Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r *? y; # m mi.xiLj?i? , a !? '*ip 1 ??!Jii-i-.i-?u. i1 i i mtsmmm. memem* u?.? ?i mm. e?? i ? . THE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE. Dftroktr la It ftps, lipoiilics, 3nkiii0?njc*, unfc % 3mpro?mml of t\)t &tatt antr Connlnj. " . ^ ^wvvv'>ww^:rwwvwyyvv??Qi'V>>?w>?w<l%< JOHN C. BAILEY, PRO'R. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 89. 1871. VOLUME XVIII-NO. 80. FINANCIAL. fiRUfwviiTi? I ?r?^"?>i".">*.p"?~ in-? ?* - ?? 1 TIIE UNDERSIGNED WILL BUY AND SELL GOLD AND SILVER, ALSO, BUY AND SELL EXCHJIJYGE ON How York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Charleston. And other cities. T. W. DAVIS. Greenville, S. C., June ft, 1871. June 7 ft t( JFOR SALE o the HOUSE AND LOT IN the City of Greenville. present residence of ?ho subscriber. The LOT contains three acres, most conveniently and pleasantly situated, west of the River, corner Ithctt and River Streets, with a (runt of more than 300 feet on each. Tho DWELLI NG HOUSE and situation is considered one of the best in Greenville, with the usuul and necessary Out buildings. There is a fiue % liGETABLK GARDLN ?nd WELL of tbo purest cold water, which siewer CaiU. There are abundance of SHADE TttKEK. native growth, and KVEll?J UKKNS an tV* Lot. For taruM aud lorthcr psrticulnrs, apply to 43. ST. TOWNES, Proprietor. July 26 J2 tf GREAT i/aisiga'jijsi? AT B. M. Winstock's. undersigned tins just re<4S> turned from New York with a full aud WELL SELECTED if OCR' OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS CONSISTING IN PART OF FULL LIJYES OF Ladies' Dress Goods. Domestics. Ladies' and Gents' Shawls. 44 " " Hosiery and Gloves. 44 " 44 Shoes. Gents' and Boys' Boots. 44 Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Ladies' Gents' and Boys' Ilats. Domestic Groceries. Crockery and Glassware. Trunks, Valises and Carpetbags. And a great many articles too numerous to mention, all of which I sell at Lowest Prices for Caeh. Call and examine for your 6elf. and vou will all ac knowledge that you can get great bargains at B. M. WINSTOCK'S. At well known Store as Carp's Old Stand. Oct 4 22 tf Stale of South Carolina* GREENVILLE COUNTY. la the Ooart of Probate. A PSA L OM BL YTHE, Ae.iynet, ?frc DA NJ EI. M. HO DOES re. HI CM A EI. D. DICKE Y, Adminiilrator d* honii no.i, el at. Petition for Account and Final eettUmenl. IT appearing to 1117 satisfaction that Michael D. Dickey, Administrator de bouie won Caroline Hodges; the beirs of Fleming Hodges, j deceased, els., Daniel Hodges and Jobn Hodges ; the beirs of Huldab Kinsey, deceased, vis., Sarah Whitted, Hehecca Kinsey, Louisa Kinsey, Martha Kinsey, Margaret Kiniey and Moses Kinsey ; two of the beirs of Elisabeth Whitted, deceased, els., Sarah Whitted and John Whitted, Milton H?dges ; one of the beirs of Ciarlnda McKlnney, deceased, els., Elisabeth Rm?l . ??? -? ??-- ?--? * ? f uu? wi ?o? ncirB oi rcrmcna Ttrrr, deeeaaed, lit, John Tarry; and Nancy A. Dickey, Defendants In tbl* ease, reiide without the limits ol this Stats. On motion of Kailey, Walls and Barle, It Is ordered that tbey appear In person or by Attorney, at ft Conrt of Prohate to he holden at the City of Greenville, ? 1h$ tOlt day ?/ Aovrmiar uext ts show cause, If any tbey can, why a Coal set, tlement ef the Kstate ef John W. Hedgea, deeeaeed, should not be had and a Decree given thereon, or their consents te the same will he entered ol record. S. J. DOUTniT, Prohate Judge. October 12th, l?71. >4-7 Thr New York Directory ior 4871-9 contains 200,952 names. T lliiJU rNIMPKOVBD LOTS FOR SALE. OFFERED AT PRIVATE SALE, a number of To?a Land on the New Extension of WASHINGTON STREET Lending from Main Stieot to the AIR-LINE RAILROAD Also LOTS on West Street and Johns Street, (the latter soon to bo opened) which run parallel to WASHINGTON STREET. These LOTS variously rnnge from a distance of about 300 YARDS OF MAIN STREET TO HALF MILE AND UPWARDS. i ALSO N UMBF-K OF LOTS WEST OF THE RIVER, ADJACENT TO THE LOTS OF B. Howard, Col. Ware AND JUDGE DOUTH1T. THE LOTS OFFERED EMBRACE SOME OF 1 HE FINEST AND JM OST B EAUTIFUL SITUATIONS FOR IN TIIE m OF CBEEMIlll, AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ON TERMfe? THAT WOLL JU3TDFY FIRCfiASE&S 1SVESTIIG. For further particulars apply JOHN WESTFIELD, or GEN. W. K. EASLET. Sept 27 21 tt Principal Ofllca 101W. Pifth St., Cincinnati!, O. The only Reliable Gift Distribution in tho Country. L. D. SINE'S EIGHTEENTH GRAND ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION, To br.