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TIlllSKCOWeG COlJKIl?lt. UV KEITH, SMITH A, CO. w'ccxia.R.il?^, ia* o. THURSDAY, OoVoBKtt 27, 1881. te',i'. ?!'...'..!"".'.._ _I"? i S?jT* For subscription, $1.60 per annum, ll ricay in advance; for si* month?, lo cents. CfeOr Advertisement? inserted at on* dollar per vanare of one inch or less for the first insertion and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. Aap* Obituary Notices exceeding five lines Tribubes of Respect, Communications ef a per* tonal character, when admissable, and Announce ments of Candidates will be charged for as adver tisements. 8??f" Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed JJ@F" Necessity compels ns to adhere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments. A Bankrupt Law. TUo propriety, if not nccoesity, of estab lishing a uniform pystom of bankrupt laws is nguiu being considered, and nt tho last ees' sion of Congress a committee was appointed to sit during tho recess for tho purposo of devising eotno unobjectionable system, which, ?hilo giving relief to tho unfortunate dobtor, will not conf?scalo his ostato in costs to tho projudioo of tho orcditor, and which also will provide against fraud and dishonesty io tho bankrupt. With this view tho com mittee issued circulars to tho dtfforont cham bers of commerce, asking such suggestions as in their judgmont would contributo to tho end in viow, and it is very probable that a now bankrupt law will bo beforo the next Con gross. Tho right to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy belongs to Congress, and in our history this power has been exercised throo times, to wit: In tho year 1803, in tho year 1841 and tho recent Act passed siuco tho war. All theso efforts havo dovolopcd suc objoctioriablo foulures that thoy havo been repealed after a trial of a few ycaro. Will tho fourth attempt bo more successful? Does thc country need such n law? Do not such laws stimulate risky and ofton dishonest speculations? Wc can readily eec and admit tlio pr'oprioty of temporary bankrupt laws after 6Ue.h a revolution ns that of 1801 to 18?5, when four-fifths of tho property of tho Southern States was awept away, and when tho valuo of money and commodities vi? bruted daily, and when, too, tho wholo in* du8trial syetcni of tho country was changed. Men could neither foresee nor provide against the changes of a day, and ofton in fair and legitimate trade they were reduced from nfllucnco to hopeless penury. In such cases it was both mercy and justico to ox tend a moans of relief to tho honest unfor tunate and cnablo bim to begin again an honest career in business. Tho last law has served a good purposo, notwithstanding its expensiveness and im perfections, but do wo need such a law now? Money now has a fixed and uniform value and Ibo products of tho Boil, of tho mnnufacr tory and of commerco adapt themselves to Ibis standard, according to tho law of do mnnd and supply. Thc variations aro slight and such as occur in every country and in every normal condition of society. To tho honest and legitimate trader tho risks aro small and never ruinous. These, mon nn?A _, . - - 0...i.uiur? ia tuturcs or tn produce by making corners in grain, cotton or othor articles. nro<cntitlcd to nny mercy or protection. They vonturo their all ou a hazardous speculation, liko thc turning of a curd; Ihcy disturb nnd unsettle values; they produce nothing, hut on tho contrary retard production; by their money power they in j uro tho producing classes in a bold strike for a vast fortune, and if they go down, tho country is benefited by their ruin and by kooping them down. Tho inordinate thirst for money, which gives riso to their venture some speculations, tends to revolutionize Irado and gives to products of nil kinds fioticious values. It should bo restrained and not oncouragod by opening a door of easy escapo to ihoso who become hopelessly involved by their own folly. Boside) credi tors know from observation and experience that when an ordinary cstato goes into tho bankrupt court it dissipates like mist beforo tho morning sun. Thc creditor rarely secs any of il and often incurs cost in a vain effort to get n part of his debt, so that a compromiso with his debtor bcoomes pro fornblo to bankrupt ohiims. Wo