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tov? In a Steel Trap. cl "Love laughs at locksmith#," we are told; fi but rat-traps aronOMibject,of JaUgber, even IS1 to the blind go'3 himself, .as I shall show hi you in the sequel of this brief story. Iw "But will you go to-night f" , "Yes I will." , y< "And if I have old Bob behind the barn bi nt twelve, you'll ho waiting inside, and we'll to drive to New York and get married right qi straight oft' the reel ?" "Yes." When all the folks are in bed and asleep,I'll steal out of the wash-house door, go lo the barn, get in, and disguise myself. w When you come, put in your finger, HQ the ^ latch, open the barn door, and I'll drop into your arms like a ripe apple. Oli, I do so love lo runaway ! Won't it be delightful ?" The^peakers v^ere Joe Ciavers and .Mary ta met ilP?Gpptffictit ut, and Mary herself one of l'' ifvtiji4fru<fest, most light-headed, romantic, in- ,1C ^j^j^f3Cont and affectionate creatures ever mado pa the "almost diviue" model of mother lIf; Eve. Joe was a generous, impulsive youth, fc< whose parents had once seen flattering days, but had of late been unfortunate, and fallen I10 into comparative poverty. m' Farmer Miller, as he drew rich, grew am- w< bitious. Mary was liis onl}' child. lie 07l looked to her settlement in the world as a means of his own social advancement, and had already selected, in his inind.s eye, a lMI suitable match for her. Of course Joe's at- TL tentions, therefore, did not meet with his for approval; and while he was unwilling to be r thought sordid enough to reject Joejopenly, for his lack of means, he had suggested to that young adventurer the propriety of ah- '' senting himself altogether from Mary's at- ga tractive presence. This done, lie had assu- th< red Mary of his resolution to dispose of her p . hand according to his own notions of feminine happiness. I need not say that the facts, operating upon the mind of a Thoughtless, loving ec- pi centric, and spirited child like Mary, had <-l( a peculiar effect. That very momeut she i :v v determined to marry Joe Clavers. lie was evidently persecuted! Persecution only i,c< made him the dearer to her. She liked him before, but now she loved him. In fact, the no moro she thought of it, the more she was |js conviuced that he was an angel, and that te( pcneuk luuiairy 011 iicr part would Otily t)u un act of noble devotion. S" If Farmer Miller, bad been a sensible man and at all disposed to study human nature, eai he would have adopted perhaps a ver y dif- jj( ferent course towards his wayward daugh- a tor. He would have introduced his proposed son-in-law and forbidden her, at the same ,c time, to indulge in the slightest regard for tie him. The probability is that she would pn have fallen desperately in love with him at sj, first sight and give Joe his Conge . without further ceremony ; but Farmer Mil- ] ler had a way of his own in alt things, and ,ni ho was satisfied that, should Mary feel disposed to play him a trick, lie was quite able "j i to manage a Roland for her Oliver. The very next morning after lie had, in , this manner, "opened his mind," as he call- ,l ea it, to nis daughter, he luckily happened er to see Joe Clavers make his furitive entrance te< into the kitchen where Mary was busily at v work, but not singing as usual, for she was blooding over the parental cruelty. S? Farmer Miller did n<jt permit many min- or ntes to elasp before he had placed himself a in the wash house, which adjained the kitch- fu en, so that he might hear all that passed be- an tween the discomfited lovers. He did hear . 'the dialotigue with which I have common- "i ced l\m historitte. He possessed himself of z,r the. plan of the contemplated elopement, ni< * and he was satisGed. ac "She is going to run away, is she?" he sol said to himself. "I'll teach him a lesson, I ^ warrant me; and as for the little Gipsey, I'll settle her business very speedily." or< After tea that evening Mary retired to res her little room her heart beating with anjye- bu ty for the approach of midnight. Iler sa, x surprise may be imagined when, half an ^ hour afterwards, she fuund herself a priso ner. &ne iriecl the handle of the lock. It wouid not move ! What was to be done? sai Could it have been fastened on her by accident? She called for ber father, and he t0( ca'"e- cui "What,s tbe matter, Mnry ?" was his ex- j claroation, without, however, opening the cbnmber door. c" ' "My door is fast and I can't get out!" wi "Very well, dear,.was