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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
- " BY yRANCI9 LIBBER.
When our God who fosters freedom,
8&w this land was ripe and strong,
x He emboldened men to earn it?
? Sing a grateful fervent song.
Mr ?
Glowing sages, untried soldiers,
Wrestled scorning doubt and taunt,
Brave and truthful, they confided,
. Bold in him whose days we chant.
And a9 yeais are crowding faster
Veiling many a champion's fame,
Wider shines and still ascending
His unfading astral name.
He was great in perseverance,
Great above ambition's lust;
Great obeying?great ordaining?
Stewart of untarnished trust.
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Never stooping, never touching,
Persecution's ready rod;
Great and calm that path pursuing,
Which but one before him trod.*
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1 Names like theirs are lustious blessings,
Of a etarry history ;
Bound, then, thanks, and shoot your pc&n
For our pole-star of the free!
But our thanks are worse than idle?
Like a more recurring bead,
' Like Etruscan vessels, ornate,
Though within the spiders breed?
If they fail to gender action,
Jjg.'je Baeds in stirring duty done,
C Deeds attest he loved his people?
Bare professions, there are none.
Our devoted struggling fathers
1/'. v. Gained us freedom's ample right;
?*' Let to future days be handed,
t Brighter all they left us bright.
That wo lack not blessing ages,
As we now our fathers bless;
. - * And that freedom's blooming garden
.y* tr Never turns to wilderness.
They were freemen, never froedmen;
They held fast, perfected, reared ;
And by works like theirs, by toiling,
C - They are fittingly revered.
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All the dwellers in this country,
Life as one your joying roice?
Millions born to all her freedom,
Millions wedding her from choice.
William 1 founder and martyr of the Netherlands'
Republic?tho first government that proclaimed
the sovereignty of the people.
^musing leading.
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From the Philadelphia Times.
MADNESS AND A METHOD IN IT.
On Wednesday last, a neatly dressed,
i * very prepo3sesing and prettily spoken woman,
somewhere between sixteen and twenty-five
years of age, drove up to the door of
the Insane Hospital, over which Dr.?
presides, and inquired for that gentleman.
She was ushered into the reception room,
and awaited the comioz of the doctor with
an air of nonchalance which rather fascinated
the servant, who looked upon her with
eyes of admiration and unfeigned pleasure.
When left alone she amused herself, a woman
always will, in gratifying her curiosity
by inspecting the various articles in the
room critically, and thoroughly. The doctor
heing announced, she received him with
one of those bewildering smiles which some
women know so well how to bestow, and
whose influence no man of feeling can resist.
The doctor welcomed her with more
than usual warmth, and soon learned the object
of ber visit.
8he had come, she said with a glance fall
of melancholy, and a tone of more than womanly
tenderness, to ascertain of the doctor,
in person, whether she could secure private
quarters for her husband who was subject to 1
intense fits of abberation of mind but whose (
conduct towards her, bitter and cruel as it
was, could not alienate her love for him, '
which was the all pervading passion of her
soul. He had grown so violent of late that
she wished to have him secured from violence
to himself as well as to her, (and here
the charming creature wept for some mo- .
menus,) and if she could make an arrangement
with the doctor, Joe urged that it
should b* kept as private as his most secret
thoughts, and licr husband beyond the scvu- '
- tiny of visitors. And then she said her
heart would break, she knew it would, and !
then she wept bitterly and long.
The doctor, as all who know his kind aud ,
teader heartedncss will readily imagine, was J
not iusensible to the tousebiug recital of his
visitor, and with that frankness which al- j
ways characterizes biro, he promised to com- ;
ply with her wishes, to give her husband a
private apartment and his special carc?and
also to shield him from the gaze of curiosityseekers
who run down public institutions.
The lady was not long in arranging terms;
she was not loug in expressing her thanks,
iutermiDgled with tears : she was not long in j
ecttling the details of her husband's contiuc- |
ment; she was not long in short, in taking '
her leave. And as the stepped into her car- j
riage, aided by the kind hand of the doc- j
tor, she turned her beautiful face towards j
him aud cast upon him a glance full of teuderoess
and solicitude, and inspired him
anew with admiration and pity.
The carriage drove away, the doctor's
eyes following nimid the clouds of dust
which followed in its wake, until it was entirely
lost to view. Down to the bridge,
along the crowded thoroughfare, over the
pebbled way of Chestnut street to a fashionable
jewelry establishment of our city, the
carriage passed, its sweet and solitary inmate,
glancing out and smiling within, and
growing radiant with a thought that requires
another paragraph to learn.
She alighted, and glided into the bazaar
of gold and silver and precious stones, with
all the stateliness of a queen. One or two
of the gentlemanly attendants ran to learu
her wish. She wanted to select a sett of
silver ware, not too plain, something neat,
tasteful and beautiful. The various patterns
were shown, and a set valued att$500
was selected by the lady of stately tread.
