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W. C. KEITH, Editor.
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WALHALLA, S. C. :
Friday Morning, December 10, 1860.
J??"Speoial attention is directed to tho va
rioul New Advertisements to bo found in
this nutnbor.
Another Large Turnip
Mr. Thomas II. Dendy, "of this County,
sends us a largo Turnip, weighing six and
one-fourth pounds. It is of tho Globo variety,
and thc largest yet received. Mr. Dendy
has our thanks. Who has a largor ouo?
Fire.
Tho dwelling of Mr. H. S. Porcher, of this
County, was destroyed by Arc on Friday night
of last week. Tho building was largo, com
fortable, and costly. At the time, Mrs. Por
cher was confined to her room by sickness;
and tho only article saved from the llames was
tho bcd on which she was lying. PTr. Por
cher has lost, not only his dwelling, but his
valuable furnituro, plate, family relics, &o.
Tho fire was first discovered on thc roof, which
was in the act of falling iu. Mr. Porcher was j <
absent from home, ut thc time; and is un- i t
ublc to say whether it was thc work of an in- i
condiary or not, but is inclined to tho opinion i
that it was. lie has thc sympathy of all iu i r
his misfortune. j
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Blue Ridge Railroad. 1
Thc Directors of tho Blue Ridge Rail
road have eletcd Judge Orv, (?cu. William
Curacy and J. ll. Jenks, with President Har
rison and Cov. Scott, an Executive Commit
tee, to manage thc affairs of tho Company.
A Columbia despatch of December 5 to thc
Charleston Courier says : 'A final settlement
between thc Hoard of Directors and Criswcll
& Co. was agreed upon last evening. Thc Di
rectors agreed to pay thc contractors ?75,000
and settle with sub contractor Steers, now en
gaged on tho road. Tho contractors, who had
previously threateued to institute suit for
damages for annulling tho contract, withdrew
all claims. It is supposed they had dono
about fifteen or twcnt3' thousand dollars worth
of work ou the road.'
Thc Charleston Daily Republican of Dec.
(J says : 11 Thc work on the road will bc con
tinued, with thc funds now in thc hands of
tho company."
Book Store.
Wc are glad to bo able to announce that
Dr. Smeltzer has opened a Hook Store-in
town. Such an establishment has long been
needed, and wc arc assured from Dr. Smolt
??cr's high character as a teacher and a gen
tleman, that no book will bo offered for sale,
which should not lind its way into every home.
Tho Doctor has our best wishes for his suc
ocss. See his advertisement in another col
umn.
The Legislature
Doth brunches of thc body have passed res
olutions in favor of tho recognition of Cuba,
and expressing sympathy with thc struggling
Cubaus.
J. E. Ilagood, Esq., of Dickens, has been
appointed by the Speaker on thc Judiciary
Committee.
Tho bill to regulate thc formation of Cor
porations was passed by thc IIouso.
Thc Petition of County Commissioners of
1'ickciis County praying permission to levy
on incroased tax to pay thc indebtedness of
tho County, was referred to Committee on
Ways and Means.
A bill to regulate tho manner of .selling
lands at public salo was amended and ordered
to a third reading.
Comptroller General Noflglo's report esti
mates that $900,000 aro necessary to meet tho
current expenses and other paymouts ipr thc
coming fisoal year.
AU bills relating to divoroc has boen rofor
rod tO a commit leo of fi Vt:.
Congress*
This body convened nt tho Capitol, on Mon
daylast. Wo give elsewhere a briof synopsis of
tho President's Mcssago :
Tho " Reconstruction " of Georgia was up
in tho Senate.
Congress will have before it (1) tho income,
tax; (2) tho publie debt, regulation of the
curroncy, and tho return to a specie basis j
(3) tho revision of tho tariff j and (4) tho re
construction of Virginia, Texas and Missis
sippi. Tiloso aro tho important measures. Of
the unimportant mattera to como up,wo will not
evon venture to number or indioato their char
acter. We shall endeavor, howovcr, to koop
our readers apprisod of all matters of intorest
transpiring in Washington during tho ses
sion.
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Southern Cultivator,
Tho Deooinbor uunibor of this starling ng
> iou limul periodical has hoon received. It is
fibed with interesting nrtiolcs, both from cor
respondents ?nd the Editor's pen. It is pub
lished ut Athens, On., by Messrs. JON KS, at
p?r imnutn. Renew your subscrip
tions, .
