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'Tis Mind that ."Jakes Nobility. Br 2. T. BAMBUN. Tn ancient time?, when feudal state Wu? all the untaught ?erf deemed great When tilts were wm when fair ones sate Rebuking imbecility When the stout arm was vined most, ' And sturdy spirits power could boast To rule a realm, or rout a host, M'.gut seemed to bu nubility. And when of chivalry grown tired, Tho world with love of weul'h waa fired, And brute *:reugth in the urnas expired .Of cunniug and servility, The patient plodder who could best Resign hi* claim lo petce and rest, Oot gold, or rank, and thus wa? blest With what looked like nobility. But. lawless force has h?en laid low; Weal*h's power must meet it* overthrow ; And Reason, rousing at the blow, ?L-l., by her grand fertility, Plan greatly for the poor man's good : Prove buuaukind a brotherhood, A-id tn-vkc it owned - felt-understood, That blood hath no nobility. Look up, then, thou who art oppressed By those whom fortune hath caressed Who hnve thy bo?out oft- distressed By ??auder aud ?tun li i ty ! Learn all thou' canst ; be lieaveo adored ; Keep faith ; whale'er the fates alford Ki-Joy, aud truckle to no lord : Tis mind that makes nohilitv. Thf.- Lincoln aud the Ltncolness. Krs.iKLL, the correspondent of the Lon don Times, in his " Diary1' nf his sojourn ?ti Dot >d lc do m, gives the following pen H!nl ink protruils nf Abraham J. and his Yankee Queen of thc White House, l?us scll l.ati been invited to dine, und titus re quites the hospital ?(fe. ot* his entertainer:?. Ile says : Mi*.-. Lincoln was already scated th' re ceive lier gtte>ts. 8he is of the middle tige .-md height, (d' a plumpness degenera, ting to thc embout/joint natural to her year.-; her features are plum, her nose und mouth td' un ordinary type-, und hei manners' and appearance homely, stiffen ed, however, by lite consciousness that her position requires her to be something inore timi plain Mrs. Lincoln, thc wife" of thc Illinois lawyer; she is profuse in thc use. (d'thc word "sir," in every in stance, which is now almost an Ameriean i-sin confined to certain classes, although it was once as common in England. Her dress I shall not describe, though it WH> very gorgeous and highly colored. She handled a fan with much energy, display ing a round well-proportioned arm, and wits adorned with some simple jewelry. Mrs. Lincoln struck me as being desirous of making herself agreeable ;1 and I own 1 was agreeably disappointed, tis the seces sionist ladies at Washington had been amusing themselves by anecdotes which could scared/ have been founded on '.et?. Thc portrait of thc bust is tims given in another chapter : Soon afterwards there entered, with a shambling, irregular, almost unsteady gait, a tall, lank, lean man, considerably over six feet in height, with stooping shoulders, pendulous arms, terminating in hands of extraordinary dimensions, which, however, were far exceeded in pro portion by his feet. Ile was dressed in an ill-fitting wrinkled snit of black, which put one in mind of an undertaker's uni form at a funeral ; round his neck a rope of black silk was knotted in a large bulb, with flying ends projecting beyond the collar of his coat ; his turned-down shi.t collar disclosed a sinewy, muscular yellow neck, and above that, nestling in a great mass of black hair, bristling and compact like a ruff of mourning pins, rose the strange quaint face and head, covered with its thatch of wild republican hair, of President Lincoln. The impression pnuluced by thes'ze of his extn mities, and by his Happing and wide-projecting ears, may be removed by the appearance of kindliness, sagacity, and the awkward bonkommie of his face; the mouth is absolutely prodigious ; the lips, straggling and extending almost from one line of black beard to the other, are only kept in order by two deep furrows from the nostril to the chin, the nose it self--a prominent organ-stands out from the face, with an inquiring, anxious air, as tho igh it were sailing for some good tiling in the wind ; the eyes dark and deeply set, are penetrating, but full of an expression which almost amounts to ten derness ; and above them projects the shaggy brow, runuing into the small hard frontal space, the development of which can scarcely be estimated accurately, owing to the irregular flocks of thick hair carelessly brushed across it." The Old Lady and the Cobbler. Some years ngo tHc husband of an old lady, residing in a country village, hap pened to die very suddenly, without a will, for the want of which very necessa ry precaution his estate would have pass ed away from his widow had she not re sorted to the following remarkable expe dient to avert the loss of bis property : ?he concealed the death of her husband and prevailed upon an old cobbler, her neighbor, to go to bed at her house, and personate him, in which character it was agreed that be should dictate a will, leav ing the widow the estate in question. An attorney was accordingly sent for to pre pare the required document ; and the widow on his arrival seemed to be reali zing the greatest affliction at her good uiaii's danger, but forthwith proceeded to a;;k questions of her pretended husband, osculated to elicit thc answers she ex perted ?nd desired. The old cobbler, groaning aloud, and !