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| , in, | imihib n i arwriTflrn * Abstract J'rvm the tvclftk annual report of the j i American Sunday School Union. During the past year, twenty-pno mis- j siorraties and agents have been employed,! for different portions of time, in the west, i Their principal employment has been to , revisit the schools formed in previous years, to replenish their libraries, and a waken the interest of ministers, and of! other Christians in the work. The expense of maintaining the missionaries and agents was $9006 62. The cost of books supplied gratuitously to 157 schools, and presented to military stations, and for other useful objects, was $1144 91. The contributions to the Valley Fund, amounted to $11,347 06, and were received as follows:? The progress of the Board, in fulfilling the resolution ol 1333, in regard to the establishing of schools in the southern states, has been retarded solely by their want of success in ptocuring men to undertake tlie Avork. We have endeavoured by applica| tion, appointment, inquiry, and correspondence to obtain suitable men to engage in the service; but the general answer has been, that the need of pastors for chinches, and for direct employment as preachers, is such that the proper men cannot be spared. The Board still hope that they xVill be able to secure the services of a chief agent for the south, by whose influence many will be enlisted in the cause. W e cannot think, that if the objects of the society are viewed in relation to the future condition of this country, and of the church of Christ, men will believe that the religious education of the young must be postponed to other departments of religious duty. It is, therefore, the confidence Of the board, that if the question were fully presented in its strength tQ the attention of the ministers and people of the southern states, they would furnish an adequatc supply of men for the wants of that section of our country. We hear with solicitude the appeal that is often addressed us from this district, but we can only in return express our readiness to appoint any man whom they will nominate, w ith proper assurance of his qualifications. tk u eiiKuwt u*A kii'n Inftjlir rnn/ln an Vfll llll.l ? V liu ? ^ HUVIJ IIKIVIV l?ll earnest request to all the Unions that exist in the south, for their aid in finding (missionaries, and have already received encouragement to expect that it will be granted. * During the vcar n'ne agents and misO ^ a sionaries have been employed in the south. The contributions to the Southern Fund amounted in the year to $54*21 94, as follows:? The expense of employing the missionaries was $3378 31, and of the hooks given to 47 schools and otherwise, $361 43. The balance to the credit of this fund will he required as soon as we are able to "engage the number of agents called for l>v our plan. , Two agents have during the year made an extensive tour through the south and west, and one of their objects was to procure missionaries, and to awaken the interest of the churches to the necessity of providing men from among themselves to undertake the work. \Vith respect to the actual number of schools now in the United States, we labfRir under the usual difficulty of procuring returns. According to the register of our auxiliaries, there are 1250 societies and schools bound to send us an annual report. But, although a request for such a report, with a list of the six questions that we desired to be answered, has been sent to each one, so far as we knew where to direct them, only 144 have complied wit.i the conditions on which they sustain this relation. These 144 reports give, as their present statistics, 1542 schools, 16,647 teachers, and 119,955 scholars. Only 34 unions and schools mention the number of volumes in their libraries, and these amount to 137,667. The number of conversions repoited by 47 unions and schools, is 42S teachers, and 2039 schul the multitudes of the native population of that immense country,, who arc studying the English language. The donation sent to France, in 1833, has been expended in reprinting a few of our hooks in the French language. In the sale of books, there lias been an advance of about $10,000 above the business of last year. The total amount of books sent to our depositories during the i year, is $34,959 61; the sales in Philadelphia amounted to $37,817 24, making ; the whole amount of publications thus disI posed of $72,786 So. The actual re! ceipts from sales, were $31,189 4S. The | number of volumes of library boohs printj ed in this period, was 701,400, making ; 45, 4SS,500 pages; of cards, infant-schoo lessons, and other publications in {heels ! 