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The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17
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TO the ,Jail'of Abbsville, ,sos the l4th a.
4 ihstS Negro man, Harry alias 2
John. who says he belongs to3. W. But 81.
Ies Of, Edgefeld District !. that he formerly
ssid Be9 is BLACK and heavy built, apparently
Az o. kS yssrs o1 age. q"
: The owHsr h sequested to come and prSya
PROPERTY r6y ehSSgess aud sske him, ,awaSsss,s
s% ~ ~, '1TsR. CoCHRANsJsisss. <
Afsa - Hel -. = .>,,1- ,soH
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17
Railroad Notice.

Il after the First of April instant. at J. uast
o'olock,,P. NJ, instead Of ! past q. r: N.
.. g. d. r. soNDLEY, Agt:.
HEsPERIANs CHAPTER r. X.:. ~.
"A REGULAR Convoea tion will be held 76s4
81 Friday evening. 18th ina, at 8 o'cloclcs
candida atsss Will hold themselves in readiness.
By.order Of the M E.. H.. p;
April IA, 1857 bo 1t
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17

MAY ArPoInrASxTs S6urn CAROLINA Cor1saE.
AtA meeting of.the Faculty of the Sputh
|;gafoiius Gcllsse, held op Monday 7aa, ,tassfol,
llaNlpg 'gentlsusass nembersSf ftks sSuier Esass;
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17

a few Of the Long Cane friends of W. G..
NEET, would respectfully announce him as
Candidate for Sheriff ut the next election.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17

FRIDAY, APRIL II, 1857.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17
Advertisements.

The attention of our readers is especially
directed to our numerous new advertisements
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17
THE INDEPENDENT PRESS
is rupLrnsD svkhY FRIDAY Moasrso BY
LIE q WILSON,
W. A. LEE,
Editor.

Individuals, Ike nu,ions, fail en- nothing ,rltieh
hey dolafy attempt, rhsa s.tsfdincd 6y rirt,sous
purpose dn" l"tern,Sncd rrspl.tion Clay
"Ipsttt'.g TO rrdtse, yrt not afrai ., bia,ac".
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-17
TO THE LADIES.
More New Mantil1as |
CHAMBERS. g. MARSHALL

CHAMBERS g. MARSHALL
HAVE received this. week direct from New
Ii York. beautiful assortment Of -
BLACK NzELLY Id CE.
Black Silk and Black Moire Antique hand.
someiy Trimmed White d Colored
WN1AcNEgssG@H4sA-s .
> No. + Granite Range
Abbsville G. H., 8. c., April ~ (5otf
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The friends of JAMES Ii. COBB respectf,l.
~ announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff at
the next election.
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.ABBEVILLE @. II.

rerns---Two Dollars Year, in Advance.
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

"Ssys Ito get eight yards of quar-.
ter dollar Aannin to make my wife two
pet.icoats.
SAYS he--Dock the old woman half
yard, and let's have a couple glasses of
toddy. It's only making the petticoats
little shorter (says he), and she has got
handsome pair of ankles; she won't
mind having a scant pattern"
"Well, thought half \ yard Of fan
min wouldn't make much difference, 80
in we went to the hotel, changed the
note, drank glass apiece, and that put
us in the notion of more (it did, and
Joe drank and drank, and in less than
an hour III be switched if I had twenty
Ave cents left out of two dollars. Well,
what could I do then? | AK any rea-
soaable man, what could do? could
not 60 home without the fannin, and |
could buy it without the money. So
] hooked bolt of it (I did,, that's a
fact, and I'm not ashamed to acknow-
ledge it, for nothing else could be done
and if l hadn't been nabbed my old wo,
man should have had six red flannin pet.
tcoats, instead of two she sent me after
and that's the whole story"
Dickson was committed, in default Of
bail, to answer for the larceny.-Phi2a
delphtu Sunday ncrcury.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

We saw lately singular specimen of
humanity, who was gathering contribu.
tions of money from the spectators, aud
repaid them by swallowing pebbles. We
saw six stones, weighing from one to two
ounces each, swallowed successiyely by
this man, and were assured by others
that he had within an hour swallowed
nearly fifty of the same sort There was
no deception in the matter. The man
crossed his hands upon his back and al
lowed any one Of the spectators to drop
the stone in his mouth and each was
plainly swallowed. He was content to
swallow stones at the rate of two cents
piece as long as the spectators would
furnish the money. This singular being
is German of diminutiye size, lean, but
apparently healthy. A gentleman pre-
sent, who could converse with him in
the German language, gathered from him
that he was fifty four years old, and had
been in the habit Of swallowing stones
since he was eighteen years of age, and
earned his living in that way, often
swallowing fifty day. He said he ex.
perienced no uneasiness or painful sen
sation while the stones were in his sto
mach or intestines, and that they readily
passed away with fecal matter. r.--Roches.
ter Union. -.s /. s...
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4 Domestic Row i'm Nebraska.

