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C. wednesmytapril 13.1 Apprentice Wanted.?Wanted at olico n lad of about 11 years of a pi learn the Printing business, lie will boarded in our own family, and bis el >t furnished Mm fieo of expense. We also endeavor to instruct him in reading writing, lairly application must be in We pay our letters ami have freqm ly requested our correspondents to do <ut!pP? yet, riot withstanding our reqit Bhfr mid yp>re than that, the law on the .? W* j*f, fl better was sent us last week fr Wolf Pond, N. C., l?y a subscriber, quttsTing us to change his paper to l . cf* / 1 f it. n omce, tor wincn v.o nau to pa) live < (. Tlie Post Muster at Wolf Pond L? t.i 1 tor bs on t ho look out or lie will gut i ? - ,, lr;"' 'A 'rrt^"ir 1 of 'aw wont even if llii* is a free country. ? ?*Iw? MEv * A Madera Byron. An eJilor sometimes meets witli i poetical effusions from ardo.it young J era. The following concluding lines, fr a jDoom we received the oilier day, i L , 6erve as a sample of what kind of tr< we are occasionally bothered with, give it vsrl/itim ct literatim ct punet tim. He run lie run like one <1 alracted say o true liOve I liaio Coiue too late She p'.a her too Black eyes upon hhn her Tore it flew round Ilia hurto saying I hope to meet vm o S on jk When all om Joys will bo complete picked up that bloody weapon and plrte. thftoliwh " Hid ton lor hart saing lot this be a ?lr<If , fi: ! Warning to all that dos trulovers pari Brother Editors can any of y w'.V * p >oU beat oi?r Lancaster Byron 1 fortune Telling As there is not much commercial or Illicit I ncwain the papers. we publish IT our iosido from, an articlo under the < tion of "The Victim of Fortune Tellii jp.;. Those who road this article, inay look Bfer <nit as truth. We caro not who the person is, ofl * strong a mind Us may be possessed, after an intorviow with a fortune-tcllor, I*; mind will be unbalanced. Uo avers |KL told him circumstances which ore ti and in spite of his better reason, ho pis | a certain degree of conQdence iu the severs lions of the infamous impostor jLf Mai We are induced to make these remarks, hoy from llio fact that tw .? or three weeks ago, hat n paily Gipsies passed through our town ows ami it we are to believe reports, several of the our citizens were most egregiouslv hum* irk- j bugged. Now we do not know if these I reports be true, but we have heard that """" some persons paid the Gipsev fortune-tel| ler as high as fifteen dollars, to have their fortunes told. For the honor of our cit I i/.oi s, we hope these reports are oroncous. , Three bundled years ago, when Queen ?; j Elizabeth and the nobility of England, " s? j wore wont to consult the celebrated im . ' postor Dr. Dee. the thing was not t.i l e 1st i wondered at ; but in this enlightened age, lent ^ XVft are forced to say, that the man who ! would give a travelling Gipsny $1.5 to clor I have his for tilde told, is little hotter than i Don Quixote, when lie engaged in bittle ner. with a wind mill. !arr. I ? - ? ? > Hay j Business Notices. | \Yi> direct attention to the advertise* 1 ment of Dr. Francis L. Zenip. We have }.00 T''^rvhased medicines from Dr. Z-nnp, and i.75 in every ease have found them to he of VOO (be most excellent rpia'iiit*s. Dr. 7. s a ).00 practical Chemist,ami hi> compounds w ill he found as he represents them. Our Wih r / ? ^ j iMciiun ainni'u ii? L'i? /-?ciiij? un?l tl,e'r rniwn?g?. ork, Do you like cur^v linir ? The poets speak of ' waving ringlets." The advertisement of II. A. Fremont, in this paper, is deserving of your attention, if yen <ieress . v , . as sue to prouuee the reality of the poet s dream. nee nuc Those interested should notice lho ad'rertisement of the ordinary in this paiiev I,riPcr ml dressed to Gnaidians, Jio. Iu'r The Charleston Merchants and "Hard . Times." her :,n(r An article appeared some time ago in ion, tho Dlack ltiver (Sumter) Watchman, in<r w^?c'1 '? refcring to t!?c large numher of rc? cases returned in that district (1200)con\ma eluded as follows : tmrm 4 The number of eases would have been