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Cha. lesion c.!. EIoiGa Steam Packets
United Sial,S Na;l Lille Semi Weekly.

Com"rciing r!h the Nrto York Steamers rach man
,,Ed~rI THE CAROLINA, l.. VI. Cox.
-.,<>hEI hS.crrI.# master will leave every Sat-
-SSSx:s@@ss-" "rdnY iUcr.onn. ri 3 o'clock tuuch
In- IL, jacks"nvillc, PiroIata and P.laikn, on ,b,
-. John. River; returning, will arrive at Charl.s
ton ON Wrd"r*dnp.
The FLORIDA. .tnA.!.rc Willy n,astor, will
'"Hvc on I""S!ny iIcrnO0n Of each week al
same hour, and, in returning, will arrive ON SAT-
"fdHy Alarming. Due notice will always b., given
WHEN the Carolina makes extra trip To ST. An
justine II is only considered necessary 10 ..y
that these boats have been built especially for this
trade, and are commanded ky the most experienced
navigaturs.
Fare to Jacksonville e...............SS
Fare to Piinl!:a. $40
For Freight or Passage, apply Oh board, at
Southern wharf or to
JOHN w. CALDWELL, 50 East 4xy
Charleston. Feb 10, 1859 rs If
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iAlNt'
k1;llss. 10:a'S Vegetable Tie,c:,1rc.
Now and Wonderful Invention
WILLIAM STODDARD, PATENTEE.

=
1--WE Subscriber having purchased the Right
l. FOR the State of South Carolina in the ONLY
Machine nov invented for RIF'rING and
SHAVING 'INGi;S, BARREL HEAD
lAt. &c, is prepared +" sell the Right of Dis
trIcts, or single Machine, nt prices sufficiently
low {" max" it an in,lmccment to purchasers
The Machine being simple in its consruction
and ls not liable TO grt out of order, is capable
ot Splitting aud Shawn" Two Thousand Shin
giles per hour.-betcr than made by hand. 1t
rs portable, and can be workedby hand, horse or
steam power. Ten or fifteen day work of a
Machine will make enonsh shingles to pay the
price asked inr Il single one
Large ind nccn'ents are offered TO persons wish
ing to purchase the right of several Districts
One oi the Machines can be seen in operation
III the city of Augusta. ut William II. Goudrich =
Planning Mill, and one also. may he seen in n
short time at Mr.. j. Whites Machine shop, at
Edgetield. G. ii.
TIIOS. G. LAMAR.
Hamburg, April 10, 1854. 2tfnpr2S
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LO UHS STI RN.

--l PIANO FORTE MANUFAC.
ETT18 TURER. No. 522 West Baltimore
v Z q y Street, Baltimore.
Always on hand g. nude to order. from Six
to Seven Octave Square and Grand Pianos OF
superior quality and warranted not to be sur
passed by any manufactured either in this coun-
try or Europe. Gustav Jaeger at Greenwood,
Agent.
apr IA Iy52
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JUST PUBLISHED, ~ TIE
II 0 " Il ID Il s s Z CI.A TION,
|, III /. 4 ID

II 0 " Il RID Il s s q CILA TION,
IL l. y d L IPH I A, PA.
y EPORT on SPERM ATORRIIEA \, or Sem.
~ inal Weakness, Impotence, the Vice of
t)nanIsn, Mastnrhatinn, or Scll-Ahls" and OF her
Diseases Of the Sexual Or. MS. with an account
OF the errors and dcccrii,ns OF Qnlcks and val
u:'bl': advice TO the afflicted by GEO. Il. CAL
lioCN, VI. D., Consulting, Surg gcon Of the How
Institution, established by special endowment
for the relief If the sick aud distressed, afflicted
with " "Nirulrnt and Epdr.n.c Diseases" a
copy of the above Report will lie sent by mail
('n Sc he'd "nvel"p,) free Of chnryc, the re-
ceipt "ffro sta"ps inr postage.
Address DIR. GEO. T. CALHOUN,
No. South Ninth Street,
Philadelphia. Pa
Dec. 10, 1855. 81 3n
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HOSPITAL FOR NEGROES,

7HI s1ss dNNtsIs VII.
III 9ItE Undersigned would call the attention
Iii Of the citizens nf Abhrvil!c and Edrccl.l
Districts io their lNFIRM larry for SICK Me-
Gittlf.S. aud Tor those requiring SURGICAL
OPERATIONS. Will" ih" COMPLETENESS of our
nrrnnt.' m"nts, offers TO the patient every com
Tort. IL also enables lis tn render more efficient
treatment I" chinnia eases. Than can generally
hr secured IN ordinary private practice. Our
spccinI Recommendations for the arrangement of
the CHRONIC Disc \SES OF FEMALES,
$" common among Negroes, are ample to com
p"t".
IEiMS.-For Nursing, Board and Lodging,
per month $40.
Irrarmrnt-lhc ordinary rates of Practice
Communications addressed to lis at Augusta,
will meet with prompt attention.
II. +. CA NiBEII. Surgeon,
X. CAMPBELI., Attending Physician.
May lu, lSJj. 3 If
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OPINIONS OF TIE PRESS.