Morton, the editor of the Nebraska News
thus describes domestic row and sub
sequent reconciliation, of which he was
an eye witness.
Coming down the Missouri, near Bean
Lake, between Weston and St. Joe, our
boat was hailed by woman on shore. -
The officers of the craft with their
usual gallantry rounded to, headed up
stream and stopped. The lady Informed
them that her 'duds and cooking con-
sarns, were all packed in the cabin hard
by ready for removal and that 1t was her
desire to take passage down the river.
immediately the duds were under way
and fast coming ou deck; when man,
plowing in an adjacent field, was seen te
drop his reins, and mount a horse and
come charging and yelling a. the boat
The Captain waited until he had arrived
and putting and blowing said: cam
Ann, where on airth are you going tew"
Said she, "Joab, ! allow to go where
I amt to be cuffed, and cursed, ant
mauled every day by snch brute as You
are" ..e~ .. ...ss.s....
Said he in very melancholy ton'
"Ann, Farewell
| Said she, "Joab, if you Il treat me bet
ter I'll stay and live with you until tn
breath is clean out Of my innocen
body" ....-.
And Joab promised that he would, an'
that he hoped to be etsrnally dog on
to thunder if he wouldn't pay the Cap
tain for landing around if she would jus
stay, so she stayed. And the last see
of this nearly separated couple they wer
affsctionately embracing each other o
the banks Of the big muddy, surrour
ded by seven little freesoil boys, who's
shirt tails, like the banner Of Macbeth
were upon the outer walls, and who's
ewes were full of gum, dirt and wonder.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22
The Eirxt IA W.Mill.

The old practice in making boards was
to split up logs with wedges, and incon-
vcnient as the practice was it was no
easy matter to persuade the world that
the thing could be done in any better
way. Saw-mils were FIRST used in Eu-
rope in the fifteenth century; but SO late
" n 1855, an English ambassador, hav
ing seen saw mill in France, thought
it q novelty which deserved particular
description lti. amusing tosse how the
ayerersion to labor saving machinery has
always agitated England sep sa@'1 ~4
The frst saw-mill was established by a
Dutchman, in 1853; but the public out
cry against the new-fangled machine was
80 violent, that the proprietor was forced
to decamp with more expedition than ev-
or did Dutchman before The evil was
thus kept out of England for several gen
crations; but in 1863, an unlucky timber
merchant, hoping that after 50 long 4
time, the public would be hess watchful
Of its interests, made rash attempt tc
construct another mill The guardian,
Of the public welfare, however, were on
the alert, and "a conscientious mob III
once collected and pulled the mill to pie
| ,rs II 1855 tt# ftt5# #### a
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Opinions of the s.lndepeMdeat'' Oh the
Crops, the Currency. kc.

The commercial and Financial Depart
ment of that religious Journal, The Mde-
pendent, is most ably conducted aud is
doubtless better authority on subjects
treated than the balance of the paper is Oh
theology and politics.
The independent has Il few Settled
opinions in regard TO the future, and why
should not the world have the benefit OF
them? Certainly it shoald and here we
give them:
|. Our opinion il that the "crisis' :,
long talked Of BY the whole tribe of long
faced Bears, has been indefinitely post
poned.
2. We believe that the money mar
ket will continue to improve, that the
present street" rates of interest will not
be maintained through the remainder Of
the season and that the bank rate will be
easy at per cent.
). In regard to the crops, having had
the privilege lately Of personal obscrya-
ton in at lsast thirteen OF the Northern
Statas, we are Of the opinion that the ag-
gresatc yield will be far greater this year
than ever before.
1. 1t is our opinion that most dcscrip-
! tions of stocks have ''touch ID bottom
and that those who have money lying idle
had better be in haste about making in
! vestments.
s. We believe the prospect for trade
generally is encouraging
g. 1t is our opinion, based upon pri-
vatc advices from California, that the
yield of gold at the mines aud the ship
ments thence the remainder of the year,
will be larger from now till January than
during any either corresponding period, i.
e. fall months.
/ We believe that financial matters
abroad will from this date steadily i'm
prove that the Banks cf England and
France viii continue to reduce their rates
of interest, in consequence OF rapid aecu-
mutations Of specie.
g. In conclusion, we give rs our opin-
ion that all croa1er, should stop their
mouths, tina. idlem SHOULD g. to work,
and that everybody should expect pros
perity if they "mind their own busi-
ness.
These are our deliberate opinions, b.
sed upon peculiar and reliable infcrma
ton" We may be mistaken if 50. We
will congratulate ourselves that others
much wiser than we are, have made SIM
liar or worse bmnders
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22
North Carolina Witnesses.

