The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, September 07, 1855, Image 2
Attempt at Whefletale Murder.
The Carolina Times has the following
Communication from a passenger on the
Greenville cars in relation to the accident
fi. on last Saturday:
V " Messks. Editors : On Saturday morning.
las^about 10 o'clock a. m., the riasscuger
irainTrou? Greenville, bound to Columbia,
encountered Bcrious difficulties .hi
\ Captain J. Cochran's field (about four miles
bolovJ Cokesbury Depot) the con6equenec
. of the "intentional fentoval of a bar of iron
by some person or persons*
The spikes wore drawn and placed opposite
where, they we're taken out. / The
print of the crow-bar is visible on the
orosa-ti?,- and also oil the rail. One of the
tpikes had the bead broken off, aud several
"V of them show where the crow-bar was used,
Id consequence of the curve, the engineer,
(Mr. Thornloy,) one of the most careful on
the road, did not perceivo the difficulty until
it was too late to reverse the engine and
give warning with -hie whistle -before the
occurrence took place.
The engine, tender, platform, stock, mail,
and baggage cars were thrown off tho track
entirely, and the front trucks of tho first
passenger car wero also thrown off. The
engineer was thrown to the ground, and
'' one of th? firemen slightly hurt. The track
was very much torn up, but no damage
was done to the engine or care. All the
passengers fortunately escaped injury.
Traces vfero traced from the road to a
peach tree, some three hundred yards in
the field, supposed to be those of the person
or persons who perpetrated the crime. The
course pursued was not straight. All clear
places in the field seemed to bo avoided, and
the tracks appoarcd to be those of a white
Man.
The cars and passengers were under the
management of our fellow-townsman, Mr.
Isaacs, the conductor, who did every thing
in his power to make the passengers comfortable,
and happy while sojourning in the
corn-field.
aw> ociock p. tn., another engine and
cars having been procured, we 6tarted again
for our destinntion, but shortly after the
engine jumped from the track, when several
of the hands, firemen and others, jumped
from the cars, aud we regret to state that
one of the firemen was Boriously injured,
iracturmg doid ancles. ine passengers,
generally, escaped without serious injury.
[From the Carolinian.]
Presidency of the S. O. College.
Among the many names which have been
proposed for this position, that of Dr. Francis
IJieber has claims which are equalled by
very few. Tbe position is one of great responsibility,
of high usefulness, and of much
honor, and calls for peculiar talents and
attainments.
.There are few men among us who have
the qualifications of Dr. Lieber; few, who
lire. as. well, acquainted with the present
8tate of the College; few, who have the
same knowledge of the European Colleges
and Universities; and, without intending to
detract from tbe claims of others, we do not
hesitate to state that be is one of tbe best
educated men in our State. When it 16
added, that he is industrious in bis habits,
and peculiarly fond of letters?that his
.ending and study have been carefully direc\?*-to
the great business of education?
that t?ap last twenty years of his life has been
given tb the instruction of vouug men, at
r??ii? ? i 'J
i/uo vuuc^o?we nave bhiu enougn to establish
adaim which is equalled by few, surpassed
by none, and which the Trustees, it
is hoped, will not suffer to be neglected, on
account of the cry raised by some for a
nativel . Justice.
Progress of Mormonism.?Twenty-five
years ago the "Prophet" Joseph Smith organized
the Mormon Church with sixty men>
bers. At the present time the Church in
Utah Territory contains three Presidents,
seven apostles, two thousand and seventysix
"seventies," seven huudred and fifteen
high priests, niuo hundred and ninety-four
elders, five hundred and fourteen priests,
four hundred and Reventy-one teachers, two
hundred and twenty-seven deacons, besides
the usual ratio of persons in training for the
ministry, but not yet ordained, and four
hundred and eighty-nine missionaries abroad.
During the six months ending with the beginning
of April last, nine hundred and
,'c - aixty-five children were born in the Territort?
nf TTfoV? 1 1 *
-j ^vou, mu uuuuruu miu severny-nine
were baptized in the Mormon faith, and
eighty-six were excommunicated from the
Church.