<. ?king as much like a person going to g ?e up the ghost as possible, feebly an swered : .. I irttended to leave you half of my cs1 ate ; and 1 think the poor shoe-maker, who lives over the way, is deserving of tue oilier half, for he has always been a good neighbor." The widow was thunderstruck at the reply, so different from that which she had expected, but dared not negative the old cobbler's will for fear of losing the whole of the property while the cunning old rogue in bed, who was himself the old shoemaker living over the way, laughed ia ki* sleeve wad divided with her tho fruits of a project which the widow in ended for her own soie benefit. # V Great Wrong aud a Great Mistake. Sume one has remarked recently, ar d very appropriately, that " everything has risen except the Gospel.11 The meaning is very obvious. No one c?n go to lue market, or enter a store, or employ a workman, from an engineer down t . u shoe black, without being absolutely shocked at. the enormous prices he is oall , ed to pay. With the most rigid economy and self-denial, a family requires two, or fbree times as much for its support now, *s in ordinary times. And y?t if one ?ioor preacher has had a single, dollar ad led to his salary, he and his people are too modest to tell of it Un th? other h uifi, not a lew churches have actually .ult down their pastors'salary, and still . nore fail to pay the amount promised, own in supplies at war prices ls this a 'antler I If not, theil here is one of ?the ?rutld?at instances of wrong developed by hese hard lillies. lt is so plain a case hat one word of argument would be an insult even to a tool. lint does any one plead th? absolute necessity of retrench ment and economy iu living? Where did you begin ? in the, pantry ? in the wardrobe? or in the pulpit'.' What ex pense did you lop off first? Tnere may lm cases in which persons have denied themselves first, stipertidities, luxuries, then comforts, and at last, have been compelled to diminish their support to the Gospel. But I have not heard of them. I think i hat ministers ought to tuke their full share of the "hard times,' but I think that people hid fixed their support itt the minimum amount in times of low prices, and ought to remember that any increase of prices or any diminu tion of salary must result in actual want or debt, and, if some have lo bear both these changes, timos are indeed hard with them. I call this a great mistake, as well as a great wrong, because it is the sure way to starve religion out of the laud and to bring down the curse of God nputi ihe nation. His command is, il take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest ut) the earth." J UNTICE. To .Mothers. The first book read, and the last book laid aside by every child, is the conduct of its moth er. 1. First give yourself, then your child o God., lt is but. giving him his own. Not to do il is robbing God. 2. Always prefer virtue to wealth. 'Hie h mor that comes from God to the honor that comes from men. Do this fur your self. Do it for your child. li. Let your whole Course he to raise your child to a high standard. Do not sink into childishness yourself. 4. Give not needless commands, but when you command, require prompt obe dience. 5- Never indulge a child in cruelty even to an insect. t?. Cultivate a sympathy with your child in all lawful joy and sorrows. 7. Do not expect to make your child perfect. 8. Be sure that you never correct a child until you know it deserves correc tion. Hear its story first and fully. . U. Never allow your child to whine or fret, or bear grudges. 10. Early inculcate frankness, candor, generosity, magnanimity, patriotism, self denial. 11. The knowledge and fear of ihe Lord are the begiiit?iiij; of wisdom. 12. Never mortify the feelings of your child by upbraiding it with duluess; but do not inspire it with self-conceit. Hi. Tray for and with your child often and heartily. 14. Let no one interpose between your i authority and your child. j 15. Feed ita miud no less titan its body j with food convenient for it. lt?. Encourage all attempts at sclf-itn | pro vernen!. j IT. Let your child be, think, ami speak as a child, but encourage it of its own ac cord to put away childish things. 