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Written for the Cnrulin# Spartan. I fl A LEGEND OF THE WEST, t BY " AMELIA." f Twas a cold night in December. The ? wind howled wildly tilrough the leafless \ branches of the tree*, driving the withered * foliage of the Autumn's yield, thick through r the clouded firmanent. Nothing could be L heard but the roaring of the storm. All I animal creation was forced to shelter, and t no tuneful note of the fowl, no admonish* I tug bay of the dog, no awakening cry of t the swine, fell, sweetly, upon the ear, as is I usual on a country farm, but all was hush- t ' od, save the deafening stonn itself. Man, f indeed, durst not go forth, but remained r close in his hut, enjoying, alike, the geninl i if tltA ft ra AV>r1 ll)A ltunnv ?1 _ 1 n ai in in vi iuv uiw ??v \ion of friendi*. t There whs, nt this time, directly upon i the main road, n small, rough, log cabin? < tho property of a rcspectnblo family, in the I wilds of Kansas. The interior was a per- i feet paradiso to that simple and loving family. They were, this wintiy evening, I aeated around tho fireplace, enjoying the < ease and satisfaction that a day of labor I and of duties well-performed always in- < sures. The only male, and evidently the i head of the family, was Mr. Edward Boiling, a man of about fifty years, stout, 1 strong and vigorous, with a mild counto- i nance slightly furrowed with age, and ' manifestly a pleasing and provident cup- I porter of that family. He was enjoying the ' luxury of an evening's smoke, and thick as i tho dust on the deseit plain, rose tho volumes around his silvered head. His wife ' Martha, an industrious and faithful lady, somewhat younger than himself, sat by his aide, silently gazing upon the living embers Leforo her. His daugthor Mary, just entering upon womanhood, beautiful as the morning star and amiable as tho Viigin Queen, sat next to her mother, entertaining, with divers childish sports, her little sister of Beveu summers. Thus they sat, for a considerable lime, musing and meditating. At length the silence was broken, and the conversation began to wax warm upon the subject of Mary's marriage. The mother and daugh ter urged its propriety, while tho father was bitterly opposed, not so much to it, as he was to tho individual sho had selected for her husband. Mr. Boiling was somewhat of a politician, extreme in his views on slaver)*, and opposed to any connection that might seem iu tho least to compromise his opinions. Leopold Cleveland, to whom Mary was engaged, was intellectual, brave, wealthy* and respected, according to the father's own admission, but there was an impassible gulf between them?he was a slaveholder, a Southerner and a Democrat. Upon this difference the father urged all his objections and based his opposition. After a considerable, time spent in animated and fruitless conversation, knocks, to the consternation of all, were heard at the front door.. It was immediately opened by Mr Boiling, when too strangers, shivering with cold and apparently respectable gentlemen, entered the room. "You must excuse our intrusion," said one. "Strangers to this section of the country, we hare lost our wny upon tho road. So, if you accommodate us to night with lodgings, you will confer a genorous favor upon two wavworn travellers." "Certainly, gentlemen, you ?liall have the best our liouso can afford," said Mr. Boiling; "warm yourselves by the fire." Thus, having welcomed his guests in a i polite and hospitable manner and buttoned i on his big overcoat, he conducted their , horses to the stables, which were, likewise, ; much fatigued from the day's journey. The i ladies, also, as soon, retired to the kitchen to preparo a hasty supper for the wearied travellers. In tho absenco of the company, let us take a survey of these intruders. One was a largo, handsome, well-dressed, though ! suspicious looking person ; dark of aspect, tall of 6taturc and studiously polite in ac- < tion. The other was of medium size, with i flashing eyes, dark hnir and shaggy brows, covered with a long black cloak, nor looked so intelligent or refined as bis associate. Both took advantage of the absenco of their entertainers to examine closely every thing in tho chamber and the different departments of the cabin. The rcsultof their , observation was, that the family was in good circumstances, that there wore four rooms in the house, all of which wore neatly furnhhed, viz: tho dining or sittingroom, the family bed room, iho kitchen and a room for contingent pirrposes, which me) supposcu mouiu ue given mem. lint hear, Mr. Boiling approaches. Having ' mado the necessary observations, the mys- 1 terious strangers welcomed his return. The ; host bade them be seated near the glowing ( fire. j j They then proceeded to question and |' cross-qucsion ono another, as i. usual among j frontier settlers. The strangers said they wero from St. Louis, agents of a large land speculating company, and tho object of I th i j i journey was the purchase of ' land. 1 'Supper was soon ready,' to use a familiar expression, nnd our strangers, it is needless to add, began, with a voracious appe- J tite, to consume tho bountiful supply of ' bread and bncon that was placed before 1 them. They lost but little of their valua. ( hie time, we can readily conjecture, in ( empty words, but applied themselves, with faithful diligence, to their agreeable task. Their meal was softn finished, and urging ( fatigue from the day's travel, the