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?s? I S GE L Xu A IST r ~Tho Fatal Shot. Among tho m?uy fair castle homes of Eng. land thoro could bo tiono fairor or moro state-, ly than Coran Castle, Suffolk. Tlioro lived Squire Coron, a fino Fpcoimon of tho olden soliool-stern, rugged and unbending ns ono of his own oaks, yet, withal, genial and kind ly. Tho meanest peasant on his estate walk ed brisker when ho saw thc squire, and smiled for fivo jhiuutcs after hearing his merry ?'Fino morning; first-rate weather I" Nearly forty years had passed sinco tho ?quire laid his fair girl-wifo in tho vault of tho Corans-nearly twenty since ho had bu ried by her side the ono son of their short wcdlook. Yet Covan Castlo was not desolate. Tho " heir," though ho had died young, had lived long enough to leave a widow and two orphan babes to his father's caro. Tho or phans ivoro not grown up. and the names of Hugh and Emma resounded through thc cas tle, shoutod in tho full, choory voice of tho ?hearty-old mkn. Dearly did he lovo them loth * but Hugh wis somowhat wild ano way. ward and would sometimes thoughtlessly thwart his grand-sires imperious will. Ono Abro subjooi over lay between them. Tho old squire was a giant in stature and strength; ?J?B youth had been signalized by feats ' of iprowcss and daring, of whioh ho never wea ried to boast. Hugh Coron, on thc contrary, had small tristes for field sports, and, being ?mall and delicate in frame, constantly took to himself J lps grand-father's , careless scoffs -about ** lady-men" and "degeneracy." Not half a mile from Coran Castle was n lojgo traot of heath and moorland, vory wild und lonely, and at that timo infested with highwaymen. It Was necessary to cross this district to rench thc neighboring villogo of Wrottol. One doy, in tho winter timo, Hugh Coran had occasion to go to this village. Ho -did ?ot return when expected, nu \ dinner was served without him. Just as it \ n\s over, ho oamo ia, excusing his tardiness by saying that suspicious characters had been seen on the moor, and, therefore, he had waited for .companions on his homeward journey. Iii? mother was about to commend what to her ?corned but prudenco, when thc squiro broke into a storm of invectivo at Ilugh'p "cowar dicr\" When had he feared any mortal man -l<;ast of nil, a mid-night robber? Thc moorland offered no shelter for n band of high waymen, and ho took shame that one of his race dreaded encounter with any single foe. Old as he WOB, he would ride over Corar. Mooro alone at mid night; and no hand shoulc -harm him or touch his puvse. Ho blushec -yes, that was tho stinging word-for th< last of tho Corana ? of Coron. In vain did Hugh answer gently that lu did not think his courage would fail if pu usefully to thc proof, that he owned ho hn< .but little of tho rcoklcss daring of the ancien 'Coraos j but still he thought-ho modcstl; said ho thought, for tho youth wos no brag ,gart-that ho would risk his own lifo to sav another's. But tho squire's last words wor too much- His blue cycB flashed, he thrc* down his knife, left his dinner unfinished . and his mother and sister in tears. He did not show himself all that evening Late at night a messenger come from Wrot tel, bearing tidings of .thc sudden and dat gerous illness of an old friend ol' the squire'i The man'who brought tho letter went o with another to n more distant neighbor. U J shall go at once," said tho squiro t Emms and her mother. " I must see hit again in lifo." "Then Rogers will attend you ?" suggestc the widow, timidly. t( No; Latymer Coran was no court popii jay, who could not take caro of himself; I was not afraid of thc dark ; cowards were ui known in his youug days." Squiro Coran went to his room to propa for his journey. Boasting never strengthci .ono's own courage, and ho took great oare th Slut pisto' ??a in good order. At anoth time, notwithstanding tho reality of the da ger, he would not have taken the pistol ; b .now ho loaded it with deadly precision, si /laid it oarefully in his groat-ooat pooket. Emma ran to call her brother to say goo Vbye, but she found his door looked, and cou *,get no answer. " Lot him alone,,' said her grand-fathe u let him alono ; example is better than pr <oopt," qnd so ho rodo away. 