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DAILY ARRIVALS!
+ 6 GSM MHO:EIHBl.5S
Hardware, &C., &C., &c.
E GAIN ask attention of Planters and House
h keepers to my additional supplies of lava
and Mocva COFFEE, Coffee SUGARS Mo.
LASSES, RICE, SALT, FISH. &c.
Irish Potatoes,
Still lower-below coat--chcap enough for tn
BILE Use. have still about TIIlRTY BARRELS,
which am determined to close out.
A Now Supply
Paints. Oils, Turrentine, Burning Fluid. Putty,
and Window Glass, Frcnc, and American.
o. K,
Rrctiiicd, Rye aud Eagle WHISTLES, whicl,
l wish To close out Immediately at IL little above
cost for Cash.
Hardware.
Hoes Of every variety, from 20 to e5 cts, and
still lower per d"z. Hand Saws. Vices, Anvii+,
Smiths Tonys. Bellows, Pitch Forks. Shovcls,
Spades, and Nails Of every No. from 3 to 10
penny. ClIASS-J.og, Lock, Fifth and Draw
ing
Also, to Young and Old,
There is an application made to con forw ard
before summer and supply yourselves with
- II =,
anl any other kind you may want, as have IL
few left, and will sell ut cost for cash.
Guns.
Ifyou want Guns that will shoot and kill over
100 yards. call OH ii. $. KERR and ho will show
you few Of them.
Tobacco and Cigars.
Tobacco of every quality, from S cts. to sl.00
per lib. Cigars, many brands.
All of the uhOye articles md many nfhrr.
mny be found at tho Grocery Store of
ii. =: KERR,
Ap1 g. 80 If No. Brick Range.
a. Independent Press copy.
CARRIAGE AND WAGON
NJ ING.
'INfiE undersigned having as.
l. socatcd themselves as CO. GnEEN
partners in the business of Car s@gXgI
riage and Wagon Making and Repairing, under
the Firm of
II y r RIS & w n RE,
would call the attention Of the public to their
Shops ut
W.T.. Carmel,
where they hope by fair prices, faithful work,
| and prompt attention to business, To earn the
! confidence Of all, and merit a liberal share of
patronage.
For all jobs amounting to Five Dollars or more,
payment will be required in Cash, or by Il Cash
Note, when tho work is removed from the Shop
All orders for work should be directed to D;-
vid +. Harris; hut all settlements must bo nude
with the financial Coparlner, w. G. Warc. as
he alone is authorized to use the name Of the
Firm, give or take notes, give receipts, receive
money or contract debts.
DAVID E. HARRIS,
w. C. WARE.
MI. Carmel, S. c.. Jan. 7, 1885, 3s-ly
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References.

References.
S,cnhouse. Allen g. Co., White g. Goodwin,
Chareson; John a. Crawford, Richard Andcr-
son, Columbia. S. G.; Brawlcy Sc Alexander.
Chester c. H.. Col. 5. N. Stowe, Yorkville, s.
c.; Springs & Mcleod. Charlotte, N. C.; Mich
mel Brown, Salisbury. N. c.; r. G. Cooke, Con
cord, N. G.; DR.. w. r. Holt, Lexington, N. c. ;
Whitfield Walker, Newbcrry, s. c. J. Brown,
Anderson, S: C.; Cover, Cox 6 MarkIey,
GreenvUe, 5. c.; Jno. Kyle, Laurcns, S. G. +;
Chambers Il Marshall, Abbevlc, S. G..
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Hoes! Hoes!
Blacksmithing,

Blacksmithing.
TNHE undersigned having removed from his
l. old Stand, has opened Shop in rear of
Mr. Jones' Law Office, upon the Street leading
from the Court House TO the Depot, where he
will be pleased to meet bis old friends and Gus:
temers. lie prides himself particularly in his
skill at HORSE SHOEING, though ali kinds of
work will bo done with neatness and durability.
Jan. %, 1855. 40 :. -NA sn
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-. ~, ~ - :, Notice -.
s hereby given that O Final Settlement al; tha
L Eststes sof.JAgE2DONALD. Of decd. will h
rnadsnf the ofdiaary's Office at Abbeville G. H
son the 2Oth: day of June next. All persons hnv:
lag demands against the said sEttate, ars 70.
guested 70 present them properly a.testsd On ,hc
day Of settlement.
