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Written for the Abbeville Banner. TELL ME YE SPIRITS. Ye spirits of the wild woods answer me, * As hero under this bright silver sky, Tell ine of her that has wandered from me, My Mary, the maid with the bright sparkling eye, . Does she live by yon stream that bright mirrors the sun, Or dwell alio in lulls where the tempest sweeps by' Or here iu these meadows where spring (lowers bloom, Say, where is tho home of my i\1nry,_I bigh? Tell me ye spirits, invisible tilings, Thnt cunningly wander in night's stilly hour, Does she walk with you here in your rambles about, Or movHS slie alone in licrown wierd power! To me *ho was onco the bright, fairest of earth, The angel of all that I loved or could love, But the messenger came, nnd iny Mary was borne, I'm sure, 10 that land where the good go above. Yes, spirits invisible, tell me 1 pray, Docs she think of mo still, as when mortal on on earth ! Does she tell of those hours when children we were, For children we were nt the same happy hearth, Does she play on her harp in the heavenly world, Those stirring sweet songs that she plny'd for me here! Docs slie bid me come iip to her cpiritunl home, And dwell with her there iu tier t<piriiiiaI sphere Yes, child of the diitl, we'll kindly inform thee, Your angel is dwelling in yon upper i.y ! ul..r..i.i.r..ti? And smiles on you now us you mournfully cry I Hut away for this moment, no more we will tell tliee ! We oomc not to cnrtli to commune with the dust, For if secrets confided in vis are revealed, Then mortals would mark us the worst of the worst! So bleat arc tlie living who know but tlio least, Of all that we arc, and of all that wc hope, For such is the gulf that divides us assunder, That mortals would tremble if we were to ope I Ko crcaturc embodied, we bid tliee away, * The night is now late, and the moon is enchanti"g? Tho stars are all up, and the world is asleep, And we tiiat are dead must go haunting and haui.ting! Mount Curuifil, April Cth, IP58. (!. HOW MRS. STANSBURY WAS " SOLD." As Mrs. Esther Stansbuiy, residing in ? court running from Race below Glli strectt was about to bring a bucket of water from the hydrant Inst night, slie found an old basket suspended from the knob of the front door. Pulling her hand into the basket. she felt something alive and kicking, but so wrapped up in rags tiiat no farther discovery could bo made without unwrapping the object. A piece of paper folded like a letter, lay by the side of the animated bundle. Mrs. Slansbury immediately returned into the house, and by the light of a lamp examined the billet. It was directed to her husband. She tremulously broke the seal and read as follows : " To Joe Staksbukv?Sir: I send you the baby, which you will pi. ase tako good care of, and bring it up right, so that it may turn out to be a better man than its daddy Oh ! Joseph S what a sly old rake you are! Who would think such a sober old spindle shanks could be such a tearii.g down sinner? The child is yours?you may swear to that. Look at it?it is Joe Sunshiny all over. You deceived me shamefully, Joe ?letting on to be a widower ! T- .t do a father's duty by the young one, and I will forgive you. "Your heart-broken Nancy." " P. S,?Don't let that sharp-nosed wife of yours see the letter. Gammon her with some kind of a story about the baby.' n; Mr. Stansbury was in the basement kitchen, quietly eating his supper, and little imagining what a storm was brewing ovei his head. The door of the kitchen was violently thrown open, and his wife's voice yelled out: "Stansbury, come up here, you villain ! Here's a mess for you !' The astonished Stansbury hastily obeyed the summons. 'Don't you want to see Nancy? \frc St'incliiirir wl?nn rrnillw Kuc. ? ? -?.*? band Lobbied up into the room. 'Nancy!? what Nancy's that?' said the sly old rogue in a lone of well feigned astonishment. Wlij Nancy the mother of this baby that's beer bung at the door, Mr. Stansbury. Ol>, yoi look mighty innocent, but just read thai letter, and then look in that basket. Don'i be afraid of it, it won't bite; it's got no teeth poor thing. You'll know it, for as the huz 7u fiavc tf*a iticf lil'a vaii oil atrtw Plooe< "J ""J"? J ...vv, J"" "'V. goodness, I'll expose you bofirro everybody. In less than five minutes Mrs. Stansbury hai collected a room full of spectators?half tin inhabitants of the court?to witness tin process of unwrapping the baby. Anxiou: expe' ;tion aat on every countenance, a the jealous lady tore away rag after raj from the body of the foundling, the vigoi > ous movement of which astonished ever body. 