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? ' ?* . k. w ** ar*- vf T' * . ? ' " * v ' * jfc" ' ?^ L_^=. v- ^ " . -3BU-- .. < > . - ^ " */;> DSVOTSD TO UTBRAfURB, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, KBWS, POLITICS, &C., &G. TERMS?ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,] "Lat it be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of the Press is tlio Palladium of all your Rights."?Junius. /] [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 3?NO. 25. .ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1855. . WHOLE NUMBER 132. ?i?K Ii*?EPEXDE?iT PRESS, PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT ABBEVILLE, S. C., AT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, HAS a circulation of nearly one thousand in Abbeville District, and is constantly increasing. Its' circulation in this State is about fourteen hundred, and its entire list of subscribers numbers over sixteen hundred. It is therefore offered to the mercantile and business comn m it}' generally as the best advertisingnncdium in the up-country of"South Carolina. RATKS OK ADVERTISING. k 1 square 3 mogths $ 4 00 1 square G months - - 0 00 1 square 12 months 10 (JO 2 squares 3 mouths 0 00 2 squares 0 months - - - - - - 10 00 2 squares 12 months ------ 15 00 3 squares 3 months 8 00 3 squares fi months l%f>0 3 squares 12 months ------ 20 00 4 squares 3 months 10 00 4 squares C months 15 00 4 squares 12 months 25 0i> 5 squares 3 months ------15 00 k o/n,n.^.o '? ..?u.. >" 5 squares l'i months ------ 30 00 ?2?*" Advertisements inserted for a shorter period tlinn three months will bo charged 75 cents per 9ijuarc (12 lines or less) for lir.st. insertion and 37? per square for each continuance. Ip^** Any one ndvertisinir hy annual or semiannual contract can change his advertisement monthly, if lie desires. IT.^" Subscribers to the paper who do not pay their subscriptions within the year will he chargod J1 50. [April 20, 1855 MISCELLANY. The iftmocratic Party. The Savannah Georgian publishes tiie following interesting letter from a most respectable citizen of the South, who was a Whig, but has now joined the 1 ?emocrany, under the strong light thrown upon the political field by his personal experience in Massachusetts: I have been a constant reader of your city papers of late, and I find myself insensibly imbibing a deep interest iti the political struggle there going on. There is one thing which puzzles me amazingly, and that is, to find the causo for so much and so excited an antagonism between the Democratic party of the South and the American party. Here at the North, it is clear enough. Tho simple secret is, that the Democratic parly here has planted itself on a national basis, looks to the Constitution, and is resolved to live up to its provisions, whether these provisions are more favorable to one section of the Union than another,! or otherwise. The national Democratic) party can see no promise of peace, safety, or perpetuity to our institutions, except it be found in a conscientious and persistent adherence, to the Constitution, in whole and in part, in spirit as well as in letter. All other parties at the North, in fact, in all the non-slaveholding States, are sectional? the main element in them is opposition to Southern interests ou account of slavery.? TTniipn nnnntUInn (o tlio r)f.inn?i...i;.. **vhvw vn;v ? --"'vw.ui.v, party. It 15, simply, nationalism versus sectionalism. But how can it be that any large and inte ligent portion of the Southern people can array themselves against the only party in tb^" country vrhch seeks to protect the South in all its' Constitutional rights and privileges, is a myqtery .to me and all others here at the North. " . If you read the standard Democratic pa8crs of the North, you arc already aware lat what I have stated is the truth, nnd that the fall campaigns here are being conducted upon .the principles I have mentioned. Now, is the South going to play the fool, trifle with its own best good, and commit suicide ? If Know Nothingism, or any uuiur ism, jircvuua uvcr iuu xsuiiiucrncy, 1 can sec no other result. Lot not Southern man believe that the fanatics arc to revel in triumph much lon1 ger hare. I have good reason to believe that the national Democratic Party of Massachusetts will succeed ?fcthe cominefelection. The good, sober, Goriest people.,of all parties are disgusted with last year's operations in this State,, and are eager lo wipe oyt the stains wjiich liave been fastened ^upon the character of this Commonwealth and have faith to .believe they will succeed. Many, some say.