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My Last Ball. I always hated balls. I may as well s;i) at once that I am not pretty?not evei good-looking. 1 um small, with small eyes and neither a good figure nor an attractive face. There, it is said. Men don't ask mo to dance as often as ] would like. I have often sat for an how talking to old Mrs. Grimsby about hei daughters, who never miss a dance, 01 thinking how much I would like to be in my own room rending my favorite books, oi playing with little Rosa down stairs in tlx drawing room. When first T went out, 1 Buffered more agony of mind than I can describe from the humiliation of being nog lected, and especially from the cutting com paesion of my girl friends; but I have got over that now, and balls only bore-me. Why do I go ^qu t;f?^ Pood ^ric ilf? r, if yon liad a+pupa, and brother.* L and aiiffiB^vho refused utterly to believe you protested your dislike ol society ; if it were once or twice hinted to you that your willfulness in stavinc at home was prejudicing your projects of a "good settlement in life," you loo would gulp dowu your sipieamishiics?, att<l throw y<>urBolf under the wheels of the fashionable Juggernaut (I know this is an absurd and liaekiie}'ed expression, but let it pass.) l will not pretend that 1 did not know? when I promised mamma to go to Mis. Suliellering's ball on Tuesday?that John Hunt was to be there. J knew it perectly, for lie had told me so. I did not go to meet hill), however, for he came to the house every other day to sue in<*, and our quiel talks suited me far better than auv l>?ilroom conversation possibly could. Still I went, an 1 I confess that I looked for him. "VVI..W ... < - .-.u^vanju iu niu lO examine tll> face more closely than usual 1 can not toll; but I diil scrutinize him, and I fancied ? yes, I felt certain?that I saw a smile of triumph there. "Is the fair recluse really hore ?" he ns>k?d. in a tone which certainly seemed to me t<> border upon a sneer. "Iu the flesh, at all events," I answered, /! -1 -? mppamij; "lor itie spun L can not say a* much." "If tlie former will honor me with her hand for the next polka, we will trv to eon jure the latter." All through the dance I fancied hitn saying to himself, "How self-sacrificing I am in dancing with this plain little creature, when I might have the belles of the room ?" Glances from lovely eyes which I intercepted on their way to his seemed to reflect the same thought, ire was very agreeable, certainly ; but then his agrecabletiess had an affability about it which almost enraged me. ' " At the close of the dance we walked through the rooms, and found ourselves *ii ting at last in a library-window. I insisted In vain on his going to dance. lie insult' tbe usual civil reply, bull could sec in his Face tliat be 'was a cutting sarcasm?sit least, I fancied so?in every word lie uttered. My feelings, at length, became so ungovernable that I was ready to cry. If there was a man I despised it was Fitz donn y He was, or is, a type of the under bred, coarse, cunning, fashionable New Yorker. Still I knew him very well; and seeing him pass that way,I called him, and pretexting that I had something lo say to him, asked him to taku me of!'. I lelt a mountain-load otT m)' heart when [ was alone with him; It was a real pleasure to see his agony at my clinging to his arm. lie had engagements, no donbt, which 1 prevented his fulfilling ; but he was so coarse and vulgar that it was delicrhlful to tortmv him. John Hunt was in the middle of a story about an adventure of his in the Alps when I left him. He had got as far as where, in * pursuit of a chamois, his guide told him that ''four feet further on that ledge and he l would ho a dead man." Had it not been : for my thorough consciousness that he was . only telling the story in order to increase *yi *7 i t i ... ,^j vun^nnuin iu iiiuj, i buouiu nave been greatly interested. 'Half an hour, at least, after the intcrrup.. lion of the story by my departure, I passed the library window. lie was there Htill ! Sitting on the samo seat, looking out through (ho half-opened window into the darkness, j s with -a very sombre and gloomy look. He wa9 so handsome?so intellectual. "Wouldn't you like to sit down ?" said mo ?<.uni;n. i-t - - . ?..j nujuun, in ins increasing desire to get free. "Not for tho world," ssijd I; and I began . '. to interest the little creature by telling him , fanciful stories of the impression he was V- making on the la<jies ofou/ set, till he real}y enjoye^, my;society. T began to be pery feed? hnppy, and tQ enjoy the ball thoroughIf*-. \yhen 1 caught, at 6ur next turn, John lltfnt's eye severely fixed on our two laugh|p> i waa almost cured of my aversion for society, ; $'0^ ^ke^Il better when, a fow minutes V #' gaffer <i?at^l,* I noticed" JoJjn Hunt dancinir ^ 9 with oifti of the prettiest girls in , 81'? lookod so happy?well she ^/J'^iafght'be j'-'. He-r ffw 'ertjoying himself at U: * 1W- ?" " - ' t~.4* mr : - * . -tittta-Filz-John fiofilly got his liberty, |4v !