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^nmsing Heading. | SHEEPSKIN AND BEESWAX. Now I'm gwiue to sing a song, Tout old aunt Oemimn, Who used to make blister plaster, Down in North Carolina. Chorus: Sheepskin and beeswax. Burgundy pitch an plaster, The more you try to pull it off, It onlv-sticks the faster. Old aunt Gemirna had a dog. His tail was rather stumpy. She put the plaster upon Ills head, Aud drilled bitu to a monkey. Sheepskin and beeswax, \c. She had a horse and cart, They stalled upon the level. She put the plaster upon the cart, And drawed 'em to the devil. Sheepskin and beeswax, &c. She bought a box of blacking: So big, or a little bigger, She put the plaster on de box. And drawed it to a nigger. Onri-JiSMII ilU'l vcnnm, vvv. j Old aunt Gemima's dead and gone, You may not believe the story. They put the plaster on her head; And drawee! her up to glory. Sheepskin and beeswax, &c. 11 atchafalayT currency. Captain Shallcross, of the Mississippi j steamer Peytona, is one of the crack cap- , tains of the river. Everybody knows him , aud he knows everybody, and therefore we i must tell a little story about him. One day , the Peytona was steaming down, past the j cotton woods, towards New Orleans, when i she was hailed by another boat going up. ( "Hallo! Captain Shallcross." "Hallow!" was the answer. "Got any Atchafalaya money ?" "Yes, plenty." "Well, pay it out; the bank's busted or a | gwine to." "Ay, ay," said Capt. Shallcross. "Clerk, | have you got much of that money?" j, "About a thousand dollars, I reckon, sir," said the clerk of the Peytona. "Well, stop at the first wood boat." And the Peytona puffed on until a wood boat was seen moored to the shore, with piles of cord wood around, and a small man, with his trowsers rolled up. and his hands in his pockets, shivering on the bank beside the boat, in the chill December weatner. "Wood boat, ahoy," sang out Shallcross. J Small man in the distance, "Hallo!" "Want to sell that wood ?" Small man in the distauce, "Yes." "Take Atchafalaya money ?" Small man in the distance, "Yes." "Round to, pilot." said Capt. Shallcross. j The boats bound down stream always have j to come around, with their bows pointed up i stream, to resist the current of theMissisippi, ; sometimes they encouutcr a big eddy and ! have to take a sweep of some miles before : reaching the lauding place. So it was in this I instance. "So you'll take Atchafalaya money for wood, will you ?" said the captain, as the boat I approched the shore. Yes," said the small man "Flow will you take it ?" said (.'apt. Shallcross, (ineauins at what rate.) Take it even," said the small niau. -What do you mean by even ?" Cord for cord, Captain." "Cut her round again, pilot," said Capt. ' Shnllcross, "and wood up the next wharf j boat; I reckon this fellow has been posted I by somebody on Atchafalya.?Exrhaii;f>\ How Yankee Notions was taken In. | .. wMfmn ! ?A 11 nosier corresjMjuviMii ui mu n^itm , (Indiana) Herald tells, in the following, a i good one, how a Yankee notions peddlar was i taken in by the .Spencervillians, of Spencer- ! ville, in that State : j Notions drove into town and commenced | trade, when a merchant stepped up and se- j lectcd poods to the amount of oue dollar, j and carried them into his store, and return- ' ed with a coon skin, and says: "Sir, here is j your pay for the poods.'' "But hold on," ; says Notions, "I don't take coon skins for my ! poods." "Can't help it now," says the mer- ! chant, "the trade is made, and a coon skin j is a dollar here?lepal tender." "Well," | says Notions, "if them are your laws, here, ; I guess I can stand it," and at once concocts: a plan to get his coon skin into something ! available Getting the coon skin into as ! small a compass as possible, he makes for a !' saloon, and there concludes to spend a quar- | tcr. Holding oue hand under his coat, with i the other lie beckons up three or four suckers, aud after drinking all arouud throws! down the coon skin, and demands seventy- i five cents in change. "Yes," says Boniface, j "that is a good dollar," and handed him out j three muskrat skins, aud says: "Here, sir, is your change." Notious took his change j and started. Speculators and Capitalists.?The i, following lively, characteristic and effective i story is of Parisian origin, but will fit this ! latitude as well as that:? Two gentlemen werechattiDgon theBouIe- ! vard. One w is:? great speculator, devolving the plan of a magnificent project, the other a puzzled capitalist, ready to snap at the bait, lie hesitated a little, but was yielding ! for conscience sake. Near these two paused a couple of young-1 sters of ten or twelve years. They were looking into a tobacco shop close by, and one ! cries out to the other : "By the piper! I'd like to smoke a sou's ; j worth of tobacco!" "Well," said the other, "buy a sou's worth." "Ah. as luck will have it. T hav'nt the SOU'" ?