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jpclerted fo^g. From the Memphis Appeal. '* IF WEENEW." If we knew the woe and heart-ache Waiting for us down the road, If our lips oould taste the worm-wood, If our racks oould feel the load; Would we waste to-day in wishing For a time that ne'er can be; Would we wait in such impatience For our ships to come from sea ? If we knew the baby fingers Pressed against the window-pane, Would be cold and stifT to-morrow? Never trouble us again: Would the bright eyes of our darling Catch the frown upon our brow ? Would the print of rosy fingers Vex us then as they ao now f Ah, these little ice-cold fingers, How they point our memories back To the hasty words and actions OUCVTU CUU1U Via voi/ainMu v?ww? How these little hands remind us, As in snowy grace they lie, Not to scatter thorns?but roses? For our reaping by-and-by! Strange we never prize the music Till the sweet-voiced bird is flown ; Strange that we should slight the violets Till the lovely flowers are gone; Strange that summer skies and sunshine Never seem one-half so fair As when winter's snowy pinions Shake their white down in the air! Lips from which the seal of silence None but God can roll away, Never blossomed in such beauty As adorns the mouth to-day ; And sweet words that freight our memory With their beautiful perfume, Come to us in sweeter accents Through the portals of the tomb. Let us gather up the sunbeams Lying all along our path; Let us keep the wheat and roses, Casting out the thorns and chaff; Let us find our sweetest comfort In the blessing of to-day; With a patient hand removing All the briers from our way. j-"*" COULDN'T; GET THF RIGHT FLOP. 1 T .1 io4o J?:? in me year 10to, uuiuig tuc jluuicukc excitement, in the usually quiet town of ' Durham, old "Aunt Sally H?who i would weigh nigh on to 2 hundred pounds, J "got up," and one evening in meeting, in < the midst of a warm season of exhortation, ] she arose and said: * i "Oh, brethren and sisters, bless the Lord! i I'll soon get away from this wicked world; ' I'm going to meet the Lord in a few days, i My faith is powerful strong. Oh, jres, < powerful strong it is." "So strong con- 1 tinued the old lady, extending her arms and motioning them like a goose on the wing, "that it does seem as if I could fly i right away now and meet the Lord in the i air." 1 The minister, who was as great an enthu- 1 siast on "going up" as the old lady, en- < couraged her, by exclaiming?"Try sister, i try ! Perhaps you can fly, if your faith is f only strong enough." "Well, I can," she exclaimed, "I know < I can, and I will." ] She was standing near a window which j was raised because of the oppressive heat? 1 for it was summer. With her handkerchief J in one hand and her fan" in the other, she < mounted the seat and thence to the top of 1 the pew, and gave a leap into the air with 1 a flying motion of her arms, expecting to i ascend heavenward. But the law of gravi- 1 tation was too much for both her faith and ] the gravity of the audience. Down she ; came with an enormous and not very an- < gelic grunt, shaking the whole house with ? the concussion. { She arose, folded her wings, and with 1 great meekness sneaked back into her seat, ' evidently disappointed. < The next evening some of the young peo- i pie asked her: "Aunt Sally, why didn't you fly last i night, when you tried so hard ?" "I couldn't get the right flop," was the ' meek and conclusive reply. j EST" Mr. James Ketcham, of New Paltz, ] is widely known as one of the best auction- ( eers, in Ulster county. It seems, a few ] days since, that he was called to exercise ] his vocation at a place near Galeville. A- j mongst the articles to be sold was a heifer, j very attractive in her appearance, and con- | sequently our friend "Jim" dwelt quite ex- i tensively on her many excellencies in the ' customary vernacular of an experienced | auctioneer, winding up his eloquent description with a flourish that she was as "gentle as a dove." Thereupon, a long, slab-sided countryman, (who had listened open-mouthed to the wordy display of friend "Jim") whose legs were some twelve inches longer than his pants, approached the heifer and stooping down commenced handling her teats. Bossy, not relishing such familiarity, lifted her hoofs and laid "Greeny" sprawling some ten feet off. "There," said "Jim," "that shows one of her best traits ; she'll never allow a strange calf to come near her!" "Greeny" meanwhile picked himself up, and giving his bushy pate a harrowing scratch, exclaimed. "No wonder she won't when her own calf has been bleating around her all day !" A huge roar broke from the crowd, and our neighbor Ketchamgracefully "gavein." ?New Paltz Times. An Insult.?Our friend has played shy in everything that savors of trade, and when accosted in a down-town store by a member of one of the-tribes regarding the purchase of a magnifying glass, he almost screamed "No" in the ear of the astonished Israelite. "You shall have him for four dollar seventy-five," he responded. "Don't want it." "Four dollar," contined the anxious son of Abraham. "Get