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/TY . /\ .-v V; --r^N <<\^ 4s .fVA-\ . "I -- 1 s?ifr)*d\ ILl K 1 i j> % y ] m || j ,fx !j| n ip n y i. 1 gp Mgf % ^rWfi% i% wl; s-'' T-^ # A-.^ >* > s '"^ -v /h IS-' il^ JSP* v_ ;ui ?imj ^ LBE VOTED TO MTBRATURifi, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, A&tlXG UXtT UHB, mm'Z. POLITICS, &C., &C. TERMS-?ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,J "Let it be IiiBtillcd iuto the Hearts of your Children that tho Liberty cf the Press is the Pallaiiu.il ot all your Rights." Junius. IPAYABLE IN ADVANClEv VOLUME 1?NO. 21. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 180. RATES OF ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of the Alilcville Uminrr ami Independent l'nss, have established tlx- follow-j ing rates of Advertising to lie charged in both > |>aper?: Evory Advertisement inserted lor a loss litne j than three months, will lie charged by the in ; seition at Olio Dollar per Square, (li inch ?the space of It! solid lines or lo-?;if"r thviiirt ! insertion, aiul fifty CX'Ilt* lor en- h Mil. c qnent insertion. C-8?" The Commissioner's, Slu-rilf's, Clerk's and Ordinary's Advertisements will lie inserted j ?n both papers, each eliarging half price. Z&r" Sheriff's Levies, Our 6$<>ll;ir caeli. : ?5??" Annotineingu Candidate, S.*iV4' filollars. Advertising an K-tray, 'S'ivo I)o!t;i>'s to be jiaiil by the Magistrate. Advertisements inserted for three months or ' longer, at the following rates-: 1 square y months *5 ?>"! 1 square 0 months s ok! 1 square t> mouths ....... lit no 1 square 1*2 months 12 ?.?? . U squares :> months S <"?j ti squares <> months 15 on; \L squares *J months Is oo 2 squares 12 months V'o ?s? : y squares 3 months io ?M?j y squares niiy.tlis It; im>i :t squares '.i months 2! i?i: ;* squares 12 months 4 squares "J months 12 "n 1 squares t; months '2o nsj 5 squares ; months 1 squares 12 mwntlis ...... ' 5 Bouares 8 months 1 '"? 5 squares tJ months 25 "n 5 Equaros 9 mouth;! mm1 f. squares 12 months ...... mi, li squares It months ...... _> > mi > squares f> months ...... ;:o i,u 0 squares it months no (j squares 12 months ... - .}o tin' 7 squares months mo j 7 squares <i month* m?i 7 square-5 months II m> 7 squares 12 months -is ?'o' 8 squares :5 months ...... ;;o tni : S squares ? months |o mo H squares months i>; on 8 squares 12 months mo Fractions of Squ.uvs will hi* ehar<.r?'?i :j: j>ro-' IMii'tinn tft lit#* iil.uv.. in*...: Business CnnU l??r the t?-r>n ?>f <>iuyour, will lie clinrtrvi] in i??u to tlit- . space tlicy occupy, at (>;<> j>< r line' s-jiru-p. C3?" For all ailvf-rti^-uu'iits set in J-.-uhlv c<>/ vim:, Fifty jior (Vut. extra will lie ml.led t<i the i above rates. I IMVI.j ?v ilOI.I.lNM.SWnllTll. I'or iJ'iiin'f; l.KK ,t \V1 IX >N. / 'or i'fits. MISCELLANY. j jrrumuio ;\u?' (_>i'U-:ias Delta. In Memorium?Jehu C- Calhoun. j Washington, Sept. 19, 1830. ! Leaviug the dust and excitement of the 1 city proper, I bent mv stops tlie other eve- j liing totlie Capitol Hill, seeking a house I which is now tenantless, situated opposite i; the uortli-east corner of what are railed the' "rear grounds of the Capitol." This is a j misnomer. The front of the Capitol is act-; uallv to the cast, the back being turned t??1 f.he city. This r-ingitlar arrangement is an -aptillustration of the American character and of the predilections of Calhoun, to whose memory we purpose devoting this letter. Whcu the city of Washington was laid off, the ground front was eastward, towards j Maryland. The exorbitant price demanded for lots by the holders of real estate drove purchasers into the l'otomac valley immediately in the "rear" of the original "plot" for tlio Capitol. In this "valley" is now thc| city 01 Washington, with its avenue, l'ic.