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Ijttitwm Department. THE LOCAL ts. THE LECTURER. The following story may have been told before, but will bear repeating over, as it will probably be appreciated by all keen enough to see the point. It is in two parts, the first being entitled, "What the Local said of the Lecturer." The lecture last evening was a brilliant affair. The hall ought to nave been filled. We are sorry to say, only forty persons were present. The speaker commenced by saying that he was by birth an ecclesiastical deduction : gave a learned description of the devil, and his skill in sawing trees. Among other things, he stated that the Patriarch Abraham taught Cecrops arithmetic. We trust the eloquent divine may be induced to repeat the lecture at some future day. Part Second?"What the Lecturer said of the Local." Dear Sir: In a report of my lecture in your beautiful city, you have made some few mistakes which I wish to correct. You make me speak of myself as by birth an "ecclesiastical deduction." What I said was, that I was not by birth, but only ecclesiastically a Dutchman. Instead of speaking of tha-devil as sawing trees, I spoke of him as towing tares. I said nothing of Abraham, but spoke of the Arabians as nomads of patriarch simplicity. I said that Cecrops was the founder of Athens, and instructed the people in agriculture. "Buy any butter here?" said a country customer, who walked into a dry goods store in Springfield, 111., and looked much like a character who knew a great deal more of himself than he cared-to tell. "No, sir, we don't wish to buy any," replied the merchant. "Want any eggs ?'* "No, sir, we keep a dry goods store here." "So! wa'l then, may be you'd like to buy some fat chickens?fat as pigs, and a mighty sight nicer, tew." "No, sir, I tell you we don't deal in any/ thing but dry goods." "Couldn't I sell you a nice fat shoulder of pork ?" "I tell you, sir, we deal in dry goods exclusively." "Wa'al, what'11 you give for dried ap phs?" _________ flgy* The pastor of a city church was catechising the pupils of his Sabbath school, and remarked : "Remember, dear children, that God is everywhere." The words had hardly escaped his lips, when a roguish little fellow rose up and said-to the pastor: "Please sir, did you say that God was everywhere ?" "Yes, my son; everywhere." "Is he in my pocket ?" "Yes, he is in your pocket." "Well, I guess I've got you there," was the triumphant retort; "because I ain't got any pocket." J8&* A man and wife were sitting at breakfast the other dav?the husband try ing to read the paper, while the wife was lecturing him on his dissipitated hours. - ~ He suddenly itwiecti up from his p*pcr ami said: "Here's a perfectly correct sentiment. A writer in this paper says, the best capital to begin life with is a capital wife J" "That is very true, dear," replied the wife smiling, thinking that her remark would elicit a compliment, "but where can you always get them ?" "In the deaf and dumb asylum, of course." As sympathetic novelists says, "we will not further invade this scene of quiet domesticity." The Californian publishes the following Sunday-school address delivered in that State, with the view of inculcating moderation and kindness on the part of the strong toward the weak. "You boys ought to be kind to your sisters. I once knew a bad boy who struck his little sister a blow over the eye. Although she didn't fade away and die in the summer time, when the June roses were blowing, with sweet words of forgiveness on pallid lips, she up aud hit him over the head with a rolling pin, so that he couldn't go to Sunday school for more than a month, on "account of not being able to put his hat ft on. An Apt Illustration.?We heard a very worthy old freedman, who is begin. iiing to understand the working of the League, give his opinion of it the other day as follows: "I tell you, de League and de darkies jist remind me of when old mass'r an me use to put up de fattenin hogs. I'd take some corn and scatter it-'long, and soon as de hogs 'ud tast it, dey'd follow right 'long picking up de grains, and never looking ahead; and de fust thing dey know'd dey was in the pen an de gap up ! An' dere dey staid till we knock'n em on de head." jjgf In a town in Maine there lived a man who, though yet in middle, age, had put on mourning for three wives. In the course oi time a fourth was brought home, and in the course of her clearing up and putting things to rights, she found in the attic a long piece of old board, and was about launching it out of the window, when little Sallie interposed and said : "Oh don't, mamma! that is the board papa lays out his wives on, and he wants to save it!" Nevertheless, out il went. * B?*. The majesty of justice was fearfullj sustained by Lord Eskgrove, the English judge, who, is related, once sentenced t tailor for murdering a soldier in these words; "And not only did you murder him, whereby he was bereaved of his life, but you die thrust, or push, or pierce, or propel the lethal weapon through the belly-band of his regimental breeches, which were his majes ty's." ^ ggj0' A boy of six summers surprised hii mother with the remark: I have three fa thers!" "Who are they ?" was the mater nal inquiry. "My father who buys nr clothes is one; George Washington, the fa ther of our country is another; and "Ou -Father who art in Heaven," is another!' Turning to his little sister, he said : "I you are not a good girl, God won't be you father." Hg^"Job printing!" exclaimed an ol? woman the other day, as she, peeped ove her spectacles at the advertising page of country paper. "Poor Job ! they've kep . hiin printing, week after week, ever since first learnt to read ; and if he was'nt th most patienest man that ever was, he neve could have stood it so long, nohow." IpSttHaiuwttjS JUticles. GAMBLING EXTRAORDINARY. The newspapers have a story of Commc dore Vanderbilt seeing a blackleg's bluff a poker, and going a thirty thousand dolla steamboat better ; but this is hardly up t an affair of which