Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Iluraortnis Jj5epartwcnt. A distinguished temperance lecturer was j to address the citizens in the town where the i reformer lived, and the latter took it upon ! himself to meet him at the station, and take , him home with him to entertain him. The | lecturer was talkative, and full of the cause. I "There, now," said he, as they drove by a j handsome farm house, "anybody can see at j once that a temperance man lives there. Ev- j erything shows industry and contentment, and ! no doubt a happy home is there. Isn't it so ?" j "Vps " vvna Hip rpnlv "Simirp is a torn perance man, and has a very pleasant home and family." "I was certain of it," said the lecturer. "But here is a place," he continued, as they came to an old house with a dilapidated fence and a neglected appearance, "that i you'd pick out anywhere as the house of a drunkard. See the old hats in the windows, the broken down feuces, and the neglected appearance everything has?you can't make any mistake about such a place?it sticks out all over it, that it is the home of a sot." He was about to appeal to his entertainer for the truth of his surmises, when that gentleman pulled rein, and turning the team up to the neglected fence, remarked, with something like a sigh : "I live here!" And what could the lecturer say? He might have said? "Well, all signs fail in a dry time," but he didn't. "You may say what y .1 darn please," said Bill Muggins to the mourners, as they stood at the door waiting for the corpse of Jake Simons to come out, "Jake was a good boy?he was, and a great hunter," continued Bill; "but he was the meanest cuss that ever breathed in Jersey ; he played me one of the sharpest tricks you ever heard of, and I'll tell you how it was. I was out shootin' with him one fine raornin'?I tell you the duck was plenty ; and other game we despised as long . as we could see duck. Jake, he was too mean to blaze away unless he could put down two or three at a shot. Jake was often blowing me up for wastin' shot and powder so; but I didn't care; I blazed away. Well, somehow or other, while fussin' around in the boat my powder flask fell overboard in about sixteen feet of water, which was as clear as good gin, and I could see the flask lay at the bottom. Jake being a good swimmer, also diver, he said he'd fetch her up, and in a minit he was in. Well, I waited quite a considerable time for him to come up; so I looked over the side for old Jake. Good Jerusalem! there sot 'old Jake' on a pile of old oyster shells pourin' the powder out of my flask into his'n. Wasn't that mean?" Moral Tendency.?"Where is your little j boy teuding ?" asked the good man, as he was ; inquiring of Mrs. Partington with regard to j the nroclivities of Ike. who had a hard name I in the neighborhood?he meant the direction for good or ill that the boy was walking. "Well," said the old lady, "he ain't tending anywhere yet. I thought some of putting him in a wholesale store, but some says the riugtale is the most beneficious, though he isn't old enough yet to go into a store." "I meant morally tending," said her visitor solemnly, straightening himself up like an axe handle. "Yes," said she, a little confusedly, as though she didn't fully understand, but didn't wish to insult him by saying she didn't, "yes, I should hope he'd tend morally, though there's a great difference in shopkeepers, and the moral tenderness in some seems a good deal less than others, and in others a good deal more. A shopkeeper is one that you should put confidence into, but I've always noticed sometimes that the smilingest of them is the most deceivingest." + ? + He Will Swear.?A story is told of two prominent ministers of Newport, which is too good to be lost: Rev. Dr. T., of the Trinitarian Congregational Church, and Rev. Mr. B., of the Unitarian, being on the best terms, were one day invited to dine at the house of a mutual friend. Mr. B., tor some reason, tailed to come, and some one at the table took occasion to remark upon his excellent qualities. "Yes," said the Doctor, "he is a very fine man ; but isn't it a pity he will swear?" "Mr. 13. , swear ? What do you mean ?" was the general ; exclamation from all sides. "Mr. B. is a very fine man," persisted the Doctor, "but I am sorry to say he sometimes swears," Being pressed for an explanation, he finally yielded. Some time before the two had been out fishing together, and as the Doctor stood on one rock, j he heard some conversation between Mr. B. i and a fisherman, who were at a little distauce j on another. The fisherman said: "I've got a \ d good bite." "So have I," answered Mr. B. i "You see," persisted the Doctor, "that though j Mr. B. is a very fine man, he will swear." ? AST* Some ladies in Texas were desirous of doing honor to the editor of a local journal. So they presented their hero with an embroidered shirt, which contained a splendid history of Texas, and also pictures of the fruits and cereals of the State, all worked in red worsted. Now, this particular editor had never worn a shirt, and supposed the brilliant specimen before him to be a banner for an approaching temperance procession. In his speech of thanks he puzzled his lady donors by declaring that he would "fling it out forever to the breezes of heaven, that they might kiss its folds, and till his hand palsied it should never trail in the dust." The ladies blushed, and regretted having made it too long. Being informed of the purpose of the ; gift, the editor wore it over his coat, to the great edification of the boys of the town, who followed him in regiments, studying the history of the fine arts and of Texas, "behind his back." $Some of our exchanges are publishing as a curious item a statement to the effect that a horse in Iowa pulled the plug out of the bung-hole of a barrel and slaked his thirst. We do not see anything extraordinary in the : occurrence. Now, if the horse had pulled \ the barrel out of the bung-hole and slaked his J thirst with the plug,?or if the barrel had i pulled the bung-hole out of the plug and slaked its thirst with the horse,?or if the plug had millpfl tVip finrsp nnf r?f tVip Vinrppl nnil ulnVpfl its thirst with the bung-hole,?or if the bunghole had pulled the thirst out of the horse and slaked the plug with the barrel,?or if the barrel had pulled the horse out of the bung- i hole and plugged its thirst with a slake,?it j might be worth while to make some fuss over ! it. + It is said that the following letter was j written by a bereaved and stricken widow in j Cincinnati: "Dearest Louisa :?Darling John ! died last