strangers , desired to go to ted They were accorib j ngly conducted to the obamber which hey suppoeed would he given them, Tbo ^ muily also retired to their bed room, and trip ill, save Mary, were soon transported to cidt ho happy 'and of dreams. The travellers me' HDD rere soon in bed also, awaiting ouly the e|^ nidnight hour, when all the family would wil< k) sound ns'eep. Patiently and silently froi hey look for its approach. Now that fa- ere< al and desired moment is coruo. Tiro dood-thirsty villains cautiously slip from g.4j heir beds, nnd, as noiseless ns the midnight out lour, prepare for a work too inhuman for 'all nan to conceive, but prompted only by the l' alien prince o( the infernal regions himself. r<JC( fheir daggers are unsheathed, their arms iro braced and their hearts are ns hard nnd ed mmovablo as the ocean-rock, ready for :he direful deed. With careful stop they jlV' ssuo from their chamber, and now they cjltl tand at the door of the room in which the ?tai ratal victims sleep. The latch is raised and U||t the door is pushed?when oh! wonder workings of providence?a chair, placed beside the door, is overturned in the act of tji0 opening which, nnd a considerable noise is can thereby created. Tlio smaller of the Strang- to|" ers then, enraged at this interruption, like nn< a lion upon his piov, rushes upon Hulling, c f) who, confused nnd bewildered, awaits in ty bed, the i3sue of the dreadful mystery. Tbo era assailant plunges the dagger at his heart, ^ul but his stalwart arm receives tbo blow, and ^ falls, for a moment, palsied by his side. an, t^uick as thought lie leaps from his hod, nin and, with a vicelike grasp, seizes his foe, i" determined to die, if die lie must, as a co1 t w brave nnd unflinching hero. At that in cr< slant lie receives a dreadful wound in the stomach, and falls strcnglhlcss upon the sh< floor. Hut his foe falls also as soon lifeless s'' by his side. An unknown and unexpected arm had interposed and saved his life. Hut m. let lis not anticipate. i),, We left Mary, you will remember, lying gu apparently asleep, in her mother's chamber, ; 00 on a small bed with her sister. Sbo only awaited a favorable opportunity to steal \y into the kitchen and meet tlicro her faith- pa fill lover. V1 was not lon<; after wo left her SP I 1 before she heard, above the ronr of the slot in, which had considerably abated, the t|, hoot of an owl, the accustomed signal that pc he was present. With a cautious and nymph-like step did site pass by a common j do- r that was open into the kitchen. Un- (j( bolting the outside door, she let her lover pr in, and who can conceive tho mutual bappiness, the respective emotions and tho yearning Roliciludes, that agitated the bosoms of that loving couple! tjuietly they c'.' unfolded to each other the sng-od secrets of ^ their hearts, sifting the minutest observations of tho father, in order to ascertain if tr< (here were any signs or expression* favora- m bio to their union, or if he was still uni a" moved and immovable. i |0 Leopold then, hearing the noise of the I chair before alluded to in tho bed room, i P" rushed in from the kitchen, nnd witli unnatural strength, inspired only by the circumstnnce*, he felled, with a pair of iron- va tongs, which he had snatched up, tho niur" of derous monster. That blow unexpected, as <;? it was, saved that noblo family from a cru- l'' ... 3 to e! assassination. .. The surviving confederate was ns i.. fl I VJil tually, though not as fatally, prostrated in j IN his undertaking. Ho had rushed upon the i ^ old lady, and, with hand notified and heart J'11 * ' liH unmoved by tho tears of the matron, was 1 ro ready to plunge tho fell dagger into her go heart, when Mary, seeing the impending j danger, grasped his arm and thwarted liis | |j' design. Knowing now that there was little I se, hope left, with a torrent-like leap ho dashed ! |,e through the kitchen door, which the anxious gr lovers had but pailially closed, and seizing t'" the horse of Leopold Cleveland, that was Sl. , nu near at hand, ho left the premises never ; j(1, to return. Old Mrs. Boiling, with the ha i children, wept bitterly over the sad misfor- wc tune. A light was soon obtained, and ' dreadful the sight! There lay weltering in his Mood the victim of his own avarice |>r, and ingratituJe, the smaller stranger. Mr. i (to Boiling lay, senseless and strcnglhlcss, by j bis his sido, clotted with his own and adver.-a- l ? ry's blood. lie was immediately attended ( to, his wounds were dressed, consciousness j J,H was at length restored, and gratitude to du his faithful preserver was satisfactorily ex- ' 8C* pressed by making him his promised son- l!" in-law?an ample recomjwmse for his time (}1( ly services. arc A Goon liEroiiT.? Wo were Amused at a conversation on the deck of a steamer on " tho Mississippi, not long since, between a young emigrant from South Carolina and a native of Indiana. The party of which [lie emigrant w as a member bad been ((n practicing title shooting on the way, and 1 trying to give the green ones of the party some lessons and advice. Tlio Indianian j |,(1 stepped up and said: "If that's the way (i you shoot you'll stand no chance in Kan- j ms; you'll be shot down in a minute." The j emigrant replied with all the coolness iin- j sginahle: "We do not profess to he a tight- f ing crowd; but we know nothing about j. running. If wo did, twice as many would ( have returned from Mexico." From tho speedy oxit of the nativo of ^ Indiana w o