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JJiitusmg i . THE REASON WHY. ' "Why does Kate look so pale, mother ? Why are her arms so small ? Why does sho never smilo, mother, r Why do her eye lids fall ? ; I : Why does she walk alone, mother, As if she had no friends ? Why does she sing so soft, mother ? Is she so near her end ? y .. Why does she breathe so quick, mother; " And start as if it shocked her, To hear the quiet rap, mother. Of Smith, the village doctor ? Why does he come so oft, mother ? Can he prolong her days, By leaving pills and gifts, mother, And singing love sick lays ? 'Twas but the other night, mother, . When Kate late near my heart, "She urged me to be good, mother, And said we soon must part. She said she was to go, mother, - * Away from home and me, And leave papa and you mother, To dwell near by the sea. Is it on Jordan's stormy banks, mother, Where she is to be carried ?" "Shut up, shut up, yon little brat? Slit's going to be married !" ENGLISH INQUISITIVENESS. The Yankees^have become notorious for their question asking propensity, yet sometimes John Bull exhibits so remarkable a development of this trait, that we must conclude that Johnathan and John are at least cousins. A good anecdote is related of Gilbert Stuart, a celebrated American portrait ; painter, whose replies puzzled the iuquisitiveness of his English travelling companions, in their attempts to find out his calling. On v-onc occasion, Stuart was travelling in a stageuioach, in England with some gentlemen who were strangers to him, but all of whom were sociable and full of animation. His brilliant conversational powers attracted much attention, aud his companions became desirous to , know who and what he was. They asked many round about questions to find out his ; calling or profession. Mr. Stuart answered, with a crave face and serious tone, that he , sometimes dressed gentlemcns' and ladies' hair. "You are a hair-dresser, then?" remarked one of his company, inquiringly. .--"What 1" said he, "do you take me for a - barber 1" "I beg your pardon, sir, but I inferred it from what you said. If I mistook you, may I take the liberty to ask you what you are, then?" "Why, I sometimes brush a gentleman's coat.oi hat, and sometimes adjusts cravat." "0, you are a valet, then, to some noblemaD." i "A valet! Indeed, sir, I am not a servant-; to be sure, I make coats and waistcoats for gentlemen." "Tailor! Do I look like a tailor? lassure you I never handled a goose, other than a roasted one." By this time the passengers were all in a , roar; and one of the party exclaimed, "what are you then ?" "I'll tell you," said Stuart. "Be assured all I have said is literally true. I dress hair, brush hats and coats, adjust a cravat, and make coats, waiscoats and breeches, and likewise boots and shoes, at your nwire" *<0h ! a boot and shoemaker, after all!" "Guess again, gentlemen. I never hanJI-JI 1 U..4. C._ UIUU UUOtUl 9UUU uui 1UI IUJ u?w1 icci aiivi | legs; yet all I have told you is true." ( "We may as well give up guessiog, then" ( remarked oue of the party. , After checking his laughter, he said to them ] very gravely, "Now, gentlemen, I will not ] play the fool with you, but will tell you, up- < on my honor as a gentleman, truly my pro- ] feesion. 1 yet my bread by making faces." . He then swerved hts countenance, and twist- i ed the lineaments of his visage in a manner ] such as Samuel Foote, Charles Matthews, ; and other comic actors might have envied. ] When his companions, after loud peals of i laughter, had composed themselves, each i took credit to himself for having all the while i suspected that the gentleman belonged to the theatre, and now they all knew that he i must be a comedian by profession. But, to i their utter surprise, he assured them that i he never was on the stage, and very rarely i saw the inside of a theatre. His companions ( now looked at him and at each other with , great astonishment. Before parting, Stuart said to his companions, "Gentlemen; you will find that all I have said of my various employments is comprised in these few words : 1 am a portrait painter. If you will call at York Buildings, London, I will be ready and willing to brush you a coat or hat, dress your haira la mode, supply you if in need, with a wig of any fashion or dimensions, accommodate you with boots or shoes, give you ruffles or cravats, and make faces for you." On parting with him at the inn, they begged leave to inquire in what part of England he was born. He replied; "I was born neither in England, Wales, Ireland, or Scotland." Here, then, was another puzzle for them; and "Where, then ?" was their easier enauirv. ? '1 ? J " I was born at Narragansett," was his reply. " Where's that?" "Six miles from Pottowoone, and ten miles from Poppasquash, and about four miles west of Cannonicut, and not far from the spot where the famous battle of the Pequods was fought." " In what part of the East Indies is that sir?" was the response. " East Indies, my dear sir! It is in the State of Rhode Island, between Massachusetts and the Connecticut River." This was all Greek to his companions, and he left them to study a new lesson in geography. A gobd One.?The Wheeling Daily Times relates the following; A gentleman informs us that for some time past his coal pile has been growing "small by degrees and beautifully less." He suspected a neighbor for purloining it, but his feeling of delicacy would not permit him to accuse the party in