we recollect reading Ion/ since in a Mississippi paper. In the day when the Hon. Geo. Poindexter represent ed the State in the Federal Senate, sa; some thirty-five years ago, before the tim< of railroads, he started from Natchez by ai up-river boat on his way to Washington The Agricultural Bank, having a heavy de posit to make in one of the Pittsburg banks intrusted the money to his charge. Befor twenty-four hours had elapsed, some of th sporting fraternity were making up a littlgame, and invited the Senator to take i hand, to which, nothing loth, he consented The game ran about the usual course o such things while the professionals were ta king the measure of their intended victim and guessing at the size of'his pile. Whei these points were settled to their satisfac tion, the business began in earnest. Ai overpowering hand was dealt to Mr. Poin dexter, upon which he made a small bet and the others passed, with one exception ' Wlid ""Saw MuT* and went a thousand dol lars better. To this he responded with an other thousand dollars better, when th< gambler replied, "I see your thousand dol lars and go thirty thousand dollars better for, perceiving that his customer was pretty flush, he did not dare risk a few thousand Poindexter replied that that was more rnone^ than he had, but he would put up his pile which entitled him to a sight. This th< other denied to be law. "Certainly," sai< Mr. P., "I always understand that a gentle man has a right to a show for his money.' "Not unless it is stipulated beforehand and the gambler appealed to the "gentle men" present, who sustained him. "Come,' said the rufiian, throwing down a well-fillc( pocket-book, and laying his watch on thi table. "I go thirty thousand dollars better and give you five minutes to raise the mon ey." Poindexter bid him to count his mon ey; and there it was, sure enough, in goo( bills. "Well," said he, rising, "I will se< if I can find any friends who will furnisl the funds," and he passed into the ladies ? ? i.:_ II, CUDlll, in wmcn was uia auue iuulu. h< lingered some time, and as the band wai nearing the last minute, returned quietly took his seat, drew a bulky pocket-bool from his breast, and laying it upon the table calmly said: "Sir, I see your thirty thou sand dollars and go a hundred and twenty thousand dollars better, and give you fiv< minutes to raise the money." It was th< turn of the astonished gambler to call for i count, but before Mr. Poindexter goi through with the hundred and fifty thous and, lie threw down his hand?there being too many spectators to make it safe to rais< a row?and, with his companions, wen ashore at the next wood yard .?Mobil Times. BAD SPECULATION IN BLACK CATS. The statement that an enterprising Yan kce has bought an island in the Ohio river and has stocked the same with black cats intending to go into the fur trade, has call ed forth the following account of a simila experiment wmcn' was made many year ago by a gentleman who resided in Mary land. The idea struck him that as the fui trade was lucrative it would be much bettei to raise animals nearer home than the re gions of the North, and accordingly he pur chased an island in Chesapeake Bay, stock ing it with the blackest of black cats. H< paid extravagant prices for the felines, am all the boys in the adjacent country wen extensively into the business of entrapping unsuspecting Tommies and Tabbies, whicl were immediately disposed of and sent t< the aforesaid island. The gentleman found the cats were pro lific, and was soon compelled to employ tw< men to live on the island and fish with i seine, in order to supply them with food At first, the fishermen had quite an eas^ time, and readily supplied fish in abundant for their charges; Jbut the numbers in creased, until whole legions of black cat trooped over their island home, devouring everything in the shape of food, and th< ***** ?% if imnneeiKln fn Purnicli fliA iliuu 1v/uuu 1b lui^vggiwiv wv aiuaaawu vuv a v quisite amount of nourishment. At last i was determined that one of the men shouh take a boat, and, returning to the main land, report the alarming state of affairs During the absence of the messenger, tin cats became exceedingly bold, and the *c maining party fearing for his life, lockei himself up in his cabin, and prepared for i siege. The enemy, emboldened by this displa; of fear, and urged on by hunger, surroun ded the house, climbed up the sides, starin/ in at the affrighted man through the win dows and apertures, keeping up the whil the most hideous caterwauling. He care fully stopped up every crevice, save th chimney, but seeing and hearing ominou falling of soot, which disclosed a determi nation on the part of the beseiging force t 1 affect a surprise, he closed that opening al [ so, and, Micawber-like, waited for "some thing to turn up." For two days am 1 nights he was kept in this singular prison 1 with the dreadful howls of famished cat 1 ever resounding in his ears, and with sav 1 age eyes glaring at him continually. At length a party arrived with guns, an 1 succeeded in succoring the man from hi J truly awful position, but so numerous wer : the cats, so fierce their aspect, and threat ening their demeanor, that both the rcsci r ers and the rescued were only too glad t , leave this pandemonium of jet black cat; t gaunt and ferocious as they were from stai . vation. ' The animals all perished, and thus ende [ one of the most extensive cat rearing ver tures ever recorded. } Luther's Solaces.?Luther, when studj " ing, always had his dog lying at his feet; dog he had brought from Wartburg, and < 3 which he was very fond. An ivory crucifi . stood at the table before him. He workc . at his desk for days together, without goin j nut; but when fatigued, and the ideas bega ? to stagnate, he took his guitar with him 1 r the porch, and there executed some music; > fantasy?for he was a skillful musician p when the ideas would fly upon him as fres r flowers after a summer's rain. Music w?' his invariable solace at such times. Indeei Luther did not hesitate to say, that, aft< d theology, music was the first of arts. Mi r sic, said he, is the arts of the prophets; a is the only other art which, like theology t can calm the agitation of the soul, and pi I the devil to flight. Next to music, if n< e before it, Luther loved children and flower r The great, gnarled man had a heart as tei der as a woman's. JVpcnltal jptyHgtaMi j i = t A CO.11 .T(ON ERROR. >- A correspondent of the Country Gentlet man writes the following correction of a r common .error, as to the origin of weevils 0 and cheat in wheat. He had been attendy m i.