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Select ^octrg. From Morris & Willis' Home Journal. THE STORY OF A KING. BT JAMES SACK. "What are those people reading ?" Said Frederick, half aloud, While, standing by the window, He saw an eager crowd. High on a wall adjoining A paper had been stuck; The people stood on tip-toe To read, with wonder struck. One of his six-foot guardsmen Who heard him, answered, " Sire, Your Majesty permitting, I hasten to enquire." Soon, flushed with indignation, The guard returned?"I see 'Tis an atrocious libel TT*\r?? rnnr "XfaipQtv !" v.u J J J The King took out his snuff-box, With more of smile thau frown? 44 A libel, my good fellow ! Well, go, and take it down." "Yes Sire!"?44 Friend, stop a moment:? You'll take it down, indeed; But just to place it lower, So all with ease may read." 'lis done?around the soldier Amazed the people stand, And question of his doings? 44 "its by the King's command 1 44 He caresnot what is written, Or said, by friend or foe, Content to ask his people, Are these things true or no ?" They spurned away the libel; Its words had lost their weight;? A thunder rolled to heaven? 44 Live Frederick the Great!" Xow, this was not the weakness Ui a good-natureu 1001? It was the manly wisdom Of one that knew to rule. Thou who to France hast given Her former power and glory, Complete thy own, by taking The moral of my story. Trust in thyself and people? In fines and prisons less? To make all libels harmless, Give freedom to the Pre;i ! ^musing failing. THE RUNAWAY MATCH. A great many years since, when brighteyed and fair-haired lasses were not so plenty in New England as they are m>w, there dwelt in the town of P , a pretty village, distant then, some five and twenty miles from Market town, a peculiar, ugly and cross-grained, but wealthy old father. Minnie was Danforth's onljr, and report said truly that she would be his sole legatee. The old man was a sturdy old farmer, and was estimated to be worth full ten thousand dollars; at that period a very handsome fortune, indeed. The sparkling eyes and winning manners of Minnie Danforth had stirred up the finer feelings of the whole male portion of the village, and her suitors were numerous, but her father was particular, and none sue ceeded 111 making neadway with him or her. In the meantime, Minnie had a true and loyal lover in secret! Who would have supposed for one moment that such a fellow would dare to look upon beauty and comparative refinement ? His name was Walker, or, as he was generally called, 'Joe,'? Joe Walker; and he was a simple farmer, employed by old Danforth, who had entrusted Joe with the management of his large place two or three years. But a very excellent fanner and a right good manager, was this plain unassuming but good looking Joe Walker. He was young, too, only twenty-three; and he actually fell in love with the beautiful, pleasant, joyous Minnie Danforth, his employer's only daughter. But the strangest part of the occurrence was that Minnie returned his affection earnestly, truly and frankly, and promised to wed him at the favorable moment. Things went on merrily for a time, but old Danforth discovered glances and attentions between them which excited his early suspicions. Very soon afterwards, Joe learned the old man's mind indirectly in regard to the future disposal of Minnie's hand, and he quickly saw that his case was a hopeless one, unless he resorted to stratagem, | and so he put his wits at once to work. By agreement an apparently settled cold- i ness and distance was observed by the lovers I towards each other, and the father saw (as j he believed) with satisfaction that his pre- j vious suspicions and fears had all been pre- j mature. Then by agreemeut also between j them, Joe abseuted himself from the house j uc cYCiiiu^, auu mgui auur ui?iib lur lull three mouths longer, did Joe disappear as soou as his work was finished, to return home ouly at late bed time. This was something unusual and old Dauforth determined to know the cause of it. Joe frankly confessed that he was in love with a man's daughtc who resided less than three miles distant, hut after a faithful attachment between them for several months, the old man had utterly refused to entertain his application for the young girl's hand. This was capital. Just what the old man desired. This satisfied hini that he had made a mistake in regard to his own child; and he would have Joe to get married, and stop all farther trouble or suspicion at once. So he said : 'Well, Joe, is she a buxom lass?' 'Yes?yes,' said Joe. 'I'm not much of a judge myself.' 