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ffipartment. A CONFIRMED GRUMBLER. Some time ago there lived in Edinboro' a well known grumbler named Sandy Black, whose often recurring fits of spleen or indigestion produced some amusing scenes of senseless irritability which were highly relished by all except the brute's good patient little wife. One morning Sandy rose bent on a quarrel. The haddies and eggs were excellent, done to a turn, and had been ordered by himself the previous evening, and breakfast passed without the looked for complaint. "What will you have for dinner, Sandy?" said Mrs. Black. "A chicken, madam," said the husband. "Roasted, or boiled ?" asked the wife. "Confound it, madam! if you had been a good and considerate wife, you'd have known before this what I liked," Sandy growled out, and, slamming the door behind him, left the house. It was in the spring, and a friend who was present heard the little wife say, "Sandy's bent on a disturbance to day; I shall not please him to do what I can." The dinner time came, and Sandy and his friend sat down. The fish was eaten in silence, and on raising the cover of the dish before him, in a towering passion he called out, "boiled chicken! I hate it madam. A oWVen hnilfid is a chicken SDOiled." Immediately the cover was raised for an other chicken, roasted to a turn. "Madam, I won't eat roast chicken," roared Sandy, "you know how it should have been cooked." At that instant a broiled chicken, with mushrooms, was placed on the table. "Without green peas ?" roared the grumbler. "Here they are, dear," said Mrs. Black. "How dare you spend my money in that way?" "They were a present," said the wife, interrupting him. Rising from his seat, and rushing from the room amidst a roar of laughter from his friend, he clenched his fist, and shouted, "How dare you receive a present without my leave ?" MURPHIES vs. ST. CLAIRS. A certain gentleman of the Milesian persuasion, who has achieved some little newspaper notoriety in this country, and the initials of whose last name, put together would spell Murphy, for some reason or other, and much to the disgust of his brother Irishmen, changed his time-honored patronymic to the more hifalutin cognomen of St. Clair. Every one knows how it hurts an Irishman's feelings to see-a brother Irishman go back on the ould sod, and you may be sure he got many a sharp rap over the knuckles, as the saying is, for the change of name. Some time during the war, our hero was stopping at the M. House, as was also a dashing young Irish officer of our army. They chanced to be vis-a vis at the table, and Major J., who always goes in for a joke, whether at his own expense or some one else's, thought the opportunity was too good to be lost, so he sings out to the waiter, "Patrick." Pat came to him. "Bring me a St. Clair," said the Major, in his matter-of-fact way. "A which, sir ?" said Pat. "A St. Clair, I said. Don't you understand the American dialect ?" Pat, sorely bothered, scratched his head . and replied? i "Sure, Amerikv is a quare country, and i I never heard such a thing axed for before, i sur, at all." "Well, Patrick," quoth our joker, with the air of one about to impart usefrfl knowl- i edge, "it's a potatoe I wan't; we used to I call them Murphies at home, but the polite < name of them in this country, is St. Clair." i The Major hit hard that time, at least, ] for the owner of the "polite" name left the i table, amid the unrestrainable roars of the company, who understood and fully appre- 1 ciated the joke, and I believe that was his i last appearance on the stage. KIND INQUIRIES. I Cousin Kate was a sweet, wide-awake beauty of about seventeen, and she took it 1 into her head to go down to Long Island to 1 see some relations. Among these relations < there chanced to be a young swain who had 1 Been ivaie oil a previous occasion, anu seeing, fell deeply in love with her. He called . at the house on the evening of her arrival, and she met him on the piazza where she was enjoying the evening air in company with two or three of her friends. The poor fellow was so bashful that he could not find his tongue for some time. At length he stammered out: "How's your mother?" "Quite well, thank you." Another silence on the part of Josh, during which Kate and her friends did the best they could to relieve the monotony. After waiting about fifteen minutes for him to commence to make himself agreeable, he again broke the spell by? "How's your father ?" which was answered after the same fashion as the first one, and then followed another silence like the other. "How's you father and mother ?" again put in the bashful lover. "Quite well, both of them." This was followed by an exchange of glances and a suppressed smile. This lasted some ten minutes more, during which Josh was fidgeting in his seat and stroking his Sunday hat. But at length another question