The Darlington flag (Lydia, SC) 1851-1852, March 26, 1851, Image 4
A WIFE'S FIRST GRIEF.
BV JO»Kl>H II. «UA.\DLKH.
Who that ha* sat down in measnrp-
I' ss content, and enjoyed the nlcaaure*
u (llch full gratification supplied, has
not at times felt rising in the mind the
painful injuiry, ‘How long will this
last! What will occur to disturb the
happiness which is now vouchsafed!
1 never had an animal to which I was
particularly attached—and I never had
one, from a cat to a horse, to which I
was not strongly attached—tliat I did
not occasionally jiause in my use or
caresses of it, and ask, ‘WVat will oc
cur to deprive me of it—accident, es
cape, or death V
In the midst of social enjoyment,
when the duty of sustaining the amuse
ment or the conversation has developed
upon another, how often will the inju
ry arise, ‘How long will this last?’
No sign of rupture is presented, no to
ken of dissolution is observable, but
there must be a rupture, there will be
a dissolution. How will it come, and
when I
I confess that such anticipations are
not always the evidence of a well bal
anced mind: too often they come from
:> morbid state of feeling, tliat frequent
ly produces the very evils they suggest
The anticipation of evil is not so much
the result of unhappy experience, as
tin* conseqnence of a want of self-sus
taining power.
Years ago, it was my chance to be
near a young women at the moment
on which she was taking leave of a
lover. She stood a moment and watch
ed his departure, until by turning a cor
ner he was canceled from her sight.
‘ Can it last ?' said she to herself,
‘And why not! if lie leaves me now,
when my station, lyid consequently my
manners are less desirable than his,
surely he must love me more when I
have had the advantage of his associa
tion, and have consequently improved
by that intercoms*.’ .She passed on
wards. 1 heard no other words, but
her steps indicated a heart at ease, or if
disturbed, it was the commotion of in
expressible pleasure.
‘('an it last? and if not, when will it
tail ? How will this diminution mani-
lest itself?’ These were queries which
often arose in my mind, as l thought of
the approaching nuptials. And once,
a few days alter the marriage, 1 saw
ier leaning against the trunk of a tree
which was then in full blossom. She
was evidently connecting her own new
••state with the lovely hopefulness of
t ie branches above her, and as she rais
ed her eyes again, it was evident that
he was thinking of the future, which
have foretold—I think I only deaire to
know how the loss of property was to
affect the wife.
Her husband was the first to tell her
of the misfortune.
‘ 1 am sorry, my dear,’ said the quiet
wife, ‘sorry indeed. It will compel
you to do much of the work which you
have hitherto hired others to perform.
Do not let the loss of your property
mortify you, nor suffer yourself to
dwell on the error, if it was an error,
of the act bv which the loss occur
red.’
‘ But you—you, my dear wife ’
‘ It will not,’ said she, ‘essentially af
fect me; it will not add to my labors or
my anxiety. I must look after (ju.*
household affairs, whether we have one
farm or two.
The wife shed no tears. She was
sorry that her husband shonld loose
the social distinction consequent upon
some property more than others posses
sed; but it was a pardonable feeling
in her, tliat the loss of property placed
her more upon his level, and removed
something of the appearance of difler-
ence between them.
This, then, was not much of a grief.
‘ If lasts yet’
The sudden death of the first-bom
child, a beautiful boy, was the next
dioturbiiig cause. I was not in the
house during the short sickness of the
child, but i attended the funeral, fol
lowed the body from the antique house
of mourning to the church yard.—
When the clods fell npon the coffin,
I thought the heart of the mother would
have hurst. She learned over to look
down into the resting-place of her child
and the arm of a friend seemed neces
sary to prevent her from ‘going unto
him.’
And I said, ‘It lasts no longer.’
The friend and neighbor led her
hack to her husband. The gentle look
of affectionate sympathy w hich he gave
her as he placet! her arm within his,
aud drew her towards him, that she
might learn ou his manly strength,
shewed me my mistake.
