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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21
Nor. Tes,;mouy.-Ue have

Wore Testimony.-We have just learned FROM lady
in this city who has been afflicted with Dyspepsia for several
that by the advice of friend she induced
BAKERS CELEBRATED PREMIUM BIrTERs, after having usrd
number Of other prescriptions without any effect, and that
four hotties of il has perfectly cured her of the disease and
Is healthy she in her life This is but
addition the thousands testimonials in the hands
Proprietor showing concusiYey that it is the best tdyspep
IT, tonic in For chocs loss Of appetite weak and
dispieed stomach and suc other diseases
gesop these ers have equal while aguc
and bllousness taken according directions, they
As Spring medicine for children these Btters
unryad and every houscdccpcr should keep them hand
and ue them freely during the spring and FALL months few
bottles iudiciously administered will ward off ds,rcs.
sing spells fever Give them trial Price only 80 per
bottle To be had Of Strother Whitehead and r. Staber,
Lynchhurg and of Druggists generally. jan Jd2w
The ssrenscsi Discovery Of fIsc Ayf-DowDEN's
DENTAL FLUID for cleaning and preserving the and
preventing toehache arrestng decay Par delight,
f flavor the breath has superseded all tooth powders
other compounds. which only destroy the teeth.
Read the testimony Of of the principal Dentists in the
State:
Il have used DJwdcn Dental Fluid my ,ctice
six months as wash for the mouth il highly
stores diseased gums to healthy condition Numbers OF my
fens have been benefited b. it, eeanses the teeth and
parts delightful fragrance To the breath.
THOS. H. EDMlNDS, Nj, ID, Dentist,
hain st, Richmond, Va"
For sale by STROLLER & Whitehead aud all Druggists.
dec 2ot5th feb
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

The Ladies of the II Presbyterian Church
wil hold FEAST In the Warwick Hause next Tuesday
the I'D If this month"; opening at O'Clock, p NJ ON the
day there will he IIoT DrsxER They ask the patronage Of
the public. Ian 1s-f22d
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21

LYNcHRURG January 18th 1856
Mus c s. MACKENzIE Madam 1t with sincere pleasure
that the undersigned citizens Of Lynchburg avail themselves
of this method of conveying their congratulations
the universal admiration which a.
matte performances have elected since in our eli
In testimony therefore of appreciation your merits
Lady and Artistic solicit your acceptance Compli.
Benefit from citizens.
Hoping that request will meet approval leave
the and selection Of the onr own disere
ton
With hest wishes for health happiness and
w remain. with the highest siderations
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21

LNsNE IRISH POTATOES.-We have in
u very fine Irish Potatoes for table the
bushel or retail ian 21.tsl LEE & JOHNSON
UlUCKWllEAT FLOUR for snie by
- jan gifts LEI. & JOHNSON
NEW YORK. 1sJS.-asrausifuI aud attract.
~ I'VE SILK GoODS-t.DN ARD LAMBERT & CO.
- Chambers ST. and - a, four doors from Broadway
opposite the Park beg leave that
receivng their SPRING IMPORTATION which embraces
unusual novelty, beauty and variety.
In view of their increased facilities haS ing established
nanent Agent in Europe they win be in possession each
arrival of all the and latest styles FOREIGN
DRESS GOODS.
Their stock being kept and well assorted throughout the
whole they viii be prepared do business with
sound merchant throughout the entire Union the lowe
ruling whepey ct he shall visit the market
Having made unusual preparations for the coming Season.
will offer the largest best selected
exhibited which due attention respectfully
1qdlm
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21

James Mcdonald VIM $. Hannah,
A. = Engleiovc A. w. Horncr
l.. w Redd. J. c. Paxton.
Is H. Lewis, q. W. \. Rainc
John L. Whaling, Ino. D. Gaddess
IL Snead Jno. NJ. Crowley,
Stephen +. Peters, w. T. Jones,
A. Mcdonald Jno. G. Rainc,
AnthoY jr, WIN. f. Hoey.
ID H. Lyman. John II. Conley,
VIM. j Read CHI j. Raiue
VIM. II. Hare, Thos 7. Richardson
a. 4. Burton, J. Dixon,
Wm II Moon j. G. johnson,
John NJ White, A. w Cross
Rn s. Elan, \ A Bailey
Chas =. Lee. Sam1 b Thurman
Wr. II. Mostly, and sixty others
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21

