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Select Ifletrg. ; J A *> = 1 AN ANGEL IN THE WAY. The following is one of those very pure classical productions, which now and then, at great intervening intervals, are given to the world to enlighten, and please, and instruot. It imparts a lesson which would, if generally adopted, impose upon mankind a system of morals which would tend to their advantage, their happiness, and their honor. The poem appeared originally in Frazer's Magazine, but the author's name is not known: Fair the downward path is spread, Love and light thy coming greet, Fruit is blushing o'er thy head, Flowers are growing 'neath thy feet, Mirth and Sin, with tossing hands, TTT .1 TT fiVC IUVO UU, * WlllUJg prOJT , Tet an instant pause?there stands An Angel In the way. Heed the heavenly warning?know 4 ' Fairest flowers thy feet may trip; Fruit, that like the sunset glow, Turns to ashes on the lip; Though the joys be wild and free, Though the path be bright and gay, ?ven mortal eye can see An Angel in the way. Wilt thou drown in worldly pleasure! Wilt thou have, like him of old, Length of days and stores of treasure, Wisdom, glory, power, and gold ? Life and limbs shall sickness waste, Want shall grind thee day by day ; Still to win thee God hath placed An Angel in the way. Trusting all on things that perish, Shall a hopeless faith be thine ? Earthly idol ^rilt thou cherish ? Bow before an earthly shrine ? Meet rebuke to mortal love. Yearning for a child of clay; Death shall cross thy path, and prove An Angel in the way. When the prophet thought to sin, Tempted by hie heathen guide ; When & prince's grace to win, Prophet lipswonld fain have lied; Even the brute the same controlled Found a human voice to say, "Master, smite me not"?Behold An Angel in the way ? So, when Vice, to lure her elave, W009 him down the shining track, Spirit hands are stretched to save, Spirit voices warn bim back. Ileart of man! to evil prone, Chafe not at thy sin's delay ; Bow thee humbly down, and own An Angel in the way. v t?? Rinsing |\eabtng. BROTHER CRAWFORD'S SERMON. REPORTED BY BILL EASEL. During my sojourn in Mississippi, (shortly after I heard the great sermon, which was plavcd on a harp of a thousand strings,) I nad occascn to visit a friend in the neighbor, hood ot Port Gibson. The next day, being Babbath, I accompanied him to Zion Chapel. A new minister had been called to the neighborhood and this was to be his salutatory sermon. Zion Chapel was some hundred yards from the main road and surrounded by forest ? trees. Having arrived rather too early for the service, myself and friend sauntered av bout the woods rather actively employed in j brushing away the cloud of inusquitoes that < surrounded us. At length a strange specimen of the gen us homo mado his appearance on honebaok ; it woA.Erot.kr Crafihrd. -, ? His dress was decidedly peculiar. On his head he wore an old-fashioned bell-crowD , beaver, several sizes too large. To remedy : this defect a cotton bandana handkerchief | was stuffed between the hat and forehead.? His coat was of a most ancient pattern; blue with brass buttons, short waist and low swallow. The oollar came within an inch of hiding the back part of his head. His vest was extremely long, and his pants ditto . short. The latter were held down by a leather strap passed under a huge pair of brogaus of an untanned leather color. Altogether his presence strongly suggested Dan Marble in his Yankee character of Jonathan Homespun. But to the sermon?or at least a portion of it?for it was utterly impossible to report the whole. The congregation was large, as it had been "norated" abroad that a new servant of the Lord was to make his debut at Zion. Brother Crafford slunk into the pulpit with more thau ordinary humility, and after devoting a few moments to silent prayer he rose. Gingerly pushing up the sleeves of his store coat, whereby nc displayed a pair of large, long, bony hands of a beet-red color, he grasped the handle of an earthen pitcher ; aud poured into a tin cup a draught of cold | water which he drank with inimitable gusto, j 11 is appearance in the pulpit was a study ! for au artist. His face was long aud lauk, eyes pale grey, nose acquilinc, complexion sandy, hair greyish sandy, head bald on the top, with the exception of a small patch on j the organ of reverence, (as if to shade it,) i and, altogether the picture of Greeley whilst ; indicting a freesoil Abolition document for i bis Southern subscribers. He began apologetically, as follows: ' You don't see me to-day in the dress I alters wear; I come among you as a stranger aud I am now tricked out in ray "store clothes?i am not a proud man, but I t'nu't it would be more becomiug before strangers." After this he raised a hyuin in which the congregation joined. lie thou begau bis I sermon: "My dear brethren and sisters, first and ! foremost, I'mc gwine to tell you about the ' affecting partin' I had with mv congregation : at Bethel Chapel. Arter I had got through > with my farewell sarmont. a3 I came down outen the pulpit, the old gray headed breth.! ren and sisters who had listened to my vcice \ for twenty years crowded around me, and, ! with sobbing voices and tearful eyes, said? ! Farewell, brother Crafford! As I walked down the aisle, the young la- j dies, tricked out in their finery of brass jew-; elry, gewgaws, jimcracks, paint and floun- j ccs, looked up with their bright eyes, and j pronounced with their rosy lips?Farewell, j brother CrafFord! The young men in their tight patent lea- j ther boots, high collars and flashy waist- j coats?smelling of pomatum and cigar smoke j ?with their shanghi coats, and striped ze- i bra pants?they too?said Farewell, brother , Cratford! The little children,?Iambs in the field? I lifted up their tiny hands and small voices, i and with one accord, said?Farewell, brother ' CrafFord! The colored brethren of the cougrogation j now came forward?