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A CpOL HUSBAND.
. There is one sensible married man in this
State. He is a soldier, and -was reported
to have been killed, but was only a prisoner.
He returned to find that his wife had
turned over a new leaf in the marriage service,
and that another man occupied his
seat in the chimney comer. Did he go to
work slaughtering the false wife ana her
new husband ? Not much. He walked in
and said:
"Well, old gal, how is things ?"
"Putty good Bill," said the double married
woman, not taken aback greatly.
"Which do you prefer, the old or the
new love ?"
She hesitated for an instant, and then replied
r
"I don't like to hurt your feelings, but?
but?"
"Oh, spit it right out. Don't mind my
feelings nor the other chap's! I won't be
angry if you come down a little rough on
my vanity. Count on my being amiable.
I won't cut up rusty, if you should go back
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on me.
"I'm glad you're so thoughtful, Bill; and
I acknowledge that I do like my present
husband best; but if anything should happen
to him, I know nobody else I would so
soon join fortunes with again as you."
"That's the way to talk. I'll now bid
you good by, hoping that no accident will
happen the other fellow, and that he will
live long to enjoy your delightful society.
Good d&y."
And the careless husband traveled off,
with his knapsack on his back, whistling,
in cherry, clear tones. "The Girl I left
behind me."
TAKING A DISLIKE.
An ill-natured fellow quarrelled with his
sweetheart on the day they were to be mar- ]
ried. After the ceremony had begun, he '
was asked:
"Do you take this woman to be your i
wedded wife," etc.
He replied, "No!" <
"What is the reason ?" asked the minis- i
ter.
"IVe taken a dislike to her, and that's
enough," was the surly reply.
The parties retired?the bride in tears?
.1
and, after much persuasion, tne groum ??
induced to have the marriage proceed. It
was now the lady's turn, and when the minister
asked the all-important question?
"No!" said she, resolutely, "I've taken
a dislike to him." 1
The groom, admiring her spunk, made
np with her as soon as possible, and a third i
time they presented themselves before the i
minister, who began the ceremony by ask- i
ing the usual questions, which were satisfactorily
answered this time. But to the
astonishment of the party the minister con- <
tinned:
"Well, I'm glad to hear that you are <
willing to take each other for husband and
wife, for it is a good thing to be of forgiv- i
ing tempers. You can go now and get
married where you wiir?I will not tie the '
knot, for I have taken a dislike to both of '
you." ]
NOT LAWYER ENOUGH TO HURT.
That moderate reputation at the bar is
not regarded in the West as an insurmountable
barrier to vital piety of membership
in the church, has been definitely settled at
F , a city of Illinois, where an interesting
revival of religion has been in progress
under the ministration of Presiding Elder
B , an able minister, and something of
a wit. That church was a power in the
city and country round about. A young
lawyer, Hiram D , had been a regular
attendant at the meeting, had several times
gone forward to the anxious seat, yet seemed
to be in no hurry to unite with the
church. The sickle had been thrust in unsparingly
for several weeks, and now they
were gathering the sheaves. Brother Hiram
was called to tell his experience and
explain the difficulties in the way of his
Tir -i ?:J <uh
"coming out."' lie arose auu saiu uc icib
the necesity of being a christian, but the
fact was he was just beginning in the
world, had no way of making a living but
to practice law, and doubted whether a
man could be a lawyer and Christian too!
At this point Elder B , cried out:
"Come along, Brother Hiram, you are not
lawyer enough to hurt!"
?
fl?- Judge Jonah Jones, a Western judicial
dignitary, recently delivered the following
charge to the jury in the case of one
Flim Crouch, on trial for stealing:
"Jury, you can go opt, and don't show
your ugly mugs here till you can 'find a
verdict. If ycu can't find one of your own,
git the one the last jury used."
The jury retired, and, after an absence
of fifteen minutes, returned with a verdict
of "suicide in the ninth degree and fourth
verse."
Then Judge Jones pronounced upon
Crouch the sentence:
"Flim Crouch, stan' right up and face
the music. You are found guilty of suicide
for stealing. Now, this court sentences
you to pay a fine of two shillings, to shave
your head with a bagganet in the barracks,
and if you try to cave in the heads of any
of the jury, you'll catch thunder, that's all.
Your fate will be a warning to others: and,
in conclusion, may the Lord have mercy on
your soul."
Eight Milk the Bear.?A good brother
in an Eastern church had a call to
preach. Being unable to read, he employed
a friend to read the scripture lesson.?
On one occasion the chapter selected was
Genesis XXII, which contained these words:
"These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother." The preacher discoursed
from the text as follows: "Brethren
and sisters, let us consider our blessings.
Morning and evening our wives and
daughters milk the cows, and our wants are
supplied. In the days of good old Abraham,
as you have heard, it took eight to
mlllr a Wr_ and thev did not get much at
that.'7
|A tall, keen-eyed countryman walked
into a court-room during the progress
of a trial. Stepping up to one of the
"rings," he requested that the prisoners
might be pointed out to him. The lawyer
he accosted, being somewhat of wag, pointed
to the jury. The stranger surveyed
them critically, when, turning to his informer,
he remarked: "Well, they are a
hard-looking set, ain't they? I know bj
their looks tney ought to go to State prison,
every one of them."
WS* When a pickpocket pulls at your
watch tell him plainly that you have no
time to spare.
Reading.
From the New Orleans Crescent.
THE LAST RATION.
