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Welcomo, aweot heralds of tho .coming spring. S " ? ' Long havo wo missed your clear ?nd tuneful lays, And now, returning on swift gliding wing, Yon bear tho promises of brighter days. Scarce had tho ice-king fled hie chilly reign, Scaroo tho glad earth put off her snowy dress, When to your old accustomed haunts again Ye como, in innocence and happiness. ' Yon leave behind vou, in your Northward flight, The palm troc, and tho fragrant orango grovo. Tho golden fruits, tho tropic flowers bright, Tho sunny .glades, through which yon loved to rove. Early^rou seek our wild and wood-swept Oor clouded skios, our naked, leafless The dim raviucs, where brawl our snow fod rills; .Tho rooky cliffs which bound our wintry seas. Yet not in summer "climes, 'neath calm Wno skies, .The warmest, gladdest welcomo you will meot; Wo, through tho cheerless months, have learned to prizo Aa" "Harbingers of Spring," your voices fi woo t. And as you mount, with your clear morn? ing song, To tho bright bluo of hoavon'a oxpanso above, Boar with you, as you lightly float along, Our grateful ant hems to tho God of love. With you, our hoar ts would blithely sing amd soar, With yon, our joyful praises wo would bring, And lay thom at His foot, who ovormoro Ie Lord of joy, and of all beauty, king. nm THE G8AVE* BT MRS. LAURA GWYNN, OF S. C. And yonder shines Aurora's harbinger, At whoso approach, ghosts, wandering hero and thoro, Troop me homo to obnrch-yards. [Shakspeare. Mrs. N- was an invalid when I first know her. She carno to us iu tho spring of 18-, from her far Southern home, in quest of that best of blessings, health. She had been a woman of remarkable personal at? tractions, . and her form and face, though wasted and faded by sickness and age, still bore traces of a peculiar and striking beauty. Her form was tall, graceful nud majestic still, and her face was lino enough for a Gre? cian model.' Her hair-originally black as midnight-was now silvery with age, but abundant, glossy and curling. Her complexion, though, quite pnle, was smooth as polished marble; and her oyes-her most re? markable feature-fine, full and dark, defied alike tho ravages of time nud disease. She was thou seventy years old, and suffering from a painful and" deadly malady, yet hor mind was un? impaired, aud, during her intervals of comparative ease, her conversa? tion was animated, interesting and intelligent. Mrs. N-was not a Christian, and often spoke of tho Bible and its believers in a vein of bitter sarcasm. I know not what were her religious opinions. She seemed to behove in the existence of an over-ruling Deity an all-pervading spirit of tho uni? verse-and often spoke of her God os a being superior tu the God of tho Bible, in mercy aud goodness. For some months after she came to us, she was able to walk and ride a h ttl f J every day, but, as tho summer advanced, she waxed feebler, and when autumn began to "sprinkle penitential dust and ashes on the chestnut's head," she was unable to leave her chamber. One pleasant September morning, aa I sat by her bed-side, she at? tempted to arise unassisted, but find? ing herself too weak, she sank book upon her pillow, exclaiming: 4'I bb all die soon. I am weaker than I have ever been. I know that my time on earth is short, and a few more days of pain will bring me to the end/* "But you will live again," I an? swered, "and tho gravo is but the portal to another and a better world." "Who, my friend," she exclaimed, "hath been to your better world, and hath ever arisen from tho grave to tell us that we shall live again? Your Lazarus, though four days in his charnel cave, tells us nothing of tho mysteries of another life. As I said, I shall die ere many days will pass; and if there be another state of exist? ence, I solemnly promise you that, if it be possible, I will return and - re? veal it to you." A few days after this conversation took place between us, she died. I BAW hor form arrayed in tho grave 'clothes, her face bound in a napkin, and her hands and feet (which I think a -very barbarous and revolting .oustom) firmly bound