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Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

STARTING IN THE WoRI0.-Many pa
rents toll and moil, slave, and even sin to
acquire money to enable their sons to haze
what is called "a good start in the world. ~
ltis very doubtful If such exertions are
ever repaid by the gaining of the object
desired. "fhe gear that is easily gotten is
not like the gear that is won," the old
song says; and as matter of fact, we zee
rich mems sons waste their own time and
their fathers substance Oh frivolities if not
in riotous living. The leading men of ey.
cry position in life-sta,eslnen, professional
men, Businessmen, and mechanics-are
not sons of rich fathers. They have most.
ly climbed to eminence by their own exer-
t'ons. Thrown on their own mental re-
sources at an early age, as many of item
were, they would laugh to scorn the opin.
ion that wealth is necessary to him who
would succeed in any department of life
1t is not on beds of down that the mus
cles harden and the nerves acquire tension,
but struggling with The elements of opposi
ton and inertia. So let none of our younp
readers despair because they are apparently >
sunk in the depths Of poverty and obscur.
lily. The brave heart and the ready hand
can work miracles, and enable them to out.
strip The luxufiously bred who seem ia,
ahead OF them now they are starting in the
world.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

Two French peasants were discussing
the continental war. when one attempted
to explain to the other the nature of the
telegraph. After repeatedly failing, he
wae struck with brilliant notion, and ex-
claimed: Imagine that the telegraph is
an immense long dog-so long that its
head is at Vienna and it's tails il at Paris.
Well. tread on its tail, which is at Paris,
and it will bark at Vienna. Do you uu-
d derstand now, stupid, What the telegraph
is like? 'Ob, yes!" replied the other
Il have an idea now what telegraph
must be-"
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21
USEFUL TABLE.

In consequence of numerous inquiries
daily as to the price Of Gold for Confeder-
ate Notes during a certain period, we have
for the convenience of our citizens, who
may have settlements to make, prepared
table from our books, showing actual sale
from January ], 1851, to May l., 1856
which is at your service, should you think
proper to publish the same.
F. c. BARRIER & Son,
Exchange Brokers.
Augusta, Ga, June o, 1865.
RseSr.S IL Ill I
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21
In the Matter of the Real Estate
of Jas. j. Adams, decd,
S O U TIL CAROLINA.
dRREHIII M n Icm u I1n1 = 80

~ ~ - ~ ~ W. IL J. ~ "A, +,
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.
Rachel c. Adams, applicant, against John 8.
Adams, Geo. F. Adams, ct al, Defendants.
TT appearing to my satisfaction that JOHN 8.
L ADAMS, GEO. F. ADAMS. tho children
OF Mrs. JULIA McCALLA, decd (names not
knownl the children Of Mrs Louisa VAR
BROUGlI, decd (nnmes not knownl Defend
ants. reside without this State: r." #EEt
1t is. therefore. ordered that they do appear
and object to the division or sale OF the Real
Estate of JAS. ]. ADAMS, decd, on or before
the 9th day Of November next or their consent
TO the same will be entered Of record.
WILLIAM HILL, o. A. d. H.. ST.
Ordinary's Office, August 6, 1866.
August Id al eom3t
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

Opposition 70 the Ocean Telegrsph-A
New York inventor proposes to. build a
ship for So, 900, which will cross the Allan.
tic in two days and q half. His theory is,
that BY means Of avacuum at the bottom
of his craft, twill rest Cd tie surface of The
water, and thus receive no resistance 10 its
motion. Probably he Eis tho. man who
once seized the ssrsps Of his.own boots and
lifted himseH into seal in his State Leg
islature. ~
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21
THERE'S
- WORK EFoUaH 10 DO.

