Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IfumomiS jPfpavtiurnt. A PATRIOTIC JURY. Charles M. Lee was a well known criminal lawyer of Kochester, N. Y. He summed up a case with a superfluity of gesture, and an affluence of perspiration that would have astonished even John Graham in his vehement and melting moods. Lee was defending an old revolutionary soldier for passing a forged promissory note for some thirty dollars. There was hardly the faintest doubt of his guilt; but Lee contrived to get before the jury the fact that the prisoner, when a daredevil boy of nineteen, was one of the storming party that followed Mad Anthony Wayne in Lis desperate night assault upon Stony Point, and helped to carry the wounded general in* to the fort, during that terrible fray. In summing up, Lee, after getting over the ugly points of the evidence as best he could, then undertook to carry the jury by escalade, on * J f* it. ! tne ground 01 me prisoner s revolutionary services. He described in graphic language the bloody attack on Stony Point, the impetuous valor of Wayne, the daring exploit of his client, and wound up with this stunning interrogatory: "Gentlemen of the jury, will you send to the State prison, for passing a contemptible thirty dollar forged note, an old hero of three score years and ten, who, in his youth, cheered the heart of his country in the darkest hour of the revolution, by storming i Stony Point?" ^ This was a poser. The chins of some of the jury quivered, but the foreman, a bluff fkrmar, put on aii$ which seemed to say, that storming Stony Point was a good thing enough in its line, but what had it to do with passing this forged .note? After being out a couple of hours the jury returned to tne court room, when the clerk went through the usual formula : "Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?" "We have." "Do you find the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty ?" "Not guilty, because he stormed Stony Point," thundered the stalwart foreman, who it was afterwards learned, was the last to come to an agreement The audience applauded, the crier rapped to order, the district attorney objected to the recording of the verdict, and the judge sent the jury out again, telling the foreman in a rather sharp tone, that they must find an uncon/littnnal r\F <VI1 !Utr A*? VIA <Tll 11 fv Af UiblV/Uai VUUltt V/A ^UIIVJ v? WVW ter an absence of a few minutes, they returned, when the foreman rendered a simple verdict of not guilty, adding, however, ss he dropped iuto his chair, "It was a good thing, though, judge, for the old revolutionary cuss that he stormed Stony Point." HOW IS THAT FOR HIGH I A few days since, a waggish gentleman was walking down Washington avenue, and when opposite the First Presbyterian church, whose spire is several hundred feet from the ground, he met a Germaii and the following dialogue ensued: "Good morning, Schneider." "We gechts den." "Do you know what church that is?" " Yaw, dos is der First Presbyterian Church." "You see the steeple and that little ball, w-a-a-y up there!" "Yaw, I saw him." "Well how is that for high ?" The German looked pleased, scratched his head and said: "Dot w goot! Der best I hear dese six weeks; yaw, dot is very goot!" The wag went on his way, leaving the German smiling, scratching his head, and gazing abstractedly at the little ball so high up in' the air. While thus standing, a smile over his face, a friend came along, and he thought to give him the same good thing and have another laugh, and said: "Hollo, Fritz?how you was, eh ?" "Goot. How was it going to be rait yourself?" "Goot all der vile. Do you know what church am dare ?" "Yaw?dare am der First Presbyterian. I know dese church more as a half dozen years already." "You see dera stheeples, and der leddle ball by der top of dera stheeples wa-a-a-a-y mostmit der glouds?" "Yaw. I see der leedle ball." "You see him? Veil?shust ask you?hoto high is dot /" Then he laughed, and laughed, while the other man replied: "Idon'tknow; but what for make so much laugh ?" 'Tt's the schoke?don't you see him?the sehoke?ven I ask you how high is dot t" "No, I don't see der schoke." "Veil, dot is funny. A man just told det to me, und I make laugh all ter vile. Und you no see ter schoke ? I dinks you peen jumming around all night, und you can't see nothink!" + ? The Squire's Indigestion.?Old Squire H ? ? was a very successful and substantia] farmer in an interior town of Massachusetts, and a more amazing eaten* never lived in any town anywhere. And especially much did he eat when fresh pork was to be his nourishment. Well, at a certain time one of his hogs had been killed. The next morning fhere was fresh pork for breakfast, and the old man ate most wondrously. In the course of the forenoon he ate his luncheon, consisting of bread and butter, mince-pie, and cheese. At noon his dinner consisted of fresh pork, pickles, mince-pie, and the usual accompaniments. His afternoon luncheon was like that of the forenoon. When he came home to supper, his favorite dish had not been prepared as part of that meal. The old man fretted and scolded till fresh pork was added to the) substantial. He ate voraciously as usual. In the evening he toasted some cheese, buttered and ate it. Just before going to bed he roasted a couple of apples and ate them. In the night he was taken with a severe colic. The doctor was with him till morning, and nearly wrought a - miracle in the old man's life. The next day, Bolles W., "one of his neighbors, went in to condole with the old Squire. "Faithful Bolles." said the old worthy "I like to have died last uight. I'll never eat another roast apple as long as I live. I never did love them very well, and last night I ate only two, and they nearly killed me." "Make a Minute of Knoxville (Tenn.) Register