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The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23
COTTON AND WOOLFN FACTORIES. IA
NEW ENTERPRISE.
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While at My"r.vil!- Saturday las. we
were informed that two or three gentlemen Mt
that place have IL contemplation the erection
of Cotton nnd Wool Manutactrv to he iucatrl
ut Mvcrsvill" on the N"rhcns1ern Rri! Rra.i.
eighteen miles above this place. Mr. W. J.. Lee
and \. NJ. Graham VIII" the movers in this
enterprise, together with another gentleman
hnv" subscribed for II commencement the sum
ot S2ODno. The ManEtacinrv is To be owned
by company of Stockholders if n sufliren,
number Of capitalists will embark in III. enter
prize. IL not. these gentleman. who have
lnnnEn,ntrd the pre- jr": will more than likely
rnrrr it through t." successful Termination:
but they entertain very little doubt hat what
sum large enough I" complete til. work will
he readily subscribed by cntcrIrisnr gentle.
men.
The undertaking will he commenced with The
sum "i S3I,nn'L The location for such u Man.
ufactorN is n good one. hcing immediately on
the Hnil Road. where the machinery and fixture
can he deliver'l without much trouble cr cx-
rensc: besides. there is steam saw mill on the
rpot, where the building tintrrinl can be ri, -.
cured l!y digging five or six feet. water can
be Obtained in abundance hv which every
department can tie supplied, and then the con.
renienre "f markets is another favorable con-
a'drrH'ion Those at The head # this enterprise
are men Of capital experience anal energy. pos.
sessed with Judgment, discrimination. shvcw.l.
meas. md work 10y calculation. They have,
we doubt NOT, given the scheme much reflection
and investigation, and are c"nvinc-l that it
will prove prof able in rcs,rncnt of their
money and labor. W. think the project II
wise and desirable necessity. DE Kalbs Cotton
4inpuiar,"rv. near Camden, is thu only one
III this state and We certain it does mo-.
begin t" supply the u""ts of ,h. ,eorl. IN
this resp ct. There is no Wool Mnnufncto:y in
the State. and the demand alone for That
article must be enormous. In the Eastern por.
ton ot this State where there are such vast
numbers of slaves. the consumption Of wou-r
cloth IL obliged Ia he very great, leaving ont
OF the question the large supply it requires in
other wnys. So also it is the case with cotton
fahr'cs. One enterprise hcg"ts another
The stor is widely mistaken as to abe Ka!b's'
t'he De kalh factory being the only cotton
factory in this State
The ":Sa luda Mills" near Colnrnhia-wlich
have also commented woolen w"rk-,h. Mount
Dearborn factory. md others. couid readily
he mentioned. not forgetting the well known
Grani,rville.
In the Census Of 1850 there ia n r4port of
eighteen C"tton manufacturing establishments
III south Carolina, and II consumption of fnearlv
ten Thousand bales Of Cotton.
Az IL evident thnt MANY Of our factories arc
not sniff cicntly known. we earnestly rcuucs,
mud invite the exhibition of specimens from
each and all, with descriptions, for the Institute
far."-CA. Mrre"ry
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

= MAI F. w. CAfERs.-Ths% Nashville CORES
pondentof the SqsthsrH Christian advocate, of
Char lesion, writes:-
.m'eyes fad last weeka very pleasant visit from
Major Capers, son Of the late venerable Bishop
Capers. The Major waaremoving his family
from kentucky, where they had Seen sojourr-
ing for some timee forstbc improvement Of
tbe health Of Mira sGapers--who. by the way,
10 sister Of the late Iamsntel Bisbop Baseom.
:! ani happy to say her tesltl was improved
during her atay, IN Ksntneky:,p Major Gape,s
has taken charge 81: the, Georgia: State Nil.
5ifary School at Marietta "a fortunate selection
:bythe Board;f -His suocsss insths. superiuten
dspcypf the SSu:h Carolina Military School
SGChsrleston. isS COCA sdeury for the Georgia
tpssitusien 81 onAs thug IS! pretty certain, the
young gsatleme4 attending It's balls Will not
will be good for, ,tLrW,..a6s ss,.,s, =
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23
THE ABBEvILLE ACAnEMrEs

