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^n A RATTLING SNAKE STORY. "
A correspondent of the New Orleans
Oracent sends the following snake story
all the way from Rockbridge Alum Springs, t
Virginia: >
In my last letter I forgot to tell -a j
"snake story" which I heard while com- ]
ing along from the Sweet Springs on the ]
stage coach; a story which, like all snake r
stories, is strictly true. About half away
between the White Sulphur and the Sweet
there ?thred for many years an old Ool.
CroW, who kept, a wayside inn for travellers.
"Crow's was a famous place at one <
time, and no one journeying along the road ,
ever failed to stop there. The old Colonel,.
* was famous in his day for two thinks?the ,
excellence of his mint juleps and the tough.- ,
ness of his yarns. He would recite, by the .
hour, the most extraordinary and perilous !
hunting adventures, and every listener was j
expected to believe the stories impHcity. t
But to his snake story: .
"I have Bad many a lively time with rat- {
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llfiflnues, ne oseu w hhv, uuv wc uuiu- ,
dest fight I* ever had with 'em was up near (
the top of that farthest moan tain yonder. I
was hunting deer up thar one day; when '
I came across, it seemed to me, a thousand ,
rattlesnakes, all in a bunch. May be they ,
was holding a convention thar, or may be
a camp-meeting?but so many together I ]
have never seen before, though I've bin liv- i
' ing in these here mountains nigh unto forty
years. Well, I didn't mind rattlesnakes
in * general way, and I have fit and whip- >
ped a dozen of them many a time in one :
fight; bnt these here was too many for me.
They seed that I was scared, and they '
brake for me. I run, and they after me, j
hot-foot; but I soon found they was a gain- |
in' on'me, and sol tuk to a tree. I thought ,
? they would go away after a while, but, in- ?
stia of that, more kept comin; and sich a j
rattling and a spitten' as they kep up
no&Bd that tree I never heard before in my ]
life. After a while night begin to ceme
on,iut they showed no signs of leaving: so
I determined to git-down and try and fight (
mv way through 'em. 1 had ou a vsuit of ,
ciotiesmaae or dockbkio bbt bqu vui>, auu
I thought maybe they wouldn't be able to
1 stiflte through it to the skin. Soon as I
tefcChed ground they all flew at me, bat
sure enough they couldn't strike through
nry buckskin suit. All they could do was
to got their fangs fastened in it, and then
they couldn't pull 'em out again. I whips
out my pocket-knife, snd commenced cutting
the heads off of ill that had got stuck
ip my clothes, meantime gradually retreating
back towards home. At last they
gave it up, and went off up the mountain,
all rattling away like the devil. When I
got home how many rattlesnake heads doyou
suppose me and my wife pulled ont of my
clotmeS? Forty-nine, sir. Forty-nine rattle-snakes
had got their fafigs stuck in my
buckskin snit and I had cut their heads off.
Some people have said they didn't believe
this story, and have asked me to discount
a few from the number, but I won't do it,
sir. Because it is true?and people may
believe it or not, jest as they please. Now,
let's take another julep/'
? ?
Sectional Oxen.?A minister traveling
along a Texas road, met a stranger driving
~ ? httrragirm, whioh wag pulled hy fnnr r>ypti
As the minister approached, he heard the
driver say:
"Get up, Presbyterian! Gee, Campbellite!
Haw, Baptist! What are you doing
Methodist ?" . >
The Minister, struck with* the singularity
of such names .being given to the oxen,
remarked:
1'Stranger, you have strange names for
vour oxen, and I wish to know why they
have such names given to them ?"
The driver replied:
"I call that lead oxen in front Presbyterian,
because he is true blue, and never
fails'; he believes in pulling through in every
difficult place, persevering to the end;
and then he knows more than all the rest.
The one by his side I call Campbellite; he
does very well when you let him go on his
we$" until he sees water, and then all the
world could not keep him out of it, and
there he stands as it his journey had ended.
This off ox is a real Baptist, for he is all the
time after water, and will not eat with
the others, but is constantly looking on one
side and then on the other, and at everything
that comes near him. The other,
whioh I call Methodist, makes a great noise
ancL* great to do, and you would think he
was pulling all creation, but he don't pull
ajxrahd."
A New Englander, riding in a railroad
car, seemed particularly disposed to
- astonish the other passengers with tough
stories about Yankeedom. At last he mentioned
that one of his neighbors owned an
immense dairy, and made a million pounds
of butter and a million pounds of cheese
yearly. The story produced some sensa- ]
tion, and the Yankee perceiving that his .
veracity was in danger of being questioned,
appealed to a friend as follows: "True,
isn't it, Mr. P?? I speak of Deacon
Brown?you know Deacon Brown?"
uV-a?h " rpnliVd the friend, "that is. ves. i
I know Deacon Brown, though I don't <
know as I ever, heard precisely how many ]
pounds of butter and cheese he made a j
year, but I know he has twelve saw-mills '
that all go by buttermilk."
