Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Select l^octr]). BONO OF THE MECHANIC. The hnm of a thousand wheels in our ear, Like some ohl ponderous gong. The sledge-hammer ringing alarms in the glare, The groan of a press, as if hardened with care, The tramp of the iron horse, fleeter than air, And his thundering snort, heard everywhere : "Lis but the Orchestra that e er Accompanies tlieir song. Men of the brawny arm are we, Men not ashamed of labor; Tho' clouds may sometimes veil our face, Our heart shines through, in smiles that chase The darkness from our neighbor. We are the men who forge the bars That link the town and lea; Where engines rushing through the vale? Our children, racing with the gale? Are shouting lustily! Tho mighty ship that proudly rides Ovev the restless deep. Was reared by us. Her noiseless wings Jlend to the evening breeze that sings And rocks her into sleep. The press?that throbbing heart, where boats The pulse of every thought. That clock of mind which strikes the hour, And a nation rises in its power? Without our aid is naught. The Pen, which, dipped in lightning, writes At one stroke round the earth, Ne'er staid by mountain nor the river, 4111 whose broad face the sunbeams quiver, Owes to our hand its birth. These thought- make gladness jn our hearts Re-echo, like a bell; And, like her voice who waits to greet us, Or leads our little child to meet us, Mi?re sweet than we may toll. Then let the joyous song he heard, Let all be filied with mirth ; Let it be kiiowu thronghont the land That the members of our iron band Are the happiest on earth. The sound that lingers in our ear, Like some old ponderous gong. I* V?nt the orchestra that e'er Accompanies their song. Itmusiitg Iflisctllann. A LITTLE TOO PUNCTUAL. A STEAMBOAT SKETCH. The hour was approaching for the departui of the Xew Haven steamboat from her berth i New York, and the usual crowd of passenger newsboys, fruit venders, cabmen and docloafers were assembled in and about the boa We were gazing at the motley group from tb foot of the promenade deck stairs, when or attention was attracted by the singular actio of a tall brown Yankee, in an immense wo< hat, chocolate colored coat and pantaloon: and a fancy vest. He stood near the starlioar paddle box, and scrutinized sharply every fi male who came on board, every now and the consulting au enormous silver bull's eye watc which he raised from the depths of a capaciot fob by means of a powerful steel chain. Afte mounting guard in this manner, he dashed fv riously down the gang plank and up the whar re-appearing on board almost instantaneouslj with a flushed face, expressing the most ir tense anxiety. This series of operations h performed several times, after which he ru>b ed about the boat, wildlv ?\\ hat's the time er day : >> ouder it in repeater's fast? Vbar's the cap'n? whar the steward ? wliur's the mate ? whar s th m vmv, ?>tr: wc ventured I ask him when he stood still for a moment. * Hain't seen nothin' of a gal in a blue su bonnet, with a white Canton crape shawl, (co fifteen dollars,) piuk gown and brown boots hey? come aboard while I was looking for tl cap'n at the pint end of the ship?have ye? "Xo such person has come aboard.'' ' Tormented lightuiu'! she's my ic*y#-1 screamed ; "married yesterday. All her ba< gage and mine is aboard, under a pile trunks as high as a Connecticut steeple. Tl darn'd black nigger says he can't hand it ou and I won't leave my baggage any how. >1 ..r>lf tl.n.L- aii if?i??s Ia li ivn iiniiip V? 1HJ V/tilJ Ilium VII IV u U?J vv ? v vv??v board at half past four, and here it's most fiv What's become of her? She cau't have cl ped. You don't think she's beeu abductc* do ye, mister? Speak ! answer! won't ye?Oh! I'm ravin' distracted! What are tin ringing that bell for? Is the .ship afire ? "It is the signal for departure?the fir bell. The second will be rung in four mil utes." "Thunder! you don't say so? Whar's tl the cap'n ?'' "That gentleman in the blue coat." The Yankee darted to the Captain's side. "Cap'n stop the ship for ten minutes, won >'c?" "I can't do it, sir. ' "But ye must, I tell you. I'll pay you f< it. How much will ye tax?" "I could uot do it." "Cap'n I'll give yc tew dollars," gasped tli Yankee. 'gtVtrye'frfehlJnare'and a half?and half!?and a half!?aud a half!" he kept ri peating, dancing about in his agony like mad jackass on a hot iron plate. "The boat starts at five precisely," said th captain, shortly, and turned away. "O, you stunny hearted heathin?" mui mured the Yankee, almost burstiug into tears "Partin' man and wife, and we just one da^ married. At this moment the huge paddle wheels be gan to paw the water, and the walking bean descended heavily, shaking the huge fabric t her centre. All who were not going to Haven weut ashore. The hands began to hau ? in the gang plank; the fasts are already eas loose. "Leggo that plank!" roared the Yankee collaring one of the hands. "Drop it like s hot potato, or I'll heave you iuto the dock." "Yo?yo!" shouted the men in chorus, a; they heaved on the gangway. "Shut up, you braying donkeys! yelled tht maddened Yankee, "or ther'all be an ugfy spot of work." But the plank was got aboard, and the boat plashed past the pier. Tn nn instant, thn Ynnkpp millprl nflF }>ic i>nnf flung his hat beside it on the deck, and rushed wildly to the guard. "Are you drunk or crazy?" cried a passenger, seizing hiui. "I'm goiu' to fling myself iuto the dock and swim ashore V* cried the Yankee. "I uiusn't leave Saira Ann alone in New York Cit. You may divide the baggage among you. Let go me ! I can swim !" He struggled so furiously that the consequences of his rashness might have been fatal, had not a very sudden appariation changed his purpose. A very pretty young woman in a blue bonnet, white Canton crape shawl, pink | dress, and brown boots, eame toward him. The big brown Yankee uttered one stentorian shout of "Saira Ann," clasped her in his m arm? in spite of her struggling, and kissed her i i heartily right before all the passengers. 1 i "Where did you come from ?" he inquired. J "From the ladies' cabin," answered the j i bride. "You told me half-past four, but I thought I'd make sure and come at four." "A little too punctual!" said the Yankee. 