Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TIIE INDEPENDENT PRESS" is ruBLintiBQ kvkuy fhii>ay jiornino by LBB & WILSON. W. A. LEU, - Editor. Individwtl*, like nation*, fail in nolhiwj which they boldly attempt, icheti xiulmticd by virtuon* \>Hrpane; anddrtrrminsil re.rylntion.?Henby Ci.ay. "Willing topraiso, tfei not afraid to blame." forms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance. ABBEVILLE C. H. FUIDAY, - - - OCTOHKll 24. 1850. Savannah Valley Railroad. Wo refer to the advertisement of the Annual Convcution of the Stockholders of this Company. We trust that something will be done to cheer the hopes and strengthen the hands of its able and indefatigable president. Advertisements. We would direct attention to the advertisements of Messrs. Branch <fc Allen, Druggists *nd Booksellers ; to the sale of Valuable Lands \ry Capt. J. N. Cochran, Ex'or ; to the largo "Estate Sale of J. L. Boyd, deceased ; Estate sole of Jnmos A. Andrews, deeensed, and of Mrs. Sarah Waite, deceased. Sale of the McDuflie Estate. We learn that the negroes of this Estate, amounting in number to about 210, have been sold to a wealthy western planter for $140,000; being an average of near ?700 each. It is gratifying to learn that they will not be separated ; and if the fair owner has made a sacrificc to cfleet this object, alic deserves due praise. The sale of the perishable property will take place next month, of which the public will be duly advised. Abbeville Reading Room. A friend suggests the propriety of establishing a Reading Itoom in our Village ; in which vve heartily coincide. A small contribution from each member would procure a choice misccllnnyof newspapers, magazines and reviews, whilst the room would furnish a common rendezvous for social intercourse, and for an interchange of ideas upon the current events of the day; news, politics ifce. The room used by the Sons of Temperance fur their weekly meetings, we think might be obtained. Will not some one or two resolve themselves into a committee to take charge of the whole matter. State Eloctions. The election returns from the various States arc quite interesting at present, ns furnishing an index of the strength of parties in the approaching Presidential contest. The Democrats have carried Delaware, Connecticut, and Florida. Their reported majority in Pennsylvania is over 3,000. In that State twenty-five members of Congress, a State Legislature, Canal Commissioner ?fcc. have been clected. Two tickets were run ; a democrat and a fusion ticket, composed of Americans, Whigs and Republican^ In Ohio, the Republican majority is 20,000. Members of Congress, Judges of the Supreme Court, <tc., were elected. In Indiana, a Governor and full corps of State officers have U~.L -1 tir:n 1 t * uocu ciiuocii. ii uiuru, ucoiucrai, lifts uccn elected by n large majority. The Masonic Female College. The first annual catalogue of the Officers and students of the Masonic Female College, at Cokesbury, has be?yt received. The Faculty is compost^ of F. A. Connor, A. M., President and Professor of Natural Scicncc aiul Mathematics ; Rev. T. E Wnnnnmakcr, A. M., Profasor of Moral Philosophy, ?t<r. ; G. Iagcr, Prnfntcr of Music and Modern Langxuiyes; Miss Mary E. Sncad, Instructress in Painting <fcc. The Institution was organized on the first of January last, and now numbers seventy pupils. With an able faculty, commodious buildings, and most desirable location, it addresses itself to the patronage of the whole country. We regret being unable to attcrnl the annual Commencement which closed on yesterday, but tnut to be furnished with a report for our next ina*. Our State Elections. We give on our outside, the roll of our new Legislature. Knowhig but little of the personnel of that body, wc forbear comment We presume that they arc "good men and true;" equal to any crisis in our federal relations and prepared to discuss with calmness and deliberation all measures of domestic policy. m.. -u * ~ *uc uiu inemocrs to congress ai'e re-elected; W. P. Miles, the present able Mayor of Charleston, filling tho seat of Oov. Aiken, who doclined a-re-election. Richard Yeodon, the Sentor Editor of the Courier, heads the Charles ion delegation. Among the new Senators elect re the names of J. T. Westmoreland of Greenville ; A C. Garlington of Newberry, and R. GfMoCaw of York. The roll from Edgefield, does not furnish tho name of a single lawyer. They were defeated we learn on tho ground oi their opposition to the division of the Judicial District Our own elections passod off quietly. No party Question was m?