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Humorous fcpartmrut. BUILT ACCORDING TO CONTRACT. People who have built houses for themselves, and, in the never-varying experience of all, overrun the contractor's estimate, may find some consolation in the fact that there was one man who had his house built exactly as he ordered it, and didn't alter a line of his original plan or overrun the original contract price. This was a peppery old sea-captain, who sketched out his own plans?being something of a draughtsman?of his modest two-story, green-blinded, wooden mansion, and summoned his carpenter, and demanded to know what he would charge to build a house for him exactly after that plan, to be done in six months. "But, Captain," said the knight of the foreplane, "there are no?" "Don't but me !" exploded the captain. "I want the house just according to my plan." "Certainly," said Shavings; "but you will let nie nut in?" "Not one single thing!" roared the Captain ; "I pay you to build the house exactly as 1 have drawn the plan; I won't have anything put in. Obey orders if you break owners." "Very well, so be it!" said Shavings, rather nettled, and the price was fixed for a dwelling, exactly according to plan, to be finished in six months' time. And the Captain sailed away. On his return home he was waited on by the builder and the new mansion visited. Its exterior was quite correct, pretty green blinds, neat door with trellis and all complete; and so were the first floor^ entry and robms. The Captain was profuse in commendations. "And now," said ne, "we will go up to the chambers." "All right," said Shaviugs; "come outside to the ladder." "Outside! why, Chips, what do you mean by that ? I want to go up stairs!" "Can't?do that, sir?there are no stairs!" "No stairs!" exclaimed the astonished mariner ; "no stairs!" "No," replied the imperturable builder ; "you refused to have a single thing put in not down on the plan, and that contained no stairs. "Obey orders, if you break owners!" The Captain was fairly caught, for in his drawing he had utterly forgotten this important portion of his dwelling, and his peppery temper had prevented the carpenter from pointing it out to him. Since then, it is said, the Captain always gets into a passion when any one stares at him. TilTl? IT AITT IV TR4DF. A lathy looking fellow entered a down-east restaurant and ordered a double stew of oysters. The man who kept the restaurant was a small, red-headed individual, evidently very high tempered. He prepared the stew in quick time, and the lathy fellow sat down to his repast, and ate with enviable relish; after which he selected a first-class cigar, regaled himself with a mug of foaming ale, sitting with his feet elevated upon the top of the stove. He was very deliberate and self-possessed. After the cigar had almost disappeared in smoke, he called for his bill. "Sixty-fi\e cents," said the proprietor. "How is .his ?" asked the lath. "Fifty ce.its for the double stew, and fifteen cents for the cigar." "You forgot the ale," remarked the lathy fellow, looking quite serious. "Ah! yes, that is ten cents more?seventyfive cents." "Well, I am ready to pay it." The red-headed man made no reply, and the fellow kept his seat. "I tell you lam ready to pay the bill." "Well, pay it then," aaid the proprietor. "1 ain't got any money." "Hain't got any money!" repeated the man of refreshments. "Not a darn'd cent." mi j i j.j j L! i lie rea-neuueu rami ujieueu ms uyes. "Then how do you expect to pay the bill ?" "WeH, I'll tell you?I'llstand about seventy-five cents worth of your jaw?so go ahead." The red-headed man was the maddest individual ever seen. He seized the nut-cracker and let it fly at the offender with a will; but it only hit the chair back and broke its own handle. The lathy fellow had gone. He vacated his seat at the nick of time, and the last seen of him he was walking very leisurely down the street, finishing his cigar. A Court Incident.?One of the prominent ornaments of the bar, celebrated for his genial disposition, found himself, about the close of the war, washed ashore, high and dry, pecuniarily, in the city of Richmond, where he was forced to hang out his shingle and commence practice in the Hustings Court. One of his first clients was a youth who had been arrested at the instance of a respectable negro man of family, for having "rocked" his house and severely injured his daughter with a stone thrown through the window. At the examination old Pompey was put upon the stand, and proved the charge in such undeniable terms that it would have gone hard with our friend's client, had it not been for the following cross-examination: lawyer?You say one stone came into the room where you were sitting with your family and struck your daughter? Pomp?Yes, boss. Lawyer?Where did it strike her? romp?(silent lor a while)?l don t like to tell, boss. Lawyer?But you must tell. I demand again, where did it strike her? Pomp?Dat all foolishness, boss. I tell you it hit her. I don't like to tell where 'fore dese ladies in court. Lawyer?But you must answer. Where did it hit her? Pomp?(slowly)?On the buzzum, boss. Lawyer?Well, how severely did it injure her? Pomp?Oh ! quit dis foolishness. I ain't gwine to tell. Lawyer?Again I must insist upon my question being answered. Did it injure her? Pomp?(in despair)?No, sah ! it did not injure her, but it broke three fingers of a gen-; tleman what was paying 'tention to'her. ?