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Tho'Williamitbn Springs. The following letter fron a correspondent of tho Guardian, in reference to this well ' known watering plate, will bo interesting to iuaQJ.of<ijir renders. We ore glad to see that ilX?MSoJiUiern public nro beginning to appreI ctate the attracti'oile' of their own watering I places. In ni'.tViral advantages, thej will com' par? wjtli atiybn the continent, and wlinn ?n ^ tliese are addod all the comforts, conveniences nndjuxurios, which tlfp riioat liberal and cost]y expemlu^irc oa^p^oeuro, they merit geneTfie PoiiticnTmeeting'on. Thursday the Gth 9 inst.'and Ihb inducements offered by the Rail' ro^d ln\bo'way <?f,-,'?xcuh;ivi) tickets, will no do\ibVatttafai & largo-company during the pros ?ot ^re?k:\ .* ^ C.r July 28, 1858. 0 JfetOriL :-^hft$king that it might, 'p^er^pB.-bo'iuierosting'. ttl i'Wnie of youf ntimeh 'r6Ua rehdeft, to hear ftoin-fhi? pleasant and J ^popular watiBr{ng'^U.4c?rr-tj>?? truly Saratoga bf.ibie ?rfrc, T hnwerticluued with your perto'give sonic account %f it and oilier ' 'things. Well, to commence., let me say, that I arrived here on Monday, the 26th in.-t., and tnnL* IniliMMfT nf llm now nn.l Mnmm/nt. TT?11 * f^cfentiy erected l>v three enterprieirie and pnbli<wsjtxriled citizens of, Abbeville, viz: Messrs. EQoch'jfels'-n, II. T. Tustln. and Jno. G. Wilson. Tjicsc geullemen have, spared neither ^pninsrior expense in the erection and arrangei' nfent of their elegant Hotel,-?and I under^0T stand, that -their outlay'ha's already exceeded yjr^ $50,000. It is'truly an elegnnt. nnd well arranged Hotel, and is the largest framed building.in the up coantfy, if not in the State. The FuVultUre, such as Bedsteads, "Bnreaus, WashStand*, ?fcet. was manufactured, "out and out," by M. II. Berry,-of your City, and is another, of the lunny proofs, that^Columbia ean and does compete successfully with any other market. This Hotelis handsomely lighted through- | out with Easy manufactured on the spot. The planning, building, furnishing,"Ac . was 1 "fupei'hi tended .by that very elever and popu- 1 Iar gfeTJth-'nif.li, Col. l'i-A. Hoke, who is also the i eup'ermteftflent or manairer of the Hotel, and fa reference to his" qualifications, in the hit tor CaDUCttV. I am satisfied tlint I lint. r.>it?r. ^ ~ ?teThe opinion of all the guests when 1 sny, 'tiiAt'a belter' selection could not have been rbaile. Mr. ITustin, one of the proprietors, is tlpojiere, and devotes much of ilia time to- i wards prompting the comfort and enjoyment , of the guests. Mr. W. D. Harris, fornlerly of "the'Atnericnn Hotel and (Jongaree House, of our city, is the book-keeper, and enshier, nnd ' hll tolio know him will agree with mo in say- i ing, that he is just the mpn for the place. There are at this time, near two hundred portions at this Hotel, all of whom appear to be well satisfied with its inifnngetnent. A good many more are expected in ft day or two, but there is not likely to be any lack of room, as I there are aitiple accommodations for three hun- ! dred pnd fifty pcrsonajvand besides it afford* , me pleasure to state that Mr. 11. H. lludgens lias ricently erected and furnished a very noat, and pleasant Hotel, which is managed by himself. and his excellent Lad v. and wliifli iiao ^gpacitv to accommodate some fifty or sixty I * ' persons, 1 feel warrunted in string that ail , who stop with Mr. UuJgcns will go away well t>aiiafi%<1. A grtin<? demonstration of the Sons of Tern- i ^eratiee is to take place here to morrow, nnd addresses lire expected from many dintingni?hed members of the order It is therefore predicted that the Cold Water Army will besiege nud take possession o? this quiet and unsuspecting Village for one day, at least.?The pro- < prietors'of the Hotel,...have ifl their employ- j men.t, nn excellent Band of Music,- from Charleston, which "discourses sweet sounds," two or tlifee"times during the day, for the gratification of the visitors ; ..and euch evening soon after t'ek, their sweet and attractive note* niay be heaYd in the spacious nlnd commodious Ball ?'.-Rbom, which is the signal for the dance; v.-whereupon the bright eyed maidep*, and gal % J?at beaux assemble for"the purpose of "trip- I -* pTne ihv MoM. Muiauiic ioei-,?nrf many, *iw I *Ui. ^ 1 jw.u .u ?.? ticanuiui huu uinuceni - > r?ablfa8emea( are.eure to be*present ns speetar;4wr?i"v> d'^rell wishers. W-illiHmston is cjuite | '* Jia'udsome and flourishing Villago, with a permanent population of 800, It is situated ljiiKe North East corner of Anderson District, j on both sides of the Greenville and Columbia : Knllroad?1'2-t miles from Columbia, and 19 *"nafl?8*froin Greenville. It has three Churches. s yi?. Methodist, Baptist and Presbyiet-ian, and also a male aud female -Academy. Common Schools" The Pickens Courier gives an account of the proceedings of nn adjourned meeting of # the T^acherc of that District, held at the Court House on the 26 h ult., at which a coustitu- j lion was adopted for the Association. A very ii?