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Rev. John Nowland Maffit. g Tbe following nrticlu in regard to tlio t Grent Pulpit Orator we clip from tlic Mo- t bile Register: t For twenty-fire years?years fruitful in 1] adventures, vicissitudes, and glory?the n celebrated man whoso name heads this ar- |; tide was tho Wliitfiold of tho American a pulpit. From the Penobscot to tho Color ado, from Galena, to iho pillars of tho Capi- ji toJr the fanw and the victories of tho orator i, osciir?(erf like the Indian Ocean, the ebb o ?nd flow of which resemble most tho time when Wesley preached in tho Baby Ions of p England. Scarcely in the Papal City did a one man exercmo u moro potent itifrioncu than, in his mad career, did John Newland o Maffit. Wherever he went, whether in tho ii crowded metropolis or tho hushed wilder- (| ne&s?whether the religious atmosphere was tl Hot or cold it wns olio frtnlinnnrl almost miraculous triumph. Friendship g was converted into .1 feeling akin to adorn- ji tion, and enemies were metamorphosed in- j* to friend*. n lie had but one hobby?it was that of n the crow, and, as if the vision of constan- j? rine was ever before his eyes, the preacher Held in tho heaven of his soul tho august 0 and hallowed emblem. Like tho Roman ? Emperor, he behold inscribed upon il, in C letters of ineflfablo boaty : "In this Icon w q'JOr." o Men recognized him every wbero a man a find in that man tho inspiration of an apos- n Ho.?Hfl fliwomrilivlmrl ???- I r 1 - """6 11 tion, kindred, tongue and people." It is n idle to say that n radically corrupt being, a v cheat and hypocrit, a knave clothed in sa cerdotal habiliments could havo met with o such unbroken triumphs tho moment hi* f; foot touched tho portico of tho church, h Feailties ho unquestionably had, but who n had greater temptations laid to ensnare and C entrap him ? Calumny roso up like a mountain in his path?people of infinite turpitude ?enemies a thousand fold more venomous than vipers, hissed with poisonous and fork?sd fangs, but ho trod upon and trampled || them down, and stood a6 erect nnd complacent asevor! Burreyer thundered down a the murmurs around the French Tribune? ' this man, rebuked, withered, excoriated? 6 v but it was in the language of the Sermon ,] on the Mount, when the Divine Nnzarcne a checked the insolenco of the Scribcs and o Phaisees! w At length far away in the land of Bien- ^ villc, hunted down, with faded reputation stricken and ill, but with unblanobing spirit h and uoabated fire, tho orator of a quarter of acontury lay down to die ! The malaria of c death was in bis nostrils and the last inevi- v table hour had come. Would he swing n loose without a hope of immortality! v Would he dash head-long into the vast C ocean of eternity, when the bosom of the 0 great deep was swelling, distroting, burst- , ing in the agon}* of ther.torm? Oi would y lie leave tho world with that tranauil chir- i airy which always characterizes the Chris- '' tian worshipper? Silence T Genins is upon n the rock 1 ' With his dying breath he declared him- Ii self a calumniated man. Thou slanderer 1 think of that! He said that during his ' pastoral life he had been guilty of many frivolous, hut no criminal acts?forgave his c enomies, expressed an unalterable trust in i the Maker of the Stars and did not doubt F but that all would be well. Thus passed away John Newland Maffit; j and if the reader will visit Touhuinville, from \ whence can be seen the spires of Mobile, in i ?n . ' .... ?< v ? ?? iu-iir.il. iiiim^uii vuiage, ? His eyes will rest upon the spot where lies j the most splendid Public Oator likely to f be seen in half a centnry to come! The c star which arose in the East over the bright c waters of the deep and silent Shannon, caluminated in the American Heavens, and J went down in the West. x Upon a post-mortem examination, the c left wall of the heart was found to bo \Vorn 1 to the consisteuce of thin paper. The phy- v aician, skilled in the subtleties of his art, C . !1 would give the condition of the heart a t term known in medical science, but we have t a much less technical name for a disaster <J like this, happening under the circumstances f 60 the great central organ of life. Sensitive feelings in a delica'o organization, long p and Doweifullv v ?" ?w"65""S against slander and vituperation, which, B creating emotions of anguish almost unut- a terablo, and Bonding tho crimson tide with |( teething violenco along, might break the n Heart nVid ' loosen the silver cord." ? With a few word* about Mr. MaflU's v powdr of oratory, and we have done. He u was pre-eminantly an orator. It was "ac- v ion, action, action !" that made him "vital | fn every part," in the pulpit. Ho has been * accused of theatrical gesture, tone and altitsude. Granted. WIipta u?o J<"' ? r ~ "v ,wv#a ,v#* f accomplishment., fnultcse cattitude, a'gesii- ? ulation and pleasing vocal inflexions, but I to the actor ami the theatre ? 