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THE INDEPENDENT PRESS to potlmieb kvkrt saturday morning. ? i Editor?. M. POOKBTT, f Individuals, like nation*, fail in nothing which ihey boldly attempt, when sustained by virtuous purpose, anddetenninedresolHtion.?IIknrt Clat. " Willing to praise, yet not afraid to blame." T?rm??ftn.i Dollar ft Yfiiir. in Artvanna i ABBEVILLE C. H. FRIDAY, - - - - FEBRUARY 23, 1855. Our Agents. Ant orders, for advertising or subscription,!^! with Mr. IIill, at the Ordinary's oince, or wiiu nir. wouiiyde, at ttio l'ostofficc, will bo promptly attended to. 6m Quarterly Meeting. Thb first Quarterly Meeting for this (Cokesbury) Circuit will be held at Abl?erillo Court IIou.se, the 24tli and 25th of this month. The official members arc particularly requested to attend. II. II. Dm a nt. February 1, 1855. 39 4C We are requested to state, that on next Sabbath, 25th instant, Rev. Mr. iiovt will proach at Long Cano Church. Return Day. Rrtubn day is over, and with it the number invited to tho flow cf eloquence and feast of hard times, commencing on the fifth of next month, and at other times thereinafter mpniinnml !q nmotln />??? f" roer conjectures. This is mainly owing to tbefact, however, that some were specially nd personally invited?some accepted, and some confessed?total 600 cases, moro or lees. Health of Our Vilage. AbbevillB Has tlic reputation- througliout the State of Being a very sickly village. This impression should no longer exist; tor it is and has been' conceded by nil who know its history during the last fi' icn years, and very especially the last five years to be as healthy, if not the very healthiest village in our State, Pickens village not excepted. It is the rarest thing to hear of a case of epidemic or malarious disease among us at any 6cason of the year. Death of Joel Smith, Esq. Mr. Smith died of inflammation of the bowels on the night of the 18lh instant, at Stony Point. His death was quite sudden and unexpected, even to his relatives. Mr. Smith was, during his whole life, characterized, in a remarkable degree, by great practical abilities ; a high toned moral character, with more than ordinary lenity toward the poor and such as needed his assistance. He leaves manvfiiends and rolutimw to pay a final and just tribute to departed worth. Our Hew Jail and Court House. Among the many improvement* of our Village, stand permanent the Jail and Court House. The former is a largo imposing and neatly constructed building, well fitted up for the accommodation of such as may per chance (not) desire to Like lodgings there. We have been informed (and have no cause to doubt it) that Mr. Dill, tbe very zealous and efficient host, has everything about him, in his line, done in the strictest conformity to the highest authority. II:s.negro-ship Dave took lodging in the third story on last Monday morning, but will not remain with us longer than he can hear from his friend (Mr. Dl*keb) from Georgia. Also, on Tuesday last, her lady-ship, Manerva, belonging to Mr*. PowKn, of this District, took a room, though, only, it is presumed, for a short time. Times being hard, it is thought that as few will .patronize the Ltyal Mansion as possible. n... o?i tt -i - - v/ur uuun, House, uoougti its completion has beetr very much retarded, will, when finished, add greatly to the comfort of the legal, and, it maybe, the legal seeking community, as well as to the appearances of our village. Upon the reasons or causes, why the house lias not been completed, it does not become us to comment. Aside from 11 collaterals, however, we are now warranted is believing it will for years to come A lignum of the fine workmanship and .mechanical skill of its builder,?Mr. Wm. u.? IVOTHM CoCHTBRVRtT BlLL. We 4MfB shown yesterday a counterfeit Twenty BolHkr BUI oh the Bunk' of the' St a to of Sooth Carolina, which is well enough exe? euted to deceive hundreds who are not in the habit of handling money, but is so plainly. a fdrgeiry that it could ty>t pass detection if offered at-any of oi^^BaliW The bill before OS ii roughly executed and of a pnle . color. On theleft hand ^ide ?