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Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1873. No. 9. U'*E-'-Ww-"- - -- -- EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At No wrry V. I., BY TH103. F. URINEK0I( , E'lltor and Proprietor. Ter.50 pekO,yer .'innum, Su aiably in Advalice. e~- Thi paplierH is stopwd ait thle expiration of t Ime for which I It ni pad, P1- The H mark denotes expiration of sub scription. Feutaele elicadcenly. NEM11111tti F111IALE A.. P. PIFER, X. A., Principal. Miss FANNIE LEAVELL,: : Assistant. Prof. F. WERBER, : Musical Dop't. Tiili' Fxereisee4 of tle abov School will be resumed oi TI >l)'SAV, 7th JANUA RY, 1873. Triuition from 4.w2.5 to $22.5) er session. l'aid in advance or. ,;atiqfa:c1tori1v seetvd. l'up11l will bo charged fiml 'latte of ell trance to the vini of iL c. - a. No it (ItLio lexc in ea-vs of protracted ill. Plaiiti, idumtaitial boarding e.mo be ob filined wilh thtv P'rilleipal at .-: per. mi'nth. For pariieulr,i, &o., apply to S. P1. M00 R )OU ., See. W'd. GOL.k. FA IR' , I'sre'. -aln. 1, 1- . Mfj~ j. U-ME- I I AL* L. M. SPERIS, CONTRACTOR For tie crecioll of" i aill.:d-a of MONUMENTS, N nilloina flead Stones, TOMS, COMMON GRAVE SfONES, &c. Yard near N. A. Cone's Shop, New. herry, S. C. .J. 1:1, 2-m. PhofoAor'apI,y. OUR GALLERY. m,r it be tistinctoy uierstooti wat the PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY NEWBERRY, i -:1 full bla),t and doing things up. all right, and well prepared lor it good riu this Fall. All kinds of* work done in good slyle, in cludinlg copyiting of old Pit'lres, Fillinig Pins, Kings, &U. A fine lot of Just received. Comie along during this pretty weather. Rlespectfully, W. H. WISEMAN. Oct. 2,-.10-tI'. GERMAN 800THINI CIORDIIAL Inivaluiale in Teething, and Summer Com-. pints of Children. Cures COLIC, .Anal other Diseases, ineident to the period of Den titlion. JUlike the "Sootintg Ry rups," now so widely used, this COIlDI 1) ,r con' ains NO ANODYNE, Or other injuiraoi Drug., It 'is omposed of the very best materiatls, and shlould be founmd int etvr Nursery. The best phys'i cian 13 rcommIIhen d it. MANUFACV tIti Ily Dr. H. BAER, ('IIAllL~ESTON. S. C gg) For sale by MtOiTTE & T A R R ANT, Newherry, S. (1.- May :3, 18-if. 0. M. HARRIS, C'abi netMaker & Undertaker. Ha:s on hatud andic will mnake to order, lIed steatds, IIu'reans, Warudrob~es, Safes, Sofas, Settees, Lonnges, &c Cainett Work of all kinds madea and re paired on l iberail termis. lias on hind a full su pply of Metalie, Ma htogany anmd Rosewvood IturnialI Cases. C'ofirts m-ude to order at short notIce, and heaorso suptplIed. *Oct 9 40 If. MARTIN IHARRIS. Fisk's MdtaIlic Burial f,ases, TIlE SUBSCRIBER has consatntly or. haund at fullassortinmt, or the abv a1)ppt oved causes, of dlifferentt patterns, besidles coflins of his owin mauke, all of wh Iich lhe is prep.ared to ftnish att yery reiasonablej ratea, withb prom pLness an d despaitch. Persotns desirous of htauing causes aenut by railroadu will hiave thoem set free of charge. A Heairse is always on hand arnt will be furnished at the rate of $lt0 per day. Thanikful for past ptatronauge, the sub scriber respectfully asks for a contintuation of thme sameo, tandu assures the pitblic that no effort on his pairt will be spariT to renider tho utmost stitsf'aition. A. U. CI1h?MANJ Newberry S. (i., July 31. Music Given Away. We wvill order "YR.Tmcs' MUsICAr. MoTIs: j.)" to be sent for onan yeair to any one who will setnd us five sutbscri hers to our paper. Thinik of it I You cain get at leaist Sixt,y Bleautiful Song~s, D)uets, andl (horiues, anud fromi fifty to sixty Piano pletes, worth at least #10,. by sending us five subscribe s to Out palper Feib. 6, 6-tf. PiVate Boad Ing. A feaw gentlenien can flai BOARID BY TilE MONTII with liar. O,Q.tf hA. W1 T.. BIMMONR. 'Selld the little onles happy to bedl, W hen clok.es tle ioublemia d.I, Let Ilo hal.sA invective be said To r.ille the mind iiue tIvY pray. Sore Irials an tal troubles fu*ll soon The sweet Sleep of vhildhood will ban Thenl let them liv joyowl4y down Atid Cheri:sh briglt dreatil a iffle tliy Caii. Send the little ones happy to bed, Thoulgh thev nuytv Ie mishelievotisjund wild; Nature -'eldoil bestows a n ise ield On t r6sy-elhecked, light-hearted chid. Then let their glad spirits have pl.y, And brighlter and stroiger the 'Il grow, Like a stream that runs free on its way, Awl i4aus iio check on its flow. Send the little ones happy to bed, You kiiow not wha t ill ajmy be iteir Ere the morning your pets iy be eini, Then vain the regret. of the tear. 0 let them lie down witi delighl, And