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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. "'ffflgg-'
Term* nf Subscription.?Two Dollars a Year,
or One Dollar for Six Months. ' ]>.V; "
Club /\n/is.?Five Copies, for Six Months.
; Five Copies f?r Twelve Months, $8; Ten
Copies, for JSix Months, $3; Ten Copies for ... vr/'_
Twelve Months, 15; Twenty Copies, for '. v.' '
Twelve Months, $28.
For all ('lulis of Twenty and over, the yearly
subscription is only ?1.40.
The new volume will be printed upon fine . /v5
paper with new type. \
The ireneral character of the Scikxtifio Amf.ttic.vN
is wi ll known, and as heretofore, it r
will he ehiclly ilovotej to promulgation of in->
formation relating to the various Mechanical YriV
ami Cliciitir.nl Arty ATnnufni-lurrm ^ r'r
J'utmts, InumtiotiK. Kuffinecriag, Mill IfbrAr,/:>
nml all interests which the light- of Practical
ticiciici! is calculated to advance. It is issued' ?? '' *
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'
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lessness in combating and exposing false theo- * .
ries and practices ill Scientific and Mechanical
matters, anil thus preserve the character of,
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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