Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, November 14, 1857, Image 4
IPOCTIftV. I
What's Trumps!
Thorc nre so many cards t<> play j
So many ways to chooso.
In Lore aiul Politics and War;
That forwarijnig our views
Willi ladies fair, with statesmen wise,
Or inert of lessor bumps.
JJoforo wo lend our strongest suit,
'Tis well to know what's trumps.
Oncc, worshipping at liQftnly's shrine,
I knelt in bondage sweet.
And breathed ray vows with engorncBP,
And offered nt her foot
My soul, well stored with Cupid's wealth?
A love ceinentefl lump ;
A king of diamonds won the trick ;
My neari wan not h trump.
Having to sec my rival win
Upon & single, rub.
As lio played fho denco with mo,
I followed with a club. 1
Two days within a ?Ution lamsc
Kcllccting on my sin,
I found, as others may have done,
Clubs very seldom win.
Urown wise by sail experience,
I ceased to deal with maids;
I shuttled youthful follies off,
And turned up Jack of spades.
Vol still I find as (.lust is scarce,
And smaller grow tho lumps,
That though the Spado's nil honest card,
Itia not always truuips.
But in a world of outside show,
Where Mammon rules the throng;
To caso mo little jolts ol lite,
And smoothly pnss nlor?;
To tind hit antidote lor care,
And stern misfortune's thumps,
Ono cuvd in very sure to win;
Diamonds iue always trumps!
vkstflETYr"
Gratitude.
Sanctified gratitude is heaven begun.?
The city of the living God abounds with
worshippers. It resounds with hallelujahs.
- .TlVo voice of angels is praise. The language
of the saints is adoration. The anthems
of the church below aro her resnon
HC8 to (ho symphonies of the church above.
Gratitudo is tho music of heaven in the
soul. The full swell of the benevolence of
tile Most High meets a most perfect concord
in the everlasting gratitude of the redeemed
.
Let gratitude then abound on the earth.
Let it continually actuate every believer's
breast. Lotus set ourselves diligently to
prayer. " Pray without ceasing," Buy a tho
Apostle; and immediately adds, " in everything
irive thanks: for this is tho, will nf I
(Jod in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1
* Th. 2 : 17, 18.
Obey this command, O believer. Look
around you for causes of thankfulness. Jie
eagle-eyed to discern your mercies, rather
than your miseries. Look not always at
the dark spots in every picture, lest your
mind be darkened like them. Fix your
e.ycsalsoon the bright and beautiful, that I
your mind may reflect their image. Let ;
the one teneh you to pray. Let the other
teach you to pruigo.
The tide of gratitude increases as it flows.
It rises higher, and higher, both before and
around us, and extends itself widely on every
side. When wo render thanksgiving
to our God and Saviour for one mercy, the
second presents itself to view; then a
third; then a fourth ; then others successively
arise, and roll in upon our remembrance.
The goodne&j and the mercy of
me i/om arc uko tue mighty deep, unfathomable.
His nets of love are %s the occan
waves, innumerable; ami innumerable,
therefore, should be our acts of thanksgiving:
" My soul, in planning wonder lost,
Thy various lovu Burvcj'8,
Whero shall my grateful lipH begin?
Or where conclude thy praise?
A Thrilling Adventure.
We question whether in the history of
"hair-breadth" escapes, a parallel to the
?-:i? e. i 'fi 1 ?
u**?? UU lUHIIU. JL Hi; BWI'Jf
wius told us by an old and valued friend,
now residing in the country near this cit}',
but whose early days wore spent near the
tragic adventure here recorded.
\Vo give the story as related to us, in
the words of the hero :
" It was iibout tho year 1805 that I settled
in Virginia, near the full of Kanawha.
Tho country at that time was an unbroken
wilderness. But few settlements had been
made then by the whites, and they were so
fnr nnirh nu fn vnnrlr?v vnln oil Knnno
.... -f-- .... ..VJ/V-O Ul 4AC
pihtance in case of nn attack from hostile
Indians?numbers of whom still infested
the neighborhood.
" I lived there alone with my wife for
peveral months unmolested, and by dint of
porseverance being then young and hardy,
had succeeded in making quite a large
clearing in the forest, which I had planted
with corn, and which promised an abundant
yield.
n Ono morning after wc had dispatched
oirr lminb'o meal, and I bad ju?t prepared
to venture forth upon my regular routine
of labor, my attention was arrested by the
tinkling of ti cow-bell in the corn-field.
" 1 There,' wild my wifo, 'the cow in in
the corn-Dole!/
" But the ear of the back-woodsman becomes
by cdncntioi>, very acute, especially
no from the fact that his wafetj often dcponds
upon tbo nieo cultivation of that
(tense. I was not ho oftidly dr<?eivc?? 1
listened?the Hound was repe.it ;iL That,
???.i r -?i.. *1 i- *
miin hi ivjmj iu tuu iuuiiiia ui iiiy wiii"y
wns not tho tinkle of a boll upon tlio nock
of a cow. It is a dewy from some Indian
who doyires to draw mo into ambush.
" Believing this to ho tho case, I took
down my old nnwket, (I had no rifle,) and
weeing thnt it was properly loaded, I stole
cautiously around tho field toward the point
from which tho *otttid seomod to proceed.