were led In suppose he belonged to the regiment from that Stato which j listinguiahed itself in Mexico in tho last ( : rcfpoct.? Squatter (A'*.) Sovereign. Frederick the Great saw one day, from i lis window, a nuTnber of people reading a . ^ paper that was pasted up, and directed one ' sor ?f bis pages to see what wore its contents, j (Mi l'ho page, on his return, told bin that it ' ?lb was a satirical writing Against himself. cni1 'It is too high," said ho. "Go and take it j Jown, and place it lower, that they may j l^ul read it moro at their ease." . PCI An incorrigible wag, who lent o minis* f ] or a horse, which run away and threw his I nai derical lider, thought he should have j phi mme credit for his aid in eprcading tho Sec fospei: , ant A Cppltal April Fool Hoax. is tho Citronelle train was on it* down' to this city yesterday morning, an in:nt occurred that caused no little amuseit to the passengers. As the train was reaching eight mile station, a lady quite rantly attired, with a lovely boquet of J flowers in hand, and face concealed n view hy a handsome veil, was discov1 standing on tho platform. The train i ordered to stop, of course, to lako in fair passeugor?and stop it did. The lant commander immediately jumped upon the platform, cried out us usual aboard! at the saine time raising his hat I politely extending his hand to help lady aboard. She, however, did not ognise his gallantry, but stood dumb I motionless as a statue. Tho astonish conductor ndvanced, involuntaiily raistho veil, when lo! instead of a face of fc10 flesh nnd beauty, tho words ''April >1," inscribed on a black "light wood ink," met hi* astonished vision! He rted back, give the signal to bo off with isual violence, oxclaitning to the iunot engineer inn stentorian voice, "\>1kj told you to stop here!" I'he sequel to the story was richer than foregoing. When the Mississippi train ne along, a few hours later, the comlucobserved a female figure standing in tin Jdle of the track, apparently going to rd the city. The train was on a des iding grade, consisted of eight cars prct well loaded, and whs going with consid ble speed. Conscious of all this tlx uluetor had the whistle sounded furious and shrilly, yet tho figure moved not e must he deaf thought tho conductor 11 ordered to slacken speed and souni other alarm?but the woman still stooi the direct path of tho fire-breathing lo uotive, while tho distance between tin o was being rather uncomfoitably do asing. Now, really alarmed, the conducto Jilted to shut the brakes hard down nn< ul off steam; but it was too late. Tin r? would not slop, and terrible to relate e cow catcher caught the supposed wo tu and tossed her full twenty feet oil, t. e horror of passengers, and the iindif liscd terror of assistant superintendent ndnctor and engineer, floating througl rose excited brains were nncoinfortabl dons of inquest, grand jury, solicitor, oW 'hen the train stopped, they hurried wit did cheeks and throbbing hearts to th ot where the poor unfortunate rested,an 1 it was the saine bit of wood, with lb ine "April Cool" stamp that so trouble e Citronellc conductor, .lust then n inerr al of laughter came from the mighboi g wood, and a bevy of girls were see joying something very much. It turne it 'hat ihoy wore the clever authors of th mhlfl hoax, and they are entitled to cmium for the success of their inrcutioi Virginia I ndies in Did Times. In Bishop Meade's Sketches of th urches, ministers and old families in Vii nia, published in the Southern Chnrcl an, be introduced the following in a not. "It will not bo inopportune hero to ir jduce a passago from one of Mrs. Cm igton's letters to her sister, Mrs. Fishe ritton from Mount Vernon, where >h id Col. Carrington were on a visit, nr ng before General Washington's dentl have always determined to give, in smn irl of these sketches, a view of the chnn r of a Virginia lady, to show tin otigh abounding with servants, she i t idle; nay, the very number of her sei nts creates employment. After speakin the hearty welcome given them by th meral and his lady, and tlio extension < o reliting hour of the former from trin twelve on one* night, when he an ilonel Carrington were lost in forme ys and scenes, and in tho company t ilaski and Kosciu->cko, she comes to Mo nshington, who spoke of her days < iblic life, and levees, and corn nun v. as 'he I . I it days.' 'Let us repair t<> the old lady1 oin, which i? precisely in the style of on <>d old aunt's?that is to bay. nicely fiv for all sorts of work. ' Mi 0110 side sit o cluunberiiiaid, with her knitting. O 0 oilier a little colored pet, learning t it. An old decent woman is there, will r table and .-hears, cutting out the no oes' winter clothes, while the good I id; 'ects them all, incessantly knitting hoi f. She points out to me several pair o :e colored stockings and gloves sho ha< ?t finished, and presents ine with a pai If done, which sho begs I will fundi am ar for her sake.' It is wonderful, after; j spent as these good people have neces ily spent theirs, to see them in retire lit assume those domestic habits tlia avail in our country.' If the wife o neral Washington, having her own am 1 wealth at command, should thus choo-i live, how much more the wives am. >thers of Virginia, with modeiate for ics and numerous children. IIow oftci ve I seen, added to the above-mentioned ties of the chamber, the instruction oi oral sons and daughters going on, tin i'pn, the reel, and other domestic opera ns, all in progress at the same time, am ) mistress too lying on a sick bed. Then i still such to ho found, though I fear tin irch of refinement i-. carrying many he lid such good old ways." Tiif.odork Pkuuy says, in the Prairi rwer, that he k..wed one and a ha! shels of salt per acre upon one half of r i acre field, ju-t after seeding it wis! ing wheat, and the result was that tin ted nortioll was roadv for the vi.