The mother had suffered, but the af
fection, nay, the happiness of the wife
was complete.
Could a mother be happy returning
from the yet unsoddetf grave of her
only child ?
Death had softened her heart, and fit-
tod it for the ministrations of new af
fection. 'Hie father had suffered in
tlie death of the hoy as well and as
mneh as she, and yet, at the moment
ot,deepest anguish, he hud hushed his
own grief that lie might sustain her in
her sorrow. The mother mourned,, hut
the wife rejoiced. How beautiful and
cares changed the gloom settling on
his brow into smiles of satisfaction.
There was, jK-rhaps, more jdeasure in j
the efforts w hich she •■-'was making, to
produce tlie evidence of gratification
in her husband, than there was in the
mere exchange of smiles of welcome
PROSPECTUS
OF THK
DABUNGTON FLAG.
ITBLISUKD AT DAK LI NOTON C. II., S. C.
The Darlihgton Flag will be published
at Darlington Court House, by JOHN F.
and thanks. The wife grew proud of 1 DeLORMK.
her intiuence to bring him back toen- The Bditorial department will be eon-
joy ment, she felt a new consequence ducted by James H. Norwood. Fhe ne-
when she found that she could not only j ^ ^
,. .. , , J lieen spoken of by the citizens ot Darling-
reciprocate smiles hut dispel frowns, ton Di&rct, but no on* hitherto has taken
not only share in the pleasure of home, anv f or the advancement of an object
hut dismiss the pains. How holy is ^ desirable. While the surrounding l)is-
the offio* of a good wife, and how pure ' triets, w ith a laudable zeal for the diffusion
must bo her sentiments, to derive the , of knowledge and general intelligence,
highest gratification by producing the have established their own newspapers,
happiness of another. ' I P arU ^ ton !° T"’
V * , . • « has been content to be tributary to them
It was late in a summer afternoon m ^ , We propow . t0 u J nder take
and by appointment the huaband ought t ^ e an( ] would earnestly solicit in
to havo returned two or three hours 0 f this enterprise, not only the good
before. Tlie noises of revelry had for wishes but the exertions of those citizens
a long time disturbed the outer edge of who admit the importance of having a
the village in which the dwelling was vveeklj- paper established in the District.
situated—some vulgar frolic, hitherto
kept in a distant part of the country,
had been adjourned to that neighbor
hood—hut the way of the husband on
his return, did not He in that course.
The wife had gone out frequently to
watch for his approach, and to meet
him with a smile of welcome—that
smile which makes home delightful,
which attracts and retains. She looked
anxiously to the left, and stretched her
eyes along the road in hope that some
token of his approach would be presen
ted; there was none. Even that the
dogs had followed her out failed to give
notice of his coming. She leaned
over the railing with distrustless hope—
he wonld come soon, and would repay
her for all her anxiety by extraordinary
evidences of affection. 8he summoned
up for her consolation the thousand
kindnesses of her husband, his constant,
changeless love, his resistance of those
errors that married the domestic hap
piness of many families; and like a true
wife, she suffered the lustre of her own
purity, excellence and affection, to gild
the character and conduct of her hus
band.
She was startled from her revelry of
delight and charity, hy an unusual out
break of noisy debauchery from tlie
wretched drinking house below. She
learned forward and stood fixed in
horror at the sight.
Her husband was in the midst of the
riotious host, in sickening, disgusting
familiarity with an abandoned one of
her own sex.
The Flag is intended to be a consistent and
independent journal, devoted as far as
practicable to the interests of Agriculture,
Commerce, Science, Literature and reli
gion. In jiolitics, it is unnecessary to say,
tiiat our paper will be devoted to the advo
cacy of tlie rights of the South, and any
thing having a tendency to advance her
interest, or defend her honor, wjll receive
our prompt attention. In short we will
endeavor to make the Flag, such a paper
as the wants of the jieople of the District
call for, and would also solicit tlie favor and
patronage of our friends in Uie surround
ing Districts.
Terms, die.—The Flag will be sent to
subscribers at $2,00 a year payable in ad
vance, or 2,50 at the expiration of six
months.
