University of South Carolina Libraries
?m |!oetrg. MY MARY. BT MAOOIE E. HIOBT. She blossomed in the country, Where sunny summer flings Her rosy nrms nrouud the enrth. And brightest blessings brings. Health was her sole inheritance, And gmcc her only dower; I never dreamed the wildwood Contained so sweet a flower. Far distant from the city, And inland from the sea. My Mnry bloomed in goodness. As pure as pure could be. She caught her dewy freshness From hill and mountain bower; I never dreamed the wildwood Contained so sweet nflower. . The rainbow must have lent her Some of its fairy grace; The wildrose parted with a blush That nestled on her face; The sunbeams got entangled iu . The long waves of her hair. Or she had never grown to be So modest aud bo fair. t The early birds have taught her Their joyous mountain song, And some of their soft innocence, She's been with them so long. Anu for her now, if need be, I'd part with wealth and power: I never dreamed the wildwood Contained so sweet a flower. JJtmtsiitg leairinj. POPPING THE QUESTION. " It is my privilege, sir. And would you rob me of that privilege."' Leap year confers privileges on unmarried ladies, of which, during other years, they are deprived. They may, without being accused of gross impropriety, indicate in an indirect or even direct manner, their partiality for an individual of the sterner sex, who has found favor in their eyes, and who is restrained by undue humility or diffidence from taking the initiative in the matter so closely connected with his happiness. The course adopted by Susan Sammous, a bright, roguish-looking blue eyed brunette, to disap point a rival and secure a good and affec- i tionate husband, is the case in point. Susan was brought up in a close proximi- j ty to a distant relation, a year or two older ! than herself, whose name was Edward Nevins. They were thrown much into each i other's society from early childhood?had played together, frolicked together, flirted together, and being strongly attached to each other's company, were regarded, aud very justly, as iutimate frieuds. Edward looked upon Susan as a sister, and was in the habit of confiding to her all his griefs and joys? his undertakings and his feelings?and this j familiar and friendly intercourse continued ' until both had arrived at an age when many begin to think seriously of forming connec- i tions of that character which will endure for life. Edward had never dreamed of getting j married?the idea had not entered his head, j He liked Susan, but had never thought of i her as a wife. On the other hand, Susan "could not but acknowledge that cousin Edward was the most agreeable young man of hpr neqnnintnnop, and that, hnwpvpr plenaant their present relations were to each other, they would soon, as a matter of course, be j exchanged for others of a more tender and \ enduring character. Matters were in this state when a board- I ing-school friend of Susan's, Harriet Man- ! ners, came to spend a few weeks with her.? | She was a pretty, lively girl?was aware of j her own attractions?and it soon became i painfully evident to Susan that her own dear j friend was determined to dazzle, captivate, j 'set her cap for," and feloniously carry off ! her own cousin Edward. Such base ingratitude on the part of her j friend cut poor Susan to the heart. She j desperately resolved to do something?some j terrible thing prehaps?what, she did not j know. Iler spirits, usually high, fell at : once to zero?and melancholy marked her j for its own. As she was walking in the gar- . o o den the morning after she made the above discovery, and debating within herself whether she had better reproach Harriet for base-; ness?assign some plausible excuse for the I fatal visit, which it was expected would last I ten days longer, a whole age when devoted j to mischief?or give her hand to Charles j Kainsworth, whom she had refused twice j within a year, her reflections, were interrupt-| ed by the entrance into the garden of Nevins. Indeed, Edward had been smitten with liar- j riet's charms, and wished to advise with his "cousin Susan," about the best mode of "popping the question" to the captivating stranger. The young man looked sober and ! somewhat embarrassed. He hastily advan- j ced towards Susan without noticing that her j tranquility was also disturbed. "0, Susan," he exclaimed, "I am so glad to have found you. I have something to tell you. I want yonr advice. I?I?" "What's the matter with the man ?" said Susan, in a tone of chagrin. "Don't act like a fool. Too surely can't be in love!" "That's it ?" cried Edward. "I believe I am in love, and Susan, as you are a good girl, and the best friend I have in the world, I'll tell you all about it. I?" "Oh! don't Edward. Don't say any more. You really make me blush, this declaration is so very unexpected?and so ill timed that?" "Why, what are you talking of Susan? You really don't know that you?" "Nay, cousin Edward," exclaimed Susan, with a fond and beseeching look, and putting her haud over his mouth--" this is hardly fair, and it is leap year; it is not right to cheat me out of my privilege. "Privilege ! Why Susan, I verily believe ; you are cr^zy; I saw you in the garden, and ! I came here merely to propose to you to?" j "Oh! stop