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April 6, 1855. 49 3t
A New Paper.
Messrs. Fildes & Barefoot, the form
cr once of this office, propose to commence
at an early day, at Madison 0. II., Fla.', the
publication of a weekly journal to be called
The Madison Messcnqcr. Terms two dol
lars. They have our sincere wishes for the
success of the enterprise.
To Contributors.
We have two or three poetical contributions
which have been on hand several
weeks. They have been delayed bv causes
which would require too much space to explain,
and which would scarcely bo fully
appreciated oy any uut printers. we will
attend to them next week, and hope tlio
writers will pardon the delay, seeing it lias
been imperative.
Fine Cigars.
Lovers of cigars will find as fine a lot
of the article at the drug store of Wardlaw
A Lyon, in this place, as can be found
anywhere. Specimens of the various
brands have undergone the puffing process
?(a thing by the way which occurs to ev
erything sent to printers)?in this ofin-e,
and the above is the unatiimos verdict of the
jurors in the case. If you doubt, take an
appeal, and try the case (of them) yourself.
Handsome Present of Boohs.
We have an evidence of the kind regards
of our popular Representative in Congress
in the recent reception of four large
and handsomely bound volumes of the Congressional
Globe and Appendix. They contain
the full proceedings?debates, speeches,
resolutions and laws?of the first session of
the last Congress, and make a handsome
and valuale accession to our little library.
"One good turn deserves another." Col.
Brooks must, therefore, remember us when
the second part is ready for distribution, so
that we may have the complete history, of
one Congress at least.
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Native Americanism.
It has been aptly said that, whilst in one
country an idea crawls, in another walks.
in a third runs, and in a fourth soars, in
America it spreads. The startling inventions
and discoveries in science, religioi.
and politics,'in this country, have prepared
the popular mind, to a sorrowful extent, for
the adoption of anything new or that presents
itself in a new dress and an altered
name. Hence the expansion of the new
order called Kpow Nothings ; for we can
account for it-in no other way, being of the
belief that it dotes not stand or move upon
the intrinsic merit of its principles and professions.
When this new child of Yankee political
genios was first announced, wo hoped and
believed it would find an early grave in the
land,of its birth, nor find its way thither to
languish amidst questions whose overshadowing
nronortions would nrohihit it* fimmw
w * ? r "
development But we have been, in a
measure, disappointed. It has raised its
banner in the South. It has achieved a
triumph or two even in conservative Carolina.
Even here, in South Carolina, men
have forgotten for a while their hatred to
the "Abolition Government," in their opposition
to the few Irishmen, Jews and Germans
who have oast in their lot with us.
When Know Nothingism; proclaims its
aversion to the loach of anti-republican
Popery, .we respond,' Amen. When it
avows its purpose to guard these shores
against the invasion of foreign convicts and
paupers, we bid it success. But when it
raises it* foot to overstep the Federal Con
aumuon, mat it may atrip the adopted citizen
of the freeman's privileges whilst it abRolves
bim from no duty; when it proceeds
to levy upon the foreigner, in common with
the Iji^ive, contributions for a feast, and
then bi4* Wei- from iLa board ; in a word,
when b practically 'Adopts the doctrine of
"taxation without representation," in the
' name of jwtioeVad IiMr^we protest.
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The C?ubau Question.
Foil some time past the relations subsist*
i?g between this Government nnd that of
Spain have been somewhat embarrassed,
and have afforded matter of daily discuscussion
by editors and politicians. There
is no doubt that the difficulties existing and
threatened all arise out of the apprehensions
of Spain in regard to our designs upon
Cuba.
Spain undoubtedly has reason to believe
that we have the acquisition of Cuba in
view. Two or tlirco successive Administrations
have had recourse to proclamations
and awakened vigilance to protect Cuba
from the invasion of lawless adventurers
from tbis country. The desire for its possession
has not been concealed. We want
it, and Spain is aware of the fact. The I
present Administration came into power a- j
midst the general belief tliat it was a Cuba- j
acquiring Administration. The leading ar- j
tide in Mr. Soule's diplomatic card was the j
acquisition of Cuba. He attempted to ear
ry it out by proposing a purchase. Spain |
evinced no disposition to sell; and Soru:,:
in conjunction with Mason and I?i;ciian- I
an, said to the Cabinet at Washington that |
there was no chanco to gain the desired ;
end by purchase, and intimated a willing- :
ness to resort to force. The Administration :
dec lined to accede to such a proposition, and j
Soui.e forthwith resigned.