an open manner. But as he had made no contract " to keep the city in coal" he felt that something must be done to prevent the astonishing falling off in his bin. Accordingly he took a large lump of the article, drilled a hole in it, filled the hole with powder and placed the chunk upon the top of the pile. About six hours after this he heard a great explosion next door, and upon looking in that direction, he saw that his neighbor's house was minus its windows, and the entire premises blackened with soot. He notes it as rather remarkable that since this occurrence his coal holds out much better than formerly. \ AQUAFORTIS AS A BEVERAGE. In the pretty village of Haddonfield, New Jersey, some years ago, there resided an old fellow who was familiarly known in the town and country aronnd as "Old Joe." He had no particular occupation except doing "chores" or errands?nor any particular location. He ate where he could get a bite, and slept wherever he could find a lodging place. Joe was a regular old toper, and Jersey lightning had no more effect on his insides than so much water. He generally made his headquarters at the lower, tavern, for there were two in the town. He would sleep and doze away the afternoon on an old bench in one corner of the bar-room, but was always awake when there was any drinking going on. When he was not asked tc drink, he would slip to the bar and draiu the glasses of the few drops left in them. One afternoon I)r. Dolus, the village physician, was iu the tavern mixing up a preparation, lie placed a tumbler half full ot aqua/oriu on the bar and turned around to mix u[ some other iugredients. A few moments after he had occasion to use the poisonous drug, when he found, to his dismay, that the tumbler had been drained to the last drop. Mr- Wiggins," exclaimed the doctor in affright, to the landlord, "what has become of the aquafortis I put on the bar a fen moments ago ?" "I don't know," replied the landlord, " unless Old Joe slipped in and drank it." In this suspicion they were soon confirm ed, for the hostler said he had seen Old Joe swallow the fatal drought. The doctor, knowing, that he must certaiuly die aftei such a dose, instituted a search at once. After some hours spent in looking through the barus, outhouses and woods, for three or foui mi'es around the village, Joe was abandoned to his fate. It was a cold night, and as the village topers assempled around the blazing hickory fire in the bar room, nothing was thought of or talked of but the uufortunate end of poor Old Joe. Some four days had elapsed, and nothing having been heard from Old Joe, they all came to the conclu sion that he was a goner. The doctor, aboul this time, had occasion so visit a paticnl some eight miles distant, what was his sur prise, when about five miles from the village to see Old Joe in front of a farmer's house splitting wood. " Why, Joe," said the doctor riding uj to the feuce, "I thought you were dead anc buried before this?" ' 1 TV " Why, what made you think that, uoc tor?" said Joe, leaning on his axchandle. " Didn't you drink that dose I left on ole Wiggins' bar a few days since ?" " Yes," replied Joe, half ashamed to owr it. u Do you know what it was?" asked th( doctor. "No?" returned Joe. " Why, it was aquafortis?enough tokil a dozen men !" " Well, now, Doctor, do you know that 1 thought there was something queer aboul that darned stuff, for after I drank it, crcri\ time I bloxced my nose, Ihnrncd a hole ii my pocket handkerchief" DIED WITHOUT LIVING. Mr. Paul Legrand, who died at Dijon Burgundy, at tho ago of seventy, leaves the following memoir, whereby he proves he has not lived: All that is suffering, sorrow, ennui, des pair, desire, regret, should be deducted from life, because we should ourselves have deducted it, had heaven permitted. When three ycarsold I was weaned; at six I could -peak badly; at seven I split my skull; at aine I was cured. I must, therefore, extract ainc years from my existence; for surely tc drink a nurse's sour milk, not to speak, 01 badly, and to split oue's skull, is not living. At the age of nine I began my studies.? Owing to my cracked skull, my head was a bard one, and I proved stubborn to tuition. [ required two years' labor to spell the alphabet. I was indebted to letter Z alone foi lbout fourscore hundred lashes; the othei twenty-three letters made a complete martyi of me. At the age of twelve I could read, but 1113 body was mangled with alphabet scars. Ac irne iim/lo fn to.iMi mo T.ntirv nnd 1 SUClii|;b HUO Aliuuv IV WUVM ** V _ lost my French in the experiment. At fif teen I knew nothingatall, and a forced dicl of bread and water had reduced me to the condition of a skeleton. Six years more had therefore to be deducted. At sixtcec my father made me a notary's clerk. There commenced a new species of martyrdom. ] got up at six, swept the office, lighted the stove, was drubbed by the taller clerks, anc my father, overwhelmed with complaints a bout me, deprived me of my dinner. Thi: life I led for five years, and from life I wil positively deduct them. At twenty, my father, quite disgusted wit! his son, put me on board a ship at Ohebourg I washed the decks, climbed up the top mast mended the sails, and received thirty lashe: a day upon my back. This was endured foi four years. At twenty-four, my father made me a haberdasher. I married 3Iademoisell< Ursule Devousins, a turner's daughter ) hei portion consisted of 30,000 livres, mortgagee upon a sugar estate at