is^BExmsible for the following: Jjidge C , of Memphis, was recently called to preside as a chairman at a public meeting in that city. During the proceedings an exciting discussing sprung up, and amid the confusion of loua speeches, motions and cross motions, one speaker called out impatiently to have his motion put to to the meeting. "Has your motion a second ?" inquired the chair. Speaker?"Yes, sir; it has fifty seconds at least." Chair?"Then let it have ten more, and the chair will make a minute of it." i t i a An exchange tells a story of a traveler down among the rice swamps of Georgia. Observing the Ballow, sunken eyed, emaciated appearance of the inhabitants, he asked one of them if the climate was unhealthy. The reply was characteristic: "Well, no, 'taint unhealthy; we have the fever and augne all the time in these parts, but then we enjoy a powerful undertow of health, which beats the ague all to nothing." J6F* A man in Fort Wayne, Ind., lost his wife and had a stone erected over her grave. He married a second wife, and when she died he had the grave stone split, and it then it served for the two departed. He proposed to the third the other day, and she quietly remarked : "I do not believe that stone will split again." JUjtuuWutal Department.j [Original.J SMALL FARMS. The day of large farms has passed away in this country. In fact, it might be questioned ^ whether those men who cultivated large plan- 0 tations ever were remunerated by them. At e present, with such uncertain and unreliable c labor as the planter has to depeud upon, and * the general unsettled state of the country, it c is impossible to make a large farm remunera- 11 tive. The enormous tax upon the land and 11 outfit to cultivate it, will, as a general rule, n cover the income. The experience of the past s five years seems to indicate that farming, in ^ this country must, in future, be on a less ex- ^ tensive scale, and according to a better de- t vised system. Fewer acres, must be cultivat- ^ ed, but those few must be better cultivated. a We are convinced that the geueral theory v of farming in this country is founded upon v principles that are impractical at present, and a if A V\A nn t???lAllf ill ^ 11 aiiciuptcu tu uc taiiitu uut} mu |/*v?v ruinous to the best interests of the country. c The theory to which we allude, is that which * makes quantity everything and quality nothing. A farm may be too small, but there is far more danger of its being too large. Every v year many individuals plant more than they g can work, or waste their time and exhaust J their strength in planting and cultivating 1 land that is so poor that it scarcely produces ? the seed. Some men seem to have a mania 1 for planting. They seem to be fully impressed ( with the idea that the more they plant the ? more they will reap. Experience shows that c in the case of these men, it is planting and ( nothing else; reaping time never comes. As 1 a general rule, no more land should be plant- j ed than can be well prepared and properly 1 cultivated. . ' [Original.] MANURING. S There evidently is manifested, at present, a 1 disposition amongst the farmers to make the most that can be made out of the soil. This ( is indicated by the outlay of money in pur- ^ chasing commercial manures, and in the time j and labor that is expended in making and applying home-made manures. Two objects ought to be kept constantly in , view in the application of manures to the soil. ! The first is the permanent improvement of the soil, and the second is present remuneration. The accomplishing of the former, will secure ! the latter object. The best way to make a piece of land permanently rich, is to put the man- ' ure on broadcast and cover it as deep as possible. In this case the land will all be enriched, and the crop will not be in any dan: ger of being "burned" by the manure. The plan of putting a small quantity of manure at the root of the plant saves manure, and will do very well in a wet season, but it will not be profitable in a dry season. The heat of the sun raises the fertilizing properties of manure to the surface, and so soon as they rise to the surface they are absorbed by the atmosphere and blown away by the winds and are lost. It is easier to make a stiff heavy soil rich, than it is a light, sandy soil. The simple, common-sense reason is that evaporation takes place more slowly in the heavy than in the light soil. Some farmers make a grand mistake in that they put off manuring too long. They wait until the land is completely exhausted before they commence manuring. In this case, as in every other, "an ounce of preventative is worth a pound of cure." The true principle is never to permit the land to get poor. Ma-1 uure it, and thus prevent it from becoming exhausted. THE LABOR"QUESTION. What is the best system for the planters to adopt in regard to labor, crops, &c ? This is a question that should suggest itself to every man who feels an interest in the welfare of his country. It is the agricultural products of a country that enables it to be .'self-sustaining, therefore due regard should be had to the planting of such crops as would insure a sufficiency of provisions and forage for the use of the farm, to enable it to be self sustaining, and the overplus of land to be planted in such crops, according to the location of the farm, from which the greatest amount of money would be realized. The labor question is one that is occupyiug the attention of plant' ers at this time more than anv other, and is one of the greatest interest to the tiller of the i ?:i w;tK j aar\ay infor-oof fn flifi I 2>Uil) UUU 10 ilMUgUU 11 iKit UV/VJJV1 Auwtwv vv vtiv ! prosperity of the planters, and general welfare of the country, than any subject that im- 1 presses itself upon us. A great deal has been 1 ' said