boliovo that in ni?o cosos out of ton, whore an honest debtor has boen unfortunate eithor from fire or failure of crops or other causo, his credi tors will deal moro gontly with him than the law and will compromiso on such liberal terms ns will cnablo him to continuo bu?i" ness. Such is our observation, and cvou whilo tho lalo bankrupt law was in force wo know mon hopelessly involved who compromised thoir old debts by securing to their creditors a higher porccntngo than tho assessed valuo of their proporty, kept their property, paid thoir dobts and left something to thoir child ren. This waa better for all parties than bankruptcy, which would havo consumod tho ostato in cost. Should Acreditors rcfuso in any instanco to oettlo with thoir unfortu' nato debtors, all tho Slates havo assignment and insolvent laws which aro in tho nnturo of bankrupt laws, aro less expensivo and effect virtually tho snmo end. Under an assignment all parties accepting a dividend can bo required to release tho debt, and under insolvent laws all suoing creditors as woll aa nonsuoing creditors who accept a dividond, rcleato thoir debts. At all events wo eco no need of a bankrupt law, unless after eomo unusual revolution, and hopo Hie measure will fail. -. ?~--. Gorman Carp. If all that is .?aid of tho size and rapid growth of this fish, and its adaptability to ponds in this country, bo truo, our pooplo should at onco proparo to raise them. It ie said that in ono your they will grow to tho length of two feet and tho weight of six or eovon pounds. What ohoapor moat could bo grown than this and what moro nutritious or wholesome food is known than (lah? A good many ponds havo beon built in our county already nnd (ho ?ubject is attracting such attention nnd dismission ns promiaos to in? incronse thc number. Our coiinlyuo abounds jukiMiiL ii ii M< iiBiiiiiniirr sv i t ti branches that very few farms cnn bo found OD which fish pondo oould not be built at smell exponso. Tho hill? generally oloso in on tho branohos nnd good bodies of water cnn bo collected with short dams which might bo so constructed as to bo pormauent. Whon onco built and stookod tho fish increase so rapidly that In two or three years thoy would support a family and loavo a surplus for mar? kot. Oo tho subjoot of carp raising tn this Stato wo dip from tho Columbia Ueyisler tho following extract from a lottor written from Batosburg, S. 0*: "Captain Batos obtained ono dozen carp from Cern mi asi on er Butler two y oars ago whioh ho put into a small muddy pond, sur rounded by woods and shrubbery. This af ternoon ho determined to drain oil' tho pond aud invited several of his friends to witness the failure or success of his carp cn ter pr iee, as ho never know after ho put them in whether thoy lived or not. Tho realization of his success oxceoded his most sanguino hopos. lio got eight of tho carp first, but in and about ono hundred young ottos aver aging about ono pound. It scouts that tho original twolvo spawned in tho Spring of 1880 and last Spring, und thc young ones, two sizes, aro oighteon and six months old, When tho dozen woro put iu two years ago they woro only two or three inches long, but tho eight of them found to day avorago twonty Ovo inches long and woigh average 60V0U and n half pounds and thoy aro said to bo only half grown. As our oyes bobcld theso monsters of tho finny tribo wo could not doubt tho story of Jonah and tho big fish nt Ninevah. Many citizens of Butosburgnnd around woro soon gothored and oxprossod admiration and astonishment at tho completo success of dorman carp, resolving to got tho seed of tho wonderful fish and raise their meat without trouble and in abundance. In fact wo novcr ouw a lot of finer fish and bc liovo their culture will beat hog raising ii long way. There wore uo other fish in th( pond-not ono except tho carp. Nearly all tho young carp woro put back in tho pond." The Crops. Tho weather continues warm and dry, fa vorablo in every way to tho saving of boj and thc gathering of all field crops. Wt believe a two thirds crop of cotton will bi mado in this county and more than that o corn for tho aroa planted. On lowlands cori is up to thc average and but little was plantci on upland. Most of the cotton has bec gathered and in ninny fields all is open Generally