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THE INDEPENDENT PRESS is published kvkby Saturday moh.ni.no. O. O. PUCKETT, ? Editor M. PUCIIETT, ^Edito.ii. I.idividmls, like nations, fail in nothing uhich they boldly atlemp', when sustained by virtuous purpose, and determined resolution.?Henry C'j \y. " Willing to praise, yet not afraid to blame." | Torm6?Ous Dollar a Year, in Advance, i " ABBEVILLE C.~H. | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 185r?. j Special Railroad Notice. We aro authorized to state that Delegates to tho Agricultural Convention, to be held in Columbia on Tuesday, 13lh November, inst., will be passed over tho Greenvillo and Columbia Road goiug and returning for I one fare. O ? ? ? Southern Rights Dragoonn. a ? -i ?: i. i i ... 11. o/i.i. r- - ?n t nu ciucuun nciu on uiu ttiuu uiu, lor | officers of the above named newly organized ] Company of cavalry, (lie following were ] uijusuu, viz: v>apuun, a. lu. omitii ; rirsij Lieutenant, J. W. Perrin ; Second Lieu-j tenant, Wm. M. Haddek ; Cornet, J. F.! Livingston. Notico is called to the order for parade j to be seen in another column ; and we hereby take occasion to wish for the company,! collectively and individually, a successful and brilliant career. 23}~ As we have observed no material j change in the cotton markets, and are press-1 ed for room, Ave omit our usual report. j <0 i ? Mr. J. A. Allen's new supply of fall and wiuter dry goods should noi.be forgotten by those who would buy choice goods and patronize a clever merchant. See advertisement. Our friend Lyons, of the "People's Clothing Emporium,*' announces, in another col uuin, various benevolent schemes he h;is now in operation. We hope his laudable efforts to pleaso and bciv.-tii his tallow-citizens may bo properly appreciated and rewarded by them. Lvors is n master in bis line, and if he fails to suits, the case must be a crooked one. There is now at the drug store of Messrs. Wardlaw <fc Lvorr a lot of the finest guns we have ever seen in any country village store ; in fact we doubt, if finer ones can be shown by any establishment in the State. Sportsmen who would carry a first-class article will do well to call and nee them Boon. Thoy are worth seeing, even to those who at the same place a choice selection of the most superior razors, razor strops, brushes, pocket knives, and so on, as well as all tho drugs and medicines which aching and shaking bones or galloping pulses can sug gesu in snort, all t Lie various articles to be found fit this store arc of first quality, and the firm is composed of as unadulterated gentlemen as ever dealt in genuine articles. The advertisement (for which we hereby beg to return our acknowledgments) is too cutting for insertion in the Press, and wo have therefore inserted it in our pocket, as answering the purposes of a splendid pocketkn ifc. We bog leave again to call attention to tho following offer of the Columbia Carolinian to furnibh tho legislative news. To any one desiring daily full and reliable accounts from Columbia during the session, we do most heartily rcccommend the Carolinian : Having made the necessary arrangements to furnish full and accurate reports of legislative and other proceeding*, by the engagement of the best reporters, we offer our uaily Session .Paper 011 the usual terms of One Dollar for the session, free of postage. Having the advantage of Hoe's Mammoth Press, which will print both sides of the paper at the same time, we will be able to keep it open to the latest hour, and thus have an advantage never previously enjoyed iu Columbia. Every effort will be used to make it satisfactory to our subscribers. A Mammoth' Pumpkin. ?