together. I saw her lie, stiff and stark, in her coffin. I saw tho coffin lowered iuto its last resting place, and the clods of tho valley thrown over it! The night after hor funeral, and tho third after her death, I was suf feribg- from a very, severe spoil of headache. I drank a cup of tea and want early to bed. I left a oandle .wiok flickering in tho socket when I laid myself down, and I noticed that the full moon hung low over tho horizon, and cast its pale beams through th e thick branches of an oak that grow just outside my window. Being racked by pain and unablo to rest, I arose about 12 o'olook and Sent nut jjit?n tho moonlight,, hyin? ? i?t the cool night fdr would, bring rad KAr?l Mitt. Close to Ott* d wot? ing lie* a dense, dark pine forest-a favorito place of resort with me-and . thither now I bent my steps. The wind sighed dismally in the pines, whoso tall trunks and rugged limbs racked and creaked as if they were struggling with some mightly invisi? ble giant; while, what struck mo as exceedingly strange, not a breath was stirring the atmosphere in which I moved. How long I walked in this forest I do not know, but, as I listened to tho moaning of the wind, and paused to watch' the writhing of the old^pines, there suddenly arose beforo my startled eyes a spectre, at the recol? lection of which my soul is filled with horror. Just below the tossing branches of tho pines, ?nd a little above tho grouud, glided-floated, rather-a tall, white-robed form* Nearer, nearer it drew towards me, and louder and louder seemed to roar the wind. Nearer and nearer still it cam? on, until, distinctly, to my ter? rified gase, stood revealed the fea? tures of Mrs. N-! Tho eyes that I had secu closed in death gleamed upon mo with n wild and fiery light. Tho long, talon-like fingers extended towards me, clutch? ing and opening only to clutch again, as if eager to grasp their proy; while tho tooth gunshed, and seemed to threaten mo with moro than mortal malice. Oh, the agony of that hour! How I struggled to evade that dreadful grasp! I tried to flee, but one cold, clammy arm encircled my waist like a vice, and held my right hand fast pinioned to my side! I struggled with the energy of despair. In my agony of terror, I struck her a blow with my hand just above tho eye, aud ono drop of dark blook oozed from tho spot, and, trickling down her sunken check, fell upon my arm. Then, with her voico hissing through her teeth, hollow and wild, close to my ear, BIIO cried: "There is another world! I'am n witness from it; but I have still powci in this and upon you!" With a superhuman effort, I wrnug myself from her; fear lent wings tc my feet, and as I fled I heard hoi voice once moro shrieking in tin wind: "A curse upon tho coming light Were it not for those beams of Hu dawu, yon should not escape rn? thus." Glancing back, I beheld her ii flig>t also hastening away, in tin direction of the grave-yard whero '. had soon ber interred; while far awn; in tho dim East appeared thc streak] fingers of the morning. I hurried home, and to my nsto nished and incredulous irieuds I tob my story. I begged them to opel tho grave and seo if nny appearnne there justified my belief that it wa indeed Mrs. N-whom I had seen I told them of tho blow I had strucl her upon the face, and showed thor the blood upon my sleeve. After much persuasion from mc they at last consented to have th grave opened. My husband said i could do no harm, and might possi bly drive the straugo crotchet fror my brain. They all beliovod me t< bo mad! Tho workmen wero called-at m; request, the same who had a few day before placed the coffin in the grave They went to work, wondering an half smiling at their strange task, J crowd of curious spectators gathere around, among whom, and close t the brink of tho grave, stood my hui baud and myself. Gradually the earth and brick were removed from the gravo unt: they came to the coffin. Then the paused, for they had found every thing just as they hod left it-not brick removed from its place. "Shall we open the coffin?" the asked; "or are you all satisfied?" My heart died within me as on after another answered, "We