Edward. The proposal, as it is leap year, should proceed from the lady, and not from the gentleman?and as I see you are bent on having our courtship brought to a close I suppose I must go through with the odious matter of form. Therefore I, Susan, ask you, Edward, if you will take me for your betrothed ? I believe that is all that is necessary, is it not ?" And she said this with such an air of childlike simplicity and modesty, and gazed upon Edward with such a tender and confiding glance that he could not resist it. The blandishments of the artful Harriet were forgotten, and he saw before him the beautiful and blushing girl, who had almost thrown herself into his arm.' "Oh, - Susan, said the almost faithless swain, can you indeed love me ? This is the happiest hour of my life." The contract was signed, if not Bealed.? Harriet's cake was dough, and thanks to the I ? ?- - - - , ! presence of mind of Snsan, in keeping her i cousin in the path, when he seemed strange| ly disposed to wander from it, matters took | j their proper and natural turn?and Edward , never had occasion to regret that leap year i gives to the ladies the precious privilege of popping the question ! . The Hloxde at the Fair.?At a charity fair, lately got up by the benevolent fashionables of Paris, the Princess P had a j counter, covered with elegant trifles.. One j of her gay acquaintances, count de R | approached the stall, and, after looking at all the articles, was walking quietly away. The ! I lovely shop woman, upon this, called out to | knew whether he was going to be so uncourteous as to pass without buying some '< thing of her. "1 would," he said, with a significant; look "If you wuuld sell me whit I want." j " Well?what is it ?" "That lock of golden hair which falls so j | beautifully to your shoulder!" " You shall have it," replied the Priucess, very promptly, and seizing a pair of scissors, she clipped it, close to her temples. It was then duly wrapped in a piece of pa- j per and handed across the counter. " Fivehundred francs," said the Princess. ; The count as promptly drew a check from 1 his wallet and filled it up for the amount, secretly thinking it was rather dear, but : pocketing it with a very chivalric grace. The next da)-, the Count telling the story | with some triumph to his sister in-law, who , happened to be an intimate friend of the j J Princess's, was surprised to find it received ; I with a burst of hearty laughter. "The Princess made a good bargain out i j of you," said his sister, for, as I chance to know,' the five hundred francs which she charged you for that single curl, is three or ! four times as much as she paid the hair-1 < I dresser for the whole wig !" B@F Dr. Thompson, proprietor of the "At- j j lanta House," (Atlanta Georgia,) is well j ; known as a votary of eccentricities, vve | were highly amused the other day at the rej cital of the following exchange of civilities 1 between the doctor and a traveller, who called at the office to " settle .his bill," when the Doctor happened to be behind the couni. ter. ; "What do you charge?" asked the trav- j eller. 1 j "Well," replied the Doctor, humorously, " if we charge your bill it will be a dollar, , but cash down only fifty cents." i " You may charge it, then," said thefel- , low, coolly, turning on his heel, and passing out took his seat in the cars. , The Doctor half amused, half angry, followed, and confronting the stranger, asked ( if he did not intend to pay his bill. " Certainly not?I told you to charge it," was the bland reply, The Doctor wa? nonplussed; but placing 1 his fore finger thoughtfully for a moment be- ' side his nose, said : * 1 I " Stranger, when you come this way again, bring your box and stay a' week!" Simon Suggs.?Every body has read or , heard of Simon Suggs, whom >Jonce Hoop- | er' immortalized; and almost every body is | aware that the veritable original Simon, f (whose real name need not be mentioned, beoaueo that is no body's business, no how,) , still lives in Alabama. A year or two since, * he came into Tuskegee, with an almighty ( long face, and a yard of crape rouud his hat, j and met his friend Ned, when the following remarks were made: 'Byrd,' said Simon's friend, 'what ails you? You look solemn and serious, as if you had met with some misfortune.' . "You know, Ned,' said Simon, 'that I 1 have lost my companion.' He had recently it lost his wife, a most pious and estimable la- jr day, by death.) 'And besides that, I have | been thinking a good deal, lately, about my c latter end, and the next world.' * 'You!' said Ned, 'I always thought that r you were a Universalis!.' 