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THE INDEPENDENT I'll ESS 19 PUPLISIlKD EVfeRY SATURDAY UORKI.NU O. C. PUCKETT, ) ? M. PUCKETT, J Editors. Ttidividitrth, like nationx, fail in nothing which they boldly attempt, \ohcn rnstainril by trirhton* pur/ioxn, amldclcrmincdrcsjlutioiu?IIenrv Ci.ay, .j. " Wtlliny to prais". yrt not afraid to blamcS' Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance. ABEEVILXjE C. H. FRIDAY, - - * - "M ARCH 2, 1855. Our Agents. Any orders, for advertising or subscription, loft with Mr. IIill, at the Ordinary's oflice, or with Mr. McBkyde, at" the Postofficc, will be promptly attended to. Cm [Editorial Correspondence.] From Washington. "Washington, Feb. 20, 1855. uk mo eve 01 our departure. Kind reader, we promised to keep awake ami watchful, and to report duly the result of such vigils. Promises are easily performed when they involve no self-denial, otherwise it is much easier to pledge than to do, In our journey hither, we found no difficulty in discharging the first; for to tell the truth, it was, impossible to disregard it. Traveling , nt the rate of twenty-seven miles per hour, through fields, forests, villages, towns, cities, districts and States, all new to us, and surrounded by groups of chattering, winesteeped politicians, whose jaws seemed moved by steam, it was no wonder that we slumbered not. TJ..1. l. i -i .1 .urn, iu report?unat is inc part remaining. And never have we felt more indisposed to communicate what little we think, know and see. The multiplicity of objects ?each object suggestive of hundreds of ideas?presented to the mind, staggers it, ana it sinks from the task of arranging, exhibiting and describing. To nn unsophisticated one, as we are, this is peculiarly so. Nevertheless, our duty is to try, and if par* tial or total failure result^, we pray that the credit of a faithful attempt may at least he onaiucu us? At the depot at Abbeville, wc were met by a most delicious cake from the nuptial festival of our young friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ferryman. We return our sincere acknowledgments by expressing the hope that their pathway through life may be cheered on cither side bv the sweet flnwura nf TTv men's paradise, and the golden sunlight of prosperity ever gild their beauties. It required but three days to reach Washington. and wa,<di;ill iisa 1 i111 r? limn i? reference to the journey. Starting at Abbeville at a quarter past eight on the morning of Snfinvlatr . 1 Hfl* inefont *?*/-? *.ao/.I?a/1 * viu iiiouiiii, ??v; icoviicvi ville, twenty-five iniles below Columbia, at five in the evening?nine hours1 travel. Here we remained until five the following morning, at which hour the train on the "Wilmington and Manchester Railroad moved for Wilmington, N. C. At two in tlii* ntrnnJuo. 1-Ai 1 wiuvu ... biouiiig, no nuiu ut 1.11V lill-Vvi place, having made a ..distance of one hundred and seventy-two miles in nine hours. Crossing the river?which we believe is called Brunswick?in a littlo eteamer, aptly de ?^v lUUUU bilC > V UI* don train ready, aud in a few moments were again bounding onward. Of course we had no time to "march around the walls" of Wilmington, and can only say, that from where we saw it, it seems to bo quito a considerable town, and having a good trade. i ne ooiy thing worthy o! remark, that struck our observation on this Sabbath-day's jouriicy through North Carolina, was the vast amount of turpentine collected ifl,barrels, and lying in heaps at frequent intervals on t.hft rftflfl. fliis rfrrinn 5a ? - -J;,-"., .w wvmov niuviU^U with pines. Never liaro seen half tlie mountof this species of timber before.' Numerous distilleries of turpentine appear all along, close to the-road, and in plain view?not like some other distilleries, which, conscious of their Ipathsome aspect, seek to hide their smoky brows under , cover 'of 6omo isolated vale*- Turpentine distillers feel that they are in a legal pursuit^ flffd' thov 4 - " ^ shrink not from the public gaze. \Voiild to God, there were no hiding places for the foul breweries of desolation and 'death! At twelve o'clock we feacW5'r"\Y6ldon, having again madefostretch