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Huawwus fepartment. NAKED JUSTICE ON A GATE POST. Our old friend, Judge Tom Farrar, of Lake Providence, says the New Orleans Picayune, who is known thoughout the State as a lawyer and jurist of eminent abilities, and a gentleman of most lovable character, tells at his own expense, and with the keenest gusto, a story which we think too good to lose. It appears that some years ago, while riding through one of the prettiest districts of North Louisiana, he came, about sundown, to a creek which was so deep as to necessitate a swimming feat. The Judge, being a man of vigorous and invincible determination, no sooner realized this emergency than he promptly dismounted, undressed himself with great dispatch, and, attired only in his high plug hat and a pair of spectacles, bestrode his gallant cob and urged him to the venture. After a desperate struggle the other side was gained, and the Judge again dismounting, this time with a profound sigh of relief, was about to resume his integuments, when the 1 1 % ! I V 1 *?!j. norse, prompted Dy some aiaooucai spirit, started from his side and trotted slowly down the road. Of course, the Judge had no recourse but to trot after him, and thereupon there ensued one of the most remarkable and picturesque chases ever known in history or tradition. The horse appeared to have no motive save that of keeping a certain distance ahead of the Judge and of finding some comfortable barnyard where he might refresh himself after such gigantic efforts. The Judge, whatever may have been his ambition, confined himself to the effort of keeping the truant beast in sight. It must have been a cheerful and invigorating experience to see the Judge trot -ting briskly along thatsraooth and sandy road, his venerable plug hat pulled over his eyes, and his spectacles bobbing up and down upon his nose. The chase was long, and the moisture of great exertion would gather on his brow, and then when he reached around for his handkerchief, alas ! it was not there. All of which had the effect of impressing the Judge with his very peculiar and unfortunate situation, and imparting renewed play and lightness to his legs. So the two bowled pleasantly along, preserving a steady relative distance, until just as the setting sun was reddening the distaut hills and touching the Judge's manly form with gold, the horse whisked suddenly into a gate and bolted with eager haste toward a cf o Kin rlimlv trioihlo in fKp diafnnrp. The farm house sat in a grove of trees whose shadows made a great darkness round it, and from this grove, as the Judge was scampering furiously after his horse and wardrobe, there issued sundry yellow dogs surly of mein and shaggy of appearance. The Judge felt that it would be utterly impossible, under these circumstances, to assume that majesty of aspect and fearlessness of gaze which is currently believed to be the correct thing with dogs, and so, seeing a friendly gate post near at hand, he gave one wild bound and reached its summit just as the leanest and fiercest of the dogs snapped viciously at his legs. When the uproar had subsided and tne Judge, realizing the absurdity of the situation, had regained his customary frame of mind, a female voice was heard calling from the house: "Who's there?" "A fellow creature in distress, madam." "Where are you?" "On the gate post," said the Judge, beginning to enjoy the joke. "What can I do for you?" It was. too much. The Judge's old humor and quizzical love of merriment came over him. "Call off these dogs and bring me all the fig leaves on the place." We were told by a celebrated naval officer the following anecdote: On one of his cruises the sailors saw a comet and were somewhat surprised and alarmed at its appearance. The hands met and appointed a committee to wait upon the commander and ask his opinion of it. They approached him and said : "We want to ask your opiuion, your honor. "Well, my boys, what is it about?" "We want to inquire about that thing up there." "Now, before I answer o' u, let me know what you think of it?" "Well, your honor, we have talked it all over and we think it is a star sprung a leak." What's in a Name ??The Buffalo Globe has a pleasant column upon the peculiarity of the names of business firms, such as the teachers Biggs & Hugs, who advertised explicitly in their circular that "Biggs teaches the boys and Hugs the girlsthe firm of plumbers who seemed gratified to hurry up mbs by working the whole twenty-four hours, Day & Night; also Fish & Ketchum. A hatter by the name of A. Guhn died leaving his business to his son James, who advertised as "James Guhn, Son of A. Guhn." The Plain Dealer says Cleveland for many years had a firm whose large sign was conspicuous, and it was supposed to do a larger business than any firm in the city?every body seemed to patronize it. The firm was "Fever Ague." His Name.?The following colloquy took place at an Eastern post-office : "I say, Mr. Postmaster, is there a litther for rae ?" "Who are you, ray good sir ?" "I'm raeself; that's who I am." "Well, what is your name ?" "An' what do you want wid the name ? Isn't it on the litther ?" "I want to find the letter, if there is one." "Well, Pat Byrne, thin, if ye must have it." "No, sir, there is none for Pat Byrne." "Is there no way to get in there but through this pane of glass ?" "No, sir." "It's well for ye there isn't. I'd teach ye better manners than to insist on a gentleman's name. But ye didn't git it, after all, so I'm even wid ye; sorra a bit is rae name Byrne." A Cheap Coat.?A young Boston mechanic saw an overcoat in a second-hand clothing store which he thought he would be glad to possess at a reasonable price. "How much ?" he asked. "Twenty-one dollars," was the answer. The usual haggling took place, and the mechanic started to leave the store. "How much you gif ?" asked the merchant. "Three dollars." "Take it, then. I shall shurst be ruin of myself. I only make two dollars on dat coat, so help me gracious." He Could Draw.?"Can you draw, young man ?" inquired Qullp of an applicant for a private tutorship. "Certainly," replied the candidate. At ten years old i could draw cider; at twelve, a picture; at sixteen, an inference ; at twenty, a bill of exchange. If I were an actor, I believe I could draw the largest kind of a house ; but, being a teacher, I am content to draw a salary, and the bigger the better." "You'll do," said Quilp. A Good Soldier.?A Georgian was talking to another soldier, and asked, "Whey was you enduring the war?" The other replied, "I .was twenty-four months in the army, sir." "Yaas; waal, whey was you enduring that time?" "I was twenty-three months in the hospital." "And whey was you enduring the other month ?" "I was looking for the hospital," said the fellow. Asking a Blessing.?It was the custom of an old lady, who formerly entertained travelers, before her guests commenced a meal to ask a blessing, which she generally concluded in this wise: "Make us truly thankful for the food before us. Nancy, hand around the corn bread first, and the biscuits afterwards. Amen." An engineer on the Western North Carolina Railroad shouted to a crowd of rustics, who had gathered to see the first train of cars come in, "Put down your umbrellas! you'll scare the engine off the track !" The umbrellas were lowerd at once. | jlgmuitufaJ frjrartMrttt. (Original.[ HOME. Often have we heard it repeated with much | emphasis, that "there is no place like home." j | This is one of those bold and popular declar- j ations that must be received with a grain of { | allowance. If the place where some people j 1 spend their existence, be their home, surely . j it is not true that there is no place like it, in : the sense that it is the most comfortable place , : on earth. Evidently, and beyond all contra- j ; diction, the homes of many people have ;. ! nothing about them, neither externally nor i internally, wl^ich can render them attractive ; to a being possessed of an immortal soul, and , j a mind that delights in the good and beauti| ful. Such, we are sorry to say, is the charac-! ^ ter of a large number of the homes of the ( farmers of our country. In the general arI rangement of their homes, neither utility nor | comfort were taken into consideration. In 1 the construction of the bouse in which it was ,. ; designed to rear a family, no reference seems j ] j to have been had to its durability, comfort j j j or beauty. In winter, it is a cold house, and i ( in summer, it is a hot house. Its walls af-! , I ford a hiding place for rats, and its closets, ( | if it have any, a den for mice. These crea- j. tures, small as they are, consume in the course { , of a lifetime, a small fortune?more than | enough to build a rat-proof house. Clearly, life is at best, sufficiently full of j miseries without adding to the inherited stock, i , Because a man plows all day in the hot sun, j j or ditches all day in water and ice, is no rea-! ] son why he should sleep in a hovel, as desti-! f tute of beauty as a ground hog's den, and far !, less comfortable than a beaver's dam. ( Our country is an agricultural country, | and our people are devoted* almost exeiu-, < sively to tilling the soil. Whatever elevates ! < and enobles the farming community of our " country, elevates and enobles the whole couu-1 i try. Ten thousand times has it been repeated j i by those who best know, that this is a good < ; agricultural country ; still our people are as 1 1 i migratory in disposition as wild geese. One j j I reason of this, if not the principal reason, is 1 < j that there is generally so little of beauty and ! j comfort about their homes. Instead of think- j ing that their home is the best place on earth, j they think there is some other place that is i better. Not that there is some other country * j in which they can make more corn and cotton with less labor and expense; not that there is some land more congenial to health; < but their souls long for attainable comforts s and artificial beauty which they have not made any efforts to secure in and about their j homes. It is a theory, undoubted by any as , correct, that all men long for happiness. For . this all toil. Happiness cannot consist in ; making bread and eating it. If this be so, ! the untamed animal is more successful than man, for he eats and toils not. Happiness cannot exist where there is neither moral or material deformity. No man can be happy, though surrounded by food in abundance for 4he present, and a guarantee for the future, in the den of a wild beast. His soul longs for the good and beautiful as strongly as his appetite craves food and drink. It may be said that beauty has nothing to do with comfort, and hence, an ugly house, in an ugly locality may be a'torafortable home. For a short period of time, this may be the case; but only from sheer necessity. No man of refined taste and elevated moral sensibilities, can feel comfortable long in the midst of de formity. In nature, the beautiful and the " good are never separated. A house built of j unplaned timbers is not as good as if the timbers had been planed ; besides, it loses nearly all its attractions. Home, to be the best ' place on earth, must be a beautiful and comfortable place. To be comfortable, it must . be beautiful. No one can tell how far it would go to ^ make our country prosperous if our people . would devote their attention more to beautifying their homes. If our farmers, especially, j would devote their attention to this subject, ^ the moral tone of our people would be eleva- ^ ted, and ignorance and vice would sensibly j decrease. ^ RAISING TURNIPS. J Editors Southern Cultivator:?As you ask * for the experience of all farmers who have i 1nn..r.A/3 anntliiniv that- will ho r?f honpfif-. fn t icaiucu auj wuug VUMW " * ? w v wwwwmv ww their fellow farmers, I have concluded to give t you my plan of raising tiynips. I like, when ( I can get it, a good piece of cow-penned land ; j but in the absence of such a piece of land, I . take any convenient piece that I have, and break it up with a two-horse plow, as deep as ? I can, in July, and then cross-break in Au- t gust, just before the full of the moon; and ? then harrow it to pulverize the clods, and { smooth the land ready for planting. I then take several varieties. My last crop was Flat Dutch, Red Top, Norfolk Whites, Globe, 1 Rutabaga, and add about as many collard t seed as Rutabagas, and about twice as many \ as