both cotton and corn arc provin better than was anticipated, and in otho counties tbcro seems to bo a moro hopofu feeling than cxistod some wocks back. Reports of tho cotton crop, compiled I di li?rent commercial houses in tho loadir cities, and based on inquiries from tho mr jority of thc counties of thc Cotton State make thc avcrago crop from 05 to 75 per cen of tho yield per ncr? for last year. Th would at first view ind?calo a largo deftcieno but it must be remembered thero was a sui plus last year and farthor that for this ye tho area planted has boon largely increasot This increased aroa will go largely to mal up for the short crop per aero and mako ? general yield nearly up to that of last y<y This is whArn ?u<<? o.iiuucr area has bo* loft for provisions, causing cotton to rema low, even in tho face of a short crop por ac and tho necessaries of life to be high. Tho lorgcr area given to cotton has al increased tho consumption of fertilizers ni tho cost to tho farmor for labor in cultivatii tho crop, increasing his debts and capons without a remunerating return. Wc boliov however, that tho general yield of cotton w bo largely short of last year, and that win debts for fortili/.ers and supplies have bc poid off tho price will go up. Nearly all t cotton in this section has boon gatberod ni most of it is now on tho market. Tho proi sure to pay off liens forces it into marl and keeps thc prico down. As n genet rulo it is best to sell cotton ns fast as it ginned, but wo think those who can afford hold their cotton this year will probably g a better price towards spring. Tho Cotton Crop Prospects. NEW ORLEANS, October 21.-Several d patches to tho Democrat from all portions thc cotton country BIIOW tho condition of t crop to dato to bo as follows: ALABAMA.-Weather good, cool and di Picking progressing rapidly and will bo oi by tho middle of November. Yield mu bettor than was anticipated and will coi within 10 per cent, of last yoar's. The si plo will bo much hotter. About tin quarters of tho crop has nlrcndy been gat orcd. GEORGIA. - Crop prospects havo impros greatly during tho past few weeks and it now believed that tho orop will bo as great last year. Two thirds of tho crop is gat orcd. Cotton is hoing marketed slowly. LOUISIANA.-Ruins havo lallen during past weok, whioh will injuro cotton cons crably in tho field. Tho weather has bc cool and thoro havo boon Bcvcrol frot Farmers aro backward in preparing tho e plo, very littlo of which has been mnrkel It is OBtimatcd that throo fourths of tho c has boon gathered. If tho present woathor continuos tho crop will bc grot injured. MISSISSIPPI.-There havo boen rt throughout tho Stato, doing, however, v littlo damago to cotton. Somo damage boon dono by worms. Eighty por cont tho crop has boon picked. The yield wi! about eoventy five por cent, of tho crop last year. TENNKBBEB.-Seventy por cent, of tho < has boon gathered. Tho yiold, it is now timotcd, will bo 40 por oont. less than of last year. Tho season still continues vorablo for picking, which will bo finishc a much earlier dato titan lastyoar. MEANNKSB.-A gontleman wrolo to Bwcothonrt in tho Wost that if oho didn't copt him he would hang himself. Sho plied, rather favoring that disposition of intorost in him. and remarking that i lovod her ho would havo tho hanging c off on a trco in front of hor window! depth of moannoss of somn mon cannot imagined by virtuous minds. Next m ?ttg thora hung tho corpso: tho pitiful, 1 souled follow hod gnno and hanged himso tho night nnd denied ho.* tho pleasure witnessing tho oxoeution. Knot. The State Fish Hatchery in Ooonee County. ?FOB TIIB KKOW?K C?UMKU.] Th? recent enactment* of the Ccucrol Assem bly in tho interest of fish culturo and tho efforts bf the Conn J&sioner 6f Agriculture, Col. A. P. Butler, to carry out aad enforoo this legislation, has bro?glji tho fish question prominently be fore our people I havo thought therefore that a report of what is now bolflg done byComrnis si??er Buller in Cc'onco County in this interest will not bo uninteresting to tho readers of tho CoUHIBRi Tho people of tho State havo boon thoroughly Informed ns-bo what was done On tho Kdlsto last spring, and no further cotioo of what was dono Ibero is necessary. Tho Success however bf this cnlcfprl?c en couraged tho O?mriiisblon?r of AgriciiUuro lo new cffoit?