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_ growing leading. LIFE'S A RAILROAD. Life's a railroad ! Hurry ou? Always keep a going! Never stop to look at flowers By the wayside growing. Never think of anything But your present hurry; What if you should lose a train ? , Wouldn't you be sorry ? What's the use of sighing so After beauty, lying Half asleep beuoath the trees Where the winds are dying ? Where, through winding cattle-paths, Creep the lazy hours ; Aud the slow-paced seasons walk' O'er unconscious fjowcrs. Beauty changes with the times? Once she closed her shelter In the shadowy solitudes, Lest the sun might melt her. Stronger?breathed, she dashes on, Now from town to city ; In a locomotive sliape, Nothing's half so pretty. Life was once a trodden path, Where the travellers, cheery, Spoko to all they chanced to meet, Or would rest if weary. Rest is now quite obsolete? Sips of slumber take you, Careless who beside you sits, .* Nor what chance may wake you. * Life's a railroad! Hurry ou? Always keep a-going! Never stop to look at flowers By the roadside growing; Never mind what's on the track, On?though head swim faster; If the engine's progress stops, That's the great disaster. LEAP YEAR. It if* a well known fact that the ladies are allowed, by the conventional rules of society and common consent, to take the lead of the men every leap year, and if they feel so disposed, to go so far as to 'pop the question," without being considered rude or forward. Although the right and privilege is conceded to the ladies, wc seldom hear of them taking advantage of it. However, one case, in which the lady did avail herself of the privileges of leap year, occurred in this city, on New Year's day. "We will relate the particulars, but not give real names, for the reason that the parties are residents of this city, and might not relish the idea of having the privacy of their domestic affairs brought before the public. There is a certain fashionable boardinghouse in Philadelphia, where a very handsome young widow was boarding. This lady we will call Widow Cheerly, who has a fortune of some 830,000, left her by her deceased husband, and no children. Three young clerks, (we will name them Smith, Brown and Jones,) who formerly boarded at this boarding-house, called upon the landlady on New Yeark's day. The Widow Cheerly was in her room and saw the young gents aoDroachine. She immediatelv "dressed ti V f herself up in her bridal array/ called the landlady, and inquired the names of the young gents. The landlady informed her, when she remarked, 'I intend to have one of those young men for a husband.' The landly smiled incredulously, and then went down to the parlor to recieve her visitors. The Widow followed immediately, and, without waiting for au introduction, approached Smith and said: 'Will you consent to become my husband ?' The young man blushed, aod was very much confused at hearing the question from a lady he had never before seen, but finally succeed in stamering out: 'Owing to the shortness of our acquaintance, (very short, never having seen the lady before,) and auothcr person having sumo slight claims upon my affections, you will please excuse me.' * - 'Certainly/ said the widow, 'I will with pleasure, as I did not notice this gentleman/ addressing Mr. Brown, 'before I spoke to you, or else I would have proposed to him first Will you marry me, Mr. Brown V 'I will/ said Brown ; 'the ice is now brok. en. I would have been a married man years ago if I could have mustered courage cuougk to pop the question, but as you have .1 1...,-^ Ul&vu uuvuuui^ ui n;ap jcai uuu iuiuuvvu the stumbling block, I will become your husband just as soon as you please.' 'Right off,' remarked the "Widow; 'landlady, you will please send for my bonnet, and other outdoor wearing apparel.' The necessary articles were sent for, and Mr. Brown, his intended hanging gracefully on his arm, started for the residenco of the Pastor of the Boatsman's Church. When the minister was about to unite the couple in the bonds of wedlock, they gave him their names, and each heard the other's name for the first time. Everything went on as 'merry as a marriage bell' with the new married couple all that day. Next moruing, when Brown awoke, the effects of the numerous drinks of the day previous having now entirely worn off, he began to reflect. He became serious. He thought he was in rather a bad scrape?out of employment iu the middle of winter, very little money, and a wife depending on him for support. While revolving the subject! over in his mind, and not being able to decide what he had better do?run off or commit suicide. 