The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, January 22, 1858, Image 4
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
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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.
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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.
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. 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.
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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
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Southern, Western, and Canada money will
e taken for subscriptions. Canadian snliscriers
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r One Dollar for Six .Months.
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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' \ ^