The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, February 25, 1859, Image 2
iuo slave Trade?Scuators Hammond nud
Wilson.
The Civil nud Diplomatic Hill being up for
discusion, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, moved to
strike out the ^7.r-,< (??, appropriated for the
transfer to, and support of, the Africans of the
Kcho. for one year, and to insert S-lo.OOO. In
the discussion of this, tin: following occurred
between Senator Hammond arid Senator Wilson:
Mn. 1T.\s?m*?ni? ?The Senator from Massaehu- t
Sotts ssys that there ale parts of the United I
States where grand juries cannot h? found to [
indict persona engaged in the African slave I
trade. I should like to know to what parts he I
ail uric*.
Mn. Wii-son.?Mr. President, I do not know J
that I euid that, there were pints of this country I
where grand juries would not indict, j said :
thcro weru poit.ions of this country where it i
was btlicved they would not. It remains to ]
be eeeu whether that be the ease or not. I '
want to SUV. ill f..imn ?" 'I - ? * ;
.Vf IIIU DllltUIIICIIl 1 I
made, that it war hut a day or two since I had :
a conversation with a gentleman, who whk a '
member of the last Congress, from the Southern
States, a man who in Congress, always spoke for ;
and advocated the poliey of slavery. lie has i
spent this winter mostly in Alabama, j
nnd he uniJ to me, the it'ier day, that '
lie whs amazed at the sentiment he found in ;
the Gulf Stales; that that sentiment approach- j
ed unanimity in favor of re opening the slave
trade: and from the investigations he had ,
made, he was satisfied that organizations cxis? i
ted for the opening of the trade; that money j
was subscribed fro the business; and that it.;
would be extremely dillleult, in that part of |
the country, to get- a grand jury to find an in- ;
dictmcnt, or to get a conviction front a petit j
jury; that he was amazed at the sentiment
generally pervading tli it part of the country ; j
unci that we had no conception of it here. I
think that anybody who has read of the movement
led by Mr. Vancey, of Alabama, other ' I
gentlemen in that part of the country, will
come to this conclusion : that there is a nai l v.
mainly in tin- CJulf States, extending through a ,
portion of the Southern States, in favor of re? '
opening the slave trade; and these doctrines '
have been avowed during (lie presentses>ion of |
Congress?, by gentlemen reprinting that sec- I (
tiou of the L'uion, in the other branch of Con j
grass j
Mr. II am monk?I nvn not at nil, nor is nnv 1
portion of the South, liable for the impressions I
which uny person travelling through the South '
may form. There is no sort of a doubt that a ,
few persons in the South, some of them highly
respectable, wii.li to open the African slave j 1
tiade ; but from what knowledge I have myself. I ;
aud from what knowledge I have received, and !
I have been very zealous in inquiry, 1113' opinion j
is, that nine-tenths of the people of the South i
are utterly opposed to it; nnd 1 think the more ;
the subject is discussed, the fewer will be the ,
number who arc in favor of re-opeuiug the j
lave trade. I will inform the Senator from ;
Massachusetts of 011c fact of which I supposed j
lie was cognizant; that, during the past week,
grand juries in Charleston and iu Savannah j
both have found true bills against persons j
gainst whom it was alleged that they hud pur i
ticipnted in the African slave trade,
Mu. Wilson.? 1 am glad to hear the declara- '
tions made by the Senator from South Carolina,
and I have no doubt they arc substantially correct.
No doubt u large portion of the people of
the Southern States arc opposed to the Africau
slave trade; but that there is a party, young,
* vigorous and active, that wishes to open the
alave trade; a parly that wishes to extend the
country into the tropics; a nartv that. I.
not only in compulsory labor in tin; tropics, but j
everywhere else ; a party that wishes to govern '
this country under that policy, and failing lo i
do that, to establish a Southern Confederacy J
and dissolve this Union, there is evidence.?
There is such u party. Now, 1 want the Sen- I
ntc, I want Congress, to sustain the contract i
made by the President, and let it be under- i
stood iu the North and in the South, by all par- ;
ties, that this country has branded the slave j
tra<*e, that it enu never be opened, that the j
0 power and intlucncc of this uatiou shall be j
, used to put it down; and tlint we will go to !
the full extent, not only of the letter of the :
law, but the spirit of the law, to sustain this ,
' policy. !
Tub Vice Pri:.-<:iu:nt.?The question is on the j
motion of the Senator from Alabama to strike j
out the appropriation of $75,000; on which
the yens and nays have been ordered,
I. Mu. Clav.?And to insert ?15,0u0, 1 will j
en v, " i
. The question being taken by yons aud nays, ;
resulted?yeas 12, nays 40; ad follows:
Yeas?Messrs. Chesnut, Clay, I)avis. Fitzpa- |
trick, Hammond, lverson, Johson. of Tennes- j
aee, Mason; Ueid, Thompson, of Kentucky,
Toombs nnil Ward?12.
Nays?Messrs. Allen. 15nt<>? T1..11 Ti?.:?
JJigler, Bright. Druderick. Cameron, ('handlor, j
C'.atk Crittenden, Dixoti Dnolittle, Douglas Dur- j
kee Fesseiideti, I'iteh, Foot Crecti. Male llninlin, :
Harlan, Houston, Iluntcr, .lones. Kintr, Mallorv. j
l'earce, I'olk, 1'uuh,, Iliee, Seward, Shield, j
Simmons, Slidell, Smith, Trumbull, Wade, Wil, j
?ou and Yulee?ID. I
So tlie nmcndinent was rejected. '
United States Senators Elect.
The following gentlemen have been elected '
to the United State Senate for the term of six i
years from the 4th of March next:
Steven A. Douglas, Democrat, of Illinois, re- 1
elected.
Henry B. Anthony, Black Republican, of'
Jlhode Island, vice Ailen, Democrat.
4 ,A. O. 1'. Nicholson. Democrat, of Tennessee, |
vice Bell, Know-nothing.
r Albert (J. lirowu, Democrat, of Mississippi, j
re-elected. I
Clement C. Clay. jr., Democrat, of Alabama, i
re-elected.
W i 11 a nJSnul Ubu ry, Democrat, of Delaware, j
vice Dates, Democrat.
, Jiiiucn ciieanut, democrat, of South Carolina 1
vice Kveue, Democrat.
William I'. I-Yssendon, Iilack Republican, of
Maine, re-elected.
John I*. llule, Black Republican, of New i
Hampshire. rc-?-lccted.
