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littiwwu* A SAMFLE CASE. Chapter I.?It was New Year's morniug. He had been thinking deeply for a day or two, and there was a Spartan look on his face as he sat down to breakfast. He was unusually quiet, though he said he never felt better in his life. Chapter II.?Rising from the table, he drew forth his tobacco-box, and said to his wife: "Hannah, I'm going to quit the weed.'* "No!" "Yes, I am. I've been a slave to the disSusting habit for forty years; but now I'm one with it. Come here, Hannah." She followed him to the door, and he flung the box far out into the back yard. Chapter III.?Four days had passed. Dried pumpkin, cloves, spices, gum and dried beef had been chewed in the place of the accustomed quid. The family cat had been kicked out of doors; the dog had fled; the hired girl's nose was up; every peddler in town came to the door. "But you will stick to your resolution, wont you ?" asked the wife. "I will, or die!" he replied. Chapter Last.?'Twas dark. Man sneaked around the house?on his knees on the grass?pawed around?fingers clutched on object?lid flew open?moved his right hand to his mouth?"Yum ! yUm! But what a fool I was!" Moral.? Don't chew. + Nothing to Live For.?A negro planter came to Vicksburg, sold his cotton, put his money in his pocket-book, and started down the river. Leaning too far over the guards, as the boat backed out, he fell overboard. His porte-monnaie, which was in his side pocket, floated out and rode with his hat on the surface of the water, while the current ' ? mi 1 1 carried tne negro away, ine yawi was lowered, and assistance at once started toward the drowning man, who, perceiving his treasure floating off, raised his voice and shouted : "Save dat pocket-book!" His head went under, and he disappeared. As he rose up again, he gasped : "Dar's one hundred and eighteen dollars in dat pocket-book!" Scarcely had he uttered the words before he sank a second time. The yawl came within reach just in time to reach the drowning African as he came to the surface for the last time. As soon as the water was wiped from his nose and his mouth so that he could see and speak, he asked: "Did?did you save dat pocket-book." "No!" was the response. "Well, den," said the negro, regretfully, "what de debbil was de use ob savin' me?" ? ? ? Not in the Family.?An old Detroiter brought home two jugs the other day, one labelled "boiled oil" and the other "turpentine." They were placed in the barn, and pretty soon it was noticed that the old man had business there at regular intervals. His oldest son slyly followed him, and saw him taking a deep draught from one of the jugs. The old man heard a step outside, and before going out he arranged those jugs according to his artistic taste. He was hardly gone when the son skipped in and took a drink from the jug out of which he supposed" his A' J I- >v.A*v\Anl V* a mna anilf. IHlrUttr U Tit art.. XI1C UCAC lUUUICUl uc nao 0|juutering, coughiDg and gasping, and the old man eutered, and asked: "Turpentine doesn't agree with you, does it?" "But I saw you drinking it!" exclaimed the injured and indignant son. "That is true," said the old man, while a beautiful smile played over his face, "but it doesn't necessarily follow that the rest of the family must relish turpentine because I do." 4 New Parlor Game.?Yesterday afternoon, says the Detroit Free Frees, a small boy informed a policeman that there was a row in a certain house on Beaubien Street, and the officer went up there. Hearing a racket as ho stood before the door, he opened it without hesitation. A man and his wife and a big girl were having a three-handed fight, but they let up as he looked in. "What's the row?" asked the officer, as he noted their bloody noses and scratched faces. ft" ' 1* 1 -l.J ? - 1 ?_ "now r tney an snouiea in a cnorus. "Well, it looks like a row, answered the officer. "You go 'long," continued the woman, trying to smile. "This is a parlor game, and me and Jane are playing agin John. We had him in a corner when you came in, and three more good lifts would have counted|him out." The officer went away and left them to finish the game and John together. She Told Him.?A mother was telling some lady callers the other day about her intention to celebrate the anniversary of some event, and her plug-ugly of a boy came into the room just then and asked : "Maw, what is an anniversary ?" "I'll tell you some time," she replied. "I know," he wickedly replied ; "you are going to pick up the shovel and chase pa down the cellar again !" After the Jadies had departed the motner took the boy up stairs and removed his false impressions. He Didn't Flinch.?He came back to his mother looking very forlornly, with a big red swelling under his left eye and four or five handfuls of torn shirt boiling over his breeches-baud. "Why, where on earth have you been ?" she asked. "Me and Johnny's been playin'. He played he was a pirate, and I played I was a duke. Then he put on airs and I got mad, and?" "Yes, yes," interrupted his mother, her eyes flashing, "and you didn't flinch ?" "No'ra, but the pirate licked." To Learn On.?A Detroiter had his hair cut the other day, and, after the barber had finished, the head was the worst-looking, job ever turned out in Detroit. The man was hopping mad as he looked into the glass, and he roared out, "Why, you blamed fool, you don't know auy thing about hair cutting." "Dat's so, boss," said the owner of the shop, coming forward. "I told him to take your head to learn on, but it don't 'pear to me dat he'll ever make much of a barber." The Springs.?A lady brought a child to a physician, to consult about its precarious health. Among other things she inquired if he didn't think the springs would be useful. "Certainly, madam!" replied the doctor, as he eyed the child and then took a pinch of snuff. "I have not the least hesitation of recommending the springs, and the sooner you apply the remedy the better." "What springs would you recommend ?" "Any will do, madam, where you can get plenty of soap and water!" The Last Question.?An old wag stop ped a pedestrian on tne street, recently, auu \ asked for two shillings