came? "How's your parents ?" This produced an explosion that made the woods ring." J6P* Nasby gives the following account of his father : He wuz elected constable and mite probably hev gone higher but for an accident that occurred to him the first month. He*collected a judgment for $18, and the money wuz paid to him. The good man wuz a talented collector, but singerly careless payin' over wat he collected. As showin' the pakoolier bent uv genius uv the old man, I repeat a conversation I wunst heard. A man who had an account to collect wuz ( consultin' one who knowed my father well, ez tu the safety of putting a claim into his hands. i "Is he a good collector ?" askt the man. i "Splendia," said the naber. i "Is he a man of responsibility ?" askt i the man. i "Sir," said the naber, "he has the ability, but yoo'll find when you try to git your I money out of his hands that he lacks the i response." 8??* "I am on the trail of a dear," as a gentleman said when he trod on a lady's dress. got the gome tole. 1 THE RICH MAN. A rich man, named Chryses, commanded his servant to turn out a poor widow and her children from one of his houses, because she was unable to pay her yearly rent. When the servant came the woman cried, "Oh, delay a little; perhaps your lord may have pity on us. I will go to him and beg him to." So the widow went to the rich man with four of her children?one lay sick in bed? and they all pleaded fervently that they might not be driven away. But Chryses said, "My commands cannot be changed, unless you at once pay the debt." Then the widow wept bitterly, and said: "Alas! the care of mv sick child has used up all my earnings and hindered my working-" And the children pleaded with their mother that they might not be driven forth. But Chryses turned himself from them, and went into his garden-house and lay down upon the cushions to rest, as he was wont. It was a sultry day. Close to the summer-house flowed a sparkling stream, and there was a stillness and quietness that not a breeze ruffled. Then Chryses heard the rustle of the reeds, upon the bank, and it sounded to him like the crying of the poor widow's children, and he grew uneasy upon his cushions. Then he listened to the rushing of the brook, and it seemed to him that he lay on the shores of a boundless sea, and he tossed upon his pillow. Once again he listened, as the distant thunder of a rising tempest sounded out. It seemed to him that they were all voices of justice. He started up quickly, and hastened to command his servant to restore her house to the poor widow. But she and her children had gone into the woods, and were nowhere to be found. Meantime the tempest was at its height, and it thundered and rained furiously, and Chryses wandered about, full of remorse. Another day Chryses heard that the sick child had starved in the woods, and the 1 a. i. J motaer, Wltll LUC rest, nau uauuuicu iai away. Then his garden and summer-house and cushions became hateful to him, and he no more enjoyed the coolness of the rushing stream. Soon after Chryses fell sick, and ever in the delirium of his fever he heard the rustle of the reeds and the rushing stream and the deep roar of rising tempests. So he died.?Krummacher. A PITY TO HAVE AN EMPTY SEAT. A few weeks ago, a gentleman was obliged to go to a distant depot at an hour when there was no conveyance thither. So although very weary, and not strong, he was obliged to set out on a walk of two or three miles. After he had gone a little way, he was overtaken by a gentleman and a little boy in a carriage. The fine horse was at once reined in, and his owner said with a smile, "I presume, sir, you are going but a short way; but this little fellow insists on my asking you to ride with us. I told him, I had no doubt, you were going to the first station; but he said, 'The gentlemen is a stranger, father ; it is very easy to ask him. It always seems to me such a pity to ride with an empty seat!' " Now, that ride which cost the gentleman neither money, time, nor trouble, was a teal blessing to a weary minister of Christ; and he told him so when he thanked him and the dear boy who prompted the civility. "It is a way he has, and always had, sir," replied the father. From his cradle, he could never enjoy what he could not share with others. If he has any new gift or pleasure, his first thought is for those less favored. It is a way he got from his mother." It was truly a beautiful "way" that boy had; and it should be a lesson to all boys, and boys' mothers, too, who hear of him. The little things of to-day, will grow into ^reat things of years to come. The boy who is selfish with his toys and his comforts, will be so with his money and his sympathies when a man; for the heart ?rows harder, rather than softer, by the light of time. A carriage is not the only place, where "it is a pity to have an empty seat." It is a pity to have one