1 "But it's all right now. Hallo, cap'n, you can go ahead now. I don't care about stopi ping. Come nigh losing the passage money j and the baggage?come nigh gettin' drowned. Sairy, all along of you?but it's all right now. Go ahead, steamboat! llosin up there, firemen! Barn the expense!" When the sun set, the loving couple were seen seated on the upper deck, the big brown Yankee's arm encircling the slender wasit of the young woman in the blue bonnet and pink dress. We believe they reached their destination safe and sound. THE SYMPATHIZING WOMAN. 4 The Georgia Citizen publishes the following j insinuation. We leave the reader to judge of' the probability of its truth. If we were called upon to describe Mrs.' Dobbs, we should, without hesitation, call her a sympathizing woman. Nobody was trouble'1, with any malady, she hasn't suffered. '.She knew all about it by experience, and could sympathize with them from the bottom of her i heart." Hob Turner was a wag, and when one day i he saw Mrs. I)obbs coining along the road towards his house, he knew that, in the absence j of his wife, he should be called upon to euteri tain her, he resolved to play a little on the 1 good woman's abundant store of sympathy. Hastily procuring a large blanket, he wrapj ped himself up in it, and threw himself on a sofa near by. 'Why, good gracious! Mr. Turner, are you sick?' asked Mrs. Dobbs, as she saw his position. 'Oh, dreadfully!' groaned the imaginary invalid. B 'What's the matter?' 'Oh, a great many things. First and foremost, I've got a congestion of the brain.' I 'That's dreadful,' sighed Mrs. Dobbs, 'I j came pretty near dying of it ten years come ' next spring. What else V 'Dropsy,' again groaned Bob. 'There I can sympathize with you. I was | troubled with it, but finally got over it.' 'Neuralgia,' continued Bob. 'Nobody can tell, Mr. Turner, what 1 have i suffered from neuralgia. It's an awful complaint.' 'Then again T'ni very much distressed by inflaniation of the bowels. 'If you've got that, \ pity you, commented Mrs. Dobbs; for three years steady, 1 was af^ dieted with it, and I don't think I've fully recovered yet. 'Rheumatism,' added Rub. II J v 'Yes, that's pretty likely to go along with i neuralgia. It did with me. is , 'Toothache,' suggested Rob. 'There have been times, Mr. Turner,' said I- I ~ : the sympathising woman, 'when I thought I ' should have gone distracted with the tooth' j ache. " ! 'Then, said Rob, who, having temporarily , ran out of his stock of medical terms; resorted to a scientific name. 'I'm very much ay i <1 shouldn't be at all surprised,' said tin i ever-ready Mrs. Dobbs; I had it wh'-n / im? ie 1 ' UOIlltif. I -.. ,,,.o nnn g?c?t uiuieuny mat in Could 1 oitt*lDub coiiltliueil . 'I am suffering a good deal from a spruiuei " ; ancle. St v i 'Then you can sympathize with me Mr ! Turner. I s/tniiiin? man i>'/t i )i I i'm/i i'i(i 1C ' d ,, j atony. 'Rut that isn't the worst of it.' ! '1\ hat is it V asked Mrs. Dobbs, with euri. 1C ; : o^itv. nr. ; J ~-1 'I wouldn't tell any one but you Mrs, I Dobbs, but the fact is?here Rob groaned? lc ! ,T\.. i _..,i .i.. -i ' wl m tiiiam, iiuu tin: uuuhm iiui?;u> wnu inc. I ' j that my reason is affected?that, in short I'm * a little crazy. Bob took breath, and wondered what Mrs, L" , Dobbs would say to that. 'j* I <0h, Mr. Turner, i.- it possible, exclaimed ' j the lady. It's horrible! 1 know it is. I fit. t/in nth/ hurt s/ir/fs of' Injirlij out of my /n.d'i ! i)ty.? ft. i Bob could stand it no longer; he burst intc ^ a roar of laughter, which Mrs. I>obbs taking ll* for a pcrcursor of a violent paroxysm of insanity, she was lead to take a hurried leave. A CURIOUS SERMON. The Brandon ^Mississippi^ Register report: i the following curious sermon, preached at tlu 't ; town of Waterproofs, not far from Brandon : i ?I may say to you, my brethring, that I am not an educated man, an' I am not one of them jr as belives that education is necessary fur a Gospel minister, fur I believe the Lord edu eates his preachers just, as he wants 'em to be le educated ; an' although I say it that oughtn't to say it, yet, in the State of Iudianny, whar _ .. J . o"*~ ** *"eoVi *-vtigxcgua tion nor I gits. Thar may be some here to-day, my bretha ring, as dou't know what perauasion I am uv. Well, I may say to you, my brethring, that I e * am a Hard Shell Baptist. Thar's some folks as don't like the Hard Shell Baptist, but I'd - rather have a hard shell as no shell at all.? >. You see me here to-day, my brethring, dresy sed up in fiue clothes; you inoun't think I was proud, but I am not proud, my brethring, - and although I've been a preacher of the Gos1 pel for twenty years, an' although I'm Capting 0 of the flat boat that lies at your landing, I'm r not proud, my brethring. 1 I am not agwiue to tell eilzactly whar my t ! text may be found; suffice to say, it's in the leds of the Bible, and you'll find it somewhar , between the first chapter of the book of Geni eratious, and the last chapter of the book of Revolutions, and ef you'll go and search the s Scriptures, you'll not ouly fiud my text thar, but a great many other texts as will do you i good to read, and my tex, when you shill fiud i r it, you shill fiud it to read thus : 'And he played on a harp uv a thousand i strings?spirits of just men made perfeek.' My text, brethring, leads me to speak of sperits. Now thar's a great many kind of sperits in the world?in the fuss place thar's the sperits as sum folks call ghosts, and thar's I the sperits uv turpeutimc, and then thar's the j I spirits as sum folks call lujuor, an' I've got j as good au artickel of them kiud of I sperits on my flat boat as ever was fotch down j the Mississippi river, but thar's a great many j other kiud of sperits, for the tex says, 'He played on a harp uv a <-A-o-?