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Ir" Depots ~Y1iauis, Pro'pnotorsiJ A nF~i~ ~r DoVofd' Ali 1-~~ut~ tdU~aue . . ~ [omi~m3O e nuI dao VOL. V11191 WINNSBORO. S. 'C,, W NESDAYMtNN.J E19182[O1 XI" YMI____ THE FAIRFIELD HERALD IS PUnLISIHED WEEKLY DT ESIORTES & WILLIAMS, rms.-Tue lanA) is pub)ilhed Weel the Town of Winnsboro, at $3.00 ii iably in advance. topft All transient advertisements to I pn id in advance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1 00 pc square. Rcfudlng the Cotton Tax. WASHINGTON, June I1.-the fol low notice has been issued : TREASURY DEP'T, June 0, 1872. The attention of all parties inter osted is particularly directly to thi following provision of an act makin appropriations to supply deficiencic; in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal yea1 ending June 30, 1872, and for formo1 years and for other purposes, ap proved May 18, 1872, and the regu lations for carrying the same int< effect : SECTION 5. That the Secretary o! ' reasury be, and is hereby, an .ed and directed to pay to thi I owners or their representa s, of all cotton seized after chi day of June, 1865, by the agent he Government unlawfully and ii ation of their instructions. Th proceeds, without interest, of th, of said cotton actually paid int< reasury of the Uuited States, pro that the receipt thereof shal ken and received in full satisfac of all claims against the Unitei es for or on account of the seizuri id cotton, and a suflicient sum fo payment is hereby appropriatei of any money in the Treasur, otherwise appropriated, and vided further, that the foregoin, isions shall not apply to an now pending before the cour ims nor to any claim not filei o Treasury Departient withii onths after the passage of thi d the sum of twenty thousan hereby appropriated for th nt of the necessary expenses o ing the United States in re o clainis for -aid proceeds t< Ided under the direction o retary of the Treasury. following rules and regulation ing claims for proceeds o cotton under the foregoin; Ions of law, are hereby eE hed : t, Every claim shall be state< etition addressed to the Secr( nd signed and duly verified b. th or afrmation of the claimar aimants. cond, the petition must state t, the full names of all the claim , their present residenco, an r residence when the cotton wa zed ; second, who were the ori.gin subsequent owners of the cottoi o.are lawfully entitled to the pr< coeds thereof, or interested therehi and when and upon what consideri tion the title suceessively passed third, the quantity of cotton allege to have been seized, or taken, in balb and pounds, the kind and qualit; and the names, marks, signs or d< vices upon the bales at the time < such seizure, the. name or names < thie person or persons by whom i seizure was made, and whether th< * were agents or officers of the Govern mont, the date and pi'ace of seizur and-to what places conveyed or tran ft ported, and all other material ci cumstances connected with the seisui and disposition of the cotton, with much particularity and exactness can be done. And if any vouche receipt or other writing was givi therefore by the persons taking tU same, it should be attacbed to ti petition ; Fourth. Whether ti claim has been heretofo present< to any officer, agent or Departmne 4 of the Government, or to Congress to any committee thereof, and wh ecision or action', if any,. has bei ad in regard to the same.. .Third. In setting forth facts in tl otition, the claimant must alwas istinguishi between those whichI tates of his own knowledge an.d the upon) information and belief. I must say, as to the firat,. that he aye Lthem of his knowledge, and as -the last, that he states thoem upon i formation, and belief. Fourth There must be appended the petition the post office address claimants, and when renresentedI attorney, proper letters of attorney, .otheor sufficient evidence of authori must be filed therewith. Fifth. When the claims a brought by a guardian, executor,: other legal representatives, the a pointment of the representative or copy of the letters testamentary administration granted to represt tative, dluly authentIcated, must filed with thle petition. Sixth. Each- material averment Sthe petition should be corroborat by at least two credible and disint< ested witnesses, and their ase A, statements should be 'filed with t petition, or as soon theropfter as p< *ible. Seventh. The claimants ur completing the proofs relied on *ustain his claim, should so notify I 8ecretary of the Treasury in writii '.a~d afterb. *hexeiration of the sh month allowed by the not of'Congress for filing claims, the cases will be taken up and disposed of in the order in which notifications have been re ceived, and unless further delay is c asked for by the claimant, or demand. 