*. 9 9 # i f g ing a trial in Ohio, at which this subject was ? r submitted to the witnesses, and says: C Y "On the witness' stand were farmers, mil- j e lers and wheat dealers; and I was not a lit- l a tie surprised to learn that all theso believed E . that the weevil was inherent in the wheat; f u that it was a sort of spontaneous production. 1 Their testimony may be summed up thus : . e The weevil is in all varieties of wheat in- J e herently, or naturally; "grows with its tJ e growth," from the milk state onward ; ? a, then when the grain is harvested, and un. der certain favorable conditions, the insect f "hatches," and manifests its existence by 1 r eating its way out of the grain of wheat; v } but under Unfavorable circumstances, the ? i insect does not hatch, but the wheat remains . sound. No one seemed to know precisely, ? - rti? dafinifalfr t.bpsft favnrfthlfi Of Unfa- q . vorable circumstances were. b } Does not this demonstrate how very care- e 5 less farmers and millers are in making oh- o . serrations on what is really of great impor- ^ . tance to them ? This carelessness in obserg vation is the parent of much mischief. If . farmers and millers believe the weevil is in' herent irf the wheat, they will not take the j pains to have their bins or granaries as habitually clean and free from insects, as they j would if they knew and believed that the } insect was propagated like "rats or mice." B The firm belief, yet far too prevalent here J in Ohio, that wheat under certain jlliiditions . changes into "cheat," or chess, is produc' tive of much mischief, in so far as keeping ' the fields and seed clean is concerned. . Many believe that wheat turns into chess, ? and that then the chess will not germinate, 1 but the next crop of chess has or will origi3 nate from the wheat. } Last winter a very straightforward and . honest farmer sent to me perhaps a half a . pint of ceralia, put up in two parcels : the i one portion was of the imported seed wheat, 3 which he had sown in. the fall of 1865; the 1 other portion was of the crop harvested in ' 1866, from the same field in which the wheat i was sown in 1805. The seed sown was a 3 beautiful soft amber wheat; the crop har- i 5 vested was rye ! Now this fanner firmly i believes that the wheat was changed into } rye?forgetting the fact that, during the winter of 1865-6, nearly all the wheat was r winter killed, and especially all the softer } varieties, whilst the rye was from the crop > sown in 1864 and harvested in 1865. It is ^ i a little singular that the classes of people t above mentioned, cannot see that it is just . . as rational to believe that wherever there 7 t is a stable there is a horse in it inherently, \ as to believe that the wevil is inherently in f t wheat; and just as rational and sensible to li e believe that a flock of Vermont Merino sheep will change during the winter to a tl flock of South-Powns, or Cashmere goats, 1 as to believe that wheat changes to chess or rye." d NEW POINT IN A GOOD COW. n "Dairyman," in the Practical Farmer, J r for September, presents a point in chosing ,j . tainly sound philosophy in it. Other things * r being equal, he considers a cow which brings 8 r her first calf at a season of the year when | . feed is fresh and tender, and most produc- r . tive of milk, as the month of June, worth c . twice as much as one that brings her first a 3 calf in winter. He says he saw a very ^ 1 promising half Alderney heifer which took 0 t a premium at the Pennsylvania State Fair, t for which the owner asked $60. He offered a \ to give the price provided she was to calve c 3 in June, but finding sho was to calve in * February $30 was all he would offer for k . her. ? j Long observation and experience with i, t iieiters ana tneir suDsequeni cnnraccer as milkers, have satisfied him that commencing j milk in early summer is an indispensable t: q condition to a good milker in after years, a . and that the difference is fully oae-half in g any grade of stock. The philosophy of the <j y difference in favor of heifers coming in for 2 the first time in June, he states an follows: . "The grass being then in the best condition q t to produce a full flow of milk, all the parts 1 that tend to the secretion of milk are de- i . veloped to their utmost capacity. The ud- " der, the teats, and milk veins become en- \ 2 larged, permanently ; and the best cows I ^ . ever raised we had to commence milking * 1 several weeks before they calved, to prevent I ? garget." { The theory seems to be that the milk ves- j y sels become fixed in their capacity by their J . first use, or at least, that their subsequent j t development will be after the type they * ! are first made to assume. It is not rea- c e sonable to suppose that a heifer two years \ old, under any circumstances, will give j e as much milk as the same animal will s at four years old, with the same antece- J i_ dents, and in this sense the milk-vessels i o cannot be fully developed with the first * |. calf, if the heifer be quite young. But it j j. is reasonable to suppose that the type of I j the lacteal vessels, in their proportions to \ u the age and general development of the i s animal, will become fixed at the period al . luded to, and the idea is well worthy the attention of every farmer. d L~ ' THE PEANVT CROP. , S i e The Wilmington (N. C.,) Journal, in al- a luding to this subject, remarks: t '[m From the statistics compiled and pub- t lisliorl in thn JournalL we find that the crnn 1 0 ^ "T "? ' ?' ? "f g , of last year, including shipments as well as sales, amounting) 62,450 bushels. This c year the crop is variously estimated at from [ 75,000 to 100,000 bushels?many think lm the latter figures are nearer the mark. It 1 is estimated by the merchants that about 30,000 bushels of this year's crop have alj ready been shipped. a The Norfolk Journal of a late date says: )f A very large portion of the peanuts used x in the Union pass through the hands of our id merchants. They are raised in the lowig lands of Virginia and North Carolina, and ,n hardly anywhere else. Those from Virgin10 ia are used principally for eating purposes, ; 11 and those from North Carolinafor oil. Our , ; farmers have turned their attention to the j ih culture of the peanut much more of late ' is years than formerly, the cause of which is . 