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srRANaENEss OF DEATH.

Angels nave no death TO undergo; there
Is no such fear of unnatural violence be-
tween them and their final destiny. 1t is
for man, and for aught that appears, it is
for man alone, to watch, from tho other
side of the material panorama that sur
rounds him, the great and amazing realities
with which he has everlastingly to dot
is for him so locked in an imprisonment cf
clay-and with no other loop-holes of COM
munication between himself and all that
surrounds him, than the eye and the ear
it is for him to light up in his bosom live
ly and realizing sense of the things that
eye hath never seen, and year hath never
heard. 1t is for man, and perhaps for man
alone, to travel in thought over the ruins of
mighty desolation, and beyond the wreck
of that present world by which he is en-
compassed, to conceive that future world on
which he is to expatiate forever. But a
harder achievement, perhaps, than any-it
is for man, in the exercise of faith, to OBJ
serve that most appalling of all contempla-
tions, the decay and dissolution of himself
to think of the time when his now anima-
ted frame work, every part Of which is so
sensitive and dear to him, shall fall to pieces,
when the vital warmth by which it is so
thoroughly pervaded shall take its depart
ure, and leave to GOODNESS and abandon
ment, all that is visible of this moving, and
acting, and thinking creature-when those
limbs, with which lie now steps so firmly ;
and that countenance out of which he looks
so gracefully, and that tongue with which
he now speaks so eloquently; when that
whole body, for the interest and provision
Of which he now Iabors so strenuousIy, as
If indeed it were immortal-when all these
shall be reduced to a mass Of putrefaction,
and a length crumble, with the coffin that
encloses them, into dust! Why, my breth-
rem, to being in the full consciousness and
possession of its living energies, there is
something, if may be allowed the express
sion, so foreign and unnatural in death,
that we ought not to wonder if it scare
away the mind from that ethereal region of
existence to which it is fastening. Angels
have no such transition of horror and mys-
terry to undergo. There is no screen of
darkness interposed between them and the
portion Of their futurity, however distant
and it appears that it is for man only to
drive bridge across that barrier, which
looks 80 impenetrable, or SO to surmount
the power of vision as to carry his aspir-
ings over the SUBMITS of all that revela.
ton has made known to him.-Dr. Chak
7ReyS
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cARTER'S SPANISH MIXTURE.
The Great Purifier Of the Blood!
TIE BEST LTERATIVE KNOWN !

lie BESI LIERAIlfE kNUWN
Not Particle Of Mercury in it!
An Infallhe Remedy for Scrofula, Kings Evil,
Rheumatism, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruptions,
Pmples Postulcs OH the Face, Blotchcs,
Bols, Ague and Fever, Chronic Sore Eyes,
Ring Worm or letter, Scnld Head, Enlarge
ment and Puin of the Bones and Joints, Salt
Rheum, Stubborn Ulcers, Syphilitic Disorders,
and all Diseases arising from injudicious
use of Mercury, Imprudence in Life, or I'M
purity of the Blood.
cB This great Alternative medicine and Pu-
rfcr of Blood is now used by thousands of CRATE
ful patients from all parts of the United States,
who testify daily to the remarkable cures per-
formed by the greatest of ;ll medicines "CAR-
KERS SPANISH MIXTURE" Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Scrofula. Eruptions the Skin,
Liver Disease, Fevers, Ulcers, Old Sores, Affcc-
ton of the Kidneys, Diseases of the Throat,
Female Complaints, Puhs and Aching Of the
Bones and Joints. ure speedily put to flight by
using this great and inestimable remedy.
For all diseases Of the Blood, nothing has vet
been found TO compare with it. 1t cIcanscs the
system of all impurities, acts gently and eff
cicntly OH the Liver and Kidneys, Strengthens
the digestion, gives tone 10 the Stomach, max cs
the skin clear and healthy, and restores the
Constitution, enfeeblcd by disease or broken
down by the exccsscs of youth to its pristine
vigor and strength.
For the Diseases of Females il is peculiarly
applicable, nnd wherever 1t has become known =,
is regularly prescribed with the happiest effects
| Ii invigorates the weak and debilitated, and i'm
parts elasticity to the worn.out frame, clears the
skin and leaves the patient fresh and healthy !;
II single bottle of this inestirnable remedy is
| worth all the SO called SursaparilIas in existence.
| The large number of certificates which we
have received from persons from all purts of the
United States. is the best evidence that there is
no l!nmbug about il. The press, hotel keepers.
magistrates, physicians, and public men, we'll
known to the cummunity, all nld their testmo-
ny to the wonderful! effects of this GREAT
BLOOD PURIFIER.
Call OH the Agent and get m Almanac, and
| read the details of astonishing cures perform ed
| by CARTERS SPANISH MIXTURE, lin most
| eases where everything else had signalIy failed J
! The limits Of an advertisement will not admit
| their full insertion.
WM. S. BEERS, 6 CO., Propristors,
No 304, Broadway, New York,
To whom all orders must he addressed
For sale by Druggists and Country Merchants
in all parts Of the United States aud the Cana.
das, and by
WARDI.Aw & Lyon, AbbevIe C. H.,
GARY & JONES, Cokcsbury,
+. &. PARKS, Greenwood
May l, 1856. 9 ly
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POLITICAL OFFICE.sEEKrNa.

