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How I Had My Fortune Told.
I lind been rambling, on a lovely morning
in the month of Mny, among tbo green
lsnes of Surrey, with their bosky dells, their
odorous hedges all alive with 6nowy haw
thorn-buds, coming, ?ver and anon, into
little villages, nnd then parsing through
copsc nnd woodland, when, emerging out
of a leafy coppice, tho sounds of a merry
fife, nnd the laughter of a number of young
peasant boys and little maidens, met my
ears; nnd presently I was on the skirt of a
pretty village green, with its "pound," and
" tocka," and velvet sward, and a little maypole,
built in front of a rampant "lied Lion,"
swinging before an old-fashioned, rambling
old tavern?some hundred yards across, the
pond, all alive with ducks and gabbling
gowo; and tho sceno was ns perfect a pastoral?as
lovely, and as thoroughly English j
?as anything I overcame by chance across j
in the course of my life.
All at once, while I was leaning on my !
stout stick, and glancing at my dusty shoes,
and then across the jjieen "all pied with |
daisies," to the merry tlirong at tlie may- I
pole, and listened to the laughter of the j
young ones, and the shrill but rejoicing
"morris" of the flute, a voice by my side
startled mo with its deep, rich, contralto
tones, saying, "Cross but the gipsy's hand
with a piece of silver, my pretty gentleman,
and have your fortune told 5"
I turned, and looked upon a face whose
fascination took away my breath. I have !
ever been sensible to facial beauty, and had
fcccn many a pretty face in my rambles, both
"IJritish" and "foreign"?"home growth and
colonial"?but Hot so attractive, so startling
as this.
The huo was of a dusky olive, in which :
the rich blood mantled as in rapid pulse, i
The eyes were large and lambent, deep and I
-1 ft- i - -- -
jam, huu nasning like wells of light out of
brown, fathomless depths. The lips were
full, ruddy, and of a moist, vermeil hue,
which is not to be discovered in painting,
unless Morland may have hit their warmth
of tone.
Tbo hair was black and glo6sy, stealing
in long, sinuous curls beneath a white coif,
covered by a broad-leafed "buckle" hat, and,
with the red cloak and the russet bodice,
there 6tood before me the loveliest ideal of
n'gipsy of eighteen the eye of reality ever
rested upon.
"Let me tell your fortune, my pretty
gentleman I"
But now came a procession of at least a
score of gipsies?male and female, old and
young, sturdy manhood, rich, mature matronhood,
infancy, in its donkey panniers,
and old age, in its light car?all going, as
I guessed, to a neighboring fair ; and their
lips were full of furtive mirth, as the gipsy
halted, and held me still by the witchery of
her glorious eye.
On they passed along the winding road,
nod we were still together. For a time I
gazed dreamily after them, and then fulljon
her. The eyes had ceased to be bold?they
dropped before mine.
"Your fortune, my pretty gentleman J"
etill echoed in ray cars.
I was n handsome fellow enough?bo my
sister said. I wa3 a strapping youth?five
feet ten in my stockings?could pull, and
fence, and wrestle, and had carried a''double
"first"?so she might not have been so much
mistaken in her "pretty gentleman," after
ill).
One man?a strong-built carl, a six-footer,
at least, having in his arms a splendid
game-cock, going to make a main, I doubted
not?turned upon me with something
?vil in hlR orlnn^o in T
(j.?vv, II uiuu ?. icau ? pii!>8IOII
that, iu the unknowu nature of the gipsy, I
had never dreamed of before, lie spoke to
her in a voice half of command, half of entreaty.
"Prance it, Judith, after the Koms and
Juwas," he said, in Romany dialect. "The
13usnee lilood in cold, and his cly smaller
than his hind, and less to hold."
1 did not understand his jargon, save that
it was something deprecatory. The gipsy
moved not ~ her 6mile, her exquisite face,
was yet bent full upon mine. Jealous!?
jealous of mo ! I don't know to (his hour
what stirred my blood, but I never feit such
o ili.in . ..
Hum v> v*uiiuuun 03 i leii al Unit moment.
I took out a piece of silver, and, giving
it'to her, held out my hand.
"Speak it, Judith," I snid. ''Read mo
my future, for it is very dark to me, and 1
would'?t$w iUM
She followed the lines of life and dcatli,
dootn aod fate. Her look grew grave, and
febe lingered over her task - with a certain
troubled aspect*wbich interested me.
Stranger #lie murmured; "fori 6ee
n^!$r''m1jcedvin this tangle of destiny.
l$ereV< trouble?there is peril?there is
utf&k of evil menace; and yet, stranger, I
see writ here, ay, as plain as the Btars are
written down in the sky, that the Romany
giii t^rjAeet tbte Busnee again, and help
M^%t0l%(H^nt when life, and fate, and
^y^E^folurB, are quivering in the J>alIwW
4ti Jiidith " I murmured ; "so be
may, only let me meelrwltb
-^' ee tiyubls, and reversed, and'sorrow,
nxe io neart d*tav ; "*|ee oJonde and darkrffe,%fllo?r?*
kifitropfo storms, and a far .
land; Ise^Asnfft battel thexj?j*n ofanoth rldfrVttyMr&Loh^
nuui^r of t^a seal and
f there
Tb?y i?ll me I Hppe, rtfe!
