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"KAltK FROM THE TOMBS" "STORY. This good yarn, for the truth of which "Sut" vouches, that is, "in the main like a ] man takes a wife," as he phrases it, has i appeared in several. papers lately in an in- ( complete form: ] Many years ago, Major Wallace, while President of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, chanced to be traveling over tne tine in a car where there hut few passengers, seated opposite the stove, wrapped , up n his shawl and meditations connected , with the gigantic job, which he had undertaken, (building a railroad without money,) when night came on. Presently, in bounded a brakeman, loudly slaming the door j benind him?one of those country geniuses, j who, with a laudable ambition had, a day , or two ago, abandoned the girls, the fiddle, , and ti e ploughtail, to "climb in the world," , to bee one a brakeman. He had been the , king bet at all the neighborhood frolics, at < the i;:xne raisings, at the corn shuckings, : are! r.t the cross roads doggery fighting < gr ?ncd, and now he felt sure that he was a j ? * <1 1 O. i.. A. . KiU" Dee on ranroaas. oiruuing up io me stovt he slammed down his lantern, kicked , the and from his huge boots on the foot- , boart. of the seat, spit tobacco juice copi- , ouslv and noisly on the hissing stove, j crossed his muscular thighs, took a survey \ of the aforesaid boots, with harness leather , straps, and then bethought himself of the ] "customer" sitting opposite, on whom he j proc ;eded to bestow a lengthened, critical and iaucy look, as though he doubted the ; "cus tomer's" right to be in the coach at all. ] At 1- agth he sought knowledge: ( "''vhar are you gwine, Mister?" , o Dalton, sir," responded the Major, j quiet Jy. < Pr.-jcher, ain't you?" ] "b o, sir, I am not; but why do you ask F" | "C'k ! nothing, only by 1 thought I j saw 'Ei ark from the tombs' sticken' out all | over you like measils. You know me, I ] reckt u:" j "I am sorry to say that I do not." ( ""V ell, I'll jist be dam; why, whar the f devil ?ver you raised ?" ] "At Maryville, East Tennessee." j r? :c t i "Vfl I mat excuses yvu, xux xx c?cx * ] hearn tell ove that settlement afore, I wish j I may be darned, and I know every place, I dus." "You seem to be well acquainted with the place you are now occupying," remarked the Major, almost choking with efforts to 1 suppress his laughter. "What place ao you mean, Mister ? This i yere red bainch kivered with the dried < skins of cows' tongues' or my office?" 1 "I alluded to your office, and by the way, < what is your position on this road ?" < "Brakeman, by the jumpin* geminy. I < tho't everybody know'd that; brakeman over the xeast Teenessee and Georgia ' Railroad." "Unfortunately I did not know it," re- 1 plied the Major. ' "Well, you'd dam soon foun' the fac' out < if you'd a cut up any shines roun' yere, J huggin wimmen, or cussin, or trying to i steal anybody's carpet-bag, or talkin' sassy 1 to the conductor or sich. Why I'd a chuck- 1 ed you head foremos' thru that winder, like 1 dartin clapboards through the cracks ov a ' barn, for I mean to run this here train on < morril principles, I dus. An' you didn't ' know I was the brakeman ov this yere rail- 1 road ?" < "Indeed, sir, I did not." "Well, old Slideasy, all I hes got to say ^ is that for a man ov your looks, you no less 1 than anybody I ever saw. How do you ] manage to make a livin', enyhow?" "I receive a salary; I am President of this road; Wallace is my name. But I have not the pleasure of knowing yours; will you be kind enough to inform me?" All symptoms of "king bee" disappeared at this tnunaerDoit announcement, ana m their stead, timid humility, crushed pride of place, a strong "get way" desire, and a most confounded hang dog look. THE NEW BONNET. After Governor Gilmer, of Georgia, retired from office, he went to his old home in Lexington. He had a penchant for old irons, such as plough-shares, old carriage irons, grindstone cranks, old shovels, and the odds and ends of plantation tools'. Attending the sales of estates, he accumulated an ox cart load or two of such stuff, which he dumped down in the corner of his yard near his dwelling, very much to the annoyance of his wife. The pile kept increasing. She determined to make way with it, and one day, (Sheriff*s sale day,) sent it to the court yard, (with the knowledge of the Sheriff, who loved a joke) to be sold to the highest bidder. Governor Gilmer that morning rode out of town a mile or two, and was returning as the Sheriff was proceeding with the sales. Catching the eye of the Governor, who was looking on, he pointed out to him the lot of old iron, and requested him to make a bid, make an offer for them. "Good," said