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HECTOR DAVIS,
AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
For sale Of Negroes,
FRAxxLix ST.. RIcHxoxp. Va
SELLS NEGROES BOTH PUBLICLY AND
privately and pledges his best Efforts to obtain the
He has safe and commodious jail where he will bnard
May g. 1883. 4s-,E
NORRIS & BALDWIN,
BALTIMORE ND.
COM MISSION n f RC HANTS.
For the Sale Of Cotto. Yarns, Ossabsrss, sheet.
inss, Shirti1Es and Cotton.
IA :,
in the trsde beng such to enable them to pledge io
ufcturers at all times. the Aslsat s,tt I;e,s and
signn,ents will promptly cash sales. may be sxreed
upon BY them aud the consgnor They will take pesssrs
in pIsesasns q tor ~ % s Of ,s any
desire, at the lowest possible prices
Refer to McIIwA,xE Soy 1 Co. PetersburE. Va.
HARDY Beo. Norfolk, Va
D. SPR,cc, Cashier Norfolk Bt.. BALI.
JHo CLSRK. Pres Citizens Bk, Bait.
PrcRAx, PArxrrs DAVIS. Bait.
January 2. 1850. l-sm.
DANIEL O'DONNELL,
PRACTICAL PLUMBER AND GAS rITTER
(Oas door abose Nesr Cssso0 Nsss,)
Richmoad. Va,
rs PREPARED TO FIT UP DWELLINGS,
i CHURCHES, HorEls. DC, with WATER and GAS. and
keeps hand all kinds Of articles in the sbvc line,
STATIONARY WASH STANDS BLocK Tix Prs,
with Marble Tops, GALVANIZED lRoS Prs.
RAru TrBs Snow n Barns lLyr aud foecX prsrA
COrPER BOiLERs, UxpRArLic RAYS.
WArER CLnskrs. All kinds Of EaAss CocIs
KITCHEN RAHeERs and PLsssp wosx,
| SHEET LEAD and LEAD Prs, Gas IxrrsEs. &c.
All work done on reasonable terms, SsJ sssrasi %
| gire sufi.taeos.
Particular attention paid to all kinds Of Hydraulics either
| in the city country.
RsyxRExcE&-Rer. THIS. E. skinner. Briggs 4 Doad
| and Vim. Pescivsl Architect Raleigh. y. Z.
| 70 ALI orders lett with Mcssrs. Briggs Odd Puoe,
| tual.y attended to.
| June 4. ls.,s. <s-iy.
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Law Ccpartnership.

Law CcpaTneFshiP.
H.V. MILLER & G. w. BROOKS,
RALEIGH, n. c.,
r,v1x, ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES TOGETHER
in the practice Of the law in the County Courts will
'nd rur,lv to all business entrusted I" their care.
Ther vii attend the County Courts Of Wake Johnston
yssb I. franklin, Granville, Person and Orange.
nac. on Fayetteville Street, above the Lawrence Hotel
,ssrr one or the other may be constantly found.
"nre Hr ISIS S-E
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FALL 1865.
HAMILTON & GRAHAM.
ABE IMPORTERS AND JOBBERs. go
"A to T prepared to offer on the most kvorable terms
~ ""0'esaIs Buyers, a large Stock Of
&ee.a celsn and Domestic Dry Goods,
""n great care for the ..'H
.h.h Fall and Winter Trade,
AoR1H-cARoLlNA,
VIRGINIA, AND -. =.
xuhs TENNESSEE TRADE, 7
Bur.,oo " ,oand second to none. ..a - Z,
niua,;on m all sections. invited to close and rigid
''"n Of our Stuck, prices, &C.
No. 60 SYCAMORE STREET,
September = 1850 PsssFasars. VI.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18
gBl&0 TGD POE 1TRW,
From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
The Harvester.

Y hO SAdI VCSJGT'
reaper unto whom had been ASSIGNED
Some portion of ripcncd harvest field
rev shcaves at most the yellow grain wonld
yield,
Whichhe with care alone could rem and hind
Commenced his task with checrin, stroke ard
song;
!,ut soon the melody more ftrul grew,
Niorc tardiy the sharpcncd sickle drew
run, even swaths of grain the field along.
Until the work and song together ccnscd.
How great the liarvess of the worldl" he
thought.
How usclessly my own poor sheuycs arc
brought"
And as he rcckoncd. still the weight increased.
I'LL by the burden time and strength were
spent,
The day passed on and died, in idle discon cnt
Poor fool and yet thysclf, O heart behold
Win thy small task in Gods fair harvest set,
lrooding in vain, no work accomplished vet
Half OF thy day and strength already told.
Sigllng: " How wide the fields bcncath the sun,
How few the labors called to work therein
HOW tares Increase of error. wrong and sin
what chaf to winuow when our best is done ~
upl they who will not work, shall cnt no bread,
such questioning Lut makes >tliy day more
brief
Thrust in the sicklc reap thine own Nll
shcaf!
See how thy comrades patiently have sped.
And oh beware, lest when with shout they
come,
Thou hast no part in that great Harvest Home
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18
COMM W1NOOA1TG0Ms s.
ron THE COURIER.


