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- ~ A ThrflUng Adventure. We question whether in the history ol *tair breadth" eechpes, a parallel.to tlie following CRh be easily fotind. The story I was told tis hv an vld and valued friend, S. residing in this country near ifris city , but Vuoso early days were spent near tbo tragic adventure here recorded. - We give the atory as related to us, in & ^60 Words of the hero : * MIt was about the year 1b05 that I settied in Virginia, tiear the fall' of the Kanawha. Theiwuntly at that time was an urn broken wilderness. But few settlements . had been made then by the whites, and tbey were qp far apart as to render vain all hopes Of a^btStance in CAKA of nn iittnoV frnm linn. * tile I udians?Cumbers of whom still infest-?d the neighborhood. . > . *\I< lived there alone- with my wife for ?ev.^rat months unmolested, and by dint of perBoverance Wing then young and hardy, had succeeded in making quite a large cleArv ing in tho forest*, which I had planted with % ' oorn, and.-which promised an abundant yield. . *, mOd& morning after we had dispatched ' Our humble meal, and I had just prepared to venture forth upon my regular routine of labor, my attention was arrested by the tinkling-of a cow-bell in the corn-field. "Theresaid my wife, "the cow is in the ?orn-field.w "But the cijr of tho back-woodsman becomes by education, very accute, especially so from tho fact that his safety often depends upoi^ the nice cultivation of that sense. I was not so easilv decivpd. 1 lis tened;?the boh ml was repented. That, .Btfid'I, in the.reply to tbo remark of my wife, was not tbe tinkle of a bell upon the neck of a cow: It is a decoy from some Indian /fcho desired to draw mo into ambush. *Be1i<Sving this to be the case, I took jlowD my old musket, (I had no rifle,) and - seeing-that it was properly loaded, I stole cautiously around tbe field toward the point ' from wbith. tbe-sound seemed to proceed. .As I bad suspected, there in a cluster of bushes^Uiched an Indian wailing for me to appear io answer to his decoy-bell, that lie might send the fatal bullet to my heart. I- approached, without discovering myself to him. until within shooting distance, then raiSed my piece and fired. The bullet *ped true to iis mark, and the Indian fell <b?nH ' Not knowing that lie might be accompanied "by others, I returned with all speed to tlie cabin, and. having firiuly bnrricadcd the door, I watched all day from the port boles in anticipation of an attack from the companions of tbe Indian I had killed. To add to tbe danger ; and fecining hopelessness of my situation, I discovered that ] had but.one charge of powder left. I could but make'one shot, and then, if attacked by numbers, I should be entirely in their power. Determined to do the best with vrhat I l^adj I poured out the lust charge of powder and put it into my musket and then Waited for the approach of night, feeling confident of an "attack. Njgbt came at lasu: A beautiful moonlight night it was too, hnd this favored me greatly, as 1 would thereby be able to observe the movements of the enemy as they approached my cabin. It was some two hours after nighttall, and as j^t I had neither heard or seen f sign of the Indians wlion suddenly I was startled by the baying of my dog at the stable. The stable-4Uood a little fcto the west of the ckbin^and between tlib two was a patch of cleared ground, upon which the . light of tfee full, moon fell unobstructed. Judging from the noise at the stable that they would advance from .that direction, 1 posted port hole on that side t>f the <*WOi|^5tC - -lt 'lp jpmvartisly . placed my wife on the cro^pole iK;the chimney, so that in case our dneniiea effected on entrance into the eabiw^Ue climb out through the low cinmnoy aud effect her escape. For myself, I entertained no hope ; but determined not to be tnlr?n nlirn?T . soil- my life dearly. . fe. .^Willi* breath less anxiety~I watched at ^ihe |>ort hole.,. At length I taw them ?merge frpm tbe shadow of the stable ^and advance across tbd" vacant ground towards my cabin. One?two?tbreo?great lieaven! six stalwart Indians, armed-to the teeth, and .urged on by ihoilope of revenge and 1 aloW to'oppose tliem, with but one charge of powder. My case was desperate iad?ed<. With quick yet stealOiy step,^ in claw-sin glo ffte they 'approached, and were alUady in-a few yards of the bouse, when "a Blight change in tbe movement of the format d Indians changed the position of the entire six{ Sothata portion of tbe left side ofeqeft, jvaj- uncovered.^Tliey were in a ?one.'aim wouJa^coYer them all. Quick w'thortgbt I aimed", .and " fired. As tbe-sni$<S clawed away, T could hardly ewm wnai my Senses showed me-, as the re?n|t>'of my ahipL 'The Bfteeo slugs with which I^liHd loaded _ray musket bud dope tbei^RK>Mr9rfi]i(^ftve of the six Indians lay ^deadniponiiIie?i?u|Kl,aud .the ofxth had disappeared.' v %>; * * ? Although no enemy was now in si^ht, I ditl noisvealiire forth until morning, t There ic?ofAre Indiana undisturbed, tog^fjy'.wWrthaoiflf of the others Securing Ui^UbQb aod* atnunition of 'the fallen Intfl?ljKj?l folio wed u p .the trail bf the missiogpnff,tmt$l it reached the river, beyond WL$?h poin^<fec<Jvld discover no trncAjvhat?r?r. 