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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.
'I* V \ VWlI-VPlVl. .1 ?! .*
i .>< ilie i ii i ii 1 r.l'.iN I'll An*
mini Volume of tin; SCIENTIFIC AMEIiICAX,
tli<- l*ut>1 isln-i--* respectfully inform ttic
public thai in ni'iltTlu increase uinl stimulate
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sent in by tin; 1st of .lanuary, 1858 \
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Ssn ; 8th. '.Mli, loth. ?5i) ; 11th
sin ; 12th, *:s.i ; l:;th, S:jO ; 1.1th,?25; loth,
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competitors, immediately after the 1st ?#f
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betaken for subscription*. C:umdinn subscribers
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on each years' subscrinl.ioii Loiiro.iuiv km
* , J-..J ,?
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or < >ii?* 1 inllnr f?r Six Modi lis.
f'Inli /inlrs.?l-'ivc Copies, for Six Months,
Si ; l'ivr Copies for Twelve Months, $8; Ten
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will In- eliieily devoted to promulgation of information
ivlat iiur to the various Mrchanical
ttti'l (')< :nifti/ Arts, Mtinnfii>-hins, Ayrivnlture,
I'ntiutM, Iiirriifioiis. h'nrfiui '71 irrj, ytlfl ICort,
am] all interest- whieh the Ikrht of Practical
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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