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BY W. I LEE AID HUGH WILSONT ^ ~ AI^LYIUX S. C.. WEI)\?SI)AY. .1QE 30, 187^ ^ ^ VOLUME CONGAREE Columbia, JSk O. m tun, T)?AltV1 rt+AV i JL 1C L'xM. Manufacturer of Steam Engines and Boilers, Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. I was awarded the first premium on castings at the State ^Ngricul tural and Mechanical Scciety Fairs lieM in Columbia, November, 1871 '.72 *73. MANUFACTURE Circular Saw Miiis ol ai sizes. ALSO 'Took tho First Premium -at Stat Fairs held .November, IS7I, '72, '73 Mr.tnifacturo Portable Grist Mills of all sizes. .Also awarded a premium at State Fairs for tha best GRIST MILL IRONS. For Bale. The Gircular Saw Mill that took the premium at the hito Fair. ALSO Ono 30 Tlorso Power, One 15 " " Stationary Engine, lloth in good order and will be sold low for Cash. JOHN ALEXANDER, Columbia, S. C. Or D. I?. Smith, Agent, Abbeville S. C. Dcc. 10, 1878, 3-3-tf -> * Mpte National W,! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, \ ' Columbia, April :! !, 1S74. j , I SPECIAL ORDERS, Xo. 20. T fP1ir? folli.u-iiHr 'i?in>r-inl Onlor lifivinsr ' ?4>wn received from the Adjutant and! " topeetor General's Department, is here-; >by promulgated for the guidance andl information of all concerned, viz: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ) Ofliceof Adjutantand Inspector Geu'l, \ ; Columbia, S. C., AjiriliM, 1S71. J j SPECIAL OR I) KliS, No. 20. II. On the recommendation of the .JUajor General commanding the Nation -tti Guard of this State, the following .appointments arc hereby Announced, viz: 'T. A. Sullivan to be 1st Lieut, and Adjutant 11 tli Reg't 2.. G. Isaac Kennedy,Captain Co. A. 11 Reg't1 If rank Belcher, M " 11. u .Warren Harrison, " *" C. 41 j M. Williamson " " 1). Tuciin \Vinhuuli. 11 u E. " ShoraaafierdT " " K. " | tfvereon Reynolds, " 44 G. 11 Charles Logan, " "" J I. u Isaac White, ' 44 L ut | They will be observed and respected accprdiugly. Byorder of His Excellency the Gov- | ..<?rnor and Commander-in-Ohief. * (Slgfie'd,) H. W. PURXIS, Adjutant and Inspector Gen'l, 8. C. By command of Major General S. A. ;Bwails. JAMES KENNEDY, ' Col. and Asi't Adj't Gen'L April 20j 1S74, 3-tf MANTUA-MAKING. 0 Hiss Lizzie C. Cater, ?TTYT'TT._TK-VmV\r in llin 1n<1io? nf Abbeville and vicinity as a lady of fine taste and ability, {snow in charge of this Department, and we can guarantee all work done at most reasonable rates and in first class style. Cutting and fitting i From latest style of patterns at shortest notice. A PULL fjineof Mad. Dcmorcst's and ISullcrick Patterns kept constantly on hand and jfor sale at JS'ew York pi-iocs. JAS. A. BOWIE, Agent of Emporium of Fashions. Millinery! Millinery! 1 HAVE just received from Baltimore "und New York a full stock of MILLINERY GOODS, J /Of the latest styles and finest materials, ooosisting iu part of Bwittts, Hats, Riibons, :> Flowers, Ties, Rufflings, Handkerchiefs. and everything kepfr in a first-class Millinery establish nient. Hps. H. H. WHITE. April 8, 1S74, 45-tf New Store! JEW SOPHS!i THE undersigned have just opnc* tin entire new stock of I GEQCESIES, Provision and liquors, | As well as Other Goods in lAtthcOld Stand of A. M. HILL, recently TllOWJillTDUK & (X)., where we will be pleased to serve the public CHEAP FOR CASH. A. M. HILL. Jan. 29,1373, 42-tt FOR 20 YEARS THE Standard of Excellence TlIKOLtiJ-IOl.T i J11'J HUltljJ). Over 000,000 Sold. 100,000 more than of any other kind. T1IJEXKW WII KKLEJt & WILSON licceived in IST.'J: The jrifjlital Award* at (he Vienna Exjioaifion. The Gold Medal of The Maryland InxlHate Fair. The Four%J/iyhest Premiums, (inchtdi/ij (wo medal*,) at Georgia State Fair. JtliST OF A Mi: The "WheelerA; Wilson has (he approval ol" millions of Ladies who have used this well tried Machine. Physicians certify that it is tho only Lock-Stitch I Sewing Machine Ht for Family use. Its | light and easy motion does not fatigue invalids. It.s rapid execution of work recommends it to all who sew for a living. It is the most economical, because the most durable. Our newand popular No. 6 Machine, adapted for Leather work and general Manufacturing purposes, is now used by the leading tailoring establishments anil shoe factories. Send for our circulars. Machines sold on easy terms, or monthly payments taken. Old machines put in older or received in exchange. W 111:1:1.1:1: & Wn.sox Mr'c Co.'sOfc's, J. 11. TltUMlV*s Agent, A III.III.IU ( ! ( 'ill IIII11?i ? << C AN', ii. cii:YKS, General Ag't., .Savannah, (Ja. April 22, 1 ST 1 2-1'Jt Notice. OFFICE OF TIIE (i.