> J '- ? ?? - - I (ivcncut auuicn >vub ueiivcreu uy Jir. U. L?. Hollingsworth, in vindicAtiou of the claims of t!l)C Common1 School system, and ito applieabilHy to that section. With refer^Bce to llio recent exliibition in Charle&op, on the 4th of July,. And iUi com. plete success, the Chcraw Gazrttc enys : "We do not know when we have read any 8'o^itment that afforded us pqjnnch pleasure as ffie Report of the B6jird cf Common Schools in Charleston, road hy Col. C. (i. Memmiiiger, Cliainnnri. The reports of th'e lJoard of Visitois of the mHle and female departments, ami of the primary department, were equally interesting.?Tliese schools, we hfelieve; owe their origin and success almost entirely to the gigantic nud persevering exertions of .Mr. Meinminger. The Registers of these schools exhibit the i names of 1098 children under tuition. Of these i 901 are on the registry of the school in St. Phillip street. The whole cost of these schools fpr tlje yenr ending July 1st., has been $21,146 an average of the nnuual expense of each pupil $13.19, including books, nmps, Ac. The system of free instruction to all classes of society bus been adopted in these schools with the best results. If i; be possible, we shall at i un early day lay Air. ileuiniioger's report before eur readers, believing it to contain many . facts asuggestions of the gravest importance to ftll Having the charge of educating the masWe can see noSeason why our children ' jtfio'iald not'enjoy the benefits of such an iu-?truction as the Fretf School in St. Phillip street ut^lenst upon ci entail scale. Who can calculate the benefits of *ueh an instruction ? If the *hjp1e expense of the South Corolinn Col- 1 lege. > has IflSen declared by an eminent stater i jr mttii. tiki's compensated by. the education of Mc-1 Dijffie, might we fljoLfiaasonabl/ hopj that, the isfpall ?>udi ueoewai^W se'ciirc u??iiot>a school /jrbuld likewise^ com peosate'd by producing V ' # Hev.-B. M. Palmes. D. D.?The ^omf^esmUMot oemfon for the University of* Mississippi, * at Oxford, Mis*;, was preached on tfie 18th inst. by Re/ B?M. Palmer, D. Djfcftbe Virst Fres byt#rian Church, New Orleans, and lately of p>lQO|bia,^. C. Tlie Oxford Mercury says of Jp**- Pn6n <A??r*ot*rirtd, throughout ' . bKMpfcnor learning and erniocnt ability. , bad tbepleasui'edf listening H. w b o?# op i n ipn. we b^re Reard exptbued, ivMiufl ono OPCU0 Dent 'Ahey Imd P0V -The' Uit. xtpai *tiich>|? dii jpglm^^Pwas ^Qmth anjj #oberileat." Tha r^??r<ind |VDtl? t h m a in ^ ^ i^d ica t^i ci "w~ ' r"-'"w ^ .. .... . . . . '' THE INDEPENDENT PRESS 18 rUnLTOHEt) CVSRT FRIDAY ?COB><lIG ** t-tJB & WILSON. W. A. LfiE, - Editor. Individuals, like nation*, fail in nothing which tjuy boldly attempt, ic/ten Sustained by virtuous | purpose, aw*dctenninrd resolution.?IIkkby Clay " Witling to praise, yet not afraid to blame." I Terms?Two Dollars a Year, in Advance. ABBEVILLE C. H. FRIDAY, AUG. 0, 1858. Advertisements. We would call attention to the following ad- 1 vertisements found in our present issue, Mewrs. Wardlnw, Walker ?fc Co.. H. S.Kerr, R. II. Wardlnw & Son, J. T. rarks, A. M. Smith, Ac., ito. Ohangft of flohedQl*. By a recent cliangc of3chedule on tK'c Green- 1 ville it Colutnbin Railroad, the Dutcn Train leaves Green villi-, and all points on tlie Itoat,' 1 one hour earlier than the usual time. I Mr. Pickeus. The Taris correspondent of the National ( Kra, writes on the 2 till ??f June, snvs : "Mr. I'iokens, our new Minister to Russia is ( slill here, makin<r purchases for liis house at St. lVteisburg, for which place lie expects to leave ia the course of six or eight days." Firo In Columbia. AVo lonrn from tlic Columbia, f!1 n?n?r? I -r \ -" - / g?S ? that a lire occui red in that city on Friday ' night Inst, which destroyed the s.ish house and ' blacksmith shop of C. Beck, the livery stable, ( buggies, provender, Ac., of Greene ?fc Dniley, I 11 lid a stnuli stable adjoining. The l??sd ia cs- ' Liniated at $o.4o0, on which there was insur- ' ?tice to the amount of ?1 ,'J50, making a clear loss of 4, LOU. * Pino Cotton. f Wo have received a cotton stalk from Mr. i John Rolater, who lives in our vicinity, liav- j ng ninety four equnres or forms on it. The , 'talk was live feet nine indicts in liiglit. He j informs us that he has little raoro than an ; ?cre that will bear nn average with the above < ncntioncd stalk. We call that good cotton. Pendleton Mctscngcr. Georgia Banks. i , Governor Brown, of Georgia, ha* issued a | I proclamation in relation to the Banks of that j > State, in which he designates as delinquent a j ' majority of those, which liave not complied, in i j making tlieir last semi-annual returns, with I t that provision of the Georgia bank act requir- i 1 ing their officers to make oath that they have I j not violated the provisions of that act. The , Treasurer of the Stale is instructed to refuse t their bills in any payment duo to the State or 1 to the Central Bank, until they shall liavo com- J plied with the provisions of the act of 1857. s Saleday. 1 There was quite a large attendance of the ( citizens of the District, at the Village, on last j 3altday ; especially for August, when, as there are but few Sheriff Sales, and no pressing no < cessity, upon debtors to be present, the num- ] ber of visitors is usually small. It was a lei- 1 sure time however ;.the crops had been laid ] by, and we euppdse that many of our citizens ( were desirous of seeing the ravages of the late i fire in ouf Vj age. They found the faco of : tilings coiiflulevuoiy changed ; unsightly ruins instead of the commodioua stores nnd dwellings | which once greeted'the view. This however, . will be a mere temporary blemish ; and the private loss will euure -to the public good. Handsome structures will again occupy the now vacant sites, and Abbeville will rise like | the Phoenix from the ashes of iU decay, in ' youthful vigor and beauty. Our host of the'Marshall House, had f>is usual throng of visitors, for each and nil of whom he had a cordial greeting and hospitable welcome. About 80 persons, besides the regular. uoaruers enjoyeu ms pooo a inner, on uie occasion. In spite of tHe "block tongue," Iio manages to provide a bountiful table, and with the aid of tlie feathered tribes, and tho fleecy flocks, and the varied store of Summer fruit and vegetables, he furnishes n choice variety of the most appetising viands. To such of our friends, who have no experience of the various luxuries of his table, wo would commend them in tho futurq. An attractive feature of the day, was a sight, of tho remarkably flue horses, which wero offered for sale by Meesrs. J. K. <fc