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A Smart Squirrel. Mr. N. P. Willis tells a squirrel story iti the last LIv>tuo- Journal, lie and two editorial guests it seems were enjoying v an Autumn ramble in tlio woods, when in the midst of their walking and talking appeared the hero of the following narrative, seating himself not fur away "in his auto-easy* chair of a tail \ "Whether frightened at the liveliness of of our friend's well-known powers of deseription,or at the slight French accent that still lingers in his wonderful tluency of English, the squirrel at the lirst rush of enmluiais in the baron's tide, started from bis. Down went those euviable limbs that, serve alike, of confidence the little corn-monger's usual foresight had forsaken him. Ilo did not look ahead far enough to see that, instead of taking him to the safe side of the glen, that narrow bridge ended in the vurv cc*nir<? of a 'large town in Cappadocia.** Dana was astride of tlio far end ot that single plank, his formidable lap presenting a toll-gate that there was no manner of gelling round. Two-thirds across before he discovered this, the fugitive turned to go back. But, with the quickness of a practiced sportsman. L)e Trobriand had closed up tlio retreat. Stopping in his story at the sight of the squirrel's blunder, ho sprang to the bridge, dtopped lii$ Parisian boots on either side of the plank, and there at the two?a parenthesis of editors inclosing a very reasonably frightened topic of discussion! 'TAnd tloW nomns n nln?nr>mf>iinn r>f n-il. ? ' v v* ""l' iiral history, to which 1 beg to call the at:.g tention of l'rof. Agassis.] "After running backward, in terrified perplexity, for two or three minutes, the little victim came to a stand-still and proceeded j coolly to reason upon it. He looked first at one side, and then at the other. The two .'.ends of the plank were laid on the ledges of the two opposite banks, and, by jumping across the barricade of the Tribune on one side, or that of the Courier des Ktats Unis on we otner, lie might, at least, liind on a j rocky precipice, with tlic danger only of" slipping off as lie should alight, and so failing into the torrent below. "And this he decided lo do ; but observe the almost human reason shown in his two or three subsequent expedients ! "llis two cheek-punches (ho wan a ground-squirrel, you understand, one of the ! tamius lystcri, with pockets in his face) I ware swollen fn their ill must ^isfpnsi.iii u-iili I his morning's ptak-up of provender. VVitli a knowing alternation of his sharp eyes from one desperate outlet to the other, lie evident )y made up his mind that it would be easier to overleap the Frenchman than the Yankee; but lie came to the conclusion also, after carefully measuring the jump, that he could ,;iiot do it and carry weight, lie quietly disgorged, therefore, upon the centre of the plank eight or ten kernels of corn, and, thus ! lightened, ran to the edge. But here a new thought occurred to him. "Yuu recollect the long hickory sapling which serves as a balustrade to that otherwise giddy bridge over the torrent. Up <> one of the pine cleats which sonnort the slight railing ran the squirrel, evidently seeing that lie could jump to more advantage from this higher point. But sitting here li?r a moment, to gather his courage and his forces, he bethought himself, that, with the ' jump thus made easier, he might carry mure weight ; and, descending again to the bridge, ho picked up one-half of his previously disgorged com, stored it safely in his cheek pockets, ascended again to the top of the railing, and made the leap be had previously projected. To my great relief he alighted safely, and, with the wreck he bad saved from his threatened bankruptcy, he ran up - the slanting ledge of the precipice and dis1 appenred. "Here-were certainly evidence of uncom mon intelligence in this little animal?his 1-1 . _ ' ? Biiuueu command 01 coolness in emergency, his deliberate choice between two evils, his ^ prudential lessoning of hindrance, his reconsideration ol plan after a new li?ihL upon the matter and the final proof how wisely he had calculated the possible savings from his first over hasty assignment,' and how well ho had measured his powers for the less desperate leap. It is a story worthy of perusal in Wall street, or of copying into Thompson's Bank liotui Reporter." %Dana, a large town of Cappadocia. (Classical Dictionary.) * [From the Boston Post, December 20.] * , Spicy Correspondence?A True Wife. v. , We are assured by a friend who is per 4 sonally cognizant of what he states, the following piquant correspondence is genuine. A gentleman whose business calls him a h good deal from home, is accustomed to give ' the custody of his correspondence to his wife, an'iutelligent lady, who in obedience to instructions, opens all letters that come ?in her husband's absence; nnswer * such of tbeth ns she can, like a confidentialclerk, ?+.'* and forwards the rest to ber liege lord at ^ ] such places as be may have designated at hta departure; During a;recent absence of ber husband^ the lady received ;a', letter, of which the following (bmiting/.