^wm? *r*<* *& ( PW" ?* tb? ?5?
whsfcrip&n for ^ harvest* apdtinw,? fi#U
<j)w^>irfi, IrnHUiHWrWM..^. m4rn\nm ? t n I li>im l ! it
of revelations; but it is not tlie zingati tbnt
cau rend it! Farewell?farewell 1" Ami,
lifting n>y hand, as if in homage, lo lier lips, i
sho bounded off like a doe, and left inc i
amazed, troubled, enraptured. Did I read
her half-bidden revelation truly ? Wo shall
see.
A wtiek after, I was in a gallant vessel,
crossing the wido, wide seas, seeking for a 1
iiume hiiu sources 01 living?nere exhausted '
and hopeless?in Australia.
A year after, I was in the heart of far '
Australian wilds, working like a peasant, 1
toiling like a slave; but tny heart was light <
?hope was before me?succcss certain. 1
At hc/ine, all had been loss, decay, ruin? 1
in}' father dead, my mother and sisters por- 1
tionlcse. Fate pointed out to me that there,
yonder, beyond tho heaving ocean, my new |1
world now lay. It was dawning upon ine j
at last. j I
Then came reverses, illness, sickness next \
to death. I was all but ruined?well-nigh j
dead. One day a haggard bushranger j'
came crawling to my door. I sheltered, J
fed, protected him, and I at last recognised | '
the gipsy whose look once menaced me. j
lie wns of the Cooper family, and had been '
transported for sheep-stealing. lie became ;
my slave, my faithful right hand?true as j
6tcel to me. I saved, protected him. lie
would never leave me more. "Judith will
come!" he said, significantly.
"Hut, Judith ?where was Judith ?" my
yearning heart cried. "Patience, patience !" 1
I said. "We shall meet; it is decreed we !
shall meet!" And at last, at last we did |
meet; but how ? i
I was at Port Philip once, seeking for j
some laborers to hire, for my farm had in- j
creased, my stores multiplied, and I requir- j ,
cd more men to aid me. A vessel had late- !
ly landed there a remnant of emigrants, who, <
stricken down by the plague, lay helpless i
on the beach, in canvas tents, and praying
for death, from the tardy help the frighten- ;
ed people dared scarcely bring them.
Totterincr to meet mo came a wan. worn
figure, willi the ricli olive of her wasted facc
almost faded, but tlio eyes wero like glow- 1
ing opals. I knew lier at once.
"Judith ! Judith !"' I cried aloud. I
"Tt is he? it is he !" she half shrieked, 1 i
and fainted in tv.y arms. 1
I did not tarry long at Port Philip, but j
hastened my return. |
Judith, the magnificent, the matchless, 1
has been my wife, the mother of my chil- '
dten?a finer, nobler rac?cyes never looked ]
oi.~ i? t ---
uj/vsu. uuv iins uueH mine?mine own?my
beloved?my devoted for years passed now ; ]
and truly did she say our horoscopes were
equal, our "houses" one, our destinies intertwined.
1
Those so dear to me, whom I left in old
England, have long had a home here with
me; and while we have cattle on a thou- ,
sand hills, I am a master, a prince, a monarch
in Uio rich benignant wilds that have
been pastures, fields, vineyards, pardons?
^ o
all ruine, and theirs to inherit after me.
"That's how I had ray fortune told," says j
raj friend in a letter to me ten years ago ;
and this is how I havo sketched it for the
readers of tho Miscellany.
Laughter.?Laughter is not altogether
a foolish thing. Sometimes there is even
wisdom in it. Solomon himself admits
"there is a time to laugh," as well as a lime
to mourn. Man only laughs?man, the
hightest organized being; and hence the de- ,
filiation that lias been proposed of "Man,
a laughing animal," a "tool-making animal,"
? ? -1-: :?
<? uiuucj- iiiiimui, a "poiiiicai animal,"
or such-like. Laughter very often
shows the blight side of a man. It brings
out his happier nature , and shows of what
sort of stuff lie is really made. Somehow
we feel as if we never thoroughly know a
man until we hear liiin laugh. Wo do not
feel" at home" with him till then. We
do not mean a mere snigger, but a good j
round, hearty laugh. The solemn, sober,!
visage, like a Sunday's dress, tells nothing J
of the real man. lie may be very silly, or '
very profound : verv cross, or vorv mllv ?
mm ' ?/ ' " ~ ~~ J J J m
Lot us hear him laugh, and we can decipher
him at once, and tell bow his hearts beats. !
i '
We arc disposed to suspect the man who
never laughs. At all events, there is repulsion
about him which we cannot get over.
Lavatcr says, "Shun that man who never
laughs, who dislikes music, or the glad face
of a child." This is what everybody feels
and none moro than children, who are quick
at reading character; and their 6trong instinct
rarely deceives them.?Blackwood.