> to tha refreshment- saloon toVecovei j^.C sprrita. I th?n felltpltWcare of Judgt ijfe* Qfifif.the; 8ubre/ri?. Court; who, wit}] ' ' bii^rdy hftira, mafifc* it a poirft of duty 'tc !*vv >Mdo:tb? civil" to iibme one Jady ay, everj fo&tyuLJ&oyfii * #here f'could feee, th{ ^vf^pSlDg, tihile tbe Judge was ?*platf W&'l&w#*1* the - merit# of: '^in<i*rorofcB;of Warriatre case, I watelMk} John "Hum :w w?N<* dance, walked through the rooms with her Ii ' 011 his arm. It suddenly fished upon me li ? tlisit 1 had heard, long before, that she was jj rather disposed to like him. There certainly was something very marked in her way of listening and talking to him. She was t so pretty, loo. c r When they disappeared I made the.Judge j ^ r tak*: me through (lit* rooms; and there, in j i' the identical library-window, were John i i Hunt and his partner, my fiiend Emma Ii i i" , in close conversation. I began to ! ^ ' : be very angry. I The Judge left me to go horn", at an car 1 I v hour, I could see nothing of John Hunt. f I knew that he was still at the same window k with his companion. Mortimer Craddock - snt down beside me. I ought to have said -before that he was an old friend?a very 1 sensible man of thirty live, with an ample fortune,and unmarried?a well known catch, in short. lie had at one time been supposed by inv family to have a partiality for nn-; but 1 had always regarded that as a j delusion. This evening he began to converse verv j earnestly on serious matters. He talked i illiotlt nil* f:imilv fin.I mi* i. .n f.ir i1u?n i .* :? '"j *? * j ahoui himself, and liis weariness <>f I he life lie led ; and so on. I answered mechanically. Neither Jolm Hunt m?r his com|):inion 11;i 1 reappeared in the hall-room. I asked Mi. Craddock to take mo through I the library, as I found the air of tiio ball' room rather clos?. There, in the saint: eor! ner, were John Hunt and Emma. Sim acI tuallv had her hand in his, and I saw him 1 draw down the curtain, to hide them as we i J' passed. It was very quick and sharp, that knife trust thron<r!i my heart; but it was soon ? I;. over. We went to supper. 1 Jy the time we re- i l turned (John IIml. and his friend were i 'l* | standing outside the door of the supper- 1" j room, .Tin! \* i7.cil very earnestly at us as we ! w passed) 1 u;i> in tolerable spirits. j !l' "Miss l?lanr.he," said Mortimer Orathlook. ' when wo took our seats on a sola in a tiescried room up stairs, '"this is perhaps neither the palace nor the time to make the avowal | whirl) is on my lips. Hut I have waited a ; long time, ami as I do not expect an answer now, it matters little when or where- you hear te it. I love you. I wish to make you m v ,r wife. I would try to mako you happy.? I think I could. Will you marry me ?" ' Without a moment's hesitation, I an I' swt-red, "Vos." 1 1' ' Miss Blanche," pursued Mortimer, slow- j ^ ly and gravely as before, "I am not a young uian. I have very iittle romance in mv G character. lVrmit me to ask you to with- tl draw that answer of yours. I should feel | happier if it had been preceded by more : ai reflection." 11 This is trillincj with my feelings!" S| ' On the contrary, I do not wish you to ! hazard your Happiness without ample eonI sideration. Tins day mouth I will ask you a for an answer." h f-??j saying lie left me. T was a little 11 bewildered. I had never had ;in offer be \ '' fore. Mortimer Ctaddock I had never ! " thought of in the light of a lover. Now, it " seemed, 1 was engaged. I was trying to make out whether the 11 chandelier which overhung the room had ; " been raised or lowered to its present position, | & when I was startled by a "Blanche, dading !" ; ? in inv ear. c' IJ It was John Hunt's companion?the pretty girl ? my friend hanmu. Site 1151# 1 I nine ofi'?nr?i? tr? piinfi.lu In ?? >.. her triumph, and to enjoy the little femin- ! ine satisfaction of sympathizing with me? for she knew how regular? caller John tc Hunt was at our house. I |>ul on my liveliest and kindest manner. ' ill ''WeiI, dearest Emma, you have enjoyed the ball?" "Very much, indeed; and you?" "Excessively." "Has Mr. Craddock been amusing?" tr Sirange to say, during the lirst words of our conversation, the startling avowal he I 11 had made had passed away from my mind ; | I at the mention of his name il rushed upon j I 1 I 1. ? < me, <iiiu i uiuaiit'u m;?ii iul. "Why," saiil she, laughing, "one would suppose there was something between you ! Blanche, dear, don't look so cross. 