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BY W. A.LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ~ ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24. 1872. vnr
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Will be fount
GENERAL
THAN
"WhILE looking nt tlic wai
uuhdfhl'of bis external comforts
1 dies to pay us a visit.
Our friends will please inquire
because we keep a !ar?^e Stock oi
exclusive]}' to tLat line.
wmmw
October 13, 1371, 25-tf
GROCERIES
i -w
H AS just returned frou
"* Ixeliaspurchased, at
LOWEST
A. CHOICE
FAMILY
pv.f; ^ . v
The public, and especial!
to examine our Goods befoi
no superiority over other
that our prices shall be as 1
exact quali ty represented. Norwooc
- \ i March, ?!&, 1871 49-tf
IWrTMINALI)
fN ?* ff 1* J *
. - .1 . HAVE REMOVED ]
Rob erts c
1st Door below the NEW POST 0
FOR CASH
t I f / J V
, DRY
CHOICE G)
Also a I
i&lfSil
! fAj y.O?aca:
GOOD j
Respectfully,
Dec. 4, 1871, 33?If . ,
THE STONO
Of Cha
PROPERLY appreciating the w
xne South, re*>rt!vwf!n the ou
would put them within the reach o
They offer their
r "SOLITl
a completo Arowoniated Fertilizer
November next, with approved cit;
1 The "DISS0L1
for compostinsr with C-'otton Seed or
price of $25 i-ash, or $30 on credit a
planters who used it last year to tin
J /
J., D. AIKEN, General J
7. "ft ' No.'5 Cent
A. M. AIKEX, Agent, at
DccriS," T1?7T, 34?Sm
Wholesale a
ABBEVi:
I HAVE constantly on hand a til
COFFEE, FLOUR, SYRUP,
CANDLES. STARCH, and BAK
and CHOICE COUNTRY HAMS
C1A&S GROCERY STORE.
I BEG LEAVE to call at
&I&TOBS
which may stand in need of as
TUCKY BOURBON. FRENCH 1
U) this Market HOLLAND GIN
WfSTE3, ALSO, MALAGA WIN
CHAMPAGNE, ami LONDON P(
All of which I will sell low for cas
At my SALOON will be found i
"(GARS, Ac., and I also keep on drn
iby J. C. fciEEUJiitS, Columbia, s.
. . 1 J - ^ *. x. \
1 9 11 f *> I 14 ft I . ( ttiy
12, 1871, 8-tf
IlllS
Just received, a ful
DRY G003
Boots and Shoes, for
HATS' and F
i (4 . i .
which will be sold at ftstonishincr T
w_ j -i? ~ ?H
COIUC uuu givu us u van utiuic > v.
kaph;
Oct 19,1871, 2C?tf
?
' F~\
1 to Embrace a more
ASSORTMENT5
HERETOFORE. q,
its of the inner man, wc have not been nn- do
And have done all we could to induce the
If.
for whatever they maj* need, and not think, j
r Groceries, that we confine our attention M*"
&PR0M0NS[
r. DuPREJ
i Baltimore and New York, wliere
the \J
NET PRICES, Til
SELECTION OTi1 j
GROCERIES.:
Pit
y our friends, are respectfully invited Q ?
*e purchasing* elsewhere. We claim
fiirst-class houses, but we guarantee
ow, and that the Goods will be of the
1, DuPre & Co. 1
-F
- & HADDON i
.J A
?ROiI WHITE'S CORNER TO - Block.,
iFFICE, whero they will exibit ami sell low
, A FULL STOCK OF
GOODS,
ROCERIES, &c.i J
fine Assortment of
11 atul we wll give you a
BAR.GAI1V. PI
McDonald & Haddon.
(Con
PHOSPHATE CO,
rleston, S. C.
ecessity of Fostering the planting interest of
thet to otter their Fertilizers nt a price which
P ........
i uvcn I'utiiiLi? .
3LE GUANO,"
r
nt $40 cash, or $00, on a credit to the 18th of.
f acceptance. '
7J3D PHOSPHATE" V
I
Stable Mann re, is now ofTcred at the very low
?s above. This is highly recommended byi__,
sir entire satisfaction. "H
?M. RAVEXEL, President,
Lgent, !p??
5 nia
ral Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. 500
, Greenwood, S. C. A
the
Maws 1
md Retail Grocer, b]/
le STOCK of REFINED and RAW SUGARS, j R
MOLASSES, RICE, SODA, SPiCE, SO A PI pi
ING POWDERS, also, WESTERN BACON
, n fact every tiling generally kept in a FIRST
tention to my SUPERIOR STOCK of
Jill wiksjI
medicines. OLD RYE WHISKEY, KENBRANDY.
warranted as pure as over brought
, RUM, SHERRY, MADEIRA and POUT
ES, generally used for Sacramental purposes,
>RTER aud'ALE.
h.
a fine selection of WINES, LIQUORS, CI- y
ught the purest LAGER BEER, manufactured; /
JOHN' KNOX. P
w W?| ^
riEfiir
I and well selected STOCK OF
DS, CLOTHING,
Ladies' Gents' and Children,
A
tt-dhtcwtwo anrvna
U AilAUUJLM V Wl/JVKT)
>rices.
iu purchase elsewhere.