- ease was dismissed immediately for want of jurisdiction. Fatalism Illustrated.?A Hard-Shell Baptist minister, living somewhere on the frontier of Missouri, was in the habit of saying to his family and to his church: "Friends, you need not take any unusual care of your lives ; the moment of your death was written before the foundation of the world, aud you cannot alter it." His wife observed when he left on Saturday, to meet one of his frontier missionary engagements, that he dressed the flint of his rile with unusual care, put in dry powder, fresh tow, and took every pains to makfe sure that the gun would go off in case he came UDon an Indian. It struck her one day as she saw hira in the saddle, with his rifle on his shoulder, that his conduct contradicted his teachings, and she said to him: "My dear, why do you take this rifle with you? If it was 'writ' before the foundation of the world that you were to be killed during this trip by an Indian, that rifle won't prevent it; and if you are not to be killed, of course the rifle is unnecessary ; so why take it with you at all?" "Yes," he replied, "of' course, my dear, you are all very right, and ; that is a very proper view; but, see here, ray j dear?now?really?but then, you see, my \ dear,?suppose I should meet an Indian while I am gone, and his time had come, and I j feadn't my rifle with me, what would he do ? Yes, cny dear, we must al' contribute our part; toward the fulfillment of the decrees of Prov-1 idence." jRaJr "Madam," said a pompous husband, whose wife had stolen up behind him and given him a Jriss?"Madam, I consider such an act indecorous!" "Excuse me, retorted the wife, "J didn't know it was you!" JUjtifttltotal JfciiMtutent. THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH. By this time the farmer has probably shaped or begun to shape his plans for the year. Itis to be hoped that he has meditated long gifl profoundly about them, because, contrarjB though it may be to public opinion, this is an essential a condition of success in farmings* in any other avocation, and because it is esp#? cially true under the circumstances whrf8 mark the opening of the present year. Cotton, which has always been the leading crop" of the South, and which will probably always hold an important place in its agriculture, at present prices, holds out very little inducement to the former. If he abandons cotton, what shall he substitute in its place ? Grain ! grain ! is the ready answer which comes up from every side, and grain we say, too, up to the point of meeting fully the home demand, to supply both bread and meat But with a thinly settled country like the South, with very few large cities, and nearly the whole of the population engaged in farming, where will he find a market for his surplus grain ? or at least sell it at a profit? The New England or English former can afford to raise grain and cattle, because he finds a ready market for all, and even more than he can produce at home. But such is not the case in the South and we are not prepared to advocate the raising of grain for an export or money crop. Let each one imagine for himself what the price of grain would be, if all the fields at the South hitherto planted in cotton, were covered with corn antf small grain ! Along the seaboard belt of South Carolina and Georgia, all ofrFlorida and the Gulf ooast of Al<^ bama andr the States west of Mexico, sugar cane might take the place of cotton to very great advantage. Cane products not only command a good price at present, but so far as indications go, promise to do so for a long time to come. Cuba is not likely to produce a full crop for years to come; and surely if the price of sugar will warrant the Northern farmer's raising beets for sugar, it will amply authorize the Southern farmer's raising sugar cane'for that purpose, wherever that plant thrives. Whilst, however, there is no general crop adapted to the South, which might supplant the cotton crop, we have not the slightest hesitation in saying that the grains and grasses should take the plac*1 of cotton, up to the point of furnishing all the food needed for man and for beast?including milch cows, hogs, sheep and goats, and for raising all the horses and mules needed upon our forms. In localities where there is a demand for beef, mutton, &c., it might prove profitable to raise grain and forage, to be converted into meat. Stock might be purchased in the summer, when cheap, fattened in the fall and ear> i n.i _ j j : i. ly winter, ana soiu ai uuvauceu priues tunmue spring. The English farmers practice this very extensively?buying even both cattle and feed?estimating that they are handsomely paid by the manure made, even if the meat sold only pays for cost of feed and for labor of feeding. How much of the labor and money expended on cotton, would be sufficient to accomplish all that is mentioned above, it is difficult to say?each one must judge for himself. In like manner, every farmer must decide for himself how the crops of the different grains, &c., must be proportioned among themselves. One, for instance, who owned a great deal of bottom land, might plant largely of corn, and not devote much space to small grain. On the other hand, one who owns little bottom land, should plant liberally of small grains and risk but little in corn. Clover and evergreen grasses being the cheapest food for stock of all kinds, should be liberally introduced. The sweet potato crop might also be increased to great advantage. We have found it very profitable for fattening hogs. They will always find abundant gleanings after the crop has been gathered. When the potato field has a clay soil, however, care must be taken to keep the hogs out when the ground is wet. Supposing the farmer to have decided what crops he will plant, the next thing Is to select land for each and to prepare it accordingly. For grain, stiff lands are preferable?for cotton, grey and light lands are better than the clayey, unless the latter are well supplied with vegetable matter. A deep and thorough pulverizing of the soil is an indispensable preparation to the development of any crop?sandy land, with gravelly sub-soil, may