NJ. Editor: Having little leisure, / have
concluded to give you few thoughts on one
OF those passions which exist to a greater or
less degree in every bosom and greatly con.
tributes to human hNppineSs--it is Horr.
AT what period of lIc hope originates we
&c not capable of determining; for those
wh"Sc minds are matuied have not the most
!Hint recollection of tho first consolation and
happiness occasioned by hope. For even in
the earliest years of our existence when the
mind first began to expand it was nourished
witirfond antic;pations and desires of future
pleasures. Notwithstanding those desires
may have been concerning things Of non-im-
pOrtancc, and of trihing nature. Yet they
afford us as much consolation and caused
our minds to glow with as much rapture as
the maturcd in the most sublime and vivid
anticipations. The mind is seldom satisfied
most voluptuous enjoyment, but reaches for
ward to something yet unseen. The fold of
hope opens wider and wider as the mind ma
lures, and in expanding thus. it extends, on
ly to extend the empire of wishes. Thus
YOU sec the utility of hope, and It's comfort
i'g tendencies. As soon as we learn what
is agreeable it delights us with the prospect
of obtaining it. 1t is our hattercr in youth.
our consoler in manhood. and supporter in
old age. Every period of life has it's pecu-
liar cnjoyments. and the value of tho object
which we hope to possess is apt to Increase in
o., o al IS
"A well cultivated mind naturally requires
something more to sntiate it's desires an
one void Of Improvement. IIcnce this groat
solacor &C huma lilcs we'll alhptc,l to men
tai imur voment, as well as 20 the age of the
indivi Dual. In tho morning of life, the fac
ination and nllurcmcnts which we imagine
adorn tie paths of youth, cause US to hope
that ourjoy will he fulfwhcn we reach to n
certain age, and consummate certain ends.
Theyariety of such hopes arc discovered
81 soon as the time arrives when we expected
tn realize them. But we are not to conclude
that tho discovery, in the least, abates that
ardent zeal in the pursuit of happiness. No!
b DC springs up for things more worthy for
a.tainments more exalted which affords us
consolation that no disappointment can
dcstroy--even in the most pcrilous crcum-
stances, when detected by oppression, or
change of fortune when imnendine danger
threaten sudden destruction and gloom, and
horror, seem to settle in thick clouds over
future prospects, and boisterous waves md
vicissitudes wreck every effoyt that ;s mo,le
70 surn,ount tbon, ,han ,I6s y, ,,ora oon,f,r
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18
Away with Political Parsons.

Sensation preachers have their uses--as
thunder has its uses. But preacher inn
plies religion, aud thunder electricity
Without religion a preacher ought to be a
nuisance, as thunder would be worse than
noise without the air-7clcansing cee-
tricity which should bear The acting share
in its power and purpose. But religious
preacher who makes pohucs his guiding
principle, or even gives politics princ-
pal part in his preaching, is worse than u
nuisoncc--he isa talking malady, preach
ing calamity, by whom nothing but pol
itical OF social disease can be generated.
Machiavcllism does not indeed oppea,
to be quite at home in the pulpit of Chris
taiuity, and he who seeks to be minister
Midas gene; ally finds himself Parson-
Pucrle. The character of a Uly ser dod
ger i'll fits the shoulders of gospel preach
cr. Real, vital inspiring religion is not
in the temper and governs not the
thoughts of your genuine political parson
lie is so much for Caesar that he has only
little to spare for Christ He is gener.
ally for heavenly but particularly or nun
dane matters, He has one text rom the
New Testament, and ten from the com
mon law. He deals with persons and
douscs principles.
But the genuine politico-relgious sensa-
tlonlsts, tie Checvcrs, Beechcrs & Co., of
society, appear to have worn out the suf-
ference of their followers. They can still
create hectic impression, and arouse a
futter, and start a thrill, and secure a rap
turc, and do all the other twittering agta.
tons proper to the sensation orator But
their hold on the csthetic listener is slack
cncd, their grip on the mind is gone, and
the pathoscopic or Inbred man, in the long
run, proves too much for the merely par
sonic OF artificially pious man. The good
sense of the people was sure, sooner or la
ter, to oycrsbudow the impertincnccs OF
those who presumed to mix political mat
tcrs with topics so foreign, in their quail
ty and applying character, to the nature OF
living religion. The tide has turned SO
completely that, if the political parsons do
not follow the discrctcly-put hints of thcit
ilocks, they will, sooner than they imagine
havcto call up the last power ofthcir scnsa
tionisms, as mountcbanks do in "cxcitina
exhibitions" their concluding antics; 70,
all the respect which first followed the dawr
OF their popularity will run to seed anC
serve them only as sort of impetus to al
inevitable dccay--a decay which can b,
made to flicker Just little lightsomc ant
for a little time by the influence which sen
sationism exercises for moment over tn,
masses. 1t is dying out fast, we say, th
poitico religious parsonism-dying out
thanks to the better sense, the truer reli
gious instincts, the higher heart aspiration,
of the very people who may have been, fo
a short period, put out of order through it.
subtle witchery. A pity thatits death kncl
had not been sooner sounded But even
now it is a blessing decided decay is
[N Y. D0iy Ncrs
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18

