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I'jM^ WTjpAIJ, ||L[1 1 linTH|f\|fflimp?Mf iM?p >Ujyj|iWBUH|UIJI| Semct nenral^ia, PIIps IToadarho, DiarrWa, Uoils, Soren(*ss, Lameness, Burns, Sprains Toothache, Realms Wounds Sore Throat, Ulcers, l^uiscs lUioumutisw, Hemorrhages,! ^ONIPSRUCI pwi f Dl. J. P. riTUi.-Mnf worn, mji, I (rtdakUd it thn tTniriMltr if l'tnn't in 1H mJ *f?? r SOyurg' ?ip?rtm*nt, CHrrfxvod l>r. ttlcr'w V?g?Ubt? UhfumsiU Ifrnp lr\J Pills, which I guiriutil ta infiltihli enrs for riln? in lios4, l.unn, Bsrk. Heart, l.imh* Nerroai. K dJ?ey, lilood, ac4 all Hh umetie difiMi, Sworn to, thin J/'ih April. 1671. r. A. 0SU017RN, Votary Vublie, I ?l Clfr (Tyn** *PI CrrrS It It, amdwfUnatir*yanTOo? wr1' atnrr Pernlet A rnirnntcw^mtt*. f60 Jlfwirdforin ln< . 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HO RAPID ARE THE CHANOKS, THE Wf MODY UNDERGOES, UNDER THE INFLUENCE ? OF Til Id TRULY WONDERFUL MEDICINE, C THAT Every Day an Increase in Flesh I and Weight is Seen and Felt. Every drop of the RARRArARTLLTAN RF.ROT.VKNT communicates through tho Blood, sweat. Urmo. and other Fluids and jtilcesof tho evstem the vigor of life. for It repairs the wastes of tho body wiih new and sound material. Scrofula, Syphlll*, Consumption, Glandular disease, Ulcers In the throat. Mouth. Tumors, Nodeain the Glandsand other nartsnf the system. Bore Eyes, 8trutuorou? discharges from the Ear*, uml the Sfornt forms of Hklti diseases, Eruption*, Fever Bores, Hcald Head, King Worm. Hall Rheum, Krvslpola*. Acne. 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Bow* la, Kidney a. Bladder, Nervous Diseases, ilvad*che. Constipation. Coatlveneaa, Indigestion, Dysp?p?U, B|)lou*oea?, Billons Fever, Inflammation of the iKmete, Piles. and all Derangements of tha Internal Vieaera. Warranted toetfect a positive aura. Purely Vegetable, coouunlng no mercury, minerals or doleterlW4fa*?tdoaaa of RADWAY'8 PILL8 will free the avaHit AD "ITa1*S AKD_ I?dk." ??11<1 0-. l.twr ftarnp to BaDWAT * ^O.. **> M Warren sit, New Yurk. Information worth thousands will to sent you. gen.rTe.leI >\ are authoritatively inlormed that a dividend of twenty-five per cent. will bo distributed to the depositors ??t the t'itizens' Savings Hank on and after June 15. This in an excellent beginning, and wariants the hope lliat 1 lurther dividends, of considerable amount, will speedily be declared. In the meanwhile the paying out, next ! , month, of more than 170,000 to the depositors who are scattered throughout the State, will relieve many pt rs >iih whose need, since the suspension of the bank, has been exceedingly great. ? J\rcfs and Coutier. o n ttit-t/tt t I >874. 1874. Time Tests The Merits Of All Things. TIIIUTY YKARS is certainly long enough time to prove tlie eilicacy of any mer.icene, and lliiit (lie rain-Killer is deserving of all its proprietors claim lor it. is amply proved j |?\ tie U'i pari lleled popularity it has attained. | it is a sure and effective leniedy. it ia sold in almost every conntrv in the world, and it needs only to he known to be prized, and its reputation as a Medicine of Bleat Virtue, is ! fully and permanently established, it ia the p eat Family Medicine of the age. Taken 1 internally, it cures Dysentery, Cholera. Diarrhoea, Cramp and I'ain in the'Stnmaeh, Rowel ( omplaint, Painters' Colic. Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, or indigestion, Sudden Cold# Sore Throat and Cac.gns. Taken Externally, it cores bruises, Roils, Felons, Cuts, Burns. Scalds, Old Sores and Sprains, Swellings of the .Joints, Toothache, Pain in the face, Neuralgia and Rheumatism. Chapped Hands, Frost Bitten Feet, ike. Pain is supposed to be the lot of ns poor mortals, as inevitable as death, and liable at any time to come upon us. Therefore, it i? important that remedial agents should be at band to be used on emergency, when we are made to feel the excruciating agony of pain, or the depteasing liiilucuces of disease. Such a remedial exists in IVrry Davis' "Pain-Killer," the fame of which has extended overall the earth, Amid the eternal ices of the Polar regions, or beneath the intolerable ami lim ning suns of the tropics its virtues are known and appreciated. And by it suiter ing luiinunity has found relief from many of its ills. The effect of the Paiu-Killcr upon the patient, when taken internally in cases of L'ough, font, jiowi'i complaint,i hotcra. Dysentery, and other aflectmns of the system, lias been truly wou.li'iful, ami lus won for