'And you like her ?' 'Yes sir, yes.' 'Then marry her,' said Danforth. 'But I can't, the father objects.' Pooh ! what should you care ? Runaway with her.' 'Elope ?' 'Yes, certainly; off with you at once. If the gal wiil join, ail right. Marry her, bring her here ; you shall have the little cottage at the foot of the lane; I'll furnish it for you : your wages shall be raised and the old man may like it or not/ 'But?' 'But no buts Joe. Do as I bid you, go and marry her at once, and?' 'You will stand by me?' 'Yes to the last. I know you, Joe; you're a good workman, and will make anybody a good son or husband.' The old fellow will be so mad though.' 'Who cares, I say. Go quickly, but quietly.' 'To-morrow night then/ said Joe 'Yes/ said Danforth. 'I'll hire Culver's horses?' No yon shan't/ 'No!' 'I say no. Take my horse, the best one, young Morgan, he'll take you off in fine j style in the new phaeton.' 'Exactly.' 'And so soon as you are spliced, come j right back here, and a jolly time we'll have j ofit at the old house.' 'Her father will kill me.' ?Bah ! he is an old fool, whoever he is; he don't know your qualities, Joe, so well as I do, don't be afraid; faint heart, you know, never won fair woman.' 'The old man will bo astonished.' 'Never mind, go on, we'll turn the laugh on him. I'll take care ^>f you and your wife j at any rate.' 'I'll do it,' said Joe. 'You shall,' said Danforth, and they part- j - J iT.. i?i eu lu me uesi ui apmu>. An hour after dark, on the following, evening, Joe, make his appearance, decked in a nice new black suit, really looking very comely. The old man bustled out to the barn with him; helping to harness young Morgan to the phmton and leading the spunky animal himself into the road, away went Joe Walker in search of his bride. A few rods distant from the house he found her as per previous engagement, and repairing to the next village, the parson soon made them one in holy wedlock. Joe took his bride and soon dashed back to the town of P , and halted at old Danforth's house, who was already looking for him, and who received him with open arms. 'Is it done ?' cried the old man. 'Yes !' answered Joe. 'Bring her in, bring her in,' continued the old fellow, in high glee, 'never mind compliments, no matter about the dark entry; here Joe to the right, in the best parlor; we'll have a good time now, sure !' and this anxious fanner rushed away for lights, returning almost immediately. 'Here's the certificate, sir,' said Joe. 'Yes, yes?' 'And this is my wife,' he added as he passed his beautiful bride?the bewitching and loving Minnie Danforth ! 'What!' roared the old file; 'what did you say, Joe?you villain, you scamp, you audacious cheat, you, you?' 'It is the truth, sir, we are lawfully married. You advised me to this course, you assisted me to this course, you planned the whole affair, you lent me your horse, last night you thought me worthy of any man's child, you encouraged me, you promised to stand by me, you offered me the cottage at the foot of the hill, you?' 'I didn't. I deny it. You can't prove it; you're a-a-a?' 'Calmly now, sir,' said Joe. And the entreaties of the happy couple were at once united to quell the old man's ire, and to persuade him to acknowledge the union. The father relented at last. It was a job of his own manufacture, and he saw finally how useless it would be to attempt to destroy it. He gave in reluctantly, and the fair Minnie Danforth was overjoyed to be duly acknowledged as Mrs. Joe Walker. The marriage proved a joyful one and the original assertion proved truthful in every respect. The cunning lover was a good son ' and a faithful husband, and lived many a year to enjoy the hapiness which followed his runaway match; while the old man never cared to hear much about the details of the elopement, for he saw how completely he had over shot the mark. SLIPS OP THE TONGUE. BY FIGARO. A well known author has said, that "if a man were to call things by their right names he would be knocked down every conversation he had." There is 110 question, that the utterance of our thoughts would at first produce a complete revolution in our whole social system, but this would in time cure itself by necessitating a3 severe a discipline for our thoughts as the proprieties of civilized life demand for our actions. We all know how frequently we should like to yawn at a friend's prosy story?to sleep at Church?to kiss a pretty neighbor?to punch a bully's head? to slam the door in a dun's face, or to ease his exit by kicking him down stairs, and a thousand other little involuntary physical