Newberry College
"Aside from every fooling of proforonoc or
prejudice, wo really know of no college or in
stitution of learning in the Southern oouutry,
which has higher chums on the liberality and
consideration of tho public, than tho on#
whose mime graces tho bead of this paragraph.
For reasons of correct policy it was rcmovod
from Newberry, some year or so ago, to tho j
very healthy mid thriving town of Walhalla,
?S. C., ?nd while situated, as it now is, in thc
shadow of a portion of tho great Mue Ridge
ohain of mountains, and at thc terminus of
thc Blue Ridge Railroad, certainly possesses as
groat advantages in point of health, accessi
bility to o ?cry part of thc State, and that re
tirement and privacy necessary to a thorough
education and a proper training of male
youth, ns any institution within our knowl
edge. Its curriculum oir.braccs every depart
ment of useful knowledge, at tho lowest cost;
md while affording os liberal and finishd an
education, if desired by tho student, as can
JO bad anywhere, can also bo graduated so as
;o impart but a business education, and of
iourso at a proportionate expense.
"Newberry College is undor tho fostering
mro of tho Kyiingc'lcal Luthean Synod of
south Carolina and adjacent States; basa
l?oard of Trustees that 'is alono a guarantee
)f its usefulness ; is presided over by tho Rev.
L*rof. J. P. SMBLTZ.KR, as lipe a scholar and
ts good a man as could havo ? been procured
br his post, and has its different chairs filled
>y gentlemen not only exalted greatly iu
earning, but cmiuontly qualified aud adaptod
n every other respeot also in tho pro-requi
itcs ueocssary to complote sucoesa in their
icvoraf very responsible callings.
"In its substance and means of support,
vhich were ample before thc war, Newberry
Jollego was well founded and si stained, but
>y the effect of the disruption which ban made
is all poor, this noble institution is now driveu
br sustenance to knock at thc door of every
troll-wisher and fosterer of cduoatiou io our
bidet. To Lutherans, especially, her knocks
hould have a double meaning and a fully sat, i
stying answer. Newberry Oollogo x?Vast I <
tither be sustained or dio. Her trinit-Cos havo j
lotormined that she shall hoi d\h, and boneo j
his appeal, Wc hud tho pleasur* yesterday
norning of a call l\'om tho Rev. W. A. 1
IIOUCK, Agent o' "Nowbcrry College, who is . ?
it present ca?:.vtiBsing among tho three .Luther- ! ?
tu congregations and the friouds ol' educa- . ,
.ion hero to soo what cnn be done, and oh cor- ;
'ully commend tho object of his mission lo :
Am kind consideration of thoso upon whom ! '
!io may call." ?
Wo clip the above recommendation from I
,ho " Oharlcstou Courier " of Peooiuber 2d. 11
lt speaks well for Newberry Collego. From
it, we see, that others aro interested in this
Institution localed in our midst. What shall
ive say of some of our citizens who have uev
2r contributed to this Institution, and who
refuse aid in completing the building, and in
making it a desirable school for tho oducatiou
of our youth ? We aro told that tho room
occupied by the Professor of Mathematics is
open and exposed to wind and cold. Tho
buildiug should be painted, Che grounds clear
ed, cuclosed, and ornamented, Ia it too much
for tho oi tia ons of this tovrn cud vicinity, to
complote tho building and ornament the
grounds, when the church under whose fos
Lcriug caro inc College is placed support the
Professors!'' Wo understand an effort will
30ou bc made, by thc committee, appointed
by thc Hoard of Trastees for that purpose, to
liquidate thc debt, and complete tho buildiug.
Lei no one rc/usa i-hen asked by the. Com
mittee.
Thc College is, beyond a question or doubt,
a blessing to our village, lt is a benefit in a
pecuniary point of view. Intellectually and
morally no one can estimate tho advantages
of an Institution of this kind, [t will in
crease thc price of property, and give our cit
izens thc privilege of educating their childreu
without thc necessity of sending thora from
tho parental roof, or thc expenso of boarding
them at distant schock'.
Thc Faculty is composed of men, who arc
acquainted with tho duties of their profession
and know how to teach. Professor ARR?NO
TON, a Virginian by birth, has the confi
dence of tho students aud thc intelligent
citizens of this community. He oan success
fully carry thc student through the dark re
cesses of unknown quantities, thc mysteries
of roots and logorithms anil tho intricasics of
thc calculus. Tb J Hoard bas succeeded in
securing thc.'tem los of tho Rev. Dr. TURNER,
a ripe scholar and well versed in olassio lore.