in the Church, or the Sunday school; and there will be a less aumber so, if all the boys had the spirit of die little fellow, of whom we have written. Say with him, "It is easy to ask !" and :hen go among the boys you know, and lrge them to nil the empty seat, iou can lo far more in this way, than your minis;er or teacher can. THE MISSIONS OF LABOR. We are apt to despise labor, and relucantly submit to it as a curse that we would ;ladly shun. A common conception of hapbiness is freedom from the necessity of York. Men are continually struggling to blace themselves above the condition of the aborer. This feeling is wrong, and to cor ect it, we have only to read attentively ;he mighty epic, in which labor is writing ts own praises on the face of the earth.? Co-day the woodman's axe is heard in the orests of the West; the tree, firm-rooted >y the storms of centuries, is felled; tonorrow, an architectural palace rises, as if i>y magic, in a far city on the Atlantic shore. Every morning-sun reveals a newrisen cottage in the Western wilds, within which is a warm hearthstone, around which sturdy, fair-haired children are playing ? Labor has robed the earth in a mantle of beauty. Labor is the noblest condition of nan. Without labor of the hand, the head br the heart, there can be no true manhood. Every man is born for a purpose, and has i work to do, and in the performance of his stern duties he will find happiness and blessedness. Cease, then, man of toil, to murmur at ihe fate. Strive and labor with a generous Dumose. God works. He is filling the voids of space with beauty and granieur. The working man, then, is "likest God." Our Duty to God.?I cannot but take notice of the wonderful love of God to mankind, who, in order to encourage obedience to His laws, has annexed a present as well as a future reward to a good life; and has so interwoven our duty and happiness together, that, while we are discharging our obligations to the one we are, at the same time, making the best provision for the other.?Melmoth Open your heart to sympathy, but close it to despondency. The flower which opens to receive the dew shuts against rain. MANAGEMENT OF NEGROES. The following article, published some thirty years ago, with two or three substitutions of servant for slave, is as applicable to the negroes now as it was to them in slavery. Those who are faithful and industrious, it will be found advisable to attach to the plantation by good wages, and the possession of certain well defined privileges. This is dictated both by our duty as christians, and by an enlightened selfinterest i "The negro women are all harder to manage than the men. The only way to get along with them is by kind words and flattery. If you want to cure a sloven, give her something nice occasionally, and Sraise her up to the skies, whenever she as anything tolerably decent. In the management of negroes, it is particularly necessary to elevate their notions of honesty and character as much as possible, and never to charge them with dishonesty, unless you have positive proof of the fact. Yon should not be too susDicious of them. A negro girl, who was under my first overseer's wife, could not be trusted at all, and was charged with many thefts. On changing overseers, the wife of the next missed something, and it was suggested to her by some of the other negroes that the girl was the thief; butrthe overseer's wife being more unsuspicious than most persons, said that she could not believe that a girl of her good countenance could have committed a theft; and that very speech, I believe, together with her mild and unsuspicious conduct towards her, cured the girl, for she has borne a good character ever since. Never put temptations in their way, by leaving keys or money carelessly about. Many a negro who would never have committed a theft, in the course of a long life, with a careful overseer or master, has not been able to resist the temptation, when a careless one has left the keys about, and when once the ice is broken, and they lose character, they soon become hardened in villainy. It would be better to give up the keys to the negroes, and trust to their honesty, (many of them are trustworthy), than to leave them carelessly within their power; for they feel a kind of pride when trusted, which might possibly make them go straight, when this manner of tempting would be sure to make them dishonest. The proper course is to put no temptation whatever in their way. It is all-important for the morals, as well as the comfort of the servants, (to say nothing of the humanity of the thing), that they should be well-clothed and fed; for they will steal if they are not well-fed, and the very best remedy for hog-stealing, is to give the rogues plenty of pork to eat. Negroes should have some of the luxuries of life too?such as fowls, eggs, &c., a garden and fruit trees?all of which will save the