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Crevssses on the Mississippi.

Nkw ORLEANS, April 2.
The breaks on the leveo above will
carry devastation to the richest portion of
South west Louisiana. The giving away
OF the grand lsvee at Morgana overiiows
seven Rarishes. This was one Of the
lsrgest works OF t~ kaud in the world, and
tu, recently completed Works are pro
gressIug NJ the Roman Ctsvasse. ffy'six
inile, above fhe city with .5he hope. Of
vlosIng.
|, issepor,ed that there is break nine
mi'es below b aon Rouge, which viii do
immense damage, and will overflow thu.
sec,ion. The disasters cause great suffer.
Ing among the poorer clsssss of whites,
and will throw thousands Of freedmen
upon the resources Of tie Bureau for The
coming season:
The freshe, in Rel River has besn the
snos, ex,en,i ys shd-dlsss'rous eserknown,
ste water being "iI feet higher than the
high-t mark yet reached siuce the s-t
''smsnt Of that country. Nearly all the
stock along the upper river has been de
sroyrd, ~h'ls fences and farm houses
have been swept AWAY. This rich section
of tho country hss Lcen CONVERTED in, o
aimost = waste.
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GROVESTEEN d CO.
p Piano'F orte M n.u faoturers,
4es Broad way, N, y.

TNHESE PIANOS, received the-FIiche.:
l. Award Of Merit! at the Worlds Fair,
over the best makers from London, Paris,
Germany, the cities of New York. PhiIadel.
ph'". baltimore and Boston also, the Gold
Medal at the hme'icaD Institute, for Five
successive years! Our Pianos contain the
French Grand Action, Harp Pedal, Over.
strong Ba-s. Full Iron Frame, and sI Mod
ern improvements. Every Instrument war.
ranted tfye years Made under the super.
vision Of Mr. J. II Grovesteep, VINO have
a PRACTICAL experience OF over thirty FIVE
Years. and il the maker Of over eleven
ihousand piano forte>. Our fsc,Ii ties sor
manufacturing enable Ne 10 sell these In.
btrumen,s from $I0G to S20e cheaper thsa
any first clnss piano forte.
Dec. b, '66-Iy,
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NV ARGUMENT FOR SnoXISu.
cottmPorary says that. few days ago,
"ye ioe1" dropped suddenly 10 upon q
Young lady, and, horrible to rslais, found
.afe dxm,el engaged in lsisursIy putting a
smaIl, mildly favored cigar. We were
struck dumb With astonish msnt, and orr
6rst iNprs.sion, sftsr recovsriog from the
blow, was that We were in The "Sunby
South" AID had been ushersd into the
presence Of Southern belle Of smokinz 2
and sno.f-tskifg proelivitiss. After this
delusion had passed from our mindr, We
ysntursd 70 inquire, "What in tho world.
Fanny. . do you ms.n by smoking that
cigNT Sue rather languidIy replied.
swell. you see, George, il makes it as
though there was = mao around r.
We subsidsd, bu, mentally mad. = note
N tire fact that Fseny had certainly pro.
duced new aud novel srsumsnt 4, favor
Of smoking.
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Jonp Rsss N w. h. | BEL 10 Marshal
ConnJrs, Executors of assets, for Iaiunc.
T. 1. Hammond. dec'da tion, &c.
samuel Speaeer. st al
in conformity TO the decret.l order of
Chancellor I.se,ne IN the sbuye stated
canse, filed in my office, January the 2od,
1867 the creditors, both Of the Estate Of
y. Hammond, deceassd, and also of In.
Estate OF u i. Hammond, deceased ar,
hereby notified that they have been enioin
ed by said order from proceeding at law,
and that they are required TO be and appear
before the, nj my offi;e at Lancaster Court
House, aud prove and establish their scyer.
al aud respective claims, en- or before rh,
hrst day OF June, one thousand EIGHT hun
dred aud sixiy.sevsn. This notice appli,s
"a vel! =" the Judgment erejitor- OF both
SAID Estates, ~ To ali other credusts Of
whatsoever grade or char ct.r. Each and
every one who refuses or fails TO avail him.
or her"el Of this advantage and privilege
h7fein Offered will be barred and excluded
FROM such privilege after the psrenptery
day above drs.gnaied
sk q BILLINGS, C. ELD.
Cotnmssiouet'. Office, Lancaster, c. iH.SC
Jan. 0, 1867, -3oo
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TUE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCASTER DISTRICT,
III the Com mon Pl.a