ai satisfied." I felt as if upon the opening c that coffin hung my fate. "Open i open it," I pleaded, and my husband sympathizing with me in my distresi joined mo in the request. The crowd once more crowde around, but with a curiosity whic partook nothing of that which nffec ed me. Tho screws that held down the uo fin lid were quickly removed; the li was lifted up by strong, firm handst? and, lo! The crowd fell bock aghast. Tl workmen sprang from the gravo wit faces white as death. Thero lay tho living corpse, wi! rolling, glaring eyes, wido open;liv; lips, covered with foam; and ju above hor right eye a purple spot - stain of blood-tho blood which n blow had drawn. A low sound, between a groan ai a growl, issued from her ghastly lip ns tho full rays of the morning si fell into her grave. Then I undc stood what sho had meant by the "n cursed light;" for iu au instant tho twinkling of an oye.-tho quivc ing form, distended jaws, burnii eyes-all, all, became a heap of dui The strong but kind hand of n husband grasped mo by the arm, ni with a vigorous shake freed me fro tho tyranny of a most distress!] "night-maro." Tho candle still flickered iu ti sock t-the moon, still in the ho zon, looked down through tho sar oaken branches; aud I had suffer all these horrors-the histor^ of hi rora-in two or three seconds of tia mu mmmw 600 PIECES ADDITIONAL PEINTS, 100 PIECES BLEACHED LONG CLOTH, OPINED 111 IIS WEI'S TRADE. R. C. SHIVER. May 12 JUST OPENED ! 1,000 Yards French Cambrics and Lawns ! LESS THAN' IMPORTERS' PRICES. ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PEU Y ABD* ALSO, A LABOE ASSORTMENT OF LADIES' STRAW HATS AND DOM ! ! ! OF THIS MONTH'S FASHIONS, tlju Call oarlv ami Bccurc BARGAINS, at S. H. MYERS & CO.'S, April 30 Opposite ?>!<! City Botel. illlfe lillie PARTIES wishing ta oo successful m planting under thc new system of labor, will lose no time in obtaining tho LATEST IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL IMPLE? MENTS. Over 70,000 of WOOD'S SELF-RAKING REAPERS are now in nae in this country and Europe. The reputation which this machine has acquired warrants us in saving it is tho BEST NOW IN USE. Wo aro also General 8tato Agonts for tho. sale of the following AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, at manufacturers' prices: UNIVERSAL COTTON GIN and CONDENSER. HAY and COTTON PRESSES. HORSE POWERS and THRESHERS. PREMIUM FARM GRIST MILL. Buck-Eye and Stafford Cultivators. Fodder and Corn Stalk Cutters, Fan Mills. Georgia Cotton Planter, Grain Drills, Corn Shelh>ta Plows, Expanding Cultivator, Pumpa, Bells, Ac, Ac. All of which can bo seen at the COTTON GIN WAREHOUSE, Columbia, S. C., or at our sub-agencies throughout tho State. A. ii. COLTON, Propriotor. May 2 W. B. LOWRANCE, Manager. SMMH^ PATENT Well Fixture ! ! A NEW, SIMPLE and EFFEC'l IVE DRIVER for raising water from wells. Cheaper and moro durablo than a pnmp, safer and better than the old-fashioned windlass. 1 ATone mention il but fo praise it." Moro than 5,000 are now in uso in Virginia and North Carolina, and the demand is still increasing. A supply of ihese superior WELL FIXTURES are now on hand and for sale low by J. & T. R. AGNEW. March 29_ 4OH WASHINGTON "Ital J? IU1IK MOUIB. THE SUBSCRIBERS liuvo just re? ceived tho agency of tho celebrated Washington Washing Machines and Pa? tent Clothe* Wringer*; They are re* markante for their simplicity aud dura? bility, and are decide al y thc bett article yet introduced. Price of Machino and Wringer, complete, $25. March 21 J. A T. R. AGNEW. [THE TlETTJHFlT OP* XKTT MORE TEBTIM?NY IN PAVOR OTT Heinitsh's Queen's Delight. EXTRACT8 FROM LETTERS: "Tho Queen'? Delight is beginning to awaken tho attention of our ?physicians. Its remarkable curativo pawer is soon in its wonderful effect upon disease. As a blood purifier, there is no medicine like it known to tho profession. A gentleman told mo that his eon bas been taking the Queen's Delight, and is more benefited by it than by any other medicine. Ho wants a dozen bottles." Extract from a letter: "It is due to you to sta-te in this public manner, in order that tho people may