^mes, dates dnd places,) ?sa?true copy : '.. 1 ?-Mo n<>.. ei? f- c-i -rf'i ' ? . ...j uii . ,j.oaw ouiic piciureoi you yesterday^pd JeJWn love?-with it, as I did with the.origiaarin W?-VJast winter, wben Vaaw you morp'th^n an hour, though .1 aupp^o ypu did hot v8$? ^me among so rtlaby. I fear .you wjll think roe forward n thus addressing you *, hut I tr&st you are a? jnoble and unsuspecting asjou are handsome and. brilliant PerhapH you would flike to,ki^w.vioðii)g about ri'e?your . I am n&t Very good V-* ffbdescrlptioiti, bull will.say J am>no*t irjark * 5M,.(l^#aV5W rjws -4. am 401a.) My W. ?t i r- -J* - - urvu jjoi^ prewjr face, bu( J f"fy TOjTj: ratber petite. hpveblack ??*?,. black and ' * darjr ...complcxioo?that is,T*m what Ui called'a > wUb.roy brolb* l^W^pdrw^r > thy 'S^SSiSS^I ; '.''Toli.WrLWt.y. any of them that I conveniently coiikl. As you seem to be rather impatient, I will answer your letter myself. I do not think' your description of yourself will please Mr. . i happen to know that he dislikes black eyes, and hates Wunetts most decidedly. It is quite true (as you scorn to suppose) that ho judges of women as he does of horses ; but. I do not think your inventory of your 'points'is complete enough to be satisfactory to him. You omit to mention your height, weight, wind, speed, and [here the word is illegible.] Taking your own estimate, 1 doubt whether they will prove sufficiently attraotivc^to^draw him^o tar as-B-~^merely for "the ?atisfaptidn pf comparinj^Wm wittutho schedule!.' You ist my husband is'unsuspecting.' I think that is his nature, but yet he is used to drawing inferences, which arc sometimes v (i^uunniM ??o x viii aji^ yui: aru : unmarried. My advice to you is that you marry somebody, as soon as possible. In most cases I would not recommend haste; but in yours I ain convinced there is truth on the proverb which spe;iks of the danger if delay. Should you be so lorlutiale as to | get a husband (which inny God mercifully I ?rr:ml !\ iiiv niiiiiti.il iv 111 ? ?..n ? ;ii I-.i- l any woman , would write him such a letter a* this of yours, impertinent, and, perhaps, immodest. "I will deliver your note to Mr. when ho returns, and also a copy of my reply, which I am sure lie will approve. I am. with as much respect as vou permit, Mas. This was the end <>f the correspondence. Evening Hours for Mechanic!?. What have evening hours done for mej chauios who had only ten hours toil ? Hear ken to the following fads: One of I lie best editors the Westminister Review could ever boast ami one of the ; most brilliant writers of the passing hour, was a cooper in Abderdeen.?One of the editors of the London Daily Journal was a balcer in Elgin ; perhaps the best reporter of the London Times was a weaver in Edinburgh ; the editor of the Witness was a stone mason. One of the ablest ministers in London was a blacksmith in Dundee, another was a watchmaker in Banff. The late Dr. Milne of China, was a herd-boy in Rhyne. The principal of tlie London Missionary Society's College at Hong Kong was a saddler in limit ley, and one of the best missionaries that ever went to India was a tanner in Keith. The leading machinist on the London and Birmingham Kail way, with ?700 a year was a mechanic in Glasgow, and perhaps the very richest iron founder in England was working man in Morap. Sir James Clarke, her Majesty's physician, was a druggist in Band'. Jo I. i r - - - M /* . i.i sujmi mum: was a sauor ursi, an>i men a laborer :it the mortar and pestle in Montrose; Mr. MoGregor, the member from IIa?gow, was a poor boy in Kosshiru.?James Wilson the member from Westbury, was a ploughman in Haddington and Autiinr Anderson, the member for Orkney earned : bis bread by the sweat of his brow in tlie | Ultima Tliule. Those men however spent I their leisure hours in acquiring useful Icuowl- | | edge. They could not have reached the j j eminence they did, hanging around hoes j | and engine houses, ^or wasting hours away ; in taverns. Short Story by SiclcenB. Dickens the following story of an American sea captain: On his last voyage home the captain had on board a young lady of remarkable personal attraction?a phrase I use as one being entirely new, and one you never met with in the newspaper.?. This young lady was beloved intensely by five young gentlemen passengers, and in return she was in love with them all very ardently, but with out any paiticular preference for either.. Not knowing how to make up her deterI ? ? > ruination in this dilemma,she consulted my friend the captain. The captain' being a man of a original turn of mind says to the young lady; "Jump overboard, and mar- j ry the man who iumns after von."