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. <%ite |Mrg. . 3557^. " _ From "Porter's Spirit of the Times." . 'X WOULD NOT LIVE FOREVER." BY FINLEY JOHNSON. I would not live forever; No, "blow me,"if I would! Where "fancy men" can't manage things "As once they used to could." Now, when I was a youngster, The old folks used to think w* There was no harm in every man Taking a social drink. But sentiments have altered, In these "degenerate days And ev'rything and ev'ry body Have got contrary ways. And they would make us mortals, here, Our favorite drinks discard; . And make us quaff their xcater, soft, For fear we'd drink too hard. , I would not live forever, In this dark world of sin; TUUnwrt *\oAnln caont fft tnlcp a TMMfJfl vr uvio |/wwj/iv ovv*m w ?w.?w w ?? In taking each other in. And if a stranger stares about, With eyes out of his sockets, He's sure to pick some straggler up Who's sure to pick his pockets. Then, who would live upon this sphere With such a motley crew, Who seem as if no work they had But that of watching you? Not I, for one; and I think that all, From such, would like to sever; And join in saying, I would not live Upon this earth forever. Jmtmitg lleiiMitg. THE WAY TO COLLECT A BILL. Old Squire Tobin was a slow walker but slower pay. Blessed with abundant means, he was of course considered ultimately good for any little debt, but he contracted a habit of holding on to his money, until forced by extra importunity to fork over. 'There goes the old Squire,' said Brown, the merchant, 'I've had a bill of five dollars and fifty cents against him for eight months, and if I have asked him for it once, I have done so twenty times; but he has either not got it with him, or he will call to-morrow, or, if not in a good humor, he will swear lure a trooper, at my impudence in dunning him at unseasonable times., 'Now there was one Joe Harkins, a waggish sort of a fellow, who heard the complaint of merchant Brown, and resolved upon some fun. 'Come, now, Brown,' said Joe, 'what will / you bet I can't get the money from the old Squire, before he gets home ?' 'A new hat,' said Brown. 'Enough said,' said Joe. While Brown was hunting the bill, Joe f O / disguised himself iu a striped blanket and slouched hat. Thus equipped, with the bill in his hand, he took after the Squire. 'Hallo, is your name Tobin ?' 'Yes,' answered the Squire, with a snarl, 'what is that to you ?' 'I have a little bill, sir?collecting for merchant Brown, sir.' 'Merchant Brown can go to thunder, sir,' said the Squire, 'I've no money for him, you must call again.' Joe bowed politely, slipped down the alley just in time to head the old Squire at the next corner. <Oh, sir,' said Joe, stopping suddenly, 'Is your name Tobin ?' 'Tobin, sir, is my name.' 'Here is a little bill, sir, from merchant Brown.' 'Zounds ! sir,' replied the Squire, 'Didn't I meet you just round the corner ?' 'Meetme?' replied Joe,'guess it was B another of Brown's collectors.' 'Then I suppose merchant Brown has two red striped collectors dogging my steps; I won't nav it. sir. to-dav?begone !' The old ^ / / -- - V ~ O ? Squire, as lie said this, brought his stick hard upon the pavement and toddled on. Joe nothing daunted, took advantage of another alley, and by a rapid movement, in a few minutes placed himself once more in front of the Squire. The old man's bile was making him mutter and growl as he walked along, now and then giving point to 1 his anger by very emphatic knocks of his cane upon the sidewalk. When within about twenty fe6t of each other, the old Squire espied his striped friend once more in front, Squire Tobin stopped?and raising his cane exclaimed: 'You infernal insolent puppy, what do you mean?' Joe, affecting great astonishment, checked up, within a safe distance, and replied : 'Mean, sir! You surprise me, sir; I don't know you, sir.' 'Ain't you merchant Brown's collector, that dunned me five minutes ago ?' 'Me, sir!' ,replied Joe. 'I am one of merchant Brown's collectors, to be sure; but I don't know you, sir.' 'My name is Tobin, sir, rejoined the irritated Squire, and you look like the fellow that stopped me twice before.' 'Impossible, sir !' rejoined Joe. 'It must have been some other of merchant Brown's collectors. You, see, sir, there are forty of us, all wrapped in red striped blankets?and, by the bye, Mr. Tobin, I think I have a small bill against you.' 'Forty red striped collectors, and each one after me !' ejaculated the Sauire. 'Darn me. I must put a stop to this; they will all overate me before I reach home.' Saying which he pulled out his wallet and quietly settled merchant Brown's bill of 35,50. Joe thanked the Squire, and moved off; but as the Squire, had another square to travel before reaching home, Joe could not resist the inclination to head him just once more. He accordingly made another circuit, and came in collision with the angry old man ere he was noticed. 