J. II. Vance, of our District, and which as they gaily dashed through our streets excited the admiration of all. They were part of a drove which thoy have recently brought on from Kentucky, and which was pronouuced hy competent judges to be the finest that ever left that State. The}' were of every variety ofutylc and gait; gentle paccss for the eaddle, fast trotters for single draught, and superb matches for the enrriage. ?Abbeville boasU many a fino equipage and handsome pair ; and with the general capacity of our citizens to appreciate the points of a good borne, wo suppose that Messrs. Vance will find a ready sale for tlieir stock in our midst. *> ?: ? m Important Deoinlon. Judge Lumpkin of Georgia, has recently an opinion, involving an cmaucipation clause in a will in a case of this kind : A. the testator, had made a will, in which lie bequeathed, cerUtiii negroes for .life" to B. After the aenth ofB. the negToea were to be fr^e and carriedXo .a free State or to Liberia. The court decided that this clause in tU|r will was void under our emancipation ao?o? that 1 the negroes were free eo inntanti the termination of the life estate in Georgia, . ami', as a 1 matter Of count, conti-arv to thn unit-it. atul policy of our luws in relation to emancipating 1 alaveo. The learned Judge took occasion, in delivering tlie opinjpn of the court, to say that his views had undergone a chauge in regard to the scheme of African .-colonization?that he had been a warm advocate of the purpose ' of that Society?he' had Written and spoken in favor of it?had given money to it in times past; but be was now satisfied he had erred, and convinced that the negroea were better 1 off here?that emigration and freedom were ju- ; jfiriou* rather (ban beneficial to them, and thjit the colonisation scheme it^gf was- not' only > failure, but a swindle. TH^J^IWR THAT WEAB? TH* Crown."?The FariB correspondent of tfal Nojrth AowriAan, in a recent JeUer, uj?; 'The Emperor hao certainly "eged" Tery i-*picLk *au sensibly djnrioij tlie hut four of fi va uaontb^ JjLh*a ?n opportunity of dbitfrve^paaVSC^ The Bible Convention. This body adjourned ou Friday hast, after ] very interesting session to rueelTignin nt York- c ville, on the 1st Tuesday in Augiist r859. There c was a larger attendance than on any previous t occasion, numbering aliout sixty Delegates; \ ttnd the proceedings were chutdcterizcd by n greatzenl and a cordial oo operation in furth- a ering'tlie "objects of the Association. During o the progress of the meeting, there tirose sevc- r ral very interesting discussions, in which cler c gyir.en and laymen generally participated. Oe- ? casionally the gravity of the argument would <1 be enlivened with n spice of humor. The ob- I Bt-ure penmanship of some of the Reports and . Resolutions, would at times puzzle - tlio practised skill of tlie Secretaries, nnd finally led to A the suggestion of the .propriety of Bending a ' teacher of penmanship throughout the State, c to co operate, with the Bible movement. Tbe Rer. Mr. McNeil, one of the Correspon- ' ding Secretaries of the American Bible Society, | was present, aud made several interesting ad- I dresses before the Convention, on the doiiw-s- < tic and foreign operations of tlio Society. He also on Friday night, delivered a very elubo- ( rote ami excellent sermon, to a large and at- r tentivc audience, in the I'rcsbj terian Uhurch. I ? He ia a very active and efficient officer, and pe- ! 1 ruliarly fitted fur the post, which lie occiiplcs. j ( EIo is a North C'an.linian by birth, and tlior- ; unghly identified With tlic South in interest I ind feeling. j ? Before the adjournment', Resolutions were ! ! n pamed returning the thnnk* of the Convention, ( to Chnueellor Johnston, for the ability and | f :ourto?y, with whieh he had presided over its ! B leliberations ; to the various Railroad com- | patiicjsfor their liberality in griinting return jekets for one fare; tuid to the citizens of jeville for their generous hospitality. JHBS$r It was resolved to publish the jouraal ofnjHI Convention, in pamphlet form. 'j c We had the pleasure during the meeting, of j i orming the acquaintance of our coufrcrc, Sir. s \. A. Gilbert, tlie Senior editor of the Sump- I er Watchman ; who was one of tlie Secreta- ti ies of the Convention and to whose graphic t )cn, our renders are indebted for the following nteresting letter, written for the Southern I juardiati : 1 Auiilville, C. II., S. C., July 29. t Gtnllimen :?Having as a Delegate attend- o m1 the recent Convention of the Ilible Socie- ? ies of South Carolina, assembled at this place, i have thought n brief synopsis of the most mportant features of the Convention might jrove interesting to your reader. a The natural promptings of a grateful heart t, ndtice ine, in t:?e outset, to allude, briefly, to .he enlarged and generous hospitality of the ntizens of this place. It ?nt may privilege 1 0 he the guest of Dr. J. J. Wardlaw. a brother < >f the learned and distinguished Chancellor j ind Judge, of thut name. The Dr. is one of i 1 t T ?. If 1 - f ' .? * * I H ne iiiosi. prominent, euiimuuieS. lor me l.egisin- I lire from this District, a gentleman of letter* | Q ind refinement, and, one who cannot fail to do j ij lonor to liis State in the capacity iifu I*epr?v t tentative. Tlie remcmbcrance of my brief ho- . nurn under his roof will ever imparl pleasurable rceollcctions. The members, ail of the Convention, speak in the warmest terms of n he kindness and attention received ut the n mnda of the citizcns generally. I Tlie Convention having assembled, IIou T. I Perrin, the able President ?if the Greenville ' [toad, was called to the chair, and Jas. M. Per- I in, Esq., appointed temporary secretary. f The uamea of Delegates were then enrolled, numbering about sixty, amoti? whom were | Ch^jcellnr Johnston, Judge \Vardlaw, and i 1 many of the prominent and distinguished citi- I I tens and Clergymen of the State. I j Tim meirtbfii, (Tcwnt from Columbia wnre ! Rev. W. Martin, and G. II. Coit : those from I 1 Clarendon, J. M. MuFuddin, S. M. Plauden and 1 J. D. Kelly, aud those from Sumter, Cnpt. J. s E, Witherspoon, W. J. Durant, W. EL Dick and A. A. Gilbert. . A committee, consisting of Maj. II. J. Jones, Re vs. E. A. Boiled, E. Cater and J. S. K. Le- < garc were appointed to nominate permanent * officers. This committee reported to the C?'