35,S60 copies; of reading and elementary I % T T . ; books, 17,1)111) volumes;01 tnc union i?ties1 lions, 126,000 volumes; of the Sunday : school Journal, 76,592 numbers; of the i Youth's Friend, in single numbers, 48,000 I The total number of publications of al : kinds, is 1,004,852, equal to nearly se ; venty-three millions of pages. .Since our last annual repoit we have is ; sued 47 new works. Of this numbe | twelve contain from 100 to 332 pages j and the remainder arc of various sizes | down to 16 pages. The principal vo lumes for the library and for general use arc Mr. Stow's History of the Bnptis Mission to India; Mr. Sutton's 11istorj of the English Mission to Orissa; Klisa ma, a history of the captivity and lotora ; son of the .lews; Omar, an illustration o Jewish history near tlie times of Christ the Life of John the Baptist; the Life o Elijah; the Life of Elisha; the Belove< j Disciples: a volume of Questions on th< : Epistle to the Gnlatians, being the 8th o the Union Questions; a Pastor's Counsel: ! - -? ~*r - ? _ - i il. i :r.. ?rc,. to inc. loung; me .-incnor; mu miu ui oh snnnah K. Bingham; and Travels abou I Home. | We have also issued a new Hymn-book under the title of Union Hymns, designei ; tor Sabbath-school and other devotiona uses, containing a selection of520 hymns i arranged under 3o titles, which is sold ii the cheapest binding tor 12 1-2 rents j We arc pleased to learn that this 'volunn has met with the most extensive and deci ded approbation. The subscription list of the Sunday j school Journal has increased, but not ye | to such an extent as to justify the Boar ! in acceding to the frequent request that i (should be issued weekly. It is si ill thi | endeavour of the Committee of Publica ; tion to make it not only useful for those di ! rectlv engaged in Christian education i but an instructive paper for every family l The Y outh's Friend is also regulaily is 1 ?i ?u ?i i i ,i.?? sueu every iuimiui, nuu us uuuiiu iiuuiuci i make it one of the most attractive work I for children in the catalogue. The mean which these periodicals afford for a regu 1 lnr and cheap distribution of useful mattei ought not to be regarded as the least c ! the facilities the society commands fo 1 diffusing religious principles among fam ! ilies. The receipts of I he year ending Marcl i 1,1836, have been as follows: Donations to the Valley Fund, ?11,317 0 Southern, 5,421 9 Foreign, 2,239 9 Missionary, 127 5 General, 19,185 G Making the total of donations, ?38,322 1 The amount received for books sold 31,18G 4 Amount borrowed, 2,092 3 ? i Making, with the balance on hand at the commencement of the }car, (?920,10), the total means. ?72,524 li The expense of the publication depart ment,including all the cost of the prepnr | ation and printing of works was $38,597 | of the missionary and agency departmen j $9576: of the depository in Philadelphii ; $7480,67. Loans have been paid to thi ; amount of $8335, reducing the amoun ! of borrowed capital to $45,625 25. From tho Temperance Banner. EXPERIENCE Ok" A TOBACCO CIIF.WER J AYE, AND , SMOKER TOO. In Virginia, 1817, I was billiously af ; fected, and the boys, men and women, ant some of the maids likewise, told me t< smoke tobacco, and it would cure the Choi ic. Well, I did smoke, but I had the Choi ic still, until a famous Doctor cured me with a very happy mixture of his own. Bo though tobacco did not remedy my affliction, I dearly loved it, for various reasons viz: it was so manly to use it; it composed my mind ; it kept me company, Sec Sir. I read too that Milton smoked tobacco ! and this stimulated me in the odiou; practice. To be short, I went on chew ingunu -smoKmg, spmnig ^sci\ "'5 .>uur |?