'Thero was only a cloudy moon; but tl stouthearted travolcr know his road, and w as little likely to miss his way on thc moor Is a stroot Arab to lose himself in London. His^thoughts went boforo him to his dyli friend, and. his indignation with Hugh slo fly faded from his.mimi, wheu, just as a oloi obscured tho moon, ho heard tho snort of spurred horse, a shadow foll on his path, .hand suddenly oought his bridlo, and a pisi ?ras pointed at his hond. " Your money or your lifo !" "The words wore spoken quickly, in a d guised but. agitated volco. Thoro was ji light enough to seo tho highwayman wai .sliglvtbuilt man, of no apparont physical for< yet the squiro remembered his vain boast ho foll how completely ho was in tho str pHog> powor.-. Thorp was a moment's lenoe.''Tho equiro's hand was in his gn cont pooket. Bid tho robber think lui y . getting his purso? Bid tho squiro know was se?rohing for his pistol Tho highwayman spoko again in tho SAI strange voioe, whioh sccmod full of stnoth cd passion or grief-" I Unheard you wot nevor yiold to o singlo I?I??. Tbosquir blood boiled nt tho impliod taunt, but yot ! pistol wi)S torribly near his nond, and ho i ;^~,rr^r?' ??, .mm mamiiiu III nii?nut ^ . . .. *.? . that in .suoh neither strength nor courage can * "Nor would I.yield to you/' he said-he kner not1 what prompted him-" not to ^rou alono; But to that^ other follow looking over your shoulder," Tho robber started shud deriogly, and turned. Swift as lighting the squire aimed his own pistol, and fired." For a moment, tho moorland scorned illu mined ; out of tho fiendish brightness carno u l?g?^.sharp, grapst girlish shriek. A seo ond more, nil was dark and quiet, and the squire realized ho stood alone io tho dim moon* light, with a dead man at his feet. A stern man was Laty mer Doran of Coran, and he was not to lie brought to a pause on his journey, because ho had chanced to stay a thief. ! Nor was I it tho awo and horror ol bloodshed whioh blanched and flushed hie check os ho rodo on. No, his rigid justice decided that the man desorvod his death, only it was not meet that suoh as he should hat? betrayed an honorable gentleman to deceit. For he know that he had verified hu boast and sated himself-by a lie t . That haunted him as ho stood in the grin chamber of Wrottel Clock house, aud saw th? last of his old friend, the county magistrate Ile despatched np ono to the dead robber time enough for that when ho returned in th morning. Thon he took officers of justice with him and they, rospcoting his .position and tho dc pression in whioh he seemed plunged, walke quietly sido by sido, a little way bohind hi horso. At last they rooohod tho spot whor tho deadly deed had taken plaoo. To thei astonishment a littjc group of people wo? gathered about, and as they drew near thc heard a sound of lamentation, and thc squii saw his own livery servants, ouo of thei holding tho bridle of a riderless horso. Th< turned startled, white faces to him as ho roc up, and were silent, " What is tho mattor ?" he demanded, ir pcriously. " Oh, he oanna bc dead, thc bonnie laddie eobbod an old Scotch groom. "Some ono has shot Mr. Hugh," said tv or three at once. " It must have been a duel," said some or " for thc young master has his own pis with him." Thc squiro pushed his horso through t orowd. On the blood stained heather lay 1 antagonist of tho night before-his o grand son-the baok of his hoad complet shattered, and stains of blood on his fair, h ?8h fuco. Tho steward kook by tho corp disengaging the pistol from tho stiff grasp tho dead. He looked at it with wondon: bewildered oyes, and