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FIGHTIKG THE TIGEB. Some years ago, says a writer in the Philadelphia Dispatch, I was in a gambling house iu Cincinnati, silent loker-on at a game of faro. In those days such operations were oarried on rather openly, and almost i under the eyes of the authorities, with unbarred doors, so that any one could walk in, either in the capacity of a better, or a mere spectator. In the latter capaoity I found myself, near midnight, when the door of the den opened. Jnst as the game began to flag, and not a sound was heard but the click of the oheoks and the rattle of some dishes a darkey was placing on a table, in walked, a tall, rawboned, country-looking chap, in a gray satinet coat and a coon-skin cap. He walked right up to the only vacant place at t.liA foWtt ani) dnvinrrfrnin a aida.nnnk(>t Ml ?4*v vwvtv^ MU\A u*Nntug M |rv??* enormous calfskin wallet, which looked as if it inight contain at least a thousand, in fives and tens, adressed the dealer: u Look here, Mister, I'm going to fight this here tiger up to the nines ! Understand me, I allers fight to the death; that is untm break you or you break me!" " Very good," said the dealer, "you are one. of the kind we like to deal for." And hia'eyes fairly danced at the certainty of depleting the plethoric-looking pocket-book. " But understand me," continued the rough customer, ?there is one thing you must first agree to; and that is, if, you break me you most give me money enough to carry me home." * ^"FH do it," said the " leg." '"You all on you hear, gentlemen," said Rough, " that I have the word of an honorable sporting man, that if he wins all the money in this yere pooket-book, he gives me money enoiigh to carry me home." Yes! yes! yes ?" responded the entire Here the darkey announced supper, and the keeper of " the tiger" announced a re-, cess for half an hour. The crowd went into the good things prepared, and Rough was not a whit behind the rest. He dived into the venison, the oyster pie, and the " chicken fixins," until he could eat no more with any degree of safety to himself?not forgetting to wash down the whole with liberal potations of brandy. Refreshment over, labor bade fair to commence in right down earnest. The dealer took off his coat; rolled up his sleeves, and seated himself. Rough squared himself at the table, and again drew the ponderous fsollnt. All orroa mora r>nm tnrnpfl nnnn him ! for spectators, patrons of the establishment, and even bankers themselves looked for a tall game. Rough drew from one of the pookete of tbe wallet a greasy and rather suspicions looking five dollar bill, and called (for the worth o fit-in chips. After scrutinizing it a moment, the * dealer tossed it into his drawer, >a'nd passed over a stack of ten tulips jtoBbugh. He next gave-the cards anndry scientific " flirts," placed them in Jbe box, announoed " All ready!". Rough / plaoed his ten ohips on the ace, and the deal went on. Some eight or ten cards were drawn out when an ace-oome to view, on the top of the box, and the dealer immediately ptxt ten more chips on tbe top of Rough's pile. Rough let the twenty chips lay upon p - the ace, and itwas not long before another one made its appearance, but this time it fell by the side of the box, and the dealer " raked down" the entire pile. He then waited a few moments in expectation that Rough .-.would open the pocket-book again, but that individual continued resting his chin on the palm of his band, and gazing abstractedly on the ace. "Well," said the "leg," ? aintyou going to bet any more ?" ? Nary red?I'm broke?flat !" said Rough. The " leg" laid back in his chair and in a tone of the most profound astonishment, said, " The dence you are ! And I pledged myself to give you money enough to carry you home in case you got broke ?" " Yon did that same, old hoss." " Where do you live?" " At Rrownsville, np the river." " What will it oost to take you there?" " At the present stage of water, I think I can get up for about fourteen dollars." Such a shout as wsnt up at this juncture was never before heard within the walls of a faro-room?while with great good humor the "leg" counted out fourteen dollars. "My friend," said he to Rough, "it is not every day one meets a patron like you. Go and help yourself to another drink of brandy and a cigar. " Whenever you come to town again, give us a call. Call often?you will find the latch-string out. I wish you a safe journey. Give my respects to your wife and the childdren. Bye, bye!" Bough didn't shrink one iota from this raillery, but took the proffered drink and cigar. " I say," said he as he held the door ajar, " I wish you better luck with the next green looking customer that comes along; but before you make such a bargain with him, jest ascertain where he lives, and the size of his pile !"?and so saying, he disappeared amid the guffaws of the crowd, in which the dealer himself heartily joined. EASTERN ELOQUENCE. "Genttemen of the jury," 6aid an Easttern lawyer, "it is with feelings of no ordinary commotion, that I rise to defend ray injured client from the attacks that have been made against his hitherto unapproachable character. I feel, gentlemen, that though a good deal smarter than any of you, even the j idge himself, yet I am utterly incompetent to present the case in that magnanimous and heart-rending light which its importance demands; and I trust, gentleman, that whatever I may lack in presenting the subject, will be immediately made up by your own natural good sense and discernment, if you have any. " The counsel for tho prosecution, gentlemen, will undoubtedly attempt to heave dust in your eyes. He will tell you that his client is pre-eminently a man of function?that he is a man of undoubted and implacable veracity?that