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AGRic'rr/rr??./i2i. . ?j jFrom tl.-e-GJiariCft'cii .Mercury. J the Me>rtbert<?-Tn~? legislature of -W' Gemxemkn;?Tim last yeagjEkad the honor to address you on a to|jitj7^j^~arainont interest to ydur const it ii^jpre. Allow me again to solicit your attention to the same subject. I |ires^np>,it will not - he contested, that ayricultin^^^lje basis P of our prosperity, and- tii&t 3*!l.;$proper means to further its prrtgre'ssj-'^or't > re-' v move obstacles in the way of its ud\ nrwemeut, should unhesitatingly be adopted.' Jt novy appears to be^en.vaily admitted, mat to con?urne me Bgrtsinfooi couun uj the entire cxtlu-ion of somoTnnd the par-: tial cnltupc only of other valuable cr?>pfc,' would be a pernicious error. The gold-i St cn lield to which self-interest invited tisr about forty years ago, no longer exhibits; a remunerating return. Guided by the! same faithful monitor, our present course^ is so obvious, that an argument lo show the necessity of pursuing it, would be a work of supererogation. There was a time when (his State was' an exporter of grain. The extension of, tiie cotton culture soon effected an important. and, in reference! to (he emmunity,! ; a disadvantageous change in our system-1 of husbandry. From a statement drawn j from the late census, i infer, that about; three^d a half millions of acres are ap-;. propria ted to the production of corn, and j from evidence upon which I can rely, < South Carolina has purchased of the this ' article, since 1830. at the annual! aver- < age rate, 350,000 bushels. It is apparent p. from these data, that if only onc-forlh of , a bushel more per acre to the whole number of acres in tilth were grown, our granaries would not only be re-established at home, but that we'should again be enabled to meet the foreign demand to the t amount of over 500,000 bushels for litis ? great necessary of life? Can not this be t r done? To the experienced it is well < kn<*vn, that 100 act es of cotton judicious- ? ly manured, assuming the soil to need \ artificial aid, will realise a larger product i | , in a series of years than 200 acres, i where no expedients for enriching tin* ' land are resorted to. Ilcnce, whilst the!' consequences of tiie meliorating process ' would be the usual income from the plantcr's main crop, his slock or provision;?, I independently of other decided benefits, c which I will not pause to enumerate, a would be vastly augmented. To brine c about this desirable stale of dynes? to g preserve confidence to the cotton grower, h whose alarm and embarrassments, may e in part be traced to his credulity and list- v * -s-lcss energy; and i?y the operation of wise and salutary regulations, to insure the s means of a comfortable subsistence to i every yeoman who will take hold of the plough and not look back, the aid of your I; influence* gentlemen, I scarcely need as- c sure ySfifxan at this time be most bene- u ficialjy extended. Afriong the preliminary measures c:> h titled to consideration, the formation of n local Agricultural Societies, is believed t to be the most prominent. 1 am aware v that the public mind is still restless ami. Ii disquieted. He would therefore richly l merit a civic wreath who should succeed * in arousing the cultivaiors.pf the soil :"o a e just sense of the dangers they have es- r ?capcd, and riirqetingtheir untireing exer- [ tions to tnu.siow jout-uuiy curiam iimuu supplying tbeirr temporal wants?to in- ' dustry, tempera rice', and economy. It n is ev ident that misfortune has already ex- I ertcd its salutary power user many, still. I I fear, that a few of oSP Agricultural brethren, unmindful of the past, and slime- > lated by the wild gambling spirit which i has spread devaslation through the laud, ar^yet struggling with locomotive speed 1 tfrbe" classed arrmng thcopu'ont, or, if ruin 1 ensue, 4* be released from all their obii- ! gations by the sponge of a Congressional < statute. i A strong feeling on the subject of their > true interest, from which the