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COTTON YARNS
.&E.ss FALL. aBusps.

$Ess s'AEa GBuNs,
M j, ARE now receiving, supply al
W .NfU aadEISIHONIHLE DRY GOODS,
Winch "ere nou9tr ycty recently. IN TN Northern O.
lies. under the ruo~l favorable circumstances.
Out cusiutnrfs aud those whn are IN want Of great
BARGAINS respectfully luyued IL call and look -
Promising thai oiir them greater Inducements
than heretofore, aath IL STYLES ond pucee.
MEEM x GWAIKIN
September . 2nh
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~sD1.t HON.


,ENllE mernnlc partnership. heretofore existing IN
der the Nye ol
EWING s FRANKLIN
tbs day Dissolved by mutual cnnaent All rersan,
indebted Ia the concern viii phase make payment III
Edward Franklin, H. "ha Is alone authorised Ia col.
lcel All petsuns having ,alms against The c0ncen viii
present them 10 hln t'f 1nSmtnt
SAMUEL. T.. EWING.
GDN ARD FRANKLIN, In.
JULY y II
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DEATH OF DR.. VIM, A. NoRRIs.-News
reached here on Thursday night last, that
WM. A. NORRIS, formerly editor of this
paper, recently of the Bayou Sara Ledger
and at the time of his death, Cd Lieut., OF
the McKelvey guards, in the army Of Gen.
Taylor in Maiamoras, died recently there
Dr.. NoRRIs was for several sessions, a
member of the Mississippi Legislature,
a representative from this county. He
vas native of South Carolina-and he
inherited no little of the chlvalry of his
mother State. At the first call Of his
country for volunteers, he eagerly ex.
changed his quill for the sword, his edito-
rial stool for an humber seat in the army
Of his country.
He was ever characterized for a fixed
ness of purpose in whatever he undertook
square in his private affairs, to the best
of his ability--stern and diigent in his
legislative labors-- courteous and dignif-
ed as an editor, and jealous and inhexible
as politician.
"POor old Doc" is the sentiment Of all
his old friends here, who have heard Of
mis- melancholy death.
He de6 we learn in the camp Of Gen
Taylor, but the cause Of his death we
have not heard - Woodrille Republican.
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tTuE wAm-speoking ofGon Taylor,
Union. Of the Glh saysi--
IrIlo will coon be IN advance into the
semy'a country aod we shall not bc sur.
Need 10 hear Of his reaching Monterey,
bout 28J miles from Moiamofas, about
II commencement Of The table land, Ia o
ballhy region, Of no distant day."
A highly respectable friend Of ours wri.
.pe from Brassos 81. Jago on the 9th, saysi
ult is said Arsta has accumulated near
!. 900 troops ut Monterey, and Gen.
|oyor is only waiting for those we bring
im per ship Suviah, steamers Galveston
ew York ond.JOs. H. Day together with
pme Texans under Col. Kinney, Just mr.
wed from Corpus Christi, amounting in
i to two thousand men, TO set out on his
Ioposed friendly visit 20 Arista."
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NJ A CRUEL DisAPPorNMENT. The accom-
blished and devoted wife oG Capt Page. OF
Me United States Army, as soon rs she
beard OF the terrible wound received by
im in the battle Of Palo Alto, left the
1nxuries Of home and relatives to hasten
10 the bedside Of her battle-scalhed hus-
band. She reached New Orleans about
Two weeks ago, having travelled more
Rban thousand miles, without pausing for
hn hours rest. At this place she embark
led in the Alabama for Point Isabel. That
vessel was despatched TO Mobile for vol
|unteers, where, owing to some difficulty
about the term Of enlistment, she was de-
tained week. AT the expiration Of this
time, tho Alabama returned TO New Or.
leans, and only SET sail for the Rio Grande
last Friday; yesterday Capt Page arrived
in this city--just about the time Mrs.
Page reached Point Isabel. 1t was fear.
ed whilst she was here that she might
pass Capt Page on the voyage; butno per
suason could induce her TO Gorego an OPP
portunity Of speeding TO his relief. Her
spirit was disturbed by the reflection that
her bleeding husband might need her help,
and ike dove that seeketh its mothers
nest, she would not be stayed. She has
learned ere now that the object of her
care is not where she sought it; but the
wings of love are not easily wearied.-
Pica,esne.
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LIST OF LETTERS,