'Zounds! zounds!! stranger,' vociferated the Squire : 'What?' Here he caught sight of the red striped blanket, as Joe, disenga- J ging himself from the old man, took to his ' heels. Squire Tobin's cudgel was fiercely ! hurled after Joe, accompanied with a hearty ! curse upon merchant Brown and his forty I collectors in red striped blankets. It is unnecessary to say that Joe Harkins was seen next day topped off with a bran i splinter new hat. A Misapprehension.?We recollect j once being very much amused at the relation of the following anecdote, from the lips of a ! very amiable, and, withal, a very modest j widow lady in New Jersey. Soon after her hasband paid the debt of Nature/ leaving her his legatee, a claim was brought against the estate by his brother, and a process was i served upon her by the sheriff of the coun- j ty, who happened to be a widower of middle age. Being unused at that time to the forms of law?though in the protracted lawsuit which followed, she had ample opportunity of acquiring experience?she was much a larmed, and, meeting, just after the departure of the sheriff, with a female friend, she exclaimed, with much agitation:? ""What do you think ? Sheriff Prince has been after me!" "Well/' said the considerate lady, with perfect coolness, "he is a very fine man." "But he says he has an attachment for me," replies the widow. <'Well, ; I have long suspected he was attached to you, my dear." "But you don't understand ?he says I must go to court." "Oh ! that's ' quite another affair, my child; don't you go so far as that: it is his place to come and court you!" The Clerical Kiss.?Quite different, but not less satisfactory experience of Domi- 1 nie Brown. He had reached the mature age of five-and forty, without ever having taken part in this pleasant exercise. i One of his deacons had a very charming f /Joun-Vitai* and for a vear ortwothe Dominie uaugu?v?, """ ? J found itv<?Ty pleasant to call upon her three , or four times a week. In fact, all the neigh- ( bors said he was courting her, and very like- j ly he was, though he had not the slightest suspicion of it himself. One Monday evening he was sitting as 1 usual by her, when a sudden idea popped j into his head. 'Miss Mary,' said he, 'I've known you a long time, and I never thought of such a ! thing before; but now I would like you to ' give me a kiss. Will you?' ' 'Well, Mr. Brown,' replied she, arching her lips in a tempting way, 'if you think it 1 would not be wrong, I have no objections.' i 'Let us ask a blessing first,' said the good ' man, closing his eyes and folding his hands. 'For what we are about to receive, the Lord ( make us thankful.' , The chaste salute was then given and t warmly returned. 'Oh, Mary, that was good, let us have ^ another and return thanks.' Mary did not refuse; and when the operation had been repeated, the Dominie ejaculated in a transport of joy : 'For the comforts which we have now en- ' joyed, the Lord be praised, and may they ^ be sanctified to our temporal and eternal '' good.' History says that the fervent petition of ] the honest Dominie was duly answered; for 1 in less than a month Mary became Mrs. 1 Brown. Michigan Poetry.?No one who reads the following can deny that the Wolverines ( have a poix in their midst. The Adrian Watchtower has been favored with a poam entitled 'The Soul's Last Sight, which con- 1 tains the history of a young lady who be- ] came enamored of a certain John Smith, 1 who was faithful until he heard of a certain : former down-east flame living in 'York State' 1 when it appears he took the steamboat line to pay a visit before yielding himself up to 1 his engagements. . Lucy, cast down by this ] apparent desertion, thus gives vent to her ( grief:? s He's gone! across thesudzy sec; 1 He's crost the lakey watter! v To sea Jernshey Anjyline ; Ben. Smither's oldest dawter. ( l Mi heart is broak! I soon shall di, j ,Ok cruel, cruel John ! And when I'm ded and bcrrnyed ( I hoap you'll look upon < The gras that grose upon my tume, Down in the woods so dark, 1 Where all is sad and silent glume I And streekid skwirrels bark. , , And when your out at nite as late S As eleven o'clock or later, And heer the wind whine through the tall topped pine, Oh!!! think uv Lucy Baker. < And ef ye marry that Jerushey 1 Yuve crost the laix to get, 1 Remember that yure deerist Lucy Died in konsekweuce uv it. Anecdote of a Georgia Judge.?In ? 