-hosts, of old Wfrigs are TOO/llf 1? aJ m AVk AtAni V?i?l ~ 1 .1 -? 1 ii/wuj w jwiu iu^u uuuiuiib, uub Jiuuurauiu foes, the ^Democrats, in the effort to* put dourt).at.ortce, anil forever, tlie political yp, V - fitarb an'd fanatics, who hare been the authors of this disgrace. The battle Is a\glo, .ripnp orte, and if I mistake not, so wilfthe victorfrbe. gjJR * **\ m. * But I find myself J^etrayed, as usual when J getvupon thirspbject. . I have already infliotgd.-dwo aga a half mortal pagflEjjypon . you,'/?f my politics, when I doubt ijot you fiavfl as muoh as you can do Urtalijfogfe <jf your.own. f~... : ^ . You see some modification in my sentiments from what they ffljmeiily were ;?tdo not see (fo mucl^for I was a Whig* because .Tbeheved thefc^Khig. Party was once* the ConaeiyatiT&ParW of the -tjouqtry. I am % now a Democrat:'"fofj^e ^mo reason.? No$ tonljfc d^^^'atMin,^t^refier^tisjn, ' < is eipiiidotlttiw'this time, fthe grand chars ' i . "!' - . - ? . I r , . I I. I> I V ? K't || f >i^fyW<lMl.i I tj"i GTld ,I. Ikkfc M~fi ' |T' l ' -, _? ' MASONIC! FEMALE Collegiate ^institute. ; --m-rMT1 ?cz3? RVJ.??.V* l / HE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Anxious to sccure for this I \/\\ fljj j Institution the patronage wo hope it may merit, have thought proper to submit the following arrangement of , Classes and Studies, and scale of Tuition Fees, and other information < necessary for patrons, to the public. < The Preparatory Department will consist of two Divisions, to be denominated First and Second Divisions. RATES OF TUITION. < FIRST nivisiox. < Spelling and Reading; First Lessons in Geography and Arithmetic; Parley's Elementary History, S>'20 00 . SECOND DIVISION. < Geography, (Mitchell) ; Arithmetic, (Davies); Grammar, 5 (Smith); History of South Carolina ; Exercises in Reading and Writing, SO 00 s FIRST COLI.KGIATK CI.ASS. < Arithmetic continued; Algebra commenced, (Davies); ' English Grammar continued; Modern Geography, with use of globes; History of United States; Rhet- ; orical Reading and Defining, ? 10 00 SOl'lIOMOKK CI.ASS. ' Universal History, (Tytler); Algebra finished; Geometry, (h)avies) ; Botany, (Mis. Lincoln) ; Natural Philosophy ; Logic; Exercises in Composition and Gram- . ? mar, 45 00 t junior class. 1 Universal History continued ; Chemistry ; Mineralogy and Geology; Physiology, (Cutter); Trigonometry t and Mensuration ; Moral Philosophy; Exercises in i Composition and Grammar, -15 00 t SKXIOR CI.ASS. Butler's Analogy ; Astronomy; Evidences of Christian- s it3*; Intellectual Philosophy; Blair's Rhetoric, (Uni- < versity edition) ; Milton, Critically road and parsed, 50 00 EXTRA?AT THE OPTION OK PARENTS. Latin, Greek, or any Modern Language, 20 00 Instrumental Music, . 45 00 j Us*c of Instruments, 5 00 Drawing, 20 00 Painting in Oil Colors, 30 00 Embroidery and Wax Work, There is but one Term of Nine Months, beginning the First schoolday in January, and closing the Last school-day in September, at which time there will be a Public Examination. THE FEES Aie payable for Five Months in advance; the remainder at the expiration of that time. The Course of Studies prescribed for each Class will require for its completion the whole scholastic year of nine months. It is therefore expected that all who enter will remain the whole Term, nnd hence no deduction will be made fur discontinuance, except for sickness. Tuition charged from the beginning of the month in which the pupil enters; and former pupils, returning after the Term opens, are charged for the whole Term, if they arc carried through with their Class. It is exceedingly desirable that pupils be present at the beginning, when Classes are formed, as those who enter after their Classes have made progress in their studies labor under great disadvantages, and