of nine hours. and measured one hundred^nnd ^fiixty-pne miles. "Without-Rafting fot^fctfght to'see Weldon by, wo ftlepped into.aSother train, and moved towawls Pctersburg/in Virginia, distant soma sixty miles,' and arrived at that point in three hours, wbefe another connection was made, and wo proceeded on to liiclimo?d. At seven in the* morning we rived there, and barely tarrying 4o de?t*oy trie snaDDiest brwttclast I ever ate^wayfroro ray own boafd, vy'eT hnatened 6nw?rd 4>y Fredericksburg to Gan#; Poi$t?'otf the tomac, which we roafeagd nt ten o'clock. The Potomac wflj? /fr ozfcn .o vcr from shore to shore?a distance of elavcn miles, as w"e were told?and we informed that the Waahingtorf'b<^(^ due, would not be down b&for&jtoti* o'cV^ in the evening, if ovfen . gence,. together with ^e^br6ej?^MC^| v' frozen river, cfrldAr than the coquette, and th ^probability of b^j^^^yhicd all day nnd night in n distasteful barroom, amidst n crowd of strangers, was almost enough to invest our feeble system with ? regular shaking ague; but philosophy suggested such a result would neither mult ice nor augment the force of steam, and it. was therefore wiser to "grin and bear it" However, at two o'clock the smnkfi of Powhat tan s pipo was iIokci'icU m the distance, and ! in half an hour our anxieties were relieved j i by an entrance into his cabin. (IJoats are j generally females, wo believe, but if their s owners see tit to give them male names, j we shall call them accordingly-) It was five o'clock when we cleared the wharf, having been detained by some necessary repairs on the boat, and in c.onsequenoc of that and the extreme colduess of the wind, we were denied the pleasure of observation as we glided up tho beautiful Potomac. W o Jiail Uoped that an oportunity would be offered for a view of Mount Vernon, the resting place of the greatest and best man ever born or buried in (lie Western world. We may have that pleasure as we return. We readied Washington at eleven o'clock. O ' 1 having been six hours from Game Point or Acquia Creek. ]>nt for the ice, we should have required but four hours. Thus it may be seen, that without unnecessary and unavoidable delay, (he transit from Abbeville C. J I. to Washington, being a distance of about I eight hundred miles, requires not more than j forty-eight hours at the most .latitudinous , calculation! A few years ago, and three or four weeks would have boeu demanded lo measure the same distance. This is truly a fast ag<\ We travel fast, live fast, diefast, and arc fastlv forgotten. A few words in reference to Congressional affairs, and we have aceompli>hed?poorly enough?our task for the present. We have been i:i the habit of fancying this body to be a collection, for the most part, of inti'llcclunl-lookhif), dignified men. W iiile we admit that there may and must be a considerable amount of wisdom in it, we must say it is not. half so good a looking assembly as we had imagined. Many of our readers know the physique of their humble servant, and without vanitv. he bo lievcs, that give him a new suit of cloth, let Giiffce polish his boots, call him Honorable, and ho nvght aspire to rank, as regards looks, a Icflc above the mediocrity on the Congressional scale! But men must not be measured by their looks, for "Tis the soul that makes the man," and that can never be fully scanned save by the eve of Omniscience. A WW cTriys "before our arrival a bill, called the French Spoliation bill, was passed by both houses, and was in the President's pocket, await inghis approval or rejection. ii we rcmemucr ngnuy, we gave a brief explanation of this measure a few- weeks ago. It provide/], that indemnity to the amount of some five millions, should be paid out of the Treasury of the United State?, for certain damages alleged to have beep sustained by citizens of this country from the Government of France, prior to 1801. The same claims have been pertinaciously pressed upon Congress for half a oontury, and ttic passage of this bill, at this late day, is, wo fear, only an indication of the degenoracy of- the times. We believe it to be a stupendous fraud,, to whose support many of the unwary have been seduced, by the oiio-sided statements of those interested. On Saturday last, President Piercf. returned the bill to the House with his veto. Ire bf courso was aroused, and the President denounced fnr <lnrinrr tn ?v. -? ? ercise the power granted hiin by the Constitution, and discharging his duty as he understood it. We arc grieved to see that tl?o present Administration is weak in Congress; not that we regard it as justly so, hut because we view it as but an evidence of the growing disposition of country, to view faults' through a microscope, and vir il I. " -?