We take pleasure in stating that our Acad-
emies, Male and Female are once more in sue.
cessful operation. The Female Academy con.
tinu.s under the charge Of Miss PUTNAM, whose
efforts during the past Session have been very
successful in giving character to the Institution.
She has during the present Session, increased
its claims upon the public patronage by secu.
ring the services of Miss WRIaur a graduate
of one of the best Normal Schools. We learn
TINT there is no longer any difficulty in obtain.
ing board for female pupils, but that they can
readily be accommodated in private families on
reasonable terms.
The Abbevile Male Academy is too we'll
known to need a word Of communication from
MS. and all who had an opportunity of attend.
ing the examination of The pupils at the close
of the last Session need no better evidence Of
the very superior attainments of the principal.
Mr. WIN. Ii. Wn,rE aSa his assistant. Mr.. WM.
G. "ARDLAw, and their faithfulness as instruc.
tors. The Institution is pronounced by com.
petent judges to be equal to any of tle kindhip
the State.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

FROM Pixies PEAK.-Thc Chester Standard
contains letter from II. S. Star,len in refer
..nce to the mining regions of Kansas 1t is
dated "R"cky Mountains, August G, 1889" lie
left Chester on the Ist of February. The fol-
lowing gives an idea Of the trinls encountered
I'VE had rough time Of it crossing the
plnins. and all kinds of weather. On the 25,h
of Mny, we had n snow storm that exeelled any
| ever saw in South Carolina-such a snow +
could scarcely see fifty yards. Two of our
company were out hunting and lost their way
dark came on, and the snow still raging; they
had no way OF getting fire, and under one tree
they ir"ze to DEATH"
Of the mines. he speaks as follows:
From where I sit now. cnn see men at
work who make from one to three ounces per
dry to the man, th"ugh oil the men who are
mining tere are not doing so; while some AZ G
making money. tn. re are thousands that are
not making grub. do not see half so many men
looking around ns ! did a few days ngo-they
all gone TO the head of the Colorado River.
We hear great reports abont the Colorado and
head walters of the South Platte Middle Platte
md Pixies Peak. They say there are pound
digginSs at Colorado and Pixies. have no
reason whatever to doubt there being better
diggings in the NJ iddlc or south Platte than
there are here. One thing certain, it will not
do to believe everything Mr. They say Gays for
They.say is the greatest liar we have in the
mountains. We have sent n man out Of our
party to The Colorado. and when he returns
We will know of q truth whether there is or is
not gold on the Colorado. If he says that it
will pay pound per day to the man. we W i'll
vamoose this place and go over but If he says
there's nothing there. we will be content TO
work here at IS and $40 per day"
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

THE MILITARY CoMMIssroH.-Thc Spartan
burg Express reports the remarks Of Gen. S. r.
Gst at the White Plains Military Review. MS
follows:
He spoke Of the military commission aproin-
ted to revise. alter and amend the present mil
itnry system, and expressed belief founded
upon the eminent qualifications Of those COM
posing the commission. that a report would be
made to the next Legislature, which would
commend itself 10 the careful attention and
consideration Of that body. He looked for
ward with interest to this report and its recon-
mendnti"ns, hoping that it would remedy
many of the evils complained of in the present
system.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

TEACHING GIRLs COOKING AT ScuooL-An
attempt is being made at the Liverpool Hiber-
man School to instruct the girls in that most
important OF female Ju.irs domestic cookery.
and we are g lad to learn from The annual report
Just issued. that the experiment is successful.
We quote from the report:
Z Under the srper rintrndence of very efficient
ladies committee. increased attention has been
given of Inte to tie girls sewing; compe,ent
judges have pronounced the result to be every
way, encouraging. An attempt has heen made
and as Tho committee believe, with verv decid.
'aed suecess---to give them improved notions Of
cooking. The apparatus for that purpose is
much on the Plan and the size usual in email
cottages. and is found to answer aJmirably.-
The class eonsrts Of eighteen of The older girls.
Q and more are anxious for a'lmittanc, as vacan.
cies OCCUR. They co"k in turn each dny din.
"er for the mistress and rnpil teachers. and
some sonIr or other dish for such of the children
as dine gt.sshool. and prefer that to bringing
provisions from home. Most of the last yea )
:slass are now able ~ cook, without superinten.
dene". the dishes commonly in use. The com.
m'tee nope soon to add TO this lesson on cook.
cry for the sick.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