ebulitions. Thanks, however, to the supervision of the world, we have learned to control our natural irritabilities, and behave quite prettily outwardly in all the relations of life. Possibly it would be a blessing were : our thoughts as palpable as our actions.? Many a dark and wicked cogitation would be crushed in the bud?ourminds, thus exposed to the censorship of those around us, would be ashamed of thinking meanly, cruelly, vindictively or sensually. Truth and purity would preside over our brain ! Let any of us enter into a company under the full belief 1 I that Jones, Tompkins, Brown, or 3Irs. Smith, i then present, know what is passing in our j ! minds, and we should be as careful not to 1 I : think ill of them as wc are ?o?c not to speak ; S rudely of them. On the other hand, this might lead to as j 1 great an insincerity in our thoughts as there J j is now in our words. Still, perhaps even hy- ] ! pocrisy is better than open and shameless j | vice, being, as Lord Bacon has it, the homj age paid by vice to virtue. Despite the guard that custom has placed j on the tongue, now and inen a few words es| cape which show the real nature. We were I set thinking upon this theme by a friend rej lating that, calling upon a millionaire who j had lately lost his brother, (also a very wealj thy man,) the survivor, who is executer and | heir to the greater part, said, "Dear Robert's ' affairs give me a vast deal of trouble. J some I times almost icish he hadn't died !" If every man wasas candid as the millioni aire executor we should often hear most un' pleasant things?as the Arctic navigator when a thaw cam# on, heard the opinion of his crew aud officers, expressed freely behind his back, but which, unfortunately for them, becoming frozeu, repeated themselves as the frozen conversation thawed. We can conceive the captain's astonishment on hearing theboatswain telling the carpenter that "their commander was a noodle," and the carpenter's savine "that he was worse than a fool." ^0 - -- Even the capital song that the captain sang six months before, and which was then be! coming once more vocal, must hare proved j but a small recompense. Lord Byron told Trelawney that his sepa; ration from his wife proceeded from a few j hasty words, uttered when he was unaware ' of her presence. During his financial trou| bles his wife had come iuto his study so qui! etly that Byron did not ltnow it. Thinking ! over his condition aud how much his marriage had rendered his ruin more unpleasant, he cried, audibly enough for her to hear, "Lady Byron is confoundedly in my way !" She roused him from his brown study by saying, "Indeed, my Lord? I can easily get out of it!" Byron would have it that she never forgave this escapade. Lord Dudlyhada curious habit of talking to himself. In these conversations he would universally mis up the person in whose company he was ; for instance in riding with a friend one day in his carriage, he said, in a softo \ voce. "Dear me, how perplexing, I dare say Lord * * * who is a very dull companion, will expect me to ask him to dinner but I wont?" The nobleman thus stigmatized as a very dull fellow, however, was full of fun, and being aware of Lord Dudley's habit resolved to serve him out with a little of his own sauce ; he therefore said, as though to himself, "I dare siy that Lord Dudley will ask me to dine wi .h him, but I won't, he is very prosy; his soup is always smoked, and his wine is execrable." This roused Lord Dudley, he looked his companion full in the face, and burst into a loud laugh. Strange to add that both broke their firm resolutions, for they dined togeth er that day. Of a somewhat different description is the involuntary expression of words that have taken hold of the imagination. A celebrated preacher told us that a friend of his had been staying with a family whose little boy was very fond of saying, "Does your mother know you#are out ?" The little fellow always laughed so immoderately at this expression that the gentleman, who was a clergyman, got in the habit of saying it whenever he saw his young friend. Rising in the pulpit to give out the text, be saw the lad in a pew right before him.? The force of his habit was too strong, and he convulsed his congregation by saying, "Does your mother know you are out, Billy ?" CONUNDRUMS. "Talking of conundrums," said old Hurricane, stretching himself all over Social Hall, and sending out one of those mighty puffs of Havana smoke which had given him his name?"talking of conundrums, can any of you tell when a ship may be said to be in love ?" "I can tell?I