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~ = short time IS WIS luSuri.,ting in the
'ind OF dreams. well known AMI highly
es'eened minister (beih on account of III.
le'rn'ng and Pietv) preached that night
tie VS. anon' in the middle Of his sermon,
and n an impressive AMI earnest manner
was giving wholesome, spiritual counsel to
his very attentive audience.
The congregation seemed deeply sensi
BILE OF the great good resulting from cor
rect and Pious course of living. II WIS
Will" the minister WIS so earnest in. ! Is ad-
monilons, and the congregation 80 still and
attentive, that B. woke up. H. hastily rose
to his feet, and clspping mis- hand. to gether,
exclaimed rs he was wont in the circus,
"Hurrdh for Pinckncy :" There was moi
much attention paid to the sermon after
this. Poor b.. he imagined, as he said uE-
serwards. himself in the old circus, applaud.
ing his favorite candidate. .
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Amuaing Cironm Itanna

we had long con, ersaIIon with friend
the other night We spoke OF Charleston
AID old times, and amongst other matters he
t as the following. which is substantially y
Irae. What we ARE about to relate, occur.
red several years ngo. HENRY L. pIscKSEY
was a candidate for the Msyoralty. tie wa,
opposed by some one, but we forget now
who it was. The excitement was very
great in Charleston, and the cheers and
hura's in the old circus where public meet
ings were held, almost deafensd the neigh.
borhood. Now b. was enthusiastically in
favor Of PmcKs.Y, and not unffeQuently
did his "hara for pIscsEr' 10 ;he old circus
drown all other voices.
There Was preaching one evening In tho
Cumberland street Methodist ch0rch, and
.. who was half seas over, hspp ned nesr
the time when service would commence, 10
bo In hat neighborhood. Seeing tbs crowd
-Pushing" on. he followed and soon seassd
hinlsef quite comfortably in ths ssnetasry
The eoeions dfahs of tbs sShiIers,ins fn'd
~ hsd saksus sew seiea - 4 aawotie, srd
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dies, augurs in for her buoyant condition.
though Capt Wall. of the Hiron. on the
morning OF the 2Sth. saw n singular looking
craft far to leeward, but was unable to tell
whether she was steamer or sailing vps
sci. he says she had Il nondescript appea-
ance, and may have been the wreck OF the
propeller.
Amongst those whom last saw on the
quarter deck. whilst fastening life Or, servers
on the females, and who must have sunk
with the ship or perished on the fl, were
captain Luce aud son, Mrs. E. X Colnns
Master Colt Collins. Miss Collins, Nc. B-nwn
and family, connexions of the SEM of th
i'rm ct Brown, Ship!cy & Co, Ii ,ro
Mr.. Ihoms. importer of hosiery n. York
Mr.: Adams, Brooklyn MIR. Bowen, Crncin-
natl Mr.; Charles Springer, Cincinnati
James Muirhead, jr, Petersburg, Va; Mr.
Hewitt, Mrs. Hewitt and daughter. Of Fr..d.
ercksburg. Va; Mr.. Wood, New YORK NJ =.
fsaki, Mr. Schmidt, Miss Murton, IL
mouth England a nephew of Mr.. b ood
good, hotel keeper, Philadelphia. re .Iding
IN Albany the Duke de Grammont OF the
French Embassy I'd stewar wife and
child Annie, n cDlored girl, and Mnry,
stewardrss : Miss Jones. Mr.. Petrie and lady,
Steward Holm, Washington. ID. g.; J. Cook
Opeiousas, Lit; with many more whose
names did not know, but whose features
are indelibly impressed on my memory.
A MIR. Comstock, brother to the comman.
der OF the Baltic, Was drowned by the cap.
sizing of DO It whilst being lowered.
government dispatches from France and
England, entrusted to my care by Mr.. Blu
chanan, coul not save.
The boat in which we escaped was one
OF Frnncis's patent metallic, No. TAT, from
which her capacity can be ascertaincd and
compared with the number rescued. Re
spectfuliy, GEO. II. BURNS,
Adams u Cos. Express, Philadelphia.
New York, October 10, 1854.
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Destruction Of q steamer-Tweaty-
three Lives Rost.
Deiroii. Mnndnr n.t o