BY AN EX-CONFEDERATE OFFICER.
Few hear the immortals of Lee's armj
sneak of the retreat from Petersburg to Ap
pomattax Court House, the scene of the
army's apotheosis, and the reason for this
silence can be well understood. Knowing
nothing and thinking little about the condition
of the army outside of their own
commands, the great body of the men in
their reliance on their great commander,
simply perfomed the duties imposed upon
them, suffered the agencies that necessariily
fell to their lot, and met calmly the death
which ended those duties and agencies for
many days before the memorable 9th ol
April.
The sufferings of the rank and file of the
army, on that occasion, were mercifully
deadened by a stupor, if not recklessness,
superinduced by the peculiar hardships tc
which they were subjected. The enemy,
with his overwhelming force of splendidly
mounted and equipped cavalry, held, in addition,
the direct point aimed at by Gen,
Lee, retarding his advance, compelling him
to fight while daylight lasted and to do his
marching by night. The want of sleep,
and during the last four days of the retreat,
the entire lack of provisions, produced in
the men the ipental and physical condition
I have mentioned. And although after the
surrender the men and officers of the federal
army viea wun eaca omer m men imuucoo,
and exhibited a desire to do everything in
their power to relieve the necessities of their
late foes, the destruction of a portion of
their supply train by Gen. Rosser and Fitzhugh
Ley, and the detention of the balance
by the awful condition of the roads, left
themselves in a critical condition and incapable
of affording Lee's army the much
needed supplies.
Great efforts were made, and successfully,
to complete as soon as possible the parojing
of the men, in order that they might be
dispersed from a place where there was no
sustenance of any description for man or
beast. Amongjthe first commands ready to
leave were the first and second Louisiana
brigades, then commanded by Col. Waggaman,
and with them portions of the Washington
Artillery, Louisiana Guard Battery
and Donaldsonville Artillery, all hailing
from the same State, and naturally clustering
together when about to return once
more to their dear Southern home3. The
condition of these men was really deplorably.
Starved, worn out and many of them
stricken with fever, they looked with dismay
on the dismal march through the mud
to Burkesville Station, the nearest point at
which they could expect to find transportation.
Col. Waggaman and many of the
officers did not believe half of them would
be able to perform the journey, and as a
dernier resort, and also in some measure to
inspire the men with hopes which he himself
believed delusive, Col. W. started the
brigade commissary ahead to try and pick
up something for man and beast on the route
they were traveling. The commissary, with
no more hope of success than his commanding
officer, started off, and after traveling
a few miles over a tract which gave nc
promise of supplies, being rather dubious
about the road the brigade would travel,
accosted an old, gray-headed, and very
ragged negro he found sitting at a crossroad,
and questioned him in regard to the
route to Burkesville. The negro replied intelligently,
giving him the necessary dircc
tions, and the commissary was about to ride
on, when he thought that the darkey mighl
possibly assist him in his search for some
thing eatable. He began by asking if he
knew where he could get a feed for his horse
After a moment's hesitation and a rapid in
spection of the questioner, the darkey re
plied in the affirmative, and immediately
led the way through a gate to a small clear
ing in the piney woods. Stopping in th<
yard of a small shanty, he went in and go
the key of a pretty good-sized corn cril
which he opened, and displayed to the com
missary's envious gaze forty or fifty bushel,'
of the finest corn in the ear he had ever seei
even in Virginia. He took out a liberal fee<
for the horse and remarked that, "Th<
Yanks had spar'd him that much." Th<
commissary saw in his mind's eye his bri
gade once more eating a "square meal," an<
assuming his most' persuasive tone, com
menced:
"Uncle, I have about six hundred mei
behind here a little ways who have eatei
nothing to speak of for five or six days
They have some thirty or forty miles t<
travel on foot, and they never will be abli
to make the trip in their present condition
Could you not let them have a couple o
ears of corn apiece, and save their lives ?'
jDarky.?"Is they Southern soldiers ?"
Commissary.?'' Yes."
Darky.?"Well, I reckon, young master
they's the last I'll ever see. You just tel
them to come along and take what they
want." And having said this, the poor oh
fellow sat down on a stone and cried like i
child.
In an hour or so the troops came along
and were marched up in single file to thl
corn crib and given two ears apiece. Th<
old darky in the meantime had knocked ii
the head of a barrel of sorghum molasses
and nearly every man got a tin cupful
There were a few cases of colic that nigh
among those who were not fortunate enoug;
to get any sorghum, but that did not Jesse:
the gratitude of the men for the last Con
federate ration issued to the Louisian
troops in Virginia.
The Smoker's adventure with a doc
A gentleman about to travel on a Frenc
railroad had at the time of entering the ca
an unlighted cigar in his mouth. Obsen
ing that there was a lady in the compar
ment, he was about to replace the cigar i
his case; when lo! from the lady's fe<
there rose a fierce dog, in a threatening a
titude. At the same time the lady snatcl
ed the cigar from the gentleman's moul
and threw it out of the window, with tl
remark: "I dislike smokers; they mal
me ill." The gentleman, with a polite bo)
rejoined; "I do not like dogs; they annc
me." Then seizing the animal by the bac
of the neck, he pitched him after the ciga
Tar and Feathers.?The Savannah p
pers contain long accounss of the tarrir
and feathering of a Conservative darkey b
Radicals of his own color. With the tri
spirit of their party, however, in the mid
of this outburst of political passion, the
still had an eye to business, and robbed the
victim of his money and clothes. The vi
? lains have been arrested and held to bu
in the sum of $4000 each.
jgtprtneitt.
