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CECOND STORY STORE AND LARGE BASEMENT on
~ broadway, TO let 8. +. GORDON, @7 Broadway.

CTUDTos IN BROOKLYN.-rO LET, IN DODwORTHs
- new building No. lsl Montague place. Court street.
four studios fitted up with every convenience expressly for
landscape portrait artists two having high north lights and
two with north skychts Can be ut time. For
apply the premises at A. DODWORfHS 500 Broad
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HOUSE TO LET AND FURNITURE FOR SALE-TO
Ii let Filth allow Madison square elegant
brown stone house with ali
The furniture in the house. stylish will be sold
at low and very reduced price. Possession at once.
Il. b. kINSHIMEk, 3l9 Fourth avenue, 8 to & TO TO-
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MO EXCUSE FOR BROADWAY HIGH RENTS.-TO
IN let or oasc broadway Offices - per month"; Broadway
os second third fourth and am oOr divided into front
axtures, &C. complete $3.50 500 per Large and
small stores to lease apply TO GEORGE r. FOX 32i and
s6l Broadway -
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ssory basement brek house dexrssly localei 10
nutes' waR froxn toaih Jerry Ken aie fhr faraure
nearly and wi Be cold cheap application be naic
ue promises, NO uarrson place Broxyn.7e'seen
Court aud CAuiou streets.
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DART OF HOUSE TO LET-PIEAsANTLY 10.
L Gated; NO 81 Washington terrace; three minutes walk
from ferry. Gas and bath
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yro fEr-yHE STORE NO 40 READE STREET, PtPrY
fees broadway opposite So WARTS so per
year: also SEVERAL rooms, light manizrturog So-- IN
houss street. drst houra east from broad~at Apply
A GLhMhLf.}, sv4 Drvadway
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8HE ABBEvlLLE BANNER
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
n. LOGAN & w. G.. DAVIS,
EHitOrs and ProPrietors.
LAWS OF NEwsPAPERs.

/. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary. are considered rs wishing to
continue their subscriptions.
9 IL subscribers order the discontnuancc of
their papers, the publisher cun continue to send
them until alI nrrcarages are pafi. -
B. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the Office to which they directed.
they are held responsible until they settle their
bill, aud order the paper discontinued.
4. II any subscriber remove to another place
without informing the publisher, and tho paper
IS sent to the former direction, they ore held re-
spousible.. ~ sssls5sssss s3sssss. Sss..s :
5. The Courts have dssissds thai refusing to,
take asaewspnper from ffces Of renewing
and leaving it -upealsd s4rin.a faas eyii.
dence Of intcntionsi Gspd. So
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POETRY.
~ WRITTEN FOR TIE ABpEvILLE BANNER.
x Reply to "stsam's Boasted Power


"Oll. harness me down with your iron bands;
BE sure OF your curb and rein;
For scorn the power of your puny hands,
AS the tempest scorns the chain"
But stop, mighty steam, where is your power
Oh. where, oh, where is Your scorn,
When mah refuses to lend you an hour
OF thoughts that with In: hiRsTeFs 's.a
You nigh, have lain concealed in night,
Still pent in ocean and riIl,
Had not this childish po,rer of man
Released you at hs will.
Oh nob!est one of Nature borni
What have you next 10 do7
Your mind is busted all day long,
On projects vast and new.
Steam's domain 3 u vassul to your power,
The ocean wave you've swept;
Tho monsters there before you cover
Your might through cu,th is felt.
The breezes you have conipnssed and won,
10 work the bellows and salt; =
Then M @renaute you vie with the sun,
High OH materials fral.
IL
Oh! noble one! Natures ruler bornt
This work study next and do:
Sweat woman. oft the theme of,your song.
Educate hcr-'tis her due. .
Then fit companion she'll be,
To cheer this dreary life
Guide the household und tho nursery
= \ gexdaad gentle w;fe.------.-..-,,-------
Oh! educdts poor waman's m,pd. ~ z i.
And treat her kindly too, y
For moulded thus-slhus refined, s.ss$s
Neglect sRe can't endure.
Inscribed to J. Y. L. PARTLow, by O. S. ].
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The Farming Busineas.