ID EMAINlNG in the Post Office at Liberty,
III Miss, on tle 50th Of June, lS46, which il
not taken out byt seth of Sept. next, will b
sent to the GeneN Post Office Department a
dead letters.
A-Andrews Gslrgc, knders G w, Andrews
Coonrod, Anderson. Miss Jane.
B--Beazley Cornelius 2, Booth Mrs Sally
Butler Henry.
C--Cotten Mrs Earet, Causey Josephus
----- Capc Esq, Coward Mr. Samuel, Crus,
Thos Gotten Haly NJ, nook Mrs Lucy A, Cape
L ], Cruise Mr. VIM ].
D-Dancy A D Esq, Day Captain, Day Jon
athen 9, Dunn Mrs Mary
E--Estus Mr. VIM, Evsre,h Mr. Alexander.
F-Faust David A, Heninr James Il ., Far
quar- Ii II b. Fielder Rev Chas.
G--Gillon Benjamin E,Gatdner Mr. Seabom
Gordon VIM A Esq.
HILL Mrs Martha, HufMr Holloway, Hay
good Mr. w, Haygood Mr.. Fraucis, Hamilton
Vim X Esq, Hamilton Miss f, Hill Rev A,
Huggins ----, Hubbell VILLAIN, Higgins Mrs
Nancy, Hunt w W.
J--Johns VIM l., Jackson Andrew 3, Jones
Mcajah, Joy Jesse NJ.
K-Knabrew Orlanon, Kents Mr. Eli.
L--Lncon A B ESQ Lea Reuben, Lucus Mrs
Margaret, Lyen Mr. George c, Van Kirchaiu
Ferdinan ], Lea II NJ Esq.
M--McGehee Munford, McLane MIR w B,
Mccoy John 5, McGehee Mr. Abraham &, Nc.
Clenden Mr. Geo, McMuny Hosea, Marsh Labon
q, McAlister NJ James D, Major Mr. Simon
McGehee Mr. David.
N--Newman Hezakiah 2, Nelson RIM, Neal.
and G Esq
O--Ober VIM A 2, ORGY Mr. Charles.
P-Pilkmgton G, Parker John, Perkins &
Hunt, Pcmble David.
R--Raborn Ellzy Esq, Robinson Jerome B.
Reeve John Esq, Reeves Mr. Randolph, Reynolds
Miss Elizabath, Russell Mr. Joshua 1, Robinson
William T. Raborn Sampson.
S-Systes Mrs Elmira L, Smith Richard
Smith Edmund Esq, Starnes Mr. w, Street Mis-,
M Smiley Rev j, Stewart Robert Senr, Smith
Ambrose, Smiley Mrs r G, Smith Robert 4
Smith Mr. 6 w II, Smylic John Esq.
T--Thompson Slas II, Thomas Mr., Travi
Richard, 1arver Mr. \ u
W--Wlliams Jesse Jr, Wilson Mr. Turner
Wilcher Mrs Jane. Wilmington Mr. Moses, vii
son John G, Valley MIR JoeIW, Wilkinson Mr.
Jane, Wilkinson James, Wilmington Mr. Jas H.
K. CROWSON, P. NJ.
July LIST 1916. IL
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~ !. b., Ne i 20 iaks On oalIl 70 sus
,seubl,can lefm " Dovefomphl
IA msy 10 adopted, $50 fspel lhs loIs
IA o.s,palloa msde BY The Nprh a
'E,sss.r b prevent MeSieo from falling
,,m 10 (afeigo innaanc's, and obof
a ~ eooiofm ~ lho national will ~
q fs.,sd according 10 ibe abovg plan.
Zoo issued ~ tho faj declares The
j Of C,uadalalaa 10 bs no longer 10 .
J Of siege,
H. arc TOO crowded 70 enter any fuf
\, into tho subject u this revolution 10
4 Numerous considerations will sug.
4, themselves NJ once 10 The reader ~
|Is effect upon the war With Us. The
bef before W. coniainoa no other news
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fIIE afATN OT MIalINgIppI.L

