The objections are certainly
without merit, and surely patriotism
could never have suggested sueli a monstrous
absurdity. The only hypothesis, therefore,
upon which lean account for so singular an instance
of the ttnprcnwly ridiculous is tliat the i
objections were the crude conceptions of a mind
nun-bully sensitive niul laboring under the chagrin
of disappointment, or the hallucination of
a dream Hint l>y torturing and twisting the
truth into falsehood, C?>1. Ukookb might bo dispossessed
of his sent.
It is well known that the Colonel has been
watched with a jcsuitieal cunning ever siuec lie
went to 'Washington; that every word ho spoke
On the floor of the House has been weighed
and measured, granmiarti/.ed. Anglicized, Latinized,
eantonized and traced to its derivative.
His Nebraska-Kansas spccch passed the crucible
test, and to the mortification of the searching
chemists, was found to lie pure coin, and of a
superior character. It was weighed in the scale
of his enemies, and when nothing was found
wanting, they charged him with the extravagance
of having paid fifty or an bund red dol
lars to sonic Yankee speech-writer for it. (I?y
the way, if such productions arc to be procured
so cheaply, why don't the little opposition party
improve their present stock?) After this,
..11 i ..e - i-_i ? i-- i- ...
on ui u uiiHu uiiiuticr, or even a crippling,
error, in the Colonel's Congressional propriety
(led, and his enemies sank down in silent despair.
Not a word is heard from them till the
Colonel is again heard, battling for the South,
on the floor of tlio House. His spccch is printed,
eomcs to his constituents glowing with eloquence,
teeming with logic, and burning with
patriotism. It is read by thousands, and pronounced
pure coin, and a good speech. Rut
what is heard next? It is subjeeted to the crucible*,
the searching alehymy of his enemies,
and lo! it is found wanting! "He is proud
that he is an American!" "He prefers the
word constitutional, in his political vocabulary,
to the word sectional /" "He compliments Alio
noble New England trioM" These startling
announcements aro made, and upon every gale
llioy sweep across the Congressional District,
carrying conviction to tlio minds of all who
were beforo opposed to the man, tlmt lie is disloyal,
that lie lias sold himself to tlio Jfortli, and
so forth, and a general J'elping is raised like
unto tlmt of a pack of cure.
But, gentlemen editors, I am about to make
my communication loo long. I intended to notice
more recent events?the commencement of
the end of nil this nonsense. I shall say nothing
in vindication of the Colonel's sentiments,
which have mado it necessary for mo to send
you this papor?they speak for thom3olvc3.
And now permit mo to direct your attention
more particularly to another branch of the
subject.
The Abbeville Banner, the Ncuibcrrian, and
tlio Edgefield Advertiser accm to receivo tlio
enstigntion administered by the Colonel villi
rather a bad grace. Tlio two former, especially,
aro terribly out of joint. They break out
in a now place, observing their consistency,
pcrvorting nnd misrepresenting, accusing and
abusing, and dealing generally in "self-de/cnco,"
throwing out quibbles and curious scented sentences,
to catch tlio unwary and uninformed.
The effort of theso papers to array the poorer
classes against CoL Brooks Is worso than mean
?it ia contemptible, baro-faoqd effrontery without
a parallel. Is it tho liberty of tho press for
designing oditors to distort a man's language into
a meaning that ho never intended to givoitf
or is it a prostitution of tlio press? It is one or
the other. And when Co). 1>uooks said ho was
attached to the soil by, tho possession of lauds
aud negroes, and tho heritugo of his father^
??d tliatbo wight therefore ne rnfoly l>c trusted
?' . -
oh mi cililou^rlio could decamp in n singlo night
nnd cnny Lis nil upon n pnek-srfddle, lie no ]
more intended to to licet upon the patriotism of j
tlio poor than do I hy penning these lines; nor
ettuhl his words hnVo hcen bo construed by nny
hut those who nrc skilled in the art of shnpint;
.. , . . .