Detroit, Monday. Oct. 8. 1854.
Last night the steamer T.. X. Collins Iefs
this port between 10 and n o,clock. with
large number Of p sarngrrs on board bound
from the SAINT st. Marie 30 Cleveland.
About midnight, when little brlo > NAL.
den. near the lighthouse at the month Of
the river. the vessel was discovered to be on
fire, and before she could be got ashore she
was completely epyeIop-d In Aanes.
The greatesi CONSERVATION prevailed A.
mnag the passengers. most Of whom. arous.
ed from their sleep by the fearful alarm, ran
wildly about the decks or pIuaged ut once
into the water.
Twenty-thres persons psrishsd by FIRE or
drowning.
The names Of those missing, as far as can
DC asrertained. are as foIlows:
Mr. Dibble Of New York; Samuel Powell
Lawrence WhsioB, Thomas Cook. the I.it..
burg Railroad agent, all Of Cleveland; Ms.
sIeNeiily, Mrs. Watsous and child Of Ash
tabala
The body Of ihe child has been recover.
ed. Fifteen Of the crew are missing. Among
the passengers from the East saved are b.
Z. Dubois, fhiladelphia; Mr.. Patterson of
West6eld, Chautauque County.
A large number oi passengers from the
sault left the vessel ut Deiroit.
The origin Of ths FIRE has no, been ascer.
InI L Il
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Junp ,''.o the Mates lie currvnl h.r.
runs out very strongly into the lake. and
very iv~ "ouiii tb",- s6rvn saved aan. nos
capt langley Of the propeller Fin ry fortu.
aatriy seen the light and hastened to the
rescue All the boats Of the propeller were
m"nned and sent of. and a-arly every soul
saved ~-'s iarcsgh their inst sment.lity.-
The few that reached shore were in com
P'e'ely exhausted condition. Some wretch
robbed one Of the sufferers Of $50.
The Collius came out as new steamer
last October She cost 10000, and she
was insured for sis 900 only in the follow.
ing officers In the Mercantile Mutual, New
York, s5,0O0 in the Atlas, New York, S.
600, and $4,000 in tn No {, w ,tcrn.-
She WAS owned by Capt. F BW.rd
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gressional District.
3e46

