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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. C'OBIS respectful
ly announce him aa u Candidate for Sheriff til
tin; next ?*lc<*tion.
CS?"Tho friends of JOSEPH T. MOORE re
speetfully announce him a Candidate* for Sherifl
at the ensuing election.
The friends of T. It. MI I.U'ORD respectfully
announce him aa a ("Candidate for Tax Collectoi
of Abbeville District- ut the next election.
Zli" The friend* ??f GEORGE W. RICIIEY
respectfully nnnounco hiin a Candidate foi
Sheriff of Abbeville District at tlio ncxl
election.
IsT The friends of M.VITIIEW It. C0CI1
RAN respectfully nnuonnco him a candidate
fur fihf-rtir of AKfii'vil!r> nl (t?.? norl
election.
v-?/" The numerous friends of Co). T. J,
RuBKRTti respectfully announce liim a Can
didatc for Sheriff at. the ensuini* election.
l?T Thcfri.-n.3sof D. W. HAWTHORN re
pe.-.t fully announce him a candidate for Slicrifl
of Abbeville District at the next election.
MANY FRIENDS.
??T The friends of SIM ROD McCORD respect
fully announce hiin us a Candidate for
Sheriff at. the cnsuinc election.
wsa- Th.. ..r < w mii
fully amiutinrv liim ;i CanJiJnio for sheriff, ni
the next F.ltdinn.
IfS" Tli.- friends of W. \V. fj III FEIN rospeftfully
nniiounee liim a candidate for Sheriff at
the enMiinij election. (May 7, lS.'iS
MARSH ALL, LEE & DeBRUHL.
r?^MH nniler?iiinc<1 liavc niisocinted with th'-m,
JL in the Practice of the I.nw, STEPHEN
C. DkBRUIH.. Esq. All husincek eiitmtttuil tc
their euro will re.?.?iv.. niiimut ..it...niAn
J. FOSTER MARS 11 ALL,
W. A. LEE.
January 12. 1S:?7. 87-tf
BRILLIANT PROSPECTUS!
FOURTH YKAR OK TilR
COSMOPOLITAN ART ASSOCIATION,
THE FAMOUS
DL'SSELDORF GALLERY OF PAINTINGS!
Purchased at the Cost of ?180,000!
AND rOWEns' KENOWNLO STATUE OF THE
GREEK SLAVE!!
Ito-purchascl for six thousand dollars, with
several hundred oilier works of Art. in I'Aint
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miunisto ho nwarded i? 1 ho 6iihscrihvra of tin
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a r,:... ~ .1.- t~> u?' j '
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Galleries.
Thus it is si-en that. for every (hrrc dollan
paid, the- subscriber not only receives a
SPLENDID THREE DOLLAR ENGRAVING
hut, also, the beautifully illustrated
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Address C. L. DolMSY. Actuary c. a. a.,
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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.
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e Aug. 10, 1857 17 tf
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favor us with their company. Our ROOMS arc
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MARYS. CUNNINGHAM/
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December 11,1857. 32 tft
To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers.
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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