\Dratru Monday, January l*f, 1872. $200,000.00 IN VALUABLE GIFTS ! Two Grand Capital Prize* ! $ 10,000 In American Gold ! IO.OOO In American Silver 1 Five Prize* of $1,000 ; Ten Prize* of $500 each in Greenback*! One Span ol Matched Horses, with Familr Curriage and Silver-Mounted Harness, worth $1,500! Five Huraes A Buggies, with Silver-Mounted Harness, worth $600 each ! Five Fine-Toned Rosewhod Pianos, worth $500 each ! Forty-lire Family Sewing Macbino, worth $500 each. 2200 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches (in *11,) worth from $20 to $300 each ! Ladies' Oold Lcootine and Genta' Gold Vest Chains. Solid and Doable-Plated Silver Table and Teaspoons. Photograph Album*, Jewelry, Ac., Ac., Ae., Number oi Gifts 25,000 ! Tickets limited to 100,000! Agrntt wauled to tell Tiekth, to %ekom liberal J'remiume wilt be paid. Single tickets, $2; six tickets, $10; twelve tickets, $20 ; Twenty-five tickets, $10. Circulars containing a fall list of prises, a description of the manner of drawing, and other information in reference to the distriho- , tion, will be sent to any one ordering them. ' All letters most be addressed to L. D. SINK. Bex $6, Office, 101 W. 6th 8t. Cincinnati, 0. Nov 22 29 6 Dr. Anderson IIAS opened Office In Goodlett House Building, first door on Washington Street, IN REAR OF iHr. T. W. DatN, Jeweler. and will operate at the following low ratea: (Jold Filling* froqt f i 00 to $1 60. Tin * Amalgam " 60 " f I 00. Tooth Extracted at 60. Tooth Inaortod at Reduced Rates. Terms Cash. pM' Persons of moderate means, bo not deterred from calling, for if he ean accemmo? date yon at less rates, ho will. Uroenrillo, 8. C. Oot. 11 th, 1871.' tS-tf Jcdok Graham has purchased a fino residence in Orangeburg. V aBTiiniiwim lBNrttd at the ntN of on* dollar per square of twelre Mlaton ho** (this (it*1 ljrp?) or ! for the trst to-rtlo*, fifty o*at* eaob for tk* ****ad and third insertions, aaJ twentr-fire oeota for sabeeqaent insertions. Yearly contracts will b* Bad*. All kdrertisements Bust bar* tb* aaabtr of Insertion* Barkad on them, or tb*y will be inserted till ord*r*d out, and charged for. Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisement* will inrarlably b* " displayed." Obituary notices, and all BatUrs Inuring to to th* benefit of any on*, nr* regarded aa AdrertiaeBent*. Notice. All persons indebted to u?* ut* WILLIAM H. HOVEY, are rsqnested ( to cone forward and make PAYMENTS ta the Subscriber, and all those baring aay DE. MANDS against his Estate, are hereby netifi. < ed to present them for settlement. M. M. HOVEY. Administrator with WUl u?M*d. < Greenville, 8. C., September 20, 1071 20 tf , $25 Reward. The above reward win be paid for 1 the apprehension of one JACK OAR- j MANY, end hie delivery to the Jailor ef Greenville County. The sa d Germany la * colored u.an tone 20 yemra of age, live feet 1 ten inches high, and weighs 150 lbs. j J. P. MOORE, Mayor. Oreenville, 8. C., Oetoher 4, 1871. I Oct. 11 23 tf | Tltc Slnte of Sontla Carolina.. ' GREENVILLE COUNTY. 1 In the Court ef Probate. 4 ELIZABETH GREER, re. LUCINDA Jfe- \ CRARY, FLORENCE MtCRARY mnd ? Other*. Petition to o*t meido the Will of C. . if. GREER, decerned, Account, drc. . IT appearing to roj *01107001100 that Kesiab Ward, Mosea Greer, Joslah Greer and John Greer, or tbelr descendants, Defendants a in this case, reside without the limits of thia j State. On motion of Earle A Blythe, it is or-' dered that tbey do appear in person or Attorney < in the Probate Court for Greenville County, ] on or he/ore the 20lh day of December next, . and answer, plead or demur to the petition in " ' this em MM or tSsir consents to the ?