She desired the articles to be put up, a bill
made out and she would settle it. Her
wishes were complied with, and the lady
took out her elegant port monnaie, but alas!
there were about $40 in it. She had picked
up her wrong port monnaie, she said
with bewitching sweetness, and she was j
vexed at her stupidity. She however, could !
arrange it. She was the wife of Br.?, the :
principal physician of the Insane Hospital, ;
and she desired her attendant to accompany j
her to that place, when she would pay him '
at once. Who could resist such a request
from a beautiful woman?a request spoken f
as much with the eyes as the voice ? Not!
the clerk, certainly.
The two got iuto the carriage together, I
and back it whirled to the Hospital. The
lady jumped from the carriage, aad was i
warmly greeted by the doctor, who was at j 1
entrance. i
"Doctor, this is my husband," said she,
with an air at once sweet and sorrowful.
The poor attendant started. He was struck
aghast. He could not fathom her mean- j
ing.
"What did you say?"
"Doctor, this is my husband, please take
him in charge."
"The Devil, madame. I'm uot your husband,
what do you mean?"
"Bursting into tears "she sobbed aloud.
"He has another 6pasm?he has another attack.
Oh ! Doctor if you have piety in your
soul, secure him, and save yourself and me
from violence."
In vain the poor follow attempted to explain.
He was hurried along the corridor
and into a room, and confined securely?
the woman all the while following close behind,
weeping as though her heart would
break. The doctor and the lady returned
to thereoeption room, and the latter, after
giving the other an outline of the pcculiari
tie? of her alledged husband's attacks, to- <
getber with some directions in reference to i
the care she desired to have bestowed upon I
him, she left, promising to return again in a 1
few days. And away whirled the carriage, I
the silver ware and the lady; neither of <
which has been heard of since. I
The poor attendant was confined for three
days before any one about the establishment i
could be induced to convey a letter to his
employers, who, all the time, were suspect- 1
ing his honesty, and preparing to advertise
him in the newspaper. Upon the receipt of '
the letter it did not take them long to dis- '
cover that they had been sold most brillian- 1
tly and upon their appearence at the Hospi- 1
tal, it did not take the Doctor long to discover
that he had been sold decidedly; the poor
attendant was satisfied upon his arrival at '
the Hospital that he had been sold most sorrowfully
indeed. And here, we think, we
will end the story, which has been talked
over in fashionable circles for the past three 1
or four days with many a hearty laugh.
LET'S DIE TOGETHER!
A very amusing scene occured a few days
ago, in a neighboring city, not a thousand
miles from this, wherein a number of the
fraternity were prominent actors, about which
we have laughed off a threatened attack of
winter fever, and through the same means ,
have lost a number of buttons from our jacket.
Our readers are honestly entitled to |
have the particulars, and shall have a hearty
laugh too. Ha! ha ! ha!
The editor, (which for short we will call ]
Quill,) having business to engage him much ,
of the night, had wisely provided a nice broil ,
to strengthen the inner man, and having |
carefully stowed it away for future reference ,
stepped out for a short time to manage some .
necessary business. The foreman and a typo,
(whom we call Quad and Rule,) soon (
came in, and chanced to find the steak.? <
What a fine chance for a joke on Quill; eat |
the delioious morsel he has prepared, and ]
when too late, laugh at him?that's it? ?
bright ideas?ah, we have him on the hip !
The juicy steak is broiled and eagerly and j
hastily devoured, after having given it a
fine brown roast. Quill comes in and goes ,
to his labor, suspecting nothing wrong.? s
Quad and Rule could not long retain their <
mirth at the rich joke they had played; the s
secret must out. Thanks to the careful, (
provident Quill, 'the steak was fine!'
Quill, comprehending at once the whole j
Jtate of affairs, determinined richly to repay f
the boys for their left-handed joke, so, instantly
assuming the gravity of an owl, and
the solicitude of a matronly shanghai, with
.rreat earnestness, crasninc Quad bv the arm. ?
