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^musing Jjfisfellang. THE GREASED POLE. Ezekiel Philpot was born in America, somewhere near the head waters of the Penobscot, and when he arrived at the age of nineteen, he had got his growth and 'cut his eye teeth,' a circumstance which was generally admitted by all who knew hiiu. One bright morning in June, Zeke placed his long body in a clean shirt, run his long legs through h pair of strit " ped trowsers, wrapped u span new waistcoat abouthis breast, hauled up his stiff cotton dickey and tied a checked gingham about his neok, and then donned his swallow-tailed coat, the brass buttons of whicb looked like a row of newly risen stars. Zeke was literally a pioneer in the 'Bloomer costume,' at least one would have thought so to see him as he now Stood. He disdained to have his trowsers legs dangling in the mud, or to have the cuffs of his coat si /pi ig in the wash bowl, so his blue stockings peeped forth from beneath the tops of his cowhides that looked up full six inches to the trowser buttons, while his bony wrists had free scope from either shirt sleeve or cuff. i.. Zeke's hair, which was of no color in particular, but bore all the lighter shades of the vegetable kingdom, was down flat with pure bear's ile, and directly on the top of his heap he put a white hat, somewhat resembling an inverted butter firkin, and after gazing at his presentment in the looking-glass for four and a half minutes, was heard to say : 'Thar, Mr. Zeke Philpot, if you don't slide on that, then I guess what ain't what, that's . all!" Zeke was bound for Bosting, with a load of genuine apple sass, and he expected, ere he returned, to make a slight commotion, if not more, in the great metropolis. The old mare ^ was harnessed, and in due course of time Zeke and his load arrived in Bosting, where the - 'sass' was disposed of to good advantage, and with seventy-five dollars in his pocket our hero began to look around to see the sights 'Hel-lo!' exolaimed Zeke, as he stopped one , moraing before a blazing placard, which adorned one of the back walls in Flag Alley; 'wat'n tarnation's that? A Golden Ladder?a Road to For-t-u-^-e?oh, fortin, that's it?a road to fortin.' Zeke went on to decipher the reading be \ neath, and gradually he gained the intellim gence that on Black Bay there was to be a pole twenty feet high, and upon the top of which - the proprietor would place a prize of two hundred dollars, to be obtained by one who could obtain it. Chances S3. 'Well, tew hundred dollars is some pumkins,' soliloquized Zeke. I've dumb, pooty skinny trees in my day. I'll just walk into that feller's tew hundred, rot me ef I deon't.' 'With this feeling of cupidity, Zeke started for the scene of action, and twas not till he had run down a dozen apple women that he remembered his entire ignorance of where Black Bay might be, and when this information was gained he appeared to remember that the 'old mare' hadn't been seen too! Zeke was economical in his horse-keeping. He hired a single stall in a small shed near the Providence depot, bought his own hay, and took care of his own animal. Thither he hastened his steps, and having fed and watered his beast, he took from his wagon box an old wool card and raked down the mare in the most approved manner. To be sure the steel teeth moved a little more harshly over the bones than usual, but then Zeke was in a hurry, for that 'few hundred' was in his eye. At length by dint of much inquiry 3Ir. Lzekiel Philpot found his way to a spot where the people had already began to collect around the 'Golden Ladder.' 'Hal-low!' exclaimed Zeke, as he came up, 'whar's the chap wot keeps this ere pole ?' 'I am the man/ answered a burly fellow, with a red nose and a pimpled chin, who occupied a chair near the pole. 'Want to try a chance? Walk up, gentlemen, walk up? only three dollars ! Who wants the two hundred ?' 'Hold on, ole feller,' interrupted Zeke; 'dew yer mean to say as heow there's tew hundred dollars in that 'ere bag upt' the top o' that pole V 'Certainly.' 'An' ef I ken get it's mire?' 'You can have a chance for three dollars, Mr. Zeke.' 'Zackly. Wal, now, there's yer three dollars, and neow here's what goes for the hull lot.' Zeke divested himself of his coat, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and giving a powerful 1i%A?N iltA Ma1a aLa?& iAA .. 4- il,A icup, ^toojjcu iuu puiu auuut tun iuui iium tuu ground. A single second?no louger?he staid there; and then slipped back on terra firma. Zekc looked at his hands, aud then down upon his striped trowsers. Then he looked at his hands again; and raising them up to his nose, while a deep, long smell seemed to set his doubts aud queries at rest, he uttered: 'The deuce ! Hog's fat, by thunder!' A broad laugh from the crowd soon brought Zeke to his senses, and conviuccd him that he bad been sold. Hut ere he could find his tongue again an old salt, about 'three sheets in the wind,' paid for his chance and essayed to climb the pole. The sailor hugged halfway up, aud then he slid. The crowd laugh, ed again, but this time their attention was turned from Zeke to the new aspiraut, aud after waiting a moment in sort of a 'brown study,' our hero quietly slipped away, remarking to 1 the red-nosed man, 'he was goin' to git three dollars more, and he'd be darned ef he didn't try it again !' In an hour Zeke was again upon the ground. 'Neow ole feller,' said he to the man who took the entrance money. 'I want tew try that 'ere thing wunsc more, au' 1 want yew t' understand, 'at I shall jis' take of my shews this time.' I 'Got nothing in your stocking?' suggested the red-nosed man. 'Notliin' but my feet, returned Ackc, as lie planted thirteen iuchcs of flesh and bone into the lap of the querist. Zekc paid his three dollars, and minus coat, vest and 'shews,' he grasped the pole. Slowly, yet steadily, he crept up from the ground. He hugged like a blud-sucker to the greased pole, and by degrees he neared the top. His hand was within a foot of the bag of dollars, i and he stopped to uei lu> breath. One more I lift, and then . the prize was in his grasp. Zeke slid to the earth with two hundred dollars. 