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State of South Carolina. =.
ABBEVILLE .DLSJPC7.
In Ordinary.

In Ordinary. =
Wilkinson Notes, App't, Us. Elizabeth Scott, L.
Malone and wife, ct al, Deft,s. - -:
T APPEARING to my satisfaction that tbo
! children of Mary Ann Fowler, dec'd defen.
dants i'll this cuse, reside without the limits Of this
State E,''ar1, -"
1t is therefore Ordered that they do appear.
OF Ordinary to be held ut AbbeviIle C. m. Ar
beville District, Oh the 9th day of Oetobe,
next, and shew cause why the Renf Estate,ef
EIizabetll Notes, decd; sliould not Be sold 6S
partition. - =. -.
July 27, 1861 ID SIN
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1he Eree-Stat fansas CAinl5H-A Law
renee TX. T) correspondent Of the New York
1r'6"ne gives the following very edtying account
OF an affair of honor" between two Free State
heroes:
a very novel incident has occurred to-day
This morning Richard Raelf of YOU, civ. hit
formerly from England, who has been an occa.
slonaI correspondent for Eastern papers, called
upon e. w. Brown, Of the Herald and demon.
ded rctraction Of his wholesale churpes mon
ietter-writers in Lawrence. Brown did not re.
tract. Raelf sent him challenge, and If woa
accepted under the strictest pledge of secrecy
Brown chose for the weapons, cow.hiIes. the
place he wanted should be one Of his Office rooms
Raelf accepted the weapons, but not the place
iheir seeondehaye been privately arranging the
the affair nearly oil day, and just before sunset
brown was seen crossing the river into the tim
o.: Der opposite, and Raelfbu. short distance be-
hind: Hero their seconds found another d;ff;cuj
~. They were both stripped naked to. their
waists, then Brown insisted that Ra should moi
strike his head, nor below his waist, but Raelf
refused any such conditions, saying he would
strike wherever he could. Further details I will
omit only they were unable to agree about the
manner, and did not fight, but the matter is INT
settled, and Rself is Intending TO have either
moro "fnn or feathersY tomorrow. Who can
doubt no longer that Brown is amartyr, if he ests
q cow-hiding7
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FAREWELL OLD FRIENDS ~

Under this head the Edscfield -id"eriiscr says,
the Merchants of that place, following suit to the
banks, have resolved 10 longer TO regard old
fashioned ''quarters" and "sevcn-rcnccs" as any
thing more than twenty and ten cent pieces
This is becoming general, we believe, over the
country, and Of course, we shall have TO fall into
the same custom here.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

We would direct attention to the new alver-
tiscmcnts i'll this weeks issue Of LEONARD Tow
Frs, who is offering n valuable Tract of Land
for sale in Pickens District; the change in the
day of parade at LoMAx's; settlement of the
Estate Of JAMES DANNEr,y, decd, and the no.
ticc of the Ordinary. Also, the appointments of
Brigader General, ". C. MoRAcSE.
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RAILROAD ssEsrfro,

Another meeting Of tho friends Of the proposed
Savannah Valley Railroad, was held at Cnlhcun's
Mills, ON "Wednesday s2i inst, aud was well ut
tended by bol, ladies and gentlemen. Tho M. Ct
ing wns addressed by Col TALmAN, Air. JSo. Il.
SLOAN, the President of tho Road, JSo. A. CAL
mouN, Esq, Col. J. f. MARSHALL md II. A. JoNEs,
Esq, in forcible md practicable speeches, setting
forth the great necessity for building the Road
the grand results that would follow in develop
ing the agricultural resources Of the country ulong
the lne-thc increased facilities for getting pro-
duce to II ready market, and above NIL, the ell
hanccd value of land contiguous to the Road
II was also urged with much force that if fathers
wished to retain children upon the lands that
gave them birth, and not compel them TO seek
homes in distant scenes; or TO isolate themselves
from the onward march Of improvement, they
must take hold of this enterprise and push il OH
10 II rapid completion; Railroads were being
built everywhere, and on all sides the thunder
ing trains of the Iron Horse" was heard hurry
ing the products of prosperous sections to ma, kc
and that deIapidation, poverty ana stcrility
characterized those communities who put forth
no efforts to secure such facilities.
After these speeches the books were opened
for the subscription of additional Stock, and we
learn that although no stock was subscribed Mt
that time, since then several companies have
been formed, who have taken stock to the amount
Of someting one hundred thousand dollars.
This, with the amounts already subscribed, and
the available means Mt command, will, we under
stand, secure the success of the enterprise.
At the close Of the exercises, u s,impl,luus din
her was spread, of which all partook with hearty
zcst. No section Of our District is more noted
for its hospitality than that of tho CALHOUN Set
tlcmcnt, and this dinner reminded lis somewhat
of similar occasions Of yore, when on galln days
around the festive board assembled the noble
SONS of noble sires. From this meeting was alb
sent many familiar faces, and who once were
leading spirits. They sleep beneath the sod of
their native land, and their absence, we could
but mark with feelings Of sadness. May their
children fill their places us we'll.
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LIST OF CONsIGNEEs