his reply ; "go to gi; ? bed, like a good girl, and I'll open it in |)a tbo morning." ' > She knew it was not of tbe slightest use a to. remonstrate. : He. must, by soine means, have discovered her.desigri. She could do ' nothing but weep and bite ber lips with vexation. # " TI./. ? >-- e - > ? v me luiuy Luu inruier uiu was 10 Vis^ it the barn. As usual, it had a large wag- ly i on-door in which was cut for common use a tai ' Smaller entrance. The latter was only se- n? cured by the ordinary latch iusicle which ? s ^ was lifted, in the customary way by thrus-1"> 'ling a finger through a small hole made in ,rM Kf " < the door, beneath the latch, for the purpose, foi /Farmer Miller remained in the barn long tin V enough to arrapge matte'8 to suit his r?ri - i.~ , ^ f i ? / \ :j; vate purpose,' aild then coming out through fr{1 ; the Blable that adjoined, or. rather lay parity .beneath-it;be walked quietly home laugh- ,n< ' > . ing heartily to>' himself.: first listened'- g? * at his daughter's door, and findihg all quiet, of U, retired to bis own room and went' to Bleep, Tb Just abou^jiiidnigbtj a horse and wagon' ^ 'drew silently, up, ou'tbe road, behind J?arroer Mille^abarn. JoeGJavers got steaf- ru ... thily outj^pihtf vehicle, jumped the fence T1 and crept <?a'u^ously arpurid to the door of th the Building m^qu^tidn.^flow,, Jj^ppy-h? th, v" .. felt 1 *vIn moqoerft, M&y*would be. m , xhis<|W'dTvIo themornjbg,' -sbs- wduld b? lit^^yifei ^Farmer Millervwould - storiji of eotirse; but the fanner, loved hia m ; arid ^ fe'^^rffeH'PuH oCrtbeBeTdelightful kutvetpationa; j,{ J^f-vldbj-thVasi life ft^^inr the .hole of the barnn A ste?^ \$ ' *W^?r i ii2 V )Ase it and silence. vFarroer Millerh^d h hally closed a bargain. Joe *vas release* ay, moie, Karnior Miller gave him on undred dollars, and Joo was in New Yorl jFore noon, en route for Iowa. As for Mary?this incidont occured twi jars ago, aDd I have just ki&sed her firi *l>y. She pleased her father, and seen i have pleased herself in consequent* uite as much.?Sunday Times. The Construction of Pulpits. A great deal of lumber is piled up an orsc than wasted.for pulpits; and it woul ) well if tliis was the least count in the ir ctment against them. The dictionary tellai U8? tbat the word i irt'.of the ftf a Roman theatre, wlier e actors performed their parts. We ar >t to understand that primitive Christnin itronized theatres, or that theatres wer ed for churches *, but the analogy of arch turo furnished the name. A more receii riodical authority before us savs ; "If thi adel of the pulpit needed confirmation, i mid be found in the amboncs (from Lati iho, "both, descriptive of its ascents at ei er end) of I lie churches of the thirde.cn rv, the earliest formal pulpit architecture iese were low, sometimes semi-circle plat tn.s, where priests ami deacons stood t ml and sing some parts of the service am preach. Such was the spiritual church, lere the spiritual teachers of the congrt tion are; they read the Bible, condm J service, and expound the Holy Won ilpits should be formed to this purpose. Hie prevailing fault is they are too big doubly high. The platform on which th cacher stands strains the neck of tlios ise about to look up to him, and strain > neek to look down to them. This maj iount for the habit some preachers hav looking away oft"? over everything?n tiling; and of the atneti corner brelhret tening with their heads down?a grer nplation to fall asleep, and a discoum iiff attitude towards any speaker. A man pleading with his neighbor, i rnest, looks him in the face, or tries t< s must do this in order to bo understoo d felt. The human fare sharpens the in lee.t; it is suggestive of thought and ri dive of impulse. All this power and syir thy is lost, and many a good sermo oots over our beads, because the preache Diigh meek as Moses, is stuck up to ?b. Cut down the pulpit stairs; rcduce lb ise" and number of them by one half; an en five-sixths of our churches would b out right in that particular, and the preact will not end bis flight when hchasmour 1 them. Oni'ft. fliUrnnr tvo cat ivlfli noln ' J ? ? f"'" od preacher who, though young, an iginally well endowed in that respect, hai strained voice. Onr posture was uncorr rtable enough?with head laid back s angle of forty-five degrees; but his crooli * over to confront the hearer was agon: ?g. Think of the tubes and pipes an* :c machinery of voice being bent in th t, and who can wonder that clergymen' re throat is so common ? Lawyers speal