know tho tenth, that ( I havo tried your Queen's Delight, and j found it not only what you said it was-"a ?mre medicine"-but the best medicino I uive. ever taken for eruptions and general j bad health. I had an eruption all over my ! body, with impaired digestion and dieor j dcred liver, and have tried a great many i medicines without any hcnetlt. I havo I taken ono bottle of your Queen's Delight, ! the eruption has disappeared, my appetite [ is better, my liver and digestion is im I?roved. I am satislled ono or two moro lottlt-s will euro mo." j Extract from a letter: "At the closo of tho war, my constitution was shattered. I : could not eat, sleep or. perform any duty I whatever, Such was my prostrate coodi I tion. Medicino and medical aid I had in abundance, such, was my condition up to a I few mouths sinco, when I began the usc of I your Queen's Delight. I havo used two j bottles, my constitution ia greatly im I proved, my appetite is good, enjoy rclrcsh I ing sleep, aud am able to perform "my share of daily labor." Extract from a letter-Wonderful effect of only ono hottle: "I havo used only a half bottle of 'Queen's Delight' for boils and eruptions of the Bkin and itching hu? mors of the blood, which annoyed mo vory much. I am entirely cured. 1 think your medicine a valuablo ono." A remarkable caso of liver complaint and headache cured by tho use of "Heinitsh's Queen's Delight:" A lady of unquestioned worth and reputation voluntarily gives tes? timony of tho wonderful effects of this medicine. Sho has been from carly years a martyr to Headaches, caused by imper? fect action of tho liver, producing intense headache and pain over tho eyes. She has taken only four bottles, and assures us of tho perfect cure it has made. Sho now en? joys good health. Still another: "During last spring, I had been trout.led with obstinate chills and fever, which, when cured, left my system in a wretched condition, blood impure, nnd I was afflicted with an angry, and, an I at ono time thought, an incurable, cutaneous eruption over my entire body. Tho most violent remedies suggested lailod to work a cure, until, at tho instnnco of a friend, I tried Dr. I Inuit .-h's Queen's Delight. Less than two bottles cured me, leaving my skin in a healthy condition* My general health is as good as ever. For euell puruoaos, I have, ever sinco my cure, unhesitatingly recommended your Queen's Delight." Don't buy any but tho right kind. All genuine Queen's Delight has tho copy-right mark on- tho outside, and it ia tho only medicine willoh produces these wonderful cures. For sale wholesale and retail at FISHER fi HEINITSH'S April Drug Store. HEINITSH'S CELEBRATED GER1I.W HOUSE POWDER For all Diseases lo which a Horse is Liable. THE various diseases to which that no blo and useful animal, tho boree, is subject, and the little knowledge that is known of them hy farriers and ignorant ostlers, have occasioned ninny remedies to bu offered to the public under different forms, with high encomiums, and sanc? tioned by dignified names. Some ol' theso are injurious; others, at Lest, of little use, and many entirely worthless, and do not meet thc -want. A good medicine, free from objections of thia kind, has long been desired by many gentlemen who havo va? luable horses. We therefore oller tho only good medicine-tho truo "OER M AN HORSE POWDER," which has proved so efficacious in all tho diseases, lt is pre? pared from the original recipe of Dr. Hci nitsh, of Germany. Its extraordinary vir? tues are attested to by thousands, and for fifty years has stood, and still stands, first ia tho estimation of all experienced farm? ers and agriculturists as the best medicine for tho horse. It ie recommended for horses foundered by eating to excess or drinking cold water when heated, to such as have symptoms of glanders or aro ex Eosed to the infection ny hoing with other ornes, for indigestion, distemper, hide? bound, drowsiness, loss of appetite, inward sprains, debility, wasting of flesh, sore eyes, swelled legs, grease, mango, surfeit, old coughs, for exhaustion from work. It carries off all foul humors, purifies and cools the blood, and