-i dent's house, and other Government buildings. The Capitol, wit!i its baelc turned on all this, on the Poto.mao, on tlie public build-, ings, on the city proper, on the* Whin* Jlouse, looks from its front out upon ;r tew diminutive, scattered building-, au-J <U llic . north-east corner, upon the tenement from whence the soul of John <7. Calhoun, of South Carolina, departed this world foivvi r.. The evening I took my way to this shrine,' sacrcd to every State Rights man, was splendid and inspiring. Before wo stretched the beautiful Potomac. I stood on the' terrace where tho immortal Southerner walked of evenings, his arms folded, his hack turned to the Xorth, the gaze of his k i; i... -'. i i i uw|/ ?? ? t'l lining min 11 \> ix III? iiii'l III?* great mind looking calmly awl ileariv into! our political future. Below mi; lay 11 ei'v. busy with its partisan strife. Tim Washington inonuinent, a broken, unfinished shaft, barely reaches the sky-line of the opposite hills. The Capital behind ine remains unfinished. The sun goes down over the heights of Georgetown, and the full, moon "divides the day with him," as she floats into the sky, shedding down upon the Tomb of Washington the same light, which, in a few hours later, will silver the peaks of the Pyramids of Kgvpt. It was n lit ting time to visit tins spot! where Calhoun breathed his last. The house is low, beinj, only two stories high, and in ; 1849, 1850, and in 1851 was occupied mostly by the South Carolina delegation, with a few select friends.?As you enter j I there is a large, airy, comfortable room. This was Mr. Calhoun's apartment. Here he was accessible to his friends and admirers, whom he received without formality or ceremony, and yet with a dignity pleasing to those who approached him, and on a part of the man and his high position. It has been my gi>od fortune to meet, personally, nearly all the great men on the public stage Yrom 1818 to this time?General Taylor, 1 I Scott, ( "Jjiv, \Ve|i>ter, Everett, Marev, 1'i-ree, Crittenden, 1 )ou?$l.as, Ca--, ami a number <>i others?in America, and many of the ritio of Kurope. < >f all these (-nlhoitn was the only one in whom was realized the i?!? a! before form ?d by the mind. Actual eo?tad only dignified him. Then- w:is no frivolity? no iili? no inrIllinois ahoiii the man. Admiration and :>we :iinca-ed v. itli ev<-ry interview. Kveli in regard to Mr. (.'lay, a. -n 1 <jiiaiiita:icc diminished tin- re-ji.fi v. distance had "iveii to the mind. > a!>.with Mr. Webster, (.'alhotin wa- an e\e. j> lion t?? all other men in this jtaitiftilar, ! izin^ our idea of an intelleetn.il and moral hero completely. and MisJaitiinj; that ideal whieh We all fotni <>!' "Teat nivii Itel'ore >eeitiij them. I will refrain from a notice of the California simple in Ife'.jO?of (.':il holm's opposition?of his last. sad. solemn, lif;ut-l>i<>k< i) appeal to his helove ! South.? l'aity una. patty presses ami party exigen i?vs?tlii* satin- twists which drowned his voiee ron-piie to shut out a tribute t<. hi- |><?liTrectitude now.? We haw only to do with th?* dead. The appioaching dissolution ot" the gr-at man wa> anticipated. l'artivins at the StiiiiJi t: it-.! to take tlit people hy the threat, aa.i t'nii-c tlx mi into party rank.% The pen ]>! . h.ittover, continued to wait, for even l r> at!: ot* new- from Washington. '<'-d !n.lilt i< dying," sii>hi(l like the wail of tinivi-r>al s'lrunv over the lain!. "Calhoun i> lyuiL'.' calm- like the news ot death in a hotiM'iioiil iipnii tin- hearts of the tine men of the South. "Calhoun isdvin?r," wasecho?.(l through the pints ami magnolia glades of South Carolina-?ir<>m plantation to plantation, irom citv to eitv. troiu hoii.-e to Ih'Usv, from hcuit i<> heart, until tin- erv, "(Jalhotin i-- <I, It'll a! l:i>t <>n tli?- S. inii< 111 <-ar. I'ilin^of hop?-s !<>-t.??t" honor u. !i i.of a future gloomy as it w:i- aw in: \ certain. (.'ailiouu un-! <) :?ii as only a <jfo...i an.] ureal man ran nic?*t it. Ili> in!*.I! ? ! w.-.clcnr to the last. Love for In-? coiii?t:_v love for !ii> k'.inl?hi\*t; lor tin* Coustinision of the Union, I?i>-atii?-?i in lii> l:s>! >vui'<!>. "I.i t she ( inilihrinm of tJi<- Senate he piserve.}," he alino-l tja-pe.| in hi- la>l houi>. lnshai moment of il< paiture from life, hi> t:i:n<j. ii; (>v inspiration, asked lor onlv :i few h.tiii"- **<"iiii'ii; . ir..it for my conn try"- -:??! 1 iips *.