-s-and strings, sperits of just men made perfeek.' But I'll tell you the kind uv sperits as is ment in the tex, in Fire. That's the kind of: i sperits as is ment in the tex, my brethring.? I ' Now thar's a great many kinds of fire in the ' world. In the fuss place, thar's the common i sort of fire you light your cigar or pipe with, j and then thar's fox Are, and campfire, fire be- ( fore you're ready and fire and fall back, an many other kinds of fire, for the tex says, 'H played on a harp uv a /Aot^-and strings, spe: its uv just men made perfock.' Hut I tell you the kind of fire as is ment i the tex, my brcthring?it's hell fire! and' thai the kind of fire as a great many uv you'll com to, cf you don't do better nor what you lia\ been doin'?for 'He played on a harp uv thousand strings, spcrits of jes men made pe feck.' Now, the different sorts of fire in the worl may be likened unto the different pcrsuasioi of Christians in the world. In the first pla< we have the Piscapalions, an' they are a hi" sailin' and a high falutin' set, and they mr be likened unto a turkey buzzard, that flies i1 into the air, and he goes up, and up, till 1 looks no bigger than your finger nail, and tl fust thing you know, he cuius down, ar down, and is a fillin' himself on the carkiss a dead hoss by the side of the road, and 'f played on a harp uv a Mov/sand strings, speri uv jest men made pcrfeck.' And then thar's the Mothodis, and th mav be likened unto the squirrel runnin' 1 into a tree, for the Mcthodis bclejves gwine on from one degree of gvaco to anotln and finally on to perfection, and the squin i goes up and up, and up, and up, and up, a; ' he jumps from limb to limb, and branch branch, and the fust thing you know ho fa and down he cuius kerfiumux, and that's li the Methodis, for they is allers fallen fn grace, ah ! ah ! and 'lie played on a harp a /Aof/sand strings, sporits uv jest man ma per feck." And then, my brethrinjr, thar's the ltopti ah ! and they have been likened unto a p sum on a 'simmon tree, and thunders may i antl the earth may ?juako, but that possi f lings tlicr still ah ! and you may shake c foot loose, and the other's thar, and you n shake all feet loose, and he laps his tail arou the limb, and clings and heelings furever, He played on a harp uv a //rot/sand strin , sperits of jest men made perfeek." ' bltf.vho cials."?Who is it that ever tended a concert of negro minstrels, that 1 not been disposed to admire the excessive m esty of the JiulValo gals,"' who require si incessant invitations to come out even at nig To show that the fair ladies of that city still tain their modesty, we copy from the ]*< )> //? the following, which occurred in that ci Colloquy. And affected lady, about to married, in a place not four hundred mi from this city, went to look at some furnitr She wished particularly to have a piece of t nituro to set in the corner of the parlor, u] which to place books and curiosities. She; 1 several, but thev-did not suit. It seems could not explain what she wanted: Fin: said she?''Mr. have you got any with un * . ... ... :n V" ..Witli u'ti'if m ' ' ei:i f/'tfiM/.y in muni , ?? mi >r lated the surprised dealer in veneered eliei Ac., '-with what, in ?" "With ??</ / trmr-f, ft'nii'-ft'ljii'-fI'otcst't's in them And what the d?deuce madam would you du with tin truwors in a piece of furniture like thai ' Why to put shells and curiosities in, > the pink of nature, "fur shells Av." uh ! hem ! you mean #/# ?/w, r.<?eh ' Why d yuu say? Walk up >tairs. ma'am." The 1 . collated. pud. a.luutnia.n.iJ;>< t d h.-r in :m , Hl mohui s Inohknt.?A laughable cidctit oeettrred recently, the eireumstanee j titv: it.1* I'ul 1* > .* ? 1 ?? ?eutloiti;nt f:i OP, win# had two handsome daughters, wa 1 cautious of his charge, that he would not mit them to keep the company of young n However, they adopted the following e\p f cut to enjoy the company of their lovers, tor the old man retired to rest, the girls wi hang a sheet out of the window, and the I . would seize hold of it. and with the assista of his lady love, who injured lustily a la would thus jrain an entrance, ft so happe . that one cveninjr the girls hung out the si too early, for the old jrentleinan bv some i wind was accidentally around the corner, spying the sheet, could not conjecture meaning of its heing there ; so he caught 1 and endeavored to pull it down: the irirls ah | supposing it to he one of their bonus. hega hoist, and did not discover the mistake till t old man a l?ead was level with the win* sill, when one of them exclaimed Oh L? , 'tis dad !" and letting jrothe sheet, down c: r the old jrcutlcman on the hard ground. di . eating one shoulder, which convinced him I to make old maids of his daughters was a n ter not so easily accomplished, and withdr ing all furher opposition to their keeping c pany, he was soon a father in law. " nan "TRY IT ON!" i The Knickerbocker tells an excellent si i of Burehard, the revivalist; not of him exai i but of what happened at the close of one of meetings. He was in the habit of address i bis congregation in this manner: ; "I am now going to pray, and I want ' that desire t.p be nraved for to send ?p 41 : names on a piece of paper.'' On the occasion to which we refer, th was at once sent up to the desk <juite a pile little slips of paper, with the name on wh behalf he was to ''wrestle," as he said, "w the Almighty." A pause soon ensued, when he said : "Sc 'em up! I can pray for five thousand just easy as I can fur a dozen. Send 'em up. If 3 haven't any paper, get up and name the frie you want to be prayed for." At this stage of the proceedings, a 111 whom we shall call Oziel'Bigg, a stalwart ni of six feet and a half in his stocklings, a no rious unbeliever, and a confirmed wag to bo rose in the midst of the congregation, a ma for all, and amidst the winks and becks a I smiles of the auditory, said : "Mr. Burehard, I want you to pray for Ji Thompson." The Rev. petitioner saw, from the excil meut in the audience, that Oziel was a <ha case." "What is your name, sir, and who is M Thompson?" "It's Jim Thompson; he keeps a tuvei down in Thompsonville, and I keep a publ house a little below him. He is an inferu scoundrel, and I waut you to give him a lift "But,"said Mr. Burehard, "have you fail in the efficacy of pra)*er? Do you believe i the power of petition ?" "That is n'ither here nor there," respum ed Oziel, "/ %cnut you to try it on him!" Too Good to be Lost.?The citizens ( I I u, Miss., assembled at a churc to celebrate the 4th of July, by reading th Declaration of Independence and Washington' Farewell Address. An old gentleman, com ing in rather late, walked up near the pulpi while Washington s Address was being read rhe old one listened until he heard "Agains ihe insidious wiles of foreigu influence; I con ure you to belive me, fellow-citizens, the jeal >usy of a free people ought to 'be constantly d | awake, since history and experience prove e that foreign influence is one of the most baner ' ful foes of a republican government." When I this was read he threw up his hat in a passion ; n and left the house. At the door he met some ts friends: "Gentlemen," said he, "I came hero ic to celebrate the 4th of July, and hear the re Declaration of Independence and Washington's a Farewell Address read. But," said he, "the r- first thimg f heard was that fellow in there reading a J?d Know Nothing document, and d I'll whin him as soon as he leaves the house." "" X is Sum fa' Cuunfi/ Whiff. ;c in, mi i in in ii ;j Jfiinntr's ?cj)itrtincnt. ie ... *c SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURE. 