HORSE-SENSE.
A horse's sense is good common sense.
Many a man does not know half so much
P about some things as a horse, and there is a
. great difference in horses. The horse is not
; naturally suspicious, but he is timid when
j young.' He learns very soon what his wear
pons are?teeth and heels- a: 1 in what
! his security lies?flight. His boldness and
! ."the glory of his nostrils" come when "he
! rejoiceth in his strength." With his age
comes the knowledge of his powers, and if
t he has never been mastered?never made
. to yield to any will but his own?if he is to
[ be made useful, the struggle must come
. sooner or later, and man's will or horse-will
must triumph. We think it is best to begin
quite young with colts to control them.
, So I advise to halter a colt while it runs with
! the mare, and to do it after feeding it with
? *'1 ** 111 i.
carrots ana sugar, until it minus it win get
| only caressing from mankind, and has no
fear of any man. The colt submits easily,
' because it is the easiest and pleasantest
thing he can do, provided he is not frightened,
and would as lief be led as to run
| loose if the curtailment of his freedom is
i made up by sweets or carrots. The sense
of smell in horses is very acute, and if they
are suspicious of anything they always approach
it cautiously and smell of it. They
should be indulged in this, and harness,
| saddle, etc., should all be investigated by
the nose as well as by the eye,' before a more
intimate acquiantance is forced upon the
horse. A horse ring of 40 to 50 feet diam,
ter is one of the greatest aids a horse trainer
can have. In this a horse too restive and
spirited to take a lesson may be tired out,
, so as to be very docile, and a tired horse is
! much more susceptible to favors and instruction
than one full of vim, and fire and
1 plaV*
HORSES TtitAT OVERREACH.
We commend the following to horse-sho1
ers generally. It is from the Prairie Far'
mer, Chicago, and is worthy the attention
| of every blacksmith who attempts to shoe
horses. The reasons given for the method
of shoeing recommended to prevent horses
' from overreaching, we consider scientifically
correct:
"I believe there are but few blacksmiths
that know how to shoe horses that overreach,
' and some that do not seem willing to learn.
| Others think again that there is no better
| remedy than making the shoes shorter,
and placing the forward one on the toe, and
the hinder one on the heel of the horse.
They need to understand that there is a
I better way, and horse owners should make
a note of it. A Western correspondent
' gives the following rule, which I think is a
very good one: Make the forward shoes
| long, and the toe-calks short and standing
a little under and set them as far back as
' convenient, in order to let the feet roll over
as soon as possible, to get out of the way.
[ And in setting the shoes on the hind feet,
reverse the order to keep them back, to
give time for the forward feet to get out of
the way. Make the toe-calks high, and the
half-calks low, to keep the feet back, then
| he will travel like other horses. This may
* be remedied in part in the mode of paring
, the hoof. This is essential in all cases, and
where too many horses have been made crip\
pies. Great pains should be taken at times
in shoeing horses, and I believe not too
many of our blacksmiths fully understand
making the shoe and paring the hoof.
Curing Green Hides.?A great many
^ butchers, wool dealers, &c., are purchasers
of the hides ofF the beef in the country towns,
[ and we often get from them inquiries as to
' the most proper and profitable method of
curing the hide and preparing it for market.
A great many butchers do not use
proper care in this branch, and the consequence
is that the hides will not pass city
[ inspection, owing entirely to the ignorance
' and carelessness of persons preparing them
for market. The proper way to salt hides
5 is to lay them out flat, flesh side up, and
* form a nearly square bed, say 12 by 15
s feet, folding in the edges so as to make
j them as nearly solid as possible. Split the
ear in the cords that run up the ear in
'a each one, so as to make them lie out flat.
Sprinkle the hide with two or three shovelj
fuls of coarse salt, as the size may require
?sav for a sixty to eighty pound hide,
from ten to fifteen pounds of salt. At any
rate cover the hide well, as it need not be
1 wasted; then let them lie in this form
1 12 to 20 days, after which take them up,
shake the salt out and use it again.
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
How to Make Soper-Phosphate.?To
one hundred pounds of water in a half hogshead
tub, add slowly forty-three pounds
sulphuric acid, (oil of vitrol.) To this add
one hundred pounds broken bones. To be
, stirred occasionally and the bones will be
1 dissolved in three weeks. Then add four
7 times its bulk in muck (dry if you have it.)
1 The tub should be kept covered. If the
i material is kept hot, three days will do it
as well as three weeks, if cold.
, ' To dissolve bones without acid. To a
e flour barrel full, pour one-half bushel hard
e wood ashes, then alternately a layer of
i bones and ashes, ending with ashes ; add
, water sufficient to wet, but not to drip;
. brine is much better. In time these bones
t will dissolve. This mixture is a powerful
h fertilizer.?Maine Farmer.
ii ?
i- New Way to Make Horses Draw.?
a A team of two horses, hitched to a wagoi
heavily loaded with wood, stalled at a hil
near the city recently, and all the whipping
i. and beating by the driver could not induct
h them to budge a peg. Just as the Jehu wai
kr about to give up the contest in despair, ai
r- old country negro came up to the horses
t- slipped the bridles from their heads, patte<
n them a few times on the neck, with his hand
2t and then giving the word, the animals mov
' ' . -_J _1 A.I
t- ea on witn apparent ease anu uueeriumcsa
i- and 110 further difficulty occurred durinj
;h the ascent of the hill. The old darkey sta
le ted that he had driven many balky horse
ce in his day, and had never known his sirapl
,v, plAn of inducing them to draw faithful!;
>y to fail.? Columbia Phoenix.
k
r. N. Jersey Method of Keeping Swee
Potatoes.?In New Jersy they do niit pacl
a- them in sand, leaves or anything else
ig They dig their potatoes in a dry spell befor
iy frost, lay them out in the dry enn and be
le fore the dew begins to fall they are paokei
st in barrels or boxes, handling tenderly a
>y eggs, so as not to bruise them. They ar
ir then carefully placed in a corner of th
il- kitchen, and if kept at the right tempera
til ture through the winter, they are bound t
keep?if you don't eat them.