* - entered of record. 6. J. DOUTHIT, Probate Judge. October 12th, 1871. 24-11 The State of South Carolina* GREENVILLE COUNTY. In the Conrt of Probato. TELITHA A. DICKEY, Administratrix, ti. MICHAEL D. DICKEY, Guardian, at aL Petition for Account, Ac. IT appearing to my satisfaction that MICHAEL D. DICKEY, Dafendaot in tbia caae, resides without the State. On motion of Earle A Blythe, it is ordered that bo ap? P>ar in person or by Attorney, at a Court of robate to be holden at Greenville Court House, County of Greenville, on lie ls? day of December next, to show cause, if any be can, why a final accounting should not be bad by him as Guardian of LEWIS T. DICKEY, late of said County, deceased, and a Decree given tbereon. On falling to attend, his consent to the same will be entered of record. S. J. DOUTHIT, P. J. 0. C. October 12th, 1871, 24-7 REMINISCENCES or TIIK COUKTV gF SREEBmiE, BY EX GOVERNOR B. V. PKRBY. [CONTINUED FBOM LAST WEEK.] RICHARD GANTT. Judge Gantt moved to Greenville whilst I was reading law in Judge Earle's office. His son, William J. Gantt, had been admitted to the bar; he establ ished himself ? here likewise, lie commenced reviewing hie studies with me, whilst 1 was preparing for admission to the bar. We read in the same office a good portion of our time, and Judge Gantt would occasionally pay us a visit, and give us good advice as to our studies. He inculcated in strong terms temperance in all things, and especially abstinence, total and unqualified, in the use of spirits. He told us we must not only bo diligent and a industrious, but we must be pious 8 also, to succeed in life, lie ad v visea us to memorize an old prayer of Lord Coko's, and kneel down every morning, after opening onr office, and repeat it. The Judge's great piety, as I afterwards learned, was by fits and starts. As an instance of it I will mention the following anecdote, which is strict ly true. He sent for a Methodist preacher, who was a mechanic, to build him a mill. They went out to survey the mill seat, aud whilst there the Judge proposed that they should kneel down in prayer. The clergyman offered np a very fervent address, and as they rose from their knees the Judge inquired what was the lowest price for which he could afford to build the mill. The Methodist stated the sum, which was so much more than what the Judge had expected that he indignantly replied : 4*You are a damned extortioner." Judge Gantt was a most eccentric man, and somo of his eccentricities borderod on derangement. He was one of the kindost-hcarted men I over knew. lie had <?reat humor, And vras exceedingly fond i of telling a good story, lie was i aa fickle as the wind in all his i (dans And purposes of life. Before ( te came to Greenville, lie was 1 moving from plaoe to place ogd- i tinually. It is said that Edmond < Baoon, a distinguished lawyer at I Edgefield, was ssked where Judge I Gantt lived f Ho replied that last < week he was living at such a place, M but he did not know how often he had moved since, or where he i was now living." This was told ,1.. t_j? ..u c.iu. | IU?3 UMUgC, HHV Ml?% I^IIVW ^ ^.wu W ouvu m nuisance (liat If he goes to heaven I do not wish to be there with him." If all the stories told ol the Judge, and tlioae told by him, were collected together and published. they would make a moat amusing rolnme. The Judge was a very eloquent advocate at the bar, and had a high reputation as a criminal law5er. On one occasion he and Mr. ohn 0. Calhoun were associated in the defence of a case ot homicide. In his argument as junior nrtnnaol U" ,L J "* ??