JAMES H. NORWOOD, Editor.
JOHN F. DeLORME, Publisher.
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FROM CHARLESTO\ TO NEW
YORK!
Thegreat Mail route from CharlesUm 8. C.
LEAVING the wharf at the foot of I .au
reus street, daily at 3 P. M. after the ar
rival of the Southern Cars, xda WIL
MINGTON and WELDON, N. C„ PE
TERSBURG, RICHMOND, to WASH
INGTON, BALTIMORE, PHILADEL-
She stepped hack until an angle of PHIA, and NEVV-YORK.
her own house concealed her from the
\ is radiant with hope. For one mo- beautiffying for the moment had sorrow
nent a cloud seemed to pass over her become. It seemed to me as if affec
tion had never before possessed such
charms; it needed ntHiction to make it
ice; it was rather doubt than pain.
She looked again at the tree and its
muuifieeuc* of bloom; the cloud pass
ed from her lace, and she came away
in evident delight That was a spring
o* disappointment as I remember; a
lio,t destroyed the early -vegetation,
,01.1 entirely ruined the blossoms on the
tree at which she had been looking. No
fruit was borne.
It was, I apprehend, my own infirmi
ty tliat led me to tkink more of chan-
apparent. as the sunlight pouring
through crevices into a darkened cham
ber becomes visible only by the float
ing particles that reflect the ingushing
rays.
The affairs of the couple were not so
prosperous as the virtues, the industry,
the economy, and the womanly excel
lence of the wife seemed to deserve,
yet she never repined. I think one or
ges which might come across the path j ( W0 instances of excess on the part of
of the newly married person, than any the husband drew largely upon the for-
thing in her condition; for though I bearauce of the wife, but as even tlie
subsequently *aw where the danger 0X( . e ss was accompained with expres-
lurke<C yet then it was with me only [ g p ung 0 f affection—they, though maud-
pninful scone. A thousand previous
matters that had scarcely excited a
thought became then of importance in
the explanation which was given in
what she had seen. She raised her
apron to her eyes, hut there were no
tears; her hand dropped on the fence
above her; a feeling came over her
heart, such as she had not before expe
rienced.
She had felt as a woman regret for
the loss of property—the mother had
mourned the death of her child—and
anxiety had liHh felt for some slight er
rors in herhusband; but property could
be regained by labor, or relinquished
without effort. Every dream of the
lin, seemed to compensate. The feel-
the foreshadowing of a somewhat mor
bid sensibility, contrived to anticipate
enough to make tlie present gloomy
with apprehensions of the future. So I
watched. Blessed be the race of croak
ers, whose stomachs are constantly
coiijuriug up a cloud to darken their decay of means, did not disturb the hap
minds, and who are too unselfish to p UK .g 8 of the wife, a happiness which
The public is respcctitully informed
that the steamers of this line, from Char-
eston to Wilmington, are in first rate con
dition, and are navigated by well known
and experienced commanders, and the
Railroads are in fine order, thereby secur
ing both safety and despatch:
A THROUGH TICKET having alrea
dy been in operation will be continued on
and after fhe first of October 1849, as a
prriiKtiieiit aimugrnient fr-om Charleston
toNew-York. Passengers availing them
selves thereof, will have the option to
continue without delay through the route
or otherwise, to stop at any of the inter
mediate points, renewing their seats on
the line to suit their convenience. By
this route travellers may reach New-York
on the third day during buisineas hours.
