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gUWWMTOS ? tf WfattSt A CLERICAL ANECDOTE. Dr. Elliott, a noted clergyman of an old Connecticut town, being "well-to-do," and keeping neither locks nor bolts on his possessions, was frequently visited by burglars in a small way. One dark night he went for his horse in the barn, which was at some distance from the parsonage. Just as he was about to enter, he heard some one coming ou? and immediately concealed himself behind a large bush in the lane, hiding his lantern with his cloak. Presently the wide barn door swung open, and a man appeared, bending beneath an immense load of hay, bound together by a rope. Through loops of his rope he thrust his arms, and carried the huge mass like a peddlar's pack. The doctor suffered this thieving Atlas to pass him; then, taking a candle from his lantern, he crept softly forward and set fire to the hay, then again concealed himself. In a moment that moving haycock was one great crackling if* /? it # maze, ana me miei, }mn wua cries, was irantically flinging it from his head and back. He succeeded in extricating himself without help, and then ran as though pursued by fiends across the snowy fields. Some months after this there came to the doctor's study a pale thin, melancholy looking man, who after much painful hesitation, expressed a desire'to make a confession of sin. With a serious and sympathetic manner, yet with, I suspect, a sly twinkle in his eye, the minister set himself to listen. "I've had a dreadful load on my conscience for a consid'ble spell; and it does seem, doctor, as 'twould kill me. I'm a'most dead now." "Ah! is it possible ? What can you have done? You are a respectable man, and a church member," replied the doctor in seeming surprise. "Yes, I j'ned the church thirty years ago," replied the old farmer; then sinking his voice to an a>vsome, confidential tone, ne continued: "But I'm a dreadful sinner, for all that, doctor; and being" a church member my sin, you know, was of two much amount to be winked at, and judgment follered close on after it 0 dear, 0!' "Pray tell me your trouble, brother." t-Air_i 1 ix ? u en uuctur, ii uuusurus yuu. "Indeed!" "Yes. One time last winter I got a little short of fodder, and I thought to myself as how you had more'n enough for your critters, and so one night the devil tempted me to go over to your barn, an' to?0 dear, 0!" "To help yourself to a little of my surplus hay, eh!" "Yis, doctor, jes so. But I never got home with that ar hay. The lord would not let me do it. I had a load on my back, an' was carryin' it away, when all at once it burst into a blaze about my ears." "Struck by lightning!" "No, doctor, it was a clear night. I've just made up my mind that fire dropped down from Heaven and kindled that ar hay. 'Twas a judgment an' a warnin', an' I'm afeard a sort o' forerunner of the flames of hell. At last I thought I might feel a little better if I'd jest own up to you, and ask your pardon and your prayers." To the astonishment of the poor penitent, the minister laughed out merrily. Then he said: "Be comforted, neighbor; your little thieving operation was hardly of such consequence to heaven as all that. It was I who caught you at it, and set fire to the hay from my lantern; and I must say you yelled lustily and ran briskly, for a man of your years. \Vhy didn't you tell me if you wanted hay? Now go home in peace, get well and steal no more." " Ymi drtffnr I Vftll? Rp vrm enrtin nurf you sot fire to that hay?" "Yes, quite sure, that was my own little bonfire. I hope it didn't scorch you much. I noticed when you came to meeting the next Sunday that your hair was a little singed. As for the flames of hell, neighbor, that's your own look out. I trust there is time to escape them yet." "So, So! 'twas you did it all! The Lord ; be praised!" exclaimed the far "er fervently. "It raly is an amazin' relief, an' my old woman was right, for she says: 'Go to the minister and confess, and that'll lift the biggest heft of the sin off your conscience, an' be bet- ' ter than doctor stuff.' An' you did it ? Well, folks say you are a master man for a joke, but this one was more solemn than a sermon to me, an' more effectual, doctor, I do believe." So saying, the fanner departed in peace; and the parson kept the secret of his name, even in Ids own family, always, I think. Mark Twain's Idea of a Good Letter. The most useful and interesting letter we get here from home are from children seveu or eight years old. This is petrified truth. Happily, they have got