night. Congestion of the lungs, i Our loss is his gain. I will join him on the j other shore. I have ordered the loveliest mohair for the funeral?made with polonaise and trimmed with real point lace. Loss cov ered by insurance on the ten-year plan ; will ! be paid in sixty days. I know you sorrow with me. We had four doctors, at two dollars a visit. Aunt Maria will not go into mourning, because she has just bought her fall j and winter things. Her bonnet is a straw, j There is a balm in Gilead ; but my heart is j nearly broken. Send ine a cut paper pattern j of that sacque of yours. Your devoted. Sarah. | A Western editor, receiving an invita- i tion to take tea with a lady friend, accepted, j While at the table the lady observed that he j had no spoon for his cup. "Is it possible," j said she, "that I forgot to give you a spoon ? I I could not have made such a mistake." "I j have no spoon, madam," said the editor, ; rising from his seat, "and if you don't believe ! it, you may search me." ? "Hobson, they tell me you've taken your J boy away from the National School; what's I that for ?" Villager?" 'Cause the master \ ain't fit to teach urn ?" Squire?"Oh! I've ' heard he's a very good master." Villager,! "Well, all I knows is, he wanted to teach my , boy to spell 'taters' with a "P." 1 JlgricttttMval gfqrartmcnt 1V00I)EN COLLARS. A correspondent of the Maryland Farmer urges the general introduction of wooden collars, for the following reasons: 1. The present huge collar chokes the horse in the summer, and chills him through the lungs in the winter. 2. A collar made of white bass, or other light, tough wood, would never heat, gall, nor chill a horse. 3. Experience has demonstrated that a hard, wooden surface, polished and kept clean, is the safest, coolest, best and healthiest collar 1 ever useu. 4. They will only weigh one-third as much j as ordinary collars, and unite hames and collar i in one. No rough surfaces are worked up; | no sweat is absorbed to cook a scald ; fresh air passes around the collar, evaporating the moisture and keeping the skin dry ; the hair is not charred aud fretted, and the horse's health is freed from the incumbrances of collar disease. As illustrations of the superior j quality of a hard, non-absorbent surface on a horse's shoulders, he presents the following instances : During the war, it was found necessary to remove an equipment factory in the South five hundred miles. The number of collars for the teams employed was insufficient by forty, which were made of wood, polished and tied on by ropes through each end. At theend of the tiresome journey, all the horses and mules that used the ordinary collars were severely galled, nearly ruined, and for a long time remained unfit for service; whilst those that wore the wooden collars were ungalled and ready for work as usual. Several planters, also, being unable to procure collars during the war, made them of wood, aud conducted their business with success, and comfort to their mules and horses. er mi j l j _p ...Ml o. ine uncovereu mum ui uu u.\iuuu wm be more comfortable than the hand of one who uses gloves for its protection. (This every farmer will concede.) 6. The ox-bow and yoke are proof to the point. Iron bows are in common use. Worn-Out Soil.?Our American farmers talk a great deal about worn-out soils, just as though land wouid not remain fertile forever if as much plant-food was returned to it as is taken out. In the agricultural districts of Europe a farmer is expected to constantly increase the fertility of his land instead of wearing it out. A Mr. Lewis, of England, made experiments with soil owned in one family a thousand years. He sowed a piece continuously to wheat for twenty-seven years, with an average crop of fifteen and five-eighths bushels per acre. A piece in barley nineteen years gave twenty bushels per acre, and a piece in grass fourteen years gave twenty-six hundred pounds a year. This soil, consequently, represented the condition of the soil, with the ordinary cultivation and rotation as practiced; but similar land of the same farm to which fourteen ton? of manure had been applied, produced thirty-six bushels of wheat and thirty-six bushels of barley; and with two hundred pounds of sulphate of ammonia and three hundred of phosphate, it produced forty-eight bushels of barley. This, again, shows the value of manure in England, and the increased fertility of its soil through the application of manure; and any farmer knowing the cost of raanuro in his locality, may easily estimate whether it will pay him to use it or not, bearing in mind always that it is much cheaper and easier to keep up the fertility of the soil thau to bring it back when once it is impoverished.?N. Y. Sun. + ? Farming.?Farmers have seen hard times for a few years past, and a higher range of prices will not hurt us. The lesson that we, as farmers, have to learn is not to be discouraged, but to keep on the even tenor of our ways, studying how to improve our farms, to cheapen the cost of production, to raise such crops and keep such stock as are adapted to our soils and situations, to sell when we can get reasonable prices and be content with small profits, and not rush into every new thing that for the time being is bringing an extravagant price. There is seldom a year, when a good, steady going, enterprising, intelligent farmer who works his land thoroughly and improves his stock has not something to sell that affords a good profit. If pork is low, wool is high; if beef is cheap, wheat is dear. If corn can not be sold for what it costs to produce it he knows that in well ventilated corn cribs it will keep for any leugth of time. Some years ago I was offered corn in the streets of "Bloomington, 111., for "nine cents cash per bushel, and ten cents in trade." In less than two years I was in Illinois again, and asked the price of corn in the same neighborhood, and was answered "one dollar and ten cents per bushel." Of course such fluctuations are demoralizing. But we must make the best of our situation.?Agriculturist. ? .. 3S?