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jiektrir Jjoetrg. j WOULD L j Do you think if I'd a baby, That I'd let him pull my hair .' < Do you think I'd put on collars , Just to let him soil and tear ? . Do you think I'd call it pretty . When he bites his little toe ? Yet I have known some silly mothers With their babies do just so. Do you think I'd set him crying Just to see his cunning frown? Do you think I'd set him walking Just to see him tumble down Would I call my baby pretty When he'd neither teeth nor hair ? Yet I've known some silly mothers With their babies think they are. Would I buy him drum and rattles Just to hear him make a crash ? I Would I watch hiin,most delighted, Break my mirror all to smash ? Would I smother him in flannels Just because his voice was low? Dose him up with bella donna? I Silly mothers treat them so. Would I think bis brow Byron ic Just because it was so bare ? And his head Napoleonic In its shape, though minus hair? Could 1 trace the marks of genius In his eyebrows, arched and low? Yet I've known some silly mothers With their babies think just so. Would I think my baby destined To become a man of men, And to govern and control them By the might of sword or pen? ' I dare say these noisy babies Play the very deuce?I know, And I've seen the wisest women With their babies think just so. ' gmaim pairing* ; Breaking up a Setting Hen. j "Timothy, that air yaller hen's settin' , again," said Mrs. Hays to her son, one j morning at breakfast. "Well, let her set," remarked Timothy, helping himself to a large piece of cheese, j "I reckon I can stand it as long as she can." "I do wish yon would try to be a little j equinomical to cheese, Timothy j I've cut the very last of my every day lot, and its ^ only the first of May. And now as soon as you've done eating I want you to go out and break up that hen. She's settting on an g old ax and two brioks now." "I hope she'll hatch'em," returned Timothy. "If she was set now. she'd hatch the fourth week in May. It's a bad sign; something alters happens arter it. Stop giggling, Hellen Maria, by the time you j get to be as old asyer mar, ye'll see further than you do now. There was Jenkins'folks, their grey top-knot hatched the last of May, and Mrs. Jenkins, she had the conjunction j of the lungs, and would have died if they ^ hadn't killed a lamb and wrapped her in ^ the hide while its warm. That was all that saved her." With suoh a startling proof of the truth and the omen before him, Timothy finished his breakfast in haste and departed for the barn, from whioh be soon returned bearing J the squalling biddy by the legs. 8 "What shall I do with her, mother? a She'll get on again, and she's cross as bed- w lam; she skinned my bands, and would be ^ the death of me if she could get loose." a "Iv'e heer'n it said that it was a good I plan to throw'em up in the air," said Mrs. Hayes. "Aunt Peggy broke one of setting, only three times trying. Spose'n you try it." h "Up she goes, head or tail 1" cried Tim, as he tossed the volcano skyward. "Laud-o-massy," exolaimed Mrs. H., r "she's coming down in the pan of bread g that I set out on the great rock to rise !? ? Tim, it's strange that you can't do nothing g without overdoing it." t] "Down with the traitors, up with the t] stars," sang out Tim, elevating biddy again, with something less than a pint of batter g hanging to her feet. c rvponinno ma rrnna a rid tcnca " *"V?uvu ^lavivuo uiwj nuow mux* n wwwj cried Mrs. Hayes, and Tim agreed with her, t] for the hen had come down on the well- j, polished tile of Eiquire Bennett, who hap- ^ .pened to be passing, and the dignified old gentleman was the lather of Cynthia Ben- j, nett, the young lady with whom Tim was Beriously enamored. The Squire looked daggers, brushed off the dough with his handkerchief, and strode on in silehce. w "Yes, but it's going up again," said g Tim, spitefully seizing the clucking biddy 0 and tossing her at random into the air.? g Biddy thought it time to manifest her indi- g] viduality, and with a loud scream she dar- t] ted against the parlor window, broke c through, knocked down the canary cage, c and landed plump in the silken lap of Mrs. a Gray, who was boarding at the farm house. Mrs. Gray screamed with horror, and J w starting up, dislodged biddy, who flew at j b her reflection in the looking-glass with an j I angry hiss. The glass was shattered, and 11< down came the hen, astonished beyond j h measure, against a vase of flowers, which | h upset, and in falling knocked over the j g stand-dish and deluged with water a pair of j I drab colored velvet slippers wbich Helen | b Maria was embroidering for her lover, Mr. | is James Henshaw. d Helen entered the room just as the mis- n chief had been done, and viewing the ruin i c she at once laid it to her brother Timothy. ! g She heard a step behind her, and the un- d fortunate hen she flung full into his face, j t There was a smothered oath, and the hen ' J came back with the force of a twenty-pound i ? shot. Helen was mad. Her eyes were nearly ' ? put out with the feathery dust and dough, j " and she went at Timothy with a true femi- 1 ^ nine zeal. She broke his watchguard in a dozen pieces, crushed his dickey and begau j. to pull his whiskers out by the roots, when j ( suddenly she remembered that Timothy had ; g no whiskers to pull out by the roots. t But when she came to look closer, she I perceived that the man she had nearly an- i nihilated was not Timothy, but James Hen- f shaw. E Poor Helen burst into tears and fled into : her chamber, the usual refuge for heroines ; t and James, after washing his face at the 1 kitchen sink, went home, sternly resolved i never to marry a woman with euch a temper as Helen Hayes had. ; { The hen, meanwhile, who is the heroine, < returned to the barn to establish herself on t the ruin of her nest, determined to set if the ? heavens fell. i Mrs Hayes soon discovered her, and she ? having heard that dipping in water would , i cure "broodiness,*' she set forth for the [ brook with the fowl in her apron. Mrs. Weaver, an old lady of very quarrelsome temperament, who resided near, 1 and wa3 at a sword's point with Mrs. Hayes, < vas j ust ooming to the brook for a pail of jvater, and spied the yellow head of the bird peeping out from Mrs. HayeB's apron. "There!" she exclaimed, "Now I've Found ont what puzzled me to death nigh about a week. I've found out where that yellow pullet has gone to. Mrs. Hayes, I illers knowed you was a wicked desateful woman, but I didn't think you'd steal." "Steal ? me steal ? who are you talking tl to, Mrs. Weaver?" 