1 One may be eloquent, but yet no orator. ^ Dorooatbeneac, Chatham and Patrick Ilenry S were orators, and Maffit modeled after the p Masters. Ifa apoke of the inspiration of li Isaiah; and all emotions, all the passions l' were painted before the eye, as upon the ? inleuBifletl canvass. (j He had not, like B.ncomh, a world-wido g range of thought?a power like that of old it ^..1. .1- - ? to ?>uum ttuu nircw mountains at mo gous? " norbad'he a roica like higi, deep, sonorous ? ci'l and uprising as a Handel arrtliorx>, rolling iU B| oigan tbunder ^ r> ^uiro'the long-drawn A??1eand fretted vault" in untill be reached tlie^subliraity of oloquence, u bWBWF the flssemblod nudicnce tbe^KValbiug, palpitating rnossenger, sent tbUber as " ? "The wrath, tbe delegated roiee of God." flr less terrible and Jess powerful tban tbis H , _ ? ;ifud divine, Mr. M.-iflit was, beyond conroversy, a more elegant and finished elocuionist?tho most poetically gifted of tlio wain. We do not say that MafQt did not iave power; his wonderful 6way over the nind of men-?innumerable captives which ie hound to tlio victorious chariot of Christinity?preclude nuch a conclusion. Rapid, yet distinct in articulation; sui'.ng the wor?l to the action and the action o tho word : at 0110 moment, by a liquidity f vocal intonation sweet as the music of n mnmer serenade, he softened down the ascritics of human nature, subdued the heait, nd melted it into tenderness. Thero wns no bestriding the White Horse f tho Apocalypse to rido Alexander?like ito the mysteries, crudities and inexplicable ootrines of theological lure ; the orator setled in the conviction that the auditory took pon triHt the validity of the Bible and tlu* rand principles of immortality illuminatlg its page*, plunged at once into the sub :ct. lie played upon the passions like a ecroin.inccr, and over turned, by the vchclenco and vigor of his eloquence, the preidices which other men could not control. t_ .1 i*....? ?i? iii iiiu nui'i-nine, wnen mi; potential wanci f prejudice shall-be broken ?the after time rhich never fails to consecrate?for, ns Jarlyle says, "Men crucify their gods and orship them afterwards!"?The historian f the Church will pause to think how one, Iternately caressed like Whitfield and deouticcd like Mirabeau, gained so wonderil an ascendancy ov*?r some of the first in llecta of his age, and dragged thousands >ith him to the Alter and the Baptism! The response is easy. It is the triumph f Genius?Genius, notwithstanding the mils and iho frailties which are ever its eritage ; still genius illuminated and di. cted by tho principles and behests of 'hristianity. Tho Philosophy of Pain. Sir Humphrey Davy, when n bov, with in defiant constancy of youth which had s yet suffered nothing, held the opinion liat pain was no evil. lie was refuted by crab who bit his toe when he was bathing, nd made him roar loud enough to be heard alf a mile oil. If he had maintained, inlead, that pain was a good, his doctrine rould Ijhvo been unimpeachable. Unless he whole constitution of the world were Itered, our very existence depends upon ur sensibility to Mi tiering. An anecdote, hich is ouotcd by Dr. Carpenter in his Principles of Human Physiology," from io "Journal of n Naturalist," shows ihe fa d effect* of a temporary suspension oflliis iw of our nature. A <1 rover went to sleep on a winter's vening upon the platform of a lime-kiln, 'ith one leg resting upon the stones which been piled up to hum through t blight. That which was gentle warmth then he lay down, herntue a consuming re before he rose up. llis foot was burnt IT above the ancle, and when, roused in ho morning by the man who superintended he lime-kiln, he put his stump, unconscious f his misfortune to the ground, the extremi y crumbled into fragments. Whether lie >:?d been lulled into torpor by the carbonic citi driven off from the lime-stone, or whutvcr else may have been tlit? cause of bis insensibility, he felt no pain, and through lis very exemption form this lot of humaniy, expired a fortuight afterwards in Bristol lospital. Without the warning voice of pain, life vould be a series of similar disasters. Tim irab, to the lasting detriment of chemistry, night have eaten off the future Sir Hum)hrcy,6 font while he was swimming, with>ut his entertaining the slightest suspicion if the ravages which were g<">ing on. IIad uj survived the injuries from the crab, he unnl.l ?..i I \ .1 >WUM> jll UCLJI l.ui liu III Hit' Ilium 1111^ if his famous career, if when experimenting lpon lh? gasses, the terrible oppression at lis chest had not warned him to cea?e inlaling tlie carburetted hydrogen, nor, after i long struggle for life, would he have resovered to say to his alarmed assistant, "I lo not think I shall