In the Common Pleas.
ID w. Brown, Surviving Declaration in
E1eeMoe W. Foreign Attach.
F. A. Bell. \nent
Whereas. the Plaintiff did on the 4th day
Of April file his declaration against the de-
PENDANT, who Gas it ia said,l IN absent from
and without the limits s-of this State. nrd
has neither wife nor attorney kpown within
,hs same. upo" whom = cop, Of the said
declaration nigh, be served II Is there.
tote ordered, tna; the defendant do appear
and p! cad 10 ths said decIaia atiop, on or he.
lore the 9th day Of Apdi which will be in
the year Of our Lord ono Thousand .iyhi
hundred aud sixty.sight otherwise final
snd abso lnts judgment will then be given
and awarded against him,
, JOHN w. TWITTY. CIR C.P.
Clerk. oihee, Lancaster District, April 4,
ioo4.s 6Ll-3miyad.
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MACON, Ca, March %.
From North Carolina.

... RALEIoH, March 20.
The Union Convention met or Wed.
hesday, At which fitv tro Counties were
tepresen.ed-half ~hite aud half black
~msh adjourned after session OF two
days. 1t adopted the Republican as a
party, in name and tous. The resolutions
were radical.
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Sheriff Sale.

~ VIRTUE OF ri Pa te the objected,
IL | will sell at Lancaster Court Iisus- on
tho first Monday in May next. within the
legal hours Of sale, the following pro er:y
ts wit:
All OF Dcfendtnt. interest in Two Hun
dred Arres Of Land, more or less Bound
eH sy'lands O! John 81. Craig. Ra6ert ID.
Montgomery, and others Levied on and
to 10 sold as the property of John slcgurt,
n, the anti OF 3. r iIarock.
TERMS CASH-Purcha,er to pay for
papers.
J.B COUsAaT. s. Id.
April 10. 1867 I'd
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IN EQUITY Y-Lancaster.
Andrew b.'r'hs and }. Bill! to sci! Land,
}. EMS Executors, Injnncti n, to
w. Matshal assets.
Rynum Adams and wife
el al.

In cahformity to the .decreial order Of
Ehancelior Carroll il this ease, fls4 in This
office janrntv 22d. 1867. the Creditors of
the Estate "f WIN w Ellis, deceased.
whose debts are not in Judgment. ate here
bV nviiied thnt they are eiJniard from pro.
ceeding'in law against his Executors and
that they ar. required to appear before me.
at NV office at Lancaster Cont House. and
prove and establish their respec,iv. de
mands, on or before the twenty nin,h div
OF May, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty seven. Each and every one of said
crediors refusing or failing To comply With
the privilege lie Elm offered, rvill be barred
and excluded from such privilege after the
P',,"r,'"'y lay above designated.
Com'rs Office. LANCASTER g. H.. sc.
X q BILLINGS, C. ED.
March %, 1867. sam
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agents Wanted

EVERY COUNTY or NoRTli AND
\ South Carolina, 10 eanvass and cell
Loyds lew double map Of North America
on The face, and county map ofthe United
States on the back-coverinG ~ square fee,
OF muslin, with rollers, &c Other srencie. |.
can b" given Vt desired. Agents make from
30 to s20 per cav. Address,
WARREN II. MARSHALL,
General Agent Lloyd's Map,
r., Columbia, So. Ca.
February 2oth. ls67.--lmo.
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a. q. Brown, OF Mississippi, is out in
sle,,sr urging the Mississippiaps to accsp,
the reconstruction bill, as the conquerors
have the right to Iegisla,s for the con-
quered. and the latter have no rights
~lreh the former are bound to respect.
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Notice.

TNHE Notes and hcconnts Of JONES
CROCKETT have been placed in our
hands for settlement. To avoid suits, Deb
tors ara requested 10 come forward and
make satisfactory arrangements
KERSHAW g. CONNORS.
Attorneys.
April Sd, 1857 s-3,
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Sheriff Sales.

