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The friends of JAMES A. McCOIlD respectfully announce him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election. The friends of Dr. J. F. MeCOMB respectfully announce liini ah a Candidate for Tnx Collector at the next election J3T We are authorized to announce S. A. j HODGES as n C'?nitii!nti? for V?v P. the ensuing election. t&" Tlie friends of C .pt, W. S. HARRIS respectfully announce hitn bh a Candidate fo , the office of Tex. Collector of Abbeville Distri at the next elect ion. * t The numerous friend* of W Erf LEY A. f BLACK Esq., respectfully annonnc?s liiui ns n : ? Candidate for Tux Collector at the uext election. s The friend* of HENRY S. CASON respect ' ullv annnounce him us n Candidate for Tax . Collector, athe ensuing election. , i 1ST The friends of .lOlIX A. 11UXTEII re ? pect fully announce him a candidate for the ] omce 01 ordinary. at. t lie next elect ion. The friends of Col. J. fi. 15ASK IN re- : j peutfully announce tiiin a enndidutc* for tho office ?f Ordinary, nttlie next election. ! I THE ASSEMBLY HOUSE, I' One Square West of the Post Office. J ' IPI^IJNT STREET,! | OOIjUM3IA, S. C. !, THIS well known Estiildii>li:nent lias Wen | , ^ thoroughly re-fiited and improved, und j * in now permanent ly opr-ncl fertile nccotninixln- j 1 tinii of the public, livery iiltenl ii>n will In- j { given to supply the wnnis find comfort of Pa- j tronf. p?~lUtea Moderate. 1 G. T. MASON, Proprietor. i Sept 30, 1853 22 3m. i! ^eausT& iiigiitT ; *" Wholesale Deulcra ill DRUGS, MKDICINES, CHEMICALS, P^nte. Oil?. Varnishes, Win- j dow 01ufs, Dental ninl Surgical Liutru mcuts, Perfumery an.l Fancy Articles. Opposite Planters Hotel, NO. 3 16 BROAD STEET, AUGUSTA, GEOSept 16, 1850. 20-12ni* XEK1MS0N & LEI DING, ji ?IMPORTERS? j\ FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, ' Wholesale and Retail. { 1 IIASEL STREET, (One door from King, j11 Charleston, S. C. ;1 E. L. KERRISON. | HERMAN LE1DIKG J April 15, 18.19, 50-12ni * Rags ! Rags 1! r THE Bath Paper Mill?, located on tiie South ^ Carolina lLail Road near Augusta, wil C pay the highect priee in Casli, for deal ] linen and Cotton R?g* delivered at any Rai road Depot in Georgia and Nori and South 1 Carolina. For shipping directions, Ac. ; Address, GEO. W. WINTER, < Aiitytuh nontrr to July 28, 1859 14 ' ' Ism 0 NOTICE- c THE Copartnership known as Tn(;gnrt McCaslnn <t Co., at Callionii'a Mills, an . McCasIan, Widcmau i Co., at Widervun's wa * dissolved bymutunl consent on first Jan. ult. \ We wish all our creditors to close their ac- . counts by cash or notes. 1 TAGGAKT, McCASLAN ?& Co. s McCASLAN, WlDr.il AN ?fc CO. Nov. 24, 1959 30 3m. { Notice, c rr>HE Notes and Account* uf tli? FJ-m nf f/>?. n JL dan <t McLnuMilin nro in ruy lis nils for | collection. There arc also and Aeeount:- 1 of the old Business of D. A. Jordan. Those in- e debted to the firm, or to myself, will come for- j ward and make immediate payment to. the un- 1 dersigned. ? D. A. JORDAN. Moy.12, j-foV c ^AVKfr^r.Tr r.TiV. * na~rrttrt. npHEd*nd?r?igned have associated with them 1 in the Practice of the Law,- STEPHEN j 1 C. BlriBRUIfL, Esq. All business entrusted U? , , 1 their care will reoeivo prompt attention. j i. FOsEER MARSHALL. | . "Wi ^ EEE? j i J at) nary 12, 1857,'-', i. . , ^ * W1- "j1' "> 1 i , NOTICE. ' AppttoA'tifcjr will be made to tHo Lfgia ij - titrejliU for ?n*m?ndment i of tb? Charter of mi TKeofbgFewl^.niiniirjr of Sept. 7th, 1859. 19 8m ""s JSiFioSfee^sTr 0?le Wh?*t ?t (11.10 fS\Jxr< ptt byuftUfor CsUh, An|>ly to J C r * w, joE^ Sitnu ? - V ' Stonpy Point ,Abbevsll? I>if . 0 iea?, lMf I * " -- 1 ' n *y | * ' >* ?* ' f , '' I . . ' >. y. r. a.