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t&mmu fjepartwoit. "THE AGER." The following fclever parody, by Prof. J. P. Stelle, editor of the Progressive Farmer and of the agricultural department of the Mobile Register, has been repeatedly published, though generally in a mutilated form. We five what is believed to be a correct version, t is good enough to bear repetition, and will touch a tender spot in the sympathies of some of our readers: Once upon an evening bleary, While I sat me dreamy, dreary, In the sunshine, thinking over Things that passed in days of yore; While I nodded, nearly sleeping, Up my back, like water seeping? Seeping upward from the floor. 44 'Tis a cooling breeze," I muttered, "From the regions 'neath the floor? Only this and nothing more." Oh ! distinctly I remember It was in that wet September, When the earth and every member Of creation that it bore A A xitui iuj uajs auu was ucou auaaiiig In the meanest, most provoking Foggy rains that, without joking, . ? We had ever seen before; So I knew it must be very Cold and damp beneath the floor? Very cold beneath the floor. So I sat me nearly napping, In the sunshine, stretching, gaping, Craving water, but delighted With the breeze from 'neatb,the floor; Till I found me waxing colder, And the sft-etchin^ growing bolder, And myself a feeling olderOlder than I'd felt before; Feeling that my joints were stiffer Than they were in days of yore? Stiffer than they've been before. All along my back the creeping Soon gave plfice to rushing, leaping, As if countless frozen demons Had concluded to explore All the cavities?the "varmints"? 'Twixt me and mv nether garments, Up my hair and downward Through raj- boots into the floor; Then I found myself a shaking, Gently flrst, but more and more? Every moment more and more. 'Twas the ager, and it shook me Into many clothes and took me Shaking to the kitchen?every Tlaee where there was warmth in store; Shaking till the dish was shattered, Shaking till the tea was spattered, Shaking, and with all my warning Feeling.colder than before; Shaking till it had exhausted All its powers to shake me moreTill it could not shake me more. Then it rested till the morrow, Thon rAaiimod wif.h all tho horror That it had the face to borrow, Shaking, shaking as before, And from that day in September? Day that I shall long remember? It has made diurnal visits, Shaking, shaking, oh so sore! Shaking off my boots and shaking Me to bed, if nothing more? Fully this, if nothing more. And to-day the swallows flitting Roung my cottage see me sitting Moodily within the sunshine Just inside my silent door, Waiting for the ages, seeming? Like a man forever dreaming, And the sunlight on me streaming Throws no shadows on the floor: p For I am too thin and sallow To make shadows on the door; Nary shadow?any more" An Unsympathizing Voter.?They say that the politician who isn't enthusiastic in the case of his party is no politician at all, and this may be the motive mental power that forces some politicians to extremes. In a charter election held i* a Western town, the other day, enthusiasm ran high, and both parties made a lively effort to get out the full party vote. About an hour before the polls closed it was discovered that the leading candidate on one ticket was one vote ahead, and with no prospect that he could secure another vote. The opposition polled its full strength, but suddenly remembered that a faithful member was on a bed of sickness. A carriage was driven to his house, and the sick man's wife met the committee at the door. "My husband is at the point of death," she 11 i:~J a- A A sauiy repxieu 10 uxeir xxxx,errogxuux-xei>. "Couldn't we carry him on a lounge?" queried one of the men. "He may not live two hours," she replied. "Couldn't four of us take him on a bed?" continued the man. "I think he is dying even now," she answered. "Does he know we are here ?" "He is unconscious." "Dear me!" sighed the man, as he turned away. "I don't see how he can wilfully and deliberately lie down and die when his one vote would scoop the opposition higher than a kite!" Too Much Noise for the Size.?After a most ridiculous and extravagant plea by a young lawyer, in a trivial case, an older lawyer, who had a way of saying quaint things, remarked, in opening the opposing side of the case, that his young friend's elaborate plea reminded him of the experience of a neighbor r?f his enorflorfid in hreakinc a colt, and the story he told was in substance like this : The colt breaker made his young son hide in the bush, while he himself was to mount the animal and put him at the top of his speed to the hiding place, and the boy was to rush suddenly out and shout, "Boo!"?the idea being to prove how well the coif would stand the scare. Everything was done according to programme, but the result was altogether too much of a scare for the colt, who kicked up his heels and put down his head, and the old man was thrown far over in the road on his head. Clearing the dust from his loosened teeth, he made for the boy with the switch he bad cut to drive the colt, and with rage began to dress the astonished young man down, shouting, "What did you do that for ? What did you do that for ?" "But, father," said the crying boy, you told me to holler 'boo "Yes," said the old man, "but dang it, it was altogether too big a 'boo' for so small a colt." A Man's Way.?The front steps of a citizen have needed repair for many months past, and almost every day since last October he has promised to send a carpenter around to fix thera. He came home, the other day, to find that his wife had been tripped up again by the steps, and this time she had received a broken limb. She felt just as any woman would, and as he came into the house, stopped groaning long enough to say: "The doctor says I'm laid up for three or four months, and I guess you'll fix those steps now." "They ought to have been fixed long ago," he slowly replied ; "but if you are going to be laid up all summer, I won't bother with 'em ; I'll come and go by the side door." ? ? ? Reason Enough.?They were sitting together, he and she, and he was arduously thinking what to say. Finally he burst out with: "In this land of noble aehievments and undying glory, why is it that women do not come more to the front; why is it they do not climb the ladder of fame?" "I suppose," said she, putting her finger in her mouth, "it is all on account of their pull backs." And then she sighed and he sighed side by side. Good for the German.?The other day two citizens stood in the rain discussing the merits of the German tongue ; one was a native, the other was an importation from faderland. The native finally wound up by saying, somewhat profanely, "This is a nice language; just look at the names?the devil couldn't spell them." "Dat is so," replied the Teuton ; "de tuyfel he don't got no German names on his pooks." A story is told of an Englishman, who, lately, in making a return of his income to the tax commissioners, wrote on the paper: "For the last three years my income has been somewhat under ?150. In the fitture it will be more precarious, as the man is dead of whom I borrowed the money." flouting fat the j^abkfh. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] REMEMBER. There are some things that we should never forget, neither in theory nor in practice. Amongst those things worthy to be stored up in cur memories, is the faot that we cannot hasten our progress to the New Jerusalem by hindering the progress of others. That man who keeps one soul out of heaven, it will be very apt to be his own. He who spends much of his time in thwarting the efforts of others to reach that land of pure delight, will, most assuredly, jeopardize his own soul. Whilst he may hinder the progress of some weak saint, he will, in all probability, stumble over some of his own stumbling-blocks and tumble into perdition. We should remember that it is our duty to follow Christ. We should set the Lord always before our face. He is our pattern. We must be like him, and it is our #uty to influence others to follow us no farther than we follow Christ. That man who spends all his time in impeding the progress of poor, weak believers, is an Amalekite. He brings out no bread and water to the traveler on his journey to the land of promise, and he should fear an Amalekite's doom. God bves his children, and uny who attempt to do them harm, arouse his righteous indignation. [ Original.] "LOST SHEEP." The sheep, perhaps, more than any other animal, is prone to wander about and become lost. Individual sheep are inclined to separate themselves from the flock. A mother often wanders away from her lamb, and a lamb not unfrequently strolls away from its mother. Whether the instinct of the sheep is inferior to chat of other animals, we are not able to say; but the strolling propensity of the sheep is notorious. Another remarkable fact is, that the lost sheep always becomes worse lost. In its efforts to find its home, it wanders farther away from home. This is the apt language in which the Holy Spirit chooses to describe the human family. Each of Adam's race may say, "I have gone astray like a lost sheep." We have forsaken God, our heavenly father, and made ourselves poor and needy and blind and naked and miserable. We are lost and constantly going astray. Each day we are farther from the fold of our heavenly father, and farther from happiness than we ever were before. We take a wide range, strolling all over the hills and dales of vanity, and the mountains and valleys of sin. No created ear can hear our cries; no created arm can render us the needed assistance. We are exposed to the wrath of God. We are conscious of our weakness. We tremble at the rustling of a leaf, and startle at our own shadow. The echo of our own cry frightens us, and every sound is a harbinger of destruction. We are troubled. Our path is over rugged cliffs, overlooking yawning gulfs below. Darkness gathers around us, and gloom is anttiin na Every sinner is a lost sheep going astray. Soon, unless he is found by the lamb of God and taken back to the fold, he will b^ lost forever?eternally lost. (.Original ] SOITL-SATISFACTION. However much men may disagree with regard to the origin of evil, all are forced to acknowledge that there is evil in the world. All are the subjects of disappointments.. All are in search of happiness, and no man ever found it except in Jesus Christ. The wicked, says the Bible, are like the troubled ocean, which casts up mire and dirt. Such is a graphic description of all men out of Christ Jesus. The bosom of every sinner heaves with disappointment, like the ocean in a storm. Mire and dirt?moral filth and moral pollution?are brought to the surface. No earthly condition can make us happy. No earthly condition can banish cares from the soul. The monarch, whose dominions extend from sea to sea, nas as little soui-satisfaction as the beggar. The tables of the former may groan beneath royal dainties, whilst those of the latter may be covered with want. Neither is happy in soul; but both are miserable. No man, without an interest in Jesus Christ, can say with truth, "All is well." Miserable as is the condition of things in this sin-cursed world of ours, we may be comparatively happy here, and have well-founded hopes of perfect happiness in another world. It is sin that impregnates every sweet with a bitter, and plants and waters and cultivates care and anxiety and disappointment and fear in every breast. Remove sin, and all sorrow and suffering are cast into the gulf of oblivion. The thorn and the thistle that spring up spontaneously and grow luxuriantly in the human heart, are plucked up by the roots. God, in his wondrous love, pities poor suffering sinners, and in bis matchless grace be offers them a Saviour to redeem them from the guilt of sin, and promises to send his Holy Spirit to cleanse them from the filth of sin. So soon as the sinner accepts the Saviour, his sins are pardoned. The guilt of sin is removed. He is no longer liable to punishment. Things assume a new aspect. The sinner himself becomes a new creature, and the world, without him, assumes a new aspect. 1 God is no longer regarded as an austere tyrant, reaping where he has not sown, and gathering where he has not strewed; but is regarded as a kind and gracious God whose tender mercies are over all his works. His soul is no longer tossed with anxious solicitude on account of the condemnation which is in the law of God; but it rests on the pardoning love of God. The old man of sin begins to die, and the man in Christ Jesus begins to grow and flourish. He who was once a blind sinner, is made, by God's holy spirit, a seeing saint. Every thing is new. He sees things iu a different light. A God of love and grace reigns over him, and a spirit of peace and joy and hope reigns within him. He loves God, loves the law of God, loves the providence of J God, and rests upon the gracious promises of God. To the soul troubled by sin, God proclaims, i "A fountain is opened for sin and uncleanness." To the longing soul God says, "Ho! I every one that thirsteth; come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, | and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk with! out money and without price." "The spirit