IN & SKLARZ. "
J
Marble 1
rllE MARBLE YARD is r
ters to its new "Work Slio
red expressly for the business *
7 .11 A
arsiiMii nuusu. x\. imu oiucn. ui
ITALIAN AND ABIE
m always be found on hand, an
nc in a superior manner, and at }
Also, a fine collection of Design:
YXCY HEADSTONES, which
tiee. Call and see our prices and
J. D.
Nov. 2.-1871, 28, tf
ew Cotton and E
THE PLA
,oan mm
..Subscribed 1
>NE UHLLI01
s f iarelm of this Bank, Comer o
jSLUCrUBTA, t
5 NOW READY TO RECEIVE COTTi
IS will be made upon Cotton in Warehouse
0h- Parties Storing Cotton with the Bank
ne tlmt will be available in this city or any
0r? The Bank is prepared at all times to
OVISIONS on the most reasonable term?
Parties would do well to apply at the '
ieers. .
CHAS
JNO.
)ct 10, 1871, 2G-Cm] T. P.
rAXES F(
JURSUANT to Orders from the
by announce that the COI
71, will begin on the 20th Di
e penalty for non-pavment will a
lNUARY, 1872.
The per centum of Tax onvaluat
Seven (7) Mills on the J
> Three (3)' "
and "
J. F.
3ct. 23,1871, 27-3in
"iiiiwii!
s now prepared to exhibit to the inspect
A VERY FULL A
T6CK OF ST
sibling of nil the leading articles neede
m.
DRY GOODS of all Styles,
BOOTS AND SHOES, A Large
CLOTHING, A Great Vari
HARDWARE, GROCER
.CROCKERY, BACON
TTCXT TT nTTT? Xrn,
X iiUAX) JL. JLIVf KJ XV, VfeV*
.11 of which will be sold at the lowest j
let. 12, 1871, 25?tf
1TIWAN FE
IHREE VERY 8UPERIOR ARTICLES
and Superphosphate Company of Char.
ETIWAff G
complote manure, adapted to Cotton, (
>\vn article heretofore offered at a very liigl
)sphate of Lime', with tiie addition, as hei
and Hot ash. Price $59 per ton, if paid on
per ton, payable 1st November, 1872, wil/n
ETIWAN CRO]
. now articlc of the same high grade of So
elements of Cotton Seed in such a inaune
rs for Cotton and Grain, at. a lower price tl
ton, if )>aid on or before the 1st of April 1
uber, 1872, without interest.
ETIWAN DISSOI
averaging from 18 to 20 per rent, of Dissoh
ig the i>ianter by composting, to obtain t\v
bve half cost and freight. Price $3o per t
ril next, $40 per ton, payable 1st Novcinbe
'AKE NOTICE, that all these fertilizers
osphute, and must help for more thau one
WM. C
HITE, SMITH & WHITE, Ag
)ecemLer 13, 1871, 34?3m
WALLER&
MERCHA^
tREENWOO
i j 1/7 . > ' .' }
, RE now offering: to the public in their i
line of all the Goods generally needed
THEIR STO
have been selocted with great carc
READY - MADE
FINE STOCK OF I
A good assorti
Groceries, Hardware, Crocfc
which the attention of purchasers is invi
WALLER ?
Ian 3, 1S72, 27-tf
Works.
emoved from its old quarp
and handsome Office pre- on
Main Street, above the ^
RICAN MARBLE
d all work warranted to be '
t j-1 - l l.
mccs lower man ejsewiiere. j
3 for MONUMENTS AND i
can be furnished at short t
[styles. Respectfully, |
CHALMERS. ;
- I
=r (
'roduce Warehous ;
NTERS' '
jm BAM.:
1
Capital,
7 DOLLARS.
(GiiiM ail Ripol Streets,,
GEORGIA.
I
OX. LIBERAL CASH ADVANp,
or Upon Railroad Receipts. -j
will be furnished with receipts for
other for borrowing money. -I
make LOANS ON PRODUCE or
>. ;
Warehouse, or commuuieatc with the J
, J. JENKINS, President. .
P. KING, Vice-President, t
BRANCH, Cashier. t
)R 18TlJ
5 STATE AUDITOR, I here;LEGTION
OF TAXES for
VY OF NOVEMBER, 1871.
ittacli on the 15th day of
ion of property is?
Dollar for State. [
" County.
" Seliool purposes.
C. DuPre,
County Treasurer.
i Jfc
ion of their friends and customers, j
.ND VAEIED
AFLE Mil, i
C!
)d in the Household nnd on tlio |
II
r
i
5 Stock, s
ety,
IES. ?]
r, LARD, u
&c. 111
p
>nces. ci
UTILIZERS.