1, that they bring a much larger price than in ?r years gone by, being quoted from one dolu lar and forty cents to two dollar s and sixty ; it cents a bushel, according to quality. An 1 y, acre will produce more in this "pea than in rt anything else, and by the application of 1 3t guano to our quick lands an abundant crop \ s. is obtained, and a very certain one. We j a- hope that our farmers will grow peanuts ' more extensively than they have yet done f or our system of cultivation must change ? rrom large farms to small, and we must try ;o make every acre bring its utmost. j 1&* ?tfllviU( #uquiwr. TERMS?INADVANCE x SPECIE. CURRENCY. 4 )ne Copy, one year 2 50 3 50 ti )ne Copy, 8ix months, 1 25 2 0(1 b )ne Copy, Throe months,.. 75 1 00 G Vo Copies, one year 4 50 6 00 r 'Tve Copies, " ? 8 75 13 50 i ?en Copies, " ? 17 50 25 00 ?S*To persons who make up clubs of teu or aoro names, an extra copy of tho paper will be , nrnisked one year, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be Inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents er square for tho first, and Seventy-five Cents q er square for each subsequent insertion?less than ,r hree months. A square consists of the space oc- q upied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. a fo advertisement considered less than a square. Seml-Montniy, AlontniV or vtuarucny AUVW isements, will be charged. Two Dollars por square >r each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts ^ rill be made on liberal terms?the contract, how- "W ver, must in all coses be confined to the immedite business of tho firm or individual contracting. 01 Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated s advertisements. Announcements of Marriages nd Deaths, and notices of a religious character, In- tc orted gratis, and solicited. ti Personal Communications, when admissa- jyi le; Communications of limited or indivual inter- 8< st, or reooinmendations of Candidates for offices j9 f honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as ad- a ertdsements JOB PRINTING! n I H I TTKT f~\ TTTTl TT1T* rv I.I MT/TP ! ? L PI Hi liiX^UlAIiXl UIIXV/Xi in i til Being now supplied with the VERY BEST MACHINERY, . 1 E And a fine assortment of ic tSTE?JOB TYPE 8 And other Material, JOB PRINTING 1 Pi Of every description, T1 TILL BE NEATLY EXECUTED. P, TERMS?CASH. SELmGOFFAT COST! * rHE Subscriber will sell off a large Stock of stj FANCY GOODS AND ARTICLES in his to ne, for the next thirty days, at Cost prices. This i no humbug, and persons in want of GOODS m lT LOW PRICES, had better come and get ra liem, as the chance will only "be allowed them Tor ar 'HIRTY DAYS, at the "York Drug Store." n< HERE THEY ARE: Call and see the splendid assortment of stan- f ard articles I r* Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Dolby's Carninative, Mrs. Rodrlgues' 'Pulmonic Specific . Elixir, Radway's Pills, Resolvent and Reauy Re- 81 Lei*; Kenneday's Rheumatic and Neuralgia Lininent, Kenneday's Medical Discovery, Rub it In ar r Bono and Nerve Iamuiant^Hostetter's. $tom- . ch Bitters, Brake's Plantation Bitters, Gregory's 111 iyspepsia Bitters, Ai mar's Parasenia Bitters, iandford's Liver Invigorator, Hoofland's German . litters, Jaynes', Ayer's, Moll'att's, McLane's, rj Jrandreth's, Wright's, Strong's, Radway's, Chap- M aan's, Cook's, and a great variety of Bullock And Irenshaw's Sugar Coated Pills. Lubin's. Low's, Pivor's, Cordrav's, Rimmel's nd other best English and French Pomades, Shaing Creams, and Toilet Soaps, and Handkerchief " Extracts in great variety, and cheaper than ever _ ffered in this market. ni Beautiful and cheap Hair, Nail, Tooth, Clothes I nd Flesh Brushes. . " Splendid and common Dressing Combs of En;lisli Horn, Buffalo, and Hard Rubber, aud Ivory ^ine-Tooth Combs, cheaper than over. Charming Silver Gilt, Scotch Wood, and other :inds of Puff Boxes, with puffs aud genuine Lu iii's and Ramsay's flesh and tooth powders, and 11 kinds of pure "and genuine Medicines, in count ess variety, lower man ever. A large and well selected Stock of Varnishes, 'aints, Oils, Dye-stnfls, low down for Greenbacks. Within the next Thirty days you can buy all "1 he abovo at and below cost, besides forty thons- J nd other articles not named. Call quickly at the rt YORK DRUG STORE. ai January 23 4 tf 01 SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD, " s JENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, si Chaiileston, S. C., October 3, 1807. c PkN and after OCTOBER G, 1867, tho Passenger P |_f Trains on tho South Carolina Railroad will un as follows, viz: jcave Charleston for Columbia, i.. 4.30 a. m. = Lrrive at Kingsville, 11.15 a. m. J jeave Kingsville, 11.40 a. m. Lrrive at Columbia, 1.10 p. m. jeave Columbia, 10.00 a. m. Lrrive at Kingsville, 11.85 a. m. j jeave Kingsville, 12.05 p. m. 1 Lrrive at Charleston, 7.05 p.m. | jeavo Charleston for Augusta, 10.40 a. m. Cl Lrrive at Augusta 7.40 p. m. d joavo Augusta, 3.40 a. m. n Lrrive at Charleston, 12.20 p. m. The Passenger Train on the Camden Branch will g; onnect with up and down Columbia Trains and a] VDmington and Manchester Railroad Trains on JON DAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATUR- te )AYS. w Night Express Freight and Passenger Accomnodation Train will run as follows, on and alter ei ho 8th instant, viz: tc joavo Charleston for Columbia 5.40 p. m. Lrrive at Columbia, 5.00 a. ni. ? jeave Columbia, 3.00 p. m. ? Lrrive at Charleston, 3.20 a. m. jeavo Charleston for Augusta, 7.30 p. m. Lrrive at Augusta, 6.50 a. m. L jeave Augusta, 4.10 p. in. Lrrive at Charleston, 4.00 a. m. - H. T. PEAKE, GenTSupt. 