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jjjliMMMiMf (jrattmettt. 1 MR. POTTS' STORY. Max Adeler has the following 9tory : While I was over at Pecander, the other day, I called on the Potts'. Mr. Potts is liable to indulge in extravagance in his con-; versation, and, as Mrs. Potts is an extremely conscientious woman where matters of fact j are concerned, she's obliged to . keep her eye j on him. Potts was telling me about an incident that occurred in the town a few days be- I fore, and this is the way he related it: Potts?"You see old Bradley over here is perfectly crazy on the subject of gases and the atmosphere, and such things?absolutely wild ; and one day he was disputing with Green about how high up in the air life could be sustained; and Bradley said an animal could live about forty miilion miles above the earth, if?" Mrs. Potts?"Not forty million, my dear, only forty miles, he said. P.?"Forty, was it? Thank you. Well, sir, old Green, you know, 9aid that was ridiculous ; and he said he'd bet Bradley a couple of hundred thousand dollars that life couldn't be sustained half that way up, and so?" Mrs. P.?"William, you are wrong ; he only offered to bet fifty dollars." P.?"Well, any how, Bradley took him up quieker'n a wiuk, and they agreed to send up a eat in a balloon to decide the bet. So what does Bradley do but buy a balloon about twice as big as our barn, and begin to?" J/rs. P.?"It was only about ten feet in diameter, Mr. Adeler; William forgets." P.?"Begin to inflate her. When she was filled, it took eighty men to hold her, and?" JIrs. P.?"Eighty men, Mr. Potts ! Why, you know Mr. Bradley held the balloon himself." P.?"He did, did he? O, very well, what's the odds? And when everything was ready they brought out Bradley's tom-cat, and put it in the basket and tied it in so that it couldn't jump, you know. There were about one hundred thousand people looking on, and when they let go you never heard such a?" Mrs. P.?"There was not more than two hundred people there. I counted them myself." P.?"O, don't bother me! I say you never heard such a yell as the balloon went scooting up into the sky, pretty near out of sight Bradley said she went up about 1,000 miles and?now don't interupt me, Henrietta ; I know what the man said?and that cat, mind you, a howling like a hundred fog-horns, so you could a heard him from here to Peru. Well, sir, when she was up so's she looked as small as a pin-head, something or other burst. I dunno how it was, but pretty soon down came that balloon a flickering toward the earth at the rate ot ntty miles a minute, and old?" Mrs. P.?"Mr. Potts, you know that the balloon came down as gently as?" P.?"0, do hush up ? Women don't know anything about such things. And old Bradley, he had a kind of >i registering thermometer fixed in the basket along with the cat. Some sortofa patent machine ; cost thousands of dollars, and he was expecting to examine it; and Green had an idea he'd lift out a dead cat, and scoop in the stakes. When all of a sudden as she came pelting down, a tornado struck her?now, Henrietta, what in thunder are you staring at me in that way for? It was a tornado?a regular cyclone? and it struck her and jammed her against the lightning-rod on the Baptist church steeple, and there she stuck?stuck on the spire about 600 feet up in the air." Mrs. P.?"You may get just as mad as you please, but I am positively certain that steeple's not an inch over 95 feet." P.?"Henrietta, I wish to gracious you'd go up stairs and look after the children. Well, about half a miuute after she struck, out stepped that tom-cat onto the weathercock. It made Green sick. And just then the hurricane reached the weathercock, and it began to revolve six hundred or seven hundred times a minute, and the cat howled until you couldn't hear yourself speak. (Now, Henrietta, you've had your put, you keep quiet.) That cat staid on the weathercock about two months?" Mrs. P.?"Mr. Potts, that's an awful story ; it only happened last Tuesday." P. (confidentially)?"Never mind her. And on Sunday the way that cat carried on and yowled, with its tail pointing due east, was so awful that they couldn't have church. And Sunday afternoon the preacher told Bradley if he didn't get that cat down he'd sue him for a million dollars' damages. So Bradley got a gun and shot at the cat fourteen hundred times. (Now you didn't count 'em, Henrietta, and I did.) And he banged the top of the steeple all to splinters, and at last fetched down the cat shot to rags ; and in her stomach he found his thermometer. She'd ate it on her way up, and it stood at eleven hundred degrees, so old?" Mrs. P.?"No thermometer ever stood at such a figure as that." P. (indignantly)?"O, well, if you think you can tell the story better than I can, why don't you tell it? You're enough to worry the life out of a man." Then Potts slammed the door and went out, and I left. I don't know whether Bradley got the stakes or not. HE SUFFERED LONG. When it commenced to rain on Friday, a Detroit man stepped into an office on Gris wold street and remarked : "This rain will cool the atmosphere, won't it?" The proprietor agreed that it would. In about five roifliifed another man came in to borrow a papw^itad he remarked : "This rain will cool the atmosphere, won't it?" The proprietor thought it would, and had just dated a letter when a man called to ask the loan of an umbrella, and stood for a moment and remarked: "This rain will cool the atmosphere, won't it?" "I suppose it will!" snapped the office man, and he turned to his letter again. He had written four lines when a man entered and asked him the way to the City Hall, and then remarked: "This rain will cool the atmosphere, won't it?" "Blamed if I care a cent whether it does or not!" growled the bored man, and he wrote five lines more, and was biting his penholder, when a man jumped into the door, ? 