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~rr TT . i "Select jjjefrg. From the Newberry Mirror. Mr. Editor :?The following imitation | of Richard Henry Wilde's "My life is like 1 the Summer Rose," was published last Sum- { mer in the Greenville Mountaineer, and was ! written by a very talented young lady of that i District. It has a beauty nearly akin to that from which it is imitated, and deserves a wider circulation than it may have received. It is perhaps only inferior to the other in that it is an imitation : X. AX IMITATION OF RICHARD H. WILDE'S "XT LIFE IS LIKE THE SCttMEB ROSE." My heart is like a broken lute, O'er whose wild chords the night winds play; At morning its soft tones are mute, And hushed, are all its sounds by day? But when the pale, resplendent queen, Of midnight, mounts her azure throne, To the sad stars, of silver sheen, The breezes wake its magic tone? E'en so my heart accents the past, When night's deep pall is round me cast. My heart is like a dreamland bower, Where beauteous visions love to dwell, And mem'ry rear's "her little flower," Baptised with tears, of love's farewell? Mystic and deep, unknown to fame, Unnoticed by the busy throng, Iu quiet beauty still the same, Where friendship wakes her syren song? E'en so this heart, oft turns away? To those the loved of childhood's day. My heart is like a faded flower, That once in times of earlier bloom, Seemed gifted with a magic power, Filled with rich fragrance and perfume, O'er which the bright-eyed, fondly bent, Inhaling all its hallowed breath; - But when its blooming life was spent, Cast it unheeded, from the wreath? E'en so my heart, its light gone by, Is doomed?in loneliness?to die. , - Esteue. JJtramitg Keying. MR. MILBURN'S LECTURE. _ On the early preachers in the West?Anecdotes of Francis Asbury, * Jimmy Raxley,' cBiUey Craven' and 'Pete Cartwright.' To my mind, said Mr. Milburne, with all due regard to the ereat divines of New En - (J gland?Edwards and Dwight, and Channing, Francis Asbury is the most notable name in the ecclesiastical history of this Continent. He had the care of all the churches of this order, he traveled for forty years from Maine to Georgia, from the Atlantic to the limits of population in the West and Southwest, bore upon his shoulders the weight of the affairs of what is now the most numerous of the Protestant bodies in the country; was instant in season, and out of season, ' ' warning and encouraging, and stimulating; and yet his name is not recorded by a single historian of the United States, and many we^l-reading men are not even aware of his existence. Asbury had some striking peculiarities, j Among other things, he was never married. Indeed, like many of the early Methodist pioneers, he was a decided advocate of the celebacy of the Methodist clergy. One of the three rules laid down for the guidance | .of the young preachers was to the effect that j they must be 'very sparing of their conversa-' tion with women.' Considering the itinerant life they were to lead, and the scanty amount of their salary?which, in those days, was fixed at a maximum of sixty-four dollars a year, all presents they might receive included?celibacy seemed in a manner strange to them. Indeed, it was generally understood when a young brother was so unfortu nate as to liuk himself with a female companion, he must relieve the rauks of the j,. itinerants, and 'locate,' preaching when he could, but deserving no sustenance from the Church. Asbury himself said that he could -form no ties that would iuterfere with the presecution of his duties, and he had found no woman who would be content with the society of her husband for but a single week .v- in the year, and if he should find such an one he would not marry her. Still he main' tained to the duty of every man to support a woman; and he, accordingly devoted a large share of his scanty income to the maintenance of a kiuswoman in England, and when she at length died he destowed it upon another. The early Methodist preachers were not learned men. Their libraries not seldom consisted of but two books?the Bible and the Hymn Book ; but the contents of these they mastered, as well as the great book of j human nature. Far out upon the lovely prairie, where they had passed the night with the earth for a niattrass, and the bread sky for a covering, and their saddle for a pillow, when they awoke in the early morning, cold and hungry, their first duty was to lead, upon their knees, a few chapters from the little pocket Bible often bedewing the pages with their tears; end then coinmeud ing themselves to the care of their Heavenly Father, they would saddle their horses, and proceed on their solitary way. Their Hymn Book was ther great armory ?furnished, they believed, with every needed spiritual weapon. They were, almost to a man, great singers?and this accomplishment often stood them in good stead, as the following anecdote of one of them will show, besides illustrating some other points iu their character : Among the most noted of these early preachers was James , or as he was usually called Jimmy Huxley. In 1S0G or 1807, he was seut as a uiissiouary to the Attakapas country, in Louisiana, a region ohipflv inhnhitpil hv French Catholics. He had little comfort to expect from unpaid kindness, and he had no money with which to purchase it. At oue time he was reduced to the very verge of starvation. He had passed the previous night iu the open swamp. Towards evening, cold, wet and huugry ?for be had eaten nothii for 36 hours? he reached a plantation. He entered the house, and petitioned fur food and lodging. The mistress of the house, a widow, with sundry daughters and several negro children playing about, recognized his calling and refused his request. 