<l? nn,i ?i.? --- didatea ran entirely on their personal claims. Southern Quarterly Review. We regret to learn by a late number of the Carolina Times, that this work is not sustained ?it should be. The publisher, Mr. E. H. Brit top, states that 1,S00 copies of eaoh number ol the Jbvfeto hpve been distributed, which should have" nahapd $0,500, of which only $ 600 have been reeehnfi, whilst the expenditures have afrontited to $f,460; and states that unlese subscribers remit their subscriptions, he will b? compelled to discontinue the work, at the end of the-present volume. If one-half of the subscriptions, were Remitted, he would be en eouraged to go on. Apart from all question! of patriotism/ the Rene* addresses itself to th< aotdial support of e^ery scholar in tho la^d Edited by a man of profound ability and learin iafcjfc?d ranking among its contributors, tiM iitiaetolacs of the eountry.^it will eompan ay B^riew published on th? Continent qsaiuWsaqfe otsueh a work wfll reflec fcftMr npoartiU Slate, ainae (t will show, th^l Whilst talent to sustain, we h*v< thedlieemmrhitd appreciate, and" ohccQfifcg* tfa? auterpriM, A " *t . ..... Literary Notices. The Examiner, a literary journal, edited with marked nbility by W. B. Johnston, is not rocciving the patronage it merits. Tlie editor has been connected with journalism in South Carolina fur thirteeu years, and hiB enlarged experience and fine taste is scon in any page of his interesting paper. The Examiner is issued every Saturday on a large double sheet of eight pagoa. Terms $8 00 in advaucc ; tea copies for $26 00?Columbia. Godcif? Lady'g Book for November, needs no lengthened comment. In ita own domain it stands unrivaled; one would gladly yield to some fair pen the tusk of doing justice to Go* dey, and his associates and contributors,. $3 00,' I'll il adel phi a. rthur'* Home Magazine for November, edited by one of the most popular writers of the day, presents an interesting table of contents. uw, jriiiinacipiua. The Annual Catalorpie of the FuAnan University for 1856, has beeu received". This Institution is located at Greenville C. II. . It is in quile a nourishing condition, and numbers two hundred and seven pupils in its three departments, Theological, Collcgiate?and itcadem ic. The faculty is an able one ; and the course of study, comprehensive and profound. The New York Times and the Brooks Dinner. We have just finished reading an nmusing and rather graphic account ?f the Brooks' demonstration at Ninety-Six, occupying two closely printed pages in the New York Tiinrs. The paper is edited by Raymond, the yokefellow of Bennet and Grccly, and4is a ram avis in these parts. We nrc indebted for our copy to a friend to whom it was sent. Being a single copy, it has been well thumbed in passing from hand to hand, and is now pretty well reduced to the slate to which our Northern breth reti think we wish to consign the Uunion; and presents those marks of rupture ami dismemberment front which Dnniel Webster wns accustomed to avert tlie eyes of his imagination. Before the paper becomes completely illegible, we wish to dispense a few niotscls for the amusenient of our friends, at a distance. Our reporter, by the way, seemR to bo quite an able one; but contrary to the maxim of Horace, aspires to be something more than a retailer of other men's thoughts, and has a mind of his own, which he expresses freely on all occasions. As introductory to the dinner, and the report of the speeches, lie gives an account of his wayside experiences; Ilis estimate of Southern society rind manners is upon the whole favorable, though his detailed account of certain conversations, in Greenwood, is, \vc are told, grossly incorrect We can afford to be amused at his extravagances, and wliero he blunders upon the truth, to accept it, according to the well known maxim, even from nn enemy. Our reporter had letters of introduction to Dr. Calhoun, at Greenwood, where he arrives two days before the dinner. In the cars he met Maj. Wilkes of Kansas, with regard to whom lie says: ' On my journey tliither I met in the cars one Maj. Wilkes, a very smart and intelli All _,1 _ gum. youug ienow, who was just on ins way home from Kansas. IIo was accoinpaied by two men, who had formed part of a troop of thirty which he raised in South Carolina, to