-20, portrait r + Washington and 20. Op the righb hand ; . ' of LaCftyr . is scried, m ?e?r?r1re canronke oat the lyiroea, A. Mo??r.C?ahler. srid B. N. Goodwyne.PreaJdent./ TSb*. Ete?ideDt of ibe Bank is , Ca8^er' T' R' [FOtt TI1E INDEPENDENT PRK38 ] Music. Metsrt. Editors :?As this is n science which is interesting a portion of our citizen*, will you allow me tho privilege of saying a few words in its behalf? Mean, low, and sneaking opposition has almost overthrown every attempt at its improvement; and these very opposers never were known, to contribute one cent -can object charitable, religious, literary or scientific; and because they are perfect dead-heads, they wish every-body else to be so; tliey know nothing about music (or anything else)"and they arc determined, if they can prevent it, that no one else shall. One of these dead-heads, I un derstaud, says, "I had rather mall rails tlian go to a singing." Well, probably bo hail; and I would not have mentioned this expression of his, had it not been sarcastically uttered, with th>* view to discourage a recent attempt at getting up a singing class. I don't know, but I judge he got many a rale mailing for not going to a common English grammar school, and many more for not getting his lessons. Another says, "I hope you are not going to suffer yourself to be humbugged in this way." Now, if I go, and am miserably humbugged, no one else pays my tuition; and besides, if lie will re fleet for a moment, it must eertninly appear i to him a vi>ry unkind, ungcntlcmniily salutation ; and I could overlook this, even, if I did not know it was tlic whole study of this class of persons to estop advancement or improvement in anything. I can't eenstire a man if he does not go to a singing school; but I do censure him if lie discourages others who are anxious to go. And "It is no one else'# buaines.% If a gentleman should chooso rr? a. to go 10 a singing school, If the teacher don't refuse; Or to spunk a little plainer, That the meaning nil may know, It is no one else's business If I conclude to go." It is one of the most convincing proofs of the benevolence of the Deity, that he has so framed the human ear, as to make it capable of finding rational and elevated pleaslire from the action of sounds. There might have been organs of speech, and cars to 1 hear, without imparting to the ear the power of knowing and delighting in music. It must have been intended that this gracious gift should be used as one mode of praise and thanksgiving. The church, in all ages of the world, has considered singing an indispensable part of Divine worship?both as being itself an utterance of devout emotion, and as attuning the soul to a fitness of mood for all the other services of the place and time. And yet how many have we, at the present day, who are utterly opposed to any improvement of church music, and who frown down every attempt nf iliAon ??!?? * * * u. WW niiuaro euuvavoring io elevate and raise its standard. It ib difficult, if not impossible, to impress this class of persons with a clear idea of the end which is in contemplation, when improvements are only in their incipient stages. The present, and the acts of the present, engross all their attention. First efforts are viewed, without reference to future progress?and judged with lie riii??.1? ? -e ' 1 ' u... ...uv > wfuiii; <t? ii iiiu ultimate step liad already been reached?and every advance is met with the same premature and condemnatory judgment. Nothing can be more annoying to those who are patiently, and perhaps successfully laboring for the improvement of church music, than to be met at every step by those who/'not only claim the right to decide and rMn. tinfwiiK. ? r---, ? 1 standing the glaring fact of their entire incompetency to utter one wise word on the matter in question. And it is only on two .subjects that they ever commit such error, viz: Religion and Musio. On these, three ?? * * * * toumiB 01 mankind hold themselves qualified to judge, by the mere exercise of natural instinct. And, those who labor assiduously, and on right principles, for a gradual elevation of the etaudnrd of church music, are not unfrequently subjected to rash criticisms?which, on other subjects, would appear ill-timed and ridiculoas. Men pretend to be iudces of mn*!c mUn are not only ignorant of the very first elements of the science, but are absolutely un- { qualified for tbe forming of an opinion in relation to it, by reason of a natural imper- ' faction of the ear. I have known persons > who have distinguished themselves for their ' fault-finding and censoriousnem, who were t - " - "* unsure to detect the difference between, > "Old Hundred," and "Auld Lang Syne." -i We have noticed the grimaces of other sage