/ March 90 $50. !, ~ 4a g. - ssAs'' :;n0s sn
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Astopt tland 70 work in the Shop; OF, if pro.
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u The friends Of JOHN r. WILSON, re-
spectfully announce him as a candidate for Tax
Collector Of Abbeyille District at tho ensuing
election. - 80 Set .
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H- The friends Of Capt. s. IA, HODGE Es re
spectfully announce him as a capdida,e for Tax
Collector at tho ensuing election.
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tB The friends of N1MROD MoCORD re-.
spectully hnnounce him as a Candidate for Sher
iff at the ensuing Election.
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tBr The friends of Row, JAMES MOORE
would respectfully announce him ss Candidate
for reelection to tho Office of TAI coILEoral, st
the ensuing election. -, 4zs.fF sss5.-
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|. ~ The friends Of w W. GRIFFIN. Te.
spectfnlly anneunco< him as q candidfts 70
sheriff, at tbe ensuing eIec,ion;'l.'' S's9s'ss
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FELT HATs-The editor of the Central
Presbyterian, in speaking of felt hats dis
courses in the following style of good sense
'Indeed, this is the only sensible hat now
worn. Instead of the shiny, hard, and stiff
fur or silk hat, so lately universal; perpet-
ual annoyance to the owner; in his way in
his way in every conveyance. and in every
crowd; never protecting him from sun or
rain, but keeping him anxiously trying to
protect it; very much in the shape, and
about as pleasant to the head as section Of
a stovepipe would be- always getting blowed
off, or mashed, or weather stained; instead o:
all this, we now have the broad brmmed,
flexible bodied, easy fitting hat, without fur
on it, or stititning in il; never binding the
brow, or causing headache, never injured
by rough handling; always in shape, if shape
it might be called. which shape has none;
always shading the face from sun, and shell
tering it from storm; and last, though not
least, the pretties hat, if beauty is associated
with utility, and the fitness of things; this is
the hat which constitutes one of the most to
be lauded inventions of the present day, one
which should universally supplant its absurd
predecessor, and be worn by all classes,
clergyman included.
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\ New TERRIToRY.-Another Territory
we learn, is to be organized by portion OF
its inhabitants. On the lst Of September,
an election was held at various points in the
Gadsde Purchase for delegates fer the Ter
rltorial Legislature Of New Mexico, and for
a delegate TO Congress. The latter, it is ex-
peeted, will present TO Congress petition
for the separation of the Gadsden Purchase
from the Northern Part of New Mexico and
the erection of an Independent Territorial
Government To this post, Mr.. r. p. Cook
was chosen. How much of New Mexico
they desire to have included within the new
Territory, VIC are not informed; but the ad-
vocates OF the separation say that the country
is naturally divided, by the Intervention of
deserts and mountains, into two States or
governmental Jurisdictions. The Gadsden
Purchase, or Arizona, as the residents
sometimes style it, contains total popula-
ton Of perhaps a thousand persons, of
whom one-half are Indians, and third
Mexicans of very low class. The rest are
Americans and Germans. The principal vii
lagc is Tecson, Uooksone,) which aspires TO
be the capitol Of the new State There is a
fort in the vicinity Of the place, with a
small garrison Of United States troops.-N.
y Tribune
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pEoFlr OF FRrIT- T-EAIsING.-- Single trees
have yielded from five to ten dollars a year
ia fruit, and many instances in which TWEEN
ty or thirty dollars have been obtained. II
one tree of the Rhadc Island Greening viii
afford forty bushels Of fruit, at quarter OF
dollar per bushel, which has often occur
red, forty such trees on an acre would yield
a crop worth four hundred dollars. But
taking one quarter of this amount as a low
average for all seasons, and with imperfect
cultivation, one hundred dollars will be
equal to the interest on fifteen hundred per
acre. Now. this estimate is based ubon the
price of good winter apples for the past thir
ty years, in one of our most productive dis.
tricts; let similar estimate be made with
fruits rarsr and of a more delicate character
APricots, andIthe!finer yaristies of the plum,
are often seld from three TO six dollars per
three dollars; and pears from hardy and pro-
ductive trees. from two to five bushels per
tree, with good management, are frequent
crop; and on large pear trees five times the
quantity.
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PEARS FROM OUNCE SToCK.-Pears upou
the ounce stock should be planted in lux
uriant deep soil, and be abundantly supplied
with nutr,ment and good cultivation.