-l.fir. >\s earlier than tho uncalled portion, an. L a particle of rust, Rcab or smut couh; found, and the increase of crop ho c*.ti ted at five bushels per aero. And there is Mr. .lames 1'arton, aulhoi tho life of Horace <?reeley, whom asionally meet. Jim is five feet and tei lies, verv modest?wears his hair long 1 don't believe in a devil.? Fanny Fern Ah, Fanny, though Jim didn't believr a devil before ho was married, are yoi to sure that Jim hasn't changed his ltd since'?Prentier. It is stated in the newspapers that a new t of shoe is now made at Atidovet ass.) out of leather, gutta peiha, and or tUU^s, without sewing. The sole i bo melted oil and on again without nngo. Tim shoo is water proof, mor? able than other slu ea, ami two liundred sons are employed in the manufacture I'eople who think there's something in ii no remark that the greatest English losopher waa Jhicou, one of the finest itch poets. Hogg, and one of llio pleas est ltritish effl||yjft?, Liupb. Tho London Timet says that as regards * wreligions belief, Mohammedans are as free, I if not freer, llinn the followers of any reli- Br gion. Every man is left to himself to [ search after truth; ntnl toleration of dogmas a carried ao far tun? the Sheikh at Islam. REii by whoso co operation Mahmoud carried out his reforms, was well known to disboIiovo in tho Koian, and yet ho remained pit up to his death in his place without evor being molested. In tho samo way, there is ~ nothing in the Mohammedan religion which C can he called priesthood?every man may read prayers publicly and preach. Tho Sit Ulcmasaro only doctors of tho Moliatnrne* ^ dan law, inherited by tlio '1 urks from tho early Arab Caliphs, which it is their duty ||r, to explain, and over the observances of C<> which they have to watch. This law is | S|?i composed of the decisions of tho most J*'1, prominent Mohain aedan doctors of all J)r ages, on every matter connected with tho \v oxtornal religious observances, but it has J. nothing whatever to do with dogmas. Jiii Gouon's Description of Cold Water. ?Look nt that liquid w hich has been produ* ' ecd from tlio clear distillery, of nature,' f hold- _ ing up a glass of water.) 'The Eternal l'utlier T 1 of us all has brewed it for his children. It turns has been produced, not in filthy distilleries, <>i? n, but in beautiful, fragrant places. It has '^''i i been brewed down in yon grassy dell, where the deer linger and too rippling rills r,.tUi sing their wild lullaby; or away upon the May, mountain tops, whero tlio blazing sun ha* 'or T :.i_ ... . i i_ a. . < tnmm ul-iiimu '* iij> ?iiii iiic uccveuij nro; or aiar -j\x 1 oil upon the ocean, where .showers anil ^ storms aro born. It sparkles in the ice-gcm. It makes the graceful frost tissue on which J. ] the moonlight plays. It dallies in thecata- ; ^ ract; weaves the snow-wreath anil the erne- I-A ' ratil settings on the mountain peak. It ' " never injures, but always does good. It F ,,r th s blessed always, at evening and at moaning, u C It is over henelicent and kind. God made ' ir'> it glorious. Take and drink. Take the | r pure liquid which God, our father, gave us. sq ' l ake it as it is?bright, beautiful, and bless ? CJ' ,. ? i. Fasnv Fkun Lookino at Hkrselk.? i !*!" it "Peeps frotn under a Parasol."?Fanny has jl 1- taken a peep at herself. Hear her: I, And here, by the rood, conies Fanny h Fern! Fanny is a woman. For that she < is not to blame, though since she first found j \ it out, she has never ceased to dcplero it. Ii She might be prettier, she might be youngt, er. She might bo older, she might bo 1-lci d uglior. She might bo better, she might bo u worse. She has been both over praised fc" d and over abused, and those who have y abused her worst, have imitated and copied J1. r. her most. ?c -v I. One thing may be said in favor of Fan- i?i>u d ny; she was not, thank Providence, horn M.w c in the beautiful, back biting, sauctimoiii- ]' H otn>, slandering, clean, contumelious, pharii. sacal, phiddlededcc, pick-measure city?of ,|'?.v Huston! |>! in - heri To M \ke a Halkv House Draw.?The ''tf?' 0 London Timos -_'ivcs a remedy which provr od successful. Alter all sorts of means had j been tried and failed, it was .suggested that ] a simple remedy used in India should he j?|, '* , tried ? that is, t<? get a small rope and at- v? r" i Inch it to one of tho fore feet of the stub r' | born animal, the person holding the end ; 1,1 '' j of the lope to advance a few paces, taking j 'l with him the horse's toot, w hen, a- a mat- I . ' j ler of course, the horso must follow. The Mat C" ' suggestion was at first iidiculed, but at last '* a rope was brought au.l applied us dcscrih (1 l! ' ed, when the hois.' immediately a dvanced. | |s j and in a f.-vv minutes n.is out of sight. Ii.u. much to the amazement of the crow J The * *" | experiment is .simple au.l woith a ttial. f i At the moment when, on the 14th of ^ ^ 0 j October, 1797. the Uritish llect under Ad the <> | iniral Ihtu'an, and tin! 1 Mitch Meet com:r mnnded bv DeWinter, were about to en- ' .f I gage, two sailors, passing b\ Admiral IHiii- I ' ! can's cabin, saw him on his knees. u 'f I 'My eyes, .lack" exclaimed one,' wh it ir| the Admiral about there?' I'raving ! > ' I II s j Heaven,' u plied the other, '1'iaving foi r what;' 'That the Lord give us victory.'; | ' * |'Well, now. that's a blasted shame. \V?