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MORNING—A LAMENT.
The dew steeps the heart of the flower,
And tho green, bending rays of the grass ;
And there, with an unseen shower,
The mist and the odour mass :
The sensitive plant of the bosom
Is quivering, and shrinking and pale—
No dew of keen joy on its blossom—
Through its leaves the storm-winds wail.
The fast stream that runs from the mountain
Is wreathing its white brow with mist,
And its edge, like the brim of a fountain,
With flowers and grass is kissed :
llut tho waves of the heart's crimson river
Kush on, uncrowned with light;
No flowers of joyancc quiver
Over its echoing flight.
The sunlight is cradled in leaves,
And rocked by the unseen wind ;
While the sea of greenness heaves
With a gentle voice and kind :
No sunshine sleeps on the heart.
Soothing tho depths of the soul ;
But moan after moan doth start,
Aud out of its darkness roll.
Morn’s purple and crimson torrent
Upon the mountain pours.
But still amid the current
The snowlight rains its showers:
The fire of Genius blazes,
And will blaze to the death ;
But the eye of Sorrow gazes
Within his fiery breath.
Tho eagle sits on his eyry—
A golden haze around him c lings—
On a pyramid white and dreary,
Fanning the snow with his wings;
The eagle Ambition remainedh,
Fanning the icy heart r
Ilis wild eye never wancth
Till the lire of life depart.
The thrush on his nest is brooding—
His slow wings winnow the air ;
And a sea of music is flooding
The verdurous forest there ;
No pleasant song is ringing
Through the heart’s solitude ;
No bird of peace is clinging
Aneur its echoing flood.
The influence of tho morning
Is sweet, with its unseen rain ;
To the heart ’tis hut a warning
That eve will come again :
The heart was once all glory,
Till boyhood withered nw;iy—
Its course is now the story
Os an evanescent day.
The Spirit of Morning burncth
On his altar orient;
But the glooms that the sea inurnoth,
At night will he unpent:
The Spirit of Life is fainting
Beneath the gloom of death—
Like moonlight on a planting,
Existence lingcreth.
A shadow is on the soul,
Like a shadow’ on the sea,
Though the songs of glory roll
in deep sublimity:
Like a current of pale moonlight,
In the light of a dimming lamp,
Such is the shadow —half dim—half bl ight,
That wo on the soul doth stamp.
Pale Death is bending over
The worn and wasted heart;
lie cons it as a lover
Affection’s golden chart:
The creeping light of sorrow
Illumes the wasted scroll;
’T will be closed, and the lamp bo out to-mor
row,
The arrow is near the goal.
SH§ \r&li±i} IE IE.
From the Laurensville Herald.
THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON.
To the Hon. John C. Calhoun — Fort If i/I.
Honored Sir : — Will you permit me.
through the columns of the Herald, to reply
to your very acceptable letter?
I ask the privilege for this reason, I am
determined to give you all the information
in my power, on the subjects you have en
quired about, and as 1 am so strongly
urged by Maj. Gotlman to write for his
paper, I cannot well refuse ; yet I cannot
do both, unless 1 do as now—answer you
through the Herald. To me, it is passing
strange, that Carolina's favored son, one
whom Carolina, and every true Carolinian
loves to honor above all men, should ask
of one so obscure as “Colo” is, for infor
mation. Indeed, it gives joy to my heart
that I can contribute to thy weal or pleas
ure, and this very matter would arouse
every dormant energy of my soul—if there
were any such—and compel me to resolve
to continue laboring in the good cause as
long as my energies will permit.
Before I begin the subject of the culture
of cotton, allow me to allude to a subject
of as prime import, in my humble opinion.
And, by the by, I would much prefer to
give only general rules, and leave each
planter to fill up the minute working parts
—yet 1 assure you, that to answer your
wish as expressed in your letter, I deem it
;i duty, devolving on me, so far your infe
rior in age and parts.
The subject 1 desire to press home upon
every planter—and beg your especial at
tention to, because if you will only assent
to the principle, it will do more than the
humble “Colo” could do in yeavs, by
persuasion and argument—is, the improve
ment of seed by a close and rigid selection
from the field, as also the duty drying be
fore pul into bulk, so as to prevent the
heating of seed.