said-"It has nc becu losdcdj" \ Then tho old squire understood it all understood that his boastful, provoking wo had aggravated Hugh to put his courage tho test, in hope of convincing him thor no trial of bravery between an honest i ond a robber. And tho squiro underst also mat had that unloaded pistol beon w it had seemed, he, tho honorable Coran Coran, had only escaped by a Ho 1 " I did it !" ho said gloomily, and the deferential offioers of justice carno and st at either side of Laty mer Coran, and his i servants fell back in horror and dismay Alas ! for tire twice bereaved woman wai and weeping,and as yet hoping, in tho pi old ensile towers ! Latymcr Conn was spared the ignon of a trial-ho did not even live to hear the coroner's jury returned a verdict of " adventuro." Tho sttut old heart was bro Hugh's funeral was delayed but a single that his grand-father an j ho, " the last ol Corana," might bo buriel together. 1 names, the murderer and th) murdered, written on the tablet. Not a word was of their ancient and honorable lineage, n tho tragedy in whioh both lives olosod their names and thoir ages, tho o>d mat the boy, and the toxt-"Fathers, piovok your children to anger." FAITH ANO WORK.?.-TWO gentV wore one day crossing a river in a ferry A dispute about faith and works arosi saying that good works were of small ii tanoo and that faith was everything ; th or asserting the contrary. Not being a1 omvinoe eaoh other, the ferryman, anon oncd Ch ri stain, asked permission so gi' opinion. Consent Wing granted, said, 'j In my hand two oars. That in my hand I oall faith ; the ot her, in my left, \ Now, gentlemen, ploaso to obsorvo ; I pi oar of faith, aud pull that alono. Sc? boat goes round and round, and mal progress. I do thc same thing with t of work, and with a prcoisoly similar rc no advance Mark 1 I pull both tog wo go on npaco and in a vory few mc wo shall bo at our landing place. So, humble opinion, he addod, 'faith will n fico. Lot there ho both, and tho hayon < nal vost is sure to bo reached.' ? Wo havo beor? pTe?ented, by a friom tho following ?implo mode of comput tcrest. It is worth ro-publioation ; one no doubt, bo of interest to some of ou ors * i Multiply.spy giver, number of do! tho nu m hov of days of Interest require arato tho righi hand figuro, add ul vtfa tho result is the trAe interest for suoh bor of days at si* per oont. This rv simple and ?o tra?, according to all h usage, that ovory hanker, broker, md and clerk should post it up for r?f?rer uso. By no arithmetical process oan i renble information bo obtained with SO ure?. Or multiply by ono sixth of tho nm Hays. Tho interest on $1,000 forthir Worild thud ho* fou od bf^sliijpjy mull Tho English Language. The English language is Ono of the strang cst of spoken tongues. As a specimen of its oddness of pronunciation-for it is tho most difficult in tho world to oorreotly pronounce tako the termination ough, and see tho va riety of its sound in the words-enough, plough, through, cough, rough, dough, &o. Though eaoh of those words terminate in a munncr precisely similar, yet the pronuncia tion of no two of thom is alike ; and similar instances could easily bo multiplied. The shades of difforenoe between words whioh at a first glance would appear to bo sy nonymous, are vory remarkable, and to a for* oiguor must scorn wholly incomprehensible. The following is an apt illustration of this remark, and is, at tho same timo, a very in genious collection of words. A Frenohman, whilo looking at a number of vessels, oxolnimed, "See what a flook of ships 1" Ho wat; told that a flook of ships was called a fleet, but that a fleet of sheep was oaUed a flook. To assist him in master ing ??ur iutrioaoioa of the English language, he was told that a flook of girls was oallod a bovy, that a bevy of wolvos is called a paok, but that a paok of carda is nevor called a bevy, though a pack of thieves is called a gang, and a gang of