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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-09

propose 10 purchasers Piano cries Ia
ehis %" tiiaI IN order to t., what say of III @ in4
tore pay Ing Tor them - ~" qudt II,
twenty years experience on our part sat- sGcs o,r#
ana We could get "Nef fifteen hundred person. " ia1>,
III thc opinion tdt no establishments ar WITH rs
9ioy furnish better Of cheaper, Instruments isI can os
lI.dis '',l' VT flh
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-09

IVA signed sole agent FOL Va the South Of Carhart
Nocdhun y CO. celebrated MELODEANs, has very hn
assortment hand, both Church parora1 factor,
prices for cash Call sum and Judge for yourself
SIllEMNII,I.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-09

ted ourselves together under the stvc and
johnson CO. for the purpose conducting gen. raj 70
Gerry Commission and Forwarding business the old
Lee johnson Main Street where III glad Ia serve
our od friends and the puhe with promise every
effort &c promote their interest
JOHN Il LEE.
THOS. l.. JOHNSON,
LyheAoufg, Jan J. 1857. GEORGE W. ROOKIE.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-09

<tpuuON WIssk 200 Barrel. Comm o.
u Hhisky, store and ftr sale by -
ma sI.ts EDMOND DAVENPORT Il co.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
Nicaragua.

As public attention Is somewhat turned
upon this country, We give some intorma.
:.un respecting it, derived from Lippir-
cots GuZaltcer of the World. There
viii be u natural desire to know some
thing OF the giitteriug prize upon which
"mamtcst destiny III tie person of WAL
ker, has fastened, with no disposition ITO
give up the Ship
the area OF Nicaragua is about $4,000
square mi.es-that Is, It Is nearly as Iarge
as the State Of ONO. There are several
volcanoes in the State, hut none of them
Of any great elevation. There are uu-
merous rivers, the most important of
which is the San Juan. Copper, silver
odd gold are SAID TO be found IN toe coun-
try. The climate is Ceucrnlv healthy
the temperature warm and humid on the
coast, bat more dry and cool III the nte
nor. The greater part of the country
consists Of plains and gentle slopes, form
e.! o.! rich, black loan. \ Smali portion
"f the land only Is under cultivation, from
the mctlicicmcy, we presume, Of The na.
tive population. The productions are in
Dig, sugar, coffee, cocoa, and cotton rails.
cd IN small quantities. Maize, rice, beans
and p'antaims, make up the srap.e food of
The people. Fruits of various kinds, in
c.ujIug oranges and lemons, are plentiful
One OF tue principal sources Of wealth is
cattle, winch are raised in barge numbers,
and tor which there is furnished fine pas
turay". The chief exports Of the country
are lud'g" and Brazil wood. and hidcs.-
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

Advertising is somewhat like planting
potatoes; you mus. wait for the crops
Don't believe in il, Ben. Wheu have
n fifty spot that don't know what to do
with, | shal! put it into my family. Buy
n library, new sofa, or something Of tho
sort. ! should rather go to tie White
Mountains
you don't know your own interests,
joe
Don't |. Some kind of business might
thrive on advertising; ours, never. Do
You believe the women look in the news
paper before they 60 shopping
well. there was a lady in here just
now WHO said she saw such goods adyer.
tised 10y me-
'Pshaw. and on the strength Of that
you intend to spend fifty dollars more in
advertising! Ben, YOU are crazy : and
Joseph Weston turned upCa his heel aud
left 'ho store, assured in his own mind
that lis friend was going To ruin.
In his estimation, such loose princi.
pies would eventually bring hun to bank
ruptcy. Bu, Ben was his friend, and lie
deeply commissera,ed him because he
chung to such weak and pernicious doc
trlucs.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
LANCASTER H. CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. Nov H. 1857

moro profitable, juasmuch AS, taken in
connection with his careful management,
of business, and his economical manner of
living, it had been the foundation Of his
future fortune. 1t had given him good
start in business, and good st,st is haif
the battle.
Joe Weston failed, and paid twenty
cents on the dollar. lis fine furniture
was all sold, and he WA Obliged t. board
out Blu. in his extremity Ben WAS his
true hieud. He received ham into his
own house, and when bis business Was
settled up, took him ii,,o partnership.
The firm is how one OF the most rv>poc.
table and prosperous in The city. Joe
ever since his 'b'pg up believes in AL
vertlsing; and any one who opens the
Journal or indeed any of tic city papers,
cannot fail TO notice the cumSplciuus ad-
reriioement Of w Weston's u Co..
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
Direct Trade Mith the South.