Every planter should do it to some ex
tent, and in addition thereto, procure an
occasional fresh article from the favored
region of the cotton plant.
I commence my cotton planting opera
tions by breaking down with clubs the
cotton stalk of the past year; if they be
large, the limbs are threshed down first, so
as to break up, then the stalk broken off'as
near the earth as possible. Os course this
is done when cotton succeeds cotton. I
then run off my rows, at such distances as
the fertility and age of land as well as the
variety of seed demand. The fresher the
land, and richer it is, the greater distance ;
Mexican seed requiring more distance than
the cotton I have seen which is called in a
part of Mississippi the Hogan seed—a few
1 have received as a present—and these
still more than the Sugar Loaf, another
variety from Mississippi, which in some
localities in the Gulf States has proved
very productive, i have not had occasion
to give a greater distance than 5 1-2 feet,
and am inclined to think, though you
claim to he at the Northern extremity oi
the cotton region, that upon rich and fresh
land the cotton stalk may be as large, or
larger than some 80 or 90 miles South, on
similar lands.
I make it a point to plow out all land as
deep as I can, and without any ridge being
left under the plowed land. My rows are
all laid out by stakes, with a shovel plow,
and then two furrows turned to it, one from
each side, with an efficient turn plow; this
is performed as early in March as 1 can,
endeavoring to postpone my spring plow
ing until after the heavy rains. Under
stand 1 have a clay subsoil, with silicious
matter so fine, that no grit is perceived by
rubbing with the fingers.
Using due dilligence in my early plow
ing, and planting of corn, 1 am enabled to
have all cotton land with three furrows
thrown up, before time to plant cotton.
When the time has arrived—which time
should not he before the need will vegetate,
and plant grow off—l do not like to plant
as early as many do—l then press forward
my plowing and planting, thus —enough
plows go ahead to ridge up entirely the
balance of unbroken earth: harrows fol
low, openers, droppers, and last coverers.
1 never wish to sow more than one bushel
of seed, and prefer to cover with a board
or block, so as to cover shallow, to leave
ridge smooth, and to compress earth to
seed. Upon level land I require a set of
hands to plant 10 acres per day, length of
rows averaging 440 yards—a set of hands
is, one harrovver, one opener, one to sow
seed, and one to cover. Now, esteemed
sir, we have planted say one half tho crop.
If all land had not been plowed with
three furrows prior to this, I then turn
about and prepare the residue of land, and
if corn can be pressed forward, I work all
or a part—with the view of having ten
days between first and last planting. Then
return to planting the residue of cotton.
We have now planted the crop, and will
talk in our next, why we have done so, for
if we have done well, we ought to be able
to say why. Yours, &c., Colo.
From the Laurensville Herald.
FLOWING AND PLANTING.
To the Hon. John C. Calhoun:
Esteemed Sir:—ln the close of my
former article, 1 remarked we had planted
our crop, and that we would proceed to
show why we did so.
1 am very particular in requiring rows to
be laid ofi straight, bedded up so, and fur
rows opened for dropping, equally so,
because the plowman in all succeeding
labor is able to plow nearer to the plant,
and thus lightening hoe labor. An expert
plowman with a sharp turning plow can,
by letting the share run level with the riilge,
handles inclined, of course, can scrape so
near the plant that a hoe hand can scrape,
and thin out nearly twice as much.
Many in breaking up land for cotton,
leave unbroken earth under the light earth,
some call it—“cut and cover,” that is cov
er unbroken earth with a furrow—and
they insist that the plant bears better than
when the land is all broken up, the plant
grows too luxuriantly. This may possibly
be the case upon the rich lands where
your plantation In Alabama is, but certain
ly not in our State, and where you live.
It is a slovenly culture to say the least of
it. But how can the tender spingioles of
the root pass through stiff land in dry
weather, and how can the plant be sus
tained when only half the land is cultiva
ted.
The deeper land be plowed when the
subsoil is not sandy, or gravelly, if proper
ly drained, the more room for roots to
search for their food, and the greater de
posit of dew therein, the longer to get hot,
and the readier to cool, as well as holding
more moisture, less liability to wash from
an ordinary rain, and the sooner the drying
of the surface.
