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k ga ews1 g e you filloe :o situ~a's vso pgoefn o to nta"! - t money's seare r il the kthe 2 ~ ...* *~r oe. f slzotro atis; That spisele'a been sont abroad, to pay the debtdro owe Whilst thousand. still, to bring It back--to *.aifornia go; he t forgetnmore'rare than all, a dancing .Ya? been secen Foi-thrispnd maany wonder. more, you fromn the'paper glean With hero and there, some good advice to lm. proe your erring ways And uiow and then, to please the girls; a few poetic lays; Yeti still with all this varied news, to make a paper sell, There's nothing like'a hl of names-which *pays the printer well. "Step to the Capt ain's Office" then, and set. tIe up the fare. Don't borrow from your next door friend, such things are now too rare, The smallest favors he'll receive and pledge you his devotion, To do you all the good he can-for as oNS's 1.PROoN. - ";Dok JS.ki. THE RICH MERHCHANT. BY SiRl. ANB PORTER. It was night, and the streets were nearly deserted, the more especially as it was snowing fast. A single travel ler, however, might have been seen, wrapped in a thick overcoat, urging his ay against the tempest, by the light of the dim lamps. Suddenly, as he pas. sod a ruinous tenement the figure of a girl started up before him. "Please sir," the said, "if it's only a peny-mother is sick and we have eat nothing to-day." Ste first impulse of the moment was to go on; the second to stop. He looked at the girl. Her face was thin and pale, her garments scanty. He was a mtan of good impulse, so he put his hand towards his pocket, intending to ive her a shilling. She saw the act, and her lustreless eyes brightened. But the traveller had forgot that his overcoat buttoned tightly over his pock et. "It is too much trouble," he said to himsef-"and this wind is cutting. Be sidea these beg are are usually cheats --I'll warrant is girl wants the mn ey to spend in a gin shop." And, speaking aloud somewhat harshly, he said, "Ihave nothing for you; ifyou are really destitute, the guardians of the poor will take care of you." The girl shrank back without a word and drew her tattered garments around her form.- But a tear glistened on her cheek in the light of the dim lamp. The man passed on, and turning the next corner soon knocked at the door of a splendid mansion through whose richly curtained windows a rosy light streamed out across the entrance. At the sound of his footsteps the parlor deer wvas opened, and a beautiful girl, apparently about seventeen, sprang into his arms,kissed him on the cheek, and the*n began to assist him in removing his overcoat. "What kept you so long, dear papa?" said site, "if I had known where you were I would have sent the carriage. You never stay so late at the office." "No, my love; I was at my lawyer's busy, very busy-and all for you," and he kindl atted her cheek. "But now, Maggy, can't you give me some sup The daughter rang the bell ar' 'r dorod the supper to be served. a~ was such a one as an epicure would delight in; jast the supper for a traveller en a ni ie that.. "Pa," said the daughter, when it was finished "I hope you are in a good humor, for I have a favor to ask of you," and she threw her arms around his neck, and looked up in his face with that win rdag smile and those beautiful dark eyes df her's, "I wish to give a ball on m bhrth~ay-..my eighteeth birth-day. * ill cost, oh! a sight of m oney, but you are kind* good papa, and I know you have been sucqqsful, or you would not have been at your lawyer's" "Yes, smy darling," he said fondly Jking her, "the Cotton speculation has i id out well. I sold alllIhad of the attile this afternoon, received the money and took It to my lawyer's, tel l1ng him to invest it in real estate. I think I shall jive up the business." -"Oh! do, do, papa. But you will avo me tiball won -.yo? 0 ,' up thth k e rich nu W i~*~ohi's cou.ntih sam tet up co0ha- :6..i. the preceeding evening. A