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A POLITICAL DUN.

Should YOU ask us why this dunhing,
Mhy these sad complaints and murmurs
hlurmurs loud about %delinqucnts
Who have read the paper weekly,
Read what they have never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit,
Read Of CHURCH H,nliTs aud prospects,
Read of news both home and foreign,
Read the essays and the poems,
Full Of wisdom and instructions;
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly
Should yOu ask us Why this dunring,
We should alSw or, we should tell YOU,
r'rom the printer from the mailer,
From the kind Old papcr.makcr,
From The la"dlord, from the carrier.
From the man who taxes letters
With 4 stamp from Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sam the rowdics call him;
FSom them all there comes Il message,
Message kind, but firmly spoken,
Please to pay us what You w US"
Sad il is 10 hear such message
When our fpals are all exhausted,
When the last bank note has lcft us,
When the gold coin all has vanished.
Gone TO pay the paper maker.
Gone 10 pay the telling printer,
Gone to pay the landlord tribute,
Conc to pay the sable c%arriei,
Gone 10 pay the faithful mailer,
Eohc To pay old Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sam the rowdies call him
Gone to pay the Western paper
Three and twenty hundred dollars!
Sad il is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves ofthis old Ledger,
Turn and scc what sums are due us,
Due Tor volumes long since ended,
Due for yeats o! pleasant reading,
Due for wears of toilsomr labor,
Due despite our patient waiting,
Due despite constan, ~dunniug,
Due in sums from two to twenty.
Would you lift y burden from us!
Wound you drive the spectre from you ?
Would yog taste u pleasant slumbcr
WonId you have a quiet conscience!
Nou!d you have Il paper paid for!
Send us ~mony-scnd us money,
Send us moncy,-scnd us money
Send hs Money that you once MS.
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MAIL ARRANGEMENT.
CAMDEN MAIL.

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o'clock. 2 III
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All persons who receive newspapers and
other periodicals, will observe that the law
Tcqu'ies The postage 10 be paid quarterly IN
advance.
Letter. and transient new spapers must be
prepaid; otherwise they are not mailed,
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TO YOUNG MEN.

Young man save the pcmny-pick zap
that pln-ict that account be correct 10 n
tarthlng-tind out What that bt Of rihbon
costs, before YOU say you will take it-pav
that half lime your friend handed YOU TO
make change within a word bc econ
CYNICAL, bc accurate, know what YOU arc
JO,ug-hc honest sud then lie generous,
for nj! You have or acquire, thus ho!oug,
To you 10y every rue Of right, aud YOU
may put it 10 any good use YOU Please.
Il l. not parSimoTy 10 be economical. II
is not miScrly TO save Il pin from loss. 1t
is not selfish to be correct III ypur deal
ings. is no, small TO know the price Of
articles You are about to purchase, or to
remember The little debt YOU owe. What
if YOU do meet Bill Prida duckel on, into
81 much better suit than yours, the price
OF which he has M learned from the tai.
Tor and he laughs nj yOnr faded dress,
and old fashioned notions Of honesty and
right, your day viii come. Franklin, WHO
from a penny saving Toy, walking in the
streets with II loaf Of bread dnder h!s arm
became a companion Of kings.
Take care of the pence, and the pounds
will take care If themselves. Ia Fiuc,
tho celebrated French banker, ,~cSvimg ,hc
house TO which lac had applied for u clerk
ship, was not too proud or too careless to
pick up a pin. The simple pin laid the
foundation Of Iii, immense wealth. The
wise banker to whom lie applied saw the
act, being conviuccI ly this simple act
that lie would lie n valuable Clerk and a
useful man, called him back and gave hi,n
employment.
he just, then generous. Benevolcncc
is a grra; duty, 10y which YOU not only
benefit the Object, but feel a sensation Of
JOY in your own soul, worth more than
gam. Bat generosity can never be- meas
ured hy tie amount you !wish on Il fine
dres,, or that YOU spend to CRAFTY vanity
and folly. Let tha girls say YOU are small
rather than spend n dollar fpr a useless
book. Purchase good books, and they
will tell YOU that N Girl WORTH having ev
eg selected a man for a husband on nc.
count Of his long ears.
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Tickets SO, Halves So, Quarters $3.50