fail nt to pive andl to t,,e A kiss wivhen they prail.. i niglt," And a kiss iii the maim"n 14-i hO v wl . - SmIlith's Maga.fii'. From the A. it. Presbyterian. A CENTENARY AIbEDIENN Tro Tily %. R.i t F. su T iiA lUt' i's OPe N EW1%nB ita itI.S. C'., AT CAN NoN t I K, .11', 19 I', 1872. BY IFN*V. It. T. I.OAN. ((Conclded1. I 'Tle (61h1rc1h was still en1l1argiig Itid taking deepleri rool in N ewv berry. A Iready had a coitimodious ci ur Ielh been1 u reet ed at, I I ead S p ringl: . -Th- firs t Sabshafter Lhe dtuli of Mr. ItIrolg, the Nov. WmIl. 111nekstLocks preached the first ser-Imonl inl this Ch1reb,-1. uoe ing Service With tihe 23r1 Psalm and closing with the 57.h. The organization was probably effeut ed soon liter, with Janes .T. Sloani atid Capt. Jam i Ch (Alaliners as Celdes. But a people, Who bdl so long enjoyed th regular millistrat. tions or the word and ordiiances, Could not long remIain without. ln e1fort to procurIC 'A suIcCeS'or-. GOd W1as providing for them a shepherd, in tie persol of Rev. "Sautiel P. Pressly,son of Joh n Pressly,Esq.,of Cedar Spring, a man able in pinay e4r 1a1.d mlighty in thie Suriptureis. This Rov. Shmuel P.-Pressly-tib sequently 1). D.-was a man of tal ent, and learning, conceerni,ing w homl one of the fathers said, "1ie never had a superior in the PresbyLery." Ie becam Pastor of the four united congregations of' New berry about 1826 or 1827. Ife located in the town of Newberry, taught in an Academy, preached regularly i;, his several chlLrelies for ilear-ly eight. years. Being t a mant1 of pop ular mnannier's, fine address, and. an able preacher of the Gospel, large congregations wvaited uponl his m iistry antld very Ianlly Were added to the Church. Tho young were catechisod and instructed at intermission. Abott the com mencement of this pastorate, the elder'ship, at least at Ca:n non (Cr(eek, was increased b)y the addition of Ro bert, Ilus~selI and Jl,as. Sloan ; and it was tunder this p)attorate, too, th,at.ibraham Moore and George T hompson were inductlted into t he eldership at 'Prosperity. Mlr. Pressly's min istry was high hy suiccessful, and the churches fully maintained their former' high position and1( influence among all lie siisteor chu trches of the h:anid. But,I more Iibheral mneasu res beinrg adivocatedi and sometimtils practic ed by Mr. Pr'essly, occasioning eusionis ini then Session and amonig tnm embhers, the churnichies were (dest ined to receivye a severe shioek in the removal of' Mr. Praessly and the conisequencel whichi onstued. A wider field of tuseftulness having opened up bof'oro the young and talented P astor, on lisa electioni to a Professorship in the Franklin University, Athens, Ga., at a meet ing of Presbytery hold( at Long Ciane, March 28t.hi, 1834, Mr. Press hy asked antd obtained a dism ission to conineet,.himself with a sistoir dlenomninaition, leatving his congro gationsa vacant and( somewhlat, tor'n and distracted with initer'nal din. W h ile the ehlersh ipJ andt a matjor'i ty of' the memnbership adheored to .hirI former faith andi( pratct ice, to perpeI)tuate t he Associ ate Reformnied Presbytorian chiurchies of N ewber i'y, at goodly num rber' of' prominent andi~ influential membohrs, f'ollowintg t.h examle of their pastor also changed their cecclesiastical con nee tionI-amnong whom wero such menCi as1 Chanttcellor Johinston, D)r. Geor'go loozer,, Dr. Alexatider' Chainber's, thie Foots, andl othiers, with their fam:ilies---through whose instrumentality and in fluon co, especially, spraing A valeig h church, niow tho Presbyterian (chutrch of Now berry-Simyrna, above Butsh River--Gilder's drook seemed also to ho revived, and sub. se.quently Mt. lothel was callod in i being. Hence, these chiurches nf' Cantnon Creek, K(inik's Crock, Pr'oannerit andi 1Hand 8n-ine may Iu rgaUIIIu It1 a greatL m1ieas11ro as the pareit. of aill the PrusbYterianl ISMn HOW kiowin iii Now(herI. Iut, as year rolled by, the bit ter n 1 of party discussioi wore away, or wats forgotenl, aId the pailrt-i 1)11 theinsolvOS Iived to 'e-pect VAch1 ithei coni,zeintious colvic tionls of truth aid dut.y. And) we a-ro happy to kiow thatt their de licendlnts now live inl harmoy and love, Striviig to provoke Olo aother to love and good works. I t. is worthy of no1te, thatt. Presby. tory met for four sucevs'ive years towards the close of Mr. Presslv's pavstoraito il Onle 01 other of tile the No.b borry 01churIes-at. Read Spring Nov. 5th, 1829-at Pros. pority _Nov. r,1.R30--at Cal-noll t:reek Nov. 10th, 1831--and ait Kinig's (Cr'eek Nov. St i, 1832. The weulfaCrt. of t ho chllurebes demlianlded a pastor as early as pract ienble; aie cordingly God, in his providence, provided a Suitable and wort.hly successor inl the perstiln of I?