18. Never deceive, or break a promise to a child. li>. Reprove not a child severely in the presence of strangers. "U. Remember that life is a vapor, and that you and your child muy bc called out of time into eternity any day. Au Extruvuguut lieauty. The Empress of France is probably the most extravagant woman living. Nor is this all ; she has bei n th? cause uf ruin ous extravagance in the families of her husband's subjects, and in all countries where the costly fashions she has set have found favor. M. Fould, the Emperor's Minister of Finance, threatens to resign his othes unless her enormous drafts upon the treasury are curtailed. So costly has ??he made the toilette in Paris, that fashionable ladies are. utterly unable to settle their bills for areas; and it is stated by the English press that it is as much as many of them can do to pay the interest on the large debts which fol lowing the Imperial modes has caused them to incur. The world owes crinoline to the fair Eugenie; and the rougher half of its civ ilized population does not feel by any manner of means grateful to her fu;: the introduction of the article. She ha? made her apartments in the Tuilleries as magnificent as the palace? one reads about in the Oriental fables. The doors of her boudoir are of ivory, inlaid with gold. The furniture is of rosewood, inlaid with mirrors, gold and ivory, and is upholstered with pale red silk. Smyr nian carpeting of the heaviest texture covers the floor, and the ceiling is splen didly frescoed. The desks and portfolios are tortoise shell, arabesqucd with gold ; and the most valuable paintings of the old masters ornament the walls. The beautiful woman who ha? surround- j ed herself with these luxuries spends an : almost fabulous amount annually in rare laces and all the most expensive articles of feu.-le costume, besides subscribing unheard of sums iu aid of vast political schemes, for she. is withal an intriguing politician. The En.press is thirty six years of age, and therefore old enough to have learned prudence ; ) et she is more prodigal now than when in the heyday uif? her youth and beauty. ' The Quern of Louis XV i was as ex - travagant and as fond of meddling in State aiiairs as Eugenie, and her fool of a husband ?uff*red ber to Imd him by tht> nose. Une day they lost thnr heads., i poor things. Scattering, and yet Iucrra?ing. There 1s sound wisdom in rho riddle, put forth by good old Father Honest, in John Bunyan's ' Pilgrim': There was a man (though sume did count him mud) The. roost he rait away, the w>re he had And in the solution given by the hospita ble (Lons : He who Uptown his goods upor tho poor Shall ha- o MS uiuch again, and ten times more. The Lord is a sure paymaster, and ha? given His word that to those that give it shall be given, 11 good mt asure, pressed down and shaken together and running over." There are some facta which seem to ?how that this M the case even where persons do not give with an eye to God's glory. .. 1 do not give money for such objects," said a skeptical physician, who was ap plied to for a contribution to the Bible Society. " Von will lose nothing by it, even in a worldly point of view," said the agent. " If you really believe that," said Lhe physician, " I will try it for once," and gave him twenty dollars. The agent requested hi n to watch the providence of God, and see if he was not repaid double. k' I shall take cure to du that," was thc emphatic answer. Soon he was called on to attend a wealthy tdd gentleman in a very critical condition. When his bill was made ou; a son ot the man took him one side and requested that, as his father was so feeble, and his mind so set upon his money, he would make out a small b li to present to him, and he would make up the balance. "I am willing to leave the bill to your falber," he replied. 14 What clo you think he would be willing to pay ?" Well, he would not object to two hun dred dollars," said thc son. The physician took th? money, and when next he saw the agent he related the incident, and told that the Lord had re paid him Jive feld, as he should not have thought of asking over one huudred dob lars iu the case. Said a gay young planter, on being ral lied by his companions for giving so much fur church purposes : " You do not understand it-I am no loser by my liberality ; but for every five dollars I give the Lord, His providence in some way brings me back a hundred." How much belter lo give of our sub stance in a spirit of Christian love ! SOUTIIBKM WOMEN.