minds of ' the planters have too long and inischie- ' ously been cstrangoij, byjAc conccntra- i tion of intelligence, ct$ariiit>ng from* the i establishment of neighborhood Societies, i . would soon be instrumental in effecting, the happiest results. There are now 20* j i Agricultural Societies in South Carolina. To organize one in every District midj* Parish, and to induce all of them to be, rnnrr.sfintcrH- in the State Society, at its j * annual meetings arc objects which I am J specially enjoined J to use my best- efforts ' to accomplish. The collecting of information, adapted to localities, to be communicated in the form of essays or memoirs, is, through you, rcspectljjiiy asked of every Society. In reiterating my request, that you will give your earlv attention to this matter, allow me to say, that you will hot: only confer a an obligation on the patriotic body over wnich I have the good for-1 tunc to preside, but render an essentia!' and permanent service to the Stale.! whose welfare we-are severally urged by evnrv consideration to nroniote. uohoid; and perpetuate. I have tlic honor to bo, Your obedient servant, * WlHTHMAItSH I). SuAUnnoiC, President S. A. S. of So. C'a. >. Edisto Island, June 13? 161;). " ' *1 Slate Agricultural Society of South W; Carolina. w - ? >* " . . p :*pp" ift. ^2^1. John's Colleton Agrictihurak'Sociefy[ Win. G. [j.:vnariL^jPrt-siiJenl. 3. Agrieulttiral andf^olice Association of.St. Andrew's, \\ inborn Eawion, President. i. Peanfort Agricultural Society,..Wi'Iliiiin'-ElIiiiti, President. f>. Ajgiieninir.il Society of Sou til Caro Jina,^is j iinicr, j (i. ^giirultural'Society of IJarnwell, IT?>:>. A,*iiius Patterson, President. 7. A ii licit 11 urn I Society nf Sumter, Hon. John P. Richardson. {'resilient. S. Mmiticelio (Fairitehi) Planters' Society. Ifmi. Win. liurpor, President. 9. Cam bridge (r/Vlilicvillc) Agiicullural Society. Gen. GiJlam, President. 10. Agricultural Society of Pendleton, Ei I v.-a id ilailcston, Prosiiiont. I J. Fairfield A iiricn 11 u ra I and Horticultural .Society, Osmund Woodward, Presicienl. 12. W'ltcree (Kershaw) A ?r i c 1111 ti r a I Society, Capt. Thomas Lang President. 13. Agricultural Sn'eieiy of Greenville, Hon. Ij. G. Johnson, President. M. Agricultural Society of St. Helena, Jos. G. Pope, President. 15. Agricultural Society of Abbeville, Unn. George Mci)t;fiic, Pres.dent. 10. Fishing Creek Agricultural Society, (Chester) Alexander Pagan, President. 17. Agrienlttftal Society of St. Luke's, Dr. Jeremiah Pickling, President. IS. Agricultural Society oi Newberry, Hon. John 13. O'Neall, President. 19. Agricultural Society ofSpartanburg Stephen Lee, President. 20. Agricultural Society of Laurens, Col. Paiilow Farrow, President. 21. Rocky Crpek Auxilary Society, lolui Moore, President. From tig Eastern Fafmcr, TOO MUCH LAND. It is a:i undoubted .truth, that one of he primary influences that retard the progress of agriculture, and the produc.tiveicss of lite labors of .agriculturalists in >ur Hirdes is, t!:c ownership and improvenent (if that can be called improvement Viiich pushes a soil to less th.an half of !s capacity) of too much land. Wo arc old that the farm of the celebrated Ronan, X'incinnatus, consisted of only f ur teres, the other three having been lost by lis becoming surety for a friend. We arc! dso told ft at .Marius, who was celebra.ed or his "frugality, and was three times .'hnscn ('onsul, and tltricc honored witli I triumph, on returning from a successful < ampaign. refused from l!ie people a rant of fiuyarrcs of land, declaring that 1 e was a bad citizen who could not be ontentcd with the old allowance of .so-1 en acres. i^God forbid''?exclaimed ( his hern' to his soldiers, "that a cttizc:;, iiould loo!; on that as a small piece ofi and which wiil support a man." 'i'i.c evil of an extended ownership in an Is by our farmers, consists in the in- ( linalion which such ownership very j M 1 * 1 - '*' *1 ^ ninnli /il laiiirmiy iiegcis, 10 cuiumili; h?