The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, April 15, 1859, Image 4
Leva in a Printing Office
I once heard an old Journeyman remark
lint a printing office was no place for-love
making, anil I liavo since experienced the
trutli of that expression ; being now perfectly
convince*] that the flower of love can
never bloom in the midst of tvpea, cases,
and printing ink.
It was my fortune once (o sojourn for a
few day ia tlio village of . Directly
opposite the oflice was a pretty, white
cottage, with rose-bush clambering around
tlio easement, nnd I whs not long in ma
king the discovery that the aforesaid cottage
with tlio rose-shaded window contained a
fair inmate?a flower whoso beauty outshone
the roses that clustered around the
window. Slio was tlio belle of the village.
Her liamo was Mary?sweet, pnetic Mar}*.
I have a passion for the name of Mary.
It was a beautiful summer morning, and
I had raised the window to admit the breeze
from the flower-decked fields, and it was
not long ere I percived the cottage window
was also hoisted and that sweet little Mary
was sitting busily engaged with her needle.
I worked but litt!c that morsiuf. My eyes
constantly wandered toward tlio cottage
whero little Mary sat, and all sorts ofstrange
fantastic notions whiiled through my brain,
and I began to think I felt a light touch of
what the poets call love, sliding in at one
corner 01 my neart.
A few clays pased away, and chance made
nics acquainted with Mary. Oh ! she was n
creature; she had a form that would have
shamed the famous Venus do Medici?a
cheek that out-flushed the richest peach,
and a lip that would have tempted a bee
from its hivo on a frosty morning. I
thought as I gazed on her in mute admiration
that I had never looked on o?c so exquisitely
beautiful. She seemed the embodiment
of everything lovely and bewitching.
Well, timo passed on, und ono day Mary
expressed a desire to visit the printing office.
^ Good," thought I, "what a chance! I'M I
have a kiss there?yes, there, in the very midst
of the implements of mine art?why shouldn't
I ?" Love in a printing office ! Oh ! there
was something original in that, and Ire
solved to try il at all hazards.
Well Mary ranie lo the printing office
and I explained to her tho use of various
implements of the black art?the press the
roller, tho ink, nnd the stand?, and the
Vixes of the A. B. C's I took an opportunity
to snatch her pretty little white
hand ; she drew it back, knocking a stickful
of matter into "piy"
'*1 must have a kiss for that, my pretty
one," said T, and at it I went. I managed
to pet my arm around her waist, nnd in
struggling to free herself, she upset a
galley of editorial, a long nrticlc on the
Oregon Question
Nothing daunted, I made at her acrain.
This time I ws? more sucessful, for I obtained
a kins. By Saint Paul, it was a sweet
one, and that little witch horo it like mar
tyr ; she never screamed once. But as I
raised my lips from hers , sho lifted her
delicate little hand hand and gave mo a
box on the ears that made Bee more stars
than were ever viewed by Ilerschel, through
his big telescope. Somewhat nettled, and
my check smarting with pain, I again seized
her waist and said :
"Well, if you don't like it, just take back
the kiss."
She made a desperate struggle, and as
she jeiked herself from my arms her foot
struck the lye pot, and over it went. An
other galley of editorial was sprinkled over
the floor, and in lier efforts to reach tlie
door her foot slipped and she fell, and in
her efforts lo sustain herself her haud?her
lily-white hand?the same little hand that
enmo in contact with mv eats?oh ! horrible
!?was stuck up to the elbow in ink !
Shades of Franklin ! She slowly drew it
from the keg, dripping with ink, and asked
what use I made of that tar. I began to bo
seriously alarmed, and apologized in the
best manner I could, and to my surprise she
seemed more pleased than angry ; but there
was a lurking devil in her eye that told me
there was mischief afloat, As I stood surveying
the black covering of her hand,
scarcely able to suppress a laugh at the
strange metamorphosis, she quickly rnised it
on in<?n and brought it flown kerslap upon
my clieek. Before I could recover from surprised
the 6ame little hand had again descended,
and left its inky imprint on my other
cheek."Why^ Mary," I exclaimed, what are
you about
"I think you told me you rolled ink on
the face of your form," she replied with a
loud laugh, and again her hand lit upon
me?taking me a broad slap in the middle
of my countenance, most wonderfully bedaubing
my eyes. With a light step and
a merry peal of laughter, she skipped
through the door. She turned back when
beyond my reach, and her roguish face peering
through the door-way, shouted :
"I sayT Charley, what kind of a roller
does my hand make T'
"Oh," said T, "you take too tnuch ink."
