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Senator Hunter's Letter. The Letter or the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, to W*. Leake of Virginia, in reference to the Administration, and tie policy of Walker in Kane:vs. has elicited YArious conimentsj from the Press of the country. A portion of the Southern Press, is disposed to reg*M MM effort to coflrtthe favor of the Administration, whilst the Richmond Enquirer, regards it as entirely unsatisfactory, as failing to pledge an unaualifiud siinnort. to tli? ween the two fire*, the Senatvr cnai otjfyotft but little quarter. The I?t??f disavows all hostility, and pic J pes a support tto t!l%! Administration ? but only ?o far as consistent with' Dcniocfrttic principled, * as understood in Virgirtifl. It condemns ll.? Wpltcr policy iii K?y^os, but declines to ccn ttre tlie Administration, since it professes not "to knovy, haw far the Adminwtration mny be *? *IIA AiinnAo* yvT * K . . ? yvn-rj - %v viae BU|'|/VI b vr? umv |rvuv;j . AlW practicable issue, howeVcc, <ttn ariae/to'crente t% difference fa tlic Democratic ranks ; since the Vrcsident would scarcely rcjcct a Constitution, from the mere fact having 4?een sul> inittftd by tlic Convention to a ratification by-tlie people. The letter- clearly sets forth the powers of tlio Convention, anil their freedom from any restriction, \>y an net of f^lecsi legislation. Wc subjoin the lending positions of the letter: * "Sbtiio proceed with tlie answers to your in- j terrogatories. I have to snv, fi rtt, thai the imputation of-hostility, on my {tort, towards tjio adiiloteration of Mr. Buchanan, is founded upon nothing that I have either said or done. I voted for him its. Prteidout^andvnot only entertain no feeling 6f hostility tt> wards him, but I wish him success. '.Jli h&s ' only to carry out the principles <Jf the Democratic party, Mwt vnuersiunu mem in v-irginin, to command raj* ? eordial support.?These, so fnr as applicable, trill afford the test by wkfeh I shall judge h'w adnOinlstratioo, and support or oppoM its nets as fhey eon*01"01 *** or depart from these principles, Nor shall I be disposed to apply that test in any captious or unkind spirit, but as justly and fairly _ as I can. More I could not any for any''Wm'n'8'l',l''on or man. I never would commit myself to support unconditionally tlie future acts of an}' man, but 1 will judge tSiem ne tlicy arise, to sustain them when 1 be Jiove'they are right-, and tp oppose them when 7' think they aro wrong. My opinions upon all the .jgi'ent political itsues may be known Itirougfl my votes *nd> speeches to those who feel enough of interest in them- fo look at my paslcouise ; and"^,cpc will afford'fiVc evidence ' i t. 1 u|,o7t ?.? UI Ul? IU81B WUICII A B,,?" WW III judgTpg of the conduct of public Affairs. Whilst I remain in t'ic Senate of the United f>oniT-<^, I dull stand there as the vcprcs'.-ntutivcsof the principles and interests of myStatc, Mltr as I lan understand them, and in pursuit of th'cse objocts I should not scruple to differ, if necessary, with any administration. In saying this, it may be perhaps fair to add, that I hope and expect to b? able to support Mr. Buchanan's administration in the main. Entf'T'koncurrencc in tho views of any man it would be too inach ttf hope or expect. - 0# nnswer^to. Uie other interrogatory which Tou propose as tS the conduct bf (iov. Walker m Knnsns, I have little hesitating in saying that I disapprove it. The Knnsas NjebroBkiv Mt int IUUJ Mn.l/ir llm limtit tl>.? fills til* last of the territorial qtiettions, involving the subject oT clavery, might be settled unon some common ground where ft party could be rallied from the North'?nd South, the East and West, ! strong. enough to defend the constitution against the assaults of its enemies, and to adfhinistcr flic govcrnmentjustly upon other than , purely scctional ideas. To rally n party which might be able to maintain the Union upon constitutional principles was an object of high political importance, and justified some sacrifice offeeling; ?nd even of interest. Accordingly, tile* billciras nroji-auch ns would have been framedfby delegates of eithi't-socliou^if it had been submitted to them alpnr.. Many, perhaps most of the.Southern men, (of'whom I was one,) betflot HKAMAillif in ftlnitAO **??? *? ? ? aiw w ?>^av |/ivj/bi vjr r?U OI?? C3 HIIO UO UUICH fll* titled to the protection of law in the Territories of tile Uiifted Str.tc$ as property in anything else; but whilst.the Norffiern friends of the Kansas act \voald-no? concede this, they agreed to unite>in rcpoajiiy; tho'Missouri restriction so ?? to rb'n^ovc tlie'ban under which the domestic institution^ of ,thc South hare bften placed by ftaelr^l legislation. Accordingly, a bill *m passed flpon the principle of noarjnttrveution, in rtga'ra to sla^ery^ so far as the general governWant-was Concerned, and which left that whole subject within the control of the people of the%e Territories, when they should apply for adpiiasion as States. This, although not all , yre thought the South entitled to, was a great advance upon the old order of things, so fa? as she was concerned, because it removed an unjust and odious discrimination against her domestic Institutions from the statute book?a moral triumph which^vas of vast importance to the South o"d to tile institution <>f slavery Jftjr-couIA the North objcct to a b'll which tfrtrtly corned out a principle by w liich it had so"recently gamed so h?i?gtly in- the series of acta denominated as the compromise mcwurt. To sHltougbttohave beeo>a stihje<t?of congr*tul?tiottthata common groutad had been found wfiMtta party might be rallied from all sections oftKe country to'administer the Goveflfifoent justly and without sacrificing the eonflotations! rights oPany portiorfof the Union. The 's^lirHope of accomplishing so liappy a re eoH'depended upon submitting thin question of alWtery to the people of these Territories, when they came to form'theffcconstUutions as States, without inl&fgj&'enco of any sort on the part of the general governfteut With the decision of the people themselves; so far as the character oftnt^noT States was coneered. the Jl(>ni(?rntii> "" party of all sections declared tliey would he satiffied. To fulfil, then, the conditions of this aogeeriaeat* it was all important tlnjt th?re sncraKt'be no interference on the part of the generalIgnverttment, either through it* legislative or>*ecntive influence. Any such interfHsnerwas calculated to dissatisfy the one section or the other. Under such circumstances it was, in Rf opinion, iiriproper for the liighest ? esaeutive officer in the Territory, the Governor Kansas, to attempt