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PLEASANT WORDS. "Pleasant words are as an honey comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones." Prov. xvi: 24. Many truths the wise uian gives To his sons and daughters, Useful, pure, and strong, and bright, As streams of living waters; But one I choose from all the rest, And call it now the very best. Pleasant words, he says, are liko A Comb of Fragrant honey, . The savings' bank of thriving bees, Whose cells oontain their money, Where they, in little 9pace, lay up The gains of many a flowery cup. A a- >> thai? rrpntlv SOOthf* "OWVOlu; IUC avui, v la days of bitter anguish; "Health to the bones," they cheer the sick, And lift the heads that languish; And prove in every state and mood, A quiet way of doing good. Let us, then. &9k God to plant In us his flowers of beauty, And teach us to watch over them With humble patient duty. Sweet flowers that grace the heart of youth Love, meekness, Gentleness and truth. For, as honey is not found Where the flowers are blowing, So, unless within our hearts Love and truth are growing, No one ou our lips will find Pleasant words, sincere and kind. But, unlike the fragile flowers, Who die as soon as ever They have given their honey up, The more that we endeavor To lavish kindness every where, The more we still shall have to spare. Pleasant words! Oh, let us strive Tn iisa thpm vppv often: Other hearts they will delight, And our own they'll soften ; While God himself will hear above, Pleasant words of truth and love. Pleasant words! The river's wave That ripples every minute On the shore we love so well,. Hath not such music in it: Nor are the songs of breeze or birds Half so sweet as pleasant words. knowing pairing. A GOOD STORY. Hooper one of the Editors of the Mont gomeiy Mail, perpetrates the following gooc tale. Shall I tell you a bit of a story, having nc connexion with politics, this hot, dry weath er ? By permission : Old Col. ?, of the Mobile district, wa: one of the most singular characters evei known .in Alabama. He was testy and ec centric, but possessed many fine qualities, whioh were fully appreciated by the people of the district. Many of his freaks are afresh in the memory of the " old uns" of Mobile ?and all of them will tell you that Colonel, ik irt VvArtl TTrno AnrtA 1.1 n nl'All Liiuu^u iiaiu m nao uuv.c iciumij WVAV/U in by a couple of legal tyros. It is George Woodward, 1 believe, tells the story; but however, that may be, it is in keeping with others related of the old gentleman. " It seems that Col. D., had a misunderstanding with the two gentlemen alluded to and was not on speaking terms with them, although all of the three were professionally riding the circuit pretty much together. The young ones, being well aware of the colonel's irascible nature, determined, as they left one of the courts for another, to have some sport at bis expense by the way. They accordingly got about hall' an hour's start in leaving, and presently they arrived at a broad, dark stream, that looked as if it might be a dozen feet deep, but which, in reality, was hardly more than as many inches. Crossing it they alighted, pulling off their coats and boots, and sat down quietly to watch for the old " Tartar." Jogging along, at length, came up the old fellow. He looked at first at the youngsters, who were gravely drawing on their hoots and coats, as if they had just had a swim, and then he looked at tho broad creek that rolled before him like a flount translucent star.? The colonel was awfully puzzled. "Is this creek swimming?" he growled, after a pause of some moments. No reply was made?the young men simply mounted their horses and rode off some little distance,. and stopped to watch our hero. The colonel slowly divested himself of coat, boots, pantaloons, and drawers. These he neatly tied up in his handkerchief, and hung them on the horn of the saddle, then he remounted, and as he was a fat, short man, with a paunch of inordinate legs, a face like 1 1 ... 1 _ 1 ? it !. a wunereu appie, anu a Drown wig, mere is no doubt lie made an interesting picture as he bestrode his steed with the " breeze holding gentle dalliauue" with the extremities of his only garment. Slowly and cautiously did the old gentleman and his horse take the creek. Half a length?and the water was not fetlock deep Here the horse stopped to drink. A length and a half?and the stream no deeper 1? Thirty feet further?and a decided shoaliuyl Here Col. 1)., rained up. " There must," said he, " be a thundering swift deep channel between this and the bank. See how the water runs ! We will dash through." A sharp lash made the horse spring the watery waste, another carried the horse and rider safely to the opposite