rodhadigath ered arounid the . en cellardoor of a ruinedtinient e i-mrhia paused toenqire what was the niater. "A woman, air, -has been fQund d&ead below the re," said oi'bfth gen: tors; -"she starved to death, it is said, and they have sent fir the. coroner. He daugher has just come pack, after being out all.iight. believe she was beggng. - That's her moaning." "Ah!" said the hiercait, and a pang went through his heaifliko an ice-bolt for he rememerda having denedi, a pe titioner the night before. He pushed through the crowd, and descended the cellar steps. . A girl coverd over an emaciated corpse that lay on a heap of straw in one dorner of the damp apart ment. It was the samegirl he had fear ed it would prove. The merchant was horror strick. "My poor child!.he cried, laying his hand on her shoulder* "must be car ed for-God forgive me for denying you last night. Herie-take this" and he put a bill into her hand. The girl looked up and gazed vacant ly at him. Then she put back the prof fered money. "It will do no good now," she said, "mother is dead," and she burst into hysteric tears. The merchant, at that moment, would have given half his fortune to have re called her to life. This lesson thus learned the never forgot. The merchant personally saw that a decent burial was provWed for the mother, and afterwards took tho daughter into his house, educated her for a high station in life, and, or her marriage, presented her with a proper dowry. He lived to hear her children lisp their gratitude. STATISTICS oF HUMAN LFE.-The distinguished surgeon, Alexander H. Stevens, of New York city, recently delivered an address before the New York State Medical Society, in vindi cation of his profession, in which he sub mitted the following interestingr statis tics. He stated that throughout the civilized world the duration of human life has increased, and is steadily in creasing with the advancemnut and dif fusion of medical sciene: "In the city of Geneva, in the 16th~ century, one individual in 25 died an nually. For the 18th century, one in 84; at the present time, one in 46. 'With us the mortality is greater. I estimate it at one in 40, the [.roportion of childhood being larger, and childhood being the period of grreatest mortality. In the Brittish navy, among adults, none of whom are very ae, tho mor tality is only about one in 100. Sev enty years ago the mortality in the Brit ish navy was one in every ten. In 1808, one in thirty; 1836, 18 8-10, among 1000; diminution to less than a seventh of the rate in 1770. Jn the American army, with a corps of medi cal officers not excelled by that of any other country, the mortality is little over one in 800 per annum. In Lon don the mortality in the middle of the last century was one in 82. In the year 1838, the mortality was one in 86. I quote from the annual report of the Register General. Within the lasi twenty years the mortality of Russi has been one in 27; Prussia, one in 36; France, one in 30,07; Holland, one in 89; Belgium, one in 43.01; England, one in 53 07; Sicily, one 82; Greece, one in 80; Philadelphia, one in 42.03: Boston, one in 45; New York, one iii 37.83 The immigrats have made our mortality greater than that of our sis ter cities; in other respects it has dimin ished with the advance of medical sceince. These statistical statemente might be multiplied at great length, but enough have been .given to shou~ conclusively the prodigious extent tc which human life has been lengthened, with the advance and diffusion of medi: in sence, beyond its present duration mteless enlightened countries of Eu rope." .AGES OF Puntro MEN.