'My dear,' said she, 'have you any objection to collect a few bills?' He started, thinking that she supposed he had some money coming to him, and that she desired him to collect a 'little money' for the benefit, and muttered, rather surly, 'No, I have no objections to collecting money wheu there is any coming to me.' 'I don't mean that, my dear. Get up and go to my bureau drawer, aud there you will liud bills to the amount of $500, for rents due mo for the past month; you will please collect them, and accept the money from me us a New Year's gift.' Brown leaped from the bed, scarcely believing his senses, that he had distinctly understood his wife, and then rushed to the j bureau, and there fouud the bills. When we saw Brown he was out collecting his bills?found it a very easy job?and j heard him expatiatiug upou the benefits of j matrimony. ?>??! ? ALL SORTS OP MINDS. There is a stroug disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave | man cannot conceive what is the use of a ] wit iu society; a person who takes a strong J common sense view of the subject is for pushing out by the head and shoulders an ingenious theorist, who catches at the slightest and faintest analogies, and another man, ! who scents the ridiculous from afar, will 1 hold no converse with him who feels exquis-1 itely the finer feelings of the heart, and is 1 alive to nothiug else ; whereas talent is tul- > cut, and mind is miud, in all its branches! I Wit gives to life one of its best flavors, com- j mou sense leads to immediate action, and j gives society its motion; large and compre- fl hensive views cause its annual rotation, rid- o icule chastises fully all imprudence, and r keeps men in their proper sphere; subtlety o seizes hold of the fine threads of truth; an- ii alogy darts away in the most sublime discov- c erics; feeling paints all the exquisite pas- ( sions of man's soul, and rewards him by a thousand inward visitations, for the sorrow that come from within. God made it all! a Tt id oil rrnorl ' Wo rmicf /lounicn no sort nf V talent, they all have their seperate duties and n uses?all the happiness of man for their ob- a jects they all improve, exalt and gladden t lilc.?tSuinci/ Smi'h. * THE YANKEE'sVuRKEY SHOW. 1; 'Walk in, gentlemen, walk in ! Come in, n and sec the turkeys dance ! It's cur'ous? veal cur'ous. You won't wish you hadn't if you du see it once, but you will wish you had, a thousand times, if you don't see it!' u "Turkeys dancing ? Fact and no mistake V h 'Sartain ! Come in and sec, if you don't t! believe it. If 'taint so you can have back s your two shillin'. Perhaps them other gen- v tlemen that's with you would like to come in c tew. It's only tew shillin', any hcow !' This was a dialogue which I heard before <] the door of a shanty at a 'General Training' o ?an October gathering in one of the inte- t rior towns of our own Empire State, in one ii of the midland counties. t I was one of 'them other gentlemen' re- c fcrred to, and I disbursed the 'two shillin' t referred to, and entered, as did many others e who, similarly attracted, followed us into the a shanty. b 'Wal, gentlemen,' said the exhibitor, who t! was an out-and-out Yankee, 'expect we g might as well begin. You sec that 'ere long f coon of turkevs. Wal. I shall feed 'em fust. 1 r ^ / ' and pretty soon arter, when then they begin a to feel their oats, (but that's a joke, 'cause k wc give 'em corn/) you'll see 'em, as soon as the music strikes up, you'll see 'em begin to dance.' The coop, which ran along the end of the shanty farthest from the door, was about fif- 0 teen feet long, and must have contained some twenty or thirty turkeys; heavy fellows they were, too, most of them?perfect treasures ^ for a Christmas or a New Year's table. Into this coop our exhibitor threw perhaps a ^ peck?or at least half a peck?of corn. This was soon gathered up, not without much squabbling and fighting on the part of ^ the feathered recipients, who wanted to see fair play?that kind of 'fair play' meaning, \l which would give to the complainants the 11 largest half of the 'provant.' Presently it was all devoured ; and the 'au- ^ dience' called for the 'performance,' as pro- 4 mised. * 'Yes, yes/ said the exhibitor, 'don't be in 0 tew big a stew. Give us a time, if you ? please. Strike up, music?give 'em a live- c ly tewn!' c At this, a cracked flute, an old black grea- ? sy fiddle, 'manned' by a thick-lipped negro, j* and an 'ear-piercing fife/ started off with 'Yankee Doodle/ at very quick time; and sure enough, every turkey in the coop began to dance, hopping from one leg to another, crossing over, balancing chasseeing?do- a ing everything, m short, known to the sal- * tatory art, except 'joining hands' and turn- * ing partners. a 'Well that is curious!' exclaimed the au- * ditors, simultaneously; never saw anything like it before." * <No,' says the exhibitor, 'expect you didn't. 