As Agent for the sale of I. NJ. SINGER 4
20 s Celebrated Sewing Machine, 1 am
authorised to advertise a reduction in tbe;r
prices for this machine such as No. l, 2 and 5.
Therefore such machines as are used by plsn.
'crs aud are suitable for all kinds of work. and
The same machines that l have been selling for
sllo.0o, take pleasure in saying that can
ton.
These machines give universal satisfaction.
They prove for themselves what they are repre-.
sented. TO those that are in want of a Sewing
Machine that will do refer to any one that
has one of |. M. Singer Co.'S, MS 1 am aatis
he'd that amy one who has one Of these n,.
chimes Will not hesitate to pronounce them su-
pcrior t" any other
nm prepared to furnish the above mach ina
at the REDUCED PRICES. at short notice.
F. j. TAYLOR.
Abbeville, Sept. 90. 1859, 2a-st
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23


lhs AuRoRS.-Fhe field Of observation
The Aurora Borea'is, Of August %, bids fair. 70
be the m ost extended on record. We have al
ready ehronioled it's obssrvation in Cuba and
Texas. and every State in the Union. this eide
the Rocky Mountains. By the following from
Londoe Daily Mens Of August ~, it win bs
seen that it presented the samo appearance in
Europstha distinguished There: sH
EARLY morning, between twelve and
one. q most brilliant display OF the above
phenomonaws observed. extending from tho
westsrn f,snaisphereito the northwest, ::orth
and northsast. and reaehing TO the zepith.-The
appearances III Che west was that OF Large fire,
but in the north and northeast it was Of Z: v;o-
let color. and Aashes flight Of the same color
dsrtea along the hseysns with great brillian.
cy.; This beantifuis sdiPIsy lasted for shout
an hour, and tSsn kykdusty die3 away, Nav.
ing q, serene and uasssddsd .utsmpsl sly.
II 10 raid that hsSoorsd man wl,o .sceom
panied Mr.. Ten Brossk TO England won thirty
thousand dollars on thi recent success Or ne
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

SIP AL OTIcES-
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

SENATOR CLAY. OF ALABAMA, on TIE SLAVE.
IRaDE.-At recent speech ut Huntsville, Sen
ator Clay thus expresses himself He does not
say whether he thinks the South would be ben
efitted by it or not:
In the course his remarks, Senator Clay said
he deprecated the Introduction Of the question
OF repeating the foreign slave trade laws. ms
tending to distract the counsels aud divide the
strength of the South at this time wien rights
of Immediate and vita! importance were assail-
ed-th.t he Ind not and would not participate e
in its discussion. but would repeat publicly
what he had said privately, TINT he thought It
unfortunate for the South thut the States had
not reserved TO themselves exclusive control of
the foreign slave trade, and that while he he.
lieved power was given by the Constitution to
prohibit the importation of slaves. he believed
Congress had exceeded its power in declaring
and furnishing as piracy the taking or reeeiv-
ing of negroes on foreign shore, with intent
to make them slaves"
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23