'd j The Columbia Times, in an article which i we copy with sincere pleasure, enters into a I manly protest against a prevailing disposition , to depreciate the condition of agriculture in ! our State. We endorse every word of our eu, temporary. South Carolina is not behind any JP ione of her sister States of the South in agri,n ' cultural improvements ; more : it may be said M'> ! that nearly every great improvement in the fe^ agriculture of the South, saving what concerns 11 d . the culture of sugar and tobacco, has origina*? 1 ted in our State. This is the parent State of the culture of the sweet potato, of cotton which has become the greatest element of commerce )m and the greatest benefaction to the human uv i race ; of the Sea Island cotton, our product of which has detied the coiupetition of all the world ; of rice, which feeds half the world, SC land which we alone have learned the art of 0>* ! bringing t?? perfection. ! South Carolinians ought to l>o proud of tin* 1111 agriculture r.f their native State. Tt stands ,nc ' eminent ?and defying competition. What is ay there in the agriculture, of the North that will 11 ^ bear a moment's comparison with the system*or ntic and scientific character of our rice culture? ?s? What is there even to compare with the delicate and incessant watchfulness that surrounds our culture of Sea Mand cotton \' The truth is, that the Southern planters are the most intelligent hody of men, taken as a whole, that ever worried the bosom of mother c 1 j earth ; and the reason why they are not reeog,t' niscd assueli is that they have kept?juiet, have I0" contented themselves with monopolizing the markets of the world for whatever production it pleased them to turn their labor to, and have ,'u> left it to others to brag and fume, to make '^>s llamiiig reports on pigs, and calves, ami gar|re" dens, while (hey are oiiteiit with whitening Ul* the ocean with the sails that wafted their pro. duets, and thought that the office of clothing ":nv the whole human race relieved them from al 's^u* ! obligation to contest for the best specimen o "v lace or the freshest ingenuity itQgrwgaws. ( We believe thai the agriculture of Soutl t'aroliua, soeunuhlcd by its past aebieveiiieuts has in itselt'all the elements of a noble progress and it is the dutv "I her soii>tosj?eak with thi language of proud liope of lu*r future, as tin fultiliiicnt of her e have no cause t? ' despond ; and the assembling of the rceen State Agricultural Society is a capital proo \ t* that the heart of the State e\vr heats w.?nnl 1 toward her great interest. It is in fact, th a,?? Stati-; aiyd when it perishes, there will b " ; ?fl?^/-tW.W>ij../d.il-.Un/.e patriotism to ?f? IMPROVING WORN-OUT LANDS. s 1,1 1 An experiment which has been tried 1. some enterprising gentlemen not far from thi > | point, the present summer, establishes eoindn Ptr" | sively the value of deep ploughing and th ,01}- | economy ofg 1 fertilizers; and it also show LMll~ ; that it is better I'm- <'oniiectirut men t?> go t | work 'jti the poor ami -worn-out' < lit 1<I> whicl )U'^ ! constitute so largo :i portion of the surface o eau | (||t.jr uWu Stale, than to start for "the west' IUr ! to farm it. where half the profits of their crop jVe' | are absorbed in the expeii.-e of transportatioi no'^ , to a market. These gentlemen have bmugli under cultivation some thirty acres of lam f ! which had l?-en abandoned of all vegetabh ami ; pcinfiple bv persistent cropping, years ago.? i Much of it was t??<> poor to ?ruw grass, pint {trees beintr the omy product, and none of i l0Ve ; was better than the thinnest ami poorest of al n i old pasture lot-. ,',e j This land, at prices ranging from 87 to SI: ^l)W , an acre, has been purchased and ploughcc ?i'd- , with a subsoil plough, just such an insjrumeni ,,nc j as .-ome of our farmers in ('enneeticut need ft }i'0" j have their skulls ami ideas ploughed up witli d':,t : a little, till they e.-ni see the important trutli l,at" ; that two and two make four, ami that right un:,w" 1 der the very farms which they have impover om- i^lied and are now working to poor advantage to gain a bare subsistence, eiist other farms which have never yet been touched by the ploughshare, and whose capacities arc waiting ?p to be developed. A mere annual scratching ; over of the surface to a depth of ten or twelve . inches will never develop them. The entire in~ surface of these thirty-odd acres was ploughed to the depth of two feet?and this on a light 1 ; sandy 'Worn-out' land. Then a plentiful use was made of guano and phosphates. The result is that on land hitherto supposed to be too poor for any thing, there are acres of such potatos, c-orn and buckwheat as can be ?S^ 1 found nowhere else, not even iu the Connecti1 j cut valley. The potatos were planted deep, j iu drills evenly ploughed out by horse power, a superior method which saves space and greatIy benefits the crops. Large and uniformly ?j good seed potatos were selected for planting. 