-> ' O 4 O ' * ?
jxclaimed? \
'My God ! Quad, you haven't eaten that t
poisoned meat?' i
'Y-c-s,' responded Quad, whilst his face j
issumed an ashy paleness, his limbs were S
seized with a trembling and his eyes stood r
>ut an inch from his forehead. s
'Great God ! then you are poisoned, and
ii a few minutes will be dead man. Stry - i
-.hi'ino was put upon that meat to kill wolves, t
livery person in the office knew that stry- c
:hr.ine had been procured that day, to silence i
;otne wolves, that with their bowlings: made i;
midnight hideous. Each, therefore, now t
rushed forward to the sccuc of conversation, \
everything in the shape of busiuess was sus- (
pended, and each waited in breathless agony f
the termination of this tragical scene. i
'Poisoned 1?strychnine ! !?death !!'? 1
groaned the thoroughly affrighted Quad.? j '
'Oh ! my God, save me,' and he rolled his j 1
eye beseechingly an instant for the tirst time ; (
heavenward, then hastily placing both hands i 1
upon his fctomareh, he hissed?-Ah, yo gods! j c
L feel the death gripe?the poison has hold j i
of my vitals! Oli-h-h-h ! Save me?what !
shall I take?' |>
Quill suggested grease, oil, lard, soap, j t
anything as an ancdote. Devil jumped j 1
down to the press, and in an instant return- <
ed with a large bottle filled with oil?thear- <
tide used on the press. Quad grasped it I
spasmodically, diseDgaged the cork and plae- I
cd it on his mouth. The limpid stream ra- 1
pidly flowed towards its level, and the bottle j1
would have been emptied bad it not been !
arrested by the hand of Rule, whose quick i
eye measured the remains of the fast disappearing,
life-saving antidote. Theremaind- i
er was hastily dispatched, together with all
the grease that could be found in the office. <
Consternation and fright now reigned in !
that once happy office?prayers were breath- i
ed for the sinful souls of the two unfortunates. :
The crisis was hastily approaching, when
another entered and quickly learned the awful
state of affairs, viz : that the young men
had taken strychnine.
<To the Doctor's! for God's sake?haste !' i
screamed the new comer. i
This was something new and unthought
of in tho bustle before. Quad sprang to the
door, and was about vanishing, when Rule
moaned out?
'Stop a moment, Quad?wait, I will go.?
If we die, les's die togeth like men !'
The office of Dr. M. was reached in a moment?the
victims examined; said there was
little danger, the poison, if taken, would
have done its work before. Quad w. 8 not f atisfied;
he saw only death before him; could get
no oil; Doctor was out. Pale, buggard,and
trembling in every limb, he rushed out, followed
in the distance by all the 'boys' from
the office?breaking through two doors of a i
neighboring establishment, he shouted to the
proprietor iu sepulchral tones?
'Oh, grease, lard?quick?strychnine! Oh
I am poisoned! Haste or I die! Oh-h-h
ah-h-h! The pains of death are severe.?
O-o-o-o-o!'
The frightened keeper could only furnish
the little lainb grease on hand, and hastily
put on the fire a pan of pork. The wretched
victim, almost is the agoaies of death,
lis knees, like Belshazzar's, smitiDg together,
seized a ladle, and with his breath half
jooling the accumulating fat, rapidly drank
it as the sweetest morsel. The overburdenjd
stomach could not endure everything;
i tenderness and upheaving ensued, and the
victim was led back with difficulty to the oface,
physically prostrated. Quill was absent?the
secret had leaked out?the boys
jouldu't hold?they tittered, laughed, giggled?the
thing was out. Quad and Rule
smelt a mice, very strongly?their strength
ind vigor instantly returned. No oil, the
press couldn't run that night, no one dare
mention the name of it. Doctor called next
morning, bill was promptly met. Weather
was exceedingly cold, yet that houses was too
hot for Quill for a number* of days. The
boys won't endure the sight of pork, grease,
ar butter.
On Saturday, Qaud still pale, was passing
down street?a stranger called from behind,
isking where was a drug-store, he wanted
strychnino to poison wolves.
With murder in his eye, Quad turned upan
him. Stranger took him to be a madman,
and hastily fled hotly pursued?hat.*
9ew off in the wind; still bareheaded as for
life, each nerved himself?away?away, until
lost from sight. We have heard of ncithsr
since?meantime, Quill has returned to
the office.
Oil has gone up in the city, but strychnine
no sale.? Council Blvffs (loica^ Baylc.
COURTING IN THE RIGHT STYLE.
' Git eout! yeou nasty puppy?let ine alonc,
or I'll tell yeour mammy!" cried out
Sally to her lover, Jake , who sat
ten feet from her, pulling dirt from the chirn.
ney.
"I arn't techin' on ye, Sal," said Jake.
?<Well_ n'r'nn.9 vnr dnn't mean ta. nnther
?deu yer ?"
"No, I don't."
"'Cause yeou're teu tarnal scary, yeou
long-legged, lantern-jawed, slab-sided, pigeon-toed,
gangie-kneed owl yeou?yeou han't
got a tarnal bit o' sense?git along hum with
with yer."
"Naow, Sal, I love yeou, an' yeou can't
help it, an' ef yeou don't let me stay an'
court yeou, my daddy will sue yeourn for
that caow he sold him t'other day. By
jingo, he said he'd deu it"
"Well, look here, Jake?if yeou want tu
court me, yeou'd better deu it as a white
man does that thinf?not set orf there as
though you thort I would pizfcn yeou."