litem u? c.nib ittetr own cnua. no oiny ai.ucu
the ijuestion, ''jWho would be the most likely to
abandon tlicflwrofits o?his Slato and her banner,
in the hour of UMpi1, lie, who wits rooted
to thesoil by pecuniary interest'; andattached to
' ? homo of his sires by the glorious n:xl etiii
uring associations and recollect,inns of (he
j-nst; or the editor, who had charged him with
disloyally, and who had 110 interest in the noil
hut mich a.; hi t pen, papor and neissor.s gave
hint, and who might carry his all with him and
leave in a night?" "Out of this breath to
raise a whirlwind !'' Oh, prodigious! lie has
Haiti nothing, nnd 1 assert it upon my own rc
])(>nsibility, i:t his ppeoi'liKi before the people,
in relation to patriotism, poverty or wealth,
which could have justly ollcudcd even the
poorest of his constit uents, (unless that unfortunate
individual should be an editor who has
done or attempted to do him some foul wrong,)
or made them think less of him for having
said it.
I!..I < - <:?.... i ? .1 i t
4^uv iiivsv I'licsis uiu aiiiiiriuig llliucr LI1U I as II
of public indignation us well as tho rebuke of
Col. ]Ji:ooks, ami if in their writhing* they
should let fall any strangrt <>r s tartling aniiottuccincnts,
lot nobo lv be alarmed, they ?<#'//
i;et hack to their polarity after a while.
1 have ever regarded, as I ?iid before, thir.
line and cry about t'ie nationality ot Col.
IIkooks'politics a:; an electioneering cnuade?
a re ;nlar system planned and shaped by selfish
iiH't: for aelli:-!i ond.<; and! have been surprised
!* s: ? > honorable men engngo in it. The whole
affair is a ridiculous farce?a niir.crablo subterfuge.
A mountain travailed, and a mouse \va:thc
bantling. And 1 have noln-ilali<>n in saying
that h.e who would wink at such trickery
in an honorable canvass has very indi.-linct
ideas of the dignity of the station to which
IJrooks and (J.mu.inoton are a.-piring.
'] lii! Adrii'lir.cr .-luclds iticlf bi-l.ind the :;rii-l.'.l
rule tliat nil men arc liable to tna1:e uii.v
lako.i sometimes, and thai lie "went by the rum6r
of the town" in giving to ill-. McDcmr:
the honor of having i:Uerc?l the "high sounding
woril.-," which Col. I'r.ooKi repudiates. Now
till; is something like cutting oil' n inan'.-s liead,
and then bogging pardon, and urging in cxcu.se
that it was a Mistake, the head of another man
should have been cut off. The editor well
knows how wedded to Mr. Mcl)i-n u:*s polities
and sentiment* a great many Carolinians are,
I and well does ho know the effect upon the pubI
lie car to quote from that great man's thrilling
speeelies; and therefore he should have been
more particular in connecting him with the
language in question, as lie could not then toll
hut that an important election involving the
political existence of a worthy representative,
i>ii'.;ht turn upon that hinge.
]!ut tlii.-s question, above nil, I would ask:
How doe.-; it happen that no other paper in the
t itilcfl !;(:itOji htiL the A fiber Hie lSumtcv, the
Luitriu::. illc II. raid, the A'i'fbtrri'tn, and oiuh'tlf
of the XcirUt fry ScnliwI, and the / .'<lyjttltl
Athxrliwr ever found fault with the noble sentiments
so roundly condemned l>y these papers?
Those papers arc all edited l>v men who arc opposed
to Col. Dr.ooii.s in politics, and sonic of
them have hitter personal opposition, while
cnch and every one of theia we heliovu nris
strong friends of Col. (' Auuxct'oN, and nre
working fur his election, except one of the editors
of lluj X<tr.'n fry Scull hi/, who I believe i.s
a Uuofiu.s man. In my opinion the question is
ni.swercd: so I ill Illl wait for the next, being
,.\er ready to answer. 1'i:ukyman.
Distressing I-icturo.
Tin: following extracts from a private loiter
written hy a native of this village, now a resithni
of Charleston, ami every way reliable,
w 11 give some idea of the distress there :
"There is more sickness ami death here now
tliat has ever eoino within the knowledge o(
the oldest inhabitants, so fur as L can learn.
The physicians are rnn down. l>r. l'ettigrcw
sues about seventy patients per day. lie lias a
limited practice. Oertniuly there must lie doctors
lieie whose practice doubles, aye, more
tLau trebles his. There are over sixty doctors
here, and if you put down fifty patients for
each, you have threo thousand sick people in
Charleston, and 1 think this a very low estimate.