It. M. T. Huutcr, Democrat, of Virginia, re- i
clected.
J. \\r. Grimea, Black Republican, of Iowa, {
vice Jone*. Democrat.
Governor Brnjig, Democrat, of North Curo- i
lin?, vice Iteid, Democrat.
Wui K. Sebobtijin, Democrat, of Arkansas, J
re-elected.
Kinsley S. Bingham, Black Republican, of |
Michigan, vice Stuart, Democrat.
L W. Powell, Democrat of Kentucky, vice
Thompson. Know-Nothing.
Robert Toombs, Democrat, of Georgia, re.1
?.J
ieiecieu. !
llenry Wilson, Block Itepublicau, of Uassa- i
chusetts, re-electcd.
J. W. ii?va/pliili. Democrat of Texas, viee )
IIouKlrtn, Know-Nothing.
J. I'. Itenjam in, Democrat, of Louisiana, ro- !
Elected.
Senators are yet to he chosen iu place of Mr.
"Wright, Democrat, of New Jersey, and General
Shield#, Democrat, sf Minnesota.
&>b? Afbicavs to Com;.?Tlic fullowiug extract
from * letter, dated Jacksonville, Florida,
January 30th, we find in an exehaagc:
A bark left here * few weeks ago fur the
ieoast of Africa, to take in a cargo of negroes,
for tuia State and Georgia, A brig Left port
-yafterday. to meet the vei*el and transfer the
cargo to the brig at r-ea. The slave* will pro|>ably
be landed iu Florida, as it is believed
hexA that the slaro trade has heeu reopened.
T &c% Qtcir Hek.?Chief Justice Taney ab
alaiu* |r(W) ail aaeiety. Evvo Lord Napier was
recently denied an interview villi faioi, in conite^ueuee
of *gd iii*d infirmities. A Washington
bliiH- Mfia*
jben. Cmm grosf* ?ior? feeble- UU fiunily
dfrflgf^atlr dictreued by Ins' J?r?*eat condition.
Upppily. be U urMioiti by Uwxa Aearrat to
n?by bu daughter, bit ioa-ia-Lav. Mr. Ledjfl&Si'MMd
other*. Ua hu Kre<f to ? gr?*t age, 1
fpd will die d 6cply regretted by All good metL i
~A VU iColambU BallefM fUU? tli*t (|m om- I
:'N|a|. Aoinmlttee Appointed by ILoa. W- W. <
Boyce tor fau Coogr?sion*l diitriet, h*v? ?e- .
Ueied /oka fcr Boetorigbt, of HidiUad, m *
TltMiM. of '
fgfrfeM. as** #tndWJt *Jt fro iiaval School At <
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THE INDEPENDENT l'RESS
IS rt'UUSIlKD KVKItY KHIIIAY MOKNI.NU BT
LEE & WILSON.
W. A. LEE, Editor.
Individual/r, like nations, fail in not hint/ which
llicif boldly attempt, ir/ien unstained b;t virtuous
[jitrjioxr, an'1 determined resolution.?ILknilv Clay
" Willi),tj to praise, >/'l not afraid to blame."
Terms?Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
ABBEVILLE C. H.
FIUDAY, KtilUiUAUY 25, 185D.
Court Calendar.
WESTERN CIRCUIT?SPRING TERM, 1859.
ItLTL'UN DAYS.
Anderson, Saturday) Feb'y 2G.
I'ickcns, Saturday, March 6.
Greenville Saturday, March 12.
Spartanburg, Saturday, March 11>.
Laurens, Sat\ir.lay, March '20.
srriiNca ok court.
Abbeville, Monday, March 7
Anderson, Monday, March, I I
I'ickcns, Monday, March 21. j
Greenville, Monday, March 2S |
Spartanburg, Monday, April 4.
I.aureus, Monday, April 11 !
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Clubbing wilh Magazines.
The example ol several of our contcrrpora? j
rics of the press, suggests the propriety of re- |
minding our readers, that we are prepared to j
furnish our n.tiwi- >
lar monthlies of tlie Season at reduced rates.
We will furnish the I'll ESS and either " IIA11I'KIt"
CiOl?i:V," "GIIAIIAM," or the
KXICKEliliOCKEllfor I'OL'U DOLLARS ;
mil " I'ETEUSOX" or " Arthur" with the
I'll ESS for ?which is only $1 in advance
upon thccurreut rates of those Magazines.
Such magazines as IIAIII'DI!, (JOl)EY and
uthcrs, with their attractions literary ttinl pie?
lorial arc in valuable to the family circle, anil
with the local incidents and general miscellany
of the country paper, constitute a fund of j
entertainment, which wc 1 repays the pceuni- |
nry outlay.
Adverti.se meats.
Attention is directed to tho advertisement of !
llio "Marshall lloasc " l>y Mr. K. II. Cobb, pro- '
prietor.
To the advertisement of " Livery Stublen
by Messrs. Cobb ?fc Crawford ; they offer to the
r,.u..v. mvi^ ucviuiuuiuuuLiua 111 Uieir liuc of
business.
To the advertisement of Mr. E. White, who
is in the Wnjjon and Blacksmith business; his
close attention to business will warrant his
success. i
To the advertisement of 'Patent Plough
by Mr. G. \V. IIuekabc<\ agent for South Carolina.
The perusal of this advertisement may
be of great advantage to Farmers. This plough
has been highly appreciated at the Pairs in Alabama
nnd fieorgia. One can be seen by calling
at the Blacksmith shop of E. J. Taylor of this
place.
To the notice ofS. M. JJoykin, Surveyor flen- j
urai, aiso me uoiiiinissiouer's and Ordinal's
advertisements ?tc.
The New Episcopal Church.
A meeting of the pew holders of Trinity
Church Abbeville, was held on Tuesday lust,
for the purpose of hearing the report of the
Committee upon Subscription, and to concert
measures for prosecuting the work of erecting
the new Church. The report of the Commit- i
tee was very encouraging, and places the erection
of the Church beyond (juestion. Whilst
the subscriptions in the Congregation, and the
District have been most libera], the aid from
abroad has liceu truly generous aud praiseworthy.
It was resolved to contimic the appeal to
the sympathy and generosity of our friends,
and to remit no efl'ort to provide the means of
constructing 11 neut and tasteful edifice?and
that in the meantime a Committee be appointed
to solicit plans aud specifications from architects?and
upon the adoption of a suitable
plan, that the work of building, be at once
commenced.