master's fowls, fruit, &c., and aid in the facility of managing them, and will serve to attach them to their homes.?Eon. Hill Carter, in Farmer s Register. TRAINING CATTLE TO JUMP. We are too apt to underrate the intelligence of the domestic animals under our charge, and yet a moment' reflection should | teach every farmer that cows, horses, sheep and pigs are very apt pupils; and most farmers' boys are quite proficient in teaching them to do mischief. Thus we find many persons, when turning stock into or out of pasture, instead of letting down all the bars, leaving two or three of the lower rails in their place; and then, by shouting or beating, perhaps, force the animals to leap over. This is capital training, the results of which are seen in the after disposition of animals to try their powers of jumping where a top rail happens to be off. and this accomplished, to set all fences at defiance, and make a descent upon the corn or grain field, as their inclination, ability or hunger may prompt them. Another good lesson is to open the gate but a little way, and then, as in the case of the bars, force the cattle forward, and by threats and blows compel them to pass through it. The result of this teaching is shown in the determined spirit manifested by some cattle to make a forcible entry into the stable, yards, fields, or in fact to almost every ] place where a gate or doer may, by acci dent, be left slightly open. i A Western farmer says he makes it a , rule whenever cattle are made to pass a i fence, whether through bars or "slipgap," ; to leave one rail for them to pass under.? , This gives them a downward tendency, and lessens their inclination to jump or look < upwards, as they are sure to do when a i lazy attendant throws down a part of the i rails, and makes them vault the rest. Cat- ] tie may be taught to go over any fence by f the careful training they often get for this ] end, performed as follows: First, starve them or give them poor feed, which will make them light and restless. As soon as they go over the lowest part of the fence after better provender, make them jump back again, and put on one more rail, saying, "I guess that will keep them out."? Next day, (of course, they will be in mischief again,) repeat the process, adding another rail; in a short time they will take care of themselves, and harvest the crops without charge.?-Amer. Stock Journal. New mode of horse siiobing.?A great change is about to take place in the mode of horse shoeing in Paris, it having long been understood that the method in present use is extremely defective. A man named Charlier has had the idea of altogether disembarrassing the hoof of the awkward appendage of a shoe, which not only impedes the movements, but also deprives the animal of a certain amount of steadiness and elasticity. Charlier does not cut the , hoof, but leaves it just as nature forms it. He merely protects it against violent blows and accidents, and against the wear and ' tear of the Paris pavement, by enclosing it in a thin circle of iron, which wards it from . danger without compressing it. In this way the horse stands upon a healthy mem- ; ber instead of upon one which is being constantly wounded by the iron and knife of the smith. Not only does this simple invention spare much time and money, but also acts as a preventive against the various diseases of the foot.?Home Journal. Stir the Soil.?The value of keeping all soils well stirred, among cultivated crops, is not half understood by the great mass of our farmers. Don't let the land become i hard and baked, but run your plough and cultivator through your crops, and use the hand-hoe thoroughly. The benefits derived from working the soil?keeping it mellow?admitting the air, &c., must not be everlooked if you wish good cropti. fpKiUatiM Hading. From itie Char1c?ton Courier. EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION. The annexed circular from the Commissioner of Immigration is earnestly commended to the perusal of our State. From the time when this journal, the first in S. Carolina to do so after the close of the war, attracted the attention of our citizens to the necessity of inviting to the culture of our soil and the advancement of our industrial interests generally the children of Europe, nothing has given us more satisfaction than the conviction, based upon material ground, that this subject has not only received the approval of our readers, but that earnest and energetic efforts are being made to lay broad and solid foundations for an agency which at no distant day will bless our firesides and fields with a thrifty and hardworking people. Our hopes were increased when the General Assembly solemnly pronounced the sanction of the State to the movement by enactments designed to fur ther and foster it by legislative provision, and although these were necessarily restricted in their operation