M - w1RK ENOUGH 10 DO. ):
.ne blackbird early leaves bis nest ( Il :: +,
To meet tho smiling moru,stS 8 q
And gather Fragments for It's nest :: = (.
From upland, wood and lawns. %-s&S' g.;
The busy bee that wings its way
Mid sweets Of varied hue,
Atev'ry flower would seem to Say. ~.
'There's work enough to do
The cowslip and the spreading vine,
The daisy in the grass, .
The snow-drop and the eslantime,
Preach sermons as We pass
The ant within its craven deep.
Would bid us labor toe, = i''' ., 81
And writes upon its tiny heap
There's work enough to do"
To have heart for those who weer.
The scottish drunkard win;
To rescue all the children deep
In ignorance and sin;
To help the poor, the hungry feed,
To give him coat and shoe,
To see that all can write aud read,
SIS work enough to do"
The time is short-the world is wide,
And much has to be done;
The wondrous earth, and all its pride,
Will vanish With the san,
The moments fly on lighting wings,
And life's uncertain too;
We've none to waste On fooiisl, things e..
'There's work enough to do" .
The planets, at their makers will,
Move onward in their cars,
For Natures wheel is never still,
Progressive az the stars!
The leaves that-futter in the air,
And summers breezes WOO,
One solemn truth to man declare
There's work enough to do
Who then can sleep when oil around
is nctive, fresh and free7
Shall Man. creations lord-be found
Less busy than the beea
Our courts and alleys are the field,
ifmen should search them THROUGH.
That best the sweets of labor yield,
And "work enough TO do"
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21
IDLENEss.

There IS TOO much idleness in This coun.
try. 1t is breeding vice and Immortality.
ltis filling our jails with criminals. Crime
has been on the gradual increase for six
months. This comes Of idleness and idle.
ness comes in great measure of that
ahominable idea that white man cannot
De gentleman and work. He must get
money, for that is indispensable. But how?
THAT'S it. Young men haye not the dispo.
s''lon to work, and by patient economy Sc.
cure basis for business operations. They
must haveit now. This suggests expedients.
These lead to temptation; and temptation
leads to crime. Hence, we have MURDERS
horse thelts and breaches of trust.
Why should a young man consider it de-
grading or even undigni6ed to work 2
president johnson purchased bis present
residence in East Tennessee with the pro-
ceeds of his labor as tailor. One of the
"ealtItest bankers in New York commen-
ced the world as gardener, selling to the
hnckster the products of his own labor.
Hen. Pat Cleburn, at one lime the head of
the Arkansas bar, subsequently the ruling
sp'nt in powerful army, began life as a
DAY -laborer. Judge Reagan, Postmaster
General Of the late Confederate States,
was once woodohopper on the banks Of
the Mississippi. The world is full of such
examples. But where can We point to a
successful man who spent bis early youth
10 hunting bpsiness which be considered to
be more gen@eel than manual labora Who
has ever heard of a man succeeding who
spent his early manhood azaiting for some
thing to turn ups"
Young man if you would succeed. 40 Z,
a0or@. If you cannot obtain clerksl,ip
take something else. You had better bt
rolling barrels, or piowing, or building
fence, or sehopping cord wood, or carrying
The bod, than doing nothing Quit de-
pending upon your friends. Strike ou, 70,
yourself Learn, at once the greatest o
all lessons. that Of self.relianes. Have a
head' a will, purpose Of your own: CO
10 work and watch Jour opportunity. The
soil upon which you have been reared ney.
er sefuses competence 70 those Who are
willing to dig. Then, II yod can do nc nc
better, dig. It viii pay to dig MOI, ,' !.
there anything undigoiaed or vulgar in It
It is honorable If yoa choose to make it 90
Then dig aud watch your opportunity
But don't stand idle and azajt for somo
h'1g'e ) suIn sR IL .4a !
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

Z, PRoBABLE ORIaIN OF .CLocKs.-Mapy
inventions of the greatest value are some
times the most difficult to trace TO their
origin. It 10 80 With clocks and watches.
Neither the precise year Of thair invention,
nor the name Of their inventors, can be
confidently stated. Til the close :, of, the
tenth centurys no other mode Of measuring
time than BY the sundisl or 'hous eslass ap-
pears to have existed + and thet ss firs.
beard of q graduated mechanism adapted
taf the purpose, this invsatiou bsius usually
ascibed q the monk GsrEsrt wbo bscaiSe
Pope 10 Rome sss, under The name of syI.
vea.er II. These clock wore cumbrops mas
.cshInss ]; and it's not sills the soastssuth
century thss vs heas5 of jporta bls cioet.
taltheisueeeedihg B eeasay. Chg Ssss asuch
more comgpsp. and we're part Of the fnrui!
tarn. Of . batter ,class kosise, Thev xare a
hung 70 thsxalls and thsir 81 jmogemssls sna g.
regulated by stsightsa ard Iinss. !! like tho
el,eap eAitchsn-clocks of de- present asviI
The iasspisp u lhs spiisi sprinir 6 ti,s
motive power q pIace ef sSehs o. iiss3
gave, abaps ase miads ef stbe fttesnsk esp.
tdsy. The asst sisat iupfossnpeps, 4 whiob
,1 Dov vent op apidly, and rssalisd IN .hs
Invention 81 ihs Wiaitsi SsSSss l;ss;ssarer as;s
that might be- oaeSica sfont ~ ~ u "
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