* Farmers are too prone to encourage . i , _ _ . l _ _ 11? J j.1. _ tneir sons to pursue otuer callings; anu tneir sons are too apt to think some other calling is better for them. In three-fourths of the cases it is wrong for farmers' sons to leave the farm ; they generally regret it, and long for the independence and quiet of the farmer's life; indeed, it is a fact, that men of all professions crave the farmer's peaceful life before they half live out their days in the hot rivalry of the other professions. Often and often do we hear the remark from the denizens of city life, "Oh! that I had a little farm in the country, cultivated and stocked; I would not drudge here amidst these embarrassing difficulties." Let the subject be pondered well among the farmers and their sons, and let nine-tenths of the young men of the farm honor their alma mater by remaining trqe to the noble profession of agriculture.? Coleman's Rural World. Signs of Good Soil.?Mr. J. B. Smith, of Patterson, Ohio, in some remarks before the Farmers' Club, New York, gives the following signs of good soil, timber, etc.; "Timber, in a measure, indicates the character of the soil; flat, white oak land is poor; red oak and soft maple also indicate poor land; shelli l. *i? i??/i . uiu h. ujusiJjr gruwa m uuiu, wet iiuiu , nat | beech and sugar lands are good for summer ' crops and grass, but not for wheat; rolling ; beach and sugar lands, where large poplar and black walnut abound, are grazing lands, ; and produce, when new, large crops of all j kinds of grains, except wheat, when it is win-, ter-killed ; large white oak and chesnut grow- j ing together and black oak and hickory indi- J cate a loose subsoil; and lands where water soon sinks into the subsoil are much the most valuable for grain. A soil that will raise crops of grain, and then clover and timothy, and, after they run out, will come in with green! grass and white clover, is the best." To Clean Paint.?The CoachmaTcertf Jour-, nal recommends housewives to save themselves trouble by adopting the following mode:! Provide a plate with some of the best whiting to be had, and have ready some clean warm water and a piece of flannel, which dip into . the water and squeeze nearly dry ; then take as much whiting as will adhere to it; apply I it to the painted surface, when a little rubbing will instantly remove any dirt or grease; i after which wash the part well with clean water, rubbing it well with a soft chamois, i Paint thus cleaned looks as well as when first laid on, without any injury to the most del- j icate color. It is far better than using soap, ( and does not require more than half the time 1 or labor. j ? Blind Staggers.?Lately I had a young mn 1p. taken with blind stagers, and it was a bad case. A friend advised me to mash up the gum of camphor, (say half an ounce,) di-! vide and put it in each ear, fill the ear with | rags or paper and tie, to prevent his flopping it out. I did so, and to my delight my mule was well in less than two hours, and has been at work ever since.?Correspondent Southern Home Journal. (HhiMrcn's JOqwtmcnt. "STOP THIEF!" "Lay down your book, and get ready for school, Matty." "Yes, mamma, in a minute." "My child, your 'in a minute' is the secret of all your school troubles and disgraces." At this Matty languidly pulled herself up from the large rocking-chair in which she was lounging and reading the last pages of a story-book, and began to hunt up her geography, and hurry her mother to prepare her lunch and tie her shoes, and peep into a neglected spelling lesson, while the long hand of the clock pointed to fifteen minutes before TT ?P?mn ATn f f tt 1" of liuiu naiij nug uwiiu^, vuuiu^ luuvbj av the front door, and her seat mate waving a beckoning hand to her as she hurried by the house. Just as Matty shut the gate, her uncle Harry came along, his face ruddy with exercise in the frosty air. Seizing Matty's hand, and taking her dinner pail and books, he cried out, "Stop thief! stop thief!" and before she could have time to collect her thoughts, he was running with her so fast that her little feet seemed hardly to touch the ground. The loitering children, seeiug uncle Harry's speed, and hearing his cry of "Stop thief!" joined in the pursuit, hardly daring to look over their shoulders for fear of being seized by a pursuing highwayman. They reached the schoolhouse just as the clock had commenced striking nine ; and for the first time in two weeks Matty sat in her seat at the opening exercises, instead of standing in the vestibule among the tardy ones. Uncle Harry remained sitting in the visitors' seat until after the opening exercises, then rose and left in haste, as he said, for fear the thief who had been chasing his niece and the other loitenug children, would waylay and rob him cf what he valued most. Before leaving he said a few words to the eager-eyed little ones, with his watch in his hand, for fear he should overstay his time. "He is a terrible enemy, dear children, who has been after us to-day. If he gets hold of you, he will keep you unhappy, and what some people call 'unlucky,' all your days. What is worse than all, he will try to steal your opportunity to make your peace with God. Dear children, fear him more than you do rattlesnakes when you go berrying on Round Hill, or mad dogs, or ugly bulls, for after all, they can only destroy your body. This thief, after he has destroyed character, home, and business, will prevent your entering heaven, just as he tried to keep you from coming into this schoolroom in time for prayers. The children looked at each other and at uncle Harry with a gaze of great curiosity nn/1 otir*r\Pnf nnnla T-TOYTtr oaam I , auu jlfui uuuc ixai i y ouuu xuiv?tu | their suspense. As he borrowed the teacher's chalk to write the name of the thief on the blackboard, the boys and girls could hardly be kept in order by the frowns and signs of their teacher. "Now, children, see the name of the thief who is always at your heels ! Look out for him ! Don't give him a chance to look at you." As uncle Harry took his leave, the children saw printed in large letters, "Procrastination is the Thief of Time."?Ant. Messenger. ? ? THAT KISS OF MY MOTHER. George Brown wanted to go somewhere, and his mother was not willing. He tried to aroriifi the matter. When that would not, do. he spoke roughly and went off, slamming the door behind him. Instead of saying, "I should really like to go; but if you cannot give your consent, dear mother, I will try to do my best to be content to stay"?instead of saying and feeling so, he behaved in the way described?just as many boys do. George was fourteen, and with fourteen years' experience of one of the best of mothers, one would have thought better of him. But he was a boy. What can you expect of a boy?" So say some people. Stop; hear more. That night George found thorns in his pillow. lie could not fix it any way to sleep 011. He turned and tossed, and he shook and patted it; but not a wink of sleep for him. The thorns kept pricking. They were the angry words he spoke to his mother. "My dear mother, who deserves nothing but kindness and love from me," he