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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
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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. (
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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
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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.
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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
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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. Sit down and
make an est) .natc of the time it takes in four
months to draw water for forty head of stock,
or to lead or drive them an etghth of a mile 1
to water, and our word for it, the water will !
come in a pipe if there is any such thing.?
So says the LTomestead, and so say we.
The Fruit Orchard.?The frosts hav- ing
killed so much of the fruit, the trees will
make much wood this season. It will be a 1
good time to trim for handsome heads. It
is better to prune a tree during its growth
in the summer, than when the sap is inactive J
iu the winter; and besides, few have the 0
nerve to cutout a limb that is loaded with d
fruit. Look out for the peach worm and ap- e
pie borer this month. Mulch the ground
/
around the trees, as far as the roots extend,
and next season we may anticipate an abundant
crop of fruit.
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THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF
| MI'S II If fflSfilM ;
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Jf days a new edition of this great work in
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Each volume will consist of 14 parts, handsomely
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on steel, including Portraits and Original
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Wood Cuts and Maps. Each part will
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Gen. Schuyler, Gen. Putnam, Gen. Arnold, Gen. j
Green, Gen. Ward, Gon. Knox, Gcr.. Montgomery,
Gen. St. Clair, Gen. Lord Sterling, Qen. Baron 1
Steuben, Gen. LaFayettc, Gen. Count Pulaski, '
Gen. Lincoln, Gen. Mercer, Gen. Charles Lee,
Gen. Henry Lee, Col. Moultrie, Gen. Wayne, Gen.
Clinton, Robert Morris, Gen. Stark, Gen. Hamilton,
Gen. Gatas, Gen. Glover, Gen. Sir W. Howe,
Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Comwallis, Gen. Burgoyne.
'
Washington, from the picture by Peale ; Washington,
from the picture by Trumbull; Washing- (
ton, from the picture by Wurtmuller ; Washing- J
ton, from tho picture by Stuart; Washington,
from the picture of Iloudon's Bust; Washington,
from the picture of Iloudon's Statue; Washing- ?
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Miss Phillips, from original Picture. c
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i
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Washington's Field Sports; Fortifying Bunker's j
Hill; Fort Ticondernga, Lake George; Fortifica- ^
Hons at West Point, in 1780; Washington quelling i
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New York, 1770; Annonnoomontoflndepondcnce; {
Buttle of Trenton ; Battle of Germnntown ; Battle
of Monmouth; Braddock's Battle Fiold;
Washington going to Congress, &c., &e. !1
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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.
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