'So I was/ said Simon, perfectly serious |s and evidently impressed with the solemnity | of the subject; l(f>n.t Itell yon, Knl, there j s ain't vairy pair in that hand. . It ain't 11 any use. to hluff agin Old Matter. He. seen J \ every card in your hand' i 1 ? ?? A Good One.?A Raleigh correspondent j tells-of a joke that occurred in the House of j ^ Commons of the North Carolina Legislature. Some women, (to be strictly Bentonian) of ^ rather Cyptian habits, were mixed too freely socially, with others of unblemished reputa- ^ tion in the gallery. The strange admixture of pitch and purity soon caught the practiced eye of the Speaker, who instantly ordered s an Irish door-keeper to separate the goats j* from the sheep. The Irishman started im- s mediately on his mission, but the house was 1 soon convulsed with laughter by the trou- ' bled phiz of Pat at the door, and the follow- ^ ing announcement in a round rich brogue: "Mr. Speaker, have indivered to the best of s my ability to execute your arder, but the j divil tear ray jacket, if I can tell the ladies [ from the decent women." Pat was excused c from reporting further progress. t s Twisting.?The Chicago Press tells the following by way of illustrating the follies of grown up people : ' Two girls: of twelve or fourteen years, ^ passed along Lake street surrounded by hoops ^ and trailing long dresses over the dirty pave- j ment. They were novices in the management of such rigging, but determined to acquire the art or die in the attempt. "Do I twist too much ?" asked one of the anxious lr cpuple, as she wriggled along. "Oh no," said the other, dropping a little behind to ] observe her, "but if you could rise a little ' on your toes as you squirm, it would throw *' your dress better." There is a good story told of a handsome \ Yankee peddler who made love to a buxurn j widow, down in Pennsylvania. He accom- 1 panied his declaration with an allusion to i two impediments to their union. < " Name them," said the widow. ? " The want of means to set up a retail store." * 1 They parted, and the widow sent the ped- < dlera cheque for ample means. When they , met again the peddler had hired and stock- \ ed his store, and the smilling fair one begged , to know the other impediment. j "1 have got a icifc- , A Conference preacher one day went into the house of a Wesleyan Reformer, and saw, suspended on the walls, the portraits of 1 three expelled ministers. "What," said ' he, "you have them here?" "0, yes, they ] are here," was the answer." " But one is 1 wanted to complete the set." "Pray, who ' is that?" "Why the Devil, to be sure." " Ah," said the Reformer, " He is not ex- 1 pelled from the Cooferenoe." ' - - - * t jfacl, Jfitn & Jfaitni. j \ ? Nothing is so attrocious as fancy with- i out taste. ? No dust affects the eyes like gold dust, and no glasses like brandy glasses. ? Tf we crave the love of others, we must I 7 love them. ? If a woman would have the world res-! pect her husband, she must set the example. ; ? The man who was "bent on matrimony," i straightened up afterwards. ? Woman's whole life is a history of the affections. I ? Tnrtnlonnfi Inaves the door of the soul I unlocked, and thieves and robbers go in and spoil it of its treasures. ? When you want anything of a woman, | praise her for that in which she is most defi- j cient. ? It is a good sigu to see a man doing an j act of charity to his fellows; it's a bad sign to hear hiui boasting of it. ? If you want to kiss a pretty girl, why j kiss her?if you can. If a pretty girl wants j to kiss you, why let her?like a man. ? What evidence is there that Vespucius I was a jovial scamp? His contemporaries have handed him down to us as A-merri-cus. j ? Avoid entering into an argument with a ! deaf.man in a railway carriage, as it is sure ' to lead to high words. ? Ulessed arc they who are afraid of thun- j dcr?for they shall hesitate about getting \ married, and keep away from political meet-1 ings. ? A wise man ought to hope for the best, j be prepared for the worst, and bear with e- j rjuanimity whatever may happen. ? A green member of the Nebraska Legislature," when the election of the Assistant Clerk came up,?called out?Mr. Speaker, I move we vote vice versa. ? "Midas was so great a man that everything he touched-turned into gold. The case is altered now; touch a man with gold and he will change into anything." . ? "You ask and you receive, not, because j you ask a miss," 6aid a young lady to an old j gentleman who had popped the question to her. ? The man who "held an office" got tired, ind let go for the purpose of resting himself a short time, when the office got away, ind has not been heard from since. ? "Marriage,resembles a pair of shears," ays Sydney "Smith, "so joined that they jannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions yet always punishing any one who comes between them." ? An advocate, the other day, said he had I. miniacona in noiirt. in sunnort of the 3ause of his client, and they would be su'e J :o speak the truth*, for he had no opportnni- j [yof communicating with them. ? A friend of ours says that he has been j without money so long that his head aches ready to split" when he tries to recollect iow a silver dollar looks. He says the no,ion that "we live in a world of change," is i great fallacy. ? At an assembly of friends, a lady was ipologized for by an acquaintance, who said ;he was detained by a little "incident."