Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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~n- -? 'V' ' Skkt iffdrg. t*,.' .-* ' LIFE'S CHANGES. ... .As a forest leaf in Bnmmer Down the streamlet gently glides Onward o'er the rolling river < To the distant Ocean's tide. As the stormy blast of winter, Wildly wailing o'er the hill, Soon is lost in gentle slumber, And its mighty breath grows still. As the mid-day sun in splendor Fills the earth with glorious light, Soon its brightest beams surrender To the gathering shades of night. As the tempest, madly moaning, Drives the waves upon the shore, And the billows, wildly foaming, Soon are hushed and all is o'er? So our days are swiftly flying Through the scenes of toil and strife, n?wn tim atraam nf Time, undvinar. * To the bourne, "Eternal Life." f3 S^. - As the parting year we follow, To the musio of the blast, Through the deep'ning snows of winter > To the graveyard of the Past? fwy* 'So these years in quick succession Bear us swiftly to the grave; Still we talk in cold derision Of a dying soul to save. Soon the locks with white are sprinkled, - _ v As Life's stormy wave we breast; Soon the brow with age is wrinkled, Soon the spirit sighs for rest. The same sun which smiles in Ileaven Shone on Athens in its bloom, Saw proud Greece the home of Freedom? Now, alas! 'tis Freedom's tomb. It has seen our first existence, < Seen where'er our footsteps led, And will see our lifeless bodies Numbered with the slumbering dead. '.-s | Perhaps away from scenes of childhood, Where some streamlet in its way Gently glides along the wild wood, Where the evening zephyrs play. Perhaps where desert winds are blowing, Ana me simoon oiasi is ueuru, Where some shrill, hard note is telling, < Of a carrion-feeding bird. j Perhaps where restless waves of ocean In their course roll madly on, i Where the billows in commotion j Chant the death dirge loud and long. But the world is cold and dreary, i And where'er our lot is cast, , There's a home for all the weary, ' An eternal home at last. ! i When the earth and isles shall languish, , And the heavens arc rolled away; . " *v When the sons of men in anguish ' Tremble at the Judgment dav. - ? ' j ; HcaMitg. |: A "BLOWER." j1 There is no denying that there is a class ^ of individuals who seem to think that there nothing in life so desirable as being inti- j j mately acquainted with prominent public J characters. We have read of many such, but ; Maj. Lackey, as described in the following, j is most decidedly just "a huckleberry above the persimmon'*' of many of them. !, Whenever the Major has a stranger in the neighborhood, he opeus wide and "spreads i tiimself," aud with a success that leaves us > ( nothing to desire. The following scene took i place between the Major and Colonel Peters, ; "late arrival" from Vermont. ' ( "Major, I understand from Gen. Coombs j y that shoitly after the revolution you visited ( England. How did you like the jaunt 1" "Capitally! I hadn't been in London five hoars before Rex sent for me to play whist, y and a deuced of a time wo had of it." ; -"Rex!?What Rex?" ( "Why, Rex the King?George the Third. | The game came off at Windsor Castle, Rex ^ and I playing against Billy Pit and Ned Burk^and resulted rather comically." : * "How so ?" ?<As we were playing the last game, Rex > j said in rather a familiar mftuner, "Major, I s suppose you are acquainted with Charles y Washington, are you not ?" "No, sir-ee," said I, "I am'not?but I tell 1 ( you who am acquainted with?George Wash- , a ington, the Father of his Country." ; s "Father of Rebels!" says he. "He was a cursed rebel, and had I served hirn right, t would have hung him long ago." "This, of course, riled me to that degree t that I just drew back and gave him a blow between the eyes, that felled him like a bul- t lock. The next moment Burk and Pitt I? mounted me, and in less than ten minutes ! my shirt and breeches were so torn and tat- ' tered that I looked like Lazarus. This gave \, . ? ! C me rather a distaste for English society, so the next morning 1 set sail for America. Six | ? weeks after, I landed at Washington. The i c first person I met after entering the citv was j t Q.'' Q!?what Q?" ! "'Why, that old Federalist, Quincy Adams. \ c TTo ...? _:.u u: T no naiuvu iv U1UU-JJ1U3 wtill 1I11U. A ^ did so, and won 8200 at two shillings a game, j a and then had a ruw." "About what V ' | c "He wanted to pay me off in Continental j money, worth a shilling a peck. I got angry, ! a and knocked bim into a spittoon While I j ^ still had him down, Jim came in and drag- . god me off to the White House." "What Jim?" ! "Why, Jim Madison. I went and played euchre for two hours, when Tom came in, j and insisted that I should go home with him." " What Tom ?" "Why, Tom Jefferson. Jim, however, ! woald not listen to it, and the consequence was that they went in to fight. In the midst of it, they fell over the banister, and dropped about fifty feet. When I left they were giv- I ing each othor "fits" in the coal cellar.? i j How it terminated I never could learn, as ! just then Martha ran in and said I must accompany her to Mount Vernon to see George." r "What Martha ?" ] "Martha Washington, wife to George t Washington, the old boy that gave Jessey to j the Bloody Hessians." r About here, Coombs said the stranger be- i gan to discover that he was swallowing things. { The nest stage that came along he took pas- t sage for an adjacent town. The Major, we ' t believe, is still living, and still insists that ( the wolloping he gave George Rex is "the ] greatest and best thing on record." | j ^ f THE HORSEAmong the great mass of "fol-de-rol" de- j 1 livered in the shape of lectures, it is refesh- y ing to come accross such a gem as the fol- * lowing: < Ike Partington is well advanced in his t class. He is in something beyond the teach- t er\s art, and