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Tho Wife's Dower. fr/|S , * * . BY A HETIKEL) ATTOUNEV, Everybody wlio knew Jolin Gordan, knew him to bo one of the meanest and n o>t contemptible men that ever was permitted to walk the earth. Ilis brother-Peter was not a wjiit better; so that it.would appear that meanness ran in the blood of llie family. John was pretty well off so far as this world^ goods were concerned. His property was all invested in a building which had cost him about thirty thousand dollars.? He did not marry till he was forty, proba1. blyfrom the.fear oMueiiringunnecessary ex| k pense.; and .whtg^firtaftV^liBvdVdi,*take jp ?a servant. ;^^^PmP?orJa!> was a poor woman, nml lnid . (. teen obliged to work very hard for a living. Probably slie married on purely prudential ^ considerations, for she could not possibly Ii.VA -? ~l? -f ? v.. ..... V (V*v\a ouv/ii oil iH'WIllUll Ul ?1 IIIMII <IS John Gordon. Slio took care ofJierhus' * band, treated him better than lie deserved, ' \v and was in everv respect an obedient and V faithful wife. All slie received in return > was tho meagre support her husband's house afforded her. * . When they had been married some three years John was taken sick, and lingered _i C.- -- niuug tor u year, during which time Ins ; wife was an excellent and devoted wife.? Her wliole aim seemed to bo to discharge her duly to her lord with fidelity. She had * made a bargain with him, and she performed her part of the coutiact with scrupuIons exactness. One day I heard that John Gordon was - - dead. It was a small-loss to ihe commit- j nity, and I could not think of pitying his \.i. wife, for her lot would certainly bo ainelio1 rated by his deparnre. She would be entitled to one-third of the income of his real j estate, which, for a poor woman, as she had ! been, and having no luxurious tastes to j gratify, would be a princely stipend. I neither thought nor heard any moro of i John Gordon or his wife for two months, when a woman appeared at my ollice and 'introduced herself as the latter. "Mine is a very bad ease, Mr. Docket," 6aid she seating herself by my side. "Indeed' madame, I thought you were Vflrir >.< * ?%(*? ? # ? 1*1 1 - 1 f Tr * , wMKuimuiv |nuviuvu ior. i ou nave one-third.of (ho income of your husband's estate, or ahout a thousand dollars a year." "It seems I am not to have this," she replied gloomily. y ''Not to have it?" . "Peter Gordon has talcen possession of the estate, declaring'- it belongs to him. IIo nays my husband sold it to him a few weeks - before he died." "How could that be?" ] , -i? J > ^ vki on.uvea iiiu me ucoii, nttd says it has I ? * l>ecB recorded." ' "Docs h?? So inucli the better fr>r you, madame. The law gives one-half of his pur6ona|'?state " - ! "But he sold it for one dollar,'' intcrrup- I r; ted Mrs. Gordon. j ."lie could notsell it without your concurrence^ Did you release your right to dower V; in the premises!" ' No, sir: Peter says T did, though, nnd v J 7 J 1 O shows uie my name, duly witnessed, on the aecu." . ' "Did.you sign it 3" "No,, sir." f " ''Then it is a fbgery." ,v "I suppose it is." 4>You are confident you did not sign v' /; your name to the deed?" f- "I am very sure I did not, and for a very good reason." "How's that ?" " | f "I cannot write; I never even wrote niv *' 7-* v -/* . ' . i/f. nhm?- T wne -1 _ ?,vi.sm,c u|i hi iue country, | ' where girls did not gut so much schooling v ' as now. My folks were very poor,^ and V;. never had a chance to go to scbeSol," replied Mrs. Gordon, with some confusion. ' '-Did your husband know you could not : - -write?" . . "No I never told liiut?? j r. I dismissed herWith the request that she would call the next day. I went at once to the Registry of Deeds,, and found that Mrs. Gordon had told a straight story. Her mis-1 - erable, contemptible husband had given j 1 '> liiS property tohia brother- in hwlast 'd?js, t so as to cheat his wife, who had. eared for ^ra j^bertlth, and .nursed him in'sickiies.*, -^^k.'V^f'hei*jast claim upon hia estate! * V > fi Ho was a villian ! I fleed not say I fell a <3ecp interest, in the ease of my client, and, &/$'<' *,W* i, ' - > JS?.: . . resolved tobrin^maUjers to an issi^-ntonce. j^B|^\Ihe'next day, wheirshe .called, she direeled M w-jj-,"- o.obci, i>y wnoragii could be prov. GortlorT ?ould , hot/' Vrite her ;pame f wlio bad seen . her make her mark . Vpjfien^Within anyery short time. > The perton who profe'ftsed to have witr hewod^heRigpatur'e-of Mrs, Gordon, was'a vcl'^rk in the office' of Peter, - My, first move 10 18KO *i?p6to.arre&t, biro on ft .charge 1 i '' of fraud, and to ;8ii^l?)8^ploj/cr for my i V. client's shfcre ofr.the r<?nU, which he had ; V; =j98tcollected, ^aibd^ y^fcb-.he had-refused to rF \|^ben I had proceeded thus far, I recej.v ~ xf% your clc-rlc; Jiud I have somu hopes that ho yjrill turn State's evidence, and convict his principal." He started back with astonishment and terror. UT 1 I I. * ? * i?i uon i unueraianu you 1" lie stainered out: "Don't trouble yourself about it, Mr. Gordon, you will understand it all in good time."