? Ah, yes!" exclaimed Mrs. Clatterbell, "a jeautiful little 'incident' it was, too?weighs ( ust nnie pounds and a half!" ? ? A chap down town wishes to excuse his h )ad spelling, thus: "i hoap yew wil xcuse | f ni badd spellin specially the litle i's becase j can't mak them enny biggur on count of j he nip of my pen bein so short that it can't | I uakc a long mark. j < ? A Danish writer speaks of a hut so mis- i irablc that it did not know which way to j ' all, and so kept standing. This is like the 1 ' nan that had such a complication of diseas-1 ' is that he did not know what to die of, and 1 ' o lived on. j ? An out-west chap, walking with a lady, tumbled and accidentally fell. The lady 1 hinking to commiserate his mishap, obser-'' *ed that she regretted his unlucky faux j)us. . rhe chap replied, 'Tt is not my fore paws, i >ut my knees that are hurt. ? The Syracuse (New York) Standard j, ays: "Justice Hurst performed a marriage i j icremony on Saturday evening last. The j ] widegroom was a red-headed white man, ' ] he bride was a good looking squaw, and the j ( jridesmaid was a genuine African wench." , ? That was a fearful prayer of the infidel |j ailor, iD danger of shipwreck : "0 ! God, if j ] here be a uod, save my soul, it 1 nave a j < oul!" But there is sublimity and beauty in | i hat of the soldier, on the eve of battle :? < <0 ! God, if in the day of battle I forget j j Dhee, do not Thou forget ine !" i ? A ?foin' young gentlemen, turning ( wiftly on his heel, ran his head agaiust a ,! roung lady. He instantly put himself in a '( jositioD to apologize. <Not a word' said the ! 1 juick-witted maiden; "it isn't hard enough '< o hurt anybody ?" The coxcomb frowned ' ind sloped. 1 ? Sir Allan Park, an eminent English 1 Judge, once said : "We speak of our civilf- * :ation, our arts, our freedom, our laws, and 'orget entirely how large a share is due to 1 Christianity. Blot Christianity out of man's ( listory, and what could his laws have been 1 ?what his civilization?" ? In the neighborhood of Cincinnati there j ire more than two thousand acres in grapes, j ( rhe profits per acre average, taking one: . fear with another, about 8300 per acre.? , ( rhe cost of plantiug ranges from $|00 toj j 5300 per acre. The expense, with ordinary ] and, need not exceed S150 per acre. ? The Chinese booksellers have a queer J way of selling their volumes. They are dis- j j josed of, not according to their value, at a j ixed price, but according to weight. If, on j weighing them, they are too light, the seller' joolly tears some leaves from another book uid throws them into tRe scale! I ? There is now standing iD this town the aouse once occupied by General Green and staff; also the building used as Lord Cornwallis' headquarters; the office iu which Glen. Jackson studied law, and last, though not least, General Washington was once the sjuest of the house which is known far and wide as the "Rowan House."?Salisbury Banner. ? The largest national church in the world ! is the "Greek Church" in Russia. It embraces from forty to forty-five millions of people. Besides these, Russia contains Lutheran and other Protestants, three or four millions; Roman Catholic, seven millions; Mohammedans, two and-a-half millions; Jews, perhaps two millions; jand about half-a-millioo Pagans. jfanitcr's geptlincnf. From the Caindcn Journal. MANUAL LABOR NO DISGRACE. < BY j. >v. ?\ Notwithstanding the fact that the negative of the above affirmation can array a- j gainst us the theory and practice of some ; very important men, (in their own opinion,) we feel ourselves free to combat their theory, and to discuss the policy of their prne- ' tice, well assured that should it be found nc- , cessary, we can establish the contra of their ! ill-founded positioo, by illustrations or in-! stances where- some of the most brilliant! characters enrolled iu the page of history, have attested their appreciation of the oigni- ; tv nnd hnnnr of tnnminl labor, bv Dlain and v ? ' i unmistakeuble matter of fact evidence, in J the shape of a fearless participation. But a , few thoughts as to the effect of these diaiuetrica) principles upon the character:? The man who in good faith doffs his coat, ) and regardless of the contempt which sonic seek to indict, upon hini, resolves to "earn his bread by the sweat of his brow" at once assumes a position invulnerable to that spirit of idleness which is so prevalent at the pre- \ sent day, and which is the foster parent of j principles dangerous in the extreme to the ; moral interests of society. He becomes one : of Nature's noblemen, untarnished by participation in any dark-lantern operation to procure his maintainance, or corrupted with that principle, emanating from a false or purse-proud conception of what constitutes true nobility of character. He holds himself aloof from principles which are nourished and kept alive by the almighty dollar, whose properties consist of such a degree of magnetism upon the souls of some, as to lead to a renunciation of every clement of moral principle for the sake of pecuniary gain, and to invade the scantity of the human heart and despoil it of its sacred principles affection to secure the favors of dame fortune, who dances on every side as an isnis fatUD.s to delude the victim of its choice into the vortex of moral ruin. He posses a spirit of independence far superior to that which overflowing coffers impart to their miserly possessor. This spirit of independence is unalloyed with the corroding thoughts that plague the possessor of ill-got treasure. What though one possess unnumbered treasures of infinite value, and yet that thought of ill-got treasure greets him at every social assembly and in his private abode ? Does he fealize any real happiness from their possession7? Let