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ItaflMMS ?epartmcnt. JOSH BILLINGS UNDER OATH. Josh Billings being duly sworn, testifys az follers: Eight wont ec into six and have much ov ennything left over. Menny a young feller haz found out this sum in arithmetick by trieing to git a number eight foot into a number six boot. Virtue, in one respekt,iz like munny. That which we have to work the hardest for sticks to us the best. Affektashun never improved enny body yet. It iz better to be a devil than a hypokrit. . I have often heard thare waz men who kuew more than they could tell, but never met one. I have often met thoze who could tell a grate deal more than tha knu, and was willing to sware to it besides. To be proof agin flattery, a man must hav no vanity, and such a man never existed; ef he did, he is now one of the lost arts. Some people are good simply bekauze they are too lazy to be wicked, and others bekauze they haint got a good chance. In munny, interest phollows the principal; in morals, principle often phollows the interest. Yu will notis one thing?the devil seldum offers to go into partnership with a bizzy man, but you will often see him offer tew jine the lazy man, and furnish all the kapital. A Love iz about the only pashun ov the heart, [ that i kan think ov now, that never makes r ~ enny mistakes that she kan be held accountable for. If yu waz agoing tew try pure love ? for a critne, what court would you take her before ? "In time ov peace prepare for war." This iz the way sum familys live all the time. The vices which a man kontrakts in hiz youth, however much he may shake them , oph, will often call on him thru life and seek to renew hiz acquaintance. Every man haz his phollys, but thare iz this difference?in the poor man, they look like .iMmns otViiln in rlifl riph man nnlv an V.UIUVO, ?? V.IV IV.. J -r pear tew be exsentricitys. Old age inkreases us in wisdom and also in rooraatism. I kno lots ov pliolks who are pious jist bekauze they waz born so. They kant tell when they got religion, and if they should looze it, they wouldu t kno it. When fortunes pipes, we must dance. It nint alwus that she iz in tune. I think the honesty ov man iz oftner the effect ov policy than principle. Thare iz only one kind of folks who kan keep a sekret good, and they never take any too keep. The man who is wicked enough tew be <1 l eaded iz a safer man iu a community thau the man who iz just virtewous enuff not to be suspokted. Hypockrasy iz alwus humble. ? + SOME MODEL SWEARING. Not a thousand miles from Camden, and not many months since, a train was standing at the depot in readiness to depart with a party of excursionists. The accomodations seemed insufficient to meet the wants of so large a crowd, any many uncomplimentary epithets were bestowed upon the officers of the railroad. Soon two venerable gentlemen, considered to be "solid men" of the town, appeared upon the scene, and though they were "pillars of the church," yet the moment they realized the "situation" their anger knew no bounds. Says Brother E., who represented the Presbyterian Church: "This is outrageous. I declare I am mad right clear through." Says Brother A., who represented the Episcopal Church: "I think as you do. I cannot contain myself. I waut to swear. I'll * swear if you will." Says Brother E: "Let's swear, Brother A." Says Brother A.: "Yes, sir, let's swear roundly. I'm boiling over." They accordingly were about to relieve their wrath when they observed that there were a number of children about, and, should t they be heard, it might injure their "gentle influeuce." So they walked down the road until they came to an open lot, out of sight and hearing from the depot, when Brother E. looked up into Brother A.'s placid countenance, ns if expecting him to launch out first, lie having made the proposition. Brother A. looked up and down the road, and, not seeing any one, he immediately became furious, and burst forth: "Brother E., I swear, I do; I swear." Brother E. looked a little frightened, but said : "So do I, Brother A.; I swear; I vow I do. They then became silent, looked at each other a moment, and affectionately embraced. Having eased their minds, they walked back to the depot to get on board the train, Brother E. breaking the monotony by singing: "Come, ye disconsolate." What Constitutes a Providential Call.?This is a question which most ministers are, at some lime, required to settle. Perhaps some light may be shed upon it by the following item, furnished by a missionary of the American Sunday School Union in Virginia. He had been called on to establish a mission Sunday School in a region of country known as "Hell Bend," and more recently, in another place bearing the not euphonious appellation of "Rowdy"?with good success in both instances?and is reminded by his experience of that of a young Southern minister, who, when about to leave the seminary, received two calls?one from a large and wealthy congregation, the other from a small band of Christians, reduced in circumstances, and dwelling among a perverse generation. He was asking advice of his father, in the hearing of an old family servant; which of the two calls he should accept Old Sambo spoke ---A ? ? d J U\f/tnriA M T /"?Q n foil 1TA11 UUl, aim saiu, lucwo UUIIU, JL v?u iw _)UU which of dem churches you must go to. Better go whar dar is de least money and de most debbil." ? Sick of It.?Judge , a man of high standing and character beyond reproach, who years ago was elected to a judicial position in San Francsicc, met a friend who had received the nomination for a municipal office in a late campaign, and said he was sorry he could not congratulate him on his success. "Why," said the happy candidate, "I was nominated ; I have won my fight in the convention; I have not lose it." "Aye," replied the judge, "that is exactly what I regret. I had rather go down to the city front, and crawl up one of the filthiest sewers, thau to run for office again. It is now over five years since I ran for a judgeship, and I give you ray word that to this day I can scarcely appear on the streets that I am not 'struck' by some bummer or ward politician, who wants money for having supported me five years ago." i&F Judge Cash once had a dog case, in whhh the ownership of the canine was in dispute. The evidence was conflicting, and the judge became confused. "Stop!" said he, "stop right there. We'll settle this matter very shortly. You, Mr. Plaintiff, go into the far cornel of the room, out there. You, Mr. defendant, come into this corner, up here. Now both of you whistle, and Mr. Clerk, let loose the dog." So said, so done; but the dog sprang between the legs of the bystanders, and "scooted" out of the door. "Very extraordinary ! very extraordinary!" said the judge. "I cau't understand that. Mr. Clerk, on the whole, as the rlaintiff couldn't prove his case when I gave him a chance, you may enter judgment for the defendant." ? ^ ? Peter