'She would have no such cattle about her.' The most that he could gain was permission to warm himself by the fire, before he set out into the cold and darkness. As he sat warming himself he thought of his empty stomach. He thought of another night in the swamp. He thought that it might be his last night upon earth. He thought of the dark, rolling river, and of the celestial city beyond. His heart swelled with gladness, and his emotion found vent in ouc of his favorite hyms : 'Peace my soul, thou neod'st not fear, The Great Provider still is near.' He sang the whole hymn, then another, and still another. Looking round at the close, he saw mother and daughters, and negroes all in tears 'Here, Sally, get the preacher a good supper; and Pete, you put up his horse; he shall stay a week if he pleases,' said the widow. So Jimmy paid for his supper with a song: Many years after, Father Haxley attended the General Conference at Baltimore, and on Sunday was appointed to preach at the oldest church. He rose and 'lined' the first verse of the hymn. When the choir rose to sing, all the audience turned around to them, presenting their backs to the preacher. Jimmy was astounded. He had never seen such a proceeding, and it appeared to him a breach of good manners, that deserved rebuke. When he was about to give out the second stanzas, the audience turned around again to him; and then faced the choir as they sang. The preacher, thereupon, turned his own back to them. He heared them turning back to hear the lining of the next stanza. Still he kept his back towards them. 'Do you think this looks well ?" He at length asked. 'Is this good manners ? And yet my back looks as well as yours.' From that day to the present, that congregation never again turned their backs to the preacher during the singing. At another General Conference, a fierce, I might say, a hot discussion, arose upon some point of discipline. At the chose of the season the Bishop requested Father Haxley, who had taken no part in the discussion, to lead their devotions, which he proceeded to do as follows: 'Now, O'Lord, thou knowest what a time we have had, discussing and arguing about this question of Elders. Thou knowest what our feelings are?that we do not care what becomes ofthe team : It is only who shall drive the oien.' He preached among the people who were all Jsharp-shooters, and he had learned how to hit the nail on the head, when he had accasion to administer a rebuke. Those old preachers had the pluck to exDress their sentiments where any evil existed. I honor them for it, said Mr. M. Thus did a famous old Tennessee preacher, Father Craven, preaching once in the heart of Virginia, rebuke what he deemed the sins of the people: 'Here/ said he, 'are a great many professors of religion, sleek and good looking.? Yet you are not the thing you ought to be. You know a bushel of wheat ought to weigh sixty or sixty-four pounds; but you sometimes see wheat with round plump kernels, and when you come to weigh it, its only forty-five pounds. You know there is something the matter with the wheat. You take a grain of it between your thumb and finger, and squeeze it?and out pops a weevil. Now some of you good-looking Christians only weigh forty-five to the hushel, instead of sixty-four as you ought. Squeeze you between the thumb of the law and the finger of Gospel, and out will pop a whiskey-bottle.' And now said the lecturer, there is an old friend of mine, now living in Illinois, my first 'Presiding Elder/ Peter Cartwright, of whom I must relate an anecdote which illustrates several peculiarities of the class to which he belonged, and of some of their experiences among the rude border people. When the State of Illinois was admitted into the Union, it was as a free State. Cartwright, who then resided in Tennessee, determined to remove to Illinois. So he was appointed 'Presiding Elder' over a district about as large as Englaud. He kept his appointments, and after preaching on Sunday was wont to announce on Monday that he would deliver a stump speech, lie soon became regarded as a politician, and no little anger was excited against him. One day coming to a ferry across the river, where he was not personally known, he heard the ferryman holding forth to a crowd in bitter 44l?of vAiio?nrlo r^rnfivilinr lUl Uld il^iUUOb UiUL Viu ivuvcuuvj suudry epithetic expletives to that flattering" term?Pete Cartwright, declaring that hewould drown him if he ever came that way. After awhile Peter engaged the ferryman to put him over. They were alone iu the boat; and when they had reached the ceDtre of the stream, iu full sight of the shore, the preacher throwing the bridle of his horse over the post, ordered the ferryman to put down his pole. Whatis the matter V asked the ferryman. 