by the lack of pecuniary resources, we have had abundant reason to believe that great good has been, and yet will be, accomplished by them. From time to time we have published accounts of steps taken by General Wagner to accomplish the purposes for which his Bureau was organized. In each of them are to be easily discerned the evidences of that sagacity and experience, the possession of which indicated him as the most suitable person to occupy the position to which he was called. The present circular is well calculated to aid him in the discharge of his responsible duties, if its suggestions are heeded by those who are most vitally interested, but unless the co-operation of the people is secured, it will be idle for General Wagner to prosecute his labors. The State has done all that it can in the present condition of its Treasury?upon her citizens, and their individual efforts, guided by the experience and ability of the Commissioner, must depend the success of the effort to induce European immigration. For this reason we take pleasure in printing the circular, and hope that it will be read in every hamlet and household in the State: S. Carolina Bureau of Immigration, Charleston, October 5, 1867. Arrangements can be made with shipping houses in Bremen and Liverpool, to transmit passengers to Charleston, on the credit i of accepted orders to be paid on their arrival, if sufficient in numbers offer. Planters and others, that are desirous of European labor, may be served by the State Agents, provided they will indicate the amount of wages which they are willing to pay for male or female hands respectively, and will agree to advance for them the passage money, to be deducted from their first year's earnings. It is respectfully recommended then, for a uniform plan of operations, that these orders for labor state the rate of wa- ' ?es tendered, board and loderiners. and the nature of the employment, and, t&at so much as relates to the payment of the pas- ( sage be accepted by a responsible mercantile house in Charleston. The passage for a male or female adult, will amount to about twenty-eight dollars in gold. As a rate of . wages, one hundred and fifty dollars per year for a male, and one hundred dollars per year for female laborers, with board and lodging, is deemed reasonable. Or if a share of the crop be tendered, it should be explicitly stated. The agents are instructed to serve our people according to their desire, but it will be seen, that no effort of theirs can be successful, unless sufficient encouragement is given. In regard to the sale of lands, I may embrace this opportunity to say, several places have already been sold, but that the general complaint and objection is, that the places offered, are too extensive and beyond the reach of the small farmer. Our people had better make up their mind to lay oft* lands in small tracts, say from fifty to two hundred acres, and by retaining alternate sections if they wish, they could perhaps afford ta sell more reasonably in , view of the increasing value of what they retain, consequent upon the settlement of what they sell. And in offering places for registry, a full description, together, with an explicit statement of price and conditions should always be sent; this recom- ] mendation applies also to places for rent or lease. In very numerous instances, planters are iisheartened with their freedmen labor and ire offering their plantations for sale on that account. In these cases I must renind gentlemen, that our process is necessarily a very slow one; that hundreds of places cannot well find purchasers in a term )f months, and that it will not be wise, therefore, to discontinue their industrial operations in view of a speedy transfer of ;heir property. To save themselves from loss they should go on in the cultivation of their lands to the extent of their means, tnd whenever the sale can be effected, make f the state of their progress a consideration 1 in their bargain. I am almost every day * receiving letters of inquiry from Northern * mechanics. To enable me to take honest * truthful replies, I had a meeting of respec- ( table master mechanics of most of the dif- ? ferent branches of trade and solicited their [ advice. They could not encourage the im- c migration of mechanics for the present, for c the want of employment in consequence of 3 the pecuniary poverty caused by the politi- s cal incertitude of the day. It is a pity to 1 discourage a useful class of people that might be willing to establish their home in 1 our midst. I would therefore respectfully repeat what I had already urged in my former circular, viz: "In your villages or on your plantations do you want a Blacksmith, Wheelwright, Millwright, Carpenter, Cabinet-maker, Saddler, Tailor, Shoemaker, etc., you should say so; etc." And further, "If there are a few men in every District willing to spend a few