'It's all in edication,' as the poet says. I edicated theui turkeys; and there ain't one on 'cm that hasn't a good ear for music.' Hereupon lie turned to the audience, aud added? 11 'Wal, you've seeu.it, and seen how natural they do it; now we want you to vacate v the room, and give them a chance that's on ^ the outside. There's new customers out S there a-waitiu', and if you only tell 'cm out- c side what you've seen with your own eyes, you'll be a doin' a service to me, and give ^ to thcin an equal pleasure with what you D have enjoyed.' " This was soon done ) the audience retired ?. and another took their place?including, ^ however, one who had been an auditor at the last exhibition. The same scene was 11 gone through with; the same feeding, uiu- 0 sic, aud dancing, only it was observed that the motion of the turkeys was even more v lively than before. w It struck the twice observer that just before the music began, a man was seen to ^ leave the room on both occasions; and unuoticcd, lie stepped out the last time, and saw the man busying himself with putting some light kindling-wood under an opening beneath the shanty. The mystery was now out. The turkeycage rested over a slow fire, with a thin tin floor, and when the music struck up the tire had become so hot that the turkeys hopped about?first on one leg and then on the oth er?anu changed positions, 'seeking rest and finding none,' till the fire had gone down, and they were ready for another feed! It is proper to add that the author of this iuvention was a Yankee of the first water? the Orpheus of Turkeydom. Harper's Magazine. BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. The following waif, afloat on the 'sea of rcadiDg,' we clip from an exchange. We do not know its paternity, but it contains some wholesome truths, beautifully set forth : Men seldom think of the great event of death until the shadow falls across their own path, hiding forever from their eyes the traces of the loved one whose living smiles were 1 the sunlight of their existence. Death is f< the great antagonist of life, and the cold I thought of the tomb is the skeleton of all t; facts. We do not want to go through the j o dark valley, although its passages may lead i v to paradise; and, with Charles Lamb, we do 1 not want to lie down in the muddy grave, j n even with kings and princes for our bed-1 a fellows. | u t?..i ii. - / i .. i r 11. rni ' 1, uiuiue uui 01 uuiurc is ineioruuie. juiere i i< is no appeal or relief from the great law > ti which dooms us to dust. Wo flourish and ci wc fade as the leaves of the forest, and the b flower that blooms and withers in a day has tt not a frailer hold upon life than the mighti- n est monarch that ever shook the earth with ' tl his footsteps. Generations of men appear 8 and vanish as the grass, and the countless i w multitude that throngs the world to-day, will p to-morrow disappear as the footstepts on the ti shore. . i> In the beautiful drama of Ion, the instinct ' of immorality, so eloquently uttered by the si death devoted Greek, finds a deep response j in every thoughtful soul. "When about to ' si yield his young existence as a sacrifice to ' l> fate, his beloved Clemanthe asks if they shall b not meet again, to which he replies : 'I t.r have asked that dreadful question of the hills | ai that look eternal?of the clear streams that i a] ow forever?of the stars among whose fields f azure my raised spirit hath walked in gloy. All were dumb. 13ut while I gaze upn thy face, I feel that there is something a love that mantles through its beauty that annot wholly perish. We shall meet again Jlemanthe.' Are You a Lady ??The term lady is n abbreviation of the Saxon word 'leofdny,' rhich means breadgiver. The 'lady of the aanor' was accustomed once a week to move mong the poor as an alms-giver, enriching heir tables, and bearing away their blessings. !hc moved in queenly beauty, and to her uecnly robe clung the children of the lowy, looking at her as if their little eyes could ever be satisfied with seeing. 