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THE STREETS OF BUITENzoRG.

H -
l sirolled about the iowa before din
ner, into the main streets and into the
by-s,reets and The market. In The main
streets tae houses are nicely built in very
groiesque and indescriba able styles Of ar.
chi,eciure. but picturesque wilhal. They
are constructed Of stone and brick sluc-
coed, and are much set off by v~erandahs
and balconies most oriental looking -
The ground floor is for the mos, part
used az q store or shop. This chamber
% not glazed. and the goods are disposed
on either side of the doorway on a sort
Of a framework like an inclined plane
Here are exposed drugs, spices, rice, gu.
gar. tobacco, maize, confec,ions, pre-.
serves, hats, clothes and iron mongery.
The Chinese are very smart s%hopkeep.
ers, and serve things out with Incredible
alacrity. In the lanes the cottages are
built Of wood, and consis, Of a spacious
area rooted in. and divided into two
apartments, one for day, ,he other for
night. The markets were full Of all
sorts Of fruits and vegetables. which this
nhc county ptouuSeS oiinoS' SPohso'c-
Ously. A crowd OF swarthy men, wo.
men and children, the latter entirely na-
ked, and such pretty little dark dots were
swarming with ceaseless motion around
stalls and baskets laden with bananas.
pineapples, m~angoes--in short, every
kinl OF vegetable and fruit. AZ | walk
ed amongst the people, they politely
made way for me without staring. All
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rD'"Ah! poor thing. it's gone at last
said a fond father to a friend, abiding to
the dee,h Of a baby two months old, .but
we did all We could for il, and there's no
use repining. u was i'll only q week,
and during that lime we had four doctors,
who gave it eight calomel powders,
applied one blister to the chest. six mus
tard plsstsrs. and gsveit antimonial wine.
and other medicines in abundance. Yet
the poor thing died." 1he aal 4. Nh
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THE FIRST SESSION OF THE .
ASHLAND SEMINARY

WILL IN on Monday, July Bird,
1854, for the Term of sixteen weeks.
The Board of Trustees have divided the year
INTO three equal sessions.
$3.50 7srrls of Tuition per Session:
Spelling. Reading Il Writing, SO 90
Arithmetic, Geography and English
S.anmar, 4 0O
higher Observation-Disclosures, Lam
~uaoes. &C.. &c. 8 90
One half to be paid OF the middle and the
balance atthe expiration of the term.
as LEWIS DWIGHT, Principal.
ISRAEL fOUNG, Treasurer.
JOHN BUTLER, Secretary.
q THOMAS PING, Agent.
Ashland, Wapello Co., June l5,1854.t4
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EN-,

Ibid | ever tell you how ne ar | cana
losing my election as Senatoi!" said The
Squire.
mo | bIieve not"
"Well, it was altogether owing To
Waterem's not having a sufficient supply
Of liquor en- hand. You see the main
strength Of our party lies in the upper
end of the county-'specially among
the inhabitants of The Swamp, as it is
called. So you see, about two DAYS
before the election, | sends sam up 10 the
Swampers with 5 gallons Of the real
hardware, tremendous stuff, knock a
horse down, the last Wa,erem had on
hand. About four hours back came
Sam. horse in perspiration, himself in
fright, and every thing indicating an
untoward state Of affairs"
"What's the matter, Sam!" said I.
"Matier?" said he, '.maiter enough,
you have outraged the feeling of the
vir.uous SwamPers, they swear that any
man who expects to go to the Senate for
three years and can't afford ten gallons
of whiskey is too mean for the post, they
won't vote for him"
"Matlers looked squaily enough
Only one storekeeper within a days ride
and he a Wing. or course he woulJn'y
sci! any liquor to me SO near election"
"What did you do!'
"Called a council Of war Immediately,
Lawyer Ross and several more. Ross
proposed a letter Of apology to the dis
affected. Rejected. wouldn', do without
the whisky. Gale Alright was the fellow
to help US out, always full of exped:en.s.
He proposed to water the liquor up ,o
The right quantity. We did so, but ON
trying j, found it much 10 weak for our
friends Such wouldn't 60 down with
them. Gale asked if we had any other
spirits; handed him about a gallon of gin;
in il went; tasted il: no., strong enough.
Found a quart of rum, Poured it in
Sam tried il: "too weak" said he. We
are at our wits end. '.Red pepper"
said Gale. 1t was brought; in went a
pound; he stirred it up. 'Capital." said
he. We tried Il. and nearly blistered our
throa,s; il would have killed rats. Sam
took it up the next day. exploiting that
il was owing to the scarcity of liquor in
the neighburhood that a fresh supply of
the best '.Ole MopgohaIe" had been
Obtained, and invited a trial Of its merits.
They Modified pronounced il the "rale
stuff and | became Senator by a ma
jori.y Of 200 votes.
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E'"Sir! you shall hear from me-"
said a fellow with a laundering voice
and chimney back frown, to- a Yankee
editor, who had published something he
construed as too hard upon his party.
"you shall hear from me-" and he shook
his finger Significantly. That's right,
aeto, said Jonathan, cody. and bowling
politely; "iorite occasionally. and let me
kaoW haow you're getiin' along
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WHAr 1T Cosr TO Srop II PApER.-

