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pscdkfoiis. A POETICAL DUN. Some friend lias sent lis, under a blank cover, a copy of the subjoined very clever and practical jm (Vt.yrtt, addressed by the editor of the "Methodist Protestant" to his delinquent subscribers. We copy the article simply for the amusement of <>ur readers; for, as Mr. Randolph used to suy of his constituents, we have the best and noblest set of subscribers that ever honored and sustained a public journal. They therefore as a body need no such ingenious hint, but should there be found here and there an exceptional case he is at liberty to consider the Iliawathean appeal addessed to himself. Should you ask us why this dunning, AVhy these sad complaints and murmurs, Murmurs loud about delinquents AY ho have read the paper weekly, Head what they have never pal I for, Head with pleasure and with profit. Head of church affairs and prospects, t Head of news both home and foreign, Head the essays and the poems, Full of-wisdom and instruction; Komi tJso table of the markets, < 'artfully corrected weekly? .Should you a>k u = why this dunning. We should answer, wc should toll you, From the Printer, from the mailer, From the kind old paper-maker. From the landlord, from the carrier, From the man who taxes letters With a from Uncle Samuel? Uncle Sam the rowdies call him ; Front them all there comes a message, ?.Iossage kind, but firmly spoken, ' Please to pay us what you owe us." Sad it is to hear such message When our funds arc all exhausted. When the last bank note lias left us. When the gold coin all has vanished, ("one to pay the paper-maker, Ooucto pay the toiling printer, (lone to pay the landlord tribute, (lone to pay the sable carrier, <lonc to pay the faithful mailer, Cone to pay old Uncle Samuel? Uncle Sam the rowdies call him? (lone to pay the Western paper Three and twenty hundred dollars! Sad it is to turn our ledger, Turn the leaves of this old ledger. Turn and see what sums are due us, Due for volumes long since ended, Due for gears cf jiloasant reading, Due for years of toilsome labor, Due despite our patient waiting. Due despite our constant dunning, Due in sums from two to twenty. Would yen lift a burden from us ? Would yen drive a spectre from you ? Vi'ouldyon taste a pleasaut slumber? Would vr.u have a quiet conscience? Would you read a paper paid for ' Send us money?send us money, Send us money?send us money: Pvttt the .Ve.fi7/ thai ;/ '/ orre u*. - ? ? BILL TROT AND HIS CLOCK. DY NAT SLOG I'M. ?Y/cll, sir,' l>iil said to mo one day, 'about five years or better ago, I bought a wooden day clock from a Yankee pcdlcr named Tom Jones, who used to travel through this coun tfy, droppin one at most every house. 'Twas the last one he had, and I give him fifteen dollars for it. She was a perfect goor of a clock?and then sicli a beauty ! Her little squatty, dumpy figur dressed out in her painted case, jist filled my eye exactly to a nat's heel. 1 sot heron the mantle shelf, so as I might nllcrssce her. I didn't think I'd ever git tired looking at her. Her little penjilum would swing backward and forrcds, pickin off the seckitis at a proper rate. Thar she'd roll it, peckiu away, day arter day, and week arter week, dead bent on keepin up with the sun and determcd that nary timepiece in the settlement should git' ahead of her. She'd dig ahead at the hours, never stoppin to ketch breath, but firin away in admirable style. I 'd wind her up of nights, and then go to bed, puttin every confidence in her, and boin perfectly satisfied that she'd do her jowly faithful, although I wasn't watchin of her,.and wouldn't allow the sun to be up before she put tier nana to the hour of sunrise. And then, .sir, when I'd be restless, aud couldn't slcfcp, or when 1 was sick, then what company she was to inc. To be shurc, she couldn't talk to me?jist cailcd uiy name?that's ail. Though sometimes, she'd say 'Pick' so plain, I'd look up at belaud almost cxpcck her to lead off a regular built chat. "Well, sir, she continued to bo good for live year, and was my heart's delight. In fack, T may say she hilt on to be good longer than that; but it was about that time ^he begun monstrously to cxemble old Dave Wilton's wife?you know who she was ? 'Cannot say I do exactly.' 'Why, sir, 1 thort you knowed?Old Dave used to say that his wife was a charming ercetur?one of the best women?that he did not believe, frcm old mother Kvc down to the present gincration, a better woman ever throwed a petticoat over head. To be sure, he sed she had her ways (hero Dill snuffed in imitation of Old Dave, whom I knew very well,) she would have her ways, aud sich ways as she did have. Well, sir, my clock got to be the same way?some of henworks got outer fix, aud for spite she done jist as she blamed please. .Strike, yes sir, she did like all dingnation ! She'd take a notion to bugle off sometimes, and she'd ring on them wires one hundred and fifty times. * r- t i i 1 _ i _ 1 11 _.i. -1 fr At nrst I was iiCKica at it, ana wouiu sei ana - laugh al her for bcin sieli a fool a.s to be cutting up them extrajs what didn't hurt anybody but herself, i Jut at last I began to git tired of sieh foolery. Tt seemed to me, whenever I had a tough job before me, and wanted to study it out, or whenever 1 was right sleepy, then she'd pick her chance to ccme them big licks ! I put up with it a long time?didn't do nothiu to her?and thort, by letting her have her fun out, she might git tired of it herself, after a while. But she didn't; she still hilt on stouter an ever. On last Saturday I went up above here to muster, and, as 1 allers docs to sieh occasions, tuck rather too much of the Melt mcUyhilg. When