There arc Indications Of a growing dis.
position IN many sections of the South
10 hold back their cotton for Il rise in the
price. lh's feeling is based upon tie
certainty that ihc E.ropcan manufactures,
WHO are already running short in the raw
material, must repicmlSh from the Amcri.
can sock at whatever prlce, or stop their
factories altogether. This Is AN altcrua
tive not TO hc thought Of in the existing
deramEcment of affairs, as any very gen
cral ACTON ol ihat Kind would excite the
starving, uudiSc'pinei masses Of England
into irresistible and wid.cv destructive
hrrr!.r.otS, Iiuo, INTO radical revolution.
Tie terrible crash that IN traucc hurled
"IdcIS, classes, ,and property investments,
~ one common anarchy uf blood and ruin
about :hc c.oSc ot the last century, WAS
preceded 10y much the same circumstance
OF change and depression that now low
ers over England.
II the South should consider only its
rNn instincts OF se.i-presersatIon, England,
whose press g"vcrmueut, and people, are
wHLlug luccssaut war on Southern Imstitu-
tons, has very small claims on Southern
torh"aramcc. lerhps the shortest, if in.
deed 1t is not the ou!y way for manutac.
turing England to remain manufacturing
England, will be to despatch agents to tue
great cotton markets Of the South, and
open a direct trade with their por:s. This
viii cat the gord.au not which tie com
pHcucl system Of shipments and ex,
changes through Northern brokers, aud
10y relieving nola producers and manurac
jurcrs from uhlcc or four cNuaurous profits
and per ccuiagcs, and WI. be real and
pracucai step towards the much discussed
commercial Independence OF the South"
U,nNAinnLnM ,SinIcS
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

TIE WAY IT WoRKs.-The way tha
payment OF small debts operates in some
Instances, may be seen py the following
circumstance: A Fredericksburg mer,
chant went to Caroline Court on certain
occasion with q 500 note Of a certain
denomination. Shortly after he got on
'he green lie paid it over to a farmer
The Iarmer soon discharged an indebted.
hess 10 some one else, and thDs the nols
kept on It's nilsson Of liquidation until nea"
the heel OF IRE evening when it was again
paid back TO the same merchant who took
1t there, and he brought il back to Fred.
erIcksburg. Having the curiosity TO trace
its. workings, he fouLd that $1,000 worth
OF debts had been paid by that 500 note
on single day.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

The TROUBLE CoMING.-The Mayor
Of New York city has addressed letter
to the Common Council, in reference to
some provisions necessary to BE made for
the poor people who have been thrown
out Of employment by the late financial
crisis. lie says:
"Over thirty thousand mechanics and
Iaboung men and woman have been sud-
denly deprived OF employment. This mum
Der viii be Increased to fifty thousand be-
torc January. Our industrial population,
thus upon the eve Of winter, are abou,
to he TUNED into the streets without pro
lection or the means by which 10 live"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

Tue Hoe CRop.-We hear of a sale
OF 200 hogs AT -, within u dav or two
and yesterday $50 were offered At the
same price, huta purchaser could not be
uhImUcd. THIS is II icruh,e tumble in
price, and must disappolnt the cxpecla-
lions Of a great many Perso"s. But there
Is no help for il. Inere is lnIic money
here, or anywhere, to invest in this way
aud farmers may make up Their minds
TO take even less thar the sum named, or
to keep their hogs over another year,
Luckily the corn crop is so great that it
will not cost so much as usual to keep
their stock through the winter, and they
may choose to keep them another ear
II the farmers are, as general thing,
free from the pecuniary troubles which 50
appreSS our towns aud cities, they will
yet iimd that they, too, are great sufferers
ia the depreciation Of every article which
Is produced upon their farms, aud they
should come farward TO right things as
speedily as possibIe.-.SL Loais RCPuJH
can. 25M.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

"Madam," said re-y polite traveller
to tasty Old landlady," if see proper
to help myself to this milk, is there anv
impropriety in it,
" l don't know what you mean; but If
YOU mean to mslnuate that thar is any,
thing nasty in tina! milk, I'll give you to
understand that you've struck the wrong
house! There amt fust hair IN it, for as
soon as Darthy Ann told me the cat was
drowned IN the milk, Invent right straight
and strained it over"
The young man tainted.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