The following items are valuable extracts
from an able agricultural address by Mr.
VESABLE, of North Carolna:
10 advance our agriculture, another er-
ror should be abandoned-1 allude to the
imperfect provision of teams upon our
farms. No mistake is productive of greater
mischief both MS regards production and
improvement. On the score Of economy
aione, 1t would seem to be blunder to en-
pioy laborer worth one thousand dollars,
IN doing work which mule, horse, or yoke
OF oxen, worth one hundred dollars, would
DO much better and in much larger quaint,
ties. In passing, would here remark,
that oxen are much underrated as to their
real value, both for hauling nds,ior the
plough. They are usually slow, bccauss,st
first broken to slow gaits; as well as fffoill
kpoor and insufficient feeding they are nos
capable Of quick movmenes. The increase
OF the number of horses or mules and oxen,
until there WIS Mt least ono horse, mule,or
yoke of oxen to every laborer on the farm,
would incidentally enlarge the means of
production as we'll as Of improvement. I
speak not only Of the ability to follow and
seed the crops in good time, but their early
g and G st{sciRal cultivation, as well as their
prom inarke Let it not be
s. eased number 7ef, la
5bofing fHSpals W5Sld make TOO .preaesa
.dsapg lie lpfoyis;ohs sofl tic farn.s
5? IS gl.iey 81. ttllra
4 j! q az = from
mssd6Ws there will be.
IAN ample sbpndancs ,fol their support, as
yelia q greatjucrease Of market .craps.. }
!. soRe dfsthespopular errors which has
cast its blight upon the interests of agricul-
ture is, that bu, little or no capital is neces-
sary in the business of cultivation. Thet
unwillingness to make outlays for the i'm,
provement of the farm. and the continue!
drauehts upon it for income. and support,
afford conclusive proof .f,at asss,a,t occupa-
ton farming isthe iaalf remunera,iye tina.
is known amongst ali other si1is. 4
ployments, accurate pro6tand loss accounts
are kept, and the capi.al:swatched, lest it
should be impaired credits given TO show.
the profits, and debts entered to show the
expenses. In farming, an inventory of in
creased stocks is rarely taken, and the sup
port of the family regarded usually as a
charge rather than u credit upon the amount
OF it@ production. The market crop and
its net proceeds az all that is counted, and
NOT one"fHaa'c>. .-.;..-. 10 keep up Org
store :''e capacity tyr production. sucIEsssa.,
business in any o,herx!epart,nent of human
occupation, would be considered as the
discovery of the philosophers stone, the
undoubled road to success anl wealth.
But farming like all other emrloyments,
needs sufficient capital in order to complete
ssecess..the advance of money in order to
tie receipt Of profit"
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interview is not knorp. Immediately af-
forwards, Nicholas repaired to the Senate
Palace to take the oath of allegiance to his
brother Constant;ne. The State Council
replied by appealing t> sealed packets, de-
posted by Alexander with the Senate to
be opened after his death. The p,sket was
found to be tho resignation Of Constantine
addressed to Alcxandes, letter of Alexan-
der asserting thereto, and decree which
gave the throne to Nicholas.
Nicholas was then invited to a seat at
the State Council, but he answered he had
no right to sit there Il, he was not men,
Der of the Council, b.: he was ready to re-
ceive any communicat on which they might
have to make at his W. tier palace. To the
palace the Council immediately repaired,
and were to take the oath of allegiance to
him, when he refused 10 receive it until his
elder brother had sighiied to him his de-