*. / otiiraaKtAVwA - TRANSPLANTED FLOWERS.?FROM THE GERMAN. dy una. m. s. b. dana 8iundleb. A Gard'iicr lias a gnrden Where thousand Flowers are, lie watches o'er them fondly, And makes them all his care. The bo ft mild rain he gives them, And yonder sunshine bright, And grow they must., and flourish, To yield liiiu pure delight. Wc pee them freshly blooming, And watch their growth the while ; We see the tendrils spreading, Our hearts with joy they till. At 1 1- ll.. n- 1'? -? *></ ivugi.ii in*; viiiru ncr comclD, lie lays them on his breast, And safe to Heaven lie bears them, In brighter beauty drest. He plants them in his garden In yonder Paradise. Which never, lik-* this durk world, In dual and ashes lie.4. Thou Gard'ner, kind and faithful, Oh! when our turn shall come, To heavenly fields transplant us, To our celestial Iiomel SENATOR CHESTNUTS SPEECH. Tbo following are tbe concluding re narv-s or senator Ulicstnut, in the U. S. Senate, ou Senator Mason's Resolutions for he appointment of a committee of investigation into tbo Harper's Ferry affair: Gentlemen say that if anything can be liown in their doctrines or princples which laturally tends to a culmination in the li'tft wln/'li w*i? ? *1 --- -V, un<& mciiuj sccti, iliey are iablo and ought to be repudiated. 1 beg lie utlentiou of Senators to what I shall read. [ sball not indulge in any remarks, either jaifh or unbecoming, because the Senator rom whose speech I mean to quote i6 not iu i is seat. It would ill become me to say aught hat would be unpleasant to him, oven if he ivere ill his seat ; but he is abseut. I shall herefore, simply read what he has said, ind draw my conclusions from it. I quote Voin a speech of Mr. Seward, the Senator 'rom New Yoik, and I suppose that distinguished gentleman may be considered as a eader, who embodies the sentiment and eiling, and,suiely it is not to his disparagencnt to say, no little of the valor of that jfjWMlftll linrto Til n -1 1-.. r -j. -<1 ii ucm uicu uy iim in the Senate Chamber, on the 3 J of March, 1S">8, this language was held : 'Free labor has at last apprehended its ittlits. its interests, it* nou-nr iiml iit> I ? J I 1 ? t in}'; and is organizing itself to assume the government of the Republic. It will hencebrth meet you boldly ami resolutely here ; t will meet you everywhere, in the Territories or out of them, wherever you may ;o to extend slavery. It has driven you >ack in California and in Kansas ; it will nvade you soon'?mark the language ; 'it viil invade you soon?in Delaware, Mary and, Virginia, Missouri and Texas. It will | a " -* ..v.. j>.u an miLuuii, in v^enirai Atnertea, mil even in Cuba. The invasion will be, lot merely bariuitse, but beneficent, if you 'ield seasonably to its just and moderate denands.' "What a wonderful similarity of sentinent and purpose with something that we lave recently beard disclosed I Now, gentlemen, I wish not to bo misunderstood. Vnom !*** C?- 1 1 - * * >.uav tun uonaiur riere lias in Ills nind?bis language is susceptible of tbat nterpretation, property no-doubt?the idea >f a moral invasion, tbe influence of a raord sentiment, and intellectual contest, it may )e ; but mark the language and see tbe remit of tbe teaching. He eocs on : 'It proved so in tfew York, New Jersey Pennsylvania, and the oilier slaves State vbich have already yielded in that way to ts advances. You may, indeed, get a tart under or near the tropin*, and eeem afe'for a lime, but it will be ohly a short ime. Even -there' you will found States >nly for freo labor to maintain and occupy. Hie interest ofthe while raceB demands tlie iltiinate emancipation ofuli men. Wbethr that consummation studi be allowed to nke effect, witb needful and wise precauiona agaiufrt sudden ulmngea and disaster, >r be liurried on by violence, i/ all lbat emains for you Lo decidc.' Yes, Gentlemen of tfie South, you have nf institution oT^oxiau* to ttte phil'opoph itaV?jntirftei?tal bfaitt^tariAnfea) ofsiile d*?y; you - must give iu?jp;if you do so at our request, nil will lie ;wett*nnd easy with you ; but such. i?. th*K urgency of these qjotWee jpon us, that if you do not give up your properly, yield your power, surrender your independence, permit yourselves to ' be Iwarbtd U? tfca CJonfederaoy, hy tbo desfepction of aii that makes-you 4 people, we kill do it by violence I Most mngnari frpoue . rrsrioos and merciful muster, wvtbsnk yon , or the privilege - of choice.. Tbare i? the ionflicl;' fofcshrijo**# itr Whieb> Dora 4hun months , ago-^? oloae I ,rojU?