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"run Ixi>k1'kxI>knt jmIuss u ruburnen every Saturday mohm.ho. o. a. pvokbtt, ) n.itnr. M. PUOKETT, ( Individual;t, >ikr nation*, fail in nothinp which thet/ boldly nltrmpt, tclren trxtiaintd lot virltinii* purpose, nndilftnrmiii/drrmlHliw.?Hk!?ut ("lav. " Willing to pr<ti*c, ift no/ ftftuid to lituinc." Ttfrms?One 2>6lIor a Tear, in Advance. 9 . 11 "* * 11 " 'w ? 1 ! le-j-'lm - . ABBEVILLE O. H. . FRIDAY?- - - " MARCH, 21. 1856. An obituary, with several other mnttrm. i designed for this ia^ue, nro unavoidably do- i fcrrcd to our nnxt. i \ We are indebted to a friend for a portion | i:..i i:.?:..i? v.i ..is himv rmioiiiii uiiiuvr wu pre-M-'lll ill , this week's issue. . 1 Ske the alteration in advertisement of Messr*. Leokahd <fc Adams, I>?gnerreanf. r These gentleinwi are now ready to supply i . piettires of the first quality, and nt low i J%> prices.. Give thi-in a eall. ( * * * Robinson & Eldhi:d ?ro coming with their viirus and other tdiows. They have , recently exhibited for twn weeks Hiiwrii- | tively 1 >ffore immense andienees in Charles , ton; and, judging from the tone of the press , then*, gave great satisfaction. They prom- | jso to do as mtu-h for the people tin here as , they did for the city folk. See advertise- | ment. O * - -1 t -1 .. < wow 10 me fU'pm ol two inches was eeeu in Chesterville on th?? 14th inst. David Dickbon very ?*verely ptabbol John Majors wjili a knife, at Anderson C. II., on the lOlli instant. Advices from Kansas, savs n dispatch to tho Carolinian, state* that the Federal authorities were about to ?rn.'st the Free Slate uflieers. / Corn in Nashville, TVnnesseo, on thi- i 12th inst., was quoted from fifteen to tw?*tiv : cents pur bushel. Ati<l at. Anderson C. II.. i S. C., wo aio told, it is now worth fifty cents. An intereMing Ieit?*r from Washington tn ( tlie Charleston Mercury will ho found on our first p:>g??. We have oliFerved nothing of pperial interest in tin* 0>ngr.-s*i?>nal prt?ceedings 6*mce the date of that letter. We are indebted to aonio friend for n copy of the Annual Cntalogne of the South Carolina College. From it we learn that there were, at. the time it was prepared, a total of one hundred and eighty students in the College, viz: resident graduate*, 8; se t u . - -? ? - 1 iuvm iTiDH, tt; junior .40; sophomore , class,-05; freshman class, 23. - Yhb Bivingsville Factory. in Spartan- ' burg District, with twelve hundred aires of land belonging to it, wa* recently sold by the Sheriff for $19,500. In 1845 the snme ' property sold for more than three times that ' mount. A man l>y the naino of "Gobsett wa< 1 convicted of negro-stealing, at this late term 1 of Court for Union District. Ami another, by the name of Mi-Combs, in Columbia, was found guilty of the murder of a Ciiy , Marrthfll nnraed Crose, and sentenced to ( bo hancred. We noticed, in some of our exchange* a abort while since, in a report of proceedings in tha Pittsburg Aholiiion-hlack-Rcpuhii* can Contention, the name of010 Mr. Bond, as n delegMte from South Carolina ! Who ( is Mr. Bond ? and who sent him ? Wo can banllj think he is now, if lie e*vr has been, a cititfni of thi? State. Perhap*beitt | tome run-a way negro got over amongst j those Uuigger worshippers" of the North. 1 1 ?i 1 mall fox u mul to be prevailing to * some extent in ttumnmhe comity, N. C.? 1 The citizens of A*l?ville have p'ami gunnl* , on (ho roada to prev?nt any jterMin from the country visiting the town, ami a fine of $25 ; is itupo#ed upon any one who aha!) pasa the fl guard and cotne into tho town without perajjssjun. 