'From;tbe'wbwnt of. blood wbieb . guyrked theritail, together with the' unjtistillcabie enrdeftoe tbtjfr be "had picked hi* i. way yith dijtfteulfy, I yfras led to believe *' that Btri&feyertalljr. wtwmd^d, arid, jn yot<fmm f?1Iin/? m<? ^ "X - T* *"vv thejuMul?efJ& (o&> he naJ groped tUa>-j^r 1 l* ^I ** jjlfeBBi^H^MSSwSwBnfe^iiii*^^ * SMfcff^^nrjtf?jLljj^f^H^KgiP^|Kf?j|K|)^P^Q#^^ffff?~' ? SSS^B^^A BCF3 HKWHQS^^ The Hott'i Qunti. f Whefi age hu cut iU shadows i O'er life's declining way, And-tke evening twilight gathers Round our depgrtfng day? Then ahall we ait and ponder On the dim and shadowy post; Within the heart's elill chambers * i The guesft will gather fast Hie friends in youth we cherished, SlmU come to us once more, Agnin to tiold communion As io the days of yore. They may be stem auil sombre, They may be 3'oun^ and fair; But the heart will have its chambers, 'the guests shall gather there. IIow shall it be, my sister I Who, then, shall be our guests f How shall it be. my brother*, When life's shadow on us rests I Shall we not, 'midst the silence, In accents soft and low, Then hear familiar voices. And words of long ago f Shall we not see dear face.*, Sweet smiling as of old ? Till the mist of those still chambers Are sunsets' clouds of gold 1 When age has cast its shadows O'er lift's Heeling way. And the evening twilight gathers Round our departed day ! vw uy uwu't ruuieiB oen ineir uoilOl). We daily hepr this question asked, "why don't the planters sell their cotton?" We can answer for many of the planters, although we do not presumo to answer for all. The great innjoiity of the planters are out of doubt, and prefer to hold their cotton until a more acceptable time comes for them to sell. Ifthe planters owe no money to the merchants or the banks, what relief would the selling of their cotton afford ? The money that would be required to pay for the cotton, would be as available, at least, in ordinary negotiations as bales of cotton, j . ?.? wt>cvu jMnniviouni: WUIKI| mcr- i chant*, and country merchants owe city merchants, and city merchants owe the banks, then the planters should settle up their accounts at country stores with, money,^otton or produce of some kind that is convertable into money in our cities, and enable payments to be made through the lines of indebtedness. The mercantile community are more or less-perplexed in making collections, and there are doubtless some few . planters who owe bills and notes that are due. The present is the time when prompt liquidation would, without doubt, bo "thankfully acknowledged. Planters who are in debt, and hold their cotton for higher prices should at least sell enough at market rates to pay their debts and then hold on to the remaining portion of their produce for the "good time coming'' that they anxiously expect n hen the troubles of the times pass away. If the planters consider the present current prices too low, they cannot be unmindful of the fact that prices are relatively higher in Augusta than any poition of the L'ui- I ted Stntes. There is no difficulty about money matters in this city, so far as the sale of cotton is concerned. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are ready to be paid out whenever the cotton is put on the market and directed to be sold at the rulincr rates. Constitutionalist. The French papers have interesting accounts of newly bored artesian wcils in the Sahara Desert in Algiers. They are six in number, and and some of thein are 257 feet deep. The appearance x>f the water in each case produced the greatest excitement among tho desert tribes. Their joy over the first well was unbounded, and news of the event spread towards the south with unexampled rapidity, l'eoplo came from long distances in order to seethe miracles. The Marabout*, with great soleinnity*consecrated the newly-created well, and gave it the name of "the well of peace." At another place, as soon as the rejoicing outcries of the soldiers had announced the rushing forth of the water, the natives drew near in crowds, plunged themselves into the blessed waves, and the mothers bathed thwr | children therein. The names immediately applied by the people, such as "the well of bliss," and "the well of gratitude," sufficiently attest their feelings. It is said that these wells will work an important part in a-social revolution of the tribes in their neighborhod. Having been obliged, like their ancestor*, to wander from plaee to place as the desert springs dried up, they will, now remain around the constantly flowftig.weH*,cultivate tfie land, and take the first steps towards civilization. ^ ? * " Fvsion Firing? Why do Uicy Shoot ? The following, from the Cleveland Flain Dealer, is not bad. It is a center shot : ~ + t -- iu?rusiQiiiBL oi c-ieveianu nclunlly liad the impudence to Are seiveral bip guns on the square on Saturday night.' Not to be bullied out-of our own well-earned thunder tho Democrats opened the battery upon them, and fired two guns to their one. After the "battle was over," tho Demo-^ crata asked the Fiwionlst what they were firing for f After the close of the Revolution, King Georgo ordered a day of thanks, giving throughout the British domains. 