I place two furrows on the one laid of?
early, that the earth may consolidate—
cotton seed vegetating more certain, and
growing off more rapidly. I put off break
ing out the residue as long as 1 can, so
that the surface may be clean when plant
ed, and thus grass and cotton have an
equal start. I use the harrow to remove
all trash, clods, etc., as also to level ridge.
1 prefer a ridge, with the view of hav
ing dry warm soil for the seed, as cotton
grows off earlier, and is sooner out of the
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way of droughts, as also that I can scrape
down with jdow, and cover young grass
thinly ill the middle.
Early planting gives “sore shin and
lice.” or rather the plant has so little vital
ity that its natural enemies soon “ take
away even that which it hath.”
I always strive to keep seed perfectly
sound, thereby adding to the vitality of
the plant. 1 have noticed some years, the
stand 1o be worse than other years, and
some men always to have had the luck of
had stands—this was owing, I think, to
damp weather, or wet spells, injuring the
cotton so as to injure the vital powers of
the seed.
I plant seed sparsely, because the plant
becomes hardy at once, and then stands al
most, if not quite as much cold as does
corn.
I regard a crop when planted in first rate
order as nearly half made, so much regard
1 place upon thorough tilth and thorough
preparation. With profound respect, 1 am,
honored sir, Yours, Colo.
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ONE OF THE WEDDINGS.
A CONNUBIAL SKETCH.
A few days ago, there arrived, at a Hotel
in Boston, a couple from Rhode Island, who
catne to get joined quietly in the bonds of
matrimony. As soon as they were domi
ciliated, the would-be bridegroom—who
was a rough, hut apparently honest speci
men of the country Yankee—sent for the
proprietor of the hotel, who quickly an
swered his summons.
“Say lan'lord,” proposed the stranger,
pointing to his modest dulcinea in the cor
ner of the parlor, “ this is my young
’ooman. Naow, we’ve cum all the way
from Rhode Island, and want to be spliced.
Send for a minister, will yer ? Want it
dun up, rite strait off.”
The landlord smiled and went out and
half an hour afterward a licensed minister
made his appearance; the obliging host,
with one or two waggish friends, were
called in as witnesses to the “ scene.”
“Naow, Mr. Stiggins,” said the Yan
kee, “deu it up braovvn, and your money’s
ready;” and forthwith the reverend gen
tleman commenced by directing the parties
to join their hands. The Yankee stood up
by his blushing lady love, like a sick kit
ten hugging a hot brick, seized her hand,
and was as much pleased as a raccoon
might be supposed to he with two tails.
“You promise, Mr. A.,” said the par
son, “to take this woman”—“ Yaas,”
said the Yankee at once.
“To be your lawful and wedded wife.”
“ Yaas—yaas.”
“ That you will love and honor her in
all things.”
“ Yaas.”
“ That you will cling to her, and her
only, so long as you both shall live.”
“Yaas ’ndeed—nothing else!” contin
ued the Yankee, in the most delighted and
earnest manner; but here the reverend
clergyman halted, much to the surprise of
all present, and more especially to the
annoyance and discomfiture of the intend
ed bridergroom.
“Yaas—yaas, I said,” added the Yan
kee.
“One moment, my friend,” respomleJ
the minister, slowly, for it suddenly oc
curred to him that the law of Massachu
setts did not permit of this performance,
without the observance of a “publish
ment,” etc., for a certain length of time.
“Wot’n thunder’s the matter, mister'?
Doan’t stop—go on—put ’er threu. Noth
in’s split, eh ? Aint sick, mister, be yer?”
Just at this moment, my friend, I have
thought that you can’t be married in Mas
sachusetts—”
“Can’t! wot’n natiir’s the reason! I
like her, she likes me; wot’s to bender?”
“You havn’t been published, sir, I
think.
“ Haint a goin’ to be, nuther! ’at’s wot
we come ’ere for. On the sly ; go on, go
on, old feller.”
“I really, sir—” said the parson.
“llailly! Wal, go ahead! ’Taint fair,
you see ’taint, I swaow; you’ve a married
me, and haint teched her. Go on—doan’t
stop ’ere ! ’at aint jes the thing naow, by
grashus, taint!”
