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Cilium li II ?-argu mi.???? ii mi IIUJ -juan MISCESLLAMX ! HALLOWE'EN* SOPHY LA??GHAM'S DIARY. MALDON HALL, October 27, 1846.- I We have been a week here to-day, ? and I have never once opeued ray ' diary. Thwe is a blank iu my book j from that day we left oar dear mo? ther and our quiet house, till this; div, October 27. lint ?ts L have made j a ti rm resolution to keep a faithful chronicle of this year, (which is now | fast waxing to its close,) I must write retrospectively, recordiug the events which have fiiled the week omitted, j us well us T can, from memory. Our part in;;- from mamma was a sad one. We had never left her be? fore, and both Margery and 1 feared she would be very lonely without us. We did not, on that account, wish tr) accept Miss Laugham's invitation, but our mother though it best that we should ; she has always regretted that we knew so little of my fa? ther's family, which was an ancient and wealthy one. It was their fault that we did not. Because my father (the son of a younger son) was not rich, only pos? sessing th?? pay of au officer of the army; and because ho had married a country clergyman's daughter, with only a moderate dower, they scarcely took any notice of him, au occasional invitation for the shooting season even gradually growing less frequent, till it ceased.' Sir Jonathan Langham, his uncle, lived m great style at Maldon Hall, but after Iiis death the maiden heir? esses "withdrew altogether from the world, and saw no one, not even inti? mate frierais. We had forgotten their existence, when Miss Langhain's let? ter of invitation to ourselves recalled them to our memories. It was really :i very touching epistle, though sim? ply and coldly worded. In her advanced age, she had lost her sister, and shorly after Miss Au **. gusta's deutli, a singular mortality <*r- had deprived lier of the two nephews w ho were next in succession to the property. "She was alone," sue said, "'iii the world, and a yearning had come over her to see und make acquaintance with poor Frank Lang ham's children. Would my mother span? us to her for a few weeks?"' "Allow me, however," continued the writer, "to explain that it is not with any view as to the disposal of my fortune that I send this invita? tion. Unhappily (as I cannot for? bear thinking) my father's will dis? poses of it, after the death of his daughters, to the next male heir, and this heir now appears to be a young Irishman, very distantly related; though, by a pure descent, he is one of the family. He is to visit mc shortly." , My mother was divided in her re? solution to let ns go by this part oj the letter. Miss Langham could no! ascribe our visit to any mercenary motive. We could not. incur by it j degrading suspicion-so we came ti Maldon.' It was a cold autumn twilight when we entered the park, and a feeling ot strange awe, a kind of misgiving ol approaching evil, stole over me as 1 watched the old trees bowing theil heads solemnly towards us. as if ii token of a gloomy welcome. I shiver ed. Margery looked round at rn? and said, laughing, "Somebody i: walking over your grave." "A more poetical Arab reading o vsuch creeping of the flesh is. Um something evil is near us," I re plied. "Thanks, Sophy. I am the onb person near yon," she said, merrily "There! you shivered again. An yon cold?' "No!" said I, "but very m elan ch o ly. Es there not something s uhlen ing in this old place, whose ancien trees have sheltered so many of ou race, long since gone?" "Not to me," said bright Margery "I can but think what a splendid in beril.mee it- is, und how I wish Mis> Langham would leave it to me. Lis ten-there is a chime of church boils Ts it iu honor of our appearance a the ancestral hall, do you think?'' "No," said I. "the ringers are oubj pract icing. " '"You are a strange mixture td' th? common-place and sentimental. So phy,"'said Margery. "Do the bell.? say nothing to you?" ""Only, 