A writer in the Mobile Register introduces
a new Southern poetess to the considerate
lion of the literary world. She is said to
be Miss Amanda A. R. Capers?the niece ol
Tbe Rev. Dr. William Capers, for so man;
years one of the Bishops of the Southern
Methodist Church, and daughter of the Rev
Benjamin H. Capers, D. Dn Professor ol
j .. Anoient Languages &c^ in Franklin Fe
, male. College, Holly Springs, Miss. She
commenced to rhyme at a very early age
and now at eighteen has produced pieces o
poetry which would be creditable to genius
ef riper years. *
fcdtjanrui. Nomenclature.?'The now
Runjfcu Minis tef to the United States u
' l ^7, called Somanoaoff, (saw my nose off.) Ar
. attache of tie name legation at Washington
;Blo^anoeoff,^>lQW fifty nose eff.) Sesida
which we ba?er.-Col. Kutmanosoff, (cut mj
* the Imperial Gtfartf, Marshal
"PoTmrtibftoff, (pull my no?e off,) Gen.Noxbe
rt- <* <> recmt
T. . ly slSemooraxu^^wad States Senator, bu
who wa?a Know Noflifog candidate for th(
Alabama 'Legislature,* waa defeated at tlx
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> IS rUBUSIiro EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
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M. FUOKETT, f Editors.
Individuals, like nation*, fail in nothing which
, they boldly attempt, vchcn unstained by virtuoiix
purpo*?, anddcter mined resolution.?Hknry Clay.
" Willing to praise, yH not $fraid to Uame."
Terms?Que Dollar a Year, In Advance.
! ABBEVILLE O H.
FRIDAY, - - - - SEPTEMBER 7, 1855.
Important to Ministers.
We nro authorized to state that the
i Board of Directors of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad Company, at thoir meet
innr An flirt OQtl* nU -nA
---|5 KKV MI/VI1 (UKi) (IUtUV/1 I6CU lliu x It'ai"
1 dent of the Company to sell to the respective
Christian denominations a ticket, for
[ one hundred dollars, which will pass one of
s their ministers, at any time, on the Road
without further charge. If more'than one
' ministor of a denomination having 'such
ticket be on the Road at the same time, one
i will be passed free, tho others charged half
the u6ual fare.
Our Agents.
William Hill and John McBmrDt:,
Esqs., of this village, are our agents, with
wnom nil orders can be left with certainty
of receiving prompt attention.
Messrs. Suber & Parks are offering
liberal cash prices for young negroes. See
their card in another column.
Our friend E. J. Taylor is prepared to
furnish a new and beautiful style of Burial
Case.
Wn- 1. lU n 711--1 c
> a ivnt tl IIU1U LUC \sKJb! VUCILtUlb I 11 rt L UV?
hundred dollars have been already contributed
in Abbeville District for tlio use of the
State Agricultural Society.
The circular of Dr. Barratt, Captain
Btrd and Col. Marshall, to be seen in this
issue, speaks for itself, and we need only
commend it to the notice of our agricultu
rai iricnas.
PER60N8 visiting or passing Columbia,
and desiring new and tasty things in the
hat line, will do well to call on Mr. Fuller,
whose invitation is extended in our advertising
columns.
Mr. O. A. Wilson having bought out
our friend Moore, the "Variety Store" has
assumed the name of Wilson's instead of
Moore's. We commend the new proprietor
to the favor of the trading pu&fic.
There i8 Baid to be a negro boy, in Caddo
Parish, La., with horns on his head similar
to those of a deer?having spikes and
PAViOrAr) wWK trflliraf ? *
w<v?vv? XK.!! T^ivgu niA IUUUC9 lUllg, HIIU
6till growing." Very strange if true.
Two brothers, Henry and Alfred Byrd,
were Bhot on Wednesday of week before
laBt in Augusta, Ga.t and fatally wouuded,
by a man named Bogans, who had not
been arrested at last accounts.
-**" ' ? ?
Messrs. Calhoun & Deveaux, Booksellers,
Columbia, have sent us their catalogue
of books, stationery, and so forth.?
They have a complete and extensive stock,
and we commend them to our friends.
Ocr old friend, Wesley A. Black, of
Due West, wants to buy Land Warrants.
Holders will undoubtedly consult their interests
by giving bim a chance before disposing
of them.
We are pleased to note the appointment
of Col. Simkins, of the Edgffiield Adverti
it /? * ' " ?
??-, as ine nrei, annual orator ot the State
Agricultural 8ociety. We have no doubt
he will prove himself worthy of the honor
thus conferred.
