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The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-02
Melancholy Casualty.

VIC clip from the Charleston Standard, the
following account of the melancholy death Of
Mr. Robert Bowie ayoung man we'll known
in this community, where he leaves mnny
friends and relatives, to deplorc his loss His
death will be sad bereavement. to widowed
mother, now residing in Georgia. to whom he
Inns been solace and support:
We ore rnined TO record the mclancholy
death Of Mr.. Robert Bowie, who, some time
during Friday night. fell from the window Of
his sleeping apartment. thrc. stories high, mud
wcs taken up dead from the pavement ye.trr.
dny morning about five O'clock Mr. Bowie
was clerk Mt the Wholesale dry goods establish.
ment Of Messr.. j. S. * l.. Bowie, corner of
Meeting and IIdsel Streets, and occupied
room over the store MS n sleeping apartment.
Having been ut work in the store til late
hour. j, is supposed thnt he took n seat ncnr
the window for the purpose of smoking. per
haps before retiring. and being much exhaust.
ed from close application to business. as this II.
tho busy season. lie must have fallen a.lccep,
and losing his balance fell to the pavement.
His head wns badly crushed and jentl, must
have ensued in a few moments Mr.. Bowie
was in the prime Of life. and was beloved and
esteemed by large circl. Of friends.
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State Agricul.uEal ssaeietS

Wo perceive says the Cirolinfan in our. ex.
changes notices Of various agricultural meet.
ings elsewhere This'lcal- Us to invite At.
tention to- oar own. soon to COME on We
hope that Nere' will be no luke wnrmness in
this cause. Agriculture. manufactures. the fine
arts. all call upon their votaries, and let the
call be responded to.
Our last Fair was promising but this one,
we doubt not, will exceed it botl, in tho nun,
bers that attend. and ,hesvnriety and quality
of the articles exhibited.
The preFpium list is admiralty arranged,
the secretary-Col. Gnge-is active and every
thing promises fine display on the 10th. lltli,
18th and 18th of next November
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Forthcoming Narrative.

From note of Mr. w. D. Wilkes. in the
Anderson True Chrolinia,,. we lcnrn thnt gen
tlemnn proposes to publish serics of articles
about Kansas. giving the result Of personal
knowlege an'ise9p-rience. lie says:
''From time to time since my return from
Kansas hnvo been requested to puLlisl, the
result of my experience in that blood stained
and romantic Territory. To this request I
hnve concluded to yield. and propose to pub
iisi, series Of ARTICLES i'll your paper, giving a
faithful sketch Of the country. its adaptation
to slave labor. Of the acts and deeds of a. H.
Rceder. Wilson Shannon and John ". Ge"ry
of the conflicts between tho Pru-Slavery aud
Abolition partie. from May until October. and
.rccullectons Of the distinguished leaders Of the
pro.slaverv nrrny. as also n brief review Of the
conduct Of Mcs.rs Howard and Sherman, the
Northern members Of the ever to he remember.
ed Investigating Committee. This is heavy
task. and one from which wonld shrink,
were not conscious that any position as an
officer. and Intimate connection with the lead.
ing men of the Territory. put me in possession
ofail the facts necessary to a truthful nara
tive.
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| slider it, fGen. Pillow, to throw ,3iseredit I'm.
on the one soldier OF our country whom the
country delights to honor. whose ''Conques. Of
Mexico" will be read in after days with that of
Cortez could not help placing on record
some few facts known to myself for the bene.
fit of history. AS for the immediate object Of
Gen. Pillows address. that Of securing O seat
in the Senate Of the United States, I have moth.
see I'as worti,icr sons more entitled to that
honor,
With regard to the rest of this controversy we
think with the Washington correspondence tbs
Charleston Mercury. that the fame ofthe coun.
try should be dearer than the reputation Of
any one concerned, thnt it wao scarcely honor
able in the special Commissioner Of the United
States Dir. Trist anu Gen. Scott to accede to the
proposal Of bribery or in President Polk to
constitute n private censor over both Mr..
Trst and Cen. Scott. with respect to transac.
| tions. for which they alone were responsible.
| With reference to the controversy lie thus re
| marks:
That Gen. Pillow has courage and talent. is
unquesti"nable. But the public must know
Tint he has truth and justice with him also. und
| this can be clearly established only by the pro.
ducton the evidence Of every charge much
Of which can be gathered from the records of
| the courts martial which followed close after
| The war. to be found in the documentary re.
ports subsequently published by order Of Con-
grcss. Among other facts elicited in those tri.
| nls, and Of record in the documents named, is
the testimony of General Hitchcock himself
wherein he admits that the practice charged
upon Gen: Pillow, as his great offence, of being
the historian Of his own achievements in bat
tie. through the newspaper press is admitted
by Cen. Hitchcock with respect to himself
| hring up these "reminiscences from memory
q Il Tn
| minds recurrence 10 the chronicles Of former
years. The FLEA of the Mercury. during and
subsequent to the Mexican war, will doubtless
supply much information upon these points.
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Chinese SuRar Cans,