I got home I thort the best place for me was in bed?so as to sleep my boozy off, I pulls off, and gits in bed ; but no sooner did my bead fetch the piller, than up starts the clock?ch-r-r-ring?chr-rr-riug?I determined to put a stop ?o sieh capers that night. I got up, loaded my old musket, tuck a cheer, and sot down right before her. -Now, old lady,' scz I, <yer arter the spite game agin, ar ye ? Jist go on fn ft tiiimlrr'd Ui J UU 11IW It fc/'UU UU4 *.vy . ? ? this time, and, ding nic cf you don't ketch hell!' My threats didn't scare her one bit ?she struck away, 'peaicd livelier than ever She went it so peart, she soon got up to ninety?ninety *oue?two? three?four? five?six?;1 see yer gwyiiiit/ sift I, and I cocks the old musket, ch-r-r-riug?I puts it to iny shoulder?ch-r-r-ring?1 takes sight ?ch-r-r-ring?I lays my linger on the trigger?ch-r-r-ring, sez she, stouter an ever, and was starting with another cliee?when I iuras away, and in a half a seckin linds myself Hat on my back, in the middle of the floor. As I picked myself up, I head the old lady still goin it; and deru me, if she ! didn't strike fifty times tnore, although twenty-live buckshot had tuck erfect all among i her countenance, and both her hands were I taken smooth off. I haiut wound her up : | since; for with the pluck she's got, thcr's no knowing what she might do, if she had j the chance. She's without exception, the j j best game 1 ever seed.' Moral.?Although it uiaybo well to take j j Time by the fore-lock, yet it would be better not to do so rashly. ++? ? A HUCKSTER OUTDONE. Away down in the smart village of Cincin' nati, there vegetates a certain hotel keeper, i who, for cutencss, is ,some,' you may depend. Having been frequently imposed upon while snnnl'vincr his bountiful larder with ~ I A *i O 1 tlic article of geese, by the wide awake 'Buckeye' hucksters lie deemed it high time ' to try if cheating wasn't a game that two I could play at. .So one morning, bright and ; early, lie presented himself before one of the numerous farmers' wagon surrounding I the market squares, with a?'I s-s-say friend, g-g-ot any g-geesc;' (The poor fellow lias got Charles Lamb's defect of speech.) j 'Yes, fine lot?-?.' 'W-w-wcll, I've g-g-got up at my h-hj house the all firedest set of boys for g-g-gecs you ever d-did see, and I want to h-h-liead I 'em off a few with some tough ones?c-cant I you p-pick me out a few old h-hc-fellcrs.' I 'W-w-well, I don't know but I miylit fiud J one or two,' and so turning over his pile of i poultry, he collects on side of his wagon some eight or ten geese, which claim to the title of 'old he-fellers' needed do corroborative ! proof of 'Xootka .Sound Covention,' or 'Treaty of Florida,' but might justly be pronouueed clear and unquestionable.' j 'Mine host' eyed the progress of separa! tion with evidence satisfaction, j 'Arc those all the t-tough ones you've g? got?' 'Yes, sir, and I vmc I didu't know I had ! so many.' j 'Well,' was the reply. 'I g-guess I'll take ! the other lot!' THE POETRY OP COMMERCE. The Iloa. Edward Everett, whose bril~~ * " -*^1 *1 *%** tin/vn r>r r\rtMw , naut skives a jiumtu uu^k j?v? j ! to everything it touches, thus speaks of ! Commerce in his late beautiful speech at the ! Pcabody testimonial: ''Track its history for a moment from the earliest period. In the infancy of the world ; its caravans, like gigantic silkworms, went creeping through the arid wastes of Asia ' and Africa with their iufinitcsinial legs, and ! bound the human family together in those j vast regions as they bind it together now. ' Its colonial establishments scattered the i Grecian culture all round the shores of the Mediterranean, and carried the adventurers j of Tprc and Carthage to the North of Eu1 rope and the South of Africa. The walled cities of the middle ages prevented the arts j and refmments of life from being trampled i out of existence under the iron heel of the feudal powers. The Uansc-Towns were j the bulwark of liberty and property in the j north and west of Europe for ages. The i germ of the representative system sprang from the municipal franchises of the borj oaghs. At the revival of letters the mer; chant princes of Florence received the fuj gitivc arts of Greece into their palaces. The spirit of commercial adventure produced j that movement iu the fifteenth century j which carried Columbus to* America, and j Vasco di Cama around the Cape of Good j Hope. The deep foundations of the modj crn system cf international law were laid in j interests and rights of commerce, and the i necessity of protecting thorn. "Commerce sprinkled the treasures of j the newly found Indies throughout the | Western nations; it nerved the arm of civil i and religious liberty in the Protestant j world?it gradually carried the colonial j system of Europe to the ends of the earth j and with it the elements of future indepeni dent, civilized republican governments.? J But why should we dwell on the past?? | What is it that gives vigor to the civilizaj tion of the present day but the world-wide I extension of commercial intercourse, by j which all the products of the earth and of j the ocean, of the soil, the mine, of the j loom, of the frogc, of bounteous nature, I creative art and untiring industry, are | brought by the agencies of commerce into j the universal market of demand and supply ? i No matter in what region a desirable pro' duct is bestowed on man by a liberal prov! idencc, or fabricated by human skill; it may ' clothe the hills of China with its fragrant I foliage; it may glitter in the goldeu sands i of California; it may wallow in the depths | of the Arctic seas; it may ripen and whiten I in the fertile plains of the Sunny South ; it may spring forth from the flying shuttles of i Manchester in England, or Manchester in ; America?the great world magnate of commerce attracts it alike, and gathers it all up for the service of mau." ? . ? ??? ? - ? Three Things.? Three thinys that ne*> i n- OtxoMc Rusty.?The money of the benej volent, the shoes of the butcher's horse, and | a woman's tongue. Three thinys that, arc as Garni as the Best. | ?Brown bread in famine, well water in | thrist, and a great coat in cold weather. Three thinys as ynotl as their Jlrftrr.? | Dirty water to extinguish a fire, an ugly wife j to a blind man, and a wooden sword to a ! coward. Thru thinys of short continuance.?A ' lady's love; a chip fire, and a brook's flood. 