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Agents and Correspondents wained in all Towns of thc Count v. SATURDAY, NOV. fi, Ls7">. "Honesty the Best Policy. This trite saying carries upon thc face of il a truth so just and self-evi dent that no one would dare in an avowed theory to contradict it. But: tuan}- who would not question its truth in theory evidently do il in practice. How cager men are, even for dishonest gains. If the}- can get the control of money for their own usc and escape thc scrutiny of a hu man tribunal, they care little by what ! means it is done. If they can secure ; ellice and its honors ami annuities, j they do not hesitate at the means to j ?Some mea would open grog-! fi t? anti scatter in the community i >, iire-brauds and death if ollice .? ;alth for themselves.could only rc.n Kitt if "God is God, and rig!?; i.-, rigl.i, every 'tish ihciit act to^olitaTi7an>' .-'tiii l\ ..- ... is, pay .' i too ti. a: for biich palt H favori., V'-r. lolly of ali .-H'M. ?'-iH will lid seen .imo. "Ali s weil thai. ci.d??. but there is no good ending j tonest deeds. - . cw York paper in referring to | thc notorious Tweed anti his unfor t?nate, but once seemingly prosper ous family, says of him and his wile They were married when thc tuan was i a chairinaker, and they might haye had j a happy career bad the funner remained j 'honest. They lived ina plain manner, I mingled with mechanics' society, and : Were thc parents of two boys and two : girls, good looking and healthy children, j The era of meretricious splendor has come and gone like a dream. The girls arc married. Each had a diamond wed din";, and each has sunk into obscurity and [loverly. The two sons once held : linc appointments in thc service of the j ring, but they are now only lounging 1 around the. eily ball. The mother is in ! widow's desolation. Tho ill gotten wealth is almost all gone. .\ million j and a halt has passed into thc hands of I her lawyers, and lier husband is .-/.ill a j prisoner. A seedy and corpulent old man, inhabiting a pair of rooms in Lud low street jail, is all that is left of one who bas been alderman, Congressman, chairinaker and lawyer, commissioner of parks, public buildings and docks, Slate senator, and for seven years thc autocrat 1 of this city, thc only redeeming feature j ia the faithful wife, who is reducing her sell to poverty in hope of obtaining her j1 husband's release. As cur readers well know, a large j amount of money has disappeared from our own county treasury, which our people had paid in taxes from their own scanty earnings. We never have said whose pocket or pockets were lined with this loss of our county treasury. Somebody ought to know, and somebody does know, but who would want to know that he was him self thc thief? Such knowledge would brant! one's own being with infamy, and the painful truth must haunt them living or flying. Thc gains of dishonesty arc a burning curse to those who hold them. Money thus secured never spends well. Few men who, like Boss Tweed, se cure wealth by pilfering, take any real or ladling satisfaction in ealing tljflhiH of tb. ir own doings. Such orWTiiiake signal failures in this life but if not on earth, they cannot es cape wbcn'clue vengeance from above shall overtake them. More citizens for our State. Il is well known that wc have any amount of waste land in South Car olina, land, too, which will richly pay for careful cultivation. We want more good citizens for our State. Not a fourth part of our land is now improved. We do not wonder that some who left us after '.he war arc glad now lo get thc means to return, and we are glad that our government is so generous in helping them to thc means to bring forth thc fruit meet for repentance. We cannot alford to drive from us any man or woman who is able and willing to carn an honest living. Thc effort for our in terest to moke, is to induce people to come to us from other Stales North or South, and we should gi vi them a hearty welcome. We learn with pleasure "that a meeting was held in Columbia, some weeks ago. to consider the proposed immigration of a large number of colored people, who had signified their intention tc remove from Georgia into this State. The meeting appointed a committee to consider the maller and take sucl action as might be deemed advisable. .Judge Wright, thc chairman of this committee has published a report ii I which bc states that several thousanc j acres of good land have already beer placed at their disposal, to bc dis posed of to such persons as may b desirous of becoming permanent bom fide settlers, at prices ranging froii one dollar per acre and upward None of thc lauds now in thc hand: of thc committee will be sold, excep to such persons as do intend to be come actual selliers. All tracts sob iii be gi ii ? ?. d p-wl and fori ile