1 W -- J 1-_J . SHOOK OHDseii auu remuiKeu . "This raiu will cool the atmosphere, won't it?" "No, sir!" yelled the office man at the top of his voice, and he said he'd wollop the next man who said "rain" to him. He had turned his letter over when along came a tall young man, with a long nose. He looked into the office, baited, and, as he stood in the door and shook his umbrella, he said: "Don't you think this rain will cool the at?" "No ! blast your two white eyes, I don't!" ! yelled the man, who was writing, and he threw down his pen aud made ready for the next one. Along came the man who has an office above, and who is a very good man and a worthy citizen, and he stuck his head in the l door and called out: "Ah ! we'll all sleep better to-night! Don't you think the rain will?" "No, you old liar!" yelled the office man, and he shut the door with such suddenness that the inquirer fell off the step, rolled over his umbrella, and sat dowu on his hat. He got up and wanted to lick somebody, and said he thirsted for blood, but the rain calmed him down, and the office man locked his door and hung up a sign reading: "Not a blamed bit cooler than before." A Maryland man whose wife dropped dead a few days ago had the funeral put off one day longer, to get the balance of his corn husked. He said it wouldn't make any difference to her, as she was always good-natured. gcpaitmeati ^Original 1 CLEAR GAINS. / i.H i It is a matter of very little importance what a farmer's income is. His prosperity must not be estimated by this. Place the income in one column and the expenses in another, and subtract the latter from the former and this will show, at once, whether there is an advance or retrograde movement. In other words, if any farnfer will subtract his expenses from what he makes, he will be able to know whether he is making money or dosing it % : > ?*"" H v * ' [Original.] HETERODOX DOCTRINE. In some departments of life, and in some avocations, it is difficult to tell what is orthodox from what is heterodox. Error so closely resembles truth, that none but an experienced eye can discover the difference. This is not the case with the farmer. That agricultural creed is orthodox, which enjoins the buying of nothing that will grow on the farm, and the opposite is a heterodox creed. Every farmer should raise on his farm, everything that the soil and climate will admit. It is a strange thing that the farmers of our country * ? - i/irtlliT fKof in tKo iiavo LlUt luuuu uut, ^lavuvanj) iuuv ?u vuv South, we can produce all the absolute necessities of life, and a multitude of the luxuries. Only a few of our fanners are aware of the fact that corn, wheat, oats, rye and barley, can be raised in their own fields, and only a few know that bacon can be cured anywhere but in some northern market. ' [Original.] WHEAT. .. If there are any farmers in this country who design sowing wheat, it'would be well for them to remember that October is the proplr time to perform the work. There was a good crop of wheat raised last year, but it will not last always. The general good of the country and the prosperity of every individual farmer demand that there be at least enough wheat raised for home consumption. This cannot be done unless the land is properly prepared, and the seed sown soon enough in the season to allow the young wheat to root well before the severe cold of winter sets in. Sometimes late sown wheat makes a good crop, but such instances are exceptions to the general rule. Sometimes cotton planted in June makes a fair crop; but nine times out of ten it fails. Just so with wheat sown at Christmas. Sometimes it hits, but generally it fails. Sow soon, sow good seed in good ground, and you may expect a good crop. MANAGEMENT OF SWINE. The hog is often the chief dependence of the poor man. If any system of breeding and feediug will largely increase his weight and improve the quality of his flesh, at a given age, then it follows that such a plan will confer an immense benefit on a large number of farmers?it being taken for granted that many are willing to acknowledge themselves as belonging to the class conventionally called poor. The question that naturally arises is, How can this great gain be obtained ? In reply it may be said, first, by correct breeding; second, by judicious rearing; third, by common sense management. A sow that has been kept on weak dish-water and potato skins all her life, cannot produce large pigs, or such as will be tit for pork at an early age. Some people imagine that by keeping their breeding sows in a half-starved condition, thev imDrove the suckling characteristics of the animal. This is one of the mauy rural notions that fall under the general name of "humbug." The facts are, the cause is mistaken for the result. A sow often gets very thin while the pigs are on her, but it is a very grave error to keep her in such a conditiou, with the idea of thus improving her breeding qualities. In raising thoroughbred pigs, or even crosses, it is an object of much moment to get such a breed as will grow rapidly aud mature early. For length and depth of body, small head, thin skin and small bones, there are several breeds recommended. In this vicinity, the Yorkshire and White Chester stand high ; in other parts the Essex and Berkshire take the lead. The hog with long snout, aud head narrow between the eyes, is almost invariably a poor, restless, voracious, squealing animal. But what shall be said in reference to many, very many, of the hog pens in this country ? Th* rerw name in sn corps five of all that 18 re pulsive, and has almost become synonymous with all that is filthy, foul, dirty, nauseous, disgusting and sickening. The bare thought of some of these enclosures (often within nose rauge of the kitchen or dining-room) is enough to turn the stomach of a city scavenger ; and yet, in many of these very hog-pens is made and kept an article of food, the value of which, raised annually in the United States, is about one hundred and thirty-nine millions of dollars. Especially do we Yankees need scolding on this subject, for a very large portion of our pork goes through from six to twelve months of live saturation (so to speak) in all that is filthy and malarious, causing the animal to be unhealthy, and unwholesome, and his flesh unfit for human food. Figs should always be supplied with pure water, even though they have large quantities of slops. They also need fresh air and plenty of sunlight, and if, in order to obtain these for a part of the season, they do eat a few windfall apples, no harm will be done, but a posiJ tive advantage gained. No one kind of food | is suitable for pigs as a continuous diet. I Among