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?Straws.;*. . -, -ZJLJZ: ITV , tettgaargafatt ?SwHgaf A JURYMAN'8 STOBT. s j . _ - , i j 1 Wo nod boon out twenty four boura, and stood cloven toouo, The baso was avery plain one-at least we elevon thought so. A murder of peculiar ntrooity had been committed, and though no oyo had witnessed the deed, circumstances pointed to the priso ner's guilt with unftdliug certainty/ The resonant juror had stood out from tho first. Ho acknowledged to cogency of proofs, confessed his inability to reconcile tho facts with defendant's innocence, and yet, on eve ry vote, went steadily for acquittal. His conduct was inexplicable. It could not result form n look of intelligoooo ; for, while ho spoke but little, his words woro woll "ohoson, and eviuoed n thorough understand ing. Though in tho primo of manhood, his locks wcro prematurely whito, and his faco woro n singularly sad sud thoughtful expression. Ho might be ono of those who entertained ecruples as to thc right to inflict tho death ponalty. But, no, it was not that ; for, in reply to suoh a suggestion, ho fraukly admit ted that brutal mon, Uko the vicious brutes they resemble, munt be controlled through f?ai, ?md that dread of death, tho supronio terror, io, iu many cases, the-only adequate rostrai'.t. At the prospect of another night of fruit less.imprisonment, bc bogan to grow impa tient, oud expostulated agaiust what seemed au unreasonable captiousness, and somo not over kind remarks wcro indulged in as to thc impropriety of trifling with tm oath like that nuder which wo woro neting. " " And yet," tho man answered as though oommuuing with himself rather than repell ing tho imputation, "it ?3 conscience that hinders my concurrence in a verdict approv ed by my judgment." " How can that bc ? queried several ol once. " Conscience moy not always dare to follow judgment." " But herc she can kuow no other guido.' "I onco would have said tho same." "And what has changed your opinion '(" " Experience" Tho spenkev's tnnnucr was visibly agitated ' and we waited iu silence tho explauatior which ho seemed ready to givo. Mastering his emotion as if in answer t< our looks of inquiry, ho continued : "Twcntv^yoars ago I was a young man jus beginning Nfc. Few had brighter prospcots and none brighter hopes. " An attatchmcnt, dating from childhood hid ripened with its object. There hat been no verbal declaration and acceptanoo o love-no plighting of troth ; but when I tool my departure to seek a homo io thc distan West, it was understood, that when I lint found it and put it in order, sho was to shari it. "Lifo in tho forest, thqugh solitary, is no lonesome . Tho kind of sooicty afforded b; Nature deponds much on ono's self. As fo mo, I lived more in tho future than in th present, and hope is nn over cheerful com panion. " At length the timo carno for making th final payment on tho house which I ha bought. It would henceforth be my own and, in a few more months, my simple dwe ling, which I had spared no pains to rende inviting, would be graced by its mistress. "At thc lund office, which was sotuO'sixt miles off, I met my old friend, Gcorgo U*p* Ho, too, had como to seek his fortune in th West, j nnd wo wore both delighted nt tl: meeting. Ho had brought with bimjjttjfijah a cum cf money which ho dcsir?