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BY D. P. BRADLEY & 00.
Twiaa of UimbentpfIe..
one ear $1 60
Six Months . .7. .5. .......76
Advertisement0sistUd tit the rate of $1 00
per square, of R) I l .PL2es, for the
Anst I tioq, ad 6G s for each subse
qi SIX OWrTWoLY.
Advertiseme % te number of
Iwtieis arked On tbsm,, ul be published
uut1vbld and-bearged aoordingly.'
These terms are so simple any child may.
understand theA. '1e ;Ipsis a square
ope 1ib, Itk every Instance we charge by
tife Oe ocoti*gfd, i ight or ten lines cat
b9 iIde to 6d60py four or 04e squates, as the
ad04ftiet nay Aish, atnd 'is charged by the
SAd*6rt'sers will tlease state the num
beTrg ares they wish their advertisements
usinet men who advertise to be
bl tt, *ill bear In mind that the
gt has a large and increasing cir
otlaion,;and Is taken by the very class of
p?rop*s whose trade they desire.
Thd Southern Pool-the Farmer.
*Aif We'. _eore" tb ,tate
Press Association Dr. Bagby paid
his compliments to the most common
class of Southern fools-the farmers,
Tule next form of Southern fool
which I shall consider is the agricul
tm-ai" foul-what I should call in
Virgina the tabacc worm, but in
iss State the Cottontot. Gentlemen,
there are IIottontots and there are
Cottontots. The oxides of years lie
upon my geographic memory, and I
am a little confgd as to Ilottentots
and PAtagouians:, I only know that
e they are extreme Southern pecple,
and that neither are f,.mons as yet
ftor intelgence Aie Cottontot be
lohd t iefl rcafeih. A Cot
tontut I take to be a peri n who,
gr9Wi;Ag"j1thit1g but cottvn, has to
bliy every etirtily thing that he uses
* or constniie-; coiisequently, rarely, if
ever,:.taves anything, and finds him
self at the end of the year the prop
erty of the Northern man, for you'll
lteWiin vaini to fiod a business which
does t*ot have a Southern ,ioodle at
oneo end playing drudge for a. smart
Yankee at the other. The ottontot,
1 say, tids himself th1e property of
want him, wVon't have him at any
price, and yet oau'i get-rid- of him
without Ibank-r,iupting himself. A
pretty exemplificaion. of the vicious
betsiness cirble hl aroud, isn't ist
* 'my friends, tdrn be twelve
yeaI' that have elapsed since the
war, at least 30,000,000) bale., (3,000,
090 a' yger,) of cotton have grown at
thpBoojb. At. $60 a bale, a low
edlTiaff, 'Iig amnounts to $1,800,000.
What hei bedomdneot this enorsnous
~.amonet sof( nmeey)i What benefit
hafe we deriVed from it, and where
hasitiall g9aos Thianks to the cot
tontot it has gone precisely where i'
came froiis, and, bleyond a mere sup
port, weo have d,riyed no benfit from
1t Is this to go on torevert Yes, 95
lopg hae the cottoniot policy is in tile
aseendat. Beanse oOtton is our
nemory crQp, andi because we have
virtpally driven Eas India eetton
oof the umatiet-M. Uivett Car
nRe,ite cott$gn comnmissioner, having
been foroed for lack of .cotton busi.
nMa'fd go hnto the holy opium trade
*-the. cototott is exclaiming, "Cot
ton is King." Has he heard of the
new Fyptiap corgon plant, the "Ba
mial NE he and (f he heard he
wbdtl4 fot beed. Well, . etton is
king,han a sense. Bo is tobacco;, so is
tar.-provided,fou halve' enough of
4 either and it will fetch a good price.
If tar was $2 a gallon, and I held a
million barrels, tar would be king,
and I would be a prince. But if tar
ruled at that price, there would be a
corner in tar in 19ew York, and you
and I and other Cottontots would
not own enough to greae a cart
whnnl.
