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TFoR TIE INDEPENDENT PRESS
Jokesbury Conference Institute.

SOReBDuty SOu1e1tuC6 AuSLtutes
OuR Anniversary Exercises will come off
on Wednesday and Thursday, the Goth and
2lst instant.
The first day will be occupied in the ex-
animation of classes.
On Wednesday evening, at halfpast
o'clock, will be held the Senior Exhibition.
On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, an
address will be delivered before tho Ero-
sophie Society by the Rev. A. II. LESTER,
A. NJ.
N. B.-Thc next session will commence
on Monday, the I'd day Of July rext, when
students will be received for the balance of
the year.
In your notice of our Institution, last
week, Mr.. Editor, you called it "that old
nursery of Mcthodism." Will you allow
INC to say, our institution is purely literary.
1t is denoninational school only so far as
it is under the care of the South Carolina
Conference. Literature, science, and the
pure principles of christian morality are
taught, but no denominational tcnets. BY
its being a "nursery of Methodism," then
we should only understand it to be nurse,
ry Of science under the care Of the Metho-
dist Church.
G. II. ROUND, Rector.
Cokes6ury, June 4, 1855.
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South CAROLINA U1sroR1cAL SOCIETY
An effort is about being made to organ
'ze Society, whose object will be to gather,
preserve and elucidate the existing memo.
rials of the history of this State. Notice
is given in this mornings Mercury of a
meeting at the Charleston Library, on Sat
urday, Of all who take an interest in these
worthy objects. 1t is expected that form
will be given to the Society on that occa-
sion.
There is perhaps as rich and abun dant
material for historical study in the unpub-
llshed manuscripts in possession of the old
families of South Carolina, rs can be found
i'll any Of tho old Thirteen Colonies, not
even excepting Virginia; and if the Society
can be constituted on such a basis as to
bring these riches into light and usc it will
90 an incalculable service to the State.
But for this purpose it must be founded on
a generous scheme, and must embrace all
who are capable of contributing to its OBJ
jects. That it will be so constituted, and
thus give itself an omen of success in its
outset, we will not permit ourselves to doubt.
- ...., Charleston Mercury.
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COSTLY CoLUMNs.-Robt. Bonner, pro-
prletor OF the New York Merchants Ledg-
er, has engaged Fanny Fern to write sto-
ry tor his paper at the rate of one hundred
dollars per column.
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lime TO REsr.-Some of the Charles
ton merchants advertise their customers that
their establishments, during the summer
months, will be closed at 8 o'clock in the
afternoon of SATURDAYS.
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MIR. Howard a. Caldwell, of Newberry,
will soon publish new volvme of poems.
1t will be got out by Redfeld.
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OHIo.-The report is that from all parts
OF, Ohio, the coming wheat crop, if not in
jufed in filling, will be larger than any pre-
cading year.
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~, We learn by the Augusta papers that DR..
Ihornwc!l, President Of the South Carolina
College will address the Literary Societies
OF Oglethorpe University, at the Commence
ment in July next.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-06-08

SUDDEN DEATn.-NAsuv1LLE, May 25.
The Rev. DR.. Lindsey, delegate to the
Presbyterian General Assembly from New
Albany, died suddenly this afternoon, of
apoplexy.
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CHoLERA.-The New Orleans Board of
Health declares that the cholera is epidemic
in that city. 1t recommends all the citizens
to use precautionary measures against at
tacks of the disease.
We learn from the Bulletin that there
have been three or four fatal cases of chole-
ra in Fort Adams, Miss. On the plantation
of DIR. Sullivan, about three miles above
Alexandria, on Red river, thirteen deaths
have occurred from the same disease, and
many more are down with it. On the ad-
joining plantations several cases have like
wise occurred. Some fatal cases had also
taken place in Alexandria, which has caus-
ed some alarm, and the Court in conse-
quence adjourned on Tuesday week. The
cause of the breaking out of the disease,
says the Republican of the Goth, is we'll
known to be the absence of good water. The
clsterns are all dry, and of course the mass
of the people have to drink river water,
that naturally, at the present low stage
must be impure and unwholesome.
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No SUNDAY SHAv1Na.-The city coun-
Gil of Columbia have passed an ordinance
closing all the barber shops on Sunday.
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ABBEVILLE @. H.
A Correction,

