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VOLUME 3?NO. 31. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1855. . _ WHOLE NUMBER 138. ^
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as tliorcfore offered to the mercantile nnd business
community generally as the best advertising
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Oct, 28, 1855 24 tf
BMW TAKMR~SHOP~
LOWNDESVJLLE, S. C.
TIIE Undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of Lowudesville, and Al>liar
beville and Anderson Districts, tli.it lie
has opened a Shop for the purpose of
carrying on the
TAILORING BUSINESS,
lie will receive orders from town and the
surrounding country thankfully, and will spare
no pains in endeavoring to please his custom
ere, both io the quality of Ins work and prices.
Having been atthefcusiiicss some time, and
a portion of that time working in some of the
inost fashionable shops in t.iic cities, lie id proEared
to finish off work in the mo3t fashionale
style, at the shortest notice.
By strict attention to business, and good
work, he hopes to receive a liberal share of
^patronage. His motto is, "No fit, no pay."
. ' ; c It M. CAIU'KNTKR.
Oet 17 1865 24 4w
The Iflills House.
"r|^UE Proprietor returns his hearty and sinA
cere thanks to the many friends who
I have favored him with their patronage, since
tbo addition of his new and thorough! furinishcd
house to <he first-class Hot It'.!of
k 'Charleston. He takes pleasure in unnopfccing'-''
' i??e Mills IIous'*. although' n^fr_jad Jp.li
"C~>.?' ^
b WW1, una uccu ic-i""uys'w>^
summer, and so ro-Atted a* w kj!Twiv jtff '
tho demands of tftflte, comfort and,2 I y. jr
The arrangement* of the Ilouae, ?
.are continued, with a torug|jg?M>
regard to tlie wants of<l
! accommodations of"* fiiSwaita' SoV1^1?^.
use, at the usual and eej^&^ed pidrf
h hotels. The constant V <
1 cavea ef the proprietor '??|
i house, and he is aided\[iti(*H '>
the well-tried and opt^vja^ Mj^weSvIJt
rc made themselves favorably
r patrons. T,I09 & |
Sharleston, Sept. 21, 1855. J , tf
PULLER'S HAT STOBE.
calling attention to my Styles for the ?
^1. FALL AND WINTER, I return my
- wfcnkv at the same time to my friends and the
^ ijpublic generally for past favors, and I (hall jj
"""Endeavor to merit senntinnamui
^<7 The ssyoe moderate charges will prevail that
pave -made the establishment eo popular
'throughout the State.
JPlno Moleskin Hats, ?4. '-v.. I
S^paltford and Son's (of Philadelphia) Fine t
iMti, and Gennin'a (214 Broadway) will be
I*o departure from these prices.ii
Terras exclusively Cash. .
}%_i FOE MIE- '
* Uridonflgned offers for Qfle bis v?lua- i'.'.m.
We Plantation in:' Abbeville XHstrict,'Atvn '
' JSt+A -And';lying on both sides 'of Coronaere
IWek qui-distant ,betw?m Qjeenwocd and ,t
Cokesbui^V, and thrtoaof&M frOnp^the GreenQ^uipbi^
w^th his ^
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A RELIGIOUS JOURNAL,
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Additional to this, we shall present such
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selected, ns will have a tendency to refine the
taste and elevate the sentiment of the reading
public, Polities also, considered as a science,
and as affecting the principles of Law and Government.
and more especially the mighty movements
of the nations, as llicy work out. the
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But. l'olitics degraded to the squabbles
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As respects matters purely religious, we slinll,
of course, advocate the principles of t.lie Baptist
Community, derived irom the Scriptures,
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Just Receiving
AT H. W. LAWSON'S
TIX MANUFACTORY
HPIX PLATES, all sizes;
X Cranklcd PA TTY PA NS ;
TEAPOT*; Box ORATERS;
Potato do.; Japanned TJIUNK&,
?n . t>? i ^ ?"
[?n c?/.vc , iwuuuu cugur x> is*\ jC-O ;
Cake do. ; Cusli do. ; Toy CUPS
<t PAILS ; Kgg 1 V/IIPtj; Foot TUBS;
Foot S'J'O VES ; Molasses CUPS ; C'anille
STICKS; CULENDEItS;
Pepper BOXES; HA TTLES ;
CANISTERS; Knifo BOXES;
English Tea KETTLES ; Russia
lv.on SCOOPS; French SKIMMERS;
Dressing CASES; Eigr
- liilPWash BO WLS; lJust PANS.