of either other variety. The three first 2 varieties Flat Dutch, Red Top and Globe, e mature early, and are used up before the oth- , ers attain much size ; and the other turnips come off before the collards occupy much of the land. I mix the seed all together and * mix with guano (I used the Wilcox, Gibbs \ & Co's manipulated)?as many seed as I wish f for an acre with four hundred pounds guano? ( and plant with a Dow Law Cotton Planter, j with the opening coulter off, as the wheel will | open as much trench as is necessary for tur- j nips. I lay off the land with the planter, ' regulating the machine so as to go over an j ?. acre with the 400 pounds of guano, with the ; j rows about thirty inches apart. When up, j , I ?rwl nf cnph size as tn warrant a frood stand, i v""" " ~ O ' j chop out as for cotton, or pull out so sis to leave some of each variety at such distance as I will warrant a good crop of each ; and as the earlier attains good size, I pull out and use or feed to my stock. If the grass appears I use a cotton sweep between the drills. After all the other crops are gone I have a fine crop of collards for early spring use. I have followed this plan for several years,: and have never failed to make a good crop. | If I fail of a good stand, which doesn't occur often, I plough up and sow in like manner in September or October. I had a fine crop last season, from sowingiate in October. I much j prefer making three sowings of my crop, so as to have good fresh turnips all the season. I feed hogs and cattle with them all winter, and ! have the collards for spring marketing and | feeding. I have never attempted to put away j in banks, like potatoes, in this climate, as our | winters do not require it; but in Northern j Georgia I have done so with perfect success,! ' twenty years ago. GEO. G. GIBBS, i' ! Tnnfl 1871 } lauaiiaoo^Wj x vuuv) xwi I Traveling on the Farm.?Did any of 1 your readers ever think of the amount of i I travel it takes to raise a crop of corn ? I nev- j ] j er saw an illustration in print, and I thought j j I would give you one. I have a twenty-acre : J ; field, forty by eighty rods. To break this up . < ; would take 166 miles. Harrowing it, about j j forty miles. Furrowing out, ninety miles, j' ; Planting, forty-five miles, if with a planter; j j and if dropped and then covered, ninety miles. | And for each plowing of two furrows in a ! I row, ninety miles, or five plowings, 450 miles. < Thus you will see, it takes about 800 or 900 i i miles of travel to raise twenty acres of corn, s j not counting going to and returning to the i : field. Besides there is replanting, thinning, l j rolling, &c.?Indiana Farmer. ) ffcatltug for the ?abbatl OONDUCTKD BY REV. RORERX LATHAN. [Original FAITH. The human family need but one thing save them from all the vexations and troub! nf this world, and from everlasting perditi in the world beyond the grave. That o thing is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. ] faith in Jesus Christ, is not meant simply I lieving that there is such a being, or that is God manifest in the flesh, or that he is t Dnly Saviour of sinners. No well-read his) rian will deny that Jesus Christ lived abo sighteen hundred years ago in the land Palestine; that he performed many wondi Ful miracles, which showed that he was teacher come from God ; that he died up the cross, was buried, arose from the grai ind in due time, amid the gaze of an astc ished multitude, ascended up to heave fhese are facts as well authenticated as ai fact in history. But the belief of these fa< is not faith. The faith which is necessary the salvation of the soul, is rather of the hen than of the head. Faith and love are near the same thing. They are never separat in the same individual. All that love Jes nave faith in him, and all that have faith Kim Vuifli anrl lnv'O tl TP ill AVfl proportion. No one has strong faith ai little love, nor has any one ardent love ai tveak faith. Love measures our faith, ai faith measures our love. The more love i lave for Jesus, the more willing are we ;rust hiin. God has no pleasure in the mise if any of his creatures. He is able to seeu ;o them perfect happiness. Why, then, ;here so much misery in the world ? Wa if faith is the reason. God grants us the i jxpressible privilege of commanding hii Whatever we ask in the name of Jesus he "eady to grant. There is nothing in t world that will be for his glory and the goi if his people, but he desires to bestow it up lis people if they will only ask for it in fait Should we not all pray that God would i irease our faith ? [Original CHRISTIANS. In the classification of the human famil ill those who live in countries in which t Christian religion predominates, are call Christians. This classification may do w< jnough for geographical and political purf ?es; but it is entirely too vague for the th< logian, and will not satisfy the mind that dive to the realities of another world. T followers of Jesus were at first called disciph They were called Christians first at Antioc By the name Christians, in its proper sens Is meant the followers of Jesus Christ. The Is much that is of practical importance in i quiring who are Christians. Evidently, it lot correct to say that all who are born Christian countries are Christians in the sen foat they are followers of Jesus Christ. T1 would be thrusting a title upon many whi foey openly despise. Men are not born Chr dans because they are born in a land in whi foe service of God, through Jesus Christ, foe prevailing religion. Such individut rnjoy many of the precious blessings of th olirrinn hut. still hp strarnrprs t.n its ptprn rewards. Neither is an individual a Chilian because he is the child of godly paren [t is true that the children of godly parer jnjoy many and great blessings that t jhildren of unbelieving parents do not enjc 3od makes many precious promises to I ieving parent* respecting their offspring. ?act, whenever God makes a covenant wi parents, he includes in the covenant the o spring of the parents. The first covena ihat God made with the first man, evident ncluded his descendants. The covenant ma .vith Abraham, included the seed of the p iriarch, and the New Testament covenant n these words: "The