^o stock tho streams of tho Slate with tish, /tender n resolution of tho Hoard of Agrioultur'; (which by law has thc control of this 8uhiec3r> Commissioner Butler authorized Mr. ?. J. tlusko, tho superintendent of tho hatcheries, to visit tho lier of counties in the upper part of the Stato and look for n suitable locution for a hatchery. By invitation of somo of our citions, who have recently built carp ponds and were anxious for tho sucocss of Ibo offorts of tho commissioner, Mr. ll ask o como to Walhalla on tho first of July lost. After a oarcful survey of the counlry surrounding Wal halla, and a visit to other counties, Mr. Husko came book lo Walhalla and selected a site on my farm, about ono mile from tho court house, and began at onco to build a house, reservoir, tanks, troughs, Sc. Tho hatching house is a substantial but plain building, 30x20 feet, and is situated on a clear and bold little branch, in a grovo about 300 yards from tho source of the stream or spring whence tho water AOWB. Tho spring and branoh aro hedged in on ull sides by a thick woods which protects tho waler from tho impurities which usually seeks water from cleared fields. Tho water is carried about 100 yards from tho spring in what is commonly oallcd a "blind ditch," and is then caught up in troughs 8 inches wide and 4 inches deep, mado of pino planks and coated with coal tar, nml thus carried in Ibo open air into a reservoir 10 feet long, 0 feet wide and G feet deep, 18 feet distant from thc hatching house. Tho water, in ils passage from thc blind ditch to tho reservoir, passes over six falls iuto a filtering tank adjoining thc reservoir. In this lauk tho water passos through two wire sieves and nine Hanno) filters and thus passes inlo the large settling reservoir above described. Tho tunk and reservoirs aro also coatod with coal tar to prevent Hie planks from rotting and gathering impurities. The water titus purified is carried by a linnie over 50 feet long into and along Ute Soulh sido of Ihc hatching house. From this flume tho waler is let into tho hatching troughs by guage cocks These troughs arc 8 in number, 1G feet long, \4 inches wide and 7 inches deep aud are placed or benches 3 feet high, parallel with each other across thc house aud at right angles willi tin Hume. Thence Ibo waler passes by outlet pipe through Ihc Moor into ouc common pipe, willoi empties inlo tho original bcd of tho sircara For codi one of Ibo troughs there arc a larg number of wiro trays 30 inches long and 1 inches wido upon which the fish eggs ar placed. These arc also coaled with coal la which prevents rusting of thc wires which it i "-ViibMIni'-airTg" house and its uyti, thus completed on (ho lGlh of September. 0 Ibo 7ih of October Mr. Huskc, Ibo superintend cut, received front tho United Stales station i California, through Prof. Spencer F. Baird, U S. Fish Commissioner, 300,000 California salmo eggs. These eggs were sliippod from Barril' Station, California, via Chicago to Walhalls pucked in crates thrco feet square, with mos and fernes, surrounded by ico chambers lo prc vent tho eggs from healing. Thc eggs ar about thc size of alargo English pea, of a beau (?ful pale red color. After being unpacked o Ute 8th they were placed on thc wire trays in (lt hatching house, 3,000 eggs to the hay, 12 tray to thc (rough, thus making 30,000 eggs to th trough. Assisted by Mr. S. C. Adams, c Aiken, Mr. lluskc has watched thc eggs for th last twclvo days with great care and anxiety keeping Ibo water flowing through thc trough* ils temp?rature being about GO degrees Fahr, taking out nil thc damaged eggs and dearin tho troughs and trays from sediment. At titi time the eggs arc nearly all hatched out and th trays removed. Out of tho 300,000 eggs re eclved 2G0.000 fish havo been hatched. Th troughs arc alive with thc finny Iribc. Afte tho egg shell is burstcd tho fish retains on it nether parts a small sack of oil. This sack i gradually absorbed by thc fish and upon it sub sisls from four to six weeks. After thc sac disappears they arc ready for distribution an arc carried from the hatchery. One-third r Ibo eggs hatched are to be placed in th Tugaloo, thc remainder in thc Saluda, Broa and other rivers of this State. Thc Slato c Georgia pays