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' ?fw?0Mtt$ fepartmcut. ; THE LAWYER AND THE CATS. Two Arkansas lawyers were domesticated m the rude hotel of a country town. The hotel was crowed, and the room allotted to ourd two heroes was also occupied by six or eight others. Shakedown beds, enough to accommodate the guests, were disposed about the room, against the four walls, leaving an open space iu the centre of the apartment. Judge Clark lay with his head to the north, on one side, and Judge Thomas lay with his head to the south, on the other side of the room. So far as that room was concerned, it might be said that their heads represented the north and south poles, respectively. All the other beds in the room were occupied. The central part of the room was deemed neutral ground, in which the occupants of the different beds had equal rights. Here, in picturesque confusion, lay the boots, hats, coats and breeches of the sleepers. There were no windows, though ti e door was open, there being no moon, the night was very dark in that room. The wily lawyers, who ht.d been opposing counsel in a case tried in the town court that x day, and had opposed each other with the contumacy of wild pigs, were now the very incarnations of meekness, fcr when the hungry swarm of mosquitoes settled down and bit them on the cheek, they slowyly turned the other to be bitten also. ' ''But, hush! hark!" A deep sound strikes the ear, like a rising knell! /^Vle-ow-ow!" tl" Judge Clark and Thomas were wide awake, and sitting bolt upright in a a instant. Again the startling cry! "Ye-ow, ye-ow!" . "There's a d?d cat !" whispered Clark. "Scat, you 1" hissed Thomas. Cat paid no attention to these deraonstra tions, but gave vent to another yowl. "Oh, Lord!" cried Clark, "I can't stand this! Where is she, Thomas?" "On vour side of the room, somewhere," . / replied Thomas. "No, she's on your side," said Clark. "YeKiw-ow-ow!" "There, I told you she was on your side," they both exclaimed in a breath. And still the yowl went on. The idea now entered the heads of both the lawyers, that by the exercise of certain stratr egy they might be enabled to execute a certain flank movement on the cat, and totally demoralize him. Practically, each determined to file "a motion to squash" the cat's attachment for that room. Each kept his plan to himself, and, in the dark, unable to see each other, prepared for action. Strange as it may appear, it is nevertheless true, that the same plan suggested itself to both. In words, this plan would be about as follows: "The yowler is evidently looking and calling for another cat, with whom he has made an appointment, l will imitate a cat, ana this cat will think t'other cat's around. This cat ivill come toward me, and when he shall have arrived within reach, I'll blaze away with anything I can get hold of, and knock the mewsic out of him. So each of the portly judges, noiselessly as cream comes to the surface of the milk, hoisted himself on his hands and knees, and, hippopotamus fashion, advanced to the neutral ground occupying the central portion of the room. "Arrived there, Judge Clark selected a boot-jack, and Judge Thomas a heavy cowhide boot from the heapj and settled themselves down to the work. Clark tightened his grip on the boot-jack, and, throwing up his head, gave vent to a prolonged and unearthly "ye-ow-ow!" that would have reflectetTcretimrpoiK, ten of the largest kind of cats. ' 1 - ' ami!" thought ThomasTwlro was not sax" feet away, "he's immediately close around; now I'll inveigle him!" and he gave the regular dark call of a feminine cat. Each of the judges now advanced a little closer, and Clark produced a questioning "Ow! ow!" Thomas answered by a re-assuring "Pur-ow! pur-ow!" and they advanced a little more. They were now within easy reach, and each imagining the cat had but a moment to live, whaled away, the one his boot, the other with his boot-jack. The boot took Clark square in the mouth, demolishing his teeth, and the boot-jack came down on Thomas's bald head, just as he was in the midst of a triumphant "Ye-ow." When lights were brought, the cat had disappeared, but the catastrophe was in opposite corners of the room, with heels in the air, swearing blue streaks. A Hopeful Convert.?During a late revival in Kansas, a notorious old sinner, Jim K was hopefully converted, and got up in a class meeting to give his experience. He commenced : notto voce, and in a measured tone: "I dreamed?a dream. I dreamed? that I died?and went to hell." A brother here rose in the body of the house and remarked : "will the brother please speak a little louder ? We can't hear hira in this quarter." Jim repeated, alto voce: "I dreamed that I died," etc.; when another rose in another quarter of the house rfhd renewed the request. Jim resumed, altmimo: "I dreamed that I died," etc. Hereupon a "cullud pusson" in the gallery rose and cried out: "Will de brudder s])eak a little louder. We can't hear him in de gallery." Jim resumed, voci-ferously: "1 dreamed?that I died?and?went to hell! There, can you hear that you d?d nigger ?" It may be added that the faith of the audience in Jim's conversion was slightly shaken bv this little episode. ? Catching a Drove of Turkeys.?Friend "Jerry" is a good-natured, civil fellow, who attends to his business and provides well for his family, but has one little failing, in this, that when he goes to his home in the suburbs at night, he is usually more or less under the influence of contraband fluids. One night, a little alter dark, he started for home with a nice tuvkey,^afelv done up in strong wrap-, ping paper,.under his arm. "Jerry" found the road Aom the station to his cottage, some half mile distant, uncommonly rough that night. He several times stumbled and fell over all sorts of obstructions in the path. Each time he fell he dropped his turkey, but con trived to pick it up again. On entering hb i house, he steadied himself as well as he was , able, and said to his wife, "Here, wife, I've got 'h'ven turkeys for you." "Eleven turkeys, Jerry! What do you mean ? There's only one." "There, must be 'leven turkeys, wife, l'or i fell down 'leven times, and every time I found a turkey. There must be 'leven turkeys." A Practical Application of the Scriptures.?Kicholas Wain, though a regular Quaker preacher, was a great wag, and many are the good things said by him which are still current in certain Philadelphia circles. He was once traveling on horseback in the interior of Pennsylvania in company with two Methodist preachers. They dbcussed the points of difference in their respective sects, until they art-ived at the inn where they were to put up for the night. At supper Wain was skated between the two Methodbts, and before them was placed a plate containing two trout. Each of the circuit riders placed hb fork in a . fish and transferred it to hb plate, after which each shut hb eyes and said an audible grace ' before meat. The Quaker availed himself of ! the opportunity to transfer both of the trout 1 to his own plate, merely remarking when the 1 others opened their eyes, "Your religion teach.es you to pray, but mine teaches me both to * watch and pray." ? 