LEATHER SoRA"s.-The manufacturers
Of leather, boots, shoes, harness, whips and
port monies afford good deal of waste
material that might be turncd TO good ac-
count in the village gardens. The shoe
maker always has pie OF leather scraps
IN front .oi bis door. Sometimes they
lie svcral feet in thickness in the street.
These wastes are among the most yalua-
bic fertilizers for grape vines and for all
fruit trees. In some parts Of England
these wastes sell rs high as four cents
pound. They decay slowly in the soil,
and like bones, impart their nourishment
TO the trees for long term Of years. In
this country not one in hundred knows
anything OF their value. The shoema-
ker probably buys manure from the sta.
bes, and throws n more valuable manure
into the street. Nothing can be easier
than the gathering Of these wastes. They
can be had in most villages for the cart
ing, and the owner is glad TO be rid Of
them. Put these wattes around your
vines and fruit trees, and they will soon
twa into clusters aud golden fruits,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

You and | are much alike said the
Oeggtr to the banker.
How so!'
we both contrive TO live on the labors
of olheIs.'
but carry on lawful business for a
living sad the banker.
SO DO !, said the begger. But there
is this difference: sc. the property of
Others w'th Their conSent-you get their
property without their consent.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
From lie lidriOat imcriraH
t b e P a lmetto Regimen!
BY ONE OF TIE TWO HUNDRED.
NO, I,


NO. l.
In June l64G, reGuis'tion was made
upon South Carolina, .nr regiment #
volunteers tor twelve mouths scrvIcr.--
They "eie not called f"r immediate ser
vice, tut ordered to hold themselves IN
ieau'hesS' and await th" c%iggnr'cS OF the
war. lu" scr''crs WAS not only not i'm
n'u'"'e' on' II was Also ro"I"g""t rot
SUPPOSED tha' thn regiment would actual
y SO service tie call th"r"i"t" created
"Vic excitement "mo'S ia" military ~p.r.
II" o' '"e state 1T was t"rmaI! pom.
"ch To hy ten OF the numerous m.u,a
'"l"","'r companies g the State.
In November Io'o" ny, when IT," cam
pa'Hh "' scott WAS projected against the
GU! Z" M'A''''h new Fcq',N''i"n WAS
"'""@ ur'h Tie States Tor d.Ii"rrn, scr
vice. h' term "t the Inst service waS
'"' t"1''' months lhe term oi Tie 'ce""j
VICE WIS '"CC"Hlte !" u,'c' ana Tor The
"''' no" 'o"G II might continue, no
''''" ''"'" conjecture l"'S was severe
~. ~, '',' 'fo" ''e t''''o''S'' "''" '"F'.Tl
'"c ','','' ii""e'c' ''-'r "rr p'p'
- "''-"' "' I" PERFORM '"e'' part ID the
"'"''S - '"e war; YET none OF 'Erin
o'.,' ,'',.''' " '''' l'"','''9 we l'n"""'''
-. .'I ".,''S''i '"'" " service TN
''' - '''' WYNN ''''-'' convert 'hcn IN.
:. .',,''''n "a .',' 'S''"' army
s,.,r,I.. I.'' , - ""'I ,' S'','''' "''' II" "'rrA,
.nm", ,,",' ItI I,,,I '",, ~. S'e., Pe'P.'' ana
"W IV',.,'% '"'"" o,,,, VI " "''''o"1 ',"'@"".'o"'
wi,Lon, ",nh;IIr "' ;r,m' o,' 5;,, ';s S1',,S,> ,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
SrIrrtr4 Storu.
Benjamin Weston,
THE Advantage OF AdvcrtIsins
CHATTER |.
.AnN.hint over. Benz

