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Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-20

WE are general Agents for the sale OF all Cotton and
w Wooden fabrics manufactured in the state Of TenR~
see and have appropriated large and eommodous
solely for their and storage We have also apprcpria.
another for the sale and storage Of FLOUR alone
All would respectfully call the attention Of both Manu-
ia ageTs and Miiers 20 this arrangement
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-20
wILKssARRE, Pa, Sep. 9s, 1850.

WLKssARRE, Pa, Sep. 2s, 1850.
DR.. J. c. AYER-My Dear Sir:-YOur medicine is much
approved by those who have used it here compo
sion such as TO and maintain its reputation
invariably recommend 1t for pulmonary affections, do
many Of our principal physicians
lam your friend,
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-20

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Chartered 1919
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Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-20

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BERRY & DEMOvILLE, Wholesale, Nashville and Re
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Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-20
To Merchants and Merchant Tailors.
Fine No. / Shad.

'6NHE attention Of the trade g. requested to
i choice stock Of Men and Boy wear, exclusively i'm
ported bv DECUURSEY LAF0URCADE6 co,
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
THE REASON OF IT.

We have more than once heard it asserted by "the
oldest nhabitant" that the streams Of our country
were gradually falling, many ofthem remembering
the time when our branches and creeks ran q sufi-
cient quantity of water to fill their present channels
to overfowing. That the assertion is true is unde-
niable, and we can safely get about to find out the
reason of it. The following item, explaining the
causes Of drouth during recent years, will answer
ourpurpose, and at the same time give our country
friends lesson. The Scientific american says:
The Annual Report of the Massachusetts Board Of
Agriculture devotes considerable space to discussion
of drouth of 1854: "There can be no doubt it is
remarked, "that the destruction Of our forest has
much increased the severity of our summer drouth
Forests have protecting the earth from
the scorching rays Of the sun, to preventa large
mount of evaporation, and thus lower the tempera-
ture of the soil. When standing upon elevated
grounds the sources Of rivers found in them and
they determine the direction of the prevailing rains.
The winds which blow over forests become impregna-
ted with moisture which they spread over the coun
try, giving freshness and life to oil vegetable crea-
ton. But where there are no forests, the clouds
sweep the country without finding any obstacle
to arrest their progress and resolve them into rain
The streams become dried up; the soil is heated,
and the Winds passing over large extents of country
parched by the sum- become hot, and bear with them
heat and sterility" The report recommends, among
the most practicable methods of preventing suffer-
ing by drouth, that irrigation be introduced more
generally among our farmers, and that they take
more pains to reclaim and cultivate low lands which
at the same time that they retain moisture better
than Others will not fail to pay very large profit to
the cultivator, year after year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24

The question, whether the legislature
of this State has right to tax the amount of
sales of goods, produce and merchandise, &C.,
imported from neighboring State, arising
under the act of 1854, will be brought before
the Court of Errors, to convence in Charles
ton on Tuesday. The question is an impor-
tant one, and its decision will be looked for
ward to with great interest.
At Chicago, on the 9th inst, the ther-
mometer stood at "a degrees below zero, at
Cleveland II degrees, and at Springfield Ohio,
"a degrees At Detroit, on the same day, it
ranged from 16 to 33 degrees below zero. At
Pittsburg it was considered that 9th instant,
was the coldest day ever experienced in that
city. Everything froze, even gas, one-half OF
the pipes in the city imparting no light what
ever after night, whilst the others dispensed
very sickly rays.
William Wells, who was several years
since sentenced to death in the District of Col
umbia for murder, had his sentence commuted
by President Fillmore, to imprisonment for life
The case was brought up before the United
States Supreme Court last week on the ground
that the President has no right to commute,
and could only grant an unconditional pardon
The Court on Friday decided for the prison
er, and he was set at liberty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
THE LATEST NEWS.

The mails of last evening brought the following
items of news from Washington
JANUARY 22.-Mr. BoycE, OF South Carolina Of
fered resolution that, in view Of the critical rela-
tons of this country with England, it is the duty
of all conservatives in Congress to unite to elect
Speaker There was one ballot to-day for Speaker;
no election.
Our Government has demanded Mr.. Cramptons
recall. Negotiations still continue.
JANUARY 21.-There was no business Of import
ance transacted in the Senate to-day, and the Sen
ate adjourned until Thursday. In the House there
were many propositions for the election of Speaker,
and Mr. FAULKNER of Virginia, moved that the
members resign, but the motion was tabled by ma
jority of 26. A ballot was then taken for Speaker
giving Banks, 90; Richardson, 66; Fuller, 81; Pen
nington, g.; Scattering, 6.
JANUARY 20.-The Union advocates the resigna-
ton of all the members Of the House of Representa-
tives presuming that organization is impossible un-
der present circumstances. 1t also contains strong
article on the subject of war with Great Britain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
FANNY FERN MARRIED.