-l?i foiv\er. !:. vaii:. ureal soul, won- jnur a-piiiitioii-! IiiMiK'-d, vilified ami >1 ;*i. it;i <t in !;! . vour spotless character (- m Ii I not sav<- \otir motives from (lie blijjbt of pally ci-iortiuii. Ill death there are those yet?a t w honest, devote< 1 fiieiids?whoehcri.-h your memory, imJ uphold inviolate your principles. Thus, in tin.* midst of tin* tun of the storm of l8iiU, died Calhoun. The morning after his dcaUi. hi> frwn-; ami the "curious public" were a<iin:iied to [raze for the last time on his tare. Iliseountonance was as calm as that of a sleeping cliilil. The caiv-worn look was ???n, llit* ?Jv;nl laco looked t11T\ Wiirs \ ?#ui<-r tluiu when ill lift.*. Tin? hues about ills brow, chocks and mouth were i-aiim-d d?*wil, or relaxed.? His follower* stood ;tr<>uud liiin with t'uat desperate sorrow, a-s"eiated in old titties, with those wli?? stood bv ti> guar.! 11 hj bodv o! their ciiiel. His ?.iivtni? s in life dared to .-? hi-, motives ? A man whu in pit. . < ' oral character, in spotlesMiess oi j.i % '< in carnestite.-s and eon-Minev ! t .mi faith, was an exemplar of every ;; all'! holiest ijUaiil}'.?Ili-< encinie-. l:i* i ;< to question his patriotism ! A man whose life was devoted to liis country and wl.o died for her!?They dared todeiiounce principles which never have l?een and never can he successfully refuted?dared to oppose their tnuddv minds and limited vision a an intellect its clear as a ray of light and stored with learning, observation and experience. 1 !> was held up to the South as a visionaly, ohj?*elle.?>, ijangeious schemer.? lie wasdenounced in the South as a traitor. and the men who denounced him obtained theirpar iv rewaiu. jk; was arraigned am-ioiv i:i S? >i it I ii-rii Stales l?y a Southern partisan |?i!>v tin1 odic.t of party iiiaii:i_n< is, cau?e lit* defended tin.* Constitution in it> ii.t? gii;y ? nplicld lh<* equality of "lie State.-, and declared for "equality in tin- I * nil ..r independence out of it." Great heav.-ns \ What a tribunal, what a culprit, what a crime ! ]i. Thf? San Francisco Vigilance Committee' A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, writing from San Francisco, under date of the 5th lilt., gives an interesting account of the <Vigil.itn*e Com mil tee, of which, it may he, he is a m'-mlwr Alter staling that tin- UoinmiHee is a scnvi Imdy?every member l>eiiig sworn to <? eresy?the writer proceeds: The lix'eeinive Committee i> ?:<-mpo* 1 of about forty members, besides t wo S?c' taries. The President of tlii.- body > 'in S derstood i?? be. William T. Coleman. K-i|.f i merchant of high and honorable siai.ilin": here and elsewhere. The others are tak< i | from all classes and conditions of men? ! merchants, doctors, lawyers, shipcarpentors masons, blacksmiths,- carpenters, ironmon gers, <fec.,?perhaps two-thirds of the whoh , are composed of mercantile jobbing housei j of our city. There are two or three Froncl j and Germans in tbo executive body. Tin* tieneral Committee is composed ol about 0000 members, whoso nut ties, residences, and places of business are ?1 ti1\ <'iih.II'm!, and signed to ilie Constitution. The t 'ominittee is divided into about thirty-live divisions or companies?three of cavalry, I woof ariill'ry. ami tin; remainder of infanv. Tin ? an* commanded by proper olliami an- w.*c|<lv drilled, and each eonii any ?s?k- 'heir turns for guard and garrison <; ; The v. holt; is divided into battalions, < . .i>. e ii'inanded by a (irand Marshal, li .. d . *V?-. In fact, it is one grand army. ii.p d >>!' our best and most highly ? eiti/.elis. Theit aie about one hundred im*u constantly on duty, day ami night, in an 1 about the gartisiMi, without pay, fee, or reward ; all voluntary; four hours oil' ;ind on during j the twenty-four hours?one company on <lu:iiiL'' lli?; iliiv. Jiii'iIlK-r at nij^ht. T11 |??ii.c jr(,vc!ii.m! l.v a captain :iinl iini:U. :ili iiinli-i j'.iv. ii.-itioti* aiv i"uri i-i:? ?5 ! > :<!! oil ilin\ in ili<- j;:iiii?>?. Tin* K.\iiiiii\?<*? iiiinit!? ? i* m;I> ?livii!? <| into l'oiiiiin"?*i-s, i who h:tv<- 11.- ir S?-?-i, !;u ies. Tin; l;iH<r only all' jiiii-i. 'I't.t i- :.lst? ill'- <'< ii.nil? :it \ I' ji.il ! lil' !.'