-llold on ! I've got two sous.'' ;, "That's the ticket ! just the thing?one for the pipe, aud one for the tobacco." "'Oh, yes! but what am 1 to do?" " Vou ? Oh ! i/'iit In //(/ storkfio/</'r // ir c/t tI'd. It was a flash of light, the capitalist thrust his hands in his pockets and tied. The spec* < ulator cast a furious look at the two urchins ' and turned dowu the street. i The Rev. Matthew Wilkes was once passing through one of the crowded streets of Loudon, when he heard a carman?who 1 found great difficulty in getting his vehicle 1 along, owing to the numerous instructions he ' met with?cursing and sweariugat a tremen- ' dous rate. lie quietly went to the offender, ' and, tapping him gently ou the shoulder, said to him : "Ah 1 fur that cursing and j swearing of which you have been guilty, I will appear a witness against you on that . great day of judgment I" "Oh,-yes," said the carman to his clerical rebuker, "the biggest rogue always turns King's evidence T' The canister, in relating this anecdote to i his friends, owned that this answer so non- j plussed him, that he was obliged to walk off j without saying a word in reply. Doctor, he has done it.?A physician I tells the following story?not without some ! regret on his part for the advice given :? hard-working woman had a drunken husband, who, when partly sober, would get the blues and endeavor to destroy himself by taking laudanum. Twice did the wife as- J certain that he swallowed the destructive drug, and twice did the doctor restore bira. Upon the second restoration, the doctor addressed him as follows : 'You good-for-nothiug scoundrel, you don't want to kill yourself, you uie.ely want to annoy your wife j and me. If you want to kill yourself, why j don't you cut your throat and put an end j to the matter?" Well, away went the | doctor, and thought no more of his patient j until, some two weeks after, he was awakened from a sound nap by the tinkling of his night-bell, lie put his head out of the window and inquired 'What's the matter?' j 'Doctor, he has done it,' was the reply.? i 'Done what ?' 'Johu has taken your advice.' j 'What advice?' 'Why you told him to cut , his throat, and he has done it, and he is un- ! commou dead this time."' Imagine the' I doctor's feelings. lie has since ceased giv ing such cutting advice. "P. L. B."?If the following provokes j from the reader as violent laughter as it did | from us, we hope he has ribs of cast iron, that's all. Considerable curiosity was excited at the = Ocean House, Newport, the other day, in consequence of one of the newly arrived visitors having made the following entry in the register: "Tobias Johnson, Indiana, P. L. B " The clerks and the boarders cudgelled their brains to throw some light upon the mysterious initials, but in vain ; and at length i the proprietor, in the blandest, manner pos- j sible, withdrew to enquire of Mr. Johnson as j to their signification. j "Well, Mr. Landlord," said Johnson, "I j will tell you. When I was last here your j fellers charged me five dollars for boot clean-1 ing; and as I wore patent leather all the time, I it struck me that it was rather an imposition. J However, that there may be no mistake this! time, I placed those letters at the end of my j name, that you may know I wear patent ' leather boots." There was no charge for boot cleauing in ; m * 1 ? i mi - * ?L.i iur. .Jonnson s dui ai mm viau. Payable in Satan's Kingdom.?A ten dollar bill on one of the recently suspended ; Tennessee banks, "payable in hell," was of fered to several brokers, but refused at any I prioe. although other bills on the same bank were beiug taken at a small discount. The ! proper filling in had probably been accidcut- ; ally omitted at the time of issue, and the blank supplied as indicated above by sonic J wag. The refusal of the brokers to take the bill was because of the impossibility of col- j lecting it. At last the holder, in despair, j approached a group of three money-shavers, j who had their heads together over some i ! speculation, and exclaimed, with well feign- j ed earnestness, "tlentlemcn, this bill is pay- j able in hell, truly; hut if you can't collect ; it, the Devil only knows who can !" Unpleasant Associations.?When a . certain town in Illinois was about to be incorporated, the inhabitants had quite a dis- i cussion as to what name they should give it. j In one of the preparatory meetings, some one ; proposed the name of Moscow, whereupon i old General B. jumped up and said: "Mr ; Moderator, I suppose that I am the richest | man in the town, and I think I ought to have j my say about the name. Now I don't like i the name of Moscow, for when I was a boy, j my father bought a cow of old Jim Morse, j and I had to milk her, and she was the kick- j ingest witch I ever saw; and I've hated the ! name of Morse cow ever since." j fey"* Every married man should let his j wife have the management of the home de- j 1 - i i hou ran, giving shad to Hartford, and frcelorn to man," SSs?* Some showy quality often srceetis a i lumber of unsightly oues. I I partmenr, ana give iiur ussuuivuujr, mw tun-1 trol of the different bureaus. Don't let her , have any thing to do with the tear depart-1 in en t.?JC.ccJunior. Then how is she to bring the infantry up to the 'breast works,' we should like to know, in case of an attack of the measles V It is j evident the writer of the above has never ! been in many 'engagements.'?New Hemp- I shire Register. Quite a Difference.?"Can a body eat , with these ere things?" asked an elderly la-1 dy, who was handling a pair of artificial plates in a dental office, and admired the fluency with which the dentist described , them. j "My dear madam," reponded the dentist, : "mastication can be perf-iruied by them, with * a facility scarcely excelled by nature her- i self." "Yes, I knov\," replied the female, "but i can a body eat with them?" JOsp' Fragment of a Owed to a Phremont i Poll, What Was Cut Doun ForStovc Would : i | WiK.ihnan ' -pan' tlieni polos. Touch not a single wun : | l.,a<t fall tln-y chooretl our souls, .lust lot them staii'l fur pliun. It was our Pin cutout Club That 1st did plac them there : Oh! plese, sur. let them stand, Or else you'll here us sware. A wag, passing through a bye street { in New York, saw on a sign the following: "Turning of every description done here." ' Kutering the shop, ho enquired of the proprietor if he could get a job done there.? j "Certainly," was the reply, "any kind of ' turning doueonshort notice." "Well, then," said the wag, "turn