-v., mi, vaiuuun aumined that it was a case of manslaughter. Judge Gantt followed him as senior counsel, and argued that it was a case of excnsable homicide in selfdefence. The jury acquitted the prisoner entirely, notwithstanding the distinct admission of his junior counsel that it was a case of manslaughter. lie had a noble roice, and was a most fluent and impassioned speaker. On the oench l.e always took the side of lie criminal, and most generally jrged an acquital. A great many rogues and murderers have scaped justice through his misaken compassion and mercy, llis charges to the grand and petit ju*ies were sometimes astonishing Or their extravagance and folly. I once hoard Judge Gantt, at Spartanburg, denounce the retailng of spirits as the greatest of all :ritues, as it induced all others.? Fie was the first man in South Carolina who lectured asainet the ise of spirits. This he did in bis charges to the grand juries, long before the crusade of the regnlar emperanco lectures in this State. Fie said to the jury at Spartan)urg: M Do you <*uppose there is iny retailing of spirits in heaven ? Flow would it look to see the Anoe )e Paul astride a whisky barrel ! St. Peter uctjng as tapeter I And George Washington playing the :ourt honse bully with a half pint in cap in his hand 1" In cxpresang his utter'detestation of spirits, le said u he would sooner swallow t rattlesnake than a drop of spirits, provided it was a small one that le could get down his throat jasily." In one of his charges to the >etit jury at Greenvillo, in a case >f fighting in the streets on the dearth of July, he told thein that hey ought to acquit the defenlants. IIo said the anniversary >f American Independence was a iroud day to every patriot in the and, and it was a day on which be American people had a right o fight! They should not be pros:cuted for the exercise of this right, o nobly maintained by onr anceaars on that day! After my admission to the bar, became very intimate with udge Gantt, and was strongly atAched to him for his many high nd uoble traits of character, notwithstanding his eccentricities and agarics. lie was as kind hearted md benevolent a gentleman as ireathed the breath of life. He was a pure, incorruptible man, .nd as pleasant a companion as I ver ruet. lie was cordial and soial in his nature. I frequently ode the Western circuit with hitn n his carriage, and I was greatly mused at Ins vagaries, whitns and trange notions. At one time lie rould drink nothing but spicerood tea, and carried the twigs rith him from court t<? court. At mother time lie took it into his lead that molasses and water was he only liquid that a man should Irink. lie would stop at a rpring i d make his man, Bob, take out lis molasses bottle and mix his iwitchel foi him. In Columbia, durng the sitting ot the Court of Appeals, he rented a little office near :be Court House, and made his xiachman cook his meals. lie brought his provisions, even his ingar and coffee, from home. He vaa terribly afraid of fires whilst in Charleston, and, on one occasion, shartcred a vessel toslecp in during lis stay in town, sitting in the Court if Appeals. Judge Gantt was a native of Maryland, and read law with Wiliam Pinkney in the town of An? tapolis. lie has frequently told ne that he was very much like bis groat lawyer, orator, and itatesmen in his person and feat* ires. Judge Gantt prided himself >n his knowledge ot the common aw, derived from old Coke whilst 1 ? Tt' . - -cnuing in .rinaneys oitice. lie taid Judges Nott and Johnson, who were on lho appeal bench at ;bat time, and two of the moat learned judges in the State, knew rer/ little ot the common law except what they had picked up from him, whilst he presided with them as an associate judge in tue Court ot Appeals. Judge Gantt, with all his kindness of heart, could say a great many Hitler things, and delighted in making sarcastic remarks on his associates and acquaintances. He did this with no bad motive, but from a humorous disposition. He told me tbat before leaving Maryland be was desperately en* amored with a beautiful and lovely girl, seventeen or eighteen years old. He moved to 8outb Carolina and got married ; had been fortunate in bis profession, and was elected a judge. He thonght, after an absence ot twenty years, he would revisit old