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ENGINE.

Mail Robbery The Soulh western
mail. IN lis way from Miiledgeville. Ga,
m his place, was robbed a, Pinckney Fer
ry, Oh The Union side, by the driver. mau
named William Latham. who has been ar.
rested, and placed IN Union Jail. Twenty
letters were found floating in the river, bu,
there was no evidence of any inouev sent.
only two dollars, from l.aurens. S. c.,
which wa found on his person, with ore
lrtIrr regularly most marked, from Ciarks-
Vile. Go. Too uuch praise canuu, he
swar'i'd 10 the post master, at Pinckney.
Mr.. Alexander, and Col. Bradley, fnr The
rrompl means they took to bring the oi'cn-
der 10 iust;ce.
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Sag over tile waller causes it to ripple,
aud the voice. when an individual speaks.
produces certain vibrations in The aimns-
pherc. by which sounds communicated
An eminen, philosopher saws that these
puisations. if,hey may be so called. caused
by male voice. vary from 20Dn 500 in a
second. while those OF The female exrend
from 600 10 1900! We wniid uor like To
be suspected of nnchnrirahleness, hni rral-
" there are some sharp. shrill, ear-pcrcing
voices Of The render sex, which doubtless
would exceed t,co thousaRd.- Phiaadrt.
Gazette.
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(, is stated in ILe Phiia,leIpfia papers
taa, Judge A Archibald Randall. oi rhafeiiy,
has bern sDni.iai"d 10 fhc Unne,! States
Senare. by the President. rs Judge Of tho
Eastern D,s,rici al PENIS. lrauia. To I'LL tho
vacancy occasioned by the death Of Judge
Hopkinsou. Coari.r,
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InpnrtGnt JgiiciGi Dscision.-At tbs
Cnurt al Oyer aud rerrniner for York
county. Pennsylvania. April term, 1889,
Edward Pugg with ",he,.) was indicted
,nder u slurur OF Pennsylvania ofine year
1929, for experimenting and carrying 10 The
Safe ni Marylani Il negro Woman, claim.
d as slave. " irh tn. intention To hold or
TO sell said person IL u slave for life. which
by that statute. is marle u felony, punisha.
bic b, fine Il not less than FIVE hundred
nor more than thousand dollars, and
borrower II. Imprisonment AT bard labor
lar Ut less than seven nor more than
twenlg'>qe wears. The sane statute
hoounds m renal enacinen,s for co.rela-
tive Offences.
Upon Ihi' In''r'',ent. Prigg was tried,
,nl n special ver'iict.erurucdb by the inry,
find,ug IN" facts thai the l-rson apprehen-
ic.I had come intn PcnnsS,vania some
some lime in 1872; Tint ~ the tIn,c, and
long before. she had been n slave for life
under the laws of Maryland TO citizen Of
that State; that Pnss ~as duly and legal
iv constituted the agent Of said citizen TO
apprehcud the abscOnding slave, and did
apprehcnd and carry her hack into Mary
land to her ownrr--aud praying the dircc-
iion of the Court as to The Ia" OF the case.
Upon hi, verdict n pro torma judgmcn,
was given fnr The Commonwealth against
Prigs. aud the case heing carried up SaE
Supreme Court ofhr State Of Pepasyiya-
MIA. the judgment Of The Court helagt WIS
there affirmed.
An appeal To the supreme Colri of inc,
United Stutcs Was iakea isy Jonathan
Meredith amI Johu Nesssaa Esqnises,
Commissioners andt t.apnselleFs ofths Ssaae
Of Mur.lach.
The juIgmeptof she Snprene Court Of
the ni,ed SIaies IS. atlai the nct Of rho
Commonwealth az Pennsylvania upon
which this eS 81 Is ehn.ie,i. ID repEgrant 70
the Coasistsfica o5f' tiae & aitsds States, and
tterrfars soid. NGt, latslligeseer.