6aid Mrs. Hayes on her p dignity. fi "I'm talking to you, madam, that's who o I'm talking to ! You've stole my hen what 1 I got over to Uncle Gillies, and paid for in ii ol _i- - ?i n sassecgers. cue s a rem r/uiaiug. vmo her to me right here or I'll use force." a "She's my ben, and you touch her if you ti dare 1" t; "I'll show you what I dare !" yelled Mrs a Weaver, growing purple, and seizing the ill-starred fowl by the tail, she gave a a wrench, and the tail came out in hei hand, p The sudden cessation of resistance upset ti Mrs. Weaver's balance, and she fell back- ^ ward into the brook, spattering the mnd ti and astonished polliwogs in every direction. A She wa3 a spry woman, and was soon on e her feet again, ready to renew the assault, e "Give me my hen," she cried, thrusting v tier fist iDto Mrs. Hays' face, "you old hag n and hypocrite you 1" aud she made a second ci ?rab at the bird. t' The hen thought it proper to show her ? jolois, and uttering an unearthly yell, she lew out of the covert square into the face of t< Mrs. Weaver, which she raked down with n ier nails until it resembled the pages of a & edger, crossed and re-crossed with red ink. T Mrs. Hayes caught a stick of brushwood 01 xom the fence?Mrs. Weaver did the same, & md a regular duel would probably have ol >een fought if the bank had not suddenly T ;ave way and precipitated both the indig- t* iant women into the water. P1 They scrambled out on opposite sides, tt md the hen sat perched in an apple tree gl md caokled in triumph. 0' The ladies shook themselves, and by con- di ent went home. They have not spoken di ince. of The hen disappeared and was not seen 6 mtil three weeks afterwards, when she w aade her appearance with eleven nice yel- d< ow chickens. She found some other fowl's C? lest and had set in spite of fate. la But although not "broken up" herself, fe he broke up two matches?for Cynthia to Jennett was not at home the next time M 'imothy called, andHenshaw never forgave lelen for having such a temper. W of What Happened at Our House. hi BY PETER SPORUM, ESQ ol After we were married, well say about a tv ear, won mornin thar wusa terrible cooimo- P' hun in our house?ole wimmin runnin in 1 nd out, and finally the Doctor he cum; I ?as in a great flury myself, waitin to beer, I m ardly noed what to do, but arter awhile, w n ole granny of a woman, as had been very . issy about thar, poked her bed into the tl oom whar I was walking about, and ses. Ses she, "Mr. Sporum, hit's a gal." "What," ses I. "A gal," ses sbe, an with that she pops t0 er hed back again. * 01 Well thinks I, I'm the daddy uv a gal, m nd begin to feel mv keeping nicely?I'd m uther it was a boy tho' thinks I, for he'd * ;el nearer to me, as how he would bare tuy ame and there would be less chance for tl( Iporums to run out, but considering everyhing a gal will do inity well. Just then be old nuss pokes her bed out an ses Ses she ; "Another wun, Mr Sporum, a ne boy." Anuther ses I, that's rather rowdin things on to a fellow. She laffed and poked her hed back. Well, n< binks I, thisis no jokesure; at this lick I'll P ave family cnuff to do me in a few years, ut the Lord's will not mine, be dun. Jis then the ole she devil, (I always will 8t ate her,) pokes her hed in an 6es "Ses she, "Anuther gal, Air. Sporum." "Anuther what, ses I." '. "Anuther gal," ses she. "Well/' ses I, go rite strate and tell Sal I ?8 ron't stand it?don't want 'em?and I ain't tl( oin to hav 'em ; dus she think I'm a Turk ? r a Mormon ?or Brigham Young? that she'd o for to hav thribbs ? three at a pop ? dus . be think I am wuth a hundred thousand ? bat I?am John Jacob Aster or Mr. Roshile ? that I can afford to bav tbribbs, and lothe and feed three children at a time? I ?e in't agoin to stand it no how, I did'nt want ;m, I don't want 'em, and I ain't goin to ? -ant 'em now nor no other time. Haint I 1 in a good dutiful husband to Sal ? Haint kept in doors uv a nite, an quit chawin ov ^rbacker, an smokin sigars jist to please her? 81 aint I attended divine worship regular? aint 1 bought her all the bonnets and frocks e he wanted ??an then for her to hav thribbs 111 won't live with her, she coed better and m ad'nt orter dun it. She dun it with her >e open, an mus take the consequences. I ly idn't think Sal would serve me sich a trick ti o how. Have I ever stole a horse ? hav I ro ver done any mean trick, that she should le erve me in this way? An with that I laid la lown on the settee, and felt orful bad, and B be more I thot about it, the wuss I felt. | la Presently Sal's mammy, ole Miss Jones, j c( um in an ses. Ses she, "Better cum iD and see what j la >retty ohillun you've got " j e: "Chillun," ses I, "you'd better say a | tl vhole litter Now Miss Jones, I luv Sal u rou no, and have tried to make a good bus- tl )and, but I call this a scaly trick, and if si har is any law in this country, I'm goin to i d ee if a omen can have thribbs, aD make a ; nan take keer uv 'em." I aint agoin to j w )egin to do it ses I. | ci With that she laffed fit to kill herself, an j u ied any uthcr would be proud to be in my i s< ihoes. I told her I'd sell out mity cheap if inybody wanted to take my place. Well, ! tl he upshot uv it all was, that she persuaded IV ue I was all rong, aud got me to go in the it oom whar they all was. i f< When I got in Sal lookedso lovin at me, h tn reached out her little hands so much like a i poor deer helpless child that I forgot every t< hing but my Iuv for her, .and folded her up icntly to my heart like a preshus treasure, si ind I did'nt keer if she had forty uv 'em. 1 c Fis then number one set up a whine like a b roung pup, and all the balance followed.? si rhem thribbs knew their daddy. ? - ? h A Conundrum.?Why is an awkward n eliow like a pine tree ? Because he is ev- i 1 irgreen. ti jfarmeu leading. From the Rural Southerner. Important to Stock-Breeders. PRODUCTION OF SEXES AT WILL. What are the causes of the production of be sexes ? This question which has ooouied the earnest attention of physiologists rom the remotest antiquity, has been thorughly studied by Prof. Thury, of Geneva, 'he Swiss naturalist has demonstrated the 1?? In r-nlotlftn tn tVio nrnrinntinn Hi pin lauu lan iu leiamuu ?v ??w J?