aid the Missourians in their efforts to expel tho Free State settlers. His baggage?at least all of it I could see? consisted of a bowio knife, a gun, and? strange accompaniment?a fiddle. His companions were similarly provided, minus the music. I asked him as to tho condition of affairs in tho Territory. Ho said everything was quiet there at present ; tho war was over, and the Southern Party had got the whip-hand completely, though he questioned whether that stato of things would last, and dreaded very much that Kansas must eventually become a Free State." Next follows ft description of the Villngo of Greenwood, and its inhabitants, whom by some unioriunale nrrnngemcut ot his sonteuccs, lie seems lo charge, with a lack of public spirit, on account of what he is pleasod lo call, "the tantalisingly slow" pace of the railroad, which runs through its suburbs. Hear him: "The little villago of Greenwood, where I stayed till Friday morning, is one of the pleasantest spots I know of ; embodied in groves of oak and persimmon, surrounded by a beautifully uudulating country excellently cultivated, inhabited by planters of respectable means, and quiet.as a Sabbath mnrninrr if wao f/v mfl n ita? < IV rv HO IA/ IAIW CI TWIjr piutui V Uk U" ral peace and happiness. Nor were the poopleso primitive in their notions as one fresh from the North would be likely to expect. The village contains four schools and two or three houses of worship. I found every body with whom I conversed thoroughly familiar with the politics of the country, and not at all ignorant of public aflnirs generally. In some respects, it is true, they .aro lamentably behind the ago. There is an obvious lack among them of publio enterprise, though individually thercis a sharp look out for the' main chance. Railroad travel is tantalhcingly slow. Half the time is spent in stoppages on the road, and when tho trains get fairly in motion their speed rarely exceeds a horse-trot. I spent precisely seventeen hours and a half going from r Charleston to Greenwood?a distance of 1 two hundred and fifteen miles, and that too, in continuous travel. It Bhould be i borne in mind, however, as a sort of offset i to this tardiness, that accidents on these I Roads are almost unknown." After giving a slam at oar oountry editors, he furnishes, what he terms an instance of the ignorance which prevails at the South, upon i subjects apart from politics, in the fact, that an ? intelligentgentleman enquired of him, "wheth, er Meaghers' Irith Ntm was printed in Eog? lish I We take it Tor granted that the gentle\ man was amusing himself at oof friend's ex? pen&e. , His remarks upon Southern dooMstio eeonol my howererapptie^U to some lotfalitiee jfcust \ bare bee* refuted by -his egperi?ep at A* r Doctor's, cad we attribute Us. later* etiotto\ duotion, to the grateful memory of soige Mend, who retained a pleasing recollection, cf the many delicacies of the Doctor's table : fe "In the matter of domestic economy our lit Southern friends do not seem to excel. *h Their cooking is simply execrable. They bf give you cold fowl, and cold beefsteak, and V cold coffee, and cold potatoes, and (which N must be regarded as rather a relieving fea- m ture) it is seldom you can get anything to te drink at courttry inns but cold water. 1 was at nfticb' struck by, the temperant habits of 01 the people generally. At the principle sta- 01 tion 011 the road, however, the bar-room is N easily found, where blue ruin or Jersey y< lightning, flavored with peaches and colored y< with brown sugar, is facetiously christened V brandy, and distributed at the small change w of 12 1-2 cents a glass." rt Here follows a sketch of the Doctor : sc "The Doctor, as my host was styled, for o| ho liaci oiico practiced physic, and tlio title l' stuck to him?