J09* An Irishman just landed in this
country, on a sharp frosty morning was run
at by a fierce, noisy mastiff, who threatened
to devour him; whereupon Pat stooped
down and seized a stone, with which he ex
? -A . 1*1 kffl aoooitont'a frnntis. I
jfJVUbCU JKI9WVU iu 1UO
piece, but found the stone frozen fast-??a
phenomenon utterly new to his experience.
"A fine land of liberty this!" soliloquized
Pat, sulkily, "where they let their dogs
loose and tie their stones to the ground!"
* Scare me Again.?A young gentleman,
or an elderly oner we do not remember
which, after "having paid his addresses to a
lady for some time, "popped the question,"
the lady in a frightened manner, exclaimed,
"You scare me, sir." The gentleman did
not wish to frighten the lady, and consequently
remained quiet for some time, when
she exclaimed: "Scare me again !"\ We
did not learn how affairs turned out, but
should think it was pretty nearly his turn
to be scared. I
jThe skipper of a sloop set Pat to ]
steer by the North star, while he took a nap.
But a cloud intervened, and the wind i
turned the vessel around so that when the
star re-appeared it was behind her, whereupon
Pat cried out to the captin, "Wake up
and give me something else to steer by, for
I'm past that.
^gwultal grjrartwriit.
From the Aiken Prto.
PR. WYLEE'S HYBRID GRAPES.
According to promise, Dr. Wylie sent us o
mother box of his Hybrid grapes last week. t<
Fhey had been some time picked before tl
;hey were received, and some of the berries si
lad begun to decay. The contents of the tl
>ox were as follows: h
rhirty-six specimens of hybrid Halifax and h
Delaware grapes, the cross produced in tl
1863?and the seedlings raised by Robert &
E. Guthrie, of York District: tl
There was remarkable uniformity among 5
;hese specimens, in size and color, most of u
ihem of medium size round and dark pur- a
pie. Some few, were light purple, and tl
iear the color of the Delaware. They would A
ill, with few exceptions, be considered good z
grapes, some with rich vinous flavor which b
promises well for wine, others juicy and tl
lighly flavored for a table grape. We had ri
;he benefit of Dr. L. E. Berckman's ex- tl
perience in their examination, and he was vi
lighly pleased with the specimens. We v
loted especially Nos. 17, 37, 38, 40, 58 b
ind 25, as very fine table grapes; and Nos. c]
io i An ? L. j ti
lo ana 2? as pruunsiug w ue guyu muc ?
grapes from their rich vinous flavor. Some e
were rather pulpy aud a few specimens were *
lot quite ripe. e
The following cross was also raised by h
Mr. Guthrie, from seed impregnated by Dr. d
IVylie, 1868: 01
F. Halifax. M. Black Hamburg. tl
Of this cross, six specimens were sent.? $
They were above medium size, except No. &
L. Most them were large, oblong, dark
purple?some larger than Black Hamburg, u
They would all be considered good grapes, a:
though in two or three of the specimens q
;here was too much pulpiness from the fruit k
lot yet being fully ripe. From their large j*
)ize and showy appearance, they would be t<
ine market grapes. p
The following specimens were raised by 3>
Dr. Wylie himself^. h
F Black HamburgfM Concord. o'
These seeds were impregnated in 1862. ^
Dnly.one specimen senfcj berry dark purple, ?1
)f large lize, oblong, ""fleehy and melting, tl
>ut not of best flavor. The leaf accompanyhg
shows the Labrusca parentage. "
F Black Hamburg, M Union Village, p
These seeds were impregnated in 1862. si
NO. 1, tne omy specimen sent, uerry very ~
arge, fully as large as Union Village, ob- ^
,ong, fleshy?not quite ripe, but promises h
;o be of superior quality, especially for a 8<
narket or table grape. Leaf shows the n
Labrusca parentage. - "
Sf.Fore? . J- Impregnated in 1800. *
No. 1, Berry small, round, black?flavor p
rerv fine, juicy and vinous. tl
Accompanying the box, was a letter from ft
Or. Wylie, of which the following extract J1
s given: N * * it
"Chester, S. C., Aug. 23,1867. ti
"I received all the within Halifax and 8J
Delaware Hybrids; also the Halifax and e'
Etamburg Hybrids from Robert E. Guthrie, d
vho resides fifteen miles from this place, 0;
;o whom I gave the seedlings to be cultivaed
and tested. The locality on which he
jlaced them is very flat, red loam, with stiff,
day subsoil. I visited him a few days since
md procured the enclosed fruit. I never 8<
jaw more vigorous healthy vines. Out of e'
lome sixty-six Halifax and Delaware Hy- 0
)rids, but two showed any sign ot mildew, 01
lotwithstanding the unfavorable soil. In
;hc early part of the summer, the season 11
,vas very wet, then dry and again wet.? n
Nearly every vine has borne this season,
nany for the first time; some very early, w
ind in succession on to now, and some wi11 ^
lot be ripe for a month yet. Some only S(
lore a few specimens; others quite full, par- a
;icularly the better kinds. The birds and ^
people picked over them so that I could not t(
procure good specimens of but few. u
I have been delayed owing to pressure of 0
iusiness from getting them sent off to you P
mtil I fear they are so dried, their flavor h
jannot be determined. The flavor of many d
if them was very rich when first pulled from 0
;he vine; some scarcely distinguishable d
'rom the Delaware; others in my opinion a
mperior. ^
I gave out between sixty and seventy a
Halifax and Delaware hybrids to Guthrie, ?
ind about twenty to another gentleman ; 11
;he latter has taken but little care of his,
still I believe they are bearing some; so I
lave abodt eighty of that cross taken from ^
me bunch of Halifax impregnated. I think
no cross will be found more vigorous, heal.1?