1 ed by the public interest. [Signed.] Gzo. S. BOu-waEL. e Secretary of Treasury. ir Death of Mr. Peter Rowe, of Orangeburg Remarkable Longevity. An Orangeburg correspondent writes under date of June 10 : For many years the subject of this notice has been seen as a visitor of our town. althoughhis venerable form was bent beyond the weight of four score years, and rumor has subse quently committed him among the roll of the dead, as he hovered on the verge of the grave, under the attacks of the fell destroyer, but so vigorous was his energy and elastic his eonstitu tion that he rallied and stepped beyond the length of a century. But his long life is ended-one hundred and two yearshave been his portion. What a pageant of shifting scones have gone before his view. Communities have sprung up and passed away, govern. - ments have been established and over. 3 thrown. lIesaw this nation claim its 5 place among the sisterhood of powers, I as feeble colonies, and he lived with 3 it to its gigantic fulbljess of strength. 3 Hie remarkable activity permitted > him only a few months since to have - his teeth examined and treated by a dental surgeon, and hundreds of his friends and kindred joined him in i celebrating his last birthday, when his usual hospitality and vigor was r not abated. Mr. Rowe's connection with the masons is perhaps the longest F in the State. Ie was buried to -day, (the 10th,) at New Hope Church, 9 near Rowe's Pump, where his many friends followed him in sadness." I The Sword vs. Ilit Olive Branch. Says the New York Tribune, con. trasting the spirit at Philadelphia with that at Cincinnati : "No I the exigencies of the Republic at this f moment require something better and wiser than the mero 'trdiiplh-df 'a party. Such is the belief of a large Sbody of voters in both sections of the country every day rapidly in creasing. Concesion upon either side is not asked for, zor yet any surren. der of poculiar opinions ; but sim'y the union of all who believe that the time has come for a civil aduinistra tion of the Government, uncontaui. nated by outworn passions and unbias. ed in deciding the questions of to t day by the differenees of yesterday. This was a height of magnamity to whieh the Philadelphia Convention, - could not rise.. It heard nothing but the slogans of tb battle-field, the a boom of artillery, the elashing of a swords held by fraternal hands, and the defiances whieh were exchanged at Bull Run, an-l Gettysburg. It traded upon tr: military swoeessea of its candidate, and forgot that those d who were conquered by him are now d our fellow-citizens. When, at this a rate, will the day of 'our dieaster be i over? When will the day of our regeneration arrive V A 1rru of Dr. ]lrattoa. 0 District Attorney Corbin reeefred a dispatch yesterday from Major Mer rill at Yorkeille, stating that he had ' Br. James 11. Bratton in- arrest and rin -jail.. Dr.B3ratton is eharged with re being a menber ef the Ku Kluxa Klan w hich hung the notorious Jim Williams. When the wholesale ar r, Irest of asuspaoted partieos began in the un apper districts the ace-used lef~t the a town, and it was supposed for a long timed tthe never wouald be esap .IAn order was signed by the Uni itjted States bistrict Judge yesterday, * on motion of Mr. Corbia for the re tlease of the prisoner until trial, on a giv'ing bail in the sum of $2,000. Charlesen Cour'ier. s. ' -AWealithy liriull. e St. Wincest, Florida is an island of so 'Z,000 acres, owned and ccupied for athe past three years by Mr. Hatch, a r'gentleman of intelligenee and fortune, to-. formal'y NMyor of Cineinnati, who n. chooses- to lend here the life of'*a tormit,. solitary and alone, save a of tot's. Indeed,, he is i'noensed wvhen yhis prisvaoy is intruded upon except on or invitation. His island swarms with ydeer and cattle-his library is full of boan d wh these an d hunt ing and re fuhing he passes hisa time a.way--the ormonarch of all he surveys. a ExaminatIon adIbiense of Df'uggists. nThe examination of PIlarmaceu n- tists, Apothecamies and Druggists by be the Board of the~ University Profes sors as provided for by the hct of of 1872, commened Taosdsy at the edl University, and till be continued on r- eaeb Wednesday antil completed.. rn The following guntlemon of Colum he bia passed their e':amination yester.. as. day, and were licer.sed :Messrs. Ty roe, Clarke, W. bleGregor, and W. 0. on license and Mr. L. T. Silliman wae to from d on exhibhing his Difplowu ,he Pharmtho P~hiladelphia College c1 ag, IFisher,acy and Ilodioin.- Caroli eth. ntan. Snp$leiontal Efliforcement At. WASHINGTON', June 10.