me ten somersets in a-1 bout one minute." j - ? h'Scr* Wobbs says that the " grab bag " sys-1 tout.carried on at ladie's fairs, where a shil- ! ling "a grab " is charged for the highest ' prize, value two cents, always reminds him ; of the shrewd colored individual, who issued ; sT,7-> in shin plasters, payable when pre- j ?ented in sums of five dollars. That darkey ; should be made a Hank Director. j: ?? <? - j , A musician gave as a reasou for leav rtg an orchestra, that he never was at rest imorg such discordant performers ; the vio-!, inists were always gettiug iuto scrapes, and ' he trumpeters and drummers were coustaut- j I y coming to blows. A down cast poet thus immortalizes the 1 jeautiful river in Connecticut:? "Roll on. loved Connecticut, long hast 1 Janitor's gqmlmcnt.! From the Cotton Plnntor and Soil. THE FRUIT ORCHARD. We do not tncan when we head this article, j, to only converse with those who have acres j in fruit trees?but to all who have a single j ( apple, pear or peach tree. It is a good time ! this month to look over the trunks and limbs ; of the apple, pear or peach tree. If the \ bark of the tree is rough and mossy, there is | something at fault in the food. The earth j* should be carefully removed from the roots, | and its place lilted with rich virgin earth, j1 with some strong wood ashes. If this cannot j( be got, fill in with old well rotted manure, j Take an old knife and scrape the trunk clean j of moss, and all parasites, and give it a rub- j1 bing with soft country soap. Examine the I' ?- ?? r .i I ' iimDS 01 trie pear, n iney are iuuuu wincu m j shriveled, cut them back to souud wood ? j1 lleinove the earth around the base of the j' peach tree, and if a black guru is found ooz- j1 iug from the roots, scrape it carefully away i' aud probe the wounds with a sharp knife, a i' long white flat worm will be found, which j 1 has caused the gum ; pour boiling water into j' holes where the knife cannot reach, and on ' the gum being removed, to kill any of the !1 worms that may be concealed, fill in around j1 the tree with fresh earth. There are many j1 fruit trees standing in yards and gardens, !' that yield but a poor return of fruit, from j 1 the fact, that their falling leaves are careful- I ly swept away, and they have none of nature's j1 food to feed the next crop of fruit All the ! leaves that have fallen in the orchard, should , ' now be worked in the soil, they may be i worked in with a light plough, hut near the ! tree, should be turned under with a pronged :< fork to prevent cutting the roots. If the soil i is poor around fruit trees, there is no crop : that pay better for manure. The question > will be, how to wot* the manure under, i without mutilating the roots, for it is the J: surface roots of trees, that feed for the fruil, : hence the importance of planting fruit trees ; in a soil naturally rich. But art will over- j come almost every obstacle; fork up the soil ; around the tree as far as the roots extend, | (and they run horizontally, as far as the limbs extend from the ground,) and apply liquid manure; this may be applied at any season with safety. Xo time should now be lost in planting out fruit trees. More than half of the trees planted, are ruined by being planted too deep. Deal only with such nursery men as take them up with care, preserving all their roots, and plant them just as they stuod in the ground, with all their latterals spread, and not one inch deeper than it stood in the nursery. If an orchard is to be planted, it should be well sub-soiled, and the holes for the j roots, dug twice as large as the roots extend ; I good surface mould should be fil'ed around j the roots. All bruised roots should be cut | clean before being inserted in the ground, j and if the tree has lost much of its roots, the ] top should be cut back to correspond. Do ! not be anxious to plant large trees. A tree as large as the little finger, is more certain i to live, and if a grafted tree, will produce ; fruit quicker than one as large as the arm. j; Plant the tree firmly at once, and not rely I on ramminrj it afterwards. If the soil is i well sifted around the roots, it cannot be j rammed to firmly at once?the little rootlets j: which are to be its feeders, will find some- i thing to hold upon, and will go to work im- <, mediately. SEED-END CUTTINGS OF THE POTATOES. It is somewhat of a novelty to find seed , potatoes advertised for sale by the letter-full, for stamps enclosed with the order, but the thing is perfectly feasible and altogether practicable; the seed-end of the potato, al- , though cut as fine or thin as paper, contain- ( injrall that is necessary to produce a crop of many hundred-fold of superior quality, nud I , coutend, earlier in growth and larger in quantity. although I am free to confess that the latter quality has been questioned by some; but be that as it may, the raisiug a crop of potatoes from the useless seed ends of the , tubers, cuf, at the time of preparing tbcm for cooking for family use, has beeu practised by me with the most perfect and remarkable ] success. Some years since, I had the care i of an establishment, where large quantities . of potatoes wore used as food for the family, and it appearing that a scarcity of seed would be felt at the time of planting in the spring ! ( I prepared several flat baskets, into which j ( the seed-ends of the potatoes were thrown as j ( they were cut before cooking during the win- i. ter, which baskets only partially filled, were j ( hung up in a dry, airy cellar out of the way of frost; and at the time of planting, not a 1 ( cutting was found decayed, some of them 11 yielding eyes sufficient to form three j ( s.ti.ing sets each, one eye beingdeemcd