But the idea to which we wish to draw
parental attention in this article is not to
professed politicians. but to that Numerous
class of young men who depend on political
party for living. In large number of
cases their destination is one of three -
l. Premature death.
2. Brandy drinking.
3. A blank life.
IL is ~ell-known that most governmental
employers bold their position by reason of
their political opinions, consequently every
change in their policy throws them out of
employment. Those who are not dismissed
by an incoming administration, are such as
have rendered their services necessary to
the government, by their selfsacrificine as.
siduity in the faithful discharge of their du-
ties; if this were all it might be borne, but,
as it might be expected, a mere partisan
oftice.holder neglects bis duties, and the
performance of them falls on those who are
more faithful to their trusts, and in this
double workihsmbers perish prematurely ~
disease engendered through over.labor and
over-solicitude.
But nine out Of ten of those who hold
political places change with the administra-
ton, snd being thrown out of Office, have
NO other means of livelihood. With per.
haps wife and child or two to be proyi.
ded for, tbs not difficult to perceive the
we'ghty inducements such have to labor
for another turn of tie political wheel, aud
in PERFORMING that labor they fail into such
practices and associations as make an escape
from drunkenness an exception rather than
rule.
But in the few cases where the love ot
liquor is not result, where there is too
much moral rectitude to go down to that
degradation, the want of employment soou
brings want Of subsistence then come des.
pondeney, idle habits, want of energy. and
in its train want Of ambition, aud finally
loss of self-respeet and q blank life.
ln view Of these things we consider Il a
great calamity for young man to obsa;n
any salaried political Office; better a rrea,
deal, because safss and immeasuratse mora
Independent, 10 serve a regular apursnt;ea.
ship TO sosps ssefsi haadicraft /, tor then,
however bright may be the fortunes az af,a,
life, there willbe in resssye, ip case Of "a.
yerses, capital to draw upon, which smil.
fortune csnnos aak which governmental
changes cannss destroy.--Halpy Jou,nai
Of Health.
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POETRY !
WHAT I LOST BY KISSING KATE.
BY WILLIAM L. FARBoR.

There were Lizzie, Kate and Mary,
All three beautiful and young,
But the name of Mary ever
fingered longest on my tongue,
And hopes in secret cherished
Of q home where she was queen,
But one day those sweet hopes pershcd
And left life desert scene.
They and were once together,
Frolicking beneath the moon.
In the mildest of mild weather.
In the odorous month Of June.
And sweet Mary said, Since kisses
In the moonlight time are due,
] would take this best of kisses
From kato's lips, if were you"
Scarcely had the thought been spoken,
Ere, with heart and eye elate,
had claimed the honied token
From the rosy lips of Kate.
But, alack! i'll thus obcying,
I had made sad mistake;
For in heart, the girl was saying
"Kate will lose what l shall take"
Kiss Kate! !" this was what she told me
But its meaning was-Eiss me!
Oh! vain heart! and ohl eyes silly,
Thus to fail the truth to seei
So we parted; with sorrow
She with scorn, perhaps with hate;
And my heart grows sad by knowing
What lost by kissing Kate.
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a NAME IN THE SAND.