> are offered by the Sulphuric Acid
leston, ?S. C., viz:
UANO.
5rnin and Tobacco, being the well
I) grade of 15per cent, dissolved Bone
etoforerof Peruvian Guano, Ammo- ^
or before the 1st of April next, and L
uul interest. . r
P FOOD.
luble Phosphate, compounded with
r, us to ensure one of the best fertilan
the Kliwan Guano. Price S40 J
lext, $45 per ton, payable 1st Jso,VED
BONE.
ed Bone Phosphate, and thus ena ^
o tons of half that grade at a saving
oi), it paid on or before the 1st of
r, 1872, without interest.
are of the highest grade of Soluble
*'car- V
3. BEE & CO., '
3 tl
General Agents, Charleston, S. C.
outs at Abbeville, S. C.
b
BROTHER,
<
JTS AT ?
I). . S. C.,1
S
new and handsome building, a full! I
in this oommunity. j k
Ir
CK OF r
0?B? i
, and unusualljr attractive.
! CLOTHING. i
JCOTS AND SHOES, i
! *
neut qf I
:ery, and Glassware. I
ted. Give us a call'.
& BROTHER.
Paoiflc Guano Company'*
COMPOUND J
icid Pliospliate of Lime, ?
?OR COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED. ?
A
Price $25 Cash, |
writh TJsual Advance for Time, 8
THIS article is prepared under the i?
Riin<>rint(>nr)ph/<p nf T)r. KT..JTT- u
LiJSN RAVENEL, expressly for composting
with (Litton seed. ^
It was introduced by this Company 'p
;wo years ago, and its use has freely at- y
:ested its value. 200 to 250 pounds of g
;hi.s article per acre, properly composted jp
.vith the same welgnt of cotton seed, 11
urnishes the planter with a FERTI- i]
[jIZER of the highest excellence at the p
imaJlest cost. A compost prepared with q
,hia article, as by printed directions fur- ?
lished, contains all the clementsof ferility
that can enter into a flrst-clas*
FERTILIZER, while its economymust
iommend its liberal use to planters.
For supplies and printed directions
or composting apply to
tl
J. JT. ROBSOff, ?
AGEXT PACIFIC QUANO COMPANY,
S'O. G8 East Ray and Nos. 1 and2Atlan- v
ticWhajf, Charleston, H. C. *
rNO. 8. REESE & CO., Gen. Agents. *
Nov. 29,1871, 32?3ni J;'
SOLUBLE ?
PACIFIC GUAH0. ?
'RTf'R DOLT,AftK CASH. WITH A
usual advance fortime.
Experience in the use of this a<
Guano for the past six years In tl
ina State, for Cotton and Corn, has so Ji
ar established its character for excel- p
enec as to render comment unnecessa- tJ
y. , to
In accordance with the established it
jolicy of the Company to furnish the tc
)est Concentrated Fertilizer at the low- tl
ist cost to consumers, this Guano is put
nto market this season at the above ti
educed price, which the Company is it
snabled to do by reason of its large fa- it
lilities and the reduced cost of mauu- ,c<
act u re. at
The supplies put into market this sea- aj
on are. as heretofore, prepared under ?
he personal superintendence of Dr. St. ei
rulian Ravenel, Chemist of the Cornpa- ci
ly, at Charleston, S. C., hence, planters ci
nay reetassured that its QUALITY and c(
COMPOSITION is precisely the same bi
ia lwirnt/irapa oaih af nfmlpilt fr
o\v price every acre planted can t>e fer- pi
ilized witb two hundred pound Guano
it a coat not exceeding the present value at
if 30 pounds of cotton, while experience ol
iasshown that under favorable condi- pi
ions of season and cultivation the crop rt
b increased by the application from ir
wo to threefold the natural capacity of le
he soil. Ifence, under no conditions tr
ould its application fail to compensate ai
ur the outlay. Apply to T
J. N. ROBSOJT, tt
Agent Pacific Guano Company,
so. GS PJust Bay and Nos. 1 and 2 Atlan
tic Wharf, .Charleston, fcj. C. "
NO. R REESE & CO., Gen. Agents. OI
Nov. 20,1871, 32?3m
ta
The WorlcUReno*rned J.J
I0WE SEWING MACHINE. "BT?
U"T? XI An?A 5a Unfl tsjf oanttnnr \fonli!nn
1MXU CIO uiuiuovnv ?? 1115 imuviuuv
ever made. It lias poiIWi* of suerinrity
over all others. In range of cj,
ork the machine cannot be equaled. co
POINTS OF SUPERIORITY. Iu
Implicityand perfection of ipechauism. fH
>urability?will last a life-time. 'ri
tange of' Work?Without Parallel. w,
erfection of Stitch and Tension.
lie most easy of operation. <jj
elf-adjusting take up.