It is said that the Administration has j
i? c' '
uvcu ?<iva;ii<iiiii?? in iif* jiwiicy Willi OJ>ain on :
this subject?that it advanced Sol"i.e ami j
then called him l?ack. Wo den}' it. Tin?}
Administration never intended, under ex-!
isting circumstances, to present to Spain the j
alternative of selling or submitting to rob- j
bcry. It wished to purchase. It was it.-,)
desire to settle all differences with that Gov-1
eminent amicably, and then acquire Cuba i
in peace and in honor. Hut our Minister,
was hasty, lie wanted C-itba above all ;
things else, and was determined to settle no j
differences until Cuba was given up to u*. (
lie advanced farther than the. AdininiMia- !
, , , . I
uon tiesigneu mm to go. He was therefore
the deserter, and not the deserted.
Hot liable almost always results in delay.
It has so resulted in this instance. >
The ollervcscence of iilibnsterism, and tl? - [
impetuosity of Soi lk diplomacy, havo;
aroused the apprehensions and distaste of
Spain towards us, and tightened her gra>p
upon the "Gem of the Antilles." And
moreover, they have done much in provoking
the "atrocious outrages" so frequently
reported by the filibuster press of the country.
Weakness, individual or governmentnl
IC mv.f Tl- - 1*i
I I.., ..1 v<v> gvuniiiiu ilim jvaiuus. 1 lie III- i
liputian looks upon every movement of thej
giant in his direction as a threaten of as- j
sault. Spain is weak, ami tliis country is i
strong. No wonder then that., knowing as
o ' r? t
sho docs our desire for the acquisition of'
Cuba, tliat her apprehensions should be
aroused and her suspicions active. No wonder
she watches American vessels in the J
region of Cuba. She perhaps judges of us j
by what she knows she would be if possess- i
ed of our might.
We would not be undestood as excusing >
the conduct of Spain or any other power j
when it tramples wantonly upon our rights. I
We should be the last one to advocate any !
submission on the part of this Government i
tO Wanton insult fit tbl> lmnrU onr.ll.,... i
whether it be the weakest or the strongest.
Our doctrine is to repel insult with a
promptness in exact ratio with the strength
and respectability of the aggressor. A strong
and powerful man can afford to exercise forbearance
towards a weak one. Indeed it
is honorable and magnanimous to do so.
Yet there is a point where forbearance
ccases to bo magnanimity, and at that point
we would counsel to arms.
If Cuba would be an acquisition indeed
to this country, and especially to our section,
wo desire it most heartily. And we
do not doubt for a moment that the possession
of it as a slavcholdincj State would b?
ft vast benefit to us. But let us takp care
that our avarice and liot haste to satiate it,
do not spoil the pie in tho baking. If wo
treat Spain as becomes a powerful Government
to treat a weak one, tho time will
come when our money can acquire it, without
a loss of our self-respect and an effusion
of our blood.
The subject is becoming somewhat interesting
to us, and we may take occasion to
say more of it anon.
Another tiiaoedy.^-The Mobilo Advertiser
says a quarrel took plafte in that
city, between Win. Metcalf, Thos. Tugglos,
and Berry Odam,?-all pilots on the river,
which resulted in Odam's shootincr nnd bit.
ling Tuggles and seriously wounding Metcalf.
Ue surrendered himself to the officer.
Good hStout" Fortune.?Daniol Stout,
of Hock River, III., gives notice to the legal
heirs of John Stout that there is a legacy
df ^100,000 which they can obtain by
npplyijig^to him. John Stout, it is said,
was s resident of South .Carolina prior to
tho revolution. , V
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Fir*.?Tho last Edgefield Advertiser
says; "On-Wednesday last the cohrt-house
at this place caught on firo from a spark
uini imi on uro rooi. ' uttt name- discovered
when quite small, and by thee activity
of kereral daring citizens was arreated
ftt on early Stage of iW progress."