The season approaches when those who*
have wool will wish it converted iDto rolls
1 preparatory to yarn preparatory to cloth,
and so on, and we recommend a trial of
Messrs. Youno <fc Black's Wool Carding
. Machine, advertised in another column.
p The tract of land offered for sale in the
"Calhoun settlement," presents a ,rare opi
portunity to any one who desires a large
j. and valuable plantation. For particulars,
we refer to the advertisement in this paper
j and to Capt. Wm. H. Parker, at this place.
p Attention is called to the advertisej
ment of Mart N. Robertson, offering valuable
land for sale, which has been in our
columns for some months. She. announces
r her determination to sell at auctiotron sale'
duv nA*t. if a nrivnfn nolo i>nnnr\t Wn ^
^ J _ f ? ?v..v vttiiMWtf fcrv WWV"
ed before. ?: ' '* . *
' gig ;*>
J Wb observe in some of our Georgia exI
changes that Col. T. W. Thomas, of Elber
ton, has been appointed a Circuit Judge in
place of Judge Andrews, who has resigned,
at the instance of the Know Nothings and
gone on a "wild hunt" after the higher
t honors of Congressional Representative. |
? ? i h n *9
) Tb? Carolinian is authorized to say that
? gentleman of Richland District proposes
to be on* of ten who shall subscribe, duth
f *100, $2M>, or $500?the amount;\:t* -ft
fC #ic^by Am^)rity of the subscribers after
J tjbe clnb is
th.n*Ag*^dftota,.' -
vf ;
Wk are pleased to recommend the
public to a trial of Messrs. Young & Mullikin'b
shoes and leather, advertised in another
column. They are gentlemen for
whom we have the highest regard, and we
know are worthy of an unbounded patronage.
Those concerned in the settlement of
the affairs of the late Mr. Barmore, will
-?1 ?J 1?
UV ncii IV iuutw uut, ICrtUj ?I1U ICIlICIIiU^r
the call of the administrators, Messrs. Donald
and Williams, to bo seen on onr advertising
page.
Two bales of new cotton, of fine quality,
produced by Mr. Jos. Crafton, of Edgej
field, were sold in Hamburg last week for
j fifteen cents; and eight bales, from Columbia
county, Ga., were sold in Augusta for
eleven cents. Quality good middling. Also
oight bales sold in Charleston, one morning
this week, at eleven cents. Quality good
middling.
Capt. Wm. H. panker, Commissioner
in Equity, proposes several very important
sales of real estate on sale-day in October
onBuing, as will be seen by advertisements
elsewhere, to which wo direct attention.
Land buyers will do well to note these
sales, and "bo and appear on tho day and
placo specified," as doubtless a better lot
of lands will not soon be offered in Abbeville
District.
From tho reports of tho Spartanburg
papers the recent dinner at that place to
Col. Orr was a demonstration entirely satisfactory
to the friends and political supporters
(whose name is Legion) of that distinguished
and true Representative. We
had marked an account of the proceedings
for this issue, but find it crowded out.
We have more to say of Col. Orr and his!
politics at a future time.
A remarkable railroad accident ocurred
recently between Boston and Albany.
The train was running a down grade; and
passing a freight car, which was standing
upon a switch track, with a swinging doorshutter
hanging open, one whole side of
the passenger car was completely taken off.
Mr. T a ft, of Charleston, S. C., was resting
nia eioow upon a window Bill, And bad hi6
arm completely severed io two places?
above and below the elbow.
Dr. Wm. Rabe, formerly of Greenville,
hns recently communicated to. the; Southern
Patriot an account of an interesting
slave case in Prussia. It appears thaft one'
Dr. Ritter carried with him a negro slave
from Brazil to Berlin. Some busyrbody
abolitionists immediately undertook the
slave's release. Not, however, by mob force,
as do the abolitionists of this country, but
by law. The lower courts liberated the
slave; but on carrying the case up to the
highest court, he was remanded to bis owner.
The decree was that "the lex loci mu6t govern
the case; that the plaintiff was a slave
according to the law of Brazil, and that
it is the duty of Governments to protect
foreigners travelling in their country in the
possession of their property."