en as long without this damage to voce ;ans. The reason is they have mor its and variations in reply and rejoinders t principally because thev stand on th no plane with their a uditors and speak t GUI. This silting under Ihe droppings of tli nctuary ought to be done away with. He would be a benefactor indeed thn )k saw and hammer and went the rounds tting down high pulpits. We hope brc ren whose otherwise neat and comforlabl urehes are already afflicted in this w:v 11 not wait for them to rot down?gruel ng the paint and gingerbread work thn s been throwing away on them?bu ate the nuisance. A modern nulnit. in our eves, is riioppsso one that the Mahoment's coffin, was rue nded between heaven and earth, on tli le of the church. The incumbent resolute came down and took his stand in the al before a table, vowing not to ascend i a?n until the trustees had modified it. One who has.done much at church build ; gives us these figures: Elevate the plat m fuiir inches for every twenty feet ii i length of the house. Then, the les xing up the better. Especially do no me up to the breast or shoulders of s >dium man, standing. Three feet is i od average accommodation, from.ttio to the platform to the top of the bookboan le old Episcopal churches, remnants, t &'ante-revolutionary establishment, -coi pted the pulpit models of the county je reading was done in the lower desk e preaching in the upper. With then o sermon was not meant for'* much? fall part of the service, put in toward th sti \.The?popplarity of many 'Episcop; litiolJvo nAtn ? ? i?J!-'? *1 # . iv.Dojun nifiuua ID reHUing Hie 8CTVJC Suti folly and impressively?not in the eftdhiog.* For such,"a section of a hogi jad would do, restraining all action, an >ldin? manuscript close up to the eyes. " Our pplpitfvfor their.uses, requires>fooi id access to the people. Sometimes tw thi^e occupy t^m. at once. - Before ri jg to s)>eakT the preacher likes to survi le cqngre'gatiori, not *ciVriouslv%*but >'f6r irpoK^ . We have on^ instance of the neiifiil feaw ' as speakiog to IlliteraOa congregation t .?idvj?ible^" ^ "My brotKje - jy. : . i? tuan these unsightly nn uncomfortable piles. ' Religious congregations are flesh and blootCthey worship under the asperation o^ ' natural laws not to bo disregarded. If wo o may promote tIfe effectiveness of preaching, ihe health of the laborers atid the comfort 18 of thousands of hearers, then not too much e' space of importance has been given to this subject. (] The Rainy Day. j The day is cold, and dark and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary; '* The vine still clings to the mouldering v^all, But'at every gupt^h<vdcad*lcjv?8 frvll, l, it- "'Sty'lifo iflnjold, and dark", and dr?ai*v ; o It rains, and the wind in never weary ; y Mv thoughts still cling lo (lie mouldering pastBut the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark ad dreary. Tie still, sad heart! and cca*e repining; Iieliind the clouds is tin; sun st ill shiiiin "r: it Thy fate is the common fate of all, s Into each life some rain must full, t Some days must be dark and dreary, li Longfellow. An Epicure's Steak. I glory in a steak. It is microcosm of sill * that's good in the wide circle of edibilities. It delights ibe palate, invgorates the frame, ^ makes life bearable, and who can doubt it ? ? ?is guarantee of a longevity. Sec it broiling ? what a sight to console a hungry stomach ' and gladden a lieart capable of joyous tromb' lings ! Sec the clear fire glowing with a new joy in the consciousness that is doom- j ed to make that, bovine slice a diet fit. for I ir<>(fs,?av<\ too cooH fur irods, such as antiquity represented them, bolting thunderballs and quafliing the steam of earthquakes ? Sec the gridiron, with its geometric bars chcckinc with black linos the 0 ( ground color of incandescent charcoal ; J the steak itself nicely lined with oleaginous ' i bark, frizzlimr for v??nr rrood. :in<l crailuallv t| o ^ ' C - I liaiimnir from sntiguinarv red to palatable L- ? ~ =? . i ^ brown ; then how the gravy runs troni it n in luscious streams, mingling with the ^ creamy slicc of butter, and acquiring a j medicated perfume with the powdered produce of the Spice .. Islands ! I never see the gridiron ready for a steak without lliinkinir of these lines of Gerald Masspy's, I- ? where he describes somebody who "Trode the red hot bars of flerv torture, l", And went liis rugged way with bleeding feet," o which image must have been drawn from the spectacle of a steak undergoing marf* in UnliMAf i-.f liiimontlit '1 Then, when the broiling has commenced, e Southey's lines on "Lodore" always come i- into my head as most appropriate to the i- convulsions of a steak, which always groans on the fire, as it* a particle of the soul of the a ox had been cut away with it: J "Shouting and frisking, Turning hihI twisting, J Around and around, I. Willi endlcs9 rebound ; Grunting and fighting? -t. OM/.t. ?