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Look out jr hem!-We have good rea-
SONS Tor heliesms, that various schemes
are in preparation. annng the Wings and
vatiou, sol disani Demo6 rars. having for
their combined object he restoration of
Col. Preston 10 power aud favor in this
State. We are nol az liberty losay more
just now, but much mistaken if those who
Keep wide awake do NJ, see some Of the
developemcnts nj them before long
South CarViiRi0a.
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Observation-Disclosures arc

Political ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS arc
in progress in Washington, il is reported
for the purpose Of bringing Mr.. Clay out
for the Presidency in Tie nronh Of April,
He is tn he nominated by State Conven-
iiou in New York about The middle Of next
month. Nonh Carolina is To follow suit,
and several other States are 10 fall in as
early as practicable. The politicians
have nnr yet rnndc M their minds respect
ing the Vice Presidency,
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PUginia.-S"mc,ime sinfe we published a
resolutions which passed rl,e Legislature Of this
Stale, relative Il, the reductionof the per diem.
ofli'e m-rnhers of ,ha, body tpins reduced, ai'
ter the session had reached ,ni certain number
of days. We at the time. wee If opinion that
th"se who were 40 anxions f.r short sessions,
would find i, difficult 10 carr int" execution
iher wishes. IL The rmedy 10 be "s''d should
materially eilee, themselves. By the following
paragraph ir"nl The Charlesisn Mercury. W"
fin that when the ssoe began !, piaea. they de
termined to get rid Of 1t, in as short manner
as possible.
"The Legislature Of Virginia some time
since enacted q foolish law to reduce The
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:sSsS. 81 s q s:si ssriltrn, in
ID cotton. Tor
s5s Hen into the
Iii ii Gar efaated. what
$SSS;sSsI Il Z Src affected, mighr in
ssIIssE IN .IssInR PROVE.
Win regard 10 goisnn heins substituted
far Heanp. in the nnnfacture OF Co'r"n
basring, rope, canvass fnr sacks, and sari-
ous other purposes ,nat connected, with the
naval service. there can be no dniili ap-
prehend, unless the experiment ~ Coiam'
hia has been delusory.
The question, whether Cotton viii an.
swer ali,he purposesoi Hemp IN lhena
service. is one of more difficulty; and al
though II was brunght io the consideration
of Congress, l think. by the late Warren
r. Davis Of Soulh Carolina, do not re-
member what was The rrsuiI. Certain it
is, however, thutthe question is still open'
and il am not greatly mistaken. IS des-
,;ncd TO form a prominent object of South
crn euterorize. III our efforts I'd resist the
tide of events that threatens 10 rob us ut
our rich inheritance. namely, The most val
uab,e product in the world. with The most
appropriate and cheapest labor Ia make u.
But 10 return TO The main subject oil DIS
cussion, which was 10 shaw that the Piau-
,ers of The Cotton growing region mnsl,
with hearty good will, enter upon the work
Of reformation which "a continuation ol CIR
cams,ances both in the old and the new
,yorli has forced anon Them. 'Fhev have
mol ycl gone quite 10 The absurd length oi XII
ling the goose that lays The golden egg, but
unless .iIcy pause in their mad career. they
will produce result equally fatal. IL was
stated 10 former article. that they had re-
duccd the price of Cotton, by over pnduc-
lion, from Is cents per pound TO one hall
ihat sum; il was also laid down as II prop
osition no, 10 be disputed, that the value
{, ofa commodity depends in great measure
upon the relutinu subsisting between the
snpply and the demaud. Ifexperiencc and
obserya,ior have established any one prin-
ciplc OF pnliticai ecouomy better than an
other, il is this; and therefore The man
question about which we are now con-
cerned is whe,her the production of Cot
TON has so Ear exceeded lhe CONSUMPTION
as 10 reduce the price; and il it has then
wha, ia the remedy to be applied under all
fhe circumstances. to cpahlc the American
Cotton planter still to maIn'nin his inds-
pcnGence and 10 compete successfully
with the Cotton OF the east.