There arc one hundred and sixty one
deaths reported for the week ending last Saturday
night, nine o'clock, p. in.?one hundred
and eighteen from yellow fever, fily opinion
is, that if we add ono hundred to tho above
one hundred and eighteen, you will bo nearer
tho truth, as 1 am told that the friend* of many
poor persona who dio put them on carls atul
run them up to "Potters field," (where the burial
fees are very small, if anything,) during
the nighty and the City ltegistcr never henrs of
them, as lie makes his report from tho certificates
handed him by the sextons of tho various
burial grounds in the city, and the public cemetery
outside of the city.
There is grcut distress hero, and if you can
maKe nny collections about hospitablo old Abbeville
and eend down, it will truly be bread
cast upon the waters. Whole families have
been swept off. I know of two instances where
both parents have died, leaving their orphan
childron to the cold charity of the world,
tshcet after sheet could be filled, detailing tlio
sorrows of the people. My knowledge is exceedingly
limited; 1 don't know one thousandth
part, yet I know enough to make my heart
bleed when I contemplate the distress of our
justly chastened city, 'i'ho half can never be
told. Twill all be known by ono who shapes
the ends of individuals aud nations. Nurses
arc hard to get, and tlioy charge in somo cases
four dollars per day, which precludes many a
j>oor family from getting one, for they will not
l;u uiuuss mcy can oc ussurcu oi iiicir money.
1 engaged n nurse this morning for a sick family,
(a negro woman,) and sho would not move,
unless I stood security. I told her to go and 1
would boo it ]>aid, wlmtover it might bo, and
die ngrcvd to go. I will see in about nn hour
whether she is gone. How grateful ought I to
be, that I am yet spared ; how soon it inay be
my time, tlio Lord only knows. I trust I will
be prepared to go. Bend what you can in the
way of money.
Yellow Fever. *
The total intermonts ia Savannah on Wednesday
were 28 ; yellow fovcr 18. On Thursilay
tnoy woro 10 : yellow fovcr 12> On Friday
thoy wore 19; yollow fovor 15. Tlicro seems
to Co an abatement, but tlio diseaso is stifl'very
virulent.
From Augusta wo liavo little direct information.
The deaths reported from yellow fovcr
kwt week were on Monday 2, Tuesday 8, Wednesday
2, Thursday 1, Friday 3. This shows
projn oa* ?>f Uic dificnse; nnd lcavc3 scarce u
!
L 4u.,- t i. . j.
possibility tliat it can bccoino generally opi-"
domic at Ibis late noa8on. lint tiio effect ban r
! been exceedingly disastrous to business. The
| l'oat Oflicc ha* been deserted ami unable to <lia- .
I tribute tbo mails, ami wo are informed that
| me nanus nre not much hotter oil", There lias
| heon u general flight ami consternation, douht- I
i less on the supposition tliat everybody was i
| equally lialdo to ilu: disease. It i i better (o
| s^lay nndfaeo it out on such occasion?, although I
: the advice is liardto follow, and we donotblame
I any who reject it.
I In Charleston wo fool again encouraged to I
I say that the virulence of the disease lias abated, \
j and that the new eases arc ucithir co many nor
j violent as heretofore. ISut disease in many
I forms is filill among us ami the energies of our t
j people are taxed heavily to bear and alleviate i
i the weight of Buffering that oppresses the city, <
Patience, persovorcnce, and a good heait, will
carry us through. The {rood (Jod still governs
the world,?lotus hope.?Mercury.
IIonr.ini.fi Aitaik.?We learn, from a source i
which cannot be doubted, that Mr. .1esse Scurry
was killed in Newberry ])i.striel, not far from
mo j-.ugcuciu line, un inesuay lasi. llio unlortnnale
deceased seen is U> h:ivo boon idiot while
riding along the public road in his buggy. A
j negro boy, wlio was villi liini, was also killed. ,
j Tho weapon vised is thought to have been a
, double-barrelled shot gun. The deed is said to .
j have been done by a Dr. Ountcr, who was nt
j enmity with Mr. Scurry.?Julyjicld Advertiser
Savannah Uivkr Railroad Mkktinci.?Tho <
; friends of tins enterprise held a meeting 011
Saturday last at Shcrnrd's old store. A respcc- :
I table eonconrso of persons were Assembled and '
considerable interest was awakened. Vo think 1
it. i[uite probable thai lite subscription between
I this place and J.owndesville will be grcally <
j increased. Speeches wero made by Hon. J. J..
j ( >it, Gold's. .1. W. Harrison and S. M. Wilkes,
! ami S. (!. Ivirle, c-f|.