hours for the general good, let them meet at a convenient place, let them gather such infor? ? ? ? a! 1 r*pAum flita LUciWUU as tau unu kuvu iuiv/1 ah buio Bureau what is wanted for their neighborhood and what can be done; let them say what laborers, servants, mechanics, etc., are wanted or could find employment, and let them fix upon a current rate of reasonawages for their District, etc." It affords me satisfaction to be able to j say, that our prospects of success in this measure of immigration may be deemed 1 very good; we have met with irritating in- n conveniences, and we have to contend against very great difficuties, of which our g political misfortunes and the supineness of J our own people are the most important. But the happy geographical position of our State, our great natural resources, and the fair and generous welcome that our laws have promised the stranger, are beginning to exercise a favorable influence, and will ere long have effective results. Our people, must, however, do their part; no one should wait for his neighbor, all should appreciate the duty of contributing to what is really a public necessity, and then there can be no fail. Respectfully, JOHN A. WAGENER, Commissioner. TERMS?IN ADVANCE ? SPECIE. CURRENCY. One Copy, one year, $ 2 50 9 3 50 One Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 One Copy, Three months,.. 75 1 00 Two Copies, one year, 4 50 0 00 Five Copies, " " 8 75 12 50 Ton fVmioa " ?? 17 SO 25 00 PS* fo persons who moke up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. 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May.' 1 2 3i 4 Nov :...j J... 1, 2 15 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8: 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14,15:10 119 20 21 22 23 24 25 17,18 19 20 21 22 23 126 27i28 29 30 3F...' 24,25 26 27 28 29,30 JUNE :...'...i 1J ...' ......L. 2 3| 4 5 0 7' 8 DEC., l! 2 3 4 5 6: 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 8 9 10 11 12 13.14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 15jl6|l7 18 19 20 21 23 24.25126 27 28 29 j 22;23i24 25 26 27;28 30 29.30,31 THE NEW tVEED F^^^^^MACHINE, Styled F. F., or Family Favorite. rHE WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, in addition to their well-known andhighy appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, are iow introducing their New Drop Feed, or F. F. Machine, confidently asserting that it is the most limple, durable, compact and beautiful piece of necnanism ever presented to the public. It not only retains the principal essential points >f the former, but combines with them the many tnd desirable advantages which render a positive our motion feed so admirably adapted to light amily sewing, and at the same time capable of exicuting, with the most unerring certainty and predion, all the heavier grades of ordinary work. Principal Agencies : 613, Broadway, N. York. (49, Washington street, Boston, 102, Washington treet, Chicago. 1315, Chesnut street, Philadel>hia, Pa., ana sold at most large Business Centres. pvr Local Agents wanted everywhere. The Weed Sewing Machine was awarded the lighest medal at the Paris Exposition, July, 1867. September 26 22 6m THE BEST TONIC Iff USE. mm MANUFACTURED BY Dr# C. F. Panknin, CHARLESTON, S. C. January 24 39 iy* I BROWN & CUYLER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 142 Pearl Street, New York. too. Potts Brown, formerly of Brown, DeRosset <ft Co. Xich'd M. Cuylkr, of Georgia. ITfTILL make liberal advances on Consignments ff of COTTON and other PRODUCE. Refers to?John R. London. Esq., Rock Hill, }. C.; Dr. Alex. N. Tally, and Wm. H. Tally, Ssq., Columbia, S. C.; and Gen. John A. Young, charlotte. N. C. September 6 19 8t CONFEDERATE MONEY. THE following table shows the price of gold for Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at various times from the breaking out to the close of the war. The record was kept by a broker long doing business in that city: 1861. Gold Premium. I For $1 in Gold. January 1 5.December 15 % 2100 Julyl 10 1864. October 1 12 January 1 $ 2100 October 15 15; January 15 20 00 December 1 20, February 1 20 00 December 15 .. 30, February 15 2100 1862. " March 1 28 0q January 1 20i March 15 20 Oo January 15 20;April 1 19 Oo February 1 25; April 15 21 Oo February 15 40: May 1 20 00 March 1 50;Mayl5 ... 18 00 March 15 -... 60iJunelto July 15 18 00 April 1 75; July 15to Aug. 15 20 00 April 15 .. 85 August 15 22 00 May 1 90 September 1 20 50 May 15 95,September 15 22 00 June 1 95 October 1 27 00 For $1 in Gold. October 15 25 06 June 15 9 2 00 November 1 28 00 August 1 2 20 November 15..... 28 00 September 1 2 50 December 1 32 00 November 1 3 00 December 15 35 00 1863. December 31 50 00 February 1 3 10 1865. March 1 .. 3 25 January 1...; 60 00 March 15 5 00 January 15 ... 