* "For God's sake, don't arrest my clerk. He will be I lie ruin of in.e," groaned lie. "You should liavo thought of thaf.before," I said. .> 1. , . . - * ; "You don't trioam'to-sfi5' th'at everything aa^M^tfSrlffKriihont my brother's atiairs ? ? n^Pause if it isn't I will make it right, you know," lie whined in supplicating tone.". "Yum say you saw .Mrs. Gordon sign that d<;t'd ?" "Well?no; not exactly; but I suppose she signed it." "You don't know she didn't.'* "llow should 1 know ?" "She can't write ! She never even wrote her name in her life !" t./ > : " \ i l ituiuu* ; I pressed the rascal closely, and made him acknowledge tliat liis clerk had .signed the name lor a consideration. I would hare caused both of thorn to be sent to the State Prison, if Mrs. Gordon had not begged mo spare them. From ihr ll'j'rc (/rust Importer. Turkey Hunting. As everything seems to be getting along pretty smoothly in the business world, a short chapter in regard to things pertaining to the woods may not l>e unacceptable to our readers. rroin the Inst ot ftlay to the first of Oeloher these birds should not bo killed, lor the reason that tins females are hatching at this period. and the males arc poor ami worthless. There arc some persons who shoot them during the months of August ami .September, hut the practice is murderous, for an expert hunter, alter killing the mother, can sit in one place, call up, ami kill everv young one in the Hock. During the winter months, turkey hunting is fine sport, but the season is approaching, and even now at hand, when the sport is best. The flocks are now separating, and from daylight until one hour by sun in the morn ingi our hammocks awl swamps resound with lite gobble of the male and t he yelping of llie female bird. Hunting tbis fowl at this particular season is a sport of which many of our citizens are very fond, and although tlie sport is certainly exciting and delightful, yet it inu>t be admitted without great care it is exceedingly dangerous. Many years ago I had an intimate college friend who was devotedly fond of this sport, particularly at this season, and often have we whilcd away an hour in recounting our exploits in capturing lliis noble bird. We separated in the fall of eighteen hundred and thirty-six to return to our respective homes to spend the winter vacation, but we have never met since. While at home a young cousin and himself went out turkey hunting, and after flushing a Hock, they separated, to be more sure of the game. After wailing a proper length of time the jelpers were used and the turkeys responded. In winter gobblers and hens all yelp, My friend crept upon a yelp?thought he I saw the bird?liied, and killed his cousin. He never returned to college ? lived a sad I life for a few years alter, and died himself. | Some two years ago I got oil' the Central railroad at station number fourteen, and tlir agent there told me of a saJ circumstance that had happened in that neighborhood the morning before. Two brothers had gone out turkey hunting in the Oconee river swamp, and separated as usual on such occasions. One brother heard a yelp, crept upon it, fancied that he saw the game, and shot his brother in the face and head. I learned that the poor fellow died in a few days afterwards. I have heard of manv instances of this character, but. ? ?/... tioning any others. The object of this writing is, as tliere is :i vast deal of this sort of hunting done in this country, to leach our people the great necessity of care and caution. With prudence there is no danger whatever. There is nothing on earth that can gohble but a turkey gobbler, but there are many men/who can yelp as well as ?any turkey hen. The safe rule therefore is this: you may if need be, creep upon a gobble, but never upon a yelp. < * ? Over-Eating.? How many people eat to make it even ? All tins butter is cone. but the broad is not quite eaten, so another piece of butter is taken; but it was too much and llie bread has given out ! llow many a time has the reader eaten some remnant on his plate, not because he wanted it, but to prevent its being wasted ! How often have you eaten as much as you wanted, and were about pushing back from the table, when very much unexpectedly a new dish, or splendid-looking puddifig, dumpling, or pie, is presented, and you irn-inediutcly, "set too," and before you are done, have eaten almost as much in bulk as you had done before !!