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ABBEVILLE O H.
FRIDAY, - IkfARCtt 10, 1855
Our Agents.
Any orders, for advertising or subscription,
left with Mr. Hili., at the Ordinary's
office, or with Mr. McBkyde, at the Postoffice,
will be promptly attended to. 6m
Post Office.
The Post-office at Hodges Depot has
been re-established, and Ciias. M. Pelot
anDointed Postmaster.
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Report Deferred.
It was our desire to give our impressions
of Washington, Congress, and so forth, in
the present number, but want of space compels
a delay. We shall yet allude to these
topics.
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By the late act of Congress, which takes
effect on the first of April next, it is expressey
decreed that all letters must be
2>ost-paid before they are mailed. If they
are not paid, postmasters arC not allowed to
mail them.
Where to Find Them.
The officers of Court, in conscquencc of
the old court-house being torn down, have
moved their respective offices. For the
present, the Ordinary may be found in the
old Drug Store?the Sheriff, Commissioner
and Clerk on Granite Range.
Acknowledgment.
We are indebted to Mr. J. J. Lyons for
the very acceptable conduct of the Press
during our late absence: With the promised
assistance of such a man, and the indomitable
energy of the printers who work fpr us,
we entertained no fear of collapse whilst
away.
A Filthy Luxury.
Is the use of tobacco; nevertheless many
indulge in it, and to such we would recommend
a trial of a very fine article kept by
Mr. J. *A. Allen for the accommodation
of his friends and customers who are guilty
of the practice. We have been testing a
sp^imen from his store for a week past, and
if any tobacco ought to be chewed, it will
do.
La Bas Bleue.
The last number commences a new vol
utile, anu an improvement in lorm and typographical
arrangement. It gives earnest
of success, and we sincerely hope may enjoy
an extended patronage. Who could
wish otherwise, considering the "guardian
angels" who watch over it ? God bless
them and prosper their enterprise. Address
Le Bat Blcue, Anderson, S. C., post-paid,
and one dollar enclosed.
Godey and Arthur.
"We have received the March numbers
of these two magazines. The former is al
Teady well known to many of our readers
ss the best lady's magazine 111 tbe country,
And we should bo pleased to introduce the
latter, for we regard it as tbe best family
magazine in the Union. The price of Godey
is $3 00, and of Arthur $2 00; but by
taking both, they can be procured for $3
50. L. A. Godey and T. S. Arthur,
Pliladelphia.
Savannah River Railroad.
A meeting of the.stockholders was held,
at Calhoun's Mills, on the 22d and 23d of
last month. Jko. A. Calhoun. Esq.. was
elected President. We shall publish a more
extended notice of the proceedings as soon
is possible. Absence from home is our exeuse
for silence on the subject heretofore.
' It is known, however, that we are in favor
of this and all other railroads which promvise
to afford facilities to such of our citizens
.as do not now enjoy them, and that promise
to promote '"free trade," and are even
willing to lend our aid, though it be nothing
more than the use of the Press, to those
ends. j.: .
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Court, /'
Ta* Spring term of the Court of GenAral
Sessions was held here last w <*?
Considerable business was before it, but not
great deal of t.public character. The
trnl of Bassb, charged with the murder
of Cur, last summer, occupied two days,
and resultedin his acquittal. One conviction
for retailing without license was made,
^ and the offender placed under the care of
our fiieod Drtx, who keeps that large and
elegant public house on "Magazine Street,*
for sb ifeAir ?
Judge WarbIaw, who presided, Order^j
an teha tooomineoeeon the fiiat Monday
of July next _
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parceived, witjj pie^wire, t tbat
week, wero received
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and, in company with half a dozen other
articles were laid over till our return. Wc
hope our predecessor will pardon the delay,
and write us more frequently.
The article of "Bradfokd" is full of
good sense, and we hereby invite a continuation
of his favors. It in gratifying to us
to receive such articles fioin such writers?
we feel honored by thcin.