4^is Prftoe Minister did not understand the object of the order, and thus questioned the Ring: J. toYoor majesty, is this tfring of thanks for the recent loss of the tuirteen American Colonies f ' * "By no means," said the King. ' uYonr majesty, Is it the loss of two hundred thousand of jour Bigness' loyal ?afat> jects If ?? . _ .../-HOIrWHUlf MW the J0wg.. "Theu^yotrr M?je?ty, it m??l ba for the .twobuodred ^llt^T^iW*Vf1||tITrg' itnfc in the war !" T * "It fe.notr tfat, .ehMr^W^^Uie King, ' '''bat to tUartk tiod 4b?t 4pnot .tqre to tVOTM r : V "' T', >.-: ' . iJ-^r . * Bo of ow Fusion v frtode^TTver have Connecticut, beien terribly be*M? in6,Uifon,^buriedten thu*end fcth'nm? rlniiTt IV " i 1 i i?i - #v. Thn Post Offioo Department. Washington, Oct. tf*?The preaert month'liRs been one of unprecedented labo in the General Post Oflico Departmenl ti,:. : 1 auiO| iu gyuu parif re aiuiuuiuoio lO llli prompt Action of Governor Brown,- who ii a detertfaihiiliotj to relieve, to tfie uttnos extent of his authority, the dfects of tlx ever-memorable September suspensions causcd the orders for payment of mail trans portation to be ready in advance, tha immediately on application, the account were adjusted and paid, liy this arrange ment about three quarters of a million o ?i.i ?j ? gviu miiu silver nave, in inre< weeks, been distributed 10 every scction o the country ; in many cases the bearers o drafts in the morning receiving the amount) and returning by tho cars of tho samo af ternoon. Another important object has been at taiued. Many of the railroad companies a tho North, and some in other States, al though carrying tho mails in a manner gen erally acceptable to the department, de clined entering into regular contracts. Wit] the opening of the new fiscal quarter, how ever, the New England companies liav evinced the proper feelincr. and amicubl complied with all the legal requirement; of postal obligations. Others are about t< follow the example, which will render tin railroad transportation of the mails mor perfect and satisfactory than ever before. Added to rt'gular current duties, the pre parations of tlio advertisements for tli great lettings of next spring hare ocenpiei the well-matured experience of the ofiicer of that appropriate division. The servie< in sixteen Slates and Territojies, embracing the whole Southwest, besides California Utah, Washington, Minnesota and New .Mexico, about seventeen hundred routes will thus bo ottered for competition?bj far t lie largest letting ever held. To the appointment office the present re cess of Congress has brought no cessatioi of labor. The rapid growth of the eoun try mid the intelligence of haidy emigrant: have involved the necessity for many nev post offices, changes of name, changes o site, so as to locate tliein at proper distan ces, discontinuances of the useless, and op poiniffients, almost innumerable?for 11 thousands of cases each year postmaster! find themselves too poorly remunerated loi umir responsiuiiiiy anu -trouble, and an quite willing to leave tlie honors, to others In 1853, when President Pierce's adnutiis tration commenced, there were About 22, 300 post offices ; now the number must exceed 20,000/ The average net ineie?s< over over all discontinuances is one /tun lire J per month. The American Banking Syetem. The Lvierpool Times thus discourses "of tin American hanking system, and the elFec in England of the financial revulsion : The reperu>al of the Persia's ail vice con viuces us that our previous remarks, touch ing the monetary crisis in the Unjtei States, were perfectly correct. Indeed, w< arc now persuaded that wo took too lenient, view of the matter. According to the In test New York advices, bank after banl was succumbing to the pressure. So gen eral was the "run" it lm/1 !??< parative to hold a meeting of bank direc tors, to avei t,one universal crash, and d? vise some means wherefjy the wheels o commerce would be extracted from th threatened period when there must be i general cessation of business. There must certainly be somcthinj wrong in the banking system of the Unite* States, for no commercial "panic" appear but immediately the banks show syuiptuu of "monetary ague," and a few days aftei wards most of them aunouueo suspcnsioi of specie payments. This clearly manifest: that such an extensive paper cuireney a prevails in America, when so recklessl; dealt in, although advantageous in sonii respects, has disadvantages of much greate magnitude, and when not foreseen and pro vided for in time, never fail to inflict K(?ri ous and irreparable injury upon the en tire