The most interesting part of the exhibition
on Tuesday was the Connecticut Giant
Girl, Miss Campbell, whose name was not
in the programme. It is worth a half-day's
ride on a donkey, exclusive of the admission
fee, to see her and feel of her arm! A
dread of. arms, when carried bv handsome
young women, has never constituted a particle
of our cowardice; but we confess the
heavy pieces of artillery carried by Miss
Campbell, which lier attendant was pleased
to call arms, we shoujd hate to have brought
to bear upon our mud fort. They are at
least thirty pounders.?ilhe is thirteen years
old; quite handsome; very intelligent;
and weighs (shades of the giants defend
us from the disgrace of doubted veracity 1)
four hundred and fifty-eight pounds /?
What a waste of sweet female flesh and
blood! There is enough, if properly divided,
to make three young bachelors miserably
happy.
' A friend remarked to us, the other day,
that there were two characters be did wish
we would expend a little attention upon.
hi - ?
iney were, postmasters who loan papers
from their office before they are taken out
by'their proper owners, and tboee who take
no paper but depend upon borrowing. We
told him as to the first class, they should
be reported to the Postoffice Department,
and that would settle the question to
them; the others were somewhat more dif
uouii, oi disposition. i ue ttret idea naturally
is, rtftuse to lend, but who can refuse to
lend to an importunate baggarf Another
and better idea strikes vis?pertuade them,
to tubtcribe. That remedy we feel no heeHation
in declaring thetestfor the patient,*
, and the eeriest 60 be administered. Ji baa,
j too,"collat?r?l effect? wbich- are e*cce&ngly
pleasant, - This paragraph in all
. pow. dome other time we may attempt
justice to $ two character* under treatment.
We hope <*r friend K-^ a.d all
otfa*?. who:m as > 4?*Ul
txy ^ate ^o^^^^^n pfe plan ^ra^e
/ An Illustration.
The tremendous gathering, on Tuesday,
to witness the exhibition of Bailey's circus
and menagerie, it occurred to uf, was a striking
illustration of the effect of advertising.
Two weeks ago, and how many in this
community could have told (hat there was
such a company in the State, or even in the
world, as Bailey's ? Certainly very few.
But about that time the agent comes along
for the express purposo of advertising the
approach of the, "show." The day is set
and arrives, and see what a crowd is gathered
! And what gathered the crowd ?
We saw no dingy manuscript notices past
cd npon the doors of the shops and stores
and mills throughout the Distsict; we heard
no boll-crier rending the air with the peals
of his bell and stentorian shouts of "the elephant
is comingthere was no one canvassing
the neighborhood as if to collect census
statistics! None of these. The agent
came into town, left his announcement with
the press, and quietly pursued his way. It
heralded it forth ; and the result is, when the
appointed time arrives, thousands (we suppose)
are here, and the Company carries off
perhaps twelve or fifteen hundred dollars.
Business men of all classes, if you desire
to increase profits, advertise?advertise lib
erauy. a liberal support of the press will
aid powerfully in building up, not only your
I own interests, but every interest of the country.
True as woman's love! \Ve would
say it, if we expected never to publish another
issue of any paper while we live.
The subject is, to us, especially suggestive,
and we hope to be able at another time
to enforce the truth of the proposition upon
the minds of our District business men
of all classes, hoping that, when convinced,
their actions will correspond to the dictates
of enlightened judgments. We have not
the space just now.
[for the independent press.]
Another Ticket for Town Council.
Messrs. Editors : Permit us the use of
your valuable paper to suggest the following
ticket for Intcndant and Wardens of Ab
bcvillo village at the ensuing election :
For Inlendant.?James M. Peiirin.
For Wardens.?John A. Wier, M.
McDonald, H. S. Kerr, R. A. Fair.
Many Voters.
[for the independent press.]
To the Farmers of Abbeville District.
Greenwood, S. C., Sept. 5, 1855.
Messrs. EditorsThe subscribers having
determined to canvass this District for the
purpose of awakening a deeper interest araong
the farmers and planters in the cause
of Agriculture and to exhibit different specimens
of tools, such as Cotton' Planters,
Subsoil Plows, Scrapers and different kinds
of Turning Plows, and to demonstrate their
| practical uses, respectfully invito their fellow
citizens to meet us at the following
I places: Commencing at Cokesbury, on
Monday 17th instant,; Tuesday the 18th,
-a tv..- 11t a. TTT 1 1 .1 -
ui uuu wuatj *veunesaay ine lUtn, at
Lowndsville; Thursday the 20th, at Calhoun's
Mills; Friday the 21st, at White
Hall; and Saturday, at Greftnwood. We
hope the friends of Agriculture will make
such arrangements and accommodations at
each place as will induce a generaMurn out
of the citizens, especially the ladies, we need
their influence, together with the young
men who are the hope of the country.