AN error got into our copy Of Abbeville
statistics last week which we deem proper
to correct. 2oo,525 is the total number of
lots of land in the District, and not the val
Tie of lots sold as we made it.
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SEVEN of the Catholic Bishops, Bailey
Spaulding, Fitzpatrick, McCloskey, McGill,
Mclaughlin and Timon, are said to be na-
tives of the United States.
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STILL LIv1Ne.-Mr. Center, who was
shot at Ocala, Florida, Oh the 25th ult., has
never lost his reason, and is now rapidly
recovering, with bullet lodged in his brain.
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Mrs. NJ. Morgan, aged one hundred and
one years, died in Fairfield District, at the
residence of Mr.. M. GLADDEN., on the 29th
ult.
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article by saying that am highly pleased

article by saying that am highly pleased
at the independent course you have pursued
in the management Of the Press, and trust
that your own good sense will enable you
to pursue the seven tenor of your way"
without permitting every little mishap to
ruff1e your temper, and cause you to do and
say things that might wound the feelings of
those who otherwise might be your best
friends and estrange them from you. BY
thus pursuing high-minded and honorable
course, predict that the day is not far dis
tant when you will have an enlarged field to
operate in, from which I trust you will be
enabled to reap golden harvest.
Yours, &C., r.
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BRUTALITY TO DUMB AN1MALs.-Ts >
attempt to make Lady Flora Temple. :, f.". 10
nc morse s tTo1 twelve miles inside of an hour,
on the Long Island course, Or. THURSDAY
tailed. The poor beast on ina twelfth s m;is
burst b a blood vessel, APP, became 80 veal veal
Ina. Ina. she sh was wlthdre.wn. We are surprised
.h;" .ha' ; sne ;aathorl,.es should have permitted
t.'s cruelty v poor dumb. beast to be car.
req, l,en out 1t is sall well enough to- see. two
ou1iE;s pummel each other until one or tLa
Cther halos hold, enough. >. But the idea Of
driving poor horse, who canuot make his,
mereenary master understand his infirmities,
until =, he dies in the harness, is so. barbarous
that we are surprised it is tolerated in q.
christian community. ,,s,.,. 80.
= -" albany Knicker6oeker. =
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HoRAT1o J. PERRY, Esq, the U. S. Sec.
retary of Legation to Spain, has addressed
a long letter to the President, in reply to the
charge of Mr.. Soule that he (Mir. Perry)
had been acting the part of spy towards
him (Mr. Soule) at the Court of Spain, and
making certain reports to Secretay Marcy.
lie Indignantly repels the accusation, and
charges Mr.. Soule with having undertaken
and followed up, as far as he was able, sys-
tenn OF menace and pressure upon the Span.
ish Government, whose object was either to
drive Spain into war with US or to forced
sale of the Island OF Cuba. Mr.. Soule. he
says, impressed his government with the
idea that the sale Of Cuba by Spain was
probable, whereas his very first appearance
in the Chamber of the Spanish Cortcs was
the signal for that body to rise spontaneous.
ly, and vote unanimously in exact reverse
OF his apparent expectations, there not
being a single vote to give the slightest col.
or TO bis representations. The result of Mr.,
Soule's mission and bad management, saws
Mr.: T: has made the peaceful acquisition Of
Cuba hopeless Charleston Courier.
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British Politics,

