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The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-26
Politics..

We furnish ic another part Of our paper reports OF
the proceedings of the two County Conventions the
Democratic and the Republican. The political campaign
has fairly opened, the contest is the most important one
our new country has yet had, and the people are gener'
ally awake to it. Such reports will therefore possess
interest and Importance at this time.
The Emi0yant Aid journal does not espouse either
side, but will state all matters from time to time that
may be Of sufficient consequence to interest the people.
We must say q word, however, for l. Donnelly, ESQ,
the Republican nominee for Senator for this County.
Although a young man, he will be recognized as = mas
ter mind in that important body he will prose himself
eminently useful to the State in the arduous labors Of
forming her system Of laws, as his education and public
habits Of action justly warrants us in believing. We
have been assured by the leading Democrats Of this
town that they will support hiri. IS the services he can
and will render the State oyerrides all political differen-
ces. Our citizens understand the importance Of secur-
ing the services Of such a gentleman,-as through him
they can rely upon having the various matters Of lcgls-
lative character, SO vital to the future prosperity Of ,he
town, promptly taken in hand, and zeaiouSiy urged
through and what he will do for them he viii be ever
ready and willing to undertake for other communities.
We must also say T. word for The Democratic nomi-
nee for County Surveyor, Matthew A. Miller, ESD
He will honor the position assigned him. His quail
ifcations, it is needless to say. are far beyond the
requirements Of that office. We believe that he is Sc
cure of the united vote Of this town, which viii be given
him heartily.
In thus speaking of the above gentlemen, We intend
nor feel no disrespect TO the gentlemen who are to np
pose them, we have not the honor of their acquaintance,
but believe their fellow citizens have chosen worthy and
esteemed gentlemen for the Offices designed them. Our
motives are based on a personal acquaintance of the
parties we desire to see elected, whose services will be
a credit 70 orr Town, to our County. and to our state'
The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-26

Tie Northwestern Farmer, published monthly at
Dubuque, Iowo, is Que of tue best agricultural works
for our Minnesota readers. Price 81 90 . year III sdr
vapas.
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other raw materials, free of duty. Mr. Camp
oeiisb deviatcs from this principle in admit.
u"g'ree OF duty, only WOOL the cost Of which
shall exceed so cents per pound, or be less than
Is cents; whilst Mr.. Ietchcrs bill admits NIL
raw WOOL at per cent. It appears that the
cost OF Importation, about 81 per cent on the
original price abroad, would Lc protection
enough to the wool grower even did he need
protection. The repeal of the duty, however.
would not lead to the use in the country of
any more foreign wool. The only effect would
DC, that whereas we now import over &3O, ,OOO,-
ooo OF wooien manufactures, we should be en-
couraged to Import portion of the raw mate.
rial and manufacture it here. The argument
applies with equal force TO other raw materials.
Mr. Letcher's bill proposes pro rata reduc.
t'on on the Tariff of ls46 of 20 per cent which
would bring the 'lutible schedules down to 80,
~, a. 20. l6. IL, 8 and 4. Tho Journal of
Commerce suggests various notifications All
raw materials should be admitted free. again
the new rates should be subdivisions of our
decimal currency. The 80 per cent. schedule
contains but few articles, and should be chang.
eel to 80. The "a, TO 25 OF 22A, and ipclul.
among other things. iron, sugar, wuolcns tex
ecpt blankrts) and silks the next at 90 should
include cotton and linens. Too more schedules
at Is and 20 should complete the number; all
below that should be transported to the free
list. duty Of four per cent. costs more to
collect il, chan the aggregate received.
1t is shrr"scl that the revision of the Tariff
wou1'l have been completed before this, but
that tl'e Republican party afraid of losing
the Inst bone of contention wtha their oppo-
nents. The administration and the leaders Of
each party are committed equally to the great
principles upon which the adjustment should be
made and blr Buchanan is desirous that the
discussion should be close,l. The speedy set
tlement of the question depends upon the pres
ent Congress; and they owe it to the welfare of
the Country, and the wishes of the great mass
OF the people, to enact, n wise and liberal tariff
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Suicidal Policy Of the South.