Jto the ?iame Cirrk.
SPEAK ONLY THE TRUTH.
"Come to me, Edin, my boy," said Mrs.
Ashworth to her son. "I want you-to listen
to me for a few minutes whilst I Speak to
you about your besetting sin'. Almost unconsciously,
you are daily guilty jpf falsehood."
"Oh, mamma, exclaimed Edin? "I am
sure I could not be so mean as to tell an
untruth."
"You say things sometimes that'are not
' strictly true, my son, and mimic actions in
a very exaggerated manner. Who can ever
say how much mischief has been caused in
tbe world by- such idle words. Many
homes have been rendered miserable, many
true friends separated simply on account of
words spoken at random."
At that moment Mrs. Ashfrorth was
called away, and the conversation thus interrupted
was not renewed. Indeed, I am
almost afraid that, although Edin at the
time* made some good resolves to try and
conquer his besetting sin, he soon forgot
his mother's warnings, until they were recalled
to his mind by a painful incident.
Edin was a day boarder at a school not far
distant from his own home. He was a
bright intelligent boy, full of fun and
mischief, and very popular among his schoolfellows.
There was, however, one'of Edin's
companions who used to expostulate with
him on the danger of the habit he had acquired.
Little Charlie Elmore was an only
son. Early in life he had lost his father,
and it was only by exercising the strictest
economy that Mrs. Elmore was able to provide
the means of sending Charlie to schooL
Owing to an accident he was crippled for
life. A gentle, quiet, diligent: little fellow
was Charlie Elmore; and yet, with all his
gentleness and yielding disposition, he could
be very firm in the cause of right- Not the
gay, high spirited Edin could resist tempta-i
tion nearly so well as did his little companion.
Between, the two boys a friendship
had grown np, notwithstanding the marked
difference m their characters?a friendship
that was encouraged by Dr. and Mrs. Ashworth
; for they wisely judged that Edin
could not have a better companion. The
school clock was striking twelve as the
boys came rushing out in the play ground
attached to Dr. Graham's house. Edin
was amongst the number of those who were
about to enjoy an hour's recreation.
* "Here, Ashworth," cried Harry Frier,
"Do come and tell us what Charlie Elmore
was saying to you before school. I know
he was lecturing you."
"Lecture, indeed! who cares for him, I
wonder," shouted another.
"Do tell us what he said," repeated
Harry. "Here, boys, Ashworth is going
to act Elmore. Do it well, Ashworth."
If Edin had paused a moment to reflect,
that which followed never would have happened.
As it wa?, he gazed at the little
group around him, "waiting for the performance
to begin," (as Harry remarked,)
and his pride was gratified. There were
boys much older than himself there who
wished to be entertained by him. Urged on
by the merriment of the thoughtless group
around him, Edin forgot every consideration,
and exceeded far the bounds of truth
as he carricatured Charlie, putting himself
into the most ridiculous postures, and bobbing
about in imitation of the little cripple.
Suddenly the shouts of applause that greeted
him on every side died awayr and dead
silence followed. Edin looked up hastily
to ascertain the cause, and encountered the
fixed strong gaze of Charlie, Elmore himself.
He stood just opposite to Him. One
glance at the little boy.'s pale agitated face
told Edin but too truly that, he had been a
witness to the whole scene.
For a moment Edin stood silent, then he
cried, "Charlie, Charlie, don't look like
that; speak to me, do speak to me!"
The strange, unnatural expression vanished
from Charlie's countenance, but he
shook off the hand that Edin laid on his
arm, and merely casting one sad, reproachful
look, he moved hastily on- Long af,
terwards that look followed Edin; there
had been no anger depicted there, only in
, tense surprise and grief. In the secret
retirement of his own room Edin recalled
to his mind his mother's words, and wept
many and true tears of repentance. On
the morrow he determined to seek Charlie
and implore his forgiveness; surely, when
he knew how Edin grieved for his misconduct
he would overlook his fault, great
though it had been. With these reflections
Edin fell asleep. Charlie Elmore
did not make his appearance at school the
following day, and the next day lie did not
come. As Charlie was a delicate boy, and
, often was kept away from school by illness,
his non-appearance did not occasion Edin
i much uneasiness, though he longed very
much to see his friend, and make his peace
with him. A week had passed away.?
i Edin knew that his father attended Charlie,
but he did not believe him to be very
ill, untill he was startled one evening by
i Dr. Ashworth's observing that it was a bad
case with little Elmore this time.
"I cannot account at all for this last ill,
ness; he appears to me to .have received a
[ severe shock to his nervous system. I
' questioned him about it, but he seemed to
[ wish to avoid the subject, and I was afraid
of agitating him."
i "Papa," said Edin, the next morning at
l breakfast, "it is holiday to-day; may I gc
and see Charlie Elmore?"