* usence) and hawking, until the Convention ir Greene county, Ga., whore 1 was determined never again to disgrace the nanieol man bv so foul an act. Accordingly, instigated by Bro. O. K. in the upper cliambei of Mr. Red, I siencd my noble name tc the anti-narcotic paper, in company with 20 or 30 ministers, deacons, members, &e. &c. O, that morning! how many emptied their trunks, saddle-bags, and pockets of the Old Dominion. But^ alas! the next day, Bro. P 's sermon did me no good. because of the anti-narcotic. Towards night, I could not converse; though I was frantic, called for a tobacco steamer, and smoked independently until iny cranium became equipoised. So you see I broke my pledge, begging the Secretary to obliviate my signature for ever. lie did so after many entreaties. Well, I felt very meanly, and home I went, intending never again to make a parley with tobacco ; but to devour unusually, leaf, stem, copperas, and every other adherent of the James River.?We are selfish beings. I found my health was being impaired, and I resolved again to relinquish it. Many were the exhortations and frowns of my friends on account of my 'beastly practice/ Beastly practice, said they, 'Why, the swine would not masticate it.?Again I was being unspeakably mean. I will quit * ars. Besides these,'608 persons zire reported, without specifying whether .ey are teachers or scholars; making the total! number in these schools 3075. In the northern and eastern states we have had at times, or permanently, one a- ! gent employed in Vermont, one in New Hamphire, one in Connecticut, one in j Massachusetts, seven in New York, one i in New Jersey, and two in Pennsylvania. The time of these agents has been princi- j pally occupied in collecting funds, holding public meetings, attending Sabbath-school conventions, presenting the objects of the j society to the notice of different ecclesias- j tical bodies, and visiting schools connect- ; cd with the numerous unions and associ- j ations organized for the promotion of Sun- I day-schools within certain bounds. The donations to the Foreign Fund,! from March 1, 1835, to March 1, 1S36, : amount to $2239 95, making $3772 66, i of the $12,000 proposed two years ago to , i / i t be yawec lor supplying American mission- : arieS with copies of our publications, and ' the means nftranslatingand printing them. The whole amount has been appropriated to various missions in India, Greece,; Persia, Turkey, China, France, Africa,! Sandwich Islands, and among the Ameri-1 can Indians. Besides these appropria- ' .tions, the board have made donations of' books from the general fund, to the WesJeyan mission in Ceylon; to the English mission at Orissa; to the friends of public i instruction in New Grenada, India, Afri- ] ca, Russia, France, Nova Scotia, and | other places. Sets have also been pre- j sented to the Prussian government, under i the assurance that they would be put to a | valuable use in that country, which occu-1 pies so interesting a position in regard to education. A considerable number of our i works have been purchased in India, for i the use of public schools and families. A catalogue of them has been published in ! Calcutta, and they have been publicly! numerated among the facilities for diffu-! ? sing the influence of Christainity among I said I; and out went the Old Yirgini : once more, to be gathered up by die Nc | groes, and the dogs and hogs and fowls ha ! rejected it. Onward I travelled in in i glorious abstinence, 32 days, when lo! i was taken sick, and ascribed my sicknci j to Tobacco Temperance ; and at it I wei ; once more, chcwiug from stem to stem, i whole pound in a very short time. Meat ! time, one laughed at my apostacy, anotl i er frowned at my instability, and a tliii j became eloquent against sucli physical vi< ! lence as I was impuniously doing to m : well-organized system. What shall I dc s! cried I. I reflected, ruminated, resolve 1 and finally, whether 'for better or worse :! thought I, never again shall one twist, !' plug, or stem, or crum, of any kind of T ,; bacco whatsoever, enter within the chns i j of my aspontis, cither by bribe, or persu I sion, or otherwise, until Hio year 200 - j In witness whereof, I eject from all n s j premises, trunks, pockets, vVc. every r , j mnining pound, parcel, or piece, or par I : cle oiTobacco, whether from North Car . i Una, Virginia, or elsewhere; and likewi ' every pipe, domestic or foreign, and eve i cigar, domestic or foreign, shall henccfor r he banished from my favor, forever. i It is 3 months, Mr. Editor, since I qu i So you may indulge a hope for me. know I have been blessed by the reli ; quishment.?Every thing goes on mc t i smoothly. My health is much improv ': and my spirits are cheerful. In fact, frc a melancholly temperament, I have L come sanguine. In short, I would r 1 again use Tobacca for $.50 per annum. ; | Permit me, Sir, to say that no m 1 , kuowsthe evil tendency of using Tobacc 1 1 but he who has given it up. I now s *! that it injures the breath, the teeth, t f j lungs, and the purse.?It makes our frien s! who do not use it, unhappy. It sets a - entails a bad example in the world. I t I deed. I would advise the whole comniuni {to set their faces against an evil which ?j so little known, and which their disappr 1 bation might greatly remedy. 