can," snapped out Little Turtle. "It's when she wants to be manned." "Just missed it," quoth old Hurricane, "by a mile. Try again. Who speaks first ?" "I do, secondly," answered Lemons. It's when she wauts a mate." "Not correct," replied Hurricane. "The question is still open." "When she's a ship of great size (sighs)," modestly pronounced Mr. Smoothly. "When she's tender to a man-of-war," said the Colonel, resrardins the reflection of his face in his boot. "Everything hut correct," responded Hurricane. "When she's struck aback by a heavy swell," suggested Starlight. "Not as yet," said Hurricane. "Come, hurry along!" "When she makes much of a fast sailer," cried Smashpipes. Here there was a great groan, and Smashpipes was thrown out of the window. When peace was restored, old Hurricane "propelled" again. "You might have said, 'When she hugs the wind,' or 'when she runs down for a smack,' or 'when she's after a consort,' or something of that sort. But it wouldn't have been right. The real solution is: When she's attached to a buoy." "That's it, is it ?" said Smashpipes, who had mysteriously re-appeared. "That's what I just stepped out to tell the ladies. Now some of you tell me when a ship is beloved ?" "When the carpenter re-gards her,' quoth Meister Karl. "Smashpipes, you must find the cigars." And Smashpipes, brought out his bos of regalias, and behold there came a great cloud over Social Hall. From the Olive Branch. NON-COMMITTAL MEN. During the reigD of James II., on the occasion of a trial between the crown and seven bishops of the Church of England, one .Michael Arnold, the brewer to His Majesty's palace, was duly sworu upon the jury. Now, said Michael being a non-eommit tal man, began sorely to realize that he stood between two fires, which he feared might be equally dangerous to himself, and he gave vent to his sorrows in these words : "Whatever I do, I am sure to be half ruined; for if I say "not guilty" I shall brew no more for the king; and if I say "guilty," I shall brew no more for anybody else." We have just such "brewers" all over the world in the nineteenth century?men who are loth to consider the claims of one person or party against another, lest, if they should decide accordiug to the honest convictions which circumstances might force upon them, they would lose the patronage of the defeated. Behold! how they go about with mute lips, and eyes that see nothing, preferring that the most flagrant wrongs should go unredressed; yea, w'lliug that innocence should suffer martyrdom, rall erthan be themselves called upon before God and man, to speak | the whole truth according to the dictates of i conscience. We should like to have all such fellows ! on one jury, and feed them upon air for a j fortnight; and more also, we would like to i hold a loaf of bread on a pole against the | shut windows of that Jury room, to increase | their appetite. We would see if they would remain uni committed when the reputation or happiness of a fellow creature was at stake. Out upon your silent man, who hears the j vilest slanders without contradicting them; to wbom tlie sutlenug and llie weak appeal I in vain for aid or counsel; who would see the i poor man murdered by the rich man, lest he I himself might miss some future chance of j borrowing money-' Half man, half rat?he I steals warily out of his hole, picks up a few ' crumbs for his own eating, and back he goes. What to him are social interests, the i march of intellect, or human rights' He has no heart, nor hand, nor purse, nor | pen, nor voice beyond the funnerauce of his own interests. But strange it is; sometimes j he exercises a mesmeric influence over men : who arc mm, and, mistaken in his true character, they elevate him to some place of trust and power; whereby looking wise and saying nothing, he gets the reputation of being a "profound statesman," or "profound" somebody; and so he. is, a "profound" lump luted it as his old acquaintance (under features but little different) of North Carolina. Some months elapsed, and he visited Paranagua; and he was almost as much surprised at another discovery, which was not, however, in the botanical line. Tic found in this out-of-the-way part of Brazil an American woman engaged in the delightful art of preparing feijoes and tonirinho (pork and beaDs) for natives and foreigners who might patronize her establishment. Tu conversation with Dr. R. in regard to the matte, she exclaimed, "why, Doctor, this is the same truck we use in Carolina to make tea." Here was a most striking confirmation of the true con which on account of the disparity in the length of the legs, refused to stand up.? 