- <x C. JvAILKOAI), \ Col.lWMA, AllgUfct 2U, 1873. J "BTTNOKK a resolution of the liourd of q|j Directors, the Interest Coupons of the State guaranteed bonds*and of such other bonds of tiiis company as are regularly recorded in the oiVice of the company, matured between the first day of January, 1S72, and the first day of July, ISTo, both inclusive, will be funded in bonds-having ten years to run, as provided for in the company's proposals to the bondholders of date of August 11, 1 T nf th#? iitiovt* <>lil icntions aroToqneptcd to send in a statement of tliein to ihisofitae, to. facilitate tlic exchange, which it is desired to complete without delay, and enable the necessary 'arrangement*!* to be made for the resumption of regular interest payments on 1st January ensuing. W. J. MAGRATIT, President. Sept. 3,1S73, If . % ARTISTIC TAILORING. I 1 WOULD respectfully inform my customers that 1 have just returned | from the North, and am now opening a | select Stock of Clotls, CassiiiM ail Trims, which I will CUT and MAKE'up to order, or sell on reasonable terms, 1' OR CASH. TAILORING done for Men and Roys in the LATEST and REST STYLES. Shirt Patterns. I would especially call the attention of every one to my splendid fitting Shirt i Patterns, (jlivc me a call without fail. S. A. BREAZEALE. Sept. 24, 1S73 21-tf FRESH ARRIVALS. i Maccaroni, Buckwheat. Crushed Coffee, Cream Cheese, m * n i , soaa uracKers, Lemon Crackers, Choice Sugar Cured Hams, Bacon Sides, Bacon Shoulders, Bulk Sides, Bulk Shoulders, Leaf Lard, 1 Pearl Starch, Sperm Candles, Adamantine Candles . Taney Family Flour, Bolted Meal, Fresh Ground Hominy, at > BAENWEI/L & m% Fob. 11, 4-1-tf Moise Fever and Ague Pills ij Elix Jo'lino Promido of Calcium. Eiix Bromide Pos.iaPium, i Sol. Persulphate of Iron, . Chronic Acid, Colorless Tint of Iodine. PACKER & PEJREIN'S0ct 1, 1873. J. T. Robertson CALLS the attention of the public to his Stock of r Sl'IUXG GOODS, now opened and ready for inspection. He spared no pains in selecting this Stock, having made his purchases under the most favorable circumstances. His lines arc complete in all .the various Departments, and it is. his determination to sell at the lowest prices; he feels assured that CASH BUYERS will find it to , their interest to give him a call. ? lie calls especial attention to J his Stock of DllESS GOODS i - r -r, it and i\ilLJL<lJ\ iiiit i. ins urcss , Goods Department embraces all i the latest stvles of SPRING AND SUMMER MATERIAL, " GRENADINES, JAPANESE J .1 E N API N E, P 111N T E D J LAWNS, STRIPED PUR- i CALS, PRINTED MUSLINS, i WHITE STRIPED LAWNS, J PIQUETS, with a great variety ' of plain White Goods, J ACQ- 1 NETTS, CHILLS, NAIN- ? SOOKS, FRENCH SWISSES, } &c\, &c. ? His Millinery is in full bloom Sl and lie cordially invites the 1^-o dies to give him a call, feeling j] assured that the temptation i will be too great for them to leave without purchasing some- a thing in Miss RAMEY'S DE- f' PARTMENT. * ? In connection with this, will J JiJO FOUiS J> A JJKUSS-lo MAKIXG I)EPAUTMEXT, J; in all its various brandies, un-hi dor charge of -Miss LIDDIA 1 TAGGAHT, whose Ion a; expo-in rienee is well known to the la- t( dies of Abbeville. si <> J. T. ROBERTSON. ' April 15,1874, 1-tf .^?1 ?!?pf &2&M 4SSS& . nilASGE OF SCEDULE. On and after Thursday, September the lotli, 1872, the Passenger trains on this Road will be run us follows, daily, Sundays excepted: uoi.vo west, on up. Leave Columbia 7:15 a.m. " Alston *J:0o a.m. " Newberry 10:-10 a.m. " Cokesbury 2:00 p.m. " Relton 55:50 p.m. Arrive Greenville 5:30p.m. uoi.no j:ast, on down. Leave fJreenville 7:30 a.m. " Relton 9:30 a.m. _ " Cokesbury 11:15 a.m. J " Abbeville 9:15 a.m. " Newl?erry 2:30 p.m. In " Alston -1:20 p.m. |e | Arrive Columbia 0:00 p.m.! L I Jiay Connect at Alston with trains on | the Sparlanqurg and Union Railroad iconnecting at Columbia, S. C., with:? (Night Trains on the South Carolina'J 1 Railroad, upand down ; also with Trains |going North and South on Charlotte, [Columbia and Augusta Railroad, andj* j Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta * ! Railroad. |S A1I15KVII/LE UKANTir. Train leaves Abbeville :it !