Several other contributions arc on hand,
and will appear as soon as practicable.
Advertisements.
We invite the attention of our renders
generally, and mail contractors especially, to
the advertisement of the Postmaster General
on the fourth page. It is long and
occupies mi^ch space, but it pays, and we
work for pay, partly.
Mr. Taylor renews his invitation to the1
carriage wanting public to givo liira a trial.
See his advertisement.
To those who desire fine stock we commend
tlie advertisement of Mr. Hawthoiix.
Mr. Fcller, the hat man, in Columbia,
is prepared to sunply fine articles in his
lino at low prices. Read his card.
Attention is directed to the card of Mr.
Posey, and we recommend that all those
who may bo interested in the law will give
him a trial. The Bounty Land Bill, as
passed, will be found on the preceding
page of this issue.
Ward & Bcrchard, Augusta, are
merchants whom we undertake to endorse.
They advertise liberally, and pay printers'
bills promptly?an evidence of honesty
"strong as holy writ." See tlieir card.
Destructive Fires.
Last week seems to have been fearfully
productive of fires. From almost every
quarter of tlie Stale we have accounts of
the raging of the element.
From the Columbia papers we gather
that a portion of the the track of the Charlotte
Railroad was destroyed, and also two
cars, containing eighty bales of cotton, on
the South Carolina Railroad. Col. TTamp
ton lost several of his out-buildings, together
with much of his fencing. The fine residence
of Mr. Ckarkson, near Clarkson's
Turnout, it is said, was destroyed. In several
places, horses were burnt in stablep, and
a gentleman informs the editors of the
Times, that he saw two fine steeds taken
from their stables and tied some distance
from the fire, but the roaring and crackling
of the flames so frightened them that they
broke loose, ran into the midst of the fire
and there stood till burned to death ! Col.
Ciiappell lost a negro woman, who, in
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die. A negro child, belonging to one Mr.
Denley, was also burned to death. In
Lexington, the fire was very severe. The
buildings, fencing, and so forth, of several
plantations were destroyed, and for a while
the village was threatened with destruction.
Near Charleston, much damage to plantations
was sustained. In Winnsboro one
man lost his dwelling and out-houses.
In this District the results aro little less
terrible. Wo have heard of no loss of life,
111 if milfll Iaoq nf St* j:-?
?v? v? j/i in i ai luiis uIrt'C*
tions. On Friday last, near this place,
the plantations of Messrs. Jxo. A. Caliioux,
Jas. A. Norwood, II. A. Jones,
and others, were visited by the destructive
element The dwellings of tho two former,
wo believe, very narrowly escaped. Tho
yard-fonce of Mr. Calhoun* was burnt;
and Mr. Norwood had several large kilns
of potatoes literally roated. \V<^ believe
no houses were burnt. In the neighborhood
of Ninety-Six, tho fire was also very violent,
destroying considerable property, among
which we have heard of ono gin house.
' ^ire was also extant in the neighborhood
of Due West, doing some damage, but we
are not informed to what extent. On Sunday
last, the Railroad Depot at this place
escaped burning by the smallest possible
margin. Some.twenty bales of cotton on
the platform caught fire, by some means,
(accidental it is supposed,) and were destroyed.
Every man in the village, we believe,
was promptly on the spot, and after
jl lnnor anil faarfit\ <inrt4no?
??0 M..v. VIIO *yC|AJfc* ' WttO
' pronounced safe, having been slightly sing'
ed. Mr. Yf. M. Hughey, of tbis place,
is the loser.
Wo have thus hurriedly and imperfectly
. reported the work of destruction; we have
J not the possession, at present, of more min,
ute particulars in regard to it
George 1m w, Of New York, has replied
to the latter of the K'now-Nothing
members of the Penaylvania Legislature,
inviting him to become a candidate for the
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, Presidency. He defines his position very
freely. He opposes sectional agitation;
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considers tne American movement second
only to :I)ecJarat|Qp of-Independence;
censures demagogues for havingpndeavored
; to band together ciUtei6?;'<^rorajgp?>birth,
according to their
[FOR TIIK INDEPENDENT PRESS ]
From Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 15,1855.