* jklitnv ? limn Iio,.a '* * . j .....u ;uu guuu uown 10 me j table, not only without an appetite, but j with almost n feeling of aversion to food ; I and yet you tasted this, and that, and the olherfand before you were aware of it, you bad made out a considerable supper ! jt -All these practiced are wasteful, hurtful, apd beastly?.no, we recall that; we are doipg Mr. Pig an injustice"; for like all other respectable animals, when he '"is dofi?" 1 bo "quits?a thing which rational man sel! dom does.?H. J. of Health. ^ ^ Docjons in Beloocjiistak.?To ?!>? practice of medicine in Beloocbislan there are only two slight drawbacks. When the ?ph*ysuiinn gives a dose, he is expected to partake of a similar one himself, as a guarantee of hin good faith. Should tbepatient .die underbill >hands, th6 relatives, "though jp$nq means"bound to.exercjse.it in all cij; .cupifttariceg, have tb*e-right of putting.hijis .to death, unless ? , special agreement bias j>ee hrt ftd o, fr&fei rig4ii th ifro mall Vespon si bi li $ rCUCftStahcOJ^'v W Win nit.ot^IJ ^fho Tyrant Sway. DY OKOltGK r. MORRIS. ? " Tin- heart that owns tljy tyrant sway, Whatc'cr its hopes may be, Is like a bnrk that *1 rift.-* away Upon n shoreless sea I No compass left to guide her on. Upon the surce she's tempe.it torn? And such is life to inc 1 And what is life when love is tied) The world, unshared by thcuf I'd rather slumber with the dead, tiiiiii sncii a wuir to t>el The brfrk tlint,'?y it" crinipn?s Ktofp>, Is lost, w I ich way ooc'er she veers? And such is life to me 1 \_Ifinnc Journal. Pat Durkan'&Pigeonn. Many vcais ug<?, when peace had provoked ? partial influx of Frenchmen into Ireland, it happened lliat one arrived at Kilderhaddy, and sojourned with a host whose name was l'at Durlcan. llis |fir>t breakfast there had been discussed tntieli t<? his satisfaction, audit now only remained to select the materials fur dinner from l'at's ample bill of fare, previous to an intended excursion to the neighboring islands. I'at was summoned. "Vat you have for dinniere ?" demanded I the Frenchman. j "What havn't I, your honor," returned | I'at. "Whv, there's roast an' biled, and j stewed an'fried, an'the murphies to the i back iv that again ; an'its seldom the likes [ iv them trasses a Frenchman's muzzle in ! his own country,"ho added mentally. I "V:il vnll l?:ivn in:iiinnr.>r 2" lln. Frenchman. "Arrah, l?o aisy, your honor," replied Pat, "the divil resave theta>te iv mangy j meat is under the same roof will ye, bari%i j the otilil she dog, an'she is neither here nor I there in atin you know." "Miserie.orde!" ejaculated Monsieur, some what discomposed, and not comprehending the intent of Pat's phraseology, "Manger, I j say Manger." I i * ?t ? * I ion neeu not oe can in* a t>o<l y names j in gibiish, tor all that," said Pat, "an I'll ! lake my Bible oatli in the bargain, that ! ti> u sorrow bit of nwiimv or meazlv male is ! under the same thatch will ye." * "Diablo !" cried Monsieur, nearly out of patience, "for dinniere, I say dinnierc !'' "Och, regarding the dinner, is it !'' said Pat; "mesh a, sure I told your honor all bout thai long ago. We've roast, an' biled, an1 stowed, an' fried ; but if you want to i unow an me urns ami oius iv ine oumhoss, why hero's the hill and your honor may pick anil choose for the matter ivthat. Pat lugged out his hill of fare, which hail I been prepared for the occasion bv his betj tor half, and the contents of which he was , as utterly ignorant of as his guest, before he I had perused -tin 111. Fn fact it is a matter of speculation, whether tlie sum total cony at any period have been made out within a circuit of some miles?ho placed it how ever before his guest. "llosbif?" inquired the Frenchman, as liis eyes caught the first item. ' Thunder an' oun's !" thought l'at, "I'm dished now alligither iiitirely?ltoast hoof, your honor ! troth thin, I would recommend it.befease you see its long killed? 1 long enough," he added, mentally, "seeing as liow bad luck to the taste iv a dead cowstared me in the face since ould Moileen's leg hist Christ mast." "Veal !" rejoined Monsieur. ''Xnr thnl iwiitlwirnnlu ; ? - "v ? ,v ? ""V slink, your honor?slink, indeed" lie continned lo himself, "for its not dead yet." "Pigeons," enumerated the Fienchman, with the true nasal twang, annulling the fi nals. "Och sure that's not in it," eried Pat : j "what the dickens does lie mean at all, al all, wid his pushong." "Pigeoiis," reiterated the guest. "Oeli bother, your honor, huiis it's nol game your are making iv-ine ?" said Pat. . ' "Pigeons," rejoined tlio Frenchman, raising his tone. ?P... ??.? i.n|.un r it:< " ?