1 : The growing crop undoubtedly surpasses anyl thing of the kind in the State. These potatos an : will yield three or fuur hundred bushels to the aU acre. As Tristaiu Shandy says, 'A handsome ^' ' moral might be picked out of this, if I had time to do itas it is, we leave the Connecticut farmers to pick it out themselves, with the assurance that it is worth their seeking.? Uartfoi'd 'limes. IU1 I ,A I ART OP MILKING. r(] j The art of milking well is not taught in a hurry. It requires long practice to milk prorr perly, and therefore all the young people on a farm ought to be shown how the labor should rn be done. It is quite important that this branch jc of thefdairy should be particularly attended to, aj ; for a ;t->od milker obtains at least a quart more " i from the same cow than a poor milker. ! The first lessou to be taught to young peo- j jn pie is gentleness to the cow. Ti ?y never need be treated harshly, in case the business is pro- j perly commeuccd. Cows that have been caressed and uuiformly well treated, are fond of hav- ' ing the milk drawn from the udder at the re)f gular time of milking, for it gives them relief h from the distensions of the milk ducts, e Let young people be put to milking the far- ' s rows first, or such as are to be soon dried, and i- then the loss from bad milking will be less int jurious. The hand should extend to the ex. | tremity of the teats, for the milk is then drawn I t easier. Young people should be taught to milk as j - fast as possible. More milk is always obtainj tained by a rapid milker than by a slow one. They should therefore be taught to think of j nothing else while milking, and no conversation must be permitted in the milk yard. They should sit up close to the cow and rest the left arm gently against her shank. Then if she raises her foot, as she sometimes will, merely r to change position, she will not be likely to | , put it into the milk pail. "I ' In ease of a disposition to kick, or rather to 01 j raise her foot on account of pain occasioned by ^ ! soreness of the teats, the nearer the milker sits u to her, and the harder lie presses his left arm against her leg the less risk will he run of beI. . i 'X] ing injured. p Cows may be taught to give down their milk L at ouce?aud they may be taught to hold it a () long while and to be stripped indefinitely.? p The best way is to milk quick and not use the cow to a long stripping, or an after stripping. 11 Xorthern Farmer. p i< I ? ^ , j YORKVILLE EXQUIRER ] I S V ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, ? AT ll Two Dollars per year, in Advance. r lfr-t/u. To Oi.rus ok Tkx. the paper will he furnish- | ; ?m1, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?invariably in ail- v j vance. 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Contracts hy the year will he taken on libe- ' j ral terms?the contracts however, mu-t in all eases ' . t he eontioed to the immediate business of the firm or ) j individual contracting. All advertisements not lmv- i ( i ing the immher of insertions marked on the margin. ' ; will he continued until forbid and charged accordingly. I obituary Notices exceeding one square in length. | ...'.ii to. ..loiv.rii.l I'..,. tlu? nvio'idiis at reouhir rates.? 1 Tribute* ?.l" Respect rated :is advertisements. iiliiraiiiESuiEE.!, TO BE PUBLISHED AT COLUMBIA, S. C. , , rill IK undersigned. late editor of the Smith ('<n-h- ' I 1 Hiihiii aii<I ('n!nmhi-t ll uiib r. propose* to publidi in tlie city of Columbia, a Literary, Political ami | J New* Journal, t" be called this w&Ammim. ; In making tlii* aiiuoiiiieenieiit. 1 am aware that 1 i propose to engage in an enterprise not free from difI | ticu!tics; but these I will emleavor to provide ' i a-'aitist. bv securing a Siibseriptioti List that will ' place the paper bry.iiid the reach of failure. South Carolina can richly support, at her capital, a lending , Literary ami Political Weekly Journal, ami to her j I j pi,- l ti,,wi-?ue this Prospectus, feeling a-Mired ! ' | the enterprise will be -u-tained, ami that they will 1 support a lloine Journal of the character of that i now propose'l. A* a u rcil 1R% .lot H\ Uo 1 For the liottte circle. Tin /or will be Comlucti e.| with a view t.. remlerit at least e.jual to any ever ' ' publish' I .it the South. The choicest -elections ot t Lnulisli ami \tneric.m Literature will be ma<le for y it* columns ami a number of able Contributors will ' he se.'iire.L I will ell'lea Vol", ill tlli* '|e|.avtmellt. to e make it a Journal worthy of the patr-naye ami -teae lv support of the j pie ..f this State ami o| the >. South. \s :l ... .. ITU'4 1, JOCRWIL lm r.j ilium r will abnle T,y Tlie opt lanu-iii.ti ?, State Right* Ueiiiocracv. Independent of national parties, it will take a stand as a faithful co-operator ^ i ... ,1... ,?? >*.?? ? ! ,' ....??* i,,t..Itijm *'*oiil,t*i it lliglits J > ami promoting Southern union. It will he the organ I- of a,, political party?the exponent of no political cree l, which ha-' not for one of its cardinal principles tlie Equality of the South in the I'liion. or In> dependence out of it." This is no new faith, but it j "in* which Smith Carolina has long and earnestly |j 1 contended for. , \EWS ,fOI K\1L. i Tin ! './,uiiiii, / will contain the Late-t News. Foreign and Domestic, received up to the hour of puhli " ; cation. It will give full ami correct Market Reports l ' and Prices Current Our readers in the country | I ! may rely on strict attention heinjr paid to this impor- ! taut feature of a new-paper. It will give full and \ ' 1 accurate reports of the Proceedings of the Lcgisla I i i tare and Congress, and the acts and doings of the 1 ! various political organizations. All news worth giving to its reader* will he carefully culled for its col- j i unuis. f , SIZE 1\D STYLE. ' i Till' ICj'iDiiiiii/' will be one of the largest Weekly ' ] Journals in the Southern States, printed with new j > | and elegant type, mi fine white paper, and issued in . I large .piarto form of eight pages, containing forty j ' i "liimns of interesting reading matter. It will be i [ the handsomest paper ever published in S. Carolina, i , I have tints given an outline of the principal lea- j tares of the Kxntinmr. Carolinians or tlie people of ; 1 the South might to need no further appeal, in view i i of the present aspect of political affairs, to induce . them to sustain with vigor and efficiency their own | Press and Literature. TER 11 S . Two Dollars per annum, payable in advance.? j The first year's payment will be required on the re- : i ceipt of the first number of the paper, which will j i be issued as soon as I receive a sufficient number of j i subscribers to ensure its success. Send forward | your names. j Syif" Postmasters who will be so kind as to for- j