" Ha ! ha ! " 6he laughed, "well, good
bye, Charley, that's roy impression."
I went to the glass and surveyed mysell
for a moment, and I verily believe that 1
eould have passed for a Guinea Digger
without tbeslightest difficulty. "And so,'
said I to myself, "this is lore in a printing
office. The devil fly away with such love.1
The next morning, when the editor eam<
to the office, I rather calculate he foam
things a little topsy turvy. However, th?
made no difference with me, for I had caiz
sled before day light I bore tbe marks c
that scene many a day, and now, wheneve
I see a" lady entering a printing office,
think of little Maty, and keep osy eye :
the ink kef.
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Oonfoasion of an Onion-Eater.
The following "confessions" ? /adeQuin
coy, tlio English opium-enter, will doTlioy
are contributed to tho Philadelphia
Sunday Dispatch :
I do not pant for glory. Fame, present
or posthumous does not lead me on.
I do not rush into print with tho burning
ambition of a Cobb or nil Everett. Sleep
brings me no excitiug visions of street walls
broken out with my name in leters a foot
long and wide in proportion, brilliant with
blue ami cold and green, or of whole columns
of tho New York morning papers, dovoted
to the simple but startling announcement
that I write exclusively for tho' ,'
aRd for nothing else. It is only because the
d n* .ell ill pec ret of my Hfo will no longer lie
concealed in the gloomy caverns of my sofil
that I now "like mr pen in hand.*' I have
a cnse, and I feci that that caso ought to ho
put. I do not ask the sympathy of the
j woild. I do not want Society to hring it
self low on my account. I have nothing to
suggest, no fault to find, no advice to give.
! I just put iny ca?o.
I am an Onion-eater. T love the Onion
with a h?ve that it would ho foolish if not
mad to attempt to express hy words. Other
food I find convenient, and at times even
delightful. I may mention spring chi kens.
They seldom appeal to me from tiio degiaj
dation of the di>h in vain. A beefsteak of j
fair propotions, heautiflly brown, with a j
cheerful crispness about it, steamed away in
its own jolly juice with the animated spirit
ol vigoious health, and diffusing an inspiring
oder all around, fills me with emotions of
gratitude ofjoy, and inclines my heart to
Worcestershire. Tlio same, in a somewhat
less enthusiastic spirit, may bo said of a tender
and trusty mutton chop. The vegetable
kingdi.m likewise has charms for me,
The potato occupies a high place in my confidence
.'.ml esteen. The potato I respect and
esteem. The potato I respect under all circttinstances,
I could never treat it with anything
hut the most devout consideration,
not only because of its own inherent worth,
but also because the importance of a Special
Dispensation (I need not say in behalf of
what green island) attaches to it. At the
present moment I can think of few worthier
objects of affectionate attention than a ba- <
ked potato. With what blissstil memories
do the words throng the chambers of my
soul! It was the mealy minister of happiness
untold to childhood's hours, and even
now I cannot withstand its fascinating spells.
It soothes me with its incense, and comforts
mo with the rich treasures of its warm
heart. Other fruits of tho husbandman
share my sympathy ami favor. But I love
the Onion' (I writo Onion with a capital
O, and hope the printers will not bring a
blush to my cheek by giving it a small o.
From what I kno\y of printers as a class, I
believe better things of them.) When I
confess that my love for the Onion amounts
to a passion, an inspiration, a mania ; that
awake or in bed, it consumes rne with a
iierce mo; that it interteres witti my business,
und sometimes makes ino reckless of
razor for many days, and utterly oblivious
lo clean linen?I am aware that T present
myself in a very absurd light indeed, and lay
myself entirely open to the public ridicule
and conter..pf. lint I have made up my
mind to put my case fairly, once and forever,
and it shall be. O, how I love that
vegetable! I never see a string of Onions
swinging idly before a shop-door without
pausing and bending a look of afFecliion
arid pity upon them. Then am I abstracted
from the bustle of the bricks, and translated
into an atmosphere rare and ecstatic. Then
may depraved juveniles bump violently
against me and make vulgarly merry at my
expense?I heed them not. Then may
crowds collect with eyes dilated and upraised
hand?, and policemen all in vain request
me, \yith the urbanity for which thev
are so eminently distinguished, to move on.
