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yefs, tLe rascals But, no, will not nbGse
them. 1t Is their business 10 make good
cnuse for their clients they are paid for il,
and they have done in this case well enough;
but you and I, gentlemen, have something
else to consider They talk of law. Why,
gentlemen, il is not law thnt we want, but
justice. They would govern rs by tho
common law Of England. Trust me, gen.
t'e'nen, common sense is much safer guide
Tor us; the common sense Of Raymond,
Epping, Exeter, aud the other towns which
have sent us here 20 try this case between
two of our neighbors. A clear head and
an honest heart are worth moro than all tho
law of all the lawyers. There was one
good thing said at the bar. 1t was from
ono Shakespeare, ar English player, be-
lieve. No matter it is good enough al
most to be in the Bible. 1t is this, BE
just, and fear not
"1t is our business to do justice between
the parties, not by any quirks of the law
out of Coke or Blackstone, books that
have never read and never will, but by
common sense and by honesty as between
man and man. That is our business, and
the curse Of God is upon us if we neglect,
or evade, or turn aside from it. And now,
Mr.. Sheriff, take out the jury, and you, Mr..
Foreman, do not keep us waiting with idle
talk, of which there has been too much al
ready, about matters which have nothing
to do with the merits Of the case. Give
us an honest verdict, Of which, AS plain
common-sense men, you need not be
ashamed" Boston TrunscriDt
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LAND WARRANTS.
An Unlimited Number wanfod

ME undersigned is still in the market for
L Land Warrants. Prices, however. at nre,.
ent are much depressed though be viii pledge
himself to pay as much as can be had for them
IN any market Remittances made at their high
es' ll,arRet Vaue' by Sight Drafts on New York
or Charleston for all Warrants sent 10 ma h~
mail W. A'' y
Audross w. c. DAVIS,
Sept. 3, 1856 20 ,t
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Fractions of Squares will be charged in proper
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will be charged in proportion to the space they
occupy, at Ono Dollar per line space.
sB- For all advertisements set in double COL
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Far Banner;
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For Press
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The State of South Carolina

The State of South Carolina.
-46beviUe District-In the Common Pleos.
james T. Baskiu, Attachment.
lama. 1:,,u vs.; Bu'kin. PrhTs Attorney. e.
w HEREAs the Plaintiff did, on tho eipI.
w teenth day of October, eighteen buudred and
iifty.six. file his declaration against the Deien-
dam. who. Gt is said,) is absent froma withou.
Inc limits O.. tbs State and has neither wife nor
copy OF the said declaration might be verysd:
It is therefore ordered. that the said Defendant
do appear and plead To the said 'declarai;on ..on
or before the nineteenth day of October eirhteen.
and fifty-seven, otherwise Anal and sb-.
against him. -. :" >"''"
-, MATTHEW -McDONAED, C..
teiClerk's Office, Oct 49, 1856 &. = 81 ssiys
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n Fast Won'an.-The ladies are be-
coming dangerously perfect. We really
don't know why they should not rise in
rebellion some day, and take away the reins
Of government from us poor masculines.-
There are now two ladies stopping at Bar.
retsl, on Cape Island. N. J., who are equal
70 the best Of us on bowling and shooting.
one OF them made twelve ten strikes in
succession, and two hundred and eighty
seven points on her next game, lately
The other one, In the mean while, wa
sboot'ng pistol match with two gentle
men from this city. She hitthe button six
times ]" eight shots, At ten PAGES, aud ths
other Two sbots cadps within yen-eirbths
Of inehi sshs ahsa Arsd tyeatysix shots
= 9 ssipgiss bsosk, awe essa . aa,f inches
y slses'stes, md sssssk Ii 6,srtssu tim>s Z
TheEcs sEerA bs ~ "a ~ jos aay ssnile- q
msAs going isto NJ aks,a 70 ss.tls ihis las,
lady sqaarrets-New York Nereurv
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An admirer Of dogs, having had a new
litter of fine breed, friend wished him
to put him down for a puppy! "Iset you
down for one great While ago." was the
answer.
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Tom, tell me the biggest lie you ever
eold' and III give yea glass of stout
" A he! I neyer tolda lie ia nv liz IN
Draw the Stout"
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A coquette is q rose-busl,, from which
each young beau plucks lesf, and tie
thorns are left for the husband.
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Montreal has besn selected By Queen
victoria sslhs permanent seat Of govern.
msns Tor Canada
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Compliments are the coin that people
pay . man 70 his faes; sarcssn,s arc what
they -paf him out with behind his back.
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Why is chicken running like man
whipping his wifes Because it's a. fowl
proceeding.
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The question is discussed in some Of the
Missouri papers whether raising hemp is a
good business. A much better business,
certainly, than being raised by it.
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The State of South Carolina,
ABBEV/LLE DISTRICT