St. Domingo. The day after the wedding I found that my wife had a wooden leg, made by my father-itf-lav the turner. The poor woman made a thous and apologies for her infirmity, and I par doned her out of regard to her marriage por tion. The St. Domingo blacks rose agains the whites, burnt the marriage portion, anc the wooden leg was all that was left to me. At thirty I lost my wife in consequence of a scrofulous disease. I spent six yean of marriage repenting every minute. ] J.1?c acfl eir more frnm mtr lifo UieiClUlC UCUUtl lUgoi> oia uvua mv Haying, as everybody else, slept a third par of my life, I deduct twenty-four years o sleep, and am below the right reckoning, fo: I was a great sleeper. A year lost, adding minute to minute, in searching for the key! of my desk, which I was constantly mislay ing. Does one live when one looks for j key ? Three years lost in having mysel shaved, powdered, &c., five years in suffer ing toothache, inflammations of the chest with relapses and convalescence. Three years lost in saying "What's o' clock ?" "We have bad weather to-day ;' "how do you do ?" "how is your lady ?" "] have a bad cold." -Marlborough s'en vat-ei guerre?what mud in the street?what i winter this year! Six months lost in havinj the mud brushed off one, and six in brush ing one's hat. One year of endurance o the entire acts of theatre. One year lost ii listening to the modern dramas, the chief'( cevurc of genius not understood. One yea lost in complaining of salt and tasteless soups of cutlets too much or too undone, of indi gestion of hard eggs. Total, seventy-om years. I beg leave to declare that in givinj up the ghost, I do not give up anything worth keeping. i A Goon One.?County court waa sitting | awhile ago in , on the banks of the ! Connecticut. It was not far from this time . | of the year?cold weather, anyhow?and a ; j knot of lawyers had collected around the old r ! Franklin in the bar-room. The fire blazed, [ and mugs of flip were passing away without i a groan, when in came a rough, guant lookt ing "babe of the woods," knapsack on shoulder and staff in hand. | lie looked cold, and half perambulated | the circle that hemmed in the fire, as with ; a wall of brass, looking for a chance to warm . his shiDS. Nobody moved, however; and , unable to sit down, for the lack of a chair, ? he did the next best thing?leaned agaiust . a wall, "with tears in his fists and his eyes t doubled up," and listened to the discussion on the proper way of serving a referee on a warrantee deed as if he was the judge to , decide the matter. Soon he attracted the , attention of the company, and a young sprig i spoke to him. i " You look like a traveller." " Wall, I s'pose I am ; I come from Wis. consin afoot, at any rate." . " From Wisconsin? that is a aistauce to r go on one pair of legs. I say, did you ever pass through h?1 in your travels ?" "Yes sir," he answered, a kind of wick1 ' 1 ' ** A/vAtltV 1 eaiooK stealing overuis ugij puiamuiiujiULuj. . "I ben through the outskirts." i "I thought likely. Well, what are the manners and customs there? some of us would like to know." "Oh," says the pilgrim, deliberately, half , shutting his eyes and drawing round the . corner of his mouth til^two rows of yellow | stubs, with a mass of masticated pig tail ap, peared through the slit in his cheek, "you'll : fiud thcmfjnuch the same as in this region j ?the lawyers sit nighest the fire!" I A Cold Weather Anecdote.?AruoDg I the many sharpjthings iu " Porter's Spirit," is the following, which, considering the prest ent spell of cold weather is about as sharp t as need be. A heavy fire having occurred in Clcaveland, a safe manufacturing firm in , New York wrote to the sufferers from the fire to ascertain how one of their, safes had stood ' the scorching. The proprietor wrote back } that the "safe" was "safe"?that it was I wonderful, and adds that the night previous to the fire, one of the clerks placed a Shanghai rooster iu the safe for safe-keeping. In the morning the safe was dug out redi hot, opened, and the rooster found "leaning up against tbe ledger, EltoZEN to death!" ( The yaru is rather trying to a man's faith, but we suppose it must be true?in a horn. : Brutish.?'I wish, my dear, you would not bully me before other peopie,' said Jerry , to his wife, 'It makes one look so sheepish.' - - - ? ? i 1 1 'Then you should not be so doggisniy odr stinate, you great calf; why, you're as obL stinate as a pig, and as stupid as an ass; you eat your meals in such a hoggish manner, ' I'm quite ashamed of you, you brute !" IfcayFirst class in sacred music stand up. How many kinds of metre are there ?' 'Three, sir?long metre, short metre and meet'or by the moonlight alone !' ! 'Who told you that, you booby ?' j 'Hill Jones, sir.' 