--Mr. Clay is now seventy two. Messrs. Calhoun, Van Buren and Webster were born in the same year, 1782, and arc now 67. General Cass is sixty six. General Taylor is sixty four. "Ma," said an inquisitive little girl, "will rich and poor people live togeth. or when they go to Hleaven?" "Yes, my dear, they willI all be alike there." "Then ma, why don't rich and poor Christains associate together hero. The mother did not answer. of - ~f zi ters bet I rdkon tolc thng al o t afore you niedale 10n octor iet, as elov er a aru s pr rotted pontercary suff through a mati but his har-trigger was ot~too firi and ethrough ita ambst thie6dl'fieliv"heihad, it raenuff to IRe phim'i hit wi'agtei~ the tiene. .war povetful fond of. his fat'r anid gardet, but somewhot 'nuther nu thin" went:weli tliar ho was alters a git tin' soine ne v kind in .his -head, .and afore he got half through one spear'o ueaui, he'd be abarkinl6ud ioir sfi other trail, -gh a T~aihit at all siupri'itafahen he had so many things goin on in his fild, he budent aryttine to seu i6tohu feci'es aoina it. The cattle torrnented hi poverfully; they got used to comin' in, and come thiey would. One of his naybors h'ad a pair of beeves that wr mighty onruly, to be shun, and ho Consalted, they wa-alers the ring-leaders in breakin in. Arely one mornin' ho got up and went out of his cabin, and putty, soon heard gthe coin stalks a- crackin,' but there war a heavy fog on, aid he could'nt see ten foot ahead, sohe started offfull split for the noise, and aforo long sot eyes on suthin' that looked white among the corn. "By Ned," says he, "if it aint that owdaeious' critter of Miss Marsh's a helpin' himself in broad day light,. sep tin' the fog, that's putty chunked; coi ing it raythier too strong I reckon.-I said I'd pepper him the fust time I treed him in my field, and by thurde. I'll do it !'' Back le went to the house and took down one of the boy's gun; it war the old man's first experience i firin 'one, and.of you could hey seen him put in a handful of powdor and shot, all mixed up, you'd he allowod it war a doze of calcemel and epekak ho war a mixiin' for some muisfortenit critter. Artor he'd ramme d it all down, and put in nigh on to a half a pound o' cot ton to keep all quiet, out he put, craw. led uip clu to whar the beef war a man kin' his breakfast, ond let fly, chee bang! For the fu t fire, it was a mighty good ou, and fetched three things to onst-the gun bust, the old mann dropped like hed beena shot hisself, and the big gest part of him made a hole in the ground that they had to fill up after wards like an old well, for ho weighed clean above two hundred, and the na bors that lived too fur off to hear the gun nelt the shock and tuk it for a jew en ile artlquuake on a mineatewr plan. The beef swung backwards anid for wards asecond er two, jest as ifhe war putty well corned, and her wiar too, then down he dropped, gin a bellor, and keeled up. In a e init here come the boys from the house a humpin' it and a hoopin'. "By thunder!" says one on 'em, "of dad han't gone and done it now. -I'l be derned-I recon Miss Marsh's beef has ~pt as much~ of a grist totgrind as hme'le want for some time; Ihalic! farther! are you tired, er what ere ye squattin' down that way fer?" The old man sot still, didn't say a word, ner try to git up, and ef he-had, t'would hey been of no sorter use. Well, thar lhe sot fer ten minits, and all the hays could do they couldn't git a word out ov him, till at last, by pri zin' and liftin,' they got him on his legs agin, and then arterscratchin' his head awhile, says he ''John, which eend ov a gun do you mostways use to pint at anythin,' when you want to knock it over?" "Why," says John, "the leetle one in coursejj "And d& you ginerally put tho powv de.r afore the lead, or ai ter it?" "Why, afore it to be sure." "Well," said the old1 man, "then I'm satisfied, for I put both in together, and that accounts for both cends goin' off to onst, but I allow Miss Mash's beef has got the tother half, and you'd best see." All hands slarted off for the beef, and thar ho war sure enought, made meat ov the old Doctor's white faiced steer. Thar warnt much said the way Ito died, leastways not amongst the Doc tor's people, but as he had'ntt turned a