community. It miglit not mutter s< mucli to England that Brother Jonathan was so frequently in financial diflicultj were it not, as We Lave already remarked that we are so intimately and directly con nected with all the monetary and commer cinl operations. What effects him most touch us severely. We invest in his StaU and national securities, and wo are larg< shareholda in liis rnilwnoa nn<l ntl.n* "!" J~ ....v. V...O S"6"1' tic undertakings. If, then, his stork nut shares cotnu tumbling down. John Bui must suffer for not being on the spot. 1I< docs uot know of the impending crisin, fx as to "realize" iu time,- and thereby avert i total spoliation of bis capital. The Bank of England, foreseeing the na ture and extent of the "crisis," made sure o an expoifc of specie" to America: Tliey wen not wrong. The steamship Baltic, whicl sailed from New York on Wednesday, tool out, as a first installment we suppose, ?70, 000. This will be continued weekly, aye and semi-weeklv. as Ion:? as the monetart and corifthereial atfairs of the United Stair: continue as tbey are, and tlio rate of ex cliange- remains at *05. Il would pa} specu lators in gold coin to ship specie t< New York, if there is the prospect of reali zing as much as 35 per cent, on first clgf: paper; and." this we aro told, was deemed by the meeting of bauk directors already mentioned, as a fair fate under the circum stances. Well, added to the demand froir America the East India Company hav< borrowed onelnillion sterling, and tocrowi the whole, there is a continued drain to tlx continent.,. ? * -? Truly England just now is in a ticLludi po wit ion. Placed hs tbo Bank of England is, i behooves its directors -to be prudent it tto^eand* the exercise o?fhat caution wbicli the responsibility of their position to im j^ose upon them to take car? that tbo dram of gold from their vaults be neither loo heavy nor rapid. Tbi/lbey effect by Huru ing the screw" i. e. raising the rate of discounts A Mtun?r was given on Thursday another on Monday, aud we shall be glmi to learn that another will not be ordered by the "conrt" in a fcw dm ??a? ??A ^3*" at prewn^ ehnpe jt look* *erj hktfU~ !*.>* all very well for ceJEnia jour decafit Jipon thi%iaU*y^W .? trade?ad commenio in thi#cbuniry..to-?4e matid for all descriptions of our . mau/ac A rural poet sends to tho New York Even- [ t iug Mir ror the following pociu on n "Squirrel," i r remarking thnt he (tho pocl) is fully awaro ' i. that tho 1 ?at line is a lectte too lo??jf ; c "The squirl am a^iicft, bird, 1 Arid has a busby talo, t He eoifctttimes sit* opon 4-lim, 3 And sometimes on a rale, I. And gcthers nuts in the summer so that his winter etoek wont faiL" 3 Breaking Promises.?It is linrd work' . to make even honest men keep their promif ses, when either their interest or convenience 3 is promoted by doing otherwise. Call on f your tailor, for instance, and order a new f coat, and lie will say in answer to your i most serious inquiry, "It shall bo done, sir, - sure, next Saturday night." Well if you get it a week after that, you may consider yourself fortunate. Wo need hardly mention t boot-makers, for they tell?break their promisee? as a part of their trade. Un. truthfulness sticks like wax to the whole i- profession, and no reform is anticipitated !i except the last-end of a mighty eoflict with - their hide-bound consciences. But tailors e and boot-makres are not the only persons u who break their promises. Merchants, 1 bankers, aud thoso in every profession, not a excepting ministers, are strongly addicted 2 to this w rong doing. A promise is made to I e perform a certain work at a specified time, I and the same may be in writing, yet, if not 1 i- repudiated, it is often entirely neglected or i c forgotten. This soon becomes a habit, so 1 ' 11?*it 11\ tJ/\ 4<oc orrr/io?lw lo ?**? - ? , . %(,nv vv WV/ MW ..p. VV.V* to tin C.\\;C|HIUII IU a s I gvtieral rule. A merchant buys a bill of j ' goods, nnd promises to pay .it a specified r time, lie don't keep his promises, because i ho can do better (?) with his money, or he r unwilling to make a sacritii-e, or it is not , ! quite convenient. Poor follow ! be lias lost f : his character, injured his credit, nnd enroll! ed his name among the ranks of No. '2 mer- , - i chants, lie has lost, therefore, more than j i j lie has gained, lie comes to New York I - and says, '-It is true I allowed my note to j j bo protested, but"?nonsense, lie puts on j v | wis, siops ni n nrst-ciass Hole I and tries to 1 f | make a sensation?but it is n failure. His ' | reception is less cordial, he pays-more for >- i credit than before, and after making a few i | more such experiments, is announced as | > "suspended." H iving time now for refiec- i r ; tion, he wonders at God's providence, thinks i u | it hard thus to suffer, and perhaps finally ! . : sets himself down, for life, a ruined man. - 1 Who ever thought of tracing their down j fall to such a cause? - j Header, whoever you are, regard your ) ! every promise as sacred as life