Ah f hod suspect'.!'^ thoro, in a cliwtcr-of
bushes, crovicnod an Indian waiting for mo
ir\ nnrtnnr in ntnawoi' ts\ lilu /]Anr.? IC\l) fK/?* 1
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ho might sond tho fatal bullet to uvy heart,
f approach^, without diieovwrin# myself
to him/&i|#f within ahootinu; difttaiico, then
raised mjMftioce and fired- /ho .bullet ?ped
ty$e to StH inarlc, and the Indian- fojfl dead.
,!t>Npt knotting that he might bo aecomJfmml
by otheiv, 1 votarned with all
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J. jg?
to tho cabin, and having firmly barricade
tho door, I watched ;iil day from tho poi
holes in anticipation of an attack from tli
I companions of tho Indian I had killed. '1
add to tho danger, aud seeming hopelcs:
now of my situatiou, I discovered that
had but one oHarero of powder left. T conl
but itlake one shot, unci then, if attaokc
by numbers, I should bo entirely in thei
,'ower. Determined to do tho best wit
vr. . I had, J poured out tho last charge 1
powder and put it into my musket and the
waited for tho npproaoh of night, feel in
oonfldeutof an attaek. Night came at las
A beautiful moonlight night it was tot
and t lii.-c favored me greatly, as 1 woul
thereby be able to observe the movement
of the enemy as they approached my cabii
It was souie two hours after nightfall, an
as yet I had neither heard or seen a sign c
the Indians, when suddenly I Was startle
by the baying of my dog at tho stable,
knew that tho Indiana were eotnlng.?
The stable stood a little to the west of th
cabin, and between the two was u patch c
cleared ground, upon which the light c
tho full moon fell unobstructed. Judgin
from the noise at the stable that they woul
advance from that direction, 1 posted nr
self at the port hole on that side of tho c:> 1
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" I had previously placed my wife o
tlie ci'oss-pole in tho chimney, so tlwf i
ease ouv enemies effected an cntranco int
the cabin she might climb out through tli
low chimney and effect her escape. Fc
myself, I entertained no hope; but, dctei
mined not to he taken alive?I resolved t
sell my life dearly.
Willi hvn.?ifl?lo?a nnvinfw T n?nlnl?A#l <
the port-hole. At length T saw thei
emerge from the shadow of the stable an
advance across the vacant ground towari
my cabin. One?two?three?great Ilea'
en ! six stalwart Indians, armed to the teetl
and urged on by the hope of revenge, an
1 alone to oppose them, with but one charj
of powder. My ease was desperate imlue<
With quick yet stealthy step, in close sing
file they approached, and were already in
few yards of the liouse, when a sligl
change in the movement of the forward li
dians changed the position of the entii
hiXj so mat a portion ot the left side of eac
was uncovered. They were in a rangeone
aim would cover all. Quick as thougl
I aimed and fired. As the smoke clean
away, 1 could hardly credit what my sensi
J showed me as the result of my shot. T)
fifteen slugs with which I had loaded n
musket had done their work well, five i
the six Indians lay dead upon the groum
and the sixth had disappeared.
Although no enemy was now in sight,
did not venture forth until morning. Thei
lay tiie bodies of live Indians uudisturbe<
together with the riflo of the other. S
curing the arinsnu'l ainmunition of the fnl
en Indians, 1 followed up the trail of tl
missing one, until it reached the river, b
yond which point I could discover no tnu
whatever. From the amount of bloc
which marked the trail, together with <1
unmistakable evidence that lie had pickc
his way with difficulty, J was led to b
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nu?u in?ii iiu w;? iuoriiiiiy wounaea, and i
order to prevent, his body from falling inl
the hands of his white foe, he hud grope
his way to the river and thrc. ami ltitnse
into the current which had borne hiin awa;
The Indians had killed my cow, and tin
you may he assured, was no trilling los:
yet. in my gratitude for my escape frotn tli
merciless savages, I would have been utfc
ly willing to have made greater sacrifice;
I was well nrovided?hv manna nf nvn
nnd ammunition taken from the six lnd
ans?in caso of a ficcond attack, but th
fortunately, proved to be ray last advontui
with the savages. Not one of the ban
had escaped to tell the tale and incite h
brethren to avcnsco the death of his otKi
comrades.
" Ah !" exclaimed the old man, whi
the tears gushed from his eyes at the men
ory of that eventful night, "that was a gl
rious shot?the best [ ever made."
The hero of this adventure lived to s<
the rude wilderness where he had pitclu
his lonely cabin, transformed iuto smilin
fields and peopled by hardy and cuterpr
sing palo faces, among whom his last dnj
were passed in peace and plenty undisturbc
by the presence of his old time foes.
A Superstition.?Tho causes of tli
revolt against tho British power in Ind;
has been n subject of curious and difficu
study. The English find it i* as difHcu
to ascertain those causes is to put dow
tho rebellion. It has transpired that tw
prophcoies or supernatural traditions Ion
VUWUUV IIUIVU|^ UIIU IIUlrlYV |)Upilllt(ill)ll pOW!
to an end of the British swny at this perio
of time.