7 ' . I.. ?'" , ' Ta* stfcWMsr Gov. Graham, tAy* the ' Charleston JZvtningJT&i'utiliB |4th in?t., left NorthXtlautu: wharf-fhts fm?raing (or ' the iat ,trip on. the .new ; line- Mei*r^ Wahdlaw & Walkkr ?i? . - ' - *2 s.- 1 ;v r , for Clinrl**toD. ? .' - "" TwBirrT TJv* Soutb OirolvoUn#, ?yi *-c ?* "v"*."* >*? %i Jpfeidtlitt?wg|i Ail*nt?,'Ml <# Uat ??*, V ; -oo'ftteir way to Knnw Territory. Wb are informed that the sum of three hundn-d dollar!*, in cash, lias been relieved from Greenwood hy tho K.insn* Committee, and that other portions of the District lire fiefly contributing. We learn, also, thnt six most r< .spectahlf and reliable young in?n have already enrolled themselves us emigrants. A personal difficulty, between Mnj. Earle, of the Anderson Gazette, and Dr. Mktt8, of Union District, growing out of a rather intemperate newspaper disrussion of the Cincinnati Convention cuhject, we learn, nssuuied somewhat of a threatening ehnrneter one day last week. "Pistols ami eoffee" were talked of, hut it was finally determined to leave Ilie funner out of the hill nf fare. We look for a "eard" from the -Board of Honor," to whom the matter has lieeu referred, in a few days. A letter fiom Senator Evan?, as also ?n editorial artieln from the Carolina S/mrtan, on the question of representing -South Carolina in thu Demoeratie Convention, uppear in other eohiuins of this week's Prc.is, to whieh we invite the attvr.tion of the people of this District. A meeting will l?e held, we suppose, on pale-day. with a view to representing the people of Ahhevjlle, or *neh portion as desire to lie represented, in the May Convention, ami it ia proper that i?very ntizen should take Fonie interest in llie* Hul'j-ct. It is an important one, ami diould l?e cwnsiileri'd in tin* light of present ircumstaneeH, am! not in rcf^n-me to the 'time-honored poliey" of the past. Ho! for Kansas ! We are requested hv tlie Committee ap pointed to get sulwciiptions to aid emt grants to Kansas to Fay to the eitizeim of ill** Pistrict, tluit they are now ready t>i receive money, or Ril?6rript;on?, to aid in >lii? truly Sou'hern cause ;?that many i-.u.n.r .i.Ln .S il.? - .-1...^ <? u VI I nv umi irr>^>ri:il(|i|IHV itC'l in tin* Pistric-t have annoum-ed iliem-H'Nvs as n?n?lv to leave ft>r Kai wis, as ?oon as the funds tu bear ih?ir expanses are raided. So, roino forward, ye lovers ??f Southern institutions, ami show your faith hyynur woik>?. If you enn't ??> vourselvm. you ran {jive something to ai?l i1iom? who win. Now, or never! All agree that the destiny of the South hang* upon Kansas. If it tihouid Inc ome a slave Slate, we shall have |H>aee f?>r tho future; hut if a free o. a r\ i - - ... rMHie, WIHI OilIV Knows Wllllt Will tM? tile consequence. We, tlio Southern States, i-an make it n slave State, if we will; ami if we should rt?*g1ee.r to do so, having the power, wo will deserve our fate, bo it wba' it may. So, let?very citizen give something. We see that ?>me of our citizens have don?nobly, hy giving one hundred- dollars taeh. A fi-w hundreds of th?-*e sort of men, and fliough of the riykt sort of emigrants. will make Kansas a slave State, if prompt H'-tion taken. Hut there in certainly no time to 1k> !