'erh'hat'ch 10 res'gi:-4 After lapse Of
fourteen days, during which all the Official
acts of Government were performed in the
$1,000. .c .l ~ =. -
''"' =. '"' h'npe'oF oons'a"t'ne' N'cho'
I 'se.e ~ w., ., "' '", =. MS orotners reiu-
cenber, 1925, he formally accepted the
; 49,, Wv - ssv.S.. 49, no"e'c,' Deeemoer
'"o u'.s leSanoer died. as
w. so reign: "A con-
r, IL" s"o; pug "'''eh N'cho,
h;,ss.,. ~, .I'e .IsY "o.ss - ~ sea'ed
~ Ne
nsi9ss BY.
eu S.sSsSSs Sss;sss 81 3
- .ss'
-, s ss Po''o''
~ ~. -" W - VIZ s'e sSt sS1useo "'Ieg'ance'
whom .,,tou ,ssss M K, - -, W
c. $780,. arsss,sSsss l,s 80 ~,
tbrow;no ,lown ,hn;, .,ms ~ ~: 49, 49,
who had su,y;ved me-, shoouoa &. 80,
Soma of t,,o Ioo>,o.a 49,.
- e;ho.;o ..,.n~ n s"'
,voro oe . ,;.1,,o. ~, y " " -"
E.o,, ,,,.., ~, - N
of Rvss;, ;,.s ;,oau So '' ."a.", >, ol"' "a:
,brono 11ow 10 n.. ,,o:,o.oa ,s :ls
has ;,nurovcd ~, ,,,s dLso,u,a so,a.;. - M
~ h;s nr.dooos.o,s ~, .n
o:,- .,i - .,aa.,,. - ' nv ,'"''
If human ma,.Ii;..rv ,a.ss ~, v s".,p,,s pI
hv h;s will o,onn ~ - ~, 'J.N ,.
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the present w.r in H.. -. - .,'~ T .,' ~
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Qampasae sJor FetisAiug Ladies' nj
yssy fond 81 keeping tkedoor hsadbs, spoons
spists Ate4 ia brilliant ORDER. Non, X ID
stssd of vstsr and cAaIk and NIL sprspas-,::
hons isdiss will use essaph 4 g rotten
stone, =. brightss ss qu'oEer, and more
.dasabls saists scab BE- obtamed .thas in any
other wsy. Camphene is the article used
pr pt8dusiss tho exquisite polish on d.,
sseosyps plates, and nothing has yet been
sfaand - sqsal j. So sass an. sseh,apes,
sna III lwasbg Il 8 tsial. 4 = = 8 - Is 8
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To Stop an AsIs Braying.-A .New
DISCOVERY in Physiology. One evening,
when our catechist was vaunting the quail
ties of mis- ass, we could not help interrupt
ing him. ,"Your ass" said we, sis an
abominable brute. During the whole jour
ney he has prevented our getting wink of
sleep"
"Why did you not tell me so before ~
said the catechist; y would have soon
stopped his singing" p.
As the ancient schiefmaster was some
what of awag, and ihdulged occasionally
in small joke, We toak little notice Of his
reply, bat that night vsslept quite soundly.
:, -" well, dsdstah- ss.make noise las.
hight I" said he, whe4 ,re .met:in the NOR
t,ing.s - - .rs.s. i. -.
q Peihsp< netS at s1levents we certainly
did Hot 6esr linn"
81. 8 drink sss; 1 saw to that be-
,dssss snt y bed. Ton must have no.
lle eontinned that, when an ass is
gehgs so ay;, sie q begins by raising
,ll.ss lsil, apd hs keep xtoBaed horizon
lklllyss losg 8 his sSa lasts. To ensure
.silsncs ahslsiore, yos hsye only to tie n
large stons q shs epa ofsJfs Jail, 50 that
Isse4ts6 Issz q. g:
Ws ,mis vitba sssly, thinking this
wa. eho4kas pisce S 81 leassnt,y; bit he
cried, as nox;Snd zee !; you can ,l I ea- Cd
.sily eonyihes. youisdyes.'' And accord
,ipgly we followed I'm, to the courtyard,
where we bebeH, sufs epovei,, the poor GA
with 8 large sbone sssehed to his tail, aud
with the air 81 hasitu entirely los. his a. &
,e.istomed spirits. ssyes I, ,lerss az oslsI ~
The k,pund 10 ears laovss lis skolJ S
4 81 : es dehosed d. 6idity aud de;iscsison. dis; IL
Ys RI guits comp toward. him,
"a shisanas es to ssptis the: stone
Eylrecsly I'D .. I'd il. lsyer s ID ssl.stis
mssical app sage: Il liberty, sths es.assfs
raiseSr ssas S i3hsp hh sa,s, t,sn Aiiis ii;
tail, and q III bs q s,az with all Iii
wsontea enthusiasm. sss 6: aadl N.
k$Sss si,.4ta 41ssZ7 IA :s :ss IA ..s.stg2sS
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Japan.