said to himself. "I can never do enough for her; yet how have I behaved ? Her eldest boy! How she nursed me through that fe ver! He would ask her to forgive him in the morning. But suppose something should happen before morning. He would ask her now, to-night, this moment. George crept out of bed, and went softly to his mother's room. "George," she said, "is that you ? Are you sick?" For mothers, you know, seem to sleep with one ear and one eye open, especially when the fathers are away, as George's father was. "Dear mother," he said, kneeling at her bedside, "I could not sleep for thinking of my rude words to you. Forgive me, mother, my dear mother! and may God help me never to behave so again!" fiV*n ol o c?r\orl fkn rvnnlfflnf Kai' f i*\ ViAr n r m c UUV/ lliv ^/VllU^UU U\J T IV 11U1 UUUO) and kissed his warm cheek. George is a big man now; but he says that kiss was the sweetest moment of his Jife. His strong, healthy, impetuous nature became tetnpered by a gentleness of spirit. It softened his roughness, sweetened his temper, and helped him on to a true and Christian manhood. Boys are sometimes ashamed to act out their best feelings. Oh, if they only knew what a loss it is to them not to do so ! Mother's Magazine. Respect Everybody.?You have all read of Benjamin Franklin, and how he rose to distinction amid privation and toil. But there is one auecdote which I have never seen in print. It was told me by a gerclemau of Boston, who remembered the old house in which Franklin was born. "Often," said he, "have I looked at the old tumble-down building in Milk street, and imagined the barefoot boy sitting on the door-step, learning to spell from an old post bill." A young miss, daughter of a distinguished citizen, passed him one day while thus engaged, and the boy overheard her words of ridicule as she spake to her companion, laughing at the eagerness of the poor lad, at_d deriding his "beautiful spelling-book." But there came another day, when Franklin was our ambassador at the court of France. A wealthy American lady, who was present at one of the festive occasions made in honor of Franklin, greatly desired an introduction to her distinguished countryman. It was obtained, and great was her surprise to hear him say, "Aye, aye, we have met before." She could not remember when, r.nd Franklin added, "You do not remember the barefoot little bov in Milk street, studying his lesson from the mnddy post bill ?" Although spoken good humoredly, the fair lady was much disconcerted at the remembrance of the incident. It is to be hoped she learned a lesson therefrom, in regard to the importance of treating everybody with respect. She knew not the name of the barefoot boy ; but he kuew her to be the daughter of rich Mr. , and, on being introduced, this incident of his childhood immediately recurred to his mind.?Exchange. Stretch it a Little.?A little girl and her younger brother were on their way to the store one windy, frosty morning. They were both poorly dressed, but the little girl had a sort of cloak over her. As they walked briskly along she drew the boy closer to her and said: "Come under my cloak, Johnny." "It isn't big enough for both," said he. "Then I will try to stretch it a little." And they were soon closely nestled together. What a lesson ! How many shivering bodies and sad hearts there are just because people do not stretch their comforts beyond I themselves. |lca<Uuij for the Jtofchatb. CONDUCTED BY HEV. ROBERT LATHAN. lOriginal.] PREACHING. Human wisdom and divine wisdom rarely agree, either with regard to what is best, or with respect to the means For accomplishing the greatest good. In all ages of the world, men devised plans for the redemption of the race from the galling yoke of sin. Various were the means resorted to in order that these schemes of redemption might be executed. God in due time made a revelation of a plan of salvation which he, in the exercise of infin ite wisdom, devised; and in the fulness of time God's plan of redemption was executed. This plan of redemption which God devised, is essentially different from any and all the plans which men have eves attempted to put into operation. Some of the human-devised schemes, in fact all of them, in some particulars, had some faint resemblance to the gospel scheme of redemption; but -the resemblance was only faint, and simply in appearance. The instrumentality chosen by God for the promulgation of the gospel, is very different from what man would have selected had the resources of the universe been at his command. What man ever would have thought of choosing so feeble an instrumentality as fallen man to proclaim the gospel ? The carnal mind is fond of something glaring and pompous. It pleases God by the foolishness of preaching, to save them that believe. The Holy Spirit use3 men as instruments by which to quicken the souls of men, dead in tresspasses and sins, into life. Under ordinary circumstances, the new life 13 infused into the soul in no other way. So far as power is concerned, we might say that the Holy Spirit is able directly, and without any co-assistance of any instrumentality to make a sinner a new creature in Christ Jesus ; but this is not the plan which God in his wisdom has chosen. Paul must plant and Apollos must water. In the great work of making an application of the redemption which Christ procured with his blood, men are laborers together with God. Without the assistance of the Holy Spirit, men, however wise or learned, can do nothing; but usually the Holy Spirit uses mainly men as instruments to bring men out of nature's darkness into the marvelous light of the gospel. By the preaching of the cross sinners are quickened into life; and by the preaching of Christ and him crucified, the regenerated soul is sanctified and made fit for heaven and glory. From this divine arrangement we learn much as to what should be the character of preaching. The theme should be Christ as revealed in his word and in spirit. The text book of the preacher should be the Bible. THE PRAYERS *0F JESUS. As Jesus stepped forth after the baptism on the banks of the river, he stood severed from the past, connected with a new future; Nazareth, its quiet home, its happy days, its peaceful occupations, lay behind ; trials and toils and suffering and death lay before him. He would not have been the Son of man had he not felt the significance and solemnity of the hour; he would not have been the full parta ker of our human nature, had the weight of his new position, new duties, new trials, not pressed heavily upon his heart. He turns in the pure, true instinct of his sinless humanity, to seek support and strength in God, to throw himself and all his future upon his Father in prayer. But who may tell how he felt and what he prayed ? What desires, what hopes, what solicitudes, went up from the heart at least, if not from the lips, of this extraordinary suppliant. Never before had the throne of the heavenly grace been thus approached, and never before was such answer given. The prayer ascends direct from earth to heaven, and brings the immediate answer down. It is as he prays that the Spirit comes, bringing light and strength and comfort to the Saviour, sustaining him under that consciousness cf his sonship to God, which now fills, expands, exalts his weak humanity. And does not our great Head and Representative stand before us here a type and pattern of every true beis J.I.