your better judgement, acted by observation, decide. Such harrowing thoughts ne'er disturb the spirit of the honest laborer; his earnings, for which he tenders an equivalent of mental or physical labor, arc possessed of no power to rob him of his domestic and social happiness, by insinuations of dishonest gain. Such characters as his are the van guard on all practical demonstrations Labor, bold and free, should be the watchword of every community, for by labor alone is society to attain to any degree of moral excellence. No gale of chance, however propitious can e'er awake the slumbering energies of a correct code of morals; but labor, unretniting and well directed, can revive the expiring sphrk and fan it to a blaze. H'ow can man ever attain a knowledge of his mental and physical abilities except by addressing himself to the attainment of some practi>'af end. It is the surest way to test the strength of our natural and acquired abilities and to develop the genius of our nature, if my wc possess. Let us take a miniature view of the charicier of some who profess to have a sort of holy horror towards anything that savours 3f manual labor, for to take a full portrait, would require a useless expenditure of time, together with delineations that might iuduce some oversensitive individual to make a personal application of our remarks, and call us nit to vindicate our position by an exchange }f courtesies in the shape of?powder and ball. mL-i ._U_ 1?l.? 1 i. UUl 111<111 tvuu luuna upuu manual luvui j is fit only for the participation of degraded characters, will not, according to our opinion, hear close inspection. We look upon in idea of this stripe an evidence of a vitiated conception of what constitues honesty and dignity of character, and think the sooner its possessor gets rid of it, the better, for we look upon principles as inherent?particularly bad ones. More especially is this principle to be condemned in those who have no pecuuiary possessions to warrant thcui in the i>rai:tice of this contracted theory, from the fact that chey are compelled to resort to the unploymcnt of some dark lantern operation to secure their maintainance, and we assume, with all due respect, that such men, in a jeneral way, are not scrupulously exact in regard to the employment of means too honjst. Such principles as these naturally engender a code of morals at variance with jvcry element of truth and honesty. Aside from the engendering of principles at vari .ince with the moral' interests of society, it basanother effect upon society, which, though not as criminal as the first noticed, is alike to be regretted. We allude to the influen:ing of the young to crowd the professions, which are already filled to overflowing, the sonsequence of which is, that those who jould have ranked as first rate mechanics, accupy but u third or fourth rate position as professional men. True, we need statesmen, we need lawyers, we need physicians, but that is no argument why all .the young men of the present day should force themselves into these positions, for the gratification of a spirit of coutempt for manual labor, irrespective of their qualifications, for we likewise I need mechanical gem'us to keep the car of progress in motion. Subject your abilities then to the severest test before you resolve to seek your fortune in the beaten paths of a profession. SUGAR CANE. < The failure of the sugar crop and the effort of Government to supply our native planters with sufficient seed, (says the St. T ?D7 7.'_ i?/.afliar xrifh ttia hill nf uuuia ii,r^i<v(wu?j ...... ..... ?... ... Mr. Campbell in Congress, to reduce the ad valorem duty from 30 to 10 per cent., had made the subject of sugar culture familiar with the public generally. Mr. Tib- j batts, of Kentucky, has lately addressed a ! communication to the editors of the Cincin- j nati Commercial, in which he embodies a j great deal of interesting information. lie i thinks that the culture of sugar being con- j fined to a few States, the article will always j be dear, and this grievance must be worse every year. The Chinese cane, he says, will succeed whereever Indian corn matures, and its saccharine properties are equal, if not superior to the Louisiana article. It can be cultivated in any part of the United States,' producing sufficient juice per acre to make i i from 400 to GOO gallons of molasses superior to the finest golden syrup. In addition to the syrup, it will furnish from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of blade fodder per acre, superior ? (to the best timothy or redtop hay, and of double quantity. In addition to this, the I writer says that if cultivated for forage aloue, j , by cutting it about the middle of July, it ; will produce a second crop from the roots, j The introduction of such a seed or plant, at | this time, in the country, would be hailed ] | with pleasure by every consumer. Sugar I and uiolasses are now indispensable articles j ?luxuries they were once called?but not [a home in the land but "sugar bowl" is a household word with the ?rrandiuothcr"aud urchin. While we acknowledge our obligations to the South for the liberal uranner in which they pay for our " hog and hominy," flour and whiskey, bacon and shipstuffs, and [expressing our willingness