(black sheep who bad ' been admitted to the fold under my ministry,) with tears rolling down their sable j cheeks, they too said?Farewell, brother . CrafFord! As I got on my horse and bade adieu to my congregation forever, I turned to take a last look at the old church where I had preached tho unsearchable riches of Christ for mor'n twenty years?and as I gazed at its dilapidated walls and moss covered roof, it too, seemed to say?Farewell, brother Crafford! As I rode down through the village, the people who poked their heads outen the winders, and the servants who leant on their brooms, all seemed to say?Farewell, brother Crafford! As I passed along down the highway, through the forest, the wind as it sighed and whistled through the tree tops, playing on the leaves and branches, the burden of salvation, it, too, seemed to say?Farewell, brother Crafford! As I rode along down a hot, dusty lane, an old sow that was asleep in a fence corner jumped out of a suddent, with a loud broooo, broo-oo?she too, seemed to say?Farewell, brotter Crafford ! My horse,'he got frightened, and jumped from under me, and aa he curled his tail ober his back?kicked up his heels, and ran off?he seemed to say?Farewell, brother Crafford.?Louisville Daily Courier. "AIN'T GOT"NO NAILS P" We invite the lovers of fun to join us in the hearty laugh we are just now having over the story, told by one of our Northern contemporaries, of a tall, gawky looking countryman, who, during the height of the business season last fall, walked into one of the largest wholesale dry good houses on Broadway, and entirely disregarding the invitations of the numerous salesmen to inspect the latest patterns, strode into the countingroom, where the heads of the establishment were sitting in close conversation. After taking a cursory glance of the room, and surveying attentively the faces of the occupants he asked with an unctions Yankee nasal twang: "Say, yeou?got any nails?" "Nails, sir, nails!" repeated the most dignified Dombey of the firm. "No, sir, what should we do with nails ?" "Wal, I dunno?thought maybe you mought. Faint you got no nails, eh ?" "No, sir," replied Dombey again, with an emphasis, motioning to the door. The individul in search of nails took his time about it, and then left the countingroom. In turn, he asked every clerk the same question, and received the information from all, that "nails" formed no part of the stock of the establishment. "Well" said he, going towards the door, "dun't keep neep nails here, no how!" The principal salesman, whose dignity was hurt by the idea that any one should suppose that an establishment where he had a prominent place, should keep nails, headed the countryman off as he was proceeding towards the entrance, and asked him abruptly what he wanted. "Want" said the countryman as cool as a cucumber, "I want to know if you've got any nails?" "Nails, no sir. You have been told again and again, that we've got no nails?so you'd better go." "Ain't got any nails, eh? Well, then, just look a here, mister, if you ain't got no nails, what an awful fix you'd be in if you'd happen to have the itch!" Tovrrra aubziioa. Obeying Orders.?'Edward/ said his mother to a boy of eight, who was trundling a hoop in the front yard, 'Edward, you musn't go out of that gate into the street.' 'No, I won't,' was the reply. 'A few minutes afterwards his mother had occasion to go to the window. To her surprise she saw Edward in the street, engaged in the very edifying employment of manufacturing dirt pics. 'Didn't I tell you/ said she angrily, 'not to go through the gate ?' 'Well, I didn't mother/ was the very satisfactory reply 1 climed over the fence V S6F~ Master B., a remarkably smart student at Harvard, is another "gentleman by instinct.' A liberal use of starch and cod oil have greatly polished him. lie once said to his mother. 'I say ma'ma, where's Bill?' 'My son don't let me hear you say Bill again. You should say William.' 'Well, mother, where's William?' 'In the vard. feeding the ducks.' J - o - <0 yes, I see him now. But mother, what makes ducks have broad flat "Williams?' 'Go out with your brother, directly you ?oh !?and she fainted.' The subject of impression at first sight was being talked over at the supper table, when the lady who presided 'o'er the cups and tea,' said she always formed an idea of a person at first eight, and generally found it to be correct. Mamma,' said her youngest son, in a shrill voice that attracted the attention of all present. 