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By H^m. Chapman. J ''IVothin^ extenuate—1\ or augilit set down in malice." j Volimie 1.—Number S6.
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OEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAI10I.OA, Friday I»ornin^, April  17, 1S40.
il.»VEMTISEMFT¥TS.
Very Clicap SSaoes, for Sale
" Y S. FARROAV & .SON, Ladies Misses and Childreiis Shoes very low for Cash iio-e who have inoney  will do well to avad j express my immediate and iiressiag'' want of eniielves of tills opportunity as the Stock of; funds, believing, that my punctual cnstoincrs
"g^ Y S. FARROAV & .SON, Ladies Misses
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this article is large, they will be sold, from 50 cts. to -Sl per pair, for Ladies Shoes, Misses & Childrens in proportion. Ajiril 3 342t,
W^illtown,
Wilhanisburgh Dist, 31st. V March 1840.     )
WITH a  tender of my   most  •¦rateful thanks to friends and the public,  for tliieir liberal patronage—I hereby beg leave to
Flows the genial current on. Till by age's f'oost congealing. It is hardened info slone.
DR. A. M. FORSTER, having located in Geoi'getowii,resj-iectfully ofiers his jiro¬ fessional  services  to  the iiihabitaiits  of the town, and its vicinity.    He may be found at the residence of Mr. J, C. Porter. April 3        34tf
Picked up adrift,
"WJ'EAR the rnouth of Black River, Two ^™ new Cheravv Flats, and six stiiks of hewed Timber, which the owner can have by droving projierty and jiaving for this advertise ment. THOS. J. KEITH.;
March 6        2Stf
Jled liiver Cotton Seed.
^T* ^ SACKS Hunter's vahiable selected jIP 9^    Seed, just received and fiir sale by .iVjiriilO    35 E. WATERMAN.'
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BUSH ELS in .Store, 50barrels No.Ca. Flour, Hay, Bacon, &c. &c. just receiv-ed and for s-ale
April 10    352t E. WATERMAN.
Assiise of flre?E«l.
THE average price of Flour jier barrel, of 196 tb. for the last Month being seven doiLu's fifty cents, lhe loaves must weigli as
'foil 'WS.
12   cents loaf to Weigh    -    -    2 lb. 9 oz. G. cents loaf to weigh     -     -    lib. f.i oz. A. MYERS, Clk, &"Tr, April 10        35
NOTIC E the undl' , i.niied Jo hereby certify thill a note drawn in favor of Mrs Ann Huglies, dated the fii-st of January eighteen hundred and ibrty and payable fhe first of March ibllovv-ing Is unknown to euher of us Excepttiiat.I. .1. Hughes gave F. Hugh¬ es, a note and directed lilin to carry It to the Clerk of Court and tell him to make out a Judgement on said note, vvhich I did, and I had nothing more fo do vvith the Note and doubf not that Mr Ilo'.vard will ccrllly tiiat I saldnotliinir more to lilm concernlni; it than what 1 have above mentioned.
F. HECHES.
ANN HUGIIES.
ing, tnat my puiir will make early payment of my demands against them, while at the same lime', I fear there are some, who have forgotten thoir prgmise of punctuality. As I have long in dulged an aversion lo dunning, and am no advocate of the jiractice of suing, I hope neither will be required—If there are any whose honesty is locked up for safe keeiiiiig, all such are resjiectfully requested to give hecd to the jieaceful whispers of honor, and pay those debts which an indulgent creilltor has pciniited to go out of date. It need not be hinted, tliat a want of honor and honesty, will stoji a man's credit, and make him feel "poor indeed." Therefjre jiennlt me for our mutual benefit, to piojiose a suit in the Court of conscience Vi you. Wc will choose Ju.stice fov onr ye.ry, and let honor jiie.side as Judge. The duty of doing unto otheis as you would have others do unto you"wlit not be disputed as a jiroper verdict.    Yoii kiiovr that
very expectation of other conflicts In which you are kind enough to think I may again distinguish myself, that convinces me that the career of arms is not my destiny. Must I confess the painful truth.'' the sight ofthe first mau that fell near mc ia the ranks struck of danger tliat innate
She like the harp tiiat instinctively rings, As the night-breathing zeyhyr soft sighs on
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Responds on each Impulse with ready reply ?V'''^^ '/""' '""'*'      .       ,-
Whethr sorrow or jileasure her sympathy try, leemig of self-preservation, tnat to my sname .