?a v
,ujc, aiiu piunuv.
I send a small bunch or two more of a
Clinton hybrid No. 1. Last week I pulled r
i bunch which I took up street and it M
weighed exactly twelve ounces. The first 8
rrape that colored in my lot was this; so 8
;hat it has been ripe for some time. It P
hangs remarkarbly well?provided not in- P
Lerferred with by birds, &c. I covered r
3ome bunches with thin muslin, but the ^
birds picked through the muslin and des- I
troyed many berries."
Yours, A. P. Wylie." 0
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COTTON IN ?GYPT. n
The production of cotton in Egypt was d
greatly increased during the war in this t
country; but the general agricultural pros- 1
pects of the country have deteriorated. So
* i i * _ _ i*
great has Deen the cnange in some pans 01 u
the East, that Egypt, that was formerly a r
food exporting country, is now compelled t
to import largely of provisions, and in some 1,
districts positive famine lias prevailed, in b
consequence of the substitution of cotton a
for grain crops; and in India also, it has c
been alledged that one of the elements in- t
creasing the late disastrous famine in that h
country was the planting of cotton in place t
of provisions. In alluding to this matter, a
the Charleston News remarks : "We are t
disposed to believe that the most telling g
competition from these competitors will be z
experienced, when the present growing
crop of the South gets into market, and we
have full confidence that with a proper ex- t
ercise of the skill and energy which our s
planters generally possess, they will in a *
few seasons become, as they were before 1.
the war, masters among the cotton produ- 1
cing powers of the earth." * jj
Ornament for the Parlor.?An ex- ?
change says : Suspend an acorn by a cotton c
thread so as to nearly touch the water in a a
glass vessel, a hyacinth glass is perhaps the c
best, set upon the window or mantel, and t
let it remain for eight weeks, more or less, f
without being touched except to supply the t
evaporation of the water, and the acorn will t
burst, and as it throws. a root down into i
the water, a sprout .or stem will shoot up- i
ward, throwing out beautiful leaves, thus i
giving you an oak tree in full life and i
health within your parlor. 3
fpffftlfownM
MASONIC BENEFITS.
We are constrained to draw the attention
f our cotemporaries and masonie orators
) the growing tendency of publishing to
[ie world details of masonic benefits. We
sarcely pick up a Masonic paper or address
tiat we ao not notice some mention about
ow some mason got out of trouble, saved
is property, or accomplished some other
iiing through masonic recognition. We
ssert before the world and Masonry, that
tiis iB wrong?wrong for two reasons:
'irst, it is an unmasonic announcement of
latters that do not belong to the world ;
nd, secondly, the publication of these
[lings can only be recognized as the military
ag at a recruiting station. It is the braen
and injudicious publication of masonic
enefits that have drawn within our Lodges
ae thousands of mercenary creatures who
iiBhed to our doors for no other object in
ae world than to learn the signs and words,
hereby they could reap some of the harest
of benefits so imprudently announced
y masonic papers ana lecturers, it is tins
lass of publications that sells about ninejnths
of the masonic jewelry with which
rery mere neophyte is covered; it if; this
hich caused about 999 members out of
fery 1,000 masonic soldiers, who were
ustled through lodge tents and lodge rooms
uring the war; in short, it is just this sort
f advertising which has nearly swamped
le masonic bark by being overrun with a
it of beneficiary pirates, who are ready to
oard any craft worth plundering.
What right has the world to know that
lasonic signs and words are of any use to
ny body r The more we look at this
uestion, the more we are compelled to acnowledge
that Masonry ha^been more inldiciously
advertised, and more pro9titu3d
to mere mercenary purposes, during the
ast six years than it was in the preceding
ix hundred years. Of coupse, we mean
,'gitimate ana pure Freemasonry, for the
utside French rites, invented by Raiasey,
[orin & Co., have never been anything
Ise but food for peddlers, and we ao not,
lerefore, pretena to interfere with their
jgular business of auctioning degrees; but,
i the name of Ancient Craft Masonry, we
rotest against the detailing of masonic
igns, etc. These publications are of no
enefit or information to the Craft; for a
lason, who has not, and cannot learn, all
is benefit in the Lodge, will never have
jnse enough to learn it outside. We do
ot want any recruits for the sake of the
bounty." Every man who applies at our
oor should come tHere to help Jheir fellow
reatures, and to improve themselves in the
ractice of morality and virtue. Let us,
len, unite, and correct this growing evil,
>r evil it is. We appeal to our coteigyjoiries
and our brethren everywhere to Km;
the bounds of publication. Let us culvate
the virtue of prudence, and for the
ike of masonic stability, let us frown down
irery resemblance of appealing for csndiates?let
them come unbiassed by friends
r mercenary motives. N
National Freemason.
