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Jmitsiitg Jtohtg. HINTS TO HOESE DEALERS. Tompkins bought a fine horse?paid S300 for him. The horse, after a few months, proved to be lame in the right shoulder.? Tompkins was distressed about it?tried all sorts of remedies?embrocations, liniments, Mustang included, under the advice of the best veterianaries, still the lameness was obstinate, and grew rather worse. He became desperate, and hit upon this device to sell the horse. He drove an ugly ten-penny nail plump into the right fore foot, and left it there for ten days, when he led the tortured animal limping to a neighboring blacksmith to be shod. The blacksmith was a dealer in horses, and quite a jockey in his way. After a while Tompkins called at the shop for his horse. ''That's a splendid gelding of yours, Mr. Tompkins; pity he is so lame," says the blacksmith. "He is, indeed," replied Tompkins; "but he is very lame, and I am afraid he can't be cured." "Perhaps not, and may be he can," says Vulcan. "How much would you be willing to take for him, just as he stands, Mr. Tompkins, money down ?" "Ah, well, I don't know what to say about that, if he is cured, he is worth all I paid for him, and even much more as horses go now; but if his lameness should continue, you see he is worth nothing?not a dollar." The blacksmith began to chaffer. Frst he offered 850, then 8100, and at last 82^0 for the animal. Tompkins was persuaded, and accepted the last offer. The money was paid, and the horse delivered on the spot. "Now," says the blacksmith, "as the bargain is finished, I will be frank with you, Mr. Tompkins. I suppose I can tell you exactly what ailed that horse." 1 Can you ?" said Tompkins; "well, I shall be glad to hear it. I thought you knew all about it, or you would not have paid so much money for him." The blacksmith produced the nail, and assured Tompkins, with great apparent satisfaction, that, while paring down the horse's hoofs, he had found that infernal long piece of iron, and drawn it out of the frog of the near fore foot. "Is that all you know about it ?" Tompkins asked very quietly. "All!" replied the blacksmith : "all! isn't that enough for conscience sake?" "Well," replied Tompkins, "I don't know as it is. I wiil be equally frank with you, since the bargain is finished. I drove that nail into the foot, but the lameness is in the shoulder, I think you will find ! HARD OP HEARING. A young Jonathan once courted the daughter ol an old man that lived down East, but. forsooth, was more capricious than limited in hearing, as the sequel will show : It was a stormy night in the ides of March, if I mistake not, when lightning and loud peals of thunder answered thunder, and Jonathan sat by the old man's fireside, discussing with the old lady, (his intended mother-inlaw) on the expediency of asking the old man's permission to marry "Sal." Jonathan resolved to "pop it" to the old man next day. Night passed and on the dawn of another day the old man was found in his barn lot feeding his pigs, and Jonathan resolved X, __L O.l lates tnat, in setting out eany in tne morning from the place where he had passed the night, he consulted his map of the country, and finding that a very considerable town, called Vienna, occupied a point of his road, but some 12 or 15 miles off, concluded to journey as far as that place before breakfast. Another equally extensive town, bearing as sounding a name, was laid down at a convenient distance for his afternnoon stage, and there he proposed halting for the night. He continued to travel at a good round pace until the sun had risen high in the heavens, and until he computed that he had accomplished more than twice or thrice the distance which he proposed to himself in the outset. Still he saw no town before him, even of the humblest kind, much less a magnificent one as his map prepared him to look for. At length seeing a solitary wood chopper emerging from the forest, he accosted him and inquired how far it was to Vienna. 10 ass ior oai. Scarce had a minute elapsed, after Jonathan made his resolution, ere he bid the old man "good morning." Now Jonathan's heart beat; now he scratched his head, and ever and anon gave birth to a pensive yawn '?Jonathan declared he'd as lief take "thirty-nine straps" as to ask the "old man ;" but said he aloud to himself, however, here goes it; a faint heart never won a fair girl, and addressed the old man thus : "I say old man; I want to marry your daughter." "You want to borrow my halter. I would loan it to you, Jonathan, but my son has taken it and gone to mill." Jonathan putting his mouth close to the old man's ear, and speaking in a deafening tone, "I've five hundred pounds of money!" Old man stepping back as if greatly alarmed, exclaimed in a voice of surprise, "You have got five hundred pounds of honey, Jonathan ! Why that is more than all the neighborhood has use for." Jonathan not yet the victim of despair, and putting his mouth to the old man's ear, bawled out, "I've got gold!" "So have I, Jonathan, and it is the worst cold I ever had in my life." So saying, he sneezed a "wash-up." By this time