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Speech of Mr. Boyce. Mr. Boyce lias recently delivered n Speech ht Chester, giving an account of his views \ipun the lending political topics of the day. In condemning the course of Gov. Walker in Kflnen.*, he states that lie was at first disposed to visit the snine condemnation upon Mr. Buchanan ; but from the vcceut states menu or the rrietvltj of the Administration, he thinks It better to withhold. his judgment, until there he better evidence of Mr. Buchanan's .approval of Walker's policy. He was oppose J to the State's going to the Cincinnati Convention, nud for a tiiuo thought j ^ ^ thht tl?w <j*iestion furnished a proper lent of pmtiea in the Slate; but ?-1ie has since become convinced of the necessity of aeting with the Democratic pftrty j^nnd of finding 6ome other lest. The true basis of the division of parti?ft'irl the State, he find#, in the Slavery question. Those who would ignore the Slavery qtyustion, rather than injure the Democratic party, .he dentywi nates ultra iiatioiml ; thoie wjn?xalt tilt; Slavery issue abova.other questions and sacrifice party to it, constitute the Southern Wing, nnd whoever are not satisfied with acting, in this class, he styles ultra-ncrliotialHis own position, he announces to lie in tlii* class. "With reference !u (lie financial depression, under which the country is laboring, Mr. Btiycc linus its causes, in tlio extravagance and speculation of the North; arid the commercial connection which is forced ujVbn in by onr system of duties upr?n imports.' . He nlso at tributes to the notion cf ccrtain of- ohr Bunks, in establishing foreign agencies for the purpose of loaning Itiortey and buying nnd selling exchange, n full share in bringing about the present commercial distress. Hie great evil of the present system of Banking, is un undue expansion of the currency which creates n circulating medium, fluctuating in value, and deranging tin: wliolc operation* of exchange. To guard against the e\ ils of undue expansion, nnfl the unnecessary entanglement our of banking system with that of other communities, Mr. Hoyce makes the following suggestions : ). There should be no Hank Bills under j.20, and to accomplish this purpose I would urge nn amendment of the Constitution of the United Btatcs, to ensure uniformity throughout (lie cnuntry.-r-Tlic object of money being ainip'y to facilitate exchanges, 1 cannot conceive any imaginable reason founded on the public good, why the minor exchanges, that is all exehnngtslmdcr ?*20 should not be iu gold and silver. There is no doubt whatever "that the supply of specie would be ample for this purpose. The California gold mines alone are producting '.!??,oOt'.OUO per annum, and every man could have his pocket full of gold if there were no small bills in circulation. To this extent then the circulation would be perfectly sound perfectly independent, of Bank expansions, pressures or parties. I have not the data at hand to show to what extent the circulation of Hank bills .wolild be cut otf by this provision, but it would be considerable. Hut the xidvniitnge does not stop here. The fact that all the exchanges under ?200 had to be made in specie, would create a necessity for specie, and ensure constftrtt demand upon the Banks for specie, which .would of itself be of incalculable advantage, nsconstantly acting ns a preventive ngamst undue expansion. Having prncticnl experience of tbe advantages of u specie eurrenev at Wiisbiiiirton. wliern alt tin* ings of the Government are in hard money 1 nin nmazed that uny intelligent community ' will cling lo nil exclusive paper medium of cir- | filiation. Our Stale seems to have an abhor- I ?ence of golil ami silver, for lo absolutely bun- j mIi t (:<irr-from circulation, tlioy till up their ' vhole currency willi paper, even to ?1 bill?. J That the currency uudcr ?20 should be specie se^ftl to me so,manifest a proposition Ihntl am lit a loss to argue "it, it seems like proving an ati axiom.?1 will conclude upon this point b}alluding to the example and exjM.-1'icncc of those great nations'thut stand at the head of civilization, England nnd France, where one could suppose Uie subject of currency would be uifQeretood, if any where. 'Jhey permit no MinaJlpaper bill*. They would as soon permit ll&vpbijjue. England allowed no bills under $25, Ffltinot: none uuder $5J0. So much on this point 2oa. As n further provision lo prevent over ifesftes by llie Bunks 1 would repeul the present penalty of five per cont. due the State suspensions, and instead thereof substitute the following provision, Bank bill on which ! specie is refused to bear an interest of ten per coht. until specie payments resumed.?This trill be abetter spfcguuI'd I tlmik that tile prcQcat five per cent .penalty, because it will be wliat.il 6 light-to be, n compensation in damages to the parties injured by having ? dupre-cinted currency iu possession, the bill holders. The present penality amounts to' nothing in jd? pphiion, thfc St ate will in- nil probability ?eirtse it, at least I should desire to see them dotto," and sneh is, 1 think', the general wish. The"cr?>viuion I suggest could not be released, by wieStute, nnd its enforcement might safely be left to the promptings of individual interest. ifd. Require the Banks to retain in their vaults specie to the extent of one-third of their circurut ioti. Titixj>rovi*ion would have carried our,I}(t?k*Jhrouf/h I he prctrnt crinit. It is this which gifwHlie New Orleans Banks so much back bone at present. v4th. * Jf^-nest proposition is that the Usury Lfefrfc be repealed, nnd the Iianks as well as all individuals be pcrmittnd to loan their inonelpout nt whatever they eon get for iL The usury laws prohibit the taking of more than 7 per cent, for Ihe loan of money. Suppose the Legislature were to enact that the owyer of a house should reeccive more than a rent rgtial to seven per cejnt. Society would exclaim with one voice, bucii a legislation is an iumn'gi-mciit of the riglit of property, and absurd in the extreme.?And society would be rigl&too, for there id no difference in princi^?1? Vititwteri the eases. If it U wise to permit tire owner of ft house to receivo what he can.for the use of it, why U it not wise to permit the owner of money to do the same thing. Tho Usury Laws are the relics of a barbaroim age, and belong to the same school of legislation as prohibitory tariffs. They all go up on the idea that tile people are only