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The European Nov/s.
The Steamer Baltic arrived at New
York, on Friday hist, with Liverpool dates
to 24th March. Tho news of Eastern affairs
is void of particular interest. We subjoin
the. most important items from the telegraphic
reports in the Times and Carolinian
:
Tho Vienna Conference li.nl unanimously
adopted the first ot' the tour points, placing
the Dannbian principalities under the joint
protectorate of the four powers.
Cotton had been active at 1-1G to 18
advance. Sales of the week 87,500 bales.
Breadstuff* steady.
The money market was easier. Coulsols
closed at 02 3-4.
The French Government has chartered
the City of Baltimore for six uionth?, to
convey troops to the Crimea.
The Czar's adddresses to the diplomatic
bodies were mild ; but those to tho army
were warlike.
The latest despatches from Vienna slate
the conferences were going oiv favorably.
The second point was either settled or will
be shortly. The question of peace or war,
however, depends on the adjustment of tinthird
point. Count. Nesselrodo will go Jo
Vienna when the critical moment arrives.
Alexander has given strong evidence that
lie aided his father in all his warlike plans.
Rumors wore current of a new basis of
arrangement, including the freedom of the
Black Sea, the opening of the Danube, and
the erection of Turkish For Is in Asia.
The Porte has determined to maintain
undiminished sovereignty over the Dardanelles.
It also protests against the Christians
of the empire being placed under any
foreign protection, and desires that Prussia
may participate in the conference.
The health of the allied army was satisfaetory.
The English position was well fortified.
The Russians had received reinforcements.
The allies had resolved on .active
operations. A now Iliitish hatterv had
caused two Russian steamers to leave tl;<moorings.
Onier l'aeha's armv now amounted to
ris nfifi ..." l ? - i
IIUJII, illlU U.n Hl.'lll*; JUIHIIM'Ill I'll.
It was slat cm 1 licit. < lortsehakofi' lta<l received
orders to take Kupatoria at any prio<>,
and that lie was preparing to do so.
An Anglo-French squadron of twentylive
steamers was on its way to Genoa to
convoy the Sardinian troops to tlie Crimen.
Tin; Knssians lcid sunk three more ships
in the. harbor of Sevastopol.
The French hospital at Constantinople
had been bill lit, and !l(i lives lost.
Liverpool, Mareh 24, 1805.?Cotton
closes firm, with a steady demand. The
quotations are : fair Orleans, 5 3-4d, mid
dlitig 5 3-1 Od : fairuphmd 5 l-2d, middling
5d; middling Mobile 1-1 Oil. Slock 0-14,000
bales, including *122,000 American.
Of the. sales of the week, speculators took
14,500, and exporters 1 .'3,000 bales, leaving
00,000 to spinners.
At Loudon American stocks were firm.
Sugars easier. Coffeo firm. Breadstull's
dull.
Tflft Ratrannali TT ?-?11 n*? 13 if
Oil Wednesday last the Directors met
here for the |?ui|?i?so of deliberating upon
the affairs of the Company. We were not
at home, but it affords us great pleasure
to be able to inform the, friends of the
Road that measures were adopted looking
to an immediate commencement of the
work. A corps of Engineers were, elected,
with Mr. I\ C. Arms as chief, and ordered
forthwith to proceed to the location of the
Road, and the making up of estimates necessary
for the letting of contracts. This is
the most gratifying step yet taken in the
premsies, and as it is tlic determination of
the Direction to follow it up with vigorous
action until the process of completion shall
be fully under way and upon a sure footing,
the Stockholders may congratulate themselves
on the certainty of having, at no distant
day, a steam horse ploughing the hills
and fores's from here to Anderson. Rut
they have got the work to themselves, and
with their own resources. Augusta ignores
the bill, ami refuses to lend ;i helping hand.
The Direction receded from the indications
manifested at Calhoun's Mills, relative to the
Suite subscription, the non-connection with
the South Carolina Road, and the horsepower
track across the bridge, and fell back
upon the original proposition submitted in
December last.