Maryland, and see all of his friends and family, who still | lived there. He did so, and thought ho would go and see, amongst others, this old flame of his, who was married and settled in the country. lie still had the most virid remembrance of her youth, beauty and loveliuess.? Her picture was still in his mind and heart just as he had last seen her. Twenty years, and the wear and tear of time had made no change in that I He called, and sent up his name. In a few minutes he saw a little old woman, with a cap on, several teeth out in front, a pale and wrinkled face, coming down the stair case, who rushed towards him and said : 44 How do yon do, Mr. Gantt V I am so glad to see yon once more.*' Thccharin was broken ! The spell was gone! And he left the house in ten minjntes I When the separate appeal court was first established in South Carolina, it consisted of three judges, Nott, Johnson and Colcock. They reversed a good many of the indce's circuit HopiaUn. -vv.?.v-C, U..V. lit was indignant at their audacity.? lie said that Nott would always try to wipe out his tracks when he caino to any legal difficulty ; that Johnson would cut away, like a fellow witli a broadaxe, to trv and roinove it; but that Colcock would run up against the difficulty without seeing it. In the latter part of Lis life, j Judge Gantt's eccentricities and i oddities became grievous to the i bar, and resolutions were introduced in the Legislature to remove him from the bench, when he resigned by the advice of his friends. lie carried into his retirement tbe respect and affectionate regard of all who knew him. In the resolutions of the bar, on his resignation, drawn by Judge Wardlaw, ho is compared to that most eminent and nious of all the English judges, < Sir Matthew Ilale. < lie used to tell a great many anecdotes of himself whilst at the bar ] and on the bench. He said that < he was once employed by an old ] Dutchman, who chaffered about i the fee. He asked fifty dollars, ! and the old man proposed twenty, i The Judge told him he would ac- 1 cept his fee and give him an argu- ' incnt accordingly. He commenced 1 his 8)>eech and pleased his client t very much ; but he stopped short, 1 and told him the fee was exhaust- ' ed. The old Dutchman handed < him twenty dollars more, and he i went on bravely in the argument i for some time longer, when he put his hands behind him and opened j thein for auotlier douceur. The Dutchman took the hint, and put i ten silver dollars into his hands, j and he concluded his argument.-? ? On the bench, he wsa trying an i old miser for compromising a felony. He had had a cow stolen, and I dropped the probation for a ] large sum of money, paid by tbe i defendant. The old miser refused to employ counsel to defend hiir, and said 41 ho would rely on the judge for justice and mercy." fhe judge sentenced him to pay a fine ot a thousand dollars, and lie imprisoned twelve months 1 This opened the eyes ol the old miser to the propriety of having counsel to represent him, and lie immediately employed Judge Martin, then of the bar, to intercede for him, and paid him a fee of five hundred dollars 1 In Basil Hall's book of travels through the United States, he mentions an interview which he witnessed in Columbia, South Carolina, between two brothers, illustrative of the disposition of the Americans to move from one State to another winch was just being settled. Judge Oantt told tne that the 6cene did occur between him and his brother, pretty much aa described by Hall. lie was starting from Columbia ono morning for bis home in Greenville, and met the cavalcade of a gentleman moving. He inquired of one of the servants where they were from, and was told Mary-* land. This induced him to inquire the name of his master, and tound that he was his brother, whom ho had not seen or heard from for years. Ho immediately turned back, and went with his brother and family into the town of Columbia, and stopped at the hotel whero this (conversation occurred. He inquired of his brother if he had ever been in Florida, J where he was moving to. The brother informed biw that he ?m moving there without ever having seen the country 1 44 How do jou know that you will like the country ?" said the judge. The brother replied that if he did not, he would go on to Louisiana. 