^^^mvei in land, on which it \cos his purpjj'fio to sc "I expressed a strong wish to have him fi a neighbor, and gave him n cordial invittVOT to accompany mo home, giving it as my b liof that ho could nowhoro make a bettor s lcotion than in that vioinity. " He readily consented, and wc set out t gether. Wo had not. ridddi marty mik when George suddenly recollected a oommi sion ho had undcrtakcnJgpr a friend, whit would rcquiro his uttpt?ancd|nt a pubUoSlnt .salo en tho following ct^ggpr " ISxocting promido thatno would not d lay his visit longer than nccccssary, and ha ing given minuto directions as to tho rout I continued my way homeward, while | tamed back. u I was about retiring to bod on tho mig of ray return, whon a summons from withe ' ehttebVo^tluito tho door. A stranger ask shelter for nt.to ltfi.and horse for tho night. " I invitod him in. Though a strongt his faoo soomod not unfamiliar. Ho w probably ono of tho mon I had seen at tl land offioo, a plaoo at that timo vory mut frequontcd. "Offering him a ?oat, I wont to seo Y howo. Tho poor animal as woll as I oou soc by tho dim starlight, scorned to havo bo hardly usod. His panting sidos boro witnc to moroUoss riding, and tromulous shrinkio ?M *t tho slightest touoh botokonod reoont fligl W "0? returning to tho houso, I found t T Btran'gor was not thoro. His absonoo oxoit no surprise j he would doubtloss soon retur It was a little singular, however, that should havo loft his watoh lying on tho ble. "At tho ond of an hour, my guop> not taming, I wont again to tho atablo, thlnkl ' he might havo found hts w*y thither to g hts personal attention to tho wants of horse* 7 "Beforo going out, from mero foroe habit-for wo wero os yet un infested by PP Mores or policemon I took tho p >['??? ' * ' , * t r rt'"l!gJl')!5.. BH?BH ?ltf?feiWMBife^StW ".(.t.U.."!J!JJ.lil'?L'il ' oaut?on of putting tho atrangor'e watch io a drawer in which I kepi my OWU^ valuables. "I^Qu^^e^pHeWl le/tXiuj, otjd.gavb him tho food wliioh ho was now sufficiently cooled to take, but hie wester wail nowhoro to be seen. . "As I npprooohco] the. hqaso a crowd of meu on horsobaok'dashed up, and i wita ?ora mao?cd, iu no geutlo tones, to "stand V.L In auothor moment I was io the clutohesfof those who oluimed mo ns thoir prisoDcr." ?I was too muoh stupofiod at first i: ?sk what it nil meant. I did so nt last, aud tho explanation carno, it waa terrible . "My friend, with whom I had so lately set out iu oompony, had boen found murdorcd ond robbed near tho ?pot at which I, but I alouo, know wo had separated. I wjuj tho last person known to bo with him, andTFwas now arrested ou suspicion of his murdor. "A scorch of thc premises was immediately instituted. Tho wutch was fouud iu tho drawer in which I placed it aud was identified as tho property of tho murdered man. His horse, too, was found i?^iy atablo for tho au imal I had just put there was nono other. I recognised him myself whou I saw him iu thc light. "What I aaid, I know aot. BIyeoafusiou Was tnkou as additional evidents* And when at lougth I did command lauguago to give an intelligible statement, it was received with sneers of incredulity. "Tho mob spirit is inherent iu mau-al loast in orowds of mon. It may not alwey! manifest itself iu physical violeuco. It sovuo timos contents itself with lynohing a ohar actor. Hut whatover its form, it is alwayi relentless, pitiless, cruel. "As tho proofs of my guilt, ono after au other carno to light j low mutterings gradual ly grow into a clamor for vengeance j aui but for tho firmness of ono mau-tho offico who had mo in ohargo, I would doubtloa havo paid the penalty of my supposed oflcuo ou thc spot. "It was not sympathy for mo that actuate my protector. His heart was as hard os hi office; but ho represented tho majesty of th law, aud took a sort of grim pride in his p< sidon. "As much under tho glance of his eyo t before tho muzzlo of his pistol, thc cowavdl clamorers drew back. Perhaps they wei not sufficiently uumcrous to feel tho full eflc< of that mysterious reflex influcnoo whic makes a orowd of men so much worse, and i times so much better thau any of thom siuj * * * * * * "At tho cud of some mouths my trial cam It could have but ono result. (Jircumstano too plainly doolarcd my guilt. I alono kne they lied. "Tho absence of tho jury was brief. 