critics, under the performance o? music, ? for beauty and riehn^ssof harmony, k seemed almost inspired; we hare heard t them wqnite, with unfeigned simplicity, whether "the organ was nol.QwfuUy out of ttme! "did not the choir come. Jtt*rvb* ingswamped?" jfcfter listening ^ strains |lsS8|SSii?; ion!. ^^jow often k it th*?fc*? I jj must be granted that a congregation, in a mass, will widow be able to comprehend all that is aimed nt by a well-trained choir. Before such a choir, there u an imnge of perfection, to which every advance j h:i9 a distinct refjjrcnce. On the. other iiand, there is no such image?no mental , conception, which shall serve to explain the drift and final purposes of the present effort. J To them all is darkness and mist at the very j next btep forwards. ll?*n<:e arises impsi-1 of experienced minds. Let tlicm1 seeft after high ithkII'IJ:, nnd take ample caro tiiat those model*, itl all their beautiful and perfect lineaments, arc vividly impressed on their imaginations and affections. While doing this, they will discover many points of attractiveness in music which oneo repelled them. At all events, they will gain sncli an insight into the feelings of those who have preceded them in the field of research, as will thorougly euro them of the indefensible habit of pronouncing judgment on things which lie beyond tho range of their knowledge. Gamut. Bir Howard Douglass on the War. Gen. Sir II. Douglass (lliat) whom there is no higher military authority living) in a supplementary chapter to the new edition of his work on Naval Gunnery, reviews the whole campaign up to the present date, and on strietly scientific principles, condemns the operations in the Crimea: He says that Alma was n worthless victory, nay, a mischievous one; and lie ?{io\vs the reason why, natn^Jy^ u},, laying siege to cw*.'astopol, it may safely be asserted that the most advantageous point of attack was the northern side; there the ground is in^wt elevated, and the large octagonal work on its summit is its citadel and the key of the placc. This taken, the Telegraph and Wasp batteries on the northern height*, Forts Constantine and the forts below being commanded and attacked in reverse, must have soon fallen ; while the town, docks, and barracks on the south side of the haibor would be at the mercy of the allies, who by the fira of their batteries might nave entirely destroyed them all; whereas, by attacking the place from the south, the enemy holding tlio northern heights, ah though the works uii the cres'. of llic southernjieights,' should bo breached and taken, the town the bod}' of the place with its docks and arsenals, will not be tenable" by thu besiegers till the great work on the northern side, and all its defensive dependencies shall be taken; and these no dniiht will bo great ly strengthened beforo the allies are in a condition to direct their attacks against them. The Hank march of tlie whole army to tlie south abandoned at once to the enemy a perfectly free communication between the placo to bo besieged and his arms of observation in the field, and left open their line of operation from their base of Perekop; it disclosed the alarming fact that from want of sufficient force Sevastopol could not l?c invested on every side; that the moat advantageous point of attack was not to be attacked, hut turned ; that the enemy's -communication with the strongest portion of the town?its citadel, ita keep, and the key of the whole position was to be left open to him, and that, instead of besieging Scvastoj?ol, the allied army were on ty tu HiuicK nn emrenc.liefl position on the southern heights, supported in its rear by the strongest feature and tlie moat formidable works of tlio place, an J open to receive succor or reinforcements to any extent; also, j tliat the attack of the place was to he car- ( ried on without a wvering army, distinct , from the bosiecinir flllhf in o - p -- y ?