the Great, on a visit to the House of Parliament in London, noticed about thirty gentlemen clad in long red togas and pow dered wigs. "Who are they ? he asked of his cicerone. "Those gentlemen are lawyers." "Lawyers t indeed 1 so many as that 1 Why, 1 have but two in Russia, and intend to hang i one of them as soon as I return." to ! IpswUauwws JMicles. ANCIENT COINS. Money consists of whatever is used in exchange for something else. As soon as nmn: kind increased in numbers, they commenced j to exchange one article for another in trade. | This was done first by using some substance , of great value and small in bulk. At a very early period metalic exchanges were made by j weight?the giver of the money weighing out | so many pieces of gpld or silver. At a later i neriod actual coins having a certain weipht r - o ?O and guaranteed by Government with the I stamp or seal of State was made the medium ; of exchange. At what period silver and gold \ were used is not known. Nearly 2,000 years i before the Christian era, Abraham returned : from Egypt very rich in cattle, silver and ' gold. The shape of silver and gold among the Egyptians appears to have beeu that of a ; ring, with an opening on one side to form a ! chain when necessary. This sort of money i passed by weight. Thus Abraham weighed > 400 shekels of money to the merchant. The ! Jews never had any other mode of using coin than by weight so long as they were an independent nation. Furthermore, it may be a new idea to many that they never used gold as a coin. Silver and copper were their sole medium. You never hear them talking about j shekels of gold in any of their writings. Among the Egyptians and Assyrians the | coin was frequently in the shape of a sheep or a lamb, possibly of the value of these animals. It has been supposed that the change from weight to a coin representing a given value was first made by the Romans. The pound weight was stamped with the image of anoi. Hence our word pecuniary is derived from the Latin word, pecunia, Bignifyiug. money, which in turn was derived from the wordpecn, signify ing cattle. Thus an immense stride was made in civilization when a real value was given to a coin guaranteed by the seal of State, so as to avoid the necessity of weighing it every time a transaction was made. The earliest coins were exceedingly rude in character. They were not perfectly round as you now see them. A die was formed, over which the coiu was placed, and then it was struck with a punch which stamped the coin on one side, and left a rude dent on the other. After awhile, a die was made on the end of the punch so that both sides were stamped. Alexander I., King of Macedonia, is the first king who had his name stamped on a coin. The Athenians made the owl their type. This gave rise to the anecdote of the Athenian miser, the roof of whose house was said to be infested with a vast number of owls, in allusion to money of the well known Anthenian type being concealed there. The Romans carried on the coining of money to a high degree of perfection. Each State, and sometimes a single, city was authorized to issue its own coins. Every coin was a brief history of the age in which it was struck. The skill of the artisan, the composition of the coin, the history of the people, and the name of the ruling monarch were frequently told on the same coin. It is probable that almost the only portraits we have of the ancients are what may he seen on ancient coins that have come down to ns. It is very singular that when they could stamp on copper, silver and gold, the names of kings, that the art of printing was not known till within less than five hundred years. An immense number of ancient coins are preserved in museums in Europe. They are valuable records of past history. They are in fact printed books, on whose surfaces are stamped the records of a past age. It is said that ancient Roman coins are still in circulation in Spain. They have become worn smooth and thin by time. Romantic Story?A Missing Will Recovered.?The Newark Advertiser of Saturday evening has th* following: Henry Dillion, an ex-Union soldier, proprietor of a newspaper stand at Montgomery and Hudson streets, yesterday received a check for S500 from the daughter of the late General Stegman, of the Confederate army. ; The circumstances under which the money I was paid are romantic. During the war. I Dillion served in the 2nd New Jersey cavalry. He accompanied his regiment on Grierson's | famous raid through Mississippi, and while on a scouting expedition one day encountered i General Stegman and one of his staff officers. I Shots were exchanged, and the rebel general j fell from his saddle, mortally wounded. The I staff* officer fled, but was overtaken and capi tured by a comrade of Dillion's. In his dy| ing moments General Stegman requested his i slayer to take from one of his inside pockets i his will, bequeathing all his property to his ! wife and daughter, and a life insurance policy j for $40,000. He asked Dillion to keep them ] and send them to his family. r. . -*r riMV... 3 i! i I Alter tne war Air. uunou uuveruseu m vain | for the owners, and he resolved to retain posj session of the papers until some inquiries should be made for them. Recently an advertisement appeared in the Alabama papers offering ?500 reward for the missing will. Dillion answered it, aud General Stegman's daughter came north as the guest of Roger A. Pryor. She related the particulars of the long search for the will, the difficulties that had been encountered, the production of a forged will by her father's relatives, and their Mobile lawsuits. She expressed deep gratitude to Mr. Dillion for the recovery of the will, and said that through it her mother aud herself would be enabled?to regain possession of their extensive Alabama and Georgia estates. The estates are valued at ?300,000. i Southern Manufactures. ? The New J York Commercial Advertiser says: If the crops of cotton continue to be what ' they have been, the South will take to manuJ facturing as she never has done before. Nothj ing else will be left to her if wisdom guides i the investment of her capital aud governs the | direction of her labor. The negro in the field ; will produce cotton aud corn, while factories will open an avenue to the industriously disposed of the white and black race alike. There is no reason why manufactures there should not offer the same inducements to native labor at the South that they used to at the North. Cotton now comes to New Engi land, and is made up into fabrics which are ! returned to the South, burdened both ways | with insurance, freight, the charges of mid! dlemen, &c. 