“ I will consult —”
“No you wunt —no you wunt—consult
nothing ner noboddy, till this ’ere business
is concleuded, naow mind I tell ye !” said
Jonathan, resolutely—and in an instant he
had turned the key in, and out of the lock,
amid the titterings of the “witnesses,”
who were nearly choked with merriment!
“Naow say, mister, as we were—” con
tinued the Yankee, seizing his trembling
intended by the hand again—“go on, rite
stiait from where yeu left off; yeu can’t
cum nun o’ this half-way bisness with this
child ; so put ’cr threu, and no dodging.
It'll all be right—go it.”
The parson reflected a moment, and con
cluding to risk it, continued—
“ You promise, madame, to take this
man to be your lawful husband ?”
“ Yaas” said the Yankee, as the lady
bowed.
“ That you will love, honor, and
obey—”
“Them’s um!” said the Yankee, as the
lady bowed again.
“And that you will cling to him so long
as you both shall live ?”
“That’s the talk !” said John ; and the
lady said “ yes,” again.
“ Then, in the presence of these wit
nesses, I pronounce you man and wife—”
“ Hoorah 1” shouted Jonathan, leaping
nearly to the ceiling with joy.
“And what God hath put together, let
not man put asunder!”
“Hoorah!” continued John. “Wot’s
the price ?—Haow much ?—spit it aout—
don’t be afeared—yeu did it jes’ like a
hook, old feller!—’ere’s a V—never mind
the change—sen’ for a hack, lan’lord—
give us yer bill—l've got her !—Hail Co
lumby, happy land!” roared the “ poor
fellow, entirely unable to control his joy;”
and ten minutes afterward he was on his
way again to the Providence depot, with
his wife, the happiest man out of jail.
We heard the details of the above scene
from an eye witness of the ceremony, and
we could not avoid putting it down as
“one of the weddings.”
BRILLIANT REPARTEES.
The dexterous leap of thought, by which
the mind escapes from a seemingly hope
less dilemma, is worth all the vestments of
dignity which the world holds. It was
this readiness in repartee which continual
ly saved Voltaire from social overturn.
He once praised another writer very’ hear
tily to a third person. “It is very
strange,” was the reply, “that you speak
so well of him, for he says that you are a
charlatan ” “O!” replied Voltaire, “ I
think it very likely that both of us may
be mistaken.” Again you must all have
heard the anecdote of the young gentle
man who was discoursing very dogmati
cally about the appropriate sphere of wo
man. “And pray, sir,” screamed out an
old lady, “what is the appropriate sphere
of women?” “A celestial sphere, mad
am!” Robert Hall did not lose his power
ol retort even in madness. A hypocritical
condoler with his misfortunes once visited
him in the mad house, and said, in a whin
ing tone, “ What brought you here, Mr.
Hall ?” Hall significantly touched his
brow with his finger, and replied, “What'll
never bring you, sir—too much brains.”
A rapid change from enthusiasm to non
chalence is often necessary in society.
Thus, a person once eloquently eulogizing
the angelic qualities of Joan of Arc, was
suddenly met by the petulant question,
“What was Joan of Arc made of ?” “She
was Maid of Orleans.” A Yankee is nev
er upset by the astonishing. He walks
among the Alps with his hands in his
pockets, and the smoke of his segar is
seen among the mists of Niagara. One of
this class sauntered into the office of the
lightning telegraph, ami asked how long it
would take to transmit a message to Wash
ington. “Ten minutes,” was the reply.
“1 can’t wait,” was the rejoinder. Sheri
dan never was without a reason, never
failed to extricate himself in an emergency,
by his wit. At a country house, where he
was once on a visit, an elderly maiden
lady desired to be his companion in a
walk. He excused himself at first on the
ground of the badness of the weather.
She soon afterwards, however, intercepted
him in an attempt to escape without her.
“Well,” she said, “it has cleared up, I
see.” “Why, yes, 1 ’ he answered, “it
has cleared up enough for one. but not
enough for two.” It was this readiness
which made John Randolph so terrible in
retort. He was the Thersiles of Congress
—a tongue stabber. No hyperbole of
contempt or scorn could be launched
against him, but he could overtop it with
something more scornful and contemptuous.