One. Of the most striking features of the
news by the last steamer, is the motion and
speech Of the Earl Of marlborough, which
occupies q large space among our extracts.
~Fhe striking point in this speech is that
which representsdhe House of Lords as in
its nature, an Order of Merit rather than a
Caste by the Grace of God. The finest
part of his speech is indeed that in which
ne reminds the mobiles of England of the
origin of many Of their most distinguished
names, and presses upon them that very
consideration as the most weighty reason
why they should open every pathway to
distinction to the most deserving. The
speech has somewhat of Democratic look,
but it really has the old feudal spirit in it,
,--srnacking OF the times when the MOBILES
were powerful, because they were the real
leaders Of the people, and by their mastery
of all the arts Of war and craftsmanship,
deserved TO- hold the supremacy which the
Jaw Hsopferred upon them. The British Ar:
Sistocrasg has fallen from this position: Her
sons; ;afe trained in dissipation, effeminacy
and place sbanting, instead of the hardy
and noble afts their ancestors. They
have need to be gemipded, in such ringing
words % ,th6seo tbs5Earl of. Ellenborongh.
that the sources of inability is great talents
and great services to fIsState, and that the
4noblest of sll % hei Hho AQnfers rank upon
bis descendants, not ke receives it from
1is anceators = Chg, sereury. 81.
q f,,--. si,5ts :, -
s. 8. The. AsTss1Ass, VIM i1S charleston has
feaehed the depth Of tWsiy hundrsd and
e = q
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Il A. gentleman near Isichnnond Ya.sss last
week Ssold hissentiiiie otpp .otf stiass B;sriies
70 colfectioner in that city ioe $3.50. -
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The DIRECT LINE TO DoRs's.-we a,e
grained to learn from Chief Engineer Arms
that nm air line, entirely practicable, has
been run from Dorn's Mine to Edgefeld c.
II. IL. or its vicinity. The distance is 22 miles.
The distance from Aiken to Dorn's by this
route is Al miles,. being but 7 per cent.
above an air line. And the whole distance
from Aiken to Anderson G. II. is 90 miles.
we imagi inc it will be found difficult to OBJ
tain another line between these two last
named points, equally practicable, whose
length Will fall below a hundred miles, It
would seem from this result, that tie last
iine surveyed by the Engineers of the Val
icy koad is the true line for this company.
Whether they will adopt it remains to be
seen.-Eagefeld advertiser. ::
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Z The ARTEsIAs VIM M rs charleston, has
reached the depth of twsly HUNDRED sItsd and
sorty.fset and il still goiha esp. 81 3 (
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-03
Strange Suicide

Miss Clara lIaskins, young lady residing
few miles from Natchez, Miss, on the eve
of her marriage-some two hours before the
time for the performance of the ceremony
was fourd dead in her chamber on the I'd
inst. After being dressed by her bridesmaids,
she requested them to retire for ashort time,
and when they returned they found her lying
lifeless upon her couch, with an empty
vial of prussia acid still casped in her
hand. The tragedy crerted great excite
ment in the vicinity of its occurrence, and it
is believed that she sought death by her own
hand rather than wed the man her parents
had determined she should espouse. She
possessed highly cultivated mind and many
ioveable qualities, the con. ciousncss of which
renders her fate doubly mournful to her sor-
rowing friends.
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PUBLIC NOTICE

IS HEREBY given, that Henry W. Starr, Fits
L Henry Warren, j F. Taiiant A. w. Carpenter,
W. II. Postlewait. William II Thompson. j. =. sun
der and, ). G. Lauaii and u. >pelman have adop-
ted Articles of ASS cation and have thereby become
legal corporation in conformity with Title len Of the
Gods Of Iowa; that said Operators ct a meeting
called for that purp se elected Fiiz Henry Warren
". II. Postcwait, a. ". Carp,ntcT, J G. Lauman
and H. B. spcl,nan Dir, ctors, who at a subsequent
meeting elected W II. Poslcwst President md j.
D. Croker. Secretary and Treasurer Of said Corpo-
ration, AMI that,
1t, The name Of said Corporation is ''The Bur
lngton Gas Light Company" and its principal place
Of ransacting busness is in the city # Burin ton,
county If Des Mr.nes, md State of Iowa.
I'd The general ra rre Of the business to be trans
acted by said Corporation, is the manufacture and
sale of ipdammahc Gas, Coke aud Coal Tar.
Sd, The amount of the Capital stock of said Cor
poration is sixty five Thousand dollars and isIayabe
or call Of tie Directors in installments to exceed
,nty per cent. each.
4th, Said Corporation commenced on the 18th day
of June, A. ID. 1855, and is to continue for fifty
years thereafter. and may be thereafter renewed
5th, The affairs of aid Corporation are to be con-
Quoted by Beard of Directors. President, Sccretn-
ry aud Treasurer. and such other A sents as the D
rectors may appoint. rs..s -..
9th, The highest amount Of indebtedness to which
said Corporation may MT any time subject itself, is
forty thousand doIlurs.
7.h. Private property is to he exempt fran corpo
rate debts. W. II. POSTLEWAlT,
j. y. CpocKER Sec'y President.
Burlington, Sept u. 1855 wiw
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LAGER BIER GoNE-Wuo Cor 1.-THE
fellow Efingill, whose Lager Bier shop caus-
ed the disturbance week before last, was fin
ed for violating the law $40, AID the liquor
found on lis premises destroyed. There was
an awful perfume coming up from the gut
ter, n day or two since. Il turned out that
tie officer was pouring the Port Wine or
(stained rum) and Lager Bier into the street,
whicu was found on his premises. 1t was
strong stuff, and discolorcd the street for a
whole block. 1t was poisonous, because the
very pigs who tried to root in among it,
turned up their round noses in dislain.-
Some men came along during the procees,
and lamented that so much property should
be destroyed. Their mouths watered, that
so much liquor should be wasted.-(Daven-
port Courier.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-03