- ----?? ? f the sexes; viz : "That the product is Iways of the male sex when the fertilizaion of the ova ocoars at complete maturiy, and is always female when it takes place t a less advanced period." M. Thury has shown that the same law pplies to the production of the sexeB in lants; thus proving that it is a fundamental law, applicable to organized beings.? Vith regard to plants, it is only necessary :> state, that by the management of the inuence of external agents, the observer is nabled to produce the development of ither one or the other sex. Such obserations prove that the development of the lalesex is always related to those general auses whioh induoe a more complete mairation of the juices and a more perfeot deelopment of the organs of the plant. This fundamental fact M. Thury applies > the animal kingdom. It remained to x the precise moment at wbioh this pritary determination of the sex takes place, his might be before fecundation, or during, r after this act. According to the expedients of Thury, the primary determination F the sex precedes the act of fecundation, here is a very simple way of testing the uth of Thury's law. It is to select for exsriment a species whose ova come to mairity in succession, and that duriDg a sinle impregnation fertilize the whole series,of ra which detach themselves from the ovary aring a succession of days. We know, ineed, that, in oase of the hen, a single >upling suffices for the fertilization of 5, or 7 eggs, which it is about to lay, and hioh are arranged in her ovary in the or2r of their maturation. Now, in suoh a ise, if the theory is true, the first eggs id ought to produce males, and the other males. This fact in regard to hens seems ' be established by the experiments of M. [. Coste and Gerbe. Tn confirmation of the views of Thurv. t. Florens, of the Aoademy of Sciences, ' Paris, recalled an experiment which he id made thirty years ago. Aristotle had werved that the pigeon ordinarily lays ?o eggs, and that one of them commonly rodnces a male and the other a female.? [. Flourens wished to ascertain whioh of ie eggs gave the male and whioh the feale. He foand that the first laid egg alajs gave the male, and the seoond the feale. He repeated this experiment eleven wes in saooession, and eleven times in iccession the first egg gave the male, and ie second egg the female. It was easy to apply the preceding law the uniparous mammalia. In these the ram separates from the ovary at the comencement of the rotting season, and it ay be feoundated at any time during the hole period that the female contihoes in jat, and consequently when its maturajn or development is more or less admeed. If the fecundation takes plaoe at e commencement of the period of heat, a male is the result; if at the end of this iriod, a male. According to Thury, the life of the uncundated ovum is divisible into two peods: In the first of these it is, in prinoie, a female ovum, in second, a male ovum, he relative duration of these two periods, 5 suggests, may be modified bytheorganio ate of the female; whence would result a -edispostiion in some females to give birth one or the other sex. It will be remarked J at the theory excludes the male from all rcct agency iD the production of the sex; this being determined prior to feoundaan. We subjoin M. Thury's "Summary and radical Observations? 1. Sex depends on the degree of matura3U of the ovum at the moment of its fecunition. 2. The ovnm which has not attained a rtain degree of maturation, if it be fecunited, produces a female; when this degree maturation is passed, the ovum, if fecunited, produces a male. 3. When, at the rutting season, a single 'urn separates from the ovary to descend awly through the genital canal, (as in liripnno anironla if. ie anffinipnf fhftt thfi >/ ? - cundation takes place at the commenceent of the ratting season, to produce feales, and at the end, to produce males. 4. When several ova separate successivefrom the ovary during a single generate period, (as in oviparous and multipaus animals,) the first ova are generally ast developed, and produce females; the st are more mature, and furnish males.? at it is obvious that the application of the w of sexuality is less easy and more unjrtain in the case of multiparons animals. 5. Iu the application of the law to the ,rger mammalia, it is necessary that the sperimenter Bhould observe the coarse of le phenomena of heat in the very individal upon which he proposes to act, in order iat he may know exactly the duration and gns of the rutting season ;?this varies in ifferent individuals. 6. No certain result can be expected hen the signs of heat are vague or equivoll. This i9 scarcely ever the case with anitals living in the natural state; but it is jmetimes the case with stall fed animals. These conclusions are fully justified by ne experiments of M. George Comaz, of Iontet, in the Canton de Vaud. Under jstructions from M. Thury, he applied the )regoing principles to the management of is herd of cows, "and obtained at once, nd without any uncertainty, all the expec;d results." In the first place, in twenty-two succesive casc9, he wished to obtain heifers; his - ? ? AC tViA V /i 11 n? i t nn/1 k Ja IJWS WCIC Vi vuu uuumiii MI Gtvij uuu uu ull a pure Durham. He obtaiaed the deircd result in all cases. Subsequently, having procured a Duram cow, he desired to obtain from them a ew bull. Following the instructions of 'hury, the success again confirmed the ruth of the law. Besides this, he obtained six other halls, of a cross-breed between the Durham and Schwitz, intended for work animals. To sum up, Mr. Oornaz made in all twenty-nine experiments according to the abovementioned principles, and all have given the desired product, male or female; he <(has had no case of non-suooess." The application of these principles is direct, easy, and certain. Let our stock-breeders profit by this important discovery. "Natrium." Curing Meat. We take the following, which we consider reliable, from the Southern Cultivator. T? " 5- nnnniru no fn Mlo hfioK All ID 1U OUOTTC. IU au ? method of preventing the interference of insects: We submitted the enquiries of oar correspondent to our friend Col. I. Wilkerson, of this place, who is as well posted and successful! in oaring meat as any person we know in the business, and he gives us bis process in a few words : 1st. Kill the hogs early. Late cured meat is much more subject to the attaoks of insects than that cured earlier in the season. Meat should be fattened so as to kill during the cold spell that almost, if not always, invariably comes between the 15th and 25th of November. It is cheaper to fatten meat to kill at that time than later, and the curing is less troublesome and more certain. 