many other kinds, sweet apples are excellent. Nearly all kinds of food are better cooked than raw, and should be given warm in the winter. The best of roots are tbe beet and sweet German turnip. Suckling pigs should always be furnished with a trough separate from their mother, in which they should be fed after they are two weeks old. ! For fattening hogs, potatoes washed clean and cooked, mashed up with meal, makes harder and better pork than clear meal of either corn, rye, peas or barley. To prevent sows from lying on their young pigs, take a two-inch auger and bore a hole twelve inches from the wall on each end, and ten inches from the floor, insert a strong pole about two and one-half or three inches thick, Bhovingdown each end so that it fits tight, as the sow will invariably try to take it out of her way in making her bed. It should be fastened in so she cannot move it, aud she will make her bed against the pole, it being the nearest she can get to the wall, and do you be sure that the space is not packed full of straws on or about the time she has her pigs, so that the pigs when farrowed can have room to walk around their mother and not get overlaid. The pigs will soon learn to nestle in this place, and feel secure from harm. The pen for sows to farrow in is generally eight feet by twelve. This arraugement, when carried out, would save a large percentage of I young pigs to the farmer.? Cor. Maine Far| mer. Salt for Hoos.?I have seen salt fed to ! hogs for fifty years; and in the last twenty ! years have fed many heavy hogs, ranging from i 300 to 600 pounds, net. I fed them all liber: ally with salt; have never lost one. These : hogs have been fed in close pens, and their I principal food was corn meal made into dough, j This dough I have salted once a day. Sometimes my hogs fail to clean out the trough ; in j that case I would put a handful of salt, with i some water, into the trough, which they lick I up with much relish. In addition to salt, I feed coals from the stove. I make it a regui lar custom to feed coals, and it is astonishing I how healthy and robust it will make them, j Let the hogs have plenty of salt and coal, and ! we shall hear less of cholera. J. L. I grading fat the J> a Mat OONDUCTKD BY ' REV. ROBERT LATHAN, IT IS ENOUGH. ''What more can we ask than this, ' : many as received Him, to them gave 'power to become the sons of God, ever , them that believe on His name ?" The r ! est and most precious treasure of heuvei i offered to a dying world. "For God so lo I the world that He gave His only begol I Son, that whosoever believeth in Him she J not perish, but have- everlasting life." ' I gift is not to the worthy, but to the ui | serving : "I came not to call the rightei ' but sinners to repentance." By divine c i mand it is tendered to all mankind : "Go ' into all the world and preach the gospel ! every creature." This inestimable boon is i cup of Tantalus, withdrawn the momeu ; approaches our thirsty lips: "Open y ! mouth wide, and I will fill it." It is ours | simply taking it: "Whosoever will, let 1 take the water of life freely." The willing soul never finds the Lord willing: "As I live, saith the Lord Goc j have no pleasure in the death of the wick j hut that the wicked turn from his way i I i;.,o " Th* truth iq that. .Tf>8US is &lw ! willing to save such as are willing to h I Him as a Saviour : "If any man thirst, him come unto me and drink." The insta never has occurred and never will occur oi ! humble petitioner being repulsed : "Him t cometh to me I will in no wise cast oi | Our Heavenly Father will gladly own j His people all who are anxious to be I people. "Wherefore come out from am them, and be ye separated, saith the Lc and touch not the unclean thing; and I receive you, and be a Father unto you, i ye shall be sons and daughters, saith Lord Almighty." The unforgiven often claim that they h sought God earnestly, yet vainly: "Ye h said, it is vain to serve God ; and what pi j is it that we have kept His ordinance, and I ; we have walked mournfully before the L of hosts ?" The very opposite is true. Y injured Father has beeu the earnest ( "Turn ye at my reproof: behold, I will p out my Spirit unto you, I will make kn< my words unto you." The Saviour assu the attitude of a supplicant, begging privilege of conferring upou you the blessi of His grace. "Behold, I stand at the d( and knock : if any man hear my voice, i open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me." Jesui j complete Saviour, will be wholly yours fi | the moment when you embrace Him with i imnr hour* " Tn Him dwelleth all the ness of the Godhead, bodily, and "Of j fulness have all we received, and grace i grace." If you are unsaved, who is the unwill party ? The truth, as it is in Jesus, meets the necessities of your spiritual condit What ruore can you ask ? Is it not euouj H. R. R., in Christian Observer. Parsonages.?A good parsonage ' greatly assist a church iu obtaining a pas It will be an important part of his sah whose payment will be Bure. It offers to I aud his family a home; and, if it is n comfortable and inviting, it is no mean ol and must have its weight in deciding question of accepting the pastorate. A j sonage will aid a church in retaining a ] tor. The parsouage becomes the home of minister and his family. They feel a deli in it, little less than if they held it in fee s pie. They aim to make it comfortable, is soou adorned with viues, and shrubs, i shade trees. The members of the chui having an interest in it, take pleasure in * . J _ .1 J! x.. proving ana Deautuying it, anu aiming ic conveniences. Its occupants have in i home-feeling which they could never es rience in a rented house. Soon it becomes sociated with events joyous and sad, hop< and trying, the faithfulness of friends and goodness of God, which cause the hearts of to cleave to it as the dearest spot ou earth, pastor will not leave such a home throi mere fickleness, or to avoid some slight inc venience.?Religious Herald. Our Neighbor's Children.?A fari was walking with a friend through a bea ful meadow, when he chanced to observe thistle growing thriftily on the opposite i of the fence. Immediately he sprang c and cut it ofT close to the ground. "Is that your field ?" asked the other. "Oh ! no ; but bad weeds don't care m for fences. If I should leave that thistle blossom in my neighbor's field, I should s have plenty in my own." His answer may serve as a hint to fatl and mothers. It is of importance to tl how their neighbors' children turn out. H< weeds care less than thistles for bound fences. Boys and girls who go to the si school, or who live in the same neighborh< catch mauy a trait from each other. It is duty as well as our interest to do what we for the benefit of our neighbors' children. 