'Sophy anc Margery gc home again,' to my ear. not bei nf such an agreeable hes ing as Whit tington's was," said I. Then Margery beg in an cager dis enssion about bells and their varied voices, and how people always fane; they ?lear in them whatever tile; wish; which subject continued till w< drove up to the hall door of Maldon lt isa noble old pile; and as wi stepped in the ancient indi am glanced at the pillars and arches, tin old armor and trophies of the chase I could not help liking to feel that i had been the home of my ancestors A butler, whose age' and appear ance were in good keeping with th dwi liing, ushered na into the gram library, lighted by a large glowinj tire, near which sat an old lady, win rose as we entered, ami, leaning o? an ivory stick, advanced to greet ns A very stately person isMissLang ham, of Maldon, and her manner i wonderfully courteous and gracions I can use no other words. She lei us to seats near tho lire, and begun ? conversation by inquiring after th health of our mother ?ind ?issnring ti that she fell, grateful to mamma fo permitting us to visit her. "] knew your father very inti match- in my youth," she saul. "\\ ? ' were cousins, you know, but time and theichanges o? tho world divided us. He was some years younger than myself, but he is gone first." She sighed deeply, and gazed for a moment into tho blazing fire, which cast a long flickering shadow ol' her? self against tin- wall. Then turning her gaze full upon us, she added, ad? dressing me, "You most resemble your father.*' "So mamma says,"' 1 replied; "Margery is exactly like our mother." Miss Langham looked earnestly at my .sister, and Margery blushed be? neath tho fixed gaze of Um ?dd lady. How beautiful my sister looked in fin warm fire-??ght. There are few girls as lovely ns Margery, and so Miss Langham must have thought, though she could not, of course, ex? press her admiration. "I have two rither guests beside yourselves," she added, after a pause. "The heir of Maldon, Mr. Cornelius O'Haliorau, and a Langham-though of a remote brauch. They are out shooting, but will he introduced to you at dinner. Perhaps uow you would like to go to your rooms, ami take ?ff your bonnets." We assented, ami were conducted by Miss Langham herself to two charming bed-rooms, opening en suite, with a small boudoir. "These three rooms are at your disposal," she said. "Shall I send my maid to you?" 1 declined, wit li thanks, adding that we had no lady's muid ourselves, and could dress without assistance; "or, at. least," T added, "wc help each other." The old holy nodded approvingly, ami walked away. We unpacked ami prepared for dinner; but ever and anon between this occupation, 1 walked to the win? dow and looked out upon the park and the sent gray landscape beneath. A new charm wa- added to the latter in the near tower of a fine old church, which rose above the trees; yet tho feeliug of depression which had Steden over me on our entrance into the park deepened as I looked out on the heritage of my family, and I thought that after ali it was pleasantei to live in our mo! lier's cheerful cot? tage, und ga/.e upon our own bright dower-beds and green lawn, with it. one old oak, than on the gloomy am: suggestive grandeur of an ancient am" extensive park. I was glad when Margery called me to assist her in dressing, for bet light chat ami anxiety as to how om dresses would look, drew my thought.' to cheerful commonplaces. Very lovely Margery looked tha evening. I felt quite proud of tin admiration 3. could perceive she ex ! cited. Just before dinner, the two gen tlemot. guests were introduced to u ' by Miss Langham. Her companion I a pleasant, chatty person, and th rector, a rather pompons old gentle man, who could appreciate the pow ?.rs of the Maldon cooli so well tim he talked very little, were of on party. The n et or's silence was atone* for, however, by the ceaseless chatte !