< >st. The work lias been delayed long enough already, if it is intended to do my thing at. all. Al*>ve all, we would cay, let reliable and rtiwtworthy emigrants ho enlisted. Nontliit sort t-bould la- sent on sui-li a mission. Ernest Lin wood. On a lata visit to Newberry village we were presented by our frend DurriE, the enterprising VHM<kfeller in that place, with a Iteaotiful volume nf four hundred and sixtywven pages, Waring the ah- ve title, the last and (by many paid to !? ) the best of the literary efforts of the late Mrs. Caroline Lee IIkntz. As we hav* not yet found lime to read it thoroughly, we extract the following paragraph from one of thn mnnr notice* we hare seen of the work: **ThU thrilling aft?l beautiful romance will be read with an inteneer interest, he<?an*<* it wat the last work written by the lovely nml gifu*d author l?efore her pore and genrle spirit passed into the unknown land. It i* the crowning literwrv effort of her life, *urpHK*ing all her former romance*, numerous ami excellent?*they have lieen. Every |>nge Iwatus with beauty J and though it in imiT. in the general acceptation of the phrase, * .religion* novel, the le??on? implicated in'irl lire aft full of purity ami holimfw a* those ever nttend by Christian preacher/,f omp*' i-n-d de*k. The main ohj ?-t of thift touching life *tory?in which the pn?Monate and junlofaft Ernest and the loving ami pure lieart'-d Gahritlht figure ?? hen?and heroine ?U to illii<trate how vnin it. i* for one to xe< k, or to e*pect to flndrcttdurinpf pleawire nn?l fin infusion in any nnhlrlMMnff. however tioble or pure; to ?hoW how an all l?ortnnjr? ]. ?!?.# love, m?y inflict not only on the lov.-r andthe loved, hut lik*-wi(m on dear frietvl*hip<<taff^riii2?the tn??t ibten*e. Rrth old #(Ul you^jit hrttel* will he oft^n rondi^e^M^^^.it^^thlft novel, that tho*e who MW hy ?t riving to lire only' for *i?am the otjf&iu are the [for tiie imuki'knkknt pker*.] A Warning to Farmera. Messrs. Editors: I think it proper to set forth a few farts, as near na I can, according to the information tImt I have rweitcd, | and leave it to your wisdom and prudence whether to publish them in the Independent Press or not. My design in stating these farts in the bemfit of any (if there 'should Iks such) who mnv have as litile in! formation as I had of the harm which cows I are liable to sustain by eat:i?g sweet pota iimh, wucn decayed or partially no. Recently I had 5onu? potato bank* opened, ntnl found them largely decayed. Then* was a considerable amount t?f them thrown ?iut to tjie hogs. The milch cows ami sto?'k 1-attln pot to thorn ami at". IIow many, 1 know not. The cattle were in goo*! keeping, ami 1 kely ate heartily of them. N?.r should I have prevented it hail I l?eeu present, as I never ha?l heard, that I can recollert, of decayed potatoes injuring cattle. Soon after they had ate of the potatoes one and another were taken sick, and in Jew than a week seven head died. Ten in all were made sick, hut three are likely to recover. Wo n<crl fvcrv rmnn.lv ?" .J ...... ..V .....J ..... friends thought of, Imt nothing relieved tli?> p?Kir suffering animal*. Tln*v appenred to hi* in great di*tn*Mi from h ?liftv*ulty in breathing; and after they were dead, upon opening two of tliein, their lung* were found lobe b-tdly congcsotd. We never could attribute their sickness to anything other than 'he use of the potato in a decayed condition. If you are disposed to insert those faets, hiuI any one nlioulil tabu warning from it, [and use sufficient caution to prevent tin* like anion;; tlieir stock. I atn sure tliat I >hall be graiitied, and shall be left to feel that I li-ivo a ted (I hope) with proper fidelity toward* my fellow tn?