grown up clfftdren and need1 guardians. I do not agree to tl^den I think the people have sense enough to,take enre of themselves, and each one-understands his own interests better than Goveriftiientdoes, i'ara a free-trade man, aud favor the largest liberty lo capital and industry, ha vingan earnest conviction that if trade iteleftiree, whether in goods or money it will egulate'iUelf wisely. If money is worth more than 7'per cent, let the ownef receive it; If free trade in monoy is allowed, the great , principle of ettpply at demand will regulate lUfiTiee with uberruig. oertainty. To mako moucy pHWyjym have only to invite capital to.oi?ie6triete(^ompetition* By our law the Bant* canflbt receive more than si# per cent .00 their diseouute?As money is worth more t4*n this, they cannot afford to loan at this price, and hence seek oustoin beyond tho lim* 111 of tilt SlnU>. Tn nr?vMit. Ihia ?uil 1 ~ bfl/yb-thoJUsury Lawo^iidT let tlie bnirftt fofn their money out for- wiiattbcy can get. The result Will be to make tt?cm desire n lwim bu* sluess, ns i^pr.ould be more under- their owu tes,attd covsequeetl^ safer. By abolisbiifg tlie Usury Laws,,we will open a uew field of profitable irrveatraent to tbe people and the 13?iks;a^d'inftuitetj release our Banking syeUln fr?m.ibe.j?opj?rdy it is pluccd in by being exjfeised ill otbg rsjates. fitlfc Tbe Banks ef^outb'Carolina ?tio-jld be di-$ntrd to (be bapkirfg bteiaesfc of tbe State <rfJtfatbCsiWrt*.?'^g^ahoald be permitted ??&?* or .pthef- oitietf WjU?U^S taoOiiffii djatklint i rtfotcb* nge*. *o4 nortk UM* Mrtwy ro??f|ni<M5?troa?n*od hrtidito, l#>Uf rooU-^fcold b? ?i*o!uu1y. MMm>crainntoritt fmb^JJpp. aiiJ forbidden \oo nIt^ou/dr^iiforev obedfence. ** ; * ?* 0 | for our financial rafety to he constantly put i j jeopardy by speculations of ogents and Ban olHeersin distant States? It U n game a which tlie people of South Ciiroliua hove ertr tiling to loso and nothing to gain. I do no think it ncesanry to enlarge upon this propoai tion. By permitting our Banks to speculut in tlio various forms of tnuking in distan States, we run all the risks nfthe financial di-< alters of those States, without any countera linla tiring advantage. The people can not poi aibly gain any thing l?y tliis operation, an* yet'tliey may lose n great deal. Bauks are in etitutions choticred for flie public good. A tlie ptililie good cannot be promoted, but nn, "C nnij |iirj?ui?vu IIJ' VIIO I TUIl SI e TCIIV?J ? ?? Hank* to othvr States, I any it should be pro liibitod. TIIK INDKl'E.N'DK.VT l'KKS! W PL'BI.ISIIKD EVERY FRIDAY MORNINU BY LBB A. WILSON. W? A. LEE, Editoi {itdividtvil*, like nations, fail in nothing trhic they boUlly <iltempt, xciien sustained by virtual, ptt r/w, an'*determined resolution.?Henry Ci.ai ' Williny to praise, yet not afraid to blame." j Terms?Two Dollars a Year, in Advanci ABBEVILLE O. H. FRIDAY, .... NOVEMBER 13, 185: Excusatory. Tlic absence of tlie Editor daring the mid die and Utter part of tlii* week, accounts fo tlie small nmouiit of editorial matter in tlii issue. New Advertisements. Particular attention is directed to the ad ! vcrtiscincnt of II. S. Kerr; Commissioner' mid Ordinary's sales ; Valunblo Property hj A. M. Smith, liii'r, of Hie Kstate of Win. II Smitli, dee'd, also, Commissioner's sale ; Ma bie's Newly organized Double troup of Men ngcric and CireiM, ?tc., ?tc. Official Return. The following is the official return of Ahhe ville District, for Ordinary, liold on Monday IukI : M ! BOX liS. 1.3 | J ^ lis |= I -i I- 1= 15 AtriM-villeC.il., |130| 6?1 * Li>wndesville, | 0| 2| 6t! Trihle's Store. I 38l r,! If Speed'*, Wnrronton, 13 3 Calhoun's Mills, S 12 J Hordi-aii, 0 1.1 -1 Mo.H.-IOV \ I 131 201 C Urndley's, || 8 j Cedar Spring#, 2 12 1 CotlirnnV, 0 6 1 Wrtodvillc, 3 13 1 White Hull, 6 18 2 Ninety-Six, 10 IS 20 Greenwood, Smithvillc, 2 9 2 Deudfall, 3 3 1 Ookeslmrj-, 31 211 12 Douglns' Mills, 20 ?i| l Donnldsville, 4 42| 1 I)nc Wwt, 10 231 5 jSeuflVtnwn,. 1 131 C Cnlliiliati's,. 3 3| C 1 lift I 1A?L I 1 K 4 Tota!', 765 votes ELECTION NOTICE. PURSUANT to the direction of the a>:t o tIir- Gfix-rnl Assembly, I, ns chairman o the General Board of Managers for Abbevilb District, do hereby give notice that an Klectioi for Ordinary for Abbeville District will be heb on Monday tlie foiirteentb day of Decembei next, nt tlie iii>unt places of Election .iiroughou1 the said District to till the vacancy remaining from the Election, for said office, having been declared void by the Board of Managers on ac count, of the vote being a tio between the tw< highest Candidate*. This 11th day of Nor., 1857. J. A. HUNTER, Clmir'n. lx? 57 28 tde. Bust of Mr. Pettigru. We learn, says the Charleston Mcrcur;/, by t letter from Mr. Gult, the sculptor, under dat< of September 21, that the bust of Mr. Petti gru, forthoBarof this cit}*, had beeu placed or. board the ship Canova, at Leghorn, bounc for New York. Bryant Southern Almanac. We are indebted to R. L. Bryan, of Coluni' bia, S. C., the enterprising publisher for an interleaved copy of bis Southern Almanac, calculated for the horizon of Charles ton. nnd giving the civil organization of the Slates of North nnd So'nt.b Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. The publish ?;r keeps always, on hand. Law. School. Med ic.il nmi miscellaneous works, at tlie lowest cosh prices. Ernkina College. We learn from tlio Teletcope that the exercises of this Institution were resumed, on Mon day, the 2d November, instant. About thirty new applicants fr>r admission were examined, and the College is represented to be in a Tory flourishing condition. We nre truly gratified to learn, that President Grier was induced, after urgmt solicitations to withdraw his letter of resignation t? tlio Bonrd of Trustees." lie is eminently qualified for his position*, and possesses that rare union of the titaviUr in modn, and the fortitei in re which admirably fits him for presiding over the College ; whilst his talents and at tainmente would reflect honor on any institution of the country. The College session commences on the first Monday of November, and closes on the second Monday of August The sessions are cnunllv divided wiihnnt r??stinii into two terms ; the second commencing or the third Monday of March. Tuition in th< preparatory department, $12 60 per term ; in the College classes, $1G per term. Boarding from $8 to $10 per month. The following gentlemen constitute the Vacuity : Iter. R. C. Grier, D. D., President, and Professor of Mental and Moral Science ; Iter, J. P. Pressly, D. D., Profenor of the Oreek Language and Literatnre; Rev. J. N. Young, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy ; Rev. W. R. Hemphill, Professor of Ballea Lettrea and History; Joseph P. Lee, A. M., Professor of Mathematiea and Chemistry ; E. L. Patton, A. M., Professor of th? Latin Language apd Literature. Homicide.?We deeply regret, aaya the Winntbor? RegiMtr, to iUte that * bonyeide committed in thi* town, on'Tbnraday la?t, by Maj. Jnme* ft: Rion. on the tody of )(r. John A. Player. Im&ediately after the occurrence lie}. Ifton oflefed tS surrender himeelf to the authdritie* of the Taw.