<? iuuwi , , and that but feebly, instead of con-j ilieir industry and means to only so such land as they can push to the cx-1 rcme of its'capacity to produce. If one ; /ill inquire into the history of those who ; iaic succeeded best as cultivators ofi ho soil, lie will find that thev arc those vho have approached nearest to a rigid ibservahce of liiat rule which enjoins the ultivntion of no more land than can be cashed to tiie highest condition of fertility J >y all t!;c labor and means which' the cu!ivatoHias to bestow. Ail the kind which i man possesses beyond this, and cor.-; iiifd to his own occupation, had bettor! io fuiioW, or neglected than be suffered o impoverish that which he should culti ?te by dividing within h:s labor and mauiro, rendering ihe whole feebly and only uod rately productive. In .the vicinage >1" Huston?that is to say, within a circle' if fifteen and twenty miles from the city, \ mud reds of individuals' arc acquiring in-1 impendence from the proceeds of farms 10 larger than that winch in olden limesi ivas suiiicicut for a (^roipnatus or a Ma?!j ius, to support himself jtipon in a style of rotable ease and contentment. But this is not because of their vicinage to the market?for the difference between the nelt amount of their saleis and of those of more distant farm "i s, is not to be found in the difference of cost of transportation which the two classes incur. IV;>?the main difference coines from the superior productiveness- of lho.dew acres of the one over the many acres of the .other.? The one makes every font of ground that 1m cultivates uroductivo to the full extent of its capability under the most generous application of manures, and so concentrates Ins iabors-to the utmost advantage where as the other faiis under the influence of the impression that unless he has a goodly number of acres subjected to the plough every year, his farm is being neglected, and that he cannot raise enough to live upon; and in order to seOm to make a business of faiming, his stock of manure must hetiivid^u! and scattered over to whole. /The Opnscj.ience is, an tmprofinariMfm <il" li:c IrUlillV n nflOrlv L'lll IUU.I? - livatjd fawii, and a feeble production oi crops. Vv'hcn shall \vc Ion!; forward to a genera! improvement in tin's particular among our iarnien.' Wlien one of two infltifi'ices prevail, viz: either the ihllu lire of fti enlightened system of ugriculati ai science, that [is a mere active com i?i rial ion of head ami hand-work; or the infiuBnc of a very much incroajod price'*t)f.-laud " 3! ; 5 ' , . 5 * ; # * , r * Nr j in the country generally. T^e.^rme |will-'perhaps, more directly than an; thing else tend to produce.-the latter re j suit?so that the two iiiflifences may bi 1 expected to operate quite^ simultaneously , He this as it may, we catHlook forwan j with the utmost complacency to/the ] whop men will be unable to pVpeut^dj j much land as always to keep theth'poor . or wfien they will understand most truly ' that the way to get wealthy by tdfing 'thi i soil is,- to have no more land thanfiiaif bi !brought by the means which the dwne j possesses, into the high- st strife oPfculti , vation. We commend to our farrflgfc-fr inquire each one of himself, whethcrhi has not too much land to be profitable and whether he would not in fact he bet i tor oil" if he had less? It is a self-denying inquiry, but will not be found unproduc I tive of profitable reflections. I Asiies.?In aisWcr to our correspon j dent's inquiry as to the operation of ashc: (on grass or on lined crops, we would slaU ; they j operate well on all dry and ligli | soils, but they always have much more cf | feet when the soil is full of vegetable mat i ter which we wish to decompose that i when it is destitute of it. IJcncc a hand ful of ashes?a gill?on a hill of corn, ir green swardJand, has four times as mucl cllcct as oil land destitute of such mat ter. Leached ashes, in large quantity, im prove the texture of light soils, rendei them more cohesive and more capable ol retaining moisture. For this reason thfej should never be applied to heavy soils? the low, clayey