By-the by (lie spell breaks. I wave my enchanters
a sad farewell, and go wildly up
the stre&t.
At home, in a dark bin in the cellar,
which, I have heard it said, was at one time
used as a receptacle for coal, I have at different
times stored away a largo quantity of
my adored vegetables?as many as a ton
of them, I should think?and Iain constantly
making'additions to the collections.
This is a consecrated spot for me. Hither I
resort, as the old academicians used to resort
to their sacred groves?for contemplation,
reflection, inward peace. Hero do I worship
my deity, enshrined in pine wood of a
somewhat dingy sort. Here do I pour forth
my soul to the divinity, in poetry which I
find it impossible to remember long enough
or well enongh to commit to paper.
But all these are only the external mani
. -f :? ?i e?.u
i^ovrtuuuo n pnpniuu wuiuu uuroio iuri.ll
with its full strength and ardor at meal
lime. CoulJ love fulfill its prayers, I would
have Onions three times a day. My appetite
is ever thus. Whether in their natural
state, peeled all round and glowing with
pure native lustre, delicately peppered, and
and not destitute of vinegar and salt; or in i
a condition of stew and and steaming sue
culence and fragrance ; or fulfilling the hum- j
ble duties of sauce to some great proud
^ entre?my palate hankers after the Onion
1 all the same.
? My case is not yet fully put. Its distressing
* and I may say, appalling features are about
? to be BresentflH. Mo fr\anAm )> ?
r ? w VMwa liftvu
" off, one by one, until (heir number is ex
a pressed by a figure in shape not unlike an
I egg. To my horror, the other day I ?u
t "cut" in ft manner as deadly ab possible by
r ? creature of the opposite ?ex, my relations
f with whom I bad alwaya supposed, up to
r that very moment, to be of a deeply intiI
mate and friendly nature.
d Not very long ago, I waft almost peWiied
at the sight of a fellow whe was in th?
saino class with mo at College?a fellow
who had known mo ever since I was a little
boy?Judging from mc round a corner,
and evanescing rapidly down a small street.
And lie must have seen me coming! I got
into a crowd a short time sinco before a
shop window with a picture of Piccolomini
in it, or something of that sort. Imagine,
if you can, my amazement when I saw the
people slowly but surely draw off from the
place with expressions which, if I am not
very much mistaken, I have hoard used in
cases of disagreeable smell. I shall not forget,
if 1 livo many thousands of years, the
hoiriblo turn my mother's faco took on a
very recent occasion when I bent my countenance
to hers for the nurnoso of depositing
there n labial token of filial aflbotion. I
have just gone into business on my own account,
but somehow my customers never
come a second time, and I can't hope,, to
get along in tlio retail line in that way,you
know. I am never invited to any small
parties, family or otherwise, as I used to he
before I bccomo acquainted with the Onion.
And Ro, while I am in a state of bodily
health which has no precedent in my
previous history, and which I cannot but attribute
to the liberal use of a vegetable
which the medical faculties have, with common
consent, pronounced highly wholesome?yet
notwithstanding this, and the
inward assurance that I am not disqualified
by physical deformity or memtal vacuity
or social intercourse, I constantly realize
that I am, for some reason, an excessively
It dues 6C0111 hard, dosn't it 1
A Good Name ?A good name is above
all praise. Ilavd you not found it so, young
man, you whoso well-known virtues have
placed you in a position which you occupy
with feelings of commendable pride? And
you whose fame has been the target of envious
tongues, have not you seen a good
name to be the only breastplate that is impervious
to the poisoned shafts of calumny ?
Gold and talent, what are theso without a
character? A light to lender darkness visbl;
a gilding, which, by contrast, makes
lie substance more revolting! Cherish it
then, all ye who possess it;guard it carefully?for,
depend upon this, its purity once
lainished, the most unwearying efforts will
hardly restoro it to iu pristine lustre.
Let it attend you through the journey
of life, crowning your days with peace ami
happiness. The rectitnde which won it will
engrave upon your face a letter of recommendation
to people of every nation and
tongue. And when the treasure is no longer
needful to you, it shall descend to your
posterity, a legacy with which millions on
millions would not bear to be compared.
A Young woman of llie tribe of the Old
town Indiana the other day in the cars, was
risked by a rowdy if t>he would not like to
ir.arry a wbite man, '"No," was her, reply
"because good white men do not want to
marry tne, and poorscamps like you I won't
have 1" The rowdy left at the next station.