The l.500 Prizes Of $40 are determined
by the last figure Of the numurr that draws
the Capital Prize ul Sl5,U .. Tuc Capital
Prize will, of course, end with one of the
hgnres-l, > 5, T., 3, +, 4, g, 9. U. Those
Whole Tickets cnding with the same figure
as the last III the Capital will be entitled tr
$40. Halves and Quarters in proportion.
Persons sending money by mail need not
fear It's being lost. Orders punctually at
tended 10. Communications CONFIDENTIAL
Bank Notes of sound Banks taken ut par.
Those wishing particular numbers should
order Immediately. Drawings sent TO all
ordering Tickets.
Address, JAS +. WINTER, MANAGER.
l32-"tI Macon, Ga.
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DEATH FROM The BITE or \ SrIDER.-
y man named William lIoughton, en-.
P'oyed in Wright's dry GO Dis store, was
taken to DIR. Frecman's office Yesterday
IN a state Of great suffering, caused by n
spiders bite near the abdomen, received
a few hours before. The case was treat.
cd 10y DR.. Freeman. Two or three other
physicians were called in during the af.
tcrnoon; but as the patient WAS very
low, aud they belong to n different sclloo
from Jar. Freeman, they did not act in the
matter. The sutfcrings of Mr.. ii. contin.
ued to Increase until late in the afternoon,
when he died, apparently from the effects
OF the bite. The case has already excited
considerable attention in the medical pro
f%esslon, aud our physicians, OF long prac.
tice, state that il is the only affair OF the
kind which has ever come within their
knowledge Cincinnati Gazette, Oct.
81.
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NOW Is THE TIME:
TO The BIBLE Societies
Throughout the State Of South Caro-.
lima.

Several years having elapsed since the
friends OF Bible Distribution in the Stat
have assembled for Christian counsel and
greeting, the Managers of the Charleston
and Columbia Bible Societies haye1regoIy.d
to issue n call for n Bible ConveniionI, 20
meet atColumbln, In November next.
The Bible Societies throughouti ne Stat,
are, therefore, respectfully and carnesiiy in.
Viied TO meet and appoint Delegates, who
shall assemble in Columbia, on Thursday
night, the 9th of Noveu Der next, at 7 o..
clock, the place of meeting to be hereafter
more particularly designed.
Ihey are requested, also, to furnish com.
piete Information as TO The number of their
members, the sums raised by them dpriny
me past year or two, the apQu3t Of di.;rG
button Of Gods Word within their boouds
The supply they have been able to furnish,
the aid rendered 10 the American Bible So.
ciety, and all other subjects that will be of
interest TO the Convention.
The Rev. Mr.. McNeilI, one Of the Se.re.
taries Of the American Billie Society. II is
expected, will be present; with whose aid
and that Of the speakers, one or more uubI
meetings may be held during the sitting of
the Convention, to The great advantage Of
the cause.
DANIEL RAVENEL.
WM. IA. pERONNEAU,
Il. T. kERRISoN,
Committee Of the Charleston Bible Society.
u. III. PALMER,
J. NJ. PklNGLE,
ROBERT BRYCE,
w. l.. REYNOLD,
Sonsasssss OF the CoNsnbs B64s soststy.
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Losr.-We clip the following advertise.
mont from the Newberry Mirror: Broke
from IRIS proper enclosure, while on the
way TO church, on last Sunday, = superior
hoop, make from the bone OF the aaimal
that had the hardness Of heart TO swallow
that unfortunate gentleman Jonah. The
finder will please keep it,"
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WESLEYAN BESEvoLEscE.-The En-.
glish Wesleyan denomination coptribn,ad
last year 100000 for The cause Of foreign
missions I; home missions 100000; Chan.
el debts and new chapels, $500 900 the.
illogical ,rainieg OF students Gil 900 +;
education Of ministers children Sl5. 900;
day schools for The poor $22 900; Sabbath
schools $4,000; tract society $4,000 ;
beside. contribution for minor objects.
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Medical Advertisements
Dr.. Els
CELEBRATED
V r M IFUGE
LIVER PILLS.
1--WE ofthe best Prep.r.tlon. OF h NC.