'Their little hearts could never utter How well they loved their bread and butter.' But they loved her smiling face. They iceded not that any tell them how priceless is a smile. It was May day with hem whenever she came among them with miles and bread, and it was always Mayday rith her, for the smiling poor loved her, and rowncd her queen of all the year. Header, are you a lady? Arc you a uecn among the poor? Do the children f the poor put a crown on your head ? Do hey make your hair gleam with gems, or is t burning with diamonds that the fingers of he poor never set there ? Do the poor man's hildren cling to your gown and find a proecting shadow in its folds ? Are your jewls the graceful hearts of the poor? If they re, then they will never lose their lustre, >ut shine brighter and brighter the longer hey wear them. I would rather have one ;raceful tear from a famished child I had ed, than all the jewels that glisten on a ueen's brow. I would rather carry light nd joy to one desolate home, than call the ingdoms of the world my own. SOME SHAKING. m _ _ J ^CT J.OIU is a queer geuius, uuu xeus uu auwe all ones occasionally. He visited us the ther day in our sanctum, with a " How do you, old fellow!" " Hallow, Tom, said we, where have you een so long ?" " Why, sir, I have been down on Seven liver, in Anne Arundel county, taking lhanghae notes on the chills and fever." " Ah, indeed," said we, "are they very ad down there?" " Rather 'bad,'" said Tom drily. "There 3 one place where they have been attemptag to build a brick house for eight weeks? rell, the other day, as the hands were puting up the bricks preparatory to finishing it, hey were taken with a chill, and shook the rhole building completely down, and kept n shaking till the bricks were dust of the .nest quality? Just at this juncture, the hills came on with renewed force, and they ommenced shaking up the dust with such ;usto that they were entirely obscured for wo hours, and the people of the neighborlood thought the sun was in an eclipse." " Can't believe anything like that, Tom." " It's a fact," said Tom, and resumed : " There's a farmer down there, who, in pple picking season, hauls his niggers out o the orchard, and sets up one against each rec. In a short time the chill comes on nd every apple in the orchard is shaken off he trees on to the crround." "Incredible!" said we, holding our sides rith both hands. " Fact," said Torn, "they keep a man ajngsidc of each negro, to take him away as oou as the fruit is off, for fear he will shake lie tree down." Tom continued : "3Ir. S , a fricud of line, and a house carpenter, was engaged a jw days ago in covering the roof of a house nth shingles. Just as he was 'finishing,' be chill came on and he shook every shinlc off the roof. Some of. them are supposd to be flying about yet." " Another gentleman near the same place, fas taken with a chill the other day at diner, and shook his knife and fork down his iroat, besides breaking all the crockerywarc u the tabic. 1 lis little son, who was sitngat the table at the same time,' was taken ith a chill and shook all the buttons off his lexprcssiblcs, and then shook himself clear f them!" Wo then prevailed upon Tom to desist, ho did so, with the understanding that he as to give us the balance at another time. Persons who think of emigrating to Anne irundlc county will please take notice. .JUBILATE. cy kljzauktu yocatt. Jubilate! I am loved ! And his lips at length have said it. Long since in his eyes I read it, But I thought it could not be? Ah ! what happiness for me! Jubilate! I am loved ! Now am I like a little queen, And very pleasant 'tis, I ween ; Whatsoe'er I do or say Seomcth good and right alway. Jubilate! I am loved! To sec Lira kneeling at my feet, 0 ! it is sweet?'tis very sweet! Every day and every hour Do I glory in my power! Jubilate! I am loved! So dearly loved that till I prayed, 1 was more than half afraid ;? Lord ! forgive my sins, and make Me pure and good for his dear sake ! Jubilate! I am loved ! Lord ! forgive my glorying ! To Thy dear cross i meekly cling! Let the love be beareth me Lead bim?lead us both?to Thee! Pm:nirTroN.s of Emperor Nicholas in 84G.?The Indianapolis Journal gives the illowiug extract from a lecture given by Iou. II. W. Elseworth, formerly of this ciy, Minister to Sweden, being tho language f the Emperor of Russia used in an interior with the lecturer : 'Sir,' said the Emperor Nicholas, in a melorablc diplomatic interview between him ndyour speaker, during those recent revoltions that struck down Hungary, remodel;d France, and broke the bond of union beiveen Denmark and her revolted Dutchie, ausing nearly every monarch to tremble for is throne. 'Sir, I view calmly all thisagiition, Russia is untouched, and will not liuglc with it. Her hours has not yetcome lough her destiny cannot be long delayed, he will soou be in a protracted contest, in Rich England and France will be her oponcnts; those nations, so long and so nairally hostile to each other, will be arrayed I unison against her V 'And what, your Majesty, will be the rcult of this great contest V Favorable, beyond doubt, to Russia. I liall rise superior to all reverses, ami pro net the contest till 1 wear 1/out m,/ enemies. tut there is auothcr war looming in the disincc?a struggle between constitutional, nd unrestricted monarchy, in which nearly II Europe will stuud opposed to Russia, while Turkey, her natural enfimy, with Persia and Asia, will be fighting at her side. 