1 their verdiot I paid but little heed. It w n singlo hideous word; but I had long anti ipnted it, and it made no impression. "As little impression was made by t words of tho Judgo which followed it ; ai his solemn invoontion that God might ha 'that mercy upon me which man was to^ji to,vouchsafe,.f?otf?d'od Uko tho hollowest hollow mockeries,.; "It may bo hafd'for thc condemned crir nal to meet death ; but it is still harder I him who is innocent. Tho ono, when t first shock is over, acquiesces in his doo and givos himself to repentance; tho heart tho other filled with rebellion against mn injuslioto*cnn Booroo bring itself to ask parc of God. J'l had gradually ovcrcomo this feeling Spite of the good clergyman's irritating cffoi wi ich woro mainly directed towards anti ?ing confession, without whioh, ho assn tito, ho had no hopo to offer. ^uOn tho morning of tho day fixed for Moxcoution, I felt mensurenbly resigned. ?ad so long stood fnco to foco with donth, 1 i wo accustomed myself to look upon it a; I ^merely momentary pang, thnt I no longer ! *8oVioitous snvo that my memory should dny bo vindicated. "She for'wham I h?d gone to proper homo hnd'nlrcady fpitnd o ii o in jf lea von. ' tidings ojt^f?y calamity^11^ b'rakon her he Sho nlont?'rf-'nil tho-world beliovcd mo ii cent ; and she bad' clled with a prayor u her lipi th^'th^Ttrtfth might yet bc brou to light?3/ "All thia I hoard, and it had floothc* With sweet incens? my troubled spirit. Do howevor unwelcome tho shape, waa no' portal boyond whioh I could soo one ni (Waiting to rocoivo mo. . "I heard the sound of approaching i steps, and nerved myself, to moot tho ex ted summons. Thc door of my cell ope and tho shorii? and hie attendants entere. Ho had in his hand a paper. It was do loss ray doath wjtoyqw^V|jIIo bogan to rca My thougl^wer.o busy elsewhere Tho w full and /?cijpardon woro tho first to st my pro-oooupll^onsoa. Yet so it wai waa pardoned for no offenco I had over < mittcd. "Tho real culprit waa nono other, ncodlcBa to say, than ho who had sought abused my hospitality; had boon mor wouodod in a rooont affray in a distant bu&jbAd lived long onough to mako a di SQ^pHoh had boon laid before tho Go\ or barely in timo to eave mo from a shan doath, and condo mn ino to a oh^orlosa burdousomo lifo. "This is my oxperionoo. My judgn as yours, in tho oaso boforo us, loads tt ono oonoluaion, that of the prisoner's g but not loss confident and opparootly u ing was tho judgment pronounced upoi own." v Wo no longer importuned onr folio* j bat patiently awaited onr discharge oi >:'-j.'ii.i....a^!.jxrf.,j|,iji 'i tfjiAi>jJ?ijiri!^a?aft^ ground of inability to ?grce Which oauio at last; v . . , The p?1s6trof VfOB trtod and conylotcdota subsequent jorra, ,nnd, st-, tho last roomout, confessed his crime en tho scaffold. A Touching Btory. Tho following affecting narrative purports to have boen given by a father to his son as a warning derived from his own bitter expe rience of thc sin of resisting a mother's love and counsel : What agony was on my mother's face when that she had said and suffered foiled to move mo. She spoko to mo no moro until eke reached her own door. "It's sohool timo now/' sho said. "Go, my son, and onco moro let mo beseech you, ?hiuk upon what I havo said." "I shan't go to school," said I. Sho looked astonished at my boldness, but replied firmly : "Certainly you will, Altrod I ' I oommond you." "I will not," Buid I. "Ono of two things you must do Alfrsd either go to school this minute, or I will lock you up iu your owa room and kcop you there Uutil you promiso implicit obediouoo to wf\ wishes ia rho future." "I d*ro you do it," said I, as my mother laid her baud upou my arm. Sho trembled violently, and was deathly pale. "If you' touch mc I will kick you," said I in a fearful rage God knows I know not what I said. "Will you go, Alfred I" "No I" I