THE GREAT STEAMSHIPS.
Forney's last letter to the Press has
)me Very interesting descriptions connecti
with ocean-steamers which may interest
ur readers. He writes from on board the
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:eamer rema, in miu-ocean, oepiemoer 1:
Any one who has ever felt like questionig
the fact that a locomotive engine is along
the marvelous creations of human
kill, should study the mammoth machines
hich propel immense ocean steamers like
ie "Scotia" and the "Persia." There is
emething awful in this ponderous iron antomy
as it throbs and sobs in the bosom of
iese "huge leviathans." You have only
> know that the engine of the Persia works
p to three thousand horse power, consumes
ne hundred tons of coal daily, and emloys
sixty-two engineers, firemen and laorers,
to form some idea of its enormous
imensiona and capacities. All this mass
f metal and of men, with seventeen hunred
tons of coal (at the starting,) is hidden
way from the passengers, who, however
hey may long to reach their destination,
nd watch the hourly record of ocean travled,
rarely take the pains of descending
lto the Plutonian caves to see andl.3tudy
he' stupendous triumph of human genius,
hich is driving a ship of three thousand
mr hundred tons through the stormy and
reacherous sea.
On my outward voyage, I frequently conersed
with the chief engineer of the Scotia,
nd it has not been one of the least inteesting
ways of lessening the anxious and
reary hours of my homeward passage to
tudy the tremendous "works? of the Peria.
And well have I been repaid for my
>ains. You have frequently, on shore,
assed a forge, with its great hammers and
ed flames, and half-naked men, looking
ike fiends cooking some infernal alchemy,
magine a fiery labratory like this, at ceaseess
labor day and night, in the bosom of
ne of these floating palaces, and you will
iave some conception of the perils of a
aodern steam voyage, and of the extraorlinary
experience and courage demanded of
he officers of a steamship like the Persia.
?he immense composite of wood ancl iron,
a which I am now writing these lines, rests
pon an under or outer plating of iron, not
aore than a quarter of an inch thick, and
he heavy engine itself whirls its remorseess
rounds and burns its unceasing dames
ietween these thin patitions ! I confess to
n involuntary shudder when the friendly
hief engineer reminded me, as I walked
hrough his subterranean quarters, and saw
lis men torturing the intense furnaces with
heir long tongs, and feeding these insati,te
craters with incessant feasts of coal,
hat we were within a second of the whales,
harks, sword fish, and other humane citi;ens
of the deep.
jJflT Paris has long been noted for eccenric,
not to say crazy', people. But it
eems the greater number of the most noiceable
of these have disappeared, a ad ony
one remains. He is called the Persian,
tecause he wears the Persian costume and
he Persian head gear in black sheepskin.
3e is a venerablo old gentleman, with a
ine beard, and is scrupulously neat and
ilean. He is passionately fond of music,
md is to be seen every night at one or the
>ther opera house, seated always in the very
test place. He is also frequently to be
ound sauntering on the Boulevards and in
he Clumps F.lysees, He has the reputaion
of being wealthy. Yet this man, though
n Paris more than thirty years, though he
s well known by sight to all Parisians, has
lever?never?Deen seen speaking to a livng
soul. He frequents the haunts of men,
ret shuns all communication with men.
$ot the %xmt Circle.
ANOTHER CROOKED PATH. *
What is it ? You will see. One day Ar- Q
chie's father sent him on an errand, and as o
it was some miles off, he let him have the 0
horse. It was a fine sunshiny morning, F
and Archie enjoyed his Tide. He maae t
the horse go fast or slow, just as he had a n
mind to, and the spring birds were singing ft
on every tree he passed. - His father tola
him not stop by the yay. So he went
and did his errand, and was trotting home p
with a merry heart, when he caught sight ti
of some boys in a farm-yard. ": ' Jj
And what should he do, but ride into the
yard, just to say "good morning"?that was ^
all.? The bovs-were playing marbles.
Archie watched them from his horse's back, *
until he got so interested that he slipped ai
off his- saddle and took his turn in the
game ; and He played, and played, until *
two hours were gone. ?
Archie wis q^uite frightened when he b
found how the time went. He jumped on &
Charlie's back, and away he went. But ?
nothing looked as pleasantly as before. The ?
fields were as green, and the slty as blue,
and the sun as bright, apd the birds as gay ;
biit Archie, was not happy. He was innocent
when he rode along in the morning,
and now he felt guilty. He had done
exactly what his father told him not to.
He had stopped by the way, all the while
knowing his father was waiting for-the errand.
"Oh, dear, what excuse can I make?"
thought Archie. Excuse ? why, none.
There was no excuse to make. Speak the .
truth, like an honeBt fellow. Pretty soon
Archie spied his. father coming down the
road to meet him.* His father was afraid
lest some accident had happened. "I am
glad you have reached home safely, my son.