?* 1 vcntion as follows : President, Chancellor J. Johnston. Vice Presidents, Rev. B. Johnson and G. II. 1 Round. ] Secretaries, J. J. Bonner and A. A. Gilbert Toe report wns unanimously adopted, und ! the officers elect, took their soils. Upon the motion of Col. J. P. Hoyt, of Laurens, a business Committee, consisting of the mover. Rev. E. Cuter, J. M. Perrin, Esq., Rev. ( Mr. Legnre, Rev. Mr. Martin, S. M. Stevenson aud R. J. Adams, was appointed. This com- ' mittee reported, when reports from numerous ' Bible Societies in various portions of the State I were made and received. I , Mucli of interest, in tho work of so large and intelligent a committee, must necessarily be ' passed over, in a hasty letter, such as this. Rev. E. A. Bolles, Agent of the American I Bible Society, read an ablo and most interest- , ing report in regard to his labors during the past year, and the condition and prospects of 1 the Bible work in this State. The report wo* ' warmly received and highly appreciated by | the Convention. It was referred to the business Committee, which reported a resolution j complimentary to Mr. Bolles, expressive of the ; ' sj,'hiputhy mid esteem of the Convention for I I him, and of its hearty endorsement of him. Tho | vote upon this resolution, by special motion, j, prompted by respect to Mr. Holies, was uikeu " by tbe riding of members, And was unanimous. ' Mr. B. bus certainly been distinguished by an ex- 1 traordinary devotion of bead mid heart to tbe 1 (Treat work ill which he is engaged, and is worthy to be taken closely to the bosom of every lover of the Bible and morality. Among tlio resolutions reported from the business Committee and adopted were the fol- | lowing : Jiftolved, That, each member of the Conven- . lion go homo with increased resolves to work more extendedly. more thoroughly and more vigorously in the distribution of Ood's Holy \ Word among tlio destitute than lie has ever , done before, until it ahull not bo said that he b;tft a neighbor who is destitute intliis respect. 1 Retolvcd, That this Couventiou feels deeply ' interested iu the rceent effort* made fop?tlie * inlpPoVtlH?Bt;of^QmtiiT)uvScliflol(i, and would t reapeotfaTl^^'couiinen J that cure be taken to rehder-ftidHrfedge of the Bible an essential 1 part of^ecRnnSion- iqlill-school^. i As the'open Bible Is-the foundation of our t fooial a^i'd religious liberties find, as in the c Providence of God n large number of einigrifhta and their ohildren ord* found in our r country, to whom the Bible is not an open 1 hook../roin th? nreiudieen of birth ind rAnr-m.' . tion. and as inasmuch ss tbeir solvation and j the welfare of every interest of the country re* quire them to bo made acquainted with the teachings of revealed truth, therefore be it < Rttolved, TTjiftt we **we?tly recommend to ] our local socicties^o make kind, judicious nod strenuous effortaAo' pla'c6 a copy Of the Sacred Scripture in the uauda of destitute foreigners in their vicinity, and. in a large-h?rrtea bensvoienoe, aid the work of the distribution of the Bible among the destitute foreigners in other parts of our republio, It VM tlio ratolved that thp ladies be requested to nMtstiji the Work of Bible dittribuIntereoUng And 1e*roed addresses were mad* quia Ttt** Senator Hammond's Specoh. < We have rend Witli much iiitorcst the report t ? f the able speeth'of Seri'atbr Hammond, re- y eotly delivered at the Beech Island celebra- t ion. It preseuU a calm abd statesmanlike re- 1 'iew of (lie varidbs political'issues which are i iow before the countr}-, o? which were the t uhjects of discussion, during the Inst Session 1 if Congress the Kansas Nebraska ftill, llie 'i clutions between (lie North ai)d Sduth, the in- I reuse of the Army and Navy, the question of i ilnvery ?fce. The following are tlie positions i 'f the Address on the relations between the t forth and South as stated by tho Churlestou 1 Mercury : t 1. That if we were well out of the Union, I villi our constitution mid political institutions , established and ackno pledged, the South rould be more prosperous than she is now, ?r seems likely to tin in the Union. 1 2. That we are not likely to dissolve the * Jiiiou until foino very .substantial issue 10 ?' nude, viz: tlic North ruling ua by n confirmed lectioual mnjority, or a renewal of the InrifT, junks, ?ko., or direct tampering with our slaves be. 3. That we have nlread}' achieved great-vieories over tho North, and that if we would initu and stand firmly, watchfully, with , our l ins iti order, on tho const inn ion, truth, juaioe, and our rights, with the ajlcnialive of a liesolution, there is reason to f^l confident hat we cannot oiuy sustain onreeR-es in the Jnion, but conLiw the country, and through t, the world. 4. Thut the South should review minutely < inalytically the ground of the prevalent opiu- , mi that we want expansion of slave territory, ( nit! should al.-o ascertain whether the thing ic possible for the South with our limited sup- 1 >ly of slave*, which this senator intimated he is i ivoine to increasing by re opening the wlare ' * ' iinprnc[koh tim iniikphsoent i'hess J It 4 Sketches of Louisiana and Missis.sippi. V ! Dear Lee.?We have explored a good deal ofV ountry in Louisiana during the present grow-jB up crop.