_:...i TV.l -T j ?iiv. ..vwvj , a. if ? * v II, t'livu 1 ill, illter a vehement scratching of his carroty pate?"an'its myself that can shut your lionor to a fair?the pu^heens ! Faith its lucky I thought iv it?Lwhilleluh !" And ho made his exit in high glee with his successful interpretation. it happened that Upon this identical ' morning Pal's domestic cat had achieved her accouchment ;< the event of which had heen an increase to his family to the extent. of five fine-thriving comely kittens, or pusheens, as Pat would term them in his native parlance. One of those was , in accordance, as he imagined, with his rn'iest'a <li o ' ; O "* rcctions, brought to th& knafe, dismembered, fricasseed, nnd in propel time.c(uly served up for dinner. The dish^ proved sav oury ; Monsieur smacked liis lips,nnd on the ensuing day, a repetitioiuof the precious article was ordered^-on the next day an en core?on the next a de .capo ; arid so .op until, the sixth, when Pati "pusheens" were exhausted, he made his appearance before hi* guest with au unifsifaMy sombre cast b! visage. . i.T*; - r - i igeonft r said the frenchman. > "All gone jour honor,'' returned . Pat; . "anVjbe borrow one noore in the.pnrish for c .loveor.tnoney.barrin the onld caV, 't liait1fl been mousin here- these.y?ars come ' next Patrickma?." ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ Fi^ n c^ We cannot say precjscly whether or not j the stomach pump had been invented before ; j this period, and consequently . whether it j was put in requisition on this occasion ; | but it is certain, that sounds and symptons j would have eviuced that such an instrument had been used effocinallv upon the interior i j of Mousieu? Frencliman who had been lux- ! ! uiiatiu<r upon, and did not fail to recollect,! io tiiu last uny.ot Iiis life, L'hi Duiknn's Over-dreartfy Boya. - \Ye nrc tnnnt<?<] witli hoinS n rarte whoVe 1 ' r?M men dream no dream*, and whose youth set* no vision*. Englishmen in general will willingly plead guilty to sueli an aeeusation; and amongst the causes wliieh produce the lads on which it is founded, they may, we think, fairly rale very highly i the moral influence of our pul/lic school! j education. We do not In-lievc that any I i system was ever invented so real, so healthy, i I iiti'l xo Itnni mi Imlh to thr // >// / ?//</ I I ll dispels illusion?, calms the imagination, I ami sobers llu* whole moral atxl intellectual constitution as ell'ectually as it hardens the muscles anil braces the nerves. The wav it) which this is brought about is in a great majority of cases obvious enough. Hoys I too voting to have vitiated their minds with ' speculations about life, are suddenly thrown into the mi>M of a miniature of the real woildin which they are to live, reproducing very vigorously and exactly, and without anv artilic.ial disguise. the. nmtii'/ic I and the cotidiiet, the* good ami tlic evil, of the larger woiId outside. Tim entiro al>senee of any restraint or supervision, execpt. during the few hours actually passed at les- ! sons, is the best possible security ar/rtiiist t/uir J'uruiiuy illusions ahoul the life whieh i | lie? beyond their own observation. Hound ;i boy's horizon by tin; walls of his school as his play ground, protect him Jijj.ii list, his comrades, against his own idleness, supine11 ess, and extravagance, hy vigilant supervision and a routine discipline, turn his physical education into a task, and his imagination is sure to run riot upon everything froin which he is debarred, lie will invest. the fit /ifs and the streets which he may not visit, and passions which he is artificially prevented from indulging, \vjth a sort of ; fairy fun;/ coloring : an<] wImmi lie is acta- i ally admitted to thom?during thy cH\?r- j vescuiieu of mind and feeling which so <?fu n j mark the transition from boyhood to man- I ln?l ? lie will be suri>. in i*vi-i v alir<>>-ii<>n i<? I . see men as trees walking. It. is hardly pussible that an English public school boy j should fall into this kind of mistake; for lie has been brought into contact, from a very early ago, almost from childhood, with real men, real passions, and real things, situated nearly as they arc elsewhere, and acting J upon each other naturally, without the in- j n.