Baggage will be ticketed on board the
Steamer to
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those wnicb should actuate its conductors,
and the Proprietor refers to its columns as
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cialism, Baniburnmg and Abolitionism;
lyid as decidedly, in State Politics, against
the disorganizing notions that would up
root our gooiLold Institutions; and especi
ally does it deprecate the destruction of
our Banking system, whether of the State,
or the private Institutions, as mischievous
—nay, as ruinous to the industrial classis,
inasmuch as the destruction of the Bank
of the State would tend to put the people
in the hands of the other Banks and the
money-power, and on the other hand the
destructjQp of private Banks would dis
turb the equilibrium of that good old and
long-tried system of currency that has
made South Carolina the envy of the
States; it advocates consequently the pre
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In the Editorial Department, the sub
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ander Carroll, and pledges himself that
no exertion shall be wanting to render this
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Headquarters.
mother gave hack to her heart her be- ! ‘° a \ lik, ' w ‘ 8e , 0,1
i j ii a r \ a ai • change of care, at the intermediate points
loved child, and refreshed with a spir- f rom q lena . t0 New-York.
itual intercourse; and every waking Through Tickets can alone be had from
thought that turned toward the dead E. WINSLOW, Agent of the Wilmington
one was lustrous with the sense of and Raleigh Railroad Cftmpany, at the
heavenly intercourse and consoling in office of the Company, foot of Laurens
ing then was rather'slight apprehension the promise of a future union. The er- whom I’' t, aw' a jml\^ For othe r
for the future than grief for tl^ present | rors of a husband, that do not imply ".formation inquire of L t DUNCAN.
—sorrow and deep mortification might
have been felt. But these* few instan-
joinod with some unaccountable
ces
let any one pass without the benefit of
their overshadowing forebodings. I
wateded this case, for the first excla
mation which I have recorded of this
young woman had touched a chord of
melancholy in my own disposition,
and so I was anxious to see ‘how long
it would last; how long the peace, joy
and domestic felicity would continue.
It did not seem to me tliat the distur
bance could originate with her.
Tlie husband was found of amuse
ments ; ami lie kept and used a good
guu and some well trained dogs. But
though these drew fyim occasionally
from his home, vet the fine desposition
of the wife founa in the dumb but saga
cious companions of her husband, ob
jects of regard. She learned to like
them, and as became their gentle nature,
they loved her, joyed in her caresses,
ami seemed to have a sober resolve to
watch her safety, and to secure it even
at the cost of their lives. I confess
tliat 1 was disappointed at this, haviug
anticipated that the litter of dogs would
have disturbed the equanimity of the
wife, and thus have provoked reprisals
from the husband.
It was not long before some event—I
think U was not the ordinary result of
Security,’ the miserable pride of trying
to make one’s self considerable in jeo-
pardmug the peace and comfort of a
family by going ‘security for a man, in
whom others could not have had con
fidence, or they would not have asked
se curity’—that swept from the husband
a considerable portion of the* property
which lutd made his condition better
than the wife’s lie fore marriage. v
‘ And here,’ said I, ‘it will cease to
List.’ I hope that my feelings ware of
the right kind; I think now that they
were only those of curiosity. 8
peojje seem to desire an evil that they
seemed to me a perpetual joy.
Was the woman apathetic!
dishonour, nor exhibit themselves as
evidences of waning affection, may be
mended or endured; but when the
heart is suddenly overwhelmed with
the evidence of shame, insult, dishonour;
March 5
At the American Hotel.
tf
A LIST OF POST OFFICES I.\ DARLIMTO.Y
Had
DISTRICT.
when all tlie purity of woman’s thoughts {^vens^vonh ” ’ W ° Un< El<>n ’
is outraged with the proofs of guilt, 1 Ji ar tp V j|i P ,
•he no sensitiveness ! Was she made *™<1 all the years of her charity and en-
during love are dishonoured hy the un
erring tokens of ingratitude and infa
my, and the confiding, the consoling,
the truthful wife, becomes the witness
of the destruc tion of her domestic peace;
despair sweeps over the heart, like the
blastings of the simoon, and then, all
the unmentioned sufferings of the wo
man, all the cherished sorrows of the
daughter, all the poignant anguish of
the mother are lost, in the overwhelm
ing torrent of—“ The Wife's First
Grief.”
to go thro’ life with a gentle laugh,
and drop into the grave with a smile?
Her anguish at the death of her sou
proved the contrary.