-The last hours of the session were spent in getting through several miscellaneous matters, principally for the benefit of clerks and employees. The sdssion to-day was prolonged from hour to hour. Finally, the force bill to amepd the act approved February 28, 1871, p assed, as follows : That - whenever, in any - county or parish in any Congressional district, there shall be ton citizens thereof of good standing who, prior to any reg istration of voters for an election for representation in Congress, or prior to any election at which a representa tive in Congress is to be voted for, shall make known in writing to the Judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district wherein such county or parish is situate, their desire to have said registration or election both guarded and sorutin. ized, it shall be the duty of the said Judge of. the Circuit Court, within not less than ten days prior to said registration or election as the case may be, to open the said court at the most convenient point in said district, and court when so opened by said Judge shall proceed to appoint and commission from day to day and from tire to time, under the hand of the said Judge and under the seal of said court for such election, district or voting precinct, in said congres. sional district as shall in the manner herein prescribed have been applied for, and to revoke, change or renew said appointment from time to time, two citizens, residents of said election district or voting precinct in said county or parish, who shall be of dif ferent political parties, and able to read and write the Eglish Language, and who shall be known and designa ted as supervisors of election, and the said court when opened by the said Judge as required herein shall therefrom and thereafter, and up to and including the day following the day of election, are always open for the transaction of business under this act, and the powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and confirmed shall be exerciued as well in varation as in term time, and a Judge sitting at Chambers shall have the same powers and jurisdiction, including the power of keeping order and punishing any contempt of his authority, as when sitting in the court. And no person shall be appointed under this act as Supervisor of Elections who is not, at the time of his appointment, a quali fied voter of the county, parish, eleo tion district, or voting preeinct for which he is appointed, And no per son shall be appointed Dcplty Mar shal under this act, or the act of which this is amendatory, who is root a qualified voter at the time of his ap. pointment,. in the county, parish, district or precinct in which his duties are to be performed -and section 13. of the act of which this is an amend went, shall be- construed to authorize and require the Circuit Courts of the United States, in said section men. tioned, to name and appoint, as soon as may be after the passage of this act, the Commissioners provided for in said section, in all cases in which such ap pointments have not already been made in conformity therewith ;. and the third section of the aet to which this is an- amendment shall be takon. and constrund to-authorize each of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of the United States to designate one or more of the Judges of the District Courts within hid circuit to diseharge the dwbius arising under this act, or the act to which ruhis is an amend ment. And the words,."any poerson," in see tion 4of the act of May 3.l, 1870, shalil be held to icolude any ofiioary or other person having powers or duties of an oficial character under this act,. or the aet to- which this is an amendment ; provided further, th'at the Supervisors herein provided' for shall have no' power to make arrests, but are authorized to be in the im mediate presence of the officers hold ing the election ; and they are horebyj authorized to witness all the proceed ings, includig the counting of the votes and the making of all the re turns thereof,, as provided in the not to wvhich this is an amendment, and' so much of the said scm, herein appro priated, as may bo necessary for said supplemental and amendatory pro visbns, is hereby appropriated from and after the passage of th-is aol. WVASHI*GOo, June 1ll.-In the Senate yesterday on Steamboat bil), Conkling gave notice that if tho bill should be talken up lie would spea1U at least 2 hours against it. Blaii and tvorton urges the importance of passing the billtat this session,-motioil to take it up was lost.. Yeas 23; nays 25, and so the steamboat bill failed in the Senate. Failure in the H'ouA of the bill allowing tug and fricight boat. to carry additional steam was reported yesterday. -Navigation laws remain unchanged. The White IHouse is vacant, the 'ocoupants have gone to Long Rranoh The Herald's Washington Dispstol 'says the iailure of thie treaty. o Washing ton so fair a. it relates t the Alabama Claims-is-at last oonced ed by the President. Schenok and Banooft Davis ar instruoted to pay no attention t 'British suggestions or propositions fo compromse 1eV6nd what supplamen tat article approved by the Senate, The Change the People Long for. There Is a feeling abroad in the land in'favor of a change. "it is coming, It is Is.the air." 