4 ? ' JhTEf a man flatters you, you kan kalker- ( late that he b a rogue, or you're a fule?J. J Billings. I ( failing for the JFitUfk. * in CONDUCTS? BY ' REV. ROBERT LATHAN. INTRODUCTION. tl In taking charge of this department of the m Enquirer, our only object is to do good. We tl have no private ends to accomplish?no de- tl nominational or sectarian views to promul- hi gate. Whatever will tend to elevate the mor- ni al and religious character amongst the masses; & whatever will turn the sinner to God and cause bi God's people to grow in grace, will be impressed as duty; and whatever degrades man and u dishonors God, will be censured. The good ei man will be encouraged; the bad man will be p: persuaded to do well. Virtue and piety will g] be praised; sin and folly will be exposed as tl "monsters of frightful mien." Our mission is ? to preach Jesus and Him crucified for sinners, ti The Bible is our text-book?our field, the ol world. 1869. 8J & Eighteen hundred and sixty-nine is num- j. bered with the past. It seems but yesterday . since it commenced. How fast years fly away. ? ? - - ? * - 11 i D How solemn the thought that we are aii nas- ^ tening to an untried and unchanging eternity. . One by one the teeming millions of the human race are pouring into the ocean of another world. The stream rushes resistlessly on. It , bids defiance to all impediments. It sweeps all before it. Majestically time obliterates every trace of human greatness. Pride and vanity are tossed away by it, like the small , dust by the whirlwind. To look back and review the past is always j profitable if not pleasant It is the only ^ means by which we can accurately ascertain ^ our present standing in the sight of God. Let g us review the events of the past year briefly, g that we commence the present as wise men. Q The past has been an eventful one. God in n his providence has manifestly declared that he has a controversy with us. He has turned the heavens into brass and the earth into iron. ^ Our fields have not yielded their increase. ^ Fat lands have been turned into barrenness; our country is desolate; "our land strangers devour it in our presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangere." ( These things are facts which are seen and J experienced by every reflecting man. Why " are these things so ? Does God delight in the n misery of his creatures? No. God is good, h He hears the cry of the young lions. He h sends them their food in due season. Why tJ then has God so dealt with us ? The only in- ii telligent answer that can be returned is the n correct one. Our 81119. have ruined us. God Jb has thwarted all our'plans because they were n selfish and rebellious plans. We have asked n and received, not because we desired to re- c ceive, but in order that we might pamper our ii own lusts. Many of us have attempted an ii impossibility and hence we have failed. We a have attempted to serve God and Mammon, p We have provoked the jealousy of God. We 1 have excited His righteous indignation, and 0 he has, in mercy, filled our barns and grana- n ries with emptiness. He might, speaking after the manner of men, have sent us quick to h destruction. & The history of God's dealings with his peo- ft pie reveals the fact that the abundant harvest ji is an evidence of His love and approbation, and g that rebels against His law and justice inhabit d parched lands. But not only is the general S scarcity of food which exists, an evidence of 1 ChvtV temfrrds im na a. Twrmlp. lyit. jj the coldness and apathy which characterizesiso" tl many professed Christians,is indicative of the p same thing. The Chilrch is left as a cottage h in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucum- d bers, as a besieged city. 0, how desolate! sc Her walls are broken down. The spider a: weaves its web upon her ceiling; the bat hides tl under the rubbish ofher broken down altars. What a picture of the cold affections of those who are called Christians. What a tax the Church is! Dollars for ribbons and gewgaws, S5 and cents for the church. Hundreds of dol- sc lars for wioe and brandy, and nothing for ^ the cause of Jesus. The family altar is broken p ~ ttmoo nf nrotror and nraisfi ia never UUTOU J bUW TVIVV V* V* ?? ? ^ heard in the great majority of professed Chris- P1 tian families. The Bible is covered with dust or laid away in some drawer only to be brought 01 out when some minister of the gospel visits *"? the family. The Sabbath is converted into *1 a kind of gala-day; family instruction and 08 family discipline wholly neglected, and the ? line of demarcation which separates the man of the world from the Christian rendered, by ^ the acts of Christians, so indistinct that it can never be seen only when Christians celebrate the Lord's Supper. ^ In the midst of such a state of moral degeneracy, we have evidence not only of God's displeasure but also of His tender mercy. God 30 has dealt graciously with us. Each of us is a ( monument of his forbearance. We can sing of His marvelous works. God never deals so . _ gij hardly with any of us, but He leaves us much for which we ought to be grateful. How grate- P* ful all the living ought to be that they are not * in that lake which burns with fire and brim- 88 stone beyond the reach of mercy. How grateful every creature should be that God lives ^i and reigns, and that He will govern the world in righteousness. God, by his dealings with ^i us, is reasoning with us. He declares unto us that if we will learn to do well and cease . si] to do evil, He will restore our land as at the . beginning; but if we refuse and continue to 113 rebel against Him, He will devour us with W the sword of His indignation and the destruc- . tion of the trausgressoV andbf the sinner shall r^j be together; and they l^hat forsake the Lord shall be consumed. ^ , *+ f BIGO/TRY. d? Every man thinks tniat in all things, and at alf times, he acts the part of a rational crea 1 ^ .1 1 on om each other in some cases in doctrines hich lie at the very foundation of salvation; i other cases they differ from each other only l modes of worship. It is not our purpose to say in what any ol tese denominations are right or wrong. Cornon honesty would lead us to confess thai lere is much that is good in all, and some lings that are wrong in all. But the most imiliating confession of all is, that