'Three things that nerer outfitt to he front Home.?The cat, the chimney, and the j , 7 J' j wife. Three essentials to a False Story Teller. : ?A good memory, a bold face, and fools i for his audience. Thru- thinys semi in a Peas or/,-.?The ; garb of an angel, the walk of a thief, and \ the voice of the devil. Thr>e thinys it is viltcise (o hoasf. of.? The fhivfir rif'l hv file, the heaufcv of the wife. and the contents of thy purse. '/'/(/ ' ' of it J/rr/t'.-c Jfoiixr.?A ! smoky chimney, a dripping roof, and a scold1 ing wife. Number of the Stars.?Of the Stars 1 thousands arc visible to the naked eye and millions are discovered by the telescope.? | Sir John Hcrschell calculates that about five ! and a naif millions of stars are visible enough 1 to be distinctly couuted in a twenty-feet rcI fleeter in both hemispheres, and thinks that I the actual number is much greater, llis il! lustrious father estimated on one occasion that one hundred and twenty-thousand stars passed through the field of his forty-foot rc' Sector in a quarter of an hour. This would give twelve millions for the entire circuit of I heavens in a single telescopic zone; and this I estimate wan made under the assumption that the nebula; were masses of luminous matter, not yet condensed suus. But with the increase of instrumental power especially under the mighty grasp of Lord Rosse's gigantic icllector and the great reflectors at Pulkova and Cambridge, the most irresolvable of these nebula; have given way; aud the better opiniou now is that every one of them is a galaxy, like our own milky way, I composed of millions of suns. | (loi-d from Marrow Bones.?Iu Aus! tralia, Mr. Mooncy has been delivering a | lecture ou the origin of gold, concerning ; which he propounded the following novel ! theory : He set out by declaring bis belief 1 that gold is the petrified remains of matter ; which was once animate; aud accompanied as it generally is by ocean pebbles, quartz, | crystal, and other saliuc and marine debris, . he was of opinion that gold is the petrified ' fat or marrow of a peculiar kind of lish, which was onco floated over the gold fields : when those fields were beds and bottoms of 1 the world's great ocean. In proof of the i hypothesis that gold is nothing more than the petrified fat of a peculiar fish, the lecturer showed specimens of quartz in which uiai rinc shells were embeded. Mr. Mooncy also I alluded to the fact that iron exists in the human blood, and argued from that position that gold might be educed from the marrow j of fishes.?Albany Knickerbocker. | |!olitical. MORE LEGISLATION. It has been our sad experience to observe, I in this ultilitarian age, a culpable indifference and neglect of those subjects which should especially command our attention. In the department of civil legislation and polii tieal reform, as this is particularly noticeable | and 110 where more than in South Carolina, i while other States are eudcavoring to keep peace with the rapid progress of democratic ideas and institutions, and to develops prac' 1 A.aivi Vinnfins I tioai ana usciui msuiis uum ? j which arc presented to the human mind, this ; State steadily adheres to that old policy and maxim, "ipilcta uon inovcrej"?In her extreme desire to be conservative, (that is conserrutice in the wrong sense,) her enterprise and energies grow benumbed, until she is I more on the retrograde than the advance.? ! Conservatism, (iu relation to government,) j properly defined, does not mean simply a j conservatism of what we possess, and a sclccj tion of everything in the shape of innovation, j whether good or had?it means morcemphatj icallya treasuring up of what is good in the past, with a disposition to increase and advance in every species of wealth, material, intellectual and political, provided such adj vanccuient be made with the sanction of I wholesome and just laws, i Aside from our prcdelictions for old estnbj lished institutions and usages, and our rev ercncc for whatever in law or government has j been sanctified by age, there are certain unj deniable truths which become part and parcel of every good government. Any State that irrevocably pledges itself to a policy exclusively conservative in opposition to an acquisitive, or progessivc one, is ill-adapted to form a useful member of such a republic as ours. The very vitality of a nation consists in its growth, and the development of its rej sources, and to a healthy government supj ported by a vigorous and enterprising people, there is no old age. Decay and ruin and death are the inevitable consequences of a nation that has passed its manhood, and considers itself as having attained the maximum ! of glory. This evil befell some of the proudest States of antiquity. Let us beware of j such a policy as might endanger our existence. We have been unfortunately wedded to j certain notions which ill-accord with the republicanism of which we boast. In republicanism there are rights