?The young lady,stilick with llie idea, and being naturally fond of bathing, i especially in warm weather as it then was, took the advice of the captain, who had a boat munnc-d in ease of accident. Accordingly,, next morning, the five lovers being on deck, and looking devotedly,at the young lady, she plunged into the sea head foremost. Four o'f the lovers immediately jumped in after her. When the young lady and her four lovers were got out again, she says to to the captain : "what am I to do with.them now, they are so wet ?" Says the captain, 'take the dry one 1" And the young lady did/tfrtid married him. "' The Remains of Madison.? In digging, for a foundation for the monument recently erected over of President Madison, the cof* 1 ' * * fin was exposed to ' view. The appearance of it is thus'described by a Richmond paPF : The boards above the coffin had decayed, but,no earth had fallen In up6n it, and everything appeared to be as when., tfro coffin wns deposited there, except that the >IU tioo onjjnujf uukui jjmce. allowing a partial view of the interior. As-there .were no, J& v * fastenings to prevent, the part of the lid covr ' ering the superior portion of the body, was ^ raised, and several gentlemen present-took1 edin npop tbe remnina of the groat -Virgin-ian.% yi'he coffin itself, of black without, j was in' perfebt,preservation and the . jnterior f was nearly filled vrftb a specii-s of cioss, which (-_ adhered pertin>iciouH|y to the WQpd..^Beg ?, ni6^JUi?^n^ partially bidden by itf W^re' ? f md bMjr-boiiw. -JW < aarivHumimmi wiwof at ""'y Mr. Filmore's Habits and Health. It was my privilege to meet our honored ' ex president ji few evenings sinco at a so- t cinl entertainment. Sitting down for a few j moments' conversation with him, I was j sirucK wiui ins siuguiariy uermny appear-: atice. Everything about his noble frame ! indicated a man oi' iron construction ; the j erect post lire, the cheeks of ruddy glow, I the full muscular dcvelopeiuent. I would liavo been glad to converse with him about political affairs, in which his interest seems unabated ; but my curiosity was chiefly excited to know the secret of s\ieh a vigorous old age in ono wbo had >UndgrgQueBuoJi a Viut uniniinLnf nn^Un lo^Ai.flD^lia fehh, sir," 1 remarked. "I have taken but one dose of medicine in thirty-seven years," lie replied, "and that was forced upoa me by my friends, and was entirely unnecessary." "It is rather remarkable, sir," I said, "that one who has passed through such a career j of toil, care and vicissitude as you have, should maintain a condition of interrupted bodily vigor." "1 owe the fact," he replied, "to an origi....II. """j liUiniMiuiuii, iv mi uiu< (IUUII on ii farm, ami lo life long habits of ivgulariLy ami temperance. I never smoked or chewed tobacco; I never knew intoxication. Tiirough all my public life I maintained the same regular and systematic habits of living lo which I had previously been accustomed. I never allowed my usual honors for sleep to be interrupted. The Sabbath I always? kept as a day of rest. Besides being a religious duty, it was essential lo health. On commencing my presidential caieer, I found licit, the Sabbath had frefjuentiv been employed by visitors fur \ private interviews with the President. 1 I determined to put an end to this custom. in.! rii*i)? !*??<I mv il<Wkr.l.*onnnr tr\ m?i?t ?ill I ...J v., ...^v ?... Sunday visitors with an indiscriminate refusal. While Chairman of the "Commit tee of Ways and Means'in Congress, and during my entire presidential career, my labors were always onerous and often excessive, but I never suffered an hour of sickness through them all." Our conversation was inter- .d by a summons from our hostess to tlie supper room. Oysters, ice '?earn, turkey and jellies were spread out ... in the generous table, and the guests attacked the luxurious renasL without nierev either to it or to tb..in I V ? "" " ? selves. I watched the ex-President with no lit tic interest. Everything which could tempt I he palate was offered to him. hut to all he politely said, "No I thank you." lie sim ply sipped a cup of tea, to avoid being singular, with his usual courtesy. I east my rye over the room-full of guest, and could not see one who looked as healthy as be, not one who seemingly with as much impunity might indulge in a surfeit at bed-time. How the exiimploof his temperance etlecled .V. I K... T r. IMIIVIO X IYIIVSVV I1UI, UUl i. ?UII'? UWtlV II ?J111 (hat evening party with a now resolve to eat less, that 1 might work more and to better purpose. Leonard. ? ^ ^ Gen. Jackson's Toilet. The genial temper of President 13uchanan, his easy, pleasant manners and racy conversation, have always rendered him a threat favorite in society abroad as well as at home, and few of our public men have laid up such a slock of amusing and valuable reminiscences. There is no anecdote which he tells of Gen. Jackson, which is so characteristic of the old hero that is worth preserving. The President relates that one day, during the administration of Old Hickory, he went to the While House to ask permis sion lo present to linn tlie celebrated Miss Betsy Catou. Gen. Jsickson readily assented, and named the next, day fur the interview. At the appointed hour Mr. Buchanan repaired with his fair charge to the Presidential mansion, and leaving the lady in one of Che