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HOUSE BUILDING.a

~SS'.AdA1AssA&SNAx-s ~
THE undersigned is now prepared to do all
ing Line to Draw Plans an d erect saitS SddserjS.
lions Of Buildings. from onsstory El.onse ag'a .
Having sreceiveds Instructions fF6m tho best
Architects in the Union, be 'futtarsinrsei that
he can have work done lin a style equal io and
as cheap as can be doire ip New Y ORR.
Brooklyn. New York s WIN. Gamer, a rci;ils.i
9 New YORK City :+psrrynaan J. ;WaileT, New
Market; Pr: gslM.P parra.t, 81 rraitssilis. ~
-. HENRY JONES.
ENcw Maeket, Des.4 6, 1886. .ads So II
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AJb"riiie District.-C Citation.
BY WILLIAM HILL, ESP, Ordinary Of Abbc-
Vile District.
WHEREAS, Bcnjamin Shirley has applied
W to ME for Letters Of A,lmilIist ration, ON all
and singular the goals and cl,aiicis. rights aud
credits OF Nancy Irene Shirley, late Of the
District aforesaid, deceased
These are, therefore, to cite and a.lnlonSl, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to he and appear before me nt our
next Ordinary's Court Of Tie said District, to be
holden at Abbcyille Court House on the third
day OF September next, to show cause, if any,
why the said administration should moi be gran
ted.
Given under my hand and seal, this nine
teenth day of August. in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
seven, and in the SGD year of American In
dependence.
WILLIAM HILL, o. 4. d.
Aug. %, 1857 IS q
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S. D. & H. W. SMITH,
Manufacturers of
NIEL0DE0NS, ORGAN NIELODEONS,
Il 1ND
Pedal Sub-Bass
II a H M q m I u M -.
GIL Washington Street,
BOSTON.

IllE attention Of Clcrgymrn, Committees,
Il Schools, Lodges, tc., is invited to the new
Pedal Sub-Bass Harmoniuns,
Made and Sold by the Manufacturers.
1t is arranged with two manuals or banks of
Keys, the lowest set running an octave higher
than the other, and may he nsed separately, and
thus get i'll one case two distinct Instruments :;
or, hy the Use of the coupler, the two hanks Of
keys may be played ut the same time by use of
the front set only. This connected with the
Sub-Bass, will produce the effect of large
organ, and is sufficiently heavy to fill house
that seats from loon to 1900 persons
TIE ORGAN MELODE0N is designed for
parlor and private use. The construction is sim
liar TO the Church Instrument, being arranged
with two banks Of Keys, and when used together,
by mcans OF the coupler is capable Of us great
volume of power us the Church Instrument, when
used without the Pedals.
Also, every variety Of MELODEONS for
Parlor use.
Purchasers may rely upon instruments from
our Nlunuiactory, being made in in the most
complete Gid thorough manner. Having re-
moved to the spacious buildings, 5ll Washing
ton Street, we have every facility for manufac-
turing purposes, and employ none but the most
experienced and skillfu workmcn In short, we
will promise our customers M Instrument equal
If not superior 10 any Manufacturer, und guar
nntee rmtirc and p"rt"cf Satisfaction.
Music Teachers, Leaders Of Ohoirs, and others
interested i'll musical matters are respectfully in
vltcd to visit our Rooms Mt any time, aud exam
inc or test the Instruments On exhibition for sale
at their pleasure.
AS still further guarantee to the public rs
to the excellence of the lKtlodcons and Uarmo.
"twns, from our NIanufactory, we beg leave to
refer by permission, to the following Piano Fort G
Manufacturers OF Boston, who have examined
our Instruments, and will give their opinion
when called upon:
Chickering Il Sons; Vim. p. Emerson, Geo.
!iews; 1lallctt & Cumston; Brown IL Allen ;
Woodward IL Brown; Il. Gilbert s. Co. A. W.
Ladd Il Co.: Ncwhall d Co.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
AbbeviLe District.-C Citation.
by WILLIAM HILL, Esq, Ordinary of AbLc.
vile District.
~HEREAS, James Shirley has applied to
W me for Letters of Administration. on
all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
and credits of Nancy Shirley, late of the Dis
.trict aforesaid, decoased.
: These are, therefore, to cite and a,lmonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of the
@said deceased, to be and appear before me- nt our
next Ordinary's Court of the said District, to Lc
s holden at AbbevilIc Court House, OH the third
day Of August inst, TO show cause, If any,
why the said administration should not be gran
ted.
Given under my hand and seal, this nineteenth
. day of August, in the year Of our Lord
lone thousand eight hundred and fihy-
sewn, and.i the sd year OF American
Independence.
WILLIAM HILL, o. A. D.
= August 81, 1852. e IS ct
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
49, Adbesille Distyict.-Citation.
By WILLIAM HILL, Esq, Ordinary Of ALbc-
vile District.
WHEREAS, George Zanor has applied to M.
4 for Lettets of ofsAdministratIon, on MI and
ssingalar The goods and cl,attels, rights and
credits OF Henry Zanor, Iato of tho District aforc-
!ssid; deceased.
These sre; Therefore to cite and admon,si, all
md singular, the kindred and creditors of the
= ssasa aessased, 70 he and appear before me, at
& RnT ;teM Drdinsrys Court for the said District
holden at Abbsyjlte Court House. on the
S9s Sfs September next 10 show cause If
& 4kT8g t said adsninlstrasion should nutsbe
sAHEaUe4f s@Sgsaf :
s's SsdeE ;Hpyy,spd and seal, ,gihis twenty
of An gust ;s;iH The year OF, our
sue lkypsand eight J,undred ard iifty.
-. steyeps sand ip HE a2d, yeasof American lse,
s5swnLtA5l HILL, DAD. (,
- ~ sbsl6H. -? 10 ss a. 2t q.
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'R wEWHErH
aHre!savos Sc:
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The Mormnns.