-
is DoassrJo LRx. -zIia caDootS Ss.a biap.
Py man who has not the love snd smile Of
ssypnsn .e accompany him IN every depart
pasns Of Life. The ~otsd may bs dark and
nheeFlese Aghheut easmies usy ea.bar 10
bic pa3, bu. sden hs.refatns q ttks Iii
sidss and fssla Die ssndsv loys cfSroipan.
hs toxgsss iis 1arssisDd ek6nbls, sabd II a
comparativsly .hsppy ibsis Hs d slbdt
hsH prepared soF us jJostsasy sss III ,i.s ;xlso
tskss NOT with him that Gisad Who viii
tforsaks him IN no smsfgsney-sboes Nm
divide his sorress faasssesss lhis yioyais-
NJ the veil from :his ksaFf, and throw snn--
shlne amid kha darkest scsasS Il it z !.
~ = = l sis Z,
!S Rzso hsyss 80 crest q coma
dence, "saysa : write, so Young men WHO
bslieya in shsmaelyes, and sss aacuatoned
70 rsit 81 Nlpsf oa4 kssoaaT6eS kssoiaa sfibD. -
ssssy g ,ilesieds u s in solale ysSisoi
Ieregf fstsps nps 10 flis Great 6piii. ia
rosld aud tskss lin Boldiy SO tbs hesa
e e. ,s often surprised q asd ii come al 81
n's nand: and that Il Wa only tied On q "a
scare t,mid adysnaprsss, -
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

! Poor Caiad dresnsa ahat ha
had sn Afgei III stds, and upon wakinr
up found . - snoboay but his We.
Man pAasss .1ls sIs inissasbuipx d I'D
past, ~ connplaining Of the psssept. srd
in tremhling fcf 'ths fasnrs.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21
In the Matter of the Real Es-
tate of Sarah Pace, Decd.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
ADBEVILLE DISTRICT

james A: McCord, Guardian, Applicant, against
John Davis and wife Jane, ct al, Defendants
TF appearing to my satisfaction ,ha, Thomas
Il Pace, the children of Matilda Thomas.
decd, (names not known,) the children Of
Rich'd Pace. decd, (names not known,) some
o. the Defendants in this case. reside beyond
the limits of this State, it is, therefore,
Ordered. that they do appear and Object 10
the division or sale Of the Real Estate of Saral,
Pace, decd, on or before the 9Th November
next or their consent to the same willtbe enter,
ed Of record
WIN. HILL, o. a, D.
August G. 1866 II, lm-3m
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

e- We are authorized to announce DA-
VID CRAWFORD, a Candidate for Tax Col
leotor at the ensuing election.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21
CANDIDATES..

: ~ Weiare authorized to announce HENRY
$. CASON candidate for Sheriff at the ensu-
ing election.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

Which was the last actual sals for Cepfsderste
Soses i(IEA u -i,r.cY,r-a.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-21

EB- The friends OF JOHN w. LESLEY, ESQ
respectfully announce him a candidate fol
Clerk of the Court.
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04

," REVOLVING FIREARMS in the historical col
 lection of. Dresden there is an object of great interest-a perfect revolving pistol, more than two hundred years old no antiquated, ba,f made, rough, rudimentary affair, but az tho roughly finished pistol as the Toledo and Damascus blades of sarlier date. 1t is of. the same size as Colts revolver, and not only are the revolving barrels made of precisely the same structure, size, and shape, but they are six in number. The only point of inferiority was that in this there is no spring to bring up the next barrel when one is fired. It must be done with the hand. Colonel Colt was shown
 the pistol when in Europe, shortly before his death. His face was very expressive. when he saw his own invention applied more than two centuries ago. Of course the lock was fiat. and yet. being revolving lock, it was packed away in little space, and the, whole aspect of the pistol was as neat and attractive as any modern revolyer.--1 Exchange In the Worlds Fair. at the New York Crystal Pal. ace, in the year 1853, there was exhibited a collection of ancient weapons from the Tower ei London and, among them was revolver
 like that above described and of about the some age. Cot Colts patent was not for the revolving cylinder. but for making it se.fre- volving by the act of cooking a hammer.-Eps. = <AWs. AT ssS05t. txrty Es o IK .,,.t.-9I ,s
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04

