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. .^^ffl.'.'.'f""*."'! I?niH?"lfrTgft"{er ?);ty? to Como. Ia the brlgMor days to como, Wi shall forgot tho gloom That fall? around tho woury hoart Like shadawa of tho tomb. The sunshine thoo ?ill brightly fall " . ? Upo.? life'? golden storo. And ouros that throng our pathway now, Will oorao to us no more. It ls th? dream of brighter hour? That oheers our heans io- doy, Whan ro?i>8 blushing through the thorns, 1 Will gladden nil my way. , And if no starry crown bo sot On life's unlading troo. Hope whispers that a oliaptet wreath ls walting there for rae-. Alas! how many pilgrims hore Are w>Uohini( Ion? in vain For brighter dnys ot' happiness To oomo to them- again. They novcrsoe how cold nnd-dark The shadow*round thom lie',4 For hope's bright slur a<?ndt? it pure ray Athwart tko frowning sky. < Tf there never oomos to us Tho joys for which we walt, ', 'Tis that Bweot voice that loads us still Up to tho pearly gato ! . J It is th i angel hope that cornel - A messenger of love, To brighten all the hours of life And lead ue honra above. Terrible* ^flVuy. BLOOlh" ENDINO OF A*"|?A^liY FKD.D BE TWEEN WKL? KNOWN 01TIZ.R?H. ??C '.. -?? *a . ?M Mr. Joseph Musso, a , wolrfrpottn joung man, of this city, keopjtV a grocery storo on tho coHwfmf Mosby street and Winchester avenue For some timo p int, domestic trou bios have interrupted the happiness that usu ally oxnWIa between himielf lind wife. His father-in law, ('??fc^ e Vwiell known oitizen,) Mr. DftyjdjGroves, who-koops a toll gate at tho Second streot orossingof Wolf riyer; had interested nitusolCjnJnUj?f M f."; M usso*?'trou blcs, &ti4?{ in consequcHioe, ?onsidcYAble ill fooling^ia?) been ? ?ngende^red-betwcon them. Some time^sinco',1 Mir. MHisso filed a ..bill of divoroo in tho S?cond 'Circuit Coure, based on incompatibilit?y of temper, we believe, but afterward* tho itrtc'rbession of friends caused him tc) ' dithdrnw it., Since that time, Mr. Musso and his wife; have lived happily to gether, j r1 Ycsteid^y aftarjtpon. Mr. Musso, wishing to sec /iis father in.law, in relation to some of tba past troubles, sent his clerk, ft ^oung boy nrfir?ed! Muhoti?j*, tb, Mr. Groves, with a request that he should icall upon bira. Mr. Groves^sked whjatjwae^rwaiited, and, upon tho oleTPtelling hurt tlinl it waa in ref?Venco to tho Jjsftulde between Musso and his wife, ho suid^TvSfou go bacl?$nd tell Jo? Musso to get roTftfy to ga"4p~-hiS/ grave ot six o'clock, for I ?Ul-bo in theTp tl{??, and. G1-d^d-n him, Ongoing to send l|im to hell." Thc yoong man returned and dcliverod the message us diroofer?^ JS\r. Musso 'finid "all right," and going into ajjfenr room got.an itn mense'naw six containing fojur loads, which he placed "behind his counter. A few '(min utcs later Mr. Groves,:, accompanied by his wife, entered tho frontdoor- of thc grocery and witliout saying a word pd)led out.a re volver and commenced firing. The/tfr*s*h shot missed Mir $fusso, whn itn mediHt^kjrolterward retuned tho fire* Ny hilo in thu aol of firing tho accouti timo,'Mrs. Groves and her daughter,, Mrs., Musso, ran between tho parties with n viow of '.stopping tho shooting. Their ojfrprts and entreaties wcro alike futile, fur both ue ut le mon con tin ued firing, Mt. Grovesfiriag titree und Mr. Musso four times. ' H The last shot of either gentleman took cf feet, while a bullet from his pistol had struck Mr. Groves in tho abdomen, pear the naval, and passing directly through* went out of his baok After tho smoke blew, away it was found that both Indies were also shut. Mrs. Groves being wounded in the calf of tho ?cir and Mrs. Musso in the thiuh Tho wounds of the ladies are not serious although exceed ingly painful. Assistance was procured, an?) Mr. Groves and the two ladies were conveyed to Mr> Muson's residence, n short distance away, while Mr. Musso himself walked1 to