* Saluda, Oct, 27, 1855. Dear Sir: T tike pleasure in presenting to you a Pumpkin weighing ninety-three pounds, grown on tend which was cleared seventy years ago. Plea?o accept it from ir ' your friend, with my best wishes. Respectfufy, W. C. GRAHAM. "With the above letter of introduction, wo made the acquaintance of the largest member of the Pumpkin family that has k ever been seen in this "neck of woods." ^ . He stands (or did) just three feet high, t measures four feet one inch round the waist, and weighs as al>ove stated. He has been duly introduced to such of our friends as have called upon us Bince his arrival, and now is being honored, as. all good Pumpkins > * ought to be, with a seat at the bead of the board. Our friend Graham will accept our hearty tbanks for the favor. Wo hope ilte'ltosjr five to oultivate his Saluda lands yp * seventy ye&rs longer, nod at the end of tliat "time send ui another Tumpkin twice as p>.? ? tall and twice as heavy. . ^ A Mrs. Campbell, of Canojohario, six m :.^-?recka since, gave Mrtbto adaughter/which is no^ ODly ten inches fcigb. and weighs I?<*mWeon.in>h k'MZ&L' Tho Elections. j ? The official returns of the Georgia elec-Jtions have at last becti published. For1 Governor the vote Mauds : Jons\soN,'Dom-1* ocrat 51,470 ; Andkkwo, Know Nothing,;^ 43,750; Ovkuuv, I'rohibition, 0,201.? | i Johnson's majority ovi*r b >th, 1,165; over J i: A screws, 10,720. For Congiv>s: Sew- J ard, anti-Know Nothing, majority 1,638 ;j' Crawvohu, ami-Know Nothing, 503; Tripve, Know Nothing, 85)0; Warner, p anti-Know Nothing, on; llmpkin, anti-j < Know Nothing, 3,428; Foster, Know j ^ ** 1 1 1 Nothing. 212 ; Stephens, anti-Know Nolle J% J , ^ ! ing. , In lVtuis\ lvania returns so f;;r a:< roceiv- , j cd indicate the triumph of Democracy by .1 an overwhelming majority?variously osti- ,( mated at from ten to forty thousand. The : j Know Nothing majority last year was thirty-- i f seven thousand ! The Legislature is hugely j t Democratic, and will place n Democratic ! < Senator in Congress in the placo of a pros- J ? eut Whig incumbent. Baltimore was among the first trophies j ( of Know Nothing victory, the last year's j < municipal election having given thein 2,700 < majority. The recent election gives the j! Democrats ] ,030 majority. i Ohio has electeted Chase, Abolitionist, j Governor. The majority not yet ascertained. . , In Connecticut the munioipal elections in j; 113 towns give a majority of 11 towns i' fiion. Tho Hartford Times says, "the same !. - ' I 113 towns, if they voto the same way next;' ' spring, will cloct a majority of over 30 mein-! bers to the Legislature opposed to fusion and j' j its injurious doctrines. We can congratu- 1 I late the friends or Found nation sentiment I and a fraternal intercourse botweeu all the . | States of the Union, upon this gratifying I | result in old Connecticut?one of "the thirj teen" who originated the republic, and who j | stands steadfast among the sound States of , I ..... the thirty-one who will sustain it.unimpaired. A fuller vote (which wo will have next!: . I spring) would havo shown a still greater 1 i majority against the fusionists and their hos-1 j tilo schemes to the Union." I Godoy'b Lady's Book and Arthur's Mag-! j aziue. | Tm: November number of Godey'k La- j j dy a Book is to hand, as full of instruction j and entertainment for the ladies as ever, j j Unlike many of the newspaper and pcriodi-1 ;.a! publications of tho day, Godev always j winds up the year with a better number I than ho begins with. Now is a good time ! ISJSPlwcribe for 1856, and remember we | ScuCl mo jjiny/v nuu ?t ??,uv 4^j ?3.00. Wo have also the November number of Arthur's Home Magazine. This is decidedly one of the choicest publications for the home circle in the Union, and we should ! bo pleased to introduce it amongst our friends. The price to single subscribers is ( 82.00. Clubs of four can procure it for 81.25 each. If any one wants a monthly < magazine from which to amuse himself and 1 I instruct his children, during the long winter j nights now ensuing, wo advise him to take , i this one. He cannot fail to be pleased with it. | ! Address T. S. Artuur, Philadelphia. 