We trust then to see shortly, the erection of
a noble edifice, which whilst it ehull be nn ornament
to our village, aixl evidence of our zeal
in saercd tilings, shall also be a silent teacher
of piety to God ami charity to man?a building
stable enough to become time honored in its
associations, and which shall constitute another
enduring link to bind us to our altars, and out
fi resides.
Fainting, Graining and Marbling.
IV e direct attention to tire card of our fellow?townsman
Mr. John Corbett, who is prepared
to execute with skill and despatch all order*
in the line of house painting, papering,
graining, marbling do. He has had a thorough
European truing in his art, and has executed
many orders in Europe and this country ; and
has embellished the dwellings of various ofonr
citizens with specimens of his skillful handwork
To these he would refer.
Ambrotypes, Photographs, Ao.
We direct the especial attention of our renders
to the card of Mr. C. II. Lnnueau, ambrotypist,
who lias lately arrived in our Village,
and taken rooms At the Marshall
lie is prepared to execute liksnesses in the highest
hi finch ofi> is &rt Mr. Lanneau is loo well
knowu to our citizcn* as an accomplished artist.
to need any commendation from us. Iliu
taste, skill, experience, and uniform success,
has established his character in this, and the
adjoining Districts and enables liirn to give
general satisfaction. His pictures have a
clearness of outline, and softness of finish,
which cannot be surpassed. He is conversant
with all tlie recent improvements in photographing,
and is prepared to take likenesses j
in every style of his art.
Call at his Gallery, and you may be indaced i
to add your own likeness to bin rick array of
youthful graee and beauty?oc bear off some
eherkhed memmorial of the " golden prime "
to ekeer some dear absent friend, or perhaps
revive the memory of your own declining yeari^
with a eight "f the flowing loeks and aunny
miles of infancy?Seize the shadow h*/?
substance fade*.
Oar Medical Oollago.
Tke v?;n?y ia 11m Ckiir of Pnetiu ia the
IIaUmI College of Soath Ctnliat, ia thueitj-,
o?euione<i by tit* Itaeaftd d?wtu of Dr.
Gtilliri). neeaior to Protester & Ifenry Diektoa,
1L D-, u now temporarily eapplied with a
generoat consideration for die interecU of the
College and eUna, by the dutioguiahed ea-l'rof?Mor
W? are iifamed thattiw
Chair hi? beea teaderad Dr. Geddingt by tb?
inaatnioa* and argent eailof the Tntiteee and
iMoeiaiad EU^ori, aad it i$ hoped th^t ha
aay retara to tha College, with which ha has
teea ?o Jong aad boa or ably eonncctetL
Senator Huoter'u Speech.
We have read with much interest the Into
able speech of Senator Hunter of Virginia, on
the revenue and expenditure of the Government. \
It exhibits a thorough mastery of the question!} I
of finance involved, is very elaborate in details,
and is characterized throughout by great i
clearness of statement and cogency of reason- 1
ing. The Senator is opposed to any change in I
the present tariff, and thinks tlmt it is impmc I
ticablc to pass through Congress, n tariff sufli- J
ciciitly high to enable the Government to meet
its very extraordinary expenditures, accord- |
I ing to the cstiiuulcs of the Secretary of the
j Treasury. These expenditures however may
| bo very considerably veduced, bo as to be
j brought within the revenue of the Government;
and the Senator enters into a detailed
! exposition of the mode of effecting this.
l'hc Secretary estimates the amount of the
expenditures for tlie next fiscal year at $71?,
000,000, iin<l this with A I'ost UUice deficiency
of $4,000,000, would raise the total expendij
tures to 577,000,000. Hut the Senator shows,
| that this nuioiiut should lie reduced to the ex;
tent oT $12,0(10,000 tlie average of unexpended
. annual balances. This deducted from $73,000,
! 000, would leave $01,000,000, and this with
the Post Officc deficiency, would make the'
amount of expenditures $t>.i,000,000.
This estimate is based upon the existing appropriation
of $0,000,000 from the Treasury to
the 1'ost Office Department; but the Senator
thinks that this amount should be saved, by
making the Department self sustaining. A
bill is now before Congress, which by abolishing
the franking privilege, and raising the
rales of postage, wilt probably save the amount
of $0.000,000 to the Government, and thus reduce
the annual expenditure to $00,000,000 or
$50,000,000.
The Secretary estimates the annual income
at $0'.',000,000 und thus we have an annual surplus
of $1:5,000,000, which would furnish ample
menus, for the ordinary expenses of the Gov
eminent.
The Senator enters into a detailed examination
of llie Secretary's estimates of tlic receipt*
from the Customs and the Public I .amis, to
show that they are moderate and must produce
a revenue of ?0'.),Out),000 ; and eonsc
quently that it is inexpedient, at present to
change the tariff of 1857 ; particularly as the
Secretary does not anticipate a deficiency uu
til the expiration of the next fiscal year.
The Senator enters here into an aide defence
of the tariff of 18">7, and answers conclu* :
sivoly the objection* 1- 'he measure, that it add- j
ed too many articles : .? . io free list, that it gave
I too little proteetiou to ti e Pennsylvania iron
j interest,?and that it in.poses ad valorem in?
j stead of specific duties. His defence of (lie ad
I valorem system is indued masterly ; and lie
I shows conclusively that it is more stable, less
! liable to fraudulent abuses, and imposes fewer
cheeks upon importation.
The speech concludes with an able vindication
of the principles of free trade, and a glowing
tribute to the expansive capabilities of
American enterprise, if left to its natural development,
and untrammelcd by odious coin
?o ? .
Cotton Statement.
The receipts of colt?in in Charleston for the
post week were, by railroads 13,023 bales ; by
water an<l waguu 2,025 bales?together 15,657
! bales?corresponding week last year 18,11)1
I bales.
The exports froin Charleston for the same
time were, to foreign ports 1501 bales ; coastwise
7,"ri8 bales?Making the total exports of
the week 9,302 bales, and leaving on hand a
stock of 77,7H3 bales, inclusive of 10,193 bales I
on ship-board not cleared, against a stock of
17,107 bales, and 15,302 bales on ship board
I firirnn limp lncfr vonr
The sales in Charleston during the past week
amounted to 9,400 bales, at prices ranging
fr?m lift0 11 fThe
total receipts at nil the ports during the
past week amounted to 129,320 bales, nga i 11st
118,112 bales, received during the same pciiod
j last year. The total receipts at all the ports
1 since the 1st of September, amount to 2,037,578
bales, against 1,717,875 up to the same dates
luat year, showing an increase this year of 1,019.701!
bales.