31. | i i ! MY MOTHER. 1 I My mother has been for many years mongtlic glorified in heaven: her look, 1 2! manner, her tone of voice, are all embali - | ed upon my memory. The most distir j impressions of these ever made, and the o - j which is still the most vivid in my eye, w t ! implanted when I was quite small. I ca J | not readily tell how old I was?perhaps ? t J or seven. The circumstances an; fresh 2 j my recollection as if they* had occurred y< -1 tcrdav. It was a cool evening in autuu - j ?the fire burnt very briskly on the old kite , | en hearth. My mother sat in the corn . of the fire place, at the right, and just ufx . her left hand I had seated myself upon t s lafge stone hearth in front of the fire; ati s watching me for some time, she dropped li 3 knitting in her lap, and in a mellow, su . dued tone, such as mothers can only u: t i she said '.My child, I wish I could sec y f1 as much engaged in serving your (lod, r you are at play.' Stic said net another wor _ | But it went directly to my heart?I turn j around, and slilv wiped a tear from my e\ x i My heart had even then pride enough j prompt a wish to conceal my tears, yet t 5 arrow remained in mv bosom, and t 4 j scene upon the kitchen hearth was ncv I j driven from my mind. In all the folly i childhood, and wildncss of youth, it rctur ^ ; cd at intervals to haunt my soul. I seldo 31 think of her except in connexion with th 5 i scene. The fixedness of her large bl 1 eyes, her look, her mellow and subduii tones, her very gesture, as she dropped h knitting upon her lap?are all present to n ) eye. It is no picture of the imaginatio - ! After a lapse of more than a quarter of - ; century, I love to drop a tear as I think : j that hour. S. W. 1 ^ i! Dr. Alcott's Works.?The well knov ; author of the "Young Man's Guide," L t Alcott, a gentleman ofscience and extensi' observation, has recently prepared a wo entitled the "Young Mother," which h issued from the press of Light and Stearr i j of Boston. It treats of the management , children in regard to health, and, while gives a great deal of sound and importa I advice to mothers of every age as well i > those who are young, it exposes the fol of numerous practices calculated to ruin tl j constitutions and injure the morals of tl > | rising generation. The hook is of the rig II size, executed in the best style of Bost< j publications, and the price is so low as , j put it within the reach of all classes. W ; are glad to learn that the sale is rapid at tl . i North. It should be in every family. ' j The same publishers issue the "Morj ; j Reformer, and Teacher on the Hume W l//fOHtM (CV/i J luumui t \>uil? ' j by Dr. Alcott. It takes the ground th I i moral and physical education are so inl i niately connected that they ought to go t< II gether, and contains a great deal of cor ! rnon sense matter which must interest i : who wish to promote the health oftlieir boi 1; ies as well as the tranquility of their mind '! The work has existed about a year and { half, and is recommended by George Com! j the distinguished author of the "Constitutic : of Man" and by a considerable number i i men of high standing in this country. Th 1 price is one dollar a year only. I "The House I live i.\," a work on tl structure of the human body, adapted to tl | use of young persons, by the same autho i is it) press. Scientific Tracts, for the Difu-sion < Useful Knowledge.?This monthly perioc ical has recently passed into the hands ( j Light and Stearns, of Boston. They hav i made arrangements for bringing out the be; ! writers in the country. Only one subje< is treated upon in each Tract, and that i I well discussed. The publishers pay a goo price per page for all the matter, and there tore are not obliged to employ ordinary wr 1 ters.. The work is similar to the Library ( | Useful Knowledge published in England, bt i is better adapted to the wants of this countr | than that publication. It ought to be wide . ly circulated. The price is only $1 a vo ' ume. a From the Columbia