'do to your seat. When school is ovor we will try and establish the Keynote of a ! pickled cow-hidc ; Jfitmter's Jeprtment. i From the Greenville Patriot and Mountaineer. VINEYARDS AND WINE. Mr. Editor:?We have just returned from paying a Christmas visit to my brother, 1 who resides on Shaw's Creek, four miles froui Aikin, where we spent three weeks de[ lightfully ; and with the best of friends, the choicest faro, and plenty of good cheer; the time passed so quickly away, that we regretted when our own business required our presonce at home again. While there, we frequently saw our friend and townsman, Mr. ! Pinckney McBee, who is spending the winter ' at Aiken, for the benefit of his health. We " were much pleased to see the improvement " in his appearance and spirits, which a few ' days sojourn there had affected. I also met ! another of our Greenville friends, Maj. Ensly, 1 who is there for the same purpose. lie is look! ing better, and I hope will soon be restored to k health. How fortunate are we to have in ' our own State, a town like Aiken, where the sick and afflicted can resort with confidence in the winter, aud with impunity in thesumi mer. It is a delightful place, and we were gratified to see how much it had increased in size. It hai been much frequented by con1 suiuptivcs, and those suffering from pulmonary diseases, from the Northern States during the winter, and those flying from the diseases of the city, and the fevers of the low country during the summer months. There are two fevers raging to a very considerable extent in that section?the grape and the peach fever. And you can form no idea of the wine excitement existing there at this time; neither are we able to describe it. We are not certain that we have not caught the infection. Every one is either planting, or preparing to plant him a vineyard. The vine has been cultivated very successfully for several years by Mr. A. de Caradeue aud Dr. McDonald. Ispeutavery delightful day with Mr. dc Caradeue, from whom I received much information and instruction on the growing of the vine?the proper location of the vineyard, and the different varieties of grapes which are best suited to our climate. For the first time in my life, I saw a regular wine-press- You areaware that wine is only the juice of the grape expressed, and allowed to ferment, when it is drawn off and put into casks for a year or so, and then bottled. It should receive no alcohol. I tasted at Mr. de Caradeue's and r Dr. McDonald's a delightful Claret, an exf cellent still Champaigne, and a delicious Ma 1 I J.. rru - aeira Wiue j ajso a very uuu umuuj. jLutst , gentlemen may be said to be the pioneers of vineyards in South Carolina, and are render. ing much essential service to the State.? ' They make some seven or eight hundred dol[ ars to the acre; and they are doing this on i lands which twenty years ago no one would i pay taxes on. Our rice planters do not clear r one hundred dollars to the acre, on lands that 0 ' . are worth from one hundred to two hundred f dollars per acre, while they are realizing six 1 or seven hundred per acre on those which I are not worth five dollars. Their places are r perfectly healthy for whites and blacks, while } the rice lands are healthy for neither. The . grape is, generally speaking, a pretty sure ? crop. Dr. McDonald has some thirty or forj ty acres in a vineyard, and Mr. de Caradeue sixteen or eighteen. There have been other: in South Carolina who long ago attcmptcc the culture of the grape. Mr. Herbemont Mr. Guignard, Mr. Maverick and others, al of whom failed; The stumbling block t( those who first made the attempt to raisi wine, was the cultivation of the foreigr grapes. It is. now reduced to a certuiuh that they will not do, but that our nativt grapes arc eminently successful. Thost which Dr. McDonald and Mr. A. dc Oara deue plant, arc the Warren, the Isabella am' the Catawba. The Warren produces the bes Madeira, or a wine resembling it in charac tcr; and it is the wine which these cxperi enced gentlemen prefer. They also plan largely of the Isabella and the Catawba.? These are all native, and no doubt will di well over a great portion of our State; am it is our opinion these and also the Scupper noner will do well in Greenville District, ant ( we thiok that the time is Dot very distan : when we will see a great portion of our hill j sides covered with vineyards making sixtj j thousand dollars to the liundred acres, o six hundred dollars to the acre, which is on ly a moderate estimate, according to the cal culations of those who are realizing that am a great deal more, on lands much thinner thai our poorest mountain ridges. The best lo ; cation for a vineyard, is a hillside froutiuj the East, so as to have it protected from tin evening sun. The approved distance o planting the vines, is in rows of eight fee in width, and four feet apart in the rows.? The grape produces from two to four hundrc* gallons of wine to the acre. Is it not strange that our State Agricul tural Society has not taken a more lively in terest in vineyards, grapes and wines, thai it has done? We would think a preuiiun offered for^Rie best of each of these produc tions, would elicit much light on the subject We asked Mr. de Caradeue why Dr. McDon I aid and himself did not exhibit their wine anil brandy at the Fair, and he observed h would do so when there were premiums ol - fered for them. We are credibly informei that both Mr. James Ilose and Mr. Henr Gourdin, (gentlemen distinguised for tliei business habits, their elegant hospitality, am j their great judgment of vines,) have passei considerable encomiums on Mr. A. de Cam deuc's "Warren wine. Major Fauskct (a nea neighbor of my brother's who is not only on of the best lawyers of our State, but one o the closest observers) has just returned fron a trip up the Mississippi river as high a Cincinnati, gave us a glowing and graphi description of their vineyards. He says ever acre that is planted in the approved vines, i valued at one thousand dollars per acre.? I Mr.'N. Longworth, of Cincinnati, who ha not only built a wide reputation, but a mam moth estate by his vineyards, has done i mostly by his Catawba grape. Thirty