promise is unto you ai four children, and as many as the Lord yo 3od shall call." Notwithstanding all th ,ve still say that no one is a Christian, in t Bible sense, because his father or mother, joth were Christians. Neither does the fa ;hat an individual has been baptized in t! Droper way, and by the proper person, co ititute him a Christian. Sometimes it is sai n a loose way, when an individual is baptize ,hat he was christened. This does not mea it least it cannot, according to the Scripturi lenote that in this way, and at the time )eing baptized, he was made a Christia Jr. Mrt/?finon?.n Kllf M/\f ltl ATflor in i DUfJllMJLi 19 UCGCCOaiJj UUli UWb Ji* \jl\a\j* iv 1 Christian. An individual may be a Chr ,ian and still never be baptized in any wa md an individval may have been regular laptized who is still without God. Neither does a public profession of religio tnd partaking of the Lord's supper, cons ute one a Christian. Judas was baptize ve suppose, if any of the apostles were bap :ed. He professed Christ and partook of tl sucharist; but the Saviour says, concernir lira, it had been well for hira had he nev ieen born. Christianity consists in none hese things specified. It consists in a co fiction of sin, a genuine love of Jesus Chri ind a sincere desire to serve him. No mi H55 tll?t ui iasi jvai. *** * www, ,, w ? n- the planters not to be frightened just yet at *d the vaporings of the "bears" of the Cotton Id Exchange. < ? ? ? gs A Noble Irishwoman.?The Wilsons were Jr. all staunch Irish (says Lossing in his Fieldre, Book of the Revolution, p. 412, vol. 2,) and ;e. sturdy republicans. The wife of Robert Wilid ' son had seven sons in the "rebel army' and nt! also her husband. When Cornwallis r^freatid ed from Charlotte he halted upon Wilson's plantation, and himself and staff quartered at I the house of the patriot. Mrs. Wilson was ve | very courteous, and Cornwallis endeavored to ill win her to the royal cause by flattering words, ht! Her reply deserves to be inscribed upon brass e- and marble: "I have seven sons who are now, e; or have been, bearing arms ; indeed my sevill enth son, Zacheus, who is only fifteen years ill old, I yesterday assisted to get ready to go and join his brothers in Sumter's army. :an say that Jesus is the (Jhrist, except tie i )om of God. No man but the true Christh eels that he is a sinner. No man loves Jes )ut the Christian. No man desires to ser Jesus but the Christian. Being baptize oining the church, partaking of the euch ist, do not of themselves, make auythii jut a formal Christian. The true Christii ,vill perform all these duties and enjoy the is so many precious privileges, whilst to t' inconverted sinner they will be but so mai die ceremonies to which, from habit, he h jecome accustomed. The man who has be" nade a new creature in Christ Jesus will, he providence of God permit him, do ? ;hese things, and more too, not Decause i, performance of them makes him a Christia put because the love of God is shed abroi n his heart. "For Christ's Sake."?Thus we close o' prayers. Is it a mere form ? What does signify? We have sinned, and can come jod through a mediator only. In the nan pf Jesus we can approach the throne, and po other. Deists have no access to God. I prayer avails, which ignores Christ. But II pame gives efficiency to the feeblest petitio 'Whatsoever ye ask in my name" is a broi issurance. Would the poor rejoice cou Iiey use a rich man's name at the ban! We are more highly favored. "All thin ire yours," because Christ is your endorsi Let us use His name with reverence, lo\ gratitude and faith. It is a great privileg [t is our guarantee of life, security, peace ai jternal rest. We should pray for abunda ;race and glorious revivals on every hai 'for Christ's sake." SOT Do thy part with industry, and lea' ;he event with God. I have seen matters fi put so unexpectedly, that they have taug ppe in all affairs neither to despair nor to pi sume ; not to despair, for God can help ra pot to presume, for God can cross me. I w pever despair, because I have a God ; I w: pever presume, because I am but a man. 1.1 IpsccUaucmts fftafling. From tin* N. Y. Evening Pout. THE PRICE OF COTTON. j | WHAT THE "BEARS" SAY ABOUT IT?THE VIEWS OF THE BULLS. t0 | The naughty "bear," as the person is called leg who by artificial means attempts to lower the price of anything, and the antic "bull," the on name in commercial circles to him who labors ne for speculative purposes to raise prices, are 3y just now carrying on their nefarious perform)e j ances in the Cotton Exchange. Unfortuhe ! nately, their acts are of public importance, injje | asmuch as the result of the game they are j playing with another directly affects the price of the principal agricultural staple of this ut I country, namely, cotton, and indirectly, of! t lirnnorh flip inprpneprl nr rliminishod niirohns ""to" " ? ~ ? - i zr- ing power of this staple, the sale of all other a commodities likely to be useful to the growon ers of cotton or attractive in their eyes. These two cliques of speculative gentlemen, ' the "bulls" and the "bears," have reasons as in* plenty as blackberries for their opposing !n- courses. The "bears," who have already sucuy ceeded in bringing the price of middling cot3ts ton down from nineteen cents in May to the to present price of sixteen and one-half cents, irj. assert as the reasons for this decline: First. That the amount of the cotton crop ^ for the last two years has been four millions e" of bales annually ; that the crop this year will 113 be equally large, and heuce that no scarcity in can fairly be anticipated. ,ct Second. That the panic of last year is now ;1(] felt as severely by the manufacturing interests I as it was last autumn by those who deal chief. ly in money. Third. That the low price at which cotton lVe goods are now sold, justifies the decline which to has already taken place in the price of the ry raw material, and also affords them substanre tial ground for the belief that the prices of j unmanufactured cotton will fall still lower. On the other hand, their opponents, the nt "bulls," say: n* First. That the large yield of four millions m- of bales of cotton last year was due to a foris tunate combination of the