-Un the occasion of the recent departure of women for tho South, from Washington, some remarka ble developments' took place. A Yankee correspondent says : One lady had seven pair of gaiters, five pair of boots, five pair of morocco slip pers, three pair of dancing slippers of white kid, four pair of India rubber over shoes, aud a pair of the longest legged cavalry boors, with double solesj-strodded with good spikes, heels taliped with shoes of iro ., and tops splendidly ornamented with an abundance of patch work of waxed ends on a groundwork of patent leather. * '. How about those, Madame'.'" said the officer, as he quietly insinuated the caval ry boots into her astonished gaze; "If you wiii put iljem on and wear them on your trip to Richmond, you can take thym ; but they can go with you under no other circumstances." "Done-I'll do it," said the heroine, and grasping the heavy leather in her hands, she retired be hind the friendly crinoline of a group of sympathizers, and planting her pretty feet-gaiters and ult-into the depths of that monstrous foot harness, returned, aud awkwardly displayed them, double-cased, i to thc gaping eyes of the this time aston- ; ?shed official. Ile kept his word. Those boots went to somebody in the Confeder ate army ; or, they may have been an in tended Christmas present for Gen. Stu art. Those secesh women do such things. Bs DILIGENT.-industry is never un fruitful. Action keeps thc soul both sweet and. sound, while slothfulness rots it to noisomeness. There is a kind of good angel waiting upon diligence, always carrying a laurel to crown life; whereas, idleness for her reward, is ever attended with shame and povery. JSgF0 A young man named William Craft was recently sentenced by a cross old English judge to six years' imprison mem for assault for kissing a young lady against her will, but the Queen, notsee ing any very great harm in a kiss, par doned the olTetidcr. A. W. Shott and S. Knott lately fought a duel in Mississippi, when Knott was shot and Shott was not. Under the circumstances we would rather have been Shott than Knott. Q0~ At last accounts from Frazer River provisions were so scarce ihe people were suffering severely. Dog meet was selling at a dollar a pound. ?gy^The coat of a horss is the gift of nature. That of au ass is often the work of the tailor. ??gr* Despise not the small and the weak. The fly and the. loiust have done more harm than ever thc bears and lions did. A man was recently convicted in Kentucky of stealing his neighbor's cows and hiding them in his cellar, lt was thought a cowardly mode of cow hiding. * : ' We always think of a very mean man that he was made by one of nature's cobblers, and, like au unfinished boot, thrown off without being souled. Bliss has nu programme ; happi ness is not bottled like wine for future use ; it is like dew-remove it from the flower and take it out of the morning, and, though you put it in a cup of pearls, I it is only a drop of water. CALI. AT THE HAMBURG P. O. I and get your MEDICINE?. Hamburg, Dec 2 4t 48 I PUBLISHED KVT.RT WEDXESDAY ?IOBNINO. A. SIMXINS, D- H. DJEI80E. ? E- KEESE ?ROPRIBTOHS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two DOLLARS per ycur if paid in advance-Two DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS if not paid within six months-and TanKE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. Subscription* out of the District mn.it bo p?id for in udvauco. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 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In its Commercial anil News Department, No labor is spurod to givo tho earliest aud most accurate intelligence fruto all quarter!!. Its TELEGRAPHIC COLUMN Is tilled with ampio und reliable information of occurrences at thc political aud commercial cen tros. In Politics,' TUE CONSTITUTIONALIST is thoroughly Southern, and adheres, under our new Govern ment, to its principles of STATE RIGHTS aud STRICT CONSTUCTION! Itndvocates the ad mission into the Southern Confederacy only of those Sta'cs which Kecog?ize Property in Shives ! As a part of their Social System. TERMS. Daily Constitutionalist.$8,00 Tri-weekly " . 5,00 Weakly " . 2,00 No paper sent unless the CASH accompanies the order. ^3r*"Specitnen copies sent when asked for. JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor. Augustn, July, 1861 tf 29 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. /.V OU DIN All Y. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinnry of Edge field District. Whereas, Z. W. Carwile, C. E. E. D., has applied to me for Loiters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chatties, rights and credits of John Whitlock, late of tho District aforesaid, dee'd. These ore, therefore, to cito and admonish all and singular, the kindred aud creditors of the said deccasod, to bo aud uppearbefore me, at our next Ordinary's Court for tho said Dhstrict,to be holden at Edgelield Court House, on the 11th day of April next, to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not bo grunted. Givon under my hand and seal, this 2nd day of Mar., in tho year of our Lord one thous and eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the elgbtv-aeventh year of the sovereignty and Inde pendence of the State of South Cundir?a W. F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Mar 4 .CV 9 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq.? Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, B. M. Martin has applied to mc for Letters nf Administration, on all and singular the Roods and chatties, rights und credits of Mary Martin, late of the District aforesaid dee'd. These ure, therefore, to cite and admonish all und singular, tho kindred und creditors of thc said deceased, to he and appear before mo, ut our next. Ordinury's Court for the said District, to he holden ut Edge?eld Court House, on the 24th day of Mar. inst., to show cause, i: any, why the said administration should not be grunted. (?iven under my baud and seul, this 10th day of Mar., in the yuur of our Lord one thousand eight hundrud and sixty-three, and in the eighty seventh year of the Independence of S. Carolina W. F. DURISOE, o.E.n. ' MarlO 2t 10 The State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. /.V ORDINARY. ' BY W. F. DURISOE, E?quirc, Ordinary of Edge-field District. Whereas, A. J. McCurty has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and .?in; lnr the goods and chatties, rights and crodits of James B. Woolsey, late of the District aforesaid, dee'd. 'f bese are, therefore, to cito nnd admonish all aud ,-iugular, the kindred und creditors of thu said deceased, to bo and appoar before mu, at our next Ordinary's Court for the sadd Di.striut, to bo holden ut Edgofield C. H. on the 19th day of Mur. inst., to show anise, if any, why thu suid adminis tration should net be grantud. - Given uudur my hand and seal, this 4th day of March in tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-threu.and in the eighty seventh your of Tue Iudepoudonuu of the State of Suuth Carolina. W. F. DURISOE, 0. E. D. MarlO 2t 10 State of South Carolina EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. Elias C. RoberLson, Guardian of ") Nancy Robortson and others, | Citation for vs ,. Settlement John P. Self and his sureties, W. | and Acct. D. Jennings and John Elkins? J ON hearing tho Petition in the above case, It is ordered that the aforosuid Defunduntsdo appear in the Court of Ordinary for Edgcficld District, on the 20th April next, to account for their Guardianship of the above minors. A set tlement and Decree will be made that day for the amount duo the said minors. W. F. DURISOE, o. E. n. Jan 19, 1S?3. 3m 3 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. "John M. Stidham, Applicant, ) - vs Ella Stidham, Alice Stidham, Ira Stid ham, Jus. Stidham, ct al, Dufeuduuts. J IT appenriug to my satisfaction that John Morso and his wife Savannah, Defendants in the ubovo stated case, reside beyond tho limits of this Slate. It is therefore ordered that they do appear and ohject to thc division or sale of the Real Estatu nf JOIHI Stidham, deceased, on or before thc 2Sth March nest, or their consont to the .ame will be eutored of racord. F. DURISOE, O.K.D. Jun. 9, 1363,_12t_2_ Notice. 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" Without a rival-the best that comes to us." ?[Express, Vicksburg, Miss. " Tho best family paper published." [Courier, Charleston. " A welcome guest at every fireside." [Advertiser, Montgomery, Ala. Jau 14 tf 2 Colportage AMONG TIIK SOLDIERS! By the direction of the ColportHge Board, at Darlington, tho work of supplying the South Carolina soldiers with the New Testament and religious reading, was begun first by us in South Carolina. PIOUS PASTORS ENGAGED AS COLPOR TEES. A number of devoted Pastors of thc State are laboring earnestly and efficiently us Colporters of tho Board-some of them in Virginia and some of them on thc South Carolina coast. ENCOURAGEMENTS TO LABOR ON. The cheeriiiir intelligence is reaching us con stantly that tho .