year of his life has been divoted to the cultur of the grape, and for fifteen years tried th foreign varieties, on which he failed, as th the rest did who tried them. He then turn cd his attention to the native grapes of th country, and in the space of sixteen year has not only retrieved his losses, but has a massed seven or eight millions of dollars.Ilis taxes the last year amounted to eigthj five thousand dollars. What golden harvest must he not reap from still and sparkling Ca tawba? We have frequently drank it, am so have you. It is a delightful Champagne ealliug atlwo-JoUars a boUl?,-w-?rom.sLx t eight dollars a gallon. We asked the Majo what he thought of the grape culture ? lli answer was : I can see no possibility of it failure. What an adjuvant the produtiou of ligh wines in our State will be to the cause c temperance ! The Temperance Societies, lea and conducted by their great-chief, our woi thy friend Judge O'Noall, have for a Ion 1 -?? -1* L ? ' aaJ frnin nr?/1 fiivlif o mill} iUUgllt U guuu, uuc uuu avtuu^ .. gainst intemperance. A powerful ally ha now appeared in the field. They can noi do as old Leatherstocking did when the Pra iric was on fire?"Let fire fight fire." Th experience of all Europe has proved that wine making country was never much givei to intemperance. With the expressed juic of the grape, the spirits are elevated, am the skin filled before reason is dethroned.With distilled or alcoholic liquors, the rc verse is the case. But what is this to me o to you, Mr. Editor? We arc digressing fror our subject. We would advise all of our friends to plan out a few of the Catawba, and a few of th Isabella, Warren and Scuppernong vines.These are the most approved grapes for ma king wine, which will keep well. The Bui gundy, as a table grape, is thought the mos of about Aiken. All of these, however, ar fine. By planting now any one, in a yea or two, if he desires to establish a vineyard could have a good number of cuttings, am roots, that it is very difficult to procure then in numbers. My brother intended plantinj out fifty acres this spring, but will not b ! able to get the cuttings. The Warren is th most difficult to obtain. From description I think it must be the same which we call ii Greenville, the "Bunch-cluster. We also paid a visit to our mutual friend Mr Win. Gregg, of Kalmia, whom wc csteen 1 as one of the greatest men of our State, ii head and heart. He is the father of the lai gestand best conducted Factory in the South 1 the Graniteville Factory?one that our Stat ' has just reason to be proud of. We rode witl Mr. Gregg all over his extensive orchards and found him courteous, kind, and commu nicative. He is the great Fruitest of th - - i* State, ami deserves much credit xor maKinj those barren sand-hills more lucrative thai the most fertile rice or cotton lands of ou 1 or any other State. From some thirty o forty acres in peaches, he last year clearei and realized five thousand five hundred dol lars. He was very busy planting out som forty or fifty acres more, and should the yea after next be a good fruit one, we verily be 1 lieve he will make twelve thousand dollar net, from his peach orchard alone, in th 1 planting of which great judgment and cast j are evinced. 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OFFICI c QPCMAI AMMnilNnPMFMT. s vji bumh nmmwwnvhmihm '* WE w?nld inform the citizens of York Dist T T of the State, and visitors from abroad, tin our constantly increasing business has compollc our removal from ".1 BROAD-STREET," to tl s magnificent and spacious "Drown Stone Buildi ng. j I ^1^^ orrnngcm^ 0^1 "NEW DEPOT," arc unsurpassed by any simils e i establishment in the United States; and whilst r will afford facilities for keeping our usual larg stock of i MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS I CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, = m A ^j\ AW we also propose adding largely to our >* STOCK OF STATIONERY And those in want of LEDGERS, JOURNALS , CASH BOOKS, LETTER, NOTE, and CAP P.4 Q PER, &c., &c., will find it to their advantage t visit us. - S. 6, COURTENAY & CO BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. e , Sign of the Newsboy. ? Charleston, Nov. C, 1S5G. 45?Gm \ MUSIS? HHisicn q 9TB ft A LARGE and well-selected stock of PIANO: from the best makers can be had at FACTO r RY PRICES, at RAMSAY'S PIANO and MUSK j STORE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Those who wish t procure a very superior instrument can get a Hal lett, Davis & Go's PIANO, with the patent susper 0 sion bridge and metallic bearings, now among th r best Pianos in the world. Try one, and if it doe not prove well, the price will be refunded. Eve ry Piano fully guaranteced. s Mr. RAMSAY, being a practical Piano-make e and an experienced dealer, can insure to his cus e tomcrs a perfect instrument, and in the most per , feet order. DSL. No charge for boxing. , Also, on hand, Chute!) and Parlor Mclodcons |j Guitars, Violins, Aeeordeons, Flutinas, Banjos Strings &c., and a general assortment of the la v test and most approved Music. 