WHAT 1T CosT TO SToP THE PAPER
One Of our subscribers stopped his paper
for six months. last year, because We
advertised SO much. In the meantime.
his farm was advertised for nonpaymen.
of taxes. and sold. On discovering the
difficulty. it cost him one OF two days
travel with horse and buggy, and ten per
cent. of the taxes-to say nothing Of tho
vexation. to redeem it. How much did
he gain by stopping his paper? He
came back and subscribed again-Ogs.
Sent. m &
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D-"Mr. Jones. have you 60. a
match!" ayes. sir-a match for the
devil-there she is mixing dough-
Jones pointed TO his wife. and then put
for the front yard. The last we saw of
him he was putting down the road.
closel, pursued by q red, headed lady and
q cistern pole,
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Estray Notice.
syATE OF IOWA, ! &C.
WAPELLo County, -

sETE OF IOWA, SIS:
WAPELLo COUNTY, 80
@ TAKEN UP, before Hugh Con-
AlEN nelly, Esq, a Justice of the Peace
AG ~ in and for said County, on the 9th
AI-d day of May, A. ID. 1854, by John
II. Carter, Of Pleasant Township, at his resi-
dence therein, Estray property of the following
description, to-wit: A bay horse, about 10 years
old, saddle marked on either side of the back
blaze in the ~face--lame in the right forefoot-
SONS white hairs on both sides Of the neck
supposed that he will not work-about fourteen
hands high, and appraised at forty-ive dollars,
by Samuel Robertson and William A. Mace.
JOSEPH HAYNE, County Clerk,
Ottumwa, May 81, 1854. 22m3 w. c. Ioa.
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~ People who expect to get to
heaven by dropping a shilling in tho
contribution box on SUNDAY. and shaving
a dozen poor devils of ten dimes on
Monday to make up for, hare about as
likely to have a seat in paradise as a
one OK express 10 20 beat the summer
lightning.
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ID Il n II,
A. d.. WOOD. A. HAw
MEDICAL NOTICE.

e-gF WE would respectfully inform the in
',aDIants Of Otiumwa and vicinity that Woop
> HAWKINS have formed a co-par!nersh;p IN
re practice of medicine and Surgery, and are
prepared to attend all calls in the line OF their
profession. Punctual attendance and reasona-
b& charges.
One or both may be found at their Office, or at
their residences when not absent on business
DIR. Hawkins residence--in the house formerly
occupied by James Baker.
WOOD & HAWKINS.
November oath. 1853.
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A CuRiosIry.-A correspondent sends
US The following curious advertisement.
cut from the Journal de Havre Of the
9TH of August:
..MATRLMoNIAL.-A widow, thirty
"ears Of age, being possessed of fortune
OF 10000 francs, wishes to marry a
NEGRO. between forty and for,y.five
years OF age, who has received a good
education. For further particulars. adj
dress NJ. Des, Rue d'Etreta,, No. 81"
England has hitherto enjoyed the
reputation Of having gone further than
any other country in ~conquering the
prejudice against color; bu. she must
yield the palm to France. Ii any body
doubts the genuineness Of the above ad-
vertisement, we can show the original,
clipped from the Havre Journsl.-N.
y. Times.
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A JAVANESE RAJAH.