* ? | being distnrl?ed in iia operation* by the enc- | my in the field, who was thus left in a ?lireet communication with a tele which he j might support with all his for<*e. The flank , march of the. whole army to (he south war, j therefore, an error in strategetical science, i imposed of necessity upon the allied com manders bv want of hiiinwin?l 1 ^ ? .... ?v render the attack of 8evaistopol saf?' and successful; and Mich an error can only be justified - by the absolute inability tit the army to fulfil the conditions on which the siege of a fortress, with a large army of observation in th6 field can... be successful. ' Suulpn place need not and will not capitn- , late, attacked as it is, however saceetefttl that , attack may be. The gflrriaon Cannot be cap1 lured'; since after making the moat determined resistance, it may retire to the.north- < ern height*, or it may evacuate the pi ce * altogether, and unite ttHf Wills the army already in the field, after havingrendered the ' townnninhabitable, and destroyed. all die J warbkeitore* it container' 1 Sudd*N Death.?ItatewtM a Rusdan, ) mi one-knee, intheact of taking aliti; th4 * -mizzle of - Lia firelock rested <& * forked ?ict He wan dead; the. side of bis * littF been fcrxviW* f cUt tiencc, then doubt, and tlien censure. The choir makes progress; but it takes time to know what that progress means ; and many arc unwilling to suspend their judgment long enough to gain (he correction of their misapprehensions. They are in haste to judge!; and I would recommend that they should have some acquaintance with elc menlary principles, at least, as a primary qualification, before they aspire to tho office of critic. And finally, let the incompetent, first of all, go seriously and earnestly into the study of tho science in which others have made themselves proficients, ami in the meantime not disturb the course which things are takinjr under the direction Exciting Scene on the Ohio. The Cincinnati Gazette of Saturday give* a dfctrtiled account of a ferry-boat on the lTullu *\t' flit* Ollii> uiitl* ? ' ? ,M,u v v?V " vnu IIHIIUIVU JJiWII* gen* on bonnl. The boat had started to cross tlie river with the number of passengers designated, the most of whom were destined for Cincinnati and the East; and after getting a abort distance into the river it was caught in a floating mass of ice and, despite adl exertions, lodged on tlie Falls. Tbe Gazette says: "The boat grounded broadside to the current, with tbo ice bieaking to the guards and piling up iu frightful masses against her, to tbe terror and consternation of tbe two hundred human beings crowded together on l?er deck. The ferry-boat was fully half u mile from this sbore and three or four hundred yards from the Indiana shore, with a rapid current and the river full of floating ice. It was soon rumored through the city that the l?oat was wrecked ou the rocks, Mini till* livi-H nf t*-n I" ??v IIUIIUIVU IIIeluding many women and children, most of tla^nt citizens of Louisville and Cincinnati, were in imminent peril, and the wharf was soon lined with hundreds of persons, all anxious to render assist a lire, hut none knowing how it could he given. "As the vast masses of ice came thundering agarn her side, roaring and crashing around the apparently frail vessel, great pieces tumbling upon the guards, it was not a matter of astonishment that some oouStl'll lilt it ill ?li<? ? I " " a "? gers on Ihiaril. The large iiumbcr of ladies anil children, naturally timcrous, hail their worst apprehensions of danger aroused. These fears were further heightened when they had gathered in the cabin l?y the proposal of the two clergymen, 15i>liop Mrllvane, of Ohio, and Lev. Dr. iSehoii, of Cincinnati, that prayer to owl for the preservalioti of the passengers should be offered up.- Regarding this ;us;iu indication of extreme peril, and fearing that each blow given by the large cakes of ice would destroy the boat, the proposition of the clerfVlllt'll WIIS fllllv lil! ?tiri..l-? o...l O." . J ? -V lamentations. Prayer was then offered up, the agitated assemblage became in a measure nulidued, yet Hobs mid sighs weia mingled with the .nterceasions, and the most solemn scene was prseiited." At this junction several life boats were procured, and having been manned by experienced anil daring persons, they were pushed over the ice into the stream filled with huge masses of ice. These men, at the imminent ri>k of their lives, finally succeeded in rescuing from tlieir put ileitis sltuatiou every nniti; woman, and child, and landing them high and dry upon the shore. Money was tendered the resetters by Bishop Mtdlvaine and others, in part payment for their services, and was refused, although one of them, a captain, J'rtid purchased with his own funds the life-boat ho had used. A Double Baby. We stated, a few days since, that a strange case of malformation had occurred at Lancaster, in this State, and promised a more full description