atup- j j ly sufficient for a set, affording better grown | tubers, large and far more regular in size. | ^ And by these economical means I obtained j seed sufficient for a very considerable plant- j ing in the spring, with results the most satis- j' factory ; exhibiting the very notable tact, j' that if house-keepers would save the seed- ; ' ends of their potatoes while preparing them jv for cooking in the winter, the cost for pota- j toes as seed for the whole Union?or if you j 1 please, for the whole world?may be nothing! j1 And if some kind friend, who is good at !' sin'Mining, will just cast up the saving that ' may thus be made in the world, the Union, ' in his neighborhood, or even in his own fatni- ( 1), and give it to us iu figures in the columns 1 of the Cultivator, the thing would appear so ' [ astounding that, were it not for the axiom? 1 "figures never lie," we could hardly he ex- j pected to realize the fact In conclusion I ;' would add, I was satisfied at the time of ta- ' king up the crop of potatoes from these cut- j tings, that I had never before raised so good I a crop, so uniform in size and shape, or more ; j abundant iu quantity; just adding, that the j crop was kept clean while growing by mere- ' ly flat-hoeing, no moulding up being per- * mitted at any season.?Uostvn Culticut?r. j To prevknt food from burning to 1 the Kettle.?There is a difficulty in stew- j( ing fruit, making apple sauce or sweetmeats, as well as cooking apples, pumkins, potatoes for starch, about its burning and sticking to * the kettle. To prevent this difficult)' it is a suggested by a writer in the Homestead, to c place cleau rye straw iu the bottom of the 1 kettle uuder the fruit. That used for do- incstic cooking should be whole straw cut at * the joints and divested of husks. It is casi- v ly separated from the fruit after it is cooked, 1 and will save it from all burned taste. jv Grape Vines.?Lose no time in this mild s weather to prune and tie up the vines, so t that they will require no handling in the 1 Spring after the sap start". i c Ccmpcrancc |{Mn\ | THE ENGLISH CLERGY?PROHI- ; BITION. , Some of the ablest clergymen of the Old | World have committed themselves strongly j n favor of prohibitory laws. The llev. i t. T. Fox, of Durham, recently delivered!' i powerful discourse on the subject. We , nake the following extract: i There never was a social evil of such !, stupendous magnitude as the liquor traffic, j In every village, in every town, in every j street there exists a class of men, the pests j )f society, the source of nearly all our suf- j, "erings, who arc busied, day by day, in man- j ufacturing diunkards, in destroying the [' aiorals of the people, in seducing husbands ; from their homes, in dealing out poison to | women and helpless children ; a class to j whose nefarious practices we trace up more ;han three-fourtb.s of all the crime, the pov;rty and misery of our land; a class except for which we might all but close our jails, j Dur penitentiaries, our lunatic asylums, our poor houses. And yet we extend the sacred j ogis of law over this class of soeiety, which j li.ia ilnnn mni-n ^rrrntlt thf> llinrals and ! Jestroy the happiness of mankind; to reduce j ihe affluent to poverty, the poor to rags and I misery; which has done more to create disease and sltorten life, than all the wars of mankind that have ever devastated this fair world; than all the murderers and thieves that ever perpetrated crime. "Gather together in one great mass, all ! | the misery of the human family, and cast it ; into the scale, against the accutnlnted sorrows of our own nation caused by the traders in liquor, and it will kick the beam. i "And yet we sit still and do nothing ! j Do nothing ! did [ say'{ J n the name of com- j nion sense, would it were so! lint we pur- i sue our infatuated course, hold browster | sessions, granting new licenses, lending the j sanction of law to the spreading evil; and j then we have up before us the uuhappy vie-! tims of our guilty laws, and punish those ! whom we have first lent our sanction to de- | prave. Such is the virtue, and such the j wisdom of our laws, as they now exist, in reference to the liquor traffic ! High time they were swept away. "Can a greater absurdity be conceived than this, as perpetrated by an intelligent i people ? The very meu who know and acknowledge the public-house to be the source of well nigh all the misery and crime of our land, our magistrates?a body of educated men?meet together one day to license the drunkard maker in the pursuit of his uefa- 1 rious practices, and those same men come together the next day to punish the crimes r\f flinlr iintinnnv Victims A nri t.licn roc licnr them complain of our crowded gaols, and the increase of crime throughout the land. But there is one thing we never hear of, their protest against the public house as the nursery of crime, nor yet the!' petitions to suppress the liquor traffic. Cannot our great Uupaid Magistrates of the land connect these two things together?cause and effect ? And instead of wasting their time and the national resources in punishing crime, in the vain attempts to cure the coil effects, direct their attention to the en use, aud sweep away with the besom of sound legislation ? This j is what we ask for, this is what the Uuited Kingdom Alliance aims at, and this it what I conceive every earnest Christian should use his utmost efforts to accomplish." When the ministers of the Gospel generally will speak out fearlessly in this way, the Jay of triumph will soon come. Until they will lead the way, but little progress maybe expected. Two Nuts for the Public Knuckles ro CltACK.?If a sober man lies down across the public highway, and