the old lady came up and observing Jonathan's unfortunate luck, she put her mouth to the old man's ear and screamed out like a wounded Yahoo. "Daddy, I say daddy?you don't understand, he wants to marry your daughter." "I told him the calf halter was gone." "Why daddy you don't understand?he's got gold?he's rich." "He's got cold and the itch, eh ! What's he doing here with the itch !" So saying, the old man aimed a blow at Jonathan's head with his cane, but happily for Jonathan he dodged it. Nor did the rage of the old man stop at this, but with angry countenance he made after Jonathan, who took to his heels; nor did Jonathan's luck stop here. He did not go far from the old man, who run him a tight race, before Jonathan stumped his toe and fell to the ground, and before the old man could "take up" he stumbled over Jonathan and fell sprawling in a mud hole. Jonathan sprung to his heels, and with the speed of John Gilpin cleared himself. And poor Sal, she died a nun, and never had a husband. Town Making in the West.?A gentleman, recently returned from the West, re "Vienna!" exclaimed the man, "why you passed it five and twenty miles back. Did you notice a stick of timber and a blazed tree beside the road ??that was Vienna !" The dismayed traveler then inquired how far it was to the other place, at which he designed passing the night. "Why you are right on that place now," returned the man; "it begins just on the other side of yon ravine and runs down to a clump of girdled trees, which you will see about a mile further on the road." "And are there no houses built ?" faltered out the traveler.? "Oh, no houses whatsomever," returned the woodman; "they hewed and hauled the logs for a blacksmith's shop, but before tlicy had raised it, the town lots were all disposed of [ in the Eastern States; and everything has been left, just as you now see it, ever since." A FRIENDLY VISIT. In' the little town of Dover, situated on the Cumberland river, in Middle Tennessee, there lived some years ago, says the Picayune, an eccentric and intemperate old bachelor, by the name of Kingston. On one occasion, when prostated on his bed by excess, and suffering actually from those things and horrors peculiar to his situation, he sent for one of his boon companions to come and visit him. Shyrack, for that was the other's name, came duly into Kingston's room. "What's the matter, Kingston ?" "Shyrack, shut the door." "Yes my dear fellow." "Lock it." "Eh?" "Lock the door." ^ "Certainly, my dear fellow." "Shyrack, I'm going to kill myself." "My dear fellow let me entreat you not to do it." "I will." "No,?oblige me, and don't." "Must do it." "Don't, it will be the death of you " Shyrack was quite cool and jocose, little dreaming that so terrible an event was actually going to take place. Kingston had, as the last eccentric act of his life, taken a chisel and mallet to bed with him, and now, with desperate resolve, he seized the extraordinary tools of death, and in an instant drove the blade of the chisel into his breast! The hair rose upon Shyrack's head, and fright spread like a sheet of snow over his face. ' 'Kingston ! Kingston ! my dear fellow? you d d rascal, Kingston ! don't you die till I call somebody!" Shyrack ran to the door and called like a madman to some people accross the street. "Hallo! here ! say you Mister! all you stupid people, make haste over here, or there'll be a murder!" The people crowded into Kingston's house. "Don't die, Kingston ! Don't christen me that way! Don't die, till you tell them who did it." "I did it myself," said Kingston very faintly. "There, that'll do; now, my dear fellow, you may die," replied Shyrack, taking a long breath and wiping the perspiration from his forehead. And Kingston |did die, in that extraordinary manner, leaving his fate to be recorded as a suicide that was almost a murder. A LAWYER OUTWITTED. Attorney C , of Providence was a very able laywer; but he sometimes got "sold" by those who made no pretensious to the wit and chicanery that are usually attributed to the legal profession. One day an old farmer from the adjoining country entered his office, saying "Good morning Mr. C ." "Good morning," replied the lawyer, surveying the countryman carefully, and querying in liio mind?ronndnr hnw much I nan ltJ6 40 make out of you, old chap? "Take a seat sir." "I have come to consult you on the propropriety of commencing a suit against my neighbor Mr. G., in regard to the boundary line between our land, which, I believe, he has overstepped." "Yes sir; please state the case," replied the lawyer, in a tone that showed that he was ready for business. The countrymen then proceeded to state everything in his neighbor's favor and against himself, as though it was his own story; and as he concluded, lawyer C. remarked, "Very good evidence, sir, very good; every thing is in your favor; you will be sure to win the case if brought into court." "Is there anything to pay?" asked the man, rising to leave. "Oh no, nothing, sir; but will you let me proceed with the case at once ?" "No, I guess not; you have decided against me ; I have told my neighbor's side, and not