tho house of a brother in law, Mr. Roushe, where u sur goon was summoned. A few minutes after Iiis arrival ut Mr. Houshe's Captain A they, who had lu-, ?rd of the shooting, arrived und arrested him, conveying him first to the Adams street Station house, and then, at his own request, to the jail, where he remained during tho night. Surgeons wcro summoned to dress the wounds of Mr. Groves and tho ladies. It is feared that tho wound of Mr. Groves will provo fatal, us the bullet that passed through him was a very large one, and made a rough, jugged wound. Mr. Musso will have an ex ?n.S/cifooii Ah id moring bolaro -some of the jusljceV >Villi J ' ! I \< \ ' TUE WOULD TO STOP tiN 1873.-Thc sec ond adventists oro at it again. At a conven tion heli in lioehestor--frhey have definitely settled thff'trmrfAr1 tntr tot?l destnifetfon of tho world. It is to take place in 1873. Dr. Harbour, who has prepared several charts from .whichhag; ,lectured extensively of lat?j'ijViyri. ?.l^a.?Qrr ??^i??afi'cjRt'ojr, on the corn-' ing^Q? iJbrto^n^^^ a,speech on the signs of tho times, and oitcd article in tho Jyon(/dA<.\?rt?tVl?r,/^A'th?\* Edttilifrff ?i?e?>i?u> Blackwoo<I's,ond4pyerid Ajncrican.uppxazines, quarterlies Voa n'ewsjiapor? ?6 shriWthe ennr mous proportions of tho Communo, it* rapid' growth the past year, and its presonivtheaten ing aspect. Thero wor? (>i? fta?d') ^500,000 members in th*ftgp#f}try '.?pd millions in En ropo. Wendel^ Phillips was a mombor, ond sa\rl'larfittf Mceot lecture in Music Hail, Hos toMM tf$UTOpo|W;a* ro8vip?,pn -a volcano, thaA l^hroajieqefl. the destruction of a)l her thrones. And if tho ohuroh would not dis cern the si<_'us of the times, the world did, and "men's heurts wer? failing them fur fear and for looking ofter the things that aro oom d>c?^.lMTn^,?:Aiw^y? ?Ml of Peoorobjpr, i rf tho,fi?Utyjrotltrof.his ?ge Mr Walker, w?* widely-known to tho- citizens nf this and kd ' joininfpUtnte*. and Vras most highly respect cd-for his nprightness ?nd strict business in tegrity. /JrTOjtoTyWbPW ed wtthMr. Walker for many years, nrtd in our nttmcrrHi*? business trstreactions with him. nl.WSVH found ?iim .?ho ?euj.il, pleasant gentle mutt rind: interests nf dds nu tuerons enstnrnnf* Ui?i?imhM'^- bj?' a\*ply5*ttrriiirit?d Ky the odwsprfjp^i"f?tj^^ the South. ?Mk.aeji. Wm. S?.fiWhjoMrti?s shout to tnAlf?j) Oon^?.ft -pr-pje^ for tho system ?ti* |?er?lopoep^of,^ne m?t?rifi! inter? cds in Mdxtoo. i '. 1 , i ! FROM,TUE ALTAR xo. TUB GBAvrj.-^pn lost Avcdoo<do.y\ VOhu^rwoYy. Boraef, 'resid ing with his unolo, Ht No 017 North Thir U-enth street, was taken ill with the small ?poi. Me callod upon his physician, who advised him to rttiri.ti? hie.robin, tts ho h?d i ? sovero nt tuck of the disease mentioned j ?'oovo. Mr. Horaof, whit waa ubout twen ty two yours of ?KO, hud for nomo timo boon i engaged to.sn estimable yuuig lady, named i {Mary A. Ewing. On Thursday Mr llorosf j {bund himself muuh woree, und Imo uno \ lui incl The disenso, inste.ol of- att ?oking ? him outwardly, settled inwardly, which is'iil i ways dangerous und generally results fatally. (.o Friday his condition was critical, und I tho physician said there was no hopo. Tho I dying yoting inuit then expressed desiro bl be I married to the young Indy to whom ho was i engaged. K was found impossible to secure I to olor^/iptm to perform tho man iaco corcino < ny. owing to tho disease id' which he was dy- t imf, und Aldenu.in llagoy wis called in. I Articles of surveillant wcro drawn up ?nd Wore sinned by Mr. Hnruef in his chamber. < Tho young Indy also signed thom, ?nd the 1 Alderman put his official seul upon thu ilium i incut, und declared thu parties inuit ?nd wifo. 1 The remains were inturrod in North Laurel t Hill. And ?#w comes tho sud sequel io thc \ above : ( ..BORAEF.-Suddenly, on the 16th. Mary i A- Boronf. wife of tho Into John Boraef, c il au ?jilter of Lucy A. und tho late Samuel j Ewing." y ? Tho causo of death.