VVE subscriber begs leave TO return his thanks his
merous friends for their bers patronage to Tho
concerns To which he has beorged and asks
their patronage to the new
ian ises RENL Ill NDMIIN.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21

For sale by STROLLER & Whitehead aud all Druggists
dec 2o.t5th feb
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NEW CONeERN.-The .ub.er.ber- ,.ny,

VEiE subscriber being thankful for the liberal patronage be-
y slowed on the different of which he has been
member and promising that shall be exered 10
please his customers would respectfully ask continuance of
the same to the Of j. b. & H. H. NowiIn, and
hopes to be able their busin person
j. Is. NOKIlN.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-21

n GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES
~ We wOuld call the attention of the public rce
NJ Il, stock of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. We
oD have inthe house Watches made by the cccra
ted makers and casedn Hunting and Open Face Cases
gentleman who he in want of Watch for himself Is
dy fail of finding something to his taste in the stock
which offer Our stock of silver Watches is also very
plcte.
should be pleased show the above goods any time
q All warranted TO DO time keepers.
SlLNERTHORN & CLIFF
iarI
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05
A NEW INVENTION.

Some years since hoop-iron was proposed
asa substitute for rope in balcing cotton,
and to some extent it was brought into use;
but in consequence of the difficulty in ad-
justing the riyits, and the time lost in secur:
ing them, most persons abandoned the use
of iron and returned to the rope. We were
shown yesterday new invention for fasten-
ing the bands, which obviates all objections,
and can be done by any one who has eyes
and hands, in an instant-much sooner than
rope can be tied.
The fastening is made by binding over
each end of the strap, so as to form two hooks
and when one is placed in the other,
sliding-clasp over them, which confes them
immovably. This simple contrivance is the
invention of David McComb, of cotton press
celebrity, and by telegraphic despatch re-
ceived yesterday from Washington, we learn
that he has obtained patent for it.
The advantages of using hoop-iron for
baleing cotton are, with McComb's fasten-
ings, obvious enough.
First, time is saved, as the straps can be
put in and fastened more rapidly than ropes
can be tied
Second, the straps will hold the bale to
within two inches of the size that the press
makes it, while ropes stretch incontinently.
Third, in compression for shipment, the
straps can be more readily re-clasped than
ropes can be tied, and they will hold the
compressed bale to its size, while with rope
ties it expands twenty-five to thirty per cent
after it leaves the press. This will make
gain of space to shippers that is important.
To ilustrate-A ship that has stowage for
1900 bales, tied with ropes, can make room
for 5000 bales with iron straps. =
Fourth, the weight of the straps to each
bale is about eight and one-half to nine
pounds, and can be furnished this year, al
ready painted, with hooks and clasps, at
about two cents per pound less than rope
of itself very considerable item to the plant
ing interest. .-..
Finally, the iron hoops are protection
against fire, for though it may burn some on
the outside, bale of cotton cannot readily
burn up until the ties are broken and the
air allowed to get to the mass of cotton
Ti;chsbury JFhig.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05
gelett Mlliisttaal,p,
SOUTHERN THOUGHT.