die." Without physical pain, infancy would he naimed or perish, before experince could inorm it of its dangers Lord Kaimes iuU, 'ised parents to cut tlie finders of their ihildren "cunningly"" with a knifo, that the itile innocents might associate suffering rilh the glittering blade before they could |o themselves a worse injury ; but if no smart rcoinpanied the wound, they would cut up heir own fingers with the same glee that hey cut a stick, and burn them in a canlie with the same delight that they burn a* liece of paper in the fire. Wiihout pain. r? culli*i ma proportion our actions to the trength of our frame, or our exertions to its lowers of endurance. In the impetuosity of youth wo should trike Mows that would cru>h our hands, nd break our arms ; we should take leaps lint would dislocate our limbs; and no jnger taught by fatigue that the muscles eeded repo.se, wo should continue our ports and our walking tours till we had torn out the living tissue with the same ueor.sciousnesH that we now wear mil. our oats and oiir shoes. The very nutriment irbich in the support of life would frequcuty prove our death. Mirabeau said of a man vho was as idle as ho was corpulent, tlint lis only use was to 6how how far the skin ?ould stretch without bursting. Without >ain?this limit would be constantly exceeded, nd epicures, experiencing no uneasy sensuions, would continue their festivities until hey met with the fate of the frog in the nbte, who was ambitious of emulating the izo of the ox. Sir Charles BeH mentions the case of a atient who had lost tho sense of beat in is right hand and who unconscious that lie cover ofn pan which had fallen ii. the re was burning hot took it out and deliber- . tely returned: it to its proper place, to the extraction of the skin of the palm and finer#. This of itsvlf would be an accidcnt of n-vmiuii occurrence, if me monitor were 'Anting which makes us drop such mn* i irials more hastily than we piclc tf\gm op. | 'din k? the grand preserver of existence, the eepj^ss sentinel that watches Over our safe r, and makes us both start away from the'' 1 jury that is present, and givard' against it I irefully it> tTie time to come. , Jjondon Quarterly Review. *Gan you tell me, Billy, how it is,* chart ' shier always keejis his feathers *o * *r>k 1 id smooth f" "No." Will, I'll tel. J i. 1 o always carries his comb with him." 1 The Red Petticoat. A SUGGESTION. Yunkcc Doodle hn* they say, A tact for imitatiou ; See how eagerly ho takes To foreign iunovutiou. We niako a wonderful ado About our independence, Atid yet at foreign shrines of taste We dance a strict attention. A Ragrnn overcoat we wear? no lolly could lie bigger? A phirt upon a pole would cut About as neat a figure I Eugenie hoop, the imperial form, Tlie Yankee ladies follow And nn immensity of spread They whip the Empress hollow ? The lntest novelty that comes Was horn arrow the channel ; The littlo Queen, to pleaac the Scot*, Has kilted in red tlaniicl ! And presto 1 to our haonv phors The wondrous tiding* passea ; And Broadway'' pave is checkered o'er Within bonnie Ilieland lapses. Once in n way why can't we have A truly Yankee notion f Not such profound allegiance pny To fashion 'cross the ocean ? What could be finer now than thin, (And mark ye too how dashing ?) A petticoat red, white and blue, With ailvcr stars all Hashing ! Then Imng the Yankee colors out, (And rfcc'.tish skirts, confound 'em !) uur gins shall take the tv.>r;a t>y storm. With tlio btars and etripes around 'em. Epigrammatic. Mariued.? In cmintv, bv Rev. , Cii|?t. Giavos to Miss Nancy Graves. The grave, 'lis said, will yield it# deii'l, Wlien the 1 list trumpef shnkes the ikies, But if God pleaw, from Graves like these A dozen living folks tn:iy rise. On tlio 18ili, Mr. Goo. Bonn to Miss Sarah E. Greenfield. If fatcahall to th.-ir wishes yield, And fate to true love Iran*, Tim? may bestow on thiis Greenfield, A lovely crop of Beans. In Ei ie, , Mr. Henry Wiser to Miss Lucretia liend. Wisely did Henry Wiser wod. In Erie town, Luc ret in Head, 'Tia Imped thai ho may highly prize her, For tlio' sho'-s lost her head, bhe'a Wiser. First Love. "Am I your only mul first love!" asked ;i bl ight eyed girl as she reclined her classic,-illy moulded brow upon tho shoulder of her lover. "No, Leila, you arc not niv only, nor my first ; I have loved another. Long year* before I saw you I loved another?and I iove that other still." "Love that other still, and better than me ! Paul, why do you tell me that asked .she, raising her dark blue eyes and gazing stead lastly into those of her lover, halt'in astonishment, halt'in sorrow, while her jeweled lingers tightened convulsively upon his arm. "You asked me, Leila, and I answered witb truth and sineet ity ; you would not have me deceive you, would you ?" "You love her still, then V' ' I love Iter still." u Anil hpl!