^of lilfie ?Hh the nfajbKtons of ' -okain mnoHee ?rM?hg??g# A?dpurpo*? &$fcnbt W^ho j?|rfoy phyMt^iroroe iwtead of i'q^lleclual *.' f' V '' ' - ' * \ *< j . ' >*** ''33 <" < i -5J done. I have presumed to show it. There it s'ands. If you value the Union, as you say you do, it is for you to preserve it. The South cannot preserve the Union. It does not behoove htr iu her down-trodden and feeblo condition : but she cannot if she would. It is for you, it becomes your interests i your co ncern, your power in the future. If the Uniou bo so dear to you, ii is for you to preserve it, and not for the South. ] You bavo the power; she has not. Sho stands still and endeavors to defend her- < self. The honorable Senator who last spoke 1 asked what means these rccent ebullitions ? Sir, they mean this : They mean that the heart of the Southern people has been stir- 1 red to the bottom ; tbey have seen impending danger and destruction ; they have borne it as long as it is a virtue to bear, and they mean that they will not forfeit the i character of freemen. I tell the honorable Senator that be mnv mistake that feelinr*. i o Do you suppose it is possible that nearly < half the Slates of the Union, your co-States < associated with you, shall be compelled to bear all llto burdens of a foreign l condition ; that while we are linked together as if fraternally, we must keep standing armies on our binders, be continually < harrassed, irritated, disturbed, stirred to I madness, and that we shall continue to bear ? all these burdens of a foreign attitude, and j take none of the compensating .good. The thing must stap. The Constitution was wisely conceived, skilfully, admirably i constructed, adequate to all the purposes < for which it was intended, but our present condition of affairs throw wido open all the I portals for our invasion nnd destruction. It is for you to shut them, or with the help of heaven we must shut them ourselves. Call it treason, gentlemen, and make the best of it : hilt T t?-ll Will llinl nnluco lln.c,. - ' 1 - J" 1 lliings cease, much as we have adored the 1 Union, much as wo have sacr i fired for its 1 maintenance, much as we nre willing yet to 1 contribute to uphold it that it uiay s-catler i its blessings to unborn million*, it becomes I our honor and our existence to maintain ourselves. Wo cannot permit the Union ; i bo a mere badge of servitude. We cannot ; permit it eternally to be upon us as an [ > incubus, crushing out our very life and i 1 breath. Regard it, Gentlemen, as it is, ! I your minds cannot come to a different conclusion. I have too much respect for the I courage of the North to suppose that they ' would tolerate such a condition of things if it were reversed. They would not ; and ] yet you presume to denounce it as treason, j because we say that in a condition of things I which we cannot tolerate, we will sunder tlio Union, pull it to pieces, column, baso ] and tower, beforo wo will submit to bo crushed by n Government which is our own < as well as yours; to which wc con- | tribute as will as you; and which we * will defend with our Ufa's blood as well as < you, as long as it shull.be a Government i securing to ua, as to you, equality, life aud | liberty. < Mr. President, I did not deaign to go eo ' far ; but^I Cult that some of'these remaaks ( were due to llie iiiq^irij^tffii6b$^ere made i by the honorable Senator* fifom Wisconsin. I What I have said, I believe. Mv purpose I was to ask the Senator from Illinois wheth- 1 er his amendment was not h mero matter nf narlv on/1 ??,Iw,? 