replied, but I quailed beneath her oyos. : , "Thch follow me," said abo, as sho grasped my arm firmly. I raised my foot- "?b my son hoar mo"-I raised my foot aud kickod ber-my eaiutod mother How my hoart reels as thc torreut of momory rushes over mc I My mother made a few steps and leaned against tho wall. Sho did not look at me. I saw hor heart beat ugaiust her breast, "0 llcavculy Father I" sho oried, "forgive bim bo knows uot what ho docs I" Thc gardeuor just then passing tho door, and scciug my mother was pule and almost unable to support herself, carno iu. "Take this boy up stairs and lock him in his own room," and turucd off from mo. It waa a look of agony, mingled with thc most intense love ; it was thc ut.uttcrnble pnng from a heart that wus broken. In a mouicut I found myself a prisoner in my own room. I thought for a moment I would fliug myself from tho open window, but I felt that I was afraid to die. I was not penitcut. At times my heart was subdued, but my stubbornness rose iu an instant, and bado mo not yield yot. Tho pale faoo of my mother haunted mo. I flung myself on my j bcd and fell asleep. Just at twilight I hoards a footstep approach my door. It was myH^ ter. , pjy'hat shall I tell mother for you ?" sho ?BKcd. "Nothing I" I replied. "0 Alfred, for my sako say, for all our sakes, say you arc sorry. She longs to forgivo you." I would not answer. I heard her footstops slowly retreating, and again flun^mysolf on j tho bed to pass a wretched and rfarful night. Another footstep, slower and moro fcoblo than my sistor's, disturbod mo. "Alfrcdj imy son, shall I oomc in ?" ?he asked. I cannot tell what influonco operating at that moment, made mc speak advorso to my feelings. Thc gentle voice of my mother, that thrilled mc, melted tho ico from roy heart, and I longed to throw myself upon her nook } but I did not. My word gave tho lie to my heart whon I said I was not sorry. I heard hor withdraw. I heard her groan. I longed to call her hack hut I did not. I was awakened from an uneasy slumber by hearing my nnmc called loudly, and my sistor stood at my bedsido. "Get up, don't wait a minute-get np and como with. mc. Mother is dying I" I thought I was yet dreaming, but I got up mechanically and fojlowod my sister. On tho bcd, palo.aa marble, lay my mother. Sho had thrown hcrsolf upon tho bed to rest, and rais ing to go again to mo sho was seized with palpitation'^tho heart, end boroo to hor room. 4#<$ J O^hl?ot jteil you my agony ns I looked up on her-my remorse wus ton-fold moro bitter from $0 tptj'j[)lllX/ sno would never know it. I boliovcd myself her murderer.' < I foll on tho bod bosido lier-I oould -.not woop. j My heart burned within my bosom, illy brain I was on fire. My sistor threw her arms around mo and wept in silence. Suddenly we saw a motion of mother's hand5 her oyos unclosed. She had recovered her consciousness, but not hor specoh. Sho looked at mo and moved hor lips, I could not understand hor words. "Mothor I mother I" I shrieked, "soy only that you forgivo mo." Sho could not say with hor lip?, but hor hand prossod mino." Sho smiled upon mo, and lifted hor thin white hand; sho clasped my own within and cast hor oyos upward. Sho moved hor lips in prayer, and tims sho died. I remained kneeling besido hor, that dear form, till my sistor removed mo. The joy of my youth had left mo forovof. Boys who sputa a mother's counsel ; who ar? ashamed to^wjWthey aro wrong; who think it manly to rosist her authority, or re? fuso to yield to hor i nfl uenoo, bownro I Lay not np for yoursolvos bitter memories for fu turo years. VST State t^n^?"ir^bata inform? na ?hst Wm. Fitzgerald, ohtrged with the mur-, der of Loe Naige, j^-^o^^J^ii^'lSs beon arrested tn Arkansas.-Phonfy, .,.*,. ...... / . . 1 ; - OKA M?