-it seems almost un- ? beoeasa'ry to state it-won email-pox.-*--Phil < adeljohia Ifyl. \ GUANO AND ITS USE8.-Gunno, now esti muted us one of tho most highly fertilizing 1 manures, appears to have boen long known i nnong the Peruvians, by whom it has been <. ased for airca, lt is tho oxcrcmoiuitous do- t posit nf the numberless sou birds with which jj ;he islands from which it is procured abounds, 9 ind On which rain or humidity ure equally un known. By chemical analysis,it is found to o jontain about ono fourth part of uric acid in 3 imbi nation with ?monia; it is also found to jon tai li oxuliOnoid in combination with umonia, S >f lime, and of potas?. Guano, thus rich in S tmmoniaical salts acts particularly favorable p in Vegetation. By abstraotint* thc carbouio o ?cid from tho atmosph Te, it is thc means hy ? which the primary principal of starch, mucus, ii tte, uro formed of which tho body of the e >liit?t is constituted. Plants manured with g tuano usnally present a dewy appearance on u heir leaves early in tho morning. Tho gun I s' to absorbs the vapor from the surrounding dr and this is especially fertilizing to plants, jartioulurly in dry sultry weather. s A SMALL POX PATIENT BURIED ALIVE.- t fho Milwaukee Wisconsin vunohes for tho c bllowing : il A few days ago. a man residing io the c !iinth Ward, named Ruskowski, after bein S? liok with the small pox fur some time, died, is was supposed. According to thc regula- n ions recently passed by the Hoard nf tl o? Uh. lt io was buried shortly after his deoeasi'd His '. istcr, who, it seems, was not satisfied with I c ho hasty m inner in which her brother was dis losed of. was so worked up by the circum dances, and so certain that all was not rigllt, u hat to satisfy herself, she b id his body ex w fumed.SQino six boura after thc burial Tn ii ie.r own joy. nod to thu amazement of those I vho had pronounced thc limn doad. it was bund that indications of lift' 'slill remained t n the buried one. Ho was at once taken v hick to his house, lind after considerable ex s irtion nui the applying of the proper rester dives, ho was virtually brought to lifo ugain [lc is now living und doing well. ii THE CANDIDATES NAMED IN OPPOSITION II -Tho candidates named for the Presidency ti opposition to Gen. Grant, emtiraoe sumo if the ablest men of thu country. Here un* i ionic of them : Gen. W. S. Hancock, of I L'OIIII. ; Senator Allen G. Thurman, nf Ohio ; yhiof ju-iti'-o S Fi Chase, nf Ohio; Gov I'? t ker, of New Jersey ,' lix Gav English, of \\ hinnectinnt ; Hon Milliard Fillmore, nf New | ITork ; Ex Gov. Hendricks of Indiannn ; lodge David Divis of Illinois; Senator Lv nan Trumbull, of Illinois ; Governor Gratz \\ ?rown,' of Missouri, and so on. The fact th at ? .minent men like these, of both political piu les- men pure, capable, and above suspicion -.-aro enlisted, he4rt, and soul, against, the a tile of thc extremists whom Grant lends Con- h rois ?nd manipulates ?t will, through the pa tronage of the Federal government, is most ?gui?o mt Anyone of the men above nam o id, would make a noble leader for thu grand ti ir my of Reform. I PnAYiNo IN TUB CAMP -When General Liokson was connected with tho army, un c iflioer complained to him that somo of tho I ciders wove making a grout noise in tho tent, f 11 What aro they doiug?" inquired tho ?enera). ???They"uro praying now, but they have ( icon singing " c "And is that a crime ?" asked tho general b vitb emphasis. "Tho articles of war," said tho officer, "or 1er punishment for any unusual uni t." I' "God forbid," roplicd Jaokson, ' ?hiltsing- 0 ng ?nd praying should bo uny unusual noise I n my camp 1" ? The press of Mississippi unite in cal- v Ing a convention of the representatives of C iliticiil conservatism in ,that State The !invention will bo held at Meridan, on tho 3d of