No matter how peurilo in themsclve
these superstitions have undoubtedly a f?fci
influenco upon the pooplo of llindostai
and will have more and more, ns t). / seei
near being realized. One of these notioi
is that the Koh-i-noor diamond will ov<
be fatal to its possossor?a misfortune hi
attended its courao hitherto. The oth<
tradition is thnt the Britkrfi should rue i
India fur a hundred years and no moro.Tho
Koh-i-uoor i? in the cornet of Quec
Victoria, and the Btitiah power was eatal
lished in 1757.
j Maxims'?Jitter die,an old maid, tha
I luavry a drunkard. Great passions ne?r
j warily expose their possessor to great sacr
i fices. Most won employ their first year
AO ns to snake theirla?t miserable, lie w]i
follows) in the footsteps of nnothor, will n
w.iya remain behind. JJravo actions ai
the substance of llfo, and good sayings th
ornament of iW" Tho trials pf life are tli
traits U&fArkaixn KaW
? M>v>. jr/vi MV?I airuuil IUUI
is in us. Thfcte arc reproaches which
praise, and praiAe whi'jh givo roproacha
ft is easier to roprovo a thousand .sirw i
others, than to mortify one in oiirBofeef?
It \a aiwft/H v&xy for a man to bo conside
ntc, when the consideration H it pccuniar
Jliv- M ^ n ,
Un.WV, n^tioDH ijljo tli?! Huhstftnco oifjift
nrvil gooiJ ^'uig.s tjjcroruauichi of to.
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(1 Marnaga.
^ But happy ">ey ! Iho happiest of their kind ! t
0 Whom gentle stars unity, and in qjiq futo ' l
Their hearts, (heir fortunes, * their beings blend. t
0 "Cia not the courser tie of Imiiinii laws,
s" Unnatural oft and foreign to the mind,
1 That binds. them Hrtn, but harmony itself,
(J Attuning (>11 their passions into lovo. t
i <\m -?v-?- --- - -
v .. vuuoiifii >11 u.voim uer huiiusi poiVCfi t
Perfect eJtoPin enliven oil by desiro
Iuoffablo.'tuul sympathy of ?oul;
Thought meeting thought, a will preventing will, 1
>f With boundless eonfiilonco: fov nought but lovo '
u Can answer love, ami vomlor bliss secure." f
Bill Wilson and tho Ghost.
t- 11Y MAJ. JOSKl'II JONK8. 1
>? 'Bout two yeuvs ago, the people in Pino- '
d ville was almost 'lnrmcd out of ther senses
? by a ghost what made its appearance every h
> night in the graveyard. The niggers peed 1
it fust, and they told sich terrible tides 1
about it that the wimmin jind children was 1
(1 'fraid to go to bed in the dark for a month,
i and you couldn't git a nigger to go outside
- the door after dark not for all (Icorgy. It
c made a monstrous talk for more'n ten miles 1
round the settlement, and everybody was 1
anxious to find out whoso ghost it was, and ,
g| ivlinf if 111,1 At- "V?r_ll ?I i I J
?uuw>u. vn< iui. n um.ur, wnai
^ hail boon cheatcd out of all his property by *
y- a lawyer, hadn't been (led a great while, .
and ho was a monstrous curious old chap
any ho\Y, the general opinion was that the
n old man had come back for something.
11 Sammy 8toncstrcet seed it, and Bob 1
0 Morojanu seed it, and old Miss Curtiss seed f
0 it when she was cummin to town to her :
daughter Nancy,the night she had her baby,
r" and they all gave the same account tlic nig0
gers did, bout its b'cin dressed in white and ]
talkin to itself and walkin abont among tho t
it i?-v- **?1 1 *
. wvui aiuutc. jjimi iuuruinuuHca no nenrci I
111 it sneeze two or three times, just as natu- (
ral as auy human, and ery ever so pitiful. (
's A good ninny of the boys sed they was j
v- gwinc to watch for it some night and speak |
li to it; but suniliow ther hearts always fail- ,
'<* cd 'em bout dark, and nobody didn't go.
5C One day Bill Wilson cum to town, and
h was bout half corned down to Mr. Harly's J
store, when they got to banterin hiiu bout {
n il 1 1
* tllC UI1UM,
't- "Ding'd if t ilon'fc rco who it is," scz.
Bill; "J ain't afraid of no gliost that ever !
wn iccdo' nights."
!h Vith that KOiiio of 'em offered <o bet him (
~~ five dollars that lie danent go inside of the ,
it tiravevard alone, after dark.
'<1 "i/un," 8G!A Bill, "plank Tip ycv money.
cs Uut I'm to go jest ns I've a mind to !"
ie "Yes," sez the boys. i
iy "Aud shoot the ghost if I sec it?" se/. i
he. i
"To 1)0 sure."
"And I'm to have a l>ottle of old. Jiunnal
ky to koep me company V j
ro "Yes," sea all of 'em.
l> ".A greed,", soz Bill. "Put up the stakes
o* in Mr. llarly's hand.'' i
1- The money was staked and the bisncss i
10 nil fixed in no time.
Q- "Now," sez Bill, "give me a pair of pis30
tols and lot mo load 'cm myself, and I'll
>1' ; show you whether I'm afraid of ghosts." \
10 I Captain Skinner's big horse pistols was 1
'd j hoiit for, and I>ill loaded one of 'em up to '
is- tiio muzzle, and after gitting a bottle of
" linker in his pocket, and tukin two or tlirce |
more horns, to risise his courage, he waited i
d til it was dark. Every body in town was f
If wide awake to see now the thing would turn i
V- out, ami some of the wiminin was moustrous |
't eoimrncd for J Jill, for fear he'd git carried ]
s> off by the ghost shore enuff. i
J est about dark Bill set out for the grave <
r* yard, with a whole heap of fellers, who wont
3- to hoc him to the gate.