inherent to which the more expansion you give, the securer they arc, and the more effectual arc their guards. A government which professes to be popular, should consider that the keystone to its success and duration, does not consist in confining the bonds of popular power, but in teaching those entrusted with it, its proper exercise, in enlightening the understandings, liberalizing the views, and chastening j the impulses of the popular heart, j Man's vanity is such that he is prone to j cherish and exercise with considerable cauj tion and prudence, whatever power is freely j and liberally entrusted to him, and the great aim in the government of a free people, j should be to elevate the citizen to a due apI preciation of the privileges. Who arc chiefly interested in this exercise of authority, and the due administration of Government? Are they the governors or the governed ? Who arc ultimately to be benefitted or injured by i the use of power? Those upon whom aui thority acts are the beneficiaries or sufferers, j by its exercise, and consequently should be j its depositaries. In a ltepublic it is cm, phatically a vested right of the people, and J comprehends the whole idea of political sov! ercignty. The people of every important j State in this Union have testif d to the truth ! of this proposition by their past legislation, j with the exception of South Carolina. Nor i can we perceive that the people of New York, i Maryland, Virginia or Georgia, our sister ! State, are less happy and wise, in constitut1 ing the people the direct source of power; and making political office.rcferrablc to their 1 tribunal. The choice of Chief Kuler of the I nation or more immediately of Governor of I each separate commonwealth, should reside ! in them, and it ill becomes us any longer to persist in that exclusive policy by which we I have been characterized, j The privilege of choice in the hands of the 1 people neither detracts from the dignity of : the office, nor relaxes the aim of constitution I al power; it rather ennobles the officer, gives ! character to his acts, and decision in the discharge of his functions, independence is , not by such means compromised to popular I caprice, for the great basis of freedom of conduct is the confidence of a sound constitucnj cy. Unbiassed popular sanction is the best [ foundation for authority. Is the reflection just, then, that the people are not fit judges of the fitness and capacity of the officer, and that passion too often regulates their choice? ' Is it a necessary qualification of an elector that ho should be acquainted with the duties that devolve upon a public functionary ?? If so, then the very course pursued by us precludes the attainment of this knowledge by withholding the means that would naturally induce inquiry and effect popular en lightcmciit on such subjects. Unfortunately, we have not to travel far beyond our own limits to furnish an example of this test; we behold too manifest around us the fatal re| suits of a policy which contracts the span of ; popular wisdom, and benumbs all interest in ! the affairs of government. Such a system is contradictory in itself, and unless we intend ; to repudiate every democratic idea that pre, vails, it must fall. The clectorial question, the most important one which for some years back has been considered and re-considered by our Legisi lature, favorably by one branch, and uufa' vorably by the other, should be agitated until the voice of the people of South Carolina is permitted to unite with that of the whole nation in the election of the Chief Magistrate of this Republic. The time must soon come when those adverse to such a step in politics and deceived by old prejudices, will banish the recollections that are wound up with the ! past, and join in the march of progress.? j Such is the dictate of the common sense of i the people which should prevail, aud is more j to be relied upon than the judgment of caucuses or political intriguers. But the car of improvement should not stop its progress here. The breach made into old customs j should be widened, its advancement be impelled until the capitol of our own State is taken, and the Gubernatorial chair filled by the chosen one of the people. The first right I secures to us a knowledge of federal affairs, ' the latter makes us more immediately instru! mental in the guardianship of our rights, the execution of our laws and the protection ol ; our liberties. With the triumph of two such ?| measures, our thirst for change would for a I time be satiated, until other causes should : develop? the necessity of further improvmcnt. It is our belief that the great majority oi the people of this State, in their hearts, sympathize with this movement, and, if left tc their adoption, are ready and willing to tcsti fy their approbation with their suffrages.? It is no longer a doubtful experiment wheth cr authority is best upheld, law and ordei more rigidly pursued, by constituting the people the legitimate source of power. Oth cr States have long since embraced the doc trine, (some since their foundation have helt it,) and the whole world will yet recognize it as a well established principle. After al I the experience that has been had, I don'i i .1 a.i a, I ttiinic it can De quesuuueu tuut iu? huiuuih ! of virtue in the people equals, if it does nol exceed, that of princes, oligarchs, or factions To the ensuing Legislature, then, we lool i j anxiously for that recognition they have in i times past shown a disposition to confer. The wisest measures have not been passet in a day. It takes years, sometimes, to evoke the germ of a great principle. SC All VOL A. Presidential Elections Since 