nothing else to talk about but home, and neighbors and family?things their betters think unworthy of transmission thousands of miles. They write simply and naturally and without strain for effect They tell all they know and then stop. They seldom deal in abstractions or homilies. Consequently their epistles are brief; but, treating as they do of familiar scenes and persons, always entertaining. Now, therefore, if you would learn the art of letter writing let a child i v. t i e iixicn yuu. a nave pxesex vcu a icitci" .ruxu a little girl eight years old?preserved it as a curiosity, because it was the only letter I got from the States that hud any information in it. It ran thus: St. Louis, 1865. "Uncle Mark, if you was here, I could tell you about Moses in the bulrushes again; I know it better now. Mr. Sowerby has got his leg broke off a horse. He was riding it on Sunday. Margaret, that's the maid, Margaret has taken all the spittoons, and slop buckets and old jugs out of your room, because she don't think you are coming back any more, you been gone so long. Sissy McElroy's mother has got another baby. She has them all the time. It has got little blue eyes, like Mr. Swimley that boards there and looks just like him. I have got a new doll, but Johnny Anderson pulled one of its legs out. Miss Dooseuberry was here the other day ; I gave her your picture, but she said she didn't want it. My cat has got more kittens?oh ! you can't think?twice as many as Lottie Belden's. And there's one, such a sweet butt' one with a short tail, ana l nameait for you. All of them's got names now?General Grant, and Halleck, and Moses, and Margaret, and Deuteronomy, and Captain Semmes, and Exodus, and Leviticus, and Horace Greeley?all named but one, and I am saving it because the one I named for you's been sick all the time since, and I reckon it will die. [It appears to have been mighty rough on the short-tailed kitten naming it for me?I wonder how the reserved victim will stand it.] Uncle Mark, I do believe Hattie Caldwell likes you, and I know she thinks you are pretty, because I heard?her say nothing could hurt your good looks?nothing at all?she said, even if you were to have the small pox ever so bad, you would be just as good looking as you was before. And my ma says she's ever so smart. [Very.] So no more this time, because General Grant and Moses are fighting. ANNIE. + + tteiy An old bachelor said he used to be terribly bitten by musquitoes until he got married, when the bloodthirsty villains found out that his wife was much the tenderest and he has not been annoyed since. Talk of the selfishness of old bachelors! fusing im tbf jralrfoM. ORIGINAL. FAITH. No subject is so frequently spoken of in the Bible as faith. Every mode of expression is used to explain its import and impress its importance upon the minds of the reader. There is no subject in which the pious people of God take so much delight as faith. Everything about it is interesting to them. There are four kinds of faith spoken of in the Bible. They are designated by appropriate names in Theological works. That kind of faith which is a mere intellectual operation of the mind, is styled Historical faith. It is so designated, not because the individual who exercises it gives credence to the historical portions of the scriptures; but because the truths of the Bible have no more effect upon upon him than the facts contained in any other book. The law of God may be approved of by the intellectjof such individual, but is not made a lamp to his feet nor a light to his path. Such an individual j ives full credence, it may be, to the declarations of the scriptures, about Jesus of Nazareth; but he does not "grasp him with his heart." Hence his faith is not unsimilar to that of devils, for these are said to believe and tremble. There is another kind of faitn mentioned, sometimes, in the inspired volume. It is called the faith of miracles. This does not mean that the individuals who possess this kind of faith believe t^ot the miracles recorded in the scriptures were actually performed at the time and under the circumstances there mentioned. It does not import that those who have what is Called the faith of miracles have different opinions respecting miracles from those promulgated by Hume and infidels of his school. The idea designSd to be communicated by the expression, faith of mirales, is the belief that God will work a miracle in our behalf or by us. We have an allusion to this kind of faith in Matthew, 21: 21. It is probable that this kind of faith