The New York Commercial Advertiser
solves the Mormon problem thus -
We believe the best thing that could
be done with Utah, would be to shake
eff all responsibility concerning it, by
abandoning all claim to it as a territorial
possession, and leaving the people to
take care Of themselves, letting them re-
main on the soil. which might be marked
on the maps as the Mormon reservation.
: Both as territory and as a state il
can only bring trouble and disgrace upon
the republic. We would not have The
Aormons prosecuted, but their tenet.
and practices constitute a dangerous eIe.
ment IN our midst, one that had better
not be incorporated with the Union and
Its institutions in any form or degreee
Let them have as much land a. they
need, bat place them under such restr;c.
tons as We Do other semi-barbar;ans
Let them understand that that land !,
reserved for them, but that to that reser.
walton they must con6ne themselves, and
thus the avenues TO American citizen.
ship are closed against them, by theil
own act, 50 long as they continue theil
immoral and disorganizing practice"
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A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS.

Did the establishment and patronizing
of dram shop, ever bring happiness or
prosperity Of community?
Did the fact, that one grog-shop. or
many, were established in a neighbor
hood, ever make better neighbors, more
industrious and intelligent citizens, or
aid the State, or the nation financially or
intellectually?
Would the loss of every grog-shop in
the land be felt as an evil, by the com
munity?
Would such an event be productive of
any more idleness, any more misery. auv
more crime, any more pauperism, any
more fighting, brawling, SABBATH deseera-
ton, theft, murder, &c, &C.? If any
manufacturer, and vender of alcoholic
beverages in our country were to aban-
don his business, and turn farmer or me-
chanic, would it iRjure a single individual
morally, mentally, or physically?
Can We not bejust as good husbands.
fathers, sons and brothers just as good
patriots, statesmen and christians. with
out grog-shops as with them? Would
not any man rather trust himself and
property In the hands and under the di.
reetion of one who never drank alcohol.
than OF one who habitually drank? So
Der engineers, sober captains, sober nj.
lots are preferred on our steamboats, and
railroads, by everybody. Sober physi.
: clans, sober lawyers, are CONSIDERED
on all hands as much more safe the
those who drink. Very few men, ",
presume, would ike to have their wiye
or daughters visit and patronize th,
dram-shop. fit is unpleasant and disa
greeable for woman to practice ties,
things, then why not for men? But al
dram-shops woald go down if somebody,
husbands. sons, brothers, wives. dauob.
teri Or sisters did not visit them. Iet
: Us all try the experiment of doing with.
out the dram-shops.-Iosra Temperance.
Organ.
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ExHAusrrSG THE SoIL.-lt IS not a
singular fact that in some ofthe States we
have had immense tracts of land thrown
out of cultivation. as having become ex-
hausted Of the soil, while in the ola eoah-
tries of Europe. which bave been IN cut
tivation for centuries, the reverse Is ihe
case The soil of Europe, says travel
Ter, is now better than ever-and the
reason he assigns, is the plentiful supply
of manure. and manure made upon the
best possible system, by which the soil IS
receiving more back than is taken away
in products.
"of all farm products, (says Mr. Charles
Remelin, in the Ohio Farmer) the atmos-
phere and rain furnishes the larger guam
titles of its component parts, and where
ever a proper system ofmanurlng exists
the ground must become constantly en-
riched.
I" In Europe, manure is the ever
present idea of the farmer, and by gather
ing all the offals, and making manure IN
any conceivable way, he does not only
by green manuring, such as blowing
clover under, but by stable, factory, street
and dwelling manure, take good to return
to mother earth the rental she requires
and to do it without grudging and com
pound interest. Soil is only there ex'
bausted where there are crops raised
which are wholly removed, and OF which
nothing is returned to the soil-for In
stance tobacco. This is very little thu
case in Europe. The fine wheat crops
which smile upon the traveller, as he /
rushed past them by railroad speed
would be an impossibility, if the idea o
exhaustion were true. The meadows
too which are mown thrice every year
and each time give good crop, hav'
been mown for ages, contradict this ex
haustion theory. No! the Europeal
farmer and his land are always on goo
terms with each other. The man yield
good husbandry, and the land yields goo
crops"
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HEIGHT OF CoLTs.-A very reliable
rule to judge the height colt will attain
to when full grown is the following
When the colt gets to be three weeks
old, or as soon as it is perfectly stragh-
tened in its limbs, measure from the edge
Of the hair on the hoof to the middle Of
the first joint and for every inch it will
grow to the height Of hand of four
inches when its growth is matured. Thus
if the distance be found sixteen inches.
it will make horse sixteen hands high.
By this means man may know some
thing of what sort of a horse, with proper
care, he is to expect from his colt.-Er-
change.
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THE BLIND BOY AT PLAY.
BIT ELIZA COOK.