LILO NCItVo VI 0UUC4 VdIOIIUH,
ABBEVLLLE DISTRICT
II, tic Common Pleas
| vs. ' Foreign At.acbmen.
Jas. A. LiddelL Thomson 4. Fair, Attorneys.
WHEREAS the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh
w day of April eighteen hundred aud fifty
seven, file his declaration against the Defendant
who, it is said, is absent from aud without tho
limits of this State, and has neither wife nor
attorney known within the same, upon whom
copy OF the said declaration might be served-
dant do appear and plead to the said declaration,
ON or before the twelfth day of April, eighteen
hundred and fifty.eght, otherwise final and alb
soiute judgment will then be given and awarded
against him.
MATTHEW MCDONALD, c.c.r.
Clerks Office April IL, 1857 Sly
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WHY is tie letter G like the sun {. Be-
cause il Is the center of light.
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16e Comet ApproaeAimg.-The comet
seen at Herlin on the 22d June, by Kiln
kerfue, and recognized at Paris on the Gath
OF the same month, has been observed with
sume'ent minuteness to trace its orbit. From
the observations of Messrs. Villarceau and
Lep'ss'er, at the Paris observatory, it is OBJ
served to be far from its perihelion and
that it will increase in briliancy as it ap-
proaches, until it can be seen by the ma
ked eye. 1t will, indeed, approach the sun,
at the same distance as the earth. It is
also ascertained by its movements, the po-
slt'on of its perihelion and inclination to IFS
orbit, that it is not the comet of Charles v.
which, it was calculated would return at
some Indefinite period before 1860, and
which was recently announced for the 18th
OF June, to annihilate the earth. In regard
70 the query, "is this errant body and old
acquaintance, returning in accordance with
established laws, which may be observed
and calculated; or is It new conner, visit
ing US for the first timea" It is impossible,
at present, to answer these questions; as.
tronomers must have to calculate it's orbit
more closely, and to compare its movements
with those of similar visitors observed here
tofore. Two points, however, are settled.
II IS not the comet of Charles ", and it
can DO US no harm, in consequence of the
remoteness of its orbit from the earths.-
AT any rate, it will be sufficiently demo-
cratic to be seen and enjoyed by all, and not
confined TO the aristocracy Of science.
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NEW DRUG STORE!
AT GREENWOOD.
HByffE rurs;yu NJ, JDe,,..,.:.. - s.,

IA 0kN66N WOOD.
NiiE undersigned, Dngy,. and Apo,h.c.,x.
Il has just received n very complete stock Of
Drugs and Medicines,
selccted with the greatest caro- for this murle.
lis stock consists Of every variety usually found
III City Apotllecnry Shops.
Extra cts Of oil the vegetable preparations
from the best Chemists
IihGtUrCs prepared from the crude mate.
r,ai' and warranted to be of the strength lnin
down III the United States Pharmacepa.
Ia cnt Medicines, direct from III.
nnn!'"ctofy, '"a as cheap rs they have ever bsen
very superior article of Brandy, fo,
meatc'"a. purposes only. Fine Old Porte M.
de'r", and Sherry Wines, Scl,eidam Schn,pn.
lie will keep constantly fine assortment of
confectioneries, Tobacco and separ.
,;t II would be unnecessary to enumers.o ali tho
sI,'ces @ TO Physicians he pledges h;m..if 'to 10
M their orders with US good Medicines as can
be obtained elsewhere aud to his friend. 'Sa na
P'cdges Ike satisfaction az to the Good. md
terms Call at the Store formerly occup;.d =.
crs.m,raJ ~ JAS. II. RILEY.
GREENWOOD S. G., Nov. !. 1856. 29.tf
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TIE STATE OF SOUTH CARROLL A
A66eViHe District Ii, the Common Pleas.
Amos Clark, jr., J Attaebmsnt
DS. McCowan 4, p.,~:.