The exports to Great Britain up to the latest
dates, amounts to 821,951 showing an increase
011 the exports to that country lust year of 195,- {
052 bales. The shipments to Northern ports :
show an increase of 3-12,002 bales from the |
shipments of last j'ear.
The stock oil hand and on ship board at all
the ports, up to the latest dutes, amounts to
1.010,724 hales, being 315,834 bales more than
the stock on hand at the corresponding date
lust year.
SecroUry of Stat?. |
On yesterday says the Carolinian, Msj. Isaac
; II Means took the oath of office, and was duly
; installed as Secretary of State. We learn that
i he lias continued Mr. W, It Iluntt as his dep|
uty for Columbia, aud Mr. James Duffus us
j deputy for Charleston.
New and Superior Ootton,
The Jackson .1 fi.muippiau says ;
" On our table is a sample of cotton prow 11
, bv our countryman, Mr. Evnns, which recently
sold in New Orleans market, by Messrs. Jor!
dan, Mints and (rillespie. for fifteen cents per
pound. The cotton, we learn, was tli? vi?l/l
Med from the Patent Office. There was nut
enough of iu classification to make it an ol>jectto
the brokers, or a st ill better price could
have bean obtained. We are ARsured that the
cotton was cultivated, picked and ginned by
Mr. Evans precisely as lie did the rest of Ins
crop. Hence the high figures it commanded
i are attributable to iu intrinsic merits, which
were, of course, well understood by the excellent
nicrchanU to whom it was consigned. The
cample before us is & beautiful apeciiuen of
silky, long staple cotton
Vica-Praaldeut Breckinridge on Cuba.
The Unio* gives the following report of the
serenading speccu of the Vice President on
Saturday evening 12th i:ist., at Washington, after
the admiseson of Oregon as a State :
Hon. J. C. Breckinridge, Vice President of
the United Statco, resjiouded briefly and happily.
It did not amount to much in the United
States to admit a new State, for that was
done every year or two. and tiiey expected to
continue to do it until we had a whole hemio
| phere dotted with new State*, from the Polar
seat to the tro[??. ft? oonfeucd that he felt
a deep interest in this question, in his limited
sphere, and whenever lie couhl, he gave the
bill a push. lie did not doubt that the President
would siga the bill on Monday next, and
he expected then to swear botli Senators in to
stand by the Constitution. Beio? eallod upon
to a?y something About Cuba, he remarked
that we talked too much and did too little.
When England wished to do a thing, ahe did
it, and talked after wards. If the Island of Cuba,
instead of being piaeed at the mouth of the
Gulf of Mcxieo, laid at the opening of the English
channel, England would take it in tea
days. He was in tavor of the acquisition of
Cuba. He voald not rob for it, but he would
act with an j portion of his fellow-citizens in
using all honorable tneana to acquire it.
Punmce avb Fiv.vv Pkbk.?Prentice is bracking
jokes frith Fanny Pern. Fanny having aasertedtn
the Ledger'(hat" ike not of the present
day ar* tut.".Prentie?re|?Hsa,th*4 1 Umj
m?* bt U$t U aaUk th* womti f
From t/oj Jidgrjield Advertiser,
A meeting of a portion of the citizen* of Liberty
Hill and vicinity, was held at Liberty
Hill, on Friday, lltli instant. The meeting
won organized by calling Col. John F. llurriss
to the Chnir, and appointed Dr. Win. T. West,
Secretary.
The Chairman stated the object of the meeting,
when the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, information linn been received that,
language of n seditious character has been used
by a man who has been working in this neighborhood
us a bricklayer and plasterer, named
Thos. Iturch ; and while we claim to ourselves
to be a law-abiding people, and allow to others
the privilege which we claim to ourselves, i. e.
tin.: free expression of opinion, provided such
expression of opinion does not conilicl wit h the
interests of the community generally, and
whereus, from information received, language
has been used by the said liureh, which makes
it necessary that measures should be taken to
rid this community of one capable, as we be
lieve, of doing very great injury among our
negroes, and to put other committee on their
guard against him. lb; it.
AYw/n</, That a communitec be appointed to
wait on Thomas lSurch, and inform him that,
having heard of language used by him of a se
<lil ions character. it becomes necessary Uiafc lie
should leave i11 111?. >Iiatfly, or take the conse<piencc?
llint iiiaj- civile.
litxolrrd, Thai said eointiiill.ee nee thut the
above resolution is carried into effect.
Iimnlcnl, That a copy of these proceedings
lie sent to tlie Kdgclicld Advertiser for puMica
tion, with the description of said Tlioa. iSurcli,
also with the request that all .Southern papers
will puss him round.
The ineetinir then resolved itself into a committee
of the whole to wail on ISurcli, and carry
tin- 1st resolution into clfcct. The meeting then
adjourned to meet again at this place, uu Saturday,
the 12l.li, instant, to report.
1 iKsriiirilos*.?lturch is ahoiit lifty years ol
age, live feet eight inches high, fair skin, light
hair, somewhat grey, u bricklayer mid plasterer
by trade, and a good workman ; an Iribhtiian
by birth, Lut raised in Knglaud.
Likkkty 11 ii.i., February 12.
At an adjourned meeting held at Liberty
Ilill, the coiiiiuit'c reported that they had wailed
on 1 lurch, in aecor l incc with the Sir?t resotion,
and bad carried said resolution into
clfcct.
John r. urRRiss,
Chit irtii till.
W M T
Tho Rovision of tho Tariff
It is not probable that any change will bo
made in tlio TitrilF during the present session
of Congress. The ninjority nre in favor of in
creasing the duties, but unit ngree upon no
plan, which will secure the support ofthedif
fcrciit sections. The result will be that notli
iug will be done. On the other hand there i<
11 strong opposition to any measure for relieving
the Treasury until the tariff question is
settled.?As to the necessity of an extra Session
of Congress, tho Journal of Vuuuntrcc remarks :
The importance of this subject, and the financial
diltk ultics under which the Govern
meiit is now laboring, invest lliu whole uucstion
of finance au<l revenue with increased eon
sequence, and we are happy to see devoted to
its elucidation, the hest talent in the country.
In the brief space remaining before the close
of tho present Congress, much discussion will
take place, but it does not seem probable that
an}* measure looking to a re-adjustment of the
Turitf, can be consummated. In the event of
a failure, to provide tor an increase of the re??
eiiuc. the l'rcsidcnt, we are told, contemplates
calling an extra session of the next Congress, to
assemble earlv in the summer This must, how
ever, largely depend on the facts existing after
the present Congress shall have adjourned.