about immigration associations, to intro- < duce white labor into this country, and more ] ; recently the introduction of Chinamen has \ been very much agitated, and will no doubt , be tried in the course of another year ; how the experiment will prove, time will develop. The present laborers that we have, are be- 1 coming more scarce and unreliable; they are < , perhaps the best laborers we can get with all i their faults. } The difficulty appears to be how to manage , free negro labor to make it most profitable; there appears to be no regular plan adopted ! by the planters by which they can secure the ' faithful services of the freedman. It appears J to me that land owners operate against the best interests of the country by renting their land# to the freedmen, or allowing them to ( settle or build on their lands. They have not 1 the means of cultivating the land within them- 1 selves, to make it profitable to either party, the renter or the tiller, consequently, as his < labor has been badly directed, and the land < badly cultivated, there is a clear loss to the 1 country of capital misapplied. If improve- ? ments in the way of buildings and fences are * made for the use of the land for a term of 1 years, they are so imperfectly made that they t are unprofitable and do not pay; moreover, < this system induces the freedman to feel his < ; importance, by occupying the position of a < ; tenant instead of a laborer, and is well calcu- ' lated to cause them to become greater rogues ' and thieves than they otherwise would be if their labor was directed in a more profitable < manner.?Farmer and Gardener. 1 I ? ? ? < } Harden the Necks of Your Teams.? 1 I Some horses have tender skin, and the harness 1 will sometimes gall them cruelly, in defiance r of all means to prevent it. But many times 1 the true cause is attributable to a bad collar, i bad harness, or to a good harness improperly < fixed to the animal. A yoke of bows that do i not fit the oxen well will often gall them and unfit them for labor, when, if these things were as they ought to be, they would work with far more ease, and their skin would not > be galled. i If such a harness or yoke of bows do not fit i properly, and their skin is liable to be galled, < bathe those parts before they are galled with < cold water until the outside skin appears to be < quite soft, and then bathe the parts with a 1 strong decoction of white oak bark. Let this 1 be done every day, and the skin will soon be- i come much harder and tougher than it usual- < ly is. A little care in preventing an ill is far 1 better than much labor and skill in curing it, ( or in endeavoring to obviate its injurious ef- t fects.? Working farmer. i Micah Faxon, the man who made the ^ first shoe for sale in North Bridgewater, Mass., t is hale and hearty at the age of 85. He be- t gan the shoe business sixty-one years ago, ma- r King twenty-five pairs of shoes a week, and b carrying each month a hundred paire to Bos- a ton. To-day the shoe business of North r j Bridgewater amounts to several millions an- a i nually. p (Children's ? ejinriment. (Origin ill.] i IRON. Gold is the most precious of all the metals; iut iron is the most useful. Gold is found illy in certain localities; but iron is found in very country and in every thing. It is diffiult to see how we could exist without iron. Cvery implement of agriculture, from the ommon plow to the most important instru-1 lent, is made of iron. We write with pens nade of iron ; we grind our coffee on iron nills; we chop our wood with iron axes ; the hingles oil our houses are secured and kept o their places by iron nails. Some of the Inlian tribes had gold in such abundance that hey despised it, and yet they were savages. ?hcy made no use of irou. They used stonexes and wooden hoes. To fell a small tree ras the work of many months, and to cultiate a small patch of corn cost the poor squaw nany a hard day's work. Without the use of ron implements, the forests of America never hn?o mil rlnwn orul fKo Inrorn ntflAfl UU1U 1JCV V t V/U b UV (I ii} UI1U V<1V 4M* gu w?vaw hat now decorate it, never could have been milt. Iron marks the progress of civilization. It v&s once sacred to Mare, the god of war; but ;reatand#useful as it may be when converted nto a Damask-blade or a Winchester rifle, t is far more useful when forged into a plowhare or an axe. Iron is the only metal that 3 not injurious to human life. We can live lorafortahly without gold, but we cannot live it all without iron. In some of its forms it sxists in all the rocks in every part of the >arth, and in the blood of all animals. There s not much iron, to be sure, in the blood ; but hat little gives it all its energy. Some cherasts think there is about enough iron in the flood of an ordinary sized man to make an light penny nail. Small as this amount may leein, still it imparts vigor and energy to the whole system. Without it the man would sicken and soon die. The blushing rose, iivested of its iron, would be changed into a pale and sickly pond-weed. Extract the iron iVnm the human svstem. and the ruddv cheek becomes pale, and the eye that sparkles with life becomes as lanquid as death. - Iron is capable of being almost indefinitely increased in value. A piece of iron doubles its value by being made into horse shoes; made into needles, its value is increased eleven times; made into pen-knives, its value is increased six-hundred and fifty-seven times, and when converted into watch-springs, its value is enhanced forty-eight thousand times. A pound of iron worth five cents, made into watch-springs, making no allowance for waste, would be worth the enormous sum of two thousand four hundred dollars. Iron is converted into what is called steel, in two ways. One way is to take a piece of cast iron and remove