The citizens of Cokesbury and neighborhood
have kindly offered to give a dinner
to the people of the neighborhood on the
occasion. The Town Council of Lowndsville
have tendered us the hospitalities of the
place, with a request that we inform them
when we should visit that place so that they
could m&ke arrangements for the meeting.
Several of the citizens of Due West have
signified their willingness to assist in making
arrangements for the meeting at that
place. Greenwood and the citizens of the
surrounding neighborhood will give a pick
nick, and the public, and especially the
ladies, are respectfully invited to attend.
We hope our friends at White Hall and
Calhoun's Mills will take an interest in the
cause and make such arrangement as will
induce a general turn out of the citizens.
We respectfully invite the planters to bring
their tools, as we. propose to have a plowing
match at each place, as we desire to see
the best tools in the country.
.,J. P, Barratt,
- T. B. Byrd,
J. F. Marshall.
ff, yf
Sam'b Foothold ' jn thb South.?At
the last Presidential election, Virginia gave
a majority of 15,281 for Gen. Pierce. Notwithstanding
fusion and confusion, the alliance
of the Whigs and Know. Nothings,
an increased vote of 27^123, Wise's majority
was 10,180. * "
^ North Carolina gave Pierce * majority of
680.' She now gives about 8,0(H) Democratic
majority.
Tennewoe gave a majority of 1,880 for
flcottf .She now gives about 2,000 majority
fbrihat unwavering Democrat, Andrew
Johnson. '' *'
Alabama : gave a. aiiajoritV of 11,848 for
ttpy gire? upwarda of 12,000
$e baen advlae^ of tho precl*>
State Agricultural Soolety.
At the meeting of the Executive' Committee
of the South Carolina State Agricultural
8ociety, held on tbc 27 th inst?
Present: A. P. Calhoun, President; E.
G. Palmer, A. G. Summer, O. M. Dantzler,
R. W. Gibbs, and J. U. Adams.
The Executivo Committee proceeded to
adopt a circular, and appointed committees
for the districts and parishes of the State,
to canvass for subscriptions and names to be
uristo/l t/> llto liaf momKm-o
mittees are requested to make their reports
to the Secretary by the sccoiid Tuesday in
November next.
Col. Arthur Simkins, of Edgefield, waselected
Anniversary Orator for the November
meeting.
Colonels O. M. Dantzler and A. G. Summer
were delegated to attend the Fair of
the Southern Central Society of Georgia,
in September next.
A. G. Summer was appointed Secretary
pro. tem. to the Executive Committee.
The Committee adjourned, to meet in Columbia
on Saturday before the second Tuesday
in November next.
A. P. Calhoun, President.
A. G. Summer, Secretary.
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nniuuut|?) o* v*
A correspondent of the New York Courier
& Enquirer writes jis follows of what he
saw in Hamburg on the 5th inst.:
To-day being Lords's-day, seotns to be
quite a day of jubilee with the colored race
of this vicinity, and if some of the benighted
Abolitionists of the North could appear
in our midst and witness the happiness and
privileges of our Southern slaves, I dare say
such scenes would go far in removing many
of the prejftlices under which we are now
laboring with regard to slaver)'. I presume
two hundred npgroes assembled at the
Augusta side of the Savannah river, to witness
the administration of the rites of baptism
to some thirty-five or forty subjects.
They congregated on the wharves in a cool
retreat under the shade oftwo bridges?the
magnificent railroad bridge and the Passenger
bridge. There, after a few words of
prayer, they commenced the work of immersion,
during which time the congregation
united in appropriate choruses and livmns,
and by way of carrying out the Methodist
religion to the extent, several sisters and brothers
becamo so overcome with the operation
of the spirit, that they broke forth in shouting
"glory to God," "Hallelujah," and other
like expressions, in such loud tones thatthev
were distinctly hoard oil the opposite side.