itself. lJo t? j any thing and everything that an honest ! man may do, rather than forfeit your word. 1 Independent, j b ! Mkksonikit's Tadi.eCi.otii Sketciief.? j ^ i An odd anecdote is told of Meissonier, the i ! great French forest artist. He was lately ! dinning at Brussels anil among the compaI ny was Baron tie KuylF, wlio recently <xhibited some charming landscapes at tlie ! Palais d'Industrie. Sotuoking was tlie or' 1 der of the day, and Messonier, which light,l ! ing his cigar, took it into his head to make j a sketch on the table cloth with the burnt i cud. The Baron kept lighting matches, j I and as soon as the end was carbonized, | ; placed them by the French painter, and by ! [ j the time he had smoked his second cigar f he had finished a charming sketch of an g . v.??.vwf , uvauuiuii; CAUUUIUU. I1CU the evening was over M.do Kuyff took the table cloth, folded it up Bnd going down to y th? mistress of the establishment, said t, j "Madame, be good enough to lock up this s ; table-cloth with great caig, To-morrow I s j'will call for it and pay you the value of it." | But sir," was the answer. "I must at least get it washed." "Nothing of the sort," said ' I A I. _ T* - g me j>aron. "l wish to have it just as it is, 1 with all its spots and marks." The next J (lav, accordingly, he came and took away | the precious table cloth, which be Las since ; had framed in a curious style, with a dou! ble frame, the sketch being placed in the smaller one, and the rest of the linen carefully and tastefully arranged in the space } between the frames. It is said that an 1 amateur had already offered M. de Kuyff , 5,000 francs for it. - - ? ? ^? ' A certain Irish attorney threatened to prosecute a Doublin printer, for inserting the deatli of a living person. The menace concluded with the remark, that "No prin* ; (er should publish a death, unless appraised of the fact by the party deceased | Little act "of kindness are stowed away ' in the heart, liko bags of lavender in a ' drawer, to sweeten every object around them. 1 Thfi vnnilr nf tinman lifi? So lit-o o :>? ,a ...? ? ...ci , constantly passing away, and yet eonstant ly coming on. i Cheap way of fattening liog*?turn them i into your neighbor's cornfield every night. God comes, and the doctor takes tho fee. 'ABBEVILLE MALE ACADEMY. a i i miip v-?:? ? ? * I aa?< jj.\t:rciw:3 01 ims institution Will be JL < resumed on the First Monday in Jioua7 ry next Tlie government of the "School will ) he rigid, and every effort will be made to main. tain n higfc standard of morality. . V ? The Scholastic year will be .dmdafll into two Terms. Tho first will commence 6n tlie ' 1st Monday in Jannary, and continue Twent}'eight weeks; the sccon^ will begin on the 2d . Monday, in September, and continue twelfo * ^ weckrf. % s TEIIMS OF TUITION": . . l Heading, Writing, Spelling, lstjfcs. 2d Sm> a and Primary Geography, $14 00 .. $-.1 (K> Tlie above with GeograpVyf, History, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Exer t cisea in English Composition, - 20 00 0 00. The abova with all the ad- ' . vnnced English Branches, 28 00 10 00 The above with Latin* aud. " Greek, - - - 18 00 . 12 00 Student* will ba received at-apv4ime during the*Session and will be charged from the' time they enter onti) the eml of the Session, unless special arrangomenta are made to gte contrary. I Boarding ean be obtained at taasorfhble rates. , * A. G. ELDER, A. & 1 Deo 19, ISM 83-tf ntf"^ a n n o f" w^i 11 ^ ^ ^ ^ Tho friend# of C?pt O. M. MATT1SON reipectfully onoounce him as a candid*to (W T?~ Collector at tlio next election. The frion^s of JA?ttiS A. McCOHD respectfully nnnounco hinj as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. Tho friends of Dr. J. F. McCOMH tiiptvttfully announce him ;is a Candidate for Tn.?. Collector at tho next election. a???mti?i C35' The friends of tyATTHEW Sl< DONALD respectfully nnnouifce him* a Candidate for re-election oh Clerk of the Court of General Sessions and Common l'leas, fo$ Abbeville District, at the next election. A few of the Long Cano friends of W. G. KEEL, would respectfully announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff at the next election. The friends of JAMES II. COBB respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff at the next election. ?30-The friends of JOSEPH T. MOOItE respeelfully announce him n Candidate for Sheriff at the ensuing election. The friends of T. B. MILLEORI) respaetfully announce liiin as n Candidate for Tax Collectoi of Abbeville District, ot the next election. C3T The friends of GEORGE W. RIC1IEY respectfully announce liim a Candidate for Sheriff of Abbeville District at tlie next election. EST The friends of MATTHEW It. COCII HAN respectfully announce him a candidate for Sheriff of Abbeville District, at the next election. Tlio numerous friends of Col. T. J. ROBERTS respectfully announce him a Can didnte for Sheriff nt the ensuing election. ear Tlic friends of I>. W. JIAWTllOKN re upcetfully nnnnutico him ft cntididutc for Sheriff of Abbeville District nt the next election. MANY Fill ENDS. The friends of N1MUOD McCOUD respectfully announce him ns n CandiJate for Sheriff at the ensuing election. 