a largf imber of those claiming connection with ich and all of these denominations are men igots. This position is tenable, howevei veeping it may appear at first sight. Pro stants are accustomed to brand the follow s of the Pope with the title of "bigoted pa ists;" but, unfortunately, we give too mucl round for the Catholic to apply the same ti .1 1 1 l? 1 L- 1 e to us. Mow many in tms iana 01 uoasu* iligious light and liberty, and at the sami me land of religious creeds and confession f every hue, are able to give a reason for thi rith that is in them? Many a man woulc send a whole night in defending Presbyteri nism or Methodism, or prelacy, who knows terally, nothing about the fundamental prin iples of either. As a general role, the con dence of such individual is in proportion t< is ignorance. There are two fhcts that sucl idividual never for one moment doubts. Th ne is that he is right in creed and practice nd the other is, that every body who dares t [link or act different from him ^n religiou latters, is wrong?Wholly wrong. All tha uch an individual wants to know ih, orders tigmatize another as a heretic, is that he be sags to a different denomination from him alf. Such an individual, like the ancien ews, regards all who are not called by hi ame or the name of his denomination, a eathen and in a hopeless condition. It is i - - l 4.v: reat misfortune tnat mere xu bu uiuuu ui tm, seling in every man. It hinders the growtl f grace in our hearts and renders our live lore or less miserable. The principle of bigotry, when fully devel ped, ultimate in persecution. Hence it i be duty of every man to banish bigotry fron is mind and bigotry from his actions. 8ADDUCEE9. About two hundred and fifty years befor Ihrist, there flourished an individual calle* Lntigonus Sochseus, who taught his disciple to be like servants who r^rve their master iot for the sake of feward." Sadok, one o is disciples, being unable to understand wha is master meant by this precept, inferre* bat the principle which was designed to b lculcated was, that in another world neithe awards nor pnnishments were to be expected Yom Sadok, the Sodduoees derived thei ame. In point of numbers, the Sadducee ever were of much importance; but on ac ount of their wealth and the dignity of th idividuals who were connected with the seel ; exercised considerable influence. It serve* b a check to the Pharisees politically. Th eculiar doctrines of the Sadducees were these bey denied the existence of angels, and als f spirits, and, as might be expected, they di< ot believe in the resurrection. The doctrine of an overruling Providenc ad no place in their creed. Man was regard i by them as absolutely free and possessed o ill and uncontroled power to do good or evi ist as be pleased. The Pharisees place* reater stress upon the traditions of the El ers than on the precepts of the Bible. Th adducees rejected all traditions and all th tible, except the five books of Moses, accwd ig to some yithorities. is probable tna ley only preiered these owks .iu all}' Trmc art of the Bible. The fjfcdducees seem b ave been very much like many modern infi els, utterly destitute of any thing that re smbles true and genuine dWotional feelings ad treated with dignified soorn all who ha( lese feelings. JESUS OUR ADVOCATE. Whenever our lives or our property are le illy in jeopardy, we naturally look out foi ime skilled attorney to defend our cause Thenever a sinner is quickened into life b] od's holy spirit, and made to see that his son in danger of eternal perdition, he desires tc it his case into the hands of some one who ii lie and powerful to save. He can find nc le who is capable of advocating his cause be re the tribunal of the Most High but Jesus 1 Him he finds an able and eloquent advo ite. Jesus understands the law by whicl 'is client is to be tried. Before His Father i pleads that the law in all its requirements is been met In his humanity He satisfiec )th its preceptive and penal requirements God hears the Son in behalf of the sinner here is a powerful eloquence in his bleeding le and pierced hands and feet God behold: lii? oniMr la annpflap/} \VTlat. f ture. There is scarcely a man on eartn wno would not feel most grossly insulted if it were ar intimated that he were a' bigot Where is the human being who has so much grace as to be . able to say from the heart, "some of my ac- m tions are prompted by a blind attachment to co a particular creed." Pope says "an honest mi man is the noblest work of God." Without stopping to criticise the theology of the poet, we may say that an honest man is the rarest sa thing on earth; and the most unreasonable P" thing is belief and practice without a rational mi investigation of the thing proposed for belief ^ and practice. Men exhibit their bigotry in F1 their daily avocations and in their religious beliefs. jn All of us have blindly embraced and as jt blindly adhere to tenets in religion for which we are able to give no more plausible reason than the dissyllable "because." A large minority, if not a majority of the human family jg 3 are ready-to suffer martyrdom for principles jg which are, in many cases, mere crotchets of m? their own brains; or if principles taught in the pr( Bible, the individuals do not know the fact in any proper sense of the word. This can be jasily tested. The protestant church is divi- fer led and sub-divided into a great many fami- pic ies or tribes, designated by the appellation of ing lenominations. These denominations differ cle ICOC (U1U Alio itugvu *W urce of comfort to have an advocate ir saven who pleads for us before the throne o: od. The child of God may have no earthl) iend to defend him, but his loving Savioui ts on the mercy seat on high, and with ? ithos that no words can describe and nc jart can feel, looks upon his Father anc ,ys "Bless and pity them." When the believer sins, as he often does s advocate espouses his cause, and with ar irnestness that admits of no denial, prays tc s Father to forgive him. Sin.?There is nothing that God hates bul a; and there is no creature that he loves sc tensely as the sinner. God poured out hh rath upon his own Son when he stood at irety for the sinner, and yet He so loved th< l^ner that Hg gave his only ?on Jo die th( st for the unjust. Sin planted t^ebrier ari<3 e thorn. Sin causes us to live & misery un :r every earthly circumstance. 