4 ? -? Condolence vs. Congratulation.?I iug Dr. Payson's last illness, a friend con into his room remarked, familiarly, "Wei am sorry to see you lying here on your ba< "Do you know what God puts us on backs for?" asked Dr. Payson, smiling. "No," was the auswer. "In order that we mav look upward." X11S menu sum IU mm, a niu nut tuiui condole but to rejoice with you, for it seem me that this is no time for mourning." "Well, I am glad to hear that," was reply; "it is not often that I am addressei such a way. The fact is I never had need of condolence, and yet every body sists in offering it; whereas, wheu I was p perous and well, and a successful preac and really needed condolence, they flatti and congratulated me." ? Speak for Christ.?Every word speak for Christ is pouring oil on the fir< grace in our own heart, and will make tl j burn with an ardor otherwise unknown. I Christian will find, that while, before 1 commenced this course, he had a thous ; Questionings and difficulties ; after he done so, he will scarcely have an he trouble with himself. The truth seems ti this: Christ is so kind and unexactic i master that he will not let his servants f ; two battles at once; if they will take | sword and go into the enemy's camp, he keep the citadel for them. If they will about his business, he will set their hearts | tirely at rest.?Dublin Tract. Believe.?During an awakening in a I tory village, a foreman was deeply moved, ; could not find peace. His superior sent hi | letter, invitiug him to call at 6 o'cl I Promptly he came. "I see that you bel j me." "Yes." "Well, here is another It ! sending for you by one equally in earut ' holding out a slip of paper, with texts prii on it. He took it, and began to read s ' ly?"Come unto me all ye that labor, e ' His lips quivered, his eyes filled ; at lengtl | said, "Am I just to believe that in the s | way I believe your letter?" "Just in same way." He did, and found peace. Children and Kittens.?Children j children, as kittens are kittens. A so sensible old cat, that sits purring before ' tire, does not trouble herself because her teu is hurrying and dashing here and tl in a fever of excitement to catch its own She sits still and purrs on. People sh< do the same with children. One of the < culties of home education is the impossib of making parents keep still; it is with tl I out of their affection, all watch and worr Memoir of C. W. Dilke. i flaT When men are resolved upon unb ! they can yield themselves to auy delusion h. pstofw ?>f ?ar?Una. Written for the Yorkville "Enquirer. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE ><As Early Settlement of South Carolina. He - J to by EEV. ROBERT LATHAN. ich- , * 1 jg (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.) ve(j So soon as a Governor was proclaimed, the Lten Convention at once changed its name and )U|(j called itself by the original name, Assembly. The With a zeal characteristic of the men, they ide- went to work- Hovendine Walker was 0U8 chosen president of the Assembly, and in om! com form ity with the mode practiced in the , ye other colonies of the King, twelve individuals t0 were chosen as a Council. They were now in i no ; perfect working order, and they went to work. t jt Laws were enacted, new officers were apour pointed and old ones thrust out. Chief Jusi by i tice Trott was deposed and Richard Allein bini appointed in his stead. All the old omcers ! of tlie colony, with the exception of Francis UQ_ Yonge, the Surveyor General, and William j | Rhett, the Receiver of the Province, were . j turned out. There was no inconsistency in an j retaining Yonge, for he wa9 thoroughly in s favor of the popular party ; but the retention aye of Rhett was an act of policy of very doubtjet ful propriety, as we will see in the sequel. nce The people of the colouy had, by their pan acts, placed themselves in a somewhat pecu! liar condition. Many of them had come to >? America, that in its wild9 they might be a81 free. This was the case with by far the jjjg ' greater number of the settlers. That they had received many favors from the propriej . tors, no one dare deny. Had it not been for will the liberality of the origiual proprietors, the an(j colony never could have had an existence. For a period of nearly 6fty years, at various times, they had been the recipients of favors. But during this same period, great changes ave had taken place, both in the character of the people and the proprietors. A new king, ? who knew not Locke, nor C'arendon, nor nnl M?nk> was seated on the throne of England. 15 y a number or successions, a new ciass or .olir j proprietors bad become possessors of Caroline'; na, who knew not Sayle or West. The coloour j uists themselves had commenced, notwithjwn standing all the disadvantages under which "l08 they labored, to increase in wealth and to ie advance in the arts of civilization. No lonn?s ger could they be treated as mere serfs of the )0 1 soil. They determined to rebel. Before the ... world they stand as rebels against the unjust usurpations of a lazy and avoracious couipa3* a ny of men styling themselves lords propriero?j tors of South Carolina. It was the deter-a. mination of the people that this first revolution iu South Carolina should be in conform,.1S ity to law and justice. That this might apor pear to the world, they published the following Declaration: ling "Whereas, the proprietors of this province .a" have, of late, assumed to themselves an arbi'?u* trary and illegal power, of repealing such J" ' laws as the General Assembly of this settlement have thought fit to make for the preservation and defence thereof, and actiug in will -.1? ? * ?u? u...? ,.e many uiuer uiiugo uuutiaijr iu uic iano ui tor- England, and the charter to them as free *fy? men granted; whereby we are deprived