Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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j&S* 1R"+ r*Si ^ ^ *' "l? ^**^*^*t^--'*^*^'-' - .'&^??*- yy?y^^M ?* ' , Fan !*.*, ' f'Jf v AND A FULL LINE OF CUE. / OF THE ff-ATEST 1 OUR 8TOCI1 White Goods, Homespun,' Tickings, Flann Cloths ii AVE bare the largest and best assortments to I OUR BOOTS Are of the best make and the cheapest er< to our stock of T. MILI LADIES WE HAVE THE LARGES LADIES' , . ' - . tTHAT HAS EVER BEEN ^V*l ? ? J- ^Ir'flSStMK 'v ' All of which will bo sold at the lowest pri for yourselves. 1 Oct. m E . W - PEIlOiy AI b*st kvii ?gmi.n\min htbwbt CHARLESTON, S. C. DOOR8, HA8UE8 ANI> BLIND * FRAMES, MOULDINGS. BRACKETS, MANTELS, &c ' COMPETITION DEFIED AS TO WORKMJ SHIP, MATERIAL AND PRICE. | :o: AGBNT FOR Wolf's Magic Blind Hinge ai Fasten or, BV WHICH outside Window Blinds or Sh ten can be opened or olosed from the inside the room without raising the Sash, thus aro ing cold draughts or exposure to rain. 1 Shutters are not only opened, but are fostei book by the same motion, and they are unft ened, olosed and fastened in by the same nieth W. A. NICHOLSON, Agent, at Union, C. II Aug 22 34 80 Fine*! Brand* of Tobacco. SHELL ROAB, 1 .SHELL MOUND, LUCY HINTON, fW OUT OF THE SEA C ^ OOLDEN EAGLE, ^ SUNNY SOUTH, f ' GATE CITY FINE CUT, 1 ?? * B. P. RAWLS', J? No 1 East Union Jjf ^Oet. 17 42 I Dress Goods. k T71ROM 8 cents to $1 50 per yanl, at k -T FOSTER & WILKINS' m oy Suitings, m Striped SuiunffM, * Alpaorfs, Ar DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS DESIGNS AND NOVELTIES. ?:o: . \ Z OF NOTIONS, els, Linseys, Jeans, Tweeds, Oassimeres,! s Complete. of Ladies Cloaks that has ever been brought mis market. AND SHOES, >r offered ia Unoin. We would call special attention AC SON'S 3' SHOES. IT AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF CLOAKS, HHhK^ *r# i'k ? #> ? *-lCr> d ^Lr-^-k ccs, and satisfaction guaranteed. Call and examine J. T. HILL & CO; 40 If 'Marble Work! I HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF PLAIN MARBLE WORK ON HAND, WHICH I WILL SELL A T * VERY LOf PRICES, Ranging from $1 00 to $3.1 OO per &Ctt. LETTERING $3 PER 100 LETTERS. id I am prepared at all times to Make ut- On. Short Notice, of 'jj* Large Granite and Marble Monuments. A FULL COLLECTION OF DESIGNS od. ON IIAND. W. A. NICHOLSON. ? Aug 2*2'70 * 84 1 y FRENCH ( ANDY, PLAIN STICK CANDY, CRACKERS OF ALL SORTS, CANNED GOODS, For Sale at No 1 East Uuion by B. F. RAWL8. Oct. 17 42 tm Flannels and Linseys. niHE place to buy Flannels and Linseys, is at t JL 8PEAR3.& COLTON'S. ? Bheetinjfs, Ac. BLEACHED and Brown Sheeting, Tickings and Drilling at hard time prices, for sale ono a no a- ?.??* I -V Ol a WLIU4I, I iv 7?^^' '7 " bc du<? to] fea^oft^i this Ef^e AmerB S|fl| BB^^HHBB^^ '"^IF H^Byfe^B^d|fe|^ aa ioMK ^HBWPBfW^"ttoymttfei# of ngej S^S^WWr^F"fteir m hIi^r^J*i oW8 v ^ hipg, knoesand ankles ; in a fehorttfare those parts of hor body became so sensitive' that*: she could not even bear her own hand upon them, ana means had to be devised to lift the Weight of evon iho bedclothes upon bcr. The spinal nerves and those of tho large joints were so unuaturully alive -that thev secured to bo bare, and the slightest noiso or jar in the room made theui vibrate. Tho pain in her head was ac^o and the aching of tho eyelids was so intense' that for hours sho could not Open them. She had to be kept in a darkened room, for a ray of light could not be withstood, so sensitive hud her eyes Lccomo. tier hearing was uuuaturally acute, ant) great carc had to be taken to prevent rude sounds from falling upou her sensitivo nerves. No person was permitted to be in the room except tho nurse and other mouthers of the family whose attentions were absolutely ncccssa*y This state of things continued