to purchase a dinner. | "Can't do it," replied the pedestrian. "Well, one shilling, then?" "No,?can't do it." "Well, gi'me five cents?" "Notared." "A chew of tobacco?" "No sir." "Well continued the wag, in despairing tones, "you will at least tell rue whether you think we'll have another snow-storm this week ?" He got the ; man's opinion. . IS?" "Do you know what a cursory exam- j ination is ?" asked a lawyer of a witness in one of our Western courts. "Well, 'squire, I reckon I oughter," was the reply, "fur I was j a witness at a Jedge Lynch court in the Caly- j forny diggins in '51, an there wus swarin' in thet to make it a fust-class cussory examination." - Took His Choice.?A few days since, a; man convicted of drunkenness, stood up be- j fore his Honor at the Police Court, and his Honor said, in his low solemn way, "I'll give you ten dollars or thirty days." "Well, I'll take the ten dollars, Squire," replied the fel-: low. I ?j}rifnltural fqrartmcut. [Original.] IRISH POTATOES. Few crops pay better in this country than oats and Irish potatoes. It costs very little < to make a crop of either; and yet, generally, ] very little attention is paid to their cultivation. ] Irish potatoes require rich damp land. ] They should be planted in rows, about three < feet apart and nine inches distant in the hill. j As the Irish potato grows upward, it would ] seem that the proper way to manure the pota- j to would be to put the manure on top of it; i but experiments do not prove this. It will do < equally as well to put the manure in the hot- t torn of a furrow and plant the potato on the 1 top of it, as it will to plant the potato and 1 then cover it with the manure. No kind of t manure is better adapted to the growth of 1 Irish potatoes than stable manure. The time ( for planting is important. If they are plant- t ed very soon, the tops are liable to be frost- i bitten, and then they rarely do well. In our 1 ? ^ - 1 n a I" T?nVvMllnMtr \TO f/t V? i uniimie, cue itwi uj rcuiumj ui uisbui iumvu is soo 11 enough to plant Irish potatoes. The g plan of covering the Irish potato patch with I leaves or straw, is a good one, as it keeps the g ground moist and cool, and makes the land < rich; but good Irish potatoes can be made t without covering them. ( So soon as the potato is up, the ground < should be broken with a hoe and all young weeds cut away. Then they should be plowed i as close as possible, so as not to injure the f roots, and the soil drawn up to the stalks with I a hoe. If it is designed to cover them with t leaves or straw, fill the water furrow up level f with the ridge, and this is all the work that is ( required. If, however, no covering is placed ^ upon the ground, the potatoes ought to be t plowed again, but not close to them. t [Original.] ( GARDENS. g On our Southern farms there is generally | not that attention paid to gardens and potato , patches, that should be. Those who neglect , their garden and potato patches, deprive , themselves of a great luxury and subject . themselves to no small loss. Garden vegetables, generally, are of short duration ; but , still they constitute a great luxury and may ( be made to reduce the expenses of living con- , siderably. , In selecting a garden spot, care should be , taken that it be exnosed to the sun. all dav. _ _ _ _ A - ' V ' if possible. Having made the selection, broad , cast it with any good manure. Rotten leaves, ( top-surface, or anything of this kind, is val- ] uable. If it can be obtained, broad cast the , ground with a thick coating of stable ma- s nure, cotton seed or ashes. Do not, however, | put the stable manure aud ashes both on. , Having covered the ground with some good ] manure, spade it up about six or eight inches , deep; or plow it up as deep as it can be ( plowed. Let it stand for a few weeks, and if j you have the manure, broad cast it again and ( plow it again in a different direction. If the | ground freezes after this is done, all the clods , will break; but should it not freeze and there s be any clock, they should be broken. When | planting time comes, let the ground be made s as level as a floor, and the rows made as long | as possible?from one end of the garden to the , other. The practice so common of making j beds, as they are called, for this thing#and [ the other, is all wrong. All kinds of vegeta- , bles should be so planted that they can be j worked with a plow. It is a comparatively j easy task to work a garden when a sweep can be used ; but, if nothing but a hoe can be f used, it is an endless job. ? Nothing should be planted in a garden but j what the family eat. Corn, beans, beets, okra, ] onions, peas, tomatoes and cabbage, are Stan- s dard vegetables. If, however, the family do ] not eat all of these, there is no use to plant ' ] them, for there is no sale for kitchen vegeta- { ble3 in our country. ^ The plan of opening a trench and sprink- j ling manure in it, and then planting the seed j in it, is not a good one. It will do well ( enough in early spring, or in a very wet sea- ( son ; but so soon as the weather grows warm ? and a dry spell sets in, the vegetables will fire \ and die. To prevent the vegetables from ( "burning up," as it is called, there is nothing ] better than to manure the ground broad cast and break it deep before planting, and break ( the crust after every rain during the growth f Ui LUC putuu [Original.] "PITCHING THE CROP." That man who works without a plan, no matter what may be his calling, gives unmistakable proof of his mental weakness. Every wise man has some object in view. He does not toil and labor merely to be toiling and laboring. He expects to accomplish some end. To gain this desired end, the wise man first plans ; then works or puts his plans into execution. That honorable class of men who till the soil, form no exception to this general principle. The man who would thrive by the plow, must thiuk when he should plow, how he should plow, and for what purpose he should plow, before he takes hold of the handles. Before any work, preparatory to making a crop, is begun, all the plans for the year should be laid. Everything connected with planting, cultivating and gathering