&* On Fridjay la?t, three convict? in Georgia carno to untimely emin--one wae kil led on ij?o Macon und Augusta Railroad bj having tho ernbarkuioot to fall upon him wbilo digging ; another died of euu-strOko and tho third was shot while attempting to escapo- One coroner inqucstcd them. On Sunday morning a difficulty oo curred near tho Four-M ile II0U8O (says tho Charleston Courier) bctwoon two mulatto mon, named Charles Jacobs and Juraos Seabrook, which resulted in tho death of tho lutter. A woman was tho cause. SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.-Tho rcoont*! exhibition of textile fabrics iu Cincinnati, it ra stated, shows that tho South is largely ox tending UH cotton manufactories. According to the latest reports, Georgia has forty-seven cotton mills; South Carolina, forty ; Missouri, twenty eovon ; Alabama, eleven ; Tcuurssco, forty; and there aro also many mills iu North Carolina aud South Carolina. Tho product generally is fine shirtings aud shootings, and tho spcciineuls exhibited at Ciuoinuuti com ?'tired ftnm^do with the goods from thc New iuglaod manufactojjc^ So importan t waa marriage oousidcrcd among the Spartans, that oolibaoy iu mou was deem ed iofaraous, ?nd by tho laws of Lyoui'gus,orim iual proceedings, might bo taken against those who married too lute or unsuitably, as well as against those who did not marry at all. Au old bachelor was stigmatized, sud obliged to walk naked in tho winter through thc mar ket-place, siuging a satirical song on himself. IIoNontNO Go?.-No mau honors God, uo mnnjustifios God at so high erato, as ho who lays his baud upon hts mouth ween tho rod of Qod is upon his back. #4* V "MAMMY 1" said a precious little boy, who, against his will was made to rock thc cradle of his baby brother, "if thc Lord liss any moro babies to give away, don't you take 'cm. "TAIN'T do whito', uor yot do black folks, dat bub do most iuQucnoo in dis worl', but do yaller boys," said old Aunt Chloe, as ?ho jingled a few gould coins that hud como dowu from a former generation.-Exohango CORN may bo sowu up to tho middle of July, or later; aud that which is uot uecded for grcon fodder should bo cut ?nd ou red fur I W tu tor uso beforo the frost oomcs. WK r was thc death of John Rog?n prefer ible to that of Charles I? Because a hot steak is better than a cold chop. "DON'T caro inuoh 'bout tho bugs," ?aid Mr. Swinko, "but thc truth is, I hav'nt got tho blood to Bparo." A TUA YE KKK .stopped at au inn a neigh boring village, and finding tho laudland and landlady fighting, cried out: "Hollo, who keeps this house ?" The wife replied : "That's just what wo are trying to decide." A CINCINNATI troasury agent caused him ?elf tobe locked up in a bank vault to escapo thc wrath of a tobacco dealer whoso factory ho had closed, and who was hunting him with a big whip. A countryman scuds thc following to tho Cincinnati Enqurier : "A Radical is a com pound, unconstitutional noun ; black in person, African in gender, desperate in case ; and is governed by negroes undor partisan rule, as one ignoramus governs another. A FRENCHMAN, wishing to spoak of ttho orcam of the English poota, for got thc word in bis enthusiasm, and said : "Tho butter of poets." An Englishman re marked that he had fairly ohurned up tho English language WORN was bcofstcak tho highest ? When tho cow jumped ovor tho moon. ^"FATHER," said a oobblcr's boy, as bo was pogging away at an old shoo, "they say that trout bito like every thing now." "Woll, well," replied the old geutloman, 'stiok to your work and they won't bite yon,' J. C. CARTER, INFORMS THE (TRADING PUBLIC, A Tl!AT HE HAS JUST RECEIVED AND IS CONSTANTLY RECEIVING FROM Hnltiaiaoi'0 and Charleston? OF THE LATEST STYLES AND REST qualities, comprising a select assortment of Dry Goods fy Groceries, HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, CROCKERY, DRUGS, DYESTUFFS, &e, Togotherwith every art ?clo