refusing to get up when politely requested, thereby frightening a taxpaying, free thinking, quietly disposed citizen's horse, and compels his rider to dismount and walk through the mud and lead the astonished brute by this unusual spectacle on the high-way, is that man considered i public nuisance or not ? If he is, by what name shall we call a drunken man doing precisely the same thing? JJoes the fact of his being drunken mitigate the offence in him and demand a more lenient appellative it our hands. By what authority does the I Jrunkcn assume the prerogative of lyiug just J where he pleases upon the people's highway :o frighten the people's horses and compel lie people to dismount and foot it through die mud, when riding is just as cheap? lias i greater than (Vesar decreed it? Such lib erlics with the highways would not be granted a sober citizen, then why should it be tolerated in a drunken citizen ? Why give i tie drunkard sucn extraordinary privileges\ >ver tlie sober man ? Who is this straDgc i uwuiver come in our midst ? I Tf a mechanic exposes his steam engines, J lis machinery, his instruments of martial j nusic, hischincse gongs and fire works on the J public highway, and sets them in full blast to I ;how what he can do, and thus frighten the j people's horses until their rider's comfort is j ;et aside unci their necks periled, the said mcjhanic would be considered a nuisance and j vould receive imperative orders to retuuve j Iicsc exhibitions of his iudustry and skill to ;' i more appropriate place. At the same time, j, md among the same people, the whiskey j icddlcr is (juietly allowed to set up or lay j lowu upon the highway just as many spcci-: liens of his skill and industry, in the shape jf drunken men, as he pleases, and nothing s said. No blusteringfunctionary, after the j: 'ashiun of a district constable, comes along i, md taps him on the shoulder and orders j lim to remove his wares to an appropriate ; ( ilacc. Why this distinction? Docs the seling of whiskey place the seller above the ; inu'pr tn dn wrnnnr ' Dnn?; if. slmffPr immortal ' . ? i lonors upon him and render him a god that J ill others shall bow down at his cart wheel : hriuc '! Is it treason to question his rights i n the premises. If not, let somebody make laste and set these things right. Crack these | luts with your kuukles, citizens.?Spirit of i hr Aye. |1 The Cure of Intemperate Habits ? V notion prevails that a person addicted to i ilcohol stimulants cannot at once leave them t iff without danger of illness, or great and 1 ong continued suffering. This is on error. V cup of tea orcoffec will supply the needed ouic when a sense of exhaustion is felt, and ve have the authority of an eminent physi:ian for stating that no constitutional injury ; vill be suflered from immediate and total abtiuence. The uncomfortable feelings will ubside in forty-eight hours, and will bo ni- (irch/ occr in a fortnight Any man who ias firm resolution can break himself at once if the degrading and fatal habit of drinking, i > Cl)t|oi1il)iIk (inquirer1 IS ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, at Two Dollars per year, in Advance. To Clubs of Ten, thu 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 mndo 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. 8^, Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar per square for the first, and Thirty-sevenind-a-half Cents for each subsequent insertion? a square to consist of twelve lines, Brevier, or less. Business Cards, of a half-square or less, will be inserted at So, per year. For advertising Estrays Tollcd, $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 Dollar per square, for each insertion. Contracts by the year will be taken on liberal terms?the contracts however, must in all cascsbc confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual conAll nrlwor^icnmnnfc nnt hnvuinr tKp nil Til l.uvt.ilg. .... kuiviiuvuivhw ..v. (3 her of insertions marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, will be charged for the overplus, at regular rates. Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. justness '|toticcs. DR. ALFRED CRAVEN JUsibcnt Surgeon gentist, YORKVILLE, S. O. jfcjy On the East side of the Main Street, South of the "Palmetto Hotel." Jan 6 1 tf eTr. cowperThwait; TIB ill Hill H1HIK 267 KING-STREET, FIVE POORS AROVE WENTWORTH, CHARLESTON, S. C. March 20 12 ly* ~ PAGAN &. SMITH, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. *t r\ i rr it *n a am T) a v XI vy. X / O JClttOX - DO. Jl , CHARLESTON, S. C. Will attend to the sale of Cotrnn, Flour, Grain. Bacon, Lard, &c., &c. Reoive and Forward Merchandize, &c. March 2fi 12 1v ~JOHN L. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND COMMISSIONER IN EQUITY, YORKVILLE, 3. C. Office in the Coart-House. ~ T~. J. BELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office opposite J. S. Moore <fc Son's Store. 8?Jk?Will attend promptly to the collection of claims in the Districts of York, Union, Chester and Lancaster. April 2 13 ly ~ W. B. METTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. SST Office in the Court-House. ,IYBa Will practice in the Courts of Union, York, Chester. Lnncester and Fairfield. Prompt attention given to the Collection of Claims In any of the above Districts. Jnn 11 2 ly C DAVIS MELTON, f Y SAM'L W. MELTON. Chester, S. C, f ( Yorkville, S. C. MELTON & MELTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. O., Will practice in the Courts of Union, York, Lancaster Chester, and Fairfield Districts. JUg?" Particular attention given to collections. Office In the "Adlckc* Building"?Up-Stalr*. Jan 7 1 tf BENJ, II. RICE. CIIAS. B. SIMS. RICE So SIMS, FACTORS & COMMISSIOIMERCHMTS, North-Atlantic Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. Particular attention paid to selling Cotton, Grain, Bacon, with Produce and Merchandize generally, July 30 30 ly CASTON &. ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will practice in York, Chester, Lancaster and j Chesterfield Districts. Prompt attention given to the Collecting Business. OFFICE LAXCASTERVILLE, S. C. W. I'lll"ItI.OW CASTOX, ) J ROIIEUT E. ALLISON. | Camden, S. C. / \ Lancasterville, S. C. I June 25 23 ly | KERRISON & LEIDING, IMI'OUTEKS or FANCY DRY 800DS,i Silks, Linens, Hosiery, Embroideries, &c., SO. 141 MEETING STREET, Opposite llayne-st., CIIAKLESTOX, S. C. E. I.. KERIIISON. HERMANN LEIOINO. Aug > 31 ly RICHARD HARE, Ft.'UN HUES TO ORDER, TfllSTflSIS Df EVEfiY DESCRIFTiOI. i MONUMENTS, & c. YORKVILLE, S. C. Ms irblc Yard adjoining Wvikcrt \ Walker's | Concli Factory. "Tjjg March 12 10 ly j S, D, WATSON, MONTGOMERY*, Al.A., IT EE PS on hands for sale, a good assortment! IV of PLANTATION NEGROES. HOl'SE-SKR-1 Y'ANTS, MECHANICS. CARRIAGE OLIVERS, j &c. Also, sells on Commission at Auction or . Private Sale, and hopes a liberal share of patron- j ige from his native country:? REFERENCES : Yorkville, S. C.?Cul. I. I). Witherspoon, G. YV. Williams, Col. Win. C. Beattv, Samuel Y'oung j blood. Jno. L. Miller. Charlotte, X. C.?R. 11. Maxwell, S. A. Harris, j James A. Sadler, Capt. .J. K. Harrison, James H. j Davis. Columbia, S. C.?P. M. Huson, Capt. Jesse j DcBruhl, A. M. Hunt, Richard O'Neall. Feb 12 H ly BBMraKHLWffM.I WIPTI1 HI HUB ,?i ! BOOT Aivi) SIIOL-makixg;.-*^ L LOUIS SMITH takes this method top^^ ! inform the citizens of Y'orkville and the punlic i generally. that he has purchased the BOOT AND | SHOE Establishment recently owned by Mr. B. j i DERRER. and will conduct the business in it* va I rion-t branches at the OLD STAND, adjoining ! ' SToWK'S HOTEL."' Being supplied with com- | peteut workmen, and a good stock of material in i bis line, he will use his best endeavors to give sat- ; isfaction to all who may favor him with, their pa I ] tri.najre. LOUIS SMITH. I i Nov 12 44 ly ji EXECXTOIt'S ivOTIC'E.?All persons I , having claims against the late Col. WILLIAM j , WRIGHT, deceased, will plense present them by , j :he FIRST OF JANUARY next, duly attested, j :o Messrs. ADAMS & McCORKLE cf Yorkvilie, | or payment. , J. L. HARRIS, 1 Qualified .1. J. BLACKWOOD, f Executors. , Nov "? 41 tf ' !>8 91ROIUEKlES^Colinrs. Sleeves and ! ji Chemisettes. Collars from lij cents. For ' sale by L. BLOOMIIERG & HIM). BOOTS AID SHOES?As Cheap as they can be purchased in this market. For sale >y L BLOOMBERG & BltO k,g USElAiS.?A tine tot nl ML'SLIAS, ran- ( LvA giug iu price from 10 to o7A cents. For Sale >v T.. BLOOM RE RO & PRO. GOLD & SILVER, THE SUBSCRIBER nAS ON HAND a splendid assortment of (ami is constantly receiving something new) GOLD AND SILVER WATfHESand JEWELRY of all kinds. Coral, Cameo and Gold Bracelets : Gold Beads, Necklaces, and Neck-Chains ; Fob and Vest Chains; ? larje assortment of Seals and Keys, LOCKETS AND MEDALLIONS; Gold and Silver Pencils and Pens; Gold Thimbles and Spectacles; Cornelian, Plain. Gold and Sett Rings; Necklaces, Amulets, Ear Drops and Pins; Silver, Shell and Pearl Card-Cases; Silver SaltCellars inlaid with Gold; Napkin Rings in boxes ; Silver and Plated Cups and Pitchers; Cake, Pickle, and Fruit Knives; Sugar, Salt, and Preserve Spoons; SILVER SEQQffS MB P0SE81 Silver and Plated Ladles; Shell Jewelry Boxes, with lock and key; Jewelry Vases; Watch-Stand with bell and ink-stand attached; Pearl Glove Holders ; Fancy Shell-Boxes and Dressing Cases; Ladies fine Work Boxes and Travelling Caps ; Ladies Work Baskets and Stands : WRITING DESKS, Folios, Paper-Cutters, and Ink Stands; Tuck. Dressing and Pocket Combs; Hair, Cloth and Shaving Brushes; Harris' n's Perfumery and Soaps ; Violins and Strings; Patent Candle Sticks and Lamps: Castors, Fruit Trays, Razors, Pock et and Bowie Knives; TABLE CUTLERY, (51 pieces in a sett) Tea Trays, in setts and sinpie; Table Mats. All the new style of PISTOLS, from 50 cents to $40. GUNS, double and single, from $10 to $50. Slung Shot and Percussion Caps ; Game-Bags, Flasks, Wads and Shot Pouches. Walking Canes of all kinds: Clocks from $3 to TWENTY DOLLARS. All the above named articles, with many others not mentioned, will be sold LOW FOR CASH and CASH ONLY. Bring in your Bank Bills?I will take almost any kind of money; so trouble not yourself with the idea that I will refuse. fiST WATCHES. JEWELRY, CLOCKS and Musical Boxes REPAIRED at short notice by an EXPERIENCED WORKMAN. 1000 oz. OLD SILVER WANTED. E. M. KIRKPATRICK. Nov 20 47 tf Winnsboro' Female Institute. Mrs. C. LADD, Principal. THE duties of this Institute will be resumed the 13th JANUARY, 1858. The course of studies will embrace a thorough ENGLISH EDUCATION.? practical, and based upon the experience of many years. Competent teachers will fill the different departments. The term will be divided into two Sessions of 21 weeks each. No pupil will be taken for a less time than a Session ; and no deduction will be made for time lost except in cases of sickness. The term of each Pupil will commence at the time of entrance. Any pupit commencing in the seconu Session will be charged at the regular rates until the close of the School. TERMS PER SESSION. Rudimental Branches $10 00 Second Class 12 00 Tnird Class 16 00 Junior or Senior Classes, 20 00 Fuel, with use of Maps, Library, &c 2 00 Languages, each 10 00 Board, per session, including Bedding, Towels and Fuel, 50 00 Washing aud lights a separate charge. MUSICAL AND ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Music on Piano or Guitar 20 00 Drawing and Painting in Oil or Water