-.ddicrs receive with gratitude thc New Testament and Tracts given them. They welcome all religions instructions with, in many instances, the gushing tear aud quivering lip. NEW TESTAMENTS AND TRACTS DIS TRIBUTED. The operations of the Bonni, to thc 1st Februa ry, aro 11,500 New Testaments and one million seven hundred thousand pages Tracts. THE SOLDIERS READ. They not only accept the New Testament and Tracts given them, but they read them, in not a few instances, prayerfully and savingly. SOME HAVE BEEN CONVERTED. Through the simplo instrumentality of a little Tract, the truths of " God's word," presented to them by the Colporter, the earnest prayer and the pious counsel of such, a number have turned to God, and aro now rejoicing iu Him. THE SICK SOLDIER. Those who have visited thc sick soldier, a? we have in the various Hospitals in and about Char leston, know with what readiness and thankful ness, prayer and religious instructions are re ceived ; how gludly they receive the New Testa ment. * CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF OUR SOLDIERS, HELP! Thousands of the patriotic Bons of our own and other States, who are sacrificing all for our com mon country, have no Bible to point them to God ami to " light up a dying bed." They uro willing to read it-they ask for it. Shall they bo denied ? Our Chaplain writes : "I do not believe fifty men in tho regiment have brought Testaments w tb them." WE APPEAL TO EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN. Wo circulate no Tract or Book which any Chris tian man would object to, whether ho be Presby terian, Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, or Bap titi. We, therefore* appeal to all Christians throughout the city and country to aid us in t'iis common work. We pledge ourselves to meet the spiritual wants of our soldiers to the full extent ai tho means placed at our command. SOUTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS IN VIRGINIA. South Carolina regiments in Virginia share proportionally in all tho operations of this Board -in Colporters, New Testaments and Tracts. EVERY SOLDIER ON THE SOIL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Many of tho sons of North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and other States, are upon the coast of South Carolina. Shall we not minister to their spiritual wants ? MANUSCRIPTS FOR FOUR-PAGE TRACTS SOLICITED. The Board desiro to publish a number of " four pago Tracta," adapted to the wants of tito soldier, iud boroby solicit such manuscripts. 77ir?<;manu scripts must bo free from denominational bia?. CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED. Thoso who contribute to this work may specify, if this is desired, in what regiment or company mch funds shall be expondod. All contributions to this work will be acknowledged in the public prints. LARGE AND SMALL AMOUNTS. Let it be remembered that $1M will buy ono thousttud New Testaments, und thirteen Centn will buy a single copy. Each copy will supply one midier. TO THE PASTORS AND CHURCHES. Will the Pastors throughout this State and other Statos having troops in South Carolina, read tho ibove to their congregations, and send us tho 1 free-will offerings tnado to this work. Addreu- Rev. W. D. Rice, General Superintendent S. C. Colportage, Sumter, S. C. . ENGLISH ROYAL VELVET, BRUBSI IN NEW AND BEAUTIFUL Pi DAMASKS OF ALL KINDS, LA Cornices, Bands, L FLOOR AND TABLE OIL C W?iL PAPERS, The largest Stock ever offered, JAB. Ok I IM PO RTERS A N D DEAL EH Augusta, Sept 18 --i-wa-B--M I rfllfi I'HAKLfisTON A?iCKClUI A POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND li I T ERAR Y N E \V S PA I? K H , i PUHL rSI?ED J)AIL Y AND TRI- WEKKL Y j CHARLESTON, S. C. TERMS-CASH, IN ADVANCE : | DAILY MERCURY, for 1 year - - - $10.00 j " " for 6 months - - 5.00 | " " for months - - 2.50 I For less than three months, il per month. Newspaper Deulers und Retail Agents supplied | on liberal terms. TRI-WEEKLY MERCURY, for 1 year - $5.00 " for 6 months 2.50 .' " for 3 months 1.25 For less than 3 months, 50 cents a month. FROM THIS DATE, no subscriptions out of the city will be received unless accompanied with the cash. POSTMASTERS ?ire authorized "to act as our Regular Agents in obtaining subscribers and for warding the money, for which they will bc allowed 20 per cent, commiasion ; only, however, when paid in advance. Subscribers desiring their papers changed, must mention thc l'ost Office from, as well us the ono to, which they desire tho chunge to be made. Gentlemen getting up Clubs of 5,10, 20 or more will bc supplied ut 20 [ er cent, less than Regular Ratos. ADVERTISING RATES. THE MERCURY has now the largest circula- j tion of any paper in the State, and is second in ; this respect to but few papers in the South ; it i thoreforc offers great udvintnices to business men and others, whose interest.i require publicity. j ONE SQUARE of 13 lines, solid Nonpareil, each insertion, 05 cents, aud for each additional line 5 cents. COMMUNICATIONS of personal interest will i be charged as advertising mutter. , Orders from without the city to publish Adver- : tisements, Marriage Notices or Obituaries, will i nut be attended to unless the cash, or an accepta- j ? bio city reference, accompany the order. i . ?SS^ On all bills of $50 und over, 20 per ccut j \ discount is allowed. South Carolina Bank Bills tuken in pay- [ ment for subscription to the Mercury. j Charleston, July 1861. 