"A few days since, we stood with friend
on the sea shore. The tide which had rece-
ded, left the sand perfectly smooth. Our
friend with the end of his cane, wrote his
name i'll full on the sand, and we passed on.
But the first flow Of the tide of course en-
tirely effaced that name, and left the sand
as if nothing had been written on It. This
led us mentally to inquire how many of the
busy sons of earth, labor hard and toll long
to write their names in the sand, only to
be washed away by the fast flowing waters
of oblivion. Thousands have faced the
cannon's mouth and forced their way
through ranks Of bristling steel, to gain a
name. But where now is the name thus
written in blooda Entirely forgotten, with
very few exceptions.
Scholars too have wasted their energies
over the midnight lamp, and found an early
grave in search of name. That name
was gained; but it vas only written in the
sand. - ~.
How much we all, in our various pursuits.
are struggling for a name; but we are
merely walking by the sea.shore, and if
our names are written to our satisfaction,
they will not be found after the next tide
Who knows the names Of the many mil
lions who have peopled our earth! Each
thought as much Of his name while living,
as we do of ours. But the very dust under
our feet contains their own animated dust.
and yet their very names were long since
forgotten.
Let us then, strive for something better
than an earthly pane written issthe moving
sand. A name that can never perish, writ
ten in "the Lambs Book of life" should
be the high point of our aspirations. That
is attainable, and yet how few are striving
to have them there recorded. The present
is regarded rather than the future by short.
sighted mortals.-0live Branch.
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LAST WORDS OF THE GREAT.

Tete de Parmee.-Ndpoleon.
l bave'loved God, my father, liberty
De Stael.
Let ME die to the sound of delicious mu-
sic.-Mirabeau.
Is this your fidelity Nero.
l must sleep now.-Byron.
Kiss me, Hardy.-Nelson.
Don't give up the ship.-Lawrence
I'm shot if don't believe I'm dying
7hurlow.
Clasp my hand, dear friend, 1 die.-Al-
teri.
God preserve the Emperor.-Myden.
The artery ceases to beat.-Huller.
Let the light enter.-Goethe.
All my possessions for moment of time.
-ElizaJeM.
What, is there no bringing death q
Beaufort.
Monks, monks, monks !-Henry VII.
BE serious.-Grotius.
I feel as if were myself again. Wal.
ter Scott.
1t is weil.- Washington.
Independence forever-Adams.
A dying man can do nothing easy
Franklin.
Don't let poor Nelly starve.- Charles III,
I have endcavored to do my duty
Taylor.
There is not drop of blood on my
hands.-Freierick y.
l resign my soul to God, my daughter to
my country.-Je6ersom.
1t is the last of earth.-J. 9. adams.
Don't let that awkward squad fire over
my grave.-Burns.
Lord, make haste.-H. Hammond.
Precious salvation.-'Sir j. iStoneAouse.
l have sent for you (Lord Warwick) to
see how Christian can die.-AdA;son.
I Shall be happy.-Archdishop Sharp.
Gods will be done.-Biyhop Ken.
Amen.-Bishop Bull.
l have peace.-ParkhurSt.
Come, Lorn Jcsus.-BurkiH.
l thank God I was brought up in the
church Of Engand.-Bishop Cunning.
0 Lord, forgive me specially my sins of
omissoin.-U Usher.
Lord, receive my spirit.-Fsrrar. Gran
naer, Hooper, G.. Herbert.
Thy will be donc.-Donne.
This day let me see the Lord jesus
Je,ceU.
And is this death ?-George ".
Lord, take my spirit.-Ed,oara ".
What! do they run already! Then
die Wolfe.
God bless you, my dear miss Morris).-
DR.. johnson.
What l cannot utter with my mouth,
accept, Lord, from my heart and soul.-F.
Quarles.
Then am safe.--Crom,oelZ
Let the earth be filled with His glory
James, Earl Of Derby, Bishop BrougA.
ton.
SO to my God and Saviour.-P. Hey
fyn.
My days are past as shadow that re
turns not.-R. Hooker.
Let me hear once more those notes so
long my solace and delight.-Mozart.
l wish the true principles of government
carried out. I ask no more.--Harrison.
For my coming down, let me shift for
Ia
myself ION the scafold).-iSir T. Moore.
In me behold the end Of this world, with
all its vanities.-tSir p. Sydney.
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DR.. Mel LANES
CELEBRATED
V b r M [ F UGE
LIVER PILLS.

Two ofthe best Preparations OF tho Arc.
They are not recon-
mended as Universal
Cure-alls, but simply for
what their name pur-
ports.
The VERM1FueE, for
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-
RANGEMENTs, Sick HEAD
ACHE, &c.
Purchasers will please
be particular to ask for
DIR. G. McLane's Cele-
brated VERM1PuGE and
Liver PILLS, prepared by
&&"s;ie95 &Aes.
SOLE pRoPR1EroRs, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and take no
other: as there are various
other preparations now
betorethe public, pur-
porting to be Vermifuge
and Liver Pills. All
Others, in comparison
with DR.. ,M:cL.,ANE's, !. ..sze !
worthless. =
ThesssNUI McLane's
vernlifuge We! and Liver !,
Pills can now be- had at
AL seePvveela ug !.
Stores,
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40. HaNrAl Due wesl ~ ssfs
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sxIss.R 4 HAtsisox, Longmire1, 49,
III PEsN, Es5p6sld G. H.. ~
April 8, 1856. 81 nv.
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THE MEN OF THE KANE EXPEDITION.