What ha* det&ihed yon V' asked his father.
"I lost my way," said Archie, "and it
took me some time to .get right again." *]
His father, of course, believed him. He
had never caught Archie in a lie before.
He went home and said*the same thing to
his mother. Do you think he felt any happier
for it ? No, no, no. He was in a
crooked path, and you will never find peace ~]
there. He tried to appear easy and happy
but he was uneasy and miserable, and he
really did not look His parents in the face.
* He did not sleep well that night. Nok/Nz-Irr
olaane wall nn a 1!a TTaiUjI nr?f walfp
Oigvj^/O If VIA vu %m ??v? mv v?.v* mw* .?????
up bright. Nobody wakes up bright ona r
lie. He was not comfortable all day. No- *
body is comfortable with a lie for a bosom
companion. Do you think they are? 5
So it went on for several weeks, and Ar- ?
chie was almost forgetting it ; alfnost, I
said, for there was still a sore spot on his
memory he would never get over. By-andby,
the gentleman in whose yard he stop- 11
ped came to see his father. As soon as
Archie set his eyes on him, his heart beat
violently and he turned pale. - ~
In a. few minutes the man turned to Archie
and asked, "How did you get home
the other day, my boy ? Our boys had a
very pleasant visit from you." How do I
you think Archie felt ? Mr. Mann then
turned to his father, and said, "You must
let Archie come again. When he was there a
a few weeks ago, he only stayed about two
hours. We had hoped, he had come to
spend the whole day.".
There, it was all out. His father and
mother had caught him in a direct lie. Archie
felt so ashamed, so sorry; and yet he
had rather have it out than in. It was a
relief to have his parents know it, and to a
have their forgiveness. Nor was that all.
Archie felt that he had grieved his heaven
rr i .Y a */!_:! i*
ly Jfarent. ne anew inai "iymg npu are
an abomination to the Lord." An abomination!
Think how-God must hate, liars.
Archie felt troubled and humbled^ and prayed
God to forgive him this great sin, for
Jesus' sake.
Not a great while after, his mother sent |
him to buy her something at the shop. Archie
did so, but did not bring home the right
change. "Is this all the money, Archie ?"
asked his mother, looking him right in the
eye. "Yes, mother." "I hope, my dear
son, you are not deceiving me again," she
said, Archie was honest this time, and it
almost broke his heart to be thus suspect- '
ed; yet he felt it was just, and went away
sorrowfully.' These are the consequences
of falsehood. It is a crooked path, and
hard to get out of. A liar cannot be immediately
believed. It takes time to restore
confidence in his word, even when he
speaks the truth.?Child's Paper. ,
WE CANNOT GO BACK.
It is a -solemn thought that we oannot
go back, but we can only go forward. We ?
cannot recall the past. What has been si
done has been done forever. It is record- n
ed in the book of God's rememberance as o
an accomplished fact, and is more enduring ?
than if notched in the everlasting rocks. u
"I wish I had never been born," said ?
David Brainard to his mother, when he
was an impenitent lad, wrought upon by &
the Holy Spirit. "I wish I had never .been ?
born!"
"You are born, David," was the moth- h
er's calm reply; which remark only sent
the arrow of conviction yet deeper into his "
soul. . f
"You are born ;" it is now too late to .
help it; you must live, and live eternally;
the only question is, where you will live,
whether you will live with Jesus in heaven
or with lost spirits in perdition!
Yes, reader, we cannot go back. Hav- ti
ing set our feet down upon existence, there r
is no arresting our progress. We must e
move onwards either up or down. Which n
shall it be ? Shall we mount up and re- p
joice in light and glory, or sink and wail in J]
the blackness of darkness ? v
Believing.?It is related of Napoleon o
that when Marshall Duroc, an avowed infi- .
del, was once telling a very improbable
story, giving his opinion that it was true,
the Emperior quietly remarked: "There
are some men who are capable of believing
everything but the Bible." 'Jliis remark
finds abundant illustrations in every age.
There are men all about us, at the present
day, who tell us they cannot believe the
Bible; but their capacities for believing
everything which seems to oppose the Bible
are enormous. The greediness witn wmcn
they devour the most far-fetched stories?
the flimsiest arguments?if they only ap,
pear to militate against the word of God,
is astonishing. *
Speak in commendation of. every f
1 one who is true to truth, even though he .
' be an adversary and hate thee.
' WST Before you speak of the absent, ask
, vouself the three following questions: Is 1
it true ? Is it useful ? Is it kind ?
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Being now supplied with the ^
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And a fine assortment of jfi
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A]
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fa
OUff TING-HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1867. fa
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10 11 12 13 14 15116, 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 ^
17 18 19 20 21 '22 23j 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 ??
24 2528272829 30 22232425202728 at
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21 22 23 24 25|26 27! 20212223242526
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5 0| 7 8 9; 10 11} 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J
12 13114 15 10'17 18 10 11 12 13.14 15 10 *
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20'21 22 23 01
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9 10 11 12:13(14 15; 8 9 10 11 12 18 14 w
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23 24 25 26,27 28 29; 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ?