- T J.- IU_ j.iL? never in wie uuru, na iu nie uuiy, wie pnvilege, the power of prayer ? Of him, and of him only, of the sons of men, might it be said, that he prayed without ceasing ; that his life was one of constant and sustained communion with his Father. And yet you find him, on all the great occasions of his life, having resource to separate, solitary, sometimes to prolonged acts of devotion. His baptism, his appointment of the twelve apostles, his escape from the attempt to make him a king, his transfiguration, his agony in the garden, his death upon the cross, were all hallowed by prayer. From the lowest depth, from the highest elevation of his ministry, he poured out his spirit in prayer. For his mission on earth-, for all his heaviest trials, he prepared himself by prayer. And should we not prepare for our poor earthly service, and fortify ourselves against temptations and trials, by following that great example? The heavens above us are not shut up against us, the spirit who descended like a dove has not taken wings . and flown away forever from the earth. There is a power by which these heavens can still be penetrated, which can still bring down upon us that gcntlo mnconnrrnp nf rpat. t.hp nmvpr that lies ill simple, humble, earnest, continued, believing prayer.?Dr. Hanna. ? ^ Christ the End of the Law.?A woman who was in great distress about her sins, went to a great many meetings in the hope of getting comfort, but did not find it. "At last," she said, "1 found that I was going to meetings instead of going to Christ, and then I got light." She gave up depending on herself, or her minister, or the prayer meeting, and came right to Christ, and he saved her. Friend, have you come to Christ? Nothing else will save you. "For there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved."?Acts 4: 12. Your sins need an atonement; come then to Christ, "Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, should live unto righteousness."?1 Peter 2: 24 Come freely, for he says, "Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out."?John 6: 37. Come quickly, for "Thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."?Prov. 27: 1. ? fiSaT'The strongest argument in favor of religion, as addressed to men, is that of a pure and holy life. Logic which can establish a system infallibly, may fail to convince a man, but the pious life of a devoted follower of Jesus is more than he can withstand. The most violent, infiilnla hnve acknowledged the power of religion on men's lives. In reading Paul, we are made to trust his logic, because we see the effect of what he teaches upon himself. That great, noble, self-sacrificing hero of the faith proves by his character that religion is a power and blessing. Logic is good. The system of theology, upheld by consistent! reasoning, is of great value. But it is only i when argument is illustrated by a beautiful j life, that it is powerfully convincing.? United Presbyterian. fefr* I think it is a greater sin to marry on the Lord's Day than to yoke a plough ; inso-! much as the work and concern is greater. The sinful continuance of this, I judge to be a provoking profanation of the Sabbath ; and : I seldom see those marriages blest which were j celebrated on that day. I Jact, dun aud <fancn. ? Neither death nor life is as serious as marriage. Yet nothing is entered into half so thoughtlessly. ? An Ohio lawyer included in his bill against his client: To waking up in the night and thinking about your case?ten dollars." ? "Let the toast be, dear as woman," as the man said to his wife, when he wanted to eat it all himself. ? There is never a man so bad, says a celebrated writer, but some woman loves him and has faith in him. ? An exchange wanting to compliment a "live stock journal," says it is edited by a man whose head is full of live stock. ? We might enjoy much peace if we would not busy ourselves with the words and deeds of others. ? The only way to keep all your friends and make no enemies is to speak well of people when names are mentioned to you, but never to speak of any one to a third party. ? Gentlemen having hip-pockets in their pantaloons should be sure to push their pocket handkerchief to the bottom thereof, as it looks suspicious below short coat-tails. ? It has been estimated that if all the physical force expended, in the West in a single season, in shaking with the fever and ague, could be applied to machinery, it would run all the mills and factories in the couutry. ? Connecticut should be credited with the laziest fisherman. The individual in question is a "fifteenth amendment," who ties his fishline to his dog, and when he gets a bite, kicks the dog. ? "A man who'd maliciously set fire to a barn," said old Elder Podson, "and buru up a stable full of horses and cows, ought to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'd like to be the one to do it." ? A lady teacher was endeavoring to impress upon her pupil the terrible punishment of Nebuchadnezzar, saying, "Seven years he ate grass like a cow," when a boy asked: "Did he give milk ?" ? A grocer being solicited to contribute to the building of a new church, promptly subscribed his name to the paper in the following eccentric manner:?John Jones (the only place in town where you can get 11 pounds good sugar tor a dollar,; 20 cents. ? An old agricultural laborer in England tried a singular method of evangelizing his family. Being remonstrated with by the pastor for not "bringing up" his boys as he should, he replied : "I dunno how 'tis, sir. I order 'em down to pray night and morning, and when they won't go down I knocks 'em down, and yet they ain't good!'