has ceased since the completion of the canon of Scripture; it is certain that it is not now so common as in the early history of the church. From the teaching of the Bible we are warranted in concluding that all those who possessed the faith of miracles were not pious. Some of them were strangers to the work of saving grace. Judas Iscariot, no doubt, was as successful in performing miracles as any of the apostles and disciples of our Saviour. And many of those who have cast out devils will hear the withering words, "I never knew you," pronounced by Jesus as judge. There is another kind of faith which is beautifully explained by our Saviour, it the parable of the sower, by the seed which fell on stony ground. This kind of faith has received the appellation of temporary. It is remarkably well named, for the individuals who possess it are destitute of that which vill enable them to bear the heat and burden c f the day. Religious impressions are easily made upon their minds, but they are as easily effaced. To-day they glow with the fervor of a tropical clime, to-morrow they shiver amongst the icebergs of a frozen zone. To-day tl ey would tAlrr> the ansnel tn the ends of th" ttarth : to morrow they fold their arms in lifeless indifference. An individual may have any one, or even all of these three kinds of faith, and be at a great distance from the kingdom of heaven. If our only ground of hope is that we give an intellectual assent to the truth of the Bible, we will be disappointed. "We may be intellectually delighted with the worship of God, and yet be strangers to the covenants of promise, without God and without hope in the world. We must have and exercise a diffeieut kind of faith from any and all of these. We must liave justifying or saving faith. There are many good reasons why this fourth kind of faith is called sometimes justifying and sometimes saving faith. It is called justifying faith because the possession of it secures to us an interest in Christ J(?us, and, consequently, our justification; anc because without it we are condemned already. It is called saving faith, because we ca.nnot be saved without it, and with it we cannot be lost. This kind of faith i$ complex ia its nature. It consists of an exercise both of the intellect and of the heart. By our intellects we see Jesus, the chiefest among ten thousand, the one altogether lovely, and with our hearts we take hold of Him and twine around Him as the tendrils twine around the branches. It consists of intellectual discernings of Jesus, and heart yearnings after Him. He who has this kind of faith nestles in the bosom of Jesus as the child in the bosom of its mother. Such individual accepts of Jesus as his mediator between him and an offended God. He ceases to trust himself, but trusts in Jesus for everything. Jesus is his priest, his prophet, and his king. Jesus is his all in all. This faith is the work of God's Holy Spirit, and it bears the marks of its heavenly origin. He who has it needs nothing else, and he who has it not, needs everything. He who has it is joint heir with Jesus to ineffable bliss, and ho whn has it not is nnor indeed. In the scriptures, this fuith is explained by such expressions as trusting in Jesus, relying on Jesus, being found in Jesus, and many oth.ers of similar import, all of which denote a want of confidence in ourselves and confiding trust in Christ Jesus. The characteristic which most clearly marks this kind of faith is deep humility. Without it there is nothing in our hearts but pride? a self-righteous spirit?a Pharisaical holiness, with which no man shall see the Lord. Saving faith roots out pride, and plants and cultivates humility. It makes the possessor of it feel, not simply that he is vile and sinful, but that Jesus is his saviour. ? ? ?? Growth the Sign of Life.?The one sign of vital Personal Religion is growth. There is no growth in a life of spiritual routine, in a mechanical performance of duties, however important, or a mechanical attendance upon ordinances, however sacred. 