>.lo M., s connecting with Down Train from|n Greenville. Leaves Cokes bury at 2.15; 1 1*. M., connecting with Up Train fronii Columbia. Accommodation Train, L Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. L Leaves Cokcsbury at i 1.15 A. M.., or on j, the arrival of the Down Train from j Greenville. Leaves Abbeville at 1 o'clock 1'. M., connecting with Up Train from Columbia. ] AXDEItSOX IJllAXOir & nMJERIDOEDIV'X ** / DOWN. j Leave "Walhalla 5:45 a.m. \ 4i Perry ville 0:25 a.m. jc " Pendleton 7:10 a.m. 1 11 Anderson 8:10 a.m. Arrive Delton 'J.OU a.m.' j UP. Leave Bel ton 3:50 p.m. " Anderson 4:50 p.m. " Pendleton 5:50 p.m i " Perryville G:&j}>.m. Arrive Wall ml hi 7:15 p.m. Accommodation Train between JJelI ton and Anderson on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Leave JJelton at 0.50 A. M.f or on arrival of Down Train i from Greenville. Leave Anderson at 2.00 P. M., connecting with Up Train from Columbia. T1IOS. DODAMEAD, (Jen'I Superintendent Jap.ez Norton, Gen'l Ticket Agen GBEEHW00D HALE ACADEMY. PSIHE undersigned wish to inform the'e ; _B_ citizens of this County that the ji J above-named School is now in success iui ojicrai1011. Students will be prepared for any Col- < lege they may wish to attend. 1 The rates of tutition are as follows: I Primary Branches, $5.00 per Quarter ! of fifty days. i Introductory Studies in English |1 Grammar and Geography, $7.00 J< Higher English and Geography, Book-keeping, Ac., $0.00. * Classical Studies, $12.00. Board can be had for $12.50 per < month, exclusive of washing. ' Thomas Duckett, Rev. T. H. Pope. Feb. 11,1874 44-Cin n rr run rrnt* 1), L. JDXIUliXi] Boot and Shoe Maker, Cote & Wilson's Range, 3 WOULT) respectfully inform the public ( that lie has opened a shop in -Abbeville. at (he above location, where he has pro-! vided himself with the best material,! and i.s now prepared, to execute all work * "fn his line with neatness and dispatch. He guarantees satisfaction. in quality and price, and will be pleased to rcceivo the patronage of the public. Kept. 21, 1S73, 21-tf BAD I1L0OD! *'A corrupt tree," .sailh the Inspim 441.,,; n,r/?f li ffivlli nnf tr/mil fl'llif. ' .UlUIJiV., .W.W.. ..v.f... , ior cun corrupt blood impart health jcauty and good flesh, or spirits. "Thi ' Hood is the Life," and health can onli >e enjoyed in its full perfection when lie blood i.s kept in a pure and uncor upted state, hence the necessity of pun )lood, to give health, beauty, buoyan pirils, long life and happiness. ; An impure condition of the blood, nanifesls itself in diilerent lbnns o liseases, such as Tetter, Salt Rheum 5cald-head, RingWormS, Pimples, Boils ilotches, Spots, Eruptions, 'Pustules .'arbuncles. Sore Eves'. Rou^h Skin icurf, Scrofulas Sores ami Swellings ''over Sores, White Swellings, Tu nors, Old Sores or Swellings, Syphiliti< WIl-cllons of the Skin, Throat aiu tones, Ulcers of tlio Liver, Stomach Sidneys, Lungs and Uterus. In this condition of things something i needed at onco to cleanse the blood nd neutralize the iusiduous poison thai SUIIXS LIKE A TERRIBLE FIRIs it courses through the veins, sowing ceds of death with every pulsation. Dr. Peniberlon's ('(impound Extract f Stillingia, (or Queen Delight) wil ositively effect this disideratum, expelng every trace of disease from the lood and s'vstem, and leaving the skin OFT, FA 111 AND BEAUTIFUL, For all diseases of I I'm blood, livers nd kidneys, the (!rent Vegetable Alirative is without a rival. It will curt ny chronic or long standing disease 'hose real or direct cause is bad blood, Ihcumatism, pains in limbs or bones, uiistit ulions broken down by Mercurial r oilier poisons, arc all cured by it. 'or Syphilis, Sypliilictic Taint, there h othin'f equal to it. A trial will prove :. It is a most, useful Spring and Fall 'uritier of the lilood.'