- We learn that he still holds himself iu *ekdioe?sjto surrender, but bee riot yet been ^tled on fen do to. Am the eaae iato nn<?^ judicUS uVestlfntffcB, we forburr any-^Wheht, Tlv Cofikfci forest w? held' on Mm (uttse erenffig'an^ir verdict rendered Hr ae*>rd?noo wetli tl>e ab<?eja^^be t^^pf >-? jj j | ii J -A. XX JL^J JL X."* -? n Russell's Migltln?> ^ We are indebted to Messrs, liranch A Allen ' the ngoiits, for the November number of Ru? t sell's Magazine. The contents nr? varied am interestinc. Tlic leading article upon Civilizn " tioD is nu excellent one, and the article* upoi the poetry or Simms, and on Edgar A. Poe ar admirable reviews. The editorial departmen i- exhibits the fruits of a classic taste, and a higl 1 standard of literary cultivation. Russell certain ^ I^- deserves if it does not rcceive a large share 0 patronage. If not duly appreciated, the caus r may be probably be found in the reasons at " signed in the following extract from the York ville Enquirer : , In our own State, how nmnv arc there win } tnkc Russell, who will not rend the ablest hi tides in it! Will onedialf of thcin read tli article on Civilization, or the review of th< work of Gilmnre Simrns and the life of Edga Allan Poo f The fact cannot be disgui*cd thai r* nil works of taste are signally ignored. Oil /, of the literary coterie* of Charleston and Co luuibia, we are not hazarding too much whei r we say that each district in the State could nf ford about three or four appreciative reader of the aho/e mimed articles. And "to give t In j devil his due" tho^e would probably he dis _ tributud in the following proportion : On Divine, one Kditcr, one Teacher, and occasion ally, a young lawyer without clients who pre . fers reading to drinking and smoking, and ha cultivated unconsciously an aesthetic taste. Wi * are aware that plain speaking seldom command a premium It in much easier to flatter up i people with belief of progress, than to satisr r tliem that they have defects?radical defects s The Southern people are not a reading people | They buy books but they do not read them. Ii ! most every house you will find a copy of Sliak spear e, IJyron and Milton, yet how few wil you find who have read, or ran read apprecia - tivclv these estubli.-dicd classics t How tliei B can they be expected to relish such an artich as the sketch of Kdgnr I'oe, when they hav< never seen his Jiavea" "Annnbel I/ec'' or hii proso talcs? The Cotton M?rk?\ Iluring tlic pnst week, the cotton market lias exhibited increased activity, and pricei liavc advanced. A new feature in trade lias been presented in the purchase of cotton in Memphis, and its shipment, 011 speculation, bj railroad eastward. Several hundred.* of bale; of cotton, have been shipped daily over the Mem phiit and Charleston railroad, to Augusta, G.v, nnd Charleston for n market. They wert bought by agentleintiii of On., on speculation, t the market* of these places being more activ? 1 than either Memphis or New Orleans?the dif > ferencc of prices amounting to several cents. Kven our Abbeville market is nt least one hali I cent in ndvancu of that of New Orleans. I The various journals are discussing the poliI ... ?A -* - ^ |n ?|>i itvj ui sending on me crop*. ' huch is clearly the duty of those planter* \vInure indebted to their factors, for sccommodn tions, furnirthed upon the guarantee of tlu ' furthcoming crop* ; but it is surely asking too ' ' much of others to sacrifice themselves, for tkc I purpose of pouring oil upon the troublod wa] ters, and relieving the financial derangement. ! Whatever may be the truth as to other aiticlea i of produce, it seems to be clenr that the d? , ! pression, in the price of cotton is mainly at' > i tiibutable to the monetary derangement, and ' I that those planters, who are able to wait foi ^ English gold, -will probably realize furmci rates. The New York Journal ??f Commerce i* pub lishiug a scries of able and convincing articles, i urging upon agriculturists and holders of pro f duce of all kinds, the importance of sending f forward their crops with as little delay as pos i sible. The argument of the Journal is, that i until the produce thus reserved comes to 1 market, nothing can substanstially change the condition of the country*d financial alfairs. L Or in other words, that bank j afford but temporary, and really deceptive rei lief to the merchant, if not restored to, only tc afford him rexsonablo time in which to real i ize what may bo actually due him. The Jour nal bold* that prices for produce cannot re vive till the merchants who are to buy it, nr? thus substantially relieved, and that, therefore those who hold buck crops under existing cir cumstances, in the cxpectatiou of better prices, are but aiding to postpone the day when those k prices will be attainable. The reason of th? Journal in this connection is sound and lensi ' blc, and we trust, will have due weight in the * right quarter. 1 | The Journal a1*o contends thai the prices of I all sorts of produce must rule lower?even when the troubles are over?than before the "panic" occurred, for the sufficient reason that they were then much higher than their real value?that prices were largely inflated. B<! sides, the production has been Immense, while for most articles of consumption the foreign demand will be lc:>sthati for several years, li: regard to the great stai?!e of the South, th? Jouruel of Commerce, which has always beer ..... * v ito iviid miu ivuipcr, hi wen at sngauiouB in its commercial opinions, say*: "Nc coiton grower need expect a speedy return tc the high pricca ot the lunt year, and those win hold ou to their cotton with this hope will b< ! very likely to wait long<>r and fare worse. Ii is irue, that if the planter ia firm, gold may come from England to purchase his crop, but it is a question lion* fur the drain of gold from thence may affect the market valu? of cotton at the place where it must ultimately be consumed." The Senatorial Election. During the present financial pressure, and ir i the midst of the agitation of the Banking que* lion, the Senatorial Election has been somewhat lost eight of, by the State press. Its im ' portance, however cannot be overrated, wheth er we regard the dignity of the office, or th< issue* which press upon public consideration. ? Me**r*. Rhett, Pickens and Cheanut are the > prominent candidates^* and their respective friend* will press their elairas before the next Legislature. The office is one demanding the highest ability, involving as it does the honor ' ami l,..t - 1 *** .... iiml?