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Fifth?With the same labor you will do one-third more work than with regular Axes. Red paint has nothing to do with the good qualities of this Axo, for all our Axes are painted red. If your hardware store does not keep our goods, we will gladly answer inquiries or fill your orders direct, or give you the name of the nearest dealer who keeps our Axes. LIPPINCOTT & BAKEWEIJj, Pittsburg, Pa. Sole owners of Colburn's and Red Jacket Patents. in WITHOUT Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine. Sent post-paid, on receipt of 10 eta. Address Dr. E. B. FOOTE, ^author of Common Sense) No. 120 Lexington Ave., co.. _?ost, 18th St.. N. Y. A WAY WITH UNCOMFORTABLE TRUSSTTO AT.,.,,? T> ... i o . i m x^j? uvhi/v/ c uhu v/cwc/i/7 wm; jtiujjluixuh oeuv post-paid on receipt of 10 cts. Address Dr. E. B. FOOTE, No 120 Lexington Ave,, New York. THE MAGIC COMB will change any colored hair or beard to a permanent Black or Brown. One Comb sent by mail for $1. For sale by Merchants and Droggists generally. Address Magic Comb Co., Springfield, Maun. The Purest, Best and Cheapest SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. 4 LBS. GOOD BUTTER?Made from 1 gal. of milk, without drugs. Send 25c. and stamp and get recipe with full particulars. Very valuable. Address N. M. LINTON, Wilmington, Ohio. CH(S% ET A DAY.?33 new articles for Agents. tp?4i 0 Samples free. H. B. Shaw, Alfred, Me. ASK your Doctor or Druggist for SWEET QUININE?it equals (hitter) Qufnine. M'f d by STEARNES, PARR A CO., Chemists, New York. OUR MOTTO IS TO X L ALLBoth in quality and quantity of Goods, as our Agents will testify, being the oldest House in the country, selling each article for OndDollar, shipping all goods the day the order is received, having a large stock to select from of first-class Goods bought expressly for fall trade; and to satisfy all that we are reliable, we give below (reference by permission), Jordan, Marsh A Co.; Geo. S. Winslow A Co.; Boston Silver Glass Co.; Lee A Shepard. P. S. Send for Circular. Address EASTMAN A KENDALL, 25 HawleySt., Boston. P. O. Box E. *yy*i a ?> vi WJU AiUii UUMliNU-. The great original dollar 5ale of Dry and Fancy Goods, andwillpresenttoany person sending us a club, a Watch, Silk Dress, Piece of Sheeting, FREE OF OOST. Send for Catalogue of Goods and sample?delivered to any address free. J. S. HAWES <fe CO., 128 & 130 Federal St., Boston, Mass., P. 0. Box C. N. B.?Samples given on application for Catalogue. FOR Ladies' Privato Circular of 3 most useful and indispensablo articles ever invented, address Madam Duval, P. O. Box 2438, N. Y. City. ANTED, EVERYWHERE, AGENTS.? $1000 to $260 per month?Male and Female, tointroduco the GENUINE IMPROVED COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. This machine will stitch, hem, fell, tuck, quilt, braid and embroider in a most superior manner. Price only $18. Fully Warranted for five yeafs. We will pay $1000 for any machine tliat will sew a stronger, more beautiful, or more elastic seam than ours. It makes the "Elastic Lock Stitch." Every second stitch can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled apart without tearing it. We pay agents from $75 to $200 per month and expenses, or a commission from which twice that amount can be made. Address GEO. McEATHRON & CO., Nashville, Tennessee. Caution.?Do not be imposoU upon by othor parties palming off worthless cast-iron machines, under the same name or otherwise. Onrs is the only genuine and really practical cheap machine manufactured. R. HOE & CO., " manufacturers of Warranted Extra Cast Steel, Patent Ground Circular, Mill, Malay and Gang OIRC^^^^AWS, With Movable or Inserted Teeth. WE Claim for our Patent Circular Saw tin following advantages over all others: The shanks of the teeth are elastic, and exert a uniform distension in the sockets. The stability of the plate is in no way affected by inserting new sets of teeth. 'Each tootli, independently, may bo adjusted to the cutting line. No rivets, keys, or other objectionable appliances, are employed in connection with the teeth, which are as simple in construction, and as easily used, as a nut for a bolt. In short, all the difficulties heretofore experienced in the use of movable teeth for saws, are fully met and obviated by this invention. ALSO, TUTTLE PATENT "CHAMPION" CROSS-CUT SAWS. CROSS-CUT SAWS, OP ALL KINDS. Saw Mandrels, Gumming Machines, &c., &c. Send for Catalogues and Prico Lists. R. HOE & CO., Printing Press, Machine and Saw Manufacturers, New York, Boston, Mass., and London, Eng. November 11 45 Cm Fever and Ague , ANTIDOTE Always Stops the Chills. | This Medicine has been boforo tho Public fifteen years, and is still ahead of all other known remedies. It does not purge, does not sicken the stomach, is perfoctly safe in any dose and under all circumstances, and is tho only Medicine that will CURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form of Fever and Ague, becauso it is a perfect Antidote to Ihilaria. Sold bv all Druggists. "DELAYSARE