part of its carbon ; the other is to take a piece of wrought iron and impart more carbon to it. By the first process, the carbon is burnt out; by the latter, carbon is imparted io the wrought iron by heating it with powlered charcoal for seven or eight days. Cast steel is made from wrought iron, or what is lalled blister steel, by mixing the wrought Ton or blister steel with powdered charcoal, and then melting it in a crucible and casting It in a mould. It is then hammered into va ious shapes and forms. Cast steel is regard;d the best of all the various kinds of steel, [ts excellency is due, mainly, to the equal diffusion of the carbon through-all its parts. The rnlue of steel above that of wrought iron, is srincipally due to the fact that the former >an be temDered. and the latter cannot. Iron 1 # jan, by various chemical processes, be case hardened, and knives and other edged tools so treated, answer the purpose very well until die outside wears off', or they are ground, and ihen they are of no more service. Most of die "warranted cast steel" knives made in Vankeedom, are nothing but iron blades case hardened. "When a piece of cast steel is heated until it is red hot and then cooled suddenly, it is so brittle that it cannot be bent. It is so hard that it will break. When it is reheated, it assumes a variety of colors. These colors indicate to the blacksmith the proper temper for the tool he may be making. It will first be yellow, then an orange, then a crimson, then a violet, then a blue, and lastly a dark grey. The cause of this change of color, is that there is a covering of oxyd formed on the steel by heating it, and it presents different appearances according to the thickness of the covering. The proper temper for a knife is when the blade presents, when heated, the orapge color, for a chisel when the crimson color is attained, and for a spring when it presents a blue appearance. Iron is not only useful to the husbandman md mechanic, but it is valuable to the physician. It is a tonic, far better and more to be relied upon than whisky. Iron strengthens md invigorates the constitution; whisky weakens and destroys it. When the blood contains its proper amount of iron, the intellect is clear and the discernment unclouded, md the man full of life and energy. Finger Marks.?A short time since, a gentleman employed a mason to do some work for him, and, among other things, to "thinwhiten" the walls of one of his chambers. This thin whitening is almost colorless until Iried. The gentleman was much surprised >n the next morning after the chamber was inished, to find on the drawer of the bureau standing in his room, white finger marks. Opening the drawer he found the same on the irticles in it, and on a pocket book. An exunination revealed the same marks on the contents of a bag. This proved clearly that die mason with his wet hands, had opened the drawer and searched the bag, which contained ao money, and then closed the drawer withaut once thinking that any one would know it. The "thin whitening," which happened to be an his hands, did not show at first, and probably he had no idea that twelve hours drying would reveal his wickedness. Beware of evil thoughts and deeds! They will leave their anger-marks which will one day be revealed. They may be almost, if not quite, invisible at arst. But even if they should not be seen during any of your days on earth, yet there is a lay coming in which all sin will be made manifest. How Counterfeit Notes are Made.? The Scientific American says: "A party of men, say from three to a dozen, band together md hold frequent meetings, and act according to a plan laid down. One or two will find jut some copper-plate printer, in the employ >f the note company?in fact, all such printirs are known to the party. These men will ;hen manage to meet one of the printers in he evening, get acquainted, drink and have i good time generally with him, and so proved .for a few evenings. Then they offer him Tom $50 to $100 to procure a certain kind >f impression. This impression is made in his wise: the printer will take the impression lpon tin foil from the plate from which he is irinting, which can be done in a moment. Thus you see every line, and the size is obained correctly. From this tin foil an elecrotype plate is made. They then get some date printer that can be found in the city, lave a good time with him and engage him ,t $20 a day to do the printing. By this ilan, thousands of copies are struck off that lefy detection, except in the quality of the iaper, which will differ from the genuine. finding f oi' the j??bhth. CONDUCTED BY IlEV. ROBERT LATHAM. THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH. In the time of Ahab, King of Israel, wickedness prevailed; and from worshipping God by the calves which Jereboam, (influenced by Jezebel, wife of the king) had set up, they worshipped the idol Baal; and in judgment God, who is jealous of his honor, sent a famiue, not only upon Israel, but upon some of the neighboring countries. Elijah?of whom (like Melchisedec) we have no account of his father or mother, or of his birth, and who did not die?in his wild, Arab-like garb, suddenly appears before Ahab with the astounding announcement concerning the famine. Disappearing, God sends him to the brook Cherith, and commands the ravens to feed him. In a short time God sends him away northwest to Zarephath of Sidon?to a widow to feed him. Weary, hungry and thirsty, at length he arrives at her gate, and finds her gathering a few sticks to bake her last cake for herself and son. He calls for a drink of water, and though a rough, wild-looking, strange man, she goes to get the water, though it is very scarce. Then he calls also for some bread, when he finds her and family on the point of starvation ! She