They are not recon-
mended as Universal
Cure-alls, but simply for
what their name pur-
ports.
The VERM1FUcE, fof
expelling Worms from
the human SYSTEM, has
also been administered
with the most satisfactory
results to various animals
subject to Worms.
The LIVER PILLS, for
the cure of Liver CON-
PLANT, all BILIOUS DE-
R~ANGEMENTs, SICK HEAD
ACHE, &c.
Purchasers will please
be particular to ask for
DR.. G. McLane's Cele-
brated VERM1FuGE and
LIVER PILLS, prepared by
&s";o,q $>es.
SOLE PRoPRIEToRs, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and take no
other, as there are various
other preparations now
before the public, pur-
porting to be Vermifuge
and Liver Pills. All
others, in comparison
with DIR. McLANE's, are
worthless.
The GENUINE McLane's
Vermifuge and Liver
Pills can now be had at
all respectable Drug
Stores.
M BROS,
90 WOOD ST., PITTSBURGH. Pa.
Sole PROPRIETOR.
ScoNil & Mead, No ~. Ihn,,rrs .ur,t
New Orleans. General Wholesale Agents for
The Southern States, to whom all orders
| must be- addressed.
Sold 10y MAGIiL G. IIEATH,I ancsstrr.
April 30. 1856. lI.ly.
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= II = r a N S r LEDGER.
sonRow.

Sorrow sobers ps, and makes the mind
genial. And in sorrow we love and trust
our friends more tenderly, and the dead
become dearcr TO us. And Just ms the
stars slime out in the night, SO there are
blessed faces that look at us in our grief,
though before their features were fading
from our recollections.
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a formal, fashionable visitor thus adj.
dressed a little girl;
"How arc you, my dear :"
VERY we'll, thank yon, sir" size re.
piled.
The visitor tbea added: Now, NV
dear, you should ask me how | am"
The child simply and honestly replied,
81 don't want TO know"
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TIE GREAT PURIFIER OF TIE
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Not a Particle of Mercury in ~
An infalliblc remedy for Scrofula, Kings Evil,
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Ague and Fever, Chronic Sore EcyssyRingworm,
or letter, Scald head, Enlargement and pain of
the Bones 4 Joints, Salt Rheum, stubborn u
ecrs, Syphilitic Disorders, and all diseases arising
from an injudicious use Of Mercury, Imprudence
in Life, or Impurity of the Blood.
This great Alternative Medicine and Purifier Of
the Blood is now used by thousands of grateful
patients from all parts Of the United States,
who testify daily TO the remarkable cures per-
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ter's Spanish Mixture" Neuralgia, Rhcuma.
tism, S~crofula, En- Jtions on tho Skin. Liver
Disease, Fevers, Ulcers, Old Sores, Affection of
the Kidneys. Disease Of the Throat, Female
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been found to compare with IL. II cleanes the
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yigor and strength.
FOR the disease Of females IL is peculiarly an.
plicable, and wherever II has become known is
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u Invigoratos the weak and dcbilitated. and
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thy q single bottle Of this inestlmable remedy
IL worth all tho so-cahed sarsapariilas in cxis-
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The large number Of certificates which wo'
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ers, magistrates, physicians, aud public men,
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mony TO the wonderful effects Of this Great
Blood Purifier"
Call on tho Agent and got an Almanac, and
read the details Of astonishing cures performed
by CATERS Spanish Mixture, lin most cases
every thing else had signaIly failed. -
The limits OF Nv advertisement will no. sdmi
their full insertion.
WIN. s. BEERS g. CO., Preprit tors,
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10 whom all orders must be addressed.
For sale by Druggists aud Country Merchants
In all parts OF the United States aud the Cana.
aAssElrISE q cuRETos, Lancaster
May sfnr N- L.
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Leavenworth City. under the title of the
LEANENWORTIl JOURNAL,
ABOUT THE FIRST OF JUNE.
lN. We are induced to engage in this en-
tcrprisc from u conviction that another IN.
per is required by the growing population
OF kansas, and the public demand for full
and II liable information in regard 10 its lis
toy topography, climate, soil. resources,
politics, prcscn, condition and future pros.
poets. SUCH mIosmrlton NC can more readi-
Iy furnish here, since I~.eayenwcrrh is the
commercial intrcpnt Of the Territory-Occu.
pies a position of direct intcr.commnnicotiop
with two thirds VI its population, and is the
focus OF news.
I'd. We believe that the institution Of
Black Slavery is u moral, political and eco.
no'ulcal b~lcssing-ihat il is right in prnci.
pic aud expedicnt in policy, Audience should
he defended and extended. 1t is our pur
pose to maintain these propositions in our
paper, and do all in our power to make Kan
sIs q skavc State. IN the discussion of the
slavery question, however, We viii CT deav-
or TO maintain II conservative position, 10
present arguments and facts instead of de-
nunciaiion and abuse.
Sd. Although the "Leayenworth Journal
VIII De devoted 10 Politics IN u great degree,
yeti will pay due regard to the Good, the
True and the Beautifu' II will exhibit n
faithful portraiture Of the times in which
We live, by presenting n correct account of
The current events Of the day, the progress
Of the Arts and Sciences, of Education,
Commerce, Agriculture and Internal Im>
proyements. II will discuss all subjects with
freedom and brmDcss; give all parties their
dues, and follow the light Of truth.
y our Weekly Journal meets with a cor.
dial support, we intend Don to publish a
Td.Weekiy and perhaps g Daily.
The editorial department Of the "Journnl"
WI be presided over by 5. D.. Goode. late Of
Kentucky, and Warren %. Wilkes, lnto of
South Carolina.
We ,Ppeal to our friends to sustain "a.
JERMs-Weekly, 81; Fri. Weekly. S5.
GOODE, WILKES g. co.
L~eavenworth City, Kansas.
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APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
1000 prizes amounting to S2OOOOO
Tickets $40; Halls s5; Quarters so. 81
Plan OF THE