DANGEROUS. HUSBANDS, you may delay buying your do- ' voted wife ofio of Singer's New Family SEW- ! IN(t MACHINES, until the incessant application of her time and labor, day and night, in season and out of season, to the tedious and wearisome toil of noodle work, shall sow the seeds of disease in her already delicate constitution and bring on i Eremnturo death. And then when you rememor that the occasion of these wearisome toils was to keep you and your children neatly clad, you must conclude that delays are dangerous, and think, perhaps too late, of the dimes and dollars you have spoilt for folly. M. JONES, Agent. November 4 " 44 tf CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK SOUTH CAROLINA. Currency Deposits Received of $1 and Upwards. Gold Deposits?payable in Gold---Received by agreement with the Asst. Cashier. Interest Allowed, at the rate of Six per cent. Per Annum, Compounded Every Six Months. PRINCIPAL and Interest, or any part thereof, may be withdrawn atany time?the Bank reserving the right (though it will be rarely exercised) to demand fourteen days' notice if the amount is under $1,000; twenty days if over $1,OOOand under $5,000, or thirty dayH if over $5,000. OFFICERS. WADE HAMPTON, President. JOHN B. PALMER, Vice-President. THOMAS E. GREGG, Cashier. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS. WADE HAMPTON, Columbia. WILLIAM MARTIN, Columbia. P. W. McMA8TER, Columbia. A. C. HASKELL, Columbia. J. P. THOMAS, Columbia. E. H. IIEINITSH, Columbia. JOHN n. PALMER, Colombia. THOMAS E. GREGG, Columbia. J. ELI GREGG, Marion. G. T. SCOTT, Newberry; W.' G. MAYES, Newberry. " B. H. RUTLEDGE, Charleston. DANIEL RAVENEL, Jr., Charleston. . SOLICITORS. WILSON <fc WITHERSPOON. LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE JOHN H. ADAMS, B. T. WHEELER, J. W. i AVERY. ? Mechanics, Laborers, Clerks, Widows, Orphans, and others may hero deposit their savings and draw a liberal rate of interest thereon. Planters, Professional Men and Trustees wishing to draw interest on their funds until they require them for business or other purposes; Parents desiring to set apart small sums for their children, and Married Women and Minors (whose deposits can only be withdrawn by themselves, or, in case of death, by their legal representatives.) wishing to lay aside funds for future use, are here offered an opportunity of depositing their means where they will rapidly accumulate, and, at the same time, he subject to withdrawal when needed. THE undersigned begs to inform the citiaens of York ana the adjoining counties, that he has been appointed the Assistant Cashier of the above Institution, and-hos opened a branch of the same at this place, in the 'BLAIB BUILDING,' adjoining the Store of John H. Adams, and is now ready to receive Deposits, issue or cash Drafts on Northern and Southern Cities, and effect Loans in accordance with the rules of the Bank. Gold, Silver and Bank Bills bought and sold. Special attention given to the collection of Mercantile paper. Office hours to suit customers. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier. Yorkville, S. C. September 80 89 . 6m A D<TD1?T.V MITTITAfV A JL Ull'UJUX ATM.\J JL'V/il.JJ* LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IS NOW BEING ORGANIZED IN THIS STATE. ALL PR0F1TST0POLICY HOLDERS. NO argument is needed to prove that in * purely MUTUAL COMPANY alone, can the policyholders derive all the benefits resulting from their investments. REFERENCES: WM. C. BEE, Charleston, S. C. J AS. R. PRINGLE, Charleston, S. C. ROBT. MUIR, Charleston, S. C. JOHN R. DUKES, Charleston, S. C. L. D. MOWRY, Charleston, S. C. WM. K. RYAN, Charleston, S. C. F. J. PELZER, Charleston, a C. HENRY COBIA, Charleston, S. C. HENRY BISHOFF, Charleston, S. C. ANDREW SIMONDS,. Charleston, S. C. WM. G. WHILBEN, Charleston, S. C. A. S. JOHNSTON, Charleston, S. C. C. D. MELTON, Esq., Columbia, S. C. Rev. JAS. WOODROW, Columbia, S. C. Hon. WM. M. SHANNON, Camden, S. C. Hon. JAS. HEMPHILL, Chester, S. C. GILES J. PATTERSON, Esq., Chester, S. CRev. JAS. P. BOYCE, D. D., Greenville, a C. Col. D. WYATT AIKEN, Abbeville, S. C. Hon. J. HARVEY WILSON, Charlotte, N. C. Persons wishing to become members can addr688 ' WM. McBURNEY, Charleston, S. C. E. P. ALEXANDER, Columbia, S. C. GEORGE E. BOGGS, Columbia, S. C. September 2 35 tf PAIKIIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA, AND ALL DISKAfES OF TIIC STOMACH AND LIVER. TDKT ARI KECOXUEXDID BY tBB MEDICAL FAOU1.TV/ HEGEMAN & CO., AGENTS, NEW YORK. Manufactured by C. F. PANKNIN, CHZJOM 