The Darlington flag (Lydia, SC) 1851-1852, March 25, 1852, Image 2
THE DARLINGTON FLAG,
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EVERY THMAY SOWING,
AT DAUL1NUTON, C. U., h. C., »V
NORWOOD & DC LOK.T1E.
terms or suBscRrmos:
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apvef.tisikg:
AnvuRTtsEMESTs, inserted at 75 cents a
The, vexations to which Mr. aiwi
Miv (Joldachnmltnre subjected in Nor
thampton Arc vividly depicted in the
Northampton Courier. That paper
save:
“ One Imorish chap arrived in town
on Saturday, qnartered himself at the
' Mansion House, and despatched the
l»mter with a letter to Mrs. Gold-
schmidt, conveying the astounding in
telligence that, if she did not immedi-
' afety send him ten thousand dollars, he
square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first,! should he obliged to go into insolven-
and 37 J cts. for each subsequent insertion. | cy! Another equally stupid hut more
Business Cards, notexceeding ten lines, j modest chap informed her that his
grandmother hore the name of Jenny
‘ 1 i Lind, in whole or in part, and request-
[ ed three or four thousand dollars. And
still another, that a relative wished to
commence business, hut was short of
funds—three thousand dollars would
give him a good start, and that little
a mere drop in her bucket, was
DEATH OF COL. kl\G.
With deep and heartfelt, sorrow, we ,
discharge the melancholy duty of an- j
nouucing the decease of our associate
.‘Hid fticud, Col. W iliinin S. King, one
of the editors and proprietors of this j BU, V'
journal, lie died at twenty tniiiiites
he loro two o’clock, yesterday after- I
noon, of pneumonia, after an illness of ;
the wisdom contained in this oimp\e
preempt, have, from the most humble
and obscure beginnings, mounted up
to the most cmiuent positions of honor,
usefulness and wealth. How many
others, on the contrary, who, *• despi
sing the day of small things,” and on-
willing to engage in any enterprise qr
pursue it steadily, unless they could
grasp «t a bound the object of their
wishes, have made shipwreck of their
hopes, and died without accomplishing
anything. \\ ho would have supposed
that Martin Lutlicr, the great Reformer,
in the commencement of his preach
ing against the church of Rome, was
1 setting in motion a force which was to
i revolutionize the civilized world ? W ho
would have imagined that the humble
politely requested: Other equally ri- j apprentice hoy of Boston, whose in-
diculous requests are doubtless made.” quisitive mind gave early indication of
H air Splitting.—In the trial of a p 0we r and strength, was to he the phi
losopher of after years, at whose feet
the thunderbolts of heaven were to
fall harmless? And yet all this was
of ill humor, declaring that he would , accomplished by practicing the dec
ease in Philadelphia lust week, the ju-
rf went out and were kept there until
51 o’clock in the morning in consc-
more than two weeks. Col. King was
reared at Johnstown, in the western
part of the State of New York; and. „ , , . . *
l:U calling was that of a P, inter.- . of 0nC , of ,_ U !? , _ r u"’ '.'.'.."K
When in Ids twentieth year, he came . i_ ” i i
to this city; and. not long alter, he be- , " p '; ei ' n b rri ' < ‘ to ,h ? .^ ho, ° | trine contained in our text, of not des-
onme connected withtlie Courier, first claimed by the plaintiff . 1 n ,ou * , pfejug the day of small things. Na-
.,,.,1 ii,o„ r nriim , in . o clock he was asked what sort of a ' , ...
,s a < ompn Uni, .mil tin ii as Ion man , , Jr , ,, i..., tore furnishes us with numerous dlus-
niii
I I
ns zea
o’clock he was asked what sort of a
verdict he would lie willing to render?
To which he replied, “ throw off one
the pro ,.t senior Proprietor and Kdi- j 1 ' vil1 a K r f° lo the
tor, then sole owner of the paper. On > ^ *'* " ftS , ' on<> > "ken a verdnJt was
I. activity and intelligence
iiouded liim liighly to the favor of
the 1st January, IWtJJ, he becanie^an
associate proprietor of the Courier, and
so continued until the time of his death,
devoting himself assiduously, during
the whole period, to the business and
commercial dcpaitmente of the paper.
