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Nor so VERY BAD, AFTER ALL.-The Richmond
madison Parish) Journal, of the 6th-a strong
Democratic journal, saws the Crescent-thus dis
courses about Louisiana Know Nothingism 1t is
gentle-very gentle. Judge Perkins is candidate
for reelection to Congress, we believe. This may
account for the milk in the cocoanut" Who
knows? We don't. We shall look for the next
evidences of conviction and conversion from the
Courier "While the lamp holds out TO burn" the
strongest ant-Know Nothing may repent, neighbor.
Remember that, and be consoled.
We are not of those who have ever believed that
there was any thing particularly Objectionable in
this organization at the South, beyond its secret
features We do not doubt that large majority
of those who have united with the organization are
governed by honest and patriotic motives, and that
laying aside the secrecy under which it works. its
principles are such as to commend it to very con-
siderable portion if not majority of our citizens
The extension of the naturalization laws is a quea
ton upon which men may differ, and while we
think the interests and the policy OF the country
are against any extension, we know that large
number of our citizens perhaps better
capable of Judging the question than we are, are
directly opposed to us. There is no difference of
opinion in regard to the sentiment that Americans
should rule America, or that the highest allegiance
an American citizen can owe is to his own Govern
ment
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-04-21

- The English and Americans" says
French writer, educate their Children in the fear
Of God and the love Of money!
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The BASIN OF THE ATLANTIC OcEAN.-Ihe basin
of the Atlantic Ocean says Professor Maury is a
long tough, separating the Old World from the
New, and extending probably from pole to pole.
This ocean flrrow was probably scored into the
solid crust of our planet by the Almighty hand that
there the waters which he called seas might be
gathered together so as to let the dry land appear
and fit the earth for the habtation of man. From
the top of Chimborazo to the bottom Of the Atlantic,
at the deepest place yet reached by the plumniet
in the Northern Atlantic, the distance in vertical
line is nine miles, Could the waters of the Atlantic
be drawn off to expose to view this great sea-
cash, which separates continents, and extends from
the Arctic to the Antartic it would present scene
the most rugged, grand and imposing.
The very ribs of the solid earth with the founda-
tons of the sea- would be brought to light, and we
should have presented to u.s. at one view, in the
empty cradle of the ocean, "a thousand fearful
wrecks with that dreadful array of dead mems
skulls, great anchors heaps of pearl and inestima
bic stones, which, in the poets eye, lie scattered
in the bottom of the sea- making it hideous with
sights of ugly DEATH The deepest part of the
North Atlantic is probably somewhere between the
Bermudas and the Grand Banks The waters of
the Gulf of Mexico are held in basin about mile
deep in the deepest part There is at the bottom
of the sea, between Cape Race in Newfoundland
and Cape Clear in Ireland, remarkable steppe,
which is already known as the teegraphic plateau.
A company is now engaged with the project of a
submarine telegraph across the Atlantic. 1t is
proposed to carry the wires this plateau from
the eastern shores of Newfoundland to the western
shores of Ireland. The great circle distance be-
tween these two shore lines is 1900 miles, and the
sea along this route is probably nowhere more
than 10 900 feet deep
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-04-21

bErT1NG.-We are opposed to betting, par
tcuiarly on elections, for sundry satisfactory
reasons, POLITICAL social and moral. But if
men must black their judgments, J" we commend
70 them such wager as two Of our citizens
nave entered into. A friend Of Mr.. Wise and a
Trend Of SAM" each equally confident Of
success, have agreed, after the election, to
pend day on the river, fishing. They are to
hke with them every thing calculated to make
.man feel "jolly." The loser is to sit all day
10 night of every thing that can tempt his appe-
tito, but, like Tantalus in the Tarsarian regions,
not Dc permitted to touch. He is to catch,
COOK and serve to his companion all the fish he
can, without tasting 30 much as q i'm. He Is to
MIX Juleps, and hail storms, without putting a
drop to his parched lips. Not morsel is he
70 eat, nor thimblefur to drink from the rising
Of the sun to the going down Of the same. He
y 70 have an umbrellas BY him. without the
privilege Of hosting it, let the sun scorch or
the rain drench him as they may. Newspapers
and books are to be near, but their contents are
g 90 sealed - him. The winner is expected 20
make himself comfortable, in any way his tasfea
q appetite may suggest, but chiefly by behold
ing the suferings of his companion. The
penalty Is as hard as the wager is novel-and
MNcnld moi, to add . foot to our subscription
" On ths "Wiss" side Of it. .
} ELyneA5urg Viycinson
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Wonderful Freak of Snake.