(N. B.?Every man above thirty, in South Carolina, has a professional tj title,V?tiie Doctor, I repeat, was an old t' gentleman of great, native shrewdness, con- tl siderable information and much oxperiencc, a but like everybody elso I met, he wns la-' ft boring under the secession mania." ri Next nro dotailcd conversations upon tlio '! "impending crisis," and a Southern Confedcra- 81 cy, and tlio slavery question. Th? Doctor R takes occasion to read our friend, a wholesome ^ lecture upon the tcndcneics of Northern phi- * la nth ropy, and to present in pleasing con- } trast, the humanity of the slave owner. From Greenwood, our Reporter takes a privuto conveyance to the old fort at Ninety-Six, and shows his appreciation of kindness, by abusing the borrowed vehiclc which conveyed . him: ^ "My short sojourn at Greenwood having j, fas all tinners must) como to an end. I bade good-bye to my kind and hospitable friends there, and left early on Friday morning in a private vehicle, for the purpose of visiting 1 khe scene of the memorable revolutionary r conflict of Ninety-Six. My companion was ? a very agreeable and intelligent gentleman 11 from Charleston, who had come to Greenwood a day or two before, for the npecial 1 purpose of being present at the Brooks fes- " tival. Our conveyance was very ricketty, 0 and the road was as rough as a washboard. ' Wo wero always either dragging up a hill F of backing down one, but fortunately sue- n ceeded in roaching our destination without r accident. Ninety-Six, which was originally ^ an Indian station, was 60 called from its J being 90 miles from Another old Indian sta- I: lion that iu the earliest period of the colo- s! nization of tho State was planted among d the mountains of tho Northwest. After i< tho war of tho Revolution it grew into a n village of considerable importance, and gave n indications of great prosperity, but as the r surrounding country became more thickly h settled its. importance diminished, its houses \ woro gradually removed or became deserted, 0 and finally, to complete its downfall, tho old a Court House, which ^was the first ever p erectcd in the district, has been recently j demolished for tho sako of its brick." t Omitting a long detail of the siege, wo insert j, a brief description of tho present appearance I of the fort: . "Of tho military works just described, little now remains to bo seen. Tho Star Fort still remains, but is almost overgrown with trees. A. shapeless mound of earth hero and there around it, points out the r spot where the besiegers' spade aided 'in constructing some modo of defence or at- f tack; and a hollow space north of the fort yet shows tho mouth of Kosciusco's ^ mine, which is almost choked up with earth. The ground on which the fort was erected " is an elevated tableau, commanding an ex- . tensivo prospect over a splendid county. Instead of smoking rnins, desolated fields, ] il.. 1. _/ 1! I -J-_ -- ? mo in.iruu ot marauding noraes, ana scenes of cruel warfare, the eye of the traveler is J met on every side by smiling homesteads, j dense groves enveloped in shining mist, 1 richly woodod hills, teeming vales, and oat- j tie browsing quitly on the ground, which once was moistened with patriotic blood." . Full reports are given of the speeches of Gen. McGowan and Col. Brooks; and mere abstracts of those of Senators Toombs and Butler, aud of Gov. Adams. We were present ' and thought tlio General's speech one of his happiest efforts, and think that the Reporter has done justice to his clear and logical statements, his rounded periods, his apt quotations, and fervid style, though much is lost, in the absence of that easy elocution, and impaSsionii/l iiffAriinpA wlitpli lnn/1 a nluirni fn flia tnnlrnn 1 word. . J? .] We have always admired the style of Col. 1 Brooks' speeches. Pure, nervous, and idiomat- < ic, it is the best index of the scholar. Northern fanatics may style him "Bally Brooks," < but the tone, the temper and the style of'this { speeoli affords tho best refutation of their cal- i amnios. - j Southern literature. ! Wc commend to tho Attention of our readers * : ?* e ^ ' uiu luiiuwjug cAtittuu iruui amvc opeouu ui >uu Hon. Lb M. Keitt, recently delivered in Orangeburg, in whicli he urges the necessity of a new hiBtory of our State, and designate* Mr. Simms as the man,!pre-cmino ntly qualified for the of- 1 fice: "I como now to my last point Col. * Brooks chastised Sumner because be slandered bis State and Judge Butler. He had ] charged gross falsehood upon the history 1 of the State?he^had said that you were ' traitors and cravens in the Revolution. 