* " " " buiuugu iv uceuies eye. jno Administration, wo care not how wise arid h6w just, in oiiropiniori, 08U ever again stand upon its legs throughout even a single tern}. We firmly, believe tlyit President Piehck has committed'bonie, errors, but wo still defend him, and shall,' so long .as his virtues preponderate over his foib|p8. We design publishing lus message, arid may then allude more particularly to tlio subject, and to- Government claims generally. . v An e^ort was made on Monday, to taqk^th^bl|l tor- tho i civil and Diplomatic Applanation bill, and thus secure its passage; but this wot <J.e~ cicied to bo;clearly' nnconsVitvtional?|| out pf order. "a?be moasu^i^ therefore, dead, ^rrather sle?pa; ^rbaj? ft may be.*?iupci; t^t^d when PiiSito k is succeedf>d hy a rotor* pliable i ncumbent of tbeTresidfency. J '* Franco and England. The invidious comparisons growing out of tlie contrasted conditions of the French and English armies before Sevastopol is al ready having their eflcct in weakening tho good feeling between llio two nations. A correspondent of the New York Advertiser says: As might have been expected, I lie late developments before the IWitidi Parliament | have produced in Frit nee, ns well ;is through-1 out Kurope, the most marked r fleet. The j first el 1 erf. in Franco was one of surprise, j mingled with si m pa thy; but the reaction j has disclosed a disposition to exidt over the : avowed weakness of their great ally, which may lead to serious consequences for the common interest of both parties. The! I- tvneh journals, gaining inch by inch on j the tolerance which is allowed tlieni, have : opened a discussion on the implied but not j spoken 'decadence*' of England, which is ; remarkable for its freedom under the, cir-1 cumstanees, and which, l>v its continuaucc, | seems to imply that the Government does ! not see with dislike the weakness of Fngland j paraded before the French people. The French politicians say that Fngland, reposing on the laurels gained hy two hundred years of supremacy, and bigotedly confident. in her invulnerability, has nought with great ? zeal and success fur the last f<utv vents, to ' 1. 1 If .1 i r. . r ni.-ihi; iicim;ii uiu ijix'ia nunnii rciai man 01 llu; world ; that with a biindue-s, which has no excuse, and forgetting the incompatibility | of the two tiling, she believed herself still i a great military power, as well as a great market; ami siow that her eyes have liven opened to her true position, a cry of despair and of stupefaction is heard from the eutiro three kingdoms, which only proves how securely the nation sl? p! in its egotistical ideas oi supremacy. In ilie first impulse. of revenge, the people,1 forgetting that the fault lay witlt themselves,, throw themselves upon the unoffending M in- i istry, that Ministry whom they had themselves pushed into the hazardous enterprises which had been undertaken, and thus j brought about their overthrow. The Aberdeen Miv.;>i,y was as able a Ministry as can bo again produced in England, and, notwithstanding the mistakes which haw undoubtedly been made, they accomplished flirt work h<-i(ir<> thclil n> well as nnv Minis try, unu-ed (o the complicated detail of a groat foreign war, and with entirely raw men under their control, could have done. * * -v.