bank. The creek was nowhere more than a foot deep.A wild yell from the young, uus announced their approbation of the sport as they galloped away. <> I'll catch you, you grand rascals," was ground between Col. D.'s teeth; and away lie galloped in hot pursuit, muttering vengeance on his foes. On?on?they sped, pursuer aud pursued. The youngsters laughed, yelled, aud screamed?the colonel cursed with mighty emphasis, while his shirt fluttered and crackled in tli* wind like a loose Hying jib. On?on?and the pursuer reached the farmhouse on the road side. Their passing startled a flock of geese from a fence corner, which, as the colonel dashed up, met him with outspread wings, elongated necks, and hisses dire. His horse sweivcd suddenly, an J the eoloiiel in a moment was upon the ground, iu u most" unromantic heap," with his brown wig by his side, and his bundle of clothes scattered around. The white-headed children of" the house come out first, took a distant view of the monster?as it seemed to them aud then returned to report progress. After a little the father of the family came, and the affair being explained, assisted the colonel in tuakiug his toilet?the colonel swearing, and the countryman laughing all the while. Dressed and mounted, our hero started off with a woeful phiz, and was soon out of sight. NEWLY MARRIED. Just after breakfast?new husband equipped for down town, toasting his calves bc1 fore the parlor fire. New wife distributing bits of good things from the breakfast table to the pet canaries?colloquy ensues. Wife?Love, the mice are terribly troublesome?they get ipto the cake box and my drawers and your trunk awfully, so won't you get me a mouse trap ? Husband?Of course I will, love?of course. Wife?That'9 a good dear; I knew you would; but just to think that nasty tincture of iron the doctor prescribes for my loss of appetite spoils my teeth, and mother says I must take it through a quill; please get me some quils, now, won't you ? Husband?Yes, dear?(nervously pulling his coat tails forward over each hip.) Wife?I want some pins, too, so bad, and it's such horrible walking I can't go out; so please now get me some pins, not the big sort, medium kind. Husband?Yes, love?anything else?? (Husband's calves warm up, and as he bends down to scratch 'em, simply makes a wry ' face which means d n.) Wife.?La, me! I nearly forgot. The corkscrew we borrowed of Mrs. T.; well, the cook has broke it, and there's nothing to be done but get another. I'm mighty sorry, but it's too late to help it. Don't be in such a hurry. Didn't burn your legs, did you ? Ain't you going to kiss me ? There ! Don't forget, now. Pins, corkscrew, quills and a mouse-trap. Husband rushes out?bang goes the hall door?and an acquaintance in the street commiseratingly watches him disappear round a corner, repeating "pins, corkscrew, quills, mouse-trap."?Chicago Tribune. Dobbs in the Legislature??Owing tc a new phase in politics, Dobbs was elected to the legislature. Though gratified, he was also a little intimidated by the honor, and but for the thought that he was not necessarily obliged to speak, would have declined serving. As it was, he accepted. ? All things went on smoothly for a time.? Mr. Dobbs could vote on other people's mo' tions, though he couldn't make any him self. One unlucky day, however, the pro . ceedings being rather dull, and Mr. Dobbs rather thirsty, be concluded to go over tc Congress Hall and get a glass of lemonade " As he rose to leave the hall, he caught the speaker's eye. The speaker upposeds he intended to address the House, and accord) ingly announced in a loud voice: " "Mr. Dobbs." Dobbs started as if he had been shot.? J The assembled wisdom of the State had r their eyes fixed upon him. He pulled oul his pocket-handkerchief to wipe away the ' perspiration, and feeling it necessary to saj ' something, blundered out: 1 "Second the motion." ! "There is no notion before the House," 1 cnid cnpnlror "Then I?I?" : The silence was breathless. ' ?I?I?" Dobbs couldn't think of anything to say. But a bright idea came to him, and he finished the sentence: ' "I move we adjourn." The motion didn't go, but Dobbs did, and nothing more was seen of him for that day.?Albany Knickerbocker. Personal Courage.?An English officer returned from the Crimea, (where, as he says he had been studying metaphysics,) under the head of "Philosophy of Sebastopol," in Chambers' Journal, makes the following remarks on personal bravery: "Men, when they prize their life highly on account of the capacities they feel to be within them, are capable of acts of great bravery, provided an aim of high ambition is before them, but they will not. encouuter the chance of destruction for a straw; those on the other