4Vou have just been making free with my name, aud threatening to drown 111c in the river. I want to give you a chance to do so. 'You arc Pete Cartwright are you V 'My name is Peter Cartwright,' replied the preacher. The ferryman nothing, lothe, laid duwn his pole, aud the contest began. The preacher pi'oved the better man, and. seizing liis antagonist by the nape of his neck and the j seat of the nether garments, plunged him | three times uuder the water with the words, j 'I baptize thee iu the name of the Devil, j whose child thou art.' Then holding his i head put of the water, he asked : 'Did you ever pray ?' 'No,' was the reply. 'Then it is lime you should. I will teach you. Do you repeat after me, 'Our Father i who art in Heaven.' rnVirt rnrprmnn rnfner.il nml rlntrn *rni"if Vi 1 < x li*, ivuuauii iviMcv.u ; 14UM WVMM j head under water, and there it was held long j enough, as Peter thought to couquer his rei luctance. He raised him up and repeated I his demand. 'Let me breathe,' gasped the ferryman.? ! 'Give me a few minutes to think about it.' 'Not a moment.' And uuder weut his head again. The inquiry was agaiu put, when the fer i ryman's head was uext raised. '"Will you ! pray now ?' i 'Yes, I'll do anything, and the fellow obe diently repeated the Lord's Prayer, after tin j dictation of Cartwright. 'Now let me up, he added. 'No, not yet,' replied the inexorable Pe ter. 'You must make three promises befort I let you up: First, you must promise t( pray every night and morning as longasyoi live; theu you must promise to put ever} I methodist preacher whu comes along ovei the river for uothing ; and, lastly, you musi ! promise hereafter to attend every meeting ; of the Methodist held within four miles ol i you.' [ J The whole transaction took place in ful ! view of the ferryman's comrades on the shore | but the intervening river insured <fair play, : aud the ferryman felt himself in Ciirtwright': i hands. He promised faithfully to do al j that was demanded .of him. The transil ! across the river was finished; the preache: went on his way; the ferryman kept Li: word and in course of time was converted j and became a shiniDg light in the church i Earnest men, concluded the reverend gen j tleman, were these old preachers. Their souh ''J ' ... were firmly convinced of the truth of what they had to say. They may have been deficient in the niceties of their calling, though it is wonderful how they improved in this respect. 'We all tell each other all we know,' said one, in answer to a question put how it happened that the young preachers grew up to be such strong men. They had their faults, it is true j still, among them were found some of the noblest examples of self-sacrificing labor, and some of the brightest instances of ministerial usefulness that this country, or any other has ever furnished. ?? Hftli A Tough One.?Dave Constable says there is one advantage about old-fashioned frigates. They drag so much dead water behind that if a man falls overboard on Menday, you need not stop till Friday to pick him up again. He never gets beyond a few yards from the stern post. In confirmation of this opinion, he refers us to a well-known anecdote connected with Captain Pompous of the frigate 'Wash Tub.' One evening while running up the Mediterranean under a one horse breeze, Pompous came on deck just before sun-down, and entered into the following conversation with Mr. Smile, the first lieutenant. 'I heard a little noise on deck just now Mr. Smile, what was the cause of it V 'A man fell from the fore-yard.' Without saying another word. Capt. Pompous entered the cabin and was not seen again until the nest morning after breakfast, when he once more refreshed the deck with his presence, and again entered into conversation with the first lieutenant. <1 think you told me, Mr. Smile, that a man fell overboard from the foreyard, last evening.' 'I did sir.' 'Have you picked him up yet?' 'No, sir.' 'Well, you had better do it some time during the morning, or the poor devil will begin to starve.' The lieutenant obeyed orders, lowered a boat about noon, and found the gentleman who disappeared from the fore-yard, but 18 inches farther eastern than he was 14 hours before. He was lying on his back fast asleep. We get this from 'an eye witness.' Queer Tom.?Tom Flossfer was the queerest boy I ever knew. I can't think he ever cried?I never saw him. If Fleda found her tulips all rooted up by her pet puppy, and cried, as little girls will, Tom r/Minr] nnmOV YulllQtl 1 n Cf YltlS 3U1C tu uuuit IUUUU vuw VVAMV*^ ,, and say: "What makes you cry, my infant lean you cry tulips ? do you think every sob makes a root or blossom ? Here let's try and right them!" So he would pluck up the poor flowers, put their roots into the ground again, whistling all the time, make the bed look smooth aud fresh, and take Fleda off