The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 19, 1852, Image 4
Courtship and Disappointment.
Miss Sukey Smith had flaxen hair,
Her daddy had the pewter.
Her eyes were grey, and looked serene,
Upon hor favorite suitor.
That snitor was a jolly youth.
So nimble, blithe and brawney,
The yellow fever took him off
One day to California.
And when I hoard that he was gone,
"It's now," said he, "or never!"
I shaved myself and greased my shoes,
And tried to look right clever.
I rigged myself from top to too,
And caught and mounted Robin;
But all the way I rode along,
My heart it kept a throbbin',
And when I reached her daddy's door,
It still kept on n thumpin',
But when I saw that heavenly maid
It kinder stopped a jumpin',
'Twos half-past ten, when at her feet
I knelt, and yet ere dinner,
With honied speech and winning ways,
I had contrived to win her.
Some months elapsed?to set the day
I now began to press her;
Iiurgcd, entreated, plead in vain?
In vain did I caress her.
While mnttcrs where thus cross'd utid pil'd
My clothes all growing secdv.
My rival from the mines returned,
Still for my Sukev greedy.!
I saw him kinder sidle up,
And. slip his arms around her,
When?heavens and earth! she let him kiss
Thoso precious lips! Coufound her!
I told her that I was surprised?
My eyes had sure deceived me?
And asked her to renew her vows,
And from suspense relieve me.
When, don't you think, the tarnal gal.
Her thumb upon her smeller;
licr lingers wriggled ns slic said?
"Can't come it, little feller!"'
Second Love.
First love is n pretty romance,
Though not so lasting as rcckon'd;
For when one'sjiwake from its trance,
There's a great stock of bliss in the second, j
And e'en should the second subside,
A lover should never despair:
For the world is uncommonly wide,
And the women?uncommonly fair.
The poets their rapture may tell,
Who never were put to the test,
A first love is all very well,
But believe mo the last loves the best.
DON'T TELL FATHER.
" But recollect, vou inue'nt tell father
said Airs. Smith to her children.
' Musn't tell father !" whispered the elder
one to tho younger, holding up their
fingers mysteriously and sapient ly.
44 Musn't tell dada !" cried a girl of seven,
swelling the family chorus, to a baby,
of a year and a half, under whose weight
she was staggering.
. .# * * * * * * *
James Smith was the. foreman in the
workshop of a jeweller, lie was a superior
artizan, and a trustworthy person. 1 lis
cleverness and his faithfulness secured to
lkitn fltA vwvaitiAn Ito liol.l *?"*?
...... W1U l^FO.?Vr.. ..t.V., ....IV-l. ?U? W Willi I
about three pounds a week. IIo had
therefore a snug little house in the outskirts
of the town, with a kitchen-garden !
in the rear, and a flower-pot in front lie
had a young good-natured handsome wife,
and a numerous family. His wife, however,
was good-natured, without much firmness
of character. She loved her children in a
foolish indiscriminating way, and to screen
their faults, would often hide the truth from
the father. She was rather capricious
with them. Strange to say, she was not
always leuient herself. She was so kind
to ther., that she was sometimes disappointed
in an adequate rctutu, and so becoming
incensed sue used to wreak a temporary
vengeance on them?a temporary
casual vengeance; for the samo childt hat j
she beat one minute, she was sure to hug,
to fondle, and to soothe the next.
The father again somewhat too stern,
and too much inclined to expect his family
to act with the exactness of machines,
making little allowance for the buoyancy,
tho irregularities, the thoughtlessness and
* 0 inexperience of children. He loved
M^ha, but many a grave lecture, many
a seno,s admonition, and many a philosophical,
re^oj^ vras he constantly giving
ker on thesu.joet of rearing children in accordance
withSja notions. Truth to say,
both the mother nn(\ j,er children were
somewhat afraid of father?and they
were more hushed ant. guarded in their
conduct when the master o' t|lC house was
at hAme
This was not as it should l* But the
fault did not entirely lie at her do.- xx_
J "f. iiu
ha<l two hard headed a way with hin
tainly ; ntill if his wife had itccn less tin;,^
that im, if the confidence, of truth and goot. \
frinciple had animated her to meet her
usband's ways of thinking, with her own
good feelings, and thus to modify them,
instead of evading his injunctions and arguments,
by recourse to a petty duplic ity,
h would have been better for her, for him,
and for the children.
James had some taste, and having saved
a pound or two, over and above what he
wasm the habit of placing monthly in the
savings bank, had unplaced the little anomalous
dogs and lambs with bosky talis.
m well as pairs of lovers sitting in crimson
grottoes, which had heretofore ornamented
his mantel-shelf, by a handsome vase.
He had given many directions to his
wife not to allow the children to play at
V.n a? .? , I. l- 1 ? v
u?n vi nk MiuHiun^K in uro pin iur. civen
in the reighn of the littlo glazed dog* with
tho boeky tab, there existed a standing
rule against games in that apartment,
whieb were mrely to produce devastation
among die china quadruped*; but now
that the vase, the alabaster vaw, occupied
the mantel-piece with quite a clawical ef
feet, alone in its elegance, the old rules,
hail been deliberately re-stated
Poor Mrs. Smith sat in the parlor, surrounded
by her numerous progeny, bawling
and shouting, and pulling one another
about?this one laughing, that one crying.