As business and commercial editor ol
a daily paper, lie displayed a zeal, ener
gy, industry ami enterprise, which may
justly be said to have placed him in the ,
very front rank of his profession. He |
was possessed too of a strong mind, I
and wielded a icady pen, and coutri-
buted largi ly and ellieieiitly to our
editorial columns. In bis course as a .
jonriialist he was ever.studious to avoid J
personalitii s, and preferred the inter- |
ehauge ol editorial courtesies lo the
prosecution of editorial warfare. He |
was a man of social and companiona
ble qualities and generous impulses, ,
with a heart open as day to melting
charity—his liberality and benevolence
were almost without stint or measure.
Never did the poor stranger, or broth
er printer appeal in vain lo Ids heart,
or go empty handed from his piescuce. ,
He tilled several positions of public
usefulness w ith credit to himself and
advantage to the community. Fora
number of years be was an efficient
officer of our State iniiilin, and fora
agreed upon, and the jurors returned
to their several homes. The amount
claimed was five hundred dollars, and
the verdict was made for one cent less,
to save the conscience of this stub-
trntions of the truth and beauty of our
doctrine. The mighty ^river which
hears upon its bosom the rich treasures
of commerce, the thundering cataract
which impresses the beholder with
feelings of grandeur, sublimity and ter-
terror, were once the liny rivulet, wend-
Travclliko amd Casualties on
Railroads.—It is computed that there
railroads in the United States last year,
and alrnut eighty killed, and forty-seven
injured. Most of the killed were em
ployers of the companies. There were
11,957 persons carried for every mile
of road.
The Cuban Trials.—John W. Har
rison and Paul Williamson, two of the
returned Cuban prisoners, have been
detained in New York to appear as
w itnesses in the case of O’Sullivan and
others;charged with conspiracy against
Cuba.
born juror, and save him from telling a j„g their way with difficulty through
lie. A man that splits hairs in that
style, and has not sense enough to .
: avoid making rash promises, should he ! tl,er,n g strength as they proceeded
k"pt nut of the jury box.
Darlington flag.
DARLINGTON, S. C.
J. H. NORWOOD, Editor.
Till RSD.W MORMYG. MARCH \i. 18Si
••The dangers which threaten our
COUNTRY CALL UPON US TO BURY THE PAR
TY feelings which have SO UNFORTU
NATELY DIVIDED AND DISTRACTED US, AND
TO UNITE ALL OUK ENERGIES AGAINST THE
COMMON ENEMY OF OCR INSTITUTIONS.”
[John II. MmM.
the obstacles which beset it.
as
from their numerous tributaries, they
now present a grand and sublime spec-
i tacle, ns they roll on in their majesty
1 to meet the ocean’s wave. So it is of
almost every enterprise in which men
j engage. There must be a beginning,
and often that beginning may not bo
California and Slavery.—The
fugitive slave 1aw\ which lately passed
the California Assembly, provides that
klnves brought into the State prior to
the adoption of the State constitution
shall lie liable to the provisions of tho
congressional fugitive dare law. This,
it is alleged, is an infraction of the con
stitution, Which says that neither slave
ry nor involuntary servitude, except for
crime, shall ever be tolerated in this
State. ,
in the California Assembly, Feb. 10.
Mr. Peachy presented a memorial from
a number of farmers or planters of
South Carolina and Florida, asking the
privilege to bring their families and
colored domestics into that State, and
that they may be protected in their pro
perty. The memorial was referred to
a committee on federal relations.
A hill has also been introduced into
the Legislature to call a convention to
revise the constitution, the object being
to divide the State, and set apart the
southern portion ftw a slave State.