/'r limn vmi <1a me% I'1 '"Not better, but as well." "And will love her still ?" ' Until death, and even beyond death, over her last refiling placo will I strew spring's earliest (lowers, and bedew the sacred spot with the purest tenia that love ever shed." "Handsomer than I, is she not ?" "Her eyes are as black as night, and her hair in glossy blaekness oulvies the wing of ihc raven. She hasn't your sweet blue eyes nor your 6ol'i brown hair ! yet, Oh j Leila, lier eyes have been tbo sweetest eyes, to me, that ever looked the look of eternal love." "Paul, why do you wish to break my heart ! Why havo you taught, me to love you so wildly and blindly, and then in the iniilfct fif mv linmiinnc* lull m? lliul 11... ...J , - v.... V .O .III impassable barrier between us ? This night Paul, we must part forever ? I would not have believed this, had another told me !" and her eyes grew dim with tears. "Be not too rash, Leila ; bear me to the end ; you love mo too dearly to part with mo tlius ! TIjink you that you could not share my heart with one that I bo dearly love ?" ' Never, Paul, never !" "You shall, Leila, and must ! Listen for a moment, while I tell you of my first love, and I am sure you will be willing to share with her then." 'I will listen, Paul, but will not share your love ; I must have all or none ; I ain selfish in that respect, and who tbat loves ns I do, is not ? I'orget me, Paul, or forget l.?.r 1" "Vl ,WI*',V1 ' t "Forget her, Leila ! Never ! I would not lose one jot of bcr pure affection for the fairebt face that ever bloomed; no, not for the girdle of Venus or the love of a 6econd Helen 1" 'Then Paul, you are lost to me forever; we must part. Fatewel) to our every dream of a brighter future. I love you too well, and am too proud to share your love with Kught crcated. Oh ! Paul, you have wronged mc deeply and ber exquisitely chiselled I IDS curled with inrlicrnurti - w,,w,,# "Stop, Leila, or you will deeply wrong me also. I mel this loved one, as I said before, long year# ago, in one of the sweetcat and sunniest vales of our broad Illinois ; wandered #Ub her, hand in hand, Tor years, beside l|ie sparkling waters of rby childhood's ho rite. First by her smile of exquisite sweetness, she taught my. heart that the. loved rue with unutterable fondness ; irul n?V?l>lMvdl dftiiKlfcl mo tm?? !" ' ?" jas ever been steadfast nod fe?rfett; never ] )M her eye looked coldly upon me, nod ! ,. . ... _ .... . . '* -r never will it, till the breath an<r<d shall dim them for the long sleep. Oft in the 1 still horns of night have I been awakened, as if by tlie sloop "oil's wing, ami beheld that face, those eyes gazing upon me with nil the beatific tenderness of a guardian nngel over a repenting prodigal ; and h kiss would fall upon my blow more soothing than the dows of heaven. The same gentle hand hasted mo along life's flowery way, and beside its unruffled \vallMS ! mwl !* lU'lil- IIM' ? ?? ** ?-? .1 * ,%. '!.? a deed of wrong or my heart steeled to conceive it, that genilo ministory voire ciunu whispering in my car, and stayed the one midway and drew the iron from the other. ? And I do rcmemher, in my manhood's rip?rr veins, when deep sorrow fell upon n?v soul, and I would tain have, drank oblivion from the wine cup's fiery hrim, h ii ssniiv: d irk eyed woman came, and hade ino, in the name of (5od, to shun the fatal snare; and. twining her arms around my neck, while her eyes beamed with -i? i --i 'V?V n \IV?. Ji 11 ir?|/?l ?l l ?? ' 11, nuc pV'WlVVI vn upon the troubled waters ; told me of |,nivr hopes nnd higher aims, and iti inv oar \v!ia g.ilen wold thai has owlivol all sorrow. "Leila, would you know tho name of my first love ? 'Ti< my Mother." "Oil, Paul, I'll forgive you,nnd will share your love ; indeed 1 will." "I knew you would, Leila. Second love i* as dear as tlie first."?Wavcrly Magazine. Milton's Pkayek.? H-?w applieah'o lo till*, present time is this n?'hle outburst of praver from the great poet of our Engii-h tongue ! 11 is well wortliy of general adoption; "Coir.p, thou that ha?-t tlie seven stars in thy right hand; appoint thy elioson priests to minister before thee. Thoii hast sent out the spirit of prayer into all the earth, and stirred np their vows, as the sound ??f many water* sihont thy throne. Surely eveiv one can sav that thou ha^t visited i|>iv land. 0 perfect and accomoM-h thv edori ous work! Men may leave their wotk nnfini-hed, hut thou art a God; Ii 13* natiuv perfection. The times ami the seasons pass along under tliv feel ; they romti and g<> at thv bidding. And since lliou did'.