The loss of property, to one who
had been poor liefore, seemed to pro
duce no grief; and let the reader re
member, or, if he does not kuow the
fact, let him now learn it, tliat the loss
of property is more bitterly felt by those
who have from poverty risen to pos
session ; than it is by those who from
infancy to the disaster, had always
been rich.
The loss of property produced no
grief
The death of her child led to a new
affection for, and an enlarged joy in,
her husband.
His unfrequent but still obvious de
parture from sobriety, long unattended
with rudeness or neglect, did not offend
the |>ride of the wife.
‘ It will Hi always last,” said I.
‘ 1 must moan as a mother,’ thought
she, I must abate a portion of my social
state, and 1 may, once in a long time,
be mortified by some low indulgence in
my hnsband. but fixed, deep perma
nent grief as a wife, it is probable I am
to be spared, as a comparison of my
own constitution with that of my hus
band shows, that in the course of na
ture, I shall be snared the misery of
mourning for hit death, and be saved
the solitary woes of widowhood.
Tlie loss of property rendered neces
sary more labour on the part of the hus
band, and that labour kept him more
from his home than formerly; but the
gentle welcome of the wife cheered the
toil-worn husband, and her delicate
Pleasant View,
Cartersville,
Merchants Bluff,
Swift Creek,
Effingham,
Society Hill,
Gum Branch.
Columbia, 12th February, 1851.
Clinton Brown, of Barnwell, Samuel
Sparks, jr., of Darlington, W. M. Brat
ton, of (’airfield, Bernard G. Rice, of
Union, William Gaston Allen, of Beau
fort, W. Blackburn Wilson, of York, Mi
chael Whaley, of Charleston, Artemus
T. Goodwyn, of Orangeburg, Samuel Als
ton, of Fairfield, Carver Randall, of
Chester, Sebastian Sumter, of Sumter,
William Williams, of Abbeville, having
been appointed Aid-de-Camps to his Ex
cellency, the Governor, with the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel, will be obeyed and re
spected accordingly. By order oftheCom-
mander-in-Cliief.
J. W. CANTEY.
Adjutant and Inspector General
March 5 1 tf
Regnlatftwus
Ofthe Board of Free Schools for Darlington
District.
For the infei.natkm of any w ho may
be interested in MKowing, the regulations
ofthe Board of Free Schools for Darling
ton; you will please publish the following
By-Laws, of the Board.
“This Board shall meet quarterly on
the 4tli Monday in January, April, July
and October.”
“The District shall be divided into as
many Divisions as there are Comtniss'on-
ers, and one Division 1 assigned to each
Commissioner, who shall exercise a special
supervision Over the Free School system
in said Division, both in regar 1 to Teach
ers aud Scholars.”
“ All Teachers who have under their
charge Free School Scholars, must make
a quarterly return of the same, to the
Commissioner of the Division, where he
teaches, or to the Board at its quarterly
meetings. The return should embrace
the name of the scholar and that of the
parent, the number of days such scholar
lias actually been taught, and what studies
he is pursuing. Aud likewise teach
ers are requested to state how many scho
lars not of this class, are under their
charge, so that the number of scholars in
the District may be known by the Board.”
“Each Commissioner is authorized if
he has any doubt, as to the qualification
of any Teacher, who has under his charge
Free School Scholars in his Division, to
require such Teacher to be examined by
some one competent to the task, before he
agrees to pay the tuition of such.”
“ Any person proposing to teach Free
School Scholars, can present himself to
the Board for examination at any of its
meetings and if such examination is sus
tained, a certificate may be given by the
chairman to such applicant, which will
authorize him to teach in any Division of
the District.”
“ All accounts must be made out by Tea
chers for the actual number of days, each
Free School Scholar has attended his
school, and he sworn to before some Ma-
gestrate or one of the Commissioners ol
Free Schoold before it will be paid by the
Board.”
“All accounts must be presented through
some Commissioner, and ordered paid by
the Board, before the Treasurer is autho
rized to pay the same.”