*; Its safety and innocence liave been illy ted, so that it may be administered > tiie most tender infant. Ijf-Vn. 1 leware of counterfeits and sublitutes. Try the (Jenuine Extract IJKF.N'S f)F.LI (II IT, prepared by Dr. . S- J'KMIJKllTOX, Atlanta, (ia. For Sale by \V. T. VN E V, l)ru?gist, Abbeville, S. C. March 18,1S74 -1'J-tf flic Favorite Home Reifre d This unrivaled Medicine is warranter 10I. to contain a singles particle of niernry, or any injurious mineral subsluncc litis PURELY VEGETABLE, onlaining those Southern JJoots am ierbs, which an all-wise Providence ias placed in countries wnere jyivoi Mseases most prevail. It will cure al diseases caused by Derangement of tin aver and Jiowcls. immons Liver Regulator or Medicine s eminently a Family Medicine; ant y bein^ kept ready lor immediate re ort will save many an hour of suflcrinj r.d many a dollar in time and doctors ills. After over Forty Years' trial it is stil eceiving the most unqualified testimo lials to its virtues from persons of tin lighest character and responsibility Ominent physicians commend it as tin Most Effectual Specific for Dyspepsia or Indigestion Vrmed Willi tins A^n wun'i, an cu nates and changes of water and fooi nay bo faced without a fear. As a Rem dyiu Malarious Fevers, Rowel Com daiiits, Restlessness, Jaundice, Nausea IT HAS NO EQUAL. t is tlx? cheapest, Purest and Rest Fam ily Medicine in the World. aiAXUI-'ACTUIlKD ONLY 1JV J. H. JEILIN & CO., MACON, (JA., & PHILADELPHIA Price, $1.00. Bold by all Druggists. March 25, 187-1, 50-1 y Notice. (Ill Administrators, 1'Jxcc utors, Guardians, Trustees, &c., 4RT2 hereby required to make thci annual UoturnK for ihe year 1S7J >n account of the Estates which the, epresent. The following extract from lhc Oen ;rai Statutes of tlie State of South Car >lina will show the requirements of th law, as relates to Executors, &c.; Chap Ler XCf?Section]. 1 fP1?nf nvnntifnva At* firlmln 1. iiUU\..\V.^uvu..7Wi istrators shall annually, while any e: tate shall remain in their care and cusfx ily, at the first Court to ho held after th fii-st day of January, render to theJudg of Probate of the (bounty, from whoi they obtained probate of will or lettei cf administration, a just and true a< count, upon oath, of the receipts an expenditures of such estate the preci ding year, which, when examined an approved, shall he deposited with tl inventory and appraisement, or oth< papers belonging to such estate, in tl ollice of said Judge of Probate, there i be kept for the inspection of such pe WOT lm inl/irnotoil in tllR Rai HUII3 UO estate. To Guardians and Wards. Chapt< CI?Section 2: Section 2. All guardians of estat appointed by the Judgo of Probat shall render to him-an annual accoui of thoir actings and doinjrs, as oxocuto or administrators .*tro required by ia to d?>, and upon making default, sfaf forfeit their commissions. <J. W. GUFFIN, J. P., A. C. J. C. WOSMANSKY, C. C. I*. A. C. April 15,1S74, l-3m I Shall be Satisfied. Not here ! Not here! Not where the sparkling waters Fade into mocking sands as we draw near ; * Where in the wilderness each footstep fullers? I shall; be satisfied ; but oh! not here! Not here?where every dream of bliss deceives us* ... Wherotfieworn spirit never gains its goal,' Where, haunted ever by the thoughts that grieve us, ' Across jus floods of bitter memory roll. There is a land where every pulse is tunning [ With rapture earth's sojourners may , not know, i Where Heaven's repose the weary heart , is Stilling, And peacefully life's time-tossed curJ ' rents llow. i Far out of sight, while yet the flesh eu_ folds us, " Lies the fair country where our hearts \ abide, And of its bliss is naught more wondrous told us, f Than these few words, "I shall be : satisfied." I Satlsnoa r Bausncur niu spun a yt:aru1 ' For sweet companionship of kindred I minds, , The silent love that hero meets 110 rej . turningThe inspiration which 110 language finds? 1 Shall they be satisfied? The soul's [ vague longingTile aching void which nothing eartli' * 7y fills ? ! ' Oh! what desires upon my soul ardl, t thronging ' \ As I look upward to the heavenly hills. ' . j i Thither my weak and weary steps are tending? i Savior and Lord! with thy frail child abide j ; (iuide me toward home, where all my wanderings ending I I then shall see thee, and "be satisfi- , ed." ?o? DOTS BY THE WAY. Cave City, Ivy., \ -j May 22d, 1874. J _ Editor Press and Banner: < I closed my last by a reference to tlio churches of Louisville. I Churches aud school houses indi- 1 cate pretty "well the character of the people, * The public schools of ( the city are admirable, one of which T tlir> ldnncnro nf flttondiHIT. 