1.1 >l i '
vhv u|>|MV|Miai>iwiis DC so union n:?lUCUU
iii amount, or should meatus be proviilm], eit.lier
by authorizing the re-issue of Treasury
notes, or a temporary loan, for carrying on the
Government until tlic next regular session, it
does not .-com |>rohal>le tlmt a resort to n culled
session will be hail. A better judgement can
be formed as to the necessity for such a proceeding,
when it is ascertained what liabilities
| liavc been incurred, what means huve been
I provided for payment, and especially, -vlien a
I couple of months more of time stiall have en|
aided us to determine, with greater precision,
j the probable income from duties on foreign
imports.
I Should a state of things exist, absolutely pla
[ cing it beyond the power of the Secretary ol
the Treasury to meet the legal demands upon
his department, we do not doubt that the President,
iu the exercise of that discretion which
the Constititution has wisely conferred upon
him, will promptly resort to the only means
remaining, to enable him to preserve the public
faith ; and to discharge the obligation:
which a duo r-gard to the public welfare imperatively
demand. But should a wise ccon
omy be observed in the appropriations mailt
by the present Congress, ami the Secretary lit
authorjzed to re issue the Treasury notes, wc
are not w itlinut hope that, under the favora
ble aspects of business, the government may h(
.a i i ? --
...mvii lui miru w limit, u restore 10 ox! raoril 1
nary proceedings* in any of its branches.
New Postage Bill.
The Washington correspondent of the Fhila
delphiu North American says that llie bill pro
posed by Mr. iJivon, of Connecticut, as a substitute
for that reported by Mr. Yttlee, from
the Pout Office Committee, in regard to tlu
franking privilege. u decidedly preferable, ami
simplifies the whole matter bo that no niisu:i'
derntanding can exist in the public iniud.
It abolishes the franking privilege entirely
and substitute* envelopes for the President and
officials*. to be charged to each department at
D?ed, ami paid out of the Treasury. The written
and printed mutter received to he charged
in the euriie way, and at the rate of five cent*
an ounce for letters, and twelve cents a pound
for the other. This anu-udment leaves the present
law, as applicable to the public cyt large,
in operation, and in. therefore, vastly better
than Mr. Yu lee's bill raising the rates of pos
mi;c iur revenue. 1 lie abolition of franking ill
tliii) form would not only lie a relief to the
Treasury by increasing the revenue directly,
but by reducing the expenditures of the department,
both for clerical service and transportation,
to say nothing of the correction ol
the printing abuses which have, iu a measure,
grown out of it.
Hon. A. H Stephana
Hie Notional Iiiltllipeiiccr, in noticing ths
announcement of the determination of Mr. Stephens
not to be a candidate for Congress after
the expiration of his present term, says :
" We perceive by the southern papers that
the Hon. Alexander II. Stephes, of Georgia,
has wiitten home announcing his intention not
to be a candidate for re-election to Congress.
We believe we may undertake, without qualification.
to say that there is not * member of
the IIoi;se of IteDresentativpu nt
party, who will not regret the withdrawal of
Mr. Stephens from the body. Orthinly there
ore few memlters by whose retirement the legislative
councils of tke country would siutam
so serious a loss.
The Blue Ridga Discussion.
As our readers are aware, it has been proposed
by the citizens of tfekens District to
hold a mass convention at Tunnel Hill during
the ensuing antnmer, to consider and discuss
the prospects of the Blue Ridge measure, and
the doty of the State. The Anderson Gazette,
im referring to the Piekeni meeting, saya:?
The suggestion that a raaea meeting ohotild
be held at the Tunnel! during the coming summer
is * food one, mad we Itope to see it carried
out. la a conversation with a leading member
of the opposition from another district, a few
days after the adjournment of thfe Legislature,
he auggestAbtod to usthtt aottasthiag of thia
kind should be doae^ and that it was prdbable
a viait to tha work aighjt influftooa a portion i?
their friow*
The Resolution in Hayti.
Tlie recent revolution in Hayti, wliicli has
reunite! in the triumph of the Republicans mid
the expuWiou of the Emperor Soloiujue, does
not furnish any ground for sanguine hope as to
the new republic. Hayti has onee before Wen
a republic, but its past history exhibits a constant
deeliuc in population, in ti '*? mid commerce,
and all the elements of ovulation.
Under the new order of thingsiu Hayti
there limy lie a chance for the people to prove
whether they are capable of redeeming their
country under a popular form of government.
There may he wisdom enough among them to
consolidate the two republics of Dominica and
llayti tiudi-r one head, and, by adopting a prudent
and peaceful policy, restore to the isluud
it* 1 ;i- i'.-?
| .m vw.miiivi vv hiiu v<> |?M>3|rvi J 1'Ub W? VUIIfess
i lint, wo do not expect. to see buoIi u result.
Oil the contrary, we incline to the opinion that
the GeflfrarJ entente is hut the betrin 11 int^ of a
Ioiiij spell of disorder anil bloodshed, ami that
the ncirro republic will afford no better example
of nooil ^overiinieiit than the ne(jro umpire
whose pillars have just been pulled down. The
negro is an imitative animal, and we should
not lie surprised to see the course of ( IFrard
followed by half u dozen others, until, like
' Mexico, thol'e shall be a host of leaders, each
contendin<r for the mastery, and tearing their
mi fortunate country into shreds.
Besides, the hostility which has alwavs existed
between the Ihtmiiiicaii republic on the eastern
side of the island, whose population is
composed of the remnant of Spanish dominion
intermixed here and there with the ne^ro raee,
and the empire of llayti, has not. subsided with
I tlio change of government in the latter, it is
a deadly animosity, born of the pivjudioes of
raee and the memories of loruier persecution,
which, iu the breasts of a semibarbarous people,
cannot be easily allayed ; and as long as
the nation occupying two-thirds of the island,
lis iJouiiuica does, is inimical to the interests of
the other third, and ready at any moment to
conic into armed collision, there can be no pro
gress lor the country. Internal dissensions
I and the ambition of a brutal race of leaders
! are insurmountable barriers to the udvanoemvut
of any people.