The mother sat in the midst, with the infant
peeping upon the scene from the shelter
other wing.
41 Now, John, you naughty l*>v you
know what your father says?no battledores
here! Ellen, I am astonished at
yo"?lav down that hall this instant; bless
me, children, you'll drive mo distracted.?
IJut never mind if your father does not
hear of this to-night. You shall suffer for
it.!"
Poor Mrs. Smith, her whole conversation
throughout the day was in this style,
she thought she was worried and44 plagued
out of her life" by her children ; but she
was ouite mistaken. She was ill her 11:1
turnl element, and would have been miserable
without these same urchins screaming
and tearing about her.
"Now John, you naughty boy," she began
again, elevating her voice into a
scretch above the distracting din, when?
crack !?John's ball struck and toppled
over the vase, the precious vase!
Then there was alarm in the camp?the
very little ones being awed by the looks of
their elders, and the distraction of the mother.
ller first impression tvas to set the
child down,sie/.e her son John, and thrash
him soundly?all of which she carried into
effect. John roared like a great spoiled
booby , and presently the mother relented,
and said she would see what she could do,
though he did not deserve it. It was found
that in its passage to the floor, the vase
had been interrupted by a chair on which
there was a cushion, and that it had rolled
from this chair to the ground without
much damage, errryl that it was broken
quite through into two pieces at its
small and fragile waist.
A council was hold. A cement that
James Smith had made for the repair of
broken china, was put into requisition.?
The broken surfaces fitted each other admirably,
the fracture being a clean one?
that is, straight through and without fragments.
The cement was applied. The
result calkd for the cheers of the infantine
group, as the wise was re-established over
the tiro-place, and the "mustn't tell father"
passed from tin' one to the other.
James Smilli came home, and little
dreamed lie that day, or the next, or many
days after, that any such petty deception
had been practised against him.
Hut one fine afternoon, Mrs. Smith had
retired to an up stairs bed-room, to overlook
her little museum of baby-linen, and
the children were at play in the hack garden.
They were at play in the garden, and
having exhausted their present meagre
sources of interest, they sat in a row lazily
against the house-wall, with minds unoccupied
and ready for mischief. An apple
tree tree spread itself out before them on
its paling, and tempted them with its mellow
clusters. John rose and passed it a
time or two?he then ventured to point
at a rosy apple with the end of a stick he
carried, looking the same knowingly and
wickedly at his brothers acd sisters. At
this the others interchanged with each otlier
glancos of recognition, and looked
what they wished, while their countenances
expressed a fear of the consequences of
disobedience. John now tapped the apple,
and they laughed more loudly. llichsird
stjirteil lliv ;m.l b.. ihikI if
Mary, two must give it :i touch. At length
Johu, emboldened into hardihood, gave it
a knock which brought it down. I town
it rolled, and its red checks and yellow
sides caused the eyes of the juvenile delinquents
to glisten while they gave a shout
the gladness of which was marred bv a
sense of guilty fear. They nest lis 1 together
in a group ; one bit out a piece, and another
eagerly clutched the apple for a morsel,
the little one holding up its tiny hands
and whimpering for a share. They laid
their heads together,and the mother, made
suspicious by the oviinous lull in their
noisy gambols, popped Iter head out of
the window. She espied them in deep
conspiracy, and heard nothing but "don't
^ell mother?don't t<il mother!" echoed
in whispers from one to another.
It was but an apple to be sure 1 But
11 was from the one Appio-u?r?,
in the garden.
The tree had been planted too by
the father, on the birthday of his hopeful
son, John. The fruit was to be gathered
on Richard's natal day, when the youngsters
were to have a treat for their good
behavior in not disturbing the apples hanging
so temptingly within their reach. No
wonder, under all tho circumstances, and
considering that the tree was young and
unable to bear a great deal, that the apples
were numbered and even individually
known?and no wonder, as they were of
a tine description, that James Smith should
wish to lay an embargo on them, till they
were quite ripe and good. The children
knew too well how distinctly John had
transgressed hi*father's orders.
"\I" il. If? CA I
?? rum waw rors. srmuni, i ran assure you
to think that her own children to whom
she was so kind, could thus deal so deceitfully
by her. Out she ran, seizing in her
passage a stick which had once formed
the shank of a birch broom. Armed with
this she flow after John, whose conscious
made him tlee l>efore her, round and round
the gravel walk. At length she overtook
him, and struck him on the back of on? of
his legs ; when down John rolled?for he
v?s a great booby?and screamed. It
b'?ae?l out that the end of the broom-stick
was indorsed by a rusty nail. This penetrated
.Ut,n's jnHt ls'liiml the ankle and
left its poiu ;n ^j10 ffogh. J|ie affair proved
serious ; doctor had to l?c sent for ;
and of course, MT.Qmith, the father who
might otherwise hn-.^ heard nothing of
the circumstance, had .u informed of
the whole affair.