usually kept in a gen eral Stook. ALSO, A good supply of the popular ATIIHN8 OA. YARN, all of willoh he proposes to soil at the lowest pownblo prices. I sell entirely for ?ASH OR BARTER^ Keep no Books, and th ore foro make noallowanco fbr bad debts. ?. Call and examine roy Stook and pri?es If you want bargains, aslant determined not to be ex celled by any ono, either in quality or prlcos. btoro fust door North of Ilk-moan's Hotel. vJuW-lP, I8<$ $ tf mi.memmi?? i?i.'j..i-itLi<iiiuiiLJLLj?tti Change of Sohodulo on Groenvillo and Columbia Railroad. ON and after Wodnesday, tho I2th Inst., tho Pnsseugor trains will run daily, Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Train on South Carolina and Oharlotto aud South Carolina Railroads, as follows : Leave Columbia, 7 00 a m Loavo Alston, 8 55 a m Loavo Newberry, 10 35 u ni Arrive at Abbovillc, 3 30 p m Arrivo at Audcvson, 5 15 p in Arrivo at Greenville, 0 00 p ni Loavo Oreonvillo 0 00 a in Loavo Anderson, 0 45 a ni 1 Leave Abbeville, 8 45 a m Loave Newberry? 1 25 p m Loavo Alston, 3 00 p m Arrivo uUColumbio, 5 00 p tu JAM KS 0. MEREDITH, General Superintendent. ' Jun. 21,1809_lil_ tf LEATHER HEATHER! rpiIE undersigned will keep constantly on band 1 a largo supply of EiILlTIlKII, comprising Solo and Upper Loather, iiarnoBB Loathor, Kip and Calf Skins, Of tho first quality ami bust tan. For salo, 01IKAP rou OAHU, ot my Shop, above Waller, Watson & Co. WALTER M. WOODIN, Agent. Feb. 10, 1809_10_tf_ E. R. STOKES, BLANK BOOK^I^JFACTOKY I'ttper Rullug i}sittl>l i * ii mc ut, Opposite ibo Pheonix nrmwlHcnnor Publishing House, MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C 1) LA N"K BOOKS of all kinds, such ns Sher > ill 's, Clerks', Judgo of Probate, County Commissioners, etc, junde to order und ruled tn any pattern, of tho ne*T PA Pill AND MATKHI ALS, with ur without printed headings ; nlso, paged or indexed, us required. Special attention given to the binding nf| Music, Poritulieuls, Law Books, und all other work. May 18, 1809 32 tf Piodraont Lifo Iti6uranco Company OK RICHMOND, VA. rpiIIS COMPANY ia baaed upon a paid up JL capital of One Hundrod Thousand Dollars, safely invested in Heal Kstnto, and during the fl rift seventeen mnnths of its origin lind issued about $2200 Polices, and had received an in come ol' about?3?0,000, a success never equaled, if roaohod, by any Company Iii the world. This Company insured, and paid promptly, the policy on the life nf General N. G. Evans. Call on tho subscribers, and secure a Policy at once, for "delays are dangerous." All of its Policios ave nun-forfeiting, .J. J. NORTON. Agent. WM. WARNE* M. P.. Medical Examiner. M. L. SHARPE. Agent nt Pendleton, S. C. ISAOO BRANCH, M. 1).. Agent at Large. Walhalla, Marci? 9, IS09. Wc refer to Gov. J. ti. Orr, Judge Murray, Hon. J. P. Reed. Gen. McGowan, Hon. W. D. Simpson, Rev. D. M. Turnor, Rev. H. L. Grier, and at least ono bundled from Abbeville, all of whom aro insured in this Company. 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A new Dart ram & Fanion Sewing Maohtno for 20 subscri bora at $3 each. Publication otlicc, SW UnoADWAV, New York. Pemorosl's Monthly and Young America logoib er $1, with tho premiums for each. Deo. 20, 1??8 21 ly Oirouletr. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BURKAU OF AdatcuLTORAii STATISTICS. Columbia, Juno 15, 1800.' THE attention of tho citizens of tho State is respectfully invited to the annoxed extracta from an Act passed at the rccont session of-thc Gonoral Assembly, ?md ratified on tho 10th day of March, 1869; and their cordial co-operation with tho officers chargod with the execution of tho law is earnestly requested. The enumeration of tho inhabitants is to fur nish a basis for tho apportionment of represen tation in tho next Gonoral Assonibly, in nooor donoo with Section 4 of Articlo ll of