greatest number of he acres of laud ever known to be planted with od cotton, the most extensive use of fertilizers, 0I1 and an exceedingly favorable season ; whereas ,j this year the amount of land plauted with cotton, as officially reported, is less than last n" year by ten per centum ; the use of fertilizers has been very small?in very many cases none have been used?and the operations of boll worms, array worms, floods and early frosts will reduce the yield, such as it is likely to ly, be, enormously. he Second. That even if the yield per acre is ed as large as last year, the less number of acres 3U planted this year will reduce the amount of ^0_ the crop by half a million bales, and should the worms manifest unusual activity, or should the weather be unfavorable, the entire crop of 13 cotton is not likely to amount to more than he three millions of bales, es. Third. That the eutire stock of cotton now :h. on hand throughout the world is only a very 3e little in excess of the total amount held last year at this time, when middling cotton was selling at twenty-one cents a pound in New York ; and, in addition, the stock of cotton s now on hand in the United States?a very in small amount and rapidly disappearing under ise the constant demand of spinners and exportjig ers?will be entirely consumed before its ^ place can be supplied by cotton raised this year, owing to the backwardness of the new crop. c" Fourth. That it is not American cotton is which now makes up the bulk of the stock lis held in Liverpool, but Indian cotton; and at whenever Americau cotton can be bought at aj nine pence or under in Liverpool the large j English consumers of raw cotton take the American product and absolutely neglect the ts> article raised in India. l^s Fifth. That no such financial or industrial he panic ever can be permanent in this countryl >y. and hence there will soon be a general reviva, >e- ofbusiness in the United States; that although jn on the average, only one-third of our cotton ^ crop is used at home, the notorious scarcity of domestic goods throughout all the village shops of the land will require the full average nt amount of cotton to be consumed in home ly manufactures for their supply; and hence the de average price in Great Britain for middling ,a- cotton will be from nine to nine and one-half ;s pence a pound, which will create a steady ^ market in this city for the new crop at the rate of from eighteen to nineteen cents a yr pound in American currency?this supposi1S? tion only holding good in case the new crop is he proportionally as large as that of last year, or but if not proportionally so large, then the new crop will bring twenty-five cents a pound ^ and more. We have thus permitted the wild and domestic animals of the Cotton Exchange to ? speak their mind fully. The organization to d, which they belong is of doubtful utility to all n, concerned except themselves. Last year we 33, were obliged to belabor the "bulls," who had 0f raised the price of cotton in New York three n or four cents above the price in England, , ' where are the markets which ultimately estab.e lish the price of this great staple. This year I8" the "bears"?perhaps recruited from the last y> year's "bulls"?are at fault in seeking to ly lower the price of cotton by combinations among themselves, or other artificial means. We should regard it as a great misfortune .' to all parts of our country if it turned out to be necessary to sell the new crop of cotton at low prices. Without putting too much faith in ti- the reported ravages of the worms, it is doubtbe less true that the smaller area planted this jg year than last, will result in a smaller crop ; er and if this diminished crop was sold at presf ent prices, the loss in our export trade would amount to more than a hundred millions of n" dollars, not to speak of the corresponding st loss on the twelve hundred thousand bales in which will be required for home use. But be there are signs which indicate to us that we in shall be preserved from so heavy a blow. us For one thing, trade is reviving in Great Britain, if the latest report of the English ve Board of Trade is to be believed, which says l"? that the exports of that country for the month a- of June, 1874, were only one-half per centum lnr I lpca than in 1878. In this countrv there are D .? _ m some faint indications of a revival of manura facturing industries, although as yet the prinlie cipal proof of this consists in the invariable recovery which has always followed every ^ period of business paralysis iu this country. as Last of all, the prospective decrease in the en amount of the new crop of cotton must, acif cording to the natural laws of trade, lead to ill higher prices per pound. There will certainhe ly be a good demand, and that being assuraed, the smaller the quantity to be sold, the '[higher will be the price. An increase in price will afford no compensation to planters, who, by reason of unfavorable weather, or the operations of the natural enemies of the cot* ton plants, (as in Texas, for example,) have 't i no cotton to sell; but nevertheless the Southto , ern communities, taken together, will gain by ae every advance in the price of their leading 'n staple. We should not be surprised if the \? new crop of cotton brought as much money flB ?! ?? ~ r rrnn ? Af ?nO TO fp TOP fldvlSP Now, sooner than see one of my family turn back from the glorious enterprise, I would take these boys (pointing to three smalTsons) and would with them myself unlist under j Sumter's standard, and show my husband and sons how to fight, and, if necessary, to die for their country." "Ah ! General," said the cruel Tarleton, "I think you have got into a hornet's nest." "Never, mind," said Corn j wallis, "When we get to Camden I'll take , 1 good care that old Robin Wilson never gets j back." ! ADDRESS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE COM- 1 MITTEE. } Head'ers Union Republican Party,'! jRooms State Ex'tive Committee, [ i. S~* S-+ r 1 r\r\ - rsr* * i I 1 columbia, a. u., July zz, 10/4. ; ; ' To the Republican Voters of the State : j Fellow-Citizens?The time will soon ar- ! rive wheu you will be called upon, in the ex- j ercise of the elective franchise, to