An Irishman mnf. tt frlnurl I.!. - -1
... .. ,Mbliu v/* *% uay j
or two since, who was suffering from a pulmonary
complaint, and accosted him thus :
?"I say, Tom, liow are you 1" Tom replied,
" anotgetting slowly." To which the ,
interrogator rejoined' "Well, I don't wish to (
worry you/Tom, but it's my opinion you ,
*bn't be well till $pu get yonr health!" j
This is slightly better than the verdict of a
rtArAn/.r'afliiM* ' ?T
w.uuv. ?JM.; ".nwt T?wuuu III II1B Uinonvill |
(South Carolina) Journal :?^'Stato of South ,
Carolina,'-Union District i-^Inquest held be- ,
fore uHamilton, magistrate, and twelve J
juroreJ^tHDr. S. Gilliman, over, the body ,
of a white infant child, found floating in
Tiger River, just below John Thonm's boat ,
landing, on the fcSd day of March, 1858;
after a careful examination," on the 24tb
day of Mq?rch, the prirors rendered in their
verdict that the child came to its death by
being killed', apd then thrown into the .
**<? , m
A Scotch d&ehess wm examining the <
children 0} on*<B4)er. charity schools, when 1
the teacher pnftbi question?is tie ]
wife of ft ktuff "A aueeD,'1 bi*wlod' A
out one of wi/e of ^ir? {
claimed sever?Wj||?* mist^rine lift; 'Citto t
duke for the mduclc, wbi^jftbfjr pro- t
bouinSetf the sgm'e. f i
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Cooling Rooms.
Tho warm wcntlicr will shortly bo hero,
mill every ono will be seeking tho refreshing
influence of a cool and shady plncc,
wbereunlo they can retreat from the blazing
sun ; so we will give our renders a few
hints concerning the cooling of their houses.
The first necessity is n thorough draft. This
can always be obtained by opening every
iloor and window in tho basement, the top
ofevery window above, and by throwing
I. i ? ? " -
eacii uoor wiue open ; but above all, be
sure that ihe trap door in the roof is open,
nnd thero is plenty of air room from it
down tho stairs, so that whichever bo the
direction of the wind, there will ho at least
one ascending current of air in tho house.
Another requisite is shade. Our common
slat shutters answer well for the windows,
but the moat cheap and convenient shelter
lor the roof is to cover it thickly with straw,
dried reeds or rushes. These will resist the
influence of the noonday sun, and keep the
garret almost as the basement. One of the
most simple methods, and at the same time
cheapest means of artificially lowering the
temperature of a room is to wet a cloth of
;uiy size the larger the better, and suspend
it in the place you want cooling; let the
room be well ventilated, ami tho temperature
will sink from ten lo twenty degrees
in less tlian half an hour. The <ibove hints
will bo useful to many, and as a last suggestion
wo will inform the reader that, in summer,
it is well lo keep a solution of chloride
of lime in the house, and occasionally sprinkle
it in the inoie frequented parts, as the
passages and stairs.? S. American.
w11 kitk Tiikkk'ss a Wii.i. Tiikre's a
Way.?1 learned grammer when I was a
private soldier on the pay of sixpece a dav.
The edge of my berth, or that of the guard
bed, was my seat to study in ; my knapsack
was my book-case ; a bit of board lying
on my lap was my writing-table; and
ihe task did not demand anything like a
year of mv life. 1 had no monov lo nnr.
chase candle or oil; in winter time it \v:is
rarely that 1 could get any evening light
but that of the fire, and only my turn even of
that. And if I, under such circumstances,
find without parent or friend to advise or encourage
me, accomplished this undertaking,
what excuse can there be for any youth,
liowevcr poor, however pressed with business,
or however circumstanced as to room
or other iticonveniences ? To buy a pen or
i sheet of paper I was compelled to fore-go
some portion of food, though in a state of
half-starvation. 1 had no moment of time
Lhat I could call my own ; and I had to read
ind to write amidst the talking, laughing,
singing, whistling and brawling of at least
lialf a scorcof the most thoughtless of men,
und that, too, in the hours of their freedom
From all control. .
CobbetCs Advice to Young Men.
What Makes Babies Different : ?
"Many years ago, before llic days of railways,
a nobleman and his lady, with their
infant child, were travelling, in the depth of
winter, across Salisbury J Main. A snowstorm
over-took them, their child became
ill from the cold, and they were forccd lo
take refuge in a lone shepherd's hut. The
wild shepherd and his wife gathered round
the child in awe and silence. The nurse
began undressing it by the warm cottage
fire. Silken frock and head-dress did tiie
baby wear. One rich bady-dress came off
to reveal another more beautiful. Still the
shepherd and his wife looked on with awe.
At last the process of undressing was
completed, and the now naked baby was
being warmed by the fire. Then was it,
when all these wrappings and oninr lmcL-?
were peeled off, that the shepherd and It is
wife broke silence, exclaiming, "Why, it's
just like one of ours!" What if all the
the world, like the shepherd and his wife,
could sco that ordinary kings and queen*,
when their state robes are off, "are just like
one of us.* 1'erhaps they would then discern
that the real king with his state robes
on or off is something very different."
Burkk's Genkiiositv.?On walking
home, one night, from the House of Commons,
lie was accosted by one of those
wretched women who infest the public tlioroughfarcs
of a great tow n. Finding thai
the man she addressed was of a character
different from that of her usual associates,
she burst into tears, and told him her very
painful history. It was, of course, the ordinary
tale, more than ordinarily pathetic:
a lady's maid?tho lady's son?desertion?
destitution?the streets. As she was talk
ingio mm, LSurke arrived at his own door.