the crop, should be gone over and over in the minds of the farmer. This mental work may be appropriately called "pitching the crop." It is absolutely impossible to lay down anything but general rules on this subject. To "pitch t a crop" requires far reaching discernment, and j no small amount of judgment. A multitude of things must be taken into consideration. * Due regard must be had respecting the nature * of the soil to be cultivated, the character of < the labor, the amount of supplies on hand, t and the means at command for furnishing any t defect in this respect. , In pitching a crop, among the first things to be considered, is the quantity of land that each hand can cultivate. There is far more ? danger of missing a crop by planting too much, ( than by planting too little. A good plowman, < with a good plow animal, can plow over, at ( proper intervals, as much crop as two hands , can hoe. In other words, there should be ( about two hoe hands to each plow hand. A | good horse or mule will, if well fed, plow j twentv-five or thirty acres of ordinary land? i 1 one-half in corn and the other half in cotton, j t If a large portion of the ground cultivated is 11 heavy bottom, the number of acres should be j 1 less than twenty-five; and if it is all light,! i sandy up-land, a good horse or mule will plow j < more than thirty, if the plowman understands j his business. ' The greatest difficulty that every expe- j 1 rienced farmer meets, is getting ready to j j plant. It usually takes as much plowing to j e prepare the ground for planting the crops, as j 1 it does to cultivate the crop after it is plant- j ( ed. Hence, the only way that the farmer can i 1 get ready to plant, at the proper time, is by j s commencing the work of preparation at as J s early a period as possible. Lands that were i not broken in the fall, should be broken du- j 1 ring the winter. Wet bottoms should be, s bedded up or thrown up in ridges, and all j I up lands left as level as the nature of the; c case will permit. When land is thrown up in f ridges, the water furrows act as a drain. This is what is required in wet bottoms, but no ( such thing is needed on hill sides. In laying 1 off' the rows for either corn or cotton, great c care should be taken to have them perfectly t level. If they are not level, by fall, the field g will be full of small gullies and a large v amount of the substance washed away. c Mlren'ig fiepattraetd. [Original.] EEV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD. One of the most remarkable men of the iighteenth century was George Whitefield. He was born in Gloucester, England, in the nonth of December, 1714. In early childlood he showed a most remarkably wayward lisposition. So soon as he was physically ible, he commenced a course of sin and shame. Pilfering from his mother, who kept a kind of public boarding house; lying, breaking the Sabbath, conducting himself unbecomingly at :hurch, card playing, and similar things, were ;he characteristic traits of his boyhood. His nother was very careful in the education of lira; but although he was fond of reading, he ;ook but little delight in reading auy thing ? rv? /? . i 1 1 1 1_ ^ 3ut novels, ills latner aiea wneu ue was juite young; and when he had entered his ,enth year, his mother married again. The natch was unfortunate. It destroyed the lappiness of the house. The property of the amily began to decline. Still, George was lent to a grammar school in his native town. Sis progress was rapid, and he now began to ihow some signs of reform, and manifest a lesire for a University education. During his period he was noted for his powers of declamation. Often did he entertain the board >f school visitors with speeches. It soon became evident that his mother's neans would not permit her to keep George it school any longer. He had, although only ifteen years old, discernment enough to see his himself, and in order to prepare himself 'or some trade, he dropped all his studies and levoted all his attention to learning to write a rood hand. His intention to become a tradesnan he communicated to his mother; but she, lotwithstanding her pecuniary difficulties, lid not approve of her son's course. She inlisted that he continue at school. George, lowever, succeeded in winning her over to his lotions. Up to this time, George Whitefield svas wild and wayward, with now and then some compunctions of conscience and occasional)' a gleam of light. Having quit school, he entered upon the work of assisting his mother with the business if the public house. He commenced the work of a common house servant. His business, voluntarily assumed, was "to wash the mops and clean the rooms." Whilst engaged in the capacity of a common house servant, a change in his general conduct, which had heretofore been only dimly shadowed forth, now became evident. Notwithstanding his early wickedness, he had a strange longing to be a clergyman. One of lis childish sports was to imitate the parish minister in reading prayers and preaching. Now, whilst discharging his duties as a ser/ant in his mother's public house, he wrote >ut several sermons. He commenced to read ;he Bible after the duties of the day were snded. Although but lately he had been tacen from schoqj at his own urgent request, tow he began to repent of his folly and the light of a boy going to school cut him to the leart. When, in his sixteenth year, having ;erved as a common drawer about a year in he public house of his mother, his brother narried and the public house was turned over uto his hands. The mother left the house, )ut since George understood the business, it vas agreed that he should remain with his irother. It, however, turned out that he and lis sister-in-law did not long agree. He had an elder brother living at Bristol. To this brother, by the advice of his mother ind consent of his brother, in whose employ le was engaged, he determined to go. At Bristol the fires of devotion which had been .lowly burning now burst into a flame. He onged to partake of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and was a constant attender it church. His stay at Bristol lasted about ;wo months, and then he