'Ie peo ple have had too much of personal and military. government ; th6o much bull-pup and brother-in-law rule , too much cigar-stump state mship and horse-stable diplonacy ; too much Leetand stockiog ; too much official robbery and plunder ; too many do. faleations ; too'long a continuance of the reign of hato between the sections of our common country ; tog much military camp at.the Federal capital ; too long a rule of rascality and oar pct-baggory over the op pressed 'and plundered South. A bove all, the country demanda some action on the sentiment "Let us have peace." It demands an end of bayonet rule-an end of usurpation-of open violations of the Constitution-laws authorizing the President to suspend, at his own dictatorial pleasure, the.sacred right Af the writ of habbas corpus in any State until after the Presidential election. The people demand an end of this high-handed prostitution of the Gov. ornment to the selfish purposes of a low and base wian, who seeks only the unlimited increase and perpetua tion of his own power I The country demands a change. The people call, with Horace Greeley, for lucal self-government, and not cen tralization," they demand that "the civil authority 'should be sapreme over the militaryf that the writ of habeas corpus shbogjd'be jealously up. held as the safeguard of personal freedom ; that there shall be no fed eral subversion of the internal polity of the several States,' It is the feeling of the people, irre. spective of parties, that, in Mr. Gree ley's eloquent words, "the masses of our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp hands across the bloody chasm wbieh has tm long dii. vided them, forgetting that they 'have been enemies in the joyful cowciotrs noss that they are and must hence forth remain brothers," There Is to be an end of horse statesmanship and bull-puppery, and the people are ready for the welcome change.-liarford Tines. Grant Renominated. The Philadelphia convention, as all who, have watched it& manufacture, have expeeted,has renonvinated Grant. The President just as much owned the convention as though it had been an other pres-ent, as indeed it was, from office holders, There i& not now, nor was there ever, the least enthwiasmn for Grant among the people. The Great offioe holder and Office seeker has simply been nominated by a con vention of cfce-holdera and office seekers, We repudiate the nomina tion, and believe it will meet with a defeat more thorough than has ever been experienced by a presiden4ial ticket. It's success would be a victory of all that ie selfish, mean and degrading in politicA. The influence of Grant upon publie and private morality has been great and pernicious, but we trust not so wi.de-spread as to thor oughly vitiate the sonscience of the people. The election of Grant would strengthen every incompetent, reck loss, dishonest adventurer and sealla wag who has been li'fted into plane and power by the socisl and pelital upheaval incident to reconstruetion in the South.. Such wretches wou-ld feel themselves backed up- by the success of simi'la, elements in the North, and some- who' are' now quaking in view of a speedy and deserved retribution would be encouraged to sturdy effort for a retentiou of their aseondency,. it may be that the developments of' the next sixty days willi convince thme Republican party of the necessity of presenting another candidate.- If we are obliged to choose between Grant and G'roeley, will unhesitatingly sup. port the latter, as a better man and a better Republican. Shouldl the Demaeoras make a stra' ht nomnina tion our ourse will probably be af fected by it.