of the curious production? which we hoped to j?ain at the hands of some of our medical friends. Ah they, however, from some cause or other, do not incline to do it, we have put several of tliein under cross examination, and intend to einhody in our own language what we have learned. Uur friend, l'rofessor N. T. M:ush;ill, of the Medical College of Ohio, and perhaps others of tliu city, have seen the protligv, which is, without doubt, one of the most remarkable freaks of nature known to science or recorded in history. The February number of the Western Lancet, published in this eity, will i-oniaiu, 2is we are iniunned, u lull suiuiititfc disrription of the wonder. From the lower extremity to the bre:i*tImne? -where the juiu-tion of the two bodies take* place?upwards, there r.re the upper purls of two nerfrct nrwl wcll-il<>vclt>ric<l i?? tiints?two lieadft, two pair of arm*, two chests, two stomachs, two hearts, two pairs of lungs, ami two livers. From the same point downwards, the blending of tlio two systems into one becomes more and more intimate, until it (seems almost perfect and oomTl.? intt-klin>4i unH' itll tlio Imivuf ?r. gnus, are in common with common termini, and the legs made up of the right leg of one : and the left leg of the other are a pair, Standing in flui nrnimr mMitioti tn Aiinli - o i 1 ~" i ? ; ? other, and to the orgmi in their vicinity. In llie rear, however, the union is less per- ' feet, there being two weB-developed spines, each terminating in a separate os cocr.ygis; I mid, what is peeuliarly^straiijge, the_ inner ' legs, dislocated at the lii^joinl*. are thrown backward and upward*, and joined together, , i .1. w . rtiu iuuiiu |ma9iii^ uiiurr iiitf jii uu skiii ui hie Inxly upon the right, the feet being exiricated, and standing up lieel to heel, nearly iu its face: The child is a female, with apparently a perfect sexual organization. The bodies do < not exactly faoe eace other, but are more 1 P'mrly face Id face than side by side. Ouo is apparently some what more robust than j the other, uiid it is evident that iu many of i the characteristics of their constitutions they . (re different. As one iu capable of suttering, I while the other in uuconscuftjs of pain,-it fol- j lows, that their nervous systems are several, < /om which it is, we suppo?e, to be inferred jiat In case tliey should survive, each will [kjMeaB a character and individuality of. it* )*n. . . mm * -- ? ' . i'j ins strange pnenoraonon ? the offspring >f respectable parent* at Lancaster. iAP. , jiougti delicate, it is thought tbe chances ( ire in filter o( its-surviving, Thp cnao in in , 4)0 hands of Dr. BuvS^er, one of the ablest ? u>e 8t*te? jiWhpae skill m h? reo" i *or 1RKBS.?one poaad of ' al ?oda to redness in an iron pot, and fa \ ^j'es8ss3m! Th? Turkish Wavy. The Turkish Navy ha? met with many misfortunes, ami may be almost said to have ceased to exist. Ho less than seventeen ships of war have been h>*t, destroyed, or taken sinee the rommennnent of tlie war; ahont half of them on the fatal day of Sinope. Of the vessels lost fonr are ships of llie line and two steamers. What remains ?>f the Tmkisli. fleet is now in the Golden Horn. M??t the vessels are damaged, and, there is no attempt, to repair them, ail the shiprights l?eingengage*! on the British and French vessels whieli have suffered in the late gales. Men with route knowledge of it, OXDected much of the Tmfcinh A-i-t anil when the Ottoman left the Dosphorus in May last wtih twenty-one vessels utider his command we all looked for aome results. The attention of the world was then uiueli turned to Circassia, a cotintry which must always be dangerous to to the Cmr ifrouaed to renew its old guerilla warfare. As there was no chance of another disaster like SinojM% since Seviistojiul was? hlockaded or supposed to lwso; the Ttirki*h fleet might have produced ? good effect by appearing on the Circassian coast, and encouraging the tribes to something like active revolt. A community uf religion and old associations unite these races to the Tuikish Empire, nHliougli tlicy have long learned to believe that the Sultan was no efficient protector against the power of the Czar. Hut the sight of a Tuikwh fleet oil the const abandoned by the Russians, and of the Turkish troops stationed in the forts lutclv held Muscovite nutriments, would I Imve been a surprise, ami the news would in alow works have penetrated into every region of tlio