my own, which, consequently, as you say, is against me, and it would not be prudent to commence a suit; I will settle it with him," and he turned to the door. "But hold on, sir; you had better bring in your papers and let me examine them ; I may have been too hasty in my conclusions." "Oh, no, sir ; I am much obliged for your advice. I am satisfied without going to law;" and the countryman made an awkward bow as he passed out, while lawyer C. responded with a muttered curse. Very Sensitive.?A lad, in one of our schools, recently read an article from the Richmond South, denouncing Gov. Walker in the most decisive terms. The fellow, upon the evidence, made up his mind that Walker wouldn't do. On entering the school room next morning, he held in his left hand "Walker's pronouncing Dictionary," and approaching the teacher's desk, remarked: "Walker is unworthy the countenance and support of Southern people?I shall no longer study this book?I care to know nothing of words, if such authority is to be consulted." lie then presented John son's book, from which, he recited a well memorized lesson. That boy is a mile out of tho track; but he is made of the right stuff, and wi'l do to stand by, in any emergency.?Live Giraffe. Bed Bugs?Certain Cure.?Take two quarts of fine salt, and one pint of water; dissolve carefully, and rub yourself from head to foot on going to bed. Place a bowl of water under the bed and all is safe. The bugs will not take more than two nips at your pickle carcass before they will run for a drink. In the morning from a pint to a peck of drowned bugs will be found in the bowlS&* A morning paper, in a recent notice, evidently intending to be complimentary to a washing company, whose work it was describing, says:?"It matters not how dirty the work is, the company are prepared to do it jfacl, Jfutt & J^utcg. ( ? A felon generally appears at the end of a finger, and sometimes at the end of a rope. ? It is with ideas as with pieces of mon- ( ey: those of the least value generally circulate the most. ( ? The Louisiana sugar crop promises to 1 yield 250,000 to 300,000 hogsheads the pre- 1 seut year, agsinst 78,000 last year. Good, j ? One of the toasts drank at a recent eel- ( ebration was?"Woman?she requires no eulogy?she speaks for herself. ? "I think our church will last a good ma- , ny years yet," said a waggish deacon to his ; minister; "I see the sleepers are very sound. ] ? The proprietor of the Tehama House, i San Francisco, advertises it as "earthquake ] proof." ? A child, attempting to describe to his aunt a snake, said it was "A thing all tail clear up to the head." imiiMolf on Vinnosf man nnd then J UUiOV/H U U NrMVMw ? you may be sure there is one rascal less in the world." ? A man often goes where lie has no business to be, because he has no business where he ought to be. ? Set not thy watch by the town clock? the way of the world?but by the sure dial of Scripture; for that never faileth of going by the Sun of Righteousness. ? A tract of 100 acres of land without improvements, and lying on the Missouri river, some three miles from Independence, was recently sold for 3100 per acre. ? "Jack," said a man to a lad just entering his teens, "your father's drowned."? "Darn it," replied the young hopeful, "and he's got my knife in his pocket." ? "457,000,000 feet of lumber received at Chicago in one year! Phew!" quoth Starlight, couldn't a fellow get board cheap there ?" ? It is said that the kind mothers at the East are growing so affectionate that they give their children chloroform previous to whipping them. ? There is a medium between excessive diffidence, and too universal a confidence.? If we have no foresight, we are surprised; if we are too nice we are miserable. ? Michigan has a new law diminishing the sentences of State prison convicts one day for every month of perfect good behavior.? That must be consoling to those sentenced for life. ? "Are those bells rinciDc: for fire ?" in quired Simon Tiberas. "Xo indeed," answered Tibe; ''they have got plenty of fire, and the bells arc now ringing for water to match." ? "There is no place like home," says the poet. Right! unless it's the home of the young woman you're after. This is, of course, an exception. Future poets will please to note it. ? There is more true happiness and genuine comfort in presiding over and enjoying the sweets of a quiet home, than in swaying the destinies and commanding the luxuries of an empire. ? A wag has truly remarked, that if some men could come out of their graves aod read the inscriptions on their tomb-stones, they would think they had got into the wrong graves! ? A troubled mind is often relieved by maintaining a cheerful demeanor. The effort withdraws its attention from the cause or pain, and the cheerfulness which it promotes it in others extends by sympathy itself. ? The old gentleman who thought he could stop a rat hole with toasted cheese, has just been overtaken with the hallucination, viz: that young women can be kept from knowing "what's what" by sending them to boarding-schools. ? A shrewd old gentleman once said to his daughter: "Be sure, my dear, tnat you