A western editor complaining that he
could not sleep one night, summed up the
causes: "A crying babe sixteen months old,
a dog howling under the gate, a cat in the
alley, a colored servant at a ahantv over the
way, a toothache, a pig trying to get in at
the back door.
' My dearest Maria," wrote a quite affectionate
husband to his wife, a strong-minded
woman. She wrote him back, '"Dearest, let
me correct either your grammar or your morals.
You addressme, ''My dearest Maria."
Am I to suppose you have other "dear Ma
rias f
Yankee Rusticity.?A story is told of
a country gentleman who for the first time
bad heard a churchman preach. lie had
read much of the pride of the church, and
when he returned home?"Pshaw I" said
he, "pride ! pshaw ! why, the minister actually
preached in his shirt sleeves."
An old Dutch proverb cays, stealing never
makes a man rich. The simple old
Dutchman who got up that proverb knew
little oftho exploits of ofllcediolders in the
United States,
Tf you love others, they will love you.?
If you speak kindly to them, tjiey will
speak kindly to you. Love is repaid with
love, and hatred with hatred. WouW you
hear a sweet and pleasing echo, speak sweet
and pleasantly yourself.
Kindnesses are stowed away in the heart,
i . ? ,1
| nivc iunu icavcn m a uin?ti, KKJ dwcuioii Cf *
ery object around them.
He who looks continually up, may go
down ; but he who looks always down, Bel
dom goes up.
When there is love in the heart, there are
rainbows in the eyes^which cover every dark
cloud with gorgeous hues.
Tn pursuit of happiness, how often sorrow,
like a robber io ambush, unexpectedly
waylays us.
Bless't will be be, who tries to bless.
ExomcimrT nr California. ? Some of the
San Francisco editors write in ? very excited
manner, in consequence of the failure of some
of their project* before the late Cod greet.?
The Alta California, for example, haa the fol
lowing: Patient and long suffering aa we fpe,
earnestly and truly patriot!* aa we are, a eon<
tant and unintermitting aeries of groaa and
outrageous wrongs cannot fait, sooner or later,
to so far alienate oar hearta from the Union ai
to rafuaa to be bound by a oompact whos
solemn provisions are, apparently, t??t aa straw,
in tiU sstimation of our auftra
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pei feet, ailaptedncss, as well as lahor? Paviiiu
qualities in the performance of family and j
household sewiug." ? Jlubvrt Boor man, jWir ,
York.
"For several months we have used Orover ?t
Bnker's Sew ing Machine, and have come to the
conclusion that every lady who desire* her
i-cwii g hi mi/if k//>/ nml tjitickli/ done. would he
inoet fortunate in possessing oi;e of these reliable
and indefatigable 'iron necdle-wotiieii,'
whose combined qualities of Itcnntif. .ilrriit/lh,
ami xiwplicilji. are in valuable."?,/. II'. Morris,
tlmti/hft r of O'fii. (Jto. 1\ Jlorris, JMilor of the
Hon" Journal.
Kxtractof a letter from Tlio*. 11. T.etvvitt,
I r.i-ij., an .mik ricnn gentleman, iiiiw rcsnl nl la |
| Sydney, Xcw South Wales, dated'January 12.
lass:'
"1 bad n lent made in Melbourne, in lS.'i", in
which there weiv over tlir<?c thousand vanU of
scwinir done w itIt one ul'lirnvcr it linker'* Machines,
find a tbtple seam of thai litis oiitstnod
all the douhtr seams 6C\Vi-d l>y sailors with a
needle ami twine."
"If Honicr eon Id lie palled up from hi* murky
shades, he would sing tin* advent ef (irover it
linker ?s a mniv benignant miracle of art than
was ever Vulcan's smithy, lie would denounce
! in id rt it^li t shirt making ns 'the direful r-|?iin?j; of
woes unnumbered.' "?Xorlli.
"1 take pleasure in saying, that the f;rover it
Tinker Sewing Machines have mare that sustained
my t^epcetat ion. After trying and re?
turninir other.-', I have three of tin in in operation
in my differeift places', and after four years'
trial, have no fault t<> lind."?./. II. IhtniiuouJ,
SetnihTvj'Soul/i Carolina.
"My wife has hail una of Orover it Maker's
Family Sewing Machines for some time, and
1 am satisfied it is one of the best labor saving
machines that has been invented. I take much
pleasure in ivcouimcudinur it to the public."?
j, cr. jjurris, uoucrnor oj Jctincuste.
