The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, November 13, 1857, Image 2
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.
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| 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
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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\/
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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.
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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 '
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