44 Why did you move at all f' said the judge. 44 You were comfortably situated in Maryland, and say that yi.u have been pri-sperous in life, and done well." 44 that is all very true," said the brother; 44 but I wish to do better !tt Another anecdote or two of the Judge, and 1 will conclude. It illustrates the deep interest he always took on the side of mercy. At Union court house, in a trial of a criminal case, be called up n* ll Anol ITarn/I/\n vw,vllv ajivi IIUUII| VIIO VI VIIO UW fendant's counsel, and said to him, " Let jour partner expatiate on the facts of the case, jou laj down the law, and I will reply to the Solicitor." It is said that the Judge was once trying to purchase a horse of a gentleman, who was immediately afterwards sworn as a witness in a case in court. The Judge said to hfm, 44 Now, jou are under oath, tell me what you think that horse is really worth." The gentleman adhered to hi6 price, and the Judge closed the trade! The lion. Warren R. Davis 6aid that he was once arguing a case of great importance in* the old Constitutional Court of Appeals, composed of all the circuit judges, and he noticed that he had attracted the particular attention of Jndge Qantt, who seemed to he. listening with profound attention to the thread of his argument.? lie thought it was an indication (lint tKn Tfvn wna " w* ?uv U UVJ^V T1 no Tf IllI 4JIIU Hi the view he took of the caao. He was confident that his argument had riveted tho attention of his honor for some time, and he felt gratified. When ho concluded, the Judgo called him up, and he Bupposea to compliment his effort. But instead of doing so, ho said to him, 44 Where did yon get that waist coat ! 1 was admiring the cut of it all the time you were speaking r [continued next week.] Blunders si BtshfuJness. If there is any defect more striking than another in American sharacter, it is bashfulncss.? Young America, in particular, is painfully affected by it. An incident is mentioned by a correspondent, who was desired by his ?nnt to go over to neighbor Shaw's and see it he hau any jtraw for sale for firing beds ? 4 Mr. Shaw," said our informant. 4 was blessed with a sroodlv num ber of Misses Shaw, and 1 there fore felt a little timid at encoun- 1 tering them. To make the matter worse, 1 arrived just as the family were seated at dinner. Stopping at the doorway, hat in haud, I stammered out: Mr. Straw can you sparo me enough sliaw to fill a couple of beds ?" 41 Well," replied the old gentle man, glancing around at his large family, and enjoying my mistake, 41 don't know but I can ; how many will you need ?" 41 Before I could recover, those tateful girls burst into a chorus of laughter, and I broke tor homo in i cold sweat." Tiik following toast was drunk not only by ignorant yeomanry and country gentleman, but by nobles, prelates and premises of the Orange party in Ireland : 44The glorious, pious and immortal memory of the great and good King William, who saved us from I'cinc and Popery, brass money I ami wooden shoes. He that won't, drink this toast, may the north! wind blow him to the eouth and a west wind blow him to the cast ; may he have a dark night, a lee shore, a rank storm and a loakv vessel to carry him over the ferry to hell ; may tho devil jump down his throat with a red hot harrow and every pin tear out his inside; may he he jamcmd, ram med and dami.cd into tho great gun _ r a *l 1 .1 J -iP A!? OI AUKOI1U ttnu urou UU 1IIVO UIU kitclion of hell, where the Pone is roasting on a spit and the devil pelting him with cardinals." ? > Caroline Brows, says the Darling Southerner, a colored woman, who was struck on the head with a hammer, by another colored woman namod Nanny Byrd, at Tiinmonsville one day last wook, died on Satnrday. On Monday, Nanny