a. Mr. Jefferson Douglass ha. handed US for pub.
fcntion the following statement, as to the yield
Of the Chinese sugar cane. The cane was
crushed by common wooden mill:
Sixteen stalks of the cane. grown on ordi-
nary upland. produced six quarts and pint of
the juice and twelve and half gallons of
the juice produced three gallons Of syrup.
Ten stalks Of the cane, grown on good bot
tom land. produced FIVE quarts and ono pint Of
the juice"
The syrup manufactured was Of very supe.
rior quality, and is pronounced by competent
judges to be equal to any that they had ever
tasted.
Mr.. Douglassshinks. that tie wooden mill is
supetier to the cast iron. in its cnpability Of
expressing the juice: and indeed tho result OF
the yield as given in tho above statement is
certainly fnr greater than that in any previous
account that We have seen.
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Col. Andrew Calhosn.

A correspondent of the Keowee Courier nom.
mates Col. Andrew r. Calhoun, for the place Of
Senator from Pickens district. He is said to
be one of the largest and most successful plan
ters in the district; Is president Of the State
Agricultural sgeiety. and is doing perhaps a.
much as any man in the State to improve its
agriculture; his affnbility and gentle,nanly
department render him popular with sif who
have the good fortune to make his aeapain.
sance. In view of this being the first time
that Pickens waa entitled to a segator; the
writer expresses the hope TINT all sa.pirants
will permit Mr. Calhoun to be detected without
opposition.
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vation it happen to attain last winter. Tbev
have been fearfully admonishsd Of their dan
ger. and will guard seainst it in future.
He was charmed with his visit South during
the past Spring. 1. deeRIy grateful for the many
kind attentions bestowed upon him. and is
earnestly desirows Of opportunities to manifest
his thankfulness ty some small return Of those
hospitalitl.s g. He is evidently an earnest ad.
Tirer Of the Southern character and decidedly
enlisted in tho cau-e of equal ju stice to our
lection In short, there is no trucr patriot, no
oe!,er man, than George P.alorris.
W. might say much Of :hs taseful arfang:-
ment OF Underelif man,ion--of the Generals :
e"o'ee library and its varioue adornMents oi
art--of that glceful rmn,bIiny ride in The Je r.
ery wagon-of the pleasures Of music within
aH"rs.of the delightful company there Assem-
oIed. &C.; out We fearful Of encroa ching
~here we should not, and. therefore restrain
our pen. -
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ron TIE INDEPENDENT rREs,.1
Inform alton Wanted.

We published not long ago list Of Revolu
ti"nnry names belonging to Abbeville District,
asking the people for whatever information
they could give US Of their recorded or tradi
tionnry history. Another list. no less interest.
ing than the first. is here presented. for each
venerable name Of which, we ask the same
favors-the same contributions to an honorable
fnme that must not die. Whence came they or
their fnmiliesi When did they come to this
Districti Where settle, and live during tn e
Rev"lutiona What their adventures in the
field md scout against Indian tory. or Britain
To what religious persuasion did they belong,
or had been educnted-in what church wor.
shpi Where did they diet What interesting
incidents are remembered of their wives
daughters and sisters while struggling against
the privntions of war and the deadly hais OF
the tory and border savngel
Adam Grain Jones. grandfather Of Mai. II.
A. Jones of Abbeville; Timothy Russel, James
Braden. Richard Jynor. John Stringer, Serg.
John Neel, Sr.. Thomas wutta, James Kirk.
wood, James Hamilton. James Jonea, William
Mckuliuk. Robert Maxwell, doubles, Capt.
Maxwell. the gallant partizan officer, an ances.
tor OF the Mn1wells Of Pendleton, Sam. Will.
son. Archibald Gillison. William Kennedy,
John W. Kelson. William Mcdowell Robert
Y. Sloan, James Hodges. ancestor of General
Hodges and brothers. James Hamilton, Jr.,
Thomas Adams. John Robertson. William Stu.
art. james Dunn. Resen Retledge. John Rober.
son, Jr. James Neal. Henry McNest. John Ste
Phenson. James Watts. George Gibson. John
Lindsey and Richard Hodges. Thi. was til.
father Of the late Rev. Nichols The above
names have. been presented in autograph a.
written in ITS to- pledge of the most bind.
ing character to stand by their country and
each other. They "ll belong to the Mulberry
Creeks'ettlement Tho original document is
now sfo1e me, and move venerable looking
manuscript could scarcely have come down to
us from the collections ofthe Ptolenie..
J. II. LOGAN
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Incidents OF Travel.