This action, noble and praiseworthy on the
part of the Direction, was simply a refusal
to restrict the company in their sphere of
operations, and to bind them up in perpetuity,
by the imposition of conditions at once
onerous, unjust and illiberal.?They justly
deemed the proposed subscription of 8500,000
as too small a consideration for the extravagant
demnndsof Augusta; and taking
a proper view of both horns of the dilemma,
U'inolu (ti.torinitinil
x.ww.Miui^u ivjcci tnu said sill)"
scription unless it bo made upon terms as
liberal towards the company, as beneficial
to the City. Tliis course, produced some
disaffection in the committee, and the result
was a unanimous recommendation to
the City Council not to make the subscription.
We are sorry our neighbors have taken
such a contracted view of the matter;
and still more do wo regret that they were
so illiberal as to manifest a disposition to impose
upon the Company-in consideration of
the aid proposed conditions so repugnant to
their interests, and such as could not be accepted.
We at one time looked to that
ici, wan some acgree of confidence for
assistance in the great work before us; and ;
could that assistance have been Recti red, the
work wonld certainly have gone on with
great rapidity to a speedy termination; but
delay is not always ruinous, and in this instance
the uttermost it can do will retard for
a short period, tlie prosperity and the wealth
that must aMend the enterprise, and with
ita completion crown the labors of its friends.
The Stockholders alobg ike line can build
the Road, and manfully have.they detertnintodo
it. We commend their course, and
oui Uiem tfod-speed in the great wort
Since writing the above, we notice in the
Confttittttionalut nud Republic, a paragraph
suiting thai the Valley Road is to run from
i Anderson to Aiken, ami that Hamburg is
to have a branch about ten miles in leugih.
All we have to Buy upon this part of the
subject at present is, that we would much
prefer the voluntary donation of ourselves
to Charleston, than a sale to the City of
Augusta. That City will learn when it will
be too late to remedy the error perhaps, that
"lutc.rative trade that is bound to pass over
i this important road," will bo controlled by
iii. ii whose recollection of their anneals fur
laid, and ilur refusal on the purl of the City
[ suitlu?ritios to grant it, will not easily be obliterated.?Hamburg
Pioneer.
Letter from Mr. Orr.
The following letter was addressed by
I Ion. Ja*. L. Orr ill reply to an invitation
to address the Democracy of New York :
Washington, March 4, 1855.
Gentlemen : I have delayed responding
! to your cordial invitation to attend at and
j address the democracy of New York 011 the
:7th instant, with the confident expectation
i that I would he able to accept it.
i C'ireiiinshiiii-cs over wliie.li I could lirive
i no control, I regret now to say, will deny
iik: that pleasure. I am compelled to leave
this afternoon tor my home.
j The disasters of the democratic party in
the Empire State admonish all of its iiiem1
hers who are devoted to principles of the
. necessity of abjuring intestine divisions, and
once more uniting under the common col
ors of the demucialic. faith.
What have your dissensions resulteil in !
I Look over the old democratic field, and see,
when: once its camp tires illuminated the
horizon, now the lurid glare of all the isms
sends up its hateful Maze. The enemy
1 have even possessed himself not only of the
I outposts, hut of the citadel itself. Your
; Senators are gone; your Representatives iti
'the Federal Legislature are gone; your
I State Legislature is gone; and your Chief
I Executives i* gone, Who ever anticipated
{ilii* day when your banners were in Midi
humiliation, doomed to trail ill t!ie dust ?
i Arc no enemies loft to oppose your prin
ciplcs? Let the present condition of your
j State and Federal Legislature answer. You
j have frit lend away your strength in a
vain arul fruitless fratricidal war. WIk ii is
lit to end and when will the time arrrive when
brotherly concord be restored ' Your in<
| inland its purposes eticourajjos hope. .1 trust
lit may be the opening of a new and more
i cheerful volume than the one just closed,
j It is well that you should organize. The
j sijjns of the times in our sectional controIversy
are now more portentous than I have
yet son them. This fair fabric is only to
he l.r.-.-crved bv crushinir out faction, and
j building up national men in your midst.
I Much of t lie hopes of the tut urn :tiv c.ou|
fined lo the national men of the North; if
j fanaticism is permanently to overwhelm
it limn, I see nothing hopeful in the prospective.