the expenses of shipping ono-1hir of thc eggs and they aro placed in thc T?galo for Ibo benefit of (ho people of both Stales. Thus far Mr. lluskc, aided by Mr. Adam; has had great and good fortune. They propos (o hatch oilier fish during thc winter. To moko lins experiment beneficial to Hi pcoplo of thc Stato tho batching of fish wi havo to be largely continued, (ho streams i thc State kept free of all dams that prevent tl fish from coming up tho streams, (.ommb stoner Butler and thc Fish Commissioner Georgia, wo havo learned, aro endeavoring havo tish ways constructed through tho dams Augusta. If this is accompli! bcd tho oalmt now ready for Ibo stream, shad and olin migratory fish will return and our people om moro have Hie benefit ot fish diet. Until it done all efforts to stock this stream will 1 of little benefit lo alargo portion of our peopl Commissioner buller has employed attorneys many of tho counties lo havo obslrtiotions r< moved from ibo sircaras, and it is lo bc hopi that (he laws for (he protection of fish in all tl comities may be enforced. It is yet in tl memory of many of our oilizens how abunda shad anti oilier fish wcro on tho Kcowco, Sene and Tugaloo Hivers and if thc fish laws enforced Ibero is no reason why this abundan may not rc I ur J. Think mo yours, truly, J. S. VERNER. |Freoport (111.) Bulletin]. There is now a substance, which is bri professionally and popularly indorsed ai concerning which, Mr. J. B. Forsch wei lit Buttcvillo, Oregon, writos: I havo ofton re of tho many cures effected by St. Jacobs ( and was persuadod to try tho remedy m soif. I was a sufferer from rheumatism a cxporionccd groat pains, my log hoing swollon that I could not move it. I pr cured St. Jacobs Oil, used it frcoly and w cured. An Assassin's Blasphemy. Tbo paper willoh Guitcnu, Ibo assassin \ President Garfiold, wnntod to r?nd tit his ar raignmont ?riduy, but which tho judgo r?> ftined to allow, wa? as follows: "?f tho oourt pleiteo: ? nish to say that I lmve been terribly villificd by tho press and it hus mudo some persons bitter and ?n?pula elvo against mo. On Ootobor Otb tho Now York Herald published eovon columns from my autobiography, which I expect to issuo soon in a book form. Asido from tho imper tinent statements that I um a creature of the gr?f?t??t vanity and 1 oravo notoriety-which aro absolutely false-and similar unkind etntomen's, I am indebted to tho reporter and tho Herald for giving mo so fair n hear ing. I plead hot guilty to tho indictment and my defence in three-fold: "J. Insanity, in that it was Clod's not and not mino; Tho Divino preseuro on mo to remove tho President was so enormous that it destroyed my freo agency, lind lhere? foro I nm not legally r?sponslblo for thy not. "2. Tho President died from malpractice. About three weeks after he was idiot his physicians, after a careful examination, de cided that ho would recover. Two months nftor this official announcement ho died. Thorcforo I say that ho wu? not futnlly eliot. If ho bud been well treated ho would havo recovered. ..3. Tho President 1 died in Now Jorscy, and, thercforo, beyond tho jurisdiction of this court. This malpractice and tho Presi dent's death in New Jersey nro special providences, and I nm bound to avail myself of them on my trial in justice to tho Lord and myself. I undertake to say that the Lord is managing my caso with consummate ability, and that ho hod n special object in allowing tho President to die in Now Jersey. Iiis management of this case is worthy of him us tho Deity, and 1 have enliro confi dence in His disposition to protect mo and send mo forth to tho world n freo and vilidi* catod mun. 