The papers have it that the bold, dashng, strong
minded yet, for all, kind-hearted Fanny otherwise
called Mrs. Sara Payson Eldredge) was married on
Saturday, the 9th instant, to Mr.. JAMES PATTON,
author of the "Lfe of Horace Greeley
Look out for "Fanny FERNS Paper!" Concerning
this epluribus unum affair, the New York Day Book
discourses thus
Last night Fanny Fern, the caustic, fiery Fanny,
united in the bondage Of wedlCck to James Par
ton, ESQ., She has been lecuring the public for
time past; we trust Mr.. Parton will now receive the
benefit of her disquisitions.
The lucky bridegroom is the unfortunate sub-edi-
tor, who figures in such lacrymose manner in
'sRuth Hail." and the generous heart of Fanny has,
We presume, been ''teched" with his misforunes-
We hope Fanny will not be compelled to take up the
lamentation of Widow Bcdc:t, as follows:
ooh! full forty dollars would give
five had continued apart"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24

to be an important TRUTH that besides the pupils
esteem of the teachers intellect, there is nothing
that constitutes so ready conveyance of knowledge,
though it of purely intellectually char
acter-nothing that has so great power to make
the pupil ready and fertile recipient of the proer-
ed seed and to give to the teacher buoyancy Of
spirit and delight in imparting knowledge, as an ef
ectionate friendship uniting the'one with the other
Good will is the bet interpreter. 1t has existed
and still exists between US, and now wish to add,
that if circumstances shall prevent me from COM
plying with the desire which you kindly express,
this friendship and good will will be in my retire
ment greater solace than the consciousness that
have not laboured wholly in vain in the sacred
of transmitting knowledge to the rising generation
I beg you to assure the Students that while have
not put prospective term to my connection with
this institution in sudden feeling of resentment,
have not done it without pain. had identified ny-
self with the College. The bonds which connec. q
man with great and beneficial institution, and one
that is interviewer with the history of the common
wealth, are but little inferior to the ties which knit
men in loving families, and those that bind him to
his country. Neither Of them can be severed with
out bleeding.
Once more, thank you and oil the Students heart
lily and with emotions which assure me that this in
cident will ever be remembered as one of the most
grateful occurrences ofmy life.
Your friend and teacher,
francis LIEBER.
To Mr. J. T. DARBY, Charm, &c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
LIMESTONE SPRINGS.

The attention of Parents and Guardians is called
to the advertisement of the Messrs. CURTIS, an
nouncng the commencement of the next session of
the Limestone Springs Female High School, on the
goth day of February next. We have already CIV
en- to this Institution prominent place in our col
umns, and we have nothing left to say Of its merits.
1t is an established institution, with Principals
whose profession is that of the teacher and who
bend their every energy to the accomplishment Of
the ends of their responsible calling During the
vacation it is stated, Mr. CURTIS has visited many
of the Schools in the South and will be enabled by
the suggestions he has obtained to introduce further
improvements in his method of instruction. Consult
the advertisement.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
MERE MENTION.