1 Sin brought iath into the world. Sin causes all creation groan and travail in pain. Sin dug the pit 'perdition, sin peopled that dreary abode id sin "will keep its prisoners there." It is i evil and bitter thing to sin against God. Duty.?The only pleasures that we enjoy this world, are those which arise from the nsciousness of having doile our duty. The an who has learned from the Bible his duty, d has been enabled to perform it, fears no . His hiding place is a munition of rocks, fe from the storm and the tempest The an conscious of having done his duty, enjoys sfiable bliss. Gold cannot purchase such joyment. It is better than gold ; it is more ecious than fine gold. The Bible.?The Bible is the oldest book the world; it is the most learned of all books, treats of time and eternity, of the soul and e body, of heaven and hell. It teaches us w to live happy and how to die blessed. It aches us all that is worth knowing. There no duty that we owe either to God or man but plainly taught by it. It is God's book; He ide and He has preserved it, and He will sserve it. ,+ ^ Love of Christ.?Oh! how great the difence between submitting ourselves to a comix of rules and casting ourselyes upon a beat> heart; between accepting a system and aving to a person. : f fjrartw * 7 From the Southern Cultivator. , THE INFLUENCE Of T0E MOOT "This is a long rainy spell of weatl ' are having." "Yes, very ; Dut we have: ' moon to-r?orrow, then we will have a cty ' How often do we hear such rf*liarks, p - ting a firm belief that that the chans s weather are influenced by and dep^ i the phases or changes of the mhon. , It is raid there is no belief more uni\&] ' entertained, than that the moon, in'sor vi ' exerts aa influence over the condition o * atmosphere, determining by her cic * whether we shall have rain or sunshin* v - do not propose to enquire into the cauw tl i popular belief, or to show sa d position of the human mind bat attril s I supernatural agency tne cams 01 tame plained phenomena of rappbf tablet m 3 rappinfs, Ac., Ac., is that indue s 9 be satiffied with referring tf4*e moon t 3 explanation of the phenomeoapf the w it 1 The question of the amoult of in ni . which the moon exerts in the-^ather, i -1 , viewed as a question of scieni or a que ' of fact. It is not proper to sec a caut >r thing unless we know first pat the in * exists Now can this tjuesticj of facte 3 tablished ? It is plain, if we we a re< I < l the rainy days and fair daj all pld i e a column, and side by side wit this can 1 /loTToIn . we Dave uuufcuci", nuivu ???j opt ' the moon is new and when fd and wfii 0 her quarters, we can comparehese tw( 6. 8 unna and see if the weatf^~j>thftnged ii h oo^?Me?k^p^ ? ber of years, then airufiii&n of thes t obiervations will determiieqd doubt th truth or falsity of the sippofnfluence c B the moon in producing ttyse jges. Thes 8 records have been registe-e<fcfully for i 1 number of years, and their elation prove s two facts; first, that there tendency to i j dimppearatux of the cloutU vtfull moon, o B a greater probability of fniyier with fun moon; second, that more rails about nex moon than about full moon. ! So much at a question of1 Now it be s comes a question of science |>lain the co i incidences of these cond^ojUhe weathe: with the phaim of the?! ^Besides thi amount of heitand lightred from th< sun, the mooa also confes her share B though much hsa Philos s have calcu , lated that thrlunar light 00,000 timei weaker than tkt of the i ind though t 8 philosopher of Paris once tfentrated th< s light of the fol moon with urn ing glaa f three feet in diameter, and | delicate ther t mometer indichd no incrff heat, still, il j is known that h^t is recedWom the moon The rays are so jeak theve not the pow er to penetrate 4 air, and arrested in the r upper regions, hey conantly fell upor k the clouds, andftssipate ji, just as-the r noon-day sun diabates therfaing fog. The 8 amount of heat fceived ?f the moon, we y find by calculatidto be geet at the time e of full moon, anaf court ist at the time of new moon. Tl air t surrounds the j earth receives hq both i the sun and * moon, and receivebiost hco full moon, end a I I ?1 I ? - .1 1 -II a team, <M new ?ww? junseqpy, me CiOUtlS : that are formed, aWore <to be dissipated 0 at full moon tbant ne^oon. In other j words, there is a ater ^ability of Air weather at full mol and (cloudy weatler at new moon. So \ wejU^e questioirof & science explains clfy tluestion of fipt. I- The observations r&ecH not show any ,f tendency to either ior tidy weather at j the time of either qier. j Gardeners, genen dcially those of England, entertain felfthat the Ugh of ' the moon is injurioi) yig shoots md e plants. .The full mioctfng about he e fast of April they c^e H Moon," Jel cause they say, the fyf ttfioon will Kll t and redden youngbWJjt^notgjdd _ enough Bar TronS^Wptethe liAmSill notW 3 injured. Obviously, it )tth lit, but the l* frost that reddens the igsbts. From > what has been said, w vaa fbt to look i, for fair weather at full i.! Ration will 1 t|ien take place rapid ,nl athe young buds are good radiate m wld expect them to be reduced be the fizing point and reddened, without t gpicjf the light of the moon. A? we fiaaiably look for clear weather during dooiaud hence r more radiation, we market i a natural I consequence, a frost in 1 <t tktime of full J moon. Gardeners, we b?gecally make I their calculations accori t. , Besides the universal"? thl the moon } presides over the changdthe feather, she is held responsible for a I may failures, ) and though & quiet wita ofto regarded ' as the agent. Hogs mufcille on the in crease of the moon, or y|eat 'ill shrink - from the born; soap mu mae at a ceri tain quarter; the worm < fene will sink if Jfiid during the wanee noon; hogs j must be spayid at a certi ge 0 the moon, . and so on, aijong the pc belefe of the people. Shejs aho beiiel exirt an in nuence on nsDer; on uiTth of vegeta bles; an thf shade of 1 impexion; on r the number tf births the e jlace; and 5 even the elde Pliny held eggi should be { put under tb hen when 1 loor was new; and the faitlthat conned phases of the ' moon with he phenoma jyanity, has f prevailed fr<n modern to Primes. r It would jr exceed tier7 of our ar: ticle, to discja these quesj In the first i place they Bpuld be regarlg questions of , fact. In rdard to. of meat ^ from the boj, we are^w thetnon that it depends mih more oi the tint of corn the hogs ha^ had, thaa ipoie phases of , the moon. l For a loij time the opiniofts been en) tertained tht timber should, felled only during the lecline of the m^ and that when cut dung its increaie, ikuld not be [. durable. Ts was mide foe nnd of le/ islation in lance, aid th^ laTforbid tl3 ' cutting of tjber duing tie jmase of tJaj 3 moon. In t extensve foresig' Germar ri i says a write the sane ophioi evails, a a' 5 is acted onJNow, orturatel^ >r us, rloneeau, by a1 ' Shown that the durability tfflbe^e&o oi ' afferent parts of the montfche kd 1 nat consequently the mooiterlk^fia; ttee on it?its durability fen# h ^ a* i msonsof the year. Athens, Ga. ' ! w! ? ?? l wl FENCING STOCK or iEditors Southern CoultiuivX E stai Agricultural Club haindfr^'ub- ]a lica valuable service by isjforjle fort wl il.A milafllian nf a ndflillrrlc V Oi VC I ou me ijucsuuu Vi -*v.