- * ft * The natural fear now is, (hat France, the Honaparte diuasty lving in power, may take, advantage of these circumstances; and although the alliance will hi; maintained, a time is coining when she will he liberated, and then will revive all the old prejudices and hatreds which only lie dormant, but are not extinct. These development* of Kn gland's weakness only serve to powerfully consolidate and strengthen Napoleon's power; and it may well he feared that, at a proper moment, this power will he in operation ngainst England, nml the cause of liberty as well. The exultation in Fran" , taken in connection with (he fact tbat France is physically stronger at this moment than slie ever was, while England is avowedly weak, furni.-hes an omen which docs not cany with it. a bright future. Phosphorus.?It is now just two hundred years .since phosphorus was first obtained by Brand, of Hamburg. So wonderful was the discovery then considered, that Kraft, an eminent philosopher of the j day, gave Brand three "hundred dollars for the secret of its preparation. Kraft then traveled, aim visucu ncany an me courts oi Europe, exhibiting phosphorus to kings and nobles. Iu appearance, phosphorus resembles bees-wax; but it is more transparent, approaching to the color of amber. Its name, which is derived from the Greek, signifies "light-bearer," and is inilicativo of its most distinguishing quality, being self-luminous. Phosphorus, when exposed to the air, shines like a star, giving out n beautiful lambent greenish light. Phosphorus dissolves in warm sweet oil. If this phosphorised oil be rubbod over the face in tho dark,, the features assume a ghastly appearance, and the experimentalist looks like n veritable living Will-o'-the-Wisp. The origin of the phosphorus is the most remarkable concerning it. Every other substanco with which we arc acquainted can bo traced either .to the earth or air; but phosphoric seems to be of animal origin. Of all the animals, man contains the most; and of the various parts of the body, the brain yields by analysis imoro phorphorus than-any other. This of no little moment. Evcrv tlwiwllt. hnd T%oi-l>nrva o j ?-o-y ?r rv'""r " phosphorus source. It is certain that the most intellectual -bcingS4'contain the most phosphorus. It generally happens'^hat when a singular discovery is made, many years elapse l^fore any application of it is made to the welfare and happiness of man. TMc r/imorlr nr>rilir?J fn nlincnlirvfiio ,ff io ........... ..<7. *1/ ... only thciolher day that it was sold at five shillings au ounce; now it is so cheap that the penniless portion of our population hawk it about in the form of matches, what a noblo life, light, and fire-cpviiVg'- office doQ3 it fill! "For commOjrcial purposes :?match makincr?nhosoliorini-'i* nvtrn/?tprl from burnt bond. > The doftjatid '-fcr it is now so great that thanyMoqs aire .''annually prepared. Wb8b'Kraft traveled, he bad pht mdro thanlialf an oaioe^to set before the king I" ''* i - - J* fit V? y?' ; X rftBrVBNTXNO GAIW- E.ONNINO OFF TUBr TttAC^^-In our list jriralaim* this week, the patent granted tp G. P.- Ketchuna, of Bedford, Ind., euibcBc^feculiar features to \ prevent tb^ cars runnibg off the. track in, \ xyjpaCdnoncP of passing over obstacles therel .^('.Vpon .otte tru^itf nf;eactt?fti? of trucjks.arfe k?r- ? Work of tub Blub Ridge Railroad Suspended.?Tlio annexed important piece of inibrination,says the Carolina Times, we1, find in tlie Kcoiocc (?>'. C.) Courier. It will be seen tlint the old contractors?Anson, Bungs it Co.?have took water, and ft new company has been formed in their stead. The latter have been notified by the President, Mr. Coiirdin that he will not pay a single dime under existing circumstances, j We have In en pleased to form an ac quamfance witli one ot tin: memm-is ot the; new linn, Mr. Birdcall, who we ivgrct very i imieh lo find placed under a force of circumstances in the least disagreeable, regarding Iiim, as we do, a perfect gentleman.1 We await with some anxiety further disclo-1 sures hy the Courier. Hi.i:i-: IJincK Raim!oai>.?The Messrs. Hangs have disposed of their entire inter- j est. in the contract for building this road t<>! the remaining members of the firm of Anson, Hangs it Co., and notified Mr. (!?