-itrillion in iinv oiMiirinng loreos; iiri'J i when lie heals or speaks of ihom, his as<o- I ciatjoiis arc with realities, and not with mere : won Is in hooks .'1 Imitating Oonoukss.?They arc having spicy times in the Texas Logical lire.? The Austin Sentiin-1 gives the following | sample of l he proceedings : "Tlio !Ii>tlsi? lislil I to meet at l o'clock llie next morning, (ioing into the hull about sunrise on Wednesday we observed tlie people's servants to be iiyi state of admirable disorder. Some wore in their scats, others upon the floor, claiming the Speaker's attention, while the cry of older, order, order, was ringing throughout the spacious nparmcnt. Amid j the uproar and confusion the taciturn mem- I berPanola, who rarely ever speaks unless : he feels in the humor, which occurs ofiener than semi-occasionally, was striving with all his might, to make his shrill, piercing voice heard. Panola was denying the l ight of the Isle Flowers to be ho.l'rd, through her energetic member, John llenry, unless there was some motion before flic. I'cprosentntivos to justify discussion. In the midst of liis eloquence the speaker whs suddenly interrupted by amotion to adjourn when the following spicy dialogue ~ occut.> , red : "Member from Galveston^-"For' reason apparent to ail, 1 move an adjournment lo i o'clock this afternoon." ' "I'anolsi?"I would inquire of the ltono rahle members, to what apparent reasons he alludes." % ' ' V '* "(iaK'oston?"On account of the lamen^ ted dead and the aillicted falling around us." y "It is whispered that the night before, large of lager beer, in a retail way, were efi for led bv our German friend?, and that some j of the members acting upon the principle that ' "'Shallow draughts intoxicate the brnin, While draining deeply 'sobers us again ; , | hand indulged rather freely in Ifie flowing bowl; iieneoJohn Henry's facetious allusion to the "dead and those falling around him." The House, adopting th'P Sensible view Galveston merfit^rs, after n w^jje actually I adjourned until 3 o'edock in the -afternoon. A Puzzled. ? One of our Western farmers ..being vorv much annoyed last summer l>y his <b*esl sow breaking into his cornfield, search was In ' fit it?ted in vain f?r a hole in the tail fence. I Failing to find any, gn nt&rnp^ was noxl maofoto drive out tl?o animal hy tlio *same way she entered, but of coiuee without. success. The owner then a^tcsoWed 'to watch herx proceedings, and ^posting himself at ' *night in h fonee-co'rner, lire 'saw her enter at i one ent^ofa hollow log," outside tho field, . and emerge at tho other end. withinin. closurd.* "I have you'jio.w, old lady/J crietl 4ia. Accordingly he proceeded, arterfctui'(fJ ing her out oneq, more, so 46' place the^log ' (it being very .crooked What both ends openi ed on the outside of tne "field/ iTtiajfoett r day the animal wa# observed.to enter nther accustomed place, afid shortly, emerge^ again. . '--s"\v ,-0 . "Her "astonishment,".^*^# onr thformanfc "atjndiog J^eirseJfflt th^8im>,f?lftce whence 'she had Rlarted/i^ too lu4i?#pa;. todfceribti. Sho looked this way fi^on^d vi.^Hwniiainviiuii, Mnu? nmnyp rqiurnta to Tlt'c fricmla of Copt. U. M. S1ATTISON respectfully announce him as n candidate fur Tax Collector ut the next election. The friends of .1 AMlir> A. McCOUI) reaped- qj fully announce him ns n Cundidute for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of Dr. J. F. McCO.M 15 respectfully announce him ns a Cundidute for Tux <;ol1?jio.r at the next election. . j'v ?ten???? The Iri?yi.la of C. II. ALLIEN announce yr' him ns n Caiirdidate for Clerk of. the .Court^t Lil (lie, ensuing election. , . A1 V-T*- II. The frictuls of MATTHEW Po ALU respectfully nniiminc/ him n Candidate | '>r for re-election iia Clerk of the Court of Oen- | eral Sessions ami Common I'lea?, for Abbeville i jj, District, at the next, election. j Hi _ : Sil A few of the Lone Cane friends of W. (J. ' / ii NKI'.I., would respectfully nimonnei! Iiimnsu Candidate for Sheriff fit the next election. Tlie friends of JAMKS II. ('()1>|J respectful |/,j ly announce liim us a Candidate for Sheriff at (j0 the next election. ( ?^f"The friends of JOSlil'H T. MOORH re- ( .-!- ... IIIII > nilli<>lilK<' lillll il I II mill UU V I'll' OIlUTiM I . , * . , . 1>< sit the ensuing Olection. jl, 'flic frii-inls of T. 1?. MI KKR >H1> rc^poetfully ]>, announce liim a* 11 Candidate for Tax ('nllcctoi ^ of Alilicvillv District at. tin- next. election. ?3T *Tlie friends of OKOliflK W. K KM IKY W rosjicclfully announce liim a Candidate fi>r Jj' Sin-rill' of Ablicvillo District at llie next election. C2jT The friends <?f MATTHEW It. COCll- _ KAN respectfully announce liitn 11 candidate l| ! fur Sheriff of Abbeville District, at tlie next election. Cm W The numerous friends of Col. T. r U< >HKUTS respectfully announce him a Can- -J diilatc for Shcriir lit. l.he ensuing election. ' ' lu EST The friend* of I). W. IIAWTIIOliX re sportfully announce hint a candidate for Sheriff j | >, of Abbeville District, at the next, election. j lis MANY I'll!ENDS. ] \ Tliefrioii.ls of NIMIJOD Mc('Oltl) re- j (( npectfully announce liim as u Candidate for Sli'-riir al the ensiiintr election. ?;i 13?" The friend* of S. (J. W. 1>1LL respect- N fully nniiouncc liim jv Candidate for Sheriff, ni CI the next Election. Hi C3?" Tim friends of \V. W. C5RIFKIN respect- I fully announce liim u candidate for Slu-rijf at II the ensuing election. fMny 7, 18SS N "marshAIl7 lee & DeBRTJHL. i" rI"MlK undersigned have associated with them, _JL in the Practice of the Law, STEPHEN P< C. 1")kI$UI;1II,, Es?p All business entrusted to 1' their cure will ree.