Governor Gilmer, "I have some pieces at home that will match exactly. I bid ten dollars for them." "Ten dollars! ten dollars! repeated the Sheriff?nobody bids more?"they are yours, Governor." Delighted with his purchase, he paid ten dollars, and left them in the yard for future . rpL~ 01 :<r j ,i?i WUVemtruii. jluc OUCI1U paiu cue ten uwilars to Mrs. Gilmer. In a few days she bought a handsome bonnet, and the Governor, admiring it very much, said: "My dear, where did you get that pretty bonnet ? It is beautiful and becomes you " "Don't it, husband, don't it ? I bought it with the ten dollars you paid for your old iron trash!" The Governor wilted?he was sold by bis own wife. But time cured the chagrin, and the good Governor had frequently to join in the laugh at his own expense over the little incident. lawyer once came into court drunk, when the judge said to him: "Sir, I am sorry to see you in a situation which is a disgrace to yourself and family, the court and profession to which you belong." This reproach elicited the following colloquy: "Did your honor speak to me?" "I did, sir; I said, sir, that in my opinion you disgrace yourself and family, the court and the profession by your course of conduct." "May i-i-it please your honor, I have been an attorney i-i-in this c-court for fifteen years; and, permit me to say, your honor, that this is the first correct opinion I ever knew you to give!" ? A Western paper calls a rival editor "an animited spare rib with some of the bristles attached." |ps**naw<rM$ ^riidrsi. A FIVE THOUSAND MILE WALK. Edward Payson Weston, the pioneer and best known of American pedestrians, is in town, and preparing for another and greater feat than that which he accomplished so handsomely last autumn. This time this pedestrian is to walk from Bangor, Maine, to St. Paul, Minnesota, and return to Buffalo, New York, making in all 5,000 miles, to be completed in one hundred consecutive days. This feat is to be done for a wager of $25,000 a side?in all, $50,000?Mr. Goodwin still backing WestoD, and Messrs. William B. Fredericks, Samuel G. Brock, William B. Perkins, J. G. Carrol, and Eugene M. Ball backing time. A purse of $25,000 is also being raised to be presented to Weston if he should accomplish this monster feat. As he will not be allowed to walk ^ * * MI i i __i_ i. __ on Sunday, ne win oniy nave eiguiy-siA secular days in which to accomplish the the feat, and will have to make the enormous average of 58| miles daily in order to win. He will also have to walk 100 miles inside of twenty-three oonsecutive hours five times during the march of the 5,000?that is to say, once in each thousand ; and should he fail in doing this feat once, he forfeits all claim to the #25,000 purse, and forfeits $2,000 for each event to the backers of time in the wager. He will ilso walk fifty miles in ten consecutive hours, once in each thousand miles, making five times in all. In both of these feats he will be allowed two trials at each event.? [f Weston succeeds in accomplishing t^is he will certainly give the British pedestrims, who have been talking so much of late, i lesson that will in all probability drive them back to their native shores with a very jxalted opinion of American enterprise.? Mr. Weston purposes starting on or about ;he 18th of August from Bangor, Me., and ;erminating at Buffalo, N. Y., on Novem3er 26th. He will be accompanied during lis entire walk by a party of six sworn ludges; and there will be attached to the jarriage an odometer for the correct meajurement of the distance. During his walk le will pass through twelve different States md innumerable cities and towns. The Srst deposit of $5,000 was made last night n the hands of the stakeholder, Mr. Elias. New York Tribune. CLERICAL ANECDOTE. A respectable, well-to-do farmer had, to the astonishment of the community, and ' ~ * * o l the great mortification 01 nis menus, ueeu found guilty of sheep-stealing. The discovery of the crime having been made on Saturday, a knowledge of the fact had not, 3n the following Sunday, reached the ear of either of the pastors of the two village ihurches. On Sunday morning the good lover of mutton?whose Christian name, by the way, was Adam?repaired, as usual, to church. Imagine the effect, not only on the guilty Adam, but on most of the audience, who had heard of the affair, when the minister announced as his text, "Thou shalt not steal," and proceeded to discuss the subject in the most practical manner, denouncing, among other forms of the sin in question, that of sheep-stealing as the meanest of them all! This was "the last straw that broke the camel's back," and the abashed Adam sneaked out of the chufch at the close of the sermon, in no enviable state i)f mind. In the