"Yes; I do not think it will do him anj
. harm; only let your visit be a short one.
i and do not talk too much."
[ With a trembling heart, an hour later,
r Edin knocked at the door of Rose Cottage
? Mrs. Elmore herself let him in, and thankee
3 him, with tears in her eyes, for coming tc
i see her boy. "How is he this morning ?'
, Edin asked.
- .1?i- >9 it. :
1 "JNot much better, inanK you, me wi
, dow sorrowfully replied, "It is Dr. Ash
- worth's opinion, and mine, too, that he hai
, something on his mind. I have no doubi
7 he will be delighted to see you; he oftei
r mentions your name in his sleep."
s Ah ! little did Mrs. Elmore think wfy
e the vision of Edin troubled her boy. Edit
y followed the widow noiselessly to Charlie'i
room. They opened the door and softlj
entered. Edin was deeply shocked at th<
t alteration that had taken place in his friend'i
k appearance in that one short week. JJii
>. pale cheeks were almost as spotlessly whit<
e as the pillow on which his head rested. Ai
!- Edin walked to his bedside, Charlie openec
d his eyes languidly. He immediately re
s cognized Edit), ai)4 a feint flush arose t<
e his cheeeks, his Hps trembled, but he beh
e out his thin hand, Edin seized it eagerly
and, bending over it, burst into tears,
o "Oh, Charlie, Charlie," he cried, ({d<
you really forgive me ? You cannot thinl
that I ever intended to grieve yon so. I
know now how wicked and cruel I was, but
I never thought, until I saw you how wrong
I had been.'!.
It was a long, long time before Charlie
Elmore got strong again; but his illness
had not been at least without one good effect?it
effectually cured Edin Ashworth
of his sinful habit of indulging in heedless
conversation, and giving way to exaggeration.
And he who had once been the
first to amuse himself at the expense of
others, was always after remarkable for his
consideration for the feelings of his companions.
"Yes, mamma," he exclaimed, when
Charlie was better, and he was giving his
mother a relation of the whole affair,
"Yes, mamma, you were quite right when
you said that no one could ever tell the
misery caused by the utterance of a few
idle words."
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THE' OFFICE
Being now supplied with the
VERY BEST MACHINERY,
And a fine assortment of
NEW JOB TYPE
And other Material, *JOB
PRINTING
Of every description,
WILL BE NEATLY EXECUTED.
TERMS?CASH.
COUNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1861
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13 14 15 16117:18 19 14 15.10 17 18 19 2C
20 21 22 23,24:25,20 21 22 23:24 25 20 27
127 28 29 30 31 ... ...J 28 29 30;31
Feb.1 1 2 Auo. ...i 1 2 S
3 4 5 Oj 7| 8: 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 1C
!l0 11 12 131415 10 11 12 13;14 15 10!17
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!24 23126 27:28 1 25 20:27,28 29 30.3]
Mar.: L: 11 2 ...
i 3 4! 5 6. 7 8i g. Sept. 1, 2. 3 4! 5 6 1
110 11 12 13114 16 Iff 8 9 10 11 12 13'U
'17 18i 10 20 21 22'23| 15 16,17 18:19'20 21
|24 25,'2G 27 28,29 30, 22 23 24 25 26 27 2f
131 ' ...f... I... 29 30 1.
Apr. ... H 2 3, 4' 5 0 Oct i 1 2 3' 4 I
7 8; 9 10:11112:13j 6, 7| 8 9 10 11 1J
14 15 10 17;18 19 20 13;i4!15 16 17 1811
21 22:23 24 25'26i27i 20121 22123 24 25 2(
28 29 30 ...L.i... ...' 27:28 29 30 31.'
Mat.I II 2 3,' 4 Nov |...j ...1 1 s
I 5 6 7 81 9 10 11 3! 4 5 6: 7 8 i
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12i 13 i 14? 15l 1<
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17'18|19 20 21,22 25
20 27 28 29 30 31...: * , 24 25 20 27 28!29|3<
, June l' ...i...| |...|...
2 3 4 5; 0, T 8 DEC., l! 2| 3 4 5 61 ]
1 . 9 10 11)12 13 14 IS", 8| 9110 11.12 13 P
10 17 18119 20 21 22 15:16 17 18 19 20 2]
23 24 25120 27,28 29 22,23 24 25|20,27 2J
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TIIE NEW
WEED FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
i Styled F. F., or Family Favorite.
The weed sewing machine compa
NY, in addition to their well-known and high'
ly appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, ar<
r now introducing their New Drop Feed, or F. F
Machine, confidently asserting that it is the mosi
simple, durable, compact and beautiful piece o;
mechanism ever presented to the public.
It not only retains the principal essential point*
tho tVifmf>r hut combines with them the manj
J and desirable advantages which rondcr 3 positiv<
I four, motion feed so admirably adapted to ligh
j family sewing, and at the same time capable of ex
, ecuting, with the most unerring certainty and pre
cision, all the heavier grades ot ordinary work.
Principal Agencies : G13, Broadway, X. York
349, Washington street, Boston, 102, Washingtoi
" street, Chicago. 1315, Chesnut street, Philadel
- phia, Pa., and sold at most large Business Centres
Local Agents wanted everywhere.