.djusiable Head. jjjj
Having been appointed Agent for the U1
bovo Sewing Machine for this County, tn
I is now offered for sale 011 reasonable ul,
>rms. It ia equal to, if not superior to
ny machine offered to the public. All e{j
ersons in want of a Machine will please
ill and examine this before purchasing. jel
Respectfully, nj,
J. D. CHALMERS. J .
Dec. 4,1871, 33?tf * b
Jacob Kurz, $
th
(One Door below the Post Office,) ga
Ill
^/JaNUFACTURER of and dealer in fu
Boots and Shoes, ft
CO
My custom work includes nil varieties ad
id classes usually kept by a FIRST nU
LASS Shoe House. gr
ev
ladies' Wear a Specialty, i*
th
SUCH AS bu
ar
Lid, Silk, Morocco and ft
Calf Boots. "
Ini
rentlemen's Boots and Shoes
OF ALL THE
Latest and Modern Styles, ^
ra
lade to order, on the shortest notice. co
My work I warrant to give satisfac- ,n
on in every particular. ln
A larpe Stock always kept on hand. r(J
Remember the pluce?one door j:
clow the Old Post Office.
Dec. 0, 1871,33?3m uj
l;C7CI? 111, '*
SAW HILL. E
pf
hi
[HAVE purchased and located a
STEAM SAW MILL, in the so
leighhorhood between CEDA 3
SPRINGS and WHITE HALL, wher at
am prepared to furnish lumber of all
;inds common to this region and of as h<
ood quality as the country affords at H
casouable rates. P{
J. F. LYON, ft
Nov. C, 1871 29-3m [J]
MILLINERY. ?
In order to make room for an ?r
mmfinsfi stonk of Millinerv 5?
his Spring, our present stock er
vill be sold at 20 per cent, be- re
ow regular prices. Mourning
Joods always on hand. Bridal JJ
Sonnets as handsome as can of
>e had anywhere. pI
Respectfully,
J AS. W. FOWLER & CO, ]a
' Jan. 1, 1871, ft
THE MONTHS,
anuary brings the snow,
fakes our feet and fingers glow.
ebruary brings the rain, s
haws the frozen lake again.
[arch brings breezes loud and shrill,
tirs the dancing daffodil. ,
.pril brings the primrose sweet, t
catters daisies at our feet.
[ay brings flocks of pretty lambs,
kipping oy their fleecy dams, f,
une brings tulips, lilies, rosew, '
ills !the children's hands with posies, J
[ot July brings cooling showers, 9
pricote and gilliflowers. I
.ugust brings the sheaves of corn, _
hen the harvest home is borne. L,
^arm September brings the fruit, v
portsmen then begin to shoot. ,
resh October brings.the pheasant, _
hen to gather nuts is pleasant.
>ull November brings the blast, "
hen the leaves are whirling fast /
hill December brings the sleet,
Hazing lire and Christmas treat. ' ' (
. . a
Pendleton on the Criiis. t
? ' f
The Hon. George H.- Pendleton sent ?
le following letter In reply to a com- '
litteeof Democrats of) Wooster, Ohio, ^
ho Invited him to attend their celebra- J
on of the anniversary of the battle of ,
'ew Orleans. Ilis points against the 1
jrruption of the administration and its n
jntralized character, as also his opinion 0
fthe passive policy and of the duty of c
ic aiseausnea u^puuncaiie to organize
11 opposition against Grant in cq-operaon
with the Democrats, will be received
rith the attention th#y desarve:
Cincinnati, December 30,1871.
fes?rg. J&helmcn, Feristone, Baugkman,
Committee of Invitation: .1:
Gentle en?I regret that I cannot
3cept your invitation to be present at
le next annual celebration of the 8th of
anuaryi ' It would have givan me great
leasure to meet and take counsel of
lose who are so well grounded in the
ilth and practice of Democracy as the
icn of Wayne county, and with them
> recal the principles and example of
ie foundation of our party.
Two great dangers imperil free instiltions
under the policy of the party now
i power. The spirit of centralized milary
government attacks everywhere the
mstitution, and corruption iu office deroya
the civil administration. I do not
)eak merely or chiefly of special defalition,
however startling, but of thegeh?1
degradation o'f the standard of offlal
integrity uutLl the offices in both the
.vil and military service seems to be
>nsidered the property of the party, to
b dispensed and administered priihaWly
ir party aggrandisement or personal
roflt,
These dangers grow out of and are injparablo
from the present organization
F Republican party. Its foundation; its
hilosophy, its history, and its leaders
rncnize militv bower and the corrunt
ig use of money by official patronage as *
ultimate forees in ordinary civil ad- !
iTnistration; and now more than ever ;
e they brought into active exercise.? J
he. Democratic party confronts this ,
leory and denounces these practices.
Founded upon the idea of local govern- ^
lent, jealous of powers granted to au- 5
lority, taught that simplicity and econ- \[
ny are essential to the honesty -nece?~
n-y in Republican institutions, It main- *
ins with more determined purpose that
le military must be subordinate to the .
vil authority, and that offices are a
ust for tho people, not spoils for the 8
ctors.