2. Paok all your meat in casks of brine, immersing them all over, so as to exclude the air. Neither saltpetre or sugar aro required for caring, but can be added, if liked. Tbey will be salt enough in three or four weeks, according to size. Take them out and drain; smear over all the fleshy parts with a paste of syrup and black pepper, covering every exposed part; then bang up to dry in a light, airy bouse, ue certain to take plenty of black pepper?the red pepper is of no use The syrup is only employed to hold the pepper. Col. Wilkersoo showed us his hams, cured in this way, without smoke, which were laying in his store room exposed, which were perfectly sweet and sound. Boiling Food for Hogs.?At a meeting of the New York Farmer's Club, Prof. Mapes made the following remarks in regard to boiling food for bogs : "The proof of the saving of food by boiling has been given here; we may as well have it. Mr. Mason was a watchmaker in Camden, N. J., and among other fancies he liked to keep hogs. He had his hog pen built just back of his shop, so that he could sit at his window and watoh bis hog9 ? Every spring he bought some pigs and fed them through the season. Just opposite to Mr. Mason was the store of Mr. Van Arsdale, and every pound of food Mr. Mason gave to his pigs he bought at his store. At the end of six months be got bis bill from Mr. Van Arsdale, and he always slaughtered his hogs at the same time; so that he knew exactly how muoh his pork cost For several years it figured up at thirteen cents per pound At length some one advised him to boil corn. He accordingly got a large keetle and cooked all the food which he fed to his pigs. Then his pork cost him four-and-a-half cents per pound. We also had the experience of Mr. Campbell, which was about the same as Mr. Mason's. Henry Elsworth made some extensive experiments in the same thing, and his statement is that thirteen pounds of boiled corn, makes as much pork as thirty pounds of raw corn." To Make Cows Give Milk.?A writer who says his cow gives all the milk that is wanted in a family of eight persons, and from which was made two hundred and six ty pounds of butter duriDg the year, gives the following as bis treatment. It is oheap, and wortb at least a trial: If you desire to get a large yield of rich milk, give your cows three times a day, waI ter slightly warm, slightly salted, in which bran has been stirred at the rate of one quart to two gallons of water. You will find, if you have not tried this daily practice, that your cow will give twentyrfive percent, more milk immediately under the effect of it, and she will become so attached to the diet as to refuse to drink clear water unless very thirsty, but this mess she will drink almost at any time and ask for more. The amount of this drink necessary is an ordinary water pail full each time, morning, noon and night. Your animal will then do her best at discounting the lacteal. Four hundred pounds of butter are often obtained from good stock, and instances are mentioned where the yield was even at a higher figure. ? ? ? A Perfect Antidote for all Poisons ? A plain farmer says : "It is now over twenty years since I learned that sweet oil would cure the bite of a rattlesnake, not knowing it would cure other kinds of poison. Practice, observation and experience bave taught me that it would cure poison of any kind, both on man and beast. I tbink no farmer should be without a bottle in his house. The patient must take a spoonful of it internally, and bathe the wound for a cure. To cure a horse it requires eight times as much as it does for a man. Here let me state one of the most extreme cases of snake bites in this neighborhood : Eleven vears ago this summer, where the cafie had been given up by his physician, I heard of it, carried the oil, and gave him one spoonful, which effected a cure. It is an antidote for arsenic and strychnine. It will cure bloat in cattle by eating too freely of fresh clover; it will cure the sting of bees, spiders, or other insects j and will cure persons who have beeD poisoned by a low running vine growing in the meadows, called ivy." Darkness eor Fattening Animals. ! ?All animals fatten better in the dark than ' in the light, and this can only beaccountcd for by the increased quiet. In the dark the j animal remains perfectly quiet, while in tbe light the reverse is often the case. Some , kinds of stock which are the most irritable ; in confinement, as turkeys and geese, are i found to lay on fat best when confined in | the dark, and fed only at stated periods.? j There is no surer proof that a pig is doing . well than to see him eat his meal quickly, j and go to bed to sleep till feeding again. Germantown Telegraph. PROSPECTUS OP THE SUMTER NEWS THE undersigned proposes to issue at Sumter, S. 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H ESTABLISHED IN 1843. a V Volume 84 Commences January, 1866 J R D Monthly, per Annum, in Advunce, S2 00 Y Six Copies, in Advance, 10 00 ? M BY special arrangement with the "MARYLAND FAR- C MER," anotiicr excellent Rural Monthly, published hi Bal- H tlmore at $1.50, both papers will he sent one year for $3.00 G ?six of each for $16?lOof each for$25?giving each sub S scriber In this case, both papers for $2.50! M Address, WM. N. WHITE, G Athens, Ga. C February 22 44 tf L r. THE CHARLESTON COURIER. L C PUBLISHED BY L A. S. WILLL\GT09I & CO., jj CITY PRINTERS, NO. Ill EAST BAY, ? CHARLESTON, S. C. L TERMS: a! Daily one year, $10 00 B Daily 6 months, 5 00 E Daily 3 months, 2 50 U Tri-Weekly, one year, 8 00 B Tri-VVeekly, 6 months, 4 00 ? K7-The Proprietor of the Enquirer is the agent of the p "Courier" for Yorkville. He will take pleasure in for- q warding subscriptions. g July 19 13 tf v QOUTH CAROLINA-YORK DIS- |l O TRICT.?Whereas, WILLIAM NELSON, has ap- 1' plied to ine for Letters of Administration, on-all and sin- V gulnr the goods and chattels, rights and credits of AN- F DREW NELSON late of the District aforesaid, deceased. A These arethcrnforc to eltcand admonish all and singular. H the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and M appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said D District, to be holden at York Court House on the SIX- E TEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, instant, to shew cause, T if any, why the said Administration should not be grant- B ed. O Given under my hand and Seal, this 2d day of November, S in the year.of our Lord one thousand eight hundred G and sixty six, and In the ninety-first year of the Inde S pcudrnce of the United States of America. C F. C. HARRIS, O. Y. D. G November 8 29 2t II g COUTH CAROLINA-YORK DIS- g 0 TRICT Whereas R. S. WARREN has applied to S me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular B the goods and chattels, rights and credits of WM. N. L MERRITT, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. IV These are therefore to cite and admonish alland singular U the kindredandcreditorsnfthesaid deceased,to be and ap- Ii pearlieforcincatournextOrdinary'sCourtforthesaid Dis- C triet, to he holden at York Court House on the NINE- K TEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, Inst., to shew cause, if C any, why the said Administration should not be granted. 