Editors of the Prens : Several months
ago I wrote you a letter from this State,
and you expressed a wish that I would
write often again.
I must assure you tliat I should have
gratified your wish had not a severe and
obstinate disease of the eye cut 1110 off for
several months from indulging in either
reading or writing. I have often had a
most exuberant bundle of topics for a communication,
and was only estopped by inn
UII||> IU WillV. 1 liuw MJ Illif 11 j llllll^n
to write about, that it is difficult to decide
which will be most interesting to your
renders.
To begin with my own personality, I
have become a citizen of this town, or city,
as wo inaptly call it, and n member of the
bar. The bar hero is prodigiously strong
in ability, though rather small in number.
I believe it numbers about thirty. There
is, I believe, in proportion to number, no
bar in this country equal to it. About half
are young men, who, if they have patience
to wait until the veterans shall have "shuffled
off this mortal coil," will succeed to an
immense piactice. The income of several
law firms is from fifteen to twenty thousand
dollars. I knew one lawyer, though not of
this place, to get a fee of ten thousand dollars
in one ease, and thousand dollar foes
arc not at all uncommon. The most eminent
lnwvprs lir>rp aro Ei.Mnnc Y i vrrv
belsen, Rice, Williams, Harms, Watts,
Judge, Moss, and IIilliard. The first
five are from South Carolina. Rice has
just taken his seat on the supreme bench.
We shall probably dispose of Watts- and
Judge in August, by making one Governor
and the other member of Congress. I
hope we can dispose of Mr. Yancey in
1856, by sending him for four years to the
White House at Washington. There is no
abler and sounder man in all the South,
and I should not he vastly surprised if my
wish should be fulfilled. He is the most eloquent
criminal lawyer that ever I have
heard. I always listen to him with delight,
and 1 might write tor hours in describing
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his manner. lie has no smoothness or elegance
in his manner. He has only massive
strength and fiery earnestness. lie uses
none but Saxon words, as every man must
to be powerful in pathos. The directness,
the simplicity and the> deep earnestness of
his speech, like a mountain wave bears
down every thing before it. No case can
be so desperate but that he can find some
defensible point in it; and none so good
that he cannot break through it. I heard
him impose upon a jury in one of the cowcounties
below here, and send a poor fellow
for several yeais to the Penitentiary, for a
homicide, which was clcarly a case of selfdefence.
These were the facts : Three r>er
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sons were together in a public road about
dusk. Two of them were together, and
the third, who was the only witness, was a
few feet in front of them, lie heard two
or three blows, and turning round saw the
man who was killed with his rifle cocked
nnd raised in a striking position, and ho
fell immediately and died without speaking
a word. The man who killed hipi had two
bruises?one on his arm, and the other on
his head. lie had killed his antagonist
with a common knife. The case turned
upon this question: Whether the deceased
had struck these blows before or after receiving
his death-wound. If he struck before,
it was clearly self-defence; if not, it
was murder. Mr. Yancey, for the prosecution,
insisted that the deceased struck the
blows after, and argued that being a powerful
man, and having a heavy rifle, if he had
not been wounded and weakened, the blow
upon the head, instead of simply bruising
it, would have crushed it to atoms, lie
also argued that having the rifle raised was
not to strike, but the act of foiling gave it
the appearance of being raised? V"This humbugged
tbe jury, and they came very near
convicting him of murder. Now, it is evident
that the force with which a blow can
be struck with a rifle depends upou the distance
of the object, and the swing that the
striker has. It was much more5probably
explained bv the suDnosition tW.fliev
close together, and the gun grasp^l by the
man struck. At all events, the due \vas ao
doubtful that the prisoner should hay^-becn
acquitted. But I,am saying too much about
Mr. Yakcst* I must say something
about mj' especial favorite, Mr. Watts. In
physique he resembles the "god-like Daniel."