44 Don't tell mother !" repo.^] Martha,
feelingly to her husband?44 it >,TOke my
heart. James, to think that thev c...i i
_ ?uu ??y
In," /
44 Had I heard them, Martha, instep
of yourself," said Smith, 44 you would have
expected me to have 1h*mi as much hurt
with the word 44 don't tell mother," as yourself!"
"Certainly, James, if they would deceive
the onejhey would deceive the other.'
44 Perfectly correct Martha, and when
you taught them to say 44 don't tell father
!" you put them in the way of cheating
yourself.
-**- - w '* r -
" 11?ught thwnP' ejaculated Mrs. smit h
bluhisng deeply.
44 Fern, my dear," replied tlie husband
44 When the va?c was broken?Yes, Martha,
that little matter lias come to light?
you taught the little things to soldier it up
and to conceal the fact from their father ;
and you then, not only afforded them a
lesson in the art of cheating yourself, but
gave them a kir.d of instruction, that being
persevered in, might easily lead them, byand-by,
to commit fraud, forgery, or embezzlement."
44 Bless me, James!" exclaimed tlio wife,
coloring still more deeply, and becoming
emboldened to defend herself?44 wliat a
: ? ......
uiviiuiui svriuus way you linvc OI taiKlllg
about tilings! Now the fact is, tlmt it is
because you arc such a lmrd-tliinking man,
James, and so severe with the children
| when they do wrong, that I dare not be
candid wiili you sometimes."
Some further conversation ensued, and
the result was, that James saw that them
had been a fault on his side too, and he
resolved to amend it.
Humorous.
Test of Affection. ? Mr.
Archibald Stanhope?a groggy
sentimentalist, residing in Buckley
street, Philadelphia?conceived
the harrowing suspicion
that his wife was not so passionately
fond of hint as a lady of
good taste should be; and to put
the matter to a fair trial, he hit
on a little stratagem, which he
put in practice the other day,
with the results hereafter to be
detailed.
lie took a suit of clothes and
composed an cfllgy of himself,
by stuffing the garments with a
quantity of straw, which had
lately been discharged from an
old bed. Having suspended
, this figure to a ratter in the gari
i ot !>,' r.
I I vt * ' y Iiivtdio vu il U1 I."milllino,
he ensconced himself behind
a pile of rubbish in the
same garret, to watch the effect.
After awhile his little daughter
came up for a skipping-rope,
I and caught a glimpse of the susi
ponded tigure. She ran down
i the stairs, screaming, 'Oh! mother,
mother, daddy has hung
I himself!'
| 'Now for it,' thought Archibald,
in ambuscade; we shall
have a touching scene presently!'
'llung himself?' he heard
| Mrs S. repeat, as she walked
i leisurely upstairs, 'liehasn't got
[spirit enough lor such a thing,or
j lie would have done it long ago.
Well; I believe he has done it,
; however,' she Continued, as she
came in view of Archibald's
straw representative. 'Moll (to
the little girl), I think he ought
j to be cut down. You had better
go into the kitchen and get a
knife, my dear, but don't go
; down too fast, or you might fall
and hurt yourself. Stay?I IbrI
got?there's no knife in the kitchen
sharp enough. You can
i . * * T
. go round to -Mr. Homes, the
shoemaker, High street; he is
i only two squares oft.and ask him
! to lend us his paring knife; tell
l him to whet it a little before he
sends it. And, Mollv, while
you are in the neighborhood,
you can call at your Aunt Sul
key's, and ask how the baby is.
J And, Molly, you can stop at the
| grocery shop as you come back,
land get a pound of best moist
sugar. Poor Archy!' sighed
Mrs. S., when her daughter had
departed, lI hope we'll get. him
down before the vital spark's
extinct?for these buryings are
very troublesome, and cost money.
He wanted to put an end
to himself, too; and I think 1
ought to let him have his own
j way for once in his life; he used
to say that I was always a crossing
him. 1 wish he hadn't
spoiled that new clothes line?
an old rope might have ans
wercd his purpose.'
Here a voice which sounded
j like that of the supposed suicide,
| broke in upon Airs. Stanhope's
| soliloquy, with, 'You confounded
Jezebel, I'll be the death of
y?n!'
Mrs. S., thinking this must, of
| course,be a ghostly exclamation,
uttered a wild scream, and attempted
to escape down the
narrow staircase. Archibald,
starting from his place of concealment,
gave chase. Mrs. S.
stumbled midway on the flight
of stairs, and Mr. S. having just
reached her, and made a grab
at her dishevelled hair as it
streamed backwards, the amiable
partners were precipitated
i to the bottom together.
both were rather badly
brahed, and the cries of the lady
rained the neighborhood.?
A roKiVwl J i "
Wjih arresien ior maKing
a disturbance, and practising
on the Uvular sensibilities of
hte wife, lie was l>onnd ovor
to keep the peace in a penalty
of fifty dollars, when he jocularly
proposed his suspended effigy
as his surety?but he found, to
his sorrow, 'straw bail' was not
acceptable under the administration
of Mayor Jones.