-Beufor-t Repubitcem. Ihe Ilteat Stomian the Northwesat Further reptorts- of the Groat storm: in Centr al . Ilo Thuireday night show impmense damage toe the treeu, erops, brisdges and fences. *.Cell~ars were fluood,.4 iies of the Chioago and Burlington road and many of ?es bridges wera swept away,- the entire bed of the Toledo and WVabash was seriously damaged, and the town of Hilton was almost enthrely subnaerg ed. By the tornado whioh swept over Degraft and Quincy, Ohio, there was also Immee loss of property. Ettaek on Unlied Stalt Marshail. A conflict occurred in'rNew Yor-k on Th~mursdag between tho. United States MarshaZ~. forces and the 8beriff's of r fiere Qver some goodp Ae' mArshal beld under a warrant in baunruptcy from~ Judge- Blatchford.. A deputy marshM was beaten, oyerpoweredr and r' the goods taken awny. The United States authorities willf nedigati the r case. Economy inManure, It should be a cardinal principle I with every farmer to coonomise his manure, Upon this depends his sue oess, and without It, hie labors must to a very great extent, be without rofit it not attended with absolute If it is necessary to have the barn yard on a hillside, it is equally neces. sary to have the lower side of it pro. teoted by a wall, or some arrange. ment by which escape of liquid ma nure may be prevented. It is almost equally important to have a spout to convey rain water from the room of the barn in some other direction than immediately through the barn lard. It is bad enough that the manure heap should be exposed to rains which fall directly upon it, without adding to it the droppings from the roof of the barn, If such improvident farmers were to behold the actual value of the fer tilizing material thus lost, rolling from their purses in the shape of dol. lars and cents, how energetically would they labor to prevent this waste. The loss of a single dollar would stir them up to a greater nativity than the direct waste of a hundred times that amount in form of liqiud mannre. Year after year, silently and steadily, the golden stroams are flowing from their purses. Tell them of their error, and they acknowledge it, but rarely does it happen that, being re. minded of it in a friendly manner, they make a single effort to correct it. How many are there who, after a lifetime of unremitting toil,.find them. selves no richer in lands or money than when they began 1 They cannot explain the reason. Other causes may have led to such discouraging results, but if the drain of liquid manures from their barnyard had been checked when they began farming, very many of these unsuc cessful ones would have been as pros orous as their more provident neighbors. Every farrmer subscribes to this he knows it well ; but thinks he can do better, "under the circumstances," than to let it go. He thinks, if he had convenienees, he would like to try the effects of liquid iinure ; but "everything wants doing first," and it gets neglected ; or if he had any vege table refuse at hand which he could haul to soak up the 'waste liquid, he would do that, but such waste he has not. 'ow, one of the very best things to soak wp manure is common clay, It will pay any farmor well to haul clay to his barnyard for its absorbing pro perties. Wien this cannot be had the washing of roadsides, cleaning of ditches, or anything that comes to band may be used instead. Theae are many otLer more com plisated ways of "making manure"' by chemical ingredients, but this a sim. ple one, whieh every one eatn under stand. Al it wants is the command oflabor, and this is the main point, in which so many farmers err. ot to "employ much," but to do all possible onesself, and let the "rest go,"' is the general plan., 'fho farm er [forgets that when he buys a ton of guano, he Phas emplo-yed sailors, ship owners, commission merchants, and many ethers. It is not so much whait is made, that leads to riches ;:and how to Ieeonomiz'e, iw one of the seoreta of be eoming a rich farmer. ifow a Camel Goes Through the Eye of a Needle. The passage from the New Testa ment, "it is easier for a camol,"' ete, has perplexed- many good men, who have read it literally. In oriental ci'ieu there' apa- in the large gates small and very low apertures, called metaphorically "needle's eyes," jtist as we talk of windows on ship board as bul' eyes)' These entrances are too narrow for a camel. to pass through in the ordinary manner even if unloaded. When' a loaded camel huns to pass through one of these on. tr ances It k neels down,. its load is re moved', and then it shuffles through on its knees'.. "Yesterday," writes Ibady Duff Gordon, from Cairo, I saw a eamel go through the eye of a needle ;-.that is, the low arched door of an inclosume.. He must kneel,, and bow th4 head, to creep through ;. and 'thus the rich. man must hum ble him solf. Tonnie C. Claflin having failed to secure the election to the Colo nelcy of Fisk's regiment, the Ninth a New York, has been ohosen to coni mamd the Veteran Guardsr a colored -organisation, and has accepted. This t command has boon in existpnoe two a years, and numbers acout one hunA I dred and fifty members. Col. Claflin 4 will formally assume command on I Wednesday next.. .Mr. Sumner says lie hias stood by a the cradle of the Republican party, f but is not willing to, follow its 'hearse. Let him get out of the hack, then, *.and give up his seat.. We ,would rather attend that funeral that as to go to the 13onaJublee.