until Miss Jitdd became so weak that she could not even turn iu bed, or uiovo herself in any way. For over eleven months she was unaolo to sit up n single mouicut. During all that time she was under the care of Dr. lloxsic. oue of the most popular homeopathic practitioners iu the city. * After tho eleven months of struggling almost j^ctweou life nod death, she began to improve, and in the following summer was able to sit up for a 6hort time every day. She was yet unable to help herself, and in being takcu from her bed the attendants had to place their hands uuder hor arms, for she could not boar any pressure whatever upon her body. At the time when she was gaiuing very slowly tho weather was very hot, which, in addition to the great effort she made to help 30J. raSnHEHsB^ ^ I ^at shte could-6^ rnort her <o!o3?imw,.Tlr?!" jKdward Mix, of Woloottyille, Coon., was credited with having effected some wond^-ful cures by power of faith and prnycr ulonc. Mr. Judd managed to wake the patient ---JI 111. r uuui-iDkuuu, uuu vy nor request ner sister Eva, twelvo years of age, wroto to Mrs. Nix that the sick girl believod that Mrs. Mix's great faith uiight avail for her if she would only pray for her recovery. Ou the 25th of February the family reioivod the following: Wolcottvilmj, Conn., Feb. 24,1879. Mint Carrie F. J add: I received a 1 iuc from your sister Eva stating your case, your disoasc, and your faijd^ I can encourage you by tho word of GMvhut according to your faith so be it untoTyOu, and besides you havo this promise: ''The prayer of , faith shall save tho sick, and tho Lord shall raise hiui up." Whether the person is prescut or ubscut, if it is a prayer of faith it , is all the same, and God has promised to ruiso up tho sick ones, nnd if they have committed sins, to forgive them. Now, this promise is to you if you were tho only person living. Now, if you can claim that ' promise 1 havo not the least doubt but what you will bo healed. You will first have to lay osido all the inodicino of every description. Uso no remedies of any kind for anything ; luv aside trusting in tho arm of flesh, and lean wholly upou God &ud his Ufi :? a!- * piuuiiov'o. ?f IIUII JfUU ruuuivu IU1B icucr, X want you to begin to pray for faith ; and Wednesday afternoon ibo female prayer meeting is at our houso. Wo will uiake you a subject of prayer betweeu the hours of 3 and 4. I want you to pray for yourself, and pray bclioviug, and then act faith. It makes no difference how you feel, but get right out of bed and begin to walk, by faith. Strecgth will cotno, disease will dopart, and you will be inado whole. Wo read in the Gospol, 'Thy faith hath uiudo thee whole." Write soon. Yours in faith. Mus Kdward Mix. Miss Judd obeyed the instructions to the I loiter. She dropped her niodioiuos and ' gavo horoolf wholly into tho care o! the [ Almighty. She pi a) od as well as sho could I in her *\ak aud (ui.ciatcd cmdithn and 4 wE^^^RjnjSnfcY*At the tlmo when tI .^,voqm4 prayer twitting iq Wo/eottriilo, r,aAd.,'vta ta'anlke Miss Judd a special object of prayer, ^nll tbo members of the Judd faJuy lifted up their pr.iyen?, though p^UuUw's^k. gtH's room. '^Misi Judd | witi^^.vtam v,*1' lu*> 8 o'clock she ^ - - ' -? "jjiy y""bU| puu' 1 I sh^turMd ove^ and raised ujrrmxu doubt, I Efor thoigrst tioie in over two years. \V>wl] Iftfuibletoo, the nurso who had cared fudcT jortHlr a year, saw this she jT^m JU aursd burst forth in songs and , pTajeot and wtyilo doing so gave Miss Judd a lUlM jsiiistancoy and she walked aboutVOiEb this tiftie the girt had pot borne "hojr weight enter fcutfor two years and tmt nontha. Buriug the hoar teat prayer >n?Mig offerj^in he# buhfcfff the nurse Feb. 27 : "This afternoon after sitting ty) she walked from her chair to the bed, a distance of eight feet, by taking hold of