/ f/i > Charming und lulling the ear with its sound." j. If a steak feeds one, it has its moral uses J also ; it suggests country and calls to mind 0 whole pages of Thomson, and Clnre, and 3 Carrington, and Tom Miller, and a hun[ dred other bcarly-brained men who liavo* glorified the fat ox as the symbol of strength and endurance and patience, aye, and bodi. Iy cbeer. e ]3ut how do you cook your steak, eh ? "There's the rub." 15roil them ? Good. Fry them ? No.no. If you want to convert tender ox-flesh into leather, use the pan and a slow fire, and the experiment y will be sure to exceed ; but adopt my plan, and my head for it, you will eat nothing but steaks for next three months. Well then, fry'it j but not in the vulgar y way, with just a bit of fat to keep it sim iiieriiig. /v auuHii uiou lit iiiu oruiuary way t ought to be carefully dished, trimmed up wilh t parsley, and then consigned to the dust li ole. F.ut I'll tell you how to fry a steak ; and I do so trembling, for it is so grand, so original a receipe, that I think , if X were brisk enough, T might get a million franca e for it from the society of our gourmand?, and now, if I "let the delicious secret out," my protective million will bo lost forever : , 1 Have your steak cut in one large slicer from.the middle of tlie rump ; thick ness^dne inch ; weight, about one and a quarter pounds. See tliat it has a nice rim ofyel .lowisli bark?that is fat-?along the outside; s and if it is not really handsome, call a poor ^ woman and make it a present to her for her ? I hungry ones and liberally pay her for anolhe II for yourself. Take it hoino yourself, nod J1 from that moment let no hand but your j, pwn touch it. Even obtrusive eyes .should 1 be "kept offfor my plan of cooking is not to be hackneyed and vulgarized..s.Ihint up all the pickle-jars, and take from each ' kind of pickle, a Rule of the vinegar, say_ n a tca-cup-ful each, of onion, cauliflower, cab a bage, and Frcnch-bean pickfe?home-made e of course, and with plenty of spicy flayp/s*; l' Lay tbo steak in a deep disb; and pour '? over it the wfiole of thp vinegar. Let it fay lr an- hour. Then"- takea clean fryiogrpAb ;, ^ th'rpVin three ounces o)f 6n#er,<and "J>our into it some of the vjriegor from/"Ufa dish V sufficient just to jn the t&! ? freshing compound. Lftjrjfbe piptib o;, letjjt stew, yirj^ it as jodgroenf dictates/ s- and if you manage it fight _aa?to tlie quao.tv vftir liquor, it will/.when^ape,- J>e fotjnd imbedded in a tbickepfcd gri?y formed of a i(8 own juicy essences nnd ^ba, <U'ted^?p w pk'klo. Pnt.tbd fcteit into (M^ryjVptjinrtj-. J iwferd'the^Bre, afidjntS. tbepfya ' '/if nitrlin anil . Sketches of Mexico and Mexicans. Wo extract the following from tlio first of a series of articles on the subject, now being published in the Stockton Argus : The number of Mexicans that annually take to the public highways, to rob and steal, is greater than that of the regular army of Mexico ; and by having an understanding in some States with the authorities and influential citizens, act, as it were under- a license, and without fear of punishment. I have been informed by intelligent Mexicans?and in^?own observations,^ and those who havAevtw traveled Mp* Ic6; will oeftf out tlio insertion? that twenty thousand biindils arc constantly in active operation ; and in one of the States of the Republic (Jalisco) their power is prodominant. Their hands are well organized, and not a tnnle or wagon train can travel with joods or silver in any part of tlio country without a guard of well -m ined soldiers, who unfortunately, are for the most part recruited from the ranks of the robbers themselves 111*1 l/irt /tiliiri lli/. (\d.it.tct u !..??? ??...? sent to protect to fall into the hands ol > their quondam associates. The traveller runs the same risks and dangers, as the little stones and their solitary wooden crosses testify in every public highway or lone pathway throughout Mexico. Notwithstanding the constant outrages of the wild Indians within their borders, these Mexican robbers are known to excel them in savage cruelly, and