of 1,m those measures we had taken for the defence eat> of the settlement, being the south west front^er? ier of his majesty's territories in America, ^ie and thereby left naked to the attacks of our )ar" inveterate enemies and next door neighbors, 3aa* the Spaniards, from whom, through the divine l'ie providence, we have had a miraculous delivght erauce, and daily expect to be invaded by lI?" them accordiug to the repeated advices we It have from time to time received from several 1Dt* places ; and whereas, pursuant to the instruc"c^> tion and authorities to us given, and trust in 1[n* us reposed by the inhabitants of this settlef ,ts ment, and in execution of the resolutions by 1 a us made, we did, in due form, apply our:Pe" selves in a whole body, by an address to the a8' Honorable Iiobert Johnsou, appointed Gov-^ ernor of this Province by the lords proprietors, and desired him, in the name of the ina" habitants of this province, to take upon him A the government of the same, aud in behalf ueh ?# maiaato flio lv"incr nf (*4rp?fr Rritrtin i w. ...? --JV-.;, a , :on- prance and Irelaud, until his majesty's pleasures had been known, which the said Governor refusing to do, exclusive of the prerne.r tended power of the lords proprietors over utl* the settlement, has put us under the necessity B a of applying to some other person to take 3'de Upon him as Governor, the administration of ,ver all the affairs, civil and military, within the settlement, in the name and for the service of his most sacred majesty, as- well as making uc" treaties, alliances and any leagues with any t0 nation of Indians, until his majesty's pleas000 ure herein be further known; and, whereas, James Moore, a person well affected to his iers present majesty, and also zealous for the iniem terest of the settlement, now in a sinking eart condition, has been prevailed with, pursuant ary to such an application to take upon him, in ime the King's name, and for the King's service iod, and safety of the settlement, tbe above rnenour tioned charge and trust: We, therefore, can whose names are hereunto subscribed, the representatives and delegates of his majesty's liege people and free born subjects of the )ur- said settlement, now met in Convention at ling Charles Town, in their names, and in behalf 1, I of his sacred majesty George, by the grace of ^k." God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireour land, in consideration of his former and many great services, having great conhdence in his tirm loyalty to our most gracious King George, as well as in his conduct, courage, 3 to and other great abilities, do hereby declare 8 to the said James Moore his majesty's Governor of this settlement, invested in all the the powers and authorities belonging and apperj in taining to any of his majesty's Governors in less America, till his majesty's pleasure herein per- shall be further known. And we do hereby, iros- for ourselves, iu the name and on the behalf her, of the iuhabitants of the said settlement, as 2red their representatives and delegates, promise j and oblige ourselves most solemnly to obey, j and maintain, assist and support the said we James Moore in the administration of all afjs of fairs, civil and military, within this settle-1 hem ment, as well as in the execution of all his j The functions aforesaid, as Governor for his sahe cred majesty, King George; And further, we ( ;and do expect and command that all officers, W hoth civil and military, within the settlement, . mr's do pay him all duty, and obedience, as his j d be majesty's Governor, as they shall answer to J ig a the contrary at their utmost peril. Given unight. der our hands, at the Convention, this 21st j the day of December, 1719." will Governor Johnson now saw that his power ; be over the people was gone. The people were j en- determined. Nothing but an express order | from King George, could reduce them ! to subjection to the proprietary government. J fac- He wrote to the proprietors and to the com- j but missioners for trade and plantations, giving - * - .% n \ * aL ~ i m a tnera an exaci ana irutmui accuuui ui me j ock. wretched state of things in the colony. He ; ieve stated some of the more important causes :tter which had brought about the rebellion, j at," These were the heavy debts contracted by the ited recent wars in which the colony had been eu- I low- gaged, aud the encroachments of the French ;tc." upon the territory originally granted to the h he proprietors, together with constant exposure ame of the people to the attacks of the Spanish . the and Indians. The colony being in a state of jeopardy, the proprietors paid no attention to their impor-! are tunate beseechings for assistance, but seemed ber, to thwart every effort put forth by the colony s the to aid itself. This they did, by repealiug cerkit tain laws and by refusing to sell laud to eraihere grants. At this time there were "several\ tail, hundred" Irish emigrants in the colony, to juld whom the proprietors would not sell one. liffi- "yard of laud." This excited the fears of ility those settlers who had accumulated some' tern, property, and they stimulated others to join y,? with them in securing the immediate protec-1 tion of the British government. Governor Johnson was a warm friend of elief the proprietors, but it is evident that he was ' extremely anxious to retain his position as Governor. He 80 acted that in the event the 1< province was transferred to the English s< Crown, he would still be retained as Goyer- y nor. In fact, he asked, in his letter to the proprietors, "that their Lordships would in- . terest themselves so far, as that if his majesty thought fit to take the government into his own hands, he might be honored with his Majesty's immediate commission, or other- ~ wise, that he might be restored to hjs government as formerly." From this it is clear ; that Governor Johnson was zealously intent J upon offending neither party, so that, which H every party in the event might be successful, j j he still would be Governor. " By the proprietors, he was charged with fa- w voring the popular party. This, however, was not true, farther than he made it appa- n rent that he was anxious to be Governor, who- ? ever might be the owners of the soil. t< Ahnut. the same time. Governor