Believing that no manin his senses eau
joub, the existence Of The evil oil over pro-
duc.iou. We milI proceed tn the ,onsidrra-
ton oc the remedy BY reference TO the
OF The country, il will be
found ihat wnisss-ss.- etnduciion was less
than million of bags per-ganuum. the
prices ranged from l., TO ls cents: uapkins
an ayeranse OF Is ceuis. Now suppose tie
crop Of lS4l TO he l,600,OO0a' an average
price of75 cents, i, is obvious to The CON.
prehension ofnny schonlbov. thai we are
ne,,;.- -~.- e.,r i'iin Iain baes. ,h,. ann
Nrcs ~" iri,N'tis S'" iAht nag ,
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Hurdcr.--A letter from Beaufori,(S Is. C J
informs us thai much painful excitement
prevails there. OF acruunr Of The a'rociou~
murder on Friday evening last of Mr.. JAS.
Elwuris. of 81 Helena Island. He was
in the practice of wnkirg from his own ."
q ucighborine plnnlorinn. Two miles distant.
ru give out provisions; aud as he did nor
reiurn home that evening, nor during the
night. search was made lnr him the uexr
;dav, md his hody Was fpnud in pond
With u log laid across the breast, The skull
sta"'ped, and The throat cut The pond
was '''-' Ear from II inof.path ihroueh e
swamp Were he must have bcrn uavInid.
and ifon' ~h-;h the trace, of bInod upon
The ground led '-the discovery of the hodv.
hr Edwards Vas. gentleman Of remark
ably mild and in"ticns.. - character: bur i,
appear. from ih" rcs'in,".y nf the neprnes
he hal Tint day had an nlr"n-,,ion with hi.
driver aud struck him; and u, nr.., r;rcu,,.
stances have come In light raising s,r,,o
presumption nf the guilt Of The la,ie. he
has been arrested dnd imprisoned for !ri;r.
-ChGrieStrn Mercury
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Indies aud other countries uf she EaSi, ,.wiil
in few years, 50 increase their production
as 10 make the whule quantity annually
produced by them equal III What il is now
in both continents. Grant that ,hi- will
be the case, as II unqucsiionahly will. /!
such result can be effected by British
Capital md British enterprise. stimulated
on The one hand 10y The most unsuitable
avar;ce, and un The other. by The most in
veierate prejudice against The peculiar ln-
siitulions of the Cotton growing region ni
The United States; will nnt The same Ghjcc;
be attained just "a sonn aud with as much
cerrninly, il we continue our career Of su-
icidal fully by attempting TO Increase ra,h-
er than dimiuis;i. the Production! Sup
nose that, with all the energy, skill and
capital that will he brought into action, it
will require period Of ten years or fifteen
years al funhesi, for The eastern CONT
nent aud the British possessions IN South
America, to reach that point Of production
when our principal customer. The Brush
Empire, will huve i;iIlc OF M occasion to
look to this country for supplies "i the raw
natesial, what will be the Consequence I"
our cotton planters! They will not only he
without an adequate market for their STA
ple production. hut they will have The very
consoling reflection that their be-, energies
have been employed in accelleratins The
catastrophe OF cutting ofi their prlacipal
resource OF wea!, aud co,nion. aud that
thew have noi even thought scrnusls of Il
substitute. This lameulable result Is 40
picture OF the fancy. and must as enevita-
hly follow from the premises, rs The sha-
dow follows the substance. No device. no
ingenuity of man can stop the progress If
events tending to produce 1t. IL therefore
becomes nos only the part of wisdom but
OF self preservation, that the colinn plan
ters should arm themselves AT all points
20 ward of the blow; aud with The tact aud
versatility of the Freuchman. whilst they
are inyoluniarily resigning one source Of
revenue, their energies are not to be OK
hausred in iruirless Efforts 10 re am il but
in iaveniins other sources more Perma-
men, in their character, aud more certain
in their enjoyment. There are some
things su plain that every atiempf 10 illus
tra,e Them is msi,er of supererrogaliou.-
The course proper 10 be pursued by The
cotton planter Is So obvious. thai argu-
ment becomes empty defamation. lf lie
cauno, summon the courage 10 look The
impending evil in The face, aud lay his
shoulders 10 the wheel.in vain nay he i'm.