-I can call it nothing else-of Mi i O'Halloran. He is the most astound ing individual lever met. Tall, hand [ some and admirably dressed, he i ; nevertheless vulgar, rcs, the heir o I Mahlou would never be taken for gentleman, if one did not know hi ; hirth. He has a most unpleasan I brogue, and uses expressions whic ?ire quaint, hut which gives one th idea of being the sayings of the Ami rican peasantry. However, he is ev: i deiitly studying to acquire a goo j manner, ami I could not help ol j serving that he both watched an ' imitated Anthony Langham, who i I as distinguished-looking as a Lan? ; liam should be. I have learned since from Mn Moore-Miss Langham's co m pan io -that the old lady is sensible of th want of refinement ia her kinsmai and regrets the relationship. If li had not made Iiis appearance in til most unexpected way from Americs Maldon would h.iv.- descended to Mi Anthony Langham, as next ma! heir, and Miss Langham motin over the entail which was to take e feet alter tin: death of herself and In. sister. Still, she was too high-bre to let Mr. O'Halloran see tlmt li displeases or disgusts her, and I fane he even thinks himself a favorite. Mr. O'Halloran is much strm with Margery's beauty, and offers In the wildest homage, paying her con pliments so persona] as to be quit un pleasant. My sister blushes an looks indignant; but lie is stolid, ?ni cannot perceive timi he hasoffende< We do not seeagreat deal of him that is a comfort-as he is shootir all day about tho preserves, or rathe I fancy, talking to the game-keeper as Anthony says he is not agood sho Margery and J spend oar morninj in our little boudoir, for Miss Lan; lunn seos no one till luncheon ; then \\ write our letters ?md do any little wot we may require. . Girls who lmvo^-i maids and small wardrobes must u some skill and industry toappearlil ladies; and Margery has great tas ?md ingenuity, und can alter ribboi and re-arrange trimmings, till s! makes ono dress do the duty of tv or three. Lut these toilet details ?ne qui beneath the dignity of a diary, so 1 me pass on lo something else. lt. is astonishing how fast mount "fions days mel; into each other ai leave no trace on the memory. lea not now recall and put in their rig places the little incidents, the sa nigs, doings, thoughts and feelings tho past week. So, adieu, neglected time! All the impression thou has left is just that I lore Miss Langham, like her comp; ton, detest the heir, and pity that c._rming young Lang? ham, who should have been the m?s? tet-of the old plac?. He is all that the lord of such a heritage ought to be-manly, courteous, gentle, kind and intelligent. Margery does not share my horror of O'Halloran. She began by laugh? ing at him; she now laughs with him, and actually declares that his eyes are I very fine, and that he is handsomer than Anthony Langham! If it were any other girl but Mar? gery, I should say she saw him through a golden glamour. OCTOBER 28.-Wo are to have a large party here on Hallowe'en, the :'.lsr. Miss Langham likes keeping up old customs, and we are to have all the weird rites of the charmed evening carried out. Site has presented Margery and me with new dresses for the occasion very pretty ones they are. My beautiful sister has evideutly won tho hearts of both our kinsmen. Anthony Langham loves her, I can see, though he is kept from her by the constant watchfulness of Mr. O'Halloran; so, to console himself, he takes refuge with me and admires her to me, and listens.to my sisterly praises with pleased smiles. Happy Margery! If she marries him, she will be truly fortunate. I told her so this evening, as we were dressing for dinner, but she only laughed and said: ..What, should we live on, Sophy? He has only his wits for dower." A nobler inheritance, in my mind, than Maldon itself. Ah! how the wind howls and moans through the trees. The night is full of noises. Surely I hoard a bolt opeued down stairs. If it, should be robbers! I have listened, for some time, with a beating heart, but there has been no repetition of the grating sound; it must have been my fancy or the v. ind. I will close my book, say my prayers and go to bed; it is silly to write so late, with my lire just out and my room gloomy from the feeble light of my candles. It makes me nervous and fanciful; so good night, my diary. NOVEMBER 1.