'Well, my dear, said the fund mother, ?what is it V 'I waut to know,' said Young America, what was your opinion of me, when you first saw me V SST'My bon, what did you bite your brother for? Now I have to whip you.? Don't you remember the Golden Rule I taught you ? If you wouldn't, like to have your brother bite you, you should not bite him.' ?Ho \ mother! get out with your whipping. Remember tho Golden Rule yourself. If you wouldn't like for me to lick i you, it isn't right for you to lick me.' 'Mother, may I have a sled !' 'Yes, ask your father.' 'No, mother, you a?k him; you have been | acquainted with him longer than I have.' ANECDOTE OF REV. DR. PLUMER. \ The Pittsburg Herald tells the following j anecdote of the Rev. Dr. Plumer, late ofI this city. During a vieit to the Hot Springs, on & j certain occasion, he was invited by the com pan}' gathered there to preach for tliem on the Sabbath. He consented. The ball room of the hotel was prepared for religious worship, and the audience assembled. The speaker announced his text, and began his | discourse; but was mortified to find that by ! some of the younger and more frivolous of his \ hearers, of both sexes, the whole perfoimance 1 was looked upon as a good joke, and to be ' treated accordingly. Some were smiling, I some were wliispcriug, aad an unseemly lev-' ity prevailed throughout the congregation. For a few minutes he endeavored to withstand it by a simple presentation of the truth but to no puvpose. Stopping short in his discourse, lie at once arrested thicr attention by the question: Oly friends, do you know _ x how these Hot Springs are said to have been discovered ? 1 will tell you. Many years since, an old Dutchman and his sou were passing along down the valley, where the road now runs that you see out there'?pointing to it through the window?'when observing the spring, they stopped their team to water the horses. The old man took up a bucket, went to the spring, and dipped it in, when some of the water dashed on his hand and scalded him. Instantly dropping the bucket, he started for the wagon, running and calling to his son in the greatest consternation : Trive on hans; trive on j Ilell ish not far from dish place! At this his audience burst out laughing?when immediately assuming a look of deepest solemnity, and dropping his voice to the low tones that in him are like muttered thunders, he made the application, 'I tell you, my friends, Hell is not far from this place.' There were no more smiling in the congregation that day. Some who heard it said it seemed to them as if the terrors of the Day of Judgment had come. LONDON. I?* The city of London comprise an area r>f thirty-six souare miles, which is covered ~ tf 4 * by upwards of three hundred and eighty thousand houseB. Among these houses there occur annually about nine hundred fires, very few of which are comparatively serious in their nature. In the year 1853 but t\fenty buildings were totally destroyed by the devouring element. The means of protection against fire in London comprise three hundred parish engines, an unknown number of private engines, and thirty-six engines belonging to the fire brigade. The last named are the great dependence in case of a serious fire. Twenty-seven of the thirty-six engines are worked by horse power, and the whole brigade consists of one hundred and four men and thirty one horses, with a reserve of eight men and eight horses, and these are divided wjth the engines, among the various districts of the city. The breaking out of every fire is speedily made known to the firemen, for the six thousand police of the metropolis are constantly patrolling every alley and line, and every man is stimulated by the knowledge that if he is the first to give notice of it at any of the stations it is half a sovereign in his pock-1 A Viirfw cViillinoro ?q rmid to CI. JO. ilinaiu ui uiuij p?? ? the first, twenty to the second, and ten to the third engine that arrives at the conflagration. The "fire escape" is one of the peculiar institutions of London. The Royal Society for the protection of life from fire have established stations in all parts of the city, where fire escapes and experienced men to use them may be found at all hours of night. The fire escape which is most used consists of a high ladder, beneath which, extending along the whole length, is a canvass trough or bag, protected from the flames by a close net of copper wire. Into the head of this bag the terrified inmates of an upper story are thrust in time of danger, and slide down the bulging canvass to the ground without injury. In the office of the London Timet here is a sort of a map which gives a graphic representation of the fluctuations in the circulation of that journal. It is like the sectional profiles of our rail roads and canals? an increased circulation being indicated by a rise in the surface line, while a falling off in the circulation is represented by a depression. During "the year 1845 the circulation of the Times averaged only twenty three thousand, and it began the year 1848 with an edition of no more