I (Mir readers will recollect that a meeting will
i be held at. Cross Roads on tlie 2'.Hh of this
| month; we bespeak a largo attendance.?
liuitl/uni liijlilt Adrociitr.
A reward of *5,000 has been offered for Hie
j arrest and .":ife delivery of Mr. Schuyler, late
j absconding President of the .New llaven Kail ,
; IJoad Company. It is thought Uiis will fetch
him.
i .Major John ('. Allen, a candidate f.?r the J.ogj
i lature in Kdgoliold died, at his residence .
1 i'i that <!i ti ii-1, alter a long and severe illness.
of Typhoid fever.
l'lr-r.fr.i:, September 2'J.?Tlio Cholera is
mahinr; awful ravages in this city. There ha ;
been five hundred deaths during the last eight ,
day.*.
'fi'eie iliarkct.
Ai:ut:vn.i.r., Sept. 28.?Cotton ranges from
to S cciil.-*. A line grade of now would roach
a higher notch than either of these quotation?.
Coi.imi;i.\, Sept. 27.?Cotton ranges front G.}
to S:J.
Don't i\"kui.kit a J5ai> Coi.n, it may speedily
lead you to your grave. Oct a bottle of KTAHLKIl'S
ANODYNE C1IEKKY KXL'KCTO- '
It A NT at once?a safe, efficient and scientific
remedy, which has been well tried and not
found wanting. Many physicians liavo been
informed of its composition, used it in their
practice, and have given certificates reeom- :
menuing n in tlie highest manner. It is the
beat remedy known for the euro of Coughs, 1
Hoarseness, ami oilier forms of coiiiuion cold*, \
llronchilis, Asthma, Croup, Consumption in an
early stage, and for the relief of tho patient ,
even in the advanced stages of that fatal disease.
See descriptive pamphlets, to he had
. gratis of the agents. Price of encli, only 00
cents per hot lie, or six bottles for s?t> 00.
] :. Jl. STAP,IU,i:n it C<)., proprietors,
Wholesale Druggists, iinltimuro.
Sold hy Dn. V. V. OAItV, Cokesbury;
WAlllH-AW.fc LYON, AhlravillcC.il.;
1IAYIL AND, 1IAUUAL ?t Co.,
Wholesale agents, Clmrlcston;
And l>y Merchants generally.
Aug. \1 '51. * I t 2t.
SaEi,
^allium-: lll.NDUKI) SACKS SALT ill rtoro.
ft I-or rale l?y 1 l.S. K KU1*.
Rfcgro tail*! to Hire.
4 l.lIvKLY negro girl can he hired by early
-ZjL a]>|>lieation at litis ollice.
S.-pt, at), 185-1. 21 t-f
MittTwii i uucoii : i
IiMOl 1TTHOUSAND i'ounJs ehoioo BACON,
_/ Sides, Shoulders, and Ilam.-j, to arrive this
day, direct from Tennescc, nnd will be sold ill
Augusta prices. II. S. KEltll.
Sept 28 2t
Valuablo property for Salo.
I will sell on the first Monday in November ;
next, at Abbovillo Court House, (if not pro- 1
viously disposed of,) a portion of the I'lnnta- '
lion o'f the late David Lesly, situated on Cal- 1
houn's Creek, two and a half miles north-west <
of the village, and containing livo hundred '
acres, more or lesa. 1 will also sell on the same I
day, a lot of likely Negroes, Horses ifcc.
JOHN \V. LESLEY, Executor. i
Sept. 20, lS.r)l 21 tf <
MffiON! AUCTXOH!! '
nnins -
_ ....?^...uvi .mi unci-jor Hiue ni
JL public Auction, on tho 27tli of y-j^
Octobcr, tlio following property, viz., CORN,
FODDER, OATS, Stock of All Kinds, l'lnntntiou
Tools, one Gin and Thrasher, in good
order, (T\
ALSO,
Household and Kitchen FURNITURE Ac. ^
f\\ ALSO, ^
lny i'lmitation will be offered to the highest f
bidder on the day of ealo, if not sold previously.