my arms." Feb. 28 : "I gave her a sponge bath, and oculd not help but notice the change in the color of her flesh : instead of the yellow, dead look, it is pink and full of'life." March 1: "This morning she {Irew on her stockings." March 2 : "Her chest and lungs have beon strong. She his talked aloud a good deal, appetite good, co4oi*fresh and clear." * In three weeks from the day the girl began to improve she was uble to walk all over the room without any oue near her, aiwr in fou? weeks she was able to go down stairs with n little assistance. She could walk steadily from tho first. She improved so rapidly that the swelling of tho muscles was almost parceptiblo. On the first pleasant day in April, Miss Judd called at a uijighbor's, and everybody rejoiced. The strange fact of the walking is made apycciablc where it is known that the spine an* large joints had become so weakened by the hyperesthesia that thoy were like cartilag s, and if she had bccu placed on h^r feet when in that stato, she would have settled all out of shapo. They, however, became strong and.firm at once, and hare continued to strengthen every day. Now Miss Judd cau walk long distances without fatigue. Sho teaches her class iu Sundayschool every Suuday, and her friends say she looks better than ever before in her life. On Wednesday last she went into Genesee County, a distance of forty miles, to attend tho uiarriuge of her brother. iMPOttTANOK OS* (ll.EtNsl'vi) llvtte avu ^^^^w^^rwoHu^o^Udrcn wc^almost I SSJrn t Therti had been no cjjseS JflB^HfoiiV for years,. and they Lad ; JHhply at Wmo for the wm^ was no possibility of their bmag tafc$a$|he diabase fVoni any outside eaggrorfe to oootaglon. It was a Diy8tcri> aflfl t,idenco, the1clergyma*-eaid, when EKarittwl Ied?to perform tho burial service. asoertamcd that the mo Hr^Vwdytt aJltotK^^ed of a peddler femgMli^|nr0iand on the trondUdbflftBlher Tittle ones, to make <Uwn a |8MI jfcfc^t fcft, the -eoid weather.? Bw8 HfiDvesn^atiop it"wtsdiscovered HCtv **ad jU?0^bt it at a house MWWgM pfr njile3\ftwoy, and that two jflMblHQjHmo ttok and died ~nf soarlatraveiingRPIBMfcijP^VBnliug uum, thus distributing siekness and death through a distant town, for the disease spread in every direction and- became a regular epidemic. Had that bed, immediately after the death of the first children, been washed thoroughly aud.soaked in water with cither a little carbolic acid or spirits of nmmouia added to it, and tben dried in tho suu, it would have been safe to be used by any one ; but ns it was, it curried grief and desolation into many households. Of course, it was not a premeditated wrong; it was a case of ignoraoco or Carelessness. Diphtheria has been conveyed by ftsiug beds in the same manner, aud, if individuals would ouly consider for A minute how muoh suffering might be prevented, they would be more enrefgj. There is never no, >:.t i?- - uuwv Hituuui u cuuac, uuiporuaps ine cause may not be discovered till too lato to provent ibo evil. It 91 very little labor to gleaso pillows an&fcpds, if done io a proper Dianner, and common sense will show that it is advisable to have it><lono often, even if no sick person has lain upon them. A day's exposure to the hotspu?turning over und shaking thorn up ofteu?is a great benefit, and makes them sv/cetcr as well as lighter., An occasional washing is a suro purifier. Carbolic acid is a powerful disinfectant, and it sweetens beds which will accumulate a disagreeable odor if not thoroughly cleanse J and aired. Pillows can be washed without ripping so that they will bo delightfully renovated. Uso scalding suds in a washtub to soak theui well, nod then pass through rinsing wutors till the water is not colored at all. This is all that is required unless they ronlly smell badly. In that oascf either carbolio acid or spirit* of ammonia should be addod to tho rinsing water. Lfct them drain well and then hang them whero they will get nir and suushinc. ? County/ Gentleman. 