“ Sixty school days shall be deemed a
S uarter, and Three Dollars per quarter
le price allowed for scholars, taught spell
ing, reading, writing and arethmetic. For
the higher branches of English, and when
the rates of tuition are as high as Four
Dollars per quarter, the Commissioner, if
he thinks the circumstances require it,
may permit scholars to be entered at that
price; but in no instance to exceed tliat
amount” The District is divided into
Fire school Divisions, No. 1 embraces
Horse Branch and Mechanicsviile Beat
Companies.
No. 2.—All those portions oi Black
Creek and Mount Elon Beats, which lie
on tlie North side of the Darlington Road
leading to Skinners Bridge on Lynches
Creek.
No. 3.—All that portion of Black Creek
and Mount Elon Beats that lie on the South
side of the Darlinton Road leading to Skin
ners Bridge, together w»th,Capt. H. S. Ro
gers’ Company Beat,known as Beat No. 4,
Lower Battalion.
Division No. 4.—The Darlington Village
; Beat.
Division No. 5.—Embraces the Savan
nah, and Capt. Wards Beat, known as
Beats No. 2 and 3, Lower Battalion.
The following persons compose the Board.
Division No. 1.—B. F. Williamson,
“ “ 2.—T. C. Law,
“ “ 3.—Nelson Stuckey,
“ “ 4.—Wm. Law,
“ “ 6.—Jas. McCown.
B. F. WILUAMSON, Ch'man.
T. C. I.AW, Clerk dr ’Jjj^easurer.
A List
Of Ciril Officers in Darlington District.
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, E.
B. Brunson.
Ordinary, D. S. Law.
Commissioner in Equity, T. C. Evans
Sheriff, J. H. Huggins.
magistrates.
Upper Bat., Beat No. 1—Charles B. Fort,
“ “ “ ** 3 ____
“ - • “ 3—Asa Garland.
“ u u u ^—Thos. Atkinson.
Lower Bat, Beat No. 1
V*
to
“ “ 3—J. D. Sansbury,
“ “ 4—David targe.
For Darlington Court House, 8. Wilds
DuBoee, James H. Norwood.
Commissioners to approve public Se
curities, Jas. 8. McCall, Dr. John P. Zim
merman, John W. lide, Wm. James, Dr.
T. J. K. Dargan.
Commissioner of I .orations, E. D. taw
Coroner, David C. Milling.
FRUIT.
Apples, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas,
Pine Apples, Figs, Citrons, Raisins (by
the pound or half box,) and Prunes for
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Southern Rights Association.
At a meeting of the Southern Rights
Association of Darlington District, held on
the first Monday in February, the follow
ing Resolution was adopted: Resolved,
That as a means of diffusing, political infor
mation more generally, among the people
of |he District, that the Vigilant Commit
tees of the respective Beat Companies of
the District, be requested to exert their
influence, to obtain subscribers to “The
Southern Press,” and “ The Darlington
Flag.” Tlie names of those composing
the Vigilant Committees, are herewith
subjoined.
Beat No. 1.—Upper Battalion, Dr. Thos.
Smith, James P. Wilson, R. G. Edwards,
Darius Gandy, and J. E. Kirvin.
Beat No. 2—T. C. taw, Joseph Nor
wood, Blaney McNeese,Christopher Flinn,
H. W. McIntosh and Asa Garland.
Beat No. 3.—Roht. Rogers. P. 8. Bacot,
B. F. Williamson, J. B. Nettles and Moses
S. McCall
Beat No. 4.—Thos. Atkinson, W. IL
Thomas,C. H. Nettles, Beni. Clements and
O. D. Lee.
Beat No. 1—Lower Battalion, T. B.
Haynsworth, James Green, G. J. W. Mc
Call, J. W. P. McKagen and W. J. Floyd
Beat No. JL—J. A. Pettigrew, E. 8.
Burch, W. E.TJargan, James HcCown and
J. M. Tmnnons.
Beat No. 3.—II. M. Courtney, J. Salis
bury, Jesse Keith, J. E. Byrd and. W. H.
tangston.
Beat No. 4.—Dewitt Fields, Nelson Stu
ckey, Lewia Rollings, Jas. J. Carter and
Ralph targe.
