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5* 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 iiliaiii 0 WISIO.W ©I iHi la 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. vm iai£a©ißii§ c ii\ 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. Charleston Business Diratarn. m&ui & sjmm, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, NO. 101, EAST BAY. Pamphlets, /T Circulars, Catalogues, 1/ Ipy— j/K Show-bills. Magazines,l Programmes, Bill-heads, Leg. Blanks, Notices, Bk. Checks, neatLy and expeditiously executed’ Att 4Ms (Q)M@© o “iisira —DEALER IN— Paper, Stationery, and Account Boots. Booh Binding and Job Printing. Also, Agent for the sale of Type, Presses, and Printing Materials of all kinds, at New York prices, actual expenses only added. Constantly on hand, a large stoek of Type, Bor ders, Brass Rule, Leads, &c.; also, Printing Paper and Printing Ink. McCARTER & ALLEN, BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, Charleston, South Carolina. Have an extensive assortment of Law, Medical, Theological, School and Miscellaneous Books, which will be sold at the lowest rates! HARMONIC INSTITUTE. FERDINAND ZOGBAUM, IMPORTER OF Music and Music a l Instruments , King Street, sign of the Lyre, CHARLESTON, S. C. Also—Charles Zoqbatjm, Athens , Ga. o©®o Oath©®, 234 and 236 King Street, (near the Pend,) Charleston. @©®o Ac @&lt®S & ©©o, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Dealers in Piano-Fortes, Musie and Musi cal Instruments, Books, Stationery, &c. WELCH A HONOUR, ©®®s-!B3j'JiDBSS a Corner of Meeting Street and Horlbeck’s Alley, Charleston, S. C, Blank Hooks ruled to any pattern, and bound in the best manner. S. B. WELCH, w. E. HONOUR. JOHN s. BIRD A CO., Military, Looking-Glass and Fancy Store, 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: Single copies, a-yoar, $2 00, strictly in advance CLUBS: Os three supplied for $5 00 Ot five for ----------- 800 Os ten for 15 00 Os fifteen for - - - - 20 00 Os twenty for ------- -- - 25 00 Os fifty for 60 00 oc>* All orders must be accompanied with tb e cash, and should be addressed, post-paid, to RICHARDS & WALKER, Charleston, o. C. 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. AGENTS wanted to canvas for*tbis ! i:t P er Address th Publishers.