1 have a secret for you. I have made all sorts of . . ,r promises not to toll it but I couldn't keep ^ them if my life hung on the balance." I knew the secret very well. She was going to say she was engaged to John Hunt. ^ So I answered, with as much of a smile as j I could muster, andiiolding my breath. ( "I am ready to hear it." ^ "You know John Hunt?" I nodded, and rt, a sickening sensation came over me. ,lWe|| w ?well?he is going to propose to you to- Ci morrow 1" (j " t ?1 - i V..UV ngnni, X III U Cruel agony, and doubling whether'I had heard e lier correctly. She repeated the same j ^ ords. . f( "Too late, too late !" I sobbed, and felt n as though my heart would break. 't 1 fainted, I believe, sAt all events the r next recollection I havtfis of l^eing surround- n ed with kind people n?n opar# window, t( . and of ueeing?-ofall othey?j/lin Hunt's , face, very anxious and very pale, dn the out- a BKiru 01 ,llie little throng which crowded 0 ) around me. I shut my eyes, I could not ]; i loolcH^biin. I went home directly, wish> ing that I was dead. v r Wh^nl awoke nejtt m&rning the follow- j I i^g note was handed me: " , j, "iir.'Mo'Vtimer, Craddock presents hjs p " compliments to Mjss Blanche v.. - -K , "A.~ t Uega to Bfty tfaat circumstances obliging biin j: t^lgave ttfe coiMjJyy for *.period of.'years, I nwegtfty of wUhariiffing tb^ i '. fnqi^*hicb '-he'raadtf-lMt evening. He c lopes he may be permitted to tender his >ost wishes for Miss Blanche's happiness in ife. " A v ex e e, " Wednesday morning." That, day, as Emma hail said, John Hunt alleiJ, proposed, and?was accepted. I iave onlv just learned that Mr. Craddock, ! ho had remained in the hail rouin, ha<l verheard the conversation between Kmma nd me. I suppose there was 110 mistaking lie tone in which I cried "Too late!" He's Coining. The following, clipped from the Louisville LHirnul, is ahout us sweet u little thing of the imi us we have ever seen lie's coming, th? blushing rose* Whispers it low to tne, Ami the slui'liirlit hastens with it, Over ilit* twilight sen. All trembling the zephyrs tell m >, Uii the light winds huriyitii; past, AikI in}" own Iti-ai i. quickly beating, (Joining, coming, nt. last. Tin* soft -1 i|?jioil waves of the ocean, Caiheriug at my feet, Hreezn borne form I lie coral island, Murmur t lie t-ceret sweet. There's not a dew steeped blosiolll, Or glistening orange tree, JSiit furnish its leaves i;lee.laden, To breathe thisj-?y to me. List ! that is the sound of rowing ^ti'iilint; along the air, 1 must gather round my t?thj?1oh This weight of brained hair. And trust, to growing darkness, 1 . I I I! aiiu evening siiiimiws omii, To hide witli their wings the traces Of lear I've sh?;>l for liim. ohn Minor Botts, of Virginia in Rome. Those of our readers who remember the i>irigs of Mr. liuit-, in Virginia, during the le ] 'residential campaign, will read with ilere.-t I lie records of his exploits abroad, * giving in the following extract from a rivate letter. Mr. 1 tolls, it would sec ins a> hiuch at homo in the Sisiine Chapel i\oiih: as hi inu .\iru:ii!i v^iuircii ai men iOlid : Romk, December 30, 18.">7. W? have been vcrv much amused with leofour countrymen, iIhj llun. M. otls, of Virginia, who lias been recently avflling in Italy. lie left the Uni. <1 States 011 tlio 21st of September, lias avelle.d over all tlm north of Europe, has ?en in Sweden, Norway, Denmark. Russia, ermanv, Austria, Fiance, Prussia ami alv. II<- left Florence on the 17th of erembcr, wen I to Naples, ascended Mount esnvint, arrived here in Home, the day fore Christinas, an?l left the day after hristinas for Franco, intending to spend nee days in "</o?)///*' in Switzerland. This tpedition on I lie part of a pleasure-seeker ud love of the fine arts is, I think, unparlleled. Naples and Vesuvius alone eonjme, with the most diligent of ordinary jurists, two weeks at least. Mr. Bolts, while here, gave a very funny I'cmiul of (lie manner in which he made is way into the Sistine Chapel during the [ reni'inirs of Christmas lCve. His courier ad forgotten lo tell him he must appear n that occasion, if at all, in full dress? loves, black dress coat and all. In his rnuranne, therefore, he presented himself L the Chapel, "accoutred a< he was," with railing hut his ordinary habiliments?n real coat over a frock?and the Italian uard, of course turned liiin hack. His dis nnfiiure, however, was but momentary, [i! had made lip his milld to go in, and no me was to be lost in peeking other appa I. But the invincible Virginian was masr of the situation. Three things seemed i be required to be presentable : First, to throw off his overcoat ; second, > get a pair of gloves : and third, to imrovise a swallow tailed coat. The first Ik id with a reckless prodigality, worthy of hj desperate emergency. As for the se>nd, he would have willingly have resor;d to the time honored expedient, so often soiled to insne.h cases, by our countrylen abroad, if converting bis frock into a less coat by pinning up the skirts, but as . i -ll_l ' ' ' u k wiiuiiw nave it, iiu nan no pins, and to rown his destitution, lie had no gloves, [ere it was that invention which is the oil" >ring of necessity, came te his aid, and enl>l'.