form an exception to this statement. Until planting time, therefore, every effort should bedirected toward accomplishing this end. Let it be remembered, however, that plowing, done when land is wet, ultimately hardens instead of opening it. Especial care should be had on this point, in lands with clay subsoil. We are convinced a greal deal of harm is done in this respect, without its ever being suspected. The plan of "circling" the hills?tiiat is, going round and round them, will enable one to break up land much deeper, than the ordinary method of laying off lands 12 or 15 feet wide, and running in no special direction. This is especially irue wuere the turning plow is used. By all means let two-horse plows be used for breaking up lands, they save so much labor and do so much better work. If a turning plow is not preferred, very good work may be done by making large and strong scooter stocks, and putting extra large and strong scooter plows on them, and attaching two mules to them. We have done very good work with such plows, breaking land from 6 to 8 inche deep, (measured.') Southern Cultivator. - Grkat Business in Onions.?A Rhode Island paper says that State rivals Connecticut in the production of the onion crop, and cites statistics. Samuel W. Church, of Rhode Island, has raised, from four acres, 1,475 bushels of Red Globe Wethersfield onions, and 1,300 bushels of carrots. Edwards Anthony raised 600 bushels of Wethersfield ouions, and 400 bushels of carrots from one acre. Benjamin Doty raised 610 bushels of Wethersfield onions, and 400 bushels of carrots from an acre. Allen Mathewson raised 1,900 bushels of Wethersfield onions, and 1,300 bushels of carrots, from four acres. Seth Thayer raised j 2,600 bushels of Wethersfield onions, and i 1,200 bushels of carrots, on four acres. Ed? j ward Atherton raised 600 bushels of Wethers-' j field onions, and 400 bushels of carrots, from ! one acre; the onions sold for $1 per bushel, 1 and the carrots for 30 cents per bushel?making the income, from one acre, $720. In Bristol, R. I., in 1849, 69,892 bushels of onions were raised; in 1859, 84,046; in 1864, 71,734; in 1863, 100,500, which is probably the largest crop ever raised in that town in one year ; in 1869, 80,000 bushels were raised. The usual jyearly average is somewhat less than 400 bushels per acre.?Exchange. Invest your Money.?In what? railroad bonds ? stock ? bauk ? No. What then? Invest it in permanent improvements upon your farm. In better buildings and fences; in better stock, better tools, more household conveinrvre innil.1l.rM_ TllVest it ill tllOSe IHOliVVOj nvvf v vv. comforts necessary to make your rural homes what they should be?the happiest spots on earth. Invest it in books and in papers, in education, in religion. Yes, invest largely in the last article. It is the sheet anchor of our hope and safety in another world. Salt and Water for Colic.?Editors Southern Cultivator:?It may not be generally known that one teaspoonful of common salt dissolved in a cup of cold water, will give almost instant relief in most any case of colic in man ; and a quart of fish brine is one of the best remedies for bots or colic in horses. I have never failed of success in giving weak salt water, in any case of colic, to nursing infants. A less quantity than a teaspoonful, will often relieve adults. Bugs.?A small lump of gum camphor put into your bags of garden seeds will destroy the bugs the seeds may contain. j (f hilAven's department. [Original.] THE ORGAN CAYE. | The western portion of the Statfe of Virgin | is in in^n^^.espects the most charming j ^ imtr^'|njj^^Ktth. The country is mounHKflflBSeaiM Bfeghany range crosses this In the sides of the cliffs ( BlBfc^ere are ,n some P^aces i of ^ietn> however, iih 'W^'f retreats for the ground Whole country. Some of them are very SHBhid very noted. ( One of these caves is the name of ( the organ cave. It is in G^Horier county, j about twelve miles from the' White Sulphur Springs. The entrance to the dive is but a ( few feet from the road -whjd^ea^ from the j Greenbrier Sulphur Union, the j county seat of MonroenTOmHSi&fLpertu re ( is not, however, on aJle^j^^^H^oa-d, and | and see no signs^^^^HHgBHBei of the mouth of the caHpjf^^^^ne at least thir- j ty feet below the^fijpTOie road. The cave y seems to have been^^med by a small stream forcing its way through a ridge into Second creek, which is about two miles distant. . l In order to enter the organ cave, you nave to make a circuit of a few rods, that you may reach the bottom of the ravine. So soon * as you enter the ravine you see before you a huge opening in the ground sufficient to a<$mit a large house. The arch is rock. On advancing a short distance, the opening becomes very small, just large enough to admit a moderate sized man with ease in a crawling posture. Above you is a rock, and all around you is a cold clammy rock. Sometimes you find it difficult to advance on account of the smallness of the aperture. The light of day never enters this gloomy place. In spite of yourself you will think of the grave. You | will imagine the awful condition in which you would be if the rock above you would sink only a few inches. There you would be wedged in and forced to linger and die. Again you imagine your awful condition were your light to be extinguished. Soon the gloom is partly dispelled. The opening grows larger and larger, and you find yourself in a vast field arched?not by the blue concave of heaven?but by a limestone rock. The water filters through this rock, and strange limestone formations hang down from the ceiling above which resemble the icicles that hang down from the eves of houses in the midst of a sleet storm. These when struck give forth a peculiar sound, from which circ.nnstance the cave is called the organ cave. In many places