'Why should they not introduce i machinery, and do the work at home ? And ! why should not mines be opened and worked, j forests be wrought into wood work, and a I oofo El istipd hv wEinh | CfUUIC IliUl C \Jk lUUUObllW VU?MW*?WUVV? V 7 II Mavu j natural products are made into merchantable j goods? There is an increase of capital at j the South, and this will soon seek profitable I investment. That it did not years ago ope: rate in these channels was because of a want | of knowledge and experience and a content ; with the situation. It was the fashion to be ! a planter or a prosessional man. Some tra ders there were and some factors. But there i was neither enterprise nor knowledge in man; ufacturing, and so these establishments lanj guished. Under the new regime they will inj crease and be profitable, and population will : be added to communities where they exist, thus benefiting the farming interest in a i double way. Children.?Children are God's messen; gers to us. They are the blossoms of human j life. We could not spare them, babes though they be. They do not earn anything. They ; do not even know how to sing and frolic. We I could not spare even the new-born babe?the babe of a week. It is in every way crude. : It is utterly unreciprocating. It is a mere ; germ-point waiting for food in our arms, j And yet, how rich we are! And how it stirs, with its magnetism every thought and feeling ! of the sensitive soul, and brings near the other '! life, and lifts us up, every day, in hymns and I prayers and thanksgiving to God! How much we have to thank God for in the child! I and yet how little, so far as the present value ! of the child is concerned ! (SMMrett'si gejiattwcut. THE DOG FRIEND. "Mamma, mamma," said Laura, as she j came ruuning from the front door piazza, 1 "great big dog !" Mrs. Peters went to the door, and was met by Mr. Haller, of the city, i i who had come to spend a few days with Mr. I Peters, with whom lie had been intimate in early life. He was accompanied by a fine I large Newfoundland dog. "He will not hurt ! you," said Mr. Haller, "he is a great friend | of little girls." "Don't he like little hoys?" said Charles, a lad about ten years old. "He likes them, I presume, but he takes j j better care of little girls, because he may"1 i think they need it." | When Mr. Haller took a seat; the dog lay | | down on the floor by his chair and went to ; ; sleep. Charlie and Laura watched him with j j interest. If you had seen them, you would j have thought that a dog asleep was a rare' signl. ou n nag in mat uuuoc. < Pretty soon he gave a slight yelp?a bark i i with his mouth shut. "He is dreaming," said Charles, "it may ! be he is dreaming of chasing rabbits." "Wake up, Friend,"- said Mr. Haller, j "there are no rabbits here." j The dog opened his eyes, looked at his master, thumped the floor with his tail, and ! went to sleep again. "Is his name Friend ?" said Charles. "Yes." i "Rather a singular name for a dog." "Yes, I gave him that name. I was crossing the ocean in a sailing vessel, and found | him on board. He had no owner, and no one I knew how he came on board. Perhaps some one of the steerage passengers had stolen him and brought him on board. The mate took him to the captain, who said he must choose his own master; so he took him into the cabin as we were going to dine, and told him to choose a master. He walked round, and finally lay down behind my chair. I gave him a few pieces of meat from my plate. When I went on deck he followed me, and kept by me all the time. The passengers spoke of him as my friend; so I gave him that name. The captain said that he had, like a sensible dog, chosen me for his master, and that I must be responsible for his conduct. I contracted with the steward for his board, and allowed him on stormy nights to | sleep on the floor of my State room. When I went on shore at New York he kept close by me. On leaving the wharf I had to pass through a crowd. I heard a sharp bark, followed by a growl. Turning, I saw a man escaping through the crowd and Friend rushing through the crowd. He soon returned with j my pocket-book in his mouth. He had : frightened the pick-pocket, and caused him to i drop it." Charles was deeply interested in Friend's history, and so was Laura, so far as she understood it. "Does he like his name ?" asked Charles. "Old fellow, do you like your name ?" said Mr. Haller, addressing the dog. Friend opened his eyes in a dreamy manner, and thumped his tail, which was his mode of saying yes. Mr. Haller stayed nearly two weeks in the country. Friend and the children became great friends. He seemed to take a special liking to Laura, and never seemed to get tired of playing with her. "Mamma," said Laura one* night after she I had said her prayers, "I wish Friend had a soul." "He is well off as he is," said Mrs. Peters. "I know he is, but if he had a soul he would be good and go to heaven." All boys and girls have souls. Let them act as becomes those who have souls. Let them get ready to go to heaven when they die. i tup pnwpn ar mvtldrkn. A man was leaning, much intoxicated,! ; against a tree; some little girls coming from i school saw him there, and at once said 40 J each other, "What shall we do for him ?" ! Presently said one, "Oh ! I'll tell you, let's 1 sing him a temperance song." | And so they did; collecting around him | they sang: "Away tlio bowl, away the bowl, ! and so, on in beautiful tones. The poor fellow enjoyed the singing, and when they had finished that song, he said, "Sing again, little girls, sing again." "We will," they said, "if you will sign the j temperance pledge." "No, no; we are not at a temperance meet, ing; there are no pledges here." "I have a pledge cries one," "and I have a pencil," cries another, and holding up the pledge and pencil, they besought him to sign it. "No, 110; I won't sign it now.. Sing for me. So they saug again : "The drink that's in the drunkard's bowl | Is not the drink for me." "Oh! do sing that again," said he, as he ! wiped the tears from his eyes. "No, no more," said they, "unless you'll ! sign the pledge; sign, and we will sing it for ! you." 1 He pleaded for the singing, but they were j j firm, and declared they would go away if he j . would not sign. ; "But," said the poor fellow, striving to find J I an excuse, "there's no table here, how can 11 1 write without a table?" j At this a modest, quiet, pretty little crea! ture, with a finger on her lips, came and said, "Yes, you can spread the pledge on the crown ; of your hat, and I will hold it for you." Off came the hat, the child held it, and the i pledge was signed, and the little ones burst ; out with: "Oh! water for me, bright water for 1110, Give wine to the tremulous debauchee." I I heard that man in Worcester town hall, j I with uplifted hands and quivering lips, say, | 1 "I thank God for the sympathy of those chil- j ! dren. I shall thank God to all eternity that | j he sent those little children as messeugers of I mercy."