'Still favorable to Kussia, though it will be bloody and protracted. But a third and still inighter contest is approaching, in which the world* will be involved?a struggle between what is called tyranny, in any form, and freedom. Into this struggle your nation will be forced from its present policy and compelled to lake a leading part! It wijl be a struggle such as history never recoded.' MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A Temperance Lecturer, descanting on the essential and purifying qualities of cold water,' remarked as a knock-down argument that 'when the world became so corrupt that the Lord could do nothing else with it, he was obliged to give it a thorough sousing in cold water.' 'Yes,' replied a wacr, 'but it killed everv darned critter on -J the face of the airth.' fiST1 The Dutchman who refused take a one dollar bill because it might be altered from a ten, prefers stage traveling to railroads. The former, he says, rides him eight hours for a dollar, while the latter only rides him one. ?De people can't cheat me.' J&Q?-He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest. It's your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware Ther's no deception in a bull dog.' It is only the cur that sneakes up and bites you when your back is turned. Too True.?Somebody East, we know not who* has immortalized himself in the following insight into human nature, which we endorse and liberally reccommend to all cross-loving wives. He says: "Whether a man leads a sober life or not depends altogether on the temper of his wife. No man will listen all night to a scold, who knows where 'a good warm sling' can be had for a six pence. At Cocktail's, the other night, we found no less than thirteen married men who spent six evenings a week squirting tobacco juice on the coal stove.? We thought we could find out who they were. On inquiring we learned that eleven of them were blessed with wives who 'jaw,' while the other two wedded a couple of 'the philanthropist' ladies, so constantly engaged in 'welfare of Central Africa' that they have no time to keep their husbands' shirts whole. O-KTW? m? TTTTn HT?"Cl"CmTTTT!? Job Kolik was 'one of'em' on the stump. A double barreled throat and lungs as large as two bushel baskets, enabled him to electrify his constituents up to a fighting point in less time than it would take for a Susquehanna raft to go over Niagara Falls. Ilis great speech, delivered in Bob Stubb's ten acre lot, was a 'crusher.' For the sake of posterity we give an extract: 'Fellow Citizens!?You might as well try to prize up the Atlantic ocean with a broom straw, or draw this 'ree stump from under my feet with a harnessed gadfly, as to convince me that I ain't a gwine to be elected this heat. My opponent don't stand a chance?not a snuff. Why he ain't as intellectual as a common sized shad. Fellers, I am a hull team, with two bull dogs under the wagon and a tar bucket?I am. . If ther's anybody this side of whar the sun be gins to blister the earth that can wollop me, let him show himself?I'm ready Boys, I go in for the American eagle?claws, stars stripes and all; and may I burst my cverlastin' buttonholes cf I don't knock down drag out, and gouge everybody as denies it. Marriages Extraordinary.?In Brack, en county, Ky., Esquire Schoolfield recently united in marriage a boy aged fifteen years weight seventy pounds, to a lady aged twenty-one years and weighing one hundred .1 HA. J ana miy puunus. In the same house, at another time by another magistrate, the father of the aforesaid youthful bridegroom was married to a younger sister of the fat bride. The old man was sixty-five and the girl was seventeen years old. The boy husband is brother-in-law to his father, and the old man's wife is step-mother to her brother-in-law. The house where these marriages occurred is a little cabin, constructed of round logs, and located in a deep hollow between two lofty hills, where the sun is visible only four hours during each day.?Maysvillc Ea</h. Dying Words of Salmasius.?Salmasius, one of the gratest scholars of his time, saw cause to exclaim bitterly against himself when he came to die. <0 !' said he, <1 have lost a world of time?time, the most precious thing in the world ! Had I but one year more, it should be spent in perusing David's pslams and Paul's epistles.' '0, Sirs,' said he, addressing those about him, 1mind the world less, and God more