Thero was something in tho degraded object's
language that struck him as sincere.
Solemnly admonishing her that everything
might depend upon herself, he called his
househecper, and told her to take care of
the unhappy stranger until she could be
seen by Mrs. Burke. The next day, this
kind lady, always ready t6 second her husband
in his humane designs, saw the poor
woman. Tho opportunity of amendment
was affoideed her, and eagerly embraced.
Her benefactor had no reason to repent of
his effort to save, from absolute despair.
this outcast of the London streets.
Life of Edmund Burke.
Great m^n in Southern IIistort.?If
wo look at the character of those distinguished
persons of the natiotfwho may be redeemed
historical, there are names that certaiolv
will live as long in history and in marbfe
in the South as in the North. Yea, tliero
is one Southern name will) which there is
none to compare, cither in the North or in
the world. We can speak of the "incomparable
Washington," that the Northern
colonies were so ready to have as commander-in-chief
of the American forces in the
war of the Revolution, and who waa unanimoruly
elected th* first President of tlm
United States of America. Of the fifteen
Preidents of the United States, eight of them
were Southern men. Aud where is the
Northers man that will not agree with u?,
that the name* of Washington, Jeffyrson,
MadirtJn, Monnqgt Jackson; Tyler, Polk,
and Taylor, are quite a* illustrious as those!
af the "Adamses, Van Iiiwen, Harrison,
Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan f If the
(fhtlh liM flrodiffirf" ft
g ? ?..wmvi ivunuio| h
Hamilton, a Slory, aod Webster, the
Don|h baa given, forth tfi a Patrick ;Hennu
i Pickney a Marshall, > a Cajhouo, and iF
jw/ North baa aivento the coiin*
he post'^btingpUbed generals, elaleeiiiet) |
itld politicians.Pott. ' 1
I<m I iiw-niiimkii !> ?
A Tol'ciiinh Scene in a State I'iiison
! ?A Ciiii.u in Seakcii ok its Father.?
(Jno evening ?, week just as tlio bell of 1
1 the Sing Sing 1'rison was ringing "all right' |
; anil most oi' the officers were about taking i
I their departure iron) the Institution, a little
i girl about seven yenre of nge entered the
Warden's office. On being questioned as
to her nnmo and errand. She said that her
name was Agnes W ,and that she had
"come all the way from New York to see
her father, whom her mother had told her was
in Prison at Sing Sing." The intelligent and
mournful looks of the child soon enlisted the
| sympathy of the Warden and other officers,
and it was at onco decided to gratify the
wishes of tho little heroine.
Hut a difficulty at once arose?there being
no less than four convicts hearing the
same name as tho father, hut this difficulty
was soon overcome by tho little girl her- ;
self.
She said that her father was a cooper by I
trade, and it. became apparent at once that |
i the .1 XV employed in the "Shook |
1 Shop" was tho looked for father. lie was I
soon brought Irmn his cull to tho ofliec, and 1
i the scene which took |>laco between the i
j convicti-d father and his child will not soon j
| he forgotten hv those who witnessed it.? !
1 Accustomed as tlie officers arc to affectingj
, scenes between the convicts and their relaj
lives, this one was too much fur their feelI
ings, and a tear stood in the eye of many of
; those stout-hearted men.
J The story of little Agnes to her father
: was "that her mother was very ]>oor, lived
| out at service, and could not come to see
| him, so she thoughlsho would come herself;
I that sho left New York that morning withi
out one cent of money?walked through the
' city till she came to the railroad that some
j uoys told lier passed through Sing Sing;
; that she crept in one of llie cars and hid
herself away, and when found l>y llie con
duct or, he allowed her ride all the way up
fur nothing, and that some of the hoys in
the village told her the way to the Prison."
| After spending some time with her fa-!
! titer, .she was kindly taken care of for the i
: night l>y one of our citizen*, and the np.\t'
j morning a lady of our village accompainied ;
her to New York, and had her placed in an j
asvhlin ilevolril ji<5 n Iioiurt ill" <.tiil.ti-.n .
i of the destitute, where site wiil bo taken |
! care of, and properly and kindly treated, j
Sing Sing Chronicle.
Inconsistencies.?There are some hui
man inconsistencies and foibles so very ter|
rible and degrading that we greet them
i with a laughter which is akin to tears. The i
f..i: i " '
I wi?uiy looiisii scepticism 01 a young man is
ludicrous in its vanity; yet very terrible
when viewed in another and clearer light.
It seems so unnatural that wo can claim no
kindred with him, and his doubts repel the
better nature and love which tire the prerogative
of youth, the divinity of which is
harnessed in a dark and heavy burden, tin- j
der which it cannot rise nor be got rid of
except by earnest ami terrible struggles.
Mr. Shillaber tells the following rather
remarkable cun storv :?"Sneakinn- tn-dnv
v ' . ? c -;-v i
with a son of n gun, regarding some gunning
exploits, ho told me of a singular instance
of a gun hanging fire, which, were it not
i for his well known veracity, I should feel
i disposed to doubt, lie had snapped his
gun at a grey squirrel, and the cap exploded,
but tho piece not going oft', he took it
I from his shoulder, looked down the barrel,
j and saw the chargc just starting, when.
bringing it to liis shoulder onco more, it
went off and killed the squirrel;"
The gathering of the mistletoe was an
important ceremony with the ancient Druid6,
accompanied by the people. It took place
at the end of the year, and the parasite was
distributed to the people on the first da)' of
the new year. As it was supposed to possess
the mystic virtues of giving fertility and
a power to preserve from poison, the pleasant
ceremony of "kissing under the mistletoe"
may have some refcreucc to this original
belief.