comparatively small, it Charleston and Northern Merchants u ere not so urgent in their unreasonable demands. It is remaikable that the merchants of Clonicston arenas deeply implicated as any others. We had expected better things. In future ultimate as well as immediate interest will be consulted. The Greenville Mountaineer transferred the article to its columns, and the Spartanbnrgh Express appears to bo rather indignant that such an article should have emennted from a South Carolina journal, and that another, l>y copying it, should thus testy fy its approval, s Now, although uot desiring to incur the displeasure of the Express, xve are > bound to say, that we think tlie Watchman speaks about right. Of course we do not consider cur/elf competent to coI .1.1.. /.M I t l t e .. . | iii? im: ciuici uni^ s u c"ou;m :?v iaci?> i substantiate the opinior. formed. 5?J? ^ cannr,t he supposed, that wc are coil - . | versnut with a!! cases which come before this the tribunal of Lancaster. I'y accident " ^' though, we learned of olio, during out l:?st lies ' L'uurt, which wc think does not speak so will! favorably of the leniency of Charleston merchants. Now the case, gentlemen, ado .... . is just tins: A merchant in this dis'.iict was iiuiebt to a Celiarleston house, for a the comparatively small auiount, for which as 0<;j j is Jie custom, he gave his note, payable ub- 1,1 S'N ,,50Jdhs. It it true, when Ih-lutn jm | day came, the note was due hut it was He. I only due a >h"il time previous. We do ],.,t ! "',l helicvc the Charleston merchant ever nts j so h "?-s '*<luntied" the Country tner i chant, hut at once sent the note to a law>(.f j * nto ' - or* * lawyer did not inform oui friend j > i l!iat the note was in his possession for colj lection, but on return (lay had a sum />ro I served on him. lie \v?.nt and paid the note, together with t!ie cost. We need ...... 1 ?ot comment on the matter,but will inere.11 e i or- ! ]y observe, that it was very unkind ; that om co,"'non courtesy demanded a more genV||. crons notion. The house in Charleston isli vvo know, to cur rertam knowledge, to he We possessed of ample menus. UQm j The former editor of the Express had unjustly accused us of endeavoring to pre judice the minds of country uierchants a'"3 gainst Charleston. This is all gamm?u, ?Ct; wo are a native of Charleston, and would like to see her the first city in America.?* n* It is from our solicitude for lici welfare, that we have, on former occasions, and oti the present occasion, pointed out her mihe ' ciJal policy. 1 * " pnuunNtPtTinw *d. uujiiwuiiiuniiuii. i /?r the Lancaster Lt4f*r. our To JjAitoabtkr : Keanccted Sir:?H iving observed in ? ; the Ledger of the 4tli inst., a communion' tion in relation to our into Court, from po-1 which it would seem that jour chaste on nnd delicate eais trera pained hy the lap- "blackguardism" and "profanity" of the ng." Bar oir that occasion; and for one, not l?e ujr , nrg ??11111iu siiuji't'i juur rxucmn^ tuni tier and delicate nerve# to further autferiow ing and torture, I would hereby most resvet poclfully and humbly notify you, that 1 his liavo a caso on the docket for trial at the sho approaching 6c**iou of our extra Court, rue, viz: Kenningtrn vs. Kensington, which, ices froia ila very nature, tcerus and abound* a*- with the most revolting abacenity and profanity. And now, w*pected air, after this notification on our part, tendered ir> a spirit of kindness, should you think propI per to honor the Bar and Court with youi honorable presence, I trust no further censure or blame may be attached to us. With profound sentiment of the high| est personal regaid and esteem, I re| main Vo?r most obedient, humble servant, .1. (JAUA CIIAT. Laneastervillc, April 10, 1855. | correspondence; Philadelphia CorrespondencePiiii.adsli'iiia, April 11,1855. The celebration of Raster and attending holidays, was ob.