l ward me names of subscribers will confer a favor. J and will receive a copy of the Kxamivkr without ; < charge. Address me at this place. : I WM. 13. JOHNSTON". c Columbia, S. C., August, 18oo. !34tf , I THE rrtlNUETON PRESS. THE design of the inventor was to get up a Press ' , which would answer every requirement of the of- | > fer made by Gkoiu;e Bruce, of New York, in 1851, 1 t" ! viz: cheap, liyht, easily manetyed, and capable of ! c | throwing off ut least 500 sheets per hour. e This Press will throw off from 500 to 800 sheets ! per hour, doing the work equal to any Cylinder Press, j ; The bed stands about 00 inches from the Hour, and ? : is the most convenient of all Presses to make ready j the form on. It is adapted to jobbing, or book work, j j as well as newspaper, and will register as well as any other Cylinder Press. It requires, to work it. | ' ' a man to turn the fly wheel, and a boy to feed the sheets. k | The Inking Apparatus is very complete, and difi fers from the apparatus used in Cylinder Presses s I generally, being more like that used in the Power 11 ! Platen Presses. Two rollers pass over the form J j twice to each impression, taking ink for each sheet. ! A Press of this description for newspaper and job- : c j bing, bed 41 by 2s.j inches, with roller mould, roller J stocks, blanket, Hying and registering apparatus, 1 i&c., complete, will be furnished for $5l)U. If inten- P i ded for book work chiefly, an extra ink fountain will i be furnished for S20. The press, fly wheel, &c., Vl ' will weigh about 2000 pounds, The sides, &c., are 1 I iron. Length of frame, seven feet?height, to front 11 edge of feed board, three feet six inches. Any size i made to order. i The following is the list of Sizes and Prices as far j as established: | Bed 28 by 20, ?400. Bed 48 by .31, $580. I " 30 21, 450. " 50 3'2, 000. w i " 14 28.}, 500. " 52 32, C25. ? " 40 30 540. ! ju The beds will take chasest heir full breadth, and ! aj within two inches of the length. j j? Terms.?One-half, cash: one lnilf nnto nt d i months, with approved security : or 2J, per cent dis- | n( count for cash. Boxing and Cartage, $13. | j,j For more than three years the inventor of the a- ! ^ hove Press has been improving it, working it all the I while, and ascertaining, with great care and expense, j the best mode of carrying out all the details?and he j ? flutters himself he has succeeded in perfecting it; gi and is now manufacturing the Press himself. No j Press will leave his premises without being thorough- g; ly tested, and without it performs to the entire satis- ifo faction of the purchaser. \, JOHN T. ROBINSON. wj Princeton, N. J., April 1855. 15 tf WE ARE AUTHORISED TO AN- NOUNCE S. W. JACKSON, as a Candidate for A the office of Tax Collector for York District, at the v ensuring election. Oct. 4 1864. 36 tf Charleston Jailn ^fanbari). A Sellable Commercial and Political Journal. Single Copies, per nnnr.ni $8 00 Ten Copies, per annum o') 00 rllE DAILY STAN DA HI) contains a Daily Telegraphic Report, a Market Report, and a report f General Information furnished by the mail from very section of the Union. It also presents a Daily report of the Stock Maret, the Cotton Market, of the arrivals and departres of Ships, and the Arrivals of Passengers. Once a week is presented a comparative statcicnt ol' the receipts and shipments of Cotton, Rice nd Lumber, at the port of Charleston, and a comarativc statement of the receipts and exports of otton at all the ports of the United States. All news, of a personal and political character, oth foreign and domestic, is given with the greatest os?ible promptness; and to insure this object, we avc secured the services of an able corps of corrcsondents. It is our special object to publish a newspaper, roper. We shrink from the expression of no opin>11 which may be demanded by the subject before s, but as a general principle, prefer stating facts at he earliest instant possible, and to leave it to our eaders to form their own opinions. The course of the paper is severely conservative, irst of morality and order; next, of the institutions leculiar to the South, and next, of the union of the U'n resolute!v m.nose radicalism as well in Icmocrncy as morals. One important object in tlie establishment of our taper was to present a cheap vehicle for information, horn this object we have been compelled to depart, o some extent; but not to leave it entirely out of lew, we propose to sell the paper at our counter, in lockages of ten, for twenty cents, and to mail ten topics to any one of our subscribers for a year, who vill send us Fifty Dollars. This will relieve us from lie risks of collection and the expense of mailiug so nany different packages, while it will give to every leighborlmod throughout the State, the opportunity if a daily paper at Five Dollars per annum. L. W. Sl'itATT \ CO. Aug Hi :12 tf r HfARLESTO.\ WEEKLY SI 4\I>IJ AJtD, contains all the matter published in the laily, together with the Local, Domestic and For;ign Markets?the Prices Current, including the atcs of sale for Stock, Kxchange. and Domestic Produce?the Shipping in Port?tin* latest Telerraphie Information. &c. &c. &c. The Standard is lie only morning paper in Charleston which issues i Weekly Ivlition. This Fdition is published every IVednesiiay Morning, and by tlie evening of the next lay can be receivd in every section of the State. Price S-?payable invariably in advance. L. W. SPRATT & CO. Aug lb :'2 tf PIANOS! PIANOS! PIANOS!~ MESSRS. BENNETT, HINKLE & PEDEN, 13 KG to announce to the citizens of Vork and 9 Chester, and the surrounding country, that they iiive formed a co-partnership for the purpose of supilying the public with The Best Piano-Fortes. mrchasid at the most celebrated manufactories at lie North, ami selected with great cave by Mr. l'EDEN. who is an experienced performer. Their stock now consists of superior instruments from tne establishments of Stoddard; llallett and Cumsto. and Newman x Sons; and they have just ordered and will receive in a few days from the celebrated manufactory of lioardnian \ Gray, a lot of their Popular Instruments with the DOLCE CAMPANA ATTACHMENT. They will also keep on hand Pianos from othei well known establishments, which are warranted t< he of tin* best tone and finish. and made of the lies! material, and will be sold with a liberal credit at tin shortest possible advance on New York prices. Tbev have established Depots, in York villi?, at tin IKW'KLKY ST011E of Messrs. J. N. LEWIS x CO. at t'hestPi ville at the shop formerly occupied by Mr P.r.NNKTT as a Watch-making establishment: am it llascomviile. Chester District, at the store <j \le--srs. II INKI.E & McCULLY, where they will short ly be prepared to accommodate all who are in war t' first-rate im truiiients. DENNETT. IIINKLE & PEDEN. York ville. Jan. 1*. 