NHifh t"Iflff w.
~ m prgsgm iHisfiNed ~ ~ Nsal
LHaie N AlLtH 1thgsa, Dee assa--
UHEBIlS0i
W 90 AHE llEnEuY CITED ~ ts
\ pnd personally appear befofs The
Pfobals Coud " Ante County, ~ fbe
oatM Meaiog ~ Segiembsr, 1910,
ani show oause, " any you can, Why
The fafba should not h. ordered 10 b"
sold TO wifi
The East HALF ofiba South West Quar-
~ NJ Section Number so, Ia Township
Number 4, u Ilange Number =, Ensia-
containing 90 Aofes ahd l00lbs u o.
Acre,
Tho Vast Half ~ tho eoulh Ensi Quar-.
ief Of SooiOn Number 90, In fownship
Number 4, ol Range Number D, Fast
continuing 90 Acres and 39-l0OIhs Of on
Acre.
The West lIalfof The North Fast Quar-.
tor, and tho East Half Of tho South East
Quarter, aud the North West Quarter Of
The South East Quarter Of Section Mum.
Der ~, in Township Number 8, Of Range
Number O, East containing 900 Acres.
Tho East Half Of the South East Quar-
ter of Section Number go, In Township
Number 4, of Range Number 8, East
containing 90 Acres and 28-l00lhs Of an
Acre.
The West Half Of the North West
Quarter Of Section Number 81, and the
West Half OF The North East Quarter Of
Section Number %, IN Township Number
4, of Range Number 8, East-contalnibg
1853 Acres and 90-l0Oths Of an Acre.
The West Half OF the South Wes;
Quarter OF Section Number 90, in Town.
ship Number 4, Of Range Number 8, East
containing 80 Acres and 2l00ths Of
on Acre
The West Half OF The South West
Quarter OF Section Number -, and the
East Half Of the North East Quarter Of
Section Number 90, and the West Half Of
The North West Quarter Of Section Mum
Der "a, in Township Number 5, Of Range
Number 6, East--containing 238 Acres
and 67-l00lhs of an Acre.
The East HaIlolthe North West Quar-
ter Of Section Number %, in Township
Number A, OF Range Number 5, East
containing 81 Acres and 32-i00lhs Of an
Acre.
Said lands lying and being 10 the Coun-
iy Of Amite and State aforesaid
1t is further ordered by he Court thai
this Citation be published in the "Llberiy
Advocate and "Woodville Republican"
for the time prescribed by law.
,,A... WITNESS the Honorable
~ john WALKER, Judge Of the
$40 sTsEx Probate Court of Ami.e Coun-
ty, the Court House there
''sEss~ Of. on the Fourth Monday Of
June, A. D., One Thousand Eight Hun
Idred and FortySix.
S. r. DAVIS, Clerk,
By B. w. Smith, Dep. CITE.
ISSUED 24:h June, 1916.
June 81, 1916. l7w6
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MISSIONARY SUCCESS. We learn, from
the New York Recorder, that letters have
been recently received by the Baptist Mis-
sIonarv Board, reporting that more than
SIX hundred karens have been baptized in
Burmah proper within the last year. the
Baptist missionaries are also achieving
great things IN Germany Tropic
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NOTICE
IVY p THOMPsC

NJ HE
n ETTERS TESTAMENTARY Of the
viii OF GARNET BRYANT, deceased,
having been granted tome as Executor
at the June Term, l846,,ol the Probate
Court Of Amite County, Misslssippi--all
persons indebted to the Estate Of said De
ceased, will please make payment to Will
liam II. Dillingham;, Esq, and all persons
having claims against the Estate Of said
Deceased, will exhibit them within the
time prescribed by law, or they will be
forever barred. A presentation of claims
TO Mr.. Dillingham; will be deemed suif-
cient.
RICHARD PATERSON,
Executor.
JulyS 1896. 1876
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Il. l.. TORRANCE, cirk
By T. NJ. KlNcADE, Dep Cib.
Liberty. Jolly 4, 1916. lGw4
Dillingham;, fer Plaintiff
TnE sTATE OF MIssIssIPPI..

\
PIKE COUNTY, So,
To all persons Interested IN the Heal Is
tate Of JAMES THOMPSON, Deccasea-
GREETING:
WZOU ARE HEREBY CITED to be
and personally appear before the
PROBATE Court Of Pike County, on the
Fourth Monday in August next,
lhen and there to shew cause, il any you
can, why the following described Tracts
of Land, situate, lying and being in said
County, should not be sold according TO
the prayer Of The Petitioner, towit
The East Half, Of the West Half, Of the
North East Quarter, Of Section Number
80, in Township Number a, Of Range
Number 7, East.
The East Half, OF the Nosth East Quar-
ter, of Section Number 80; and the West
Half, Of the North West Quarter, Of Sec
lion Number 90, of Township Number 4,
of Range NUMBER, East.
1t is further ordered by the Court that
this Citation be published in the "Free
Press" published in llolmesville, and the
"Liberty Advocate" published in Liberty,
Mississippi, for. Six Weeks, SUCCESSFULLY,
WlTNss the Honorable
! CHRISTOPHER HOOVER
= " Judge Of the Probate Court o.
49, Pike County, at the Courl
House thereof, on the Fourth Monday o
Iune, A. d., One Thousand Eight Hun
bred and Forty Six.
ISSUED this 23d day Of June, 1916.
LEONARD MAGEE,
Clerk
June %, 1876. l7w6
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Univ lst 1s46.
NOTICE..