." (?ll;ir|i-I llSStr-.e;*-"* I>lln ?Vi-. ! ! < ;h iix-rv ;iii'l in*i'^:iz!iii-s :ir<; all in ] -! ti i t iiclcr. aii'l fVt!i viliiiii; is r< a-ly n<-:i*>ii. I !i" 111*. 111 *11! tii-- alarm lu ll i- Miuta!?*il? : two taps i.f t|io < "<'limi:11I). ll woiil.l, in tliiriv iniiiiiii's, c;il! on? it-ii I hull-ati'i tiii-n. infill <>1 l!l>' lillinlii'l :;llS|r't aihl cijt|i|)|M'il. "as tin- law (liivrls." i I slii.til.i liavo Malt i! px-vinii-iv thai, tinvariolic Sul> CoiiiinilW-i-s arc i!<.>i<rnat<.-il a> tV>i!>i\\ ?: Kvi<!<-ti.-c Uom:i>il! , >tia!ili<':iti<ii) ('<>111111i!11*??. I n v<-Mi^jal'! ?n (.\>minilU-i\ J'ris' "It (..' Hi!i.ill<-?\ I*iii.'iin'f Tin' cxji'-nst - ?t" tin- (icm lal (.'timmitlci! .ii<* ali paii! I?v vuliiiiiarv <-oiitii!>uii<>iis by III- rili/.i <f>. 'I tie at..I i-li! !? .- t-xpcMlSt'S iiti t|ii> :iiii<- |ir<?babiv <-Xi-?-?-'l ?40,000. i in- pit-. !if i \?i. ;! -.> f. nt. ( !. ik I:.;-. iVi-.. ' I?:i.1 \ a: 111i~ tii- 11it-: t ] n..i i-xi i-cil iiv . liii .ii.- i U>'!;t!.- |) r ilav. :Iki||m|i tlii-v IiaviMil. Il|? In s V.-tt Ir.llnlli--! lit-l!;il Kvt-tVtiiiiiif ?'.ii|i'- nil tin- ?-a?li sv-ii.-m. !?:!!- -i:ii j. .t II' .::iIv rmin ?-li-wii i A" * . !--:k Ii. niM-i- a ?(.' k. (i-vi-iy S.tTir.iay.) I ii <*: .miii i>, in all u?jii.-?-;s, in uiilitarv ! >:tn;u:ks lm nin- iiilluliVtl ami lift\iiM'ti (r?.:i?.-r iruait!) with l.iank'-ls au?l mailt---. Mtittlur'b fjUai !*. !.-, A:'*. I li<* t -'al'liwiiiiH-iit is t Vi i! j r<>v! i?-!i with ; 1).i vt-ivthinir resulv 011 tin* jni-ii'iw.s fur a T?? >ln;\v the tru<- ? !' tin- I liaV.' Si-ill flViillilltll- in..:. ..ii I I T - # 1 -V <iu:v. vvi'li tin ir while locks, over 00, and ill i- (>"> and 07 wars of age. 1'robablv H of tilCSC ulii gClltlulSlCII tlo gtiaid di'y night and 11 ay; watch at their j>osth, in i-f on1 of doors, or wherever duty rails, and :!i' m , ;uo. ale men occupying the high . '.iii1 ! >ik?imI>1c calling of merchants, me! i.ai.i. s, ?fec. These men shoulder the musi,-;, and th ill as good as soldiers, attend tin- It \ i':\VS, Arc. I have said previously that then; wciv clergymen in the Committee, probably twenty in number. mostly Methodists, hut a few of other denominations. In nearly all of o?r churches (l'rotestant,) pastors have spoken and preached approvingly of the Committee and their acts. 1 may enuin< li.tf the Kijjlit liev. Kishop Kip of the Kpiscopal Church, Jlev. Messrs. I'liggs and 1 tioina- of the Methodist Churches, Rev. Mi. t * ? i> t ot the Unitarian, Rev. Mr. Willy i>i ;i..- New School Presbyterian, Rev. Mr. \ of the Congregational, and Rev. I >r. t., n of tin: I'reshyterian Old School, . :iti maiiv others whose l!.'iilleS I i!o Hot liovv rei oiled. i he liev. I)|\ Seott, I believe, is the only clergyman who has refrained from alluding to the subject in his pulpit. lie is however, not friendly to tin* at isof the Committee, atul the elders and tru.-tees oT Calvary Church made a formal iiijtiest that lie should not living the matter before the congregation, hut simply to piv.-.eh Christ and Hint crucified t?? his hearers. 1 have no doubt that, had I Jr. Seott i been in the ei.y at the time of the organisation of the Committer, he would have >p.iketi out boldly against it- At all events, , ili.- law and order men claim him as their ft : - > i and advocate. In regard to the public. press of this city, ait ate in I-ivor and Mrotigly endorse the ai t- of tin' Committee, save and except the Sua and Herald, whose circulation eoinhiued is not, probably, more than two-thirds of that of the Mullet in, while the Alta, Chronicle, 'I rue California!!, Town Talk, Globr, . :iiul sninc llil'ffi Klflieh ii:mcr< ;m>1 ? 11 dailies, fully endorse the Committee. So also do all tho weeklies, not excepting the i Christian Advoente, the organ of the Mctli . odists, and thi' "I'aeific," (liew school.) The press throughout the Slate, and so also ol .lie laig?- majority of the e.ilizens of the . .