it a name ainoii^ medical preparations that can lie vim he forgotten. Its success in removing pain, as an external remedy, in ease of llnrns, bruises. Sores anil Sprains, Cuts, Stints of Insects. ?.yc.. and other causes of sull'eriny has secured tor it the most, prominent po ilion anions the medicines 01 the day. lieuaie of counterfeits and worthless imitations. Call tor l'eny Davis* Vegetable pain-Killer and take no other. IT?" Sul<l hi/ ')rvff(fiats and Grucertt. Mn\ I'Jth, iVi-l. Olllcc lioard County Coin's. May 5lh, lt>7-L j^OTlCE OF ELECTION. J A petition signed by the requisite number of legal voters, in accordance with an act of j the General Assembly, having been fil? d and I accepted in this eflice to "grant aid to the j Little River and Cheiaw ihti'raad," in isseiug I bonds of t his county for preferied stock in I said Kaihoad, notice is hcichy given that an election will he lield in t ae diflerent townships and precints on tl e lit}) day of Jt ly. The election will lie conducted under the same rules of the general election laws in .such cases made ami provided, and under the provisions of the aet of the last Oeneral Assembly entitled "an act to nuthoii/e ami cmpower certain counties to issue bonds in subscription for the preferred stock in the Little liiver and Choraw Karilroad Company." i*y oider'of the Hoard County Coin'rs. t I1AS. GRAINGER, Chin. ,1. II. NORMAN. Clk. May H> Conwayboro, S. C. J INK -1th, 1874. Notice of Election, At a meeting of the Hoard of Commissioners of Election held this day, in ohedidnee to an order of the County Comniissioiu.rs lot 1 Horry county, dated May 5th, 187*1, and in pursuance of an Act passed at the last session t f the (ieneral Assembly of this State entitled "An Act to authorize and empower certain ooun'ies to issue bonds in subsc. ipt ion for prefeired stock in the Initio River and Che raw Railroad Company," it was ordered that an election he held at the different foiling proctitis in this county on Saturday, duly the lltli, 187-', to decide whether such subscription shall be made. Tho voting shall be by ballot, which shall ho either written or printed, or partly w( itten and partly printed, and shall contain the I words, ''Subscription for Preferred Stock of ! Little River and Chcraw Railroad Company- J Yes," or the words, "Subscription f?>r Pre> for re.! Stock of Little River and Cheraw Kail| road Company?No." The election shall Ik? I conducted and the managers sha'l make rc| turns in tlie same manner as is now provided by law for general elections. The following persons arc hereby appointed as managers, viz: lhick's?Moses F. Sarvls, Nimrod Davis, S.miT Smart, Sr. Conwayboro?J. A. Mayo, J. T. Sessions, Peter I ewell. I)og PI ill?K. C. James, Mark Reynolds, James lyimery. Bayboro?J. S. Elliott, W. JS. McCaskill, Silas Hellcmy. Floyd's?Levi Grainger, Avery Floyd, Allied Gorrold. ! Green Sea? IL C. Powell, Oeorgo Grainger, Mitchell Pitman. Simpson's Greek?Wm. II. Long, Daniel 3oyd, Sam'l is. Gause. Little Itiver?^aiiiuel l'ermentcr, Joseph Bellamy, J. II. Vereon. Logwood Neck?Joseph M. King, Fliillip Willard, Nathan Adams. Socastee?MiltonMacklin, James E. Grant, James Gox, Sr. Gallivant s Ferry? John J. Best, I). W. M. J Chestnut, Cato Gore, Sr. All bar-rooms, saloons and other places for I the s;Ue of liquors by retail shall he closed at !? o'clock of the evening pieceetling said election, and remain closed until 0 o'clock in the morning ofthe day thereafter, and during the time aforesaid the sale of all intoxicating liquors is prohibited. Any persou duly convicted before a competent court cf a violation ' of this section shall be punished by a line not 1 exceeding fitly dollars, or by imprisonment not ; exceeding six months, or by both such hue ! and imuiiaonmau^ in th? /H.<u?rx?tU\r? A ? ? --- - ???wv?"KlVM V* Court. J. JI. DERFlAM, Chm'n Co'n's Klec't lor Horry Co.. It. G. SESSIONS, CTk. noT'iry npvws. ; T. W. BEATY. Eiutok. ' We are in r?<? tr/.?e responsible 1 for Me vieics of our Correspondents. < SATrUDAY, .ITNE 13. 