afternoon, our hero sought consolation for his wounded spirit by attending the neighboring church of a different denomination, a large number of whose members consisted of his intimate friends and relatives. The latter, of course, were already informed of the crime laid to the charge of their kinsman. All the consolation our friend Adam obtained, however, by his "change of base," was a remarkably pointed and personal dis course from the words, "And the Lord God called unto Adam and said, 'Where art thou?'" As a matter of course, sometime afterward both clergymen found themselves "in hot water," and it was a difficult matter to convince their parishioners that they had been innocent of any design in the selection of their texts.?Boston Transcript. CIRCUMLOCUTION. At Cincinnati, a lew years since, an unsophisticated darkey waited upon a certain military gentleman with a bill of $19.15 for washing done at the camp hospital, which, after undergoing a rigorous scrutiny by the officer, was returned with the followexplanation, which the astonished son of Ethiopia listened to with an equal amount of wonder and perplexity: "This bill," said the military gentleman, "will first have to be sent to the Quartermaster-General at Washington, and he will report to the Adjutant-General, and he will lay it before the Secretary of War for his approval. The Adjutant being satisfied, it will be sent to the Auditor of State, who will approve of it and send it to the Secretary of the Treasury, who will send it to the United States Treasurer, who will at once dispatch an order to the Collector of this port to pay the bill." The darky relieved himself of a longdrawn sigh. "Then, inassa," he remarked, "dat last gemblam you spoke of, pays fox the washing, does he?" "No," continued the other, "he will hand it to the Quartermaster; but as there is no such officer here at present, some prop er person must be appointed by the Secre tary of War, under direction of the Presi dent, and his appointment must be approvec by the Senate. Congress not being in ses sion now, the commission cannot be issued until after it meets. When this commissior is received, the Quartermaster will show ii to the Collector; he will pay it, you giving your receipt." The unfortunate negro first scratched hii head, then shook it, and finally said: "I guess I'll hab to let dis washing slide but it am de last job I does for Uncle bam shure." A Bright Light.?"Johnson, you saj Brown was the man who robbed you?"? "Yes, sir." "Was it moonlight when i took place ?" "No, sir." "Was it star light?" No ; it was so dark you couldn' see your hand afore your face." "Well j was there any light shining from any housi (near by?" "Why, no; there was not j house within a mile of us." "Well, then if there was no moon, no starlight, no ligh from any house, and so dark you couldn' see your hand before your face, how is i that you are so positive that Brown wai the man, and how did you see him ?"? "Why, you see, when the fellow struck me de fire flew out of my eyes so bright da you might see to pick up a pin." ? Kgwitltal Jjapartmaut Prom the Southern Cultivator. IMPROVING LAND WITH PEAS. Sparta, Ga., April 4th, 1868. Editor? Southern Cultivator:?You wis! my experience in growing peas, and turn' ing them under whilst green. The benefits of growing green crops and burying them in the soil for the benefit of future crops, are too well understood to be questioned by any one; but it has opened a question in agricultural economy that haf not been settled so satisfactorily. The English farmers formerly used a half ton oi ground bones per acre, to grow a single crop, but they have found that by dissolving two hundred pounds of bones in acid] at a cost of fifty per cent on the price oi the bones, (making the whole cost equal to that of three hundred fbs. of bones,) that il will r> oduce the same effect at an outlav of only thirty per cent on that of the former mode?the latter method giving them the means of returning the same amount oi manure to the land the next year, as th? former did, by producing the same amount of hay, turnips and other forage to feed to stock. Now, admitting that it will pay to grow peas and clover, to be turned under as fertilizers, the following questions arise : At what time should they be turned under! Would it pay better to feed .them off the land than to cover them with a j)low, and what do they lose by drying before being turned under ? Here, again, the question of soluble and insoluble manures is involved. I have always taken the side of soluble manures as being the most economical. Dry pea vines and clover will soon become soluble. I will give you my practice. It is one that will pay, although I will not say that it is the best. First, keep