to influence the decision of people of the Territory upon this questiemx-fslavery. Bucb an interference on the part,of any.branch of the federal government vy inconsistent with the principle of th? Kan iM-Nebroihi iwt. yc:'?li?r do 1 recognize his Mthority to declare that "if they (the couvenI?ab\ * *' * * ?vn; ?? uv. "YYy inir qau iinpariim mode bjWjmicI^. a majority of the actual bona fide Kansas, shall \ote, through tflMB^QMenInlity of impartial judges, 1 will <<ifak.vi>u iu all lawful opftoeiiion to their dofcb? and Congress will reject* tWliw?oyt<twti*?n." If the convention itself was legally aonstitut^aujl elected, the question of submitting .tKfeir work to*tI^ people for ratification was one 0^which that body4?ad jurisdiction alone, uoles\ indeed, the act which called them iuto btfau had required a final - ratification by the fjkofSp. *Tbaj>?u:tice of States applying for a^UshVn, q^derttaod, lias beeu in both N6^Hb tite power of the cdnvention to ^pennine tnn <fRostt?m'fbr itself ever been conjjroverted'heffctofore, so far as I am informed. Tbecon Ration of Kansas, if legally constituted, lMHTtlra vowera of knv'ofhAK ?? JbrtfTa 8U*c constitution, and if Congees* can UllA tfii# power in on? respect, it uiay in alL 1 f k>cgteA-can rcfeet a Btute constitution for l&e.aftanner in vltfcb tbqpo^vebtion has exer* its tfndoabted-'powers, hy not for the matter als6*qjUk*t c**?tituiion^cren thougfc it \ itflllw rfepopBcao hi its form of government I Cft?*beX}ovtrooTV>f \ Territory may attempt 4o<rrefft*?ft oMYebtion of its pee^te- r? tie ab -P^rera in one *ap?at?.*?Hy not fcitOlk^jritlrrsyrd.t^be abstract p>o* Jimy Mtbs -?|?artlcoiar> .wooiamendntlous of ' tf?*fW!e?Hed ?ptfn to speak. Wf|rswa<l]ii f I 111 i irrrTfr " *" convepfaUHfejr*. r- , . - ? '1 * * i i * ^ , * . > ' . v:* . ." . . , S',..v. uOUA*. . . , ,H| ? j regard Governor Walker's cotjdu?t in*y nffeU my ourtb. toward* the Adrriihlitratidn. -JTh?l are the precise view* of th? President tlpor those xjtoe?t?wntl know not I await their development ia the regn'stf coffrse. But should he differ wftli me Upon these mattertt 1 do.no! see how any practical issues cum -Arise between him and those of hi* friends who entertain other opinion* in regard to Gov. Walker'* course. 1 say, I do notsee how any practical issue could arise out of till* matter between tfce President and those who might ditfer with him in rogwrti to these things, hecnusc I do not believe, for ? moment that lie would aid in an attempt to reject the State, if KniiKas should apply for a <3miasren, >merely because its conreuti?? ?W ?ot choose to submit the constitution to the people for ratification. Upon such a question nathis, i? rega**J to the right of Congress t?? limit the power of n people to form their State constitution according to their own pleasure, provided it bo republican in its character, 1 should think there could be no division of opinion I nmoncst the member* of the democratic partv in nnv section of the Union. There could mjt be, if*th*ey remain true t?? what I understand to be their pr^fc-ssio*** faith. To ?9tafeli?lt the great fc?ciplcs of the efual rights of the State* t? the enjoyment ?f the territories of the United States, which no act of federal legislations -eata constitutionally abridge or destroy, or of tl>e people of each State to determine the character-of their own domestic institutions without prejudice to their claim of admission into the Union, the democratic party has submitted to losses and caeritiecs which could only | have been justified by the succcssful accomplishment of n grea t object. To obtain a eoninion"ground upon which all might rally for the defence of the cons'itution and tlie neaee of the country against the enemies of butu, did constitute such an object. |THE INDEPENDENT 1MIESS ta rcsumicn kvkrt Friday norsixs bt LEE & WILSON. W. A. LEE, Editor. ludividti'i!*, like nation*, fail in not hi up xrhieh they boldly attempt, v/ien mi*tained by virtuou* purpoxr, aw*determined rexolution.?Henrt ClaT " Willing to prai*e, yet not afraid to blame." Terms?Two Dollars a Year, in Advance ABBEVILLE C. H. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 18.17 New Advertisement!. The attention of our readers is invited to tlie numerous "New Advertisements" in this weeks pap er. ? Our thanks arc dne to the friend who superintended the two last issues of our paper, and we refer our renders to another column, to an interesting sketch from the ?ame pen of the Examination of the Masonic Female Institute at Cokesburv. Visitors to ths State Fair. All persons Va'sitinc the State Aerieultural Fair at Columbia, will be paused over tlio G. A Cf. Railroad, going and returning for one fare. Full fare to be paid on going, to be returned frr?. Application must bo made for a return ticket at the time tbe ticket down is procured. This arrangement to commence on Monday next. Visitors will have until Monday the 16th inst., to return. The Medical Society. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the Medical Society. A full attendance is earnestly requested. SiTinnah Valley Railroad. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Savaunuh Yally Railroad, will be held at Woodlawn, on Wednesdy, the 18th November, inst., at 11 o'clock, a. in. A Falso Impression. From the statement of our Village papers, that the Bank of Newberry, through ils Agency at this place, had couseatcd to discount cotton A_t ia uiaiiso* iu VCIMH |^;i |n>uuut me ri i uucuun IIII presaion seems to be created, that this Dank and others, are endeavoring to control the price of the staple. This is entirely incorrect, and the Banks could hare no inducement to pursue such a course. Their object is merely to secure themselves ngainst the risk of lojf by not advancing, in tho present fluctuating condition of the market, beyond the probable amount of sa'es. They desire in making advancement* upon cotton, to look to that article, for their indemnity, and to avoid the ri*k of lo??, through the insolvency ofthe drawer or factor, and lienee litoft their advancements to the probable market Vfclue of the commodity. Here i* no effort to control the price of the staple, which is only regarded- by the Dank, "a* furnishing a proper limit to its advancements. The Agricultural Fair. We are informed saye the Carolinian by the C. *4.. icioij tri me ouivc ngncdiiurai owicij mat he is receiving letter* from *11 quarter* in relation to-the forthcoming industrial exhibition ?articles of stock nnd manufacturing implement* from the old North State, of wool from St Matliew*, cotton from Marion, hogs from York,.agricultural implements from Fairfield, game chickens from the mountains, Mexican giants