OPINIONS OF TIE PRESS.
U"Lh"Ts .Hng;c Impression P"prr.-Wc re.
fer "nr readers Ia ihr nd .crlscmrnt in another
column. setting forth the merits Of this pleasing
and ingenious invention. The clcapnrss should
induce all TO give it u trial. - IhUeeklphia
.lfcrchnrk.
Ii is unsurpassed for ncatncss and utility, and
should meet with The sale it richly Deserves
Jribmmr.
Just what the public has long desired, and
recommends itself I" every individual of taste
and rrtinement.-jDarnat and Courier.
July %, 1855. II BIN
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Charleston weekly standard,

CONTAINS ALL THE MArr::;: rtET:sIiED DAILY,
together with
The LocaI D"n'air nmI F".iyn .Nnrkrtx-7Hc
Prizes r"rrr"f, i"ci",i;ny Mr H"f,x "f .S"ic
far Si"k. Errh"ny'. a"d D"m'%';c l'ro-
d"oc-7h~ Mipri"y !" P"n-7hc
inhM 1'hyrnih;r ini"rmu-
h"m de-. &"., d..
The STANDARD is the only morning paper
TIDN.
This Edition is published every Wc,ln ,s,lny
Morning, and by the evening of the lea, dav
can Ia" rrrcivrt! i'll every section of the STATE.
Price $s2-paya!r invariably in a:!vuncc.
L. W. SrRATr IL CO.
Aug. I:i, 1856. IL If
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Dec. 10, 1855.
LA NJ D i.

l. a " D.
INIlE Subscriber wishing to attend more par
ticularly The practice Of his profession Of
fers his Fort Charlotte Land for sale, ndiuninr
Vienna extending mile or more on Savannah
River, and running some two miles back con-
tanning 700 hundred or more acres; between
20" and 800 acres first and second low ground !;
"n"-hnlf III" tract cleared and under good fence
with. convenient buildings, the bulance in well
tc.nbcIed Wuou Land.
NATHANIEL HARRIS.
November 6. 1855 % tC
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Southern Quarterly Review.

Fl ''IiH lrri"iIrhi - III" 0niv one of its cl,s,
FL III li'' "n'ii" rr"i"n Of the South: and Il,
page" tr" referred tn ;i# the best cvd,ucc nr ,l,.
"bi:' "i The South. and lis capaci,v TO give c,
Pi"S,'"h tn !hc i"''in"-. rhr interest and u,.lI;
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pose iS l" larry represent ourselves. and no, TO
''''Sr'Gr|"' others. II aims to maintain the
auth :'& "f understand il, and TO assert the in
'"ii""ii:al i!i"i!Iy of Section W lille nj ,h.
>'iib" time, II VIII free. the ,n.u, a.: our n,,,,J
'r"h thai stat" "i literary hr,l,,,u and ,!,nrn
d'''"y under which they have too ionr I,hored
W" "'ii'. then, r"n ail LOVERS Of the South ond
tli"hd> "l II ""ly h"ni" liicnturc that support,
;"r our Work wlir, will enable us to rive !,
ire" r"ur>". and thus make il cI,,i,,cntly worthy
"l Tic world adninnt:r and our owl, rriG.
G. MORTIMER. Publisher.
Office ''sru'''r,n Quarterly Review" Law
Range, Broad ST. Charleston, ). e.
Ih" following: resolution was adopted w. In,
Scni!"rn Com. Convention, held in Charleston in
April le5l:
Resolved. Thn: til" Southern Quarterly Re-
view ruh'.shr'! in i!r trv of Charleston. bv a
H'ivt "t NIr4ina, and edited by "mc Of the mont
las; inG; shed li"rnr! :r, t!vrrci of the South.
being TIL" "n,y r"rc,lic,,! nr ,l:t character
rr"ird and pnhl.!,rl in the Southern Sta,e..
aud having always .ri..ns!cd the institutions .p,i
n'":"StS of shc S'ut!i is rntiIr.! /" The p,ronar,
OF III" Southern l:c"l,l". and this Convention
earnestly rrc"imnicG - to ,!.r;r favorable couvi.l.
r:at.on.
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A RELIABLE COMMERCIAL AND 20.
-. LTTICAL JOURNAL
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81 Comparative Statement of tn" Receipts and
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All NEWS, Of II personal and political rlarac-
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JOSEPH WHILDEN,
DEALER IN
PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS
No: II Hayno Street,
CHARLESTON. 2 G.