your land in good heart; let the field that you intend to sow peas on remain fallow, until you lay by your corn?say from the twentieth of July. You will then have a large growth of green weeds to turn under. Start your teams with good turn plows, running off the lands as nearly level as you can, and go round and round until that land or cut is finished. Start the pea dropper after every third plow, and the hand with the manure after the pea dropper. Drop the manure in four inches of the peas. If you find the pea? will make from 7 to 15 bushels per acre, turn stock in upon them, placing salt in places over the field, to cause the most of the manure to be dropped on the field. Then invest all the profit asising from feeding stock on the field, in bones and Peruvian guano for next crop, and you will find this system will pay. I have adopted it with both wheat and cotton, with good success. If the peas fail to fruit, turn them under whilst green. Second Plant.?Plant peas the first of June, same as above; turn them under before the stems become very woody, and plant and manure a second crop at the same time that you are turning under the first crop of vines, and treat the second crop as you did the first. The true policy is to secure the greatest amount of soluble vegetable mold you can accumulate wit! the least cost. Very truly, yours, DAVID DICKSON. N. B.?I prefer peas planted and cultivated on a level, both for the land and crop and for sowing small graim after the pee crop. IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN. Experiments have demonstrated, anc analogy has shown, that the finest and besi samples of seed continued for years, wil improve the quality and quantity of th< product. A better wheat is thus raised even a variety may be established. Or the principle (in farm stock) we have th< short horns, the blooded horses, and thi different breeds of sheep, swine, poultry etc. Experiments have not been made or the human species; but the same, no aouDt holds good here. We plant and sow "as it comes." Wi take the seed of the same grain that we us< in the aggregate, and sow it. Is not thii the case almost universally ? Corn is ai exception to some extent?but why do w< except corn ? Because it is handy to se lect. But why select at all ? Because i is understood to be good. Analogically then, it is good to do the same with wheat oats, barley, etc. But this is less easih done; we therefore neglect it. How lonj will it take a farmer to go through hi , wheat, and secure the finest and ripest head sufficient to sow an acre, or half an acre or a quarter?or even a pint of seed ? Thi pint sowed will be sufficient to form a tes crop. The best heads taken from this a gain and sowed, will yield another tes crop, from which should be taken as before and so on for a number of years, say half i dozen, more still better. But three or fou years will work a decided difference. Bu the thing should be continued from selectei | wheat every time. In this way, grain cai ! be improved and crops enlarged. Ther ! will be larger grains, earlier maturity am 1 better growth.?Rural World. COTTON SEED MANURE. i Editors Southern Cultivator .-?There ar ' persons who are prone to exclaim, "I ar Sir Oracle !" and "when I ope my mouth I let no dog bark." I lay claim to no sue! > title. I am a plain, practical farmer ; on who is, at all times ready to "exchang notes" of experiments and observations - and who is ever willing to adopt the "nei I way of doing things," of his brother farir ers, if upon trial, they prove "true bills. 1 So much for a little preface. i I have practised for years, and with fu! h mnf Krvr} r?rnriorm u SIKJUCBS, U1C lUllumug xiitiuuu vi I cotton seed for manure. This process de? troys the vitality of the seed, but detract 3 nothing from the fertilizing qualities of th manure, since the rotting of the seed is c , voided. The modus operandi is as follows > Take one hundred bushels of cotto seed?hill them?and cover the mass wit a light coating of earth ; separate the see J from top to bottom, and, in opening, thro' " one bushel of Quick Lime; upon this por t five gallons of water, and immediately co\ - er the opening. Next, wet the mass thoi t oughly, with eight or ten gallons of watei * and the work is finished. The manure wi 3 be fit for use in six days. ?- Augusta, Ga. "Wm. Ferris. t Poison Oak.?As an antidote to poiso t oak, take clear lime water and wash th t parts affected, two or three times; and; 3 the case has become severe, drink a weal - ened solution of the same, a few times, an , a cure is certain and speedy. A correspor t dent of the Southern Cultivator gives th above as an unfailing antidote. , $?