1 Where is your refutation ? Has South Car- 1 olina got a history?I mean a written bis- 1 tory ! She baa a grand, noble history, but > it is an unworthy one. She is like the Corporal in Napoleon's old Guard, who, when be was asked-if be bad read history, ] replied no, J^iat be acted history. Carols* has acted history?she has nut 1 written it." . < "The reoords^whioh are in the archives of ) Europe form * history for which kings would give their thrones; But yet, I ask j you, hrfve you sot a written.history f Ify > colleague chastised Sumner for slandering, the Static k might have oottbfood and . money JfltfoxgL calculation?it might hare * been immr if you M written kk- i tory. Can it not be donet Wait but a w years more. Wait till mould and rust ivo eaten np your records I till old men? en who caught from dying lips the deeds ' a patriotic ancestry, havo died out, and hero then will be your history I Tbe ew York Times will get a Yankee school aster to writo it for you. It may be writu in your hearts, but skepticism will sneer , it, and, doubters will cavil. If you read je of their histories, you would think fery act of daring was committed at the orth. Will yon not have it written ? Do )u want money 1 Look at the treasure mi pour into the federal government, /ill you givo your money for territory liinl) nnlv. au'ollo Nnrtliorn i\aiuoi- on/1 ifuso to give but n tithe of it for tlio prestation of the honor and wucniory of your wn dead fathers? What will it takol ive thousand dollars'fpr four years will be ifficient, and cannot South*Carolina"give lat for the honor of her dead and the Banc" ty of her battles? Will men whoso faiers fought iif that battle field shrink back nd refuse to make this petty contribution >r the history of their deeds and their sac ifioes? Can men pay thousands of dol irs for party?dollars swallowed up out o! ight in a political connection which is but recognized oligarchy? No, take it up ell your representatives to do it. Yon now that they will do it if you signifj our pleasure; and you have a man to d< t. I mean Mr. Sitnms.?lie is thoroughly tiaster of all your traditions, he is learned bout every spot in South Carolina ; he i: o much at homo oh every battle field a . 1 II A 1 ? * ? ** i> uc jiuic 10 creep ins way ai nigm. ii< las done more to rescue tho history o South Carolina tlian any man in it. Givi lini enough to give him brend while In ^orks and he will do it, and do it well." We cannot estimate too highly the value c listoric recollections. No great people eve emnined long such who neglected their rec rds. What is patriotism but the result of tli iany associations winch bind lis to the hind c ?ur birth ? and the more vivid and ennoblini heae recollections, the stronger is the bond o nion. Eurly nations might commit the otor f their ancestors to tradition nnd trnnsmi hem in song, but now their preservation dt ends upon the writfceil word. South Caroli a ia rich in all the materials of history, l"'*- til ioli ore of her unpublished legends have bcei oo much undervalued. All honor be due uat tamsay, Drayton/ Simms and Johnaon ; t Sutler, O'Xeall, and others who, whether in tli linpo of history, or of periodical essays hav one much to reseuc our memorials from obliv an ; but what a large mags of local traditio na tninily history, stiil resta in the slipper lemorv of man, and for want of a chronicler i apidly passing away. Tlio State owes it t erself to erect boiiic some historic moiiumcii vortliy of lier past greatness, and the peopl f the State, to themselves to patronize, ever ttempt, whether in history or biography, ii rose or verso, to rescue her memorials fror leeay. Wo rejoice to seo tho recent publica ion of Mr. Sinim's romances, l>y a Norther iouso ; and trust to see the fame done fu lamsay and others. MARKETS^ ABBEVILLE^ Oct. 21.?The supply durin lie post week lias been quite limited ; pric< ange from 10$ to 11J. COLUMBIA, Oct. 21.?There was somc-thrc lundred and seventy-five bales sold to day a rom 10* to 11J c. CHARLESTON, 0?t 21.?Sales today < 1500 bales of eotton at full rates. * CON SIGN 13IBS. The following persons have freight in tli Depot at Abbeville Slager A L, Branch tt A, D J Wardlaw, J Lyon, R II Ward law & Son, J <li II J Wliiu Lomax JiC,TO l'crrin, J A Allen, Mathis <Si S Urs L C Edward*, Wiekliff ?t A, Mrs J J Cui ruughani, Mrs Noble, It C MeCants, G W Cot lor, C T Haskell, W L Calhoun, A Cobb. L). 