-I resume my diary to-night, because I dare not enter in it, by day, the events of the past twenty-four hours. Margery might glance accidentally over my shoulder, or wonder what moved me so much, and ask questions impossible to an? swer. My hand shakes visibly as I write, Alas! I half regretted that my diarj was so barren of incident; that tin days were so monotonous and un marked by any landmarks of memory I have incident enough now to record to my sorrow. Hallowe'en came. A large party as sembledin lin' stately saloon, opene? for the first time in forty years. Wi had a grand dinner in the banquet ing-room, at which Miss Langhau did not preside, the rector taking he place; and. after dinner, we joinec her in the drawing-room, and began under her direction, the magic rite of the evening. We burned nuts together (bavin; named them first) and read a laugh ing augury from their explosion o quiet combustion. We felt (blind folded) for cups holding earth, watei emptiness, and one a pocket-pistol these symbols being prophetic of on future husbands' professions; an Mr. O'Halloran loudly exclaime against t he truth of the oracles, whe; Margery put her little hands into th empty basin, which foreboded singl li ft-. " ? The fun of the evening moved eve Miss Langham to merry smiles. ] must have seemed as if a glimpse ( her youth had revisited her. Ourin a pause she said: '"There are some Hallowe'en ritt mure trying to the nerves than thesi sowing hemp-seed, for example." "What is that?" we asked, sima tatieously. "The lady who questions fate," si replied, "takes some hemp-seet goes, at midnight, to the chard yard, and sows it around the belfr; tower from whence peal themarriag. bells, ?iud says: Hemp-seeds, I saw yen; Hemp-seeds, I mow you; And he that shall marry mo, Come after me and harrow ye." We laughed, and O'Halloran (wi: had appeared to better ad vanta' under these livelier auspices) declare that he wished some of the ladi would try it. A universal exclamation of dislil to the experiment wat answering hir whet: a footman entered, and, a] proaehing Mr. O'Halloran, told hi that a person wished to speak to hi on imperative business. I fancied that O'Halle.ran change countenance a little, but he laugh? still, and hoping that somebody wou prove heroic and try the hemp-sec sowing, he left the room. The conversation continued on tl same subject; Miss Langham, wi! quiet humor, regretting that tl courage of the young ladies of tl nineteenth century was so much inf rior to that of the damsels of aneie times, tili, in playful daring, loden to sow hemp-seed myself. For a m ment, sin? hesitated," then she replie "So you shall, Sophy! Only, stipulate that you .shall wrap yours? in a large shawl, and sow your hem seed running, to keep yon warm. Ti church is so close at hand, and so pi vate, (shut into the grounds,) that there is no real cause for fear." "Surely you won't go. Miss Sophy?" was the general erv, and Mrs. Moore, . approaching me. remonstrated in a low tone, saving that Miss Langham '? was a little childish on these points, and I had really better not go; but a \ sudden resolution possessed me to j undertake the adventure, and I per? sisted in it. About ten minutes or a ?plai ter to twelve, I left the hall, alone, wrapt in ! a heavy woolen shawl, which J drew over my head. T was followed by the good wishes and remonstrances of most of the guests, who escorted me to the door. It was a bright moonlight night, and my shadow was east on the gravel carriage-road almost as distinctly as in the sunshine. Tin' wind sighed mournfully through the trees, that waved their lai'ge arms above my