JOSEPH AGNEW. 1
Sept 2i), 1854 21 4t 1
KEW FIRM! NEW FlltlVI! HAMBURG,
s. a
7j; o J' TIIE undersigned having V o jf
]& &% >foined a co-partnership in
this plnce for tho purpose of transacting n
GENERAL GROCERY & COTTON ?
JJUNHNKSH, o
would rcspcotfully inform onr numerous friends
mul tho publio that we will koep constantly on a
hand a largo supply of ovcrv article needed by 9
tho Fanner, which wo will disposo of on as fa- 0
voruhlc terms as any other home in the placc. ^
Wo have engaged the services of Mcssra. T. f(
M. Welborn nud S. V. Johnson, both of whom j|
aro well known to tho public as liberal Cotton ^
buyers, and who will, at all times, give tho ?
highest market prices for that and oilier articles
of produce.
Our Senior Partner will, as heretofore, givo
his personal Attention to tho RECEIVING
AND FORWARDING" OF MERCHANDISE .
to th$ country. >
T a JOlfsISs: | BENSON* JOHNSON. T
^ oakd !
IN rctirina^from the above business wc leave _
Messrs. uonaon Jc Jqhnson in our place, aud
Boiicit lor utoin tno patronago of our ol?J customer*
h'ml tLo pnblic generally. s
*' JJKIHWLY A ROSAMOND* /
Hept> ,23, 1851. 2-21 7t
aC Whitehall.
I'M IF, Subscriber, intending to closo up Ilia
Mercantile Business, offers bia stock of
loodrt at greatly *?' '
licdurcd B'rlccs.
)unnt^ these times of high prices, persons wishng
cheap goods would do well to call. 'Vvf *
tie ban on lintul n lunw )? "f
iom k-m a i ?i: n va; uo' 1 mot; a nr,
PLANTATION WOOLLBNB,
11kst c5eoug1a OSNABflRGSi
ndced (\ pretty full nssortnicut of Full anil
iV inter Ciootid, recently purchased.
To any pci-son wishing to sell Goods, I can
( commend the above placc as a ^<>u<l utand,
vliere ten or twelve thousand dollars' worth
ran Ijc sold aimually.
a H. MARSHALL.
n. 15.?l'eivona indebted will be kind enoilgh
,o come forward and settle their accounts^
ivitlion/ further invitation. S. S. M:
Kept!!'.) '21 8t
THE~STATE" OFIOUTH CAROLINA,
Abbeville Jjish'ict.? fn Knuiiu
?
Waller 15. Meriwether ati<ll
Matilda. K., hi* wife, I um for rorUtion;
Hazel Smith, ami ollicrs. J
I>Y Order of ( lie Court of Equity, I will prd)
coed to Hell, at KdgefieldC. II., on saleilay
in November next, tlie following tract or
parcel of Land, situate in tlio District of Edgoliclil,
nnd within the incorporate limits of tli<j
Town of Hamburg, known and designated in a
certain plat of the town of Hamburg aa aectioq
number seven (7), containing Nineteen ancl
one ninely-ninlh acre?, more or less, to be more
particularly described on day of sale. On a
m?lit of twelve months, with interest from day
of sale. The purchaser to give bond with two
good sureties, and a mortgage of the premise?,
lo secure the purchase money; pay tho cosfo in
cash, al.so pay for paper.-v
11. A. .IONICS, C. K. A. D.
Commissioner's OHice, Sept. 25, 1854. 21td
>V I'.ilg. i'icM and Hamburg papers pleaso
publish till sale, and forward accounts to this
uilieo.
"thYstate of south caroling
Ahhceillc Dhlr'tcl.?In Equity.
lame ; A. Morrow, Assignee, IlilUow
Nathaniel 11 arris and others. f Mortgage.
1">V ORDER of Iho Court of Eijuity, I will
jiroceed to sell, ounale-day m November
next, at Abbeville C. 11., the tract of Lnn?l dcscril
icd in the IJill, to wit: Hie upper part of a
tract of land called the Fort (,'harlotte Tract,
situate in Abbeville District, on Savannah River,
containing about .Seven Hundred Acres,
inoro or les.?, bounded by lands of V. D. l'artlow,
1). 15. Kadc, I)r. A. Armstcad and others,
mid lately belonging to Mary A. Noblo and
Joliii A. Nodle, deceased, for cash.