express j your choice in the selection of officers who shall administer the government of our State | during the next two years. In issuing the call for the convocation of the State Conven| tion of our party, the executive committee : deem it proper that they should state the | views with which they are impressed, as to the : condition of public affairs in our State, and invoke your patriotism in securing to South Carolina good government and peaceful administration. It is neither our intention to select individuals for censure, nor to unjustly and unfairly discriminate between those who, in any department of our government, have rendered themselves amenable to' just criticism. That the pledges given to the people , in our party platform of 1872 have not been fully redeemed, and that, in mauy instances, < sound policy has been discarded and reckless extravagance manifested, we cannot deny. . What causes have led to our present condition may not be herein discussed. It is sufficient 1 that we should all recognize the fact that our 1 T? i? .1 I H ' government neeus I^eI0^m?tnorougn neiorm j and purification. The attention of the coun- ' try lias been called to South Carolina; the J Araericau people demand that maladministra- t tion shall cease and good government be at < once inaugurated ; the National Republican * party admonishes us to at once retrace our f steps, and vindicate, by our action, the integ- j rity of Republicanism ; while the National 1 Government insists that contrition for past j errors cannot be considered unless accompa- j nied by the selection of public officers whose * characters will be a guaranty of elevated and ] eulightened statesmanship in the future. The executive committee would make uo race distinctions; but it cannot longer be t denied, and it would be criminal longer to ( withhold the facts, that the present condition r of affairs in our State is made chargeable to f. the colored race, who represent not only the great bulk of Republicans here, but who constitute the majority of its citizens. The duty and responsibility of redeeming the State from obloquy and disgrace, or restoring tne puonc confidence, of building up her credit, and of saving her from utter and complete annihilation, rest peculiarly upon the shoulders of that race. This duty they cannot evade?this responsibility they cannot escape. Fellow Republicans of every race?and of the colored race more particularly?we appeal to you to aid us in every honest effort to redeem our party pledges, and to vindicate the wisdom of that beneficent policy which transformed 4,000,000 of human beings from l the conditiou of chattel slaves to the proud ( position of American freemen, and has made i the rights of all citizens national, rather than t sectional. We solemnly invoke you to rise to j the full height of your responsibilities. We { implore you to send to your State, Congres- t sional and county conventions your best j men?men of patriotism and intelligence? ( men who act justly because they love justice, i and do right because they love the right. J We would ask you to correct the evils that f may exist, through your party organization, i Charge not upon the Republican party the ( acts of those officers who may have proved J faithless to the principles of that great party, t as wall as to vou. That the mission of the ( party is not accomplished, listen, fellow-citi- < ' zens, to the Union Republican Congressional committee, in their address to the people of the United States: "It is sometimes said the mission of the Republican party is accomplished. If,'by ; that, no more is meant than that the party ' ' has discharged every trust heretofore committed to it, we admit it. It has been thought that when one was found faithful over a few i things, that was a good reason for trusting ] him with more things. Can you do better j than be instructed by such an example ? Es- ] peeially, since you must employ either the ' party which you say has fulfilled every trust, 1 or employ that only other party which has betrayed every trust. "The occasion for political effort has not passed. American progress is not ended, i Other labors lie before you, higher, perhaps, j but not light. "1. You have to see that what is done shall not be undone. Republicanism offers you the best security against retrogression. "2. You have to see that the work of re form goes forward. Three great labors demand your present consideration. "The fourteenth amendment to the constitution is not yet enforced of'appropriate legislation.' Millions of American citizens are denied even the common law rights of locomotion because they are black. If such wrongs are to be redressed, the Republican party alone can do it." In conclusion, fellow-citizens, in the language of that committee: "If you cherish the deeds of the recent past, and would not see them undone; if you respect the present, and would not disgrace it; or, if you have hope j 'of the future, and would realize that hope," we urge you to send to your conventions, and place in the public offices, none but intelligent, patriotic, unselfish, and true and tried Republicans. Relying with confidence upon your devo- i I tion to the principles of our party, and above I and beyond all, firmly believing, a3 we do, . ! that you love your State, we look to you for \ ! .1- J r n ...... l?u I inc ryueiiipuuii ui uur v/uujluunnrc?nu. > We are, respectfully, your obedient ser- * vants and fellow-citizens. Robert B. Elliott, President. i J. L. Nea<;le, Vice-President. \ W. B. Nash, h. G. worthington, t e. w. M. Mackey, 11 0. D. Hayne, |s C. D. Melton, Wilson Cook, J. E. Ensor, M. R. Delany, J. H. Rainey. I j Be in Earnest.?The grand secret of suc1 cess, whether as a private teacher or a public j ^ speaker, is to be in earnest To an orator, a f | good voice is a gift to be commended, and ap- j i Dronriate eestures are at all times faithful j i adjuncts. Polished periods, and a smooth, 1 j graceful manner, please the head ; but to win ! the heart, be in earnest. As a general rule, 1 | let one feel what he says, and he will be very j i apt to say it in such a manner that those who , i j hear him will feel it. This is what renders 1 f I him effective. He carries the impression I that he is honest; realizing that perishing , * | souls are around him, he speaks as one who [ j sees, as one who knows, as one who feels. ; o : This renders many a man eloquent who never I went through college. To effect any thing, 0 j resolve to be in earnest. Then you may hope ; that your labor will be crowned with success ; li | then you may hope to see a mighty reforma- 0 | tion through the land; then scores of sinful, i trembling souls, through the influence of the | earnest worker, will be gathered into the king- 1 | dom.?Sunday-school Times. J Dead or Alive.?A person meeting with l 1 an acquaintance after a long absence told him | ? 