frequently dress themselves as Indians the better to inspire tear, whicli is so natural to tlivir countrymen ; ami thus, in loo many instances, the wiltl Indian is charged with rapine and tuurder that properly belong to his Mexican brother. I have seen gentlemen starting from Manzetlan for the City of Mcxico, divest themselves of their watches and jewelry, leaving those articles with a greater portion of their clothing in chargc of their friends, and taking with them but barely a sutlicient sumof money to pay their expenses to the capital ; their drafts or letters of credit being carefully concealed in their neckcloths. .1 ? . V.I.1VMIO i.irvuiy precautions generally i receive corporal punishment on falling in- I to the hands of robbers, who, incensed al a lack of booty, are not very merciful in the castigation tbey inflict upon their unfortunate countrymen ; and if they discover the drafts they destroy them. They are said, though, not to be anxious to shed blood except when resistance is anticipated, and as the ir countrymen are generally known as non-combatants, and there being scarcely ever a pursuit made by the authorities, their depredations may be considered as reduced to a regular sys toiii of demanding and receiving on demand. When ill is system is deviated from howevjr, their robberies partake of violence and bloodshed' and most unnatural acts. The mutilation of the bodies of their victims, and the innumerable wounds inflicted on their bodies long after life has departed, are sutlioient to brand them ns the most savage of their calling that can be found in inw ?1 --- j utiivi wuinij. j.i umier are uieir attacks confined to the road, but villages and cities occasionuly fall into their hands, and the outrages they then commit cannot be equalled bv the dreaded Apache. Solitary ranches are their most legitimate prey, and, in these they at times seek leluge, fortifying litem occasionally, and holdout against the attacks of the forces sometimes sent to capture them. When wo consider the rascality that exists in every governmental department of *t.- ? - ? " iuuAiw, inu menus useu 10 ooiamolliue and the absolute power tliut Mexican officials exercise over a people so ignorant, it is not much lo bo wondered at, that so large a portion of the inhabitants follow out the principle of their superiors and rob from those who aro first guilty of stealing from thera. To use a Western cant phrase, '<It's dog eat dog." ' . Not unfrequently are bands of these.robbers commanded by men of such military experience as can he found in "Mexico, and instances are not few where former officers of llio regular army of Mexico have palced themselves at their head, and spread their works of devastation far and wide. Th my sketches of Mexico and Mexicans, I am not without proof, to sustain my assertions, even to establish the fact of Mexican officers, and even Mexican'priests' engaging in, what may bo termed and appears to be/ without much stretch of the 'iin^ination, a legilimate business iu Mexico?robbery and'murder. + . *V > ' * - * # * ' ? V lion. Milledge L. Bonham.?We re gret to h-nrn that our esteemed Represent-. ativo iti Congre8Sj<llie<? Hon. M. L. 13on ham, hasbeen. prevented-froiji attending .to his official duties, o^iirg to*a se.yere (llneSs that eonfineu trim to,l}ls room for several days.r His murderous cjpistituentl who may have:' written "to him agd' expected ' answers, cap now readily account for apy idek -of the "usual punctuality that characterizes the Honorable gen tren^nn. W^tftst to, be abft^to, annoffoce'lils cobvaJesenQ^^ftt^n'early <jav>.' v* Car. Tjtilce, 2Qlh ityt\ ' " 'FaiV Plarick wcnt'out to shootan ow^'b^'retprhetHainuLi^e Uii^. r ' *' aWhv didn't vod-tfoobCllimf.' Pit !" "Faix, how cud I V. Ivery*U?o Fd'go ?& The friends of Copt. G. M. MATTISON respectfully announce him ns a candidate for Tax Collector at the.ncxb election. The friends of JAMES A. McCORD respectfull}* announce him as a Candidate for Tux Collector at the next election. The friends of Dr. J. F. SlcCOMH respectfully announce him as a Candidate for To? Collector at the n?iKt election. The friends of MATTHEW McDON ALD respectfully announce fijm' a'C^udulafe for re-election as^CnJirk .jrfithe- (5o\??l of Gen eral ScBs10i)8,nn<l Common I'lens, for AbbcvilN District, nt the next, election. A few of the Long Cniie friends of W. ({ NKKI<, would respectfully announce him nsi Candidate for Sheriff nt the next election. The friends of .!AMI>* II. COliB respectful ly