1M74T" 1 The Little River and Clicruw Railroad. i On the 11 ?li of next month the re<nonsil>iiitv wi'l reat noon the leirnl i * i ? voters of ill is county to determine whether this road shall ho built or not. When we say the vote of this county will determine the question whether this road shall be built or not, *ve mean precisely what we nay; for as this county is the first to vote upon the question of granting aid by subscribing t??r preferred slock, and as the terminal point of the road will be in this county, an advantage in a commercial business point of view that cannot be too highly appre< iated, so the vote of this county will, it may safely be said, determine the vote of the other counties through which this road will run, and upon the aid of which the question of building the l oad depends. Looking upon it in its true light, and taking the heft of its bearings in all of its points, it becomes a question of grave responsibility; one that there is no shifting from our shoulders, neither dare we treat it lightly. Are we to deal with this question for ourselves, or for others? Ifoth; and in this important fact lies the responsibility. It therefore becomes the duty of every legal voter, and every land-owner, especially ihe head of every family in the county, t<> thoroughly examine into, and to clearly make up his mind as to the present and future results upon the county dependant on his voting aid, or refusing aid in the const ruction o! this road before he easts his vote. It is his duty to look at it. in its operative efleet against the present and future interest of the county, as well as its advantageous clled. upon the county. The first, matter lor consideration is the fact that unless the counties through which the road runs vote to subsetibe an average of $*2,500 per mile, and issue bonds in exchange for preferred i>toek, the road will not bo built. i i _ i. 1 i -. ;/ .?. _ j ??e uavu ween iiskcmi wny, n ine i company ami capitalists are willing to | ri>k ? I 1,000 per mile are limy not willing to i is'v the additional $*2,/>U0 now asked of the counties? For the very host of reasons, no man will permanently invest capital where it is not protected, no mailer how alluring the scheme may he. With every citizen in the counties through which this road will run interested in the capital stock, it becomes a powerful corporation, and there is some hope of protecting such capital from the devastation now made on individual property throughout the State. Suppose the road is never built, have ; we not always got along without it? j So we have, hut even the advantage| ous position we now occupy canj not be maintained unless we keep J pace with the progress of the age. We cannot remain stationary; man's wuisf iii 111?j Is* miner upward or downward, iimi so with a people in every relation of lite, business and wealth must increase ot diminish. Is it not patent to the eyes of every citizen of the county that turpentine and timber, hitherto the main proi ducts of the county for exchange lor J the obtaining of money and other necessaries of lite, and which has given employment to so many laborers, whereby they are enabled to earn their daily bread, is now being rapidly exhausted, anil in a few years must be abandoned quite altogether. In tact the crop of turpentine this year will fall considerably short ot that of the past. This is but the fore-runner ot what must come. This shows that it is time we should turn our attention to any other source that promises to better our condition, and to enable its to keep pace with the progress of other sections ol the country. The objection that has the strongest hold on the people's minds against votinor aid to the road, is the ai?prc ra w iB hension of being taxed to pay tno interest on tiio maturing bonds, and eventually that they will have to bo paid off in full by uaonoy derived from taxation. Prudence dictates that wo should, at all times, be cautious how we incur liabilities requiring an increased tax ^^^J^FUNE 13, 1 - ... J J- . BBB 1 -.1 J.JJ . ition, but the rink of tho county having to pay these bond*, (b'pemis on a jontiugencv, and v?e ire lead to believe that there are many of the people who do not fully understand that uonthigency, or the nature ol the aid asked lor. The law provides that the county nuhacri, tion shall not exceed 5 per cent, on the assessed value of the property in the county. The bonds are to bear C per cent, interest and to be made payable in thirty years. These bond* will i?e issued and delivered lo the company so sooti an the company actually commences the construction ot the road in the county and the company gives bond to the county to pay the interest thai the bonds draw until the road is completed. Upon the completion of the road the company is to turn over to the county an equal amount of preferred stock in exchange for the county bonds, which preferred stock will bear 7 pet cent, interest. Thus it