*d him to overcome both difficulties at. nee. Tucking under the ends of Ins coat til, he put his hands in his pocket, which 1 this way served the double purpose of eeping back his -skirts and concealing the bgenee of kids' The want of pins thus ived him from the consequences of bis 'ant of kids, lie then boldly marched up i.A ? ?i.- -t.t? e ? .?v- ni0iG,iMi3iimiii^ iu?; ui one or wo of tlie more fastidious guard*, who still >und fault will) liin costume, by the coolant repetition of the only four Italian rords with which ho was familiar?"AToti upisco?sono Americano" *?("I dpn't unerstand ; I am an American.") Thereupon he was allowed to pass. Having sectird,a good place, he saw at the door Judge of Connecticut, who had been put back >r the Same oau?e as himself, and he ?once nore sallied out to the rescue of his counSC v rymen. It took him fifteen minutes to arange the Judge's coat and teach him the nagic passwords, after which they both en* etred and enjoyed the services. This is oup of Mr. Bott's good stories, nd will perhaps;, find a place in the book f travelvwhicb, it fa said, he intends pubishing when he arrives home. lie has been no pictures superior to the rorks of art in Virgipia, and he tells all the English people he meets that the ""English mguage is spoken in -'America, is greater urily thap in, England.?Ni Y. Pott. In a Cincinnati court Mary Jane Cribbet as obtained * verdW for ten thousandI ,dol*rs damages agauiKt WiJIiajp; Maters for reach of promise tinder aggrtopja^lfe Four Solemn Lines. Four linos more heau'ifl limn these nro rare- j ly w itton. The fi^u ? which it inv<^ves is extpiis ic : "A solemn niurinnr in the soul Tells of ihis woihl to l?e, As iravelleis heur the billows roll, Before they reach the sen." Jiujfnlo Kxprc?t. Four wo'-sc lines than these are rarely written. The ttjinre which involves is nwftil : "A solemn murmur 'inongst the throng, Tell how inipittiently The hoards listen for tile cotlg. To call them in to tea." ZancttriUc Auror<t. Four lines more truthful thnn these are rarely written. The figure which "it" involves is absolutely painful: "A solemn buzzing in your ear, When you retire tombed,, jujiis vou (.imiswiuinfr i?i>i*or In dreadful for tile lietul. L'l'tixri/lc Times. IIi?iii I'uick ok Cotton*.?The New ; Vurk Courier and Kmpiirer, of Thursday : morninij, says that tin- Manchester Spinners ! art- purMiiim a course with reference to cot- , I ton, full of danger to themselves alotie. : There is not 1iiit<; in tin* position of cotton or cotton funis in justify the lar^jn advance i reported I?y the la>t two s|c;imers, mid this I advance. tniiM l>? loote d upon as witiioiit any proper Itasis. Tim rapidity with which prices have lieun forced tip. is douh'.less for i the purpose of tempting lar<?e and iimncdi| ate shioiiietits from this side. Hut circum stances are such that quite, the contrary effect is prettv certain to lie produced. The 1 crop has come very slowly to market, prices ! having lieen unsatisfactory, and it will he ' found that t he views of planters \\ ill advance ! even faster than the Liverpool inaiket. : Then a^aiti there is no greater difficulty in ; lidding cotton on ' tlii- side than on die j j other; and the Manchester people, will find ; ! ......i...it i < . i ? - | nidi ??r .-ll.lll ^CIMI MM ill 11 Dill nilHUI ill ' ! our couvciiii iici>?sun] every ;itteiti|>l they ' i make to hurry lli<* crop f.nwanl, by tn?-:iiiK of si monetary excitement in the Liverpool i | market, will result in ailvsincintr prices on j | this side, wliicli they will be imluccil to pay j I at a tiiiK: when, jis would appear from their I j present course*, they will expect to rule tin; j ' market. ]>ut a moderate price only can be ! : psiiil for rot ton, without materially affect in<* j 1 the consumption?so that although HrilKli j i spinners may, in the attempt to ohlain an , j ul'iuiatc ad vantage, force up jirices to a I I point which will be sustained until their j | wants arc supplied, a reaction is iptite ccr- ; j tain to follow, the benefit of which will inure . ... .1? \ : | iw in*; IllilllllWK'HIR'rS, WHO Jtl'tJ | ' linn purchasing but. sparin<dr, which, with j the taiifl'on imported gnotls, will give lie-in 1 ! :iii advantage greater than that 11 icy obtained I la?l season by purchasing early. Whiskev Moot.?Some time ago. T ! wrote von (hat ther? was a thin? in this 1 country as a "whi-key root;" you disbelicve' eil. 1 tniw take my revenge by sending von | the specimen. It is what the Indians call I TIic-o-kc.