"hen IL was quite dark, one morning,
a travelling carriage and six ponies, with
blazing lamps, drove up a. ful! gailop a.
she door. 1t was q rajah returning TO
his district from the great Exhibition of
Batavia. He was accompanied by a
Dutch residen, Of his district. who acted,
as is the custom here, as his political
survesHdnt. He leaped from the car.
rlage, came quickly up the steps of the
verandah, and ssluted me with much po-
likeness. He was OF the middle stature,
of a clear, olive complexion, and with a
serious and noble expression Of counte-
nance. Indeed, | never saw a ~Jayanese
with any other; and must bear my ,esti
mony 10 their being a most winning and
loveable race, particularly the higher
classes. They are not, | believe, noio.
rious for being remarkably clever; they
are honest instead. The rajah was dress
ed in a tight velvet jacket, buttoned in
front with an infnity of bright buttons,
white European trousers, Wellington
hoo,s, and straps. But The trousers could
scarcely be seen, for he had wrapped
around his loins and lower extremeties q
large square of linen. printed with a dark,
oriental pattern. Al home be would dis
card the trousers altogether. This rap
per was kept up by a brilliant belt Of ia.
vanese manufacture. On his head he
wore something like a jockey cap OF
velvet, having a deep brlm in front; and
this was deprived nf q large portion of
the crowns, on account of his long black
hair. which, carefully dressed, lowered
up some inches above his head. A splen-
did creese, worn at his back, completed
the cos,ume. While the prince was TAX.
ing some refreshment. and The relay was
changing, l had some conversation with
The. Dalch gentleman who accompanied
him. Among other things, he told me
that The Upas poison valley is a bare
and bleak hollow, about ten or fifteen
feet lower than the surrounding soil, that
il! is a mile or two in circumference, and
that, out of numerous fissuies, rise, or
rather float, invisible volumes of car
bonic acid gas, as in the Grot,o del Cane.
close to the Lago d'Agnano, near Ma.
pies: that one may safely ride across it
| think he told me he had rode across
1t, on a tall horse; but that sny small
animal venturing in would be immediate
ly asphy xiated. There is not . Tree or
shrub in the whole valley. II may be
that it is a crater OF an extinct volcan no.
He also told me that all the Javanese
and Malays are remarkably clever at
preparing deadly and very subtle poi.
o
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ID TICAL t..
GOOD NIGHT.
BY MISS LANDoy.

Good night,-what a sudden shadow
Has fallen upon the air,
Hook not around the chamber,
| know he is notthere.
Sweetness has left the music,
And gladness left the light,
My cheek has lost its color;
How could he say good night
And why should be take with him
The happiness lie brought?
Alasl such feeting pleasure
Is all too dearly bought,
IL thus my heart stop beating,
My spirits lose their tone,
And a gloom, like night, surround me
The moment he is gone, a
Like the false fruit Of the lotus,
Love alters every taste;
We loathe the life we're leading,
The spot where we are placed;
We live upon tomorrow,
Or we dream the past again;
But what avails that knowledge
1t ever comes in vain.
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Eighty acres well fenced, a good double log
house, barn, and other out houses, well of water,
a thrifty Peach Orchard, and a few apple trees.
The farm is on Village Creek, is wen watere 4,
and lies 8 1-2 miles South of Ottumwa. Per-
see it.. For further particulars call on the ed
itor Of this paper. ~
? Ottumwa, July 9th, 1854. T
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1A Crystal Palace 10 to be built At
Naples. The King has approved the
plan, and pointed out the Villa Reale.
close 10 the sea, as the site.
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Henry Es. RsendcrshOtt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

oTTUMwA, IOWA.
C5Fp WILL attend TO business in the Courts
of ali the counties in Southern Iowa, and in
the Supreme Court at Iowa City.
Persons wishing TO purchase or rent land or
town property are Informed that he has the agen-
.cy and management of much good property,
both in town and country.
March 10th, 1S54.-ly
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.JOR PKINTING.