-e-ved with the usual ' ceremonies in our ehurehes. The rigid I observance of the law prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday, however, prevented j the lovers of egg-nog from indulging in their favorite Raster S'undav tevernire, | e ' I and they looked very weo-begone in convenience of tins denrivation. Some ol , ill" nn-st devoted lovers of the ardent liave commenced a system of providing against tlic ligors of t!ie day, by carrying juivato bottles in tlio inside breast po.'kvts of their coals. In tliein they inacit hollow gutla-perch a tubes about one and ; ft li:df feet long, and without exhibiting j the bottle, exemplify their 'knowledge of ; the philosophical principle of suction by i conveying the liipior by that channel to [ their parched throats. Kven their friends are accommodated in the way. l?y .standing closely together, the tube* is long enough to enable its owner to adininistei consolation to his associates. Hie sight however, saddening to the reformer, is rather amusing in itself. The arrange ment is called tlio "fall grown iufaii't milk bottle." The body of a woman, wiih her throat cut from car to car, was found in the woods near Hranchtown, in the Twenty second Ward, on the 8th inst. The deceased was about 25 years of age, proba My of German origin, Ik-side her was lying a razor, closed, and with no marks of blood upon it; a bottle, half full of laudanum; and the sheath of r knife, 14 inches long. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict that the deceased caino to her death by the hands of sonic persons unknown. The nolice are busily engaged in trying to detect the author of this horrible murder. It is said she was seen going up the road leading to the wood, a few hours before the murder, proceeded by two men apparently Germans, who are supposed to he the murderers. Since writing the above, I have learned that the body has been recognised by .la' cob Scblegel, a blacksmith, as that of his wife. He is a gcrtnan, entirely unable to ; speak English, has only been a few years in thiscounlty. It appears that the couple were Catholics, and had been mariied by ; an Alderman, and that some persons had I i i . . ? -i | ulhmi ia!i?ii*Hvi>ruig m v/jMiair iiiein cm iiic pretext that a marriage not solemnized by ' the 1'riol was void an ! illegal. S>'Illegal has since been nrresle.l and | 1 lis lodging have been searched without | liinling any tiling calculated to excite sus| jiieion against him. The whole allair is slili shroid-.d in great tnjstciy. A shiji recently arrived here fiom Calj eutta having on board a large elcphan", i comfortably honsed on deck, and people can therefore have a sight at the genuine j article gratis. A young elephant, only a ' few months old, was also originally a i passenger on the vessel, but died of seaj sickness. The I'enasj lvatiia Senate lias passed the hiil prohibiting the granting of tavern j licenses after the 1st of July next, and on j ly allowing liquor to be so!J by licensed vendors in quantities of one quart or more, with the provision that it is not bo drank I upon tl.e premises where it is sold. 1; ' therefore, does awav entirely with the ! bar-room system. The proprietors of the Ledger have re i cently been cast in a libel suit for the sun > of $2000, for publishing ns a matter o news, a statement of the misconduct of an I einidovce noon otic of the New Jersex | Unihouds. I A rami named J unes G. Damnnd wa? ' recently put on trial in the U. S. Circuii j Court on a charge of slave piracy. (wliivl j is a capital ptlVncc under the laws of Cor.' jjroM,) by landing slaves from the *hij Grey Eagle, upon the coast of Cuba. lli< counsel plead in abatement of the indict inenl, that it did not contain his rea name, which was Samuel Nicholas.? Another indictment must therefore la sent to the Grand Jury, and the trial wi! be deferred until next Fall. v?HH i.'litt* n * VMIV VI lll^ | ? ' Hew York Correspondeooe. New V'onK, April 11, 1855. Mr. Editor: Fernando Wood, our present effieien Mayor, appear* determided to enforce al nil the stringent laws which have b?*er enacted, lie moete, of course, with oppo sition, and many convicted are'promulga ted against him, but Fernando Wood it not the man to bo intimidated by such tri tliog circumstance*. Tho disturbers o the peaco of the city, may expect but lit tie sympathy cr eonce?ions from our pre* I ?