The 06ttoltmt It ?' *tM*rts
6ther wayd..4ru t W me6w, V'VItat'
pie, of bh1in l6 M66. Th4d"dt
be no pin6t SudIhes j*#JsUifon E
than ttis-tbat wV1b,"
cuitied an de d yd" 0ip Ag
e d ly , c o n im o n ii n s r ' eIa t
yot shall drop bim insta , x and
e al wilthim no m?re torqvet. i a
that you abou)d nevqr fifrgetin4 tl
never foRgive in thia ca ia Ad W'Us- a
is tru*i,j bpsmeis,b equaly tra~re la
RoAi%ics. '-not? YOW politioal liae,
depends on your answer tothis quesp '
tion. But wht does your Oottintot
do? Coming to town and 8nding ti
some adventurer'Oth a lat of auc- iV
tion goods or a compromise stock, he 0l
q*its the old establishedhotises, well b
known to him, and: speide -the #ery et
thoney due to these houses in buyi e
ing trash and shoddy from this ad- rg
venturer. Finding himself cheated Wr
again, he simply laughs, and says, al
"I tell yon these ilaps are smart; ti
they are keeners, they are; but if the e
old established house so much as
disappoint him, he damns it as "an to
infernaA, unprincipled Yankee con- S
cern." d4
Here, then, is the source of nearly T
all our woes-this Cottontot devo- th
tion to a single crop and the accom aIt
panying over--emartness. The cure ti
is plain enough; and it has been ad- al
m1irably formulated by one of your te
city papers i-i the aphorism, "Bread T
and meat first; citton last." The irn
mission of Sotithern j.urnalism is to ti
put this motto at the head of every at
paper from Noi fulk to Galveston b
and to keep it tiere. I would print al
it in indellible ink on the foreheads, im
tattoo it iu the arms, and brand it in' b
Ihe paLms 1f the Cottontt4. But the
press has not been idle in this good a
cause, for already we see the effect s4
of its labors. Mr. John Ot, one of b
the ablest, and certainly one of the. 4
most useful, men in Virginia, turn- G
ishes ns with the cheering fact, viz: ti
"In 1876, the West packed 104,915,- ti
867 pounds lees pork than it did in Pt
1475. This is the reason assigned
by Western journals: "The provisiomi a
trade, owing to tailing prices during eC
unost Of thbe, year, proved les prOta-- i
ble than nega,l; grg ~tt of 6
th oliidchi carbp ic~o the 0
SoutdAnSate, Ele a r&dis- te
tribution has been for several months e
your excuse methiniks is somewhat ti
thin; 've are raising our own pork; J
that is the 'whole secret. $4ut will 9
t he cure jost indidicated siflice? I V
doubt. It is a fact which the press II
will do well never to forget that the I
increase in our provision crop is due I
much more to thae low price of cotto' .)
than to the wisdom of the Cottontot,
4nd it cotton again touch 20 cents he *
tobacco should accidentally'double in B
value. There js, as I well kno~w 4
personally, no cure for folly, Bray 2
a Cottontot or a humorist in a tnor- *
tar, he will be a Cottontot or hbimo- f
rist still.
A dispatch from Berlin announces t
that the Russian squadron which re- 9
cently le,ft Ng .York with seded. A
ordere' 'ill be Avild on1 theirm 'o
rival in Europe, some going to Cron
stadt and the remainder to be anch
ored before Gibraltar, in of-der- to in. C
tercept neutral ships snpposed to be i
carrying arms and arnnnition to C
Turkey. If those men of war have
any such intention, they.will get into y
trouble, not only with England but i
with the United States, and other r
maritime nations. Intercepting con- I
traband of wal" an te Nigh seas, or r
so many leagues away from the coast. e
is a belligerent right; but that is a I
diff'ercnt thing from anchaoring in the t
waters of a neutral power in order t
to intercept neutral ships which is s
an act of war.
The lik IWmu O .
ei it0Qe4by; A. 8oueaste. &A
ou03 of Repesentatiwe ef'ShtAe
F BothOArWlifs, "w"Mbt ad eet%
g 1IG.sralAlemn .y, td1 by.
is'adtver4ty-ufttdne. I -In; 1
Agotrw t Thatk tik ot hb en i hWd
4 tInls Upls h eIe# 4611i&9 6t
railfogiky f'tie.tNga
sproprividobs to de'ay the cprreut
spe ss of the govqrnmesem 4pr the
sea rs coiangeneg Novewbq.
1870 -
SRU.S.,Tat a tax #not to elceed
ire tuills upon every dollar of!the
slue of all taxable lprwpety In eweh
I the 'everal count4ba In this BUO
3 and the same is hereby levied fdr
J6uty pur>ddes, for thie fiscal year
)Mmeneing November 1, 1876, the
ite to be fixed by the County Com
issioners in and for each county,
id by them certified to the respec
ve County Auditors of the said se.