"Ilaow on airth's that, Sal?"
"Why, sidle right up here, and hug and
kiss me as if yeou had some o' ther bone
md sinner of a man abaout yer. Do yeou
i'posc a woman's only made ter look at, yer
FdoI yeou? No; they're made for 'pratical
results,' as Kossuth says?teu hug, and kiss
ind sich like."
"Well," said Jake, drawing a long breath,
<ef I must I must, for I deu love yeou,
5al j" and so Jake commenced sidling up to
tier, like a male porker going to battle.?
Laying his arm gently upon Sal's shoulder,
<he was heard to exclaim?
"That's the way teu deu it, old hoss?
hat's acting like a white man orter."
"Oh ! Jerusalem a-n-d pancakes !" exclaimed
Jake, "ef this an't better'n any applesass
ever marm made, a darned sight!?
Jrack-e-e-e! buckwheat slapjacks and 'lasses
an't nowhar 'long side 'o yeou, Sal!?
Jh ! haow I deu love yeou!"
Here thier lips came togother, and the re>ort
that followed was like pulling a horse's
'oot out of the mire.
CURIOUS SERMON.
The following discourse, delivered by that
'same old coon," the Captain of a Mississip)i
flat boat, at a Hard Shell Baptist protraced
meeting at Tinicum, on Thursday evenng
last, was phonographically reported exiressly
for The Mercury by "Samuel the
Scribe," who was one of the anxious inquiors
on that solemn and interesting occaion:
My friends: Since I had the pleasure,
iv holdin' forth to the benighted an' heahenist
rapscallions uv Brandon, Mississippi,
m the subjeek?"An, he played on a harp
iv a thousand strings, spcrrets uv just men
nade perfcck"?the sperrit hath moved
ne to take up my bed and travel; and after
isiting divus places, ai** pvopagatin' the
iospill to varus nominations, I have at last
btched up, bless the Lord, 'mong the Hard
shells of Tiuicum. My text this evcuin,'
ny brethering, will he found somewhar
tweon the books of Providence an' Militizedick
(I tliiuk the former) an' when
ouud it will be read somewhar nearasfolnws
? <?whnr rn wood is. there t.liA firr> rrnoth
awwv..
mt?au' they played on sitnbols, dullsiuers,
jewsbarps aud dimruyjobns."
"Now, my brethcring, i'ame gwino to
=;iy to you as I said to the Brandonians on a
'ornier casion, I'm not an educated man but,
jlcss the Lord, I'm a mighty religush man,
i man what's, bovnagiu?one what experienced
the holy ghost, and took rcliguu in
:hc natral way?for "whur no wood is, thar
:1m fire goeth out?and they played on simbols,
dullsimcrs, jewsbarps and dimmyjohns.
"Now, my brethcring, pr'haps some uv ye
ire wondering an axing yourselves what denominashun
I longs to. Well, my friends,
I'm a plain spoken man, although I sez it
myself, oughtent to say it, and I'll tell yor
what swoyshun I longs to. Perhaps some
ou ye thinks I'm a Mormon ; som on ye, pcradventure,
spisshuns I'm a Millcrite; some
more on ye may kalkalate I'm Methodiss
an'other uv ye may imbibe the noshun that
I ar a Free Lovyer: but I tells ye, brcthering,
you are all confoundly confumbustcreated
if ye thiuks any sieb thing; for, in the
language of the tex: "Whar no wood is,
thar the fire goeth out?and they played on
simbols, "dulsimere, jewsbarps and dimmyjohns.
"Somehow, I oilers tuok amazin 'iikin, to
the Baptists, spechally to the hard shells?
not because I'm particularly fond of cold
water; for my brethering, I'm not one nv
them ar sort o' Christians that repudiates
good whisky, or looks a gift boss in the
mouth. Thar's the Rack-shells, the soft
shells, the calm shells, an' a great many o
ther kind uv shells, but my brethering, next
to the hard shells, give the man what shells
jut libberly when the contribushuu box
goes round?for,' whar no wood is, thar the
fire goeth out'?and they played on simbols,
dulsimcrs, jewshurps and dimiuyjohns.
"Now, my brethering, having told you
what swayshun I 'longs to I'm gwine to cxcmflicate
and lucidate on my tex, which
sez?'whar no wood is thar the tiro goeth out,'
&c. My bretheriDg, dont s'pose for the
sixteenth part uv a minnit that the fire w*
read uv in the scriptures will go out bekase
thar's no wood ? No, my Christshun friends,
so long as the supply of anthersiteand brimstoue
holds out it wou't make a dif uy bit
terence whether thar's any wood or not?
the fire will be kept burning?for, 'they
played on simbols, dulciraere, jewsharps and
dimmyjohns.