30,09a Numbers corresponding with those
on the Tickets are placed in one Wheel
The fret $50 Prize are placed in another
Wheel a number is drawn from the mum.
Der v heel, and at the same lime n Prize is
drawn from the other wheel. The priz,
drawn is placed against the Number drawn.
This operation is repeated until all the Prizes
are drawn out.
APPROXIM ALTON PRlZES-The two
preceding and the two succeeding Numbers
in those drawing the first $50 Prizes ~ i'll be-
entitled to the $40 Approximation Prizes,
according 10 the Scheme.
IN ORDERING TICKETS,
Enclosc the money to our address for the
Tickets ordered, on receipt Of which they
will be- forwarded by first mail.
The List OF Drawn Numbers aud Prizes
viii lie sent 10 purchasers immediately af or
the drawing.
Orders for Tickets should be sen, in carr
ly.
f5 Purchasers will please write their
signatures plain and give their Post Office.
County and State.
~ RemembeE that every Pie ~ drawn
and payable IN full wiihoui deduction
~ All prizes Of $1,000 and under. paid
immediately after the druwing-olher prizes
at the usual time Of thirty days.
Az communications strictly confidential.
Prize Tickets cashed or renew ed in 9th.
or Tickets Of either office.
Orders for Tickets can he addressed eth.
er to
y. SWAN e. co. Atlanta, Ga.
or 5. SWAN, Montgomery, Ala.
tE AS the above is not an .old and az.
en- numb"r scheme" no certificates of Pack.
sges can be sold in u.
o-essss - is<s ss-Ss !
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CLEVELANDiS

Original Prize Medal Cologne Water
IN Pint Bottles, Prentiss' Toilet Powder
Gowland's Lotion, Lyons Kaihairon, Barry's
TricOpherous, HaueI's Eau Lustral, &c.
&:. Just received ut
]. +. DELAYS.
Camden, April 90, 1856. lott
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a horse-dealer had a son, who being a
LAD OF spirit, proposed, rs a novel expert.
ment, to open a stable on strictly honest
dealing; but the father, who was a prI.
dent man, discouraged the idea, oLsery.
ing that he disliked speculation.
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Clubbing.

a discount OF = per cent. from the above
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four
or more Copies OF any one or more ofth above
works Thus, four copies Of Blackwood, or
OF one REVIEW, VIII be- sent toone address for
50 ionF copies OF the four Reviews and Black.
wood for $40 and 80 on.
*.'No premium will be given where the
above allowance is mace To Clubs. nor will
premiums IN IN! case be furnished, unles.
the subscription money is paid in full t. the
rnoI'Shcrs without recourse TO m agent
Money current IT, the State where issued
will be 'cceiyed ut par.
Rcm.ttances and communications should al
wsy'' he addressed, postpaid, to the Pub
islcrs
LEONARD SCOTT & CO..
Com STREET, New York.
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Fresh Drugs, Medicines
60, 60