'Mother,' said he, 'does the Lord see everything?" 'Yes, my son.' 'Well, then,' replied the young hopeful, 'I guess he'll laugh when he sees this stool.' jfarmcr's Department From the Carolina Spartan. HO! FOR NORTH CAROLINA. TEA ! TEA ! TEA ! Messrs Editors:?Every schoolboy has learned from his geography that a singular shrub called matte is found in the southeastern part of South America, of which the natives make tea; but it will be astonished to our readers to learn from the subjoined article, copied from the correspondence of the Journal of Commerce : 1st. That said article, as a beverage, is regarded as not only a great luxury, but almost a nccessari</ of life ! 2d. That so vast an amount of it is exported to other parts of the world. But above all, 3d. That it has long since been known tn abound in North Carolina ! Hoping that our industrious neighbors of that Qtofo trill the rmhlin the favor to look af ter this rare and valuable shrub, and give us some more definite account of it, I beg that you will insert tho following article and oblige, Yours truly, SPARTACUS. Matte or Paraguay Tea?me in Spanish America?-found aho in North Carolina?its preparation in Brazil. San Paulo, Brazil, 1855, While in the neat Brazillian town of Paranngua, in the new province of Parana, I observed many raw hide cases which the ! blacks were unloading from mules, or conveying to the ships ridiug at anchor in the beautiful bay. Upon inquiry I ascertained that these packages, weighing about 120 pounds each, consisted of matte, i. r.f Paraguay tea. The substance, so little known in the Unted States, forms truly the principal refreshing beverage of the equator, and millions of dollars are annually expended in Buenos Ayres and Chili in its consumption. The town of Paranagua in Southern Brazil, containing about three thousand inhabitants, esports every year nearly a miiiion of dolI lars worth of ma tie. Matte is the name of the prepared article | of the tree or shrub, which is commonly I known to botanists as the Ilex ParaguaI citsis. It is also classified by Yon Martius j as belonging to the Rhama family, and he , ! gives it the scientific name of Cussinc I Gougouha. The Spaniards usuall denomi- j nate it Verba cle Paraguay. I was not a little pleased to find that my j I friend Dr. R. (the American physician and | I botanist mentioned in a previous letter,) was i j perfectly acquainted with the mode of its I preparations, as well as its class and family, j The pleasure thus derived, however, gave way to astonishment, when he informed ! rae that in the United States the Paraguay j tea not only was to be found, but wasactuali ly used as a beverage by the people of the i region where it grew. Dr. R. recounted to I me, one day in hi3 office at Limeira, (Pro: viuce of San Poulo,) his wonderful advenj turcs, when a younger man he roared over t nearly every Southern and Western State, i hunting for the weed which was vulgarly ; supposed to cause the milk sickness. Although he did not find the cause of that dis! ease, which has so damaged many a speculation in western towns and villages, yet he j made the acquaintance of a little tree in N : Carolina, from the leaves of which many of i the country people of the old North State I "made tea." If I remember rightly, he in| formed me that it was the Hex Evponxa; but scientific readers must not hold me responsible for the name, as my note book may | probably mislead me. A few yeare afterwards Dr. R. was in this most glorious field ! for a botanist in the world?this Southern ! Brazil, whose magnificent flora has been the I wild delight of every favored follower of j Linnmus that has been permitted to enter it. i In the course of his rambles he encountered I the Ilex Paraguaensis, and immediately sa of selfishness; afraid to say, "not guilty," | lest he might "brew no more for the king," i or to say "guilty," lest he might "brew no | more for anybody else." "BY-ANMY." j There's music enough in these three words ; for the burden of a song. There's hope i wrapped up in them, an articulate beat of the human heart, By-and-by. We heard it as long ago as we can remember, when we made brief but perilous journeys from chair to table, and from table to chair again. Wc hoard it the other day when two parted that had been "loving in their lives," one to California and the other to her lonely home. Everybody says it, somehow or other.? I The little boy whispers it when he dreams | of exchanging the little stubbed boots for j those like a man. The man murmurs it, when in life's