and American dwarfs from Tennessee, cattle Worn Georgia, horses from Greenville and Union, Chinese syrup and sugar, bread add wine, hams and eheese, from Union, "ket chtips" froin everywhere; andj?i? avalanche of the peeple from Anderson. "Iliis is refreshing, and we rise from penning the above notice, feeling that the pressure is going off very rapidly. The Secretary of the State Agricultural Society begs all persons in or near Columbia to send articles for exhibition to the executive office, at the fair grounds, on Saturday. It will save a deal of trouble and confusion to alt parties. Waal's Paintings. We had the pleasure, for the second time, of witnessing on Monday morning last, an exhibition of those magnificent productions of the printer West C'hrUt healinn tkm fu*L- ?n.t n**tk oh the Pal# lloru. The first, U one of thee originals, painted ly the great artist, and is truly a wonderful production of goniu*. It exhibits about 60 characters ; and embraces every phase of life, character and condition?the Divine Savior, tha meek John, the noble hearted Peter, the mean spirited Judas; the scowling High Priest, the Italian Soldier, and the lowly menials; the victims of disease, the siek man, the m\ niao bey, and the wasted infant; displaying with Kfe like distinctness, every variety oi character, and emotion. No one ean behold this Dolotincr. without bavin* the be?t ISkHih of ??r ?stare nd Dcath on Ikt Pcti Harm, U t ##pjf from th? origin*) painting. Ik is fancy pk? tch, bat aeh m might have ex?reu?4 Iha be?ti6< viaiona of?-fr?to or * jfilton. W? oo&*au>4 th'aae Pa^atingji to the publio patronaga. Tlx pWora ?#tba Sxbibftiaa UotaehaohjiMBifby i - <*v' .s * ' * J * *. I ; * 4 ? , > - f fhelfasoeio Female College atOokeabur I Again. 1 W? witae*ee<l the ?onc!u?ion <ft toe I thg wrdiiei at thie Institution on Ttarnfo t U?t, %Mrt not return in lin?e *e -ooirtiwiB tir n?K?oe in o*r Ia?t iwue. Tbr J4??onio Brctlrren havc-cfrtaiivh' Jon I a great -work in "getting nip" thai inntflutioi I fvr til*e ystero -etf -eAnoatitm *doptcd there i I thorewpk and ?mplete. We have never wil 1 oe*e^ *" ejuitninatien that gave more uuivei ?al satisfaction. We were not there on tli the fir?t Jay, tinting the ?x?NMaatiuw of tin lower cUmcf, but have underttood thatth proceeding! of that day were equally aatufac tory. We gnv? a concise .notice of the accond day' proceeding in tiie inwe>*/ la?t week, and Imv j only to add UmiI our Uwra expreMcd i confirmed bv another -4av> keerca'tion. The proceedings on tJ?e la**. <lny were prt faced by Hh: Inaugural ?dJ?-cs?-es ?f IVoi i. ( Williasu* who of course turned hi* attention mid that of his large and rvfpectablo nudienc to ?oine of the phnsesof Female -cd?c?tHJH an? well did lie elucidate bis fmbject. lie jdnco Woman just where die ought to b? education ally, the e<juul of man in every reawflahl point -of view. After l'ro? WiJUatm conclu ded Ilia excellent aJJr-e^s the Graduating Claa read their Compositions in the following order "A Masonic Legeud"?Salutarj-, by Miss Su Townsend ; **WotMna aud her Influence," b; Miss Claudia R. Anderson ; "J'ragrens of Sit 1 cnci-, nnu iisconnrciion wim ueugioK, " ny mi H A. l'asley; "Our College?its Origin, aiv Progress," by Miss E. C. Khigh; "A Scliw Girl's Experience," by Miss Anna R. Connor The Palmetto State?Valedictory to the Trm tees and Facility,-' by Miss Mary F. Browne "He Brave?Valedictory to the Class," By Mi> M. Kdwinn llodges. Their Compositions were all ex?<'llont, m fa' as we could hear or judge, cxhibitiug advance* and profound acholarship. We heard eoiM' objections urged to their reading, but in on opinion they were.read just as a lady shoub read theiu under the circumstance*, low, indis tinct and with becoming modesty. Si;ppos< they had been read otherwise, loud, boirtcrou and distinct enough to be hoard all over th< house f What a set of brazen faced uninodepl girls would bare been the universnl ex claination. In o\?r opinion it would liavi beenjfur better to linvc hud theni rend by sunii member of the Faculty, and then loud, dis : tinct, and emphatic reading would have been proper. There was one effect produced however, b; their reading whieli might not have resulte< if they had been read by one of the Profeaori During the reading of the two last, the audi ence were brought to tears, whilst the Trus tees, Faculty, and Class were being addressed We confess our ympathies dropped out fron between our eyedids. After the joung Indies of the Graduatiiif i Class acquitted thrmselvcs with so much credit I the lion. V. I>. V. Jamison wM introduced tc the midivnce by the Hon. J. K. Vane*, tin President of the Board of Trustees, who de lirered and excellent Literary address in which of course, he glanced at the subject of Femali education, and then wound up by a strong appeal in behalf of the tiiua honored Institu tion of Free Masonry. The Faculty of this College consists of F. A Connor, A. M. President and Professor of Nat ural Science nnd Mnthemntics, Kcv. J. C. Wil limns. Professor of Moral Philosophy, (>. lae gcr, Professor of Music and Belles Lettres, Mis r,mme *_ x>trtiu>n, inrtructreM in Knglisli De partment. The Catalogue exhibits 78 students in ?t tendance, and Tuition raugea from twenty t< forty fire dollars in tha regular ColUgiati courac. W? hare no hesitation in recommtndinf this Institution to all who wish their daughter well educated. The Cotton Market. From the annexed statement it will be aeei that the cotton planters of Louisiana, nre de termincd to hold on to their cotton rather thm sell, at the present ruinous prices. This is an exhibition of the right spirit, which our plan ters would do well to imitate. In some quar ters, we see an effort to obtain relief, by open ing direct trade with Europe. An eminen1 house of New Orleans proposes to send a cargc of cotton direct to Liverpool, on account o the producer*. That it will pay, is unquestion able. A shipment front New Orleans, in anj reasonable time will find the Liverpool market almost bare of American cottons, and the earg< will assuredly make a ready sale at good pri ces. The difference in prices between the for eign and domestic market, is seven or eigh cents; a state of things which is unprecedented in the Commeicial world, and which is entirely owing to the derangement of our domestit exchanges. If our planters export or not, they should at least be in no hasta to sacrifice th? staple at home: At a meeting of Cotton Planter*, citizens of the Parish of Tensas, I,a., held in tlie town n| Waterproof, on the 19th of Octol>cr, 1857, foi the purpose of taking into consideration th< present orerwhelmiag decline in the price 01 our great staple, cotton, and to