came to town and was (>nminitM for triiil in VolirnArv next. Rutlek, in a lecture at tlic Academy of Music in Philadelphia, on the treaty of Washington, held that the concession! made by the treaty wore hnmili. ating to all Americans, Dalias E. Cook, of Alabama, has been appointed Consul to Rio Janeiro. Tub cackling of geese saved Rome, and the kick of a cow destroyed Chicago. Jbffkksow Davis is soon to make Baltimore bis permanent residence. It snowed ii> Nashville, Tea* nessee, Wednesday, and in New York on the 16th. Palmer, who was pat off the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, a few months since, has been awarded $8000 damages. The County Commissioners of Abbeville have paid ont tor the yeAr ending November 1st, $19,576.13. Liberal advertisers are the men who u mean business."? Those mho don't advertise only do a mean business. Dr. Wm. C. Horlbbcx, of Charlston, died on the 13th. lie was, at oue time, in charge of the Confederate hospital in that city. Fires are raging ia Deer and Harrison Creek Valleys, Mo., and have extended to Jefferson County, Nebraska. Los* estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Tub Pickens Sentinel says that Richard Cotrell and Elizabeth Wilson, living in that county, are both over one hundred yearn v?u? A Chinese restaurant keeper in San Francisco was killed by his Chinese waiters, and a saloonkeeper was killed in cold blood bj a customer. The County Treasurer of Lancaster offers $25 reward for proof to convict any person guilty of tearing down his posted tax notices. Geo. G. Cannon, a Mormon leader, says if the convictions continue the Mormons will burn all they have, and make another exodus, as they did from Illinois. " Eldorado," a valuable plantation belonging to the Estate of Charles Alston in Horry County, was sold for $1,000. The place was said to hqve cost before tbo war at least $30,000. The Rev. William W. B. Howe was consecrated Assistant Bishop of South Carolina at St. Paul's Church, Baltimore. The sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop ot Litchfield, England. Said a youngster in his glee, uiepmjmg ins purcuasc w> m ooeora friend on the side walk, u Two oocoanuts for ten dents ; that willmake me sick to-morrow and I won't have to go to school !n The Government offers a thousand dollars reward for the re*arrest of Ballard, who escaped from the Ludlow jail, New York. Ballard i6 considered the most dangerous counter feiter in the world The discovery has been made that grape leaves make a yeast in some respects superior to hops, aa the bread rises sooner aud has not the peculiar taste which many object to in that made from hops. There are two ways of goingthrough tlio world : one is to make the l>est of it, and the other to make the worst of it; and thoso who take the latter courso work hard for very poor pay. AnovK all things avoid laziness. Thero is plenty to do in tlus world for every pair of hands placed on it, and we must so work that the i world will be richer because of our having lived in it. The Chester Reporter says r Munrow Wilke and Thomas Land,, colored, both living on Major John W. Wilks' plantation, near Broad River, went out to kill rabbits, one day last woeW. Munrow Wilks accidently killed himself.. The Peabody Fand of #2,000> 000 yiolds an incoma of #120,000*. and is judiciously apant in exciting efforts on the part of the Southern people themselves to, maintain public schools. Dr. Scars is quite successful in securing the cooperation of the Southern people. Tub presbyter who seduced Miss Choverg, at Decatur, Ga, and was found guilty thereof, a few days ago, liaa been sentenced to twenty year* in the ncnitcntK ary. lie was also deposed from the ministry in tbe Decatur Preat bytory. " IIkkkietta/' anid a landlady to her now girl, 41 whon there bad news, particularly private af1 dictions, always lot the boarder* ' know it before dinner. It may ' sectn strange to you, Henrietta, * bnt such tbines make a crrcat diff> ?I fcrencc in tbo eating in tun co\&rs% of a year."