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Itumarous Department. THE FATE OF MR. STRETCH. It was just after the Fall election that we met him. His name was not Stretch, but we will so designate him. He poured his sorrowful story into the ear of an attentive and sympathetic listener. "No, sir, I'll never run for office again," said Mr. Stretch. "You know when they came and asked if I'd accept a nomination to the legislature, they told me to run, and accordingly they nominated me. Well, sir, the very next morning the Argus came out with an assertion that I had been detected in stealing chickens, and it gave a full history of the case, together with pictures of the chickens, and after darkly hinting that since abandoning chicken-stealing, I had been continually engaged in other forms of robbery, and asked if the people of this State wanted to see a chicken-thief making laws for them. And the mischief of it was, that I did hook a couple of chickens from my grand-mother's coop when I was a small boy, but how'n thunder they ever found it out out beats me. It was fifty-two vears ago. "Now look at my nose ! It ain't much of a nose for beauty, is it ? I know well enough that it's crooked. But nobody ever alluded to it until I was nominated, and then the Argus said that there was a tradition that I had the nose mashed around sideways during my career as a prize-fighter, although some insisted that I had run it hard against the door while I was drunk. And then all the illustrated papers of the State began to publish pictures of me with a nose like the jibsheet of an oyster sloop, only twisted around sideways, and one of them said that when I sneezed on the front porch the concussion acetd like a boomerang and blew the back door open. "And then they talked to me about my war record. You know I was out with the militia. And the Argus published a letter from a man who said that during the battle of Gettysburg I was hid in a refrigerator in a cellar in the town, pretending that I was ordered there to mount guard over some rations of cold beef. And the Argus asserted that the only manoeuvre I was ever good at was falling back; that whenever the enemy was expected to be approaching I always made a bee line for Nova Scotia, and never turned up until after the fight but once, and then we were surprised, and that I fired my musket so wildly that I shot our colonel in I the leg, and surrendered to an Irishman who belonged to our regiment, and who came up to me to borrow a plug of tobacco. To tell the truth, I wasn't much of a fighting man; but how in the mischief they found out about that refrigerator gets me. Awful, isn't it? I would not have minded it so much, only they got up a poster and stuck it around the streets, and headed it 'Stretch's War Record,' and put a picture of me, with a monstrous lobsided nose, sitting inside that refrigerator, gnawing at a bone out of a roast beef. "And then, as the campaign went along, they accused rae of having delirium tremens, of beating ray wife, of wiping my nose on my sleeve, of robbing a bank, of selling my dead aunt to a medical college, and of holding the doctrine that the whale didn't swallow Jonah, - and that when Moses crossed the Red Sea he ^^^jaaddled over in a boat. The Argus said if my wife dared to tell how I treated her, the community would be filled with horror, but anybody might see for themselves who would notice, that her back hair was all thinned out. And it said that I had a wen on my leg that unfitted rae for active duty anyhow, even if I had not forfeited all claim to public confidence by turning my grandfather out of doors when he was dying of consumption, and then setting my dog on him, and making the aged man roost in a mulberry tree on the coldest night last Winter for fear of being eaten up. "People began to avoid rae in the street. The general impression prevailed that I was a desperate and hardened villain. I might have stood that, but you know the way they levied on me for expenses was awful. There was that brass band. I kept that band in luxury for three months ; and it used to come around and serenade me three nights in the week and wake all the babies in the neighborhood. I lost two hundred votes in consequence of those wakened babies. Then the clubs would come and call me out for a speech, and when I would get through I would have to ask them in to a feed, and they would stay there and howl until 4 o'clock in the mominc. and eet drunk, and fiphtand smash o ' ? O the furniture and bleed, over the carpets. Then they would assess me for a mass-meeting, and adjourn. I handed out cash for posters, and rum, and brass-bands, and barbecues, and fire works, and torch light processions, and transparencies, and for flags, and the Argus all the time accusing me of buying up votes and having repeaters in my pay. "The night of the election the brass band and the club came around to congratulate me on my success; and, after having a final spree and a concluding riot in the parlor, I went to bed, glad I had won, anyhow. The first thing that I saw in the Argus in the morning was the announcement that the hoary-headed chicken-stealer had been beaten by 2,000 majority, and would have to keep his eccentric nose at home, and spend his time reflecting that a free people would never elect to a responsible office a man who would tree his consumptive grandfather and traffic in the remains of his aunt. So that lets me out of politics. When I run for office again, you chuck me right into an insane asylum." SWEETENING A ROBBERY. We don't tell this story for the purpose of instructing thieves ; but as a warning to unsophisticated shopkeepers. Not