'An' shinI over, Benz
Not - dollar; /! have just paid the
Journal bill Tor advertising. which has
pretty much cleaned me out
Nov much = 'Forty-two dollars aud
twenty five cents
Ben, don't ike to tell you that you
a'e The biggest tYo Oh the street, but you
are
Wait, Joe, and sec,' returned the 9th.
or, with cout!lcn: smile.
'Forty.two dollars for adverti,ng =
The applicant ior anything over, gave
q peculiar whistle, 10 define the IengtI ,
depth, and breadth Of his :'ston shmeut.
This conversation occurred in the store
ot Ben amin Weston, "A young and enter
: rrising merchant, who had Just commcn.
ced business on his own account. Tie
other person, who, TO use his own classi
oal expression, was bang up and wanted
10 borrow tE;y dulla:s To make up the a.
mount Of note uue that day, was los.
Weston a cousin Of the other. They had
been playmates in youth, and staUnch
friends in maturity. Though there was a
great diversity Of opinions on many top.
- ''''6 or"P"'''y eN'o'Su 'otNc'N
them.
They had commenced business about tie
ssmetune, and under the same circum-
stances, both being obliged, for the want
OF sufficient capital, To mortgage the stock
IL their respective stores.
Thus Far they had done well, and the
prospect was that both would become dis
tinguished merchants.
They had married sisters, and occupied
tenements in the ssme block. Their houses
were furnished substantially the same
style aud with no material difference Of
expenditure, Both had been brought up
10 b6siueaa h"bils. and educated IN the
principles OF rigid economy
And # had money to spare, would
spend double that sum-, replied Beuja-
min.
What benefit do you expect to realize
from it T.
You are behind the times, Joe. Bene.
fit! What question ! | expect to make
a fortune by it,
'H~'"nh.'
Look at prandre,h and Swain,
Both bumbugs.'
No matter for Ih@,; II these fellow $
have been able TO make pr,ncely fortunes
by advertising humbugs, bow much more
so will he who deals in substantial reali
tiesp
.All CANNON
we differ; time will tell who is in the
right
Seriously, Ben, you will ruin yourself
II you go ION IN lI,ls manner. Forty-two
dJllass g quarter for advertising r
i shall spend hundred next quar-.
ter
'Don't do IL, Ben
'Aow does IL happen, Joe, that you are
in the street borrowing money I never
did such thing since commenced 5u.
siaess.
How does it happen, Ben, that you
havn't got any money 10 lend 2 asked
Joe, With smile.
Because, spent IL in advertisipg.'
Better have spent 1t for operas and
2.4os.
- wait, Joe, watt
spent nothing for advertising, but
I'll bet you the oysters now my sales for
the last quarter are as Ia,g ge as yours
II will take you ppon the next euaf-
ter
why not the lss,,'
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

THE ToNGUE.-A white fur on the
tongue attends simp!- fever and iuhamma.
ton. leI.owUesS Of the tongue attends a
arrangement o. the liver, and is Common,
TO bilious aud tNphous levers. A tongue
vlvrd'y Ied on the tip and edge, or down
the centre or over the whole surface, at
tcl Us inflammation Of the mucous mem
brahe OF the stomach or bowels. A white
velvet tongue attends mental diseases
A tongue red at the lips, becoming brown
dry and glazed, attends typhus slate
The description ofsymplous might be ex-
tended Infinitely, taking in all the propen
slues and oblquIijcs OF mental aud moral
condition. The tongue is n most express
i've as well as unruly member Scientif.
&c american.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

Oh, yes, Joe, my father is an old ma.
rincr, a regular SAT-
why, never knew that. What SER
vice WAS he in (?
The whaling service. He goes cruis-
ING around all night, and, in the morning
when he comes home, he goes whaling
the whole family, from the old 'oman
down, aud boxes the compass around the
hired girls ears
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

In anciert days, the celebrated precept
was: Know thyself.' In modern times,
it has been suppIanted 10y the far more
fashionable MAXIM: Know thy neighbor
aud everything about him.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

Pressure IN TnE lloRsE VI MARKET.-The
New ork Tribune states that the deranre
ment Of the money market has had most
disastrous effect upon the market ior horses
norses which cost their owners seven hun
dred aud fifty daIIars were sold lately for
one hundred and seventy five dollars in
that city. Another horse, which = year
ago had standing offer oF one thousand
live hundred dollars, WAS sold for three
hundred dollars; and handsome bay, for
which SIX hundred dollars WAS paid last
summer, and not considered dear AT that,
brought bu, one hundred and twenty i've
dollars few DAYS ago.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

CLEAN BUrTER.-"is that clean But
ter! asked grocer of a boy who had
Ir"nghta quantity to MARKELL should
ih'nk II ou- ht % be- replied the bov, "for
mother and Sal were more than two
hours last night picking the hairs and
mULeS out OF il ~
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

A cuIprit asked what he had to say
why sentence Of death should not he re-
corded against him, replied:
lie had noting to say as too much had
been said about II already
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
5elrrt 15ortrg.
From Portcr's Spirit.
The First Few Years,