unie-, specified to Ihr ? outr.ir;-. ii su'vii sales nb di.si:riininuli()ii with re ??ard 'o i a: c ><: color will ' e iq and ??he' huid will be for pureini e lease, or at simple rental, accord ni] to thc discretion of the settler. Th committee now consists of one men: ber in each county in thc State, an they invite all persons who have lan to sell to communicate with the Se< rotary, Mr. II. L. Shrewsbury, i Columbia." If Georgia, Mississippi and otlu Southern Stales ?vis.h lo get rid ( their colored people wc will give thei a hearty welcome in South Carolin: and will do our best to aid them i land and thc means of education. -,S'. E. Advocate. Early Education. Thc time to educate comes wil thc first conscious being of early ii fancy, and no portion of life can I more favorable for education in man important respects, than the fin seven years of life. All that on secs or hears-all thc surroundings ( childhood leave their indelible in press on thc tenderest years of chili iiood. If this be so, what can vt [.xpect from the maturity of agi where childhood is reared in ruii liovels, amid tilth, and if clad at al ?lad in rags and left without thc tei 1er caresses of fond affection, < suitable food for body or mind? is true that mothers must bc main Hie educators of childhood, but ho can they teach what they never kne themselves? How can they care f the immortal interests committed their trust when obliged to work the field during thc day in hod cotton and cori; to get bread 1 themselves to eat? Many a motli in Ibis section of country works 1 five dollars per month and ralioi We have heard of mothers of t great and good, but these motin were not left themselves without t vantages and opportunities to ci cate their children. Culture dc not come from careless neglect, I can those cultivate others . i ... themselves no cultivation. Jf thc mother of the We not carefully improved th opportunities of childhood ? instruction for her ehih founder of the Methodist Church never would have bi in the world's history. 'I might bc said of those dis i in tho world of scicn.ee. lt liaron Cuvier's mother who a great naturalist. The 1 was laid in his earliest ye her loving lessons invested rest every little shell a which came under his ol; It was she who first laug] read with delight thc wort ncr and Buffon, to make co dillcrcnl animals described pcrintending his sketches. Thc proud achicvents o? hood were but the fruit of education. Bad men com wrong lessons given them ii It is the home education not only on thc subsequent on the doctrines of thc soi ii i ty - lt is what we need : this section of country ; taste, furnished with the m tellcctual and moral on need also, day schools ai: schools, that will meet th for virtuous education in Looking After Do , Kxcentric ladies suppo army of cats, and one dy i .. land a few ?'ears ago left u for the support of a famil The people of the South ai ly fond of dogs, and many spend more to feed their th their minister who prcachci Ihe word of life. Many of people in this section arc in i come around the ia.'ic tdjakj "ilieiiujtQnls lOg??h?i i:? :. fit iii circle. .Sue!) . -titi itt no-'tihlv t'ikt- n v<.V.?..l.'tr. : . . _l.0..l I .'_- ..ll.' ... from the way that an ? I treats his dogs : "Lord Kgerlon ?san t acquaintances, and very i countrymen have got as ..- i dining hall. His table, I constantly set out with a ?ors, and served by suit?' ants. Who, then, are his guests? No loss than a c . : vorito dogs, who daily . milord's dinners, seated very in ann chairs, each wit round his neck, and a sorv <rv to attend to Iiis wants. n- j or able quadrupeds, as if . r such delicate attention themselves during the tin , ! with a decency and dec eh! would do more than bono, of gentlemen ; but if, by ihi , one of them should, witlu v. ? iii sidcration, obey the nate t of his appetite, and tran."- r? if the rules of good mannt pun ishment is at hand. Tin du; ing the oiliense the dog 1 even dines well, but no" * s table ; banished to thc n : r and dressed in livery, In ea t? in row tho bread of shame i s thc bone of mortilicalioi s place at table remains v mt ti! s repentance hus merited s pardon !" A Sensible G*<-" "Some months ago," f i) a wi it cr, "I met a yoting English woman wno came to this city to ma ouiig man to whom shu was at!1 um in England, and who had co Ibis country two years previo*. Lo ei ,/ ..;e in business. She was t' in orv liim at the home of a friend i moth er's with whom she ' ying. During thc time she w:> makin up her wedding outfit, he i nm to sie her one evening when lie ?as i*t drunk enough to be foolish, h is shocked and pained beyond m> m ire. She then learned, forth I i rsi Lime, that he was in the habit of ri ri ii g frequently to excess. ?She innedi ately ttopped her prepara! ons and told him she could not marry him. He protested thal abc would drive ltira lo distraction ; promised never to drink another drop, etc. 