(v. Jolat!ain (Galoway. a proba1toioer (l' I lie "irst. Pre11sbytery. Rkv. E. . Pesly,D. .,was appoint (d to moderato I (all at t Cinon 'rek April 2d-, 1835, which was Iadiille Out 1,or1 MrI. ("alloway, who W.1as reCeived oi certilientti. a, Cedar Spriii, November, 1835, aiad lee atI.( Ind then Ordinied to 1.11v ollice of tle loly ministry. At the next meeting of' Presbytery, held at Ilkad Spring, April, 16th, 1836. lie was dui1ly itTstalled Pastor of, tI(!qe unllited( congregations. 1eiig soml111 in (0C'Llic and con Sisteit, inl practice, ho wa- well atlapted to his field of, labor, atid sutcessful!y did Ie labor to re establish the cIIIu-cho0.s in th3 fFith ai'i practIce of I he fiathers. Th eldership was incratsed by Htobert Carmnichaul. E."verY thing moved smI'ootily'on in harIony and love for a terin of' years, -when the people began to desire more prealling. ly a mutual arrangement, ?eV. .1. 0. Lindsay lweitched 0o 1 0 10 year, 1848, at, Cannon and King's Creek clirlIes. N Lar the close of tlint, yo:art, AlIr. Gal Iow\vay demlit.ted King's Creek, which was placed on the list of' vacancies. The next ye0ar it wits Suippliod 0110 third of His time by Uev. 1). F. Haddon, and tw o years subsequently by Rev. A. Ranson. In the imeai tiine, Elder Jame111s Wilson havinlg eeased to act in the capacity of Elder, Patrick Martin was alded to tle Elhlership at King's CrOk -Capt. 8pence still siurviving to discliarigo the duties of, the ofIice which he had long held. A bout this tiino anii Associate ieformed Church was formned in the town of' Newberry, )Ir. Thompson) gave the lot, and the frionds of'the cause en1eralhy assisting-P inl croctiing a very neat and substantial edifice. Dr. Wn. McMlorris and )r. Thom as V. Thoipsol were or1dainled Elders--to Vhom Prof. Wim. Hood was suibsequently added. This church, known as the Thompson street church, united with King's Crook and suibscib ed a call fojr the labors of' Rev. iH. L. Murphy, which was by him accepted, and lie wats (lily in)stallled pastor at Nowhberry ini 1853--a field in wvhich Iho labored withI gr'eat acc'eptane until the close of the war in 1865. IEarly in this pastorate Col. J. S. lReniwick and~ JIoseph Caldw~ell wtoroe or'dined lder~is at 1Kiing's Crook. But, under01 the discou rage. men ts inicideOnt to.a disastr'ous war' -t he.death of two of the Elders at King's (Creek, viz. :Capt. Spenco anid Patrick Martin, alnd the deat,h of' Dr. Thompson at New berry, the remioval of' Mr. H-ood to Columnbia, anid Dr. McMorris to the coun otry, IMri. Muri iphy seoeed to becomo0 d ijshIeartenied, andi giving u p his charge to thle Pruesby tory, remov edI to .West Tennessee, wv here lie still lives to prIeatch the Gospel. But retaingur 1'steps anid re soiing the historic narirativye of' old pazstor'ato untder Rev. Gallonway where we lef't off' in 1848.--Mr'. G(aillhowaty continued his latbor's alt Canunon Crecek, Pr'osperity, and II t':aad Sprii ng3, uin t,i1 Oct,. 5th, 1855, when fatiling health compelled him to dIemfit his char'go and commend it to the watchful care of' Presby tory, after a patstor'ate of 20 years. Some chainges and additions to the Eldership weiro mnado during this Pastor'ate0. On the deathI of' Joh n Cald well, Satinuol Reid, Esq., wtas or'dainuedl to the offico at Cannion Crook. On his death, .Josep)h S. Reid succeedod, until his removal West, and .James S. Sloan. At Pr'osp)erity. .Jamies F"aiir, Esq1., was r'eceived by tr'ansf'er f'rom D)uo West. And att Head1( Spring, be sidles Jas. J.SioanO and( Capt. Jamties C halmer's, Frederick Booz'er,an Wmi. McDi)ll.,ajl .D)uring the iinterval between the fortor and present,fl Pastorate, the conrgregattions were etuppliod with the wor'd and ordinances by the various mem ber's of' Presby tory an d prioibationi, iun til tihe fall of' 1858 Nov. 1st, wvhen your' prosent Pas tor', Rev. J. C. Boyd, who had boon licensed by the F'ir'st Presbyteiry Sept. 8th, 1857, was ordained and instatlled over yotu as your spiritual Shepherd. The11 word and ordinman ces havo been. adm~Iiii.rad aan. :0ther. l'Iders havo beenl ilu'Icted initooffice. A t Prusperity, feorgo Brown,I Dr. Thomlsf,n Youmg anld Col. lIester. At Cation CrIee .John 'Spen.