oftentimes positive discouragements. m \ TO PATRONS. We deprecate store accounts upon the part of pupils ad libitum, and I ' suggest to parents or guardians to deposit money for the purchase of |. necessarv articles wiili snmA -- ?:*1 *' - * i..v. .nomine, 01 wiiu iuc gennc| man of the house where tliey board, and that specific written instructipna be furnished for store accounts. Neatness and simplicity in dress arc enjoined upon all, and we hope the means of merely ornamental " or expensive dress will not l>e furnished. BUILDING. Our new brick building will be ready for use by the first of January. It, is three stories high, with four Recitation rooms and two Music rooms on the basement. The Chapel is on the second floor, forty by j-Jnxty feet.. LOCATION. Cokesbury is situated on a high ridge, entirely free from any local . cause, of disease, and hitherto proverbially healthy. It is two miles from Cokesbury Depot on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and within one-and-a-half miles of one of the best Mineral Springs in tho State. It has been analyzed by Professor , and, to use his lan'iht ?uaK?? "'t deserves an analysis on the spot." Parents would find Cokea-^ v bury ^nd its Spring a delightful Sumirucr resort, while their children are going to school. . *** BOARDING.. rv (f3an I^hM^n tlus family of the^President of the Faculty, and iomany other f&miliea, at $10 per month', including, wafiiiirig and fuel. r +, ' rn ?' boles- v>?" * Tho-ifollowing is the substance of some 'of. tka Rules: Eyerj? pupil is \ ^ requited to be present at the open 1 ng aud 'closing of the scliopl; Occupy but one scat at the jleak assigned u> her ; must not talk, Iqtogh of whisper during recitatiop or sUjdy hourff f'SnuSt bo re&p&>|iul ^a^iourfa Jfc . ioAHQ 1 ' * * *" .wu? ~ hiiu ;is8ocmu38^ snail not fit ten ti parties; .$bflU-iiot - ^Jcbrrcapfitn^ with, or receivo attentioift ot, any youqg g?nUemafr or boy ' ^ ' ^^OONNOR, A. ) ; O. IAE^^h,' Ffofes&or of^MutWand ' t 4:- ' .-; <: v.' .>7* ^ > .* **.* ": > -, - v .>v V ? *?! v - -V < ' "1?*t "* *' > ' * ' A .'-.-g Execution of Rebels at Canton. In our remarks on tlie retirement of the rebels from Sunchow, it is stated that the thousands of men brought to Canton as prisoners, are now being decapitated at the rate of one hundred and fifty a day. That was the number, we are told, executed on Saturday last, a spectacle to which we were j w itness. The Canton execution ground lias before been described in this journal, and : ror all our readers it is not necessary to repeat that it is situated about 100 yards Vom the river at a distance of two miles J jr so below the factories. The ground is; jblong, about 150 feet in length, the on-j ranee on the side nearest the river being ibout six feet. This is closed with bars during practical operations. At the grand mtrance the ground is about 20 feet wide. On the right hand, doorways open to several oven and tile manufactories. As we approached the execution ground natiy were met with hands to their nosrils, or with their tails tied round their fa j jes, for the purpose of avoiding the horrid j iieucn, winch could literally bo "fell1' at a ;onsiderable distance. The ground was jovercd with partially dried gore, the re>ult of the past day's work. There are no ;1 rains to lake the blood away, nor is any iubstance used to slake it. One man wad ! bund digging holes for two crosses on j tvliieh he said four were to be tied and cut , n pi<ices. The execution had been fixed for noon. | \t 11 1-2 a half d jzen men arrived with the I iuives, preceded by harries of rough deal vood boxes, decorated with bloody sides. These were the coffins. Unconcern was the general appearance of the soldiers and specators, of whom, altogether, there may have jocu one hundred and fitly. The day was lull, a fresh breeze from the east ward carry ug the stench away from foreigners, who, 0 the number of a dozen, had obtained adnittanee to the top of one of the houses on he far side of the street passing the enrance of this "field of blood." At i 1 3-4 he first batch of ten prisoners arrived, pcedily followed by the rest in similar juantities. Each prisoner (having his hands ied behind his back, and labeled on the ail) appeared to have been thrust down in 1 wicker basket, over which his chained j egs dangled losely, the body riding uncom-1 brtably, and marked with a long paper tal- . y, pasted on a slip of bainboo thrust between ! lie nrisonor's inol-of nn.l l.:? ti.,.