returned to Glouces;er. That fervid devotion which was so manfest during his short stay at Bristol, cooled lown on his arrival at Gloucester. Instead if being now anxious as he was at Bristol, to ittend church, he ceased to attend church en;irely. From religious motives, however, he letermined never to go back to the public louse. His mother was now reduced to straitened 'irniimafftucps. Still, with a mother's love. she made all the provisions she could for aeorge. A bed was provided for him in a oom which had no floor in it. Here he slept >n the ground and eat at his mother's table, waiting for some opening to turn up in which ie could earn a livelihood. He was now merging on manhood, and was without any ;hing to do. Satan took advantage of the )ccasion, and soon found much work for the die hands of young Whitefield. The Bible tnd all devotional books were laid aside and omances and plays taken up in their place. He turned fop and dressed in the best clothes ie could procure, and commenced to stalk ibout from place to place, not looking for work but for mischief. His associates were he worst boys in the community. His forner religious impressions passed away with a earful rapidity. Whilst young Whitefield was wasting his ime in this wild, idle, reckless way, an acluaintance, then a student of Oxford, visited lis mother. During his stay he communicaed to Mrs. Whitefield the manner in which ie had succeeded in defraying all his college ixpenses and had something left. The hope'ul mother's eve brightened and she, in ecsta ;y, said: "This will do for ray son." She then ,urned to George and asked if he would go o Oxford. "With all my heart," was the eply. In a short time George was fitted up and ent to Oxford. He was dilligent in his stulies and made wonderful progress ; but still jontinued to sin, perhaps as he had never lone before. His first associates at Oxford ,vere a set of atheistic scorners and abandon- j :d debauchees ; but God makes man's wrath o praise him aud the remainder of wrath is estrained. At Oxford, Whitefield met the .wo Wesleys. In 1729 the "Holy Club" was brined. At first it numbered but four mem-1 )ers. There names were John and Charles | Wesley, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Kirkham. In j 1735, George Whitfield joined the "Holy! Jlub," in 1736 he was ordained deacon by Dr. j Benson, Bishop of Gloucester, aud, in 1739, j jriest. Afterwards he came to America and ' istablished an Orphan Asylum in Georgia, [n 1740 he was charged before Commissary Bardeu with certain irregularities, and after nueh was said on both sides, Whitefield was j ilenced. But no court on earth could silence ; ueh a man as Whitefield. He continued to j >reach the gospel and multitudes flocked to lear him. His impassioned addresses moved j inners as perhaps they never had been moved ; jefore, and seldom since. He died on the j 10th of September, 1770 at Newbury, about j brty miles distant from Boston. In his day there was no preacher like | jleorge Whitefield. He had his enemies ; but le had multitudes of friends. No doubt he lid some harm, but eternity alone will reveal he amount of good he did. In his own lan;uage, he was wicked from child hood; but vhen God was pleased to convert him he beiame devoutly pious. ?eadmg fat the fabbath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] CHRISTIAN WALK. Those who profess to be followers of Jesus Christ, ought to show by their walk and conversation that some change has taken place in them which manifests itself in their acts. "By their fruits ye shall know them," is the rule which Christ gives us to judge of men. It makes the heart sad that so many who go to the communion table and partake of the emblems of Christ's broken body and shed ! hlnoH act. at, all other times and all other i places, as if they had no religion. Of many . who enjoy all the privileges of the church here | I below, nothing better can be said of them than 1 that they are moral. They claim the right i to engage in all the follies and pleasures of ! the world?not groveling pleasures; but, still, carnal pleasures. They mingle with the : world, do as men of the world do, and never seem to make the least effort to be like Jesus. | These are the Christians that wound Christ in his own house. These are the Israelites over i whom Jesus weeps. Evidently, propriety de-! mands that all Christians be sober and digni- j fied in their lives. Good men and angels expect more of professed Christians, than is expected of men of the world. " ? [Original.] | WHY WILL YE DIE ? There can be no doubt in the mind of any j man, who has any just conceptions of the requirements of God's laws, that many are hastening down to eternal ruiu. Many, in this and every other land, are soon to die the death that never dies. Multitudes are fast hastening dowu to that fearful place where ? 11 / ...? i : XI7-..U i lioa nas iorgouen iu ue gruciuus. uuiu it i not be well for all such to stop in their wild ! career, and ask themselves the question, j "Why am I going down to the regions of hopeless misery ?" Such an inquirer could not say I do not; deserve to be driven away from God's bliss- i ful presence into everlasting destruction, j Very few, if any, of the human family, would j dare stand face to face with God and say they j do not deserve to be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of God. That man does not live who will dare tell his maker he is not a sinner. All men, everywhere, know that they are sinners. Admitting, however, the fact that all men deserve God's wrath and curse, both in this life and that which is to come, there is no need that | men go down to endless ruin. Whilst none I of Adam's race dare say "I am not a sinner," none can say "God has done nothing to ! rescue me from the legitimate consequences J of sin." The sinner cannot meet God and j tell him, "you sent your son into the world, j but he did nothing for me. You offered me I salvation through Jesus Christ, but Jesus j Christ made no atonement for me. No provision was made in the covenant for me. Adam, ray father and representative, sinned, and I sinned in him and fell with him in that great transgression; hence, since