^iT me ounc,'ana snouid oe filled without regnrdlo personal j>referonce?. Tlie questions growing oat of the different ' forms of eocicty, North nnd South still exist, 1 and must ever continue to divide the two sec1 tion*, and 'require for their disenssioq, our ablest and most intellectual men. On this sub' ject, wo commend to the attention of our readers the following article from the Edgrfitld 1 Adver titer: We have heard with surprise, that there are persons in South Carolina who speaks of the approaching choice of a United States Seuator as a matter in which the State has but little interest; and who, hence give themselves but little eooceru about it. Surely such expressions of sentiment are more the result of acci i dental thoughtlessness than of any tbiug approaching to mature conviction. It cannot 1?b, that gentlemen who thua tallu are )>? alive, than others, to the reputation of South Carolina?-a reputation, by tlie way, whioh has been in a large degree gained upon the flour of the United States Senate. It cannot be that lliey are less desirous, than 'others, of teeing their State render her full share of ability and political information to th* great Council uf Sovereignties in^which the?uiighii??u issues of the ?r l,y wiyouest intellects. WlMnee. then, at this portUtftar time, llHs tons of indifference m to who shall fill the hjgheftt post in the gift of our L*ffi*Utar?t-~?nLn difference, irreconcilable with what oar Huuhw < done for the country upon the Arena in qsestion, ?ud with what, l>y her pledges to the South, she stands booso to do in the present and approaching isto#* bntWijs the twograat section* of the Uoion. . J From tha foundation-of oar Republic there havearUtedthe^c?an\/ * < v jl ju JL/ J2i 1 J great ideas connected with this political warfare. Massachusetts has always led upon rtne ' side, mid South Cai*oliua upon the other. When j important i*?ues have sprung up, involving ^ i these two system*, it is not going too fnr to say i- that Massachusetts mind litis developed the one, , while South Carolina hns done the hatiic as to tho antagonist system. It was so, ns far hack e as tlie days of Lowndes, and Fisher Ames", and t ltufiiH King. It wm so, during the war of 1812, It when Calhoun, Chevea and Lowndes atond together, with Webster, Gates and otlu-rs opposed to them. It was so again, in the famous dehate on I'oot's resolutions, in 1829, when Webo ster and our own glorious Ilaj'ne stood forth i. the giant exponents of the ideas of thir respective political creed#. It wns so also in the vet greater debate of 1852, when the mighty Cnlbonu met Webster and Massachusetts on the o f?ree bill, and when tho#e fumlnmentnl princiDies iiiwih u-l.!..U ?i? -? - -* - , , , ........ MIC vAi.nciice UI nit; governe ; meiit itself depended, were discussed and elu ciliated by them, and the names of Mastitchur setts nnd South Carolina wore upon the lips of t every man, woman nnd child in Americn. It t was so ngain more recently, when Stunner, like the agitator O'Connel, made liis revolutionary speech in the Senate, against the Soutli and Soutli Carolina, and particularly ngiiiust Caro? linn's cherished Senator. The issues then made e were discussed and read by every mnii in the Republic. e And in this n lime to say we linve no interest in our rcprufoiitntion in the Senate of the United States? I)oe? not everv intelligent citizen s feel nnd know that the ditfieult question*, tf which grow out of the two forms of society s North and South, are ngain to eomc up foi n discission, when every inch of the ground will V have to be fought with skill und judgment f And are we not concerned to have our side represented by the first ability of the land ? i Have wo no caro as to how we nre to si and before posterity! liave we no regard for our I position in history) Talk not then of ii:dilfcr ence in this important matter. It is our right 1 to be represented in the great nsscmhly of s States, nnd it is our duty to ourselves nnd to* the s country to be represented by our most powerf ful mid intellectual men. The question is fur nhore one of mere personal nrafen-ni-M l? I deciding it, tlie chief inquiry should be, who I ean bring to bear in our cause the great range t j of ability I Who will be must felt among his i peers iu the Senate of the United States. Banking and the Currency. 1 The following sound and practical views ! upon the subject of the currency, and the lek ; gitimatc operations of the Banks, are contained in one of n series of articles which John ' Campbell, a former Treasurer, under the Ad ! ministration of .fackron, is contributing to the 1 Abington, Vn. Gazrttc. They exhibit tlie re! suits of cnlm wisdom and matured experience: I have said that the Hanks, the Government. nntl the I'eople, wore nil embarked on board f the same ship, nnd must sink or swim together. A course of policy Unit would discredit the Banksnnd render lliem insolvent, would certainly have n most ruinous effect upon the pco. pie, and of course shake the foundations of the i Government itself. The (Jovorunicnt of Virfinia owes a debt of thirty millions of dollnrn. t has pledged tlie public faith that the prinei! pal and interests of the debt shall lie paid in i specie, or what is the equivalent to specie. Ituin the people hv destroying their circulating medium, nnd by hvinging every thing suddenly down to n specie standard, and how can I the Government pay the public debt and preserve the public faith ? . - These are very common-place remarks ; not ! intended for learned financier* and bankers, but for the mass of people. The mass ol the people must have confidence in their Bank* nnd their paper money, or the Banks can nev. er resume specie payment. Wlitt, then, are the assets of the Banks or