Caucasus; hut tlio Turks were compelled to remain iuaelive in lialtschik-hny, where they died of scurvy and had food during the entire summer. Whether private jealousies, an is staled, iuflui-nci'd the conduct of the allied Admirals, it is diflii-ult to say, b;.t the result was I...4 *1 ? I ** - '* ' ? nun me navai forces 01 the iwo nations tin! nothing, and our Tmkish allies were equally restrained from active nieasuies. The subsequent losses at sen have uimiuished the fleet and discouraged the seamen : and the navy, like the army, is painfully changed from the force which, accumulated during years of pence, made such a display at the commencement of : lie war. Only three vessels are building for the Turkish Government, and these make little progress. There is a lme-of-battle, ship at Ismid, another at the Aisi'iud, and a frigate at; ? Do. Wu. II. Faruow, an'ctninent physician <?f Woreostcr County, Mil, writes that lie basiuetl STABLEIt'S ANODYNE CIIEKKY EXPECTORANT arii] DIARRHOEA CORDIAL "to the entire relief of such dixeaxes as they profits to cure,'" that tltey "are happy combination* of aonie rf our most valuable ami safe therapeutic agenpt, aud must be of infinite worth to the umiL-tc<l ami mankind at largeand that lie "cannotdo less tlian earnestly recommend these preparations to practitioner*, especially iti the country, where the impurity of commercial drugs is one of tile greatest, obstacles to the success oT the physician." If you have a cough use the former, if the Diarrhoea the latter; don't neglect your disease, but take the remedy at once?they should be kept in every family, ready for instant use. See descriptive pamphlets, to be had gratis of the agents. Price of each, only 601 cents ner bottle, or six bottles for * ? 5t>. t' II Cl'ltHll U" ?? - xi. ax* ciaiiDiinu o; iT?mp:t?t?ir*, Wholesale Dnijrirists. lialtirnore. SolJ by I>r. F. F. OAKY, C?>ke*bmv; WAKDLAW <k IA'ON, AbbevilleC. H.; IIAVILAND, llAfvRAL A Co.. Wholesale agents, Charleston; And bv Mcivlinnt* irnn?i*ull?v Feb? *23. 1855 ? 42 2\r I COKSIOXECS. The following persons have freight in the Depot nt Abbeville:? E Cobb, c T Haskell, II S Kerr, White & Bullock, Enright A Starr, Horseback Norton, R O Johnson, D J Jordan, Win Beltilter, Wier A Miller, H W Lnwdoit, Rev T A Hoyf, Capt Jus l'errin, II H Jjuruut, S C Debrunl, 0 T I'oebcr. D. R. SONDLEY, Ag t- / MARKETS. AUBEx 1LLE, Feb. 22.?Not much change has been ramie in our cotton market for the nrijf -L. Tl- " iuc quuioviuus are irotu to 7 J cunts per pound. COLUMBIA, Fob, 21.?There wne a fnir lnisitie*d done in cotton yesterday at steady mnl miuhntiged price*. 801110 4<N?* bales changed linndi* at prices ranging from to 7f cento. I We wonld remark, however, that a atrictly fine article will still comiitnnd 8 cent*. incdi/iit ur oUUIN uinuliNA; Abbeville District ?Jn JSquitiy. John W. Moore "J - ' . " ?* . I Amended Petition to John Rosamond and f receive sltaro of ErUte. Jnin", WO WHS, J rappeaving to my satisfaction, that John Koinmond and Suruh, his wile, defendants in abort caw, are absent without the limits of the State, on mution of ftfuGowan and Perrip, ; Pto Pet., - ordered, that said defendant* do ap- , fear, and plead, answer or. demur to the. sai4 etitioji. within tbree months from this data, rr the Mtno will be tak*n Pro C<mftt?o against tkem. W. -II. PARK Lit, C, JL A, J). Commissioner's Office, . Feh.22.18M. <44 8rfi THE SfATE OF SOUTH CAROCkMA. Abbeville Ditirict?Citation, i j VynEREAS, Thoinns Taylor fins applied | i ' to me for Letters ofAdmiuistrrttion ; >n all and aftifpllor tb? goods and chattel* , iglits arid crfldiu of Jrvapb O'Uryant* lute : Thtt? ?re,' ther?ror<v t? cit* tri'd ?rt lri?f ?lDgaUr, ?he kindred Mtd^rtilitoi* tf tb? ?id d?jfw^df to Wft'id .^>j?car befw-e im, At THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINAAbbeville District?Citation. II ERE A3 James C. Ellis 1ms applittl T to me _ for Letters of Administration,, on all ami singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of J. H. Ellis, Into of tlir District nforexnid, deceased. Tlic? are, therefore, to cite and admonish all1 ami singular, the kindred and creditors of tha* said deceased, to Itc and appeur before me. atrmil* next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to lie Imldcn at Abbeville Court House, on th* eight day <A Mi?rohr next, to show cause, if any, wliv the ??id -i? ? mould not he granted. Given nrnder my hand mid seal, this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord Oliu thousand eight hinidrvd ftrvrl fifty-fire and in the seventy-ninth year of AmericanIndependence. W. HILL,. 