I, must be confessed they sometimes
meet with rare specimens of human ma
,ure in some of the courts Of North Car
olina. Almost everybody remembers the
celebrated "Cousin Sally billiard case
and here is one recently reported for
the Ashville Spectator, not far behind it:
The writer gives it under the head Of
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
Action for work and labor done in cut.
ting ditch on defendant land. Plea:
payment and set-off, in bacon and corn
meal.
Plaintiffs son on the stand-rccollects
the ditching perfectly, but seems to for
get all about the bacon.
You say your daddy did all this
ditching. DO you know what he got in
pay for it.' en4uired Col, {. for defend
ant. ......
"He never got nothing as ever heard
on, that's what he never got, answered
the witness.
"Didn't your daddy get corn and ba-
con from defendant, in pay for that ditch
ingy"
"Scver heard of his getting no corn
or bacon
"What did your daddy and his family
live on, last summer! ....
"Vittles, mostly" ..
"Vhat sort of victualsg'
"Well, meat and bread, aud some
whisky"
"Where did he get that meat and
bread9'
"Well, fust from one, and fost from
tother." :.
Didn't he get some Of it from the de-
fcndant,"
ale mought.'
| al know he might; but did he, that's
the question:
/ "WeI, he mought, and then agar
YOU know he moughtn't.'
with considerable excitement and II
+. tones Of thunder,) "Answer the ques
ton. sir, and no more triaing with you
oath. Did your daddy or did he not, &c
,,orn and bacon from the defendant TO
ditchingy' l
"Weil, now, he mought, it don't occu
adzackly, you know aa : -,
Here his honor intcrfercs and with
stern judicial frown, addresses witnes
! thus:
Witness, you must answer the qne'
Z tion, or the Court will be compelled
deal with you Cant you say yes, or no.
, "I reckon"
"Well, then answer yes or no. Dit
or did not your daddy get corn and bacc
from the defendant at the time referre
tor inquired the Court. =.
. Now fully aroused and conscious of u
danger aNell, Judge ! cant 4, !, ad..ck Ira.
1 remember, you know, seems how It's a
duo, bin gone and cat up; butt plant in
!. with IT. 70 the best of my reekerlectio'
d If nv memory serves me right, 4
mought, and then again he lnoughtn'
: The plsiutif saved his bacon. W
. dict accordingly. '#. ~ $500 T
/ ~ Ell Na@x- sEs
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VOL. IV---N0. 33 33
- sasa51l7 - - - - . So -
Not had.