The Editor Of the Edge6eli Adsertiser has
just returned from visit 10 New York city.
and has written a delightful sketch Of the
sights in tho great mctropolis-Brondwny
Burton's Theatre. Tho Academy Of Music, &C..
&c. We have room only. for the following
tribute to Gen. George r. Morris. whose name
is identified with the literature and journalism
of this country:
GEN. GronoE p. MoRn.s.-The Song writer
Of America" 10 too well known in his literary
and editorial character to require in tlroso re.
gards al explanatory or c"niInendntory word
before the reading public Of our country. Ills
able management Of the New York Mirror for
nearly twenty years, and his subsequent con-
nection with the Home journal. have made
his name household word in every. the re.
n,otcst corner Of the republic. Yet more,
have such Poetical gems a. ..Woodmnn. spare
test tree" '.Near the lake where dropped the
willow" 1--WE were boys together" aud many
other songs Of equal pathos, enstamped that
name upon the hearts Of an. admiring and ap.
preeiative people. But the Generals whole
sonled cordiality, his private worth. his lib
eral principles. his unaffected candor,. his geni-'
al hospitality, arc of course only to- be disoo~-
cred BY seeing and knowing him in the bosom
OF his home. It has been our good fortune, do
ring the hurried trip which We hastily record,
TO sec and know him thus; and we shoA ever
revert 10 our brief sojoprn ot undercliH (bis
seat on the Hndeon) with lively satisfaction.
Beautiful Uuderclifi with its chaste but
unambitious mansion its green-carpeted
slopes its clustered trees Of choicest growth
it's tangled copses and lovely vistasl And
then, zee below The noble Hujson, whose wa
tors move msjes,ieally on, dotted here and
there with the white sails of skitfs that float
spire Of usiyhboring village church Gints
up To heeven And much farthar IN aers,oa tho
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-02
The Thespians.

By reference to their Advertisement it will
be seen that this popular young Corps will re-
new their peofoImnhces OH Monday md Tues
day evenings of Court week, The bills pre-
sent nm attractive programme, which will
doubtless draw crowded houses. Tile nne
tragedy of Bertrdm will be performed on the
evenings of Monday and Tuesday. to he fol-
lowed by the amusing plays, The Decd Shot
and The Stage Struck Yankee.
The Jones Family are expected. and their
performances will add much to the interest Of
the occasion. After long interlude. and with
probable cessation of the performances until
the completion of anew Hall, tie present oc.
casion furnishes rare opportunity Of which
all lovers Of the Drama should avail them
selves.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-02
Prof. CarlisIs's Loo ture.

Agreeably to appointment Prof James II.
Carlisle delivered an interesting lecture before
the Young Mems Christian Association Of this
Village on Frsdny evening last. on Some ofthe
Causes rhieh Impede the Program Of Education
among VA.
1t was not tho Professor's first appearance
before an Abbeville audience, and tke
anticipation of a rich treat secured large at
tendance. Expectation was on the qui rire,
and it was fully gratifiej. Indeed the speaker
I. not the man to dissrpoint an audience. He
mas too much of the orator abo ut him-pro-
Iound' massive thought original and suexe..
"se; condensed energy Of expression and.
.P'er"ms',c point and brillisncy of style, con.
Joined with flashes Of genuine humor and ps.
'ao'' which give him a complete control of til.
attention ono sympathies Of the h.arer. ".
could notify any synopsi. do iu.,ieo TO ,hs
address, and shall not attempt it. 1t oceun;.a
upwards Of an hour in the delivery and "a.
cheered throughout by frequent srplau.e.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-02
Fine Syrup

We have been presented by Mr.. John Brown
lee of our District, with specimen Of very
superior syrup manufactured by him from the
Chinese Sugar Cane, which in favor. color aud
consistency cannot be surpassed. It's superior
Ny he attributes to the fact of its being made
from cane which was fully mntured, and thinks
the cane would suffer no injury by standing
till frost. The proportion of syrup obtained
was one gallon Of syrup from gallons of juice.
Mr. Brownlee. hns recently visited the planta-
ton Of Mr.. Peters of Co., and Gen. Hammond,
and from his own ob,ervatiSH; as wen as from
their testimony. thinks that tile plant is d.s.
tined to effect great revolution.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-02
Education North and South.