We have already stated tl,staight Of the
survivors Of theexpeditiop to the Arctic zone
under the command of DR.. Kane, we're In
Philadelphia at the time of the obsequies
when the mortal remains Of the great cap
tain were inferred. The Boston Telegraph
contains the following interesting informa-'
zion in regrad to the whereabouts and occu-
patton of the whole party. In the first
place, of those who attended the funeral of
DR.. Kane: "Henry Brooks, first officer,
now boatswain u. S. Navy, New York; !;
VIM. Morton, steward, now. assistant U. s.
Marshall, Philadelphia; William Godfrey,
seaman, now driving omnibus, Philadelpbia;
Thomas Hickey, cabin boy, now in Charles
smith's foundry, Pbiladelpbia; G. Stephen
son, seaman, now store keeper, steamer
Baltic; II. GoodfeIlow, captains clerk, now.
residing in Philadelphia; Amos 'Bonsall.
deck officer, now farmer, Delaware county.
uear Philadelphia; d.. I. !. Hayes, eur.
geon and naturalist, now residing in Phila-
delphia."
1ne OtgeF SURVIVORS aI6.S. wall wilson,
sailing master, now at New York: j. Nc
Gary, J. Blake. g. Riley. aad G.. Whipple,
now at sea; August sontag, astronomer,
now in Mi1ico; ]. Carl Peterson, intsrpre.s
ter, now at ths Uppernayik; and Hans,
hunter, now with ths Esqaimsux Of Suith's
Sound, The dead ase ]. z. Baker, died On
pship; Pisro schupest, died sons sI,ip. Chris-;
tian Ohlsen, from pjngss lscetyed Oh lee IN.
Gftipg the boH Sfonf oE lbs boats, Oh se.;
return Df = i. Kans, died q Esana.
February le,slsS7, s''.s :
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On Manhood, and its Premature Decline,

Just Published, Gratis, the goth Thousand:
A FEW Words on the Rational Treatment,
IN without Medicine, of Spermatorrhea or
Local Weakness Nocturnal Emissions, Genital
and Nervous Debility, Impotency, aud Impede
ments to Marriage generally BY B. DE LA
NEY, n. D.
The important fact that the many alarming
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out medicine. is in this small tract clearly de-
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A certain dyspeptic whose physical ina.
bility to work was attributed to fidolence,
was advised by medical friend that The
only way he could ever convince people he
was sick, was to die.
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What 10 the difference between q butcher
and gsy young ladya One kills to dress,
and the other dresses 10 kill.
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AMERICAN COTTON PLANTER
S0lEh OF 1lLsl!8 GOUTg}>
UNITED.
PROSPECTUS for 1857.

VIE Editor and ProprietOrs of tho AMEDr
l. CAN COTTON PLANTER HAVING NM
chased the SOIL OF THE SOUTH, take ,ioa.
ure III announcing to the patrons of both ,Jonr.
nals and TO the friends of Agricultural Jmnro,,a
ment i'll the South and South w est, that viii ,ho
january number for 1857, will commence ti,o
publication Of the AMERICAN COTTON pr AN
TER AND SOIL OF THE SOUTH, united i,
the city of Montgomery, Alabama. ="
In thus uniting the publication of these two
agricultural Journals, we have secured tile ohI.
services of Col. CHARLES A. PEABODY. ,s H",,;,
cultural Editor whose reputation, both ma Eli.
tor and practical IIorticuiturist, il ion yei, a1
widely known to require additional commendo.
ton mt our hands.
With the efficient aid of Col pr.nonv :, a..
horticultural Department., Dr. N. r. Crow a.,
Agricultural Editor, confidently assures the ma.
irons and friends Of both papers, Tins un;,ad
that the Americam Cotton Planter and SoT ~
tie South shall be a WV ~
Model Southern Rural Magazine,
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advancement OF Southern Horticulture. will,
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the studied desire of the Editors and pub,;oi, ~
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every family and industrial man in the South
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The State Of South Carolina.
Dissol11tt@-

D1ssolut1
1NHE Firm of WEIR & MILLER was this
Il day dissolved by mutual consent, the linn
Itation Of the Partnership having expired. The
name OF the Firm will be used in the closing up
OF the business, by either sof us.
"a Al persons indebted to US by Note or Account,
convenient. as it is very desirable that the bust
ness should be closeda as early az possible.
JOHN A. WIER,
G. Med. MILLER.
August 23, 1856. 10 t.