Its powerful organization enters every
llage in the laud, and numbers 0
nong its adherents nearly onehalf the a
jopie?as intellectual, as pure, as patri- .
ic, as unselfish as any of their fellow P
tizens. They are too numerous to be :
iwardiy. They are too patriotic to be j;
kewarm. They are too sincere in their r
lrposes and couvictions to.be driven to jj'
sspondewcy by ten years of reverses,?
ley have shown constancy in defeat as ?
ell as wisdom in victory. If I under- ,
and their feelings, they will neither
aband their organization nor flee the .
fid before the contest commences.? '
ithor course, they believe, would give r.
idisputed sway to tne present suminis- "
ition, which could then give uudivided P
tention to the deserters from its ranks. r
An advancing army, with the enemy
:her dispersed or iu flight, never loses
visions or regiments, or even companj,
and is generally a ble to pick on or
ck up treacherous or thoughtless stiagers.
If there bo, as is claimed, many mem- ol
rs of the liepubliean party who dis- tl
prove the ideas which dominate the ei
ministration of President Grant, and ,
b prepared to oppose his re-election, 0
ey whould declare their purposes, ornize
their party, develop and manifest P
eir strength, and if I may predict tiie H
ture, they will have no justcause, even -B
e most sensitive and timid amongst ?
em, for refusing to co-oper&tfr with the ?
jtnocratic party. When its authorized ai
nveution shall speak it will remind its it
hereuts that the ultimate and highest d1
irpose of its existence is to . secure the h
eatest prosperity, in its best sense, of ei
ery human being iu the land; that tl
inciples of government are true or un- tl
ic as they contribute to this result; ti
at parties and politics and offices are gj
it means to this end; that principles &
e of different application, ana questions tl
je their importance in the ever shift- ^
g changes of human affairs, and dis- 01
rding all narrow ideas, abandoning h
e consideration or ail questions wnicn ?
ive been decided or buried by the b
ents which have passed ; recognizing H
e accomplished Jacts of the present, b<
id appreciating the dangers of the fu- H
re, it will invite, both by words and ii
' deeds, both by resolutions and by ft
iminations, the aealous, hearty co-ope- rc
tion of all men who believe that the P
nstitution is a better system of govern- "
ent than martial law. and that reform p:
the civil service is a higher duty than T
warding prospectiye partisan erfbrt by to
attributing spoils. L
By this course the party, I should V
ipe, would attain success. If it should w
ice more fail, as an honest, faithful,
itriotic minority, it will hold an ini- P
>rtant position and exert an immense ti
oral power over the majority ; and it tl
ay well wait with faith the inevitable b,
>ur which will crown its fidelity and!"*"'
Ltience with the success which it will! y
ive deserved. y
I am, very respectfully, your obedient
rvant, George H. Pendleton. ?1
The New York World In printing the tl
?ove letter, remarks: jti
Mr. Pendleton makes It evident that'll
i is no doctrinaire, but a statesman.? j &
e has no prejudices which cloud his I tl
irceptions. He regards as obsolete the IV
lestions which have become dead by' t
e progress of events, and is willing toj w
vite the co-operation of all friends of j?l
meet government in the present emer-j
sncy, whether he has agreed with tliem |
differed from them in effete past con- P
oversies. We have excellent reasons
r believing that nine-tenths of tliej&>
emocratlc party of Ohio share the lib-jj'e
al views of Mr. Pendleton; and the h:
lblic avowal of these views by so rep- hi
sentative and popular a Democrat as H
r. Pendleton; will probably secure tl
eirunanimous adoption, not only by I>
ie Democracy 01 uuiu. uui. ui umn^
her States where the name and fame -la
Mr. Pendleton are chcrialied with &f
ide and Affection. j>i
* re
Tennesse sweet potatoes are so ?.:
rge th.it thej use them for hitch- q
ig posts. lc
'' '' . ,j c
[From the Courier-Journal.] 1
. The Chinese Language. ,
omb i*TKKsanifa *Acrs about it, ?
i ; 1 . . .1 . i //
As the writer has never seen anything ,
n any newspaper giving any facts relaing
to that most curious of pll languages
-the Chinese?he thinks the stock of
tublic general information may be in*
reased by a few paragraphs on this subset.
The Chinese is not a b*r&n lan^age
to the student, either in reapept to
te uniqe construction or copiousness'bf
Iterary treasures. No man, thtJrefbrt,
an put forth his claim to bedistin;uished
as a man of letters if he despises
he language of a civilization older than
he flood. Especially does- the Chinese
low demand the attention of scholars;
ince association With those who use no
thcr tongue is fast becoming a common
vent.
The Chinese differs from all languages
except the Japanese) in its havlng'ho
Iphabet All other languages not only
lave alphabets, but begin their alphalets
with the letter a, except the Ethlo>ic,
in which a is the thirteenth, and the
iunic, in which it is the tenth letter.?