30 |...!...|...l 29 30 31 cc
THE NEW F
VEEO FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, ?
Styled F. F., or Family Favorite.'
rHE WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPA- ,
NY, in addition to their well-known and highIr
appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, are
ow introducing their New Drop Feed, or F. F.
lachine, confidently asserting that it is the most
Imple, durable, compact and beautiful piece of
lecnanism ever presented to tbe public. ?
It not only retauis the principal essential points g
f the former, but combines with them the many
nd desirable advantages which render a positive _
>ur motion feed so admirably adapted to light "
imily sewing, and at the same time capable of excuting,
with the most unerring certainty and pre- 1
ision, all the heavier grades of ordinary work. J
Principal Agencies : 013, Broadway, N. York. lD
49, Washington street, Boston, 102, Washington
treetL Chicago. 1315, Chesnut street, Philadel- ?r
liia, Jfa., and sola at inost large uusiness venires.
pS- Local Agents wanted everywhere. Jr
The Weed Sewing Machine was awarded the
jghest medal at the Paris Exposition, July, 1867. j1
September 20 22 0m >
TO PRINTERS. ??
rHE undersigned offers for sale the Printing &
Material mentioned below: cheap for Cash.?
24 lbs Leads?cut to 14 ems Pica.
150 Advertising Rules?cut 14 ems Pica. _
47 Brass Dashes?cut 14 ems Pica. ?t
23 Parallel Cross Rules?cut 14 ems Pica. ' _
13 Double Cross Rules?cut 14 ems Pica. ~ ft
G "short" and 0 "long" Column Rules. Also, ;*
tie "Head Rules" formerly used on the "Enquier."
One30-inch roller mould, in good order, and sev- 90
ral book, newspaper and Job chases. The roller
lould will be sold for 915.
Also, one 8-inch Screw Standing Press with 800
aper and 10 wooden boards. The Press, etc., is P1
a good order, and will be sold as it stands?for one _
undretj dollars in cash. Cost 9140 previous to the
rar.
Also, 350 lbs Nonpareil?but little used?at 40
ents per pound. L. M. GRIST. "1
September 12 20 tf Jj
TH E BEST TONIC IS l*SE. ^
MANUFACTURED BY ^
T>r, O. F. Panknin,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
January 24 39 ly*
RAGS WANTED. J
PWO CENTS per j>ound, IN SPECIE, will be 26
JL paid for all CLEAN Cotton or Linen RAGS
ieiivered at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ?
August 1-14 tf
INDIGO. J]
rrr ARRANTED to be good. For sale by cs
It t. M. DOBSON <5c CO. tr
August 29 18 tf
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
[1HE following taiMe shoWMbe price of geld for
L Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at va3us
times from the breaking out to tfcecloae of
e war. The record was kept by a looker long
?ing business in that city:
186L Oold Premium.'ffoo
amaryl . 5 December 15 .f 2100
ily 1.....-*.10 1864. * ;
jtoberl 12 January 1 4 2100
itober 16 16 Jan nary* 15-...--- AO 06
ecember 1.. 20 February 1 20.00
Bcember 16 30 February 16-.... 21 00
1862. March 1 2|4a
muary 1 20 March 16. ffljro
tnuary 15 :. - . 20 April 1.. 00
sbruaryl 25 April 16 21 Oo
BbruarylS ? 40 May 1-..........? 20 00
archl ......... 60 May 16 18 00
arch 15 - 60 June 1 to July 16 18 00
pril 1...: 75 July 15to Aug. 16 20 00
pril 15 85 August 16 i. 22 00
ayl 90 September 1....... 20 M
ny 15 95 September 16..? 22 00
27 00
For $1 in Gold. October 16? 26 06
ane 16- .$ 2 00 November 1...-. 20 00
ngust 1 2 20 November 15? 28 00
ml?mhflr 1 2 AO December 1 82 00
ovember 1 3 00 December 15...*. 86 00
1863. December 81...... 60 00
ebruary 1 8 10 1865. .*
arch 1 _ 3 25 January 1* 60 00
[arch 16 5 00 January 15......_ 66 00
Lay 16 ...... 0 00 Febnuuy 1 60 00
ane 1 .... 6 60 February 16* 46 00
ane 15 7 50 March 1?.... : 65 00
aly 1 8 00 March 15...... 57 00
aly 16 10 00 April 1 70 00
uguatl....*; ;.. 14 00 April-16.* *" 8060
ugust 15.....'. ?15 00 April 20*.*...** . 100 00
iptember 1 14 00 April 26..... 200 00
mtember 15 ... 14 00 April 27 300 00
nober 1? 18 00 April 28...,...;..... 600 00
itober 16...*........'12"60 April 29v..... 800 00
ovember 1 13 00 April 80 *....1,000 00
ovember 15 15 50 May 1..... ...1,200 00
ecember l.v. 20 00
Which waa the last actual sales of Confederate
)tea.