and the bride say, come. And let him that heareth them say, come. And let him that is athirst, come. And whosoever will, let him take of the waters of life freely !" J?" Error will never be headed off by preaching and praying alone. When error represents intellect, when it represents philanthrophy; when it represents art and culture j and music, you must fight it with its own I weapons. Match eloquence with eloquence, match culture with a higher finish, match its j philanthrophy with wider plans and a more generous outlay for human weal. ^grtcttltoral Department. [Original.] IMMIGRATION. For the last few years, the hobby with a multitude of our Southern farmers has been immigration. The doctrine that our country is too sparsely populated is constantly stated, and efforts are made to induce persons to come from any and every part of the world to fill up the unoccupied territory. There is no question about the sparseness of the population of the Southern country ; but there iB something strange about the thing, after all. It depends very much upon the character of the immigrants, whether we need any to come into our midst. We already have two classes of citizens too many. They are'a nuisance to the country, and would be to any country. Hence, we feel morally bound to raise our voice against any more of the same sort being brought into the country. We have a class of idlers* composed in about equal numbers of whites and blacks, who have no visible way of making a living. We want 110 more idle con * i r* _ sinners. Again, we nave a ciass 01 ciuztus, composed mostly of young white men, who are wasting their time and the hard-earned money of their fathers, in riotous living. We need no more prodigals. We do need, however, scores of laboring men and women of good moral character. We do not need any more servants. We have more servants now than we have any use for. We want men and women to come and settle in the country who are above taking the menial position of hewers of wood and drawers of water for any man. That man or woman who is content to work from year to year, in the degraded capacity of a servant, to do rtyrty work, never can make a citizen. We want citizeus in the proper seuse of the word. Men and women who regard themselves as something ; not mere ciphers in the world. How we are to get such persons to come into our country, under existing circumstances, it is not easy to see. There are no vacant lands in the South. All the land is owned by some one, and the moment a move is made by men of limited means to buy up, settle and improve these lands, that moment the price of land will reach a fabulous point If all that is meant by immigrants is a class of menial laborers, we are satisfied that by immigration our Southern country will not be haltered. The negro is. all things considered, ~"v' O" * * o the best servant in the world for our Southern country. He has as many good points, and as few bad ones, as any servant in the universe. Suppose the South was filled with negroes as full as the most enthusiastic imtnigratiouist desires, what sort of a place would it be? It would make labor cheap, but it would add nothing to the wealth of the South. Neither would it make the life of our Southern farmers more pleasant. Whenever the large land-holders of the South become ready to dispose of a portion of their lands at fair prices and on reasonable terjns, it will be time enough to talk about immigration. Until that time arrives, the streams of immigrants will flow through other channels into other sections of America. Sulphur for Fowls.?There is no remedy and assistant so easily and cheapi'y obtained, so harmless to the fowls, or so satisfactory in its result, as sulphur. It being in the system of animals to a small degree, there is a greater attinity for it than therer otherwise would be. It can be administered to the fowls by having it in a small box, so that they can help themselves, or by mixing it with their feed once a week, or as often as there are indications of vermin. Penetrating, as it does, to every part of the system, the parasites are quickly and surely destroyed. Also gapes are said to be prevented in chickens. Fowls need it more than most animals, their feathers containing between four and five per cent, of sulphur. Their eggs, also, have a small quantity, which is noticed by the discoloring of a silver spoon when it comes in contact with a boiled egg. Applied externally to the fowl when oq the uest, to the nest itself, or mixed with the soil in the dusting box, it is equally efficacious in destroying vermin. To be used asa fumigator of buildings, it is necessary to remove the fowls, close the room or house, mix a little saltpeter with the sulphur iu an iron vessel, and apply a match to the mixture. . This should be done in the morning, and the doors and windows opened in the afternoon for a thorough ventilation. Lard mixed with sulphur in proper proportions and applied as often as it is necessary to the feathers on the neck and back of young and old turkeys, is a very good safeguard against the ravages of foxes.?Poultry World. ? + - A New Forage-Plant and Fertilizer. A correspondent of the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture calls attention to a new forage-plant, which first appeared on a farm of forty acres in Liberty county, Georgia, owned by two freedmen, and was first noticed in 1871. It appeared to be a troublesome weed, springing up very thickly after the crops were laid by. It began to spread and soon covered every foot of uncultivated ground. It has since spread over a large surface, and has reached points several miles distaut from its original point of development. But, so far from being a nuisance, as was at first suspected, it has proved a great boon to the worn-out lands of the South. It is relish ed by farm-animals, both in the green and the cured state. As a fertilizer its application in one case indicated qualities superior to stablemanure. A farmer plowed under two acres of this plant, and on an adjoining two acres a coating of stable manure was spread. The first two acres produced twice as many bushels of corn as the second two. It is known as Mexican clover, and is a leguminous plant. In many localities it has driven out all other grasses. It seeds heavily, but is not an early grower; and hence, it never gets in the way of young crops. The first light frost in the fall kills it.?Department of Agriculture. Remedy for Smut in Wheat.?Our correspondent in Mora, New Mexico, reports that all the wheat in that county is much affected with smut. In many instances growers state that their crop was half smut. For i two years he has tried, with excellent results, j a preventive recommended by Mr. Pendaries, a native of Montauban, France, now residing in that locality. It is as follows : "For ten bushels of wheat, put sixteen I ounces of blue vitriol in a boiler with ten galj Ions of water and heat thoroughly. This mi?! ture is sprinkled, boiling hot, over the wheat, j which is then gathered into a heap and left to | absorb th9 mixture for one day. It is then | spread out again and allowed to dry."