\ It grows in oiithern Texas, ! on th ratisje ofthe sand hills bordering on j the Rio (Irand. and in gravel, sandy foil. ' 'The Indians oat it for its e.vhilaraiug effect on the system, producing precisely the same as alcoholic, drink. It is sliced, as von would a cucumber, and these small pieces c.hcwcd, and in about the time as comfortably tii^lit cock-tails would "stir the divinity" ! within you, this indicates itself; only its j ; effects are what I might a little k-a-v-o-r-t-i- j ) -n-g, trivi11cr rather a wilder scope to iinagi- i i nation ami action4. It can be sliced and ! | oriru. and in this way Hie Indians preserve I it. iIh-ii patch and serve il tip as coft're or J tea. Il is evidently of cactus spiccies; ami | it resembles) that more, than anv oilier plant, j I have never seen litis particular root mcn! tium-il in any work, ami believe these?ami j specimens I sent to the editor of the Soulhj ern Cultivator?to hi: the only specimens j sent from the Stale, I wish von would have i these similized, and publish the result. Texas Cor. JVeio Orleans Picai/une. Wnoi.ksmie Education*.? Of all lite know-nothing persons in this world, com UJetid lis to the 111:111 who has''never known a day's ilness." lie is a moral dunce: one ! who has lost the greatest lesson in life. | who has skipped the finest lecture in that j threat school of humanity, lite sick-chamber. I Let him l>e versed in mathematics, profound I netaphysics, a ripe scholar in the class- | *, a bachelor of arts, or even a doctor of , .1 villi! V. Vet is ln? ns mi? of ilmcn 1 ... i. ' whose education has been neglected. For | all bis college acquirements, how inferior is i be in wholesome knowledge to tin; mortal ; who lias had but a quarter's gout or a halfyear of ague!?how infinitely below the fellow-ereature who has been soundly taught his tic douloureux, thoroughly grounded in the rheumatics, and deeply red in the sourlet fever! And yet. what is,morfl common than to hear a great, hulking, florid fellow bragging of an ignorance, a brndal. ignorance that he shares in common with the pig and the bullock, the generality of which die, prohahlv, without ever having experienced a day's indisposition ?? Thomas Hood. Tiib Qi kkn's ok Kcrope.? An Ameri- I can lady, who was at Slulgardt during the I last meeting of tlio Emperors, thus writes of Iter own sex as represented in the imperal party : The Queen of Holland is a most cultivated ami elegant woman?still' very handsome, though she has a grandson. Slie speaks Engl is" h perfectly, and is, perhaps tiie most accomplished woman in Europe*, The Princess Olga is said to he the hand-, somi'st woman in Europe. The Empress of Russia is a regal looking woman. These ladies were dressed in white moire actique' silk; a stripe of white five or six inches wide, n stripe of tlje same width covered with the richest flowers here; and, then* in the wliito stripe, there was an immense bunch of fluwers. The dresses wcru all something in the. sanYO style??hipbonnets, with White feathers, ami magnificent.lac?* mantles, i cannot forgivo the Queen of Greece for being a fat fair, round, faced, jolly looking human. I expected to see a ' irfatd of Athens, and I don't'like my romance dispelled. Content is (he tninquHlity of - the heart; prayer is ilK aliment. , It is satisfied under every dispensation of Providence, and takes thankfully its allotted portioiy; never inquiring whetheK-aJittle more would not he ? littlti.betfor'| knowing t^iat if* Ood liad*o judged, it would have been as easy for him toJtave given this more as the less. ' That is not true curtlfeht wliieli does . riot enjoy, at tlie gift qfjnfitiite WisdoAj/'.^hat.it'bw nor is, UiaTtfue patienfca wbjcb *dqM,rioC ' suffer meekly tho lass of, what it.hnd, be The fr'ends of Copt. U. Al. MA'ITISON respectfully announce him as a candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of .1 AMliS A. McCOKD respectfully announce him as a Candidate for Tax ' Collector at I lie next. election. | The fr'ends of l)r. .1. F. McCOMIi respectfully announce him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at. the next election. The friends of C. lY. AL1.K,N announce 1 him as a Candidate for Cl?\k of the Court at the ensuing election. &T The friends of MATTilEW MoDONALD respectfully announce liitn a Candidate for re-election as Clerk of the Court of fien ernl Svwions ami Common I'lvau, lor Abbeville | l'isli'icl, al tin* next election. A few of the l.onir Cane friends of W. (?. NI'.KL, would res] tfully announce him as a 1 <'niidi-late for Shcrill' at the next election. The friciiils of JAMKS II. t'dlll! rc*pcetful ly announce him ns n Candidate for Sheriff at j t In- next elect ion. ?