---Coures y; -n~d . en. Iagstreefs Position. All uncertainty as to General Longstreet's position has be,.n re moved. He gees back on his Maroi letter In - favor of Grant aed comet out strong for Greeley. He stys -his letter urging the re-election of Grant was written under the erroneous im. pression that Grant agreed with hira in polities and was not responsible for the conspiraoy of the Federal officials in Louisiana to supplant the State Government, subvert the reconstruo tion laws, and set up a new and un authorized government. Grant's sub. sequent course, however with refer. once to Louisiana affairs,, hat, in General Longatreet's opinion, trawn an impassable line between them. Accordingly an interview -with Gen. Longstrect is reported in the Now Orleans Republioan, together with a copy of the resignation forwarded to Washington by the general when he gave up his office of surveyor of customs at New Orleans. In his resignation he put his decision on the ground that he could not co-operato with or approve the attempts of prominet Federal officers to break ddwn or interfere with the preroga tives of a State, "uuless it be by law ful measures and for the purpose of protecting the State in a a republican form of government." In stpting to the reporter that he was for Greeley, General Longstreet defined his post tion as that of a Republican, in favor of State iights and opposed to State sovereignty, which, though onfound. ed by many, were not synonymous but clearly distinct. The one in volves the rights of the States in the Union and under the Constitution as an essential safeguard against eon. tralization ; the other, the right of the States to quit the Union and be. come independent of the Constitution. As the praotical question now was, shall we change our form of Govern-. ment ? General Longstreet believed that the only way to hit the golden mean between centralization and dis integration was by supporting the Ginoinnati platform and ticket&.-. Loiu~ Republican. Ilumon of the Veto from Horted Greeley. ["An act to raiso revenue by im posing a duty of ten cents o' Guano."] COMb1EN TS NY TfE PnEsrDENTF. I return this obnoxious measirre without my approval. The man who intioduced it is an ass ; the men who voted for it are scheming British agents ; and the men who says this is not the -case are liar& and horse thieve&. I Judge that on an average every man, woman, and child in America, usea a ton of guano a year in some shape or other, whetirer as a farmer in Now York, Lousiana ; Colorado, Poduke, etc., in agrieultu. ralor as Charlies A. Dana, for edito, rial articles. We thus consume in round igurev, 40,00M,00@ tons of guano- anmually. The arbitrary and revolwtinary act which I veto to-day would thus impose a tax of four mil lions of dollars a year on our people.. With what effect T It would not stimulate the produation of American guano. American birds could not complete with pauper labor of birds in debauched and priestridden Cen. Oral Ameriea.. S am not quite oure ne to what I mean, or why it is not so, or what is which, but the man wbc spenike to the contrary is a hel.houed and. bribed by British gold,. & Relir-, We find among our papers th< following inimitable production el Uncle Santa Claus, long years agc when we were happy and: when Fate was kind :. &J' TIKIC CHrarxtV, D'ecumbier, l85Om .Dear Litle Buddy p-Y our good old Uncle Santa Claus has deposited some little things in your stocking. A liittle money-take care, don't rwallou it ;- some penoils-done't cat them' also, some other little tricks. B'e good boy,. wash your hands and face get your questions good, don't pestet your father for money when you set an apple wagon, keep your feet of nails, and try and keep head in th< new female College. INon't quarre with' your sister, norspeak cross t any oney nov kee p "nig ger Yohn'fron his work.. ~ather ohips for' a "eo foot,' and d'on't eat more than. you share of sausages. P'on1 wipe y ou nose on your coat sleeve, nor roil ii the dir,, nor ask to-go,-to' Mr.. 6. every f'ow hours.. Don't forget your mwama's laws,. Ner this advice of Santa Claus. Til Abbeville Taxes. A oorrespond'nt from Abbevill says: "Ouir Treadorer, Mr. J. F. C. Du Pro has made his first final settle mnet with the State :Auditor for the: laxe of 1871. Theret wore no forfeite lan ds i our .County fur 1868) l861 1870 or 18e7l. Mil moneys colleote for tages(. 