Telesope. INTELLECTUA L WEALTH. d j It appears, from an inspection recently v ! made, that the Bihlioteqhue du Roi at Paris I - contains 800,000 printed volumes, 100,000 ss j MSS, and a million of historical documents, it j About 15,000 volumes (pamphlets not ina j eluded) arc annually added to this pro- j i- digious collection?the noblest in the ! i- i world. -d | We remark the following recent in> : stance of a literary munificence, such as iv : is not very unfrequent in those Northern i r>t wtirteo nmtmv nnrl illiberal spirit ) J I ??v " iiui iu?f | (j? I we of the South arc disposed continually to ;'1 flout. Meanwhile wliat examples are to or ; he found among ourselves of this most 0. noble species of liberality ? * .1 Splendid Present.?The distinguished i naturalist. Win. M'Clure, Esq. author of the ,ri" first and probably the best Geological chart af the '0. ! United States, and who is now residing in 1 y Mexico for the benefit of his health, has present. | edto the .Academy of Sciences of Phil idelphia, . ; his large and valuable library, 12000 volumes, chiefly scientific and literary, lie had already 0- j oil a lormcr occasion presented 2500 volumes to sc 1 the same institution."? 2V. V. Courier. rv ! We, in this wealthy and flourishing state fl, | of South Carolina, have but a single ' public repository of knowledge?but one jt ' library, the public property. Learning and j Science are provided for by but this single : endowment; and it is, for all higher puri poses, a most scanty one. And yet this one j gift of Mr. McClure to the Philadelphia >m i Jnst*tution,is more than four limes as much as all the donations together ever made to 'U* I o . . i t i our College Library, by every citizen ol _ i Souih Carolina together. Nay, the single I present received, not long since, from a ! foreign government, is worth much more ' j than twice as much as all the presents ever j c I made to our Institution hy our own pcods ' ^C' I \ i Meanwhile, let US see, on the other hand, II how Knowledge and Taste arc fostered, by ,n~ 1 individual liberality, in another of the New lf.^ ' England States, Massachusetts, in her State 54 J University?Harvard. ?" j Besides the endowment of7 or 8 Profesi sor-ships from private funds, and not to ! speak of the book-prnsenfs from the Holi liscs, of which wc have no precise account, a" wc find that the younger Thos. Mollis left a ,er j fund, now amounting to about $3000, of ' - - - n " : wnicn me interest is nnuuuy c.\[iuuucu m lct I books. Thos. Rraud-Hollis left ?103 nc ! for t!ic same purpose. as i Thos. I Iancock?the uncie of the Signer y" J of the Declaration of Independence? '!* j founded a Professorship of Oriental Lan4" I SU"SCS| * llis nephew subscribed ?500 towards the ^ ; Library ; and presented it, besides, " a " i largo collection of chosen authors." Thos. Palmer gave it, in 1772, the jic Antiquities of Ilcrculancum, and Piranesi's Views in Iloine?29 vols folio?worth cr ( 8400 : and, afterwards, his private collec. ; tion of nearly 1200 "choice oud costly 5C* | volumes." J I Thomas Lee gave, in 1784, "a large i enllection of valuable books." ***" " .V ; Samuel Slmpleigh left it, at his death, in Ctj ; 1800, $3000 ; the interest to be applied to ,e j purchasing books. j * | Israel Thorndike, besides repeated other i I donations,gave the very valuable Library jiC | of Professor Ebeling of Hamburg?3200 cr j vols, of the most important nooks relating p| to America: also, an admirable collection J j of 10,000 maps, charts and views. i Samuel Kliot endowed a Professorship at ! of Greek Literature with $20,000. * i His son, Samuel A. Eliot, gave the col| lection of Ilooks on America formed by c" Mr. Warden, and consisting of 1200 volj umcs, besides Maps, Prints, Ac. n' j Ilis brother, Wm. H. Eliot gave ihe a i great French National Work, the Descrijjop' tion de PEgypte?worth $700. I Christoplier Gore gave " a large' number j of rare and important Works on Jurispru,n ! dence." ,r ; W ard N. Boylston gave a Medical col^ j lection of more than 1100 vols, with other j, j benefactions. as | His uncle had previously founded a Projs j fessorship of Rhetoric and Oratory, j* Dr. F. Vcrgnies gave," a large number i of Excellent works on Natural History, t | and a chosen collection of Greek Poets." as | Wm. Breed gave a fund of $2000, apI ! plied to the purchase of Books. Ijg ! These ore but a part of the many dona|1C | tions made to Harvard. Indeed, of