w first day Of October, 856, file his decl.r,.
tion against the Defendant, who las il is said j.
absent from and without the limits of this STATE
aud has neither wife nor attorney known within
the same. upon whom copy of the said decl.-
ration might be served. It is therefore ordered,
that the said Defendant do appear and plead to
November. which will be in the wear of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Seven otherwise s.
nal and absolute Judgment will then be given and
awarded against him.
MATTHEW MCDONALD, c.,c...
Clerk Office, Get. 80, 1856 20 "
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20 ~e@' Tough Bsf Ttnasy.--To IN tSoss.
sno nave WON down thsir ass.h in nssssiss.;.r
poor oad tough eoU beef We WIN nv tbst a.;s,,.
na.e Of cod. viii b found sssnsssy In, ~ s,a
Cut the saakss tho day Ss1sfs 30 - - -. -
s.0n s~o inches fhies. rub eysrS thsn ! su.n
a.an''.y @ ssds wash y p nsst tu6snis1. S.t 4
INTO suitable thickness. asd cod. to. II
same rsoesas. Win 'ssswsr ~ sswltssa sS6lS11
mo..ea. seA Tsy Il, ~ ~ via; ~ 8
tender dishes Of meai ~
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lie Hind to Your !sisters.-Boys, be kind
" your sisters. You may live to be old,
ana never find such tender loving friends
as these sisters. Think how many things
'ney DO for you; how patient they are
win you; how they love you in spite of
al your ill-temper OF rudeness; how thought.
tai they are for your comfort, and be- you
'noughttul for theirs. Be ever resdy to
oo''ge them, to perform any little Office
Tor them that lies in your power. Think
what you can do for them, and if thew sx-
press wish, be ready to crafty it il po..i-
bic. You do not know how much hsop;..
ness you will find in so doing. never vet
knew happy and respected man who was
not IN youth kind to his sisters. There :.
a beautiful song which says:
BE kind to your sisters-not m,nv ,,.,
know
The depth Of true si.terly love;
The wealth Of tho ocean liss f..ba,o. ,.,.n
ihe surface that sparkscs sboye. 4sss
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Baptist preacher" This sally drew smile
from court and bar, and seemed to the
audience to be very fair Lit. His exami.
ner said very quietly, "Wben found that
preaching was not my proper business l
had sense enough to leave it. If you, Doc
tor, had possessed as much you would have
left OF the practice of medicine years ago.
and saved me the trouble of exposing your
ignorance and presumption in this case.n-
The laugh was now on the other side, and
the witness was dismissed crestfallen and
discredited from the stand.
John Dudley, of Raymond, a trader and
farmer, was Judge Of the Superior Court
in New Hampshire from 1895 to l7s7.-
lie was man Of keen sagacity and strong
common sense. His mind was discyimins.
ting, bis memory retentive, and he was
most extraordinary person. He had but
little education and no legal learning. He
was intent'on doing substantial Justice in
every case. Theophilus Parsons said -
"You may laugh at his law and .;d;cule
his language, but Dudley ia, after all, the
best judge ever knew in New Hampshire. p
The following specimen Of the conclusion
OF one Of the charges Of Judge Dudley will
illustrate Lis ideas Of the law. He addras-
ses the jury IN somewBat after this style:
"You have heard, gentlemen Of tho jury.
what has been said in this case BY The law.
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tH The friends of w. w. GRIFFITH s.
specially :a"ounce him ss eahdid1Ss; 6,
Sheriff at the ensuing election. 20 .I :
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.Aarert a rasuts for the prspAroH must oe mana
"a In by SIR O'Clock in the aJ1er.ooH IN o'oei :" "p
near the next day. The heavy pressure % aa'''.
t,semen,s apon the columns OF our paper wiz NV
sdmit Of their reception after sne aoa'
rN. ~n..sre. and tho Hard Times.
..~,..,,e 20 the New York Herald. no one
,vou,a imagine from the receipts Of the places OF
: .,hli, amusement In that city, that there was
am severe striagency IN the money market
ELEVEN theatres are open In New York, and are
nightly thronged with people. On Monday, the a
of November, fifteen thousand eight hundred pco-
pie visited the theatres, paying Ave thousand eg'
hundred dollars. On the evening Of the 9th' the
number Of visitors rose 10 sixteen thousand pay
ing six thousand three hundred sad sixty u"'''i =
Including the German theatres, there is week,
expenditure for theatres In the city OF Nc" ~,
Of thirty thousand dollars, which the hei'" '"'"A'
n doing very we'll for hard times Thai paper "iso
,.sn,,ons ,hs curious fact that while the Journals
ar, Allied with reports Of distress among tue ~''A
tnr classes the theatres and saloons on tue easter
saas Of the eity--which places OF amusement are
/ sunncrted almost entirely by mechah'rs-are qui'e
f,l, every night The Opera season, TOO, mas COM
,nans.d we'll These facts are Inconsistent WIN
thu Idea Of actual privation and suffering on the
mart OF any large cisss OF tue Ne" ioth c"h'"""i-
~. There are no doubt those who feel the verlta-
bic psnss Of hunger, but these are generally per-
sons who have too much pride to make known
.heir wants This is sadly humbugged world
The most excellent are often those who have no
rspown for sanctity, and the real objects of com.
pas.,on. whether from bodily want or mental sor-
raw. are elbowed aside by the ostentatious woe'
o. tho.e whose misery would be nothing without
snotorlety. and who "a Curran said of Byron,
as;oe their ewes with the public"
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aOns hundred and seventeen cases have been
gone through by the Naval Courts of Enquiry
Twenty more remain for trial. The public will re
ioiee to learn that this apparently intermEabie
business is nearly through. How much the Naval
Reform Board will cost the government remains to
be seen. The present tribunals of Enquiry and
Revision will do the country some service if they
do not rush into the opposite extreme OF the Naval
star Chamber and exercise mercy ss indiscrimi-
nately as that body did justice. Whilst some ei-
ieient and excellent officers suffered under the
Reform Board, great many incapahles were dis
placed, and some professionally capable who were
morally disgrace 10 the service. No officer
should be permitted to wear the livery Of his conn
try, however good a seaman, whose character as a
gentleman cannot pass muster among civilized
nennla
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The Examiner.