Johnson wrote to William Rhett, Surveyor of Customs,! uot to grant clearance to aiiy vessels that j ( might come into the harbor. This would : / have been a death blow on the popular party,' r< had Rhett seen fit to obey the orders of the I j Governor ; but Rhett now showed his proper ; character. He and the Governor were personal enemies, and Rhett, moved by his per- 4 sonal hatred, disobeyed the Governor, and joined in with the popular party. As a mat- ter of policy, the Assembly retained him in office, and, besides, appointed him Lieutenant Jj General of the militia. Rhett still kept up a correspondence with the proprietors, in which be told them that he thought his course was the best for them. In _ one word, Rhett was a friend of the proprietors wheu with the friends of the proprietors, and a friend of the popular party when with that party. He was all things to all men that he might hold lucrative offices. Turned out of office, Nicholas Trott prepared to embark for England. Before leaving, he wrote to Governor Johnson and told z him that if he would pay him, he would go before the authorities in England and make 1 such a showing of his case that he would have f him reinstated as Governor. This Johnson b refused to do. From this time Trott treated ? Johnson with neglect, and in some way or ^ other influenced the proprietors to do the ri same. ? The Assembly sent Col. Barnwell to Eng- u laud as their agent, to make a statement of u the condition of things in the province. In w the meantime, it became known that the _ Spaniards were fitting out a fleet in Havana for the purpose of making an attack on the 1 Island of Providence and South Carolina. J Governor Johnson, whose perseverance knew j no limits, once more determined to make an tl effort to secure his lost authority. He wrote to the Assembly, telling them that the hostile a] Spaniards were coming to desolate the colo- p ny, and that he was couvinced that the troops would fight better uuder him as a commander, than under James Moore. He offered | the services of himself and council to advise J with the Assembly for the general safety. * This was shrewd, but he mistook the charac- . ter of the men he was addressing. The Assembly never answered his letter. They treated it with icy neglect. Hovendiue Walker took umbrage at some of the proceedings of the Assembly and went to his plantation, and Chief Justice Richard Allein was made president of the Assembly. A tax was levied on land and negroes to meet the current expenses of the gjvernment and to put the fortifications in proper repair. Governor Johnson and his party refused to pay the tax, but the Assembly was net to be trifled with in this way. The property of those who refused to pay the tax was seized and sold, and the tax paid out of the proceeds of the sale. This was the case with all who refused, except the Governor. The whole country was in arms, and Rhett was busy with ]] his regiments getting ready for a fight with the Spaniards. This, however, did not take place; for after the whole country, for two weeks, had been under arms, it was learned that the Spaniards had made an attack upon Providence, but had been beaten by Gover- j nor Rodgers, and that their fleet having been overtaken in a storm, was nearly destroyed. After the excitement occasioned by the expected attack of the Spaniards had subsided, Captain Hildesley, commander of the war N ship Flambrough, came to Charles Town. Both parties were anxious to secure the cooperation of the Captain. Governor Johuson and his party were successful. The neglected Governor, in a fit of desperation, now deter- _ mined to make a dying effort. With the as- ^ sistance of the Phoenix, commanded by Captain Pearce, and the Flarabrugh, he determined to frighten the citizens of Charles Town into subjection. But the Governor found ft that those whom he could not persuade he could not frighten. They laughed at the empty parade. From the ramparts of the town seventy cannon frowned down upon his vessels, and the scheme which was conceived in a fit of rashness, ended in bitter mortification to its deviser. To add fuel to the flame of popular excitement, it was now learned that the proprietors contemplated selling, or had actually sold, tneir cnarter to a company 01 Quakers. This produced bitter opposition to the proprietors. Since the proprietors had commenced to barter their charter, no one could tell when the thing would end. The colony was in a very disturbed condition. The majority of the people were in favor of the revolutionary movement; but Governor Johnson had his friends. With the aid j of these he continued to throw every obstacle he could in the way of the new government. w In accordance with the instructions of Gov- t< ernor Johnson and his council, Charles Hart, the secretary of the colony, secreted the public records; and the clergy, who seem to have favored the Governor, refused to marry those : who desired to enter into matrimonial rela- j J tions without license procured from Gover- t( nor Johnson. Captains Hildesley and Pearce j still continued to encourage uovernor oouu-1 j son to make an effort to regain his former po-! a sition. Some time in the early part of 1721 |( he called together a few men, and from the rear of the towu made an advance upon the u fort with the intention of surprising it. Unfortunately for Johnson, his movement was ^ discovered by Governor .Moore. Two guns a: from the fort were fired over the heads of j E Johnson and his men. This frightened them and brought them to their senses. They saw j now that they were wholly at the mercy of ~ the revolutionary party. After promising not to disturb the peace of the community again, Johnson and his party were permitted to enter the town. Here ended Gov. Johnson's career. For some reason or other, the proprietors ^ paid no sort of attention to his letter, aud by all dparties he was suffered to sink into obscurity. cl It is just to say that Robert Johnson did not C merit the treatment he received at the hands ^ of the proprietors. His ruin may be traced I l to Rhett and Trott. A When Col. Barnwell arrived in England, / - .1 -D t_: lor me purpose ui iua&iug urrttugeuicLiua iut < the transfer of the government of the colony j ] of South Carolina from the proprietors to