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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. '
ty freely all the evening, and waking up in
the course of the night with a raging thirst
he rose and set oil'for something to drink.?
It was pitch dark, and for fear he would
pitch against the door of his room, which
was usually left staudiug open, he groped j
along, took the door directly between his j
hands, and received the edge of it full tilt j
airainst the end of his nose. It knocked ,
him over backward, he screamed out with an 1
oath and agony:
"Well, I always knew I had a big nose, i
but I never thought it was longer than my 1 j
arm before."
It is not the lustre of gold, the spark- i
ling of diamonds and emeralds, nor the
spendor of the purple tincture, that adorns
or embelishes a woman, but gravity, discretion,
humility and modesty.
J86F*Mr. Jones was in the habit of getting
occasionally, somewhat "balmy/ and
one night he was discovered by a neighbor
in rather a bine fix leaning against the side
of a church for support. He hailed him
with, 'Hello, Jones! you look serious to
night; think of joining the churoh V 'I
g-g-gucss I d-d-does/ replied Jones, 'I incline
considerably that way at present!'
I?* The foreman of a grand jury in Missouri,
after administering an oath to a beautiful
woman, insteand of handing the Bible,
presented his face, and said j 'Now kiss the
book, madam!' He didn't discover his mistake
untill the whole jury burst into a roar
of laughter.
??* A good newspaper is like a sensible
and soundhearted friend, whose appearance
on one's threshold gladdens the mind with
the promise of a pleasant and profitable hour.
a?" Wisdom is better without an inheritance
than an inheritance without wisdom.
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however, must in all casesbe confined to the immediate
business of the firm or individual contracting.
All advertisements not having the number
of insertions marked on the margin, will be
continued until forbid and charged accordingly.
Obituary Notices exceeding one square in longth,
will be charged for the 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, arc considered as wishing to continuctheir
subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their papers, the publisher can continue to send.
them until nil arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office to which they are directed,
they are held responsible till they settle their bill,
and order the paper discontinued.
A Tf rvloAA
1. At UUJ OUVCVtiVvi 1 VU1V I VtJ vw IVUVUiVi |/*uvv
without informing the publisher, and their paper
issent to the former direction, they are held responsible.
6. The Court haB decided that refusing to take
a Newspaper from the office, or removing and leaving
it uncalled for, is prima fiaeie evidence of an
intentional fraud.
Southern Literary Messenger.
FOR THE YEAR 1856.
IN issuing the Prospectus of the twenty-second
voiume of the SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
the Proprietors rely sololy on the encouraging
letters and promises of the friends of
the Messenger to aid them in extending its circulation,
and they beg to assure the public that
no exertions will be remitted on their part to maintain
the high character of the work, and to challenge
the patriotism of all who value sterling litery
merit. For Twenty-one years the Messenger
has endeavored to reflect faithfully the Southern
mind, while disdaining all narrow and sectional
views, and has been alone among the monthly periodicals
of America in defence of the peculiar
Institutions of the Southern States. To this office
it will still be devoted, and will be prompt to
repel assaults upon the South, whether they come
uuder the specious garb of fiction, or in the direct
form of auti-slavery pamphlets. At this critical
juncture, while our enemies are employing literature
as their most potent weapons of attack, the
Southern people will surely not withhold their
eucouragement from a work whose aim it shall be
to strike blows in their defence.
The Messenger will, as heretofore, present its
readers with Reviews, Historical and Biographical
Sketches, Novels, Tales, Travels, Essays, l'oems,
Critiques, and Papers on the Army, Navy, and
ntJinr Wn.Hnnn1 Rnhiccts.
With a view to ensure a larger circulation of
the Messenger, the Proprietors, though they intend
greatly increasing the size of the work, have
reduced the Price of Subscription, which is now
only THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,
or Four Dollars if not paid before the
first of July in any year.
Clubs?Remitting us Fifteen Dollars in one letl
tcr, will bo entitled to Six Copies. The Editoriaand
Critical department of the Messenger will
continue undor the charge of JOHN R. THOMPSON,
Esq., and will embrace copious notes on
current literature and reviews of all new American
or Foreign works of general interest and value.
The Editor's opinions will always be honesty
and fearlessly avowed.
The business department is conducted by tho
undersigned, to whom all communications of a business
nature must be addressed.
MACFARLANE, FERGUS80N & CO.,
Law Duilding, Franklin-st.,
Richmond, Va.'
Feb 21 8 tf
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Columbia and Chester Mall.
Leaves daily (Sunday's excepted) at 8 A. M.
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
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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.
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