-n. JOEL W. TOWN SEND. Coketsbury, S. C., March 15. 1856. ? ?? Anti-Oonvention Fallacies. It is a favorite argument with those who opjuksu represent at i m ill the Cincinnati Convention that tlie South will hut go there to roister the fdiets of the northern nuijoritv. inasinueh asthe nou-?l;tvt?h?>l.liinT >st..r..c will number 17G electoral votes to 120 from the Southern State*. Let us look into the matter, and see how much reliance is to ho placed oil an argument mi ad captandum. The v?-ry object of holding convention* is to harmonize discordant opinions an>l unite distracting elements. Such being the purpose, of course it is with a view to syccess, else the tronhlo and expense would j never b<* inured of traveling ureal distani<'?, neglecting business, ami submitting to incident annoyances and discomforts. Out of tln< twenty one States that held elections in 1855 fourteen went. Democratic. Excluding ?lHv?-lioldiii!j State*, let us put down those Northern State-* of this number, and from the figures our chance in the Presidential election of again becoming victorious in them. Pennsylvania gave a Democratic majority of 10.000; Illinois 20,000; Maine ; Indiana 11,000; New Jersey ; Wiseonfthi 1,000. Here are six Northern States reasonably certain for the Detnwratic nominees, and wielding an electoral vote of 71. Bcsides-thew. how-ver. the probability is strong that New York. New Hampshire, and Michigan will also be carried by the name party?swelling the Northern -support to 117 voten. So that instead of 176 unintetesicd votes in making the nomination, we And that 117 Northern electoral votes are directly interested in making thtbest peleciion possible for sticcejs. Hut still, sav the objiN-tors, Massachusetts, Vermont, ft id genus omne, who enn en?ertain no hope of securing the choice of Democratic eleiiors, will neu tralize, on the question of choice, the certain support of Sou'li Carolina and Georgia. Admitted. "Hut will not the nam*' ohjeetion lie against the deletrate-t from Kentnekr. M*r\-lHiul forn?a and IMaware? ea?-h of wliii-h in al irwxt equally certain to go anti Democratic. It !? a mistake, tlc-n, to <-o?nt the South hk certain ?nd the North as uncertain in the result of the Presidential <-onte*t. Sul?tracting the votes of theae four Stntcp, which WHiitatmnglv Know No'hiiig in the lH*t election, and we reduce the-Democratic electoral vote of the Sonthfiom 120 to OS. A?, then, thene 03 nre. indisprnsahle to tbe MUrrw^tlie candidate\of the party,, they ne.-??iiarily acquire controlling influence over the Con ven? ion. N?> *ane nrin can for a m mcnt ftuppm* otherwise. We nsauine, then. tliHt no candidate can win the support of theNortheni delegates who faiU to unite tho^e from the Sotith. becatfre' all | imp* orsjwwKH Iv torn I he people wmilil Ik? already cjoiK*. Ih all litimflu oaU-tifatioim thn pmlwMlHu* of - are' U b?*in??-ertMin, titen, ilmt the Northern porting of th0 partv wurt faft^^Vrw triumplr i??'tjie trr'*nt ohjwt MII^IH. that theperfw*tly' a?Hiiv4 ninot*-tl?re?? Southern Tntm for the i-Hndidaie of tiie party will lie <Wt?ive of ,i?? oikr r?r rondimiotlVfto our mi ml*, is irrrithmal. A'fui thK t^njp tU to <NHi?tdt'r aiunfor nMerticvn tlijltll..*e palpatio* ft convention will he te i'pmptWl i? h, will :fe-v' ; . _ ? - A AW ? / possess no power. It is both iiiitrn?t ami absurd toaiwert that the sovereign Stain? 