adopt measitrci to prevent its unwarrantable sacrifice, on motion, Dr. W, D. Anderson was called t* the chair, and J. McCullough, K*q., appointed See retary. It was unanimously. Jtrtolved, That, as we believe there ia n< just cause for the sodden and unprecedented de cline in tk> price of cotton. fat the exehiai?r of nearly *11 other* of the leading article* ol consumption,) and we belters the cotton fine' tors of New Orleans are generally using eve ry exertion to sustain themselres against the ruinous eflfeets of this decline, and to save tin planter from meh ruinous sacrifices, we there fore, are determined to make any sacrifice ii order to sustain our merchants from loss, ex eept the sacrifice of our cotton, and that w< will not submit to the ruinous price*. Thai we will pile op our eotton at home and kee| it there until it commands fair anil rnmnnera tive prices, which we holier? it will do in th< course of sixty or ninety day*. provided it i not forced upon the market; and we wouh respectfully suggest to the eotton -/actors o New Orleans, that it would be belter for then to suspend all operations in eotton until tliei ran obta in (air ?nd tiring price for our cot ton. Wj are well satisfied that the present ero| of eotton will be a short one^ eren short* than la*year, and that erery bale till h ' purchased at anaret * off2 to 14 cents pe > pound, If the plantera wtU dictate their term r ana ?mn their right*. [ And K, in order to ?aaUin the inter?t ? Dm planters, it ibwM Www nMtmrjr f* the merchants to mpnd, it.te deaigoed hj tfcii mealing to esprcee ear intention to or?U in good faith, and Mntaia them in ft? '> t ahipftng wr#ard oisr crops aa Uajf wmf n f Jbtttac That the lfew OrWana Ml* an Oreeeent by ufuONJ to pablkh tlMM p* | fh AKMRSOK, Chairman. weuauougn, dnkuij. ' ' m , 4 * V Vinr Onun, Oct. 31.?The #*!? of eetto I tb4nr. WHUftlwi it Wucliange i wtoce,. The twaripto ??* 10,000 t*l?. fW p?' K?> f Our Bank?. The following katcT oT'f'ho OOTrtptroTle i Ocn ?' ?rnl gives a ln<t of the suspended HniiU?, and o y those stiH ccrrtintJe rpecio paymant* e There wt</t 'kins been any reason to doubt tin solvency of our BeniTj", as their as*etsare abun * daotly sufficient to meet their liabilities am ' their suspension was a mere measure of policj ' to mertwSemporary pressure : -oojirtnollkh Gf.nkkai.'s Ofkicr, r- Columbia, Oct. 28, 1867. e Mr*xra. Editor* :?Allow me the use of yotu (vihiiiiiu t?m nutivfai* mia mafle -of me ns to the banks in tliitt State that 0 have Ruspcuded specie paywtenU, and tlios< that htill continue to pay coin for their "bill*, v i*: Swenpeii Hanks.?Bank of the State oi South Carolina, liratn'h Hank of the Statu o lirniith lVnnk -of the State at Cum drn, Southwestern Kailroad Dank, I'lanteri and Mechanics' Hati k, Hank -of OaTolimn Farmer*' and Kxehani;e Hank of Charleston, Hank of H-iinburtr, Hank of Newberry, Kx cluui^e Hank of Columbia, IVopile's Hank o Ckarleston. 1(a.n*? I'ayinm Si hc'ik.?Union Hank of Char j lesion. State Hank of South Carolina, Hank o Charleston, Commercial Hank of Columbia " Planter** Hank of Fairfield, Merchant*' Hank i- ?f llicraw. Hank-of Chester, Hank of Camden, e Hank of (roiti^vtnwn. . Eleven of-our Hanks have suspended. X in* of tlicin still continue to redeem their notes ii * specie. Many mis statements liavo been made, : 'lite above is*reliable as reported to iliis office c Other paper* will porhapi <!?> the public ? wrvice liy Kivini; tliii ruinniiiiiii'nliun tin inser . lion in their paper*. A* lo tlie solvency ol l" our bai.k?, there is not one of them but liavi asset* abundantly suflieieiit to meet their lia d bilitiar*. j Very respectfully, your oliclient servant, ' ' J. 1>. ASllMOltK, Comptroller General. Ankp.iuon C. II., November 2. 1857. Mt**ra. Editor*: In my note of last week rel?t ivt? to tlw uspeinlcd an J non-punpeti<le< bank', I made a slip of the pen, ami plnce*l tlx r Planter'* Itank of FarfieM in the wrom? column j amongst the non-suspended or speck: payini Banks. That Iiank wns reported to the Conipt e roller's office as a Misjvcmled Hank, ninkini f twelve suspended nn<l eight specie paying Hank 1 in the Stuto. Will you please publish this, s< that other paper* copying my former communi cntion, they may also copy this. Very respect e fully, yours, <1. 1>. ASH Mi) UK, s Comptroller Gelkclnl. t The Agricultural Pair. Our readers will not forget, the approaching t fair of the State Agricultural Society. Scih L. on the articles for exhibition, nn>l keep nol . back yonr own bright fnccs, anil those of youi households. Money indec<l is somewhat scarce, but the crops arc abundant, and you y will noon have specie enough to reileem youi I credit. See what a cheering invitation to tin u city, the CarolbiMii, gives to his country . friends : IHi 1110 lUin, l llli, 12111 an.l 1 -itli ot tliii month, the animal Agricultural Kenti vnl of tin ' State is to he celebrated ut Columbia. We en 1 treat the farmer*, the planter*, and above all the women, with their bright ?miles and cheer , fill face*, to crowd in upon the city. Help in drive off this gloom, which the money troulili ' ha* thrown over 11*. Help to cheer us up. Conn down with every thing }'ou can show, cilliei 9 useful, curions or beautiful. Our railroad* w il . bring you down for hnlf prices?tlicy wil transport your article* for nothing, our hotel: ' will furnish you the creature comforts ; om e merchant* will be most happy to fill 3-0111 j bill*, (ye*, credit, you, sooner tlmn be counted . nice, and the newspaper* will aay wondroils good things about the new life blood your presence has infused into the people, and I lie happiness you have produced. Turn out then, and let the world feel that the Southern Agri . culturi*t stand* firm upon his "Southern institution," and ha* neither been compelled to bus jrciivi vr wurn uui. 111o ojHTnuvi's iu Pinrvc. ' We are only in suspense. Hack us with tin - bone nnd tlie sinew of the country, and 3*ou need hare no frurs of suspension. The Tim** also joins in pressing the inrit.v > tion : e Our merchants are sound,?have fine stocki of goods and are anxious to sell t hcm. Th< matket Hems not wanting in eatab'e*, am; ^ drinkables seem to be inexharstihle. All vrt s want is a little bracing up?n little confidence, and we know of nothing that will do uiore towards securing it than a big rush from the country during the Fnir. Among the farmers and planters there is no pressure, only what . arises from the temporary depression of the great Staple. They have ni:idc fine grain crops, the health of th^country has been geni erally good, they have not been speculating in i stock*, and their indebtedness, which is n< great. is based iinun *i-t.iial A ohm nfnn?i-. ty?not bonds, mortgages and fictitious wenltli based on Western rail roads, lnnds nnd lots. Tlicir very presence will give the droopiug t spirits of our mercantile nnd manufacturing ( community new life, and if we can only tkakt off tlie panic, nil will be well. Com* one, ' come all, then and let the Southern rural pop' niation show thnt they ar? not nflfected by . Xortncrn pressure, and that they have some' thing worth meeting for. as well as looking at, ' at their annual Agricultural Festival. The Planter and his Cotton. The New Orleans papers thus lay down th< I code of moral duty*, which the planter owe! to his factor. If out of debt, he inay act as h< plessen, and hold on fur 30 cents; but if indebted to tho factor, for advances made or acceptances 'given on the pledge of thipmenti ' of cotton, the planter is under the highest ohligationc to sell at current rates. The Dee aiys; ^ "The principle which should govern the p planter is perfectly clear and intelligible. Kf ; ther ha is unembarrassed and free from debt, ' or he owes heavy sums to his factor for advan ees made and predicated on the cotton crop. In the first instance he has, of course, an indefeas [ ible right to do exactly as he pleases?to store his cotton and wait for better prices, or to send it to town and dispose of it at the best rates it will command. But the olanter who is ' indebted to the factor i* hound by the plainest * obligations of justieo and honesty to redeem [ hi? pledge faith. He borrowed money to worl hie plantation, and procured it from his house to which he usually consigns his cotton. It ii " the payment of these acceptances incurred bj 1 the factor for the benefit of the planter, am 8 redeemable only by the vnlue of the crop * which now place* in peril the solvency of oui ' largest and souedest commission houses. The * laetor who has pecuniary facilities to the plan 6 fer has a unquestionable right to require tb< 1 latter to forward hia crop at the earliest mo * ment, so that he (therefore) may. by disposing of it, be placed in possession of funds to meel e the heavy liabilities maturing against him." J Tlie followin is from the Cretcmt : "Th< ' planter out of debt has a positive, absoluU ' right to do as he pleases with his cotton?ha: ' a clear privilege to hold it until doomsday, oi f until the price reaches thirty cent*, or until i> * recedes to five centa, according to the variatior of future markets. He neither harms or ben ? ?fits an* tno lint, kimulf Kv nnnniniy aifok r course. But the planter in debt Ta> no sucl right. Witli him the cause U reverted; and i r he ie indebted t? bis factor for advances madi ? aeeeptamcee given on the pledge of ship menta of eotton to meet the aforesaid aecep I taneea aa they beeome payable, it ii his dot] ' as an honest man to ship aa promptly as poa ' siMe, withoat any regard to the condition ti ' the market. Any otbss course wonfefr l>? fraoghi with groas injustice, if mt.~ Itiparwrt f birfd, unadulterated dishondt^ ? In a few weeks?three or 4fvr at th* on< id*?ooin in millioo, will M#k tli? seaport * of tfM death to b? invwted in ib? pureb?M o h eottoo. It MMt oome. Tbo old ?ru*ld not : Imv? ow ?ttton; and w thy poop?o oror ejmftot powlbly g*t nlm^irilMot k th?y ?H each other to the het>t of our ability, and en. denvor t? stnv?? Off the evil 'crisis" that is ii|>on . the community ?ntil tlio succor, so ucur lit hui.d, nriivfc. t Direct Southern Trade. A friend request* us to publish the ifdlhyiving 1 ex tract from the Washington (N. 1).) vTo^rnnl , on tlie subject of direct trade with Europe. It seta foith very clearly, the evils *hich "have resulte<5 to iii?, withotit ftYiy fnalton ocrr part, from enr connvctrwB w?tih tiio -over-speculation r oftJA NVrth.aad Vho trno remedy in direct "*.iih tire com?tiii?cra-of ?iit prod-ncts* s After bII has been said?after all the allowance that hna been niudf To'r Yinduo expenditures whrMc eft'flnlry including f even the South, the fuct still remain!*, that the t -.? ! <i a ,?vrv..? U....V.MV.V9 Ul mo CHUIIII V IUU1 IIICIT ?r* 'h'iii " movements for which the South is not i responsible, with which site had no connection from which she could receive no profits, mid hv which who sustnins severe loss. It is not dreamed that anytliiiif; existed in the condition f of the South herself, which could have either produrcd n pressure among her p pic. or enforced a suspension on the pnrt of Iter banks, f IIrr produce had been selling nt prices in some cases high ; in nil remunerative. Her pur; chases had not been beyond her ability to pay. Of her stnple products, at least lliroofourths had been consumed by thoae who had > remained untouched and sound ; and yet, i through the failure of her agents *t tlie North, she is forced to participate in the financial suffering, and her monetary system i* compelled i ; to go by the board for tfie present. This could not have been the ease, had the commerce of " the South been in the hands of the people of t the S?'Uth, instead of being tributary to the city of New \orkt ami in* b-sser degree* to other Northern cities* '1 lie failures of Northern lionses liave not been ijut to the failure of the South to pay up. The ^outh has met, her obligations even innr? ; proY|>tly than u?u;il. Tile pressure on the I Northern banks has not been duo to upeeulv , tive movement* nt the South. Tliero Iim been 1 comparatively little of that. But the West linn : been run wild, nn<l the Northern ami Eastern , cities linve participated willi lior. The funds ? of th? Nort hern seaboard cities have pone West to he employed in wild cut inanfniivrings?the I means realized for the crops of the West hnvc been taken for land speculation, instead of for > the payment of debts incurred for good*. The fun.Is which hail gone West., imtend of being | paid hack into the New York, llo.?ton or l'hil( atlclplun Hanks in settlement of debts due, have "< < 11 imrn?s<i lorwnril Tor redemption in specie. Hence tlic violent contmotion?tl??