the cave is very rough; in others it is smooth. In some places you have to wend your way along the side of rugged 1 cliffs with fearful precipices below you. Great ' caution is necessary at such points. A mis- ^ [step would be fatal. You would bedashed to pieces against the rocks or drowned in some pit filled with water. The soil in some localities of the organ cave is mixed with the nitrate of potash. Many years ago the people in the neighborhood threw the soil in hoppers resembling ash-hoppers, and let the satlpetre drip out as lye is run off ashes. From the saltpetre thus obtained gunpowder was made. The organ cave has never been fully explored. No one as yet has discovered into what the little stream which winds its way through it, empties. It is highly probable that it finds its way into Second creek, but at what point no one knows. Great precaution is necessary on going into this cave. You must go well provided with candles and matches; for as said before, the light of the sun never enters it. You must take some straw or something by which you can mark your windings through the cave. This precaution is very essential. You might miss your way and be lost, forever. If your lights would, by some misfortune, be extinguished, you would be left in total darkness, ? and if you should miss your way, you would , be in a desperate condition. In either event, j the probability is you would have to remain j in the cave and literally pine away and die. j I WrtTUl?D)fi TlftV 1 I\ JILVXI1JUIW U X?V * "Is there a vacant place in this bank which I could fill ?" was the enquiry of a boy, as with glowing cheek he stood before the manager. "There is none," was the reply. "Were you told that you could obtain a situation here ? Who recommended you ?" "No one recommended me, sir," calmly answered the boy. "I only thought I would see." There was a. straightforwardness in the manner, an honest determination in the countenance of the lad, which pleased the man of business, and induced him to continue the conversation. He said, "You must have friends who could aid you in obtaining a situation ; have you told them ?" The quick flash of the deep blue eyes was quenched in the overtaking wave of sadness, as he said, though half musingly, "My mother said it would be useless to try without friends;" then recollecting himself, he apologized for the interruption, and was about to w'thdraw, when the gentleman detained him by asking why he did not remain at school for a year or two, and then enter the business world. "I have no time," was the reply. "I study at home, and keep up with the other boys." "Then you have had a place already said the interrogator. "Why did you leave it?" "I have not left it," answered the boy, quietly. "But you wish to leave; what is the raatter ?" For an instant the child hesitated; then TTej replied, with half-reluctant frankness, "I must do more for ray mother 1" Brave words I talisman of success anywhere, everywhere. They sank into the heart of the listener, recalling the radiant nast.- Grasping the hand of the astonished child, he 3aid, with a quivering voice, "My boy, what is your name ? You shall have the first vacancy for or, ormrpntipfi that occurs in the bank. If in , the meantime you need a friend, come to me. J But now give me your confidence. Why do ' you wish to do more for your mother ? Have i you no father?" ; Tears filled his eyes as he replied, "My j father is dead, my brothers and sisters are dead, and my mother and I are left to help each other. But she is not strong, and I wish 1 to take care of her. It will please her, sir, 1 that you have been so kind, and I am much 1 obliged to you." So saying, the boy left, lit- j tie dreaming that his own nobleness of char- , acter had been as a bright glance of sunshine , into that busy world he hoi so tremblingly entered. A boy animated by the desire to 1 help his mother, will always find friends. ' Not Far Away.?Two little girls were 1 ! walking homeward one moonlight evening, j ] I overheard one of them say : "bister Annie, i j it don't make any difference how fast we walk, I the moon keeps up with us every step of the j' way ; it don't move at all, and yet it is is al- j 1 | ways going along with us." So it is with God J1 j in heaven ; though he seems far away, he is < ! keeping step with us always in the march of j ' Me. . j ; , Christopher Columbus was the son of a 1 wool-comber, but by his indomitable energy ! J he discovered America on the 11th of Octo- i her, 1492. leading fnt the fairktli. CONDUCTED BY ' J REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] PIETY. True and heart-felt piety is not only a wurce of comfort and consolation to its posjessor and pleasing in the sight of God, but it, s the most graceful and becoming ornament.None are so richly dressed as those who are jlothed in the righteousness of Christ Jesus. None are so fascinating as those who wear the jrown of grace, and are expectants for a crown >f glory. .Piety is not only an ornament, but t is a bulwark. There is no fortification so strong and impregnable as the consciousness >f having done our duty to God and man. [rapiements of fear are forged in vain for the ndividual who is within its walls. Amidst he wreck of a world rushing to destruction, le can staud undismayed. It was Davids, liety that enabled him to say that he would lot fear what man could ; and that he would ie down and take quiet sleep; and that he vould fear no evil though he walked in the /alley and shadow of death. Piety makes men >f us; impiety degrades us into demons. * ? [Original.] THE TIMES. The wise man very properly admonishes us ;o rejoice in the days of proeperty, and to consider in the days of adversity. Withfttfcpr^ -ending to give a nice andiinuofcrdpHBrf )f what the inspired writer npeaBt by ^adversity," we