no provision was made for me in the covenant of grace, I must die. I must go to that land of deep despair." No man can glean from the Scriptures such sentiments as these. When God asks sinners "Why will ye die?" he intimates that provisions have been made by which they can be saved. None of those who now dwell, or ever will dwell, in that place we call hell, will ever be able to say I am here on account of the defects of the atonement made by Jesus Christ. God will never be charged with having made, by the death of his son, a defective atonement. This is one charge that will never be brought against God. Neither can the sinner say, I must die because of a defect in the offer of the gospel. He will not be able to say an atonement was made, but it was not offered to him, or offered to him in good faith. God offers every sinner peace and pardon through the blood of Jesus i Christ. Whv. then, are men lost ? Why are any on the broad road that leads down to death, and so few on the narrow path that leads to life ? Our Saviour answers these solemn questions. Men go down to everlasting burnings because they will not come to Jesus. Men are lost because they have determined not to be saved. They have formed a fixed determination that they will not let Jesus save them. Those who are on the nari row path that leads to life, have been quickJ ened into life and enabled to believe in Jesus J Christ. All the lost will have no one to j blame but themselves, and all the saved will have no one to praise but Jesus. Faith in the Family.?One of the most intelligent women I have ever known, the Christian mother of a large family of children, used to say that the education of chil- I i dren was eminently a work of faith. She j j never heard the tramping of her boys' feet in 1 1 the house, or listened to the noisy shouting in | j their play, or watched their unconscious slum- I bers, without an inward earnest prayer to God j | for wisdom to train them, and for the Spirit of j ! the Highest to guide them. She mingled ; ! prayer with counsel and restraint, and the i | restraint was the stronger, for this alliance of i | the human and divine elements in her in- j I struction and discipline. And at length, i I when her children had become men and wo-1 men, accustomed" to the hard strife of the ! world, her name was the dearest one they j could 8]>eak, and she who "had fed their own bodies from her own body's life, and their [ souls from her spirit's life," who had taught their feet to walk, their tongues to speak and j pray, and illuminated their consciences with I the great lights of righteousness and duty, held their reverence and love, increased a ! I thousand fold by the remembrance of an ear- j ly education that had its inspiration in faith in God.?Dr. W. H. Lord. Mr. Spurgeon and Old Converts.? j Speaking lately at Brighton, Mr. Spurgeon ! denied the oft-repeated assertion that if per- j sons are not converted before they are forty,; they are never likely to be converted at all. He said he would preach to Methuselah if he was alive 011 the face of the earth. "The brother who makes such an assertion," continued Mr. Spurgeon,- "is probably a small minister with a small congregation, who does , not preach so that old people care to listen to 1 him." He had himself received as new con-1 verts in cluirch-fellowship, as many persons of j one age as of another?that is proportionate- j ly, for there are not so many old persons as , young. In proportion, he had baptized as many people of eighty as he had children of twelve ; and he had had hundreds of children of twelve brought to the cross. "Come along aged brother," exclaimed Mr. Spurgeon ;! "Come along, dear old sister. We shall meet j in Heaven, I hope ; and while I shall bless ; God that He saved me while young, thou wilt j bless God that He saved thee, even though j thou wert but a sorry old stick and very old j in sin." ' ^ j Don't stand and point the way to heaven. Spiritual guide-bbards save but few sin-, ners. j Don't worry about another man's business. A little selfishness is sometimes very^cominendable. Don't attempt to punish all your enemies at once. You can't do a large business with a small capital. THE FAMILY VISITOR. PROSPECTUS. With the view to furnish a ixaper devoted entirely to Literary and Miscellaneous Reading, we have determined to publish the Family Visitor, which, as the title indicates, is designed for the family circle, and for the general reader, who may take no interest in the local and political news of the day. To meet this requirement, all matter of this class will be excluded from the columns of the Family Visitor, as well also, as all advertisements of a purely local character. It is our purpose, by devoting the columns of the Family Visitor to literature and general subjects, to render it a publication acceptable alike to all classes of readers and a welcome, entertaining and instructive Home Companion in every family throughout the land. THE LITERARY FEATURES. An attractive feature of the Family Visitor will be Original Serial Stories, written expressly for our columns, bv the mostSDrizhtlv and enter tnining story writers of the day. For the current volume we can now announce "PICCIOLA," a tale of California and frontier life, by Mrs. Henry Deas ; "THE IRON CHEST;" "LOST AND FOUND; OR, THE WHITE FAWN OF THE FOREST"?storias of unusual merit and replete with dramatic plot and stirring incident. In addition to the Serial Stories, the Family Visitor will also contain short Tales and Sketches, complete in the numbers containing them. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. A series of Historical Sketches of the EARLY SETTLEMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA will appear in the Family Visitor. These Sketches are written by Rev. Robert Lathan, who has bestowed upon the task much thought and extensive research. Tracing the rise and progress of the State from colonial times, the Sketches will also contain the stirring scenes and important events, the, anecdotes and incidents?legendary and authentic?connected with the early history of the State, and which have never before been fully published. Much of the material of the Sketches?especially that relative to the middle and upper portions of the State?being traditional, many of the events portrayed having never been in print, and written in Mr. Lathan's easy, familiar style, they will be read with peculiar interest by all classes; while no more entertaining or instructive history could be placed in the hands of the youth, or those who would inform themselves upon Colonial and Revolutionary events. THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THE RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.