Mr.. John Gerhard, Curator of the Geological
Rooms, well known for his penchant in the
study of National History, recently made an
experiment with snake and a mouse, with the
most wonderful and extraordinary results,
His snakeship was some eight feet long, and
proportlonately large; like all of his race, he
did not mastlcate, but swallowed his food whole,
be the article of provender large or small. Mr..
Gebher, being of an inquistiye turn of mind,
determined to test the fact, whether the snake,
in the process of deglutition, managed, by some
unknown process, to mastcate its food, or
whether it was bolted whole
Accordingly mouse was procured and placed
in the cage of the SNAKE which at first did not
seem to notice it, allowing the animal to run
about, leap over its body, and cut up other
however, the snake apparently " smelled rat, -
and, facilitating itself upon it's good fortune in
thus being furnished with delicate morsal for
its supper, began to move about with evident
qualification, eying the intinitessimal lump Of
life with inward delight, Soon, by the use of
its potent charming powers, the mouse sat
upright, gazing upon its lord and master with
irresistible and evident delight. This, however,
was dangerous pastime, for suddenly the snake,
making dart at the mouse, took it in its ex-
tended jaws, and, merely winking its glaring
eyes, swallowed the animal as easily as would a
child sugar plum, and then curled itself up in
its listless indolent way.
Mr. G., believing that the mouse was forever
"gone from his gaze," paid no more attention
to the snake until the next morning, when
going to look at it, he was much surprised to
find mouse, having the appearance of being
saturated with blood Upon looking at the
snake, hole was found in it's body, sufficient
ly large to allow the egress of the mouse, and
from the freshness of the wound, it was evident
that the mouse, swallowed alive, had eaten its
way out! This being the only hypothesis upon
which to base a conclusion, and not being
certain, he determined to watch and see if the
snake would again attack its diminutive, though
GLOWING prisoner. With patience did Mr.. G.
keep q vigil over the box, until his suggestions
were verified, the snake again swallowing the
mouse, which eat its way out of the body, few
inches from where it had before regained day
light! Sixteen times was the experiment re
peated, but the seventeenth time the snake was
so completely perforated that in the attempt to
again swallow the mouse, and, giving sudden
twitch of its body, it was snapped in twain.
The mouse died the next day, but the snake
lived a week after.-.4b. Trans
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IGNORANCE OF EUROPEAN GEoGRApHERs.-We
have never seen more laughable display of
Scottish ignorance of America than is seen in
the following extracts from a ponderous Ency
clopadia Of Geography, just published in Edin-
burgh and edited by such illustrous scholars as
Hugh Murray, F. R. S. E. assisted by pro-
fessors Wallace and Jameson, of the University
of Edinburgh, and Professor Hooker, of the
University of Glasgow, and Mr.. swaidson, F.
R. S., and F. L. S.:
''The United States territory is separated from
Canada by the St. Lawrence River" 70. 1927. J
"New England, now the most fourishng Of
the States" SC. 1337)
'sThe President continues in office four years,
and may be reelected But this has not taken
place muh any except Washington" (p. 1887
"The general aspect of the Eastern States is
that of an uabounded forest" Up. 1340.)
"The rivers running across the Eastern States
have been united at different points, and it is
expected that q continued interior line from
North to South, will be ultimately formed
(The writer is speaking of canals.) (p. 1872
DR.. Franklin, once on journey, judged it
wise to bear upon his person label, expressing
his name, his business, whence he came, and
whittier he was going p. 1887
"Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, of the
State Of Nev England, and, until lately, of the
uhoze Union, Is built at a peninsula. East
Boston, achere all the business is carried on con-
sists of number of narrow street and alleys, -
SC. Up. 1850
'sNew Hampshire, stretching south from Nossa-
chusetts, occupies very great part of the surface
of New England,-an in this State nothing is
more common than to see a grandmother at
forty, and the mother and daughter are often
sucking children at the same time II" Up. 1347.
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TIE RIGHT OF VIsITAT1oN.-The Washington
Union contends for the following positions:
LIST. That any American ship, armed or I'M
armed, private or public, has right to pursue
her lawful commerce on the ocean without being
imreded, detained or uisited, against her own
consent, by the public armed vessel of any
foreign nation whatsoever.
I'd. That any public armed ship may cap
proach an American vessel pursuing lawful
commercetso far as this does not draw after It
the right Of visitation, and without derogation
Of the right Of. the American to pursue her
voyage without lying BY or waiting the approach
of such armed ship.
Sd, That the right of an American SO ap-
preached to continue her voyage, without lying
by or waiting for the approaching vessel, is
perfect and clear.
From these propositions it follows
4th. That the attempt Of any foreign armed
vessel forcibly to impede, detain and visit an
ARsrican vessel pursuing her lawful commerce
on the ocean may BY force also BE resisted. H..
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-06-08
A RARE OPPO TUNITY.