IK "Look out now, Bill?you know ghosts '
i- is monstrous dangerous things," sed the '
IH boys, us (hey was about leavin bin).
:o "Never you mind," sez Bill. "But re- '
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iuuiuuui, J. Ill IU rtliuui??? 1
' s " Y es," sex all of'em. :
2r Bill inarched into the middle of the grave '
yard, singin "Shiny Night" as loiid as he ?
'e could, but monstrous out of tunc, and tuck
- a seat on one of the gravo stones. ,
The grave yard in Pinovillo stands on the ]
side of a hill bout a quarter of a mile from
:e town. Tho fence is a monstrous high postal
nnd-rnil fir-nun. nml f.V>n ic ?? Kir. i
g one, cxtendm a good ways down the holler <
l* on tother side, w'nar ther is a pino thicket
i'a of bout an aerc whar ther pint no graves. j
d Tho night was pretty dark, and Hill thot' j
it was very cold ; so he krp takin drinks (
iC every now and then to keep himself warm, j
and singin all the songs and sam tunes he ,
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jj nuun .? hj UWIIKU. DOinClllUCO 110
l't thought ho heard something, and then his
hair would sort o' craw] up, and ho would
grab hold of his pistol, what he held cocked
in his lap, but it was so dark ho couldn't
^ sec nothin ten steps ofl". Two or three j
(j times he felt Hkobnukin out, but he know'd f
that wouldn't ncvor do ; so he'd take anoth- t
s cr drink and strike up another tune.? <
^ Jiimeby lie got ho sleepy that he couldn't 3
1 toll whether he was singin "Lucy Neal" or i
J "TI10 Promised Land," and biinchy lie only 1
sung a word hero and tbar, thout beiu very
>r pertickelcr what song it belonged to,
'lH lie was so bonuoablc sleepy and eomcd 1
,r together, that he couldn't keep awake, and ]
in spito of his tears he began to nou a little.
" Juat then something sneezed ! '
n ''Ugh 1" scss Bill, "what's that?"
} But he Roon cum to the conclusion that 1
he must boon sneezing in his sloop, and ftf- '
ter sein that his pistol was safo and tnkln
ii anofchet dvinlr, ho was soon in tho land of i
s. Nod agin. >
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i. uout uuk nine oiu jnr. .jonKiiiB pang or
gotoH cum out of tho thicket, whar they had
!0 cum thru tho gap in tho fence, and with
L old fjollshn/.pr in tho lend, cum suicllin bout '
c what" Bill was watohing for tho ghoat.
e Old Bcllshnter Sh one of thooudaoionseat
l0 old rrifwilft to' but in nil Ooor<ry, and ?eln
y, Bill S6lin thnr nil (done by himself, he goes *
c up and sihclla at him. Bill nodded to him !
in bin fdftdp. Old Bellnhnzer h topped back '
n a littlo wflvH. nml Bill ft mi 11)
- old feller tuck it for a banter .shoro otniflT, *,
r- anil bnck he wont a few stops, and rahin ?p '
y on h?H him? Iftgs a little ho tuck doliUorato |
tim, ami epang ho. tuck Jttll ri^ht botwe?n j
vjvn, IMM4 uuu 114.-5 pjruoi 4JIJIII (
s> J off nt the >?utie time,
?4 Bang goe* the jtif'tul, rwrin ,ont 6a Ui*1
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ifcill night air like n young live-pounder, so
(very body heard it, and the next ininit you
night have hoarn Bill holler murder t iuurler
! Lord prenarvo me ! for more'n niuilo.
The whole town \yas out of be'I .11 a miiit,
aud everybody that could go v/ab out to
he grave-yard as quick as they could git
har.
Thar was Bill Wilson, lay in sprawled out.
tit tho ground, with his nose nocked as flat
is n pancake, nnd both his eyes bunged up
io ho couldn't toll daylight from dark.
The gotcs was scared as bud as he v/as at
lie pistol, and was gone fore lie fairly touchid
the ground; nnd Hob Morclnnd and
Pom Stallins, what had gone out tlmr to
'care Bill, and had seed his encounter with
ild Hellslnr/er. wn? Rlanilih V>ir 1
ip in thor white sheets, laughiu like tlioy
vould bust their sides.
Hill swovo that he was wide awake, ami
,hat when the ghost cum up to him, ho
uck a fair crack at it, when all at onoo he
vas struck with a clap of thunder and lightlin.
Bob Movelnnd tried to explain it to him.
But it was all of no use. He sworo the
^hoflt was six foot high, and that ho seed
he lightnin jest as plain as he ever seed
ightnin in his life.
Bill claimcd the stakes, and everybody
icd ho ought to have the money. But you
nny depend lie wouldn't have sicli another
. jhost light for all the nionoy in (Jeorgy.?
I'lie fence was never mended wliar it was
n'oke in that grave-yard .sense.
An evnhnnfrf. in snnnlfinn i\f
. f> V. v,?? U.US.511.
;inds of money, g'ves the following definiions:
Acri-muiiy, defiles tlio human
jreast; Ilnr-mowy, soothes the soul to rest;
3erc-moni/, words to men nddresscd ; Tes:ievidenco
to attest; 1'atri-wioH^
nhcritancc bequest; Matri-moHy, ft state
:o make you blest; Ready-Hlo/try, what
nany love best.
A YANKKF. who had just conic from
[ 'lorenco, being asked what he had seen
tnd admired, and whether he was not in
raptures witn tno statue of Venus, replied,
" Well, to tell the truth, I don't care much
lbout these stono gals."