Under this caption, our esteemed cotem
porary, the Chronicle and Sentinel, o
agusta makes the following remarks.
"Had the Southern Commercial Convention
in their anxiety to promote the commerce
of the South, devised soine plan By which
our products could be manufactured nj
homc,.we should look for some good resul,
from their lnbors"
We presume our neighbor is serious
The article exhibits no appearance of levity,
and yet it seems as hardly possible that he
could have been so. 1t had been as well il
he had made it cause ofcomplaint against
the Commercial Convention, that they had
not invented some plan Of making two and
two equal five. There is no place in the
world where labor 10 so inadequate to the
agricultural rcqusilion upon i rs in the
Southern States. In South Carolina there
are about the one-tweutieth Of ,ale opera.
tlves in this department that cpnld be pro.
fitably employed, and South Carolina has
more labor in proportion to acres tlsa anv
other Southern State. There is no place
IN the world where labor is 50 profitable az
III the Southern States. Elsewherethc labor
OF one country is in competition with an
other, but here we have fields where there
Is scarce the fear Of competition {: aud to re-
quIre OF the Convention thai it, should in
vent some plan by which labor conld be
made to quit one profitable pursuit, and
embark i'll another less printable; that it
will leave field where il has no compet-
ton, and take another wheo it must meet
the competition Of operatives who have no
no other means of'subsistmce to inquire
them to Show our people tie way to an in
terest where there is no interest and where
there can be no interest in consistence with
tile present conditions of the country, is
simply as reasonable as tolament that they
could uot put us in the way Of flying. If
our contemporary is prepared to alter the
conditions Of our country if he is willing
to throw around the South the monuments
OF tariff similar to that which protect
the labor OF the North from competition
with the pauper labor of Europe if he is
willing to circumscribe the South, and con-
tlne her labor within narrow limits, so
that exceeding the wants of agriculture it
may he forced for subsistence into other EN-.
ploymcnts, or The is willing to bring in tic
savage from Africa, or the paupcrfro Eu-
rope, until they fill up the rcq,,si,ions of
the country, his object will be accomplished
But without this, aud we fancy he will op-
pose them all, for those who complain most
OF any evil are the least ready for the meas
ures necessary to its eradication. 1t were
ms reasonable in him to expect that the two
million people in the slave States shall bring
into cultivation $4,000 square miles Of
land contained with these States, that they
will colonize slave territories as fast ms
the North, and manufacture for themselves.
and tile world besi'les, rs to expect that the
same individuals can be in two places at the
same time, or can supercede any other ordi-
nary law of nature CXur1es,on Ston,,,,-,,
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Correspondence of the Coprrier.

WAsnISGroS, Dec. 20.
The weather has been remarkably tinc
here for some days, and there is prospect
of its continuance.
Congress is quite idle, and little business
Is excepted to be transacted till after the
5th OF January. Among the the members
here, many subjects ofinterest are talked of,
but prominent among these, in every circle,
is the policy lof the incoming ad,ninistra-
ton, and the composition of the new cabi-
net as indicative ofthat policy.
1t appears to DO the united opinion Of
the shrewdest and best advised, publications.,
than Gen. Cass is to be the Secretary of the
State. This is considered as ccrtainty.-
Either Senator Toucey, of Connecticut, or
Mr.. Clifford, of Maine, will be the Attor-
ney General. Both have formerly held
'he same position. Either Mr.. Clancy
oeiiI oe Of Pennsylvania, or Senator Bright
y, o; ."u'af'>> will le the Secretary of the Inte-
Mn 1' r, cons'Soy i. as almost certain that
Mr: NJ Howell Cobb, < Georgia, will be ~ Offer. fer
ed Tue department, Of theF Freas,,rv. So wa
nave, according to the specnIaAsrs a major.
ny OF the Cabinet already desibnaaad
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FOR THE INDEPENDENT pR,ss7
Meeting of Pew-Holders.

Pursuant to notice, n number of the
Pew-holders in the Presbyterian Church,
met at the Church on Monday morning
goth ult, at l o'clook A. NJ.
Dr.. j. J. Wardlaw being called to tho
Clair, and Il. A. Fair requested to act as
Secretary, the object of the meeting was an.
nounced by the Chairman.
A proposition to declare the Pews free
for night service, was submitted, discussed,
and unanimously agreed to.
The same Board of Trustees. consisting OF
James NJ. Perrin, B. P. Hughes, Charles II
Allen and r. A. Fair, was continued for
another year.
The Trustees were directed to raise, by
voluntary subscription, tile means of supply.
ing the Church with stoves sufficient to
make it entiraly comfortable.
On motion, the meeting was then adjo,.rn-
cd.
J. J. WARDLAW, Chm.
r. \. FAIR, Sec'y.
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typographical Society.