Are received every weck-among the
latest are n fresh supply OF Citrate of Mag.
nesia. Tarrants Settler and Apcrient, CoxeT.
Sparkling Gelatine, Cleveland. Cologne on
draught, BALM OF A THOUSAND
FLOWERS, RGek Potash in Cans, with full
for making hfrd aud son Soap.
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81 PER ANNUM-IN ADVANCE,
TO SUBSCRIBERS:

We would earnestly solicit our subsrri
bcrs To aid in procuring additions TO our
list. We are lahoring aSsiduouSlv to shake
oil the heavy debt entitled upon Is BY the
disastrous iire which swept oil our office in
1854 The Banncr contains 4 larger amouu,
OF reading matter than any weekly paper in
the State and the low Price at which /, i.
Furnished should entitle il 10 a iurp, sinh.
scripiion. While Northern papers count by
thousands. ours ut the South have but hun
dreds, and could not be published ut all for
the mere amount OF the subscription. Tn.
le' advertising be added, our wcvhlies could
not exist. Now, the publ at;yn Of a daily
paper alone has enabled Us To- gup.Iy 40
large an amount of reading mattcr for So
SINAI, u subscription price, aud it is only by
Il very large addition of Subscribers that we
can hope for rcmuncraiion.
Will not EACH Of our friends make nm ef.
fort for us! Mrs. Chick says: There /,
nothing like making an effort" We would
like very much for each one To try the yir.
tue Of her philosophy.
NOW Is THE TINE:
This is the proper iiue TO subscribe. so
that you may get the whole story of :. Lo.
ranc, or Superstition" II is fully equal Ia
the previous successful tales Of our valued
correspondent.
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Sign Of the Two Large Watches.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND
f

AlhEW YORK PRICES R0R CASH
Merchants and Dealers will do well TO cal
ana examine the stock OF Watches, Clocks, and
Jesel'y, at 24s King-street, before they pur,
chese elsewhere. -
Every article warranted.
s,"'k always on hand peculiarly adapted 70
country dealers.
q twenty per cent by calling on
WIZ. MASTERMAN,
eS7 King st., Charleston,
-Four doors FROM wentworth-st.
Ocs sS ssSf
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SunAoQ Rrn1iul]
THE BLESSED HOME

','', !" "' nome Is The wish OF the
T '" on S'"'''.y seas and lonely watch.
Ln D',o % the WIS" OF the soldier, and ten
,ire,rs 80 '"u'T' WIN TIE troubled
WIZ, ~ ut''n '"d tented Held
nInmas ' a%l r%,,2''r%o waves its graceful
,,,I a. " o''"' {" Je"e!ed In>tre flash
owl. .;,S "..o'S gorgeous ilo"crs, the
%nnIo "a. 1,',"'E vi vacancy; a f'r'away
,3 ~ us "''t' ard borne on the
H""2' ~ '''cy over intervening seas aud
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NATURE Will n: RrronTrn

All things are engaged in writing their
W history. The plane. and pebble goes
HttcGded by its shadows. The rolling
rock leaves lis scratches on the mountai9
S'de the river its channel in the soil the
animal, its Tones in the stratum; the fern
ana leaf their modest cpitaph in the coal.
inc ialI'ng drop makes its scpulchre in
HE sand or stone, not Il foot steps into
SNOW 81 aIons the ground, but prints in
characters more or less lasting, a man OF
lis march. every act Of .ho man inscrjbes
Itself on the memories Of its fellows. and
ms own face. The air il full Of soupd-
VI" sky OF tokens; the ground is all mem.
Grand and singing natures, and every
object is covered over with hints ;ba,
speak to the intelligent.
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PARADISE.

Paradise is not 50 far off as is some.
times thought. The garden of Eden !,
now spread out in tie width Of the world
'Hr homes are bowers in it; our roads
arc waIk9 in il. asd always within rcocb
hang forbidden fruits, though now thew
are such rs arc often their W punish.
'ncnt in sin naples of Sodom, roide, in
tie r'nd and dast inside. There is in The
garden still the free Of the knowledge Of
good and evil, this we may eat of now
io' 1t " full grown, and the fruit of it il
ripe.