?he Chinese has in lieu of an alphabet
bout ,40,000 ideographic, characters,
irhose pronunciation indicate to the*ear
he meaning desi red. 'Dr. Blair, in - Ms
nimitable rhetorio, says that on thip
ccount the language requires the l?bor
>f a life-time for its mastery. The Iearnd
doctor, speaking from rumor, (akElinor
generally misleads), is wrong; ' The
earner need nut be discouraged by such
in announcement. Of these 40^000 charicters,
only about 4.500 are in ordin&rv
iw, the reef being obsolete. Wjth a
mowledge of about 275 characters (radi?I?,
performatives and afforniatives)the
tudent may proceed with delight.. The
Jhlnese may then be regarded as .easy us
he Abyssinian, which has 206letters in
ts alphabet, or us the Brab manic, which
las 241. These numerous symbols of
he Chinese are made by Simple permeations
of place upon the dot, or comma,
itralght llDe, hook, curve and angle.?
Hiese symbols are placed.in slender cqluun8
which are read from top to bottom,
)eginning at the right and proceeding
owards the left. There are no marks of
>unctuation, except a plain circle for the
wrlnH anH a hlunlr.fa/iul imimlml fi>?
>hasis. . -
That which most distinguishes the
Chinese are its four tone's (in some dfaecta,
five.) "While^very sound is perectly
free from harshness; and may be
nadei with ease by, occidental organs,
ret the pitch of the tone determines the
lignfflcation of any giveri word.! The
vord "peace", (homu^) for iristauce, by to
lifferent - vocal inflection may. mean
'war." A word pronounced without the
one is unmeaning gibberish. "Ma."
>ronounced "mah," with the svne tone
is we should ordinarily say "man," has
10 meaning; but pronounced interrogaively,
"mah" means, "a, horned' /To
>ronouncc "fung" (wind) and give it a
neaning. we must speak with the same
one used in culling a person after off. as
or iustance, ."Oh, George IV Another
one may be exemplified in .the word
'fans' (rice,) which must be pronounced
vlth a strong percussion of voice, as a
oldier pronounces "Haiti" to a coming
(>e. Tne fourth tone may be seen in
'jiu", (man), wjiich must be prouounced
m one says "yes" in uri^ccited common
onversation.
The dialects of the Chinese are per
iaps a thousand?so that very few who
peak tho Peking or Mandarin dialect
jav understand their neighbors^ This
i doubtlens owing in great part, to want
fa school system of any Importance,
nd to the density of the population.
The capacity of the Chinese for comound
word* surpasses even the German,
jstead of using an objective or a geni- (
ve, they will us? a compound word.? |
[any of these compounds are very sug- (
estive if their separate parts be analyzed ,
ud translated, as, for instance, "wei- ^
ing," dignity?litorally, "blow-wine^
ma-fur,"' groom?literally, "horse-fel- j
>w." n * i
These remarks might be extended ad (
xgnitum, but condensation has been
imed at in order that in a brief space
>e writer's purpose might be accom- ?
lished. i B.
Forest Academy, Anohorage, Ky., '
ecember 20. {
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
t
From an interesting series of Sketches 1
r PuKlln Mnn nniv Mnor nnMlilioH in '
1 XUV/l.V^V.., 0 I ?
ie Greenville Enterprise, by Ex-Go v nor
Perry, we extract the reminiscence
r ex-President Van Buren:
I went from Governor Wright's to exresident
Van Buren's, near Kinder
[ook, in New York. I saw Mr. Van
ureu first in church, and immediately
scognized him from the likeness I had
sen. He was, however, a much larger
id stouter man than I expected to see
1 the "little weasel," as he bad been
ubbed by Mr. Calhoun. I dined with
iin that evening. There were seven or
ghtpersons present at the table, and
ie dinner was a very sumptous one, but
ie only waiter about the table was a
dy young white woman. Ail the
ueata were well attended to. At a
uuthern table, there would have been
iree or four negroes in each other's
ay, and the table not so well waited
11. Mr. Van Huron was then turning
is attention to farning, and wished raq
>stay all night with him, and look over
is farm the next day. ft consisted of
KnnH*?ori artrao onH /anmavIv
T \J V/i. UI1 CW 1IUUUI uvt wvi VU| miu ivtiiiviij ?longed
to one of the |Van. Rensalear. 1
te enquired after a great many persons (
i South Carolina, and seemed to be as 1
imiliar with our public men as I was
lyself. Mrs. Abraham Van Buren was r
resent, formerly Miss Singleton, and a 1
ative of South Carolina. There were (
re?ental80, his former Secretary of the *
reasury, and his lady, who had former- 1
r beeu the wife of (Senator Jobnson, of
ouisiana, and the subject of a poem by J
barren li. Davis entitled "Johnson's t
ife of Louisiana." * 8
I told Mr. Van Buren that I was sur- '
rised to find the convention then sit- 8
ng at Albany, had proposed to make ^
le judges elective for a term of years 1
y the people. He replied that he fa-. ?