'It is full of the devil already,' sai Mrs. Stansbury, 'that shows it's his. You' ^ efcHbat it'^like him in everything.' At Iai all,the swaddling clothes being. remove* oat jumped tfyebaby, and made its escap through'the 4>pen door. It was a big ca Crihu^and Marriage.?The chaplain i 'the Surrey County jail communicates to tl / London Tirries certain criminal statistic which show several instructive facts, ar one.of rather unexpected Character." It a ' pearstbafr of %35?,prisoner*, only 870 we Wa<**'$}?;.. "mairied, and these bad an Average of le -:V" than three children eacfll, showing at on ^e^ b?n?anizing_tendency of the ninrriaj "KOTHER.'' It was the last murmur of a dyitog roan ?an nged pilgrim' who had , walked tho dust for eighty-ono seasons. Children and grand children stood, round his bed, but ho fixed his sightless eyes with an upward look, whispered " mother" and expired. O! word of undying beauty; thine echoes sound along tho walls of time till they crumble at the breath of the Eternal. In all tho world there is not a habitable spot where the music of that holiest word lias not sounded. ISy the golden Jlow of tlio river, by the crystal margin of tbo rock, under the leafy shade of the forest tree, in the hut built of the bamboo cane, in the mud thatched cottage, by the grand peaks of the kissing mountains, the wide spread valley, on the blue ocean, in the changeless desert where an angel came down to give the poor parched lips the sweet waters of the wilderness, on the altar whero a father stayed the downward stroke of his sacrificial knife, warned by the voice of Go l, between the billows, that like solid walls of ruby threw their crimson 011 the swarthy brows of Israelitish men, and lighted the dark eyes of the women, under the white tent of the Arab, and in the bark e^'eicd wigwam of the Indian hunter, wherever the pulses of a human heart beat quick and warm, or float feebly Horn which your own life had come, and you heard the quick throbs of her loving heart, and knew every one of those precious pulsations beat with love and tenderness, and anxiety for you, did not your parched lips murmur " mother," with a strange, wild joy, while the cheek seamed by tho rough linns of pari' iv?? wot ivitli i??n " If I could only see my mother." Again and again was that yearning cry repeated?" If I conld only see my mother!" The vessel rocked, and the waters, chased by a fresh wind, played a musical reveille against the side of the ship. The sailor, i a second mate, quite youthful, laid in his narrow bed, his eye glazing, his limbs stiffening, his breath failing. It was not pleasi ant to die thus in this shaking, plunging i ship ; but he seemed not to mind his bodilj discomfort?his ey ; .ooked far away?ar.c . ever and anon broJ:<j forth that grieving ' cry?"If I could o: '/ see my mother!" An old sailor sat by with a liible in hii hand, from which i.u had been reading.? , He bent above the young man and aske( ' him why he was so anxious to see thi i mother Jie had wilfully left, i "Oh ! that's the reason," he cried in an t guisli?" I nearly broke her heart, nnd t can't die in peace. Showasagood mothe , tome?oh! so good a mother! She bor * everything from her wild bov, and one* , .1.. : i ?1 ?* ? oiiu amu. - aiy son, wnen you conio I 1 die, you will remember all this. Oh ! if 1 could only see my mother 1" 2 He never saw his mother. Ho diei 6 with the yearning cry upon his lips, a 9 many a man has died who slighted th s mother who bore him. The waves ro g over him and his bones whiten at the bol r- torn of the eea, and that dread cry br y gone before God, there to be registered fo d ever. 11 M. A. D. [Boston Olive Branch. Jt >e How to be Miserable.?In the first plac t. if you want to be miserable, be selfisl jf Think all the time of yourself and of yoi ,e own tbingp. Don't care about anybod ,9 else. Have no feeling for any one but you 1(] self. .Never think of enjoying the eatisfa p. lion of seeing Others happy; but the ISMj re if you see .a smiling1 face," be jealous'U as another should-enjoy^.what you have n( oe Envy one who is better off ,in any repp? yQ than yourself; think unkindly towards the os and speak lightly of them, Bo constant fi- 'afraid - lest some one should encroach' < of your' rights; be watchfiil against it,' & any one co'tnfes neir your''Uurig?, snap 1,. him like' a mad dog. ,l<?onten<J earn^gl 8^ v^y t^ i ^ along the current of failing life, lliere is that sweet word spoken, like a universal prayer. "Mother." Look at it and think of yonr mother.? Do you not see her as if it were but yesterday ? Does she not stand before you in tha living lines of love and tho unfading colors of -memory ? Do you not behold tho thoughtful brow bending above