'.It is a beautiful tiling, and puis everybody
into mi excitement of irnoil liumor. Wen* I ?
Catholic, 1 should insist upon Sains 0rover and
linker having an eternal holyday in couimctii
oration of their nood dceJs for humanity."?
Cussius. M. L'laif,
"I think it by far the best patent, in use.
This machine can he adapted from the tin est
cambiick to llio heaviest cassimerc. It sews
siromrer, faster, and more beautifully than one
can imagine. If mine could not he replaced,
money could not buy it."?JIrs. J. O JJrou-n,
Nashville, Jinn.
"It is speedy, very neat , and durable in its
work ; is easily understood and kept in repair.
I earnestly recommend thin Machine to all my
HcquaintaneeftAnd others."?Mrs. M. A. Forrest,
Memphis, Tarn.
?We tind this Machine to work to our satisfaction,
and with pleasure recommend it to
the public, as we believe the Orover ?fc Baker
to hellic best Sewing Machine in use."?Deary
Brothers, 'Jinn.
' If used exclusively for family purposes,
with ordinary care. I will wager tiiey will lust,
one 'three score years and ten.* and never get
out of lix."?John. Er*k\ne, Nashville, Tcnn
I 1 tin v c l.n/1 I- .- 1 1?
nnd ntn perfectly sal is?(5?-d t lint, tlx; work it does
it> the best r.nd most beitu'iful that ever was
nift'le."?Maggie. A imison Nashville, Term.
"I use my Machine upon coats, dress-making,
nml fine linen Pitching, nnd llio work is admirable?
far belter than tlia best hand?sewintr,
or any other sewing machine I have ever seen."
? Lucy IS. Thompson, Nathville, Tenn.
"I find the work the strongest and most
beautiful I haire ever seen, made either by hand
or machine, and regard the Gruver ?fc Baker
Machine as one of the greatest blessings to our
sex."?Mrs. Taylar, Nashville, Tenn.
"I have ono of Grover <fc Baker's Sewing
Machines in use in my family, and find it invaluable.
I can confidently recommend it to
' all persons in want of a Machine."?O. T.
Thompson, Nashville.Tenn.
i "I take pleasure in certifying to tho utility
I of the Grover ii Baker Sewing Machines. I
. have used one on almost every description of
> work for months, and find it much stronger and
> better in every respect than work done by
. hand."?Mrs. D. W. Wheeler Nashville, Tenn.
f "I would be unwilling to dispose of my Oro,
ver & Baker Machine for a large amount, could
5 I not replace it again at pleasure."?Mrs. II.
O. Scovel, Nashville, Venn.
* "Our two Machines, purchased^from yap, do
the work of twentv voung ladies. We with
f))ea?ure recommend the Grover A Baker Sewng
Machine to be the beat in uie."->y. StiUman
A Co. Mempkit., JVnn.
""the Graver A Baker Sewing Machine works
5 admiruhly, I think the etitch and work far
superior to that of any Sewing Machine I eVen'
saw. On fine work, I think the macbjn<> wonld
? be hard to beat."?IK. J. Davie, Memphxt,
\ 2"5r"n*
i "I find the machine easily, managed, fary
durable, and take pleaanta in recommending
it to all who wife coihrenienoav economy,'Aad
pleasure."?Mr*. F. Titus, Jhmpki$, Thtn.
.? mditiii .11 n't n..fti .
SOMETHING NEW 1 !
A GI FT ENTERPRISE CONDUCTED
UI'ON A LIBERAL AND IMPARTIAL
PLAN.
HIE ONLY ONE THAT STANDS ENDORSED
BY T1IE ENTIRE PRESS
OF THE CITY OF
BALTIMORE.
U. E. IIOVT Ac CO'S
GREAT SOUTHERN
GIFT BOOK STORE,
NO 11 BALTIMORE ST.,
It a II i 111 o re , Nd.
1IEADQUAKTFUS I'Oll j
Soutlirni and Western Orders.
Greater Inducements than ever before offered.
SKSD TO Til KM FOR A CATALOGUE.
A (Jift vorJh from (>'?nfx to
ONEHUNDREDD OLLHS
Accompanies every Book,
C-ATALOO 1*1 IS GIVING l'ULL PARTICULARS
MAILED FREE TO ANY AD
DRESS.
What I lit; I*ro?N Way.