think we are safe saying that it s applicable to us at the present time. These ire, in some respects, troublesome times. Strange things are occurring in many places. We have no desire to mingle religious and jecular things any farther than they are inseparably connected. There is no need that tve make a formal statement of the political ispect of our own country. Everybody knows jnough about it to be convinced that some *reat event is on the eve of transpiring. This is not all. The world is in commotion. These ire days of wars and rumors of wars. Neither is this all. It is a time whem isms and jchisms of every kind and character prevail in the chutch, and wickedness in its most ruinous forms, is prevalent all over the land. In the midst of such times as the present what is the 3uty of Uod'8 people r surely not to ioia their arras in despair; neither is it their duty to join the wickea in perpetrating their deeds af darkness. It is deplorable to see so many professed Christians, who, by their acts, virtually nullify their profession. Some individuals seem to labor to make the whole of Christianity consist in a name. Instead of ioing something to impede the progress of vice they wink at it. There are many sinful practices which only need to be frowned upon t>y Christians to be banished from the land. Honestly, we do got believe a grog-shop or Irinking establishment could live, in any jommunity, were it not patronized and sustained by professed Christians. Sinners are jowards; they flee, says the Bible, when no nan pursues. It does seem that if there ever vas a time when it was the duty of the church, he whole church?all professed Christians?to ;onsider, now is the time. We do not have iny special reference to the political troubles ibroad in the world. The general immorali;y of the church is appalling. Prudence bids is make no specification of the sins ofithe lay. Let each church member consider seriously the solemn fact that the vows to $Jod ire upon him. Such individual has publjgy vowed that, let others do as they ma^Ke^BT serve God by living a life of holinesss and ischewing evil. Let each orie consider his jwn sins, and in the strength of borrowed jrace, repent and live a consistent life. Let is all consider the fact that if there is evil in the jity the righteous have done something wrong. [Original.] RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS. Naturally, man passes through a variety of stages before he reaches the end of his jourley. The old man who is bending over the ;rave has passed through the successive pe riods of infancy, childhood and middle-age, ind is now in the period which forms the conlecting link between time and eternity. There ire some striking analogies between our natjral and our religious developments. Men ire not born with all the physical and mental developments that they attain, if spared ;o hoary hairs. All men are born into the kingdom of grace babes in Christ Jesus. They lave all the Christian graces given to them when they are begotten again by the Holy Spirit; but these graces are not developed, ind hence they are only babes. The faith of the new convert is weak. However extensive may be the information of the iew convert, his spiritual knowledge is exceedingly limited. He has to learn the alphabet of heaven. His language is that of a foreigner: The idiom of the Bible is strong, md he has to be taught of God before he cau understand it. His faith is weak because his knowledge is limited^ He most first learn ;he character of Godlprore he can rely upon nis promises. \%bapus true with regard to ;he faith of thanew convert, is also true of lis repentanda True and evangelical repentince has only commenced when the sinner irst believes in Christ. As he grows in the livine life, the light of heaven is poured into lis soul and he is enabled to see himself in his linfulness as he did not when first he fled to ;he Lamb of God. The word of God is a nicroscope by which he is enabled to examine his heart. By it he is_enabled^s^^a ?inful appetites, the ungodly carnal desires which dwell in. his heart. He not only is enabled to examine and scrutin ize his own heart; but by the aid of the Bible he can analyze the character of God. In the Bible he sees himself deformed by sin ?nd iniquity, and at the same time he sees God glorious in this holiness By this revelation the poor penitent is made to loathe himself in dust and ashes. He repents as he never did before. His sins and faults-.of youth rise up before him in their true magnitude and in their real heinousness. * God in his word exhorts us to grow in ^race, which is but another- mode of expression for religious development Ample provisions have been made that this development may take place. Believing in Christ entitles us to heaven ; but we must be prepared for heaven before we can enter it. A child is born heir to its share of its earthly parents estate, be that great or small; but it is not put in full possession of it so soon as born. Just so the believer is begotten by the Holy^Spirit, an heir and joint -heir with Christ; but be does not enter into the joys and blessings of the gospel kingdom so soon as the new birth takes place. That he may, in due time, be put in full possession of the purchased inheritance, God in his providence and by his grace, has made every provision. He has given him the Bible which is a light to his feet and a lamp to his path. By his providence, God purifies the hearts of his people as men purify silver in a furnace. When God exhorts us to grow in grace the idea, no doubt, is to use the means for developing the divine life which God has given us in our regeneration. This seems to be the main object which God had in view in establishing the church. The believer needs to be fed and watched over that he may arrive at spiritual manhood. The means are admirably adapted to the end. They meet the approbation of every thinking man. ffc fortuiille (gtaquim. TERMS?IiV A. DVANCE : One Copy, one year, 9 3 OOi One Copy, Six months, .