1./. j'i>. m,j M?vtlW| OIIU fTIIVbllCI IIU >1 UU IU IIUV J withdraw it, so that wc might, be permitted 1 to come fairly and squarely, without em- < barrasament, without blunting the edge of this inquiry, to a consideration of the true question whicti is before in. Mr. King.?Mr. President, I me witb 1 soiiie reluctance; but, in tlie absence of 1 my colleague, I desire to ask the Senator 1 from South Carolina tf ha designs to ' impute?and I will say frankly lhafc I did ( nnt nn/1orftt?n/1 ? ^ MV? HMVIVIO?WMU UIUI IV IlllJiUlO?JUiy PUT* pose .00 the part of my colleague, who is present, to employ force or violence to promote any principles or measures which be jsustafns I ' i Mr. Cliesnut?Ihnvo already stated, Mr. President, that I should indulge in no language which would be evon unpleasant to the Senator, becAUseho whs abeent, and I would confine mybelf mostly to tlierecocd, ( I stated, when I read tlie extract from the 8 speech of the distinguished. Senntor from * New York, lliat h? argued a* if for a moral 1 purpose; tk*t ? intended,by his speech, ( the operation of mind upon the country? ^ that it bore that interpretation, and had that drift; buVl said, further* ibat to the rudo andtinWPored in<en?ctiof?tll? couttlry, the * language employed*as such, in.ray opin? 1 too, as would have ami ha&iU?fiVtetin 1 stimulating rcuch of tbo f iolenoefre hare M?n in th?/?ontgy ^ Jg| 1 Tljrea gentleman being at a tavern^ whose c nsme* were Afodrg, Slrtiii&ifr.PriA Wright, iayeib%)?st '.?"There it but' one -cnekold c in tha r coprtany, in&Jfr?* Strayed? * ,.*? :: - l-U X . -JM*V>vm tftWPfk, "oaroi jpnr ox?o is ; teir you if !l * -1 ?-'* ?< l?: f -j 'fl ' . ?t**i ?. .. . fr THE STRONGEST HAN IK AMERICA. Some months ago wo copied from the Boston Medical und Surgicl Journal an account of (be great strength of Dr. Windsliip of Roxbury, Mass. This gentleman after graduating at Harvard University studied medicine ; but we believe that lie is destined to effect a greater revolution by his lectures on physical culture and by his practical exemplification of the same, than by pills and powders. In many towns and f.ities, at the East, gymnasia spring up from the new impulse which he has given to the | subject of bodily training. It appears dial From a youtli of sixteen years, it bas been liis dream?his ideal?which he is now endeavoring to realize?to stir up the community to the importance of this subject. And be seems in a fair way to succeed by the moderation of his views, the commonsense lone nud argument used in urging them, nnd by the example which he himselfgives. When wo see the phrase ''feats of strength" coupled with any man's name our minds involuntarily revert to a massive biillnccked statuo of Ilcr :u!es, <-r to fome bru tal biuiser who has more muscles than br;iir,s Dr. Windship is ueither one nor the olher lie is a gentleman in his npprarance, tone of conversation and general bearing. While he is not overgrown, (lie is only 25 years r>ld and weighs but 143 pounds,) he lias the glow of health which we adtnire so much in the English gentleman. Harper's Weekly recently had a caricature of the effect"* of the present mania for gymnastic exercises, in a gytnast whose arms and chest were finely enlarged and expanded, vhile llie less and feet were inconveniently and ridiculously small. Dr. W's system developes tlie whole body and leaves no part without its due proportion of exercise. He shows that there is not a merchant of New York or Boston who need spend more than thirty minutes each day to attain a degiee of strength and health which will enable him to perform all his duties with more alacrity, and consequently enjoy more fully the blessings of this brief existence. Tbe medical journal to which we have ul ready alluded stated that in June of this j-ear, Dr. Windship lifted without apparent fcffort 827 lbs more than a foot from the floor, and afterwards iron plates amounting 020 lbs. We see, however, by recent New England :-mrn?ls that, after one of bis late lectures, he lifted several nail-kegs, filled with their heavy contents, whose combined weiffht was 1.032 lbs. Tonham. the nlrl i Englished Alhleter, and Behin (he Belgian giant, each lifted 800 lbs. We believe that it might now be said with safely that Dr. W. is the strongest man in the world.? Four years ago he could lift but 500 lbs. lie shoulders a barrel of flour with the ease that ordinary men place in the same position a bushel of potatoes. This he considers more difficult than the dead lift of the enormous weight mentioned above. L'urbnpB'our Nsw York frequenters of the gymnasia will have a more ready appreciation of T")r. Win/Uliin'n nn?'