11. A. JONES, C. E. A. 1>.
Commissioner** Oftiee, Sept. 25, 1861. 21td
"THTSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AliliEVIJAE DISTRICT.?IN EQUITY.
John L. Griflin, 1
Larkin Reynolds, [ Bill for Partition.
Agnes W.t liis wife, ct. at. ]
J)Y Older of tho Court of Equity, I will
) proceed to sell, at AbbcviLlo C. II., on
sale-day in November next, tbc following
Valuable LaiidN,
Of llic Ileal Estate of Vinccnt Griffin, doccnsud,
viz:?
TRACT No. 1 ?
Tlic llOMKSTEAD PLACE, near Whitehall,
situate in Abbeville District, on Hardlabor and
Covlu-ful crooks, containing Eight Hundred
an<l Thirty- Atres, more or Jess, (with about
Three Hundred and Fifty Acres in woods)
Twenty-live acres of which being first-rot?
creek bottom, and a part in cultivation. Ujjon
the place there is a comfortable Dwelling
1 louse containing ten rooms, having a commodious
Earn and Stables attached, a Gin-liouse
and other necessary outbuildings in good repair.
The clcarcd land is in a state of high
cultivation.
TRACT No. 2?
Known as the Kdwards place, containing
about One Hundred and Sixty acres, Bit unto in
Abbeville. J >i?itrict, on the roads leading to AV
hevillc C. 11. and Vicuna, sixty acres being
woodland. And
TllAUT No. 3?
Known nn the Uostri plncc, Bil.uato in Edgelield
District, in three nulcs of Ninety-Six Depot
on the lireenvillc ami Columbia Railroad,
containing Six llundred'ncrca, uioro or less,
sixty of which being woodland, and threo hundred
of Lite cleared land in n high state of eultivntion,
the residue hcing uudcr a good pasture
fence. There is on tlio place a framed house
with four rooms, together with ueocssary' outbuildings.
TERMS?A credit of ono, two and three
years from the day of salo, with in tor eat On
mc iaai insuiinicut irom th* timo tho second
becomes due. JJoinl with good sureties, And
n or t gages of tho premises to sccnre the pnr:hnse
money, to l?o given by tho purchasers.?
I'lirchnsers will also pay tho costs in cash and
my for titles. ;
Persons wishing to buy said lands, would do
.veil to call niul examine thorn before the day
>f sale. Maj. Larkin Reynolds will take pleaaai\j
in showing them to any person so disposed.
IL A. JONES, C. B. A. D.
Commissioner's Office, Sept. 26, 1864. 21td
%* Edgefield Advertiser ploaso copy till sale.
CSoIdcu Prolific GotlonSee^i
A SAMl'LE of tho GOLDEN PROLIFIC!
/ \ COTTON 8EED mav be nonn V?~>m
Grocery Store. I'lantors wishing to purchase,
vill leave their names with the subscriber. wba
vill take pleasiiro in furnishing them witn ii?
pmntity tney may want. '
Several of tho heat planters in the District
invo planted tho abovo bccJ, and are highly
?lca8od with thcin.
Apply to II. 8. KERR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. *
AbhevtiU'^pktrict? Citation,
t Stj&tfal P. Lcsrd has applied
IT to Lexers' of Administration, on
11 and sinfpnHKIw goods and chatties, righto
nd credits of John Lcard, late of the District
foresaid deceased.
Thcso arc therefore, to cito and admonish-*!!
gd singular, tlio kindred and oreditora of the
aid dcconscd, to bo and appea? before mo, at
ur nest Ordinary's Court for the. said District^
a bo holdon at Abbeville-Gooft House, on the
nn-tb divy of Ootobor next* to show aauae,
: any, why tho said administration jtboald not
o granted. ^4
liven under ray band and seal; this nineteenth
day of Sopteraber in the year of oar Lord
one thousand eight hundred andfiftj'foqr, >
and jn. tho seventy-ninth yeirt of Anwfipan
Independence. ' '
vr:^ax, o. A. i>. .
Sept, 19, '64. 2-20 r 1 ?''W'
' : Wantei^kL^'".-^^[3EESWAX,
TALLOW and WDES, wili U !*
l>;Oakep in o*ch*ng* ft* Goods tar *
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