8tate);and for license.. hav been paid over'to S'tt 'reasurei V%1qproporttou 'of nuka bons to th amnount of tax assessed,,was oexal of on. per oent." lby Is tile early grass lIke-a pet knife ? Because the rpring brinj unt all the blade. Rlcalth and Disease. We copy the following from the Boientifio American: We seriousl7 question whether there is one haaf of the diseases enu morated in any good work on the practice of mod iine, which the best practitioners dream of curing. They simply let these diseases have their course, taking care that nothing except the complaint shall obstruct tlhi pa tient's return to health. Nature does the fighting with the malady, the physi clan sees that it is a fair fight, and that the recuperative power of the constitution shall not encounter bad nursing, bad diet, bad air, nor the bad companionship of depressing men'.al influences. Physicians are beginning to know how little they know, which is a long stride toward national practice. They are gradually relinquishing their faith in drugs, and placing their trust more and more in the recuperative power of their patients. Leas, calomel, rhu barb and jalap, and more pure, sweet air, more good food and drink, more cleanliness and good companionship to prevent mental depression and dis-, couragement, with rest, are the med i. cinos now fast becoming popular, and they are gratefully received rather than rejected by the sick. The present state of medical science is the natural result of the general progress of the time. Old supersti tions are recognized in their true character through the light of modern scionoe. The microscope, the spec. troscope, the chemist's .paraphernalia, have given us some insight into the oction of certain substances when in troduced into the human system, that shows the belief in their efficacy to be unfounded. Empiric conclusions must hereafter be of that positive character which leaves no room for doubt, and though sickness can never be pleasant, the coming sick man need not fear that artificial horrors will be added to the couch of pain through the administration of nauseating medicines of uncertain value, and the dprivation of all external applianes. that can sooth and comfort and recon struct his shattered system. If lie is thirsty, he will have nice cool drinks.. He will have a nice clean bed,-wenl aired. His parched skin will be wash. ed with pure water. His roori will. be thoroughly, ventilated disinfected. Instead of depletion by blistering bleeding and purging, lie will bo treat ed to nourishing and easily digested broths and viands, and regard will be paid to what were once called his ab normal cravings and desires. A Beautiful Experiment. The following beautiful chemical experiment may easily be performed by a lady, to the great astonishment, of a circle at her tea party. Tako two or three leaves of red cabbage, cut them into small bits, put them into a basin,. and pour a pint of boiling water on them ; lot it stand an hour, then pour ofthe liquid into a decan. ter. It will be of a fine blue color. Then take four wine glasses ; into one put six drops of strong vinegar ; into another six drops of solution of soda ; into a third the same quantity of a strong solution of alum ; and let the fourth glass remain empty. Tao glasses may be prepare] some time before, and the few drops of colorleres. liqui'ds that have been placed iq them will not be noticed. Fill up the glasses from the decanter, and the liquid poured into the glass contain. ing the acid will quickly become a beautiful red, that in the glass con. taining the soda will be a fine green; that poured into the empty one will remain unchanged. B~y adding a lit.. tle vinegar to' the green, it *ill imme diately change- to a red, avd on add ing a little solution of soda to the red it will assume a fine green ; thus showing the action of acids and alka Ilies on vegetable- blues.-TJ'/c Mahtlo dist. A One Armecd Soldier's land Sold. At Treasurer Eichelberger's delinv quent tax sales on Tuesday last, the land of Gee. Stiefer was put up.. But it being announced by some per sons in the orowd that Mr.. Stiefer was a one-armed soldier and not able to pay the tax, certain gentlemen' present stepped forward and paiud it for him. So Mr. Stiefer's tax receipt (and '75 cents over and above- what was required) is now in the Adver tiser office, ready for him when ho comes or sends. We are also pleased to add that both Auditor Lynch and Treasurer Eichel''orger delitned to charge any cost commissions in the case.--Edgefield Advertiser. The following- curious advertise--. meat appeared in a New York paper: "Fifty dollars will be paid to any: * person who will in a short time, oo vert a sby, lowspeakinig man inga~ anl impertinent, loud talker.m "Good morning gentlere'' says, W brusque colperteur nidIt~Ing a rail way ear,- No, onee ordd "Beg pardon if 1: ba a l tio to c withdraw the lawg expresion~ Natur.'las writ ten a letter ofou it iial some men's ra-ces whieb I9 ho jS a~mot wher##9e' pr~r ed