/>ra u-linn ? -- ? 1? I svo elate that he holds lip with one lmiid a Jumb bell which weighs one hundred ar.d !ixly four jwunrf*. The strongest man lhat our city ljas produced, so far as we know, was one who thus held up a dumbbell weighing one hundred and thirty pounds We are glad that Dr. W. has excited so much interest in this subject, and bope lliat lie will come Ibis way.?N~. JT. Journal if Commerce. JACKSON'S P20HTJNCIATI0U. In proof that Jackson bad once been r ~e it. w?u-ii -i-? ? supu yjk j/ic wy auucii, tm auct'uuiu wits remled to me by one of theGeneral's most inlinate friends and fellow-soldiers. General Jackson, as his associates remember, bad :ertain peculiarities of pronunciation, to wbicb be always adhered. For example, ju wuuui pronounce me wora development ib though it were written devil ope ment, with ? strong accent upon ope. One day, luring his Presidency, lie so pronounced it, vhcn in conversation with a foreign miniser, who, though not English, had been sducated in England, and plumed himself ipon his knowledgo and nice pronunciation ???i:.I. i "T\?:i ' M IIIC USI^IIDU IDU^UflgOi J-fCVII't^/O'IDeill, Aid the General, with emphasis. The imbawadpr lifted bis eyebrows slightly. And n (lie course of a sentence or two, took cc iasion to pronouoco the word correctly, [lie President, wetning not to remark liis ixcellency's benevolent in tension, again said 'devil-o/>e-mentwhereupon the fnetidous mntater ventured once more* to give .tbe ?ord its proper accetft. No. notice wn* nken of the impolite correction. MI repeat Mr. oootuiuetf jthe ^resident; "tbi^meaaore >? eaeentitl to the levil^if-jn^nt pf.oor reewrc#?/' ;''fteall^srr;1 replied the ambafeador, "t sonaider tip# d^-pfZ-oproent of your connjrjw?.wUL ?Wfc*4 vel. TJcon thie. the Oertemi ? e??ria<nn?*' ?? - }* *+ &um\bofrl H/f ^W opefmmm *1 ? ?? Um a/mmj of good ?U t*tW?*rJ. / ' ? * >' ' V??..? *. ~ 4 ' v * $*&. il PORTRAIT OF A PLEASANT FELLOW. In the following portion of n sketch of the late Robert Stephenson, the Engineer, a writer in "Once a Week" gives us a type of man well worth preserving as a model :? "In society he was simply charming and I fascinating in tbo highest degree, from his natural goodness of heart, and the genial zest with which he relished life himself, and 1 participated in its enjoyment with others. 1 He was generous, and even princely, in his I expenditure?not upon himself but on his friends?and his love of the English pas- 1 time of yachting amounted almost to a j ' passion. On board the Titnnia, or at his i 1 house in Gloucester square, his frequent ' and numerous guests found his splendid resources at all times converted to their 1 gratification with a grace of hospitality 1 which, although sedulous, was never op- 1 Pr cssivu. Theie was nothing of the patron in his manner, or of the Olympic, comics tension which is sometimes affected by ' much lesser men. A friend (and how many 1 frinnds he had !) was at once his equal, and 1 treated with republican freedom, yet with 1 the most high-bred courtesy and gentle considcr?ten< s. We may doubt whether ! any ot the celebrated reception-bouses ot our aristocracy ever afforded more delight- 1 ful gatherings than those with which Step- 1 henson's expansive tates surrounded him in 1 his home. Men of science, letter?, art, great travellers, engineers, young and old of both sexes, and of varied accomplishments, cave to his reunions a completeness the stiiking that it never seemed to he anxiously aimed ' at. Surrounded by his choice collection of 