139'" The friends of S. (?. W..D1I.I. iv.'pi-etfully iinnouiice him a Cnndidale for Sheriff, at the next Election. The friend# of W. \V. GKIFFIN resi-cct fully announce liim a caiiilidato for Sheriff nl the ensuing election. [May 7, 1855 Xc. G&imm, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR. IN EQUITY, ABBEVILLI3 C. II., Will attend jirowpl/if to all busuuxs cut rutted to /m# ciirc. January 30, 1857. 39-tf S. Mc GO WAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE IN LA W KA NGE, \p\* f Ilnnr fa TKaiwbam r. ><va> uuvi iu iiiuniDuu a ruir, ABBEVILLE C. II. January 1, 1867. 35-tf PERIUN & COTIIRAN, Attorneys nt Law and* Solicitors in Equity. Office, the one formerly occcupicd by McGoioan <fe PerrIn, LAW RANGE. Jas. M. Ptaniw, Jam. S. Cotiirajt. January 1, 1857. 35-tf ? ff II. A. JONES, 1). Y. JQN?5. j ?* JONES & JONES, Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Equity. OFFICE?ABBEVILLE C. //., 8. V. WILL practice in Abbeville, Anderson, Laurens, Newberry, and adjoining Districts. Will Promptly attend to all butjincHS intrusted to tliem. April 16, 1857- * GO MAESHALL, LEE & DeBRUHL. ^I^IIE undersigned have associated with tliem, JL in the Practice of tlfre Law, STEPHEN C. DeBRUHL, Esq. All business entrusted to their euro will receive prompt attention. J. FOSTER MARSHALL, W. A. LEE. January 12, 1857. 37-tf a NEW NOTICE. GOODS-AT COST. TVTESSRS. PERRY MAN dc WALLER take UA pleasure in making a new bow in their >*ew Store, at Greenwood, -near their old place. They would announce, to their friends and the Public generally, that'Hicy, being desirous of milking room for the very large Stock X>f the Fall, will sell a large portion of thoir DRESS GOODS at the originnl Cost Pricks. HT.nTHTKf} will hn rpiliispil ?o n? tn m?t? it astonishingly low. Greenwood, August 4, 1857. 14 6m P. 8.?We ltnow we-have the best friends and Customers in the world, ^nd feel that we havo l*?t to coll on them for help and they will respond. Now. friends, as we are absolutely in need of funda to buy "new Goods so^ as to accommodate j*ou, we would ask you to help us by paying your old scores. ABBETILLE TIAHISIJl YARD. r I MJE undersigned* having dissolved his coX partnership with J. K. LEAVELL*ales plaesure hi announcing to the public generally ang to the citizens of AbbeVillo District ill particular, 'IhaX lie h%s largo, stock of * &RM0NT AND ITALIAN MARBLE on hands, and from which he proposes to manofacture, to oni* r, *" __ " Every Variety of AlONVlfHXTS AND. TOMB STONES. * jH?j would respeclfnlly soy to the pablie that he has secured the services of the t< . HOST EMINENT MARBLE ARTISTS. *nd bopes/by close attention to business, to to crib reasonable sfcure <ft- pttblio patronage. J. D. CII ALMElCSv '^August 20,'67 18 8m *. ^ -. r< ** * ?. T?? 1 Iftrlcfcmasonry sad Plastering ^T^IIE pudersigned having fortnedV Co-partJL nureliip hi the above business, aro prepared to doull work entrusted to tlicni in the best and moat subitantia) maun on. Having s long practical experience 1a tue business, they flatter Uitmselvv that they can please the most ttstid* ious. All work will be warranted. - JOHN COUMBE, **. A. J. WOODBURST. R?ks**c*.?H. A, Jones, J.. A. Calhoun aid rw?. i. w ./ Avi?-it "TV w - ^ sT mm mJbfcjaj-jflga FROM ?? ABBEVILLE TO WASHINGTON. A FOUR HORSE STAGE leaves ABBEVILLE on Monday, Wedpesday and Friday nt 0 o'clock, A. M. I-caves Washington, Ga., on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. fl A Daily Train lenves Washington at 61 o'clock 1*. M., for Atlanta and Augusta. OFFICE at the PO.NT OFFICE. JOHN McBUYDE, Atjntt. Abbeville C. II., April 3, 1857. 48 *ly DISSOLUTION. rr,IlE late Law Finn of McOOWEN ?fc PERA. KIN' is lJij#ulv(!<i by mutual consent.? All business commenced un to this <1n?o will i.? conducted und tinifthcd by im together under tlie inline 6f the old Firm, as if no Dissolution had taken place. S. McGOWEN, J/VS. fiL PERKIN. January 1, 1857. 35.tf TO THE LADIES. More New Mantillas I CHAMBERS & MARSHALL HAVE received this week diroct from New York, a beautiful assortment of BLACK CHANTKLLY LACK, Black Silk and Black Moire Antique handsomely Trimmed White ii Colored No. 1 Granite Range. Abbeville C. II., S. C., April 17 [50tf BYTHEWOOD & COWAN,* '* GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. 204 Exchange Row, COLUMBIA, S. C., 17M)U the Sale of REAL EST AT E, EG ROES, 1 ali?o COTTON, WHEAT, 1JACON, Lard, Whiskey, Sugur, (.'"tree, MolasseP.jFluur; Butter, Corn, 11113* ami Produce generally. Strict personal attention paid to tho sitle of any of the above?liberal advances made and prompt returns. Matiikw W. IivTiiEvoon, ?T.\Mr.s M. Cowan. Aug. 10. 18.r?7 17 - tf .ISorc ISooliM and Drugs! rfnin? u.-t *? ? * " * 1-ju-j ouwiTiutTfi nnve jusi received their Stock of Mctlicine.*, JJooks and Fancy article*, ami lire prepared t-o sell nt. <Aburt profits. ' , We nre Agents for tlic onld of n series of 'ST.