> consequent. ruin of jirivntc interests?the ultimate r suspensions of tlie bank*. j In all this the South lia? hnd neither net nnr part. She could have made nothing by it?it pertained not to her in any way. Yet the r commerce sustained by her products supplied the mean* for forwarding the speculative [ schemes of ihe North and Went, schemes in which these means were dissipated or locked r up. The New York merchant enn no longer s do business?bills on New York no longer as mature, from exclianpe?the mean* of the Southern shippers and banks nro locked up. and tliev become equally involved in the ditli1 cullies and inconvenience*, even when not " forced to become partaker* of the losses of those iir w hose speculations they had no in terest, an d wit li whose movement* they had no CL'T'rn. 1 It is .t that Southern pro.lucts have failed e to balance Southern consicnption, nnr that the " real consumer# and customers of Southern pro1 [ ducts have failed, that the South is inrol#oil in J tlie general embarrassment. The fault lies in the intermediate agency both in the exporta' lion of goods; and a recurrence of such thine* r can only he prevented by the energy of the !" people of the South in doing their own trading and not leaving the funds created by their pro1 dm-ts at the mercy of Northern speculation. So long us the trade of the South remains 1 in its present state of dependence and subordination to the North, just so long will it be out of her power to securc an immunity from the effects of these periodical convulsions, no mat ter how prosperous her domestic affair* ui.ty be, or hnw prudently her own business may be ! managed, or high a price her products may bear. t A very large proportion of the foreign goods brought into the country are in payment for Southern staples exported to Kurope. It is not for the interests of the South that heavy 1 demands for specie?runs f??r specie, we might j say?should bo made upon our foreign custo' mers. No country in the world could afford ! to buy largely of "the products of another and pay fair prices, unless by a system of recipro' city?by exchanging commodities. If failures and derangements in New York compel ster1 ling bills, based upon Southern nroduet*. to rrn forward to any great extent to Europe, that ! specie may be returned here in place of them, a stringency inns t arise in the leading markets where 1 hone products are sold nud consumed, operating disastrously upon the pricv* ' of all our stnpies, as will lie seen in the present case. This state of things would not and 1 could not hare arisen had the South controlled her own commerce. Whether from the lesson now being taught > her, anything will he lenrnt?whether a more wise and safe policy will begin to be pnraned, ' remains to be seen. If nothing ia learnt?if nothing is done, we ean only say that the fault will not be because the lesson ia not impreasive enough or plain ei ongli. ' Wilmington A'. C. Journal. The War in India. We extract from the Journal of Cointnrrce, inu luuuning interesting statement tn inc condition ant1 prospect of the British cause in India : At the time the mutiny broke out, the number of British troops in nil India did dot exceed 30,000 men. The Bengal army, which has mutined rn viaut, amounted to 'l.'>0,000, and yet the British have stu-cefuifiilly maintained their general ascendancy throughout India; resisted the adrancc of the mutineer#, though they could not save all the outlying garrisons from the enemj-; guarded the capital and the principal centres of government, and, l>}- all accounts, are likely to hold their ground until reinforcements from England arrive. Informing an estimate of what Groat Britain may do when she feels her arm strong enough to strike it should be remembered what she ha* done un der every advantage. Up to the middle of September, the India Government Ixvd not been aueeored by the arri/irt of a simgle soldier. Alarge portion of wlrot is called the reg) nl.r Tn.liMn llilil.... -.t-V.K-J ? -> wnivm ? Vs-WVIIOI/mVJUV 1TH9 nw 1 sent in rer?in, and the rest of the' force was ' scattered about the three Presidencies. A' ' targe portion of the Persian Expedition fins rc turned; two Qucen'a regiments from the Mauritius, probably 4,000 men from China, nnd 1 as many fiom the Unpo of Good Hope, reached India soon after the departure of the last mail. ' The army despatched frorin'Englatrd consist* of * about 8ft,000 men of all arms ;-,so' that the > total European force on which* tlite Indian Gov ernment can rely, will not exceed 80.000 men. If four or fire thousand British soldier* hare ' been able, aided by few Sikhs, and other * native irregulars, to mnke head against the 1 the rebels, resist them in their stronghold at ? iv.ii.: ? ?i.~? ?i?. ' ? " SHU IVUW ciaoui Wliorover flrtVt? ^ ehown themselves in the open field, it may 1 safely be presumed that with 80,000 men they need not fear to encounter the same foe, whose 1 strength is diminishing daily,?who have al' ready lost largely io the field, and whose rer sources were gradually becomming weafcer? ' having nothing but plunder aa a means of sup; % provide this Army, send il 10,000 miles, i 1 with all tlia provisions baggage, ammunition, " h?~, A?., necessary for its support and efHeien' oy, has necessarily tried the capacities of Eo1 gland most severely. This extraordinary ex?. ertion wa?m?4b-ia a few weeks from tho resources of Ta pe*?*- establishment, aod after the " reduction of tlkvartAy at the eloae sf the Cri* mean war, aodtbe neasesity of raising m suita' ble force to defend the British islands, will im> * pose other and Very weighty burthens ?a the Drititb nation. /r the reb?Uioii teoonfitttd to ' Northwestern Bengal $' U thV B<*H|Pina fc A#** .mmnH j&tbt Gboorkm a . | cou*, it is clear tliat creator 'exertions will i ] baVc to be made, nn<l tlmt u forwe adequate I ; to subdue the rebels in n part of Bengal, would | ?rovc quite inadequate to keen ju check tbe iitire native populatieh of 1 it Jin. ~,i Wo trust tliat the confidence expressed rfy , the IWftisteriaKjournals of the Knglish press in , the lidel ty*of all Her Majesty's subjects iu In- ( <lih, with "the exception of tliose nheady in rebellion, may be well Toitnded. We confess that . t ho mutinies at SeAlkote iu tho l'unjaub; in ( Ivolaporc by ttoflVbfcy troop*, itlil he refused of soino regimeuts of Madras soldiers "to umrch 'flgsVnst their countrymen," do not sppefcr such unimportant matters as those journals would make tlietn. We believe that Orent Britain will triumph. at whatever ?ost of human life and inauey ; but it is very probI . > .... ' . I i unuic viiiii. miu win ue cauea to umke ?UI1 j greater exertions, and pravide mora men, ut ] lime when she cannot Jo ih> its easily iw now. JSlie will then seek for llie luereeiiariN whom *he enn tiiKl now in abundance, hut she may then fail to obtain them, liecnu.se the opportunity may have passed away. Tho Loudon Spectator closes an artielo advising Her M*jetty's Government to engage "morceu&riwi," with the following fbfvible remarks, which accord ill with Uic resolution imputed to Lord Napier ? ' One thing is eleor,?a grent army It/i* been P^nt over to India, nnd if not augmented must J be maintained. If, by degrees we restore the Hindoo element in the Indian army, we must j for some time keep up a great force not of 11 inj doo materials. The proportion of English will in part be determined by the willingness of I Englishmen to nerve, nn<I ill part by the cost : <if purehnssng their service, and carrying them out,?no other words, by the words of Englishi men to serve, ami of Englishmen to pay taxes." TFOH THE INhKPF.SUEST j The South Carolina College, and the Grand Jury Presentment. I Mr. Editor: I notico in your last issue the : extraordinary Presentment of the Orarul Jury : of Abbeville. Although any adventitious im; portance which might otherwise attach, to a I document emanating from so grave and respecti able a body as the Grand Jury, is in a great mensI ure destroy.