-nl Mayor. Ho is prepared to carry out a!! his designs, and if money be required | ho would not hesitate to use his private ! funds. Mayor Wood is said to ho wortli about half n million of dollars. One ol his last acts is the requirement of pink shop keepers to pay 25 dollars for license, which is intended as a fund for the poor of N i\v York. Darjuim, of pill notoriety, is erecting a ; magnificent hotel on Broadway, at the | corner of L'spenard Canal and Broadway, j It is said the building together with the 1 furniture cost hiin $500,000. I Last Words of Nicholas about the United States. England and France. The N. O. Bee publishes the following | passage from a letter addressed to an emI incnt foreigner, now in that city, by a | Russian friend, residing in St. I'eteiwhiirg. ' The Bee says it m iy he regarded as enI titely nnthentio. The view- of the dying j Czar, in regard to A nerica and thefuttue j of England and France, will n >l fail to , | an? st the attention of the reader. Sr. Pktick nt'ttc, I eh. 1855.? BcPee j my letter reaches you, you will prol ably have received intelligence of a loss that j will spread a gloomy veil over all Russia; l for the death of such a man is n blow that not only strikes his own country, hut resounds from the shores of the whole i .. 1 r 1?. ? .. t 1- I . ? i muimi. 111 11v msi truer i him 1101 11art' openly declare what we wore expecting ! from day to day, 'or me were unwilling j to accustom our hearts to an idea which ! our minds were i 1U0 of conceiving. ' ? ! The last of our Czar ar<- a whole century in the history of Russia, end will never be forgotten I y tT.? -i who witnessed then;. ; Ho not imagine that he was exasperated j with his foes. Quite the contrary ! I tit j partially, like a prophet, lie gazed upon the present situation of the different Eu. rojieati powers, and predicted the future < with the accuracy of one who looks far j beyond the present. "England," said he, "has reached her culminating point cither for life or death. One thing alone may save her, and that is a f;eo confession, not only hy the government, but by the whole aristocracy, made to the people, that they have been absurd from first to la^t, that the Cro.vn is unable any longer to maintain its power and that the people must rise and unite together as one man, to save the honor and preserve ?the independence of the country. A candid acknowledgment of the truth may even now save England, if her coriiipt aristocracy cin be brought to the stool of confession. France, on the contrary, can maintain hetself only by falsehood and deception. The Emperor may proclaim to his subjects that he governs and influenced the affairs of all Eu; r< pe, that not a shot can be fiied without i Ids permission, and that France is the first ' ! power in Europe; but a single shock, one ! speech of .a demagogue, m.a v overthrow i him and dniken the star ol Napoleon forever. I have offered him my hand, the hand of reconciliation, but ho has refused it. lie whiidics to avenge Moscow upon . me, an I St. Helena upon Etiglau I. Short j sighted man, who seeks to avenge the sins of the father-* upon their children! A* ' f.?r Germany, Austria ami Prussia, they .. . I I . . * ? , "ouiu ni?i imjw c\hi, ii i nail iioi ftuveu ', them, ulivii lhc\ crouched at my feet >ix years ago; tliov think to strengthen them selves, in the mighty ru'rccl*? between die 1 other nations of Knropo. I>ut they nevei , have Wen ami iiejir will l<c more than secondary power*, satraps holding author1 ity by tlu* clemency of my Ibni?e, or by j permission ol tlie Western Powers. Yet j one connotation is left to me in the midst 'of all this ingratitude ami villainy, ami ' hat i* the silent sympathy of that high heaiteil people on the other side of the Atlantic, the only hearts in which I hear I ... I an echo of my struggles against united ' i Euro}*. Never have I forgotten th< smallest kindness shown tonicity the " i least of my subject* ; let my children nov ei forget, what we owe to Amciica, and J