hand, who have not learned to cast up accounts with themselves, will as soon face the cannon's mouth for the most trifling object as for the highest and grandest achievment. This, no doubt, is coolness; my own observation has induced me to hesitate as to whether I could accord to it the more dignified apppellation of courage. In the majority of cases in which it occurs in the ranks of a British army, I am convinced i the* coolness is born of indifference rather than of bravery." This distinction between true courage and mere indifference to danger, has been well i illustrated in the cpigrainatic reply of one I of "Wellington's officers to a subordinate. ! Col. ltivers, a tried and gallant officer, | never went into action without mauifest ei motion : and on one occasion, when leading \ / / o i his regiment under fire, a raw subaltern who : noticed the quiver which shook his frame, j had the impertiueuce to remark, "Why Colj onel, you're afraid I" | "Yes, sir; and if you were half as much ! afraid as I am, you would run away." Mll? Texas Style of Speaking.?All the world in Texas kuows Old King, as he is called, a sort of Daniel Lambert, of a man weighing his 350 lbs., full of jukes and hos; pitality, renowned for his "Seditious" in his j new house, aud whose only trouble in the I money line is his "costive" gals, as he terms ! them. He once owed a man a just debt 1 which he refused to pay, when due, in sil| ver, but he had made his creditor a tender ! of a bank bill, which was refused?suit | brought, judgment obtained, and property levied on. Hear him in his own " Clmercntia?" himjuayc: "Now, Squire, spose you owed a mau a jist debt, and was to make him a tender of a blank bill, which he refuses to accept, and he fetches suit and gets a | judgment, aud the Sheriff was to level a writ i of execration ou your truck, what would ; you do in sich a case ?" "Don't know, Colo! nel," said the Squire, "it would depend on circumstances." "Well," replies old King, | "I'll Idl you what I'll do: if that varmint ! sells my truck, d?n me if 1 don't make a j sacrament of him." \V iii. Piv Tr. i V AV ti.. AW.,,*.. ir.,r? n uv xr.un; vtriVJ U VULU 11.1 > E. i Thought It??Not long ago we heard the following story told at a public meeting among very poor people in a miserable part ; of London. When people, instead of putting their names and occupations over their shops, as they do at present, only used signs or mottoes, there was a poor costermonger, or fruit pedlar, who got written for him over his door?"who can tell?" By degrees the j costermonger's little barrow grew into a cart; t for he was sober, frugal, and active, lie I feared God, and wasted nothing. Then in ! time the cart became a wagon, and at last the costermonger drove about in his carriage, and then he wrote up?who would have tkoiiyht it?" Well, "who can tell" how soon, if you set to work the right way, the miserable one room may become a comfortable house of two stories?how soon the wretched pallet of dirty straw, and the broken chairs, and the windows mended with old hats and rags may be turned into comfortable four post bedsteads and mahogany chairs, and bright glass panes? and then you may say?"Whou would have thought it." Never lose heart and never lose hope; there is no saying how prosperous you may become. SATURDAY NIGHT. What blessed things Saturday nights are, and what would the world do without them ? Those breathing moments in the trampling ^ march of life; those little twilights in the broad and garnish glare of noon, when pale yesterdays look beautiful through the shadows, and faces changed long ago smile sweetly again in the bush; when one remembers the old folks at home, and the old fashioned fire, and the little brother that died, and the little sister "transplanted." Saturday niehts make people human ; set their hearts to beating softly, as they used to do, before the world turned them into war drums and jarred them to pieces with tattoo. The ledger closes with a crash; the irondoored vaults come to with a bang; up go the shutters with a will; click goes the key , in the lock. It is Saturday night, and the ' business man breathes free again. Ilome, ward, ho ! The door that has been ajar all the week gently closes behind him?the world is shut out. Shutout? Shut in rather. Here are ; his treasures after all, and not in the vault; in the record in the old family bible, and , not in the bank. May-be you are a bachelor,"forty and frosty. Then, poor fellow, Saturday night is 1 nothing to you, just as you are nothing to L anybody. Get a wife, blue eyed, or black ? eyed, but above all get a true eyed; get a 1 little home, no matter how little, aDd a little sofa just to hold two or two-and-a-half ' in it of a Saturday night; and then read this paragraph by the light of your wife's eyes, and thank God and take courage. The dim and dusty shops are swept up, the hammer is thrown down, the apron is doffed, and the laborer hastens with a light 3 step homeward bound. > "Saturday night," feebly Jmurmurs the languishing, as she turns wearily upon her ! couch, "and there is another to come." ! "Saturday night at last!" whispers the weeping above the dying, "and it is Suuday to-morrow, and?to-morrow !" MANAGING A HUSBAND. 