1X1 AP0TE2CAH7. CHAHLKSTON, S. C. US'for Sale try Dmtygistt Every where.S* February'11 6 ly W. I. CLAWSON, J. 8. R. THOMSON, T. W. CLAWSON. CLAWSON, THOMSON ft CLAWSON, Attorneys at Law AND solicitors in equity, PRACTICE in the Courts of Spartanburg, Union, York. Lancaster, Chester and Winnsboro, and in the UnitedStates Courts for South Carolina. Particular attention given to the collection of Claims, in each of tho above Counties, for foreign Merchants and others. W. I. CLAWSON, the Senior member of the firm, having served as Commissioner in Equity for twelve years, and being familiar with the settlement of estates, will give special attention to this branch of tho Practice, by making out returns for Guardians, Executors, and Administrators, and filing bills for the settlementof Estates and relief from Confederate transactions, Ac. jS^Offico at Yorkvillo, S. C.T?$. February 11 C ly PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME FOR COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED. TIIIS article is Manufactured at the Company's Works, under the direction and superintendence of Dr. RAVENEL. It contains the same elements of fertility as soluble Pacific Guano, except that it is not furnished with Ammonia. It is prepared expressly for composting with Cotton Seed, which furnishes theeleinent of Ammonia; the .object being to render that side product of the plantation available to the liighest degree as an element of fertility. $45 cash, or $50 on 1st November. 1870, for approved city acceptance or other good security. Forfurtner and particular information apply to Lhe undersigned. J. N. ROBSON, Agent for South Carolina, 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston. JOHN S. REESE, Jr., General Agent, Baltimore. October 28 43 * 3m OX WARD! UPWARD!! HAVING met with success, far beyond our expectation, in the publication of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, wo take this method of offering our papers, DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, as among the best advertising mediums in Western Nor til Carolina. Advertisements Solicited? Torms Moderate. PREMIUMS I PREMIUMS!! Wo offer five valuable Agricultural PREMIUMS to persons getting up Clubs fbr the WEEKLY OBSERVER. See Posters. SMITH, WATSON A CO., Charlotte, N. C. Anguss 26 84 tf NO MORE CREDIT. WHERE? Why at DOJBSON'S cheap store. The old coon has gone up a spout. DOTY'S WASHING-MACHINE. LATELT WUCH IMTBOTBD?AND THE NEW ^ UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER, < IMPROVED with Rowell's Patent Double Cogwheels, and the Patent Stop, are now unquestionably far superior to any apparatus for washing clothes ever invented, and will save their cost twice a year, by saving labor and clothes. Those who have used them give testimony as follows: "We like oar Machine much; could not be persnaded to do without it, and with the aid of Doty, we feel that we are raastersof the position."?Rev. L. Scott. "It is worth one dollar a week in any family." N. Y. Tribune. "In the laundry of my house there is a perpetual thanksgiving on Mondays for the invention." Rev. Theodore L* Ouyler. "Every week has given it a stronger hold upon the affections of the inmates of the laundry."? N. Y. Observer. "I heartily commend it to economists of time, money and contentment."?Rev. Dr. Bellows. "Friend Doty?Your last improvement of your Washing Machine is a complete success. I assure you 'our Machine,' after a year's use, is thought more of to-day than ever, and would not beparted with under any circumstances."??bfon Robinson. "Your Washing Machine has been in daily nee in our laundry, and the housekeeper expresses herself as highly pleased with it. It certainly accomplishes a greater amount of work, with less labor, and does not wear the clothes near so much as the old fashioned wash-board. By using it one laundress is dispensed with."? Wm. M. F. Round, Superintendent of Infant Department of St. Catharine's Nursery, N. Y. City. PRICES,-A FAIR OFFER. ' 4 Send the retail price, Washer IIS, Extra Wringer flO, and we will forward either or both machines free or freight, to places where no one is selling; and so sure are we the v will be liked, that we agree to refund the money if any one wishes to return the machines free or freight, after a month's trial, according to directions. No husband, father or brother should permit the drudgery of washing with the hands, fifty-two days in the year, when it can be done better, more expeditiously, with less labor, and no injury to the garments, by a Doty Clothes Washer and a Universal Wringer. . Canvassers with exoluaive right of sale make money fast selling them. Sold by dealers generally, to whom liberal dis counts are made. R. C. BROWNING, General Agent, 32 Cortlandt St, New York. September 9 . 