Major Perry Of tho Patriot. having been cen.
sured by several Of his brethren of the Prcs.,
for having sent his son to Northern College,
has come out in rather warm reply, in which
he protests against this interference in his do.
nestle arrangements. and cites in his justifica.
tion the example Of the Rhetts, tho Allston.,
the Pringles, the Prestons, and other HI
citizens of the State. In tho annexed exttsct
be put fortI, the following plea for IIarvard /:
It IL true We sent our son to Harvard with
reluctance. and after trying tho South Caro-.
lima College lie was educated at home. grad.
uated in one Of the Universities and received
indueed us. then Is send him to'the South Car
onna College, where he might still prsseeass
his collegiate studies. The College was br,-
Ken up hy the rebellion Of the students. and
We .hought It extrsnaciy doubtful whether il
souie % crgasized sgajn. successfully, for q
year OF Two 70 come. Undsr these circum.
sss9ses We sast alous fSk sellsgs Or unixer.
% az tha m M a,on adssa IS -. sOspss Of yesrs
superior to al othsss ErElle learrinv 90 si,;}.
ity OF its Prod pscrs, and <lssaYm;ns5 - 49,.
him there We went On aiih Him xnA ssas;s.
He'd onrself as to ia ssupefjor s1v.ntss.s SSns
ysAsnisg, tsehoIatshtr aad fssDrtlvsnsrst 4.
fsS tAs Goaitieals spsineiplss osiRe ProTlsssu -
mafyArd fhess! hare nexep sbssa. Soksspi rs =
thS botta Iasre sra Isv sinas, - g srksrs
nefs sSssttsspi iR hhsir. ssfinlS 85s ! tfGiiSus
soe flsset ~ Sfathsnt astro1sfai = e. SRasS6
ssssslsn.ss aA.,sfd. Agasis slsa 49,
q y ss..a :'s'ss :; If s:'
..Ssp&S III ska tSsSHb e - ~ yiforc. Ths
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-10-02

President, Walker, is eminent for his learning
and picty, and none Of the Professors are
known rs politicians. The atmosphere Of ffar-
ward is purely literary, and has never been
contaminated like Yale and some other North
ern Colleges witt, political meetings and lee
lures. Who doubts the advantages of Harvard
over Southern Colleges I Where ,s the sin,
then. Of setd'nG the son there, TO enjoy those
advantages. We presume Mr.. Rliett, Mr.
Pringle, MIR. Allston, aud hundreds Of others
sent their sons to that inst tuition actuatcd by
TIE same motives But whilst they might be
seemingly inconsistent, we sec no reason to fix
the charge on us. Another one of our coma
we placed ut tho Naval School. at Annapo.
ll., ana dedIcnted him to the Republic. of
whicI, South Carolina is vet member and we
have no doubt will be for century to come.
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That Editorial.

Our friends of the Southern Light, claim tho
paternity Of a short notice of tho late proceed.
iHgs Of the Board Of Trustees Of tho South
Carolina College. which nppcnrL in our Edito.
rial columns last week. and complain that the
proper credit was not given to that Journal
We ecrtainly had no desire to appropriate the
''wee bantling" but regarding it MS . sort of
ftius nuliius to whose paternity all of the Edit.
ors in Columbia, might lay equal claim, we
adopted it without enquiring narrowly into it.
genenlogy. In other words, VIC Looked upon
it As a mere newa item. which appeared stimuli
tnneously in all the city papers, and clipped it
hurriedly for our columns. without remember.
ing for ten minutes nfter from which Journal it
had been taken. However as the Light is dis.
posed to "father the bantling," We shall not dis
rute its claims; and here with Introduce it Sc.
cond time to the courteous attention Of our
readers:
Tux Sorrn CAROLINA CoLLxoE.-At tho session
OF the Board on Thursday morning, Rev. Jas.
II. Thornwell was elected Trustee in place
Of Dr. Il. W: Gihhe,. who resignei in Jnne.
Tho Presidency Of the College was then, we
understand. rendered to Dr.. ThornweIl. who
declined it. Nothing more Of interest occur.
red at that meeting.
In the evening session an election was held
for Professors. which resulted As folious:
DIR. n. L,borde. Professor Of Logic, Meta
physics and philosophy of the mind.
Rev. J. l. Reynolds. of Roman Literature.
Rev. Il. W. Barnwell-Challnin-E Evidences
Of Christianity and Bellies Le,t.res =
Mr.. &. T.. Pelham-IIistory ana Political
Economy.
No President was elected. but the choice OF
one pro tenn. rests with the Faculty.
AZ will he seen by tho above. erery member
efMe old Faculty seas re elected except the Ex.
President, whA> we are informed, vas no can
didate. The only change Wa in tho distribu.
tions Of Profe.sorships. only one Of the Fncul
ty being retained in his office.
Southern LighG
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The Trial.