R EKTAS committed TO The
.MIA wv Jail Of Amile County,
G State Of Mississippi, on the end
I'M instant by B. W Smith, Esq
Y - a Justice Of the Peace, in and
- for said County, negro man
who calls his name JOHN, and says he be-
longs 10 Moses Brakeman, liYingin Green
County, Kentucky. Said negro is about
twenty FIVE years Of age-hve leet SIX or
seven inches high--bright mula'to-he
was shot in the back with shot gun,
about month since-has a bushy head
of hair--no marks perceiyable-had on
cotton shirt and jean pan,aloons.
The owner Of The above described ne
gro is requested TO come forward prove
pay charges and take him out
Jail, or he will be dealt with as the law d..
reefs. u. q. WICKER,
Sherif and JaizOr Of Amite CO4atg, Miss.
July a, 1916, 10
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AaHr coratI
ciaeou gsr-'fItfmi,f 1ffa, lglg.
" A,ta" | Attachment ~, ibs
A. ~ Rows 80" Of s'".'
~ OllCE s hefoby given, shat ~ lhf
IN gCb dsy NJ Lone lBiG, N NM,
plaiuild M ibt cpss, applled i1f anl OBJ.
iained fiom " W. smith, . jusilce si
iha Peace ~ md W. said County, 80 So
iaelmeni against The Ks'aie, Real aod
Personal u A. w Howe, defendant, fgf
tbs above sun of Oas HgHdrfd ami for
Nv fmc DgiiaU md EiRhV fipe Ceais'
fatlfnablo Of a Court ~ bu holden ~ Lib
ouy, ~ md lof Amno County, on tho
FIRST MONDAY Nv SlPIbNBhh,
lol0, and unlos. The said doiculan, slial.
appear, give special bail and plead, On.
swef NJ dcmur, within the limg Ycscrib
ed by law Tor appearance oI said Term.
iudgmcnl foal will DO demanded Toiusf
The properly of effects attached, and the
same 40 attached will 10 sold and implied
10 the payment Of the plaintiffs dcman
anthal costs.
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y W WTTTT Y n TTTWTTI
hiioiHsJs 500 tasssasisfi ~ iis, hbsFl
Alss.sslpa
luly =, iHl9 a.
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0ALE FUHT0ER P0STPONLD
AnlLLNLqTRATL NA AALE


IN pursuance NJ 90 order ~ The Pfo
tala Court ~ Amiis county, ganlod
NJ lhs February Tenn, leig-sl viii ~
Administrator " William Jgass, doconi.
ed, soll
Oahe 4h Monday IN Nay, 1910,
on cmdtt ~ W months, belofo iho door
Of tho Court House IN Liberty, Tho FOL.
loving described lands, belonging TO the
Eslali Of said deceased, lo'wili-- Pody
acres 10 north cost corner of south cast
quarter Of section number four, tOwnship
number Two, range number four caste
Also, iva thirds ofsouih westqunriof 81 sec.
ton nunbor loof, township number two,
range u,nbof Tour, cast Also, on eight
aero lot, Void Wy William llakcr 10 WI.
liam Jones' bog aQIug at tho north west
corner Of the southeast quarter section
number four, township number two, range
number foir cast -Nhcnce rUnnlng south
to point who're lhe boundary lioe Of a
certain two ucie loi, granted by X. Mont
gomery TO tic lixec0lor OF J. NJ. Clark
and NJ. Dawn, which boundary iniersecis
tho eastern boundary OF the lands OF said
Jones 6eceaset thence running an cas-.
tern course to.thc road leading from Lib.
orly 10 the place Of J. Il. Brown--thenco
north with sid road to the northern
boundary Of sAd quarter section--thence
westerly TO tie ploce Of beginning AL
situate in the county Of Amte aud Stale
of Mississippi, Out Of which lands the
widow of William Jones, deceased, has
had her dover laid Off.
'Ihe purchaser or purchasers will be-
required to givenote with approved Sc
CURLY
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M Office is hereby given, that on the
IN 18th day OF June, 1916, E. T. Nc
Lam, plaintiff in this case, applied for and
obtained from Thomas NJ. Kincade, a Jus
tice Of the Peace in and for said County, an
Attachment against the Estate, Real and
Personal OF john Bower, defendant. for
the above sum Of ne Hundred and Ihir-
N Three Dollars md Ninety Eight Cents,
returnable at Court to be holden al Lib
erty, i'll and Tor Amite County, on the
FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER,
1916, and unless the said defendant shall
appear, give special bail, and plead, an
swer or demur, within the time prescrlb-
ed by law for appearance at said Tern,
Judgment final will be demanded against
the property or effects attached. and the
same so attached will be sold and applied
ito the payment Of the PLAINTIFFS demand
and all costs.
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TO all persons interested in the Estate Of
CADEsBY GAYDEN, Dcceased-GREE
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THE STATE or MfsslSslpPl,l
ANTE County,, 8. 8,