' The Woed Sowing Machine was awnrdpd thi
t highest medal at the Paris Exposition, July, 18G7
1 September 28 22 , 6m
THE BEST TOMC IX USE.
iWfe
] iMA^rJFACTUKED
j Dr, C. F. Panknin,
1 CHARLESTON, S. C.
J^pu^ry 2i 80 ly*
' BANKRUPT BLANKS,
3 A WT of BANKRUPT BEANRS, are on few
JA and for sale at
S THE ENQUIRER OFFICE.
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
TIE following table shows the price of gold for
Confoderate currency in Augusta, Ga., at various
times from the breaking out to the dote of
the war. The record was kept by a broker long
doing business in that city :
1861. Gold Premium. For fl in Gold. 1
January 1 5 December 16 $ 21 00 J
July 1 10 1864. o
October 1 12 January 1 $ 2100 1;
October 15 - 15 January 15 20 00
December 1 20 February 1 20 00 C
December 15 30 February 15 21 00 4
1862. March 1. 26 Oq g
January 1 20Marchl5 20 Qq ti
January 15...... 20 April 1.... 19 0q
February 1 25 April 15 21, 0q
February 15 40 May 1 20' 00
March 1 50 May 15... 18 00
March 15 60 June 1 to July 16 J8 00
April 1...' 75 Julyl5toAug.l5 20 00 ^
Aj>ril 15 85 August 15 22 00 j
Mayl '. 90Septemberl 20 50 u
May 15 95 September 15 22 00
June I 95 October 1.. ...... 27 00 a
For 91 in Gold. October 15 25 05 D
June 15 4 2 00 November 1 26 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 81 50 00
February 1 3 10 1865.
March 1 3 25 January 1 60 00
March 15 5 00 January 15 ... , 65 00 o
May 15 6 00 February 1 ... 50 00 ?
June 1 6 50 February 15 46 00 ?
June 15 7 50 March 1 65 00 ?
July 1 :... 8'00 March 15*... 67 00 ?
July 15 10 00 April 1 70 00 J
August l 14 (XI Apni id ww i
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 n
October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00
November 1 13 00 April 80 : 1,000 00
November 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 ?
December 1 20 00 a
?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate v
notes. ?
VALUE OF CONFEDERATE CTTESENCY. 0
ANNEXED is a table showing the value of' 'Con*
federate currrency" in United States currency
lor the last four years?deputed from the average e
monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, }
at New York, Richmond and Augusta. p
As the rate of stamp dutv upon documents eze* B
exited during the late war Is based upon the value ^
of the consideration in United States currency, this <j
table will be found very convenient in fixing that t
value.
TABUS SHOWING THE RELATIVE VALUE OF "CONFEDERATE"
ANDU. S. CURRENCY FOB YOUR YEARS. ,
MONTH. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1665. a
i ?
Value in Value in Value in Value in
. ,Con.cur- Con.cur- Con. cur-Con curjsR
JMSSW! JS?if .
cur'cy. curicy. curicy. curicy. n
January $2.00 $18.50 $26.90 S
February 2.19 18.79 2BL20
March 2.98 14.67 84.90 w
April 3.28 12.33 ' .
May 8.87 10.65 "
June * 4.85 8.12
July 6.89 7.79 <
August 10.53 8.85
September.. $2.19 9.71 10.56 f
October 1.95 9.70 12.80 .
November.. 2.29 9.90 12.55 J
December... 2.28 12.60 18.26 ........ : ?
C
To ascertain the value of a given amount of Con- c
federate currency, divide the number of dollars by u
the figures in the column opposite the date sought l
for, and the quotient will be the amount in United ]
States currency. 0
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and ; S
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is particularly invited.
A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the c
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Special attention given to the binding of MubIc, t
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Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with c
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My business motto is "Promptness, Economy o
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E. H. STOKES, Columbia, 8. C. I
November29. 180& 32 tf F
THE CjHEONICLE AJTD SENTINEL. I
PUBLISHED Daily and Weekly In Augusta, J
Ga., is the oldest newspaper in the State. Es- ?
tablished in 1794, it has ever since that time been 8
one of the leading papers in tho South, and it still r
maintains its place in the front rank of Southern '
Journals.
Ably edited and the chosen medium through
which the master minds of the State address the .
people, its value as a conservative political paper '
is second to none, while itsnumorous and reliable ?
correspondents make it a first class NEWS AND "
FAMILY JOURNAL. 8
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: t
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" Three Months, 2 50
" One Year, 10 00 0
Weekly One Year, 3 00
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j&5- Subscriptions for the Chronicle and Sentinel q
received and forwarded at the Enquibeb Office.
August 15 16 tf x
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY. fc
T3E CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it 1
has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in the x
hands of Carolinians, and an exponent of the pre- c
vailing sentiments of the people. a
' 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 all the latest politi?
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jZS?- Terms of"Subscription for Daily, per an[
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[ Conducted by
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F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor.
' March 28 48 tf
. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
' York District.
Lewis M. Gri* \ vs. Seth W. Fowle A Co.?In thb
Comxon Pleas.?Attachment.
WHEREAS, the Plaintiff did, on the 0th day
of February, 1867, file his declaration against
the Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent from
and without the limits of this State, and has neither
wife nor Attorney known within the limits of
the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration
might oe served. It ?s, therefore, ordered,
that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the
Declaration filed against him, on or before the 3d
day of March, which will be in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
otherwise final and absolute judgment will be
given against him.
J. F. WALLACE. 0. o. o. V. * e. 8.
Clerk's Office, York District, 8. C.