Capitalization is the monster evil of the
day. It tends to create a single centre o.
trade, credit. money, and wealth, and also
one Of thought, intellect, and fashion. The
| former centreis OF London, the latter at Paris.
Neither the wealth nor the institutions Of
any country are safe, that come fully within
the influence Of those absorbing malstroms.
The evils of a single centre of thought are
greater than those of 4 centre trade, for il
prevents originality, begets imitativeness,
and gives to the world but one set of ideas
After the conquest of Greece by the Romans,
the schools at Athens, and their branches at
Alexandria and q few other cities, continued
to be the centres of thought for the civilized
world. These schools borrowed from the
past, and the rest of the world borrowed
from them. The human mind was chained
down and imprisoned, and soon began to de-
cline. We have always considered the schools
of Athens as the most potent cause of the
decline Of civilization, and of the coming
ON of the dark ages
The South has strong and peculiar reasons
for resisting the influence of this centraliza-
tion of thought. She can import from abroad
only such ideas as are at war with her insti-
tutions. Her sons had better observe and
study the social phenomena that present
themselves at home, or engage in the critical
pursuit of Greek, Roman and Hebrew liter
ature, than to go to Paris to learn socialism
and infdelity, or to the North to imbibe Abb
olitionism. At least, before they travel a.
broad they should thoroughly understand the
history, the theory, and the practical working
of their own institutions.
The numerous Colleges and Universities
that have been erected of late years in the
South, have already checked the inro Ids of
Capitalization, and given birth to original
domestic thought. Professor Drew, of Will
liam and Mary was the first to write a really
Southern. book. His defence of slavery is
bold, original and learned, and leaps over
the fashionable morality, religion and phi
losophy ofthe day, to appenltothe practices,
the history, the religion, the morality and
the philosophy of mankind in general. Pro-
fessor Holmes, of the same College, has also
written many learned, profound and original
essays in defence of our Institutions Pro-
fessor Smith, of Randolph Macon, delivers
series Of lccturesannually, expounding and
iustifyiDg slavery on principle; and now
Professor Bledsoe, from our University, it.
self soon to become one of the centres of
Southern thought, has given to the public an
able scientific work vindicating our institu-
tions. Southern thought has at length a.
wakened. twill save the South, and moth
ing else can. For men mustbe first satisfied
of the justice of their cause, ere they will
embark heart and soul in its defence. Those
Colleges, against which demagogues declaim,
are worth all the rest of our institutions for
the salvation of all the rest depends on them
Richmond Enquirer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05
G9oiife 4oetrg>
rHE HusRAND,s AppEAI.

THE HUSBANDS APPEAL.
In my memory there dwelleth forms ana faces
most divine,
Which in boyhood's days / cherished, thinking
should make them mine:
Faces only seen in slumbers, or in fancy's golden
dreams,
Or ON stained oriel windows, when the sunlight
through them CLEANS
Faces such as Raphael painted such as poets love
&, >S.3St TO weave
In their sweetest, bes. creations, over which we
joy or grieye:
But of all these lovely pictures there is nome that
will compare
With the living, mortal woman, who is good as
she is fair:
Lowly minded, pure and earnest, serving God with
all her heart,
And, like Mary of the Scripture, choosing well
Sheit is who sits beside me-she who, trusting,
gave her hand,
With the promise that together We would journey
through the land.
hare walked with naughty damsels, walked with
maids Of low degree;
Spoken words of praise to beauty, and to goodness
bowed the knee.
Felt my heart grow warm from glances cast by
s softest eyes of blue,
Felt my heart grow strong and earnest cheered
;z by y.eyes of darker hue:
Hoped and struggled-toiled and suffered forsome
paltry gainin life,
But in nothing found contentment till found my
blessed wife.
Wife! the world is full of beauty-full of purity
and truth
Whether row 'tis present with us-whether still
dream of youth,
Unfulflled-a hope-a something which may new
er come topass;
Or, memory sweet, though faded, like the old
years faded grass.
Wife it speaks of home-of children-joys too
sweet to be revealed:
One to loye-to cherish--pray for, and from every
griefstn shield.
You, who have wife to love you with love
that's unsurpassed
Treasure,it as something precious, for you know
not if twill last.
Death may come within your dwelling, chase the
sunlight from each room,
Turn the blazing hearth to ashes--6ll your onward
path with gloom,
Pray, then, that no word be spoken to her which
yon may regret,
When the golden bowl is broken-when the light
of home is set. sra,
~. T. - b
If you carelessly have uttered words that bore q
= bitter sting,
Ask yourself these simple questions Can they break
the marriage ring?
Can they even. dim the lustre which that marriage
ring should bear?
Can they FILL her heart with sorrow, or enshroud
herbrow with care?
If your cooler moments show you these or more
may come to pass,
Quickly seek to be forgiven, ere ifes sands shall
quit the glass.
When the pleasant word is spoken, asking pardon
for your sin,
How the upturned face is gladdened! how rejoiced
the heart within!
What low, tender words, come flowing from the
fountain yon have stirr'd,
When your voice, in pleading accents, by the pre-
cious oneis heard ...
Oh! it's something good and noble thus to set
heart at rest,
Sending peace and sweet contentment back within
the huttering breast.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05
From the n. o. Crescent, April %,
EDITORIAL LIFE.

