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Sturaorous gcpattment. I6F*One of Aleck Stephen's stories is the Peter Bennett speech. A Dr. Royston, doubtless a most excellent man, had sued Mr. Bennett, a farmer, for his bill. "Little Aleck," as Alexander is minified by his friends, told his client Peter B., that the case of service and its value were proved against him in legal form, and there was no real defence. But the old farmer insisted that his lawyer should "shpeak to the case." Mr. Stephens told him that he ought to speak himself if he thought a speech could be made, and was surprised by the retort: "I will, if Bobby Toombs won't be too hard on me." Mr. Toombs promised, and Peter Bennett began : "Gentlemen of the jury, I ain't no lawyer nor doctor, and you ain't nuther. And if we farmers don't stick together, these here lawyers and doctors will get the advantage of us. I ain't no objections to lawyers and doctors in their place, and some is clever men, but they ain't farmers, gentlemen of the jury. Now this Dr. Royston was a new doctor, and I sent for him to come and doctor my wife's sore leg. And he did, and put some salve truck on it and some rags, but never done it a bit of good, gentlemen of the jury. I don't believe he's no doctor, no way. There's doctors as I know is doctors sure enough, but this ain't no doctor, at all." This was evidently telling, and Dr. Royston put in with, "Look at my diploma, and see if I am not a doctor." "His diploma 1" said the new fledged orator, with ^reat contempt "That ain't nothin', for no piece of paper ever made a doctor yet." "Ask my patients," shouted the now ferocious- physician. This was the conventional straw that now seemed to break the back of the orator's patience. "Ask your patients! Why they are all dead." Then, in rapid declamation, he named case after case, well known, but mostly of negro servants of his neighbors, where his opponent had treated them, and their owners buried them, and continued: "Ask your patients' Why, I would have to seek them in the lonesome church-yard, and rap on the silent tomb to get answers from the dead. You know they can't say nothin' to this case, for you've trillnsl thnrr nil Thft nnnlnnsp nlrwod the speech and the defendant had his case.?Harper's for February. A Sharp Bootblack.?In Albany, a few days since, an old rogue beat a young one. A man stepped up to a juvenile bootblack, opposite the Stanwix, and had "a shine." He gave the youth a five dollar bill. "Hain't got change enough, cap'n," said the "shiner," displaying about $2.00 in shinplasters. "How much have you ?" asked the stranger. "Lemme see," said the boy, counting his money; "jess $2.20." "Give me that and I will wait till you get change," the stranger replied. The youth grabbed the $5 bill, gave his customer the $2.20, and as he "scooted" he was overheard to say to a chum : "Jim, if I hain't back in a few minutes, tell that 'ere cucumber that I have got run over and smashed finer nor mince meat He hain't much stuck? oh! no." As the boy departed, the stranger told "Jim that he would be in the ofiioe of the Stanwix, across the way, where he wished the 'shiner' would bring him his change." In a few moments the bootblack came running back with the perspiration streaming down his face. "Jim," said he to the boy, "where's that 'ere fraudulent deekm '( .Bust me if be bain't shoved a 'queer' bill onto me. 'Tain't worth the paper it's printed on," and he danced about as if he had lost a large fortune. * Jim told him the stranger was at the Stanwix, but a ten minutes' search failed to reward the youth. The biter that was bit returned to his post with a downcast look, and was heard to say, "Jim, that 'ere villain must belong to the whiskey ring. He was too soon for this dock. Them skates?that 'ere caliker for the ole woman and a dozen 'penny-grabs' for ihis 'hair-pin' to smoke on Christmas day, is gone up the flue, and that 'ere son-of-a-gun has stuck me $2.20, when I thought I had a 'soft thing' on his five-dollar bill. But I've learnt one thing, and that is not to count my chickens agin afore the old hen has laid the eggs to sit on. Shine 'em up, mister? Only ten cents.? Whitehall Times. Any Thing But That.?He was on his knees to her. His face was flushed, his eyes gleamed passsionately into hers; he talked rapidly: "Nothing shall separate us evermore, my dar.ing. For your sake I will beard the lion in his den! I will skim the seas! I will face death on the battle-field! I will endure all hardship, all suffering, all misery!" He paused and looked at her, with his whole 3oul quivering in his eyes. "Will you do all of this for the sake of my love?" said she, gazing earnestly into the burnir g eyes. "Yes, yes; a thousand times, yes!" "And if we wed," said she, flushing slightly, "will you get up first in the morning and build the fire ?" With a shriek of despair he fled! ? ? His Reason.?It is told of the great temperance orator, Gough, that he once interviewed one of our leading divines on the subject of teetotalism. "Perhaps you have never thought of the subject," said Mr. Gough. "Oh, yes," returned the divine; "I have." "Then perhaps you drink wine because it is recommended by your medical man?" "Oh, no, nothing of the kind," was the reply. "Well, then you take it out of deference to the customs of the society in which you live ?" "Oh, no?no." "Well, then, may I ask you why you drink wine ?" "Well, the fact is, Mr. Gough," said the divine, "I take wine because I like it." Pure Wines.?The other day a stranger entered a Detroit wine-shop where four or five men were drinking, and in a loud voice inquired for the proprietor. The person came forward, and the stranger said : "I'm hard up, and I want to sell you a recipe. For two dollars I'll show you how you can make a gallon of the best Catawba wine ? .1 .1 n 3 J L?