Four professional gentlemen the other
night drove several miles up the river to
an eligible spot for bathing. The night
was fine, they were in Gne spirits, and,
having left their clethes IN the carriage,
were shortly laving their hne persons in
the river, with sensations peculiarly hae.
So absorbed were they in the pleasure o.
the river bath, that they had wandered
to some distance, when one of them ex
claimed, The horse is running off ~
They ran, but the horse wouldn't stop;
for, though he had nothing in the ca
riage but their clothes, he felt under the
imperative necessity Of conveying them
home 1t was about one o'clock when
the servant of one of the gentlemen
heard " massa's carriage coming and
went out to put it up. What was his
horror to fad no massa in the carriage,
but only certain suits of clothes With
chattering teeth he ran to inform missi5
that massa was murdered or drowned,
Missis sagaciously surmiscd the truth,
and dispatched him back with the car
riage After half hours drive, Satnbo
distinctly saw ghost AHEAD, Of whose
Aesl.ly nature he felt suspicious. The
apparition now swiftly and steslthily sp-
preached till nearly opposite, when it
spraug from the side of the road and
graspcd the horses head, crying
Whoa ~ Sambo was glad it was
massa, and the two returned TO the dis
consulate party. They were in bed-the
river bed--profoundly debating whether
it were better to await the doubtful re-
turn of the carriage, or abash the virgin
moon by running to their several places
of abode, at the imminent risk of being
knocked down by the watchmen. The
carriage relieved them and, having
dressed, they sped to their anxious wives
in great glse, and with many mutually
oaths that not a syllable of the night $
adventure should be breathed to a human
bcing--least of all to reporter for n
newspaper 81 Lsuts Democrat.
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A gentleman not long ago, who is in
the habit of sending his boots out to be
BACKED, could not find his polished un-
derstandings one day last week. He
sent his little son to the darkey's cellar,
but he returned, saying it was shut up.
The gentleman. went himself in his slip
pers, and after rapping some time, he
heard noise inside Presently win
dow opened, and CuHy's head poked
through a@ aaa e"@ta =.
a want my boots said the gentle
man. t.#s a8aE .E9H9ae sHf
g Sorry to form you, masss, dat YOU
cant hab um,' replied Cuff. g Fac is,
| is Civ out, busted, faded, broke, cleaned
out, janimed up, split, l is." aa tf rt@1.
I" But, Cuff, " said the gentleman, q |
can hello that. | must have my boots. y
Cuff, anatng als eoasoliDr gutaer iea!
M. pokcd one of the boots out of tae
window, and said. raa w.. a,3eea nr
.Massa, / isn't 7tcllinl n lie. | II
clean bust, and no mistake lse taken
an Inventory of my a'fecs, and rs / be-
lieye. OH the homer oh a gentleman, da'
shall b. ableito.p pay fifty &c nisaon doh
lar, lis willing to glib you yaass now
Oar it am take Il" boot.
So sayiag, he slammed the window
leaving our triendto 90 home with hi
slippers, with one boot in his hand -hi
. ffty cents on a dollar >
/ . The man who tied,a knot in card o
I wood, wishes to know if yo,. ever heard
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

- PhGnix Feline Attachment"

The best thing in the KntckerJocker
for July, is the following description of
!" phnnix's Feline Attachment to a
Sewing Machine. He says:
I'd" Like most great inventions, the at
tachment is of great simplicity. An up
right shaft is connected with the ma
chine by cogwheel and pinion, and sup
ported below by suitable framework.
Two projecting arms arc attached to the
shaft, to one of which large cat is con-
nected by light harness, aud from the
other living mouse is suspended by the
tail, within few inches of the nose Of
the motor As the cat springs towards
the mouse, the latter is removed, and,
keeping constantly at the original dis
tance, the machine revolves with great
rapidity. The prodigious velocity pro-
duced by the rapacity Of the cat in its
futile endeavors to overtakc the mouse,
can only be imagined b. one who has
seen the attachment in full operation
:" 1t is thus that man shows his supre-
macy over the brute creation, by making
even their rapacious instincts subservicnt
to his use.
"Should it be required to arrest the
motion of the machine, a handkerchief
is thrown over the mouse, and the cat at
once pauses, dsgusted. Remove the
handkerchief, and again she springs for
ward with renewed ardor The writer
has seen one cat "a tortoise shell) OF so
ardent and unwearying disposition, that
she made eighteen pairs of mems panta,
looms, two dozen shirts, and seven stitch
ed skirts, before she lay down exhausted.
1t is to be hoped that the ladies through.
out the land will avail themselves of this
beautiful discovery, which will entirely
superseds the use of the needle, and
make the manufacture of clothing ant
household material matter Of pleasure
to themselves and an exciting and heal
thy exercise to their domestic animals
| present below an elevation of the felin,
attachment in full operation, that all may
understand it's powers, and none fail tt
procure one, through ignorance of it
merits The attachment will be furnish
ed to families having sewing machines
on the most reasonable terms, and at th'
shortest notice.
Young and docile cats supplied will
the attachment by application at 3i>
Broadway, N. Y. Office of the Paten
Back Action Hen PcrSaadar.
Sewing machine, box pattern s75 90
Cat, at various prices, say g
80 to 10 90
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Arabian HorscS in Ken nlucly.