We learn that Rev. WHITEFoRD SMITH D. D., OF the
Methodist Church. has accepted the appointment to
the chair of English Literature in Woford College,
Spartanburg ....... The New York Legislature was
organized on tho 18th instant, by tho election Of
ROBINSON, Soft-Shel Democrat, Speaker.....".A
writer in the Wnnsboro' Register makes the follow
ing nomination: 'Franklin Pierce of n. H., for
Pesdent and James L. Orr, Of S. c. for Vice-Presi-
dent. "..... Monday before the last WM. F. DAVID
SON, ESQ.,, was elected Intcndant of Charlotte n. c.
.....O On the same day, the following gentlemen,
all on the Vet ticket were elected Town Council Of
Chester for the present year: W. NJ. Mcdonald,
heendant; A. II. Davega. W. T. Gilmore, W. F.
Farley, and S. ". Mobley, Hardens."....W. H.
Langston, ESQ.,, has been elected Ordinary Of Laur-
ems District by majority f459 votes. There were
t,relpe candidates in the field !......A murder was
committed ut Clinton, Laurens District on Monday
before last, the person of Geo. Holland by James
Nc. Williams. Williams has fed.......John Cald
we'll, venerable and much esteemed citizen ofNew-
berry, died on the 14th instant Mr.. Caldwellleaves
one survivor of the class that left the South Carolina
College in 1907, who now remains the eldest gradu-
ate of that institution He was descended from the
stock of which were the maternal ancestors of John
c. Calhoun, and was in professional life and duties,
the compeer and associate, circuit, of that dis
tinguishcd relative .....The Carolina Times learns
that TILNAN WATSON Esq, whose election was sue
cessfully contested ut the last session. was recently
reelected Senator from Edgefeld District.
fairs in Mexico are gloomy; the press is fcttered
heavily, and the people are groaning with the bur-
den of anarchy and misrule. 1t was reported that
one of SANTA Annals agents had gone to Mexico to
observe the condition Of affairs and make fair the
road for his return ......W. S. WooD, of Columbia,
has been elected NJ. W. Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of South Carolina, 1. o. O. F..... Both Hou-
ses of the Mississippi Legislature organized at Jack
son on the 9Th instant. The officers elected all
Democrats. j. J. Pettus, of Kemper, was elected
President of the Senate, and w. A. Barry Of Lowndes
Speaker of the House.......A correspondent of the
Richmond Enquirer, says that there is living in Pow
hatan county, w., person who was born cotempor-
aneousy with the coronation of George II. Of Eng
land-48 years before the Declaration of American
Independence and four or five years before the birth
of Washington Synod Of South Carolina
proposes to the Synod ofGeorga to raise the salaries
of their professors in the Seminary at Columbia, and
to endow the Rev. DR.. Thornwcrs professorship.-
S45 900 of the $50 900 have already been raised..
The case of the State Us, Jsssc the slave of Mrs. F.
II. ELMoRE, charged with the killing of William be-
longing to Dr. FISHER was tried on Saturday lastin
Columbia, before THOMAS P. WALKER ESQ, and re-
suited in verdict of acquitta...." There will be
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
WAR IN KANSAS.

A telegrapbic despatch in the Carolina Times Of
Monday gives us meagre account of a recent out
break in Kansas which is startling aud fearful in
the extreme. The despatch without date says:-
"Adyces have been received Mt St. Louis from Kick
apoo, announcing that conflict had taken place at
Easton between company from Lawrence, under
Capt. Brown and the Kickapoo Rangers. Numbers
were killed and wounded en- both sides. Many per-
sons were Aocking into Easton. The disturbance
was supposed to have originated at the election Of
the 18TH
Up to the time of writing We heve been enabled
to obtain nothing more satisfactory, and we must
therefore take the above with many grains Of allow
ance. If it be true, however, that civil war in its
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
To Mr.. J. T. DARBY, Charm, Sc.
HOME JOURNAL.


The first numbers of the new volume Of this ster-
ling literary Journal on our table, fully justify our
best expectations OF all the weekly newspa-
pers published in this country the Home Journal
ranks highest in our esteem. Every week we look
anxiously for its coming, and when it comes paper
and pen aside, we set ourselves down to feast of
royal banquetting, never ceasing until we have 60
thered ALL even the crumbs of the table. The read
ers Of the ENQUIRER are indebted to it for many
capital selection indeed but for the manifest mean
ness of the thing, we would be provoked to reprint
the whole concern, editorial and oil, seriatim.
N. P. WILLIS, one of the editors is clever and
exceedingly pleasant writer In the stubble-held
through which we gropc our way, his fancies peep
out here and there like red, ripe strawberry, and
just like strawberry they 60 down with us, lusci-
ously. slice of the heart of nicely cooled wa
ter-melon, on sultry summers afternoon, is not
comparable The first and second chapters Of his
new Romance, "Paul Fame, or Parts of Life Else
Untold, are in print in the Home Journal, and give
promise of story Of rare interest. The first part
of an original novelette, in verse, called the Story Of
Star, by ]. NJ FIELD, is also in the last number
and to give relish to oil of it, the first Of series
of songs by Gen. Norris, the 'song-writer of A
merica. Just for the sake of sample we shall CO.
py it-in these times of ice and snow and cold,
bleak winds, it reads delightfully."-. Here it is: .
Thank God for pleasant weather!
Chant it, merry rills!
And clap your hands together,
Ye exulting hills!
Thank Him, tceming valley! . --
Thank Him, fruitful plain!
For the golden sunshine,
And the silver rain. ..
Thank God Of Good the Giver!
Shout it sportive breeze;
Respond, oh tuneful river!
To the nodding trees,
Thank Him, bud and birding!
As We grow and sing
NIngle in Thanksgiving
Every living thing!
Thank God, with cheerful spirit
In glow Of love,
For what We here inherit,
And our hopes above!-
Universal Nature
Revels in her BIRTH
When God, in pleasant weather,
Smiles upon the earth
UndercliF, June 1856.
The Home Journal is published in New York by
MoRR1s & WILLIS, at 50 per annum, in advance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
A HOAIE.VOICE.