if ever an l our of danger darkens around the I'liion, let her find a faithful ally ir ' : my family." l lic.se words may I?e of interest to you ' iny frieml, because you aro now living amongst the Americans; and I inontior them, knowing that your sympathies hav< ^ ; bound you to n foreign land nenily half? century. One learn* to recognize his triu ' ' friends in 'lie hour of danger, and yoi ' may rely upon it, that as long as a liom j nnotl sits on Russian's throne, t'.ie Amer * ican States will never need a friend. The above, (says the Bee) is a fnithfu and almost literal translation from th< letter, which is written in German, by oik I of the nobles of CourUnd, residing in St Petersburg. From tho source whence wi received it, we have no hesitation in guar ' million- it* milli.-iifii-il v J *> -.......J. The Spanish Corte*. Sesaiov or March 8, 1853. t i During the Debate on tho ofganiaatlul I of tlie Cortes, 8cnor Serrano y Domin ) ! guez announced that ho had a queatior to put to tho Government, and the Presi . dent having declared tho d'neuuion aus i pendod? Senor Serrano y Domingo said: At f the periodical* hare spoken of a tory aor . rieus conspiracy discovered by lbs worthy . Captain General of the Wand of Cuba, I and llic subject is so urgent and so important that I liavo deemed it my duty to address tho question to the Govern ment, if tho President will permit tne to do so. The Minister of the State (Lnzuriaga) replied : Senors, indeed the Government of lier Majesty has received official notice of a conspiracy having been discovered on | island of Cuba, which might have been 1 serious had it not happily been discovered I in time; and the Government has now the satisfaction to communicate to the Depu| ties and to the country the assurance, that i the conspiracy will be suppressed; that the I public tranquillity, will continue entirely j undisturbed. It counts ipon the seuti: merits of loyalty of the population in gen* j oral, and upon the determination ol a part . of that population, to sacrifice their lives to maintain this integrity of terrilwy. ; Senors, isr this reason the Government of her majesty deems it expedient to make a call upon the patriotism of the Deputies. They sliould lose sight of the fact that in j , every question having reference to the Is- ! [land of Cuba, and of which we may all . i ultimately become dupes, and winch die- j I tales to us much circumspection and cauj tion \\lienorcr any matters having relai tion to that Island are discussed. The ptiticipal we have toguaid again!, is that j spirit which has sprung lip in a few turb' ulenl individua's of annexation to a neighboring Slate. 1>nt this would not be | dangerous in its tendency were it not as . sociateil with another idea?the idea of J ! its being ilie means of securing tlie con- | tiiiuiiucc of slavery in the island i-always ! ! present. It is not forgotten that the Ian- j ded estates ami their cultivation, which, , form the great wealth of that i>luiul, do- I pend upon sin very, and that when this ' principle is endangered, the holders ot ! propeltv must he alaiined. Sirs, it is necessary to bear in mind : one thing: that the island of Cuba can j liever cease to ho au integral part of the ' i Spanish territory hut by one of two mode.-: either by emancipation, which would be the complete extermination of all the Spanish and natives of the island who derive theiroiigin he 111 Kurope; or by annt xHiitn, and I v that, thorc who hold slavery in most abhors lice would not succeed , i i securing its extinction. I lor Majesty*.-. Govern nont, is resolved to maintain those treaties which prohibit the trade in nci grocs, with an assurance that they are, and will continue to be enacted rigoioiu. Iv and faithfully. Dut, sirs, hoi Majesty's j Governuieut are convi ,ced that slavery is a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the properly in the island of Cuba, and it Las been willing to anticipate the feelings of the Deputies by giving to tlioso nations and the property holders of the island the assurance th it it has not entered into the mind of anybody to touch | this principle. I trust, siis, that I h ivo satisfied tho j I just solicitude* of the Deputy on tho-e j branchcr I conclude by repeating that [ the G ivcinment has all the power neceaj sary to preserve that island, and that, for . greater security, it is about to send more forces, the first division to leave forthwith, and to be followed immediately by others. 