'Thar! L ltnowed I could dew it. i hain't clum spruces and v.idto map!-- dl my day.-, f;,r nothin'! Good by . ?"*1 k~ an i! enny efyeou j ever cuui daown < nst guv us a call.' Zeke left the eo .1 winder, and made! the bestof hisv. \ t ! : !e shut the j door of the .-died, tnd ihp:.!.ing up his trowsers, he untied from insoh; ot each knee one half of the te i r ' ''atherofj his old borse-cara ! { 'Wall, old Dobbin,' said Zeke, patting the 1 mare affectionately on the back, wbile be held i pieces of card-leather in his hand, the scatter- i ing teeth of which had been filed sharp, 'rath- i er guess I ken 'ford to bny yeou a new keard < now.' A WEDDING EXCURSION. ' In the evening the ceremony was perform- . ed, which made Tim and Rachel an unit, and after the company had "liquored" all round, Tim having previously "talked it up" with j Rachel, boldly announced the desperate reso- , lution of starting the next morning on a grand | tour of observation. ] ?He had always been to hum,' he said, 'and | never seen nuthin, and now he was goin' . and ofnro }|fl PftlTlft back Obiai^Ub iV VI 1 WM\4 M4W* W Mv W? ? he would see a steamboat, if there was such a thing, any how.' The village of G was about fifty miles distant, lying on the Ohio river, and a jour ney there, from Tim's residence, in those days, ( was deemed a great undertaking. Some of ( them thought Tim had taken leave of his sen- < ses, or certainly he was not in earnest, but he i assured them that he was, and the next morn- i ing, tackling up 'old gray,' and putting in a i supply of pork and beans for the journey, Tim ( and the new Mrs. Higgins started on the bridal tour. i The second day, the hopeful pair, without accident, arrived at G , Just as they were entering the town, it so happened that the steamboat Pennsylvania was rounding in to the landing. Tim caught sight of her i smoke pipes, and in an ecstacy of wonder and delight, cried out? 'There she comes now, by hoky! Look at her, Rachel. Je-ru-sa-lem ! Just as 'Squire Stokely said, tu! Jemima, what a creek! furder across than from our house to Shallow's mill, ain't it, Rach ? See, they are tying up the varmant with a halter. Wonder it it's skeery, Let's go down to see the critter.? Thunder!?what's that??how it snorts.' 'You had better keep away from it, Tim,' said Rachel; 'it might swallow yeou down like windin'." 'I ain't afeared, said Tim, 'folks are comin' off on't now. She's good natured, I reckon, only spirited." By this time 'grey' was made fast, and Tim and Rachel were moving cautiously in the direction of the boat. 'No balking, Rach, I'm going on to her.' The plank was out, and Tim, followed slowly by Rachel, boldly walked up and stood alongside of the engine. 'See how she sweats?they must have put her through,' said Tim. 'I say, old hoss,' said Tim, addressing the engineer, 'move her jest a leettle?I want to see how she travels.' 'She'll move directly,' replied the man of steam; 'better keep out of the way.' Tim and Rachel now wended their way to the main deck, and so completely were they absorbed with what they saw, that they did not observe the preparation making for her departure. At the last tap of the bell, Tim thought there must be a meelin' somewhere, but had no idea it was anything which concerned him. At length, as Tim afterwards expressed it, 'she began to breathe hard, and the water be gan to smack,' and Tim for the first time observed they were in the midst of the river. 'Hallo, here, old hoss!" screamed Tim; <1 say, Cap'n, what are you about? "Where are you goin' tu?' They were now under full headway, and Tim saw the town aud 'old gray' disappear like magic. 'Thunder, why don't you hold licr in ?' roared Tim ; 'she's running away. What'll we do? Oh, golly, cuss the critter?can't she be brought tu?' A wag, who comprehended poor Tim's predicament, observed? "You are in for it, now, my friend; we don't stop till we get to Orleans.' 'I told you to keep away from the varment,' screamed Rachel. 'Now what will become of us ?' Tim was in despair. At this moment the steamer's whistle uttered one of its sharpest notes, and Tiui's hair stood on end. 'She's loose, squealin' and kickin' !' shrieked Tim. 'Oh, golly, Rachel, we are lost,' and in the absence of the knowledge of any prayer, he tried to repeat a part of the blessing he had heard Deacon Snivclv ask at the ~ v table. By this time the Captain had learned of poor Tim's misfortune, aud kindly ordered the boat to land, and Tim and Rachel once more stood on terra firnia. Footing it back with all despatch, they found 'old gray' still fast to post; and not many minutes elapsed before his head was turned homewcrds, with Tim aud Rachel, who were perfectly sitisfied with what they had seen of the world in general, and their experience in steamboating iu particular. THE LANDLORD'S WIFE. A friend in Stockbridge, Mass., sends ustlic following anecdote of the Hcv. Zeb Twitcliell, a Methodist clergyman in full aud regular standing, aud a member of the Vermont Conference. At one time lie represented Stockbridge in the State Legislature. Zeb, says our informant, is a man of fair talents, both as a , preacher and musician. In the pulpit, lie is grave, solemn, dignified; a thorough systematic sermonizer; but out of the pulpit, there is no man living who is more full of fun and drollery. On one occasion, he was wending his way toward the seat of the Annual Conference of ministers, in company with another clergyman. Passing a country inn, he remarked to his companion: "The last time I stopped at that tavern, I slept with the landlord's wife !" In utter amazement, his clerical friend wanted to know what lie meant. " I mean just what I say," replied Zeb ; and on went the two travellers in unbroken silence, until they reached the Conference. In the early part of the session, the Coufcrenee sat with the doors closed, for the purpose of transacting private business, and especially to attend to the annual examination of each member's private character, or rather conduct, during the past year. For this purpose, the clerk called the roll, as was the custom, and in due course Zcb's name was called. ''Does any one know aught against the conduct of brother Twitcliell during the past year ' ' asked the i Dishop who was presiding officer. After a lii.iiui'iii's -ilenee Zeb's travelliuir companion j aro-e from his seat, aud with a heavy heart and j wi;.