could, in fact, give that func- t tionary some lessons in arts wherein he is 1 perfect. Ike dislikes "composition," where : { a theme is given out to be written upon by 1 ( scholars, and his credits are not very great for his efforts in that direction generally j but the other day he astonished the master and every one in the school by an elaborate article on the horse. lie was called upon to read it aloud to the scholars, and on getting upon the platform, he made a bow and began : " The Horsr.?The horse is a quadruped with four legs, two behind and two before. He has a tail that grows to the hind part of his body, that nature has furnished him with to drive the flies away. His head is situated on the other end opposite his tail, and is used principally to fasten a bridle to him by, and to put into a basket to eat oats with. Horses are very useful animals, and people couldn't get along very well without them, especially truckmen and omnibus drivers, who don't seem to be half grateful enough because they've got e'ra. They are very convenient animals in the country, in vacation time, and go very fast over the country roads, when the boys sticks pins in them, a species of cruelty that I would not encourage. Horses are generally covered with red hair, though some are white, and others are grey and black. Nobody ever saw a blue horse, which is considered very strange by eminent naturalists. The horse is a quiet and intelligent animal, and can sleep standing up, which is a very convenient gift, especially where there is a crowd, and it is difficult to get a chance to lay. There is a great variety of horses?fast horses and slow horses, clothes horses, horse mackerel, saw horses, horse flies, horse chesnut, chesnut horse and horse radish. The clothes horse is a very quiet animal to have around a house, and is never known to kick, though very apt to make a row when it gets capsized. The same may be said of the saw-horse, which will stand without tying. The horse-fly is a vicious beast, and very anuoying in the summer when a fellow is in swimming. Horse mackerel I don't know any thing about, only that they swim in the water, and are a species of fish. Ilorse-chcsnuts are prime to pelt Mickies with; and horse-radish is a mighty smart horse, but bad to have standing iround where there are children. The horse is found iu all countries, principally in livery stables, where they may be hired by the mile, ind are considered by them as can get money i great luxury especially in the sleighing season. In South Alnerica they grow wild, ind the Indians catch them with nooses that :hey throw over the horses' heads which must be thought by the horses a great noosence. PAYING A SUBSCRIPTION. A correspondent of the Lagrange Whig rives the following amusing account of the vay a farmer was taught how cheaply he :ould take the papers. The lesson is worth wondering by a good many men wc "wot of' "You have hens at home, of course. Well, [ will send you my paper one year for the j iroeeeds of a single hen for one season? lierely the proceeds. It seems trifling, prelosterous, to imagine the products of a single hen will pay the subscription; perhaps t won't but I make the offer." "Done!" exclaimed farmer B ; "I igree to it," and appealed to me as a witless in the affair. The farmer went awav. annarentlv much dated with his courtliest, and the editor went )u his way rejoicing. Time rolled around, and the world revolv:d on its axis, and the sun moved in its orjit just as it formerly did, the farmer reviving his paper regularly, and regaled liiinlelf with the information from it. He not >nly knew the affairs of his own county, but )ecame convcrsent upon the leading topics >f the day, and the political and financial :onvulsions of the times. His children deightcd, too, in perusing the contents of their veekly visitor. In short, he said, "he was urprised at the progress of himself and fanily in general information. Some time in the month of September, I lappened up again in the office, when who hould enter but our old friend farmer } "llow do you do, Mr. ?'*'said the cdior, extending his hand, and his counten- j rnoe lit up with a bland smile: "take a chair, ir, and be seated ; fine-weatlmr we have ?" : "Yes, sir, quite fine indeed,'* answered j he farmer, shaking the proffered "paw*' of j he editor, and then a short silence ensued, j luriug which our friend B hitched his j hair backward and forward, twirled his ! huuibs abstractedly, and spit profusely.? j Starting up quickly, he said, addressing the j iditor: "Mr. 1) , I have brought you the pro- j iceds of that hen." It was amusing to see the peculiar expres j ion of the editor as he followed the farmer ! lown to the wagon. I could hardly keep S ny risibles down. When at the wasron, the farmer common-! ed handing over to the editor the products ! if the hen, which, on being counted, amountd to eighteen pullets worth a shilling each, | i number of dozen of eggs, making in the ggregate, at the least calculation, ?2,50, me dollar more than the price of the paper. "No need," said he, "of men not taking , family newspaper, and paying for it two. I ! lon't miss this from my roost, yet I have ! >aid for a year's subscription, and a dollar j ver. All folly, sir: there is no man but i an take a paper; its charity. y?