'I rise fo? information/ said a meuib r of a Icgislalrrc body. (I am very g!ad to hoar it/ said * bystander, 'no man wauls it more.' Pardoir :11c,' said Hob, when he stepped on the girljs foot in the dance. 'Don't apolog se,' said she ; 'beaux on the shoes arc fashionable, and \vc can stand anjthiug for stjlo.' * ^ '% , The ^eucrablc Dr. died at Ilia home io Sparfla Ga., on SondaT night, wntfthrjiio Halifo^, N. O., on March 24, 1786, and at the t?c> of hjs death wasninety fmr yei? oW. /^r]J 10 ]x^ J,1* parents moved to BatoijwM County, d. % C., where with only month.' prevmua schooling, b<ventcred th*^Mothod?8t ministry. The flowing paa^e sa taken from YSUJJittori/ oftetkoditm At Me Caroitnat A a met ?t Charlek^on on JaouanM#?( flBa|R|aAsbary presiding. At the CAAreKHBil^k and Loviok Pierce wero MfoltSed on tna>: Roddick was t\rcnty?two7aDd Loriok not quite twenty years old. Jbeddick wis sent as junior preacher on thji Little River Circuit, Gcorfo^Lo>iek on the Greet ]Peo Dee, in There was a striking contrast bctweWsliw* two. J>ynths^t Roddick i* ver aimed al polish, or sought for elegance of manner or speech. Loviclc, on the contrary, was gentle as a woman, shriuking, sensitive and timid. His desire for culturo of the highest kind was inteusc, and his tusto was for all the refinements of life. Lovick Pierce wis sent to the new ApnInohee Circuit with Joseph Turplcy. This Circuit iucludcd Creene, Clark and Jackson. lie was but little over twenty years old and as timid as a fawn. IIis sensibilities were unusually acute, and his aspiratious of Iho highest and noblest kiud. He bad an exalted idea of the responsibilities and of the lofty demands of his ministry, and a painful scusc of his deficiencies.? His circuit threw him into the presence of people as highly cultivated as any in Georgia. He was a born proachcr and ho was iu a school to make one. Ilo began his Georgia miuistry a plain, uututored, but highly gifted hoy. lie never left the State for any length of time afterwards. A few appointments he had outside of it, but his home was always fn it, save for oue yeur.? For over seventy years the life of Georgia Methodism and of Lovick Pierce moved on together. Two generations and more arc gouc since he came to Georgia in 180G.? A few old meu may remember when they were children to have heard the good and gifted young circuit rider preach wonderful sermon*, but they aro few. He left his heme in South Caroliua to travel a citcuit which led him to the very wigwam of the Indian, and. without a teacher, to secure by constant diligence that knowledge for which he had such craving appetite, llupc Hull, whose criticism the young preacher so feared, was at Hull's meeting house to hear him, aud as from beneath his great ovcrhnnging eyebrows bis piercjug eye foil upon Lovick Piorcfe. be taw. % man who Whs to bless tbe cbt/rch, and be took )itai to bis home and heart. Whou Hull died.twclvo years after this, young Dr. Pierco,^tn in tho brightness of his faino, preached tho funeral sermon of the old hero. Some years ago the Illustrated Record and Rtjvsitory, which had published a portraits Dr. Pierce, said : Dr. Pierce has been an active, laborious preacher fof^xty-cight years. He filled two appointment iu South Carolina?first, tho Pee Dee'Circuit; second, Columbia, and while vet averv vountrtnan laid the found* lion of Methodism in the Capital of the old Palmetto State. Ho married in Georgia, and there became a resident citizen. In Georgia he has lived for more than sixty > year*. The impress of his uiiud and character is upon tho civilization, education and Deligion of the people. The State owes him nnore than sho will