never marry a poor man, but remember, the poorest man in the world is one that has money and nothing else." There is much in this and we commend it to the ladies. ? "Have you got a sister ?. Then love and cherish her with a holy friendship," says an exchange, to which the New Orleans Times adds, "If you haven't got any sister of your own, take some other feller's sister, and love her. The effect is just as good?sometimes better." ? To secure the establishment of a line of steamers from England to the waters of the Chesapeake, it is stated that all the railroad companies in Virginia, and some in ( Kentucky and Tennessee, have joined the ( movement, and the parties now pledged to , the enterprise represent a capital of fifty million of dollars. ( ? A teacher one day endeavoring to make 1 a pupil understand the nature and applica- 1 tion of a passive verb, said, "A passive verb * is expressive of the nature of receiving an ] action, as, Peter is beaten. Now, what did Peter do?" The boy, pausing a moment, 1 with the gravest countenance imaginable, ' replied, "Well, I don't know, without he ' hollered." 1 ?Two little giris, who rejoiced in play- j houses and rag-babies became dissatisfied when they found the babies' faces, so easily soiled, could not be washed. Those were ] not the kind of babies, surely; and they ( both knelt down together, while the older . aha /lAtTAtifln nfowntl nror nnrl avai* <iw\i r\ UIJU UVTVUbiJ VTVft uuu VTVl ugaiu , "Lord ! 0, Lord! give me a baby ! Lord, please to give me a baby?a v\cat baby!" ( ? The invention of the ueedle is generally \ ascribed to a negro, whose name is now for- ' gotten ; but whether this is correct or not, it ] is certain that the first needles ever made in i England were the workmanship of a negro, i from Spain, during the reign of Bloody IVIa- < ry. But on his death, the secret was lost, , and not recovered again till 1566, when the art was introduced, from Germany by Elias Growse, or Grorose. German and Hungari- t an steel, from its peculiar fitness is most in 1 use for the manufacture of needles. t ? On a certain occasion a noted infidel 1 borrowed a sum of money from the late Dr. ( Lathrop, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, t When he came to pay it, he thought to pose i the Doctor with an argument from the Bi- i ble. "You ought not to take interest for j this money, for the Jews are indeed forbid- f den to take usury!" "Oh no," said the Doctor, "you forget; the Jews were indeed forbidden to take usury of their own people, but they were allowed to take usury of the ( heathen J" The application was too direct i to be mistaken, and the man was quite wil- J ling to drop the argument and pay the money. 1 I fanner's department. KIDNEY WORM IN SWINE. John K. Warren writes: I am desirous of >btaining information regarding the Kidney iVoriu in Swine symptoms, cause, aud prop- ; :r treatment?aud of worms generally in ! hat kind of stock. Can your readers inform j ne how to treat the scurf that appears upon i he skin especially of the back of the Suffolk jreed, supposed to be "manage," but I now ;hink it the effect of cold weather. Kidney Worms.?Cole, in his "Disease )f Animals," says: "This disease is indi3ated by weakness about the loins." It will also exhibit itself an inability to use its limbs?sometimes one fore leg will refuse to do its duty?sometimes both hind legs are j powerless. Remedy.?The above named author says: "Corn soaked in lye of wood ashes, perseveringly used, has cured in many cases."? Another writer says, this may do in recent aud slight affections; but a more certain treatment, is to make an incision about an inch long, on each side of the back bone over the kidney and after separating the skin slightly from the parts beneath, insert two or three cloves of garlic. Take a stitch to confine the garlic. Dr. Holmes of the "Maine Farmer." thinks pieces of onion or garlic root would do as well. A writer in the "Southern Cultivator" says, to effect a cure requires nothing but a free use of copperas dissolved in water and mixed with meal so as to form a dough. It will require some six or eight doses to cure a hog after he has got down. All farmers should give this to their hogs several times in the spring of the ear?in fact it is good for them occasionally through the year. The same writer says: "Copperas will destroy the large worm frequently found in the bowels of a hog as well as those in the kidneys. One ounce or less is enough in any case.? Sulphur is also good for hogs, and enough of it will make them shed lice if they have any, and may be given without any risk of danger." A nntfidr romorlv for TCidnov Worms. we ? J ? J / have seen, is to place the hog on its back and tramp its bowels across the kidneys.? Another, gash the hog on the back and fill the cuts with salt; another has cured the disease by making an incision over the kidneys near the spine, about four inches long and something over an inch deep, filled it with pods of red pepper and then sewing it up. Another, by putting spirits of turpentine on their backs just over the kidneys, and repeating the application once or twice