\ . i 'It ! < had a duty I to pei'to:"!': i>.i iittii i.iuWiai in ?-tid. to the | church, and to himself, lie must, therefore, j it I'citrh-sly. though with trembling. li?d inld luii! udiili. ' I:. I ' : 1 VVi:ii till- l;il.ii | i* ? ? . ministers , v. ' - : 'l ; a j ; llun i upou tae i>:suop, iiuuwiugly, iur they kuew | V, better than the others, the character of the lccused. The Bishop called upon brother T. ind asked him what he had to say in relation to so serious a charge. Zcb arose and said : "I did the deed! I never lie." Then pausing with an awful seriousness, he proceeded with 3low and solemn deliberation : < 'There was one little circumstance, however, connected with the affair, I did not name to the brother. It may not have much weight with the Conference, but although it may be deemed of trifling importance, I will state it. When I slept with the landlord's wife, as I told the brother, I kept the tavern myself !" The long and troubled countenance relaxed; a titter followed, and the next name on the roll was called. THE GEORGIA WIDOW. "John Phenix" has written a book which " 1 ?j. a a a. am Will soon De out. Aiier me lasuiuu, ui pemapo we should say policy, of the day, his publishers are giving samples in advance of the forthcoming, "Phenisiana." There is an account of a Georgia widow which we reprint with mirth and indignation?mirth at its absurd truthfulness to human nature, indignation at the slur it embodies upon female women generally. A certain Squire is made to tell the anecdote, who thus proceeds: "Oh !" says the Squire, "I wish I was married, and well over it. I dread it powerful.? I'd like to marry a widow. I allcrs liked widows since I know'd one down in Georgia, that suited my ideas adzactly. "About a week after her husband died, she started down to the grave-yard, whar they planted of him, as she read the perscription onto his monument. When she got there, she stood a minute a-looking at the stones which was put at the end of the grave, with an epithet on 'em that the minister had writ for her. Then she burst out, "Oh ! boo!" says she.? 'Jones, he was one of the best of men. I remember how the last time he come home, about a week ago, he brought down from town some sugar and a little tea, and some storegoods for me, and lots of little necessaries, and a little painted hoss for Jeems, with which that child got his mouth all yaller with sucking of it; and then he kissed the children all round, and took down that good old fiddle of his'n, and played up that good old tune: "Rake her down, Sal, oh, rang-dang-diddlc, Oh! rang-dang-diddlc, dang, dang, da!" "Here," says the Squire, "she begin to dance, and I just thought she was the greatest woman ever I see." The Squire always give a short laugh after amaaJa^a im/1 flllln/* or?rJ leiliUg tins UUt'UUUlt'^ auu i/ii^u uiuu^ uuu lighting his pipe subsides into an arm-chair in front of the "Exchange," and indulges in calm and dreamy reflection. HORACE GREELEY. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Times gives the following description and anecdote of Greeley : No man in Washington attracts more attention. He cuts a quaint figure everywhere, with his shambling, lop-sided gait, loosely-cut clothing, cravat awry, and hat perched back on the top of his head, leaving his great white facostanding out like a figure-head of a Dutch lugger. I believe his address and his negligence of dress to be mostly assumed. It was the bitter remark of a certain Greek philosopher, concerning the Spartans, that "he saw their vanity through the holes in their garments." Horace's vanity is amply visible in his pretended eccentricities. - Let me tell~y:ra a little jpke I heard last evening while at the National Hotel. A trio of Irish servants were busily talking politics in the corner of the reading-room, (Irish servants are great politicians here,) when one of thciu suddenly exclaimed? "Be jabcrs, boys, an' there's ould Greeley !" "Where?" exclaimed his companions, with as much interest in their looks as they would naturally exhibit on being told that St. Patrick or Bishop Ilughes was before them. "Standin' you by the table, talking wid the tall gentleman." The Hibernian gazed curiously and intensely at Horace for aa instant, when the youngest of them, apparently a late importation, with wonder in his voice, observed: "Sure an' he's a white man /" "Av coorse he's a white man," said the first cnml-nr ill n nilt.vnni71 ncr fn?0. 818 tllOUfll IIo ... - 0 J race and he were the greatest of cronies. "Well, be my sowl, I've been decayed in the ould fellow intirely," continued the other, "I thought he was a nayur." - WHISKEY AND NEWSPAPERS. A glass of whiskey is manufactured from perhaps a dozen grains of corn, the value of which is too small to be estimated. A pint of this mixture sells for one shilling, and if of a good brand is considered by consumers well worth the money. It is drank off in a minute or two?it fires the brain?rouses the passions ?sharpens the appetite?deranges and weakens physical systems; it is gone?and swollen eyes, parched lips, and an aching head arc its followers. On the same sideboard upon which this is served, lies a newspaper. It is covered with a half a million of types; it brings intelligence from the four quarters of theglobe?the newspaper cost less than the glass of grog?the juice of a few grains of corn. It is no less strange than true, that there is a large community who think corn juice cheap and the newspaper dear. How is this? Is the body a better paymaster than the soul destined fur eternity ? Is the transient tickling of the stomach of more consequence than the improvement of the soul and the information that is essential to a rational being? If this had its real value, would not the newspaper be worth many pints of whiskey??Purest City. Matrimonial Squall.?"Nancy my dear, did John black them boots?' 