1 that he was surprised to see him, for he had j : heard that he was dead. "But," says the j other, "you find the report false." "'Tis hard j " to determine, for the man that told me was one whose word I'd sooner take than yours." IA TO uj m WKanM .^H 7 TO NEARLY all diseases originate from Indigestion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is ilways anxiously sought after. If the Liver is Regulated in its action, health is almost invariably secured. Want of action in the Liver causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stomich, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpiation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR is the best emedy that has ever been discovered. It acts nildly, effectually, and being a simple vegetable lompound, can do no injury in any quantities hat it may betaken. Itis harmless in evory way. [t has been used for 40 vears, and hundreds of the ;ood and great from all parts of the country will rouch for its being the purest and best. Simmons' Lircr Regulator, or Medicine, [s harmless, [h no drastic violent medicine, [ssure to cure if taken regularly, Is no intoxicating beverage, [s a faultless family medicine, fs tho cheapest medicine in the world, [s given with safety and the happiest results to the most delicate infant, Does not interfere with business, Joes not disarrange the system, rakes the place of Quinine and Bitters of every kind, Contains tho simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 20 13 ly* "music hath charmsT&cT" l?7TTH pleasure I inform all who desire to give XX their children a chance for a musical edu:ation, but whoso means are very limited, that I lave made arrangements with the celebrated 'Mason A Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons vith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest aetory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarerly payments, upon what is called the lease prin iplo. Thus any one by paying only a moderate mm for the use of the instrument, can, at any ime,give it up or become purchaser; the amount ilreauy paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, be:oines the owner of the Organ without further javnient. Call and enquire for particulars and seethe new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the ^.dickes' building, where I may be founcl during ill business hours, either to show you a sample or o wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic lino as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentaions and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" :ompanies, I still insist that I have the best and :heapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who teek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. BH THE BROWN COTTON GIN. THE attention of planters and others is again called to the above old and reliable make of Uotton Gins. They are furnished this year greaty improved, and nothing which an experience of iiirty years in their manufacture could suggest las been left undone to make them the most reliable and perfect Cotton Gin in market. As the remit of our efforts we need only reljpr to their es-ablished reputation and wide-spread popularity. For Perfection of Workmanship, Strength, Durability, Light Running, and quantity and quality >f lint produced, we challenge competition. We ire prepared to warrant to any reasonable extent berfect satisfaction to every planter or operator, rhe Gins are sold at the lowest possible prices for ;ood machines, and on reasonable terms." We incite examination of the samples in the hands of )ur local agents who will give all desired information and furnish applicants with circulars and :opiesof commendatory letters from parties using -he Gins in all sections of the cotton planting :onntry. Circulars, Price Lists, and other information, may be obtained of our agents or by adIressitig THE BROWN COTTON GIN CO., New London, Conn. ALLEN ifc BARBER, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. May 14 20 27t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, April 24th, 1873. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the publication of all Legal Notices and Official Advertisements for the county of York, under the Act approved Februarv 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to regulate the- publication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designating the "Carolina New Era" as the official paper for the county of York is hereby rescinded. T3t7 order of the Rnnrd. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, ind Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify ;hat the foregoing is a true copy of the"Original on file in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. a COUGHS. SORE TIIROATINFLUtlio use^f J)it. VTi'Iwhich docs not dry up a cough nnd icave tho'cause behind, but loosens it, cleanses the lungs and allays irritation, thus removing the cause of tho complaint. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED by a timelv resort to this standard remedy, as is proved by hundreds of testimonials ft has received. Tho (/tniiine is signed "/. Butts" on tho wrapper, SETH TV. FOWT.E & BOX'S, Proprietors, Bosto.v, Mass. Sold by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly 3HERAW AND DARLINGTON BYROAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) Cheraw it Darlington* Railroad Co., I Society Hill, S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. .eavedieraw 8.00, A. M. I.cave Florence....3,00,P.M. .eave Cash'# 8.