prevents horses bo coming stiff and foundered. It is a stimu? lus for Weak stomachs, and renders tho limbs and Bkin soft and fine, giving a smooth coat to tho hair. Ask for "Hei? nitsh's German Horse Powder." For salo by FI8HF.R Jb II EIN FISH, Druggists. March 7_ READY-MADE CLOTHING. THE ladies, gentlemen and young peo? ple of Columbia, who may bo in want of "SOMETHING TO WEAR/' are respect? fully and earnestly' invited by the ladies of j the Industrial Association to call at their j Work-room, in tho Female Academy, and examino tho articles which they havo now ready for sale. Some one will always be found ready to exhibit the ready-made gai monts and to receive orders from those who may wish to have work dono neatly and promptly. Tho object of tho Association is to fur? nish constant employment to those who, having been impoverished by the war, now depond on tho needle for daily bread. Doos not such an object commend itself to tho hearts of our citizens? Or must the anxious applicants for work be told thal onrp??;>/e profer Northern-madegarments, aud that there is, thoreforo, no moro work for them? Shall it bo said that such an Association as this cannot be sustained in the capital of South Carolina? Jan 10 Faints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, &c. SIX THOUSAND lbs. WHITE LEAD, in oil. A complete assortment of Colored Paints, dry and in oil. 300 boxes Window Glass, assorted sizes. ALSO, Linseed, Tanners', Keroseno and Ma? chinery Oils. Furniture, Coach and Japan Varnishes. .A complete variety of Paint, Varnish, Graining, White-wash, Dusting and Scrub? bing Inrushes. In store and for sale-at lowest prides by_JOHN C. DIAL. Gibson's Patent Cultivator Plows. JUST received, a sup? ply of theso SUPERIOR .IMPLEMENTS-tho ad? vantage from using w hich .is FIFTY PER CENT, in hortles and hands. For salo by tho agents, March 8 J. ft T. R, AGNEW. Old Newspapers FOR SALE at the PHONIX OFFICE. "TR?eral Superintendent's Office^ ! SkW??????ma CHARLOTTE & 8. C. RAILROAD, COLUMBIA, B. CL May 2, 1807. ON and after SUNDAY. May 5, thc sche? dule of the Passenger Trains over this Road will bu as follows: Leavo Columbia at.5.30 p. m. Arrive at Charlotte at..13.15 a. m. Leave Charlotte at... . 12.20 a. m. Arrivo at Columbia at. 0.50 a. m. Close connect ions aro made at Columbia and Charlotte with mail trains on tho North Carolina and South Carolina Railroads. By this arrangement, passengers by thc GreonviUo Road may go immediately through Eastward, and havo no detention in Columbia. THROUGH TICKETS aro sold at Colum? bia to Richmond, Ya., Washington, D. C., Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., and Now York etty-giving choico of routes cia Portsmouth or Richmond-and baggage checked. Tickets oro also sold at char? lotte for Charleston and Augusta. An Accommodation Train, for freight and local passage, leaves Columbia at 7 a. m., on Tncsdi's, Thursdays and Saturdays ot each week, and Charlotto on tho same days and hour; arriving at Columbia and Charlotto at 7 p. m. MayS c. BOUKNIGHT, Sup't. Schedule over South Carolina R. ll GENERAL BOTTS OEEICE, CuAnLESTON, S. C., March ll, 1806. ON nud after the 13th inst., tho Through Mail Train will run as follows, viz: Leavo Charleston.8.00 a. m. Arrivo at Columbia. 5.20 p. m. Leavo Columbia. C.50 a. m. Arrivo at Charleston.4.00 p. m. March 13_ H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup*N_ Greenville and Columbia Railroad? PASSENGER Trains will run daily, Sun day8 excepted, aa follows: Leavo Columbia at.<? ? ? 7.15 a. m. " Alston at.9.05 .? '* Nowhorry at.10.35 " Arrivo at Abbevillo at. 3.13 p. m. " at Anderson at.5.10 " M at Greenville at..5.40 M Leave GreenvUlo at. COO a. m. " Anderson at.0.30 M " Abbevillo at. 8.35 " " Newberry at.1.20 p. ra. Arrivo at Alston at.2.45 " at Columbia at. 4.10 " The Great American Blood Purifier. fiUEEW'S DELIGHT! THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT, the great American Alterativo and Blood Puri? fier, ia tho most perfect vegetable com? pound of alteratives, tonics, dion lie.