tired the change himself. "When a 1
oung man," said he, "I thought"as ?
ou do, but I ?m now satisfied that all 1
iree departments of the government I
lould be directly under the control of ?
ie people." He mentioned a conversa-i*
on he once had with Mr. Jefferson on [
lis subject. Jefferson wai strongly in 4
ivor of having the Judiciary elected by t
io people for a term of years. Mr.
an Buren was opposed to such a sysim
at that time, and thought it fraught t
ith evil. He had since changed his a
siniou, aud adopted the views of Mr. a
jfferson. 1
I was very much pleased with the ex- *
resident, ana tnougnt mm a charming =
jntleman. His mannere wore cordial s
id most pleasant. Instead of being
itisent as to men and measures, I found
im very frank and open in expressing
is opinions about any and everything.
:is son John was also present, who was
len Attorney-General of !New "i'ork.
i conversation. I found the father,
lough so long irom the bar, a better
wyer than the son. John struck mb
i a great dandy, ami very affected and
retending in his manners. His after
ie entirely developed nis cnaracter. J. ?
let iu Kinder Hook, a brother of the t
ic-Presidcnt's, who was postmaster of 1
ie village, and a member of the Town 1
ouncil. He was an intelligent, plain 1
>oking and respectable man, though "
. :? ? \v m f p "
vary different from' ifc't
^h?l?toWnofKi?dttrHoo^HtitfXt
stay t&Are /or iwb dfcy^Idtd oat ????
'ingle cafiWe except the ex-ProrfUttifi*
and one old Back which, brought'me
from the riilrokd diepot ', ^
Verv fAW 1mati
abused and calamniated/ln 8otUh<?a|*>lina
aa Martin Van .BufervJ Jtidg?
Chavofl USed to sa'y, that M .poeeeaAra,
however, oa much honesty and dlrfnW'
rertedneaa aa litr Uaduwra. 1
heard General Thomneon say, who waa
always opposed to Kim lh' polities, that
no one ooilld kti<yw Ttfr. Van Bltron'In.
private life bod ditlikd liim. niwi tu*> 1<?
Ha npvpr mm *
, r - -- n- *v vuvUVW IU (4 VY oa?.|AQ(|
Waa always kind and .rentle m hjs inter?
course tyfchr'the World, , Such:1 should
suppose, wasthatrtiechanwletof MitrttA
Van Buren. .' *jJ >'! 1*1 ri u <// 5>?tn
The MSrttihTi
date; thai attudes to- the pemtton*<i<0f
this monopoly in the Stale ttf/JTWeawt*
Sbjdect8Y'2m<5n?? Ihli^r^^<^
C6The lease of thejtoipphiiaai i harieaton
Railroad w ^^ad^b
^Tom^ Scott. th? *?"??. -* ? - -
.wmhtc uuioer of K
company or capitalist commonly spoken
men of means anjJ_fiaterpriBe, whose ag?
eregate wealth la estimated at trgm $7Ai
000,000, to ri00ti00,00,'4iBdUf&
trol by virtue, of lease o? purchase a
number of the most hnpormut line* of
railway in thecountry. With Col. Scott
Railroad is the-principal beneficiary
a^ong frepffi^nkfry*,,; mf frfi as
connections are totaceliied. and it JUNT
b* that Borne*) f !tfc wettfth fa tepitefiehtell
inlhe "ring" 6f Which GoVScottft^tlfc
central figure, bpt at the aam0?<tfuf?jGot.
Scott is. President of. five, ^.tLk. gtb^r
thorod&hfares,' and in manV ofhlf operations
acta etrtltelfr'Wih^nAk^T^i# Ww
Pennsylvania: Rai frbad i (^mpanV.1 n Tfife
Preeidentof thatoorp?riiUOflf isX Edgar
Thompson, qt PhU^IpblfL3#!*]
pany 6f capitalists' or .which, Colonel
Scott 1s the ItWfttfVe'offlw1 wn'fbti of
English as well as AmericaAgenfcleittefl,
ana is the most. T>owerful and.tffeetWe
orgauLsation of.Tta kipdjto qxipjfrn,f? Jt
seeks ami-Is rdpidly obtaining contra ,pt
theentlte mHroW system of tnb oftbAttt,
and seem* destined In tbe^foiye'df 4 me
toplay* y^nr,hnportacUpart id ultioaal
It hte'a cWtfl sweep frofa'tne AtlantS<i'to
the Poeific by the northern M6tymtVy
the lease q? ;the Memphiaand Ohiwlsstttn
Railroad has now a. through,,poaibefu
lfne from New^Vork and. Philadelphia to
Memphis via Baltimore.'' 'Washington,
T.lh/?KKw?- ' ? "
MMIWUVIU^I -AUII - OUSHflflOOV^
e*cftDt|on of pome Blxty inmt&finikmd
from tynchburgto ^Utol.^i^Xwn
fotce of circumstances, most JK.sam
into tbe control of the Association. The
next move, no doubt,'will bfc"f#ff6Jirthe
Mississippi ?t tills point and on teHftu
and tbpnce to California, by, yl?ok Jbs
knownas the' Southern Pacific.route,
but the steps In that direction *1Ave not
yet been taken beyond this'polnt:w<Wr
information i| that Colifleett iw wilher
leased norpurchased th^, MsoipW* and
Little Rodk Railroad, as was Recently
stated by a contemporary, nOrli'heTfHfcly
to do either-soon. Having oomettms
far. the great 'conscdidator' will rot
awn lie, and give attention to. jnattoajn
the rear and other direction*. Besides,
the affairs of the Memphis' and Little
Rock Railroad are sunh. fmm:
Elications, etc,, that it is aotin i&Ape/to
b transferred satisfactorily. . Its tianfffcr
or absorption, .however, is regarded aa
but a question of time, unlesi'the syndicate
of capitalists should conclude to
jeek and obtain the right of way aad
build a new and better connection.