The thirty-seventh anniversary of III
Charleston Typographical Society, was heI
last evening, when the following Office
were elected for the ensuing year,
JONI HEAnr, President s. =
= II. w. Gw1SEER, Vice President.
" T. CAMBRIDGE TRorr, Treasurer.
JAS. w. MCMILLAN, Secretary. =
j. W. Mcmillan, TIios. Coskle, and a. V.
Eilands, Standing Committee.
The Society met at 7 O'clock for de-
Transaction Of business. Among ..o,Lr
things, committee was appointed TO- ta|c
INTO consideration the propriety of pnrcLI.
ing lot in Magnolia Cemetery, and havic
it enclosed with aniron railing, ,tor tie buT
OF printers who may die without meant
After the regular business, the ssSrstv
adjourned to the dining saloon Of TapmD
sons restaurant, onsWe Wentwosthstrest. there
a: most excellent dinner was served 10 81
the proprietor in his best styIes The se1;
ing was spent in sssery plaasant and l,res.
able manner, enliveaed BY speeches, senti
ment and song, till nesssi2 o'clock. Rem.
resentatives were.presSnt from ali L ,t6s
daily Offices. -.
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Iron THE ISDErENDENr PRESS. I

-
at meeting Of the Southern Rights
Dragoons, January 8, the following pream.
ole and resolutions were unanimously n.
lopted
!Vhereas, it has pleased Almighty Cod
in the mysterious dispensations oIhiIs proy.
'dence, to remove from US our friend and
Luke Mathis. Be it therefore.
Resolyed, That Iy the death Of : ~; a.;
":s' me s0'"" "'""O'n Rights Dragons ar
- -- :. : apon to mourn the loss.of an efficien
| and useful fellow soldier, one whose place !,
our ranks cannot easily be filed.
RESOLVED, That in token of respect. 70
our deceased fellow soldier, we wear tb
uspal badge Of mourning for thirty days
and blank page in our record be dedica
ted to, his memory.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathiz
with the family Of the deceased in their sat
bereavement.
RESOLVED, That these resolutions be pub
lished in the papers Of the town and con,
sent to the family Of the deceased.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-01-09
The Young Mems Christian Assoc,,tio,


We invite attention to the interesting articl.
OF our correspondent on the above subject in
another column. He has presented 60 clearly
the nature andlobjects of such IN Association, as
well as its various benefits social, intellectual
aud Religious; that it would be work of su.
pererogation to do more than to signify our
cordial approval of his views We shall follow
the example of that ''plain blunt man." who
when called upon, at the close of one Of
Mr.. Burke's gorgeous harnngues, to address
the electors Of Bristol, contentcd himself by
declaring, Il say ditto to Mr. Burke" II say
ditto to Mr. Burke"
The Association in its broad catholicism nd
dresses itself 70 the cordial sympathy of men OF
every avocation in life We are at best too
much inclined to give undue prominence to mi.
mute differences, and to forget that we are men
Of the same origin the same sympatl,ies and
the same common destiny. The present Asso.
ciation furnishes common basis OH which We
oil may unite. Recollect the time and place Of
the first meeting, next Saturday night at the
Hall of the Sons of Temperance.
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Russia and tho Allios.

1t has been officially announced by the news.
paper organs Of the Governments Of Ensland
and France. that the plonipotentiaries of the
various European powers. will assemble, in !
Paris during the present M. ~ ., sa.l., r.,
ruary, TO sstf =. - I:,.. y s:ssO
IFs' = us-.s'"" at of the Interpretation of The
tneasg Vi Paris, respecting the Isle Of Serpents,
and the frontier line, between Russia and Mol.
dS4ia. The deliberations of the new Congress
will be confined to these two questions, and
the English Government has made it condi-
ton that no other questions are to be admit
ted for discussion. This proviso will thus ex-
clude NIL discussions respecting Rome, Greece
Naples and Prussia; md hence, the Confer.
ence wilfprobably not occupy more than one
| or two daya
This concession of England would appear TO
be inconsistent with recent declarations of
Lord Palmerston. md the expressed opinions
OF the leading ministerial Journals against the
propriety of re-opening the discussion. This
surrender of principle, however, on the part
OF England, is merely nominal; as it seems she
has had an understanding with Austria, Tur-
key and Sardinia and that their views are
identical whilst it is beloved that Lord C)ar
endop has ascertained distinctly tile opinions
and proposed conduct of France. If thi. eon.
cessisn then will effect speedy settlement Of
the questionsip dispute, no one will be dispos-
ed to ensarethe English Ministry. for having
yielded to what appears to be the desire of ali
the other parties concerned.
The meeting Of the new Congress. will not
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Literary Notices.