7 YONS is disposed to favor those, whose old
IL clothes won't last them til warm wealth
er. wit an opportunity ofprocuring handsome
WINTEE SUirs nt CAST Recollcct, you've got
the balance of this month. the whoi,: of March,
(that death-blowcr to COWS nn1 calves and i,
part of April to pass through before You cnn
dispense with your old patchcd-up winter arti-
cles. And if you don't think they will last
you out, don't he backward, (modcsty in wo-
man is virtue, in man fault,) for by coming.
forward, with little money, You cnn get
enough Winter Clothing, without strlining Your
credit or making single account to last you the
next two or three years.
eB- Don't take up the notion, because 7 am
Offering You such bargains, that am hard-rmn,
or extremely anxious to sell. am doing it cx
cluslvely for your own good. l have plenty OF
money for my omn use, but want to raise a
small sum with this Winter Stock was speak
ing Of, for the benefit of some acquantances
lcxPect along in short time, who cannot do
without it. So you see. the object is char-
table one, and ought to he encouraged.
Before forget have just received large
lot of the finest kind of Cigars.
Feb. Is, 1854. fl If J. j. LYONS.
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MOORE'S VARIETY STORE,
AbbCVilIc G. HI.

TINIIE Undersigned very grateful for the en-
l. couragemcnt received during the few
months he has been engaged i'll business. calls
the attention of his friends and customers to
the new aud splendid supply he has just re-
ceived. AS n general idea of his stock, he may
mention few articles
FRUITS, from every cline and of all va
rcties-Lemons, Oranges, Pine Apples. Cocoa
Nuts, Apples, DC, &c.
CINDIES-Stick Candy, assorted; Can
dy Toys Almond Candy, Pindar Candy, Kisses,
Assorted Temperance Drops, Nc., &c.
NU7,S-Brnzi Nuts, Pecaan Nuts, Wal
nuts, Almonds. DC, &c.
PICKLES-all sorts, any quantity, and
choice qualities.
pRESER TES-Citrons, Currants, Figs,
Raisins, &c, &c.
DOLLS-WaX, India Rubber, Alabnster
from ten cents to So CO.
IOlS-Tin, Pewter, Brttanin, China,
Velvet, Sand, Bellows Tunbling, Glass, Mag
net, Box, TALL sorts and sizes Drums, Rattlcs
IURIES-Tohacco, Scgars. Oysters
Eg.s, DC. Oysters of the very best quality
will he served up at all hours and in any man
ncr desired.
WEDDING PARTIES furnished in frs.
lyle, al short notice, and at Columbia prices.
CHRISTMAS UOLIDA Y.S--Crackers
IL full supply; Roman Candles, Torpedoes
Wheel Rockets, Pin Wheels. Trianglcs, Serpcnts
Sky Rockets, and every other combustible fol
fun and irolic.
| In brief his stock is full, select and compre
hcnsivc, hc having 4 ivcn his own personal NJ
tention TO its selection, and lie again asks The
public to call OH him, being satisfied of hi
ability to please in quality and prices
Remember the locality, next door to Law
sons Tin Factory.
WM. c. MOORE
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New and Wonderful Machine
: WILLIAM STODDARD, Proprietor,

I>HE Subscriber having purchased the Right
Il for the State Of South Carolina in the only
Machine now invented, for RlFTING and
SHAVING SHINGLES. BARREL HEADING,
&c, is prepared to sell the Right of the Districts
or single Machines, at prices sufficiently low to
make it an inducement for purchasers
The Machine being simple in its construction,
and not liable to get out of order, is capable
OF Splitting and Shaving Two Thousand Shin
giles per ho'rr--better than made by hand 1t
is portable, and can be worked by hand, horse
or steam power. Ten to fifteen days work Of a
Machine will make enough Shingles to pay the
price asked for single one.
Large inducements are offered to persons wish
ing to purchase the right of several DISTRICTS
One of the Machines can be seen in operation.
in the City of Augusta, Mt WIN. II. Goodrich'e
Planning Mill, and one also may be seen in a.
short time Mt Dir. J. Wits Machine Shop. at
Edgefield G. II.
TIIOS G. LAMAR.
Hamburg, 9. C., April 20, 1854. 5l-tf
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MISCELLANY.