1, Given under my hand aud Seal, this 2nd day of November, Y in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- F dred and sixty-six, and in the ninety-first year of the In- S dependence of the United States of America. R F. C. HARRIS, O. Y. D. A Nevcmbcr 8 29 2t G QOUTII C AROLINA?YORK DIS- 0 TRICT?Whereas, R. S. WARREN has applied to me for Letters of Administration,on all and singular, the """Jj nimifnU rlirlua and credits of HENRY MER "I 1UTT, latu nt the District aforesaid, deceased. I These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and slngu- J lar, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to lie T and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the ir said District, to lie lioldcn nt York Court Houso on the u NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER instant, to shew tc cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be ai "ranted. ui (ii ven under my hand and Seal, this 2nd day of November, in they ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred V and sixty-six, and in the 9!st year of the Indepcn- J. dence ol the United States of America. F. C. HARRIS, O. Y. D. F November 8 20 2t S U 0UTII CAROLINA?YORK DIS- d 0 TRICT.?Whereas, II. S. WARREN, has applied to 3 tne for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, in the goods and chattels, rights and credits of R. NEW- s ELL MERRITT, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. e< These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singu- s lar. the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be fl and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for B the said District,to lie lioldcn at York Court House, on the ai NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, instant, to shew 0i cause, if any, why the said administration should not be u granted. Ulvatt under my hand and Seal, this 2nd day of Novem- _ her, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- -j dred and sixty-six, and in the ninety-first year of the Independence of the United States of America. J , ? F. C. HARRIS, 0. Y. D. r November 8 29 2t CONFEDERATE MONEY. 1 The following table shows the price of ;old for Confederate currency in Augasta, Ja-, at various times from the breaking out o the close of the war. The reoord was ;cpt by a broker long doing business in tbat ity: 1861. Gold Premium. For ?1 in Gold. nnuary 1 5 December 15 $ 21 00 uly 1 10 1804. Ictohcr 1 12 January 1 <9 21 00 ctober 15 15 January 15 20 00 lecomber 1 20 February 1 20 00 lecember 15 30 February J5 21 00 18*2. March 1 26 00 anuary 1 20 March 15 20 00 ;inuary 15 20 April 1 19 00 ebruaryl 25 Aprlll5 2100 ebnmry 15 40 May 1 au w Inrbh 1 50 May 15 18 00 larch 15 60 June 1 to July 15 18 00 ,pril 1 75 July 15 to August 15. 20 00 prll 15 85 August 15 22 00 layl 90 September 1 20 50 fay 15 93 September 15 22 50 unc 1 95 October 1 27 P0 For $1 in Gold. October 15 25 00 une 15 $ 2 00 November 1 26 00 .ugust 1 2 20 November 15 28 00 cptcmberl 2 50 December 1 32 00 fovember 1 3 00 December 15 35 00 1863. December 31 50 00 'chruary 1 3 10 1865. larch 1 3 25 January t 60 00 larch 15 5 00 January 15 65 00 lay 15 6 00 February 1 50 00 une 1 6 50 February 15 46 00 une 15 7 50 March 1 55 00 ulyl 8 00 March 15 57 00 uly 15 10 00 April 1 70 00 mgust 1 14 00 April 15 80 00 tugust 15 15 00 April 20 100 00 September 1 14 00 April 26 200 00 eptcmberl5 14 00 April 27. 300 00 Ictober 1 13 00 April 28 500 00 Ictober 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 fovember 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00 fovember 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 lecembcr 1 20 00 -Which was the last actual sales of Confederate notes. Vai.uk or Confederate Currency.?Annexed is a tale showing the value of "Confederate currency" in Unled States currency for the last four years?deputed from lie average monthly rates of the respective currencies, in old, at New York, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp duty upon documents executed duIng the late war is based upon the value of the conslderalon in United States currency, this table will be found very onvenlent in fixing that value. 'able showing the relative valcs ot "considerate" and united states currency for four years. dontu. 1862. 1683. 1864. 1865. Value In Value in i Value in [ Value in Average for Con. cur'y Con. cur'yiCon. cur'y'Con. cur'y month of of 91 in U. of?l in U. of$l in U. of 91 In U. S. cur'y. S. cur'y. S. cur'y. 8. cur'y. anuary ? 2.00 $13.50 $26.90 'ebruary 2.19 13.79 25.20 larch 2.93 14.57 34.90 ipril 3.23 . 12.33 lay 3.87 10.65 une 4.85 8.12 uly 6.89 7.79 Lugust 10.53 8.85 icptember... $2.19 9.71 10.56 Ictober 1.95 9,07 12.80 fovember... 2.29 9.90 12.55 lecember.... 2.28 12.60 18.26 To ascertain the value of a given amount of Confederate urrency, divide the number of dollars by the figures In le column opposite the date sought for, and the quotient rill be the amount in United Slates currency. OFFICIAL. 'OSTMASTERS COMMISSIONED IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO SEPTEMRER 15. offices. district. name of postmaster. luc West, Abbeville, Andrew E. Hawthorn, ireenwood, Abbeville, Milton Osboru. lOundsville, Abbeville, Edwin H. Bingham, onaldsville, Abbeville, Louis Peart stine. rinety-slx, Abbeville, Bazel McKnlght. lodges, Abbeville, Vincent L. Warren, .nderson, Anderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, elton, Anderson, Mary Strickland, lofiattsvllle, Anderson, Robt. A. Read. [oncy path, Anderson, iravia w. tiawtnorn. toresvllle. Anderson, John A. Jackson, ockoy Ridge, Anderson, Miss Elizabeth A. Hayne. hallowFord, Anderson, Mrs. Laura P. Palmer, ownviile, Anderson, James N. Bryson. /illiamaton, Anderson, Thomas W. Folger. I rib town, Anderson, James B. Smith, quality, Anderson, Mrs. Rebecca Mayfield. endleton, Anderson, Mary C. Hunter, adler'a Creek, Anderson, Louisa J. Shearer, iken, Barnwell, Geo. L. Reach. Vinson's, Barnwell, Jafus Woodward.