\N1)AKI> WOIIKS, now in tlie course of publication, by tlio Appletona of New York.? Aruontr these uraiiielu'iod Tlie Debates in Congress from 1780 tQ 1836. Ilenton's Thirty yenrs View. atones ucnertu aiii'h <>i the World, from the latest authorities, to lS.'.il. Cyclopedia of American Eloquence, with PurtrnitA 'l hc New American Cyclopedia. The Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, Edited by Win. E. llortoii. Specimen Copies of Hie above works may be seen at our Store, together with many other new and elegant Iiookt>. We arc also agents for the snle of Grovef'a it Haker'sSRWING MACHINE, acknowledged to be the best now in use, and tiro least liable to get out of order. This Machine will be warranted ami sold here at New York prices, l'rieea varying from $100 to $125. . BRANCH <t ALLEN. S?;pt 17, 1857. 21 tf 500 Agents Wanted ! ^ a homestead pok'ten dollars. THIRD bTVISION. A1" AOjA AAA WOTITH OF KATIM9 AND ?>) 1 U^VUU BUILDING LOTS, jn the Gold Region of Culpepper County, Virgyiin, lobe divided ninongst 10,200 , subs<!riber*>,- on the 7th of December, 1867. Subscription only ten dollars doicn; or fiflsen dollars, one_ down, the rest on delivery of the dead. Every 1 CnlicrfMMhni. Trill ftAf n ?* n ? ?.. f,-- - ..y. ?. ranging in value from $10 tf> $25,000. These Farms and Lots are sold so cheap to indi:i-c settlements, a sufficient number being reserved, tlie increase in the value of which will compensate for the apparent low pricc now asked. Upwards of 1,3.*i0 lots are already sold, and n company of settlers, called "The Kappnhnunock Pioneer Association," is now forming and will soon commence a settlement. Ahiple security will be eiven for tlie faithful Derform Ance of contracts and promises. Nearly 45,000 ncrcs of land in (liferent part* of Virginia now at command, and will be sold to settlers at from $1 up to $300 per acre. 4&nquc*tim\able t'Ulet irill in all cases be given. Wood-cutters, coopers, farmers, Ae., are wanted, and tive hundred Agents to obtain subscribers, to wbom the most liberal inducements will be giverw^ Sonic Agents write that 'the}* are making f20Ckper mouth. For full particulars, subscriptions, agencies, Ac. Apply to E. BAUDEIt, Port Royal, Caroline Co., Vn. August 28, 1857 X?Xf7 "* ' Bt^ AlflBROTVPKS. W. G. KENNEDY Respectfully informs the>Pubiio thai lie i? permanently located at WHITE HALL, ^ fc Where lie id fully prepared, at all time^ to give a good Picture and correct Likeuess for a moderate remuneration. July 6, 1857 1 0 It rpUE COPARTNEBSIIIP heretofore existing JL between H. A. Jones nnd J: W. Livingston, in the Practice of LA^V, is this day dissolved, by mutual cohsent. . II. A. JONES, i. W. LIVINGSTON. March 31,1857. 48-tf EDWABD p. BMTTON, A {Jt,ate Editor and Proprietor of the Carolina ? Time*,) . A COLLECTING AGENT, . COLUMBIA, S. 0., OFFERS his services to the public as a C<rtlcctor and general business Agent lie will receive for collection Notes or Account* for any section of the State, at tbe usual commissions. Office over tbe Carolina Timca Printing office, Columbia, S. C. Kefereuces will be given if required. July 28 . ' T Attention Citizens! HOUSE AND FURNITURE PAINTING EXECUTED in- tins neatest and mos$, Fashionable Styles, Imitating- choice Ooiora, Wood nnd JlfyWe. *' Orders Arum the country will be promptly attended to. - By T. M. ARD, Oct 17, '60. [24-6m] " Abbettlle C. H. ? % : N*TICfi. "?0HN WINCEY, Etq., ,will be happy to kj attend to % OV*R JS&UXJNGI brfcNOXNEtt. or Mill Work#, in tbe^yieinU^iof 4jM>eviUo and4fc?e ?nrroundit?g country. * - *Applicant* will pleaao abply to John Earigbt, Abbey ill*, ton, *l? lW ' - * ' * ?"?.... i.w. . ; 4 ' =* SEWING MACHINES. TO MANUFACTURERS, PJ.ANTEV.S, | AND PLIVATE FkMII^ES. In Purchasing such an artiole as SEWING MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the beei IM. SINGER 6t CO.ts GAZETTE, abeauti ful pictorial paper, contains full and reliable information-about SEWING MACHINES, and answer all* questions tbat can,bo asked on' the subject. All who road this papef *ill leatft how to pm-chnss Sowing Machine with which $1,000 a year, clear profit, can be msdd, ana will be protected from being imposed upon by some of the humbuirg Machine* i)ow before the H public. Singer <fc Co.V Machine is arranged t<f * do coarse and fine work of every discretion.- \v Tlie Gazette maj* be obtained gratss on applr?* cation at any of Singer it Co.'d Offices. Machines on exhibition and for - sale and instructions given, by WM. C. MGOIiE, ?gerit irtr /luoevme. * Singer ?fc Co.'i Charleston Office, 824 King-. street. ' * Principal Office 323 Broadway,. Niw Yorfc< toly 23, 18i'i7 . 