I earnestly hope your meeting will
'cement, the friendship of all the frateryiity,
'and that when you unfurl your banner to
! the hree/.e, you will have inscribed upon its
! folds such constitutional and national principles
as will make it command the confidence
and excite the enthusiasm of a South
Carolinian as much as a New Yorker. Our
j principles have been broad enough in times
! j?a. t for all to endorse them, whether they
i hnilril flolil Miiino or (^i-nnrin f.of if !><
* i? ?
jso for (ho future, and my word upon it, you
I will redeem your St etc from the practice of
i intolerance, and from the principals of consolidation.
I must again express iny regret at not
having the pleasure of being with you on
the occasion of your meeting.
I am truly, gentlemen, yours, Jte.,
James L. Ouk.
The Ball Trick.
Tiik following, from the Macon (Ca.)
Citizen, describes the modus operandi of a
trick which is frequently played, as also relates
how a couple of the operators were
recently detected and cared for :
Our efficient IVnutv Marshall. J. T.
Pryco, was successful, on Tuesday morning
last, in capturing a couple of individuals,
whose swindling devices a day or two previous,
at Augusta, had l>cen communicated
to him, through Mr. l>cm>, the Railroad
Conductor. It appears that two persons
had swindled Mr. Richard Fearn out of
?150 by wli.it is called the "ball trick,"
which consists in having a brass baii so constructed
as to admit a small piece of white
paper in two places, covered by a cap ingeniously
screwed on, in a way oidy known to
the initiated. It takes three to play the j
game?one verdant or flat, and two sharps. \
Olio of the latter shows the ball to flat, and t
offers to bet that it ran nut he opened. lie
then culls up sharp No. 2, as a stranger, and
hands over the ball for him to try to open
it, retiring iif the mean time a short distance
under some pretext. No. 2 opens the |
ball and discovers a piece of paper, which
lie takes out and closes up the aperture.
Lie then propoes to flat to get a bet out of
sharp No. 1, as to the existence of paper in
the ball. The bet is made and accepted !
and the stakes held by sharp No.2. Sharp
No. 1 then takes the ball and opens the other \
place where a bit of paper is found. Of
course, verdant loses his bet, which the sharps
divide between them.
Accident.?On the 23 instant, a valuable
negro man, belonging tu the Messrs. Allen,
contractors on the Unilrond, was killed
while working on their contract. It seems
that the boy in question, with others, were
employed in making a cut of twenty-five
feet, when the earth suddenly caving cftught
and completely hurried him. Hands tvero
employed thace quarters of an hour in dig:
ging him out. Anoaher negro was badly
crippled*
nana nv Mvrrfln Tim M/kvinm n>. I
pfira have recently been publishing a census
of tha( country. From it We gather that
thireafein that country! 85 cilia, 199. towps
or large villages, 400 village*, 119 miahacienda*,
and 8,092 (anus,
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Awful Tragedy, x !
Wc learn from a private letter, that an i
awful targedy occurred in Barbour Couuty, I
Alabama, on Saturday the 25th of March, '
ult., between two men named Chambers
and Littleton. It appears that Chambers
was on liia way to meeting, and had been in (
the habit formerly of passing through Littleton's
yard?but a short time previous, some
difficulty occc.urred between theni, and Littleton
forbid Chambers going through his ;
place; whereupon, Chambers forced tlict
gate of the yard open, and was in the act
of entering, when Littleton threatened to \
shoot him with a rifle which he held in !
his han<) ; Chambers immediately went
home, which was but a short distance olY,
and returned with :\ double barrel gun, anil
bcforo reaching the pole, commenced filing,
upon Littleton. Sonic four discharges were
made at each other, when Chambers fell
dead, shot through the head. i
Lexington Telegraph.
Murdkii of a Nnoito.?The Yorkvillc
Enquirer says :?Mukdkk.? We sincerely
regret to learn the particulars of a sad
event which occurred in Chester Dis-j
trect, on Friday last, and resulted in the!
death of a slave Andrew, the properly of
Mr. Richard K. Kennedy, :it. the hands of a>
young man named 1 ii-ll. The boy, who bad
'been hired by Mr. Bell as a laborer on his
I larm, ran a way several weeks ago and
I remained in the. woods until Friday, when lie
! was cauixhi and whipped so severely and
! uninercil'iillv as to cause iiiimeili:i!<> l>
'I His skull was fraetlired in several places,
! ami the entire body mangled in a must lior^
riil manner. A jury of rendered
jin a verdiet in aeeordaueu with these facts.,
j Mr. Hell has not yet been appivhciied.
j Dkatii ok a Nkoukss 115 Vi:ai:s Oi.u.!