will be seen that nut one cent of interest is to commence accumulating against the county until after the road is completed. On the receiptof the preferred stock the annual interest against the county on her $05,000 of bonds at G per cent, will be 80,000, and the annual interest due by the road to the courtly on 805,000 of preferred slock at 7 per cent, will be 84,550, which will pay the 8:1,000 due by the county and leave a surplus of 8050, which is to be so invested as to draw interest semi annually, ho thai whi n the bonus beI'onu' due l!ic accruing interest on the prefeired stock will pay them up in lull, and tin1 connlv will thereafter receive a clear annual income of $4,500 in inrerest from her preferred stock, instead of raising this amount by taxation. This will be the result provided the earnings of the road enables the company to promptly meet the interest j on the prepared stock, and herein lies the exception to the result. This contingency has been fully explained in an at ticle by Hon. T. C. Dunn, and for the iniormauon of the legal voters, we shall republislt that article in the next issue ot the X i;ws. A very selfish objection made to the road by some persons is, in truth, no more nor less than a tear of the beneficial results of the road in which they may not he able to participate. This objection comes from per oris in this town ami the lower section of the I county. They admit that the road (will increase the value of properly I <llllf?? Ml* nwtrit lli'in <t. .11 1 .1.. ile ir.u'Di.l i ? >?? J..V-V..U value in that section of ilie county j through which ii runs, but assert that it will cut off trade ami business in I Con way born, and decrease the value ol real estate in the lower portion of the county The bu'k of turpentine brought to this market comes Iroin a distance of eight to sixteen miles, and mostly from the direction of Bay I biro, Cool Spring and Bog Mult*. .Turpentine in the lower section of the county is quite exhausted, and the ueople tnoie interested in 'arming than turpentine. A railroad never yet decreased the value of farming hinds, no matter how far or neurit runs to them; besides they will have the same God-given means I ot getting off their produce they now j have. We can readily see that, it will, in a Igriat. measure, affect and change the business of the merchant and turpentine speculator in this section of the . . j county, who nave a single eye to tneir i own immediate interest. Instead of ! tbe laborer being forced to eke out bis j daily bread by the single business of j making turpentine at uncertain prices, ! be would find opened up a variety of occupations at stated prices for wbieb be would be paid cash; and lurpen* tine must either pay better, or be !abandoned. The only objection of all tbat we bave heard tbat in our opinion has any weight, is the bar and baibor at Little | Kiver lias not the depth of water and capacity required lbr an outlet and commercial point of a railroad of business importance sufficient to make it a paying investment. In answer to Lbis it is vurv clear that if the bonds aro voted, capitalists will not invest over one million of dollars in a railroad until they first satisfy themselves that the terminal point has all the advantages necessary to make itapajing investment. Should they, after a thorough investigation, become satisfied that the bar and harbor is insufficient for the purpose, tko work will not commence, nor will tho bonds, though voted, be issued. Of our own personal knowledge, we know nothing of the advantages or 1874. disadvantages of Little River bar or I harbor; but we have just received a ' letter from Capt. Thos. W. Gore, of [ Little River, a gentleman well known , to the majority of the people of this county as a man whose veracity and 1 integrity of character is above suspicion. We conclude this article with ( that ponton of Mr. Gore's letter re- i I hi "out t his liar nml hsirbor Question. 