>u know, coninences at home."' "But," resumed the editor, "I will pay or what is over the subscription. I did not utend this as a means of profit, but rather o convince you. 1 will pay for?" "Not a bit of it, sir; a bargain is a bar- j ptin,and Tarn already repaid, sir, doubly >aid, sir. And, whenever a neighbor makes he complaint I did, I will relate to him the ten story, flood day, gentlemen." Humored Duel.?A New York corros >ondcnt of the Albany Argus says that Col. Veroont has challenged Toombs, of Georgia, o a duel?E.rckange. Another rumor confirms the above. It is ! umored that the arrangements for the meetng are complete, and that the battle ground las been selected. Henry Ward Beechcr, he Brooklyn warrior and philanthropist, is o be Fremont's second, and Brooks of South Carolina, is to be second for Toombs. Prs. , [I. Greely and T. Weed will be in attendtnce on Fremont?they having bled him so requcntly they understand his constitution. The weapons will be Sharpe's rifles, loaded jy Beecher with Kansas gas. The distance irill be four miles (by request of Fremont,) ind the time midnight, (by request of Beech>r.) The combatants to wheel and fire like 'ury. Toombs thinks this is the surest way o kill Fremont, (scare him to death,) and ;herefore consents to time and distance.? Rrooks desired canes for weapons. The ;round selected is Kamschatka, (by advice )f Burlingame.) A boat will be chartered bj Congress to take as many of Fremont's ! friends as desire to be "in at the death," j with the understanding that they are to re- : i main there to keep slavery from spreading its j blight over that fertile country. After the ! fight, a Kamscbatka dog will give a howl for : freedom. A FASHIONABLE SERMON. The Knickerbocker Magazine furnishes the following burlesque on the dandified l preaching of the day. If is a skeleton of a fashionable sermon; Text.?" And he killed the fatted Calf." Introduction.?Not necessary to say much j about the Prodigal Son, for nearly every 1 | wealthy family has a specimen of its own, j 1 and needs no enlightment on the subject, j I Divide the subject into five heads: i 1st.?Speak of the calf, and inform your ; hearers how a calf should be fattened. Give him all the milk of two cows, except a tin cup full now and then for the babj'. Here you can make some learned remarks about i the milky way, the belt of Jupiter, and i i Lord Ross's telescope. 2d.?lie killed the fatted calf, but not only the Scriptures, but Josephus and the j Fathers are profoundly silent on the question j how he killed it. As this was more than a thousand years before the invention of gunpowder firearms, the presumption is that the old man didn't shoot the critter, but pitched into him with a club?for clubs arc very an- j cient institutions. ;id?Explain why the old gentleman, in- j ! stead of a calf\ didn't kill a shotc?make a ; S one-horse barbecue and have a real time of it4th.?Inform your hearers what the word calf means, when used in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Choctaw or Lockjaw. 5th.?Dwell pathetically upon the melancholly degeneracy of the present age, evinced by the fact that fathers, now-a-days, ini stead of treating a runaway son to a fatted i calf," are pretty apt to treat him to a " hasi ty plate of soup," made from the hide of the calfs maternal projenitor. Conclusion.?Throw in a little geology; talk learnedly about "grapewake" and "transition conglomerateWind up the discourse with a most eloquent, affecting appeal to the consciences of your hearers on, the Durham breed of cattle. GREEK AND HEBREW. Mr. Cartwright was once waited upon by a I clergyman of another church, who lectured ; him for hisaliedged ignorance of Gneek and i i Hebrew. | "And pray, sir, who iuformed you " said i Mr. Cartwright, "that I was unacquainted with the Greek aud Hebrew languages?" ! " Well, I do not remember that I have ' been told so by any one, but presumed it was so." I "Ah, well, sir, you should not take things on presumption, without havinggood grounds I 1 therefor, especially so grave a charge as that which you have uttered against me. You, I I suppose, understand these languages ?" "Yes, I profess to know something of them. f*,.. T T 1 A : I TV V/H) iui uu^iit l nuuif) A. iia > u ur? ^wi'u 1 : a right to doubt your knowledge of (Ireek ' : and Hebrew as you have to call in question j my acquaintance with them Allow me, sir, j to examine you concerning your knowledge i i of Greek." Thcu taking up from the table by which j he was seated a book about the size of a Tes- 1 tament, opening it and appearing to read therefrom, he uttered a lew words in Dutch, of which he had a littlesiuattcring, and con. tinucd: "Will you be good enough to translate into English that verse from the Greek of theGos- ; pel of St. John V' "Indeed, sir," replied the c!ergyman, a ; ! little embarrassed by the unexpected turn i to the conversation, "my time has been so j much occupied for many years with profes- j sional duties, that I have had no time to look ! into the Greek Testament, and have prob- j ably got a little rusty in the language." "Very probable. Well, I suppose we must i excuse you, as J know something of the la' borious nature of the pastoral office. l>ut, ' doubtless, you have been more careful in preserving your knowledge of the Hebrew;" and taking up and opening another book about as large as a Bible, he continued :? "And, if you please, sir, I will thank you to i tanslate a passage from the Hebrew Pentateuch," uttering another sentence in Dutch, j The reverend gentleman by this time got quite confused, and seeming to think he had "got into the wrong box, he abruptly arose and retired. AMUSING PROPHECY. During a recent trip to New Hampshire, a grave citizen nf that territory relieved the tedium of some twenty miles over the Eastern Railroad by the recital of a prophecy made many years ago by Lorenzo Dow, regarding Franklin Tierce, when Keprcsentative in Congress. We cannot look to the chronology, but hope for the credit of our fVwif r.APfln7f. Tlnro /IIn er?mn rlni_ uauu kliuu JJVi^UfcU JLS\J ?T UiUU V Uit CUUIk. ViV?