TlIE question asked by a hospital physician
was : " How many deaths"Nine !"
" Why, I ordered medieino for ten."?
u Yes ; but one wouldn't take it."
TlIE rrrnot i-o.?rt Imlmnn.. ?
...... tuvv uvam lii ix iii^ni uiiirt;
iud a clothes horse came oft* last week. 'l'ho
mail who entered the marc wasn't wide
awake, ho the horse took the prize.
Sophistry is like a window curtain?it
pleases as an ornament; hut its use is to
keep out the lijrht.
Modern tables are like Quaker preachers?they
only eonununieato when thespir
ii moves mom.
In ancient days, the celebrated precept
was: " Know thyself." In modern times,
it has been supplanted by the far more fnshionablo
maxim : " Know thy neighbor, and !
ivcrytliiug about llJM.''
Unsophisticated ?oy ; " Mnuima, papa
is getting very rich, isn't ho?" Mamma:
"I don't know ; why child?" Unsophisticated
boy : " 'Cause ho. gives me so
much money. Almost every morning, ufl.cr
breakfast, when Sally is sweeping the
parlor, he gives me a sixpence to go out,
md play." Sally received a short notice
:o quit.
11 ^Ir? }'cs> '^oc? my lather is inn old mar
ncr, a regular salt." " Why, I nover
iiicw that. What scrvico was lie in ?"?
'The whaling service. He goes cruising
iround all night, and, in the morning, when
ic comcH home, he goes a whaling the
,thole family, from the old 'onion down,
uid boxes the compass around the hired
jirl'fl cara."
In order to live justly, and be respected,
arc must refrain from doing that which wo
alamo in others.
The sight of a drunkard i? a better sernou
against the vice, than the bewt that
>ver was preached upon it.
"You and I are much alike," paid tho
jeggar to the banker. " How ho V "Wo
)oth contrivo to live on tho labors of othn'8."
u But I carry on a lawful businosfi
or a living," said the banker. " So do
r" i T * *
i, wiu I'lio ijt^gur. 1)111/ llicro 18 CMS
lifForencc : " I get the property of others
with their conscnt?you get their property
vithout their eonsout."
A ci.kroyman, who wa? consoling a
rouug widow on the (loath of her husband,
Roko in a vory serious tone, remarking
at he was "ono of the few. Such a jowil
of a Christian?you cannot find his equal,
row woll know." To which the sobbing
'air orre vcpliod, with nil almost broken
icart: " I'll hot I will!"
A i.ADY, wishing the serviocs of n dyer,
vm referred to on excellent workman, who
,ym something of a wug >u iiiw lino. The
ady called, and asked : " Arc you the dyng
man?" "No. ina'tin : I'm a llvin?
, - "" r- n- nan?but
I'll dye for yon J" promptly replied
tho man of many colors, putting tlio
Mttphasis whore it was nooded.
A sjtCKKT has boon admirably defined,
is "anything made known to everybody in
i whisper."
called out a oattlo drover
,v ? jinoaui -ah VIL*' l V4Uj 7' WOII D yOll WtOJ)
Jnt ox 1" " 1 haven't got rmy atopper,
nr." "Well, won?t yon Jwwl him ir'??
He hna fthwul already." " Well, won^t
you turn hln. V *' Ui't Ws right *i<if
mf, )u,w." " Well, then, won't yo" speak
\p him?" "Certainly, eir. Good mornii^Mr.
Ox!"
' r"~T
A i>KT>v<Kn palling on.An old lady to Uji?-.
p0R0 of some goods, inquired of hhf if sho
iould toll him of wiy roatl on which no j.cder
had travel* '1. 1 Y<*k," paid k1m>, " I
of or,o, nrnl the only one, imd tfcisw'p
,ho foad to.heaven." fJ 1'
fJ oV E1?N fclfcJO T f* tliift jffi
V a* "*'
. *';? '.V,. _ -.'V .
NEW coons AT WAL1IALLA
rpjlf'i subscriber has just returned fron
1 Charleston with rt selected Stock of Kul
and AVintorGooils^onsistinfcofDUy (JOODS
such us Caliw, Ginghams, Muslin (JeLains
&o., of tho nowost ivau most fashionable put
terns; for gentlemen, Coats, Vests, am
l'unts, &c. Also,
Cil'OCCl'lCN.
CunsixtinjjC of Coffeo, Sugar, Molasses, Pop
per, Indigo, Allspice, Nutmeg, ?oj>
A Nice Lot of SHOES and HOOTS, both fo
Ladies and Ountlnnmi'a Wciin
Hardwaro & Cutlery,
Sneh as Knives and Forki?, Pocket Knives
Razors and Strop, Onus, Pistols, Caps, Powder,
Shot, Lead, Frying Pans, Spiders, Ovcni
and Pots.
SADDLES, BRIDLES, WHIPS, Ac.
A Fine Assortment of Candy.
Ladies and Gentlemen give me a cull, as
have plenty GOODS of every kind and des
cription ; Uhotip for CAS1I.
1 ? tr Ac<ntn\??\/MiTin
ii. wtVi.Miuiu'i1.
Pet. IS, ISftT 1-i I in
Final Settloment.
4 TjL persona interested will take notici
JTL tljat a final settlement of the Kstateo
Thomas 11. Oasawav, dcci?ft*ccL will he nmdi
lie fore tli o Ordinary. at I'iekens C. II., 61
Monday tho 11th day of January next.?