185? there was a friend in the Cir- c cuit of Georgia, a case of involuntary mun- *\ slaughter. In the expressive language of a J witness, the accused while drunk, pulled out ( his knife and "slashing it about struck the ] deceased in the abdomen." The attending physician being called to the stand to make the usual proof as to the nature and extent t of the wouud, testified "that the knife enter- j ed the lower part of the abdomen, and thence f extending through the omentum, to the vi- ^ cmity or tne mac regions. The Clerk, to whom all this was Greek, enquired of the Solicitor General if he de sired that portion of the Doctor's testimony t taken down. The Solicitor anticipating some fun, replied in the affirmative and re- , quested the doctor to repeat it slowly, which t he did in language if possible, more incom- , prehensible. Old Judge A., losing his accustomed suavity of manner, impatiently ex- t claimed : "Doctor stop, for God's sake, stop! if the ( man was cut in the guts, say so, so the clerk can put it down." The doctor has since studiously avoided t the use technicalities in the presence of the uninitiated. Bgy "S'pose, Sammy, that we'll have a ( terrible rain in a day or two." "Why, moth- { er, how do you know ?" "Gracious, child ! ' don't you know why? this is the 19th of f September." "Well, what of that, mother? j Is that any sign that it will rain ?" "Why, c goodness, son, of course it is. Didn't the ' master never tell you about these things ?? You see about the 21st of this month the r sun gits up to the top of the pole, and then j he begins to slide down again to the topics of unicorn, then follers rains like blazes, un- ^ less the horns of the moon git turned up and v hold the water all in, and such cannot be v the case now, for you see the moon has no horns, but is in her manly state, so of course it must rain soon. If this stupid schoolmas- ^ ter don't begin to lam you these important ^ things, I must take your edication into my own hands. It's a great thing to have a good edication, Sammy." ||B|| V During the late war, a Quaker was on fi board of au American ship engaged in close combat with the enemy's He preserved his o peace principles calmly until he saw a Briton ?< climbing up the vessel by a rope which hung g over. Seizing a hatchet, the Quaker looked y over the ship, and remarked : 'Friend, if si thee wants that piece of rope, thee may have y it.' When suiting the deed to the word he p cut off the rope, and down went the poor y fellow to his loDg watery home! fl?0- 'Pa, what's the interest of a kiss ?' ^ asked sweet sixteen of her sire. ^ 'Why, really I don't know. Why do you ^ ask ?' . u 'Because John, my cousin, borrowed a *2 kiss last night from me, and said he'd pay S( me back some of these nights, with interest, " after we are married.' tl 'Tis money that makes men lords. ti jfari, Jfxm $c .Jfaitcg. ?Take your wife's first advice not her second. ? Eliza Cook says that they who are honest only because honesty is the best policy, are half way to being rogues. ? Great men never effect any thing; it is your three cent folks that put on air-swells, and put on the pomp. ? Thou can'st not joke an enemy into a friend, but thou may'st a friend into an enemy. ? Rats arc getting so scarce in Paris, that the price of kid gloves has gene up to five francs per pair. ? Many books owe their succes to two * / ?1 L. - mJ4a things?the good memory 01 tnose who wme, md the bad memory of those who read them. ? The greater thfi acknowledged merits of icy one, the more severe will be the sentence passed upon any of his defects, real or imaginary. ? A lady told her husband that she had read the "Art of Love," on purpose to be agreeable to him. "I had rather have the love without art," he replied." ? The Toledo Times says they are sinking 1 well in that city, which will be twenty-five hundred feet deep. This will be the decpast well in the world. ? The other day, an old lady rushed into the garden in search of her daughter, on being told that the young lady had gone there with a "rake." ? A late San Francisco paper says that the churches there have determined to sing ao more long metre tunes?they being too slow for the country and the people. ? Adam Good has a bell foundry in .buffalo. Pious people are scandalized by slowly reading his sign : A dam Good Bell Founder. ? Princes learn no art truly but that of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave oeast is uo flatterer; he will throw the prince is soon as his groom. ? Young ladies who faint on being "proposed to," can be restored to consciousness by just whispering in their ear, you were only joking. ? A father writing to his son, says, "a love )f the Drama is to be cultivated, but be jareful that you don't confound the love of ihe Drama with the love of an aotress." ? This morning a friend said to an Irishnan, "Good morning, Patrick?slippery this morning." "Slippery? And be jabers, it is nothing else, your honor; upon my woid, ind I slid down three times, without getting jp once." "Harry," said a young lady, on the seat jefore us at the theatre, last evening, "how [ should like to be an actress." "An access, Henrietta; why ?" "Oh ! it must be 10 nice to be made love to in