The First Few Years.
.BILL."
The young heart s,arteth fresh and free,
All ignorant of sorrow,
And careless what may load the wings
OF yet unseen 10 morrow.
Sun after sun his days arise
The young soul Ger forgetting,
Jn gazing on their morning smile,
he lesson of their setting.
The fountains flash along The way,
And many golden river
Winds in and out among the shriHes
That rise around him ever.
Oyouth i! so full of hope and youth!
o gifts SO freely given!
o bowers, whose graceful vines above
Shut out the light of Heaven.
But youth must fade land now while on
With tircless feet he ranges,
Upon the soul some dark days come,
While fast the scenery changes.
Life after life around his path
Whittier the hearts that love him,
And light by light the stars go ou
Along the heaven above him.
But who shall further follow him,
When life is all before him,
The quichsand world beneath his feet,
Ills fate's dark cloudland DER him.
Quails Nest, July, 1857
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

Charu,,c,ac and Hn,Icr d;n i ~ ,I'n
yellow fever.
EuIy in December ,ho p.l,no.,opor
Uncut repLczvoused At Charleston vn.re
they Were mustered into the service
The Regiment WAS composcd of the fol-
lowing companies. under ;he rolIowin,,
Captains
Company A., from Sumter District,
Captain Frank Sumter, anJ 20 mrn.-
COMPANY b.. tom C.es,cr District, Can.
tain X. G.. NJ. Duno,.n,. and g2 men.
Cumpauy c., from KcIshrw, C..p,ain
Muiittt, and So men. Cunpnu, d.. from
Ei.cEcId, CaItam Preston :. Brooks.
and 81 men. Cuurauv f.. from Abhc
vile, Captain }. + Marshall, and 81 men.
Company T., trom Charleston. Captain
Btaudum. and SO men. Comrauy &
from Fairfield, Cawainy Kennedy, and
IS men. Company H., fru:# R.yhland,
Captain DoSau>,uic, and SIS men. Com
lany l., from Lancaster, Captain \. !.
'>.ocsr, and = men. Company X ., from
lnru~ed, Captain \. T. WalEcr, and
So men.
These ten Companies made up a full
regiment, and the Company from New
t.Iry, under Captain James II. Williams,
Was r'l:ricd. Ihls Company however.
persisted, and made II Special application
10 the Secretary OF War, which Mas sue
crSStHi, auI 1t WAS added To ,he Rryi
H"ht icw Wee Is later The eleventh.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

The great race between a night mare
and clothes horse came Oft last week.
The man who entered the mare wasn't
wide awake, SO the horse took the prize.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

The woman who made pound ofbut.
ter from The cream of joke, and cheese
from tue milk Of human kindness, has
since washed the close Of year, and hung
them to dry qp bee line.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
D0rllrtu.

John, did you find any eggs in the old
hen ; nest this morulngF
No, sir, If the old ben had laid any,
she mislaid them
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11
CHAPTER III.

Another year hail passed faway in the
business experience Of the young mer
ehapts. The books were balanced, and
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

Jones, said a sympathisiug neighbor
to a bachelor friend about 10 marry =
What in the word put matrimony into
your head =
We'll, the factis, | was getting short
Of shirts
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-11

Tho most curious ding in the world is
q woman who is uo; curious.
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-06-12
THE LATEST.

Minnesota election doubtful both
T parties claim it at st. Paul.
Virginia has gone Democratic.
Buffalo City has elected the entire
Dem. ticket by 1000 maj. Dr.. Lock
wood is Mayor.
5 Another flare up" is reported in
Kansas over the collection Of taxes
Those who oppose the laws of the Ter
ritory, threatened to lynch the officers
at Lawrence.
A riot recently occurred at Washing
ton between Baltimore X. Ms and
Washington Democrats--,he X. Ms
visiting the Capital City TO PRACTICE.
They so by the beautiful name Of plug
Uglies."
Six stores were burned in Madison,
Wis, on the 9th.
Old Buck has selected a Governor
for Utah--namc not yet made public.
lie is instructed to proclaim protection
and an csc ort to all who want to return
to the States. This will cause the wo-
men to desert, and the church will blow
up!
Judge Williams, of Iowa, is appoint
ed Chief Justice Of Nebraska.
W. B. Reed is appointed Minister to
China.
Mrs. Gen. Scott is very low in health.
Scarcity of food for men and other an
imals, is the universal cry this spring.
(Just here one Of our compositors in
formed us that we had already too much
COPY for this No. of tho paper, and
lenco our 'wire is down" till next
week u II