1 I trust I ham said enough to tranquillise the miiuls of the Deputies. [When the Minister of Stale hail coneluded, a proposition was made that the ' Cortes should declare themselves fully sat[ isfiod with tho explanation given by the I Government; and, the question being taken thereon, it was decided unanimously in the affirmative.| [Nation d Intelligence. The Victim of Fortune-Telling. I nv MRS. M. A. DESI80X. I She was young and timid, you ran toll I ; that by tar slight figure an.I hesitating , j knonck. That puff of wind blows the . I torn veil aside?she is beautiful. Ilor forehead is white, very white, and her I j cheeks smooth, round and rosy. The I I ungloved hand tells of toil; the panting ( btgom of a long and hurried walk. The house before which she stands is low, nnpainted, neglected. A glared sign r with very yellow letters, distinguishes its * ontranee tayond the dwellings which surround it. And on that sign are the words t "fortune-telling hero." For a moment an , nnconibed, night capped bead appear* ( above tlie basement half curtain, ami then is ns suddenly withdrawn. The pretty girl grows resolute, rings the mouldy bell, and trembles at her audacity. I Rome moments elapse ; the door is n* , carefully opened just far enough to show , a hideous face ; then wider thrown, ??! mils the credulous unsuspecting girl. As , she enters, a bold, ra'lter handsome featured man, with an expression of reckless bravado, turns the street corner and moves cautiously to the place where she disappeared. His waist-coat is flashy, his dangling brass chain, his hat lipped daintly over the lefl eye, his entire lout tntcmi bit is that of a seedy fop. IIo leans a gainst the wall, draws down his hat, Colds i his arms, and with sinister smile socnia speculating. Mean while the simple-hearted country gir! has gone trembling through a I lonir. dark, unraatted oassaire. into a email, dirty room. Thero ?ho eiu with r chattering teeth, while the faded teg ; whoee feaUree preeenre not even (be dim > w ' y v outline of former beauty, shuffles across tlic uucarpeted floor for her spectacles, anil then shnfflea her caids. And now she looks in the pallid face of tc her visitor; muttering audibly hut not dh? ol linctly, and holding forth the enrds, keep- " ing still that dusky ere fastened on the ?J eye of t he girl. As the latter cuts the ^ cards, the ling mumbles.? "1 se, I 6ee; not married ; no?(nly eighteen ; first nauic Matty, second nmuo begins with (J. Home not in the city ^ ?father very cross?farmer; mother dead ?got no sisters?no brothers?plenty of money coming?'* "Why, how did yon know all that!" |r . . . c'ies the g:rl, with startling eyeballs, and 01 the cards fell from her hand*. ; d "My art, voting woman ; are not all j | the mysteries of the ful.ire, the realities j ?? of the past, known to inc l>v the secrets ! 11 r i?i * s: of iuy aril 11 Hut she did not add, "I have been told ( t< this by one who see'ts \our ruin and j ,sl she continues her vile tirades, promising ; fortune, faith and fidelity, love and mat- ( ritoony. "And now, young woman,'' she adds, holding out her skinny hand folder foe, "to prove that I have told 'l^Wruth? //d vmi love, nnd be vou'II marry Whether fortune come or lurry' Stands outside,and will meet you once more Oi. the threshold of this door. I < r.lct-s you, your 'i>cc is as rod ns a lose ; ,| won't ho get a pretty wife ? I guess o so" !' Willi a heart bounding, yet sinking the 1 J bewildered girl lifts the door latch, l'as- . S( sing rjuite unconsciously, and seemingly ' tl at his ease, walks the accomplished young roue, the object ot her thoughts for many a wakeful night. Catching hor faee with j ^ an inn<Ki nt surprise he springs towards I her, and on the threshold their hands . ... j meet. A p ur of tlu>ty, puttering eyes shine out in the dark entry beyond, and , the worker in iniquity chuckles fiendishly. That night is a hitter one. The j>oor girl, thinking herself hound by fate, and | guiltily lo\ ing one whom her grey-haired j father abhors, consents to the importunity of her lover. 