J have also a large assortment of WARE on
of my "own manufacture, consisting in |
[JaAof"
5,000 Coffee POTS, different sizes;
r:. Covered BUCKETS, all sizes; BA LE
W do.; CULENDERS ; Punched LAN ['
. TERNS; Water DIPPERS; CUPS,
ill size*; Cake PANS; Milk do.;
Wash do.; Dish do.; Tea POl'S ;
Stew PANS'; TRUMPETS: OR A.
TEES; W?fcr POTS; and several
?ther different article*, wliich I will ecll on
-easonable terms, wholesale or retail.
MT Every article warranted. ^??1
Abbeville C. H., S. C., Sept- 21, 1865.
Sign of the Two Large Watches.
.^ WATCHES, CLOCKS,
AND
AT NEW YORK PllICES, FOR CASH!
*, . i- .. .
MERCHANTS and Dealers will do
gpat well to call and examine the stock of
,VETCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY, at
f ?49 King Street
>efore they purchase elsewhere. Every article
rarranted
A ?tock always on hand.peculiarly adapted
a country'VJealers. ,
Save iiecnty per cent by calling on ,
WM. MASTKftWAN, . '
: ' r 249 King^t< Charleston,
.' ( Four doors from Wentworth treet
, October 6,1^5 ^ 23 . tf
v ;i ** ,
foertWb CfcaaJmrgs,Ticking*, &o.
/I : BALES best KERSEYS, at low cashprffcea;
4 2 * ., pSNA#VRQ8 " ' '< JT
' ; BED-TICKIKG, offered veryloW.
ijfjjf"yLAJt^for Children and honaft-AerIMU;
Calicos, Cotton Hdk'fe, Sheetings' and
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MISCELLANY.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Executive Department, )
Nov. 27, 1855. J
Gentlemen of the Senate
and House of Representatives :
You liave resumed the' discharge of your
constitutional duties under the most encouraging
circumstances. The pecuniary pressure
which, at the beginning of the year,
l?ore so heavily upon all classes of society,
has happily passed off without its anticipated
disasters. Commerce continues to
prosper and widen her domain ; Agiicul
m re rejoices over iuu Harvests; and Labor
of every description feels the stimulus of
remunerating prices. The year has been
one of unexampled health, and our people,
in quiet and security, have successfully devoted
themselves to their various vocations.
Representing a Commonwealth thus blessed,
you will unite with me in offering to the
Giver of all Good the homage of grateful
hearts, and devoutly supplicating a continuance
of Ilis favors.
In tho discharge of the duly imposed on
me by the Constitution, I shall recommend
to your consideration various measures which
I think important to the public weal. Your
intelligence will enable you to select, and
your patriotism will prompt you to adopt,
such of them as will advance the interest
and promote tlie general prosperity of our
common constituents. The public good,
especially committed to your keeping, cannot,
in my judgment, be 'mora certainly
attained than by a steady adherenco to the
long-settled policy of the State. -New enactments,
and modifications of existing laws,
are sometimes required to suit tlie varying
circumstances of our condition ; but legislation
which seeks to break down the forms
and usages to which a people have long been
accustomed, should not be resorted to except
under the exacting pressure of necessity.
The people of South Carolina have great
reason to rest content with their Constitution
as it stands. It is far better that its immaterial
defects should be borne, than that we
?i.~ i 1 ' - * 1
al,Vulu iiju imtiiiuuiia WOIK OI consntutional
reform. All of the old States of
the Confederacy, except our own, have at
different times made fundamental changes
in th\i Constitutions. These changes may
have served for the moment to captivate the
populace ; hut 1 have not?been able to discover
that'thoso for whose especial benefit
they were introduced have been distinguished
by a higher elevation of sentiment, or
been rewarded with greater prosperity than
our own people, who still cling with confidence
to their old forms, and gather hopej
for the future from the encouraging recol- j
lections of the past. Continue, then, by j
your example and policy, to teach your
constituents not to lean on government, butj
v.. men uwn energies 10 worK out
their destiny. A people thus trained will
be more jealous of tlieir rights, and when
assailed will stand up more manfully in
their defence, than if their minds are bewildered
and their time wasted in fruitless
efforts to better their condition by periodical
changes in their organic Inw. The proclivities
of the age are, to my mind, ominous
of any thing but good to the cause of true
progress. In certain sections of the country
doctrines have boon avowed and scenes
enacted which, in the beetter days of the
Republic, would have consigned their authors
to lasting infamy and execration. The
advocates of a "higher law" sit in high places;
fanaticism rules triumphant in the ,
land of-Hancock and Otis; and nioba and
riots are so common that the misguided
masses arc fast acquiring a taste for blood.