-ce, 11ClII-Y llalI.Caere. At, Re.ad Spring. T. A. v. Cha m1er,8, T. B. Chah n0iers, 1-beiezer I. Chalmer-, Nathan 11tinter. A Id althouight malny iavv of ( he filthers and mother-i have died and goie to receive their reward, a cro wni of life, yet (God is still raisiig u1p others, their sons atnd dau ghLtrs, to takICeC the lCit' pla6es 111dd pre1'ltu ate the chioic which lie plainted hetco ole hun11dred y0al6 ago. The sler churches of* King'a creek i and Thorimpson strot church have also id anjothier spiritual Shepherd granted them itn the persotI of' Rev. .1benlezer MCOintock(I, who for the last. two yeat-, has been laboring fithfily1,111), anld zoaloiusly inl wor'd and doctrinle fot' their splritUal edi fication and gr1Owth in griace aid for the cnlargement, ofour beloved Zion. Al ltulgh coloi)y aft er colony1 of e1iigi't is have golle out. from :inohg you to sow ite good seed of 1.t.b W01rd and plant, tie cliiruh in the regionl beyolld. you lliy meet, then or their de6endatlts, 11s I have often toile, in (eorgia, Alabamlia, ississippi, '.l'etiessee, and Ark-i3as-ill Ohio, Indiana ati lilinoirs-still battg for th crown righs of' our Lord and King atld the ho01I ly coi-atIdment s deli vered utio them, yet, ot- with stanldillg, the -palenit hurcht still ives and cillarges her border-s. A it-1 hug-h w hole generations ofthe faithfu-you fahersandnyfit. thers-have t.ied out, tan Iow sleep thier lIst sleelp in these seve ral depositories of* ihir s-ehed Itist, the ctirelh wlich was pianlt ed by their prayers anld watered with their tears i/ irs, anld re joiecs to-day at ithe close of a con. irt'y itn the glorious inheritance be(ueathed to themi. A nd not, onily live6, but, clarges ler bordert3, breaking 1orth ot the right hand and on tite left. So that, istead of of two little mission churches and a lone Pastor in the Wildlerntess, we have now five churches atid two Pastors-yea rather,nine chtrelices and fou Pastors of P'resbyLriatIs in the Coun tiy of' New berry--all the fruits of that, noble germ of' Scotch' Irish Presbyteriainisin which our fathers planted here one itindred years ago. Shall we not. fhereforc crect, our Ebenezer to-day, and say, "Ilitherto hathi the Lord helped us" "behold what God hath wrought!" "The Lord hat.i done great things for us whenCe joy to us is broughtl" h'lcrefore, with 4Jehorah isi, the Lord is my bunier, mscribed upon oIr standards, we will thank (od and tako courage, and go forth to the help of' the I10rd agains t tho mighty. Now from this noble re cord, the histor-y of otto hindi-ed years, may wo not rightfully con e\IULC, that, there is something in the principles of Associate Rformed Presbg/terbniSM as taught by our fathers, and embraced and cherish ed by us that is ini'inci/>le and in nmortal? Arie itot her' doctrine's anid her- song, and her form of churipch governnwn('Pt, the dloctins and111 bong and governimentI of the Bi blel?oHow thon can f/hey die, so long as that dec-larat ion remlatins unalterable, '-The/i word of the .Lor'd abideth for'crcr." WVe have seen that, they3'left, Ileln with Ron wick andti his pai'ishiiotners one hun dred( ye'atrs ago, and t hose pri nci pies have contitinued0( to be c-hot isheod ittnd praic t iced( ini unbr iokeon suiccesSion t hroughl al i your gene 'ations1 of' lie m ighity dlead down to Lthis liour.~ ut had t im pr miitted, we maigli1ht t'v traced I.hose prii ncipl es far- back in to tIhe (de1pthis of r'emiote atIiqutity. They are the pinipiles whliic-h wor'o embodied in t.ho Wecstmin ister Cotifessioti of Faith, Cate chsm, Larger- and Shorter, so munch indebted to Scottish lore for thiri excellecec, and wh ich consti tuto, to-day the Shibboleth of all soiund( Pr~iesbyLtrianiisml the wvorld over-t.ho0 samte that was taught by Calvin and3( Luther at Geneva anid WVitteniberg,by Knox and( Mel v'illo in the (lays of' Bloody Mar'y andi( platt ic pers5ecti on-t lhe same that retired to the glens and high lands ohfScotland before tIhe tro-ops of' Ch'lverhouso and his m11 inis, or still earlier, f'ound a home ini the beautiful 1sl0 of' Iona, in the dlays Coluim ba and the CulIdco Cliurich, atid in the valleys oh' Piedmont anid the mouintai ns of' Bohiumtia, whlen Waldcnscs an Albigenses sought a retreat iti which to worship God(, accord(ing to the (ic-Lates of' con science. A nil t hose last arec the tt'ruo conn cLing lin ks of' A postolic sucecessioni, of' one of' which Drt. Johnston, who niever liked to say any thing good of' Scotland, wa's conistr'ainecd to wrtite, '"Thlat man is little to be envied, whose pa tiotism wouild not gain force on the plains of Maratf/on, or whose piety would not grow wvarmor among thie guns of Iona"-and of' wvhicha Campbell, in his beautiful poem of Roulhtira, writes: "Star of thie miorni nd ev'e, Reullura-Ahonec like itboo, 404 WOI for her mixhs Aodh grev. The dlark attired Cildee. Peace to their Shades! the pure Culdres, Whekre Albyn'i-icief. prie!tu of (Rod, FUO Yt an1 iam Il of the seam BY foot of Saxon m11on1;k wals trod, lAng re her churchmeii by bigotry Were barred from wedlock' holv tic: 1W;l Ithenl IIhat kA dhl, holed af'ar, it lolla preached Ihe word Wiit power, A id Rel lil - , beaui ty's tar, Was it' partnerol, his bower." Principles, then, whicl have mld. classic grouils of eaves anld glens anld sela.gii L isles, anld tuned the master's lyre inl song of'eraph ic fire, mIulst live, amd ilre whIen timlie shall be 110 moto. hata pricoless logney,the,ln,las boen bequeatlied to ts by ant lion. ored anicestry ! The Church of God p"rpuetu -no1t. simply accord. ing t tho teachings ot Wesltmiis itr and (eneva, blit of tho Bible itself. flow shall wo Cherish it? How eal w', "udr G<il, best tranlsmlit it froml Sive to Soil. that Ili Ibont genlerattionls ma111y yet ariso and call us blessed a-9 we do otur flthers this day? "Hlis testimlonly aind his 1lawI Ill Israel hie'did place, And charged out ftthers it to -liAw To their succeeding race: "That Ao the race which was to c0ome, Might well thim learin iid know; And sonls lilnborni, who should arise, Might to their sons itein show "Thait lo-y might set their hope in God, And suffer not to fall His mlighty works out of their Imlind, -Btt keep his precepts all." Having now traced tihe way ill whichi t he Lord otur God has led us and otv f'tiers l'or these hundred years. lind exhort-ed yotu to grati t idc..steadfastness a nd fidelity, I Vnll) ol better close mtty remarks, tian by qullting a Few staZias from the beallil't:; ()(L oil' I J. 1'. G r y Vritl.ctt for the BI i-Cettonarly Ceol bra t ion ol' t.e illustrious West,L m11:inister Assemlbly of Divincs, simply Chainging the Word "rio" into one, to adapt, it to outr situa 1iton : "One hun.heid yelars, ono inidred year's, 01ur bdk1 Wi'er bifflowyv stlas, lla- onward kept. ter steady course, thro' hurricanle and breeze ; iIer Captain was the Mighty Oc, Ile braved the stormy foe, And still lie guides, who guided her, one huttdred years ago. ller chart wis God's unerring word, by w.hich iher coirse to steer, H1er helmsman Witas (te risen Lord, a helper eve* IeaIrI Though malny a beauteous boat, has sunk the trct-herous wives below, Yet oirs is sound as site was built, one hun111dred ye:ars ;go. When first. otr gaillant ship was launched, although her iids were few, Yet dautiless w1s ech bosomn fould, and every heart wits true ! Atitd still, though inl her mighty hull, Un Iumlibered bosoms glow, 11er crew is fiithlftil as it was one hundred years ago. For onward rides our gallant bark, with all her caIIvass se, lit many i nation still unkt,own, to plant her stiad.rd yet ; Her flag shall h at where'er the breeze of freedoin's breath shall blow, And millions bess tle boat that sailed one hutdred years ago. Ont Scotia's coast, in datys of' yore, she lay almtost a wr'eek, 11er italitnmiast u!one, herz rigging ornt, thte boarders oii the dleck rTero Gamteront, Corgill, jochtran -fell; ttere RIenwick's blood did flow, Dtefendtinig our good vessel built oneN.(two) httnde ed years. ago! Yeot onwmard still ourt vessel pre'sucd, and weathered otut thte gaile; She cleared the wreek, andii spliced thie mtasat, andi mndted every sail, And swifter, stautnche, mightier fitr', upon her eriuisit did go Stontg hantds and gallantt htearts had she, one hundred yearas ago. Tirit to that guiding ta r whichi led to Israel's craidled htope, hier steady needle poincted yet to Calvary's bWoody 10op! Yes, there sihe floats, that good old ship, from nmuist to keel bjelowv, Sea-worthy still, as erst shte wvas, oneo hun droed years tago. Not unto us, ntot ntnto us, be praise or g'ory givent. But, untto lfiim, wh-io wtch antd wvard, hathl kept for hter int I.eav'en; Whot~ quldledi the whtirlwiind int itis wirat, badih etmpests cease to blow, That God wh io lainnehedl our vessel fortht, one hundred y.earis ago. Then ontward' speed lhee, brave oIld1 bark, speed onward in thy pride, O'er sunntiy sets tand billows dark, Jehovah still thty guide, Andi stacred be eacht plank and spar, Unt ethanged by friend or foe, Jlust as site left OLD Itrt.ANI (WVestmninister), one ihundred y'ears aego!" A htotly' contested lawsuit has just closed1 in Michigan, whic*h origintated int the fat thtat t wo womeon laid claim to the same watter-fall. We have hteard of womeni getting inito cach other's hair beforte, but sucht eases5 are ntot cuually settled by the courts. A Bleaufort youth slantdered two the unsuspectintg intnocent to their houise, when they dusted his jacket with a cowhide. Since that (lay he has ~taken his mteails fromi a manittel shelf. The house