1 "IIow do you manage your husband, Mrs. ; Croaker ? Such a job as I have of it with i Smith!" r "Easiest thing in the world, my dear, give '?<" ? ftnitoli hanlrTenrrl wlipn rou wailt llilll "1U* ** W,,4I,V" V-V- ??.w7 J to go forward. For instance; you see, to day I had a loaf of cake to make. Well, do you suppose because my body is in the pastry room that my soul need be there too'( Not a bit of it. I am thinking of all sorts of celestrial things the while. "Now Croaker has a way of tagging round at my heels, and bringing plump down in the midst of my aerial flights, by asking me the price of the sugar I'm using. "Well you see, it drives me frantic, and when I woke up this morning, and saw this furious storm, I knew I had him on my hands for the day, unless T managed right; so I told him that I hoped he wouldn't go out to ketch his death this weather; that if he wasn't capable of taking care of himself, I should do it for him ; that it was very lonesome rainy days?and that I wanted him to stay at home and talk with me ; at any rate he musn't go out, and I hid his umbrella and india rubbers. Well, of course he was right end up; (just as I expected !) and in less than ten minutes he was streaking down street at the rate of ten knots an hour. "You sec there's nothing like understanding human nature; no woman should be married till she is thoroughly posted up in this branch of her education." Fanny Fern. Another Laura Bridoman.?A correspondent of the Detroit Daily Advocate relates the following curious circumstances of a young lady who is deaf, dumb and blind. Iler name is Abby A., daughter of Mr. C. C. Dillingham, of Fall Itiver, Massachusetts. ?i ir? rvr\t;oftocn^ o ncnnl Vinflv fnmiltlPS till ? ?j she was eight years of age, when a severe fall brought on disease ofth'e spine ultimatingin fits, and the deprivation of sight, hearing and speech. She lies on her back and is moved once in four or five weeks. She is very sprightly and playful. "Whenever she is moved shejgoes into a fit. She seems to have been instructed by her own family. "I think her one of the wonders of the age. She is deaf, dumb and blind, and has no use of her right limbs, yet she will converse fluently with the mute alphabet, writes very legibly with her left hand, reads common writing, on a paper or slate, or print, (if the book be not too much worn,) by passing her fingers over the words. She will also distinguish the different colors of a variegated dress in the same way. She has wrought several pieces of cruel work that would be a credit to any girl of her age, I selecting and arranging all the colors by | feeling, and using only her left hand. She I plays draft aud backgammon expertly. She j kuows when any one comes into the room, j by the jar of the bed, (on which she eon- . stautly lies) and can in this way distinguish | the different members of the family." The London Chronicle of March 31, ; says : "A great experiment, attended with : I the most satisfactory results, was tried a few j j days ago at Vineennes, in the presence of, ! tf ? nr? nm 1 1'iliitto Qiirl flip nffil'Pr.H llf t.hl? flirt. The secret of compressing and governing I electricity is at length discovered, aud that power uiay therefore now be considered as i the sole motive power henceforward to he ! used. A small mortar was fired by the in- j ventor at the rate of a hundred shots a min- j i ute?without flashing, smoke or noise. The . J same power can, it seems, be adapted to ; every system of mechanical invention, and : is destined entirely to supersede steam, re- i J (|uiring neither machinery nor combustible. 1 A vessel propelled by this power is said to , skim the water like a bird, and to fear nei| ther storm uor hurricane. The inventor I had already petitioned for a Hue of steamers ' | lrom L-Orie.it to Norfolk, in the United j States, which passage he promises to accomplish in eight and forty hours !" | Tying a mackerel to your coat tail : ^ and imagining yourself a whale, is one of! the first lessons in codfish aristocracy. 