to look at a pretty snake, or hunt hens' nests in the barn. Neither did he db anything differently in his own troubles. One day his great kite snapped the string, and flew away far out of sight. Tom stood still one moment, and then turned around to come home whistling all the time. "Why, .Tom," said I, "ain't you sorry to lose that kite?" "Fes! but what's the use? 1 can't take more than a minute to feel bad; 'sorry' will not bring the kite back, and I want to make another." Just so when he broke his leg. "Poor Tom," cried Fleda, "you can't play any mo-o-o-re !" "I'm not poor either. You cry forme; I don't cry fur myself, and I have a splendid time to whittle. Besides, when I get well, I shall beat every boy in school on the multiplication table, for I say it over till it makes me sleepy every time my leg aches?" Tom Flossfer was queer, certainly, but I wish a great many more people were queer that way.?School-Fellow. j8s"A "Refreshing Place."?Now and then a "specimen" of the by-gone race of river boatmen, who have mostly settled down to farming, will turn up on the Western steamboats ; and on such occasions their propensity to "rough fun" will break out afresh.? Some years since, one of them took passage down for New Orleans, and for several days he seemed quite desponding for want of excitement. At last the boat put into Napo- i i Icon, in the State of Arkansas, for supplies, j Just at the moment there was a general fight, extending all along the front of the town, which, at that time consisted of a single grocery. The unhappy passenger, fidgeting about, jerking his feet up and down as if they were touching hot bricks, inquired of a spectator : "Stranger, is this 'ere a free fight?" The reply was prompt: "Wall it ar\ If you want to go in, you needn't stand on ceremony." The passenger went in, and soon after came out again, appearing to be reasonably satisfied. Groping his way on board, his hair half torn out, his coat in tatters, one eye closed up, and several of his teeth knocked into his throat, he sat down on a hen-coop and soliloquised : "So this is Ne-po-le-on, is it ? It's jcest the most refreshing place Iv'e I seen in many a day." j What IS a Biluon??Or, rather, what conception can we form of such a quantity ? j We may say that a billion is a million of {millions, and can easily represent it thus : ; 1,000,000,000,000. But a schoolboy's cal' i culation will show how entirely the rniud is j iueapable of conceiving such numbers. If a ' [ person were able to count at the rate of 200 ' i in a minute, and to work without intermis sion twelve hours in the da}', he would take to couut a billion 0,944,444 days, or 19,325 ; years 319 days. There are living creatures j so minute that a hundred millions of them j might be comprehended in the space of a " | cubic inch. They are supplied with orgaus ' ' and tissues, nourished by circulating fluids, 1 | which must consist of parts or atoms, in reck1 oning the size of which we must speak, not i nf hi 11 inns, hnt neichanee of billions of bil r lions. And what is a billion of billions ?? i, The uumber is a quadrillion, and can be ?| easily represented thus: 1,000,000,000,^ 000,000,000,000,000; \nd the same sclioolI buy's calculation may be employed to show I : that to count a quadrillion, at the rate of > 200 in a minute, would require all the inhabitants of the globe, supposing them to be a 3 thousand millions, to count iucessantly for ' 19,025,875 years or more than 3,000 times b: the period during which the human race has r j been supposed to be in existence. , Money not an Evil.?It is quite com. mou to hear even well educated people quote - the Bible as saying, "money is the root of 5 all evil." The Bible says nothing of the kind; the true quotation is, "the love of money is the root of all evil." Money is the means of procuring the necessaries and conveniences of life, but the love of it as an end, instead of means, is as silly as the tulip-mania of Holland a few hundred years ago. "Give me neither poverty nor riches," is another Bible text, and contains the true philosophy of the whole matter. feaT* A humorous old man fell in with an ignorant.and rather impertinentyoungminister, who proceeded to inform the old gentleman, in very positive terms, that he would never reach Heaven unless he was born again, and added, "I have experienced that change, and now feel no anxiety." "And have you been born again ?" said his companion musingly." "Yes, I guess I have." "Well," said the old gentleman, eyeing him attentively, "I don't think it would hurt you, young man, to be born once more." There is a chap out west so mean that he boils two bone buttons in a pint of water. This gruel lasts him exactly one month. He has used the buttons so long that he has boiled all the holes out of them. He keeps warm in the winter time by standing under his next door neighbor's gas lamp. Strap* & jfarts. DEATH OP R. S. BAILEY, ESQ. Mr. R. S. Bailey, formerly Editor of the Ledger, died at Lancaster, C. H., on the 20th of June, aged about 30 years. From the Ledger of the 25th, ult., we take the following sketch of his life :? Mr. Bailey