grounds. At five or si> cents per bushel they will prove as cheat as manure at one dollar for a load, (thirty bushels;) tlicy operate for a longer term, On grass lands we think dry asiies not suitable, alone, for a top dressing?there is nothing on which they can operate I advantage?but they may be mixed advantageou dy with any kind of vegetable matter. If mixed in, large quantities with stable manures they may cause r unorc rapid decomposition than is desirable ?but with peat muck they operate admirably. On cofn lands one gill of ashes is enough for one hill, and this gill should he dropped on the surface us soon as the com is jilunic. /?it then operates quicker .....I ....... n.vnv f!ir> ivnmi-:. UilU JVUCij/O U>l |?? bliv Mtssach f/.w.r!/;; Ploughman. PR -POSALS For publishing in iho village of Winnsborough I'nirj]??|il URtuci, S. C. a new weekly newspaper lo be entitled TKS TIZUT. r/LISOr.alvIAT, Fuivjl-UI,Cheater, I.nnr ixlrr ?J- iScizhmy Atirrrlr.lC) " I\L>;;or.olies to itr.ric?Free Trade and Equal Rights to all." rTjliJLi political principles of iho paper will bp r XL fervent and devoted att.u hnient lo the true interest of the Slnti?an nrdi nt desire to advance the noble cause h>r which the people have so manfully fought?a slcrn and unrelenting opposition to al National Rank and TarifTprojt cts?and a watchful and jealous scrutiny inlo tin* conduct of our Rulers i'olii State and Nalio al, will occupy our best energies. and most strenuous exertions. We will at all times endeavor to give the latest news, Foreign and IDomesttr, in a condi used foi m? clean such Commercial Intelligence as will Ie oj u. e or interest m our readers?record all h.ctil ami do.nestlc occurrence.-, ofgeneral interest?sell clst.cli Agricultural Intelligence as inny lend to arouse n spirit of noble rivalry in oi;r generous and il-cral Pi.mteis: adva >co tl.eir interest and promote then enterprises?-and give an epitome of.all that a git itcs the * or It! we live in." In fact, it shall be out proud en 'paver ttimake our hebdumad.il a welcome visitor to the Planter, iti his brotul expanded fields; the Merchant in his counting room; the Politician in his close:; the Lady, in her hondois, and the Meehanic, in his 1.1) iri..us and valuable toils. Ofth.cgrealaud n b e cause efTl-iMPKRANCE, our shec'iPtvill prove a -trenuaesnnd unflinching ad vocnte; ns we consider it next to religion, the iii?si power.ul agent load v slice t e mi.r.il a id pecuniary condition of our penj le. 'I he 'noble : u tCTJC vr. ki> s'M.ts of the i flints of I' c friends and advocates oi iliis muse are already noticeable throughout tnc lon*?tli anil breadth i f our wide expanded domain From lbe Halls ol Congress, to the moat humble fliovel, their '-efforts arp discerm.blo-the mighty haw bien resciired from destruction, and the hum, lie have been strengthened and comforted. I A|lhou?h piofessedly a Political l'api r, the I.ithprarerpepa^Jn.eiit n, ill not 1.0 overlojkocl. Wc pShatl-ibVc-r be most scrupulous not to insert anything I rhatniay in* the slightest degree be deemed rc| ug' nant to Mpyafity or? Re.igion; or in any way oilen! sive to Uw^pst sensitively delicate mind. Contro | versus q&racctariitn character will never find ad j niitance riPobr columns, us wc deem such subjects unfitted for and burtheunoinc to a publication dc' .-igneri for general cdiEeation, iuslru.tion, anc j utiiuremejil. Bui it is not our purpose by a long Prospectus ami profuse promise.*, todiCetve tlie puoiic uiioou I support?we piefcr to bp "judged by our works.1 J We .ire practical Printer-, s;nd through our indus Iry ami aiiention to bustness, wiU^tndiiavor to jti: j sr.KVK lii.it sit, po.t w ! II h might .othc. wise Lo de t nicd to our limited J. D. O'CONNELL, JOHN CARR. Tf.bms or Prni.ic.