1 modern works of art, or explaining his ' philosophical apparatus, or battling 6ome ' scientific thesis, or exchanging some 1 snrifhtlv banter in n snniul cirn.lp. the. imnorr> ' r r? j - - 1 r? of Robert Stephenson will rise up before < his friends as a pillar bearing the record of 1 some of their happiest hours. What a ' favorite ho was with all, especially with 1 woman and young persons! No one who ! enjoyed his intimacy can forget tho easy 1 and familiar manner in which he was accustomed to enlarge on interesting but abstruse points of natural philosophy. But to ladies i and the yonn<j especially, he made a point of explaining every thing with moro than usual care and definitenefce, never quilting 1 the subject until he was satisBed that be had been perfectly understood." THE FISST MEDALLION PORTRAIT. As tue daughter of Dibutades went, draped in ber veil, to the market-place, she often met a youth, who afterward became an assistant to Iter father in bin woik. lie was skilled in much learning unknown to the secluded girl, and in playing on tl?i reed ; and the daily life of father, daughter, and lover presented an illustration of Grecian life and beauty. The youth was contUraincd at length tu depart, but ere he ( went the vows of betrothal were exchanged between him and Kora. Their eve of par ting was a sad one.' As they sal together by the lamplight the maiden suddenly rose, and, taking up a piece of pointed charcoal flora the brasier, and bidding the young man remain still, she traced on the wall the outline of his fine Grecian profile, as a memorial when ho should be far away. Dibutades saw the sketch she had made, and recognised the likeness. Cnrefully be nlled the outline with clay, ana ? complete medallion was formed. It was the first portrait in relief! Thus a new art was born into the world, the development of which brought fortune and fame to the iuvcntor! The story is, at least, as probable as that of ^ Saurias discovering the rule of sketching and contour from the shadow of his house. Tt was neither the first nor the last time { Love became a teacher. Might not the ; fable of Memnon thus find its realization ? It is related that Dibutades, who had followed tip his medallions with busts, became , so celebrated that many Grecian states claimed the honor of his birth and that , his daughter's lover, who came back to espouse her, modelled while figures in Corintb. A school for modelling was instituted , About this time in Siryonin, of which Di butndes was the founder.? Woman Artists | in all 4gei end Couutries. - L m >| Tn E Sir.VKT nntffi inra ao T i?d A I triumph in the field is a theme for poetry, ! ft* pairtting, for l>i?tory, for all tho eulogis- 1 tie and aggrandizing agencies whose uni- 1 ted tribute constitutes Fame; but there are 1 victories won by men over themselves, * more truly honorable to the conqueror tiian ' any that can be achieved in wnr. Of these silent succofcsea we never hear*,- Tfie battles in which tbey are obtaioed^aM'fopgbt h* in solitude and without be!p, save from ? aboffl, Tho sonflict. U.?owr>jw/t?.<wg^4 c in ll>?. >|U1 if atul tlio ? .T* ?ni ?m^ai|ci n, ? ? struggle it often fpa^ful. Honor to every .*: conqueror in audi a warfare I Honor fo t l!:e m?p or woflftim wbo |M6*i6plirtion, r hatred, warenge, envy, bel^pwe, Wk to J iu I?t tpyerl i/i Uw? h^rtj^jjjlfcwjce e*- ?' K u? - ? .Iti.li .i n i.Tni I I _l t oh* . tkiU; ?*^^Row^Tbey conre < ? * AN INVITATION TO UNITED PEAYEE, ADDEESSED TO THE CHUECH OF CHEIBT THEOUGHTOUT THE WOELD. (riv REQUK8T.) Being an Extract from the Minutes of ihe 23d Annual Meeting of lliu Lodiana Mission. "Whereas our spirits have been greatly refreshed by what we have hoar<l of the Lord's dealings with his people in America, therefore:? Resolved, 1. That we hereby p'ibliely icknow ledge the debt of gratitude we owe Lo Dim, and our obligations to live more .ban ever not unto ourselves but unto Him who died for us. And in viciv of nilf nan kniriliiol nn/io?cl -- " "J? Lies, mid of tho wants of liio perishing millions :ibout us, and in tho hope of obtaining similar blessings for this land. Resolved, 2. That we will do our best to jet Union Meetings for prayer for the jilt-pouring of the Spirit, established at our respective stations, and also at other stations wherever wo may find two or three willing '.o meet together in the name f Chris". And further, being convinced I. n the signs of the times that God Iims still large l>le!