head; and I confess, when I turned down the steps leading to the church? yard, a thrill of awe-T would not allow it to bc fear-passed through me. Everything 'A MS SO still and hushed, and tho tall shadow of the steeple fi ll so clearly on the ground in the solemn light, that I felt uneasy at. the idhi desecration of observing such a pagau rite on the holy ground. As I approached the church more closely, this feeling of reverential re? luctance to perform my foolish task increased. Alas! if I had only obeyed it! 1'ut it vas combated by thc fear of ridicule, and of the doubts my companions might feel as to my real motive for not completing my task, as well as by a reluctance, to cast im? plied blame ou so aged a lady as our kind hostess. So I took the basket in my hand, and scattered fae hemp seed, whispering the formula, as ! ran round t he tower. Suddenly I heard the sound of foot? steps. A superstitious fear, whicb was quite uncontrollable, seizt il me. I darted into an embrasure of t hc wall, and crouched breathless behind a large buttress. The next, moment, [ heard voicei as well as footsteps. They caine verj near, and paused close by my hiding place. "I tell you," said one voice, "it i: of no use to make a fool of yourself You must get the property ut once or you will be found out. Here's tin needlul dose, if von like to give it t< kerj; ??m>- repli d the voice of O'Hal l.ffjSr 'T can't She is vcr; olilr I will wait and see what wil come of it; if I am found out, wir even then we shall have a good booty We are sure of the plate, if we don' get the estates, "lint my belief is. w are all right, and shan't fail of success Having taken in the lawyer hitherto as well as Ih.e old woman, we have n real cause to fear at present; it's long way to Ameriky. and it's nothiu but your impatience to share tie- pr' perty that makes ,tm urge such hast? Uncle Ned." "Uncle Nedi'- The voice of th speaker thus named was that of a tal fine-looking footman, whom Mis Langham had engaged soon after h< sister's death, when she resumed lu long-interrupted intercourse with th world. "Well, you have heard what Joh Green said. He wouldn't have com down to-night to warn us for nothing Give her this dost?,'' continued th voice of the footman, ''amt you wi be master here by to-morrow." "I have said I won't, and I won't, replied O'Halloran, doggedly. "Yo may do it. yourself, if you ?ike; bi mind, I don't ?misent to it." The footman laughed, and said: "A precious bull that! but ? am ti old a bird to be took with chaff, ain't going to put my head in au 'alb for any one; but I advise- you io tal Jack's advice ?md warning. Now. must go; it's nigh upon supper-tim and I shall be missed." They moved on. The next minut O'Halloran's foot crushed somethin? quite audibly in the stillness. "Hilloa!" said he, with .1:1 oat! "what's this? Hemp-seed all abu the path!" Another oath. "Son of those confounded gals have bei strewing it, then! Can we have bet overheard?" "Nobody was here a minute or tv ago," replied Ned; "I looked behii every buttress before we be.em <> talk.'" "They may have como since. F< low the track of the seed " sa O'Halloran. And they did follow it, with fat accuracy, and drew me, shiverii with fear and horror, from my bi ing-place. "Miss Sophy!" cried Uncle Ned, a tone of dismay. Then, with fen fid oaths, which even now ring my ears, he drew a large claspkni from his pocket. I saw the bim glitter in the moonlight. 