TIE McKESSA Will CAsE.-SiR. Ep,ror: 7
understand from passenger on the railroad
sliht this case cnne on before Z. T. Hammond
Esq, Ordinary of Lancaster. l2Ih ult. All of
She nttesting witnesses not attending the counsel
tor the will moved for continuance. which
otter argument was granted to Tnesdnv, the
2Iih inst. The counsel for the will then mo-
we'd for commission enclosing the original
Will to examine the nttesiing witnesses who
reside out Of the District and one of whom is
lhhrm. This gave risc TO n warm discussion
between MIR. Bellinger, Mr.. Dawkns and Col.
herslnw for the motion. and Mr. Moore, Mr..
""hn Williams and Mr. George ". Wilkins
contra The Ordinary decided that he could
not send the W i'll out Of his office nor coull he
Issue commission to examine the attestiup
witnesses. whether out of the District or infirn
This has resulted in motion for n uandowus
10 he henrd before Judge Withers. nt Camden
on Saturday. 18th inst. to compel the Ordinary
to issue said commission. Counsel against the
will, MIR. George w. Williams and Mr.. J. Cotton
Smith. of York; Mr.. Moore. and Mr. John viii.
rams. OF Lancaster. For the will, Col. Dawkins
"f Union Mr. Wylie and Mr.. Connors, Of Lam
easier: Co.. Kershaw; of Camden; and MIR.
jfellinger. OF Columbia a-CorreSpondeuce of The
Columbia Guardian
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TIE FLORIDA RAIL RoADs-A letter from
President j. T. SANDERsoN. dated the 12,h in
slant. to gentleman Of ChnrI.stnn, gives the
following interesting and encouraging informa-
tion concerning tbs great rail road enterprise
in Florida: r..
Houston has closed contracts for iron to
bring his rond TO mine at Lake Cjty--over 1000
tons-and will lay iron from both ends as soon
as I reach Lake City with our road, which will
he lst January; and we confidently believe
that we will have the roads through to Tai.
lahassee by lst July. have all the iron for
my road. MIR. Yulee has brought nearly 1900
tons. which completes his There has been pur.
chased by tue three roads. within the last six
weeks, 10000 tons Of iron and seven locomo-
tiVes. This looks well for Florida internal i'm
pros eIpents and credits of our securities Our
securities should no ow-command a ready sale at
fair prices, as the completion Of our roads is
reduced to q cer3ainty. UNA. -.
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Be Sure Of Your Facts"

Theoriscrs often fail on accounted careless
ness in adopting or investigating what are
reported to be "facts." Mechanics have
long puzzled themselves over the question,
"Why will water-whcel do more work at
night than by day, other circumstances being
equal?"-it being conceded by . large major
ity of those who have worked by water power
that such was the case. All sorts OF theorl-
es have been advanced tn account Tor the dli-
ference-such as "a variation III atmospheric
pressure increased weight Of the water from
decreased temperature, &c., but without set
Ting the matter. Thequestion was recently
discussed in the Scientific American, which
admitted the fact as undeniablr. although
uuaccuuntuble One OF its correspondents,
however, instituted i series Of careful expert
ments upon the subject, aud the result showed
very small fraction iii favor OF the perf"r-
nance Of the wheels III the day Tune =
Whether our mechanical philosophers VIII
be any more successful III solving the latter
phenomenon, remains u be seen. The
subject reminds us OF the proposition made
u some scientific men By one OF the Eng
lish Kings. viz: \ vessel being filled to the
brim with water, why does not the placing
of a fish therein cause the water t" orert""
The Swans nj once entered upon learned ana
profound discussion Of the casue OF such
remarkable circumstance, when one littie
more cautions than the rest. yentured to IN
auire of tho King ii it was really tact,
when ne learned that the King Was as wise
upon that point as he was himself! Again we
say, DO sure of Your facts. -j0nrnH.
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Col. Lees 0rfical Report.

HARpgR's FERRY, Oct. lSth.-To THE SEC
RETaRY OF WAR: | have the honor To report:
At a. m, | summoned the rioters that had
taken refuge in the Armory building to sur
render, promising to hold them in security
till the pleasure Of the President Of the Unit
ed States was known. The summons was
presented by Lieut. Stewart, lst cavalry. ard
declined. \ strong party under command Of
Lieut.. Green, of marines, had been previous
" posted near the building. and ut concer-
ted signal, broke down the door and captured
the party. Two marines were wounded
one morally. fear, the other slightly. Two
of the rioters were killed. two wounded
Ossawotumie Brown, the leader Of the party,
was MORALLY wounded. One prisoner and
five negroes, said to be slaves, and freed from
their homes: Mr.. Lewis Washingtnn; Mr.
Dunserfield. paymaster's clerk; Mr.. Ball,
master machinist: Mr.. Mills, master armor-
er; DR.. Murphy. paymaster: Mr.. kmlme'!ier'
superintendents clerk; Mr.. Donohue, X. H.,
clerk who had been captured by the rioters,
and were held as prisoners, were released
unhurt. 1t was the safety OF those gentle
men that made me endeavor to induce the
rioters TO surrender. await you instructions.
Very respectfully,
X f. LEE Col Cnmd' I.
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THIS PAN0PTlCuN hn. received the warm
est Communications from the Press. the CLERGY
AMI the INTELLIGENCE OF every city and town
where it has hrvu exhibited. The Great Thun'
lrrcr THs LoNn"S TIMES, with all us Jealous y
and prejudice Tor everything American, III an edit
torial Of nearly half column, pronounces IL
"G,ana tcyorj Prescription. and a.f"""ti"yiy If
TI.." Tux Mo>iTErR, the official organ Of Napo.
leon. Emperor 81 The French says: L""g""2'
,;f7, T., ,;re Il E,;m Ei.a II ~ mp'rini'r' graz"
Llr. TnE AMERICAN PEESS HAS EEES MOST
LAVISH IS ITS PRAISE.
DIR. EEALE proudly offers this exhibition as
the cA.f FuDcye Of his managerial career, chal'
longing the World to equal IL.
TS- SECURE SEATS EARLY. Doors open
at Performance Ut !! o'clock.
4 full Band of Music III attendance.
Tickets. - cents Children .......l5 cents
Exhibitions on WEDNESDAY and SATuR-
DAY, October 18th and I'D, AT 3 o'clock.
SCHOOLS admitted at reduced rates.
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Later from Harpor's Ferry.