Tho Reverend gentleman is well known in
tho State of South Carolina, aud a large por
tion of his time han boon occupied in teach
ing. Ho has boon connected with othor in
stitutions of learning in tho South. Tho
Preparatory and Primary Departments arc
undor tho suporvision of tho President, and
taught by a graduate of Newberry College.
This young gentleman, should bo. make teach
ing thc business of lifo, bids fair to become
one of tho most sucoe.:tful teachers in our !
whoota nf learning.
This community should stand by theso |
gentlemen, encodage (hem in their ar
duous undertaking, and ??t?'?'1 thoir aid,
both in completing tho buihiiug and increas
ing tho number of students. Wo wore led |
to thci'.o relict!tions, after reading the. above
recommendation from tho "Charleston COUP?
A Havana lettor lo thc New York
"Tribuno," gi v. i nows from Cuba to thc 27th.
It contains accounts of tho revolt of thc ne
groes and Chinese, and au attempt to join thc
rob?is. A strong column was sent against
them by General Trillo, and all were oapfur
od. Fifty aro to bc shot, and OOO lashes ad
ministered to caoh of thc others oll'onding.
A battlo was fought nt Sau .io.-;c, in which thc
Spanish loss was very heavy. General Le.sca
is at Cinco-Yillns, with 10,000 mon, unable
to ranko headway; ho oomplains of the new
troops wanting to abandon bis command.
Gonoral Pilot tc is urging Dc Roda? to bo al
lowed to evacuate Puerto lYincipe. Cholera,
small pox and fever arrt raging in St. Jago
Do Cuba.
tfi>.mumtm*mrmm i mm mmmmmmmmmvmmm
Koovvoo and Tuokuooegoo Turnpike.
Tho Stato'? interest in this road, recently
sold and purchased by thc Oouuty Commis*
sionors of this County, baa been lately sold \y
them to Mr. Wm. Rowland. Thc late put?
chaser, wo understand, has commenced re
pairs on this important iulct, and will shortly
hr-"- it m good travelling condition.
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Quito a Success
Tho you:??; Ethiopians in their concert on
l'uesday evening, given in aid of tho college j
building, were quito successful. Thia volun
tary undertaking is a laudable. ouc and de
serves patronage.
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Valuable Land for Sale.
Tho valuablo tiaot of laud, known as "Che-1
)heo,M belonging to tho estate o( W>?.. L.
Keith, deccasod, will bo. v: sold ou Salodey
B January next. This place is so familiar
:o our roadors that; a description herc is un
necessary, v;co advertisement.
Re-United
Ry far tho wost iutoresting religious eveut
is thc reunion of tho Old and New School
Presbyterian churches. Tho longed for eon
mtntuatiou took plaoo Nov. 12. Thc ooin
jinod church now embraces au aggregate of
ifty-oue syuods, two hundred and fifty-six
Eresby tories, four thousaud two hundred and
wonty-muo minister?, and four bund, od and
hirty-ono thousand four hundred aud siy/y
nemhers. lt ix thought that thc oyuor
nnu ches of tho Prosbyteviau Church will aUo
lombino with tho two just consolidated. A
General Assembly of tho united church is to
)c held in Philadelphia in May.
Tho Mill? Kouftfr
This old and well known house, iu Chavh-.?
.on, ha* bocu rooontly renovated aud re-opeu
)d uudor thu proprietorship of Mr. J. Parker.
LT.e elegantly furnished and eotufoi'tablo
'Ooiu?? thu efficient and attentive servant*,
?nd tables supplied with tho l-;*t tho C hurles -
;?>u market alfords, nil display th?? effort aud
ilotorminalioi) cd tho Proprietor to restore the
Milla I io ..sc to its pristine style aud reputa
.iou.
Moisra John Oauipson ?c Co
We velor (..ur reudovs with pleasure t<> the
iidvortisotnout of Messrs. John Campscu ?t Co.,
of Charleston, which appears in thia number,
r?lese gentlemen ar? engaged in a heavy bu
siness, iiT'i every way "eliable, and give strict
ntt?r.tion to customers oalliog personally ot
applying by order. These gentlemen would
be pleased to seo their customers and the
trading public Head tin ir advertisement,
Meeting of Congress.
WASH? NOTON, December 6.-?-?n ?!..-.
House, Hulk ley and Duel, of Alabama, and
Cox, of New Verk, were admitted. Sh errado
ami Hoik, from Alabama, approached tue ber,
but wine objected tn.