you bow down upon your knees, with yonr hands clasped within hers, and your eye's glance locked in with her earnest glance, and seeing your heaven in that clear light, lisp the prayers wbose simple words sweeten the rest of your manhood, even now ? Do you see her as you stood with the fault confessed, yet trembling upon your lips, like aii evil turned into an angel and loth to go ?and as you look up expecting the frown of her severity, meet instead a smile that makes your heart give a great, quick throb ?it is so beautiful. Do you feel the soft hand 011 your head as she praises you for your courage ? A mother's praises !?what | gold would buy even llie linnnling recollecliou of that voice, thoso words that smile ? Mother." Does the word soften your heart when you think of that feverish couch ? Have you ever felt the touch of fingers that soothed you as hers did ? Have you ever felt so smooth a pillow as the one she pressed gently for your burning head ? Do you remember how she denied herself rest day after day and night after night, her eyes bright with tho feverish longing to give you ease and alleviate your suffering? Did that-voice ever sound harsh to you then? and oh ! when your head laid on the bosom 7 ' _ 'Ti CULTIVATION 0* THE SWEET POTATO. Messrs. Eastman <k Sncll, of Mainoville, Warren County, O., profess to bo experienced in growing sweet potatoes, and tliey sav tbat a cron will rrrow and viold well in 1 O V any ordinary dry soil, provided it is well pulverized with plow and harrow; and wlfetber tho ground is old or new, a light coat of well-rotted manure is preferable. If tho soil bo very strong, tho vines will be large, but the yield of tubers indifferent. After tho ground has been got in good condition, it should then be thrown into ridgo-s four or five feet apart with a plow, by throwing two heavy furrows together. It is not necessary for tho ridges to bo wide, but they must bo of good height, as the po tatoes will only grow in length as they are accommodated with loose earth ; so it' the ridges are Hat the potato will be short and and clumpy. Those wishing to raise but a small quantity, will probably Unci it more convenient to make their ground into hills with the hoe, about live feet apart. Inset* ting the plant care should be taken to have them set well in the ridge, fully as deep as they originally stood in the hot bed, and : the soil should be well compressed about the roots. The only cultivation necessary is to keep the ground clear of weeds, and should the soil become hard, lo loosen the tops of the hill or lidges with lioo or rake* The best method of sprouting sweet pota toes js in tho ordinary manner ot a manure hot bed. This is made by building up tho sides with plunk and filling in to the depth of fourteen inches with fresh hard stable manure. Tho manure should be packed as hard as possible, then cover over to the depth of two inches with light soil, then after laying on tho potatoes, cover them to the depth of f^ur inches, with light sandy soil or loam. ]5y covering tho potatoes deep tho stems arc longer and much more hardy and thrifty. After transplanting, potatoes may be put iu the bed from the 1st to tho 25th of April, and plants may be transplanted any time during the months ol May and June. Sprouts should be set from twelve to fifteen inches apart in the ridgei and when in hills two or three to the hill, Unobtrusive Distress.?Charity is the most sublime attributo of human nature; it is a broad mantle which "eovereth a multitude of sins"?an element which softens, refines ami elevates the character of man It is the greatest of the three cardinal virtues, for it is purely catholic, confined by 110 metes and bounds of dogmatic theology or arbitrary prejudice?butall-jicri'ailing, allembracing in iis influence. It is lo be placed to the credit side of hunnmitv that Charitv if a principle common to nil?that like its sister, Mercy, it is to be found in the dark est and gloomiest places?tliat it warms into geniality the stoniest heart, and brings the glistening tear to the most frigid eyethat no class or condition of men is cxempi from its gontlo sway. But how often i; charity misdirected?how often is it though that ostentations benevolence, that giving freely and openly for general purposes, i: the true exercise of mercy and generosity? how often does the man, who dare not scru tinizc his own motives, lay tho flattering unction to his soul that tho parade of lib erality is liberality itself, and that tho hun died or thousand dollars given to some pub lie institution, absolves him from searching out the abode of wretchedness, which is ii secret, and there, with no eye but the all