11. SSOJJDLiEY, Ag"t Extract of a letter received from Rev. B. ( rhoinas, Tavoy: Mczsrt. P. Davis <fc Son?Dear Sir* : Tli Karens here, have become acquainted wit your medicine, and their demand for it is t me very surprising. I have now by mo ordei for moro than fifty bottlos ; I thorefore wis you to sond mo a quantity, and I will pay yo through the Treasurer of tho Missionary Ui ion.?There is no medioine which stands e liigh in the estimation of the Karens of thei provinces as vour Pain KflTer. and I feel wi ling to gratify them, as I entertain a ery hig opinion of its worth. Mturt. Perry Davit <fc Son :?I find it ae< issnry to address you again, as my most sai juine expectations have been more than rea red. The oall for your valuable medicine inorcasing so very rapidly that I fear I sha toon be unable to keep pace with it. My ol ject in writing now is to beg that on receipt < this you will kindly despatch another batch t ordered in my letter of June last. I hope trill not be entirely out before your last shi] ment reaches me, of which, howover, I hav not heard from you. Yours sincerely J. L. CARRAU, Calcutta. Dure for Water-brash and Indigestioi IIabtford, March 6.?I hereby certify, tha Dr. Green's Oxygenated Bittern have prove mdflfc efficacious in relieving me from a wate brash stomach, indigestion, and costivenes which has been verv troublesome for five r rix years, than all other remedies whioh Thai t>een trying daring my illnes*; and cbeerfall recommend it to ail who are afflicted. SAM'L HAMILTON. Mr. Hamilton has charge of the Orphan Asi lam, Hartford, Ct?, and i? well known and hip iy esteemed ?s. a citizen. The pamphlets a< sompanying the medicine abound with oertif sates the most remarkable on His, and ms be bad on application to the Agents gratis. SSTJI W. FOWLS * CO., #8, Wasbingto itreet, Boston, l*roprietors. Sold' hy thai tgents everywhere. ' wiU be made at . (be aei rX. .Session of ifce Legislature tp Amend, barter of the Masonic Fcmatfe Institute. September 6, 1868. 18-$m Proclamation. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ) Columbia, October 15, 1856. ) By Ilia Excellency, JAMES //. A1)AMS (Joucrnor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Slate of SoiU/i Carolina : WHEREAS, l>y nn Act of tlie State, Electors af President and Vico President are appointed by the Legislature : and whereas an Act of Congress, passed in 1840, prescribes that these Electors shall be appointed on a day when the Legislature is not in session: Now, therefore, I, Jamks II. Auamb, by viiv. tuc of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do issue this my Proclamation, calling upon those Senators of the General Assembly whose terms of ofll^e have not expired, and those who havo been now recently elected, | and the Members of the House of Representatives who have been now recently eleeteil, * -to convene at Columbia on the FIRST MON! DAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT, that they may . be present on the Tuedflay following, to ap, j>oint Electors of President and'Vice President . in coutormity to tlio Act or Congress above . referred to. f Given under my hand and Seal of the State I at Columbia, the 15th day of October, A. !>., 1850. JAMES II.-ADAMS. I J auks Pattkrson, Secretary of State, r October 10, 1856. 25-lt ! Railroad meeting 1 Annual Convention of the Stockliold 1} X. era of tlie SAVANNAH VALLEY RAIL f ROAl) Company, will meet nt Lowndcsville, on Wednesday, the 12tli November next, nt 11 o'clock, A. M. e By order of the President. WM. A. GILES, Sec'ry. f Oct 18. 1850. 26-3t r Attention ! Southern Bights Dragoons 11 e ~V7"OU are lioreby ordered to appear ^ A nt your usual Parade Ground, PC on Saturday, the 1st of November next, nt 11^ if o'clock, n. in., for Drill nnd Instruction. .. By order of CA1T. SMITH. R. J. Wurrr, O.S. 1 Abbeville C. II., Oct, 22, '6C. 27-2t i- Notice of an Estate Sale. T* WITT a (.11 .1 ?!.? -r ? o ? | m 11 CVIl IIU U1V ntOMlt-IIW Ul XJIIO, Oil JL 11 All WA1TE, deceased, on the Secon< " of December tiCS^ 210 ACHES OF LAND, O more or leaf, aboul One Hundred Acres o e Wood Land und about forty or piftv that ii 0 Bottoms, oiluated about two mifeS linst V Greenwood, and adjoiniug lands of J. Y. S ? l'artlow, W. W. Perry man and others. Also, Household and Kitchen Furuiture, h> ^ of Hogs, Sheep and Co we, 2 good work Horse * and one Coir, and a great many other thing o too tedious to mention. t SIMPSON WAITE. Oet. 24, 1850 25-6t e ' > NOTICE i 11 T N Execution of the Will of Major Johi n A Cochrau, deceased, the subscriber wil sell, at Abbeville Court, lfmictv nn Mnmlsv the First day of December next, the LANjfi n belonging to the Estate of said deceased, cm ir bracing the residence familiarly known as tin Dkadfall, and containing - ' ^m.?