tho Con stitution, and tho necessity for its correctness will commond itself to citizens of all political viewa. In connection with this work tho statistics of tho agricultural productions of last year will be takon, nnd it. is eminently desirable that ?hov fdinnhl ho rr turned ns fully and intelligi bly' as ?ir?mnatan??s j,?r;"'"\, i" 0;V. pocted that they will furnish vnlunblo data in tho futuro agricultural history of tho State. HENRY SPARNICK, Com missioner. An Act to provide, for thc Enumeration of thc Inhabitants of thc State. * * * * * # * SECTION 3. That it shall ho tho duty of each and ovory person appointed to tako tho oensus by virtue of this Act to call personally on tho head or soino membor of onoh family in the County, or portion of County, for which ho or thoy shall havo boen appointed, and Obtain from suchheud of a family or member thereof* as aforosaid. tho numbor ?if persons contained in such ramily. and such other information as may bo requirod and directed by tho Commis sioner of tho Bureau nf Agricultural Statistics. SEC. 4. That each head or member of a fam ily shall, when summoned thoroto by the per sons appointed under this Act to taVe the Con ans nt nia, bor or thoir residence or place of businoss, make, on oath or affirmation, tl OOrr?flt roturn of all porcuna of whom his or her family is composed : and also report snell other infor mation to said census takers as may bo requirod bylaw; and tho porsons so appointed to toko tho oensus aro horeby authorized to admlnlator suoh eatha t and upon tho failure of any person to make cuoh returns or reports when requirod, ho orsho shall ho subject to a penalty ot twon ty ftvo dollars, to bo rooovored in any Court of competent jurlsdlotion. Juno 16, 1860 38 2 ?OSADALI8 Purifies the Blood, *?r ?ula by Pr^ggUm Kwrwhoio, *mtik ut ? j,, u. .,?>.-gcracrj., pa .mn mtm ? ai, IM IF ->*?'>! aim jM#aaai>^WKiBiHi THE) Merchants' Protective Union MERCANTILE REFERENCE REGISTER rglHE . MERCHANT'S PROTECTIVE UN* JL ION, organized to promoto and protect trade, by enabling ita subscribers to attain fa? cility and safety in tho granting of credits, and tito recovery of claims at all points, huvo tu announco that they will, in optcmbor, 1808, publish in one large quarto volume: THE MKRCUANTV PROTECTIVE UNION MKU CANTII.E REFERENCE REUisTKR,containingamong other things, tito Nnmos, Nature of Busiucss, Amount ol Capital, Finanoinl Standing, and and Rating as to Credit, of ovor 400,000 of tho principal merchants, traders, bankers, mana* facturera, and public companies, in moro than . 30,000 of tho cities, towns, villages, and sett!?* monts throughout tho Unitod tates, their tea* rhones, and tho British Provinces of Norfcb America; and embracing tho most importons information attainable and necessary to enable tho merchant to uncertain at ll glance tile capi* tal, character, and dogreo of credit cf such of his customers ns aro doomed worthy of auy gra dation of credit, comprising, also, a Newspaper Directory, containing tho title, character, pries, and place of publication, with full particular? rclatiro to each journal, being a complote guider to tho prosy-of ovory oounjy in tho United States, I Tho reports and information will bo confined to thoBO deemed worthy of some lino of credit : and ns the same will bo based, so far ns praoll cablo, upon the written statements of the partie* themselves, n ? ieod and corrected by well know? und reliable legal correspondents, whoso char acter will breve a gunranfeoof tho correetnos? of tho information furnished by them, it is* beliovod that tho reports will provo moro truth ful and complete, and, thorcforo, suporior to, and of much greater value, than any proviouely issuod. By aid of tho " Mercantile Roforcnco Regis ter," business men will bo enabled to ascertain, at a glance, tho capitnl nnd gradation