1 Mr. Axt's Grapes?Georgia Vineyards-" j ] Southern Wino. \ Under this head, the October number ] tin. Km,//,* 4U.. c. 11-- . ?v WlVVC/CCCbtlS/ UU? WJC IUHUW* ' ing article. It will be seen that the editor gives a most flattering account of the success of Dr. Anderson's vineyard, near Washington, Georgia, and we arc informed that Mr. Axt himself pronounces that of our friend Klcou, to which wo alluded io our last, as even still more flourishing. If it be true, as alleged, that the culture of grapes and manufacture and use of pure j wine, diminishes drunkenness, then tho gen- i eral and universal culture of grapes is a "consummation devoutly to be wished." At aDy rate, be this so or otherwise, there are considerations which make us altogether favorable to the planting of vineyards, not the least of which is the appearance of beauty and ornament which they present Everything calculated to beautify and a? i 1??j ? uv.uuui nuiuua &uuuiu ue seauiousiy cultivated, as sure to render us more cheerful, contented and happy. ! The article below will be found interest- ] ing and instructive, and we submit it as be- < ing far superior to any tbing we have now ' to say upon the subject:? ( In our September number of the year 1853 (pnge 280) we briefly adverted to the , beginning of what we roust consider the ( Grape growing and Wine making era of Georgia; and it now affords us peculiar ] pleasure to record the progress already made, and the future promise of the enterprise. j As we then stated, Mr. Charles Axt, (a ( native of the Vine Growing District of the , Rhine,) profoundly impressed with the , peculiar fitness of our soil and climate for ( the growth of the Grape and Wino making, ( eagerly sought to enlist our people in the , enterprise. At first ho made verjr slow ( progress. It was almost a new business? , it had never been well tested?our people 1 did not understand it, and Mr. Axt's then imperfect knowledge of our language, pre- < eluded anything like a free communication , of the information which be evidently pos- ( For two-orthree'y ears, (frpm 1860 p, to j85S> he met with very Hula eocourtgfr, ment, and a man leas sanguine and praserv- { rug, would bnvt gfrati up In dwpair. tfot t o Mr. Ast however?lie know lit; was right ?anil li<> pressed steadily onward. The result of his efforts thus far, are most! [ratifying and encouraging. lie has now |uite a number of very promising young inevards in Middle and Cherokee (?ergia, Vlabama and South Carolina ; and it in only i iecess'iry that planters of taste and intelligence should be made aware of the main eatures of his system, and witness some of he results, to arouse among them a very foneral interest in the subject. With the: riew of imparling what we know of Mr. j \.s operations thus tar, we will fondly state vhat we witnessed at the vineyard of Dr. W. Q. Anderson. This experimental vineyard of Dr. A., is; ocaU tl at his dwelling, 7 miles from Washngton, Wilkes Co., Ga. It is on the sumuit of a slight elevation?the surface soil >f a dry, gravelly nature, ami the subsoil a ed clay. In the winter of 1853, one rpiarer of an acre was thoroughly trenched, two ipades deep, and 500 cuttings of the Caawba Grapa were planted in 7 foot rows, mttings 31-2 feet apart in the rows. The Minings of Mr. Axt arc very long (18 to 24 nches) and the ground must be thoroughly broken and pulverized in order that they nn be easily pushed down ho deep that only >no eye is h it above the surface. Of the 500 Mittings first planted for Dr. Anderson, only \bout 110 survived (he late frosts and irought, and these 140 vines now constitute lie Doctor's experimental vineyard. Wo visited this vineyard on the 23d of j August, in company with Mr. Axt, lion, j M. A. Cooper, of Cass, Mr. Bacon, of Troup, uul M. P. Calloway, Esq., of Wilkes; and we arc confident that the general feeling of [lie party was that of most agreeable surprise, rhe vines, which were trained to plain wooden horizontal supports, were literally laden with heavy, blushing clusters of the j most beautiful and poetical of all fruits? the