Massive, compact and enduring, with
a lustrous black eye, and an almost perpetual
smile lighting up a face as expressive of
goodnem as of genius. He never looks
sad except for the distress^others. When
qu client is in danger, his appearance is
sad and solemn. There js a low, Boft and
sol em tone in his voice, "%hich evinces Jiia
sense of sympathy and responsibility.^
There is bat one place-in which he is feeble,
and that is in prosecuting wfyore there is
anything to excite biassmpatby. Mr. Yxv*
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cute/ and Watts to defend. Mr. Wattb is
perhaps more learned in the law, especially
in civil practice. In this he is unequalled
for his acuuicn and skill. He was so fond
of demurrers that Judge Pickens told hiin
once in Court that he believed he would demur
to the New Testament. It was cornering
him most cruelly when special demurrers
were abolished in this State, and general
demurrers made of no avail. Lawyers
never demur now. They go to trial, and
if thrown, move to arrest judgment upon
the demurrable matter. Mr. Watts, though
young, lias made a large fortune, and practices
now only cow a more. Mr. Yancey
dislikes law; seems restive and impatient
in the practice, and does it only for money
?a thing which he is said to love exceedingly.
Mr. "NYArts labors jis hard for the
honest wretch ns if thousands were showered
upon him. I have heard him plead
for hours wliero there was no hope, and
without a cent of reward. To describe his
speaking, I must quote what has been beautifully
written of another orator:
"Ilis words hnd such a melting flow,
And spoke of truth so sweetly well,
They fell like the Rerene9t snow,
And all was brightness where they fell."
But I must change tbo subject, though I
would never tire of eulogizing "our" Tom
Watts. Ilis manner is particularly captivating
to the young. In his busiest hours
he lias cheerfully quit other things to assist
and instruct me. He is perfectly adored by
his friends, of whom there are legions.
There are other lawyers of whom I would
glady write, but I must, for this time at
least, dismiss the subject. I will, another
time, give you a comparative view of the
laws of vour Strte and mine.
This is a most delightful city. It contains
much of taste, wealth, elegance and
beauty. The society is cultivated and agreeable.
There is a vast amount of talent, energy,
and industry in all the departments of
business. The women, too, are beautiful?
very beautiful. I thank my stars that no
cap of inaid or widow has yet bagged me.
Though I am not like the stern bachelor
who said:
"E would not my unhoused, free condition
Put into circumscription or confinc
For (lie sou's worth."
I am yet like the voluptuary who said :
"'Twere n pity when flowers around us arise,
To make light of the rest if the rose is not
there,
And the world is so full of resplendent eyes.
Twcre a pity to limit one's love to n pnir."
This is a decidedly fast place. Cities in
the West are all extravagant, but this outIlerods
Herod.?2.40 horses sell for a thousand
dollars, and other things in proportion.
The women set the examnle of extrava
gance in dress. To use an expressive
phrase, they dress "in an inch of their lives."
Nine women in ten, that you meet, are
dressed in silk velvet, satin, or silk, which
cost from $50 to Si00 a dross, besides a
$25 bonnet, a $40 mantilla, and various
other costly unmentionable small clothes.
They also wear jewelry in profusion, which
is in bad taste, and banished from genteel
society every whore else. Some ladies wonder
whero other ladies set so manv fine
things, and are so cruel as to hint that they
arc no better than they should be.
I heard of one case in winch a lady obtained
diamonds, which was more ingenious
than ingeuous. She engaged herself
to a young man of moderate fortune, who
soldsome valuable property to buy for her
$1,700 worth of diamonds. But "there is
many a slip between the cup and the lip."
The fair lady bolted, as many other fair la
dies liatl done before her, and refused to marry
the fellow. She, however, persisted in
her title to the diamonds and kept them.
Strange to say, she was still tolerate^ in society.