>urdin, President of llu: ro:ul, of their intention lo be no longer liclil responsible. The President, in reply, "states his determination not I to pay a single dime, under existing eiivnm- ! stances, to the new eompany, wliieh is com-; posed of the remaining members of lh?ok! firm. Thu Messrs. Pangs have left thei Stale. The members of the newcompany, I ill" Ml|:jil/Se<l III UU iU.IUKT, : Dixbv ail*! Wheaioii, some of whom ar : in ! Charleston, :uol others in New York. We uinlerstaii'l tlic eontrat-tors have or-; <!<twI a sulcus!<.n <:>r the whole work, hut whether the pub-eontraetors will hoe<l it, wo are unable to say. We hope to bo able ! to give pomelhin;j more <lel!nite ami satis- ' r.i?.?#?rv "f...*' f --- ; TllF. JOCKNAI. OK CnMMKKCi: SAYS. The letters by llie I'.dtie have n morej cheerful tone than th" published accounts. Several of the leading Loudon Hankers j write thai, in their opinion, commercial affairs will show an improvement which will continue throughout the summer ami autumn, in spite of the war. The mail brings! out liberal orders for American securities, ami the English funds maintain a remarkable buoyancy, couMdering the state of polit-! ieal affairs. We notice that large orders li:iv<? ri>cciv<-il (Vimi )li<? fm.tmi>,I , particularly from France, for various nrti-l 1 cles of foreign and ?!?i?* produce; (lie i latter will lie readily filled, but the former! cannot bi- conveniently, owing to the abj senee of French vessels. Why, the French I ship owners are not shrewd enough to see | the propriety of sending out French ships | with their orders for Cuba molasses, when ! there is a discriminating duty in their favor, jean be accounted for onlv ou the siinnosition , / , I I " ; their rail!*' of vision is hounded hv ; Maitiniijue and Guadalupe. In most other {countries the ( overnmeut are far behind I the merchants in their financial and coimnerI cial operations, hut in France it. is othcrj wise, for the Kmperor has shown more laterality of views, and shrewdness of policy j in his financial arrangements, than the whole I Plinmluil* /J' ( 'omnw.. DrsTi:i:>H>:<; Ariwu:.? Three Pusous Frost n.?We learn from a source en! it led to credit, that during the recent severe weather in Illinois, a mother and two children wen; frozen to death under the most distressing circumstances. A man was driving between Chicago and Galena with an ox team, in which were his wife and two small children. At night the storm came J upon them with its snow, wind and cold. J They co?!?l not build a fire, because the j ground being covered with snow, there was 1110 wood to be seen, and their distance from any habitation prevented them from rcnch! ing a hospitable shelter. Before morning the wife wan frozen slid', and, ns a desperate expedient to save the lives of his children, ; the man killed l>:>tli his oxen, cut tlieni open, look out the viscera, and placid the I freezing children in the cavities, lint their death was only delayed by (his, as they froze dead also. The man, leaving the dead bodies of his wife and children 011 the lone prairie, succeeded in reaching a house, where he was kindly eared for. St. Louis News. -o ^. Tiie Clock in St. I'aui.'s, London.? A writer in the Foreign Quarterly thus describes the inaehinerv of this nreiit Lou don elock: "The pendulum is fourteen feet long, and the weight of the end^of it, is hundred weight; the dial on the outside is regulated by a smaller 0110 within ; the length of tho minute-hand on the exterior dial is eight feet, and the weight of each, scventy-fivo pounds; the length of tlie hour figures, two .feet two. and a half inches., The fine toned bell which strikes, is clearly distinguishable from every other bell in the metropolis, and has been audible at the distance of twenty miles. It is about ten feet in diameter,' and is said to weigh about four and a half toiiH.^ Tlic bell is tolled on tlie death of any member of the royal family,- of the Lord Mayor, Bishop of London, or the Dean of Cathedral, ? The entire exnenso for .wjjdipg the catlwdrAJj was .pver a^jnijtioir atuU half poMD?.6tcrHhg. ^ VjRCS FROM A CoR^8E.-^I)r. 