?Gough. I i Something for Boys to Remember.?A ' . gentleman advertised for a boy to assist him j j in his office, and nearly fifty applicants pre-1 sented themselves to him. Out of the whole i j number, he, in a short time, selected one and j I dismissed the rest. j "I would like to know," said a friend, "on | : what ground you selected that boy, who had i J not a single recommendation ?" ! "You are mistaken," said the gentleman, j ' "he had a great many. He wiped his feet j | when he came in and closed the door after < 1 him, showing that he is careful. He gave up j ! his seat instantly to a lame, old man, showing j | that he is kind and thoughtful. He took off i I his cap when he came in, and answered ray ! J questions promptly and respectfully, showing | ; that he is polite and gentlemanly. He picked j j up the book which I had purposely laid upon j j the floor, and replaced it on the table, while | j all the rest stepped over it or shoved it aside; ! j and he waitea quietly for his turn, and in-1 I stead of pushing and crowding, showing he is , honest and orderly. When I talked with ; him I noticed that his clothes were carefully i brushed, his hair in nice order, and his teeth J as white as milk; and when he wrote his name, I noticed that his finger-nails were clean, in- j stead of being tipped with jet, like that hand) some little fellow's in the blue jacket. Don't 1 you call those things letters of recommenda! tion ? I do, and I would give more for what1 I can tell about a boy by using my eyes ten 1 minutes than all the fine letters you can bring me." i. j Idleness.?The greatest moral pest in the I J world is idlers. They do nothing, and they I desire no one else to do anything. If ever ; the day comes in this world when there will be no idlers, neither in church nor state, this world will look more like heaven than it now resembles paradise. j 46?" Beecher says a "Congregationalist is a dry Baptist, and a Baptist a very wet Congre; gationalist." j flcMittg for the JMrktlt. !, CONDUCTED RY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] j OCR NEED OF A SAVIOUR. | The Bible teaches the doctrine that Jesus J Christ carae into the world to save sinners. : 1 This is the same thing as to say that Jesus is < a saviour. It is also asserted jn many differ- c ent places in the Bible, and in many different J ways, that the human family need a saviour. r When it is said that men everywhere, and in ! \ all conditions of society, need a saviour, it is ' I proper that a clear and distinct notion be at- f tached to the word need. When it is said we need something, it is generally understood !4 that whatever that something may be, it is j necessary that we possess it in order to avoid | j a consequence or accomplish an end. We ? need food in order to support life, and also to avoid death from starvation. Such is the nature of our physical organism that we can-t not live without food. When it is said that we need a Saviour, it is meant that we cannot gain a certain end, and avoid a certain consequence, without a Saviour. The consequence that we cannot escape without a saviour, is the cousequence of sin, and the end that we cannot gain without a Saviour, is heaven and happiness. The first thing that demands our ^vestigikA tion, is to ascertain whether we not. This fact can be learned only by an ap-1 peal to the teachings of the Bible and the ' moral sense. The history of the human fam- 1 ily will furnish the collateral evidence. Those who are conversant with the teach*. | ings of the Bible, are fully aware that the j three primary truths of the Bible are, that ? God made man upright; that man sinned, ? and that the only way by which the sinner , can be saved, is through Jesus Christ the son of God. Of the first truth we need not speak. \ Of the second, Jhat man sinned, the Bible i Q-iv.Q mnnlv The hiatnrv of the entrance of ] sin into the world is minutely given. It is f contained in the third chapter of Genesis, ( and often repeated or referred to throughout ^ the whole volume of inspiration. Sin is de- j fined and described in its tendencies and ef- j fects so minutely, that if the Bible descrip- I tion is net correct, there can be no difficulty < in detecting the error. The definition of sin * is that it is disobedince to the law of God. f g "All transgress is siu." To transgress is to t sin. Error and lawlessness are used as syn^ onyms in the Bible. The one is predicated of the other. Every transgression of the 8 law of God is a sin, and every sin is a trans gression. The law is transgressed when what ! it forbids is done, and also when what it en- t joins is left undone. Not to do what God c commands, is as much a sin as to do what he r positively forbids. t This we conceive to be the definition which s the Bible gives of sin. The question to be 11 settled is simply, do the acts of the various * members of the human family show them to t be upright as they were created, or sinners as c the Bible says they made themselves by trans- c gressing the law of God ? There is no man t who does uot, both in thought and deed, violate the law of God. We all violate the laws j ' of our physical nature. We are slaves to' g "MlSeappetites, and are led captive by lusts. A vivid, but strictly true rtf tV?o liiimtn fnmilv is pnnfiiinnd ji tcr part of the first chapter of the Romans. The deeds of the ly prove the declaration of the "the heart is deceitful above all thio|^|H| desperately wicked," to be true. ^^^f The tendencies of sin are described in the t Bible. It is compared to a leprosy which n commences in a small spot, and ultimately ? covers the whole body. It is also compared 0 to a mortifying woui d?a putrifying wound? ^ which increases until the whole body is iufec- j, ted. This corresponds exactly with what we a see. Men do not become desperately wicked t at once. Sin grows and the conscience be- e comes hard. Crimes that are so horrid as to * fill the soul with loathing at present, can be I perpetrated next year without any of those * unpleasant sensations. A certain one ex- r claimed in the sincerity of his soul: "Am I c a dog that I will do such things." His history reveals the fact that he did the very things 1; which he thought were the acts only of a dog. ? Nero was in early life exceedingly ter.d^ hearted; in his after life he was cruel beyond description?so cruel that his historian re- t lates that he was an object of hatred to both i the gods and men. 1 The effects of sin are also portrayed in the t Bible. It is said that to sin "is an evil and 1 bitter thing." "The wages of sin is death." Aside from the fact that it is high treason * against the God of heaven, it is ruinous iu ? its present and future consequences to the t siuner himself. The effects of sin in this t world are pain and anguish of body, and a 1 fearful looking for of God's wrath. The earth * Arno on/1 fliSatloa fnr flio frflnfl- I UHUgO XV IbU vxxvxxxu ?wvx vxx.U?.v~ .v. , J gressor, and his soul is in &ptinual distur- {t bance. The wicked?the sinner?all of Ad- ( am's race, are like the troubled sea. We eat J our bread in sorrow. This world is a land of! sorrow and sadness. Our days are few and [ full of evil. It matters not what may be out ; i