There is an indictment in this State
for obtaining goods on false pretences, which
sends the convict to the Penitentiary. She
ought to have been indicted. But I must
drop the women and their dressing. However,
I like to see fine women. The apparel
oft proclaims the woman. Mr. Beecher,
when told that dress did not make the
man, pungently replied, "It is true, ,dress
does not make the man, but'after a man is
made, he looks much better dressed op."
"Them's my aentimcnte," both as to men and
women.
There is little doing in politics. I hear
politicians say that the secession party is
gaining members rapidly, although there is'
nothing at present to cause any movement.
A Governor and members of Congress and
Legislature, are to be elected in August.
Winston, the present Governor, runs again.
His opponent is not out yet, but whoever
he is, he will be elected. The Know Nothings
will elect the next Governor. The dominant
question in the oanvius is the giving
of State aid to internal improvement
Winston opposes it.
Business here has been vamt dnlt itiU
Vinter. We have "had the ptajprotrtcted
drought ever suffered here. Tfoej-iver' Y
cot been navigable, and cottoft- giytf@L
be got off, or freight got ?p. ^Sbvisi
are' oooaejiuently high, and ootton low,
% jpj* . ^ s
has hardly evqgjmcn so great a money crisis.
Money readily commends r> per cent.per
month, and often higJrer rates on an-questionable
commercial paper. There are
hundreds of negroes forced to cash sales,
and go very low. A large drofe left here
last week for South and North Carrotina to
get better prices. I bought five very fikc-^
ly ones for $2,400. Our city will soon be
in Railroad connection with tho fine port
of Pensacola, and then it will ask low water
no odds.
Our Court lias just closcd, having sat
six weeks. The criminal docket occupied
threo weeks. About half a dozen were sent
to the Penitentiary for life or years. Imagine
my surprise when the first day I went
into Court, Sally PonTEnFiF.Ln was arraigned
for larceny. Sally is from Mulberry
creek in Abbeville, and got some notoriety
before she left there. Four of your
Abbeville women are in the Penitentiary for
ten years for larceny. Court adjourned,
leaving over five hundred cases on the dock.i
ii i i _ x r _
eu 11 wouiu require over two years 01 a
constant session to get through with the old
chronic eases. The simplest ease, in which
there is only a sham plea, defers trial for
five or ten years. A creditor cannot get
judgment on a promissory note in less than
that time, and this, together with the fact
that he pays his lawyer five per cent lor collecting,
puts the creditor at the mercy of the
debtor. This seems hard, and the judges
say it is wrong, but it is the same in all the
new States. The laws are made for the
ease of the debtor. In the old States they
[ are made rigorously for creditors. Bail
writs and ca. sas. are practically abolished
in this, as in all the new States.
We have had a most unparalleled winter
for dryness and fairness. The weather hns
been lovely. We are looking anxiously for
rain, now, for planting the crop, as well as
for navigation. Yesterday, however, there
was a rise of seven feet in the river, which
will put all craft afloat. There must have
been heavy rains above, though there was
none here.
Our citty has lacked its wonted gaiety
this winter. The yellow fever, which raged
hero two months last year, carried death
into so many families that the garments of
mourning arc familiar on the streets. For
two years successively our city has been
scourged by this disease. In 1853 it attacked
one part of the city, and principally
the poor population. Last year it was confined
to a different part, and selected its
victims mostly from the wealthy. One
family of seven lost six of its members.
There was a brisk business done in val entines
yesterday, and doubtless the sccret
and long-pent passion breathed in their tender
notes will bring many brides to the altar.
There was an immense wedding last night.
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xiicru was uisie ana appropriateness in tlic
selection of the day. I thought that the
hard times would check matrimony, and so
remarked to a lady. She replied wittily,
that it would probably increase it, as it
would take tico to bear up against such
times.
I have too rapidly and irregularly touched
upon many small topic, and there are
many others occurring' to me that I must
pass for the present.
I have only a word for yourself. I nm
pleased to see that yon have not departed
. from the faith which your predecessor practised,
except that you are more orthodox in
religion. I thank you, especially, for your
support of my friend, the Hon. Mr. Brooks.