the i 32,000 vols which it at present contains, its j Librarian expressly says, " Harvard Colto lege Library is almost entirely the fruit of je individual munificence." ie NATURAL FOUNTAIN OF OIL. ! We translate the following from a tL ! r' 1 : I | I'rCIlt'11 piijin ( >?uuiu Ii in (.ituitvu iu nib , | New Orleans Bee. We have seen, and ^ I we believe before published, some notice ,j | of the spring here described, but we do " | not recollect having before seen so lull a ! description of it as is here given, jjj Oil Fountain in amf.rica.?About i ten years since, during the progress of ! s making an Artesian well near Burkesville, a Kentucky, for a supply of salt water, and j )e having gone through a bed of solid rock to | m a depth of more than 200 lect, they open- j 0f ed a spring of pure oil, which immediately j ie 1 threw up a constant jet, which rose to a j j height of twelve feet above the surface of! ie the soil. Though the force of the jet di- j ,e minished a little in a lew minutes after the Tf first eruption, which was supposed to be equal to 75 gallons a minute, it continued \ for several days without interruption. The j spring is situated near the mouth, and on .f the borders of a little creek, which dise charges its waters into the Cumberland river. The oil thrown up in this way spreads :t over and floats to a great distance on the js surface of the water. Several inhabitants j below on the coast, curious to know if this oil, or rather bitumen, possessed inflam[. mable properties, applied to it a torch, jf j With the rapidity of lightning, this subjt j stance took fire, and the inhabitants wilv i nessed the singular spectacle of a river on | fire, and the flames rising to the most rocky 1.1 heights, and reaching the summits of ! the trees to the great terror and real dan-1 i ger of the people in the surrounding country. This oil, or bitumen, is very intiam- fn mablc, and produces a light as pure and J brilliant as that derived from gas. Its cci other properties were at first unknown, j | but a certain quantity having been put in i j a barrel, it was soon"perceived that it had Ha ! almost entirely passed into a fluid state. J | This substance is so volatile, that it is im- i wo I possible to shut it up in wooden casks, j i i and it contains such a quantity of gas, ? that it often causes the vessels which con j tain it to burst, if they arc hermetically ? j scaled. Its colour is green, hut on expo- \ j sure to the air it takes a brown color. *vlj j This substance is exceedingly volatile, ajj j has a sour and indefinable odour, and the , to I j taste of the essence of tar. sor J For a short time after the discovery of the spring, a small quantity of oil came ?0 when they were pumping for salt water, Mi which gave rise to the idea, that it might always be drawn up by means of the ?"Mr, nihunnt hnupvoi* to obtain it, puillj'^?? ...... except from a spontaneous jet, has been successful. During the last six years, J there have b^?|Wvvp commissions by a spontaneous jet. The last began the 4th of July, 1835, and lasted about six weeks, during which time, they collected about ~ twenty barrels of oil. When the spring sends up this jet ofoil and salt water, (with J which it is always combined,) it is un- * doubtediy thrown into the body of the ' j pump by the force of the gas which is try[ ing to disengage itself, and forced up to a 1 ? height of more than 200 feet, nnd front thence flows by the upper orifice into a co- j 1 vercd trough, where the water separating ? from the oil, sinks to the bottom, and the 1,1 latter floats upon thewtop. A heavy noise resembling distant thunder, accompanied g the throwing up of the oil, whilst the gas, in which is very visible at the opening at the or top of the pump, causes all strangers who cc are passing, to ask what is on fire. ? Soon after the discovery of this spring, it was thought that the oil possessed some f medicinal virtues. This idea led a great 9, many people to make trial of it in various ^ cases. Those who have tested its medi- _ cinals powers, recommend it to be used . for rheumatism, pulmonary consumption, - dyspepsia, bilious colic, cuts, wounds and J in general all diseases of the skin. It is M said that it gives relief in five minutes af- jp' ter its application to burns, and that it may th( be made use of as a specific in cases of ed colic?also in excorations and every spc- sul cicsof disease in horses.' It