Opposition only maddened him into more
more brilliant bitterness. “Isn’t it a
shame, Mi. President,” said he one day in
the Senate, “ that the noble hull-dogs of
the administration should be wasting their
precious time in worrying the rats of the
opposition?” Immediately the Senate was
in an uproar, and he was clamorously
called to order. The presiding officer,
however, sustained him; and pointing his
long, skinny fingers at his opponents,
Randolph screamed out—“ Rats, did 1 say?
mice, mice.' — E. P. Whipple.
[Q}D3S[IiIL!LM¥
A REMINICENCE OF THE MEXI
CAN WAR.
The period of time embracing Ihe few
weeks preceedmg the battle of Buena Vis
ta was one of the most critical eras in the
whole history of the Mexican war. The
American line of operations having been
denuded of its most effective troops, was
peculiarly liable to a sudden attack by
Santa Anna, the celerity of whose move
ments. whatever may be his demerits as a
military commander, has been seldom
equaled in modern warfare. From Monte
rey to Matainoras the whole frontier was
in a state of exci.ing suspense. Engineers
were busy excavating ditches, and con
structing ramparts; forts were strengthened
and provisions and stores placed in secu
rity. In Camargo and Matainoras the pla
zas were strongly fortified, and artillery
was placed at the angles of the streets,
while the little huts or jacales which abound
in the outskirts of Mexican towns, and
which might allord shelter to the avant
gards of an enemy, were made to contrib
ute to the amusement of the soldiers by
furnishing materials for rather extensive
bonfires. At Saltillo the proximity of the
commander-in-chief infused more confi
dence in the minds of our troops; but at
Monterey, which from its isolated position,
and the smallness of the garrison left to
protect it, was considered especially inse
cure, the anxiety of the Americans was
great, and their watchfulness proportion
ately increased. The commissary’s and
quartermaster’s stores were removed into
the citadel, and all the troops were with
drawn from their quarters in town, and
placed within the same fortification. That
work was strengthened as much as the
short time would permit, and the building
in its centre, which had been the com
mencement of an old cathedral, was con
verted into a magazine. At this time there
were in Monterey about eleven hundred
men, comprising the Ist Ohio Regiment,
the Louisville Legion, Prentiss’s battery,
and a squadron of Kentucky cavalry. On
Saturday, 20th of February, Gen. Marshall
then in command, received an order to start
immediately to Gen. Taylor’s assistance.
Os course this circumstance created great
excitement. It for some time been rumored
that Santa Anna was about making a for
ward movement from San Louis Potosi,
but so rapid were his manoeuvres, that this
was the first certain or even reliable infor
mation we had received of his approach.
On the afternoon of the day above men
tioned, Gen. Marshall commenced his
march, taking with him Prentiss’s artillery
and the squadron of Kentucky cavalry.—
This left at Monterey only the Ohio Regi
ment and the Louisville Legion, which,
being stationed in the citadel, the city was
left almost entirely deserted. Nor is this
a mere rhetorical figure, for the Mexicans
had abandoned the place, as it were plague
stricken, and the thirty or forty Americans
who remained enjoyed the largest liberty,
in roaming through the silent and desolate
streets, and peering with curious eye into
empty houses. The anxiety and painful
suspense of this small party may be ima
gined: but it cannot be described. They
could occasionally see bodies of Mexican
lancers, probably belonging to Urrea’s pre
datory bands, prowling about on the sur
rounding hills, and apparently eyeing the
city as if they deemed it already in their
power. Fearful every moment of a sur
prise, a constant watch was kept, and the
slamming of a door, which would resound
from one end of the desolate city to the
other, would frequently assemble all the
population in the plaza , to await the at
tack of their unseen and imaginary foe.