he is a man who would scorn to fetch an action against another merely to gratify his own personal corpon ity; but, gentlemen, let me caution you how to rely upon such specious reasoning like this. I myselt apprehend that this suit has been wilfully and maliciously fetched, gentlemen, for the sole and only purpose of brow-beatiig my cilent here, and in an eminent manner grinding the face of the poor, and I apprehend, also, that if you could but look into that man's heart, and read the motives that have impelled him to fetch this suit; such s picture of moral turpentine and hekrt-felt ingratitude would be brought to light as has never before been exhibited since the Falls of Niagara. Now, gentlemen, I want - to make a brilliant appeal to the kind symmetries of your nature, and see if I can't warp your judgments a little in favor of . my unfortunate client here, and then I shall fetch my arguments to a olose. Here is a poor man, with a numerous wife and child depending-for their daily'bread and butter, wantonly fetched up here and arranged before an intellectual jury on the charge of ingnominiously hooking?yes, hooking, six quarts of new oider. You, gentlemen, have all been placed in the same situation, and you know how 4- ?.!nfn?inn?o nf mt rilpnt. and CU 1CC1 IUI IUC UilOiVlVUUbO Vk -j I humbly calculate that you will not permit the gushing of your symperthizing hearts to be squenched ia the bud by the surruptions and superogating arguments of my ignorant opponent on the other side. The law expressly declares, gentlemen, in the beautiful language of Shakespeare, that where no doubt exists of the guilt of the prisoner, it is your duty to lean on the side of justice, and fetch him in innocent. If you keep this fact in view in the case of my client, gentlemen, you will have the honor of making a friend of him and all his relations, and you can allers look upon this occasion and reflect with pleasure that you did as you have been done by; but if, on the other hand, you disregard this great principle of law, and set at naught my eloquent remarks, and fetch him in guilty, the silent twitches of conscience will follow you over every fair cornfield, I reckon, and my injured and down-trodden client will be pretty apt to light on you some of these nights, as my cat lights onto a sasser of new milk." * * " Honorable Conditions.?Many years ago, in what is cow a flourishing city in this State, lived a stalwart blaoksmith, fond of his pipe and his joke. He was also fond of his blooming daughter, whose many graces and charms had ensnared the affections of a susceptible young printer. The couple, after a season of mutual billing and cooing, "engaged" themselves, and nothing but the consent of the young lady's "parient" prevented their union. To obtain this, an interview was arranged, and Typo prepared a little speech to astonish and convince the old gentleman, who sat enjoying bis pipe in perfect content. Typo dilated upon the fact of their long friendship, their mutual at* ? .1 i 1 ! tachment, their hopes 01 tne iuiure, auu like topics, and taking the daughter by the hand, said : "I now, sir, ask your permission to transplant this lovely flower from its parent bed"?but his "pheelinks" overcame him, he forgot the remainder of his rhetorical flourish, blushed stammered, and finally wound up with, "from its parent bed, into my own !" The father keenly relished the discomfiture of the suitor, and after removing hiB pipe and blowing a cloud, repled : "Well, young man, I don't know as I've any objections, provided you marry the gal first!'* .v , *> Perpetual Motion.?A Western correspondent of Harper's Mafoziile off the following 'good one.' "I was travelling in Virginia, by stage, and spending the night at a country tavern, where I was greatly eutertained by the talk of the stage drivers and others sitting arouud the bar-room fire, in the evening. One old codger worded off a good thing: "When! was down'to4 the fair, a good many years ago, there was a prize offered to one who would come nearest to making perpetual motion. All sorts of machines, of all shapes and materials, were fetched there and shown, and the makers of them told how long they would run. As I was walking a^T nntn a o"rrn rvTTAW O fonf UUUL UUlUUg L l i C ill j X pan a oi^u v?v* %? ?'all who want to see perpetual motion and no mistake, meet at this lent.' So I paid the admission fee and went in. Very soon a queer little man got on a box that served for a platform, and addressed the audience : 'Ladies and gentlemen, I'm agoin to exhibit to you the most wonderfullest invention you ever seen; it's been runniD' for full three years, and if nobody stops it, it'll run forever.' And here he unrolled a strip of paper. This is a Printer's Bill!" And as he held it up to the public gaze of the people, they admitted, that whether the bill was paid or not, they bad all been sold." How McBlivins Got a Partner.? Our friend McBlivins summons his resolution and his tailor, and determined to have a new suit made and go to a dance. They fitted him to a hair, and screwing up his courage and his neck-tie, he started. He was rather late, and when he arrived he found the company already engaged in dancing, but the loveliest female present occupied a chair at the window without a partner. Stepping up to the lady, with a palpitating heart, his mind greatly excited for fear of a refusal, he exclaimed: "Will you do me the honor to grace me with your company for the next set?" Her lustrous eyes shone with unwonted brilliancy, her white pearly teeth fairly glistening in the flickering candle light, her heavy snow} bosom rose and fell with joyful rapture, as she replied: "Yes sir-cc ! for I've sot, and sot, and sot, till I've about tuk root!" McBlivins wilted. Jest Kind O'Went Away.?"Good morning Reuben.' " Morning. 