In view of the hideous phases which Radicalism
has elsewhere assumed, and the
bitter fruits of its triumphs, Conservatism
may confidently appeal to the patriotism of
*1 *
me reiormersot a nnldcr latitude to postpone
their labors to a tnoro auspicious period.
There is wisdom and safety in the injunction
of Holy Writ: "Prove all things; hold
fast that which is good." ,I-commend to
you the preservation of our Constitution in
all its integrity. It has served us, and we
owe it to ourselves to transmit it intact to
our posterity.
-First in order, nnd highest in importance,
I invite your special attention to the financial
condition ofiho State. The right to
tax your constituents?the moat responsible
and delioate of all your trusts-?cannot be ,
wisely exercised without constantly keeping (
in view the amount of our obligations, iitio i
properly estimating the resourceio.lnth
which they are to be met. How f*Ht may
be prudent to increase our indpfiredness, j
and in so doing create, at no distant dav. a rio- ri
cessity for increased* taxation, it will bo for
you to determine. Our people, are patriotic,.
and I am satisfied would wake as
heavy Sacrifice? astfny people. to.preserve
irujolate the public faith; but it most be
borne in mindthat they cultivate exhausted
lands, aw they will form an exception-.to
tbe rei*:of their countrymen, if,i wiflf jtf>e
prospect of. onerous taxation before tliBm,
they do not emigrate to more "favored *?
?9P9, 'whew, if Jhejr havc high taxes to pay,
they/wiil havQ,, tiph fhanrest*; on *ht?h tho
contribution would be levied. ?? \ . | $ <
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To the above sum of S2,287,100.23 must
bo added $S00,000, tlie amoiiDt of State
subscription yet to be called for to the Blue
Ridge Railroad Company. Tliis will give
us, in principal, $3,087,150.23, and an annual
interest of $172,'170.01. If to this is
added the sum of $1 ,000,000, the amount
of bonds of said Company to be endorsed
by the State,^bearingseven percent, interest,
the entire debt of the State may besot down
at $4,087,150.23, with an annual interest of
$242,470.01.^ When this sum is increased,
as it most probably will be, by another million
for the completion of the State Capitol,
the whole debt will bo $5,087,1*50.23, with
an annual interest of $302,470.01.
As the grass profits of the Runic for the
last year were only $273,050.02, it is apparent
fluit. linlpis tlipsn nr<? lni-nrlv inornfim./l fV^f
future, a large portion of this interest must
fall on the State Treasury, and be met by an
increase of our annual taxes. In view of
this exhibit, I think it must be admitted
that we have made sufficient progress in the
way of getting into debt to justify at least
a temporary pause. You will certainly not
oftend the tax-paying portion of your constituents
by declining tg embark in an)' new
projects requiring new loans to any considerable
amount.
In enumerating the items of the public
debt, I have omitted 41,051,420.09, the
amount of surplus fund deposited bv act of j
Congress, because I have no apprehension
that the State will ever bo called upon to
pay it. The pubic debt, so far as it respects
the payment of the interest, is divided into
three classes:
1. That, the interest of which is chargeable
upon the Bank. This consists of the 5 and
0 per cents of 1838.
2. That portion of the debt the interest
? .w ni'iv. vii ouiMII^ IlillU.
It consists of the 3 per cents of 1704, and
the 5 per cents of 1838, redeemable in 1859.
3. The new debt, the interest on which
is payable out of the current funds of the
Treasury, viz., tlie bonds issued to pro- i
vide for the erection of the new State Capi- j
tol. The amount issued is $250,000; inter-!
est $15,000. The bonds issued to provide
for the payment of the Stato subscription
to the Blue Ridge l(nilroud Company.
Bonds to the amount of $200,000 have
already been Issued, the interest on which
will be. $12,000. There must be during tlie
ensuing year a further issue of bonds to
pryvide tho means' for carrying on both
theso works.