1 October 10 24 tf tl rHE CHARLESTON MERCURY. ?' rHE CHjIRLESTON MERCURY is now, as it ti has over been, a true Carolina paper, in the y lauds of Carolinians, and an exponent of tho pre- tl railing sentiments of the people." D As an advertising medium it offers advantages ^ hat cannot well bo surpassed. Its circulation ex- p ends throughout tho whole South as well as 0| lirough the Northern and Northwestern States, nind is rapidly and steadily increasing. THE MERCURY contains all tho latest policial, foreign, religious, and literary news, in a conlensed and attractive form, and will be found to _ >e all that it claims?a live Southern newspaper. Tfc-iSr Terms of Subscription for Daily, per anmm, $8.00: for Tri-Woekly, per annum, $4.00. ( Conducted by f R. B. RHETT <fc BRO. u F, W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor. 0 oo AS tf 'I iixaiui m *v v* j "JOHN IZARD MIDDLETON, nmnHHSSIIIKlEIIIT. i NO. 7 SOUTH STREET, j BALTIMORE. PARTICULAR attention given to sale of Cot- E ton, Rico and Southern Produce, and Purchase of Grain, Guano and Plantation Supplies. v References?Messrs. Lambert, Gittings A Co., v Baltimore; Messrs. J. D. Aiken A Co., Charlesion; James Pagan, Esq., Chester, S. C.; Messrs. rhompson, Withers A Woodward, Winnsboro'. r< December 23 35 . ly LOOK HERE. HAVING made arrangements to get Stock dl- ^ rect from Baltimore, I will resume my trade J Df making BOOTS AND SHOES, making and re- c pairing HARNESS, repairing 8ADDLES, Ac., at ? DENNIS CROSBY'S OLD STORE HOUSE, n All Jobs done with neatness and despatch and on A terms LOWER THAN THE LOWEST, By strict attention to business and low prices for work, I hope to merit a considerable share of patronage. .SPECIMENS AND PRICES of my f] work may be seep at the York Drug Store. ' ? - D.N.MURRAY. cS February 6 ? 0 - - tf 1 SPLENDID ARRAY 'ALL AND MNTER GOODS! ON EXHIBITION AT J. & E. B. STOWE'S. ^lOL. McCORKLE begs to inform Ilia numerous J friends and customers, that he has just reirnedfrom the NORTHERN CITIES.where ho ought a Second 8tock of FALL AND WINTER OODS, AT IREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Our entire Stock of Goods are marked to be >ld at CURRENCY PRICES, and since the DeIne in Prices, we will sell as CHEAP AS the HEAPEST. Some of the Specialties are, DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, loaks, Shawls, in great variety; Furs, Trimlings, in all Varieties and Styles; Heavy Stripe snaburgs, Blankets, Clothing, Boots and Shoes ; Number one STOCK OF GROCERIES, !. D. Cheese, Mackerel, Liverpool Salt, Sugar id Coffee. A splendid assortment of Hardware, bioh we sell cheap. Grateful for past favors, we ask a continuation r patronage, and WE WILL SPARE NO EFFORTS > give our friends and the public every satisfacon as to price and fair dealing.. Lastly, NO CORE GOODS SOLD ON TIME, and all perma inrlnKtnrl wnll Vvnor In mlnrl tliof tholf hfinnr pledged to pay when called on. We hope this ill upon those indebted will prove sufficient. Wo are your friends. J. & E. B. STOWE. LOOK HERE! 1 AVE you heard the news. No; what is ft? Why Col. MeCOKKLE with J. & E. B. IOWE, is now reooiving his Seooiid Stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS. o and see him, and he will sell vou Goods LOWR THAN YOU CAN GET TifEM in any other tore, South of Mason's Line. He goes in for the d Maxim of QUICK SALES AND SMALL ROFITS. I said I would, and so I will. December 19 34 tf ALLISON & BRATTON, DEALERS IN &?BS( CHEMICALS/ FATEIT. HEDfCIIES. PERFUMERY, &C? 1ESPECTFULLY inform the public that they Xare constantly making additions to their bck of the above articles, which tboy offer to ELL FOR CASH, as cheap as any establlshient in the up-country, and guarantee every arde they sell, to be as represented*, THEIR STOCK CONSISTS OF DBUQS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS, ssential Oils, Medicinal Extracts, Patent Medinee, Window Glass, Putty. Paints, Oils, Dye ,uffs, Varnishes, Artists' Oil Colors, Artists' yeing Oil, Nut Oil, Indigo, Madder, <fcc., <fce. FOR THE TOILET. Fancy, Toilet and Shaving Soaps, Wood's Hair estorer. Hall's Hair Restorer, Heimstreet's Hair ye, ana other preparations for the Hair. Hair, ooth, Nail, Cloth, Paint and Varnish Brushes; Vfc it- T-1- SL. - T"> _ A J,* BiiHj renciis, iiik, ou. l>uuuu?j iucutv^uoo, *uu bompsonian Preparations; Flavoring Extracts, WINES AND BRAXDIES, earl and Corn Starch, Bakers' Broma, Arrowot, Pure Soda and Cream of Tartar, Cod-Liver il, Ac., Ac. Fougera's Compound Iodinized Cod Liver Oil. new Medicine, which is highly , recommended f the Frenoh Academy,of Physicians for Conimption and all diseases of a Scrofulous characr. Fougera's Elixir of Phosphorus, Iron and Bisuth?a valuable medicine for all functional dengements of tho nervous system with debility; ia for dyspepsia, attended with ljioreorless flat3S8 and pain in the stomach after meals. Hubbel'g Ferrated Elixir of Calisaya Bark.?' his form of iron is neutral, tasteless, without asingency; prompt and energetic, 'and does not I scolor the teeth nor induce headache. Robinson's Silver Soap, for cleaning all kinds of Iver-ware, with little rubbing. Sozodont, for cleaning and preserving the teeth id hardening the gums. Bloom of Youth and Liquid Pearl, for beautify ig and preserving the oompltfxion and skin.? TOBACCO AND SUGARS. good assortment of Segars, Smoking and Chewig Tobacco, constantly on hand; Orders from Physicians and Merchants from the >untry. ATTENDED WITH THE CASH, relectrally solicited and promptly attended to. We tnnot now sell for credit, and fhe cash will be reaired on