the means they have to pay their debts! For every dollar of paper they put in circulation , I by loaning out to individuals, they hold the obligations of individuals, with good endor> aers, to pay for the sum borrowed. A, for in stance, burrows five hundred dollars from the , Bank and gives Ills bond or note with good i endorsers for the payment of that amount. The i borrower and his endorsers may be worth ten times??r twenty times the amctiut of the sum i borrowed, lint the Bunk has besides it* capital nnd apecie in its vaults to pny it* debts. ? How then enn a Bunk brenk if properly conducted f Tlie wealthiest men of our country are not aIwav.h ready to pny their debt#. The - suspension of the payment of debts is no evit deuce of bankruptcy. A mnn worth $100.000 maj' not be aide in a vear to pay $10,000. lie is s: ill no bankrupt. Vorcc the Hanks to , pay tip suddenly, and they, of course, must > force their debtors, and a general collection of t debts takes place throughout the community, . And licnce the pressure. There is no reason i for this panic whieh has seized tio public mind, and it cannot last long. We have had ' no wars, pestilence, or famine. The General Govornment overflows with revenue. The I country abounds in grain and provisions. We have cotton and wool in great abundance to make clothing. We have every necessary of life, and yet we are frightened out of our > senses, and made to believe that tho whole i country is on the eve of bankruptcy, and i# i about, to suffer all the horrors of want and > starvation 1 i It is true we have hank notes in circulation i as money, nnd there may not be specie enough > in the buoks to pay the amount at once.?But > then the banks have the bonds of individuals ? with endorsers worth ten times or twenty ; times the amount of the notes in circulation. I which, secures their speedy payment. A little confidence, is all that i's necessary to rc, store the country to its usual prosperity. This is An unfortunate time to talk about an exclusive specie currency, and all the banks must be put down. We have been habituated to a paper currency for nearly seventy j-ears. All the tnirty two States in the Union have their numerous lianks. Where is the power in the Federal Government to put them down ! 1 And how can we get clear of paper money after we have lieeri so long accustomed to it, nnd whonj thirty-two different sovereign States have entire control over the subject, and charter as man}' Banks as they plcatel We may tnlk about a specie currency in this t country, and have tulked about it for some thirty or forty yearn, oud we are farther from it now than we ever were. If the United ' States were a soliduted despotic Empire, and i there was a Bonaparte at the head of it, then we might talk about an exclusive tnetalio cur t reney. ' The Charleston Election. The following is the general result: Foe Mayor.?Charles Macbeth, 1,204 ; F. D. 7 Richardson, 1,081. Aldeiimkn.? Ward No. 1.?John Drummond Win. Ravenel. Ward No. 2.?Renj. Lucas, E. Ilorry Frost, Win. U. Ingle.xby. Ward No. 3 J. J. McCarter, Wm. H. Gilli jann, Kdward Lafitte. ; Ward No. 4.?O. W. Williams. Dr. Robert Lebby, Hugh II. Banks, Jos. II. Taylors. Ward No. 6.?-Lnngdon Bowie. Ward No. 0 Jas. Copes. * -Mfard No. 7.?E. II. Rodgera. Ward No. 8.?II. T. Teake. The Standard aaya: "We publish abore a tabular statement, showing the result of tba late city election. There was no great excitement during the Ofevass; and the few who gathered around clie City Hall whilst the managers were counting the vot?a, dispersed quietly as so<y> as the result was known. Mr. Macbeth'* majority is not so largo as his sanguine friend* expected and many reasons are asaigncd-fer the error in thair caloulfttlnna Kni ! ?? ?U. :. o*tr, and the re*ult drtfand,' it would b? neither profitable nor? interesting to di*euM them. The three candidates formdltiben who WtfreonhothticketaphrfvereeeivJd nearly a* many votoa as were eaat. WWpiUlni *11 who were npoo jMr. M^gflHBBFmpre elec- i Ud. exoept three, whote jJlQWrt Med by wUi. lleCtHir, Copea <PC ttagera. Of tbeee, twb at leAkt a*a known nOfrto be pledged to the policy of eitfiat candidate but go In* to-Council entirely uiitrainmeled, promising only to dp their dnty aeording. to their beet judgment aod abilityUpofith* whole, withoat die pa ragtag the BMrito of any who fca?r been defeated, we think the Wend, of Jit. Hiafamli may congratulate hiih opon the effliS%X^^!S!ot *?? Vw ' ' ir / ?k : _ ' 17 IV H, 0-C5 . linnt admin ist ratio>i, huving the winilntu and tlio independence to discard such measures ub experience may condemn, ami to approve and carrv out sucb as may be lor the welfare of the city." The legislature and our Banks. The GrecnviM-? I'nfriof thug discourse!* upon the duties m.a .ccountability of our Banks, nud the necessity of some netion by the next Legislature to corrcct the abuses of the present system : What will lie dono with the Banks by the Legislature, is n quei*ti<>u often nsked, but. hard to be answered. Their indebtedness to the State will be very considerable. The suspend ed hanks forfeit to the State five per cent, per month on all their bills in circulation. If | they arc made to pay this, and continue their | suspension any length of time, it. will l>e very ! hard on them." It will fill the State treasury i so full that there will lie no necessity for pnyintr any taxes at, all next year I I There is a very grave question f r the I.ngisi In tore to consider in relation to some of our i bank*. They have become mere shaving ma1 clinic*, brokers and usurers. Instead of lendI ing their money at lawful interest, they are . "?i iincrn imu iwcnty per cent! This should l?e stopped. '1'lie Imnks were chartered for the accommodation ol the country, nnd not to become shaving shops and broker's establishments. We have I too tiuiiiy hanks. The Presidents of ?ome of I them heve actually resided in New York! i There are others who have agencies all over I (.Icnrgia, Alabama nnd Mississippi, speculating i and shnving paper, and soiling exchanges. ! This in wrong, it is a frau'l on their charters and should he stopped by legislation. The i whole system of banking requires some reformation, and salutary checks to ho placed on i'.. By over-issuing, they inflate the prices of every thing, encourage speculation nnd abuse the credit system?then n panic comes, they curtail their discounts, prices fall, nnd all who are in debt are ruined. We are the friend of the banks and the credit system, but we do not. wish to see such blessings abused. There is reason ami moderation in all things, nnd the middle course is always the best. Extremes ! are always reprehensible, and we have endeavored to avoid the m through life in money matters well as in polities. 