1 His First Boots.?A youngster who had just risen to the dignity of the first pair of boots with heels on, laid himself liable, through some misdemeanor, to maternal chastisement. * After pleading to get clear to no effect, he exclaimed: "Well, if I've got to stand it, I mean to take of my boots." "Why?" asked his mother. "Because I won't be whipped in them new boots, no how. That's so !" JS&" Doctor, kin you tell what's the matter with my child's nose ? she keeps a pickin' of it." "les, marm; its pronaDiy uu the gastric mucous membrane communicating a sympathetic titilation to the epthelium of the echoerian!" "Thar, now; that's jest what I told Becky ; she 'lowed it was the worrums!" SSf* Why are fowls the most economical things fanners keep? Because for every grain of corn they eat they give a peck. flfiy The price of a license to retail liquor in Demopolis, Ala., has been raised to ten thousand dollars. Jfarmrr's ?ifpr.tntent. GOOD LAND?AND ITS VALUE. There is perhaps nothing in which farmers show their discernment more than in properly estimating the value of land. We will here call attention to a few general principles which may be useful in coming to correct conclusions on this subject. We will take it for granted that land which produces only enough to pay the cost of cultivation is wortn nottnng?merely j worth having and nothing more?like a laborer that is hired for his board and clothing. Land then has a money value when it will-, under proper care, produce a crop worth more than the cost of cultivation.? Thus, for example, if it cost as much as the price of eight bushels of wheat to grow a crop of wheat on one acre, then land which will yield only eight bushels to the acre has no value. But if land which yields eight bushels to the acre is just worth cultivating, and no more, how much island worth that yields nine bushels to the acre ? Perhap3 some one may answer that it is worth as much as a bushel of wheat, and that when wheat sells for one dollar a bushel, an acre which will produce one bushel of wheat more than the cost of cultivation, is worth one dollar. A little reflection will, however, show that such a valuation would be entirely wrong. The money paid for land like any other investment, should be required only to return a fair interest on its cost. Therefore if one bushel of wheat worth one dollar is the return made by an acre of land for one year, the value of this acre is the sum which would draw one dollar of interest. Supposing that ten per cent, is considered to be an adequate return for lauded property, then an acre which yields one dollars worth of produce above the cost of tillage is worth ten dollars. If six per cent, is considered to be a fair return, then it is worth sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents. At first sight it may appear unreasonable to maintain that land r.finnhlf* nf nrndiimnr* eif?ht bushels to the V.-J X"-' D - O acre is worth nothing, whilst that which will produce nine may be worth from ten to sixteen dollars per acre. But every prudent man knows that it is the same thing as giving money away to pay for that which will bring nothing in return. If he pays out money he will expect to receive something for interest on the amount expended. Reasouingin the same manner as above, it will be easily seen that land which will produce eight or ten bushels to the acre above the cost of cultivation will be worth from one hundred to one hundred and fifty dollars per acre. Of course, a great deal will depend upon the rate of interest, and therefore upon the abundance or scarcity of capital. We have used the expression "cost of cultivation," and wc mean thereby the whole cost of growing a crop, which beside the cost of labor and seed includes the expense of keeping up fences and taxes, and also another item which is frequently omitted, namely, the wear of the land, or rather the amount which, spent in manuring, will make the land as good as it was before the crop was grown. For it is to be taken for granted that no wise farmer will let his land become poorer from cultivation. And therefore a larger price should be paid for land that will "wear well," than for that which requires a great deal of manuring to keep it up. The principles which we have endeavored to explain is perfectly accurate, and still there is danger of its being misunderstood in practice. We will therefore state it again in a somewhat different manner. To find the value of land we must know the worth of the crop which it js capable of producing one year with another; and we must kuow also the cost of producing a crop. If the. cost of production is less than the value of the crop, then the land is worth a price. It is worth the same which, invested at interest, would bring as large a net income ' -1111 ,1 i i : ?n i as mat yiciueu oy me iauu, unci pjmg an expenses. From what we have stated above it will be seen that there may be a difference of only