niinounee liim ns n Candidute fur Sheriff n the next election. ?3?"Tho friends of JOSEPH T. MOOKti re spectfully nnnounce liini a Candidate forShcrif ut. the ensuing election. The friends ofT. & .Ml l.l.l'okl) reepacifulli announce him n* a Cmididate for Tax Collecto of Abbeville District at the next election. EST The friends of C.KOUGE W. UlCllin respectfully announce him n Candidate fo Sheriff of Abbeville District nt the nex election. t3f" The friends of MATTHEW It. COCII KAN respectfully nnuounee him n oaml"ulat for Sheriff of Abbeville District, at the nex election. err The numerous friends of Col. T. .1 It< HlKIlTS respectfully nnuounee him a Cnn didnte for Sheriff at the ensuintr election. CST The friends of I). W. HAWTHORN" r< spectfully announce him a candidate for Sheri! ?>f Abbeville District, nt the next. election. MANY Kit I ENDS. The friends of NlMROf) McCOllD ri fpcet fully announce liim as a Candidute f<> SlioritF at the cnsuincr election. The friends of S. G. W. DILL respect fully announce liiui n Candidate for Sherilf, a the next. Election. The friends of \V. \V. GRIFFIN respecl full}' announce him a candidate f<>r S/iirhf n the ensuing election. [Mnj* 7, lfsft.'i J. G. CAI/HOUH, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR I EQI'ITY, ARBEVILliB . II., 11 'ill aflcm/ proiiijitly to u/l buxhttxs ciitrustrj I his cure. January 3<\ 1S57. 39-if S. Mc GO WAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE IN LA II" RANGE, Next Door to Thomson & Fair, ABBEVILLE C. II. ^January 1, 1857. 35-tf 1'LIUilJN & UUUIKAJN, Altorncys at Law and Solicitors in Eiinitj Office, the 'one formerly occcupied b AfcGowan it Perrhi, LAW RANGE. Jar. M. I'kuhix, Jar. S. Cotiikan. January 1, 1S57. 30-t.f II. A. JONES. D. F. JONES. JON l?T JONES, Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Equity OFFICE?ABBEVILLE C. II., S. C. \^17ILL praeticc in Abbeville, Anderson ?'T Lauren?, Newberry, nnd adjoining Dif trieta. Will promptly attend to all busines intrusted to them. April If., 18.37. 50 -MARSHAL!. J.V.V. A- IfomimTT. 'TMIE undersigned liave associated with then JL in the Practice of the Law, STEPHE1 C. DeHRUIIL, Esq. All husincHs entrusted t their care will receive prompt attention. J. FOSTER MARSHALL, W. A. LEE. January 12, 1857. 37-tf FULLER J HAT ESTABLISHMENT., PERSONS visiiinpr the CAPITOL would d well to eall at FULLER'S and ol>tain a Outfit in the shape of'a new nnd Fusliiouiibl Head I'ieee. Kf.mnnber, you will not regret a call at uirn AT U o. May 15, 1857 2 * ly DRUGS, MEDICINES, &.CJ. rI"MIE attention of tlic public is invited t JL our Stock of choice UNADULTERATED DRUGS, MEDICINES, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass, Perfumery * JME JM6."WLTS5S!?HO" JBZSSig^ ' And nil other articles in our line. We fee assured that no house in tlie South carirbfler Stock superior to onra in genuineness tmd purl ty ; all official preparations being made ii ow iuu ovv;umaiivc >vibii Ult) iuriliuiunt'5 Ui VII W. T. Pharmacopoeia. Our Stock of l)ental and Surgical ^Jnstru pients is full, nnd wo have unequalled arrange mentsfov procuring additional supplies a't'tli 8horte?t notiqe. ' ' . v W $ < - Filing confident tliAt can fdrnisK on customere with tKp best articles, ''qJ- retUona blo-terms,' we respectfully solicit ordeft^v?n< pledge'ourselves to fill" them with fide'Iity *o< despatch. , ? PLUMB <fe BEITJNETCL* " .*V Lata D^.B. PlumbWCS* Augusta, Oa., A^ril 17^1'850."[frj-t^f n/' SIBLWO OUT. DRY goods .; .BROffM & NJltREL-r,,-" * : ''M * <- <-W ill v offer their i'futird . For tbe remainder of tho Season jtfffi≺ ' rjpHEIR Stock isrjftrgfr. We.ai o now ABBEVILLE TO WASHINGTON. A FOUR HORSE /STAGJ5* leave#'ABBE/"V VILLE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 0 o'clock, A. M. Leaves Washington^Giv'pnJTil'estlay, Thursday and (Saturday luoiiiifgi^ ^"' c A Daily Train leavesJrVffsliioRton at C J o'clock P. M.? for Atlanta ?6d Augusta. OFFXCE'at tKVTO&T OFFICE JOHN McUllYDE, Aqent. /Abbeville C. II., April 3, 1857. 48 ly. > >! * DISSOLUTION. A rl^IIE laf.e Law Firm of McGOWEN ?fc PER1. R1N is Dissolved by mutual consent ! aii ? - > - ...I'liicM u|i iu init* nine will Uc conducted find finished l>y 113 together under t the inline of the old Firm, ns if no Dissolution had taken place. S. McOOWKN, J AH. M. l'KRRIN. t January 1, 1857. HO.tf TO THE LADIES. r More New Mantillas | CHAMBERS & MARSHALL TT AVI1' received t! 1 iweek direct from New | i JL X York, a beautiful assortment of JtJ.AVK CHA NTKLL Y LACE, Silk imtl I'lnck Moire 'Antique handsomely Trimmed White J: Colored am. a mi r.n ^ m: u ^. No. 1 Granite Range. Abbeville C. II., S. C., April 17 [r?Otf BYTHEWOOD & COWAN, GENERAL COMMISSION' MERCHANTS, No. 20I Exchange Row, COLUMBIA. S. C~ 17<>11 the Snlo of UFA I. F.STATK, NFC. ROES, 1 al.