1820.? Since 1820, when Monroe was chosen for i second term, with but one opposition electoral vote, the presidential elections have beet . less decisive than is generally supposed.? That is to say, the popular majority for the successful candidate has never been execs sive; aud often he has actually wanted a ma jority, and had only a plurality. This wai the case, for example, in 1811, when tin votes cast for Clay and those thrown awaj on Limey, exceeded in the aggregate, thos< polled for Polk, making the latter actually i minority President. To go back to 1824. In that year, fou: candidates were in the field, Jackson, Adams Crawford and Clay. The first received 91 electoral votes, the second 84, the third 41 and the fourth 37. The election under thest circumstances devolving on the House Adams received the vote of 13 States, Jack son, of 7, and Crawford of 4. lu 182S, Jackson was chosen by thepopu lar voice, obtaining 178 electoral votes out ol the 2G1 which then constituted the electora . college. In 1832 Jackson was again choset by the popular voice, and this time by at even greater majority, receiving 170 clccto ral votes more than his opponent, Ilenrj Clay. This brings us up to 183G, or twenty year: ago. In that year, Van JJuren, though eioct cd President, beat Harrison in the populn vote only about 14 000, though he had 17( electoral votes out of 294. Four years af terwards, Harrison seemed, at first sight, t< have had three times as many supporters a: Van Buren, for he obtained 234 elcctora votes, while his antagonist had 80; yet h< only beat latter in the popular vote aboul 100,000, out of a poll of nearly 2,400,000 Another curious feature of the election o 1840 wa3 that the popular vote cxccdcd b> nearly two-thirds that cast in 1836.? Van Buren, for instance, distanced as hi was, received 304,000 votes in 1840, mori than he did four years before. In 1844, as we have said already, Poll was actually a minority President, and yc he beat Clay by a larger popular majority than Harrison had beaten Van Buren; the vote being, for Polk, 1,336,190?for Claj 1,297,212. The electoral college stood however, 170 for Polk to 105 for Clay.? In 1S48 Taylor received 103 electoral vote; and Cass 127. The great State of New Vorli in this election decided the contest, by going for Taylor, in consequence of the democracy being divided ; and thus Taylor wa* also a minority President. When we compare these elections with those prior to 1820, we see how much more closely contested they have been. In 1804, for instance, Jeflcrsou had 102 electoral votes, and Pinckncy, his opponent, 14 only. Iu 1808, Madison had 122 and Pinckney 47. 1812, Madison had 128 and Clinton 80.? | In 1810, Monroe had 183 and King 34.? 1 1 ? 1 OOA ?- 1 ?lMAi\/ln mnntinnnrl iu .lo?Vj as we nave uueuujr mbutivuvu] . Monroe had 2G1, only a single electoral vote being cast in opposition. MUSIS! MUSIS!! A LARGE and well-selected stock of PIANOS from the best makers can be had at FACTOi | RY PRICES, at RAMSAY'S PIANO and MUSIC | STORE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Those who wish tc | procure a very superior instrument can get a Hallctt, Davis & Go's PIANO, with the patent suspen' j sion bridge and metallic bearings, now among the i best Pianos in the world. Try one, aud if it does I not prove well, the price will be refunded. Eve; ry Piano fully guarnnteeed. i Mr. RAMSAY, being a practical Piano-mnkoi | and an experienced dealer, can insure to his cusi tomers a perfect instrument, and in the most perI feet order. No charge for boxing. | Also, on hand, Church and Parlor Melodeons, , ; Guitars, Violins, Accordeons, Flutinas, Banjos, I Strings &c., and a general assortment of the la' I test and most approved Music, j References: Rev. J. M. Anderson, President ol j Yorkville Female College; Prof. J. H. Whitney, I Professor of Music. j Sept 18 38 ly NOTICE.?Application will be made at the next Session of the Legislature, to incorporate the Bethel Brass Band, and to attach the same to the 34th Regiment. Also, for leave tc attach persons residing in the 40th Regiment tc the Union Light Infantry Company of the 34th , Regiment, S. C. M. July 31 31 3m is ISSUED EVEEY THURSDAY MORNING, Two Dollars per year, in Advance. i To Clubs op Tu.v, the paper will be furnished, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?invariably 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. firS)l? Advertisements will bo inserted at One : Dollar per square for the first, and Thirty-scvcnI r?nd-a-half Cents for each subsequent insertion? J a square to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. Business Cards, of a hali-.sq.iarc or less, will be ini serted at $ ">, per year. For advertising Estrnys j Tolled, $2; Citations, $2 ; Notices of Application to the Legislature, $5; to be paid by the persons handing in the advertisements. Monthly or Quarterly Advertisements will be charged One Dollar per square, for each insertion. Contracts by the year will be taken on liberal terms?the contracts | however, must in all cascsbc confined to the imI kn^MAea ,A% flm fiwil r\V iml i V* I f 1 n 1 | mcuif'ikv; ui iitv iiihi v. wv.. tracting. All advertisements not having the irain, i her of insertions mnrki.il on the margin, will bo continued until forbid and charged accordingly, j Obituary Notices exceeding one squ ire iu length, will be charged for the overplus, at regular rates. I Tributes of Itespcct rated as advertisements. ~IV4D?> THE LAW OF NEAVSPAPEUS. %! 1. Subscribers wlio do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to ccntinurthcir subscription. 