Oal counties.
Szo. . That;all the proceeds of the
xes levied for and on account of the
tate is, as specified hierein, shall be
Dposited and kept by the State
reasarer,in such bank or banks iti
e cities of Columbia and Charleston
1, in the judgment or discretion of
ic financial board of the State, can
Ford sufficient protection to the in
rests of the State; and the S!ate
reasurer shall publish in one or
ore of the Newspapers published in
ie city of Columbia a monthly
atement of all the moneys received
V him, and the amount paid out,
id to whom, and on account of what
ppropriation paid, as well as the
ilance of moneys in hand.
SKo. 4. That the County Auditors
rid County Treasurers ot the
weral cotities of this State are
areby required, under the direction'
rd supervision of the Comitruller
eneral, to make the collection' of
ixes levied under and pursuant to
ce provisions of this act, in the man
er and at the time and under the
>nditions hereinafter to be provided;
ind they are hereby fola bidden to
ullect any other tax whatsoever for
ce fiscal year unless heroi1 expressa
r authorised so to do; and any State
r county officer who shall1 fail. to
:nnply with or evad4, or attempt to
rade, the provisions of this aet, shall
e deemed guilty of. a felong, and,
pon conviction thereof, shall be
unshed by7 a fine of not less than
ne thousand ($1,000) dollars, nor
16o-6 than lve thonsand ($5,600) dol
urs, and by impi-isonment in thce
'enitentiary for a peqiod of not less
[ian one year, nor rpiore than five
ears.
SEc. 5. There shiall be assessed on
11 taxable polls in this btate, a tax
f one dilar on each poll, the pro
eeds of whieh taall shall be applied
)lely tow educational purpoeds. Ev
ry male cititen between the age of
weity one and fty years., except
IJOBe incapable of earning a support
rows beig maikted, or from other
aube, shall be deemed taxable polls;
nd should any person fail or ref use
a pay said poli tax he shall be deem
d gusilty of a~ misdemeanor, and, on
odviction thereof, before any Trial
ustice or other court having juris
liction of the same, shall be punished
iy a fine of not less than five dollars,
>r by imprisonment in the county
ail for a term not exceeding thirty
lays.
SEo. 6. That all taxes asseSSed and
cay able under this Act aball be paid
n the followfong kind of funds, anid
io other: gold and silver coin, United
Itaetes currency, agd national bank
totes; pirovided, that the receipts is,
ned by the several.agents appointed
cy the Governor in the several coun
iee, under aned by virtue of resoln
ion adopted by the House of Repre,
entatives on the-day of December,
L,. D. 1876, shall be credited by die
dfte,t n ~W f by 'thi boldert
ifio&, *benever he saine w4 b
. Ail kes 'issued 'heris,
Ma I e o aue ah4 '4jable in two
eqq YnWiRents, as follows: 'The
fAY, -41gAlQW,g ot bg dpe ar9f
t4,* l4y 4(July, 184, And; teb
SOQW4 iqIhll*t eks4A841e aod.
poyaWe froma the let 4y of October
tw4ber-1st da. of October, 187:
Pfe"ded, That it shall be and is
hereIy et to thbe *ption of any peU
son, either to pay the amount of the
flM instAlusent, at the time first
gt3db mentibTied, or to pay the whole'
amodnt at th time of the payment
of t1fe second installment thereof:
Provided, further, That if any per
son or persons shall fail or refuse
to pay his or her taxes due under the
first installment, he, she, or they shall
be charged with interest thereupon
from the let day of July 1877, to the
time of payment thereof, at the rate
of one per centum per month; and
the several County Treasurers shall
collect the same in the manner pre%
scribed by law, and give the receipts
therefor to the several parties paying
the same, in which the real estates
paid on shall be briefly described, and
the value of the. personal property
pain on shall be stated, together with
the time such taxes are paid and
the amount of the same.