|- I cn years before the time on which his story was based. Our frieud's twenty-mile story we condense as follows : When Mr. Pierce was Representative in Congress from New Hampshire he was called j upon in Washington by the celebrated long- , bearded preachor, Lorenzo How, who claimed to powers of prophecy, and went about the j country with a staff in hand, and girdled like John the Baptist. He was a remarkable tnan any how, nnd wou many proselytes by his wonderful and mysterious power ? j lie swayed men, as trees are swayed by the ! wind, and his out-door sermons brought many ' a hardened sinner to repentance. Mr. Pierce was in his rootu at his inn engaged in writing, when the waiter rapped upon the door and informed him that a rough-and-tumble j old man down stairs wanted to see him. 'Tell him I am engaged,' said Mr. Pierce. | I've done so already, sir,' said the mau, ! 'but he won't budge. Indeed, he's the queer- j : est old chao I've ever seen, ver honor.' 'Go down and find out Lis name, Jim,' j ! said Mr. Pierce, 'and if the old fellow wants 1 : to see me very much tell him to come again ' 1 ?I'm very busy now.' The man went down, and Mr. Pierce re! suined his writing. 'Devil a bit he'll go, yer honor,' said the < waiter, again looking in, grinning prodigious- i lyj 'he says his name is Dow, and must see you, because lie's got a message for you.' "Well, Jim,' said Mr. Pierce, with the good humor that always characterized him, i 'show him up.' In a few moments the gaunt and sunburnt' "Wandering Jew,' as he was called, stood I ; in the chamber, where he was cordially re ceived by its occupant, who invited him to be seated until he should finish his writing. 1 Thestrangc man complied, add when the writing was completed, Mr. Pierce informed him that official duties called him to the Capitol, and invited him to walk thither with him.? They left the-room together, and when about leaving the house, Mr. Dow remembered that he had left his staff behind, and cooly ordered Mr. Pierce togo back andbriDg it, which he good-humoredly did, and the two proceeded-down Pennsylvania Avenue together, attracting much attention by the contrast?the one dressed in the elegance of fashion, the other iu a garb not like anything else in this world, nor, it is hoped,"in that which is to come. Mr. Pierce, with the politeless of the true gentleman, made no sign by which it could beiuferred that he felt ashamed of his companion, and walked on with him to the steps of the Capitol. Here the prophet stopped. He had, up to this moment, said nothing of the mission of which he had informed the servant, but now he said: 'Friend Franklin, Ihave something to tell you that effects your coming life. You are now a Representative in Congress. You will oe sent dock to uonirress. out nut iu tmo o / House. After this you will be sent back here again, but not as Congressman, and then you will be sent here no more. But a higher mission awaits you?you will become a minister of the Gospel of Christ! Saying this, he turned away suddenly, without a further word of explanation, and the President-to-be, walked up the steps and entered upon bis duties, laughing at the prophecy so strangely made, which he ragarded as the mere figment of a diseased brain.? The sequel proved two-thirds of the prophecy true, and whether the balance will be verified remains to be seen. The story was told by one who firmly believed it was true, and wc listened with the attention which it deserved, with the reflection that more unlikely things have come to pass.?Boston Gazette. i QUITE LOGICAL. An old Connecticut farmer went to his parson with the following serious inquiry : 'Dr. T., do you believe in the new story they tell about the earth moving around the sun ? And do you think that it is according to the Scripture. If it be true, how could Joshua command the sun to stand still?" "Ilumph!" quoth the doctor, scratching his cauliflower wig, "Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, did he!" "Yes," quoth the farmer. "Well, it stood still, didn't it ?" "Yes." "Very well; did you ever hear that be set it agoing again ?" 1 ^ 0 0 .1 The farmer smoothed down the nether' part of his phiz and vamosed, leaving the Mfsnn .TnsVinn tn &pfc the sun at'oinc at K""*v" ~a" C3 their first coveniencc. MANAGEMENT OF HORSES. To a man who has fine horses and wants to keep them so, thmjubjoined hints are in- j valuable: Tt is one thing to know how to use a horse, j but it is another thing to know how to tah: j rare of hiui. A stabled horse needs spe- j cial care and attention. His feeding must i be as regular, as the measurement of the j hours. When a change of feed is made, it i must be done with great care, giving a small j allowance at first, until the stomach becomes I ' j used to the change. He must be cleaned everyday; and when we say rhmml, we mean all that can be conveyed by that word. A good curry-comb, brush, and an oiled woolen cloth, are the utensils necessary. First take the curry-comb, and begiu at the top of the neck, back of the cars, working the hand both ways. Proceed in this way, till you have gone over the entire body and legs. Then take both comb and brush, and after every other stroke, draw the brush across the teeth of the comb, ti clean it. An j experienced groom will do this instantane- j ously. This done, take your cloth and lay j the coat, and remove the dust, which ad- i heres to the outside. The face and ears ! must also feel the brush. Few men know how to clean ahorse properly. If the above directions arc followed, daily, your horses will enjoy good health, generally. Stabled horses must be exercised daily. This is absolutely essential to nrpprt If flip fppf. nf rrmr Vinr<jp iirp brittle, and arc liable to break and crack, they must be oiled, once a week. A horse thus treated, will always be ready to go when wautcd and you will not be ashamed either to ride, or drive him. Another thing quite as important, is a clean and well Ventilated stable. We cannot excuse any farmer, or horse owner, who docs not clean his stables twice a day. A stable should be so constructed, as to have a wide passage-way or floor in front, to feed from Above the manger a space should be left, a foot or two iu width, clear, and the passageway should be the avenue for the supply of fresh -air to the nostrils of the horse. A horse enjoys a good bed, and it should never be refused him. At night, take your, fork and make it up light, and you will feel ! amply rewarded for the humane treatment i you have given your beast. Vindication of a new Theory?The Detection of Murder.?A series of experiments have recently been made by Dr. j Pollock, an occulist of Chicago, to test the ! truth of an article published some time since ! by a celebrated physician in England, which alleged that the last scene viewed by a dy- ' ing man would remain impressed upou the i retina as does the impression upon a dagucr-1 reotype plate. In each experiment that !