A retired cheesemonger, who hated any
allusion to the business that had enriched
liim, said to Charles Lamb, in the course of
a discussion on tlic 1'oor Law, "You must
bear in mind, Sir, that I have got rid of
that sort of stufT which you poets call "tlio.
milk of human kindness,'" Lamb looked
at liim steadily, and gave acquiescence in
j these pithy words: "Yes, 1 am aware of
| that?you turned it all into cheese several
! years ago."
Secret ok Sitcess attiie I'ak.?I ask1
I?<1 Sir .Ifunna 4
, ... .. uu>mviv iiiu nvcrci
| of liis pre-eminent success ns an advocate.
, lie replied that lie took care to press liome
: the one principal point of the case, without
; paying much regaid to the others.?lie
also said that he knew the secret of being
short. "1 find" said he "that when I exceed
half an hour, 1 am always doing mischief
to in)' cjicnt; if 1 drive into the heads
of the jury important matter, I drive out
matter more important that I had previ1...1
1 il ?
i uuoij luiigeu mere.?uaxion.
j A tip-lop exquisite was endeavoring to
call a cab, but bis lungs not being very
j available, or having too little muscular
j power to blow them, or deeming it very
j vulgar to speak loud enough to bo heard, a
i 6ailor happening to pass along; and observ1
ing the difficulty, hailed cabby in a voice
| like a speaking trumpet. ''Here," said Jack,
j looking unutterable things nt the dandy,
i ' here's something that wants you!"
Ilomo is emphatically the poor man's
paradise. The rich with their many rebources,
too often live away from^e hearthstone,
iu heart if not in person ; but to the
virtuous poor, domestics are the only llgitiir.ate
and positive source of happiness short
of that holier heaven which is tbe 60ul's
home.
If any one speaks ill of thee, flee home
to thy own conscience, "and examine thy
heart; if thou be guilty, it is a just punishment;
if not guilty, it i# a fair instruction.
Make use of both, so sWalt thou distif boney
out of gall, and an enemy make a secret
friend. ".j
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Doino Wklu?The iotSbqri? of th? Qreentille
niiu .kowiiioik naiirona lor Hwpsii Tour raonthf
hows An inore*M of $5,881.2& over the ume
period of time liut yew. Tbis it do tag well
herd time&i
Avill you have rac, SaraM" said
yoifoff man to'a shy yoi?nglady,l"N'o
;John,"said ah?. "but you may* bawitie, if
afei:iLm
U btlkt UMbo gay??t in
the nljuialptt I . B90taM.it., Is. at ways to.
fmu.? c ??: r '<#1
1 Or it iniMinil iMe.il rt? MI r?11 -?1 .111 iininni inn 11
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Tax Collector at tlio next flection.
Tliu friends of JAM ICS A. McCOKD respectfully
announce him ns a Candidate for Tax 1
Collector nt the next election.
The friends of Dr. J. 1*. McCOMIi respectfully
announce him as a Candidate for Tux i
Collector at the next election.
C2?" The friend.-; of (J. II. ALLEN announce
him as a Candidate for Clerk of the Court nt
the ensuing election.
E3T The friends of MATTHICW Mi DONALD
respectfully announce him a Candidate
for re-election as Clerk of the Court of (funeral
Sessions and Common Pleas, for Abbeville
District, ut the next election.
A few of the Long Cane friends of \V. (J.
N'lvlvL, would respectfully announce him as a 1
Candidate for SherilF .it the m-xt election.
The friciiiU of .1AMi'.S II. (,'Ol!l> respectful j
ly announce liiiu as a Candidate for Sheriff at
I lie next election.
fjyTlie friends of JO-SKI'II T. MOOKK ?
3|'eelfully announce him n Candidate for Sheriff
at. the ensuing election.
CST The friends of OKOKOE \V. Ill CI IKY
respectfully nnnonnec hiin a Candidate for
Sheriff of Abbeville l>istriet at the next
election.
C3T The friends of MATTHEW 11. COC1III
AN respectfully announce him a candidate
for Sheriff of Abbeville District, at the next
1 election.
?3?" The numerous friends <if (.'<>1. T. J.
RORKRTS respectfully announce him n Can|
didate for Sheriff at tlie ensuing election.
j t-50" 'i'le friends of D. W. HAWTHORN rej
speetfull\* nnnouiice hiirt a candidate for SliorifT
: of Abbeville District at tlie next cloction.
' MANY Fill ENDS.
<&r The friends of NIMROD McCORD respectfully
announce liiin as a Candidate for
Sheriff nt the ensuing election.
Jg" The friends of S. O. W. DILL respectfully
announce liini a Candidate for Sheriff, at
the next Kleetiou.