1 be it South Carolina or any other?is tint* 1 chained to tho car of party, or bound to ?!i- i rec.t her electoral support in the indicated channel. As was recently said by tin* Charleston News, only the party purtiuipa* 1 ting in convention is represented, and not the Statu; no mass of population, without sanction of recognized authority, can bind to special action a sovereign State. The . vnum v <v-w>iini|iii(iii in cinpirap, hhu ucneatn tho dignity of statesmanship. Carolina Spartan. Kansas Affairs. St. Louis, March 12.?The Republican'scorrespondent telegraphs that the Kansas Legislature met and or^anizol at T??p'ka on tin* 4th inst. (iiiv. KuhiiiHuii, in his message, which is mostly devoted to a review of the history of Kansas, nays it is understood that the United States Deputy Mar dial was privately instructed to arrest tneiuWrs of the Legislature, and resistance would be offered?not a finger would 1 raised against the Federal Government'* authority until there wan no hone hut in revolution. He calls for military organizetion against the scalping knife of tlie west, and the revolution in theea*t. Tlio Independence correspondent telegraphs that the Free Legislature adjourned to Lawrence, and was still in session there on Saturday. Governor Shannon had gone there to ascertain what wan being <h>ne, and violence was apprehended. There i* some little excitement on the border, and 100 Sharp's rifles hikI two pieces of cannon had been intercepted at. Lexington, ami were Wing held by the citizens subject to tinliiril?rG CI - WVfVMii'l The Btato Agricultural 9oc:oty. To the People oy South Carolina. ?Tin* Secretary is ready to receive the Mil* seripiiniis of Life Membership, due !? tin t*t of January, 1850, nl the Society Koom-, Columbia, S. C. !>?/ ?ks for subscript ion to Life MemWrships, Animal M'-mhcrslops and the "South Carolina Agriculturist," nr. . nj?ened for the. reception of name?. For a Life Membership of $25 the subscribers will receive scrip, which w ill entitle then) to the freedom of the Si>c.ict\ as Mi-iiiIhts and Exhibitors, ami a ropy of the paper. If the Society should ever h. discontinued, tlu? original fee will ho returned, mill tin; interest only will be used. Annual Mkmdkksiiu* of 82 K-s tlit* Memlier to a ticket of admission to the Fair (luring the week, and the privilege ??t* exhibiting without charge. The subscription to "Tub South Caiiolina Agricultuuist" is $1 per annum, in advance. Vide pr?H*pectus. Gentlemen in various parts of the Stale I will be <lesit;unleil hereafter, who will re< . ive snhecripiii-nsof Life MemUT-hip. nn<l deliver scrip for the s;ime. I would tli.-mk the papers of the State to copy, or uoticc editorially, the information contained above. A. (S. SUMMER, Secretary an<1 Treasurer S. A. Society. Columbia, S. C. anitf.8t of an Escaped Convict.? Ahull! 10 o'clock hist night officers McDowell ami Twohill arrested Calvin I^iwis, an i escaped convict frffm the Penitentiary at 1 Milludgevillt', Georgia. lie was found in I bed with hi* brother at the home of Mr. Veronev 011 Line street. About a week n- ( go the Mayor received a handbill deccrib- < ing said Lewis/as hii escaped convict, since mliieli time the officers have lieen on the alert, and yesterday they got upon his trail, and overtook-hini as aln>ve stated. lie was put in the Penitentiary for robbing th-.