has received j the name of American Oil, and of late years has enjoyed great reputation in the j rC) i States of Kentucky and Ohio. j tlii Boston D. Ado. Sr ? w 11,e THE WAY TO RISE. John I). Williams, one of the most em-j wj inent and wealthy merchants in Boston, i A< makes the following sensible remarks-? He says- _ _ |th' j It was once said to me sncoringly, "who ; are vou, for I can remember when you j went to market 2" My reply was, * so fl can I ; and when I sold potatoes for 25 -* cents per bushel, and carried them on my back nearly half a mile into the bargain; _ and I leel if it were so ordered by Provi- ~| dence, I could do it again." Now, as this " is my second coming before the people i with my own name it may gratify the curi-! osity of some of the gentlemen to whom 1 _ address myself, to know who I am. By I f] the family record I was born on Saturday | morning, Jan. 28, 1770, and carried to j1,1 church and christened the same day. 1 \ lived with my father in Box bury, as a farm- j er, until May, 1792. My father designed j me for a farmer and bought a farm for me j ~~ but the man he bought it of fell from bis; ; uiiu ? Lii*'ii v>isijj11iuxiVL/U uuoiiiw ao , j a merchant, in Watertown, in company j I with three others,in May, 1792, and dissol- j | ved the copartnership in Jane, 1303. I! j tiien commenced business for myself in the! south part of the city of Boston. I received my education at Boxborotigh school, at the time of our revolutionary war?working on the farm in summer, and studying in the j winter and winter evenings. 1 then thought j my father worked me hard, but I couid not j complain, for lie worked much harder him- j self and taught me a most sacred regard for ~~ truth, and always to endeavor to do as 11 would be done by, and never waste my time nor my money. From the industrious j m habits I then acqiured under my parental j roof, and having adhered to them in after life, and by my humble endeavors to make j all dealings with my fellow men for mutual ' l>encfit, and never to deceive any one know-: ! ingly, I have fully experienced, that by j " j what measure ye mete, it shall be measured I I to you again. ! an(j I came into this city without any friends j Coi saving those which I gained by my fidelity 11111 when a boy in selling vegetables; and they J were many, for the late Hon.Thomas Russel, and David Greene, Esq. and many others,! would lend me money, and endorse my 1 notes at the Bank which laid the foundation of all my after usefulness and all the blessings I now enjoy. Some think labor is an evil J but I consider labor on 1 of the greatest blessings in man. It gives me a relish for my ] food and mv sleep, and I am never troub- ? led with the dyspepsia. j ^ | for CESAREAN KALE, OR COW CABBAQE. cloi We recommended in one of our recent! j numbers the culture of this vegetable, and j ? in a late number of the 44 Old Countrymen" we find it thus highly spokenof: fU 44 A seedsman of Hull advertises the seed of a gigantic kind of cabbage, called the 44 Waterloo or cesarean cow cab- ^ bage : " of which he says that44 five will fort keep 100 sheep a day, or 10 cows, with mgi proper management; they are now growing from 9 to 12 feet high, and 15 feet sori round."!!! a HORRID EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE. A man in Delaware county, named Thompson, was lately sentenced tothej^J Penitentiary for biting offapeice ofthe!an(1 upper lip, the eye-brows and cars of his j father in a drunken frolic. C New Goods. HIE Subscriber Respectfully informs his L friends aud the public, that he has just rered his SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS, resisting of a very general and well selected ortment of Groceries, Hats, Shoes, Crockery, rdwarc, and Cutlery. Also, Paints, Drugs 6lc. Persons wishing to purchase ii\ this market, uld do well to call and see. MALOOA/ BUCHANAN. Way, 17 th 27 tf. For Sale, >N Market and Green streets, 3 lots forming a square on the corner,of three hundred feet, :h a comfortable dwelling House with rooms ] four fire places, with several out buildings, in good repair with excellent water; deemed jo m a healthy part of town. The lots havo ne shrubbery and young fruit trees, and will be d on accommodating terms. Also would be glad hear of a purchaser for the Houses and lots at cicty Hill, belonging to Afrs. F. C. Watson and r. B. G. Barker. BROWN BRYAN. * April 22, 836, 24 tf. - " Weeding Hoes. I