To all persons interested m The Estate Of
DAVID LEA, deceased GREETlNG:
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
ANTE COUNTY.
CIRcUlr CouRr-September Term, 1916.
E, T. MCLEAN, Attachment for the
JOHN Bower -
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THE sTATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO all persons Interested in the Real ES-
tate of ROBERT STEWART, Jr., Deceased
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-12-16

The ellissoserytbsil ile .Exi ii,,lnsivesC Coiion is
interesting 10 this beg gislainre. and. 10 the
whole SHutbsin general, Ia another pdi,it OF
view. no other substance thafn cotton
is t0 be used as n,inpreient inGthe manu-.
factnre of this explosive substance, anil its
use is To snpersedo whnllyorin grea, de.
gree that of gun powder, itmust nece essari-
" consume a very large, an,o,n, s6fSanr
greatest staple, aud thereby much eli, hance
It's values NntIing car, bc more innrtiifaie
than The cnnrctures whici, have been firm.
ctlS MS To- the probable amount or G6sf.ini
which viii he used il ills destined lo take
tile place pf GIN poYher, but ynnr Gsm-
mitiee would hazard ,ihe. .suppnsi.ipnJtliat,i ii
would Gnnsnnlr. ((rnn, one l.alf 10. 1lewIIole
cotton crop lGi Spmih Car,,iinn. S,.,sg..tts.S..
Whatever may b.. ll,e future resultsir from
tlie use OF The Explosive Cn,lnn, yYmrtCuh-
mii,ee think ,l,al DR.. Elltl deserves the
higlcs, cre.l. for having hv lheincre,aiI
|nflsc;sncc made tliscny"ry@l,iclrh has rl,l.
ftlcI ihr inyts!ign iops!uf 50 many olhrrs,
aud which is reflected upon the cherished
State inslilnlionn wlicl, he is u members
i. Your Curnmillce therefore rrcnm,ne, 4!
|lhe,n,lnr,inn "f The following res"luli0,s,i
Rrsplpcd, Tint the ,hanks ot ll,is Legis-
Iaturc. be l"rtlrresl IL DR.. w. II. I;Ilrt. Of
the Snluh. Carhlina Cnliege,5fnr tho COM
mnnirnii,n addressed |" The Committee
imparling Ia them the inflammation US To the
discovery nfihis process for making the Ex,
plnsiyc Cation. ..it 4. ti3
Rrsolred, That o c"py "f this repor. and
rrsn ln,inns l,s irsnsni,tcd to DR.. Ellrt, aii,l
that the ircpnrl aud accompanying leterbe
printed. A,i. -i ~
JOSEPH a, BLACK. Chairman. Il
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EXPLOSIVE COTTON