\Tros.?'The True Carolinim will be published every Thursday morning (or 01 such day as may be found most suitable tor th< mails,) in paper of imperial size (as large as tin Uiecurillc Mountaineer) and of the best quality, a $-2 50'slriclly in advance; if paid after six months and 50 if in,I paid till the year has expired. Juno 4, 18-lti. Fresh Fa;caj Groceries. Prunes, in Glas^Jais. Currants, Citron, Almonds, Raisin3, <r. Underwood's best Pickles, X}~ Preserves, in Brandy, Preserves, in their own juice. Olives, Champc's heat French Cordial, Ct-rnoii, Ging j and Itaspbcrry Syrups, Chanipaigne, of s;i| erior quality, I- P.ir'i-r. ftiuin ?v uu*aj oujinii'i * , St. Julien Alcdoc Claret, Chuinpaignc Cider. ALSO. Superior Sherry and Madeira Wine, some 23 yeaj , Superior Port Wire, in bottles, very old, '' l'rencli lirandy and Holland Gin. Ai.S.)?A complete assortment of Sugar*, < / wrffyialilij, C-'lfcr, Molasses, Iroi ou'//, cj'.". ij*r. All of which, arc ciieied ou reasonable terms, b Jau' 23. w _ II. LL1VY. * ~ -a ' Jl 1 " ? 'sJ M.? ' * ' I f/' ^EPHCglMM^ ' t'. Fashionable Taq|n Vnj^XDERS his thanks to his customers fo .jJt *,,thc gegprous^patronoge lie lias received, nn< respectfully inforrijjjtthe public tha^ lie continue^ c.orry jm business-^K his.old stand, Lqp doors abov' A. the PugjjQi&cc, wftcro those wishing to have gar .merits ribfttFjr-and fashionably m. de are;invited V $ call. ;?J ;Jane 2G. , ? i -"Fresh 'Drags, Chemicals, r Patent Medicines, Ods, Paints, Varnish -1 3 cs. &C. <H-C. ) ITRHE subscribers having^ just received tlici 2 JL' supplies' fiom New York and Boston, are pre pared to put up all orders entrusted to tbem, and a - thoy can warrant these articles, no fault can be fount r with the quality, and prices arc in accommodation . unth the times. ALSO?Sperm Oil of superior qualify. 0*A"libcral discount on all bills for cash. DELEON <$ LEVY, April 2. Sign of the Mortar. j POSITIVELY SELLING AT REDUCED PRISES. - fSlUK subscriber wishing to dispose of his prcsrn j J*l slock of DRY GO'?Dri, previous to rcplen isliiog for the fall business, will sell at prices to sui ' the times. lit LEVY. J SoutSi Carolina. Kershaw Dish ict, Michael Lorick vs. Judah Barret.?L. SJiurmai vs. Judah Barret.?Debt Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiffs in the above cose respectively have filed their declarations agains | the defendant, who resides without the limits o ' this State, as it is said, and whereas the said dc fendant hath neither wife or attorney, upon whon L a notice with a rulo to plead, can be served. It i ordered .that the said defendant do plead, answer, o demur thereto within a year and a day, or final ant absolute judgement will be awarded thereon. f B. CASS;*Clcrk. ! March 2D, 18-12. STATE OF SOUTII-CAROEINA : LANCASTER DJSTCTRJT. ; In the Court of Common Fleas. I Burroll McLctnoro, vs. Charles Davis, Declaration in Attachment. Jackson Miller, vs. Shadriak Wright, X V *?' Declaration in Attachment. t ' '* Willium i?rti*nll. JOUJl li. trnglii, v?, ........... , Declaration in Attachment, WHERE AS, I lie Phiintifis in the above rtn led eases did, this d.iy-"file their declaratloi | in my office against the Defendants, who are absen and without l!:e limits of this Sta'r, and bavin) ,' neither wile nor attorney within the same, 01 ' i whom to serve a copy Of the said declaration, will j a inle to plead thereto. . It is ordered, That the said D. fondant do appen , and plead to the s .id declaration on or before th ; first day of November, Anno Domini 1812 or a order for judgment will iie ".anted liv default. S. HECivtlAM, Clerk. ( ' Cletk's Office. Oct. CO, 1811. p'ls fi e ?(i lj"~ :Q&V S<T JUST received, a largo supply ol drab and blac) t FIJii HATS, of the latest style, and some of tin finest quality. They will bo cold unusual'y low. j April 13. E XV. BONNEY. I j Also, just received, a variety of Suinmor"Sloths | plain and fancy Linens, for gentleman's sum me wear. E. W. B. Best White Wine Vinegar IE.MOX Syrup, Champaigne Cider, I'ortefanc { Cordials for sale by I April 13. >" E. Vv. BONNEY. JUST RECEIVED F 110*1 NVW VOilK. AN EXCELLENT ASSORTMENT OF Er.TGCODS, Suitable Jar the season. Also, vi Groceries. Jluls, .fcatidicry & liarawa# 1 All of which arc olleredlto very low prices, hv April SO II. LEVY. : j" " ~ KviiWr ~ , ft LiL