Reader, see that now you are wise enough to peruse the word of God, that you may not have to cry, '0, for but one year to read it!' when you are about to meet your Creator, and give in your account. Take the dying advice of Salmasius, and 'mind the world less, and God more.' For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul V Good.?A genuine Down Easter, lately essayed to appropriate a square of exceedingly tough beef, at diuncr in a Winconsin hotel. His convulsive efforts with a knife and fork, attracted the attention and smiles of the rest of the company, who were in the same predicament with himself. At last Jonathan's ratience vanished under ill success, and, laying down his utensils, he burst out with? 'Strangers, you needn't laff; if you han't got no regard for the landlord's feelings, you orter have some respect for the old cow!" This sally brought down the house. <! ? 1 A Sum for Teachers.?'Sally Jones, j have you done that sum I set you ?' 'No thir, I can't do it.' 'Can't do it! I am ashamed of you. Why, at your age I could do any sum you set me.' 'I think, thir, I know a sum you can't thifer out.' 'Well, Sally, let's hear and we will^ee.' 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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 wilUfee prompt to repel assaults upon the South, whether they come under the specious garb of fiction, or in the direct form of anti-slavery pamphlets. At this critic:.! juncture, while our enemies are employing literature as their most potent weapons of attack, the Southern people will surely not withhold their encouragement 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 ei.nt/.l.oa Tnloa T.-o-uolu Dnsmo CAViVUCO) iW Vio, XUIV^I iHMVJO, .UaOUJOy X UVUiO, ' Critiques, aud Papers ou the Army, Navy, and other National Subjects. 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 j only THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADj VANCE, or Four Dollars if not paid before the I first of July in any year. Clubs?Remitting us Fifteen Dollars in one letl tcr, will be entitled to Six Copies. The Editoriaand Critical department of the Messenger will continue under 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 conducfed by the undersigned, to whom all communications of a business nature must be addressed. MACFARLANE, FERGUSSON & CO., Law Building, Franklin-st., Richmond, Va. Feb 21 8 tf OX MARROW, POMADE, Tricopherous, Kathairon, Carolina Hair Tonic, Chews Eau Lustrate Hair Tonic, Macassar and Bears Oil, with many other articles for beautifying and improving the hair. For sale by L. P. BARNETT & Co. Nov 1 43 tf BAGGING AND ROPE.?TEN COILS Charleston and Weavers Rope?Gunny, Gildroy and Dundee Bagging. Just Received and for sale low, by S. J. KUl'KENDAL & BRO. ' > . * * * v ' " THE PRINCETON PRESS. THE design oftlie inventor was to getnpa Press which would answer every requirement of the offer made by Qeohoe Baucis, of New York, in x 1851, viz: cheap, light, easily managed, and ca- j pable of throwing off at least 500 sheets per hour. ! This Press will throw off from 500 to 800 sheets 1 per hour, doing the work equal to any Cylinder i Press. The bed stands about 30 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 wheel 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. A Press of this description for newspaper and LL! 1 1 A A 1 1 til. ...11 1.1 juuoing, oeu it oy zoj incues, wiui rower mouiu, roller stocks, blanket, flying and registering apparatus, &c., complete, will be furnished for $500. 1 If intended for book work chiefly, an extra ink fountain will be furnished for $20. The press, 1 fly wheel, &c.,will weigh abont 2000 pounds. The i 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 31, $5.80 i 36 24, 450. "50 82, 600. "44 28$, 500. "52 32, 025. " 4C 30 540. 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 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 care 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 being thoroughly tested, and without it performs to the entire satisfaction of the purchaser. JOHN T. ROBINSON. ' Princeton, N. J., Nov. 1855. 46 8m LIVERY AND SALE STABLE. YORKVILLE, S. C. SW. JACKSON, having bought out thoestab lishment8 of L. P. SADLER and LOVE and McCONNELL, respectfully informs 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 AND 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 prices will bo reasonable, and the business will be conducted strictly on the CASH PRINCIPLE without distinction of persons. A portion of his stock will bo 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. 