angels is oallod a host, whilo a host of porpoises is termed a shoal. He was told that a,host of oxen is termed a bord, and a herd of children is called a troop, and a troop of partridges is termed a covey, and a oovey of beauties is called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians is called a bordo, and a hordo of rub bish is called a heap, and a Heap of bullocks is called a drove, and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a mob of whales is called a sohool, and a school of worship is called a congregation, and a congregation of engineers is oallod a corps, and a corps of robbers is called a band, and a band of loousts is oallcd a crowd, and a orowd of gentlefolks is called the elite, The last word being Frenoh, tho scholar understood it and asked no moro. The Cockroach. BY JOSH HILLINGS. Thc cochrooch is a bug nt large. He is ono of the luxuries of civilisation. Ho is easy to domestiknte yielding grace fully to ordinary kindness, and! never desert ing those who show him proper nets of cour tesy. We aro lcd to believe, upon a close cxami tion ov the outward crust of theso fashiona ble insokts, that thoy aro highly successful intermarriage betweon tho burnctto pissmiro and tho 'artikilut bevo,' or common Ameri can grasshopper.' Ho don't IOOYO thc placo ho was horn at upon tho slightest provocation, liko the giddy and vagrant flea, or tho ferocious bcd* bogg ; and until death (or somo vilo power; the invenshun ov man,) knocks at his front door, he and his brothers and sisters may be seen with the naked eye ever and anon calm ly olimbing tho white sugar bowl, or running foot-races between the butter-plates. Tho cockroach is born on the fust ov May and tho fust of November, semi-annually, and is roddy for use in fifteen days from dato. They are born from an ogg-four from eaoh egg-and consequently they aro all of I them twins. There is no such thing in the annals ov nature os a singlo cockroach. The material bug don't sett upon tho egg as tho goose, doth, but leaves thom lio a round loose, liko pint of spilt mustard seed, and don't seem to care a darn whether they get ripo or not. . But I nevor knew a eookroaoh egg fail tow put in appoaraneo. They aro as sure tow hatch out and run as Kanada thistles, or a bod kold. Thc oookroaeh is of two colors, sorrel and black. They are always on tho moyo, and kan trot, I should say on u good track, and a good day, oluss to three minitts. Their food seems to consist not so muoh in what they oat as what they travel, and ofton finding them dead io my soup at the boarding houso, I have cum to the conclusion that a cockroach can't swim, but they oan float. Naturalista hav also declared that the eook roaoh have no double teeth. This is an im portant faokt, and ought to be introduced in* to ?M " * ' 1 * m tu j. ov an at hi an pe ha ori th it lin .M.? , sunshine n/, a hay-field, and. there . aint any more guile in him than thero is in a stick of merlassca candy. It strains a man's philsopho tho wust kind tow lah when ho gits beat. Wi mini u aro like flowers, a little sqneessng makes them the more fragrant. Matones may bo made in hcario, but thu are ginerally sold down here. Mustokbath oharas tu soothe a savage* this may be so, but I would rnthor tri a revol ver on him fust. Mf> M- \ IT IS good to know much, but botter to mako good URO of what wo know. oC;;-, , M rgggn.r;...x ew?B?*, EIGHTEEN TniNOS IN WHICH YuUNO PKUSONH RENDER THBMSELVEH VERY IM POLITE -Reading when others are talking. Catting fingor nails in company. Leaving meeting hoforo it is closed. Whispering in meeting. Gazing at stra?gors. Leaving a stranger without a scat. Want of revcronco for a superior. Reading aloud in company without hoing asked. Keooiving a ptcsont without somo manifes tation of gratitude Making yourself tho topio of conversation. Laughing at the mistakes of others. Correcting oidor persons than yourself, es pecially parents. Commencing to cat as soon as you sit down to tho table j Commence talking hoforo others arc I through. Answering questions whou put to others. And not listening to what ono is saying. THE MORAL EXCHANGE.