1)V -U 1.1VVI W.V, 0, .J invitation, and was particularly pleased with the system of teaching children. This is object teach- ( ing, beginning with the object, then 1 the word, and finally the letters oi the word. The old system teaches the alphabet?the letters iirst, and letters mean nothing?convey 110 idea to the mind of a child. Or- ; gans have conic to be quite cum- i moil in Methodist churches, and I confess to not being pleased with I the extent of the innovation. 1 . heard the choir in Broadway church ' siiiL' a soncr?I reckon it was sacred T 1 11 music?I couldn't tell, but it was so well done, so artistic, that none 1 of the congregation could join ,! them; and the organ was grand, l deep toned, and solemn as thcroar ing of a liou. But give me, for solemnizing the mind and awaken ing the Christian sympathies of 1 the heart, the good old Wesleyan r Methodistic style of congregational ' singing. This is a distinctive . characteristic of Methodism, so . hallowed in its associations, that 1 2 trust it may not be run out of the church. I have uo objections to 3 the choir leading but I don't like to see them run away whpre nobody can follow. By the way, a resoluj tion was introduced into the Con_ ferenco requesting the Bishops, in . their Pastoral Address, to. diseoun, tenance "operatic singing'' in the Lrmn-I'nrrnlimis. wllicll Created SOme - spicy debating. Dr. W infield ofArkansas, said lie didn't know what was meant by operatic singing?that he had never been to an opera, nor circus, nor a theatre: he didn't know whether they sung one at a time, or two at a time, or three at a tiinc, bat one thing be* did know, that choirs ought to be made to behave themselves?to lead the the singing and not to do it all. I _ think wo are becoming too artistic in our church music for spiritual devotion. One blast of old Methodistic congregational singing from a congregation warmed up with vital godliness, would blow this fashionable, artistic, stilted music cut of the window like straw from ;r a thresher. It is to be regretted y that so great a departure from time honored custom has been allowed i " ill many congregations, and the | e I pastors should take it in hand, and i- select themselves, such hymns as the congregation can sing, lead by * if 5. a choir, ana organ a yuu jntusf. )- I should, before leaving Louis-1 e villo, say a word about its admirable fire department. They have a *9 system of lire telegraphy by which B" information is immediately given to the whole city of a fire in any d part of it, so that, by the' alarm o bell, you can tell whether it is your vicinity or not, and you need not to get up to enquire where it is. A r- display of engines, and their workid vnn/lp bv order of the ,no> ,T"? ~v Dr Mayor, for tbe gratification of the Conference. In five minutes after 09 the alarm waBjdfcen, tho engines ^ (four of theudflK on the ground, rs the hose ui^reled, and sending streams of water far above the top3 of houses. Now, farewell, to tire hospitable and beautiful city of Louisville., . , . . , I paid a visit to the famed Mammoth Cave, but do not propose to r_?, attempt a description of it?as "well undertake to describe 'the starry heavens to a blind man. It is one of those things that must be seen to be appreciated. It is about half t way between Louisville and Nash- i ville, ten miles from the railroad, and is reached in two hours by < hacks. The entrance to the cave I is about 25x30 feet, and a. stream' ot water, as large as one's arm, con- 1 stantly pours from the ccilingabove, i the disintegrating action ot which ] is thought to have caused the falling < in of the crest, and consequent j opening of the cave. After pass- j i ing through a comparatively small < - 1 ll~.l it, ? 'V.. urumvuy, (jiiiicu iuu iuuiuwj, juu enter the Main Cave six miles long \ and of varying height and width, s in some places 100 feet high and 300 wide, averaging sixty wide and forty high. The iirst large opening reached is called the Kotunda, winch is 100 feet up to the ceiling and near 200 feet wide. Ilere is a large number of vats like tan-vats, only larger, which were used by the Government in 1812 in making 9alt-petre. All along for half a mile are poplar logs with holes bored through them, serving as pipes to convey the water into the vats. They have been there eince i-i- - i i ? ?i i lliiU uimu, umi ure suunu iiu\v, while sucli logs would rot in a few 1 years if