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Notice of Settlement.
Estate Of Francis Atkins decd.
a Final Settlement Of the above estate will
q be made in the Ordinary's Office, Abbo-
vile G. H., on the first Tuesday in August next.
All parties having claims against said Estate, are
hereby notified to make tho same known ON or
before that day, and those indebted arc requir-
ed to pay up
R.W. LITES, Ex'or.
June 90, 1850. 8t
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"7he 0a Printer We were guilty Of a
grave omission, last week. which wc regret very
much--wn omitted 10 mention that we had been
visited by that very ecc"ntric and singular old
mnn. Mr. stephen +. Single,cry, one of the old
es, printers IN the United States. aud. perhaps,
the most inhrfatigable pedestrian in the wnrii
as Tar ns constant travelling is concerned he is
the 'Old Mortality Of printers. lie never
stops longer than few days in one place-he
will not stop longer-and is the guest of The
craft wherever he sojourns. lie has Travelled
through nearly every State in the Union-pcr-
haps all Of them-and mostly on foot. lie was
in Cahaha in 1851 and S52, and has since then
lost an eye. which he lost in Indiana or Illinois.
he Is native of South Carolina. and is II years
old. We believe lie has KEEP, journal Of his
wandermgs. and if the old man should die he
fore us (and long may he live :. we would like
to be his literary executor. In 1896 or '37 3,
Professor Henry Junus Mott, of South Carolina
wrote and published work called the "Advcn-
lures of Thomas Singularty"o of which Mr. SIN
gleiery was the hero.
The "old man" left us last Monday week for
SeIma-Cahaba (Ata.) Gazette. l0M inst
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NoTICEs
l4OO Acres of Valuable Land for
Sale,

RI the Undersigncj, and am determined to
- sell 1925 Acres, more or less, in Lincoln
and Wilkes, and lS3 Acres in Columbia County.
on the waters of Little River upon which is d
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D' See advertisement of DR.. SANFoRD's Lire,
Inrigorator in another column.
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Aodet Car-We have had tho pleasure of
Examining new passenger car built by Mr.. F.
=. Alley, master carpanter in the Southwestern
Rail Road shop at Macon Its now wat at The Cen Cen.
ts.l Rail Road Depot in this city, and it Is, by
mr, tho most complete. in all its appoin ,ments.
that we have seen. Externally it presents b.
an ordinary appearance, as experience has proved
that the fine panels and veneering outside, are
a continual source of expense so long as ,h.v
last, which is but short time. The interior
however, is worthy of all commentator. The
seats are OF new pattern, admirably adapted
TO the convenience and comfort Of the occupant.
and 20 arranged that one traveller cannot oecupv
two seats In addition to the movable backs
there 10 head rest which can be used or dispen-
geo WIN at pleasure; 90 that nights sleep can
wood work is Of the niost substantial and Gle.
giant kind. the aides being finished with solid mo,
veueered) black walnut. polished and vanished
hh The wood grown in Georgia, finished by q cor
eia workmen in a Georgia sl,op, and reflects much
credit upon the builder, Mr.. Alley, as we'll an
R<pu6ltcan,
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The Paris Boursc was active and higher.


Mo"i'beI" after Tie B"nIr-A letter TO the
Messenger gives the following description Of
Monirhcllo on the day after ia. battle
"WIthin riitrcn honts after th" Fat,ic was over
we entered Mont cbrl.o. where w.:r: only an AL =
vanccd guard of 40 liyht Snrdinian hcrs". Tn"
city was still almost II desert Tn. inhabitants
who had fled the day before. On The approarh of
the cn"my's columns were returning tin,nllv,
one by one, watching and listening sharply, 10
find out the condition ofthrir houses. t"rrscs
covered the approaches to th. town, aud filled
the streets, those of the Ausirnns in tn. psnl,nr
lion Of 4 to | "f til" allies. While NJ Gail,lram
my fellow traveller. was Shechnp ,or I.'iIl,,stra-
ton the scenes Of the hatii", according 1" the
description Of the Pic,lnonlc>c officer, l went i'm.
to some Of the houses
"Ev"ry where saw soldiers ,lca, and s., III in
The attitudes III which they had been struck
Bodies srcwn in pnols of blood furniture bro.
ken, walls groovcd by halls, doors and windows
smashed hay"ncls bent and twisted mm.k..,s
which had been used as clubs; all this made M
one Of those scenes which are never forgotten
81 went to the cemetery. 1t was literally
filled with Austrinns, lying among the uravcs
1t is on ground elevated considerably above the
road, aud has n wall which is pierced with rra
ted openings It, might almost bc called n Gnti-
ficaton. All the intrtri,li,y and incredible
dash of our soldiers wns required 10 tllsoLse II,
desI"rn,e enemy with so little loss.
81 have seen the Austrian prisoners. Many
Of them are Hungar iams, anil openly express
their Joy Mt being i'll our hands. They tell. in
bad Italian. Incredible stories Of their suflriin.s
since the campaign commenced, and Of The sorry
state Of GynIai's army"
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LATER FROM EUROPE.-ARRIvAL OF THE
ANGLO SAXON