-ntir State.are "\ igilanto"'," :ti>< 1 in ease ol ne. <| ;ire with lis. writer states that party polities has ... .inn to do with the organisation, and Inn leading mumhi'rs have been compelled i ! withdraw in consCutfeucc of having ; broached the subject of party. He states i however, that the strongest opponents ol the Committee are southern democrats . This would seem to lenvc tho inferenc* -'that the subject of slavery was in ?omi s;wny involved, but the correspondent sayi s tho object df tho Committee is to rid tb< i. city and Statu of the murders, and ballot j box stuffers. A Trifling Gift. i A iiitlinir gift?<>ne little rose, i Ju>t burst im: into bloom ' For surh tin! little stranger was, Whie.li came with swvct perfume, t To ehei-r ine in my loneliness, C And drive siid thoughts tiwuy ; 0 | A foretaste of those gardens fair, Whose llow'rets in.Yr di-cay. '' J l/iii! little rose! ami yut how inii<>h This welcome gift 1 prize ! ' .No rolden treasure ever seemed v So beauteous in toy eyes. 1 The kindly tone and look it bore ^ i To other i'hattiis gave birth ; l.uliaii' iiiL' as Ih?*y ebi.iteri-d there, Its own intrin.-ie worth. How ofl. one hind and gentle word Will pea-e :iii<1 joy impart, i .inn mi<- warmest. sunshine trlow | 1 ) ' !! til" Sa'i'il'St II..W "It us-- 1 i-itiin?r i'ii: will-pi-iik, , ( Wli. n- \v..; . :ir-' !? '! I not ! | Tin- In-art < '?!; tv.irr-s iii" tto iv "ul !y '1 hat .- :eks> 1" 'Oiiilii* ?t. S\v?-?-t iii?-!iinrif*< iiiiifcr t -in. 1 ''ii'.!! \\ !ii.-!i f:*i<:tt<l*li!p cvi*r i.'"v?. ; j A li?>Iy i!!""tise ll"ti'iti>_; u\-r l!ai'li 'in! perfumed <jrave. . l-'tom cvi it wilIici'.'.l uii<1 hu-1 I i i-'iow-. lullli :i toui'iiin:^strain, < "i"i!l voire at.'I lilt-- in memoryear li Kelio the soft refrain. >' I .l. jii lv love sueh chosen (rifle, ' I'or in them ali 1 titul A \v.-li:onn; lialm must swccl an<1 pure, *l*i? eliccr 'lie lonely iniinl. :i-l ii.-fliiiir 'mi 1 tlx* velvet leaves, Thel'u Se-'iiH soni" fairv lair. In pi-rfiiiiit-l whispers lir.Mtiiiu^ forth ' Th'-kii.-! thoughts writtIh.-iv. j Si:!! to inc i ui'ii V<?ur [it i V. Jis?j.- fwM'S bri^lit ! ! ti'-li j::1 caii a jiajr?- Ulifulil, j M\ vj.il it |(> .l.-llL'lll. j !* I j?iv <>> r.-.-l your juv-'Mu'o uour, i u Sunolll lio^Ho: Willi love, ' j. l.ikf liolv ii'iri-i v will, I* \\ .tii iiiv>.-iiiL*- fr?'-ii siliovo, | Tribute of Respect to the Memory of' j Draytoi< Nance, Enq. j \ At a iii'-'-tinif ??f tin- i > >: > ! ?>f I >iu!cior.s I u .<>f tlti; ' ii-1.\ lilt* ami .,o!i?mbi:i liailroad , k iVinoanv. a? N-wl>fii v. on the 1st install), ? :iii<nivf-s oi!;t-r t!ii11if-, tin-:?>l!(?wiiijr jiro< v?:?l- ii .inn- w.-ri* Mr. IVuiu, lliu I'lcsi.! 111 of tin-Company clo.sr?l liU Il^poi t to p t tli<? lioar?l in tin* followini; won Is : ii ; '*It is my mclam-holy !nty to r< 111i11 J I. j von oft!.,: <~J?.,at!i of our a^sociatv ami iYictulJ w i Mr. I>rayt'Hi Naiu-e. In !ii? a va< an-; w j ry lias o?*i*nri-eil in our Hoard vv 11 < 11 wcjl-J I li.n o a t ii;lil to tlil. I ills right a.- may ex- i ^ erc-iv: <>r not, as wo plcnse. In (- uticctinu! )\ with this subject, permit tin; to remark, :is ' it feeble tribute of respcet to the memory of al the deceased, that Mr. Nance was no ordiua- li rv man?his abilities were of a high order, b I In tlx*, various stations which liewascal- |, | )<- ! tu liil, he exhibited powers of mind and w j integrity of purpose rarely equalled. 11 is ' | ; virtues characterized him even more than tl | his abilities. Truth and right were theob-l u I j'-cts at which he aimed, and wl.atever he i understood to I>e true or right lie pursued j with a firmness that never wavered. lie was ardent and sincere in his friendships ; fr | and although stern in the discharge of dii- tl i ty, was alive to sympathy and easily touch- j ! ...1 l... .1 : -I* - i - " 1 ' j <--ti u\ nic iii:.->iuri.iiiics iiua ai.stresses oi *?i!j- I qi j oi>. Ik* cherished ji strong luv?r tor his u;i- |, I tivc Slate, and was ever actuated bv atiele-; u j vati-i] patriotism. He was kind ami hospi-1 p tnii!" in !lis social relations. In the first'e: organization of our Company lie was elect-j(;< e? 1 a Director, ami oontinuftd to be one- to w ; tlie time of liis dealli. JI is duties in this^(!i oJliee wr? faithfully ami well discharged.! u 11 is ellirii ncy was felt in every department j ci of tin-* r<>ad. and especially ill the ndniinis-; s< tratioii. He never faltered in his lieartv i ? support of our great enterprise; hut iu lint 0I darkest hours of trials he was most cotispic-jsi moiis in hU friendship. 