Those indebted tftsaid Kstate must make pay
ment, and those liaving demands will rende
tnom jm, lcgmiv nttcptod, i>v Hint timft.
J AS. J). GASAWAY, Atlin'r.
Oct. ft, 1857 _ in 3ni
LUMBER! LUMBER!
'Pill? undersigned are now prepnred to fill or
L dors lor LlXMllKll of all kind*, at tlieir Mil
on Oconeo Creek, seven miles north-east of Wnl
halla. Lumber will be delivered if it is desire<
by the purchaser. Our terms will ho mndoac
coinmoduling, and we respectfully Solicit the pa
tronngo of tlie public. J AMISS GKOIUJK,
M. F. MITCH BfJ?
Fob. M). 1K">7 :?l J. N. LAWHBXCK.
IV OTIC 12.
A PPLIC ATIOX will be mrulc to tl.o Leg.s
-iV hituro of South Cnrolum, ut its next bos
sion, for an not to inconornte the Pickens C
H. Church. f?nj?t, f>, 1P57.
I\ OTMJBi
Application ?iii bo made to the i.ogisin
turc. nt. ilrt next session, for a renewal c
tho net incorporating the village of Pickens
with amendments to tlie s.vne.
August 22. I HAT 6 3m
NOJUCI2.
4 FINAL settlement or the Bfitalo of C'. D
i\ Keith, deceased, will bo mndo before tli
OvdinaVy, nt Pickens C. II., on the first Satur
day in January nest. All pvrsOns indebted I
said estate oiU?t conic forward and pay Up, an
those having demands will vender them iu legal
ly attested by that time.
MATTJIKW KRITII, Adm'r:
August 2t>, 1?">7 7 8m
GUN & BLASTING POWDER
MY POWDER MILL lioinp now in nct.iv
operation, Cii it n an?l 111 a n 11 m |
I'OW dcr can bo fui-nialied to dealers am
others nt low rates. All ordora addressed ti
1). HiumANN, Wallialla, will l?e attended to.
JOHN A. WAGEXER.
wopt. ?/>, ;^o lg <r
i'inal Estato Notico.
|)UlJEi ' NOTICE ia licrcliy given to al
J- parties interested, that it final settlcme.n
of the Kstute of Alloa Robinson, doccnnctl
will be made bofoie the Ordinary, at JPieken
O. 1'., on Monday tlieTth day of Dpeemb?
next. After that time I will not bo held ri
sponsible for interest.
ALVA (jfltFFIX. Adin'r.
Nept. fi, 1R57 8 " Sin
Administrator's Notice.
rKllSONS indebted to tlio Kstntc of Bcli
j.".min Clnvcluml, derenped, nre reqnos
ted to pay, find thoso ltn% in?; demands ugnim
pnicl K.stuto to nrcfont tliem locally attested
,J K ltKM I All CLKV ELA N1 >,
Oct. 31, 1*57 2 Adni*
T%I dh'B' t *
? V H"4
VLL persons indebted in nnywiKO to t>i
Estato of John Knox, deooa?cd, wil
make payment forthwith, mid those huvln
demands against fcuid Estate will prescu
thom legally Attested.
v. o'kkllv, ) .,
MltES KNOX, }AU,n,pOct.
22. . lr? _4
Estato Notice.
AFIXAIj Sfettl^mcnt ot' the Estate o
Jlaniol I.ooper, deceased, will bo mail
i~ rv..i: i t>;?: /. ?
MV I'M \1 \ ???j viuifiUl \( ill I U^CIIN v. Jl., O
Friday fnq 2ftth day of January Al
Iio.rsonK indebted to mild K.stato must coin
toward ami j)?y up, and tliopo having di
nuinda will render thcnv it? legally utte?te
liy that timo.
JtittKMIAll THAI NUM. Adm'r.
Oct. 10, 1857 15 3m
TO CREDITORS^
N OTICK ia hereby divert to tho uulgtnari
?>r .1 fiHmi* I#????^? v:?.. -1
, ,v? VMIV, wivxuivta ?U million III
ceuBO 1, that thev muflt oatuhltMh their rof>)<c<
tivo doniniijlk before us, on or before Moiirln
the 7th <lny of December next; orthorwin<
thoy will be barred.
K. IV KKITir, Kx'tvix.
J>. IU. KK1T1I, > n ,
T.J. KKITH, j J'x,,r8Soyt.fi.
1R57 8 r,m
" NOTICE.
VI>L persons having demands ngninut tli
Katato of SUriiort BtoVrivrt, "Kaq., Into c
I'iokcjiH diHtriut, decorwod, aro reiiuosted t
hand them in. legally utfoxtod'; and, thripo ii
dobtcd to fl(ud llstatc, munt muko iumiediat
payment to tho underlie nod.
T. U. WlfeE, Adin'r.
_Oc*. If. _ 4'
rtfJK
( UIIN'KSK SUUAU CANK HERD. at 2
V J *,onta per piut. Apply at Mitoholl'n 1I(
tel. or tii 8, 11, McFALI/.
Oct. 20, M7 10 2
IiOOK OUT!