The WEATHER AND CRops.-It has been
our. unpleasant duty during the whole
spring to record the. same sad words oi
"ooft' and dry" or shot and dry" until oul
Pren1arks onthis subject must appear as i
they had been stereotyped" But really this
state OF things is becoming daily more Sc.
rious and sad. So low have been our rivers
and so long the drought in this immediate
locality, that all of our rivers are salt for a
considerable distance above the town. AT
this time the young rice stands greatly in
need of an abundant supply of water, but
salt water is death, and SO the plant must
be left to fate. Corn, too, begins to put on
the "sear and yellow leaf" ;;nd look for all
the world like the "last of pea -pickinp y
Our readers will understand our deplorable
condition when we repeat that the weather
IS not only shot and dry" but hotter and
dryer than it was this time last weck-dust
dust, being the only material forming those
huge clouds that ever and anon sweep with
almost suffocation through our office.
e.. Pee Dee Times.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
J OC a S S E E.

TTNlIE full bloodcd Horse, JOCAS- ~
Il SEE, will stand the ensuing N&M
spring season as follows: On Monday, Mt Buz.
il Cnllahams; OH Tuesday, ut l.. Tribes, Esq;
on Wednesday, at G. b. Climkscales, Esq; on
Thursday, ut Abbevllc c. H.; on Friday, at
David kellar's, Esq; on Saturday, at Due
West.
He will be let to Mares at Ten Dollars insu-
rance. Twenty-Five cents to the Groom in cv-
cry instance. Every possible care will be ia
ken to prevent accidents but no liability for
any. Season to commence tho 10th of March.
and end the 10th Of June
PEDIGREE.
JOCASSEE is n fine blood bay, Of fine form
and muscular power. lie was sired Ly Mini
Whithclds celebrated Wavcrly, in the spring
of lsls-Waverly by old Bertrand. of Ken
lucky dam by Blackburn's Whip; Bertrand
by the renowned horse Sir Arrhy; his dam
Eliza, own sister to the celebrated running
horse Gallatn, by imported Bedford Jocus.
| sees dam was got hy Bedford, a descendant
from tho renowned Kirkscys colt, and he bv
! the imported Bedford; his grandlam by Phe-
nomenon, and he by Sir Archy; his 4. T. dam
by Leopard, and he by the celebrated Quick
silver, u horse of great renown in his day.
| From this pedigree it will at once appear
that .Iocasscc has descended from n pure an
| cestry. as much SO us any horse in the country.
Wayeriy, the sire of Jocussee, stands uurivalcd
ut the present day in this country, having OBJ
| tanned n premium i'll 1914 Mt Grcenvile, and
also Mt Newbcrry in 1916, also at Pendlctnll
and Anderson, being the best stallion exhibited
| Oh each occasion.
| Jocasscc is placed so low in price MS to he
within the reach Of every man who is able to
own mare, and in fact very low for n horse o
his blood, and in form and figure, size. beauty
and color all combined can vic with any horse
Every person dcsirous of raising fine stock
will do well to patronise this fullblooded and
| beautiful stallion.
| A. G. HAWTHORN
| Due West $. c., March, 1865. I5 3n
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POETRY.
Ahe Olden Time.

BY BLANCHE WOODBURY..
Where are the homes. the dear old homes,
The homes as they used to be,
With the frugal wives. and their busy lives,
AS they sang right merrily,
In their apron check and kerchiefd neck,
Till tho distiff of fax was spun,
Then hearty with rnirth, round the blazing.
They woke the spirit of funi
Where the old watchdog with his lazy jog,
The cushioned mouscr his foe,
And Uncle Tim, with his gouty limb
And his beautiful locks of snow;
Then the Christmas "crack" from Santa's pack,
The 'bons-bons" beyond compare,
The ''hide and seek" and the "blind-fold' freak,
Aye! the strut Of tho wee one thcref
Where the oaken floor and the quaint-latched
That ope'd to let virtue in, rdoor,
While health's fresh cheek hid her bushes meek,
And fashion own modcsty kin.
Where the Blessed Book knew its honorod nook
It's power and authority's sway.
, When the courtesy" low and the brief bent
Were reverence's primitive wny' ["bow'
White white hands lent to the garments rent,
"A beauty unknown before;
And the honest glance ne'er looked askuncc,
When the creditor passed the door;
When the pattering rain rang the miniature
Or tuneful on roof as it fell, [pane,
Like tones afar, from sweet guitar,
Or chimes from some fairy bell,
When the sweet, sweet sight Of holy light
Shone clear from the love-lit eye
And inc boz
Were precious in days gone by;
0, the key to the homes, the dear old homes
The homes as they used to be,
For which we mourn and hopelessly yearn,
Is but virtues simplicity.
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TINT TIN!! TINi!i