_ out ot twenty cents worm 01 arugs ana wniskey. "Would you insult me?" cried the dealer. "I have none but pure wines here! Get out of my place, sir!" The man got out, but hadn't gone a block when a boy came running and said : "Come around to the back door if you want to sell him that recipe." What He Was Doing.?A "tightly slight," came in contact with a tree. As quick as thought he raised his hat and begged pardon, and passed on. Three other trees having met him in an unceremonious manner, he doffed his chapeau, and placing it under his arm, backed up against the fence in apparent meditation. A friend passing at the time inquired what he was doing. He replied, "I am waiting for the procession to pass!" Time Enough to be Good.?A sevenyear-old young lady lately asked us what we would wish for if we had only one wish that "would come true." With characteristic piety we said we would wish that we might never do wrong. "Then," said the little one, "yon wouldn't have much fun." She said further that when people got to heaven they wouldn't do any thing wrong forever thereafter, and she thought that was long enough to be good. Charging the Jury.?"Will your Honor please charge the jury," asked an Arkansas lawyer at the conclusion of a horse-thief trial. "I will," replied his Honor. "The court charges each juryman one dollar for drinks, and six dollars extra for the one who used the court's hat for a spittoon during the first day of the session." ? ? JtgrifttUural grpartmettt. [ Original. J LAYING OFF BOWS. There are some things, which, in themselves, may not be regarded as of very much import- ' ance; but when taken in connection with other things, it is difficult to estimate their import- i ance. The hair-spring of a watch, for example, is but a small amount of steel, beaten or drawn out into a particular shape and tern- 1 pered in a particular way. It is a little thing, 1 and is worthless only for the hair-spring of a i watch. As a hair-spring it may be good or it 1 may be bad. A good hair-spring will not i make a watch otherwise bad, good; but a bad hair-spring will make a watch otherwise good, a bad time-keeper. The laying off of rows in which to plant corn, cotton, or any other crop that is planted in rows, is but a little thing in itself. It concerns no one but the farmer. As there is a right and a wrong way of doing every thing, it will be taken for granted that rows may be laid off right, and they may be laid off wrong. To know how to lay off rows properly, and to put this knowledge into practice, will not make a man a good farmer; but no man can be regarded as a good farmer who does not lay off his rows correctly. The man whose experience in farming consists in having ridden along the road and looked over into the fields on which crops were growing, may conclude that any man of ordinary sense, can, on first trial, lay off the rows in any field correctly. There are a great many things that look easy, but are hard. If any man thinks he is a farmer by intuition, or a born blacksmith, let him take hold of the plow-handles and attempt to draw a straight furrow, or let him go to the blacksmith shop and attempt to make a horse-shoe-nail. If he will make loth these experiments in immediate succession, he will be very apt to conclude that his intuition bump is small. Men may be born poets; but farmers have to be made. This 1 kninrv twio fn Ka aKIo frt lav ftff rntVQ OrtrPPCt.lv. UVXLig uuy y W VV MV*V W vu ?VMV j is the result of experience. Still, as in every 1 other work that the farmer is called to per- i form, a principle underlies the whole, and 1 working up to, or in accordance with this 1 principle, is to lay off a row correctly. In laying off. rows, two things should be I taken into consideration. First, the saving 1 of the land; and, second, the comfort and < profit in cultivating the crop. Our country f is a hilly country. Every one knows that if i the rows are, to use a farmer's phrase, "run { up and down the hills," that the soil will, in i a few years, all be washed away. Each wa- 1 ter furrow will make a gulley. The up and 1 down hill system of laying off rows has long 1 since been abandoned. Farmers found out it i was wrong. Experience taught them an im- ' portant lesson. < The next plan adopted was to so run the < rows that each one would carry its own wa- 1 ter. This, at first sight, seems to be the 1 proper plan; but it is not. Each row, in this | case, acts as a leaching trough, which carries 1 off all the fertile properties of the soil. It i may not carry off, in one year, or even in two, < the substance of the soil, but it will, event- ] ually. i On all undulating lands, the proper way is ) to lay off the rows so that the water will not < run at all. If the ground is thoroughly I ploughed and kept in a loose state, there is y less danger of washing when the rows are ] laid off in this way, than any other. Ground plowed as deep as it should be plowed, i will absorb almost any rain. The danger is ? that the water may not be absorbed by the < ground, and may accumulate at a particular ? point. 1 The next thing to be considered in laying < off rows, is the comfort in cultivating the \ crop and the profit resulting to the cultivator. ( It may be thought that the laying off of the 1 rows can have nothing to do with the comfort s of him who cultivates the crop. It may be ^ thought that it is just as easy to cultivate a 8 crop when the rows are laid off in one way, as in another. This is not the case. A crop t is much more easily cultivated when the rows 1 are straight, than when they are crooked. By I straight rows, we do not mean that they are t mathematically straight?that is, the short- i est distance from one point to another; but J that they are free from zigzags. They may r be curved rows, if the curves are regular, t Unless this is the case the plowman has to be ? on the constant lookout for straggling stalks, r These out of line stalks are in constant danger \ from the foot of the plow animal, the single- 1 tree, or the plow itself. The greater the nura- 1 ber of these straggling stalks, the more diffi- i cult is the work of cultivation and the less \ the yield, for the greater will be the amount s of them destroyed. Anotner tning to oe at- c tended to in laying off rows is their uniform c width apart. All the rows should be the \ same distance apart, at every point in their c length. It is bad business to have some rows n three feet apart, others four, and some again t only two. Worse than this, again, is to lay off the rows so that the distance between any i two of them is at one point three feet, at an- c other two, at another four, and at another j six. The narrow part of the row will be 1 plowed to death before the wide part is i plowed enough. Any man can see that there ( is a great waste of time and labor by having s rows laid off in this worse than careless man- 1 ner. i On perfectly level land the rows should be 1 mathematically straight. Each stalk of corn ^ or cotton should cover its fellow. In rows i properly laid off, either on level land or on hill-sides, there is a beauty which delights the i beholder; whilst rows laid out so as to con- j i form to all the crooks and turns, wiggles and j ( warbles of the mocking-bird's song, is perfect- j t ly abominable. 