"My brethering, when accordin' to the
tex I sez, 'they played on simbols, dulsinicrs,
jewsharps and dimmyijohns, I mean
that the good and perfeck sperrits?them
uv the sixth speer?plays on the simbols and
dulsimers, and the bad sperrits what lives
in the lower speers, plays on jewsharps and
dimmyjohns' 'specially the dimmyjohns?
for, 'Whar no wood is, thar the fire goeth
goeth out?and they played'?brethreing, 1
suiell amice! Thar's a Judis in this congregashun,
sure as you are living sinners,
and he must be dispelled ! Ah, had I told
you so. Thar he is, yonder, on that high
sect thar, near the stove, that weazen-faced
sinner in the barskin bang up?a wolf in
bar's clothing?setting thar as innocent as a
possum up a 'simmon tree, reporting my
lectur phrenologically!"
At this juncture all eyes were fixed upon
the reporter, who also began to "smell a
mi'nn '' on/1 koofiltr V* t a nolo ci in
Uiivcj auu uuotuy llUUbUUU 11 lO uvkvo am
the pocket of hi9 "barskin bang-up," vamosed
through a side window, surrounded by
a blaze of glory and at least a hundred hard
shells.
.fanner's gcpartntcnt.
FOREMAN'S IRON PLOW..
Having from time to time endeavoured
to urge the many claims of this unrivaled
plow over all others, upon the attention of
our readers, and having exhausted our stock
of eulogy in representing its great superiority,
both as regards its usefulness, adaptedness
to all kinds of work and its economical
structure, we now give our readers the character
of this plow, as represented by Mr.
James McCaskee, an experienced plow
manufacturer, of Richmond, N. C., in the
following letter :
Richmond, N. C. July 2, 1855.
Messrs. Allen, Smith & Co.?Dear
Sirs : Notwithstanding the advanced state
.r ii. L: T xi_ _
oi mo piougmug beasuu, x am selling inc
Foreman Patent Iron Plows, as fast as I can
put them up. I sold three to one man a few
days ago, fixed off with turn plows, such as
you saw applied, when you were here. I
rode three miles to see them at work. When
I arrived I found them executing their office
in the most satisfactory manner. My
noted Cast Plow was at work in the same
field, and it was obvious the Iron Plow was
doing the best work. This ends all dispute
with me. I have no hesitation in saying
that the Foreman Plow, when well put up,
is superior to any plow ever offered to the
farming community. I have manufactured
plows for the last twenty-five years?have
made various kinds both wrought and cast,
three-fourths of which time I have found but
little difficulty in making a good plow for special
purposes ; but this has never given me
satisfaction. Our object should be (and
mine has been) to get a plow that would execute
well and be easily kept in repair, and
suited to the various kinds of soil, and, at the
same time, be durable and cheap. I have
found the greatest difficulty in effecting this
great object, tho lack of which has always
been a barrier in the sale of my plows.?
One man would tell me that without flattery
ihey were the best plows ever made in the
State ; another would say they are good, but
they will not do for my land?my land is so
_ J J a1 Ml x _ __?x iV .1 1
una so, ana mey win not sun; me tmra
would say my land is rocky, and they will
not suit it; and various objections of the
kind are always urged against our wooden
plows, I oare not bow good they maybe, nor
how much pains may have been taken in
:heir construction ; and, considering the variety
of soils, these objections are not groundless.
And I take the greatest pleasure in
saying that, in the Foreman Plow, these objections
are all laid aside; for to this stock
being constructed as it is, you can apply any
kind of a point or hoc you desire* Theretore,
if your land be light apply a light broad
turn-plow, or shovel; if hard, apply a plow
suited to the land; if rooty, rocky, stumpy
hill sides, or what not, apply a hoe to suit it
?ail can bo applied with the 6ame propriety,
with a small half inch pin 2 J iuches long.
Do you want to subsoil, this is the very
plow. Ilence, it is, these objections urged
against the wooden plow are all laid aside,
as above stated. These advantages combined
with the great durability of the plow
-tock, with the fact that a man needs but
oue plow stock for every horse he ploughs,
their simplification and easy structure, being
entirely iron, always steady, always in
order, does, most assuredly, constitute them
the best plow ever in use, cud undoubtedly
recommends them to an outerprisiog public.
I believe tho invention is worth millions
to the Uuited States?and Foreman's name
should stand high in history?and the Plow
be banded down to future posterity as the
great lion of plows. Talk about State Fairs,
County Fairs; this is well, and ought, in
turn, give to those engaged in them, all the
credit due them. But double praise be given
to those who are engaged in the distribution
of meritorious plows, and especially
those engaged in the circulation of this wonderful
Plow. These are the men that are
laying the foundation for agriculture, while
those fairs are only building the structure.