They should always be planted deep enough
to cover the place where they were grated,
so that the point of may be thre or four
inches below the surface. The pear will
then frequently form roots independently of
the ounce, and thus we combine in the
trr both early fruiting from the ounce and
the strength amp longevity of the pear
stock. For instance, Of trees of the same
variety, standing side by bidc in my own
grounds for ten year, and enjoying the
same trertment, those on the ounce have
attained larger size, and have borne for
seven years abundant crops, while those
upon the pear stock have scrcely yielbed
fruit.-COr. Name Farmer.
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EDUCATION boy should have his
head, bis heart and his hand educated. Let
this truth never be forgotten. BY the pro-
per education Of the head, he will be taught
what is good and what is evil, what is wise
and what is foolish, what is right and what
is wrong BY the proper education of the
heart, he will be taught to love what is
good, wise and right, and to hate what is
evil foolish and wrong. And by the proper
educati ton of the hand, he will be enabled to
supply his wants, to add to his comforts,
and to assist those around him. The high
est objects of good education are, to re-
verence and obey God, and to love and
serve mankind. Everything that helps us
in attaining these objects is of great value,
and everything that hinders US is compare
lively worthless. When wisdom reigns in
the head, and love in the heart, the man II
ever ready to do good order and peace
reign around, and sin and sorrow are almost
Btaekro0d.
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INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPER "A shool
teasher who has been engaged a long time
in his profession and witnessed the influence
of newspaper on the minds Of a family Of
children, writes to the editor of the Ogdens-
burgh Sentinel as follow:
have found it to be the universal fact,
without exception, that those scholars Of
all ages who have had access to newspapers
at home, when compared with those who
have not, are;
l. Better readers, excelling in pronuncia-
ton, and consequently read more under
standingly.
2. They are better spellars, and define
words with ease and accuracy.
8. They obtain practical knowledge OF
geography in almost half the time it re-
quires others, as the newspaper has made
them familiar with the location of the most
important places. nations, their government
and doings, on the globe.
4. They are better grammarians, Tor,
having become so familiar with every variety
in the newspaper, from the commonplace
advertisement to the finished and classical
Grafton of the statesman, they more readily
comprehend the meaning of the text, and
consequently analyze its construction with
accuracy.
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Remarkable Fountain in Florida.
A correspondent Of Ballou's Pretoria
n ritino from Elnrida eaYs.


writing from Florida, says
"Taking a narrow path, | crossed thro
some dense underwood and all at once
stood on the banks Of tie Wakulla Spring
There was a 5as:: a' water one hundred
yards in diameter, almost circular. The
thick bushes were almost growing to the
waters edge, and bowling their heads under
the unrippled surface. | stepped into a
skiff and pushed off. Some immense fishes
attracted my attention, and seized spear
to strike them The boatman with a laugh
asked me how far below the surface sup
posed they were, | answered, about four
feet He assured me they were at least
tcenfy from me- and it was so. The water
is Of tho most marvellous transparency. !
dropped All ordinary pin in the water, forty
feet deep, and saw its head with perfect dis
tinctncss, as it lay On the bottom As we
approached the centre, | noticed Jagged,
grayish limestone rock beneath Us pierced
with holes through these holes one seemed
to look into unfathomable depths The
boat moved slowly on, and now we bung
trembling over the edge of the sunken cliff,
and far below it lay dark, yawning, un-
fathomable abyss. From its gorge comes
pouring forth, with immense velocity, liv-
ing river.
Pushing on just beyond its mouth, l
dropped ten cent piece into the water,
which is there one hundred and ninety feet
in depth, and clearly saw it shining on the
bottom. This seems incredible. | think
the water possesses masniiyin. power |
am confident that the piece could not he so
distinctly seen from tower one hundred and
ninety feet high. We rOwed on towards the
north side, and suddenly We per eiyed in the
water the fish which were darting hi her
and thitheI, the long flexible roots and the
wide iuXur ant grasses on the bottom, all
arrayed in the most beautiful prlsmatic
hues. The gentle swell occasioned by the
boat gave to the whole an undulating mo-
ton. Death-ke stiffness reigned around,
and a more fairy scene never beheld.
So great is the quantity of water here
poured forth, that it forms river Of ITSELF
large enough TO float tlatboats aided with
cotton. The planter who lives here has
thus transported his cotton to st Marks.