11i.-? loss will he lout: , u and deeply felt hy u*. \\"c have uau-e,, ,, j however, to he thank.?li :!.at tin: event d:d | ir ! r.ot occur earlier in the history of our v; Ooiupanv. His seat at our Hoard is ??..\v , vacant, never again to he li ed liv I>t>:i. . us with hueuiuiugie>ii;untiou su. .nit to -.hi- i di*-pcu*Htiou of Providence, .okI end'.-iv .1 to imitate his virtues and practice lii.- 4001! ex ail il >le." 1 - 1 - , ? ' <1 j After the reading of the K?port, .ltiilgp |t I O'Neal I addressed the Board in feeling :iii<I ), I appropriate terms, ^p>l offeretl reflations, j j, ! wliirli were unaiiimously adopted, and are a i as follows : I |, ItcHolveJ, That the death of !)ravt<>ii j |, Xanee, Esq., a member of thi* Board, is a:(| . sad event, carrying with it eonpeqifin-. > of; j| great loss to us, to the Company, ami to the ' community of whieh lie was a member. , ( 1 Resolved, That his memory is endear*? !! t i to us by tin? remembrance of liis many v r 0 ' tues, his intelligence, uprightness, his .I? v?>-'s I tcdncss to the interest of his Company, anil 0 I his friendliness to each of us. p ; Resolved, That this Hoard sympathises c t deeply with his afflicted family. n f Reno hied, Tlint so much of the Pivsi- \ dent's Report as relates to the death of Mr. r ? Nauc.e be copied and published preceding } i these resolutions. " fc * Resolved, That a copy of the same be _ 5 signed by the President and Secretary, and - sent to htB widow and children. J. r. SOUTHERN, Sec'ry. \ \ High Compliment to John C. Brockon-ridge. Harper's Magazine for October, now just initialled, under the head of ' Daniel Webber's Social Hours," contains a deserved omplimeut to Mr. IJreckenridge, the Dein- ) le.ratie candidate lor the \ ice 1 'residency, j ' I is worthy of re-print and extended cifulaiiou. I'll" article states that a charge :1 lad been made in llie House of Keprcseii- 1 ntives of < 'ongress, that Mr. Webster,! < khile SecretJ'Vy of State, diverted a large ? ortion of the Secret Service, fund at his 1 lisjiosal. A Committee of the House, of trhom Mr. Jefferson Davis, now Secretary >f War, was one, investigated the charge, ' ?d made a report entirely exculpating ' Jr. W. from the charge. The article ibusp : i < "Tin, ev?-iiin?_r <il" tlic Jay tbo report was ! ' nadi- sonic two or threw gentlemen met ' t sttpp.-r at uin- of I.Ik: luxurious tables of: 'iir political metropolis, and this subject i 1 v?-:i;'i:tl!v <viuii- up for discussion. There { wiv it!- Iio'Ii political paili?'S present, ' if! at :iii!.1 party spirit ran high ; th >?- . *..v'ui':-"..ti*>t? became anim tvd ' it. il'-.-ullorv. A friend of Mr. 1 ' ? i:: ? kii.u 'bat \\ba ver ui-= 1 \ || ->ii In ii! as to tin: I ' ii. iu.-o. \v. lin- time \\?>11 ! i i 'umi i< ul<I lit- Ih'I'I tii<- yu att-t : Kiimr ? ? luiVf in-cii a native <>l tin* >atn<* ' oimtrv. ".Sir." ivplifl a [m.-isod of rallii-rj' -aMiriiiiK' r.iui|i!<-xi..u, but inarkol conn !' iiaiM-f, wiiu li.it) taken no part in tlie ' iuiis Uisftis-ioii. "Hir, tliat time has come, * will not ar.kih.w Itnljfi- that man an Amer-1 ' an who <!o- s not. who <floiy in tin- name 1 1 ! ! > W . .1 Pintail M1UV luilWt t i. " r i : v n;a(rkii!ir him. out I idI yuii, N U !n? :< as i'-ir j?b>>v? tlivir'1 1 -tI :tl? iVf I:}* tli.d ]:'T |>l!ll : I lllc illTilVl-us!" f ' ' ^ tin* wrilt-r ?>f a friwni v ai iiiiii. -wIik i-i that tatcriiiiiiT'l lm>king I' tan ?*' l.N.?n't vnu know him ? Why that} . th?? l?ivi-k?-iiriil<^- tY??ui Kentucky,' vaii 'Vuiii his ! Min is in Mexico.?A voun# j' ).n:. I>nt of character heyoinl liis years!": 1 his I>iiior ivliitcil in j>ivseuco <>t Mr.' \ h-tiT, In* replied: ' Thwijrli p?-tsotiallv : j, ua<-<piaiiiled willi Mr. Hreekenridyi- In- i new his descent and reputation, and could : t ol hut fiM-l d.-.