One of the subjects frequently alluded to,
but little known-of great Importance, and
of some, though not sufficient esteem, is that
one with which we have prcfaced these re.
marks-the life editorial.
In country like our own, where the
newspaper is, perhaps, the most omnipotent
and omnipresent of all agencies-where it
stands as preacher, chronicler, friend politi-
clan, agent, king and Judge; rewarding the
good, furnishing the bad; encouraging pro-
gress, and stating the path and the goal of
that progress-it has the highest crown of
any in the royal congress of labor. That it
is without reproach, no one will assert
There are bad men, who subvert it to the
lowest purpose; ambitious men, who direct
tito mere political or pecuniary objects; in.
sane men, who direct it towards what is i'm
practicable and unattainable, as we'll as to
what is undesirable. But the rule, by the
verdict Of that great jury which comprises
our whole country and all of our countrymen
aye, even by the world at large-has been
endorsed so that now it is honorable, as well
as responsible, and as influential as it is pow
erful. The very men who transform it from
its true intents, and wrench it into wrong,
pay the homage vice must ever render vir-
tue, in so doing.
If an individual has made grand discov-
cry in mechanics, in philosophy, or in any
other department of learning, what is his
first step but to secure the herculean agency
of the press? If grand deed has been ac-
complished, or high thought evolved-if
progress has been made in any department
soever, from abstract philosophy to patent
rat-trap-the world knows that the discover
er never content with his laurels, unless they
are placed upon his brow by the press. 1t
is, in our grand human democracy, Meme
sis to the sinner, but Minerva, with all her
glories, to the good, and great stay and So
lace to the suffering.
What an illimitable field Of labor is open
ed to it; and with how much zeal, how
much ability, honesty and fdelity-through
adversely, against opposition, without reward
does it march on towards the mark of its
high calling; like an olden knight, panoplied
all in steel, whose progress no power may
prevent. There is suffering in the way for
those by whom it is served-weak and wea.
ry in their everlasting work, to which that
of Sisyplus was but prologue and adumbra-
tion. There is more than weakened nerves,
wearied brain and down-letting of all the
physical agencies; for a thousand lions, and
dogs and hyenas lie in his path, watching
the banner-man as he marches-ready at all
times to besmear his golden standard, though
they may not face his trenchant falchion.-
There is the unending wrestler with the
world, in all the mental and material shapes
in which it can be presented, and with those
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shapes subdivided into personal and antago-

shapes subdivided into personal and antago-
nistic ones. Friends must be defended to
the death, though their thanks are more than
they will repay for the labor. Foes must
be fought, who will come to the encounter,
armed with every weapon, to win: their
cause; and when the terrible combat is end
ed, does the hero.6ghter lie down to repose
and rest? New labors and other contests are
waiting his taxed powers. He turns only
to meet fresh foe, on as bitter field as the
former, who must be. hurled down by his
arm-because the good, easy world, knows
that he can do it, and gives no quarter if he
yields once where he has conquered, thous-
and times.
And more is demanded the more is done.
A piece of unreasonable news-an erroneous
chrouicling of one mans given name, or Of
one horses best time-an inference which,
for want Of exact knowledge concerning all
the premises, happens to be wrong-is visit
ed with reproach and severe censure. The
impossibility of perfection below is forgotten,
and the editor is expected to comprehend all
the virtues, all the graccs, all the heroism
and all the goodness of the world. A thous-
and merciless censors sit g ound with jagged
sticks, to torture him for the slightest fail
ure.
So onHard-ever toiling, learning, striv-
ing and seeking to improve himself and
others, the editor goes; crowded hard by i'm
portunities always sometimes slipping, but
leaping manfully to the front again, and
marching resolutely, flag and sword in hand,
into--the coffin. And as the clods rattle
over him, the world says: 'Another editors
dead--a decent fellow-wonder who'll take
his place p Wonder away! Who can gil
the vacant seat? Not you-nor you-nor
you-uukind, uncharitable, ungenerous, on
whom his life has been bestowed. For the
true editor is not the thing of day, but one
who has been taught by time, by thought,
by bitter pain and experience and the cru.
cible through which such go is so severe,
that many perish in it where one lives-to
die.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05