drawing-rooms, he mount, ed to the private cabinet of the President To his great surprise and disapointment, he found the General buried in his books and papers, and attired in a plain morning, dress, his chin unshaved and his favorite pipe in his mouth. The Senator from Pennsy Ivania was greivously embarrassed. Ho was apprehensive that if he announced Miss Cat on's presence, the gallant veteran would descend all in neglige as ho was. Mr. Buchanan did not like to expose the renowned belle to such a shock as that, urul. rvn lianrl Im dahoIIu ed ottering a suggestion on the .subject to the tiery old bero. There was no alternative, however, and he had to stale that Miss Calon was waiting the General's presence in the green drawing-room. Up jumped Old Ilickory at the tirst word .and laid down his pipe. There was not'a moment to be lost, so Mr. ljuchauan, in a timid and apologetic manner, ventured to observe that "the lady could very well wait till the President bad shaved himself." The General saw what he was driving at, and shook his frizzled head at'him- like the mane of an enraged lion. ' Hui'lianilll " lllllliilnru^ ftllt MiA imm.ln. , .?? ?- ; ! ous old man,''did you ever bear of the man in Kentucky who got rich by minding his"own business ?" Without stopping to say whether he was acquainted with (ho remarkable individual in question, the experienced senator tied from the storm, and look refuge with .his lovely companion down-stairs. In a few minutes afterwards the herct of "New Orleans entered the room with that dignity of manner which no man knew better bow to assume ; and great wrts Mr. Buchanan's relief to find that not 'only was his face quite virginal in its' smoothness, but that he was got pp in his best black Buit; wun Dooia 01 faultless radiance. # V ^ ? ' * y . Bcsine88 HXbith ofr,x Aaron Bitrr.? Mr. Barton's new .fcork on Burr gives tbe following sketch of bis ^dailjr * habits in the latter part* of bis life, as related to tbe author by a gentleman who spent sortie'time in Burf>.office:. * ,f$ " . , Vile rose at tbe dawn. A breakfast of fin one* artrl a #!?? ?? Myvi II 1/1 WUQQ OUIUOTU ?W?/ ?*J?* most abstemious of men ; fcfter* jtbicb be worked gmdng bi# peper?; for aofne^boora before his clerk and assidtanU I He "cJ^f i' 'Tk' - 'Vk.V :U j~ ' -at v ' ' \' j' j j \ ; "* - and ho would sit for hours tolling stories of liis past life, and drawing brief and graphic "j1 sketches of celebrated characters witii whom ^ ' be had acted. Often he was full of wit and gaiety at such time ; "the liveliest fellow in r" world" "As inerrv as a bov : "never mel- ^ nncholy, never illnatured." About mid- | night lie would lie down upon n hard couch | in tho corner of the office, and sleep "like ^ a child until the morning. In his personal *" habits lie was a thorough-going Spartan ; A eating little, drinking little, sleeping. littlp, .(? working hard.?H? was fond of calculating p ifpon liow small a sum life could be supported, and used to think "lie could live well enough upon seventy-five cents a week." N The Doctoii and iiis Patient.?Of nil the professions, trades or occupations that j, engage; the minds of men, that of physi- ; f" cuius is the most diversified. In locating . lie has to find out the constitution of those lie is called upon to visit, for it is frequently a the case that success may be owing more ? to a deep ami (borough knowledge of the coiiMiitution of the patient than mere com- ? moiiplacc applications. As an illustration | 0 of this, we will relate as anecdote of one of I our oM physicians, wlio.il lie finds physic , will not cure tries other means as the case ! r nmy require. i -s I>r. I). ha?l long been the attending ]>hys- I ' ician of a lady long past her teens, and at - j fueled with certain disordeis incident to a j want of occupation and the care of a fain- f ily. She sends for the ctor in season t and out of season, he rushes out in a 2:10 paee and finds his patient, physically well, but sjid and lonely, and of course afflicted with blues. All he can do is to administer 1 a "tincture" with a few drops of peppermint. and the patient is well for a day. , On one occasion, a cold blustrous night ! i... i....i i : L1IU UULIUI II.IU JUM Ull HU'I III, himself snugly in his blankets, willi ilie i hope of a quiet sleep when aloud rap aroused hint. f "Who is sick ?" inquired the doctor inur- ' muring. "Miss Sail}- Strickland, sir, she is most f dead ; expect she'll die before you get t I lien*." "I'll be nlong," says the doctor, exclaim* injj to himself, "d?n Miss Sally, I'll try to ' cure her this time." 1 The Doctor plods along through mud and mire.cold and rain, studying his anpli cation. WIibii lie arrives at the dwelling ; ( of Mis* Sally, he finds bur, as usual, in rath- I or a depressed state of mind. "Doctor," she said feebly, "I expect to j die every moment; lam very low. Can you ilo anything for me ?" The doctor feels her pulse, nothing the , : matter, merely wanted company. The doctor becomes communicative. "Miss Sally, I was having ' a terrible : dreatn when your