1 shut n eyes, and thought a rapid prayer. "Ned," said O'Halloran, in a win per, "it won't do! Detection wou be certain. Go home and wait, f fear you should be missed; ? w take caro of the gal." Still swearing, Ned loosed h hold, but O'Halloran held my ot!; arm firmly. "Now, Miss Sophy," he said, as \ were left, alone, "you have learnt your fate, and 110 mistake. Lie yt "must, and that this instant, unie yon swear by all the saints in t! calendar that you will never tell word of what you've heard th blessed night to any human soul." I hesitated; surely death would 1 preferable io even an ia volunta: participation in so terrible a fraud. But this heroic decision .lid not last. I could nob help pitying' my? self, just as it' it had been somebody else. The youri? life seemed more | precious to me than the old iuherit-I ance of our race. I weighed (with the rapidity pf excited thought) m\ mother's and Margery's tears against tho wrong done to Anthony Langham. Besides, Uncle N'od evidently hand detec? tion. lt might come without my aid. Moreover, 1 am ashamed to con? fess it, 1 was dreadfully afraid of being murdered. Fear confused all my perception -. IcOXCIiUDED li." O Uli NEXT. ! State South Carolina-Richlind Dist. ??.I Jacob Bell, Ordiuarif of an id District. VV hath'/applica^to' ?ne for letter "of administration un :'i? and singular (he goods and chattels, rights and credits of Gabriel li. Starling, late cf the D?MV?.'? aforesaid, deceased: .These are, therefore, to cite and ad? monish all and singular the kindred and er.-.Iii ors 1 .i' tlie said deceased, e. i.e anti appear before nie, al our next Ordinary's Court fer the said District, to be holden at Columbia on Monday, thc fifth day .ii November next, ai ?<-?. o'clock a. m., tn show cause, if an v. why the said adminis tration should not be granted, (.liven umh r mj hand and seal of the Court this twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ard sixty-six, and in tho _uine ?v-lirst vear of Amern an independence. JACOB BELL. Pet.21 w2 Ordinary Richland Dist. BELTING AHI) PACKI5?G. INDIA RUBBKli BELTING. Hem II and ludia Lubber PACK1NC A good assortment of ibo above in store and for sale low for cash by .Ttilv .'.-> JOHN !'. DIAL. Charleston Advertisements. WM Vi UM PER BALE DEUVEBED IH NEW V0RK? | THR0?GII FREIGHT ARtaSGEXESTS From Columbia via Charleston :. '. m?IK South Carolina Railroad C iiipanv i .A. and the Merchants' Line Charleston and New York Packets have arranged the : above taritf, which in. hides all charges tx- ? c? pt insurance. All produce consigned to aiv care will i? forwarded free of com mission heve, and in Sew YorU to Liverpool and Havre; also, to ! ail surrounding points North and East of the United States, ut lowest current rate-. : Freight and insurance effected when dc sired. These vessels leave Charleston and New Y??rk weekly. Shippers please ' consign to WILLIAM ROACH. Charleston, .S. C., ! Agents Merchants' Line Charleston and New York Sail Packets. N. L. McOEEADY .v co., : Vgents, 3f> South street, New ?ork. % For iurther information, applv Oct li f:2 .T. & T. R. AGNEW. E*or Falatka, Fernandina, Jacksonville And all the Landing's on the St. John's River, VIA SAVANNAH, <IA. - ; fl THF. NEW AX1 > SPLENDID STEAMSHIP DICTATO IIFS. , f T, ( 100 TO NS li I 'J? TH EX, ) CAPTAIN LGU?S Til. COXETTKK. 0 N and after the 2Gth October, :! shiti xviii sail from Southern Wharf every FRIDAY NIGHT, at IO o'clock, for the above places. '.:"->, All freight must !.. paid here hy shippers. For freight or passage, apply on hoard, or af the ?.?'tice of the Agency". ?7 Yandi r h ors t's \Vharf. Charleston. S. C. Oct 21 .!. 1). AIKEN A CO.. Agent.-. Fi?;cth Year of Publication ! ( M i L L ? :a? s Planters' and Hfrch'ants' Almanac for 1S67. I)RINTED throughout with new type and on good ehr? r paper. Will be pub? lished about tho second week in November. Any information or corrections that are intended for insertion must bc sent e> the office of publication before the last of this moid h. All orders for any ipiatitity are request* d as earlv as possible. Price p.r hundred, 513. " HIRAM llAi.'liis, publish* r, No. .">'.? Broad sire. :. Charleston, S. t . ( ?et 17 "?"'? i mo NEW YORK AND CHASLESTOH PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPAN Y. Fare Reduced to $25. % l.raring emh Port evert/ Alternat, Th ar.?iic?. STEA.1ISHIP K.Mli.Y IS. SO?TOKIi, ? \?-y. il. VV. Loexwooi.. STRAMSIUP KOX \. 