hesitates, objects, yet upon his promise in God's name that "the meal shall not waste, nor oil fail," she complies. Now, notice 1st her faith. Like the centurion, or rather like the Syro-Phoeneciaijworaan, a widow, too, she was a foreigner, alWj' then, we would say, and her people (if not she) worshipped idols; yet, like the centurion and widow, her faith was great. There was no promise, and to human foresight, no reasonable prospect of a supply ; yet against all appearance it was a simple word of promise by the mouth of a stranger, and (to her) a foreigner, &c. Notice 2nd, her gift, the fruit of her faith. Our Saviour highly commends the widow's two mites (two fifths of a cent,) all she had to live on; yet she likely had a prospect of making more. But here the widow of Zarephath gives all she had in the world to live on and no earthly prospect of more. Notice 3rd how God honored her faith and gift by his blessing?showing, though they might appear unreasonable and extravagant, they were far otherwise. Yea, it was like faith, like the faith of Abraham, the father of the faithful; for she, by believing the prophet, and giving to him, seemed to be sacrificing not only her son, but herself too. Our weak faith and selfishness, or penuriousness would lin- on/1 olan flip wi/lnro wVinm flhrist UCliOUlC 1IU t*uu V.*V .. approves; but God's thoughts and ways are right?wisdom, while ours (to the contrary) are wrong?though they seem right, yet the end thereof is death. "Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word of God." Now, by God's blessing, not only she and her son, but her house, (others in her family,) and the prophet lived off the meal and oil that failed not, for many days. Yea, when anon her son died, God, through.the prophet, restored him alive to his mother. Notice 4th, how God has made us dependent on one another, and all alike on Him. The widow's life and welfare, and that of her son and house were dependent upon believing the prophet and first giving to him. And God honored her with a prophet's reward. Ministers now are God's prophets to the church, and the church, even the poorest thereof, would do well, even for this life, to imitate the widows of Tyre and Sidon?not would we say literally in giving their temporal all, but God claims a portion, as prospered, and the first and the choice for his chief servants. And they owe reciprocally of their strength and service, especially to the flock, the church which he has purchased with his own blood. And the church lives by her gaith and alms?the two spiritual oars, with* out either of which she cannot sail, any more than the bird of one wing can fly. And her alms, given in faith and gratitude, though of a material character, yet is alike acceptable as her prayers and praises vocal through the physical organs of the body. The heart right consecrates its temple and all its exercises and all its labors.?Observer and Commonwealth. + + A MOTHER'S POWER. A moment's work on clay tells more than an hour's labor on brick. So work on hearts r.V.m.'M lift /Inno Kafnpft fKov Viorrtan T)iirinor giiUUlU Ut UUIIV 1/WiVAU U14VJ tiMiMVU. the first six or eight years of child-life, mothers have chief sway; and this is the time to make the deepest and most enduring impressions on the human mind. The examples of maternal influence are countless. Solomon himself records the words of wisdom that fell from a mother's lips, and Timothy was taught the Scriptures, from a child, by his grandmother and his mother. John Randolph, of Roanoke, used to say, "I should have been a French atheist were it not for the recollection of the time when my departed mother used to take my little hand in hers, and make me say, on my bended knees, "Our Father who art in heaven!" "I have found out what made you the man you are," said a gentleman one morning to President Adams; "I have been reading your mother's letters to her son." Washington's mother trained her boy to truthfulness and virtue; and when his messenger called to tell her that her son was raised to the highest station in the nation's gift, she could say : "George always was a good boy." A mother's tears dropped on the head of her little boy 'one evening as he sat in the door-way and I'stened, while she spoke of Jesus and his salvation. "Those tears made me a missionary," said he, when he had given his manhood's prime to the service of the Lord. Some one, asked Napoleon what was the great need of the French nation. "Mothers!" was the significant answer. Woman, has God given you the privileges and responsibilities of motherhood ? Be faithful, then, to the little ones; you hold the key of their hearts now. If you once lose it, you ' would give the world to win it back; use'/utff opportunities before they pass. And remember, little ones, you will never have but one mother. Obey and honor her; listen to her words, and God will bless you day by day.? The Christian. ? ? Does Prayer Move God ??A father, to pleause his little boy, has placed him in a skiff and allowed it to float a few yards from the shore. He has placed his foot upon the end of the line to hold it. By the time the line is straightened, the little fellow is afraid and calls to his father to come to him. His father tells him to take hold of the line and pull the shore to the boat. He pulls as directed, and, with a steady eye on his father, sees him, as he thinks, approach the boat, and soon finds himself in his. bosom. Did he move the shore ? Did he draw his father to the boat ? No; but it seems so to him ; the desired result is accomplished ; philosophy is nothing to him; he is content. We are often asked, or perhaps we ask ourselves, "How can prayer avail ? Will it move God or change his purpose ?" God has revealed to us that prayer is the cord by which our fate is attached to his throne. On this cord he has directed us to pull earnestly and without ceasing. He who obeys soon finds himself in the bosom of his Father, and is little concerned about philosophy. Kind words are the brightest flowers of earth's existence; they make a very paradise of the humblest home that the world can show. Use them, and especially around the fireside circle. They are jewels beyond price, and more precious to heal the wounded heart, and i make the weighed-down spirit glad, than all the other blessings the world can give. ? M&* However long the chain of second causes may be, the first link is always in God's hand. 