>r. i P. has made, he has found that an exaraina- j tion of the retina of an eye with a microscope | reveals a - wonderful as well as a beautiful : sight, and that in almost every instance there | was a clear, distinct and marked impression. ; The recent examination of the eye of J. II. I Bcardsley, who was murdered in Auburn, ' conducted by Dr. Sanford, corresponds with ; those made elsewhere. The following is the j published account of the examination : "At first we suggested the saturation of the eye in a weak solution of atrophin, which evi-! dently produced an enlarged state of the pu- j pil. On observing this, we touched the end of.the optic nerve with the extract, when I the eye instantly became protuberant. We now applied a powerful lens, and discovered in the pupil the rude, worn away figures of a light coat, besides whom was a rouud stone, standing or suspended in the air, with a small handle struck as it were in the earth. The remainder was debris; evi-, dently lost from the destruction of the optic and its separation from the mother brain.? Had we performed this operation' when tho , eye was entire in the socket, with all its < powerful connection with the brain, there is I : not the least doubt but that we should have j detected the last idea and impression made on the mind and eye of the unfortunate man. The thing would evidently be entire, and ' perhaps we should have had the contour, or | better still, the exact figure of the murderer. ; The last impression before death is always j more terrible ou the brain, from fear, than j any other cause, and figures impressed on I the pupil more distinct, which we attribute | to the largeness of the optic nerve and its free communication with the brain." "Wiiite Folks Blame Fools.?A friend of our.s near Tampa Bay, in Florida, employed a number of New York mechanics to do 1 a piece of work. It was a government con- , I tract, and required particular dispatch. The | ! meu worked a.s Northern mechanics know ' j how to work. Old Jupc?one of their cm; ploycr's slaves?watched them, out of the i corner of his eye, for several days. Something was evidently working on his ! j mind which puzzled him badly. At last he I came up to the foreman of the gang, and j said: "Mass' Charles, what de dcbbil you all j work so for, eh?" "To earn money, Jupc " , j "Money," said Jupe, "money great ting.? 1 You work so up norf, Mass' Charles ?" " Yes, I Jupe." "You make a great deal money?" "Not a great deal, Jupe; spring, summer and fall we do well: but work is slack in wintertime, and if we get around to spring, j and make both ends meet, and keep the wife . and baby in something to eat and drink, and j a house to shelter them, we generally?think ! we have done well." "'Sposeyou siclc,' Muss' Charles, who take j care of you ?" "Then work stops, and we j get very poor, and suffer great privations." | "Dat'll do, Mass' Charles," said Jupc, "I tought white folks sensible people. Taint uuffin of the sort. Work, work, nuffm but work ; get sick nobody tuke caro ob 'cm.? White folks blame fools. Jupc work loo.? Nebber hurt himself workin', though. Jupe get sick, Miss Sallie come down and nurse hiui. Mass' Bob send a boat sebenty miles up de riber to get white doctor for him,? Norfgood 'nough for white folks, but reckon old Jupe stay at home." And old Jnpe weDt off in a state of digniiied disgust at the folly of white folk3 generally at the North and a particular determination to do as little work as possible?a determination which his j master says Jupe was never known to break. |Clje|orltl)iIkint)iiim" H IS ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, at Two Dollars per year, ill Advance. To Cixbs of Tks, the paper will be furnI ished, one year, for Fifteen Dollars?invariably \ I in advance. All subscriptions not specially limited j at the time of subscribing will be considered as made for an indefinite period, and will lie continuJ cd 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. i Advertisements wiii be inserted at One Dollar per square for the first, and Thirty-seven' and-a-balf Cents for each subsequent insertion? j a square to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. Business Cards, of a half-square or less, will bo in- j sorted at $5, per year. For advertising Est rays i Tolled, ?2; Citations, $2; Notices of Application I to the Legislature, to bo paid by the persons I LnrwUtur in tt.o mlvovftscmcuts. Monthly ovOuar- ! tcrly Advertisements will bo charged One Dollar per square, for each insertion. Contracts by the , year will be taken on liberal terms?the contracts however, must in all cascsbe confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. All advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, will be charged for the overplus, at regular rates. Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. ?i i,m> ? THE I,AW OF SJ5WSPAPERS, 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice : to the contrary, are considered a? wi-hing 10 con- j tinnetheir subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of \ their paper?, the publisher can continue to send | them until all arrearages arc paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their ( papers from the office to which they are directed, they arc held responsible till they settle their bill, and order the paper discontinued. 