SEco. 8. That the Conuty Treasurer,
immediately upon receipt of the tax
duplicate, frotu the C, unty Auditor,
shall cause a notice to be inserted
once. in two daily newspapk re pub
lished at the county seat of the
county, if two such papers be there
pu6lished; It not, then in one such
paper; it no daily paperbe publishd at
such oounty seat, then in two weekly
papers publhishe I at sich county seat;
but it two sch weekly papers be nut
published, then in one such paper;
and if no paper be publisbdo in the
county, then such notice shall be
given in such nianner as the County
Treasurer may direct, stating the
4'ate per peutun of the levy fer State
pprpopq, and th#e rate per centum for
all 9the,r pprpeees, on tLe duplicate
of he presynt fiscal year; and if: an~y
special levies has been made on the
property of a school or other diatricta
not affecting the eotire ciounty, the
total rite ot levies in such district
shall b0 stated in such notice.
Smo. 9. Whent the taxes and assess
mente charged against any p)arty or
property on the doplicate for 31
present fiscal year, shall not be paid
on or before the 31st day of Octob>er,
1877, or when the remainder of such
taxes and assessugents shall not be
paid on or by the said time, with
i'nterest at the~ Vatrf pne per centum
per month as aforesaid: the County
Treasurer.shall proceed to collect the
same by distress or otherwise, as may
be prescribed by lawr, together with
a penalty of fifteen per Gentum on th
amount so delinquent; and if the
amonnt of sudeh delinaquent taxes, as
sessments, and penalt ies shall not be
paid on or before the 15th November
1877, or collected by distress or oth
erwise, thme same shall be treated as
the delinquent taxes arid such real
and personal property, and shall be
collected by the sale of such real and
personal property as hereinafter pre'
scrided.
SE~c. 10. All personal property
-subject to taxation shall be liable to
distress and sale for t he paymnt of
taxes and aAsseets hereurder; and
at any time after any taxes or assess
ments shall become due, according to
the provisions of this Act, t he County
Treasurer, by himself or Deputy, may
distrain sullicient personal property
of the party against whom such taxes
or assessmients are charged, if the
same can he fund ini his county, to
pay the taxes or assessments, so due,
with any penalty chargedarl- cha
able th6e*nj %bd'tft IIe alid thEi
costs that msay accrue, and shall lf
medI(tely a$hivflgthe sAh lhthlee
6f the ost IbIle plackfin tho town
or ward or'distict in which nsur
prop?rty wii' t- distrained, stating
ie timeand place, in such town,
waror, district, wijen, and whei c
s4oe 4q?erty will be sold; and if tic
taxe. asspasments and penalties, for
whicli sul property was distrained,
together with the oosts of the proceed.
ing, shall not be paid before the day
appointed for suoh sale, (which shall
not be less than five ad more thau
ten after posting up such hotice ol
sale,) such Tresurer or bis deputy
shall ptoceed at the time and plac
meintlohd in such n6tices, to iel idtch
property, or so. much thereof as may
be necessary, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder; and it such property,
or a sufficient amount thereof shall
not be sold at the time and place
aforesaid, such Treasurer shall retain
the same in his possession, and ad
vertise and offer the esame for
sale, in manner and form aforesaid
from time to time, until the same
shall be sold.
SEo. 11. All real property return
ed delinquent by the County Treas
urer, as herein provided, shall be ofi
fered for sale by the Treasurer on the
first Monday in December, 1877, af
ter due advertisement as now provid
ed .by law, and thereafter from day
to day until the whole amonnt there
of is included in the delinqent lis
shall be sold; and except as in thii
section provided, the County Treas
urer shall proceed in reference to thi
sale of such delinqent real estat<
according to ue forias and with th
conditions now prescribed and. ro
quired by law.
Sio. 12. That all acts and parts o
acts inconsistent wiMb this act be and
the samearehereby 'pealed.
Cure for Hydrophobia.
Elecampano root, boiled in swee1
milk, is a cure for mad-dog bites! se
says a well authenticated statemehk
going the rounds of the papers. Il
seems that an old GermaD in Vbestei
county, Pennsy lvania, made the die
covery long ago, and not much faitt
was had in his eure; but tithe and
circumnstatuces have shown that th4
old German was about right, if th<
sta'ements are to be relied on.
Elecampane (inula hielenium) is
shrub introduced into America fronr
Europe, but is now common, grow
Lng wild ini many parts of the North
erni States. It will grow as well ini
the Southern 8tatea, and is easily
propagated. It has an aromatic
odor when dried, somewhat like that
of' camphor, and when chewed, hai
a warm and bitter taste-, water and
alcohol ext ract its pecnliar pro perties
The powdered root is nsed in medi
cine as a tonic or stimulant. It i
used for chronic diseases of th
lungs.