-iw prompt sittcnlioti. A I tV iO'l'l.' f> If: i;v/di r?iv jiiiuriiiAMi, \\\ A. l.l.K. I'l January 1'2, 1857. U7-tf (- ? SBLEIXG OIT. DRY OOOD^. ~ BliOOM & NOR HELL, AUGUSTA, GA., Will offer their tntire Hock of ;nu> BB8i ^sa^' GTJ ? 2??r?TBT???Ei5 I For the ivinaiinlc.f of tin; Season at very ' L O W r Ii ICES. .1: rpm:ni Slock id lartio itii'l well assorti'<l. JL ami offer r:ir? attractions to buyers.? 1 ' We ore now engaged in the enlargement. of our Sior?\ anil will have lo gi ve up a portion of it. to the workmen soon, an>l would like to reduce the Stock as low u.s possible before the ? move. All in want of CUEA1' DRY GOODS, ri Are respectfully invited to give us n cull. J .1 ne 10, 1857. 7 tf A ^DWARD^H^RITTON, t! (Lute Editor ithd Vronr'ftor of the Carolina N Times,) COLLECTING AGENT, COLUMBIA, S. C., OFFERS bis services to the public ns a Collector and general business Agent. lie will receive for collection Notes or Accounts tor any suction of the State, at the usual commissions, Office over tlie Carolina Times Printing of- "t fiee, Columbia. S. C.~ J References will be given if required. 28 Hoiimc ISciilriing'. r|^IIIC undersigned is now |>i'i-pare?l to do nil ^ JL work entrusted to his rare, in ihe Jiuild ing Line; to Ilrnw Plans and tfreet nil descrip- " tions of Buildings, from a onc-story -house to a Court House. ; Having received instructhiBR from the host Architect*,) n the Union, lie lhitters himself that he can have work done in a style equal to and as cheap as can 1ft- <it>ixe in Now York. "Rr^krknci?.?King it Kcllmn, Architects, Brooklyn, New York ; Win. Gainer, Architect, of New York City ; I'wrhyinnn ?fc Waller, New I Market ; Div Jolin 1'. Uarrntt, JJarrnltsville. ! HENRY .IONKS. 1 Greenwood, Oct. 10, ISoti. 2IMy V C NOTICE. JOHN WINOEY, Esq., will be happy to j ,, attend to . ^ j OVER HAULING OF ENGINES or Mill Work*,.1 in the "\rit:inity of Abbeville mid the surrounding country. Applicants will please apply to John En? right, Abbeville, or Win. Lebbv, Charleston, r ?. C. j JOHN" W1NCKY. Oct. ill. 1S5P,-- ** on -V-.J. - ft ? ? I. Rriclf masonry mid IMastoriiiK, r|"MIE undersigned having fdfcned a Co-part- 55 JL nt-rship In the above business, are pivpar- j? I to "do all work efitrKoted to them in the heaj nnd most substantial iifunner.- Having ft long practical experience in the business, theyflatter themselvs that thev can please the most fastid- . | ious. All work will he Warranted/-' " u- JOHN COUMBE, ? A. J. WOODIIURST. 1 Rkfeiiknoe.?II. A. Joifea^J. A. CalJioun and Dr. J. \V.f Hearst, of Abbeville. , Abbeville C. II. Oct.* 10, I860. f" 23-ly 11 V Removal. * % ' TIE Subscriber had : mnovec] from ^is old-] . stfinu t? r.n right <u Starr s- Gin Factory, ? and returns his thanks. for R**t favors,' and so- ^ lict.is n share of public 'paif'bnatfO in ills line ^c of business.. " , , V' \" w :?Hd will inrtlce Pflnnel Doors; Sneh, Blind#, I' ^ ^ ^ 11 1 ^ ? ^ ^ne 9 ^ - ________ . . ?CIIB.?iJXE t ' GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA I i and after 23d i^^inber, 1857^. s T*U . | Am" E T.eav?'|j >TA'IIONS, n [A. af.fl MIMMMIl. . ^ . 7.;{U Out a Mill, r 7.56 8.00 * l -tletorl, 8.32 8.".5 It.lO i?. 15 , Tu* 'l.'iS 9.30 ""' in. ii.3S 11.40 , (isponly, 10.12 10.15 , ifl?Us T. 0., Ki.27 10.27 twl.eiry, 1(l ;i8 ,? iI5 ,'en"> 1(?.5') lo.58 illon'n Tank, 11.08 u>10 vcr Street, 11.20 11.23 ' iZ"i??s, 11.15 11.17 "i"''": 12.00 12.0:1 "uty,S,f- . 12.50 13.45 w Market, Lor, i.o7 11? I', ' *' ? i.fio i.r,o kcsliin-v, 2.07 2.12 ) Cokt-sbiiry, 2.12 ?; ) Abbeville, 2.57 iruiorc's, 2 M1' iniiaM's, 2.13 2.-lo " I'mtli. ?.or? 3.08 1 Mile T. U., 3.25 3.25 S.a8 3.I5 ? I IHIIon, a.15 ? J Amli-reon, -1.10 illiainston, -1.07 4.10 iliK'ii <II'ovc, -1.07 -1. lo uuiivillc, .0.15 10.05 n 23 ? D iw A li Ait. lI.oav.-2 STATIONS. U J A. M.'J " onvillc, 5.hi) >l?l?ii CSrovc, .r).:i0 5.32 illinmston, 0.1U ?>.l:{ -i; 1 Aiulcrdiiii, 5.50 e j|~ Helton, C.:?7 itni. i' ' ko I Mi e !.(>., 7..m; 7.<i<; I ntli, 7.-7 7.KU M.n.il.l 7..VI 7..VJ irinniv8.04 8>oc ? J Alibcvillo, >- yg ) Cokosbuty, {<.'22 ikesliiirv, 8.2-> 8 30 Mile TO., 8.45 J io.iixvo.M], 8.-7 iiw Markcl, O.o1) ?) ]*> ' "'tySix, 0X2 "pciU 10.13 10.15 un?iinn s, 1o.,s Ivor St,oof. 10..V2 in..VI nitons lank, 11.05 11.10 i'":!;..,. 