Japan
Information brought by the Susquehan-
ma, just returned from a three years voy-
age:
-. Qs this our third visit {o Japan, the
most striking changes were observed by lis
al--for tho exclusive policy and disposition
"f !i'e officials md people was rapidly pass
ing away like wreath of snow before the
noontide sun. On one or two former visits
they were suspicious and opposed to aIl for
eign intercourse, chiefly too amongst the
officers of government and the higher
classes that govern the country in the mosy
arbitrary manner, but now we foun8th the
most anboundoa Ssjndteacss n our intee,its
and honor as nation, and strong desire
manifested by high and low to be- on shs
most friendly and social terms With us:-e
Even the ladies of the country had laid
aside their reserve ,and sllyness which be-
fore characterized them, excluding us from
even a sight of their bcwitching charms,
many of whom rival, in point of beauty of
person as we'll as elegance of manners, our
own fair countrywomen. Ofcourse speak
now of the flower of the country, whose
uhobtrusive virtues and accomplishments
foster and adorn Japanese homes as grace
fully and graciously as the n,atrons and
daughters Of England or America, who are
distinguished the world over for throwing
lustre over domestic life. The country ior
miles was thrown open to us without let or
hindrance, and the peasantry were always
delighted to see us, giving us warm well
come to their simple homes, and looking
upon us as worthy of their friendship and
fellowship. Japdn's future can never be as
her past. y
You have every variety of scenery in ia:
pan, from the noble lake to the forest
crowned hill, and the beautiful landscape
burning with vermiIlich and gold, to the
towering mountain, whose summit is COW
cred with eternal snow, and commanding,
as sentinel, for hundreds of, miles, the
provinces and the cities of Japan.
The japanese, in their physical conforma-
ton, differ materially from the Chinese, for
the appearance of the former is perfectly
unique and peculiar. Their countenances
are pre-eminently distinguished for femi-
nate softness, tinged with hue OF sadness,
and as prepossess,ng rs they are graceful
IN their movements and everything which
becomes the elegant gentleman. Their easy
walk is the very poetry of motion. They
are rs.narkable for their sclf-possessiou, as
we'll as their aisni6ed department., and sell
dom are known to mauifsat the least sur-
prise. The complexion Of higher classes
(such as the Princes Of the Blood and tho
MOBILES Of the land which I met on my way
to the capital Of the country, in the cities
of Kanagawa and Kasacca, and saw ,at the
interviews with the Commodore,) j. rich
olive, their foreReads high, and their: eyes
dark, while the complexion of tina Chinese
has cadayerous appearance, foreheads low,
eyes small, and their expression Of :couate-
nance reminds you of pewter button set
in. dingy lard. In one word, the Chinese
arc common clay, willis the Japanese ne
pure porcelain" * e. ~ e }Si.ff,.
--------ks-sA, Il . -
B Gampksae sfos Hehsh Ladies are
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~ he who thinks no uan above him
for his ssirtue, nor any bslos him fos hiis
nice, 60 sever So squSoas 81 aasum;Dr i
is i wscna plseb.--.T Tattls,. e.:o - u i3a :
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AsE!s fancy, not the reason Of
ssnInes, that makes US so uneasy.f It is:fot
the place nor the condition, but the mind
alone, that can make any. body happy 0,
miserable '.Estyunqs. - ~
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About twenty wears since, settled rs /,
farmer and vine-grower at my present res
idence. At first, in ardent friend Of tenn
perance, / was induced to turn my attention
to the vineyard business, because learning
from reliable information that in Eastern
countries, where this species Of culture is
widely d''sc.:;na:cd, little Or no Le,"ken-
ness prevails; aud, therefore. SO far as the
vineyard cause is promoted in our country,
the horrid vice of intemperance would de-
crease.
The result Of my vineyard enterprise and
industry therein, is about Il dozen acres of
f1durisl,ing vines, mostly on scaffolding, or
as canopies, covering continuously with Iran.
ches ('nd when in hearing. with leaves and
fruiD overhead, from 8 to 10 feet high, and
nothing IS seen between these canopies and
the ground hut mair- stems OF tho vines,
and the posts or the rock pillars to support
the framework above. My annual Weld
Of wine has been asShigh rs 60 barrels;
besides entertaining hundreds of visitors at
rs cents each entrance, and SO cents per
gallon for select grapes gathered to carry
away. My vineyard i the largest, learn.
in the South, and am encouraged TO en-
large it every year.
10 show that the Scuppernong is the
grape Of grapes" South, Git does not do
Well north of latitude 81 l-2 y may state
that at our late fair at Raleigh, took di-
plomas on grapes and wines, and especially
on the scuppernong. AS most highly COM
'nonded by the judges. 1 exhibited Soup
pernong grapes four inches in circumfer-
ence, unparalleled in size; agd. no mean
judges of Wine, from different parts of the
country. pronounced my scuppernong
hook" IT," best of wine..I here digress, to
state that, of half dozen brands Of the
SSsppernoug wine / sell ail readily, as
RAat for Yafsst form 81 70 So per
sIs.''s''s " In
xhate l ofih b q l sarollin. 3, as
3 y mere, III 81 & s & lss;S 81
& b ssssg g'sps ST
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Remedy for ScaIds and Burns.-In the
American Medical Gazette" for March.
DR.. Reese thus earnestly reiterates his ad-
vice to apply flour to seads and burns:
ave still see reported, almost daily, an
appalling number of deaths by burns and
sca|ds, not one Of which, we take upon our
selves to say, need prove fatal. or would do
so if few pounds of wheat -four could be
promptly applied to the wounds made by
fire, and repeated until the infammatory
stage had passed. We have mover known
fatal case of scalding or burning in which
this practice has been pursued, during more
than thirty years experience, and having
treated hundreds in 10th public and pri-
vate practice. We have known the most
extensive burns by falling into caldrons of
boiling oil, and even molten copper, and
yet tie patients were rescued by this simple
and cheap remedy, witch, from its iufaiii.
ble success, shouId, supp'ant in the fasiiiion.
able nostr"ms. whether, oil, cottoop;e lead,
water, ice. turpsasins, or, pain: in:extraetors,
every one Of. which has been tried thou
sand times with fatal result, and the victims
have died in sxcrdtiating agony, when &.
sleg handfuls Of -four would have Gained
6 sleep and rescued them from pain
-
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by SIDNEY WELLER, OF Soxrn CAROLINA.
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"a GB IsEj ii RIA q, J.
XaJ. PLOWDEEP l. MRS. CiUL!FLOWER, Editors
From the Patent Office Report.