We have received and take the liberty Of publish
ing the subjoined letter from subscriber, citizen
of our District who has more than once occupied
distinguished positions in the gift Of our people,
We are pleased to receive such evidences Of appro-
VAL giving us the assurance that the thinking men
of District are ready to sustain that enlightened
and liberal course of policy which think SO i'm
peratively demanded at the present juncture. The
extracts alluded to will be published in future
number. Our correspondent says:
"I am gratiHed to perceive that you have taken
position in favor of our being properly represented
in the National Democratic Convention. had just
prepared copy of COL ORn's letter to send you for
publication, when received the last number of the
ENQUIRER, informing me Of your views and its in
tended publication. think the period auspicious
for united Southern action, and point now reached
in the progress of the Government when it becomes
every State that holds dear the rights guaranteed
by the Constitution to lend the moral strength ofits
support and appreciation to true Constitutional prin
ciples and measures and to participate alike in stem
ming the tide of fanaticism and encroachment
Impressed with these views I have still thought
to send you q communication taken from Charles
ton paper, as being further connected with the dis
cusson of the proprety of the State being represent
ed in the Convention. observe that marked atten-
ton is given to the subject in various sections of the
State and cannot but regard it an oct justice that
the Press should place before the public suchimpor
tant facts and information as may be had in relation
to the subject, calculated to lead to the formation Of
a just and enlightened public sentiment. Enclosed
is also slip showing the strange position our e1-
treme conservatism places US in, and the consequent
odium with which we must come to be regarded by
other Southern States holding the institutions
and identified with us in feeling and interest This,
however, meets its defence in the latter part Of the
communication. do not send it specially for pub
lication Indeed, publish nothing, unless it meets
approval I also send a slip which I caught up
somewhere, containing important statistics by Judge
SMITH, whose whole political life, distinguished as
it was is intimately associated with our particular
locality.
Is this not q singular season! two SHOWS, one
covering the other. The duration has been 30 long
that every living thing begins to show the hard ef-
fects of it, Even the birds of the field lose their
wildness and hover around the barnyards and feed
iuc.places, as if reduced almost to starvation. I
have picked up several that have perished-having
no external marks of injury. Truly yours &c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24
DIR, LIEBER.

The students of the South Carolina College held a
meeting recently and adopted preamble and reso-
lutons expressive of their regard for the learned and
distinguished Professor Of Political Economy, and
of their deep regret in view of his purpose to resign
The reply of Dr. LIEBEn is subjoined We are
pleased to note this action of the students. 1t is
Just and exceedingly appropriate tribute to the man
and his valued abors, and does honor alike to him
SELF to the College, md to the head and heart Of
those in whose regard he is thus shown to have won
m enviable position. Could we hope that this ac-
ton would weigh with Dr. L1EBER in inducing a
withdrawal of his resignation, we might hail it with
still greater pleasure The State will suffer heavily
indeed by the loss of such man. and we earnestly
hope that he may yet conclude to abide with ST.
DEAR IRA copy of the resolutions which the
Students of the South Carolina College adopted on
Tuesday last has been presented to me this moment
and the warmest feelings of an etfectionate acknow-
dgemeut prompt me to express at once to you, and
through you to the Students my gratitude for that
portion, which relates more especially to the opln-
ion entertained by them of my usefulness, and as
sures me of their kind feelings towards me. Of this
portion alone you will permit ME to speak in my re-
ply to your resolutions.
Gratitude is forcible term; peculiarly strong
when used by teacher towards those he teaches;
yet use it in its plain and true neutrality-suspicious.
indugng in any complimentary exaggeratlon. 1t
is grateful to my heart to know that those who think
they have derived some benefit from my teaching,
feel also an affectionatc regard for me; and am
thankful you for the public expression Of this re-
gard because some persons have deemed it proper
to make others believe that have not that in me
which gains the hearts and souls as well rs the heads
of the young and the ardent If what has thus been
unkindly advanced were true it would be one ofthe
btterest failures in the whole Of my checkered life.
have often told you how high and sacred hold
the relation between the teacher and the taught
We have contemplated together the efectionnte
friendship which quickened the lives of Socrates and
his followers, and eased the great mans death; and
above ALL we have dweed on that love which was a
living bond between Him, who is the divine type of
the teacher, and his disciples, whom he calls his
friends -.
Again and again have stated to you what l hold