?De! varlment of Agriculture. Watering Poultry.?It is the belief of the writer that very many of the diseases inci-1 dent to poultry are due to the neglect in providing them with pure water; particularly do I believe such to be the case in the major1 ity of instances where chicken cholera preI vails. The omission to furnish fowls with j suitable drinking water, is one of the worst i features of cruelty to animals. It is a negj lect that is decidedly adverse to success, hence tends to diminish individual fancy for fowls, and works detriment to poultry interests. ! i Those whom we occasionally hear say that1 I "there is no profit in poultry," are not quali- j I fied to have the management of the same,1 ; and in their attentions may be classed with | the thriftless and neglectful parties who keep 1 fowls that get drink only when it rains,? I Fancier?' Journal. pstotg flf $. tooiitifl. HISTORICAL SKETCHES OP THE Early Settlement of South Carolina. BY BEV. BOBEBT LATHAN. ? STATE OF THE COUNTRY?BRITISH MOVEMENTS. The capture of Charleston and the surrender of General Lincoln's army, put the British in full possession of both Georgia and South Carolina. The Republican cause seemed hopeless. The ^Southern army was totally annihilated. The highest military officer in the State of South Carolina, not included in the list of prisoners taken at the surrender, was General Andrew Williamson. This officer, from the beginning of the Revolution up to this period, had Bhown himself a warm friend and brave defender of the cause of the patriots. A man of great common sense, but singularly illiterate ; a Scotchman by birth, of an enthusiastic temperament; but, withal, a double minded and vascillating man. When, in 1760, General Montgomery was sent to chastise the Indians in the Northwestern section of South Carolina and adjacent regions, Andrew Williamson, full of military ardor, joined him ; and in the following year he accompanied a similar expedition under General Grant. On account of his ardor in behalf of liberty, and on account of his unyielding opposition to the tory clan in the Ninety-Six region?his district?he was promoted to brigadier. By occupation he was a cow-driver, and was regarded the best woods-man of his time. This fitted him for the position of a leader ot partisan troops. Andrew Williamson remained true to the cause of his country, until after the siege of Savannah. After this event he was suspected of complicity with the enemy. During the siege of Charleston, he neglected to render General Lincoln any assistance. At that time he had in arms three or four hundred militia, but made no effort to succor Lincoln. So soon as the fall of Charleston and the surrender of General Lincoln's array was announced in the Ninety-Six district, General Williamson called his officers together and represented the cause of the country as hopelessly desperate. Most of the militia, and, in fact, the greater part of the citizens in the region, were crushed in spirits. The militia were djsbanded, and General Williamson returned to his farm. Those who did not sink into submission, retired : some from the State, and others into other sections more congenial to their feelings. With the exception of a small body of men under Colonel Buford, in the Camden district, there was not an armed body of men in the State. Heretofore the British, although they had concealed the fact, had been discouraged ; but now, all things seemed to indicate a speedy and successful close to the war. The currency of the country was worthless and provisions of all kinds were scarce. The people flocked by hundreds to the British camp, and gave free utterance to the sentiments of their hearts, in opposition to the war. Multitudes nf what. mar. with Dronrietv. be called the ^ , A i # ? aristocracy of the State, never contemplated absolute separation from the British government. These flocked to the British commanders and expressed their sorrow for their past deeds of rebellion, and made fair and honest promisos of loyalty to tlio British crown in the future. All were pardoned, and many of them were rewarded with office in the British army. More than two hundred of the citizens of Charleston declared themselves the friends of Great Britain. This was not all. In the State there were, at that time, a horde of merchants and a swarm of hucksters, who, like buzzards, were growing fat on the desolation of the country. This class of citizens cared nothing for liberty. One form of government was as good in their eyes as another. All they cared for was to amass a fortune. In order to save their ill-gotten gains, this class sought protection beneath the British lion. The British officers made generous offers to those who would return to their former allegiance, and pronounced harsh threats against those who persisted to rebel. The love of their families induced many to take British protection, and policy or hypocrisy urged others to do the same thing. In the lower section of the State, the spirit of resistance was, for the moment, crushed out. The country had been plundered by the enemy and its supplies consumed by the soldiers. The cry for bread was piteously uttered by the wife and children ; and the husband and father, that he might save those near and dear to him alive, made what, under other circumstances, would have been regarded a disgraceful allegiance with his enemy. Sir Henry Clinton, believing that the State was completely subdued, called upon the citizens to come forward and support the British government and establish order and harmony in the country. The terms proposed were easy and generous. The young men were asked to serve six months in the royal army, but were promised that they should not be taken out of the Carolinas and Georgia. They were assured that in every respect they should be treated as regular soldiers, and entitled to the same pay, and, besides, allowed the privilege of choosing their own officers. This was not all. After six months' service they would be exempt from all military service, except militia duty at home. The men who had families were asked to arm themselves for the protection of their homes. However humiliating this offer, its generosity, honestly, no doubt, made, spoiled the patriots. There were multitudes whose tender regard for their dependent families induced them to accept, at least in appearance, the offer of General Clinton. ?XV ? 