the English crown, King George was in Hanover, his native land. The matter was, how-' _ ever, taken into consideration by the Lords i I of the regency, and after due deliberation it1 J was declared that the proprietors had forfeit- j j? ed their charter and the Attorney-General of! the kingdom was ordered to make the fact known in a legal way. In September, 1720, Francis Nicolson, was commissioned Provisional Governor of South Carolina. With the appointment of General Francis Nicolson as Governor, commenced the royal government! in South Carolina. It must be remembered, j however, that at this time the proprietors , only surrendered the government. They still j remained possessed of the soil. This, as we | will see, was, in 1729, sold to the King. At' least seven-eighths of the whole State was ^ sold, for only a little more than one hundred ^ thousand dollars. c< Seventeen hundred and nineteen marks an h important epoch in the history of South Car- _ olina. It was the first revolution in the State, followed by another in 1775, very similar to it A in many of its importaut features. From the p settlement of the State to the first, was a little than fifty years; from the first to Uie jcond revolution was a little more than fifty ears. [to be continued next week.] A. WILLIFOBD, ROCK llll.L, S. C. " MULES AND HOUSES. [" WOULD respectfully inform the puhlio that I L will have on hand and for sale at my stable in lock Hill, by the 20th of September* inAtant. :0 HEAD MULES AND HORSES, hicb will be sold at the lowest prices, and on lie most favorable terms that can be afforded. * he alxive invoice will include all grades of aniials?good roadsters and line farming stock. A ill from my old friends, whom I am ever ready ? accommodate, Is respectfully solicited. A. WILLIFORD. NOTICE. I LL persons Indebted to me for Horses or Mules 1. purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are iquested to pay up at once and save cost. A failre to comply may injure tlieir credit with me uring the present year. A. WILLIFORD. CORN WANTED. )NE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED. [" WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pay the market price. A. WILLIFORD. W. P. HOBBS. THE NEW BUSINESS. ' a AVI NO become, bypurcha.se, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, respectfully announce that I shall conduct the nsiness as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL lESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or esign will be made at short notice and in' supeinr manner. Rv havimremnloved onlv the most impotent work men, in their respective" branches, feel assured that I can please the most exacting iste, both as to style and durability. Persons in -ant of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE rill do well to examine my stock. W P. HOBBS. GREAT 'BARGAINS. r WOULD inform the public that I now haveon |_ hand a lot of BUGGIES, finished in fine style, 1 which RARE BARGAINS can be obtained, will sell a tip-top Buggy for considerably less lan such class of work has ever been sold in this larket since the war. Call and examine my ;ock and be convinced of the truth of what I say, ad if you want a Buggy take advantage of the resent opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. REPAIRING^ [1 EPAINTING, <fec., done, as heretofore, inthe t\ ''est style and at the lowest prices for cash, rhich, in all cases will be expected on the delivrv of work. W. P. HOBBS. F\ r\ TOALE, Manufacturer of OORS, SASHES, BLINDS, FLOORING, &C. Dealer in BUILDERS' HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, &C. Sole Agent for he National Mixed Paint Co. The Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. rage machine ueuiug cu. WEND lTOR PRICES. OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, fos. 20 and 22 Hayne and 33 and 35 Pinekney Sts. FACTORY AND YARDS, Ashley River, West End Rroad Street, CHARLESTON, H. C. September 30 39 ly iOUTHERtT 1 IFEHNSURANCE CO. PKINCIPAL OFFICES : 1EMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, DYER #3,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, )VER 81,000,000 00. BRANCH OFFICE, YORKV1LLE, S. C.: W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN S. BKATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. D. WITHERSPOON, Attorney. Dk. L. ALEXANDER, Med. Examiner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : J. F. Wallace, L. M. Grist, Andrew Jaclison, . A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, W. B. Metts, J. '. Hart, A. Coward, C. E. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, rithout loss or additional annual outlay. Apply > Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, orto HAGOOD A TREUTLEN, Gen. Agents, Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 2y SINGER 8 EWINGMACHINE7 [WOULD rcspeetfullj* inform the people of York countv that I am Agent for the celebra>d SINGER FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, nd am prepared to sell them on most reasonable jrms, either for cash or on the popular monthly NSTALLMENT PLAN. TheSinger is too well nd universally known to require any word of nmmendation here. It is the MONARCH OF EWING MACHINES, for the substantiation of rhich assertion I refer to all who have them in se. 1 ' ? 1 - r..n o..nrO*T nf iTTiCH. 1 HI.HO KtJtiJJ (Ml iinim n mil uuj/jjij u. .? ? ...v,.. TENTS, NEEDLES, OIL, Ac., which I sell at lanufacturer's prices. Those in want of such rticles am procure them, in my absence, from >r. May, Yorkville; L. H. Bradford, Fort Mill; . M. Wylie, Black's Station. E. F. BELL, Agent Singer Manufacturing Company. August 20 34 ly CHESTER AND LENOIR RAIL ROAD. rllE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will run aily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making lose connection with the trains on the Charlotte, olumbiaand Augusta Railroad: .cave Yorkville at 8.30 a. m .rrive at Chester at 10.30 a. m. leave Chester at 5.10 p. m. .rrive at Yorkville at 7.00 p. m. A. H. DAVEGA, President. June 10 23 tf rHE STATE GRANGE FERTILIZER AND "THE CLIMAX." rWO first-class, pure bone, arnmoniated Fertilizers, for sale by D. JENNINGS A SON and . D. AIKEN, Agents, Charleston, S. C. The ighost testimonials can be given. Pleaso send >r circular. September 2 35 3m