-... 1 501 OneCopy, Three months, 1 Ottj Two Copies, one year, 5 5flS Five Copies, " " 12 5ffl Ten Copies, " 25 M pgr-To persons who make up clubs oftenfW more names, an extra copy of the paper will hfl furnished one year, free of charge. 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Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited oriiulivual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices olbgnor, nrofitor trust, will be charged for as ad For sale by WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., Importers and Dealers In Guanos, 1218 Bay St., Savannah, 241 Broad St., Augusta. Georgia, 151 East Bav, Charleston, South Carolina, and by BRATTON, MASON & WITHERS, Yorkville, S. C. For further information address or apply as above for pamphlet. November 24 47 4m "" OLD CAROLINA BITTERS, A Deliglitfiil Tonic. WE TAKE great pleasure in offering the OLD CAROLINA BITTERS to the public. They are compounded with great care, and contain some of the best Tonics in the Pharmacopia. As evidence of the superiority of our BITTERS over all others, we have certificates from many of the leading physicians in our State, who have pre- j scribed them in their practice. 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Dividends Paid on whole Life Policies, FORTY PER CENT, which proves the economy of its management and its careful s?k. lection of Risks. BRANCH OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C. J. P. Tiiomas, Pres't. S. L. Lkaphart, Seo^jjr... D. D. MOORE, Agent York CountyJH July 21 29 9m " HAIR JEWELRY. THE undersigned will BRAID human hair to order, in any required stitch, and mount the same in gold of any required pattern for fingerrings, ear-rings, breast-pins, bracelets, necklaces, watch-chains. Ac., witn or without appendages. The same will he done from THE SAME HAIR that is furnished, and as neatly as any Northern work. Also, all ornamental articles, which are made of Metals, Porcelain, Glass, Precious Stones, Ivory, Pearls, Paper, <fcc., will ho repaired to order at reasonable prices. E. A. CRENSHAW. Yorkville, S. C. December 15 50 tf WILTlAM SIIEPHERD <sTcO^ NO. 24 IAYNE ST., CHARLESTON, 8. 0., * DEALER IN* COOKING STOVES, RANGES AND HEATING STOVES. PICTURES of Stoves with prico and description will bo furnished upon application, j June 30 20 ly ! j. newton Lewis, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, i For the Sale of Produce and the Purchase of Mer-1 chandise, | NO. 140 W. PRATT STREET, I BALTIMORE, MD. 7p3r Will make liberal advances on consignj ments of cotton, and will defer the sale subject to shipper's order. October 20 -12 tf ATLANTA DEPARTMENT I SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. j; ? ' r i Gen. JOIfN B. GORDON, President. jtKKMtojky Jk (pERS, JTJLY 1,1869, 40 PER CENT. 'Coiffttoy doing business in the Southern States. ||1P' ILV- ^ HpS^^pMttompany INSURES LIVES upon all the IMPROVED PLANS, m the MOST FAVOKAULF 1WMS. nomically, and is very careful in the selection of risks. ! States frorfr which it is derived, and sends no money North to enrich foreign capitalists. omplied with the Deposit Laws in the various Southern States, is now SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS in all of them; has now nearly TWO THOUSAND POLICY HOLDERS in the State of South Carolina, and numbers SEVEN THOUSAND MEMBERS in the fourth year of its exislenco. CASH & WARING, Qeneral Agents for South Carolina. { OFFICE IN COLUMBIA, 8. C. JAMES MASON, Resident Agent, Yorkville, S. C. REFERENCES IN YORK COUNTY. a "?44? i rvo t n Wittumnumn Yorkvllle. *fWUI1 * * \JUbUl ICO T Iitui A* M*rm <T *.uw>wrvv~,... ...... Dr. J. R. Bratton, Yorkville. Dr. W. E. Erwin,. ?.Yorkville. Dr. A. I. Barron, Yorkville. Lewis M. Grist, Yorkville. Col. W. B. Wilson, Yorkville. S. G. Hemphill Guthriesville. "WANDO FERTILIZER," THE PRICE OE THIS POPULAR FERTILIZER m BEEN REDUCED FOB THE SEAM OF 1871, TO MEET THE NECESSITIES OF THE PLANTING COMMUNITY, AND HAS BEEN FIXED AT CASH-FIFTY DOLLARS PER TON OF 2,000 LBS. AT FACTORY. TIME-FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER TON OF 2,000 LBS. AT FACTORY, Payable 1st November, 1871, without Interest. ' WM. C. DUKES & CO., AGENTS, CHARLESTON, SC. CA. ?~ 0 B. P. BOYD & CO., AGENTS, YORKV1LLE, SO. CA. LONDON A JONES, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. January 19 ?,m mamm whann's WHOSE ,1 SUPER PHOSPHATE? STANDARD GUARANTEED J I . SOU) I n | w nniw / MANUFACTURED BY |9 KAW HO VE, WALTON,WHANN&ff WILMINGTON,DElJl FOR SALE BY jffi? fSOh&I superphosphate. : THE GREAT FERTILIZER FOR COTTON AND ALL CROPS. | The unparalleled success of this Great Fertilizer on ALL CROPS, proves it to be the BEST and CHEAPEST MANURE now offered in the market. i It has been used by many of the most eminent Planters in the South, and IN EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE IT HAS GIVEN ENTIRE SATISFACTION. On COTTON its effects have been particularly marked. It is no rare thing for WHANN'S PHOSPHATE to increase the yield from ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED PER CENT, or even 1 more! Mr. Geo. C. Dixon, an eminent planter of Cameron, Ga., in a letter to the Banner dt Planter, says that in an experiment with seven leading Superphosphates and Guanos, the WHANN'S proved itself the best of all those tried, paying a net profit, at the low market rate, of |20 90 per acre of cotton. A copy of Mr. Dixon's article furnished on application. , FOR SALE BY , CLAGHOEN, HERRING & CO., CHARLESTON, S. C., AND AUGUSTA, GA. January 19 2 3m ETIWAN GUANOS, SOLUBLE MANURES, LTHURTO AOID, .J MANUFACTURED AT .A THE ETIWAN WORKS, '.] CHARLESTON, S. C., , mmtammjn acid and superphosphate company. | Tbe^m^own ETIWAN GUANO is manufactured from the Native Bone Phosphates of 1 South Carolina. These Phosphates in their natural state are insoluble, and require to be ground to i and msd?Sotoble by Sulphuric Acid. This Company have now in operation the largest Sul- * r,hnrffiSrfiflCkamhwAat the South, and are, therefore, able to manufacture at the lowest rates, the ! FertflM^Jt being clear that the greater the proportion of Soluble Phosphate which < any tlMhle&a the quantity required per acre. In order to make the Fertilizer com- : pletet^HMfe^gd^wpS^i sufficient quantities are added. With these views the Company man- j Warrant^??