2. If subscribers order tbc discontinuance of 1 their papers, the publisher can continue to scud I them until all arrearages arc paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take theii papers from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they settle their bill, t and order the paper discontinued. 4. if any subscriber removes to another place without informing the publisher, and their papci is3Cnt to the former direction, they are held re sponsible. 5. The Court has decided that refusing to take a Newspaper from tho office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima ftucie evidence of ar r intentional fraud. Swan & Go's Lotteries! 1 ; [authorized ny the state op Georgia.] ' 8,280 Prizes?Lowest Prize 840! t l MORE TIIAN ONE PRIZE TO EVERY TEN TICKETS! PRIZES G UAKANTEKD!! FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY ! j CLASS 21, To be drawn iu the City of Atlanta, Georgia, ir public, on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ' 23tli, 1850, on tbc 5inn mm anoMsa*! S Jjr flS?" Purchasers in buying 10 Whole Tickets art guaranteed a Prize of ?40?Halves and Quarters in proportion. t SAMUEL SWAN & CO., Manners. . 30.010 IHlHffl MSN Prizes Amounting to S204.000!! will be distributed according to the following ORIGINAL SCHEME! 1 Prize of $40,00C } 1 " 12.00C f 1 " 5,00f 1 " 2.00C 1 " l.OOf 1 1 l.OOC 10 " 20f ,. 1(10 " IOC 100 " 7C APPROXIMATION PRIZES: 4 Pzs. of $150apxm'g to $40,000 pz. are OOl" ? 41'zs.of 12oapxingto 12,000 pz. arc 50f ; 4 Pzs. of lOOapxm'gto o,000 pz. are 40( 4P;.s. of "oapxm'gto 2,000 pz. are 30( 5 Pzs. of oOapxm'gto 1,000 pz. are 40( 40 Pzs. of l-japxin'gto 200 pz. are 1,80( 0.000 Pzs. of 10 arc 120,00( . o,2i$0 Prizes amounting to $204,Out ' Whole Ticket* $10?Halrrs $ ")?Quarters ?2.50. INDUCEMENTS TO CLUBS. 1 As, by this Scheme, one Ticket in every 10 h 1 j/uaranfeed to draw $40, we will sell Certificates oj - Parkuf/e* of 10 Tickets (where the numbers end ii , 1, 2, 3, 4, f>, 0, 7, 8, 0, O,) at the following rate.' which is the risk on theui. All that the 10 Tickets draw over the amounl 5 guaranteed accrues to the purchaser. Certificate of Package of 10 Whole Tickets...$Cf mtr.i* n of "" Jv/ rum rt-m. ;? r " " 10 Quarter " ... 1? ) It will lie perceived, by this plan, that for Sixtj L Dollars the purchaser has A certificate of 10 Tickets, when if lie buys Tickets he would only gel 3 for that sum 0 Wholes, thus by buying Certificate.* s he has four more chances for the larger Prizes? | Halves and Quarter Packages in proportion. 2 In Ordering Tickets or Certificates, i Enclose the money to our address for the tick ets ordered, on the receipt of which they will be forwarded by first mail. f All communications strictly confidential. The j drawn numbers will be forwarded to purchaser; immediately after the drawing. Purchasers will please write their signa5 tines plain, and give their Tost Ofiice, County ami > State. ICg^ltemembcr that every Prize is drawn, ami payable in full without deduction, t B&b All Prizes of $1,000 and under, paid imt mediately after the drawing?other Prizes at the usual time of thirty days. Prize Tickets cashed or renewed in other Tick; ets at either office. f Orders for Tickets, or Certificates of Packages of Tickets, either to ' S. SWAN & CO., Atlanta Ga. or S. SWAN, .1lanttjouicry, Ala. 5 Oct 30 41 ?>w 1 ~THE SAME OLD SHOP! ( LEWIS & KERR, i Return their thanks to their friends and customers for past favors, and respectfully notify the public thai 1 ffj they are still engaged in the nianu, fucturo of TIN, SHEET-IRON, and [ Jjj) Copper-Ware, at the same old stand, IEARLY OPPOSITE WALKER'S SHE 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, warranted, and on the cheapest terms; I ana nicy respccuuuy aais. u uuuuuuauuu 01 mu ! patronage herctoforo bestowed upon tlicm. They ( j will continue to keep on hand a lot ' PLAIN TIN AND JAPANXED WARE; SHEET-1RON, STOVE, COPPER, AND HOUSE-KEEPING FURNITURE ; AND EVERY ARTICLE TO BE ; FOUND IN A TIN-SHOP, ; HOOFING and GUTTERING done at tlic ' shortest notice, and in a workmanlike manner. 1 CONTRACTS will be made with Town and ' Country Merchants, on the very lowest terms. Give us a call and we will use our best endea! vors to please you. 1 LEWIS & KERR, At the Old Stand. April 17 16 tf Wanted Immediately. rfin U5S> FKATHBRS? for which the high! JvH. J est prices will be paid by G. It. HATCH FORD. AT.HO: nnn YARDS of LlNSKYnnd JANES, wanV V iJ tccl at HATCH FORD'S. Sept 4 30 tf Notice is hereby given that application will be made at the next session of the Legislature to open a Public Road from the Catawba ! Church, on the Landsford Road, leading from Yorkville to Massey's Ford on Catawba River, a ! distance of about five miles. Aug 14 33 tl flod eiver oil.--A superior article J of pure Cod Liver Oil. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. i SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. } ! Y1TJ2 would inform the citizens of Charleston, ! V f of the State, and visitors from abroad, tiiat I our constantly increasing business has compelled I our removal from "3 BKQAD-STREET," to the 1 magnificent and spacious "Brown Stone Building." ' 9 BROAD STREET, j The ncconimodntiins and arrangements of this "NEW DEl'OT,'' arc unsurpassed by any similar i establishment in the Uuitcd States; and whilst it | will afford facilities for keeping our usual large 1 stock of ' MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, wc also propose adding largely to our I STOCK OF STATIONERY: And those In want of LEDGERS, JOURNALS. CASII COOKS, LETTER. NOTE, and CAP TAPER, &c., &c., will find it to their advantage to visit us. S. G. COUATENAY & GO,,; BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. ] i Charleston, Nov. C, 1850. 