We have added to our Office a large supply
Of Job Type of the latest and neatest styles,
and are now prepared TO print Handbills, Cir
%culars, Blanks, and Business Cards, in the neat
est style, and most expeditions manner.
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FOR SALE.

49, ALARM, LYING IN GREEN L.
9ni Township, near the State road, T
R6mA from Ottumwa to Bloomfield, -
Of
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A VISIT TO THE INTERIOR OF JAVA.

SCENERY, PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS.
Early in the autumn of las, year, as
last number of Frazer's Magazine, a
gentleman residing at Batavia, the capt.
tai OF Jata, started on an excursion TO
B%uitenzorg, a town about forty miles in
The interior. His account CT his "trip is
an exceedingly interesting one. and fur,
nishes many curious facts in relation TO
a region Of which bu, little is known in
this coun,ry. We therefore propose TO
give a few extracts, and will commence
with our travellers
DEPARTURE FLoM BATAVIA.
At a quarter past six, | saw whirling
into the court yard Of the hotel a com.
modious caleche, drawn by four spirited
Java ponies. A Malay coachman sa, on
the box, and behind, on the ~footboarj,
stood the I'VE horse, keepers, Malay al
so, one to each pair. To put our lug
gnge ia did no, take long, and a, twenty
minutes TO seven we were proceeding a,
full gallop along the banks Of the canal
or river, which slcggishly rolls through
the midst of Batavia. Ga emerging into
the open country the scene wss strl king
in The extreme. We were travelling
along a noble straigh. road, carefully
macadsmized aud bordered with fine
trees. chiefly tamarind. On one side of
Us ran, parallel to The main road, q mar.
rover road, no, macadamized. This
was appropriated to the traffic of the ma
tive population, and was crowded by a
suarlhy crew, in every mode of dress,
or rather undress, and in every attitude
linen dra we,s and no shirt, othsrs, shirts
aud no dra wers. Some had turbans and
umbrellas, others enormous straw hats,
others machines like inverted punch
bowls, made o. wicker, and covered over
with a varnish of lively colors and pat
terms. Many of these strangely dressed
beings were driving two small wheeled
carts, neatly made, having a light ham.
boo tilt, and drawn by small docile oxen,
as clean about The seilocks as a well-bred
horse. Long strings of these carts, 30
or 80 perhaps, travel together, carrying
produce from one locality 10 another
Others again of the people were carrying
on their heads, or on a bamboo stick laid
across their shoulders, every species Of
fruit and vegetables which this country
affords. All this is accompanied by
wild cries and oullandish gesticulations.
Sometimes a quiet group would be seen
reposing under the shade of a huge tree
--fa,hers, mothers, babies, all mineling
together, in every attitude Of exqisite
unconscious grace. As we continued
our course, | observed the sides of The
roads lined with pretty Malay wood
cottages. with their overhanging roofs,
each nesting in its own acre or two,
amidst absolute luxuriance. Then we
emerged into IN open swampy country,
every foot of which was taken up with
fields, in which the lay Of the ground
was SO managed tina, the water ran from
terrace to terrace, and so irrigated the
whole country. Now and then we pass.
ed a fins country house. seated on an
slight eminence, with a fine estate lying
around il.
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Business Cards.
/, hoy WANTED

A boy of Industrious and moral habits, who
Gun read and write well, and who is from 16
to Is years Of age, is wanted at this Office, to
learn the Printing Business. Apply immediate
ly. if you want a good situation.
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ID. #. Gaylord
A u CTIO N e z X
oTTUMwA, IOWA.