We have heretofore omitted TO announce that
r., ". UpoHss, ESQ has sold the Richmond Ex-
ariner 10 Messrs BgsSKTT VI. De WITT, We LLOYD
and q 90. W. HaRDwrcKs Mr.. lluGHzs has not deci-
asd whether TO continue in the editorial vocation,
I'm which he has been engaged for the last four
years. or TO return TO his profession, the law. He
is one Of the ab,est editors of his party, writer
az uncommon power aud, will be greatly missed,
should he leave the editorial ranks. 1t is ntinn-
ted that JoHS NJ DAyIsL, Esq, the former brilliant
editor Of the Examiner. and present Minister at
Turin will resume his connection with the Exami-
uer should he return TO this country.
We welcsme Mr.. DE- wIrr with pleasure to the
editorial ranks. We are happy 10 see him back
again In the ranks of profession, and at his old
post in the Examiner. He is a gentleman OF fine
talents and vast amount Of political Information.
lie has a wonderful memory of facts and dates -
The only man in the State who compare with
him In this respect, is Hon. John fletcher, who,
when he an editor knew every thing and ever i
man that ever existed or figured in politics, and
could give you the rise. decline and fall of every Pc
ltical measure and individual in the United States.
with as much facility most men could give ia
history Of their own families. Mr.. LLOYD the for.
mer business agent, and Mr. H,gDwICKe, the fore
man Of the Examiner Office, now associated with
Ar, Ds WTTr in the prnpristorship, are gentlemen
or ine and energy of character, and have our
BEST wishes for their success.
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TIE FRESHEr N WEST NEM YnEK