And tcar-drons and  smiles  on her counte-
I seldom, or nev-er sue, and am dependent en¬ tirely ujion your honesty and yonr iioiior—If neither will prevail,—jierhaps yon Irive grati¬ tude, let that oiierate as b friction uji'lni the heart, to scour ofl' tbat caiTkeriiig hiinioiir, which contaminates, and brings ou disease ! Yon have enjoyed tbe beiietitof my Goods, my lime and seiyloes—you have been iiut to no trouble, nor to any exjiense, and the pr> proach of a Sbcrlft'can give no ala-nn, and for
nance play. Like sunshine & shower of a morning In Zday.
Through the range of man's dominion, Terror is the ruling word. And the standani of opinion. Is the temjier ofihe sword. Strife exults, and pity blushing, Fi'om the sec ue tlespai'Ing tiles, WJiere to battle madly rushing.. Brother upon bi otiier dies!
Woman commaRds vt-ith a mildc? conuol, She rules by encbaiitment the ro'lm of the.soul As she glances arouid in the light of her smUe
I own it I was on the point of disgracing myself forever when the next man was killed bespattering me with his brains; for a momtnt I was nearly sii-uckbhnd yet I mov¬ ed on mechanically with our paity. lyvag aroused from this ajiaihetic state by the loud cheers of my companions, it seemed to me a dream. 1 ft'lt Inspired witii an un¬ known energy—I knew not where I was when I found myself on the breach, my colors jilanted in tiio ruin, surrounded by the dead and dying. What may appear to you sir still more strange I scarcely knevv myself I gazed on my uulform. wondered at mj transformation from lhe peceable garl? I wore In niy lather's office (he was an at¬ torney) to the tiapplngs of a soldier. In short ail appeared to me a vision. The kind coiigratulatinns of my comrades soon res-' torcd me to my .senses, yvhich soon con¬ vinced me ihat the closet was more  natiural
'Phe wai' ofthe Passions is hushed for a while And discord, content from his fury to cease Reposes entianced on the pillows of peace.
SirociKiXG   Aff.-vih.—A   gentleman   of! Davidson County. M.  C, well   acquainted { vvlLh  the  circumstances,   a fevr  days ago ' *« "^^^'^'^" i^"'^"-'l''-" furnished the   pariiculais,  briefly, ofa sup¬ posed murder  recentiy  committed in  that County.    T.he pccount  is   sulisianiially^ as follows:
Oh Saturday, the llth Inst, a Jury of In- all this, will you allow Tne notiiing in return! j quest was held over lhe dead body ofa Iittie Notpus.iiblc ! Such a character can lave uo ! ghl named I'hebo Floyd, about 5 years claim to merit—cannot he a good man! Corrie j oid. The deceaseil lived in ibe .nimily of pay mo up   lionoi-abiy,   and enjoy that  go.d   Jacob Tvce.     .\fler she Ijad   been btirled,
name, which gives  distinction to an iioucst   svispiclo.i of violence and ill usage grew to j jastihought of entering Into bonds:   "J'ake iifcart, andolmge Utroiig that the corjre was disiiitevred   and | my advlre, ma'am, and never marrv. No-.v,
suomltled to a pcsi'' 'orler! exaimnaiion by i y^^u \„y Jo-,-n master anci get up da.me. I Dr. L. Wood, in tho preseiice of the Jury carried a cross man ofa husband, and the and some fifty other jiersonS; at Zion Meet-1 very first week of our marriage, ma'am. Ing House. Whereupon the Jury, after \-^Q snapped me up because I put my cold hearing all the evidence adduced, rejiorted
j This candid coiifesslou of what might be called natural feeling did not deter his commanding officer from urging him to persevere In the piofe-slon; his resolution was Uiiuiterablc. He returned to Ireland; his brother succeeded him in the regiment,
Never Makkv.—'Phe following interes¬ ting jiiecos of advice vvas given by the house- -leepcrofa maiden   lady of thirty, who at
April 10
Yor.'^ hi'.Ird cent Cri'dltr-.',
CLELAND BELIN. 35      '
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TIE Coniniissioiiers of Free Sciiools of Prince George \V'inyavv,arc summoned to meet at the Court House in Georgetown, on the third Monday in Ajiril, (the quai'tcrly day) being the 20tii inst. at 11 o'clock, A.M. Teachers Intending to apjily for tiie several schools, will a:.'end at the said meet ing, for examination,presenting at lhe same time their Lists of Scholars.