- ?, s are well able to lick them ourselves, lie I'lie " sides, give the beggais a chance. ' 1,1 0 _ ? ,11. Ill li I'ltKNcn S.vxo Knott).?A Kronchman i- was nie l the other day in one <f the do y partmcuts for having killed his father and . , j, * mother. TliO crime was committed under j t. nH f ; the most revolting circumstances, and, at ! ! 1 the end of the pleadings, when he was j 1 "" r j about to bt* condemned to death, the j re>i j J',| 1 , dent ot the tribunal asked the usual ones ! rule, a ( lion, if ho had anything to say in his tie- j then * fence? .l/fi? I f it a, mom, .1/ //??/? ur le /'mi - tit'iil,' he replied; '< Miiy 1 lioj>e you will t have pity on a j oor orphan!' f ' - Jam 1 Tt i.mm; tni. I'aiilks Kkai.lv.? There ? ; was a grand ''row'' lately at a lecture ill . p 1 , Palis. I'olice agents in plain clothes wore f | . j piesrnt; they made a mark with chalk <>n ease, i i backs of the most uproarious of the students Stau | 1 so that they might be known and arrested ' "" f when they left the ball; the students detect j ! ed the maiueuvre, and slyly chalked the the s ' police agents; when the officers left the 1 place, the Sergons de \ ilie arrested them, 4 ' j 1 lodge 1 tlieiu in piison, and kept them there > i tor a dav and night. - - - WlK \ I Monsel was asked, "When a lad v and gentleman have ipiarreled, and each -.j. p j considers the other in fault, which of the | I e two Olicbf irt I., fhn tir-f f.i ? lv???.?.? < <?' 4 wards a reconciliation? llor reply, was '' I" . , "The best liearttai and wisest of the two." " ' _ ilrsHi * ! . i Ir-'in rArrrns in hsoi.\sn.?<ni the 1st I January, 1850, the number of paupers in |u-itu i receipt of relief in <> _' t unions of Kngland aii?w and Wales amounted to B7G.05A, agaiii*l 850,453 in IH53, thus exhibiting' an increase of 30,202. O t m I Punch has heen sei/ed in Franco for the ! first time for several months. Its otTonce .\|ar is a picture representing* the Kniperor i standing hv the cradle of his infant, while it . . IT ? a figure of Liberty in coining forwards says: | ( , "May I not be god mother!" ,lu. t An Irishman, giving testimony ii: one Nan of our courts, a few days since, in a riot ' "ii case, said the first man I saw coming at vl . me when I got up was two brick bats." jV'1^ The sensitive actor who could not sit in ".i p the same room with a tea-urn, on account (:..m of its hissing, lias just been killed by a puMi ' "burst of applause." l,ro' A gentleman has invented a stove that _( saves three-ipiarters of tho wood, whilo the 1 ashes it makes pays for tho remainder. "Mr. Smith, the hogs are getting into your cornfield!'' "Never mind, Billy; I'm pr<) sleepy; com won't hurt 'cm." 1 h? u TTUCWOOD. WM. H. MITM | jythewood & smith, oltert, Auction and Commission MERCHANTS, 3 KOU TlfE SALE OF ( ll estate, negroes, cotton, 1 flour, grain, AND ALL MANNER OF ODUCE AN!) MERCHANDISE, EXCHANGE HOW, HIGH AltDSOK STIIKET, | JolLimToia, S. O. UKFERENCEH. ." ~ hi nihousc, Allen A Co. J , . i , . > Charleston. " tine A Inioilwin, | vj liu A. Crawtord, ) 0 ,, , i .. , __ ' J Columbia, S. C. hard Anderson, ) ' jj, awley A Alcxunder, Chester C. il. |a I. S. N. Stowe, Yoikvillc, S. C. y rings A McLcod, Charlotte, N. C. ohnel Brown, Salisbury, N. C. 'r C. Cooke, Concord, N. C. . W. It. Holt, I ?cxingt?n, N. C. hitfielil Walker, Newberry, S. C. Brown, Anderwn,S. C. ! jj nver, Cox A Mark Icy, Greenville, S. C. o. Kyle, 1 .aureus, S. C. b 21 52 3m "taxes. IAVE concluded for tlie accommodation of AX PAYERS, who have not made their refer the year '55, to keep my Tax Office i every day in each week, from this time to the day of M ?y next, Saturday excepted. The B i of Collection will be from 12 o'clock, M., to C <>ek, I'. M. All persons failing to make their us and pny their Taxes by said 10th day of , may cx|?cct execution to issue against Ahem axes, as I am determined to wind up the tax ' ess for the past year, an?l for all nrrearag s of | m at that time. It. C. POOLE, T. C. I ?ril 17 b 3w tt. ELFORD, MAGISTRATE, AT SULLIVAN A TRIMMIER'S W OFFICE, ON CIll'RCH STREET. a ALSO AGENT \ . Southern Mutu.il Life Insurance Compaii) olumb.i, and tint Southern Mutual Life and Insurance Company, at Athena, Georgia, j information in regard t-> I in, u ranee given at , mea ? ith pleasure , lartanhurg, March 6 18,"iC 2 Cm ' 1IVATT, McBlRNEY ?fc CO. r.cr IMrOKHRI A\ll Wlldl I'Ml.K liKAIXII IN , ' uiiisJ iji^l Ai3ii DRY GOODS, . %??. jit iiAIM: ^rui:ET, CHARLESTON, S. C. I in 10 1856 46 1 y 11 IN EQUITY?Spartanburg. i?>r Mason, and CommUa>ioncrs of the Poor lor | artanhurg l>i?triet, v* .1 < ?1 Mason, dense Ma i ' in, Mima's Siii th and wife, and others. Hill for sale o( Land and He! of. ! appearing to the saii.f. ction of this Court, that j Mo^es Smith and wile Sarah, iloel Mason,,)os- | Inson, .lames Rainwater* nnd wife Polly, MailHay and wife Klixaheth, lames Mason,Teresa ai, Wilson Mason, and l?utsin Mason, l)i ant* in th * Case, lesido Iroin and without the Is of ih:s State: It is. oii motion of IJntio ami j , rards, ' o-iip'a.n:r ts' solieitors, Ordered, That ! ap|M'ar and plead, answer or demur to Com- , mats' R II, within throe months from the date ! , of. or the same will be taken pro con/eeso j list them. TIIU. O. P. \ KRNON, c r. s. u. 