In the Senate,. Mr. Morton introduced a
bill to reconstruct Georgia. Thc credentials
of the Virginia Sosa to. 3 were presented and
laid on tho table. Mr. Cameron presented :.
petition fur tho recognition of Cuba, and
spoke strongly in its favor. Mr. Drako's bili,
restraining thc Federal Courts, was presen
ted.
The President, in his message, recommends
the prompt admission of Sonntors and Repre
sentatives from Virginia. Hopes the results
in Mississippi and Texas will have been snob
as to meet the approval of Countess. Sug
gests the rovival of thc lax on incomes, but
at reduced rates-say three pur cent., and
the tax to expire in three years. Says the
immediate resumption of speice payments is
not desirable, though it uhimld bc rer.ched at
the earliest moment consistent with a fair re
gard for the debtor class. Kocotnmends such
legislation a* will insure a gradual return to
specie payments and end the fluctuation in
the value of tho currency. To end thc
fluctuation in currency values, he recom
mends that authority bo given to thc Treasu
ry to redeem ifs own paper, at a fixed price,
whenever presented, and to withhold from
circulation all currency so redeemed, nntil
sold again for gold. The natural resources,
developed and undeveloped, should make oui
credit the best in the world, and the debt
could be paid in ten years ; but it is not desi
rable that the. people should bc taxed to pay
In that time. As the United States is the
freest of all nations, so, too, its people sympa
th izo with all people struggling for liberty
and self-government, but while sympathizing
ia duo to our honor, we should refrain frote
euforccing our views upon unwilling nations
and from tailing an interested part, withoui
invitation, in the quarrel? between different
nations, or betweou Governments and theil
subjects. Our course should strictly confort*
with strict justice and international and looa
law. Kuob bus been the object of Adminis
tration in dooling with these questions. Re
gnrding Cuba, he says, nntwithstndir.g tin
warm sympathay entertained for her contest
at no time has ;!:<! assumed tho condition:
which would indicate tho existence of a di
facto political organization of thc insurgents,
suf??oiont to justify i recognition ofbolligc
r?iloy. Tho principle ia maintained, however
thal this nation is ils own judge when to ac
cord the right of belligerency, cither toa pen
plc struggling to fro ) tbornsOlves from i
Government they believe oppressive, or to itv
Impendent nations at war with each oilier
Thc lir??'cd Stateshnve no disposition to in
torforo with i.'"- existing relation? of Spain 1<
her colonial pVt?itcssi?rt.
Going to Work.
A Columbia correspondent of Ibo Charlen
ton Courier says : i( Some yovy important dis
coverlea of gold Lave, been made iu a gob
mino recently purchased by Mr. ?John R
Cochran, in.Oponen County, on tho lino o
tho Hluo Ridge Pail Hoad. A very (?ut
specimen was exhibited ?o-day, and id said U
bo tho very j finest of gold. Congrcsamat
Hogc carries it with him lo Washington. 1
is reported that Mr. Cochran has disposed 0
two-thirds interest in thc mino-one-third t.
Gov. Scott, and one-third to Gen. J. W. /hi
rison, Presidentofl.be Hine Ridge Hail Hon
Company. Cob Miller, an experienced ra i nd)
starts fron; hen' lo morrow to IK gin opart
t;C>t!'
Moro.jJifiutiou
Tho corn market lias a downward tendency
in Walhalla.-The cities of New York and
Brooklyn arc to bo consolidated.-Two |
robbend? and ono shooting affray took place J
in Columbia on thc 5th.-Thc eflooluoi
strength of tho Federal army is 84,000.
Thc militia cost tho Strte of Tennessee over
$226,000.-Com is worth forty cents a
bushol in Georgetown, Texas.'-Thc re
ceipts of the Georgi* State Fair last week
amounted to $20,000.-Dr. Mary Walker
was arrested in Kansas City, t!io other day,
for wearing pantaloons.-Capt J. M. Feld
er, of Clarendon, is dead.-Tho connnor.
oinl elevator in Cjcaydnud, Ohio, nnd fifty to
r/.xty thousnud bushols of grain, wore burned
ou Wednesday night.-A Chinamau has
bought a through ticket from New York to
Iloug Kong.-Wi?. ICzzard, Democrat,
bas boen elected Mayor of Atlanta.-A
man in Cincinuati advertises for n situation :
'.Work not so much an objeotasgood wages."
