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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