persons indebted to Maj. S. R.Gibson dee'd, ' -ii either by nolo or account, arc re quested to conn g forward and ictlie: and tlioso having.domands agniris! , the deceased, will be good cnofcgli to present the . same, attested according to law. ' S. B. MASSEY, JOIIN MT^DOBY, April 27. [13l] Adm'rs, .1 .! United States Da^triet t'onrt. ? DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I:X BANKRUPTCY. ilitJIEREAS, William S. Bel leer* Merchant ol ^Sumter District S. C., hath filed a Petition praying that he may he declared a Bankrupt, pur. I suanttothe Act of Congress of the United Stales, ' made, ami now in force, concerning Bankrupts i and that lie may have tho benefit of the said Act J this is to give notico of the said Petition, and that s " hearing thereof wi'l be had before the Honorable - ROBERT B. GILCHRIST, Judge of tho sail Court, at a Court to bo lioldi-n "t the Federal Cour [House, in Charleston, on Monday, the eightcentl i day of July next, at eleven o'clock, A. M.i a which place and time all persons interested naj 1 appear and show cause, if any they huvo, wbj s the prayer of the said Petitioner should not be gran e led. 1 II. Y. GRAY, Clerk. ' i Charleston, 23d day of June, 1812. ! Juno, 29. : United States District Court. ,U DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. In the mailer of A/red China,-a Bankrupt. PURSUANT to an order of the District Coui of the United Slates, for tho District of Sout: I Carolina, Notice is hereby given, that cause b ! shewn before the said Court at the Federal Coui J House iu Charleston, on the sixth day of August noxl ' ' 11 A "XT wliv t!u> eni/1 Alfri' all! O'CiOCK U'Cluun, ?. -j y. . | Cliinu should not receive his Discharge and Certif catc as a liaukrppt. JI. Y. GRAY, Clerk. Charlwton, 12th day of Ma}', 18-J2. B % _ Just Kec^ived, > ,v A supplv of superior Sperm. OiU_? March 2. J. R. McKALY. jjjPjf -WW' ' * 3B rw-z ,m ?r' -"V V . . .TR .Jf. - :& %, i j . ' i . WHITtMffeHUB WATERS From ihfcWki te SiUi?tnr Springs, r . . Greciiliricir-CoDBty, Hrgraia. , rjlIIE sobiiiicriber has just rectfved a fopply, in * B barrels', half barrels and hollies, of the above 9 Water, so much dblehrated as an'"alterative and o purglflive, an^'/or - the cure of Liver"Coniplnints, 1 Dyspepsia, Rrfctarnaffsm, f?enrit!gia, Sjjmjfulo. Dis- J eases of tlife Kidneys and Skin, jVleMgrial Disea0 ses, Female Affections, &c. &c.. an J for relieving1 ^ 4 the bilious habits of the system;-1 ... , jp 1 his article ia received direct from the Springs, and is kept in barrels prepared for the purpose, J .which prevent its decomposition, and fgeserve'the ^article equally as pure aH w hen t^tcn at the Springs. - '' JAMIiSjR. McKAIK. May 25. .. ? r r*rTlic following are taken-from a great number r,f I orliltf.lpy nf ilj ifnertr V'!-? a Extract of a letter from Mr. Henry Claj^aU|* j Ashland, Kir, *" 7 Dear sir,-|At tlic request offiim Lexington, Ky. I write to gain eomo 'itiipHfeu! about your invaluable niineTul wator. He wishes ' obtain a supply to keep on sale. A few dozen bot^fpfc- ' tics, which I obtained at Louisville, have cohtribuu led more to restore my health than all the medicine and advice I have taken for the last fifteen years, * during which timo I have suffered much from dys- ' prpsia and sore mouth. Yours respectfully, IIENRY CLAY, Jun. ' Mr. C??we!l. t From the lion. F. W. Pickoh^lflGpriber of Con-- ' "fgrcss from Soutli Carolina.^ Dear sir,?I received yours in relation jL^thc trans ported White Sulphur Wator. I uscdij^Jast spring, and found it vcr% fine. It seems to me to be fully n as good as wljfflgtscd at the Springs. I am satis* fied it can bo brought into gcireral use, and will b<r s found of great, service. ' Your^"w|yrespcclfully, f ' * . F.W.PICKENS. From the IIprR J. K. Paulding, Secretary of the I Navy. Washington, 3d Dee. 1840. r Gentlemen?Owirtg to the benefit received from ^ mjj&teit to the White Sulphur Springs^Sktsl sum. mer, I havo not yet had occasion to drink any of flic water you sent me; hut having, on more than , one occasion, used it as it came to this place in bot. m ties, I am of opinion, if carefully put up, Uiat H undergoes little if any deterioration or change in ita qualities or cficts. Your friend and servant, J. Iv PAULDING. Messrs. 