*, una uiit.King (lint it might be oil ume benefit to at lcnst n few of your enbscri>ers, who in the future nifty wish to look out u | icw country, wc will attempt ft short deaeiip- . i iou of it. Winn Parish chimed the tno<t of our alien- j i ion ; it lieu east of Niichitoehes, on Red Uiver, j | let ween lied river anil Little river, and con- j I nins l,l)5C ^quaie miles. Tli-i greater portion i i f tlie land rcmoinb vacant, hut id fast settling p. The principal pnrt of the upland is cover" d entirely with,pine timber, which id generaly* veij* fine. Tkis "piny wood" soil is not at II to be compared to thut in Eastern counrioB. It is of ^sandy nature, but is ns fine nd lively as tie low lands, and produces 800 o 2,000 pounds of cotton. Tho low grounds, >11 the creeks aud bayous, form n considerable luruun u? nits country ; tne sou is nliuvial, | tid is almost "to fitthntif yiratiefcle it -with straw, it lnuqlis w ilVj a harvest." This low round, with fair seasons, produces fioni 1,20(1 o 3,000 pounds of eotto\j per aere. This sepion is core adapted to Uie cultivation of ^pt- j on tlinn grain ; 25 bu6hds of corn per acre iB j good average crop on uplands. It requires j bout oue-liaif the labor to cultivato these i unds that it Joes the old Iaad of your country, j t is true that there are a great deal of poor i ande, bntthfj prove of immense value to the uriner for a good range, for horses, cattle, heep and liogj. The only attention to cattle s to keep theu tame and mark and brand ' hem. The forests abound with wild animal?, 'roiil u bear dawn to ? bed-bug ; it may seem strange to that the latter o?*ljj?se inhabit .he foreets oft he west, but uo less true than itrango. Caldwell, Gitahoola on'd the eastern parts of Rapides are pretty much the same kind of sountry as tint of Winn. The facilities affordjd for tho transportation of produce to mar tet is within the reueh of every one who set lea in this cointry. They con scarcely get j ' nore llian 20 <r 30 utiles from some landing uu 1 lied river, Litt-e river or Washita river. There 1 ure great openings to nctive and enterprising i 1 men in eveiy department of business. If pi-o- 1 |>le would hitio) and use the same economy 1 here that the Whoring class do in CaroliniTahd Georgia, it woild be easier to make a fortune In such n couutiy as this than it is to acquire a living there. 1o give j'ou an idea of what can \te done ou bottom laud the first jear it is :!eared and theainount of labor expended in :u)tivation, we will notice a fluid of corn IL' I VIS* 11 ttfa aauf lluf n?oa nannltt *ma AT ler the land wa? cleared and feuced, a furrow was run and the corn dropped , and two furrows ruu on enc!i side, which inade five furrows to cach rov of corn. This was all the plowing it received ; a few times running over with the hoe, sufficed its cultivation. Its yield per acre will be no lees than 25 or SO bushels [lor'ncre, for Ikatfirnt year. There are thoisunds of dollars made every year by collectiig-pino nots in those extensive pineries which lie adjacent to the navigable aire ii ms. 1 ney arc aoi.i to sicntnuoawinon all from $2.50 to $4.00 a cord. Square timbura and ship *,|?ires arc also articles of extensive trade.?The graduation prices of land are from 25 cts. to 75 cts. por acre. These prices are for the exclusivobenefit of the actual sottler. I n ml Kitlnrurinrr Irk I tut of /1nnat<i^ fun tlir. benefit of levies ifec., is worth $1.00 per acre. The streams are as full of fish as they apparently can he ; \?hen they bito well it is too much lubor to take thein off your hook to make it a pleasant recreative enjoyment. We linvo seen tnore bee-hives and honey in two week* in that country than wo have seen iu he last six year*. From twenty to sixty gums iround one industrious farmer's yard is not an incommon right.?'Tlier<r is no scarcity of deer. .urxcys, wotxes, wuneais ?kc.? mo saismanlor which is a begttiful little animal, though nore niischiovou^ tiiaft boaut iful, is to. bo foundf here. The eentijtede and tarantula or hairy pider, which arc^po common in Texas are to >e seen. The health of this country is said to be good ind we see no loe|l canses for sickness of tlie arge streams, This disease aye not often of a yphoid natore. Sickness perhaps is more fre juont bflt not so Altai as io jour country. The water it about as good as tlia western country ifforiB. Society baa made rapid.progress within tlie past few years.? 'The "Gumbos," *6 callid froiji the Iket.-tbat gutabo sni's their gusto, form * larg?ooytjtqenpy on R^d J?i*er. Htfg uvVmisad nuMjK|4mai?, Iftat appear-to Mrs but -tbougbtbsy-are ^ On ihe'miP^^^P^ked ap and mount a lommencejd the Urge cotton fnrrim. .'*Fqr nilcs, (crossing lilhck river RtlsawnL^^fc^^y^l va had to ferry orie vfiiile,) lirough the large cottob form's 'and on tho evico, to avoid swimming water, and then had' niles of deep wadcing. Tiiese farms are' on-! he best cotton land in t'ie Mississippi valley L'housands of acrcs^of cotton arc to be seen, which looks na fev'el ns a plain. It ia 'planted Vom 6 to 8 and 10 feet npnrt, and wos n great leal of it, na higli us a man's head on n horse, ind lacked but. one or two feet of meeting lie middle of the row. They work IvoJuA x> tlieir sweeps in plowing tlioir cottoi^^R^Bj iweeps cut about 3 feet. This land is worth Tom 25 to 126 dollars per acre. It often proluces 10 to 18 bales to the hand. The Corn jroWB very tall, and some of it stooJ^^nMlhne^ yifuUCB II | ru 11. 1 IIV5U IUI IIIO WCI C gUIICntliy dC' v'ated About one to three or four feet above tlie water. The back water whs rising, two inches every twenty-four hours. which caused a great j?al of uneasiness, and a great many new levies were being tlirowu up. This rise was isaused by a crevnnce in the Icvie below Hod uey. The overflow has damaged the sugar crop not less than ?70,000,000. Early on the 16th, we crossed the Mississippi river at NntcheF, which is situated on a bluff severa'i hundred f-?et above tho level of the rivet*, x\Vo |?ird turned out of a sult ry cage to liren!lAAlie pure n'ir once tnor?