>siiigs in store for liis people, mid for our ruined race,and that he now seems to be | ready and waiting to bestow them us asked, therefore: ? Resolved, 3. That we appoint the second week in January, 1800, beginning with Monday (he 8th, as a time of special prayer that God would now pour out his Spirit upon all flesh, so that all the ends of the L>arth might see his salvation ; that on the Urst day, thnt is, on Monday the 8th, be a holy convocation for solemn fasting, humiliation, and prayer, and that on the last lay, that is, Sabbath the 11th, be n holy [ unvocntion for thanksgiving and praise; that the intervening lime be spent in private and social exercises .of prayer and praise, as the circumstances of each community may dictate; that all God's people of every name and nation, of every continent and island, be cordially und earnestly invited to unite with us in a similar observance of that time; and that from ihe n-ceipt of this invitation, onward, all be requested, in their secret, family, and public devotions, habitually to entreat the Lord, to pour out upon all of hii people bo much of the Spirit of grace and of supplication as, to prepare them for such an observance o^ the lime designated, as may meet with his approval and secure his blessing.?Lodiina, Nov. 29, 1858. j BUILDING SITES. We may safely put on record the following rules as worthy of being observed by' that large class of persons who desire to build, and who are not compelled to restrict their selection of an appropriate 6ite within [ ertain limits which thev cannot ev?r nnss I For such, the primary conditions ofa desirable homestead, are 1. An undoubtedly healthy situation, and one that iB easy of access from the public road. 2. A Southern exposure, backed by ? goo 1 growth of forest trees to break off the force of the winter winds. 3. A cheerful landscape view especially to the South and West. 4. Perfed draiuage on nil sides. 5. A dry subsoil, and one that is readily and cheaply excavated. And, lastly, an abundant supply of pure water, po situated that it may be introduced into the bouse at a comparatively small expense. If, in addition to these des'ulerala, the land is naturally of a good qualitv, and therefore capable of being brought into a nigt: slate ot cultivation ; affection, industry and good taste, and a sound mind in % sound body, are all that are required to constitute a homo that should be pleasant to look upon, and endearing from the as socialions that in ihe course of a few year?, will cluster around it. Every vine planted; every now flower that blooms; every shrub that puts forth its green leaves in the spring, will ndd'an unconscious charm to the^new homestead, while they will tend to strengthen that sentiment of local attachment, whiclr springs alike. ffl>n the pride of nnrl fafcaM tU* ilxtaaiklMIIMUM I Ik tt # niiu iiv/ll| itiXj wuovivuoiitw ?unn the comfortable habitation and its surroundings aro the product of the owner'a taste, And in part tiro - work, either of his )wn band*, or*of t.h?l ?f his immediate amily.?Rural lit fitter. Tmj* ok All Business.?Bonaer araa } t?ked why be adverted in-his peculiar nanaer.^ In ftepljr, be-said th*fc friend 1 ace TBfMp&OwUid vilJ) hijp jcWMJtwirig lis , x<rnordi?nry ady.ertiseoieftJe, and anted, Why nol.fi few liLes dft^fo well ap , be re petal! on of tbr^rpo w0<&|i$P ?W Jipe*, wnuld rou bw? SBPrany quesions ? v ??3?pf been nove?ppropriate!^11?i?