* the |t0tttt From the ChrUtJan OUcrvcr. IKY SCHOOL DAYS. Allen S , was about twelve years of i age. That was not his real name, but the stories that I am writing are all true sto. ries, and for fear of annoying the persons ; that I tell about, I shall always call them ) by some made-up name. This boy, whom we shall call Allen, was in the first or secl ond class at school. He studied faithfully j and kept near the head of his class. Very i rarely was he punished for breaking the F rules of the school, and never but once have j I known him to quarrel with any of his - schoolmates. , But I will not call him a really good boy. F True, he generally obeyed his parents and f teachers; he went regularly to church and ; Sabbath School; he read his Bible, and of' ten pretended, to pray at night. But he woo a Pliviation Srt tho hoof nnnio * ITttO JUUV Or VU1 IDVIWUf K/w vuv www uwu?v i that I can give him, is. "a well-behaved : boy." i One afternoon, about four o'clock, he was ; sitting in the arithmetic class by the side i of another "well-behaved boy," John Gilbert. Some one was at the blackboard ' wording out a sum, and all the rest of us ought to have been looking on. But John's i thoughts got to wandering, and he leaned 1 over to Allen and whispered something or r other in his ear. Allen was tempted to I make a saucy reply. So he took out a ; scrap of paper,, and wrote an answer, which i may have been witty, but which had in it words not fit to be used. He signed his i name and handed it to John, who read it with a smile, crushed it in his hand and ' laid it on the bench beside hini. There the matter ended. vs ; i But the teacher, who was walking up and ; down the room, happened to see the paper, i and picked it up.' Allen had never thought . of that: he would not for anything have had any one else see it. The teacher read it, tore it up and threw it away. Then he turned to the class and said: "Allen, I i would never have believed that you could i have done that I" That was all that he ? said. He did not tell anybody what was on the paper. There was a switch in his f hand but he did not offer to use it. There were other boys "kept in" after .school, for misconduct, but Allen was not among them, i He used no punishment toward the boy but , just that one sentence: "I would never have i believed that you could have done that!" : In half an hour school was dismissed.? Allen hurried home, passed right by his mother's room, ran up to his chamber, and throwing himself on the bed, cried as boys [ do not often cry. He had disgraced him; self by the use of bad words?no wonder that he cried. For a long time he lay there, i his face buried in the pillow ?while conscience kept repeating over and over again, ' "disgraced?disgraced." Conscience was right: that filthy lani guage had disgraced him. Some boys i think it nothing to tell a lie, but a terrible ! disgrace to be punished for it. They are i wrong. Allen bad not been punished in r any way, and yet his own heart told him s that he was disgraced. It is sin, not puni ishmcnt, that dishonors a man. Perhaps some one of my readers will say, "But it is a disgrace to be punished." If any one says so, he is wrong. Think of a - story which was written for the "Observer" , about a year ago. Mary hud whispered in i school, and the teacher had threatened to whip those who whispered. One of the boys, William by name, saw that Mary had j not really intended to break the rule, and t took pity on her. He came up to the desk, , held out his own hand, and took the whip4 ping in place of Mary. Was that boy dis' graced by the whipping ? | So we see that Allen, who had sinned ^ but not been punished, felt that he ought to s be ashamed, while William, who had been punished, felt no shame. It is wickedness | that disgraces us. I have another case in point to show that ' the disgrace of wicked words may last longer than we expect. About the time of a Christ, the town of Pompeii stood at the " foot of a volcano, called Mount Vesuvius. The boys who lived there were in the habit of writing such words on the walls and fences. One day the volcano began to ~ throw great clouds of ashes into the air, and these ashes fell upen the town and bu' ried it. They covered even the tops of the ' highest houses, so that people walked over ^ the surface of them for seventeen hundred = years years, and never thought of there being a town buried up beneath their feet.? At length some workmen in digging a well '* discovered one of these old houses. They t pulled away the ashes from the walls, and there, after nearly two thousand years, ^ those wicked words were found still on the walls. The boys that wrote them are all ' dead, (probably they were never punished in this world for what they wrote), but still t those words are there, a standing disgrace ^ to the boys of Pompeii. Kamets. 