1 References: Rev..). M. Anderson, President c - ts i? P,.?f T W Whifnov g I lUrKVUIC rcillilir v^uliv^v, i IVI. ?.. ... .... J I Professor of Music. " Sept 18 38 ly ?AB^ET MA mm, THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs hi patrons and friends that he is still engaged i j the manufacture of CABINET FURNITURE a 3 ! his OLD STAND NEAR THE DEPOT. He wil \ keep on hand or make to order all articles in hi i line at short notice, which he will dispose of fa > ; CASH or its equivalent, and on NO 0THE1 s : TERMS, as he hns concluded to dispense entirel _ with the credit system. G. S. DOSTER. I Jan 15 2 ly e 1.1 RROW ROOT.?A superior article c j ! ilL Arrow Root and Ground Mustard. For Sal I hy ? L. P. BARNETT & CO. Jan 22 3 tf : THE SAME OLD SHOP! LEWIS & KERBy e Return their thanks to their friends and customers for past favors,.and respectfully notify the public that they are still engaged in the manufacture of TIN, SHEET-IRON, and Copper-Ware, at the same old stand,. : suit ran Mils nut Being both practical and experienced workmen, engaged xclusivcly in this business, and furnishs cd with every needed facility, they are determined r to accommodate the public with the best quality ' of WARE, woriantcd, and on the cheapest terms; e and they respectfully ask a continuation of the patronage heretofore bestowed upon them. They will continue to keep on bandit lot !' TLAIN TIN AND JAPANNED WARE; ; SHEET-IRON, STOVE, COTTER, * AND 110 USE-KEETING FUR" ifrmtrn n . i wn riTTD Ir jy/1 UIUZ ; sin u lj run.*. ARTICLE TO BE * FOUND IN A TIN-SHOP, g BGU ROOFING and GUTTERING done at the shortest notice, and in a workmanlike manner. CONTRACTS will be made with Town and Country Merchants, on the very lowest terms. e Give us a call and we will use our best endeavors to please you. LEWIS & KERR, j' April 17 16 At the Old Stand. TO PRINTERS. , THE advertiser would respectfully call attention to the following catalogue of printing material, which must be sold, and will be, at great sacrifice. The Press, Inking Apparatus, Roller Mould, Glue Kettle, Stocks, and Job Rollers, will d be sold for S200?original price, $200. The balance of the material, for $120?original cost, 'r ?171. Tbev will be sold separately or together? if the letter, for $300, delivered at the Charles' ton Rail Road Depot. They arc entirely new, having been used but eleven times. !e 1 Superroyai Washington Press, with Inking 5r Apparatus; J Roler Mould; 2 Job Rollers; 1 Glue J" Kettle ; 1 font (120 lbs.) Small Pica, with Italic. Font of 10 line pica Condensed, :e " 5 " Extra Condensed, 7~ " 5 " Ornamented, n " 4 " Gothic Condensed, " 2 " Condensed, - " 6 " Clarendon, " 2 line Great Primer, " 2 " Brevier Condensed, " Pica Gothio, " Pica Bnck Slope, Shaded, " Pica Antique Condensed, " 2 line Small Pica Black, " " Nonpareil, " " Great Primer Shaded, " " Long Primer, 1 Double Stand, with rack; Imposing Stone, with frame and drawer; 9 Type Cases; 2 half Cases ; Cabinet for 15 half cases, but without; Newspaper and Job Leads; Brass Rules; Job Chases, Ornaments, Borders, Corners, Composing Sticks, Galley, Space Rule, Quotations; Nonpariel, Minion and Pica Quads; Quoins, Furniture; 1 sett 12mo. Furniturb. Terms, Cash. Address, 3- L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C., ic or L. D. O'WEN, Charleston, S. C. ;e Feb 19 7 lp RUSSELL'S MAGAZINE. THE first number of this Magazine will be published in Charleston, on the 1st of March, 1857, We hope to make it a faithful representative Organ of Southern Genius, Taste and Opinions in it every branch of LITERATURE, ART, and GENu ERAL POLITICS. Our design having already e, been extensively advertised, we deem an elaborate g. Prospectus unnecessary. The Work must speak _ for itself. In regard to its form, we shall make Blackwood's Magaziue the model of our own, as far as circumstances may permit. i Having adopted a system of liberal rcmunerait tion, we can ensure the services of the ablest wriJd tcrs, and consequently place ourselves above the ie necessity of accepting articles of doubtful merit, " or ephemeral interest. The price of the Magazine is THREE DOLLARS, m per annum, payable upon the receipt of the first \ number. Single numbers will be furnished and subscripItions received by Agents throughout the Southern States whose names will be announced at an early day. Correspondents and friends will, for the present address 'RUSSELL'S MAGAZINE,' Charleston, S. C. RUSSELL & JONES, W. B. CARLISLE, P. H. HAYNE. ; FREE SCHOOL NOTICE. !' f|TEACHERS and TRUSTEES of Schools entiX tied to receive aid from the School Fund appropriated for the benefit of the indigent children of York District, must apply to the Commissioners by Petition, on some regular meeting within the yenr said School is taught, or their accounts will be barred for that year; which regular meetings take place as follows: On the FOURTH < MONDAY of JANUARY, APRIL, JULY and OCTOBER of each year. All accounts to be rendered to the Treasurer of said Board, on or before the SECOND MONDAY in JANUARY of each year succeeding the appropriation. Commissioners will be required to give their regular attendance. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Free Schools for York District. RUFUS J. ADAMS, Chairman. P.. S. Moore, Sec. Trta*. , January 2G, 1857. 