'MHler, who Attended Professor Miiie^ during his bickoeps, for the satisfaction of the friends qfjthc, deceased, in order to convince them of the nnture^of Mr. Mine's complaint, dissected the body, and in doing so, inflicted a small gaah upon one of the fingefs of his right hand. At the time it was disrekn4 /Inrf aii f in/\ 'n A/ivrir af/lo A n vtrt ^Niui'U|-uut it un^r ui twu mici (xuuo ui^niiii B^une very painful, and commenced swelling'. ,3festerday morning the symptoms were s^alarming that wo understand, am.fftttKtiop of the limb waadeerued ntcesesary Skprdlr to save life.?Cincinnati Enquirer y.'^? fiWlfef-'rf- ' Bqrb l-y-lThb , artesian well in CJ^HHot'i haf btep bored through another hoofed li^S^twehtv-five fee'L, water, wUiuh ifrof fiur quality, gusbgs for three 3acccgai- gafoed: ih health, ". r^r-- """"t; Mu. Buchanan at Court.?Tlio London Court Journal, in speaking of our distinguished ifmbassador in Loudon, says : "Among the many able men whom America has sent to represent her at our Court, not one lias obtained a greater amount ofj consideration with our statesmen than Mr. I Buchanan. To great diplomatic talents,! ins excellency unites a modest demeanor j ami wonderful conversational powers,so that | in ativ political ij<.!herin<;, his ascendency is' speedily manifest. Perhaps, therefore, no! one could have l> en selected whoso, tact and amiable deportment would so well fit j him to carry into ell'ect lite in-tractions of President Pierce with respect to the costume of the representative of America at our Court. Though he yielded obedience} to the directions of liis chief, he did it in aj manner as little oftctisivc as possible to thej manners :m< i customs <>l tin- Unlislt Court,! the ladies of his family showing in a remarkable manner hy their dress their esti- j mate of President Pierce's ahsnrd command ; as they were attired in Court costumes of the newest fabrics and most approved design. The Minister Mm?elf, and all his atlar/ir.s, added swords to the plain dress ordered by the President.'' Savannah ltivicit Yai.i.ky 1?aimioai>. ? Wo congratulate (In: citizens of Augusta, ; oil 'ho prospect of tin- building of this roa<l. j Tim Convention r>i' Stockholder?, heltl at Calhoun's Mills on tin- 22<l instant, (as wo I learn fron i friend just returned.) clccted 1 .i. A. ('alhottn, K-<|., L're^ident, ainl accent-' < <1 the proposition.; made l>y the I>ele<?c?*atcs from (his city, if tiny can he legally I done, of which wc lltink there is hut little j doliht. Wc have received an outline to | them, and will pnl>li>h them in our next.' I No citizen of Aturnsla who hasher inter-! isl at heart, can object to them ; and from what we can learn, 1 >r. Hill, the only delegate front this citv in 11!ii**iih>iw..? it.w.. , much credit lor the manner in which lie { represented lit'i* interots in the Convention. Tito coiu'jsc pursued hy him was linn and independent, and has secured additional trio lids to A ujnisla.? Ch rot. ir/r. - - <v? Association ok Banks kou hik Pkkj VMNTION OK CoUSTKIIKKl'l ISO. All allllUi-.l meeting of the Massachusetts Association I of ISnnks was held in IJoMon on the 1.01 It. I lie object of (his organization is, 1 >v coiicirlol action ami vigilance,?0 check ami <lc[ feat, as far as possible, I ho operations of ! counterfeiters. The Boston Traveller savs : . 1 An m'civMiug iIIschshou look plan.* rel| alive l<> tli'.' il.'iiiLfcr (?> l>c from 11110 riy.<ta!otvpi? procc.-s of copying Kills, in | which a r.ninlHT of prominent L-uiic ullirors 1 took pari. S jicci incus of 1 til Is copied l>y . litis prut-ess were exhibited, that when t;i i Ken earcur.iy :m>I by skilful workmen, lliey would l>e fo accurate as to deccive nine pcr; sons out. of ten. A letter was read from Win. Grulili, I el ?iel* clerk of the foreign money ?1< jKUtinent I of the SuiloUc Dank, stating lira! sineu the I Association went into operation, tie- mimj her of counterfeits receive*! at that hank had ! Uunimslieil one half. Scicmi:.?-The Greenville Patriot of tlio 21st u'r., Fays: j "It is onr painful duty to announce the l death of Jabez Gilbreath. lie shot hiin| self yesterday afternoon whilst alone in a j room ovet his store. lie had been going about and attending to business a few hours before the melancholy circumstance occurred. For some time past, Mr. Gilbreath i had been in bad health, and his mind was evidently a licet ed. There was an. inquest held over his body. We have not time to state further particulars of this terrible deed.j In all the relations of life, Mr. Gilbreath i was a most worthy and estimable man, and ; nniveisallv resnectod .unl jfi-i-mivl If.. I (.