A DOZEN Weeding Iloes, just received, L /W also on hand a few barrels Irish Pota is, for sale by J. & C. POWSftL. March 24, 1836. . utler's Effervp*?cnt maffneiiaa Aim rient, m ECOMMENDED by the medical Faculty [%/ for Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Nefrfins ability, Acidity of Stomach, Ac. for sale bf JNO. I. WESTEgVELT. March 23, 1836. > ?.Removal. rOIIN EVANS & Co respectfully inform tlmir frinri/lu ntwl ilio nil!t1i/? (rotiornlltr lliuf w v,,v" w,v r?"Tr ey have removed to a Store recently fitted up i front street, opposite Lacoste it McKay's, f here, with an enlargement of their stock of oods, tlicy will be prepared to rait customers all mercantile articles adapted to this market i the most favourable terms, and to give fair pri> is for country produce. Clieraw.May 31st 1836 29 tf. For Sate. " J 1 lik Ilhds Molasses, 20 Barrels of Northern f" Flour, 5 Ticrcies of Rice, and a Pole oat. Apply to 27tf. A. MUIRHEAD it Co. A Tutoress Wanted, l~N the Female Acadeoiy at Marlborougii C. L Housed to take charge of the same on the 2d onday in July next. A salary of $400 will be ' iron nav:itiln niirirtcrlr Annlimnfg rrrmlirtil fn rnish testimonial** of competency to instruct in 0 useful and ornamental branches of female ucation. Communications addressed to the bscriber, Secretary, before the first JHondoy July will be promptly attended to. TheTrus:s take this occasion to express their sincere Tret that Miss Richards is Compelled from a doe irard for her health to relinquish the charge of is Institution', which she has hitherto kept with ^ oat credit to herself, and entire satisfaction to r employers. C. W.DUDLEY, Secretary. P. S.?The Tutoress in addition to her salary 111? allowed to receive the proceeds of the :adciny over and above the sum of$i00, if there . ould be any. 7'iie election will take place on 3 20th of Juno. C. W. D. Bcnncttsville, May 22, 27 tf. 1 ^ To Hire PEN likely negro fellows, JJoat hands, will ? i i"/v _ _ / _ _ ue ntreu ior a iew monuie. Applv to D. L. jtfcKAY. May "31st 183G 29 tfi -75 IUDSO.VS Botanic Tincture for the Teeth, cures the Tooth ache, removes the Tartar, :urvy, &.c. for Sale by JOHN I. H'ESTERVELT. May 3, 25 tf. ? v . ' " rHE Subscriber wishes to purchase for cash a few likely negroes. Those from eight to irty years of age would be preferred. Any com. unicatioH on the subject through the Post Office ectcd to Bennettsville will meet attention. P. M. CROSLANB. Bennettsville 5th May, 1836, 26 tf. Negroes for Sale. John, cox wain and pilot, Harry, prime boat and field hand, Edward, boat and field hand, Hannah, his wife, good house servant and field hand, ' Hannah, good house servant, Guy, priino shoemaker, T1 a I icciur, a. MiuciuoAt'rt Coclirun, boat hand, Xed, field and boat hand, lion, prime do Cvrus, do Apply to A. M UIRHEAD & CO. March 29, 20*/" JOHN I WESTERVELT, respectfully informs his friends and customers, thai he has received his Stock of DRUGS & ITIEDICINES . , and is prepared to meet the wants of the Public in any article in his lino of business February 9th, 1836. 13tf. ROLICIES will be issued upon Buildings. Merchandise in Store, and on the river to I from Charleston and Georgetown; also on Lton in store. Persons living in the country 1 towns adjacent by giving a description of their perty, can have it insured against loss ordami bv fire. * * D. S. IIARLLEE, Agent at Cheraw, for Insu. Co. of Columbia ft C. , \pril 10,1836. 1 ? " , ^ Compound Chlorine Tooth Waihf 10R preserving1 lb? Teeth and Gums, aj?4 ? cleansing the mouth, for sale by b J NO. L WESTERVELT. March 03,1636. ___ 1 - 1 JT J l LL persons-indebted to the late firm of GcL Kenzie &- Crockett,"are requested to come ward and settle the same, as I am desirous to se the books. R. H.CROCKETT, Surviving partner, anuary 12, 183C. 9tf Land For Sale. IllE Subscriber offers for Sale, his plantation in Marlborough District, containing acres prime Cotton and Corn land, having at 250 acres under cultivation. It is situated >e'miles from the Court House and has apomafde dwelling house and necessary out buildj upon it. rersous desiring to purchase it, ascertain the terms by applying to C. IV, iley at Marlborough C. House, or to the Subber himself on the premises. JOHN R. DONALDSON, . . lay 23d, 29 If. HOOK BINDING. ^HE subscribers have established themselves , in the above line of business in Cheraw offer their services to its citizens. G. BAZEXCOURT, & CO,