h1he !s"""h Carolina Agric"it"ria has beer
saiIt'nued; and the Farmcr and Planter ha.
\ vme the organ Of the State Agricultural So
e'efy' under the editorial management Of Col
Gage Of Union.
We perceive tlrnt onr old friend Jos. S. Reid
has retired from the Ncwberry Mirror, which
he has long conducted with marked ability
lie is succeeded by Mr.. John McLemore gen.
tlcinan of talents and fortune.
Col. John Cunningham has he come sole pro.
pr'etor Of the Charleston Evening Ne~. hay
ing bought out the interest Of S. f. Pelot.
John G. Bowman. Esq, has assumed the edi-
torshlp of the Columbia Times. and from his
well known ability, will give Increased inter
est to the columns of that journal.
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FOR THE INDEPENDENT rREss. !
Sons of Temnarance-

TIL: following officers have been duly elected
for Abbcvillc Division. No. 4. Sons Of 'Temrer-
ance during the current quarter:
i. J"hnson W. p;
10. Edwards. W. A.;
j. II. 1"max, RS
}. Shehane. A. r. S;
N. Cochran, T.:
John Mclsrvde F. S.;
Jn". Owen, c.;
Or. l. Branch, a. c.;
James Fowler, j. s.;
r. A. Fair, O.S
G. H. Allen, c.:
". A. Lee, p. WP.
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merst'n $ abandonment of the policy lately de.
ei"red oF him; yet if his concession to the de.
s're' OF the other parties Interested shall lead
70 aspeedy settlement of the questions Mt issue,
the British people, and Parliament will scarce.
iy censurc him for the mode in which the oh.
ject is effected.
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:. -. -''u from the wasteful expenditure,
and the corruption which, it engendsrs in every
department of the Government
The unexpected balance. in the treasury. OF
the LIST OF January 1856, was about $50, 600:
oOO. and t'iis ausonsit has since been largely
Increased The accumulation las been checked
during the past three years, by the expenditure
Of $4S'ooo.ooo in payment Of the public dept
butas there is no likelihood of getting in the
remainder Of $50, 900. 900. which is not We,
due even BY the offer of large premium, j.
Is necessary to resort to a mobilization of the
present Tariff, to check the excession accumu.
latlon, from custom receipts in the Treasury.
We eondense from the Journal of Comerer, a
brief statement of some of the leading fentures
OF the various measures which have been pro.
posed to effect that object
AT the second Session of the last Congress n
bill was introduced by Mr. Houston, then Chair.
man Of tho Committee of Ways and Means,
which proposed a pro rata reduction Of 20 pcr
cent from the existing tariff providing hewever,
Tor some changes in the schedule. This Bill
passed the House Of Representatives by large
majority, having been appended to ons of the
/ appropriation bills but was Lost in the Senate
through the opposition of Senator Seward.
The next attempt to revise' the tariff was a
bill introduced into the Senate on the 20 March
1856. by Senator James Of Rhode Island. This
Diil.should have originated In the House: and
was besides sutjsetto to many grave objections.
Fig lead, which is properly raw material for
manufacturing psrposes was charged with =
kn Nk0
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DR.. W. G. Norwood

Dr. W. G. Norwood requests us to say that
he has permanently located himself at Abl,c.
vile Court House, for the practice Of his rr,,.
i'*s'"n. lie has taken rooms at Mrs. Aliens
where he may be found, when not profession.
ally engaged.
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Harper's Mapa,ine.

h"rper's .Nagazi"c for January has been re-
ceived, by Mcssrs. Branch d Allen at their
Book Store; and will be furnished ot e5 co,.s
Il single copy or SO Year. Xnrp"r is one of
the most interesting of the MontLlies, and now
is the proper time to subscribe
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Miller's Almanac for 1857.

We are indebted to S. G. Courtney l. Co.,
the we'll known Bo"ksell.rs an.l Stationcrs of
charleston for an interlenved copy of the above
Almanac Miller's Almanac is infinitely supc-
III I" any other published at the South, and is
especially valuable on account Of the mass of
interesting statistics which it contains.
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An Act