if necessary. Has never known it to fail.? This is more humane. Another, in the "Ohio Cultivator" is to give the animal afflicted one ounce of copperas daily for sis or eight days. Make a slop of about two quarts of corn meal and dish-water; dissolve the above' quantity of copperas in a tea-cup of warm water and mix the whole together.? Then give it to hogs." The disease, of several months standing, has been cured in this way. Worms in the. Intend nest.?Youatt says: "The presence of worms may be inferred when the animal eats voraciously and continues lean and out of condition, coughs, runs restlessly about, uttering squeaks of pain, becomes savage. The excrements are generally hard and highly colored, the eyes sunken. The animal becomes debilitated, and has frequent attacks resembling cholic, which tends to weaken him. Too often dies; for before these symptoms have been noticed the evil has generally attained such a height as to be beyond the power of medicine ; for these parasites multiply with incredible rapidity. Remedies.?Drastic purgatives constitute the most efficient means of combating worms; but they must be cautiously administered, as they are but too apt to dissolve and force away the living mucus of the intestinal canals. Turpentine is exceedingly destructive to worms, and although to many of our domesticated animals a dangerous medicine, it may be administered with perfect safety to the hog. Common salt may be given with advantage, and should be mingled with the food. Nor must it be supposed that because no worms are seen to come away from the animal the nutriment may be discontinued, or that there are none ; hundreds of them die in the intestines, and there become digested and decomposed, and go through the same process as the food.?Prairie. Farmer. Tiie Culture of the Turnip.?The Turnip, taking all its varieties, is one of the most important garden or field crops of the South. When the summer garden has been burned up with drouth, a fall and winter crop of turnips will make -amends for much of the loss. A turnip to be sweet and good, should be grown quick, therefore it is important to know what varieties mature the quickest. The early varieties, which are usually planted in the spring, if planted the Srst of this month will be fit for the table in Sve to six weeks from planting. We would recommend the Early Strap Leaf and Early White Dutch as the best for early fall planting. All garden culture of turnips should be in drills. The turnip patch can hardly be too rich, spade or plow the manure in deeply, and sow the seed very thin in drills. More than half of the whole crop of turnips is lost throughout the country, by too thick planting. The Rutabaga should also be planted now. It wants the same culture, out still thinner growing. We are aware ihat this is generally considered a field crop, md only fit for stock, but they are in reality i more delicate dish for the table, than the common white turnips, being more sugary, ind affording greens until late in the spring, vbich are altogether supirior to collards.? The last of the month, Red Tops and Engish Norfolks, with our own domestic seeds, nay be sown. On fresh, rich land, we would 'ecommend the English Norfolks as produjing fine bulbs and immense tops.? Cotton Planter and Soil. Luxuriant Fruit Trees.?The loss of ;he fruit crop in the South will be a great jenefit to the tree. We have never seen ;rees look better, than the fruit trees generaly this season, and we observe they are loadid with fruit buds. It will now be a proper ,ime to prune on our luxuriant trees. What s called the straightening in systom may be idopted, cut back the long sprouts of this rear's growth, to three or four buds, and the 'ruit next season, will be the better for it. ? Cotton Planter and Soil. Making Vinegar.?The cheapest mode if making vinegar is to mix five quarts of varm rain water with two quarts of Orleans nolasses and four quarts of yeast. In a few peeks yon will have the best of vinegar. Canpcnmte Column. THE TEMPTING BOWL. Leave, oh leave the tempting bowl, Nor drink the madd'ning poison up ; By all thy youthful dreams of life, Be warned and shun the fatal cup. They say that on its brim hangs joy, And in its depths there's bliss divine ; They little know how deep a curse Is hidden in a cup of -wine. Oh, when the wine cup bathes thy lips, Is there no silent power to cast Around thy heart some magic spell, To waken memories of the past; Or can no charm e'er win thee back, Or rouse the pride of other yeate? The cheerished form, the smile you loved? Can thoughts of these not call up tears? Where are ambition's dazzling dreams, That shed a halo 'round thy heart, The hopes with bright enchantment fraught, That once were of thy life a part ? Gone, Gone?thy flowers of life had fled, They could not live while pride had pass'd ; They dropped and withered, one by one, | Beneath the wine cup a chilling blast. Then touch no more the tempting glass, A demon sleeps beneath its brim, That lights the budding flowers of life, And makes the flashing eye grow dim. Some fancied joy may seem to lurk iL _ 1 f _t. a 1-1 1 1 wiuuu me origin