'Squire fine day for the crops !' ' Yes, but what ist the matter with your face Reuben ? You have had a fight, I fan?y-' 1 Why yes, 'Squire, me and Jim Hockins, we had an old grudge, aud last nightwefitit out. "And which whipped Reuben ?' " Well'Squire, we fit considerable.' " Yes, yes, I know, but which whipped ?' " Well 'Squire, we fit considerable, and?' ? Ruben, I suspect you ran !' " Run! I'd rather die.' " Well, how did it result then?' " Well, Squire, Jim he fit strong, and 1 was down; good mornin' 'Squire j there's that cow ag'in.'? Well, what the deuce did you do, you . unexplaining, Joseph coat-faced individual, what did you do?' "Well, I didn't run,' 'Squire,' said Reuben sulkily; <1 jest kind 'o went away!' ' While a - Boston party of ladies and gentlemen where skating on Jamaica pond, a lady who was rather young, promised a kiss to the onewhoshould heather. As she was rather good looking, a lareg party started, and it was found at the end that a little darkey had beat the-crowd. The female paid the bet, as the little nig said, "just as if she was used to it." * " Jfarotfr's ?eprtnmtt. THE EGEARIS, OR PEACH GRUB. The Peach Grub, or . Bor.er, is the mo3t formidable enemy to peach culture, in the South, and may be exterminated, by several modes, with comparative ease. The best time-to commence an attack upon the fortress of the enemy, is during the month of November. Tako a common weeding hoe and scrape away the dirt, about one foot from th<? r.olar of the tree, down to the latteral roots. If there is any appearance of gum around the collar ofthe tree, or in other words, that portion of the tree just at and above the latteral roots, it is a sore indication, that the Borer is in the vicinity, carrying on the wort of death. Scrape away the gum and find the aperture from whence the gum has exuded, and with a pruning knife press upor the bark below and about the apperture, un til it is ascertained, by yielding of the bark, how far*1he borer has progressed ; dig intc the bark with the point of the knife and take him out. Let the tree remain in this con' dition during the winter, and in April, il there are signs of gum, examine the roots a gain and extract all the Grubs, and apply i shovel full or two of leached ashes around the collar, above the roots; and draw the dirl back again and fill up the cavity smoothly If the work has not been done before Christ mas or during winter, it is highly importanl that the Grubs should be destroyed in the spring. They may also be killed by running a wire into the hole where they have made their ingress under the bark, unless thej have made a circuitous route. Another effectual way to destroy them is, to make a narrow basin around the root ol the tree, and so elevate it that it will contain a gallon or ttfo of strong brine, which will be sufficient to kill all the Grubs and i- -t_?A. ?-i ~e . XM?m A1 insects UDOUl tUC lUUl. Ui nuy 1 c?v;u, aiuu, v. Apricot tree. Small trees should have less amount applied to them, say one quart tc the tree. No newly transplanted tree should have the brine applied to it the first year. Another way to exterminate the Grub, may be practiced with fine sucess in the pine region where virgin dip turpentine is so abundant: Make the basin as directed for the application of the brine, and fill up full with virgin dip, above the collar of the tree. The turpentine insinuates itself in every crevice of the bark, and completely suffocates the depredator, and at the same time is so elastic in its nature, that it yields to the growth o( the tree, and will remain and protect the roots and collar of the tree for two or three years, when it will need another application. Two or three quarts will be sufficient for any ordinary sized tree, consequently one barrel will be sufficient for some fifty or sixty trees. How he did it.?Some twenty years since, my father bought a farm which waf "worked to death." as the neighbors said. Well, he found out how it had been workod, when we put a heavy team and new polw tc work, and the virgin soil was turned up sis inches below the four inches worked tc death. Our neighbors prophesied a failure, and when our oropa vied with and exceeded their, own, they were full of surmising? as to the wonderful strangers who were sc succsessful in renewing such killed soil. "What manure did you pat on that field ?" a neighbor asked my father, one morniDg, at they were looking at the deep, green waving com, growing so rankly therein. m Plowed deep I plowed deep !" answered he, " there is nothing like plowing deep and thoroughly pulverizing the soil, to bring good crops in all kinds of weather." That field had been nscd as a meadow, some fifteen years, producing half a ton of ha) to the acre. We broke it up deep, planted ono year, sowed oats the Dextwith clover and timothy, and the third, cut two tons to the acre. Another field has been used for oats the same length of time. We produced but pool oats, as so much deep, new soil was turned up, never having been exposed to the weath er, a hard and almost impenetrable crust hav ing been formed at the depth of three oi fourinohes, where the plow had scraped foi years. As soon as possible we grassed it, and had excellent meadows where others though! nothing but a bad weed, called devilsgut, could grow.? Corres. Ohio Farmer. Charcoal for SnEEP.?One of the best medicines, for human beings, is finely pulverised charocal, keep corked in a closed vial or jar, one-half a teaspoonfull mixed with five times its bulk of water, forming an a greeabie ana excellent remeay ior aimose any kind of deranged stomach, and in larger doses constituting a very mild and perfectly safe laxative. There is no doubt thai that the same remedy would often prove ol great service to