4. if any subscriber removes to another place ( without informing the publisher, ami their paper isscnttothe former direction, they are held re- , sponsible. j j ^r?uv - ?.vm u -jj\ii.mrrjrm*T7sj | ( SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, ' , w?u'd inform'the citizens of York Dist.. 11 V T of the State, and visitors from abroad, that j our constantly increasing business has compelled ! ( our removal from "3 RROA1) STREET," to the ; , magnificent and spacious "Drown Stone Building." i Tim accommodations and arrangements of this ! 1 "NEW DEl'OT," are nn-uirpassed by any similar establishment in the United States; and whilst it will afford facilities for keeping our usual large ' stock of \rreni?TT AvrnrTsJ RAAF? t JI IIOUIj LJUillA UUUU DUUiVk,'J CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, r MA?AMHil?sifes.a , wo nlso propose adding largely to our STOCK OF STATIONERY: ; And those in want of LF.DGEKS, JOURNALS, d CASII BOOKS, LETTER,* NOTE, and CAB PA- * PKR,-&c., &c., will find it to their advantage to visit us. ' ' S. G. COURTENAY & CO., ' BOOKSELLERS ,v STATIONERS. [ Sign of tho Newsboy. Charleston, Noy. 0, 133'?. 45?(>m , _ ' li 1M1E FRIEXDJi Or CAPTAIN A. . STILAVELL, ve-pcrt fully announce him as a Candidate for SHERIFF of York District at the ensuing clectiou. | Oct 24 * 43 " tf I "* * rfc TO THE PUBLIC. JR "WARTTHSNSAS!1' I is over; and now while the PRESIDENT'S ELECTION Is going on, provide yourselves with good and comfortable outfits, wherein to BREAST THE STORM AND MEET THE CRISIS ! ! IDS. 1. IHB( t HI TAKE pleasure in informing their friends and customers, and the people of York District at large, that, looking to the future and seeing the coming necessity for good, comfortable and stylish CLOTHING, they arc now receiving and opening the largest [ STOCK OF FALL & WINTER MS Ever brought to this place; carefully selected in the Philadelphia and New York Markets by one of the firm; and at such an advantage ns to enable them to sell very CHEAP TOR CASK! - The stock consists in part of Silk and Worsted Ladies' Dress Goods, Ginghams, Calicoes, a heavy stock of DOMESTICS ; LADIES' MANTILLAS and CLOAKS of Silk Velvet, Silk, and Cloth, in the latest French Patterns; Straw, Silk and Silk Velvet French BONNETS, the most fashionable and beautiful styles; EMBROIDERIES, Fancy Work-Baskets, Collars, Sleeves, Handkerchiefs, Flouncing; and a large and elegant assortment of other GOODS which are usually kept in A DRY GOODS STORE, We arc very thankful to our friends for the generous custom already given us, and all we now ask is?call on us when you arc in town, NEXT week, and wc will do you good in return. L. BLOOMBERG & BRO. Oct 9 41 tf ~SWANN & CITSLOTTERIES. Capital Prize $60,000!!! SOUTHERN MILITARY ACADEMY LOTTERY! Class N, to be drawn in the City of Mobile, Alabama, in public, on FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, ]857, on the plan of SINGLE NUMBERS! John Hurtcl and W. W. MoGuire, Esqs., Commissioners. 30.000 Tickets?3,205 Prizes! More than one Prize to every Ten Tickets. Brilliant Scheme! 1 Prize of $00,000 2 Prizes of $2,000 , 1 " 25,000 2 " 44 1,000 1 44 10,000 10 Prizes of 250 1 44 5,000 100 44 150 1 44 5,000 100 44 100 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 1 pzs. of$250 apxg. to $60,000 pz. avc $1000 4 44 200 25,000 < 14 S00 4 " 173 " 10,000 " " 700 8 44 125 44 5,000 44 44 1000 : - - i .-.r\ .. A AAA it it C,"?n " jiJU ' ? ? o</o j 40 ? 60 ? 230 " " 2,600 3000 li CO " arc 180,000 3,20") prizes amounting to $326,000 Whole Tirlctt, $18?Ilalvet; $8?QunrUrr, St; Eighths $2. The first 219 Prizes are decided in the usual manner. 3POO Prizes of $60 will be determined by the last figure of the Number that draws the $60,000 Prize. For example, if the Number drawing the $10 000 Prize ends with No. I. then all the Tickets where the number ends in 1 will be entitled to SfO. If the Number ends with No. 2, then all the Tickets where the Number ends in 2 will be entitled to $00, and so on to 0. , Certificate of Packages will be eold at the fol- , lowing rates which is the risk: Certificate of Package of 10 Whole Tickets,. $100 " 10 Half " .... 50 ' " 10 Quarter " .... 25 * " 10 Eighths " 12.) Orders for Tickets, or Certificates of Packages of Tickets, either to S. SWAN & CO., Atlanta Ga. or S. SWAN, .1lontgomm/, Ala. or S. SWAN, Box 200 Mobile, Ala. ] Jan 1 1 td | llllilffi AID Hit! A NEW SUPPLY. HpIIE Subscribers respectfully call the attention ^ JL of the citizens of York, and the adjacent j counties of North Carolina, to their new stock of ( Fresh and Genuine ? MEDICINES, ; embracing nearly every article usually kept in DRUG STORES. Our stock is very large and va- j ried. offering excellent opportunities to the Physician, Planter and Merchant, who will do well to ^ ;all nnd examine for themselves. ... . . , ,,, _ 1 Alt our preparations arc in accoruance van iijc prescribed rules of the U. S. PliarmacopU. It diall be our particular care to faithfully represent [lie quality of every article sold by us. Our purchases arc made under circumstances enabling us to sell upon terms and at prices the nost accommodating. Our stock consists of Drugs, Vedicincs, Chemicals, Dye- Worn!* ami Due-Stuffs, Oils, Paints, ami Painter s Articles; Varnishes, Winilaic-Class ami Patty; Glassware; English, Avcrican and French Per turnery; Toilet and Shauing Soaps; Tooth, Flesh and lfair Brushes; Surgical and Dental Instruments; Trusses. Supporters and Bandages; Spices, Snuffs, Tine Chewing Tobacco ; Cigars of finest tiavor: Superior Inks ; I'ure Wines, Fancy Articles, kc. Efgt, Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Goods jarefully packed and forwarded as directed. J6t2f Prompt attention given to all orders. "lga L. P. BARXETT & CO. April 10 1-3 tf LAW BLANKS ! 