$T The friend* of .lOSKI'll T. MOO UK re- J sped fully aiiMoiiiiee him a Candidate for Sheriff ! lit. I In* ensuing election. Tin- frii ii?ls ?if T. IS. Mil l.l-Oi:i? r.<iM. tfullv ! .. 'I announce lii'n si- :i <i'f<i|- Tns Collvcloi i?f A ?l?? vii!? l>i-triH at tin* next election. t^T The fri. i,.1x of fJKOKCK \V. KICIIKY j respect fully announce 11iiti a Oanilidate f??r j Sheriff nf AMieville District nt the next ! elect ion. r-7*r Tlie friends of MATTIIKW R. Clifll. I IAN respect l'ull y niiii?iiiici> him n eatuli'late for Shcrilf of AMicvillc Ilistricl, at the next j election. C55" Tli- iiiiiiit'i'niN I'rieiuls of Col. T. .1. 1I< il'.KItTS re<|ieelfully announce liim a Can- j <li?lilT? for Sheriff at I he enduing flection. FTP The friend of I). W. HAWTHORN r.- ' spect full v announce him a c:iii<li<lat<* for Sheriff of AMievillu district at the next election. MANY Fit IKN 1)S. Tli. fri. u.ls ..f NIMIlUl) Mn'OllI) re- I spvct fully Miniomn-1? Iiim a* a ('andhlutc for; Sheriff :tt tlic Olisnilic oh-Hioti. Z9i" The ft'h'iuls ??f S. (!. W. 1)11,1. respectful I \ atiiioutiee him n ('audi.late for Sherilf, ill tlliilleXt Fleet ion. Tli? friemls of \V. W. (JK1FFIN rrspeotfuliv iiiiiioiincc him a cainli"l:tt" for Shi riff :>t the onsuimr election. | May 7, 1 M.i5 MARSHALL, LEE & DeBRUHL~ rlMIF iiii?1? r.-iirn?-*l have ass<>eiatf?l with tln-rn, 1 in tin- I'nK'livc of ilu* I.aw, STF.l'IIKN ('. I ?k1>I!I 111Ks?j. All business cut riisttil to their care will ruveive prompt attention. .1. FO.sTr.lt MARSHALL, W. A. LF.K. January 12, 18.17. a7-tf 8ELLHG OIJT. OBrvTiOOOS. BROOM & N HiliELL, AU li U S I A , U A., Will offer their ntire -tock of ?BCV l'or tin* remainder of tlie Season ut very L O W 1? II I <J IS S . rI'MIKlIt Stock is lartre and well assorted, 1 nml offer rare attractions to buyers.? We are now eniraired in the eiilniye;nent of our Slur*, ami will bave to ui ve np a portion ot it to I lie workmen soon, ami would like to reilnee tlu'Stoi-* a* low us possible before tile move. All in want of CHEAP DRV GOODS, Are respectfully invited to give us n call, aim; lit, 1S57. 7 tf ED WARiT H. BEITT0N\ (I.nlc Editor end tor of the Carolina Tim< #,) COLLECT'NG AGENT, COLl:MliIA. S. C., (V FF.RS his services to tbe public as a (VI- | x r lector mill general business Agent. lie 1 will receive for collection Notes or Accounts for any section of the State, at the usual commissions. Ollice over the Carolina Times Printing office, Coluiiihiii, S. (J. Inferences will be given if required. july 28 lloicxc Building. '"J"'I IK undersigned is now prepared to do nil 1 work entrusted to his care, in the Build ing Line; to iJrnw l'lansjind erect all descript ions of Buildings, from a one-story house to a Court House. Having received instructions from the host Architects in the Union, he flatters himself that he ean have work done in n style equal to and as cheap as can he done in New York. UkkkiiknOes.?King A Kelluni, Architects, Brooklyn, New York ; Wm. Gainer, Architect, of New York City ; I'erryiuan it Waller. New Market; I>r. John 1*. Barratt, Unrrattsviile. 11 I;N RY .K?N KS. Greenwood, Oct. 10, 1856. 23-ly NOTICE. JOHN WINCEY, Esq., will be happy to Httl-llll tO OVER HAULING OF ENGINES or Mill Works, in the Vicinity of Abbeville and the surrotiiHlintr country. Applicants will please apply to John Knrii;ht, Abbeville, or Win. Li;bl?y, Chnrlei>tou, S. C. JOHN WINCEY-. Oct. 31, 1856. ' 26-ly. ?\ - (IB 4PU VTWT?5 ABBEVILLE MODEL V1NEURD! fAR, T0f*,\0 offers for Snli> Yinf u Ti?os nud Kootkd Vines, at tlie following rales: Per Hundred Vine Cuttings, For Catawhas andother'Sorted American Varieties, .... $5 00 For Sorted European Varieties, - 10 00 Hooted Ajnericaii Varieties, Kach, - ' 60 Hooted Kuropqan Varieties, " 1 00 Hooted Scuppernong, < " 1 00 Montevino, I)ec.^J7, 18."j6. 35-tf N. B,. . Vines pruned at reasonable rates. Rrickmnsoiiry and Plafttcriiig. r|"MlE undersigned having formed a Co-part 1 ncrship in the above business, are prepared to do till work entrusted to tliem in the heat and most substantial manner, leaving a long practicabexperience in the business, they flatter thctnselvs that they can please the most fastidious. All work will be warranted. > . JOHN COUMBB, ? A. J. WOODHURST. Reference.?H. A. Jones, J. A. CalllOjun and Dr. J. W. Hearst, of Abbeville. Abbeville C. H. Oct. 10, 1866. 28-ly p uemovai. . . I TILE Subscriber 4ift? .removed from his old | , stand (6 Enright dt Starr's Oin Fattory, ( and returns his thank* for past fdvort, and so- , lictis' a slmre of ptiblio patronage ib bis line of business. "' He wi|! fhnke Paonel 'Doort/ 'SSsh, Blinds, .Wardrobes.^ Table*, Desks, Door and Window Frames^'-ii-'i' ' *' ' - ,x. " '' N. 13.?lie will also make Coffins of the finest ityl*Wfini?fr. ./ i sc ii i:?u ij k OF GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA m ^ nea? ^ ?. Dn and after 23d November, 1857. . *? | Arr. |Leovc| B slrATl"oNS. 6 . ~|"a7~M.'