-o COTTON, WIIKAT, BACON, Lard, Whiskev, Sugar, Coffee, Mn!as.?e.-!.;Flotir, Butter, T Corn, I lay ami Produce generally. Striet personal attention paid to the sale of any of the above?liberal advances made and prompt returns. ! Matiikw \V. Bytiikwood, James M. Cowan. r Aug. 10, 1857 17 tf More Hooks and Drugs! i r |~U IF Subscriber? bare just received their 1 Stock of Mcdicinc.*, Books and Fancy articles, and are prepared to sell at short. ' profit*. t Wo are Agents for the sale of a series of STANDAUI) WOltKS, now in the course of m publication, lty the Applctoua of Now York.? Ainoiiii these are included i ne i;i'i>iii(!8 in vy?iigiv?s irom ivs'j 10 ISSIj. Benton's Thirty years' View. ' Morses General Atlas of tlic World, from the latest authorities, to 1 Soli. Cyclopedia of American Eloquence, with l'urtrnits. " The Now American Cyclopedia. TheCyclopedia ?>f Wit and Ilumor, Edited ?1?v Win. K. Burton. Specimen Copies of the above works may he seen ut our Store, toother with many other new and clegnnt Books. We are also agents for (he sale ot Orovor's it Jinker't; SEWING MACHINE, acknowledged to he the best now in use, and the least liable to g<-t out of order. This Machine will he warranted and sold here sit New York prices, l'rices varying from $100 to $1-25. 15KANCII it ALLEN*. Sept. 17, 1S57. 21 If AlflBROTYPCS. W. G. KENNEDY ^ T~> ESPEOTFULLY informs tlie Public that 1\> lio is permanently located nt WHITE HALL., Whore he is fully prepared, at nil times, to give a good Picture and correct Likeness for a moderate remuneration. July ?. 18T>7 10 It iKCBTTmca y^IIE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing _L between II. A. Jones aud J. W. Living ston, in the Practice of LAW, is this day dissolved, by mutual consent. H. A. JONES, J. \V\ LIVINGSTON. 1* \f nt.nl. Ol 105T A O lC iuiiii.il '* x , X ou I 'iO'U I * 9 EDWARD H. BRITTON, (Late Editor and. Proprietor of the Carolina J- 2bnc*,) <COLLECTING AGENT, ?; COLUMBIA, S. C., * /"VFFERS liis services to the public as a ColV-/ lector and penerul business Agent. He will receive-for collection Pott's or Accounts for any section of the State, at the usual commissions. Office over the Carolina Times Printing, office, Columbians. C. References will be given if required. ju'y 28 . T 0 Attention Citizens! " HOUSE AND FURNITURE PAINTING e ~J EXECUTED in the neatest and most, Fash A-* ionable Styles, Imitating choice Colors. Wood and Marble. Orders from the country will be promptly attended to.- " ? By ' >' - T. M. ARD, Oct 17, '5G. [2i-6m] Abbeville C. H. , NOTICE. JOHN WINCBY, Esq., -will bo happy to 1 attend to * * OVER HAULING OP ENGINES ,| or Mill Worke, in the Vicinity of Abbeville and the surrounding ciinntrv?< " Applicants will pleaso npplv to .John Enn rights Abbeville, or Win. Lebtiy,- Charleston, e S. 0.~ . J04N WINCEY. Oct. 81, 18?8. . 26-ly. $ ??.> ' .?j|?? '?* * Q$APE VINES. . t-X ABBEfyUE MODEL VINEYARD! *. TStt.'^OfcilVO offers for Sale tfisic Cuf-' . & JL/ :*i.no^and Rooted Vikks, a( the follow* J Jn|gatgB% & : Fef ^ua^e^Vfii.e^Cuttings, Fox*tTatiMpbaa arid other^Softed ^niert /Mrftfafietfte.' - * tS-06 : jg JJfpi"Sorted European Varieties,* zd*. . ip OO ' dRJ>o(cd"Atp'6ri<}au "Varieties, Each,. <JS0' '^ooied;jEurop?im YariotiMv- " ' >1*00 4^-- " *'1%00 . p. 27,-1866. 86-tCi, ffry nod Plastering. nee* tiia v inp fym ed * 'Co-p^i^ ) lf,*nt^et^d'tA.tHetp In the frett' * i|i?I pianner.s^ Saving * Jong htfe in.the businc?; they flutWr' TO M ANUFACTU 1^118,^ rLANTE RS, AND 1'LIVATE FAMILIES. In Purchasing such an article as SEWING MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best. I M. SINGER ?fc CO.'S OA7.KTTP ? I >v 1 ful pictorial paper, contains full and reli-V>??^vable information about SKW1NG M ACI1I an<l answer all questions that can be asked, the subject. All who read ihis paper will learii'^-'^ , how to purchase a Sewing Machine with whicbl'V^ $1,000 a year, clear profit, ein be made, and. will be protected from being imposed upon ,by*?'; jf'S gome of the lnimburg Machines now before public. Singer it Co.'s Machine is arranged {Jof do coarse and fine work of every diserip'' ** The Gazette may be obtained gratss on (fpput cation at. any of Singer it L'o.'s <JlliceJ. \ Machines on exhibition nnd f?