'llow should I know?'?1 hain't got nothing to do with your boots. This is washing day.' But, my love, you needn't speak so cross.' 'Speak cross! I didn't speak cross.' ?Oh, yes you did.' 'I didn't.' 'I say you did.' 'I say I didn't.' T>y gracious! T won't stand this; it's too had tn bo treated this way. I'll leave you, madam. I will have a separation.' <Oh Mr. .Slob! Was ever woman so abused ? Here I've been washing and scrubbing all day long, as hard as ever I could, and then you come home and act so to nic?just cos 1 don't know nothing about your bouts. Oh, it's too bad, it is?boo hoo! boo boo !' 'Hem! Well, Nancy, I didn't mean to make you cry. Never mind. I reckon John has blackened my boots. Is them ere sassengers to he fried for supper ?' V-e-s?my dear, I got 'out for you particularly." Ahem. Doimg A Tollman.?Two young ladies of Indianapolis, Indiana, who, by the by, belong to the hon ton, were ridding in a buggy by themselves, and after driving through the most fashionable avenues, they concluded to try the plank road. Well, to the plank road they went, and while trotting briskly along, they were suddently arrested by the toll-gate keeper, who demanded his toll. 'How much is it ?" asked the girls. 'For a man and a horse/' he replied, 'it is fifty cents." 'Well, then, get out of the way, for we are girls and a mare. Get up Jenny!' and away they went, leaving the man in mute astonishment. ' The Revolution and Thanksgiving.? The poetry of our Revolution has always seemed to me to be, that it was conceived and de terminea upon without pontioai iricit or accident of crisis, persevered in without romance or enthusiasm, fought without plume or gay equipment, sustained without war-song ballad or traditional story, and its final victory, the greatest the world ever saw, won without pomp or enthusiasm, and by stern and strong devotion to a rock-bound principle. And of this bare Alp among the towering but leafclad patriotisms of the earth, the plain mere piety of Thanksgiving seems the crown of uncolorcd snow.?A7". P. Willis, in Home Journal. ItSf* A western editor withdraws from his profession in the following valedictory:?"The undersigned retires from the editorial chair with the complete conviction that all is vanity. From the hour he started his paper to the present time, he has been solicited to lie up every given subject, and can't remember having told a wholesome truth without dimishing his subscription list or making an enemy. Under these circumstances of trial, and having a thorough contempt for himself, he retires in order to recruit his moral constitution." BST A gentleman being in company with a sprightly damsel about fourteen, was some what annoyed by her playful trickery. At length he exclaimed:? 'Now, my dear girl, be still.' This was touching a chord of feminine vanity. Assuming an air of importance, and retiring to a position of defiance, she responded :? "Girl! indeed! I am as viitch of a women as you arc." Female Witness.?'Facts are stubborn things, said a lawyer to a female witness under examinationThe lady replied: 'Yes, sir-ee, and so are women, and if you get anything out of me just let me know it.' 'You'll be committed for contempt,' 'Very well, I'll suffer, justly, for I feel the utmost contempt for every lawyer present.' Jwnter's Jeptlmcnt. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. The Value of Manures.-?From an address by lion. Augustus Drum, delivered before the Indiana Agricultural Society : Animal Manure.?Although the nature and efficiency of mineral and vegetable manures ought to be at this day partially at least, known to mogUrtf-onr farmers, it is a rare case that you sec other description^ used than the ordinary animal manure, and that, too, applied with little more regard to the object to be obtained than it was half a century ago. The manure pile lies throughout the whole year by the side of their barn, exposed to every change of weather, reeking out its precious fertilizing properties, with 110 aid to assist its decomposition, and no attempt to fix or retain in it the powerful volatile essence which gives it value ?it is then hurried away to the fields, and spread upon the top of the ground, where it is allowed to lie until the little good it still possesses as a fertilizer has left it before it is mixed with the soil, and expected to operate like a charm upon the next harvest. I take it upon me to say that it has little more effect than to deposit so much barren straw?and and that it is a mockery of the gladsome earth that so tenderly feeds her children. Every body knows the value of manures to land, and is it not so necessary that they should know how and why they arc valuable, as they should be informed and what substances constitute efficient fertilizers and how they should be applied. The very general use of animal manure, in form at least, proves how extensively beneficial it might become if applied with a propci regard to the qualities it contains. Its essential fertilizing principle is a gas termed, ammonia, combined, during decomposition, from the nitrogen of the air and the hydrogen of the water, and it is precisely the same element which we undertake to manufacture when we plough down clover, and rot it for the purpose of manure, which unhapily is too seldom done. This active principle is also exceedingly volatile, and it will readily be seen that the substance that contained it possesses no longer a single quality of fertility. With every pound of it that evaporates, it is said, a bushel of wheat is lost, and this is the reaason why the ordinary method of making and using manure in this country is of so little value compared with what it might become. For, in the first place, before the ammonia is engendered at all, the substance must have passed through its regular process of decomposition and