of credit, as compared with financial worth, of nearly etory merchant, manufacturer, trader, and banker, within tho nhovo numed territorial limits. On or about ?ho first of each month, subscri bers will also receive thc "Monthly Chronicle," containing, among other things, a record sf \ such important changos in thc narnu and condi I lion (d' finns, throughout tho country, as may I occur subsequent th tho publication of ouch half-yearly volume of the " Mercantile Refer ence' Register." Price of "Tho Merchants' Union Mcroftntile Reference Register," fifty .dollars, ($50.) for which it will bo forwnrdod tn any address in tho United Ste^f^transportation paid. tl nido rs of JA 10 shares of the Capital Stock, in additiven To participating in the profit?, will receive ono copy of tho " Mercantile Refer ence Register" free of charlo; holders o/ tea shares will be entitled to two copies; and oe moro than ton shares of the Capitul tock will bo ?Hotted to any ono applicant. All remittances, orders, or com'-.iunicatH??s relativo to tho book should bo,add)0?sod to th? MERCHANT'S PROTECTIVE UNION, in tho American Exchange Bank Building, Ne, 1*28 Broadway. (Box 25(10.) Now York. August 28,' 1K08 48 lr THE NEW YORK OBSERVER IS now Publishing a Kow .Serial Storr, to run through a largo part of thu noxt rsl? unie, entitled " *. Hr. Biro wiling* Par Uli." All New Subscribers will gel the St**y Com filete.. We send GROVER A BAKER'S $55 Sswiag Machine for 18 Now Subscribers. In order to introduce the OBSERVER to ?sw roadors nnd now circles of infiuonce, we make tho following liberal olfors for NEW S U RSC LU BE R3 : We will send the ORJKRVF.R for one your te 2 Subscribers, one or both bein'/ new, for $6 09 3 two or all ' .' for $8 00 4 " three or all u for $10 09 Or, to any peraon sending us fire or mora new subscribers, wo will nllow one dollar mission on ?nob. It?r Sond bu Drop, Check-, or Po s i office. Order. Smuple Copie? and Clrcnlnrs nen Terms, $3.50 a year, in nd rance-'; SIDNEY E. MORSE. Ja., A Co.. 37 Park Row, New York. 1 Dec. 2. 1808 0 18 A. FISCHESSER, Sk DEALER IIST WATCHES, CLOCKS ARD JEWELRY, WALHALLA, 8. C., RESPECTFULLY informs bis friends and the public that bc bas inst received a largo stook of WATC32ES ??ml .?KWKLBY, which ho is ouublod K> sell on tho cheapest terms, having been selected with great oaro by k-iinsolf. Repsbiring Done dono at short notice, in tho best mann and at tho lowest living ratee. $?t&~ (live mc a oall. October 28, 1808 4 If BOOTH CAROLINA S tato Agriucltural and Moohanica Mapaaino. [Official Organ of the South Carolina Slate Ag ricultural and Mechanical Society.) Vdato, tho subscribers will publish T M ?M? " -?'?'v Magnr-lno, de thc first number ot a IUU......" -??? voted lo tho dcvelopmont of ibo material Inten,... of tho St-ile, and (bo whole South; oud will dis tribute five tbousat d oopios gratuitous!-.., so that evory one may soo what it. is before subscribing. Tboy intend lo miko lt the best nnd handsomest industrial magazine ever published nt Ibo South, ' and tliiy ask tko cordial co op?rai on of evory good citizen in this enterprise, which must redound to thc public wolfe.) :. **Por8onH wishing ?opie8 of thc first number will please sond their adaiess to WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL, Charleston, S. C. May 10. 1800_ 81 . Stn C. Wi JACKSON, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, *0.> Columbia, S. C., . MY MOTTO ; j . Quick sales and snvill profit?, and witt not be undersold by apy houso in tko Cltr. g (>fft. Jimo 22. 180? 88 (f SORGO AND SOUTHERN OANE, r" '?MIR Ainerioan Sorgo Manuol fol IROO'-bVdO * tam* full direction* for cultivating; Snr., chum, Manufacturing Syrup and Sugar, inc/ latest improvement* in Maohinery, nndothofl ; infomatton of groat Imnortanoo, Sent ?reeV ,1 Address 0K?. h. 8QU1KII & BRO.. H