Death of Hallam. thn Hiutftrian
I Tlic mail 1 iv tin! Indian ni^iouucc.-* tic dentil
of Henry llallam, the ill list rious I. ..orimi. The
London (t'/uic, vf Jilliuary 21, tliuj announces
it:
' We regret. to have to record the <leat.li of
Mr. llallam, tlit? eminent, historian. lie died
on Saturday la*t. aired SI. [Mr. 1'reseolt. <lie'l
January 28, one week later.] Mr. Ilallatn was
1>."i about 177S. iiikI was eilucateil at Kton
iiii'i xford. He afterwards sett led in London,
whef 'ia? since resided. In is:{n, lie |-eCeivod
one < . two fifty?guinea gold medals
, instituted by tteorire IV for eminence in liistorieal
cotnposilion, the other being awarded to
Washington Irving. lie was at an early peri???l
engaged as a regular contributor to the
i FMinhurkr Review, contemporaneously with his
friend, Sir Walter Scott, and bore an active
part in Mr. Wilberforee's great nioveiiient for
abolishing the slave trade. It was on the death
of Mr. Hallam's son, who was engaged to be
married to Mr. Tennyson's sister, that the poet
laureate wrote his " In Meiiioriam ." Mr. Ilallam's
works are: '-The Constituti History
of Knglnnd," 2 vols. 8vo. ; The History of
Kurope during the Middle Aires," 2 vols. 8vo. ;
' An Introduction to the Literary History of
Kurope during the fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth CeutiiriU 3 vols. 8vo ,"
Taxes in North Carolina.
Much complaint says the Spvrlaii, ia heard
of the high taxes in South Carolina, As a
means of comparison we append tho items of
taxatiou of the North Carolinian tax* act. From
these we think South Carolinians may conclude
that they are not taxed more than their
neighbors :
"The New Tax Him..?We linvo received a
copy of the now revenue Kill, (says I lie Fiiyt'Ueville
Observer, of the ITtli.) introduced by Mr.
Fries, Chairman of the Finance Coniinittei! of
t.lie House of (.'ouilllons. It. consists of 1 15 section*.
and goes over the whole ground, being
intended ns u substitute for llie cxuliuir law.
A hasty glance shows the following change*
(there are probably other-) from the old law :
" A re-as'estncul of value of real estate is to
be made this year, ami every four years there
after; proper provision lor securing a fair cash
valuation. Provision is made for re-valuation
in ease of increase or decrease in value.
. "The real estate tax is fixed at 2D cents, instead
of 15, on the $100. The poll tax at SO
cents, instead o f 50 cents.
"Turnpikes, toll bridges, gates across higli1
ways, $15 each. Ferries, 1 percent, receipt.
1 " Note shaver, a tax of A per cent, of all their
1 purchase, besides the lux of 4 percent, ou interest
received.
' "Negro traders. J pur ce'it., instead of J, on
purchases.
" Gold and silver plate, 1 percent, instead
[ li:
".Silver watches. 50 cents cacli, instead of HO.
"J)entists, physicians, lawyers. ?fce., com
iiiHiuu mi l uiiihii.-*, priniuue liroKers, miction?
' cers, officers, 11 ixl employers of all kind, wlio
receive $500 uyeur, are taxed 1 per cent.
"Dietillcrs ol spirituous lifjuors, Scents on
every gallon made.
"Six cents on ever}* gallon or bottle of spirits,
wine, Ac., brought into the State, whether
(or pale or for use. [This is iu lieu of the
liijuor tax of 6 per cent.J
"The merchant tax is raised from ^ to ^ to
i 1 percent. Articles received in barter exemp.
ted (but no r.\prefls exemption of purchases of
I produce.) Heady made clothing 1 J instead of
1 percent. I'ateiit medicines 10 per cent, instead
of UUJ. l'edlera ?1(J instead of $1(JU iu each
county.
> " For act of incorporation ?25.
| "The bank tax is fixed at ^ per cent, if the
i dividends are 0 and not over 7 pel* ceut. J- if
dividend* <iv?r H i.?r f
| ' Tlie various oilier objects of taxation rei
main tjiichungcd
*
Tlje Public Expenditure?.
The gross payments by the Treasury of the
United 8tat.es, for the fiscal year whieii ended
on the 30th of June last, were eighty-one million
live limidred and thirty-six thousand six
hundred and eighty-seven dollars, of which
nine million six hundred and eighty-four thou
r sand five hundred and thirty-seven dollars wero
paid on the public debt, leaving seventy-one
tuilliou eight hundred and fifty-two thousand
one hundred and fifty dollars as the expenditure
?f Mio year.
Thi? expe. 'l iure was of two classes?ordina^'
and extraordinary. Tlie Washington Union
gives the following table of the principal items
of the extraordinary expenditures of the year.
The Coast Survey. ?436,000
Bounties paid to several States. . . . .215,618
Construction of pubic buildings, <tc. .4,197,495
Pprifti/ina rvai/3 * n,n
I.ZIO.OBO
Anag for Militia, 361.C0U
Fortifications .2,667,448
Constructing roads. 147.857
River* and harbors 420,934
New steam vesals. . 841,822
Armories, Ataouula die , . 1,443,236
Naval ordinance, equipments, ifco. . . .8,994,646
The Mint establishment. ,613,487
$1 ?,967,686
Deducting tibia aggregate from tba aeventyone
millions expended, exclusive of payments
the public deht, (hero will ba fffly-five million
eight hundred and eighty four thousand six
hundred a: d fourteen dollars, aa the current exp&nte*
for administering the goyurnmeut during
the fiscal year* sending o# 3Uth of Jijuo
Ifl^t.
This |s the exhibit of the Union. It wiJJ bo
observed, however, that much of (lie expenditure
whiflh it cluase* as ** extraordinary," roeura
as regularly aa any other, aud ia really a
part of tno current expense of administering
tile General government*
A sehsible " down east* female ia decidedly
opposed to the interference of women with politics.
8he pointedly asks: "Ifmea can't do
the roting and uk? care of the country. vUat
istbeuM ofthemI"
(COM M I'SICATKIt.)
The Taxes?What Becomes of tho Money?
Mr. IMitor :?An unecdoto was told me by
nn old Minister of tlie Gospel, who hud n wide
reputation as nil original thinker, and as it is
apposite to my subject. I shall take the liberty
of repenting it as n reason fur these remarks,
lie said tliat on one occasion whilst attending
n meeting of conference in , lie passed several
times a day by a certain house from which
issued a succession of peculiar sounds which he
did not remember ever having heard before ; at
first he thought they proceeded from some machinery
at work but as he could think of nothing
which produced such unusual sounds at irregular
intervals of time, and his curiosity being
excited he determined to satisfy it ami walked
into the house ; and to his astonishmenthe found
a man practicing on the fiddle a la J'ayanini.