'He uttered His voice,' says tho Psalmist, 'and tho earth melted.' This is tho God I served when I sought to removo tho Provident. The Lord and pcoplo do not seem to ngrco in this case. Tho pcoplo coneider tho President's removal an uuhear? able oulrogo and mo a dastardly assassin, and they prayed tho Lord to spuro tho Prosi dont. For nearly throo months tho Lord kept thc Pr?sident at the point of death, and then allowed him to depart, confirming my act. Tho mero fact ol tho President's death is nothing. All men havo died nod all mon will die. General Burnside died suddenly about tho timo tho President did. Tho President and General Burnside woro both splendid mcu, and no one regrets their dc panuro moro than I. Thc Prcsidont died (rom malpractice and General Burnsido from nppoploxy. Both wcro special provi dences, and tho pcoplo ought to quietly sub* mit to tho Lord in tho matter. Tho Presi dent would not have died had tho Lord not wished him to go. 1 havo no conception of it ns a murder or ne an assassination. I had no feeling of wrongdoing whon I Bought to removo him, hecuuso it was God's net and not mino." A largo proportion of tho pcoplo do noth ing to support their local papers, yet reap the benefit every day of tho editor's work. A man will say, "Advertising docs not pay in business," and yet thc fact is, that in tho town in which ho docs business would bo unknown, tho railroad over which ho ships his gooda would ho unheard of, if it woro not for tho newspaper, which ho says docs him no good. Tho local paper is of advantage to overy man in thc community, and when n man ro fusos to contribute to thc popport of thc pa per on thc ground that it "docs him no good." bc might ns well rcfuso to pay his taxes for tho support of thc Court and police force, on the ground that ho never breaks ibo law nr.d docs not need any officers. Thcro are mon who believe tbcmsolves to bc honest and pi ous, who ore doing business in overy com? munity, and ovory day appropriating to their own usc tho fruits of other men's labors by reaping tho benefit of tho newspaper without contributing a cont to itB support. Too much credit cannot bc given tho paper for tho work it lins dono and is still doing for tho bonefit of this country. - Menant i n's Printers' Circular. Tho Anderson County Fair. Thc Anderson correspondent of thc Charleston News and Courier makes thc following remarks upon thc fair at that place last week: Well, our fair is over and was a success both in point of exhibits and attendance. It is esti m?t cd that there wcro two thousand pcoplo on thc ground Friday. Among thc exhibits wore wagons and buggies manuf actured by lt cet) & Stevens, of our town. In thc field crop de partment thc display was really linc, consider ing thc exceedingly dry year. The poultry ex hibition was also good. In tho main building thc display was simply grand. Thcro were a great many articles entered and nota singlo one but what was good. Everything shown would bc creditable to any fair anywhere. There were fruits, pickles, preserves, jellies, wines, honey, butter, lunns and a great many other things in this department, Then there were quilts, rug? and spreads and all kinds of fancy work, em broidery, &c, any single article of which would bc worthy of special mention. Tho display of paintings, drawings, &c., in tho art department was also excollcnt. In previous years lhere have been more entries in the steck department, but tho exhibition this year was large enough, nnd some of tho horses would bo hard lo beat. Tho glass ball shooting attracted a good deal of attention. Tho mu6io was furnished by tho rulmcllo Band of our town, and il did them great orcdit. lt is to bo hoped that I hese annual exhibitions may grow in interest with our people, for their influence for good is inesti mable. "DONT KNOW IIAI.VTHKIK VALUE."-"Thoy cued mo of Aguo, Billiousncss und Kid ney Complaint ns recommended. I had a half bottlo left which I used for my two little girls, who tho doctors and neighbors snid could not ho curod I would havo lost both of thom ono night if I had not givon them Hop Bittors. They did them so much good I continued their uso untill thoy wcro cured. That is why I say you do not know half tho vnluo of Hop Bittors, and do not recommend thom high enough."-B., Roch ester, N. Y.-American Rural Home. Annio Board, a little whito girl, livo yours of ago, was fatally wounded in Charleston, Monday morning, by tho nooidontal dis charge of n shot-gun, and diod in a fow hours. flic Kl?ii?g, Wntcir? in tho West-One of thc Most IMs aslft'oiiH B loods timi Ever Occurred in timi Soc I ?on. \j?iOAdo, lu-., Ootobor 22.