12_ if To Mechanics, Inventors, and Mann- ' facturers. ;. IN AKKOUNCfNG the thirlfltatouaiimial Volume of thfljscibntikjfi asltltICAN, the Publishers tispectfally ifitorrn tli?. public thnt ,jfl order to incrqfrse 'Anil.jtijnylato the formation of clubs, thpy projuwc to * ofTeV One Thousand Five Hmtflrcd JJotuXr&^.in Cq*N? ? Premium* for the fifteetf lnrg.g^^li^ta of ?ob*r eci ibers 6PDt in by thep>t of 1888^! said premiums to bo ^fotribUte&C*-v. . For the largos-lift ' $300 ; 23r|w; m $200 ; 4th, $150 ; fitli, tyoo ; 6^,^90 $80 ; 8th, $70; 0fl>, $&>; 10th, 150 f k*h $40 ; 12th, $35 ; l?lh,-f?0 ; j,il6j.h, ; $2?. ? . . * Names of subscribers can braent-in- atjoUSTer ent times and ii (?tii?ffiffet;cut Offloe^'^rhe^ Cash will be paid to the orijero of Chfrf-^uceessful competitors, imaiodintWy afWr the^-let'of, January 1868. f *" Southern, Westerly and (Janftda Olijnliy -will 1)C taken for sulwcriptions. .rCtfftadi*b -tnLtcAr *'' . bers will please t? remitTwenty>?jj^-,OeuM' .<x-? tra on each years' subscription- to pre-"pnijf ' pa*-> " tape. - ?* Term* of Subscription.?Two I)oHm?Ti Yalar^ or One l>ollar for fsji Months."- *' "* *" C'luh liutts.?Five Copies, for Six.Mfintlii, __ St ; Five Conies for Twelve Monthsj $8 ;*9*on Copies, for Six Months, $3 ; T'&t. Twelve Months, lo; Twenty C6piei>-fbr" ' Twelve Months, $28. * ' 'For nil Clubs of Twenty and over, * ly subscription i.s only $1.40. V"T. The new volume will be printed upon^firW paper with new type. ^ "V The general character of the SciF.sffyio "1^. ^ urrioan is well known, Und as heretof&t-e, it'* . will B?b chiefly devoted to promulgation of in- ?? ' * formation relating to the various ,.AC&hanic'al~ aitH Chemical Art^JJanufactures, 'AqriciilfanVt* * Patent*, Inventions. Engiticeriitff, Mill'' Work, and all intereqtbwhich *tho light ?>f Practical Science is calculated to advance. It is iasil&l in form for binding ; it contains annu4ib fro,|? 5f)0 to fiOU finely executed Hngrav,, ingSJ""and Notices of American and European '^improvements, together with an Official List of American Patent Claims published weefcly in advancq of all other impere. ft is the aim ?>f the Editors of tli<? Stt*vtiihi "AmkiiJcan to present nil subjects dipcuss^c^in its coiamns in o (tracticnl nn<l popular fortn. .^Ihtiy ? wilr-also endeavor to maintain a candid fearlessness in combating and exposing false' tbet> rios and practiccs in Scientific and MechaqU caT mutters, and thus preserve the character "of 'the ScittXTiKKteAyeiUlAN' as a reliable Encvcloprodirt^f Usefdl and gntertaining Knowfoaga. ?:?T i^pecitocn copiffc will be sent gratis Jo any pnrt of the country. ? r Ml.'NN ?t CO., Publishers and Patent ApanOj, No. l'i^Fftlton street, Ne\r?ork. Th? State of 9outla Carolina, Abbeville J)i*trict?In the Comman JVtas. m Amos Clark. Jr.. " ? Attoplimnnt. ' vs. > McGowan Jt l'errifr, , Jnmes A Lidjoll. ). PlfFa Att'ys. WUI'KIiAS, tlio Plaintiff did, on thathirtytirst day of October, 1856, file uis deci Inration ngainst tbc Defendant^: who, (as it i? * said) is absent front and withtftft'llig limits of this State, and lias ueitlier wife or attBrpey known within the earn*;- tjpon whpra *a fiopy of tlie said declaration might be^serVQL lt>i? * therefore ordered, tliAtrlhe said'*Pefendant do appear and plead to th^.aaid declration, on or before the fii-st day of November, which will be iti/ftiie year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred " nud Fifty-Seven, otherwiso-?liaal%Bnd absolute < Judgment will then be giveH iiicL awarded agniuit hiui. * MATHEW McT* nLD, c. c^r. Cle;}i*s Oflise, Oct SO, 1> .j*' j7 * t'y . . . Tlic State of.Sonlb tparo^in^ , Abbeville DittricL?fn Ike Cowmen Pleats William AVilson, ) J ' ? vs.. y * Foreign Attpchmenf. ? } . Jfca. A. Liddclf. J Thomson Jr-Pinr Attorneys. ?* Whereas the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh " day of April, eighteen hmidred and fif- * ty seven, file his decinrftttion against fendnnt, who, it is said, is absent frorfl andfe without the limits of this State, and Jibs u*UhlV er vtrife nor attorney known wittih the satntf>~" , upon wnotn n eopy of the said declaration might be served?- ?. ^ * '. * It is therefore ordered, 'that tbe said Dafeudnnt do appear and plead to tbe said. deeJ?ration, on or before the twelfth dny of Aprit, eighteen hundred and fifty-eijttit, otherwise i final and obsoltite judgement will then ,be'gif* en and awarded against him. MATTHEW McDONALD, c.c. ly * ClcrV'w Office, April 11, 1867 51~Iy The State ?( ?onth Car?(ll%, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. *; . Office Court of Common Pleat atj^ (jcn'l SetdonK^. , . James T. Baskin, ) Attachment/* * 7. WHEREAS tli*Plaintiff #d( onvtfce ei^V tee nth day of Oatober, eigfcU?9*hntfr. * r dred and fifty^x, Ale bt? declaration fcaainit the Defendant, who, (it and without tho limits. <?f .tli? neither wife nor attorney .knownwUhjathw same, upon whom a 'copy of (aid deflfaratlorfiS might be served; H' ? therefore orderedC * that tho said Defendant do aptear and. *. . .to the said declaration, oh or before the toinfe* tcenth day of Odtober, eight?ett htitidjrod aoi? fiftv-??vAii iitli?Alu 1 uient will then be Vmd 5&U& , * him. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .* < HHUW. pHWMPiik *mflMH fift* t ." "" . *: .*^ * * ' * . - ." ' '*. .* i;;Y>/::rVi:Viai >:-A