March 7 45 lyq
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PUBLISHED by A. S. WILLINGTON A CO., ,
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j South Carolina. t
Terbis.?Daily, one yenr, $10; Daity, 6 months, t
t $5; Daily, three months, $2 30; Tri-weekly, one ]
r year, $8; Tri-Weekly, six months, $4. t
itss- The Proprietor of the Enquirer Is the A- <
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5 January 3 36 tf t
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Chester, 8, C.
MANUFACTURERS and Dealers in NEW and 1
SECOND HAND FURNITURE, Looking1
Glass Plates for Bureaus, Ac. 1
Constantly on hand COFFIN MATERIAL, ol i
the best quality. They are prepared to furnish 1
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3 Re-Bottomed. ]
7S&- Shop and Ware-Room in the old Thespian
Hall, over Heyman's Store.
November 29 32 tf
THE HISTOBY OF GREGG'S BRIGADE. 1
PRICE REDUCED,
THE History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, :
known first as GREGG'S, and subsequently
as McGOWAN'S BRIGADE, by J. F. J. (hid- ,
well, lately an officer of the 1st Regiment, S. C. V. ,
1 vol. 12mo., $1.00 in currency. A few copies for
sale at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE,
Juno 27 8 if
~ W.W.BOYCE,
(T^atc of South Carolina,)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, will practice in the Su- \
preme Court and Court of Claims. Office No
281 G Street, Washington, D. C.
August 8 tf
Fqn TAX'rfJOLLfiCtOll. ~ .
" r|\HE friends of JOHN M. SHERRER (of Bui
trict, at the next election.
August 10,1807. 17 f 6m*
F. ELDEB'S
IMPROVED
CLOTHES WASHER.
. ; Patented May 7, 18?7< m vi
[T la simple in its construction, durable and not
liable to get out of order: it will wash six shirts,
r that bulk of clotb& in five minutes, if propery
used acoording to directions.' We
are manufacturing the above machines at
HESTER, S. C., where we will be pleased to fill
11 orders promptly; and in all cases, if the Mb*
hine does not give perfect satisfaction, we will
ikeit.b*wjk apd j^und the moneyv. ELD^??
certificates. -t~
Yorktvtli/e, 8. C., August 27, 18G7. *
This will certify that we lave examined and ^J|
?ted the Washing Machines manufactured by ^
Ir. Elder, of this State, and find that it is entiled
to all that he claims for it.
We can, therefore, recommend this Machine to
11 who desire to. economize time, labor and ex
ense. In the washing department.
TR. BRATTON, ? -">
WM. E. ROSE,
J. BOLTON SMITH.
JAS. P. HART.
SOUTH CAROLINA, Chester District, Hopewell
Church.?I hereby certify that one of P. Eler'aJm
proved Washing Machines has been used
y my family for nearly two months, and that it >
as given entire satisfaction. We find its merits
qual to its claims. It washes thoroughly, (if the
irections are followed,), expeditiously, and with*
ut injury to the clothes. I can safely recommend
Ir. Elder's Washing Machine to public patronge.
feeling assured any family will be delighted
rtth its great superiority over the old wash-tub
iode, ? . ,
R W. BRICE, Pastor JToptKetl CW.
Mb. Eldbr?Dear Sir: I procured one of the
Doty Washing Machines" more than a year ago,
nd the springs having foiled I had it changed to
our Improved Patent. My fondly think itadeided
improvement, an A recommend it as a saving
f labor and clothes, and would npt be without it.
Mb. Ei4>bb?Dear SirI haVe thoroughly testd,
daring the past three months, your, valuable
Machine. I beg to state that my family tie too well
leased with its meritsever to partwtth it rwitress
its performance weekly, and I am fitfly ootft <
lnced . that it surpasses all others in cheapness,
lurabillty, ease and simplicity. None better cin
K3 found. ' . oJ rG.
PITHER, Pub. "Che&er Standard." A
I witdessed the operation of Mr. ETdOPS Washug
Machine. Two aprons, one towel, one shirt;
i?n2S in ?? Jeansea
in nv0 mniiitefl, dy tne machine.
JAMES L. OKR,:. 'r
Governor of the State of S. C. f
jm* State and DietrfctRIghts for Sale.** ' "
pgr Mr. P. M. GALBRAITH, of YorkVflle.is
iy authorized Agent. Any family can hare the 1
riviledge of giving the machine a trial, by applyig
to him. ' J ; V * T. EEPeK
par Fisher A Lowranoe, Columbia, Gendral A-'
ients for South Carolina. v <- i < j.';
August 29 ? 18 , .
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
)F MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
ITHE Philadelphia University of Medicine and
I. Surgery waa organized in. 1646.: Chaiteredby
he Legislature, February 26,1863. Name changed
y a legislative enactment to'the Eclectic Medical
College of Philadelphia in 1800. In 1868 ft panhased
the Pennsylvania Medical Collage, eetabl8hed
in 1842, and the Philadelphia Meaical Coir
ege, which, had previously been merged lUtd the
'ennsylvanla Medical College; In 1864 it purhased
the Penn Medical University. JThe Tmseos
of the separate schools united, petitioned, and
ibtained a -special Bet of the Legislature, consoli
lating these ins tttotionsand changing their names
o that of the Philadelphia University of Medicine \
,nd Surgery, March 16, 1866. All these various
icts are published in the statutes of Pennsylvania.