1?TE have on hand, and arc prepared to supply TT at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office, ill kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general denand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed. iVc offer them at 75 cents "p quire. Single half Jnire 30 cents. As v:c have incurred coiisidera- ' do outlav tOj.enr.ble us to furnish a good article, ire will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. Our present slock consists of the following varieties, viz: Sum Pro: Ft. Fa.; Ft. Fa. on Sum. Pr?.: Copy I Veil In Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Deturation t.,> Account: Declaration on Promissory Vole : />< .duration on Bond or Sealed Xote ; Sub ona Writ*: Subpoena Ticket*, JSJS"* Orders from a distance promptly attended o, if accompanied by the CASH! rtlill XOTIC'E.?All persons indebted ! to tho estate of ROBERT E. MILLER, de.vised, arc earnestly requested to make iniraedi- j itc pavnient. The demands against tho estate re pressing. I HAVE HAD TO PAY SOME . lOST and dont wish to pay any more, nor do I i rish to put others to tho unnecessary expense of ! T ?a3'ing cost. JNO. L. MILLER, Adm'v. |r June 20 20 tf ! ^ I^IJE FltlEXDS OFD.4MEL WIL- f . LI A.MS, Esq., respectfully announce him as I i Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, ati Ln oncni niv olofttSnn { . ' Not"5o ? -17 ij |1 I <OX'S PATE XT R LFIXE D ~SPAR K- i " Lj LING GELATINE, with which nu unrivalled i !hrystalinc Jelly cnn be made in a few minutes. ' For Sale by L. 1\ BARNETT & CO. . * &VrE 4HE AUTHORIZED TO AX- 0 ? V NOUNCE V. E. McELHANEV, as a Cnn- | 0 iidatefor SHERIFF of York District, at the cn- ; 0 uiug election. Oct 10 42 tf J * J |SGOOba.S AXnTjOXES' CIJOLA- ; tl L" GOGUE.?A speedy and positive cure for ti Iguc and Fever. It has never been known to 0 nil. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. j 1< |jl HE SEXXA FIGS.- A pleasant and , p I. effectual remedy for costiveness and nervous f( icadoche. For Sale'by -J L. P. BARNETT & CO. July 17 2U tf |77Utn LALE A X WASHED ( lUUii WOOL wanted, by I ADAMS, MeCfYRKLE ft Co, TO SOUTHERN MERCHANTS. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. The whole country is flooded with Counterfeit, and Imitation Schnapps., The public should "be careful to purchase only the genuine article,.man- > ufactured and Imported by Udolpho Wolfe, Which has the name of the manufacturer on the Bottle, Cork and Label. , . For-sale by all the respectable Grocers add" Druggists. r Read the opinions of the New York Press. UDOLPHO WOLFE, ? 22 Beaver Street, New York. , From the New York Mercury, t*".V " FRAITUJI.EST IMITATIONS OF SOFEBJOB COMMODITIES Among the many dishonesties of trade which the moral sense of the commnnity is called qpon to suppress, we would particularly notice a rooSt pernicious and infamous practice adopted by .an-, scrupulous dealers of imitating and counterfeiting the exterior appearance and precautionary' labels of popular drugs, med camenfa, and other AHiclea of personal consumption, and thus, by seizing up-"' on the well acquired reputation of an enterprising . trader, palming off most destructive and-wortblesa compounds, to the sore detriment.not onlv of.the consumer, but to the character "f the man .who has expended thousands of dollars in bringing the genuino article into esteem and demand^ These^ petty larceny thieves are the best of all honorable dealers and traders, and the trade is as innoh highway robbery as the violent appropriation of their neighbor's purse ;'in fact, they are befteath the burglar and highwayman in dignity?for these latter felons exhibit a bravery or recklessness of character in nowise distinguishing the mercantile assassin who stabs in the dark. And ought they,' not be rewarded with a punishfiient commensuratewith the cowardice of their crime? We werp led > to these remarks by accidentally observing ti'epn-^ rious counterfeit of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam^.-; Schnapps. The labels were imitated perfectly1, with'the slight addition of a few letters to plead technicai avoidance of the law against counterfeiting; the bottles were very similar, and every thing carefully prepared^ impose upon a careless purchaser* Now is not the man who perpetrated this fraud, n felon, a robber ? Assuredly, he is *, for, as Mr. Wolfe lias expended large sums tb bring bis genuine imported schnapps into popular de^ maud, that demand may be justly considered a a part of bis capital in trade, and a fellow stealing a part of his reputation is as much of! a thief aa if he hod stolen a barrel of his schnapps in balk.? And to this crime he adds a farther one of defrauding the community by giving them a ruinous article for the money they intended to expend for-* commodity in which they had confidence. . And, further, every man who participates indirectly _in the fraud, by selling spurious artick-3 is 'as much' of an offender as tho principal who planned* .the imposition. The remedy of Mr. Wolfe should lie. in his holding all concerned up to tbe 'cont'-uipt of the community thus swindled.Jby their operations, and unconsciously imposed upon by their.noxieusf enmnosition. Wtftrust that Mr. Wolf* Wttt r ? .?-- ?- ? ytain names, not only of the concoctors" of these, counterfeits, bat of every man offering them for" sale, aud then publish them to thcworld; for,Me own reputation and theliealth of the community demand that all parties should be nailed to the pillory of popular execration. " From the New York Dispatch. An Isfamous Business.?When an enterprising man strikes out a new business, to the establish* mcnt of which he gives his Industry, time, ttdenta and pecuniary means, can anything "be mora con*- '? tcmptible than to have another steal in, and, uuder specious pretexts, hold ont to the public an infer!