-l die nifv our fathers' days with many revelation* above all the proceeding ag^s, so thou e:;t:s't vouchsafe to lis a large portion tliv Spiiit.as thou p!ea?est. F01 who shall ptvjwl.ee thv all-governing will? And, since, the power of thv grace i* not passed "ay, as and faithless men imagine, hut thy kingdom is now at hand, and li:oii standing at the door, mine forth out of 1I1}' royal chambers, thou Prince of all the kings of the. earth! Put. on the visible robes of thy imperial urij'-My ! ? I.ike up ih-it unlimited so-ptro which thy Almiuhly Father lias In-qtmaihed thee; for tin* voice<?t thy bnde calls thee, anil, ail Nature sighs to he renewed/' o- ? Toothache.?"My dear friend." said II , "I can euro your toothache iu ten minutes." "IIow? IIow ?" Inquired. "Do il in pity." "Instantly," said lie. "Have you any alum." "Yen." '-Iiiing it with some common salt." They were produced. My friend pulverized them, and mixed them in equal quantities, then wet a small piece of cotton, ^!ttlsin/Y ill.. n.iv,-.l - ? ...11. .. ? .1 I v..v> MMA< <i up iiuunc*, ami placed ii in my hollow tooth. "There," said lie, "if that d'ics not cure yri!, 1 will foifeit in v head. You in ay tell this to every one,and |>uMi.-l: it every where. The remedy is infallible." It was its In* predicted. On the intro- j duction of the mixed alum and salt, I experi- I eneed a pensatiou of coldness, which gradii: ally suicided, and with it the alum and salt. It <-ur?'d the torments of the toothache.?Exchange. ^ I A CuniouR W av To Gkt Rested.?It is [a custom in Berwickshire, England, amontr workers in the fluid, wlion their backs Ik?coino much tired l>v bowing low down, while sing'ing turnips with shi?rt shanked hoes, to li? down upon their faces to theground, allowing others to st<p across the lower pan of their backs on the lumbar region, with one fuot several times, until the pain of fatigue is removed. Burton, in his "First Footsteps in East Africa," narrates a very similar custom of females who lead the camels, on feeling fatigued, and who "lie at full length, prone, stand upon each other's back, trampling and kneading with their toes, and rise like Plants refresliefl " This custom is called in Africa, in our country it is "straitening (lie hack." Stoics and Queries. Delinquents 'I'akk Warning.? The probabilities are, sms '.he Bellows Falls (Va.) Argus, that delinquents on printer's liM> will in futurity find thai the lines we give below are loo true. Those who owe for tile Arpus will please read them with fear and trembling: rpil ? -? ion mo, ye angiMic nnir, Ye inossc jrere of love. Shall buffering printers Iuto below Ilavo no redress above? The angel bond* replied, To us a kmiwiudtie pivon, Delinquents on the printer's books Can never enter Heaven. ?* 1 * pjlalnjfreaching.?Dr. John m. Maion, wbQppreachiug on the text, "What kIih)) it profit a man," elc., referring to the apologies given by llio impenitent for refusing to accept the gift of eternal lit?, mentknird the common plea. "We do not want to profess Christianity, because many dishonor the profession ; wo da not want to be hypocrites; we nro candid men." '"And so," said the eloquent preacher, "you ore willing logo to hell asgent-Iemen of candor." It issaid that a distinguished lawyer in this city was led by this pointed rebnko to renounce the hypocrisy of unbelief for a siniL. n...i VCJ? lami in (.tie UUII UI UUU. A Critic.?Coleridge wns once admiring n waterfall, when he overheard a wolldiessed blrangcr toying to his companion, It in a miijcMiu waterfall!' The poet was, so delighted with the. epithet that he could noi reaisi turning rounu nna say, -lessir, u it majestic; you Iihvo li.it the expression I ' could not think on. Will you dine with rfieP added the poet. The offer was ncc.epled. Some .duinplinCT.w.ere on the tnl.le. 'Them's the jockies for IP saidtlie critic. Of uourae, tho poet wentr to sleep I The friends of C?pt. G. M. M ATTIbON reipectfully announce him as a candidate for Fax Collector at the next election. The friends of JAMES A. McCOKD re?pcctfullj* uiiDouncc him m n Candidate for Tux Collector nt the next election. Tlio friend# of Dr. J. F. McCOM B respectfully unnouncc him us a Candidate for Tu* Collector nt the n*xt election. Hie friend* of C. 11. ALl.EN announce him as a Candidate for Clerk of the Court at the ensuing election. ti.? ?.r \t a-rt rt kw mhinv ALI) respectfully announce him ft Cundidatc for reelection as Clerk of the Court of Con crnl Sessions and Coniinon I'leas, for Abbevdli District, ut the next election. A few of the Long Ciiihs friends of \V. 0 NKl-X, would respectfully announce him as? Cam'' 'ate for Sheriff at the next election. The friends of J AMICS II. 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Each subscriber is also presented with a Certificate in the A wards of Premiums, by whiel a valuable work of Art. in Painting or Senlp tort-. may he rce?-ived in addition, thus civini to < v.