[he cost of the building and museum wsB over
ine hundred thousand dollars! It will be obeerv- sd
that the University, as now Organized, is the
egal representative of the four Medical Colleges
hat it has absorbed. It is a liberal school of medcine,
confined to no dogma, nor attached to any
nedical clique; but embraces in its teachings ovirything
of value to the profession, u 1
Sessions.?It has two ftrll sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st of October, and continung
until the 1st of January as its first session, and
torn the lstof January to the 1st of April'si lts
econd; the. two-constituting one fulloqurse of
ectures. It has also a .sum mer session, common* \
ring the 1st of April and continuing until August
or the preparatory branches, such as Latin, Greek,
Mathematics. Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Austin
v, Physiology, etc.
Tickets*?Tickets to the full course of lectures
120, or $60 for each cession. For the suihinet'or
treparatory course $25. Graduating fee $30, .TO
id young men of moderate means, tne UmVeMty
ins issued five hundred scholarships, which are sold
o first course students, for $75, and to second
uurso Bvuucuia wiu uwiuruivu mr f?Vi)gw;a wintitutiug
the holder a lire member, with the pet"1 I
?etual privileges of the lectures, and all the toaehngsof
the school. The only additional fees are a
early dissecting and matriculating ticket, each of 11
rhitStelT ' ~ 3
The Advantages of Scholarships.?The student
lolding a scholarship can enter top College at any
Ime during the year, attend as long as he chooser
nd re-enter the institntion as frequently as de*ired.
It requires no previous reading or study to enter A
he University on scholarships ?ence, all private *
nition fees are saved. :
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute >
titer business a part of the time.
The candidate for graduation can present himelf
at any time, and reoeive his degree as soon ail
tnali^ed.
In case a student should hold a scholarship and
tot be aWeto attend lectures, it can be transferred
0 another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardians, or friends of students wlshng
to purchase scholarships for them a year or
aore before their attendance at the University,
an secure them by advancing one-half the price,
nd paying the balance when the student enters.
'hysicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor young men, by presenting them '
1 scholarship, and thus enabling them to obtain an
lonorable profession. .
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent phyicians
and surgeons. The University has assorted
with it a large hospital clinic, where every
iorm of medical and stirgical disease is operated
in and treated in the presence of the class.
College SuUding.?The College building, located
n Ninth Street, south of Walnut, is the finest In
he citv. Its front to collegiate gothie, and is alorned
with embattiements and embrasured, presenting
a novel, bold and beautiful appearance.?
[be tacade is of brown stone, ornamented by two
owers, rising to the elevation of eighty feet, and
rowned with an embattled parapet. The build ng
contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all
upplled with water, gas, and every other convedence
that modern improvement can contribute A
o facilitate medical instruction. Only five htm- M
Ired scholarships will be issued, and as two htm- w
Ired and fifty arc now sold, those who wish to se- 1
ure one should do so at once. Money can be re- 1
nitted by express, or a draft or check sent on any
National Bank in the United States, when the
scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by * 1
he President of the Board or Trustees In*_ s
Wisher, Esq., and the Dean of the Faculty, W.
3alne M. D. All orders for scholarships or other
msiness of the University, should be addressed
o Professor W. Paine, M. P., Philadelphia, Pa.
NEtV BOOKS.
PAINE'S PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
4 NEW Work just issued by W. Paine, M. D.,
\ Professor of the Principles and Practice of
dedicino and Pathology in the. Philadelphia University
of Medicine ana Surgery; authorof Paine's
Practice of Surgery; a work on Obstetrics andMaeria
Medlca; author of New School Remedies;
m Epitome of Eberlie's Practice of Medicine; a
Review of Homoeopathy; a work on the History
>f Medicine ; Editor of University Medical and
Surgical Journal, Ac., Ac. It is a royal octavo of
160 pages, and contains a full description of all diseases
known in medicine and Surgery, including
hose of women and children, together with their
>athology and treatment by all the new and im- 1
jroved methods. Price |7; ppstage 50 cents. 11
Address the author, 933 Arch Street, Philadel- 1
>hia, Pa. I
ALSO, A NEW WORK, I
Entitled New School Medicines, which is the only M
vork ever published upon Materia Medica, em- - m
tracing all the Eclectic, Homoeopathic,"and Bo tan- . M
r% vnm nrl I on * JU-lf ??- * * * "" ?
^ .....wiu., ?iwu ?iuii rcguoar .materia Medica.? V
Price $5; postage free. 1
Address as above. - i }
UNIVERSITY JOURNAL
OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
A SEMI-MONTHLY Journal of Medicine, Surc\L
gery. PhyMology, Hygiene, and General Litjrature;
devoted to the Profession and the People.
The cheapest medical paper In the world, pubIshed
every two weeks, atthe University Build- .
ng. Ninth Street, south of Walnut.
Single oopies,,,,,., 11 00
Five oopies tooneaddress, - 4 85
Tan -> .:? 7 50
Fifteen 1 , " 0 80 j
Twenty 41 " - 10 00
The getter-up of the club shall have one copy i
jratls. |
Address, I
W. PAINE, M. D,, Editor. !
Philadelphia, Pa. J
May 23 4 tf I
C. E. BETCHLER & CO., I
WATCHMAKERS and MANUFACTURERS ]
of JEWELRY, Ac,, Ac. On Main-street, J
opposite Rose's Hotel, Yorkville, S. C.
June 27 C ' 71 i
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