~ 'man baskets," slung with small cords, were . :arried on bamboos on the shoulders of t.vo J nen. As the prisoners arrived, each was mule to kneel with his face to the South, in a space of about 20 feet by 12 we countid as many as 70, ranged in half a d< >7.011 ows. I At 5 minutes lu twelve, a white-buttoned ! naiidarin arrived, and the two to be first! :ut in pieces were tied to the crosses. AVhile ; ookiug at this frightening process the exe-j lutiouer commenced, and 20 or 30 must j lave been headless before we were aware if it. The only sound to be heard a horrid cheep?cheep?cheep, .is the knives ell. One blow was sufficient for each? hey fell tumbling between the legs of the .'ictim before it. As the sword falls, the jlood gushing trunk springs forward, falls m the breast, and is still forever. Tn four minutes the decapitation was :oniplete; and then on the other victims jommenced tho barbarity which to think >f only is sufficiently barbaric. Willi a >hort sharp knife a slice was cut out from inder each arm. A low suppressed fearful ?roan from each followed the'operation of .he weapon. Dexterous as butchers, a lice was taken successively by the operators orni the calves, the thighs, and then from lacll breast. Wo mow miminco ? "? v ? ?j ""t'r'i ""V iope, that l>y this tiino the sufferers were nscnsiblc to pain; but they were not dead. The knives were then stuck into the abdoTien, which, was .ripped up to the breastbone, and the Blade twisted .round and round is the heart was (separated form its holding. Up to the moment," having once set eyes on hevjctimjjndor torture, they lmd become ixed as by fascination; but they could bo ivcted there no longer. ?* A whirlingssensa- ' ion ran through the brain, and it was with | IjfficnUj^we could keep ourselves from ailing. ^But this was not all rthe lashings vere then cut, and tho h^ad, being .tied by he tair^o .a limb of the cross, was severed "yjm ifiii^body, which was then dismemjere<Kblrhftnclft afid arms, feet and -legs leparatoljr,. After this th%-i mandarins left he ground^.tfl return, However, <with a man ind woman'-, thelattor, i^(wM iSSlid, tlie wife >f one of the rebel chicfa?the man a leader >f*$hie rank. * The woman-' was cut up iu ' hft^trnv WA ImvA * ? -? J ..V MUTV VIWVMUOU ^ ivi IUO , IIIHU t'raoVo horrible punishment was decreed, tie was flayed alive. .We did not see this, jut it- was witnessed, by tho Sergeant of Marines of the lilnitod States, J. P Kennedy ?fe61^ at fireinsertion of tho,knife ^W^er' the eyeifraing raoel .hotnile. . Ms "KJKO OS1 THB Pumfxiks^?A curious, custom prevails in Paris of anniially proclaiming the "king of tha jnuoipUins,'! Mid of ^ making a,^wlem^ m?mnamw? The Public Mooting.?A Southern Party, We promised in our last to give some more detailed accounts of the meeting. A* to the exhibition of public feeling, we cannot say that there was any enthusiasm or groat interest exhibited in the movement. The Committee appointed by the Chairman, favoring the call, to prepare resolutions, consumed a great deal of time unnecessarily. So that when they were ready to report, it was to quite a sparse audience. As it was then, could a vote have been urged at once, wo believe, (though those who gave us the majority report are of a dill'eren t belief,) that the minority report would have been accepted. Wo can name enough persons anxious to support it, but could not wait. The vote on its adoption was fifteen for, to eighteen against. We did not sign a call for a public meeting, because we deemed it unnec.ess.irv nnrl im.i??in "VV? J I? '* v believo it simply impracticable to organize aSection.al party on issues that are passed. We must then look to those that are before the country. What are they ? The restoration of the Missouri Compromise line, anil the rejection of Kansas. There are important points involved in them. And, if the South combats successfully, Kansas is gained