out! don't want it!" cried our friend, red in the face. "What will you give for him, then ? make me one offer." "Well, then, seventy-five cents," said the unwilling customer. "Do you wish to insult me, sir ?" replied the peddler, gravely. "Yes !" said our friend, as short as piecrust; "yes, 'twas my intention to insult; now, what are you going to do about it ?" "You shall have him." The magnifying glass was handed over and the seventy-five cents paid, with a feeling of mutual satisfaction. Bunyan and the Quaker.?John Bunyan, while in Bedford jail, was called upon by a Quaker desirous of making a convert of him. "Friend John, I have come to thee with a message from the Lord, and after having searched for thee in all the prisons in England, I am glad that I have found thee at last." "If the Lord had sent you," returned Bunyan, "you need not have taken so much pains to find me out; for the-Lord knows I have been here for twelve years." From the Southern Cultivator. WORK FOR THE MONTH. If any of our readers (fascinated by visions of fortunes quickly made) have decided to plant large cotton and small provision crops, we beg them to reconsider the matter. The price of cotton varying with the amount produced, the net gain from a small crop does not differ materially from that of a large one. If a farmer raising 10 bales, and selling at 20 cents per lb., receives as much money at the end of the year, as one who makes 20 bales and sells at 10 cents per lb., the former really makes much more clear money, because his expenditures are so much less. In the one case, one half as much capital is invested in mules, implements, &c., the expenses, of cultivation, picking, ginning, packing, sending to market, &c., are only one-half; the tax is only half; the number of negroes to vex and worry the soul is only half, (to say n/\+V>ir?rr r\f fVioffa onrl rlaTvrprln.t'.inns nf ftVftFV UVVUIU^ V* VUVAVW uu ^ V?V|/? v. ^ ^ description); and last, but not least, more good land is left for corn, potatoes and other provision crops. If the calculation has been made, as to how much corn will be needed, and how many acres required to produce it, let the latter be at once doubled. Hope is so strongly developed in the farmer's mind at this season of the year, he is induced to believe that his land will yield about twice as much, as in average seasons it actually does. When the rains of winter and spring are still fresh in memory, the droughts of summer are forgotten, wind and hail ttorms are left out of view, and rich, green luxuriant fields, magnificent stalks with heavy ears, so fill the eye as to exclude, everything else. But alas! the droughts of summer will come, and the bright dreams of spring too often fail to become realities in autumn, Plant enough land in corn to make a bountiful supply. Estimate at the minimum instead of the maximum yield per acre. In the present and recent Nos. the culture of corn has been so fully discussed by correspondents, that we will add nothing on the subject, except to remind our readers of the old adge, "circumstances alter cases," and that soil, climate, &c., necessarily modify the method of cultivating. Stiff clay land and sandy soils cannot be treated in the same manner?up land and low grounds each require different management, but we may add, in some respects they all agree, for thorotfgh preparation, cultivation and manuring improve them all. As a matter of prudence also, we suggest that a part of the crop be planted late. If the early planted fail* from anfavorableness of-seasons, the late may succeed. Much of the success in cotton raising, iepends upon the preparation of the land previous to planting, and the first working ?iven the crop. Let the ground be nicely bedded, so that the plant may receive its first plowing very early, without danger of covering it up. If painB is taken Jo have the seed planted in very straight drills (on beds), a scraper, (constructed with the edge next to cotton, bent forward so as to throw the dirt away from the young plant) can be run directly up to the cotton and kill all the jroung grass, except that mixed up with the jotton. The strip, thus left unplowed, is so narrow, that the hoes can pass over the 'round very rapidly and do most beautiful tvork. When barred with* a turn plow or i$rooter," with a board on it, in addition to ihe work not being done so well, the ridge, jpon which the young cotton stands, is so bigh and narrow the cotton is very apt to Fall down, when chopped over. If the first plowing and hoeing is properly done, the battle is half won?remember they can be lone properly, only when the land has been bedded and the seed sown in straight narrow drills. Taking one season with another, we should prefer covering cotton seed by listing on it with a small plow, and knocking off with a board, (so hollowed out as to have the cotton, when up, upon a slightly elevated ridge.) A better and earlier stand is more certainly secured in this, than in any other way. Covering with harrows, boards, &c., does well when the Bpring is not too dry, or the rains too heavy. TC n*rA kftnn XI BWCCU