searcmng eye 01 nun, wno coinuiues 11 himself all goodness and all power, to se him ministering to want and alleviating suffering. i The Alps.?Daik *111 color, robed in evei 1 lasting mourning, forever tottering liko ' fortress shaken by war, fearful as much i their weakness as in their strength, aud y< ' gathered after every fall into darker frowi and unhumiliatcd threatening, for ever ii ' capable of comfort or healing from herb c J llower, nourishing no root in their crevice touched by no hue of life on buttress c s ledge, but to the utmost desolate ; knowin " no shaking of leaves in the wind nor i ^ grass besido the stream?no other motio e but their own mortal shivering, the drew fnl crumbling of atom from atom in the - corrupting stones; knowing 110 sound I living voice or living tread, .cliecred neithi r by the kid's bleat or marmot's cry; hau e ted only by uninterrupted echoes from af 3 off, wandering hither and thither amor 0 their walls, unable to cscnpc, and by II 1 hiss of angry torrents, and sometimes tl tlie shrieks of a bird that flits near the fa 1 nf t.liom nml RvvApns fri(y]ifoni>rl hftclf fro s under their shadow into tlio gult or a e And, sometimes when tho echo has faintc 11 and tho wind has carried the sound of t! t- torrent away, and the bird has vanishc is and the smouldering stones aro still for r- little time?a brown moth, opening ai shutting its wings upon a grain of dust, ni be the only thtftg that moved or feels in ; tho waste of weary precipice, darkening fi thousand feet of the blue depth of heav ?? [Ruskin. * w Let all Stuffy.?All healthful min iir . > admit of improvement, and. that, perha to an infinite degree, it is error to~iipagi c for a moment'that some minds may not enlarged and -beautified., If the mind *r' sane, it is hot Qnly possiblo to ndur'sh a expand -it, but it-is 'easy to do so. If I - senses aro not at all exercised, the nii must also- necfissarily bo Ujaonje esU . unfolded. Tho' eye will receive irapr * sionsi. and- the earwill catch sounds, a tfansroit the result' to'the tomd. This ii law of man's mental constitution, $s nee TH3ACH3SBY, " IIow did you learn all this ?" asked one person of another, who had been detailing a long history of a third individuals imperfections. " Oh ! you know we two aro intimate friends. Sho tells mo all her affairs, and asks me to advise her on all occasions. It wouldn't do to to let her know what I've told you. You, of course, understand this ; but you seemed to have such an exalted opinion of her, that I thought it would be only fair to let you know that sho's no nearer perfection than you and I are." " I believe you profess to be attached to her, don't you }" "Oh, yes; why she believes that I love her hotter than almost anybody in the world. She can't keep anything secret from me. Why, don't you think I got her to own up upon the whole of that afi'ait just by a littlo extra show of affectionate interest in her. Edwards, whoso interest it was to have her in his power, requested mo to try and discover tho truth of the matter, and I did so without the least difli cnlty." "Then, in reality, you dislike Mrs. do yon !" " Why, bless you ! 110?not all all. In deed, 1 rather like her. She is so unaflfee tedly kind and generous-hearted and tliei she is so delightfully easy to manage, should be quite lost without her." "And yet you betrayed her into tin hands of one who is at heart, as you wel know, her enemy, and have just now beet revealing many of Iicr faults to me. Ma; the Lord deliver me from such a friend." AVho does not echo that wish ? Wha a detestable spirit is that which leads mai or woman to worm into the secret heart c another, only to betray the confidence o which they beeomc possessed. Yet how many are the creatures in hu ! man shape who make it a constant praclic ! thus to play Judas.?iV. Y". Ledger. Give Ilim the Mitten.?" Ah," said Mori sieur Mielmot to his friend Sniffin, um sweetheart have given me do mitten." " Indeed ! how did that happen ?" " Veil I tought I must go to make lie ; von viseet before I leave town ; so I step i de side of the room, and there I behold he , beautiful pairson stretch out on von lazy. " A lonrtge, you mean." "Ah, yes, on von lonngo. And den mako von very polite branch and?" " You mean a polite bow." "Ah, yes von bough. And den I say I was very sure she would be rotten, if I di not come to see her before I? " You said ichut ?" "I said she would be rotten, if?" " Thai's enough ; you have put your fo< in it, to be sure." ' No sare, I put iny foot out of it; f< t she say she would call her sacre big brotl 5 er, and keck mo out, begar. I had inte: t lion to say mortify and rot is all de same; r von, in my dielionaire." 