When he placed his finger on the string the
Bound fee whs produced and prolonged until it
j whs removed, which being dune ho sounded
faw ud libitum. Notwithstanding the ridiculous
figure of the luan, and the discordant note
of 1 jit* instrument, it set the clergyman to thinking
that all grout reforms moral, social ami political,
nrc began if not elVccted l?y playing on
ouc string, nml lie came to tlic conclusion that
even preaching itself?he spoke seriously and
respectfully?was a " fee faw busiacEs"?that
only two ehanjrei oould be sounded upon the
jail important subject of mail's salvation. I
l irive iiis own remarks and am not responsible
j for them, but concur in the opinion that political
reforms arc frequently brought, about by
' keeping the questions " ringing in the ears" of
the people, by playing upon the one string
however it may shock the musical taste of some
persons.
In your Usut of 1 noticed a communication
over the signature of "Tux Payer " which
I was glad to see; to keep up the figure, it is a
very appropriate prelude to what wo may expect
to hear from the people upon th? subject
of taxes. The facts and figures tif the writer
prove him to be a pructicul man, nnd familiar
with his subject, and unless I am iiinI.iiL-.ui !?..
Iius touched a string which will vibrnle
throughout the entire District. The things complained
ofnre nuion^sl ourselves; we can see
nml feel them, they extend to every man's
pocket. I am now one of those who ni>pruve
of paying public otftcers for their services and
of holding ihcin to h strict ncconutabilily; and
all public men from the law maker, to the humbleat
executive of the laws nre public servant*,
and as such their public acts arc proper subjects
on suitable occasions for animadversion. The
time for the animal visit of the tux-gatherer
has come and we wast to know why the tuxes
of this year are higher than the last, and what
becomes of the money.
From t ic rrport of the Comptroller General
submitted to the last session of the Legislature,
it appears that Abbeville District paid into the
Treasury of the State $17,WO. 12 and a District
tax of $11,(ill.53?only $2,627511 less to the
District than the entire tax for the support of
the Slate government. Kdgeticld District which
paid to tlie State $21,301 .'JS, only paid a District
In* of *r. <lt? ?.? MM.-. 1., -r All = 11
District are willing to he taxed, but they wish
to sec the money judiciously applied?last
year we paid nearly $1<J,OOU for Kouds ami
Bridges, an J such lloails aii'l Bridges??com?
inent is unnecessary. We paid more than ?2,
0U0 public building tax?for what ? and over
poor tax, in all nearly 'JO per cent, upon
the State tax, what weare assessed this year, 1
cannot guess. The whole system in wrong.
As to the commissions allowed the Treasurers
of the Boards?although the}' may be
greatly disproportion^] to the labor or responsibility,
yet it is a small matter compared with
un injudicious disbursement of the public money
; besides "the law allows it, and wo award
it" ; I would strike at higher game. The Legislature
in its wisdom may vote thousands of
dollars to build a monument to " State pride "
but withhold the means to complete a just
work of interval improvement, it may discuss
the propriety of rc-oneuinir the Afriitnti ?lnv?
trade, nml appropriate two cuuti a day to
educate its children?it may consume tiino in
considering abatrnctquestions of foreign policy
?but lias no lime to correct the evils at home
?it may do many other things, the wisdom
of which we cannot see, but we doubt they
are wise?these things are however, for the
present " past redemption Wo will continue
to respcct all in authority and pay our tbxes,
but are determined to know what becomes of
the money.
Allow me before I close, to say that I heartily
approve and endorse the resolutions pass
ed at a public meeting at Millway, and linpo
similar meetings may be held and resolutions
passed in every portion of the District. It is a
move in the right direction.
A CLOD IIOPI'ER.
COW SIG.KKES.
The foliow ing persons havo freight in the De
pot at Abbeville :?
T Cownover, B Johnson. Branch Allen <fc
Edwards, W M Hughoy, \V A ?fe 11 E Gaines.
IIS Kerr, Iv Tilnin.ii, J Martin, A Giles, Wier
?fc I.ythgoe, J Gibbes, I* S Itutledge, J \V Jones,
T C Perrin, Charles Cox, A M Smith, J McHryde,
John Adams, H TTustin, H W Lawson.
W It Stone, D J Jordan, W W Beluher, Iiugh
Wilson, J F Marshall, J T Little, A E Turner, J
Freeman. J L Dawson, CT llaskell, J O Lindsay,
J ?Jc It J White.
I>. It. SONDLEY, Ag't
markets!
Aubkvillb, Feb. 24, 1859.
Cotton.?Our cotton market has been dull
during the past week, the quantity offering hss
been very limited. The sales that have been
wade have been froiq 7J to JOJc.
IIaubudo, Feb. 21, 1859.
CottQn.-r?This article unine in pretty freely
last week. We quote extremes 9 to 11 cents.
1 11. Jf. N. E a
Columbia, Feb. 22, 1859.
Cotton.?Onr market has coma almost to a
perfect stand stilJ. We coutiuue to quote 8 to
11 cents.
Charleston, Jan. 10, 18(9.
Cotton.?The ootton market was rather quiet
to-day, but prioefe w?ll sustained. The trantaotions
were limited to some 1,400 bales, at prices.rangiog
from 9 to 1 If cents.
Chabmeaton, Feb. 21.
Cotton,?Sales of oottou to-day 800 balesmarket
depressed.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
4BBEVILLE DISTRICT.
IN EQUITY.
J. tj. Gobb, and others, ? . I}. V. Posey, A. &
Ilughee, *nd J. T- Moor#.
perrnoN iv tuk vatuslc or a foskiox attiohmbxt.
IT Appearing toi my satisfaction that B. V.
Posey, one of the defendant* in the above
stated ease, resides beyond the limits of thia
State, on uotitin of TJjifToson <fc IJfcir, Pro. Pet.
order that said B. V. IVieey do appear, plead
answerer demur to said Petition within three
months from the publication hereof or the same
will be Ukon pro eoofeoso Against him.
W. H. PARKER, O. K A. D.
Commissioner's Office,)
I ?eb..24, J8W. f 4? 8j?
II Y
MAIUUK1>. in Columbia, on tic 1 fiili inat.,
by Itev. l>r. Thorn well, Mr. \V. J. LOMAX, of
Abbeville, to Miss MACl'lH, of tlw fo?m?r
place.