Asa last resort in case of extremity,
they converted the house of one Mr. Morel,
a Louisianian, into a kind of fortress, in
which weie placed a number of muskets
and other warlike implements. As we
said before, Gen. Marshall set out on the
20th. He marched as far as the pass of
Ix>s Muerto, or the Rinconada, on Sunday,
the 21st, where, in obedience to an order
from Gen. Taylor, he halted during Mon
day, and on Tuesday recommenced his
march, arriving at Saltillo on Wednesday
morning, the day after the glorious battle
of the 23d. In the mean time the people
in Monterey were totally ignorant of every
thing which was going on above. Occa
sionally, indeed, the rolling of distant thun
der would be mistaken for the roar of the
far off battle; but in fact, uncertainty per
vaded every mind. Thus the time passed
away heavily enough ; Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, came and went,
and still no tidings from the army. At last
on the afternoon of Friday, when expecta
tion had been strained to its utmost, from
the hill on which the famous Bishop’s Pa
lace is situated, a single horseman was de
scried in the distance, hurrying towards the
city along on the Saltillo road. His ap
pearance instantly called tomind the Athe
nian messenger, who bore the tidings of
victory to his countrymen from the blood
stained field of Marathon. Immediately
all the horses which could be procured
were put in requisition, and a party of four
started to meet the single cavalier. Long
before they were sufficiently near to dis
tinguish his voice they saw him take his
hat from his head and wave it in the air,
till, on approaching still nearer, they heard
“ hurrah for Old Zach !” burst from his lips.
The cry was responded to with genuine
enthusiasm, and ‘ Hurrah for Old Zack !’
though uttered by few voices, rang far and
wine through the valley. Soon the horse
man, who proved to be an Arkansas vol
unteer, was surrounded by eager ques
tioners.
“ What news do you bring fron Old
Zack ?” said they.
“ Wal, boys,” replied the volunteer,
“ but it beat all the bar fights that I ever
see in Arkansas, now I tell you; though
Santa Anna and his twenty thousand greas
ers had to put out in double quick time,
after all.”
“ How is Col. Yell?” said another Arkan
sas man.
“ He’s killed.”
“And Col. Clay ?” asked a Kentuckian.
“ Killed.”
“And Hardin?”
“ Killed.”
“ And McKee ?”
“Oh, he’s killed, too.”
Thus it happened, signally enough, that
the first four officers whose names were
mentioned were those four commanders
who found a glorious end on the field of
Buena Vista. For a time sorrow for the
illustrious dead shrouded every counte
nance in gloom, and caused a temporary
silence; but joy for the victory soon sus
perseded every other emotion. The news
was quickly communicated to every person
in town. Anxiety and suspense gave way
to riotous hilarity, and in Monterey that
night not a single American went to bed
sober.— N. 0. Picayune.
Courtship.—A lover should be treated
with the same gentleness as anew glove.
The young lady should pull him on with
the utmost tenderness at first, only making
the smallest advance at a time, till she
gradually gains upon him, and twists him
ultimately round her little fingei; whereas,
the young lady who is hasty and in too
great a hurry, will never get a lover to
take her hand, but be left with nothing bu
her wits at her fingers’ end.
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Sign of the Gold Spectacles, 223 & 225 King St.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Mathematical and Surveyors’ Instruments. Spec
tacles and Optical Instruments, of all kinds ;
Plated Castors, Candlesticks, Cake Baskets,
&e.. &c.
Oil Paintings and Engravings; Picture Frames
made to order, and old Frames re-gilt and
made equal to new ; Glasses and PehMes fitted
to Spectacles, to suit all ages and sights.
JOHN S. BIRD, J. M. TAYLOR, C.H. BIRD.
~~CHARLESTON HOTEL,
BY D. MIXER, CHARLESTON, S. C.
This establishment has been entirely remodeled
and refitted in the most elegant manner.
’ iPAraiimr ieiiotil,
BY H. L. BUTTERFIELD.
Formerly of the Charleston Hotel,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
OiflMllfflifidlb <& H®w©M,
Importers and Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
No 7, liayne Street, Charleston, S. C.
GROCERIES , FRUITS, CIGARS , sc.
Mo
(late w. l. PORTER & SON,)
No. 222 King St., third above Market,
Hasan extensive and varied stock of Groceries,
Fruits, Cigars, &c., suited to the wants of Fami
lies and Dealers, which he sells at the lowest
prices for cash or city paper.
WM. L. TIMMONS,
General Importer of Hardware & Cutlery,
East Bay, — Charleston , S. C.
11. STODDARD,
Wholesale Dealer in BOUTS, SHOES, &c.,
No. 13, Hay no Street, Charleston.