such pretty vords every evening." ? An Irishman meeting a countryman, inquired his name : "Walsh," said the gentlenan. "Walsh," responded Paddy, "are ye "rom Dublin ? I knew two ould maids there >f that name; was cither of 'em your motb )>> ;r : ? "Your husband seems to be a very great favorite among the ladies," saic. Mrs. Jones ;o Mrs. Butterwood, the other day. "Yes," .aid Mrs. B., "butfor the life of me, I don't see where they find anything to like?I nev?r could." ? A man had a sign up, "cheap ladies" shoes for sale here. He found that not a voman entered his store. No wonder?the adies don't like to be called cheap?they vant to be called dear. ? Sam was asked what he thought of the ,'ffect of hot drinks ou the system. "Hot Irinks, sir," said he, "are decidedly bad.? Tea and coffee, sir, are hurtful. And even lot punch, when it is very hot?very hot iuleed?and taken often, in large quantities, [ suppose, is slightly deleterious." ? An iron comb, about four inches long, vith the letters "Cr. Washington" forming lie top, has been picked up in Chester Co., ?cnn. The Westchester Republican says: 'Very likely this comb belonged to the age vhen Washington and his army were at Valey Forge." ? "Well," said a soft-hearted, blundering fonathan, the other day, "Suke has gin me he sack, by gravy ! I've lost her." "Lost her ?how?" inquired his sympathizing friend. I laid the soft soap on her so thick, that he critter got so proud she wouldn't speak o me!" ? An old man picked up half a dollar on he street. "Old man, that's mine," said a ceen-looking rascal, "so hand it over."? 'Did yours have a hole in it ?" asked the ild man. "Yes," replied the other, smarty. "Then it's not thine," mildly replied he old man; "thee must learn to be a little harper next time, my boy." ? "Do you go to school now, Charley?" 'Yes, sir, I had a fight to-day, too," he ro>lied. "You had ! Which whipped ?"? 'Oh, I got whipped," he replied with great rankness. "Was the other boy bigger than 'ou ?" "No, he was littler." "Well, how :arae you to let a littler boy whip you ?"? 'Oh, you see, he was madder nor 1 teas !" ? Childhood is like a mirror catching and eflecting images all around it. Remember, hat an impious or profane thought uttered iy a parent's lips, may operate on the young leart like a careless spray of water thrown ipon polished steel, staining it with rust, rhich no after scouring can deface. ? Sub Rosa, a term that passes current as ignificant of secrecy, had its origin thus: Lmong the Greeks the rose was consecrated o Hippocrites, the genius of silence, and ither the rose or its figure was placed upon he ceiling of their rooms, implying that whatever was done therein, should be kept rom the public. It was done snh rosa. ? I would have inscribed on the curtains f your bed, and the walls of your chamber, ;If you do not rise early, you can make proress in nothing. If you do not set apart our hours of reading; if you suffer yourelf or any one else to break in upon them, our days will slip through your hands unrohtably and frivolous, and unenjoyed by ourself.?Lord Chatham. ? One of the young ladies that visited the ]. S. ship Portsmouth, the other day, who 'as not supposed to have the slightest nowledge of nautical parlance, asked Caplin Dornin why the aftermost sail.was like a prannical mother. The gallant captain jratched his head over it awhile, and then guv it up." "Because it's a spanker," lodestly lisped the fair young creature, amid le applause of the epauletted sons of Nepmc. 4 y it Jfaraer's Jqjarfmmt. PREJUDICES OP FARMERS. "BOOK FARMING." While a want of suitable educational facilities and advantages is sensibly felt, there are other evils in the land which retard the intellectual and physical improvement of the country, and impair its productive capacity; among which is one that farmers possess in a remarkable degree, prejudice. Prejudice in favor of old ways and plans of farming? of old implements?old, standard, superannuated notions?old lunar, and equally ridiculous kindred influences?and bitter, unyielding prejudice against science as applied to their business?against the teachings of well-conducted experiments?against agricultural books and newspapers?against everything in fine, that is written or printed, and which may be included in the very odi ous, yet comprehensive term ot 'jjook r arming.' Unfortunately, we have a class among us, who imagine that all knowledge necessary for conducting farming operations is intuitive?the gift of nature. They not only disregard agricultural information, as derived from other sources, but they sneer at and deride those who have wisdom enough to avail themselves of its advantages. Why should this bitter senseless, and uncompromising warfare be continued against 'Book Farming?' What is it, after all, but the teaching of the laws of nature, unfolding the principles and explaining the ways and means by which she operates?giving to you through the medium of agricultural papers, and the standard agricultural and scientific works, not only the well-matured and enlightened views and opinions of men of deep research and practical knowledge: but giving to you also, the results of various experimental processes, conducted by their own practiced hands, observed by their own critical eyes? Are those who have such a holy horror of 'book farming/ so profoundly wise that they understand all the laws and all the misterics of vegetable life ? Do they understand all the properties and uses of the va ?