BALTIMORE. Oct l9.-rhe following intel
lgence has just been received from Harper
Ferry:
Last evening attachments Of marines and
some volunteers. made visit to Browns
house in the country; but their first visit was
to the school honse, supposed 10 be Cook 5
Rep Here they found !. large quantity
of blankets, boots, shoes, clothes. tents, fit
teen hundred pixies, with large blades attach
ed.
They also discovered carpet bag contain
ing documents throwing much light on the az
fair together with printed constitutions and
bylaws of the organization, showing or in
dicating qualifications in various States Of
the Union Also found letters from yari-
Gus individuals at the North--one from
Fred Douglas containing so from a
lady," also letter from Gerret Smith about
money matters, and check or draft by him
for 500, endorsed by the cashier of New
York bank, the name Of which is not recol-
lected.
All these are in the possession Of Gov.
Wise, who has issued proclamation cfter-
ing a reward of $1,000 Tor the arrest of
Cook \ large number Of armed men are
now securing the mountains in pursuit OF
him.
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Later from Brownsville and Mexico.

New ORLEANS. Oct, lS.--Grownsyille
dates of the 9TH are to hand The fever had
entirely disappeared The citizens had form,
ed battallions, and perform guard duty
nightly.
MONTEREY, Sept 2S-The city Of Durango
was taken and sacked on the 10th by POI rob,
beers. The troops, however. arrived and dis
persed them, killing many.
The army at Monterey had pronounced
against Gen. Nidaurri, who, with Gen. Zua,
zia, had LETT for Texas. Gen. Marquee, was
defeated twice, on the 10Th, near Guadala,
iara, by Gen 0gason, Of the Liberals. Mar
auez had asked for rciniorcements from Gen.
Wool
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Later from California.

ST. Louis, Oct. l9--The overland mail
from California IN the 10Th INST. is to hand.
Judge Terry has been held 10 bail for trial
in the sum Of $4,000.
The Pacific Railroad Convention have
adopted resolutions tavnringa central rnntr,
and appointed y committee 10 mature plans
IA present to Congress.
The schooner Lewis Perry had arrived
from the AMOR river, with Russian Asia dates
of August 18th. A small steamer, capable
of ascending the Amnor 1000 miles. had been
launched al Nicolairsky by company Of
Americans who have the privilege Of nayi-
eating the river. The Russian officials show
the greatest favor to tho Americans.
It's reported that project Is on foot among
the Republicans 10 exclude Messrs. Scott and
Burch. Congressman elect, from the L. ).
House Of Representatives, on the ground that
the Legislature neglected IL district the State
as required hy Congress. or 10 comply with
the Constitution, winch says that the repre-
Santati,rs shall be elected every Two years.
Nearly the whole town Of Monte Christie
has been destroyed by fire S9oo1O.-
a large fire had also occurred at Diamond
Springs, involving u loss ot $4,000.
Upwards Of 90 Pitt indians hid been killed
by the citizens in Pitt-riycr Valley.