ALUT3 OF' CONFEDERATE CURRENCY,
i 2s~ NE X E D is a table sho win g the value of "Con I.
federate currrenoy" in United States currency
r the last four yeara?deputed from the average
on thly ratoaof the respective currencies,-!]! gold,
New York, Richmond and Augusta.
As the rate of stamp duty upon documents excited
dating the late war is based upon the value
' the consideration inUnited Statee currency, tU?
ble will be found very oonvenient in fixing that
due.
LBL? SHOWING THB KELATTVB VAXUJC 07 "CXWSD8RATB"
AND P. S. CPBMMCT FOB TOUB YHAB8.
MONTH. 1862. 1868. 1864. 1068.
(Value In Value in Value in Valueln
?._M - Con. cur- Con.cur- Con.cur- OonctfrnoSHof
iir?0?. s' is??, 2f
~ fim u.o. fuuu<o. fiui vio.|fuiivio
cur'oy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy.
in nary..... - 12.00 *18.50 *28,00.
sbruary 2.19 13.79 2&20
arch 2.98 14.57 84.90
pril ......... 8.23 12.83
ay .... 8.87 10.65
me ......... 4.85 K12
ily....u 6.89 -T.79
ngoat ........ 10.68 &85 H;
iptember.. *2.19 9.71 10.56
!tober1.95 9.70 12^0 .........
ovembor.. 2.29 ' 9.90 12.65
aoember... . 2.28 12.60 18*26
To ascertain the value of a given amount of Conierate
currency, divide the number of dollars by
e figures in the column opposite the date sought
r, and the quotient will be the amount iff United
ates currency.
E.R. STOKES,
300K - BINDEB,
AND
BLANK-BOSK MANUFACTURER,
Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store,
MAIN ST., COLUMBIANS. C.
(LANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Paged
and Bound in the best Possible Manner, with
.ied Headings when required. The attention
Clerks, Sherifib, Ordinaries, Commissioners in
ufity, Railroad Officials, ana all public ofB6era
particularly invited.
AjSrge stock of BLANK-&OOK PAPE&, of the
ast Quality, always on haqd.
Special attention given to.the binding of Music,
d Books and Files, and all other work In plain
ornamental style.
Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with
e, will save money, as I am prepared to do work
a very small advance on New York Prices.
My business motto is "Promptness, Economy,
id Substantial Work."
E. R. -STOKES, 'Columbia, 6. C.
November 29.1868. 82 tf
THE OHEOHICIS AVD SHTOTBL.
JUBLISHED Daily and Weekly In Augusta,
Ga., is the oldest newspaper In the State. Efeblished
in 1794, it has ever since that time been
le of the leading papers in the South, and it still
aintains its place in the front rank of Southern
mrnals. ' Ably
edited and the chosen medium through
hichthe master minds of the State address the
jople, its value as a conservative political paper
second to none, while its numerous and reliable
^respondents make it a first class NEWS AND
AMILY JOURNAL.
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August-15 16 tf
HE CHARLESTON MERCURY.
RHE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it
L has ever been, a true Carolina paper, In the
inds of Carolinians, and an exponent of the prefiling
sentiments of the people.
As an advertising medium it oners advantages
tat cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation exnds
throughout the -whole South as well as
trough the Northern and. North western States,
id is rapidly and steadily increasing.
THE MERCURY contains all the latest politi1,
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ana attractive form, and will be found to
) all that it claims?a live Southern newspaper.
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R. B. RHETTABRO.
F. W. DAWSON, Asa'ftant Editor.
March 28 48 tf
TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
York District.
ewis M. Grist, vs. Seth W. Fowle A Co.?Iw thx
Common Pleas.?Attachment.
XT HERE AS, the Plaintiff did, on the 9th day ,
r f of February, 1867, file his declaration against
e Defendant, who, (as it Is said) Is absent from
id withont the limits of this State, and has neter
wife nor Attorney known within the limits of .
e same, upon whom a copy of the said decl&ram
might oe served. It is, therefore, ordered,
at the said Defendant do appear and plead to the
eclaration filed against him, on or before the 3d
ly of March, which will be in the year of our
ord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
herwise final and abeolute judgment will be
ven against him.
J; F. WALLACE, c. 0. C. p. a 6.8.
Clerk's Office, York District, S. C.
March) 7 ; " 54 45 1 lyq
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January 3 38 tf
PARISH AND LAWJORE,
Chester* 8. GS^
l /?" ANUF ACTURERS and Dealers in NEW and
fi-SECOND HAND FURNITURE, Lookinglass
Plates for Bureaus, (fee.
Constantly on hand COFFIN MATERIAL, oi
tebest quality. They are prepared to furnish
3FFINS at a few hours'notice. Cane-Seat Chairs
e-Bottomed. l_
pFShop and Ware-Room in the old Thespian
all, over Heyman's Store.
November 29 32 tf .
rHE HISTORY OF GREGG'S BRIGADE.
PRICE REDUCED.