The trial of the boy Josh. belonging to Dr..
S. s. Marshall Off the murder Of Andy. a slave
of Mr.. Abram Litea, was held in this village on
Tuesday last before VIM. n. Haddeu. Esq, the
Magistrate, and resulted in his conviction of
mansaughter. The prosecution was conduc-
ted by Gen. MCGOWAN, and the Defence by
Col. Orr who each delivered elaborate speech
es OH the occasion. The boy was sentenced to
six months imprisonment. and to receive 600
lashes, to be given twice a month, SO lashes at
each time.
A former trial at Greenwood before Esq.
Tarran', Ind resulted in n failure to obtain
verdict.
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Steamship Disaster1.

Tho appalling 1o.. Of life on the Central
America" hns no pnrnllef IN the snnals Of Amer
lean stenmship navigation. The nearest ap-
proach is the disnst-r which befel the steam.
ship Arctic, on the 2sth of September. 1854, bv
which something like three hundred and fiftv
lives were lost. The steamship San Francisco
belonging +" the Pacific Mail Steamship Com.
pnny. which f'nndere,i in the Atlantic on the
25tf of December. 1888, was lost under eircum.
stances similar in many respects to the disa,ter
Which has just occurred: but the number Of
Rr es sacrificed was much lese--not varying far
from two hundred, Including ESQ u g. troops.
Taking retrospect, with view to recunnr
the various catastrophes which have befnl!en
ocean steamships owned in or trading with the
United Stnte... we find that the following have
been entirely loxf
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MAX KETS. .

ABBEVIl.LE, Oct. l.-Coiton.--A consider
able quantity has been bmught into market
this week. and disposed of at prices, varying
from LET to l53 cents per- pouHd.
HAMBURG. Sept. %. ls57.-The receipts
Of Cotton here for the week ending Saturday,
the 2sth inst. amounts to 4ao Bales. principal
ly neS: during the week, prices advanced to
le cents. but in consequence Of later Aiviees
the s'srket closed rather dull. We quote-how
As extremes. Il to Isl st. Per pound. /. II.
COLUMBIA. Oct. !, lss7.-we have no n..
teriul or quotable change to notice in The. price
Of Cotton. The demand is still active ct lBI
. Isl. according to quality. 20. .,.S
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T: d. Peterson. the we'll known Philadelphia
publisher, announces the following works as in
press. and to be issued by the lst of October.
4rs. Haies Rretiptss.tor MeH;9ion, com.
plcte in one large volume of 500 pages. and
neatly bound in cloth. Price 81 IS per cory.
The Lost Daughter. and other stories BY
Mrs. Hentz, complete in one large volume. for
81 IS, Goth or in two volumes paper cover,
: 90.
Copies of either work will be sent to any
part of the United State,. free Of po.tage on
remitting the price to the publishcr-T b. Pc
terson, No. 500 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia
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CONSIGN EES.

The following persons have; freight in tho
Depot Mt Abbeville:- .s
II Cason. l. II Russell, Hon r C;Iafsin, II
s Kerr, J Barnes. Chambers 4 Mars6sIl. W
G Moore. J Il White. Wier & Lythgoe, J
Myers. Jas Co,hr"n. Col II c Csbeli. Easight
& Stnrr. Col Marshall. G Mod Miller: Eat
IL T Miller, Whitefeld South, J J Cunning
ham, Dalton, d Jorda6,. IL A Jones,
WarHsw & Lyon.
D. r. SONDLEY. Aa't.