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HEALTH Of CHARLESTON

he weekly rcI'urt, saws the EIru;u, y,u,
"i the l7.h inst, Of our Board of JI.oI,l, .,,,,.
we h'''"vc' mn ''neX"mrlr'l state "f the health
"' '""r'.>'"n at tins season of the ycnr, there
being TN! ten deaths r"p"rt"d. W.. learn ,I,nt
experienced physicians declare that they bay.
never know" the city 10 be NOR. exempt from
diseases at any kind Tn. almost entire ,h.
s""cc "l irbr''e complaints is, We believe, with
cut precedent i'll tic summer sc.snn.
his uninterrupted salulri,v gives assurance
:" '''c early renewal OF business and the return
s"'h''r Than customary Of those whose presence
Is necessary tn give it, activity
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FOWL PROCEEDINGS.

Ih"r" seems to tc great complaint, arnoup bo,h
our village and country friends upou IN. ,hcL,,
4''"S'"' The '"r""I OF Il scarcity of the article
w"''" III" latter are complaining That the negroes
steal Their chickens and sell them To- tn. VII
layers IN Sufferer, i'll this respect, proposes to
call """tinc OF the villagers in reference to In,
matter complained Of. aud requests us to ap-
I"'nt the day aud place. We fear however
mat i"H'slalicn upon this subject will he of Ii,,l,
avail i"r "niggcrs will he "niygrrs' and hun
cry white iuks" must and will have. ,,.,. m
S"r"'"ss OF Law ar Gospel But in order to
comply with the request Of "a Sufferer" WI will
appoint 'h's cv:nI":: at :; o'clock, Il, the Office Of
Maj H. \. Juxrs
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ANOTHER FOOL.

IT Is SAID that the bold feat of Mr. Btoyn,y
VIII" turns Niagara into 4 mere circus riur, and
walks over the foam and spray Of the cataract
WIZ" aS much apparent ease rs he has hitherto
done over the "cheStra and pit Of the theatre, il
finding limitations in several places. A similar
feat was performed Il few days ago ny ano,r,er
r"rc'walker one Mr.. De LAVE. who has crossed
III" tennessee river, passing directly over the
g"rg" oi the cataract, anl on IL rope smaller
than that used by BLnSpIS, while the danger of
the performance was still further cubanc.d IL,
me ''ct That the rope was imp"rfectly fastened
and swung fearfuly. Yet the bold DE- LAVE
crossed !" safety, aud OH his return trip lay down
On his back, ami dad other deeds Of daring. to
the vast delcclation Of the twenty thousand
spectators.
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Special Election in the Sickics Congressional
Disfrici.-lt is undcrsood That, upon certain
con'iItions which have been duly considered by
his personal friends, Mr. Sickles will vountu-
rily surrender his clai,ns to represent the Third
Congressional District. His application 70: his
seat must he referred to n committee, which W i'll
have also 10 decftle upon the credentials of the
other New York City members. On account of
II clerical error in the endorsement Of their hal.
lots. no certificate has been issued to them. An
the members elect, but SiekIes, will be reported
back iorthworth his case will be retained until
he chooses whether 10 resign or contest. In the
latter case. the vote of certain soldiers from Gov.
ernorss Island and other irregularities will be
put in issue. The fact that Williamson has full
ed to serve notice on Sickles of his intent ion TO
contest will compcate on matters, but in consid-
eration Of an agreement OH the part Of Sckies 10
resign. and Of certain other high contracting
parties to put All an,l-Lecompton Democrat in
nomination for the District, the plan is new to
hold special election in the Third Congressional
Distinctly. y. Evcniny Post.
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1Hc Play Of Tie Stranger. Tile sentiment
Of mankind upon the subject OF are.uncn Of
i'll consequence Of matrimonial infdelity, was
tested many years ngo by Kotzebue, when he
wrote his play of tho "Stranger." In the orpi.
nal form Of that thrilling DRAMA the " Siral,.
ger" was coaxed back TO his wife's arms by
well meaning friend and the curtain once more
went down upon happy and confding couple.
The deno"eme"t so outraged the popular
ideas Of propriety, that the play was perempto.
riiy hissed off the stage, and would have been
lost forever TO the dramatic repertoire, had not
the ready-witted author reversed the moral O r
his production and closed the last sad interview
between the w:etched pair with the stern sen.
tence from the husbands lips: " We may meet
ngain-n Heaven"
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Notice to Creditors.