.' ? An obliging gentleman, who thinks such personal favors do not cost much while they make friends, was applied to by a colored man for a certificate of character, by which he might get a situation. The testimonial proved to be even more complimentary than Scipio himself had expected; and that worthy on recovering his astonishment, exclaimed : "Say, Mr. , won't you gib me something to do yerself on dat recommendation?" ? The spouse of a recently deceased umbrella vender, noted for his knack in "putting up" damaged small wares, on meeting a beloved friend for the first time after her heavy loss, with a sudden outgush of tears aud lamentations, threw her arms around the caller's neck?whose bosom wasfrightened with tender sympathy for the mourner?broken heartedly exclaimed : "My dear, dear Marcus is lost to me forever?and oh! it seems as though I must die, when I think how nicely he always repaired ray broken hoopskirts." "ttr 11 rt Till j .11 1 V^., ? "wen, oam, mien you now u is. iuu see I married a widder, and this widder had a daughter." "0, yes! I see how it is. You have been making love to this daughter?" "No i worse than that. You see my father was a widower, and he married this daughter, so that makes my father my son-in-law, don't it? Well, don't you see how I'm mixed up ?" "Well, dr, is that all?" "No, I only wish it was. Don't you see, my step-daughter is my [ step-mother, ain't she? Well, then, her mother is my grandmother, ain't she ? Well, I'm married to her, ain't I ? So that makes me my own grandfather, doesn't it ?" ill* fatMl* $nquiw. TEBM8?IIV ADVANCE : One Copy, oneyear, 9 3 00 One Copy, Six months, 1 50 One Copy, Three months, 1 00 Single Copy, 10 Two Copies, one year, 5 00 Ten Copi'-S, " " 25 00 ^50-To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. A DVERTISEMENT8 Will be Inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-live Cents per square for each subsequent insertion-less than three months. A square consists of the space oc- 1 cupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. V/1 oilifiiMloumont prmsirlfirfifi lass than a SOliare. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must inall cases bo confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages and Deaths,and notices of a religious character, inserted gratis, and solicited. /[Si' Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or individual interest or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit or trust, will bo charged for as advertisements. ESTABLISHED 1857. L. H. MILLER, MILLER'S;SAFE AND IBWWOBKS, BALTIMORE, MD. SALESROOM: 205 BALTIMORE STREET, (One Door above Hanover,) FACTORY: Square bounded by Henrietta, Claret, Fremont and Warner Streets. Every variety of the Best Fire and Burglar Proo Safes, Bankers' Chests, Improved Combination Locks, Bank Vaults and Doors. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. 12,000 IN USE?TESTED IN 200 FIRES. Near References:?National Bank, Chester, Smith and Melton, Chester ; John Aguew & Son, Columbia, S. C. September 12 37 tf mmf nlhi/en AUIll I . JUL PAKKtK UUN.> PARKER BRtfS WEST MER1DEN.CT. M E T A LIC BUR IA L CASESAN D CASKETS. 1HA VE just received a full supply of FISK'S j MET A LTC BURIAL CASES, of all sizes. I Also a few of those beautiful full glass BURIAL | CASKETS, surpassing in beauty anything of the I kind ever offered here. J. E. SMITH, Agent. I yr-?f WOOD COFFINS, of any quality, made to i order. J. E. SMITH. March 1-1 11 ly I OFFICIAL,. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) Executive Department, j IN pursuance of tin act of the General Assembly approved March 1, 1870, entitled "An act, providing for the general election and the manner of conducting the same, amended by an actapnroved March 12,1872, an election will be held in the several counties of this State on the THIRD WEDNESDAY, being the 16th day of October, for the following State, Legislative, County and Congressional officers, to serve for the next two and four years, as provided by tho State Constitution and acts of Congress of the United States, to wit: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attornov General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Comptroller General* Superintendent of Education, Adjutant and Inspector General, members of the General QnlioifAra in Hin Qavnrol inrl irmal r?ir cuit-s, anil for the various county offices, together with one member of Congress to represent the Stato at Large, and Representatives in the respective Congressional Districts. At the said election the following amendments to the State Constitution will be submitted to the voters for ratification or rejection, to wit: 1st. Amendment relating to change of time of holding general elections. Strike out all of that portion of Section XI of Article 2, following the words "eighteen hundred and se\ -nty" occurring in the fourth and fifth lines, and insert the following: "And forever thereafter, and the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, in every second year, in such manner and at such places'as the Legislature may provide." The manner of voting on this amendment shall be as follows: Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words written or printed thoreon, "Con.stitutionul Amendment? Yes." Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the following words written or printed thoreon, "Cbnftitutional A mcndmciit?Xo." 2d. Amendment relating to the further increase of the public debt of the State as follows: "Article XVI, "To the end that the public debt of South Carolina may not hereafter bo increasod without the due consideration, and free consent of tho people of the State, tho General Assembly is hereby forbidden to create any further debt or obligation, i either by tho loan of the credit of the State, by j guarantee, endorsement or otherwise, except for the ordinary and current business of tho State, without first submitting the question as to the creation of any such now debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of the credit, to the peoplo of this State, at a general election ; and unless two-thirds of the qualified voters of this State voting on the question shall be in favor of a further debt, guar a'ntee, endorsement or loan of this credit, none shall be created or made." The manner of voting on this amendment shall be as as follows : Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon, "Constitutional Amendment, Article XVI?Ya." .Those opposed to the amendment shall cast a ballot, with the following words writton or printed thereon?"Constitutional Amendment, Article XVI?No." All bar-rooms and drinking saloons shall be closed on the day of election, and any persons who sell any intoxicating drinks on the day of