1 Owe for Ringbone.?A cure T know bo sure, it having cured a valuable lior for me, after lameness of two years, durin 5 which time the horse was not harnesse I have used her on the road and farm fi nine years since the cure. Take one oun< camphor gum ; one ounce oil of spiko; ot 3 one ounce hartshorn; one ounce spirits 11 turpcminc. Shake well together, and it fit for use; put it on above the ring, and ri 11 it in with the finger. Use it twice a da 0 ?Correspondent Rural jVcui Yorker. ' Prune your Orchard.?We prefer t month of June for pruning apple tre< f- when the lenveskecp the sap in motion ai a soon heal up the wounds, hut if we mi n do it any other time we think it best to it in March. The wounds caused by ci >s ting large limbs, if you find it absolute i- necessary to cut large limbs, will not ble >r so much as they will if cut later in t s? spring.?Maine Farmer. ?; A very common feeling is expresed in very ProPcr manner, by the following e ? gram: j Said Anna's preceptor, " A kisa ia a noun, But tell me if proper or common," lie cri< :,r With cheeks of vermillion, and eyes cast do\ of " 'Tis both common and proper," the pi er replied. 11" Woman's Love.?Our idea is?says ar fellow that got a shrew for n wife?that 'o Woman's love is like Scotch snutt ; 10 We get one pinch iiud that's enough. pie Our old darkey 8ays? Woman's lub is India rubber? It stretch du more de more you lub her. in jr> Ail Irishman writing from Ohio, eays ,t| is the most elegant place in the world |,0 "The first three weeks," ho says, "you 1(j boarded gratis, and after that you are cha , a ed nothing at all. Come along and br nd the children." 0 ^ .1 f?y A Colloquy.?"IIow do you do 1 all Smith?" ve ? Do what fM en "IIow do you find yourself!" " I never lost myself." ,]3 "How do you feel ?" pS> "Pretty Bmooth, I guess?feel of no and see." be " Good morning, Mr. Smith ,M be . "It's rather a bad one, wet and nasti ? nrl UTau rollof molroa vmir haqa oa rnrl 2" liVf V VWJ II M?t? lllltuw J VWI ?IVWW UV ?UU i ha ''Friendship." nd "Friendship! How do you maVo < .til out as- . Vrvo got ft friend who is very fond ,n<] brandy, nnd na bo is too weak to tak< JAS. H. RILEY, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, Greenwood, S. O., HAVING established himself in this placo fur the transaction of a Retail Drug Business, Respectfully solicits attention: to his extensive and well-selected Stock, purchased in New York, during the present Monotnry Pfinio 9 nt such rates as to enable him to compete, (both in price and quality,)' with Columbia Druggists. Great inducements offered to Physicians and Farmers, who are accustomed to sending their orders to Columbia and Charleston. The following list comprint a few articles of every-day demand: W (Tnttfor Oil Itv trn 11 oil or Imtftp. Sweet " ' " , " Train " " " Neatsfoot Oil, " > Linseed " " AV liite Lead, pure, Cream of Tartar, Klip. Carl). Soda, . 1'epper, black, " cayenne, ? Spice, [ Ginger, pnlv., 7 ^frieau and Jamaica, " race, ^ 1 Table Mustard, Tipioca, Mnccaroni, Ten, black anil green, Corn and l'earl Staicli, Soaps of every variety, Vinegar, "Window Glass 8 0 10 ami 10 @ 12, Putty, Adamantine Candles, l linriiing Fluid, always frcsli, . Tobacco, chewing and smoking, 1 Cigars of every variety, The very choicest brands of ? Cognac Brandy, | TJlackherry Brandy, Madeira Wine, ' l'ort " pure juice, y Ginger " Champagne Wine, Lou. Cordial Gin, t Woolf'a Schnapps, Stoughlun's Hitters, " Stomach " if Also, n very nice assortment of Fancy To ,cito articles, Perfumery, Confectioneries, &.c. November 2B, 1657. .'11 tf. . O* Independent Press copy. I- " c Stage Line y ABBEVILLE to WASHINGT01 A FOUR HORSE STAGE leaves A15111 VII.EE on Monday, Wcdncsday and Fi day, at 8 o'clock A. M. r I<eaves Washington, (*5a., on Tuesday, Tlnu day and Saturday mornings. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. u Ry a general change of Schedule on all tl Georgia Railroads, passengers going West me with tin detention, leaving Abbeville C. II., i 8 o'clock on Mondays, Wednesday's anil Friday I and arrive at Atlanta, Ga, at 11 o'clock tl following day, win re there is immediate conne lion with all the Hoads leaving that place. OFFICE at the POST OFFICE. I JOHN McRRYDE, Agent. j Abbeville C. II., Jan. I, 1858. 