ever pay, albeit n> man in her borders commands 140 ro -of public cooGdcucc aud respect. * The early advantages of this vcnorable man were scanty. Six months would cover the entire term of his scholastic education. What ho is as a Divine is due to native genius, judicious reading, intelligent observation, and a life consecrated to one work. Tho Church and thb country, with one consent assign him the front rank aihang preachers. He is now an old man, far beyond bis fourscore. Ilis wonderful physical powers begin to declino, but his mind abides in all its trcshncss aixl torco without the decay of a tiinglo attributo. Although uot able to preach as long nor so often as in the days of his strength, he still preaches by day or by night as opportunity offers, l'ulpit. labor is a necessary tonic to his system. Uulcss too feeble to stalid, nothing tones him up like preaching. It is his life and his joy. On the 24th of last March, his birthday, Dr. Picrco wrote to the Church the following ^rooting : ' f "my ninety-fifth?ikti2Vay." "Truly the light is sweet and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun ; but if a man live muuy years and rejoice in them all, yet let him reuicuibor the day; ol darkness, for thAy shall be many. Life as a whole, is like light?it is emphatically sweet. Hut there is always some discount?sometimes pretty lurgo. Vet the world, as a home for probationers, is 'very good,' and it has fitted tno so well that I havo never been packing up aud hurrying nwny because the old, fine boat of Saints? on the river of Death, all the time going and coming?leaves on its embarking whaif no one uncalled for. 'Well, I am willing. All I am careful about is, when my tiuio comes to be both ready and willing. During December, January and February, I lay and looked into Doalh's large encumpuieut; looked T >r the undertakers to coiuc and put an end to this family memorial Hut here I aui. I know not for what final end. 11 ut I do know there is an end with (Jod to be attained by keeping uio here at this time. At this time I have nothing in view, cxcopt, if it bo His will, that some"wMtjTiww iVWuu|r Lfifewlj Methodism, bridge the chasm ox pressed i^xFfe Nestor' nU^ng them.? To show more fully to our people the power and excellence of unadulterated Methodism, 1 wish to write my own biography. Whether f-ahg.ll bo spared to do this, 'Cu<l knowcth. ' m But before I leave this rorld, I desire to testify, as to myself, in its favor. It is a good world. As a world, Cod did his best en it aod in it. The 8pirit never asked the question: 'Who will show us any good V He could not, and* inquire iu the next breath, 'What shall wo render unto Ood for all His benefits towards us ?' As to what wo ought to do iu return, t! e Spirit tells us at once : 'Let u take the M cup of salvation and call upon me uauiu /^s ,. **** |>he Lord,' ^ In a IQjC pTr^^i*wji?>4iD^ersan^' felt fo 1>9 /true,' that the light of Go^'s countenance, lifted J j up upon us, is t^c.Bours panacea." W Jr. In December, 1806, in the house of Job a Lucas, in Sparta, Bishop Asbury ordained Lovick Pierce deacon, at the end of his second year in tho itinerant ministry. Iu tho old "Lucas" house was born, some months apo, Doctor Pierce's first great-great-grandchild. Tiie Iceberg Theory.?The collision or the steamer Arizona with an iccburg in mid-ocean the other day has drawn reucwcd attention to this peculiar peril of ocean navigation. Thero is scarcely a doubt but that the steamers President and City of Boston met their fate at the hands of theso frozen terrors of the North Atlantic. Thero has long been a theory that navigators could easily detect the presence of theso immense floating masses of ice by the sadden change of temperature, but in the Into summer or fall it sometimes happens that the ictburgs have