- and diaphoretics; making it the moat effective invigorating, rejuvenating and blood cleansing cordial known to tho world. In introducing thia new and extraordi-^ uarv medicine to tho public, observation" leads us to remark that too little attention is pa'i to tho "life of all UCBII," the blood. Main diseases, and, too, many complaints, which nave their origin in a vitiated state of the blood, uro treated only as symptoms and results: whereas, if tho remedy had been applied to enrich tho blood and ren? der it pure, both causo and effect would have been removed. Tho Queen-'fl Delight ia offered to tho afflicted as a suro remedy for those diseases arising from an impure condition of tho blood. It'baa a direct and specific action upon that fluid, and consequently renders tho blood pure. It ia said, on high authority, that "man no sooner bocina to livo than he begins tb die, and that tho characteristics of tho living organism aro ceaseless chango and ceaseless waste." lt is obvious, therefore, to every reflecting mind, that unless tho blood is" pure, in supplying the waste tis? sues with material, it must bo tho causo of innumerable illa and constitutional disor dcra, such aa Scrofula, Rheumatism, He? patic Diaorders, Consumption, Inflamma? tions, Fevers, Ac. Life and health is only to bo maintained by tho circulation of puro arterial blood. Wo therefore advise every ona whoso blood is in tho least vitiated by indulgence or excess, and whoso constitution ia im Saired by diacaao and ia Buffering from ffeumatism, Liver Complaint, CoeBMfty tion, Scrofula or King'a Evil, CarbuncWs, Boils, Itching Humor of tho Skin, Eryai pelaa. Skin Diseases, Totter, Roughness of the Skin, Pimples, Blotches, Pains in tho Bonos, old Ulcers, Syphilis and Syphilitic Sores, Indigestion, Inflammation of tho Bladder anti Kidneys, Pains in tho Back, General Debility, and for all complaints arising from deficiency and poverty of blood, to uso the Queen s Delight. Females of delicate constitution, suffer? ing from weakness and depression ot mind in consequence of those complaints which naturo imposes at the period of change, have a pleasant and sure remedy in the Queen's Delight. Children whose fair and ruddy complex? ion gave early promise of health and beauty, but too soon become blanched and palo by some hereditary taint of tho blood, will have the rich boon restored by using the Queen's Delight. The nnacclimated and persons traveling into v?k.?u countries will find the Queen's Delight a great protection from all malari? ous affection and diseases which originate in a change of climate, diet and life. Tho extraordinary and unprecedented cures performed by the Queen's Delight Compound is attracting tho attention of every one, not only at nome, but abroad. Tho merits of this compound aro ticing felt and appreciated everywhere. Hear what they Bay of it in Now York: "It ia a remedy of much importance and value, exerting an influence over all tho secre? tions, which is unsurpassed by any other known alterativo. It is extensively used in all tho various forms of primary and secondary syphilitic affections; also, in scrofulous, hepatic and cutaneous diseases, in which its nae is followed by thc moat successful results." Ita propcrtiea as a remedy were first in? troduced to the no'tico of the profession by Dr. Thoa. Young Simona, of South Carolina, as early as 1828, as a valuable alterative re? medy in syphilitic affections, and othcre re? quiring use of mercury. Dr. ?.Simons' state? ments liavo been endorsed and extended by Dr. A. Lopez, of Mobilo, and Dr. H. R. Frost, of Charleston. From the reports in ita favor, there seems no reason to doubt tho efficacy of this medicino in Secondary Syphilis, Scrofula, Cutaneous Diseases, Chronic Hepatic Affections and other com? plaints bonefited by alterativo medicines. For salo wholesale and retail bv FISHER & ii EIN i ran, April 5 Gmo Druggists, Columbia. S. C. Garden Rakes, Hoes And Garden Implements. AFULL supply of GARDEN RAKES, GARDEN HOES, (1 ARDEN FORKS, SPADES. SHOVELS, TROWELS, Ac, on hand ana for aalo by March:! .L AT. R. AGNEW. Th os. P. Walker CORONER AND MAGISTRATE. OFFICE in roar of Court Honao.formorly occupied by D. R. DeSausaurc, Esq.