The resources of the Stato to meet the
public debt consists of stock in her various
railroads, and the surplus assets of the
Bank. The nominal value of theso stocks
is $1,542,300; their, present value in mar- (
ketis $7*71,150. . ' ]
' The' surplus means of the State in the
Bank, over its linhilitio*. ia fta flO'A aon fli
? , ' ? j
Oq reference to the ReporPof the Comp-!i
troller General, it appear$ that the payment* 11
for fhe. year 1860 were 8051,602.93, and 1
the receipt* at the Treasury were $440,- 1
142,80. - - ' j:<
" My pj^decea&or called your attention, to"<
the claim of Mr. Anthony Hyde for com- !
missions aa agent of the State for claims on 1
account of losses ia. the Florida war; but j
on reference to .your journals I find (hat no i
ictiop was had on the airbject, Shortly 1
niter your adjournment, Mr. Hydeurgcd on <
me the parent of 1 his clainj* * Upon exam- j
iniog the in. my . department,'I found 1
that the late Governor Seabrook had ap- 1
aoipted Mr. Hyde agpnt-of the.State, with j
1 stipulation on the free of ihd 'po^rfcf j
ittorney Urn Jjir. Hydo wae \o receive oa^ 1
I
services. How inucl) equity there is in his
claim you will be enabled to determine by
au examination of the papers and correspondence
which nre herewith transmitted.
The balance, after deducting brokerage,
amounting to ?000.59, together with *17,780.05
previously received, I have deposited
with the Treasurer of the Upper Di
* IMWll.
A Report from the Commissioners of the
New State Capitol will be found among
the documents accompanying this message.
In accordance with your instructions
they have changed the site of the building,
and modified their plans so as to remedy
the defects in their former structure. The
walls for the foundation hive risen above the
surface of the ground, and as rr re than one
hundred and forty laborers ..re employed
on the work, its further progress will be
rapid and gratifying. It appears to me,
though pretending to no skill in such matters,
thattlie new masonry is very much superior
to the old. The large regular hammered
stone, arranged in horizontal layers of
equal thickness, gives it asolit^and substantial
appearance, which forbids*any fear of a
catjistroplie such as bcfel the former structure.
The bonds of tlio Stale issued for
I liis building have all been disposed of, and j
of their proceeds only enough remains on
hand to meet the wants of the present year.
Although the finances of the State demand
the strictest economy and the most careful
husbandry of our resources, as the Capitol
lias been begun by your authority, and is
much needed by the State, I would suggest
liberal appropriations for its progress and
completion. There is no propriety in protracting
the work for six or eight years,
when it may be finished in throe or four.
The longer the time of building this structure,
the greater will be the expense to the
State, so that true economy will recommend
its speedy completion.
The, South Carolina College is iu a more
flourshing condition than it has ever been
since its establishment. Its administration
is able and faithful, and I am assured that
the spirit of study has never been more general,
nor the bearing of the students more manly.
It is objected by some to the. Institution
that its advantages arc confined to a particular
class, and calculations have been made
to snow at what cost to the State these advantages
have been enjoyed. I respectfully
submit that its benefits are not to he estimated
by the standard of dollars and cents.
If its founders had made it a question of
arithmetic, it would never have been established.
And if it is to be judged l>y that
standard, then perhaps it may be said to
ha?e failed. But if the spread of knowledge
anda thirst for its acquisition?if the
development and expansion of intellect?if j
pure morality, manly sentiment, refined
taste,' ar.il elevated thought?if these are
riches to a people, then has the Institution
been a mine of wealth to the State?thus
fully justifying ihe liberal policy which has
always sustained it.
It is greatly to bo regretted that President
Thorn well's determination to withdraw
from its government remains unchanged.
I regnrd his retirement a public loss. He
has discharged the arduous trust with unequalled
ability and success, and iir thus officially
noticing his resignation, I feel that I
pay but a merited tribute to uncommon
worth and rare endowment.
On the 20th of January, that portion of j
me uonege buildings known as the East
Wing and Centre Bnilding of Rutledge
College was totally destroyed by fire. .The
West Wing was saved, but in such a damaged
condition aa to render its continued
occupancy extremely uncomfortable, if not
positively dangerous. The inconvenience
to which the College was subjected by ttiis
disaster wcro so great, and. the demand
for the reconstruction of tbc buildings so
urgent, that a special meeting of the Board
of Trustees whs called, in tho'bope that some
scheme might bo suggested, by which the
buildings could be replaced without waiting
for a special appropriation from tho JLegislature.
Tho evils to be apprehended from
delay were numerous and grave. It would
have kept the College for two full sessions
in a condition altogether unfit for the accommodation
of students : applicants would
have been deterred form entering, or if they
had been disposed to come, could not have
been received., The' students now in attendance
would have been crowded together
for a year longer, exposed to the temptations
tojdlencss and dissipation, which eucb a
itate oT tilings naturally engender*. . The
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i/uurgu HLinu ume 01 ttio tire was if) a condition
of growing prosperity,- and if it had (
been allowed to receive 6 shock; which would 1
bave been the case hadt. no interest' been '
manifested in its ? repwatioo/vthe Consequences
might have been permanently disastrous.