'i ho Elections. Washington, November 5. i Although no general conflicts ensued vester I d iy, the day wan marked liy 11 greater degree I of disorder "than was generally anticipated, and : characterized liy the most bitter political prei jndiees. In almost every word the minority of the voters were obstructed by the majority, but in only a few instances was the interference carried on to such an extent as to require the actual interposition of the police. The papers of this morning give only partial returns, but set. down llicks* majority at. O.OUft in the city of Baltimore. The whole American ticket is also elected. Harris in the 3d, and Davis in the 4th Congressional Districts, are elected by increased majorities. In the 8th, Kunkcl, Democrat, is probubly elcctcd over Hoffman, American. Baltimore, November 5?1. 30 p. in.?The returns nre being received very slowly. The vote of the city is not yet fully counted. In Baltimore county, th?;re is a Democratic j??in. Tilt return* from both ore too indefinite to give accurate figures. Ruturris from other parts of the Statu are incomplete nn<l indefinite. Returns throughout the State kIio\? a small Democratie gain. Hoffman, in the Fifth District, probably defeated. Nkw York, November 5.-^The Tribune of this morning concedes thnt*$fcl>eniocrnlic vote is about the same as that of the Inst election, while 100.000 abstained from voting. The Senate is probably Republican. IIou*c Demoj crntic. Trenton, November 5.?The Democrat# linve elected six out of eight Senators. The Senate will stand 15 Democrats to 6 Opposition. House SS opposition to 25 Democrats. Nkw Ori.kans, November 4.?The Democratic State ticket is elected. Taylor and Slidell, Democrats, nre re-elected to Congress; also Kustis, American. The other Legislature is Democratic. Milwackie, November 5.?Randall is undoubtedly elected by 5,000 majority. Tlx; Republicans have a majority in both branches of the Legislature. Boston, November 4.?Returns from 320 towns gives Ranks >0,000; Gardner 27,000; Reach 30,000. The Senate thus stands 31 Republicans. 1 American nnd 4 Democrats; House 146 Rennblioiuia 39 Amori,.nn. >...! m Democrats. [From the* Carolina Times'.] Kansas Matters. Xkw York. Nov. 0.?The last return* from all the counties of Kansac, l>ut two, give Parrott, (F. S..) ft>r Congress. 7,6'2I votes, to 3.624 for Ransom, (Dem.) Had the returns from Johnnnn and SlcOee counties not been rejected, ilunsoin would lia ve had 2,800 more votes. In the Senate there are 14 Free Soilers to 4 Deino crats. and in the House, 25 Free Soilers to 9 Democrat*. The Constitutional Convention proceeded to business on the 27th ultimo. Various portions of the Constitution h.-id been adopted, including a clause prohibiting the ingress of Free Negroes. There will be a spirited <lis<:ussioit on tbe report of the cotr?:r?iticc oji slavery and on the I fjui'tiioii oi mumming tiie constitution to tlie poople. Some of tlie members are opposed to submission in any form, while othcrf furor the submission with restrictions. The majority, however, fuvor a submission to the whole people, with the provision for circling the State otlicors and the legislation at the Maine time, so as to set th? State government in operation at once. A letter from Liverpool says : "There is to he a convention here on Saturday next to vindicate Wolker. The governor is ,npt' ttaj-ing in Lecompton now, but is one and aniilf miles out on Station's claim. Mr. I'urrott has been here and received his certificate. There is a very strong force of troops here now. Sumner's command, consisting of three hundred cavalry, is stationed lure. We have also a company of artillern^from Lawrence." "Wasiiisoton, November 6.?Tho President has proclaimed the binding force of the treaty between the United States and Peru, concluded on tho basis that "free ships make free goods, nu vue property 01 neutrals on board enemy's vessels is not subject to detention or confiscation unless the inme he contraband of war." The contrasting parties engnge to npply these prin- i ciples to the commerce and navigation of nil such powers and States na shall consent to adopt them as permanent and immutable. The Government's financial prospects having ! improved, it is now thought that a loan will be unnecessary. A tax on tea or coffee had not been contemplated. WAS1IIXOTON. November 5?General Walkef, in a letter addressed to tbe Secretary of State, says that so far as any violation on his part of the acta of Congress is coucerned, he denies the charge with scorn and indignation, and will not so far forget his duty ns an officer of 41 luoia^un <19 w tiuiuio me IHW5 OI 111 a Ull Ilea State* while enjoj-iiig hospitali ty with iU liraits. A* the military organization is abandoned, 2,600 men from various Southern States have enrolled us emigrant* to Nicaragua. New Yobk, November 10.?Sales of cotton to day 700 bales, at firm and advancing rate*? upland* 13} to 14 cent* Breadstuff* firm. N*w Tons, November 9.?The Evening Post says that Oeb. Walker sail* tFfis'Week from New nrio?m.^? ?? ? w. twaunr, anu plenty of proviaiona and ammunition. Col. Dunmd, of the army, commands (he artillery. WXaoncoro*, November 9.?Coat* Rica aenda apieial amb aasador to out- government, to trsat on Uie aubjeot of Ui? Nicaragua Tranalt Rout*. OtfLV A*rn Siltk* in the Woru).?Tho prodoe to of the California miner* tbe Inataix year* are nut dovn at- $443,091,000; thoae.of Anaif alia, aluoe tboir diacovery, at $296,818,000 ; orf789,904,000 in all?an increaa* of about vo? tiiifd, aooonding to .the beat atatlatfeal writer* on the valmj of pt^dous taetafiknown In IMQ. Tha total value 6t gold m4 aiivar la 1 nrtf :ji,i " . If* ;:?< . -> -.y ? .