January. It io to he remarked that I mst of the papers of thc State speak of this i iccting ss non-partisan. It is designed by post of them to organize a party which moy .oscue the State from tho hands of those who i lava plundered it, and in attaining this end < bey ignore ?ill partisan associations. : tt??U A boy was observed intently wntoh ng for a 'woodchuck' to como out of his bolo Ho you suppose you oun catch him V asked 1 passer by. .Catch him/ contemptuously inswered the boy, 'I've got to ootoh him, itrangor. Wo aro ont of meat/ 'SST Mrs. Colt, Hartford, whets noted for fier munificent and constant charities, has determined to build n school for hor work people's children, to cost not loss than $00, !h00. > g3T Xenin, Ohio, girls hnvo n pleasing Imbil of kissing strangers in tho street, and then wildly rioreaming. 'Oh my 11 thought it ivas cousin Charlie.' ?3T A yoong lady upon occasion request* ?jd her lover to de?ne . love. 'VVoll, Sui)/ Said ho, 'it is to on inward impressibility and tn outward all-overtonness." JO AU LY M Ainu AG KS, - Opinions vary 01140b in 1 eferonoe to tho subject of early marriages. Hoine eon tend that the young should not tn ko upon themselves tho responsibilities of wedded life beonuso their judgments ure not sufficiently mature tu understand ?ind Hf.,*?re elute thu irrentness of those responsibilities. Others contend that ?go blunts tho finer sensibilities, and onuses th? individual to be douin ?et in his or her ways, and that it is di Ilion lt for such persons to harmonise, enoh rino disliking to relinquish or modify habits which* hrtite become fixed und somewhat like i second nature. The truth is, tito freshness of youth ought , to be preserved t > H much lt tor period of life illili it is. and then this last object iou would loso much of its .power 5 additional age und tho experience and ripening of judgment and reason which it bril)'.-*, would be hotter to pialify tlmso of both sexes to cuter into this 10I011111 urrntigomeiit with a surer prospect of nippiness than is now the c?so. Tho unchecked imagination of youth nnd ?arly manhood mid womanhood pictures the ut uro till too bright and cloudless for tho reality, ns it over hus been und ever will be found in this world ; timi tho result is too of en a disappointment sn deep us to render life inplcasnnt and to sour the disposition. On the Other hand, tho SOt Wily of old bachelors ind maids is quite un offre; to their npre mid wU loin. If th? wisdom of tho old could bo oined to tho freshness of the heart of the foung, the result would be happiness in nearly 5vory Cliso of wedded life. This could be lonei but'not well,* Uuder tho present stutp of f, looiety. THE COTTON TAX- -IMPORTANT NOTICE '0 AM. CONCKHNKU. - Wo learn from a coin? nunicatinn from Washington, addressed to lohn T. Sloan, Esq , that "thc Secretary of he Treasury hus ut Inst- modified his two ear order, und extended tho time to Juno IO, 1872 All cotton, ture und other claims lint wero shelved by that order will bo noted n and paid, if properly proved." - The fact that certain postmasters in louth Carolina ure neting ns deputy United dates marshal.',, to tho utter neglect of their ost office duties, together with their infuin us conduct toward citizens, is receiving tho prions attention of tho authorities. It i reported that those postmasters ure also nguged in putting up jobo to rob tho overnuicnt in various ways. Complaints are Iso made of letters being opened mid money tolen in tho postoflico ut Union, S. 0. - Thc total expenses of taking the cen us of 1870, so fur. is $2.807.000. mid Gen. Valker will ?sk Congratsfor, 4480.000 more a compl?te tho work. Tho census of 1860 oat 81.982 000. Hero wo have a strikiug llustration of the difference between Demo ratio and Radical rule. Hei ry Ward Beecher says tho most j ratifying circumstance in his lifo was being ' issed by Kossuth. A