MORE TRrTu THAN PoErRy-Thc Colum.
bus Corner Stone advances tho following en-
phatic opinion ON very popular error:
" We do not mt all recognize the doctrine
that any man has any claims upon the coun-
try. We hoar a great deal about men hay
ing saved the country, but in ninety.nine
cases in a hundred it is all gammon--the
country has saved;them. Yet whom this has
becn the case they clnim Tint they have
saved the country, and make that the foun
dation of another claim. 1t is soncthing
singular that these men who, in tho mock
Ing OF hnnility. call Themselves public SER
wants, always claim what thcy want for the
present aspay for services rendered, end eye-
ry payment made by Tie public serves only
to oincrcase the debt. Government never cnn
cells tho debt that it incurS by once giving
employment or comforting honor npon man.
1t is true that men do s0mctimcs serve the
country. hut they much o(tener serve tho
party, and in both cacos those who do the
moat real srtTire generally gct least a5I"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-18

HORRIBLE MYSTERY Last Thursday
afternoon fisherman found directly oppo-
site Stony Island, New York, and not far
from Hell Gate, a singular looking box
floating in the water lie towed it to
shore at Port Norris, where the mysterious
box was opened and to the horror of t 'c
present, was found to confirm seven dead
bodies packed IN lime aud shavings. On
further examination the bodies were found
tobc those of an elderly gentleman and
lady; young gentleman and lady, a little
girl apparently about six years old, and n
boy-of about four years old. There was
also colorcd man. The bodies were pack
ed away very tightly, and to enable them
to be crammcd i'll the box the head of the
negro had been cut off and slowed near his
feet, and the legs of the elderly man were
bent back at the knees, The fact that the
bodies were dressed only in night,clothcs
led many to suppose that whole family,
with the servant, had been attacked, rob
he'd, murdered at night, and thus disposed
OF. The night-cothes arc of the finest
texture and ornamented with lace, and the
expensive appearance of these garments
leads to the supposition that the unfortu-
nate victims were persons of woalth. The
linen of the females is marked c. w. or
G. W., and the stockings of one of the
children bear the initials NJ. A. It's sup.
posed by some that the victims must have
been suffocatcd on board some vessel, and
then packed in the box, as above described,
and thrown overheard this theory would
account for the ncn-appearnncc of marks
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-07
ClinpinoS and COnmentS.

The good and bad are strangely interwo- ven in the texture of life Where we3ook ed for good alone, evil starts up to meet us, and in the most abandoned are some times shown good qualities that we sup posed were long ago destroyed. A late event in California is proof of this. A ci- tizen of Sacramento, who bore an nblem- ished character, and was supposed to be in capable of dishonorable act, became in fatuated with a woman of the town, named Kate Wentworth, and proposed to elope with her. He converted all his property into cash, leaving his wife and children utterly destitute, and placed the money, some S20, ,000 in the hands of Kate. This she might have kept and coaxed from him, but she carried it to the unsuspecting wife, told her all the circumstances, and thus pre- vented the elopement of the husband.- When the matter was first talked of and the facts but partially known, some of the papers accused this girl or woman of coax ing the man to do wrong. After return ing the money to the injured wife, the cour- tesan though she is, sent the following let ter to the Alta
 DD1roRs ALTN-It is but seldom that a woman who has been So unfortunate as myself and deeply conscious of those mis- fortunes, has justice shown to her, unless the wrong against her is greater than hu- manity will permit against even the most culpable of its family Although unmen- toned by name and unknown to many, still, as an affair has been made public through the press, in which had a promi nent part, and by which have been mis- represented, it seems but common right we all possess to use the same means to justify myself The person who, in youl colums of Thursdays Alta, is stated as having deserted family and children for my sake, and with his property intended leav- ing on the steamer of Wednesday, in my company, is one who has followed me with unsolicited attentions, even to the point ot persecution; and if 1 am accused of being heartless, the only reply have to make, iS that I frustrated his purpose-returned hin to his family and neglected the opportunity to proye myself entirely nercenary. an also accused by an minimizing writer O "loving money better than the hearts af fections." l would ask what right has ; relentless world given me to hearts atiec tions? and if money is not my best friend by which can cast aside forever, the bond of cruel, slavish life, that, however ab horrent to the heart, requires the face t wear smile. Again I have holler pur pose in life than my own interest can glv depending upon me is pure and Tn nocent child-dearer than life; a child no of shame, but of neglect and poverty such purpose would seem to sanctify eve desire to obtain money. donot assum the garb of hypocrisy, as thousands dc to palliate that which is wrong, but I d assert that however unfortunate may be i
 my position in society, the purposes of m
 life and the impulses of my heart, may b
 no less generous and noble than those
 my sex who have been better protecte
 from the cruel wrongs have been subiec
 ed to. h.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-07
Notes hv the Way