11 That farming may be beautiful, all the lit-11 tie details must be attended to ; and that it J t may be profitable in the end, all these details ! j must be carried out Rules for Hiving Bees.?Dr. S. S. Par-1 f ker writes to the Germantown Telegraph on i hiving bees in this practical style : Allow no ( one to stir or make the least noise while the j bees are lighting. What! Not blow a horn, or ring a bell or drum or a tin pan, or throw j1 dust and water ? Not do anything ? Yes, j reader; just exactly do nothing but keep still. !, Now I have followed this rule in over eight I hundred swarms I have hived for myself and others, and I tell you the broad fact, I have not lost a single swarm in all that time. Bees will not go two hundred feet from the hive they come out of if you let all be perfectly ^ quiet and there is anything to light on. My bees, not one out of a hundred swarms, go ! even one hundred feet before they always light. i So it will be with your bees, reader. So make ; 1 - - - . -ill i it a rule to have no stirring, no noise, out an i quiet until they are well lighted. Then bring out the hive from the cool cellar?where it has been but a day or two, lest it get damp or . moldy?neat and clean, and as you of course -J have the stripe of boards or sticks, boards, hi- ( 1 ving cloth, etc., ready, proceed to place your { ladder and platform in the tree or on the j i ground, and other appliances, so that before j the last bee has lit you are ready to hive them. * Never kick or scream) at a horse, norj jerk the bit in his mouth. < < ?biWreu's grpartmrttt. ? [Original.] LORD BYRON'S DUEL. A duel is a little war?a fight with deadly ? weapons between, usually, only two persons. With a certain class of individuals duels are regarded as evidences of bravery, and are highly honorable; but by the best of the hu- ve man family, they are regarded as relics of a barbarous age. Many a useful man has lost Pe bis life in a duel; but it might be said, in an most cases, as David said of Abner when slain th< by Joab, he died as a fool died. To put one's m( self up as a target to be shot at, is, to say the we [east of it, to set but a low value upon human <lu life. The duel of one man is about as important tr8 rpi as that of any other ; but duels, like every 1L thing else, assume importance from the char- ^0I icter of .the individuals engaged in them. teI This is the case respecting the duel of Lord a 1 Byron. As a poet, Byron was a great man ; ot' but when this is said all is said. He was wild tn ind reckless. His moral character was such ^0I is to render him unfit for being imitated by ^0I the youth of any land. wa In the neighborhood of Lord Byron's ^ jountry residence, in Nottinghamshire, Eng- 1111 land, there resided, a gentleman by the name t^1< jf William Chaworth. Both Byron and CJhaworth were members of what was called be Nottinghamshire club. It was the cus- un :om of the members of this club to meet tre mce a month and dine together at a tavern co] )alled the "Star and Garter." They usually ru' lined about four in the evening. We may mppose they were a jolly set. All of them wo were rich, or thought to be so, and no doubt P61 be most of them were great lovers of wine. th< 3n the 26th of January, 1765, some ten hu nembers of this Nottinghamshire club met. The time was spent in hilarity and mirth until about seven o'clock. At this hour it was sustomary for the bill to be brought in, and or with it a bottle. About the time the bill and 80< bottle arrived in the room, one of the mem- ^1 bers, John Hewett, began a conversation rel- Pr' itive to the game laws of England and the pr best mode of preserving the game. The con- lt 1 yersation was general for some time, but soon a ^ Byron and Chaworth became excited. Byron took the ground that the best way to preserve a 1 the game of the country was to take no care ?** )f it at all. Chaworth advocated the neces- 8ta rity of a different course. The disputants C01 * - i Via soon left the suDject ana Decame personal. ? Chaworth said he and Charles Sedley had 1SI more game on five acres, than Lord Byron bad on his whole manor. Byron offered to bet one hundred guineas that this declaration P'' was not true. Chaworth called for pen, ink no md paper, that he might reduce the bet to Eri writing. John Sherwin stated to the angry J"e< jontenders, that it would be impossible to de- lts jide such a bet, and it was dropped. Cha- trs worth then said that were it not for the care m< which he and Charles Sedley paid to the t'1< jarae, Byron would not have a hare on his m? whole manor. This inflamed Byron, and he tsked with a sarcastic smile, "Where are 00 Charles Sedley's manors ?" Chaworth re- 18 plied, angrily, "If yon want information with e(* respect to Sir Charles Sedley's manors, he an lives at Mr. Cooper's in Dean street, and, I tu< loubt not, will be ready to give you satisfac;ion; and as to myself, your Lordship knows 866 where to find me, in Berkley row." To this E01 Byron made no reply. It was Chaworth's evening to settle the bill, fCJ 5o soon as this was done, he started to go down ...vi i "it i? r?i\i itairs, but was met at tne neaa 01 tne stairs oy ? jeorge Donston, with whom he conversed for kei t few moments relative to the conversation ^ >etween himself and Byron. Donston left Sai Chaworth and returned into the room, but vas met, as he went in, by Byron going out. 8610 Chaworth went down stairs and Byron folowed him. They met at the landing and Ch oraething was said, but what it was and by vhom,no one knows; when both called upon i servant to show them an empty room. The servant came, having in his hand a allow candle, which gave only a dim light. The parties were shown the room, and having cai ilaced the candle on the table, the servant re- t10 ired. In a short time the bell was rung, but He to one, at the time, it seems, knew who did it. 1 V servant entered the room, and finding By- ?os on and Chaworth fighting, ran and called he master of the house. The alarm was soon in fiven, and a number of persons rushed into the raa oom. Byron had his left hand round Cha- au< vorth's body, and Chaworth had his right 'ht taud round Byron's neck. Chaworth had g?