11 Beginning the World.?Many an une wise parent labors hard and lives sparingly ^ for life, for the purpose of leaving enougli to give his children a start in the world, as it is called. Setting a young man afloat with money left him by his relatives, is like e tying bladders under the arms of one that cannot swim; ten chances to one he will k lose his bladders and go to the bottom.? Teach him to swim and he will never need e the bladders. Give your child a sound ede ucation, and you have done enough for him. ' See to it that his morals are pure and his , mind cultivated, and his whole nature made ? subservient to the laws wiiicn govern men, and you have given him what will be oi U more value than the wealth of the Indies. To be thrown upon one's resources is to ? be cast into the very lap of fortune, for our faculties then undergo a development, and c display an energy, of which they were pre, viously unsusceptible.?Dr. Arnold. ? : A Good Reply.?Lord Bolingbroke once n asked Lady Huntingdon how she reconh ciled prayer to God for particular blessings d with absolute resignation to the divine will. w "Very easy," answered her ladyship: "just lr as if I were to offer a petition to a monarch r~ of whose kindness and wisdom I have the > highest opinion. In such a case my lanr> guage would be, I wish you to bestow on me such a favor; but your majesty knows better than I how far it would be agreeable to you, or right in itself to grant my desire. I, therefore, content myself with humbly n presenting my petition, and leave the event of it entirely to you." f- Happiness.?He cannot be an unhappy d man who has the love and smiles of a woi man to accompany him in every department e of life. The world may look dark and ^cheerless without?enemies may gather ii his path?but when he returns to his fireside, and feels the tender love of woman, he forgets his troubles, and is comparatively a happy man. He is but half prepared for the journey of life who takes not with him that friend who will forsake him in no emergency?who will divide his sorrows, increase his joys, lift the veil from his heart, and throw sunshine amid the darkest scenes. That man cannot be miserable who has such a companion be he ever so poor, despised, and trodden upon by the world. The Best Persuasion.?A soldier lay dying in the hospital. A visitor asked him, What church are you of?" "Of the church of Christ," he replied. "I mean of what persuasion are you ?" then inquired the visitor. "Persuasion !" said the dying man, as his eyes looked heavenward, beaming with love to the Saviour: "I am per suaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus." Perils of Prosperity.?I once received in the pulpit the following note: "The prayers of this congregation are earnestly desired for a man who is prospering in his worldly concerns." If he did this sincerely?and there is no reason to question it? the man showed good acquaintance with human nature. He had studied himself; he had observed others; he had also read his Bible to purpose.? Rev. W. Jay. $nquiw. TEHM8?IN ADVANCE x . SPECIE. CURRENCY. One Copy, one year, 9 2 50 $ 3 50 One Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 One Cony. 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Ably edited and the chosen medium through which the master minds of the State address tne people, its value as a conservative political paper is second to none, while its numerous and reliable correspondents make it a first class NEWS AND FAMILY JOURNAL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Daily, one Month, 9 1 00 " Three Months, 2 50 " One Year, 10 00 Weekly One Year. .'. 3 00 " Six Months, 1 50 Subscriptions for the Chronicle and Sentinel received and forwarded at the Enquirer Office. August 15 , 10 tf BANKRUPTCY. in tiie matter of w. j. cherry, bankrutt. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :-The undersigned hereby give notice of their appointment as ASSIGNEES OF W. J. CHERRY, of York District. State of South Carolina, who has heen ariiudeea a Bankrupt upon his own Petition, by W. i. Clawaon, Register. All person indebted i to said Bankrupt will make immediate payment , to the undersigned. J. S. R. THOMSON, J Assitrneea T. S. JICFFERYS, J Assignees. Yorkville, May 7, 1868. 19 3t iFbankruptcy. i IN THE MATTER OF JAMES L. BOYD, BANKRUPT. T> WHOM IT MAY CONCERNThe undersigned hereby give notice of their appointment as ASSIGNEES OF JAMES L. BOYD, of York District, and Stato of South Carolina, who , has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own Pe' tition, by W. I. Clawson, Register. All persons i indebted to said Bankrupt will make immediate payment to the undersigned. J. S. R. THOMSON, 1 T. S. JEFFERYS, J Assignees. i Yorkville, May 7, 1868. 