! ?A colored woman has just ilie?l in the
: Mollis county poor hi.use, who attaiueil the !
great age of 1 15 years. When a child she
I was stolen fioin Africa, ami eotitinueil to
j renienilier that the slave catchers took the
' jewels from her ears. She was first brought
, to Smith Carolina, ami from I hence was
i brought to New .Jersey, where for a time ,
j she was owned as a slave. She. has been
i in Morris eomity more than sixty years, i
t hour generations of her descendants were
present at her funeral, the dead and living:
making live generations.
A7 wnr/r A>1 rerlisrr.
The people of Indiana seem determined
to el! torn: their lionor law. Tins Wabash
liazHte says lli.i! Julia Walker received j
| damages against James Dillon, 'Tor
| causin?jj the ilcutli of her husband liy making
him drunk, whereby ho fell into tlie
anal and was drowned." The Wabash
Courier jjives an account of another ease,
where \V. I >. Johnson wont into alienor
store, called for a drink, and while the. barkeeper's
bark was turned, drank a whole
I tumbler of brandy, and died in a few hours.
[ The bar-keeper was arrested, and mulcted
| in *;>00 damages, tor the benefit of the!
j child of the deceased.
Uor.vrv Lands.?The pa?siige of the Old j
! Soldiers' bill, approved March 3. 1805. has!
iproduced busy times not only among those
whom tlie law is designed to benefit, Ixit
; among claim agents and attorneys, and at the.
i Pension office. Twenty-four thousand and
'eight hundred applications have already
j heen received at. that well-regulated bureau ;
and of this numher twenty-five hundred
j cainc in during Tuesday last!
11 r<is/i inylon Sentinel.
Tiiagkdy is Virginia.?J. A. Graham,
of Wytlieville, Va., wished to marry a Miss
Sjtiller, who was said to he worth 8200,000.
j Shu declined his offer, and engaged herself
j to one Dr. Unmet. Graham became enraged
in consequence, and going into a ho- :
j tel one night where sat Mr. Sniller and
! three other gentlemen, he drew a revolver .
'and commenced filing. Spiller was killed
and the other three wounded.
Nuoito Found I)ead.? A negro man,
; belonging to Col. John Hauskett, was Pound
dead within the last week, near Edgefield
1 and Hamburg Plank Road some miles helow
this place. We learn that an inquest was
held over the body, John L. Addison, Mag:
istrate, and a verdict was rendered of "death
from intemperance and exposure."
| Edgefield. Advertiser.
Washington, April 9.?The Intelligencer
contains a letter from Luzuriaga, the Spanish
Minister of War, to Gen. Concha, stating
that the Cortes, on the 8th, resolved to ,
protect slave property in Cuba, and that
under any change of government, slavehold- 1
ers might be assured of their property. j
Meeting of Presdytekv.?The Pres- ,
byterv of South Carolina will hold its next ,
regular Session at JUoek-Spring Church, in <
Laurens District, on Wednesday before the
fourth Sabbath instant, at 1 o'clock p. m. | ]
General A. C. Garlington, of South Car-!'
olina lias be?.*? elected Commencement Orator,
to deliver tlic Address Itefore the two
Literary Societies of the University of Geor- ,
gia, in August. 'i
Tlic Know Nothing candidate for May- J
or of Troy, gives us a new rendition of the i1
Declaration of Independence, viz: "Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit of Irishmen !M i
A Revolutionary Patriot.?Aaron <
Rogers died in NevVburv, Mass., recently.? ?
lie was a soldierta tta Involution, and one 1
of the guard at' the ejjgcution of Major An- !
dre, the British spy?*& i
x About sixty-five thousand bales of cotton,
vAltied at over three millions of dollars, have
been destroyed by fire in this country, during
the last three months.
Know Nothing Victoky.?Tlie recent
: : 1 /i i - '
iiiuiiH-ipm vircuon hi v/oiiwioia reRUireti 10 ,
tiio triumph of the Know Nothing ticket.