-This Department of the FAMILY VISITOR will bo conducted by Rev. Mr. Lathan, and In addition to choice selections, wjll also contain original articles, on appropriate subjects, from his pen; and while a high moral and religious tono will pervade this Department, nothing shall be admitted of a sectarian or controversial character. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.?A due por ? ? ST ITTCITmA T-? ...111 v? tion or tno JP'A.Vlllj I v 101 iuiv will utj nj'pi wpi iated for Children and Youth, and their Department will be prepared with special care to furnish innocent amusement, and to inculcate knowledge and sound, moral principles. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.?The Farmer's Department will be prepared with special reference to the needs of Agriculture and Horticulture in the South, containing only practical articles on the subjects discussed. HUMOROUS DEPARTMENT.?To this Department will be admitted the Wit and Humor of the day, including Anecdote, Repartee and Sentiment, free from coarseness or inelegancies. Besides the above leading features, the FAMILY VISITOR will contain Items on light current topics; a compendium of the freshest and most important General News; Editorials on appropriate subjects, intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our people; and a variety of other matter interesting and instructive to all. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.?The FAMILY VISITOR will be printed semi-monthly on a large, tnronfir.oioh>.?iliiinn sheet. and- will be furnish ed at the low price of $1.50 per aiihy.m, mailed free of postage. This being the lowest price at which the paper can be afforded, no deduction will be made for clubs; though we offer Extraordinary inducements to club-makers, as will be seen from the Premium List below. Now ia the time to form clubs and obtain the elegant Premiums which we offer. Cash remittances may be made at our risk, by draft, post-office order, or in registered letterotherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county and State. Address all letters to L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, S. C. READ 0TJR PREMIUM LIST. By a favorable arrangement with the different manufacturers, we are enabled to make the fol j lowing liberal and unprecedented offers of Pre| miums for Clubs. These Premiums have been I adopted by us with special reference to securing I only articles of value and which will prove ser| viceable to those procuring them. Tlie regular | retail price is given with each, and they are just | as good as so much cash to those who receive them. No. 1.?For a club of 5 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER j KNIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one copy of the family edition I (cloth binding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE ! DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which is [ $3.50 per copy. Or, to single subscribers, for $3.50 we will send the Family Visitor one year I and give a copy of the Dictionary. J No. 3.?For a club of 12 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated CHILD'S GILT CUP, worth $3.00. No. 4.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard Rubber, solid oval-handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which is $5.00. No. 5.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one copy of the latest edition of WEBSTER'S NATIONAL PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,040 pages, arid 600 illustrations. Publisher's price $5.00. No. 6.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TEA-SPOONS, worth $6.00. No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will Rive a treble silver-plated SYRUP CUP, worth $6.00. No. 8.?For a club of 25 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will Rive a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH worth 88.00. No. 9.?For a club of 25 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one dozen solid cast steel ovalhandle TABLE KNIVES, valued at $8.00. No. 10.?For a club of 27 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated CA8TOR AND FIVE BOTTLES, worth $9.00. No. 11.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $12.00. No. 12.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, worth $12.00. No. 13.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one treble silver-plated CAKE BASKET, worth $12.00. No. 14.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one copv of the latest edition of WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,840 pages, with 3,000 illustrations, besides four pages of colored illustrations showing the Arms of the States and Territories, the Arms of various Nations, the Flags of various Nations, United States Naval Flags, etc., the publisher's price of which is $12.00. No. 15.?For a club of 48 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one dozen extra superfine, full oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silverplated blades, manufacturer's price of which is $17. No. 16.?For a club of 66 subscribers, at $1.50 v STPOPm POOKTNG tJrtUII. WO Will HIVO WIIU W A ..w* *v | STOVE, including a full set of fixtures and cooking implements. Manufacturers' price $30.00. No. 17.?For a club of 72 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give one three-nuart, treble, silverplated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of SIX pieces, worth $40. No. 18.?For a club of 78 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated TEA SET, consisting of SIX pieces, viz.: 1 Coffee Pot, 2 Tea Pots, 1 Creamer, 1 Sugar Bowl