ueiusive uowi, Yet heed it not?you're but to drink And deep despair will pierce thy soul. Gaze not within the sparkling cup, Nor drink its dark and insidious tide; Oh wouldst thou make the loved ones blest, In Heaven's name then turn aside. Oh, why should manhood thus dispel The brightest dreams of bliss divine, And blast the fairest flowers of life, To stoop beneath the tyrant wine. Then come, redem the name you've sold, Ere time with its o'erwhelming wave Shall hurl tboe on, while friends will weep j To see thee fill a drunkard's grave. Through time was coldly swept away The lustre of thy youthful brow Yet if thy heart is still the same. Thy love shall be rewarded now. DSINKING WHEN ONE PLEASES. "I drink when I please, and let it alone when I please," is a common self-excusing , remark of those who indulge in the use of intoxicating drinks. It would seem from the manner in which they employ the argument , that they have an idea that there is another class of drinkers who sometimes take their glass when they do not please to do so, or, in other words, at times when they know it is not best for their own comfort and interest, and these they consider much lower in grade and far more debased than they. It is rather in a boasting manner that they use the stereotyped expression, as if to prove their power of resistance to gratify a pungent thirst that all are ready to agree to follow those who practice drinking to any extent. Now, it must be extremely difficult for such boasters to determine satifactorily to themselves the time to drink, so as to preserve both their sobriety and their much vaunted personal independence. While they drink only when they please, they entertain no fears of passing the bounds of respectable sobriety; but unfortunately the experience of everybody, proves the alarming fact, that such are the conditions of the human organization and such the nature of stimulating beverages, that the slightest indulgence in .1 1. n .1. ? if. . / tnc latter is sure to arouse in tne lormer a desire for a repetition of the dose not only in frequency but in increasing quantities.? This being a truism, the man who drinks only when he pleases, must find it very difficult to determine after a time when he really does please to drink. If he should happen to take a drink some time when he did not please to do so, that would be a sacrifice of his personal independence, a quality t}iat he is as desirous to maintain as the privilege of taking this grog when he pleases. When and how often ought a man to take his dram so that he will be safe, and hold in possession the two qualities indicated above? This is a question easier asked than answered. If it were not for the cumulative properties of such drinks, a man might drink a little every day of his life and perhaps live to a green old age without ever being drunk, but it is past the endurance of too many, alas 1 to feel perfectly satisfied to-day with what was an abundance a twelve month aj;o. Hence, they find, upon a little reflection, that somehow they please to drink oftener than they once did, and in constantly increasing quantities; and they still assume that they occupy tenable ground of safety because they drink only when they please. This is dangerous ground to occupy ; a man may drink for a time only when he pleases, but if he persists in this course the probabilities are that he will soon or late find that an unconquerable desire is raging within him for that which he knows is rapidly working his ruin, and that he pleases to drink now whenever he can get it. This he finds is consuming him like a raging fire, and yet he is powerless?he cannot resist the temptation and he goes on headlong to a speedy and certain destruction. This drinking when one pleases is a dangerous position, some of the strongest have fallen from it to the utter degradation of the hopeless drunkard, aud thousands more will follow.?Spir- i it of the Age. "Ten Fights to the Barrel."?A very sedate gentleman from the rural districts yesterday passing through one of our I warehouses on Market-street was arrested by 1 the large number of barrels of "red head, 1 copper distilled" which obstructed his passage. "How many barrels of whiskey have you j in store ?" inquired our friend of an attache I of the house, with an air of great interest. "Three thousand," promptly replied the . interrogated. "Three thousand barrels," repeated the countryman, speaking very deliberately, "ten fights to the barrel is a low estimate? h and how many fights is that ?" c "Thirty thousand fights," promptly repli- j ed the mathematical clerk. Thirty thousand fights barreled up in one j house ! Heavens, what a war in prospect, I and he passed on in a very brown study.? iVnotni/V/o liminnv. AIlU",l,,llv *" " ? 4?