and Missouri saved, as the Missourians in their address to the people of the United States themselves declare. This much the Kansas Nebraska Bill has done for the South?a Hill not passed as asectionmcasure, but as a great constitutional measure, obliterating a geographical line that excluded the South from half the common territory, and supported by forty-four Northern Democrats. Still more, on these issues we have with us the Federal Government. When that is against us and deprives us of ot:r constitutional privileges, then (he whole South by the instinct of self-preservation will be forced to take refuge under a Southern Confederacy. L'ntil that event, lakes place, let us throw our contest upon the broad and comprehensive ground of the Constitution ; let us have with us all the great moral influences which cluster around that inspired instrument. Still farther : In the selection of Federal officers, let us not say we will sup port none but Southern men. Experience lias taught us that the word Constitutional is much safer. Gen. Taylor was a Southern man, but he was deficient in Constitutional principles and therefore interfered in the organization of California to exclude slavery. On the other hand, Gen. Pierce, a Northern man with Constitutional principles, has proven himself a President unexceptionable to the South. But above all, let us not l?e guilty again of the imprudence of leading off in advance of the other of the Southern States. We did so in Nullification, and in 1832 when the tariff1 was not modified according to promise; even old Jackson said, "if SouthCarolina was in earnest in her principles, then was the time for her to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard. She did not even make the semblance of a struggle. In Secession we passed through the same humiliating ordeal. If in either of these struggles we had braved consequences, even if defeated, we would have come out covered with glory. Hut alas wo did not. We met in conventions, nasscd lonr* resnlntinns ' L " O " revelled in martial eloquence, wrote the Declaration of Independence over anew, wouldn't listen to "Ilail Columbia," "Star Spangled Banner," or "Yankee Doodle," stuck our hands in our breeches pockets and took our seats by our peaceful firesides, as innocently as Forrest would after raving in Rieliard III. No one denies that we are a bravo intelligent people, but really this thin? of lone: resolutions, to lift Ipff. iin?v?. cuted, seems to have becomc a part of our nature. So much so, that it has taken from us all moral influence, brought our leadership into disrepute, and given us tho reputation of being much more resolutionary than revolutionary. Let us now, in this move, use the sensiblo suggestion of a friend, "show the other Southern States that we can hold our tongue, and, if necessary, wheel into line without ourselves giving the command." If they lead off, well and good. We will not lag behind. But let us never, never again subject our State pride to such dcop and sorrowful humiliation.?Fairfield Herald. The following touchiug?g>arngrnph is contained in the Norfolk correspondence of-tho Petersburg, (Virginia) Express : "William Loring died last night. Mr. Dubb3 is also dead. Mr. D. deserves more than a passing notice. lie had had the superintendence of burying the dead in the three Protestant burying grounds of the city, tfjid most faithfully has be performe^jjns melancholy dutffe. From the comraencomeut'of the fevefejhe has been incessantly engaged, and. assisted during that time in consigning 2,300 'persons to the crave. About three <fays ago. hia wife was interred, when he wo? taken inth. tho fevft-, and has now shared the fato of the mtfny hundreds who. preceded bjtn. leaves B^vferal children! who in'lesa ?bd".week' havQ been deprived o^Mth'fiuternnd mother." After consigning tW^WHfrand^three hwidred to thei1 gravQ?h'arby?n .wife among ten'; ' BW??? !! M?????????Ml The Democratic Creed. .? ... VThe following admirable enunciation and condensation of the Democratic creed is going tho rounds of the Democratic press. Every true Democrat recognizes in it his own political faith : ">* o. L. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever State or persuasion, religious or political. "No. 2. Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations: eiit.innrlinnr nil?. , ' 0---6 ances with none. ' No. The right of Slates und Territories to administer their own domestic affairs. "No. 4. Freedom and equality, the sovereignty of the people, and the right of tho majority to rule when their will is constitutionally expressed. "No. 5. Economy in the public expenditures, and a sacred preservation of public faith. _ - ^ "No. <3. Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and general diffusion of information. "No. 7. Opposition to all secret political. organizations, and to all corruptions in politics. "No. 8. A sacred preservation of the federal constitution, and no religious tests for ofiice. "No. 9. No bigotry, or pride of caste or distinction of birth among American citizens. ' No. 10. Respect and protection for the rights of all. "No. 11. The preservation of the naturalization laws, and the right of all the public domain, and the protection of the American government. "No. 12. Opposition to all chartered monopolies. "No. 1 *>. Common brotherhood and good will to all, especially to those of the house; hold of faith." Tribute of Respect. At a recent meeting of the Delta Chapter of the Delta-KaDDa-EtJsiolon Fr.if<?rniti' It I Jt of the South Carolina College, the follow! ing preamble and resolutions were proposed, . and unanimously adopted : Whereas it has pleased an all-wise Providence to remove from our number,'1 by the ' hand of death, our friend and brother | ALEXANDER MAXDEAN REIDj and I whereas it becomes us in a peculiar manner, as members of the same social and intellectual community, to express our high estimate of his worth, nnd our grief at his untimely end. Be it therefore 1. Resolved, That in the death of Alexander Maxdean Reid, we, the members of the Dulta Chapter of the DelLa-Kappa-Epsilon Fraternity, have lost a friend, whoso | moral worth and amiability of character ! commanded our love, tlie Chapter a talentj el, useful and devoted member, whose place I it is impossible to fill, and the State a citi! zen who, if the dawn be any presage of ! the day, bade fair to become a competitor K for her honors, and an addition to her fahie. ? 2. Resolved, That while we deeply feel his loss, we mourn not as those having no ' > hope, and draw consolation from the assurance that to him death was but tho entrance into a happy immortality. v. 3. Resolved, That a blank page in our minute book be dedicated to the memory i of the deceased. 4. Resolved, That these resolutions bo published in the papers of Columbia an3 . . Abbeville, and also that a copy of these be, transmitted to the family of tho deceased. Columbia. October 13ih, 1855. ; ?. Registration of letters. The following modifications have been made by tho Postmaster General of"the regulations for carrying into effect tho third section of the act of March last," providing or me registration ot valuable letters r 1st. So much of sections 4, o and (> op?*, these regulations as requires that package of registered letters shall be sealed is hereby revoked. ' Vt, 2d. All registofed letters are, before mailing, to be numbered on the upper left hand ". * corner; their nun^ers to correspond with those on tho letter trills in which they are entered. 3d. Each registered letter, or pafek^ges of registered letters will be enclosed In a wrapper in the usual manner, and if be a packagc of unregistered 'letters'to be .sent by the same mail, the paqkngc^of registered letters will bo placed iireuch paclrng^s^itfi-,^. out being tied, and the >rho!e will th'en ho'lP carefully ijed upjnto one package; addressed to tho oflfrce of its destination, and p^ed' in its appropriate bag Afc thfr mpihent when tho bag is to bo fina^y locked and sent from-v the office. If nonm registered letters ar^to be sent by that mail, tho' packagd of rcgiSj^* tered letters is to baJitg] and forwarde^xn-V the same manner without bqihg sealed* 1, ' 4th. The registered^etter'.billr^rllij^n-! ^r* -t closed in a separate envelope,* addresftea to, . ? th? postmaster, aa now required, and. >will' - . bo forward&hbv the'wsaal routa as an vi&f*i? ' 3