GsF- WILL attend TO making sale of personal
property or Real Estate, at auction at any time,
for a reasonable compensation. He may be
found in Ottumwa, unless absent on business.
May 10th, 1851.
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RLANKsDEEDS

JUSTICES NOTICES, Constable's Sales,
aNtBiank Notes neatly printed, for sale at the
Courier Office. s3gW .7ess june 22d, 1883.
Demoine courier., 1854-09-14

Tayior & Williamson.

e1S- CO-PARTNERS in the practice of
Medrcine. Office and Residences on Second
Street. Ottumsa, Jan. 9th, '51.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-29
calling a physician. let The patient cat
Il few green leaves of the strawberry
plant and cure themselves.

INSANITY IN CALrrokNlA.-1hc re.
port Of the Board of Trustees of the In.
sane Asylum of California, is rcmarka
bly interesting, more SO than the
generality OF such documents. There
Is, perhaps, 4 greater amount ofinsanity
III that State than in any other in tie
Union among an equal proportion of,hc
population. This 5 attributable, in
Il great extent, to the mental excite
mcnt aud physical cXccscs incident TO
the unsettled condition and adventurous
life to which all who cmigratc to the
land OF gold are subject. We find
that Of the whole number admitted
from May II, 1892, to December 81 !,
1888, two hundred and eighty four
were admitted into the asylum at
Stockton, twccnty-scvcn were caused
by disappointment. nine by loss OF
property, eight by fear and grief scv-
ell by mental excitement, for,y.two by
in,cnpcrance, and twenty. five by bad
health. The expenses ofthc Institution
during the year amounted to SSI.910
IS, and the balance in the hands Of the
treasurer ut the end of that period
was over SlOO.-Nlcrculy.
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HORRIBLE BUTCiEEIFS AT AMOY.-Thc
imperial forces Of China since their re-
capture Of Annoy, have been committing
unsurpassed crucIlics upon the insurgents.
a letter from that city To the Ncw-lork
Commerce, thus depicts the brutal scenes
"Manv we're put on hoard the Govern
mcnt war jnnks Of which some sixty were
anchored IN the stream, ana after being
bound hand and foot, were thrown into
the sea, and there pierced with pixies as
often us they rose to the surface OF the
water. Hundreds were taken 10 the je.-
ties and bchcadcd by clumsy cxccutioncrs:
and their knives growing dali under 50
much buIchcry, they were often obliged
to strike three or more before the head
could he severed from It's body. More
horrible stli! were other scenes in this aw-
iul tragedy. Some were put 10 death BY
the slower process OF dismcmhcrmcnt. -
First a 81: gle lcy was hcwn OF, then the
other; after that the arms were taken. in
The same way; then came the tcariu.r oil
great STRIPS of flesh from The body and
cropping OF the nose and cars-disclnbow
cling, and last, dcrapi,aion. During all
this torture, it is sad that 10 word OF
complaint, no look or expression OF the
agony they were suffering, escaped from
the poor wrctchcs, Il trait of character
which strlkin-ly assimiIatcs these Mongols
with the american Indians.
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Experience with Wheat
and Corn.