5 1 ? New Commissioners.?R. J. Adams, Rev. R. ' A. Ross, R. S. Moore, J. M. Brison, Allen Robinf son, S. H. Anthony, R. M. Wilson. ) WETHERSFIELD'S GARDEN SEED, GROWN LAST TEAR, 1856. is ir TUST received direct from the American Seed It ?l Garden, which if properly sown and cultivated, .e we WARRANT to yield abundantly. Having ' heard mnny complaints against SEEDS sold in this market for the last two years, we have been particular in looking after something more reliable, and now offer seed that will not disappoint as to vitality, abundant yield and richness of flavor. On each paper of SEED will be found appropriate directions for cultivation. L. P. BARNETT & CO. Jan 22 3 tf TXTo?Fa/l TTv? r? D/lio Fol ff CUAWVt l- C/~IA ^BS. FEATHERS, for which the higho OLHX est price^will be paid by G. R. RATCHFORD. * also: onn YARDS of LINSEY and JANES, wan'j VViJ ted at RATCHFORD'S. Oct 23 43 tf Take notice.?All persons indebted to the estate of ROBERT E. MILLER, de1 coased, are earnestly requested to make immediI ate payment. The demands against the estate are pressing. I HAVE HAD TO PAY SOME j COST and dont wish to pay any more, nor do I wish to put others to the unnecessary expense of g j paying cost. JNO. L. MILLER, Adm'r. C ! i jure senna figs.--A pleasant and 0 X effectual remedy for costiveness and nervous i. headache. For Sale by j. L. P. BARNETT & CO. e July 17 29 tf 1 mile friends of thomas s. | X PAGAN, Esq., respectfully announce him as r ; a Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, at the ! ensuing election. ;* ! Oct 13 46 tf The friends of captain a. STILWELL, respectfully announce him as a j Candidate for SHERIFF of York District at the !' i ensuing election. *1 Oct 23 43 tf | f tate are authorized to anV TT NOUNCE V. E. McELHANEY, as a Cani Ji.l.l. rV?,.b 1U ofr flip on. suing election. - | Oct 10 42 tf t^OX'S PATENT REFINED SPARK) LING GELATINE, with which nu unrivalled n i Chrystalino Jelly can be made in a few minutes. ,t ! For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. s i A HA OZ. SULPHATE QUININE, r A\_/v/ Morphine, Iodine, Iodide of Potash, &c., r> 1 Just Received and for sale by I L. P. BARNETT & CO. y I Feb. 19 7 3t I - OSGOOD'S AND JONES' CHOLAGOGUE.? A speedy and positive cure for e i Ague and Fever. It has never been known to ! fail. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. ? I Feb 12 - 6 2t * # * * * si?~~ 'v *: TO SOUTHERN MERCHANTS. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC: ? " The whole country is flooded "with Counterfeit and Imitation Scliuappa. The' public .should be careful to purchase ojilytho genuine artieft, ufacturcd and imported by Udolpho Wolfe, yrhlch has the name.of the manufacturer on the Bottle, Cork aud Label., ^ y. For sale by all the respectable Grocers -find . Druggists. - v. Read the opinions of the New York Pyes?.UDOLPHO WOLFB, 22 Beaver Street, New Jor^T From the New York Mercury. ? FRAUDULENT IMITATIONS OF SUPERIOR COMMODITIES Among the many dishonesties of trade which the moral sense of the community is called upon to suppress, vrc would particularly notice amost pernicious and infamous practice adopted b?;unscrupulous dealers of imitating and counterfeiting tbe exterior appearance and precautionary kb.els of popular drugs, med-camenta, and other articles of personal consumption, and thus, by'Aeisiu^itpon the well acquired reputation of an eptcrprjisi&g trader, palming off most destructive and worthless compounds, to the sore detriment n'ot only of <be consumer, but to the character of the man who has expended thousands of dollars in .bringing the genuine article into esteem and demand- These petty larceny thieves are the best of all honorable dealers and traders, and the trade is as much highway robbery as the violent appropriation oftbefr neighbor's purse: in fact. thoy are beneath the burglar and highwayman in dignity?for these latter felons exhibit a bravery or recklessness of character in nowise distinguishing the merhsntit* assassin who stabs in the dark. And ought they not be rewarded with a punishment commensurate . with the cowardice of their crime? We were.Zf$ to these remarks by accidentally observing i spurious counterfeit of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. The labels were imitated-.'perfectly, with the slight addition of a few ietters to -plead technical avoidance of the law against counterfeiting; the bottles were very similar, and every thing carefully prepared to impose upon a careless purchaser- Now is not the man who. perpetrated this fraud, a felon, a robber ? "Assuredly he is;, for, as Mt. Wolfe has expended large-sums to bring his genuine imported schnapps into popular demand, that demand may be justly considered* a a part of his capital in trade, and a fellow stealing a part of his reputation is as much, of' a thief as if be had stolen a barrel of bis schnapps in bulk.? And to this crime he adds a farther 01W of defrauding the community by giving them a ruinous article for the money they intended to expend,fbr a commodity in which they had.confidence. And, further, every man who participates* ihdir<$t??fli. the fraud, by selling spurious articles is as mu^' of an offender as'the principal who planned the imposition. The remedy of Mr. Wolfe should"lie in his holding all concerned np to the 'contempt of the community thus swindled by their opociUSoni, and unconsciously imposed upon"by:their rfo?h>ns icomposition. We trust that .Mr. Wolfe' will obtain names, not only of the concoctors,\f -thesercounterfeits, bnt of every man offering them thr sale, and then publish them to tbo wotTd; for his own reputation and the health of the comnmnitjr demand that all pftrtiea should be nailed' to' the pillory of popular execration. _ . From the New York Dispatch. . As Isfamous Business.?When an enterprising man strikes out a new business, to the estnbliah-' ment of which ho gives his industry^ time, tatetttf and pecuniary means, can anything be morp.oon-_ temptible than to have nnothef steal in, and, under specious pretexts, hold out to thepubfio* an