colors, 10 00 Fancy Work of each kind, 5 00 Use of Piano 3 00 Board and Tuition in the different classes will vary from $60 to $08 per Session. Pupils can graduate in those particular studies that constitute a thorough English Education. Board and Tuition in the English Department, including Music, Painting and Fancy Work, will not exceed $200 00 for the two sessions. Those living convenient to the Railroad, and intending to patronize the Institution, will, by stating the day of their arrival, be met at the Depot with a conveyance for their baggage. For further information, apply to GEO. W. LADD, Winnsboro', S. C. Dec 17 50 tf " we WTlOllTake a ride 1" MILES JOHNSON, ESQ., To his numerous friends, His work so admirable commends, Where grace and strength iu beauty blends, And cheapness, not less lovely, lends Her true poetic fire. Come one, come all! Come ye trudgers through the sand ! Come ye gay and gallant band, Who ride for show, for pleasure and Digestions, sake;?MILES JOHNSON can Relieve you all. He's Bridles, Saddles, Buggy-fixings also nice and fine, And trappings to suit every mind, And everything that's most divine In the Horse-contraption line, To suit all straddles. The beautiful Assortment which he has on hands, Now awaits his friends commands. His Martingals, Bits and Crupper-bands Your close attention too demands ;? Be dutiful. Come all nnd see MILES JOHNSON ; on the second floor, Over WEIKERT & McCANTS'?once more TTo SitvSlAd von fnrtliArmnrn. lie bus something nice in store, Call, call and sec ! Sept 17 37 tf Ti mm MIIE rfIHE Subscriber returns his thanks for the very .1 liberal patronage received for the past, and takesthis method to inform thecitizens of Vork and the surrounding Districts, and the whole South, that he has effected another improvement in the Cotton Gin and Wheat Thrasher, that excels any that have ever been introduced heretofore : and from long experience he has no fear in challenging any other Factory, either North or South, to produce an equal. lie feels very confident in saying to the public, that his Gins excel in performance any other make or pattern now in use. With dry cotton the roll cannot be broken or made to spew over, wiiich no other pretends to claim, and with good driving power and attendance, a 45 saw gin, will Gin from 4 to 6 Bales or more in a Day weighing from 350 to 400 lbs.; which is as much as any otie hand can well handle in a day. Any person wanting a superior Gin or Thrasher, can be supplied by sending on his order to me at Lewisville, Chester Dist., S. C. Work will be shipped to any place desired. REPAIRING done at the shortest possible notice. To House-builders, I will say that I am manufacturing SASH BLINDS AND DOORS, of every description, made of the best material, ami dry lumber, and workmanship the very best. All work carefully packed and forwarded to order. " JOHN SIMPSON. June 12, 1850 24 tf SEWING MACHINEST To Manufacturers, Planters and Private Families. IN purchasing such an article as a SEWING MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best. I. M. SINGER <& Co's GAZETTE, a beautiful pictorial paper, contains full ami relinble informition about SEWING MACHINES, and answers ill questions that can be asked on the subject.? All who read this paper will learn how to purchase a 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 vr..haw Kofnrn t\\t% nnhli/? Sincr<?r & Pa 'a niiniiii" ??? I ? e," ? Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work of very description. The Gazette may be obtained gratis on application at any of Singer & Co's Offi cs. A machine can be seen in operation at the r.iilor Shop of Mr. W. C. OWEN, of Vorkville, 5. C. L. M GRIST, at the Enquirer Office, is in autliorized agent. Singer .S: Co.'s Charleston Office. 324 King-st. Principal Office, 323 Hroadwny, New York. July 2, 1857. 20 tf | r A OZ. SI'LPII. OF qil.MXE, I. best brand, just received and for sale rheap for cash by ALLISON & BRATTON. Jan 7 I tf mi iniiiaaiMJT^ HISTORY OF SOITH CAROLI.VA "ll'ILI. b? republished early in 1858, in two J y large Volumes octavo, 550 pages each Volume. printed on fine, white paper, bound in substantia! cloth gilt. It seems hardly necessary to : ndd anything to the above. Ramsay's History of (South Carolina is a great work; he has an eye witness, and participated in many of the events about which he writes. We, South Carolinians are too ignorant of our own history, and the Publisher has undertaken the work with a view to supply a demand which has been felt for some time. The fact is, there is more interest felt now in the History of our State, than ever was before. All accounts of our ancestors are now beginning to wake up our minds to a lively interest. When we see them braving the hardships of the desert, overcoming every difficulty from asavage foe, and meeting the stalwart Briton in a long, distracting, and bloody war, we are pleased with every danger they escaped, and wish to trace out the most mij nute events of their history. 8end on your name I early to the tubtcriber. I intend to get out the Work early in 1858.? (Price, in substantial Cloth, $2,25 per Volume; Half Calf, $3,00. Sold by subscription, payable -i- n, i nrreir on uenvery. ?? fuxruu, Bookseller, Newberry, So. Ca. Nov 10 46 ; 2m TO THE PUBLIC. J PHOTOGRAPHY in all its various branr ches, is still prncticed by the subscriber, one I door West of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.? | I will attend to takiug PICTURES EVERY SATURDAY as heretofore; and on other days between I the hours of half-past eleven and two o'clock. Yours thankfully for past favors. J. R. SCHORB. Sept 10 36 ly | In Common Pleas- York District j Eldred D. Williamson, 1 t'i. [ Attachment. j Sam'l W. Ruddock. J j Nancy Meacbam, "1 vs. J- id. Same. J I J. M. Strong, "j L J"- t ilL The Same. J Ihave attached as the property of the Defendant, in the above stated cases, one tract of land, containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of William Boyce, i R. S. Daniels, James Elms and others. No one I was in possession of said land when attached? and any person or persons claiming the same, are hereby notified to appear and show cause pursuant to the acts of the General Assembly of this State, in such case made and provided, why said lands should not be condemned as the property of said absent debtor. S. C. YOUNG BLOOD, 8. T. D. May 29, 1857. 