prccarc the assistance Of Hercules 10 ex
.riea,ing him from the doom iha, awaits
him,
pppose to show in concluding num-
islai ,he remedy Is noi only practica
Enr inrrstbas Others NAV not see
GIVE so plainly, will
M Issi I; M III sine Of lis effects
4ss. N. 81 d iii uf The cnun-
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Eaiasnsis !carii. says The Adian.
fsileh. ~ asrlimau. thai there IS a feaF
~ sIslssnia asing b Tseumsei, swefp-
Si,a alf sis yiclitrs b the space of very
lsw hussrs' aftsr its .srescnee ls fen. ssc
have i: iFarslsa the particulars, bot ase
ii.i.ss iliat i,s effects are 6rs, discovered
~ IA Iss 10 ibs ltead, Several es,iniaole
snd snrihy ciiizeas have been cntdowni IN
Tia pr;fne oflife. Among whom. we i:ses.-
tien viii, sadness, tho cannes cf Msrte
+. Champion, Esq. and Mr.. james b'
Mecray.
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Fa'ai iGhiy in iasnSin.-Wc learn
rha' arI aflrny occurr..l imsAug,,sia, on
SUNDAY night Insi. " hirh resulted in loss
o. lilr. II appears. n> far ~ We have heeu
able To ,Scrrrair The particulars. that al
ahnu' ! ] O'Clock on The night of SUNDAY. a
yOnus uinn of the name OF Hutchinson. a
clerk in Store, was walking through
Broaris,rrer, aud when nearly opposite
Lamback's Coffee House. no was acrosted
hv = Young man. an engineer on The Geor-
eia Raii Road. ~ the uam- of NcMillen,
;b-tween whom and II there was sn.re H.
fceIug.) who demanded If his name was
not Hulchnson. A denial of The name
was made, with the object, il is supposed,
ul avoiding q collism. McMillen then
said. thai WAS hi, name md srlzing him
by The Collar, struck him n blow III the face.
nj Tie same time calling orl for some Of his
comrades. In the &c, Of repeating Tire
blow. Huichin.on drew bowie knife.
wish which he had provided himself. in the
iral of being attacked. aud plunged il inin
The leh Idle oI M'Millrr. under the mint h
rib. M'Millen fell. cxclaimine thai no was
killed; va. taken up and carried into The
Coffee House, where he expired in about
twenty minutes Hutchinson has since
kept nut of the way of the authorities
We give The above statement rs we receiv-
Ell it. and there may he some errors in the
particulars. The Augusta papers will
doubtless uu,icr the malter.-Char. Cour.
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OIio B,ak. Tie franklin Bank of Gin
cnna,i rrsrrmrd specie payment on the last
day "f Februar! thu. leading ~ way fire days
b'tnr" the 9Th Of March. the day appointed by
the L. ,i-lnnre. The In ranue Bank r. snm-
d OF the lstof March. Tht woik goes brave.
ly on.
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cate o. Cotton Hae.--.-..s -. pe.er,Ve ny
an advertisement in III, GIeersille Mountain.
eer. Tia, there il To he sale ofa'achinrry be-
longing to Cnrtnn Fac;ory ut Van fauon's
ahoal-, Spartnnbarg District, Gu Monday the
18th of April
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kentucky StHaior.-t'n the .-th uli.. I"hn J.
Criucndrn was elected by The Legislature o!
Kentucky, without opposition. y. :. Senator.
t. supply the vacancy occasionsd by the resis-
ralion ci Mr Clay.
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Mr.. EpiroR--ln iElis pge oi ffss,Eksliires and
DurhaHis The factsrslasea % i aeospaun;caitaa
made 10 the English ASscailslfaE sccieiy N
1899, by Earl Spencer. uny be lisiiestat. DO
made the gestn,iou Of Cows. y rpssihF pf Ois
serva,on for several years, and gives 76A cRses
as follows:
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u We are authorized 10 aannunce our old
and long tried. friend Maior sn 8. IErrH. us
Il candidate for reelection. ioa seat in the Sc.
nate of This State. from gdgefeld Dissrict
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Extract Of a letter recsired in Charleston
dGieI. ..BALTIMoRE. March, 5.