19 3t ~~ in bankruptcy. I IN THE MATTER OF ISAAC C. M'FADDEN, BANK RUPT. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :-The undersigned hereby give notice of their appoint, ment as ASSIGNEES OF ISAAC C. McFADDEN, ' of York District, State of South Carolina, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own Petition, , by W. I. Clawson, Register. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt, will mako immediate payment to the undersigned. ; J. S. R. THOMSON, 1 Assi?rneeg T. S. JEFFERYS, / Assignees. ' Yorkviile, May 7,1868. 19 3t in bankruptcy. IN THE MATTER OF BELA SIZER, BANKRUPT. T' O WHOM IT MAY CONCERNThe undersigned hereby give notice of their appoint1 merit as ASSIGNEES OF BELA SIZER, of Lancaster District, State of South Carolina, who has ' been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own Petition, by W. I. Clawson, Register. All persons indebt; eu to said Bankrupt will make immediate payment to the undersigned. J. S. It. THOMSON, 1 Assiene s T. S. JEFFERYS, / Assignees. ' Yorkville, May 7,1868. 19 * 3t rags wanted. i rrrwo CENTS perpoond, IN SPECIE, will be I I paid for all CLEAN Cotton or Linen RAGS delivered at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ( December^ 32 tf RICHMOND WEEKLY DISPATCH. . ENLARGED AND IMPROVED FOR 18S8. ' CHEAPEST AND BEST ' Family and Business Newspaper in the South. I ?? 1 Although the weekly dispatch fcr < 1868 has been gleatly enlarged and improved, < the price will remain the same. We are determin- < ed 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 j complete summary of Foreign and Domestic 1 News; latest news by telegraph from all parts of < the world; full and reliable Stock, Financial, Cat- J tie and General Market Reports; latest Agricul- ' tural and Horticultural Information ; synopsis of the proceedings of Congress and State Legislature > when in session ; proceedings of Scientific, Agrl- ] cultural, Religious and Literary Societies; all lm- i portant Legal Decisions of State and Federal ' Courts; reviews of the most interesting and im- ' portant New Books; Popular Stories by the best > writers; and indeed everything of interest to the Family Circle, the Merchant, Farmer, Profession- I al Man, Mechanic and Laborer. 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January 23 4 6t 18 6 8- ~~ | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, i The Best Paper La tlie World. , i * PUBLISHED FOB NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. | THIS SPLENDID NEWSPAPER, greatly en- J larged and improved, is one of tne moot re- | liable, useful, and interesting journals ever pub- i lishea. Every number is beautifully printed and ] elegantly illustrated with several ORIGINAL ; ENGRAVINGS, representing New Inventions, : Novelties in Mechanics, Agriculture, Chemistry, Photography, Manufactures, Engineering, Science and Art i Farmers, Mechanics, Inventors, Engineers, i Chemists, Manufacturers, people in every profee- i sion of life, will find the SCIENTIFIC AMERI- 1 CAN to be of great valne in their respective cal- i linffo Tfo /vMinanlo anH an(MMaHanu uHll uava i them hundreds of dollars annually, besides afford- I ins them a continual source of knowledge, the ; value of which is beyond pecuniary estimate. 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Its circulation extends 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 political, foreign, religious, and literary news, in a oondensed and attractive form, and will be found to be all that it claims?a live Southern newspaper. Terms of Subscription for Daily, per annum, $8.00: for Tri-Weekly, per annum $4.00. Conducted by R. B. RHETT&BRO. P. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor. I INDIGO. Or| POUNDS SPANISH FLOAT, for sale at XX) T. M. DOBSON & W& PIEDMONT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA. rilHK Subscriber respectfully liitorms the public X generally that he baa accepted the Agency of the above Company, and is now prepared to issue policies of LIFE INSURANCE. The solvency if the Company is certified to by the Court Officers of Nfclson county, Virginia, and is commended to those who desire to support a "Home Institution. J. A. McLEAN, At the store of J. <fc E. B. Stowe. THE OBJECT 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 yon die?thereby to continue the exertions, investments and benefits 4 jf your life to your dependents, after your life is I terminated. However well prepared a man may be in a spiritual point of view to meet the "king of terrors," if he be possessed of a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart, he can but look with sad forebodings to that finale of his earthly career whloh is to deprive bis fond