E. WATERMAN, Chairman Aprd 10        35
April 10
3-52t
l?I:?.d'f'lra Wiasc.«s.
IIE undersigned offer;-, for sale, fois* Cash, SUjierior   Madeira,   Burgundy, Sercial >fnlinsey Wiiies, al-o juice oftiie Grajie, le tlivoiite brands   of  Leacock,  Gordon, tnici Blackurn, all of direct ininortation.
E. B. ROTHMADLE-R. April 10        353t
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l^entl.stry.
IHE subscriber, will be in Georgetown, on the llth instant, and will jinictire Denlisti'y in all its liranches. The bcot of references will be given.
WM. F. IIOLLYMAN. Orangeburg, April 10 35
For f^ale.
JHE subscrilier, dosirous  of closing the tiie concern gf G. R- & W. P. Copgdon, Oilers for sale their entire Stock, consisting of
I>ry ^cods £?5?d fjJroceries, If ard'Ware sisid Ciillery, Provisions tand Ilig'g'in.s-, Iloil©i^> Tin, Stone, and \% ood ^¥are.
The above will Le sold on liberal terms. Any jvcreon desirous of entcviiig into biisbiess would do well to call and e.xamine the Goods, and hear the terin.^.
Ako 75 Bills. Plantation Fish. All Jiersons indelited to the concern, are I'c- qiiested to nake hnmediate jvayment.    All de¬ mands against the firm are required to be ren¬ dered by the first of INIay next.
W. P. CONGDON, Surviving Cojiartner.   - AprU 10        o5tf.
T H E W O li T H O F W O M A N.
Tu.VNSLATED FROM TITE GKiniAN
Honoredbe woman! she beams on the siirht Graceful and fair like a being of light; Scatfei'S around her wherever she strays, Roses of bliss o'er our thorn-covered ways; Roses of Paradise, sent iliom above. To be Kalhered & tw-Incd In a garland oflove.
INIan, on Passlch's stormy oceati,' Tossed by surges mountains high, Courts the hurricane's commotiou, Springs at Reason's feeble cry. Loud the tempest roars around him. Louder still it roars wiihin; Flastiiiig lights of hope confound him. Stuns him life's incessant din.
Wom.Tn Invites him with bliss in' lier smile, 'Po cease from'lils toil, and be happy aw-hile; Whispering vvoolngly—come to my bower; Go not in search oflhe phantom of power.
Honor end wealth are Iliusorv come!
Hapjilncss dwells in the temples of Home.
Man, wirii fui-y stern and savage,' Persecutes bis biofher man. Reckless if he bless or ravage, Action—action—still his plan. _ Novv creating—now destroying— Ceaseless wishes tear his breafet;' Ever seeking—ne'er—enjoying Still to be—buf never blest.
Woman, contented In silent repose. Enjoys in its beauty life's flower as it blowsr Aiid waters and tends it with innocent hfeart; Far richer than man with his treasures of art And wiser by far In her circle confiucd, 'Plian he with his science & flights oflhe mind
Coldly to himself sufficing, Man disilaliis,<he gentler arts, Knovveth not the bliss arising. From the Iiiterch;\iige of hearts. Slowly through his boso'm stealing,
a verdict of wilful murder aginst five of Mr. Tyce's family, viz: two women with young children—two girls one liii and the other 16 yearsoid and a boy of about 13; all of whom are committed to jail to await their trial at the next term of Davidson Superior Court. These aie all the facts communicated; and as a legal investigation has to take jiilace hereafter, it would be improper to give rhe rejioris oftiie neighborhood, even If we had them at hand. Southern Citizen.
