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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
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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.
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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
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A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the j
Best Quality, always on hand.
Special attention given to the binding of Music, .
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Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with j
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My business motto is "Promptness, Economy
and Substantial Work." j
E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C,
November 29. I860. 32 tf (
THE CHB0HIC1E AND BENTDTEL j
PUBLISHED Daily and Weekly in Augusta, <
Ga., is the oldest newspaper in the State. Els- f
tublished in 1794, it has ever since that time been ]
one of the leading papers in the South, and it still I
maintains its place in the front rank of Southern :
Journals. 1
Ably edited and the chosen medium through
which the master minds of the Stato address the 1
people, its value as a conservative political paper <
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August 15 16 tf ]
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY. ,
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it !
has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in the (
hands of Carolinians, and an exponent of the prevailing
sentiments or the people.
As an advertising medium it offers advantages
that cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation ex- ,
tends throughout the whole South as well as :
through the Northern and Northwestern States,
and is rapidly and steadily increasing.
THE MERCURY contains aU the latest politi- j
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ana attractive form, and will be found to ,
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Terms of Subscription for Daily, per an- .
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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
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that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the 1
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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
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PUBLISHED by A. S. WILLINGTON ?fe CO., *
City Printers, NO 111 East-Bay, Charleston, I
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January 3 38 tf *
PARISH AND LATIMORE, f
Chester, S. C.
MANUFACTURERS and Dealers in NEW and F
SECOND HAND FURNITURE, Looking- ,
Glass Plates for Bureaus, Ac. *
Constantly on hand COFFIN MATERIAL, ol 7
the best quality. They are prepared to furnish .c
COFFINS at a lew hours'notice. Cane-Seat Chairs V
Re-Bottomed. 1
TfSf Shop and Ware-Room in the old Thespian
Hall, over Heyman's Store.
November 29 82 tf
THE HISTORY OF GREGG'S BRIGADE. <
PRICE REDUCED.
THE History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, e
known first as GREGG'S, and subsequently
as McGOWAN'S BRIGADE, by J. F. J. Cald- u
well, lately an officer of the 1st Regiment, S. C. 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.
In case a student should hold a scholarship and
not be able to attend lectures, itcanbe transferred
to another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a year or
more before their attendance at the University,
can secure them by advancing one-half the price,
and paying the balance when the student enters.
Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor young men, by presenting them
a scholarship, and thus enabling them to obtain an
honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated
with it a large hospital clinic, where every
form of medical and surgical disease is operated
on and treated in the presence of the class.
College Building.?The College building, located
in Ninth Street, south of Walnut, is the finest in
the city. Its front is collegiate gothic, and is aiorned
with embattlements and embrasures, presenting
a novel, bold and beautiful appearance.?
rhe facade is of brown stone, ornamented by two
towers, rising to the elevation of eighty feet, and
jrowned with an embattled parapet. ^The buildng
contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
lupplied with water, gas, and every other convenience
that modern improvement can contribute
o facilitate medical instruction. Only five hun- fl
Irod scholarships will be issued, and as two hun- 1
Ired and fifty are now sold, those who wish to se- <
sure one should do so at once. Money can be remitted
by express, or a draft or check sent on any
National Bank in the United States, when the
tcholarship will be returned by mail, signed bv
he President of the Board of Trustees, Jos. 3.
Wisher, Esq., and the Dean of the Faculty, W.
?aine, M. D. All orders for scholarships or other
justness of the University, should be addressed
o Professor W. Paine, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa.
NEW BOOKS.
PAINE'S PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
A NEW Work just issued by W. Paine, M. D.,
fV Professor of the Principles and Practice of
iledicine and Pathology in the Philadelphia University
of Medicine ana Surgery; author of Paine's
'ractice of 8urgery; a work on Obstetrics andMaeria
Medica; author of New School Remedies;
n Epitome of Eberlie's Practice of Medicine; a
teview of Homoeopathy; a work on the History
if Medicine; Editor or University Medical anU
iurgical Journal, Ac., Ac. It is a royal octavo of
60 pages, and contains a full description of all disases
known in medicine and surgery, including
hose of women and children, together with their
ethology and treatment by all the new and imiroved
methods. Prioe $7 ; postage 60 cents.
Address the author, 933 Arch 8treet, Philadelphia's.
1
ALSO, A NEW WORK,
Untitled New School Medicines, which is the only J
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racing all tne Eclectic, Homoeopathic, and Bo tan- ^
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'rice $5; postage free. '
Address as above.
UNIVERSITY .TOfTOVAT.
>F MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
A SEMI-MONTHLY Journal of Medicine, Surgery.
Physiology, Hygiene, and General Litrature,
devoted to the Profession and the People.
The cheapest medical paper in the world, pubIshed
every two weeks, at the University Bulldog.
Ninth Street, south of Walnut.
Single copies, 9 1 00
Five copies to one address, 4 35
Ten 44 44 7 50
Fifteen 44 44 9 30
Twenty 44 44 10 00
The getter-up of the club shall have one copy
ratis.
Address, j
W. PAINE, M. D., Editor, I
Philadelphia, Pa. J
May 23 4 tf j
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