^ ambcrg, Barnwell, John Dixon, arnwell, Barnwell, Elijah L. Sadler, lackvillc, Barnwell, Bernard D. Lange. lidway, Barnwell, Louis A. Burke. /bite Ponds, Barnwell, Miss O. L. Williams. raiiam'sT. O., Barnwell, C<Uol> J. Duwiuma. eaurort C. H., Beaufort, James R. Verdier. ort Royal, Beaufort, Chas. P. Brayton. llllsonville, Beaufort, Jobn Aunin. ouneau's, Charleston, G. VV. DcHay. ummervilie, Charleston, Sam'l Kingman, harleston, Charleston, Stanley G. Trott. t. Stephen's, Charleston, Herman Panzlarbeter. heraw, Chesterfield, Elizabeth Graham, hester, Chester, John McCoaghrin. lackstocks, Chester, John L. Cameron, idgeville, Colleton, Josaphine Cordes. /alterboro', Colleton, Henry Albrechu aitketcherB'ge Colleton, Abraliam Levin, t. George's, Colleton, Samuel M. Currie. disto Island, Colleton, Gustav Staeven. [aiming, Clarendon, Alfred F. Tremain. /right's Bluff, Clarendon, Thoe. G. Tennant. arlington, Darlington, James M. Brown." artersville, Darlington, Emoree W. DuBose. oves' Depot, Darlington, Matthew A Evans, lorence. Darlington, Charlotte Rouse, ocletyilill, Darlington, John Douglas, imtnonsville, Darlington, Francis A. Thomas, ydin, Darlington, Evander Lynch, artsville, Darlington, Stephen P. Jackson, dgelield, Edgefield, Edward T. Walker, raniteville, Edgefield, Robert Singleton. /Innsboro', Fairfield, Thos. A. Carlisle, idgeway, Fairfield, Wm. Carlisle, oko, Fairfield, James R. Kennedy, onguesville, Fairfield, Robt. G. Miller, reenviile, Greenville, James M. Allen, raveller's Rest, Greenville, Elizabeth Redfern. [arietta, Greenville, Miss O. Josaphine Good, hick Springs, Greenville, Mrs. Linna Smith, ighland Grove, Greenville, Mathew B. Fowler, owensville, Greenville, James C. Peace, andy Flat. Greenville, Miss Mary H. Fowler, [usk Creek, Greenville, M. E. P. Voungblood. eorgetown, Georgetown, Thomas McFeely. onwayboro', Horry, Jos. J. Richwood. lttle River, Horry, Thomas E. Dunn, arnden, Kershaw, Jos. M. Gayle. ancaster, Lancaster, Sarah J. Johnson, urctnn's Store, Lancaster, Thomas R. Magtll. aureus C. II., Laurens, August W. Kruse. linton, Laurens, Henry M. Martin, exlngton, Lexington, Mary J. Cimmons. ish's Store. Lexington, Levi Risb. eanerPond, Lexington, Cbas. Huild. tarion, Marion, Julius Brown. DaaaIa r\ Clnvil itllc Rock, Marlon^ Sarah Stewartf lar's Bluff, Marion, Margaret A. Williams, iullin's Depot, Marion, Rudolph Vampill. ritton's Neck, Marlon, John Heniy Rodgere. ffingbamSt'n, Marlon, John E. Morrison, lio, Marlborough, Julia A. Bristow. ennettsviJIe, Marlboro', Wm. F. E. Henderson, ewberry, Newberry, John F. Lagrove. omaria, Newberry, William Summer, rog Level, Newberry, David Klbber. rangeburg, Orangeburg, Thaddeus C. Hubble, t. Matthews, Orangeburg, Sallie J. Wiles, ances'Ferry, Orangeburg, Ransom M. E. Avlnger ort Mottc, Orangeburg, John Blrchmore. ranchville Orangeburg, Mrs. Amy Thompson, ickens, Pickens, Catharine T. Gibson, ickcnsville, Pickens, Alpha B. Howard.!; Palilalia, Pickens, Christina H. Isertcll. air Play, Pickens, Benj. R. Doughty, mold's Mills, Pickens, Wm. McMahan. unter's Mills, Pickens, Wm. Hunter. (lie Creek, Pickens, Mrs. Mary J. Robins, ucasville, Pickens, Marcus A. Margar. IgbteenMUe, Pickens, Lemuel Hendricks, able Mountain Pickens, Rebecca Reld. achelor'sR'tr'tPickcns, Grief Crenshaw, akway, Pickens, Mrs. Mary Sanders, now Creek, Pickens, Emory Moore, eorge's Creek, Pickens, James R. Spillers. alubrity, Pickens, Mrs. Mary Bates, olumbia, Richland, J. C. Janney. adsden, Richland, Thos. Cain. lopkins'T.O., Richland, Thos. Jenkins, partunburg, Spartanburg, Fredrich Haas, lenn Springs, Spartanburg, Robert Z. Cater, edar llills, Spartanburg, Frances E. Farmer, umtcr, Sumter, Wm. E. Duncan. Uhopville, Sumter, Henry W. Frazer. ynclthurg, Sumter, Clias. E. Spencer, taysville, Suinter, James E. Wltherspoon iiionvillc, Union, Wm. T. Sim. inisvillc, Union, Hezekiah Ward, ross Keys, Union, Miss Frances Sparks, .ingstreo, Williamsburg, Mary F. Gervlner. amp Ridge, Williamsburg, Sellna Shoekler. ynche's Lake, Williamsburg, Atnanda Mankein. orkville, York, Emily E. Alexander, ort Mills, York, Thos. S. Davant. mith'sT. O., York, Michael Duffy, ock Hill, York, Maria L. Rutland, ntioch, York, Ira Hardin, uthricsville, York, Miss Susan J. Guthrie, ew House, York, Henderson Whisenant. Artificial Legs and Arms, PERSONS who have unfortunately L Inst their NATURAL LIMBS can be fitted with AR1CIAL ones of superior workmanship and finish, by caller at the YORK DRUG STORE and having their measres taken, thereby saving the expense and trouble of going > the manufacturers'. A model may be seen at the Store, tid the following gentlemen who are wearingtliesc Limbs, ly be confidently referred to: Major J. F. Hart and W. H. Smith, Yorkville, S. C. ; J. V. Spearcs, Goudcysville, P. O., Union. Dist., S. C., and , C. Wltherspoon, Lancaster, C. II., S. C. Dr. JOHN MAY, Yorkville,S.C., Agent, or Richard Clement, Philadelphia; Weston, New York; outlieni Leg and Arm Company, Columbia, S. C. August 30 19 tf : 1 Ron PER YEAR ! We want Agents > W everywhere to sell our improved ?20Sewig Machines. Three new kinds, Under and upper feed, enton trial. Warranted five years. Above salary or large " >.? ....... i? ii.o rniinissions paw. i hc wn ........ tales lor less than ?40, which are full}/ licensed by Howe, ''heeler 4" Wilson, Grover 4 Baker, Singer 4" Co., and achclder. Ml oilier cheap machines arc infringements id tile seller or user are liable to arrest, fine and imprisnment. Illustrated circulars sent free. Address, or call pnti Shaw &. Clark, at Biddcford, Maine, or Chicago, III. .May 31 6 ly DAGS WANTED.?TWO CENTS Li per pound in Specie, will be paid for CLEAN Linen Cootion RAGS, delivered at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. STAMP DUTIES Imposed by Act off Congress to Take Effect August 1st. 1866. rPHE following is an Alphabetical list JL of the stamp duties imposed by the Act of Congress passed July 13,1056, and to take effect August 1st, 1866 r Agreement.?Other than those mentioned in this schedule (or any appraisement) for every sheet or piece of paper on which it is written, 5 cents ; appraisements of value or damage, 5 cents. Bill of Exchange, foreign.?Drawn in but payable out of tiie United States, it drawn singly or otherwise than in a set of three or more?same as inland bills of exchange or promissory notes. Drawn in sets of three or more, for every bill