T>iIE creditors of HENRY S. KERR. mer.
Il chant OF Abbeville village, S. G., afe hereby
notified TO hold meeting at Abbeyille Court
House. on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Sd,
1857 at 10 O'Clock, a. M, for the purpose of
examining his assignment, made for their benefit,
OH the goth inst, to determine on accepting or
rejecting the said assignment. and to appoint all
Agent to act with the Assignee.
This assignment in the mean time is open for
inspection at the law Office of Edward Noble,
Esq, Abbeville G.. II.
JOSEPH I. MOORE, Assignee.
August 90, 1853 Is q
IL Press copy.
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1he Ioor an Ireland-The twelfth annual
report Of the Irish Poor Law Comm;s.;nna..
state that on the 28tb Of August, 1888. the
number Of workhouse inmates reached it's mini.
mnm.viz, &c. 100, since which time the number
gradually increased to the maximum of the pres
ent yearmviz. 46.5e2 on the ~12.h of February.
1859. The Poor law expenditure last wear
this being, of course, equivalent 10 decrease Of
1,254, or 8.27 per cent. The decrease in tl,a
number OF persons relieved was Al per cent.
aud i'll the amount of rates collected, lO.5 per
cent: s92:7a5 was applied for the expenses Of
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The Ncxt Speaker-The elections in Ken
lucky and Tennessee have added ten or twelve
Opposition members TO the House Of Represen.
tatives, and increased tho strength of the bal
ance Of power in that body TO about thirty rep.
Tesen tatives. The Democrats have elected
ninety two Lecomptonites and six anti Lecomp.
tonites, in all ninety.eght, and the Republicans
have one hundred and fourteen, and of course
neither can control the House nor organize it
under any ultra Speaker. The result will be the
selection of some moderate man, who will do
much towards allaying tho feelings of sectional
aspe'Ity which Of late years have rendered the
HOUSE of Representatives zone scene of hde
confusion"
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Rife Bullet lVoumds.-A medical man, who
has charge Of upwards of a hundred wounded
mon, French and Austrians, noticed with sur
prise that the majority of the wounds were on
the left. indicating that they were struck while
in the act Of firing, or that the troops had not al
lowed in aiming for the lateral dev ation of the
rifle bullet lie also observed that these bu ets
made holes as if they had been drilled. and that
they Travelled over or through the body in the
most eccentric directions In one case the ball
struck the right eye, carried away the bridge Of
the nose. aud passed over the left eye, making
its exit just before the ear. Another penetrated
nesr tic back Of the neck and came out below
+hc soot Of yhe tongne. The conclusion Is, after
all, concal ba lis produce less dangerous gunshot
whenever the first meet an obstacle, except they
strike with the apex, they dcviate from their
course Instead Of smashing the bone, and make
their way through, the f.shy part of the body.
How far this conclusion may he true or false will
be for your medical readers to determine.
settles Letter..
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The Great Draw1aet to persons emigrating to
the extreme south and western country, is the
fear they have Of the Fever and Ague-the
most dircful of ali diseases, made helpless in a
short time, without any means of affording re-
lief In view of the great demand for remedy;
DIR. Hostettet has presented his celebrated
" Bilters," whose curative powers for all dseases
of the stomach have been universally acknowl-
edged. The "Bitters,' prepared after long
experience and deep study. have received the
econorniums OF the most eminent physicians. as
well as all classes from every part of our coun.
try. To those who doubt their many virtues ali
we can say is to try them, and judge for them.
selves. respectively.
Sold by druggists and dealers generally, every.
whore
eB See advertise ment in another column:
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Later From Hauana-BALrIMoRE. Auous
20.-rhe steamship Baltimore has arrived
from Havana, with dates of the 18Th inst.
Sugar was reported heavy, except Muscova.
does which were firm and unchanged Ow.
ing to the small stock, nothing was doing in
molasses.
Freiglits were inactive. Money stringent.
Bonds, signed by several Of Tho leading
houses to the extent of ten millions, with in,
terest at six per contum, were to be Issued by
the Spanish Bank Of Havana.
Exchange ruled hIgher--on London it was
quoted at fourteen to fifteen, and OIL New York,
at sixty days, four or FIVE per cent.
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:, Polit'eal-The Richmond Enquirer believes
therc WIZ be no chance whatever for Democratic
success IN the House Of Representat,ves-sevcral
Hthtes from which better things were expected
having chosen delegations either divided or hos.
Tile. Tennessee elects Democratic Governor
but sends seven Opposition members out of ten
North Carolina sends tie of four to four
Kentucky, which in other respects did wonders
for The Democracy. has elected only five Demo.
cratic Representatives, with ii on the popular
constitutional requirement. is to be solved bv
custing lots; so that under the unlucky star
which. seems now to be in the ascendant Of the
Democratic heavens, she, too, may happen TO be
divided, and thus her vote be lost. Even Texas
delegation. '''''''
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Gnll,cncol.