45?Gm j SWANN &WS TeTTERiEsT [Authorised hi/ die State of Alabama.] ; $50,000! To bo had for Ten Dollars!! : SOUTHERN MILITARY ACADEMY LOTTE- i | k3 11V! Class J, to be drawn in the City of , Montgomery, Alabama, in public, on THURSDAY, | NOVEMBER 13, 1850, on the plan of SINGLE NUMBERS! Samuel Swan, Manager. 00,000 Tickets only! Prizes amounting to $200,000 i will be distributed according to the following unrivalled scheme :? 1 Prize of $50,000 1 " of 20,000 1 " of.r 20,000 , 1 " of..... 10,000 H " * 1 A AAA | ' 1 " Of iu,vw y I 1 " Of 10,000 ,; l ? of o.ooo , : 2 " of. 2,500 2 " of 1,000 i , I 20 " of 600 , 00 " of 000 1 I 75 44 of 200 l 100 44 of 100 1 125 " of 00 i APPROXIMATION PRIZES. ^ 4pzs. of$400npxg. to$50,n00pz. arc $1,000 1 44 :100 44 20,000 44 " 1,200 4 44 250 " 20,000 " " 1,000 | ) 4 44 200 44 J0,01)0 44 " 800 4 44 175 44 10,000 44 " 700 , ' 4 ' 150 44 5,000 " " 600 , 8 44 GO 44 2.50 0 4 4 4 4 4 80 * 8 4 4 4 0 44 1,00 0 4 4 4 4 3 20 SO 44 3 5 4 4 6 0 0 4 4 4 4 2,800 209 44 25 44 300 44 44 5,000 800 44 20 44 200 44 44 6000 i r 1,000 prizes amounting to $200,000 ' ] Vi /tufa Tichls, $10?][ulves; $5?Quarters, $2.]. ( PLAN OF THE LOTTERY. 1 There nre 30,000 Tickets numbered from 1 to j 30,000. There nvc 380 lull Prizes and 620 Ap- ( ( proximations?making in all 1000 Prizes. j The drawing takes place in public, under the J superintendence of two sworn Commissioners. 'flic Numbers from 1 to 20,1)00, corresponding ( ' with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on separate slips of paper, arc encircled with small tin ' tubes, and placed in one wheel. 4 The first 3S0 Prizes, similarly priutcd and en- j circled, nre placed in another wheel. The wheels arc then revolved, nnd a number is ( drawn from the wheel of Numbers, and at the > same time a Prize is drawn from the other wheel. The number and Prize drawn out are opened and s exhibited to the audience, and registered by tbc i j Commissioner, the Prize being placed against the } j number drawn. This operation is repeated until . all the Prizes are drawn out. ! ! In ordering Tickets, enclose the money to our ; address for the Tickets ordered, on receipt of [ | | which they will be forwarded by first mail. ] All communications strictly confidential. The f . ( drawn numbers will be forwarded to purchasers i J immediately after the drawing. < jefgr Purchasers will please write their signai tures plain, and give their Post Office, County | and State. i j Remember that every Prize is drawn, and ! payable in full wifhont deduction. I All Prizes' cf $1,000 and under, paid imI mediately after the drawing?other Prizes at the i usual time of thirty days. I j Orders for Tickets should be sent in early. Prize Tickets cashed or renewed in other Tick- ] cts at either office. , \ Orders for Tickets can be addressed to ] S. SWAN & CO., Atlanta, Ga. .j or S. SWAN, Montgomery Ala. i | Oct 1G 42 5t ] : REMOVAL. j . ! North of " Walker's Hotel." IJ I i EpFl THE undersigned respectfully i ?LJ A m informs his friends and the pub- t lie generally, that he bos removed t his Shop to the room nearly op- ( posite the old stand, recently occupied by TllOM- i ASSON & JENKINS as a Drug-Store, and has on c , band a i Large and Fine Stock of Leather, j j and other material; and is now prepared with J competent workmen to fill all orders for work in ( his line at the shortest notice, ou reasonable t ! terms and in a workmanlike manner. He lias also on band, a fine assortment of Northern-Made Shoes, Gaiters, &c., ! which lie will warrant to be equal to any brought to this market. D. DERRER. , May 8 10 tf ( LAW BLANKS! ' < WE have on hand, and are prepared to supply at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office, | t ? ? * -P r ? n'vnTtni T?T I WO _ 1 , 1 j an Kinas or Li.vn lraio uL?.ix>i\i3 iu geuerui uv- < j ; mand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed, j ; We offer them at 75 cents quire. Single half j j j Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considcra- j hie outlay toVenablc us to furnish a good article, j we will sell for CASH mul CASH ONLY. ^ Our present stock consists of the following va- , 1 rieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. j Pro.; Copy Writ in Case: Copy Writ in Debt; De- j _ duration on Account; Declaration on Promissory j Xote; Declaration on Bowl or Sealed Note ; Subpoena Writs; Subpwna Tickets, ?j c. JBgf Orders from a distance promptly attended . j to, if accompanied by the CASH! t ?? ?? i NOTICE.?Application will be made to the i Legislature of this State at the next session, ? for leave to open a street in. the town of Yorkville, < to lend from Mndison street to Liberty-street, 1 through lands of Geo. W. Williams and George 1 Steele. ^ i Sept 4 80 ^ ' tsl TO THEPUBLIC. :Jpt " WAR W KANSAS!" is over; and now while the PRESIDENT'S ELECTION Is going on, provide yourselves with good and comfortable outfits, wherein to JBEAST THE STORM AND MEET THE CRISIS ! I ESS. L fitiis 1 ISIS |1AKE pleasure in informing their fricndB and JL customers, aud the people of York District at rrgo, that, looking to the future and seeing tha omiug necessity for good, comfortable and stylish clothing?: v Iicy are now receiving and opening the largest STOCK OF ... , "III, .5 WINTER ROOM Jver brought to this place; carefully selected.in lie Philadelphia and New York Markets by one f {lie firm; nnd at such an advantage as to enablo them to sell very CHEAP TOR CASH! The stock consists in part of Silk and Worsted indies' Dress Goods, Ginghams, Calicoes, r heavy tock of DOMESTICS ; LADIES' MANTILLAS ind CLOAKS of Silk Velvet, Silk, and Ctotb, ra ' he latest French Patterns; Straw, Silk,and Silk /"civet French DON NETS, the most fashionable ind beautiful styles ; .. v embroideries, fancy Work-Baskets, Collars, Sleeves, Handker:bicfs, Flouncing; nnd a large and olegant assortnent of other GOODS which aro usually kept in a dry goods store. 