-About 35,000 aoy of land have been overflowed bj tho brok in tho Warean* and Indian Orovo loovk 'Ihoro is imminent dangor of a orovoao at fiiut Hannibal, which would out out e*orfti railroad bridgos. Tho only meansV communication now remaining bo* tween Qu noy and tho Wost ia tho Louis ville brnnj, 0f tho Chicago, Burlington and Quincy K?yd. TI?9 link is also io dangor of being broke, just bolow tho city, tho track hoing coveroX with twolvo to fourteen inches of wMer for tyo milos. Y?stivdny n pnsscnger train of fourteen oars, wit? two engines, was sont from linn? nibal to Quincy over this track. Tho train was modo up *f Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Hannibal and ?v Joseph and Chicago, Bur* lington and Quit^y oars. Tho scono, as tho train poBBcd elovjy 0?er tho troaohorous track, was most thrillhg. Tho fire in front of the ongino Was put out, but tho ongino iu rear of tho loi? train pushed its j Way through. Trains on tho Quincy, Mhgouri nnd Pa oiflo Division of tho Wabash ?j\vo nil been discontinued. AU the ron ~ on thc Missouri side will suffor sovcrcly, .o wattr hoing so high that tho road bed- will bo washed out and bridges carried aw ty. A bad washout is roported on tho Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Hoad botwoon Hum phreys and Trtntun. Tho dnningo to tho Railroads, together with logs'of livestock and the destruction of farming property, will mako this flood tho most disastrous tint over occurred in this section of the country, ST. LOUIS, Ootobet 22.-A report from Hannibal says tho Mississippi ha. risen six inches during thc last tventy four hours. Tho lovco in many places ia only a iow inches abevo water, but still itands firm. Tho break near Hook port is aili growing widor and tho wator has already covered a groat part of the land subject to O7crllow by thc break in that vicinity. Refugios from Illi nois continue to arrive in grtat numbers, with stock and household goods. Oangs ol laborers continuo to work nt wtnk placet in tho leveo and tho Wabash Railroad pluckily keeps up tho effort to present at overflow. Tno water is now 18 inches below high water mark and 20 feot 0 inchCB above low water mark. The End of tho World Prodictec in tho Bible? Many predictions havo bc?n m nd o as ti tho approaching end of tho world, but, un like most of the prophets, Dr. Howard Cros by, of New York, rests his prediction upot tho Bible His Sunday evening exposition of tho Book of Revelation aro attraotini peculiar interest and the congregations wh< listen to them aro induced by tho knowlodg that Dr. Crosby is ono of tho best [scholar and Biblical students now livl??? V* ......uenoo in Ins interpretation of i book of very deop mysteries. Ho is novj giving an exposition of tho part of tho Hov elations which relates to tho pre-cut ago o tho world According to his view but twi periods of prophecy remain to bo fulfilled ibo first extending from tho completion o the present period in 1880, a thousand years and constituting tho millennial ngc and tho second extending from 2200 to th year 3,000, at which time Dr. Crosby believe thc end ol' the world will come. There arc few eminent Biblical scholars who venturi to announco Scriptural authority for i specific dato as to tho cud nf ibo world, ant therefore Dr. Crosby's predictions will at tract very general attention. Il is cousoHnj also, as it gives us a few thousand years breathing limo. (Louisville Home and Farm.) Frank O. Herring, Esq., of tho Champioi Safe Works 221 and 252 Broadway, Nov, York, reports tho uso of St. Jacobs Oil for i stiffness and soreness of tho shouldor, witl most pleasant and efficacious effects. - Ml ? - - PROGRESS.-Tho Charleston (S. C.) Citj Council has voted to havo a paid firo depart nient, to consist of six engines, three reserve engines and two trucks, at a total cost ol $35,000 per annum. This is progress in thc right direction, and shows that ibo City Fathers of Charleston aro abreast with thc times.- Baltimore Sun. COTTONSEED OH,.-Tho Iron Aye sayo. "Tho cottonseed oil milla that aro rapidly being put in operation in tho South art creating no little stir and discussion as to their effect upon tho agricultural inlorest ol tho country. This is a comparatively now industry and wo already find that 120,00C tons of oilcake, or cottonseed meal, havo bul recently boon shipped abroad, not eon ni in;: thc supply sold and consumed in non? cotton producing Hootions of our own coun? try." Nc w A fl ver Use m cuts. Final Settlement and Discharge. T^TOTIOB in li or oby given that I have ap JLI plied PI RiobaTd Lo.