0. A. J). Feb. '20, 1854. 4ti IX, Notice to Guardians, &c. ALL Guardian?, Trustees and Committee*, liuble to account in my Office, are hereby niHifved to umke their Annual Returns by tlfir second* tl?y\- of April next, or in default thereof pule* will be issued nghinst them. W. 11. l'AKKElt, C. E. A. D f\ ' V/UIIIIIllSSIOIKTd Uttiee f Felt, llltli, 1B55. ) Feb. '>l\, 1805. 42 6tf Committed to Jail v ON Monday, lVtli February, rnafanf, m L KEGUO 15uy. who say* his uimi is? DAVE, | Aiul that lie belongs to Captnin JOSEPH" DUKES, who moved from tliU District, iu; the latter part of Jmiunry last, arvd now r?* rtidcis in Chhs County Georgia. Dave is about 31) years of ngc, black complexion, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, spare built, and weighs nbout 135 pounds, , .<t-em? to be intelligent, and speaks readily when spoken to. He says he is a Carpenter by Trade. 1 lit? owner of snid hoy is notified to claim nud prove his property within the time required t>y law, else he will he disposed of in ? nannor and form as directed by tlio law io such cases made and provided. fci. G. W. DILL, Jailor. Abbeville C. II., S. C., February 22, 1855. 42 tf COMMITTED TO THE JAIL ? UF AltUKVl LLE DISTRICT, 8. C.. oo jSjt Tuesday, 20th February, instant, a NEGRO Woman. who snys her name i? MA^ERVA, And that she belongs to Widow JANE POWER of this District. Maneuva is nbont 32 or 33 year* of ag?, black complexion, nlmnt 5 feet 2 or 3 inch dies high, spare built, and weighs about 120 pound*, appears to he intelligent, and #n;*aks readily when spoken to. llcr feat, glie says has been fro.*t bit. The owner of snid girl is notified to claim and prove property '.vithin the time required by law, els ehe will be disposed of in It m*R? tier and form ns directed by tho law 'III cases miido uud provided. 8. G. W. DILL, Jailor. Abbeville C. II., S. C., February 22, 185 8. 42 tf cautioht. * IMPORTAT TO BEEF KILLER T"\ltV HIDES will hi! taken in I'n.lnn.. ' > U GOODS at KERR'S GHOCEIIY St?)Re! l'eruona wiahittg to eel! Dry Hides to the subscriber, Te notified t lint they must Salt them well in the following manner, viz: j Spread out the Hide on the ground, and cot** it over well with Solt on the Flesh Side; then roll it up, mid let it remain in this condition for 12 or 15 hours ; then hang it out iu the ahad* to dry. By the nhove process, the seller will get mot* money for hi* Hides, while the tanner will b* able to make the best Leather of it. HENRY S. KERR. February 16, 1856. 41 3ra Wanted at Kerr's Grocery 8tore. 1A/ W\ LBS. TALLOW for whiuh th% ?\/V/U highest pricca will be paid ia GliUCI.lWES. l,fMK> lb#. BEESWAX for which th? highest prices will be paid iu GROCERIES. II. S. KEER. February 1R, 1855. 41 4t A BAKE OPPORTUNITY. LYONS is di*po#cd to favor those, whose olti. clothes won't Inst them 'til warm weather. with an opportunity of procuring handsome Wixtkk Suits at Cott. HicoUcct, you've got the lialitnco of this month, the whole of March,, (that depth-blower to cowb and calve?,) and a part of April to pass through before you can dispciifto with your old patclied-up winter articles. And if y?u don't think they will lastyou put, don't he backward, (modesty in woman is a virtue, in man a fault,) for by coming forward, with a little money, you can g?t. enough Winter Clothinir. without atraininir tron*. credit or making ft single account, to last you thfe next two or three' years. er Don't take up the notion, because I am offering you audi bargains, tbat 1 am hard-run, or extremely anxious to sell. I am doing it exclusively fur yyur own good. I have plenty of money Tor my oten line, but I want to raise email sum with thifc \Vinter"Stock I was speaking of, fur the benefit of some acquaintances xezjicoL along 111 * snort time, who cannot dowithout it. So you ??e, the olject is a. ebtrittable one, and ouglit to he encouraged. % Before I forget?I bava just received a large. lot of the finest kind of.Cignra. Feb. 15, 185-1. 41 If ' J. J. LYONS. A PKOCtAlMTIOJI. executive depahtmest, the Mat* of BuMK Carolina V IS/llfiltEAS, Information has btae ? * ttet i murder war committed <w? the.(mmIv pf Michael BikWontbr |twN: ' ' 1 r No.w' 5no%I?. the *nd 'that juiteif I Jivtt. B. 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