surroundings, we are miserable. The man ,' who gains his living by begging is miserable; j( and he who revels in the luxuries of this < world is wretched. All classes and condi-! j tions of men are miserable.? miserable. We long for happiness as the |' sick man longs for the light of the morning, i 1 Everything mocks, deceives and tantalizes us, j j The Bible teaches that Adam's race uni- j ] versally are sinners, and the history of the j < human race demonstrates its teaching to be p true. What the Bible declares to be the na- j1 ture and tendency of sin, we all know to be ! ^ true from sad experience. We need a Sa- i viour to rescue us from the dominion and j consequences of sin. The mind of the flesh j f is enmity to God; it is not subject to the law j 1 of God, nor from its very nature can it be. 1 The moral condition of the human family j1 without a Saviour is desperate. The conse-, j quences of sin cannot be avoided and happi- j ness cannot be secured. We must die. There j j is no alternative. God's law demands this,, ] and his justice will see that the demands of, i the law are satisfied. .; i We need a Saviour to meet the two-fold j j demands of God's law, and also to renovate ! j our natures. God's law must be obeyed by 1) a Saviour, or we must stand before the justice 1 of God condemned sinners. The penalties of' 1 ~ " * x 1 1 1 (jrotl's law must ue met, ux we xxjubii uv uou- j ished from the blissful presence of the Lord, j} and forever writhe beneath his fiery indigna- j j tion. "We are, in our carnal state, unable to J ? render a perfect obedience to the preceptal j portion of the divine law. This must be done ! i or we are hopelessly ruined. "Without a Sa-1 < viour, sin must work our ruin, both in this Iy life and that which is to come. Our carnal j1 i ( natures must develop themselves in our everlasting destruction. We need a Saviour to ' \ purchase for us heaven, and to make us fit for1 the enjoyment of heavenly bliss. {t flcpartmcwt. i INTELLECT IN AGRICULTURE. Horace Greeley, in his "What I Know j About Farming," very truthfully says: A poor man who undertakes to live by his vits on a farm that he has bought on credit,; s not likely to achieve a brilliant success ; ! iut the farmer whose hand and brain work in :oucert will never find nor fancy his intellect >r his education too good for his calling. He nay often discover that he wasted months of lis school days on what was ill-adapted to his leeds, and of little use in fighting the actual ?ttle of life ; but he will at the same .time lave ample reason to lament the raeagemess md the deficiency of his knowledge. t * > _-i i_ _i - i l noia our average common scuoois ueiecive, in that they fail to teach geology and :heraistry, which in my view are the natural >ases of a sound practical knowledge of'; hftigs?knowledge of which the farmer, of ill men, can least afford to miss. However t may be with others, he vitally needs to un- j leretand the character and constitution of the oil which he must cultivate, the elements of ifkich it is composed, and the laws which gorirn their relations to each other. Instruct lira in the higher mathematics if you will, in neteorology, in ever so many languages; but lot till he shall have been thoroughly groundk! in the sciences which unlock for him the irCana of nature?for these are intimately rented to all he must do, and devise, and direct throughout the whole course of his active jareer. Whatever he may learn or dispense fcith.ji knowledge pf these sciences is among Urgent of his life-long needs. Here, I would suggest that a simple, lucid, lively, accurate digest of the leading principles and facts in geology and chemistry, and dieir application to the practical management rf a farm, ought to constitute the reading of ;he highest class in every common school, especially in rural districts. Leave o\ft details tnd recipes, with directions wheu to plant, sow, &c.; for these must vary with climates, iircura8tances,and the progress of knowledge, put let the body and bones of a primary agricultural education betaughtin every school, n such terms and with such clearness as cora J ? xi j c Menu mem io me uiiueraumuiug ui cvctjr pupil. I never yet visited a school in which loniething was not taught which might be jmitted or postponed in favor of this. Out of school and after school let the young iarmer delight in the literature illustrative of lib calling?I mean the very best of it. Let lira have a few agricultural books; but let ihese treat of principles and law3 rather than >f methods and applications. Let hira learn rora these how to ascertain, by experiment, vhat are the actual and pressing needs of his oil, and he will readily determine by reflecion and inquiry how those needs may be nost readily and cheaply satisfied. , All the books in the world, never of them- i elves, made one good farmer; but on the oth- ] r hand, no man in this age can be a thorough- ! y good farmer without the knowledge which 1 s more easily aud rapidly acquired from books han .otherwise, Books are no substitute for j ipen-eyed observation and practical expeience; but they enable one, familiar with heir contents, to observe with an accuracy, md experiment with an intelligence, tbatare inattainable without them. The very farmer j vho tells you that he never opened a book vhich. treats of agriculture, and never wants o see one, will ask his neighbor how to grow 1 ir cure tobacco, or hops, or sorgho, or any rop with which he is yet unacquainted, when he chances are a hundred to one that this par- J icular one cannot advise him so well as the rolurae which embodies the experience of a > housand cultivators of this very plant in- j tead of barely one. A good book, treating ' (Tactically of agaculture, or of sorue depart-1 sent therein, is simply a compendium of the 11 Aerience of past ages, combined with such I! ^^^dge as the present generation have t to add thereto. It may he faul- r Hr defective in some points; it is not to be ; ^ndly confided in, or slavishly followed?it 1 t to be mastered, discussed, criticised and ollowed so far as its teachings coincide with he dictates of science, experience and coraoon sense. Its true office is suggestion ; the ;ood farmer will lean upon and trust it as an racle only where his own proper knowledge iroves entirely deficieut. By and by it will be generally realized that ew live or have lived who cannot find profit,ble employment for all their intellect on a wo hundred acre farm. And then the farm:r will select the brightest of his sons to follow limin the management and cultivation of the (aternal acres, leaving those of an inferior ability to seek fortune in pursuits for which i limited and special capacity will serve if lot suffice. And then we shall have an agrilulture worthy of our country and the age. Meantime, let us make the most of what we lave, by diffusing, studying, discussing, critilising Liebig's "Agricultural Chemistry," 'Dana's "Muck