~ Virtue Of Sundrv Writs Of ri Fa to
u the c'rectrd, ! will sell a, Lancaster
oorrt 'i"use Oh sales day In MAY, within
the legal honrs Of sale:
Two Hundred and Eighty Acre. "f Ian
more or less, boun' ed by land, Of Evan
Ratings, Saml U Robert-on. aud others
levied on aud to- be sold MS the property of
t. Ingram at The suit Of Samuel B. In.
gram and Others.
Terms Cash-Purchasers 10 pay for pa.
pers b. COUSART, =. l.. ID. :
April 10, 1867. "a
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From Georgia,

AUGUSTA, March %.
QsnerI. Sweeney has forbidden elec
tions until Pope assumes command.
Macon, Ga, March %.
meeting Of freedmen was held last
hight, and'wss addressed by several pro
tn'nent citizens. The prssmble and reso
iut'on' thank Congress for emancipation
and suffrage, and disavo~ all bitter feel
ing, toward their late ,mss,ers; promise
faithful aud respectful discharge Of their
unt'es; endorse the policy Of Governor
Brown.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLYN.
.m LANCASTER DISTRICT.
.... n Csnmon Pteas. ...
g. W: B'h' l, ....
VS.; Foreign Attachment.

Whcre"s, the Plaintiff did on tho 9Th
day OF April, hle his declaration spain.,
the defendant, who las it M s-iij is st.ant
from and without the limits Of this Stat.
and has neither wifs nor attorney known
within the ssme, upon whom n copy of sbs
snid declaration ,night be served IL h
therefore ordered, that the spdd ,iefeDdon,
do appear and plend to the said declaration
on or before ths 9th day Of April, whrh
will be 10 the year of our Lord one thou.
sand eight hundred and sixty eight. other.
wise fnnl aud absolute judgment will then
be given ard awarded against him
goHN w TWITTY. Crk C.P.
Clerks Office, Lancaster District. Apti
9Th. 1867. 5t-lamI,nd
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" appearing ttst certain parties having
an interest IN tho rubj .ct matter of the Pc.
'ltion Of Joseeh Rodgors, filed 10 tn. case
above stnld, reside without The limit. of
THIS State o."it: The children Of Adam
Rodgers, deceased. (names unkn ,wn except
Margaret and Robert ~ The children Of
Martha Robinson, namely. James II Re.
oseca A, Mary lane, William f.. Margars,
=, Robert o. Mary f., Virginia A., Samuel
u. and John Tho mas X Caskey and
wife Jane, aud M"tlia hannah aud Martoa
l.. his wife. Notice is hereby civ TO said
Parties "s well n, to all other persons, that
on the 18th Of April, 1857, Testimony for
preservation Vii! be taken in relation to the
Lash Will of Margaret NcMurry, dccs,.ed,
before Commissioned in Equity for Ian
caster DsIrct
X q. BILLINGS, G. r Id
Commissioners Office Lancaster &. rs G.
February 30, l867-6t
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dissolution Of COpartncr-
SHIN

MtlE Firm of Hssseltne g. Massey was dis.
x solved OF the l4th day Of November last,
by the death OF Mr. =. r. Massey The notes
and accounts witfbe found at theaoi stand
Early settlements arc requested.
- A. nASSELTINE, Survivor.
April I. 1881.
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Notice This.

pEhSoNS 10 whom we have extended
Il short credits sre requested 10 make
immedI"'e payment, as our circumstances
Will not allow us TO give longer induIuene.
hoDONALD& g. MeCURRY,
Camden, 30. Ca
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APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ application. will be made at the next
Session Of the Legislature for new Char.
ter for Cnr.ton's Ferry, situate on the
Catawba River
J. S. CURBTON.
March 90, 1867. Jun.
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II L q A l. No III CES.
IN EQUITY-rancaster.

A1$ IN III 4 -Ldll caster.
TX Parto. lP.iition Of NJ. N
Northern Circuit.
The application Of Mrs Mnlivia n Crnw.
ford under the Bill in the aho owe stated case
for leave 10 offer evidrnc" for preservation
~ relation 10 the la-I viii and Testament
OF William IL Massey, decd being filed {;
public notice ia hereby given that such ev
ldence will bc taken before the Commis
sioner in Eqnitv for Blncas,er District. mt
his",thce on the 18th day OF May next, at
10 o'clock A. NJ.
Commissioners Office. Lancaster C. H., s.
c.. March %. 1857
K. q BILLINGS, C. l. Id.
hp3 40d.
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Fresh Garden Seeds

TOR SALE At THE OLD PRICE by
= FEB o. }. 3. BOYD.
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] return my thanks to the psspls of
Lancaster District for their patronage for
the last - years, and As I am permsnently
located. hope to receive sha.e Of pub Ii,
patronage. You will always finds me IT
nv post, glad to sell at short profit for
CASH. Please do not ask me for CREDIT.
J. B. BOYD
Lancasterville, s. C.,--March sth 1857.
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Notice to lax PAYERS.