H. B. CLARKE & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN —
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS,
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, &c.,
No. 205, King Street, Charleston, S. C.
CAMPHENE& SPIRIT GAS,
—WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. —
With a largo variety of Lamps for burning the
same, at the original Importers’ prices.
GEORGE ABBOTT,
Paint, Oil , and Colour Store,
No. 97, East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
RANTIN & NISSEN,
Chemists, Apothecaries & Druggists,
Charleston Neck,, S. C. and Atlanta , Ga.
The best Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, and
Patent Mcdicenes, kept constantly on hand, and
at the very lowest prices.
2ltl)eno Business director)?.
WM. > . WHITE,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL BOOKSELLER,
—AND DEALER IN —
Stationery, Music and Musical Instruments,
Lamps, Cutlery, Fancy Goods, ftc, fyc.
Orders filled at the Augusta rates
College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
K. J. MAYNARD,
IB © © ES=IB 31 £\T ID IS IE.,
Over the “ Southern Banner” Office,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
FERRY ft CO.,
—WHOLESALE k RETAIL DEALERS IN —
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, &c. &c.
Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
■ 21 ■■■_■"—
(Augusta Business Director?!.
COSKERY, JANES & CO.,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
[Old stand of Bryson, Coskery & Co.,]
Campbell St ., Augusta , Ga,
W. W. nam &
WHOLESALE k RETAIL
HAT, CAP AND BONNET WARE-HOUSE,
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
WM. H. TIITT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-stuffs,
CHEMICALS, &c., &0.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SCRANTON, STARK & DAVIS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WTOILIESMiIg ©iscxms,
Also, Dealer, in Bagging, Rope and Twine, Nails,
Iron, Salt, &c , for Planters’ Trade.
PHILEMON A. SCRANTON, WILLIAM 11. STARK.
D. B. PLUMB A CO.,
Between U. S. Hotel and P. O. corner,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in —
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, &e.
Agent for Landreth’s Garden Seeds.
JAMES A. ft C. GRAY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Foreign, Fancy, Staple and Domestic
No. 298, Broad St., Augusta, Ga
0G- They keep eonstantly on hand the ehoice-t
ami most fashionable Goods of tho season at th
lowest prices. * Ue
CRESS A HICKMAN,
——DEALERS IN —
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS,
268 South side, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga
ALBERT HATCH,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Trunks,
Military, Equipments, (fc. fyc. fy c .
Broad Street, in Metcalf’s New Range
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Iff matt® and Motto L
AUGUSTA, GA. BY G. FARGO.
fllgtf-T his house is in tho centre of business.
CHARLES CATLIN,
—Dealer in—
Fine Watches, Jewelry,
Silver Spoons and forks, Plated Castors,
Lamps, Girandoles, Fancy Goods, &c.
ALSO—Agents for Chickering’s and Nunns &
Clarke’s Piano Fortes, which they sell at the
lowest factory prices. Ai gu’sta, Ga.
SUtocrtiscinents.
GOULD, KENDALL & LINCOLN,
BOOKSELLERS and STATIONERS,
No. 59 Washington Street, Boston.
SMX‘X‘]OC & apasTEß.B,
10 0 John Street, New York.
Importers and Manufacturers of Staple and Fan
cy Stationary. S. &P. with their facilities
in England, France and Germany, can offer
goods at the lowest prices.
jxraew ehk ST(mi
On Cotton Avenue, Macon, Geo.
milE undersigned have opened, us above, an
X establishment for the sale of
Books , Stationery and Fancy Goods,
and will keep on hand a full assortment of
School and Miscellaneous Bonks,
together with plain and fancy .Stationery. Music,
for the Piano Forte, &c. All of which they will
sell Wholesale or Retail, at the lowest market
prices.
{(O* Orders for Law, Medical and Theolog
ical Books, respectfully solicited
J. J. & 8. P. I JO HARDS.
Macon, Nov. 4, 1848.
J AMES M’PIIJKKNO \ A €O~
DEALERS IN
Musical Instruments, Fern • y Goods,
Paper-Hangings , Maps, . fy<\,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AND NEW 7 YORK
MAIL STEAM-SHIU LINE!!
Through in sixty Hours!