melted down to the water's edge, aud while revealing their presence by change of temperature arc still Inivnn/^ lltn cinltf nf fl?? clinrDOfil. lnnl'AIlt UVJ..UU ...V ..j,.,. . t !u this condition they arc naturally most dangerous. These huge mountains of ice, which arc occasionally found in the track of the steamers, are formed away up in the Arctic region, 1,000 to 1,500 miles away, during the wiutcr. The following summer they become detached from the mother pack and come floating southward with the Arctic current, which flows at the rate of about one-half to three-quarters of a mile an hour. It lakes thcui all winter to reach t ic bauks, where they arrive about March, uud from that time until the 1st of July they arc frequently encountered. They sometimes strike shallow water, and are knocked aboutlriq^ the edge of the fcapk* , ? , mo til they pass btKmd proceed on their journey south. Tbey continue onward until the v meet the Chili* stream, which trill take them dowjs^| latitude 42 d<?ie^*sd longitude 45 <fefRcs to 50 dogfo^, when the warmer temperature of.--the water rote them and th^^gafclb pieces, melt a tray and disappear. Sometimes thejr ere kept plnyiog about for several day* between the Arctie current and the Galf stroam. It oontnbutea to the danger to be apprehended from these icebergs that they are generally found in the region pf sudden fogs. Uuder suoh circumstances no amount of vigHanoe or watchfulness can avail. Safety alone lice in slowing tip speed of steamers, and in these days of skurry and coinpctUtfn that is a thing seldom douo. WBL . Raiding tew November 12.?Tho excitement nuioiijfffly**^ ' lottery dealers of this city, consequent nron tho recent raid upon them by Anthony Conistock and his officers, was kept alive yesterday by othex arrests and voluntary surrenders of parties implicate^. Tho specific charge tnatld* Against th??dottery dealers is violation*of the post offioe law iii sending prohibited Matter through the mail, ' Yesterday about fifteen others appeared bcfore tho United States Commissioner Shields ?among them 1L Frank Moore, agent for tho Louisiana Lottery Company. Tho Times says of the arrest of Moore, who i? * agent of M. A. Dauphin, of New Orleans; "It is expected to lead to some very startling developments, growing out of a suit , brought in the United States Circuit Court by Marcos Cieero Stanley against unarms r. Howard and dohn A. Morris, who arc the principals in and control the Louisiana Lottery Company. Dauphio states iu his advertisements in somo of the daily papers that all ot the huudrcl thousand tickets which are iucluded or issued in eaeh monthly schemes are soW before the drawing takes pjacc. This, if true indi, catcs a gross receipt of 8200,000 monthly, of which they claim to distribute 8110,000 iu prizes,; leaving 800,000 to pay the remaining expenses, including advertising, rent, salaries, printing and postage. This, in tho opinion of men who know a great deal about tho business, leaves a monthly margin of profit amounting to from 805,000 to 840,000, to be divided among four or fivo persons, and giving each of them an iucomc of about 8100,000 a year. It is said seveneighths of the tickets are now sold in this oity and State, and that as a consequence about 8175,000 a month is paid ly New Yorkers for the pleasure, profit or privilogo of indulging in this littlo game- of the Louisianian's. The company ii said to Uave been driver, to seek a new market for their tickets in the East, becauso they have about exhausted the pecuniary resource* of* the people of Louisiana." ? . At a London book salo a copy of Drew's ''Essay on souls" was knocked down to a shoemaker, who, to the great amusement of I the assembly, innocently asked the auction4 :r k. i i ^-i Tcci ii iiu uau uuy more pooks on bnocDiaKing to sell.