The blind boys been at play. mother
And merry games we had!
We led him on his way, mother,
And every step was gladi
Butwhen we found a starry flower,
And praised its varied hue,
A tear came trembling down his cheek,
Just Ike a drop Of dew.
We TOOK him to the mill, mother,
Where falling waters made
A rainbow DER the rills, mother,
As golden sun-rays played;
Bat when we shouted at the scene,
Aud hailed the clear, blue sky,
He stood quite still upon the bank,
And breathed long, long sigh.
We asked him why be wept, mother,
When e'er We found the Spots
Where periwinkles crepi, mother,
Ger wild forget-me-nots.
Al met he said, while tears ran down
As fast as summer showers
+" Il is because I can not see
The sunshine and the flowers"
Oh that poor, sightless boy, mother,
He taught me that Pm blest;
For lean look with JOY. mother,
On all love the best;
Ana vhsn ! see the dancing stream,
And daisies red and white,
! kneel upon the meadow-sod,
And thank my God for sight.
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Bibles /! Bibles /!

GtHRISTIAN reader-have you family Bible
" Secure without delay this precious gift for
your wife and children. Sears celebrated picto-
rial SIX DOLLAR Bible, with about one thou
sand engravings for FIVE dollars and the Phil
adeldhia Quarto Bible at still greater reduction
from the publishers city prices. Large, coarse
print Quarto Bibles with plates, and Connor's
marginal notes and references, an index, an al
phabetieal table of all the Scripture names, with
their Specifications; tables of weights, measures,
coins, &c, and beautiful engraved Family rec
ord, plain leather binding, marble edge, for the
low price Of 81, so, and Hardings Royal Quar.o
edition with Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms
IN metre added, on fine white paper, bold clear
type, heavy embossed calf binding marble edge
and gilt sides, containing about eighteen hundred
pages for the exceeding low price of $3.50. The
same edition, gilt edge, Ia fine pulpit edition. for
$500; extra gilt side $3.50. This edition is pub
lished for $1,000 and sold in the cities and MANY
parts OF the country at the same price. For sale
by CHESTER BROWN.
Craftsbury, Feb 6, 1857.
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AlisfelImlrons articles.
DOCTOR FRANKLIN AND THE
INFTDELS.

