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Lady-Like An,usement.-A late number
of the Glasgow Herald tells us, under the
head of Ladies on the Moors," that Mrs.
Baird, of Cambusdoon, and party,, bagged
on the 18th and 18th of August, 10 l-2
braee on Ury Moors and on the goth and
2lst, 33 brace on Auchmeddin. The birds,
it adds, were generally strong on the wing;
and very wild. This is probably good
illustration of life that would be recon-
mended to American ladies, by those wri-
ters who are continually scolding them for
bad habits, and holding up for their imita.
ton the example of English and scotcl, Ia
dies. Those articles in American papers,
complaining of physical weakness, the lazi-
ness, the rudeness, and the general ineffi
cheney of American won en-, are usually
written l,y tho refugees of the English
newspaper press, who have fled for very
good reasons from London, Manchester,
Birmingham, Liverpool, Edingurgh and
Dublin, and have hired their cleverness and
their experience, at rather cheap rate, to
the proprietors Of New York daily and
weekly papers. Most Of them know very
little about American ladies, except such az
they see in Broadway, very few of whom
we are glad to say, are types of the tru,
American lady, in New York or anywber,
else. They doubtless admire such ladies a,
this Mrs. Baird, Of Cambusdoon, and he
party, who, in few days shooting on I'll,
Ury Moors, bagged some fifty brace o
grouse. The next thing will be to recon
I mend the ladies Of the United States I,
60 grouse shooting on the prairies Of iii
nois and Wisconsin, or deer hunting il
northern Pennsylvania, or TO suggest 4
them to 60 out to the Rock Mountains an,
bag few brace of buffaloes. 1t is com
Portable thing to know that, American ladie
--even the most stropgsfhinded and. able
bodied among fhem- bSz B not Vet acoui,e
taste for these very lady.fke stnassni ei,tl
They have Their domestic duties tot attan
to, and they leave Shoot;ng fos ibs othe
/, EEK. By the way. the Giaseow "a: & roa6il
! to tell 10 where were Mt Bsirds &c Can
> busdoon, and tho hydbAndS 81 ;t6s ftSk I
; the party while ths ladies Ssessao aoil fh
Moofs Perhaps they wess % g ,kssy
, ing house and attending to thS atsu.--
FMl. Bulletin,
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A lady WAS recently teaching boy to
speel. Tie boy spelled cold, but could
not pronounce it. In vain his teacher ask
ed him TO think, and try At last she ask
ed him:
"What do you get when you go out
upon the wet sidewalk on a rainy day, and
wet your feets"
II gets licking"
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Though we seem grieved,at the shortness
OF life in general, we are wishing every Pc
Rod of it at an end. The minor longs to
be OF age; and then to be a man Of busi.
ness then TO take up an estate; to arrive
TO shonon; then to retire --Ad;son.
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When Dr.. and Lawyer A.
were walking arm in ann, wag observed
to friend--"Those two are just equal to
one highwayman." "Why2" asked the
other. "Because," replied the wag, "it is
a lawyer and a doctor-your money or
your life.n
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AYoa have broken the Sabbath, Aleran-
der" saida good ,msn 10 lhis son.
], - : = MD bs liittls siisssr ..and moth.
= ~ lopg seal too, ght q ttrss piecesl'
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LAND WARRANTS.
An Unlimited Number Wanted.

TNHE undersigned is still in the market for
l. Land Warrants. Prices, however, at pres
ent are much depressed though he will pledge
himself 10 pay us much can be had for them
i'll any market. Remitances made at their high
est market value, by Sight Drafts on New York
or Charleston, for all Warrants sent to mo by
mail
Address w. C. DAVIS,
Abbeville C. H., s. @.
Sept. 8, 1856. 90 If
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The State of South Carolina.