50 ly ABBEVILLE MARBLE YARI r|"MlE undersigned having dissolved his copai JL nerahip with J. It. LliAVELL, takes plci . tire in announcing to tlie public generally and 31 ii... _t?:_ r il l :n.. iv: . MIU tJiLIAUII^ Ul ai?UUVIIIf I/lriLi ILL 111 JJUTIIVUIV iItnt ho lias a large stock of " VERMONT & ITALIAN MARBL it* nil 11atul.s, anil from which ho proposes to me l,. uluotiuv, t<? order, ^ Every Vnrioty of MONUMENTS AND TOMB-STONE He would respectfully sny to the public ti to ho has sccurcd the services of (lie so Most Eminent Marble Artists, Ijj and hopes, by close attention to business, .] merit a reasonable share of public patronage. J. I). CHALMERS. Jr Abbeville C. II-, Aug. 20, '57 ly trS" Independent l'ress copy 3m. ,e CONGAREE IRON WORKS. of is GEO. SINCLAIR & CO ,b Near tho Greenville Depot, iy. Oolumtola, S G., IRON AND BRASS FOUNDED he AN1) M Manufacturers of Sleam Engines, Boilei ml Hill Gearing, Grist and Saw Mills. &c, EING practical Mill Wrights, Mnchini Jo ' an<I Engineers, they will attend to nil ders in their line with promptness, and on r sonable terms. sly ?3?" Repairing done at the shortest noti , and Castings of all kinds made to order. LU April t), 1857 50 *Iy t e BYTHEWOOD & COWAN, RPMETRAI fifl Mill C C in ^ V M ! it II rt hi w V ITI 1*11 W W W Morcliants, No. 204, Exchange Row, Columbia, S. ITJOIt llie sale of Real Estate ami Negroes Also, Cotton, Wheal, Bacon, Lard, W1 id : key, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, v"> Flour, Butter, Corn, Hay, 'P1' an<l produce generally. Strict personal attention paid to tho salt any or the above. Liberal advances made, i a prompt returns. Matthew \V. Bytiieood, James M. Cow August 17, 1857 18 ly PROTECT YOUR PROPf&TY! Having bought the Right, for District of K. II. Mounce, for putting it Otis' Patent Lightning Conductor, I would respectfully inform the*nilizens of At ville District, that I am now the sole proprh or/? of t his i ntlisnensiilile nrnfontimi nf lif.. a'twl m erty, mid am prepared to execute, at short not '2* nil orders for the same. innr TJiose wishing worlf in my ljua wilj please ? drees mc at Ninety-Six. J. W. CAtnOU^i Jr., .f Ninety-Si: August 13, 1857. 16 1 tf Land for Sale. THE Subscriber is the authorized Agent, of parties interested, to seirthe real estate JOSEPH AIKEN, deceased. The fr^ol! Land is valuable, adjoins" lands of Dr: W law. Dr. Livingston, and others, on Calho' Creek, and contains about m 720 ArrAR. Proparty-=-negroe?-^s*' well as flash "urpll taken in paymout., x ? Applications for purchase can be made to Ageuti who Hvob at CokesBury. 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The above terms have been agreed to by the Proprietors of tho 'Abbeville Manner und Independent Frcx*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of tho Abbeville littiwr ami Independent Press, have established tho following rates of Advertising to be charged" in botli papers^. . v Every Advertisement inserted for a less tim< than three months, will bo charged by the inser tion at One Dollar per Square (1^ inch?tin space of 12 solid.lines or less,) for the first inser tion, and Fifty Oents for each subsequent iu sertion. ?3?" Tho Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's am Ordinary's Advertisements will be inserted ii both papers, each charging half price. Sheriff's Levies, One Dollar each, ty a nnouncing a Candidate, Five Dollar? Advertising an Estruy, Two Dollars, to b paid l>y the Magistrate. ~ Advertisements inserted for three months, o longer, nt tho following lutes; 1 square 3 months $ 5.0 % 1 square 0 months 8.0 1 square 9 mouths 10.(1 n 1 square 12 months 12.0 |lf 2 squares 3 months 8.0 2 squares 0 months 14.0 2 squares 9 months 18.0 r'" 2 squares 12 months 20.0 3 squares 3 months 10.(1 s* 3 squares ft months 16.0 3 squares 9 months 21.0 :j squares 12 montliB 25.0 4 squares 3 months 12.0 ej. -* squares o mourns " 2U.U |U ! squares 9 months 2fi.(l s 4 squares 12 months 30.(1 l(| 5 squares 3 months 15.C c. 5 squares fi months -26.0 6 squares 9 months ; 31.0 5 squares 12 months 35.0 ti squares 3 months.-. .20. (] 0 squares 6 mouths 30.0 (i squares 9 months SC.f I" 6 squares 12 months 40.C la 7 squares 3 months............ 1....... 25.0 7 squares C months. 3a.( r * 7 squares 9 months... 1.'. 41.( l3~ 7 squares 12 months 45.1 ? S squares 3 months 30.( 8 squares (J inomlia. 40.( 8 squares 9 months. . 4C.( ? 8 squares 12 months 60-( in Fractions of Squares, will be charged in propc tion to the above rates. Business Cards for tfie term of: ope yea g will be charged in proportioirto the space.the occupy, at One Dollar per-lino space, Bt gy For u" advertisements set in double co umn, Fifty per Cent, extra'will be adde'd to tl above rates. 1 y to n DAVIS <fe CREWS, , ' ' For Banner; LEE ?fc WILSON, For Press. ~ BRINTlKrG. THE Proprietors of tho Aiibevillk Banni would respoctfully inform the public th ' ? they are prepurod to execute all lands'.of \Fo Work with neatness and dispatch.