1t is said of DR.. Franklin, that during
his residence in Paris, being invited to
party of the nobility, he produced
great sensation by one of his bold and in
genious movements. In the course of
the evening, the company engaged in free
conversation. Christianity was then the
great topic. The Church was always
ridiculed, and the Bible treated with I'M
sparing severity. Growing warmer and
warmer in their sarcastic remarks, one
nobleman commanded, for moment, uni
versal attention, by asserting in loud
voice, that the Bible was not only piece
of deception. but totally devoid of litera-
nv merit. Although the entire company
of Frenchmen nodded assent to the SEN
tence, Franklin gave no designs of ap-
prevail. As he was at that time court
favorite, his companions could not bear
even a silent reproof from him, and they
all asked his opinion. Franklin replied,
that he was hardly prepared to give them
suitable answer, as his mind had been
running on the merits of a book OF rare
excellence, which he had happened to
fall in with at one of the city bookstores
and as they had allude d to the literary
character of the Bible, perhaps it might
interest them to compare with that old
volume the merits of the new prize
/ All we're eager to have the doctor read {
portion of his new book. In very
grave manner, he then took the boob
from his coat pocket, and with propriety
of utterance, read to them a poem. The
poem made deep impression. The
admiring listeners pronounced it the bes
they had ever heard. at is beautiful,
said one. at is sublime" was the un
amimous opinion. They all wished tt
know the name of the new work, ant
whether what had just been read, was ;
fair specimen of its contents.
Certainly gentlemen" said the doc
tor, smiling at his triumph, /" my book i
full of such passages. 1t is no othe
than your good for nothing Bible; an,
l have merely read to you the prayer @
the prophet Habakkuk." How man
philosophers in these days who carr
such book in their pocket? Ho1
many christians $50 called, and so pre-
fessing) could meet such libel upon tn
character OF the Bible, in such a manne1
at any of our social parties? Their
would be a better appreciation of pun
literature, were there better knowleds
of, and better appreciation of the literal
beauties of the Bible. 1t is glowing wi
rich and beautiful passages. Those WI
tiers who are models, only approach pc
lection as they approach the beautif
and wonderful simplicity of the Bible
We wish men who criticise this boo
would first study it. Men talk of ma
tiers whereof they are ignorant, wht
they strive to show the faults of write
Transportation. They only exhibit the
own Ignorance, and expose their own d
formities. The truth is, men who a
first to declaim against such book, a
those who know least about it, and shou
be required to specify defects, when tht
tongues will cleaye to the roof of thu
mouths"
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1Oortital SrlrftiOus.
THE PRISONER FOR DEBT.


Look on him through his dungeon CRATE
Feeblv and cold, the morning light
Comes stealing round him, dim and late
As if it loathed the sight.
Reclining on bis strawy bed,
His hand upholds his dropping head
His bloodless cheek is scanned and hard,
.Unshorn his grey. neglected beardi
And Ger his bony fingers flow
Ills long, disheveled locks Of snow.
No grateful FIRE before him glows,
And vet the winters breath is ehilli
And Ger his half-elad person goes
The frequent asue thrill
Silent, save ever and anon,
A sound, half murmur and half groan,
Forces apart the painful grip
OF the old sufferers bearded Hpi
o sad and crushing is the fate
OF Old ere chained and desolate!
Just God why lies that old man there?
a murderer shares his prison bed,
Whose eye-balls, through his horrid hair,
And the rude oath and heartless jeer
Fall ever on his loathing EAR,
And. or in wakefulness or sleep,
Nerve, flesh, and pulses thrill and creep
whene'er that rufian's tossing limb,
Crimson with murder, touches him.
Whist has the grey haired prisoner done'
Has murder stained his hands with gore?
Not so; his crimes fouler onei
God made The Old man poor!
For this he shares felou's cell
The ittest earthly type Of hell!
For this, the boon for which he poured
His Young blood on the invaders sword,
And counted light the fearful cost
Hi, b!ood-gained liberty is lost.
And SO, for such place Of rest,
Old prisoner, dropped thy blood as rain
On Concord's field, and Bunker's crest,
And SaIatoga's plain?
Look forth, thou man Of many scars,
Through thy dim dungeons iron barsi
It must be joy, in sooth, to sec
Yon monument upreared to thee
Piled granite and prison cell
The land repays thy service well.
so, ring the bells and fire the guns,
And fling the starry banner out;
Shout " Freedoml" till your Hsping ones
Give back their cradle shout:
Let boastful eloquence declaim
OF honor, liberty, and fame;
Stillet the poets strain be heard,
With glory for each second word,
And everything with breath agree
To praise our glorious Hber,y,'
Bat when the patriot cannon jars,
That PRISONS cold and gloomy wall
And through its CRATES the stripes and stars
Rise on the wind and fall
Think We that prisoners aged. ear
Rejoices in the general cheer?
Think We his dim and failing eye
Is kindled at your pageantry?
sorrowing Of soul, and chained of limb,
What is your carnival to him2
Down with the law that binds him thus.
Unworthy freemenr let it find
No refuge from the whitening curse
OF God and human kind,
Open the prisons living tomb,
And usher from its brooding gloom
The victims Of your savage code,
To the free sun and air Of God;
No longer dare as crime to brand
The Christening Of the Almighty's hand.
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Notice to Everybody.