Near the fountain We saw some OF the re-
mains OF mastadcn which had been taken
from it, The triangular bone below the
knee measured six inches on each side. Al
most the entire skeleton has been sent TO
Barnum's Museum.
The Indian name Of the fountain is beau
tifully significant. Wakulla means 1.-The
Mystery" 1t is stated that the Spanish dis
coverers sprang into it with almost frantic
JOY, suppOSing they had discovered the long
sought - Fons Juvcntutui," or the fountain
of youth, which would rejuvenate them after
their exhausting marches and battles.
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BE SYsTEMArIc.--A contemporary truly
says, this will add much more to your con-
venience than you can imagine. 1t saves
time, saves temper, saves patience, and saves
money. For time it may be little trou-
blesone, but you will soon find it easier to
do right than wrong; that it is easier to act
with rule than without one. Be system
attic in everything; let it extend to the most
minute trities. 1t is not beneath you
Whitfield could not 80 to sleep at night il,
alter retiring, he remembered that his gloves
and riding whip were not in their usual
place, where he could lay his hand on them
in the dark in any emergency, and such
men leave their mark on the worlds histo-
ry. Systematic men are the most reliable
men; they arc those who comply with their
engagements. They are minute men. The
man who has nothing to do is the man who
does nothing. The systematic man 10 soon
known to do what he engages to do; and
to do it well, and to do it at the same time
promised; consequently he has his hands
full
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VALUE OF SLEEP.--Dr Alexander was of.
ten heard to say in substance rs follows:
"Clergynen, authors, teachers and other
men OF reflective habits, lose much health
by losing sleep, and this because they carry
their trains of thought to bed with them.
In my earlier years [ greatly injured my.
self by studying my sermons in bed. The
best thing one can do, is to take care Of the
last hG!r ho1r before retiring. Devotion
being ended, something may be done to
quiet the strings Of the harp, which other
wise would go on to vibrate. Let me COM
mend to you this maxim, which somewhere
learned from DIR. Watts, whs says that in
his boyhood he received it from the lips of
DR.. John Owen, very good pedigree for q
maxim Break tie chain Of thougAs at bed
time by something at once serious and agre,
able. BY all means break the continuits, :,
or sleep will be vexed, even if not driven
away. If you wish to know my method, it
is to turn over the pages Of my English BIZ
ble, alighting on passage here, a passage
there, backward and forward without plan,
/ and without allowing my mind to fasten on
any, leaving any place the moment it ceases
to interest me. Some tranquilizing word
often becomes Divine message Of peace.
lie siyeth his beloved sleep"
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FAsHIoN-Fashion is poor vocation. Its
creed, that idleness is a privilege and work
a disgrace, is among the deadiiest errors
Without depth of thought, or earnestness
of feeling. or strength OF purpose, living an
unreal life, substituting the fictitious for the
natural, mistaking a crowd for society, find
ing its chief pleasures in ridicule, and ex-
hausting its ingenuity in the expedients for
killing time, fashion is among the last influ-
ences under which human being, who re.
spects HIMSELF or who comprehsnds the
great end of life, would desire to be placed
Claiming.
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New Boot and Shoe Store,
HENRY HANEORU

IA NNOCSCEs to the people of La Sale County that he
- has JUST received the largest stock Boots and
Shoes offered in this Market and h. de,e,m,nss -,
keep hand full supply Of all the different varieties Of
his and Aew York manufactured Boots and shoes n,
reduced prices for cash
Having been engaged in the manufacture the above
named article for twenty years he feels To
,rodu as good an article be found in ths or
other market
Repairing done with despatch. r.s. u
NV place of may be found at No. Cavariy's
Block nearly opposite the Post Ofce at the aisn Of
BIG BOOT Or>ava, September 10, 1856.
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Love in d Cottage.

They may talk Of love In a cottage,
And bowers Uf treilised vine
or nature bewitchingly simple,
And milkmaids half divine
Thes may talk Of the pleasure Of SLEEPING
In the shade OF spreading tree,
And walk in the fields at morning,
by the side Of = footstep free
But give me sly Irritation
BY the light Of . chandelier
With music to play in the pauses,
And nobody very near:
Or seat on q silken sofa,
With glass of pure old vine,
And mamma too blind to discover
The small white hand in mine.
Your love in . cottage Is hungry,
Your vine 10 . nest for flies
Your mikmaid shocks the Graces,
And simplicity talks Of pies!