pytillUCO liavc iiuv vteu ueuueu out, attend to that at once ; in those regions remote from the sea shore it is a matter of first importance to get the crop started early?the season may suit a late crop, but the chances are against it. By all means have "slips" ready for transplanting ]>y the first of next month. WHITEWASH. The Madison Courier gives the following recipe: Take a clean, water-ti^ht barrel, or other suitable cask, and put into it a half bushel of lime. Slake it by pouring water over it, boiling hot, and in sufficient quantity to cover it five inches deep, and stir it briskly until thoroughly slaked. When the slacking has been effected, dissolve it in water, and add two ounces of sulphate of zinc and one of common salt. These will cause the wash to harden, and prevent its cracking, which gives an unseemly apappe^rance to the work. If desirable, a beautiful cream color may be added to the above wash by adding three pounds of yellow ocre: or a good pearl or lead color, by the addition of lamp, vine or ivory black. For fawn color, add four pounds of umber, Turkish or American?the latter is cheapest?one pound Indian red and one pound common lampblack. For common stone color, add four pounds umber and two pounds lampblack. This wash may be applied with a common whitewash brush and will be found superior, both in appearance and durability, to common witewash. House Koofs.?A tlmtty tarraer, who "believes in making old things last in these times," says: "There is one thing that nearly everybody knows and hardly anybody attends to, that is, to sprinkle slacked lime on their roofs once a year, either in fall or spring. If the shingles are covered ever so thick with moss, the lime soon clears it off, leaving the roof clean and white, and good for a dozen years longer. It ought to be put on pretty thick, and a rainy day is best for the work. Strong wood ashes will answer almost as well to keep old roofs in repair, but the/ will not look as nice. To make new shingles last three or four times the usual period, they need only to be soaked a few days in a tank half full of thick lime water, which must be stirred up well before the shingles are put in." A Singular Fact.?It is a singular fact that if a plant is drooping and apparently dying, in nine cases out of ten it will recover if a chamomile plant be placed near it. Ipswllanwusi JMichs. CAUSE OF LAMP EXPLOSIONS. The Boston Journal of Chemistry, in an article on the chemistry of kerosene, speaks as follows. As an explanation of the causes of lamp explosions, it is worth studying, that these accidents may be avoided: As has been stated, kerosene is not explosive. A lighted taper may be thrust into it, or flame applied in any way, and it does not explode. On the contrary it extinguishes flame, if experimented with at the usual temperatures of our rooms. Kerosene accidents occur from two causes: First, imperfect manufacture of the article; second adulterations. An imperf ectly manufactured oil is that which results when the distillation has been carried on at a two low temperature, and a portion of the naphtha remains in it. Adulterations are largely made by unprincipled dealers, who add 20 to 30 per cent, of naphtha after it leaves the manufacturer's hands. The light napthas which have been spoken of, as known in commerce under the names of benzine, benzoline, gasoline, ect., are very volatile, inflammable, and dangerous. They, however, in themselves, are not explosive; neither are they capable of furnishing any gas, when placed in lamps, which is explosive. Accidents of this nature are due entirely to the facility with which vapor is produced from them at low temperatures. But the vapor by itself is not explosive; to render it so, it must be mixed with air. A lamp may be filled with bad kerosene, or with the vapor even, and in no possible way can it detonate, or explode, unless atmospheric air has somehow got mixed with vapor. A lamp, therefore, full, or nearly full, of the liquid, is safe; and also one full of pure warm vapor is safe. Explosions generally occur when the lamp is first lighted, without being filled, and late in the evening when the fluid is nearly exhausted. The reason of this will readily be seen. In using imperfect or adulterated kerosene, tne space aDove tne line 01 on is always filled with vapor; and so long as it is warm, and rising freely, no air can reach it, and it is safe. At bed-time when the family retire, the light is extinguished; the lamp cools; a portion of the vapor is condensed; this creates a partial vacuum in the space, which is instantly filled with air. The mixture is now more or less explosive; and when, upon the next evening, the lamp is lighted without replenishing with oil, as is often done, an explosion is liable to take place. Late in the evening, when the oil : is nearly consumed, and the space above filled with vapor, the lamp cannot explode i so long as it remains at rest on the table, i But take it in hand, agitate it, carry it into a cool room, the vapor is cooled, air passes in, and the vapor.becomes explosive. A case of lamp explosion came to the