domesttic animals. Although we have never seen it tried, we confidently predict that half a pint to a pinl powdered charcoal, mixed with two to foui quarts of water would prove and admirable remedy for hoven in cattle. We observed that a correspondent of a late paper has used charcoal mixed with salt for his sheep with the best results; he had found them to suffei much on wet pastures, until he made use of this remedy, after which they immediately presented a more healthful appearance. Bite op a Mad dog.?A writer in the National Intelligencer says that spirits ol hartshorn is a certain remedy for the bite ol a mad dog. The wound, he adds, should be constantly bathed with it and three or foui doses, diluted, taken inwardly, during the day. The hartshorn decomposes chemically the virus insinuated into the wound, and immediately alters and destroys its deleter! ousness. A Remedy for Hoarseness.?Take the white of two eggs, and beat them with twe spoonsful of white sugar; grafe in a little nutmeg; then add a pint of lukewarm wa ter. Stir well and drink often. Repeat the prescription, if neccessary, and it will cure i tlio mnok ciViof inn to /?ndp of hoarseness in f short time. Wiiat one Bean hasJdone.?According to the Barnstable (Macs.) Patriot, Mr. Lor ing Breker, of that village, raised last seasor on one stock, and consequently from one I been, 106 pods, which yieldded 45E beans Sweet Potato Waffles.?Two table spoonsful of mashed potato, one of butter one of sugar, one pint of milk, four table spoonfuls of wheat flour; mix well togethei and bake in a waffleiron. The Mistaken Man.?He who expecfc to purchase a rail road ticket on credit. Ccmjjcritftcc patter, "j | Prom the Spirit of the Age. INTEMPERANCE INCHEASING. Despite the noble efforts of temperance or- ^ ganizations and temperance papers, drunk- , enness is alnrmingly on the increase in many ^ . parW of the land. In defiance of all opposition, the curse sweeps on to destroy. The terrible tide rolls against the feeble bulwarks tbat a few have reared, batters them down, ^ "?"o-o rnolrin on/4 liamrt ftf nil avytcpo uu uiuuiu^ niceiw auu mwiw v. ?^ before it. All-overthe land this tide is roll- ^ ing, and u is darkened with the wrecks of ou | homes and hopes, it has broken as it passed. rQ Strong men bow'the knee to the rum dragon, ^ | and drink from the poisoned cops with a foil ^ knowledge that they are sealing their dam- . nation, to be cancelled only by the endless sweep of eternity. With this terrible truth written in their hearts, and written every- ^ where before them, they still press the cup to t their burning lips and drink and die. It makes the heart sad to contemplate the un- ^ broken column of old men and young men, beating down a pilgrim path from the grogshop to a grave on which no star of hope can jc ever shed one lingering ray. al! What shall be done to stay the progress of 0f the great destroyer? Shall intemperance still ?' roll its black flood through our favored land su and lay in waste our dearest interests, while f0 man shall And an abiding place here? Is -it ^ to be an unabated scourge through all time, and up to the hour when the Angel trump ^ shall sound, continue to doom and damn v those who dwell in the earth ? Is there no year of promise away ahead, when earth's . sons and daughters shall shout Jubilatee /. ' T l? P -1 P. il'. : m, jubilatee : J?ireeuuin irora me opprea- i sive curse! ^ What shall be done ? The agencies that .rf have been employed against the evil have jn been faithfully tried and found to be too at ' feeble to battle with a power so strong. It | has been done as was commanded "and yet there is room." Where shall we look to for mi ' help? To what tower of strength shall we thi apply for aid in routing the monster from lJc L our uiidst ?, '? an We look, first, to the public press of the a t country for aid. This great power has been silent long.enough upon this importaut sub- j ject; and if all the conductors of the same to had the fearless independence to write and ha publish just what they really and truly believe upon this subject, we should see an in- yC; fluence exerted upon the public, the like of ho which has never been seen before. The Press does control and shape public opiuiou to a j,e very greut extent, and if every journal circu- coi lated among the people would have a good J* word and an argument for the temperance <pr cause, the number of temperauee men would m be abundantly multiplied. We venture the ~~ ! assertion that there are not three Editors in j the State who do not believe that the coun- ? try would be happier and more prosperous, if there was not a gallon of intoxicating li| quor drank from one fourth of July till the next. And now if this is really their belief, , and we are constrained to think so, for they ? are all men of intelligence, why is it that we see so little in their jouruals in favor of tern, perance ? If any body knoweth a reason, let i*'... \r _ i i . .1 if* ( mm answer. .1 es, we iook to me purnic press for aid, and shall continue to cry, "Come ? over into Macedonia and help us," even if that help is a long time in coming. ~ , 1 Again, we lock to the Pulpit for more ? hclj) thtyi we have ever yet received from I that quarter. Tipplingand drunkenness must I be denounced as special sins, and men more , faithfully warued^of their danger in this rc- _ ' spect than ever before. Too many ministers j are disposed to speak of these things in a r dainty manner, . lest they give offence; but I let the tftiole counsel be declared.' Let a <I warning be heard from every pulpit "in the , land?let men be assured^upon the frithful- ? ness of the Bibie that if they are found a* j mong drunkards their condemnation is sure. r Let us have help from the Press, from the I Pulpit and from every source; for the work is great and the present laborers too feeble to _ perform the great task before them. If the 0 , giant intemperance is ever slain, or oven . crippled, it must be by the combined effort of every power of earth that has the good of ^ 1 man a heart. . 