1 Sod. '1 tf TUC I ATCCT ARRIVAL ! 15V THKCOLOXKL WRIGHT!! Cotton Advanced and Goods Lower!!! OUR MOTTO--SHORT PROFITS!! MESSRS. LINDSAY & GORDON, HAA E received a complete and well selectc stock of SPUING ami SI" MM Ell ???ID) which have been purchased at the most reasonnbl ?i-iiiis. ami can be sold lower than the lowest. Tli stock consists in part of Ladies and Gentlemenls DRESS t\D FIRMSIIIXG GOODS it" every description?Hats, Caps and Bonnets of It test tip: Hoots ami Shoes: Hardware and Cutler} Queen's ami China Ware. Also, a heavy stock < the most fashionable KMBY-MABB C20SHI3"G, ami fabrics of every sort. They have on liaml ever article usually found in DRV GOODS STORES, a I" the latest style ami patents: and they respectful Iv invite their friends and customers to give them call. LINDSEV & GORDON, may3 17 tf BEWARE OF LIGHTNING. ffllllE undersigned, having been appointed agent! I for the sale of OTIS' IMPROVED UG1JTNINC CONDUCTORS, respectfully inform the citizens ol Vork that they are prepared to furnish them, ami |iut them up, at the shortest notice. This inventior is really the only method of absolute protection against high Minjr. and all who are desirous of having their houses protected would do well to call upon us at the TIN SHol' in Vorkville, and examine a model of theConductoraml Insulators. CONDUCTORS will be delivered and put up by an experienced workman, in my portion of the District. Front the many recommendations given by scientific men and the most prominent journals of the country, we extract the following from the /?//?? X'Wt:? ' A safer, a more beautiful or scientific conductor annot be conceived than the one recently invented ?y Mr. G. Otis, of this city. It is constructed of he best rough split soft iron, with an elegant rhomjoidal head of yellow metal, gilt by the electrotype micess, thereby excluding oil, glue, varnish, or oth r non-conductors. It is as nearly perfectly iusulnt d from the house as it can be made, by fastenings if glass, in which the pointed staple is cemented, mil the whole embedded in a neatly turned wooden dot, which is to . c fastened to the house. Mr. Otis an safely insut the life, limb and property, that mjoy the protection of this admirable conductor." LEWIS & KERR. June 14 23 3m Chester Carriage Factory. rllE undersigned is now prepared to manufacture, at his New Establishment, in Chesterville, all inds of CARRIAGES, adapted to our rough and hily country, and of the Rest Materials. He would uggest, as almost every man in the up-country is lore or less a judge of timber, before you buy or orcr a Carriage, 110 matter where, look around and eewlint sort of Lumber the builder has and in what ondition it is kept. The Carriage-Maker may Lie, loan/, or Bluster as much as he pleases, but the Irani/ Secret of carnage-making lies in the Lumlerile. To buy a cheap Negro, Horse or Carringe, is to erify the old adage ; Penny wise and Pound foolish. ive mc a fair price for my work, and then if it is ot made right, hold me responsible. If it were not for Paint, Putty and Glue, What would wc poor Carriage-Makers do? C. F. HOLST. Chester, Jan. 18, 1850. 2 tf RISK'S M ET 4LLIC BI RIAL ASES. L THESE COFFINS, now coming into general use 1 many sections of our country, are of Metal?enneled inside and out?are air-tight?free from the troduction of dampness and water, or the escape 'ot^uvin?are portable?highly ornamental, and cost I more than the best wood-coffins. Tlic-c Cn^es will be furnished by the subscriber at s Work-shop at short notice. He also makes the Miliary WOOD COFFINS as heretofore. THOMAS II. SMITH. Yorkvillc, July 5, 1853. 24 tf rO PRINTERS.?The undersigned offer for sale, a first rate second hand, Imperial No. {, j HITII PRESS: ubout 200 lbs. of Small Pica, 200 s. of Burgcois, with a number of small founts of Ivertising Type. The whole, if taken together, II be sold at a bargain. Apply to MILLER k MELTON. Yorkville, S. C. April 5, 1855. ?7"HITE EEA1>.?A large quantity, just reT ceived and for sule by ADICKES k WITHERS, may 10 18 tf # BROWNING & LEMAN, IMPORTERS OF French, ?riti:-;]i and Carman i DRY GOODS, 200 mill 211 h'huf, ('orifi' <>f .Vnrhct-*t/ /11. ('IfAHLESTOX, S. C. f,r KEP constantly on hand. and offer to their frit iitl# JV ami the pulilic generally, the largest assortment of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods in tlie Southern Stntc?. Their Stock is constantly supplied with a full assortment of RICH ORES* GOODS ' of all the newest varieties of style and Fabric, in Silks, Tissues, Bareges, Grenadines, Muslins, &c.? j Bombazines, Alpacas, and Mourning Goods of all I kinds. EMBROIDERIES and LACE GOODS, of every description. EVENING DRESS GOODS, of every variety. Gentlemen's and Boys' Wear. CI.OTIIS, Cassiiners, Vesting*, Linen Drill." and Coatings, of best French Goods. Satinets, Tweeds, Jeans, &c. FOR. FAMILY USE. Rose, Whitney and Bath Blanket*. Red and White FLANNELS. English and American Cotton Flannels. French, English and American PRINTS and Cam brics. Linens, of Richardson's celebrated make, for Sheetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cases, Table Damask, Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. E. and Huckaback Diapers, Fruit Cloths, Apron Linens, kc. CARPETINGS, Ingrain, .1 Ply, Brussels, Tapestry ami VELVET, j British ami American Floor Oil Cloths. Wilton, Velvet and Axuiinster RUGS. White ami colored Mattings of all widths. Stair Rods and STAIR CARPETINGS of all kinds. CI RT.4IIV Df.4TERI.4LS. j Of every variety in Silks, Satin and Worsted. I Curtain Cambrics and Muslins. Embroidered Lace and Muslin Curtains. Gilt Cornices, Curtain Gimps, Holders, Loops, Tassels, Drapery Cords, Bell Ropes, &c. PLANTATION GOODS. Blankets, Plains, Kerseys, Caps, kc. Cotton (>!S.