to atiy terms the circumstances of the season may impose for sugar in return, we cannot but be pleased with the idea that a specimen of cane exists suitable to the climate of the Indian corn region, promising, asit appears to do, a more general cultivation and liberal supply. EXHAUSTING THE SOIL. It is not a singular fact, that in some of the old States we have immense tracts of land, thrown out of cultivation, as having become exhausted of the soil, whilst in the old countries of Europe, which have been in cultivation for centuries, the reverse is the case ! The soil of Europfe, says a traveller, is now better than ever?and the reason he assigns, is the plentiful supply of manures, and manures made upon the best possible system, by which the soil is receiving more back than is taken away iu products. " Of all farm products, (says Mr. Chas. Remclin 'in the Ohio Farmer) the a\mosphere and rains furnish the larger quantities of its component parts, and whenever 'a proper system of manuring exists, tho ground must become constantlycnriehed. " In Europe, manure is the ever present idea of the farmer, and by gathering all offals, and making manure iu any conceivable way, he does it not only by green manuring, such as plowing clover under, but by stable, factory, street, and dwelling manure, take good care to return to mother earth the rental she requires, and to do it without grudging and with compound interest Soil is only there exhausted where crops are raised which are entirely removed, and of which nothing is returned to the soil?forinstance, tobacco. This is very little the case in Europe. The fine wheat crops which smile upon the traveller, as he is rushed pass them by railroad speed, would be an impossibility, if the idea nf r>yliniT?jfinn were f.rnr>. The meadows, too. which are mown thrice every year, \nd each time give a good crop, have been mown for ages contradict this exhaustion theory. No!^ the European farmer, and his land, are always on good terms with each other. The man yields good husbandry and the land yields good crops. CljiforliliilledEitijuirer 13 I8SUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, AT Two Dollars per year, in Advance. To Ci.urs or Ten, 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 inrulo for an indefinite period, and will be continued until all arrearages arc paid, or at the option of the Proprietors. Subscriptions from ojher States must ixvariabut be accompanied with the cash or the name of some responsible person known to us. Vf&rr. Advertisements wii! be inserted at One Dollar per square for the first, and Thirty-sevenand-a-half Cents for each subsequent insertion? a square to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. Business Cards, of a half-square or less, will be inserted at $5, per year. For advertising Estrays Tolled, S2; Citations, $2; Notices of Application to the Legislature, So; 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 term??the contracts however, must in all casesbe 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. THE LAW OP NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continuctheir subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of tneir papers, tue puonsner can couunue to sena them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to bake their papers from the office to which they arc directed, they are held responsible till they settle thoir bill, and order the paper discontinued. 4. If any subscriber removes to another place without informing the publisher, and their paper issent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The Court has decided that refusing to take a Newspaper from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima Jiacie evidence of an intentional fraud. THE PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER respectfully inform their friends and the public j at large, that they are well prepared to execute I orders in the JOB PRINTING LINE, such as PAMPHLETS, j* POSTERS, HAND BILLS, BLANK NOTES, BUSINESS CARDS, !! LABELS, LAW BLANKS, CIRCULARS, MAGISTRATE'S Po-: CATALOGUES, &C., <frc., (to Bgk, All work entrusted to this establishment will be'neatly and expeditiously executed, and at reasonable rates. Call at the ENQUIRER Office, ONE DOOR SOTJTH OF THE P. OFFICE LAW BLANKS! WE have on hand,'and are prepared to supply at short notice, nt the ENQUIRER Office, ail kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general demaud, printed on good pnper arid neatly pressed. Wo offer them at 75 cents quire. Single half Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considera- j ble outlay to-; able us to furnish a good article, we will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. Our present stock consists of the following varieties, viz: Sinn Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. Pro.; Copy Writ in Cane; Copy Writ in Debt; Declaration on Account; Declaration on Promissory j Note; Declaration on Bond or Scaled Note ; Sub- j poena Writs; Subpoena Tickets, <Jt. gSaT" Orders from a distance promptly attended I to. if accompanied by the CASH! CtOD LIVER OIL.?A superior article ) of pure Cod Liver Oil. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. Feb 5 6 St I DECLARATION OF . j INDEPENDENCE.: FIRST OF JANUARY, WM! rHEN iii the course of human events it i v.T becomes necessary for one one people'' to j lenve a bouse nnd go to another?this is, therefore, to cite and admonish all men that I, MJi.ES JOHNSON, have moved my SADDLE nnd HARNESS FACTORY to WEIKART & WALKER'S NEW CARRIAGE SHOP, where can be found as good and cheap an assortment of home-made Saddles and Harness as can be happened upon anywhere this side of Mason & Dixon's Liue, together with Martingals, Halters, Collars, Wagon-Saddles and Harness,'Whips, Rridle-Bits, Mountings, and eve- | ry thing in the line. And if you desire yonrold Saddles and Harness rejuvenated, just "bring 'em in!" I, MILES JOHNSON, thank you, gentlemen, for your custom, and will endeavor with might and main and talent and strict attentiou and a prompt fulfilment of contracts, to deserve and | obtain a continuance of this great popularity.? When you visit York, give me a call, before buying a store-saddle nnd soforth. I AM NOT AT THE CORNER ; but if you want the real article come up to WEIKART & WALKER'S building, and see the stock. Come, gentle Muse! and in this great cause, give me aid?to wit:? Come gentlemen, come one and all, And give the undersigned a call; E'en though perchance you nothing buy, Yet'twill be well vou'll not deny, To please your taste and feast yonr eye. You always may expect to find Horse trappings here of every kind? Each part made ready to your hand, From bridle-bit to crupper-band. And be it clearly understood, All's handsome, lasting, cheap and good Signed, MILES JOHNSON. Jan 15 2 tf CfdCIIM FRESH AND RARE! THE LATEST FANCY STYLES. 6. R. RATCHFORD, HAS just opened, FRESH from Charleston, a varied and beautiful assortment of Dress and FURNISHING GOODS, consisting of all the latest SPRING STYLES FOR 1857. Among these the Ladies will find the most approved patterns of Dress Silks, Bareges, &c; and an assortment of A HATS & BONNETS, &> embracing at least 40 styles, which has never been excelled in this market. He has also provided for Gentlemen an equally varried stock of SPRING STYLES OF Sill 1 AID SUA! MS! and a few pieces of very fine CLOTHS and CASSIMERES; with a general variety of new Goods in his line. These goods having been purchased for the pur pose, especially, of informing the public in regard to the very LATEST FASHIONS, they will be displayed for nothing, and sold at a ve ry moderate advance above cost. Ladies and Gentlemen are invited to call and examine them at the NEW STORE IN THE LINDSEY BUILDING. February 20,1867. 8 tf CHEMICALS, MDBS ilBMM A NEW SUPPLY. I THE Subscribers vespectfully call the attention of tho citizens of York, and the adjacent 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 varied, 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 prescribed rules of the U. S. Pharmacopia. Ii shall be our particular care to faithfully represent the quality of every article sold by us. Our purchases are made under circumstances enabling us to sell upon terms and at prices thi most accommodating. Our stock consists of Drugs. Medicines, Chemicals, Dye- Woods and Dye-Stuffs. Oils, Paints, and Painter's Articles', Varnishes, Window-Glass and Putty; Glassware; English, American and French Perjumery; Toilet and Shaving Soaps; Tooth, Flesh and Hair Brushes; Surgical and Dental Instruments; Trusses, Supporters and Bandages; Spices, Snuffs, Fine Chewing Tobacco; Cigars of finest flavor; Superior Inks; Pure Wines, Fancy Articles, &c. 8^, Prescriptions carefully dispensed." Goods carefully packed and forwarded sis directed. jgSgf Prompt attention given to all orders. L. P. BARNETT & CO. April 10 15 tf 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. every brunch of LITERATURE, ART, and GENERAL POLITICS. Our design having alreadx been extensively advertised, we deem an .elaborate Prospectus unnecessary. The Work must speak for itself. In regard to its form, we shall make Blackwood's Magazine the model of our own, as far as circumctnnrfw mftv n Arm if Having adopted a system of liberal remuneration, we can ensure the services of the ablest writers, and consequently place ourselves above the necessity of accepting articles of doubtful merit, or ephemeral interest. The price of the Magszine is THREE DOLLARS, per annum, payable upon the receipt of the firM number. Single numbers will be furnished and subscriptions 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, 8. C. RUSSELL & JQNES," W. B. CARLISLE, P. H. HAYNE. THE SUBSCRIBER, desiring to retire from the Printing business, offers for sale the entire Establishment known as THE CAROLINA TIMES, to which is connected a well-conditioned JOB OFFICE. The Times (Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly issues,) is in a prosperous condition, enjoying a very fair circulation and a large advertising patronage. The Job Office is in good order, containing abundance of Ynaterial for the execution of any class of work, and is liberally patronized. The Press department, containing-three Presses, is also complete, and worked by steam, running one Adams and one Cylinder Press. As Printer to the Hou.sc of Representatives, the subscriber has mnde ample arrangements for the execution of its work, which affords ample remuneration, and properly managed cannot fail to give a handsome profit. As the subscriber has determined to sell, an opportunity is afforded those who may desire to engage in Journalism to secure one of the best conditioned aud prosperous establishments to be found in the South, at very low figures. For further information, address the subscriber at Columbia, S C. 