I WILL be at tho usual places Of receiy.
Il ing Taxes for the purpose II Ass-s.iny
taxable property, and taking all Returns,
viz
AT the Conrt House, Court week, Monday.
March 18Th
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March 18th
G. Col Nelson Bsll's. Monday, March. o.
Matthias Crcnshaw's. Tuesday, %
Pleasant lin, Wednesday,. 81.
. WIN Roberlson's, Thursday. %
llorton's. Friday. - %
JohTS. Small's, Monday, Anil
Taxahaw. Tu.sdav. :, a
q Al Furdcrburk's W ednesday. I"
q" MrS. NJ &, lIuey's Thur-dav, 4.
Court Ilouse, Friday 8,
CruigvilIe, Monday, 8,
7. X Magil:s Store, Tuesday, 9.
BeilNir, Wednesday, 10
X. {. Potts Store, Thursday, I'll.
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IN EQUITY-Lanoaster.

John ksss & w. M.
ConnJrs, Executors Of
P. L. Hammond, decd,
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Bel To Marshal
assets, for lajunc-
tion, &c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-03
jeff. Davis in Moureal--A Sharp Oolloquy
with Scotch Lady,

4 correspondent of the Chicago
Republican, writing from Montreal,
tells the following good story of an
interview between eff Davis and
one Of his neigbbor,
j appears that his !. ext door neigh
bor is i worthy Canadian mechanic,
who has Scotch wife Of considera
bic pluck and spirit, and both take a
good deal OF pride in a beautiful gar.
den which is attached to their house.
Since JEFF, and his family came to re.
side next door TO them, the young
members Of Jeh's family partially de
stroyed the garden, by tearing down
beautiful trees, trampling over flow
er beds, &c much to the annoyance
of all the family. A short time ago
however, Mrs. c. took the law
into her own hands. The case
was as follows jefferson Davis, Jr.
was seen to climb the fence and Get
into the garden and was quietly en-.
gagged in picking straw berries and
stutling himself with them, when our
Scotch lady immediately proceeded
to the garden, picked up a birch
wand, and gave young JEFF. u sound
thrashing-letting him go with the
admonition the the dose would be re-
peated every time he was found there
unlimited. OF course young Jeff.
went home believing from the appli.
cation of birch to his hips, and the
whole family of the president" was
up in arms, and an immediate de,
mand was made by the female por>
ton Of the family that jeff. Davis
himself proceed to the neighbours
house and demand satisfaction. He
accordingly proceeded, rung the bell,
and the door was opened by the la
dy herself, when the following collo>
guy ensued
Davis-I desire to see the lady of
the house.
Scotch Lady i m tic Teddy O this
house. What may | ca you, ifyou'll
excuse me for speerin?'
Davis-(hesitatiDgly)-l am Presi-
dent Davis.
Scotch Lady-On'i; you're JEFF
Davis are You? You are neighbor
of ours aren't you?
Davis i am.
Scotch Lady Rather snappishly)
And what may be your business wi
me?
Davis came to inform you that
one Of your servants beat my son
jeff in the most shameful manner
Scotch Lady Rising to the Dig
nifty which attaches to a true matron)
-Dinna deceive yersel', Mr.. jeff. Da-
Wis; it was name O. my servants that
gave the Gallant lickin'. | did it
myself, and what's mair, if ever |
find him in our garden, III gle him
a double dose.
Davis-Ths is outrageous conduct
to both my family and myself. |
will appeal to the law aud have You
arrested.
Scotch ady-(Getting her mad
up)--Arrested ? Jist try that. I
suppose you think you're in The Con
fedracy and still President Of it ?
You'd pnt me in prison, would We P
Hoo did you like it yourseP-it's no
81 lang since We got out? Weel'
you're u pretty man, to talk of ar>
restin' onybody-.jist atterye escaped
The halter wi the skin O. your teeth +!
At this juncture jeff. Davis beat a
hasty retreat, leaving our Scotch Ia
dy still talking, and when the latter
saw that he was leaving, she slam
med the door after him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-03
How Drunkenness Comes into Respecta-
able Families.