\*ABERGS, all of the best Southern make. All the above, with every other line of Dry Goods which can be demanded, are of our own Direct Importation. ami are offered at the lowest Market Prices for cash or ('ity acceptances. The one price system is strictly adherrcd to. All Goods arc warranted, and orders fdled with promptness and the most careful attention. BROWNING & LEMAN. March 29 12 ly ATTENTION! BOIXT1 I*AX D AGEVCY!! | rjMlfc! undersigned oiler their services to nil per' 1. sons entitled to bounty Lund under the lute Act of Congress, Having ohtuiued the requisite forms .mil completed the necessary arrangements, they will he aide to prosecute claims with despatch, and I at a very small expense. Persons desiring to entrust their claims to us will call at the Kxiputru Office; or. if it he inconvenient to visit town, the business can he transacted by letter equally as well as hy their personal attention. All commissioned and non-commissioned officers, musicians ami privates, whether of the regulars, volunteers. rangers or militia, who have served for a period longer than fourteen days in any of the wars i if the United States since the year 17U0, are entitled, ' by the terms of this Act, to receive a warrant for ' i one hundred and sixty acres, or a warrant for such ' quantity of land as shall make, with what may have : i been hitherto received, one hundred and sixty acres. This Act also extends to the officers, soldier-, or 1 volunteers who served at the battle of King'" Moun tain, and to all persons who have been actually en gaged in any battle in any of the wars in which this ^ country has been engaged. ( Where the service 1ms been rendered by a sub t. " tute he is the person entitled to the benefit of the lt act. ami not his employer. In the event of the death , of any person who, if living, would be entitled to a 1 certificate or warrant as aforesaid, leaving a widow. ; or if no widow, a minor child or children, such wid~ nit', or. if no w idow, such minor child or children, i| entitled to a certificate or warrant, for the same p,....>*.? j t't.imi Mich doc eased persons would ho entitled to receive under the provisions of said act, if now living. A sub-ci|tioMl marriage will not impair j the right ot any such widow to such v.arrant, if she he a widow at the time of her application. Pcr;on | within the age of twenty-one years on the 3d duv o| ! March, 18.j.">, are deemed minors with the intent and d i meaning of said act. MII.ld'.K & MKI.TON. April '). 1:1 tt le R. A. YONGUE, COLUMBIA. S. C'., . j |J KflS leave to inform his friends and the public. * j If that he i> now receiving large addition- to Iiis >; Stock of Jewelry, Ac. d i Til addition to his former stock In* In.*. Iv..il i j new ami eytensive assortment of (iol.D an<l SiLVKH ' WATCHES. Mantel CLOCKS of every variety: MILITARY AND FANCY GOODS. > Gnus. Rifles, Sportsman's Apparatus, Fine Pocket i ami Table Cutlery. Ilisassortment of Fancy Goods a will be found to comprise a large number of ucw ami Elegant Articles, ami it is his design not to be surpassed in the taste and elegance of his selections, and bis prices will be found to be as moderate as at any other establishment in the 5 South. ; Thankful for past favors lie solicits a continuance I I of the patronage of his lb> mer friends and customer-. I i Jan U 1 tf ' I South Carolina.?York District. 1X TH ! : CO M M(JN PI. I '.AS. . ' D. J. & L. l'witty, r*. William C. Clark.?Attachment. WHKHKAS the Plaintiffs did on the 7lh day of December one thousand eight hundred and llft-y-four, tile their declaration against the Defendant who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of the .State, and has neither wife nor Attorney known within the same upon whom a copy of said declaration might lie served: It is therefore Ordered, that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the 't said declaration on or before the -eighth day of December, which will be iu the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then'be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. EXL0J2, c. c. c. i*ls. Clerk's Office, York Dist. 1 Dec. 7, 1804 f 45 lyq. South Carolina?York District, I IN THE COMMON I'LKAS. Win. K. Hamilton, vs. Green Nelson.?Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiff did. on the twentieth d?v of April, 1855, tile his declaration against the defendant, who (as it is saidj is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the sftnie, upon whom a copy of the said declaration inijrht he served : It is therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead So the suid declaration, on or before the twenty fir.-* day of August, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred und fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. KNLOK, ? . r, I?ls. Clerk's Office, York Hist., Aug. lilt, lbf*5. M-vq rpHE GEORGIA CITIZEN.?The Gib J. volume of this Journal, "Devoted to Literature, Polities, Domestic Economy, General News, and State and National Americanism" commenced on the 7th of April. Terms $2.o() invariably in advance. Ten copies to Clubs for $'J0. The Citizen is a large class Family Newspaper?independent in tone and character?published weekly in Macon, Giifhy L. F. W. ANDHEWS. Editor and Proprietor. 4 .W ERIC AN HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. <\ I A\. The proprietors would respectfully inform the travelling public thut this well known establishment iu rw.tts in ? I. ? lf? .o ?? vwiiprew " nil lno reception OI Visitor*1. Its location is one of the most pleasant ami advantageous in Columbia, being immediately on the edge of the most business part of tho town. Everything necessary for the comfort and convenience of travellers have been carefully provided, and no labor will be considered too great by the Proprietors, in order to ensure to those who will favor them with a call, a pleasant and desirable home of rest and accommodation. SARAH FLEMIXti, J. T. FLEMING. Jan. 5 tf DISSOIATIOIV OF COPARTNERSHIP.?The Copartnership in the Drug and Chemical business, heretofore existing between L. I*. HARNETT and J. B. WITHERS, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, tho term of their copartnership having expired. L. P. BARNKTT, J. B. WITHERS. Yorkville, Aug. 14,1800.