^ TliV obnoxious iflluvia (lint is breittlicd in llic swamp, nt tliis time produces a very impiousunt fueling throughout the whole system?wo suppose only to those who nrc not used to it. l'here wos ill fome places 11 good deal of ?iokUC83 in tho swamps among tho negroes. The jropa from Nntehes to this place look toleruPly well in eotnc places. WILLIS^ July 25, ("for tiik Revolutionary IucSenls. JJr. Editor:?Believing ns I Jo, that nny | reliable fact* connected willi theTIislory of the | War of the Revolution, would, to roiuo extent, i interest a portion of your rentiers, I venture to place, nt ynir disposal, the following scraps.? It m:iv, however, ho pertnent to remark, that i continuous chain of closely connected events an scarcely he expected in the premises. Due illowauec should be made for.the imperfect ions >{ memory, and other adventitious uireuuistan:es. It is douhtlcs? known to most of our renders .hut some of our most formidable enemies during that eventful era, was found in the Abo-igines of this country. Their knowledge of tie fastnesses which the uucultivAteil forests ifTui ?]<!?! lliem ; their stealthy mode of attack; in.1 the ruthless barbarity usually xhibited towards tbo hapless victims of their igvntrtfft^cil v. all contributed to render tbeni >bjects oft error nndjjlarm. An Aged friend, n^ff Lowydcsville, a short ime since, put us in po.-session of a "few incilents illustrative ol the fucts, to which refer .cc Ii^isjint been made. In the month of July, L776. (snii^our informant?) the Cherokee Indiins made it sortie on the white people. "This ranspired in Elbert County, (Jn., on Cold Wu *r Creek. ? short distiincc from Bowman's Fer v. Oil tiiiVulillHli Riv?*r 111! ?!.!? - nan and a woman, (liu-t'yuid mid wife,) full 'ictiins to eavuge cruelty. Three others shared '.l?c sam? hopelens fute, namely: a Miss Gillespie, soma ,A vc_13 years of ujjo, and the wifu M}d child oT Johu Gillespie, brother to Thomas '.tillespif. now r> ' Jing with William A. I'ressly, Ksq., near Lowndesville, Abbeville District, 5. C. At Van's Creek the whites met about SO Indians, who fired ou the former, but without affect. The whiten, in their efforts to escape Lhe hands of their ruthless foe, eroase the Sn-1 vnniin)> /" ! 1 ??--J ? ? * ' ..> ?! <? uic viiviutvccuni, nrm wenuta their wny to Fort Independence, on the plantation now owned by William Young, who purchased it from I)r. E. Hunt. It in about three miles below Lowudebville. The settlers determined, if practicable, to avenge the blood of their fallen friends, rallied under the command of Captain (afterwards General) Anderson, and pursued the savages.? In pursuance of their plan, they crossed the , Savannah River. During the march, David Gillespie, then 9 years old, by some means, got separated from the rest of the company. file subsequently married into the Calhoun family. With himself and family, the writer was fumiliurly ai-quuinted.3 During the night he took refuge some where near the bank of the River. While lying thus in concealment, lie perceived that the Indian* were making their way towards the place where ho wv. They did not, however, perceive that he was there. At the same time, they passed so near to him, that had ho not drawn up his feet, they would have trodden on them, r* * 1 * ? vitpi-. ivuuersou um not nucceen in ovwlnking the Indians, aiul so they elfcct-.d their escape. ?. Mrs. Gillespie, (David nnd Thomas Gillespie's mother,) travelled nil night till she reached a tent, some ten miles tip the Beaver Dam.? Some of her friends conducted her to Fort Charlotte, a mile below Vienna, on the Savunnali Hiver. The materials of which this Fort was built, consisted of stone. It wna erected by order of King George. Mrs. Gillespie, of whom we have spoken, was found at Fort Charlotte by her son John, tihe communicated to him knowledge of the plo^e whew her little daughter, (to whom allusion was ma^t afcftire ) had been killed by the savages. He immediately wect.M quest of the corpse. lie.found that a dog had luui by the body to protect it from the ravages of bekats. r I It may not be irrelevant to say, the ^Intthew Gillespie, husband of the lady uameS above, resided in J?ort Charlotte, some 16 months. About-thia time, CapO-Bo or ie, (father of Col. George B^wie,) who formerly resided at Abbeville C. It., entered the fort in eornmatid of a oompany of men. In oiti#r to be reatij-. no aby emergency, to afford promotion to tKe frontier wSm; About the year 1777, n company of toriev who, it is believed, hailed from the iqt^jrior of the State, from the region,, perhop*s " of Buffi River, were eeSn wending, their way through the upper part of .Abbe.Tjlle Di*tnct. They pa??<d*&aardVBk>dk-iIen??> iu tlie vicinity of the pi$*mt re*i<J?n*e of John Sp*?r, jjfcq.-^r Ttjjffix&tinaCioh.'^u\ it Georgte? E.'-y .. / T pwas taken prisoner atfran's Creek, bv tho toVitii; ha was, howevj^released at tli% battle ."of Kettle Creek, llaving lienrd some of tb^ * "Roy.dieU" uttedng expressions of regret \\Jx ' they bad left their homes, Mr. if tbey would accompany him tgflf^^HHfont, lie wouli^eecure, for them, a parole. *To this proposition, tl^yreauuy aoccileil,'d were accorJiiigljgpSroled. About this time, a iredflleman by the name of'Salvador, hud cjj?i?eil the Atlantic for the ^purpose of att^jymig to the interests of thbse PcoiinecteJ^Mfftrt 1)<j "Jews' Land." T1?u gentleman ^^^Oen. Williamson were riding along one night, near Seneca; tliey were fired oo by thqpltidiana. The shot took fatal effect, in reftytence to Salvador. Hia corpse was introjduced inter a hogshead of rum, couveyed to G'harlestipn^lti a wagon, and thence transported to England. It is obvious to remark, in relation to Gen. Pit-kens, that ho was said always to carry his | Hible with him in the army. Tradition pays, tlint tlie writer's father bore arms, fur a time, under his comtnnii<l. We ma}', probably, resume this general subject, if leisure will permit, and notice somo of the scenes of the War of 1812. J. S. P. COM U L' NICATKO. 