The negroes here have a nice little church,
and in Augusta have four, two of them handsome
buildings, with colored ministers, who
receive a good salary each. Their finest
church is under the pastoral charge of a
colored minister, who for several years was
engaged in jrour office under Mr. D., and
there gained his education. The negroes
here are truly happy and contented ; they
are not oppresseed ; are allowed every liberty,
and know uone of the cares which
afflict their masters.
They dress handsomely, and many of them
richly ; a great number of them hire their
own time, and seem as free as their owners.
It is the general impression at the North
that the farther South you go, the more oppressed
you find slaves?a false idea alto
gather. I find them much more indulged,
though there is a limit to that indulgence ;
they are not made companious of as at Saratoga
Springs.
Wo have had aplesant summer so far ; no
yellow fever yet., but an abundance of mosquitoes,
?nd with a dozen or more sticking
their bills in each elbow, besides a cloud of
them around your neck and hands, you may
wonder how one can write at all, subject to
all these annoyances.
How Sparrowgrass Went Down Stairs,
One evening Mrs. S. had retired, and I
was busy writing, when it struck mo that a
glass of ice-water would be palatable. So
I took a candle and pitcher and went down
to the pump. Our pump is in the kitchen.
A country pump in the kitchen is
more convenient, but a well with a bucket
is certainly more picturesque.?Unfortunately
our well water has not been sweet since
it was cleaned out. First I had to open
a bolted door that leads you in to the basement
hall, and then I went to the kitchen
door, which proved to be locked. Then I
remembered that our girl always carried the
key to bed with her, and slept with it under
her pillow.?Then I retraced my steps ;
bolted the basement door, and went up into
the dining room. As is always the case,
I found, when I could hot get any water I
was thirstier than I supposed I was. Then
I thought I would wnke bur girl up. Then
I concluded not to do it. Then I thought
of the well, but cave that up on account
of its flavor. Then I opened the closet
door?there was no water there; and then
I thought of the dumb waiter 1 The novelty
of the idea made mo smile ; I took out
two of the movable shelves, stood the pitcher
on the bottom of the dumb waiter, got
in myself with the lamp; let myself down
until I supposed I was within r. loot ofjthe
floor below, and then let go 1
We came down 60 suddenly that I was
shot out of the apparatus as it it bad been
a catapelt; it broke the pitcher, extinguished
the lamp, and landed me in the middle
of the kitcnen at midnight, with no fire,
and the air not much above the zero point.
The truth is, I had miscalculated the ditance
of the descent?instead of falling one foot I
had fallen five. My first impulse was to ascend
by the way I came down, but I. found
that impracticable.?Then I tried the kitchen
door, it was looked ; I tried to force it
open; it was made out of two inch stuff,
and held its own. Then I hoisted the window,
and there-were rigid iron bars.?If I
ever felt.angry at anybody, it waawithmyaelf
for putting up those bars to please Mrs.
Sparrowgra?s. I put them up, not to keep
people in but to keep people out. I
laid my chfeek againftt the ioe-cold barriers
and looked oat at the sky ; not a star
and the prisoner of Chilton. ThenT
^ootill was hoarse, and
.97 j ? {&""
ruined our preserving kettle with the
baker. That hmnorM ?i? <!?"
uvy VUV lU tun
bark, and between us we made night hideous.
Then I thought-1 heard a voice, and listened
?-it was Mrs. Sparrowgrass calling to mo
from tho top of the staircase. I tried to>
make her hear me, but the dogs united with
howl, and growl, and bark, so as to drown
my voice, which is naturally plaintive and
tender. Besides there were two bolted
doors and doubled deafened floors between
us; how could she recognize my voice evei*
if she did hear it t Mre. Sparrowgrass called
once or twice, and then got frightened ;
the next thing I heard was a sound as if
the roof had fallen in, by which I understood
that Mrs. Sparrowgrass was springing '
the rattle. That called out our neighbor,
already wide awake. He came to the rear
cuo with a bull terrier, Newfoundland
pup, a lantern and a revolver. The moment
he saw me he shot at me, but fortunately
just missed me. I threw myself under
the kitchen table and began to expostulate
with him but he would not listen to
reason. '
In tho excitement I had- forgotten h??
name, and that made matters worse. It
was not until he had roused up everybody
around, broken in the basement door with
an axe, gotten into the kitchen with his savage
dogs aud shooting iron, and seized me
uy uie couar mat no recognized me?and
then wanted me to explain it! But what
kind of an explanation could I make him ?