4- U MATrnlir frtv ^nn/1 Am ooiue wiiu nuu iuugiii uiavuj iui Aiuuuv/iu, accepted the offer made by the British commander-in-chief, and entered the royal army? some as privates, others as officers. Some, who stood high in position, so far degraded themselves as to receive commissions as commissaries, and other posts not exposed to danger. On the twenty-second of May, General Clinj ton issued a proclamation in which he assured protection and support to all the peaceful subjects of the King of Great Britain, and threatened confiscation of property and severe corporal punishment to all who might be found resisting the authority of the King. On the first of June, he, in conjunction with Admiral Arbuthnot, issued another proclamation, in which pardon, full and free, was offered to all for all past offences, save that of having condemned some tory to death under the forms of law. In this last proclamation, a promise was made tp restore the constitution-! al forms of government to the people as soon | as possible, and a guarantee was made that the people should not be taxed except by themselves. These promises were made in good faith, j They were made to promote the cause of the I King of England, without any intention of bringing degradation and ruin upon the people of South Carolina. So the people of the State understood them, and with such understanding, the multitude accepted them. The few, however, determined not to submit to the Crown of England. It was freedom they sought, from the outset. It was freedom they still longed for. Some fled from the State ; others remained and were subjected to insults and injuries. Such was hriefly the condition of things in South Carolina and Georgia after the fall of Charleston. Heretofore the operations of the British had been confined exclusively to the sea-coast. Now the battle field changes. The struggle for independence is made in the upcountry. The counties bordering on N6rth Carolina are made classic grounds, whilst the swamps of the Santee and Pee Dee become the hiding places of partisan bands, as brave as a Leonidas or a Hector. In these wild regions sprang up, as if by magic, bands which turned the tide of the war, and won American freedom. In future, we will follow the advance of the British in the up-country, and, as well as we may be able, sketch the noble daring and heroic suffering of those who met them at every turn. ?be forfeuiUe (JNquiw. 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WOODS <fe CO., Publishers, Cambridgeport, Mass. January 20 3 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 00UHTY OF Y0EK-00UBT OF CJOMMOH PLEA8. a i~ ?T maseKant f varl incr oft "U H /1IOA1U9 O , iUVDIO, llioiviiHUVj <?U Myers and Brother," Plaintiff, against James B. Allison and J. Rufus Bratton, merchants, heretofore trading as "Allison and Bratton," Defen dan ts. ?Summons. To the Defendants, James B. Allison and J. Rufus Bratton. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which was this day filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office in Yorkville, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment against you for three hundred and fifty-three dollars and twenty-three cents, with interest thereon from October 18th, 1873 ; and the further sum of three hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety-four cents, with interest thereon from November 18th, 1873, together with all costs and expenses of this action. Dated May 2nd, A. D., 1876. HART A HART, Plaintiff's Attorneys. [Seal.} J. P. Wallace, C. C. C. Pis. May 4 18 6t BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, <fec, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, <kc. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet M usic, Period icais, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound aud repaired. PBINTED BILL AUD LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. 8TOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. SKY LIGHT, AND NO MORE CLIMBING UP-STAIRS ! "| TAKE ploasure to inform all in want of PHO1 TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with fine sky and side-lights,near my residencefirst house east of the jail, and only a few hundred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 yearn and every convenience for business, will enable me now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, forcash or on time. , J. R. SCHORB. FLOUR. 7 AFRESH supply of North Carolina Flour, at JOHN J. SMITH'S. An O a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and term* free. tj)la TRUE k CO., Augusta, Maine. 19 1)' YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. t i VOLUME 32.-1870. ^ THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is now in its twenty-second volume, and is a large twentyeight column newspaper, handsomely printed on clear, legible type, and devoted to the Political, Social, A oricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. We are enabled to promise Increased attractions In all the different departments of the paper, conspicuous among them being the SERIAL STORIES, written expressly for its columns. " As a non-partisan, independent family newspa per, the future editorial conduct of the Enquirer can be as well judged by the past as by any promise 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 been unremittingly devoted to the management of the Enquirer?fully convinces the proprietor that the plan he adopted on assuming control of the paper, is the correct mode of journalism in the present day. The true mission of the newspaper is to place before the public facts as they may 4xist, unbiased by partisan feelings or sinister motives; and the propriety of this course is fully attested, not 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 other of the most popular and widely circulated papers of the day. The course thus indicated we shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a LITERARY AND FAMILY NEW8PAPER, which shall be a welcome visitor to the Home Circle, and acceptable alike to all classes of readers. Hence, the news department of the Enquires, whether of matters at home or abroad?political or otherwise?will be conducted with the utmost care, and only facts as they seem to exist, will be presented, free from sectional or party bias. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. The original Serial Stories are an attractive feature of the paper, being from the pens of the most sprightly and entertaining story writers of the day, and abound with dramatic plot and stirring incident. HISTORICAL SKETCHES/ The Historical Sketches of the Early History of South Carolina will constitute ah Important feature of the volume. These Sketches are written by Rev. Robert Lathan, and commencing with the earliest settlement of the State in colonial times, gradually trace its rise and progress. To the writing and compilation of these Sketches the author has devoted much thought and extensive research. Besides the colonial history, they will contain the stirring scenes and important events, the anecdotes and incidents?legendary and authentic?which have never before been fully published, connected with the Revolutionary history of the State. Much of the material of these Sketches being traditional?many of the events portrayea navmg never oeen in pnui? and written in Mr. Lathan's easy, famlliarstyle, they will be read with peculiar satisfaction, not only in our own State, but by every one having a just appreciation of the history of a noble ancestry in their struggle for liberty and independence. CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. To meet the demands of our increasing circulation in Chester county, we have engaged the services of Brainerd McLure, Esq., who will contribute a letter of correspondence from Chester regularly each week. These letters are devoted entirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the town and county?and written in the racy and graphic style peculiar to Mr. McLure, they cannot fail to be of interest to our readers in Chester, as well as elsewhere in the State. THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. In addition to the above features, Rev. Mr. Lathan will continue his regular contributions to the "Sabbath Reading," and the "Children's Department," which, under his management for the past six years, have been an importantattraction ; and with the usual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adapted to all tastdfi; the_Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful ln-' formation for the farmer and house-wife; a column of Humorous Reading every week ; "Scraps and Facts,"embracing light current topics; acompend of the News Abroad and at Home; Correspondence ; Commercial and Market Reports; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended to promote the prosperity and welfare of our people, we hope to make the Enquirer replete as an entertaining and instructive Family Journal. Terms of Subscrption?Free of Postage.? Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, each subscriber, per year, $'2*0. Money may be forwarded at our risk by draft, post-office order or registered letter?otherwise 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. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. By a favorable arrangement with the different manufacturers, we are enabled to make the following liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiums for Clubs. These Premiums have been adoptv.w ?a toUVi anftc.inl reference to securing only OU ujr uo ?? ?? -r-- w articles of value, and which will prove serviceable to those procuring them. The regular retail price is given with each and they are just as good as so much cash to those who receive them. All the articles are put down in our schedule at manufacturers' regular retail prioes, and cannot be 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 theSilver 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 Machines from Baltimore, Md. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER KNIFE, worth $1.00. No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one copy of the family edition (cloth binding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which is &3.50 per copy. Or for $4.50 we will give a copy of the Bible Dictionary and send the Enquirer one year. No. 3.?For a elub of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated CHILD'S GILT CUP, worth $3.00. No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 aach, 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 15 subscribers, at $2.50 Bach, we will give one copy of the latest edition af WEBSTER'S NATIONAL PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,040 pages and 600 illustrations. Publisher's price $5.00. No. 6.?For a olub of 17 subscribers, at $2.50 Bach, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TEA-SPOONS, worth $6.00. No. 7.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at $2.50 Bach, we will give a treble silver-plated SYRUP CUP, worth $6.00. /" No. 8.?For a club of 20 subscribers, nt $2.50 sach, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH, worth $8.00. No. 9.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 Bach, we will give one dozen solid cast steel ovaliiandle TABLE KNIVES, valued at $8.00. No. 10.?For a club of 23 subscribers, at $2.50 Bach, we will give a treble silver-plated CASTOR AND FIVE BOTTLES, worth $9.00. xr^ ii ?j?r>r a nlnh of 2fl subscribers, at $2.60 sach, we will give one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth 512.00. No. 12.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at 12.30 3ach, we will give one dozen '.-eble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, worth $12.00. No. 13.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at $2.50 sach, we will give one treble silver-plated CAKE BASKET, worth $12.00. No. 14.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $2.50 3ach, we will give one copy of the latest edition 5f WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,840 pages, with 3,000 illustrations, besides four pages of colored illus- i Orations showing the Arms of the States and Territories, the Arms of various Nations, the Flags jf various Nations, United States Naval Flags, ( 3tc., the publisher's price of which is $12.00. No. 15.