servant awoke me." j "What was it ?" she eagerly required. < ' I dreamed I was dead," continued the i doctor "and descended into the lower' r?piotis where I met the "Old Scratch," who invited me to view his dominions. The in- J j males wore engaged in dill'i-runt occnpations?some playinu cards, others swindling their neighbors ; in fine all the pursuits they followed during life, they continue there. When lie gol through lie proclaimed to llie four quarters of his dominions ( that all should go to bed, "for," said he "Sailv Strickland will be here directly, and there'll be no sleep in hell for a month." The Doctor's speedy departure was increased to flight by the sight of a broomstick flourishing actively in his rear, but the remedy was effectual. A FiLT.inusTEii?Tiik Caiiker ok a "Fast" Yocno Man.?Anionic the <lishcartene?l ti'.hbus- I tern who were sent home in tlie Saratoga by i-.. i. . i- .1 < . <1 i v-uiiiiiiuuimt* i unming. me iuinic oi niu*.- sinnus conspicuous. The owner of that name \a a I l'hilidclphian, and his career lias been so 1 strange, tliat we arc tempted to give a fUcteli, embodying the principal incidents of Vo; Mr. Biles is a son of a worth}- empenter, now 1 residing in the 7th ward. About four years* ag<?, the young man, then verging on twentyone, was employed in the House of II osteins. Heiskell tfcCo., of this city, lie Was entrusted with the most responsible duties, and for three years was esteemed worthy of all confi dencc. His salary was in the neighborhood of $1,300 per Annum. He was, however, nddicti-d to sonic amusements requiring no slight expenditure. Among these may be classed racing, gaming, <fcc. He was in fact, the impersonation of a "fust" young man, but as the accounts with the firm appeared to be always correct and regular, no complaint could be instituted. Having served through tha Mexican war, the young man was very fond of the militury, und while acting as clerk wns a lieutenant colonel in one of our city regiment#. A parade of the military wai to have taken place about June 1st, 1857, and in oxpeetfttion of tikis Mr. Biles ordered a complete uniform from Mr. Horstmun. Avery valuable uniform it wan, loo. Just- about the time that it was completed the firm by - whom Biles was emplvyed discovered that there were Rome slight errors in their books, and procoeded to an invt-dtigation. Suddenly our hero beeauie non est, and Mr. Horstmun mourned the loss of his uuiform, while lloskins, lleiskell it Co., found false entries in their books to the amount of $-15,000. For sometimes the whereubouls of Mr. Biles was unknown, bub * ofc length he lurried up wiih uen. Walker, where he "held - the raiikofSlieutuiiant. At tlio time of hia arrest by Commodore Paulding lie was ncliiig as udjuturit, and wan in the height of "his glory. Shortly after nis arrival at Norfolk, in the Saratoga, he was seized, on a process issued from the Philadelphia poliae office, by detectiveltussel, and is now, in thS custody of .thi?t_.?ffioer, on the road to this city.?Phil. Eve. Jour. Newspapers.?Judge Lougstreet, the newly elected President of the South Carolina College, thirt sets forth the value of. a newspaper y? V - J?. Srtialt is tlie sum thai !s required to,patronize VIIC nuu ujwgu Minpij iouiuiiq?ni^:u is the patron.* I car^not how liupible ft|id unpretending tlia pnt'ette which ho takes, ifc i? next to impAwib1e'*ib^}n it fifty-two times a yenr, wjtWut put ting*Jnto it something Jthnt is worth tne\ subscriptiwi price. Fvef^-parent whose son is off from home, at school, should supply htm with fct^paper. I still remember what difference there was between those of my srihouhnatti wbn bad, And those who had not access to newspaper*. Other things, being ' equal, the first were decidedly superior to the ls?t in deb?U and composition *t le?st. The rdfison it plain/ they-ha*? /jdmmand'.'of mora faote f ebotWkiil pursue a newspaper with ' delight, when they will read rtothing ?Uf. " * ' - The friends of Copt. O. M. MATTISON reicctfully nnnounco him as a eandidato for iix Collector at the nest election. A The friend# of JAMES A. McCORf) rcspoct- ? lly nnnounco him as a Candidate for Tax ^ V ollcctor at the next election. Ffid Li The friends of l)r. J. I'. McCOMB rc?pectillV announce him as a Candidate for Tax A . pi olh.'Ctorat the next election. . jfiT TJie friends of MATTHEW MgDON- . A Lp respectfully announce hint.* Candidate Mjto>eiec(ion nn Clerk of ihe Court of GenWrSeSsions and C'oiuinoii I'lens, for Abbeville istrict, at the next election. 1 I1 L 1 1 "J All A few of the Lout; Cane friends of IV. 0. con 'EEL, would respectfully announce him as a ] Candidate fur Sheriff nt the next election. 111 The friends of JAMIvS II. COIJIJ respectful j y* announcr him as a Candidate for h>hui-iIT at lie next election. ~C3f The friends of JOSKIMI T. MOOUK re peetfully nniioutiee him a Candidate forSlieritf t. tlie ensuing election. The friends of T. B. MILLFOKD respectfully T" nnouuee liiui as a Candidate for Tax Colleetoi *? f Al>lieville l)istrict at tlie next election. _ 1{l!