-ply grateful for such a sen- j | nient from a political opponent." Tins article concludes?"It is iho same j t i-rson. who refusing to return to the House, i j i which in- i I distinguished himself a-5 at,, i id-T. -Hid r -fnsiii^ tins mission to Spain, ^ iiich so many much longftr in public life j ,. < if f ir, i-i'tnnn-d to his home in ! ( kontiit-k . wish no otln-r ambition tli.in dl'11 aiding ;ni honest livelihood hy I lis pro-' | ssioiial pursuits. Hut groat moral and j 11iA iI'll r>\*f ic lint irit'nii fn innit ' .? ... ...... , ,( lone fur liis own gratification, or for the ? mi Ual advantage of his family.?They u elong to tin; country which has given v iin hirih, and John C. I>reckenridge is ill) evident propriety, lh?? candidate of liis j arly for the .second ofiice in the gift of j ic people, the Vice 1'residency of the Uni- t d States." s The Effects of Tobacco on Health. ( ' Ilavc n-ceived several communications ?, oiii professional friends, strongly indicating > j ie Mivtierih and extent of medical testimony ' i ifainst the use of the poisonous weed, and : i nt of these I have selected one sent lo me" ^ y a physician, who lias long enjoyed ex- ] nsive opportunities of witnessing the very <j it-judicial elloc.ts whieh tobacco smoking i i iercises on the digeslive organs.?in (lie' 1 >nrse of my professional experience,' he i :i rites me, 'two or throe cases of decided j t ircinoma of the under lip, all of which j J, iriuinated futility, have come under my j s lire, and could he unmistakably traced to a ! c >rct; occasioned hy a hum from a hut cutty- a ipe. lint 1 have had ample opportunities j < f observing tin; evil died* which tobacco 11 nuking produces on the health of the j t 'orkinir classes, and particularly howitjt p.-iii . - I>y disordering the organs of di- a st n o casioninji very had forms of; ii Several inveterate smokers have I . ni .t'it^d t.? inv charge, on whom i >p-. ! persuasion, from remotii ??ii In- (.>art of their relation-, to' t i':i- their clergymen, had | i*..-:: tM'd .1 v -iii !'.<hii!e tiu'iii t<> ivlm- <' ui-ii 'Ik- iinlti >:' suiokinir, lo \v!ii<-li tlicv " ad l? ! niif iu.!i:i|>|)i!v adduted. Tlu-y ** ad ili.- fiiillt?w sickly look of individual* i li.ul health, wen' attenuated in body. v ix! lalxtiv I under auoivx. painful digestion, I ail irii'.nhle statu of tliu nervous system/1 c?t u; 11jv?11 unn ?mi num. ; ^ iMre&sin<r t<> those of tli?'ir family. Al-i* lioir^Ij :li?*v had resisted every argument!' i!.i .i'Ivir..; tendered by unprofessional par- | u;s. I ha v<'never failed to succeed in making * Iu: must obstinate smoker a convert to my ' f pinion, upon reasoning with liiiu upon the j > uhjur?, and .showing the modus operandi js f tobacco iu affecting his health and hap- j f lines*, l.y its baneful influence on the proc- j 1 S3 of digestion. Ami I can revert with i < Mich satisfaction to the graceful expression 1 have received from many such patients on ' est oration to health, after following my i ecomrhundation, 'to give up the use of to- < ?acco,' as you have expressed it> 'for ever.'" 1 ? Use and'abuse of Tobacco, 1 Ritcber Bays: "No man can either live | )iously or die righteously without a wife." i [From llic New Orleans Delta, rho Cotton Crops in Mississippi, Tonnes* nee and Alabama. "Palestine, Adams County, Sept. 20. Kilx. Delhi :?I have just returned from i living hip to Nashville, Tennessee. I ivent bv wav of Memphis, and through West an-! Midd!?? T^nne-n-e, and returned :o Memphis by wav of Florence, Ala. I made f?pwial inquiries about the cotton jrop on my whole route. From my owil dwervation* and what others told nie, tberO tvill not be a half crop made through tho wctionsl passed. In West Tennessee and Voi'Lll Ahllinnm. I SfHV 1nin/lriii1? nF o?<rne Jiat will not mak?! two hundred potftid* cotton to th<* ai iv, ami very often uot i bed! on an acre, m: I motion not throe inch's hi^h. This is !b<: frt'cct of the drought, which, from pai tit ular itHjniries, I learn, lias tin* sani" tl'.-. t <>n tin- cotton through out Tciiik'Sm < . N >rih Alabama, and North Li?'i>rtjia. I <-xaniii.?-i! 'lie lii-l.lM.f cotton as 1 cauio I,.,,-,, !... l. :--i " < - ? .. < ' i;\ win uu vory hoi'. <? I Auuld not make !" others not over <1 I. . iiiv .i. . . August completely rh*cki'u lit'* <41 ?w||i <>f cottoli 111 the ronnn v ? "ui-! \a!< ' :nnl seems to havo In i hn p:<iii" ;! ' * >- it readied.? \\> mi.