Enterprise, Tenn, Aug. IS, '59.
 All is quiet throughout west Tennessee once more. The election is over, the. re- suit is known and proclaimed to the world, and all are disposed to yield obedience to the expressed will of the sovereign peo- pie.
 In this, (the 9th) congressional district, the contest was very close, and the excite ment exceeded any thing of the kind l ever saw The candidates, Ethridge and Atkins, are both great men, and much be- loved by their respective parties The former opponent is elected by majority of II votes.
 Fine rains have recently fallen, which, though too late for corn, and injurious to cotton, are nevertheless very fine for the potatoe crop. The corn crop is cut very short, and cotton will be light.
 General health prevails throughout the length and breadth of the land. Though travel great deal, and am mingling with crowds every day, 1 have scarcely seen any one seriously sick this season.
 find the people in that section of coun- try very desirious to get Bruce Eddings out of the penitentiary. He is quite a young man, and was raised in this neigh borhood His mother is a widow, and highly respectable. She has two single daughters, the convicts' sisters, who are very handsome, accomplished and amiabe young ladies' Ii was in relation to the older of the two, that this unfortunate young man committed the deed, that has consigned him to the State prison for ter years.
 The circumstances in brief are as fol- lows: Miss Eddings was engaged in teach ing school in Trenton, about two year' ago. Her school consisted mostly of little girls, but she had some little boys, anC among others, one who was the son of 1Mr Py5us, a taylor of that place. Thi lad was very unruly, and she requested his father to take him from school, but h. would not She was compelled to correc him with the rod. The boy resisted, ane l being some thirteen years of age, he sue
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-07
Thankful for Small Eauors.

The opposition, (what name for a par tyl) having lost the election in Tennessee, affect to be greatly pleased thereat, and had a great jubilee at Memphis, lately. Their success in electing six or seven Congress- men, was owing to having the State dis tricted so as to throw the strongest demo- cratic counties together. The popular vote was largely democratic, and owing to the gerrymandering, while the democrats were elected by large majorities, the opposition barely succeeded in being elected. In view of their immense rejoicing, with the fact that democfatic Governor and legislature has been elected, we wonder what they would do hatl they elected Netherlandl Ii they take S?aSmS over a partial and equiv ocal success which they claim, we can scarcely fancy the character of their exuIta- tions over complete success. It is almost worth while to let them gain little tri- umph once ill a while, for 1t does them SC much good, raises their spirits to the highest pitch, and keeps them from settled despair. Of all parties that ever existed, the oppo- sition is the most thankful for small favors.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-07
The Great Eastern

Ihis wonderful vessel is at last complete. Her name Is on every tongue, and the mind almost looses itself in rambling over the yet unrevealed achievements which it may he one day possible for man to signalize. TT. Great Eastern marks ehgibly an era in the history of ship building The magnitud. of the monster seems almost incredible when we conceive the space she must occu- pv and the skill and industry to which is owing her completion. The weight of iron alone used in the construction of her hull is heavier by two thousand tons than the entire burden of the splendid steam frigate Niagara, which twenty brief months ago, was looked upon as a marvel Of maritime magnifcence. Yet the Niagara, whose decks. from end to end, lookai like plank covered street, from their great length, would not reach to the mainmast of the Great Eastern. But when we look at the burden of the ship, imagine the materials used in the Himalay0, Niagara, Duke of Yelling ton, Great Britain. all accumulated in one vessel, and then lacking the size and strength by more than 1000 tuns of the tremendous craft which will soon De on its way to Portlanl. Hnr tunnage is nearly IS great as the combiued tmnage of ten tre- mandouS Iine-of-batyle ~hip>-incuding the once unrivalled Penn,ylvania-,ha are re- gisterad on the United Sla,cs navy list.
 For the curiosity of the thing we annex tha Est.