86 3m TO THE PEOPLE Of YORK AITD SURROUNDING COUNTIES. mHE undersigned having resumed full charge J. of their business, are nowprepared to.wait upon ,_ji . OLD AND NEW G18T0MERS who* may favor them with their patronage. We will, in a few days, lay in Store every large Stock of - j CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, J BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and other Goods too nu- I meroua to mention, which will be offered to the 1 public at prices CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. We shall also be prepared to execute orders for any goods, in or out of oar line of trade, , WITH PROMPTNESS AND FIDELITY. Any Goods sold at our Store and not beiipg what they are represented, WILL BE TAKEN BACK and the money refunded. Having communication with COTTON AND PRODUCE DEALERS, North, we will buy or exchange anything offered in this market ana i PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE for the same. We hereby tender our sincere thanks to oar numerous FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS for the kindness shown to us since our sojourn in Yorkville, and will do all in our power to merit a continuance of the same in future. As we expect to buy a large Stock of Goods in a few days, it will Mb necessary for us TO HAVE SOME MONEY. Those of our friends who have been ihvored by us with credit, will do us an act of kindness to pay us immediately, as we have to meet our Notes as they become due in order J TO KEEP UP OUR CREDIT. 4 Those paying us before the 1st of October, we will allow them a discount of 10 per cent Thus is certainly a fair chanco, J. A. LEDERER. September 2 86 tf NEW GOODS' FALL AND WINTER.-1869. BRATTON, MASON * WITHERS ESPECTFULLY announce to the citizens of I, York and adjoining Counties that their Mr. ASON has Just returned from the Northern Markets, where he has purchased a splendid stock of Goods suited to the FALL AND WINTER TRADE. A portion of the stock is already in Store and is now being opened for inspection, and the remainder is arriving by every train. The stock embraces every description of Goods usually required in this market, and among things worthy of special mention is a very fine assortment of COLORED AND FANCY SILKS, ! and a stock of Ladies' PURS, CAPES and MUFFS. In addition to these specialties, the ladies can find every description of Dress Goods suited to their various tastes and wants. FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, We have purchased an unusually fine stock of v A Cloths ana Cassimeres. together with a carefully selected assortment of serviceable and cheaper Goods, suited to the wants of all. Their stock of BOOTS AND SHOES Is very complete, with Hats and Caps in great 1 variety, and of the latest styles. - * IN THE HARDWARE LINE, may be mentioned Smith's Bellows, Anvils, Vises, Hammers, Horse-Shoes and Nails, together with many othor useful articles which wfil be mentioned in a future advertisement. I IN THE GROCERY LINE, We have Sugar and Coffee, Teas, Bagging, Roping \ and Ties, as also, all the odds and ends usually required in this department. OUR GOODS WERE PURCHASED to be sold again, and we cordially inyiie the public to give us a call, feeling assured that we can offer as good articles and attord to sell as cheap as any one else. September 30 39 tf ROCK HILL, S. C. TO THE PUBLIC. THE undersigned take this method of inform- J ing their friends and the public generally, . \ that they have formed a copartnership under the I Style and Firm of i ALLEN & BABBEB, J for the purpose of conducting a General Mercantile business in ROCK HILL, S. C., i nnd are now receiving ana opening a large ana 1 well selected stock, consisting in part, of .. J DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, J Hats, Ready-Made Clothing, Hardware, Boots, Shoes, <fec., and in fact, everything usually to lie found in a General Store. Our Goods were H BOUGHT FOB GASH, I at very low figures, and we are determined to dis pose of them accordingly. All that we ask is that V you call ancl si EXAMINE OUR GOODS beforo purchasing. The highest market prioe paid for Cotton and Produce. J. R. ALLEN, ) f P. H. BARBER, Formerly of Chester, S. C.J { Rock Hill, S. C. , October21 42 3m SUGAR FROM 15 to 18J cents per pound, at BOYD'S. \