|| 7.30 Frost's Mill, I.Hh 8.00 Littleton, ;?S* 8.3'2 8.35 Alston, 9. lo 9.15 Hope's 9.28 9.30 Potudcin, 9.38 9. to Prosperity, 10.12 lo.lS Mullen's T. O., l(i.27 Ht.27 Newberry, lo.#8 10.45 Helens), I0.50 10.58 Ku (ton's Tank. 11.08 11.10 Silver Slreet, 1120 11.23 0."I7.III?1MS, 1 l.l.l 1 1.-17 iMuipcHv, 12no j.,,,., Ninety Siz, lj.r.l) 12 45 New Market, l o7 I; 1.1s 1.38 SIl MileT.O., 1.5K 1.5U ( oKfsliiiry. ti.07 '* 1*' \ ) *'okesl?ury, 2.1 *2 ( ~i ) Aliltiivilli", o 57 IWnmreV, 2.30 *2 3? DonniiM's, 2.43 '2.15 llotiea I'alli, 3.1(5 3.1)8 11 I Mile T. ()., 3.'25 3.25 Helton, 3.y8 3. <15 { -= 1 Helton, I ?* ^ An<lersori, 4.40 W il'iuuiHi.on, <1.07 4.10 ' "Men <Irovo, 4.117 4.I0 Greenville, 5.15 1)M>5 ja? <z? ?LW . imr 8 A it. (I Lcn " | STA TIONS. | ^"lArSi.l ' (Sri-Mi vill?\ S.ito (ritMi'u (Jrovc, 5.30 5.32 Williaiiwt.idi, 0.10 0. 13 | -f ) Amlcrson, 5.50 I ? \ Helton, f..::7 H.rltoii ?.H7 fi.53 111 Mil?'T. O., 7.o6 7.<m> IloiK-a I'ntli, 7.'J7 7.3d Ihiiiiiiilil's, 7. So 7.r,:{ HariitorcV, 8.Ml 8.oi; j "S ) Abbeville, 7.25 \ tE> \ Cnkesbury, 8.22 ( .ik.-:l?uiy, 8.22 8.30 S'.t Mil.- T. ()., 8.15 8.15 <IV?MI\vimh1, 8.57 '.UiO .Market, '.UW St.12 Ninety Six, tt.SJ2 11.35 Chapell'*, 1m. i:j 10.15 Uoii/innnV, 1??. US lu.30 Silver Street, 10.52 1<>.54 liiirton'a Tank, 11.05 11.10 Helena, II. -20 11.25 New I,err v. 11.28 11.35 Mallet tV T. 0., 11.43 11.43 I'roshii'itv, 11.55 11.57 1\ M. I'oninria, 12.25 12.28 Hope's, 12.40 12.42 Alston, 12.5A l.tM) I .il l li-ton, 1.35 1.37 Frost's Mill, 2Ji'J 2.011 Columbia, 2.30 9a?rja^,v.'cv?r^3 a <z w^jolkm KHOM AlUiEVILLK TO WASHINGTON. VTOI.'K ItOKSK .STAGE lenvos ABBEVILLE on Moiwl.ty, WviliiMilay nml Friday at ii o'elock, A. XI. Leave? Wa -liiii^toii. On., ouTuesday. Thnrs l:iv nml Nut unlay iiiornitii;*. A I?aily Train leaves Wa-liintrton at 0* o'clock 1'. M., lor Atlanta ami Ausrustn. OFFICE at the PONT OFFICE .KMIX Mi.ltK VDE, Af/mt. Abbeville C. II., A|>ri 0. 1857. -18 ly DISSOLUTION. ''pHEIatc 1.(1 w Firm of Mc?OY?*F.X A f'F.R1 KIN ia Dissolved by inntmi 1 consent..? All bn.-iiie:** commcnccd up to I his will lie conducted :ifi<1 finished by u* together undo/ tin; timne of i ho old Firm, ns if no Di&udutiou hud tukcii place. P. McOOWF.N, J .VS. M. I'EKRIN. January 1, 1857. ^ 85.tf TO THE LADIES. fcvTore xVew Mantillas ( CIimMBERS & MARSHALL nAVE received this week direct frotn New York, n benutiful assortment of Bl.A CK C11A XTKLL }' LA CK% Blnek Silk nnd lilack Moire Antique handsomely Trimmed White it Colored ~m. m . w -jar" n m ^ jwl. me * No. 1 Granite Range. Abbeville C. II.. S. Anril 17 firtlf BYTHEWOOD & COWAN, GGNKRAL COMMISSION JJEBCIIAMS, No. 204 Exciiancjk Kow, COLUMBIA, S. C., 170R the Sale of KRAI, ESTATE. N EH ROES, 1 al*o COTTON. WHEAT, BACON, Lard, Whiskey, Sugar, Coffee, Mnlasscf>.4l,'lour, Butter, Corn, llay ntid Produce generall)'. Strict personal attention paid to the sale of any <>f the above?liberal advanoes made and prompt returns. Matijevv \V. Bytiiewood, James M. Cowan. Aug. 10, i 857 17 tf * IIore Books and Drugs! ' I 'UK Subscribers have just received their A. Stock of Medicines, Book* and Fancy Articles, and nre prepared to sell at short profits. We are Agents for the sale of a series of STANDARD WORKS, now in the course of publication, by the Apnletons of New York.? Among these are incluaed The Debates in Congress from 1789 to 1856. Benton's Thirty years' View. Morses General Atlas of the World, from the latest authorities, to 18'>6. Cyclopedia of American Eloquence, with Portraits. The New American flj-elopedia. The Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, Edited by Win. E. Burton. y Specimen Copies of the above works may be seen at our Store, together with many other new and elegant Books. We nre also agents for the sale of Grover's it Raker's SEWING MACHINE, acknowledged to be the best now in use, and the least liable to get orit of order. This Machine will be warranted and sold here at New York prioes. Prices varying from $100 to 25. BRANCH <fc ALLEN. Sept 17, 1857. 21 tf A II B ROT IT PES. W. G. KENNEDY Respectfully informs the Pubiio, tha^ he'is permanently located at ' J-*, WHITE BALL., Where he is fhlly.. prepared, at all times, to give a<good PictQre and correct LikenesaJTor a moderate remuneration. July.6, 1867 .10 ,lt ... ' " T Itprt, inthe i'ractico of E&fc 'is thU d*y||L S E W TO MANUFACTURERS, PLANTERS,AND PRIVATE FAMILIES. In Purchasing such an article as a SEWING MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best. TM. 8INT5KU <t <'(>.'S (iAZCTTE, nbcauti Till pii-loriul paper, contains full and relinhlo infopiiiiii ???? nlmiit srwivn juniii.i.v. ----- - - nml answer nil questions Unit, can bo asked on tin' subject. All who rend this paper will learn how to purchase n Sewing Machine with which SI,Odd a year, clear profit, can he made, nnd will l>e protected from hcing imposed upon hy some of tin- hiiinhnni Machines now before the public. Singer & Co.'