The Board w/is so sensjbje of,(these' <
ivils, that it resolved to rebuild kittoce, and
Lo pledge, as far as it was competent to do
ought lo bo its own insurer. As then the
Legislature had assumed, in some sort, the
| responsibility of an insurer, it was hoped
| that this would be an additional inducement
for repairing the losses occasioned by an
accidental fire. Confidently anticipating
the friendly interposition of the State, tho
Board appointed a eommittce to make* con- *
tract upon the faith of an appropriation
I from the present Legislature. But the Committee
found it impossible to executo tbeir
trust. No mechanic would undertake the
work. With the deliberate opinion ofBUch
a body as the Board of Trustees before tner
I did not scruple to regard this as an emergency
in which the public interest demanded
I whatever appropriation could l>o made from
I the contingent fund, without prejudice to
j the customary drafts upon it. The assistt
ance which I was able to render, enabled
the Committee to make a contract upon
very favorable terms, and the work has been ^
completed within a shorter period than was
thought possible. The College appears in
renovated beauty, and the tide of its prosperity
has had no eblt.
The entire cost of the new building is
?22,802 00. Of this sum I have advanced
out of the contingent fund ?15,000.
An appropriation of $7,802 will be necessary
to fulfil the obligation of the Board
with the pnnfrnrtnr Mr rmvimi-o? T1
-"" ""VI, JL llttvo
paid for ordinary drafts on tlio contingent
fund, $1,020.54. There are certain rewards
oilered for the-apprehension of fugitives from
justice, by myself and predecessors, which
many hereafter constitute a claim on thisfund.
The Military Academies are most successfully
conducted and continue steadily to grow
in public estimation. Though but tor a
few years standing, their fruits are already
felt in every district of the .State, and under
your fostering care, the harvest in time will
be rich and abundant- They will be fonnd >to
be stronger safeguards than forts and
fortifications. The indigent young man who
finds himself thus generously trained by hia
I State for the duties of life, can nover forget
that he has a State to live for?--he will always
feel that she has a claim upon him,
I and in the hour of her trial, will regard no
sacrifice too dear in defence of her institu
tions. Wise policy dictates that their capacity
for good should bo enlarged to the
extent of our means. Too much praiso
cannot be awarded to Gen. James Jones,
Chairman of the Board of Visitors, for the
unselfish devotion with which he watches
over and guards their Interest*. He has
jusUeason to be proud of the success which
has crowned his efforts, and the State may
congratulate herself that the experiment
was intrusted to the guidance of one so
highly qualified for the task.
[concluded next week.]
[Correapondonce of the Charleston Slafidafd/J
From Washington Oity.
Washington City, Nov. 24, 185S*
AH eyes are now turned to our Citv,
aryl Washington is becoming decidedly
interesting. Politicians are arriving from
the North, South, East and West,-and the
great heart of the nation is beginning 'to
throb with intense excitement. The political
caldron is in a perfect stew, While
heterogeneous elements arc stHl being potifcd
in. What's to become of it who can tell?
The enquiry meets yon every where? S
"What will bo done?" Yes! what will
be done, and .who will win the stakes for
which the most, desperate moves are being
made, I leave for time to determine
It Js amusing to see thfc plotflh'g and
oounterplotting'going on,' and thff schemes
resorted to by interested parties to circumvent
each other, and win at all hazards..
The old party hacks seem to. be bewiklerpd
in the strange confusion which tiow reigns f'
here, and Young America has peifcetl :the > "
reins.-?Somo of the veterans swear thai
these yotjpg blades will ruin everything?
while they protest against ail Old, Fogy
Captains.' Fusion and confusion are beautifully
blended, and diamond cut diamond
is the order of day and niglih
I hear from the administration leaders.
that the Democrat# will decline {
gain, trade or afrangemeht with. either \of
the factions; while tliey Refuse coalitidb
they mean to avoid all j-espobpibilily.-*Tlien
comcsv ^ie Southern KnowNothings, ' .
aifd cry theli* wi?i^<f thi^bgh die market. "
They age ready fqr 'a sale lo any purchaser,
and at almost any,pHc<^ ttsthdy are repndi- r';
ated by the Northern^wi)>g or the mjtttri-V?'* *, ^
ous, who, by a barmd^pbs abd natural union
witlvthe black republicstiB, hope tp or
gatiizeorfthe first dayof' tlm session, npd / 4
sweep'every office in the. field. This, it 'i# v
confidently J^ljemJ, ^.il^'thiB^Mulk of rt?e
present atferigfi "
completing their reports folr Oongtese. They