bloom-covered Grape?and the fine, strong, beaiing-cnnes, huge, healthy leaves, and large, sound bunches, with no sign of rot or mildew, all proved conclusively the benefits of deep culture and proper training. We counted the number of clusters on several vines, and found an average of over -10 an each. According to the estimate of Mr. Axt, forty such clusters will produce at least a eallon of wine?so that the quarter acre r>t* Dr. A., with scarce one third of a fair stand of vines, will produce 140 gallons of wine the present season. The proper number of vines for an acre, on Mr. Axt's plan, is sixteen hundred; and that number of gallons (1000) of wine, we think, be safely counted on from an acre of properly managed vines, the third year. With good care, the yield will increase thereafter, from year to year; and Mr. Axt has no hesitation in pledging himself to produce twenty-five hundred (2500) gallons of good wine from an acre of vines, the fifth year after planting. Estimating this wine at the lowest possible figure (Si per gallon) and allowing only onehalf of Mr. AxL'a estimate (1250 fjollou*) ? ? ~ ? ???<' <*? ?u? PrA^n..tion of one acre of ground, in one 6eason?a result not often atlaiued in the regular routine of Cotton and Corn planting! We have no desire to put "too fine a point" upon this matter, or in the least degree to mislead our readers. Neither do we believe in any "royal roads" to fortune. \ we me?*ciy tell what we saw, and give our own impressions of the matter. We desire to see some portion ot' the capital, and much of the taste and t-kill of our country diverted from the old time-worn track that leads to the everlasting and omnipotent cottonbag; and, to that end, stand ready to entourage any enterprise which will give our | planters and their poor, worn lands more j time for rest and improvement. The culture j of the Grape and the. making of Wine: promises to d > this ; and also to prove a j most efficient auxiliary to the cause of tem- j perance, sobriety and good morals,* and it, herefore, has our heartiest good wishes hikI j io-operation. We hope to live long enough to see the old "washed" and "gullied" hillndes of Georgia and the neighboring States, yielding tons of luscious Grapes and hogsheads of jmre and invigorating Wine. The irino fairly revels in this climate?it adapts itself readily to almost every variety of soil, ind with proper skill in planting and training will succeed any where iu the South, j .\ll that is necessry is to start right?the] main expeuso being the preparation of the ground. Mr. Axt is making arrangements to procure experienced vine-dressers to aid 1111II ill his l>II<sinPBQ nn/1 roVin"> l ... ... V* HHUO nuilH/ICIIl incouragement is offered him by individuals 5r companies, lie will assume full charge of :heir vineyardB from the trenching of the round to the bottling of the wine. His terms are by no means unreasonable, and :hose who desire to negotiate with him, may do so through the editors of this jour- J ial, or by addressing him at Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia. Had we time and space, we would gladly *o into more particular details of this very interesting subject; but we are obliged to leave it for the present, with the promise returning to it hereafter, at an early day. Php vnrimu ortwiloc An ?I* _ ?m v.wi w vn \jna|/c UUIIUIU 111 joureo of publication, will, we trust, have % tendency to arouse an increased interest in the enterprise. It only needs a fair investigation to convince all intelligent men Df its success and profit. P. S.?Since writing the above, we have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Axt at the Atlanta Fair, where he exhibited two large baskets full of his unrivalled Catawba Grapes, and freely shared them with niany visitors, who will gladly testify to their excellence. Tho new President of the Society, (Hon. Mark A. Cooper,) in his opening adIress, commended the enterprise to public mention in very strong