Extract Of q letter rer.ircd in Charleston
dGiei, ..BALTIMoRE. March 5.
"buliinior" Is Ia n strong s;nse Of excite
neni, in consequence ni the Suspension ol
specie payments. The hank. have relu.
SCI. To take The R.r! lsoaI NnleS ~ par. and
they have fallen 80 per cent below par. Il
is sad tha, the banks and hr,kcr- are con.
ccrncd the lahnring uIaE ha. 10 take The
notes Of 'ir r. r. Cnnpinv. anh when h..
gne> Ia pass them, he lpssrs thirty cent-,--
liz. demonstrates III his employer. (nh HI
nv the by, buys these noicS at thirty per
cent di>couEr and pays Al par) aud he rr.
fuses 10 take them hack and perhaps dis
charges Ihe complainant. The Iabnrer- have
hrcu ground Iuug enough. and for The la,
four nights mph~ ui from > To 6 ;huusnui,
have been assembling Ia The Nurr'i Poinr
Monument Square. opposite Barnmm's
Hotel. Night before lasi the Mavor adj
dressed the mob. bii instead Of rrrre,.in:
il. rather gave spur TO he exci'rInenr.-
Last niRr the mnh ranged more numcr-
uusIv. They hurnI Scott, u Senator of,he
State Legislature in eiiigv. for reporting
agains, The immediate resumption fsprcir
payments by the banks. AIrr marchin:
up aud down The streets several tunes,
cheering, they Dispersed at ] | O'Clock. to
meet as ain This night. Two steam boats.
having large numl,er nfpersuns OF board.
were 10 leave Baltimore for Annapolis.
where the Legislature is in session. Il" con.
pei The Senaic Ia pass resolutions for the
immediate rrsumpiun III sperie payments
hy the banks. The militia are in rradi-
ness. have heard thai 1000 are d"tailrd,
aud that ball cartridges have been is>nrd.
aud IN soon aS The moh begin thr work of
desiruclion. they will be fired on. Vast
niany of the mob will he armed. the FIRE
will he reIurned. and fear that fight
may eusne. IL is AN awful state of affa,r..
By the lime that you receive this. the work
will huve commenced. The mob say if
specie is not forti, coming. they will de
siroy The Rail Road aud Cars. This will
be bad work"
The only nntiee we fnd in the BaIri-
more papers, up tn the evening of the 5ti,
inst, IN reference 10 this rnaiter, is the fnl-
Charleston Courisr.
ss,sie Annapolis Republican says: 4
sfs lstee Of about TWO hundred persons
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pay OF memhers afer certain day from
The commencement Of each Session. As
The day approached. they began 10 have
qualms, which symptoms continued with
manifest apgravation, lil finnlly lhey could
stand il nu longer. aud !asi week they to.
'pealed The bill by large majoriries and
with u most rdifying despatch. We have
not Witnessed such celeri;y of Legislation
since Congress passed the bill 10 provide
for the pay of,he members"
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-, 49,. ,idIi. WIN Ine
virtual approval III ihr Mayor md Alder
men. nhu gave them The u.e Of it. Do
you rhinh these these things can progress
much longer, with anything like sufcty Ia
you!
Among other Addition meetings is one
of an equally violent and reckless charac
in n.e oi HE NORTH. western States, We
forget now ~hiel-in paper We have
mi,laid. That The ibnIirionsis of the
country are nrousing themselves To the
most desperate aud rec klrss ex rrinns. uni
ted VIII hU,c of Great Brilain. there can
bc 40 reasonable doubr-givine aid md
support TO Il tnrcigu enemy. a, The Frder-
alIsls did during The .aic ar: aud IL .,ruug-
ly och owes all nf the Sunth whu have a,,y
regard lOr their prare aud safety, 10 think
seriously on HE smlJrcI. watch vigilanil,, i,
nud lunk well Ia the future.
