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His Opinions are still quoted with respect by those 

 who knew him, and those who never enjoyed that 

 advantage reverently embrace the traditions and 

 ponder over them. He was a remarkably gentle- 

 \ manlike-looking man ; one of the last who continued 

 the use of fair-top boots. He is said to have been 

 fond of carving with his knife, and the balustrades 

 of his piazza bore testimony to this trait. Having 

 built a fine new house on the Rocks plantation, he 

 abandoned the habit, so far as the house was con- 

 cerned ; but a servant always brought him a cypress 

 shingle after dinner, on which he would indulge in 

 his favorite pursuit. He was three times married. 

 His first wife, the only one by whom he had issue, 

 was Miss Porcher, sister of the late Major Samuel 

 Porcher. The second was Anna Stevens, nee 

 Palmer, widow of Oneal Gough Stevens ; and his 

 third, Caroline Theus, 7iee Theus, widow of Mr. 

 Theus, formerly an eminent merchant of Charles- 

 ton. He left a large family of sons and daughters, 

 and his descendants are very numerous. 



Science and humanity mourned, in 1817, the un- 

 timely death of Dr. James Macbride. He was a 

 native of Sumter district, and was educated at Yale 

 College, where he was a contemporary of Mr. Cal- 

 houn, and of our late venerable bishop. He en- 

 gaged in the pursuit of medicine, and, settling in 

 Pineville, married Miss Eleanor Gourdin, daughter 

 of the Hon. Theodore Gourdin of that village. As 