An Irishman about to join a
company in Lawrcnccburg, Ind,
forming to go South, was ques!
tionod l>v one of the officers.
'Well, sir, when yon get into
battle, will you fight or run ?'
'An faith, replied the Hibernian,
with a comical twist of hi?
countenance, 'I'll be after doin',
ycr honor, as the majority uv ye
does.'
One day a butcher having or
dered his new assistant to bring
the victim to the slaughter, who
not observing that his supcrioi
was cross-eyed, until the very
instant he was drawing the blow
cried out in an exclamatory
voice:
'Sir, do you mean to strike
where you look ?'
'Yes!'
'Well, then,the devil may hold
the ox, 1 won't.'
A green 'tin, in New Bedford,
lately 'popped the question' tr
a damsel, and took her to the
house of a parson to have 'the
knot tied,' but the parson told
the happy couple that lie could
do nothing for them unless they
had the City Clerk's certificate;
(ho 'young lovcycr' ran for the
document, 1 ?nt found the ofllcc
closed, and then lie told the deal
one that it was a hard case, but
they would have to wait till
morning, whereupon 'the gal
flared up and said she warn't
going to marry any one sc
green.1
There is a class of people
who ask you why you don\
come to their house, but ncvei
say do. They are nearly related
to the gentleman who has ul
I ways got 'a bill to take up,
j whenever you wish to effect ti
j small loan from him.
The Olive Branch tells a cap
I ital story of a sarcastic old fel
! low, who, being asked one da)
by Parson A. if lie had any treasures
laid \t)fetzin Heaven ?-replied
with a doleful look, "Sar
j tain, sartain ; 1 guess they must
l be there, if anywhere?I haint
got none laid tip t'home, I say
sartain!'
It is said that the young la
dies of Cincinnati have aequiroc
a passion for throwing them
eelves imto the Ohio river, foi
the purpose of being rescued b\
j the gallant young men who wail
I upon the wharves for an oppor
! tunity to show their gallantr}
and daring.
An. Irishman one day mot hi?
I priest at a milestone. 'Arrah,
I your ri vera nee, saving your pre
sence, there 8 a prnist, said lie,
pointing to the milestone. \A
priest! why do you call that?
) % ?
priest, Mike? 4Whv. vour river
11 I ' V
encc, tis at least like a praist
for it points the road it lievei
goes itself.
Let your home be providec
with such comforts and necessa
I ries as piety, pickles, potatoes
i pots and kettles, brushes
[brooms and benevolence, breac
j and charity, cheese and faith
| flour, a flection, cider, sincerity
onions, integrity, vinegar, wine
and wisdom. Have all these al
j ways on hand, and happinesi
I will be with you. Don't drinl
anything intoxicating?,cat mo
derately?go about your busines
after breakfast?lounge a litth
after dinner?chat after tea?
and kiss after quarrelling ; anc
all the joy, the peace, and tin
bliss this world can aflord shal
be yours, till the grave close:
over you, and your spirits ar<
borne to a brighter and a hap
pier sphere. feo May it ue.
Professional pomposity is verj
well taken off in the following
anecdote, wltich we found in i
late English paper: Shields
doctor, (looking learned ant
speaking slow,) 'Well, mariner
which tooth do you want ex
true ted ? Is it a molar or an in
cisorV' Jack, (short and sharp,'
4It is in the upper tier, in tho lar
board side. Bear a hand, yoi
swab; for it is nipping my jar
like a bloody lobster.'
Think op this.:?A coat out a
the elbow may be buttoned ovei
a generous breast.
IM1 'ORTANT K ATIONAL
STATISTICS.
Agriculture, Population, and Maku(
factures.?The Report of J. C. G. Ken- j
nedy, Esq., the Superintendent of the Census,
is one of the most valuable documents of i
the day. It abounds with faets and figures
on important subjects, derived from the most
authentic sources. We proceed to notice
i some of the most interesting: 1
The Population of the Vnion.?Assuming
the population of California to bo 155,000, 1
(which we do partly by estimate,) and omitting
that of Utah, estimnred at 12,000, the
) total number of inhabitants in the United
States was, on the 1st of June, 1850,23,216,....
, ... p. ?r
JU1. 1 ne HDSOIUIC increase iioni mo mi ui
. Juno, 1840, has bccii 6,176,848, end the actual
incaease percent, is 36.18. Hut it has
been shown that the probable amount of
! population acquired by additions of territory
, should be deducted in* makimr a comparison
between the results of the pieselit and hu.l
census. These reductions diminish the total
population of the country, as a basis of
comparison, to 23,074,301, and the increase
r to 6,004,818. The relative increase, after
' this allowance,is found to be 35.17 per cent.
' The nggregr.te number of whites in 1850
19,619,366, exhibiting a gain upon the nuni.
her of the same class in 1810 of 5,423,371.
and a relative increase of 39.29 per cent.
Hut excluding the 153,000 free population
. supposed to have been acquired by the addition
of territory since 1810. the gain is
5,270,371, and the. increase per cent is 37.14.