11 - "? - .r^. . , , 1 J . ?O I I. nlFcttV "T. O., ) I .-IS 11. IS ro.-jioriiy, ll.o.'i 11.57 I'. Af. jinnrin, 1*2.25 12. '28 ope's, " 12.40 12.42 l?ton, 12.5(5 l.ou ittk'tpn, 1.85 1.37 o.-l's Mill, 2-Oi) 2.0'.) i>ltiinl>ia, 2.30 KUOM ATUWVILLK TO WASHINGTON. Vl-'Ot'U llOltSK. .<n'AOF, leaves Alllilv VII.LK on Monday, Wednesday ami ridnv at (i o'clock, A. M. Leaves Washington, <?n., on Tuesday, Tliursiy and ?S':it unlay morning*. A 1 >aily Train leaves Washington at Gi o'clock , M., for Atlanta and Aiiifiistn. oi'FicK m t in: POST omuic. .U ill V \f..lll> V11P .? Abbeville C. II., April 1857. 48 ly ]>lSSOLliT(Oi\. I^HK lute I.hw Firm of MoGOWF.X <t PKRI. KIN is Dissolved by mutual consent.? II business commenced up to this date will be mdiietcd and finished by us together under le mime of the ohl Firm, as if no Dissolution id t liken liiaee. S. MuOOWF.N'. J AS. iM. 1'ERRIX. January 1, 1S.V7. 85.tf TO THE LADIES. More New Mantillas J CHAMBERS & MARSHALL rX AVE received this week direct from New L_L York, a beautiful ussortinent of BLACK CIIANTKLLY LACE. lack Silk niul l>!ack Moire Antique Iinudmicly Trimmed White <L Colored 'tec ja w jwk. s%s No. 1 Granite 'Kniuji?. Abbeville C. II., S. C., April 17 [60tf BYTHEWOOD & nnWAlff GENERAL 'COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 204 Exchange liow, COLUMBIA, S. C\, [7<JIt the Siil.? of REAL ESTATE, NEGROES, L1 nlso COTTON, WHEAT, BACON", Li.nl, fhiakfV, Sugar, ColFco, Mo!nsse*,?Flour, Butter, i,.,... d-^j ? ? win, IIIIJ itiivi i iiiiium generally* Strii-t personal attention pai<l to the aale <>f ny of the: nbovc?liberal advances made'and rompt. rot urns: Iatiikw \V. I>vtiii:\vooi>, James if. Cowan. Aug. 10, 1857 17 tf Iflorc Rooks aiid ^Brii^! Subscribers have just'received their 1 Stock of Medicincs, Books nnd Fancy rticles, and are prcpflred to sell at short rofits. ' . 'i.Wu nre Apont.s for tlio enlc of a series of TANDAUl) WOKKS, now in tlie oourso of ublicAtion, l?v tly; Applctojis of New York.? ' >inong these are included. The Debates in Congress from 1789 VW 1856# Benton's Thirty years' View. Morses General Atlas of the WorlJ, from the itoat authorities, to 1850. Cyclopedia oP American Eloquendu, x^.th ort raits. '' The New Am^rjoan Cyclopedia. . Tho.Cyclopedia of Wit arid Humor, Edited y Witf. $. burton., .: Specimen OHpies of tho above works may his.' >e"n at our Store, I together. with irfapy Qther ow and elegant Qookg. ; ^ Wo nfe also agents for the sale of'Grover's .Kak^jtSTCWINO MArHrNR .n?tU?U??J > be tfia iSet now in utai[ add- liable;; > get,bnt of:or<Jar, T^ji*Machin^-ylH. ^e, arrfluted>nd eojShere ft JTqw .Yyrfc .pride?.-. ri<icB varying frc^m fJOOto .$125.../ i ': .BHAKCE # ALZRlt.' sw8,,; To llic Public. rllK Undersigned JtifVingsold (lie Ainerieli&S^W Hotel to Q. C.' CUNN1N(ill AM <fc CCftfiajSZ , ,?kc this occasion to return our thnnks to the >ublic generally for the liberal patronage be- . (towed upon us and would solicit the same for its-prescut, Proprietors. Kespec't fully, W o. h. i'. scott & co. . llaiuburg, Slay 30, 1857. )' AM1RICAN HOTEL, HAMBURG, S. C. *< ' ,s I'M 11! Subscribers take this opportunity ofinforming their friends and the public ge?? erally that, they have bought the above llOTKl., and are having it retitted in the nest possible style for their reeeplion. We Hatter our selves Hint ever}* necessary arrangement,ha# lieen made tw promote tlie comfort of nil wh<r favor us with their company. (Mir ItOOMSare air}- and comfortably furnished ; SKItVAN'W u I ten live and ohediant. And our TABLE will he constantly supplied with tlic beat the season affords. Our friends may,therefore rest satis' tied that every exertion will he cheerfully rendered to make their sojourn pleasant mid agree*- *> a hie. There will be in attendance a GOOD OSTLlilC and Horses left in charge will receive particular" attention. I3T 1 Vrsonsarriving nt this House may feel' assured that their hiiggage will he promptly sent. frie of'churtjr, to the Carolina or to either' ^ of the Georgia Depots. ) We solicit a share of the patronage of thoso* visiting our town. "r G. r. CUNNINGHAM, MARY S. CUNNINGHAM", Dcccnilicr 11,1857. :J2 ' ts To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers. I N ANNOUNCING tin; THIRTEENTH Antutitl Volume nf tin? SOIKNTIKIC AMERICAN, llio I'uhlishers respectfully inform the * puhlie I lint, in onivr to iuereaso ami stimulate the formation of elulj*. they propose to offer OnTti'iumtml Fiur J/umlffil DoUnfx in Citxh I'miiiiinii for the fifteen largest lists of subserihi-is sent in by the 1st of .lauuar}', 185-S ; suiil premiums to be ?Iistrihute<l us follows:? ... * For ihe largest list, ; 2<1, $250 ; ft?l, *200 ; nil, $ir?i> ; 5th. ?100; tilh, ?'