contemporary asks : Isn't this u little hurd on poor Mrs Deceb ir ?' B?fc? A Western journal offers this induce tent: . Ail subscribers paying iu udvance dil be entitled to u first class obituury notice il ouse of death." Thc strongest propensity in woman's na ure, says u careful student of thc sex, is to iii ut to know whit H going un mid tho next trutigest is to b-jss the job. - Tho English Government Ins officially ndieuted its belief in tho death nf Dr. Liv iigstutiK,. tho AtViomi oxplnrvr, by giving to is children 81.200. ?W Chester W. Chapin, nf Springfield, M tiBs., gu vc ouch of bin fuir children 851 , )<J0 for u Christmas present 860" Wild geese are so plenty in Oivgoh hat f ruers have tu bini boys to frighten hem o IF their wheat fields The United States contains four mildred und ninety incorporated cities, nf /hi.di St. Augustine, Fn , is the oldest. BgJu letters cont dui tig ni.moy to tho mount, in till, nf over turee millions of dol li's, weilt to the den! letter ollico I si year jf^r Germany, under her now military rgmtiz ition, will be enabled, in ease of war, fi put. in tho (iold within five days un army of ,000,000 men. 'A gentleman of color, arrested rc ently, had four chickens in his carpet bag Ie s iid, ?De uiiiii dat put 'eui dar was 110 rei: ob mino ' jE3T Tho friends of Mayor Wagoner, of Charleston, made him a (Christmas present, onsisting of A fillO horse Ulld handsome uggy. SALT LAKE, January 3.-Brigham Young as been refused bail. Young gave tho Fed ral Government one of his houses for (ho o ison, wherein Young is confined. jCZT A lot has been purohnsod in tho 'estero part of the city of Rainmore for 812, (JU for thc erection of a Lutheran church Why is n woman trying her corsets ike a man drinking to drown care ? Because n 80-luoing herself she becomes tighter. Governor Scott hus offered a roward of ive hundred dollars for tho arrest of thu mur orer of Fatriok Murphy. Tho American press almost universally do imid of Congress the immediate repeal of ho income tux. G?RERAI. Joseph E. Johnston io prepar. og u history of his campaigns for publica ion. j gap Nillson'spiy fortwonty nights in the )pera, in Now York, amounted to evoo 122,000. _ ?3T Peanut parties ure fashionuble ID Icorgia. jfcar Tho N?w Orlennn Time? ls anxious ur the annexation of (Cuba. ygju Schiedam makes ton million gallons f-'aohnapps" annually. j - . . ? _? ggf Tho ioe on the upper thousand miles f tho Mississippi river is fifteen inohojs thick,. \ OOO KEE O O U.K T Y. County OHlccrs. ! JESSE NV. 6TRIBLING, Clork of tho O?urt. J ? M KS H. ROBINS, Sheriff *8TlLES I*. DENDY. Judge of Probate. vWALTER M WOOBIN, Comnor. *f l/Ef C HEH SM IT ll, Behool (Join thia' maier. jftifoE WIS M 00 ll ll E A Di J Y J0NE8, A? LAY. County Omiiitii?isloners. L H. JOHNSON. County Auditor. ! li W. BELL. Cuuutv Treasurer. WR. BUEN ECKE, Jury Commissioner. 1) RIEMANN. State Senator O. M. DOYLE, J. L. S ll AN KLIN, Representatives. W C LEE, W. M WOOBIN. J W. LIVINGSTON. J. R. SANDERS, JAS ll. HI IL LI PS, Tri.. I Justices. Tow? Olfltt'i't) JOHN ANSEL. Sr, Intendant. .0 M YARBROUGIi. H. C. 1UXHIAU, II. 8TU0KE, M. Bli LAV INKLE, ll. W. PIEPER, A. BRENECKE, Wardens. West Dillon. ?J. P. MICKLER. Intendant , J. M. BEARD, ANDREW OSBORNE. Dr. B. S. JAMES, FLETCHER SMITH, Wardens. 2ST E W FALL AND WINTER -(o) c rIMIE Subscriber tnkos pleasure in informing I bis friends and customers, that he bas iUSt received tl Large and Assorted Stock -or Fall and Winter Goods, consisting, in pnrt, of DRY GOODS, RUOl SiU1 ICS ll 1 lt U W VKG, BOOTS AND sn ons, HATS AND CAPS, ind. in fact, everything usually kept in n first Sloss up e moti v store: all nf which will be ?dd cheap fur ?AS11 ur 1) A UT EH ! Feeliog thankful to ruy friend" for tho pat ronage heretofore extended. I beg that. tbev. [la well ns the public generally, nive mo un ?arly call, ami I will guarantee satisfaction, l?oth in quality and price of Good*. > ?. BIttttl.XN. Oct 27. 