of' Mrs. Argin Conder, near Varnsvil le, int Beaufort County, was entered by sonme men who beat her daughter severely and carried off a conaiderable auow of nwoney. The pprximae vlueof .the wool, wheat and gold produced in Califeraa last year was 86OaOQ04& PoLUAIAN, S. C., Ma. ntrn. our1 correspon-i ( knt occasioinlly has to leave c liese sylvan secnes and go over to the city, and as hw desires to give you soi jottings, for convenience .vatkoi he will, for the nonce, avail himself' of the liberty taken by you "big fish" who Itro E4"ditors 'And1( use t he plural "we." WCll, bidding adieu to the tall piies, stately oaks, and the mn ore modest green peas, cencuiibers, &., wit b lhii(I "We": H in] daily ass'ocia. tion, " w" take our st ea i" I. Pegas us"l and in a little while land in the ohd citv, walk through the market, that "great ih.bul" of sounds, groeted at almost every Step by a silwart bitcher-who walks up to us, with a big joint of m1eat,) and, as we fou1r at fiIrst., throateinin gly, but vc find hlis ob ject is to indu(c1 us to puIrchase, the sa'id blutcer laboring under the hallucination that "we" havO a pocket fu1ll of si aps, wherewith to mak, 0111 sel tions from the importilato offecis. Walking the gauntlet, of' this ordeal we found ourself in frront of Von San ten's "Baziaar", il Ring Streel, gazing into the attractive win dows, and then sanintering ilnto the 1%lng )erlspectiv( for'Minlg 1t0 store, lined onl both sides with grotesque Ii.uros, ebiiren's ear riages an Voloidlwdes, W O eo tored the courteos proprietor, who politely showed us all his cu rious 1n3d pretty tliiings, anild did not. laugh at, our rural astonish ment at tho wonders shown, or the crowds of' ladies and childre l SWOpilg by us leaving us in be wildermont.. A specialty of this establishment seems to be India Rubber goods, clothing, &c., of, which the stock appears CXtensiVe, another largo portioI of the goods consist of games fbr children anIld youtil, recreativo, amusing and in structivo-Croquet, B a s e Ball, Cards, Historical, Geographical, Moiral 111and Seicitific-the first, aid ing in the physical and the last in tho initellectual developmon t of the youtiger ones. Tho next place wo found our. self, was in the large Jewelry es tal ish men t of Messrs. Car'ri igtoln, Thomias & Co. Ifore wo met our old friend, tho 8e0!iori partnor, who for nearly forty years hats been en gaged in the business in Charles. ton. With his usual politelloss lie shled us a number of the beauti tiful st.em-wiiniig Geneva Watch es, of which lie seems to have a ver'y large stock, and when ho told us the picos, rangintg beven uip to $400, we looked and listoni ed1 wuithI as~ much gravity as if' we had a "'pocket, full of' rocks"' with which to transfer ownuershipj. The assortment of Plat,ed and Silver Ware anid Jeer s quito hargo. These gent,lemen are about to re miov'e thir e stalishm ionlt to the large I ron F"ront,. Store, oppositLe HasollI Street, formerly occu piedl by the late Jas. E. Spear, which they aroc now having fitted up and conveniiently arranged for their reoption. A couple of door1s beyond the 1*ast mentioned st,ore, we found1 an old acquaintanco in the per'son of Mr. Liafare (wvho was an assistant with Mr. Spear) located in a neat store, in the same line of business, with a select, and assorted stock an hanid. Loweor down, on the corner of Beaufain Street, and directly op posite Fogartie's Book Depot, mentioned in my last, Messrs. J. M. Greer & Co., havo improved their wvell known stand, by the crection of a fr'ont of Iron Col uns, which combined with other interior atlterations and arrange monts have greatly increased the attractive appearance of t his 1pop)u lar resort, the hospitalities and privileges of which airo so affaubly dispensed by the courteoous piro. pr1ietors5. Next the last mentioned st,ore, Messrs. Chase & Cuttino, two wor' thy and industrious young -men, have located themselves in a neat ly arranged store, with a good as sort,mont of Boots, Shoes, TJrunks, &c. Yours truly, ownaa dao ADVERTISINC RATES. AdvortibOments inserted at the rate of $1.00 per sqira-one inch--for first insertion, anol 75c. for each sttbsequent insertion. Doublo culiumn udvertisemuents ten per cent on at,ove. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes or respect, same rates per square as ordinay a<dvertsoments. Speclal notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of iuirtions will be kept In till forbid and chargei accordingly. Speclal contracts made with largo adver tkeni, withI liberal< eductions on above rates WFUR Par mu )une with Ne-ness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. DEo lE-WIN ON EATING. 