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. .eavc Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40,p. M. .eave Dove'# 9.15,A. M. Leave Dove's 4.15, P.M. .eave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society IIIII.4.45, P. M. .eave Palmetto.,.10.Ill,A. M. Leave Cash'# 5.10, P.M. irrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. | Arrive at Cheraw..5.30, P. MThe Freight Train will continue for the present ojrun as heretofore, except to adapt its running md stoppages to the changed schedule of the paslenger trains. ^]|rRA!MDL^ rHE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. rHERE are no Vacations. Send for Catalogue and College Documents. For Splendid Specmensof Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps. Address W. H. SADLER, President, Nos. 6 A 8 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. January 1 1 tf THE HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. rHE best Cheap Machine in the Market. If the number sold is a criterion of merit.it is the JEST MACHINE in use, as there have been TTAlri.i CJTTTTrr'PT C AV A CITTWC ;? uuru nuiurj onu 1 1 xjx^ j,uAvimmo nuiu in he State during the last twelve months than all ther Sewing Machines combined. You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE or about half the money you will have to pay for , first-class Machine. Home Shuttle Needles kept constantly on iand. Any Home Shuttle Attachment furnished t short notice. W. L. GRIST, Agent. " APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. \TOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, L.1 Administrator of the estate of SAMUEL W. JOOD, deceased, will make a final settlement vith the Judge of Probate for York county, on the 8th day of August, next, when he will make pplication for a final discharge as Administrator if the said estate. JOHN B. GOOD, Administrator. July 10 29 5t RIBBONS. i A LOT of Ribbons, at reduced prices, can be < fl. seen a* M. STRAUSS A SON'S. l SPECIFIC MEDICINES. PREPARED expressly for and adapted to the Southern Climate, "COMPOUND EXTRACT COKYDALIS" Is the most powerful and efficient alterative and blood-purifier known. Prepared expressly for Scrofula, Eruptions of the Skin and all diseases which are produced by bad or unhealthy blood "DR. GREENE'S FIT CURE" Cures all kinds of Fits, Spasms and Convulsions which arise from irritation of the nerve centres. In Epilepsy, it often stops the fits from the first dav's use even when thej' have existed for years. "MEDICATED HONEY," The great remedy for Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, ? Colds, Croup, Sore-Throat and all diseases of the air passages and lungs. It does not sicken the patient, is pleasant to take, prompt in its action and does not injure the appetite or impair digestion, as most Expectorants do. OUR "NEURALGIA SPECIFIC" Is a perfect specific for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Rheumatism and all muscular or nervous pains, wherever situated. These medicines are prepared with great care from perfectly reliable drugs, and for the especial classes of diseases named on each bottle. No one of them is claimed as a "cure all." They are identically the same that we have used in our private practice for years, and in thus presenting them to the public we know whereof we affirm. They are safe, reliable and efficient, acting rjuick ly ana tnorougniy. iry uiem, aim you win wain no others. Ask vour Druggist for them. For sale by J. C. KUYKENDAL, Yorkville, S C. Prepared only by Drs. GREENE, LINDLEY ?fe BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as heretofore by "Kline's Great Cancer Antidote*," at Charlotte, Goldsboro and Asheyille, N. C. December 18 83 ly THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently win me longer wimstand heat and Ward usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it is a home production, buton accountof its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county ; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro; No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 44 7 44 4? it it (4 4 4 4 4 2 6 00 Address, SERGEANT <fc McCAULEY, xr n wreeusuuru, n. v. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville.S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. 12 GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument is fully warranted for five years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of the very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers and the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices from $50 to $000. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A Targe assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought and are using the StiefF Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 84 and 80 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. ffiliSSMEIillsISi jm WWW V -W3LCharlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R. Co., Columbia, S. C., May 17, 1874. THE following Passenger Schedule will be operated on and after this date: going north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta, 0.30 a.m. 4.15 p.m. Graniteville, *7.33 a. m. 5.11 p. m. Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. m. f9.05 p. ni. Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a. m. 9.17 p. m. Leave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 2.00 p.m. Chester, J4.00 p. in. Arrive Charlotte, fO.45 p. m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 6.05 a. m. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wilmington and Richmond to all points North, arriving at New York at 5.15 p. m. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, 7.00 a. m. Chester, 9.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 11.43 a. m. Arrive at Columbia, 2.03 p. m. Leave Columbia, 2.13 p.m. 3.40 a. m. Col'bia Junction, J2.48 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Graniteville, f7.15 p. m. *7.48 a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 p. m. 8.45 a. m. Breakfast. J Dinner, f Supper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, Generai Sup't. A. Pope,Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. June 4 23 tf lite ftttMle (fjttjtuw. 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