COMING AUTuMN.-Alas for the summer! l! The grass is still verdsnt on the hills and in the valleys the foliage of the trees as dense as ever. a1d as green the flowers are abun- dant alsng the margin of the rivers and in the hedge-rows, and deep among the woods; the days, too, are as fervid as they were month ago and yet in every breath of wind and beam of sunshine there is an autumDal influence. 1 know not how to describe it. Methinks there is a sort of coldness in the brightness of the sunshine. A breeze cannot stir, without thrill. ling mo with the breath of autumn, and be- hold it's pensive glory in the far, golden gleams among the long shadows of the trees The flowers, even she brightest of them.-the gold en-rod and the gorgeous cardinals-the most
 glorious flowers of the year,-have this gentle sadness amid their pomp. Pensive autumn is expressed in the glow of every one of them have felt this influence earlier in some years than in others. Sometimes autumn may be perceived even in the early days of July There is no other feeling like that caused by this faint, doubtful, yet real perception, or rather prophecy, of the years decay, so deiici- ouslY sweet and sad at the same time.- Hasckhor7.
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04

ANOTHER SEM1-REBEL OUTRAGE-PRoBABLE MURDER-An extraordinary affair occurred on week before last on the Ohio river, at Warsaw, Ky. seventy five miles below Cincinnati, When the Louisville and Cincinnati mail steamer General Buell. reached Warsaw, on the up- ward trip, at eight o'clock last evening, a par tY of two hundred guerilias hailed inc boat, tied ner to the landing, and going on board seized Dr. Ferris. former Provost Marshal of Warsaw under Gen. Burbridge. then mounted their prisoner on horse left town and have not since been heard of. During Dr, Ferris administration at Warsaw two guerillas. were executed near the town. and it is supposed his capture and probable death are ln re- venge. Dr. Ferris was mail agent on the steamer. }T3 aGs iss- A il9.a .a
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04
Alisfellanp.
CoRK-A SUBSTITUTE WANTED.

1 Cork is e soft elastic bark of kind of oak (Quercus su6e,) inhabitiDg Spain, Portugal. and parts of France and Italy, and from these
 countries the world derives it's supply of this
 very necessary and as yet indispensable arti cle. The bark is loosened or thrown of by it's dying, and thereby ceases to distend with the expansion of the tree in it's natural growth.
 The tree is about fifteen years old when this operation is first performed. The first crop is not of much value, and the second, which is l removed about ten years after, is but little
 more valuable. After this operation is repeat ed every eight or ten years, and the produce improves both as to quality and quantity at each operation. A tree thus parked period- cally lives, it is said, about one hundred and fifty years. .at. ls.a auaaar ii The uses of cork are many, but the princi- pie one is, as is generally known, for stopping bottles and vessels of various kinds, for which purpose it has been used for many centuries to the exclusion of all other substances, except in 6 few instances in which, for stoppers which have to be frequently taken out and replaced, glass is used. Glass stoppers, owing to their greater expense, partly resulting from the la bor and care required in fitting them, have never been used to any extent, and no sub stance aas been found to serve as substitute for cork for ordinary use, as it has hitherto been 80 cheap and is so admirably adapted to the purpose. The supply of cork has, howev- CT, begun to fall short of the demand, and the price, especially of the finer qualities, has been steadily increasing to such an extent that the time has arrived when some substitute is very desirable, and a time will arrive when it will become an absolute necessity. "'
 There are two ways in which this substitute may be supplied, viz., by the discovery of some other natural substance adapted to the purpose, and by calling in the aid of art to in- vent some composition having similar qualities
 of strength, elasticity, durability. impervious- ness to most liquids, and cheapness. We have most faith in the last mentioned mode of supply, notwithstanding that we have witness ed many failures in attempting it, for though
 nature has at times failed to meet the demand for her productions, we have never known a Tt to fail in producing anything that was requir- ed of her, not inconsistent with the laws of nature.-Ans. Artisan.
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04