The State of North-Carolina is paying pretty
well for lectures on Agriculture. She would
do a better business by paying for improving
our plows. My doctrine is, first lay the
foundation and then rear the structure.?
Wishing you the greatest success,
I remain Yours,
JAMES McCASKEE.
From the Soil of the South.
BE SURE YOUARE READY.
Years ago, we heard a successful planter
remark, that he could easily cultivate all
the land that he could plant. Extravagant
as this may at first appear, yet when prop
erly understood, it is not at all unreasonable.
This gentleman's idea of planting did not
consist simple in opening a furrow for the
seed snd covering them, but it embraced,
as it should do, a thorough preparation of
the soil for a crop, before a seed was ever
put in the ground, and thus understood, it
will bo eviry evident, that it is not so easy
a matter to plant a larger crop than can be
properly cultivated. One of the great secrets
of good and easy cultivation of a crop,
is to have the land on which is to be planted,
well prepared before the work of planting
commences. No matter what the description
of the soil may be, or what kind
of crop is to be cultivated, thorough preparation
before hand, greatly facilitates the
labor of mnking the crop. If deep plowing
is to be done now is the time to do it;
if close plowing is to be done, now is the
time to do it. Better be delayed for a week
or two in planting, if the land can not be
thoroughly prepared in less time, than to
hurry the planting before the fields are
ready for it. She rapidity with which the
crop will grow off after it comes up, and the
facility with which it can be cultivated afterwards,
will more than compensate for the
delay which has been incurred in planting
it. The experienced plowman will readily
appreciate the advantages of this system.
Its chief recommendation is, that it throws
the hardest labor of plowing upon the mule
and the hand, at a season of the year when
they are both better able to stand it. Good
plowing now will save, not only in the number
of furrows, but the depth of the furrows,
necessary hereafter in cultivating the crop.
We have frequently heard planters, after the
crop has been laid by, comparing the amount
of plowing which each has done in
cultivating it. One has, in some instances
done twice as much as the other, and it not
unfrequently happens that he who has done
the least plowing in the cultivation, has
made the largest yield to the acre. The difference,
upon enquiry, turns out that one did
most of his work before he put his seed i*>
the ground, while the other has endeavored
to repair the consequences of neglect in this
particular, by a great deal of work in cultivating
the crop. Let us therefore repeat
and urge upon our reader, if you intend to
do any good plowing this year, do it before
you commence to plant. Do not leave your
land to be broken afterwards, but have this
well done now, even though it throws you behind
your neighbors in commencing to plant.
They may seem in th<rbeginningto have the
start of you, but you will find before summer
comes on that their advantage was illusory.
Your crop will soon overtake theirs
in its growth, and you will keep your fields
clean of the grass, with Dearly half the labor
which they find necessary.
The foregoing remarks apply also to every
other species of preparation which is necessary
in making the crop. Better take time
now to do any and every job" which is anticipated
about the plantation, than postpone
it for an idle day that may occur hereafter.
There are not many idle days on a cotton
plantation after the crop comes on, and anything
which must be done at all, had better
be done now, if possible, than defer it.?
firt i.1 1- it.
v iicu inc worn 01 cultivating trie crop commerces,
that demands, and should receive
the undivided attention of the planter.-?
Make a good beginning, and it will be found
generally in crop making, to ensure a good
ending. With a slight modification of Davy
Crockett's celebrated maxim, we advise
our readers to "be sure you are ready, then
go allead."
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FOR THE PUBLICATION OF
IMS Dl TIE lEinaiT;
BY REV. WM. C. DAVIS.
THIS work is to be printed on good paper, in
plain type, well-bound in sheep, in four volumes
super-royal octavo?each volume containing
six or seven hundred pages; and will be furnished
to subscribers at TWO DOLLARS per volume, to
be naid to the Publisher's Aorent on the delivevv
of the work. The publication will be put to press
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have Keen printed, and placed in the hands
of Agents, who will proceed to canvass for the
work.
Inasmuch as application for patronage will bo
made to the rending portion of the community in
this and the adjoining Districts, justice alike to the
enterprise and to those who are asked to favor it,
demands that some account be given of its character.