many weeks ago two, well dressed, foppish-looking young men stopped one evening before the door of a grocer in South Boston, where they talked and laughed in a gleesome and bantering manner. The hour was late, and as no teams were passing, their conversation could be heard by the shopkeeper. They were getting up a wager. One was offering to bet the other a large sum that he would not do such a thing. By and by they entered the store. "Have you maple syrup for sale?" asked one. The grocer said he had. "I want two quarts of it." "Have you a vessel in which to put it?" Yes?put it in here." "What?" cried the grocer, in surprise, as the polished castor was set upon the counter?"In your hat?" "Yes?it is for a wager. Dick bets me ten dollars that I won't do it, and after that wear the hat home. In with it, sir, the hat is mine, and paid for I assure you." The shopkeeper measured out the two quarts of syrup and poured it into the hat. The purchaser laid a two dollar bank note upon the counter. As the grocer* turned to his drawer to make the change, the young j gentleman, peering into the hat, cried out. "Say, my dear sir, do you think that roaches improve syrup?" "Roaches ?" repeated the man of the store, turning from his till. "Aye?look ! What do you call those ?" The grocer came and looked over into the hat, and by a dexterous movement the betting customer lifted it, and clapping it on the victim's head, forced it down until the brim was on his nose. At the same moment the second j well dressed gentleman reached over and emptied the money drawer, and the precious pair were well out of the way long before the unfortunate grocer could find sight and voice i sufficient to enable him to give the alarm. He Didn't Trust.?"Do you trust any ; body now-a-days ?" asked a beautiful young lady of a jeweller, as she toyed with the dia- j monds in the case before her. "No, ma'am," | said the jeweller; "I don't trust any body with any thing. In a lady's case I should j not dare to trust my feelings." JUjfiraltal Department. [Original.] LONG FORAGE. One of the many evils which Southern farmers experience, is a scarcity of long forage during the spring and early part of the summer. The reason of this scarcity is not because an abundance of such food for stock can not be made in the South, but because so little attention is devoted to saving it. Native grasses grows on almost all our lowlands, which, when properly cured, make good hay. Nearly all ourcottou planters are so pushed with their cotton erop at the proper time to cut and cure these natural meadows, that they have not time to devote to this business. The same is true respecting the saving of fodder (cdrn blades;. Uotton picking time and fodder pulling time, often are close together. Bottom corn is often late, and at the time the fodder on such lands should be pulled, the cotton is ready for picking. The consequence is, that long forage, as a general thing, is scarce in the South. The results of this thing are ruinous on stock. All kinds of stock need a large amount of what, in our country, is called "roughness." They need it, not so much for the nutriment that it contains, as for a stimulus of distension. In a large amount of rough food that is given to our stock, there can not be much nutriment. For instance, in common corn shucks or husks, the most of the nutritive properties which were in them when in a green state, were given up to the grain whilst ripening. The same is true with regard to the straw of wheat, oats and rye. The effort of the plant was not to make shucks or straw, but grain. Still, any kind of long forage, provided it is not in some way spoiled, is very beneficial to stock. It serves the important purpose of filling up the stomach of the animal that eats it. If our farmers would only make a proper use of the many blessings that our country affords, long forage would be abundant at all seasons of the year. This is the season of the year for threshing wheat. The straw and chaff should be carefully stored away in houses, sprinkling some salt over the straw whilst it is being packed. Good clean wheat straw is no mean food for slock. From June to October grass may be found on almost every plantation, which, if cut, will make good hay. The precise time at which grass should be cut, in order to make good hay, depends somewhat on the kind of grass. All rough grasses should be cut about the time that the i ? . mi _ . tassel Degins to appear, mere is a very rough grass, called rice grass, that grows abundantly in all our low lands, which, if cut at this period, makes fine hay ; but if left until the seed is ripe, it is woody and scarcely fit for anything. As a general rule, all grass, for hay, should be cut before the seed is ripe. The object in view is not grain, but long forage. Grass, after being cut, should not be exposed more than oue day to the hot sun before it is gathered into heaps. It is decidedly better to store all kinds of long forage away in a house thau to stack it out in the field. After being cut, hay should, if possible, be either stacked up or stored away in a house before getting wet. Treat Your Animals Kindly.?r?orae men are so indifferently constituted thatthty do not really know how to treat the domestic animals under their control. If the team gets stalled they think that the only way to get out of the rut or mire is to take a recess of two or three minutes of hard swearing, after which a cudgel is procured, and the oaths are qr?lro nn + lio kqo1?q nf iu?.or.ofcu '"X" ? -poor brutes who have been given more than they can do. A cow is being milked and she has sore teats. She endures the process of milking from