The Hon. WIN. Aiken is elected 10 Con.
grers from Charleston. N. &. MordesAl
state Senator. Representative
}. Cunningham, q. q. Memmingsr, T. Y.
simops, IT,, u. J. Whaley, w. q. Dvs,aas-
sure, J. D. Campbell, ) &. Blum, n Ne.
Cready. l.. Rsbb, y. ID. Richardson, II. =.
king. Y. NJ. Whiting, James simous, Dr.
n. v. Toomsr, ,elson Mitchell. q. A. Tren-
ho.n, Il. Horlbeck, >. siegIiag, Jr.
ST. PAUL'S PARISH.
Representative, J. Z. whaIey. by ma
jority Of one vote.
BARNwi:LL DISTRICT.
For Senate. Maj. J. D. Allen
Representative. David Bash. John T.
Tobia, Nisehsstss Ge.h an. s. ". ro...s
81 James, s. tNrEe1
Representative, a. w. Cordss.
Ki~iiLAND 0ssT.ticr.
Senetor, Hos. Jvna >. pss.ton.
Representatives,. Wallace. sryes. Lamp.
Ton, DvSaus.asv.
MARLBORo
senator. G. w. Dssilsy.
REPRESENTATIVES. .. A. rhsraWeA Cha
IsAg.
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The NArIosAL BABY SHow.-The Gin
cinnati Times has a full ac-ount Of the -Na-
ti"nai Baby Show, held last week. mt Spring
field Chic. There were one hundred and
twenty seven bibics in all exhibited. from
various States Of the Union. The Times
saws:
"The Baby Tent pre- 'enieda novel, ANUS
ing, and interesting sight The mothers
and nurses wrre seated, and had the LITTLE.
dariings' all 70 dy for inspection, that is,
N near readyas could be-. To ace so many
ba'ies tog. the. was novel : TO note the ns
,"rnai efforts TO present them in the be- I
mood. was amusing and to gaze upon their
innocent faces and purest Of char,ne, WINS
certainly interesting.
There sat mother, her eyes directed al
iernately on the judges, and ON a little che.
rub which layin her lap. BY her SIT ano.
ther' holding up proudly, lovely little girl,
whose fiaxen ct,rls an sweet blue eyes
wouid sonen the heart Of the greatest baby
hater in Christendom. Next to her.a nurse
was endeayoring TO quiet "a stout. black e, ed
rosy-cheeked, 'one-year-old' Who insist. on
pulling the JET, black ringlets Of another one
about its own age. One lady painted with
pride to the chubby legs Of her darling boy.
while another giowingiy refers To the deli.
ctie bit we'll formed features Of her sweet
hiOe. Une ouasteu srs,snp, -v,,o-- ..., ts.-.,.
Of its age, another Of the smallest and smar-
test.
IL was generally admitted th 4 decidrdl,
the pretticst child on exhibition was from
Cincin"aii Ii is the daughter Of Mr.. Hen.
ry Howe. u Is really "a sweet child, and,
without pretending TO be Judge. we must
coincide with fhe general opinion.
Large and f.t children seemed TO predom.
mate. One from Indianna, i've months old
weighed 27i pounds. Another, four months
old. weighed 10 pounds p.ir of t~iu
Of Clark county, Attracted much attention.
They were very pretty, and as near alike as
two peas An elderly lady was present with
her sereniernih baby, only two months old
She, claimed nothing cxtrnrdinar. in che
child, but thought she was deserving of d
premium.
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fN- The Charleston Standard in speak
ing Of the election in that city, says: ''ihey
say that the Know Notbings had seven can
ddates in the field, and have elected every
one Of them. We could probably MIN .
the whole seven thus claimed, but are not
inclined to take the liberty Of publishing
claims which they might repndiate-thongh
we feel Mt perfect liberty to say, that some
who were very high are not Of the number
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tW- Rev. John Hanson, late Assistant
Minister Of Calvary Chursh, New York.
died at his residence in Hoboken, on Mon
day evening. Ills illness was very brief.
and originated in a violent inAamasion Of the
lungs The deceased was born 10 England,
bat had resided in this country for aaamber
Of years. Mr. Hanson was mao Of con
siderable literary attainments As writer
forlhe press, be will be remembered as the
author of the famous article In Puinam's
Magazine. Shave we q bourbon among as 7"
and . volume that was subsequently, pub-
lished setting forth the claims Of ths Rev.
Eleazsr Williams. as the vedtabIs Dsaphin.
Louis the XVI. IN other departments Of
tsfasars, also. be welded p5aeiised and
eeIisksd PEA
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Business Notices.

We would cali the attention Of the ciii-
zens residing In the neighborhood Of New
Salem to the advertisement Of Messrs. Con.
nors a. Mobley. We learn from one Of the
firm that they have recently received a full
aud assorted stock Of goods. which we are
sure they will take pleasure in showing to
their friends, and much greater pleasure in
selling To them.
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DARLINGTON DISTRICT.

DARLINGTON DISTRICT.
Representatives, Charles, Hayneswortb
and II .rt. There wer six other candidates
GEORGETOWN DIS rRIcr.
Senator, Allston.
Representatives, Wilson, Middleton and
r sad.
ST. BARTHoLEdEw'S.
Senator, earn.
Representatives, - O'Bsyan, Perry and Sln-
deis.
CHRIST CHURCH. PARISH.
Representative, 4. w. Wagner, \no oppo-
siIion
GREENViLLE DISTRICT.
Representatives, McBte, FERRY. Dunean,
and Mooney.
ADBGvll.LE DISTRICT.
Representatives, iIe.,rst, iieriIon, Me-
Gowan, No0lc aud lhon,so,.
LAUKENS DISTRICT.
Sea"tor. Col. }. Ii. lrIy.
Representatives, Henderson, Simpson,
"uu atHuNtSous
PEND,.LTON.
senator, Col j. 4. rickvns
Representatives., Lewis, Ambisr, Steele,
q. ,snam, llarrison, Wiisun aud Wilkins.
un.lNGE r..,KISil.
Represent. feeder aud ttunph. =
AA.,iO> ulS ISlyr.
HtDrk.N,ut atI,eA-
Manbs.
,ilEsTERFIELD DISTRACT.
SENATOR. Gen. BIaKrncy.
Representatives, ..o~ry aud Mcqueen
HJ.Rf DIS TRicf.
Rcpies ntati,c, Col. Munro.
sPARrANDUtG D;s fitICr.
Representatives,, ucsrr, Kiigorp. Camp.
belt, TrimmIrr aud Miller
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JOSIAH J EVANS.
LETTeR or Or. !, y DAVIS.