'E. H. BRITTON. Feb 12 G tf WARLICK'S PATENT PLOW. JAMES H. FERGUSON takes this method of informing the oAaStfKfiBafe Planters of Chester and York ; Districts, that he has purchased the right of T. W. Woodward, to manufacture and sell Warlick's Patent Plow in the aforesaid Districts. R. W. SPURRIER is my lawfully constituted and travelling Agent, of whom the Plows can be procured, or apply at my manufactory near Beckhamville, on Fishing Creek. JAMES H. FERGUSON. 1 March 5 9 ly BQk. Chester Standard copy till forbid. TEAS.?A very superior article of Black anu ' Green Teas. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. _v SPECIAL ANNODNGEMENT. WE would inform the citizens of York Dist., of the State, and visitors from abroad, that our constantly increasing business has compelled onr removal from "8 BROAD-STREET," to the magnificent and spacious "Brown Stone Bhilding." - - _ / i )\ W J K. i The accommodations and arrangements of this "NEW DEPOT," are unsurpassed by any similar establishment in the United States; and whilst it will afford facilities for keeping our usnal large stock 6f MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, MA?AM3Kf LE?p &?oS we also propose adding largely to our STOCK OF STATIONERY: And those in want of LEDGERS, JOURNALS, CASH BOOKS, LETTER, NOTE, and CAP PAPER, &c., &c., will find it to their advantage to visit us. S. 6. COURTENAY & CO., BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. 8ign of the Newsboy. Charleston, Nov. 6, 1856. dfi?6m WATOIB1 MM! THE SUBSCRIBER > JUST baring returned from the Nortfc, would f respectfully invite bis friends and the public generally, to a rich assortment of articles usually kept in bis line of business, consisting in*part of the following:? WATCHES. Qold and Silver; JEWELRY of all kinds; Spectacles, Gold and Silver; Silver-Ware; Silver platpd Ware; Britannia-ware ; Waiters; Fancy-Articles, GUNS, PISTOLS, Bowie-Knives, Walking-Sticks, Military Goods; Clocks of various styles, &c., besides a great many other articles too tedious to mention. Persons in want of articles in my line, will find it to their advantage to give mo a oall. I am determined to SELL FOR CASH, and for less than goods of the some-kind can be be had at retail, North or South. ' REPAIRING In the Watch and Jewelry line executed with neataess and dispatch, at the shortest notice,"by an experienced workman. I?* Old Gold and Silver taken in exchange for Goods. " E. M. KIRKPATRICK.' Dec 4 49 tf < THE SAME OLD SHOPf LEWIS & KERR, ? 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, atthesameoldstand, nun ran ninn mm Being both practical and experienced workmen, ngaged exclusively in this business, and ftmrish id with every needed facility, they are determinedto accommodate the public with the best quality of WARE, warranted, and on the cheapest terms; tnd they respectfully ask a continuation of the ifttronage heretofore bestowed npon them. They rill continue to keep on hand a lot nr a txt mr\r a,\rr\ r a d a \r\rz^n tit adz*. rijA.lLv i ll* miu ?/ni jv t SHEET-IRON, STOKE, COPPER, AND HOUSE-KEEPING FURNITURE; AND EVERY ARTICLE TO BE FOUND IN A TIN-SHOP. 8?. ROOFING and GUTTERING done at the j shortest notice, and in a workmanlike manner. C0NTRACT8 will be made with Town and Countrj Merchants, on the very lowest terms. Give us a call and we will use our best endeavors to please you. LEWIS & KERR, April 17 16 At the Old Stand. NEW STORE!! MM L EOOMB & Him RESPECTFULLY inform their customers and friends that they have removed their Stock of GOODS to the NEW STORE Opposite the Old Stand, in the BRICK BUILDING formerly occupied by S. N. STOWE & Co., and TH0MA8 DAVIES & CO., which has recently been fitted np in the best possible style. They have still on hand a fitfe assortment of WINTER GOODS, which they will hereafter SELL OFF AT COST, in order to make room for the Spring Supplies.? The Senior partnor will go to market in two or three weeks; and, meantime, while the winter is 4 yet on hand, the best opportunity is? offered for \ securing good bargains; They are very grateful to the people for a share of patronage which has enabled them to establish a permanent store in Yorkvillo; and they are determined, by short profits and fair sales to deserve a continued support. CALL AT THE NEW STORE. Jan 29 4 > tf Dissolution of Copartnership. New Goods at Rock Hill! GW. BROACH having retired from the Co partnership, the undersigned will hereaf ter conduct the business at their old stand at Rock Hill, under the firm of W. P. BROACH & CO.? They are now opening their stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which embraces every article belonging to a completely-furnished COUNTRY STORE, to which they beg the atttention of their friends and customers throughout the Indian Land. Believing in the motto-y"quick sales and short profits," their customers my expect to find bargains I the cheapest to be had in York District. I W. P. BROACH, J. J. MILLS. fcOct 23 48 o *