) The SUives.?The number of slaves by the
present census, Is 319,298, which shows an
increase of 711.085. equal to 29.59 per ceet.
If we deduct 19,000 for the probable slave
I population of Texas in 1810. the result of
the comparison will bo slightly different.
The absolute increase will be 692.085, and i
the rate per cent. 37.83.
, T'?e Tret Colored.?The number of free j
, colored in 1850 was 528.637: in 1810.386.- j
215; The increase in this class has been
42-392, or 10.95 per cent.
! The increase.?From 1830 to 1910 the i?|
crease of the whole population was at the
rate of 32.67 per cent. At the same rate of
advancement, the absolute gain for the ten
> years last past would have been 5.678,333.
or 426,515 less than it has been, without inelmliiiir
llui tiii<n.'iv.. nnvi.niloiit minli fwl.li
> lions of territory.
Arm nf the Stales.?Taking tin* thirty-one
St itos together, their area is 1.485,870 square"
' miles, and the average number of their inhabitants
is 1,519 to the square mile. The
total area of the United States is 3,229 000 |
I ; square miles, and the average density of poj
filiation is7.219 to the square mile.
The Mortality <>/ the fa ion.?The statintiesof
mortality in the census year represent i
> the number of deaths occurring within the
I year as 320,191 : the ratio being as one to
72'i of the living population, or as ten to I
, each 728 of the population. 'J'he ratio of |
1 mortality in this statement, taken as a whole, )
f j seems so much less than that of any portion j
. of Kuropu, that it must, at present, be re- j
ceivcd with some degree of allowance.
' The Manufacturers.?The entire capita! i
. invested in the various manufacturers in the
t ' United States, on the 7-t of Jime, 1850?
j not to include any establishment producing
I less than the annual value of$jt5oo?amounted
in round numbers to $530,000,000: value h
{ of the raw mate rial $550 900.000; amount |
! paid for labor $240,000,000; value of mam:- (
; factured articles $1,020,300,000 number of i
| persons employed 1,050 000.
r I The Aprieulture.?Value of farming itn- I
plements $151,820,273: livestock 552.706,'
j 238; bushels whofit 101,799.230; Indian]
| corn 591 590,053; pounds of tobacco 199,632,491;
ginned cotton, bales, 2,174,211;
I pounds of butter 112.202,286; pounds of
t ! cheese 103,181.585; tons of hay 13.605,384 :
| 1 tons of hemp 62.182; bushels of tlnx seed I
I 567.719; pounds of maple sugar 32,759.263;
t 1 Idols, of cane sugar 319 611; home-made I
I manufactures $27,525,6 15.
(.'niton (iWj '/ //?/ I'riinn.?(lapital in.
J vested ?171... 1,031: value of raw materials
?2 1.835,06ti; ma I hand* employed 33.150 :
' I female ditto 65),13G; value of entire products
- | til,800,IN I.
, . WiMtlen (Sixxls rf ihr fninn.?Capital in- i
I vested ?28.118,(150; pounds of woo! used i
I 70,80*2,821); tons of coal t0.87<>; valueof the i
[ I raw material $25,755.5)8'.): mr.lo h:tnds em- '
ployed 22,078; female ditto 10.574; value I
I of entire products $13,207,555.
The Iron Tralr of the I'nion.?Capital in- I
i vested in jii^f iron $17,310,125: valueof en|
tire products 12,748,777; capitol invested in i
| eastings 17,11 0,30 1; value of entire pro- !
' I ducts 25,108,166; capital invested in w rought
, | iron 11.195 220; Value of the entire products I
. 10,7 17,071. ^
Hos'o Cast Steel, Ciroular
l and Lon^ Saws.
.subscribers mr.nuf.tcture from the j
1 best Cast Steel, CIRCUI./t R SAW'S,
' ( from two incites to live feet in diameter. I
* These Saws are carefully hardened and tern- j
pored, and are ground and finished by maj
chinory designed expressly for the purpose, '
i and are therefore much superior in trut h and I
uniformity of surface to those ground in the j
* i usual manner. They require less set, less I
I' tower to drive them, and are not so liable to |
( tccome heated, and produce a saving in the j
' j timber.
I They nlso manufacture Cast Steel Mil.I,
PITT and CROSS CUT SAW'S and IUI.U
' KT WKBS, of superior quality, all of which
, | they have for sale at their Ware Rooms, No*. ]
? | 25) and 3l,Gohl street, or they may he oh- i
tained of the principal Hardware Merchants
" in the United States.
3 R. HOE. Si CO.,
, I Printing Press, Machine and Saw makers.
k i 25) and 31 Gold street
* | The following extract is from a renort I
s made by a committee of scientific and prne,
gentlemen, appointed by tho American
Institute:
- ( " Yonr committee are of unanimous opinj
j ion that In the apparatus invented by Mr. It.
| M. Hoe, for grinding Saws, he has 4?pby?l
5 | pre at ingenuity and tact in the adaptation of
| 1 machinery to the production of results in the |
: manufacture of Saws, which may with pro^
j>riety be denominated the nr plus ultra of
[? tho art."