terms; and the Dommittee on Fruit signified their appreciation of Mr. A.'s efforts by a most favorable report, and tho award of a (Silver Pitclier. Mr. Axt has now several hundred gallons >f Catawba Wine in preparation, and conloiseura Will soon have an opportunity of !omparing it with the new crop of Longurorth and other viator*, native and foreign* W&?batf carei^lly_ noto - the prog reft of he 'enterrfris*, and inform our fjtMcfat of he mulC % W' Ijottor from Gen. McGowan. Tin: following reply wns sent to nn invitation to attend a late meeting ut Wallial-j la, in Pit-kens District: Auhkvii.lb C. IT., Oct. 1G, 1855. j Gentlemen : Vonr letter of I lie 2d instant.' inviting ni?j to a dinner to be given at Wallialla on Friday next lias been received.) I am very sorry that professional engagement# will deprive me of the pleasure of being with you on that occasion. The Fall Court* have commenced, and my duty calls me elsewhere. You say the object of the meeting is two-fold, first, political, and second "to bring about a united and vigorous efibrt of! > the friends of education to co-operate with j ' the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of S. O.. J ' to establish a College at or near Walhalla." f As to politics I am only an humble citizen, j 1 and although by no means indifferent to the 1 signs of the times, there are other men more competent to enlighten the councils of their fellow citizens. As to your other purpose of establishing ' an institution of learning at Walhalla, I | cordially sympathize with you, and wish von the greatest possible success. Kneour- I agement should be given by every good <:it- 1 izeti to every etlort in the State to establish ( schools and colleges. Where law, order, and the government itself all rest upon pub-! lie opinion, it is indispensable that the peo-! plo should be educated. No place could ; be selected more happily suited for a college i I than Walhalla. It is a healthy, beautiful: j and improving village in the most fresh and j j picturesque district of the State. It is im-1 mediately on the line of the great Railroad | now in progress through the Rabun Cap,' and in full view of the lofty summits of the j Blue Ridge, which border the plain where it stands, like "the mountains round about Jerusalem." 1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedieut servant. S. McGOWAN. i To Rev. C. l'\ Batisenier, in behalf ofi Committee. *? ? Seniors Raii.hoad Accident.?The \ train that left Augusta for this city yester-1 day morning, did not arrive at the depot un-1 til near 7 o'clock last evening, in consequence of a second class car having been crushed to atoms by one of the rails having; given way, at about half-past 1 o'clock yes- j terdav afternoon, a mile and a half above Bratichville. The car was crowded, mostly with negroes, and every one was cm more or less. C.inf (Iroire flin pnii/!ii/.i#ip _ I - - I V?.HJ?VIVI, | was hadlv bruised about the faca and body, j Mr. \Y. England, the baggage master, was! also badiy bruised. Mr. G. Huffman, of. Lowry's Turn Out, was badly cut about the | face and arms, and Mr. J. S. Jenkins re-1 ceived bruises on his head. A train hand, named Miller, bad his leg broken above the ancle, and seemed much injured. One boy, about thirteen years of age, was so much injured that he cannot live. lie unci thirty oiKora boon liborato^ \>y tllPir late owner in Tennessee, and were in charge j of the executor to the estate on their way ! to Baltimore, from which city they are to j take passage to Liberia. The scene, we are! informed, was horrible in the extreme, i The car was literally smashed to pieces, and ! some thirty or thirty-five people were mix- J j ed up with the broken fragments. The ac-; cident was unavoidable, and had it not j beon for the presence of mind of Mr. Rabb, i the engineer, in immediately reversing the! engine, the loss of life must have been great. Charleston Courier. A Xf.w District Proposed.'