Nbw Route to St.* FRAMCisctf—It is
announced in the New-York Herald
that a company lias been organized
and a charter obtained for a new route
through Mexico to California, it pro
poses to run a line of steamers from
New York to Vera Cruz, and from this
point to cross over by laud and water
to the Pacific—from Y’era Cruz by one
of the national roads of Mexico to Pue-
Ida, and thence, leaving the city of a human head with a musket ball rat-
Mexico to the north, in a westerly line, tling within it, was thrown up by a per-
to Coreualco, on the Mescula river, two son digging a grave in St. Andrews
hundred and ten miles, and thence by church yard, at Mt. Holly, a few days
steamer down said river four hundred since. During the Revolution a severe
and fifty-nine miles to its mouth, where’ skirmish took place near this ground,
it is known ns the Zacalula river, thence | and >t is supposed the owner ot the ca-
by steamship to San Francisco. By put came to his death on that occasion.
were 7,984,957 persons carried on passed the bill to elect Judges by tho
Affected Humility.—Rev. Jesse
Lee, of early Methodist notoriety, used
to tell annecdotes at times as produc
tive of instruction ns of levity. He
would sometimes refer to a certain Joe
Wheaton, a preacher who was so hum
ble that he would again and again call
himself Joe Wheaton, the weakest of
all God’s creatures.
A colored brother once followed Joe,
in the exercise of the meeting, who in
turn with equal modesty and propriety,
solicited the attention of the congrega
tion to the testimony of the weakest of
all God’s creation except Joe Wheaton.
There is a lesson as well as a laugh in
this story.
A curious revolutionary relic, being
Election of Jcdou in Virginia.
The Virginia House of Delegates has
people, on the fourth Thursday of
April, and making their term of office
commence on the 1st of July.
this route the distance to San FTancis-
co from New York is stated to be near
ly two thousand miles less than by the
Panama route, and some five hundred
miles shorter than the Tehuantepec.
France and the United States.—
’i be correspondent of the N. Jounr-
nal of Commerce, referring to the ru
mors of important despatches from
Paris to our Government, says that the
The hall had evidently entered at the
eye, and lodged in the hack part of the
head.
’Ilie emigration to California is hav
ing a disastrous effect upon the west
ern fanners, in the prices of labor. In
Jackson county, Michigan. 500 young
men, it is stated, are going to the gold
country. The excitement is similar in
the surrounding counties, and farmers
Private Entertainment.
The public are respectfully
informed that the undersigned
has opened a house of enter
tainment in the village of Dar
lington. His house is located oppo.-ite
Dr. Thomas J. Flinn’s shop, in one of the
most pleasant portions of the village.—
No pains will be spared to render agreea
ble the visits of those who may favor
him with a call.
W. S. MURPHY’.
March 25 4 tf
Field’.
Land for Sale.
The subscriber offers his land
for sale. It may be found one
mile and a half from Lynches
Creek, and two miles from
Bridge. It contains 490 acres of
land, 105 of which are cleared. A com
fortable dwelling, gin house, screw, and
water mill, are on the place. Persons
wishing to purchase will please call and
look for themselves.
ROBERT M. SEVERANCE.
March 25 4 tf
New Goods—spring style.
A long continuation of events will, in
time, compile volumes; so, the continued
arrival of goods will fill the vacuum which
can be effected in a few months’ sales,
and all of those who wish to buy Domes
tic Plaids, Gingliams, Cotton Twills, Fan
cy prints, &c., &.C., would do well to call
on ROLLINS &, WINGATE.
March 25 4 tf
! as encouraging «s might be desired.— only question that can give rise to any have to pay $20 a mouth and board
Then it is that the language of the il- difficulty between the two countries, | for working hands,
lustrious Wirt, when speaking of hide
. i i • ■ r i . • i should F ranee persist in the demands
pen den ce and decision of character, is . . *• . . i <•
' , , ,, , I made on those Islands, and enforce
peculiarly applicable: “I would have
WIEYTS FUR THE MRLIXGTOI FLAG.
Dr. F.L. Zf.mp, - Camden, S. C.
Charles DeLorme, Sumterville, S. C.