Sk B. W. DROWN nva JU8T RKCKIVINi
1,000 ?t\c,U? of ftalt hi 8camlvf<9 bog)
Urge lot ot ttHOCUUfllKK of atl kindi
VII S\t !</?! l14.ftV.o ) >or. L 11a t- A. #. _
t r,KOW,, yyuvvf I?U?f tvr., (X^l^nn
fully ?ol?cte(i fof?hc'K?ll Trafio. ' , *
<T- . ?AI,SO
&06tt ltm. TSacOo SMa?, .r>0 coil? Hope, 10 <>atc
ftnfff;ing; JVoatlidT anil IlucHot fJtroganH, Icar
inx In lltmtwarc, B?6y#P?, fit.
('*11 nt ll.c oM ***??<?, al ANHKU-SON COrn
llOL'SB, H. fi.nl we'll (In wlnifo n'nliJ '
S. .V K. W. liKOWX.
(?..*< OA : ''-tdflA ***'
I 1 I tt
LOTS FOB SALEV ^
pRnSON'S dprftVMiV of {.nwiftPino- LOTH I
JLTUK TOWN OV WABltAU^Sinr fcjh
thqnl oil the usqrtl orin-Ufiojw. A fmly to
Mf' >Ks'i II. OHTBNDORPt-V AfltfftJ
K?t. - ; SO
? 4 rA ?.
% i , ; #.
I t *
TO FAUMKliS AM) HUTCHKRS !
KNOW nil men by tliefc prenents, that i. I..
N. SMITH, wri now giving the jngm^t
1 price for UHUKN ANL> 1>UY 1IIDKS ever bc
foro offered in tills country, iipmoly:
> Hides', Green, from to 7? cents per pouiUlv
do. Drjii " 10 to 12$ ' " ">
I Dring your IHdea to nic jtifit ns soon n? 3*011
get them off the benrit, and it will be better tW .
us All. J. I-. N. SMITH.
Jftn. 2ft, 18f>7 29 Jv
- -7? - ,.-i
* ,?% rt-^j ? ?. ?Tff - is I'r'if ? \a'" I
Pendleton Rail Road Company.
'"PUB ElfcvjMh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, .Jfanr1
1 tcutith, mul Fifteenth InstnUncuts of ONB
fl DOI.I.AH each on the Stock of the rcmllcUm
Hitilrontl Company will ho payable n* follows :
I-'lcvcnth Instalment on the l?t of August, 185/
Twelfth . " *| " October^, jfrV . ^*?
> i iiirivenui " *" J'cccniocr "
Fouvtecnth " " " Feb'.y, 1859
fifteenth " " 14 ' April 4*
If. I?.'(I.MU,ARl),
See. nmlTrcng. I'cncHctvu it 0?*
VciKlIrton, M.i.v 25, 1857 0 (<1
OR. Z. W. GREEN .
.. At'FKllH Ms Professional servtcO* to I lie ciliv
7.o?iH of i'lolioni) District, In tho prnotioc of
1 Modicino in it* various In-imeJics. lie would
1 nay tliut lie Iiiih nn exporicncc of ton year's in
* lirnclWo. Office in lit.* Slnvp. r Aiinl 14 I Mfi7
WINDOW SASH.ES
OF nil kiwls'imunifhrtiiriMl I'V.V.ij^cy & Dnvi>,
sujirrior for 'thoir- oxac.tj^HHiil <lurnhilitv,
and -nltonfly painted nitit j^JazPtl,
with tfio host Amorirnn ami J'fcftfh;^Tjfp(lyxv
(ila.iH, Always on ham! at WrtlUntirt. mul
j for ?<nle low by JOHN KK(j?>K.
Pill Ztno ana Amnricnn ?
which tlio hiirhcsl ]ni-n\ium :i\vnr<l> (l ;tf.
tho World'* I'.'iir, \. Y. Sale A;c?'i>ts for
South Carnlinn. Cai'inalt & '
lcstou. For sale nt Wnlhallivb'y
H li*l?OW ?I,AitS} .
- Rat nnd Boiled Llnneod OH, Sj?irtj^:Tl'uf'rtcn^
. tino, Putty, all kiu<l 1
ho ground iu Oil; Ohio, I'aiiif Spnjjmc?^ ftiul.'
nil nrticleH in thin line. Fffir'hftlo. nt tholow-'V
oftt licuro for cash, by
JOHN K Ub'Sl-.
i - Fob. 13, 1857 31 tf
JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER.
JEAN BtK. FISC111 KSy Kit,
Wullinlla, 8. C.,
nAS Junt now returned from New York with
fi largo and beautiful assortment of
WATCHrs, JEWKLliy,
(j (Both flOLD and BiliVKKj flocks, Mnifc Boxes.
Combs, Brushes, Fnncjr Articles, l'crfumery,
Soaps, Gold Pens, etc.; nil of which lias boon
bought for ('ASH, nnd which he offers for salo
on the most accommodating terms.
B6T He also HF.1\YIRS WATCIIKS and oth,,
or articles in his line, and solicits the patronage
of tho public, llis sidltd is near tho public
' sqnnVo, at Walhulln, S.
* Doc. 15, 1H60 _ tf *
l) \V. K. KASI.KV. ISAAC WICKMKFK.
EASLEY & WICKLIFFE,
Attorney* at Law,
v\f ir.r. nttend jinnuiiiMly to nil linemen* cn1
T truHlcd to their euro in tfic I>istricti?
1 comprising llio Western Circuit,
t OFFICE AT PICKENS C. II., S. C.
Sojit. '2'*). ) A tf
r i\5)T8 F.