and 1 Slop Bowl, the maker's price of which is $50. No. 19.?For a club of 84 subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, WalnutPlainHalf-Ca.se, with two drawers and Drop Leaf, manufacturer's price, $75. All the above articles are put down in our schedule at manufacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot lie bought with cash any lower than the prices here given. Premiums Nos. 1, 2 and 3 will be delivered through the mails, to persons entitled to receive them, free of cost. The other Premiums will be delivered at the expense, for freight charges, of those receiving them. In cases where Premiums can be delivered at our publication office, arrangements may be perfected for reducing the freight charges on small articles to a nominal amount. The charges for freight on the 8ilver Ware Premiums will be from New York; on Webster's Dictionaries from Philadelphia; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N.C.; and on the Sewing Maohinos from Baltimore, Md. THE SOLUBLE PAC CAPITAL (P ONE MILLIOJ WE again offer to the THE SOLUBLE Pi which as a COTTON FERTILIZER, stands equal ii would also call attention TO THE ACID made by this company, for com WHICH WE CAN SAFELY RE< in every respect. The aim of th: FURNISH THE BEST ARTICLI As a substantial evidenc ADVANCED THE GRADE AN Call on us for Circulars and prio T. M. DOBSON YORKVIL1 -T. M. IVY & ( ROCK HI WHITE, STEWA1 PORT Mil WILSON & COl CHESTEF January 13 COTTON F( A FAIR EX< THE CELEBRATI WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'S 18 OFFERED ON THE FOLLO On Credit to 1st November, 18t6, with option of j 17 cenis for Middling, delivered at Planter's nearest ses on Guano to destination.) The advantage to the Farmer in buying on these t* Guano, that 412 pounds Cotton, (Middling) will pay can make his calculations accordingly. The quali been thoroughly established by the use of the man, I on same terms. j Importers and Dealers i For sale by MASON <fc HOPE, Agents, Yorkvilh I February 3 RICHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS. ~ TALBOTT & SONS." SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VA? M AimF ACTTJRERS OF STEAM ENGINES, i BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, l! CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GEIST, BARK AND PLASTER MILLS, ;} 8HAFTIHQS, HANGER8 AND PULLETS, IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS. j October 14 41 ly i ^ WM. ETTENGKR. H. P. EDMOND j | ETTENGER & EDMOND, .< Richmond, Va.? 5 MANUFACTURERS OF ' PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILER8 OF ALL KINDS, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, MILL GEABING, SHAFTING, PULLEYS, AO. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. Send, for Catalogue. f October 11 41 ly . ^ A. WILLIPOBD, J ROCK HILL, S. C. a MORE FINE STOCK" I HAVE just received 82 head of fine HORSES t AND MULES, to which I Invite the attention [ of all who may wish to purchase good stock, for > either plantation, saddle or carriage purposes. \ For the accommodation of responsible parties, s I am ready and willing to sell horses and mules c on time, and will extend credit to those desiring t it until next fall, requiring note and good seen- i rity. s When you come to Rock Hill, don't forget to \ call around at WILLIFORD'S LIVERY AND t SALE STABLES. If you admire fine horses? i and who doesn't??your taste can be gratified ; if r you wish to buy a good animal, your need can be I supplied; and lastly, if you wish to "Swap," J though not good in that line, yet I will endeavor ( to accommodate you. So you see I "keep open F house," in any emergency, remaining the public's 1 obedient servant. A. WILLIFORD. a PAY UP! S ALL persons indebted to me for stock, and whose o Notes became due on the 1ST OF OCTOBER, d will do well to pay them up at once and save I themselves cost, as I shall be compelled toBue all who fail to make payment. A. WILLIFORD. October 28 43 tf ' BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY t STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. " THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of x STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, \ consisting, in part, of Fiat Papers, Midium, Fo- i lio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, j oeve ry variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, * Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Pen- J Knives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, c BOOK BINDING DONE, c ? in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Period- t icais, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. 1 Old Books rebound and repaired. j PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY? s Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash Z prices. E. R. STOKES. f 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. * THE J AS. LEFFEL ti Doable Tarbine Water Wheel, a Manufactured by a W POOLE & HU.NI* I A Baltimore, Hd. ? Iff 7/>0O SOW 12T USE! V Ml q Simple, Strong, Durable, p Y J always reliable and satis- r J I factory. J yaSPnk Manufacturers, also, of Portable ft Stationary xg^Z^BHeyRiigines, Steam Boilers, ai ft Grist Mills, Mia! y VSOI^^^^Ving Machinery, Gearing ti ^Y &>r Cotton Mills, Floor. n Presses,fto. Shafting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty Machine made Gearing; docusate and of very best finish. Send for Circulars. October 7 40 6m ^ E. BRANDT'S JEWELRY STOEE, ] Opposite the Court House, ti CHESTER, SO. CA. ' JUST received a new and full assortment of -J WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER AND ? PLATED WARE. The public generally are in- ? vited to call and see, even if they do not want to buy. 0 "r A TFiUWnDir on/1 onrrpa^no- HntlA fit TftaSOIl able prices. ? v applicatioiTfor charter f AT the expiration of thirty days from date, application will be made to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for York county, for a _ ohartor incorporating Bethany Church, (Associate Reformed) located ten miles North of Yorkville. y\ The said application to be made under the pro- I visions of an act, entitled "An Act to Provide for a. Granting Certain Charters," Approved February m 20, 1874. rl Februarys 5 - 5t ^ APPLICATION F0EH0ME8TIAD. ?i NOTICE is hereby given that on the 15th day of a, February, next, Mrs. MARY C. LOVE will apply to the undersigued to have "Homestead set off," In accordance with the provisions of the 8th _ section of the "Homestead Act," Approved February 22, 1873. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, tb Judge of Probate for York County. Jt January 13 2 5t APPLICATION POE HOMESTEAD. ~ NOTICE is hereby given that on the 15th day fl of February, next, Mrs. D. D. A. BELK will V apply to the undersigned to have "Homestead set ofl," in accordance with the provisions of the 9th Section of the "Homestead Act," Approved Feb- O ruary 22, 1873. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, O Judge of Probate for York County. ? January 13 2 5t 81 almanacs for 1876. t A FEW South Carolina Almanacs for the year j J\_ 1876, for sale at the dd ENQUIRER OFFICE. fo 3IFIC GUANO CO., 'AID IN) C DOLLARS. i farming public LCIFIC GUANO, a merit to any article sold in the country. We PHOSPH^TJi: posting with Cotton Seed, COMMEND AS FIRST-CLASS, ^ is company has ever been, to AT THE LOWEST PRICE. :e of this, they have D LOWERED THE PRICE. es, before buying elsewhere. &: CO., Agents, LE, S. C, '-:X\ 20-, Agents, LL, S. C. m EIT A CO., Agents, jL, SI C. 5'? 'irv*:* JSAR, Agents, (.i I, 8. C. - I < . 2 -yJtaiH )R GUANO! > ' ^ nHAVRF,. 1 SI> FERTILIZER, MANIPULATED GUANO, WING LIBERAL TERMS: taying in Cotton on the basis ofl PER TON, depot, (Planter paying expen- S J #70 00. arms is plain, as he will know wherfhe buys the for it, no matter how low the price may be. and ty of this GUANO IS UNEQUALED, and, has y thousand1 tons we have sold. Our Agents sell WILCOX, GIBBS df.CO.?. n Guano, Charleston, S. C., and Savannah, G*. 0, S. C. 5 . - 8m fIHE COOKING STOVES manufhctared atour X workgjn Oreei^boro, N. (?.,:gigo univirml atisfaction wherever introduced. They are made f the BE8T SCOTCH PIG M ETAE,-*erith heav- d er and thicker plate than any other Stove in tbo X narket, and consequently will the longer witlitand heat and* hard usage. They are of band ome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal n every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n the United States, while it is confidently claimed hat they are the CHEAPE8T. All the nanal daces or ware and cooking utensils are ftarnlsbed vith each Stove. An important consideration a vitb purchasers is the fact that oar patterns and 1 ii ara nnvpr nlianffHd. Should a niece tret acci* lentally broken at any time, we can replies it at he mere cost of casting. Not simply because it s a home production, baton acconntof ita intrinic merits as an article of household economy, do ve ask the patronage of home purchasers. More ban ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now n use, and among many others having them we espectfully refer to the following: K. E. Guthrie, . ). M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; drs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Jnthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. ioyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville, fou can save the freight from the northern cities nd the dealer's profit, which is no small Item, iy buying of us, and at the same time get a , [TOV'E THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those f northern make. The following are our priced lelivered at depot in Greensboro: Jo. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $80 00 <i 7 ? ? ? ?? u tt ft 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, 8. C. OHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rook Hill, S, C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Cbeser county, 8 C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Cheeter.S. O. OEOEOE W00DB &~C0/S PARLOR ORGANS | j|c jj ^ ; ? .s * Q. i'nese reniHrnauio i.i?iuiu>?i? en for musical effects and expression never before ttsined. Adapted for Amateur and Professional, nd an ornament in any parlor. Beautiful ? Tew Styles now ready. IEO. WOODS dt CO.* Cambridfeportt Mass. PAREROOMS: 608 Washington 8t.t Boston ; ro State St., Chicago ; 28 Ludgate Hill, London. THE VOX HUMANA. A leading Musical Journal of selected mnslc d valuable reading matter. By mail for $1 per - """" ear, or ten cents a number. Each number <x>nlins from $2 to $3 worth of the finest selected msic. GEO. WOODS A CO., Publishers, Cambridgeport, Mask January 20 3 tt SKY LlGHT^ff iND HO MORE CLIMBING (TP-STAIRS I [ TAKE pleasure to inform all In want of PHOI TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just iken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built dth fine sky and side-lights,near my residence? ret house east of the jail, and only a few hunred yards from the Court House comer. An xperience of 28 years and every convenience for usiness, will enable me now to do better work lan ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and 'lews always on hand. I am also prepared to sell yon a MASON A [AMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SBWNG MACHINE, forcash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 ' ' -'tf'-: BARBER SHOP. CHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a 4?bionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant id luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that HOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTooeoal. is still in business, in his old 8hop next door i the Enquibrb building, where it will aflbrd m great pleasure to wait upon all who may dere his services. Razors boned and sharpened, id any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMA8 BALLARD. June 11 25 ly AGRICULTURAL L.IEJTS, Lyf ORTOAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to rl Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. Ifo fotMlt imjttiwt. TKRM8?IN ADVANCE * ne copy, one year. 100 ne copy, six months, 1 ISO ne copy, three months, k...".u..L 100 ingle copy, ...;..10 wo copies, one year,.... 900 en copies, one year, 25 Ob (WTo persons who make upelube Often or lort names, an extra copy of the paper will he irnished one year, free of charge.