=29BK.30^2SI9 In divisious as follows : 'r The JIOME Tract, containing 727 Acrei S The JIcXAIliYTracl containing 200 Acrei !9 Tract No. 1 containing 394 Acra Also, Land belonging to-Estate of A. 13. Cochran containing 500 Acrei I Snid Libido lie adjoining, and contain u 1 gross Eighteen Hundred und Seventy-oni Acres, situated immediately on the Grcenvilh >1 ftiia Uoiumoia ltaiiroad, Hie qiftatcr part i> Woods. The Deadfall is u finely improvei . place, and considered one 01 the most bcaiiti ful nnd healthy localities iu Abbeville District _ Either of the Tracts, or the whole, niny bi ~ created for privately (on accommodating term? 1 before tlie Jay of sale. J. N. COCHRAN, Ex'or. J Oct. 22, 1850. 25-tf Sale by Public Auction. ;; Estate of James A. Andrews, dee'd. BY permission of the Ordinary for Abbe villo District I will sell at tne lato resi < deuce of James A. Andjews, deceased, oi j. luesuny 1110 urn aay 01 iNovcmner next, tni personal Estate of said deceased, consistiigo Ten Likely NEGROES, Horses, Cows, Hogs e Corn, Fodder, Cotton, Plantation Tools, House h hold and Kitchen Furniture, <fcc., ?to. io Terms inado known on duy of salo. pb MARY A. ANDREWS, Adm'rx. , Oct 18, 1856. u -ALSO? j. I will sell ou the same day iny Plantation consisting of j. more or less, of which there are probably On< , Hundred and 8eventy-five Acres in Woods about Thirty-five of low -grounds or Creel i/wwui. Aiivw iu wmib ui a gwou i lauuuiui j. of this iita will do well to examine mine. The terms will be very accommodating. 1_ MARY A. ANDREWS. 1- October 22, 1856. 25-8t is ? ? 11 Large Sale of >- ESTATE PEOPERTT! >f the ?6th and days following of Novem is V-/ ber next, at the late residence of Capt I J. L. BOYD, deceased, near Wardlaw's Bridg on Little River, tho undersigned will sell U the highest bidder, oil tho Personal Property ? of saia deceased, to wit : 62 LIKELY NEGROES, _ 1,500 Bushels of Corn, large lot of Fodder, ^ 600 Bushels of Wheat, Soed Oats, JJotton t oeeu, onuoKS, fourteen head Males and Horses about forty head of Cattle, lot of Sheep, Stool " and Bacon Hogs, three Road Wagona, twe r- Carriages, one Buggy, Household ana Kitcbei i, Furniture, Plantation and Blacksmith's Toole ir Railroad Stock, ?fec., Ac,, <fec. Turns.?Twelve months' crcdit, without in terest Sums of $10 Sr leas, cash. Note ant y approved securities required of pnMhasers. WM. A. BOYD, Adm'r. RUTH tt. BOYD, Adm'x. October 20, 1866. 25.4t N. B.?At the same time and place, the Com missioner will sell the LAND, 1,3000 Acres, ii three tracts. Said tfaot* *rn -- I- ranged, the land is fertile, well timbered, wel y watered, and in ft"rrprnnfinnt Anirahln Pei sons wishing toputohase, are nqyasted to eal ^ and examine for themselves, ' f ? Attention Cltizeri?T - HOUSE AND FURNITURE PAINTINfl T8XB0DVKD in the neatest an4 moat 'Faah By *' x U AH1V < Oct 17, 'fifl. [44-6m] Abbevillo C, U. NEW JHUIQ, BOOK, AND FANCY AT ABBEVILLE C. H. THE subscribers liavo recently returned from the Kew York, Philadelphia and linltiniore, where they have purchased a fin? Stock of DRUBS AND MEDICINES, which tlioy will warrant ns pure as the pum$KF They will prepare their own Tinctures and Compounds, such as Laudanutn, Paregoric, Syr' i up of Squills, ?fcc.. Ac., and will guarantee the purity und strength of all such preparations. J<o pains or expense will be spared to give our friends satisfaction in this department. They lmvc u?Ulcd to their Stock the usual routine of Patent Medicines, which will be sold to those .1..-> *-? ' uvniniig ouch uriiuie?, ai# iair prices. They luivc nlao a small, but well selected, Stock of . BOORS AND STATIONERY, which will be replenished to any extent that the demands of the public may requira. Their Stock of Perfumery and Fancy Article* i? large and well selected, and they are determined that the Bupply shall equal the demand, Their Stock was purchased almost exclusively for Cash, and they intend to sell on accom*modating terms. BRANCH Jt ALLEN. isaac drascii, m. d., ) chaulf.h ii. allen. f Oct. 22. 25-3m Telescope Conv. ! Citation. Br WILLIAM HILL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbovillc District: * IIEIIEAF!, MoryMcComb and M. O. McTT Cosli.n have applied to me for Letters * Administration on all and singular the goods* and chattels, rights and credits of Robert MeComb, late of the District aforesaid, deceased ; These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ; nil and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to bo and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District to be holdcn ut Abbeville Court House, on ther fifth day of November noxt, to show online, if any, why the said administration should not be granted. riivol. nn,l..i. ..... I. 1 -?1 * ?..j (iuu uiiuocnif uii.1 IWUIIUQU1 dny of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, i and in the eighty-first year of American t Independence. 