^|Kk<^^m?Uj- i ki QtruoK .people M KTIWI^ ?ltd e00Mr> I gently irr.'p reused the jyodjn^e e$i?t?r>o? ' ,rn ifcir mit>4? ' " M - dp? r-' T . t t; ' 1 ~ ' J EXCERPTS. When is a farmer very luaterual I?Wheb' he cradles his grain. The barber who dressed thb Bend of1 a' barrel, has been engaged to curl the locks of a canal. There is man in England so fat that a' child was recently killed By his shadow fail1-' ing on it. What tree represents a'person who persist** in incurring debts??Willow, (wllldwe.)' Prayer should hd the key of the day and' il.o lr>,.L- ~ V. ...g.U, j The fteliDg of love for her children survives all other affections in every mother'*" heart. "Whose sott are you, my little boy 1"?"I ain't nobody's son; l*ni iilv. ThomsonV nephew, sir.* There are some men who will walk up to the cannon's month, and some womnri' who walk up to a lover's; without shrinking. Fushionablo circles wero never so nuraer ous as now. Almost every lady tlint appeals in the stretit is the Ct-nlrfe of orlte.* If one hundred and twelve pOulida maka one hundred-weight,how many will innko your wife wait ? kara ttatv 1 M <\.1a t I ?>? , ?"?? W ?WM I unu li ? V'UU A VVUipVCQlB j to Sleep ?"?"Oh, yes, and it composed mo to Ble^p." The reason wliy whales frequent tbe' A ictic Sens is, probably, because they ?udply the "Northern lights" with oil."Pa," they tell us about the angiy ocean what mnkee tbe ocean angry f*?'''Oh, it bar been erotsed so oftan." It is a legal maxim that "the law does not concern itself about small matter's but lawyers and law-makers often do. Isn't is rnlheran old fact in natural hir tory that the softest prater is caught when' it rains the karde*^ ''Up to snuff" is nofarendered,Elevated to an equal capacity with the titillating p?i<tides of the tobaco plant.* Mrs. Smithers says the only way to prijvent steamboat explosions is to make th? engineer ''bile Jheir water op shore. In her opinion all the bustin' is done by cookingthe steam on board'. The sun is a very bright body; but the gentle moon, when alio steps in between bira and the earth, takes the shine out of bin*. Tp spin and weave, to knit and sew, wag our grtndames' employment; but now to dress and catch a beau, our girls they catt' enjoyment. ' Tommy, my 6on, what is longitude?"-?' A clothes-line, papa."?-'Prove it, my son.' "liecnuse it stretches from pole to pole,' "My bark is wrecked," as the dog said, when thrown overboard in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, fc"Miss, what liape you done to be ashamed of, that you blush so ?'*?"Sir, what have the rose and the strawberries and the peaches done that they blush so !'. The mock and the rkau^t-You know raockmodesly as you do mock-turtle, frooj its being the produce of a caffs head, A rascally old bachelor says a man fr<*> quently admits that he was in the wrong but a woman never?she was "only naia* taken/ Ltfarn in childhood, if you can, that bap. Dincss is not outside but inside. A /rood . . ? ? o heart and a clear confidence bring bappi11 ess; no riches and no circumstance* aiooa ever do. When you receive a notrfTrom your lady love, and kiss it, (a*, of course, you aro expected to do,) why is it like the nighti^fcre f Becaujp it is the ink-you-buss. An indivfj^sl was arrested the other <J*f while endeavoiing to pick a gentleman's pocket. H? Mid he wasn't used to th? businew, and was just trying to get kit hand in. iNOBMOUft.?1The Ghinese method of taking off boots is as follows :?They pb6* the boot in a vice, and unnlvi rnt? to Lit* neck, worked by n wheel, which stop* working qjken ih'eboot or b?i?i ocfrqw off, ?^*SL V ? ?'' + ' & r<" That was ft triumphant appenl of tb? lover of nbUqu^y, ^bo, in Arguing. th? wpewftjr of*o!4 ?9{iit?oi9n? o?r#r th? building tb?t &M ? Wg M ti*? ?#* cieol|P^ > . (l1 ... . r/ Vjfa a wry tbio coma, ?b ?o(reM f^dte ?ry low in" b?r oowroipfoflfco "" flic actor, 4|fbMbene!tit claimed, with*wo*fo? b?rt?or/ *fg?_' fou rh?y?pe?i ooi;th?nHwjMj wlffi ft. 5v? ,| *^1 |I<W|# P^R resd iqg ifi Vtiridk. fit mteSfifqi ohild: "TU m W*a rr.evj must toojrtfcl fcll ?vcrpuii!flS|f?* . ;'.;V; &