fermentation. The clover of [ the manure pile must have perfectly rotted.? This process, it is true, will take time, but it j may be greatly hastened by the use of other j caustic substances, of which I believe quick; lime is one, with little trouble and with scarce! ly any expense. Now, how seldonT is this ! trouble taken or this expense incurred. Shelter for tiie Manure Heap.?But I after the ammonia is at once present and fair| Iy transfused through the heap, it is of course J vitally importaut that it should be kept there : until the manure is put under the ground. To secure this I have already mentioned how necessary it is that the pile should be carefully sheltered from the summer's sun and the winter's rain. But, in addition to this precaution, chemistry has furnished us with another and I a cheap expedient in the oil of vitriol or sul! phuric acid, which, when diluted with water i an occasionally sprinkled on the heap, enables it to retain its valuable essence, and thus imI parts the quality so highly beneficial. How J much of these things arc done by us in the ! preparation of our most familiar manure ? But even in the article of stable manures our economy is mere wastefulness when com! pared with what it ought to be, and with agri j cultural economy as is practised in other couuI tries. Tt may be fairly estimated that onehalf of the amount of the refuse of the barn or stable, and that by far the most valuable part of it, the liquid manure, is allowed by sheer carelessness to be lost. * The application of this would add immense fertility to our acres. And I can conceive t)f nothing more easily done than so to construct our buildings that this wasteful neglect would be obviated. It is regarded of so much value in Flanders and Switzerland, that they build large tanks and cisterns to receive it, and their buildings are carefully adapted to its preservation. Why should we not do so too ? can any one say ? CoMrosT Heap.?There is another way of preparing a very highly fertilizing manure, which no farmer should be without for a day. It is the compost heap. The cost of the structure in which to build the heap would be about one-half the cost of a respectable hogpen, and every pound of waste vegetable and animal matter about the farm should be gathered together and deposited in the heap. The scrapings of ditches and gardens, the offals of the kitchen, the stalks of vegetables, decayed leaves and wood, all waste straw, even a superanuated pair of boots?in short everything that now goes to loss on a farm, should he thrown into the pile, and left to rot and fester until it becomes a fertilizer of the most extraordinary power. It will soon engender all the acids and alkalies that form the essential elements of vegetation. A distinguished man has said, in reference to the compost heap, that "the careful farmer should allow nothing to run away in the form of fluid, or fly away in the disguise of a smell. In the old agricultural countries of continental Europe, a heap of this character is in every man's bain yard, and I confess that to me it is wonderful that it is not so here. In forming the heap, all that is necessary is to mix a due proportion of soil with the other heterogenous substances, and then add quick lime'in proportion of about one-tenth or about one fifteenth ; but as some chemists deem liuic to be injurious when animal manure is present, it might be as well to use the sulphuric acid or a strong solution of potash. The heap is once or twice mixed with the spade to make it fit for the field, and as a manure it cannot be surpassed. Amnncr the nmnf. henefieinl substances that can be incorporated in such heaps arc the bones of animals, hundreds of pounds of which yearly go to loss on a farm. They contain a substance called phosphate of lime, the tendency of which to stimulate vegetable growth cannot be exceeded. But animals bones are also frequently collected by farmers, and burnt like lime, in which it is computed that one hundred pounds of it contains as much of the phosphate as is found upon analysis to be contained in two hundred bushels of wheat. CHEAP AND EXCELLENT CANDLES. The following recipe I have tried twice, and find it all that it is cracked up to be. I have no doubt that it would have been worth more than ?20 to me if I had known it twenty years ago. Most farmers have a surplus of stale fat and dirty grease, which can be made into good candles at a trifling expense. I kept both tallow and lard candles through the last summer, the lard candles standing the heat the best and burning quite as well, and giving as good a light as the tallow ones. Directions for making good candles from lard: For 12 pounds of lard, take 1 pound of saltpetre, and 1 pound of alum; mix them and pulverize them; dissolve the saltpetre and alum in a gill of boiling water; pour the com pound into the lard before it is quite all melted; stir the whole until it boils, skim off what rises; let it simmer until the water is boiled out, or till it ceases to throw off steam; pour off the lard as soon as it is done, and clean the boiler while it is hot. If the candles arc to be run, you may commence immediately; if to be dipped, let the lard cool first to a cake, and then treat it as you would tallow.? Cor. N. E. Farmer. Eugs.?Eggs arc light and nutritions, and often useful to invalids, either raw or lightly cooked. They are chiefly mentioned here for the sake of observing that they arc much more wholesome cooked out of shell than in. A poached egg boiled, or even fried, will often suit the stomach when one boiled in the shell would be unsuitable. This is worth notice. A raw egg or two beaten up with a little fine sugar and a grating of nutmeg, makes a pleasant and nourishing meal of itself, or with^hc addition of a little boiled milk stirred to it briskly. Raw eggs, with a glass of spring water, arc sometimes useful in a cough, and particularly so in jaundice. Two should be taken in the morning fasting, and one three times a day besides. STABLING *CATTLE. The time has come when old Boreas begins to whistle