than twenty thousand. The excitement consequent on the revolution of February raised it at once to forty three thousand. It fell, however, with the fall of liberty, and averaged but thirty-six thousand during 1852. The long suspense preceding the present war gradually raised it until the war actuclly broke out, since which time the edition has fluctuated between fifty-eight and sixty-eight thousand copies, affording an income from the sale of papers alone of about twenty-eight thousand dollars per week. Advertisements are, however, the great source of profit, as the cost of the paper on which the Times is printed nearly equals the amount received for it. Common advertisement of five lines or less pay seven shillings six pence each, or nearly two dollars. The Times has an average of eight or ten pages of advertisemets, which cannot amount to less than thirty thousand dollars per week. The receipts from this source have, in some single weeks, amounted to nearly forty thousand dollars. The weekly average of entire receipts can scarcely be set down at less than sixty thousaud dollars, or three millions a year. Nowhere is advertising carried on to so great an extent as in England. "Professor" Ilolloway's Pills are advertised to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually; Moses & Sou pay fifty thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars is also paid by Rowland for his Macassar Oil; fifty thousaud dollars by De Jough for Cod Liver Oil; Ileal & Sons pay thirty thousand dollars per year for adver tiding their bedsteads and furniture, and Eben Nicholls, a tailor, advertises to the extent of twenty thousand dollars. ' First Trip of the Fiust Locomotive i in America.?Win. Wurtis, Esq., of Car- { bondule, Pennsylvania, communicates the j following paragraph, clipped from an old j newspaper, to the Carbondale Transcript: Major Horatio Allen, the engineer of the j New York and Erie Railroad, in u speech ! made during the recent festival occasion, j gave the following account of the first trip j made by a locomotive on this continent: j "When was it ? Who was it ? And who I awakened its cucrgie3 and directed its movements? It was in the year 1828, on the banks of the Lackawaxen, at the commencement of the railroad connecting the canal of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, with their coal mines?and he who addresses you was the only one on that locomotive. The circumstances which led to my being alone on the engine were these : The road had j been built in the summer, the structure was ; nf hemlnelr timber, the rails of larce dimen. i , O ! sions notched on caps placed far apart. The j timber had cracked and warped from expo- j sure to the sun. After about three hundred ! feet of straight line the road crossed the j Laekawaxen creek, on trestle about 30 feet [ high with a curve 350 to 400 feet radius. "The impression was very general that this iron monster would cither break down the road or it would leave the track at the curve and plunge into the creek. My reply to such apprehensions was, that it wa6 too late to consider the probability of such occurrences, there was no other course but to have a trial made of the strange animal, which had been brought here at great expense; but that it was not necessary that more than one should be involved in its fate; and that I would take the first ride alone, and the time would come when I should i look back to the incident with great interest. As I placed my hand on the throttle- i valve handle, I was undecided whether I would move slowly or with a fair degree of speed, but believing that the road would prove safe, and preferring, if we did go down, to go handsomely, and without any evidence of timidity, I started with considerable velocity, passed the curve over the creek safely, and was soon out of hearing of the cheers of the vast assemblage, At the end of two or three miles, I reversed the valve, aud returned without accident to the place of starting, having thus made the first railroad trip by locomotive on the Western Hemisphere." TOUCHING INCIDENT. An affeoting occurrence took place some * t 1 . 1 j iime ago in a seaooara iowq iu xuugmuu.? Six little children got into a boat on the beach, and a mischievous boy shoved it off. The boat drifted away to sea before the children were missed. Terrible was the agony of the mothers when they knew jt. A number of men went off in all directions, every boat waa on the look out until far in the night. Daylight returned, and still there were no tidings from the helpless children; the day wore away, and still nothing was heard from them; they were either lost in the wide ocean, or buried in its unfathomable depths. A Plymouth fisherman, fishing early next morning, discovered something floating in the distance; he bore down to it, and discovered it to be a boat, and in the bottom six children, all huddled together like a nest of birds, fast asleep?God having mercifully given them that blessed solace after a day of terror and despair. He took them aboard and gladdened their despairing little hearts with the promise of taking them home. Between three and four in the afternoon, the fisherman was seen in the offing, the boat astern. All eyes were turn . i 1 .1 i ? i _ if ed towards mm ; me nest spyglass in me town was rubbed again and again, and at last they could fairly see that it was the identical boat. The news flew through the town?the mothers came frantio to the beach for there were no children disoerned in the boat; none to be seen in the sloop. Intense was the agony of suspenso, and all alike shared it with the parants. At last the boat eame in, and the word went round. 