delivery of the goods at the Store. October 24 , 26 tf BUI?? HE AND SEED STORE. LITTEE & MARSHALL, * NO. 14,0 MEETING STREET. OPPOSITE PAVILION HOTEL, oelauxjESTON, S. O., 3EALERS in all kinds of Agricultural Implements, Machinery, Seeds, Ac.; Plows, Hariws. Cultivators, Corn Shellers, Corn Mills, Corn id Cotton Planters, Fodder Cutters, Horse Pow s, Threshing Machines, Reaping and Mowing facilities, Washing Machines, Ac., Ac. PURE SEEDS, of all varieties, crop of 1867, irefully selected from the best and most reliable EED GROWERS. Farmers, Planters and the Trade generally, ipplied on most liberal terms. + Agonts for INOERSOLL'S HAND POWER OTTON PRESS, and the Little Giant Horse ower. Send for Circulars. January 9 2 3m YORKVILLE, S. C. i yj.'Vv THIS Establishment is undergofeSakr.S "inn a THOROUGH RENOVAI r U BtHK TING. The rooms cannot be surSsssSiSt passed in the State. We liave proired the services of WHITE SERVANTS; the ining Room will be furnished with the best this larket can atford. In connection with this House, is a BARBER HOP, BILLIARD SALOON and BAR ROOM, ad in fact, all that a traveler needs. THE STABLES are superintended by a compeint person, just from England. Horses will be ell fed and groomed. Charges moderate. An OMNIBUS will bo at the Depot, every ironing, for the purposo of conveying passengers > this Hotel. WM. E. ROSE & CO. November 28 81 3m TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York District. ewis M. Grist, vs. Seth W. Fowle <fe Co.?In the Common PhXAB.?Attachment. [TTHEREAS, tho Plaintiff did, on the 9th day fW of February, 1807, file his declaration against le Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent from id without tho limits of. this State, andhasneiler wife nor Attorney known within tho limits of ?e same, upon whom a copy of the said declaraon might be served. It is, therefore, ordered, tat tho said Defendant do appear and plead to the eclaration filed against him, on or before the 8d ay of March, which will be in the year of our ord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, therwise final and absolute judgment will be Lven against liim. J. F. WALLACE, c. c. c. p. A a. s. Clerk's Office, York District, S. C. March 7 45 lyq THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. PUBLISHED Daily and Weekly in Augusta, Ga., is the oldest newspaper in the State. Estblished in 1794, it has ever since that time been no of the leading papers in tho South, and it still laintaius its place'in the front rank of Southern ournals. Ably edited and the chosen medium through hick the master minds of the State address the eoplo, its value as a conservative political paper i second to none, while its numerous ard reliable jrrespondents malco it a first class NEWS AND 'AMILY JOURNAL. ' ? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: aily, one Month, $ 1 00 " Three Months, 2 50 " One Year, -.. 10 00 Weekly One Year, 3 00 " Six Months, 4 160 Subscriptions for the Chronicle and Sentinel jceived and forwarded at the Enquirer Office. August 15 * 16 tf ESTELLA, OR STAR OIL. HUE New Burning Fluid, ESTELLA, OR |_ STAR OIL, with the new Sun Burners, or omet Burners, and Chimneys that do notsmok# r break, now ready for sale, making your light early 100 per cent, cheaper than Kerosine Oil. it the YORK DRUG STORE. January 23 4 ^ tf KAGS WAITED. IWO CENTS per pound, IN SPECIE, will be I paid for all CLEAN Cotton or Linen RAGS elivered at the ' ^ENQUIRER OFFICE Decembers 32 tf > RICHMOND WEEKLY DISPATCH. EHIABOED AHD IMPROVED FOR 1868. CHEAPEST AND BEST Farail,. ad Business Newspaper ia the Sooth. A LTHOUGH the WEEKLY DISPATCH for JA 1868 has been gleatly enlarged and improved, the price will remain the same. We are determined to publish the cheapest and best FAMILY and BUSINESS NEWSPAPER IN THE SOUTH, at a price placing it within the ability of all to take The WEEKLY DISPATCH contains all the important editorials of the Daily; a careful and complete summary of Foreign and Domestic News; latest news by telegraph from all parts Of tho world; full and reliable Stock; Financial, Cattle and General Market Reports; latest Agricultural and Horticultural Information : svnoneis of the proceedings of Congress and State Legislature when in session ; proceedings of Scientific, Agricultural, Religious and Literary Societies; all important Legal Decisions of State and Federal Courts; reviews of the most interesting and important New Books; Popular Stories by the best writers; and indeed everything of interest to the Family Circle, the Merchant, Farmer, Professional Man, Mechanic and Laborer. Our Washington correspondent will continue to koep our readers informed, both by telegraph and mall, of everything of importance occurring at the National Capital. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY DISPATCH: Mail subscribers, single copy, one year, $ 2 00 Mall subscribers, clubs of nye, addressed to names of subscribers,..- 9 00 Five copies to one address, 8 00 Ten copies to one address, 15 00 Terms cash in advance. Remittances may be made by drafts, postal money orders, or In registered letters, at our risk. The Daily Dispatoh is mailed at |6 for one year. The Semi-Weekly Dispatch is published every Tuesday and Friday, and mailed at ft for one year. Specimen copies of all our editions sent on application. Address COWARDIN A ELLYSON, Richmond, va. January 28 4 5t 18 6 8- * SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. The Best Paper ln the World. PUBLISHED FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. rgtHIS SPLENDID NEWSPAPER, greatly enjL larged and improved, is one of the most reliable. useful, and interesting journals ever publisher Every number is beautifally printed and elegantly illustrated with several ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS, representing New Inventions, Novelties in Mechanics, Agriculture, Chemistry, Photography, Manufactures, Engineering, Science and Art. Farmers, Mechanics, Inventors, Engineers, Chemists, Manufacturers, people in every profession of