through the leafless trees, and stern winter is hard upon us; and it becomes farmers to make preparation for stabling their aui muls. Notwithstanding wc live in a day of great improvement in farming, yet many farmers arc opposed to stabling their stock, and still continue to throw their fodder into the mud, and at the mercy of the winds; and instead of sheltering their swine, they let them run over the whole farm, rooting up their best meadows, and perhaps their neighbors' also.? Every observing farmer knows that it is as natural for cattle to seek a dry and warm shelter, as it is for the human family; and yet it appears as if some fanners thought that their salvation depended 011 keeping a large stock, half-fed, half-stabled, half-cared for. No farmer, whose heart is not harder than a millstone, can enter his dwelling o'i a cold winter's night, by a good fire, and feast on the luxuries of the earth, while his stock are lowing and bleating about the lots and streets for j the want of proper food and shelter. JUST PUBLISHED BY miFE IIOWAKl) ASSOCIATION, Philadelphia.? | JL llcport on Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal Weakness, Impotence, the Vice of Onanism, Masturbation. or Self-Abuse, and other Diseases of the Sexual Organs, villi an account of the errors and deceptions of Quacks, and valuable advice to the, alilictcd, by Cleo. R. Calhoun, M. D., Consulting Surgeon of 1 the Howard Association, Philadelphia, Ho., abencvj olent Institution established by special endowment, j for the relief of the sick and distressed, atliicted i with "Virulent and Epidemic Diseases." A copy of ' the above Report will bo sent by mail (in a sealed i envelope) free of charge, on the receipt of two [ I stamps for postage. Address Dr. GEORGE It. CAL 1 IK)I N, No. 2 South Ninth-St., riula.iolpliin, i'a. j Dec. 13 40 tf DR. R. 31. I'OISIS, "1"*7"1LL lie pleased to receive Professional Calls in T t the departments of MEDICINE and SUI1GEi UY. Unless professionally absent, he may be found I at his residence, Fort Mill Depot, York Dist., S. C. Oct 11 40 ly DLVESTOXE, SIXPII.4TE QUININE, J f Iodine, Iodide-Potash, Morphine, Tannin &c. ' ! For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. | Nov 1 43 tf I W^TIIERILL & BROTHERS, pure! yv WHITE LEAD. For sale by ADAMS & MeCOllKLE. may 3 17 tf ESSENCE OF COFFEE, Yeast Powders and Hops. For sale by Nov 1 L. P. BARNETT & CO. 'br > .W.-. C]\t fjorfiirilk 18 ISSUED EVEBY THUBSDAY MOBNIBG, at Two Dollars per year, in Advance. To Clubs op Ten, the paper will be furnished, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?invariably in advance. All subscriptions not specially limited at the timo of subscribing will be considered as made for an indefinite period, and will be continued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Proprietors. Subscriptions from other States must invar1 ably be accompanied with tho cash or the name of some responsible person known to ns. bgk, Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar per square for the first, and Thirty-seven-and-ahalf Cents for each subsequent insertion?a squaro to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. Business Cards, of a half-square or less, will be inserted at $5, per year. For advertising Estrays Tolled, $2; Citations, $2; Notices of Application to tho Legislature, $5; to be paid by the persons handing in the advertisements. Monthly or Quarterly Advertisements will be charged One Dollar per square, for each insertion. Contracts by the year will bo taken on liberal terms?tho contracts howovcr, must in all cases be confined to the immediate business of Jtlio firm or individual contracting. All advertisements not having tho number of insertions marked on the margin, will bo continued until forbid and charged, accordingly. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, will be charged for tho overplus, at regular rates.? Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. THE LAW OP NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their papers, the publisher can continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the office to which they are directed, thoy are hold responsible till they settle their bill, and order the paper discontinued. 4. If any subscriber removes to another place without informing the publisher, and their paper is sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The Court has decided that refusing to tako a Newspaper from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima fiacie evidence of an intentional fraud. -a?ma?TSEmaam THE PRINCETON PRESS. THE design of the inventor was to get up a Press which would answer every requirement of the offer made by George Bruce, of New York, in 1851, viz: cheap, light, easily managed, and capable of throwing off at least 500 sheets per hour. This Press will throw off from 500 to 800 sheets per hour, doing the work equal to any Cylinder Press. The bed stands about 80 inches from the floor, and is the most convenient of all Presses to make ready the form on. It is ndaptcd to jobbing, or book work, as 17011 as newspaper, anu whi register as wen ns any other Cylinder Press. It requires, to work it, a man to turn the fly wheel and a boy to feed the sheets. The Inking .Apparatus is very complete, and dif-fers from the apparatus used in Cylinder Presses generally, boing more like that used in the Power Platen Presses. Two rollers pass over the form twice to each impression, taking ink for each sheet. A Press of this description for newspaper and jobbing, bed 44 by 28J inches, with roller mould, roller stocks, blanket, flying and registering apparatus, &c., complete, will be furnished for $500. If intended for book work chiefly, an extra ink fountain will be furnished for $20. The press, fly wheel, &c., will weigh about 2000 pounds. The sides, &c., arc iron. Length of frame, soven feet?height, to front edge of feed hoard, three /cot six inches. Any size made to order. The following is the list of Sizes and Prices as far ns established: Bed 28 by 20, $400. Bed 48 by 81, $580. " 36 24, 450. " 60 32, GOO. ?' 