'They are all safeand many a stout hearted man burst into tears, women shrieked for joy, and became almost frantio with their unsupportable happiness. It was, indeed, a memorable day; and a prayer, eloquent for its rough sincerity, wa3 offered up to the Almighty God, who in his infinite mercy, had spared these innocent children frotn the perils and terrors of the sea during that fearful night. Five of these children were under five years of age, and the sixth was but nine years old. Truth Stranger than Fiction.?A few days since, in conversation with Capt. Alexander Scott, one of the pioneers in the steamboat business of the "West, he gave us the following facts, which illustrate the adage that "truth is stranger than fiction In November, 1827, he was descending the Mississippi in command of the steamer America, laden with a valuable cargo of tobacco, lead, and furs?the latter article alone worth ?80,000. When near Plump Point tli? steamer struck a snap. and sunk in dcen water. ~~ The furs were for the most parte recovered; but the boat, with the rest of her cargo, was abandoned as a total loss.? Years passed, and the rememberance of the America's fate had faded from the recollections of all except, perhaps, that venerable individual, "the oldest inhabitants." It is well known that the current of the Mississippi frequently changes', so that what was once the ohanncl of that noble stream afterwards became terra Jirma, susceptible of cultivation. This was the case with the site of the America's wreck. The channel near Plumb Point became an island, on which, for 8 years, luxuriant crops of Indian corn were raised; but recently the wayward current of the Father of Waters took another turn, and commenced washing away the earthly formation, until the America was again exposed to the light of day. The lead in her hull, it is supposed, will be all recovered in good condition j the tobacco, it i9 fair to presume, will be greatly the worse for wet. She was imbedded for 28 years.? Pittsburg Post, Jan. 8. "CAN YOU EAT CROWP" Lake Mahopac, or rather the hotels, were so much crowded, the past season, that the farm-houses were filled with visitors. One of the worthy farmers residing there, it ap ? ? " ???A A?nl)? ntAWMiA/] i /v /InnlL k*t pears, was esputliiuj nuiucu w ucavu uj boarders. They found fault with his table; this thiDg was bad and that was not fit to eat. Darn it, said old Isaao, one day, what a fuss you're making. I ean eat anything. Can you eat crow ? said one of his young boarders. Yes, I kin eat crow! Bet you a hat! said his guest. The bet was made, a crow caught and nicely roasted; but before serving it up, they contrived to season it with a good dose of Scotch snuff. Isaao sat down to the crow. He took a good bite and began to chew away. Tew be sure I kin cat crow, another bite and an awful face. Yes, 1 kin eat crow, (symptoms of nausea.) I kin eat crow,? but I'll be darned if I hanker arter it! Poor Isaac rose from the crow feast in something of a hurry and bolted towards the back of the houses ! A Long Nose.?Old Uncle Hector was famous for having the longest in all Cape Fearregion. He could not help that, though, but unfortunately his balits gavo it a j bright, rosy color, which, with its size, made I it a natural and artificial curiosity. One j night he retired to rest after indulging pret. 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Arrives 41 44 44 at 3J P. M. Spartanburg Mail. Arrives Tuesday and Friday by 12 M. Departs Tuesday and Friday at 1 P. M. Earlrvllle Mall. Arrives every Tuesday by 4 P. M. Departs cvory Wednesday at 6 A. M. Newton Mall. .Arrives every Thursday by 8 P. M. Departs every Friday at 6 A. M. Camden Mall. A ?An atfAtiit Xfanrlnr n nrl Thtlfflil ii TT Kv A1T1TOO CTUiJ1 VA\JU\AU,J UMU Jtiutwv.uj Departs every Monday and Thursday at Lincoln Mall.' Arrives every Monday and Thursday by 7 P.M. Departs every Tuesday and Friday at 6 A. M. Charlotte Mall. Arrives every Weduosday & Saturday by 5 P. M. Departs fiery Tuesday and Friday at 7 P. M. Vnlonvllle Mall. Arrives every Wednesday and Saturdav by 6 P. M. Departs Monday and Thursday at 6 A. M. Shelby Mall. Arrives every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at G P. M. Departs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6 A. M. W. R. ALEXANDER, P. if. Yorkville, Jan. 17, 1866. JUST PUBLISHED BY THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Philadelphia. Report on Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal Weakness, Impotence, the Vice of Onanism, Masturbation, or Self-Abuse, and other Diseases of the Sexual Organs, with an account of the errors and de- i ceptions of Quacks, and valuable advice to the af- ! n n.n xt r\ n nucieu, ny ueo. iv. vmnouu, iu. v., vuu^uiuug Surgeon of the Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa., a benevolent Institution established by special ] endowment, for the relief of the sick and distres- I sed, affiictcdwith "Virulent and Epidemic Diseas- ; e?." A copy of the above Report will be sent by mail (in h sealed envelope) free of charge, on the j receipt of two stamps for postage. Address Dr. GEORGE R. CALIIOUN, No. 2 South Ninth-St., ! Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 13 .. 49 tf BAGGIXG AftD ROPE.--TEN COILS Charleston and Weavers Rope?Gunnv, Gildroy and Dundee Bagging. Just Received and for sale low, by S. J. KUYKENDAL & BRO. ! Feb 7 ti tf I > TEE PRINCETON PRESS THE design of the Inventor was to get up a Press which would answer tvtry requirement of the offer made by Geohoe Barer, of New York, in 1861, viz: cheap, light, easily managed, and capable of throwing off at least 600 sheets per hoar. This Press will throw off from 600 to 800 sheets per hour, doing the work eqnal 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 adapted to jobbing, or book work, 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 Jwheel and a boy to feed the. sheets. The Inking Apparatus is very complete, and differs from the apparatus used in Cylinder Presses generally, being more like that used in the Power Platen Presses. Two rollers pass over the form twice to each impression, taking ink for each sheet. y, A Press of this description for newspaper and jobbing, bed 44 by 28| inches, with roller mould, roller stocks, blanket, flying and registering apparatus, &o., complete, will be furnished for $600. If intended for book work chiefly, an extra ink fountain will be furnished for $20. The press, fly wheel, &c.,will weigh about 2UUO pounds. 'ine sides, &c., are iron. Length of frame, seven feet ?height, to front edge of feed board, three feet six inches. Any size made to order. The following is the list of Sizes and Trices as far as established: Bed 28 by 20, $400. Bed 48 by 81, $5.80 " 36 24, 450. " 50 82, 600. " 44 281, 500. " 52 82, 625. " 46 80* 540. The beds will take chases their fall breadth; and'within two inches of the length. Terms.?One-half, cash: one half, note, at 4 months, with approved security; or 2J per cent discount for cash. Boxing and Cartage, $13. For more than three years the inventor of the above Press has been improving it, working it all the while, and ascertaining, with great core and expense, the best mode of carrying out all the details ?and he flatters himself he has succeeded in perfecting it; and is now manufacturing the Press himself. No Press will leave his premises without ?* V 1- a?X-3 J !x1 X fx oeing inorougniy lesieu, uuu wuuuui it yvnvriua to the entire satisfaction of the purchaser. JOHN T. ROBINSON. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 1855. 46 8m LIVER? AND SALE STABLE. YOKKI ILLE, 8. C. 8W. JACKSON, having bought ont the estab lishments of L. P. SADLER and LOVE and McCONNELL, respectfully ihforms the people of York and the travelling community, that he will hereafter conduct the business of a LIVERY and SALE STABLE in Yorkville. He will keep a fine stock of HORSES AiVD VEHICLES of every kind for sale or hire, and will be prepared with good drivers and comfortable conveyances at all times to carry passengers to and from any point in the surrounding country. Upon the arrival of the Cars, carriages will be in waiting at the Depot TO TAKE TRAVELLERS forthwith to their destination. His piices will be reasonable, and the business will be conduoted strictly on the CASH PRINCIPLE without distinction of persons. A portion of his stock will be kept at the Stables formerly occupied by Love & McConnell; and the remainder, at his new Stable, nearly ? OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, on Madison-Street. Three large and conveniently located lots will be kept for the accommodation of DROVERS, who are invited TO GIVE HIM A TRIAL. S. W. JACKSON. Yorkville, Jan. 17, 1856. 3 ly IffiliOIBIB - THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he will attend to tne sate or au Kinas 01 rnui/iitB, MERCHANDIZE, NEGROES, STOCK, FURNITURE, and everything that can be sold, at a reasonble commission. AU business entrusted to him trill be promptly attended to and immediate returns made. He returns his sincere thanks to the citizens of Yorkrille and vicinity, for the Uberal patronage heretofore bestowed npon him, and hopes by strict attention to business, to merit and share a continuance of the same. Address, V. E McELHANEY, Auctioneer, Yorkrille, 8. C. BKFEHZKCZS: YorkvilU.?Vt. I. Clawson, Jno. L. MUler, Dan'l WiUiams. Chester.?A. G. Pagan & Co. Lancaster.?J. Cureton, J. H. Witherspoon. North Carolina.?W. L. Irwin, R. Irwin. Unionville.?W. J. Keenan. Yorkville, July 26, 1855. 