life, will find the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN to be of great value in their respective cal lings, its counsels ana suggestions wiu save them hundreds of dollars annually, besides affording them a continual source of knowledge, the value of which is beyond pecuniary estimate. All patents gran ted, with the claims published weekly. Every Public or Private library should have the work bound and preserved for reference. The yearly numbers of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN make a splendid volume of nearly one thousand quarto pages, equivalent to nearly four thousand ordinary bo6k pages. A new Volume commences January 1, 1868, Published Weekly. Terms : One Year $8; Hair Year, $1.50? Clubs of Ten Copies for One Year, $25; Specimen copies sent gratis; Address MI7NN A CO., 37 ParkRow, New York. The Publishers of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, in connection with the publication of the paper, have acted*as Solicitors of Patents for twenty-two years. Thirty thousand applications for Patents nave been made through tneir agency. More than one hundred thousand Inventors have sought the counsel of the Proprietors of the Scientific American concerning their Inventions. Consultations and advice to inventors, by mail, free. Pamphlets concerning Patent Laws of all Countries, free. A Handsome Bound Volume, containing 150 Mechanical Engravings, and the United States Census by Counties, witn Hints and Receipts for Mechanics, mailed on reoeipt of 25 cents. January 9 2 tf 18681 THE SOTJTHEHH FAVORITE! mm mm srs minis i Beautifully Illustrated A Elegantly Printed! Pronounced by the Southern Press to be the most elegant and talented young people1 s paper printed in this country. WE are now publishing MAROONER'S ISLAND, a Sequel to the Young Marooners, and Jack Dobcll, or a Boy's Adventures in Texas, by one of Fannin's men?pronounced eqnal to the best of Mayne Reid's stories." We shall begin, in the first number of 1868, a thrilling story, by a lady of Virginia, entitled "ELLEN HUNTER: A Tale of the War," which will run for several months. ? Among the regular contributors to BURKE'S WEEKLY are Rey. F. R. Goulding. anthorof "TheYonngMaroonor's;" Mrs. Jane T. H. Cross; Mrs. Ford, of Rome, Ga.;. Miss Mary J. Upshur, of Norfolk, Va., and many others. Terms?$2 a year in advance; Three copies for $5; Five copies for $8: Ten copies for $15, and Twenty-one copies for $30. Clenrvmen and Teachers furnished at $1.50 per annum." The volume begins with the July number. Back numbers cdn be supplied from the first, and all yearly subscribers may receive the numbers for the first six months, stitched in ah elegant illuminated covor. Address J. W. BURKE & CO., Publishers, Macon, Ga. December 23 36 tf ' THE GREAT POPULAR PAPERI TIE CKMLESTOI DAILY IIYS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. THECHARLESTON TRI-WEEKLY NEWS Three Dollars a Year?Two Dollars for Six Months. TERMS, CASHIN ADVANCE. %3T- No Paper sent unless the Cash accompanies the Order. flSSr No paper sent for a longer time than paid for/ RIORDAN, DAWSON <fc CO., Proprietors. L. M. GRIST, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. December 23 86 tf niEwnslBf "HEAR ME FOR MY CAUSE I HAVING entered into Copartnership for another year, with the great' "King oi Day," old "Sol," I am more fully prepared than ever, to execute BEAUTIFUL LIKENESSES in every style of the Photographic Art, and at prices suited to the times. A fine light, a complete equipment, and au experience or many years, enable me to surmount difficulties in the way of less favored artists. My skill has often turned ugliness into beauty; hence the least favored need not be discouraged. Call and examine those new and beautiful additions to the art?Porcelain pictures. My rooms arojstill iu "Adickes' building," third story. 1 J. R. SCHORB. Albums and Stereoscopes always on hand. The latter instrument, with a collection of pictures for the same, will enable you to visit every part of the globe without leaving your home. Wonderful! December 23 34 tf "~7 JOHN H. HOLMES, COMMISSION MERCHANT, BOYCE & GO'S WHARF, Cil AJttJjUiB i , OW. WA. Refers to Hon. Geo. A. Trenholm, Charleston, S. C.; Andrew Simonds, President 1st National Bank, Charleston, S. C.; F. S. Holmes, President South Carolina Mining and Manufacturing Company, Charleston, S. C. December 12 33 2m* ALMANACS FOR 1838. JUST receiv ed a large lot of "MERCHANTS' AND FARMERS' ALMANACS," for the year 1868. The calculations were made by Prof James H. Carlisle, of Spartanburg District, for this latitude. They are offered for sale at 10 cents each. Apply at the ENQUIRER,OFFld? January 2 1 - fjF FOR TAX-COLLECTOR. mHE friends of JOHN M. SHEERER, (of BulX lock's Creek) respectfully-announce him as a candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, of York District, at the next election. >' j August 16,1867.. : 17 0m* ?i I STOT E2?. - i* . J . ><"'1 ^ * r*~ ^ nff^ llK'i J 1ST RECEIVED, A LARGE AND COM-. PLETE assortment of COOKING STOVES; Also, a few T,<^ * * *T^ HEATING STOVES, PRICES PROM J20 TO |75, CURRENCY. All orders shall receive prompt attention, and Stoves purchased from us warranted to give satisfaction. ' ? G. W. CURTIS 4 CO., Chester, a C. October 17 1867. 25 r 6m' - > THE NEW WEED FAMILY SEWIN0 MACHINE, fctf <? -. < .?" "*o Styled F. F., or Family Favorite. The weed sewing machine oompa^ NY, in addition to their well-, known and high- ; ly appreciated No. 2, or Wheel Feed Machine, are now introducing their New Drop Feed, or F. P. Machine, confidently asserting that it ia the moat , simple, durable, compact and beautiful piece of mechanism ever presented to die public. It not only retains the principal essential points of the former, but combine* with them the many and desirable advantages which render a positive four motion feed so admirably adapted to light fiunily sewing, and at the same, tone oapabte of executing, with the most unerring certainty and precision, all tho heavier grades or ordinary Wd>*. Principal Agencies : 018, Broadway, N. York, StP, Washington street, Boston, 162, Washington/ street, Chicago. 