The DAY OF AroNEN.NT.-On Saturday,
(the day commencing, according to the j "
ish usage, at shutdown on the previous day, }
the Jews throughout. the world observed the
Fast of the Atonemen., by abstainng from
all manner of work and by fasting until the
going down Of the sun. All good Israelites
hocked to the Synagogue and performed the
rites enioined by the caaons of their faith.
In this city the IL brcws generally observed
the day after the ancient forms. AT the
Greene stree, Synagogue. Rabbi Raphall de-
livered an appropriate discourse, and Rabbi
tsaacs. another at the Synagogue in Wooster
street. The undisturhed observance Of rites
in the midst Of u Christian people, the whole
spirit of which stamps our Saviour as an i'm
poster, is pointed illustration of the nature
of our institutions, and the liberal views Of
our people, as regards federation in matters
affecting freedom of conscience in religious
concerns.-N. Y. Courier.
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Land in Market.

We for one must protest against any more
land being placed IN atket in this state This
fall. We frequently see notices in our exchang-
es OF the t,we when t e Land Offire in the new
districts at Decotah and Fort Dodge will be
opened, bn' thank Heaven they are not opened
as yet We sincerely hope that not an acre
mure will be sold until the present tooI Of nom
resident spectators. who swarm in eve' y corner
of our State is dispersed
Every facility Is given to the actual settler
upcn lands which are not subje TO en'ry, am!
for this elias. we have plenty of room AS for
non-rrs dents who purchase large tracts, and
hold them nnimprov' d for high prices, who al q
curse and an incubus upon the prosperity of
our young State. we desire hat every obs acle
should be placed in their way, even as they IN
terpose THEMSELVES b tween us and prosperity
cedar Falls Weekly Banner,
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fa The Ilsvk- Fys / Ts'.Sfsph
YELLOW SPRINGS COLLEGE.