* tis sword in Ifis left hand, and Byron had his n his right hand. Chaworth was mortally ^ec vounded and died shortly afterward. Byron ^ urrendered himself and was tried by his peers >n the 17th of April, 1765, and found guilty V01 >f manslaughter; but since he was a Lord, he ?a vas dismissed with no other punishment ex- C01 ;ept paying the fees. Before his death, Cha- ra* vorth gave the following account of the fight, 'be md it was not contradicted by Byron: ar? He said that "Lord Byron asked him if he neant the conversation on the game to him >r to Sir Charles Sedley?" To which he re- ^h died, "if you have anything to say, we had ^ ler stones, ne naa reau sisiy uiiuc uuveio, ill about scalping and other bloody perform- an, inces, and he had no doubt these books had put the horrible thoughts into his mind which !ed to his murderous acts. If ? cia 1ST Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love cov- gai ireth all sins. me letter shut the door," That while he was do- U11 ng this, Lord Byron bid him draw his sword. 3n turning round he saw that Lord Byron's ex< iword was half drawn. Knowing the man, le drew his own sword as soon as he could, ^ei ind made a thrust at Lord Byron, but missed reJ lis body and ran the s^ord through Byron's rac vaist coat. Byron then shortened his 3Word w? md plunged it into his bowels." "li It seems ridiculous that two men would w'' nake an attack upon each other with swords, ibout a few rabbits, but some of the most *hi levastating wars have been about as trifling ?u ,hings. England was once drenched with ^h ilood because one brother threw a pitcher of ,vater on another. The loss of one axe and ar( ,wo goats, once cost the British government, an' n money, the enormous sura of twelve milions of dollars! The English said the Kaf- C01 ?rs those things, and the Kaffirs denied ar* t, and the result was a war. It is notorious hat men fight about nothing, and when they lave something to fight for they are as gentle no1 is lambs. wo all 8?" Here is a Centennial contrast. First, as go* 'Poor Richard" had it in 1776? ar{ "Farmers at the plow, ? Wife milking the cow, 01 Daughters spinning yarn, the Sons threshing in the barn, , All are happy to a charm." Du And now for the modern improvement in ov< 1876? fiel "Farmers go to see a show. the Daughters at the piano, Madam gaily dressed in satin, a" All the boys learning Latin, co^ With a mortgage on the farm," _^s ?f Q0 Reading Novels.?Mr. James T. Fields ra; risited Pomeroy, the boy murderer, in his ere ail recently, and learned from him that he wo lad been a great reader of blood-and-thun- ?01 ~r i J ?j _:_x_ J:?? ?91.' leading fee the fabbatb. 1 CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATH AN. " ^ [Original.] EFFECTS OF THE GOSPEL. Paul, in the second chapter and sixteenth . rse of the second epistle to the church at i rinth, says, "We (the ministers of thegoe- ' 1) are to some a savor of death unto death; d to others a savor of life unto life." It is ? aught the apostle refers to a practice cora)n among ancient nations. When prisoners 1 re taken in war, they were led by the con- , ering chief to the suburbs of the national , pital. A day was set apart for a grand en- ) tnce into the city of the victorious general. 1 le prisoners, arranged in various ways, ( med a part of the pompous procession. Af- t the ceremonies of the day were completed, I lart of the prisoners were liberated; whilst j iers were led forth and put to death. A ( umDhal dav was. to some prisoners, the i e-runner of death; and to others it was the < e-runner of life and liberty. In the same ' ,y the preaching of the gospel is to some at- ( ided with deuth; to others it is followed by ? 3. The general and universal tendency of 1 3 gospel is to make some men worse and lcrs better. This seems to be the import of j 3 words "death unto death," and of "life ' to life." The gospel finds men dead in 1 ispasses and sins, and being rejected, it be- t mes the innocent occasion of their eternal in. It is a remarkable fact in the history of the , irld, that whilst the most foolishly wicked ] raons are to be found in Pagan countries, 1 3 most maliciously sinful members of the j man family are in Christian lands. On occasions of those grand triumphs, the , rning altars were loaded with incense, and ( 3 air was full of rich perfumes. The savor i smell of these altars, met the prisoners as 1 >n as they entered the gates of the city. j 1 - 1 rpi kl~ ley understood it. xney were auio w w/m- \ ehend its import. To some it was a smell < savor of death ; to others, of life. Just so 1 is in the case of the individual who lives in ] Christian community. By the influence of i e gospel, he will be made either a better or I voree man. He will become either a child ] God and mature until he arrives at the iture of a perfect man in Christ Jesus, or be- 1 me more degraded, vile and wicked than "if 1 had been born and lived in a land full of ' lorant heathen., ? . i i Good abused, becomes a positive evil. The j st things in the world, when wrongly ap- * ed or used for purposes for which they were j t by God designed, are productive of the ] jatest amount of evil. When the gospel is < jeived as the power of God unto salvation, 1 results are infinitely good. The savage is , insformed into a civilized man. Passions t >re ferocious than those which characterize 1 3 tiger or hyena are subdued, and a saint ide out of a sinner, ine wnoie man is j anged. His mind is enlightened. He was ( ce blind but be is made to see. His heart | renewed. Once it was hard and cruel; fillwith hatred and malice. Now it is tender < d affectionate?filled with love and grati- 1 ie. J The good effects of the gospel are easily ( in. No man can fail to discover them. The ( spel of Jesus Christ has not only built 1 urches, but it 'has ibrected sebool houses, idemies and colleges in every community which it has built a church. Christian ilization is a very different thing from J ithen civilization. With some propriety ] i sages of ancient pagan nations could re- ] rd it as a debatable question which was the 1 iter, heathen vice or heathen virtue. No j isible man, however, has ever failed to see < it there is beauty in holiness and that r ristian piety is a real good. ( The idea which is designed to be conveyed t the mind by the words, "life unto life," is I s. The gospel is the power of God by ich a new life is infused into men ; and it is s n fko nnmor nf find hv whif?h t.hi? life 18 f \j u11v j/vllut vv. ?j .. ...... )sed to develop and mature. In conjunc- \ u with the preaching of the gospel, the s )ly Spirit regenerates the sinner. Whilst s not our province to say that without the ipel no sinner is regenerated, we may safesay that "faith cometh by hearing," and no other way; and that without faith no 1 in can be saved. Conviction, conversion x i holiness, without which no man shall see ? i Lord, are all results accruing from the . <pel. These things are the effects pro- ? ced bv the gospel. In few words the ef- t ts of the gospel may be said to be an end- 1 s life of love and bliss to those who receive it. [ To those who spurn it, the gospel is "a sa- 1 r of death unto death." "This," says the t viour, "is the condemnation that light is 0 ne into the world, and men loved darkness ? ;her than light." Men are resting under i sentence of condemnation, because they t i sinners; but the reason why that sentence ? II be put into execution in the case of any, 11 be because they rejected the Saviour. * e atonement of Jesus Christ is sufficient save all, and it is in good faith offered to J . -~ j ix1 if fkn aim'rrina 1 qpnfpnpp H j ttllU 11 auj lb l/liv Ullg.UU* , . condemnation must and will be put into | jcution against such. The prominent idea, c wever, contained in the words, "a savor of ith unto death" is that when the gospel is ( ected it becomes the innocent occasion of iral ruin. The rejector grows worse and 1 rse each day. His mind becomes more j nded, his heart more hardened, and his II more rebellious. c [n a practical point of view, we find that ] s is literally true. Those who have distinished themselves by their opposition to < ristian morality, have been favored with all i means of grace. The most debased drunk- * Is, the most profane swearers, the most vile d abandoned wretches in the universe, are * be found in Christian lands. Crimes are umitted in open day in gospel lands which ; [ i not so much as mentioned among the heam. * [t may, no doubt, be said it would be better t to offer the trospel to some men. No, it J uld be better for all, individually, and for j collectively?that none would reject the J ^ jpel. It may be said that rain and sunshine ! a savor of blessings to some, and. a savor [ ] evil to others. They cause the fields of j s industrious man to yield generous crops ; I c t they cause the fields of the sluggard to be j j jrgrown by noxious weeds. "I went by the \ t d of the slothful and by the vineyard of j J 3 man void of understanding, and lo, it was ; < grown over with thorns, and nettles had ! ?ered the face thereof. "Prov. xxiv : 30, 31. [ c well might we say it would be better in j ^ d not to give us fields and sunshine and j n, because the fields of the slothful are cov- j g id with thorns, as it would be to say that it i uld be better we had no gospel since the ! jpel is to some a savor of death unto death, j ? e gospel of Jesus Christ is a glorious thing, g d if it does not prove a savor of life unto 3 to us all, God will not be to blame. ? ? I 5T The Bible lived out, practiced and pro- t imed, will do more to stop the njouths of insayers than any quantity oflearned argu- ? intation. . e YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. volume ae.-isra. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, which, on the lstof January, 1876, will enter upon the Twenty-second volume, is a large, twenty-eight column paper, handsomely printed on clear, legible type, and devoted to the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. Irf announcing the new volume, we are enabled to promise increased attractions in all the iifferent departments of the paper, conspicuous ?mong them being the 8erial Stories, written jxpressly for the Enquirer. As a non-partisan, independent family newspaper, the future editorial conduct of the Enquirer jan be as well judged by the pastas by any promse which we might now feel disposed to make. An experience of thirty-five years in the newspaper business?of which time at least one-half has seen unremittingly devoted to the management if the Enquirer?fully convinces the proprietor ;hat the plan he adopted on assuming control of ;he paper, is the correct mode of journalism in the present day. The true mission of the newspaper s to place before the public facts as they may exiat, unbiased by partisan feelings or sinister motives; ind the propriety of this course is fully attested, lot only by the success of the Enquirer, which can truthfully claim the largest circulation of any country newspaper in the South, but also by many ether of the most popular and widely circulated papers of the day. The coarse thus indicated we ihall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, which shall be a welcome visitor to the Home Circle, and acceptable alike to all classes of readers. Hence, the news department of the Enquirer, whether of matters at home or abroad?political or itherwise?will be conducted with the utmost care, ind only facts as they Beem to exist, will be presented, free.from sectional or party bias. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. The original Serial Stories for the new volume will possess unusual interest?being from the pens of the most popular serial writers. With ;he first number will be commenced a highly exciting and thrilling story of California and frontier life, by Mrs. Henry Deas, entitled j?iccio:l,a.9 Which, as a vivid portrayal of life on the Pacific wast, with adventure, crime, temptation and triumph, is one of the most sensational, yet captivating and pleasing stories of Weatern life yet written. This Htory will be followed by others throughout the year, of which we can mention the following as now ready :*",4THE IRON 3HEST," a story of domestic life, abounding in mystery and secresy; and a racy, spirited and romantic story entitled "LOST AND FOUND; Or, rhe White Fawn of the Forest." In addition o these, other stories of unusual interest will be published during the volume. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. The Historical Sketches of the Early History of1 South Carolina will constitute an important feature of the volume. These Sketches ire written by Rev. Robert Lathan, and commencing with the earliest settlement of the State n colonial times, gradually trace its rise and progress. To the writing and compilation of these Sketches the author has devoted much thought md extensive research. Besides the oolonial biswry, they will contain the stirring scenes and Important events, the anecdotes and incidents?leg J ? 'I ntUlok liatrA mavtaw KaAtwA jliuary nuu nuiuuilWW"nrun;u uoyo uctoj uuiuic seen fully published, connected with theRevolu;ionary history of the State. Much of the mate ial of these Sketches being traditional?many of ;he events portrayed having never been in print? md written in Mr. Lathan's easy, familiarstyle, ;hey will be read with peculiar satisfaction, not >nly in our own State, but by every one having a ust appreciation of the history of a noble ances;ry in their struggle forliberty and Independence CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. To meet the demands of our increasing circula,ion in Chester county, we have engaged the services of Brainehd McLure, Esq., who will con.ribute a letter of corrrespondonce from Chester egularly each week. These letters are devoted mtirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the own and county?and written in the racy and graphic style peculiar to Mr. McLure, they canlot fail to be of interest to our readers in Chester, is welj as elsewhere in the State. __ THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. In addition to the above features, Rev. Mr, Lanian will continue his regular contributions to he "Sabbath Reading," and the "Children's Dejartment," which, under his management for the last six years, have been an important attraction ; ind with the usual melange of Miscellaneous [leading adapted to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful in 'ormation for the farmerand house-wife; a column )f Humorous Reading every week ; "Scraps and Facts," embracing light current topics jacompend >f the News Abroad and at Home; Corresponience; Commercial and Market Reports; Eaito-ial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended o promote the prosperity and welfhre of our >eople, we hope to make the Enquirer replete is an entertaining and instructive Family Journal. Terms of Subscrption?Free of Postage.? Single copy oue year, $3.00. In clubs, each subicriber, per year, $2.50. Money may he forwardid at our risk by draft, post-office order or regisered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. JVrite names plainly, giving post-office, county tnd State. Address all letters to L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, S. C. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. By a favorable arrangement with the different nanufacturers, we are enabled to make the folowing liberal and unprecedented offers of Premilms for Clubs. These Premiums have been adopt Id Dy US Wltn Bpeciai reiereiiuw vu rouuriug wuij irtioles of value, and which will prove serviceable to those proouring them. The regular retail >rice is given with each and they are just as good is so much cash to those who receive them. All he articles are put down In our schedule at manlfacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot be joughtwith cash any lower than the prices here flven. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 3 will be delivered hrough the mails, to persons entitled to receive hem, free of cost. The other Premiums will be lelivered at the expense for freight charges, of hose receiving them. In cases where Premiums an be delivered at our publication office, arrangenents may be perfected for reducing the freight iharges on small articles to a nominal amount. Hie charges for freight on theSilver Ware Premium will be from New York ; on Webster's Dicionaries from Philadelphia; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and on the Sewng Machines from Baltimore, Md. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50 lach, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER JNIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, ve will give one copy of the family edition (cloth rinding) ofSMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which is 13.50 per copy. Or for $4.50 we will give a copy if the Bible Dictionary and send the Enquirer ?ne year. No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 isch, we will give a treble silver-plated CHILD'S JILT CUP, worth $3.00. No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 lach, we will give one set?six of each?Hard lubber, solid oval-handle TABLE KNIVES ^.ND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which s $5.00. No. 5.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give one copy of the latest edition if WEBSTER'S NATIONAL PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,040 pages and 600 llustratiom. Publisher's price $5.00. No. 6.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at $2.50 >acb, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TEA-SPOONS, worth $6.00. No. 7.?For a duo 01 n suoscriners, at ?z..ki iach, we will give a treble silver-plated SYRUP ^UP, worth $6.00. No. 8.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 >ach, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH, worth $8.00. No. 9.