1 Jil FM THEES ! FOR SALE AT THE |. ' " Georgia Nursery," ! \ Near' -A."ugusta, Ga. \ ?l V JjlLiTijjta G-ftxrnrycriT? THE Subscriben offer for salea fino lot ol ,' .JHAFTED YOUNO FRUIT TREES, cou sicting in purl of 20,000 APPLE TREES, one and two ? years old, and from Bec tu eight feet high, among which are sixty of the best Southern varieties. i '| 15,000 PEACH TREES, one yo*r old, j of ver}* thrifty growth, forty varieties of which j ripen in succession (rom early June to November. ! 5,000 PEAR TUEES, thirty varieties, ' all ol which are on Quinen roots. 15 varieties of PLUMS, ripening in succession i 1 through tho summer. Also. APRICOTS, KEC- I TARIN ES, ALMONDS, FIGS, GRAPE CUT- ? TINGS. STRAWBERRY PLANTS, ASPARA- ' (> US ROOTS, ?c., ic. Ever blooming ROSES [1 und Ornamental Shrubbery. Our TREES will compare favorably with those | ' of any Southern Nursery, and wc willsell us cheap 1 as any of them. We take great euie in parkin;; i ! them in Moss and Straw, so that they may be j shipped safely to any part of the Southern Si ites. ! ' Descriptive und Brice Catalogues sent gratis to : all applicants. Address FLEMING 4 NELSON. ; 1 Augusta, Ha. 1 : October 8th 3m. 40 ? 1 Columbia. S. C. ! J FOR M E R L Y 0 F K E N T V C K Y. i ? Is prepared t.? lill orders to any extent in ; J ENG HAVING AN? PRlXTINti BANK NOTES. BILLS OF EXCHANGE, j \ ,tc., Sic, Sic. M ENGRAVING UPON STEEL OR STONE. | j Large supplies of BANK NOTE and other I , PAPER wilt be kept. Columbia, Au.1 1 3m 31 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, LY ORDINARY. J. D. R. Miller. Adm'or Applicant, ) VJ. \ Henry Miller and others, Defendants. J WHEREAS, J. D. Iv. Miller. Administrator of ! j tho Estate of Elizabeth li. Milter, dec1,]., j r has applied tn mc, hy petition in writing, praying ! v that a part of thc proceeds of thc Real Estate of j the said Elizabeth F. Miller, dee'd., may bc paid j , over to him, to satisfy debts against said Estate; j " and it appearing to my satisfaction that Sion Mil- ! " 1er and the children nf Nancy McCarty, deceased, ' ?| (names unknown.) Defendants lu t!:is case, reside j beyond the litui's of this State. They ure there- i fore required lo appear at the Court of Ordinary t. be holden ul Edgelield C. H., for Edgclleld Uta- ? triet. on Saturday ibo 23d May, A. D.. ISC3, to show cause, if any they can, why a portion ol'the proceeds of the salo of the Real Estate of Eliza beth F. Miller, deo'iL, sold by mo for Partition and division, should not bo paid over to the said J. D. R. Miller, Administrator, to liquidate the debts against said Estate, or their consent to the j ? .-ame will bo entered of record. | ?j . liven under HIV hand and seal, this tho 23d j ai dav of February,'A. D. I8?3. : ni " W. F. DURIS0E, 0. E. D. j tr Feb 23, ISCS. 3m S . w Notice. J ALL persons having claims against the Estate of 'fowles Allaway, dee'd.. aro notified to j II present the same ou or before 1st January ISM ; $ and those indebted to said Estate will please pay j up by that time, us I dwire to muko a final settle- j " meut on that day. JOHN ATTAWAY, Adm'or. ; Fob 2 3t 5 j Notice. I . ALL persons having domands against thc Es- j ! tate of Moses Holston, dee'd., aro rcqaeated I ti? present them properly attested to tho Suhscri- j? ber, on or be'ore the Otb day of May next, und ?. those indebted to said Estate ure requested to pay it. up by that day, us ii iiual .-ctllemen: of auld Es- 1 X tate will be niuJe in the Ordinary's Onice ou that ' day. WILSON 1I0LST0N> Adm'r." n, MurC St 10 1 lion "Velvet ILS, THREE-PLY AND INGRAIN 3SS *3P 5? * LTTERSS, JUST RECEIVED. CE ABD MUSLIN CURTAINS oops, Tassels, &c. SHADES, ?LOTHS, MATS, MATTING mmm%3 is,. for sale by BAILIE! & BRO.) S, 205 UKO AD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. tf 37 SAVE THE PIECES ? ?RAVK commenced the business of Purchasing EUR CASH, O LU? SCRAP IUO.\, Old Iron, of Every Description, CAST AND WROUGHT. I can bc foun.l near the Hamburg Bank, where I am prepared to receive auy. amount of OLD [RON that may be brought, i will he ready also to pay tho CASH fur it. Aa " Economy is Wenlth," every Farmer, Black smith, ?lill Owner, and Housekeeper eau furnish some; und cs the Southern Confederacy is in great need of Caution Ball."', and other articles made of Iron, we should do all in our power to promote our canse. I will abo buy Old Brass, Pewter, Copper, Lead .And Zink, And Pay the CASH for the same. Aleo, COTTON AND LINEN RAGS, ' HIDES, JJ EES WAX AXD TALLOW. Persona bringing Produce to this place and August:), can easily bring along some of the articles in tlieir wagons. A. A. B. SOUTHALL, Agent. P. S.