# Machine is arranged t<7 <h> coarse and line work of every discription.The (Jazettc may he obtained gratss on npplication at. any of Singer Co.'s Offices. Machines on exhibition and f??r sale nnd in-* struct ions ui ven, hy WM. C. MOOlUi, Agent in Ahheville. Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 King** streei. I Principal Office ?2:i Hmadwny, New York. Inly 2R. 1S."?7 12 ly To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers. 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It is issued weekly, in form for hindini; ; if. contains nil ini;iiiv ;>>in to tiDi.i tineiv executed Kngravin^s. ami Notice* of American ami European Inipfov.-Kt'-ii!-'. Ii'irt-Micr with mi Official List of American I'ntent Claim* published weekly in advance of all other paper.*. It is tlit* iiitn <>f iIk* Kdiiors of the Scientific) American t? present nil subjects discussed in its columns in ? practical and popular form. Thejr will nl.-o endeavor to maintain a enndiil fearlessness in combating and exposing false theories i?:nl practices ii: Scientliic ami Mechanical matters, ami thus preserve the character of the ."m;ikntih<- Amkukwn as a reliable Eucycl p.-edia of I s,-till ami Entertaining Knowledge. i*S" Spcciiucii copies will be sent gratis to any part of the country. MU-nN Publishers ntnl Patent Ac^nts, No. 1 *!s Tit!ton sf vii.?? Tl'.c stale of South Carolina, Abbeville District.?In Cite Common Pleas. William Wilson, ) vs. > Foreign Attachment.. Ins. A. Lidilell. ) Thomson ?t Fair Attorneys, ll/'hereas tin- l'lainlitf'li.l. on tlic eleventh T day of April, eighteen hundred nnd fifty sewn, (in; his declaration against the Defendant, who, it is said, is absent from nnd without the limits of this State, nnil hns neither wile nor attorney known wittih the same, upon whom u copy of the said declaration might I?n served? It. is therefore ordered, that the 6aid Defendant do appt-arand plrad to the said declaration, on or before the twelfth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, otherwise tinal and ohsolnte judgement will then begiven and awarded nirainst him. MA1T11KW McDONALD, c.c. p. Clerk's Cilice, April 11, 18.17 61?ly The Stuto of Sontli Carolina* A HUE VIJ. LE DISTRICT. Office Court of Common 1'lt aMand (Jen'I Stations. James T. Iltwkin, ) ... , lg I Attachment. lames A. Liddle, ) Bnskin- VVl({'a VIIKKHAS the Plaintiff did, on tbe eight teentli day of October, eighteen hundred mid fifty-six, file Ins declaration Against \\ the Defendant, who, (it is said,) is absent from and without the limits of this State and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a eonv of said declaration might he served: It, is therefore ordered. , that the said Defendant do appear and plead t?> the aaid declaration, on or before the nineteenth day of Getter, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, otherwise filial and absolute judgment will then be given end awarded ogaiusi him. * MATTHEW McDONALD, C. C P. > Clerk's Office, Oct. 18, 1850 25-ly - SOUTH CAROLINA, , ABBEVILLE DISTKICT. IN ORDINARY. - Isaac Carlisle, App't"! Partiton vs. I In the matter of that . Wm. Carlisle, Agness^Real Estate of James Kennedy, et. al, Carlisle dee'd. ^ Defts. J * . ? IT appearing to my satisfaction that the chif' dren of James Carlisle, names not known? # the children of Sam'l Carlisle, names notknown ; the children of Martha Newall, names*' not known ; the childreu of Margaret Shackle' ford, names not known; and the children of Francis Carlisle; names not known, heirs and distributees of Janfes Carlisle, dee'd, reside be- *" Vond the limits of this State?It i? .ordered that they do appear, and object to thff ^ v sale of the Ileal Estate of the said James Car' * lisle, op or before the sixth day of January, k.f ? \ D.; 1858, or their consent to the same will ber entered of record. WILLIAM IIILL, 0. A. D. Oct 6, 1867 * 28 8m v. -.v? ^ r r~~rt ^?' 'W The State of South Carolina, Abbeville District?In the Common Fleas. ...y F. W.Davis. ) * . ' _ vs. V . iAttachment t> Henry Jones. ) * , ' ^ > ."f& i W^MUEREAB, the Plaintiff did, on'the twe?, ty-seventh day ftf November, 1861, ^ his declai'dtioaagainst the ftefendan^ who, (tifk' '"'J, r." it is said)*'* absent from and without the limit* ' of this State, and has neither-wife or attorney ' ^ known within $he same, upon whom of the said declaration might be ?e?ve&, ,ItJ& thorefore ordered, that the said $?Craoa*\da appear and plead to tbesaid declaration, orrpr* ; before the twenty-eight day ol ^j^^.will b? U'Ute year oft oar LjatdEight^n