* [for the ini>ki'es1>lst l'rksh.i Mt. Edilttr :?In j'uur lust week's issue there ^ appeared a low scurrillous communication pro- J (easing to liuvo been written by a Htudent from Abbeville, ill which decency and good s taste are outraged, and w? distinctly avow ? that we do not appear at the bar of public ^ opinion where \Ve have been dragged by this , young man, nnd held up to public acorn and li contempt, to answer the billingsgate portion 1 of his communication. With his manners nnd breedi ng wc have nothing to do ; we leave j them for his pnrents at home and teachers in Columbia to mend. I" iIK* question is, (liil the Grand Jury trans- r ccnd their hounds in tlieir presentment ? Not J. being lawyers do not know; but one tiling we ( do know, we bud the authority of tlie Judge J I for what we did. * In conclusion we ndvise the voting man to x appear ?t the next court of appeals and instruct f tho Judges in this matter. i ONK OK TIIE Jtnr. November lO, 1857. [Von TilK I.NltKI'KNI>KNT rilESS.] Highest Prices. * It is not uncommon to meet witli articles in 1 our District papers with tho caption, "high ! prices," over u notice of some estate sale, Ac., c I but we think in this cr.se, it might be highest ' I prices. At a t*ale in the upper part of Abbe- J j .ville District, made on the fitli an<l Oth inst., of ^ the Personal Kstate of Mrs. Nancy Shirley, I deceased. on a credit of twelve mouths, C?j?t. ? F. 1'. llobinson, Auctioneer, ten Negroes 1 brought the following print*, ami bought by , legatee*, but run up by disconnected bidders: ( Murinh ami chihl, ages. 24 j'ears ami 4 years, ! $1,430; Sol 5.1 years', Mint 42 years ami child , 4 years. $1,700; Kliza 22 yeais, $1,430; David I 17 year#, J 1,455; Sally 13 years, $1,230; Lou- ' isa 8 year*, $915 ; Albert 0 yearn, $'J10?aggregate $'.?,070?average $'.?(>7 00. I JAMES II. IIADDON, Clerk. [ron tiik ini>r.pkndkst press.] A Serious Question. Is there anything that materially distinguish- esmnu from the Deity, as much as his aonstant necessity of labor to produce and re-produce ' ! Whether it be to supply his natural wants, or : those that his mere social relations call fur ; not '| | only those that belong to his condition of hu ( | manity, but those that artificial toeiely and I . luxury have imposed upon him ; and he is im| peratively required to produce, not only c< rn ' an 1 meat, but si.k , dyes, designs, n acliiu :f, A'., ?te. God has made all things once, and then rested forever. When and where that point of de- ' parturc was. as to time ami space, tlie finite ' mind of innn, has never been able to fathom, nor is nble to comprehend. For God has ncith- , cr beginning nor ending, ntid a thousand years to him ore ub h dn}-, and n day, as a thousand years. The centre of his creation is every where, .and the circumference nowhere. He , hns created once, and that once hn? heon ever sufficed to iUelf, nn 1 to its pcrpctui'.y, and to all this creation. Hence from thin constant return of things to tho same condition, the same t j reeurrcnce, and consistency, and constancy of 1 events, the self-evident laws of all natural things or of nature are deducted. The great architect who created anil constructed this universe, has made and established that all things should live of itself, die and renew itself; and every thing is arranged in such orderly and | harmonious manner, that onco done, it did not ] need his further attention. The life or death of animals and vegetables is a mere transition ; a passage from one con- j . dition to nnothcr life, or existence. ( A- thing | docs not perinh because it loses its present form 1 i and being ; but it only disappears tlint another c existence may- take its place, in its turn ; and t do rolls on tills universe; and so all things r move on in n perpetual circle of creations, ever f frei?h and ever new. In this act. of the Deily, I behold the greatest power and wisdom; in}' mind can see nothing more simple, grander, more harmonious, beautiful, just and infallible. Ilut man is condemned to labor every day, to produce any result, < and not only once, but continually, incessant- ' ly, nt every return of seasons; and no generation lias been exempt from this universal law of labor. I Man shall gain bis bread by the sweat of bis brow. Let a farmer or a wine-dresser neglect his ground and place for a few months; and what will bo the consequence? his fences will l.? ? l.:- --=? ?--??-? ? ... ? - ii?? nn-t.-vi/uinw win ue mica ; u liis ditches lirokcn ; his land cut lip into ggjlies; liis fruit-trees will bo covered with parasite mojs ; his vines clionked and over-run with * may-pops nnd weeds, tlie enne, crabb nnd other grasacs nnd wilil weeds will reign su- j' proms, invndo the whole surface, nnd choke (! every useful plnut. Those herbs that your in- 1 dustry had kept down, now triumphant, nnd your pliico is a complete wilderness. There is nothing, eternal, good, perfect- or grand, except God ; and ns to mnn, the hand on the sign-post of the cross-roads of life, points indubitably to the grave. J. TOGNO. I Montcvino, Xov. 6th, 1867. Imports ok Specif.?The ?niount of specie brought from Europe, Cuba, Mexico and Cali- 1 fortiiu to New York, St. Louis and New Orleans 1 during October, is down at $7,451,195. The f New York Herald in stafinR this fact adds : To this sum should lie added certificates of y deposit received by the Persian to the nmount ' of over a million of dollars, which cerliflcates . are as good as, nnd in a more convenient form ^ than specie iJself, because remittancea to Eu- * gland can be made by means of them. Out of J the^e monthly cosh receipts of seven and a half * millions of dollars we have not actually sent K out of the country more than a mere trifle? sny two or three hundred thousand dollars?so that the first of November sees us richer by At least seven millions of dollars in specie than we were on tho first of October.?Thi? may C seem extraordinary of the depression in trade, d but the fact is nevertheless so.?Though titnes It are hard specie is plenty. 4 Foreign Iitportance.?The imports of foreign goods at New York for the month of Octcn ber wtl?thow about $3,000,000 less than Oet?R b-r, 1856, and the exports of produoe and miscellaneous articles (Si, 500,000 more. The loss 01 epecio uy export, I Mi, and the income of specie from abrOad $*2,000,000 more exclusive of California. ? I Philadelphia, November 6.?Some excite- tl ment was manifested here to-day, by a gang of V about twelve armed men parading the streets tl with banner* bearing the inscription, "We will d protect the Poor," and a loaf of breud pictured t? on it. They wer? dispersed by tie poiico and ( their guns captured. Small Notes.?Mississippi is to be added to w tha HU of State* which nave prohibited "the al circulation of bank notes of a lees denomittatSiu* iftiAn 4i ?1nlUW A lam /? il? went ioto operation the first day of November. y< Tbi^eppliee to the fortigu Bank notee, m tbor? fn is no bank of iwne in MUaisaippL ' Iks Popular ?)