With their immense means and credit
;hey are abundantly able to do preny
nuchas they please. In either event
>ur railroad systftqi becomes developed,
md Memphis interests posh forward ?to
iroaperity. ,,, ! - r
SHALL PAPERS THE BEST.
.. . J.uj. .< . . ;j /It >) -tils'I f
Self-evident Facts for Business Folks.
? i . :iu+ ;7TvV'1 it1' '.? -*l*t
George P. Rowel A Co., the extensile
idvertising agents and. publishers of
Sew Yoric, ihlbeirjournat?the'Anieri- <
?n Newspaper Keporter?print this
,ensible editorial: j{ ,j .;]
The success of small newspaper? illusrate
certain truths which some of pur
sountry publishers would da well'towni
a? mi.-, e -r
iiu?i. . jLueuiiuiY uun iu wuicn uieso
ittle journals have flo^rn .past: their
xmderous rivals give opportunity to
ieduce some important principles whlih
nay be applied to these Urge, bat law
brtunate sheets, which show that sise'is
jy no means a sure criteriouof value., ,
It is, in fact, this feverish effort tp fill
iome of the large, awkward, "Shanghai"
iheets, -which has been a fruitful cause
>f those evils from which the buiiMM
urn suffered, and which oouid not have
iccurrod with those smaller journals, in
vhlcti each line (it advertising spice
nust be-filled at the ffVill rates to" brlbg
>ut the required result. in; ff
This kills the cheap and ti>er fraudulent
idvertisers, classes who have. dpuu>ralzcd
a larger portion of thfecouiitry'press
han it is necessary to specify, end *?leves
the: publisher of :the -constant
emptation of forsaking the true prluciriep
of publishing, an evil which always
ir.<a!Is him when he strufirtflinir to
iarry a la rger paper than circumstance*
.vill warrant. . .1 IA
It is well known that a certain daw of
idvertlsers seek only thosepapers which
leed "advertisements to fill up tvjth"
sonftning themselves almost exclusively
:o those which will accept starvation
atcs. . .... :.j
Are these evils in any way.compensated
or by the vanity of havinga large paper,
jecause a rival has one, or because a raw
ubscribere think they get more Ibr their
noney? Publisher tave.strange ideas
ibout the matter. That.sm^ll papers ar?
on s 1 d ered brisk and HviTyj ?ti a 'art well
iked by the public, their atieoess euffiieutly
attests ; that! advertise!* like
hem, from the prominence given ^their
,dvertiBeiheut$, is equally truel Why,
hen, this Con tin aal itching to makfea
mper larger, rtther thah- hotter?On the
it nAP hftnH Hn Ik*:
- ???*? MV WUVJ WIIOIUV1 jWji^ny
o whieh they injure themselves, when,
n the attempt to print , a large paper,
bey print aavertlsetnerita of the dhaTacerat
the prices indicated? / >'
? i m ? ; i .<;?:
A Cure fob Sea-Sickness -^.Vn. ^uhority
on the subject says:. "I am much
lurprlsed at the opinion, whichis soprevent,
of the incurability of seat-siekness.
[believe the opinion to exist amougthe
ion-medical part of the community frpm
heer ignorance, and among sea-going
urgeons from a sapineness to applying
emedies?a fault to which they Are
ather too subject. In the greater nuraier
of instances I allow the stomach ;to
iischarge its contents once or twice, and
hen, if there is no organic disease, I give
ive drops of chloroform in a little wafer,
ind, if necessary, repeat the dose in ilvo
>r six hours. The almost instant, effect
>f this treatment, if coupled with a .'few
ilmple precautions, Is to cause an Immeiiate
sensation, as it were, of warmth' In
;he stomach, accompanied by. almost
otal relief of the nausea, and tipknem,
ikewise curing the distresaing headache,
md usually causing a quiet sleep, fmnj. .
?rh ich the passenger awakes quljts well."
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