PUBLIC APPROVAL OF Mr. BooKs.-We
were not mistaken in asserting, on Saturday
last, that the Hon. Preston s. Brooks had
not only the approval, but the hearty con-
gratulatious of the people of South Carolina
for his summary chastisement Of the Abo-
litionist Sumner.
Immediately upon the reception Of the
news on Saturday last, most enthusiastic
meeting as convened in the town of Newber.
ry, at which Gen. Williams, the Intendant,
presided. Complimentary resolutions were
introduced by Gen. A. G. Darlington, and
ardent speeches made by him, Col. S. Fair,
Maj. Henry Summer and others. The
meeting voted him handsome gold-headed
cane, which we saw yesterday, on its way to
Washington, entrusted to the care of Hon.
R. F: Simpson. At Anderson, the same
evening, a meeting was called, and com.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05
PUNCTUALITY.

1t should be remembered that punctuality
in the ful6lmcut of engagements is a matter
of the utmost importance with men of busi-
ness; and yet it is quite difficult for them to
be punctual under some Of the circumstances
that we have described. A day or two since
friend stopped in the street for only five
minutes to hear story that turned out of
very little Importance, and yet he lost his
passage to New York. He arrived at the
wharf just one minute too late! Another
anecdote in point: In the year 1912, two of
our most eminent physicians, DR.. R. and DR..
W. had an appointment together for the pur-
pose of consultation. The hour was four
o'clock in the afternoon. DR.. R. arrived at
the designated time, and, with watch in hand
walked up and down the parlor. Five min
utes elapsed, and DR.. W. had not made his
appearance. At the expiration of ten min.
utes he came. DR.. R. then complained Bit
terly, and said in consequence of the delay
his entire business for the afternoon had
been deranged. DR.. W. apologized, and
promised to do better next time. The other
shook his head with incredulity, and said
that, unfortunately, the case was not the first
of the kind. They then visited the patient
and made another engagement for ten o.
clock the next morning. DR.. W. was on
this occasion FIVE minutes in advance, where
as DR.. R. made his appearance exactly as
the clock was striking ten. The other, as
he saw his approach, exclaimed, with exul.
tation, "ah! Doctor, who is the punctual
man this timer" 81 am" retorted DR.. R.
with considerable spirit. 81 am here at the
appointed time, neither before nor after, and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-05
that according to nv view of the subject, is

that according to my view of the subject, is
puuctuality." And he was right.
Still another: A leading lawyer Of this
city, now among the departed, carried bis
notions of punctuality to very remarkable
extent. At the time designated for a meet
ing in his Office he would remain FIVE min
utes to allow for any possible difference in
watches, and then, should, the other party
fail to appear, he would invariably go out:
At first, the plan was regarded novel and
eccentric; but soon the effect was salutary,
for all who made. engagements with him
knew that they must be punctual, or were
prepared to take the consequences. The
subject is one that might be followed up to
almost any extent. How many members Of
our public bodies are in the constant habit
Of keeping their colleagues waiting, and thus
delaying and postponing the transaction Of
important business! Such course is not
only discourteous and .ungentlemanly, but is
unjust and unfair. No man has right won
tonly to waste the time of his neighbor; !;
while the individual who makes an engage
ment, not intending to fulfil it, exhibits a
sad want Of gentlemanly propriety, and is in
fact guilty of a meanness as we'll as an in.
sult.-Philadelohia Enquirer.