middle watch, he sees his plan half-finished, and his hopes yet in the bud, waving in the j cold, late Spring. The old man may sit, when he thinks ot the mortal for the immortal, to-day for tomorrow. The weary watch for the morning, and while away the dark with "by-and-by." Sometimes it sounds like a song; sometimes there is a sigh or a sob in it. What wouldn't the world give to find it in almanacs, set down somewhere, no matter in the dead of December, to know that it would surely come ! But fairy like as it is, flitting like a starbcam over the dewy shadow of years, nobody can spare it, and we look upon the many times these words have beguiled us, the memory of the silver "byand-by, as like the sunrise of Ossian, pleasant and mournful to the soul." Bfi?* "There he goes again," said Mrs. Partington in the Legislature, as a member stood up for the fifth time to speak on a question. "There he goes like a soda fountain, and just as fluidly as water. Now, Isaac, mind him, and see if you can't become a speaker of the house of reprehensible sometimes. I declare 1" continued she, as a new burst of eloquence reached her ear, "it does seem as if the mantlepiece of Daniel Webster had fell onto him he is so bright."? jBoston Post. | A stripling some eight years of age I was engaged in the manufacture of a stool, elusion of science. Now, if this tree or bush really abounds in North Carolina, why may not the enterprise of some of her citizens add to the exports (laid down in every geography as tar, tobacco, turpentine and lumber,) matte? Brazil and Paraguay are reaping their millions from a shrub which grows spontaneously, and the subject is really worth investigation in our own country. In Brazil and Paraguay the matte cau be gathered during the whole year. Parties go into the forest or places where it grows, break off the branches with the leaves. A process of kiln drying is resorted to in woods, and then the branches and leaves are transported to places where there is water power, and are broken in mortars. The substance, after this operation, is almost a powder, though small stems denuded of theii bark are always permitted to remain. Bj this simple process the matte is prepared for market, only requiring the raw hide ca ses mcutioned at the beginning of this communication. Its preparation for drinking is equally simple. A small quantity of the leaf, either with or without sugar, is placed in a common bowl, upon which cold water is poured. After standing a short time, boil iDg water is added, and it is at once read) for use. Americans who have visited Buenos Ayres or Montevideo may remember tc have seen, on a fine summer evening, the denizens of that partion of the world engaged in sipping, through long tubes inserted into highly ornamented cocoa nut bowls, a liquid, which, though not so palatable as iced juleps, was certainly far less harmful. These citizens of Montevideo and Buenos Ayres were enjoying with their LcmbiUtai a refreshing draft of mailt. It must be imbibed through a tube on account of the particles of leaf and stem which float upon the surface of the liquid. This tube has a fine globular strainer at the end. Kidder in his "Sketches," says that great virtues are ascribed to this tea. It supplies the place oi meat and drink. "Indians who had been laboring at the oar all day, feel immediately refreshed by a cup of the herb mixed simpl) with river water. In Chili and Peru, the people believe that they could not exisl without it, and many persons take it ever) hour of the day. Its use was learned from the natives; but, having been adopted, il spread among the Spaniards and Portuguese, until the demand became so great as to render the herb of Paraguay almost as fatal tc the Indians of this part of America as mines and pearl fisheries had been elsewhere. It grows wild, and never has been successfully cultivated. Although attempts were made by the Jesuits of Paraguay to transplant it from the forests to their plantations, yet it was without result. I hope this little communication may com* under the idea of some North Carolina gen 1.1 ?1- - 1- x / 1- xx tieman, wno nas a turn ior sucn waiters, am will give an examination of the tea bearing Her which 1*9 found in his State, and which has so long furnished a beverage to some ol the interior people. Yours, Paul. *j* May there not be some of the same kind of growth in York District ??En. is ISSUED EVEBY THUBSDAY MOBNING, at Two Dollars per year, in Advance. 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This journal will he devoted to Agri1 culture, Horticulture, Natural Science, Rural ' Taste, Architecture and Art, the Mechanical and r Manufacturing interest, and all the pursuit? pertaining to general improvement It will also contain a faithful transcript of the organization and ; proceedings of the Society, Essays and Communir cations from the best writers in the State, and a monthly summary of the spirit of the Agricultu1 rnl press. All subjects devoted to the improvei ment of the mind, the soil, stock, and domestic t comfort, will find ready admission into its columns, and such contributions are specially desired. The work will be printed in beautiful new > and fair type, on white paper, with a tinted cover, ; and will contain thirty-two pages per month. The publication will commence on the 1st of May, 1856. There will nlso be published an additional * advertising sheet as a supplement, in which a lim! ited number of advertisements will be iuscrted. TF,n>ts?SI per annum. No paper sent unless the money is paid in advance. Life Members to the State Agricultural Society will receive the paper without cost. Address , A. G. SUMMER, Editor "South Carolina Agriculturist." P/tlnrnfUn S P I march 20 12 t ; RAIL ROAD HOTEL. ? By JOHN R. NICHOLSON. THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public generally that his HOUSE, 1 known as the Railroad Hotel, opposite the Chester Depot, is still open for the reception of regular and transient boarders and the travelling public ; and that he is making every exertion to deserve and secure a continuance of the kind and ' liberal patronage which has been hitherto extended to him. He Hatters himself that every needed arrangement has been made to promote the comfort of all who stop with him. His rooms are airy and well-furnished, his servants are attentive and obedient, and his table constantly supplied ? with the best of the season, so that his friends will not want any attention necesary to make ' their sojourn pleasant and agreeable. His stable3 ' are furnished with good hostlers and an abun1 dance of provender, and he is prepared at a moi ments notice to supply his customers with private conveyances of every sort, to any part of the surf rounding country. i Boarders furnishing their own lodging will ' be boarded at $10 per month. He desires to return his acknowledgements to s the public for past favors, and solicits for the fu ture an equally liberal share of patronage. JOHN R. NICHOLSON, march 20 12 tf ; South Carolina-York District. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. J. N. McElwee, Jr., vs. Jeremiah Howell.?Attachment. "1 W^HEREAS the plaintiff did on the 3th day of TT September, 1855, file his declaration against the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from ?ml TrritUmit tlm limits nf this State - a~d has neith er wife nor attorney known within the same, upon ! whom a copy of said declaration might be sewed: It is therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 28th day of September, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against him. , JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. rts. | Clerk's Office, York District, "l Sept. 27th, 1855. / 89-lyq i South Carolina?York District, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Wylie & Smith, ts. E. H. Moss.?Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiff did on the 8th day of September, file his declaration against the Defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and I without the limits of this State, and has neither S wife nor attorney known within the same, upon ! whom a cony of said declaration mighibt'-scrved: It is therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do . ! appear and plead to the said declaration, on or bc, | fore the 28th day of September, which will be in | and fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judg1 ment will then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. ENLOE, r. c e. ri.s. j Clerk's Office, York District, Sept. *27, 1855. j 39 lyq r | South Carolina-~York District, | IN TIIE COMMON PLEAS. ! W. K. Hamilton, vs. Green Nelson.?Attachment, i ( TjS^HEREAS the Plaintiff did. on the twentieth \ j I t dav of April. 1855. file his declaration a- I gainst the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent j ! from and without the limits of this State, and has i neither wife nor attorney known within the same, J ' upon whom a copy of the said declaration might i be served : It is therefore Ordered, that the said I defendant do appear and plead to the said declar 1 ation. on or before the twenty hrst ciay 01 August, ' which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and award. ed against liiin. JOHN 0. EXLOE, c. c. c. pis. ' j Clerk's Office, York Dist., Aug. '20, 1855. 33 i Bagging and rope.?ten coils Charleston and Weavers Rope?Gunny, Gildroy and Dundee Ragging. Just Received i and for sale low, by s. J. KUYKENDAL & BRO. Candles.?10 Boxes Adamantine Cnndles. 10 " Tallow " i Just Received and for sale low, by i S. J. KUYKENDAL & BRO. -J <1J 01 lilt* oonpiui Mini uiu j?i rnuxiiii^ ui ujc Gospel for upwards of forty years, with an assiduity so intense, as to preclude him almost entirely from the secular cares and pursuits, common to many in the sacred office. The voluminous productions of his peu that now lie in manuscript, hesides his Lectures on the New Testament, bear testimony to tin *nl and industry with which he prosecuted his Tn.olngical researches, until within a few years of his death. In the Lectures which we here recommend to the favorable regard of the public, the reader is presented with a harmony of the Four Gospels, a clear and consistent exposition of the Sacred Text, and a large number of Critical Notes and observations on obscure and difficult passages, and on important points in doctrinal Divinity. The grand design of the author evidently is, to assist his reader to acquire a sound and accurate understanding of the Mind of the Spirit, imparted in the Sacred Oraclep, whatever sacrifice of his own prepossessions, or the prejudices of others, it may have cost him. The style of the work is purely didactic?simple and inornate?seeking rather to instruct, than to please the taste. Much, however, will be found in the perusal of the Commentary, to delight the earnest student of the Scriptures; but that pleasure will result, chiefly, from the unexpected and wonderful manifestations which are furnished, of the penect harmony of all the parts in the gmnd scheme of salvation; their indissoluble connection, and their intimate dependency upon each other, from the eternal foundation, to the topmost stone in the imperishable edifice. The writer of this brief notice has given some portion of his time to the study of the Bible, and to the perusal of Commentaries and writings on Divinity, and he is constrained to acknowledge, that he feels much indebted, under God, to these Lectures, for the comfort and satisfaction with which he is enabled to read the New Testament Scriptures, especially the Epistolary portions of them. Persuaded that others may be L.junlly profited, he takes pleasure in recommending the work to the favorable notice of his fellow Christians everywhere, and particularly to that of Ministers of the Gospel, and Students * in Divinity. While the plain and humble lover of the Bible will be furnished with a safe and familiar assistant to a correct knowledge of the precious part of Divine Revelation, on which these Lectures are written, and will find himself instructed, encouraged, and comforted in Christ, the Public Teacher of religious Truth will find in these volumes a treasure, from which he may draw largely, to the increase of his own spiritual wealth, the edification of the Church, and the salvation of souls. Feb. 18 9 tf THE WASHINGTON SPECTATOR, THE SPECTATOR TS PRINTED IN THE Quarto form, on a double royal sheet of superior paper; and is devoted to belles lcttres, and scientific and miscellaneous intelligence. The aim of the publisher is to moke it a welcome visitor to ever household, where sound knowledge and correct moral sentiment can be appreciated.? 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With a view to ensure a larger circulation of the Messenger, the Proprietors, though they intend greatly increasing the size of the work, have reduced the Price of Subscription, which is now only THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, or Four Dollars if not paid before the first of July in any year. Clubs?itemwuig us nneen uniiars in one letl ter, will be entitled to Six Copies. The Editoriaand Critical department of the Messenger will continue under the chnrge of JOHN R. THOMPSON, Esq., and will embrace copious notes on current literature and reviews of all new American or Foreign works of general iuterest and value. The Editor's opinions will always be honesty and fearlessly avowed. The business department is conducted by the undersigned, to whom all communications of a business nature must be addressed. MACFARLANE, FERGUSSON & CO., Law Building, Franklin-st., Richmond, Va. Feb 21 8 tf Beware the ides of October.?Return Day is past, but it will soon ' return again. 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