Publishers of newspnjvers who will insert
this advertisement three times with thi4 note, '
and forward us a paper containing the same, i
w ill Ixi paid in printing materials, hy purchaf
sing four times the nmount of their frill, for
r this advertisement
5 New York. 1.3t. I
I
FOR SALE.
' FW^WO SETTS OF CARRIAOK IIAR
, _M_ NhSS, an extra fine article, made
. by an experienced workman in thin State.
Any one wanting Hamem, will do well to
, look at theae, a.h they are finer than any
' hurneaa that haa ever been hrought to
- this place.
l IIASLfeLTINE IIAGINS.
J Feb 12 1
FOR MAM*,
^ Firat rate two home W AOOON, aa
good aa new, haa been bnt little
r tiaed, with auperior hnfnoa*. Apply at
tliia office.
Mail Arrangements.
Cauidon Flail.
JIB MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY,
At 8 o'clock, P. AT.
JKI'ARTS TUESDAY THURSDAY, A- SATURDAY,
At 7 o'clock, A. M.
Charlotte Hail.
DIE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY,
At 8 o'clock, P. AT.
DEPARTSTUESDAY, THl'KSDAY, J> SATURDAY,
At 7 o'clock, A. AT.
Coueord Hull.
DUE THURSDAY, AT 0 I*. M.
DEPARTS FRIDAY, AT (J A. M.
Winsboro' Hail.
DUE SATURDAY, AT 0 P. M.
DDI*ARTS .IIURSDAY, AT 4 P. M.
Clientcrville Hail:
DUE WEDNESDAY, AT 5 P. M.
DEPARTS SATURDAY, AT 11 A.M.
Chesterfield C. II. Hail:
DUE SATURDAY, AT 10 A. M.
DEPARTS TlIRlfsDAY, AT 4 A. M.
All letters must he deposited l?y 8 <>Ylk
P. M., to ensure their departure hy next
mail.
J. A. IIASSEI/TINK, P. M.
Tlic Travell?r'N <*iii<le.
ROUTES FROM CHARLESTON.
From Charleston to ATcio York?Leaving
daily at 3 1-2 o'clock, P. M. Hy
steamer to Wilmington, 180 miles; hy
Railroad to Weldon, 102 miles; to Petersburg,
03; to Richmond, 22. to Aeouia
Creek, 70; l>v Steamer t<? Washington,
55; hv Railro.'.d to llaltimore, 40; to
Philadelphia. 02 : to New York. 87. T.?
t:il distance, 771 miles. Time 00 hours.
Fare 8-0.
The Southerner, Steamship, leaves
Charleston every tenth day after the 27th
of April, at 4 o clock, 1 \ Si. Through in
00 hours. Fare, with state room, 825.
From Charleston to Phiiaddf>hia?The
Osprey leaves Charleston every other Saturday,
at 4 o'eloek, I1. M.? 1 h rough in
00 hours. Fare $20.
From Charleston to A'err Orleans?
Leaving daily tit 10 o'eloek, A. M. l'v
South Carolina Railroad to Augusta, 100
miles; by Georgia Railroad to Atlanta,
171; by Macon and Western Railroad to
CrilHn, 42; by Stage to (tpelnka, 05; by
Railroad to Montgomery, 05; by steamer
to Mobile, 551; to New Orleans, 100.?
Total distance, 1,000 miles. Time, 120
hours. Fare $00,50.
From Charleston to New Orleans, \ia
Savannah, daily at 9 o'clock, A. M. l?v
steamer to Savannah, 1 10 miles; by Central
Railroad to Macon, 100; by Maeou
and Western Railroad to lharuesville, 40;
by stag"' to Opelaka, 100; by Railroad to
Montgomery, 05; by steamer to Mobile,
3511; to New Orleans, 100. Total distance,
1,032 miles. Time, 77 hours.?
Fare $30,50.
LEGAL RATES OF INTKRKST,
IX TIIE IJIKKEUENT STATES A TKKISII OKIES.
Maine, 0 per cent; forfeit of the claim.
New Hampshire, 0 per cent; forfeit of
thine the aniuont unlawfully taken.
Vermont, 0 pas*. cent; recovery in action
and costs.
Massachusetts, <5 jxt cent; f>of
thrice the usury.
Rhode Island, (J per cent: forfeit of the
usury an<l interest on the ?leht.
Connecticut, (5 per cent; forfeit of tinwhole
debt.
New York, 7 p'.r cent; usurious contracts
void.
New Jersey, 7 per cent; forfeit of the
whole debt.
lVnnsvlvanid, 0 per cent; f? ?rf?-it of the
whole debt.
Delaware; 0 i?er cout; forfeit of the
whole debt.
Maryland, 0 jkt cent, on tobacco contracts
H; usurious contracts void.
Virginia, <3 jht cent; forfeit double the
usury.
North Carolina, G per cent; contracts
for usury void; forfeit double the usury.
South Carolina, 7 per cent; forfeit of
interest and premium taken, w ith costs.