4 Trfbi^^ of Respect. Whereas, it has pleased an inscrutable Providence to remove from his Fphcrc of Usefulness, our beloved Brother, SAMPdOX V. CAINIS. While we b<?w with humility to Ilim who regu- j lute* tlie destinies of mi*!!, and submit to the | afflictive dispenselions of Providence, we would express our sorrow for thesud event which lias overwhelmed us, and place upon record this Blight testimonial of hid departed worth. Be it therefore, Jitlolvt'd, 1st. That hv the death of Brother S. V. Ciiine, his wifo litis been deprived of uu affectionate hiuband. li is children of a devoted parent, the community of n val-i.iblo and useful citizen, Masonry of a zealous advocate, I I -t . i r J < ... OKU UIV1IIUVI <M Litis l.uugc OI a CtlCI'IsllCU 1*1 ietid. JifxoturJ, 2d. Tliixt ns a testimonial ofournppreviatioii of hia services ns an otticer, oi* his virtuous wortli ns a friend and Brother, and ns mi expression of our sorrow for liis loss, a page upon tlie Secretary's Book, with his-name' tfce. 4>e inscribed for his memory. Iif-ioU<cd. 3d. That wo lender our heartfelt syiupiithy to the bereaved family, for the irreparable loss they have sustained. Jtcsolvcd, 4th, That each member of this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning, for thirty , diiye. ; Jlcgoli'cJ, 5th. That this Preamble and Reso- | lotions be published in the Abbeville Banner nnd Independent Prean, and a copy thereof be transmitted by the Secretary to his bereaved family. J NO. T. PARKS, E. J. WISS. O.M. CONNER, Committer. Death of Col. I. D. Witherspoon. Our liwe. learned, with jyo firtind re grct. that our distinguished fellow citizen. Col. Isaac 1). W ithei spoon, is no more, lie died at the White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, on Tuesday, the 20lh instant, of paralysis. The sad intelligence, was not unexpected ; n severe nMuuk of paralysis, last spring, had worn out his strength, uud he left us, a few weeks since, to seek the lirneiiur infln/..?! ? air, with very fuint hopes of recovery. His remains were buried, for the time in Virginin. Tlie death of such h man devolve# the task of the eulogist upon older and abler pens than oura. The cb?raeter and eminent service* of Col. Wiihersji jon are the property of York District-, and to the people, and especially to men who were contemporary with him, it helongs to pronounce h just and fitting praise. For more than thirty years he has been intimately associated with, and maintained a commanding influence upon the progress of our rU-lr!,.! rt.. .1 A.l T uav...vv. UIIU i caicu III JUUflCtlSI.er, uc caine to Yorkville about the year 1835, nutl entering upon the duties of his profession, puoii readied ii leuding position at llie Bur, which he maintained, with undiminished success, until declining health forced.him to retire fi*om|active life. In 1836, Col. Witberspoon was pent to the Legislature, and served in the lower House until 1840, when he was elected to the Senate without opposition, and continued a member of that body until 1850. During these j twenty years of public service, Col. Witherj spoon was sustained by our people with a conI stnncy which is seldom awarded to any man ; i ...i.:..i. : 1 ii-j ?--- .i. ? r .i r ? ituu niiit'll ID Ultijr rijualiru ujf lliu mil IllllineSI, the devotion, the singular sucoets with which he discharged his trust nnd watched over the interests of his constituency. In this record, none can fail to discern the influences which attend the man of kiud heart and. generous impulses ; the faithful and constant friend ; the liheral nnd high toned lawyer ; the able and vigilant public servant ; and thechri?tinn gentleman. Such was Colonel Witherapoon. nnd such the commanding trails which secured to him the high rewtrds of real earnest life. In another column, we publish the proceedings of the members of the Bar, and while Were commend I he heart-felt sentiment which Crotnpiert ami innrks Una teeling tributo, we eg to add, iu behalf of our community, an expression of the earuest sympathy tbey would extend to tho estimable family who mourn under this trill}' afflictive bereavement. Yorkville Enquirer. | , Tobch T.ioht Procession.?The Independent Fire Engine Company escorted the Baple Company on Thursday evening, to the residence of the Mayor, lion. J. D. Tradewell. Tlio proiH-Mion. lighted on their way by a largo number of torches, after arriving at the House, halted and gave three hoarty cheers for the Mayor who mad- his appearance on the piazza. lie thanked his friends for tho compliment and addressed the numerous assemblage of nifmen ana sp*?ciniors in a very appropriate speech. Afier lie closed bis remarks, lie pra-' sen ted to the Eagle Fire Company, a handsome silvof goblet, aa a memory ta their visit. Caj? tain jiitrobef received Hie gift and returned tna^ thank* of tlio ^Company fur thia unexpected and gratifying' mark of esteem. The Companies then paraded through several of oor street*, and returned to the City Hall, when, after a few hoars of social enjoyment, Captain Strobel Addressed Captain Mtfekey, thanking the Independent Coinpauy, and the citizens of Columbia, for the very hoapita"ble manner in which they^bad been received __j ... i.._: onu CQvormiiieu uwnog. weir ?u wui wvv, After an interchange of adieus tbey separated for the nipht. t The Eaglet didnofc-BetjBflf yesterday raorniogan tbey anticipated on account of fire noticed in another plsoe.?Cdt-oliuian. 