writer's knowledge a few years since, which was occasioned by taking a lamp from the table i to answer a ring of the door-bell. The cool outside air which impinged upon the i lamp in the hands of the lady, rapidly con- i densed the vapor, air passed in, explosion occurred, which resulted fatally. If the lamp had been full of fluid, this accident could not have occurred. Before carrying it to the door, flame might have been thrust into the lamp with safety; the vapor would have ignited but no explosion would have nn nlnAA taiicu EXEMPLARY COURTSHIP. A recent writer in Scotland tells the following anecdote of the manner in which that eminently good man, John Brown, of Haddington, managed his affairs of loye. Let lovers now-a-days take notice: A story of the courtship of John Brown, of Haddington, has been at last put in a book?but in my young days I heard it in the Lowlands of Scotland, and it is believed to be entirely true. This John Brown was the author of a "Marrow of Divinity," and other theological books, which arc held in high esteem by the Scottish people- He courted a lady upwards of six years. He was so singularly modest and bashful that he had never ventured to kiss her. One day it occurred to him that it would not be a bad thing to do. So, it is recorded, he said, "Janet,- ma woman, we've been acquainted now for six years, an', an,' I've never got a kiss yet. D'ye think I may take one, my bonnie lass?" The reply was wonderfully characteristic of the Scottish maiden. "Jist as ye like, John," said she, "only be becomin and proper wi it." "Surely, Janet;" said John, "we'll ask a blessin'." The blessing was asked, and the kiss exchanged. "0, woman," said the enraptured, but still devout minister, "0, woman, but it's gude; we'll noo return thanks." And they did. Failing Eyes.?Persons suffering from dyspepsia, or any other malady, must take care of their eyes. Any disease impairs the strength, and the nervous system is depressed ; and when laboring under this form of depression the eye is particularly liable to become weak. The reason of this is, that "of i he ten nerves which go off from the brain, six are distributed wholly, and the other four partially, to the eye." Through the great sympathetic nerve the disturbed Btomach, or liver, or intestines, communicate with telegraphic speed with the brain, and so with the eye. The first advice to be given "with reference to the comfortable use of the eyes undoubtedly is, to keep the intestines and liver and stomach in a healthy condition, in other words, do everything to confirm the general health. If this be impaired, do not read, and especially do not write long without giving the eye rest. The great remedy for an eye whose disease depends upon the nerve and not the muscle, is Rest! Rest!! Rest!!! Drop that Paper !?Yes, drop it. Too niggardly and mean to subscribe and pay for your county paper, which is steadily laboring for the promotion of the welfare of society?for your welfare?you have been sponging on your neighbors ever since it was established. You are always eager to read it, and frequently, before it reaches the hands of its honorable owner, it is crumpled and torn by your filching fingers. Drop it! Never pick it up and read it again, unless you can do so with the proud consciousness that you have the right?a right secured in a legitimate way. If you are too poor to aid in sustaining it, let us know, and we will send you the paper gratuitously. But it is downright meanness in you, when you are as able as your neighbor, to send your children through the snow, and sleet, and rain to borrow it. Be a man, and help us. UgL, A French savant undertakes to prove that Solomon's Temple was furnished with lightning rods. I gm tfer ?wme A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. "Many people have inherited a great name from their parentB and friends; why cannot I make a great reputation by my own industry and perseverance. These words were spoken by a young man of respectable appearance, yet really in want, as he walked, one autumn morning, in the year 1787, up Antin street, in Paris, and approached the stately house of a great banker. On ringing the door bell, his heart beat with fear and anxiety when he was met by a servant in livery, tfho asked him rather bluntly what he wanted. "I wish to speak to Mr. Perregaux," replied the young man. "Is he at home ?" The answer was affirmative, and the porter led him up the broad, marble stairway to the upper story, where the young man was admitted into a splendid ante-room, ornamented with paintings and statues.? He quietly took a seat in a corner, and had hardly the courage to face the great men who went in and out of the banker's room. He thought of his home in the country, of his departure from his beloved parents, of J TT? tueir praters uuu men uicsouigo. jjlc iccalled his mother's last words: "What will you do in Paris, my son? Stay here. You nave your home, though it is a poor one." And then he thought of his own answer: "Let me try my fortune, dear mother, in order that I may share it with you and my dear friends." "But," answered