MEssRs. EDlroRs: The following is
my experience in cultivating wheat and
corn
VAeat.-Whcn you take your wheat
out of soak, put it in a.bux or some
other place, SO that it can't lose; then
throw i'll as:n,uch ashes as will stick to
the wheat II t;eink it an swers the same
purpose as lime; it does. not iniurc the
hands like lime. In the spring of IS.
so planted :tiae land in corn and peas
that had been in wheat the year previ-
GUS, manumc6 the po crest spots in
,the.h with sta.lc ma nurc; the ma
;nure was ansde by putting leaves in
the stables ana lots. drilled my
corn and planted peas in the step at
the second plewing. When | gather
ed my corn.I turncd all my stock, hor
acs, cattle :and hogs, in the field to
gather the peas. The wheat was SOW
ed between the Goth of November and
10th of December. On the poor spots
where mGa,urcd with stable manure,
! sowcd cotton seed at the time ofsow-
ing my wheat, plowcd all in together
with twister, burymg all, both pea
vines and trash.
made this year fifteen bushels to
one sown, without any other prcpara-
ton than here stated.
Corn broke up my land as soon as
could, with a buII.tonguc plow.-
When | planted my corn put the
manure in the hill and dropped the
corn OH it and covered with twister
by throwing two turrows on it and
striking off with board in or 10
days. also run the sub-soI coulter
around the corn at the first working.
and broke out the middlcs with tho
bull tongue plow. | then plowcd three
times with the buzzard or sweep. My
corn kept green to the ground, not
wlthstanding we had eight weeks
drought, while others in the settle.
mcnt complained Of theirs burning up.
Ibis was on upland My bottom
land | broke up as soon as could, with
bull l-tongue, as deep rs ! could. |
then let it alone until just before plant
ing. then took Il onc-horsc twistcr
".'u OIohc IL rs deep as could. |
also he'd one horse sub. soil coulter
and run in the same furrow with the
twister; plowed one time with the bull
tongue, then used the sweep; altogcth.
er made fine corn.
Slease excuse bad writing and mis-.
aaGes, 'ss u .ap act accustomed to writ
ing for agricultural papers.
j. w. l..
1hicA'ety Fork, S. &.
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A SUINDT,E.

y gentleman from the country, who
is IN town for the purpose of purclas-
ing goods, was sadly taken iii a few
mornings since. Walking through
llayne-s'rect to East Bay, about
breakfast time, and before the fuss and
lin'ry of the day had commenced, he
came up to u very honest looking
countryman, who was walking in the
same direction. They had scarcely
passed the compliments ufthti morning,
before boy met and passed them, aud
as he did SO, stopped to pick up some
thing. This arrested the attention of
the man who had been casually met.
lie inquired of the boy about it, and
the boy, with some reluctance, con-
lesscd it was pocket book; the casu.
al acquaintance claimed it; the boy
demanded two hundred dollars, as Il
reward for finding it; the casual
acquaintance declared it was too much;
he offered one hundred; they agreed
at last to split the difference, when
the chance gentleman discovered hu
had nothing less than Il five hundred
dollar bill. Our country merchant
was appealed to i'll this dilemma, who
happening 10 have within few dollars
Of the amount, handed it over upon the
promise that it should be refunded
ut the Hotel, to which he and his
chance acquaintance together started.
The accidental gentleman had gone
but short distance in the direction of
the Hotel, however, before it rccurrcd
to him that there WAS something wrong
about nat toy, and begged our coun-
try merchant to wait moment till he
could go and see, but unlnckiIy, as he
approached the boy. the boy started
he WAS compelled. OF course. to run
after him, ard hat is the last cur
iiicnd has seen Of either of them.
The boy WAS ovcrtakcn perhaps, or
perhaps he was not ovcrtakcn, there
is no knowing: but our friend is pow
crfully concious that to whatever
result this race has lead them. it has
carried beyond his reach his one hun
drcd and forty. two dollars.
Charleston p0Ecy.
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Improved Cotton Gins.

Thankful for psst favours the subsc ciber wish
es TO inform theSpublic that he still manuiac-
lures Cotton Gins ut his establishment in State
burg, on the most improved and approved PLAN
which he thinks that the cotton ginned on one
ofthose gins ofthe late improvement is worth
nj least q quarter Of cent more than the cot
ton ginned on the ordinary gin. He also man
nac,ures them on the most simple construction.
of the finest finish and of the hest materials to-
wit, Steel Saws and Steel Plated Ribs Case
hardened which he will sell for 81 per Saw
He also repairs old gins and puts them in COM
plre order at the shortest notice. All orders for
Gins will be promptly and punctually attended
to. WILLIAM ELLISON.
Stateburg, Sumter Dist, S. c. Feb Il, 26