17,185G. 3 ly IDn&SHOBllK THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he will attend 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 thanks to the citizens of Yorkville and vicinity, for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon him, and hopes by strict attention to business, to merit and share a continuance of the same. Address, V. E McELHANEY, Auctioneer, Yorkville, S. C. BEFEBENCES: Yorkville.?W. I. Clawson, Jno. L. Miller, Dan'l Williams. 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 NOTICE.?The firm of ADAMS & McCORKLE having been dissolved on the FIR8T day of JANUARY by its own limitation, the name of the hrm will be used in settling up the old business. J. H. ADAMS, W. H. McCORKLE. NEW FIRM.??On the first of January, J. H. ADAMS, W. H. McCORKLE and J. A. McLEAN, formed a Copartnership under the style of ADAMS, McCORKLE & CO., for the purpose of carrying on the Mercantile business in its various branches, in the room formerly occupied by Adams & McCorkle. 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 liberal patronage. J. H. ADAMS, . W. H. McCORKLE, J. A. McLEAN. 8?. The old firm of ADAMS & McCORKLE feel grateful to their friends and 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 bo in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred i nd fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against him. 1 JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. tls. j I Clerk's Office, York District, \ Sept. 27tb, 1855. / 39-lyq South Carolina--York District, 1 IN THE COMMON PLEA8. I W. K. Hamilton, vs. Green Nelson.?Attachment. : WHEREAS the Plaintiff did. on the twentieth day of April, 18-55, file his declaration a- ' gainst the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without tho limits of this State, and has 1 neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the 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 twenty first day of August, which will be in the year of our Lord one thous- ' and eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. tls. Clerk's Office, York Dist, Aug. 20, 1855. 33 1 __ ( South Carolina?York District ; IN THE COMMON PLEAS. < Wylie & Smith, vs. E. II. Moss.?Attachment. ? WHEREAS the Plaintiff did on the 8th day of ' September, file his declaration against the j Defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and t 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 judg- , raent will then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. pls. Clerk's Office, York District, 1 Sept. 27, 1855. j 39 lyq WRAPPING PAPER.?A lot of old i NEWSPAPERS for sale by the hundred.? Enquire at this Office. * -; h. s&ftgs -* K ' . . _ " "" GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY I JACOB'S CORDIAL, FOR ALL -, iBotcel Diseases, Cholera^ Dysentery,Diarrhce, Choi era Morbus, Bilious Cholic, Cholera Infantum. Also, admirably adapted to many diseases of Females, especially painful menstruation. The virtues of Jacob's Cordial are too well known to require,enconiums. 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 tho severest Colic. 5th. It cures Cholera Morbus. - ' Gth. It cures Cholera Infantum. 7tli. It cures Painful Menstruation. 8th. It relieves Pain in Back and Loins. 9th. It counteracts Nervousness andDcsponiency. 10th. It restores Irregularities. 11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings. 12th. It's an admirable Tonic. K Few Short Extracts from Letters, Testimonials,he "I have used Jacob's Cordial in mvfamilvl and Liavc found it a most efficient, and in my judgment, i valuable remedy."?Hon. Hibam Wabxeb, Judge of Supreme Court, Georgia. "It gives me pleasure in being able to recommend Jacob's Cordial?my own personal experience, and the experience of my neighbors and friends around me, is a sufficient guarantee for . me to believe it to be all that it purports to be, viz: a sovereign remedy."?W. H. Uxdbbwood, Formerly Judge of Superior Court, Cherokee Circuit. "I take great pleasure in recommending this invaluable medicine to all afflicted with bowel dieeases, for which I believe it to be a sovereign remedy?decidedly superior to anything else ever tried by me."?A. A. Gacldiko, Deputy G. M. of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and this, with all I hear about it as a remedy by those who have tried it, induces me to believe that it stands at.thc head of every preparation of the kind, and I would recommend its use in the diseases for which it is compounded."