-? flAohnrr nous gust's, UUU UlllL'l" U1CUIUU13 liuuiiiig around and about us? Do they know in what vegetables they are most required ?? Do they understand how, and with what stub8tanccs these gasses can be most readily fixed, and the extent to which it is profitable to use them ? Do they fully comprehend all the other mysterious agencies by which they can use all the other means and advantages which are spread out in such profusion before them ? Is there nothing hidden in the deep arcana of nature which has not yet been fully unfolded to the sharp-sighted vision and clear comprehension of these intuitive wise-acres? , I know that some men are always wise, always infallible, in conducting their operations, and, consequently, that "experimental farmers" are not always successful in making their farming business profitable. But, pray, how doe3 that unfavorably effect either you or me ? The knowledge of a failure, in a particular case, under particular circumstances may be as profitable and as advantageous to us as if the same experimenl had proved eminently successful. It is quite as necessary, and as prudeut, to understand how and when to avoid evils and dangers as to profit by what is known to be good and safe. In truth, fellow citizens, while I claim to be highly conservative in most things, and am regarded as an "old foyi/" in others, still I must be permitted to say that I have no patience?no toleration for that class of farmers who are constantly descrying agrii.?i i __j __i u cuuurai eaucauon, ana wno wouiu siup auudenly every cft'ort to cultivate the intellect and to improve and elevate the habits and the taste of those connected with country life. Their unconquerable obstinacy?their mole-eyed and bitter prejudices are equalled only by their deplorable ignorance and their unbearable perverseness. Their precept, example and influence, are continually evil.? They not only refuse to enlighten themselves, but they discourage others, and especially the young, in every effort and commendable undertaking. Tf "knowledge is power," in the hands of every other class, I cannot perceive why it is not so to the agriculturist. The divine, the lawyer, the physician, the artist, the mechanic, the merchant, the musician,' and all others, seek to obtain not only the particular education necessary and appropriate to their calling and business, but they desire to acquire a knowledge of all kindred branches, so as to increase and enlarge their capacity for the highest usefulness, aud to elevate thenfcin their professional standing.? The mor<T extensive, varied aud thorough the attainment of any man, the more useful, reliable and prominent will he be in his po sition. The farmer it is who alone disregards and deprecates substantial learning, and inveighs against intellectual and personal accomplishments. It is no marvel, therefore, that the stupid, dull ignoramus of the family, should be re-aiued at home to be the future farmer; while the active, sprightly and intelligent lad, should be educated for what the unwise father might regard as the o o more reputable and more valuable business iu life. How sadly do such parents undervalue the dignity of their own calling, and how little do they know of that wide, expansive range, which agriculture affords for the j exercise of the highest capacity?the use of ! the most liberal, thorough and accomplished education; and for the enjoyment of all the refinements, comfortsand luxuries of a Christian life.? Ohio Arj. Rep. '55. 1 Have You Water in Your Stock '' Yard.?If not, listen to advice, and if it is j possible, introduce it?either set a ram or a windmill, or one self-acting wells; or lay a pipe from a spring on the hill; or throw a J dam across the brook and lay a pipe from | ' 1 -- -it.? v I tnac?-some now or utuu muuagc uj uu?e flowing water and plenty of it, so as not to drive your stock to the brook, or have to pump, or tun r crank half a day to draw water for thrm. One has no idea of the convenience till 'ie has tried it. 