21 tf The Chester Standard, Fairfield Herald, Unionville Journal and Lancaster Ledger, will copy 8 times weekly, and forward accounts. NOTICE.?The firm of ADAMS & McCORKLE having been dissolved on the FIRST day of JANUARY by its own limitation, the name of the firm wiU be used in settling up the old business. J. H. ADAMS, W. H. McCORKLE. NEW FIRM.?On the first of January, J. H. ADAMS, Wj H. McCORKLE and J. A. McLEAN, formed a Copartnership under thft style of ADAMS, McCORKLE &. CO., for the purpose of carrying on the Mercantile business in its various brauches, in the room formerly occupied by Adams & McCorklo. They will keep a first rate Stock of Goods, and hope by close application to business, to offer such inducements to cash and prompt paying customers as will entitle them to a uuenti puu uMugc. J. H. ADAMS, W. H. McCORKLE, J. A. McLEAN. B?, The old firm of ADAMS & McCORKLE feel grateful to their friends end customers for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed, and trust that a continuance of the same will be granted to the new establishment, with the assurance that every exertion on their part will be made to render full satisfaction. ADAMS & McCORKLE. Jan 10 2 tf South Carolina-York District. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. J. N. McElwee, Jr., vs. Jeremiah Howell.?Attachment. WHEREAS the plaintiff did on the 3th day of September, 1855, file his declaration against the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of said declaration might be served: It is therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 28th day of September, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. Pts. Clerk's Office, York District, \ Sept. 27th, 1855. / 39-lyq South Carolina?York District, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. ; W. K. Hamilton, vs. Green Nelson.?Attachment. | ^ITJJ'HEREAS the Plaintiff did. on the twentieth I VY day of April, 1855, file his declaration against the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without tho limits of this State, and has ! neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might bo served : It is therefore Ordered, that the said ; defendant do appear and plead to the said declari ution, on or before the twenty first day of August, : which will be in the year of our Lord one thous: nnd eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and : absolute judgment will then be given and award| ed against him. JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. pls. I Clerk's Office, York Dist., Aug. 20, 1855. 33 South Carolina?York District in the common pleas. Wylic A Smith, vs. ?. II. Moss.?Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiff did ou the 8th day of September, file his declaration against the Defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of said declaration might be served: It is therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 28th day of September, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. .ENLOE, c. c. c. pls. Clerk's Office, York Distrfjt, 1 Sept. 27,1855. j 39 - lyq > ^ _ v GREAT SOUTHERN BEHEST! JACOB'S CORDIAL, rojtAU, Bowel Diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrha, Choi' era Morbus, Biliout Cholie, Cholera Infantum. Also, admirably adapted to many diseases of Females, especially painful menstruation. The virtues of Jacob's Cordial are too icelf known to require encomiums. 1st. It cures the worst cases of Diarrhoea. | 2d. It cures the worst form of Dysentery. 3d. It cures California or Mexican Diarrhoea. 4th. It relieves the severest-Colic. , 5th. It cures Cholera Morbus. 6 th. It cures Cholera Infantum. 7th. It cures Painful Menstruation. 8th. It relieves Pain in Back and Loins. i 9th. It counteracts Nervousness andDespon- I dency. J 10th. It restores Irregularities. i 11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings. m 12th. It's an admirable Tonic. A Few Short Extract! from Letters, Testimonials,to 4'I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and 1 have found it a most efficient, and in my judgment, 1 a valuable remedy."?Hon. Hibax wauxkbyjudge J of Supreme Court, Georgia. ' 1 "It gives me pleasure in being able to reeom* I mend Jacob's Cordial?mv own neraonal exneri. 0 ence, and the experience of my neighbors and * friends iround me, is a sufficient guarantee for me to believe it to be all that it purports to be, vix: a sovereign remedy."?W. H. Uhdbbwood, Formerly Judge of Superior Court, Cherokee Circuit. * "I take great pleasure in recommending this invaluable medicine to all afflicted vrith bowel diseases, for which I believe it to be a sovereign remedy?decidedly superior to anything else ever tried by me."?A. A. Gauldutg, Deputy G. IT. of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and t this, with all I hear aboutit as a remedy by. those who have tried it, induces me to believe that it stands at the head of every preparation of the kind, and I would recommend its use in the diseases for which it is compounded."?Mix as G. > Dobbins, Cashier of the Bank of the State of Georgia, Griffin. "If there is any credibility in human testimony J Jacob's Cordial, must stand pre-eminent above all other preparations 'for the core of Bowel Dieonaofl PrAm ttia tnaoe Kn * **v*M wu UIAOO VI vcni&iuuujr w IIO IBTUl coming in from all quarters, it must be very ?tr in advanceas a curative agont, of moet if not all other patent preparations.?A. Flemiko, Cashier Marine and Fire Insurance Bank, Griffin. ' This efficient remedy is travelling into celebrity as fast as Bonaparte pushed his columns into Russia, and gaining commendation wherever used.'