25?2t j W. IIILL, 0. A. A The State of South CnrdUua< A UP, KI 1L I.K MXTRIC21 Office Court of Common fin nwf CrtCl ffttg/otm. " James T. Dn-kin, ) ... , 1 rf! ( Attachment. James A. Liddl*. ) 1Jn3kin' ri'ttra Attonwj. IIEUEAS the I'hunt iff" did, on the eighf ! I too nth day of October, eighteen hun* j dred and fifty-six, file bis declaration against f the Defcndaut, who, (it is said,) is absent from mid without the limits of this State and baa ' neither wite ii'.'r attorney known within tti? ^ same, upon whom a co^V said declaration g might be served: It is therefore ordered. that tile said I i?l:vnt do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or oeforo the nia*- j teenth day of Outohcr, eighteen hundred and fifty-soveit, otherwise final and ubsoluto judg. uiuut will then ho given end awarded againit him. MATTHEW MoDONALD, C. C. P. J Clerk's Office, Oct. 18, 1856 25-ly ? Citation - By WILLIAM I7ILL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbee villc District: WHEREAS W. W. Porrymnn has applied to me for Letters of Adminiptration on all and singular the goods and chattel*, 3 rights and credits of James Douglas*, late s of the District aforesaid, deceased: } These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the } said deceased, to be and anpenr before inc, at j onr next Ordinary's Court for the said District % to be holden at Abbeville Court House, on the I fifth day of* Novembber next, to show ' cause, if any, why the said administration should I not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this twentieth day of October in the year of our I>ord one thousand eight hundred and fifty: six, and iu tho eighty-first year of Ameri' can Independence. W. HILL, 0. A. D. Oct. 20, 1830. 26-2t TVTTT T nn a <m> ? ? m ?? mnn, oi> w MmCiTI( Corner Opposite the Globe Hotel. HAVE just received a large atoolc of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, of the latest t importation and most fashionable styles, con* 3 minting of r Flounced Embroidered Colored SILKS, Rich Brocade and l'laid Colored SILKS ; ' Figured and Moire Antique Black do; Rich Flounced MUSLIN DE LA1NES ; Cashmeres and Muslin de Luines in greaft. variety ; Bombazines, Challies, Alpacas and Cobergs^ French, English and American PRINTS i Handsome Scotch and French GINOHAMS,v Rich Fronch Embroidered COLLARS audi SLEEVES; Rich Black Lace COLLAItSand SLEEVES; " Jackonct and Swim BANDS and a FLOUNCINOS ; ; Infants' Embroidered WA ISTS and ROBES; k *#nn>romere<i Menno VLOA KB for Infants;; i Real Valeuoiennes, Maltese Mid Threact LACES; Revcire, Hem-stitched and Embroidered JIDK.s ; Alexander's Kid and Silk OLO VE8 ; Splendid Stock of Gent's " Together with an endless variety of Good* usually found in a Dry Goods Store. Wit will add that we have a large stock, anxious to mU, - and will take pleasure in showing them to our . friends and customers. e Oct 10, I860. 24-8m 0 : y Sheriffs Sales. BY virtue of sundry Writ* of fjerA Facia* to me directed, I will noil at Abbeville? Court Iloiue, on tho first Monday and Tuesday 1 iu November next within thp legal hours of sale, ^ the following property, to wit: ' 60 Acres of land, more less, (on which then* ' is a fine set of Merchant Mills,) bounded by 1 I'oter Guillebeau, J. 1*. Graves and others. a? ^ the property of B. E. Gibert, ads. W. II. Sehri-mer and others. 200 Acres, niore'Sr lew*, bounded by ffeinatt' J Robinson, Jos. T. Moore nnd others, as thjfrproperty of T. W. Pace, atk. J. C. EIHs an? others. 4 200 Acrec, mdto or less, bounded by D. M.Rogers, M. O. Tulhuun and others, as the prop erty of the Estate of Joseph C. Mathews, dec'dijj ads. A. Giles vs. Jan. MoOaalan, A din'p.1 House undLot in bowudusvilitf, oonta^o-j iog 12 Acres, muru or loss, bounded by Joel ,m Lockhatt ami others, as the property orX. W'.j McCal inter, ads. Jag. Q. Lozcman and others 280 Acre*, more or less, bounded by Tho? Fulton, Charles Bendy and others, as toe prop* erty of Jas. Gill&m, ads. J. O, Willsoo. . 160 Aores, more or. leas, bounded by W* w^. Russell, J. W. W. Marshall and otMhfi;- . Otaproperty oP-Hktate of Jos- MoCrae, ads* &, f ' *" i ^ fEBmQ*&L >v, * T. R. OOCHftAN.a A. D. Sheriff a Ofljcc, Oct. 13, 1356. iil-tad al