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.60 i 3ach, we will give one dozen extra superfine, full >val ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silver-plated blades, valued at $17.00. No. 16.?For a club of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 sach, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING : 3TOVE, including a full set of fixtures and oook- , ng implements. Manufacturers' price $30.00 No. 17.?For a club of 60 subscribers, at $2.60 1 )ach, we will give one three-quart, treble silver- 1 ilated COMMUNION 8ERVICE, consisting of ilX pieces, worth $40. , No. 18.?for a olub of 65 subscribers, at $2.50 >ach, we will give a treble silver-plated TEA SET, jonsisting of SIX pieces, vis.: 1 Coffee Pot, 2 Tea ! Pots, 1 Creamer, 1 Sugar Bowl and 1 Slop Bowl,., he maker's prioe of which is $50. j No. 19.?For a dab of 70 subscribers, at $2.50 < ?ch, we will give a WEED SEWING MA- i ?HINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Draw- i >rs and Drop Leaf, manufacturer's price, $76. PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. ' Notice to Clnb-flakers. ' * i ' It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same post office. Names mav be taken at any number of places If they are all returned by the same Club Agent. One .name fortwoyears,{will be equivalent to two namei for one year each. The time for completing a club is not limited; but names, with the cash, should be forwarded as rapidly as obtained. No Premium will bp delivered until the requisite number of names has been returned and the full amount due for them paid. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter, or money order drawn on the Yorkvllle ^ Kst-offlce. We prefer that no monev he sent us express unless the amount exceeds $25, and in every case the express charges must be prepaid. The receipt of the paper will be sufficient evi- ^ tt,,,* wo hovo rnrsived the subacriDtion ' price; but should parties fall to receive the paper 1 subscribed for in a reasonable time, they should j notify us, giving full particulars, with the amount j of money enclosed, names, post-office, Ac,', that 1 we may ascertain where the fault Ilea. ?, ft; All subscriptions must be forwarded to ns at the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-office and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. Under the present jfostal'laws, we are required to pre-pay postage on all papers sent to our subscribers, which we shall continue to do while the law remains in force, without additional charge to the subscriber. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must give full directions as to whom.and how they shall be delivered. . . j The club-maker may commence sending in names at any time and subsequently determine upon the Premium, or Premiums he will select; but no Premium will be delivered unless the requisite number of names be sent, wnich must be paid for in advance. <}<<;(' A separate lint will be kept for eachcluthmaker, who will be credited with every name sent, so that the number returned by any person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. After names shall have been entered on onr club-books to the credit of any club-maker, they will not be transferred to the list of another. ^ Our Premium List* We have not the space to describe separately, and in the terms tbey deserve, all the elegant Articles we offer us Premiums for clubs. Besides those specially described below, we offer a treble ^ silver-plated Butter Knife, worth $1; child's treble " silver-plated Gilt Cnp, worth $3; hard rubber solid oval-handle Knives and Forks worth $ff p*r set; treble silver-plated Tea Spoons, worth $6 per dozen; treble silver-plated Syrup Cup, worth S6 > each ; treble silver-plated Butter Dish, worth $8 each ; solid cast steel oval-handle Table Knives, worth $8 per dozen; treble silver-plated Castor and five Bottles, worth |9; treble silver-plated Table Spoons, worth $12 per dozen; treble silverplated Table Forks, worth $12 per dozextf treble silver-plated Cake Basket, worth $12; extni superfine full oval-handle Table-Knives, with silver-plated blades, worth $17 per dozen. These articles are of the best quality man ufsctured, and are rated in our schedule at mannfecturers' regular retail prices. For number, of subscribers to secure any one of the Premiums, see Premium List at bottom of Prospectus. Let all rettem- j trertbatrmir'premium-offer-ianot-reBtrietwMo simply one article and one of each the specified clubs*; but to the contrary, the opportunity to secure any number of Premiums is open to all. A Cash Present. "V In addition to the liberal Premiums we ot&jHbr clubs, we will also make aL'ASti rtuasisivr u*' FIFTY DOLLARS to the dob-auke*' >ho *4 shall send us the largest list of subscriber* to the 1 York ville Enquirer by the first Monday of November, 1876. This Present is not to be mistaken I as a premium for the largest olub; bat it will be given as a bonus in addition to tbp Premiums offered. Correct lists wilLbe kept of all name! sent to us, and the award will be feiiiy made at 4 12 o'clock, M., of the first Monday of November, 1876. All names to be entered on the listmnsfbe {>aid in advance, at the regniar club ratesnfyelary subscription. I " > + ! ? , No Competition. Club-maker*, and thou* who may wl*h to form club*, should benr In mind that the offer* we-herrprevent do not InvW^aoni petition for Premium*, a* In cane of working to Men*** v laroest c lob* Each deb-maker fendlnr the n ipililfn nuuibiil of subscriber* will obtah| the Premium offered for the specified number. There Is notfMl'M to the time when the club moot be completed. Send tlmnsmes a* (bat a* obtained, accompanied with the ca*h, and the Premium will be delivered when the requisite number of name* have been returned. The cask must, in all case*, accompany the name of every subscriber forwarded. i Onr Cooking Stove Premium. The elctrant Cooking 8tove* which we offer aa Premium*, are mamrfttcrored by Mem*. Sergeant A McOatrfey, at flwwuHom, V. P. ThrMKj Hirivr* are roydenf the beet fleoirh pit metaT, with Tea vttt flVtBICTM1 pffnOT nun any OOMR l*rv IN ? market, and consequently will the iohger withstand heat and hard usage. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal In points of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured in the Union. The stove Are have selected to give as a Premium 1* the , largest size made by the manufacturers, and with each one will A be furnished, without charte, three joints and one elbow of pipe, ' and all the necessary cooking utensils, viz.: one ham boiler, one bulge pot and cover, one tea kettle; one round frying pun, one long frylntfpan, one round griddle, one pal r waffle Irons, two sheet Iron bread pans, one scraper and one lifter. Over rxvt tuocsand of these etoves are In use In Virginia and North and South g Carolina, and- they give universal satisfaction. The stove* will be shipped to those entitled to receive them as Premiums, direct from the manufactory In Greensboro, N. C. Sewing Machine Premium. The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium, la the well-xnown Weed Machine and Is manufactured by the Weed Sewing Machine Company, Hartford, Conn. It Is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; It can be readily comprehended by anyone; It runs easily; is always