'No,' she said, kI dare not trust my future happiness to a man who lias j formed such a habit. 1 came three j thousand miles to marry t he man I j loved, and now rather than to marry \ a drunkard, I will go three thousand j miles back again." And she went,, and thus proved herself wisc and strong. Better a thousand times dis-j solve thc tenderest tie. titan to bc, linked to that "body of death," al loathcsomc, helpless drunkard. But how many young women there arc who would falter, and hesitate,' ami yield, and put faith in a drunk-] ard's word! How many have al ready done so, whose throbbing heat ts only ceased their hopeless aching, in the chi liing si lenee of the sepulchre. Oh, woman be careful1 where you step ! Let every woman take a linn stand on this ground, and' it would do more to prevent intem perance than any present means can accomplish. Moral Courage in Daily Life. "Moral Courage," was printed in large let t tu s as the caption of the fol lowing items, and placed in a con spicuous place on thc door of a syste matic merchant in New York, for constant reference, and furnished by him for publication : Have thc courage to discharge a debt while you have thc money in your pocket. Have the coa rage lo do without that which you do not need, however much your eyes may covet it. Have Ibo courage to speak to a friend in a seedy coat, even though you are in company with a rich one, and richly attired. Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, and hohl your tongue when it is prudent that 3 011 should do so. Have thc courage lo own that you ire poor, and thus disarm [loverly of ts sting. Have tlie coil ri ge io t nj man v.l.) ,: ? Have thc Courage eui the mo?l ! agreeable acquaintance nv'yau li.'iV ? wheui \'?'? arc ? : vinci i tuai (? lacks principie . .? ! rit nd Hhoulj.l i. 'ja. s*. .iL a friend's infirmities, but not with Iiis vices. Have thc courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatcvcrgui.se it appears, and 30111- contempt for dishonesty and duplicity, by whom- ! soever exhibited. | Have thc courage to wear your old clothes until you can pay for new ones. Have the courage to prefer com- \ fort and propriety lo fashion in all things. Have thc courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather than lo seek j for knowledge under false pretenses. . Have the courage in providing an entertainment for your friends not to ? exceed your means. j WASTED I'OWKUS. - Among thc .numberless marvels at which nobody' I marvels, few are more marvelous than : the recklessness with which priceless gifts, intellectual and moral, are; squandered. Often have I gazed with wonder at the prodigality displayed i b^' nature in thc ei.stus, which unfolds | hundreds of thousands of its starry j blossoms, morning aller morning, lo [shine in thc light of thc sun foran jhour or two and then fall lo flic ground. But \\h<> among the sons ?and daughters of men-gilled with thoughts which wander through eter nity, and with powers which have the godlike privilege of working good and giving bappi nessa-who docs not daily let thousands of these thoughts drop to the ground and rot? who docs not continually leave his powers to draggle in the mold of their own leaves? The imagination can hardly 1 conceive the heights of great noss nr.d glory to which mankind would bc' raised, if all their thoughts and ener gies were lo bc animated with a liv ing purpose. Hut, as in forest of 1 oaks, among thc millions of acorns that fall every autumn, there may, perhaps, be one in a million that will j grow into a tree-somewhat in like : manner fares it with the thoughts and feelings of mau. What, then, must be our confusion when wc sec all these wasted thoughts and feelings rise up in tlie judgment and hear wit ness hgaiust us ! CLOUD WITH A SII.VKU LIKING. -The Netos und Courier of Charles ton, in a notice of the elections on Tuesday of this week says : '.There are too bright spots in the gloomy picture of Tuesday's elec tions. The conservatives, working in harmony with the colored people, have elected their entire ticket in Mississippi, and thc anti-Tammany Democrats, in co-operation with thc ! Republicans have routed ihe insolent and corrupt Tammany Hall clique in j ^ New York cit} ." A Turu LADY.-llcauty and style arc not the surest passports to respec tability. Thc best women that the world has ever seen have presented the most unprepossessing appearance. A woman's worth is to be estiranted by thc real goodness of lier soul, and inirity and sweetness of her charac ter ; timi a woman with kindly dispo sition, and well balanced mind and temper, is lovely and attractive, be her face ever so plain, and her figure ', ever so homely. She makes the best of wives and tho truest of mothers. She has a higher purpose in living than tin- beautiful yet vain, supercili ous, woman who has no higher ambi tion than to flaunt her finery in the streets so lo gratify her inordinate vanity by extracting flattery and praise from society whose compli ments are as hollow as they are in secure. LITTI.K CUOSSKS.