* A ?Georgia Jeffertonian. v?j 10. For sale by L. P. BABNETT & Co.,Yorl:ville; Patterson, Moore & Co., Fort Mill; 3. Boss, Sandersville; Wylie & Smith, Hickory Grove; Davidson & White, Bollochs Creek; Hsvf* land, Harral & Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher'A Heinitsh, Columbia, and the principal Merchants' and Druggists throughout the State. Proprietors, 20 Beekman-st, New York. W. W. BLISS & CO., Sept 20 87 ~ Ijr;' BROWm'G & LEMAi\, I IMPORTEBS OF. French, British and German 1 DRY GOODS, 209 and 211 King, Comer of Mgrket-itreet CHARLESTON, S. C. KEEP constantly on hand, and offer to their A friends and the publio [generally, the largest assortment of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods in the SouthernStates. Their Stock 1b constantly supplied with a full assortment of RICH DRE8S GOODS of all the newest varieties of style and Fabric, in Silks, Tissues, Bareges, Grenadines, Muslins, Ac. Bombasines, Alpacas, and Mourning Goods of all kinds. EMBROIDERIES and LACE GOODS, of every description. EVENING DRESS GOODS, of every variety. , Gentlemen's and Beys' Wear. CLOTHS, Cassimers, Vestings, Linen Drills and Coatings, of best French Goods. Satinets, Tweeds, Jeans; to. FOR FAMILY USE. Rose, Whitney and Bath Blankets. Red and White FLANNELS. English and American Cotton Flannels. .? jrrencn, x.ngusu ana American ruiNTtJ and Cambrics. jj Linens, of Richardson's celebrated make, for I Sheetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cases, Table Damask, fl Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. S. and Hack- k aback Diapers, Fruit Cloths, Apron Linens, &e. V CARPETING, 1 Ingrain, 3 Ply, Brussels, Tapestry and VELVET. 9 British and American Floor Oil Cloths. Wilton, Velvet and Aimingter RUQ8. White and colored Mattings of all widths. Stair Rods, STAIR CARPETINOSof all kinds.. CURTAIN MATERIALS. Of every variety in Silks, Satin and Worsted. Curtain Cambrics and Muslins. Embroidered Lace and Muslin Curtains. Gilt Cornices, Curtain Gimps, Holders, Loops, 9 Tassels, Drapery Cords, Bell Ropes, &o. M PLANTATION GOODS. % Blankets, Plains, Kerseys, Caps, Ac. M Cotton OSNABERGS, all of the best Soothers make. H All the above, with every other line of Dry 1 Goods whioh can be demanded, are of our own Direct Importation, and are offered at the lowest Market Prices for cash or City acceptances. The one price system is strictly adherred to. All Goods are warranted, and orders filled with promptness and the most careful attention. f BROWNING & LEMAN. March 29 12 ly M. JOHNSON AGO. ALL ^BOjAJRD 1 igftjBBggftifla m 91W AT the word of command, M. JOHNSON took I passage on the Railroad for the cities of New 9 York and Philadelphia, and purchased esneciallv for this market a splendid assortment of articles in his line of business. The firm are determined to enlarge their establishment and to keep on hand hereafter a more extensive, carefully selected and finer stock than ever before offered in. this place. In the stock now opening, will be foond every variety, and the best quality of SADDLERY HARDWARE; Harness Mountings of various styles; Bridle-Bits, of all kinds; Whips and Collars; Trunks, Valises, Carpet-Bags, &o., &c., &c. They invite attention to this Stock, and are confident that they are able, by offering the best qualities at the lowest prices, to give general satisfaction. As heretofore, they will continue to fill orders for the HOME MANUFACTURE V of Saddles, Harness, Bridles Ac., and are always ready to do REPAIRING at the shortest notice and in the most workmanlike manner. Their thanR W rnre dne to their friends and the public generally for R a generous patronage, and they hope by strict at tention to business to merit and .receive a eontin- fl uance-of public favor. Call at the store, formerly occupied by Meek & Moore, opposite the "Adickes Building." M. JOHNSON k CO. Yorkville, Aug. 30, 1865. 84 6m DRUGS AND MEDICINES, 1 AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. I L P. BARN ETT & Co. 1 ARE now receiving a large addition to their fl stock, consisting of DRUGS and CHEMICALS, H Paints, and Oils, Window Glass and Putty, Varnishes, Brashes, Combs, 8oaps, Perfumery and Fancy Articles. To Country Merchants and Physicians, ^R we will offer liberal inducements, guaranteeing ^R everything as represented. We make our purchases with cash of manufacturers and importers, ^R and feel assured that ir most articles we can comi w'.tU ??? 1- 4U- Oi-i. t*v. 1 pew mui aujf uuv ui i uc outlf. nc OIUJ UK an examination of onr stock. Prompt attention given to all orders. Gooda carefully packed and forwarded as directed. Prescriptions accurately diepensed. L. B. BARNETT A Co. Yorkville, Oct. 30, 1866. 48 * %f OX MARROW, POMADEJcmtejl ous, Kathairon, Carolina Hair Toni^ Chetrs Eau Lustrate Hair Tonic, Macassar and Bears 0il? with many other articles for beantifyin- an^ j?- , proving the hair. For sale by L. P. BARNE?f&o. Nov 1 43 if H H7TIAPPIWG PAPEBU^^iot of old Bt If NEWSPAPERS for gale by thekondred.- Bl Enquire at this Office. B