1'ussion conquer* virtue, and the next day the old man bows his '! head in shame. IIis money drawer is ri fled, his soul is roblx?d?his daughter, the r most priceless gem of his love, has deserted him in his cheerless decline. Why repeat the oft told story of suffer- ? ing and repentance? Why add that the ( wily adventurer bail already a wife; that j, Ills cruelty bro e a loving heart; that the * girl, a shadow of Iter foruiemelf. returned 1 with the hectic of consumption blazing on u j Iter wasted cheeks ? Returned to sec a c ! poor old man borne out in his coffin to a grave of her own making; returned to linger through a few day* of wretchedness then to die a victim to the detestable w ilea of a hoary fortune-teller. J ri O, toting giri\ beware of these signs; j they are written over tombs?the ton.bs 1 of blasted reputations. Sully not your ' sou's by contact with the impure pander crs in t;vi'rj- <nr passion. 111 inese nays, j \\lii-ii woniunU modest v is outraged ami V [ broken down by women, when it is not ' ; Recounted a virtue to I e true, jos', forgiv- J' ! ing ami self denying, slum n! I example* ! that outrage morality and decency; I i frown litem down by your practice, and t tlicre w ill soon Ik* nothing to ilo for those I ' pests of our cities, fort:ino tellers, but to I " ' grow honest or to be shut between strong ' I - _ . n? , walls from dcceut society.? Boston Olive ', i Branch. I j Wanted Immkdi aiki.y.?Will some cf n ! our reader* benefit tlio rest of mankind, J by inventing some method to make truth ; , a* agreeable as falsehood, a receipt for* <1 praising a pretty gill without giving often co to bor old siiter; *omo wny of col- Jlecting a small debt without having to > earn llio money a second time at tlio at- I tempt;?Iiow to induce a constant render i of a newspaper to l?eoome a constant subscriber; a plan of editing a newspaper ) without being considered dull by the gid-, dy, frivolous by the "serious-minded," tn - ' ^ appreciated by three fourths, and cheated by the other quarter i ANNOUNCEMENTS Ma. HbiToa.?llcase announce Mr. Raleigh j Hammond *. ? a candidate Tor Tsx Collector. And nlilign, IIih Fribrm. 1 \K\V ADVKRTISMUNTS. ;i FRANCIS I,. ZK111". M.I). CAMDEN, S. C. DEALER /.V American, French and English Drugs, Medioines, Chemicals. Paints, Oils, < Varnishes, 1 D*I>?TUFFB, PERFUMERY, [ Soapt, Wittdow-Olaet, Surgical Intlru * tncnlt, Trnttet, China (>'oodt% Toyt, J and Fancy article9 ; Freeh GARDEN SEEDS; /nit, Pent, Comlt, Tirathe*, Scgars, Thomtonian Medline*, and all genuine and popular Patent Afrdieinet. AUKNT TOR Chrietiee GALVANIC CURATIVES, AMD Morehead's MAGNETIC PLASTER. MAxuracturcr, or BottM SODA or MINERAL Water April 10 'u, 10 Yin r S > 'j 3' XrftJS efjfiUst iti&BL > Mifc ' ,-vjyj ,2 "1:n 1 ft'trfl-Vn'(I TiWI NOTICE To Guardians, and so forth. Gusrdiaua Trustee#, Receiearaand CommitICS holding their appointment from the Court f Equity, are notified and required to tnuko id render their annual tetania on or before tho [>th day of May 1805. Kulca will be issued ptbist all default**. J. 11. W ITfTERSPOON, c. r l. p. ancaster C. II,, April 16,1855. 