| Cs,- The friends of G KOUG Ii W. IUCIIKY I s<?, espectfully annouiiee him a Candidate for ! ^ Iiorifl" of Abbeville District lit tlie next leC'tioil. 1&- The friends ?>f MATTHEW It. COC1I- ? I AN ri^peeti'ully announce liim u cmnli<lntc <>r SliorilF of Abbeville District, at (lie next lection. Tltc numerous friends uf ('<>1. T. J. IOIJKRTS respectfully announce liirn it Cnnlidiite f<>r Sheriff nt thi> ensuing election. J~" The friends of 1). \V. HA WTIIOKX r<- \VI |n*?-t fully announce him a candidate for Sheriff Go >f Abbeville District at the next election. MANY FRIENDS. The friends of NIMROD JlcGORD re- ^ 1? - " V.M.U.? ?.? I". jlierilf nt llic ensuing election. ^ t3!T The friends of S. O. W. DILL respect- f-w iilly iwinouiiee liiin a Candidate for Jjlierill", at J .lie next. Election. f t5>" The friends of W. W. G UIFI'lX respectfully announce liini a candidate for Sheriff at ^'1 :lie ensuing election. [^'ny 1855 pn PERKIN & C0T1IKAN, Mlnrnnl'S III l.:i W mill Snlirit/ire ill PnnJlv ...v. ... . ? ... .... .> miiu uwiiviivin an uifuiui . , * lai Oj/icc, the one formerly occcupied by McGoieuti it J'errht, LAW IIANGK. J as. M. 1'KltUIX, J.\s. S. Cotiirax. ''v January 1, 18o7. 35-tf SOI (1<> MARSHALL, LEE & DeBRUHL. it r|"MlK undersigned have associated with tlieni, ' 1 in tin; Practice ?>1" the Law, STEl'lIKN t? fj. DkBKUHL, Ksq. All business entrusted to j ^ Lhcir eare will receive prompt attention. j j)( j. rv?mi:.u iMAuaiiAU/, W. A. LE12. Tannnry 12, 18.r)7. 37-tf _ FULLER'S 1IAT ESTABLISHMENT. 1 PERSONS visitinir I lie CAPITOL would Jo well to call at FULLER'S and obtain an Ihitfit in the rfliapo of u new uml Ftuliionalile Head Piece. {?'' Jt'iiii mbcr, you tcill not rrnrct a crtll at "" FULLER'S. May 15, 1807 2 ly ? DRUGS, MEDICINES, &C. ^ r|AllK attention of I lie public is invited to sj" _L our Slock of choice UNADULTERATED DRUGS, MEDICINES, ['hcmiculs, Paints, Oils. Gluss, Perfumery, An<l all other articles in our line. "We feel n^ured tliul no house in the South enn offer a (/ Slock superior to ours in yen inn en ess ami purity ; all official preparations being made in strict accordance with the formularies of the W. T. Pharmacopoeia. Our Stock of iJcntal and Surgical Iustru- ^ inents is full, und we have uncqunllcd arrange- f moms for procuring additional supplies at the \ shortest. notice. Feeling confident that we can furnish our ! customers with the best articles, on rensona- mi hie terms, we respectfully solicit orders, and pledge ourselves to fill them with fidelity and despatch. PLU51B <fc LEITNER, Late D. B. Plumb 4 Co. Augusta' Ga., April 17, 1850. [50-tljan ~ SELLING OUT. DRY GOODS. | BROOM & X.IRRELL, I AUGUSTA, GA,, w Will offer their ?ntire Stock of it For the remainder of the Season at very ? LOW PRICES. THEIR Stock is largo and well assorted, *1 ntid offer rare attractions to buyers.-? We are now engaged in the enlargement of our Store, and will have to give up n portion of it to the workmen Boon, and would like to or reduce the Stork ns low as possible before the ni' move. All in want of CHEAP DRY GOODS, ?? Are respectfully invited to give us a call. Jue 16, 1861;. J tf _ NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! M.STRAUSS, J C O tfE S BUR Y.- :?%. im ^ f'O SUPPLY the want* of my Customer* JL and Friends I laid in a large and exten- p0 si ve Stock iu oil the articles kept in my a tors, and determined to offer inducements to- pur-. Fo chasers, both in price'arfd quality. Itc Therefore call and examine and yAu will be K< convinced, W ' 'M. STRAUSS. Re ' <k> ... -A, ' -1 ^? Elegant ai*d Cheap Bca,dfy.madet Clothing, ?i JCr- ? ? 3?t ' . , B GENTS, ?O YS< AND " YOUTH. J H^STJfAUSS, cd . ^ C</fc<febary/,-~? THE fARfi^T AND MOST BEAUTIFUL5 th! ASSORTjtmT' OF io.1 QU&lWBy&LRB, r* jib -rtV FROM ABBEVILLE TO WASHINGTON. FOUR UORSE (STAGE leaves ABBP? VILLE 011 Monday, .Wednesday and ay at 0 o'clock, A. M. > eaves Wftamfrgfcon, (Ja.yOttTues<lay, Thursand .%turdny mjvoing*. Daily Trfto$66*e? Washington at 6 J o'clock tl., for Atlanta and Augusta, FPlCEpt tl.e I'OfiT OFFICE. JOHN McBKYl)E, Auent. Ill.fville H. IT Anril it 1ST,7 .1H 'lir f( DISSOLUTION. UK late Law Firm of McfJOWEN ?t PER- II KIN is Dissolved by mutual consent.? business commenced up to this date will he ducted and finished l?y i;s together under -? name of the old l-'irm, as if no Dissolution j 1 taken place. , S. McfJOWKN", n .1 w \i i>i,'im?iv i nl1 ammry 1, 18.V7. 3*?.tf j'{" TO THE LADIES. i w More New Mantillas 1 l" CHAMBERS & MARSHALL ti [AVE received tliis week direct from New c" York, ii beautiful assort merit of 111.A C'K C'J/A S'TKl.I.}' LA C'/H, ^ tek Silk and lilaek Moire Antique handicly Trimmed W liite ?t Colored a jn: JB No. 1 Granite Itnngo. Hibcvillc C. II., S. April 17 [5?tf T BYTHEWOOD & COWAN, CENIiR.lL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, l{ No. 204 Exchange Iiow, P COLUMBIA, S. C., C VUl the Sale <?f KHAT< EST AT K, NKCiUOES, i aim COTTON, WHEAT, 11AOON, I.nrtl, ii.sk?'V, Sugar, Cottoe, Mol apses jHour, liultor, .... ?..,i it.. >triet personal at tent inn puiil t? tlic sale <?f ^ y of the above?liberal advances made and j. >mpt returns. iTiiew W. Hvtiikwooi), Jamks M. Cowan. Aug. 10, 18". 