Manual," Warring's "Elenents," and the books that each treat more specially of some department of the farmer's irt, and so make ourselves familiar with the nethods of scientific, efficient, successful husjandry. Let us, who love it, treat agriculure as the elevated, ennobliBg pursuit it night be, and thus exalt it in the estimation >f the whole community. We may, at all events, be sure of this: Fust so fast and so far as farming is rendered ui intellectual pursuit, it win attract auu ream the strongest minds, the best abilities of he human race. It has been widely shunned ind escaped from, mainly because it has seem?d a calling in which only inferior capacities vere required or would be rewarded. Let ;his error give place to the truth, and agricul ,ure will win votaries from among the bright-! at intellects of the race. CARTS vs. WAGONS. Carts are rarely seen on American farms,! md the neglect with which these useful ve-' licles are treated is far from indicating a true iconomy. Carts have many advantages over vagons in the ordinary work of a farm. They are cheaper; two good carts costing less iau one wagon; an^two horses working in will?dtrrhcworir of three in wagons, j The load being so much nearer to the draft I ;he horse draws it more easily; while, being indisturbed by the neighborhood of a another lorse?the efforts of which are sometimes a lindrance instead of a help to his fellow, more "specially in a badly mated team?his undivided attenton is given to his work, and the vhole useful effect of his exertions is secured. 3arts are more easily loaded than wagons, [f properly constructed, the body of the cart is | learer the ground than that of a wagon ; and I n loading all heavy material, such as manure,! itone, earth, lime, etc., the exertion of the la-' aorer is confined to his arms, while had he to , lift the material one foot higher, and the ac- j lion of the muscles of almost the whole body tvould be required. They are more easily un-1 loaded. The dumping of a cart load of almost. my material used on a farm is almost instan;aneous, while the unloading of a wagon is nearly as laborious as the loading, and the ;ime occupied is a serious tax.' A load of a ;on can be put on a cart, and one horse will lraw it with ease. The line of draft is from nelow upward, which enables the horse to use ;he lifting power of his fore legs. He will nack it with equal ease, because the weight of j nis body is thrown into the breeching, adding i ;othe pushing power of his limbs; while he J _!11 i ?? n or?nnft oniinl + /*v +VlO+ I Will turn ills lUau lit a cvjuui i/v umb vhich he and the cart occupy on the ground.! This is a great advantage in the hay or harvest1 ield, and saves much traveling in turning [ iround. Another great benefit from the use of carts 1 s that a continuous loading of hay or grain ! :an go on in the field, one cart being loaded ! vhile another is being unloaded; thus keeping he field force always occupied, with no in- j ;rease in the number of horses used. "With a J mitable rack twelve hundred pounds of loose ' lay may be loaded on a cart. The style of cart is a matter for considera-1 ion. By having the axle of iron, and bent, I the body of the curt may be brought down as near to the ground as may be desired ; the i same arrangement will permit the use of larger wheels. The centre of gravity of the load is thus brought considerably below the line of draft, [ making the draft easier, and the balance of i the load much more readily secured. The | body of the cart may be built up of narrow i slats, put six inches apart, which will lighten | it considerably. This may be used when ma-; nure or coarse loads are to be removed. If I earth, lime, or gravel is to be loaded, light: | boards may be laid in loosely to confine it.? ! Hearth and Home. Eating too Fast.?Eating too fast gener-! ally involves eating too much?more than is needed for the support and nutrition of the j body, and the reason for this is, that the organs . ui uiaic, wiii^u aic uur guiuea m tins mailer, arc not allowed sufficient voice; they are not; allowed-the time to take cognizance of the, presence of food ere it is pushed past them into the recesses of the stomach. They do not, therefore, have opportunity to represent the ! real needs of the system, and hence allow the crowding of the stomach. I hold that thirty minutes should be spent at each meal, and < spent, too, in chewing the food a great portion '{ of the time, and not in continued putting in j and swallowing, but in pleasant chat aud I laugh, instead of a continuance of the intense i nervous pressure of the office or library. If you lay out to spend thirty minutes in this way at your meals, you will not eat too much, and that what you do eat will be in the best condition for appropriation to the needs of your system. You will be healthier in body, happier in mind, and more vigorous of brain? for there are few things that so clog the brain as a meal of half-eaten food put into the stomach.? Dr.J. H. Jackson. Cultivate Cheerfulness.?An anxious, restless temper, that runs, to meet care on its way, tha t regrets lost opportunities too much and that is over-painstaking in contrivances for happiness, is foolish and should not be indulged in. If you canuot be happy in one way, be happy in another; and this facility of disposition wants but little aid from philosophy, for health and good humor are almost all that are requisite. Many run about after happiness, like an absent-minded man hunting for his hat while it is on his head or in his hand, Though sometimes small evils, like invisible insects, inflict great pain, and a sin gle hair stops a vast machine, yet the chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex one, and imprudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas! are let on long leases. TERMS?IIV ADVANCE j One Copy, one year,.. 3 00 One Copy, Six months, i au One Copy, Three months, 100 Single Copy, 10 Two Copies, one year, 5 00 Ten Copies, " " .. 36 00 ?