A medical Journal in England re-
turns to this subject as follows:
There are probably few observant
medical men who have failed to no.
tice habit which has been on the
inc. ease for .many years past, and
which seriously threaten the moral
and physical integrity of society
The growing tendency If those even
whose minds atys comparatively gen.
tie, and whose minds are educated,
to indulge in alcoholic stimulation,
is iaet which the profession would
do well TO recognize and protest
against. The vice is not the vice of
our grandiathers the bottle or two
OF port which often laid them under
their dinner table and sent them reel
Ing TO The drawing-room. The fin
OF our day is less obtrusive bur even
more disastrous. lttalles tho form
OF an occasional glass at odd times
during the day, an extra dose at
lunch, IA glass OF sherry or two more
or less during the afternoon, another
from the table when the cloth ia laid
for dinner. Not uncommonly flask
OF sherry accompanies the blue>book
in the carriage. And it is worth not.
ing that this kind of tipping is not
done in secret. So far, indeed, from
this, it is rather matter of Boosting
on the part eff those indulging in it,
and they press others, often warmly,
to follow their example. Sometimes,
it is true, mild kind of excuse is of
fered. The dose is taken "iust to
keep one up you KNOW" or as q
"whet before dinner" Just as often,
when soda or settler water suggests
itself as refreshment, the question
arises whether its accompaniment
shall be brandy, sherry or liquor
The idea of taking it alone is not en-
tertained. tits spoken of as "weaken
ing" ''too cold for the stomach and
so on. In course of time these induI.
gences cannot fail to show them-
selves in the nausea and retching
which accompany the morning toilet,
the husky forenoon voice, the want
OF appetite for breakfast, and vague
dyspcptic SYMPTOMS which Turk about
during the day. More remotely it is
for a shattered nervous sys>
tenn that the patient seeks relief from
the physician. Society is on its
knees just now confessing, always in
polite and respectable way, it's sins
of omission in regard to dress, luxury,
paint and the denai monde. It be-
hoovcs the medical the profession
to see that the vice pescribed
: included in the list.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-03

MAxIMILINAN's MoTHER.-The his.
tory of Macmillan and of his fami>
ly, since he committed the fatal error
of aspiring to the throne of Mexico,
is one Of the most tragic and touch
ing ever recorded. The latest accounts
OF the condition of Carlotta. the
would be Empress, are scarcely more
favorable. She had not yet been in
formed of Maximiian's execution. 1t
has been affirmed in some Journals,
and denied in others, that the Arch,
duchess Sophia, of Austria, mother
of the Emperor Macmillan, has be-
come mad through grief at the loss
of her son. Her reason has not given
way, but she is overwhelmed with
sorrow, and exclaime repeatedly, ooh,
my poor son !'and in piteous accents
cries again and again to the people
about her, "Oh, tell me that he is not
dead Tell me that it is all a hideous
dream %
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-03

sas-In 1850 Moses A. Dow, then a
compositor in the Boston Iraueler, of
fee, without five dollars in money,
with small children and large debts,
and without education or particle
of literary talent, started the waver-
ly Magazine, weekly paper, open to
all those who chose to write stories
and verse without pay, and depend
ing on its attractions on beautiful ty-
Biography and large amount of
reading matter, such as 1t was. He
has now $4,000 a year from the pa
per, owns 100000 in brick buildings,
and has just built in addition. fine
hotel in Charestown, costing half a
million dollars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-03

DON'T BE LoAFER.-Young man,
pay attention. Don't be a loafer,
don't keep a loafer's company, don't
hang about loafng places. Better
work than sit around day after day,
or stand about corners with your
hands in your pockets-better for
your own health and prospects. Bus
tie about, if you have anything to
hustle about for, Many poor
physician has obtained a real patient
by riding after an imaginary ONE
A quire of blank paper, tied with a
red tape, carried under lawer's arm
may procure him his first case and
make his fortune. Such is the world:
"To him that hath shall.be given. -
Quit dreaming and complaining; keep
usy and mind your chances.