A CowAiiJii's Bravery.—At the storm¬ ing of Moine Fortune, in the West indies, I knew ofan Irish ofllccrof the name of W. vvho had lately joined his corps.    H«  led tbe forlorn hope and displayed a cool deter¬ mination that surprised the oldest soldiers. Bearmi!; the King's colors in one  hand and waving his sword with the other, he vvas the first to ascend  the   ladder,   and   jiiant-our ^victorious standard In the breach.—W. was thanked in pubhc orders by  his command¬ ing oificer, who congratulated hhn on his bravery, and informed him  that he vvas re-' commended    for    Immediate    promotion. What was his surprise   when  the yoitnger soldier answered that all he wished to obtain vvas leave to return home and throw up his commission in favc r of a younger  brother, vvho ardently \vished to embrace the profes¬ sion of arms.    The Colonel, surprised at so singular a request, was naturally anxious to know to what he could attribute so strange a resoluflou in a young man with  so bright a career before him. '     "Is it a wish to s<?e your fluher.'" "No, sir," was the cold reply of W^ "You are perhaps   in love,   and perhaps fear the danger of absence.'"'
"No, sir; if absence could produce any alteration In tiic afiection of one that we might love it vvould be pi-oof that he attach¬ ment was ofa very trail nature."
"What then can be your moll ves.'' you have just distinguished yohrself before the enemy, you are now a lieutenauf, and In all Hkelihood another battle-, and you may ob¬ tain a company."
"'Phis is exactiy the reason why I wish to quit the service."
"What; the prospect of rapid promotion.-"'
'Phe colonel thought him mad.
"No, sir but the fear of degradation."
"You speak in riddles."
"Then, sir, I must be explicit; is is this
FEET TO HJi3'x I    1 OU don't know the men, ma'am, as well as Ido."
DuAMATtc EFFECii'.—In a drama recent¬ ly presented in iho Theatre at Berlin, the head of a victim of a tyrant of the piece was to be presented him In a dish, on a table,and covered witii a najikln. All the prepara¬ tions were most Ingeniously mado for this avvfiil spectacle.—'The head was to be a real one, and fhe actor who was to perform the part of the decapitated person had to thrust his head through an aperture In thj back scene, and lay it in the dust, painfe'l so as to make a ghastly apjiearance. This was done, the tyrant had raised the napkin,, and the audience were all becomingly  horrified
when the dead man's head rephed to the tirade which his murderer was in the act of ileliveiing, by a violent fit 6f sneezing, which at once turned the scene into a ludi¬ crous farce, and the house rang with laugh¬ ter. Some wag who had admission behind the scenes had sprinkled the blood stained dish with a quantity of snutf.
PROiiPT ANSWER.—^Chateauneuf, Kee¬ per of the seals of Louis XIII. when a boy of only nine years old was asked many ques.--' tions by a bishop, and gave v'ery prompt answers to them all. At length the pi-eh-ite said, "I will gh^e you an orange if you will tell me where God is." "My lord," re¬ plied th^ boy, "Iwill give you two oranges ifyou will tell me where he is not."
Not Bad.—'Phe Cincinnati Daily New9 tells fhe story of an editor who recently got married, and being somewhat confused, he headed the marri.ige notice "Dreadful Cal-- amity." The ire-xt tiay ids wife gave him a proof of the mistake by boxing his ears, and nearly knocking heisform Into^;i.
Georgia Yaxees.—A large portion of the people of tl^ country, or at least those In the soutiiern partof it believe there arc no Yankees except the regular "down cas¬ tors;" but we can assure tiiem there are just as "cute" chaps—fellows as hard to get round In Georgi, Mrglnia, and other Sou¬ thern states, as in Yerinount or Maine. As proof read the following story which is go¬ ing the rounds of tbe pajiers. If sharper fellows can be found in a ihiys travel through the stoniest, hardest featured, and jioorest parts of iXew Hampshire, the parts where the inhabiiants are compelled to be up lo all sorts of tricks in order to get a living, wi> arc mistaken.