Maj. C. H. Nettles, - Mt. Elon.
relates to the Sandwich Islands.— j
Hymen Broke Loose.—Two thou
sand five hundred and two marriage li-
them, ns she has threatened to do, se- cences have been issued by the clerk of
I you resemble not the weak and mea- | rions collision will arise. For, in last Hamilton county, Ohio, from the 1st of
j gre streamlet that loses its direction at July, our Government notified the j January, 1851, to the 23d day of De-
i every petty impediment that presents French, in a*speci;d despatch that we ; cember, 1851, an average of seven per
, i , would not permit, without interference, 1 day.
any attempt on the part ol 1 ranee to — ——
take possession of those Islands, or to | After years of mathematical labor,
establish her power ever them. The ; and mechanical results, Prof. Willis,
Offce Wil. & Man. R. R. Co., >
Marion C. II., S. C., March 9th, 1852. (
The Stocholders of the Wilmington
and Manchester Railroad Company are
hereby notified that tHe thirteenth instal
ment of Five Dollars per share on their
subscriptions, is required to lie paid on or
before the 1st day of April, 1852.
By order of (he Board of Directors.
JN. MACKRAE, Jr., Troas’r.
March 25 4 2t
fSf Mr. Editor : Please announce
JOHN J. RUSSELL as a candidate for
Sheriff of Darlington District at the en
suing election.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
The subscrilier respectfully announces
to ihe citizens of Darlington District that,
he lias made ar angements with Mr.
Moses A. Huggins of Darlington Village,
I to receive and forward to him at Sumter-
considerable time he held, by popular i ,
suffrage, the office of Colonel of tho M i oc n,Kl dl ‘ at1 ' in ,u mad carp( ‘ r - Hut
IGth Regiment ol Infantry, whence he j The Spring Term of tho Court of, l would have you like the ocean, the
d rived his military title. As a proof Common Pleas and General Sessions noblest emblem of majestic decision,
ol his appreciation by tho Irateruity ot r i, )S;e( i j{ s session here on last Satur- | which in the calmest hour still heaves
the type, he was repeatedly elected
itself, and stops and turns
seeks out qjrery channel through which
it may wind its weak and sickly course.
Nor yet would I have you resemble President in his last message, showed of Rochester, is had to have completed, j villc, Watches, Jewelry of all descriptions
ug clock, which determines
the seconds, minutes, hours, days, , , . , . • .• r .
, . • r style, and warranted to give satisfaction,
weeks, mouths, months and years of _j ... °
INUT > f I. UUI'I 1 NiHC J IJU I xTOv llll II v » ^ v, , ss\ OWI , so
the headlong torrent, that carries hav- ' s d,c> necessary policy of this and has now m constant operation, a
j j ._ ... ’ , i Government to preserve the indepen- ! self winding cl
deuce ot those islands.
session
day evening. As usual, the sessions j its restless might of waters to the
President of the Charleston Typograph- , t , j j • t
i.'.d .Society. He was a zealous mem- doc ‘ket was crowded with prosecutions shore, filling the heavens day and night
her < !' tiie Ma&oiii. Order, and often for the petty offences of assault, assault I with the echoes of its sublime declara-
iniportant stations in the Grand and battery, retailing, <kc. We lx 1 - ' tion of independence, and tossing and
.. . . Lodges ol tho 8tato |j eve jj, er0 wag n foout eighteen Convie-
Mc lias been cut ofl in the iindet of: . , ~
turns for these offences, not one esca
ping who was tried. W© can with
pleasure bear testimony to the faithful
tilled
and b'uhnrdinate
hi-, u.-efulness, and while yet in the full
vigor ol manhood, having completed
bis fiftieth year on the 22d of Decem
ber list; he has left a widow-and a
large family of sons and daughters, all
Iio.ii and reared in this city, to lament
Bhownlow vs. Scott.—Mr. Brown-
low, the eccentric Editor of the Knox
ville Whig, has not a very exalted opin
ion of Gen. Scott as a civilian. Hear
what he says:
“ I an humble member of the party,
and will support, in good faith, either
sporting on its bed with an imperial | Fillmore or Webster; but I will never
conscioirsncss of greatness that laughs j su i»| 10, t Scott, directly or indirectly,
. . „ ; though he may receive the endorse-
a opposition. ^ t w , ment of all the Whig Conventions
A New Musical
and Musical Instruments, which maybe
sent him for repair.