1 unci think it ought to Ratify the minds | of all who are acquainted with him. Mr. Gore says: "I understand that Home parties in flurry county "ay our bar and harbor ;s of no value as a shipping point. I have been raise J here, and have been goic g to sea oft and on tor the past thirty years, and have seen large schooners and brigs in this harbor all mv lifetime, and they frequently drawing nine ?o eleven feet, and carrying 1-/200 to l,r>00 bids. TIkmc is no trouble about the bar. Steamers can be bad drawing nine feet that will carry 2,000 bbls. The only trouble with sailing vessels is the chattel is narrow, which prevents their beating out, and they have to wait fur fair winds. But this could be obviated b\ having u tug toe in and out. Respectfully, <&e., Titos. \V. Gotta." A Comprehensive Suggestion for ilrungcs. [New York Ilerald.] The Columbia Union, in an article showing that capital invested it; cottun mills realtzus over twenty per cent, suggests that the titty thousand i i <111 i ^ ill lilt; tu uuiiu mmii\; WIIV. < I i >1 Inr :i month ami intrust tin? erection ami management of mills to a board ol directors, ami thus vrcut a sntlieient number to inanufactinv the on tiro product of the State. '1 he l.Hion very sensibly remarks: ? ''We cannot afford to sell raw cotton for fifteen cents ami bu\ it back spun ami wove tor seventy live and one dollar a pound. We must cease hiring Massachusetts and Rhode Island , to do all our spinning and weaving, and d?> it at home and keep that money in South Carolina." Such a policy will certainly largely redound to the wealth of the cotton producing Stales; hut (lie gre it. difliculty is that the people cannot, unj aided by Northern or foreign capital, j raise the money with which to establish the mills. Then? are lewer more profitable doors for investments open than are to be found on the banks of the Mobile, Tombigbee, Mississippi, Chattahoochee, Savannah, ( ongaive and Cape Fear rivers that How through the heart of "cotton land." TWO ELECTIONS THIS TALL! : A ChiIoun illiMuler of (he (Jciiornl Assembly. [News and Courier.] Wii.usroN, S. C., June 5. J'J'litor News (ind (Janvier: In the course of my examination of the Revised Statutes of the Stale, I j have been struck with an incongruity I in our election riw winch 1 tear, will entail, tor this year at least, serious trouble ami expense to the people. By Section 11, Article 11, of the Constitution, the lirst election lor senators and reprcs*utiitivcs is directed to be held on the Mlh, 15th and 11 j days, ol April, of that year, (18<?8,) and the second election on the third Wednesday in October, 1870, "and forever thereafter on the same day in every second year." By the amendment to this article and section, approved January 20, 1873, the words are altered to read as j follows: "And foiever ihcrealtei on tin; first. Tuesday following the first Monday in November in every second year." Chapter VI11, section 1 of lie vised Statutes, provides "That the general elections in this State shall he held, pursuant to the constitution thereof, on the third Wednesday of October, 1870, and forever thereafter on tie same day in every second year." This was also amended by an act passed at the last session of tin* Legislature, approved March 10, 1874, to the following effects: "The next general election in this State shall he held, pursuant to the provision* ol amendment of Article II, section 11 ol the Constitution ol the State ol South Carolina, on the first Tuesdav follow ing tlio first Monti ay in November, 1874, and forever thereafter 011 t he first Tuesday fallowing the first Monday in Novimb r in every second year." On turning tc page 38 of Revised Statutes, Chapter X, section 1, under the caption of "The Election ol County Ollicers," we find as follows; 4,1There shall he a general election for the election of the following county officers, to wit: Judge of probate, county commissioners, and school commissioners held in each county, r.n the third Wednesday, ol October, A. 1). 1870, and on the same day in every second y?ar thereafter, and lor j the election ol sheriff," tte. | This section lias not been amended ; by any subsequent act, and must, 1 ! apprehend, still stand us the law of I the State; for although the act of 19th March, 1674, sention 2, enacts "that all acts or parts of acts incon&istent with this act for the purpose of this act, are hereby repealed," yet as boil) tho amcndiiiOiits ol 1673 and 1874 have special reference to article II, wet ion 11 of the State Constitution, and to none other, while chapter X, section 1 lias reference to article IV, mictions 19, 20, 2*. and 25 of said constitution, and was passed in furtherance of the provisions therein contained, with regard to the election of local or corporate officers, these ? . amendments cannot by any implication be extended to the provisions of chapter X, which, therefore, cannot ? - ? " ' :.u ?kA In; sahl u> ue <7*wiK??Hcy? mm vuw amendatory act ot 1874. 