-'- Havii incurred considerable expense for printing, mat rial*, they have no hesituucy in saying that tli Q are as well prepared, and catf do as neat wo: ? as any other establishment in the up-conutry South Carolina. ' fg They will also keep on: hand a complete i * sortinont of - TIT. A TS3"FC-^t, of which we have now on h^i)d tho followii sis List, to which wa shall continue to add un or- we get a complete assortment: ."'V,'. ca- Sum. Pro; Fi. Fa.-oil S'utn. Pro'.; Ca. Sa. Sum. Pro.; Sub. Writs;,Sub...Tickets in La> ce, Sub. Tickets in Equity ;Ti. jFa.; Ca. Sa.; Cat ? in'Case ; Copy Writ"'in Case'f ?Defeds of ConVt anne ; Declaration on TfJtftoj^ Commission to I ? amino Witnesses; Judgment by Cpufcssiou Assumpsit; Judg. on Writ of JSiufuiry, Dam?( y Assessed by Clerk?Debt or Assumpsit, Ju< N by Confession in Debt, on Single Bill ; Judgmc 011 Writ of Enquiry, Damages ^Assessw} by Jur Judgment in Assumpsit utf.isshe. Plea,. Wi C., drawn; Poslaa'Jft'dginen.ton rsandTried,"Vefd for Plaintiff; Mortgage for Pereousl, Pfojtert lis- Mortgage of Real Estate'; Magistral es'. Smninoi Do. Executions ; Do. Rocog^dixancevj'Stfmiriom Defaulting Jurors " ' - . ,,.r NATION AT, POLICE GAZETT: ?nd> mills Great Jfturritfl'of'Crime/*h'd; Crihiin _ ! ia in lis T^felfth-Ycd?, andis widel y J an. calated througliouVth^country." Ttcphtairts the Tfreat'IViuls/'CriruinBl Cases, ond appfoj ate Edioridls on this* grime, togetherin< a matiQii oi) Critniudr-JIf^iK^,v<nbt to be found any other Ofiwmupqr; ; ' 4 ' ' ' t&''* this (CP Subscriptions, f2'pep ^.nifuiil; .lj}l Six Months, to btfYetjflifted by SiitBcriWrs;^ should write their names. and'the towu, <xmi and State tfrhere they reside plaiuly',) ' ibe- To GEO,AT?.. ^ATSEt^ A CO,, ' ;U,r EdiWf 'Sjfci'dlrropTiStorbt the -op- NaUondl Poli<j^ Gafetto,^ ioe, ,?ork>City S. D, & H. W. SMITH, ' Manufacturers of Molodoons, Organ Melodeons, I ANl) \ Pedal Sub-Bass * ECAnivtoiNrixjivts, 611 Washington street, BO TON. rpiIE attention of Clergymen, Committees I School?, Lodges, ?te., is invited to the new Fedal Sub-Bass Harmoniums, Mndc nnd Sold hy the Manufacturer*. If in urn* i) if I'll will* t.u'ii mini iliilx nr hnnl-ii nf Keys, the lowest set running ail octave higher than the other, and may lie used separately, and thus get in one case two distinct instruments; or, by the use of the coupler, the two hunks of keys may be played at the samo time by use of the front set only. This connected with the Sub-Bass, will produce the efl'ect of a largo organ, and is sufficiently heavy to fill a house that seats from 100(1 to 1500 persons. THIS OKGAN MELODEON is designed for parlor and private use. The construction is similar to the Church Instrument, being arranged with two banks of Keys, and when used together, hv means of the coupler, is capable of as great volume of power nslhw Church Instrument, when used without the Pedals. Also, every variety of MELODEONS for l'arlor use. Purchasers may rely upon instruments from our (Manufactory, hcing made ill in the most complete nnd thorough manner. Having removed to the spacious Buildings, 511 Washing- . ton Street, we have every facility for inauufuc- % \ luring purposes, and employ none but the most experienced and skillful workmen In short, we will promise our customers an Instrument equat if not superior to any Manufacturer, and guarantee entire and jht/icI xntixfuction. Music Teachers, I.caders of Choirs, and others interested in musical inaiterH, are respectfully inI vitcd lo visit our Booms at any time, nml exninine or test tlies instruments on exhibition for salo at their pleasure. As a still further guarantee to the public as to the excellence of tli?* Mvlodconti and Jlarmoniums, fifcni our Manufactory, wo beg leave to refer, l>y permission, to the following Piano Forto Manufacturers of Boston, who have examined our ln?triiment*, and will give their opinion when called upi?ii: j Chickerinir tfc Sons; "Win. P. Emerson ; Geo. ITews; 11 nllet t <&. Cunislon ; Brown it Allen; II Wood ward A Brown ; 'P. Gilbert & Co. ; A. W. I.add it Co.: New hall cfc Co. ' Melodcons and llarnioniuins Rented. c Per.-ons who wish to hire Melodeons and llarmoniums with a view of purchasing fit the end of the year, can have the rent credited as part payment of the purchase money, 'l'his matter ^ is worthy of special note, as it enables those who desire a fair tesl of the instruments before pur" cliusing, to obtain it nt the expense of the mnn11 ufnelurers, to the extent at least of a year's rent. ^ Orders froiji any part of the country or world, ^ sent direct to the manufactory in Boston, with 0 cash or satisfactory reference, will be promptly l) uttended to, and as faithfully executed ns if the " parties were present, or employed an agent to ^ select, and on as resonable terms. I? Prico List. CS 11 l-_ < I ..... - ,A Ctiuil ICK, If UClilVO 1U ^ Hcroll leg, 5 octave, 75 l'iano style, 5 octave, 1 Oft ! Piano stylo, extra finish, 5 octavo 11 Piano style, curved leg, 125. ^ l'iatio style, 2 sets of reeds, 150 ~ . Piano stylo, G octave,- 135 _ Organ Moledeon, 20(> in Organ .Mdodeou, extra lini.