7 17 tf o e (lore Itooks and Drugs! "MI !i Subscribers have just received their Slock ot" Medieines, liooks and Fancy ' lieles, and are prepared to sell at short ..fits. ( Wi: are Agents for the sale of a series of ' 'ANI)AKI> WORKS, now in the course of blicatiou, by the Appletous of New York.? " nong these are ineluded The Debates in Congress from 1780 to 1850. -r?entonV Thirty years" View. t Morses General Atlas of the World, from the ' Lest authorities, to 18*><>. 1 Cyclopedia of American Eloquence, with irtrnit.->. The New Amerienn Cyclopedia. The Cyelopi-dia of Wit mid Humor, Edited j I Win. E. Jiiirton. I Specimen Copies of the above works may be j * >11 at. our Store, t?ir?atlnT with many other v w mnl elegant Hooks. f We lire also agent* for the sale ot Grover's " Ihiker's SEW I NO MACHINE, neknowledirrd ^ lie the best now in use, and the least liable " L'ct out. of order. This Machine will he 'k irrauted and sold here at New York price#. v ices varying from $100 to ?1^.!>. " BRANCH d: ALLEN. S.-pt 17, 1S57. 21 tf 1 /*. ;TI IS K Ml 1 I'LS. W. G. KENNEDY 1 )RSPECTFULLY informs the Public tlmt e V lie is permanently located nl v WHITEHALL, J here lie is fully prepared, at all times, to c re a uood I'iefure and correct Likeness for a tl ilt rale remuneration. ? July 0. 1S.07 10 It n ?u?r urmirzs JEC:* "MIE COPAIITNEII.SIIII' heretofore existing L between H. A. Jones ?nd J. W. Living>ii, in'tlie Practice of LAW, is this day disIved, by mutual consent. II. A. .TONES, V J. W. LIVINGSTON. Mnrcli 31,1857. 48-tf .T: EDWARD H. BRITTON, } ate Editor and I'r<i/>rict<>r of the Carolina t; Times,) fi COLLECTING AGENT, e COLUMBIA, S. C., " )FFEIiS his services to the public ns a Collector find yeneral hiisiii<>ss Acont. He r ill receive for collection .Notes or Accounts r rany section of tlio State, at the usuul comi^sions. . ^ Office over the Cnrolina Times Printing of;e, Columbia, S. C. References will be given if required. july -28 1 Attention Citizens! WUSE AND FURNITURE PAINTING J T'XECUTED in the neatest nn?l most Fash LJ jonable St vies, Imitating choice Color*, j rond and-Marble. , Orders from the country will be promptly tended to. liy T. M. ARD, Oct. 17, *50. [24-Oml Abbeville C. H. J v.. NOTICE. , * ? [OHN WINCEY, Esq., will be happy to [' ' attend to ?j. ^ OVER HAULING OF , ENGINES t. Mill Worlds, in the Vicinity of Abbeville ^ sd the surrounding country !' Applicants will please apply to John En-/ " Hit, Abbeville, or Wm. Lebny, Charleston, C. " JOHN WINCEY. Oct. 31, 1856." ' 26-ly. i ' f GRAPE VINES. ABBEVILLE MODEL V1NEUBD! 't' )R. TOGIVO offers for SoleflfiiifE Cut- C tings and Rootkd jVi.nks, at the followg rates : ' ' - . A A Per Hundred Vine Cuttings, ' h r Catawbas and other Sorted Amer-, * '* icon Varieties, - - - -' - _ ?5 00 n SortedLEurope?n Varieties, - 10 00 a marionn vd i>iiltSo>l Wft*a . rft ? poted European Varieties, " - , 1 00 , toted Seuppei-nobg,-- " - 1\00*' Monlevinu, Dtio. 27, 185f?. ' 85-t/ il, B.^Vines pruned at reasonable rates. : n - Mcfcmasonry and Plastering. ~*HE undersigned having formed a Co-part. norahip in'the' above misipess, are prepar- ^ to do all work entrusted to them'in the hest ^ d'most substantial maniier. Having a long j, octicftl experience in tlie bnsin'ess. tliev flatter _ smselvs that they can please the most faatid- ^ is.J AH vorlf owill.be warranted, t . * JOHN-COttMBE, WOODHURST. . Reference.?If. A'.'Joiles, J.- A. Calhoun and . J. W. Hearst, of Abbovillo. ' AbbevilleC^H. <*?' 10,>1856.-. ; my : J Removal. $ "^HE Subwirrbar Jbos:. removeAfrom his old V : stand to Euright^AiSUrr'iPGJi^Faotory; d return? b?? thar.k^for ^t j| ?f?I a MTclTl^j^ I) MANUFACTURERS, PLANTERS,AND PL1VATE FAMILIES, i Purchasing such an article aa & SEWING MACHINE, the true policy i* to buy the best. M. S5lN(iKIt?tCO.'S GAZETTE, abeauti fill pictorial paper, contains full and reli-' . ilc information about SEWING MACHINES, " k1 answer all questions that, can be nsked oir e subject. All who refld this paper will le#ftt i\v to purchase a Sewing Machine Willi which L .0(H) a year, clcar profit, can be made, and ill be protected from being imposed upon by me of the lmmburg Machines now before the" JF-, iblic. Singer it Co.'* Machine id arranged to' m i coarse and fine work of every discription.- m lie fSn/.cttc may be obtained ^ratss on appli- M. J ition nt any of Singer Jc Co.'s Offices. M <3 Machines on exhibition and for mile and in- w'ructions given, by \VM. C. MOORE, Agent ibvJv- * f bbeville. Singer Co.'s Charleston Office, 321 King- ' rcet. ? Principal Office 323 Broadway, New York. \r .July 23. 