-ry sub?':ribor an equivalent to the valui of jive dollars, ami a Certificate gratis. Any one ni me i<TUiinu Magazine* is fur nislicd, instead of Engraving and Art Journal if desired. No person is rctricted to a single alinre Those taking fi ve memberships, remitting $1, are entitled to an Kmrraving and fix ticket*. Full particulars of the Association are givoi in I lie Art Journal, wliii-h contains over si*t> splendid engravings, price fifty rent* per num her. Specimen copies will be sent to all person who desire t'? snbse.ribe. on receipt of five post age stamps, (15 opnta.) Address C. L. DolMSY. Actuary c. a. a., 5-18 Uroadica;/, itotc York Dec 6?57 33 6t EDWARD H. BRITTON, {Late liditor and Proprietor of the Carotin* Times,) COLLECTING AGENT, COLUMBIA, S. C., OFFICRS his services to the public as a Col lector and pencral htisint.-ss Agant. II will receive for collection Notes or Account for any section of the State, nt tho usual com missions. Office over the Carolina Times Frinting ol See, Columbia, S. C. References will be given if required. july >28 Removal. THE Subscriber has removed from liii oh stand to Enright <fc Starr's Gin Factory and returns bis thanks for past favors, and so lictis a share of public patronage in bit lin< of bnsinens. He will make Pannel Doors. Sash, Blind< Wardrobes. Tallies, Desks, Door and Window rrumeo, arc., aic. N. B.?Ho will also make Coffins of the finoe style and finitih. For reference, npply to any gentleman in tin town of Abbeville. ~ G. C. BOWERS April 1, 1857 48 ly House and Lot Tor Sale .IN ABBEVILLE VILLAGE. rF"MJIS HOUSE and LOT is situate in a qiiici JL and convenient nart nf the Villn.-o The Dwellintr is sufficiently large to nccommo dnt.a ag/nall family, with all nwofSHpy Qui Building*. The Lot contains -something ovei an Acre of Land ; and has A new and sub stanlial Fence arnnnd. Any person wishing to purch/?o ench a Lot Chn receive nM information relative to it hi calling nt tlii# Ottiee. it will be sold low anc 'npon good term#. Sept 25, 1857. 21 tf MTCB'VXG THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between II. A. Jones and J. W. Livioa ston, in tho ?r*ctifce of LAW, is this day solved, by mutual consent. * H A. JONES. J. W. LIVINGSTON. March SI, 1817. 48 tf 'w?iiafflauaa." JSC 111;i)i Mj OF GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA jamsWl.'W*'-?i=e.<a*> ^3v ta?? On and after 23d Novembor, 1857. | Arr. |I.eave| j STAl iONS- { | aTmT| Cubmbia, 7-30 liv,,.)', m:ii hfi ?nn Littleton, 8.32 8.36 Alston, 9.10 y.ir? Uopo'? 9 28 9.30 I'omarift, 938 9.49 ( Proaparily, 10.12 10.15 MnfTctl'* T. O., 10.27 10 27 Newberry, 20.^8 10.45 ' 10. .10 10.58 Ifurtoii'H Tank, 11.08 11.10 Silver Street, 11.20 11.23 iionzinnn'd, ] 1.45 11.17 Oh;\p.-ll*?. 12 00 12.03 Ninety Si7, 12.60 1245 New Market, 1.05 1.07 Gicvnw.jod, 1.18 1.38 b'J Mil.; T. 0., 1.60 1.60 I Cok.-abury, 2.07 2.12 { "Z ) CukcsLury, 2.12 ( ?1 ) Abbeville, o 57 r Ilarmore n. o J^ontinU'i", 2.43 2.45 1 lot)v.i I'atli, a.(J5 3.03 114 Mile T. O., 3*25 3.20 Bolton, 3.38 8 45 j ~ ) Bclton, 3.45 ( ) AnJcraon, 4.40 Williamftton, , 4.07 4.10 Gol'Jcn Grove, 4.07 4.10 i Greenville, 0.15 10.00 ja? tw mr ? |j Arr. J Leave ! FTTnONsl i A. M". Greenville, fi.oo <# ?! !??? Grove, 5.30 6.32 Witliumston, 0.10 6.13 mAtnlrrsnn, 6.50 Belton, C.Jt7 Iteltor, 037 6.53 11 1 Mile T O., 7.06 7.06 llonen Path, 7.27 7.30 Donnald**, 7.60 7.03 BarinoreV 8.04 8.06 ^ -r ) Abhcvjllo, 7.25 ( c-5 ) Cokesbury, 8.22 Ci.Kr8t.ury, 8.22 8 30 89 Mile T. O., 8.45 8.45 l?r?-?:n wood, 8 .*>7 0 00 New Market, P.OO 912 N in At y Six, 9.32 9 35 Clin pell's, 10.13 1 f?. 15 Honzmnn'f", 10.28 10.30 Silver Street, 10.52 10.64 I Burton's Tank, 11.05 11.10 II.'!c-na, 11.20 11 25 Nt'wherrr, 11.28 11.35 Mnir.-ttVT. O.. 11.43 11-13 ; Prosperity, 11.55 11.57 I'. M. ' Pomaria, 12.25 12.23 Hope's, 12.1H 12.42 Alston, 12.50 1.00 Littleton, 1.35 1.37 Frost's Mill, 2.09 2.0? Columbia, 2.30 SB'3C.4fc,4Ga-:K32 1 FKOM ABBEVILLE TO WASHINGTON. , A FOUR 1IORSF. STAGE loaves ABBF. i~\. VII.I.K on Monday, Wednesday an< Friday at R <?Vlo?k, A. M. Loaves Washington, Ga., on Tuesday. Thurs ( day and Saturday mornings. A Daily Train leaves Washington at GJ o'clocl P. M.. for Atlanta and Ani?>i*tn. OFFICE at the POST OFFICK. JOHN McBRYDE, Ac,ci,t. Abbeville C. II., Ajiri! 3, 1857. 48 ly SELLING OUT. DRY GOODS BROOM & NJRRELL, ; AUGU ST A, GA., Will offc their <ntire Ftock of > ' For the remainder of the Season at very , LOW PRICES. r?",UEIR Stock is lnrt;e and well assorted t JL and offer rare attractions to buyers. We are now enpuged in the enlargement- r our $ior*. and will have to give up a portio ot it to the workmen aoon, and would like t - reduce the Stock as low aj possible before th > move. All in want of CHEAP DRY GOODS, g Are respectfully invited to give u# n eol Jue 16, 1857. 7 tf DISSOLUTION. rpiIT:i?tc I.ftw Firm of McGOWEN <t PEN X. KIN is Dissolved by mutual consent. All business commenced up to thitt date will b J..-.