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The best artists have been engaged to make original drawings, and the most eminent engravers arc seenred. No expense will be spared to make the engra- * vings creditable to American art, and fully satisfactory to amateurs of fastidious taste. ^ BQh. Agents and canvassers supplied on liberal tcrpis. Tho edition Is published exclusively t for subscribers. *#* Country pnpers inserting tbis advertisement J will receive a complete set of the Illustrated Edition. 9 "ORDINANCE. a BE IT OBDAINED, by the Intendant and War- & dens of the Town of Yorkvil'e, in Council c assembled, and by the authority of tho same, That, from and after the publication of tbis Ordinance it if any person or persons shall fire a gun, pistol or ? other fire-arms within three hundred yards of the public streets of Yorkville, lie, she or they shall, 91 upon conviction, pay a Sue of five dollars for each e offence. n 2. Be il further Ordained, by the authority a- g foresaid, That if any person or persons, owning or having in charge nny norse or muic, suan permit " sucli horse or mule to run at large in any of the ei streets of Yorkville, he, she or they shall forfeit c< and pay to the Town Council of said town the ft sum of one dollar for everyday such horse or mule shall he permitted to run at large. a 3. Be it further Ordained, That, for the purpose of preventing encroachments upon side-walks, the owner, owncr3 or occupant of any lot within the corperate limits of the town are hereby prohibited from setting-out. any tree or trees in front of such lot, out of the line now fixed and established; T under a penalty of One dollar for every twenty- ' four hours such tree or trees may remain so set- a' out m 4. Be it further Ordnined. That a tax of five W per cent, be imposed on all sales made within the Q corporate limits of the town by itinerant auction- bl cers?the amount of sales to be returned on w oath, and the tax to be paid, by such Auctioneer to the Intendant, before ten o'clock in the evening ri of egcli day upon which such sales shall be made; P and upon each and every failure to render a return in the manner thus provided for, such Auctioneers ^ shall forfeit and pay to the Town Council a sum P? aot exceeding Twenty Dollars, to be collected in the mode now provided for by law. t? u. Be it further Ordained, That each and every ? person, residing within the corporate limits of the town, liable to Patrol duty, may commute for die performance of such duty by the payment of 3ne Dollar and fifty cents; provided said comniu:ation be paid on or before the first day of April ? lext; and all persons refusing or failing to pay ? iucIi commutation within the time specified, shall )c held liable to Patrol duty, ami for non-perfonn- ^ tnee thereof, to such fines and penalties as are p( tow provided by law. St 0. Be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances >r clauses of Ordinances repugnant to this Ordi- or JtlUV/X; WV} ? I " QJJ )onc and Ratified under the corporate seal of the town, on the 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _ fifty-seven. w-u F. H. SIMRIL, Inlemlanl. j Josepii Hekndo.n-, Clerk. q? March 12 10 8t cn In Equity?York. Jxparte, Miranda Kent, by next friend?Petition T 4 to settle funds. f JL. KENT residing beyond the limits of the di< State; On motion of Witherspoon, Pro. Pet. foi t is ordered that J. L. Kent, the husband of the 'etitieucr, do plead, ansvrer, or demur thereto, on ? ir before the 5th day of June, and on failure to PI lo so, that judgment, pro confesto, will be enter- J d against him. - JNO. L. MILLER, a ($G) " C. E. Y. D. th< March 5 9 3m 1 DECLARATION OP INDEPENDENCE. FIRST OF JAMJAR*, 1851! ?4"1I7"IIEN in the course of human events it TV becomes necessary for one one people" to leave a house and go to another?this is, therefore, j to cite and admonish all men that I, mim 'JOHNSON, have moved my SADDLE and HARNESS FACTORY to WEIKART & WALKER'S NEW CARRIAGE SHOP, where can be found as good and r.heap an assortment of home-made Saddles and Harness as can be happened upon anywhere this side of Mason & Dixon's Line, together with Martingals, Halters, Collars, Wagon-Saddles and Harness, Whips, Bridle-Bits, Mountings, and every thing in the line.| And if you desiro your old 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 attention and a prompt fulfilment of contracts, to deserve and obtain a continuance ot tins great popularity.? When you visit York, give me a call, before buying a stoVe-saddle and 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 Mus$! 