?
OKITUARV.
Departed litis life on ilio llth and 18th instant,
THOMAS ami KitANCISS, cliildreu of
Hubert A. anil l'Vaneea Martin.
Departed this life on the 1 Ot.li instant^ after
a painful illness of two month#, Capt. JOHN
CUNNINOIIAM, in the 77tli year of his age.
The <Uceased was one of the few men of oue
country whoso privilege it is to see "thr*?
score and ton," ami die with a mind conscious
of having t<? the best of his ability, served hi*
country faithfully, and nctcd just towards bis
fellow man.
He was an affectionate father, kind master,
true friend, and behind him two sons, on*
daughter und numerous friends to mourn k:
io*s. A Fhiknp.
~ SALES FOR MARCH.
Shoriff's Sale.
BY virtue of sundry Writs of Fiern Facia*
to -in- directed, 1 will sell at Ahlievill*
Court House, on the first Monday in MARCH
next, within the leyal hours of sale, tho follow*
inn property, to wit:
10 Acres of land, more or less, hounded
lands of John A. Martin. Henry Wilson, anA
other*. Also, one lot of (iond*, Wares, and M?t-*
clitiudisc, levied and attached as the property of
lladdon, Stager & Ccf., ads. Vauralkcdburg and'
others.
il Clocks, '2 Cows mid Calvep, 2 Horses, 1 Carryall,
I l.ot Dried Fruit, 1 Lot Household Furniture,
levied on as the property of A. Slagtt
uds. Klislia W. Welch, and oilier?.
'2 li.ilesof Cotton levied on as (lie property of
John Douglass, ads. DoWit C. TillutBou, *n<X
otheiK.
TKllMS?CASH.
JOSKPH MOORE, ?. a. d.
SherilFV Ofli- o, January I'J, 1859.
| AM Blt (/TYPES,
fMHijKUl' 1 IMSS,
31 EL A1 NOT Y PES-,,
AND
"HELXW'-TYFSS.
C. H. LANNEAXT
RESPECTFULLY announces to the LadiW
and Gentlemen of Abbeville, nml surround*
ing couutry, that he has opened his GALLERY
At
THE MARSHALL HOUSE
An<l will be happy Insec nil who desire to pos?
ptiis one or more of these beautiful specimen* of
Art.
The superiority of the Ambrotype, to that of
the Daguerreotype, is, Hint it NEVER FADES,
and is not effected by atmosphere or dampastc,
or anything else.
I1IS STAY WILL BE LIMITED.
Please to call at once, and see his Beautiful
Specimens.
The subscriber is also prepared to insert th?
Ambrotype in Brooches, Medallions, Rings Ac.
These are perfect gems of the Art.
Come one, and come all, and come without
delay. Delays are dangerous. Death is always
in our midst ami doing his work. Secure,
then, the SHADOW, while you have th?
SUBSTANCE. This can be done in a trice, by
calling on the Subscriber, and done to perfect
satisfaction.
The subscriber will h<> happy to rcceive orders
for painting PORTRAITS also.
Feb. U4, ' ? tf
N OTICE.
P A T E S T PLOUGH.
VI.I. ? Iiw ? IMI A ruiw THAT WrLL
save onc-tift.il of tlie horse power used on
a farm, ami much expense in other respect*,
will not fail to exaiiiine tliin. It was patented
in I-'ehruary 18.18, by H. II. Bloodworth of Upsun
County, Georgia; ami had tukeu premiums
at every Fair held in Alabama and Georgia
since. The stock is simple, and from two
to fifteen dilferent plow hues can be used on it.
There call be no doubt of its superiority to any
ever bef-re offered to the public. It is to (>
deen lit the b'acksmith shop of K. J. Taylor, at
Abbeville C. IT., at, any time, and will be exhibited
especially during Court week.
l'rice $1.00 for ever plow run on a farm.
0. W. IIUCKABEE,
Agent for South Carolina.
Feb. 22, 1850 43 1m
WAGOHS,
Four or One Horse,
IBOX OR WOOD AXJLE,
REPAIRING,
BLACKSMITHING,
HORSE-SHOEING,
AND ALL WORK IN IIIS LINE*
JJ ONE TO ORDER,
Feb. 22. 1 SOU. 43 3m
JOHN CORBETT,
110 USE PAINTER,
GRAINER, MARBLEB, PAPER UANGEB,
SIGN WHITER,
Abbeville C. H.
Fob. 24, 180?. 43 1J
SOUTH CAROLINA, ' ""
ABJiSVlH-B 1HBTBICT.?IN EQUITY*
Henderson, Jutland, 1
North <t Piatt,
?? V Bill for Relief, IqT
Hodden, Slager ?fc Co., I junction, ?ko,
and others. J
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that A,. W(V?
son HaJden, Abraham Singer, Bliss 8]ager.
Spearling it Brother, defendant* in the above
ftUteil * ??? V? a-.A 1 - * - 1 -
.voiuo ucjuiiu tne nmiu of thi*
State. On motion of J. C. Calhoun, Comp, 8qL
ordered tliat the said defendants do appear
plead, answer or -demur to said fljll qf Gqqplaint,
within three mouths from the public^-?
tion hereof, or the same will be tf&ea Prq
Oonfeuo, against them.
WM. U. TARKEB, C.K1D.
Commissioner's Office, )
Feb. 21, 1868. S jj
SOUTH CAROLINA,
Abbeville District?Citation.
Bt WILLIAM HILL, Es*. Ordinary of Ahbj,
ville District: '
T7" 17 HERE AS, Williston W. Franklin, baa
V V applied to me for Letters of Adpaipjs^*
1 tion on ail and singular the goods and chmftli,
rights oud credit* of Robt? Smith, late OX tH?
District aforesaid decease*^
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
An/1 air.?.l? 4t- - * " ' *
?^ ..U(Sui?i, mis KiBurea aoa creditor* of th?
Mid deceased, to be and appear before m# *
our next Ordinary's Court of the said Diairiet,
to bo koldeii at Abbeville Court Hpum o? the
fifth daj' of March next, ?9 show causa,
if A>iy, why the said administration should Mt
'be granted. :
IGiven under my hand and seal, this eighteenth
day of February, in the year of our Loroone
thousand eight hundred and fiftjaftlpe
, ?od in the 83d ye*r if American Iu4epa*4*
ence.
- WILLI A BILL, 0-4- Bu
Feb. 21, 185? ' H