-J -- i J > * twuuuvivu miu Iini.inen uy us logci.ltMP unflc k- the name of the old Firm, as if do Dissolutioi had taken place. R. McGOWEN, JAS. M. PEltRIN. January 1, 1857. 30.if Blouse Building. rp?E undersigned is now prepared to do a J. work entrusted to hie care, in the Builc iug Line; to Draw Plane nod erect nil descrif tiona of Buildings, from a ono-story homo to 3 Court House. Having received instructions from the be? Architects in the Union, he flutter* himself thu lie can have work done in n stvle equal to an as I'lieap as can be done in New York. RErciieNOt*.?King A Helium, Architceti u Brooklyn. New York; AVm. Gaijier, Arohitcci b of New York City; Perryman & Waller, Ne> M Di? .l^Kn P Ti? *?! f ilENRy 'jOKl's. F- Greenwood, Oct. 10, 185K. 23-ly BYTHEWOOD & COWAN, CENKRAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 204 Exciianok Row, * C0LUM1&A, S. C., FOR the Sfile of REAL ESTATE, NEGROES nl.io COTTON, WHEAT, BACON. Lnrd Whiskey, Sugnr, Coffee, Molasye*.,Flour, Dutter i, Corn, IJny and Produce generally. ! Strict personal attention paid to tho sale o Any of the above?liberal ajvtonecs m.ido am I prompt returns. Mathew W. BrniBwooD, James M. Cowan e Aug. 10, 1857 17 tf More Hook* and Drufft*! TIIE Subscribers have jnst received theii Stock of Medicines, Books and Fhoci Articles, and are prepared U> mU'v at slior profit*. Wh are Agents for the 6*1? jdf a series o STANDARD WORKS, no\y/fn the course o t publication, by the Applefpns of Now York.*Amonit these are included* The Debates in Congress from 1789 to 1850 minion s tinny years view, r Morses General Xtlaa of the World, from th< . latest authorities, to 1350. Cyclopedia of Amorican Eloquence, witl Portrait*. The New Amerioan Cyclopedia, I The Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, Editoi uy w m. is. uurton. Specimen Copies of "the.above worlca may b< seen at oar Store, together *ith many otbei new and elegant Book#. , We artlatso Hgenla fbK the ant* of Grover i ; A Baker'aSEWiNG MACHINE, acknowledger ' to be tlie best now in uae, apd the le*at liable to get otit of orders This Mftehlna'witl bt warranted ?nd sold bene at New York pr>ioea Price* varying from $100 U $126. BftANCH & ALLEN. S?pi 17, 1S57. Vi tf To llie Public. TIIE Undersigned having sold the American1 Hold to O. C. CUNNINGHAM <fc CO., tulce tliis occasion to returu our thaukt to the public generally for Hie liberal patroottg* bebtowed upon us and would solicit tlic i?me fur itsprcscut Proprietors. Respectfully. O. II. P. SCOTT <fc CO. Ilamburg, May 30, 1857. AMERICAN HOTEL, HAMBURG, S. U. rI",IIE Subscribers take this o?p?rtunity ofin-L forming tbeir friends and the public generally that tliuv liavf! llnllrtlll flu nhnv. tin. TEL, and are having it refitted in the best possible style for their reception. We flatter our selves that every necessary arrangement lint been made to promote the comfort of nil Trliw favor us with their company. Our ROOMS arc airy and comfortably furnished; SERVANTS attentive and ohediant. And our TABI.E will be constantly supplied Tvith the best the scasoualTords. Our friends inny therefore rest satis' fied that every exertion will be ' bcerfully ren' dered to make their sojourn pleasant and agreeable. There will be in attendance a GOOD OSTI.EW and Horses left in charge will rcceivc particular attention. Persons arriving at this TTrrSse may feel^ assured lhat their baggage ,r'" be promptly sent, free of charge, to the Carolina or to ithei1' of the (Jiorgia Depots. We solicit a share of the patronogo of those visiting our town. O. C. CUNNINGHAM, MARYS. CUNNINGHAM/ Proprietors. December 11,1857. 32 tft To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers. I- N ANNOUNCING the THIRTEENTH Annunl Volume of t!ic SCIENTIFIC AMERICA N, the Publishers respectfully inform Jbir |] public tlmt in order to increase nn<l stimulate the formation of clubs, they propose to ofTer 3 One Thousand J-iic Hundred Dollar* in Cu*h Premium* for the iifteen largest lists of itibecrihtiB sent in l>v the 1st of .lnnnnrv i?? saiJ premiums to bo distributed ?s fallows :? For the largest list, $300 ; 2J, $250 ; 3d, $200 ; 4tli, *100 ; 5th, J100 ; Cth. #90 : 1th, $80; 8th. *70; 9th. ?G'?; 10tb, $50 ; lltb $10; 12th, $30; 13t!i, $31) ; 15th, $25; 15th, $20. Names of subscribers can he sent in at different times and from different I'ost Offices. The cash will be paid to the order* of the sueocssfui competitors, immediately after the 1st of January 1858. Southern, Western, nnd Canada money will be taken for subscriptions. Canadian subscribers will please to remit Twenty-six cents trim on each years' subscription to pre-pay pos tape. Terms of Subscription^?Two Dollars a Year, or One Dollar for Jiix Months. Club Halts.?Five Copies, for Six Months, $1 ; Five Copies for Twelve Mont lis $8 ; Ten Copies, for Six Months, $3; Ten Copies f?r Twelve Months, 15 ; Twenty Copies, for Twelve Months, $28. For all Clubs