-No articles will be receiued from Slaves, or "White Children, uuless with a written permis sion. Hamburg, S. C., June 2, ?S62. tf 23 THE SOOTH GABOLOriAI, PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, " AT COLOMBIA, S. C. . . . FRANKLIN GAILLARD, EDITOR. AND THE COLUMBIA SANNES, ,1 WEE KL Y F AMIL Y PAPER, rriIIIS is the largost Family Paper in the South JL and is offered to the domestic rircle for NEWS and POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Tales and Stories which are offered to the readers of the Banner are thc efforts of Southern llcnius, which it is a pleasure to foster. Original Sketches, Literary and Seien ti lie Essays, und Mis :cllnneous Selections, n gularly luako their u\> icuranee in its columns SUBSCRIPTION-Da.' . $0; T-i-Wcekly. $4 ; Meekly $2 per annum, in advance. All Papers topped when subscription expires. lt. W. G IB OKS, Proprietor. Onlnmhia. .Tnlv 1KR7 r> 50 PHE SOHTHEHH BBABDIAH A Political and News Journal, l'i nL?SilED Af COLUMBIA. S. C. Daily, Tri-We??tly and Meekly. BY C. P. PELHAH. 'ERMS.--DMi.V. TIN-WKKKT.V, ?? : WEEK LV, $2, a tear. Payment invariably in advance. I^niS JOURNAL, now entering upon itsthirl year under the present proprietor, is rapidly xtonding ?ls circulation and influence. Founded ind cotidii?te.l upon the principles of State Rights, 1 enjoys the reward of putdic confidence end cn ighteued approval. Entirely independent, in its uuoagement, it has stood with unwavering conli leuce, und found ness, integrity a.r,4 consistency if its principles. Through evil report na well us brough IMM.,1. its voice has Itecu heard in defence >t'the 1*0 U AL TTY of thu Sont h : ?ts counsels un.- ever been und aro fur RESISTANCE to the tri.ugs attempted to be put upon us hy a section al innjoritv. The SOUTHERN GUARDIAN looks for sup ?>rt to the State and section whose rights, honor tod interests it has faithfully espoused and uiain ained. Columbia, July ISSI. tf 29 BLISS' DYSPEPTIC REMEDY! [T is customary now-a-days for thc proprietors und propellers of p it.t.t medicines to array tefore the public eva in the mort glowing clor?, ?i-cmiii- of miraculous cures, and at the same ?mc complain ot the poverty of tho English lan guage na being Inadequate tn convey ideas that ?ouhl du justice to their nani icu I preparation?. N"o;v the proprietor of the above-named prepara ion don't intend to pursue any such course, but ? ill be conten? lo say, candidly, to the people, vii::: l i- preparation has done and will do. Tao )YoPKI'TJC REMEDY needs no such propping ip l?y :;t y such cunningly devised fables. JlLI?S DYSPEPTIC II EM EDY* is the only reliable prc laratton now before the people for ALL DIS EASES OF THE STOMACH, and those other tiseascs that have then origin in diseaso of that irgan. It has a^ain and nguiu cured when all ither preparations have failed. Its merits have ?cn discussed Ly physicians in counsel. It has feen been pre judged and thrown aside hy phy ieians and consigned to tho tomb of quack huin ugs, and afterwards restored to more congenial lime on terra firm.i, to bc administered to their rorn-nut and oxhnustd patients, and with the !OST PERFECT SUCCESS. It has been tested nd rc oromendod^by. thc most eminent physicians f thc country, and one and all who have thor u"hly tested* it in good faith, aro unanimous in ts praise. It will CURE THE WORST FORMS o DYSPEPSIA, Liver Disease, Constipation, .ND A GREAT MANY OTHER DISE AS having their origin in Disease of the Stomach F->r the above mentioned diseases, it is a sov rcign remedy, and will not fail in effocting a ure if the patient is not too penurious to perse ore in the taking of the Remedy. If one pack ;e don't cure you, try another, and still another, nd rest assured it will not fail in accomplishing il that is promised. Ami another thing you ay rest assured of, that you cannot take it long ?thout seeing and feeling that it lin? already be nn to benefit you ; and if so, i-intinue taking it igulurlv, anil follow out all thc directions-and ail WILL SOO rv BE WELL AGAIN. Tho REMEDY is for salo by Dr. C. W. A J. B. ODGES and E. M. PENN, Edgeticld, S. C., at 2 per package. .luly_24_tim 29M STRE ?f?T?ENLW BITTERS, Ol' CHEAT VALUE. MEDICATED WHISKE? ! -o ? Prominent Ingredients. DOGWOOD, WILD [TERRY and POPLAR BARK, have an esUh.' died reputation as medicinal ag.-nts, and aro of lemselvcs its best commendation. Prepared by J. DENNIS, M. D.. Augusta, Ga,, id sold in this town by E. M. PENN. Aug 6 *3t