Tlioy have a mairtiilieent, assortment of
Ttooks, nii'l liave prepared I hemsclvcs with innumerable
clciralit'.ids to lie < 1 i-(i-i 1 >n t.?M ] mi unit;
their "troupe of friends and customers ut
lanre."?/>??/?. Unit.
Not only may a selection bo made of nny
choice work, but with it the purchaser is .turn
to receive some article of .Icwdry, whieli in
many cases, proves quite valuable.?Jjaih/ /iVvliniHjr.
They make no promises that arc performed
stiictlvlo the letter, and l>y thus punctually
cancelling their obligations, have (raii.ed the
ill ire confidence of not only our citizens, but
country abroad.?JioU. J'ntriot
A yotiiiy lady ae(|Uaini ane<> of ours ptirelias d
for a Iiook at I his establishment, a few days
Mltec, and received a douM,. cased (Sold Wnlch
iHt/itnl a/ onc /iiwilrxt iliillnrx?(,'liji/irr.
The success which attends II.e (Jift Book
Mouse of Mcssr-". II. K. IloYT <fc (/'<>.. has no
precedents in the annuls of CJil't Kntcrpriaes.*
-1 r<jnx.
t'ud and see 1 !i?*m, and our word for it, yc
will not reirrot, your visit.?JJirputvIi.
All Otili'in should In' addressed to
ii. iioi t &. co..
No. 41 Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md
mnrrli 17, ijci'j 'im
ABBEVILLE AND WASHINGTON
SVAtiE LIXL
FROM
Abbeville to Wn*liiiigton.
rpilK rUJU'lJIKTOIl ?f this w. ll e?talili-lici]
1 I.ino lakes this iiiftlioil of informitit; I In:
puMie that. In* lias trli.-i his Schedule, lor I lie
convenienee of passengers.
Tin* Stnjjelenves Alitx'villo Court House, on
MONDAY. WKDXKSDAY nn.l Fill DAY morninirs,
at .it ii'cliii'k, luit in consequence of the
Imd <'<in'iilion of the roads, ii wil not. herenfter
nwait. the arrival of the ilowu train from
(irceitville, as heretofore.
ThcStnife will leave Wa-hinyton, (?a., on
TLKSDAY, THL'IISDAY und SATURDAY
iiioruiutrs.
The i.ino lias Won refitted with a splendid
FOUR-HORSE COACH.
good Teams nnd an experienced driver.
nr i \isselitreis from all points above New
neriy, going West, will tnnl tli.it they can
n.'iK'li nny point west of Atlanta in exact ly the
'.aiiic time, an>l with $5.01) less expense than by
way of lirntichvilhs.
For further information apply at itie Post Oflico.
J()JI.\ McBUVDIi, Aji'l.
Abbeville C. II., S. C.
Maroli 3f>, 18.1ft 4 ly
SOUTH CAROLINA.
AHI1KVII.I.K DISTUICT. IN EQUITY.
Jiroek, Armstrong, it Co..")
m. I Hill to net aside
ii . V. Po?ey, Ifenson f ns&ignmot of cxecul'oscy,
el. al. j tiou, <to
IT appearing t-> my satisfaction that 15. V.
Posey, oiio of the defendant* in the above
stated cast; i'i-ii.|.'S li.-y??ml tlm liinita of this
Slate, on motion of Mctlownn. Com p. Sol. Ordered
that the said 1!. V. Posey do appear and
plead answer or demur to (*oinplainaiil*H Hill of
complaint, within three months IVom the publication
of this order or the same will be taken
J'ro t'olif'ixso agai'ist him.
WM. II. PARKKIl, c. e. a. d.
Cotnniissoiicr's (Kliee, )
Feb. ili, 1 S.V.I. j" >14 3m
I? A I" E It
COMMISSION WAREHOUSE
A N D
PRINTERS' DEPOT,
Tor the sale of
WRITING, 1'ItlNTING, ENVELOPE
AND
COLORED PAPERS, CARDS
AND
PRINTING MATERIALS
OF ALL KIXDS.
AGENT FOR
L. JOHHSON & CO., Type Founders,
R. HOE & CO.,
An<l other Printing I'ress makers.
PRINTING INKS OF BEST QUALM Y,
At Manufacturer'* Prices.
To Merchants.
The Subscriber begs to call attention to his
LARGE STOCK OF
writing ana wrapping .traper
of all kinds, which lie will sell very
LOW FOR CASH,
or short credit on lnrfje sums.