>r sale and in-\ structions given, by \VM. G. M0011E, Agent iu'\ / Abbeville. \ ' I Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 Kinjgp*- :'\ Svfeet. Principal Office 320 Broadway, New York/ -A July 23. 18->7 12 * ly - \ To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manu vVf.'' facturers. TN AN NOUNCING the Tl 11RT REN Til Anlltllll Vollllnrt <.f . wr,.. > - - - ...1. wi... I ir IV> . . 1CAN, the Publishers respectfully inform the.' v^f: public that in order to iucreuse ami stimulate ' v tlie formation of clubs, they propose to offer On* Thousand Five Hundred Jfollnr* in Caflt Premium* for the fifteen largest lists of Bub- s y % seribcrssont in by the 1st of January. 1858 J ,? said premiums to be distributed as follows:? For the largest list, $300; 2il, $250 ; Sdj ?*;v $2d0 ; 4th, $15" ; 5th, $100 ; fith, $'J0 ; 1th, " .? San ?ti? Se"- ' '* v<". f""i ivin, *ui? ; lltli , $10; 12th, $33 ; 13th, $3<>; 15th, ?25; 15tb, k ?20. .. x Names of subscribers can bo sent in at differ-1 ' << :' ont times and from different. Post Offices. The cash will b<> paid to t.lio orders of the success- . j.'.. ful competitors, immediately after the 1st of* January 1858. Sontfiern, Western, and Canada money will /; be taken for subscriptions. Canadian subscri* bora will please to remit Twenty-six cents ? ' . . tra on cacb years' subscription to pro-pay poa* tnge. 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'' * weekly, in form for binding ; it contains a'n^^'1%; nually from 500 to COO finely executed Engrav-, -J;, ings, and Notices of American and European ' Improvements, together with an Official List Vjv . of Amt-ricnri Patent Claims published weekly in advance of all other papers. :S It. is the aim of the Editors of the ScientificfV' .s American to present all subjects discussed in ita. *,5 columns in a practical and popular form. TheyJ' will also endeavor to maintain a candid fcar-.,!^ i lessness in combating and exposing false theo- * . ries and practices ill Scientific and Mechanical matters, anil thus preserve the character of, the Scientific Ameuican as a reliable Encycl-.* f- :--.V ' opa'diu of Useful nud Entertaining Knowledge. 22?" Specimen copies will be sent gratis any part of the country. MUNN it CO., Publishers and Patent Ajrentsy No. 128 Fulton street. New York'-. ThA ??a<o a? Sa??? ? ?????...? Abbeville iJixtrict.?In the Cuwrnon Picas* William Wilson, ) vs. V Foreign Attachment. ' Jas. A. Liddell. ) Thomson <fc Fair Attorney*. Whereas the Plaint iff did, <?n the eleventh (lay of April, eighteen hundred and fifty seven, fiie his di'dnratlion against the Da-' ; fen<hmt, who, it is said, ie absent from anftfeajfef^' without the limits of this State, and has neith^ : er wife nor attorney known wittili the eame, upon whom a copy of the said declaration'.V;?.might be served? It is therefore ordered, that the enid De^ -.^y'."'J fendant do appear nnd [dead to thesaid decla-. * ration, on or before the twelfth day of April,..-V<^i eighteen hundred and ?fty-eight, otherwise/..'} final atid ohsolute judgement will then begir- . v,. en and awarded neainat him. jr. M ATi'ilKW Mt-IM)I? ALD. c. c. r. f * o % Clerk'.'* Cflice, April 11, 1857 61?ly '*$ The State of . SoHth Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT Office Court of Common Plea* and Gtii'l Session*^ - :r; Jame#T. Baskin, AU^mCut James A. Liddle, ^ Attorney.; it HEHEAS the WnintiflT did, on tR6-eig&~ r t T teenth <Jh\' of October, eighteen liunt.y vv vj dred and fifty-six, Jilo liis declaration agarnat. !?? the Defendant, who, (it is said,) i? absent from %=?.and without Hie linrlts of this Stake and 'h^Kw $." /'! neither wife nor attorney known witftra "tfi*7i?. v same, upon wh^m a copy of said declaration j" "" m iff lit, be Bervedi.lt is therefore orde?c'i" ffi &'-& that the anid Defendant do npWar , ?nd plelltl''-'jitq>i$ to the said declaration,- on or Before,the teenth day of October, eighteen hon'dred?Sfff(^5^^^? 'fifty-seven, otherwise final an-d absolute/1 judg-'-^V meut will, then 2>e give? mm! awarded ngainst V~" MATTHEW McI>OXALI>, <7. C. F. '*,4^1! Clerk* Office, Oct. 18, 1836 25-ly , ~ House Building-,- , 'TUIE undersigned is now prepared to do.- alf' X work entrusted to bis cave, in the BtiilcLf-#?'^'i' ing Line; to Draw Plans and etect all descrip? ~>? tions of Buildings, from a onc-storv hon??' tAYAwSBtma Court House. - '. / ' ^ ; Having. r/aceiyed instructions from- the' Arnliifnnta Sn .thil TTninn ka aa?a I.i*??/.!f