Georgia, 8 per cent; forfeit thrice the
usury.
Alabama, 8 per cent; forfeit interest
and usury.
Mississippi, 8 percent; by contract 10;
usury recoverable in action for debt.
Louisiana, 5 per cent; Hank interest 0;
contract 8; beyond contract, interest void.
Tennessee, 0 per cent; usurious contracts
void.
Kentucky, 0 per cent; usury recoverable
with costs.
Ohio, <3 per cent; usurious contracts
void.
Indiana, 0 per centra fine of double
the excess.
Illinois. 0 per cent; by contract 12;
twvond forfeits thrice the interest.
Missouri, G per cent; by contract 10;
if beyond, forfeit of interest and usury.
Michigan, 7 percent; forfeit of usury
1-4 of debt,
Arkansas, 0 per <vuit, bv ngreemont lu;
nsury recoverable, but contract void.
District of Columbia, G cent; usurious
contracts void.
Florida, H per cent; forfeit interest and
excess.
Wisconsin 7 rw>r c/>pt In- l n.
- r " ' "J
forfeit thrice the exceaa.
Iowa, l?y agreement, ami enforced by
lnw.
On debt* of judgment in favor of the
United States, interest is computed at 0
per cent per annun).
Wanted Iminrdinlely,
A(?ood steady led fmm fourteen to
sixteen years of age as an apprentice
to the Printing business. Apply at
this office.
WOOD SHOP.
THE Subscriber has moMiI i<?rr
Preabyterian Chtirt-h nn<l will v~
all work in hi* line on moderate tertiivukl
wouM bo thankful for the public |..*ilr<>nhl
TIM ftOIKJhllSi
Fob 12 6l I
! 11
the cotton cuor. 1 |^B
The fallowing table, from the New
loans Price Current, gives a most innereating
statement of the cotton exj>wrt >fT J iSHf
the I nion fur the past thirty yean*. < jj^^B
crop of 1861, it will be seen, was v ih ' |B|
more than $40,000,000 over the b -t ? t jj^Ej
valuable crop ever raised beforut v
Statement showing amount, value >1 *average
price per lb. of cotton expo 1' * **' ?
from the United States from 182 ? lflfir
1861 inclusive:
Total Av'g* pi a OB
^ ears. lbs. Value. pet
182 1 124,893,401 21,157,480 lti c W
182 2 144,070,005 23,035.068 10
182 3 173,723,270 20,446,620 11 * M
182 4 142,309,003 21.947,401 15.)
13*25 176,449,207 33,816(149 SO ' W)i
18*26 *20r,535,115 25,026, *214 12.~ V d
18*27 *291,310.115 *26.359.545 10 $9
18*28 210,690f463 22,187,229 10.7 M
18*29 *261.837,186 *26.575,311 10 9
1830 998,450,102 29.674.88*2 9.2 9
183 1 216,979,794 25.299,492 9.1 .-tSm
183*2 3*22,215,122 31,724,082 9.8
1833 323,798,404 36,101,105 11.1
1831 884,717,907 * 49.448,402 12.8* IB
183 5 897,358 992 64,901,808 16.8* *^9
183 6 423.631 307 71,284.925 16.8'
183 7 444,212,537 03,240,102 14.2*
183 8 695,952.397 61.556.811 lO.#
183 9 413,621,312 61,228,981 16.1
181 0 713,911,001 63.870,307 8J5? 9
181 1 530,204,100 54.330,341 10.9- 9
18 12 584,711,017 17.592,161 8.1 9
1843 793.297,105 49,119.805 6.*
181 1 663.633,155 51.063501 8.1 9
1845 872.906.990 01,789,043 6.92' 9
1810 517,558,055 42,767,341 7.81! ^Bj
184 7 627,219,9.58 53.415,818 10.34 9
184 8 814,274,431 61,998.203 7.61 9
184 9 1,026,602,269 67,396,907 0.4
1850 035,381,004 71,984,016 11.3
185 1 927,237,089 112,315,317 12.11'
Rank of the United State*,
ACCORDING TO Tlir.lK roril.ATIOX, WITH THfr ?
CAPITOL. OK EACH STATE.
Stale* i.yiianh Pop. 1850.1 Capital*,
Now York... 3,079,000 Albany. II
Pennsylvania.. 2,112,000 I Iarrisinir#. -jufl
Ohio.'. 1.977 ooo ('olumbiis. B|
Virginia 1,481.000 Richmond. <
Tennessee. . . 1,003,000 Nashville. -B
sR?*Jnrkv . 1,002,000 Frankfort. .^9
; .MassacTTr?lis 5)1)3,000 Boston.
Indiana 989,oOO Indianapolis. H
(Jeorgia ' 870.000 Millcdgevillo.
i N'th Carolina. 889,000 Itrilciglt.
Illinois 852,00<> Springtield.
1 Alabama 772.000 Montgomery- H
| Missouri .... 084.000 Jefferson City, H
I S'tli Carolina. ti.'i.'i 000 Columbia.
I Mississippi... 603,000 Jackson.