I told him that he would have to wait until
my mind was composed, and then I would
let him understand the whole matter fully.
But he never would have had the particulars
from mo, for I do not approve of neighbors
that shoot at you, break in your door
and treat you in your house as if you were
a jail bird. Uo knows all about it, however?somebody
told him; somebody tells,
everybody everything in our village.
Putnam.
The Newberry Mirror says: "On t
19th inst., William McDaniel was f
dead, in the upper part of this Disti
When found he was partly lying in a small!
branch, but not enough to cause death by
drowning. Ho was a man of dissipated
habits, and his death is supposed to have
been caused by a dispute with John Bar
leycorn."
Tho next meeting of the Southern Commercial
Convention will take place in Richmond
on the 3d of November. The committee
appointed by that body to designate
a suitable place for the holding of the convention,
has wo learn, says the Whig, accept
ea mo invitation ot the Kiclimond Board of
Trade.
Wra. Walker, a half breed of the Wyandot
tribe of Indians?a man of education
and wealth, and who glories in his Indian
blood?is spoken of as a candidate for Congress
in Kansas. *
SPECIAL MEDICAL NOTICE.
CURB OF DYSPEPSIA.
THE undersigned is being consulted by letter
from all ports of the Union, by those
who are suffering from Dyspepsia and its consequent
general weakness, muscnlar relaxation,
and nervous debility. Having for the last
few years, in his practice of medicine, turned
his attention almost entirely to the treatment
of this disease, he is enabled from his large experience
to institute a peculiarity of treatment
that will ennble the patient to tee, feel, and
know, after a day or two's treatment, that his
recovery has already commenced. Has ho a
dry tongue, thirst, loss of appetite, constipation
of bowels, nausea aud vomiting??is the
skin dry, harsh, with nnnatural heat??is
he troubled with sleeplessness, starting in
his sleep, somnolency, impaired volition?with
palpitation or "fluttering" of the heart, and
easily out of breath by quickened exertions?
, All these, after one, two, or three day's treatment
will commence to disappear.
Terms ok Treatment. $5 00 for first con1
sultalion. Medicine forwarded by mail, with^
full and explicit written directions of tfc*e
course of treatment, <fcc., to be pursued. TLach
. subsequent consultation and njedicine forafard- , >.
ed, $2 00. Money remitted in all inrftaneea
should be "registered" at the post office>N All
letters to be addressed to the undersigned.'--..
W. W. BLISS, M. D.. .
20 Beekman Street, Neva York.
July 27, 1865 12 6m
DIED,
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V??w MWVM v? "U4UUV, IU VUGIVACO VUUUVJf,
Alabama, Mrs.. SARAH T. ATKINBj.wife of
David Atkins, formerly of Abbeville, 8. C.
The deceased was in her fifty-third year. ^6he
bore her Affliction with christian for&ttdf;
she was a member of the MethodUt Cbtir?h foy^
fornntv vcurn in Irliimnli
faith anS is gone tome to Heaven. *
"Jesus can make a dying bed " '
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on bis breast I lean my head
And breathe my life out sweetly there."
A Fbiknd.
COIf SIQIf CES? .
The following persons have freight in the
Depot at Abbeville:?
Dr J Togno, Jas W Thomas, B W Williams,
E Tilman, Esq, D J Jordan, Enright A Starr,
A Giles, HA Jones, J A Stone, R H WardJav
A Son, T C Perrin, W A Wardlaw, W D Neal,
Jas Norwood, Col W J Taylor,. O T Poreher,
AS Martin, I B Courtright^JaaL Covin, H &
Kerr, Dr I Branch. r
& SONDLEY, AgV
. WANTED.
^" FIRST-RATE BODY MAKER can secure
ii good wagea .by applying immediately
to the subscriber_at this place. None other
tnan s ifirat-rate Workman need apply.
,2). TAYLOR. .
Abbeville 0. E.& 0, Sept ?, 1866.18-tf
Wanted Immediately7
FORTY or. Fifty likely young NE- ajk
I HIaOROES, for -which liberal pricee, /??
September 2, 1865. . tt s
Office^
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