-ft a let I it, written live 'lays before, giving; j directions as to his family arrangeme?ts.V Akimval ok the Black Waurior.? Xkw ( >ki.i:ans, February 19,1855.?The steamer Black Warrior arrived yesterday, with Havana dates of the 15tb. Great excitement prevailed on the island. -New militia companies had been formed, the whole Island declared in a staac of siegtf, and the ports blockaded. A proclamation . had been issued ordering the enlistment of j all volunteers between the age of eighteen ; and fifty years, capable of bearing arms. A military commission had been created for| tllG Knslcrn dislrii-f TI>/> T\.1nr*i>.ii?l? !o I der the control of Government. Carolinian. One of the locomotives, on the Illinois Railroad, went so fast the other Jay, that she threw her driving 'wheels apart, and slid into the depot on her nxleft. Progressive peopir, mosc western engineers. A lot of fellows went on a deer hunt the other day, in Arkansas, and in lc.*s than three hours, captured tive girls and a woman. Dr. Wm. II. Farrow, an eminent physician of WoroeHtcr Count}-, writes tliotlie linsiuod STABLER*!* ANODYNE CLIERRY EXPECTORANT and DIARRIIOSA CORDIAL "to the cniirq ftlief of such diseases cut they profess to curethat they "arc happy combinations of some of our moat valuable anil safe therapeutic agenst, and must bc of infinite worth to the afflicted and mankind Atlargp;" and that lie "cannot do lesrthan earnestly recommend these preparations to practitioners, especially in kho country, .where the impurity of eomincrcial drugs is one of the greatest obstacles to the success of the physician." If you have a cough nse the fortner, if the DiArrhooa the latt?x; don't neglect yonr disease, l?t take the retned^1 atx>nco?they should bo kept iq eVery famtly, ?*ady for itstljntjtfs?. Bee descriptive pamphlets, to be had grgt... is of tho agents. Price of ench, ouly HQ cents per boltje, bottles for, $2 50. MARRIED, At (Jrcenwood, on the Htli February, by ltev. Mr. Cnutey. Mr. HAMUKL PFIUtYMAN and Miss JOSAPI1INK CHATHAM, nil of this Dis?rict. COrVSICJNEES^ The following persona lmve freight in the Depot nt Abbeville:? .1 T Moore, T C lVrrin, .1 (Jordan, U II Wardlaw, .1 .1 Iiariictf, -I II MeCord, .1 \V Tliotnas, 11 W I.awson, I) llni?hey, CT Haskell, D L Wardlaw, II S Kerr, Christian <fc Deal, Chambers ?fc M, W Rodger#, It (J- .IoIiiiboii, I)J Jordan, Kmiirlit ?V Starr, llorsebaek Norton, Dr I liraneh, S C iJebruld. 1). 11. SONDLEY, A aft .11 ARRETS. AlillKYILLK, March 1.?Cotton.?A connid erahlc mimbi?r <>f bales lias been brought into our market the past week, which sold for prices ranging from fij to cents per pound. Buyers are eager, ready and waiting. COLl'MIilA, Feb. 27.?Prices of cotton ranging from to 7 J cents per pound. CHARLESTON, Feb. 20.?Cotton.?Price* from aJnlU. A<1 B9?ii? iwt rator's oticc. K.??at<- <>f It. I?. Cater, deceased, will R. be m-llllcd in the Ordinary's Oflice, Abbi-vill"' i.isirii-t. on th<> first d?v of .limn All poisons om-i-r < <! are hereby notified of the same, atnl those du<-the Estate are requiml* t'? pay np.wxna. Tlmsi; l.avint; demands will pros<-nL tin-ill diiiv att.- .oil, as after said settlement, the Admini?tr(k r will pav no notice to' sueli elui:u:?. WILLIAM A. GILLS, Administrator._>Inn 1? L 1 R.'ii. t.'i :;m' ^ LL persons having demands against the J V K-luJv ??i" .H)K1j SMITH, deceased, aro | rcipic.-tod to jip?>s<'nl tbcin jiromptly attested to I Uh: uiidi-rsinnoil, t>? whom also those indebted I to tin- Bstii'.oarc requested to make payment*. A. M. SMITH, J r , J. M. I'KUUIX. ( I March 1, IS.""..".. 4:t tf_ The S3:il<' ot ^onth Carolina, Abbeville District.? Citation. I \ J \ J 11KKKAS, W. A. Linhecker has apj ? t plied In me for Letters of Adininint tr.ition 0:1 all a;i<l singular the ir?ods and chat* i ti ls, ri'Jits iiiul eredits of Mrs. Mary Johnson, I late of tin' l>istriet aforesaid, deceased : These nr?', therefore, to cite ami admonish I a'.l and Macular the kindred and creditors of dvt-f.'if-fii, to In" nml appear ln-fore 1110, at : our n< xt Ordinary's Court for the snid District, 1 to It.