was a native of Charleston, S. C. Soon after arriving at manhood, he assumed the management of the Laurensville Herald, and was the Editor of that paper. In the year 1852, he moved to Lancaster village and established the Lancaster Ledger. The establishment of a paper here was regarded as an experiment; but he thought differently, and relying on his own judgment he assumed not only the editorship, but became its proprietor, with confidence of success. He did succeed. The Ledger has been extensively patronized, and it bore a fair comparison with any country newspaper. As an Editor, ha was a cond writer, and his pen was always well pointed. Whatever he believed to be right he approved, but what he believed to be wrong he condemned.? He was emphatically an independent man. He was naturally kind and generous in his disposition, firm in his attachments and reliable in his friendship. The deceased was not without his faults?"to err is human"? but he possessed many noble virtues. His infirmities were personal, and no man regretted or condemned them more than he did.? His sentiments were good?they were high and noble. He was a kind and devoted husband and father. Having lost an interesting child about a year ago, and a few months since his only stay and comfort?the partner of his bosom?an affectionate and lovely wife, it was too much for his weak nature. He is gone j let us remember his virtues and forget his faults. He has left behind three young and tender children ; but they are fortunate in having a kind and affectionate grand mother to care for and take charge of them. McC. "WE DIE DAILY." The bodies of animals aTe continually undergoing a series of invisible changes of substance, of which they are entirely unconscious. We look at our hands to-day, as we write, and we fancy it is the same in substance as it was yesterday, or last year?as it was ten years ago. The form of each finger, of each nail, is the same. Scars made in our infancy are still here. Nothing is altered or obliterated; and yetitis not the same hand. It has been renewed over and over again since the days of youth, the skin, and flesh, and bone, have been frequently removed and replaced. And so it is, more or less, with our whole body. The arms and limbs that sustained us in our schoolboy struggles are long since consigfled to the dust, have perhaps lived over again more than once in plant, or flower, or animal. In from throe to five vcars the entire bodv is taken f ? out and built in again with new materials. A continued activity prevails among the living agencies to which this hidden work is o o committed. Every day a small part is car[ ried away ; just as if a single brick were j every day taken out of an old wall, or a sin! gle wheel out of a watch, and its place supj plied by another. The body therefore, requires constant supplies, at every period of its life, of all those things of which its several parts are built up. Letter from Mr. Sumner ?It would seem from the following extract of a letter written bv Mr. Sumner to Theodore Parker of BostoD, and read by the latter gentleman before jyi anti-slavery convention in that city, that Mr. S. intended to pronounce what should be an iosult to South Carolina, and to inflict in his seat in the Seuate personal : indignity on a fellow Senator then absent.? ! The extract reads thus : "The tyranny over us is complete. Will ; the people submit to it? When you read I this I shall be saying in the Senate that they | will not. I .shall pronounce the most j thorough pbillippic ever heard in this legI islative body." Is it any wonder that with such language i uttered by grave Senators that degraded ! men think they too can avenge their own I wrongs ? They make up*"the people," and j why should "they^ubrait" to laws ??1Cconing Star. , A Homicide.?Thomas Styron, the over! seer of Mr. R. M. Fuller of this district) J was, on Wednesday last, the 18th inst , ' stricken by a negro fellow belonging to Mr, | Fuller, from the effects of which he died or . Saturday. It seems the deceased was purI suing the negro, with a stick, with which ht was chastising him, and the negro who had his hoe with him, either for the purpose o! warding off the blows or destroying his pur j suer, struck backward over his shoulder with his hoc, aud striking the deceased on the ! head, lacerated and crushed the scull. The j negro has been lodged in jail to await hi? I trial.?Edyrftebl Informer. Drowned.?a woman by the name oi Alberron, with her husband, was standing ! near the moorhead of Mr. T. C. 