-d, by its opposition, to the settled I policy of the State, in r?j!ntiou to other matj ters, the Penitentiary System, Public Expend ! tulVs A-c., yet 1 take this occusion to protest : against the conduct there recommended to be ' pursued, relative to the South Carolina College, j I pass over the disingenuous evasion, with which | the Grand Jury have eloaked their attack upon ; wie college, referring tiicir (iirisatisluction, to ' it* present Management. Lot it be known once | for all, tlint the affairs of tlio College, were ! never in a more prosperous condition, or more wisely administered tlinn now. I Tbe presentment of tlie Grnnd Jury, though an . impotent, was un unexpected blow; proceedI ing as it did from n District, always hy repute I most favorably disposed to the College, and ' always too largely represented there. As a former distinguished President of the College, i himself the most il!u?trous of her sons characterized it, in the course of conversation in the I language of the Croat Dramatist, "This was the most mi kindest cut of all." But, I deny that the Presentment, does in any sense, reflect the sentiment of the District ?far less its virtue, its intelligence, or its paj triotism; but it echoes the voice of an inconI nidernhle ininnritw wlirno nmro iliinnuii<nn(.> j judgments, prejudice has warped, or gross igJ norance of tlie subject of Education has cloudj ml. In nil nge of progressive civilization, that I was a regress step, towards barbarism. To j propose to abolish tbe South Carolina College, | is in effect, to propose to abolish education for South Carolina. Hut, the misconception of this subject arises from viewing the College from a false ccntrc. Its very iinme?the Act which established it? its first history?all proclaim, that the College is not a mere Institution of Learning. That is not even its primary object. But its aim is immediately to profit the State by mediately educating the youth of the State. To adopt the nice distinction of Sir W. Hamilton, the College does not consi.l-j- education, "na an in sirument, io somo ulterior ?nd,a nor, "as an end unto tlic individual alone slie contemplntes neither, '"his absolute perfection os n mrin.^nor his relaCiy< distinction, as n professional man but her altar dedicates liim, to the "service of South Carolina.?Other Institutions mny educate for sects or parties, she educates for the State. This is her g\crry. Tor the foster ?children of the College, the Stat* points as to her jewels. So complex, a State apparnttus, cannot then be summarily disposed of even when it accomplishes inadequately those ends, for whitfb it was instituted. As it is at present constituted, the College is an integral part of the State. It enters, into our whole polity, and internal economy, nnd not until means be derided, other than those now provided, to meet the demand for liberal education, which tho College, at present supplies, iniperfuctly, it may be, caa it be superseded. Thus for I have written tomperatcly ; but words are instruments too feeble by infinite degrees, to express tli2 scorn with wliioh an enlightened community should visit that body of men, who have attained, that conciliation of audacity and the sublimity pf insolnrce, to pronounce the South Carolina College, a public nuisance; an Institution which has heretofore exclusively educated, nnd is now mainly odu* eating the best talent o?.the State, which has imparted to the Stale, that unity of spirit, which has characterised and individualized South Carolina?which in fine lias mode the Vloti. if i. aU, If "in the lowest Jeep" of indignant contempt, there opens a lower deep" then let it devour, that Grand Jury, which baa prepared the foulest disgrace in the State archives. Jteguittcat in mUterii*. A Studeht now Abbeville. Thr Dotoiiuax axd in* Panic.?Every taxfy will remember the "money panic" they hnd at San Francisco soma years sinco?and the story "John Phoenix" rned to tell of the effccU?indmifunlly illustrntcJ. Before the fright, a frugal old Dutchman, by ditit of fiarf laboi4, had accumulated some $600, whieh he cautiously deposited in one of the banking house# for safe keeping. Rumor soon came to his ears that4fc.ey were not very safe?some said . tliey had "broke." Next morning, he tremblingly drew his balanco and put tha shining poldin his pocket. He breathed decidedly freer, but here was a dilemma. What should he do with it f Do dared not keep it in his shanty?and as for carrying itp about him, 'was two precious heavy. So after a sleepless night or two?in constant apprehension of burglara?he deposited it hi another "banking office." Another day the panie increased? there was a run on hia bank?ha pushed in drew bis gold?and felt easier onee more; An* other adxioos day and night for this "monish.'* and agein it waa deposited in a ita/t bank. Thia time he felt safer than erer before, and' went' quietly to hta work. Bnt the panie reached that bank, and anxiona depositors besieged the doors. Mynheer heard the News* a?i put post-haste, in hand, far the feene of actios? jammed in with the crew?drew hia gold, new and bright-?put it safe in bi? eordim>ye?and wm happy ince more?bnt here waa u> die* lemma again?to pot it. He had ?on? pretty, much the round* the b*nky end***-, in* $4 such Mrjraw^escap^.^nur<^ytr^ them any. more. He, ?*t do*n ?%.?. .eorfr. ril shall I ?lo1 I tnko liiin hoipc and sd^V hitA up in my froifr's petticOftt, Ail J if ihe prcaks I preaks her head 1" Tiie ttiiLROAi).?