1 * W From the Spirit of the Age. , . | ?? ' * "BY THE QUABT." ; Q1 "Do you retail liquor here?" said a red ' nosed soak to a well-dressed, respectable bi merchant. "No, notexactly," said the merchant. " Edzactly," said the toper, " what fl do you by mean that ?" " Why, we don't I sell by the drink or gill?we can't be guilty of that filthy, low practice, but wo sell by the quart or more. " Edzacty, but what is a poor fellow to do, who haint got no jug?" "Have you got the cash to pay for a quart ?" ? said our respectable dealer in goods, wares and merchandise. "Yes ! forty quarts, and more ." " Well, I guess we can accommodate you, if you'll be particular." "How so, old hoss?you are chatting now." " Well, ** you can drink a quart during the day, can't you?" "Why, by zounds, I can go two on a pinch." "Well, fork up the cash,and 1 we'll put the quart in a stone pitcher in our ~ back room, and during the day as you need, 1 if there be no particular kind of people, such ? r as ladies and gentleman about, you can walk quietly into the back room and take your J .1 _1 M ?TIT-I1 1 ?t_ - uriuji auu tueu siope. * yvcji, nere a me ' real staff." The quart was drawn and put in the stone pitcher, and the toper swigged a E. fourth of it, and put. Trudging on slowly, the toper began to soliliquize, "Ugh!" that's whipping the devil around the stump nicely. A : I shall be considered a gentleman after all [ ?I don't mean to drink in a low doggery _ again, I gits it from a respectable merchant _? and drinks in his back room?he don't re- S* tail, but he sells by the quart! he, he, bo 5 hum!" Here, he laughs outright, and wends ot) ) his way, whistling. Ht , Now, this, we opine, is one case in a thou- ?a [ sand, and it shows the utter folly of making 4 a distinction between a wholesale and retail "J [ dealer. If the sale of intoxicating liquors oj ' be tolerated at all?if it be an article which ^ tjie State should tax under any circumstan- a ' ces, why burden the poor retailer with a tax, , and allow the more responsible merchant or ^ . grocer, to sell free of charge, "by the quart gei , or more?" The thing is preposterous?nay, wo ? ridiculous. If the vending of spiritous li- Tk ! quorsin any quantity be a legitimate busi- ^ ness?such an one as the State will allow and th] recognise, why should not every dealer in j Tr , them, bo treated alike ? Common sense, e- on qual justice, demand it, and our legislators, I r whose duty it is to provide for the cost of. government, should look to it. M< ah 3 Drunk, Just a Little.?A Placerville ttn loafer mistook a globe lamp, with letters on for the queen of night, and exclaimed: 'm-stumped if somebody hain't stuck an vertisementon the moon." - S&" Fearful of accidents and mischief >m the sale of poisonous drugs, the popular 11 interdicts their sale by quacks ; but the me public voice is hushed ; the same popir power is helpless; the same popular | ding is destroyed, when pointed to the i >rse than physical death frOm recognized isons daily measured out in the rum glass i over the.country. We give liquor venders e hightest sanction of the law in their sin1 vocation of dealing out to their fellowmen mt is more poisonous and morally ruins than the vile broth from Hecate's cauldn. We do more; we demand a revenue r the blood they cause to be shed and for e son Is they doom to despair, and thus, rtually, become parties in the crime. Can people, claiming to be christaios, still re-, ain careless and indifferent to this importit matter ? If so, let the barbarians shed ars of pity for us, and pour around the feet their heathen gods the blood of their illocks in our behalf 1?Spirit of the Age. I^Tlre only security against the cureejof itemperance rests in a rigid abstinence from I forms of intoxicating drinks. The truth this has been proven a thousand times. Touch but a drop, and the whole oceaD rrounds you, to whelm you and sink you rever!" Touch not! ib ' ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, at wo Dollars per year, in Advance. 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Contracts by the ar will be taken on liberal terms?the contracts wever, must in all casesbe confined to the imxliate business of the firm or individual conicting. All advertisements not having the numr of insertions marked on the margin, will be atinued until forbid and obarged accordingly. bituary Notices exceeding one square in lengtn, 11 be charged for the overplus, at regular rates, ibutes of Respect rated as advertisements. business ftotiws. DR. ALFRED CRAVEN $Usibtitl Snrgtira Dentist, YOIIKVILLE, S. C. On the East side of the Main Street, South of the "Palmetto Hotol." Jan 6 1 tf JOHN B. ERWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Boo in the "Adiokes Building"?Up-Stairs. Feb 11 6 tf i B S. MOOSE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C: Office in the Court House. Feb 18 : " 7 x ' ly . JOHN I. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW - - _ AND JOMMISSIONER IN EQUITY, TORKVILL*, 8. 