'om'rs. OIHoc. Fob. 27 1 3in IN EQUITY Spartanburg. II MelhlV d and Wife H"-Oili dl, and others, i. .IoIiii 11. Robertson, Jetr.isoii Kcndiuek, id others. for *|Hoilio delivery of Negroes, Partition, nceoiilit alni Rebel. Ac. 'Pi - a ring to the satsliet on f this Court that ' John McMakni, and the ehildo n o( .lane Me- ' nil, formerly .lane Iviiidi iok, Sarah MeMakiu, j m Mc.Makin. Alex indi r M' .Makin, Andriw 'eM.ik II, -I din < ' XleMali ii, \\ i i.tlil .1. Me ! nil, Martha MeMakin. I". /i!h h Il,?.k wife of ' !? M. II k. Kl/.il? ;li IMw itr .Is and her hus! IMward, -l. lt rs.in Ken-trick, I>eh mtnnis, fi'iitn ii'-l w tli-uit the hint* <it tli-st S;alc : It ' 'i iiiiiIi.-ii <>f I'..-I. , .iiiil ladw ards. Complainant*' ! t--rs, Ordered, That limy app< ar and pha-l, | \i r or <1. iiiur, t-i Complainants' It li, within | i- months fi- in the publication > ( this rnli-, or | same "ill ho Ink- n pro enntenitn against tI TIH>. ?>. I'. YKRNO.N, c k s n. [om'n. Office, '.'7. I 3m I N EQUITY Spartanburg. y <f"tn I Kan, ? x'rx va. James Stay ami Agnes S< ay, hi? w il?-, anil othi-ra. t-> si tile Estate, Invest Funds, Change Trlist, lo iii l, iVe. appear up to thesatisfaction of tins Court, that lo.,ah Itlaekwi II, the h? :rs and representatives -ally lllackw i II, dei i im.I, names unknown, * ilariwlt, dolill I > irnett, tih till Harnett, Jciah Harnett, Allen lameasti r and wife, Elira-1 lane I lade) , w i-lntv, .latin ? Hl.ickweil, hi irs i ii prcn iit.i v. s -a -lam- s II aok well, names tin* -vii, heirs an J ri pris- ntativea Mark ilastic, i. unknown. In rs and reprcsontativea ot Jo- 1 1 Itarueii, ileciasi J, nanus unknown, Do- ' -nits hi tins ease, lis,de from and without the s of this Stall- It is, on motion of Edwards, ip!a,mint's solicitor, urdi r- d that they nptirar plv el, a: nvi r or demur, to Complainant's Hill, ' ,n three months lr>-m the publication of tin* or tin name w. 11 he taken proconfcsso against [ i. TIIO. O. I'. VERNON, o. k. . i?. -mr's. (tflk-r, Feb. 'JO H'.' 3m IN EQl ITY?Spartanburg* i s-I. \ eriioi an-l II-lain Milehell, Vs. Eli.tsC I.eitner an-l others. ' 1 hi! for I njunction, Account and Relief, appealing to the sat sfiu-t-on ot this Court tliat t V C. lyeitiler, one of the I tclcnduiit* in this | reside* from ami without the limits o( this ,, : It is. on motion ol Edwards ami Carlisle, ? pi.iHants' s.-' .-.t- rs Ordeied. I hat he app- ar > pi- ul, iiiiswei or demur, to Complainants' ltd) n three months from tlie date of this rule, or I aim- will hi- taken pro eon/rMMo against him. c tiio. o. r. Vernon, c. >. d < iinr'a. < Iftk-i1, Feb. \!7 dm J IN EQI ITV Spartanburg. i lo II AA"..fl.-r?l, ami others vs. Alexander Thomas and w .fe, and others. . It.II for Partition, Account and Relief, appealing to the satisfaction of tin- Court, that Ios. a A. W'oflord, Id as .1. Woflford, Elvira tin, .inn i.uipn >> right in r liunliaiiil, i lln Thomas, A landir Thomaa, and Martha i vifo, .IoIiii IMloIttuii ami F.lizu Ins wife, aii'l * I . Wotlmd, I > !? iidiilit* in thi* ease, resale I aud without the limits of tliia State: li ia, on >i mi of Kdwnrda and Carl slo, Complainants' so- , is, (h tiered, Tlial tlx > appear and plead, ?'i ?r or demur, to Complainants' loll of com- , t w it I nil tlii* t~ iiiMiiilis 11 .in tin* dale hereof, I In miiio mil I**.- taken fro ratifetso against s i. '1 ll<?. <>. 1' YKKNoN, ? . r. . * t?. un'm. Oftiee, Feb. 27 Sill INEQI ITV?Sparliinburp^. yOweii I >c;in, ex'rx. va. Lowry 1 .and lord and , wife, and others. , Hill to Kittle Kalnte, H* lief, See. , appearing to tin satisfaction of the Court, th.lt It In cea F. I iray , widow, .lames Reynold*, nn*l , :li Idren of Harriet II. IloynoMi, deceased, to .I.'Iiii t Reynold*, Nlury Ann, Hmiline, o> l>.,Sarah Ann, Lli/nkctli II It , Lucy, j . s \v , i ll..- I?. l i/.i N . nod ITomh P. j lolils Itoy* tt mid Kllett children of Jam?' | 1 >anii 1 Parker, I h h-tidant* in tins cnac, r* side i and wit' out the limit* of tins St/tie. It i?, on i mi of Kdwnrds,Complainant'* solicitor,order- < i.it they appear and plead, an*w?r or demur to i plain.titt's Hill, within three months from the j ] leation of thin rule, or the Kline will be taken t onf. aso as to tin in. Tilth <>. I* VERNON, c. e. s. r?. nmr's Office, Feb 20 f>2 3m JOHN HENRY ZELLER, 0NFECT0NER AND IURER, L 'AKTANIH IIG, opposite Palmetto House, keep* constantly on hand Candy, Cake*, id Hop Uoar, fino Seg?ra, A*c., ?Yc., to which ( tvites public attentats Nor, 29 41 ly. A. H.KIRBY, No. a S NOW RECEIVING AND OPENING ! 1 fvt STOCK OF SIPI&illHB &m mumitii GOODS, CONSISTING OK French Cloths, Cnssi it teres, and l)i.\n d'Ktc, :iliau Clot lis, Iila< W Satin and Mursailhs Vestgs, I a n< it Coating, Henry Twill* J and Dues inen. Hareges and Tissues, Printed Organdies, iviss and Jaeoliot Muslins. Knie Ginghams, Kreiieh, Anie loan and Kngill Prints, Fine lilavk and colored Silk Mantils, oil of tlio latest rty!? and frcsli .from New ork. Ladies and Gentlemen's Colored Silk, Kid and bread Gloves, Hosiery, Are. ALSO Indies' Grass and Corded Skirts. ltlnck and Colored Silk Gingham Parasols and inhrellns. Fancy Paper, Feather, and Pnliii-Ieaf Fans. Irish Linens, Linen Cambric Pocket Ildkfs. Hollands, Brown and Bleached Shirting and bettings. Fashionable Summer Hats, Hoof* and Nlioe?. rolt IJKKTLKMr.N AND BO vs. I (lack and Colored Kid Top Gaiters nod ootees of various kinds for Ladies, Misses and FASHIONABLE BONNETS. Ribbons of various styles. Dress