MAERlED. at C"k-sbury. on the 18th inst,
hy the Rev sam Is. Jones, Nr. WM Y SnE.
E"n "i Anderson District. 10 Miss Anna FLErcu
tn li"n;Es. Of the former place.
MARRIED. ON the lIth inst. by Rev Tua-
yer h"nrr's"n, Mr. I""N J.. boIr and Miss la
VIVA w NALKER, beth Of I.anreus District
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Treaty ,'iM Washington, Au.
gust 2l.-lnfDrmation has just transpired which
leaves little if any doubt but that Minister Nc.
Lane will conclude q. treaty with the Constu.
tionai Government Of Mexico, and send it iither
carly in September. This treaty is made MAIN
ly with reference to transit over Mexican terri.
tory, and grants certain privileges, in exemp-
tions from customs, for which our Government
will make pecuniary satisfactien.
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ANOTHER DUEL.

We learn ~ " dispatch from Washington that
duel took place on the 2otI inst. near that ci,r
between M"ssrs W:-E 20. .ILH>I>G> W. ,ro
sumo h"a oL" Af'cr tw" >ho's~-nr,,icr party
"""g ininr"d-fiicndS inlcrfrrc'l ,u cn!-avur To
elect settlement IF the difficulty Perhaps
thcn Pistol*, like "Lltt ttlc's,' wcl. lca,II.s,
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Blondim's Feai-Faial Row.-August 1s-
Blondin, to day, crossed the rope over the river
with man Oh his back. During the perform.
ance, row occurred, when man named Col 8:
well. GO years of age, was thrown over the river
bank and killed.
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PEDIGREE.

Montgomery is iron gray with white muzzle
ana belly; Il years old last spring Sired by
C"mm"dore ellis: dam hy Big Silvia; great
grand dam imported. Commodore ellis was
sired hy an imported Jack un, Jennct from Malta
The Commodore has been winner of many pre-
mIums Montgomery has been winner Of tho
first premiums at the State Faris Of the West.
He will attend our State Fair next November
and challenges competition. His stock is equal
to any in the world l invite stock raisers 10
call and see this superior Jack.
Any one wishing f!r:her Information; address
me at AbLcv,lle z. H., s. G..
J. FRANK KELLER.
Aug. 60, 1859 l6 II
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a Long Race.-ln Marion county. Ga, last
week, a slave Of Ben. Il. Matthews slole 1900.
Pursuit was commenced. and for 80 hours the
negro was kept Increasingly OH the run, fresh pur-
suers coming up to the chase. Just as the party
gained on him he fell dead in his tracks A
large bowie.knfe wps found III his cIencbed
fist.
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In the last nr;nher OF Iiarrcr's Weekly is n
capital hurlcsuu., which we take for pra ntcd ia
stolen from Punch, representing the Italian farce.
IL gives you the form Of Liberty securely OBJ
tanned; whilst the two Iinper,rs are covering
her with the crown-cnp Of the Pope, which
she dnes mt wear gracefully at all. Beneath is
inscribed Free ItaIyi-Iyashinyto Stctc,
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LIST OF CONSIGNEES.