THOS. C. MW, Sec’ry.
NEW IMPORTATIONS.
THE Attention of Planters and Country
Merchants, is particularly requested to
the arrangements now made at BAN
CROFTS Silk House, 253 and 255, King
street. Charleston, 8. for insuring a re
gular and constant supply of all the varie
ties of the dress season, both from the
English and French markets, and which
joined to a detemiinatio.. to submit every
thing at the very lowest possible prices,
will offer greater inducements to pur
chasers than this market has before affor
ded. Particular attention has been paid
to our Stock of Domestic and Heavy
Goods for servants wear. Hosiery of
every size and variety—we confidently
invite the attention of our friends, and the
“public generally to an inspection, being
determined to offer tlie greatest novelties,
and the largest variety at the lowest pri-
ces; our stock consists in part of
| Rich Chene Silks,
Striped, Figured and Plait tdo.,
Plain and Figured Black Silks,
French and English tawns and Cambrics,
Plain and Figured Colored and Wliite
Organdies,
Bareges, Silk Tissues,
French Embroideries, Lace Collars,
Muslin and Cambric Edgeings and Insert-
ings.
English T weeds. Summer Cassimeres die,
Irish Linen—pure flax—an article we
confidently recommend.
Birds Eye and Towelling Diapers.
6-4,7-4,8-4,9-4, and 10-4 Tabling Damask,
Long Cloths from 6-1-4 to 25 cts. or. vard
Blue Demins—Blue Stripes,
Chambrays Striped and Plain,
Osnaburgs—Bro. Homespuns and Sheet
ings of Southern manufacture, which, as
we ff 8 °fseveral Factories, we are
enabled to offer by the bale or yards, at
Faetory prices—a full assortment of Glo
ves, Hosiery, Haberdashers die., die.
W. G. BANCROFT,
I TE2r~ WhoWal <‘
253 and 266 King st.. Charleston, S. C.
M»rch 6 i Sm
Wholesale Umbrella, Parasol
and Walking Cane Mann*
factory, 133 Meeting street,
UP STAIRS.—The subscribers would
inform dealers and jobbers that theyjcan be
supplied with any quantity of the above
goods at as low prices as they can be bought
tor in any other city in the Union.
We also import direct fine WATCHES,
English, French, and German Fancy
Goods, which we are dertennined shall
be sold at as low prices as they can be
bought from any other importer in New
York or elsewhere. All if the above
Goods will be sold on accommodating
terms. ROBERT LECKIE di Co.
Charleston, S. C M March 6, 1 3m
*
Baltimore Piano PactoryT
PATENT Elastic Touch—J. J. Wise
di Brother, Manufactures of Grand, Bou
doir and Square Pianos, would respect
fully invite the attention of Lady Pianists,
who would abridge tlie toil of practice, to
a simple neat, and convenient method of
adjusting the same instrument to any
shade of touch the Pianist may require.
Touch being the great means of reaching
the qualities of the insrument, it is very
plain it should be according to the skill
and power of the operator. Tha com
mon piano be it delicate or indelicate, soft
or hard touch, the same is not a like suita
ble to the grave moments of the feeble
pupil, and the rapid prestos of the finish
ed artist. Call and see the improvement.
March 6 6 3m
DAGUERREAN GALLERY.
THE subscriber respectfully announces
to the citizens ofDarlington District, that he-
has opened a Daguerrean Gallenr in the-
offiee formerly occupied by Dr. J. E. Muse,
where he is prepared to accommodate all
persons who may desire accurate likeness
es of themselves and friends. He has had
nine years experience in the business and
warrants perfect satisfaction. He has
been especially successful, in taking the
pictures of small children. He will re
main in Darlington only for a short time.
A. D. GALE, Artist.
March 6 1 tf
ANDERSON W. SEXTON,
GIVES notice to his friends and the
public generally, that he keepe constantly
on hand, Domestic Goods of all kinds
Groceries and Hardware, which he wilt
sell upon accommodating terms.