-"Fire! Fire! Fire!" "Where?" ( In this very neighborhood. Drunkards are perishing; their wives are perishing; their children are perishing, and who will come to the rescue ? "Fire! Fire! Fire!" The drunkard a is on fire; his mind is on fire; his property r is on fire; his body is on fire; his soul will T soon be on fire! And who will assist at the ? engine? Who will stand against the ele- ? O O V uient, and aim to pluck the brand from the burning? Who? Whosoever will, let him r come manfully forward. First sign the Sons' c pledge, and then go out in every direction, l and fearlessly enforce the claims of teetota- P lism. The blessings of those who are ready 11 to perish shall come upon you, and genera- tions yet unborn will rise up and call you ( blessed !?Spirit of the Age. ECOKOMV AND H JclfeaBa ? ^wEr CALL AT RC IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES INQ STOVES into general use, the subscribe North, where he made a large selection of the bes above cut, "THE WONDER," fullyjustifiesitsnam in Air Tight Cooking Store, is not to be surpassed large Ovens and strong draught; the Castings are particular attention to a favorite called %?? 3SO&2 Many of which have already been sold. It is an 1 any otber brought out. It has moveable long cent a complete FARMER'S STOVE. I have, however, every variety of COOK, PA1 and put up without extra charge. It shall be m; struction of Patterns but in the smoothness of Cs In connection the Establishmeut, I hpve, also, A LARGE T. Where every article in the line is kept on hand ROOFING AND GUTTERING. The public are invited to call at the Show Rooi be found all that is required for HOUSEHOLD r3rjEMCjr.mr tsr which will be sold, at WHOLESALE AND RETA Southern Country, jjgy Orders solicited, which Yorkville, S. C., May 7, 1857. Cjegarfebille^ranr is ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, at Two Dollars per year, in Advance. To Clubs of 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 made for an indefinite period, and will be continued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Proprietors. Subscriptions from other States must invariably be accompanied with the cash or the name of some responsible person known to us. Advertisements will 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 twelvelines, Brevier, or less. Business Cards, of a half-square or less, will be inserted at $5, per year. For advertising Eijtrays Tblled, $2; Citations, $2; Notices of Application to the Legislature, $5; to be paid by the persons handing in the advertisements. Monthly?or Quarterly Advertisements will be charged One Dollai per square, for each insertion. Contracts by the year will be taken on liberal terms?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 ontinued 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 continuetheir subscription. 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their, papers, the publisher can continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. . * 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they settle their 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. / A RETIRED PHYSICIAN / T*/"HOSE sands of life had nearly run out, I tv discovered while in the East Indies, a cer( tain cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The remedy was discovered by him when his only child, a daughter, was given up to die. He had heard much of the wonderful restorative and healing qualities of preparations made from the East India Hemp, and the thought occurred to him that he might make a remedy for his child. He studied hard and succeeded in realizing his wishes.? His child was cured, and is now alive and well.? He has since administered the wonderful remedy to thousands of sufferers in all parts of the world, and he has never failed in making them completely healthy and happy. Wishing to do as much good as possible, he will send to such of his afflicted fellow-beings as request it, this recipe, with full and explicit directions for making it up and successfully using it. He requires each applicant to enclose him one shilling?three cents to be returned as postage on the recipe, and the remainder to be applied to the payment ofthis advertisement. Address, Dr. H. JAMES, iNo. l'j uranu-st. Jersey City, N. J. N. B.?Dr. H. James has neither office nor ajent in New York, as some have pretended and I idvertised. The recipe is sent from xo plack / jut No. 19 Grand street, Jersey City, New J Icrsey. / June 11, 23 3m / JOB PRINTING. rHE PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER respectfully inform their friends and the public it large, that they are well prepared to execute irders in the JOB PRINTING LINE, such as PAMPHLETS, , POSTERS, IAND BILLS, j! BLANK NOTES, JUSINES CARDS, jlLABELS, jAW BLANKS, 11 CIRCULARS, MAGISTRATE'S Do.i! CATALOGUES, dec., dec., dtc BQL. All work entrusted to this establishment rill be neatly and expeditiously executed, and at easonable rates. Call at the ENQUIRER Office, )NE DOOR SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE j Jan. 1 1 tf. LAW BLANKS! I\7"E have on hand, and are prepared to supply T ? at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office, .11 kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general deaand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed. Ve offer them at 75 cents ^ quire. Single halt luire 50 cents. As we have incurred considerable outlay to'enable us to furnish a good article, re will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. Our present stock consists of the following vaieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. ?ro.; Copy Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Delaration on Account; Declaration on Promissory Vote; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note ; Subana Writs; Subpoena Tickets, $c. jtgr* Orders from a distance promptly attended o, if accompanied by the CASH! COD L.IVER OIL.