'11 >c friends of W. 'iV. (JR1FFIN respectfully
announce him a candidate for Sheriff at
the ensuing election. [MJiy 7. 1S55
iHiiii&lliiJL.JL., JLJEiS & UeiiKUHL.
r|"MIE undersigned have associated with them,
_L" in the Practice of the Law, STEPHEN
C. DdiKUIIIj, Esq. All business entrusted to
their cure will receive prompt attention.
J. FOSTER MARSHALL,
"VV. A. LEE.
January 12, 1857. 37 -tf
BRILLIANT PROSPECTUS!
FOURTH YEAR OF THE
COSMOPOLITAN ART ASSOCIATION.
THE FAMOUS
DUSSELDORP GALLERY OF PAINTINGS!
Purchased at the Cost of .$180,000!
AND I'OWKIW' RENOWNED STATUE OF TIIE
GREEK SLAVE!!
Re-purchased for six thousand dollars, with
several hundred other works of Art, in PaiutI
illL'3. SeulllltllPf flnil Rl nn/.ic ?nnin?!.All.? 1>.?
miunislo be awarded to tlie subscribers of the
COSMOPOLITAN ART ASSOCIATION,
; wlio subscribe before tlie28tli of January, 1858,
at which time the awards will take pluee.
TEliMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Every subscriber of ihrcc dollar* is entitled to
A copy of the large and splendid Steel Engraving,
entitled "Manifest Destiny," also to
A copy of the Cosmopolitan Aut Journal
one year, also to
A Certificate in the Award of Premiums, aluo
A free admission to the Dusscldorf and Cos
j mopoiitnn Galleries.
I Tlius it is seen that for every three dollars
| paid, Uie subscriber not only receives ft
SPLENDID THREE DOLLAR ENGRAVING!
but, nlso, the beautifully illustrated
TWO DOLLAR ART JOURNAL, 0.\E YEAR.
Each subscriber is nlso presented with a Certificate
in the Awards of Premiums, by which
n valuable work of Art, in Painting or Sculpture,
may be received in addition, thus giving
j to every subscriber an equivalent to the value
of Jive dollars, and a Certificate gratis.
Any one of the leading $3 Magazines is furnished,
instead of Engruving and Art Journal,
if desired.
No person is restricted to a single share.
Tlibso taking live memberships, remitting ?15
are entitled to an Engraving and six tickets.
iiu pnniviiiurii tn uie Associiiiiun ure giren
in the Art Journal, which contains over sixty
cplendid engraving*, price fifty cents per number.
Specimen copies will be sent to ail persons
who desire to subscribe.on receipt of five postage
ftnmps, (15 cents.)
Addreoa C. L. 1>EIIBY, Actuary c. a. a.,
648 Broadway, New York.
Dec 6?67 33 ' Ot
EDWAED H. BEITTON,
(Late Editor and Proprietor of the Carolina
Tbneg,)
COLLECTING AGENT,
COLUMBIA, 8. C.,
OFFERS his services to the public as a Collector
and general business Agent. He
will receive for collcction Notes or Accounts
for any section of the State, at the usu^l commissions.
Office over the Carolina Times Printing office,
Columbia, 8. C.
References will be given if required.
no
J
Bouse and iot for Sale
IN AWEVtlLE VILIA6E.
?: ?;? ?
qnHO HOUSE and LOT ie.aito?t? in a quiet
JL and convenient part .of 'the VilJ?ge.
Tt)? Dwelling Jt raRciently large to tooommodate
aaipall family, -withal neoeaanry OutBuHdi'rtgs.
The' Lot contains aoraettiing over 1
an A?fe of Latftl ; tfnd- has a new and sub-1
stanljal Fence around.
AttV niHOn vithlnv tn ?-1- - T 1
can'^allinfo^trpo raUUveto % by
filing atffifi Office* IVwlIl b? sold low and
upon good tortus.
Sepk 25, |8S?. , 8? tf
^SMfvfOR. S*tE^
III - - - ?
in nn?ilt SUk/iBte
KA25ISA3 BSMSuS rftr^EKi |Al , I
C5S22S C2H22I tmTH? Mwwii f
S V 11JB I> U I, 13 t
OF GEEENVILLE AHD COLUMBIA r
On and after 23d November, 1857.
u
| Arr. | Leave |
| STATIONS. | ~|X"MT|
Coluinliin, 7.30
Frost's Mill, 7.65 8.00 <
Littleton, 8.32 8.35
Alston, y.lu 9.16 <
Hope's 9.28 9.30
Poinarin, 9.38 9.40 i
Prosperity, 10.12 10.15 i
MnlFotl 8 T. O., j0.a7
Newberry, lu.:)8 10.45
Helena, J0.r>0 10.08
liiii'tona lank, 11.08 11.10
Silver Street, 11 j i ., ?
1U, ??>, 1 r.-IS MAI
Oliapell *, I'j.ici
Ninety-Siz, U 15
New Market, 1.05 ]
Greenwood, 1. IK 1
8t? Mile T. O., i.fto j.f.u
Cokesbtirv, 2.07 1U
(-= ) Cokeubury,
( ? ) Abbeville, ? r.7
BarinoreV, *2.:;h l?
Don ii a Id V, i?..| :t u.j-,
I IIiMi.-a rath, ;; un
| lit Mile T. O., 5I.JJ0 :i.