1?71 I 3m G H KAT BARGAINS ! I AM now reeeivinir. from thc best UtnrkctB, a Well selected Stock of Fall and Winter Goods, jonsisting of everything usually found lu ntl lp country store. I have on band a choice lot of Ladies' Dress 3oods, among which may bo found tho follow tig WORSTEDS, DEL ARTES, POPLINS, FLANNELS. LINDSEYS, DALICOKS, COTTON ST IUP S, ANO HOMESPUNS. A lot nf Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, cnn listing nf Jeans, Cassimcres. and cheap Twilled Joods, A choice and well selected stock of Mens', Ladies' and Childrons' BOOTS and SHOES. Also, a lot of IARDVMR?, GROCERIES. MEDICINES, ind. in fact, an assortment generally of'every* liing usually called for in this country, and I varrnnt good bargains either for Cash or Jartor. lt. D. NANCE. West Union, S. C. VCgw ThoBe Indobtod to mo for store nc punts, must call and settL. as I need thc linds to carry on my business. Lot thom re aember that ono good turn desorvo? another. R. D N. No ?. 1,1871 2 3m TAILORING. rllE Undersigned having permanently ts tnblished himself at Walhalla as a MICK RIANT TAILOR, hereby offers his services tn hose desiring a gund snit nf clothes. Fur the nfbrmation of such the following prices aro annexed: Fora oottonado suit-Cutting Punts. >0 cents; Vost, 50 conts ; Cont,75 cents. For nuking One Broadcloth snit. Coat, Vost and 'ants, $10. Other suits between thoso two ncntioned above, in proportion. ???X" The above prlcos aro cash and will be triotly adhered to. If no fit no charge will In nado. WM. WALSEMAN. Nov. 17, 1871 4 [lides! Hides! Hides! ri i K Highest Market Price will be paid for GREEN or WELL CURED RIDES, do ivered at my Tannery, or nt the stores of Bio fiann. Hauknight. Pitchford or Micklnr. ,. Hides also received and tanned on ahr.rt*. , jjtoi A. II, O?BORNE, t 1871 51 ggggWW?g_WW S?0(g(N)T?J(?8? A(M(g-|RO?AINI; FOU 1 H 7?. TWENTY SEVENTH YEAR. 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In accorda nee with thc established policy nf the Company tu furnish the best Concentrated Fertiliser nt the lowest cost to consumer, this Guano is put into market this season nt the above reduced price, which tho t'Oinpnnv ls en abled tn do by renxun of its largo facilities mid tho reduced cost of manufacturo. The supplies put into murker*this season are, as heretofore, prepared Hilder thc personal sn ??erlntOudonc? nf Dr. St. Julinu Ravcncl. Chem* st of the Company, nt Charleston, S- C.. hence, planters may res' assured that its QUALITY and COMPOSITION is precisely tho samo us Hutt heretofore Mdd. At tho present low price every aero planted eau bo fertilized with 200 pitundsOunhont neust nut exceeding the present value ol 30 pound'of cotton, while experience has shown that tinder favorable conditions nf season and cultivation tho crop is increased by tho application from two to three fold the natu ral capacity of thc soil. Hence', limier no cou dillon could ils application fail lo compensate for the iiulliiv. Applv to ' J. N. ROBSON. Airen' Pacific Onano Cum putt V. No. CK East Hay und No? I St 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charles'nn, S (J. JXO. S. KEKSE & CO . Oe..oral Atienta. Dec 1. 1X71 G Sin PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S ? ? m p ? ii) M o A Ci i) PHOSPHATE OP LIMB, Fi Ht COMPOSTING WIT 11 COTTON S ll Ul) /Vice $25 Cush. with Usbrf Advance for Time. ffMIIS article is prepared under ibo *uporin 1 icudeneo of Dr. ST. JULIAN ?AV KN EL expressly for composting with cotton seed. It wnsdiiliodiieed by ibis Cumphn\ two years iign and us bas hilly utte-ied its value. 