election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a period not less than one month, nor more than six months. The Commissioners and Managers of Election, and each of them, are hereby required, with strict regaru to tno provisions 01 me cunsutution and laws of the Stato, touching their duty in such case, to cause such elections to be held in their respective counties on the day aforesaid, and to take all necessary stops for the "holding of such elections, and for the ascertaining and determining the persons who shall have been duly elected thereat, according to the rules, principles and provisions prescribed by the Act and Amendment thereto, aforesaid. In pursuance whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed, at Columbia, the lfith day of September, A. D., 1872, and in the ninety-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America. ( L^S. 1 ROBERT K. SCOTT, (.v?.?') Governor. F. L. CARDOZO, Secretary of State. September 19 38 4t ROSE'S HOTEL, (FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.) 1 coLrai^A, s. e. THIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, convenient to all the Public Offices and Business Houses, located on the south-west corner of the State House Square, has been recently re-opened and renovated, and will now compare favorably with any Hotel at the South. ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convey passengers to and from every train, free of charge. Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommodation of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD S2.50 per day. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. September 12 37 tf CROOK'S WINE OF TAR. Aw Ten Years of n-]?nl>tle id K? test lues proved Dr.l'look's 'F? WiucofTur to have more merit than any similar preparation ever offered to -gjyftcw. the public. It is rich In the medicinal qualitiesof Tar, and unequaled for dincases of the Tliroat A ? (i o<*5 tVivfAetm t^f? "??>??? i^>iuiu.H.6 tuu IO^XreJSKfSEh mos^ remarkable cures. It effectually cures ail Coughs ,f(?p?jBr*r+3fr' anil folds. It bus cured ho many cases of Asthma snd Bronchitis, that it bus been pronounced a *1B HpeclHo for these com plaints. For Pol us in the n Breast, Shin or Back, a Gravel or Kidney (lis. " case, diseases of theUriu. , \k l ai'.v Organs, Jaundice, ^or any Liver Complaint it hus HOCijuul. It is also a superior Tonic. Best ores the Appetite, Strengthens the System. Restores the Weak aiid l>el>ilitated, ^ Causes Hie Food to Digest, Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, Prevents .Halnrioii* Fevers, Gives tone to your System. REEF TJIEBiOOD^lKF And the health of the system Will follow. There Is n nrtpiiratlon of Iron ami Poke Iloot fmoro cflcctunl than all others, which will remove from your system tlio Impure and vitiated blood which ciuiscsdlsen.se, und at tho same time build up your health and strength It never ft1. % fails to cure. If you have t/to _ Scrofula, f?crolnloos lHseancs of the Eyes or Ears. or ^ Scrolnla In any form, Tct(sgS&fjb ter. White 8welling. Old fj7t\ Sores. Fleers, or Scrol nlous laflainnintions, you can rely pVfyrVs* on hoi UK cured with this preparadon known as Dr. Crook's v reJEra Compound Syrup of Poke ?*oPekai Boot. Klienuiatism, Pains yii^ jin Lirabsor Bonos, Const it u? &T<?a /tions brokeudown by Mercuyf iSay villi or other poisons, are all .1 Jy cured by It. For Syphilis, or /l/y Syphilitic taiut,tln:rcisnoth/ftps-r lug equal to It. A trial will // prove it. Beautify your Complexion. Do not use paint or powder, but get a more permanent beauty by purifying your blood. This preparation of Iron and Poke Boot makes a rough andscaly skin soft and smooth: changes that sallow complexion to one or freshness and health, and remove any Ernp> ti\ e Diseases of the Skin, Pimples, Pus. tnles, Klotclics ?V Eruptions, Ti you wish rosy checks and a healthy complexion use Dr. Crook's Compound Syrup of Poke ltooU October 3 40 ly DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Stair Fixtures, Builders' Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Marhie and Slate Mantle Pieces. WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALTY. Circulars and Price Lists sent free on application, by P. P. TOALE, 20 Ilavno and 33 Pinekney streets, Charleston, S. C. October 3 40 ly GROCERIES. OUR Grocery is always supplied with the best the market alfords, and at prices as low as the lowest. T. M. DOBSON <fc CO. May 10 20 tf PALMETTO ORPHAN HOME. AX EARNEST APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Bear Friends and Countrymen?Having been entrusted with the benevolent work of providing a home for the Orphans, and other equally unfortunate children ot South Carolina, we thus make an earnest appeal for help in this great work. The Palmetto Orphan Home was organized last April, and is now progressing with encouraging prospects. The Board of Trustees have adopted a Constitution and By-Laws which define the nature, design and mode of operation of this Institution. Its direct management is to be by a local board consisting of nine persons,in the city of Columbia, which Board is to be subject to the direction of a general Board consisting of two persons, from each county in the State, which is to bo called to meet annually in Columbia, at such places as the local Board may appoint. In the choice of persons to act on theso Boards and of the officers ofthe Institution, no partiality is to be allowed on account of the religious sect to which persons belong; but all appointments are to be made on the broad principles of humanity and charity. The Constitution does not limit the ages at which the children shall be received ; but leaves that at V, the discretion of the Board, who are to decide from the nature of each case as described in the nnnlication. 'I'lie Board are desirous of purchasing suitable and valuable property, nowfor saleat low figures, for the location of the Home. We are, therefore, confident that our appeal to the generous people of South Carolina will at once bring many liberal donations and pledges to effect the permanent establishment of the Palmetto Orphan Home, which will bo the best monument to the memory of our dead we could possibly rear in our State. The Board have appointed Tilman R. Gaines, General Agent to organize Aid-Committees and to raise funds for the Home. And the Board will take pleasure in acknowledging all amounts paid to him or sent directly to us at Columbia. Donations may be made in money, provisions, clothing and anything that can be made useful. All applications-for entering children must be made to the Board, Address, Dr. J. W. PARKER, Chm'n, Columbia, S. C. By order of the Board of Trustees. J. B Ezell, Secretary. THE YOEKYILLE BRANCH of the ~ * CITIZEI'S SiMSjMfSI GAME Banking Office Opposite the Store of J. H. Adams. Deposits of $1 and Upwards Received. Interest allowed at the rate of 7 per cent, per annnm on Certificates of Deposit, and 6 per cent, componnded every six months on accounts. PRINCIPAL OFFICE - - COLUMBIA, S. C. WM. MARTIN, rresiaenu JOHN B. PALMER, Vice-President. A. G. BRENIZER, .. Cashier. J. H. SAWYER, Ass't Cashier in general charge. JOHN C. B. SMITH, Local Assistant Cashier. Directors.?Wade Hampton, William Martin, A. C. Haskell, F. W. McxMaster, E. H. Heinitsh, John B. Palmer, Thos. E. Gregg, Columbia. J. Ell Gregg, Marion. .G. T. Scott, W. ,G. Mayes, Newberry. B. H. Rutledge, D. Ravenel, Jr., Charleston. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA : Location. Local Ass't Cashiers. Charleston, D. RAVENEL, Jr. Orangeburg, J. H. F0WLE8. Sumter, J. W. DARGAN. Spartanburg, JOEL FOSTER. Newberry, T. S. DUNCAN. Laurens, JOHN KYLE. Abbeville, Hon. D. L. WARDLAW. Camden, W. D. McDOWELL. Unionville, E. R. WALLACE Yorkville, W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE. B. T. WHEELER, J. H. ADAMS, L. M. GRIST. ft&r SIGHT DRAFTS drawn on all the Branches " ? " " * * * "? -1 11 4L of the Hank in tins wtate, .inn hisouii an wa piuminent places in theUnitod States and Europe. P&3- Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bouglit and sold. fpSr Mutilated Currency mirchased at a small discount. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier at Yorkville. January 25 4 ly STATE OF SOUTH CA ROL.INA. COUNTY OF YORK?COUNT OF PROBATE. Reuben Cranford and Saiah Cranford, his wife, Plaintiffs, against William M. Smith, John J. Smith. Jano Plaxico, Elizabeth. Mayfield, the children of Eli Smith, deceased, (names unknown) and the children of Catharine Head, deceased, (names u-!:nown), Defendants.? Summon* for Relief. i To the Defendants above >amed ; YOU are hereby summ< aed and required to answer the petition in this action, which is tiled in the office of the Judge of Probate for the said county, and to ser- e a copy of your answer to the said petition, r a the subscriber, at his office, in Yorkville, South 'arolina, within twenty days after the service h- :eof, exclusive of the dav of service. If you fail to answer t. is petition within the time aforesaid, the plainuffs in this action will flppjy tO 11)6 touruur tuort'iici Ucmauucu Dated Yorkville, S. C., f eptember 17th, 1872. J. K.MES F. HART, Plaintiffs' Attorney. TO THE DEFENDANTS?William M. Smith, John J. Smith, Elizabeth Mayfield, the chil[ dren ofEliSmith,deceased,(namesunknown) and the children of Catharine Head, deceased, (names unknown). Take notice that this actio i is commenced in the Probate Court in and for the county of York, for the partition of land; and that a summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, was this day filed.in the office of the said Court; and that you are required to appear in the cause by the 30th day of October next, or the Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the petition. JAMES F. HART, Plaintiffs' Attorney, s Yorkville, S. C. September 19 38 6t jpSr Rock Hill Lantern copy six weeks. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF 0HE8TEB.?COUBT OF PBOBATE. F. Cranford, Plaintiff, against Ephraim Mitchell, Theodore Mitchell, Nancy Wade and her husband, Wm. D. Wade; Emily Hill and her husband, Joseph Hill; Catharine Shedd and her husband, Urban Shedd; Winnefred Feemster, Esther Hill and Elias Mitchell, Defen- im dants.?Copy Summons for Reliej. To the Defendants above named. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the petition in this action, which was filed in the office of the Probate Judge, for the said county, on the 26th day of August, 1872, and to serve a copy of youranswerto the said petition on the subscribers, at their office, in Chester, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer this petition within the fimp nfnresaid. the plaintiff in this action will ap ply to the Court for the relief demanded in the petition. Dated August 28th, 1872. PATTERSON A GASTON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. September 5 36 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHESTER?IN THE COURT OF PROBATE Ex-Parte Moses Stone as Executor of Thomson T. Timras.?Petition for Accounting and Relief. NOTICE TO HANNAH GRANT, formerly Hannah Wright, as Administratrix of the estate of Calvin Wright, deceased: IT appearing to the Court that Hannah Grant, formerly Hannah Wright, Administratrix of the estate of Calvin Wright, deceased, is not a resident of this State, but of the State of Tennessee, Ordered, that said Hannah Grant, formerly Hannah Wright, as Administratrix as aforesaid, do appear before the Prolwte Court for the said county of Chester, on the fourth day of Novem- her, next, and render an account of her Administration of the estate oi the said deceased, and on her failure so to do, a decree therein will be made against her; and that notice of the same be made bv publication in the Chester Reporter and the ^ Yorkville Enquirer for six weeks. JOHN DICKEY, Probate Judge, Chester County. September 19 38 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF CHESTER?IN THE PROBATE COURT. William C. Gladden, Petitioner, against Allen C. Gladden and others, Defendants.?Sumrwns in Partition. Notice to Allen C. Gladden, Isabella Gladden and Daniel M. Gladden, her husband, abseut Defendants. ~1T0U and each of you are hereby required to api pear at the Court of Probate to be holden at my otllce, at Chester Court House, for said county, on Monday, the eleventh day of November next, to show cause, if any you ean? why the lands belonging to the estate of the late James Gladden, deceased, described in the petition of William C. Gladden, tiled in my otllce on the 18th day of September, 1872, should not be divided or sold, and the proceeds of sale divided among the parties in interest, according to their respective rights therein, as prayed for in said petition. _ ^ Given under my hand and the Seal of Office, this [l. s.] the 24th day of September, 1872. JOHN DICKEY, Probate Judge, Chester County. September 26 39 6t CAR0LI1A11 IIljUKE COHFAIY. MEMPHIS, TKNN. Branch Office, - Baltimore, Maryland. ASSETS, $1,100,000. Hon. JEFFERSON DAYIS, President. Gen. WADE HAMPTON, Pres. Baltimore Board. J. D. KENNEDY, State Agent. W. B. SADLER, Yorkville, Special Agent. June 27 26 ly BAGGING AND TIES ** ALWAYS on hand at the lowest cash prices. T. M. DOBSON & CO.