exposed to the outer air. I You can distinctly see the impres- f sions of the hoofs of oxen and cart 1 wheels, made while driving them ^ through, the earth being then sof- ' tened as it had been lixiviated in the process of'extracting the salt- ' pctrc, but now dry and almost as | hard as the lime rocks. There are two routes usually taken by visitors, jne the long route nine miles long, 1 the other the short one, four miles; ' find there are numerous branches j running out from the main cave. The guide going ahead With two ianterns you following with one,; you next enter the Methodist ' bhurch eighty by lorty feet high. . [fere, from what is called the pul<->?< ifliinli />/Micicta nf n Irvlfrn of 1 Ij tV UlV/ll Wiiguny # ^ rocks twenty-five feet high, the Uospel was expounded by a .Methxlist preacher more than a half 3cntury ago. The benches or rather logs lie about, in the same position they did when first placed in the "church." I don't suppose they had any organ. You next enter the Grand Arch where the Giant's Coffin is?a huge rock forty feet long, anci at the point flftm which is viewed, presents a striking resemblance to a coliin. The next is tlic Star Chamber, which is | grand beyond description. It is00 feet high, 70 wide and 500 long. The ceiling is dark gypsum studded by innumerable white spot3 made by the efflorescence of salts, and probably rocks thrown by visitors. The guide takes all the lanterns, descends behind a ledge of rocks, and as lie recedes, the shadow of the rock comes gradually over the starry vault, presenting a striking panoramic view of. a thunder storm, and for a few minutes in "thick darkness" and perfect stillness. feelings of awe come over you. You are relieved by the ap- 1 pea ranee of the dawning of day, and the rising of the sun ' as the guide conies up with his cheering lanterns far off in another part of the cave. If he could have immitatcd thunder it would heightened the effect. Along here, I , think, is the Gothic Cuamber, a couple were married, and the guide said the bride assigned her reason for it, that she ljad promised her mother she would not marry a man*"upon the face of ths earth. Here is shown you what is, apparently a petrified human head, and the guide said it was a man's head. ' i i l.: ? Upon ueing asKeu ma ruueuu iui thinking it was a man's, replied that it had its mouth shut, and a woman's was always open. I left the main cave and traversed a portion of the long- route, which being nine miles I did not feel equal to the task of exploring the whole. I will only speak of a few places?there being names of places enough to till a column. There arc several pits and downs on the sides of the main path, and you peep over and look above with some tremor. Si tie-Saddle Pit is ninety feet deep and the dome over it sixty (cet high. Bottomless Pit, which is not bottomless, is one hundred and scventy-fivo feet deep, and Shelby's Dome hangs directly over it, sixty feet high, making 23.5 feet from the top of the dome to the bottom of the bit.. The guide lights paper saturated with oil, and throws it down into the pit, and you can see traces and niches along the sides of the solid rock wall, showing the solvent action of wntnr imnreo-nated with carbonic acid. The Dead Sea is a body of water 15 feet deep, 20 feet wide and fifty long. River Styx is one liundrod and fifty yards long, and from 80 to40 feet deep, which a natural | bridge spans about 30 feet above it. j Lit up by burning oil paper it has a Krmml nnd o-loomv appearance. h' o f * . Near by are Lake Let.bc and Long Walk, extending to Echo Iiiver. These placcs I did not reach but they were explored by a young traveling companion, who brought ! back two white eye-less crawfishes I in a bottle. He saw a fish which ho tried to capture but failed. What is reuiarkable about these fish is that they arc white and eyeless, aud are said to be viviparous, *Bt depositing their eggs' like most other-fish. They would need no e^yes in this dark- abode, for not a single ray of light ever enters this gloomy chamber of darkness and silence. The prettiest part of the cave is Gothic Arcade, which is entered from the main cave by a flight of tvoodeu stairs fifteen feet high, and leads off nearly at right angles, L ? ~ * 1" n"/l n 11 <11 f' A ft or XUUUL ULIU 111 I1V3 U11U. (* uua* proceeding