?Male G. Dobbixs, Cashier of the Bank of the State of Geor- * gia, Griffin. / ', ^ . "If there is any credibility in human testimony Jacob's Cordial, muet stand pre-eminent above all other preparations for the cure of Bowel Diseases. From the mass of testimony in its favor coming in from all quarters, it must be ytrj far in advanceas a curative agent,' of moet if not all other patent preparations.?A. Flemixo, 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." ?Georgia JefferIonian. B&? For sale by L. P. BARNETT k Co.,Yorltville; Patterson, Moore & Co., Fort Mflr; J. Robs, Sandersville; Wylie & Smith, Hickory Grove; Davidson k White, Bullocha Creek; Haviland, Ilarral & Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher 4 iieimiso, uoiumoia, ana the principal Merchants and Druggists throughout the State. Proprietors, 20 Beekman-st., Newlfork. w.'w. bliss & co:, Sept 20 * 87 , ly f MAIL AB&AX7GE MENTS. Columbia and Chester Mall. Leaves daily (Sunday's excepted) at 8 A. M. Arrives " tl " at 8} P. M. Spartanburg Mall. Arrives Tuesday and Friday by 12 M. . , Departs Tuesday and Friday at.l P. M. EarUvQle Mall. - r Arrives every Tuesday by 4 P. M. Departs every Wednesday at 5 A. M. Newton Mall. Arrives every Thursday by 8 P. M. Departs every Friday at 5 A. M. Camden Mail. Arrives every Monday and Thursday by Departs every Monday and Thursday at Lincoln MatlA Arrives every Monday and Thursday by .7 P.M. * Departs every Tuesday and Friday at 6 A. M. Charlotte Mail. Arrives every Wednesday & Saturday by 6 P.. M. Departs every Tuesday and Friday at 7 P. M. l/nionvllle Mall. Arrives every Wednesday and Saturday by 6 P. M. Departs Monday and Thursday at 0 A. M. Shelby Mail. Arrives every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 P. M. Departs every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6 A. M. ' W. R. ALEXANDER, Pt ft. Yorkville, Jan. 17, 185G. RROWNIMT kREMAN. IMPORTERS OF \ French, British and German DRY GOODS, 209 and 211 King, Comer of Markct-ttreet CHARLESTON, S. C. : KEEP constantly on band, and offer to their friends and the public (generally, the largest assortment of Foreign and . Domestic Dry Goods in the SouthernStates. Their Stock is constantly supplied with a full assortment of RICH DRESS GOODS of all the newest varieties of style and fabric, in Silks, Tissues, Bareges, Grenadines, Muslins, &c. Bombazines, Alpacas, and Mourning Goods of all kinds. EMBROIDERIES and LACEGOOD8, of every description. '- V . EVENING DRESS GOODS, of every variety. Gentlemen's and Boys' Wear. CLOTHS, Cassimere, Vesting?, Linen Drills and Coatings, of best French Goods. .. Satinets, Tweeds, Jeans, &c. FOR FAMILY USE.: " Rose, Whitney and Bath Blankets. Red and White FLANNELS. English and American Cotton Flannels. French, English and American PRINTS and Cambrics. Linens, of Richardson's celebrated make, for Sheetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cases, Table Damask, Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. E. and Huckaback Diapers, Fruit Cloths, Apron Linens, Ac. CARPETING. Ingrain, 3 Ply, Brussels, Tapestry and VELVET. British and American Floor Oil Cloths. Wilton, Velvet and Axminster RUGS, r White and colored Mattings of all widths. Stair Rods, STAIR CARPETINGS of all kinds. CURTAIN MATERIALS. ' ftf tkvewv vftrietv in 8itlro S/vtin and WnMtn.1 Curtain Cambrics and Muslins. Embroidered Lace and Muslin Curtains. Qilt Cornices, Curtain Gimps, Holders, Loops, Tassels, Drapery Cords, Bell Ropes, &c. PLANTATION GOODS. Blankets, Plains, Kerseys, Caps, &c. Cotton OSNABERGS, all of the best Southern make. ? All the above, with every other line of Dry Goods which can be demanded, are of our own Direct Importation, and are offered at the lowest Market Prices for cash or City acceptances. The sne price system is strictly adherred to. All Goods are warranted, and orders filled with < promptness and the most careful attention. BROWNING & LEMAN. March 29 12 ly__ DRUBS AND MEDICINES, i AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. L. P. BARSETT & Co. ARE now receiving a large addition to their stock, consisting of DRUGS and CHEMICALS, Paints, and Oils, Window Gloss and Putty, Varnish>s, Brushes, Combs, Soaps, Perftimery and Fancy Articles. To Country Merchants and Physicians, wc will offer liberal inducements, guaranteeing sverything as represented. We make our purchases with cash of manufacturers and importers, md feel assured that in most articles we cau com)cto with any one in the State. We only ask an izamination of our stock. Promnt attention riven o all orders. Goods carefully packed andT forvarded as directed. Prescriptions accurately dis>ensed. L. B. BARNETT & Co. Yorkville, Oct. 30, 1865. 43 . tf Wanted Immediately. rn AAA BU8H. merchantable WHEAT. } DU.UUU 4,000 bush. 44 CORN, 3,000 " 44 OATS, J 2,000 44 44 RYE, I 2,000 barrels 44 , FLOUR, V 2,000 pounds of WOOL, 1 2,000 44 DRY HIDES, for rhioh fair market prices will be paid. j S. J. KUYKENDAL & BRO. } Sept 20 87 tf ' i / u < ' >\ 'J* '