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 w ell you'll not,deny, To please your taste and feast your eye. You always may expect to find Hone-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 I Signed, MILES JOHNSON. Jan 15 2 tf Q&O&S FRESH AND RARE! THE LATEST FANCY STYLES. & 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 approred patterns of Dress Silks, Bareges, &c; and an assortment or 3 HATS k BONNETS, ^ embracing at least 40 styles, whioh has never been excelled in this market. He has also provided for Gentlemen an equally varried stock of SPRING STYLES OF sin, m iio mi and a few pieces of very fine CLOTHS and CAS3IMERE8; with a general variety of new Goods in his line. These goods having been purchased for the purpose, 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 j Sentlemcn are invited to call and examine them it the NEW STORE IN THE LINDSEY BUILDING. February 20,1857. 8 tf ' mm ok in Hi A NEW SUPPLY. THE Subscribers respectfully call the attention of the citizens of York, and the adjacent tounties of North Carolina, to their new stock of ?resh and Genuine MEDICINES, unbracing nearly every article usually kept in )RUG STORES. Our stock is very large and va ied, offering excellent opportunities to the Physcian, Planter and Merchant, who will do well to :all and examine for themselves. All our preparations are in accordance with the prescribed rules of the U. S. Pharmacopia. It ihall be our particular care to faithfully represent he quality of every article sold by us. Our purchases are made under oircumstanoes ;u?iuuug uo tu acn upu ICIUID ttiiu at prices uic nostaccommodating. Our Btock consists of Drugs, \Iedicints, Chemicals, Dye- Woods and Dye-Stuffs, Oils, Paints, and Painter's Articles; Varnishss, Window-Glass and Putty; Glassware; English, Aterican and French Perjumery; Toilet and Shauing ioaps; Tooth, flesh and Hair Brushes; Surgical and Dental Instruments; trusses, Supporters and Bandages; Spices, 8nuffs, ' ine Chewing Tobacco; Cigars of finest flavor; iuperior Inks; Pure Wines, Fancy Articles, &c. 80U Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Goods arefully packed and forwarded as directed. j&Sy Prompt attention given to all orders. "Vgfl L. P. BARNETT & CO. April 10 15 tf jf owi SBAk.*LsJEim rHE SUBSCRIBER, desiring to retire from the Printing business, offers for sale the enire Establishment known as THE CAROLINA TMES, to which is connected a well-conditioned OB OFFICE. The Times (Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly isucs,) is in a prosperous condition, enjoying a vey fair circulation and a large advertising patronge. The Job Office is in good order, containing bundance of material for the execution of any Ia.?9 of work, and is liberally patronized. The Press department, containing three Presses, i also complete, and worked by steam, running ne Adams and one Cylinder Press. As Printer to the House of Representatives, the ubscribcr lias made ample arrangements for the xecution of its work, which affords ample rcmueration, and properly managed cannot fail to ive a handsome profit. As the subscriber has determined to sell, an pportunity is afforded those who may desire to ngngo in Journalism to secure one of the best jnditioned and prosperous establishments to be >und in the South, at very low figures. For further information, address the subscriber t Columbia, S C. E. H. BRITTON. Feb 12 6 tf LAW BLANKS! TTD 1 1.. 1 1 ' VM / U UilVC UIl IIIIUU, .VUU IlIC JJIirpiliCU IU suypijr r T at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office, 1 kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general de- , and, printed on good paper and neatly pressed. , re offer them at 75 cents quire. Single half aire 50 cents. As we have incurred considerac outlay toToriablc us to furnish a good article, e will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. Our present stock consists of the following vactics, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. ro.; Copy Writ in Case: Copy Writ in Debt; Deuration on Account; Declaration on Promissory ote; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; Subvna Writs; Subpoena Tickets, $c. figy Orders from a distance promptly attended , if accompanied by the CASH! WARLICK'S PATENT PLOW. r JAMES H. FERGUSON takes ?t this method of informing the Planters of Chester and York stricts, that he has purchased the right of T. . Woodward, to manufacture and sell Warlick's itent Plow in the aforesaid Districts. R. W. 'URRIER is my lawfully constituted and trav- j ing Agent, of whom the Plows can be procured, apply at ray manufactory near Beckhamville, a Fishing Creek. JAMES H. FERGUSON. 0 March 5 9 ly j Chester Standard copy till forbid. pUE FRIENDS OF CAPTAIN A. * L STILWELL, respectfully announce him as a * .ndidate for SHERIFF of York District at the 1 suing election. Oct 2-3 43 tf y VE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN- r NOUNCE SAMUEL E. MOORE as'a Con- / late for CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas York District, at the ensuing election. July 17 29 tf l 1IIE FRIENDS OF DANIEL WIL. LIAMS, Esq., respectfully announce him as Candidate for SHERIFF of York District, at f i ensuing election. Oct 16 42 tf SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. W^K would inform the citizens of York Dist., of the State, and risitors from abroad, that our constantly increasing business has compelled our removal from "3 BROAD-STREET,'' to the magnificent and Bpacious "Brown Stone Building." 