* Georgia railroad. lie was remanded to prison, where he will bn kept till the authorities at Milledgeville can lw? heard from. Charleston Ncuts. ' Rlee Ridoe Railroad.?A correspondent of the AM<*-villc Bunicr saysCol. Lvthgoo, Chief EMtiiiK*?*r, <if Jill* U??ail, has resigned. The assertion need* confirmation. We learn that operations have ceased at the Tunnels, on acomnt of dissatisfaction among the workmen in regard to wages.? ] Tlie hatida demand a certain price, and the <-oiitractont refuse iowmply with their demands. ThW^tood matter* at our last date*. Tliesuh-cjon tractors are still at work i on the lino of Rofcd in this State. V $%PicJten* Courier. * Fatal ; ArrjRAT.?A fight occurred 1 al>oiit 4 o'clock* y**teeday afternoon in Market street,, between Samuel Cioss and .las. Howard, free nersonsof color. in whi.-h tin* former received h atnh from which Jn? died thin morning alntut 7 oVIoek. lie w^f immediately carriet] to !>r. LehhyV of- ' fie* where he received prompt attendance. Howiftd hasbeen arretted. i v ^ iv.C ~Charle$ton Htvto. < .. . ? Try on wi*h foruren woldinjf wife,ntarer fail to laugh at 1iM*with all yntjr might Until t?lie cvtm-fl?tliHii kise lier. Sure cure, and jio (]ua? k meili?'ine I - ' ' '] 'Kv- ' ' UIE|I? In tW? Di&rfct. rtn ihe 4rh innt*nt -nf pneumonia. Mt&a C. CLfctPFORT), In lier uiii*'ventl? wtw Fp??6Al^r ; Chorch' io 18*8^*lid n. nicer* numWr ' ' . N \ ' /> vlMBHSKwk^ '><WOlri^^1 Jc^u.^ c^iiv It is estimated tliat the cterey cost tlie United States six million dollars a year{ lie criminals twelve millions; flie dogs ten miliums, anil the lawyers thirtv-five millions, * ^ * *F The man who feels himself ignorant dinuld at least !>e modest. A Number On* Negro for 8al?. A ontL, fifteen years of age, well grown perfectly sound and healthy, and an excel lent hoe-hand, (never has been used t< plow.) is offered for sale. Apply to Mr. F P. Robertson. Auctioneer. WARKETS. ABIiKVlLLE, March UO ?Cotto- Tli. i moil lit offered during the |>net week tins not cx?-e?ded *20o hale*, most of whit-h was taker at prices ranging from 8 to A fair articli will be readily taken at 9J. COLUMBIA, March 19.?Cotton.?Weathci ifiiipc unmvnriiiiU' yesterday, but little wm ilone in tlie cotton market. Prices range froii 8 to '.Ij extreme*. OHAKI.ESTOJf, Marcli 18.??ales of cottor to-tlav amount to 3,460 hales, At. 8} a 10J. B3T report from Ilnmbnrg market thii week. COIVSIGNRES. The following pert<ona have freight iu tb< Depot nt. AMieville:? II A.lonos. CT IIa*ke1. .1 A Hunter, -M Isrne' ?t It, I.ninnx ?fc K Ki ox, Wier <t Miller '! II Wnr-lliiw, II W I,iivmiii, Wnrillnw <t \. II Dunuit. II II Wnrillnw & Sou, W .1 Taylor I A Allen, R Wenrn. K .) Tnvlor. <> T 1'nrclier E L I'ulion, J A ] vwi, PCnillard (carp .! I,?*w if). S A.-liire, Tow. w, T C lVrrin, W li Dorn I) J Jordan, J T .' A Uili n. 1>. K. SONDLEY, Ag't. f ,'OTATOKS. Bills. ..ih^rn Yellow Pi?fc-Ey< " I rich I'?.lu jcs, on liantl ntnl fori?nle nl C\>*t.f.ir Ca?li. Iiv - 11. S. KKKIt. Mar-li 18, 1880 4C-St COUNTRY BACON. ?"* a/\a t i.-. -i..-:? " " * I II II I ?r vuumrv D'icnn, woi ?) '/'/\/ dried, iu storo and formic low (fur C-mh hy II. S. KRIltt. March 18. 1858 48-5lt DRY HIDES WANTED. Dry Hides, in good order. will h< awl/' ' 'akeu in Trade, ??r nt the lii^lieb C.i.-li Prices, l>v II. S?. KKKIt. March 18, 1850. 48 Ct ESTRAY MULE. \\T ILT.TAM %A. MOOItE. living fAJP * T near tins j?ln?