ment int Of se1ps Pses eSns'n"y sn for SALE a.o
Window Glass aud Sashes. Sn,s r.a.! varnsnes'
Spirit Gus, Cotton Foot-Gin Fis.nre. "rPen'ns; rp
Brushes "f various kinds. Di"s ana
Sept. 7, 1854 o. "t.gss
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CASH MUSIC AND PIANO STORE
HOR A CE w later S,
no. 333 DROADWAY N Y

MUSIC AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES
Notwithstanding the combination of music deal
rrs to keep the prices of non-copyright music,
dYatSt the in.rests Of RdiiEc D0xcrS and their
refusal 10 extend 10 Mr. Waters The courtc of
the trade, hc is making immense salrs-hnving
abundant evidence, that he Inns public countc
nance and support. in his opposition to the great
monopoly, and in his efforts to aid native talent
and TO adopt the national currency. His stock
OF American and European music is immense
and The catalogue of his own publications s one
OF the iarg'st and best selected in the United
States lie has also made n great reduction in
the prices Of PIANOS, NJ MELODEONS and Mu-
sical Instruments Of all kinds. Superior toned
81 octave pianos for Sl75, 5000 and sS225. intc-
rior of MS good quakty, and instruments as strong
and as durable us those which cost $500. Pi-
amos OF every variety Of style and price up to
$1,000, comprising those zen different manufncto
rIes: among the celebrated modern improred
Horace Waters Pianos and the .fr&i premium
1i;"'Ian Pinnos of T. Gilbert d Co.'S make,
Owners of the IEolino patiently Second-hun-
ded Pianos nj great bargains. Prices from $40
to sl50. Mclodcons from five different manu-
fnctorics, including tho ,cciI knomn S d. e. H.
'" Smiths Ncodeons, (tunrd the equal temper
ament,) the bcst make in tie United Statcs-
Prices $45, $50, S75, 800. Si15 Sl25, Sl35,
and $l50 Smiths Double Is INK Melodeons
5000, each Piano and 4Nelodeon guaranteed. The
best terms to the trade, schoos, &c: 1911 per
cent discount to cl-rgymen and churches. All
orders promptly attended to. Music sent to all
parts of the sountry, postpaid, at the reduced
rates. General and select catalogues and schcd-
ule Of prices of Pianos forwarded TO any address
free of charge
March, IA, 1856. Al 4m
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Carpentering and Building.

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Il his friends and the public generally, that he
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pcnters and ready to eXccuIc with neatness and
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aa quick and cheap any man in the District
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Notice to Icpafees

oilCE ls hereby given 10 the D,str;b,,
OF the Esat" Of Jesse Maddox. decd y
h"a' settlement Of said Estate will be "
5th of March, 1856.
December I, 1855. a
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EdgrfcId, s. c., Oct. -. .3.,:,. -


60 IIEREA$, the ra"'i' ~ on tho iar;i-
w eth day or jam, lS:iI. :.'r his .,r..ur,.
ton agaInS, the Defendant. who (S il is S,,ly is
absent from and w.:", the limits "f his STATE,
aud has neither wife nor attorney known w.lh;n
the same. nl"" wh"m copy Of hr s::I .lrrl,
i;''i'' '':lIh' Il" served. 1t * therefore p..rr.l
mat the sad Defendant :" appear and plead /"
III" shi'l 'irc'hra,on nr.. l!, iir,l DAY u!
July. which WI! b" IN 80. >c.r nc nrr I,..
Eighteen Hundred :n.l Fi,v-s;x "h.rw;.r t;.,al
and ahS"n!" Judgment will then be- given and
awai.!rl against him.
MATTHEW MCDONALD, Ger.
Clerks Oiiic-, June 81. lS55. ii "
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
.njrriHr Dist,'irt- /. I'll" Lom,uon Pleas.
L. u J. JORDAN, Foreign Attachment.
vs.. Mct;owan ~ Perrin, PITTS
lhos. '. Atkins, J Attorneys.
NjA lli.REAS The Plaintiffs did. on the fifth
w day Of April. eighteen hunic,! and fifty
five, file his d'c!ar.i"n against the Defendant,
who, iii Is sad,) is absent from and Without thr
limits OF this State. AMI has neither wife nnr
attorney known within the same. upon whom II
copy nf the said declaration might he served:
II Is therefore ordered, that the said Defendant
do appear and plead to tho said ,lccla,arion o,
or before The sixth day of April eighteen hun
drcd and iity-siN, otherwise final aud alsoiut ,
judgment will then bc given aad awarded against
him.
MATTIIEW MCDONALD, c.c.r.
Clerks Office, April IL, 1875 ii "
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CANDIDATES. @

~ The friends Of Rev. JAMES MOORE
would respectfully announce him as Candidate
for reelection to the Office Of Tax CoLLEcron, a,
the ensuing election.
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PROSPECTUS OF
TIL E SOUTHERN LIGHT.
A RELIGIOUS JOURNAL,
EDITED DY
E. L. WHATLEY.