JOSEPH WALKER,
120 ileeting-st., Charleston, S. C.
Oct. 7, 858.
APPRENTICE WANTED.
THE subscriber il.-siteB to procure nn APPKEN'TICE,
to learn the BLACK SMITH
Triule. Either a white BOY or NEGRO will
be taken. Apply to tho subscriber, at Abbeville
C. 11.
Wm. KNOX.
Feb. 17. 1859. 42 8m.
Notice to Debtors.
A LL Persons Ind?*bt?*d to the lato firm ol
j\_ WAUDLAW Ji LYON are requested to
make prompt pnj-meut, as the}' are ar.xionB to
close up the business. Their accounts aa heretofore
will ho found in the hands of Messrs.
Jordan <fe McLaucijlin, their auccessors, at tbc
old stand.
WARDLAW A LYON.
Dec 17, 1858 88 tf
Paints and Oils.
WE hove just reoeived a lot of PURF.
WHITE LEAD. Linueed .Oil, and Copal
Varnish, which we ill sell cheap.
^ JORDAN A WoLAUCHLIN",
No. 3, Granite Range,
la - Abbeville, C. H.
July 1, 1868. 8 tf
i F. P. ROBERTSON.
PUBLIC AUCTIONEER,.
XT"*TOULD respectfully offer his services U
V V the citizens of this a?d the adjoining
Districts. He is so generally known, that lu
deems it annftcessary to do more than refer t<
his addressr, via.; Diamond--HUI P. -O., Abbe
ville Dist rict; and all communications directec
to himTWU reedvA prompt
Nor. 1, 186?, ft-*
am . ? . - , ? ' ' " i? i?
JEFFEttS & C0T1IRANS, I
CHARLESTON S. C. I
VV1LL continue the Faetornge nnd Com
t t mission lsusiness iii this city (their of- 9
dee on Central Wharf) wber? tliey will be n
pleased to give their strict and personal atten- 1
tion to the snlo of g
Cotton, Flour, Wheat, &c., I
or to nny l>usino!>s intrusted to tli?ir care. Will I
huy (rood.-* or Family supplies to order, Com- C
missions for buying or selling 2? percent. 9
They take this opportunity of tendering their
thanks to their frieuds and patrons for tlieir
liberal patronage, and respectfully solicit a
| coutiuuuucc of the sumc.
H. L. JFFFF.R3,
| W. 8. COTIIRAN",
JOHN CUTHKAN.
Charleston July 101 li '58 10 tf
TEETH EXTRACTED
W I T II O IJ T P A I i\r
Witli the Galvanic Process,
jBY S. IIKN11Y BEARD.
m? ,m: rn^ m: M rmr
Office?Ovflr "Rrtmph fir All?r.'o
~ W Miiwu o XTJI
Store.
Abbeville C. H.
August lil, l.S?>8 I? tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^
AJiBKVII.LE DISTRICT
I Ojficr Court of Common Picas and Gen I Sessions.
N. K. lint lor )
vs. v Attachment.
! Win. 15. Lloyil, } MefJownii, lTtlfa Attorney.
; \YrllKltKASthe I'luititifTdi<l. on the nineteenth*
| ilny of November, eighteen hundred nn?l
; fifty-ciL'ht, file his declaration against the I >?-Ft*ndaiit,
who, (it, is sni I,) is absent. from and witl*
1 out tin' limits of this Statu and litis neither wife|
nor attorney known within the same, iipua
| whom n copy of said declaration might b? ser;
vod : It is therefore ordered, that, the said I)ej
fondant do appear ami plead to the said deeTai
ration, on or before tin-1 wontloth day of NoI
Vfinber. eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, othI
or wise fi mi I and ali-oluti* judgement will then
be given mid awarded against him.
MATTIIKW MclJON AL1>. C. C. P.
ClerkV Office, Nov. *20, 18fl8 30 ly
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABHEVILLE DISTRICT.
(\mr! / V????i?/I? />/#/! /!!.*.? / C?-?' '
- ^ . --J vvff(iiv<? -? H.UO M?W utu ? urodl(/7(0t 1
N. K. Butler, Survivor )
vs. [ Attachment.
Win. Ii. Lloyd, ) MeGowan l'l'tlPs Atly.