In SESATE,oDec. 3d. 1916.
Report Of the Special Committee, nPpoin
ted to act avith a similar, Committee of the
House of Representatives, and TO- confer
auith Dr.. Ellet on his discovery Of gun
cotton. W,
The Special Committee appointed by, lle
Senate and instructed 10 act with n similar
Committee Of the House of Representa-.
lives, on a communication from Dr.. Ellel.
proposing TO disclose cheaper process Of
manufacturing Gun Cotton, have had iial
subicc, under consideration, and beg leave
to submit the following report. II .g
The discovery Of Professor EIlet has The
merit Of being The first on this side of The
Atlantic, us far MS your Committee arc
aware,sWhich combines certainty in !ils re-
suits with chcapness in the Manufacture,
and,up to The prescn, time no discovery has
reached your Committee Of any process of
making tho explosive Cotton OF any prac-
tical use hey ond the experiments Of the la-
boratory. .g,. ,t.f'i'
ETle method Of Schonbcin ip preparing
the cotton has not been divulgcd. Otto'>
method is expensive, and has not Produced.
RS far Us il has been tre,l in this country,
the expected rcsul,s;an tke Iabnurs Of a
mericnn Chemists have nut hitherto becu
entirely successful.
When Professor Ellie, made his first cx-
periments in the manufacture Of Explosive
Cotton, he was in possession Of no furlEcr
Information Of tho materials Of which IL
was composed, than lha, cotton was, n part,
and thut an explosive substance had been
prepared, which had many Of the proper.
ties Of gun powder. From his very nrcu-
r.tc knowledge Of Chemistry an agent snp-
gested itself 10 him, which he thought would
produce like result, .nnd his first expert.
ment with Nitric Acid. succeeded beyond
his most sangunc expectations. This to"k
place on the li,h Of October last. On The
3lsL Of tho same month, lie used mixture
Of Sulphuric and Nitric Acid. whcl, was
sill more satisfactory, and on the i9lli Of
November he completed his process for the
manufacture Of the Explosive Col"n,
which he has communicated in letter nd.
dressed TO the committee Of the lIouse, To
be lai,l before The Legislature.
Ills too soon yet to predict what mny
he the consequences Of This discovery to
tho world. Ills supposed to possess many
qualities for practical use FAR superior 10
gun powder, and il is possible thu. Ills
grca, element of human destruction, which
has excr,ed such an important influence nn
The condition Of society. may BIO entirely
superseded by theme discovery. An"ns
some of. Tho remarknbls properties of the
Explosive Cotton which your committees
might enumeratc, it's said to possess l"nr
times greater power than gun powder. aud
it has been estimuled in weight as high ns
Que Of the former TO seven Of tho latter.
How much further science may carry, and
experiments. illustrate this remarkable in.
ven,ion, no one can fnrcscc.
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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
nrcrxprn t2dR

l
SENATE.-Tbe report and resolutions ol
the Specinl Jnint CoH,miltce, appointed 10
inquire into ihe cxntJiency Of eQuipping
the Volunteer Regiment Of Infantry, frnm
this State, for the Mexican war. Which!re
s"In,inn recommends the appropriation ol
the sum Of tlcentu thousand dollars, to be
appropriated for that purpose, was consitl.
Ieres anil unanimously agreedsto.
iiuUsE.--Pursuaht tosnoiice given, The
following Bills were iplr6,ucedSanl read
the first lime, VIA bilIt0ilefne the terms
upon which the STATE wiIl'ai,l in Tho con-
s,rucsi"n Of Rail Roatls. A Dill 10 aholisl,
the office uf Superintendent ur Public
Works. and n Bill Ia charter the Charlotte
md Snuth- Carolina Rail Road Company.
On the sixth bali;,l r,.tIny, f3. X. HEN.
NEGAN wus elected Stcrrtnry OF State e Z /.
@ DEC. 3. (
SENATE.4-Mr. BLACK from the Special
joint Committee 10 whom wnsr referred the
communication from Professor Ellet in re-.
la,ion I'd the explosive ''gun cotton
submitted a report which was ordered for
consideration lo-morrnw and 10 be printed.
Accompanying the report is a letter from
PrnE Ellet tivulgiug the secret which, is as
follows, viz:--io lb. Of fco,lon, add 10 Sd
lbs. of sulphuric acid and 4 l.2 lbs. of salt
petre. the sallpelre is first IL be dissolved
in The ncid. after which the cotton is 10 be
Immersed in the mixture in small quantities
nt a time until the whale is saturale;l; the
s"lnli"n to be pressed out af the cation; it
Is then ,o he washed in clear waller and
dried, when il will be iii for use. t
Mes.nge was semitic the House pro.
posing ON Ia morrow, at ha'fpast l2 o'clnck,
|" go into an election nf Senator in Con.
gress to supply the vacancy occasionel by
the resignation Of the Hon. George Nc.
Dntfie: 7
HuusE.-Ths House proceeded 10 con.
s,der Tie report Of the Special Jnln, Com.
mittee on the resolution approprialing lhe
sum Of twenty thousand dollars to he ex.
pended under the direction uf The Field OH.