44 284,' 500. " 52 82, G2o. " 4G 80" 540. The beds will take chases their full breadth; and within two inches of the length. Terms.?One-half, cash: one half, note, at 4 months, with approved security; or 24 per cent discount for cash. Boxing and Cartage, $13. For moro than three years the inventor of the abovc Press has been improving it, working it all the while, aud ascertaining, with great care and expense, the best mode of carrying out all the details?and he flatters himself lie has succeeded in perfecting it; and is now manufacturing the Press himself. No Press willleave his premises without being thoroughly tested, and without it performs to the entire satisfaction of the purchaser. JOHN T. ROBINSON. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 1855. 4G 8m NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP. THE undersigned have leased the shop known as WALKER'S OLD STAND (recently occupied by Stocdman & McConnell) on MainStrcet, opposite the residence of Col. Wright, where they arc prepared to execute all kinds of ELACKSMITHINO, in the most substantial manner and on reasonable terms.? They arc also engaged in the Manufacture and sale of FORMAN'S PATENT IRON PLOW, the best Plow now in use, and which cannot fail to commend Avr?rv intelligent farmer who eives it a trial. The}* solicit an examination, and will be pleased to exhibit it to all who may call. They solicit a share of public patronage. LETSON, ROTHROCK & Co. Yorkville Sept. 20 37 tf. CAUTION !-F0RMAN'S IRON. PLOW. HAVING purchased of the Patentee of FORMAN'S IRON PLOW, the right to manufacture and sell said Plows in the Districts of York and Chester, the undersigned arc determined to prosecute all violations of their rights. They are now entering suit in the United States Court against one person in this place, who has assumed to manufacture and sell said Plows without authority; and they give warning to all persons who may purchase of him that they too arc liable, and that suits will be entered against every person who uses any Plow of his manufacture. This notice they give that persons who choose to buy his plow may do so with their eyes open, and with tho understanding that they will have to stand a suit in the U. States Court. LETSON & ROTHROCK. Yorkville, Oct. 11,1855. 40 tf MsraiFiiinil: THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends and tho public generally, that he wilPhttend to the sale of all kinds of PRODUCE, MERCHANDIZE, NEGROES, STOCK, FURNITURE, and everything that can be sold, at a reasonble commission. All business entrusted to him will be promptly attended to and immediate returns made. He returns his sincere thauks to the citizens of Yorkville and vicinity, for the liberal patronage heretofore be?towpd npon him, and hopes by strict attention to business, to merit and share a continuance of the same. Address, V. E McELIIANEY, Auctioneer, Yorkville, S. C. references: Yorkville.?W. I. Clawson, Jno. L. Miller, Dan'l Williams. Chester.?A. G. Pagan & Co. Lancaster.?J. Curcton, J. II. Withcrspoon. North Carolina.?W. L. Irwin, R. Irwin. Unionville.?W. J. Kecnan. Yorkvillc, July 2fi, 1805. 21 tf ftST" The Chester Staudard, Fairfield Herald, Unionville Journal and Lancaster Ledger, will copy 3 times weekly, and forward accounts. Notice. FT^HE Firms of J. X. LEWIS & CO., at Yorkvillc, 1 S. C., nud LEWIS & WILSON, at Chester, S. C., arc this day dissolved by mutual consent, 'flicnames of the firms will be used at both places in settling up their old business. J. N. LEWIS, L>. II. WILSON. October 1st, 1805. CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. J BENNETT, J. N. LEWIS, & 1). II. WILSON, have this day formed a Co-partnership for the purpose of carrying 011 the WATCH and JEWELRY Business, at the stand heretofore occupied by J. N. LEWIS & CO., at Yorkvillc, S. C., under the name of BENNETT, LEWIS, & CO., and at Chester, S. C\, under the name of BENNETT, WILSON & CO., at the stand formerly occupied by Lewis & Wilson. JORDAN BENNETT. J. N. LEWIS, D. II. WILSON. The old fusto- of J. N. Lewis & Co., feel grateful for the liberal patronftgc shown them on the part of the public, ami hope that the same maybe continued to the new firm. J. N. LEWIS, D. II. WILSON. Oct 11 40 ~ tf BROWNING & LEMAN, * j IMPORTERS OP j French, British and German m DRY GOODS, I 209 and 211 King, Corner of Market-stree J CHARLESTON,\ S. C. 1 KEEP constantly on hand, and offer to their friers and the public generally, the largest assortment of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods in the Southern A States. Their Stock is constantly supplied with a V full assortment of ' ? > V RICH DRESS GOODS I of all the newest varieties of style and Fabric, in H Silks, Tissues, Bareges, Grenadines, Muslins, &c.? |1 Bombazines, Alpacas, and Mourning Goods of all kinds. EMBROIDERIES and LACE GOODS, of every description. EVENING DRESS GOODS, of every variety. Gentlemen's and Boys' Wear. 1 CLOTHS, Cassimera, Vcstings, Linen Drills and 9 Coatings, of best French Goods. 1 Satinets, Tweeds, Jeans, &c. H FOR FAMILY USE. -, M Rose. Wliitnev and Bath Blankets. Red and White FLANNELS. English and American Cotton Flannels." French, English and American PRINTS and Cam- B brics. H Linens, of Richardson's celebrated make, for H Sheetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cases, Table Damask, I Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. E. and Huekaback H Diapers, Fruit Cloths, Apron Linens, &c. B CARPETING, 1 Ingrain, 3 Ply, Brussels, Tapestry and VELVET. I British and American Floor Oil Cloths. B Wilton, Velvet and Axminster RUGS. H White and colored Mattings of all widths. n Stair- Rods and STAIR CARPET ING S of all kinds. CURTAIN MATERIALS. 