TIE SUBMIssIvENEss OF -AMERIGANs.-NO o matter what extortion may be practiced on him by cabmen, omnibus men, hotel-keepers or railroads, it is rare to find anybody or any number of bodies who will make the smallest resistance to it. Those rows which are so common in England between travellers and
 walters, and hote-keepers, porters aDd cabs, are here unknown. l never, remembered to have heard an angry word uttered about ho- tel bill but once, though the hotel charges are frequently barefaced and outrageous, and the demeanor of hote-keepers the very, highest ex- pression of insolence. The hackney coaches of New York are the dearest, worst and most illregulated in the world though nomina'ly under the control of the law but no one ever thinks of bring the drivers to justice, no mat ter what he may suffer at their hands. The remedy to which those who are swindled by them resort is not to hire them again, but to ride in omnibuses Or cars, or else get carriages at the livery stablesJ also the over crowding of the street railroad cars. or omnibusses, has become almost an intolerab1e nuisance. Peo- pie complain of0t privately, but nothing is done to abate it. '' r'Hf f'sl 1nG iszi7 hsa
 I am spending this summer twenty miles up the Hudson river, and have to use the railroad to get in and out of town every day. There AS Q COut0upe l0I tuS COuliOSt, CVuSGulcuct, and legal rights of the passenger displayed on the line which would in England lead to twen- ty lawsuits week. Here an action against the company is rare thing, complaintsao the conductors even almost as rare. So also in the matter Of income tax. It might be doubl- ed, and few propose to head an opposition as long as the general sentiment acquiese in it's necessity. The cause of this passiveness in submitting to the minor inconveniences and troubles, forming such striking contrast to to the energy displayed in resisting the great CT ones, is to be found. like many other pecu- liarities of American life. in the external cir cumstances of the people ever since the coun- try was first settled. The virtue which is most strongly called out by colonial life, or perhaps most strongly after that of energy, is that of patient endurance. It's hardships, trials and disappointments are so great that the very first lesson the settler has to learn IS to meet them with philosophical resignation. It has now been 50 long practiced here that it has become feature in the national character. think Americans take as much pride in not being put out or ruffled by these things as En. ghshmen in being grumpy and obstreperons over them. If hotel-keeper or tax collector imposes on him, he will be as much ashamed of seeming to be annoyed by it as an English man will be in submitting, to it. s44 ....
 -. " r Cor, London Neaos.
 a1 J s4.
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04

AN ADvERT1sEMENT.-This is the way Mrs. Smith advertised her husband ,........ .-,
 LOST, SPRAYED OR SToLEN.-An individual whom I, in an urgent moment of loneliness, was thoughtlsss enough to adoptas g husband. He is good looking and feeble individual, knowing enough however. to come in when it rains, unless some good looking girl offers him the shelter of her umbrella. Answers to the name of Jim. Was last seen ip. company of ulia Harris. walking with his arm around her waist looking more ike fool if possible than ever. Anybody who will catch the poor fel low, and bring him carefully back, so that can chastise him for ruunning away will be in vited to tea by MARY E. SAITH.
Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04
.aal|)oetrp.
THE PILGRIMS:
BY JOHN PIERPoNT.

 The winds and waves were roaring; The Pilgrims4met for prayer; And here, their God adoring, m,L. They stood, in open air. When breaking day they greeted, And when its close was calm, The leafess woods repeated n The music of their psalm Not thus, 0 God, to praise thee,
 Do we, their children, thr ong; The temples arch we raise thee
 Gives back our choral ssng. u Yet, on :he winds, that bore thee Their worship and their prayers, May ours come up before Thee Sea From hearts as true as theirs What have we Lord, to bind us,, To this, the Pilgrims shore l. z. Their hill of graves behind us,
 Their watery way before, The wintry surge that dashes a. Against the rocks they trod, Their memory, and their ashes = Be thou their guard, O.God! We would not Holy Father,
 Forsake this hallowed spot, 7'9"" Till on that shore we gather
 Where graves and griefs are not The shore where true devotlon
 Shall rear no pillared shrine, Y And see no other ocean :. Than that of love divine.