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Obituary Notices and Tributes of Rospect, rated as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages and Deaths, and notices of a religious character, inserted gratis, and solicited. .52?"" Personal Communications, whenadmissable; Communications of limited orindivual interest, or recommendations of Candidates foroffitfes of honor, profttor trust, will be charged for as advertisements | t For sale by WILCOX, GIBBS A CO., Importers and Dealers in Guanos, 1218 Bay St., Savannah, 241 Broad St., Augusta. Georgia, 151 East Bay, Charleston, South Carolina, and bj' BRATTON, MASON A WITHERS, Yorkville, S. 0. For further information address or apply as above . for pamphlet. November 24 47 4m P. P. TOALE, CHARLESTON, S. C. f Largest and most complete 1 HKSaJ Manufactory of Doors, Sashes, I 1 Blinds. Mouldings. <fec., in the | [ Southern States." J tjtf-PRINTED PBIOE LI8T DEFIE8 COMPETITION. -flO n pif SEND FOR ONE. fS$, v | 4?- Sent Free on Application. **^a ^^Vpril 21 16 ly inthe" district court of the u. s. For the District of South Carolina. in the matter of T. D. NEWMAN.?In Bankruptcy. A t Yorkville, in the said District, on the 9th day of March, 1871. NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition has been tiled in the said Court, by T. D. NEWMAN, of Laurens county, in the said District, duly declared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," Approved 2d March, 1867, for a discharge andcertincate thereof, from all his debts and other claims provable under the said Act; and the 3rd day of April, 1871, at 12 o'clock, M., is assigned for the hearing of the same, before W. I. C'lawson, one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, at his office, in Yorkville, South Carolina, when and where the Creditors may attend, and shew cause, if any they have, why tne prayer of the said Petition should not be granted. LOUIS E. JOHNSON,U. S. Marshal as Messenger. By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. March 9 10 3t piedmont & arlington LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. HOME OFFICE, RICHMOND, VA. ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. POLICIES issued in a little over two years of active work, over 12,000; Incomo same time, over $2,000,000?a success, beyond all precedent. , Insures on Mutual, Non-Forfeiting and Return Premium Plans. Dividonds Paid on whole Life Policies, FORTY PER CENT, which proves the economy of its management and its careful selection of Risks. BRANCH OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C. J. P. Thomas, Pres't. S. L. Leaphart, Soc'y. D. D. MOORE, Agent York County. July 21 29 9m ' ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL^ JR. SCHORB & SON beg to inform the citis zens of York county generally that they are better prepared than ever to execute PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES of all kinds and at all prices. As" our silent partner, "Old Sol," will probably be more attentive to our interest lor tne next few months than he has been lately, we may safely promise that none in want of good likenesses shall go away disappointed. Wo are agents for the celebrated "COMMON SENSE SEWING MACHINE," which has no superior, and is sold at the low price of $15. Wo warrant it to do all that is claimed for it. Come and see for yourself. There is now no need of any family being without a sewing machine. We have also made arrangements with Mason, Hamlin & Co. to supply those in want of a supei yjioa PARLOR ORGAN with their celebrated in^Irnments at New York prices. Prices given on application. Call at our rooms in the Adickes building. April 7?tf "guano and phosphates. IMPROVE YOUR LAND. WE aro Agents for the following Guano and Phosphates: Zell's Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate, Wando Fertilizer, Etiwan Superphosphates, and Navassa Guano. All have been -tribd and have given universal satisfaction. PRICES HAVE BEEN REDUCED to correspond with the low price of Cotton, and wo respectfully invito the farmers of York and the adjoining counties, to give us a call before purchasing, as we are prepared to suit them. Special orders received FOR THE PURE PERUVIAN GUANO, and promptly attended to. _ COTTON received on Storage or for Shipment and liberal advances made. LONDON & JONES, Rock Hill, S. C. February 9 6 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. York County. "INHERE AS, STEPHEN P. SUTTON liasapT T plied to mo for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of STEPHEN BULLOCK PETTUS, late of the county aforesaid; deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, tno Kindred and creditors 01 me sum uu-1 ceased, to be and appear before me at our next Judge of Probate's Court for tlio said county, to beholden at York Court Ilouseon the29TH DAY OF MARCH, inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 14th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in the 95th year of the Independence of the United States of America. S. B. HALL, Judge of Probate. March 16 11 2t j MUSICAL MERCHANDISE" ; ON Consignment, a choice lot of Violins, Violin Bridges, Bows and Pogs; Guitars, Accordeons, Harmonicas, and an excellent assort-" ment of Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings. Fori sale low, by ' JOHN MAY, Agent. I I October 27 46 tf I ATLAN TA DEPARTMENT SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. I Gkn. JOHN B. GORDON, President. i i ASSETS OVER #000,000.00. ' ' 'V f .