1. r? Col. Cn^mrr's Aopaass?When the *i?nouocemebt V?r made somef time biqco that the ri iatingiiislied gentleman whoae namo is ot ths haad^-f this article, ha&bean elected to dellyer th* wmiivatftu-y addrfstjiffbfe the liter* dry societies of Fuman UojrtdrtUjr," HI? high: repatatiqp snd-tBe 6!evated "position wbichsha ooc?pi|? in.the State, naturally led every one ^ABBEVILLG, Aug. 6.?Cotton.?We ( quote price* nominal, at from to 11 cenU per lb. COLUMBIA, Aug. 4.-r-Thero were boot? planter*' lota ofcotton put-bft/the market, jteqterdny, (hboul 840 b#Jes,) All of which *net free market, at prices varying, from fc . CONSICiNEC^ The following persons have freight in the Dopot ^JUAbbeville RHWu'fillkw <tSon, .MR Lntirner, Cobb Hunter ?fc Co, T C Pvrrjn, W-W Belcher, Col J F Marshall, A Giles, J W Crawford, Esq., Dr. W W Marshall, Gen A M Smith. Jordan <fc MoI o.w.l.i:.. n? l'f n.vV'* ? - - <? ? ?i ?. *?pnesi, u J Jordan, M Brenn. C??l II 0 CJnbell, J 6 Hart, W O Kennedy, A 11 Martan, 11 \V Lnwsou, D. R. SONDLEY, A?t_ hymjeneaIL. MARRIED, on Hie 21st ult.f by Rev. T. A. lloyt. Mr. A. J. FUHOUILSON, nnd MIS3 SUSAN BARKSDALK?nil of Abbeville. OI{IT(JABY 11,11 DEI'ARTFD this life, on the 26th ult., at the residence of her brother, Mr*. MARTHA YOUNG, in the Cist year of her age. The subject of this notice was born in Charlotte Citv, Virginia, and emigrated to this state in tlio year 1838. She was ? faithful and zealous member of the Bnbtist church nnd had been for many years previous to her death.? She was a kind neighbor and nffectionato moth? er, ever ready and Willing to lend a ministering bond iu alleviating the sorrows and afflio> tions of others. She has left one child and two grand children nnd many friends to mourn her loss, but wo mourn not a? those who has no> hopes, for wo feel that she is only rftlctocd 'from patn and eull'.-iing iu this life, but to enter to those blessed abodes above where the wickcd cense front troubling, and the weary nre at rest. For many months previous to her death ahe was sorely ulllieted, "which she bore with christian fortitude nnd resignation; she was perfectly resigned to die ; a few days previous to her death she said if it was God's will for b? to go she was perfectly willing; she loot : 1 upon death rather as n friend than an ent v : as mm who was to free her from the troubles and trials of this life and open for her the portnl of a blessed immortality. She calmly and peacefully breathed her lust, ns if passing irfe a gentle slumber, and thus her happy spift winged its wav to mansions of eternal gloB. May we ao live that when wo are called uA to pass through' the Bntne ordeal, that vemB fear no evil, but be enabled to nni-tieir>nt? with her iii thosu joys above. BY HER NEPHEW. IT MAY NOT BE GENERALLY KNOWN thot the Liver Invigorator, whose reputation has become so great, is one of the vory best remedies for the prevailing epidemic of Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Summer Complaint, that so regularly visit our neighborhood at this season of the year, Wc advise all as soon ns they are attacked with any of these complaints to get a bottle of Dr. Sntiford's Liver Invigorator immediate, for we have so often tried it with scarce a single ' failure to cure that we can unhesitatingly pro. nounce it the sa feat and surest remedy we know of for those diseases, either in adults or children. Eating summer fruits often producesde rungement of the stomach and bowels, with r tendency to Cholera, Cholera Infantum and other distressing complaints, all of which will be almost immediately relieved by the use of the Invigorator, which cleanses and purifies the s>3-st?rn. giving vigor to the appetite, relieving , Sn.litTAuli'iMt n11rl cniifn^a nf utnmnnli and iff tin. equaled ub a preventive of Fever and ague. Thi/dihcute Sen(in*l. Sold hv nil respectable Druggists. July Stli'l8r.8 t> lm SEUIHS OFF AT A GREAT REDUCTION. H. H. WARDLAW &, SON, I>GO leave to state tliat they have taken'the y Sioro formcily occupied by Messrs* J. & N. Knox, and next door to Messrs. Cobb, Hunter ?fc Co., where they are offering their Stock of GOOD.?, Baved from the fire, atauch very Low Prices for Cash, / as cannot fail to please all seeking good bargains. To their old customers, they will make the terms entirely acceptable. We have saved many of our beat and moat choice Goods, and invite all to oflll and examine: feeling assured that if they do, wa will effect sales. Our object is to save time by getting rid of these Goods as soon as possible, to that when we commence again, in a new store, it will be with entirely new Goods. As we hope we shall never be more in need of Mone\' than at present, we trust that all ow itix will come forward and rmy up, and thus prove themselves to be friends indeed, by being l'rieuda in need. - . R. H. WARDLAW A SON. Abbeville C. II., August 4, 1858 14-tf FOR SALE, A SPLENDID Tract of LAND, twelve milM West of Abbeville C. H , containing 460 Acres, 260 of which is Woodland, finely timbered? balance in a high state of cultivation, moat of it fresh new-ground, with about Fifty Acres of Creek Bottoms. A Tract containing THREE HUNDRED Acrea, (which can be bought exoaedinglylofe,) witb a fine Two-Story Dwelling, mid other necessary UUt.OUUUIMgB. ja. JML^ O 9 Another Tract of FO.UIt HUNDRED A(!Ie8i which e?n be bought low, ?nd on Mcommodawlll'flqgfrirfo look-ft the*?, **" J-ife'*' ' t * * A. M.r SMITH, ^bgpf 4, 1868. 14 \r '.ft Edgnfleld Advertiser oopy three time* and send bill to this offlca. ' & FOE S A LE, % A IIOUSR and LOT, in Abbeville village. XjL ?ituatQ<l od; the AoderiOn road about a piif* and a quarter frorrt the Court Hoqm. The HOUSE eouuudi six fine rooms ;thtlOT <tai? Uipf ? ; ^Tt?t^rj^r9M9 and Lm on (til nooeHsarv out bu iffiM. rctfaerGhr er??t*d PtMpMijioa will to gifWon tb?l*Vof iJfatry, ^ For t?rms and farther informt<* *