65 00 May 15 fl 00 February 1 50 00 June 1 6 50 February 15 46 00 June 15 7 50 March 1 55 00 July 1 8 00 March 15 57 00 July 15 10 00 April 1 70 00 August 1 14 00 April 15 80 00 August 15 15 00 April 20 100 00 September 1 14 00 April 26 200 00 September 15 14 00 April 27 800 00 October 1 13 00 April 28 500 00 October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 November 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00 November 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 December 1 20 00 ?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate notes. VALUE Of COHEEDEBATE CTJRRgllCY. A NNEXED is a table showing the valueof "Confederate currrency" in United States currency lor the lost four years?deputed from the average monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, at New York, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp duty upon documents executed during the late war is based upon the value of theconsiderationin United States currency, this table will be found very oonvenient in fixing that value. TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE VALUE OF "CONFEDERATE" ANDU. B. CURRENCY FORFOUB YEARS. MONTH. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1965. ! I Value in Value in Value in Value in ; a - Con. cur- Con.cur- Con. cur-Con currency ofrency orrency ofrency of month of $lin{j-s> |lin(j.s. $1 in U.S. IlinU.S. i cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. January $2.00 $13.50 $26.90 February..- 2.19 13.79 25.20 March 2.93 14^7 84.90 ' April 3.23 12.33 May 3.87 10.65 June 4.85 8.12 July 6.89 7.79 August 10.53 8.85 ......... I September.. $2.19 9.71 10.56 October 1.95 9.70 12.80 i November.. 2.29 9.90 12.55 December... 2.28 12.60 18.26 i Tn oarartnin (liArolnanf irlvAn amnnnf nf firm. 1 federate currency, divide thenumberof dollars by ! the figures in the column opposite the date sought for, and the quotient will be the amount in United ( States currency. ! E. R. STOKES, ; BOOK - BINDER, AND " BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER, Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store, MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. BLANK-BOOKS Ruled to anv Pattern, Paged J and Bound in the best Possible Manner, with j Printed Headings when required. The attention ] of Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in , Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officers is particularly invited. ( A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the j Best Quality, always on hand. Special attention given to the binding of Music, . old Books and Files, and all other work in plain j or ornamental style. 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RHETT & BRO. F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor. ! March 28 48 tf j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j York District. < Lewis M. Grist, vs. Seth W. Fowle A Co.?In the i Common Pleas.?Attachment. t TKTHEREAS, the Plaintiff did, on the 9th day < WW tatty r I J U1 I C U1 uai J I iOUi | ilio uio uovitMauvu ngwiiov v the Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent from c and without the limits of this State, and has nei- i ther wife nor Attorney known within the limits of 1 the same, upon whom a copy of the said declare- a tion might oe served. It is, therefore, ordered, t that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the 1 Declaration filed against him, on or before the 3d 1 day of March, which will be In the year of our I Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, t otherwise final and absolute judgment will be given against him. J. F. WALLACE, c. c. c. P. <fc a. s. Clerk's Office, York District, S. C. March 7 45 . lyq THE CHARLESTON COURIER* i PUBLISHED by A. S. 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V. h 1 VOX. izmo., Ci.w in currency. a imw copies ior ?ale at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. June 27 9 tf W. W. BOYCE, (Late of South Carolina,) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, will practice in the So- g preme Court and Court of Claims. Office No. 281 G Street, Washington, D. C. August 8 15 tf FOR TAX-COLLECTOR* fTlHE friends of JOHN M. SHERRER, (ofBul1 lock's Creek) respectfully announce him as a 1 candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, of York District, at the next election. o August 16, 1867. 