?A public meeting was held at. Aiken on Lhe 20th inst., j to consider the propriety of petitioning to ! the Legislature at its next session to organize a new District, with the Court House at Aiken, comprising a portion of Barnewell, Edgefield and Lexington Districts. At this meeting it was resolved that a public BarRlmilM Kn *1 Uv j^nviinu iVinull Ul) UIU 1 Oil) of November next, and several gentlemen of competent ability bo invited to discuss the subject. Meeting ok tiie Synod of S. C.? We are requested to state, says the Camden Journal, for the information of the Ministers Ek!c; ~, will attend t.bc SCSfiioh ' | of the above body, to convene at early cau-: die light on Wednesday the 7th of November next, in the Presbyterian Church of this place, that there is a morning train from Columbia, by which all that reach Kingsville either from Columbia, or by the W'ilmington train at 7 o'clock, will come directly through to Camden. spectjal medi!;tl wttcet Cure of Dyspepsia. THE undersigned is being consulted by letter from nil parts of the Union, by those who nre suffering from DvsrurMA and its consequent general weaknesa, muscular relaxation, and nervous debility. Having for the last few years, in his practice of mcdicine, turned his attention entirely to the treatment of| this disease he is enabled from hia large expe-1 rience to institute a peculiarity of treatment that will enable the patient to Bee, feel, and know, after a day or two's treatment, that his recovery has already commenced. Has he a dry tongue, thirst, loss of appetite, constipation of bowels, nausea and vomiting??is the ekin dry, harsh with uunatural heat??is he irouoicu wun sleeplessness, starting in his sleep, solemnency, 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'e treot- 1 ment will commence to disappear. ' Terms ok Treatment.? 00, for first consultation. Medicine forwarded by mail, with full and explicit written directions of the course i of treatment, <&&, to be porsaed. Each subse- ? qnent consultation and medicine forwarded, ' $2 00. Money remitted in all instances should j be "registered at the post office. All letters , to be addressed to the undersigned. WILLIAM W. BLISS, M. D., 20 .Beekman Street* New York. \ Nov. 2, t8?S. . 6m. ( coafsiGHEEs. ; The following/{ninonc havefreigbt. in the ( Depot at Abbeville:? * *" 1 Jos^M Perrin, Slager & Livingston, jV J 7Vr* lor, Wier A Miller, E Cowan <ir C<>, W D M W Hill, Kd w ard Thomai, H Cabdll, O T" Port? : A Co, . O. A Wil?OD, W K TTellar, S MoGowan. ] d. n. sokdlfcy, Ag't. Or it Represent ative.~\Ve have ground or Raying that our talented and efficient Congressman, Hon. P. S. Brooks, believes t would he better (if our sister States of he South require it) that South Carolina hould go with them into the Cincinnati Convention to avoid giving cause of dissatsfaetion. At the same time, we .arc sure i I: io would deprecate. any proposition which | night at this time distract our State. Wc ] xg to acknowledge the receipt of a short otter from our member upon this subject. iScing quite sick at the time it reached us, ve barely glanced over it and ordered it to { je put aside for further and closer altcn ion. What was our modificatio, upon j oMimini; our duties, to liml that it ind been unaccountably lost. It would ' itTbrd us much satisfaction to hear from t { wr Representative in detail upon this im- k lortant point.?Kdyc.ficld Advertiser. J, forsTvTr b I OFFKR for Sale my House and Lot, t in tlio Villugeof Duo West. The j " Improvements are good. Tlioro in nl>out Tliir-', y-five Acros, 11 part of it Woodland, con- ! nected therewith. ' A bargain niny he had by enrly application. j ' I would call the attention more especially of i' Physicians desiring a Location f?r Practice, to j' Lhis Property. WOBT. A. AUCIIKR. ' October 30, 1 S5fi. 2fl-!f M Attention, I S01T1IERX RIGHTS DRAGOONS, \rOU are hereby order- A il ed to appear at. this I : place, for Drill and Instruiv- 11 tion, oil Saturday, fourth November next, at. eleven /" " ' '"l ^ ,l- ,n* * otkicttW ! 