|V * ' DIVIDENDS TO POLICY-HOLDERS, JULY 1,1889, 40 PER CENT. Progress unequalled by any Company doing" business in the Southern States. ' """ ' o-'v This popular Southern Company INSURES LIVES upon all the IMPROVED PLANS, and on the MOST FAVORABLE TERMS. It is managed most economically, and is very carefol in the selection of risks. It invests its surplus in the States from which it is derived, and sends no money North to enrich foreign capitalists. FT^HIS COMPANY having complied with the Dopoait Laws in the various Southern States, is now 1 doing a LARGE AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS in all of them < haa now nearly TWO THOUSAND POLICY HOLDERS in the State of South Carolina, and nil nil tern SEVEN THOUSAND MEMBERS in the fourth year of its existence. WARING. General Aaents for Sonlh Carolina. OFFICE IN COLUMBIA, S. C. JAMES MASON, Resident Agent, Yorkville, S. C. REFERENCES IN YORK COUNTY. John S. Bratton, Guthriesville. I Col. E D. Witherapoon, \...Yorkville. Dr. J. R. Bratton, Yorkville. Dr. W. E. Erwin, 1..Yorkville. Dr. A. I. Barron, Yorkville. Lewis M. Grisf, Yorkville. Col. W. B. Wilson, Yorkville. | S. G. Hemphill Guthriesville. "WANDO FERTILIZER," THE PRICE OF. THIS POPULAR FERTILIZER HAS BIN HBIirail BOB THE SEASON OE1871, 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, SO. CA. r B. B. BOYD, AGENT, YORKV1LLE, SO. CA. LONDON & JONES, AGENTS, ROCK HILL. S. C. January 19 r 3m WaP '""ft/A mamm vvhann's RWBONE | SUPER PHDSPHATEJ STANDARD GUARANTEED I iff 2i?tU)?e I -DAW DAItfK MANUFACTURED BY I RAW BONE WALTON,WHANN&fl WILMINGTON,DEL.f |L. FOR SALE BY |?sB| SUPERPHOSPHATE. t^JJGUSTA, CEQB^^jBa B^^LeHARLES^^^MMi THE GREAT FERTILIZER FOR COTTON AND ALL CROPS. The unparalleled success of this Groat Fertilizer on ALL CROPS, proves it to be the BE^T and CHEAPEST MANURE now offered in the market. 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 more! Mr. Geo. C. Dixon, an eminent planter of Cameron, Ga., in a letter to the Banner & 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 od application. * % FOR SALE BY n-r A riTTATDXT Ar n O , ??JU?l-Ll?i.l UU LJ.' CHARLESTON. S. C., AND AUGUSTA, GA. January 19 .2 3m CAROLINA FERTILIZER. yy^cMiKBs3Ky3B^8iStesi^b^^^^v'^MBB^i^^^^a2aHM^SSa5Ss5^Ji ( 5fifcgSBrasra^^Qartgw?SHKs711!j^^^^^^cg^C^5fe=a3|5a^^^EmMB^^B s lljjHTOBgfe^^S^M^^iA?\VvwvC>^8roggiWI|iWilp8355BS^5i^^^SS^^^ ^ ERl^^H^K?XMs8i9lHlsflQHBfiBfllfll^HHiM^^ffiMHflHii wE*3B-y^S?p*;<7ijsfBp^E83 BW The "CAROLINA FERTILIZER" is made from the Phosphates of South Carolina, and i* pro- ^ riounced by various chemists, one of the best Manures known, only inferior to Peruvian Guano in ;ts j Fertilizing Properties. These Phosphates are the remains of extinct land and soa animals, and pos- j jess qualities of the greatest value to the agriculturist. We are prepared to furnish this excellent FERTILIZER on satisfactory terms. G. W. WILLIAMS & CO., Charleston, s. c. CARROLL, CLARK & CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. 1 March 2 9 2m THE GREAT FIKE IN RICHMOND. HERRING'S SAFES IN THE SPOTSWOOD. $23,500 IN CURRENCY, and the Books, Papers. Silver and Valuables of the Spotswood Hotel and the Adams' and Southern Express Companies are SAVED IN HERRING'S SAFES. J Office of Adams Express Company, ") 1 No. 59 Broadway, [ New York, December 31, 1870. J Messrs. Herrino, Parrel <fc Sherman : Our Agent at Richmond writes": "We got through tonight drying and fixing up the money from the late fire. The contents of the Safe, $23,630 in bills, we recovered. It was a Herring Safe, and a good one, certain. Yours truly, I. C. BABCOCK, Treasurer. Messrs. Herrino, FarrelA Sherman, N. Y. Gents: The two Safes of your manufacture, which we had in use on the morning of the 25th instant, at the disastrous fire which destroyed the Spotswood Hotel and adioining block of buildings have given full satisfaction and served to prevent the destruction of some $20,000 in currency, besides the valuable papers and books enclosed therein. It was impossible for workmen to excavate the Safe until nearly 80 hours after the fire. Respectfully, J. F. GIBSON, _ AssrtSup't for Adams AJlouthern Ex. Co's. RICHMOND, va., uec. JM, 1N/U. LETTER FROM J. M. 8UBLITT A CO., * Proprietors of the Spotswood. Richmond, Va., December 29,1870. Messrs. Herring, Farrel A Sherman.? Gents:?On the morning of the 25th instant, we were fortunate enough to have one of your Herring's Patent Champion Safes, which fell into the cellar among a burning mass of ruins. After the Are, to our utmost surprise, we found tbecontents, consisting of valuable papers, money and some silver-ware, all in good order-. Had it not been for vour Herring's Sale we would have lost everything. J. M. 8UBLITT A CO. IIURRING^S PATENT CHAMPION" SAFES, The .most reliable protection from fire now known. . herrings hew patbit CHAMPION BANKERS' SAFE, The best protection against Burglars' Tools extant. HERRING, FARREL A SHERMAN, 251 Broadway, cor. Murray St., N. Y. FARREL, HERRING A CO., Philadelphia. HERRING A CO., Chicago. HERRING, FARREL A SHERMAN, Now Orleans. March 2 9 3m CAROLINA NATIONALBlM OF COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL 8TOCK PAID IPf, 9200,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: L. D. CHILDS, President. Dr. J. W. Parker, R. M. Wallace, John 8. Wiley, Dr. John T. Darby, ? E. Hope, Richard O'Nbale, Jr. C. D. Melton, Attorney. W. B. GULICK, "a J. IREDELL, Cashier. Assistant Cashier. fllHE capital stock of this Bank is now 9200,000, j. all