-?rill J feces, and the enactraeill if i^k tv," yj, I wHch appeared in the Selftihimi of m I voir Journal. I regard tit f(\ thalay H be laved by proper legislaiapout fri- e(j meit to any interest, aa eeiaje half a ne I fair rent of some farms taMera a fr, whoe. In other words, -el*othenar- 0u I men of the present ex>er ftucin^ut H I intruding stock that h/veJral righto g0 J consime, or damage ii the cfis W( I growu by any person ->n fa land; id an you yilll double the vaty! pvoduere mj I soil. Jt is obvious, hatcher the ac dj( J imposed to keep stotk r wheat, ct?, I or co',ton field to mak^> the less iI ducement there is to ci^he same; c<- on sequently, there is lessXofor labor tha I en there would be if tiis/^j^eved. Te I lit poor wlo now keep cattle t hif I large, lose far more"16 breciation f he their wages, whether ^'ory tlf montl ca or crop on shares, tf?y ^.hythis uc rie timely free stock re. "toclaisec in thi j wl way in well settled* ' 009 the lomruu I wl I nity at large fulK,?1.68 thin it hi ge worth to the owir,. h based sic j on my own expa 8u?>Rr- T have t ch j kept a number i % S8 * a n?ghbor j wc all summer is a good clover field well fen for nothing, because it is far cheaper foi to fence them in one small field, than ox several large corn fields. Indeed to fi many fields against small shad-bellied sw '1 jumping sheep, and unruly cattle, taxes c I raon land more than the use of it is wo Hence many million acres lie oilt as a c t mon waste that would be cultivated, to incalculable advantage of all classes and on terests, if this fence burthen were taken Then a poor farmer, who is able barely to ] II for fifty acres and a mule, could plow, ph J sow and gather in his crops, without the pense of working one pannel of fence bey< F what encloses any little stock he may chc to keep. Give this encouragement to 1 VJ land in the South, and defend honest agric tural industry from all invasion, by man ^ his beast, and you will soon change squatt x and bad renters into independent land-hc ^ era and conservative freemen. ^ It is a mistake to suppose a poor laborl man in the South can never lay up moi enough to pay for a few acres?far more ti ^ the great Cincinnatus had when he was caL ^ from* his plow to Bave his country from 1 >n Peateet Fence taxes and all others, a land, are now so heavy in the aggregate, tl poor men can hardly afford to own any. ? New York state this onerous fence tax d< not exist; laboring men receive a dollar a d n as farm wages. Here I hire good men at fii n cents a day. There a fanner makes fifty to of hay with less labor, than I can fence ames ow for such a crop. So long as the poor, u wittingly, compel formers to throw away( much labor in mauling fence rails, their wag e rau^bfrld?^^ D. LEE. * THE NORWAY OATS. l" Editors Southern Cultivator : In loo e ing over the February No. of the OiMvati ? I noticed amongst the advertisements, one * N. P. Boyer & Co., of Parkersburg, Chest e Co. Penn., headed, Genuine Norway Oats. a ordered a bushel of those oats last year, f! 8 which I paid them ten dollars and two do 3 lare Express. Planted them on the tenth < j! March (which was late) on prime river be 1 torn land, that will make fifty bushels of coi 0 to the aere. The land was well prepared b breaking with a two horse nloncrn. thft O* ~ sowed and harrowed in, came up well, gre till they began to head, when they comment r ed rusting, and without any exception wei 3 the most thoroughly rusted oats I ever sa\ 3 They did not make a seed. I sowed some < ? our common oats the sanje day, on the sam kind of land?just a road between?and the 3 made a very fine crop, free from rust I n< 1 tified Messrs, Boyer & Co. of the result c 3 my experiment, and stated -to them that 3 would like to try them in the fall, but the neither returned me the money, nor sent an ^ more oats to try. The principal recommend * ation to thote Ooats was that they would no lodge, or rmt, and that they would make fror ' one hundrd to one hundred and thirty bush 1 els to the acre. I merely mention this feet t s keep my bother planters from being impose) ! upon. "Would it not be well to adopt thi ! course tovard all humbugs ? JONATHAN M. MILLER. r Podoficc, Augusta, Oa. ; How to Keep Rats prom Destroys ' Harness.?Almost every person who use harnes has been more or less annoyed by hav ing tlem injured by rats. We give a fev hints is to how this may be avoided, thougl everybody knows, or affects to know, what if , best. The recipes here given are collected from different sources: Take about a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, mix it thoroughly with a quart of oil, and rub the harness with the mixture. This, it is claimed, will not onb keep rata and mice from gnawing the haness, out it will also prevent horses and colls from chewing the lines or halters. Take tw> quarts of green leeks, pour over them one gslon of oil, and let it stand a few days beOvttt 1 ii -A -1- At - V-.. ? uoj"8 , uic luiigcr 11 dumius me Detier. A litle benzine rubbed over the harness after it Iff meoto, Wthe idea that it injires the leather. One *uice of aloee to one ga ilon of oil will prevent iqifl from destroying the harness. It is also Slimed that by mixing a small quantity, a tiblespoonful, of pine tar to one quart of oil, l&rness will be meet effectually protected from any injury; bat if too much is put on, the leather will notabsorb it. It will collect dirt, besides makiig the harness unpleasant to handle.?Carriq/e and Harness Journal. ? Strength of Petals.?In the course of various mechanial and manufacturing operations, it has ben found necessary to test the strength of arious metals, and from one of the statement of the trials made we corncompile the fUowing: A bar of cast lead one inch squre breaks under a strain of 860 pounds; bar of cast gold of similar dimensions wilbreak under a strain of 22,000 pounds ; a b^ of cast silver will not break until the shin reaches 45,500 pounds; a bar of cast/on will remain intact until the strain excite 59,000 pounds; and the best wrought i>n will bear a weigh of 84,000 pounds to* tar an inch square; and a similar bar osteel has been made of such tenacity as toft a weight of 150,000 pounds before brewing. An alloy of two metals nearly alw8 possesses greater tenacity than either e does separately. A strip of sound oak w^ an inch square, has been found to lift ar^fain 17,300 pounds before breaking, and pmilar strip of locust 20,000 pounds. (Sanic Manures.?The cereals all reqUja liberal supply of organic fertilizers for th?evelopment of a heavy crop. In order to gi the growing straw sufficient stiffness to ejde