1 By order of Capt. SMITH. I, Abbeville C. U., Oct. HI, 1855. 20-11 j Poor House Elections. rrMlK Comnii??ioiH-rs of the Poor for Abbe-j I. ville District will receive proposals for a |, Steward of the l\>?r House and Overseer of the Farm, and also for a Physician, for the I year 185t>. The Steward wilf have the care J ami management, of the paupers, and he will he required to labor on the farm. The Physician will be required to attend to the health of the inmates <if the Poor House, and to furnish his own medicines. Proposals will lie re | eeived by any one of the Commissioners up to the 21th of November next, on which day the ; Election will be made. The applicant for 1 Stewardship will please state the number of! his family, if he has one. and irive some tdi?n. ! of the service* they can perform. Tito Stew- | ar<l and family will he furnished with hoard j l>V the Commissioners. CKOHCK II. MeC'ALLA, Ch'n. .I<?ns A. AVikk, iSee'y ami Trea's. Al.HKRT .JiiltSHON, ) V. I), lvi.rcii, > Coin'rs. ! IsA. P. KKSSKOY, ) i Oct. 30, 1835. 20 St __ \ ilw fall & wmiia (looi)s. I' WOKU) rail the attention of my friends and the public generally to my new stock of Fall and "Winter Goods. My .stock consists in? Ladies' Dress Goods? Silks, Fancy, Figured nnd Plaid ; JSlaek I'lald and l'laid I>o; Muslin DeLaincs, Colored and Black ; Alpacas, Black and Colored ; Blnek Merinoeu, Muslin J.sees, llouches, Collars, irndersleeves, Chemisettes ; Ladies' Vests, Ucgal cttes, Alexandre's Gloves; m Ladies' Gauntletls, Bonnets, Bonnet Ribbons, Hemstitched and Embroidered iinndk'fs; Antique, Plush, Rihhon and Velvet Trimmings; Straw Braid, Hut tons, ?ke. Ladies' Boots. Misses' do.?Black I.fitting, Colored, Black, Red, do. Gentlemen's Wear? Cloths, Cass it iu* res, B B Mats, latest style: Cloth ^md Glazed Caps; Merino nnd Silk Shirts, Linen Collars; Bordered Handkerchiefs, Fancy Cravats, j>iuck ao.; i_oioreii ao; ?fcc. Also, Negro Goods? Kerseys, I'lain?. J.inseyn, Osnaburgs, (plain and striped,) Nogro Blankets, Boots, Shoes, Brogans, (boys and men's); A good lot of China, Crockery and Glassware. In short, my stock is complete. Call and see, and I will with pleasure bIiow you through. J. A. ALLEN. Nov 2 1855 2R lm STAND BACK, GENTTOEN, STAND BACK ! DON'T CROWD THE ELEMENT!! j. mom, rpiIG Abbeville Clothing mau, being desiX rou<) his fallow ?iti^ens should appear well at Circuses, Animal Shows, Barbacues, Agricultural and Medical Conventions, Railroad Gutheriuga, Shooting Matches, Possum Huntings, Camn Meetings, Churches, and ( Sale-day Assemblies, haa provided himself with a Stock of Clothing which will enable ( them to do so at very little expense. The t fact is, be has got one of the most accommo- t dating assortments on hand now, that has ever { been exhibited in Abbeville since the world ^ bognn. He is determined that poor people (lio is a friond to them sort?used to bo one himself?knows how they feel) shall look an well, and dress as fine as rich ones, and cost them no more than their common clothes used to. Thero teas a time when rich folks were distinguished from poor ones by their dress; but, thank goodness, that time is no more, nor never will be again in this part of the State, as long as Lyons can raise money enough to buy a. Stock. lie thinks, too, that the CIGARS he's got on hand, the smoke of which, if he can get the < puffers, would make old Mount Vesuvius, when she is in full blast look mighty small, for at least two weeks. He has been hero, now, a little over three Vpam Apltinrr Plnfhinff nn/1 fftA n?ftnln linvn patronized him so liberally, that be has made * enough to keep him in liquor, tobacco, and nigars, and he intends to return the compliment by keeping a large Clothing House exclusively for their accomodation. It will be the ^ Peopled Clothing Emporium. 