- ":i?! .?<-lilted ;ibove, and In v :?! 1 . \i"\- planter ouglit to m>k i?i in ?Iin^ 11 -ell liis crop iu the 'Ill'lv lll:i I Iv.'t - Til..PI. i- II.. iliMll'l ?!...? --- .. .. 'Htuuv vub buau lie cn>|i will In* short. and that the price of .ottoii will range tntn-ii higher before the <>f ricxi I'rliviiurv. What crop is nade i* being readily picked out nnd push i| into market. but tin- ureat portion of it viil 1m* !iick? d out l?;io!- ilit: middle of OcuUr. It' tin' ma k-i k- pt linn with the large -op of l ?ii.ro i> I hi t little doubt it vi11 iX'i up ! to fonts wiili tin: shortness of lie present i k.-|..Mifuilv vmirs. X. P. S.? I uiitlur>t:iu.l tho storm rained. li<* crop* South of Natcluz. Wine Making. There i- ;i mvst?rv in wine making, and letu-e wh-. jrruw iri:ij)cs iu plenty, hes? late it, as iIk'V would a matLi vnIiu-.1i involved tooiuiicli risk, and their nbor likely to l?o thrown away in the exleriment. Tin.-"modus operandi" is within l:'* mean* of any family with good grapea 11 plenty to Mart with. Take fully ripe injurs jjmmrruu in near, ury weailier, looK vvr iIk'.iii, and pick out all imperfect and otteii beings, in lean, sweeten wooden rays or tubs,-.nu^h the fruit on the stems >v hand, stir the whole mass together in Ikj tub, and leave it lor fermentation. In a ew hours bubbles will rise, and in twentyour tu twenty-six hours the mass will' beoiue so agitated that it will boil like ? pot >11 the fire. Watch it closely now, and k'hen this feriiieutalion subsides, put the nass into strong Hags, and by the best lever lower you can get, press the juice ont. Cxtraet it all, and put in a clean vessel to i y u.-> siri'iigui. ii an egg will noat in it o as to siio\v the f-izo of a quarter of a dolnr, the juice will keep without the addition >f sugar or biawlv, hut if the egg sinks, add ;ood brown sugar till it rises. Now turn he juice into a nice sweet cask, five or hirty gallons, according to the quantity of he liquid, set the cask in a quiet, shady lace, cellar or attic, the latter is preferred, -eavfc the bung our, and pour in a pitcher T the juice, which must he reserved for the impose, tilling the cask even with the bung tole (the cask on its side) four or five times day, for eight days, as during all this time lie impurities are working off at the bung iole. After eight days place the bung lightly in the hole, letting it remaiu so for iglit days longer, and then drive it and eal the cask us liirht. as possible. Let tho ii.L- viMiiuiii r.... <.* n<nn>i<n .....i .v........ ?ju'M inviiiiiaf null lien draw <>11' and Ih.mI.-. It will not injure he wine if il iviuain* in the cask two or hree years unhottlcd, as it ripen* better, nd gets richer on the toss than if buttled, but L can I"' ii . *! t- >< :> as March, if desired. Tho Pjomorang. T!r... < ii!:ou?- \u-ip;peculiar to the naivt-s oi A n.-uaiia, has often proved a iuzzi ji : ii u >;* It is a piece of :arve<! u??..i i,. :trT . ill the form of a crec.fiii,irtiin liiirty ! .? ? ?fv inches long,pointd at bi?th in!' and ;!:> corners quite ?hnrp. ?The niw.it- t/ :isiii i is as singular as tho ve.ipoii. A. u .i blark !?? throw it so as to i*t it. bill at ins tcf't, hii.J !tw;?y it goes, full iirty yanls before hirit, skimming along the urface at 3 or 4 fwt frtiin the ground; vIumi it will Midtloiily ri?c in the air 40 or >0 feet, describing a curve ami finally drop)ing at the feet of tint thrower. During its ionise it revolves with great rapidity ou.ft' >iv??t, with a whizzing noise. It is wonder- ! ul so !?ai l)aron> a |> < pl<- have invented so singular n weanon. whn h Rets laws of nro jrcs.Mi.il lit difhince.?It is very dangerous or hii European to try to project it at nn jbjoct, as it may return and Ntrike himself. [n a native's hand it in a very formidable weapon, striking without the projector being seen; like t lie Irishman's gun shooting iround the corner as w^llaA straight-forward, [t wan invented to strike the Kangaroo*' which it* killed by it with certainty, and ' though a copse intervene between the Tia?-r ' tor aud the animal, the boomerang cornea around tho corner and breaks bis legs.