'APT. ILS. LEI?'BT. THESE STEAMSHIPS, offering evert in.luce;.lent j... SHIPPERS and ii.'.' TRAVELING PERI 1* '. having superior accommodations for Passengers, with tables supplied hv cvorv luxurv li:? New York and Charleston markets eau afford; and, for safety, speed and comfort, are un? rivalled on tho eeast. THE STEAMSHIP E!?!?LY B. SOUDER. CAPTAIS li. W. Lo< KWOOI>, \WTILL leave North Atlantic Wharf, on VV THU BSD AY. November 1, l???. Liberal advances nude on consignments to New Void;. For Freight af Passage app?v at the Agents. WILLIS A CHISOLM, Oct 'Jf. North Atlantic Wi.ari'. FELIX WARLEY, Factor arel Commission Merchant, Boyce & Co.'s Wharf, Charleston. Oct ll COPARTNERSHIP. 111M undersigned have formet! a copart _ _ ncrship for the i rausacticn of thc AU<! ION* and < ?MM1SSION Bl SiNESSinthe 'Mc DONALD ? M. ! KW i l'.. 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Tetter, Biug orms ami Itching Humors of the Shin, his ur.ii. i" wili remove, ar..i impart le.iltii ami life-glow to the coniolexion. or Erysipelas, Scrofula or King's Evil, ?h'-mn?tisni, Pains io ti::- bonus, Stiffness lithe Joints, Old Ulcers, Want of Blood n the Parts, Syphilith .Seres ami Ulcers, and Impaired Constitutions arising fnou .lose diseases, ami from tie- too free use ? I mercurv. For General Debility, spring ?Vuiii Dyspepsia or Indigestion, \Veak ami Pains in the Stomach, Liver"Com ilaiiit, or ca!!: :-t' action in that organ irodnein}* pams in tie- side or back,alTecl IL; the kidneys ami bladder. : . mab a i ile period of change, will ii:'.: it thc best restorative to health and atl'citgth, from all those weaknesses and depressions of mind and body which fol iVi-.m- traveling South or living in warm climates, .ital ali unacelimated, wili lind tim f.:- ?roperties as a remedy were lirst in tm.lu .1 the notice ot the profession by i >r. Thos. V. ?ung Simons, of South Ca ralina, a.- carly :.s i82S, as a valuable alterative re? im dy in syphilitic affections, and others re i|ninn}* n-i' of mercury. Dr. Simons' state tni nts bav. bei n endorsed and extended by Dr. A. Loo-/:.-d' Mobile, and J~>. ll. li. IV. -:, of Charleston. From the reports in Syphilis, Se,?..tola, Cutaneous Diseases, Chronic Hepatic Affections and other mm ni:..nt:- benolited bv alterative medicines. Forsaloby FIS HE lt & H EIN ITS H, .lani' 20* Pharmacists, Columbia, s. C. New York A?vertisements. B0 a SEYMOUR, OF G EOE ti IA , WITH PAILS, 606GESDALL & CO. For the Soutliern Market, 33 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. Cet 12 Imo Sweet ?poponax from Mexico! VTATUI?E ...nhl m.! pr. dc.ee a richer i_N gem >r choicer Perfume. Trv it and be convinced." E. T. SMITH AC >., Sept iii iiiiid New York. Sweet Opoponax from Mexico! r?lI?E most elegant an.i essential personal 1 requisite for a-lady, "Extract of Sweet Opoponax." E. T. SMITH A CO., Sro! 1*.) limo New V<>rk. FURNITURE. DEGRAAE & TAYLOR, s 7 and 89 Bowery andG? Christie St., X. V , CJTILL continue io be tie- largest Fnrni n ture Manufacturers in the eit v. Parlor, Diem- boom and Chamber FURNITURE, Canopy and Viet..?ia Bedsteads, for thc Suuth.ru trade. :it 20 per cent.reduction in price. Sept 1'.) Gmo STENHOUSE & MACAULAY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, !7*OP. ii:- .-:.!?. nf COTTON, COTTON JL1 YAbNS. SHEETINGS, Naval Stores, Ac, ami for the per.?has.- ol Merchandize generally, ?il Pearl Street, Xew Yuri:. Consignments to ns ir..m every point in tin- South Icily protected hy insurance as soon as shipped. Jnlv l-l Iv .1. STENHOUSE, ALLAN MACAULAY. SOUTHERN BANK NOTES! SO??HEK?H SEGUR?T?ES ! LIM CO., ?3 A ^3 -R 2^? ?"3 J? $ Crues J. LAW arse :'. \\ v.. A. i ! i STI.P. JAMES CONKER'S SONS LUTED STATES TYPE MKMY PRINTER'3 WAREHOUSE, of K.-a.'lo's! reef, I New York, i'ifc tvpo on which this paper is-pnnted is Iron: thc above Foundry. ' Nov ls WESTCHESTER HOUSE, Comer Broome Sf reel and liotcery, X. >'. rsilils house, capable .d' accommodatine double,$2.00. .1. I". DARROW &*CO., Jan ll ly Propiiotore.