i't"ia'"t"y IL. Me Depot at -AJIeviilc for Tho.
areck ending Jnly 10Th, 1851.
Hon L Perrin, Cobb Hunter e. Co.. II s.
Kerr, Henry Jones, w ID Mars, W L Nicklcs. J
Norwook, II I Miller II A Jones, w c Smith,
. az Knox j Lyons. Gen A NJ Smith W Barr,
Mrs. + l. Parker, Hon G w Crumer.J D U,d:
den, J Cunningham, VIM Martin.
d. r. SONDLEY, Art.
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CHANGE.

The Rcgmental Review, published to take
place Mt Lomux's Old Field OH the / lth und 18th
by consent of the Governor lns been changed to
tho 10th and lth of August, in consequence Of
its conflicting with the Erskno College Com
mcnccment.
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RAIN,

We have had an abundance Of rain for the lust
week, and the prospect for nn abundant corn
crop is now said to be most promising, through
out the District.
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The Southern Monitor. publshsd at Philadel.
Phls' says "that one Of the South Carolina mem.
pers ar. Osr' we presume,) has Just returned
rom Kansas lte says, we learn, that after a
careful inspection or matters ID that Territory Il
Is oeto be supposed Southern enigrants will iake
Their negroes there The pgo-siayery men Rave
long been out-nusnbered y kIhs Tejsit~sT: and
ultimately, the majority mnst .aboIisb cry "
Inc only hops J. for sops len sAoHssnd more
ofKanyss. IL they win not do 81 % M S75Svs
ernofY snd Rrssidents 10 The. void a. - =.
vent from beSomipg. sooner of: Mtss, ifsd
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(! w. Garter, aralghsd 36e ilis n,uSs1 1. e Z
young man named Gibson, 1ts tried at 81 q zS.
ira Court, recently In session II CIsest4t & ana
found guilty., He is TO be executed on, ,tkcs 2JtS
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Mr.. +. J. H. Dreher II abeut to ce.,,r,. ,ss
qualifications Of the Lexing.en Nso. which Ss..y
has been suspended since. tho death Of his ,0lFt
Ner, ~
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In 'tifs Second District Court Of New. Orleans
for eleven thousand eight hundred and twenty.
fve dollars against David Taylor, in suit hr
libel Plaintiff was the manager iof the eden.
sive Shoe house. ofsDavid, Taylor and GO,
and, after thaeonneetion was severed, defendant
charged plaintiff With certain Irregularities in
the" books of the Establishments Suit for. dam
ages was csnseqqeIfly brought against. him. and,
after hearing ths evidence and The summing upp
Of eoapsa thsjury retired, aud in short time
fssgEssa fsss With snat ths eSeye yesdist =
.St,, Stroke:.fhis ID, the season. Tor eoup.. do
salis!, or sun ostroke. A cbaempetary rectfn-
nendsao iaborers in the sass ,ke employment of
eoarso palm leaf hatssHih = noia ,sposlH In
The .cpes We believe the s;aEy nsss|y ien.
he hatswth cettensas iss sptsvsiesd 10 son1e To-
ever Known to'be a8sStsas Slfh t6ese. .fits- Who
wore, thick bat of totsts tess "a.
remedy $50 ssimple dessfeS to- ba aenersNv
Known Scientific dms,taR
anns.eta a1celonsf d., Il I ssats 4 &, /,
now atsst. Paul. MiapsS syAss xsS ~ NJ: fss
vestments at Dat and other Pdliitsinst stliS I'm.
since for the s pssps.ss sRass.e ssi % su.ssss is%s
Ga Ga.so sou.hsrn msnbsrssf haEe. recently
,s,e. ssss@s largely ter 1 iss s.tss thst
States ovss proberty there; It. is said to % .he
sGouas Ses..;s Of &le.ooo. = ylaadspHsa :Vsses
Novel Beqn.a-kt regent. sitt;ur osab,s.
Se,aasas Of ihs UniveIdty faj6adon, he sssera.
by was eosetstulatAd on recent ddision n one
q the higher cesrt& by which AsE36HKS SSifv
to 11equest of. 9IDO,Oeo. undsr
tks viii of the jete Mr.. Thes.as BEoyascf pGb.
1neso touHd Hospital for tie investrsfsoa az,
cure :" s.a o. a'ss'ss Of quadruPsds and b:sfsii
-
M. F. J. H. Dreher IL abeut to resume the
puhttestios Of the Aexing.on Fleo. sVhioh raUf
per-.
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Death Of Mrs. Lo,cndrs Charleston pa-
pers announce the death of Mrs. Elizabeth b.
Lowndes in the 10th year of her nge. She was
the wifet Of the Hon. VIM. Lowndes, and the
daughter Of Gen. Thomas Pinckney. Both her
husband and father bore most distinguished parts
in the history of our country. IT. has been said
that no man at the time of his death was more
popular aud stood more prominent for the Prcsi.
dency than William Lowndes. While for the
term, commencing 4th of March 1770 Cen
Thomas Pinckney received for President, SO votes,
Mr. Jefferson, who ran second, and was conse-
quently elected Vice President, beating him but
nine votes and Mr.. Adams elected President
beating him but twelve votes.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10
Am,IndIan Adventure.