The statement says it was univer
sally believed that the old Germai
never failed to prevent or cure by
droph'obia. In one case the spasm
had begun before the first dose wa
given.
"The medical properties of ele
campanie are very p)owerful. Mii
itself is a specific fur many poisons
and while the medical faculty kno'
no cure for this terrible disease, w~
should open every avannue of lig1
into the dark subject."
Two ounces of elecam pane root, t
be boiled in a p)iIt of' new milk, an
to be taken in the morning after th
patient has fasted all night. ile
to continue fasting of taking it, an
the does is to be repeated three tina
on three successive mDornings,
soon as possible after the personnJJ
'been bitten.
If the maideni State is Miss., atl
the religious State Mass., the sice
State is surely Ill.
6 Wow Bearph for Char1e Aoss.
The - begotiationi between P. T.
irdnim and ChriUtin K. Ross, tho
father of tho kidnapped Charloy, by
which the former is to offer $10,000 for
the return of the child, and the latter
to promise not to attempt any prose4
oution of those bringing him back,
were finighod in thii; city yesterday.
Mr. Barnam's original proposition
was that ho should offor the reward,
and, if the boy was secured, some ar%
rangoment should be made for oxh i
biting him, by which Mr. Ross should
have a large share ol the profits, and
thus, perhaps, restoro his estate of
$860,000 which he has spent in the
search. Mr. Ross made no answer at
that time, but returned to Philadelphia
to consult with his wifi and her broth.
ers, who are wealthy, and met Mr.
Barnum in the .Iaynes Iouso yoster
day to accept the offer, with tho con
dition that, if the boy is found, it shall
be disoretionary with the family eith
or to reimburse Mr. Barnum or ar
range for the child's exhibition. The
railroads and telegraph companies
have given Mr. Ross the free use of
their facilities, but lie has neverthe
less spent all his means, and is prac,
tically bankrupt. The family cling
to the hope that the child is not dead,
and base it largely on the ascertained
fact that he was living at the time
the abductors were killed on Long
Island, five months after he was
stolen.
Mr. Barnum has published tho fol
lowing:
I will pay $10,000 in crih for the
delivery to me alive of the kidnapped
-hild Charley Russ, or for information
that will lead to his recovery. I most
Siolemnly and sacredly pledge my
e word of honor and my reputation as
an upright business man not to at
tempt for mysdlf tW.disoover the iden
f tity of the person negotiating with me
in this matter, nor to convey to any
other person any hints or clows by
which any accusation, or oven suspi
cion, shall be directed against them.
The parents of the child unito with
me in this pledge, and agree, ifr their
darling child is by this means restored
to them, to abandon all attempts to
Spubish any person connected with
h iA abduction or concealment; they
*agree never to appear angainst such
parties, and with myself will use ev
cry endoavotr to shield them from cx%
posure. For the last three years these
,parents have suffered more than death
and, now that the real abductors are
dead, It is hoped that the persona who
have the child in custody will be wil.,
ling to accept this reward and imnmu%
nity. The reward shall be paid in
current money as soon~ as the child is
identified by its parents. As an ad-.
ditional security to the person A>ring,
lng him, a reasonable time shall elapse
between his dclivery and the publiG
announcement ot the fact, that the
[ parties delivering him shall have ev-e
c ry opportunity to avoid discovery.
P. T. BARNUM, Bridgeport, Conn.
A story is tclrt of a shrewislh
Scotchiwoman who tried to wean her
husband from the pubil house by
Semploying her brother to act the
part of a ghost, and frighten John on
said way home, "Who are yout'*
sad h guideman as the applarition
rose before him f rom behind a bush.
"I am auld Nick," was tho rely.
"Come awa,' man," said John, nioth
ing daunted; "gie's a shake of your
h andl; I am married to a sister of
it At a prayer meeting in a Provi..
dence clhuirch recently, Deacon
0 arose and expressed himself thusly:
d "My friends, wvith great sorrow anid
0 regret I have just learned of' the do'
IS cease of our beloved Brother-.
d Let us now sing "Praise God fromi
a whom all bledeings flow.'
Is .. .
as Shakespeare asked "What's in a
name?" If lie had been stuldying
Easterni war' maps he would have
id found that thirty-five cmnsonnts
et and three vowels were in miost of
Sth'em.