DnErLT INTERESTING 10 GRAPE GROW EKs.
The American patriot., 1855-01-24
s.E Pluribsas Unum.n

We take the following truly eloquent extract
from the Address Of Bishop Doanc, delivered st
Burlington College, on the 4th of July. 1t is not
inappropriate to the times;
e Pluribus U,aum--Mark for one moment
how amazingly this problem of plural unit il
practically worked out in our immortal constitu
ton To every nation in the world-Japan and
China, now are not exceptions-there must be the
foreign and domestic side The side which it turns
to it's own people for the protection for the encour
agement, for consolation; and the side, which il
turns to the whole world beside for sovereignty and
independence; enemies in war-in peace, friends
In our inimitablc Union this is supplied by the
State governments on the one hand, and on the
other by the General Government As Jerseymen.
as Georgians, as men Of Massachusetts,, all hat is
private, individual, domestic. social, in its more
Immediate and endearing forms, is clustered about
New Jersey, Georgia, and Massachusetts,, and shel.
tered in their shadow. We live at home among
our own people. We know each other, all. W.
grasp each others hands. We feel each others
hearts, But when the world is to be met in COM
merce, in diplomacy+or in arms-when the nation
is to rise and rally at the angel summons Of benev
oence, or at the clang d the war trumpet, VIC are
one single people We are all Americans. There
is one country for US all, with one allcomprehend.
ing Constitution. One glorious baldric, blazoned
with the stars and stripes One monarch eagle,
that from his eyrie in the Aleghanles, mounts to
heaven with all te terrors Of his beak and light.
ming of his eye" Ono broad and blessed and per-
petual union; the union of our homes and Of our
hearts; indomitable, impregnable, impcrishablc;
Independence now, and Independence forever
And are there those upon whose homes and
hearts this glorious Union sheds the blessings of
its bow of peace and love and hope, that have the
heart tc stop and calculate its value? Will they
register thcpuscs of the ocean it ashcs the bold
shore Of freedom? Will such an one measure his
heart with carpenters rule? Will he map for
us the heartfelds Of his home? Is there u value
in arithmetic for his wife? Or an algcbrac form
ula for his children? There is no such American.
There is no such man. If there were, ! would
fear to stand with him beneath the arches of tho
Constitution, lest rock from them should fall for
his destruction, and involve me in his just ruin
Were he my son, he should take his feet off my
hearth. And could he be an alumnus of this
College, his Alma Mater would freeze him with
one fierce frown into perpetual stone But, no
it cannot be. The invaluable can no moro bc cal
culated than the infinite be measured And second
only to theblessings which flow Immediately from
the Cross, arc the benefits which by the Union of
these states have been secured to u.s. and with
Gods blessing on our faithfulncss, shall be our her
itage forever.
The American patriot., 1855-01-24
Affairs in the CrilMea.

COLUMBIA, S. G. Jan, I5.-The mails per steam
ship Baltic have arrived here, and contain some
items of interest not touched on in the telegraphic
dispatches of her news.
The accounts from the English army in the Cri-
mca are frightfu The men were but half fed, ex-
posed to the cold and wet
Private letters speak very despondngy of the
condition of affairs in the Crimea
Large numbers Of applications had been made
by officers for leave to retire from the campaign
and the troops had lost all confidence in eventual
success.
The London Times severely attacks Lord Raglan
as incompetent to the position assigned him
The defences Of Sebastopol were four times
stronger than at the beginning of the seie,
The American patriot., 1855-01-24

Just fourteen years ago, but single house, and
that log cabin, stood upon what is now the site
OF st Paul, Minnesota, city that supports four
daily newspapers, and where upwards Of forty
three thousand passengers have been landed with.
in the year
The American patriot., 1855-01-24
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1855.

tY-We return our thanks to Mr. Mckay, Of the
Ceres for late fvors; and also to Captain McCoombs
of the Bella Donna.