she "fortune does not always visit those who seek it." To this he replied: "But it never seeks those who never seek it." "Well, go," said the tender-hearted mother, "go, and if you don't succeed, do not be ashamed to return to us. Your father's house and the arms of your mother will always be open to you." Mr. Perregaux was reading a letter when the young man was admitted to his presence, and hardly noticed the unassuming stranger. "Do you wish to speak to me, young man ?" said the banker in a friendly way. "If so, tell me in what respect I can serve you ?" "Mr. Perregaux," said the young man, looking plainly and calmly in his face, "I have neither name, nor rank, nor fortune, but industry, strength, and a strong will to work. Can you not give me a place in your great business-house??even the most insignificant one would suit me." "What is your name?" asked.Mr. Perregaux, who could not keep his eyes from the attractive features of his young applicant, and read in his clear eye discretion and fidelity. "Jacques Laffite," was tho answer. "Your age?" "Eighteen years," replied the young man. "I was born on the 29th of October, 1771." "Are you a Parisian ?" inquired the banker further. "No, sir, I am from Bayonne. My father is a carpenter and has ten children to care for. My object is to find a place where I shall be able to support my father's family."' "A noble undertaking, young man," replied the banker; "but" I regret to say that I have no placp vacant for you. I am sorry for this. Perhaps a later application would find me able to receive you." Everything seemed to swim before Lafgtte's eyes. He scarcely knew how to reach the door. His knees trembled as he descended the marble staircase, and with a slow step he went down into the street.? The refusal was almost more than he could bear. Yet he summoned courage and started off. Just as he reached the street, he saw something shining in the sand that had collected near the steps. It was only a pin, yet he took it up and stuck it in his coat. This little act, apparently unseen by any one else in the world, decided his whole future. Mr. Perregaux stood at the window, and, without designing it, happened to see the refused applicant pick something up, and wondered what it was. When the young man stuck it in the left breast of his coat, the banker thought it was a pin. Men who have great knowledge of human nature like Mr. Perregaux, understand the meaning of seemingly insignificant things, and how far small actions go toward the interpretation of character. So he said to himself: "The man who will not refuse to pick up a pin must certainly have some habits that will be of great use if he ever has an opportunity to employ them." He quickly opened the window and called young Jacques. The young man quickly returned, hastened up stairs, and was soon again in the presence of the banker. "Do you have the goodness," said Jacques, "to comply with my request?" "What makes you so decide ?" replied the banker. "From the fact that you have recalled me," was the answer. "I believe you would not have done it if you had not wished to accept my application." "Quick powers of observation, love of order, and economy," replied Mr. Perregaux, in a friendly way, "will make a good business mam Go into my counting-house; I will descend as soon as possible, and give you a little business to attend to." From this hour young Laffitte was in Perregaux's counting-house. His industry and fidelity helped in every respect.? His punctuality won him the confidence of his employer. His zeal and progress increased from day to day, so that he soon excited the attention and admiration of his companions. In a few years, he became book-keeper, and afterwards cashier.. The French revolution broke out, and the new order of things which called Perregaux to the Senate compelled him to commit his business largely to the hands of some reliable co-laborer. He took Laffitte in as his partner, and as the sphere of the latter was now larger, he had more opportunity to exhibit his business tact and energy. In the last years of the empire a new sphere of life opened to him. In 1809 he was appointed Director of the Bank of France. After that he was made President of the Chamber of Commerce, and thus he came into intimate relations with the most influential people of the country. The decline of Napoleon's power brought him into honorable political positions. He acquired the confidence of the entire city, and indeed of the. entire country, in consequence of his wise and judicious counsel for the government of the city. His dear parents in Bayonne were still living, and he supported them all the time in the most handsome way possible: and after his mother became a widow, he took her to his house in Paris. Many young men of talent owed their prosperity to him, as he had started them in business. He supported a great many in their studies at his own expense. When Louis XVIII was compelled to flee before the advance of Napoleon at the begining of the "Hundred Days," he committed his entire private fortune to Laffitte; and Napoleon, too, placed his fortune