Helton, ?.:S8 I *.
^ jg | Helton,
( ? i Aiuleraon, .j ?,
\\ illiaiiiHton, 4.<?7 4.in
'. "Men < rove, 4.1,7 4 |?
Greenville, Ul,,ri j
*?? jmr ?
( AIT. HI.w.V-I i
| STATIONS. | J A. M.
Greenville, rth,t ,
'JiiMeii (Jrovc, ft.UO Ti.H'l
Willinumton, 0.1')
^ -f J Andenton, {,.00
( K [ Belton, C.;j7
Helton ?.:;7 r. 53
I 111 Mile T. O., 7 d?;
I lloni'ii I'atli, 7.'j7 7.:j0
| I>'?r>tiiiltl'a, 7..V) 7.'.:j
| I)iiriii?rcV. B.04 H, r,
j ^ -= | Abbeville, 7 .j3
I ?; j1 Coko&bury, g.?>2
Cokeslmry, 8.'J2
sy Mile T. O., 8.4.r> S.i5
Greenwood, 8..r>7 0.00
New Market, 9.09 <( ] >
Ninety Six, 9.82 9.35 |
Chnpell's, 10.13 10.15
Iionzmnn's, 10.28 10.30
Silver Street, 10.52 10.54
Hurton's Tank, 11.05 11.10
Hnlenn, 11.20 11.25
Newberry, 11.28 11.35
MnffettV T. 0., 11.43 11.43
Prosperity, 11.55 11.57
1'. M.
Pomnria, 12.25 12.28
Hope's, 12.40 12.42
Alston, 12.56 1.00
Littleton, 1.35 1.37
Frost's Mill, 2.09 2.09
Columbia, 2.30
SELLIWCi OIJT. DUI GOODS.
BROOM & NOHHELL, .
AUGUSTA, G A.,
Will offer their entire Stock of
For the remainder of the Season nt very
LOW PRICES.
r|~MlElR Stock is large and well assorted,
JL nnd offer rare attractions to buyers.?
We are now engaged in the enlargement of
our Store, nnd will have to give up a portion
of it to the workmen soon, and would like to
reduce the Stock as low as possible before the
move. All.in want of
CHEAP DRY GOODS,
Are respectfully invited to give us a call.
Jue 10, 1857. 7 tf
DISSOLUTION.
THE late Law Firm of McOOAVEN it PF.RKIN
is Dissolved by mutual consent.?
All business eommeneed up to this date will be
conducted nnd finished by us together under
the name of the old Firm, as if no Dissolution
had tuken place.
S. McGOWKN,
J AS. JL FERRIN.
Jnnnnrv 1. 1R.V7. *f
House 11 ii i Id nig.
rI^IlE undersigned id now prepared to do nil
.1. work entrusted to Iuh care, in the Build
ing Line; to J>raw Plans nud erect nil descriptions
of Buildings, from n one-story house to a
Court IIousc.
Having received instructions from the host
Architects in the Union, he flatters himself that
he enn have work done in a style-equal to and
as cheap as can he done in New York.
Rekeukscks.?King jt Kelluin, Architects,
Brooklyn, New York; Wm. Gainer. Architect,
of New York City ; I'orrymnn <fc Waller, New
Market; Dr. John P. Barratt, Barrattsville.
HENRY JONES.
Greenwood, Oct. 10, 185fi. 28-ly
BYTHEW00D & COWAN,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
wo. -zut exchange jkow,
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
TPOR the Sale of HEAL ESTATE, NEGROES,
" also COTTON, WHEAT, BACON, Lard,
Whiskey, Sugar, Coffee, Molas3e><.|I;lour, Butter,
Corn, liny and Produce generally.
Strict personal attention puid to the nnle of
any of the above?liberal advances made and
prompt returns.
Matiibw W. Bvthewood, James M. Cowan.
Aug. 10, 1857 17 tf
More Books and Drugs!
r|^HE Subscriberji have just received their
JL Stock of Medicincs, Books nud Fancy
articles, and are prepared to sell at short
profits.
We are Agents for the sale of a series of
STANDARD WORKS, now in the course of
publication, by the Apnletons of New York.?
Among tliese arc included
The Debates in Congress from 1780 to 1856.
Benton's Thirty years* Viow.
Morses General Atlas of the World, from the
latest authorities, to 185(1.
Cyclopedia of American Eloquence, "with
Portraits.
an._ xt ? -i ? i <
iu??ow Ainericnn (;jClop((lm,
The Cyclopedia of Wit and Humor, Edited
by Wm. J6.' Burton.
Specimen Copies of the above works may be
seen ?t our Store, together with many other
new and elegant Books.
We are"also agents for the sale of Grover'e
& Baker'sSEWING MACHINE, acknowledged
to be the best now in use, and the least liable
to get ont of order: This Machine will be
warranted and sold here' at New. York prioes.
Prices varying fronv $100 to %1?,5.
BfcAtfCIl A ALLEN.
Sept 17, 1857. 21 . tf
org.
innaV/tAT* * -
. "f* Y^'AttAmsitauu* heretofore exintfog
. ? ?Wi?es end J. W. Living.
^" 1?.^ of LAW, i* tUU d.y dusolved,
by mutual consent c
W??