1816, Chesnntstreet, Philadelphia, Pa., anaaold atmostlargeBoshmes Centres, ^ar Local Agentawanted everywhere. . j The Weed Sewing Machine wae awarded the highest medal at the Paris Exposition, July, 1867k > September 20 22 emi JUST RECEIVED AT BOSE'S GROCERY AND . < .. *b Provision Store, ' At isKf A LOT OF TUTS , i . 7 BACON AND SU8AR-COTED HAMS, WELL SELECTED LOT OF . SUGARS, COFFEE, MOLASSES, ? Spices, Jellies, Pickles, Teaa, Vermicelli, Maocaroni, MACKEREL, SHAD, ... 100 sacks salt. ? And other articles too numerous to mention.?. I am daily receiving supplies of Groceries of every description, which I WILL SELL LOWER FOR CASH, than those who pretend To - Sell at Cost! . > *. to v nna September 28 22 tf. ' LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of virginia. i u, rpnE Subscriber respectfully informs the puWic JL generally that he nas accepted the Agency-pf the above Company, and is now preparod to igKXO policies of LIFE INSURANCE. Ihe solvency of the Company is certified to by the Court Officers of Nelson county, Virginia, and is commended to those who desire to support a "Home Institution. j. a. McLean, At the store of J. A E. B. Stowe. THE OTWEC?r ! Of this Company is to insure life?not indeed to prolong life?but by paying a certain sum to the beneficiaries of a policy when you die?thereby to continue the exertions, investments and benefits A of your life to your dependent^ after your life is Nj terminated. ? ^ However well prepared a man may be in aspir- ^ itual point of view to meet , the "king of terrors," if he ne possessed of a thoughtful mind add a fqel- * ing heart, he can but look with sad forebodings to that finale of his earthly career which is to deprive his fond wife and helpless children.of thatsupport and fostering care which his , arm has furauhed. Ho shudders as his mental gaze looks within the i gloomy portals of the grave and leaves behind those whom he loved, as .Vagrants, roaming the friendless, thorny paths of public charity KTei, alas! how many do it 11 when a smallpresent outlay would gild their troublous road with?in llH comfort, if spent^n a Life Tnipimny V^itrr^Rtrder, are you not liable to this sad death-bed reflection of tue unseen trials you bequeath those you leave behind, by neglecting this cheap protection which we now urge upon your If your mind were easy on thiasubject; if you could feeLwben you "shuffle off this mortal coil" your tenfiy were provided for. you would be relieved of 4fc* car king anxiety that fills every worthy mind at such fears: you would be better prepared to pursue your avocation with mental composure and zeal. We do not mean to assert that money can fijl the plaoe of a fond father, yet we do assert, what you know to be trite?money will' prove their best earthly friend when yon are gone; and yon can leave them this oertain/riend now while you are living. Can you?will you refuse iff, >' T Business men are considered rather improvident who do not insure their goods and houses against . fire. Now, yonr bonse may never be burne&-4t ^ may stand a hundred years; but your life eamnot ^ last so long?your "lamp of life" must burn ant some day. You argue it is prudent to insure against uncertain misfortunes to your property, and yet neglect a cr.-tenn event which trfZfana must /WN??\A 4/\ /liulil T? fhls MMSfsfswf nrlari AIM onJ g^radenceWe^admitand nwprt.Mio prudence of le first, but assertthe greater wisdom andneo*sity for the last. Ask yourself the question, fro you doing right to neglect this opportunity to provide effectually for your family, in case of your death, -while you have it in your power? And bear in mind?now, this moment may be your last chance?death is after you I When onoetas "rugged scythe shall clip the brittle threodnf life," the ghastly panorama of wont and suffering will be opened to the sighingiearts you took care of while you lived. Remember! only while in health?before age, with attendant diseases come upon you? before you begin to loiter in sad sicknees on tho verge of the grave?only while living?mentally and physically living?can you obtain a Life Insurance Policy. Life is a vast battle-field?death is always the final victor?and while we do not urge this process will disarm him of his sting, (for reugon only can do that) yet it will soothe your heavg bosom to know you haVe provided for your family before that trying hour comes. By haVing your life insured you "disarm the sting" of poverty and want to them. We imagine now we hear the wail of suffering from some lone widow, whilo she examines the merits of this business, aa her shivering group stand around her scanty fire and cnr for bread: "Oh! that my husband had insur- ^ ed his life! If be could have foreseeiumy lamentable stato he would have done so. He was kind and good to all, and supposed that all would be kind and good to us; but alas, how mistaken! Ho provided well for us while living; but If he had insured his life, its benefits would have continued to us now." Do not say this is a fancy sketch, for many such a scene has really existed. JOHN R. ALLEN is the Agent of the above Company at Chester. October 10 24 tf T TO PRINTERS.' r mHE undersigned offers for sale the' Printing I Material mentioned below: cheap for Cash.? u . X/T AMD JUOOU^I-VUt W A* OUIO XT / 150 Advertising Roles?cot ltHI Pica. 47 Brass Dashes?cut 14 ems Pica, . 23 Parallel Cross Boles?cot 14 eq*a Pica. 13 DoableCross Rules?cat 14 ems Plea. 8 "short" and 0 "long" Column Ktiles. Also, the "Head Rules" formerly used on the "Enquirer." One 38-inch roller mould, in good order, and several book, newspaper and Job chases. The roller mould will be Bola liar $15. Also, one 3-inch Screw Standing Press with 300 paper and 10 wooden boards. The Press, 4c., is in good order, and will be sold as it stands?for one hundred dollars in cash. Cost $140 previous to the war. Also, 350 lbs Nonpareil?but little used?at 40 J cents per pound. , L, GBIST. A 1