All work will lie done in workman-like
years
accuracy, continu
ing in constant motion, by itself, never
time with unfailin'
there are five hundred thousand inha
bitants! There is not a post office nor
Instrument.— w hich may assemble between Hell and a mail route in all Turkey, nor a church
requiring to be wound up, never run
ning down, hut moving perpetually so
long as its component exists. So says
the Rochester Democrat.
Charges mod'-rate.
CHARLES T. MASON,
Sumterville, S. C., March 18, *52.
tf
No street in Constantinople has a
name, nor is there a lamp in it, yet
manner in which Judge Whitner, So- The Boston Bee states that Don Galle- | Heaven, and between this and Novem-
licitor Hanna, and the gentlemen of gos, of Malaga, a distinguished votary her next He has personal vanity en-
Jury did their duty. With such offi- ! ol ’ * ,,e harmonies, has arrived in the ! ough to damn seven successive Admin-
a liwcavemeut, to them, irreparable.—
In his decease, we lament the loss of cere, the morals of our District must
a i »-teemed partner, companion and improve, if there he any virtue in pun-
f. lend, and tho severance ol old and | jshing offences,
clicridied ties; and the community tire j — ^ »
deprived of a useful citizen. \\ e re- ! THK WRATUER. I Fair, I .ondon, and received a great deal
cord, wit'a sorrowing heart, this brief] After a few weeks of delightful ; of attention, and the inventor was re-
ot .. ■■ _
Cambria: | istrations, and with it very poor civil
“ He is the inventor of a most inge- qualifications, and by no means a high
nious and beautiful instrument, called order of talents. ’
the Guitarpa, which he brings with — • * * ~r _
It was exhibited at the World's Df.ath v of a bureosKD Bank. Rob
ber.—James Brown, abas Nathan
Rhodes, died recently at Mineraville,
him.
a id imperfect tribute to
and virtues.
il will afford gratification to Ids
friends, and to a sympathizing commu
nity to learn that his i iterest in the
t 'oui ier w ill he continued for the l*ene-
fit of l.is bereaved widow and family.
iiis reuininf will he interred at the
First Presbyterian Church, to-morrow,
at noon.
We clothe our paper in the habili
ments of mourning, in res|>cct to the
memory of tho deceased.—Charleston
Courier.
Rome to America.—One of the
most ridiculous manifestations of “ pub
his memory , gp r j n g wea t|jfc r> W e have be;n again
visited with the chilling blasts of win- ,
ter. This morning (24th) and for sev- !
oral mornings past, we learn that ice j
has been seen in abundance. It is,
emphatically,
“ Winter lingering in the UpofSpring.” I
warded with a medal. The frame of
Pa. U is supposed he was connected
this guitar comprises likewise that of''^ 1 '‘he PorUmnuth (Va.) Bank rob-
the violincello and the harp. It has as i ’ er J'' and thftt * IC th( ; ^.°0 0
many as thirty-five strings, twenty-six "’orth of watches and jewelry the
of which and twenty-one pegs net «p- i 0,(f, ' 0U8C Kensmgton, were they
on the harp; only six strings belong
to tho Spanish guitar; the part reserv
ed for tho violincello has three silver
strings and eighteen pegp. The pedes-
CIUNCE OF STAGE ROUT*. »al on which it rests has been con-
On next Thursday the stage route ,rived rni?e or f ^ , tl,e GuiU T ) "’
. . . . „ . at the pleasure of the performer. Don
from tins place to C amden, w.ll he nfter ft 9hort sojourn at New
changed to May’s Turn out, on the York, will return to Boston for the pur- ( i i ^
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, ^ pose of introducing this new and inge- aid '^tThis* is all
32 miles from this place. Passengers nious instrument^the public.” ! few individual!, probably n
going North will take the
be sentiment that we have seen, is ”
the meeting in Philadelphia to oppose and Manchester Railroad at tho june
tiie reception ol the Mock of marble ,io| b instead of going to Camden.—
sent by the Poire to the Washington Twenty-five miles of the road are now
Monument. If the religions belief and j j,, operation. Tho following in the
poreoual character of all the coiitrihu- lllitbe<1 of U ie Resident
tors are to he taken into consideration, 1
and no one is to be allowed to aid the
erection of the monument except those
who are woithy to rank with him in
Engineer:
L ave Junction daily at 2.55 P. M. after
the arrival of Charleston cars.