-dt '250 Pedal Suh-liass llnniioniutn 275 " Letters, Certilicrte.s and notices from the press,. ' from all parts of the world, may be seen at our salesroom. Descriptive circulars seut free to J any uddress. " S. D. A II. W. SMITH, J 611 Washington St., (near Boylston) Boaton. JJ July',*. 1857 11 ly >o CtLicli. Springs, )0 Greonvillo District. ,r. THE Subscribers having purchased jjj^lL that well-known and long-established ffl'iP Summer Resort, Chicks Springs, - within I ft miles of Greenville, have put tho premises in the most thorough repair. Tliey nro determined to spare no efforts to make the le SPRINGS all that can be desired, whether to k tho invalid seeking health, or those in quest of pleasure. The salubrious nnd inviiroratintr qualities of these waters having been well known to the traveling public for the lust twenty years, it in deemed unnecessary to enter-into detail; but any further information or reference will be carefully' furnished upon nppliculion to either of (R the proprietors. at Til* HrtTI'I. will l?? nnnn fnf tl?n rnoonlinn nf to visitors oil tlie 1st of June, and will be kept % open during the season. te- It gives us pleasure to add that (he former uy proprietor*, the Mens is. CHICK, will spend their rk summer at the Springs, mid will be glad to see of their many friends there. J. T. IIENERY. is- F. TALBIRD, J. BURSEY. ne; Ho! for Chick Springs!! l|l J. P.-.POOL ?fc CO., will be at the Green* ville Depot with good Conveyances and careful on I)ri?er*, to carry Pftweneers uud their Baggage v ? to the Springs. They will also run A DAILY LINK OF STAGES ;x_ To and from tho .Springs, leaving Greenville at in 9 o'elock, A. M. Fare ?1. reB May 14, 1857 6 tf mi To Mechanics, Inventors, and J; Manufacturers. j I TN ANNOUNCING the THIRTEENTH An, 1 nual'Volume of the SCIENTIFIC AMERL ^R!" CAN, the Publishers respectfully inform the pub- . i to ''lie that in order to increase and stimulate the formati<in of- ctut'S, .they propose to offer 0\\f 'fhomantl Five Hundred Dollars j;> Cash Pf-qnii ~ tir/u^ir the fifteen largest lists of subscribers J> ' sent In hy tlie 1st of January, 1858; s?i?l premj- . ? -utn's to be distributed as follows:?r- '? "> f.!8 For the largest list, $300; 2d. ?250 ; 3d, $200; ?ni ?4Wb ?l50; 5t.h,*$l00; Otli, $U0; 7th, $80: ^thr*7U; Oth, sfil); IO1I1. *5u; 1 ltfi, $40; l'2th, ' v gffii f*35-; *13Tth. $3ff; 14th, $26 ; I5fh, $20. Names'of eubscfiticrs can be sentin at differ* 't*v ent tirrjps and from dillerent'Post Offices. The ? cash-will be paid tp the orders of the successful) fPl- competitors, unniediatoly after the 1st of January., Pj m&; "? .4- T 11 y Southern, Western, and Canada money T?il|s. bfr taken fpr subscriptions. Canadian subscriber* ^ '"j will pleflise to remit Twenty-six cents extfq pr}' g ' >c eacb year's subscription to pre-pay postage. WL) ,r- Term?of Subscrption.?Two Dollars a Yearj . J><' ty or One Dollar for Six Months. ' , . - ' '.Club Hates.?Five Conies, for Sis Months, If Five Uopiaa, lor l iyejve dloniDs, ho j f.eu ?.;qn- m ica, fpr Six Mpntlis, JtH; Tpii Copies fqrTWejvfl 1 EA IK6.? Twenty .Copies, for fwelpeMpjiitiu^ -v # ~ 9qt all Clubs of Twenty aij<J over, the yearljt,^ ' subscription is'only $1.40, C * ? ' jl.- . ' Th'd new'yflluijjo will bo printed upon fine \ Mfc. ^er'wi|h new type- , .'? , % T? -Ttleg^neral, character of th e Sorpy?fno Avkiu%. ' ' W^' known, and.aa heretofore, if wiiy^^ ' ?fcu>Jiy .devoted'to promulfrutinn of informal K&5' refuting to-t)>e varippa 3[ecli<micat and Cjbw >, mm i&mfacluw',rAgripdlure, Putfntt i ' F^Hgforth:ttnffiitfflirtg, JU}U )Vork, and'all inteWLj, ? ?f PrMifql JStienci is caloufatetf^aL^ Yf nw *4vunce. It >3 JssUed#w?;ekly, in J^4?mdkg| gu corityiinj annually .froniiSflO.^wrBOi^'^k Engraving* acd IfofyWiijr Aftier(M, Tcie*,KurPPea1 > Improvement#, t'ogetSex'' with S^i f^ajUu^uAa'pi Adorteon Patent Claims pubSi..',,' Partly In advance of alKfltber papeia: . . > E.y ftyrfa$Kf) itim of^ho Editor^ of the &CrknTnno " .? SU^l^ttoaK'to pptsent AH subjects djtcuaaed in"it#' * c* ^ ' oojunina in a practical and popular form., Theywill alTO*nde#V<}r tirbi^tutajr# a oondid fearlpe?r ? , ^"w.: neas in' opmfykting and exppeipg false theorieaa#4 ?y? prewliojUB jn BO?etjtificiiif?d mAll^rr, , M* ?#^^ryrU,^ir^rof t^Sci'K^. J . * 1 Klttlni a-'reliable Encyclopaedia of -Umull '