I was considered demented when in his first
election I bet hundreds on him. But I
know him too well to err, nnd knew the
"spontaneons combustion" which his presence
kindles among the people. Iii the recent
canvass, I declared through the Press,
that it would bo desperate in any man to
oppose him. The result verified it. Long
may he represetit the glorious fourth District,
and long he will, for "no man of woman
born" is his equal before the people.
I hope to be able to visit you in tho spring.
Youre sincerely, ? Ben Lane.
a tftvdlt AVfthjinrM onva ijiof (lio ao*4v> jo
so kind in tbat state, that "just tickle her
with a hoe, and she will laugh with a harvest.''
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MARKETS. :
ABBEVILLE, March 15.?Prices of cotton
are ranging from 6 to 1$.
COLUMBIA, March 13.?The cotton market'
was brisk and active yesterday at viery full
prices. 800 bales were sold, at prices ranging
from 64 to 8, and one lot, a very choice. article,
brought 8i cent* v I
CHARLESTON, March 18.?Cotton is firm.
Sales of .1,300 b?Ies> at 7a8f cent*.
COftSieiVEES.
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A CANDII) COURSE. 'flic component parts JflE
orSTABLER'S ANODYNE CHERRY EXPEC- 8y
TORANT an J STABLER'S DIARRIKEA COR- ?
DIAL have been made known to upwards of
fire hundred physician?, every one of whom, Q|
without a single exception, have pronounced |H
them cxelleiit medicines, compounded in nccor- S
dance with scientific principles, and skilful an
phnruinecutieal knowledge. It is a well known 9
f?ct, that, physicians generally oppose what ar?> OB
termed "popular medicines," and this fact
ffpeuks loudlv in fnvor of ili<.i? ...?J ' *l
y vuiiuur ana ino
intrinsic merits of the valuable preparation?, H
which are nnwt appreciated where they are best 9g
known, and which are coming into very general
use for the distressing complaints tlioy are 9
intended to curc: For diseases of the lungs and 9
throat, Stabler's Anodyne Cherry Expectorant 9
nffords a safe and speedy remedy; while tho fi
Diarrhrna Cordial has ilcfer bt:cn known to fl
fail in giving relief. # I
See descriptive pamphlets, to be Had grnt' 9
is of the agents. Price of each, only CO* R
cents per bottle, or nix bottles for * '! 50'. 9
E. II. STABLER. <fc CO., Proprietors; 9
Wholesale Druggists, Baltimore. 3
Sold by Dn. F. K. GARY, Cokesbury;
?? ai(i;ijA\v it IjVOK, Abbeville C. Il.f I
IIAVILAXD, 11ARRAL & Co., I
Wholesale agents, Charleston;; I
And by Merchants generally. jfl
March 9, 1855 4+ 2\v 9
FULLER'S HAT STORE, I
238, RICHARDSON ST., |
COLUMBIA, S. C- |
[NEAR THE NEW STATE CAPITOL.] 9
r T^lIE Proprietor of this celebrated Establish' 1
A incnt, nitliotiuh only vine month* lias 1
elapsed since lie comineiiccd business on Iiih I
turn occonvt, vet it. affords him great pleasure u> |
state to the >b-ul>r* and citizens generally, of 1
ABBEVILLE, that lie lias met with tlint sue- |
cess that seemed to warrant a large increase of j
stock and store-room, both.of which additions 1
are nearly complete, ami will be arranged for 1
the wholctale 3
S3?- Mve per cunt, oflf on hills of fifty dollar*.
Terms cash on delivery in every instance
March 16, 1855 [nov 20, '64
Woticc to Soldiers.
CHOXGUESS, at ilfl lute session, passed nn Act
) granting to nil soldics having served in
any of the wars of the United 'States sine?
1700, One Hundred and Sixty Acres of Bounty
Land.
Under this Act, those who hnve already received
forty or eighty acres under tlic Acts of
1850, arc now entitled to receive an additional
amount, making one hundred and sixty acres.