Trimmings, &c. &c. hahdwahb. CUTLERY, CROCKERY, OR.0033RIESP (sla?swarc, Ac. All of which will be sold on the most reason bio terms for Cash or to prompt-paying cum an r*. Apr.i :t r, ti SIWin AXKUR(?S "APOTHEC ARY'S HALL." TllB NE\V MEDICINAL, HUE AND MIMICAL STORE 13 LOCATED IN SPAKTANBLKO OPPOSITE THE COL'KT IIOt'SE. 1~MI K subseribers respectful y call the attentio . <?t the eitiz* n* ?it Spartanburg, and of th idjaccnt dibtriols, to tin ir KBW DRUG AN1 II KMICA L STORK, located in the village < *partanburg, where will always be found a tu FRESH AND EENI INE MEDICl.NT> mbraeiug nearly every artiele usually kiptin l>ru Stores. Mr. HENRY K. 11 KINITH will have th ntire management of the store, and all I'll AI MACEl TICAL PitKPARATION will be mar tiy himself, or under bis immediate aupervisio I'll IN "Ids to tl e r-ollininilitv till, ln.nr.tn... it. ill Articles from thc:r lore are g< nu nc, in d accordance with the prescribed rule* ut the U.I Phnrmm-npein. Tin v dnirc nho to state that their eonueclH iviili the WHOLKSALK AM) KliTAI DIM (J KSTA M.IS1IMKNT nt Columbia w enable thrin to receive and supply htrjjc order* very low price*. I'lijMcian*. Planter* and Me chant*, w ill do well t<> eall and examine the *tix Mid price*, and judge for ihemst lvc*. THIillt. STOCK WILL CONSIST OF DHTJGS, MEDICI N KS A CHEMICALS DYE-WOODS, AND DYE-STUFFS, nl.X, PAINTS & PA IX'IKRS' ARTICLE V A 11 X I S II E S , Window Glass and Putty, Glasswar KKKNCIl, KNCMSH Amoffioatm PtoirfftaaaaiigJ FINE TOILET AND SHAVING St?APs. FIN K 11A lit AND r? m ?rii r.cuMiKs, FAINT BIUSHE SURGICAL AND DENTAL INSTRUMENTS, ?*, 3'IJ> > D ATilidi ?> K ALL KINDS, SPICKS. SNI FFS, MAM FAC'ti'P.LD TOBACCO. All the Patent or Proprietary MEDICINES OF THE DAY. Superior IhIsls, IT*UK WINKS AND BRANDIES FO MriilCtNAI. rt'KI'ogF.S. XjiUNrDXlETn'ECELERRATED GARDEN SEEDS. CHOICE TOILET AND F A X C V A U T I C L E S We make our IXirehases fur e:i?!i and nfl goods equally us low its thry can I ? obtained fro utiy similar establish m? nt in this section. Warranted to he Frc*/i, I'nre and Genuine. Orders from the country promptly tilled, ?i *nt.slat-lion guarautccd, with regard both to j?ri< nnd quality. FiSIIEIt efc II ElXIT?11, Pharmaceutist* and 1 hspensing Chemists. Jan 3 45 If siooks: atooMis:: I'M IK subscribert:d??sthis method toinform tl - citixens of the \ lllagc and surrounding cou ry, that he is now re eiving a pood stock ol NK1 IOOKS, at his Hook store, No. 6, Main strci >p|M?ii?' the Court I louse, such as are general used in Colleges, Academics and common Engli ich'Mils. A large variety of MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, inhr.ie.ng HISTORICAL. KIOC.ltA 1MIICA JKOl.t Mi It'A I,. MECHANICAL, Poetical a: dusieal works, of various sixes and prices. Some light rending (in the way of Novels.) vl'TIl HALL. Fanny Fern's writings-, TO IONICS' COl RTSIILP, die. &o. BLANK BOOKS. A nuinhor of II Y M K ?( ?KS, use,l by the different denominations 'liristiaus, toge ther with a largo assortment ol FAMILY BIBLES, >rice? from $-.2.CO to $10 00; small HI 1>I.US. frr >0 eetiis t" $1,5<> and $'2.00; TESTAMKN'I r-'in tiftoen cents to $1.00. l'KA Y KR liOt'K it various price s. Also a variety of small religious hooks, toy boo n:.I Primers. A good lot of Foolscap, Letter, Ctunmcrcial a Vote Paper. Envelopes from common to the tin* it vies. Black, Blue ami Bed Ink. NEW MUSIC FOR THE PIANO. Ili'twi'i'ii ."><><? anil 1,000 n< w pieces for the 1 mi', from the best composers, the greatest varii >ver offered in the up-oountry, (We hope the lies will call and supply themselves.) 1 have made permanent arrangements with ?? ral large Hook Houses in I'hilndelphia and N fork, to exchange my Music Work?tho SOI TUBN HARMONY. it CASH I'KICK, lor their Hooks, &o., at es iriees, nett. I will, therefore, be able to sell IJo< itid Stationery lower than the) have ever been < n Spartanburg ; and as I din re to do an cnt ;a*li I usint'ss, if the people Mill call with their rr ney, I think they wlilhe satisfied that they can b Hooks, A .' , from me. as cheap as they can (at i ail tin Columbia or Charleston. JUT CALL AND SEE,pi WILLIAM WALKER, A S II ^ySulKwl teachers supplied on liberal tern l\ S. If any person should eall for a lb* k Hooks, that I have not got, I will immediately < der them if they desire it. N. ]t Tho New Edition id"the SocnteaN 11a mokv, kept constantly on hand, \Cb?>l. sale and t tail, ut the CASH NOOK STORE. May 17 12 tf "3f Au< V 1 I S*T*AflKIV, JYewbcrry Court House* Importer and Dealer ; IN HARDWARE, PAINTS. OILS. WINDOW OLASS.tmOVEKlES GENERALLY. DRY GOODS. HATS, SHOES, AND CLOTH- * INU, AC., 4rC., AC. AND RUYER OF COTTON AND OTHER COUNTRY PRODUCE, i I lias now in aanrcone of lh? largest, And moat rarWJ Stock of Good* iu South Carolina, and la pi ap*i i d to offer to liia numcroua frieuda and rarlonara, i liborAlinduccnicnUw bM.il cannot fail to proa# to their uitcreat. I am nWraya in the market lortba purchase of COTTON and COUNTRY PRODUCK generally, mid planter* will find it general* i Jy to their i lite real, by calling on ine before making I their arrangeiuenla cine where. S. T. AONKW, Importer of Englieh Hardware. O.t. IS 35 If S. W. GILLILAND. GENERAL C'OMMSSION AGENT. NKWKERKY, S. C. RESPECTFULLY oflem hia nerviccs to aii those who trade at Newberry,aa tlieirGeoeral | Coinmiaeion Agent, lor the dispoaal of their Cotton | and other produce. Will give hia personal attention to Receiving, Selling. Storing or Shipping of c 'lion and all kind* of