, In Virginia the wheat crop is reported as
looking remarkably well, having sustained
no damage from froete. ? &
y'_ Mf
* V
_ by : V
The Turks have a very siinplo method of
making pantaloons. They fasten two coffee
b;igs to a vest, and the thing is done. The
bags answer for legs, and the vest for tho
waistbands.
RECEIPTS.
The following persona have paid their subscriptions
to the liidcjjrtident Pret* for the
current year:?
Dnvid.Kellar, Ksq, Abbeville 8 C
S XI Howen, l)iainond Ilill "
.1 M Town^eml, Fruit llill "
\\ A Lesley, Mountainview "
M 1. Kd wards, Abbeville "
It (J Brown, Ninety-Six "
bnrkin ltiirmore, 1 ><>nnldsville "
1' A ilson, (per K A W,) Monterey "
- vt> mom us), Diamond Hill "
Jim S 1 )n!<\(:l.l vol.), Lehnnon '
]? Nelson, lliirrislim*;;
.Ins S J oho*, (o months). Diamond Ilill "
J as 15 MeWhortor, Level Land "
J Hut-ton, Lowmlsville
W FCIinksenles, Harper's Ferry "
1'Lindsay, Indian llill "
M N Martin, Due West "
Jns W Smith, (6 mouths), Lebanon "
H t' Vounij, (15 months), Columbia "
Win T IVitv, Wnrrenton "
Tlios W Chillis, (:?il vol.), Millway, "
Tims McAllister, Bordeaux 11
W W Btirriss, liiamond llill * "
WniTnirgnrt, Calhoun's Mills ,f
.1 I. (5iin*rt, Sandover "
Kolit Smith, Cokcshury "
Johnson Sale, l'hoeitiz "
Jiio A Part low, New Market "
Mrs M A Hurt on, " " "
Mnj Wiii Clinkscales, Due West "
Dr T .1 lli-sier, Monterey "
K. v 'L' S Daniel, Ciituliridirc "
.1 I' Y?>:uig, LowniKvillu ?
.1 M Young, " ?
("iilrl> lini'tuii, Level Land ?
T A I >aniel, l.owinlsville "
illHll-S I'lllli.T. (Jleeliwooj ?
I);?\ i J liiliriil^i', 111< 1 i:t11 IIill ??
Win Mellwiiiii, Alilicvillo "
Mm K Mel'aw, Monterey "
Win ( ralinm, (Vikrslitirv "
I )r W II |).ivi-, Ninety-Six v
Iieiij ISiiruett, Smiilivillc '
I'nvitl Me William*, AMioville "
las < "iisiui, Widiiiian'd "
.las W Cuviii, Imlian Hill "
S It I trinvnlee, 1 >ne West "
Win I'.iitlvt'. llari'i.sbui'g "
S SnMl, ('xiliers "
T.I l.vini. Indian 11 ill "
<! I". Isaacs, <'iiliiiuliia "
llani-lcr Allen. l.u\vn<UviUe "
T II Stall'oril, Ilaiutiiii*^ "
Win UiMckiit'll, Imlian Hill "
\ \l..i 11: . .. .
.4 .mvuiiiMn, ?? Iiiuiirmxi "
.1 1* Kennedy, (:>.l vol.), llarrisburg "
.1 I' Mil ford, Diamond Mill "
las \V Cliilds, Sr.. Cambridge "
Win A Shaw, Harper's Ferry "
("apt .Inn LipseomW, I'jljji-ficlil '*
.1 N Adams, l.oti^miivs "
Inn II Lester, silver linn "
(' I A .1 1 lainiiiMtii), Hamburg "
A !l Morton, Smithville "
Lewis Smitli, \\*liit<*lt.ill "
A 1> Smitli, Millwny "
IVtcr t Jil>crt, Monterey 14
I' .M Meadors, I'eynosa "
Miss Lizzie Hill, KidiariUnuvillc "
10 II Cliaiiiberlin, "
.1 15 Tolleson, Spartanburg "
Alfred Tnllvsoil, " "
III" S Carwile, Diamond Hill "
.I W Keller. Tylersvillc "
.las Itieliev, Whetstone "
Silml Mitchell, l.nwnilsv illc "
W (' I'ovver, (:id vol.), Monterey "
K H Spronll, Stik'&boro Gi?.