11 my viewft bo correct we w;ll bo subjected to a double election thin year to the great detriment ot the people; ami even it my suggoBtions and views be susceptible ot doubt, ?nd all the elections take pi ice m November, there will still uiiRe amongst the officers elected a feeling o! insecurity with regard to their tenure ot office, which might oasily~have been avoided by the exercise of a litttle more I. re ad th of detail amongst our lawmakers. II. M. T. The Rogues' (jallery. The Grand Juries are at work in earnest. Ot course the criminals may escape at last, or he pardoned by the compassionate Kxeeulive; but it is cheering, nevertheless, to find that, in the course of a month or six weeks, more than thirty corrupt County officials have been presented or indicted, and that seven have been convicted. Since our last report the following presentments have reached us: 11. Last week the grand Jury of Clarendon Coun\jf^presentcd foMr County Commissioners for corruption, fraud and malfeasance in office. They are 31 M. Henbow, Titus Mullctt and W, 1\ Mc Knight, who were the County Commissioners in 1872, and Sylax .Milton, who at the last election took the place of McKnight, while lieu I ?o w and Mellett were re-elected. The Grand Jury was composed ot iwelvc colored men and five white nun. The charges are specific, atul are printed in full elsewhere. 12. The Grand Jury of Williamsburg have presented Wm. Scott, Hubert K. Scott and Ambrose Tisdale, the County Commissioners, for corruption and malteasa^e in office; a^so Philip Heller, the County Treasurer, lor misappropriating lunasanu oincini niiseond i:t t; also W. W. Ward, the County Sheriff, tor misconduct., fraud, corruption, peijury, and other crimes. The presentment will be found in another eo'umn. 1 Trial J notice A. W. Green, of (ioos'-crct k, was presented, on Saturday, by the Grand Jury ot Charleston County, lor official misconduct, and a bench warrant for his arrest was ordered to be issued. jVeios and Courier. ? m ^ - .<i JuiKJB Ca Ul'KNTRR ON PoiSRNKI) LlQuoia?Judge Carpanter, in his charge to the Grand Jury of Edgefield Coin ty on Monday morning last, speaking of the new license law, and instructing the jury as regards their consideration of applications for license, said that nowa days, as a general thing, no real liquor \v;is soni--nere nor any wRoro else in this country. There wa? no brandy, no whiskey, no gin. Everything of the sort was a concoction ot j |??<i: on? ? water, prussic acid, strych! nine, *fco., and that men were very olten not drunk, but drugged or poisoned. lie, therefore, urged upon the jury the importance ot being cartful and conscientious in the matter, i. <?., granting licenses only to persons who they lelt sure would not carry ! the drug ami poison business too tar. Not a Day Too Soon. The ruling party in South Carolina has made a wiser application ot our warnings than some purblind folks near home. The Columbia UnionIlerald refers to one of our recent articles in a complaining tone, but adds: "The Republicans of tins State ' must see to it that in the coming election every county shall elect none but honest and competent men, without stain or reproach of their private or public reputation, or we shall be driven out of tho h^use of our friends^ as a leprosy and a curse. This is the work we have to do, and 'twere well it were done quickly." mm... ..o,..?, n I j in; |rm t jr 111 jiunci III nvuill V/BrU* Una has begun to open its eyes, and not a day loo soon. The Republican party will not defend or help to mamtain a ay stein of organized robbery and oppression. The sooner 4<our colored friends" in South Qarolina get that truth into their heads tho better it will be for them. [ jYcw York Times, JuneZ, , - * An Asiiantkk Bull.? The most curious relict of the- Ashantee campaign i brought home hy^he nevvly returned troops is said to beh Capo Coast bull, I a perfect kitten of the species. He ia descrie'l as not bo tall ais an umbrella, ami, judging from his build and activity, might be as safely trusted to perambulate the fragile groves ot % crockery warehouse as the most docile dog. lie was allowed to be loose ou the deck, and is the pot ftod play-thing ol the crew, who tease him UQtil bo runs at ami butts them as the goat does. Twelve ot these aDnimaU wvro shipped as fresh tood on the voyage, and some idea may be ferxned ot toie | representative of Liliputian^livebeef/* | when it is stated that of the eleven ; that were killed Dot OD* exoeedod > (orty-seven pounds in weight as a * 1 dressed carcass. ^ j 9