-, or article, and endi at or to obtain their patronage? Pray, what difference is there, so far as the honesty of the tiling is concerned, between purloining the bnriness by which a citirent hojpep totnakfT his bread and stealing tho bread itself? A com"-* men thief, if lie takes without leato, however.han-. gry, n loaf of bread from a baker^ashop, apprer. ? liended and condemned to thepenitentiarefor d&rtingin a surreptitious manner to apeasAis appetite; but put a respectable looking coat on his back and a few dollars in his pocket, and he may, with impunity, nay, even with tho apphitae of his fellows, by knavery, forgery or other jhfnmoua means, take the business of an honest'mas from him, and gounscathcd of justice. All this is wrong. Some years since a gentleman of this cUy (UdoIplio Wolfe) introduced t<rthe United States a medi cated article of gin, which was highly^appro^ed by professional gentlemen as a superior tonic and deobstruent, and the knowledge of wbifttt he, by advertisement and otherwise, disseminated throughout the country. So soon pa tricksters, who pass in the business community as honest men, saw that Mr, Wolfe was likely to hare handsome returns for the time and money -which bo had expended, they set. about forging his labels and palming off upon the people detestable and poisonous compounds which th by have tjie hardihood to call ' Schiedam schnapps." In :somc instances they have gone so far as to put'Wolfc'i uarnc to their villainous liquids. As this horde nre growing bold in tberr rascalities, if is time the public in town and country were put- npoifBicir guard Consjimers should be mite that they purchase the genuine article, or else their health may be irreparably injured by using the horrible stuff that unscrupulous men, because they'gin'buy it b cheap, will offer as the genuine article. Pure 3chiedam Schnapps can only be. obtained at tin? stores of respectable merchants and druggists, in town nnd country, and at the establishment' of Udolpho Wolfe, N09. 18, 20 and 22 Be&ve^ Street, n this city, wlicre it is gotten up exclusively. ;We think tt a duty which Mr. Wolfe owes to himself ind the community to publish, by .name, the w?sjals who are thus attempting to defraud .both bim ind those who would be his customers.' , lie should lot permit his'modeety to hold him bach from nuking st> righteous nu expose. "if :;* annxts is Ch.xblbstos.?-lfavilond, Harrall & ' Klinck & Wickenborg. Foil'.n &. Fourgeaud, \. Von Dohlcn,. Henry Gcrdw, B. Bollman, Oplenheim Brothers, Paul X Brown, John F..O*XeHfc V. Biichoff. D. A. Atiime, Q. F. Meldau, Bailey-& Doughis, II. .lessen, C?. S. Farrar & Brothers, iVvrhcim & Ficijen. ^"j Dec. 49 * Sin Singer's Sewing Machine^ THESE celebrated machines are in practical and profitable use in all parts of the cmilzfcd 'V vorld. In all the vurious trades, amljn -sewipg " very sort of fabric, either of clpth or leather, -^, hey Lave been fully tried and approved. .Sejring^ nachines of oilier manufacturers often . fail' to vork, but Singer's Machines always operate perectly, being strong, durable and complete in conrivance and workmaiisnip. A perfect acting nachine kept employed affords! a clear profit of 51,000 a year; bat art imperfect one is a cause of sonstaut vexation and loss. The entire reliability if onr machines is one great reason for their uumralleled popularity. . Machines for family sewing, of a frail and dideate construction, arc recommended by other nanufacturers. Such machines are made to catch he cyo, not to'perform substantial work. The ruth is, family sewing machines ought-to be stronger than any other, because they go into less skilful hand* than when sold to manufacturers, ind nre nsed for ft greater variety of work. The nachines which have proved best for all other pur.ah must V.a V* nf t f/in f.i mili> nafl n Mil tlior rt i>A lusco must uo wsi iui iuiuiiy unct iwu vjivjr nn singer's. The speed of onr machines I ;s lately >een doubled. No other can compare with them n quantity of work. B&, New macliincs of the In tes^mproved style rill .be exchanged on liberal terms for old sewing nacliinet of our own make, or for operative mail; hies of other manufacturer*. Local . agents ranted to sell our machines. . ' v#lF N. B.?All person* desiring foil information aiout sewing machines, cnn obtain it by applying or a copy of "I. M. Stnger & Go's Gazette," a iaper devoted entirely to this subjeot. ' It will bo ent gratis. I. M. SINGER & CO.Priueipal Office, 828 Broadway, New York. BRANCH OFFICES. . 47 Hanover street, Boston ; 32 Westminster-st. 'rovidence; 274 lirond-st. Newark, N. J.; 347 Iroadway, Albany. N. Y ? Gloversville, N. Y.; 18 Chapel-et. New Haven; 11 Buchanan-st. Glas;ow, Scotland; 142 Chestnut-st. Philadelphia; 05 Baltimorc-Btreet, Baltimore; 8 East Fourth t. Cincinnati.; Chicago, Illinois ; fi5 N. Fourth t.,St. Louis: 81 St. Charjes-st. New Orleans; 20 )auphin-st., Mobile. Oct 30 44 v 3m REPORT 0\ SPERMATORRHEA/ JUST PUBLISHED bp the HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Philadelphia, n report on Spermatrrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Impotence, the Vice f Ouanisin, Masturbation, or Self.Abuse, and thcr Diseases of the Sexual Organs, with an ac sunt of the errors anil deceptions of Quacks, nd valuable advice to the Afflicted.byGEO. R. ALHOUN, M. D., CONSULTING SURGEON of ic ASSOCIATION, a benevolent Ipstitution, e?iblishcd with special endowment, for the relief f the sick and distressed, afflicted with "Viru?nt and Epidemic Diseases." A copy of this Rcort will be sent by mail'(in a sealed envelope.) REE OF CHARGE, on the receipt of two stomps ir postage.- Address. Dr. GEO. R. CALHOUN, io. 2. Scuth-Nintb Stroet, Philadelphia, Ta. Oct 2 40 tS 'L1DL1TZ A A I) SODA POWDERS 3 of extra size and quality. For Bale by ' L. P. RARNBTT fr CO.