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give one dozen solid cast steel ovalmndle TABLE KNIVES, valued at $8.00. No. 10.?For a club of 23 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give a treble silver-plated CASTOR YND FIVE BOTTLES, worth $9.00. No. 11.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at $2.50 )ach, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth 512.00. No. 12.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at $2.50 sach, we will give one dozen treble silver plated TABLE FORKS, worth $12.00. No. 13.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give.one treble silver-plated CAKE 3ASKET, worth $12.00. No. 14.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give one copy of the latest edition >f WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,840 pages, with 3,000 llustrations, besides four pages of colored IlJusrations showing the Arms of the States and Territories, the Arms of various Nations, the Flags >f various Nations, United States Naval Flags, )tc., the publisher's price of which is $12.00. No. 15.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give one dozen extra superfine, full ?val ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silrer-plated blades, valued at $17.00. No. 16.?For a club of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING JTOVE, including a full set of fixtures and oookng implements. Manufacturers' price $30.00 No. 17.?For a club of 60 subscribers, at $2.60 iach, we will give one three-quart, treble silver>lated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of 5IX pieces, worth $40. No. 18.?for a club of 65 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give a treblesilver-plated TEA SET, onsisting of SIX pieces, viz.: 1 Coffee Pot, 2 Tea ?ot8,1 Creamer, 1 Sugar Bowl and 1 Slop Bowl, he maker's price of which is $50. No. 19.?For a club of 70 subscribers, at $2.50 iach, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Drawirs and Drop Leaf, manufacturer's price, $75. THE SOLUBLE PACI CAPITAL (PAI I . . Tj -f/Ojil ONE MILLION > > . ' * ' 1 ' :!. . WE again offer to the far; THE SOLUBLE PAC / i f f : \ which aa a COTTON FERTILIZER, stands equal in mi would also call attention TO THE ACID F made by this company, for oomposl WHICH WE CAN SAFELY HECOl in every respect. The aim of this cc FURNISH THE BEST ARTICLE I As a substantial evidence ol ADVANCED THE GRADE AND Cali on us for Circulars and prices, t T. M. DOBSOff & f Y ORK VILLE J. >1. IVY Sc CC -.5 < ,1 ; i ? ? t| 1 i)f ROCK HILL, WHITE, STEWARD FORT MILL, WILSON & OOTJg , ,t i" -ti g . .J ).. CHESTER, 8. f i -1 ' ' 1 January 13 .^2" COTTON FOB A FAIR fIXCH THE CELEBRATED WILCOX, GIBBS &' OO.'S M. 18 OFFERED ON THE FOLLOWI On Credit to 1st November, 1876, with option of payli 17 cents for Middling, delivered at Planter's nearest dep ses on Guano to destination.) j The advantage to the Farmer in baying on these terms Guano, that 412 pounds Cotton, (Middling) will pay for can make his calculations accordingly. The quality 0! been thoroughly established by the use of the many the on same terms. . /Importersand Dealers IrtGt For sgle by MASON & HOPE, Agents, Yorkvilie, 8. February3 r, 5 GEORGE WOODS A 00.8 pW PARLOR ORGANS g1] i??c o fl I rfST? 1 I IWHmi? Ssol 32? c <* u ? * : ' clhs. ?5 c 1 HMBSSSKSHn^Ha^ ?kfa H 0*5 |ggffc | >5 These remarkable instruments possess capacl- ''' ties for musical effects and expression never before ? attained. Adapted for Amateur and Professional, m and an ornament in any parlor. p3B* Beautiful gm New Styles now ready. f?S GEO. WOODS Sc CO., Carohridgepoit, Mass, WAREROOMS: 608 Washington St., Bostop ; 8^** 170 .State St., Chicago ; 28 Ludgate Hill, London, jag1 THE VOX HUMANA. ?1 A leading Musical Journal of selected music ggg and valuable reading matter. By mall for $1 per OH J 11 11 1 T" ' n' T 7F tains from $2 to $3 worth of the finest selected music. GEO. WOODS .* CO.. Publishers, -$ Cambridgeport, Mass. -! January 20 3 tf RICHMOND ADVERTISEMEHTS. TALBOTT & SONS. $ SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VA? , > * gp? MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BON: BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, uneqi GRIST, BARK AND PLASTER MILLS, J* * is cur SHAFTINGS, HANGERS AND PULLEYS, ever i IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS. SE. October 14 41 ly_ jgj, WX, ETTENGER. H. V. EDMOND the g< this ( ETTENGER & EDMOND, ??,: Richmond, V?? MANUFACTURERS OF1 pouni PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, istt* BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, Fel CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, MILL GEABIHG, SHAFTING, PULLEYS, AO. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAK PUMP. fcrj Send fop Catalogue. > - |3j October 14 41 ly q Q yorkmarbleyTrd. SS 3HHE undersigned respectfully announces that w M L he is still conducting the above business in 2 ^ orkville, and is prepared to furnish anything A m in the MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed.in the best style ol tbe art, with the very best materials, and at as g low prices as the same class of work can bd fur- u nished anywhere In the United States. Orders 5 Si from a distance promptly filled, and the same at- 0 J* tention given to work ordered by mail aaiC the * Q parties were present in person. From this dat4 % ^ work will be delivered at any point on the Ches ter and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Q ^ Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between M Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on tne Charlotte, Co- !Lj lumbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for H transportation. Thankful for the patronage here- w tofore bestowed upon my establishment, my de- ? termination is to merit a continuance of the F. HAPPERFIELD. SKYLIGHT, rrm AND NO MORE CLIMBING UP-STAIRB ! 1. * 1 TAKE pleasure to inform all In want of PHO- *?tisfi JL TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just ?f taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built 'er?D with fine sky and side-lights.near my residence? c?ar*' first house east of the jail, and only a few hun- ataDd dred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 years and every convenience for {** 1 1??1,1 mn haw Hn hflttAr work ^ til6 UUMllle.