June 4 23 tf AUCTIONEERING^ rllE undersigned takes this method to notify i the public that lie will give prompt attention ; ) AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining > junties. Communications may bo addressed to im at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. March 5 10 tf RAGSWANTED. i BOUNDS of clean cotton and linLU.UUU en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents j or pound will t>e paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE, I THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atoi r works in Greensboro, N. O., 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 will the longer withstand heat and hard 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 daimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the qsual pieces or 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 Because it is a home production, buton accountof its intrlnsicmerite as.nn article of house hold economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasSYsI 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. Bovd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkvllle. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, bv buying of us, and at the same time get k STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices delivered at depot in Greensboro: n.' . > No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 H y ii it ii ii ii ii H'1" 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, t Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. & JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock HiU, 8. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chesfn. .nnntir Q C " J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester,8..C. u: YORK MARBLE YARD* a ly announces thah'e is still conductMARBLE LINE from a jilain slab mefit, executed in the art, with the very best materials, and at as low prices as the same class of work can be furnished any where in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly filled, and the same at^ tention given to work ordered bv mail as if the parties were present in person. "From this date work will bo delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Yorkvilleand Chester, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of qharge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA", York County. To Jonathan Galloway, Hugh A. Galloway, Alexander Galloway, Mary Wylie, Wm. I. Galloway, Wrn. Galloway, Hugh B. Galloway, Elizabeth Gurley, Mary Love, James F. Gglloway, Alexander Galiofray, th6 children of Wm. Galloway, who are unknown, Elizabeth McGill, Louisa N. McGill, Rachel I. Fer?' ? r ?:? \rn?ti.n.?u ptison, .Marcna i>l. ria.\im, 1/miim nintuisnn, John B Galloway, Robert Galloway. Agnes Galloway, J. Milton Galloway, and Sarah Galloway, legal heirs and representatives of Peter W. Galloway, who died intestate:? Greeting: YOU are hereby required to appear at a Court of Probate to lie holden at York Court House, for York county, on the 15th day of October, Anno Domini, 1875, to show cause, if any yon can, why the realestateof said Peter W. Galloway, deceased, situate in said county, on Moore's Branch, waters of Turkey creek, bounding on lands or Hugh A. Galloway, S. Moore, Alexander Galloway, of Cornelius O'Daniel's estate, of James Goods, and of Samuel C. Youngblood, containing about two hundred and forty acres, more or less, should not be divided or sold, allotting to the said heirs of Peter W. Galloway, according to their respective legal rights. Given under niv hand and seal, this 7th day of September, 1875. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 9 36 6t BLAMBOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage. I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY,.... consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post. Demv. Letter and Note. Blank Books, oeve ry variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Aoj Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Mnsic, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Old Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, 8. C. March 25 12 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. To James Merritt and others, legal heirs and representatives of Sarah Merritt, who died intestate. Greeting: YOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate,"to be holden at York Court House, for York county, on the 8th day of November, Anno Domini, 1875, to show cause, if any you can, why the real estate of Sarah Merritt. deceased, situate in said county, on the East siae of Catawba river, bounding on lands of R. S. Warren. T. C. Crook, Archibald Graham, aud Robert Collier, known as the homestead of Sarah Merritt, deceased, and containing one hundred and fifty acres, should not be sold for partition amongst the heirs-at-law of the said Sarah Merritt, deceased. Given under my hand and seal, this 29th day of June; 1875. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 9 3(5 flt SKY LIGHT, ; AND NO MOBE CLIMBING UP-STAIBS ! 1TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with fine sky and side-lights,near my residence? first house east of the jail, and only a few hundred yards, from tho Court House corner. An experience of 28 years and every convenience for business, will enable mo now to do better work* than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON A xiAitfTTv fiRUAN. or an AMERICAN SEW ING MACHINE, forcash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 tf' 1 BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the Art Tonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirer building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. Ho may bo found at the Shop on Sunday mornings from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly ______ I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents eaoh, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. tt>u RAT.T.ARD. Barber. February 25 8 ^ tf itt* KL l'EH Day ntlioinR. Term* free. Addret* 9{P& w V O. Stindon & Co., Portland, Me. 3 ly* She ?oehviUe (?uquim. TERMS?IN ADVANCE t One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months, ] 60 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 _^a5rTo persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge.