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S. ? gggg " WL?i.l?.IWi.?ggg Wisdom and Folly?A Contrast A fact for the times?Sixty dollars for d Tidies Jiit' It has born truly sai l that ono Fact is worth a thousand speculations. The otbtT day we were conversing ^ith one of our most respectable fellow citizen*, wiio was cm active man in Pliilndclphij, in days gone by, when it was thought a virtue to be industrious and economical, iriS'oad of extravagant and showy, awful evils ^vlsicli are now sanctioned by the prevailing customs of society. This gc-nileiijun fold us a )i tie incident, which lieTiai no idea we would weave into a paragraph; hut which strikes us as so true an illnsfra'ion of'the mode of getting ? * * *1 ?-? ^ - I??f mo ?llf fll.'lf U H (Ill t?l 151V I'MVCIIl U??} Kjy truai he will excuse the use we now m ?keof it. On a certain occasion, Joseph Boutnparte was in the city. from h's country res'denco h' B>riento'vn, with >juie inenv hers of his family? and one of the young I idi'*s was ii 'sirous of pirr hri>ini? a fusion xb!e bat for the season. They entered n ton store on Chesnut street, and a for the young 1 :uiv brnj selected a leghorn hat which she fancied. the price was asked, and 0 >unt Su viliters was loiiJ sixty dollars ! He r?*pifed,4if runs: lit-riuie to buy it then: true, ] can r.tThrJ h>it I will not set so foolisu en example." A day or two afterwards, the fl'ppnn' daughter of a de.uh r in meichacdize dropped into the same store :? get her a fashionable hut for the se ismi.?The one vciiich the young lady ol tne C ount s funny hau select, ed, Wits shown her. She was delighted with it?especially "as the Buonapartes had fancied it.*' an i of course was sent home, and ibe fa h?>r passed a cheek for the sixty doi'ars. Weil, it was admired and talked about, but w hose business was it, "since her father was so very rich and they could afford it / ' "Ave there's the rub," for in * i?*ss than four n omas, the father failed for four or five hundred thousand dollars, but the d ?ualuei had thrown as: in rite sixty doliar hat as "out ot season." Who will say there was not great iffftrenoe between the ?p)bd sense of the f*:h"r who was really rich enough to buy the s-vty-do! ar hat, and wouid not, because be thought it a bad ex?mpl", and tMe dealer, who was probably compelled to borrow roon- y to pay his notes, the same day ho was weal; enough to be so swayed by the ah. urdity of fashion, as to pay sixty dollars for an article that probably was never in rculi:y worth a third of the sum ? When society shall have been purged of such fooleries, much will hav faien accomplished towards preventing u,. .. .? ?.! i 55 iihj iiuai HXUJIHIU; in mini nil' > We have wholly receded hum the industrious and prudent hub is of [hose who went before us.?Saturday Courier. The 'Rising Generation.'?In New Orleans, 'boys hardly high enough to look ov< r the board, play at billiard* ami ten-pius, and bet freely, on Sundav.' So says a N w Orleans paper. Su di buys as those v\ ii: h?; apt one of these days to get high enough to look 0%'< r the boards of a scaffold. A BILL. Concerning the Estate oj Habitual Drunkards, read i he first jitne in the House of Representatives, Dec. II, 183U. Be it enacted, &c. That each and every person, who, by hrnitu d diunlearn->s, shu.l be rendered incapable of prudently m ui:?g i ig Ins estate, or dealings, may be proceeded! against either in ths C.,urt ol'Cuuiinon Ploas, or the Court of Kquity* by h peti'ion setfihg forth the fact, to be fil.il by the fain ly of such person or hv any of tlvm, or by any o lr/r person for h if b audi;, t . l * n i .1 nr+ i r jinu to oe verineo in tin; aiiiunvit of me pc. lion, or any o her credible person: where, upon, a cnuinssion in the nature ol a wrl <le Ivnaiicoinquirendo,shiu\ is^ue to inquire inlo the fuot charged ; and if it be found that ill-: said fact is truly churged, a committee shall be Hppoin'nd to take charge of the person and estate of the said drunkard, winch conuiititee shall give bond and so ority for the faithful performance of his (rust, an I sh*li have all the power, ?m i b" .table to ah the Jutws. rs in cas 's ol lunacy, and shall make annuo! re-urns tothe Cmut appointing hun, machine the estate in ld> hinds, and iris J--tilings in r 1'lion thereto ; nod also as to the condition of tun s.ud drunkard, and sli .li h. recoverable from h s appointment by t'?e four! which m:?i- i ; aud < imer tin- Ja lg<-s o;Court in which such proceedings shall be iusti mod, shali he competent to mike any or-1* r thriviii, either in va?\a ion, or term iiuie ; .-.s .dvj (or the superceding of the cotnmi ee, which shall be done, upon s sti-dacloi v ev.deiic?* h ing adduced that the said diuuk u J it s been thoroughly reformed, nnd hahitu -1! v sob'-r; an I i is it -rr l?y declan ?] and enacted, that esvry Contract, bargain, ot s? ?-uij_ v on!i> tri nuhnr r.r n! r\ w*a made or e;? < nv! into hy sc'icii drunkird, from the time after the appointment of u committee as aforesaid, until :1k* said coininiltee shall bo superceded, shall be null and rod. fhl'irS of ditrnkcsnes*. While Jo ! Beeson, an iritere.s ing litk* boy between eight arid nine years of ag*, tlie only child of a highly respeciuble Widow lady of this neighborhood, was coining honi Hamburg in company v*i:h several wagons, owing :c the misconduct of so?n<drunken wagoners, the horse that In* v ,s driving r,j;i of!" and threw h*i*i. A s-nnk negro boy? who was riding lunse. was also thrown, but not iuirt. Toe hor^e of the latter struck the little whi'e b?\'s head in passing over him and broko ins skull. FI? was im.nediat"ly taken to dm house of Mr. James Shepherd and Me Ileal aid procured, but to no purpose?li expired thy next morning about ijlit nYl > h. Greenville Mountaineer. TCKNING THE TARLB. An excellent woman, the mother of fiv?* children, and made a widow hy the devil * and a grog deuirr combined, b.ul a bill Similar to the following sent in to her a few Weeks afi*r her hush rods demise? w?iil.l.??? niawiiinwHy?wrwi ii-l?nwu | Mr. , To J , Dr. For refreshment, at diff.rent times, S3 S4 What consumate iinpu lenco! flow mo| d?-sl, loo !?calling liquid fire refreshments ! j i>lit list to what follows, and let similar wi. dows imitate the example. As an off-et j to the above bill, the lady presented the i following clincher.|'? Toei-;lii weeks confinement to | my bed, in consequ -nee of an j n>j?iry J received from my tini fortunate husband, while tinder ! the influence of your fiquort $43 0(1 j To sundry breakages by bin) while | in tho s ime sin e, $20 00 j To maintenance of me and my i family for seven successive j mouths, 221 Of t Total, $292 Of ! N. B. If >ou think this not a si.ffiei?n j offset, there are certain expenses for the J burial of my murdered husband ; and n ; bat fails, a*k your conscience, it von have j any. if von are no? gudlv of murder." If all who have husbands .bus nmH r- d | won!.I pursue a similar course, probablv in:niy;ii t<?-^41 ^1^ vj w/i | th?m prfs ni their bids for d linages, and | sue iImmm our, and if they cannot ?eeover i ! lie amount, I i?ey ran nt leas' expose I he | murderer, and sham- the judges who grant, ed him power io Kid. S\wt of the Times. STATE PENITENTIARY. The report, pree n ed to the L-'g-slature, by Mr. P?mtv. ot'Groenvi!lp, as Ciuurinni of tu? Special Committee appoi ted at the last sess on of thai bod; , on tar subject ol j the penitentiary system. is an able, elaborate and eloquent paper, full of valuable infor; ination, an I noble sen intents, and do"s htm high honor as a legsl-ior, pbilan hropinsi and christian. He has thorough y examined the suhj ct, and bought to bear on ii all die light, which could b" derived from th" . expert nee of our sister Sin es, and Kur<?_ , ran nations, anJ shows conclusively thai j bum mity as well as sound pd<oy|prompt us ' i(i the adoption of a system, the resul s of i which have been so satisfactory wherever j it has bet u tiied?and winch has changed tbe punishment of crime, from a bli ul and brutalizing infliction of v-ngeanrr, at war with the split of civil, zuion and christhiiiiy, J into a nt -ans of reformation totiie c.iminal i and a source of revenue to the St le. We i .arc certainly helend the ago in t!ii-> mat ?-i . ?our present sys'em of prison d se.pl n : ts ttie most wretched imaginable?heidiog off nders of every grade in corrtnnin ?t ng fellowship, and t ?us hard rung them in S crime ins cad of producing in them penitj once and am -ndnicn . Twenty one out of the S ales oftho Union h ive air- a fy ad ; opted ih" system, and it is high time tint ' we should follow their example. Ttv only object.0:1 of any force, in our op nion, ; :o tuc immediate adoption of the i-vstcm. is I he neavv cost wnioli would attend the er 'rtion of the necessary buiidmg and the ou ? 1 fit of the establishment? ut if lie fin nice* I of the i> itco are no! m a condition, ut pre s ut, o warrant the requisite outlay, ut till events, let a beginning l> inadj by npprop* ria i::? an untiuul accumulating fund tor li? jiurpos". | Toe plan re-oinir,ended by Mr. Perry is that id s* tr.rv or s par;.lp n.ifinen. ut n i labour, adopted in the 10 .stern Penitentiary ! ol Poil id -iphia, and which is idtnos univer1 sally admitted io he the best in cxistuene. l b - remarks of Air. Pi rry, on the suicidal severity and revolting iiu quully of out p-nul code, uunibering 112 capital offences ' some of them m; re prtcadilloes in coinpai. son with oiliirrs. conclusively shew the tie ; c? ss ty of radical relonn in our crimina I law. Cnpit.d punishments certainly have 'a brutahsmg ? fleet, on those who ihrong ti witness th.au and rather produce reckless. I uess than cause intimidation in the vie om jar criminal : white their undue s vcrv | most eases, leads to tie* pei|ur, of jinou and impiieiis of criuiui Is. iiv? u for mm Jer, ii .s difti'.'ul. to procure a virhci o i coml- inn uiori. j Appeude I to his report is a peniientian . CO e. iil"? I?. r*?. 1 vv lb "rv:i; ? rr. :ind fund I I " I*- " " " ' """ judgim-ii. in the appui tionm nt of punislr iitifnl to the vur ous grades of crime. Fron Wis cod.* capital punishment is entirely excluded. As a gon-ral rule, wo approvi ; Highly of I us feature, but wo an* not pre ! jmn.'ii lo admit that murder should not b? a.)? xor-pMou w tin; rule, a>. God himself Inn i d-el ired til.?t 44 who-vor s-nlelh man': , blood, by man shall his blood bo shed.' A crump i:\ ug th r?'j ort is a b h lo e. rn out it -> rcooniiiii'iida ioiis in rei-retr e to Ihi stablioiuuont of a peniteutiars, and the rn : a?.tm?iii ol a pei.reniai\ code, i A counter report, stu.ing the ohj?-cti"t) j u> tiio iVmtcnti ry system with much ing<* uity,airl plausibility, and urging its unappli cuhility to a slave holding command wviirri , c: inn s a 10 iaf, because " want of brca V t t ie chirl source of crime in oilier countries is unknown, and alio insisting on the finan cial objection of cos!, estimated at Iron $200,001) to $500,000, as insuperable, wa | presented by a port on ot the Committee consisting of Messrs L).J. Jamison, A. G ! M i0tuih, T. N. Dawkins, and J. P.O-ioil Cuarl' ston Courier. I / 1 Police. Bags Rio, Laguira, and Cuba CofFec ?JP 4J> in store, and lor salt*, wholesale or rc I lail by D MALL OV. Nov. 80th, 1^-39. 2 3t j liiuik ul Charleston, tt. C. ! JJ! N cmlorindy with the provisions u< tin: char | .fl. I r of tins corporation, notice is herein ^iv 11 that p.iyim-nl ol tlie tliinl and fourth instai ' mont oa lib; addition 1 capital stock of thii ' B.i.k. I" inj; fif'y pir cent, or lifty dollars oi j eicli share thereof w ill bo requir d lo be uiadi J at tlio Bank on the first Monday and Tuesday ir j J iiiu iry next, being the tilli ui|j^7iii d .ys of sah ' month. A. G. ROSE, Cashier. 1 December, ii, 1839. 6 2i I I Nails. XX K'igs N lils and Iliads. also 1 bigs 2 ii vO^ Wrought an s Horse S.ioc Naiis, foj sale bv I). ALVIJLOY. December 4ll), 1S39. ' 4 If Public Sale. BY ptTmission of Turner llryni Esq. Ordi nary ofC'iiestcrfield District ticro will Ik ; sold at the late residence o* George ling decoas j rd on the 2J of January next ail tic }>?rsona J property of said unerased : consist iig of 27 no I gro-s, eight head of Iiors\?s, Cattle, Hogs. Corn ; fodder. ll-'Ustdiold and Kitciic:i runtime, Plan ! talion 'I uo!s, Acc. I i T""".-?\n <nmo nu/t,?r fire doll-rs cas!i. al 1 sums above five dollars, a not< and rood sectiri I ty, with interest fioni dale on a cieu.t until tin : firnt of January 1811. GlLLAM IvIN i, Aduir. i 9th December, 1839. ) j r> r>t _ JI Kowand's I onic Mixture. rslll E Agency for this valmMv medieinei ' j _fl_ is at the Bookstore" of Mr. Fr.nce when ' it may at any time be had by the single buttle o f by the dozen. , I J. A. INGLIS Agt. j Phftftw April ft3!) I, Sheriff's Sale. BY order of the Court of Ordinary w J! b< sold at Cheuterfield Court IIuiho on tin | ! first nionday in January next ail the R -al Ks.al j of Ranald McDonald d ee is-*d. Consisting ofitv.'t ' tracts of 1 iri 1. one on Lynches Ore k, eont. iiiinj ! i 3:ifi acres, one other tr ic on the \\ iters of Blacl J Creek containing 'J9fi acres mure or less. Conditions; as much cish as \vnl |ny tin t expenses of Sale; one month's credit on the lul a nee, purchaser giving bond, with good persona s -curitv and a mortgage to the Ordinary if roqui red. Purchaser p'.ving for necessary papers. , SlieiilF's Office Chest r eld C II. i ! j Decoinbcr l'Uh, le.39. \ ) J.NO. EVAXS.S.C. D. r! 5 lf | ~~~ 7" Wood" ~ Jwil! furnish Oak and Hickory Wood, ai S'2 fit) per cord, Cash. A. P. LACOSTE. j October 4, 1S39. 47?if Sheriff Sales. / Writs of Fieri Facais, wi'l be sold ' c-forc j the Court House Door on 1 lie firs' .'.u. y ' arid day following, within the legal hums the I following property riz. > f) >00 Acres of land more or less whereon the ' 1 ' ? . t i r A i. _ I (leleiul ml resides i\itiy on ooin siues ui int I road lending from Cheslei fi *id Court House to j l/mcaslcrvi!k- and adjoining the lands of Win, ! Bl ikoney at the several suits of John Musscy i for the use of the Estate of John Massey Dc. 'ceisod and falilha Hallimau vs Evan Threat, 1 000 Acres of land more or less whereon the defendant resides at the several suits ot A Blue, i William Martin, and John N. Williams vs. Ran . aid McDonald. j 2 Lots in ['owe Town, together W|*h ',nj provcincnts thereon known and distinguish"'! ( hi the p! .11 nfsaid Town by lots Nos. 7 i and 7.1 j (Seventy tour and seventy live) containing ' feci front on I'owe Street, by feet deeji at : the suit of John N. Williams vs. Alexander Cra| ham Admr. of fl. 'fryon. I 518 Acr'-s of land more or less on the soolli j side of big West fields Creek whereon the defen, 1 dint resi<J??? adjoining tli 1 ui<is of Mrs. llinson, , I Sjiiiucl White, James Everett and Widiaui J , Pegues, at tiie s iversl suits of Joliu (?. MeKci.zie, ' Mc!i nzi < M itheson, Peter 1.. liubeson unf I j ot!n rs vs. Tiircsliley Wlute. Hl l Acres of land more or less on the water? , of Fork Creek wlier on t!ie defendant resides . j adjoining the lands of John C. Mmg'iui ant | Murdoch McK iskdl at tlie suit of <.? tilling' am. : Covington vs. Aivin Jordan. lib Acres of land more or less wlierron tli" . defend int resides adjoining the land- of Churl" , Maples jnd David Julius at the suit of It. & C. Brutim-il vs. 1 Hi Jo.,,is. , Terms, (.'ash, turehusers p*a] ing fur nectssa. ' j rv pat?cr?. jou.N L:\ A\S. Suif. C. D. SheritF's Office Cfi^st-rfield ) C. H. Dec. 11. lrfdil j 6 2 ; TiurEMPlluTsTXtE-EXLARVEL J A 2? UA RV 1, 1 8 4 0. II i* V? W ?! Determined to mnke adequate return: >; for tin* liberal and increasing ? n "our g . i tn' iir giwn to I ?i^ p*|><r. \v i?*?i bears d i , Mi" Nune and d t uds the Honor und |.t { it-r s s o! tin: K M PI i? K S PA I H ?the pelt , I lis ers propose, on tie: commencement o t' e yi-.u 1"* U). to .ssue tnis paper m tin i toi o lotm, on <i11 enln'iji J sh*v of iIm j \1 mmot Sto ?\v? cd in size and siyli of i" euiion, un\ weekly newspaper pub , I isin d in this ci y or country. Tie: nios . ample :ii rati, em?nts are making to giv* , to the paper all those attractions, as n \ve| . conducted Political, L terary and Mi*c?'l . { I.menus Journal, which the in clligenre am . | good taste of the present age require. Is .jits arrangement and execution, and ili< 5! amount of reading matter it will contain sj as well as in its early and faithful recon ' J of News, foreign and domestic, local, air f i general, tne H.MPIKK SP-\TK will hi . mi* quailed. I' wi.l i-inain s'aun. h, .is i . ever hau been, in suppct o' sound Demo era ic Whig Principles?.in a-'voeat r ^ Puhhc & Private Kcononiv, Pu!)licand Pn . vatc Vir ue, Ivpr.d lights and Ivpial b \u l in a'. inig for tii*'general reader, w . shall spare i:o p.ins or expense to reude 11 ilie paper attractive, valu iM** and useful.? i The cboi?:< st selections wdl he legularl made from *ii; current Hi erasure of <h . . .1'iv f.\ it rhi r it eli .mini.. i .rinlii:i I >r>U. ] "Ufl t VVII llllli s t u.'iK fiosn the p us ot able and practise writers. V TIC RMS OF TI1K EMPIRE STATU. F.NLAKUED SF.KIF.S. 1 0^7" Tl?e |?;ij 01 ivill '?? on : M 'imnotli lull,i s < !- , on jj;ij or of MJjwiio ij'i il'iv. 'mil lie ?'itifu| |n?. i! 011 r will 8-.50 per nnnmi ! ?.n II eases 'ii a fv !iir*\ No p' p r > 11 I ii'itil '!? ' money is ree.ivrd ; an I no *uh [ j Mihseript oiis received I*?r a l? ss term thai i s V rriO'.Jw. j Go' Tlio?w? who ire noiv suhsorhers, o *| wish to avail ilioiwsclv* s of 'he privilege e _. t?if present t"iins may do so l?y enclosinj (i | S2 at any time prior to the 1*' January 1K40, and the paper will ho sent for o;a ;iV<ar. After that dale, ih" terms wdi utvaI i ri ihly !> $2.50 per annum hi advance. Uusiness letters should he address'd to J. (lUF.dU WILSON &c CO.. Publishers of the Empire State 162 Nassau street, N. V. 4 \ Bennetts & lioods. I i j WEST received :ind fur sale, a new supply ol ! . . ' Lidi-sand Misses Hoods, also, Leghorn, j 8lraw and Tuscan ."onuelts, latest pattern. D. tM ALLOY !. November 2GtIi, !c3D : j 3 _ i J New Stationery. j! : A Large supply of Stationer lias !>coi. late, j j '' j Ttt ly received ;.i the Look Store including j ' ! Blick, Blue and Bed ink. (^ni'ls of various qual- I ' j iti s, ste. l PMis, wtiers, sailing wax. ink powder, J ' " j black suiii stales, paints and pull! boxes, so j t ' j p .rior gold leaf, C.unc.'s h..ir pencils, (J crura.! j ' ' I Elllt H tV c. J December Tii, 183*. jl Hubert's ;>iik Aiuiiii.J, j "571CR SALL t toe Bookstore. I o Che raw, Nov In, Ie31). i I j " jL !, j New Books. !, j jC" ATELY Received ly vv gnu the fo!lowing ; h j iE A new works at l!:? Bookstore, \.7. : I | l.i Theology ij;id Ucligiotis Literature: Board, i r in in Oiigiuai 8 i. Vitl..g?s Sermons, J m k;n on , Justili? 'Hon L-rod's Better Covenant McDow. , ell's Bible Class M ?niial. Signs of til" Tim- s by j D. Cuyier. Memoir of Dr. B -iieliby Dr. Tyng. j Boston's Crook i:i the Lot, Dirk's Theology, j i McEnen o:i the Types of the Old Testament. I : Seowgil's works, i'niiip's Guides complete in M J two vols. McRie on the Book of Esther, Chris. 1 r iian Voutu's Book. Hodge's History of the j . 5 l'r? tsbyteri.i n Chnrcli, (?u* ney's ljioiic.il Notes j I :n pout of the D.-ily of Jesus Cit'rist \ In General Literature; Cowp..i and Thomson j i 1 vol. t> vo llciti.us l oams 1 vol. 8 vo. Crilihe, j i ? Ileber and Pollock 1 vol 8 vo. Moore's Wo'ks. | ltvol 8 vo. Juniu's Letters. Broo.'s Universal^ I (j zettcer. Mefropolit in Pulpit, hung sk'-teles . ( of the most eel brated living English Preachers j of all D-Tiominaiions, lajol Bioogir tin's rk tchi s j j of Characters in the reign of (-urge III. |)r. I Humphrey's Tour. Maps of 8. Carolina, Do. of; , C.irolinas and (J orgi't. j , Also the following School Boohs; Mtirriy's j Grammar, Knkhaiu's Do. English Reader. Jones 1 , Chemistry, Do. Philosophy, Bourdon's Algebra. , ?!kc. &. *. Clieruvv Nov. 11, It'll). 1 1 IfJj < arpentor's I ools. i fJTlHE subscriber has just received a very ex- j Jt 'etisive assortment of (*.i rpentor's Tools, among which are, Double and Single. Cast Steel I Iron, Jack, Smoothing, Fore, and Jointer j _ Pl.pms. A-tr.igils. Heads, Dado's. Holloas and ( I Rounds, Nosings. Grecian Ovaio's. Quirk (). G. ' | | Reeding, Rabbi.. Side Rabbit, R .isii.g. and S >sli c ( ! Piancs, Sash Cord, Coves for steps, Table j ' Planes, Torus Reads and Cornice Planes. Ro- j 1 ' man O, G. and Fillets. Fillcttsters, Snipes Bids, ' Gothic, Ceiling. Flooring, and Plow Planes, j Plane I'ons, Oil Stones, Key Hole Tenant, i t and Panel, (land. Cross Cut and Frame Saws, Screw Slide "Mortice, ..n<1 Marking Guages, a \egurs, assorted qualities, Mortice. Socket, and F:rioer, Chisels and Gouges, PI it- and Iron it SqiTis, Si ie B 'vils, Spoko Shaves, Locks, | Hiiig -s, Sprigs, Nails. Brads, &.c. ALSO | t Collins* Club, II .ml and Broad Axes, Ohio] and Pennsylvania Patterns, Hammers, Shingling ' and Lathing Hatchets, &.c. The above were purchased low and for cash ' I of the best manufacturers, and will be sold cheap j 'by ! r D. MALLOY. ' J November 22 I. 1^39. 2<f ; J ;j New Music. i ECENTLY received ul the I3ook Store a! . j!fc< supply embracing a considerable variety of Songs Sacred, Sentimental and 11 timorous ; J I also Marches. Walfz-s, &c. unci Music paper. ! December 4ih, 1 c39 : * i_, Blacksmith s Tools. , A good supply of the ahovc on hand and for- , i Jm, sale cheap by D. MALLOY. i December 4Ji, le3D. I 1 tf / ritusrjifTi? ok Tin* ' ' AND (IIF.UAW ai>v?:rtisi:ei. The Editor ol the Cheraw Gazette has iV{termined, at the suggestion of the lVe Dee Agricultural Society, to devote more space than formerly to Agriculture, and matters per* taining S|>erial!y to its interests. About nine columns, or a page and a lull \ve!. y. vull be j I occupied Willi lins subject, e.\tep when it ' , . ilia 11 be neces> iry t? > m; ke room for Executive ! , Messages, ami a few o'her polbical papers i i * / such a.-> everv inteWen? c.tizen ?:i?2ht to read, i I r? r> ( | \ large proportion of what shall appear under | the Agricultural head must, of course, be sc- j !' lecled. Hut the numerous Agricultural peri-'J ; oJicals now published in this country afford j ' . aliuudanl and excellent materials for selection; I ' i and, after a short t tne, the reports, and o'her ' ' . j papers of teh Pee Dee Agricultural Society ' I will of themselves, form no inconsiderable , body of original matter, ail of it adapted par- | " ticularly to this part of the country. And it ? J ; is hoped, also, that among the numerous in j ) telligent and enterpr.sing plante s cf the sur- j i! j rounding districts and counties some may be I , found who will, occasionally, take the trouble ' j of contributing to the i olumns of the paper the ! I result of their experience. Among the su joe's which will rngigo the j ' | Editor's attention the rul'nro of silk ?-li i I imt 1 ' ! be overlooked. Ample ins ructions will be - : given, m the.r proper season, for cultivating if i tlie morus mul'icaulh and making silk. I The paper will espouse the cause of no party ; I m politics, but shall contain an impartial sum j ' i mary of political intelligence, and, ccasionally, j j able speeches and well written essays ("w hen ; r f met with) fairly discussing the principles and i ~ I measures of all parties. It ;s believed that u ! v j compar ttively sinnil space devoted to political ! i? subjects in this v\ ay may be made more protitahie to the Earmerof domestic habits, who wishj es to be acquainted with the true sta'e of the country and qualified for a proper and iuteili- j gent discharge ol the duties of citizenship, tin i a whole sheet tilled, from week to wi ek, and | jear to year. wi:h one-sided discus.-ious, on! Ik. I ll I".. Ill fir. .1 . <1 1 .i-o .. I I. .Of I j III ?V ?!?... ?? .. ?.| ? uinrjii 1111 i |*1?.I;I; . "i I 1 wliiUi.at the sumo 11nit*, il will mil In* c lifii- ' '* I al< ?1 to t'-i range neiglioor t*<-11: n?*i*i!?*? r. r 1 j to mislead .mo .1 boiiri that on" imlf ol ilie j j country -iii' less pa*initio iliaii tin* o her, or j i) I loss ardently attach. J to our r* j?ul?.u*n msti- ; i? , t u inns. ! So n m It id* the fourth page as-di:,ll not be ! ! occupied with staiiil.iijj ;nl\> r iseuieuts will' ! generally l??* lidcu up wnn matter o! moral ami ! j ivKar;nns cast, ami ar u-les conducive, mother I r i respects. io proper family msti U'-tion ami family ! ' j discipline. ^ it tlu* increase to the subscription list upon issuing 111is 1'rospi t'us shall bo sullioit'tif to . warrant tin* expense, now type w?.l bo pro. j cured, forthwith, for 1 lit* body of tl?o papor; | nit is for the part now jn mu d in large le tor; ! and at the comtueii'-einont of the next volutin- , iho title ot the papor w II be changed to famem' Gazelle and Cheraw Advertiser. , For Terms see lirsl page, i September, 1*31)1). Female Seminary. t\o. Ill Broiid S're*>l, Charleston Soutl Caro ma. MRS. UNCLEY wiil instruct young Li dies in all Hie English branches of I'oiit Literature ; ami her Seminary which is looaUa n one of ihi most hoah by and pleasant situation: n tiio city, shall be provided wii'n the most oc lomplisln-d and r 'spcctablc teachers in the do mrtiuej.ls of l'rotich, Spanish, and Drawing. Young l/ulif s from the country, cither fo; .his or any other Seminary within the City c?r >e . cco.nmodated with board where due regari .viii ipuiJ to t!ieir morals, while under hci ;nr<*. Entrance >$.? which sb ill bo appropriated t? fumi-hing a select library lor the uce of ih< Scmin.u y. O<rtohor Is. IS30. 43?3m l\otiCC. rgplJE copartnership of J. Lazarus d. Co, wil jL. dissolve on the first day of January iie.N :?y its limitation. Tlio subscribers intending t make a final close of their t usiimss, desire tha ,l! persons hal ing demands against them shuiil a resent them foj pavmmit or settlement. I. \ZARUS. A.J. MOSES. Che raw, 27 th Nov. Ifcd'J. 3 tf ^ " -? *_ *_ ^ F5 ^ il L 1 rusii (r spccv?uiiy announce that ill JL duties of this Institution will he resume an the 1st of October m xt; the Male ib-parl nent under the superintendence of Mr. E. IJall the Fein ilc under tli it of Mr. J. Sewers. Th courso of instruction in theuni-* department. wi, bi that reunited lotntcr the South Carolina C? logo . the course in the fun .It; department \vi L?e. to make thorough scholars. The h' liol tstic ) < .it will commence on the 1: jf October and cud the Itl July : the year i igiin divided into two sessions ; l!ie ti stbigiu 1st October no ends lath I Vhruirv ; the secon jcgins 10th Fibril.try and ends 1st July. Terms or Tuition ]>er Session are. For Spelling. Re.uling and Writing J$12 C The above with Arithmetic, Enghsh J IQ ^ Grammar and Gicgrnphy $ The above, with the Classics, high?r i branches of Mathematics, L<gic, > 20 C Rhetoric, &c. 7 Five dollars c eh will he added to the aboi for P.tinting and Drawing, or the Modern I~i jtinges. All payments are in advance; the pupil wi >0 r. quired to pay for what remains of the sdon at the time lie or she enters, nor will dedu ion or drawbar 1: be made for loss of time. J. W. Hi AK EN FY, Sec'y & Treas. .P. S. Mr. II T. Chapman has taken charj >f t.ie Boarding House, near the Female Acad ny, where Young Ladies may obtain board at noderate price. Sept. 20 1833. 45 tf BOOK BINDING. . rH F. subscribers have established thcmsclvi in the above line of business in Chcra ,:id olTerthcirservicistoits citizens. w. RAZKNCOl'RT, i. CO ''loraiv. S C,. Jan. Books for the season. 'IMHE Christ in Keepsake and Missionar Jl_ Annual for 18-10, 9 Fngraxing*. I'lic Gift, edited by Miss Leslie, for 1840, 9 Er gravings. Holiday House, a series of Talcs by Catharin Sinclair. I'lie Minister's Family, by a Country Minii ter. family at Heatherdalc or the Influence of Chrii tiun Principles. Letters of Fliz 1 Wilkinson during the invasio and pos.-cssion ot Charleston, ???t?t -<1 by Jh'i Giiman, &c. For sale at tha Bookstore. Cher w Nov. 15, 1939. 1 _ tf Female Institution. rrmnn /*.. 4 r .1 iv 4?iX' 12!si sr?Mon 01 me Kociiju^fiain re A. in ile In.-titiition, for tlie u suing y?ai \ ill commence on ihe second n.uiiday in Jan luiv next. 1'oardeis wii' be accommodated l?y families ii he village or i>y the j rincip 1 of ihe institution persons who wish to ol?t tin forrd and tuition ('. ioung I idics are r quested to nuiko early appli sati n. November 22d, 1339 2 fa < 'licese. /4N Casks Cheese, just received and fo ii. xr lor sale by D. MALLOIT. Novetnl?cr Ofith tt"39. For Sale. LAR(1K M: ps of Mississippi and Alnbam; sle wing tin- Public ;tnd Indian I... mis I' rlian K s i\ stums, Lund Districts, Town>!u| See. cngroved rom ih tlnvriiiini.ls surve\ in:i pLts in the (ienei.il Land Office, Wusl mgt m City, by K (Jiih.nn, druoglsman in tli (ieoer 11 Land Office. F. 1'iylor, book seller, Washit g4r.n City, h; just published (and secured the copy r ght aero ling to lawi the above Maps, whieh will I lOiinu inliniiely more compl. te and accurate tha any heretofore published. They are publislu an separate sheets, each containing nearly s square feet, and will he found especially usef and valuable to those interested in the lands either State as they show every item of inform lion whi h is in possession of the Lund OHb relative to water courses, township lines, Iudn land and Reservations, land Districts, &.c. at wtill he found perfectly accurate and precise hose points. They can be sent by mail io ui part ot llio L iutt il states, su!>j-Ct to single Sett postage. PRICK two fo'lars, 01 three copies either will be suit by mail for b dollars liberal discount will he made to travelling :tg n or to any who will Lny to sell again. T_T Editors ot newspapers any where w] will give the above advertisement liucliiiiit tins notice) one or two insertions, shall recei by return mail a copy of each map, if th? y w send a copy ot the paper containing it, to tl advertiser. November 2, 1830. 1 Teacher Wanted rjjllO t.iko chaige of the Chin Academy, nil oL miles cast of Benuettsvillo, Mm Iborout I>islriet S. competent to teucii the Euglii hr iuehes gen.-rally and the ('lassies, of who > itist'.clo:y evidence iinist be furnish'd ; as ai that thcapplicautsust ins i good character. Tl Scholastic year is tlivid -d i.:lo two sessions < 1 C hs e u li; t! J11 -1 eo uni< listing the fn iiio-al iy m J utn :ty . -v it -ri there will he a v?u ali< o! two vw-ek- be lore tae co.nuuucoiiicnt ot tl s rend Session. ( mminiiir i'ions addressed to the siibscribi at Clio wi.l h ive flee attention until thesi-l h i DcC-uiln r.when the el -el ion will take phue. tiios c u i: \ fherby. Secretary. Clio S. ('. Is'ovi hiIht 3?) li, Jblll). i 3l New Goods subscriber is again opening a stock < 5 goods in Oil raw, well adapted the so: noil, which ho is prepared to sell at prices vei much iceil, citii?vr hy wholesale 01 retail. I] bought a lego propoilion of his Clouds at t! New \<uk pack ige -ales in September last, wil a View ?>f wholes-ailing and is confident he ca sell them as low as they can be bought 111 at of the Southern towns. D. B. McARN. Noveinlcr 22d, 1839. tf Sale Real of Estate i "RT|I Y order of the Court of Equity for Cheraw I JLj^ Distiict in tho case of Thomas Stubbs * | and wife vs Samuel McDar.icI will be sold at Bcnnettsville, Marlborough District on the firct , monday in January next (within the r.sua! hours) '* the real Estate of John Standard McDaniclcon. tuining three hundred and fitly six acres, more or lass, lying on Crooked Creek in said District, and bounded by said creek, by the lands of J. Da! vid, John Taylor and Hicks' land. | Tne conditions of the Sale are as lollows.* , The purchaso money to be paid yn the first day of ' Janu ry A. D, 1841, with interest from the day ? of sale, except so much as is necessary to defray 3 the expenses of the sale, which is to be paid in , cash. Bond and personal security and a mortgage of the premises, Purchasers to pay fur the i necessary conveyances. - I GEO. W DARGAN, Commissioner in Equity. [I j December 4th, ls33. ;t ! 5 3/__ *| In Equity. d ; Marion District?So. Ca. Ma'coni St fiord and M u g.ir. t Cant|>l?cil A i.ui's and Aduir'x Bill for partition oi 1). Campbell dee'd. &C. vsMoore S. Walter and j wife ct alios. J d ! appearing to iny satisfaction that More S ^ 1 JL Waiter and Miry his wife heirs and distri [ J butees of Duncbn Campbell deceased, and Dc' I fendants in the above stated case, arc out of, jt ! and Iwyond the limits of this state It is, on i | T!ioi ion of 11-Li I Ice ::n i Elliott Complainants, " Solicitors, Ordered llr.it they do ulead, answer , or demur totho Hiil of Complaint ir the said | Case within thiec m on tilts from the date her ' ! or the said Bill will be taken pro cenfcsso ag .^of 18 thein. inst ; EDWARD B. WHEELER, Commissioner in Equ Commissioners Office, ( ,*ty I Marion C. II. Oct. 1 1839 C lf> j 43 > 0 j Cheraw Bacon. jO j Shoulders, and Sides, of my own Jt M. curing, lor sale. Terms, Cash. A. P. LACOSTE. j October 4, 1839, 47?tf Notice. in s- H Y consent of the heirs of the late Moses c- JLj) Sanders, will lie sold at Darlington C. II. on mondav the 6tb January next all the Real Estate, consisting of Plantations, Jo's in Dar. ling ton village, Ac & c. c- Persons wishing t > purchase will do well to a j attend. Terms at sale. JAS. S. McCALL, Adin'r. j 10th December, 1339. 5 td a " Notice, THE subscriber takes great pleasure in returning lb inks to his customers for the pa-t yeai for the liberal patronage extended to _.t.. i.:? ~. ,i 1 r:_ In ai us uiiJii ami riuuiuit'O una tun 11? Ul IIIforming them that he intends carrying en the ; Black Smith business in all its branches at the s?aim formerly occupied by Daniel McDuffic.? * fie will shoe horses at $1.00 all round; shoes pointed with steel 81.25. Plows may be had ready stocked tor the Held. There will be attached to the Black Smith Shop a Wood Shop in 4- the house opposite Moore's Hotel, where all ki:.cs of wood work wiil be done at the shortest no~ tice. ANDREW MILLER. n , December 12:h. 1 >39. j P. S. He wishes all those indebted to him for | work done, to call and settle by the first of JanI u irv, j * 5 3t . j Notice. '? j A LL persons having claims against the Estate '* xU of Daniel McCaskill deceased late of this place, arc r- quested to present thein lawfully an. 11 .hmilieafcd, on or before the lifth day of January 1 i next, a.< ?hut is the time appointed to apportion 1 | the property among the heirs, and to settle the " j claims as lar as wc in>*- be able. M, McC'ASKILL. Agent for ALEXU. McCASKILL Ear. December I -ith, L3:h 1 * * For Sale, A 15.000 Morus Muhicavlis Trees, fl 250.000 * " Cuttings. fl Also. 500,ftOu SILK WORM EGOS. M The above Trees and Cuttings are very fine, y I md warranted to he tho genuine Mont's -Multi , j lints ; some of the trees arc seven feet high I i _ r - - <* - ns cum gs dm irom irccs 01 one, iwo ana inrec y? ars old, well ripciedwood, one bud lo each .. cutting. The eggs are of the kind which pio,e ducc white and yellow cocoons?mostly wi.itc? and a part of tiicm raised from the second crop ,s this year. r j Orders for any of the ahove\ addressed to nit , J(. ) will be muiituaily attended to, and tilled iri the hi I order in winch they are received ; that is, first >d j come, first served. It is desirable that appiicaix i tion be made befoie the first of November next, u| j as about that time I will commence preparing of' my ground and planting the next year's crop. \. | Sales made at the current prices at the time of l;o ! delivery. in Any communication made t? me on the subid ijcctof the Silk Culture, will be promptly an. in sivercd. IIl'GII CUAIG. iy i Chest, rfiold C. H. Aug. 3H. 183l>. _-42_ _tf_ yj! fcJouth Carolina. A Marlborough District. its William McDaniel, John C. Me Daniel Applicant*. vs. 10 . M try Wilkogon, Ohediah Earls, Wilcv Earls, ;g j Elizabeth E-rls, John Earls, William Earls, in i George E rls, Andrew Earls, and Nancy Me ill ' Daniel guardian of Fiances McDaniel, Mary lio Ann Me Daniel,, Ira McDaniel and William 1 McDaniel minors. Defend ants. It apposing to my satisfaction that Obedinh tf ( Earls. Elizabeth Earls, William Ears, George | E.uls and Andrew Earls five of the defendants, I reside without this State;?it is therefore ordered th it they do appear and object to the division ,r'i ; or sale of the real estate of George McDaniel on >it ' or hetorc the thirteenth <Uy or uecemcer nexz - It I or their consent to the same v\ ill he entered ct so i record. * L. E STUBBY, te | Ordinary of .Marlboro District. ..f j October 11. i*:tn. 49 ht_ n | To Hire. he I irec! on t!ie first day of January j V ? next twelve iik >!y negroes belonging to , the Estate of Absalom Burn lute of Marlborough Ap ' : District. Hircing ivi I commence at 11 o'clock ^ ! at 11. E. Hum's, I'ijutatioi^near Burn's Mill or; : Big Juni'ter. J. W. BURN, R. L. BURN, Executors of the Estate of - : Absalom Burn, j Dec. 19, 1839. I 6 tit i?t . r t II AW KslT i. L E K [> DENTISTS f J k- No. 8 Park Place. New York. L A III | "VWR. HAWES ha. t.iken rooms at Mr BMM in Ji U. Siiu -nu\c !lotv*l where h. would be hapj>y m ?y ; to rrcolvo I ho calls of ary who may wish the la services of a Dentist. Ladies who prefer being gr , fl waited on at their residence can bo accommodaI ted. ffl m I December CO, 183?. C-tf MB