\V 11 Kit HAS the I'lniutiir did. on the nineteenth
day of November, eighteen hundred and
fifty eight, tile his dcclamtion against the Defendant,
who. (it. is said) is absent from and
without the limits of this State ami has neither
j wife nor attorney known within the same, up|
on whom a copy of said declaration might bo
j served: It. is therefore ordered, that the said
1 >efendant do appear and plead to t lie said deeI
lar.it ion, on or before the twentieth day of
j November, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,
! otherwise filial and absolute judgemeut will
i then be given ami awarded against hitn.
MATTHEW McDONAI.I), C. C. P.
Clerk's OlHce Nov. 19, 1858 30-ly
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.
IN EQUITY.
I J. 1J. Cobb, anil others, vs. B. V. Posey, A. E?
Hughes, and J. T. Moore.
! PETITION IX THE NATURE OF A FOREIGN ATTACHMENT.
IT Appearing to my sat isfnot ion that B. V.
Posey, one of the defendants in the above
I tut i-d ease, resides beyond the limits of this
! State, on i?ot ion of Thomson it Fair, Pro. l'n,
j ord<-rlhnt said II V. Posey do appear, plead
answer or demur to said Petition within threemonths
from the publication hereof or the Batue
will be taken pro confesso ngainat him.
W. 11. PAKKElt, C. E. A. D.
Commissioner's Office, ^
iii). zi, isoy. j 4a 3tn
SOUTH-CAROLINA,
AnilKVILLK DISTRICT.?IS EQUITY.
Henderson, Rutland,")
North ifc l'lutt, I
vx. } Bill for Relief, In?
I llndden, Shiner ?fc Co., I junction, ?fcc.
and others. J
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that A. Wil?
son 1 I<I<1<1<MI. Abraham Slager, Klias Singer,
I Spearling it Hrother, defendants in llie aliovo
'stated case, reside beyond the limits of this
State. On motion of ,1. 0. Cnlhotin. Comp. Sol.
ordered that tlic Haiti defendants Jo tmpear and
plead, answer or demur to said 1 ill of Complaint,
within three months Iroin the publicA?
Moil hereof, or the came will be taken Pro
(Joufetso, against them.
WJ1. II. PARKER, C. E. A. D.
Commissioner's Oflice, >
Feb. 21, 183S. S 43 3m
Gas Light, Gas Light!
WE Respectfully inform our friends and
the 1'ublic, that we have purchased
the exclusive right to sell in this District,
Danlord. & Baileys' Patent Self-Generating
GaB Lamps,
rind can supply every family with tho most
beautiful and economical light now in use. It
is no trouble to keep tlioni in order, and their
! impossibility of explosion render them invnluable.
One burner will give as much light as
seven candles, ut liio trivial cost of about one
cent, per hour, and can be fitted in any other
lump at small expense.
We will keep on hand n supply of splendid
Parlor anil oilier Lamps,
at nil prices. Tlrs Light, is adapted to Churches,
Hotels, Stores nnd Dwellings.
Call and see for yourselves, at
JOItDAN ?fc McLAUCIILTN'S,
Ko. 3 firanite Range,
Abbeville C. II., S. C.
April 30, 1858. 62 tf
WAGONS,
Tz-vn*- rtr ftnn TTnroa
IRON OR WOOD AXLE,
REPAIRING,
BI< ACKSMITHIN G-,
HORSE-SHOEING,
AND ALL WORK IN HIS LINE+
DONE TO ORDER,
. *32* "W KHnCKia
Abbeville C. II., Feb. 22. 1889. 43 Sm
: DR. S. HENRY BEARD,
D E N T I S TV
Graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery.
HAS permanently located at Abbeville C,
II., and Bolioits a share of public pat;
ronage. Teeth inserted from one to full upper
I and lower sets. Exposed nerves destroyed and
treated, free from pain. Having purchased an t . *
offi'co Right, of Dr. Blandy, of Baltimore, I am
prepared to insert teeth on the"Cheoplastiopro-,
ce8?- ? " *" " '
Office?Over Branch & Allen's Amir
Store. ' '' * '
ABBEVILLE 0; H., 8. a .
April 8*1858* 2
if i I, , , ,
| . If?ac? ? ft|
ALL p?r*on? ini^bMafcomeby NahJST'A*,
. coaat, up to the firat of J*nTi?rr. ?rrf?*
I quesUd to ietUe Uio At the earliest ?oa<
venienoe. v .Ifctf/OilW*
J?n. 1, 1?W. - H ' M '
mm. -> - *- ' itiN.-""* -ii?t ' ^