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reached this city Yesterday from Baltimore.
for the purpnse Of pe,i,ious1g the Senate
ofMaryland f"r The I'a.sageofite resnwp-
lion hill now pending in'iIiat body. They
paraded. with music froas the steam boat r',
the rapi'nin hack again Tlteir prli'inn
wa. referred Ia the committee oi Confer.
euce cf III" Senate in couhestiou with The
committee ofihe House.,,,ss r
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MississipFi.-A bill is befae the Legislature
of Mississippi. which declares thai II" Bank in
"r out Of the State. shall m.iutuin any slit ai
law or in equity, or enforce any Judgment ar
decree. in th'' St,,r Of Mississippi, if'h" Bank
.hnlI have failed to pay its own notes aud liabil'
tiles Oh demand, in guld aud siyer!
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RiHois.-Th" paper OF the Illinois Bank and
Brnnrhes. has been onilawea by the Banks Of
5, Lons, aud by the Baut Of Indiana. Its
circulation isvrry large. aud assets said t" he
rotten. The currency Of the Stale is as bad, If
not worse. than its bonds. lis Banking lnsii.
msions. no doubt, ere long. wall follow in the
irnlil Of those Of Michigan aad Mississippi.
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temperance in Charlottesville friends
of Temperance in The city, seem, Of laie,
To have awaked up iiuie; and il s.ses-
taiuly no, TOO early ia The dav f9s slssss
eflnri 10 The cause. The 40 b Ss I,
NcaIe is rendering eficikst aerv;ep y llte
cause-and there Is Slso 10 asivecsia III
the city from Noriis i III Tsyz
lor, who engages i as q rue
tonidn, aud wis rpi sncpess.
OF thest q se e. ssFs submit
teslsesg Of illrsc
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We thankfully ackpowledee the receipt ofu
number Of newspapers and public documents.
from the Hon. F. w. Pickens.
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The following gentlemen were. on the 9,h
inst. at Charleston. clecp.d Directors Of the
Union Bank Of S"uih Carolina.
Rene Goddard. Alexander Brown, John C..
Bnreknyer. Cornelius Burckmyrr. J.mcs Fife,
John Mngrn,h. William HnzgeS Smith Slow
ry. Jr., Abraham Tobias, joseph A. Winthrop.
Samuel Chadwick, Abrahaa otieletgui OTIS
Mills.
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Dissolution thc Catiaet.--The corespou.
dence Of the N. Y. Sun says:
There are good grounds, to expect q
dissolution Of the Cabinet. before the adjourn
mrni Of the session. We shall not upon incer-
.ainty speak Of ihe why aud wherefore. To
pamder {" gaping curiosity, Is not "ur part
lei time, Us it will, realize onr prediction
COttoh.-Thc Charleston Mercnry of,he 10Th
lust. contains the following hints to Merchants
and Planters. which we think ought l., be paid
attention 10.
The merchants and planters ARE likely,
from The srrasgling and confused arrivals
with verbal or very impedeci accounts Of
The English market. Ia inrm an exaegerat-
ed nn'inn Of the fall in cotton. The let
rer- by the "Clydr "anununced decline
siuce then we have had FIVE or six arrivals.
bringing our LivrrpnoI dates 10 or II days
forward, and each one announcing fail
IN cotton. Bur there is nothing S, iiirien,ly
authentic TO be relied upon in business. !,
is not certain thai they do not all refer 10
The sanIe decline announced by the Clyde
II is better to wait for particulars. One
thirs however is certain. thar the ship.
mcnis nf c"lton this season are greatly OUT
of proportion TO the supply. indicating n
general fear of lower prices. and or them.
.elve. qnilc sufficient 10 prnduce them.
He test the crop by The snpply-iu Eu-
rope they Judge II by The imports"
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-03-16

The following gentlemen were on the 9th
inst, nj Charleston, elected Directors Of the State
Bank
James Jeryry. John Wilkes. n. r Middle
ton. ). o. Lrgare, E. n. Edwsris. ). II. lad
son. 5. p. Ripley. George Gibbor, Thomas J.
Kerr Jacob Barrett, George i. Coffin. sd
ward S"bring.
In tho place OF Thomas Gaasden declined.