1S.V7 12 ly f o Mechanics, Inventors, and Manu facturers. IN ANNOUNCING the THIRTEENTH Arf-i mini Volume of t!ic SCIENTIFIC AME&-" CAN, tlie Publishers respectfully inform th'i' ublic tlint in order to inercHK mid fftimula'tcf ic formnlion of clubs, tlicy f>r<V|>o3c to offer hie T/ioiixiirid l'"tiv Hundred Dollars in Cash 'rcmitiiim for tlie fifteen I nicest, lists of subcribcrs sent in by the 1st of January, 1858 ; aid premiums to be distributed ns follows:? For tlie largest list, $300 ; 2d, $250 ; 3d, 2<J0 ; 4ili, ?150 ; 6th, $100 ; 6th, $90 : 7th, sin ?t.l? call imi. , . . , v..f V"" f ivui, , 1ILH 10; 12th, $:}3 ; 18th, *30; 15th, $25- y JSth, 2D. Names of subscribers can lie sent tn at Jiffernt. t from different I'ost Offices. Tlier nsh will be paid to the orders of the euccessil competitors, immediately after the 1st of anunrv 1858. Southern, Western, and Canada money will e taken for subscriptions. Canadian snliscriers will please to remit Twenty-six cents cxra on encli years' subscription to pre-pay posni^e. J'rrnis of Sufjsrr/jifion.?Two Dollars a Year, r One Dollar for Six .Months. Club fiat .?Five Copies, for Six Months, 1 ;l ; Five Copies for Twelve Months, $8; Ten 'opies, for Six Months, $8; Ten Copies for ' . ' 'wi-lve Months, 15 ; Twenty Copies, for Velve Months, S-J8. For all Clubs of Twenty and over, the yeary subscription is only ?1.40. The new volume will be printed upon fine >:?p?:r with new type. The tieneral character of the Sciextikio Aii:i:k:.\n is well known, and as heretofore, it , y--\ k ill be cliiellv devot.ud to nroinnlcratinn of in. urination ivlatitiir to the various Mechanical \tnl f.'hnnical' Art*, Manufacture*, Agriculture, "atriils, Innrntionx. J?ucfiitci:ri>ctf, Mill Work, . iid all interests which llie light- of Practical v' icirnce is calculated l? advance. It is issued weekly, in form for binding; it contains aniiiully from 5(H) to ?>t)0 finely executed Engravngs, and Notices of American and European mprovfiiiciits, together with an Official List ' . if American Patent Claims published weekly ii advance of all other papers. It is the aim of the Editors of tlie Scientific American to present nil subject? discussed in its ' olomus in a praclieal and popular form. Tlicy , ' k ill also endeavor to maintain n candid fear- > ' essness in combating and exposing false tlieoies and practices in Scientllic and Mechaninl matters, and thus preserve the character of,, le Scientific Ameuica.v as n reliable Encycl- 5 v./ pie-lia of Useful nmi Entertaining Knowledge, fg?" Spceimeii copies will be sent gratis to . C 113- part, of the country. ' ' MUMS it CO., Publishers and Patent Agents, * V. No. 128 Fulton street, New York. * , ,V>, Tlie Kiateuf South Carolina, ,, A bbenillc District.?In the Common Pleqa. William Wilson, ) us. A. L'uMcII. ) Thomson ?fc Fair Attorneys. L\/"hcrei.s the PluintilTdid, on the eleventh M <lny ?>f April, eighteen hniulred nnd seven, file his declaration against the D?endnnt, who, it is said, is absent from and- : without the limits of this State, and has neith- r wife nor attorney known wittih the same,^; ' non whom a copy of the said declaration; *" ''Or'iYt. light he served? '*$$$ It is therefore ordered, that the ?nid * ?''-t7V: endant do nppeamnd plead to thesaid decla-- . ation, on or before the twelfth day of April; ' iifiiteen hundred nnd fiftv-eiirht. otherwise inal and obsolute judgement will then begiv- ymk:ii and awarded airainst Itim. MAmiKW McDOXALD, c. c. p. T- V'.; Clerk's Office, A'pril 11, 1857 61?ly riic State of South Carolina. r'' ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. )fflcc Court of Common I'leas and Gen I Sections. nmesT.Ba.kin, \ Attachment amesA Lidtlle.[Ba"kin' % w. IIEKEAS the Plaintiff did, on the eigli- f:\ I \ V tccnthday of October, eighteen hun- vi^y Ired and fifty-six, file his declaration ogftinstj ; WM lie Defendant, who, (it is said,) is absent from ^>*^5 .nu wiujDui iiiu Jiiiius 01 Lii 18 oiULe ana iino > >,;ir cither wife nor attorney known within the 'a?V- i ume, upon whom a copy of said declaration j night "be served: It is therefore ordered, hat the said Defendant do appear and plead > the siiid declaration, oh or Defore the' nin. " c^uth day of October, eighteen hundred and ifty-'seveii, otherwise linal and absolrite. .judgY lent will then be given end"awarded ngaipst MATTffigw MCDONALD, a up. ^ ^ Clerk's Ofli?f<? Oct. 18, 1866 . 26:1 y v ;;;; V House Building-.. ~ TMIE undersigned is now prepared to do all - " JL- worK entrusted to njs care, in ttie ig Line; to Draw Plains and erect"all 4^ijiP*^8ro^w^ ions Buildings, from a one-story house Having reoeWedJnstrnotions fro?T' the. rchiteot&Jn the Union, he flatters hjmself th? v;-v * x '> e enn have-work done in a style equal to and';? 9 cheap as can be done-in New York. ; Rkpkrknces.?King & Kellujn, ^Architcctg. ^ Brooklyn, New York ; Wm. Gainer, ArehiteCt^i^SgL/' f New.York City ; Terrynian <fe Wn)ler," [arket; Br. John P. Barratt, BarrattaviUm^ugHflnn^ ? UPMDV IrtilKl Greenwood, Oct. 10, I860. / F' PUBLIC^ AUE C7"\7QT5l/D respectfully Offer bisservtq^^i^H^Bu V y . r the citizens of this and the istricte..... He ij so generally known," tn?fe;MjB||v;.'.< .v eems it Onnftcessary tS'do more tban ?efer;TMflHB^^BS is address, "via : diamond Hill J*. ' O., A ille District; and aUcoifitimnicntions direcbft^^O^^ i him vrill vAAAfirA iSwfrrthf 1 N r,VM'L w " jJ; M' \ ^