For the better establishment of n general
system Of Registration of Births. Mar
riages and Deaths, in the State of South
Carolina.'
Sec. !. Be 1t enacted by tile Senate and
1iouse OF Representatives, now met aud sit
ting in General Assembly, and BY the au
thority of the same. That from and after
the passing of this Act, it shall be the duty
OF the Tax Collectors of the different districts
and parishes of this State, to require of the
Inhabitants of the said districts and parishes
at the time Of making the general tax return
stating the number Of whites, male and f.
male, who have been born, married, or who
have died during the year 10 their respec-
tive households, and the number of blacks
who have been born, or who have died du-
r'ng the same period, and return the same
to the Comptroller General and in eacl,
case in which the Tax Collector neglects lis
duty, he shall be fined five dollars, and the
citizen refusing charged FIVE per cent. on
his general tax. sd
SEC. -: 1ute,, ue, =. q ""gistfar shall be ap-
pointed by the &C. .:.Ur, whose duty it
shall B8 to receive from the respective Offices
OF the Comptroller General, in Charleston
and Columbia, the. returns Of the Tax Col.
lectors, and make and publish a full report
OF the same annually, fIinga copy of his
report in the Comptroller Generals Office,
both in Charleston and Columbia.
SEC. 8. That in order to ascertain as ac.
curately as possible the number of births,
marriages and deaths Of non.tax paying
whites, it shall be the duty Of tho Tax Col
lector to ascertain from the magistrate, ply
sicians and ministers of the Gospel of the
different districts and parishes, the number
of births, marriages and deaths that have
taken place among the persons within their
jurisdiction, or belonging to their congrega-
tion respectively and it shall be the duty
of:tte Registrar to draw out n proper form
of registration for the Tax Collectors of the
different districts and parishes, and for the
Euse Of the magistrates and ministers Of the
Gospel, Of the said districts and parishes.
SEC. 4. That tho said Registrar shall re-
.ceive annually the sum of four hundred dol.
lars for his services.
SEC. 5. That the Tax COLLECTORS shall be
entitled to retain out Of the taxes collected
bysthem, three cents for the entry of eacl,
birth, death or marriage required by this
Act.
In the Senate House The twentieth day Of
December, In the year Of our Lord ono
thousand eight hundred and fftAsix, and
in the eighty-irst year Of the sovSeignty
and independence Of the United States Of
America
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-ms--Two Dollars a Year, in Advance.
ABBEvILLE G.. 81.
FRIDAY, JANUARY, 9. 1887

saoramental meeting will be held in the
Presbyterian Church in this Village on s;atur.
day (to'morrow) and Sunday. Seu.s frer.
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. spkEcd OF Hos. p. S. Baoors.E ETha
speech is thus alluded toby the Waskncson
corre.pondsnt Of the ;RhiEadsiphfa f}qiirss
Black Regablicaa. 81 - IS Il k S
"Hon. pfesses rooks hasuslb sbSdl
the etairssts spesch that Aas ye., been |utssFed
on tbe; PresidsatisI message. at wh teld.
refale inr hang aod dsrase fd spiit, q and
;aitpgetbsr ereditabla fQissan anthos, Ii standl
sogt q leoldsl and .,I coatssSt IS mi
gsets!sali y. ispd fsdid rssl maIib bijs II sxk;;b
solIS6 Of 81 ~ n ss,;sS
Ro!isEft tEsiS Ns Sps 81 lscE = st i,atS MP
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Major Generals Eleo.;o,

see advertisement Of the election on the
18TH instant, and the announcement of the
name of Col. y. NJ. Smith, a. candidate for
the vacant rsSt.
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New Advertisements.

Owing to the press Of time, we can only call
attention generally to to the numerous ndver.
tIsements in our present issne.
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THE INDEPENDENT PRESS
Is ruuLrsnEn EVERY FRIDAY MORNING ny
LEE q WILSON.
Editor.
w. A. LEE,

"a hII'' Editor.
I'etioiaaais, like nations f'lH in nothing rl.ich
they dotoAy attempt, aohen Sustained 6y virt,oxs
P"i'os,; Undetermined dresol'.t;on.-1IESuY Clay
"Ipiiliny to praise, ye. not afraid to Jiame"
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ss.aseven w7rlr more certainty -fifur-we
have arrived at the fact that the Union is,to
DC conducted as the. Administration organ,
p by Mr. John Appleton, of'saaine, Mr.. Ap.
pleten was twice in Congress- and also al
several times filled the post Of Chief Clerk
or the Navy Department, Ministes3 6f Cen
trail America, and Secretary of Legation a,
I'ondon. For number Of years he has
been the editor and co-propritor of the
Eastern Argus.
1t is impossible to resist the conclusion
that Col. Forney, editor of the Pennsylsan.
ian, will come into the Senate, as the friend
OF Mr.. Buchanan. The democratic major.
,ty in the Pennsylvania Legislature is small
but decided and well disciplined.