wife and helpless children of that support ind fostering care which his arm has fcrnisned. He shudders as his mental gaze looks within the rioomy portals of the grave and leaves behind' those whom he loved, as vagrants roaming the friendless, thorny paths of pnblic charity! Yet, ilas I how many ao it 11 when a small present outlay would gild their troublous road with ease and comfort, if spent in a Life Insurance Policy. Reader, are you not liable to this sad death-bea reflecntiSAMi 4winlo ALaaa ? IfiUlA UI liiiu uuooon M miB JUU uc^ucatu WJUBC JUU leave behind, by neglecting this cheap protection which we now urge upon you? If your mind were easy on this subject; if you could feel when you "shuffle off this mortal coil" your family were provided for, you would be relieved of the carking 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 All the place of a fond lather, yet we do assert, what you know to be true?money will prove their best earthly friend when you are gone; and you can leave them this certain friend now while you are living. Can you?will you refuse It? Business men are considered rather improvident who do not insure their goods and houses against Bre. Now, your house may never be burned?it may stand a hundred years; but your life cannot 4 last so long?your "lamp of life" must burn out some day. You argue it is prudent to insure against uncertain misfortunes to youi property, and yet neglect a certain event which vrill and must come to your body. Is this consistent wisdom and Brudenoe? We admit and assert the prudence of le first, but assert the greater wisdom and necessity for the last. Ask yourself the question, are you doing right to neglect this opportunity to provide effectually fbr your family in case of your death, while you have it in your power? And bear in mind?now, tola moment may be your last chance?death is after you 1 When once his "rugged scythe shall clip the brittle thread of life," the ghastly panorama of want and suffering will be opened to the sighing hearts you took care of while you lived. Remember T only while In health?before age, with attendant diseases come upon you? before yon begin to loiter in sad sickness on the verge of the grave?only while living?mentally Mid physically living?can you obtain a Life Insurance Policy. Life.ls a vast battle-field?death is ilWftys the final victor?and while we do not urge this process will disarm him of his sting, (for reDSon 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 me wau 01 sunenng irom some lone widow, wrnie she examinee the merits of this business, as her shivering group stand around her scanty fire and ay for bread: "Oh! that my husband Had insured his life! If he oould have foreseen my lamentable state he would have dqne so. He was kind and good to all, and supposed that all' would be kinaand good to us;.but alas,how mistaken! 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The carpet-bag adventurers who, by controlling the negroes, hope to get into office, and by usurpation, by partial leglslatlofi, hnd by force will perpetuate their power, we will, as heretofore, denounce as enemies of the white race, to be desElsed and excluded from all political and social itercourve. We are for a white man's government, to be controlled by white men and none others. The WEEKLY AVALANCHE will be sent to clnbe of Ten for two dollars and fifty cents, each oopy, per year, and an extra copy to those who ^ send us a club of ten. To dabs of twenty we charge two dollars per year, and two extra copies v sent to the person who gets up the club. BATES: WEEKLY, ONE COPY EACH MONTH..* 35 " 41 44 THREE 44 .. 1 00 44 44 44 PER YEAR 4 00 44 ' FIVE COPIES 44 15 00 44 TEN 44 44 26 00 44 TWENTY 44 44 40 00 We offer, as will be seen, great inducements to clubs. Where ten persons take tbepaper it only costs them two dollars and a half. Forty subscribers only pay two dollars. The WEEKLY AVALANCHE shall not be inferior in size, appear ancfijjana variety or news and editorial matter to any weekly In the country. Each -number will contain a complete history of the political events of the proceeding week. The exciting events of the day and the diabolism of the Radical tyrants and imps of perdition will be carefully recorded. We have special correspondents in all directions, and our facilities for making a first class newspaper are unsurpassed. We ask our friends throughout the South to give us such encouragement as their circumstances will admit, and we will continue to put forth our best efforts to stay the torrent of political corruption, and to develop and foster Southern resources and interests. M. C. GALLAWAY A COM Avalanche Building, Memphis, Tennessee. 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