KATHAN can and iciH sell goods
IL at wholesale or retail cheaper than the cheap
est.
just imported from the best manufacturers in
England fifty two pieces all wool cloths, consist
ing of Devonshire cloths, water proof Beavers,
Claret, Rifle, Fancy and gold mixed Devonshires,
Doeskins, fancy Plaided, bordered and black, do.
A large assortment of Alpaceas, Verona sur
ges, Lama plaids, French all wool Thibets, Mo-
rine skirtings, regattas, ginghams, fine family
linnens, superior sheetings, damasks, huckaback,
buttons, linnen thread, ribbons, edgings, ladies'
gauntlets, linen haLdkerchiefs, cravats, horse
blankets, &c.
With the advantages of importing we can and
will sell the above goods at Boston or Montreal
prices.
ALSO ON HAND
10 hhds Malson's best high wines,
d" Martell's best brandy,
" pale,
=" DeKaayPen's Gin,
hhds wine, Port, Sherry, and Madeira,
"a Scotch whiskey,
" Monongahela,
" Jamaica spirits,
1000 cod fish, tierces Hudson Bay salmon,
bbls white fish, 2 do No. mackerel
A large assortment of teas, tobaccos, sugars
and spices, ready made clothing, boots and shoes
buffalo robes, otter caps, ladies' furs furniture
crockery, hardware, iron and steel.
All orders addressed Derby Line, VT, win re-
ceive prompt attention.
Mammoth Store, Rock Island, Dec. 16, '5e-52
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From the Green Mountain Farmer.
ROOT CROPS.

Having lately commenced farming on
a small scale, / thought it worth the
trouble to keep an account with my DIFF
ferent kinds of produce, that I might be
able to judge which was the most profit
able. In looking over, and summing up
the cost of labor &C., bestowed upon diff
ferent crops, find that my potatoes cost
thirty-fve cents per bushel; my beets,
twenty, and carrots, ten.
In making up this act, 1 have sup
posed these three crops to be equally
sapping" to the soil, which may be I'M
certain. 1t is but fair, also, to state, thai
the beets were but little, if any more than
half crop, in consequence Of poor seed
The potatoes were cut off by the rust, SC
as afford not more than one third the
usual crop. Making full allowance fol
these things, this experiment looks as i
carrots or beets might be raised cheaper
by the bushel than potatoes.
The question then comes up, which i,
worth the most? not to sell, for oul
/ Vermont farmers ought to sell mainly
animal products, such as wool, butter
cheese, beef, &c, instead of hay, grain
and roots, but to feed out to their animals
Win some one who has tried the expert
ment, and has the facts at hand, inform
me through your columns.
NORTHERN VERMONT.
West Chasleston, Vt, Jan. q, 1857.
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KEEP YOUR TEuPER.-Avoid enter
ing into an argument with deaf man in
railway carriage, as it is sure to lead to
high words.
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TO DRUGGISTS AND OTHER n,
A CARD,

For the convenience of Druggists r..
uals now using this Medicine ia tbe T.
mont, constant supply viii be kent
of our State Agent, FRED. f. Sl1T.
applications or orders will be pron,s's
the same terms as lghen ADDRESSED a
P. V.R- COVENTRY & co Pm,
81 Genesee St, Ada
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"a Under the head of Broken Eng
hsh," Paris paper places the Londoners
who get smashed up by railroad coils
ions, or financially busted.
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q An English writer classified old
maids and bachelors as SOLITARY mature
men and women, who have nothing hap
pening to them"
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Furniture

in unusual variety and styles. P4RL0R SETS
in DAILASK, USH and HAIR CLOTH
JfAHOGAN 7 and PAINTED CHAMBER suits,
MARBLE TOP TOILET BUREA Us, and
CENTER TABLES and very full stock of
Mahogany and Walnut SOFAS. ROCKING and
PARLOR CHAIRS, CENTER and SIDE IA
BLES. EXTENSION DINING TABLE, and
almost every thing which helps make well Sc
lected, and assorted stock of House furnishing
OVAL and PLAIN, GILT, ROSE WOOD
and MAHOGANY FRAME
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KNOW THYsELF.-Every man is q
volume, if you but know how to read
him.
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SocIETY-Society, Ike shaded silk,
must be viewed in all its situations, or its
colors will deceive US.
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"a Benifeence Is the most exquisite
luxury; and the good man, after all. i
the genuine epicure.