- holdcn at Al>l?evill?: Court House, oil the I fourteenth <l:iy of March next, to show cause. ! if nny, why the mid udminislration should not I' he "rallied. Civ. n undt-r my hand nml seal, this twentyjiixth day of l*Vh., in the year of our Lord win- t!io;i-a:id eight. humlrcil and fifty-five, a ail in ihe seventy-ninth your of American liuh'iicudoiH'i'. WILLIAM H1I.L, O. A. D. j ls'? '>. -ta 'zm THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ahfict'i/lc District?la Hquitty. J"!s:i \\ . Mmifo "J v.". j Amended Petition to . .Mm Itosainoml ami j reecive share of Estate. Surah. his wife, J ***r ?,. ..... ;..r. ii.?? | ? Rosamond ami Sarah, his wife, defendant* i in above ease, are absent without the limits of | the State, on motion of MeGowan nnd I'errin, 1 \ I'ro /'ft., ordered, that said defendants do opI pour, nnd plead, answer or demnr to the wud : Petition, within three months from this date, or the same will he taken Pro Cnnfcsso ngAinst | them. W. II. l'AUKEK, C. E. A. D. Commissioner's Oilioo, Fell. -JJ. IS5.">. 42 8ni ~~THESTATE orSOUTH CAROLINA. A hbcviUc Dixlricl? Ci tat ion. IlKUEAS, Thomas Taylor has applied ? f to me for Letters of Administration on all nnd singular tlie goods nnd chattel*, rights ami credits of Joseph O'B^'ant, lute of the l)ir.triet aforesaid, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all nnd singular, the kindred nnd creditors of tho said deceased, to lie and appear before me, at our next- Ordinary's Conrt for the snid District, to he hoi den at. Abbeville Court House, on the eighth day of March next, to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not be" granted. Given under my hand and icaJ, this twentieth day of February, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and in the seventy-ninth year of American Independence. AV. IIILL, 0. A. D. Fel>. 20_ 42; 2t TmE OPPOKTUNITY. LYONS is disposed to favor those, whose old clothes won't last. them 'til warm weather, with nil opportunity of procuring handsome Winter'Surra nt Cost: Recollect, you've got the balance of this month, the whole of March, (that death-blower to cows and calves,) and a partmf Anril to nnss through ViAfnrA vnti Anr. dispense with jour old patclled-up winter articles And if you don't think they will last, you out> don't be backward, (modesty in woman is a virtue, in man a fault,) for by coming forward, with a littlo money, you can get enough WinW?Clothing, without straining yourcredit or making n single account, to Inst you the next two or three years. t?" Don't take up the notion, because I am nfVli I'l n(?.T?A1l aiinll linp/fiiina I n ?*\ fcUDK 1 HIM IIUIUVUFl, or extremely anxious to Bell. I am doiugit exclusively for your own good. I have plenty of money for my men Use, but I want to raise a small sum with this Winter Stock I was speaking of, for the benefit of some acquaintance*. I cxpcct along in a short time, who cannot do without it. So you see, tho object is a charitable one, and.ought to bo encouraged. ' . Before I forget?I have just received a Jargft. lot of the finest kind of Cigars. " (JSeb. ]fi, 1854. 41 tf J. J. LYONS. A l'K0 L4NAT10!V.. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,. Columbia, Feb. 8th, 1856. By. Hi* Excellency JAMES II.\A DA MS, Governor and 'Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of South Carolina: WHEREAS, information baa been received* at this Department, that a murder vtv committed on the body of Miohoel Bird, ori,th?> 27th ult, by J. W. CLECKLEY, of St, Mathew's Parish, and that said Cleckly has fled from > justice: ..'ISk* M JS'ow, know.yo.thpt to'(be end that justice may be don?, find that said Cleckly may bo"brought to legal trial for his offence aforesaid,. 1 IAfcM IT. -Adamb,. fJovernor and Commands ftiicf oVerfhe State nforcsaid, do i#Boo iiiy proolmnntion, offering ,* reward! . of T^/ftUNPUED DOLLARSfbr bfeapprelienaicm Mid delTVenf in nnv, Jail in tbn.' State. Said ClecklcV JajWribed tS bciofcaboiit 6rt, u. tcfc (fr afeveir inobcs lilgh, IfgBt hair, fair faK? m ?S ?? *?*&?? iSlm - -i': ir - **," . % \ . - .. - -