of each set, where the sum made payable shall not exceed $100, or the equivalent therof, In any foreign currency in which such bills may be expressed,2 cents; for every additional $100, or fracUonalpart thereof In excess of $100,2 cents. Bill of Exchange, inland.?Draftor order for the payment of any sum of money, not exceeding $100, otherwise than at sight or on demand, or promissory notes, except banl( notes and checks; or any memorandum, check, receipt, or otncr wruicn or prinicu cnucuic ui an auiuum or money to be paid on demand or at a time designated, for a sum not exceeding $100,5 cents; for every additional $100, ot fractional part in excess of $100, 5 cents. Bill of Sale.?Bills ol sale by which any ship, or vessel or any part thereof, shall be conveyed to, or vested In any other person or persons, when the consideration shall not exceed $500, sump duty 50 cents ; do., when the consideration exceeds $500 and does not exceed $1,000, $1. Exceeding $1,000, for every additional amount of $500, or fractional part thereof, 50 cents. Personal property other than shins or vessels, 5 cents. Bill of Lading.?For goods and merchandise exported to foreign ports, other than charter party, each 10 cents. Bonds.?Of Indemnity?where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon is $1,000 or less, 10 cents; where the penalty exceeds $1,000, for every additional $1,000 orfraclonal part In excess of $1,000,50 cents. For the due execution of the duties of any office, $1. Of any description other than such as may be required In legal proceedings, or used in connection with mortgage deeds, and not otherwise charged In this schedule, 25 cents. Certificate?Other than those mentioned, 5 cents. Certificate of Damage?And all other documents Issued by any port-warden or marine surveyor, 25 cents. Certificate of Deposit?For a sum not exceeding $100, cents; exceeding$100,5 cents. | Certificate of Profits?In any incorporated company, for an amount not less than $10, nor exceeding $50,10 cents; from $60 to $1,000, 25 cents; exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or fractional part thereof, 25 cents. Certificate of Stock?In Incorporated company, 25 cents. Charter Party?On any letter or memorandum relating to the charter of any vessel, if the registered tonnage does not exceed 150 tons, $1; from 150 to 300 tons, $3 ; from 300 to 600 tons, $5; over 600 tons, $10. Checks, Draft* or Order*? For any amount on any bank, broker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2 cents; for amount exceeding $10 on any person other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2 cents. cigar Light*?Made In part of wood, wax, glass, paper or other materials, In parcels or packages, 1 cent; in packages of more than 25 and not more than 50 lights, 2 cents ; for every additional 25 lights, or fractional part of that number. 1 cent. - ConfTccfi.?Contracts, broker's note, or memorandum*of sale of any goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents. Conveyance or Deed of Grant.?Where the consideration or value does not exceed $500, 50 cents; from $500 to $1,000, $1; and for every additional $500, or fractional part thereof, In excess of $1,000,50 cents. Entry of Good*.?At custom bouse, not exceeding In value $100,25 cents; from $100 to$500,50cents; exceeding $5o0,1 dollar; forthe withdrawal of goods from bonded warehouse, 60 cents. Friction Hatchet?Or Iuclfer matches, made In part of wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent; when In parcels or packages containing more than 100, and not more than 200, for each parcel or package, 2 cents, and for every add! tlonal or fractional part thereof 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the rates herein Imposed on friction matches, 1 cent. Lease.?Wbere rent Is $300or less, 50 cents; where the rent exceeds $300, for each additional $100, or fraction in excess of $300,50 cents; assignment oni lease, same stamp sis original, and additional stamp upon the value or caoaii? cration of transfer, according to the rates on deeds. (Sec Conveyance.) > Manifest Entry, Clearance.?Of cargo of vessel for foreign port, If tonnage does not exceed 300 tons, $1; from 300 to 600, $3; exceeding 600, $5. Meats, Fish, Fruit*, Sauce*, Jellies, t(c.?For and upon every can, bottle or other tingle package, containing meats, fish, shell-fisb, fruits, vegetables, sauces, syrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies, contained therein, packed or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sale, or removed for consumption in the united States, on or alter the 1st day of October, 1666, when such can, bottle or other single package with its contents, shall not exceed two pounds in weight, 1 cent; when such can, bottle or other single package with its contents, shall exceed two pounds In weight, for every additional pound or fractional part, 1 cent. Mortgage or Personal Bonds.?Given as security for the payment of any definite sum, from 9100 to $500,50 cents; exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000, $1. For every additional $500, or fractional part thereof, In excess of $500 50 cents ; provided that upon each and every assignment or transfer of a mortgage, policy of Insurance, or the renewal or continuance ot any agreement, contract or charter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be required equal to that imposed on the original instrument. Passage Ticket To a foreign port, If ot less price than $35,50 cents; from $35 to $50, $1; and for every addltlou ol $50, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $50, $1. Pawnbroker's Certificate.?For any amount, 5 cents. Playing Cards.?For and upon every pack, not exceeding 52 cards In number, irrespective of price or value, 5 cents. Policy of Insurance.?On any life or lives, where the amount insured does not exceed $1,000, 25 cents; from $l,U0Oto $5,000.50cents; exceeding$5,000,1 dollar. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding $10,10 cents; premium not exceeding $50, 25 cents; exceeding $50, 50 cents. Accidental Insurance Companies are exempt. Power of Attorney.?To transfer stock, bonds or scrip, to collect dividends, Interest or rent, 25 cents; to vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious, literary, and cemete ry societies, 10 cents; to sell or luase real estate, and perform all other actsnotspecified, $1; for any other purposes. 