4 I,T, norKnim iiwf?dit?>d tn < 1?r? T'^tnfn >f
J\. J >)m Couch, Into t?f PickonH district,
deoWscd, are hcrohy notified that they inuKt
nisike payment; and, those h'aVhifc domnnda
ftgniunt xVid cstato, will present them to ub
legally atte?tcd.
i- MAtlY A. COUCH, ) Adm'x, >'
i- KOIi'T. COUCH. j Adin'r.
it .Sept. 20. 18'.7 JI {flu
L STATK OF SOUTH CAItOMXA.
PIL'KKJfH HI.MT-?I.N THE COl'BT OF COMMON I'l.KAfl'.
Jolflpi J. $frlth, 1 Foreign Attachmcn\.
t? > llotyls, HbitUoo & rullinm
(? Anson Unn^a k ({o. ) , Att'yx.
[l' y V HURRAS, tlie plaintiff did. on the ltilh
I T 'diiy of May, file bin declaration
^ against the defendant*, who fas it in mvid^ are absent
tVoni and without the Hmita of ibis tjtalo,
and hftvenoithor wife nor attorney known with!
in Ihn tffimfi nr.Avi u-Kaai ? j? /*???. 11
... .i.V0i**?v M|'<ru II V'PJ mo Piliu uui;titration
might bo served; ll is oTdproti, tlicn-foro,
that the H?i<l defendants do nppcnv Mint
pleod to the mgtf dechirntiou on or bot'ovo tlio
- tlthilay rtf May, otherwise flrinl atidnlHolufXi-jticliinicnt
will then be given and award0
cd i them.
!| J. V. llAGOOp, c.r.r.
'' HorVa offloo, May JO, 1M7 Jyq;
State of Eolith ai'oliiia,
fl PICKF.NS PftfTKH'T?CITATION.
Airin'RH\s? u r. MMvw/urf... i i *i#?ivi.-.?4?*
. ?- vk.. m", ivwhuwm nunvr
IT have fipvl'ieil to me 1'ov )ottcr? of ndmiuistration
on till and Singular the goo<la and elml
tcls.rlghtxnml orcdittbolonglngto J. MeWhorte*
Sr.,Inta of the dinti'iot fljyl rftato Aforesaid,'dee'rts
t the kindred ?nd creditors of wtfel deooimed ?ru,
v therefore, eited to afmoar before mo in the ()r..
dlnnry'? office, nt FlejkonB<.\ H., on Monday the
v 23d day of November hist., to show ettnsc If {ins
; they can* why said letters should not be gran'
tod. Given under my Imnd unfl neql of Gf&fipi
tha.iJdduy ot November, |H">7, ' 1 ??Ji&i>
\Y. .1. I'ARSONB. oJjj&k
Stale of South
I'U'KKNH 1HHTIU0T?CITATION. ' sSW
~ W'HKUKAS, Oiiicy Itochoator nml H. 11. W- _
IT Fall huvo o.ppl?o?J to ino for letter* o? *({?
* ministration onoll and. nlhjsulrtf tho Kood* and ? ^
?f chattels, right* imjVcrcUt* bolonf:ing to Mohp*
u laa Koch trior. We of tho district ??*?<? Htato * j
i- aforosald dGdcanorfi the kindred nnd cr<MUor? - J
o of mid dveoaxed mp. therefore, cited to Append '
P, MKivi-u. nit) in ipc A'vuinuvy miic<\ nt ^1
C. If.. OJ) Monday tile '2M dny c/f. Novointw f|
to #h(>\T oftuno, it'nny they c?n, wliy snkl
- lotto* nUm ?'"? (fhtt under <ny
hand and seul of 6flW, tho'Jd dftV of November-, . I
5 ijj67. V-'. J. VAUSONB, o.i- r.. *
h stMc on' Ho nth CaroHnn,
HCKItKH lHHlBtOT?(tITATfOS.
- WTHKUBAH. miimCftrvtfr. bfsth ??? ?
1Y for lottoro of ndinlnUlrftlion oa all nrid atari
uulinv tho good# (ind ulriUoli, righto ?nd credit*
, l^lougloK 'o, Abnun. Afjlc*, h?W of ibf, IP,
l( trlct arid K???o nfovednjd, decenocd: the kfndif?r^^_
ii?<l creditors of Mid nrc, therefore, d*
led to uppenr bvfofo n.o i?i tho drdiimry*? ofVto^,
at riokonsC. J!., op Mvnduy the 2J$d d?v af
NoyaifiWpr in-"t-, U, r?RKO }f any th?* ram
p Why Mtew.slioytd notl^jjmptod. j&vcn J
under my hnnd ittfd -<o<d of dfficc, tho Ud dny
up Uf November, IjfoT, . V t
J:-.. W. J. P VltHOS'8, o.v.fi:
fS hM-el.y ftivcn lb.;, uj>i>U<;nUon wHI'WminJo
L 10 ilie I.ftffisluiuro. US' tl* nc*t r-vsioii, ?
' ( jcfidne? Ulc lmjfrUc v^rt'J, U-in inK SnSnJTv
K nwr M?% A\u: JF**\ iJMfc IS
'i. R^nmr-1 Kri.-.-. i? ' 'v ' ' ' ""'' i ;i
pnh\totoaA rtt, o* tieftv inc. Wane Ik Wjond *fttd
ww ?v?!f. ? , .J*i
x i..i<?rk tcsjr - h HiH
g ?- ? ?-?y iou? ?u mn
' _ J*