-When the batiks, railroads, nnd almost every public work in the country are "suspending," it is gratifying to kuol* that operations tin the Blue Ridge RiiH(w?a will be continued. The work nt tho Utoes off under tlie direction of iVi'e Me Ml'*; U??llyer. The contractors at otlior points Af'a diligent in their labors, and are making con*meudnble progress. An opportunity was afforded us recently for examining tlie road IKiiu Anderson to tlve and-Twenty crvek. Although laid down oiit a short liiu?, it is one of tlie smoothest running rood* iu Vh? country. The trestle over th? cre*k; over 100 fset high, will he completed in a short tiuie. The iniuotiary at the Three-aridTwenty Creek is lioavlv finishoil i? k? heavy contract, and reflects credit upon all concerued ill its construction. A short period only must elnpse before tb? roiid is completed to l'endleton. Her citizens hav? exhibited more than ordinary degree of prud?n?? nnd forbearance in their many disappointment* heretofore. The road must, soon be ut their door?, when we may reasonably expect an cxpausion of their business, aud consul* quctifaiiiprovement of the town and surrounding conn try.?Kroiccc Courier; ** Govsraor Xtigon'i Proclamation With1 drawn. Baltimore, November i: Gov. Ligon has with drawn his proclamation calling out tho- military on Wednesday next,tlie day of election, to protect I lie polls. s Negotiations have been pending all dnytJbstween a committee of citiicns,- representing * Mayor Sv?nnn, and a ctfnur*iltcc representing the Govi'rirolP. Finally, the iriatte'r was adjusted, and this evening the committceJ'!jointFv i?sued an announcement, that they were authorized to state that the Governor being satisfied that urrangeuienU already made by the Mayor for preserving peace and securing the uninterrupted excreise of the right of suffrage, ard suilicietit, the military will not be made use of. The day ha* passed o(T without disturbance/ through tho streets in the vicinity of tha Mayor's otlicc and Ilarnutn'9 hotel has beeif crowded all the afternoon by thousands, anx-' iously awaiting the result of uegetintioua.WiStilxoToV, Oetol>cr 29.-~The Commissioner s England, the agency "or M'o intcoductldiV *tid cultivation of tlio ten plant aiiJ othfcr productions of Clunn in this country. The selection of litis gentleman is on account of his expertcnec in such mutter*. Win. Flinn linn been appointed by the President Assistant Secretary to sign land patient* in the General Land Othco. Tlio notes of the Philadelphia and JTew Yorifc city banks are received as currency by tho banks of the.district. - _ The New York correspondent of theLondon Times says that the Hritish Government havo decided to appoint a special minister to tho United States to ectllc the Central American difficulties. It is supposed that Sir William Ouscly will receive the mission. " * t l.ieut. Dellussey has been appointed engineer III charge of the works at Fortress Munrog ; Capt. Foster, of the works at Charleston ; that of Charleston Harbor in ehari;o ofCaptTCalloru; ami Maj. Barnard in charge of those of Mobile llarbor. Lieut, lloul en Harris, United States Nary, died in New Yohk yesterdoy. Tiik Hon. L. M. Ivfitt's Lec-tuiie.?Last evening the Athenrcum Hall was crowded with the elite of our city, and one of the most appreciative audiences it has been our pleasure to sea? in many years, to listen to Mr. Kcitt'a address on the very hroad subject of "The Study of No inrr. i ne eloquent orator irea'.ea his subject in llint masterly stvlp, peculiarly his own, vindicate of the eareful scholar, giving utteranoo to every won! with fine distinct pronounciation and graceful modulation, and -concluding with some very line passages of el^q'ionce. \V? regret our inability to givo our readers a report of this admirable addres*. Columbia Timrt. Netv York, Nov. 2.?Governor Waller and-* Secretary Stanton have been compelled to leave F.ccompton on account of threats inado against them by the pro-ala Vary party. They are now on Secretary Stanton'* claim at lieiiicia, two miles from Lecompton. Slu-riir Walker, the iiewly-elcuted free Stat?Sheriff of Doughlas count}-, aud a small' po?*e, stayed with the Governor lout uiglit, (0et,20.) A special messenger has been sent to tho Fort for Col. Summer's command. A uC'.',luiCnt has been circulated in .Lawrence, inviting Gmjt. V/;!l;;r tz ?'" ?" and pledging the eilifous to proUtet them. " Washington, Nov. "2.?Previous to the el?C-? tion in Kansas Gov. Walker received special instructions from the Administration reiatifa to his duty on thut subject, and which pre- ^. ciuiieu aim iJcmi purging ine poii,- eg ne r?- . cently did in rejecting tlio Oxford district. Ac-* ting without <u|tliority from. Washington, and clearly violating the instructions sent him, bis conduct is emphatically condemned. There is reason to believe that botk Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton will be removed nnless thejr*.. . shall choose to resign, and it isvbelieved their chanccs^of being recalled ajgj-tlie prevailing ones. Sot-rii Carolina MoNKy.^Trt|? Montgomery,Ahibama, Brokers are aelliii&jffcxchange ott New York ift 8 por cent, preinru/n for Geo#< gia nod South Carolina suspended baitk notsm. In Florida, South Carolina bills are selling.^ft n discount of from-2 io per cent. We adviscwif friends abroad1 not to sacrifice one dol'lar of this State's bank bills. . SAp.AFrAiR.-TUe York Distrie t Chtynic^g , published-a correspondence b^wefn lL glaa <fc Co., and Mr. James ,All?D..Sj? "whi.Hf; indicated that solne difficulty"irould- res lilt between the parties?Mr. f. Jv B&l being aup. posed to hare commuutcatcd1 to- the forrney' (commercial agency in Charleston^ scrmrtfivfrgf derogatory to the clinraoter as the flfter. * We learn that s meeting took place -ori' Sat urrtay lust, between Mr. liell and Mr. J/ktnitP Allen, Sr., when an altercation ensued, "aad the latter was shot and killed "by the' former. Mu?h excitement exists at YQrkvUlo ia r*1a-. tion to the horrid event. ' ''' ' Washihotoh, October 30.?The noiount^. specie subject to draft by Government)jfi^nia.Q million eight hundred thousand dqJlar*. The Postmaster General., lias advertised f<w bid* for four-horse posteouobes to porform-mklt!' serviee from Abingdon, Virginia^ to Cumber* . land Gap. Arrival of Steamer Tnitiftri, - t Quedeo, Nov. 3.?the steamer Indian arrived t **"*80?if "J^riuging advices from Liverpool to. The sales of cotton ft# djfe' thre'e dnryi^rnYotifytf' ed to 10,000 bales, at a decline of 1*16 t6 $d/ The market was very dull. Th? Bank of England has md vatoCeftiti? trt&P'' to eight per c6nt The money pressure stifll continues. ' ?. MARRIED, ^ ON the&rd in?t by the l$ev. Jaa."(5?ildv M. C. JTawabt of Abbeville Distri*\ and Mus* M. E. Cn Arrox, of Edgefield District " v BAitBITOt-'y . 7^.1 ^ ABBEVILLE. Kov_?.? ? number of ^We# has ebanged hmdk at pnm ouigrogffonvia toioioanta. ? W* . ? HAMBURG, Nor. I?Cotton r???ipU th* part week, -#?ro eowiderably in edtane^of tbo*? of tho, wee* previous, but ** ch**go ii* prices, IP* t? 12 cents. ***. littlecottoa^d ?t Ibrnittr (mteU+tl bo ? fait, demand if tb* article wa? jffcljjfr r*V . >*'->*? V ' '/.-t-.L. CHARLESTON, Noy. : Mod demand forootton tov<J*y, wfckh raMitSa m? tli^BAle of very nearly 1