-Brigham Young docs thc divorces in bis
dominions nt ton dollars a case-;( Scaling"
cid debt"? bangs fire in Spurtanhurg-J. Y.
H. Allon, demoorat, has boon oleotod Mayor
of Augusta, Ca.-Tho deaths in Charles
ton lost wock woro twonty-scvon-whites teu,
blnoks govontocn.-Tho first Methodist ser
mon waa preached in Now York, a littlo over
a ooutury ago, to a congregation of five per
sons.-Oraugoburg is making rapid strides
iu tho marok of improvement.-Tho Para
guayan war has cost tho allies $884,440,000 ?
and 189,810 men.-A segar costs $850 iu j
tlnyti.-The now Lord Mayor of London '
is a priuter.-About 600 packages of tea
were forwardod by vail from Sau Francisco to
Mew York on Thursday.-Garibaldi, hav
ing laid by the sword, i* now engaged in wri
ting letters ugnln.it the i'ope.-Kuglish
poa?, snap bonna and tomatoes, are now gath
ered fresh bom tito vines nt l?rnnawiek', Cn.
-David Dickson made eight hundred bales
of cotton this year.-Leiten bas just sold
fm- three yeat s ibo right to colet t it:t swill for !
$18,000.-'Who lives by mle keeps good j
company.-- -Tb? I'ort Jervis, Nev? York
Bank lins been robbed vf ?00,000.-Prince
Uortohnkoif promises to support tito scheme
for raising cotton in Russinu Alia, to compete
with the South.-bast year there was sown ^
in Minnesota 000,500 seres of wheat; this
year, 1,100,000 aeres.-Governor Fland
ers, of Wasliiogtou Territyry, lins vetoed over
one hundred acts.-A Now York under
taker advertises a complete fuuertd outfit for
$25.
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Mn-ionio li le ct ion.
The following brethren have been elected
ofl?ccrs of Blue Bulge Lo.Ige, No. f>2,
A.'JFv.M.'. for thc cunning Masonic year :
H. A. li. GIBSON, W. M.
J. W. HOLL KM AN, S. W.
II. S. VAN DI V KKK, J. W.
J. W. P. THOMPSON, Treasurer.
WM. KOBI*KR. Seoretary.
Will TN KR SYMMKH, S. D.
JOHN C. CARY, J. D.
F. P. SHARPK, Tyler.
Something of a Snake Story,
We lind tiio following paragraph going the j
rounds of our exchanges. Wc do not vouch
for thc accuracy of the statement :
" At Hicks's Creek Tunnel, on thc line of !
the Blue Ridge Railroad, in Georgia, which
Col. T. J". Steers his contracted to build,
snakes have been found so plentiful, that
work had to be temporarily suspended until a
few thousand of thom were killed. After an
excavation had bien made of MOO foot in solid
rock, thc poisonous .'"otiles were discovered
in vast number, and all bands wore employed
in disposing of them."
J&?y* The elad ion returns from Mississippi
and TCXBH are of so meagre a character aa to
leave us in doubt ns to the result. As far as
bo;.rd from thc radicals are ahead.
The product of a single grape vino of
thc Souppernoug variety, in Jacksonville,
Florida, bas been sold for one hundred and
ninety-two dollars.
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HAVANA, December 4.-'J he Spanish
Bank will issue 6,000,000, rails, currency, as
an additional loan to the Government.
Authentic information received herc from
Santiago dc Cuba, November 23, reports thc
landing of a lillibustcring expedition from tho
Cuban privateer Teaser, tn thc Nipo Bay, and
that h great quantity of military stores reach
ed thc interior in safety. On tho 20th, thc
Spaniards attacked tho insurgents, who were
entrenched, at Manette. Thc attack was com
menced by shelling, and on dod with a bayo
net oh argo, in which thc Spaniards wore re
pulsed, with great loss-many of thc wound
ed being taken by tho victors,
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Thc New York Tribune says : "Thc
South has two noble characteristics, which,
left to their natural working in soddy, arc
enough in themselves to lift communities
from any depth of disaster and sot them on thc
highway Of roaowii. She has a bravo way of
looking facts full in the, face, admitting thc
truth, comprehending thc extent, of a disaster
as a preliminary to fresh enterprise. This
?ho honestly carno by throng", tho blood of
thc men v. ho two hundred years ago felled thc
original oaks ami piries on tho banks of thc
Potomac, tho James, thc. Roanoke and thc
Savaunah. Second, the clowning occupation
to which every good South ron aspires, the.
cobler', purest; most Inmost un? phtmauouv
vocation for man is in his opinion that of a
tiller of the soil. Give those as promises m
tiny socio!?, and no disasters eau provo me
. rbv.dde"
NKW YORK AND BOSTON.-Boston has fivo
or six hundred millious oi' assessed valuation,
New York eight or niue hundred millions.