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We also invite the attention of Gentlemen to out heavy and extensive stock of Ready-Ma.de Clothing; in which will be found every article necessary tc supply the demand of the season?fine CLOTH COATS, Black and Colored Cassimeres; Satin, Silk and Fancy Vesting?, and every style and patern of Summer suits; fine Silk and Leghorn Ilats. latest fashion ; BOOTS and SH-OES, and a gencrj al assortment of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, j In addition, we have laid in a heavy supply ol DOMESTiG SOODS, j Hardware, Shot-Guns, Rifles and Cutlery; Sad dies, Bridles, Whips; School and Miscellaneou: , | Books; Family Medicines, and every thing whiel . j our customers can want. j Wc feel sure that we can show the best stock cv i | er brought to this market, and we are determined I To Sell at a Cheaper Rate | than can be had at any establishment inYorkville, : All we ask is a fair trial Call and see us ant ! prove our words. L. BLOOMBERG & BRO. April 3 14 tf _ RAIL ROAD HOTEL, ; By JOHN R. NICHOLSON. | FTUIE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends I JL and the public generally that his HOUSE, I known as tiie Railroad Hotel, opposite the G'hes| ' ter Depot, is still open for tho reception of rcgup! lar and transient boarders ami the travelling pubi lie; ami that lie is making every exertion to do 1 serve and secure a continuance of the kind and i [ liberal patronage which has been hitherto extend ! ed to him. He flatters himself that every needed i arrangement has been made to promote the com| fort of all who stop with him. His rooms are airy and well-furnished, his servants arc attentiv< and obedient, and his table constantly supplied with the best of the season, so that his friend: will not want any attention ncccsary to makt f their sojourn pleasant and agreeable. His stable: r J are furnished with good hostlers and an nbun 1 I dance of provender, and he is prepared at a mo ' ! ments notice to supply his customers with privnt< . ' conveyances of every sort, to any part of the sur j rounding country. Boarders furnishing their own lodging wil be boarded at ?10 per month. He desires to return his acknowledgements tc . the public for past favors, ^and solicits for the fu turc an equally liberal share of patronage. JOHN It. NICHOLSON, march 20 12 .... tf ' . ?' ' "s - .V: " " > | THE SAME OLD SHOP! LEWIS & KERR, tgjvTWfti Return their thanks to their friends an(l customers for past favors, and respectfully notify the public that i jg/ /ei-v they are still engaged in the manufncture of TIN, SHEEJ-IRON, nnd I Copper-Ware, at the same old stand, IEA1LY OPPOSITE WALKER'S HOTEL. Being both practical and experienced workmen, engaged exclusively in this business, and furnished with every needed facility, they are determined to accommodate the public with the best quality of WARE, wariauted, and on the cheapest terms; and they respectfully ask a continuation of the patronage heretofore bestowed upon them. They will continue to keep on hand a lot PL A IN TIX A XD J A PA XXED WA RE ; SIIEET-1ROX, STOVE, COPPER, AXD IT0 USE- KEEPIXG FURNITURE; AND EVERY ARTICLE TO BE FOUND IN A TIN-SHOP, ROOFING and GUTTERING done at the shortest notice, and in a workmanlike manner. CONTRACTS will be made with Town and Country Merchants, on the very lowest terms. Give us a call and we will use our best endeavors to please you. LEWIS & KERR, At the Old Stand. April 17 - 16 tf -KJDM.O V NEW DRUG STORE!! THOMASSON & JENKINS, 4 NNOUNCE to their friends and the public tha J\. they have removed to their New Store in tht ' LINDSAY BUILDING," and that they have jus opened a new and carefully selected stock, con sisting of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, DYE-STUFFS, VARNISHES, SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATIONERY, TOBACCO, SNUFF, SEGARS, FANCY ARTICLES, &c. &c. &c. DR. JACKSON, a regular Physician anc an experienced Druggist, will devote his time am attention exclusively to the business. Havinf thoroughly refitted our establishment, we confi dently invite PHYSICIANS, COUNTRY MER CHANTS and our friends generally to give us i call. All Orders and Physician's prescription] filled promptly. Persons sending servants for POISONOUS ARTICLES, must invariably send an order, may 15 20 tf IutchTord^ SECOND STOCK OF SUMMER GOODS!! G. R. RATCHFORD, ' TTAVING disposed of the first stock, has jus ri received and is prepared to sell at greatl; reduced prices, a new and elegant assortment o STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS ; embracini the latest patterns and the best qualities of Good usually kept in this market. Purchasing for casl and at a lute period iu the season, he is cnablci to offer to his friends and customers the best bar gains to be had in the town. Call at the iff STflli IN TIE LINDSAY 1101 May 29 22 o DRESS GOODS! FRESH STOCK 11 THE attention of the Ladies is respectfully so licited to the beautiful assortment of fin DRESS GOODS, just received at the new store i the "LINDSAY BUILDING," consisting of th lates styles of Plain, Dotted, Embroidered, Stripe and Plaid SWISS MUSLINS; Plain and Figure Jaconets and Lawns from 121 to 75; Plain an Figured Organdies, Tarlctanes and Barred MUS LINS; and a rich assortment of Muslin Robe and Patterns. Also, a full and elegant stock c plain and figured BAREGES, at all prices; TIS SUES; CRAPE DE PARIS; and Dress Goods gen crally. Also, a new supply of English, Frcnc and American Prints, Ginghams, &c., of the la test styles; with a fine lot of FANCY GOODS an TRIMMINGS. These goods are all of the sec ond stock, and having been purchased for CAS1 and at very low rates, can and will be afFordei "CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST." G. R. RATCHrORD. May 29 22 c llEMOYAL. North of "Walker's Hotel." B"] THE undersigned respectfull fc I . informs bis friends and the pub lie generally, that he has remove 0^^ hir, Shop to the l'oom nearly op posite the old stand, recently occupied by THOM ASSON & JENKINS as a Drug-Store, and has o hand a Large and Fine Stock of Leather, and other material; and is now prepared wit competent workmen fo fill all orders for work i his line at the shortest notice, on reasonabl terms and in a workmanlike manner, lie has also on hand, a fine assortment of Northern-Made Shoes, Gaiters, &c., which lie will warrant to be equal to any brougl to this market. B. DERRER. May 8 19 . tf MANTILLAS. TWO DOZEN 1 Silk, Lace k Crape Mantillas A NEW STOCK OF MM MB BMtmm '[PATTERNS And at Price* ranging from i S3 TO $18! JUST RECEIVED AT THE STORE OF 1 G. R. RATCHFORD. May 29 22 c 1 shoesTnew shoesm A VERY LARGE SUPPLY /AF all sorts and sizes, consisting of Ladie; i I iii-L ?i ni??i, n .iiTi?p? TO;,i, B? ! L>lUUiv UIIU vmvrcu uiyiu ,?*?.?? um without heels; Cnlf-skiu and Kip GAITERS, hal Gaiters, Walking-Shoes, Slippers, &c. &c. Also | A heavy stock of !; GBmmFS mm of various sizes and qualities; Cloth, Calf-Skii L'atent Leather and Kip-Gaiters, half-Gaiters an Shoes, fine and coarse, together with a full assor i ment of Boots and Shoes for Boys and Misse ! just received and for sale at very short profits b ; j G. R. RATCIIFORD. | May 29 22 c I FINE CUTLERY. s: A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Fine Cutlery, consisting of full setts < Ivory-handle Knives and Forks, 51 pieces several setts of Knives with or without SILVER FORKS; : - and a variety of Pocket-knives aml.othcrCutler on hand and for sale at low rates, at 1 G. R. RATCHFORD'S. May 29 2% c CANDLES.?10 Boxes Adamantine Candle 10 Tallow. ?.?. JustReceivedandfor salelo*^ by v ' S.J.Kr?E.WAt*BKa , ^ ? . - S \ GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY ! JACOB'S CORDIAL, , fob all ? Boicel Diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, Diarrhea, Choir era Morbus, Bilious Cholic, Cholera Infantum. Also, admirably adapted to many diseases of;'' Females, especially painful menstruationx The virtues of Jacob's Cordial are too well knmcn to require encontums.' 1st. It cures the worst cases of Diarrhoea. 2d. It cures the worst form of Dysentery. V./ 3d. It cures California or Mexican Diarrhoea. 4th. It relieves the severest Colic.^f 6th. It cures Cholera Morbus. - if. Gth. It cures Cholera Infantum. ' / 7th. It cures Painful Menstruation. _ , -/ 8th. It relieves Pain in Bock and Loins. 9th. It counteracts Nervousness andDespondency. 10th. It restores Irregularities. ~~ 11th. It dispels gloomy and Hysterical Feelings. 12th. It's an admirable Tonic. ~i\' . A Few Short Extracts from Letters, Testimonials', to "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my family, and have found it a most efficient, and in my judgment, > a valuable remedy."?Hon. Hibam Wabneb,Judge of Supreme Court, Georgia. 1 "It gives me pleasure in being able to recommend Jacob's Cordial?my own personal experi ence, and the experience of my neighbors and friends around me, is a sufficient guarantee- for me to believe it to be all that it purport? toyga viz: a sovereign remedy."?W. H. Undebwood, % Formerly Judge of Superior Court, Cherokee Circuit. "I take great pleasure in recommending this invaluable medicine to all afflicted with bowel dis- k eases, ior wincn 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. r' "I have used Jacob's Cordial in my famiiyv and t this, with all I hear about it as a remedy by those ? who have tried it, induces me to believe that it t stands at the head of every preparation of-the . kind, and I would recommend its use in the diseases for which it is compounded."?Milks 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 Dis^ eases. From the ma9S of testimony in its fhVor 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 In urance Bonk, Griffin.. V: " 1 "This efficient rt dy is travelling into celeI brity as fast as Bonaparte pushed his oolamnaihtb Russia,and gaining commendation wherever used.1' ' ?Georgia Jeffersonian. .> 1 m- For sale by L. P. BARNETT A Co^Tork* ville; Patterson, Moore A Co., Fort. Mill;',J. , Ross, Sandersville; Wylio A Smith, Hickory 5 Grove; Davidson A White, Bullochs Creek; Hafriland, Harral A Co., Charleston; Dr& Fisher A Heinitsh, Columbia, and the principal Merchants and Druggists throughout tho State. Proprietors, 20 Beekman-st., New,York.' W. ,W; BLISS A CO,, Sept 20 87 " THE PRINCETON PRESS. THE design of the inventor was to get up a Press which would answer every requirement of the offer mode by Geobge Bbuce, of New York, in 1851, viz: cheap, light, easily managed, and -capable of throwing off at least 500 sheets per hour.' This Pros9 will throw off from AOO'to 800"sheeta per hour, doing the work equal to anyv Cylinder ~ Press. The bed stands about 80 inche's-ffroin the floor, and is the most convenient of all Presses to t make ready the form on. It ta adapted to jobbtfig, y or book work, as well as newspaper, and