I Maine : 683.000:Augusta.
I Maryland , 683.O0O' Annn|>olis. H
j I<ouisians .... 601(000 New Orleans. n
New Jersey.. 400.000 Trenton.
Michigan ... 300.000 Detroit.
Connecticut... 371,000 N.Ilnven & Ift'fd.
1 N. Miimpshire 5418.000 Concord.
i Vermont 5511,000 Montpclicr. S
I Wisconsin.. . 301,000 Madison. . II
Arkansas.... 208.000 Little Rock.
California.... 200,000 San Jose? Vulk^oi *
Iowa 192,000 Iowa City. ,
Texas 188 000 Austin.
Rhode Island.. 148,000 l'rovidciKn/ Aie. N
Delaware. ...! 92,000 Dover.
! Florida ' 88.000 Tallahassee.
I Territories.Arc 101.000
j ndi'ns,60tr'bs 800,000^. n
j Total popul'tl 23,195,000
! ' -L
legislatures ok tiie stash?.
Political complexion and time of ii*oti
ing of the Legislatures at the scats ot>joveminent:
Sl i'rs Mnj. of I,~?. Tim* of (
Alabama*. .lTuion(l)em) 2<1 Monday in Nov
Arkens ;m* Deni 1-t " * J
California Dem 1 ^.t u Jan W
Conneetleut Dent 1st Wtshust'v luy
! Delaware* Dem 1st Tuesday JBMn'V
Florida* Dein 1st Mondav II
j Georgia* Union l?t u
Illinois* IVm 2d Monday JontiV
Indiana Dem 2d Thursday Jan'V
, Iowa* Dem 1st .Monday lm$r
Kentucky NVlii^ 1st " ?
I,ouisiana* Dem 3d Monday J; nu'y
j Maine Dem 2d Wednes'v JtMiV *'
Maryland iXm 1st Wednoa'y iftf'y
Massachusetts. Dem & F. 44 ft" N
Michigan Dim 1st Monday w*y I
Mississippi*.. .Union 1st 41 |j
Missouri* Doin I-..st Monday iWr
N. Hampshire..IK-m l>t Wedncs'y Jmio J
New Jersey.,.. Doin 2d Tuesday Jrin\
New York.... Whig 1st 44 * K
NorthCurolina* Doiu 3d Monday--fA|M'r ** - I
| Ohio* Dent 1st 44 fln J
t I'ennwylvania.. Dem 1st Tuosdny i -tm'y
Rhode Island. . Doin .May and Oc'Chfrr
. SouthCarolina.Sooe8?'n 4th Monday Nlrfr
! Tennessee* Whig 1st 44
j Texas* Dem DooomlHr
Vermont Whig 2d Thursday %l'r
Virginia* Dem. 1st Monday -Ifcr ' *
Wisconsin. . .\V. & F. S. 1st 44 rqp.
In the States mArked with asterisk, the I
1 legislatures meet bionaklWy. 1
GOVERNORS OF STATES AND J
i TERRITORIES.
\ (Democrats in Ilnman ; Whig* in Italic*.)
nil EK^on!*. SALARIES. i jH I
M ,banu Henry W. ColUar.. .fM?? 1
\m?u*3rt.. ... . .fohiilHoAnc.... r. . i?90
CnUfornU John Blcjkr |WW
i < vnnecticwt. .Tho*. II. Bcyinour.. .1,100
li.1^ ...Vimibm Kjj.?f J
ll iwoV . .. *+* I
I.V'kma J<>*. A. Wngfit. * fl
lovra. .Stephen iivid|>?mm..if^jE M
K.nt'tcky Uzuru* XV. Vowti1..%flOfl|
UnixiiiiM i.... Joieph Walker. r*t(MW
M.unr John llttbfciN....... 1^09 ?|
Maryland F.noch L. Lowe..,. , .Mi,
M ^lchnwtt* .Geo. 8. Boutwell ?400 g
MIcMgan John II. Barry 1 JM? 8
M imlMippl.... Hoory 8.1 ootc..... MI9 1
M imonn Austin A. King..... 5MHXT
N'swIlampohiro Snmnftl Dlamoor 1fi&> 1
Now Jeraay George F. Fort.... |fl
New York Wa*\ineU>n Hunt.... M*"- fl
North Carolina.Ifctvld 8. R?ld. .?.. . . ?fl
Ohio RouhenWood J
I'eunsylVMria ..WW ; *?;;hsr. H
Rhode Inland.. i pool imWMM *' *
South Carolina. Joh? M. n?f2p? jfl
Tenneaaea XVm. ft CaapMtaOMi^^V)
icx.-ih I*. II. Hell i H
Vermont Cha?. K. Willitm*. I
Virginia. .<fl
y"' fkrr!, |
^ Ktiil^ Right* Rrp?MM <9
. Iineaota ..... . A ?j 5V- ^9
New Mexico... Jbs. JL Mwm iJob
Utah BrigXm Young9
The Governors of Tsnitoriei are ayniifrfc.
? <! T?y the Freshlent and ficnik ^