5 AU he asks is a clerk's salary, for attending to 8 their Store. All he wants is money enough to pay his board while ho buys LAND WARRANTS. His Land Warrant Office is in the back part of the Clothing Room. He's got ' jtrong backing, and will give more for Land . Warrants than any other man in Abbeville District, and for this reason:?he wants all c those who have fought, bled and died for their s country, to be handsomely paid for it*?And f nil persons who intend selling their Warrants, t will find it docidedly to their advantage . to ~ jive Lyons % clatter befere they dispose of ' them elsewhere. ~ \ '/. November. 2, 185S. 25-it \ TS hembv umKa>finn ?ul '< L at the i Incorporate tw> village of Hodgea, MANY CITIZENS. A ' . kJ&kik - .. PROSPECTUS OF THE SOUTHERN LIGHT. A RELIGIOUS JOURNAL, EDITF.D BY E. L. WHAT LEY. si>ki?kni>i;nt is Everything?Neutral is Notiiiso, ASH bet for T1IK defence of whatEVER WILT. stand tiie TF.gT of REAson, Pciesck and the lloi.r ScRIITTREH. J'rove nil f/iiliu*. hold fa*t Ihni ? , J .....v.. It (700a." Terms, %'i 00 per annum in advance. "\V. F. DURISOK ?t SONT, PUBLISHERS, EDGEFIEl.D C. 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WIOTIC E. 1 HEREBY forewarn nil persons from trading for a NOTE given to Mrs. Mary McGrodo for the hire of a Negro Boy, as I do not intend paying it until the conditions for which it was given, have been complied with. II. DAKRACOTT. Oct. 30, 1855. 2G 3t GREENVILLE ANO COLUMBIA RAILROAD. tiKN'L SUIyrs office, } G. it C. 11. II. Company, f r|"MIE following Resolution was adopted by .1. the Direction of the Company at their meeting at Greenville on the 22d instant: Jifxnlml, That until the first of January next any Planter shipping on the Railrohdone or more halt's of Cotton, of liis own produce, to Columbia or any station above, be allowed a Return Ticket from the market to which it is consigned, free of charge. All persons desiring to claim the benefits of this provision will take the Receipt for the Cotton to the Agent at the station to which the Cotton is shipped, and upon the surrender of it, will get a Return Ticket on the Road. E. F. R A WORTH, Gen'l Sup't. October 23, 1856. 20 tc ~THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District.? Citation. "Y^'HERliAS. J. 1$. Hammond and 0. B, i f CHkscnles hntli applied to me for Letters o( Adruinfotraion, on nil and singular the goods *ad chattels, rights and credits of Robert McNair, Into of' the District aforesaid, deceased : These nre, therefore, lo eite nnd admonish til and singular the kindred and creditor)! of lie said deceased to be and appear before me, it our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be liolden at Abbeville Court House, on .be eighth day of November next* ;o show cause, if any, why the said adninistration should not be granted. 3iven under my hand and seal, this twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and in the eightieth yoar of American Independence. WILLIAM HILL, O. A. D. Oct. 20, *65. 26-2w Blacksmith Tools. Blacksmiths' tools, complete, consisting of Bellows, from 28 to 82 inches; Vices, Hammers nnd Tones ; all at the lowest :ash prices. For sale at* tho grocery store of h. s. KERR, Oot 18 24 8t Kerseys, Osnaburgs, Tickings, &o. A BALES best KERSEY8, at low cash prices? ? 2 " OSNABURGS " " ? 1" BED-TICKINft, offered very low. 208 Pairs Negro Blankets; PLAIDS for Children and house-ser ranis; Calicoes, Cotton Hdk'fs, Sheetings and shirtings; Seamless Bags, 4c., Ac.; all of which ire offered low for cash, bv 1L 8. KERR/ Oct 18 24 St Boots and Shoes. | Cy CASES Boots and Shoes, consisting of L/U best Winter Mod"Boots, thick onled, voter-proof against the worldL (The irftentlon > ?f overseers is particularly invited to tbia , t tock.) AUo,y<jry heraTyNEGRO 6ROGAN8, rorn the t>C*t slioo made in the United States to lio yerymeaneft, for sala by H. 8. KfeltR. ' - ? r. I, v .i m ' Agricultural Implement?/ piONSISTlNG of a latga variety of Plows, KJ of every size, HarrowifcAc.j^ Also, a ^^Jo^qf^arreA^ and it niaaa^actarfr^p'rioe?, with the fr^htj^ded ^ Oct 18 V- 34 - v* * 3t' Wd- ? 1 " '.y " . r > ? ? . *v *