.'0; 7th, iiin uil. An"i. oil. i-i!..- ?*.. - i?.t V" * ?/ , i?* i?% ; i mi ' ?10; 12th, ?:$j ; lath, ??o"; 10th,$25; 15tli, ?2<>. Names of subscribers can li<< sent in at differt-nt. limes ami from different Post Oflices. The cash will be paid to the orders of the sneeessfnl competitors, immediately after the 1st of January 1858. Southern, Western, an?l Canada money will he taken for subscriptions. Canadian subscribers will please to remit Twenty-six eents <v/ra on each years' subscription to pre-pay pos tatrej Ji-rniK of Sitbscri/itioti.?Two Dollars a Year, or "lie Dollar for Six Months. I'.hth a<ilis,?l ivo Co|>ios, fur Six Month?, $ ( ; Five Copies for Twelve Mouths, A8 ; Ten Copies, for Six Months, As ; Tell Copies for Twelve Months, 1.1 ; Twenty Copies, for * Twelve Months, ?:28. For nl 1 Clubs of Twenty and over, the yenr.1} Mil*eription is only $1.40. The new volume will bo printed upon fine r ; paper with new lype. f: *".. The general character of tho SciKNTtKtc ' AMKitiCAN is well known. nn<l as heretofore, it will lie ehielly devoted lo promulgation of in- " formation relating to the various Mechanical and C/ii'iiiiatl Art*, Man iif'ticln res, Aprivdhtrr, Patents, fitniifioiix. J'Jiiyiiuxrhrif, Mill H'?>rA", and all interests which the light- of Practical . Science is calculated lo advance. It is issued weekly, in form for binding ; it contains niltlliallv frolll f?(M) to Otlfl tiiiflv cvuMitoil l-'iim-nv. - ings, nn>) Notices of American and European Improvements, toirether with an Official List of American Patent Claims published weekly in advance of all oilier papers. It is t lie aim of I lie K?jji?rs of the Scientific A.mkkicax to present all subjects discussed in its columns in a practical and popular form. The}' will also <>ml<;avor to maintain a candid fearlessness in com I uitim; am) exposing false theories and practices it: Scientific and Meclianieal matters, and thus preserve the character of the Scikntii u: Amkuioan as a reliable Kneyclopie.lin of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. C3?"*. Specimen copies will Le sent grutis to any part of the country. MUNX <t C<>., Publishers and Patent Agents, j.\u. i:s ruiidii streel, Jew V ork. Tlac State of Soutli_ Carolina, Abbeville District.?In (iid^.'onmnhi Pleai. William Wilson, \ vs. > Foreign Attnehment. .Tas. A. Liddell. ) Thomson <fc Foil* Attorneys. .... r Whereas t lie Plaint ill'did, on the eleventh lay of April, eighteen -hundred and fifty seven, file his declaration against the Defendant, wlu?, it is said, is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known wittih the same, upon whom u eopy of the said declnratiou ,r mii^ht he served? .j It. is therefore ordered, that tltc said Defendant do anneal' nnd tilend to llir>?ni<l dni'Tn. ration, on or licforc the twelfth day of April, eighteen hundred mid fifty-eight, otherwise , filial ami ohsolute judgement will then begiven and awarded nirninyt him. MATI'III0W McDOXALD, c. c. v. Clerk's Cilice, April 11, 1857 61?ly . Tlie Slate of' SoutJa Carolina,. A BliKV1LLE DISTRICT,\ OjJfcc Court of Common Pictts mid Gcn'l Stations. j i James T. Brukin, ) Attachment, 1 James A* Liddle, \ Bnskm- 1Ttft"8 Attorney, it, 1IEREAS the IMaiiitifl* did, on the eigli V T teentli day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-six; file his declaration against > , the Defendant, who, (it is said.) is absent from ' and without the limits of this Slate and I'us neither wife nor attorney known within tli*> - i; * sam?, u[>bii wlioiii a copy of said; declaration . might l,o served: It is therefore ordered, '-v. that the said Defendant do appear and plea?l? to the said declaration, on or before the nine<v.:~ tuentli-dny of October, eighteen hun'tlrcd . fifty-seven,-otherwise finnl and absolute judg-.\ x meat will then be givey end awarded agaiust. ,;;/ linn. . MATTHEW MoDOXALD, C,. C. P. i ^.Clerk's Office, Oct. 18, 1850 26-1y . , > * ^ ^ SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville district.?-in* okdinarv. 'l6a?o Carlisle, A'pp't. ~l "d Partitoh '. ' ?*** vs. H In the matter of thfr ./C* Win. Carlisle, Agncss >Rear. Estate of' Janic^.'' Ketuiecly. et. nl , I " \ Carlitio dee'd. v .^fpeft9.. . J " IT .appearing to my satisfaction that tliecliil- . n Hr&dremof- Jcftncs Carlisle, n'nmes not known th? ^children of 'Sarn'V Carlisle', names not. , known ; tlio.children of Martha Nowall, nnmes^ not known ; tlio.children of-.Margaret Shfcfcl.e-c ford, names not known ; and the children. ot;'fl^ Francis Carlisle, names'not known, heirs nntfc' distributees of James' Carlisle, decVl, 'reside . yoiul the limitijof this; EjHate.-jh-H 'is. thercforo^fct,* ordered that they do appear,'and'object to the tele of ,the Real E?toto of the