of Twenty nnd over, the yearly subscription is only $1.40. The new volume will bo printed upon fin* n.lliPr wit It now ?vno I--I VI"" The poner.il character of the Scientific Amcimcan in well known, nnd as heretofore, it will be chiefly devoted to promulgation of information relating to the various Mechanical ard Chemical Arts., Manufacturet. Agriculture, Patents, Inventions. Engineeriw7, Mill Work. , nil"! all interests which iht; light of Practical ' Sciciice i* cnlcuiaU-d to nd vnnce. It i* issued weekly, in form for binding ; it cnutnius annually from fiOO to 800 finely executed Engravings, and Noliccs of American and European Improvement*, together with an Official I.ist ' of American Patent Claims published weekly in ndvance of all other papers. It is the aim of the Editors of the Scientific Am title an to present all wubjccts d scu<sod in ita columns in a practical t?nd popular form. They * will also endeavor to nmiiitnin r-? leanness in combating nnd exposing false theories nnd practices iu Scientific nnd Mechaoien! matters, nnd thus preserve the character of the SciENTiric American ns a reliable Encycloptedia of Useful nnd Entertaining Knowledge. C3T" Specimen copies will be sent gratis to nny part of tlio country. ML'NN ?It CO., Publishers and Patent Agent*, No. 128 Fulton street, New York. Tlic State of South Carolina, > Abbeville District.?171 Che Common Flea*. William Wilson, J. vs. > Foreign Attachment. Jas. A. Liddell. ) Thomson it Fair Attorney*. I, VX^hercas the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh T T day of April, eighteen hundred and fif,f ty seven, fi e his djiclarattion against the D*n fciidnnt, who, it is enid, ia absent from and o without tlic limits of this State, and has neitliv cr wife nor attorney known wittih the ame, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served? It is therefore ordered, that the ?aid De' fendnnt do appearand plend to the said detla* ration, on or before the twelfth day of April, - eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, otherwise final and ol^olute judgement will theu begircii and awnr<h-d aitainst liim. MATTIIKW McDONALD, c. c. p. Clerk'* Cflice, April 11, 1857 61?ly e ?? r The State of South Carolina. n ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. Office Court of Common Pleat and Gen I Seuiont James T. Ratkin, ) Attachment - James A.''Liddlo. \ Ba#kin' P1'tff'* Vk, I1KREAS the Plaintiff did, on the eigh teenth day of October, eighteen hua] drud and fifty-six, file his declaration against >. the Defendant, who, (it is s?id,) is absent from n And without the limits of this Stato and has neither wife nor Attorney known within tha ,t same, upon whom a copy of said declaration ,t might l>e served: It is therefore ordered. J that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the s.iid declaration, on or before the nine* tocntli day of October, eighteen hundred and l] fifty-scveu. otherwise final and absolute judgv inunt will then be given end awarded against him. MATTHEW McDONALD, C. C. /?. Clerk's Office, Oct. 18. 1866 25-ly SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILI.E DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. Iiaac Carlisle, App'O Partiton vs. I To. the mutter of the Wm. Carlisle, AgnessVReal Estate of J?m(| , Kennedv, et. el, I Carlisle dec'd, Defts. J TT appearing to my satisfaction that the chft ' JL dren of JamesCarlisle, names not known , the children of Sam'l Carlisle, names aol , known; the children of Martha Ne\r?U, ?a?ie? not known ; the children of MargaretShackleford, names not known ; and tUo cUildrea of Francis CaIHaIo. names not Vnown, heirs and distributees of James Carlisle^ dee'd, reside be? J .L- I! ? - ? ? *' ? - ? jwiiu tun minis 01 mis state.?H ia therefor* ordered that they do n)>pe?r, and obieo# ta the ?t\le of the Real Estate of the a?id JafliM Car* p liale, on or before the aixth day of J*n?yuy, A, f D. 1868, or their oonaent to the aanaa will be 1 entered of record. . WILLIAM 1IILL, 0, J. D. ?' Oct. 6. 1857 , ?M tl.3m The State of Soatb fiUMHait, Abbeville Di*triet-?In ih* CotniMU Pleas. P. W. Davis, ) f< 9 h?7vI :s! i TXT HERE A3, the Pljifbtfff the twen. .J\ *ys<,venth d*7 0fNov?nib?r,'if571 file his doolsi^tion against the Defendant, wbo fas 1 it is said) is absent from and without tHelimlu of thli'Sttt#. *nrt lis* n<)tlit? -mltL ft w whc or iHQTDCy 9 known- within the um?, unon whom a copy > of the taifl ^declaration 0t$tit,ba-aittr?d. H fa therefore ordered, that- thaa*)d. Defe|>danVdo v appear and plead tfrthka^jdfflartdajh, 4m or 1' before ttfe tweoty eiclji dpy ?r TfeyejAber,, > -whfoh Will b? in the yeif ?Pour Lord EifbU^ i Hundred aud ?ifty-eigbtt'*Ptberwi** final and . abeoluto Judgmebt wUF^iwo b#%d,?to and warded egatnat Jiiai. . 7}kjf\ M At HEW ?|fcl)0 N A ET>. e. c, r Clerk'e Offi<jf4 >>Y. 17. l?t. #1 ij