III w. LAWSON, very grateful for patron
Il L. age heretofore eniyed, bcgs leave to
say to his friends and customers and the pub
lie generally, that he has now. at his old stand
on Main street, next door to White d Bullock,
a full and complete assortment of TIN WARE.
In his store may be found:-
Buckcts-nll shapes and sizes; Gov
cred and uncovered; Bonnet Box
es: Bcd-Steamers; Coffee
Pots-all sizes; Cake
S-assorted
shapes: Candle
SIoulds;
Cake Boxes; Coal Carriers; Cullen
dors; Coffee Roastcrs; Candle
Sticks; Dish Pans; Dish
Covers; Dust Pans Fat
Stoves; Foot Tubs;
Glass Draincrs;
Knife Box
es; Lanterns; Lamp,Frclcrs; Milk
Pans; Milk-Cups; Money Box
es /; Molnsses Cups; Milk
Skimmcrs; Muffin RingS;
Marking Cups; Oil
Lamps; Pepper
Boxes;
Pudding Pans; Pic Pans; Plate Cow
crs; Rejecting Ovens; shower
Baths; Stew Pans; Sugar
Scoops; SUGAR Boxcs;
Tea Cauistcrs;
Trumpets; Wa
ter Pots;
Wnsh Pans; Water Dppcrs; &c, &c.
In short, his stock comprises everything II
his inc and he is not merely willing To sh""
but will sell on as reasonable terms as can b
compatible with the first injunction of tn
maxim "live and let live"
Any article manufactured to order at shor
notice, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Country merchants will find il to their in
terest To procure supplies of Tin Ware fra"
him. rs he will give good articles at low rate:
To the building public he would say th'
he is always prepared to attend to tn
roofing and guttcring of houses, and wi
be thankful for any chance afforded him t
give evidence of his ability to do good worl
Ahbeville G. H., s. G., Nov. 23, 1854. 30 ly
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MIssIssIPPI-Corn still looks well in
some parts of the country, and those ac-
qua'ntcd With planting. inform US that the
crop will doubtless be an average one, not.
wlthstanding there has been such an un-
precedented drought. The majority of the
wheat fields look well and promise good
yield. Corn is daily getting scarcer and
some of our largest planters are unable to
obtain enough to feed their horses aud
mules.
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TIL e INDEPENDENT PRESS

RAIN AND Cnors.-On Thursday and
Friday last the up-country was generally
visited with fine rains. In some places there
Were several hail storms, but We believe
the damage from that cause has not been
extensive. We observed one field Of wheat
about 8 miles above Anderson G. H. badly
hurt. Tho rain Immediately in the neigh
borhood of Anderson c. II. WAS slight, but
i'll this District, Pickens, and the larger
portion OF Anderson, Spartanburg and
Laurens, we understand the rain was abun-
dant. The crops arc all assuming more
promising appearance.
GreenviIle Mounta ;neer.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

WISH to inform my friends and ,,.-,
Il customers that [ am still in the aS1E{5:,c
CARRIAGE BUSINESS. i'll this place, and
ready to do my work well, and as low as pos
sible. New work warranted for twelve
nonths)
But wish to be understood that from this
date all Jobs done at my shop amounting to
five dollars and over, must be settled for, either
by Cash or Cash Notes, before taken AWAY.
My reason for this is, that my stock is cash,
my hands are cash, my provisions are cash, and
cash must have for my work
r. J. TAYLOR
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LAND FOR SALE.

T OFFER for sale Tract of Land, tS::ft
Il lying on both sides OF Turkey &si
Greek, in Abbevillc District, about five miles
North of C"kesbury Depot, on the Cambridge
rond, continuing
GS4 Acres.
About one hundred and fourteen acres bottom
land, some fifty Of which is nill-p bottom of
the richest and most productive quality; three
hundred acres line woodland; the balance
cleared and in cultivation. r.
On the premises nre n comfortable Dwelling
house, having nine rooms. all necessary out
buildings, Blacksmith Shop, and
Fine Merchant Mill.
This place is situated in one of the most desi
rabie and healthy neighborhoods in the District
or State. 80 p IT, 80 -.
The place was formerly owned by Reuben
Robertson, deceased, and is known as s,'thc Rob.
ertson place" s:~..,' - =.
Persons desiring to purchase land, would do
well to come and see this tract, as I nm conf,
dent they will be pleased with it, as we'll as tbo
terms OH which ! will sell. -.
MARY N. ROBERTSON.
NOV. j. 1se4 26 - - If :