&-To persons who mako up clubs of ten or more names, an oxtra copy of the paper will be furnished oneyenr, free of charge. ADVEBTI8EMENT8 Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion-less than three months. A square consists of the space ocsupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered less than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will oe charged Two Dollars per square for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must in all cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated is advertisements. Announcements ofMarriages and Deaths, and notices of a religiouscharacter,inserted gratis, and solicited. Personal Communications, whenadmissable; Communications of limited or indivual interest, or recommendations of Candidates forofflces of honor, profltor trust, will bo charged for as advertisements iSsTABLfSUEP 1835. '' THE 8REENVILLE COACH FACTORY. WE would announce that we are propnred now to fill ALL ORDERS F6r VEHICLES. We have added to our stock of Machinery, and increased our staff of workmon, and therefore trust that none of our patrons will be disappointed in having orders promptly filled. The Stock of Ono, Two, Three, Four and Six Horse Iron Axle PLANTATION WAGONS will be kept full; and now, as for one-third of a ceutury past, theso Wagons shall be the STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, BUGGIES AND ROCK A WAYS. We have a large stock of light BUGGIES AND ROCKAWAYS of our own make. We call special attention to the improvements making in our SPRING WAGONS. We are .finishing them with great care, painting them elegantly. Price lists promptly mailed on application. GOWER, COX & MARK LEY, Greenville, S. C. September 7 36 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Yorlt Country. . IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. To Jane Ward, widow of W. H. Ward, deceased. John, Nancy, Jane, Eliza and William Ward, heirs-at-law of W. H. Ward, deceased. YOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate to be holden at YorkCourt#House, for York County, on the first day of December, Anno Domini, 1871, to s how cause, if anyyon can, why the proceods of thi sale of the real estate of W. H. Ward, deceased, sold by the late Ordinary, I for partition and division, should not be paid over to F. H. Brown, Administrator of the said W. H. Ward, to be applied bv him to the payment of the debts of tne said W. H. Ward, deceased. Given under my hand and seal, this first day of September, Anno Domini, 1871. SAM'L B. HALL, Judge of Probate, York County. September 7 30 12t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. TT|7"HEREAS, Dr. R. L. LOVE has applied VT to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of WM. BOGGS, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to oite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court for the said countv, to be holden at York Court House on the29TH ?>AY OF NOVEMBER, instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand 1?omT unvontv.nnfi and in the 96th U1?1JL UUI1U1 wu ?% *? 1 year of the Independence of the United States of America. S. B. HALL, Judge of Probate. November 16 46 2t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Yovlt County. WHEREAS Miss NANCY II. SHAW has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of NANCY SHAW, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish al 1 and . singular, the kindred and creditors ofthe said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Judge of Probate's Court for the said County, to be holden at York Court House on the 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 13th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand ' eight hundred and seventy-one, and in the 96th yearof the Independence of the United States of America. S. B. HALL, Judge of Probate. November 16 46 2t j APPLICATION FOlfDISCHARGE. I NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, I Administrator of the estate of WILLIAM MITCHELL, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate of York County, on the 25th day of November, next, when he will make application for discharge as Administrator JOHN W. MITCHELL, Administrator. October 26 43 5t? TITLES AND MORTGAGES. 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C. 2?r This is the largest and most complete Factory of the kind in the Southern States, and all 1 articles in this line can be furnished by Mr. P. P. TOALE at prices which defy competition. pST- A pamphlet with full and detailed list of all sizes of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, and the prices of each, will be sent free andoosipaid, on application to p. p. TOALE, Charleston, S. C. J uly 12 28 ly METALIC BURIAL CASES. THE undersigned informs the public that he has made arrangements with tlie Manufactu- , rers, to keep on hand a supply of FISK'S METALIC BURIAL CASES, of different sizes, which will be sold at fair prices. He is also prepared, with proper materials, for : furnishing WOOD-COFFINS of any quality that < may be desired. JAMES E. SMltH. February 9 6 ly ROSE'S HOTEL ' 1-,/vv IN view of the influx of visitors to Columbia, occasioned by the J MSMRfj prevalence of the yellow fever 1 QsSaSr in Charleston, the proprietor of . ROSE'S HOTEL has concluded to re-open hises- : tahlishment for the accommodation of the public at once, and therefore withdraws the proposals lie 1 has heretofore made for its sale or lease. The Hotel will henceforward be conducted as a ' FIRST-CLASS HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, and special provision will be made for the j comfort and convenience of families. CARRIAGES AND AN OMNIBUS will be 1 found at every arriving train. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. OnntnmliM' 7 tf i . Kinsman & Howell\ Factors and Commission 1 Merchants. ; Liberal Advances made on \ Cotton and Naval Stores. J Charleston, S. C. < September 7 30 4m j WM. G. WHIL DEiV, AGE IVT, ] DEALER IN { PLATED WARE, CLOCKS, s Fine Cut and Engraved Glass, Table Cutlery, ! China and White Granite Goods, Vases, 1 Toilet Sets and Fancy Articles. f Pnnntrv i!.irefnllv filled and vjruers iruui tuv j satisfaction guaranteed. 255 KING STREET, CORNER BEAUPAIN, Key Box 521, Charleston, S. C. SeptemberY 35 3m. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. WE have in Store a full supply of Groceries 1 and Provisions, which are offered at the i lowest market prices FOR CASH. f Daily expected?A few barrels choice North ] Carolina MULLETS. j CARROLL, CLARK & CO. ] October 26 43 tf j CANDY. 4 4 SUPPLY of Candy on hand and for sale, at ( the Stationery store of JOHN T. GRIST, etober 5 40 tf (JAMUL1AIA ^ ATM ASSOCIATION, IGKATION TO THE SOUTH, j rary Ac Co., Agents, [ roN, s. c. GIVEN UNDER THE AU8PICE8 I 1T1MI M MECIASIC&L SOCIETY. [ SIC, CHARLESKON, H, C.. will take place and distributions made to Ticket ;he entire ^ NA AT flTTART.'RSTnN. S. f!.. :OUNTS MAKING IN ALL ' 1 ATED AT $500,000. \ ' ADMISSION, AT $5 EACIfc\ V ;es and full particulars send for Circulars. 1 will bo conducted under the supervision of the Colonel B. H. KUTLEDGE, of South Carolina. < Honorablo ROGER A PRYOR, of New York. ickets will be sent by Return Mail, by ICK, GARY & CO., ton, s. c. ADWICK, General M. W. GARY. 41 3m J. Waleir. Proprietor R.H McPo>i?J*0?,l>iiwWyuil Geo. Ag'ts. San Francisco. Co]., and 3t*ndM Commerce at. N.Y. MILLIONS Bear Testimony ihtheir Weiilerflil Curative Effects. They are not a vile Faaef Drink, > made of Poor Itum, Whiskey, I'roof Spirit* and He* fase Llqaors doctored, epiced and sweetened to plmap tltfl M tube, called "Tunic*," "Appetiicrs," "Restorers," 4ic.,that lead the tippler on to drunkennees and rain, bat are a true EH Medicine, mode from the Native Roota and Herbs of CdUfamia, free from ail Alcoholic Stlsaalanto. Tbey an the t GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE CITING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Banovator and Iavigoretnr of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition. No person can take these Bitten according to directions and remain long unwed, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poisons or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. They *r? a Gentle Purgative as well ss a Tooto, . possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as a powryful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and of oil the Visceral Organs. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether lnyoong or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at tha torn of life, these Toaio Bitters have no equal. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rkeanuulhm aad Goat, DyiKHla or Indlgeotlon, Blltom* Built, teat aad Intermittent Fevers, Dleeaeeo of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been moat successful. Such Diseases an cansadby vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. e DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGE8TI0N, Headache, Pain In Aha Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Cheat? lUnhiaes, Sour Braotatkms of the Stomach, Bad taste in the Mouth, BOlous Attacks, Palpitation of thd Heart, Tnflammetinn of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid Kvtr and bowels, which render them of unequalled effloocy In cleansing the blood of all impurities, and Imparting new life and vigor to the whole system. " FORv SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimpipa, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, nine-Worms. Sosid-Hesd. Son Eyes. Erysipelas, Itch. Scurfs, Discoloration! of the Skin, Humors and Distress of th* Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dng up and carried out of the ay item in short time by the tue of theae Bitten. One bottle in inch caeca will convince the moat In credulous of their curative effect*. 1 WdfruTtXu^tbe'rtdJrin ynm^eeTznipUona or Sores; cleaoae it when yon find it obstructed or sluggish in the veins; clcanae It when It la foul, and yocr feeling* will teal yon when. Keep the blood pure and the health of the system will follow. PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed, for fall directions, read carefully the circular around Mch bottle, printed in four language??Engl iih, German, Trench and Spanish. Old prejudices ore dying out. New Cacti are killing them. The idea that Invalids, weakened by disease, can be relieved by prostrating them with destructive drags, is no long* entertained Mteept by monomaniacs. Ever slnoe the In trod notion of Da. WALKS! S VlBSGAS BlTTSkA, it has bttn ofcvioul that their regulating and Invigorating properties are all-suflctent for the core of chronic Indigestion, rheumatism, const!pa- ? tlon. diarrhoea, nervous affections and malarious te von, and they are now the standard remedy for these complaints in every section of the Union. SOLD 11V ALL DBU00I8T8 AND DEALERS. J. Walker. Proprietor. H. H. McDonald h Oo., Druggists and Gen. Airts.. Sail Prencisco. Col..und 31 Commerce St.. N.T. Jnly 6 27 ly THE TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE, ENLARGED, IMPROVED, ISSUED WEEKLY. SHOULD BE IN EVERY FAMILY. 1,500 SUBSCRIBERS WANTED. *2 PER AHIHJir, ir ADVANCE. rilHE cause of Temperance has advanced so rapJ. idly in South Carolina, that it has become necessary that there should be a live, active and zealous exponent of its principles. We have, * J therefore, determined to publish the Advocate ? weekly, and to enlarge and Improve it in every respect. Whilst it will be devoted to total abstf- V nence, it will, nevertheless, be made acceptable to V every fireside. The reading matter will be of the " Eur est and most select character. Arrangements ave been made to get the most prominent temperance men in the State to make contributions to its columns. It will also have correspondents in every portion of the State, who will keep our readers fully informed to the progress of the cause. We have put the price of the Advocate so low that it maybe in the reach of all. Only a limited and select number of advertisements will be received. n To Agents.?A discount of ten per cent, will be allowed on all new subscriptions. r> a nrv Address r. r. ncjAnu, Columbia, S. C. August 17th 33 tf NEWS FBOM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. EVERYBODY should have news from the Capital in a clearer and more intelligible form :han the fragmentary telegraphic dispatches to the Dailies throughout the country. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE contains a complete resume of proceedings in Congress and the Courts, of business at the White House, at the Treasury Department, the Wpr, the Navy, and the Agricultural Departments, at the Pension Office ana the Patent Office, at the Bureau sf Education and the State Department, with full ietails of social and general lire at our great national and political center. THIS GREAT NATIONAL WEEKLY is also a first class journal of choice Literature, Instructive information, of Domestic and Foreign News, ofthe Arts, Commerce, and Mechanics, and of Rural, Home, and Public Affairs. Tems:?One year, $2; six months, $1; five copies for year, $8.75 ; ten copies, $15. Address "DAILY AND WEEKLY CHRONICLE," Washington, D. C. October 26 43 tf ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL. JR. SCHORB <fe SON beg to inforifn the citi# zens of York county generally that they tre bettor prepared than ever to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES of all kinds and at all prices. As our silent partner, "Old Sol," will jrobably be more attentive to our interest fpr the lext few months than he has been lately, we may tafely promise that none in want of good likenesses shall go away disappointed. We are agents for the celebrated "COMMON 3ENSE SEWING MACHINE," which has no niperior, and is sold at the low price of $15. We .varrant it to do all that is claimed fop it. Come ind see for yourself. There is now Tio need of inv family being without a sewing machine. We have also made arrangements with Mason, Hamlin & Co. to supply those in want of a supe ior PARLOR ORGAN with their celebrated initruments at New York prices. Prices given on application. Call at our rooms in the Adickes nuilding. April 7?tf KIXG.S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. HEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD-on MoMays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays?will ran as 'ollows, making close connections on the above nentioned days, with trains on the Charlotte and ?p South Carolina Railroad: /? Leave Yoikville, promptly, at 7i o'clock, A. M. I* Arrive at Chester at 9J o'clock, A. M. | Leave Chester at 2 o'clock, P. M. I Arrive at Yorkville at 4 o'clock, P. M. / All Freights must bo delivered at the Repot by 1 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to tho lepartureof the train. I j I E. M. LAW, Preside^Hp S\ I ~ ' 1