0. Office in the Court-House. W. B. METTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office, in the Court-House. "?a Jan 14 2 ly DAVIS MELTON, > f SAJl'L W. MELTON. Chester, S. C. J ?1? t Yorkville, S. C. ? MELTON & MELTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C., ill practice in the Courts of Union,' York, Lancaster Chester, and Fairfield Districts. Particular attention "given to collections.. I Hoe In the "Adlclces Building"?Up-StAlrt. Jan 7 1 tf INJ. H. BICE. CHAS. B. 8IM8.. . . RICE & SIMS, nuNHDiHiiiiini North-Atlantio Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. ,rticular attention paid to selling Cotton, Grain, lacon, with Produce and Merchandize generally, July 80 ' ' 80 ly CASTON & ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 11 practice in York, Chester, Lancaster and Chesterfield Districts, ompt attention given to the Collecting Business. OFFICE LANCA9TERVILLE, 8. C. THURIOW CASTON, \ f ROBERT E. ALLISON. Camden, 8. C. J \ Lancaeterville, S. C. June 25 25 ly KERR I SON & L El DING ~ IMPORTERS Ot AN fi? DRY 600DS, Silks, Linens, Hosiery, Embroideries, Ac., NO. 141 MEETING-STREET, Opposite Hayne-st., CHARLESTON, S. C. L. KKRRISOH. HERMANN LF.IDINO. Aug 6 31 , , ly ~ JAMES M. EDNEY, ommm merchant, 50 JOHN-STREET, N. Y. - ~ i I UYS and forwards every kind of merchandise 9 for 2J per cent. Commission. Refers to Govs, rain and Morehead, N. W. Woodfin, J. W. Osrne, C. P. Mendenhall, A. M. Gorman, Esqrs. d Rev. C. F. Deems, Hon. W. A. Graham, and j ?ers. Dealer in Pianos, Melodeons, Organs, trps, Guitars, Music, Sewing Machines, Iron , fes, Pumps, uaruen rrngmes, sc. a pnnieu t of tbc different makers, kinds and prices sent \ e. Publisher of an elegant lithograph of . fic^ory Nut Falls" N. C. ($1) and the "Cher- , tee Physician: or, Indian Guide to ealth." This invaluable family adviser should in every house. It treats of all diser.ses, has copious glossary, and prescribes the remedies >m nature's bounteous stores, for all our infirmes and misfortunes. It is printed on fine white per, handsomely bound, fourth edition, 300 paj, and is mailed free for one dollar. New Rose- i od Pianos, $150. t i JATIOMAL POLICE GAZETTE.- ] 1 This Great Journal of Crime and Criminals . in the Twelfth Year, and is widely circulated roughout the country. It contains all the Great iais, Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorials the same, together with information on Crimi- 1 1 Matters, not to be found in any other news- ' per. JfcJ- Subscription $2 per Annum; $1, for Six ' Dnths, to be remitted by Subscribers, (who \ ould write their names and the town, county ' d State where they reside plainly,) To B. A. SEYMOUR, New York City. MILES JOHNSON, SIIWI ill DUES! HIIMIII OVER tYEIKFRT tc M'CANTS OOAOH SHOP, YOBXVHiLE, S. C. RB?? All kinds of Saddles and Harness made ? the shortest notice. REPAIRING promptly executed. Feb 4 5 6m GOLD & SEVER THE SUBSCRIBER HAS ON HAND a splendid assortment of (an is constantly receiving something new) GOL AND 8ILVER WATCHES and JEWELRY of a kinds. Coral, Cameo and Gold Bracelets ; Gol Beads, Necklaces, and Neck-Chains Fob as Vest-Chains; a large assortment of Seals and Key LOCKETS AND MEDALLIONS; Gold and Silver Pencils and Pens; Gold Thimbli and Spectacles; Cornelian, Plain, Gold and Se Rings ; Necklaces, Amulets, Ear-Drops and Pint Silver, Shell and Pearl Card-Cases; Silver Pal Cellars inlaid with Gold; Napkin Rings in boxes Silver and Plated Cnps and Pitchers; Cak Pickle, and Frnit Knives; Sngar, Salt, and Pr serve Spoons; SILVER ssooisAHBfom; Silver and Plated Ladles; Shell Jewelry Boxe with lock and key; Jewelry Vases; Watch-Star with bell and ink-stand attached; Pearl Glove Ho ders ; Fancy Shell-Boxes and Dressing Cases; Lt dies fine Work Boxes and Travelling Caps; Ladv Work-Baekota and 8tands : , - WRITING DESKS, Folios, Paper-Cotters, and Ink-Stands; Toe Dressing and Pocket Combs; Hair, Cloih*. at Shaving Brashes; Harriscn's Perfumery at Soaps ; Violins and Strings; Patent'Candle-Stic! and Lamps; Castors, Frait Trays, Rasors, Poc' et and Bowie Knives; . . TABLE CUTLER?, ' (61 pieces in a sett) Tea TrayB, in setts and si gle; Table Mats. All the new style of PISTOL from 60 cents to $40. GUNS, double and sing] from $10 to $60. Slung Shot and Percussii Caps ; Game-Bags, Flasks, Wads and Sbot-Ponc es. Walking Canes of all kinds; Clocks from 3 to TWENTY DOLLARS. All the above named articles, with many othe not mentioned, will be sold LOW FOR CASH and CASH ONLY. Bring in your Bank Billswill take almost-any kind of money; so tronb not yourself with the idea that I will refuse. Beg* WATCHES, JEWELRY, CLOCKS ai Musical Boxes REPAIRED at short notice by < EXPERIENCED WORKMAN. lOOO oz. OLD SILVER WANTED. E. M. KIRKPATRICK. Nov 20 47_ - t< ' TO PLAITEBS M-lIil THE Subscriber returns his thanks for the te: liberal patronage received for the past, ai takes this method to inform the citizens of York ai the surrounding Districts, and the whole Sout that he has effected another improvement in the Cotton Gin and Wheat Thrasher, that excels any that have ever beenintroduc heretofore ; and from long experience he has i fear in challenging any other Factory/either Nor or South, to produce an equal. He feels very co fident in saying to the public, that his Oins exc in performance any other make or pattern now use. With dry cotton the roll cannot be brok or made to spew over, which no other pretends olaim, and with good driving power and atten ance, a 45 saw gin, will . Gin from 4 to 6 Bale* or more in a Da weighing from 350 to 400 lbs.; which is as mu as any oue hand can well handle in a day. Ai person wanting a superior Gin or Thrasher, ci be supplied by sending on bis order to me at Lewisville, Gliester Diet., S. C. Work will be shipped to any place desired. R PAIRING done at the shortest possible notice. To House-builders, I will say that I am man factoring SASH BLINDS AND DOOBS, of every description, made of the best materii and dry lumber, and workmanship the very best All work carefully packed and forwarded to o der. JOHN SIMPSON. June 12, 1856 24 tf SEWING MACHINES. To Manufacturers, Planters and Privat Families. IN purchasing such an article as a SEWIN MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the bes I. M. SINGER & Co's GAZETTE, a beautlf pictorial paper, contains full and reliable inforn ation about SEWING MACHINES, and answ.ei all questions that can be asked on the subject.All who read this paper will learn bow to pu chase a Sewing Machine with which $1,000 a yea clear profit, can be made, and will be protect* from being imposed on by some of the bumbu Machines now Before the puonc. ainger s uo. Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work < every description. .The Gaaette may be obtaine gratis on application at any of Singer & Co's Ofl ces. A machine can be seen in operation at ti Tailor Shop of Mr. W. 0. OWEN, of Yorkvilli S. C. L. "M. GRIST, at the Enquirer Office, an authorized agent. Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 King-et, Principal Office; 828 Broadway, New York. July 2, 1867. 26 tf In Common Pleas-York Districi Eldred D. Williamson, 1 vi. > Attachment. Sam'l W- Ruddock. J Nancy Meacham,") vs. v id. Same. J J. M. Strong, V " " " vi. A . ' , id. The 8ame. J T have attached as the property of tlys Defenc X ant, in the above statea cases, one tract < land, containing One I^undred and Thirty Acrei more or less, bounded by lands of William Boyci R. S. Daniels, Jamea. Elms.and others* No oz was in possession of said land when attachedand any person or persons claiming the some, ai hereby notified to appear and show cause pursi ant to the acts of the General Assembly of thi State, in such case made and provided, why sai lands should not be condemned as the property < said absent debtor. S. C, YOUNGBLOOD, 8. y. p. May 29, 1857. 22 (Pr'sfee$8) qly." The State of So. Carolina, YORK DISTRICT.' ' ' Eldred D. Williamson vs. S. W. Ruddock.?Attach ment. W. B. Withers, vs. Same.?Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiffs did, on the 20th da of November 1857, file their declarations a gainst the defendant in the above stated casei who, as it is said, is absent from and without th limits of this State, and has neither wife nor at torney within the same upon whom a copy of th same declaration might be served. It is, there fore Ordered, that the said defendant do appea and plead to the 9aid declarations, on or before th 28th day of January, which will be in the year o our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, otherwise final and absolute Judgment wil then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. Pts. Jan 27 9 lyq LAW BLANKS I WE have on hand, and are prepared to suppl at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office ill kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general d? nnand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed We offer them at 75 cents quire. Single hal 3oire 50 cents. As we have incurred considers t>le outlay to enable us to furnish a good article we will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY". Our present 9tock consists of the following va rieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sun Pro.; Copy Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Dt :laration on Account; Declaration on Promissor Note; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; Sul ocena Writs; Subpoena Tickets, $c. NOTICE#?All persons indebted to me wil find their NOTES in the hands of J. B. EB WIN, Esq. GEORGE STEELE. 'Feb 18 7 if - - " ? " ... Tff THE PUBLIC. [> "PHOTOGRAPHY in all its various branJt ches, is still practiced by the subscriber, one door West of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.? I will attend to taking PICTURES EVERY 8ATit URD A Y as heretofore; and on other days between -the hoars of half-past eleven and two a'clook. Yours thankfully for past favors. ' j. r. schorb; - septlo ^ ?s , .I'+Wi" ; THE LITER ' ' mwmm&TQMr PREPARED BY Dit. SANYORD,' {? Compounded entirely from (HUTS, n TS ONE OF THE BEST PURGATIVE XND ld X LIVER MEDICINES now before the jmhlic, ld that acts as a Cathartic, easier, milder,, and more eneciuai man any omer meuicme u)ojrn. At JS ' not only a Cathartic, but a Liver remedy, ?9t>Qg first on the Liver to eject its morbid matter, then on the stomach and bowels to carry off that goat;t ter, thus accomplishing two purposes effectually, : without any of the painful feelings experienced in the operations of most Cathartic*. It strengthens I the system at the same time that it purges it; and ' when taken daily in moderate doses, wUl strength? ' en and build it up with unnsnal rapidity.. ^ The Liver is one oft the principal regulators of the human body; andjflr, when it performs, its functions weli, the pow-|Pn era of tha-systea are fully" developed. Tbej^ ttomach is almost en81 tirely dependent on tbejw healthy action of the , LivtTj tor the properjr, performance of itajfoM" tions; when the atom-'fn nobis at fault, the bow* els are atfault, and the! J whole system suffers in consequence of one oi-r^ can?the Liter?has* ingceasedtodoUsduty.lJJ Fof the diseases of that organ, one jf the pro-lfij printers has made it bis . study, in a practice ofTTl more than twenty yeaes ' to find some remedyj/^s wherewith to counterj act the many derange- W meats to which, it is >d liable. / , tw . . . ;tf , " To prove that thiej^ remedy is at laat found, any person ^troabled.Lj with. Liver Complaint, in any of its forms, hasr* but to try a-bottle, and conviction is certain. JTv, . < , These Gums remove,}^ all morbid or bad matter from the system, L_ supplying in their j>1*m ' a healthy flow of bile, Xj invigorating the siotte? acb, causing fpod to di-r~j gestwell,pnrifjingthe blood, giving tone and H health to.the whole ma." chinery, removing the ... oause of the disease, ^ effecting a radical cure. A* ^ . Billions attacks art cared, an&what isbetr rs ter, prevented, by the.rjt occasional use of the 1 Liver Invigorafor. > ] v ... s > Onotdose after eating.i ia sufficient. to relieve _j the stomach and pre vent tke/ood from- rije sing and souring. T, . r.