The undersigned will promptly attend an
agent in securing warrants, and will buy the
saine, when secured, paying a liberal priee.
Having had long experience, with (jreat aucccss,
in the business, he offers his services to all
interested in the Aft. confident of liis aliilitv to
secure justice and give entire satisfaction.
B. V. I'OSEY.
March 14, 1855. 45 3m
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NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
TXTAIiD, BUKCHAliD A CO., Augusta, On.,
1 T nro now receiving, by ever}* steamer,
Large Additions
to their stock, of all thnt is
New, Elegant and U*cfttl !
Such as Silk, Silk Barege, niul Lawn Flounced
Robes, Barege DeLaines, Rich Cliallics, J.awnn,
Tissues, Bareges, (ihighnms, Calicoes, I.aec Bed
j Spreads, Wide Scotch Diapers, Linen Dainaak,
! lluck Towelling, Napkins, Doylies, 12 4 Cotton
nna l^inen sneelings. Jriali Linens, Farmers'nnd
Plnn ters' Linen and Drillings, Cottonndes,
Chnnibrays, Linen Lustres.
?ALSO.?
Family Mourning Attire, a complete assortment
of all'the various fabrics, to all of which tliey
respectfully ask attention.
Their prices to cash o;id prompt paying buyers
will be such ns cannot fail to give satisfaction.
[Mar 10 tf
SPECIAL NOTICE.
I WISH to inform my friends and jl,
customers that. I am slill in the efeCSSjy-'
CARRIAGE BUSINESS, in this place, and
ready to do my work well, find ns low aa possible.
(New work warranted for .twelve
months.)
But 1 wish to be understood that from this
I anie an .loos done nt my shop, nmouiiting to
j five dollars and'over, must be settled for, either
b}' 6'ojiA or 6'a*/t Xotcx, before taken away.
'My reason for this is, that my stock is cash,
my fiauds are cash, my provisions arc cash, and
cash I must have for mv work.
E. J. TAYLOR.
N. B.?I havo on hand three second-hand
Buggies, (one with ton,) one light one-horse
Barouche, one Carry-all, (first rate to travel
in,) also two new Buggies, and more a-growing,
that I will sell cheap for cash or cash notes.
But bear in mind that you cau save ten dollars
on every hundred by paying cash, and also
ten cents on every dollar by doing the same.
E. J. T.
f"^Abbeville C. II., March 10, 1866-.
J 0GA88EE..
r | "*I1E full-blooded Horae. JOT! AS.
JL SEE, will stand the ensuing 4M?
spring season as follows: On Monday, at Baz*
il Callaham's; on Tuesday, at E. Trible's, Esq.;
on Wednesday, at O. B. Clinkscale's, Esq.; on
Thursday, at Abbeville C. EI.; on Friday, at
I David KellarV, Esq.; on Saturday, at Due
West.
I He will be let to Mares at Ten Dollars insu|
ranee. Twerity.-five cento to the Groom in evi
ery instance. Every possible care will be taken
to prevent aceidenta, but no liability for
any. Season to commence the 10th of March,
| and end tbe 10th of June.
I v '-PEDIGREE.
j JOCA3SEE is a fine blood bav. of fl na
I nnd muscular power.. He was aired by Maj.
| Whltfield'a celebrated Waverly, in the spring
of 1848?WttTcrly by old Bertrand, of Ken->
I tricky j'.dam -by Blackburn's Whip; Bertrand
! by the renowned horse Sir Archy; his dam
Kli*a;.xrtfu ajater to th? celebrated ratting
! horse Gallatin, by imported Bedford. Jdcaj'jrtefa
d*m Vaa got by "Bedford,. daacendUtit
from the renowned Rirksey's oolJL; udh*hy
the imported Bedford; hia gr?qd-dam by Phe-w ' (
?">n. and he bv Sir Archy ; hia g. g* dam
- ' Crated Qaitki