-Christ comes to ns morning hy morning, to present to us, fur the ?lay then opening, divers little crosses, thwartings of our own wiil, interferences with our plans, disappointments of our little pleasures. Do we kiss them, ami take them up, and follow in hts rear, like Simon the Cyreniau? Or do wc loss them from us scornfully because they are so little, and wait for a great allliction to prove our patience and our resignation to his will? Ah ! how might wc accommodate to thc small matters of religion gererally those words of thc Lord respecting thc i- . ii'iv.i... hmd *'..?* .le^P'T i ot. om: nf i tn ' I1.; 1.1.' . '.?.-/' Despise ! : ' ; li ll !? SOU! . itll? dil ? ? ? . IV inanity. Despise not little tempta tions ; rightly met, they have often nerved the character for some fiery trial. Despise not little crosses ; for when ta icu up, and lovingly accept ed at the Lord's band, they have made men meet for a great crown, even a crown of righteousness and life, which thc Lord has promised to those that love him. LOVK-One morning, 1 found little Dora busy at the ironing table, smoothing thc towels and stockings. "Isn't it hard work for the little arms?" 1 asked. A look like sunshine came into her face as she glanced toward her moth er, who was rocking the baby. 11 It isn't hard when I do it for marama," she said, softly. I low true it is that love makes la bour sweet. So, if we love the bless ed Saviour wc shall not find it hard to work for Him. It is love that makes His yoke easy and His bur ilen light. If we love Cod, we shall always be happy and contented witn our lot. Lol those who would affect singu larity with success, first determine to be very virtuous, and the wilt bc ?nie to be very singular. Teas! Teas!! The einliefst in the world-Importers' pri?e.--largest Company in America sta)ile article-pleases ?verybody-trade continually increasing-agents wanted everywhere- host Inducements-don't waste lime-semi for circular lo KO H MUT WELLS, .IH Vesey Street, New Turk. Post?lttcc Box 1287. PRICE LIST. Oolong, black- IO. 50, flo, liest 70cts per pound. Mixed, dru and lilk-10, |r>0, CO, host TOcis per'.h. Japan, Uiicol I oral-00. Tn. so. i;.?, he-r $1.00 per lb. I Imperial. Oreen-CO, 70, 80, ill), best 81.00 per Hi. Voling Hyson. Oreen- 50, 00. 70. ?0. 00, Si..'m. host ?1.05 per lb. I Gunpowder, Green-$1.00, best 5>1 ..SO pi-r ]lh. Kugtisli breakfast, Black-GO, 70. so, ?io. hest 81.00 per ll?, N. H.- We have a specialty o? Garden Growth Vnung Hyson and Imperial at j $1.20, and Oolong Kxtra Choice 81.00. i V?d'" If one of our agents should call j upon you, send lora pound sample of ?any kind 3011 require. Enclose the money, ami we will forward lt to you, per return mail without any extra charge. ADV E K T I S K M E NTS. MISCELLANEOUS. r~1 BANI) OPENING I jr I will open this morning a jot ?f too Finest Teas, vcr offer ed in thia market, co al JNCOLOttED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, rOUNG HYSONS, ?nd GUNPOWDERS, uid in order to cultirato a Ir&de for these linc grades I will sell them VE-B.Y LOW. have also reee?Y?d tins moruiuc Another car-load ol Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Mad? ?specially for me from tho Oiliest Selected "Wlacssit, I haY? uuver had a oouaplaint of this braad of flour. IMPORTAIT NOTICK ! Inferior KEROSENE Ol?, is- eo dan ci ons and so many accidents hare aired from ils use, 1 hare keen indu??d, t tlie repeated solicitation of BOJ eiisi ier3. to purchase a supply of pure ' .r fhetr use. T haye just receb - KW 'TOE WHITE KKa??SKE Of 124 fir? Ult. I will i*U thia rara il cheaper than th? sarao grado af Oil in he sold at in this city. Families ase g this Oil are ?aft. The us? ot tko >mmon Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET equivalent to bringing into tte family instruction and death! I hare also raceired : 0 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams, 0 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 5 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from the Dairy, which has all the freshness and Haror of the flow ers. Tierces of Baltimore Sngar-Cured Strips, 0 Barrels of Extra Meas Mackerel? averaging twenty ounces. 5 Sacks Lagnayra Coffee, equal to Java. 0 Sacks of assorted Rio, by lest Kio steamer. With a full supply of 3HOICE GROCERIES, KV ; > i iii ; . . i iy stock is full, with price? lew ??4 good times rosing. Thanking the public for their Tery lib ral patronage, and soliciting its contia lance, I will do my best to merit th? me. HARDY ?OEOMON, Oolnmtoies Sss Os?