prm'st# intrusted to his j care. Having madearrnngemcnla with different Houses, he ia uuw prcjiared to make liberal advance* on Cotton abipped to Charleston. Will nlao pay the highest market cash price* on 1 delivery for all tha Wheat, Hour, Corn and other produce that can be brought to Una market Cor I ante. An experience of several years bu?in< as nt thi* I ..I..... -II _ u: ...U_|[ that 1)0 can promote the interest of planters, sad )io|hs by prompt attention to merit a liberal shars of patronage Charges for selling or shipping l Cotton 23 cents per hole, nil otlwr transactions ia ' accordance with custom. The best of references given. Until the fust of January nest he may be found al?out the Store Room formerly occupied by Messrs. | W.G.dc J. F. Glen. Nov 15 39 tf , 0DD FELLOWS' SCHOOL. ON Monday next, ngrcvnbly tvuotiee, the Odd Fellows will op* n their SCllOOl. in the Old Male Academy, under the coutiul ol DAVID R. n DUNCAN, A. U. ^ Mr. Duncan is n s<>n of T".ofcssnr I)uncnn, of ' WotFml College, and n grailuate ot Raudo Iph ; Mneou College, Virginia. Ilia testimonials of scholarship and moral clwrncU r are full and satisfactory. In starting an entcrp isc of ill-.- kind by ( the 1/tdgc, it is indeed gr.itilymg that one so thoroughly prepared for the ofliee ot teacher as Mr. S Duncan has been selected uud consents to take 1 charge of the school. ' Tin- established ra't s of tuition have heretofor? , excluded many front the advantages of rdoestiwu. With a view to benefit such, and all who may n* avnil themselves of the facilities of a cheap and ''' thorough eilue.ition. we append the Allowing tahlo [J1 of charges, so reduced as to make it available. Primary Department?including i>|x!ling, bending, Wr.ting, Aritlimetic, and Pri* niary Geography, jkt i^ssion of five * i mouths $6.00 Second Department?Philosophy, Grsmnl , mar, Alg? lira, and all the higher brunchr es of Kngl'.sh education, per term of five months, u ith a continuation of any of the I prc-cn unverified studies 6.0ft Third Department?Classics, with n review of any ot the previous studies, per term of five months 14.041 Contingent fee, per term I 0B TIlOS. O. P. VKRNON, ^ Chairman Hoard Trustees. ?* Jan 10 46 e | Fisk's Patent Burial Cases! js '"I Ml K >uhseril>iT I* agent tor the sale ol FJ&Ii'JS ' 1 I'ATIIST m at:/. CASES?(u*\ -??> i .......l ... l...i.: i. - ? i . - , transported any distance, witlwnl danger front de. ' composition or vermin. SJ Cabinet Making. I IIK ii also a CA BIN ET MAKER, and prspored to furnish New Cabinet Ware at abort nolice, and also to repair old furniture on reasonable terms, and solicits a call at bin rooms on Main at , Ppartnnburg. below the Court Ilotiac. Al?<> t tine tMriirtiiR'iit of PARLOR CHAIRS, constantly on hand. R Sept 20 SI If S. V. flKXTRY. Bald) is in ike Field !! J.N.NOLLY m * \J |S! I K5 t" make known that he is atill engav T god in the business of making Carriages, Rocknwavs, Happy's, onr and two horss wagons, id which he has and will keep on hand, at hia ??l?| l*e stand, near the Baptist Church. Having employj ed additional workmen, he asks a share r>| the liberal patronage lie has heretofore received. Any work ill his line, will nmi shall do service. lie also keeps conch trimmings, nxcltree*.springs, black * smith work of all kinds for sale. Call and ace for , y. nrselves, if you wish. All indebtcdHo mc previous to the 1st of January last. ar> respectfully requested to call and settle. March 29 4 ntf -sooo keavardt" IW ILL pay the above reward to any one whs will I.slge my negro mum IIAMP in the Jail 11 at Spartanburg or ruion. Said I*.y has been ab^ sent front mv plantation near three years. Lie ft, fornu rly belonged to Sarah Burnett. ofSpartanburg lly District. 11 ? swell set, about forty years old, 5 f< et ?h 1 (I inches high, blind in one eye and a blacksmith by trade. ROBERT BEATY . Cold well, Uniott District, Dee. 20 44 W. 1 MI SIC ! "" 4 VERY large selection of the gd*?52o. \ best nnd latest improved PIANUS of all kinds can be had at B B B ramsay's N I AXO FORTE AND MUSIC STORE, "f COLUMBIA, 8 C. 1 Ic invites a special examination of the late pa t? lied improvements in iiaiiet. Davis ?V Co'a. eele brated Pianos. Every piano is guarantied. j"j -1 mil 28 18 ly s' Commissi oner's Notice. ks 1 \ FD (iuardians, Trustees, Receiving Com a % inilltt-h and other Persons authorised to make 1 annual return*, an- hereby notified to make up and report their annual accounts to me on or by ih? lR i first ol Match next. The items of expenditure I must he vouched. Rules will he issued agamst ail Defaulters. TIIO. O. P. VEltNON, c. a. a. n. , Coinr's Otliee, dan. 3 45 tf, n IN KQUITV?Sparl?ib?rf. ?tv Ambrose Watson and William Watson,*s. Jims |a". Watson and others. Hill for account and relief. I T nppisring to the sAtisiaetion of this Court, tha ew I James Watson, one of the Defendants, reside* from, and without the limits of this State. U is, on motion of Hobo, Complainant's solicitor, ordered that he do appear and plead, answer or demur sa ish Complainant's Hill, withia three months from tha >ks pubheation of this rule, or the saire will be taken ?ld pro confesso against him. ire TIIO. O. P. VERNON, c. *. a. t>. i?- i Comr's. Office. Feb 20 52 Sm 5 R.D.OWEN, TAILOR, HAS RETURNED TO SPARTANBURG, is. wiiaaa hi imtcnus to -I LOCATE PERMANENTLY. He may bo found at No. Brick Rangt^ .on Church street, where he will be eery e- 1 happy to see his old friends, and ready TO ftF.KTE THT.M CHEAP FOR 6AN. 1 | No* 1 IT tf