The following incident was narrated
to Lieut.. Beckwith, ofthe Pacific Rail.
road Expedition party, by a Delaware
Indian guide, as they were traversing
a mountain pass which was marked
by numerous gullies and ravines:
sue was traversing this path at
midnight, accompanied by his squaw
only, both mounted upon the same
horse, and the night was so dark that
he could neither see the outline of the
hills nor the ground at his horses feet,
when lie heard a sound (Which he inn
itated) so slight as to be scarcely per-
ceptible to an Indians ear, of an ar
row carried in the hand, striking once
only with a slight tick, against a bow,
Stopping he could hear nothing, but
instantly dismounted--his squaw lean.
ing down upon the horse, that she
might by no possibility be seen--and
placed his car to the ground, when he
heard the same sound repeated, but a
few feet distant, and was therefore sat-
istied that however imminent the dan
ger, he had not yet been seen or heard,
for no Indian would make such a
noise at night in approaching his foe; {;
he therefore instantly arose and took
his horse by the bride close to his
mouth, to lessen the chances of his
moving or whinnying, and one hun.
drcd and seventy Of his deadliost enc
mics, the Sioux, on war party, filed
past him within arms reach, while he
remained unobseryed."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

appear to cost more in the labor Of the
fabrication, than any are worth in
their currency; they cannot, therefore,
be forged, and the material is a mixed
metal worth less in the crucible, or for
expectation, than in its use as coin.
In Russia, the abundant base of tho
currency is copper, whose value in
coins is less than in commerce as a
metal ; this is an unusual condition,
but a happy one as far as it extends.
AS riches~and calculations increas.
cd with civilization and confidence,
and, after the discovery of America,
and the working in its mines, gold and
silver took with advantage the place
of all those expedients one step fur
ther has been taken on the basis Of
credit in the use of Paper Money.
Metallic money, in its value, its
quantity, its facility and rapidity Of
circulation-in its transport and pres.
ence, can no longer be suitable or equal
to the exigencies of our trade and ex-
changes paper has become indispen-
sable everywhere in foreign commerce,
and as useful as necessary in this great
internal trade of an improved, active
and productive country.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