it to maintain an erect position until tfgrain has fully matured, a liberal supply ' manure must be provided. "Wheat requires re silicate of potash than any other grain. ?r this reason, a soil that is composed largeof mica. feldsDar. auartz. and alluminnns ,atter, if there be a fair supply of decompos- ' i vegetation in the form of decayed clover, , tay be rendered an excellent soil for the pro uction of wheat. There is little danger of pplying too large a quantity of wood ashes to cn land. "Wood ashes will supply potash; ad the sAnd and potash will form exactly the ] material required in liberal abundance for " Jjducing the rtro.g r nmh is so fessential to give it proper stiffness, id also to fortify the stems, from the injuriis influences of rust and mildew. i j What You Do, Do Well.?After years id years of inculcating the above principal 1 at should govern farmers in all their labors, ? e find the world full of cultivators of the soil lio live and act as though they had not read heard of "doing things well" in their lives, very thing they attempt to perform shows a ck of care, attention, ana knowledge of bat is to their own interests. Wherever m find a farmer who has steadily grown :h by the sweat of his brow, you will find a ? an who does well whatever he performs. is house is always in good repair, well paint- j , etc.; his grounds around his dwelling p atly laid out, with an abundance of good ? ait and shade trees; his outhouses commodis, well arranged, and also in good order, is cattle and horses are of good stock and in od condition, and he has a system of doing o irk that accomplishes what he undertakes, _ id he does not leave everything half done as I any farmers do who drag through life and sj b poor. About Horses.?From the Rochester XJnir we take the following: "Horses, as a genii thine, eet too much whiDDinsr and too "" w " O' D " ~~ A X, o tie feed. If a man loses his hat while driving 3 horse, he whips the horse to pay for it. If runs into another wagon through his own relessness, he whips his horse to make it all jht. If his horse slips or stumbles, he gets lipped for it?if he does anything he gets lipped for it, and if he don't do anything he ts the same. A great many horses know 'a A ;ht' more than their driver, and if they could ? ange places with them, society at large A iuld be tlr gainers, and so would horses." j b 3 ETIWM 5 SOLUBLE om- j STTLPHTJ t MANUFACTURE! off. TTNDER the Direction of Dr. N. A. PRATT, i Day U Company. SOLUBLE PHOSPHORIC ACID, in the foi tni? Phosphate, is the basis of all good Fertilizers, ai ex- ric Acid which is in them. The immense deposits of Phosphatic Guanos Dr. PRATT, consists mainly of insoluble Phosi ,03e by being ground to powder, and reduced by Sul )uy ble phosphate soluble in water, and thus made o ml- soluble Phosphate found in any commercial Fei ' inal Phosphate rock. The greater the proportio or tains, the less the quantity required per acre, am era ing the highest per ceatage of Soluble Phosphat ,1(J. Impressed with these truths, the SULPHURI have erected at Charleston, the first extensive A fer to plabters the HIGHEST PER CENTAG1 ing in any market. lev Their Fertilizer are offered under two forms: 1. ETIWAN. NO. 1.?PURE SOLUBLE PI ; , Dissolved Bone Phospliate of Lime, $60 per ton, led 2. ETIWAN, NO. ?.-PERUVIAN SUPER ;ne dissolved Bone Phosphuie, and li to 3 per cent, < on Guano to adapt it to all Crops, >70 per ton, ten p mt WE AliS Jn DISSOLVED BONE, of high grade, for plante other compost, and we suggest that this is the to ,ea port the Sulphuric Acid contained in the mixturi $ W1MC. C. BEE JTO. AD( id- December 30 ? ?be forMle TERMSji-IN ADVANCE i One Copy, one yMr, f 3 fo( One Copy, Six months, 1 k- One Copy, Three months, 1 0( Two Copies, one year,". 5 5< Five Copies, 44 44 ?....? 12 5< Of Ten Copies, 44 44 25 0( Br j&-To persons who make up clubs often oj J more names, an extra copy of the paper will to 3r furnished one year, free of charge. ,1. ADVERTISEMENTS 0f Will be Inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Centc per square for the first, and Seventy-five Centt >t* per square for each subsequent insertion-less thai H three months. A square consists of the space ocY cupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered less than a square. 13 Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly AdverW tisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square c_ for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual pr Yearly contracts ? will be mode on liberal terms?the contract, hoWv. ever, must in all cases be confined to theimmedi)f ate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated 16 as advertisements. 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The Little Corporal has a larger circulation than any other Juvenile Magazine in the world, and r is better worth the price than any other Magazine published. 1 Because of its immense circulation, we are ena bled to furnish it at the low price of One dollar t a Year : Single number 12 cents; or free to any one who will try to raise a club. Beautiful premiums for clubs. Subscribe NOW. Back numi bers can always be sent. Address ' ALFRED L. SEWELL <fc CO., Publishers, Chicaoo, 111. Everybody Uk? It Threo Dixit, Ml -BiBSiSsSi plant)aad vto?to eroryjobartbori indo<*m?nX? en owtof mtaam, rum una, wwtnjMjaasw, a, UMoff -th. prcnlama. flpecfioen* and Ifib om. Send 1 w. england, pnhhihw bim, ntv Yak. COMMON SENSE!!! WANTED?AGENTS. 8250 per month to sell the only GENUINE IMPROVED COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. Price only 818. Great Inducements to Agents. This is ' the most popular Sewing Machine of the day? makes the famous "Elastic Lock Stitch"?will do : any kind of work that can be done on any Machine | ?100,000 sold and the demand constantly increasing. Now is the time to take an Agency. Send ' for circulars, Beware of infringers.Ad- 1 dress, SECOMB <t CO., Boston, Mass., Pittsburg, ! | Pa., or St. Lonis, Mo. THE CELEBRATED STEWART COOK STOVE. THE BEST IN THE WORLD 1 OVER 100,000 IN USE. Will do more work with the same amount of fuel than any other Stove ever made. FULLER, WARREN & CO., EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS, TROY, N. Y. Descriptive pamphlets sent free. CANVASSING BOOKS SENT FREE FOR Daris by Sunlight and Gaslight A Work descriptive of the Mysteries, Virtues, Vices, Splendors and Crimes of the CITY OF PARIS. It tells how Paris has become the Gayest and ? most beautiful city in the world; how its Beauty and Splendors are purchased at a fearful cost of Misery and Suffering; how visitors are Swindled bv Drofessional adventurers: how virtue and vice I go arm-in-urm in the Beautiful City; how the most fearful crimes are committed ana concealed; how money is squandered in useless luxuiy; and contains over 150 fine Engravings of noted Places, Life and Scenes in Paris. Agents wanted. Can- ? vassing books sent free. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Philadelphia, Pa., Atlanta, Gra,, Cincinnati, Ohio, or St. Louis, Mo. 10,000 AGENTS WANTED FOB WALES AND HOMESOF JESUS. By Rev. D. March, D. D., author of "Night Scenea of the Bible." Apply at once to Crittencen <fe McKinney, 1308Chestnut st,, Phila'da, Pa. THE MOST WPT^gErrpTn ? ~ Now onerea to Agenfa is . OF tevised and enlarged by gen. robert e. lee. It is a large and beautiful octavo volume, Illustrated with elegant Steel Engravings, Maps. dtc. An agent in Virginia reports 110 subscribers the first week. An agent in Alabama, 54 the first week, do. Georgia, 47 ? do. do. do. Kentucky, 35 do. do. do. Mississippi, 32 do. do. do. Tennessee, 19 the ffrst day. do. Kentucky, 32 the first two days, do. Texas, 24 do. do. do. Missouri. 17 the first three days. "Everybody subscribes for L," theagents all say. Ye want an agent in every county. Send for clrulars, giving full particulars, to UNIVERSITY 'UBLISHING CO., 4 Bond st, New York. A WAY WITH UNCOMFORTABLE TRUSSTb ES. Comfort and Cure for the Ruptured, Sent lost-paid on receipt of 10 cts. Address Dr. E. B. ^OOTE, No 120 Lexington Ave., New York. 10,000 AGENTS WANTED FOR KWTKUSI'tJtnu^. The finest Engraving in the market. Apply at Jjl nee to CRITTENDEN & McKINNEY, 1308 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ft (5) Oft For flwt-elass new 7 Octave Pianos. Sent on trial. U. S. Piano Co., New rork. The Purest, Best and Cheapest SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. 13 KNIT?K lYlT?K *g AGENTS WANTED everywhere to sell the 8to< MERICAN KNITTING MACHINE, the only Sto radical Family Knitting Machine ever invented, ena rice $25. Will knit 2,000 stitches per minute. K ddress AMERICAN KNITTING MACHINE ord 0., Boston, Mass., or St. Louis, Mo. [ A GUANOS, MANURES, i.ND RIC A.OI0, I AT CHARLESTON, Chemist for the Sulphuric Acid and Snper-Pb ospkal :m of Soluble Phosphate of Lime, or Dissolved Boo id these are valuable in th^ratio of Soluble Phospbp which were discovered in J867 in Sohth parolina. <hr ihate of Lime, which is male available as a Fertilize Iphuric Acid to such a nn mltlnn snfrrmalffi lis jjjiilii apable of being taken up bt growing plants. Aa In rullzer is of no more valueto the plant than tha prig u of this Soluble Phosphatl which any Fertiliser con i consequently the cheapest Fertilizer la that Contain C ACID AND SUPER-PSOSPHkr^ajMPAZTl cid Chambers South of Bdtimore, and an able to of S. OF 80LUBLE PHOSffiATE OF BHtt'knowi IOSPHATE, guaranteed to contain iijper cent. Oi 10 per cent, discount for ash. r-PHOSPHATE. oruarantied to contain <vi >f Ammonia, with a suffllent addition or Peruvian Br cent, discount for cash. IO OFFER: I rs or manufacturers, whomay demeUMuix into any Bst and cheapest method jbr maanftetarera to transb. Will be sold at a flxe< rate fofeach per centajpv' & CO., Agents, SER'S WHARF. 62 jjjl. ^ it < ) TO THE WORKJNG CLA88.?We are nd w pje) pared to tamisfeaiblasHeg with wnstaftt emptcy*f meat at home, tmwhole of the tl~ie or Jbr toe ) spare moments, tosinees new. light, ud profiiAble. Persona of ejber aex easily earn from 3c. [ to $6 per evening, nd a proportional samby/r-/3 voting their wboleime to the business, Boyii? , girls earn nearly i mnch as men. That all tho see this notioe ma send their address, and het' .] . the business, we i rite this unparalleled otter I To j . such as are not w 1 satisfied, we will send i to , . pay for the tronbl of writing. Full partleoars, a valuable sampli which will do to oomoance work on, and a oo y of f%e People's IMerasryfovv' pernio*?one of thllargart ana best flunily ?Ws- < papers publlshed-iall smt free by mail. Rader. ' if you want permnent, profitable work, stress E. C. ALLEN AG.. ArrousTA. Maiwx. i 100,000 AGENTS WANTED Foi PBIESr AND NtN. Apply at cwioeto CKTrfJCNDEN A icKIN- ( KEY, 1806 ChaatmtEtteet, Phlladclphlapa. R JOHNS * CO., Land Agent* a* Bank, yt'Austin,Tems. .'V \ I SMOKING rOBAOCO. ia ; wherever Introduced it ia mi veraaly admired. His pat up in handsome muslin bags,: in which orders for Meerschaum Pipes aw daily packed. ; LORILLARDS bi^oftkecta*. , YACHT CLUB SMOKING TOBACCO. effects, as the Nico- : tine has been extracted} it leaves no disagreeable J taste after smoking; it livery mild, light in oolor and weight, henoe onefouna will last as long as A1 of ordinary tobjeoo.' ;jfc this brand we also pack 1 orders every diy for trst quality Msenajhauw 1 Pipes. Try it sad convlnoe yourselves it is Ml } J. chuma to be, "tie finest Of alL" j LORILLARpi jSHK&ft' CE>TppY ZXst. CHEWING TOBACCO. qual or suprifr. j anywhere. It fa withitt doubt the beet phf^hg j tobacco in the country. ' LiORXI.LARD'S J 8NIJF E8.I 85E^oi?S; J and still acknowledged ^Ifae best" whe*ver_a8?<*. A If your storekeeper does hot have tl**8? articles ? for sale, ask him to get them; they ah sold byre* C spectable jobbers almoateverywhery 1 Circular of prices mailed on appV?"011* , I P. f/MRILLARD A (X>, New York. ASK your Doctor or Drugghk for ] assaawmfeei?%&' / The sins ^Y^^aitfoad^rH^. 1 ^er^are*K,M?J~ t W V ' fseflme to prRfligt <mSugi j Ohe J Agent tookTSS orders in 10 anys. 740 pages; 45 0\ i lustrations. Price $3.50> AGENTS WANTED/ t Address N. y.BOOK CO., 146 Nassau street, N.Y. / WITHOUT Spectacles, Doctor or Medidne. Sent post-paid, on receipt of 10 eta. Address Dr. E. B. FOOTE, (author of Medical Common f Sense) No. 120 Lexington Ave., cor. East, 18th St, N. Y. { :{ f\ YE SPORTS \?8light-of-hand Expose# 1/ over 100 pages. ''Age Cards," to tell any per- J son's age. "Came of Authors." All mailed for >0 cento. R. A. GREY A CO., Yorkville, S. *0. j gj TBY ^ ruirs HEPATIC utter M THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA, g 1X0 AU. BUUia OX THE . I JK stomach : a?d liver. ta; THIT Ht UCOXVCXDU) ST TBI MSDrOAL PAOULTY. to( HEGEMAN & CO., J AGEXT8, 1TEW YORK. y CO Manufactnred by C. F. PANKNIN, a: CSDnST AMI AP0TEK3ABT, "J CHAnLE8TON. 8.C. T] t&~For Hale by Druggi&U Everywhere.^* w February 1] 6 ly ua I Fever and Ague B ANTIDOTE ^ Always Stops tbe Chilli. ?' This Medicine has been before the Public fifteen years, and is still j&ead of all other J known remedies. It does^not purge, does not sicken the stomach, is perfectly safe in any dose and under all circumstances, and qui is the only Medicine that will of i OURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form jof Fever and ani Ague, because it is a perfect AatMote t? MI Kslarla. 