Inferi-^ or artiole, and endeavor to obtain their patronage! '' Pray, what difference is there, so Jhr aa^tfie hon* i esty of the thing is concerned, between purloining the business by which a citixent hopes to'make bis bread and stealing tbe bread-iteelft^ Acomj mon thief, if he takes without leave, however hufI gry, a loaf of bread from a baker'a-shop; is appro- . | bended and condemned to the penitentiary fordiring in a surreptitious manner to apease his appctite; but put a respectable looking coat on hie back and a few dollars in his pooket," and be may, with impunity, nay, even with tbe applause of liis fellows, by knavery, forgery or ot%r infamous means, take the bnsiness of an honeakmanfrwn j him, and go unsoathed of justice. All this is wrong. Some years since a gentleman of tbia eity ^dolpho Wolfe) introduced to tbe United States ft medicated article of gin, which was highly -appifeved by professional gentlemen as a superior toDic arid deobstruent, and the knowledge of which'he, by advertisement and otherwise, disseminated thronghont the country. So soon as tricksters, who pass in the business community 'as honest men, saw that Mr. Wolfe was likely to-have handsome returns for the time, and money which he had expended, they set about- forging Mis labels and palming off npon the people -detestable and poisonous compounds which they have the hardihood to call "Schiedam schnapps." In stances they have gone so far-os to -pot Wife's name to their villainous, liquids. As this horde are growing bold in their rascalities, U Isfime the ^ public in town and country were .put upon their guard Consumers should be sure thatr fbey'rinrchase tbe genuine article, or else their health may be irreparably injured by using the hprrifele stuff that unscrupulous men, because they can-ha* "ft cheap, will offer as the genuine article.- Pure Schiedam Schnapps can only be'obtain^a&be stores of respectable merchants and druggists, in town and country, and at the establishment yof Udolpbo Wolfe, Nos. 18, 20 and 22 Beaver "Starttet, in this city, where it is gotten up exclusively.; We tliink it n duty which Mr. V'olfe owes to hinifcelf and the comrannity to publish, by name, the rascals who are thus attempting to defroud both him. and thosewho would be bis customers. He should not permit his modesty-to hold him back' from making so righteous an expose. . .r.Agejjts in Chablestok.?HavilanjI, Harrall ft Co., Klinck ft Wickcnberg, Follin ft Fourgeaud, A. Von Dohlen, Henry Gerdts, JJ. Bollman, Oppenheim Brothers, Paul & Brown, John F. O'Neill, A. Bischoff, D. A. Amine; G. F. Meldau, Bailey ft Douglas, H. Jessen, S. S. Farrar ft Brothers, Werheim ft Fietjen. . }> Dec. 49 3m UK ilitS 111 KI1K A NEW SUPPLV; ' THE Subscribers respectfully call the attention. of the citizens of York, and. the aajacent counties of North Carolina, to their hew stock of Fresh and Genuine MEDICINES,; embracing nearly every article usually kept in i DRUG STORES. Our stock is .very large and va ried, offering excellent opportunities to the Physician, Planter and Merchant, who will do well to call and examine for themselves,. All our preparations are in accordance with.the proscribed rules of the U. * 8; Ph&rmaoopia. It .shall be our particular care to faithfully represent the quality of every article sold by us. - ^ Our purchases are made under circumstances enabling as to sell upon terms and at prices the vvvnaf hnwal/wttr oAnolofo af. hMI/T# IMVUkHVVVUiUiVMttWU^. V/Ul OfcWtt tVUJWW \J * L V f Medicines, Chemicals, Dye- Woods and Dye-Stuffs, Oils, Paints, and Painter's Articles; Varnishss, Window-Qlass and Putty; Glassware; English^American and French Perjumery; Toilet and Shauing Soaps; Tooth, Flesh and Hair Brushes; Surgical and Dental Instrument* Trasses, Supporters and Bandages; Spices, Snuffs, Fine Chewing Tobacco; Cigara'of finest fliirpr ; Superior Inks; Pure Wines, Fancy Articles; Ike. Bgk, Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Qoods carefully packed and forwarded as directed.; .. ggf" Prompt attention given to all orders. L. P. BARNETT & CO. April 10 15 v.r- tf LAW BLANKS! WE have on hand, and are prepared to supply I at short notice, - at the ENQUIRER Office; all kinds of .LAWYERS' BLANKS in general demand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed. We offer them at 75 cents quire. Single balf Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considerable outlay to^cnable us to furnish a good article, we will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY, v-x - ? Our present stock consists of the following varieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa.,on Sum. Pro.; Copy Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Declaration on Account; Declaration on Promissory Note: Declaration on Bond or 'Sealed Note ; Subpoena Writs; Subpoena Tickets, Jrc. - J5^" Orders from a distance promptly attended to, if accompanied by the CASH! v" BOOTS & SHOES! fiTTj THE undersigned would render thanks to bis friends and patrons for a liberal cnstom, and would solicit a continuance of tlieir-favors. He will constantly be found in the SHOP, adjacent to STOWE'S HOTEL, pfepnred with a large and Fine Stock of leather, and competent workmen, to give entire satisfaction to the most -fastidious. His prices are such as he can afford, and he will endeavor to be prompt and faithful in fulfilling orders.. < B. DERRER. J rflEAS.--A very superior article of Black and J. Green Teas. For Sale By.. L. P. BARNETT & CO.