* or Eama*.?Tbo late rot? ti in Kenuis will range between 16,000 niid 80,01(0, ? indicating populatioo*aot much beldw 100,000. Q< TW? M constantly increasing by overland arri? V vale. The Lawrence Herald of freedom taya Ci Out the road* are covered with the wagon* ef s ^ * ? ? * Brown low ok iiik Fvoitive Pi.ae* I.aw.?? 'ho Madison American myt: The following, rom Ilrownlow'a letter to the Anti-Slaver^ itnndnrd, is n strong way of putting thu case : I'oiil actually nppn-lmnilvd a fugitive lave, nnd scut him lmck to his lawful owner in?l curly master. And tln? "Angrlof the Lord, on one occasion positively served in the uptieily of a United States Miirshul, nud nsoiseu in nrresting the fugitive slave Hugar, who lad escaped from her tnutrci* Sarah, and rourned her to her hiwful owner I" A S.tkamuoat Nkwspai'ek.?Among other nnoviit.iotw - .. ...vii me iiiiiinuiotli steamer Sreut Kiistern is about to inaugurate, will be ho publication of a daily newspaper on boara or the bone fit of tlic travelling pubile?the egulnr "public" of tarvcllers?whom she may >o bearing neross the ocean. Hut tbis startling Mature is anticipated on the western water* of lie New World , for tbo New Orleans and St. >onU packet steamer .Inrues IS. Woodruff now nils equipped with the force niul material for be publieation of a regular daily paper on oard during her trips up and down tbo iver, with a job office attached for the printng of bills of fare and other work. " nirr, " Mrs. rKK.MliAI.tA ww.,3v..l ?. ... i iinith departed this life, on the morning of November 1st., in the liftv-fourtli von. ?r J v..?. v? mr ii 11?-r illness was short. The day before her leutli, she witnessed the interment of one of ier ng<'d friends ; returned home, laboring unl. r a slight indisposition, retired nt her usual iour, and when nioruing came, was found so' leriously ill, that tier physician was cent for,nit ere be arrived, her spirit had fled, and lictr jody had pnsse I into that aleep which knows 10 waking. For the past twbnty-five years, she has been i pious and c-jiisistciit ineniber of the Baptist 'linrch. and enjoyed the love, confidence and steem of nil who knew her. She Jeavcs a huiiand and a son, (l>v ? former marriage,) and mineroiii) relative* to mourn her loss. She is ost to 1 friends", but rests from her labors. I'limi .... gone, but we will not deplore the?. <i-J .1 - <> ?.- ouu ?us my ransom, thy guardian and guide, le gave tli*-e ; he took tlyye; and ho will restore tlieo. And death lias no sting, for tho Saviour has died." T. coxsi? ? The following persons have freight in the Depot at Ahlieville:? Cohli Hunter <fc Co, Branch ?fc Allen, A M >niitli. T C Sp'HT, II S Cn^ou, J Anderson, J ?fc I J White, A W T.ague, II Russell. J W >awf?rd, II T lVrrin, .1 L Ilowel, II Tilinan, I W Lhwbihi. .1 ?t N Knox, II A Jones, llobt kVardlaxv, 11 E tluines, \V I> Mars. >' I). II. HUNDLEY, Ag't niKKirrs. ABBKY11.L1C, Nov .12.?About 100 ,balM las changed limits since our last issue. W* juote from 10} to 11 J ecnts. . HAMBURG, Nov. 0.?Prices hive advanced, likewise tlie receipts within the past week. We quctc now ll>i to 12$. K. COLUMBIA, November 10,1857?There snmc small lots of cotton sold yesterday, in all something over 100 hales, at an advance of $ rent on last week's quotations; fair cotton was freely taken at 12 cents. * C'iiaislewon, November in.?Sales of eotton to day 1,900 hale*, 1,400 of which were at 12} Lo 1H cents. Prices full. Other Southern markets active and advaneSOUTH CAROLINA, A1IBEVIM.H DISTRICT.?tin* EQUITY. James Shirlcj*, ) ^ vs. J Partition of Land, licnjamiu Shirley, ) and others. f PURSUANT u. order. I will ?<?lt at public outcry at Abbeville C. II., on Sille-day in Dcecraber next, the Ileal lvitnto ofNancy Shir-' ey, deceased, collinining Three Hundred and I'liirty Acres', mure or less, bounded by^ lund a >f .li?lin MoLimi', J. II. Wilson, and t*thers TKRMS?A credit, of twelve months with irtercst from date. Purchasers to give bond withit. least two good sureties, pay the eostit in cash md pav for papery. W.M. II. PARKER, C. E. Ai D. Commissioner's Otftee, ) Nov. 2 1607?V. J 23 tds. m. * ?' ? - * * ? j*? ncrr'9 uruci^ry 9iore? Eaains, Preserves, Cheese. ,~y j BOXES Malaga Basins, w TT 20 do. ? English Dairy Cheese, 0 cases Preserves, (assorted.) 4 do. Brandy Fruits, do. Sugar, Coffee, Molasses. 10 BBLS. C. Yellow Sugar, 20 Baga choice Bio and Java Coffee, 10 Bbla. prime cheap Molasses. 1 11 lid. do. do. dov Tobacco and Segars. i,000 Segarg. best Brands, A lot of choice Chcwing.Tobncco'. Bacon and Lard. ,000 Lbs. choice Bacon Sido?, " r-+ 200 lbs. choice Leaf Lnrd. * 4Tliere has been considerable decline in all of lie above goods, and the public arc invited tolive me a call, and they will find that casU A'ill buy bargains. tt c rfnn Nov. 12, 67. 28 ife . 8C " "valuable^ property^ ; EXECUTOR'S SAL J?. * and, Negroes, Thorough-Bred Horses, Cattle; Hog&, &e, WILL be sol?l on tlio 2-lth day of ICorembcr next, nt the lute residence WJL t. SMITH, drceftst-d, in Lnnrens District tfiy U>nl nnd l'enjonal restate of said deceased,-^ ullows: i,GOO Acre* or Land, lold in four or more tract*, pints of which will >o exhibited on tlie day of sale-; or any onft lesirons of examining this lanci, A. M. Smith, xccutor, will take pleasure in eU?fing hem over it 0117 time before the t lies principally on the* pallida Hirer, %^d % .. ood portion is h no Bottom Land. TWENTY-SIX NEGROES^ FINE 8Tfl(BK OF . . HORSES, BR00D-MARK8y MVLB3, tattle, Hoga, (superior lot) Sheep, Corn, Fodder. Cotton, Carriage, buggy. Wagons Houh* old and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Toolsj io.. Ao. Tebms raadeknown on day of iafe. A. M. SMlTlI, Ej'or. Nov. 12,61. . 28 COMMISSIONER'S SAZJEL A. M. Smith vs. Huxel Smith, et* aL PURSUANT to an order -of the 'Coprt of" Equity, in tbo above caaeu I will a*]) on lie 23d of November, at the late residence of" r<n. R. Smith,"deooa*o'l1 in Laurens. District* le Real and Personal Estate of Robert Smith, ^centod, caiuistidg of a Tract of Land contilling ubout tuattd in Laurent District, a pi At ofVkrbtof? 111 bo exhibited on day of mIo', togfcthferMWitk jont X Twrenty-geVaa He?>wi>t... t - TERMS QF 3ALE.?Credit. of <Jn* l+A ?r>ra, in tyo equal annual insttffifjfftitat "WlA tere?t otlnMeh instalment from tfay jrohaser* required togiv# Bon* with *t tffct rog6od?oretie? tacecUK the ftoh>\au*nmifc. -Th? parcfliktc or Uie t*nd *riH b?fbrtb?r ft? <Sim~ M < ' '' ' "2 ii'' jfcl?9 ' ' " >?' * * ^