? v '": ' * MtLUJCHLIN.. ^
> Vgf&W 1858, * , I
.... /- - -V ....... anl.-. I.7-. y.,. , L.
To the Public.
rHF. Undersigned having sold the American
Hotel to O. C. CUKN1KOUAM A CO.,
nko this occasion to return our thanks to tlie
iiihlic generally for the liberal patronage betowed
upon us and would solicit the smn? for
Is present Proprietor#. Respectfully.
O. H. P. SCOTT & CO.
Hamburg, May 30, 1867.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
1IAMBUKG, S. C.
I^IIE Subscribers take this opportunity of informing
their friends ana the public generally
that they have bought the above 110i'Kli,
nnd are having it refitted in the best possible
Htyle for their reception. We flatter our
selves that every necessary arrangement h??
I>een mntlu to promote the comfort of nil who
favor utt with theireompnny. Our ROOMS are
airy and comfortably fiirnirihed ; SERVANTS
attentive and obediaut.. And our TABI.K will
lie constantly tuipplicd with the best the season
iilVunN. <> !? friends may therefore rest sati?li.rd
that t-vi-ry exertion will he cheerfully rcn<l<
nd to make their sojourn pleasant nnd agree
ul >!*'
There will he in attendance a GOOD OSTLER
and ll?.rues left in charge will receive particular"
attention.
^ 7/ 1 urnwnn iirriviiifr ni 11118 House mny fuel"
llmt. tlii'ir will he promptly
ot'iil. J'f>- .-/ floiri/r, t?? ihv ('nrolinn or to cither*
it tin- i:<-oi'gin !j*.
WV solicit n slinre of the pntronnge of thoeV
v biting our town.
(1. ('. CUNMN<;1J AM,
M A11 y rt. V U N NI NO HAM,
Proprietor*.
December 11, I8.V7. S'i 18
To Mechanics, IntfentorB, and Manufacturers.
IN ANN<?l\v:tN<; tin- TIIIHTKKNTII Ani.mil
Volutin- <.l tin. SCIKNTIFIC AWKItJtJA.N,
lli?: l'uh!n-h<i> i<->|ii!Olfully inform the
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M-ut in bv the J>t of .January, 1858 ;
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: 4th, ; .sili. ?]?Ai , Ctli, $90 : 7th?
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i 2'.'.
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The general character of the Scientific Americak
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The State of Sonth Carolina,
Abbci'illc District.?In Cfie Common. Pleat.
William Wilson, \
vs. V Foreign Attachment.
Jaa. A. Liddell. ) Thomson & Fair Attorneys..
Whereas the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh,
day of April, eighteen hnndred and fifty
seven, file his declaration against the Defendant,
who, it is snid, is absent from andi
without the limits of this State, and has neither
wife nor attorney known wittih the taine,.
upon whom a copy of the said declaration.
uugiii. oc served?
it is therefore ordered, tliat the said De
fetidant do appear nnd plead to thesoid declaration,
011 or before the twelfth day of April,,
eighteen hundred nnd fift3--eiglit, otherwisefimil
nnd ohsolnte judgement will thcu begiven
and awarded ngninpt him.
MATTHEW McDONALD, c.c. p..
Clerk's Cffice, April 11, 1857 61? ly
The State of South Carolina..
A 11 BE I 'JLLE DISTRICT.
Office Court of Common Pleat and Gen'I Seuiont>
James T. Baskin, ) Attachment.
James A.*Liddlc,fBa8kin' P1'tra Altopn'y\
i,' IIEIIKAS the Plaintiff did, on tbe eighY
T teenth day of October, eighteen hundred
and fifty-six, file Ins declaration against
the Defendant, who, (it is Mid.) is absent front
and without the limits of this State and hot
neither wife nor attorney known within tbe
same, upon whom a copy of said declaration
might be served: It is therefore ordered,
that the said Defendant do appear and plead
to the said declaration, on or oefore tbe nineteenth
day of October, eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven, otherwise finafand absolute judgment
will then be given end awarded against
mm.
MATTHEW McDONALP, C. C. P.
Clerk'fi Office, Oct 18, 1866 25-ly
SOUTH CARO'J,;;^
ADD5JILLE Dl^nlOTv?ON ORDINARY*.
Isaac Cnr'il8jPi Appt.*\ Partiton
vs. I ]? tbe matter of the
W*m. Carlisle, Agneee \ Hm) KaUte of Jamc?
Kenned}', et? a), I
Deft*. J
IT appearing to roy satisfaction that the cliii
(lren of James Carlisle. namesnot knownthe
children of Sam'l Carlisle. names nolknown
; the children of Martha Newall, name*
not known ; the children of Marg<|tisL Shackleford,
names not known ; and the children of
Franois Carlisle, names not known, heirs end
distributees of James Carlisle, dee'd, reside beyond
the limits of this 8tftWC?It is therefore
ordered that they do appear, and object to the
sale of the Ileal Estate of the said James Carlisle,
on or before the sixth day of January, A.
D. 1868, or their consent to the samo will be
entered of record.
WILLIAM HILL, 0. A. D.
OoL 6, 1857 23 3m
The Slate of 8?|tli CaifUn*.
Abtxvilli DUtrict?I* flea*..
F. W. Davit, \
n-Tw-Jv
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