LETTER vf DR.. J, y DAVIS.
Astor House, N. Y. Oh. q 1854. A.-1S ahe
, &diicr 9. tke xferek& --ia c,,mp.i.acc with
your rrQeest f,r iutsmstioD as reg ri, the
cr,'ps of South Carolsa.. for the present wear
cannot, nor en- any ons speak with ccr
tdnty at this date. am the morc par,iru-
iariy unprrp.red on account OF my absence of
several weeks, yet from tn. existing s,..s.n
since my departure, think The COTTON crop
OF all tie Southern states will be large Il
has here,otorc eeen conjrctured thai IN. re
"oeId be "A short co.toa cr"p, aud an im.
press'"n To that cti,ct prece,ilhg thu de,el-
opc meni If the crnp. has cnba,,c.u the val
ne of the st.ple. ] his has not BE-. The re-
suit for the lash few years, aud lie Unit. d
States, like aa isolaled planter, ave IN in
their pow er To oa, Il, b.s ana cirru a,,, u,o ey
10 prop"r'ion Ia tile amoant oI the crop.
lhc cliaDges cUnseQ Qieut apon c.mlHcrce,
revolutions, aud tile ihvoncri, abe colisuuip-
lion oi cotton by n ae~ aud increaeing pap
ui'siion in out own country, as WI ss from
| 'iie ifitiOauc,in oi q Bew intercourse wi.h
histerto unkauwn and acnseiy pvpuI ted
co''htries, s,,ne II .a uiircttint,, ami, M
deed, Il may be said u weakness, Il, spr.u-
i"te upon the demand or price. Une Thing
Is quite ccrtaiIi--,hat the more made Tho
more will tie consumed.
The cat, wheat, corn and hay reps If
| South C.ro,iDa have beeu unusually abun.
u"nt. lct, as this Stat, Is larael, a custom
or of all these article, frOm other, states
failing this year from drought, ~ is oaly n
bci eut To the planter himself. and 20 r,-
CARDS the price of sucu provisions ia the
Sta'e, to be regulated by the general dea-
| cheney
'lhe rice planters have very short crop,
frtltn he, a..
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'HE EcLEcrIc MEDICAL JuuRKAL.

The EcLEcrIc MEDICAL JoURRAL.
The table ofcoptents of tho October mum
bcr OF this Journal is unusually attractive.
The opening article treats Of -Typhoidal
Fevers their Diagnosis and Treatment
This IL an excellent journal, containing much
OF value to the medical practitioner, and the
typography is net To be excelled. Publish
ed in Cincinnati q. monthly. at 81 per year
Address, Dr.. X 3. NEWTON.
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- . -a.1R,e .

Court WEEK.-The Court of Common
Pleas commenced its session here on Mon.
day last, Judge O'NEALL, presiding. Al
though there is not great deal of business
before the Court, We believe there is enough
to consume the week. There is no case of
any great Importance. excepting the State
against JOHNSON. Our readers will rrmem-
ber that JOHNSON wns apprehended and lod-
ged in Jail, on suspicion Of being implica-
ted somcway in the murd of THURLow
BEcKHAM, which occurred a short time since
Mt the Camp Ground.
Among the lawyers in attendance, we
notice, Col. WlTHERsPooN and q. w WILL
LIAMs, Esq of York, Col. KERsHAw and
w. 4. CAsro Esq, of Camden.
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~ The Graham case was finished on
Tuesday, and the jury rendered verdict Of
manslaughter IN the second degree. the pun
Ishment for which is imprisonment in the
States prison for not lees than four nor
more than seven years. The jury were out
8 hour,
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General Intelligence.

Prince sirnchikoff had Intercepted :hv
Allies ut the liver Alma and news of
battle wis hourly expected. IL Nas p OBJ
bly, fought on the 10Th ult.
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Or. Graham's Sentence.
NEW YoRK, uvt. 10.