-e, tolls before me a li^lit?orrcl Ilor<e MULK of medium size supposed to he hImhu. twenty ye?r? old, miic liudly wind broken, nppr.iised hy John \V*. Su l?er. .1 oilii C. <5- All??i> un.l II ? - ten doll his. S. E. GUAYDON, Magistrate. Cukesbury, March 17, 1850 46-?f Citation. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABDEV1LLB DISTRICT. Bv WILLIAM IIILL, F-sq-, Ordinary of Abbe villi? District: Y\7 llEHEAS O. W. Iliu'kabee lina npplicii ? t to nie for Letters of Administration on mi ami singular me goo?ls and chattels, rii^htf uiul credits of llctiry F. Putfer, late of tlu District aforesaid. deceased: These atv, therefore, to cit-e nnd admnnisl nil hu<I singular the kindred and emptors ul said deceased, to be and appear before me, nl our ne*t i military's Court. tor the e 'id District, to l>e liolden at Abbeville Court House, on th< Fifth day uf April next, to show caiii>e, i: any, why the said a ministration shou c not he granted. Given under my band and seal, this twon tieth day of Mtir< h, in the yeur of our l.or< ' one thousand eight hundred and 6ftv-six and in the eightieth year of Aniericai Independence. W. IIILL, 0. A. D. Mar. h 20. 18:6. 46-2t ABBhVILLS C. H. Cheap Cash Boot and Shoe Mftnnfaftfftnr f' T]lE niltwriber most tofill spettftilly i ?lls the attention PHl * lW> of the public. aud especially hi* old friend* and customer*, to bis large am well-sete ted stock of . Gentlemen's and Ladies' Shoes. He has also a large ?tock of tine |*nmi?sole( and fine welted BOO'IS, of tbe latest styles, o the finest French calf skill.* He has a Jarg stock of fiijedonble-eoled ,Water-Proof Boris, ^ all of his own mannfaetoriv.'warranted.' All 01 which he will seil clienp/<t catk or on a cred it to prompt-paying cns ouiyr*. lie is also prepar< d to make to order an) article iu the Uo?t and Shoe line, having * large number of the finest wojrkttien ib hi* em< plm iiieni, and being a practical workman him Mir. Having tlie biicxt itork of Lenthtr thul ever caiue to this his Boots mid hhtxt will U? wtde.ifi- lite neuter w4 WUmI style*, and fnr fit and w*rkui*o*b?i> sV*ll uot b*> ?* sailed. t*. ai?W.VOV. March 21.1866 46 lira. I cik( i;s. : Four Gi*eat Snovri 9n One ! BGBINSON & ELDEED, Proprloton. : WILL Exhibit in AMievilfy . Monday, March 24th,, " '^JVv> iZu\?o$rKUm.D JPoA i&. '' rroeUin^U fhe So?th th?t. '!?^ Hfe," Patr?r|*,w> t,)mt & * ?ver State Agricultural Society. ... THE LIFE MEMBERS Of the abore Sooiftj, living in Abbeville DUtriot, are requited to mates- payment of their ..due* to Cob ? J. F. MARSH ALL who i?authom?d to receive and receipt for the Mimfcr 1 A. O. SUMMER, Treasurer 3. A. S. . March 19, 1856 - 4081 10?000 Lbs. Beeswax Wanted. | uib. r-unscrmer will pav the highest price * JL in Trade for Tea Thousand Pounds of , Beeswax. ii. S. KERR. March 18, 1808 46 If Citation. STATE OF SOUTH CAROOUNA, ARBKVII.LB DISTRICT. Bv WILLIAM HILL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbeville District: 1 ? v HERE AS, Geo. McDuffie Watson has ap1 Vf plied to me for Letters of Administration i on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Margaret Watson, late of the District aforesaid, deceased : I* These are, therefore, to cite and admonish > all and singular the kindred and creditors of 1 said deceased, to he and afy>ear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court lor the said District, , to l>e holdeii at Abbeville Court House, on the Third day of April next, to show cause, if any, why the said administration 1 should not be granted. Given under my hand end Beat, this sevcn. tcenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the eightieth year of American Independence. W. IIILL, 0. A. D. ! HEW & CHEAP eSODS r|"MIK Undersigned has now on hnnd, and will * 1 offer at private sate until sale day lo April, at his residence, near the Jail, a lot of ' new And elegant 1>11Y GOODS, consisting of WORSTED DRESS GOODS, AtUSLTNS. GINGHAMS. ??