17 6m* F. ELDER'S IMPROVED CLOTHES WASHER. Patented May 7, 1867. IT is simple In its construction, durable and not liable to get out of order: it will wash six shirts, or that bulk of clothes, in five minutes, if properly used according to directions. We are manufacturing the above machines at CHESTER, S. C.. where we will be pleased to fill all orders promptly; and in all cases, if the Machine does not give perfect satisfaction, we will take it back and refund the money. _ F. ELDER. CERTIFICATES. Yobkyillk, S. C., August 27, 1867. This will certify that wo have examined and tested the Washing Machines manufactured by Mr. Elder, of this State, and find that it is entitled to all that he claims for it. We can, therefore, recommend this Machine to all who desire to economize time, labor and expense, in the washing department. J. R. BRATTON, WM. E. ROSE, J7 BOLTON SMITH. JAS. F. HART. SOUTH CAROLINA, Chester District, Hopewell Church.?I hereby certify that one of F. Elder's Improved Washing Machines has been used by my fiunlly for nearly two months, and that it bas given entire satisfaction. We'find its merits equal to its claims. It washes thoroughly, (if the directions are followed,) expeditiously, and without injury to the clothes. I can safely recommend Mr. Elder's washing Machine to puduc patronage, feeling assured any family will be delighted with its great superiority over the old wash-tub mode. R. W. BRICE, Pastor Hopewell Church. Mb. Eudeb?Dear Sir: I procured one of the "Doty Washing Machines" more than a year ago, and the springs having failed I had it changed to your Improved Patent. My family think it a decided improvement, and recommend it asa saving of labor and clothes, and would not be without it. J. A. REEDY, M. P., Chester, S. C. Mb. Eldkb?Dear Sir: I have thoroughly tested, during the past three months, your valuable Machine. I beg to state that my family is too well pleased with its merits ever to part with it. I witness its performance weekly, and I am fully convinced that it surpasses all others in cheapness, durability, ease and simplicity. None better can be found. G. PITHER, Pub. " Chester Standard." Salisbuby, N. C., August 18,1867. I have tested F. Elder's Patent Clothes Washer, and believe it to be all that he claims for it. I have seen several other patents tried, but believe this to be the simplest, least liable to get out of repair, and the best of any, and have ordered one. C. S. BROWN Proprietor, Boyden House. State and District Rights for Sale. *15? ^Mr. F. M. GALBRAITH, of YorkvQle, is my authorized Agent. Any ftunily can have the pilviledge of giving the machine a trial, by applying to him. F. ELDER. August 29 18 tf PHILADELPHIA UHIYEESITY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. rpHE Philadelphia University of Medicine and A 8urgery was organized in 1848. Chartered by the Legislature, February 28,1853. Nome changed by a legislative enactment to the Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia in 1880. In 1883 it purchased the Pennsylvania Medical College, established in 1842, ana the Philadelphia Medical College, which had previously been merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In 1884 it purchased the Penn Medical University. The Trustees of the separate schools united, petitioned, and obtained a 8 Dedal act of the Lmriafatiire- onnsoH dating these Institutions and changing their names to that of the Philadelphia University of Medicine ind Surgery, March 15, 1865. All these various acts are pnWished in the statutes of Pennsylvania, rhe cost of the building and museum was over one hundred thousand dollars. It will be observsd that the University, as now organized, is the iegal representative of the four Medical Colleges that it has absorbed. It is a liberal school of medicine, confined to no dogma, nor attached to any medical clique; but embraces in its teachings everything of value to the profession. Sessions.?It has two fall sessions each year, commencing on the 1st of October, and continuing until the 1st of January as its first session, and from the 1st of January to the 1st of April as its second; the two constituting one full course of lectures. It has also a summer session, commencing the 1st of April and continuing until August for the preparatory branches, such as Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, etc. Tickets.?Tickets to the full course of lectures >120, or $60 for each session. For the summer or preparatory course $25. Graduating fee $30. To dd young men of moderate means, the University lias issued five hundred scholar ships, which are sold to first course students, for $75, and to second course students and clergymen for $50, each constituting the holder a lire member, with the perpetual privileges of the lectures, and all the teachings of the school. The only additional fees are a ^earljT dissecting and matriculating ticket, each of The Advantage>s of Scholarships.?The student loldinga scholarship can enter tne College at any ;ime during the year, attend as long as he chooses, md re-enter the institution as frequently as Retired. It requires no previous reading or study to enter the University on scholarships, hence, iuI private | tuition fees are saved. Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute other business a part of the time. The candidate for graduation can present himself at any time, and receive his degree as soon as qualified. 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