R'mai"i"g IN tie Dr'ot at A6beville,
for Mc "eek ending -iuyuxt 25, 1859.
Charles Cox. II Il Morris. Scuddy & Barnes
Jas G'hhrs, s Cothrnn, w ii I'arker. Isaoc
Branch, II i Gordon. T. C Perrin, A II Mar
l,n' Chnkscales, II White, Bleuse d
na Strr' JAS l.ornax. Taggort & McCaslin
itoi'rrt Lyon, ii : Cahen, w A d. RE (;oins'
l'ev f. Cater, Cobb, Hunter d Co, Branch
Hen IL Edwards, J Calhoun.
d. r. SONDLEY, Agt
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II Is said that Charles Dickens is again
coming to America with purpose &C reoin~
his novels or course he will not neglect ,o
let us hear his manner of delivering {" Notes on
America'-wc are anxious IN hear Them
Washington States
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"ecall attention to The a,vcr, iseni.nts of Jos
!. M""nr, Assignee, Rev. T.. Il. Bursr, GRAY &
Robertson, j. FEAAK kLLLAn, Sheriff Sales, and
the notices Of the Ordinary
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g Gonlllltreiot:

ApnEvILLE. August 25, 1859
Co't"".--None offering. A good article would
brln" II CTS. No reports from the Charleston
nor Columbia markets
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Population of Boston -Ihe assessors have
just completed their labors According to these
the total number Of polls in Boston the present
year is 33,S2S an Increase OF ZOE from last
year.
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Mountai" Railroads.&c. correspondent Of the
Newberry Comserratist writing fron til. Virgin
ia White Sulphur Springs, makes the following
observations:
Such Is an inadequate idea Of the crowd
throng'ng the White Sulphur Springs. What it
will be when the Virginia Central Railroad is
completed to this point, no tell. With
this great railroad enterprise, together with the
various springs 10 dcvelope the hitherto hidden
resources OF tho valI-yt Of the AIleghany. any
one who will travel along this line Of raoal
and then along the mountain roads, will not af-
tcrwards Judge so hastily OF the praclicability Of
building railways over difficult routes, nor be SO
slow to acknowledge the immense benefit that
may result from their construction. have often
thought of our Blue Ridge Road, in connection
with this Central Road. And this reminds me
Of remark heard made by gentleman from
our state, who is Il member OF the Legislature aud
opposed To the Blue Ridge. lie said to fellow
member, Oh this subject, "wel. after riding over
such a road IN this. we will be obliged to
vote for the Blue Ridge" hope the gentleman
was not joking"
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IN E''for !Sh"t dya C"noi,h,te for Coasrsss
We learn 10y private" litter from, Canton, that
on "Wednesday last. Hon. Franklin Smith, the
independent democratic candidate FOR Conrress
i'll thS district, shot Owen Van Yrotcr, Esq, edi.
tor Of the tvmnnrnm,"Hh, on the streets of that
town. \ controversy arose between them about
an nrii'ic in the last number Of the Common
,>s"fth. relative t. tn. discussion between Smith
and Singleton, nj Raymond, ON the l., inst The
wound Of Mr.. Van Eactcr is severe, though not
necessarily intal. at the time our informant
wrote, the mn,tcr was undergoing investigation,
and hc therefore expressed opinion tslati3c
to it.-l'tckSbuiy Whq
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4 good Sayi"g.-'rhe quotation, "give them
'ttl" more grape, Capt Bragg Seems to hav been
investigated. and turns out to bc a sentiment no,
so 4u"tahlc, though quite rs strong. a lctterin
a contemporary says:
Years ago. not very long after the battle, the
writer mentioned TO near relative of Col
bragg the preposterousness of the anccdo,e. and
expressed n curiosity to know what Gen. Tay
lor really did say. Col. Rragg's relative re-
piled. 81 can tell you exactly what he said
The fact is Braxton tCap, Bragg) was critically
situated: Part of his battery bad been dis
mounted, and so many of his men shot down
that there were not enough left to work the re-
Inninder. The enemy's batteries had been
pushed up very close and the fire was very Sc.
we're and de"dly. An nid-de camp riding along.
l5raxlon asked him to go and tell "lhe old man''
I'm another part of the feld) how he was situa.
led. and what was to be done about il. Gen
Ieylcr received this message in the crisis of tho
battle, when the result was doubtful, and when
The Hover Of his little army. including many
sons of his long friends, had fallen before
ms eyes The entire force was engaged; there
was no reserves; reinforcement was out of the
question. When the aid delivered the message, ,
Zen. Iaylors only reply was: "rel him to
give EN- hell. God damn 'em" this was ex
nctiy what the old man said, and was imme.
dlately reported as such by the aid de camp to
Draxton, und Braxton told me-
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COMMENICiTEE.
TRADING WITH NEGROES.