[THE History of a Brigadeof South Carolinians,
I known first as GREGG'S, and subsequently
i McGOWAN'S BRIGADE, by J. F. J. Caldell,
lately an officer of the 1st Regiment, S. C. V.
vol. 12mo.t $1.00 in currency. A few copies tor
le at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE.
June 27 9 tf '
W.W.BOYCE,
(Late of Sofith Carolina*)
LTTORNE Y - AT-LAW, will[practice in the Supreme
Court and Court of Claims. Office No.
fl G Street, Washington, D. C. jT
August 8 15. tf
FOR TAX-COIifcECTOR.
RHE Mends Of JOHN M. SHERRER,
L lock's Creek) respectfully announce Mm as a
indidate tor TAX-COLLECTOR, of Yorfc Disict,
at the next election.
August 10,1866. 17 12m*
" ' " ' t .-a, ' Vi .
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IMPROVED ?*!} "i*&
We are m?nuSctnring the^ above inachirierfMfc
CHESTER, 8. C where -ore will be pleased to All
all orders promptly: and In all oaaea. tf the Mai
chine does not give perfect satisfaction, we will
take it beck and refund the money.
r P. ELDER.
GBaaTiB^oAlHftLSS!r'S^E^eb,
of thiafittto, and find0t&at ft bentS*
tied to all that he claims for It
all labor
..... 4. , inrti.'aT vT'; fv.?ftf
a^TTTH OAROtTKA Pfei?lArTH*iHA? HAM.
Mb. Euysn?Dtat 8fr; I pKxmred one df ihtr
"Doty Wttbing Machine?" morethan tyiuMgof
and the springs toving felled I had it ctexWto
dded ImProvementeflndrSjmSeJd^^a vi
\ "* - ' r-- ~ "
^M^H-^Eldbb-Z)eOT^; I havethoroqg)i^t??t
and the l
CoJk?B of Philadelphia l? ifi? lil? it p*|Ef
PeMsyhSnia Medical College. InTaW Hpttrchased
the Perm Modical university. The tfrustees
of the separate tohonls united, pefltSStt^K?
obtained a. special act of the Legii&tare/conaoR- *
toSl mS^St The
cosfof tho budding and museum r!^s ovmone
hundred thousand dollars. It will bvabeert?_
ed that the University, as now orghnftadL' WWSf*
legal representative of the font; MedicalTOwtafta*
ttotitt^ot^rbed^ liberal ^oo^ofinederything
of1 value to the profession?
Stations.?Ix has two mil sautofis each year.!:
commenting on the 1* of Octoto/dnd tfftitfiiiit*
log until thelrtof January esite amgK
lectures. It has also a summer seasion, comment-ring
the 1st of April and continuing tmt? Aoghst
for the preparatory btthcbee, such as Latin. Gnsoh,
MdhaMtS, Bofa^Zoology, Chemtotry.'AnS;
UlUjr. X UIDIUiUMjr. Oltt : ,?- **?Tickets.?Tickets
to the fail course of lecture*
to first course h indents, for
StujW the holder ^l^Sanber, wmr^h^pe***7^
Advantages of Scholarship*.?'The student*
holding a scholarship can enter tie College stany*?
time during the year, attend u long ashoehooees;'and
re-enter the institution aa flrewMtty *
8 It requires nopreviousreadingjiSffiqy to epttt
the University on scholarships,beiice, *1 private
tuition fees are saved. J. ?,^
Students, by hoi ding scholarships, ( pte
oth^b*^ ^^SSbt "? I
more?before^t^dr attendance at the Uni-SSty^
can secure them by advancing one-half the prto*.
and paying the balanee when the student enters.
Physicians and. benevolent men canbestw greet
benefit upon poor young men, by ptemftijnst w*fd r
a scholarship, and thus enabling them to obtlmtknr
honorable pxoftaakm. * - **!?'' ' rV'^The
Faculty embraces seventeen emiseatifljM
sidans and surgeons. The University has aaaeau
dated with it alargg.hospttai cilnlc, where every
form of medical ana surgical disease is operated
on and treated in the preaenoe of the daaa. t
College Building.?The College building, located
in Ninth Street, south Of Walnut, is the finest ftp - the
ritv. Ttn front <? ???-?- ?-> -
domed with embattlemeote and wiikHi^'iiWur
senting a novel, bold and beandftilapfHiaiaBSie
The fhcade is of^brown stone, ornamented by wo
downed wit^i an embattledp^pSI'^b^jMidiaing
contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
sopplieo^ith water, gas, and every oilier convenience
that modem improvement can contribute
to facilitate medical instruction.; Only five hundred
scholarships will be issued, and aa twobunK
dred and fifty are now sold, those who wish to so*
cure one should do so at oncd. Money can be remitted
by express or a draft orcbeck sent on any
National Bank in the United States, when the
scholarship will be returned by mail, signed-by
die President of the Board of T*i nsfaaa, Jac, S.
Usher, Esq., and the Bean of the Faculty, W?
Paine, M. D. All orders for scholarships or other
business of the University, should be addressed
to Profeasor W. Paine, M. B., Philadelphia, Ft.
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June 27 6 \?1