0-11' Am1eiCIMan system1 ofr diet i-1 aI lto-lt her had. There is too grea t ai v:'i'ty; tie food is too riH; tho C(Mkiii, is o[Leik very baid ; we ontt to) f eqet ly ad dwo eat, att the wrI'og tis, I conoss to I deep P0er.Sona itlerttst ill this stbject. I t is myl) SaI,btlt mlostdelibec ate'con Vict ionl, I thatt I lakv wte.cd a largo pal t ol 'y life-powr by taking too mu1tch C-oodi. J have%* no0t. Illade'this mistake 1o1' years; bit. ihe wrav hatirs began o make tieir ap'jje;' a11e fO l ee I oarned abouit. it. Will you per-mit me a littlo of' my~ ow oxieience? L bolievo that inl this way. I call spek more IcCltaIbly a11d n11-1 (W fLctiVI'ly t141hab%edcin of phylNSiolo,,y%. For. n rl thryvya:.-; I havo been I inl tho haItbit, (1o ViSiting (11(1 de:I- wolian l in the SItato ot New York on c' twico a yCIur. Sho does Iotseem1 anly older to mlo now thlan11 sho (id wheino, fromi tle fr'voint winldow, 110 wila.clied 110 Otn mlly way to Stindiay School, on a beauti Iul Sabbath morning, forty years ago. 0On i1ny visits 10 the old 10110 lor theso thirty years, I have been tompted by Ilose dishes vhilich 110 0110 but mlother. vatme mak10o, and havocnte mllorethalln usual; and al though tho visit, was otherwiso sitell a1s fI'esltiil3 and itnvigoratos the faculLies, I constantly obsorv ud that, 1111011 my returll, my lee tilres werc doller t raltr than sprightier, is tihey 8110ld havo b101 1101 such a pleasat, rest. At longlth I cameic to suspoct that visitinlg, evel with m1.y O%ll 1110 ther, did not agree wi It ile. But it occur-red to Ie,a I iw years ago, to deny r Ilf' thle en1.d 0i1 .> thiek an*d lisciouls ; to re'tso th) Chicken pic Withi its rieb evusl,; to deny i)self all the lesserts und other t.ibtbits, and livo o) a ilodor at c quaintity of plain beef and bread. Sinco Lt)enl Il), pilgiriinaIges to tlo hollesliloi havo greatlyv refr-elhled both body aInd soul1, IId I return homne to 1'esmtlo im.y duties with newv pleasure and niew strenigth. Why) will peoiplu prepare such 0la borato atnd temptilg dishes For 'lteir frids? IC o n 1 1 1^ appetOito, andC sit.s at the table ini a socialh sp)irlit,111 atul ikes e'venia li', tle of1 each1 artice liurge.d 111on1 htim,theO variety and)1 qutita iy mnts', doranago h)is d igest.ioni, andt ti ,bteni his capaitIy for1 en1joymnt,lI is at tan on1d.---(ur G,iris. CoM,EeTo OFTA x Es.--'lheC bili in trodutced bly %lr. WI lit totltre, to a1mend1C the lawii r'elativeC to the coullection11 of taxes, provides thalt whlereas by atn Act ofth Gene Vitral .\ soemblys, apjprolved G oeeal, wit hi thei atlprova:l of the (Gov timet fur the patymenti and11( colletioni of ta xes for the~ fiscail year1 (11 iitlO comeog | Novemibei- 1, 1 872, fori suichim as110 .tmay be tiecessarly ther. aefh,r, and1( whiteeas it is provided lby the law that thte olli eer's charged withI the assessmen01t andt. collectioni of taUxes, sha tll afteri the pe tiod. limitedi tl and speciled, ailli x thle pete s for 11 thei S lC't(x nopyetof itd t.ise and1 sell aill the hmtds upon which t he t axes shall not have beent patid before the timle specified: lie it etncted, ke., 'ha lin ll cases whereVli1 the Comiptr'iole General01, with th le approi'val of' the (.oivernor,' maity laive etnded the time1) for the paiymenOlt tnal collection of txes, it shall1 be II lawfu for tile said Com ptroller01-General, with tihe like apj tlproval, to extedl the t11 ime whe the pel)nalty ori penlIties shall1 attach01, antd alIso the titme when tile aidvertiseeintsl and1( sale oft such d.el~inquentt lanuds mtay lbe mattde, soi as the same1 maly 20onformi, ats near0 as may10 be1, to te peiods fixed by law; anud till advert isemts attd sailes tiide ill accordancIIe with the in stru'lctions (If' the saidl Comptroller Gteeral, and( aill acts (1on1 01' reCquIired t) be done by anyl oflicer chlarged with tany dtiesC3 requfired in tile collection of taxes, or connIectedl therewith by vir th le of sucht authtority, shlll be ini all respctfs as legal andt sha11 llave tihe satue force and effect as if said nets hard beel) (101) and1 dluties performed witin the pteriods no0w fixed andC spe. citied lby law.