The two o? m bi u O? cities own nearly ouo tooth
of tho ent ire property of tho country. Tho
city of Boston alone has moro wealth thau the
States 0/ Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
combined. New York has somo sixty or
seventy millions of banking capital, Boston
nearly fifty millions. The two cities com
bined have within their limits (not inoluding
any suburban institutions) nearly one third
of tho entire banking capital of the United
States. Boston nloue has twioo tho capital
of tho rich Stato of Connecticut, and four or
five times that of M?iuo.
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W?X" A Washington dispatch says, tho roll
of tho IIouso of l&orcsctitativcs is mado un,
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and that itexcliAp > thc Roproecntativcs from
Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Texas and Louriana, except tho Radical,
Sheldon, from thc latter Stato.
Wift.. Peanuts may be joked about, but
there is a fortuno in them. Two years ago
and enterprising Yankee went to North Car
olina with a few hundred dollars, and began
cultivating peanuts. This year ho hus sold
bis orop for $84,000, getting 854,000 profit.
HAMS, december 4.-Rochufort has crea
ted intcuso excitement in tho Corps, by a de
mand that thc National Guard bo ordered to
guard the hall, for the protection of thc depu
ties.
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Tu? MAN WITH THU DIAMOND.-There
may bo sce.i daily on Chosnut street, Philadel
phia, a man clad in faultless apparel, with a
great diamond upon his breast, vainly en
deavoring to outgliltcr the magnificent soltaire
upon his finger, lu a German university bo
learned chemistry, und not even Liebig knew
it better. His occupation is thc mixing and
tho adulteration of liquors. Give him a doz
en casks of dcodrizod alcohol, and the next
day each of them will represent the nome of
a genuine wine or a popular spirit. He en
ters a wholesale drug store, bearing a large
basket on bia arm. Five pounds of Iceland
mos:i are first weighed out to him. To raw liq
uor thia imparts a degree of smoothness, of olea
ginousnca.i, that give to imitation brandy thc
glibness of that which is best matured. An
astringent called catechu, that would almost
close tu* mouth of an inkf Uud, is next in or
der. A couple nf .ounces of strychnine, next
called for, aro quickly conveyed to thc vest
pocket, and a pound of sulphate of ??ino
(whit* vitriol) is as silently placed in thc bot
t;.ni r f the basket. The oil of cognac, the
sulphuric acid, and other nrticles that give
fire and body to I .0 liquid poison, are always
kept in .Hore. These things are thc staples
nf his sri, and the mixer buys them at differ
ent places. Chemistry alono discovers thc
che;. Among drinkers (he question is asked
\yith alarms, "Have wo Bourbon among us ?"
Nr.W (MU. KA NH, December 3.-A destruc
tive lire occured at Galveston this morning,
destroying four entire blocks and three-fourths
?d'two others. About fifty business firms and
shop-keepers were burned out. Thc Mcr
ehants' Mutual Insurance building, threatro
and Mctropolital Hotel were destroyed. The
lusa is variously estimated from 81,000,000
tu ?>l,500j?OO.
'ir i s t: : m A H Si arirs.
NKW YoitK, Decombor 0-N00n.~M0.ricy
fi. t?xchangu-long S?J ; short 0?j. Gold
:'.')\. (Vi's, coupon, lf):V 5 Tennessee's ex
coupons, 46 j new -10 i ; Virginia's, ex-cou
pon, fd.) j new 51 j Louisiana's, old, 57 ; now,
50 ; levee O's 59 ; H's 78 ; Alabama 8\s 0") ;
Georgia O's 82 ; North Carolina's, old, 48| ;
now, ?|8A? . Flour rather moro steady. Fork
dull-new meas 82.50. Lard dull-barrels
19(*I10T. ('elton steady, at 25. Freights
quiet.
\RttANORMRNTS arc mado to scouroany Hook
wanted. Also, Dooks. Catechisms, So., for
Babballi Schools, .School Books, Pens, Ink. Paper,
&c., kv., always on band. Thc Depository for
the Oconeo Dildo Society is also at (ho Bookstore.
Next door lo thc PostOflieo.