Tou lie down in your shady slumber,
And wake with bug in your ear,
And your damsel that walks in the morning
Is shod like a mountaineer.
True love Is at home on a carpet,
And nightly likes his case
And true love has An eye for dinner,
And starves beneath shady trees.
His wing is the fan of a lady,
His foot's an invisible thing,
And his arrow is tipp'd with jewel,
And shot from silver string.
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The waters of the Chesapeake are now u
niteb with the Great Lakes. the first boat
through the North Branch. N. Y, on Mon
day, from Piston, Pa She was four days
on the passage, and came richly ireighted
with coal.-The arrival of the first boat was
greeted with great rejoicing by the Eimlrs
people. This new and important channel OF
internal communication is 1S miles long
was commenced in 1853, and cost abou
$500, 900.
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THE ARABs.-The intensity of the sun
shine is produced in the Arab eye; the ST.
moon is teri ible symbol Of those gusts Of
wrath which desolate the human soul Lux
ury and Incidence are their characteristics
as well as fiery tempers. and we are at a loss
to reconcile the one with the other. Our
sky, as bright as it is, is not to be compared
with that of the East. After fifty days Of
desert travel, | left it, fascinated by the va
riety of scenes In its solitude, it resembles
the ocean, but its sweet refreshing Provi-
dence leaves none of the desert-places OF
the earth, without some atoning quality.
God has breathed upon the desert, this
sweet and cleansing breath. | could point
out many traits of resemblance between the
sailors and Bedouin. Both are free and
rowing in their tastes. Among either you
will rarely find coward. ! prefer here
speaking Of the wandering Arab as type
Of the race. The Arab dialect, in which the
Koran is written, is still spoken in its prs-
tine purity in Egris, around Mecca The
Arab is brave, and his sense of honor is r-
reproachable. He is devoted to the MUSES..
| have no doubt that Christian knights first
learned their sense of honor and chivalry,
among the Saracens at the time of the Cru
sades. The law of protection is held in as
much respect among the Arabs as in the
Koran. The pride of the Arab is his birth
right, and dignity is his natural manner.
The Arab is generous, and his hospitality
universal; the guest confers an honor upon
his host, and the name of the stranger is
sacred.-Bdyard Taylor.
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OLD AGE.-The neglected portion of tho
great American family is old age, we are
sorry to ssy-not that we, as a nation, are
disrespectful to the old, or that they are de-
MED or grudged anything. We perform the
negative duty to them by avoiding all VIII ch
shall occasion to them offence or deprivation.
but we do not perform the duty Of assidu.
ousIy seeing that they occupy, always and
only, the places Of honor and prominence;
nor, more particularly, do we study to con-
triye, untirngly and affectionately, how to
comfort, cheer, strengthen, and recuperato
them. The old man in one house may have
his chair in the drawing-room, and his place
at the table, and be listened to when he
speaks, and obeyed when be commands.
But in another house he will have his easy
chair cushioned and pillowed, and his arm
chair at the table, and the cook will 10
busted most with what will newly nourish
or refresh his more delicate appetite; while
all listen first TO mis- words, and address con-
vcrsation t. him as a centre and eagerly
seek for his commands as an authority
This eve assure the reader, from our own
wc!-weighed observation in both countries)
IS fair picture between age in America and
old age in England. We have been said TO
admit this TO the commenting traveller. 1t
i an unconscious fault in our county, an
oversight Of our life too busy, our attention
too overtasked, and our plans Of home and
pleasure too unsettled and immature, but
the feeling for the better things is in use,
and time will bring this feeling into action.
" Il. Wills
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GRAND DISPLAY OF
Millinery Goods I!

go .is M 1sfhI|oF .T,r 3Gi's S"rf opno-
a COMPLETE stock of Fall aud Winter MiLlLNEta
n GO1DS consisting of Silk, straw, Velvet and pu-'
EnTu-ts Flowers Pllunes. Head Dresses, Dress Cal-
Velvet Ribbons new styles Cheneiic Cord and every
thing 10 be found in any Millinery Establishment when
I have .eI-cted with hoping TO please All "l my ou
.ns,crn.r. and ls MANY ues ones may favor me with
a call.
Ladies please call and see for your-elves-
Patterns received monthly from New YORK
o.. nn,',t.r II I,5G SARAH GREGG