Anive at Manchester, 3.10 P. M.
“ Sumterville, 3.55 “
May’s Stat’.i, 4.30 M
Lave May’s stat’n at 0.00 A. M.
Arrive at Sumterville, fl‘40 “
“ Manchester, 7.25 “
“ Junction, 7.40 “intime
whose honor it is raised, we fear it
will Ih; a long time Irefore it will reach
t e height intended. 'ITie Pope has
conducted his civil government very
bavlly r M -'ft seems to us, in
this republican land, but we do not see
why, on tlii* account, his tribute, and
that of the people w hom he represents, to connect with tho Charleston cars.
s'tould lx 1 rejecti'd by the Washington nrcpisr \qt Till'*tuV ay stiiii
Monument Association. M e wish that DESPISK m
every governnx ut in f.hc world, Russia,
Austria, and all, wound .manifest in the
same way their adiuit'atioii for the cha
racter, and their respect for the memo
ry of Washington. There can be no
doubt that the Mock will he received,
and that the art of the Pops will be
Acknowledged with gratitude.
w ere found on Friday the 12th. They
w ere stolen from the store of Geo. W.
Harris, of Montgomery Alabama, in
January last, at which time he was
robbed of $10,000 worth of goods.
Immense Capital.—The Capital of
the Cunnrd Steamship Campany is
$7,5)00,000, more than double that of
any company concern in tho United
owned by a
not more than
Wilmington j. 'i’) l0 Memphis Enquirer, speaking of ten or twelve, who make of it a part-
at the june- the action of the Mississippi Legist*' i ,, ^ r *hip concern. 1 his Company own
ture in refusing the right of way to the steamships; l»ut tho two largest,
Memphis and Chat lesion Railroad ] which have just been completed, the
through that State, states that should Arabia and the Persia, ol 2500 tons
its location t»e changed in consequence j nnd 2*^ horse power, have been sold
thereof, so as to run entirely in Ala-! ,0 the West India Mail Steamship
baina and Tennessee, tho increased Company, which has fifteen or sixteen
number of miles to lie constructed in
Tennessee, would add $500,000 to the
capital stock of the company, under
the provisions of the general Internal
lm|>roven)ei)t law giving $8,000 per
mile to it 'Iliere is said to he an ad
mirable route in Tennessee for the
mad to the Alabama line, making use
of the river for fifteen or twenty miles,
hell—but there are, at lerst, two dogs
to every inhabitant.
An old gentleman who has dabbled
nil his life in statistics, says he never
heard of more than one woman who
insured her life. He accounts for this,
by the singular fact of one of the ques
tions on every insurance paper being,
“ What is your age?”
Convictions ok Forguhy.—Charles
J. Grainger was convicted in Chai Istnn
in the Court of Sessions, on two other
indictments for Forgery. Under an act
of the Legislature, passed a few years
since, the penalty for this offence has
been reduced to whipping, fine and im
prisonment
TRIMS.
There is no lesson more important,
not only to every young person setting
out in life, but also to every man or
set of men who commence an impor
tant work, than that contained in the
above maxim. How many, prseticing
first class steamers, and probably twice
the capital of the Canard Company.
Morse’s Telegr aph.—A letter from
Mr. Heishman, IT. S. Consul at Stutt-
gard. announces that the government
has finally concluded to send Professor
Morse a letter ncknowldging the me
rits of his invention, together with the
Singular Death.—Cnpt. George
Huggins, of Mobile, died on the 22d of
February, a victim, it is said of a
superstitious presentiment. In the full
belief that he would expire on that day,
he, the week before, bought his grave
and his coffin, and after only a day’s
sickness, died on the 22d, beetween
one andtwo o’clock, p. in.