read*; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer extra attachments; is self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making an Elastle T.ock-Stltch; stands solid and firm, with long and roomy folding table, and ha* the convenience of two drawer*. Several of these Machines, during the past pasgjreur, have been delivered to persons who have returned the requisite number of names. To secure this valuable Premium, (or sny other that we * may offer,) It is not required that all the names be seat in at one time. Send the names, accompanied with the cash, as fast as you procure them, and when the complement of subscriber* Is made, which need not be restricted to tbe same pont-pflke, the Premium will be promptly delivered as mny he directed. Smith's Bible Dictioaary. - This Dictionary is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London, and the most eminent !exlcngni|Aer in the world', who, in its preparation associated with himself over seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, Id the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long reft by the religious public. The.result or these labors appeared In tferuolurge s and very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use,mudS*yDr. Smith himself, is the one we have arranged to furnish oar subscriber*. Ths hook contains every name In the BIMe resetting which anything can be said. It embraces the results of historic research, antiquarian Investigation, the study of languages end dialects, and the discoveries of the modern travelers and expte rers In the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawiltimn. TeifUnnn; Layard, Offert and Stanley. The book is printed faun new stereotype plates, on good paper, and is appropriately Illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beaurlAil Scenes, Ancient Pities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. It contain* nearly 800 closely-printed, doubieeolotnn, octavo pages, Including 34 elegant fall-page. Steel and Wood Engravings. It bprinredin type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price or roe vicimhuuj ? $3 SO. See prospectus for the liberal offer mMki with ttofn valuable publication as a Premium for clube. . * ' ; ' Webster's Dictionaries* j?** ' WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED.?The moat valuable ?eular book in the English language la Webster's Unabridged Dletloonry. It la an extensive Art Gallery, containing over three thousand engraving*, representing animals, Insects, reptiles, plants, Implements, machinery, heraldic devlees, etc., etc. The latest edition, which we give as a premium, has ateefbor pages , of chromatic Illustrations, representing, In their proper eetora, the flags and coats of arm* of the dliferent nations. The Dletlonnry Is a vast library affording Information of every deacrip- *. tlon. Besides giving the orthography, pronunciation om derivation of words, it also teaches the pronunciation of Scriptural, Historical, Geographical, Greek, Lathi aad French Mtet*s,and gives a variety of statistical Information. It k regarded btr majority of English-apealdng people as the staadagth ualharfcj, and as has been well observed,tt la the most mnarkaMe compendium of hnmsn knowledge In our laoguagd. /"J-.*1 * ' WEBSTER'S PICTORIAL NATIONALDICTIONARY; This edition of Webster's Dictionary baa been predated , expressly Car the linni Hi iif ilinan ahn till f nlflrbllm ifhfflW* mite position on a broad scale, and arc desirous to gain aa exact' knowledge of. oar lahgua^ aad a rtady cmamate*;of Mb various forms of expression. By the liberal offbr we make, aay student, or other young man desiring to pomeaaaa Invaluable book, eaa secure eiiuer ui uic ruuw vviuwv.< Three-Quart Commaaioa 8tot*''t - J: *< Churches unsuppfied with a Commuuiqp Set appropriate R> the requirements of the sacred rite of administering the Lordto Supper, can, by nur Premium arrangement. secure a flae^trehfe sU ver-platedibree-quart Companion Set or riJpplcc?. UBIkltv ; tie trouble, and, comparatively tgt ao coet. The numuo oHmSscribe ra required In order to secure t^ls valuable a}d etafjUitService enn be procured In almost any congregation; and IS* Hem. ' bera who may be thus balled upon to contribute their ? the expense, will receive In return mora than theImNEIMl - ---contribution In a year's ahecrfptionlo?liop|pttT, ? Ow Prealna We feel sure thUutegtmt Premlam, ctHMisdgg of six pieces of Silver Ware, viz.: a Coffee Pol, two Tea Pott, a Creamer, Sugar and SlonBowt.wrlllglvn great sadifaetitm to thoeewbuiw . obtain it.. The pieces are all of beautifol, uniform 1'gEUU'jaiau style, with raised or embossed figure work. They ifc sit rfce * common silver-washed articles, but the,best trelff (da&Jthe. foundation being white nidftL so as not to show, bvahi when the heavy silver coating may chance to be worn off to any sm* by long, hard usage-- Tftese articles, as well as all -our Silver Wart Premiums, are made by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Camps' ny, No. 39 Pulton street, New York City. Price A50. ZJ \ ' y*. , " Oar Silver Wire and Cntlery Pretn iama. $ With the very liberaloffer which we are enabled to mnll^a y, beau til miy iumuuii'a uumu it now wiwm mw ery house-kef per; nnd here Is an opportunity, or which, If the Isri Irs avail themselves, thejr may secure, with but Hoi* trouble, a valuable set of Silver. Those articles are made for as ;tar the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, 99 Pulton street,. New York, and are warranted to be of the best treble Silver Plata. The reputation of the Merlden Cutlery Company, 49Chamber* street, New York, from whom we buy our Table Cutlery, Premiums, is also hifirly established for the excellency aid mpi ilur finish of the goods they manufacture. ??>? ?'? Value of our Premiams. We would Impress upon every one the fact that mi of oar Premiums are first-class goods, ana the prices attached to them In our lists are the regular retail prices at wMeb the artl ties sen by all dealer* and the manufacturers themselves. It ta only by the most advantageous terms given as by the manufacturers mat we are enabled to make the liberal offers we do, aid wa guarantee every article to be exactly u represented. , A Club and an Extra Copy* For a club of Tan subscribers pakl in advanep at-the regular SftnraftAHauf&is?s$s-s?? requence of the liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cm not -ifford to give an extra copy to the dub-maker wnorecatufca my Premiums enumerated on our list. &S Tn $9A per day tt borne. Samples worth fl free. ^0 1 ^evll Stimsox fc Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly a-alMMiimHH