1 Of every variety in Silks, Satin and Worsted. n Curtain Cambrics and Muslins. * 1 Embroidered Lace and Muslin Curtains. I Gilt Cornices, Curtain Gimps, Holders, Loops, A Tassels, Drapery Cords, Bell Ropes, &c. Bfl PLANTATION GOODS. V Blankets, Plains, Kerseys, Caps, &c. I Cotton OSNABEROS, nli of the best Southern make. aj All the above, with every other line of Dry Goods u which can be demanded, are of onr own Direct Im- H portation, and are offered at the lowest Market Pri- S ces for cash or City acceptances. The one price'fiys- B tem is strictly adherred to. M All Goods uro warranted, and orders filled with B promptness and the. most careful attention. B BROWNING & LEMAN. 4 March 29 12 -' *7 1 GREATJOIJTHERN REMEDY !_o J J A13UJ57$ UUJtSUlAIi, ?| FOR AliL 9 Bowel Diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrhce, Choi- 9 era Morbus,. Bilious Cholie, Cholera Infantum. 9 Also, admirably adapted to many diseases of I Females, especially painful menstruation. 9 The virtues of Jacob's Cordial are too well 9 known to require enconiums. 9 1st. It cures the worst coses of Diarrhoea. 9 2d. It cures the worst form of Dysentery.. . 9 3d. It cures California or Mexican Diarrhoea. I 4th. It relieves the severest Colic. 9 5th. It cures Cholera Morbus. J9 Gth. It cures Cholera Infantum. 9 7th, It cures-Painful Menstruation. ^9 8th. It relieves Pain in Back and Loins. J| 9th. It counteracts Nervousness and Despondency. 9 10th. It restores Irregularities. 9 11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings. 9 12th. It's an admirable Tonic. ^R A Few Short Extracts from Letters, Testimonials, ke. 9 "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and 9 have found it a moBt efficient, and in my judgment, 9 a valuable remedy,."?Hon. Hiram Warner, Judge 9 of Supreme Court, Georgia. 9 "It gives inc pleasure in being able to recommend 9 Jacob's Cordial?my own personal experience, and 9 the expcricnco of my neighbors and friends Around 9 me, is a sufficient guarantee for me to believe it to 9 be all that it purports to be. viz: a sovereign rcmedy."?W. H. IJ.VDF.RWOOO, Formerly Judge of Supe- 9 rior Court, Cherokee Circuit. "I take great pleasure in recommending this invaluable medicine to all afflicted with bowel discascs, for which I believe it to be a sovereign remedy ^R ?decidedly superior to anything else ever tried l?y 9 mc."?A. A. Gacldino, Deputy G. M. of the Grand <9| T.mlrrn nf fJoArcnQ ^^9 . "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my femily, and this, with nil I hear about it as a remedy-by those >^| who have tried it, induces nic to believe tliat it stands at the head of every preparation of the kind, ijB and I would recommend its use in the diseases for which it is compounded.":?Miles G. Dobbtks, Cashicr of the Bank of. tfe* State of Georgia, Griffin. "If there is any credibility, .in humao testimony, Jacob's Cordial, sttrad-prc-omlnoiit above all M other prcparation^^5r.'.tl?rcure of Bowel Diseases.? j1 H From the niatss af;t^j^Wfd^-in. its fftvor coming H in from aJl.^nfttttfre, rit^jnist'be "very far in advance j^| as a curative ttgefl^Q^ tPtai^not all other patent" I prcparations.^VV^t^^'^TJashier Marine and "This ciJic'tbnt l^m^(J)n&^avelUng,into celebrity I as fast as Bonaparte puslrtnLhir. columns into Russia, and gaining conunendatioa^hfflfver used."?Qe&r* I^H ffia Jefersonian. ' For Sale by E'WjB?K&ETT & Co., Yorkville; Patterson,-Moore & Co., Fort Mill; J. Ross, fl| Sandersvillo; IVylic & Smith, Ilickory Grove; Davidson & White, Bullocbs Creek; Haviland, Harral 'J^| & Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher & Heinitsh, Columbin, and the principal Merchants and Druggists H throughout the State. W. W. BLISS & CO., H Proprietors, 20 Beckman-st, New York. iBI Sept 20 . 87 ly fl M. JOHNSON & CO. ~ II ALL ABOARD! li AT the word of command, M. JOHNSON passage on the Railroad for the cities of New York and Pbiladolphin, and purchased especially for m una murKoi a spicnuiu assorimem or articles m nis line of business. The firm are determined to enlargo their establishment and to keep on bond hereafter a more extensive, carefully selected and fiDcr stock than ever before offered in this place. In the stock now opening, -will be found every variety, and the best quality of SADDLERY HARDWARE; H Harness Mountings of various.styles; Bridle-Bits, I H of all kinds; Whips and Collars; Trunks, Valises, Carpet-Bags, &c., &c., &c. They invite attention to ^^B this Stock, and arc confident that they arc able, by I H offering the best qualities at the lowest prices, to ^^B give general satisfaction. As heretofore, they will continue to fill orders for the HOME MANUFACTURE |H of Saddles, Harness, Bridles &c., and arc always I I ready to do REPAIRING at the shortest notice and in the most workmnnlikc manner. Their thanks are iluc to their friends and the public generally for a generous patronage, and they hope by strict attcntion to business to merit and receive a continuanco ^HB of public favor. Call at the siorc, formerly occnpied by Meek & Moore, opposite the "Adickes Building." M. JOHNSON & CO. Yorkville, Aug. 30, 1855. 34 Cm Removal. \|ESSRS. LINDSAY & TIIOMASSON announce' ^H lv JL to their customers and the public that they ^^| have removed their establishment temporarily to the store formerly occupied by them, one door North of ^^| WALKER'S HOTEL, where they are prepared to ^^| serve their friends as usual. They have now on hand a good assortment of - Drugs, Medicines, Dye-Stuffs, &c., HI and all articles in their line of the best quality, and j^H at reasonable prices. J. F. LINDSAY, D. H. THOMASSON. M Yorkville, Mar. fc 8 tf ^Bj DRUGS AND MEDICINES, I AT WHOLESALE OK RETAIL. ^9 L. P. BARRETT & Co. AllE now receiving .a large addition to their stock, consisting of DRUGS and CHEMICALS, l'aints and Oils, Window Glass and Putty, Varnishes, Brnshes, Combs, Soaps, Perfumery and Fancy Articles. To Country Merchants and Physicians, wc will offer liberal inducements, guaranteeing everything as Represented. Wc make our purchases with cash of manufacturers and importers, and feel assured that in most articles wc can compete with any one in^^^H the State. Wc only ask an examination of our stock. Prompt attention given to all orders. Coods carefully packed and forwarded as directed. Prescriptions accurately dispensed. L. B. BARNETT & Co., Yorkville, Oct. 3ft, 1855. 43 tf HH