-Tho latest rc ports from this quarter exhibit thc following summary. We trust that before long tho several ratings will undergo material changes more fuvorablc to general investment. Honor-Scarce. Old stook exhausted and tho now will bo a completo fuiluro. Virtue-Old growth nearly consumed; young growth, prospects very unpromising. Honesty-Nono in market. Patriotism-First quality scarce, and none to bo disposed of. Second quality easily bought on spcoulatiou nt 100 per cent, dis count. Prudence-All in thc hands of old stock holders, and held close. Modesty-Stock baldly damaged. None for salo to street speculators. Yico-Market overstocked. Pride-Market glutted. Politcnuss-Cheap. Holders unwilling to dispose of any at present rates. Scandal-None at wholesale. Dealt in chiefly by hawkers and peddlers at retail. J Religion-None genuine on hand. Stock generally adulterated. Very few invest ments Love-Nono offered, excopt for green backs^ THE COLD SNAP AND THE Caora.-From every portion of our District wc hear of thc sc rioas damage done to tho crops, especially cot ton, by thc lato heavy hail storm and thc cold wind that has followed it. Somo of our far mers toll us that their entire cotton crop is kill led outright, others say that nt least half of theirs has been killed, while the other half is so badly damaged that it will not bc worth any thing. If thc cottou crop fails thia year it ; will be thc heaviest blow that our farmers have felt since tho war, a? a great many of them have spent their entire crop of last year in commercial manures. Wc (sincerely hope it may not bc as bad as represented, but fear it is too true.- Winnsboro News, Iblh. SENATOR SPRAGUI:.-The Washington cor respondent of tho ?'New York World" says : "Sjonntor Sproguc is to make a trip through tho South in tho interests of his new plan. He is not to go to Rhode Island till his return, so his friends say, and meantime tho God dard who is laying for him is to bc conciliated or annihilated. Sproguc's caudidute for An thony's soat is cx-Govoruor James Y. Smith, who wo8 Anthony's competitor when ho was elected* as Spraguc says, by bis (Spraguo's) influence." A CRAZY man, having got into thc gallery of tho Senato of the United States during a rambling debato, was taken out, thc Sergeant nt arms tolling him that ho was "out of place in that gallery." "That's so," said thc lu natio; "I ought to be on thc floor with thc Senators !" To lay off a squaro aoro of land-mcasuro 208 feet 8 J ?nobes for each side of your square, and it will contain just an aoro. At a moderate estima to, tho number of pins manufactured wockly iu Birmingham exceeds 200,000,000. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 0C0NEE COUNTY-IN PROBATE. hn West, Applicant, "1 vs. j Petition to soil Landa, mn Catharine Wost Y pay Debts, for Parti md others, Def ts. J tio'n, &c. T appearing to my satisfaction that Susan Catharine West. Jamos Rogors Wost, Jas r West, Martin Weet, Mary Wost, Stephen est, Minerva Wost and Cynthia Wost, d? niants in this case, reside beyond tho limits this Stale : Tho said absent defendants, arc, jrcforo, required to appear in Probato Court, bo holden at Walhalla, S. C., cn tho 1st day July noxt, to shew causo, if-any they can, ly tho Real Kstato of Archibald Wost, doo'd, ould not bo sold, and tho proceeds, aftor pay int of debts, divided among tho hoirs of said ?oascd, according to law, or thoir conecnt to i samo will bo entored of record. Given un . my hand and soul, this 5th day of April, ?9. . RICHARD LEWIS; Jud go of Probato. Vpril 5,1809 20 3m Bill to Forooloso Mort gage, Relief, &o., ftc IE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OCONEE COUNTY. In Common Plea*-Equity Side. James E. Hagood vs James A. Wright and A. J. Looney, et.al. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Andrew J. Looney, one of the defendants in this caso, re* sides wit Dont tho ltmiti; of this State : On motion Of J. II. Whltner, complainant's Holioltor, it ls or? dered that tho said absent defendant do appear In thls"Court, within forty days from tho publication hereof, and plead answer or demur to complain ant's said Bill of Complaint, or tho same will bo taken pro confuto ns to him. J. Wi STRtDLINO, c.o.r. Clerk's Oftieo, May 10,1860 81-6 tit Change of Schedule on Greenville and Columbia Railroad. ON rind after Wodncsday, tho I2th inst., the Po88cngor trains will run daily, Sundays oxcepted, connecting with Night Trnin on South Carolina and Chorlotto and South Carolina Railroads, as follows : | Loavo Columbia, 7 00 a m Leave Alston, 8 55 a m Loave Nowborry, 10 35 u m Arrive at Abboville, 3 30 p m Arrivo nt Andorson, 5 15 p in Arrivo at Groonvillo,' G 00 p m Loavo Groonvillo 0 00 a m Loavo Anderson, G 45 a m Leave Abbovillo, 8 45 a m Loavo Newberry, 1 25 p m Loavo Alston, 3 00 p m Arrivo at Columbia, 6 00pm Trains on tho Bluo Ridge Railroad will also run daily, Sundays oxcepted, connecting with tho up and down trains on tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad, as follows: Loave Anderson at 5 20 p m Leavo Pendleton at G 20 p m Arrive nt "Walhalla at 8 00 p m Loavo Walhalla at 4 00 a m Loavo Pcndloton at 5 40 a m Arrivo at Anderson at G 40 a m Tho train will return from Belton to Anderson on Monday and Friday mornings. JAMES O. MEREDITH, General Superintendent. 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IT appearing lo my satisfaction that Francis Ca pcb cart and Margaret Eliza Capohoart, j defendants in this case, resido beyond tlie limits of thia State ; The aaid absent defendants arc I required to appear in thc Probate Court, to be I holden nt Walhalla, S. C., on the 1st day of July next, to show cause, if any they can, why thc Real Estate of Edward Rankin, deceased, should not bo sold, and tho proceeds, nRcr pay ment of debts, divided among tho heirs of said decoascd, according to law, or thoir consent to the same will be entered of record. Given un der my band and 6cal, this 5tb day of April, I860-. RICHARD LEWIS, Judgo of Probate. April 5, 1809_2G 3in CARSON P. BRYSON? IFteebl Es-tsute Agent, WALHALLA, S. C., WILL buy and sell REAL ESTATE on thc most reasonable terms. 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Mouchants' Protoctivo Union MERCANTILE REFERENCE REGISTER THE MERCHANT'S PROTECTIVE UN ION, orgnnizc>U-j|?fc pronioto and protect trude, by onnbling/itSMmbscribors to attain fa cility and KU fe ty io tho granting of credits, and the recovery of claims at all points, havo to> announce .Fiat thoy will, in eptcmbcr, 1808, publish in one large quarto volume: TUE MERCHANTS' PROTECTIVE UNION MEM* CANTII.E REFERENCE REGISTER, containingamong other things, tho Names, Nature of Dusinoss, Amount ot Capital, Financial Standing; and and Rating as to Credit, of over 400,000 of tho principal morohants, traders, bankers, manu? facturors, and publio companies, in moro thou, 30,000 of the citios, towns, villages, and settle ments throughout tho United.tates, their ter ritories, and tho British Provinces of North' America ; and ombracing tho most Important, information attainable and necessary to enable) thc morohnnt to ascertain uta glenco the capi tal, character, and degrco of credit cf such of his customers as aro doomed worthy of any gra dation of credit, comprising, also, a Newspaper Diroctory, containing tho title, character, pride, and pince of publicatton, with full particular? relativo to each journal, hoing a complete guido to tho proas of evory couiny in the> United States. . . Tho reports and information will bo confinodi to thoso ucemcd worthy of some lino of credit ? and as tho same will bo based; so far aa practi cable, upon tho written statements of