22 (Pr'sfee$8) qly. The State of So. Carolina. York District. OP. CR AN FORD, who is in the custody of the Sheriff of York District, by virtue of a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum at the suit of Henry Seberick, having filed in my office, together with a schedule on oath of his estate and effects, his petition to the Court of Common Pleas, praying that he may be admitted to the benefit of the Acts of the General Assembly, made for the relief of Insolvent Debtors. It is Ordered, that the said Henry Scbenck, and all other the creditors, to whom the said 0. P. Cranford is in anywise indebted, be, and they are hereby summoned and have notice to appear before the said Court at York Court House, on Monday the eighth day of March next, to shew cause if any they can why they prayei of the petition aforesaid should not be grunted. JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. pls. D*c 8 19 3m LAW"BLANKS! WE have on hand, and are prepared to supply at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office, all kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general demand, printed on good pnper and neatly pressed. We offer them at 75 cents quire Single half Quire 5? cents. As we have incurred considerable outlay to enable us to furnish a good article, wc will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. Our present stock consists of the following varieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. Pro.; Copy Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Dtduration on Account; Declaration on Promissory Note; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; Subpoena Writs; Subpoena Tickets, $c. flag* Orders from a distance promptly attended to, if accompanied by the CASH! JOB PRINTING. THE PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER respectfully inform their friends and the public at large, that they are well prepared to execute orders in the JOB PRINTING LINE, such as PAMPHLETS, POSTERS, HAND BILLS, i BLANK NOTES, BUSINESS CARDS, |! LABELS, LAW BLANKS, i; CIRCULARS, MAGISTRATE'S Do-li CATALOGUES, Arc., &c., &c? AH work entrusted to this establishmen will be neatly and expeditiously executed, and a reasonable rates. Call at the ENQUIRElt Office ONE DOOR SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE Jan. 1 1 tf. dtxttwalker, SURGEON DENTIST, Cheater, S. C., WOULD respectfully inform the public that his rooms are now at the Cornwell House, where he may be professionally consulted on Mondays and Saturdays, and at Rock Ilill, York District, from the second Tuesday of each month until the Friday following. He is now in possession of the science, material, and instructions, for mounting Teeth on the CIIEOFLASTIC PROCESS, which is considered by Dentists who have tried it, to be the perfection of mechanical Dentistry for mounting partial or full setts of Teeth. July 2 2(. tf National"police gazette.This Grent Journal of Crime and Criminals is in the Twelfth Year, at d is widely circulated throughout the country. It contaius all the Great Trials, Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorials on the same, together with information on Criminal Matters, not to be found in any other newspaper. Subscription S2 per Annum; $1, for Six Months, to be remitted by Subscribers, (who should write their names and the town, county and State where they reside plainly,) To R. A. SEYMOUR, New York City. July 16 2P tf AIL ROAD IIOtV;L.?The~under"sign"ed begs leave to inform bis friends and the nnlilin n? lurirp flint be has i-tfinished and onen i ll his new buiiding, known as die MUI.LINAUX HOUSE, opposite, and within fifty feet of the King's Mountain Rail Road Depot, Vorkville, for the accommodation of the TRAVELLING community. CONVEYANCES will be kept for the transportation of travellers to nry portion of the country. STOCK DRIVERS can likewise be accommodated. Every effort wilt be made to oblige md entertain customers in a satisfactory mauner. Bills made to suit customers. M. MULLINAUX. Sept 4 35 tf a.\l> axp lots for sale.? The Subscriber otfers for sale his HOUSE and LOT on the Landsford road, about ? mile from Rock Hill Depot. It is well-improved, with a very comfortable DWELLING, and all necessary outbuildings. There are 34 ACRES belonging to the Lot. Also, a House anil Lot in Rock Hill, and about 330 Acres of BLACK-JACK LAND, all in woods except 20 Acres, and lying 1J miles from Rock Hill. Terms easy. Call and see me at Rock Hill. W. P. BROACH. May 21 20 tf Land titles, magistrates' Summons* and Recognizances; Commissions | to Examine Witnesses, Ca. Sn., Ca. Sa. on Sum. Pro., Sub. ad Res., Writ in Attachment, &c., together with all kinds of Law Blanks ?n common use. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE, nnd will be seut by mail to any address, postage pre-paid, at One Dollar per Quire. Notice.?-The Creditors of J. LEROY DAV1ES, are requested to meet the undersigned at Rock Hill, on Saturday, 23d of January ; Saturday, 24th of April; and Saturday, 24th of July. L. II. MASSEY, Amgnte. I Jau 1 td