2lK) t" 250 pounds nf this article per nore, properly cm posted with the same wei tr ht nf ootto i seed, furnishes the Planter wah a FKK TlLIZKIl of. the highest excellence at thc smallest cost. A Coinpo*i prepared with ibis article, as by printed directions furnished, o ui tains all the ?l?ments nf fcrtilitity tluir can en ter into ? tirst class Fertilizer, while its econo my must oom mond lt.? liberal use to planlers. Foi- supplies and primed directions for com posting apply tn J N- HOBSON. Agent Pacific Gmt no Com pan v. No. OH East Buy. und Nos. I & 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, 8. C< JNO S. REESE Sc CO., General Agents. Doo. 1. 1871 6 3m LEATHER, BOOT AND SHOE JVT sbiivif feio-bory. PERSONS wanting to pnrohosrt GOOD and CHEAP BOOTS nnd SHOKS, uro ro speotfully invited to eal! at W A. Lay's Man ufactory, where they can get. un ibo host terms, anything in that line (made in tho South) they want. Having competent work men in very department of the work, ho on suros satisfaction. Moehanics. who con "box the crnft," will al ways find a scat of work nt Lay's Manufactory. Tho patronage of tho public solicited. SOT UAW HIDES WANTED. Mauufaotory near Perryville, B- R. R. R. W. A. LAY. Jan. 0.1871 37 ly C. G. SIMMONS, fifi o IHAVE resumed the praotlco of my prnfoa-3 sion at my old stand, opposito Dr. Nur.' man's.. I shall work at price? which will dqfy campolino, but ahull continue to use tho very best nf material. Deo 1, 1871 6 Land for Sale/ IOPFRK ??.lt SALE 100 to 600 ACRES nf. Yalmy do Land, In Piokens Conntv, on mud lending from Trap to Oreen vi I lo. Tracts, ?miall and improved. Torms easv. *^ M ? A- i ANDERSON, Dec. 7,1870 , 8 ? J. WAI.KK?I. Proprtotor. E. li. MCDONALD <5C (!o.,DrU(i?lst?*!i<l Gen. Ar'tl, Ban Franc I ceo, 0? 1., o ml 3. ami Si Commerce yt, N.Y, MII'I'IONH ncnvToitliuony totliotr Womlerful Cumtlvo Biloela. They oro nut n vito Fancy Drink, modo of Poor lt mu, Whiskey, Proof Spirits ?nd Hew fnae Liquor? doctored, ?pited nu?! sweetened to please Ul? taste, called " Tonics," "Appetisers," "Rostorors," &c.,thnt lend the tippier on to drunkenness mid ruin, but Are n true Medicino, made from tim Natl vu Koota ami Herbs ot Cult furn li?, freo from nil Alcoholic Htluiulmlta. They aro th? UH EAT IILOOI) PUUIFIP.lt nutt A I.IPE OIV INU FIUNG'IPI.K, n perfect Renovator mid Invigorate of the System, carrying otf all poisonous matter and restoring tho blood to a healthy condition. No person cnn Uko theso I si t tor a according to directions mid romain lon? unwoll, provided their bones ure not dostroycd by minorai poisons or othor monnw, and the vital organs wasted beyond tho point of repair. They are a (Joutlo Pu unitive ns well ns ti Tonie? possessing, niuo, tho peculiar merit of acting as ii powerful ngent lu relieving Congestion or Inllnnnuotlon of tho Liver? and of all th j Visceral Owens. VOR PBMAIifC COIUri.AINTIir.Wiiothor In yoting ox* old, married or single, nt tho dawn of womanhood or at tho* turn of life, those Toldo DlttershaVo no equal. Vor I ii (I ii tn i II ut ory mid CU ionic lt lieu nm t inn? mid tiout, l>yspop?lu or Iiidlucslloii, Dillons, Ituuitt* tout mid Iiiloi'inltlont Fevorn, Disensos of tho lMootl, Liver, Kleine yu mid Dlnddori thewo Hilter? hnvo liceo most successful. Much Dise?aos oro caused by Vtiititod ll I oed, which ls generally produced by derange meut cf tho Digestive Oi'trnn*. DV8PKPHIA OK 1NIHUEHTION, Hendnohe, Paltt in tho Shoulder*, Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest, Dl?rl'i*?". Sour KructattoiiB of thc Stomach, Ilad tat to In tho Mouth, UH' lons Attucks, Palpitation of tho Heart, Inflammation ot tho Lungs, Pain lu tho regions of tho Kidneys, nnd a hundred oHUT painful symptoms, aro tho offsprings of Dyspepsia. ' 1 They lnvlgoriitc|ho stomach mid stimulate tho torpid liver Mid howel?, which render them of unequalled efficacy In cleans ing thc blood ot all impurities, ami imparting now llfeand vigor to tho whole system. POU HIV 1N DIHKAHV.H, Eruption*, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Dietetics, Spot?, Pimplos, Pustules, Dulls, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-Head, Boro