of which has been paid in, and confirmed* by the Comptroller of the Currency. Authority haa also been received for a further increase to the amount of $30,000, of which over 920,000 has al- ready been taken. Persons wishing to make an investment shoytld apply without delay.' The surploKflutd is now $6,000, or three percent, upon its stock;--The Carolina National Bank issues certificates of deposit, bearing interest at the rate of seven per Sent, per annnm. This feature of its business makes it practically A SAVINGS BANK, and attention is called to the fact that the safety of these deposits, as well as all others, are guaranteed by the whole capital of the Bank. No safer mode ot temporary investment is offered to the public than this?the deposits being payable on demand, or on short notice. Deposits of any amount received either in currency or coin, and payable in the same. Interest will be paid at the ena of each six months, should deposits remain beyond that length of time. -Colombia, S. C., January 23, 1871. February 2 6 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 00UHTY OP UHI0H-00UBT OP C0MM0I PLEAS. D. W. Tate and Fannie Tate. Plaintiflk, against Benson Goudelock, Defendant.?Summons for Relitf. To the Defendant Benson Goudelock: TOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a copy of your anuwerfnthn uairi <>_nmnl?iiif. on thfl RUMGrihfln It their office, at Union "Court House in saiu county, within twenty days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such service; and If yon fail toanswer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs 1n this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Union Court House, February 16,1871. ? R. MUNRO <fe SON, Plaintiff's' Attorneys. To the Defendant, Benson Qoudelock: , Take notice that the summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in tho office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas at Union Court House, in the county of Union, in the State of South Carolina, on the 15th day of February, 1871. R. MUNRO & SON, Plaintiffs? Attorneys. February 23 8 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 00 CUTTY OP YOHZ?00UBT OP OOlflfOI PLEAS. Thomas L. Johnson, Plaintiff, against Thomas E. Brown and Rebecca E. Miller, Defendants.? Simmons for Relief. TO THE DEFENDANT THOMAS K. BROWN: . YOU are hereby summoned and required toanswer the complaint in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at-Yorkville, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers, at their office, in Yorkville, within twenty days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Yorkville, 8. C., February 14th, 1871. HART <fc GAGE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendant, Thomas K. Brown; Take notice that the summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed In the office of the Clere of the Cirouit Court at Yorkville, in the county of York, in the State of South Carolina, on the fourteenth day of February^ 1871. HART <fc GAGE, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Yorkville, S. C. February 16 7 6t mS* Charleston Weekly Republican copy six weeks and forward bill to this Office. A VOICE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. ~~ THE WORKING CHRISTIAN, Organ of Baptist Denomination of S. C. SPEAKS to Baptists all over the land. HEAR, NORTH! HEAR, SOUTH! Northern brethren, we of the South read your iournals. Do you read ours? We hearyou, now hear us. THE WORKING CHRISTIAN is a native-born South Carolinian. Tho ablest writers of that famous little State speak throngh its columns every week. Hear what we say. We speak peace. War is over. Brethren, hear us, and you will understand us better and love us more. Subscribe for ? * THE WORKING CHRISTIAN FOR 1871. It has been enlarged to eight pages^and is filled every wee* wiui uuuu variety ui vhkium *v?v.**.p by the ablest writers among the Baptists of South Carolina. Price $2.50. THE WORKING CHRISTIAN is the best medium for advertising in the State, and one of the best in the South. Terms Moderate. Subscribe! Advertise! Let us work together, talk together, and be brethren, indeed. Address WORKING CHRISTIAN, Charleston, S. C. March 9 10 tf IN THE DISTRICT COURT Of the United States for the District of8* C. IN THE MATTER OP W. P. ANDREW.?In Bankruptcy. At Yorkoille, in the said District, on the 9tA day of March, 187;. NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition has been illedinsaid Court, by W. P. ANDREW, >f Abbeville county, in the said District, duly leclared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform iystemof Bankruptcy throughout the U. States," Approved 2nd March, 1867, for a discharge and rcrtiflcate thereof, from all his debts ana other :laims provable under the said Act; and the 3rd lay of April, 1871, at 12 o'clock, M., is assignid for the nearing of the same, before W. I. Clawion one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said }ourt at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, vhen and where the creditors may attend, and ihew causp if any they have, why the prayer of the laid Petition should not be granted. LiOUIS E. JOHNSON,U. S. Marshal as Messenger. By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. Marcn 9 10 3t THE YORK MARBLE YARD. I*7"E invite the attention of the public to our present stock of very desirable work, which ve are offering at very low rates. We especially nvite parties desiring anything in THE MARBLE LINE, n examine our work and prices before purchasng elsewhere, as wfe are confident we can make t to their interest to purchase from us. Orders from a distance PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. On application, we will furnish Drafts, Designs tnd Price List of Work, by mail. ^ F. HAPPERFIELD A CO. January 12 * 2 tf