It is the work of a Divine of acknowledged talent
and scholarship, of piety and success in the
Ministry; of one who devoted himself to the study
of the Scriptures, and the preaching of the
Gospel for upwards of forty years, with an assiduity
so iutense, as to preclude him almost entirely
from the secular cares and pursuits, common to
many in the sacred office. The voluminous productions
of his pen tbatnow lie in manuscript, besides
his Lectures on the New Testament, bear
testimony to the zeal and industry with which he
prosecuted his Theological researches, until within
a few years of his death. In the Lectures
which we here recommend to the favorable regard
of the public, the reader is presented with a harmony
of the Four Gospels, a clear and consistent
exposition of the Sacred Text, and a large number
of Critical Notes and observations on obscure
and difficult passages, and on important points in
doctrinal Divinity. The grand design of the author
evidently is, to assist his reader to tcquire
a sound and accurate understanding of the Mind
of the Spirit, imparted in the Sacred Oracles,
whatever sacrifice of his own prepossessions, or
the prejudices of others, it may have cost him.
The style of the work is purely didactic?simple
and inornate?seeking rather to instruct, than
to please the taste. Much, however, will be found
in the perusal of the Commentary, to delight the
earnest student of the Scriptures; but that pleasure
will rcsnlt, chiefly, from the unexpected and
wonderful manifestations which are furnished, of
the perfect harmony of all the parts in the grand
scheme of saivation; their indissoluble connection,
and their intimate dependency upon each other,
from the eternal foundation, to the topmost stone
iii the imperishable edifice. The writer of this
brief notice has given 9ome portion of his time to
the study of the Bible, and to the pernsal of Commentaries
and writings on Divinity, and he is constrained
to acknowledge, that he feels much indebted,
under God, to these Lectures, for the comfort
and satisfaction with which he is enabled to
read tho New Testament Scriptures, especially the
Epistolary portions of them. Persuaded that
others may be equally profited, he take9 pleasure
in recommending the work to the favorable notice
of his fellow Christians everywhere, and particularly
to that of Ministers of the Gospel, nnd Students
in Divinity. While the plain and humble lover of
the Bible will be furnished with a safe and familiar
assistant to a correct knowledge of the precious
part of Divine Revelation, on which these
Lectures are written, and will find himself instructed,
encouraged, and comforted in Christ, the
Public Teacher of religious Truth will find in these
volumes a treasure, from which he may draw largely,
to the increase of his own spiritual wealth, the
edification of the Church, and the salvation of
souls.
Feb. 18 9 tf
Notice.?The firm of ADAMS & McCORKLE
having been dissolved ou the FIRST
day of JANUARY by its own limitation, the name
of the firm will be used in settling up the old business.
J. H. ADAMS,
W. H. McCORKLE.
New firiH. ?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 & McCorklo. They will keep a first rate
Stock of Goods, and hope by close application to
business, to offer snch inducements to cash and
prompt paying customers as will entitle them to a
liberal patronage.
J. H. ADAMS,
W W M.mDITTP
J. A. McLKAN.
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 PI.EAtj.
Wylie & Smith, vs. E. II. Moss.?Attachment.
WHEREAS the Pluintifi'did on 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 ptead 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 District, I
Sept. 27, 1855. j 39 lyq
South Carolina?York District.
WHEREAS WM. G. ERWIN, Las applied to
mo for Letters of Administration, on all
and singular the goods and chattels, rights and
credits of FREDERICK STEELE, late of the District
aforesaid, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear bofore me, our at
next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be
| holden at York Court House on the 17th day of
MARCH, instant, to shew cause, if any, why
the said administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this THIRD day of
March, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the eightieth
year of American Independence.
J. M. ROSS, 0. Y. D.
wob s* io at
GREAT SOUTHER* REMEDY!
JACOB'S CORDIAL,
TOR All
Borzel Diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrhcr, Choi
era Morbus, Bilious Cholie, Cholera Infantum,
admirably adapted to many diseases of
F> males, especially painful menstruation.
The virtues of Jacob's Cordial are too veil
knovn to require enconiums.
Int. It cures the worst cases of Diarrhoea.
2d. It cures the worst form of Dysentery.
3d. It cures California or Mexican Diarrhoea.
4tb. It reliere8 the severest Colic.
6th. It cures Cholera Morbus.
6th. It cures Cholera Infantum.
7th. It cures Painful Menstruation.
8th. It relieves Pain in Back and Loins.
9th. It counteracts Nervousness and Despondency.
10th. It restores Irregularities.
11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings.
12th. It's an admirable Tonic. - - *
A Few Short Extracts from Letters, Testimonials,Ac
"I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and.
have found it a most efficient, and in my judgment,
a valuable remedy. "?Hon. Hiram Warner, 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
j_ l 2 f- . ?a?. '
uticumb urvuuu mc, ib a Nuxiicicut guiniDKf icr
me to believe it to be all that It purports to be,
vii: a sovereign remedy."?W. H. Undbbwoop,
Formerly Judge of Superior Court, Cherokee Circuit.