The remarkable trial of Miss Mad
cline Smith, charged with administer
ing arsenic to another, which she al
lodges she used herself, reminds the
public of the extent TO which the poi.
son may be used with apparent safety.
A few years ago, says the Ledger, the
public mind was excited by accounts
of the use of arsenic voluntarily ta-
ken, not for the purpose Ofselt:destruc-
tion, but in minute quantities to in
crease the tone of the system. In the
mountain regions of Styria it was
found that the peasantry were in the
habit of using it largely, and that
they could climb mountains atterward
with much greater facility, and with
cat the same painful sensation Of loss
of breath. IT was found that it i'm
proved the complexion, giving fresh
and rosy hue to the face, often increa-
sing the appetite, and, in TACT, greatly
invigorating the whole system.
Some men sixty years old were in
the habit Of using it daily, and had
been thirty years, and would take c.
nough to kill a dozen men not accus-
toned to the dose. The great draw
back to its use lay here--that there
seems to be no stopping in the use Of
it when once fairly begun. Like OPT
um, the victim seems compelled to
keep on, and to keep increasing the
quantity. If he advance beyond q
certain point it is death, and if he
leave it off it is death-all the symp-
toms of being poisoned by arsenic
then Immediately appearing, just as
a cessation from drinking produces a
mania a potu. The authorities, there
fore, interfercd, and endeavored to
break up the practice among the pea
santry.
Since then, however, physicians
have been in the habit Of using it in
minute quantities as tonic, and with
great success. 1t will often break up
chills and fevers in certain proper
preparations, where quinine fails
COnsumptive patients have even re-
covered through its means, ander me-
dical advice. 1t has long been known
that horses to which it is given in mi
mute doses, will grow fat and their
skin become sleek and shining, so that
they will bring a far higher price,
falling off however, in proportion as
soon as its administration is discon-
tinrod.-N. Y. Express.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10
Nevertheless, Colo could not find a

Nevertheless, Colo could not find a
single tail with twelve rings on it
lie had some with eight, nine, and
even one which had eleven but when
he laid this last before Juniata, she
was still incxorable, and declared that
even eleven and a half could not con-
tent her. At last ore day, when al
most despairing of success, as Colo
was crossing an open space, his ear
was caught by a particular loud and
sonorous rattle. lie stopped, and per-
ceived an enormous big rattlesnake
gliding toward him. Its eyes were
glowing with an intense fre-its BIZ
iurcated tongue was agitated with an
inconceivable rapidity Of motion
The grayand yellow scales on its head
and back glistened with q changetul
luster, like some silken surface on
which light was playing. Colo felt
that his hour was come when hcshould
either win Juniata or perish.
The size and whole appearance of
the snake convinced him that he had
twelve or more rings on his tail, and
he awaited his approach with a beat
ing heart. The snake came gliding
on, and when within three feet coiled
himself for spring. Colo now Seiz.
ed the opportunity, and, dashing his
torch into the animals jaws, severed
the head from the body at a single
blow. 1t was with throb Of delight
that he discovered, on STOPPING down
to examine his prize, thirteen rings in
his snakes tail. While he was sepa'
rating them from the carcass, he felt a
slight pricking sensation in his heel.
Turning quickly round, he discovered
to his horror that he had placed his
foot on the snakes severed head, in
which the muscular action still con.
tinued, and that, all lifclcss as it was,
it had bitten him!
Colo now knew that he was q dead
man, and his sole object was to see
Juniata before he expired. Catching
up his prize, which he had purchased
with his life, he rushed across the
fields with the speed of despair
Every moment he felt the poison work
ing more faithfully in his veins, until
at last, swollen, breathless, speochlesS,
and irothing at the lips, he rushed in
to Juniata's presence. He could no
longer articulatc,'but holding out to
her the thirteen rattles in his swollen
hand, and fixing on her one last look
of devotion, he rolled on the floor at
her feet, and after few gasps, breath
ed his last.--TayelS IN the West In
dies.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10
Men nJiIIimers.

They have men millincrs in Ger
many. A correspondent OF the New
York Times writing from Frankfort
says
In America we have never seen
men mantua.makers and milliners,
but in Germany they are as common
as men tailors, and ii man tailor is
the ninth part Of a man, we have
wondered what part must be a man
milliner. One day, where we were
sitting man came in with a dress
basted ready to try on. Well, we
confess, we looked with all our eyes,
wondering what would be done. But
there was no hesitation-the lady took
the robe to her room and put it on, re,
turning in full dress, sans sleeves -
The man examined it to see where il
needed altering, took it in on the
shoulders, pinched mp the biasses and
laid the plaits, evidently used to his
business, and evidently, as the lady
said he was, an excellent dressmaker
and also, that the dresses made by
men kept their place better and lasted
longer than dresses made by women.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

YANKEE ALL OvER.-Bayard Tay.
lor saws that a Yankee, in walking in
st. Petersburg one muddy day, met
the Grand Duke Constantine. The
walk was not wide enough for two per-
sons to pass, and the street was very
deep in filth--whereupon the Ameri-
can took a silver ruble from his pock
ct, shook it in his closed hand, and
cried ont: Grown or tail!" Grown
guessed the Grand Duke. "Your
IIighness has won," said the Ameri-
can, looking at the ruble and stepping
into the mud. The nextday the Amer
ican was invited by the Grand Duke
to dinner.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10
The Way the swcdcs Drink.
Bayard Taylor, in ono Of his letters