Doc. ti, l^ii?t ' 0 .If
Campsen Mills Flour
R KC KI V ED TU B
Fir.il Prem in in al HID South Carolina Mute Fair
in Columbia, 1809.
npiIK undersigned odor their country friends
and tho public in general, a choico and
puro article of FLOUR.
They have 0:1 band and aro grinding daily a
fuit .uipply of choice
FAMILY BXTRA AND SUPER FLOUR.
-ALSO,
Northern and Western li'lour at lowest market
prioo, Corn, Oats, und Hay.
. fl.OOO 11USUKLS PRIME WI1?TK COHN,
2,000 " " OATS,
500 Hales Kasten? and Northern II AY.
.JOHN OAMPSUN & CO.,
{marleston, S. 0,
Pee. 7, |800 0 :'?m_
Vtw.i?iv, ?rlttmio C'oiniMtiiy'n
COMPOUND
ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME
For Composting with Cotton Seed.
rniUS AHTIOLK ls manufactured nt tho Ccmpa*
I. ny'? Works, undor thc dirootion.and suporln
totidcuco of Dr. llnvcnol.
ii conlalnn tho sanio ole mon I s i?f fortuity ns SO?
LUllhti I'ACIFIO OOANO, oxoopt that lt ls not
furnished with Ammonia. It lu proparod express
ly for composting with colton (?oed, which furnish*
os tho clement of Ammonia; tho object hoing to
rendor thal sida product of tho plantation avalla
Mo lo tho hlghosl clogvoo as an element of fertility.
Kor further and particular information apply to
tho undersigned.
Tl!I'.MS. -$16.00 CIIHII, or Sr>0.00 on Isl No
\H< ,sv"- f0?" ?onrovftd^l^ ^MN,"
* A cont for South Cuvolina,
I and 2 AtlaUllc Wluwf, Charleston.
JOHN H. KKKftK, J*-i
(TeUvral AgoDt, llrtltlnioro.
<W U 1800 v ?m
Intelligence- lias been received by
State Constable Hubbard that William K.
Tolbert, accused of thc murder of Randolph,
was killed lust Thursday night, at a danoo in
Abbeville County. Ho was traoked to tho
houso by constable Hollingshcd, with a party
of polico, and Us soon as they presented them
selves Tolbert commenced firing ut Holling
shcd, and wounded bim twice, flu tho groin
and in thc thigh,) when Hollingshcd shot
bim through thc heart, killing him instantly.
[ IVi?rnix.
CLERK'S S ?S
THE STAT IO OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
o a om: ic COUNTY.
Kol th & Norton, Ex'ora., ] Bill for construction
vs. > of Will, toscll Lund,
J. W. Karie and wife, ct.al ) &o.
UNDER an ordor from tho Circuit Court,
Equity sido, I will sell to tho highest bid
der, on Saloday in January noxt,
TRACT NO. 1, OR CIIEOIIEE PLACE,
Belonging to the estate of W. L. Keith, dodd.,
as sub divided by tho Commissioners appointed
for that purpose
This placo is situate twelve miles Northwest
from Walhalla, and- contains a large qoautity
of first class lund, both bottom ami upland, a*
portion of eaeli in cultivation, and other parts'
lindy timborod. Deposit gold is found on every
part nf it, and baa boen profitably worked.
Speoimons'of Cold from thc place, together with,
plats of tho Tracts as sub-divided will bc oxhib>
ltod nt my office, after thc 20lh instant.
TEllirlS-On a credit of ono, two and tbrco
yours, from 1st of November last, with intc?ost.
Bond, with good suroty and mortgago of tho
?remises taken, or thc purohnsor may pay ensb.
or stamps and nil papers tho purchaser will
pay extra in cash.
Rk$f" Tho abovo Tract of Land will bc rc-sold
at tho risk of tho former purchaser, bo having
failed to cmnply with tho terms of salo.
J. W. STRIPLING, e.c.e.
Clerk's Ollieo, Dec. U, 180'J U-td
U. S. Marshal's Sale.
I WILL SELL to tho highest bidder, IttWo ?ho
1 Court House door in Walhalla, on Salcday in
January next, tito following
Roal and Personal Property,
To wit : Ono Tract of Lan 1 whereon defendant,
Christian Drucke resides, Bitttuto in Oconco Coun
ty, on thc Oconoo Station road, containing (Juc
Illltutrcd ami Forty Acres, more or less.
Also, one other Tract, in said county, on Crook
ed Creek, containing One Hundred and Fifty
Acres, more or less.