"I take great pleasure in recommending tbislnvaluable
medicine to all afflicted with bowel di?- ;
eases, for which I believe it to be a sovereign
remedy?decidedly superior to an> thing else ever
tried by me."?A. A. Gauldixq, 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 the bead of every preparation of the
kind, and I would recommend Its use in the diseases
for which it is compounded."?Miles G.
Dobbins, Cashier of the Bank of the State of Georgia,
Griffin.
"If there is any credibility in human testimony
Jacob's Cordial, must stand pre-eminent above
all other preparations for the core of Bowel Dieeases.
From the mass of testimony in its favor
coming in from all quarters, it must be very far
in advanceas a curative agent, of most if not all
other patent preparations.?A. Flkmino, Cashier.
Marino and Fire Insurance Bank, Griffin. ^
"This efficient remedy is travelling into celebrity
as fast as Bonaparte pushed bis columns Into .
Russia,and gaining commendation wherever used."
?Oeorgia Jefltrtonian. _
B0U For sale by L. P. BARNETT ACo.,Yorkville;
Patterson, Moore & Co., Fort Mill; J. " '-.
Ross, Sandersville; Wylie & Smith, Hickory ? Grove;
Davidson & White, Bnllochs Creek; Haviland,
Harral & Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher &
Ilcinitsh, Columbia, and the principal Merchants
and Druggists throughout the State.
Proprietors, 20 Beckman-st., New York.
W. W. BLISS & CO., "
Sept 20 37 ly ? p
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. / r
Columbia and Cheater Mall.
Leaves daily (Sunday's excepted) at 8 A. M.
Arrives 44 44 44 at 3* P. M.
Spartanburg Mali. "
Arrives Tuesday and Friday by IS M. - ?
Departs Tuesday and Friday at 1 P. M~ '
Karlsvllle Mall. , ^
Arrives every Tuesday by 4 P. M.
Departs every Wednesday at 6 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 Mondoy and Thursday at
Lincoln Mull/
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.
Unionvtlle Mali.
Arrives every Wednesday and Saturday by 6
P. M.
Departs Monday and Thursday at 6 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, P. M.
Yorkville, Jan. 17, 1866.
BROWNING & LEMAN,
IMPORTERS OF
French, British and German
DRY GOODS,
209 and 211 King, Comer of Market-street
CHARLESTON, S. C.
KEEP constantly on hand, 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 fall 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 LACE GOODS, of every
description.
EVENING DRE8S GOOD8, of every variety.
Gentlemen's and Boys' Wear.
CLOTHS, Cassimers, Vestings, 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
8heetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cases, Table Damask,
Doylies, Napkins, Towellings, B. fi. and Huckaback
Diapers, Fruit Cloths, Apron Linens, Ac.
CARPETING,
Ingrain, 8 Ply, Brussels, Tapestry and VELVET.
British and American Floor Oil Cloths.
Wilton, Velvet and Axminster RUGS.
White and colored Mattings of all widths.
Stair Rods, STAIR CARPETING8 of all kinds.
CURT AIM MATERIALS.
Of every variety in Silks, 8atin and Worsted.
Curtain Cambrics and Mnslins.
?,moroiuerea i.nce ana Aiuslin uurtams.
Oilt Cornices, Curtain Gimps, Holders, Loops,
Tassels, Drapery Cords, Bell Ropes, Ac.
PLANTATION GOODS.
Blankets, Plains, jerseys, Caps, &c.
Cotton 0SNABERG3, all of the best Southern
make.
All the above, with every other line of Dry
Goods which cnn 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 ndherred to.
All Goods arc warranted, and orders filled with
promptness and the most careful attention.
BROWNING & LEMAN.
March 29 12 ly_
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
L P. BAR\ETT & Co.
A RE now receiving a large addition to their
iV stock, consisting of DRUGS and CHEMICALS,
Paints, and Oils,Window Glass and Putty, Varnishes,
Brushes, Combs. Soaps, Perfumery and Fancy
Articles. To Country Merchants and Physicians,
we will offer liberal inducements, guaranteeing
everything as represented. We make our purchases
with cash of manufacturers and importers,
and fee! assured that in most articles we can compete
with any one in tho State. We only ask an
examination of our stock. Prompt attention given
to all orders. Goods carefully packed and forwarded
as directed. Prescriptions accurately die
penseii. L. B. BARNETT & Co.
Yorkville, Oct. 30, 1855. 43 tf
Wanted Immediately.
K.f\ \ BUSH, merchantable WHEAT.
DU.UUU 4,000 bash. ? CORN,
8,000 " " OATS,
2,000 " * RYE,
2,000 barrels " FLOUR,
2,000 pounds of WOOL,
2,000 " DRY HIDES, for
which fair market prices will be paid.
8. J. KUYKE.NDAL & BRO.
Sept 20 *7 ?f