.1 <! Ailams (per Itobt JJichcy), BuBhaby "
W (i Hass, Madison "
I Weems, Oissviilo ?*
T I' Jones, Acjuilhi "
Col A Wcirflier W \ HlnL-iA r.irrnltnti Ala
L> S \Wiiv " " " Butler "
Snuil Adams (per -lolni Adams), Greenville, "
<lno Lucius, Court 11 ill 41
Jus A Tallin an, (iret-usboro "
\V \V Cochran, Hard way "
Jos Iticlicy (per J Kichey), Tuscaloosa **
.1 no 1 leiidt.-rxon, Greensboro '*
A C i'uekett, Loundsboro "
Mr* LO Jlunler, Union Springs "
Jno l'l-ince, Childeraburg M
Win Thompson, Louisville Miss
Dr K Agnew, Calhoun "
Tliw Burnett (per Jno Burnett), MtPleasant "
Malilon Morgan, Claiborne "
I M Chnrping, Kosciusco "
\V Klinore (per S Hmore), Lockharts storft "
S F Jacobs (per A M Cox), Greenleaf "
Dr L> C Waller, New Albany "
Larkin Harris, Madison C If Fla
T L Wliitlock,
i: Vann, Bcaslej-'s "
Win l'luuiiuer, Mnrion La.
Mrs F Gray (per 1' M Childs), Brush Valley "
I) l'uckett, Loq, Marion. "
nAKRIED,
On Tuesday evening, 3d instant, by Rev.
Joel W. Townscnd, Mb.. RICHARD M. BUSHART,
of Greenwood, and Miss NANCY A.
HKFFERNAN, youngest daughter of John
nud Nnncy M. Hcffei-uan, of Cokesbury.
P'EP'
"Another mother in Jesus is gone.v
Died, at the residence of N. J. Davis, near
this village, on the morning of the 28th ultimo,
Mus. E. 3il. TUSTKN, in th? 68d year of her
age.
"Truly, it may be said, in the midst of life wo
are in death. She had gone to Mr. Davis' to>
spend a few days in a social visit, was taken
sick, and in less than one short week was in ther
spirit world. Rut death to her had not?rrors>
die had long anticipated the day, and when it
eame, had nothing to do but to commend her
L-hildren to the cure of the ]>ord,-and her only
w!8ii was thai they might tie prepared to meet
lier in heaven, aud then she calmly resigned
Iter soul into the hands of the Loed who gave
it. May we nil, too, live the life of the rightL-OMP,
and may our last end be like her'*. 8.
Died, of pneumonia, at her residence nenr
tliis village, on the 20th u!timo, Mks. JANK
tfrJLLRSl'lE, in the seventy-ninth year of her
age. II nd tlie deceased lived s few month*
longer, she would have been a member of the
Presbyterian Church sixty years. In an eminent
degree she adorned the doctrines of her
Church by n godly walk and conversation.?Although
weighed do.wn by afflictions?blind[)(**,
and all the infirmities iuoident to advanced
age?she was never known to mahnnr, r
sr repine. She left four children, and S large ;
nf v?i?a ot?#^ fi?Ion^a ?At '
M1?UU^ "V? WV, UIVUI Ur
but even to lvjuice ot the depaitqre of her
l>ure spirit?ot its liberation from * body or*w?
whelmed with infirmity, and its entrance into
i world of unintermpted peace. F. 7a
Abbeville C. iL i
C8T" Banner please copy* ;
T~ jcdw?iGf?TEE'8. > .
The following-persons have, freight.in th
Depot at Abbeville:;^,- H
S Kerr, PCrouVwi ? JaeWn. C X Haskell. ?
Johnson Kamov, JWCMnor, T C PefrinJtt,.
A Jones,.Mr. S?el, R H Wardl?t? kt'fron'^wST
Barr, H.MPsvU J Lyop, Unrlght h $2%*
KAFair.E T M? *?*
ETB * Co~W*>H Bnghay,
bark Iforton, 1> ft S^<U,y ,
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