50cents. j. . . ' Probate of IFiill, or Letters of Administration.?Where the estate does not exceed the value of $2,000, $1 S for every additional $1,000, or fractional part In excess of $2,000, 50 cents. Protest of Note, Draft, l(c.?Or marine protest 8tc., 35 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, fc.?Not over 25 cents. 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; not over 75 cents, 3 cents; not over $1,4 cents. For every additional 50 cents or fraction thereof, 2 cents. Receipt.?Receipts for the payment of any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding $20, not b?ing for satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsement ou any stamp obligation in acknowledgment of its fulfillment, for each receipt, 2 cents. Provided, that when more than one signature is affixed to the same paper, one or more stamDs may be affixed thereto representing the whole amount or stamps required for such signatures. Sales.?Or contracts for the sale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver bullion and coin, promissory notes or other securities, when made by brokers, banks or bankers who pay a special tax, require stamps equal to 1 cent ou every $100. If there Is a fraction over $100, the same to be stamped at the full rate of $100. When made by a person, firm or corporation not paying special tax, (Or every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum of sale or contract must be mode by the seller to tbe buyer upon the sale or contract being made, and the stamps affixed thereto. Writ.?Writ 50 cents, where the amount claimed In a writ, issued by a court not of record, is over $100, 50 cents. Upon every confession of judgment, or cognovit, for $100 or over (except in those cases where the tax for tne writ of a commencement of suit has been paid,) 50 cents. Writs or other process on appeals from justices' courts or other courts of inferior jurisdiction to a court of record. 50 cents. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $100,25 cents; when exceeding $100,50 cents. EXEMPTIONS. No stamp duty shall be required on powers of attorney or any other paper relating to application for bounties, artear ages of pay, or pensions, or to the receipt thereof from time to time; or upon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to injury to persons while travelling; nor on certificates of the measurement 01 weight of animals, wood, coal or other articles, nor on deposit notes to mutual insurance companies for the insurance upon which policies subject to stamp duties have been or are to be issued ; nor on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note shall have affixed thereto the stamp orstauips denoting the duty required ; and whenever any bond or note shall be secured by a mortgage, but one stamp duty sbull be required to be placed on such papers ; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument in writing, or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof by attesting witnesses; nor to any indorsement of a negotiable instrument. Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon shall be of tbe highest rate required for said instruments, or either of them. Receipts by express companies for the delivery of any property for transportation are exemot from stamp duty. PRNXLTIE8. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument, document or paper of any kind whatsoever, or shall accept, negotiate or pay, or cause to be accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill or exchange, draft or order, or promissory note for the payment of money, without the same being duly stamped, or denotingthe duty hereby imposed thereon, $541; and tbe instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no eifect; or for counterfeiting stumps or dies, ?1,000, and imprisonment to hard labor not exceeding five years. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any bill of exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, $200. For selling proprietary cosmetics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, &c., without proper stamps, $50. OTHER PROVISIONS. Instruments are not to be lecorded unless properly stamped. No instrument is Invalid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary stamps,) is duly affixed. All official instruments, documents and papers issued or used by officers of the United States Government, or by the officers of any State, county or other municipal corporation are exemptIn cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used for denoting auv duty imposed by tills act, the person using or affix ing the'same shall write thereon the initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that tbe same may not again be used, under a penalty of $50. Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, not to be void where stamps arc subsequently affixed. Postage stamps cannot be used as revenue stamps. Any person may present to the commissioner of Internal Revenue any instrument, and require his opinion whether the same is chargeable with any stamp duty; and if the saldcommissionershallbe of opinion that it is not chargeable with anystamp duty, he is required to impress on it a particular stamp, with words to signify that it is not chargeable Willi stamp duty; and every instrument on which said slnmn la Imnn.ca,..! ahnll hn rooni.,o,l Ir. ? ..1,1....... I- oil courts, notwithstanding objections on the ground of such instrument being without the proper stamp. The part}' to whom a document is issued from a foreign country, or by whom it is to be used, shall, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps indicating the duty required. 1'roprlctors of cosmetics, medicines, or proprietary articles, may furnish private dies, and arc allowed 5 per cent, on ail purchases of $500 ; over $500, 10 per cent. THE STATE OF S. CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Darwin & Jefferys, t vs. > Attachment. Burrows, Blair k Co.,) WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on thel4tb day of March, 1866, file their Declaration against the Defendant", who, it is said, are absent from and without the limits of this State, and have neither wife, nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said Declaration might be served: It is, therefore, ordered, that the said Dcfendantsdo appear and plead to the said Declaration, on or before the fifteenth day of March, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, otherwise final and absolute judgment will be given and awarded against them. J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. P. Clerk's Office, York District, S. C. March 29 lyq