a few steps the lirst Dbject pointed out to you by the juide is the Seat of Memory, which s a niche in the Avail just large inough for a person to occupy. Die story is, that a female Indian vas found sitting in this, clad in the skins of wild animals and ornamented with trinkets, and a etiild jlose by; and the supposition is hat she wandered into this part of he cave, and becoming lost and jewildered, sat down and died. It s a well established fact that persons have on several occasions, lingered behind their party," lost their vay, and in their excited attempt ;o regain them, have fallen down ind extinguished their lights; and inder the oDDressivc feeling of oneliness, and the utter darkness md silence that reigns around ;hem, have become partially insane md only recovered after months or pears of rest. Isear this is a large jtalactite which reaches from the ceiling above to the floor, and from its resemblance to the trunk a tree, is called the Tost Oak. A.11 along this cave is a number of stalactites hanging from the wall of different lengths, some reaching to the floor, others only a part of the way, and beneath these upon the floor are stalagmites formed from th$ dripping above. These rocks iro carbonate of lime, and are very bard as I found in ray attempt to break off a piece as a memorial. Here is the Register Room also, so called from the number of names traced upon the walls and ceiling by the smoke of a candle. Some people are 60 ambitious of notoriety, that in violation of good taste rhp.v trnco their obscure names upon these beautiful walls, to be read and straightway forgotten as they deserve,to be. This room is one hundred yards long, and from sight to sixteen feet to the ceiling, which is beautifully, white, and as smooth as if plastered by hand. I next came to Lover's Leap where a rock projects over a pit below, 70 feet deep, and lover3 can walk out upon it and leap below which is ft sure panacea for all their aches; but not being particularly effected in that way I declined to make the sxperimeut and returned once more to the light of heaven and felt greatly relieved. Now, Messrs. Editors, I have written more about the cave than I expected to, but the half lias not jecn told. There arc* scores of iialls and avenues and domes and pits and passages, that arc soon forgotten unless dotted at the time; out I fear of tiring you, and will promise not to trouble your readers A. An mtr \XTO\T fn TYIV lllj' UIUIU, UClllg VIA AJI J 444J pleasant homo. F. A. C. Reply co Article of W. P. McKellar. ' ?1 r: &/<7or Press and Banner / ^ V The labored uEipla^^o?" and Vindication^ of poutpy CajBiafesioncr W. P. Mcltellar, Vfijrch .Jou seem disposed to "Mute wash" because said Commissioner is "an intelligent and conscientious man," cannot be received as satisfactory by the thinking public. Let us to "the facts in the case: Commissioners Jefterson and Burton bad been induced to go to Columbia," &c. We know very well what for, but who "induccd" them to go? Was it the tax payers of the county? "Was it the expressed public wish of the county ? Or was it not the result of a little caucus of that trio, ?vho verily believe that they, according to JUcJieilar'3 views, are amenable to a higher law than the county court or its pledge ? Again; these nuisances went to Columbia, doubtless together, but one spent a third more money than the other, came home, or should have come home together, and upon presentation of their accouuts had them audited and paid by Mc-j Kellar. Now, Judge Cook said distinctly, that these Commissioners have no right to audit their own accounts, but McKellar says they have. "\\rho is right ? If there is a doubt about it, should not that "conscientious" Commissioner feel it his duty to err 011 the eafe side, and protect himself and comrades from suspicion rather than take issue with the presiding judge? The Judge says, he and they were wrong, the Grand Jury are of the same opinion, but yet McKellar is not convinced, though he submits that tliey should be charged up in their accounts with their expenses, and spitefully flings at the court the idea, that by this severe exaction "the county has saved the cnm r>f Sin;" flR much as tO '"'6U -IT ? ? 