--Eiveningy //eraid. CONGRENNSION AL. Setnator Sawyer will soon introduce - a bill1 creattitng a body corporate land t politic by name of "(Southernl 110111 stead and Emigration Company," with power to 100s0 or purchaiso largo tracts or bodies of land1( anywhere within the r UJnited States 'Territories, anld to sur I vey anId divide the samie into suitable afarms or homesteads of two hundred acres, moreo or less andi erect thcreoni such buildings as may be necessary to o convenience10 and comfort of families liv e inlg thereon. The bill further gr'at usual authority to issue bonds, sell stock, &c, andi prescribes a mlanner in which its business shall be conducted. The objeoct of this scheme is to give ~Northern capital a well guarateed opportunity for investment ini tihe South, and restore to usefulness tihe thousands of unproductive acres in) that a section. The list of incorporators will 0 includo names of most of the promhi ut and reliable mien in the country. -A log from a Pennsylvanla fore-sti - e ieig to~gg5a4od %893 foot I Fon m ILIAI.I. C'U'IOU'S F.VE"B'S IN 'J'IME 111t4 'TOW*' O F C'.HOLA8N A . Thte history of, tie world con. tains 1nuci that. is tllcertiil mu1iCh tIihat is fa.o and 1111muo that is too MOnStr-Ou-s to be believed. For instaniev, Ilomer, the blind 01(1 1ad of Scio'S r1o(iky isle ad Vir-gil, tihe prinlcu of Uomllal pots, lave filled the world with their owi -lin11 anld iIollt) rtalize tw iveheroe whose doudls Otey ny A Id vet the mo--t4 reliable l;is. toLri:ns believe, that. there novor Was si'-b a boing as llein, til calg )I*S of t. Trojan war no Stehih pelrsoll as .Enle.1s, the hero >f, Virgi's ilnmitable hon; tind 0110 have evel doub ted t hat there W111 Ove lly Trojanul war at, a1ll. in faCL the oil cire I .tory oi1(I'-ecc 1u1111.mo down to 1503years,BH.C.is io interwovenl with itblu 1111( coil. zequently so iirieliable thait wc may1) re.ject it wvit hou t, sinning algiainst thie republic of . letters. But Such is lnot, the caw with the IisLory of m11odern ti m es. Th-eo are 11an11y t hill 4 ill th early records of Our own Country which A'O truel an1d c:llilot bw duniedi tlouh11 app:a-entlY asl illredulou. AS alny ill lie history of' llcient times. FOr eXalMlel.1* 0111 ealyl blistorianls inform us tha11t. old Cair. Alna colild once boast, of Lite) most VOIndRCIufl works ofi turill-o inl thle W 0rb;, . Hitr .1ncienlt dom"6in two l1braced (le l'gest Vount of water ill the world ; the moRt won. Iurini Cataact, yet discovered. Ind wais travelSed hy tie most ex. ensivo vinilge of moIl n 1IlItains onl til Ximerie:il conitinenit. anld thet longjr st river oil Lho globe. That Silver srin,ll" Covering ait leoo of groulnd, now senids forth its ipl1-ICIin,g watlers, to gl-adden th10 Ilowury flulds of' Florida's1 gonitl dimo. That, Cataill't, s litt-ed il it valley, whoso sctepy is uin. ma11tched for wild and roman141tic bl)auty, formed by the Merced river leapinlg over a1 precipice 200( f'eet, high, and kiown as the Yosemite lhlIs, thoulgh oilco. il Carolina, is nlow gazed upon by those, who scarly3 Over heard 01 Our nativo landi. Thit runge o m11OmlI1titills isi now thousalds O miles aw.y, nlear. the J.acific coast That river, Which two Lulldrc< 3year1's a1go, ranl directly throuigil ti contll part, of' Cir'olina Amk which aft.erward formed its ,vost urn boundary, niow vitshles thi westerni limits of' tile Stato o Missisippi: Ilow str'ango to thiini of theC old Car'oliianlls 01n bot1 banks 01f theo lississippi .1tikr catchinlg th10 big ca1tfish whic wer'e disportfinlg LhomllIves in it yeiowV n3 aIves, and1( thien r'.emem)ilbe thaLt that11 r'i ver is no0w 1hundreI'ds () 1m1l10 awaViy fr'omi our.bor'der's. lilowover str'ango those tiling may13 ailppear, they 11' ar Onverthl bos truie, 1as histor'y tosktifios. 13u to aiccounmt for' theso mfystor'iou chanlgos wouild perha)Ips puzzloi thi mlinids of' tho young, whvio hav giVonl 110 attention to tilh) subject 118 muchd 1as the mallgic SquarLIe o the .li(iddle of tile Spin1x. OLD COONYx CA K n.--T'hree eggt one0 scant cupI bulIttor, two and1( oml half1 cups sugar~L, 0130 cupj 80111 milk thrloe and3( two-third 3' up f11) louri,ten spoon1 of' 80oda, 8[pico to tast.o. Sif powdiered suigarl over the top) of thl cake. Des MToinles, Towa, hin~lg beeni pre't sented with a11 street e:ar, noEw wan'llts LI btuy a~ trafck atL auIction, and thus be comle mectropoli tan. A colored1 mnember of the Missil sip~pi Leginiature' says that hie will na( v.ote forl a1djournmen13t till he0 11as matd money03 enou1gh to buy him farml. I rise for information,sa11 id a memibe of' EL legislative body. I am11 very gla to healr it said a bystanlder, for 110 ma1 wan1lts it mlorO. Theliy claimi to hlave a 11111 iln thl Alabama logislaturo whiose eloquenc is like liqulid gold. Legislators usuali profer it solid. Kansas is blessed w.ith a represents tive namod Tough, and a senat< nlamled Monlight. A nativo of Kentucky, whose mn is Grant, wishes to change his name t Jof. Davis. A Jacksonville merch.aat baa shij ned three handrna a1iaon bido to.