Hyos, Erysipelas, Itch, Scuffs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Humorsaud Diseases of the Skin, of whatovcr immo or nat ur e. oro literally duff np ?nd carried out of tho system In a short timo by the iisa'of these Bitters. One bottle in Bitch case? will convince the most Incredulous of their curativo effects. Clcanso tho Vitiated Blood whenotcr yon find tts Impurities buri Ung thrungli tho skin lu Pimples, Eruptions or 8orea| ctoaiiaeit whon you lind it obstructed or sluggish In tho volns; cleanse lt wiitin it is foul, nful your feelings will tell you when. Kooli tho blood pure and the health of tho system will follow.' FIN, TA PK, and other "WORMS, lurking In the system of so many tliKiisnndn. are effectually destroyed and rchiovod. For full dlrectlous. read carefully tho circular nr..incl each bottle, pr I uti.il lu four 1:UII:UHI;C..-English, (lei mun, frcu<L and Spanish. Old prejudice* nfc cb lim out. New facts Ate killing thom. The Idea tbnt Invalids, weakened by disease, cnn bo re lieved by prnstraKmr lin m with destructivo drugs, ls no longer cntovtnliH'd except by monomaniacs. Ever slnco thu introduc tion of Dit. WAI.KKR8 YikEOAB IIITTKH8. lt lins been obvious that their regulating (titd jnyluoratlng properties a?o all-*uffl clcntfur the cure uf clirnnlc I nd I ?rc?! lou, rheumatism, constipa tion, diarrhoea, nervous nff. cllons and uinlarliui'*fevers, and they arc now lin- standard remedy for theso complaints In every soc tlou of tho Union. HOM) RV ATX DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. J. \YAI.KKH.Proprietor. R. II. MoDOXAi.u ii CO.. Drugttl?t? .nd Gen. AgtS., San Francisco. Cal.,and ;llCommerce st., N.Y. Fl lt 3ALK BY JAMES & SPEARMAN, Willimill. Rtid West Unioo, S. C. Aug. ll. 1X71 42 ly IP. JP. TOALE, nidtiiftf)ic|iff4?r ?md Ifcoitloi', Jj& 20 ll,"nc Meed timi If.n-Ihdc's Whavf, CHARLESTON, S C. l????y*- This is itptliirgosl mid most otiMlfitolo Fno lory ol' the kind in the Southern lutes, und nil iirtioles in Mila line cnn bo luruishe.l by Mr. I'. I*. TOW.K nt prices which dety compel il iori. V&if A p nn|ihlel willi lull un I dcluiled list of nil sizes ol' Doors. Susln- und Ulindi!, und tho priors ol' ouch, will liv sent free und 'inst pudd. 3U application to I*. I*. 'BO A 8.SO, CiiAui.Ksro.v, S. 0. July 14, 1871 38 ly BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY AND S'apcr Ruling Establishment, Opposlto tho Pheonix und Olenncr Publishing House, MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. BLANK BOOKS of nil kinds, such as Sher i iT's, Clerks', J uti go nf Probate, County (}oinmisKiotici-s, etc., mudo to order and ruled to nny pattern, of tho REST PAPER AND MATERI ALS, with or without printed headings ; OIBO, paged or indexed, as required. Special nttention given' to the binding of Music. Periodicals, Law Boqks, and all othor work. Muy 18. 1809 32 tf M. aot.pswiTR. p. Ktwrx GOLDSMITH & KIND, F ou tide ps mid M a chi ni nt ?, (PnOiNIX ?RON WORKS,) ? COLUMBIA, S, C., MANUPAOTUllBlta OF STEAM EN gines, of all sizes ; Hors? Powers, Ci rea lm and M ii loy Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Cristi and Sugar Cano Mills, Ornnmentiti Houso and Storo Fronts, Railings ?br Dravo Yards, Ag>l* cultural Implements,' oto, Brass and Iron Casting? of all kinds mudo to order on short , milloo, and on tho most, rouoonablu terras.1 Also, mnnufaoturors of Cotton Probios. May 19, lHYl $0 ly . -u-fi*.-?-'-* .?< ??? ? ?>?? .l'U ST RKO?ipO, ! - i A A. FlSCti?S&?R% LOT OP WATCH RS. CLOCKS-sud JEW KLUYj Pistols. CailVidges. arid all noc?s j sury un ides in the sporting line j Candles ??noy Oaods generally | ?ll of i?hloh villi be sold low for lite Cash. Hepnlrlng. in al) its branohe?, done with neut ness and dispntoli* ' t B0U Olvo mo a call, ?nd I will pusrantee sa?, isfaotion. A f idQHE&S&E* ' OOt. 18,1871 .^?fWBBBM?,