4 ' die Bold bv all Drugariatfc sui P. P. TOALE, V CHARLESTON, 8. <?., ft* MANUFACTURER OF gel I OOR8, SASH AND BLINDS. ^ ^sssaiaaMB^ I fAVING the Largest and MoSt COMPLETE fer [ FACTORY in the Southern States, and keep- an5 always on hand a large and most complete & 3k of DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, Sash Doors. re Doors, Shutters, Mouldings, $c.f Ac., I am ,bled to sell low and at Manufacturer's prices. fTI r. B.?Strict attention paid to shipping in good X .pril 15 15 ly D THE B2BT DT THE WORLD! I THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAS# " $1,500 Cash. FOR 18fO. $1,500 Cash. ^ VALUABLE PREMIUM FOE ALL f IVL13 splendidly illustrated weekly journal of X Popular Science, Mechanics, Invention. Engineering. Chemistry, Architecture, Agriculture, and the kindred arts, enters its Twenty-fifth year on-the first of January next, having a circulation fttjpeeedtnganv similar journal now published, e ?The Editorial Department of the Scientific American ia very ably conducted, and some of e the most popular writers in this country and Europe are contributors. Every number has 161mIT penal pages, embellished with fine Engravings at I .Machinery, New Inventions, Tool* for the Workr shop, Farm and Household, Engineering Worked . Dwelling Hpuaes and Public Buildings. 71 A journal of soimuch intxinaie value, at the low! - priced $3 a year, ought to have, in this thriving! . epahtry, a million readers! 1 'y' Whoever reads the Scientific la enter-1 tained and instructed, without being bothai&lA " with hard words or dry details. TO INVENTORS AND MECHANICS > 1 this journsl'is of special value, as limn tains*: ,weeklv>stw\i^. >. . mi jrateno! issued at Washing^ ton, with copiouB notices of the leading AmeriogS and European Inventions. The Pubifiherso^^B , Scientific American are the most entSolicitors in the world, and linTmii|i'^BM| facilities for gathering a complete kao?cJ S rJhe progress of Invention and DiacoverV>f H dut Jio world j and with a view to marly ' B| ter of aoantazy, during which this kut held the first place in Scientific and MeA ' Literature, the Publishers will issue gb first the large-and splendid Steel Engrsrlf > John Sartain^ of Philadttphia, entitled: / "MEN OF PROGRESS?AMERICA' v H VENTORS." Zd? the plate costing over $4,000 to engraW^ugj H tains nineteen liknesses of illustriar W Inventors. It is s iraperb work of ?pet vili fi Single pictures, printed on hea^r^bdgrt f -sold at $10, bat any one subscribe. t for oo?resr tiflo American, the paper will hC7_? M together with a oopy of the enffT ..jrVyJaSi^-MB of$10. Tie picture i* afro r<F V^M for clubs of sttbacrihei^^j^ij^ . I ^bMssent in 1 Who Want tO a^ofbr S3B 1 1 1 road will run as foll*w?: ' voaAuauaca.,. r.;-V; J Leave Charleston, ...r Arrive at AugiBta*.-^..... -4.45 d. m. j Ctflnecting irithtjafaui for Montgomery, memphit, NMhTflUtadilew <Orleans, via. Ktoatfomery sod Grand/S^n. < . .... 1 Ukve Charleston,...*.-..^ a. m. Arrive at Columbia....; n*KwH><* ... ?*|P. ,lrt. | Connecting with the Wui&iattcto endlfiUMhes* er Railroad, and Carndentra^^. in^Ttnwl jeave Augusta,-...? a. m. krriy* at Ohaileaton, t ."*....U.<4;0a p. an. jeavt^ lUGCBTA WIGHT yCWTO-{?^A^aU)|W^l.) jefve C^rle?t<A"~^"*^"~'**Mrt'-'r34J JV.i?** Urive'fct Au g^st*,............ ....?, 3- ...o. 101.Jds. Connecting witti trains lbrMemdM, Ksthvtue, ndVtmQdria* linGrand Junflttja. , j /, jeave AngWi""?"--? ?IQ p,.jn. Lrrive at Charleston, - .........iuo j^Ai. . OttTKBIA WIGHT EXPRESS?(8tTin>AYycXCXPTjfa>.) jeave^ Charleston. Lrb^eat Columbii Connecting (Sundays excepted) witu}?r<?vfile nd Colombia Railroad, ana ouMonbya, Wfdlesdays and Fridays vith Charlotte (Sooth Jarollna Railroad. , IK* ; jesve Columbia,. Lrrive at Charleston, SU*KBBviLUi TBA?. 7il '\fa jeave Charleston, ........... .. .&50 p. fa. Arrive at SnmmerviUe,......- ;.?...J>.10 p. an. LieaveSummerville, - ? ...?llO A'Be. Arrive at Charleston, ...... ....125 a..^B, fo THOeOi'hb of VOBj I Aim' .. ^ ^ 7 ^SS^moomm. $Ssik54@#: 1 act of d.7lS ta M lLOTHINGr W GOOre, ] gsss^ssEfeSS 1 iblic at prices T0 *^ 4" I HCAPCa TIIH Tlr NU*>t I ro shali aUo be prepared to >xecute ceflm for ty goods, In or oat of oar ttnt^of trade, ] 1TH PROMPTNESS AND P(D|Lm. ay Goods sold st oar Store and not Aeing wha ey are represented, > WILL BE TAKEN BACK id the money reminded. 1 Having commanication with OnON AND PRODUCE DEALERS, )rU>, we will buy or exchange anything ofered this market ana :, PAT THE HIGHEST PRICE rtheBame. We hereby tender oar sincere thanks- Ufismr nuerous ; \ FRIENDS AND CUSTOMEBS the kindness shown to as sinoe<oar eqfonni in 4 rkville, and will do all in oar power to merit a ttinnance of the same in future. . ? As we etpect to bay ar huge Stock of Gopds in Be* days, it wiH be nonsOMTt1 M OS ' 0 HAyi SGJ05 MONEY. iosc of ourfr&uds wbo havebe*a fl?vor?dby us Ith credit, will do us an act of kindness tor pay i immediately we have to meet our Notes as ey become due in order FO KEEP UP OUR CREDIT. lose paying us befcre the 1st of October,~vb Will low them a.diacount of 10 per oent. Thte is cerinly a flair chance. J.A. LEDERER. September 2 35 tf \ isnpyw goods1 JLfc" ANB_~WIIfTER--i869. 1 IRATTON, MASON &, WITHERS ] RESPECTFULLY announce to-theoiUsenaof 1 t York and adjoining Counties that their Mr. I ASON has just returned from the Northern I irkets, where he has purchased a splendid stock I Goods suited to the 1 FALL ANT) WTNTF.F TRADE J I portion of the stock is already in Store and is srbein? opened for inspection, and the remain is arriving by every train. The stock emices every description of Qooda usually re[red in this market, and among things vforthy^^H special mention is a very fine assortment A COLORED AND FANCY SILKS, i a stock of Ladies' FURS, CAPBS andHH JFFS. In addition to these specialties, the la-^BB s can find every description of Dress Goods ted to their various tastes and wants. W FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, ? i have purchased an unusually fine stock of >ths ana Cassimeres,. together with a carefully acted assort nent of serviceable and cheaper * ods, suite the wants of all. Their stock of BOOTS AND SHOES yery complete, with Hats and Caps in great iety, and of the latest styles. IN THE HARDWARE LINE, y be mentioned Smith's Bellows, Anvils, Vises, miners, Horse-Shoes and Nails, together with ny other useful articles which will be menisd in a future advertisement. IN THE GROCERY LINE, ^ kbave Sugar and Coffee, Teas, Bagging, Roping ITies, as also, all the odds and euds usually Mred in this department. ?UR GOODS WERE PURCHASED .V-BLU amIM ....llnllvt Inirifo iVia nhVv. WOWU OgBUl) anu wovuruiouj mriww mv /o^ive as a call, feeling assured that we can ofaAgood articles and afford to sell as cheap as one else. eptember 30 89 tf BANK. BILLS WANTED. HE highest market prices paid/ for uncurrent Bank Bills; at the Citizens'Savings Bank. W. a METTS, Assistant Cashier, ecember lfl ; 50 4t ( ?