Bayard Taylor, in one of his letters
to the N. Y. Tribune, writes:
Drunkenness is q leading vice a.
mong the Swedes, as we have daily ev-
idence here. Six years ago the con-
sumption of brandy throughout the
kingdom was nine gallons for every
man, woman and child, annually; but
it has been decreased considerably
since then, mostly through the manu-
facture of beer and porter. "BajcrSkt
ol," "a Bavarian beer is how to be
had everywhere and is rapidly becom-
Jog the favoritc drink Of the people.
Sweden and the United States are fast
proving the fact that lager beer is more
eficaciouS in preventing intemperance
than any amount of prohibitory law.
Brandy drinking is still, nevertheless,
one of the greatest curses of Sweden.
1t is no unusual thing to see boys Of
twelve OF fourteen to take their glass
Of fiery .fnkle before dinner. The
celebrated Swedish punch, made Of
arrack, wine and sugar, is q nnivcr.
sal evening drink, and one of the most
insidious ever invented, despite its a.
greeable flavor. There is q move.
ment Of total abstinence, but it seems
to have made but little progress, cx.
cept as it is connected with some oI
the new religious ideas which arc
now preached throughout the country
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

A ROYAL ARGUMENT.-Frederick
the Great was always very fond of dis
putation but as he generally termi-
mated the discussion by collaring his
antagonist and kicking his shins, few
ofhiS guests were disposed to enter
the arena against him. One day
when he was even more disposed for
an argument, lie asked one of his suite
why he did not venture to give bis
opinion on some particular question.
at is impossible, your Majesty"
was the reply, "to express an opinion
before a sovereign who has such very
strong convictions, and who acears
such gery thick bOOtS." r.a-s
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

THE GRETNA GREEN OF Ono
The Maysville Eagle states that Esq.
Sheldon, at Aberdeen, o., across the
river from Maysville, Ky, has united
in marriage since he has become JUS
ticc, over three thousand people. 1t
is the Gretna Green for oil Kentucky
lovers who arc crossed in their love,
or have to encounter the opposition ot
fathers or guardians.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10
Time B for gTatrimOny.

Among the Ancient Germans, than
whom finer race never existed, it
was death Tor any woman to marry
before she was twenty -one years old.
In tltis country very few ladies are fit,
either physically or mentally to become
mothers before they reach the age Of
twenty-one, twenty-five, or one or two
years still older. The unsound con-
dition and constitution Of the parent
is usually transmitted with increased
intensity to the offspring. BY the
laws of Lycurgus, the most special
attention was paid to the physical cd
ucation Of women, and no delicate or
sickly women were, on any account,
allowed 10 marry. DR.. johnson, in
his work on The Economy of Health,
says that matrimony should not be
contracted before the first year of the
fourth soptennial, on the part Of the
lady, nor before the last year in the
same in the case of the gentleman; in
other words the female should be at
least twenty-one years of age, and the
male twenty-eight. The doctor says
there should be at least seven years
between the sexes, at whatever period
of life the connection is Contracted
There is a difference Of seven years,
not in the actual duration of life in
the two sexes, but in the stamina Of
the constitution. the symmetry of the
form and the lineaments of the face.
In respect to early marriage, so far as
it concerns the softer sex, for every
year upon which marriage is entered
upon before the age Of twenty one,
there will be, on an average, three
years Of premature decay, more or
less apparent, of the corporeal fabric.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

A TnUNDERBoLr IN CnURcn.-On
Sabbath evening, Aug. 23d, the first
Congregational Church, in Cholches-
ter Conn, was struck with lightning.
The congregation was in session.
A number of persons were stunned
or severely injured, but fortunately
mono were killed.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

A prisoner in Jail lately sent to his
creditors the following proposal, that
we believe would be for their mutual
benefit:
81 have been thinking that it is
very bad for me to lie here and put
you to expense. My being so charg-
able to You has given me great unea-
siness. | know not what it may cost
you in the end ; therefore, what l.
would say is this you let me ont Of
prison and instead Of nine shillings,
You shall allow me only seven shil-
lings a week, and the other two shil-
lings 90 toward the debt"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-10

THE Howard Tribune tells a story
of some not over smart individual Of
Kokomo, who was told that 'mullcin'
was really tobacco, and gathered
some nine hundred stalks OF it and
set it out in a field he had prepared
for the purpose. Howard county
must be great location for fools and
mullen stalks. .-IndianopoIiS Jour