Dr.. Graham's sentence will not be- i.ss
than four nor more than seven ears i.n
prisonmcnt in the psnit.ntiary. The court.
howe' rr, has postponed delivering the sen
trnce for twenty days, In order 10 ..tiord Dr
Geah .ns counsel Tins 10 fle bill OF ex :
ceplions.
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PEs DsE BRrDcE.-Tbe bridge over the
Pee Dee River, on the line Of the Whining
ton and Manchester Railroad, Is completed.
The regular passenger train PASSED over Il
on Tuesday last, going North and South.
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Pennsylvania Election.
lew YoRx Uel. II

10 some twenty towns md counties %,
Pennsylvania, Pollock (.vhiy) his 4 .iic.,
some l3,OUO since the at Gubocrn,.iuri 4
election, when Bigicr hid S.AJo m .Jor.i,
in the State. TysoD HIS been elected 20
Congress over Chandler.
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Baltimore Municipal Election.
BALrinokE, Ort 10

Samuel Kinks, Esq. the Know Nothing
candidaIe ko' MayOr HAS bten elected over
Nm u. iho.iias, Denocr.t, By n i.rg, N.
joi ",
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OBITUARY.

DIED. ON the laih instint. ON Cain Creek.
in this District, Lucy AnALiSE, daughter If
Robert l.. and Mar,h, R.binso,s aged 4
years month and seven d vs.
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CoURr AT YoRKILLE.-We learn from n
verbal source, that the two brothers, VIcx-
ERs, triea ut YorkViIle last week, for the
murder Of DoBsoS, were found guilty
aid sentenced by Judge O'NEALL to be hung
on Friday, the 29th December next
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fiALIFAx, Oct. II.

HALIFAX, Oct III.
The British and North American Roy,I
assd aid Rflip ls Jit EipfqSa Sa CIV IS hs #as e.
port she ieft on the 80 uiti,no.
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Election, Returns.

Cen Aconeen b elected 10 Congress
foni the ist Congressional District, by a
large majority. The yo.e stands thus:
First Ccngressio District
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To oCoRREsPoSpENrs-.W wish it distinct
ly understood, that We pay no attention to
anonymous communications.
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D,.AUA OAA,


D..iACh Ohn.
Senate. DR.. 3. w. Barker.
Kepr-s ntative, Col. p. C. Kirk.
PRINCE GEORGE, wlNYAli g
Senator. r. F. w. Aston.
r representatives., J. I. Middletoa, ID. II.
Wilson, ]. II. Read. Jr
ST. GEoRGE'S PARISH.
Senator, T.. Brownlee. election protested
ST. JOHNS. CoLLErO%
Scu.tor, Jno. Townsend
Rep seat.,ives, Dr. Wm. NJ. Bailey, e.
B. Bryan. s
CLAREMoNT CorNTY. SUMrER DIS
TRlCr. ~
Senator, 'ol. +. J. Moses.
Representatives, spain, Dlanding, and
q. een.
FAIRFIELD DIS rRICT.
Representatives. Boylston, Clarke and
YORK DISTRICT.
. Representatives, Wilson, Clawso,, WAL
lace aud Williams
NEWBERRY DISTRICT.
Representatives, Crossen, Jones and IIar-
rington,
LEXINGTON DiSrRICr.
Representatives. Fox and Hope.
CHESTER DISTRICT.
Representatives, Douglas, Melton AMI
Gill.
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Anow Oh. fact though, tb.,t .o,,on !. .Ioyu.
anu W. s..ll see no reason that il viii d, nh,
better. we know not, but when de Y.I.
ln8 Fever disappears in the southern cities.
ami comlnerce ecolnes active. The heavy
exports Of cotton which is now daily nc.
cuniulallng. viii force the con F., ic,ion ON M,
uluus oi Europ.a,. bu, ers, that All eA,r.-
ordinary crop is lnade, which Iact of i,seii
would uepress the ma,k k.t eo.,siusr.bi, -
B,c.us,uns are high, aud pro, ,slous Of M,
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r.n v % ~, N...a, 49, "a d, ;,si. az an
opinion Of the prospsrt ef The coming Year.
u h.y are erroneons, of course the vii,
svr,'hnie SO small - part of the general
mfor''..e'cn shish you will collect us TO lead
10 n, E.isc ccaeiasi.ms.
JOSIAH J EVANS.
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Loss Of the rctic.