1 # . ?* Wc are very thankful to our friends for the gen:roua custom already given us, and all we now ask s?call on us when you are in town, NEXT veek, and we will do yon good in return. L. BLOOMBERG &. BRO. Oct 9 41 freshIrrivaliT"" attentionTgIntlemen i WE are now receiving and opening our NEW SlTPPT.TP.fi nnrotifloml Ktr ilia finntAi* nowl. ? * * ^ r?** ler in the New York market, and respectfully ask ;he attontt&n of gentlomen trlib ftf? 4??r?U& flf aurchasbipg their outfit of '. , PALL AND WINTER ei??I'HXMS. Our Slock consists in part of fine Cloth Dress Goats; Over-Coots, a superior article; Basinoss Coats of OTPry description, vfitb a rich and varied issoi tment of fancy and Black Cassiffloro Bouts ; 3atin, Cassimere, Silk and Cotton,Velvet, plain and figured Silk Vests; and ah elegant variety .of Gentlemen's FUKM5HHI?soees, Gloves, Cravats, Scarfs*- Neck-Ties, Collars, Hosiery, Linon and Net-Wool Shirts; Gmbrollas, Carpet-Bags and Trunks; and .to ~ fine, a complete stock of goods in the Clothing lino, of elegant ?. patterns, the latest ami most fasionable styles,. and at&a LOW PRICES is can be had in our market. We are under obligations to our friends fpr their past favors, and wo promise to"endeavor' in tho future, both in the quality and prices of our goods, to give them entire satisfaction. Give us a call ind examine our stock before purchasing. SIMRIL & WILLIAMS. Oct 2 40 8m' THOSE who arc indebted to the old firm of F. U. SIMRIL & CO., must make settlement; as we are compelled to close of the books of the concern. F. IL SIMRIL & CO. Oct 2 40 . .. 8m in??in im A NEW SUPPLY. THE Subscribers respectfully call the attention of the citizens of York, and the adjacent muntics of North Carolina, to their sow stock of Fresh and Gcnninc MEDICINES, unbracing nearly every article usually- kept-in DRUG STORES. Oar stock is very large and Varied, offering excellent opportunities to the Pbyscinn, Planter and Merchant, who will do well to ;all and examine for themselves. All our preparations are in accordance with the described rules of the U. S. Pharmacopia. It shall be our particular care to faithfully represent ' ;he quality of every article sold by us. Our purchases arc made under circumstances mabling us to sell upon terms and at prices the nost accommodating. Our stock oonsists of Drug*, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye- Woods and Dye-Stuffs, Oils, Paints, and Painter's Articles', Varnithss, Window-Class and Putty; Olasstcare; English, Anerican and French Perfumery; Toilet and Shauing Soaps; Tooth, Flesh and Ilair Brushes; Surgical and Dental Instruments; . Crosses, Supporters and Bandages; Spices, Snuffs, Fine Chewing Tobacco; Cigars of finest flavor; Superior Inks; Pure Wines, Fancy Articles, &o. BgU Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Goods sarcfully packed and forwarded as directed. Prompt attention given to all orders. L. P. BARNETT & CO." April 10 15 "Itf?, RAIL ROAD HOTEL, By JOHN R. NICHOLSON.. THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public generally that liia HOUSE, known as the Railroad Hotel, opposite the Chester Depot, is still open for the reception of regular and transient boarders and the travelling.public; and that he is making every exertion to deserve and secure a continuance of the kind and liberal patronage which has been hitherto extended to him. He flatters himself that every needed arrangement has been made to promote the comfort of all who stop with him. His rooms are .airy and well-furnished, his servants are attentive ind obedient, and his table constantly supplied svith the best of the season, so that his friends cvill not want any attention necesary to make :heir sojourn pleasant and agreeable. His stables ire furnished with good hostlers and an abunlance of provender, and ho is prepared at a monents notice to supply his customers with private :onvcyonce8 of every sort, to any part of the sur ounding country. ' ? Bgk, Boarders furnishing their own lodging will je boarded at $10 per month. Ho desires to return his acknowledgements to lvn rniKll/* fnv nftet. fnvAre nnrl fnr* fKo fn ;urc an equally liberal share of patronage. JOHN R. NICHOLSON. < march 20 12 tf REPORT OX SPERMATORRHOEA. JUST PUBLISHED bp tbc HOWARD AS600IATION, Philadelphia, a report on Spennatjrrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Impotence, the Vice if Onanism, Masturbation, or Self-Abase, end >ther Diseases of the Sexual Organs, with an acjount of the errors and deceptions of Quacks, md valuable advice to the Afflicted, by GEO. "R. 3ALHOUN, M. D., CONSULTING SURGEON of he ASSOCIATION, a benevolent Institution, esablished with special endowment, for the relief if the sick and distressed, afflicted with "Virucnt and Epidemic Diseases." A copy of this Re>ort will be sent by mail (in a scaled envelope,) 'REE OP CHARGE, on the receiptor two stamps or postage. Address, Dr. GEO. R." CALHOUN, \To. 2. South-Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Oct 2 40 t5 AMBROTYPESf Iaui nun ^i^paicu w va&u aiuunvi ircio ur D AGl'EREOT YPES; suiting the taste of all, iccording as they wish to see themselves upon glass or upon silver plates. With every convenence, a full set of apparatus, moderate prices add i determination to please,: 1 flatter myself to be ible to satisfy the most fastidious.. I may be found at my office, one door WeaVof (he Prssbytarion Church every Saturuay,l^idhat'other times not devoted to my school. J. R. SCHORB. Sept 4 86 3m ^ ^