in Laffitte's hands. Thus the great banker had for some time in his own keeping the property of both rivals to the French throne. After Paris was captured, in the year 1815, he advanced two millions of francs to the State, which was compelled to give that much to the allied hosts. One hundred thousand francs were appropriated to him as Director of the Bank of France, but Laffitte refused to receive it during the laborious years of his administration. Nearly the whole time of the Restoration he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies and nne nf the mnst. wnrt.hv nf the .J ?? f,? ? number. His parliamentary activity was distinguished by his warm patriotism, nobility of character, and acute understanding. He always subjected his own interests to the general good. In spite of the displeasure in which the family of Marshal Ney were, he permitted his only daughter to marry Ney's son, the Prince of Modena. He reached the climax of his political prominence in the July revolution. Without him, Louis Phillippe would n^rer have ascendedd the throne. His political opinions were very decided, and if we cannot approve of some of them, we certainly cannot help admiring his honor and integrity. He was a member of Louis Philippe's ministry and had charge of the finances of France; yet this lasted but for a short time, as his views did not agree with those of the king. 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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :-The undersigned hereby give notice of their appointment as ASSIGNEES OF B. A. CULP, oi Lancaster District, State of South Carolina, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own Petition, by W. I. Ciawson. Register. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt will make immediate payment to the undersigned. J. S. R. THOMSON,) Xaofrmaaa T. S. JEFFERYS, j ^^e?3Vnrlrville. ADril 9. 1868. 15 3t IN BANKRUPTCY. IN TEE MATTER OP JAMES FINLEY, BANKRUPT. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.?The undersigned hereby give notice of their appointment as ASSIGNEES OF J AS. FINLEY, of York District, State of South Carolina, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own Petition, by W. I. Clawson, Register. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt will make immediate payment to the undersigned. J. S. R. THOMSON,) Assitmeefl T. S. JEFFERYS, J ASS1KneeflYorkville, April 9,1868. 15 3t IN BANKRUPTCY. IN TIIE MATTER OF THOS. H. DICKSON AND WM. DICK80N, BANKRUPTS. 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TIHE Subscriber respectfully informs the public X generally that he has accepted the Agency of ;he above Company, and is nowprepared to issue bolides of LIFTS INSURANCE. The solvency )f the Company is certified to by the Court Omen of Nelson county, Virginia, and is commend)d to those who desire to support a "Home Instiution. . J. A. McLEAN, At the store of E. B. Stowe. THE OBJ EOT Of this Company is to Insure live?not indeed o prolong life?but by paying a certain sum to the beneficiaries of a policy when you die?thereby to J continue the exertions, investments and benefits M >f your life to your dependents, after your life is j erminated. 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M MARKET REPORTS. ~ MINERAL NEWS. 3ENERAL NEWS. 3ENERAL NEWS. , Address, WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietory Wilmington, N. C. March 19 12 tf gQUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD, wwii w w General Superintendent's Office, ) South Carolina Railroad, i Charleston, March 26,1868. J QN And after SUNDAY, MARCH 29th, 1868, , the Passenger Trains on the South Carolina I Railroad will run as follows: fob augusta. Leave Charleston, 6.30 a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 3.30 p. m. Leave Charleston,.. 7.30 p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 6.45 a. m. fob columbia. Leave Charleston, 6.30 a. m. Arrive at Columbia, 3.50 p.m. Leave Charleston..... 5.40 p. m. Arrive at Columbia, 6.20 a.m., ^ fob charleston. Leave Augusta, 6.00 a. m. Arrive at Charleston, 8.10 p'. m. Leave Augusta, 4.10 p.m. Arrive at Charleston, .. 4.00 a. m. Leave Columbia, 6.00 a. m. Arrive at Charleston 3.10 p. in. Leave Columbia, 5.30 p. m. Arrive at Charleston.. 5.30 a. m. H. T. PEAKE, Gen'ISupt. April 2 14 tf TO PRINTERS. nnHE undersigned offers for sale the Printing JL Material mentioned below: cheap for Cash.? 24 lbs Leads?cut to 14 ems Pica. 150 Advertising Rules?cut 14 ems Pica. 47 Brass Dashes?cut 14 ems Pica. 23 Parallel Cross Rules?cut 14 ems Pica. IS Double Cross Rules?cut 14 ems Pica. 6 "short" and 6 "long" Column Rules. Also, the "Head Rules" formerly used on the "Enquirer." One36-inch roller mould, in good order, and several book, newspaper and Job chases. The roller mould will be sola for $15. Also, one 8-inch Screw Standing Press with 300* paper and 10 wooden boards. The Press, Ac., is#* in good order, and will be sold as it stands?for one hundred dollars in oash. Cost $140 previous to the erar. Also, 850 lbs Nonpareil?but little used??t 4$ ;enta per pound. L. M. QRZST. V ' 4