Steamship Northerner, I Steamship Southerner,
1100 tons —Capt. T. 900 t ms, —Capt. M.
8. Budd. I Berry.
These splendid ocean steam
ships, having handsome State-Boom ac
commodation (with only two berths in each room)
leave Charleston and New- York every SATUR
DAY AFTERNOON, after the arrival of the
train from the South.
Travelers by this liue of Steamships may ex
pect every possible comfort and accommodation.
For passage apply to the agent at Charleston,
So. Ca. HENRY MISSROON,
Cor. E. Bay & Adger’s So. Wharf.
Passage in Stato-Kooms, - $25 00
“ iu Open Berths, lower cabin, - 20 00
“ in the Steerage, 800
Messrs. Spofford, Tileston & Cos.,
Agents, New York.
BUENA VISTA'HOUSE, -
Rome, Georgia. ... By Mrs. M. A. Choice.
fICF- Carriages will be at the K. R Llopot to car
ry passengers to the Hotel—free of charge.
PROSPECTUS
OF—
.u x e sx a s ’
WEEKLY GAZETTE.
BEING anew and much enlarged scries of the
“Southern Literary Gazette,”--the only
weekly Journal, South of the Potomac, devoted
to Literature and the Arts in general—and de
signed for the Family Circle.
The Proprietor begs leave to announce that,
on Saturday, the sth of May, he issued the first
number, for the second year, of this popular and
well established paper,—the name and form <>f
which he has changed, to enlarge the scope of its
observation, and to otherwise increase its attrac
tions.
Dess exclusively devoted, than heretofore, to
Literature, the Arts, and Sciences,
it will be the aim of its Proprietor to make it,
in every respect,
“as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the
best!’’ Utterly discarding the notion that a
Southern journal cannot compete with the North
ern weeklies, in cheapness and interest,
RICHARDS’ WEEKLY GAZET’I E
shall be equal, in mechanical execution, to any
of them, and, in the variety, freshness and value
of its conteuts, second to none. Its field will bu
the world, and it will contain, in its am, !e folds
Every Species of Popular Informal ion,
Especial attention will be paid to the subject of
Numerous articles, original and selected, from
the best sources, will be published weekly, on
and these departments, as, indeed, all otliei s, will
be frequently
Illustrated with Wood Cuts !
Every number will contain careful and c pious
summaries of the latest
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS!
in Commercial, Civil, Political, and Ecch; opti
cal Affairs. At the same time, there shall be
nothing in its columns that can be consideud ei
ther Partizan or Sectarian.
The following distinguished writers will con
tribute to the Journal:
besides many others, whose names are highly
esteemed in the “World of Letters.”
TER MS:
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Os three supplied for $5 00
Ot five for ----------- 800
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Os fifteen for - - - - 20 00
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RICHARDS & WALKER,
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N. B.—Editors who will copy, or notice fully,
this Prospectus, shall receive the Gazette regu
larly, and also a beautiful Juvenile Magnziue,
entitled “The Schoolfellow.”
January 1, 1850.
Insurance companyT
WM. M. MORTON, AG’T AT ATHENS
TMIIS Company is now firmly established,
doing an extensive business. Risks will be
taken not only in towns, but in the country, on
Dwellings, Gin-Houses, Mills and Factories.
The following parties are among the Stock
holders of the Company at this Agency:
Asbury Hull, T. Bradford, Wm W. Clavton,
J. S. Linton, Albon Chase, Dr. H. Hull, llenry
Hull, Jr., E. E. Newton, Dr. E. R. Wary* *•
Lucas, S. J. Mays, Y. L. G. Harris, C. e ’
A. J. Brady, George Pringle, M. E. Me” hot
ter, D. Holmes, Rev. Dr. Hoyt, L. J Lamp* in,
Rev. S. Landrum, J. J. Huggins, W. Havnon,
T. R. R. Cobb, Dr. C.M. Reese, Green B. Huy
good, Wm. C. Richards & Cos., andWm.M*
Morton. .
Parties, desiring to effect insurance on tn
property in this vicinity, will make appli™* 10
to the subscriber. \VM. M. MORION.
Athene. Nov. 25th. 1848.
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Address th Publishers.