'iVm. B. Calwell A Coaii . From Dr. Willson. ' For the last twglvo or thirteen years I hare re* <v sided in the. neighborhood of the White Sulphur d Springs, and have had frequent opportunities of - observing the beneficial effects of waters, when reII moved from the spring m-bottles and barrels. ' Th* native vronertirs of this water'depend upon ii j llic saline ingredients which it contains. In corh j roboration of tlii - opinion, I slate tl:al I hare known j individuals in this placo.use the -water after it hod c | been kept iu barrells for twelve mouths, and after it n appeared to have parted with "all or most of its Tola- ju tile properties, end'that it acted us promptly and efficiently as when used at the spring. HUGH WILSON, M. D. &Lcwisburg, March Gib, 1639, a I'rc:.i the Rev. Yv in. S Tinnier, D D. Editor of.fiHj , the Watchman of the South. . VfM The Subscriber has had considerable tipP^unity '~'*i of testing the value of the White Sulfur Water 'ii when brought tb^ichmond. He has used it in hi* V r | family the last summer and the present, and.is happy to be able to say, that it lias been ns valuablo in this way as a visit to the fountain would probably ^ have been. 1 , - WILLIAM S. PLUMER. Richmond, 30th June,^640. ' The same gentleman, in the "Watchman < fv Uie South,?ffcUlc 23d July, remarks, "Tlic Editor of this pajfemfcas used the White Sulphur \Vntor'freely, in nravTamily, and has no doubt of its efficacy f' being great in ordinary cases. Taking into couv sideratioruihe comforts of home, he would, in ord?- * ( nary eases, prefer the use of the water, in casks to ' a visit to liio ./Whilo Sulphur Springs. The good effects bf the. Wafer fraught in casks to Rich. mond hare been crry-Sahlfest." f , From the Hon. Win. R. King. fj*enator in Congress , from Alabama, j White Sulphur Springs, 10th Aug. 1840. ! Sir?Towards ihciSfoso ot the last session of : ( Congress, which hatl^gcn -p/otractcd to an unusuai I length, I found 111at^tl^ifcoitBncincut to whidj I liad been subjected liaa^^feSPmy licallh jnriously. The tone or thy.Btom.-ich was materially destroyed,, and my digestive j*nvers greatly-impaired. By tho advice of my physician, I proeffred the water ootids Spring in bottles/ and used it with the happiest effects. I havo no question that tlx* r White Sulphur Water eon he transported, to any ,! distance without impairing its medicinal properties- * V ?^respectfully, 1 am your obedient servant, WILLIAM R KING. , 1 Such as may deshe further information in relation 11 to this water, we respectfully refer, to the following 'gentlemen:? 1 ? -- ? ~ */,, ? T . (i /Jr. Geo. iluyicara, uon. Jioumi ljaicrcnce. ': and Hon. Thomas If. Perkins, Boston; Hon. '. John llcid, Mass.; Dr. J. Kerne:/ Rodgers and 1 Rush/on <y- Aspinwall, Hew Ycrl:; Dr. Geri hurt! and Charles Ellis <.} Co,, Philadelphia; t Professor Patter and D. cy J. V. Stewart, Balj' timrrre; Professor Sewal and, MrJ'J. L. Peabodv, A Wash iityr/nn; Rev. Wm. S. Plummer, D. A i and Mr. Alex. DuvaL Richmond, Dr. R.Lee "i Featn, Mobile; Culhbert Bullitt; Esq. and And. OU%cr c!y Co. Neio Orleans; Dr. Wm. A M'Ddioet and Mr. Geo II. Gary, L&uisrillc, Ky.; Henry Clayv Jr. Esq., Lexington Ky.; Hon. llo. C. Nicliotas, Louisiana; Hon. Henry Clay, Kentucky. * NEW SHOE STORE. THE subscribers have just opyicd, onp door south of tho-?rug Store of James It. Mcfcain, a new '' and handsomo assortment of 0 .< Boots and Slioes ^ of ovory description, manufactured at the most ap' 1 ?in Pliilndnlnltin nnd Rns?/>n. * : proven CTWU?ioiu?yi.?? ... . JI^They ^iavo a^??a ^ne ossnrtment of Leather, Shoo Findings, &c. all of which will bo sold at prions unusually low. '} . vjraib Feb. If,. ALDEN & CO ** ISotice. | j?J D. LEW is my authorized attorney, during % ^ I 1^5 my absence from the State- ' ' Juno 22. IiAYMATf 'L'EVY. :' W* > ' k