9 BROAD STREET. 1 ?9 The accommodations and arrangements of t&is "NEW DEPOT," are unsurpassed by any similar establishment in the United States; and whilst it will afford facilities for keeping our usual large stook of Ji MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, CHEAP PUBLICATIONS, * wo also propose adding Jlargely to our STOCK OF STATIONERY: And those in want of LEDGERS. JOURNALS, CASH BOOKS, LETTER, NOTE, and GAJ* PA> PER,"&c., &c., will find it to their advantage to visit ns. S. 6. COURTENAY & CO, BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. Sign of the Newsboy. Charleston, Nov. 6, 1866f .,.45?6m | ?? ?-L ? - A - JR jet TIIE SUBSCRIBER J JUST having returned from the North, would * respectfully invite his friends and the public generally, to a rich assortment of articles usually kept in his line of business, consisting in -part of the following:? >. , WATCHERS, Gold and Silver; JEWELRX'of all kinds; Spectacles, Gold and Silver; Silver-Ware;-8ilver plated Ware; Britannia-ware; Waiters; Fancy Alleles, GUNS, PISTOLS, Bowie-Knives, Walking-Sticks, Military .Good*; Clocks of various styles, &c<; besides a peat many other articles too tedious to mention. Perseus in want of articles in my line, will find it to their advantage to give me a call. I am determined to SELL FOR CASH, and for less than goods of the saine kind can be be had at retail, North or South.* REPAIRING # In the Watch and Jewelry line executed wiffc neatness and dispatch, at the shortest notice, by an experienced workman. * . Old Gold and Silver taken in exchange for Goods. m ?. M. KIRKPATRICK. W Dec. 4 '49 tf PROSPECTUS OF "THE SOUTH," A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED AT RICHMOND, VA.. BEFORE the close of the present- month, the subscriber will issue the firsts number'of a newspaper which he proposes to publish in Daily and Semi-weekly editions, and which he intends to devote to the service of the South, the interests of the State, and'to the support of the principles of the Democratic I*Rrty. But the paper will not be so exclusively political, that its columns will only interest the politician; nor so'Subservient to party as to spare the misconduct of bad men, to betray principle for the sake; of power, or to deepise its convictions at the suggestion of expediency. I shall endeavor to comrifend ft to intelligent persons of all classes, by diligence in the collection of news, by imparting something of agricultural, commercial and literary interest to its columns, and by venturing an outspoken and emphatic opinion on the topics of the day, no matter what the hazard of conflict with prejudice or of offence to the self-appointed feeders of party. The'organ of no clique, in the interest of no faction, and with no partial purpose to serve, the paper will address itself to the liOBCst'judgment of the peopic, and for support will rely upon the sfrofaclation of energy and enterprise,, and their low 9? plain talk and independent opinion. There may be particular individuals to whom this sort of discussion will not be very acceptable, but if I can conciliate the favor of the masses, I may survive the opposition of ignorant or interested eritioa.? No doubt servile spirits will be shocked at my zeal in the defence of the South; still I havo'theconsolatory assurance that there are plenty of brave and true men in Virginia, upon whose sympathy and support I may rely -with absolute security.? And so believing, I cmbarkupon the' enterprise, with no misgiving as to the result. "THE SOUTII" will be of equal size with the leading papers of the city ; and will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates: Daily seven dollars a year, Semi-Weekly fire dollars?jjayaik in advance. Money may be sent by mail to the address of ROGER A. PRYOR, Editor at\d Proprietor. Richmond, Maroh 1857. 18 .' tf If I ft wiif. a rhe PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER respectfully inform tbeir friends and the public t largo, that they are well prepared to execute rders in the JOB PRINTING LINE; such aa 'AMPHIiETS, POSTERS, IAND BILLS, BLANK NOTES, BUSINESS CARDS, jj LABELS, jaw blanks, circulars, lAGISTRATE'S Do- CATALOGUES, &C., dtc., ,&C* B@n, All work entrusted'to this establishment rill be neatly and expeditiously executed, and at casonable rates. Call at the ENQUIRER Office, >NE DOOE SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE Jan. 1 ' - 1-v tf. Brown's and maris* essence ^ of JAMAICA GINGER. For Sale-by . W l: p. barnett & co. ^ I*eas.?A very superior article of Black and ? Green Teas. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. I