ELECTRO BIOLOGY.
Prof. HALE of New Orleans will give
three liectnres, on MONDAY the 29ih,
30ih, 31st at DARLINGTON, C. H. Af
ter the Iipcture a number of liighly inter-
rsliint, and amusing experiments will be
given fmm SUBJECTS SELECTED
FROM THE AUDIENCE.
Who u ill be so completely subjected to
to the Ijccturer’s control!, that they will
be forced to act in perfect obedience to
liis commands, stand Statute-Like without
the power to more.
Gather fruits from imaginary Trees,
Revel in the enjoyment of untold wealth,
from A VISIT TO CALIFORNIA.
With numerous other experiments.
Doors open at 7, Lecture to commence
at 74 o’clock. Cards of Admission Turn-
ty-Fhe Cents. Clergy free. No half
price. For further particulars see Hand
Bills.
March 18 3 tf
and known as Judge Miller’s route.— gnld medal ol Wurtemburg for Arts
Prm iRinna fnr Ifa Riirvov hntra Knnn ^cicnCfS. MortW* 8 WAS
Provisions for its survey have been
made by Directors, in the event Missis- '
sinpi should continue obstinately im
practicable.—Huntsville Advocate.
It is stated that, so disastrous has
lieen the commercial business of the
merchants of Liverpool, during the past
year, their looses (luring the time, are
estimated at thirty-five millions of dol
lars.
telegraph was
adopted by a telegraphic convention of
all the German States, held at Viena
last autumn.
A machine for printing De Laines
has been invented and put into opera
tion in Providence, (R. I.) that will
print twelve colors. This is going lie
yond any other machine hitherto made
tor the samo purpose.
Genius.—‘ I know no such a thing
ns genius,’said Hogarth to Mr. Gilbert
Cooper: ‘Genius is nothing but labor
and diligence.’ Sir Isaac Newton said
of himself, ‘That if ever ho had been
able to do anything, he had effected it
by patient thought only/
[for THE DARLINGTON FLAG.]
Mr. Editor: I understand that an
election will beheld for an Intendnnt and
four Wardens for this place, on the first
of April next. Allow me th propose the
following ticket, which no doubt will give
satisfaction:
For Inttndant,
Col. T. B. HAYNSWORTH.
For Wardens,
E. A. LA W,
Dr. R. L HART,
8. J. ERVIN,
Dr. T. J. K. DARGAN.
A VtnxK.
Tax Notice.
I will be at the following places and
days specified, to receive taxes for the
year 1851, viz:
At Kilgore’s, Monday, 29th March ; »S'c-
gars’s, Tuesday, 30th ; C. Bruce’s, Wed
nesday 31st; Mt. Elon, Thursday 1st
April; Wright & Stuckey’s, Friday^nd ;
Lavensworth, Saturday 3d: -Society
Hil', Monday, 5th ; Cannon’s, Thursday,
8th; Hill's, Friday, 9th; Keith’s, Satur
day, 10th; Salisbury’s Monday, 12th;
Timmons’s, Tuesday, 13th; James’s,
Wednesday, 14th; Carter’s, Thursday,
15th; Windham’s Friday, 16th; Gailine,
Saturday, 17lh.
I w ill be at Darlington C. H. on Thurs
day and Friday, the 22d and 23d of
April, at which time I will be obliged to
close the books.
J. E. K1RVEN, T. c. d. d.
March 18 3 M
Darlington Academy.
The Exercises of this institution will
commence on MONDAY next, the 24th
inst. Circulars, setting forth, terms, sys
tem of instruction and other particulars,
will be issued at an early date.
J. W. SMITH, Principal.
Nov 20 3S 11
QHISLSiSS)
The Copartnership of HUNTER &
McEACHERN, is this day Dissolved by
mutual consent. The name of the firm
will be used by the undersigned in settle
ment W. R. HUNTER,
D. A. McEACHERN.
Jan 1, 1862. 44 <»
Tooth and Hair Brnahet,
French, English and American. A
beautiful assortment may be found at
Z. ). DeHAY’S.