ALBANY, Friday, Nov. 12--Letters from several
points West, resolved this morning, bring details
OF the disastrous effects of the treshet some pas
sengers have arrived here from Rochester.
At Hamn,ondsport at the head of Crooked Lake
Canal, all the streets of the village are washed
away, and the water in them stands six or seven
feet deep. Many buildings have been undermined.
All the villages Oh the line Of the Crooked Lake
Canal are badly damaged, and the canal SO broken
as to render its repair this season impossible
Seventy-tive thousand bushels of barley anda large
quantity of wheat and -four are locked up on the
line of this canal. letter from Penn Yam states
that the rain fell like deluge from Sunday morn
ing till Tuesday night, and that the freshet is the
greatest ever seen there.
ROCHESTER, Thursday, Nov. L, 1857
The breaches by the freshct in the Central Road
have not been repaired Two new road is most
damaged The trains with ever 600 passengers,
left here this morning for Syracuse over the old
road. The passengers will have TO be transferred
Il mile or more around the breach east of Vienna.
We have had no Albany mail since Monday morn
ing.
The Genesee Valley Road is also obstructed, aud
passengers cHnn0t reach the Erie Road. 1t is die
1cut to estimate the damage by the frcshet, as we
are still cut oil from communication with many of
the sufferers. Up the tennessee Valley the damage
has been immense-houses, barns bridges, cattle
and timber have been swept away. bridge over
the Genesee river, ten miles above the city, was
carried away this morning with man upon it,
who WIS rescued when near the city. The Genesee
A still rising here
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Nexx Feature ofthe Panic.

The New York correspondent of Boston journal
mentions daily prayer meeting held in the lecture
room of the old North Dutch Church. and in close
quarters to that altar of Nammon, at which 50
many fall down and worship. but who often treats
bis disciples in a most scurvy manner.
The New York Express adds to the above, that
there has been daily service in Trinity Church,
morning and evenng-and sometimes three times
q day-ever since that edfcc constructed, q
great many years since. Trinity, though at the
head of Wall street, confronting the temple Of
Mammon. and In its architectural structure and
dimensions, the most magnificent church in the
United States, is now entirely "poor mans
church," where the Gospel is preached without
money and without price.
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The UnatVerNifv-

We give place with great pleasure to the follow
ing contradiction from DR.. Maupin, Chairman of
the Faculty, of the exaggerated rumors of sickness
at the University
UNIV ERslTY oP VIRGINIA, Nov. IL, 1857
Exaggerated rumors Of sickness at the Universe
atty having gone abroad, deem it pr per to say
that there Is no sufficient foundation for them IN
fact. The number of students at present confined
10 their rooms by sickness does not exceed a doz
en-. aud majority of these are convaescent. Only
one case Of serious Illness now exists among then,
and this, 1t IL hoped, will terminate fayorably
There is nothing. am persuaded, in the present
state of the health of the University, TO justify
alarm the part OF the parents and friends OF the
students. s. MAuPIN,
Chairman of tina
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IT, II s not often that we notice editorially m
ten: medicine, ct feel X duty when sre
WINGED an article il very meritorous 70 inform the
public that they, too, may be benefited By its use
and 10 prevent them from ussg other articles that
have no merit in them. Now, we wish particularly
to recommend 10 readers DR.. SANFoRD's LITEg
INyGoEAToR as an article that has given benefit and
performed cures i'll circle Of acquaintance, that
little less than astonishing. Ii is particularly
recommended Mr all Diseases of the Liver, as it is
lire IlrigordEr. Especially among our OWL chill
Gren have We noted its beneficial effects, where the
little sufferers, from bowel complaint, worms aud
other Diseases incident to children, have BEEN made
quiet and perfectly cured by the of this article
II has Testimonials that doubt, for the
of JaGndc@, Dyspepsia ana such troubles as always
follow "a deranged liver. A few such cases have come
under our observation where it seemed almost TO
work miracles Our advice to families is net to be
without it, it will many hours of pain by it's
speedy when disease first makes its attack.Ala
tO0n4 SisttRej.
FISHER u WINSTON and ABE & GRAY, Agents for
Richmond
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The Last Fugitive Case.

The late abolition attempt III Boston TO induce n
slave girl to desert her master seems to have been
a complete nszie. This is miserable time Tor
abolition philanthropy. The girl having eyes
could see the difference between her condition and
that of the wretched free negroes of Boston, r..
duced to starving point by the hard times. NASSAU
-husetts seems to be getting portion of her wits
back again, judging from the last election. Bank,
is minority Governor, and one two more lifts
will throw the Bay State off the Black Republican
Platform, from which New York has just taken her
departure.