\is, K?q , J migo ol Probate of Ooonoo County, for lot tors dismis' sory as administrator of ibo personal estolo ol James Todd, dcooasod.and for final sottlomonl of said estate, paid application tobo hoard or Monday, tho 28th day of November noxt. W. W. BUSKIN, Administrator. Ootobor 27, 1881. i>0-4t. Final Settlement and Discharge. 'PUK undersigned hereby gives notice that In 1 will apply to Hlohnrd Lewis, Usq., Judge o Probato, in his office, at Walha" Court Ilotiso on Monday, thc '28lh day of /ember, 1881 for a final disohnrgo as administrator of th< CHI atc of James Malonco, deceased, SIMPSON WAITE, Administrator. Oclober 27, 1881* 50-4t NO REMNANTS TO BE PUT OFF ON CUSTOM EUS"',' BUT A VERY LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF DRY GOODS & NOTIONS, -WITH A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF ara -AND Ready-Made Clothing. BOOTS & SHOES MADE A SPECIALTY. Goods sold nt thc lowest priccB for cash or produce. Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere COLE & COFFEE, AT THE S. K. DENDY STAND, WALHALLA, S. C. October 20. 1881 40-tf Notice. 'PHIi contract for tho rebuilding of tho Wal 1 balla Methodist Cburob bnving been let out, notice is hereby given to nil porsons who havo subscribed to the building of said church to como forward and pay up. As Ibo rebuilding will commence al onoc, money will bo neodod to pay Hie contractor os lie proceeds willi thc work. It is honed that all will pay promptly without further notice. JOHN C. WICKLER, Chairman HuilJing Committee October 20, 1881 4<J-3t Notice o OFFlCf? OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WALHALLA, S. C., October 10, 1881. \LL persons holding bills, accounts or de mands of any kind against Ibo County of Oconee, which have not. heretofore during ibo fiscal year of 1880 and 1881 been presontcd to tho Hoard of County Commissioners of said County at their special meetings, are hereby notified to deposit tho same willi Ibo under signed, Clerk of Ibo Hoard, at. liisollice, Wai ko!!*. & <>., .... w iv mo (al Jny of November* next, so thal they may be examined and ordorcd paid on Tuesday nfl er ibo first Monday in November, thu day ol' tho annual meeting of said Hoard. J. g. VBRNBR, Clerk Hoard County Commissioners Oconee Co. October 18, 1881 -18 ?lt i PUBLIC SALK 1WILL sell nt public salo, to Ibo highest bidder, on tho premises, ono mile and a half from Fort Madison, on thc 8th day of November next, unless sold beforo tho day named at? private sale, all my trudi of land, containing one hundred and eighty-nine (18?)) acres, more ? or less, including about fifteen acres of brauch bottom, and sixty acres of open land on tho place, with pond buildings and outbuildings and. a young orchard. ALSO, Two hundred bushels of corn, fodder, shucks, wheal, household and kitchen furnituro, farm, tools, &c. ALSO, One good mule and a one-berso wagon, Ste He glad to show any ono over tho land. Terms cash. >V. A. DUH li. October 18, 1881 48-tds* FARM LANDS FOR S^LE. 10FFF.lt for salo tho place on which I reside,, containing I wo hundred and seventy-five acres, one hundred of which aro in a good state of eui! i vat ?un Tho plnuo is well improved and would bc a Rood investment for any one desiring to give (heir children n coHoginlo education from their own home. Tho placo lies two miles, from Walhalla. A i.so, Ono traci, twelve miles North of Walhalla, containing one hundred and eighty-five acres, willi residence, orchard, grist mill, together with a lnrgc amount of fino farming lands upon il. Apply to J OK Ii H Ii A ll I), Walhalla, S. C. October 1ft, 1881 48-3t 9 On and Aftor tho 8th Day of this' Month "VVotriTior M?lls? Which have bcrololoro been under tho control and management of Mr. O. Wanner, will bo nuder the direction of Mr. J, II. Kuti., Ju., who has reined thc Mills, Colton Oin and Thrcshor for fifteen months from said date. Tho patronage which has boon so generously, given to tho mills, under tho successful manage ment of Mr. O. Wanner, is aakod to bo con tinued to Mr. Keil. MUS. 0. WANN HR. October 8th, 1881 48-lm TAKE NOTICE. r|MIIi Notes and Acoounts of S. K. DB^nvhavo 1 boen placed in my hands for oollcolion. All persons indebted to him aro notified to mako> prompt payment to tho undersigned. 8. l\ DENDY, Attornoy. October 13, 1881. 48-luv