-. OIL CALICOES, &c.; BOOTS. i SHOES, CAPS. &.c., Ac., &c. Tlie public are respectfully invited to e?H . examine nml buy. (Joo.l? remaining on hand ?ale-d?y in April will be offcrod at public auction. I S. O. W. DH.n ' Abbeville C. lI?Mar*U 4ft, 1866. 46?tf J3J" Banner please copy one?. Jest. Dead Qnarferi, Sixth Begiment S, C. Militia, ' March 18, 1856. ORDER NO. rI"MlE Upper and Lo^frr Battalions, compriX sing the Sixth Regiment South Carolina: Militia, will Parade for Drill and Review at their respective Parade Grounds, viz: The Upper Battalion nt Drake's Old. Field. on Saturday, the 3d of May next; - ? Tho Lower Battalion at Chalk Level, qd .xI Saturday, the lDtli of May. " The Officers,-coiiimi8*i?ned and non-eoimnia* 1 si?ne*1, will attend the day previous for drill and instruction. ? H|)tainrt commanding Beat Companies will order out the 1'ioueera in their respective com' mand?. The Jocnuae Band will attend at Drake's On ?, >1.. o t - -1 .? - ~ m? o.i, mm uie \.;t>K?'stmry Uain^at Chalk Level uii'tlie lutli of Mav, by 10 o'clock a. m. . l.ifUt. Col. Cliiikscales is charged with the ... . . t-xfen ion ?f this Order in the Upper Battalion; and, in the altserice of Maj. Hodges, Capt. , Fuslieo with iu extension iti the' Lower Battalion. ' By order of Col. T. J. Roberts. 1 J. J. ADAMS, Adj't. Mar 21 46 tlOtn [ Sheriff's Sales.. BY virtue of sundry Writ# of Fiera Facia* to ma directed, I w ill sell at Abbeville f Court llouite, on the first Monday in April | next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: . , 136 Acres of Laud, more or less, bounded 1 by Jiio. W. Bighy, Widow Webptcrand other?, , as the property of Henson Posey, ads Charles i Murphy and others. '', 66 Acres more or less, bounded by EHm Banks, S C. Edmunds and others, as the property of H. W. Barratt, aJs. Yancy Freeman, ana others. 2iK) Acres, more or les', bounded by. Josiah Patteivon, Geo. Patterson and others, as the property of tsam'l Wfdeman. ads. A. Harmon. and others. ? 450 Ai-res, more op.- less, bounded by Win. ITirria,.Dr. Preasly and others, as the property 1 of John Huff, ads. J. II. Widcman, Assignee* and other*. ' | 600 Acres, more or less. bounded by It. Sharp, J. C. Waters and others, as the proper ty of the Estate of Reuben Robertson, dec'dr ^ ads. R. Y. Jones and others. I 215 Acres, more or less, bounded byW. 'T. f Mauldin, B. D. Kay and others, as the property of Jno. C. Speer, adf. J, N. Wliitnerand others860 Acre*,' more or> less, !>ounded by Wm. . White, Hob't Simpson an<} others, at th? prop* , ertv of A. Mauldin, ada'- J. C. I)ana> lly A Co., "-.j, ' an<t other*. ' ! Vi ' 1 House and Lot at Ilodgo'a Depot, containing one Acre, more, or less, .bounded byO.' ' Hodges, James Anderson and others, as the 1 properly of Aaron PUU, ads. Roberta A Adams ' ?-V. 1 I - V . ^T. R. dOCHRANifl. A. TO. 1 Sheriff's Office" - 5f**eh 18i'1856. ' ? ? ' The So?.i ' i ' ll^tK TJto*nti.r? Commftyse .$?'&*" ?-'?$ 1 ricolturnt Society of Si?iitb Carolina hav~ 1 Tfhi'*"jOTrnftl will b :' A 1 ? HffvUculuire, . i Aroniiecture ana Art, todlkn. S contain a faithful traMtorint of the prMnJtttioa