a few bushels in the yield of two pieces of laud, and yet the one may be not worth having, whilst the other is worth twenty, fifty, or even a hundred dollars per acre.? And since it does not cost much more to cul- j tivate the same piece of land whether it be | rich or poor, it follows that wherever manure can be had for a reasonable price, it will prove the cheaper plan for the farmer to make his land rich.' For the same reason it will generally be found to be a more profitable investment for him who has spare capital to spend in improving the land he has, rather than buy more. Hut still there is i land which it would be unwise to spend any-' thing upon, in the way of improvement, un- j less manure were cheaper than it is likely to j be soon. For our own part, we are quite a i believe in the rule of an old farmer, who J rvr.if./int?<<(innrl bind." i JM.tUWVl... .... ^ said lie, "is cheap at any price, provided you can pay for it; poor land is dear at any price." IJow to Make a Jibinu House Draw? ?An omnibus full of passengers was detained a long time this afternoon in Oxford Street, by one of the horses turning obstinate and refusing to proceed; and notwith standing numerous and persuas;ve arguments inflicted upon him by a large crowd of persons collected, such as digging spurs into him from the hand, sundry kicks and licks, cursing and swearing, &c., the horse would not advance; and when by manual force, some ten or fifteen managed, on several occasions, to move the omnibus a few paces, it resulted in nothing but a gaceful prioucttt of the whole concern back, to the amusement of the crowd, but not so much of the passengers, who, I must admit, maintained the greatest patience and forbearance. Observing all the endeavours of the crowd to fail in making the horse move, I suggested to the persons interested, a simple remedy used in India, on similar occasions?that i t _ J:_U? - j -n--U :i i? iu get u Diigut tupc; uuu utuieu it tu uuc of the fore feet of the stubborn animal, and the person holding the other end of the rope to advance a few paces, taking with him the horse's foot, when, as a matter of course, the horses and omnibus must follow. My advice was at first ridiculed and laughed at, but after some more ineffectual attempts after their own barbarous and savage manner, a rope was produced and applied as described, when the horse immediately advanced, and the omnibus, in the course of a few minutes, was out of sight, much to the amazement of the rude and bigoted crowd. I heard them expressing their wonder and astonishment at this very simple remedy, which should be more generally known in this country.?London Times. Transplanting Vegetables.?The gardener is frequently disappointed in his expectations, not only from the failure of seeds to vegetate, but from chickens, worms, bugs, drought, &c. But as all vegetables are invariably planted too thick, there may yet be a stand got by judicious|transplanting. Tap rooted plants, like the beet, may be removed, if taken up with care and planted out immediately. All the cabbage tribe are easily transplanted; so is corn, okra, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, lettuce; and even beans, melons, and cucumbers, may be removed, if done with care. Those plants having surface roots, should be taken up so as not to disturb the little fibres from the main root, and put in the ground again before they have been exposed to the sun and air; shade from the sun a few days, but give them all the advantages of the dews at night. If it is necessary to water the. vegetables transplanted, water only at night, and if watering is once commenced, keep it up until it rains.?Soil of the South. Attend to your Peaches.?The Alabama Planter says : A gentleman handed us yesterday the following, which may be of service to some of our readers. A friend of mine has just informed me of the success he met with by the application of charcoal to peach trees. A few years ago he had some fine peach trees in hi3 garden which iuvariably had wormy fruit, and the trees were full of gum. When the fruit was about the size of marbles, he had the earth removed from earth about two feet round and three inches deep, and filled with charcoal. The result was that the fruit grew to a fine size, ? " * it . tree irom worms, ana every year since ine fruit lias been good, and the trees become healthy and free from gum, while two trees left without the charcoal coutinue to bear wormy fruit and are unhealthy. ?!