tho parties? themselves,rovised and corrected by woll known* and rcliablo legal correspondents, whoso ohnr nctor will provo a guaran/co of tho correctness; of tho information furnished by "thom, it ist bolioved that tho reports will prove moro truth ful and complete, and, thoroforo; superior to, and of much greater value, than any .previously; issued. Ry aid of tho " Mercantile Roforonco Rogla tor," business men will bo cnnblod to ascertain,, at a glauco, the capital and gradation of credit, as compared with financial worth, of nearly every merchant, manufacturer, trader, anti banker, within the above named territorial) limits. On or about tho first of each month, subscri bers will also receive tho ''Monthly Chronicle,"' containing, among other things, a record of. such important changes in the nemo and condi tion of firms, throughout tho country, as may occur subsequent to the. publication of ouch, half-yearly volumo of thc " Mercantile Refer ence Register." Price of "The Merchants' Union Mercantile* Reference Register," fifty dollars, (*50,) for which it will bo forwarded to any address m the United States, transportation paid. Holders of live *10 shares of the Capital Stock, in addition to participating in the profits, will receive one copy ol' the " Mercantile Refer ence Register" freo of charge; holders of ton shares will bo entitled to two copies; and no moro than ten shares of tho Capital took will bo allotted to any ono applicant. All remittances, orders, or communications relative to thc Kook should bo addressed to tito MERCHANT'S PROTECTIVE UNION, in thc American Exchange Rank Building, No. 128 Broadway, (Rox 2500.) New York. August 28," 1HG8 48 Iv THE NEW YORK OBSERVER IS now Publishing a New .Serial Story, to run through a large part of tho next vol ume, entitled ?. Mr. Browning'* Parisu." AU Kew (Subscribers will get the Steep Com pick: Wo sond GROVER & RAKER'S $55 Sewing Machino for IS Now Subscribers. In ordor to introduco tho ORSERYER to new . readers and now circles of inlluonco, wo moko the following liberal offors for NEW SUBSCRIBERS : We will send tho OIISERVER for ono year to 2 Subscribers, one or both being new, for $0 Of) 3 " two or all '* for $8 00 4 " three or uti .* for $10 00 Or, to any person sending us fice or moro ncio subscribers, wo will allow ono dollar com mission on each. A?T* Send by Draft, Check, or Post-office Order. Sample Copies nu<l Circular* ao?t freo Terms, $3.50 a year, in advance* SIDNEY E. MORSE, JR., & Co.. 37 Park Row, New York. Dec. 2. 1808 9 2 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Plckcns-In Equity. Samuel Knox ) Rill fur Construction of vs. \ Will, Partition, ?fcc. Heirs of A. P. Knox, j IN obedience to tho loerec of thc Court of Eq uity, mndo in this cause at Juno Torra, 186n. notice ta hereby given to tho hcirs-at-lavr of Andrcv/ P. Knox, deceased, requiring and en joining thom and each and overy of them, to bo and appear in thc Court of Equity, for tho Dis trict and Stnto aforesaid, within a "year and a day" from the date horeof, to identify th?*m selvos ns heirs at law of tho said Andrew P. Knox, deooasod; and further, to claim tho fund belongiug to thom, arising from tho salo of Real Estate in this cause, on pain of hoing " barred and forcvor oxoludod of and from all benofit Of any further dooroo to bo made in this cause." ROR'T. A. THOMPSON, o.i.p.nN Coin's Omeo, July 17, 1808. 1 Piokcns C IL j lvttln fi ai vt Jv WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY, WALHALLA, S. C., BESP13CTFULLY Informs his friends and tho. li publio that ho has just received a large stock of WATCHKS and JKWEI,HY, which ho is enabled to sollon tho ohoapost terms, having' been solectcd with groat qaro by himself. Ptepeuiring Dono dono at short notico. in tho host mnr.noc. and at tho lowost living ratos, fi?- Qlve ino a oa.11. -* October 28, 1808 4 if fgt ? . '. ' ' ' 9?BSBSS?SS "' ' 1 jj ROSA!? AMI? ? Purifies the Blood.