will regf ister as well as any other Cylinder-Press. It j requires, to work it, a man to turn the fly wheel s and a boy to feed the sheets, h The Inking Apparatus is very complete, and l differs from the nwiaratns used in CylinderFrcs . ses generally, being more like that need in the Power Platen Pr 'ses. Two rollers pass over the form twice to each impression, taking ink for. , each sheet. A Press of this description for newspaper and jobbing, bed 44 by 28} inches, with roller mould, - roller stocks, blanket, flying and registering dp* | paratus, &c., complete, will be fhrniehed for$600. ' If intended for book work ohiefly, an extra ink i fountain will be furnished for $20. The press, fly wheel, &c.,will weigh about 2000 pounds. The sides, &c., are iron. Length of frame,- seven feet ?height, to front edge of feed hoard; three feet e six inches. Any size made to order. n The following is the list of Sizes and Prices as e far as established: d Bed 28 by 20, $400. Bed 48 by 31, $6.80 i "36 24, 450. ".60 82, " 800. d " 44 28}, 600. . . " 62 ' 82, */ 626. 1- " 46 30 640. . s The beds will take chases their ftill breadth; if and'within two inches of the length. r vT' i Terms.?One-half, cash : one half, note, at'4 i- months, with approved security; 'or 2} per cent h discount for cash. Boxing and Cartage, $18. - . -'- V d For more than three years the inventor, of the - above Press has been improving it, worldng it all I the while, and ascertaining, with great care and exd pense, the best mode of carrying oat all the details ?and he flatters himself he has succeeded in per* fecting it; and is now manufacturing the Ftees himself. No Press will leave his premises without _ being thoroughly tested, and without it jterfbrms to the entire satisfaction of the purchaser. ,i JOHN T. ROBINSON, Princeton, N. J., Nov. 1855. 46 8m V* tSf The Yorkvillx Esquires is printed cm a "Princeton Press," and any information respeot ing it -win oe cncerxuuy given by addressing the I Publisher, L. M. GRIST. d PROSPECTUS ' . r OF THE * v LEAVENWORTH JOURNAL. THE undersigned proposes to commence the publication of a weekly Newspaper in Leaved h worth City, under the title of the "Leavenworth n Journal," about the first of June. e 1st. We are induced to engage inthis enterprise from a conviction, that another paperds required by the growing populatioirQf Kansas, and 1 the public demand for full and reliable-information in regard to its history, topography,- climate,' lt soil, resources, politics, present condition and future prospects. Such information we can, more readily furnish here,, since Leavenworth City is the commercial intrepot of-the Territoryr-occu~ pies a position of . direct inter-communication with two thirds of its population, and is the focus of news. 2d. We believe that the institution of Black Slavery is a Moral, Political - and - Economical blessing?that it is right in principle and expedii ent in polioy, and hence should be defended and J extended. It is our purpose to maintain these propositions in our paper, and to do all in our I power to make Kansas a Slave State. In t6h4is| cussion of the slavery question, however, we will i endeavor to maintain a conservative position to , present arguments and facts instead of denuncia9 ' tion and abuse. 3d. Although the "Leavenworth Journal/' will | be devoted to politics in a great degree, yet it will J pay due regard to the Good, the True and Beautii ful. It will exhibit a faithful portraiture of the ; times in which we live, by presenting a correct I account of the current events of the day?the progress of the Arts and sciences, of- Education, Commerce, Agriculture and Internal Improvements. It will discuss all subjects with freedom ^ and firmness; give all parties their due3, and fol- 1 \ low the light of truth. If our Weekly Journal meets with a cordial support we intend soon to publish a Tri-Weekly, and perhaps a Daily. ?' The editorial department of the "Journal" will d be presided over by S. S. Goode. late of Keotucf ky, and Warren D. Wilkes, late of South Carolina. i: j We appeal to our rnenas to sustain us; Terms.?Weekly S2?Tri-Weekly $5. GOODE, WILKES & CO. Leavenworth City, Kansas. ^ } South Carolina-York District. in tiit: common pleas. m ? ' J. N. McElwee, Jr., vs. Jeremiah Howell.?Attachment | TTTHEREAS the plaintiff did on the 3th day of _ "j ? 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 neith1 er wife nor attorney known within the same, upon ' whom a copy of said declaration might be served: i It is therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do 1! appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 28th day. of. September, whioh will be in i the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, otherwise final and absolute judgf, raent will-then be given and awarded against him. . . JOHN 0. ENLOE,.c. c. c. ris. jJdlerk's Office, York DiBtrifctj > ._; * "P Sept. 27th, 1856. - j _ 39-lyq ^ s. 9IBROIDERIE8.?Just opened a new SU sapply of Collars,-Sleeves, Chemisetts; em. broidered Bands, Edgings, Jnsertings, &e., for sale cheap, At v ? -Q. R- RATCHFORD'S. - ' ' . *n A** " : *