~ - Only one dose, taken before retiring, prs^ tents Nightmare. (J . . -? in Only one dose takenM at night, foeaens1 the bowels gently, and| cures Gostiveness. One dose taken after'rjn each meal will ourc Dyspepsia. J* i'-. - . J6^0nedoseof two a teaspooufuls will aL _ ways relieve Sick Head jLJ ,ache. One bottle taken, forfemale ooptraetion removes .the cause of tiie m disease, and makes a perfect cure. ' 1l>] 4 f ry Only one dose imme-diately i ell eves Cholic, One dose often re-^ peated is a sure core h for Cholera Morbus, and'PHU preyedtiveof Chole' Kff'T t kj An? hnltU W illti nu.tut t. .?i of the system theeffecttT^'of nrjdicine after a ed long slokness. ao l^?One bottle takenpH' for JaantBee remote* th allsallown'essorunnatu-rrr) ralcoiorlrom the skin, n- One dose taken 'short tioSe before efttel ing gives rigor to the appetite, and makes food in digest trell. en One dose often repeated cares Chronic DLtrto rhoea in its worst form!, while Summer and Bowel d- complaints yield almost to the first dose. One or two doses cares attacks caosed by Worms in Children ; there is no snrer, safer, or speedier y remedy in the world, sis it never failt. eh ???A few bottles cures Dropsy, by .exciting a7 the absorbents. .. t 1D We take pleasure in recommending this medicine as a preventive for Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, and all Fevers of a BHious Type. It operates E_ with eertahity, and thousands are wilting to testify to its wonderful virtues. AH who use it are giving their ananimott testimony in its favor. . , Mix water in the mouth with the Invigo. rator, and swallow both together. THE LIVER INVIGORATOR *v; IS A SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DISCOVERY, and is daily working cures, almost toe great to believe. It cures as if by magio, even the firtt dote giving benefit, and seldom more than one bottle is required to cure any kind of Liver Complaint, from the worst Jaundice or Dytpeptia to a common Headache, all of which are the result of a Diseased Liver. ?UCS O.NE DCLLAB FEB BOTTLE. G SANFORD & Co., Proprietors, 346 Broadway, t. New York. al Wholesale Agents: l- Barnes & Park, New York; T. W. Dyott & rs Sons, Philadelphia ; M. S. Burr & Co., Boston; - H. H. Hay A Co., Portland} John D. Tark, Cinr cinnati; Gaylord & Hammond, Cleveland; Fahr, nestock & Davis, Chicago; 0. J. Wooa Sc. Co., >d St Louis; George H. Keyser, Pittsbnrgh; S. 8. ig Hance, Baltimore. And retailed by all Druggists, 's Sold alto by ALLISON & BRAXTON. , of YorkviUe, 8i C. id Feb 18 7. ly ;e A BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF< i RICH GLOSSY HAIR, COMPLETELY PREfUHtVED TO THE GREATEST AGE. AND who that is gray would not have U restored to former Color; .or bald, but would.bare the t TgroWth restored, or troubled with dandruff and itching but would have it removed, or troubled with scrofula, scald head, or other eruptions, but would be cured, or with sick, head ache, (neuralgia) but would be xu^ed. it will also remove all pimples from the face and skin.? Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative will do all this, see circular and the following. Ann AaBoa, November 5,1856. Prof. 0. J. -Wood?Dear Sir: I have beard i much said of tho wonderfbl effects of your Hair Restorative, but having been so often cheated by qbackery and quack nostrums, hair dyes, Ac., I ' was disposed to place jour Restorative in the same ' category with the thousand and one loudly trum_ peted quack remedies.tfntil I met you in Law~ rence county'some inontts since, when you gave * me sacb assurance a? induced the trial of your Restorative in my family?first by my good wife, , whose hair had become very thin and entirely f White, and before exhausting one of your large ' bottles, her hair was restored nearly to its original beautifal brown color, and had thickened and become beautiful and glossy upon, and entirely over the head; she continues to use it, not simply because of its beautifying effects upon the hair, hut btfeausfe of its healthful influence upon the head sffd mind. Others of my family and friends are sing your Restorative, with the happiest effects ; therefore, mv skepticism and doubts in reference 1 to its character and value are entirely removed; and I can and do most cordially and confidentially recommend its use by all who would have their y hair restored from white or gray (by reason of '* sickness or age,) to original oolor or beauty? and '? by aH young persons who would have their hair e beautiful and glossy. Very truly and greatfnlly youra, * e 80L0M0N MANN. r Fai*?m Wnrif>!" It Ilia ft 1nn? ? * ? ? - uuo tuicr x saw e you at Bllssfielcfbefore I got the bottle of Restora' tiye for which you gave me an order upon your " agent in Detroit, and when I got It we concluded 1 to try it on Mrs. Maim's hair, aa the surest test of its power. It has done all that you assured me it would do; and others of my family and friends, hating witnessed. its effects, are now using and recommending its use to others as entitled to the highest consideration yon claim for it. j '^Agaita, very respectfully an dtnulj, yours, Cabltli, III., June 58, 1862. I* I hare used Prof. 0. J. Wood's Hair Restorative, If and bare admired its wonderfal effects. My hair ^ was becoming, as I thought, prematurely gray, ) but by the uso of his Restorative it has resumed ' its original color, and, I have no doubt, permanently so. S. BRES8E, ex-Senator, U. S. 0. J. WOOD & Co., Proprietors, 812 Broadway, ,1 N. Y., (in the great B. ff. Wiro RailingEstablish' ment) and 114 Market street, 81. Louis, Mo. And * soldby all good DruggistB, and by ALLISON k " BRATTON, Yorkville 8. C. Feb 18 i . 7 '8? 1 . - . . f ^ r T)EAELmRCH, ARROW-ROOT aadSjtfS* & BBATTON.