The State of South Carolina.
IJbeviIe District.-In Tie Common Pleas.
james T. Baskin, Attachment
VS.: Isaskin, Pfa's Attorney.
James A. Liddell.
w IIEREAS tile Plaintiff did, on the eigh.
w teenth day of October, eighteen hundred and
ffty-sx, file his declaration against the Defen-
dant, who, Ii; is said) is absent from and without
the limits of this State. and has neither wife nor
attorney known within the same, upon whom
copy Of the said declaration might be served; !;
1t is therefore ordered, that the said Defendants
do appear and plead to the said declaration, Oh
or before the nineteenth day of October eightesa
hundred and fifty-seven, otherwise final and ab,
soiute judgment will then be given and awarded
against him.
MATTHEW McDONALD, O. or.
Clerks Office, Oct l8, 1856 q "
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The State Of South. Carolina,
ABBENLLE D RIcE

"''H"', vs. " ''''' Foreign Attachment
JAS A. LidlelI. \Thomson & Fair, Attorneys.
WHEREAS the Plaintiff did, on the eleventh
w day of April eighteen hundred and fifty
seven, file his dec'aration against the Defendant,
who, IL is, said, is absent from and without the
limits OF this State, and has neither wife nor
attorney knowH within the same, upon whom o
copy Of the said declaration might be served
II is therefore ordered, that the said Defen-
dant do appear and plead to the said declaration,
OH or before the twelfth day Of April, eighteen
hundred aud fifty eight, otherwise final and sb.
solute judgment will then be given aud awarded
MATTHEW MCDONALD. c.cr.
Clerks Office, April IL 1857 SHY =
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NEW DRUG STORE !
AT GREENWOOD

VIE undersigned, Druggist and Apothecary.
IL just received ii very complete stock Of
Drugs and Medicines,
selected with the greatest care for this market.
Ills stock consists of every variety usually found
III City Apotlecary Shops.
Extracts Of all the vegetable preparations
from the best Chemists
TinCtlarCs prepared from the crude mate.
rial, and warranted to be Of the strength lain
down III the United States Piarmaceepa.
patent Medicines, direct from tho
manufnctory, ns chenp as they have ever been
sold in this place.
very superior article of Brandy, for
| medicinal purposes only. Fine Old Porte, Ms.
deir", and Sherry Wines, Schcidam Schnapps
&c, dc.
He will keep constantly fine assortment of
Confectioneries, Tobacco and Segars.
| It would be unnecessary to enumerate all tho
articles. To Physicians, he pledges himself to
fill their orders will as good Medicines us can
be obtained elsewhere and to his friends he
pledges like satisfaction as to the Goods and
terms. Call at the Store formerly occupied as
the Post Office. JAS II. RILEY.
Greenwood, S. c., Nov. l, 1855. 29-H
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c73- For all advertisements set in double col.
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above rates.
DAVIS & CREWS,
For Banner;
LEE Il WILSON,
For Press.
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Dissolution.
TI>nE Firm Of WEIR d MILLER was this
J. day dissolved by mutual consent. the linn.
itation Of the Partnership having expired. The
meme of the Firm will be used in the closing up
of, the business, by either one of US.
All persons indebted to us by Note or Account
will please como forward and pay up a. saon 10
convenient, as it is very desirable that the %usi
ness should be closed az early as possible.
JOHN A. WlER,
G. Med. MILLER.
August 81, 1855. 10 If
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Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-03-14
The Inaugural Address.

The National LteHigencer, the faithful
veteran organ of the old Wing party, ex-
presses itself in the following candid and
manly terms in regard to this admirable
State paper;
We yesterday spread before our readers
the Inaugural Grafton of the new Presi-
dent. i; u
we are free to confess that the perusal of
tue address has given us sincere satisfaction,
so entirely unexeeptionallo does it appear
to be IN thought and expression. Indeed,
we may say that, alike in matter and in
manner, it reminds us of those sterling az
tributes OF good Judgment and common sense
which characterized the State papers of Pres
ident Monroe; and we can only hope that
at the close Of Mr.. Buchanan's Administra-
ton the comparison thus suggested may ex-
tend not only to the well-tempered senti-
timent and unambitious dction of these two
statesmen, but also to that restoration of
good feeling which marked the era of the
earlier President, and which we fain hope
will be the conscientious ain q his veteran
successor
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-03-14
Narrow Escape Of lIr. Buchanan from a
Violent Death. !,

About the time Mr.. Buchanan returned
from his late visit to Washington, We heard
whispers Of singular and mysterious ma
sure in regard to his Illness and sudden re-
t;'rn home En- prosecuting our inquiries,
we aseertaincd that Ilumes Porter, of this
city, came from Washington with Mr. Buch-
auan, also sick, and was obliged to take te
his bed, where he has been ever since
At the same time we were satisfied of the
truth ct the statements which we give be-
low, but as extraordinary efforts were made
here as we'll as at Washington to keep the
matter hashed up, we Yielded to the solici.
tatlons OF friends, and withheld the facts in
our possession. As they are now coming
out through outher channels, it is due te
cur readers to give them II history of this
extraordinary case of a narrow escape from
wholesale poisoning.
When Mr.. Buchanan went to Washing.
ton he put up at the National House, where
j, Clancy Jones, John j.. Dawson and
others were stopping. It appears that this
hotel has been terribly infested with rats of
late, and one of the boarders-as the story
goes--conceiVed the idea that they ought tc
be disposed Of otfectually before the day OF
Inauguration. Accordingly he procured ex-
ira large doses Of arsenic, which he disposed
OF i'll the most tempting manner about the
house. The rats ate the poison. It is well
known that when rats partrke of arsenic
they put directly for water There is large
tank Of water i'll the upper part of the hotel
referred to, and into it the host of rats plung-
ed, drank, bursted and died From this
tank the house is supplied with water for
drinking and cooking purposes.
Twenty or thirty of the guests were sad
denly and some Of them severely affected
from the use of water thus impregnated with
the poison. Mr. buchanan left suddenly
for Wheatlaud, where he arrived suffering
severely from diarrhcea He was, however,
less severely affected than the others, and
in a short time recovered sufficiently to re-
eeiye visitors; but the fatigue incident to
entertaining two or three hundred persons,
made it absolutely necessary fer him TO hus-
band his strength, by refusing to see any
but his most intimate personal frieuds-a
rule which was rigidsy observed up to the
hour Of his departure this morning.
DR.. Jones, of l5erks, was more Seriously
affected, and has been lying in a critical
condition sinee--and doabt about his re-
covery has left his appointment to a place
III the Cabinet an open question up TO the
present time. Among the others most
severely affected was the Hon John l..
Dawson, and it was rumored this morning
that be has since died The report, how
ever, needs confirmation. Mr.. Porter, of
this city, was also severely affected, and
though confined 70 bis rooln ever since, we
believe he is ont Of danger .-Laacaster Er-
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For the indicator.
HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA,
March @ 1857


Messrs. Elitors---En your paper of the
18th of February. find commun cation
soliciting me to become a candidate to repre-
sent the people of Highland county in the
next General Assembly of Virginia. In
accordance with said solicitation, you may
announce me candidate to represent the
people of said county, Notwithstanding any
equitable means or regulations that may in
future be adapted to the eAigencies of the
campaign now about commencing. To those
expressing doubts with reference to my po-
litical creed, / give my cordial subscription
to the following national principles, tri-
umphantly sustained by the great national
party of our Union: The equality of the
States under the Constitution; the equality
of the citizens of all the States, without re-
gard to their religious faith or the place of
their birth interference, by Congress,
with slavery in any of its forms; new States
to be admitted into the Union, with or with
out slavery, as the people may determine ;
the preservation of the Union and maintain
anee of the Constitution. Yours. truly,
JOSEPH LAYNE.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-03-14

Mr. Editor Dear sir, From MILFORD
Bath county, drop you this note on the
subject Of the great volcano Of Pendleton
county. / assure you there is not word
of it true. The rumor took its rise, simply,
thus: A gentleman was making his way
from settlement across the mountain in a
pathway seldom travelled, and on his way
passed the mouth Of cave that was send
ing forth a large quantity of vapor (Which
is not unnatural of cold morning) He
reported that he saw a hole in the mountain,
and that there was smoke ascending from it
just like volcano, &c About that date
there was a loud report heard in the neigh
borhood of Mcdowell, like heavy thunder /;
this report was heard considerable dis
lance, and occurred about | | o'clock in the
day, and is supposed to have been the burst
ing Of a meteor These two tales thus uni
ted by general rumor, made the volcano sto-
ry. My information is from reliable gem
tlemen in the immediate neighborhood of
the place where the volcano should have
been. Yours, &C.,
p. q PoLuER.
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----.-
Tie Adjournment Of E0Egress.

The Thirty-tourth Congress Terminated
its labors ut Il clock yesterday March 18th,
having passed all the appropriation bills,
the bill remodalling tie tariff, and numer-
Gus other measures of public interest. as
well as large number Of bills for the relief
Of private claimants Both Houses were
in session during the whole OF Tuesday night
and. durins the twenty-four hours previous
70 the adjournment, business was despatched
with unusual celebrity. As tie details OF
tie appropriation bills we're nearly all ar
ranged by the committees of conference, il
is very difficult at slris time to know what
appropriations have been made and what
have been rejected. There were three com
mi;tees Of conference on the deficiency BILL
the point Of difference between the two houses
being On an amendmen; made by the Senate
to the appropriation of 1872 01o to pay for
books which bad been purchased by the
Clerk OF the House under the direction of
that body. TIE Senate reduced the appro-
priation to $50 geo, and annexed certain
conditions to the appropriations which were
not acceptable to the House but at last a
compromise was effected by appropriating
S138, 600, Or SO mNeh thereof as may be
necessary to indemnity the Clerk for what
has been expended by him in the purchase
Of these books, and providing that the books
shall be deposited in the public libraries.
There were also three committees of confer
enee on the legislative. executive snd Judi
cial appropriation bill-the point of difference
being an appropriation for the legislative ex-
penses of the Legislature Of Kansas The
House, however, at length receded from
their disagreement to the Senate amendment.
The hour having arrived for the eonsti-
tutional termination of this Congress, the
Presiding Officer. Mr. Mason, in few fe-
lieitous remarks, returned his thanks to the
members Of the Senate for the courtesy and
kindness with which they had co-operatcd
with him in his efforts to discharge the du-
ties of that station, and declared the Senate
adjourned SINE die.
The Senators composing that branch of
the Thirty-ffth Congress being in their seats
the body was called to order, and the oath
of Office was administered to the members
whose terms commenced on that day At
ter an interval the Vice President was in
troduced by the committee, and the oath of
office having been administered to him, he
assumed the chair, making some appropri-
ate observations. The Sen' tie then partici-
pated i'll the Inauguration ceremonies, ac-
cording to the programme arranged by the
committee, and upon the conclusion of the
delivery of tho Presidents address they re-
turned to their chamber and immediately
adjourned. - Washiaqton Union.
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The ssSuabial Dutch,"

The 9th district is composed of Highland
Bath, Rockingham, Rockbridge. Augusta
Hardy Pendleton, and Shenandoah. and is
now represented by John Letcher. We con-
fess the contemplation of tkis district some
THAT staggers us. 1t is the Holland of the
State. and nothing but horrible visions of
vast maltitudes of tSuabian Dutch" afiict
cur imagination when we think of it. We
fear it Is lost to right and truth for aye. Let
it rip.-Rtchaaond Wig, 10th.
&y One might reasonably doubt wheth-
er the author of the above was in his right
mind. but when it is recollected that the
party of which the Wing was once n men,
Der, but which now no longer exists, claimed
to possess ''all the talent and all the deem
cy,' all room for doubt for vanishes. And
though the wing party is extinct. the same
contempt for the intelligence of the people
remains This fact cannot be better Illus
trated than Ivy their recent efforts to form a
new party-the know-nothng-the leaders
could not trust the menlbers-they had no
faith in their honesty, bnt compelled them
to submit to the taking of an oath, to obey
the biddings of the most intolerant party
that ever existed, and from which thousands
were glad to extricate themselves. The
Wing need not fume and fret its abuse of
Gov Wise and its contempt for the people
of the Tenth Legion does not affect either
party, bat does bring upon itselfa vast deal
ofindignation. Let it rip"
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From the Pluias---Sereye Weather


ST. Louis, March 10.-The Independence
correspondent of thr Leader says, under
date Of the Sd, that the Salt Lake mail had
arrived, having been three months on the
way 1t is reported as having been the
most perilous trip ever made across the
plains, owing to the intense eold.-Many
Indians on the route had frozen or starye
to death and were eating their children, be-
ing unable to find game on account Of the
heavy SHOWS.
Ditoree Sat The Greenbrier (Va)Era
says. that Mrs. Jane Hale, wife of Prof +.
l.. Hale, the lecturer on Electro Biology,
and daughter Of Col Stockton, of Fayette
county, Va, is suing for divorce from her
husband
The Erodus. The Lewisburg (Va. ERA
says, that along Greenbrier river, from the
commencement of the Anderson bottoms. all
the land owners, with few exceptions, seem
disposed to sell and move to the West.
Suicide,--A young lady, by the name of
Taper, residing Tin the Pines" between
Linvill's rrcot and tie Fa''cy TUfnpiAa. in
this county, committed suicide by hanging
hersclfin the garnet of her father resd nee,
on Saturday last. She attached sken Of
yarn to one of the joists or raf,ers near her
bed, and swung off, She had threatened
some time previous, to destroy herself, but
her mother watched her until the day in
question, whom she was left in charge of a
younger sister, and in the absence Of her
mother she accomplished her purpose. Cause
said to be some disappointment ia lore af-
tair..--Rackinehoan Reg
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Rev. sir. PcnEICton's Lectures,

On Tuesday night last we had the pleas
IRE OF listening to the admirable Lecture Of
this gentleman on Science and Scripture,
delivered before the Christian Association of
Stanton.
The subject was one of absorbing interest
to the Association and, indeed, to all wlo
feel concerned in the great cause Of Chris.
tianity. The eloquent speaker d., .aonstrot.
cd by reference to the history II the world
that all true and useful S..,enea ia ;naebte,
to the Scriptures for "a rise and successful
progress. lie showed that Science, 80
lar rom i.'pugning, proves the truth of
heVeia' Ion, that Geology, especially, ver-
1ne.s in nost remarkable manner, the Mo-
sale account Ct the creation. We trust that
IN future, our people, for their own sakes,
vii give fall houses to those able, learned
and eloquent gentlemen. who SO philanthropy
ically favour US with their Lectures, thus
laying before their audience in an hour, the
rich fruits Of years of mental labour. There
is no moro valuable mode of popular in
stFuction-and by which the paople can in
so short time, become possessed Of Sc many
facts and argumcntg--none by which .be
most unlearned, and those having least leis-
ure for the requirement Of knowledge will
be tempted TO husband their little spare
time, and devote it to useful books. The
reputation Of our town demands that thcse
Lectures should be encouraged and kept up
What opinion can the world around us form
Of the taste and morality of that people,
where hundreds and thousands are lavished
on such humbugs as Professor Hale, for in
stance, while educated, moral and religions
gentlemen, such as Bleasoe, De We're, Pen
dleton, Baldwin, &C., are neglected.