Mr Edttor: The custom which obtains in
this and nll other Villages, perhaps, Ct buying
poultry from slaves without written permits from,
their misunderstanding that the poultry has not
been stolen aud that the transaction is Just is u
great nuisance, and should cease. From the
plantation of the writer Of this more than one
hundred Of his and his oversrer's chickens
have been stolen by negroes since the first of
May. Now, this III furious custom can only be
put n stop -, BY t.Zens of our Village re-
iusing to buy chickens from Slaves unless they
have IL writing from their masters specifying
the number they have to sell aud the pcrnis-
sion to sell them. 1t is taken for granted that
IL" master will y!vo lis slave a permit to sell
chickens unless he knows t.:at they hav. been
Obtained honestly. In this way, this immense
chicken stealing business now carried on all owe
the country Ly our slaves, will be broken
up.
What say yon, Mr.. Editor, TO having II meet
ing called by the citizens Of the Nillarc to en-
d"rse these scntimentsl 1t is certainly n due
which the Village owes the country. If Won
agree with us, point GU, tie day for tho meet
ing.
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Family he. Unioms.-The first remark of the
Emperor of the French. on seeing his family
assembled TO meet him at ST. Cloud, is said 10
have been: ''IIeaven had in store for me, in.
deed. a great joy. leave family in Italy, and
here find another to welcome me-" The fam.
lily he has left IL italy can scarcely he called the
"happy family" or TO look with much affection
upon their absent father. The family he has
found might possibly remind him Of thousands o:
other families who will never meet again of
husbands and fathers VIII" have not returned to
France. and Of widows and orphans refusing to
be comforled.
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ABBEVILLE BANNE ER.
v. e.. DAVIS, Editor
Thursday Morning, August 25. 1859.
CAMP MEETING,
ADVERTISEMENTS.

AT Union C"I"p Ground. near Deal Fall, in
ihs District, commences to night, Thursday.
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ABSENCE OF THE EDITOR.

The Editor dc ftcto of this ,,npcr Lciac ab.
sent, and the duty consequently i.!in. upon :.
pr" ttm., II is perhaps necessary tl,at the fac,
should DC made known, that hn (tho Editor prop
er,) may not be held accountable for the bar
ticnlar views or doctrines which may be sci,
forth by the said pro tsm.. who would most re-
spect'"ily suggest IN tho cus"t that ncxperienco
IN 'grac'ng the editorial tripod, and plying th.
SCISSORS, should bo duly considered in passing
upon his acts while thus engaged
The pro tenn. also desires it to be distinctly
understood that in case he should be So uufortu
nate as tc wound the tender honor of any gen
gentleman OF the ducllo persuasion, that he is
perfectly willing to m"ct such g"n,lc,n,n ut
amy bnr within the corporate limits of the viii
!agc Of AEhcvillc, and cndeavor TO settle tb.
matter IN IL less expensive and far more apreca-
bic manner than by going to Mut bar near
Augusta, Georgia Or. if not too unequal.
Iy matched in ii physical point Of view, he
would not object E" accommodate the :r,ri,vcl
with an old fashioned tistacuil: and in tho
event that friends intcrpos~, aud the "matter" lie
referred to IL Board of Honor. he would concedc
the right to his antagonist to dissent from the
award thereof. should it be Inconsistent w ith the
opinions of said antagonist, or preudicial to bis
honor; and that the in,,ss shall be- renewed. and
continue until one or the other shall hollow
'nnt!-,akc him off,
AS to his political views the pro tenn sha II
have but little to cay. In fact he is uversc to n
continual aud frulless wranglc upon the many
'veXed' quest IONS Of the day. IT. is his private
opinion. put'j"'y expressed, tina, much of the
space occupied by brawling leaders of every one
horse paper i'll the county, written on Some of
the leading political topics Of the day, ouId be
much better filled. for it is not unfrcqucntly tho
case that they abound in absurdity and impruc-
'icablity from beginning to end.
With these hriefprefatory remarks, thepro tenn.
hopes the kind readers Of the Banner will be
satisfied, anil that they will bear will, any cr-
rors Of his commission until the return of tho
Editor, which will be soon.