1<??8t pra fee, ft 60 SOUTH-CAROLINA, i LANCASTER DISTRICT. J hj James If. nil her spoon, Esqtttrt, Or- M dinary for said District. fl r*7HBRKAS Edward Awry hat ap? V pliod to me for Letters of Adminlaation on nil and singular the Goods Chut- J da. Right* nnd Credits of Dr. George IiCnidas .Mnssey, late oftltc District aforesaid, reensed, being hi* estate unadiiiinistcred. These nre, therefore, to cite nnd udinonisir s II nnd singular, the kindred and creditors f the said deceased, to be nnd appear beforo . lent our next Ordinary's Court for tho iid district, to be holdeunt Ijuienster Court rouse on the second day of May next, > show enu.se, if nnv? why tho said admin.i i t J 'i... 4 .J >1 I III I'lII nilWU 111 IM?l (113 L^lidltCU. i Given under toy hand and seal | L. fi. Mhis 1 Kth day of April, in the 1 ) vi'jir of our I.ord, one thousand i'.'lit hundred and fifty-five, and in the nov nty-niuth venr of American Independence J. II. WIT//ERSPOON, 0. L. I). Ap 18 t nr'a fee $3 sni:RIFFSSALES\ , 15y virtue of sundry writs of fi fa to io directed, I will soil liofore the Court louse d- or in Lancaster. on the 1st Monav in May next, within the legal hours funic, all 1 lefts Interest, in and to one nndred acres of land, more or less, ndlining lands of Jus. Gardner. Purling inrdnor, and others; levied on and to ho aid as the property of Ilngli Gardner, at lie suit of Lewis Phillips and others. April 9, 1855. $176 Also, mi the same day. within the leal hours, one Negro Woman called ?eady ; levied on and to he sold ns t'te ropertv of II. II. I'riee, nt the suit of Juntlian Knight and others. Conditions (.'null, etc. Apiil 9, 185f>. fl 76 J. I). If.WLE, S. L. D. THE GREAT DISCOVERY. KRO LLERJON. For Curling the Hair. For many years it lias been the object of cepcxt study with chemist' anil others, to proUCo a fluid that, applied to the hair, would cause to wave and curl equal in beauty to the natual curl. THE K ROLLER ION. * the only article ever offered to the world that ill efTeet this most desirable object. Rut three r four application* are necessary to curl it as luch as may be desired, snd for any length of me. From the many teatimouials of those who avo used it the subscriber doe? not Imitate to arrant the Krollcrion to give satisfaction, and ifov# as recommended in all cases The recipe for making, with full directloa for *e, will be sent on the receipt of one dollar, ost paid. The ingredients will not cost over 11 cuts. Pireect to^ II. A. FliEKMONT. Warren, Trumbull Co. O. Ap 18 '65 prefer, $10 10 Sni. NO IV HEADY!!! THE CHE SLAVE OF THE LAMP!! nr WILLItw NORTH, Who w ill exchange old Lamp* for now!" [.frah'dN Nigh!* Kfltrrt<um>untt. The posthumous woik of the late talented and nnorit?lfl niithor. whone rrrrnt nnrl nti?l?nclinl. y d? ?tli ha* awakened n feeling of general syminthy. It is o (took intense earnestness of purpose, till of ger.oial i?l? a.* and oiiginulity of thought, t has been looked for with eagerness for some nonths past, All who would learn the vlciasludo.a to wIjiob a man of genius is subjected, hould read this book. Bead tbeie Notioes of the PresentAn adiuirnble storv. How one pitiea and adticres the author. It enlists all the apinpathioa. [People's Advocate. The style is very similar to that of ths immerit I I'oe?full of mysticism legends, and the wonlerful." [\\ avert) Magazine. " 'The Slave of the#Isitnp' is an auto-blograd?y ol this gifted rnau, and will Uicrcfrwe be cad with much interest. [Organ. "This work is one of strange fascination, rhteh will chain the reader to iU pages until ic bus seen its very cloee." [Argue. Published in one volume, doth, price $1. II. LONG A BROTHER. 121, Nnfanu street, N. V. fy Copies mailed on receipt of the price.? tihlress as above. fs|>18 10] Attention the Whole, Hut more jxiriwulnrly tSe Citir.cn* of Lancaster and tlio surrounding Country. AVJLLIAM 1). MARKS, SOOT AM) SHOE MAKER Would reapectfuliy announce that i e bna tnkvii lite Shop formerly oc upied l>y Klovil At Son, ?|i?ri he w prowed to do t?ll work in lit* lino with neeltens mihI dispatch. All work warranted iltd price* moderate, for rath. WILLIAM D. MARM8. Feb. 28 St/. 1IEAD QUARTERN 9l*t Kc*. H. C. Militia. The 21 at regiment villi Parade at Iaocbatter Miurt House, ott Heturday the 19th of May neat, trmcd and ?quiprd a* the lew direct*, at 10 lock, a. m , for exercise aad rerkw; the Bee to >c foniicd precisely at 19 o'clock. The cootniadoned and rmn-eommireioeed tdktw and i(oncers to attend the day previous at 11 o'clock or drill and instruction. By order at If. ? IWR, OoL tint. Krf't, 8 0. M. J. N. Ceortarr, Adjutant. April ?th Ifc a A. 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