#ai^Tfrcta*15 to 20^ljtt|feg?I>ISSOLVED BONE PHOSPHATE OF LIME. { and from' 2TOPj^HHftfc of a sufficient addition of PERUVIAN GUANO and POTASH, to"adspfaVI crops. f^MMfcper^^cash ; on time, $70 per ton, and interest at 7 per ^ Of high grade, being in itself an excellent Fertilizer, and specially adapted for compost. As large quantities of Sulphuric Acid are used to dissolve the Phos- j - - * * 1?" * 1 Thn crade furnished I phate, this will beiouna acneap ana wuveumui way w trauajjort umbui ?? will be from 18 to20 per cent. Dissolved Bone Phosphate. Price $40 per ton cash. On time, $45, with I Interest at 7 per cent, per annum. Still highe'rgrades will be furnished to order at an additional price . j per centage. . j < COMPOUND ACID phosphate, Specially prepared for composting,withCotton Seed and other plantation manures. Price $35 per ton, , cash ; on time $40, with interest at7 pendent, per annum. < BONE, J At much lower rates, coflmiting simply of the Native Bone Phosphates ground to powder. Price ] $20 per ton, cash. On time, $22 and interest at 7 per cent, per annum. f - WM. C. BEE & CO., AGENTS, No. 14 Adger'8 IVharf, i J CHARLESTON, SO. CA. LONDON& JONES, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. BURROUGHS & SPRINGS, Agents, Charlotte, N.C. J N. B.?The percentage of Dissolved Bono Phosphate of Lime, and Ammonia in all the Etiwans,! is ascertained at the Works, by their Chemist, before delivery. Should any purchaser be dissatisfied. | ] he may return average samples of any purchase, within thirty (30) days after delivery, and they will j j be analyzed anew, and any deficiency in the per centage guaranteed will be made good to him by the ; i Company. * j i January 20 4 2m 1 THE "SINGER" NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, WITH ATTA0HMENT8 FOB ALL KIND8 OP WORK, ^ Is fast winning favor in the Household, as shown by the Sales of last year, amounting to eighty- . six thousand, seven hundred and eightyone Machines, which far exceed those of any other company 1 :o: This new FAMILY MACHINE is capable of a range and variety of work such as was thought impossible, a short time ago, to perform by Machinery. We claim, and can show those whom it may concern, that it is the cheapest, most beautiful, delicately arranged, nicely adjusted, easily operated, and smoothly running of all the family Sewing Machines. It is remarkable, not only for the range and variety of its sewing, but also for the variety and different KINDS OF TEXTURE which it will sew with equal facility and perfection, using Silk Twist, Linen or dotton Thread, fine or coarse, making the INTERLOCKEDELA8TIC 8TITCH, alike on both sides of the fabric sewn. Thus beaver cloth, or leather, may be sewn with great strength and uniformity of stitch, and in a moment this willing and never wearying machine may bo adjusted for fine work on gauze or gossamer tissue, or the tucking of tarletan, or ruffling, or almost any other work which delicate fingers have been known to perform. . Purchasers can soon be convinced that our new ? Family Machine embodies NEW and essential principles?simplicity of construction?ease of operation?uniformity of precise action at any speed?capacity for range and variety of work, fine or coarse, leaving all rivals behind it. -?:o: THE FOLDING CASES. The New Family Machine may be had in a variety of folding covers and cases. Some show in polished surface only the grain and tint of the wood, while others are finished in all the elabora UUI1 U1 (UU THE ATTACHMENTS For Hemming, Felling, Rufflfcig, Braiding, Binding, Cording, Gathering, Tacking, Embroidering, ana so forth, are not only numerous, but jjpw jjbroughtto great perfection. Most of them can be attached or detached by a dimple move of the hand. The quality of the work can only be folly appreciated on observation and examination. \ MACHINE TWIST, LINEN THREAD, SPOOL COTTON, OIL, AC. We have and shall keep in stock at our Central Offloe and Agencies (on spools of various sizes) Twist of all sizes and colors, Linen Thread, 8pool Cotton, Oil, and all other articles necessary in the use of onr Machines. We wish it understood that we manufacture the Twist sold by us: that we shall aim to have it ex-, eel in quality, and exceed in quantity, for a given price, that of other manufacturers, and that the . . Twist (made by us in our new and extensive mills, supplied as tbev are with the most improved machinery and skilled labor) can be relied on for the desirable qualities of uniformity of size, evenness, length of thread as marked on each spool, strength, excellence of color, and beantyof finish. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO., No. 458 Broadway, New York. M. JONES, Agent, Yorkville, 8. C. Novembers 44. tf SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FOR 1871. . J TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR, > rHS splendid weekly, greatly enlarged and j, improved, is one of the most useful and interesting journals ever published. Every number is beautifully printed on fine paper, and elegantly illustrated with original engravings, representing New Inventions, Novelties in Mechanics; Manufactures, unemuttry, rnotograpnv, Arcnltecture, Agriculture, Engineering, Science and Art. Farmers, Mechanics, Inventors, Engineers, Chemists, Manufacturers, and People of all Professions or Trades will find the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN of great valne and interest. Its practical suggestions will save hundreds o* dollars to every Household, Workshop, and Faotory in the land, besides affording a continual source of Valuable Instruction. The Editors are assisted by many of the ableet American and European Writers, and having access to all the lead; ing Scientific and Mechanical Journals of the world, the columns of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN are constantly enriched with the choicest information. An Official List of all the Patents Issued is PnhliRhAfl WAAIHV The Yearlv /umbers of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN make TWO SPLENDID VOLUMES of nearly One Thousand Pagesr equivalent in size to Four Thousand Ordinary Book Pages. Specimen Copies sent free. ^ Terms?$3 a Year; $1.50 Half Yew; Clubs of Ten Copies for One Year, at $2A^eaahr$B6.00, with a SPLENDID PREMIUM to the person who forms the Club, consisting of a copy of the celebrated Steel Plate Engraving, "Men of Progress." In connection with the publication of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, the undersigned con-* duct the most extensive Agency in the world * FOR PROCURING PATENTS. The best way to obtain an answer to the question?Can I obtain a Patent? is towrite to MUNN A CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y., who have had over Twenty-five Years Experience in the business. No charge is made for opinion and advice. A pen-and-ink sketch, or fall written description of the Invention, should be sent. ^ For Instructions concerning American and European Patent8, Caveats, Re-issues, Interferences, Rejected Cases, Hints on Selling Patents, Rales ana Proceedings of the Patent Office, The New Patent Laws, Examinations,Extensions, Infringements, etc., etc., SEND FOB INSTRUCTION BOOK, which will be mailed free, on application. All business strictly confidential. Address, MUNN & CO., Publishers of the Scieutific American, 37 Park Row, New York. December 15 50 tf THE DAILY UNION, MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA. WILL be issued every morning (Sundays excepted) and furnished to subscribers at SIX DOLLARS per annum, or THREE DOLLARS for six months. Subscriptions invariably in advance. THE UNION will contain the latest telegraphic information, market and commercial reports, and will be found a valuable medium for obtaining the latest and most authentic information from all parts of the world. Farmers and merchants in the up-country will find its market reports twelve hours later than any paper published in Charleston. City subscribers will be furnished by Carriers at fifteen cents per week, payable to the Carriers, Single copies five ckhts each. Discount to News Dealers and Carriers. RATES OP ADVERTISING. Fifteen cents a line first insertion. Subsequent insertions at reduced rates. Special Notices twenty cents per line. Notices of Marriages and Deaths seventy-five cents. Notices of Meetings seventy-five cents. Advertisements in solid minion, to run one week or more, 60 qpnts per line; one month, f 1.00; three months $2.50; six months $4.00; one year 87.00. Special inducements held out to large advertisers. Address, DAILY UNION, Columbia, S. C. December 22 51 tf THE WORKING CHRISTIAN! ORGAN OF THE BAPTISTS OF 8. CAROLINA. THE second volume of this excellent religious and family newspaper will begin wifh the first number in July. It is now published in * Charleston, and has an able corps of editors. The Proprietor is assisted by Rev. J. L. REYNOLDS, D. D., and Rev. L. H. SHUCK. The "SundaySchool" Department and that of "General Intelligence," are conducted by OLIVER F. GREGORY. During the first year the paper has gained a circulation of 1,500, and is still gaining ground. It bids fair to be one of the most popular and useful religious papers in the South. It is devoted to !he interests of the people of South Carolina. Sketches of living ana deceased ministers will be ontinued from week to week, during the next pear. Besides religious reading, it will contain valuable reading on Education, Agriculture, and n fact every subject that has a bearing on the prosperity of our country. It is probably the jest medium in the State for general advertising, roingas it does into all the business centres of the State. The following are the terms of subscription, in idvance: ,1 /-I ? O rj\ aiiigiuvuiJj, ? w Pi ve Copies; * 11 25 Eleven Copies, 20 00 ^b-The Enquirkr and Working Cftmfian will >e furnished one year for $4.50. Address WORKING CHRISTIAN, Charleston, S. C. ornamentalTand useful. JR. SCIIORB <t SON beg to inform the citi, zens of York county generally that they ire better prepared than ever to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES of all kinds and at all Drices. As our silent partner, "Old Sol," will probably be more attentive to our interest for the next few months than he has been lately, we may lafely promise that none in want of good likenesses shall go away disappointed. We are agents for the celebrated "COMMON SENSE 8EWING MACHINE," which has no superior, and is sold at the low price of $15. We warrant it to do all that is claimed for it. Come and see for yourself. There is now no need of M any family lieing without a sewing machine. We have also made arrangements with Mason, Hamlin <t Co. to supply those in want of a superior PARLOR ORGAN with their celebrated Injtruments at New York prices. Prices given on application. Call at our rooms in the Adickes building. April 7?tf