>?? Soaking Seeds.?Soaking garden seeds is frequently attended with loss. If the weather and ground is damp, soaking seeds just long enough to sprout them will hasten their growth, when planted. But if the ground be dry, seeds that have been soaked will part with their moisture to the surrounding earth, and perish themselves. Therefore, seeds that have been soaked should never be planted in dry weather.? Soil of the South. CjiE|0r(ii)ille(iEii()uirtr is ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, at Two Dollars per year, in Advance. Bgk- To Cluds op Ten, the paper will be furnished, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?inyariably in advance. All subscriptions not specially limited at the time of subscribing will be considered as made for an indefinite period, and will be continued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Proprietors. Subscriptions from other States must invariably be accompanied with the cash or the name of some responsible person known to us. 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Subscribers who do not give express notice to the?contrary, nrc considered as wishing to continuctheir subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their papers,.the publisher can continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they settle their bill, and order the paper discontinued. 4. If any subscriber removes to another place without informing the publisher, and their paper issent to the former direction, they arc held responsible. 5. The Court has decided that refusing to take a Newspaper from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima Jiacie evidence of an intentional fraud. In Equity?York. Abraham Garvin, "l vs. y Bill for Partition, ?J*e. | Mary Freeman, ot. al. J IT appearing to my satisfaction that Hillerinh j Garvin, William Garvin, Franklin Garvin and ; Mrs. Ihirham, a daughter of John Bradley, re- j side beyond the limits of this State. On motion , of Cluw.son. Comitlainnnt's Solicitor, it is Order- ' eil: that the said Hilleriah Garvin, William Gar- I vin, Franklin Garvin ami Mrs. ? Durham, (laugh- ; tcr of Julin Bradley, deceased, do plead, answer I or demur to the bill tiled by the Complainant in I i this case, within three months fi n the date here- ' i of, or a decree pro con/'ss.io, will he n warded against i them. JNO. L. MILLER, c. k. y. d. March 21, 1850. Id?3m THE CELEBRlliomMPHLET, Containing a full account of the King's Mountain Celebration, the addresses of Col. JOHN S. PRESTON and Mr. BANCROFT, the letters of distinguished gentlemen, and large addenda by way of Appendix, may be had at the Enquirer Office by application to Mr. Grist; or at the stores of G. R. Ratcjiford, Adams, McCorkle & Co., or L. Buiomberh & Bro. Price 35 cents. The members of the several Committees arc requested to call for their copies. GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY! JACOB'S CORDIAL, ; FOB ALL Bowel Diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrhce, Cholera Morbus, Bilious Cholie, Cholera Infantum. Also, admirably adapted to many diseases of Females, especially painful menstruation. The virtues of Jacob's Cordial are too tcell knoicn 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 the severest Colic. 6th. It cures Cholera Morbus. 6th. It cures Cholera Infantum. 7th. It cures Painful Menstruation. 8th. It relieves Pain iu Back and Loins. 9th. It counteracts Nervousness and Despondency. 10th. It restores Irregularities. 11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings. 12th. It's an ndmirable 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?ray 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 tb be, viz: a sovereign remedy."?W. H. Underwood, Formerly Judge of Superior Court, Cherokee Circuit. "I take great pleasure in recommending this invaluable medicine to all afflicted with bowel diseases, for which I believe it to be a sovereign remedy?decidedly superior to anything else ever tried by me."?A. A. Gauldino, Deputy G. M. of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and 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."?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 cure of Bowel Diseases. 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. Fleming, 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 Jeffereonian. For sale by L. P. BARNETT &Co.,Yorkville; Patterson, Moore & Co., Fort Mill; J. Ross, Sandersville; Wylie & Smith, Hickory si t\?: j o- wlsa. r>..n. tr-?: urove ; i/uviusuu at mute, .duuuoub vticca., uuir land, Harral & Co., Charleston; Drs. Fisher & Heinitsh, Columbia, and the principal Merchants and Druggists throughout the State. Proprietors, 20 Beekman-st., New York. . W. W. BLISS & CO., Sept 20 37 ly tee s, G, Aeaierasram, ! TIIE Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society of South Carolina, having selected the subscriber to edit their paper, a prospectus is now issued in compliance with their instructions. This journal