7 say all such small sums the county might allow us to pockct. ]}ut McKcllar says, "they were undoubtedly entitled to tlieir mileage." Wherefore? If they were entitled to milleage they were upon an authorized mission. And ii they were on an authorized mission tlioy were entitled to a per diem at toit,.liatJ11 olther _lie cor any his bo"SM;#ever had anything foirg^^' sale, beyond their private' sbrvices, tbafcr the County shotfld 0 ever want? And moreover , fcis * "1,000 feet^jiamber" anafogfr-ia k not one in Let uaJflrii^it of lumber for sale 'a^am3K,dld A?/l A^Al*n/l frt "l II I iun iij uuu UUWI&U bv . AbbeviHe at ilie would he credit aod' or^el|pMa. a -v i i * claim, presented by7 jeffer^ apd " Burton for expenses inqorpe^Jn. having gone to Saluda Old :T.own to inspect that lumber'?; :'J?.;si0, then he had a right to,-: au^it aid check for the Ookmfyl& tri|)/ j&d would have an equal right tCNawlisflMk^ for auy account these worthies * might present, whether it be fbr ; services rendered cigars smoked *> or whiskey drunk. ' lam free from charging crinii^'^- ^ lnality upon JUcJleilar, or ac^fi^Dg^; ' .* him of embezzlement of^nbifc'" or the public might feel tfiat'MSroa sf>> liis erudite confreres splurged ehtire-' ';1" * ly too extensively for men of thejp- >;>**' means and legitimate income^ still I have no data that would warrant me in charging them with em- / . bczzlement. 13 ut I do say, that McKellar must know and feel, that while corruption is epidemic In high places, while suspicion taints the skirts'of every official in the land, while the company hfe 'keejte is not noted for its integrity aiid refinement, it becomes tiim to be. scrupulously circumspect,' and 'so conduct the affairs of liis^ oflicp, ' that a Grand Jury should have no cause to even allude to him and his official duties in any ,othf<j? strain than of praise and commendation. ' As to the issue made by McKel- : * ^ lar with Judge Cook about th6 * expenses of the poor house, I*havp nothing to say, further than that 1 . thought the J udge was dealing in * T 1 J 1_ ? _ extravagances wneti i neara ma calculation from the Bench. Btifc 0 icmpora! 0 mores ! doesn't it evince the rottenness of the times . V when there arises a cause tor such procedures in our Courts? A TAX PAYER. ; . . . ;? . A True Balsam. ? Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry is truly & " balsam. It contains tho balsamic principle of tho Wild Cherry, tho balsamic properties of tar and pine. ija ingredients aro all balsamic. Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, BronchitiB^-fiad Consumption speedily disappearunddr its balsamic innuonco." ??. . ' . .. I i %!'.' ' ' ??If L$ave ten cents a day from my drinks,'* ruminated oldRednosc, "it will be $36.50 a^ear, ijnd marrv Mary, ifear Mary!" v' The Interior, Ky., journal has an editor of giant intellect. At least he says hehas a cabbage head four feet in circumfereDce in his office. [. A gentleman has two" canaries which he calls "Wheeler" anil '"Wilson." His reason for these appellations is that neither of tLeni , are "Singers." 'Tut a beggar on horseback an'd he will ride to the . devil."?EstAb-. lisli a mendicant upon tno uppermost section of a charger, ana he, will transport himself to Apollyon. Dr. Scquard Brown says the cremation business has been inaugaratod by the ilcpublican party to cheat the dovil of his last great prerogative. An agricultural paper recommends a quart of brandy to cure the staggers. "We have thought brandy was the cause of staggers. "This engine won't work," said a fireman to the chief ot the fire 1 a x it-KT- 1^_ ?J ?rna ucparimoui. "i>u wuuuur, >v?? the reply; "it was made to play." The difference between a talc bearer and sealing-wax is, that sealing wax bufns to keep a secret and the tale-bearer burns to tell one. The editor of a Nashville paper is accused by his neighbors of liav- . /%nti<rVif whiln sleenino* iu lllg Ull.ij.iV - t o church with his pew door open. The Democrat at Maysville, Ky., announces the marriage of James Lcggett, of IJuckakull, to Saily Drinkard, of liuekshort. "Poirt count your chickens before they are hatched."?Enumerate not your adolescent pullets ere they cease to be oviform. Jaynesville has an educated' pig . callcd Ben Butler. There is a chance for a libel suit?ou the part of the pig. ' . . "Why do -women talk les3 in February than in any other montf*? i Because it is the shortest month in 3 the year. ; .