INDEPENDENT IN MISUNDERSTANDING Iy Noru
ING, AND SET FOR THE DEFEHCI: OF WHATEVER
WILL STAND THE TEST OF REASON, SCI
ENCE AND THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
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Notice.
\ III, persons having demands against the Es-
"A tate ofJOEL SMITH, deceased, are requested
to present them properly uticsted TO the under
signed, to whom also those indebted to the Estate
are rcqucs! ed to make payment.
a. NJ. SMITH,
J. NJ. PERRIN. E*'r''
March I, 1855. as n
ES ludcpcntent Press cow
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30 M"s$rS MUM IL co. h,vc ,c., tu
"."! years. 'S'.i-i'''v engaged in piurur:"e
patents for Inventions, an will ,,iv:,
'"n,"rS' without r!'ar-r i. regard to the ,oye;ty
of their irnrr"v "vrl;,"n:s
September -: I>.j On r
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TAXING FRCI TIE SOIL WITH.
OUT MAKING RETURNS.

hInost every farmer, however young
or ii informed, knows the consequence
Of taking OF crop AFTER crop i.om auy
had Is to imloycrI IL and render gradual
iy less and los. prolsetire The soil Of thst
Ec.d. Ana yet notwithstanding this very
ob'ios' and well known fact, there ere TO
be iounI some IN the Western States
probably mads blind to- or obIiyious Of
He s'o's fact hT 'hsir self iutersst-Uho.
urge thIs 10 reason Why agricultural
J""rns's which are published at the East
must bc Of Ii'l!s or no use 10 farmers at
th' West. That Eastern Tspers are oe-
cay.ed - considerable extent in record
'"g Fss"!,' cf experiments with different
kinds Of fertilizers and in giving directions
IS 10 'iis manufacture, preservation ond
arp.,estion OF these reatorers Of what the
crops hE's taken from the soil. They
6oa.i taat tie virgin soils OF the West
are 20 T'eo +" 10 render it useless in th0'.
VINO tam 1A~h 10 pay any attention to Tue.
'"' .l1ei "i MEASURES. Low VAN, NOW dc.
'u'"s u''' boast ana ths sell interested
PsA arc 'hous1Hu' OF farmers VINO, have
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Srlrrt Hortry.


When God first framed this world Of ours,
For beauty and for love,
Each attribute would try its powers,
Its varied skill would prove.
All, all, but Mercy had share,
And she stood silent by,
Gazing upon the work so fair,
With earnest, longing eys.
The Father s.w her darling fAcc,
And read lisr wishes too,
Aud said, II Is sinlcss place,
What is there you can do.
She quickly sent her searching eye
Throughout earth's frr.h green bowers,
Aud murnured with gentle sigh,
There. neither fruit nor how.r.."
a smile the wished commission gave
Then swim M light she llcw.
Her wing. Of siolr, to lave
ln Edcn's morning dew.
gP roSsl" sun, bns ~hai sight
Met his Admirins ,iew--
The bursting buds speak their delight.
Ihrough tint' Of richest hue.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-02-13
A GOOD PRAYER FOR CHURCH
MEMBERS.

Sand we humbly supplicate God that
he will bless our pastor this day with bod.
lily aud mental strength, aud give him en-
enlargement in tho labors Of the ministry
and SO he may be . great blessing 10 us,
and We may never be au afiliction 10 him."
Home Alter, by Prof Dsem"..
We wish the above prayer could be
written in indelib!c characters upon the
hearts Of many members Of our Church.
Now, rs in the apostolic era, there is a
great difference between different mem
bers of the Church. Concerning some
the faithful pastor may say that tl,sy are
bis joy and his crown, While Of other. bs
is compelled to say, even weeping, that
they mind earthly things, and that they
are cuemies Of the Gospel of Christ. We
could Gil column with brief Statements
Of tho different ways in which large
number Of modern professors are an sffiic.
tion 10 their ministers. And If the Man
of Sorrows. were to visit our earth once
more, and look. into our private dwellings
and public assemblies; II he were to look
upon our neglect Of the means Of grace,
our wenldlincss, and our want Of zeal for
that cause for.which he shed hi. most pre-
e:ous blood, we think that lie too would
weep. II he were to visit US, would hs
look npon the professor whose. eyes are
upon these lines, with sorlow or with JOY!