-ALSO,
Two Horses, one three year old Colt, ono small
Colt, ono 2-Horse Wagon and Harness, one 1-horse
Wagon, eight fat Hogs. BOO l?undlvs Fodder, Kiev
en head Tattle. All levied on as the property of
C. Drucke, to satisfy fi. J a. against him ia favor of
tho United .Slates.
THUMS, OAS ll. Purchaser to pay extra for
titles and stamps.
L. E. JOHNSON,
I!. S. Marshal.
Sale to ho conducted by Alex. Bryce, Jr., Depu
ty U. H. Marshal.
Dec. 7, I860 9 :t
THE STATR OF SOUTH GAROMNA.
Plcltciif) County.
fn Ike. General Sessions, November Term, IBM.
IT is ordered that an extra session of tho Oourt of
Sessions bc hold at 1'ickcns Court House for
Phkens County, on tho Third Monday in Deooiu
her next, to dispose of such cases in the Sessions
as lins e not been disposed of al (he present tenn.
It is lardier ordered that, thc Clerk of this Court
do issue a Venire for Jurors to serve at the said
extra terni, according tc law.
It is further ordered thal tho Recogui/.ances of
Wilncs es and Prisoners lu the case ol' the Slate
vs. T. ^ DviirJ. Hoggs, for murder, b* OOliUnuod
over to said extra term.
JAMES L. Ol'.lt.
November L'?, 1800,
SOUTH CAROLINA, )
PlCKr.Ns C?CXTT. j*
I, ft. At Bowen. Clerk Common Pleas and Uo i
eral Sessions for Pick ons County, certify i lint i ho
foregoing is a correct copy fruin thc minutes of tho
Corni.
(riven under my hand and seal of office al Clerk's
office. PickcnsC. H., S. 0., this 29th November,
1 H-iil.
lt. A. DOW EN, c o.p.Aos.
Doo. C. I860 _t)_2__
A cl minis 1 rat o r's 8 a I c,
1)Y virtue of on order from Richard Lewis,
> Judge of Probate, I will hell to thc highest
bidder, nt or near Bachelor's Retreat, on Fri
day tho 17th day of December, instant, tho
Choses in Action bolongitig to tho Estate of
Janies Johns, deceased, consisting in part of
SEALED AND PROMISSORY NOT KS,
ACCOUNTS, ?tC
Terms, cftNli.
JAMES A. JOHNS, Adm'r.
Deco, lf-69 0 3
i l\ ft V II VA
YOUR PROP.OUT Y IN THF
Janies River Insurance Company of Va
Itli'L'B JIO\fl>, VA.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL, 91,600,000.
Agent's Office nt the Dook Si ore,
Opposite Pieper & Lowery's.
Doc. I!, 18AO U tf
Must Fay Up !
'THOSE indebted to usnro notified that they mast
1 pay by 1st .January next. Alter that limo til ol I*
Accounts will be placed in tho han ls of Whit nev
Synuncs, Esq,, for collection. No dist i liol ion.
PIEPER & LOW Ell V.
Dec. 7. I8b!> _J>_
"Sheriff's Solo
BY virtue of sundry Writs of Furl 'm ian to mo
direeicf, 1 will sell, to the highest oklder. with
in Iho legal hours of sale, before thc Court llouao
door, in Walhalla, S. C., on salcday in January
next Hie following properly :
One Tract of Land, containing Tnnoivs, mercer
loss, adjoining binds of U. Huh Wv, II, W. KuliU
munn and others, levied on as the nroporty of J.
ll. Frasho at tho suit of J. Q< Munmin.
Ono Tract of Land, containing ?00 acres, mora
or loss, adjoining lands of Jesse flail, Jacob Hush
ami ollioi"s, lovtoil On as tho properly of Hebert
Brackenridge al the suit of James R. Mooro and
others.
THUMS CASU. Purchasers lo pay Ox tra for tillen
and stamps.
JAMES ll. ROBIN'S, H.O.O,
^Doo. 7, 1800 0 ld
Notice.
IN conformity willi tho rcquiremonts nf In-?
? tornal Revenue Laws. I hereby givo notice
tfmVfh day of' November, IJt?O," because of
having boon used in violation of Intcrnpl Reve
nue Laws, lo mubo mich claim before mo within
tbirlv days from first publication ol this m?tico,'
tinny inj ^ I-'OLCER, Ass't Ass'r
and Special Dep'ty Col'r.
NoV. 30, i'$60 ? 3