.. u.
The U. 3. Mail Steamship Union has ,r.
riv, d ut this port from H,vre, which Dor,
she left on the 27th ulL. She brings the
melancholy intelligence that on the 2Tth
ult, the U. ). mail steamship Arrtic, Capt
Luce, ran into steam propeller at sea aud
commenced TO leak 80 rapidly that the tires
were soon extnguished. The crew and -
fcw'f the p rsscngers took to the bpat-,
but Capt Luc', the mates, aud majority
OF the passengers remained by the ship aud
constructed raft. Unfortunatcly, however.
sudden panic occurred, aud numbars ru .l,-
ed upon it and the only buat remaining -
the sixth. In three minutes afterwards IN
Arctic sunk, and ONLY ons out Of seyan.,
two ON ths raft escaped. Those WIN W. =
on the last boat were stved having been
picked up by the bark Hnroil, and tran ,f.r
red to the ship Stag Tor New YORK. IT,,
other i,e boat, have not been heard OF
Those saved were princip lily the crew.
j he Propeller which was full of issrn
gers Was greatly dam .ged. Her fate L. uut
known.
Out Of 43l souls on DO ,rd the Arctic
only 81 ARE known To be saved AIn,mg
those last seen on deck, were r.. K Cu,liu-,
Miss AMI Master Collins, Brown and f,ui,
relatives of Mes,rs Brown and Sliplr,
of Liyerp"L Lines Muirhe.d, ut Peter,
burgb, and the due De(irinmJnl of the
French Embassy.
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STAT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCASTER M ,rxl,-r

In III Conmoa Pl-as.
''h" "a Adams Attachment.
Jonathan Mackcy.
Whereas the p! iniiff did oa the ith
day at 0ctobcr, 80. Ill. his dr. In alton
against the defendant, wbo Ia il is said.) ,,.
absent from, and vi hoat the limits ~ this
State, aud h.'s neither wife nor ai o,nry
known within the m ppon whom copy
OF ti'c I'd devi raiion q, ght BIS .sv,d. I,
Is ih nt n. ordered, m tn. said defendant
do ,pP' ar and pl.. ID To tI,c aid dcri ,r,tim
on OF Lefors he 18th day or O~t.bcr, which
viii or In ,.s 20 n of onr lo.d IN. thou
= nj eight hnn,irrd and tifty live, o,herw,s.
hni aud absolute jnlgneat will then bs
given and awarded ~ inst hir.
}. a. STEyNMAN, Clerk.
Clerks Office, l4th Ocl. 1854
!. nrnsirr District
Oti Is 35-iyid W. Fce $40
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AEa ADtERTlSMEN4S.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
BY James H. Witaerspo,n, ESQ.,. orii-

-, nary for said Dist lot
WhERRAs John Eryio robinson has applied 10
me ior Letters of Administration on all n.I
singular the Goods and Chattcls, Rights aud
Credits OF Edwa,d d Snipes, late of the Dis,, ict
aforesaid, deceased.
THESE aiv thcrcf.c, 20 cite and aslsnosiish
all a',,i singular. the kiAdred aHd c, editors OF
said 'lcccased To be and appear bviose nae at our
next Oclina.y's Conrt for the said district, to DC
hoi,ien az Lancaster Court House on the First
day Of Noyc'nber Instant, to show cause, IL any
ed. -',.-n -aot be Gra.,s-
Given under my Hand and Seal this sth day
- OF Oct. in the year of our Lard on.
lI = I thousand, eight hundred an,I fifty four
I ! and in the scycnty-ni,.th yea, Of y
- merican lndepcildcnce.
JAMES II. wfflIERSPOON, o. T.. d.
Oct. Is. Pr Fec xs.uU 3 ~
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LANCAsTERV.LLE, sc,
WEDNESDAY,. OCT. Is, 1854.
Agents for the Lancaster Ledger
Terms of the Ledger.

Cash in advance .lwHys. No paper will
he stopped until paid for unless we choose to
We have II fine assortment Of Job Type, and
are prepared to do anv kind Of Job Work
with neatness and despatch.
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CHESTER DISTRICT.
Representatives, Douglas, Melton AMI
Gill.
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T'"" ths ChdrIesfon iSfa1d1rd.
SIX DAYS LATER FROM EURoPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMERS
u MON AND EU ROPA.
Lossof the Steamship Arctic.
ONLY THIRTY TWO PERSONS
KNOWN To BE SAVED.
IsTERcEpTros OF THE ALLIES BY
MENPcHKoFF.
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NEwBERRY DISTRICT.

Representatives, Crossen, Jones and IIar-
rington,
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FAIRFIELD DIS rRICT.
Representatives. Boylston. Clarke and
Br.tou.