--A superior article of pure Cod Liver Oil. For Sale by L. P. BARNETT & CO. MHMF.. COMBINED !! )SE'S DEPOT. , which seem to demand the introduction of COOKer recently visited the. principal foundries in the t varieties, suited for this section of country. The e; and ?'THE BELLE OF THE STATE8,"-?| m for durability or beauty. They are perfectly made, "fl strong and cannot be cracked by heat. I would ask SSI KOM, Elevated Oven for Baking, of greater capacity than :re f ces, to receive a large Boiler, which makes it ILOR and OFFICE STOVES, which I win deliver y pride and ambition to excel, not only in the conistings, and the manner in which they are mounted. [N-FACTORY, I, or made to order., Particular attention paid to ms, in the old "HARRIS BUILDING," where will PURPOSES, such as JAPAN AND TIN-WARE, PJkR^m.nr'CJSa &C., &c., all lIL, CHEAPER than has ever been offered in the shall receive prompt attention. WM. E. ROSE, 18 . ?mo ' WATCHES t JEWELRY! 4 & THE SUBSCRIBER JUST having returned from the North, would respectfully invite his friends and the public generally, to a rich assortment of articles usually ept in his line of business, consisting in part of the following:? (. WATCHES, Gold and Silver; JEWELRY of all kinds; Spectacles, Gold and Silver; Silver-Ware; Silver plated Ware; Britannia-ware ; Waiters; Fancy Articles, GUNS, PISTOLS, ' Bowie-Knives, Walking-Sticks, Military Goods; 1 Clocks of various styles, &c., besides a great ma1 ny other articles too tedious to mention. Persons ' 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, i . and for less than goods of the same kind can be ^ be had at retail, North or South. fl REPAIRING In the Watch and Jewelry line executed with neatness and dispatch, at the shortest, notice, by an experienced workman." tSP Old Gold and Silrer taken in exchange for Goods. E. M. KIRKPATRICK. Dec 4 49 tf SEWING MACHINES. To Manufacturers, Planters and Private Families. IN purchasing such an article as a SEWING MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best. A I. M. SINGER & Co's GAZETTE, a beautiful M pictorial pAper, contains full and reliable information about SEWING MACHINES, and answers nil questions that can be asked on the subject.? All who read this paper will learn how to purchase n Sewing Machine with which $1,000 a year, clear profit, can be made, and will be protected from being imposed on by some of the humbug Machines now before the public. Singer & Co.'a Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work of ^ every description. The Gazette may be obtained gratis on application at any of Singer & Co's Offices. A machine can be seen in operation at the Tailor Shop of Mr. W. C. OWEN, of Yorkville, S. C. L. M. GRIST, at the Enqureb Office, is , an authorized agent. | Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 824 King-st. Principal Office, 323 Broadway, New York. July 2, 1857. 20 ' tf MUSIC! MUSIC?! csfiSSSfl jTai/i/ A LARGE and well-selected stock of PIANOS from the best makers can be had at FACTORY PRICES, at RAMSAY'S PIANO and MUSIC STORE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Those who wish to procure a very superior instrument can get a Hal- m lett, Davis & Co's PIANO, with the patent suspension bridge and metallic bearings, now among the best Pianos in the world. Try one, and if it does ^ not prove well, the price will be refunded. Every Piano fully guaranteecd. j Mr. RAMSAY, being a practical Piano-maker ' and an experienced dealer, can insure to bis customers a perfect instrument, and in the most perfect order. No charge for boxing. Also, on band, Church and Parlor Melodeons, Guitars, Violins, Accordeons, Flutin&s. Banjos, Strings &c., and a general assortment i the latest and most approved Music. , References: Rev. J. M. Anderson, President of I Yorkville Female College; Prof. J. H. Whitney, Professor of Music. Sept 18 88 ly < PRESS FOR SALE. WE have received instructions from the owner, Mr. ROBINSON, to sell the PRINCETON PRESS recently used in our office, at very cheap rates. We exchanged this Press for a new i machine (a Princeton Press of larger dimensions) j at a merely nominal cost; and we can assure our cotemporaries that it was laid aside for no fault whatever. The Bed measures 44 by 28 inches. Mr. ROBINSON promises to put it up in good working order, and to furnish it with his recent ^ valuable improvements ; at a charge considerably below the original cost. Our experience warrants us in recommending it as the cheapest Press that can be used in a flourishing country office; espe- ^ cially so, as it is offered on accommodating terms. ! For further particulars address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkvillt, S. C. Jaa 22 8 tf