fuirrer for their late crop, amtd beeves that war broke to the plough wer very seus, and corn mighty high thtat year, that war a hoop of weevils in the old man's crib that either starved or chtan god thar location. It larnit hitm suthtin' arter all fer when ever he'd bust up, and fly all to pieces about nothin' at all, the ol woman would say, "thtart's right, farther, (lont you be imposed upon, jest sarvo 'em out liko so~ a .q agnonne , W4 W__ t q4 sept. 27 1848. ,6 0OKlaeFriends oIR~eh# B. BROWN, announce hirnd'mgUi'Vi"ts a foI-'the Offid;f bheSif*f dtfau'tWDlgjtk~ at the ensuing Elicobidh 'Sept. 20"M,-18,.a ok i FO~gfAL~yrDia d a"' -heif Nt, O pnun alcin. 404 elr dto ,.qe7 MRS" April a6th,. "P.4 z . '06rTAdriviig A. Oi .no candidaO for riff 'at thp no .April 19, 18. - A9 announce-OHN-O.WJUR -Ds a cainaflig of a0e ensidg ea otton. Nov. A 48 3 Mr.' Edito4: Plas ,io~j YO DARGAN JONNE', acida eto electidio to-tfflildtfGl1ftful for Sumter District, and oblige the "I4 April 20th, 84 W6 ad. hWA {WW4 Jg A IT nounce DANIEL H. RICOH URGa tan. didate -for the 6flice't le election. - Jan.2,8Ao. 2034 FOR TAX COLLBoTOR. ,, f aW e ai-e tidio nounce ALEXANDE.sWA E a .as a Candida ror' county at the ensuing Eection b! Store, (kinowri na Melig) OtWon 0 respectfully, acquainthis l.1d -Fri6ndseiia' the Public at large, tiat he w I ti 11t,61. imes take pleasure to accommodate them, in 'Cut tingaud Making upgarmgt, 4tIg ost Fashionibld aInudsusdnUaVi auer.L le will. keep consuantly on hand 'E brpah and soasotiablOr rt,"'6tn(0 of the latest and nost. aprovd4 Fashions, rid hopes, by puzietuality updhis desire to pleage all, he merit a continuance of their vtior - -ge and confidence. Jan. 15, 1819, 12 .tf SU RGEON DENTIST, SUMTERIJILLEg S. C. Mr. H. wvill administer the Chloroform in Surgical and Dental Operations, if reqtuired. Jun' 7, 1848. 32 1y hscustomiers, friends,'n'd the 'publiegner ally of Sumter, that he has, and willcounstant. ly keep on hand,' Fresha 'nd well'48lected stock of Medicines, Paints, Oils, ye Silk, Wi~ndow lass and Putty; Fine ~5p.and Fancy Articles; all of. wideld will et/ sold cheap, by Rt. SIDNEY MELLETT,.MD. a: One dodr wrest of McLeia'w-oid stant. P, S. -All orders froms the cduintry p-rpt ly attendled to. - .7 New Gooda Receiysd& A general assortment of Dry.Goods, Grocer Ies, liardiware and Cutlery, Crockery, Sad. dkery, llats and Cap., Boot.'and ShoeJ,- d.. which will be sold low for cashiby -~ ___ L. 1. HANKS GLOVES." A Fre~ih essortnmont or feadfes' Shit~cbld. and black Kid Gloves, white anid black silk do. Ladies white Kid shoes, Bideed ardce 4 do,,; Gents bilk and cold kid Gloves, Buck do. Berlin do. lined wvith Buck skin. Also,, a beautifnl assortment of' gents iancy and. blk Cravats; Suspenders, &c. &c. ___ - B.t HANKS CLOTHING. Of all descriptions- and sizes, from Tom Thumb up to the Kentucy Giant.q i . 3 BASKETS:CHAMPAGNE, 20 doz Londo:i Porter, 20 " Madeira Wine, line article.o _____ IL. B. ANKS 1000 LBS. NO. CA. BACON, 1 Keg Goshen Butter. ..L. B. HlANKS. Nov.i 1-...; 1 tf Malt and Urout 17,000 'pounds Iron' froin: 1.4-in. rodnd to 2 1-2 in., do. 1.2 Square to 21-2 do. BMIer,. TIyre, Plough, Hoop, band Irbn' &c. &c. CTat and Bllister Steel, at Charlesto~n prices. Just Received and for Sale by A. .. . 2, QgpS6 Just Jieceived, By D RUCK ICR & CO., a full and cornp'lete supply of SADLE RY, CUT LERY AND HARDWA~tR4, conpist'~ & er article wihich bolonigs to liab6 ceified lines, wvhich will be offered at the ~owest pri cos. Enqiuire ait the CAihEN.BA2ZAAR 4~~ Ite, 0 e A~ v I I~ffle 666 L~J1 j~ Ali.k~ r~n4irIp~ ~briK& .m.lo *l doriNo 3 ~A u -Houiel W1EAG~PAL a, '?&.GiG Vrth Mi odth our store er ofi i v L'rcianid' S di~ rrom John Thomp' , 4es sopply, ofl thesaffiejlowsl I 1,104-1'14 ii ata-,C ag. 4 .Ab. ~1~oWz14;a W1 " WKill W il l Rp E *4 sreev aw 1GWnura - w s.CAmrD -f it k 0 A O4 -F - , C & A ~ ~' h. 4.. ~. eqs A&' Mh6 owlple ras n -# G -r tVIQJN~ F sa4le ji 44. ini prons