Nh. ED,ros: Perhaps 1t will not be min.
tsrfssing to some Of Jour readsrs sohsar
f,oni the above Institution. Al the late Au-
NAL meeting Of The Board Of Trustees i's
charter name was changed from '.feslow
Springs Collegiate ln.sisnte' 10 that Of ssYe!-
low Spring College"
Rev. A. L. Leonard and Chas. o. Ssataem
were elected members Of tie Board in place
Of Tbos. Blair and WIN. N. Mcclure, resign
cd. This Institution, one among the frs: in
corpofatea in the State Of Iowa, is now. in
NIL respects, placed on strict College basis.
The course Of study is the same in eli res
poets, as that pursued in Hamilton College
Ike Board having adopted the course ut
that Institution as the basis OF instruction ia
this. It's Faculty at present consists 81
Presiden. and two Professors, one OF Ian
guages and one of Mathematics. Itspresen.
Collegiate year has commenced under favor
able auspices, having Sophomore and Ju-
nior Glass, with large Preparatory DEPART
ment Ii has very respectable library
which was obtained by our worthy President,
Rev. E. j. Gillett, during the last vacation,
through the generosity Of friends in the East
Its Preparatory Department is ofen alike to
young ladies and gentlemen. tits the deter
mination Of the Board to srare nothing oil
expense, and the Faculty Of labor, to give il
favorable position among the Literary In.
situations OF the land.
Its location is in rural and healthy dis.
,ric', free from those infuencrs which orig
mate in the population OF large towns and
cities, and must mako it favorite ,oparents
who wish to EDUCATE their children free from
the contamination which sometimes unfortu.
nately attend Literary Institutions. The
Board having taken measures to accommo-
date students with board ut as reasonable
rates MS can be furnished anywhere in the
country.
A boarding house is in process of erection
by one Of the enterprising citizens of the
mace, thirty by seventy feet and two storie.
high, which, when completed, will afford ac-
commodarions to q large number of students.
None who wish to attend this Institution
nsed fear of not beng able to obtain board.
ing.
The friends of the Institution have secured
the services Of an accomplished Teacher OF
Music to enable young Indies who wish it nm
opportunity to receive instruction upon the
Piano.
The Collegiate Year commences Oh the FIRST
Wednesday in September and is divided into
three sessions Of thirteen weeks each.
WIN. HARPER,
Pres't. Board Trustees Y. S. College.
kossutb, Iowa, Sept. 18th, 1855.
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A FI6uT IN lIlGu LlrE.-We learn
that fight occurred in Richmond MOI the
dher day between the Hon. NJ. Oliver and
Gov, King. They were separated just as
the Governor was in fair way fogetting
we'll whipped The Governor struck the
first lick. The quarrel occurred in the
court room, and originated in the examin-
alton Of witnesses, The Judge fined them
kNy dollars each.
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he has IN .de arrangements for establishing a
Type Foundry and Printers Warehouse
in Chicago. as
Such ar establishment: has been long wanted, and
has been earnestly solicited by Western Printers.
The advantage OF n Foundry, IN connection With Il
Printers Warehouse. which can supply large or
small orders, and '.sorts' without any delay IL too
we'll known to Printers to need Comment.
A large al well assorted stock from the eolebra-
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White & Co., New York,
Will be kept constantly. on hand embracing all the
variety Of News. nam.nt,l an Jobbng Type, with
Borders, and Cuts, de &c.
An arrangement has been made with the well
known establishment of ~ y.
r. Hoe & Co.,
For large stock Of Presses and Printers Mate
rails. .s-
Inks Of every variety, for plain or {, neg P int
ing, from tho mandatory Of Collins Lishtbody,
whnse Inks bear high reputation in tho eastern
cities.
With the arrangements thus made.
The Chicago Type Foundry,
Is prepared to offer 70 Western Printers every a.ti-
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!. ,.., !. tair TO chsrge any ii!c-
;afsr.naIisy Attending the cleo
GU, Kansas. as the result Of tho pm,
100 y g The Kansas Nebraska bill, as It
efls,, s s. 70 charge the nufderens election
.sa'a :, ct Cincinnati aid Louisville as the
f. IN. II the liberal doctrines Of the deela-
ssaH = Independence. They both de.
ssi'sa !. .a,as doctrine, viz: the right and
es'I' ~ Of man for self gorernrncnt---the
spss = choose the domestic institutions
rsa' Z Cats or Nation 10 which he resides.
y [lSeokuk Times.
a, 40 But the beauty Of the
~; /. Mr.. Times, that the administra.
'a''s .f,.r passing the Kansas Nebraska
W. " :, The flimsv prctense Of allowing the
4 the territories to decide upon
aome..ic institutions in their own
=. have virtually acquieeced in the az
Ia which has violently taken away
~, ;.b, A governor has been sent
y. donb,less with instructions, who has
s,,l.rca 10 advance his desire to make
-. slave State, and mis- willingness
force laws, which every body knows
-. made by a gang of Missouri cut
Ia the enactment Of which the peo-
....;,orv had no voice.
=. rs,,--lIuzza for popular Sovereign
vrovvyyr--The use Of the power of the
c...,,, Government to force upon free
s..,l. N institution which they abhor.
v;re Ia humbug! y
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Another Slice Of Mexico-Perhaps.


A Washington correspondent of the N
\ Herald writes under date of the oath
follows:
Since the retirement of II S II from the
relationship of Mexico, documents have
been discovered which he left behind him
evering the programme of another Gads-
deu treaty to the extent of some ninety odd
millions Of dollars. This tract, dipping
down into the very heart of the Sonora and
chihuahua, is represented as being full of
god and silver mines Ono washings but
nlaes) rich haciendas and splendid tracts
'agraxing cattle. The new Mexican
government have quashed further proceed
ng,u this new treaty for the time being,
out It's supposed here that they will soon
@shard pressed for cash as to be COM
PEELED to send for Gen. Gadsden, and sell,
wshat he may choose to give, at least a
'aali slice Of the national soil, for present
neseSi,ies.