will be devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Natural Science, Rural 1 Taste, Architecture and Art, the Mechanical and i Manufacturing interest, and all the pursuits perjtaining to general improvement. It will also contain a faithful transcript of the organization and proceedings of the Society, Essays and Communications from the best writers in the State, and a monthly summary of the spirit of the Agricultu- I ral press. All subjects devoted to the improvement of the mind, the soil, stock, and domestic comfort, will find ready admission into its columns, and such contributions are specially desired. The work will be printed in beautiful new and fair type, on white paper, with a tinted cover, i and will contain thirty-two pages per month. The publication will commence on the 1st of May, 1850. There will also be published an additional advertising sheet as a supplement, in which a limited number of advertisements will be inserted. Terms??1 per annum. No paper sent unless i the money is paid in advance. Life Members to the State Agricultural Society will receive the paper without cost. Address i A. (T. SUMMER, . Editor "South Carolina Agriculturist." , Columbia S. C. march 20 12 t THE^XAlvaNEH. COLUMBIA, S. CAROLINA. . TO SOUTHERN WRITERS. rl^HE editor ot tne examiner, desirous 01 enns1 ting the aid of SOUTHERN LITERARY TALENT in his enterprise, offers to those who : may be disposed to render that aid a prize of FIFTY DOLLARS j for the best ORIGINAL TALE, not to occupy less 1 than twenty columns of the Examiner (about fif- < ty pages of foolscap in ordinary writing.) The i manuscripts will be submitted to a competent 1 committee and their decision published. . Should i any other of the tales, in the editor's opinion, be deemed worthy of publication in the Examiner, < the writer will bo furnished with the paper for < five years free of expense. 1 The proposition will remain open until the first ] of May, 1856. i Writers may enclose their names in a separate ? envelope, which will not be opened until the deci- ' sion of the committee shall be made known. Address ' W. B. JOHNSN, Columbia. < April 10 i South Carolina-York District. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. J. N. McElwee, Jr., vs. Jeremiah Howell.?At- 1 tachment. 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 neith- , er 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- I ment will then be given and awarded against him. < JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. pls. 1 Clerk's Office, York District, 1 < Sept. 27th, 1855. J 39-lyq i South Carolina?York District. | IN THE COMMON PLEAS. 1 Wylie & Smith, vs. E. H. Moss.?Attachment. ' WHEREAS the Plaintiff 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 kuown 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. rxs. Clerk's Office, York District, "j Sept. 27, 1855. J 39 lyq South Carolina- -York District, IN TIIE COMMON PLEAS. W. K. Hamilton, vs. Green Nelson.?Attachment. "MTHEREAS the Plaintiff did. on the twentieth H day of April, 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, upou 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, c which will be in the year of our Lord one thous- c and eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and u absolute judgment will then be given and award- n ed against him. ^ ^ JOII.N U. Ji.MA/Ji, u. I'Lff. Clerk's Offiee, York List., Aug. 20, 1855. 83 s MOLASSES.--10 Barrels Superior N. Orleans Molasses. 10 half barrels do. 15 Bbls. Stewart's Refined C. Sugar. 15 Boxes E. D. Cheese. Just Received by 1 S. J. KUYKENDAL & BRO. J Feb 7 6 tf r ?_? s CA\DLES.?lO^Boxes Adamantine Candles, c 10 " Tallow " r Just Received and for sale low, by n S. J. KUYKENDAL & BRO. PBOPOSAL S FOR THE PUBLICATION OFIfflKII m III MBIT." BY REV. WM. C. DAVIS. rHIS work is to bo printed on good paper, in plain type, well-bound in sheep, in four volimes super-royal octavo?each volume containing lix or seven hundred pages; and will be furnished a subscribers at TWO DOLLARS per volume, to )e paid to the Publisher's Agent on the delivery >f the work. The publication will be put to press is soon as fifteen hundred copies are taken. Proposals have been printed, and placed in the hands )f Agents, who will proceed to canvass for the srork. Inasmuch as application for patronage will be made to the reading 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 th# Gospel for upwards of forty years, with an assiduity so intense, 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 thatnow lie in manuscriptrrbe? sides 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 f&Yor&ble 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. 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