-M), Win Dliauic uiu uui. w. v ...... than ever before. , 1 ' Frames and Photo-Albums, iStereoscopee and Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell vou a MASON <fc , I HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEW- 8ize?' ING MACHINE, for cash or on time. ??ntai J. R. SCHORB. *he July 8 27 tf is a h< J sic mi ~~*? ? ???? ??? W6 ftsl THE J AS. LEFFEL than ( Doable Turbine Water Wheel, in use i Manufactured by Cf8?? POOLE & HURT. , gr"; Baltimore, Hd. 7jOoo so fr iir vast ?uU" Simple, 8trong, Durable, Boyd, always reliable and satis- d tl Hsuufacturen,also, of bu STOV Sawft Grist Mills, Mini jjgjjj KM S OilMillIMaelilMry^iSi^aMtoer AdJ aspecfalty 8fea<??r?0 mad ^rii^i?cn" I T M ^ ?te ana of Very best finish. Send #or CSrealara. V JOH* October 7 40 6m te^co! BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY ?]? STATIONERY, AND ? -m Ttc BOOK BINDEKl. j^f THANKING tlie pnbllc for liberal past patron- gj^ s age, I now invite attention to myoompim nt>iiu stock of hand STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, ang. consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midlum, FolioPost, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, ~ oave ry variety; Envelopes, 8)ates, Inky dfc, 7TTL Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Pen- ISC111 Knives, Writing Desks, <fco. Also, ?. BOOK BINDING DONE* T1 0neoc In all its various branches. Sheet Music, Period- ?ne <* tears. Law Books, 4c., bound in any style desired. {* Ola Books rebound and repaired. ??& PBHf TED BILL ANDLETTEBHEADS A SPECIALTY Tenu Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash gar* prices. E. R. STOKES, more 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. furnis FIC GVANO COm ; .,tJ -f.l * ' I i u. - ,r - . ?- : D IN) ' / r i, n < . <; . D t ;>' i ' . ... It . ' ' SO -i 4 ' DOLLARS. l1- ;(.? -fii? *' i: i|i' i! ! ming public >. IFIG GUANO, ; ; .1 , V <; .Vfll ' ) t'. i-j'./'' ' erit to any article sold in tbe country,. We 'HOSPHATE ting with Cotton Seed? ' ^ ^ OEND AS FIJtST-CLASS, , , .i-j-v: TIi .A {V impany has ever been, to T THE LOWEST PRICE. ' this, they have ' , a I lowered the Price. j tefore buying elsewhere. M i CO., Agents; : 1 ? r ' S* U Agents, d i ;?< i! > I?!h'; S. C. r A CO., Agents, A m lAtt, Agents, I iW* *?'?. / / ."* H >iQj.;'<( : ??.*r j-i-5% ? >'/tU-j-.iO ' ll . / Ul-i? . k i;., .1 1. . I tt.;.: ?/<.y : '. r . i < ^ n&TJAiVO! : >. ange. : wf ; > PTEBTIIilZJEOtti''"- 1 &.NIPULATED GUANO, NG LIBERAL TERMS ' " ' ig in Cotton on the basis ofi PER T^OK. ot, (Planter paying expen- y i^j?rv us plain, aa he Willinow it, no matter how' low the price may Oe, and r this GUANO IS tfNEQtJALE?,40? Htm msand tons we have sold. Our Agents aaU y . , WILCOX. GIBBS A- CO-, > mno, Charleston, S. Ci,knd Savannah', Ga, fi. . i . . -.i U-Jt- > tlii ill-.Wit . ! , A M. X.. BBADLEVg fANDARD FERTILIZERS:1' ) ISTUP. BBO. k POULARD, FORMERLY POLLARD & CO,, CON FACTORS, GENEEAL AGENTS, J AUGUSTA, GEOB6IA. > !' ,f '.vt'iV-};"'?{rt^5*.:i |^HdUhiT< '?< v . > wamBi Ja yPEKgS^ . i..' a-cJ J!). iAFOWLeyAN0 RPH E, ADLEY^S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED J ES, in bags, 200 lbs. The a bo ve Stan dand Fertil leers having been V 3 for the paat seven years In the 8ootli, with V oaled success, are again offered at nrlbes.thet it fail to give satisfaction, while fhestanaanl iran teed to be equal,/if not superior to> any JOld. , . !l- i -.i \-FOWL GUANO is well adapted to red and -it is said by practical far mem that 175 Is of'his Quano is equal to 200 pounda of )nerality of other Guanos. Yon can pfty for 3uano,in cotton or money. The prioes are . Ilows: Cash, April 1st. 1876, #48f Time, mber 1st, 1876, |58^or 426 pounds middling 1 i, delivered November Ist/for l tpnof aow Is. Freight,f7.50y to be paid when tbeOnano en away. ,, W. H. & J. P. HERffDOlt, Atiau. iruary 17 7- i d'; L ' H ^ jjj ' H miS '""['j "'M * f' ' i? : Q J E COOKING STOVES nunqAcfcp^ftoai ] rorks In Greensboro, N. 0., jive universal ^ iction wherever introduced. Tbey aremade i BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavd thicker plate than any other Stove in the at, and consequently will, the longer with- ? heat and hard usage. Tbey are or hand pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal sry other respect to any Cooking Stove sold United States, whileitts edhflddnlly claimed ;hey are the CHEAPEST. ,'A.ll the usual I of ware and coqking utensils are furnished each Stove. An important consideration mrchasera is the feet that our patterns and U?a/nJ JSksisvfirl: o ntOAO (rut ire never umuiftw. ww?r.?~v o? llv broken at any time, we can replace It at ere coat of casting. Not simply because it )me production, baton accountofitafntrinjrita as an article of household economy, do k the patronage of borne pnmbiMN* .< Mere V )NE THOUSAND of the^ Stoves are now I. and among many others having them we :tfnlly refer to the following r R. E.Guthrie, Campbell, M. H. Currence, Yotk county; Elisabeth J. Wylie. Cheater; D.A, Gordon, ieeville; John A. Brown, Rpck Hill i-B; P. Joseph Herndon, L. M. Griafc, Yoylfvllle. an save the freight from the northern cities ie dealer's profit, which la ne small Item, ;ying of us, and at the same time get a E THAT 18 MORE DURABLE than those i them make, The following are ear prices red at depot in Greensboro: with 10 pieces wareahd 8 feet pipe, $30 00 <? <? ?? ? ?? ? 00 iress, SERGEANT A MoCAULEY,^. DOBSON A CO.; Agents, Yorkville,Vc. " unty, 8: C; CARROLL, Ageht at Chester,8. G. T received and iri my^hop, a laWe supply WOOD COFFINS AND BASKETS, clfali ind qualities, already trimmed knd finished appearanoe equal to metalio cases. Abo, on a full assortment of METALIC CASES ^SREpCS. J. E. 8MITH, Agent. t ^oibiHe ^uauittr. rKRM8 IN APYANCB i S Oft >py, six 1 Oft J ?PX? 1 Oft ^ ' CtMIMM ? ????* * MUM 1ft opi88, one y68r,M(1MUHt??.'?M?'*%? .* ? 5 OO spies, one year, ... 26 oe. To persona who make up club* or ten or bamee, an extra oopy of the paper will be bed one year, free of charge.