QuEREc, Juno la
The Steamship anglo Saxon with Liverpool
daica of June SLh has arrived at Quebec.
The sales of cotton for three days amounted to
1900 bnles. The market closed du-somc cir
culars quote decline of one. eight pence.
bloody battle is reported to have been
fought between the Austrans and French.
SECOND DESPATCH.
A bloody battle has been fought between the
Allies and the Austrans. The latter were do
feutcd with loss Of 5000 men, killed, wounded,
aud taken prisoners. The French loss is cstIna
ted at about l2 900 men.
The Austrians had vacated Milan.
At Liverpool, Brealstuffs were dull and de-
clning
Consols quoted at 034 to 932.
THIRD DISPATCH.
A battle was fought at the town of Magenta.
Napocon's dispatches claim n decisive victory
for the HES, and saws that they took seven tIios-
and prisoners. and placed twelve Thousand in Il
disabled condition. aud captured three cannon and
two standards.
The Allies estimated their own loss at three
thousand, but it, is rumorcd in Paris that they
lost from o To IL 600. The forces that were en-
gagged in the batl" are reported to have been
l5o,0o0 I" 10000 Austrinns, and 100000 To
I3O. 900 French.
The Austrian accounts differ, md speak Of In"
battle with varying successes, and still undecided
on the nigh, of tho 9th Of June.
Great losses on both sides reported
Tine Austr,nns were commanded hy Gem Hess,
and the French by the Emperor Napoleon.
Gen. Espaunssa wns killed and G. en-. Canrobcrl
was morially wounded.
Five French Murshnls and Generals arc report
ell wounded.
General McMnhon has been created Marshal
and Duke of Magenta.
paraguay dllilicrs has been superseded by
Gen. Forcy.
Fonr Austrian Generals and five staff officers
are reported wounded.
Milan had rcvoltcd, and declared in favor of the
Hing Of Sardinia.
The Aus,rans had retired from Milan, but the.
French had not occupied it,
Later rumors dctract from the French victory,
mud il was believed that PROPOSAL. Of peace would
follow the entrance of the French into the city of
Milan.
The Paris B0mrsc wns nctivc and licller.
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S elect GaIe.
A GAMBLERS STORY.

1t is now nearly four years since bust
ness ofimportance compelled me to make
long and dangerous journey through the
wilds of New Mexico.
chanced to have for travelling COM
panion noted California gambler by the
name of Tom Hickman, and as the
Apache tribe of Indians were just at that
time unusually hostile, the company OF
this brave man was quite agreeable to
me. ..--
Mounted on our hardy little Mexican
ponies. with our trusty rifles resting east
ly across our saddles, we started ard NOV
ed slowly onward, apparently Indifferent
to the surrounding peril.
The monotony of being silent senti-
mel is at all times irksome, but never more
so than when trailing in an Indian coun-
try. I reminded Hickman of this fact,
and proposed to him that he should mar
rate to me brief sketch of his life, for
said /, it must be checkered with many
strange adventures
He replied, Indeed you are right as
to its having been strange, for SO it often
appears to me, when I recall any portion
of it; but listen while I tell it to you.
4 was born on the right bank of the
Missouri river, several hundred miles
above its mouth. My father owned a
small farm and few slaves. There was
large family of us, and we all had to
work hard to obtain the means of subsis-
tence. Schools were scarce in our pats,
and the only lesson studied after work
ing hard all day was the art of playing
cards. ,..r...-.
Seated on logs, have spent night af-
ter night in gambling with our negroes.
The stakes usually played for in these
games consisted of such minor articles IS
pocket knives, buttons, &C.; but oftentimes
it happened that even these worldly goods
were scarce among us, and then we play
ed to kill time, as the saying is. M
The fat boats on the river would fire.
quently tie up at our wood yard, and the
first sum of money ever won vas obtain
ed from the boatmen of them. ....,
| Thus years flew by, until at last one
day found myself possessed of enough mon
ey sufficient to buy of q neighbor valu-
able horse and equipments.
MY father despatched me, shortly after
this event, to town located over fifty
miles from our log house. It was the first
time in my life / had been 80 far from home
or seen settlement. With merry
heart I made the journey to the place, but
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Country Boys.

Country lads often feel that their lot is
hard one; they see city bred youngsters,
on their travels and their horses at the age
of fourteen! veritable young gentlemen,
with finished exterior, cigar and
cane.
The young farmer, at the same age,
finds himself with hoe in his hand, and
cheap straw hat on his head, sweating
among the hills of corn. He is frequent.
ly envious of his city brother whisking
past him in the cars, with kid gloves, de-
licate ringlets and plenty of money in his
pocket. ..-.
Mind your corn, boy--hoe it out clean,
keep steadily to the labor you have in
hand, do it well, and in time your good
days will come, too. If you find farming
lis not suited to your taste, or your
strength, or to your circumstances; if you
like mechanism better, or have a capacity
for business, whatever eventually you may
engage in, it is all the same, you have
begun right The city blades have begun
acro'ag; and in due time you will see it.
Their fathers and mothers will in the end
see it, too. Do not feel envious of the
pleasures that hot-house man enjoys; but
remember, not in a malicious, but sober
spirit, that such plants wither early. By
the time you have acquired fixed habits
of industry, and acquired a corresponding
perfection of mild and body, your deli
cately reared cotemporary of the town be-
gins to feel the debilitating effects of idle
ness and of dissipation. He is not alone
to blame for weak body and pro6tless
mind; it is the result of asystem; but he
cannot escape from its effects-these be
must endure for himself, in his own person
His father may be professional man, OF
a merchant, or may be merely rich; the
chances are fifty against one that the sor
will not replace his father. ~ss
Such is the result of well settled expert
ence; business falls into the hands of thos,
who are most competent, it does not des
cend to heirs. 1t is the country boys
after all, who do the city business. Oh
serving men have stated this fact and an,
one who will take directory, and enquire
in to the origin of the business men o
Cleveland, or Boston, New York
will find it to be so. All externa
circumstances are in favor of tn
son of the clerk succeeding to the trad
Of the old firm; but the son seldom, al
most never, dies in a position of a part
ner of the house. Why is it? Simpl
because habitual industry is wanting, an
habitual indulgence is not wanting. Wit
all the external odds against it the coun
try furnishes the cities their principal bu
J siness men. If intelligent, faithful an
persevering, and above all, cheerful AM
J contented. the chances are that the la
with the hoe will eventually do the bust
ness of the father Of the lad in gloves, VIII
is now luxuriating in his travels OH
J Farmer.
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The TOMATO AS FooD.-Dr. Bennett, a
professor of some celebrity, considers the
tomato an invaluable article of diet, and
ascribes to it very important medical pro-
perties: sa
lst. That the tomato is one of the
most powerful aperients of the liver
and other organs; where calomel is indica-
ted, it is probably one of the most ef-
fective and the least harmful remedial
agents known to the profession. %
I'd. That chemical extract will be
obtained from it that will supercede the
use of calomel in the cure of disease.
Sd. That he has successfully treated
diarrhea with this article alone. J
4th. That when used as an article oi
diet it is almost a sovereign remedy for
dyspepsy and Indigestion. l nm
5th. That it should be constantly used
for daily food; either cooked, raw or in the
form of catsup, it is the most healthy ar
ticle now in use. 81
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Massach

On the 2Sth of January, 1a30-a, day
which his eloquence made, historic forever
Webster, in the course Of his
immortal reply to Mr.. Hayne, Ssif :'"Mr.
President I shall enter on no encomitm
upon. Massachusetts,. She needs rnoae.
There she is, behold her and Judge for
yourselves. But this was Of Msssachu.
setts as she was thirty years sgo.ia What
she has become. the following ineident-
laughable though it be-mou rnfpally, Il.
German Yossr--I wish to dspodts ny
Inspsctor-How long have you been IN
the State /? Ja. 97as nam5IcI SEs
German--Almost seven ysarsoalfo
Lnspector--You can't yote, an ada q
Negro-Hello, Sam. Is you gwyns
for to vote to-day!
.al Sam-I doesn't know, chile, TIE only
been here free days. bsiEt 81 1879 i!iS
Megro-Dat doesn't make . dif.a a.bit.
terance heah, jest 60 right up daS and
A foreign-born white man ,eannot vote
until he has been seven years in the State;
while negro, Imported though he may
have been by the Echo in her pirsts ven.
ture of the last summer, enjoys fths al.
most unrestricted right of .suffsgsd 4Ah.
what irony in those words Of Webs.ss II
applied to Massachusetts, nowl "zzers
she Is. behold her and Judge tor sossse1pes. :"
Logan Gazette. ,es sray "a axs
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cloud-smoko upward goes.

cloud-smoko upward goes,
You can mark the track of battle by the heaps
of livid slain, ...,
The blood, the. human fragments, and the
moaning cries of pain,
On every side the gaping wounds, the dead
mans CHASTITY stare;
Friend and foe together lying, youths, old
men with whitened hair;
Men and horses piled together in the pools of
olotted gore;
Guns dismounted, shattered weapons, all the
revelry eff war.
Here burst shell, there fierce Chasseur DAT
frique swept headlong by,
And yonder where the charge was met, whole
ranks in stiffness lie.
Tomorrow in one grave shall sleep, beneath
these fields of green,
Swarthy Southern, blue-eyed German, lank
and tawny Algerine.
ALI day long, from early morn, beneath tropie
sun, -a
With still unfagging energy, the desperate
strife goes on;
On every side the shout, the hurrying tread
of Voltigeur,
Dragon, hussar, artillery, Turco, uhlan, and
chasseur.
From Guiddizzola Northward to where fair Lo.
mats looms, .-. ..
Dark with the smoke of battle, the cannon's
flash illumes,
For many league the rolling fire, the an.
swering cannonade,
The bursting shell, and plowing shot, and
crashing fusilade,
Far as the eye can reach, the dreadful storm
of battle roars:
The laundering squadrons madly charge, the
ruthless grapeshot pours.
Till evening comes with scowlipg face, and
filings her shadow o'er
The lessening fury of the fight. the cannon:
slackening roar, ....
And now the wind sweeps furiously across the
the battle plain;
From out the inky clouds above down come:
the surging rain;
The lightning leaps along the sky, the thun
der shakes the hills,
'Tis His voice that, clothed in terror, the fear
full combat stills
And quiet settles slowly over all the bloody
field,
Save where, on Guidizzolo's plain, the foema1
scorn to yield;
But in the midst of thunder crash and Jagged
ightning's glare,
The expiring battle rages-last vain effort o
despair.
Weep not, mothers of Italy, for the youths
who fall to-day;
Better for patriots thus to die than with knaw
ing grief turn gray,
Better their lots than those who rot in chains
with breaking hearts.
Or those who saw their mothers scourged il
| the cities open marts;
Go, wreath victor's laurel crown for the no
BILE brave who died;
Sculp ture their names in marble, their glori
GUS deeds beside;
Chronicle them forever your very heart Q
hearts within;
For theirs was the blood that flowed Italian
liberty to win!
NEW YORK, July 20, 1859.
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The mad stone.n

We stated in our last that . Mr.. Nal.
lory and Mr.. Ward, oftiis city, had been
bitten by q mad dog, and had gSae to
try the virtues of sa.mado stone's in the
central part Of this State. q The parties
returned home on Monday evening lest,
having applied the stone, and have every
reason to believe that they are cured
Mr.. Mallory called at our Office on Taes.
day, and gives the following account Of
the operation {: ID AAIGIlW
He found the "mad stone, h shs pes.
session Of Mr.. j. 2. iEssnss in Lincoln,
Logan county, and describes st a. small
flesh colored stone, about two Inches
broad, half an inch thick, and very porous.
The stone was placed 10 warm Lwater for
an hour, and applied to the flesh woasd,
when it adhered firmly for sexsrsl hours,
all the time apparently drawing with .
strong suction the blood from all psrtsof
the body. After remaining on it several
hours, the stone became rof milky white.
ness, as also did the flesh immsdistsly
about the would, when all al, once IL fell
off, and being placed in warm milk, INIT.
ted strong. offensive odor, and gradaally
discharged its contents into the. mi1k apd
assumed its natural color. It vas again
applied, with the same result, several
times, until finally it would adhere no
longer, and the patient was declared
cured. ga c bad cred sW NGs
The parties have oil confidence yiuths
treatment, and feel an assurance that they
have averted an awful death-pasticu.
larly as it has since been aseertainsd that
the dog that bit them was really mad;
and mare, belonging to Mr.. Bickerman,
which was bit the same day, has already
been attacked with hydrophobia, ana ID
probably dead by this time.oo so7anM
Mr. Mallory states that there were ssv.
eral other patients, from various parts OF
the country, awaiting at MI. Evsns' to
apply the stone, and that it never hid
been known to fail effecting acure.AHs~-
ry Marshall Co,) C0ariSr. e4sm.' :od-T
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The Clay Family.

An old letter, written in 1s4S, by the
late Rev. Porter Clay, then preaching at
Alton, ILL.,, gives the following facts in re-
gard to the origin of the Clay family q
Your wishes to know something about
the history of our family could not be
grati6ed within the limits of letter..
The following concise accounts must suf-
fee. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth
Sir Walter Raleigh brought over to the
Virginia plantations, among others, three
brothers, sons Of Sir John Clay, of Wales,
England. He gave them $4,000 each,
which was very large fortune at that
time. Their names were Charles, Tho.
mas and Henry. They settled on James
River; near jamestown. Two of them,
Charles and Thomas, had large families.
Henry had no children. The name of
Henry has been handed down in both
branches of the family with great tenacity
ever since. Cassius NJ. Clay is descend
ant of Charles Clay, Henry and myself
from Thomas Clay. Thus the two broth
ers alluded to are the progenitors of all
the Clays in the United States.
My father, as you have heard, was a
clergyman of the Baptist denomination.
He died iE early life. leaving seven chill.
dren--four sons and three daughters; all
of whom died without children, with the
exception of Henry and myself. My
mother was married the second time, and
raised a family of six children; two Of
them are still living Nathaniel w. Wat
kins and Frank Watkins, residing in Mis-.
souri,. My brother Henry has had eleven
children--six daughters and FIVE sons.
The daughters are all dead, and one son,
h. Clay, jr., who was killed at Buens
Vista-his wife having previously died
leaving three children, who are with theil
mothers connections in Louisville. Three
of my brothers. sons are settled near hin
in the neighborhood of Lexington. Two
of these, Thomas and James B. Clay, arr
married and doing well-one a lawyer
the other farmer. John, the youngest
whom you saw at Washington, is with hi
father, at Ashland. Theodore, his eldes
son, is in the Lunatic Asylum in Lexing
ton, confirmed lunatic.
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"PIzEN."-A couple Of females q Gay.
uga, Canada West went into the forest
to cut material for hoops, being resolved
to keep up with the prevailing fashi6n.
They selected the stem Of the poison
ivy" and wearing the hoops 4 few days.
were SO dangerously affected asto require
medical treatment We have sappoesd
hoops might be . s'pissnm Ito the men.
bu. this is the first time we have heard oe
their producing such an edsct On fsmSlSa.
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Where shall put this paper so as to
be sure of seeing it to-morrows' q inquired
= sister of brother. On the looking
glass;" was the prompt reply.
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PeLITENEss goes sygreat way. HsAsy
Ward Beeoher says, ian impudent clerk
can do almost as much injury to hisstoss
as the neglect Of the p.oPrietor 70 Adysss
tise his goods Two undoubsed and dg.
nifcant facts, which every one intsrsstsd
will please bear in mind.9dT .bsDHgow
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W00DSFIEID, MONROE COUNTY, 0HIO AUGUST TO- 1859.
can keep him. If he is not real gam
hler I never SAW One

can keep him. fhe is not real gam
bier, I never saw one.'
Hard words followed, but my revolver
protected myself and winnings. I quit
that cabin within one hour, and after ma
ny ups and downs I reached lower Cali
fornia. Here we will end this story said
Hickman, 'as we are in sight of the Mex
ican town to which we are bound.'
The prospect of soon losing my trav-
cling companion was rather pleasant
than otherwise, for his deep-laid villainy
had begun to alarm me; even more so
than had any danger to be apprehended
from the Apaches. What miserable
life even the most successful gamblers
lead !
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@When you negotiate for house
having all the modern improvements, you
will generally find that mortgage is one
of them.
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AZ H'Oh dear! Mr.. +. Jon jest whsa
you say my babe is the handsomest .yca
ever saw; you must be soft soaping 'wsll
Madam I think It needed sosp Of soas
kiud.'
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The names of some Of tho CslifegAia
localities are unique. We notice Fotss
Flat, Lazy Bar, Fiddler's Greek. DsAd
Mans Hollow, Greaser's Flat and Hslls
Delight. S=s
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~An exchange says that the peeos
most coveted by European monarcha ,ss
the present time, is piece Of their nsigAs
boris territory. ~ -"