A number Of pure Arabian horses have
been imported by n Keenc Richards, If
Georgetown, Ky, and are now upon his
farm at that place. These animals were
procured by M Richards himself, while
on visit to Arabia. lie spent seven
months in Damascus, acquiring the Ara
bian tongue, and asccrtaining the best
means Of reaching the remote tribes Of
Bedouins, by whom the best horses are
raised A horse called sacklowic was
procured from a Shcik, and a colt, SUP
posed to be the best young horse belong
ing to the Anayzea tribe, aud mare,
were also obtained and safely brought to
kentacky. Mr. Richards had on pre-
vious visit obtained two stations, named
Nohkiadi and Massoud, and q grey mare,
from Arabia petrcla, and the Anayzea
tribe; SO that he has now five Arab staI-
lions and three mares upon his farm near
Gcorcctown. They are none OF them
over fifteen hands high, and it is said the
extreme height Of an Arab horse Is not
over fifteen hands one inch Mr.. Lay
ard has stated that no pure bred Arabian
horse has ever reached England, Nj,
Richards was the moro careful therefore,
in making his selection His enterprises
will undoubtedly head to the improvement
Of stock in Kentucky aud other States.
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.f For the Upton Advertiser.
THE PICTURES. j.
NJ y. r. =

z#a[ s BYA.P.A rn,1.gr -s..v~
l saw two pictures, side by side, -.
They hung upon the wall; ~|-'
And rs gaxsd-the setting sun
Threw radiance ever all
One waa . beggar-blind and poor;
,. lie sat beside the way.
And asked for Aims Of all who passed
Him by, day after day.
His wishored hand was shaking now,
Aud palsied was his step.
The Are had faded from his eye,
His sun waS well nigh SET
Yet on his countcnance there sat s.r.
A look Of patience still, e.. .y~g>.H.t
As though he only sought to act
His Heavenly Fathers viii.
The other, was the portrait true J.
OF one who lived for fame;
Who sought applause. and found it too,
And won q deathless name.
His cofYers, they were large, and full
And yet his avaricious heart
Was seeking still for more.
Men were his siares--and sor'reigns bowed
To pay their homage true;
And he. the naughty, great and proud
But thought il was his due.
Yet DER his features, cold and stern,
A look Of scorR was cast;
And from his eagle eye fire
Or dire unrest there flashed.
could but think me as gazed
Upon those pictures there;
On one with haughty look and mien,
And one with silvsry hair
T'were better far to be that one
wAc begged from day TO day,
Than be that other rich and proud,
Who spurned the poor away.
If we, life's fitful fever DER,
Should e'er to Heaven go,
Well find some teggars sit atore.
While great men sit beio,o.
Upton, August 10th, 1851.
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Melancholy falls upon a'caalented life
like drop of ink upon white paper,
which is rot tho less stain because il
carries no meaning.
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MELODIES.

MELODIES.
Softly DER the fancy stealing,
Like the pleasant soothing chime,
OF the bells at yespers pealing,
Come the songs of olden time,
And as gently do they soothe us
Calming every rufied breeze,
All our thoughts they swestly WOO thus,
Buck from the toll and rest.
All the songs we he ard in childhood
Those dear melodies Of home
Come to us through the wildwood,
Or across the sea we roam;
And sweet memories they waken
OF the friends Of early days
Those by death from 'mong us taken
Era they trod lilc's darkest ways.
Dwelling in our hearts recesses,
May they ever thus remain,
yelling up TO cheer and bless us,
Gaining woe and soothing pain,
Thus may nemory's sweetest visions,
Dreams of childhood's home and friends,
Be ours till our earthly missions
Close, and life's dark journey ends.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

The editor of the Lynn News thinks
children's Games are becoming quite pop
ular with older persons, nowadays, ~
he has seen recently "a large number Of
full grown men chasiny hoops in our
streets. I'll
The man that q cut dash has been
trying to sharpen hi. knife on "the reck
Of ares. - At last accounts he had il so
sharp that the shsdow ets il cnt hi.
iinner
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

"Come rest in this BOSOM as the
turkey said to the stufIing.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

The man that WAS " draw3d on" haa
been pulled of by the united strength
ni tuur brace ot Thomas cats, two yoke
of oxen, aud a rhinoccros ar. r..,.,r.
The man that smelt rat was al.
mest suffocated with the etf,uyia.
The man that 'sstolc an hours rest"
i now o. trial for eranl larceny
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

Il The man who tied,a knot in o card Ot
wood, wishes to know if YOU ever heard Il
hay cock crow
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LAW CARDS.

WELLS SPlCER,
a TT0RNEY AT LAW, aad Solicitor In
y i.hancery Till practice in the several
I,~atirs ot this state, au give promt attention
to calcutsug claims. CoayeyanCing and Exam
itng Titles VI Real E~g ate.