rude and careless hands until the tingling pain causes her to lift her foot? perhaps kick?and in some cases to upset the milk. A few or several kicks with a heavy boot, and sometimes accompanied with pounding, eases the mind of the milker, and he goes to work again milking the frightened animal, but does not, naturally, get the quantity of milk from her that he should. Going to the house in a bad humor over the loss of his milk, he does not see the faithful watch-dog at the door, and nearly stumbles over him. A vigorous kick with the boot seems to relieve the man's anger materially, as he mutters, "Now, there, you got it!" and passes into the house. The poultry gets into the garden through a gate which he himself so carelessly left open. With an exclamation of anger, he picks up a stout stick and a few good sized stones, and sallies into the garden to drive out the intruders. A few well directed shots clear the garden of the fowls, with the exception of the few he maimed. And so it goes with all the stock; yet John wonders why all the stock run away from him or cower in fear when he is around, and cannot understand how it is that the poultry will come on with a hop, skip aud a jump to eat out of his brother Willie's hand wheuever he calls them, as will all the other stock. John says, "The animals shall mind me," and uses force unworthy of the brutes he tries to bring under his complete subjection, forgetting that kindness, though it binds with silken cords, is far more powerful and durable than can ever be the obedience produced through fear of punishment. Being an ardent lover of pets, I so thoroughly detest cruelty to animals thatl will not consider that I have written in vain if it will lessen even a tithe of the cruelty so often practiced and so little noticed. ? ? > Saving jtjeef.?l send you a recipe ror saving beef during the summer season, which I think is of vast importance to the South, as we can raise cattle with but little trouble, and by this process can save the largest ox in midsummer for any length of time. I put up for my own family use one-quarter to onehalf a beef weekly, and have not lost any in the past three months. I do not claim any thing for myself exeept the application, and my object is to give my experience to others that they may be benefitted. Recipe.?For one hundred pounds of beef take five pouuds of fine salt, two ounces of saltpetre, and two pints of good molasses. Directions.?Cut your beef in convenient pieces, taking out the marrow bones. Incorporate the salt and saltpetre together on a board or table. Take the beef, piece by piece, and rub the salt well into the flesh. Then have a cask of convenient size, prepared in the following manner; wash it well in the in ' ? 1 - :J. r. side, tneo sraoae n jui ieu ut imccu miuum with com shucks or cobs, or anything that will make a dense smoke, (do not burn the cask,) let it cool for a few minutes, then put the beef in layers as close as possible, pouring the molasses oyer each layer. When all is thus placed in the cask, put a cover on the top with sufficient weight to keep the meat down, and in the course of six or ten hours the meat will be covered with brine. Use no water. When thus prepared, you can use it as steaks or roasts as you desire, as there is no more salt in it than will make it palatable.? Cor. Rural South-Land. ' I&" A correspondent of The Indiana Farmer says: "If you want good, sweet mutton, kill your sheep without worrying or fatigue ; the less exercise the better. Hang up at once; now change ends; hang him by the head, and skin down to the tail; the job is done in half the time, and neatly. It is not the wool that gives mutton the sheep taste and smell; it is the food during exercise, and after being killed ; hence the necessity of speedy work until cleansed." gUafling fat: the JFahhath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] CHRIST'S OFFICES. The salvation of sinners is the wonder of angels. The redeemed in heaven will never cease to sing anthems of praise to him that washed them in his own blood. To create a world, required only almighty power and infinite wisdom; to govern a world, requires nothing more than what was required to create it; but to save a sinner, the Son of God must become the son of man, live a life of obedience and die au ignQmiuious death. To save sinuers, two things are necessary. The sentence of condemnation must be removed and the sinner must be so changed that he will be fit for communion with God. To accomplish this mighty work, Christ became our 1 * n ? ? HTio rtffiflOQ TVPTA priest) piupucb auu allig. iaiu vujvvw tiv.v three fold. As a priest, he offered up himself a sacrifice to take away the guilt of sin. To him all the bloody sacrifices of Old Testament times typically pointed. The law of God declared that without the shedding of blood, there could be no remission of sin; Christ, as a priest, offered up his own body as a sacrifice for sin. He was, himself, altar, sacrifice and priest. He made an atonement by his death. His blood is the redemption price of our sins. As a prophet, Christ instructs his people by his word and spirit in things pertaining to eternal life. The Bible is given to us by Christ as a prophet, to be unto us as a light unto our feet and a lamp unto our path. It is full of instruction. There is no book in the world like it. The evidence that it is the Book of God is manifest on every page. To Anliorhtmi mir sin-darkened understandings. that we may be enabled to 3omprehend the truths of the Bible, the Holy Spirit is sent to us. By the spirit we are led into all truth. By the spirit, we are taught what is our duty to God and what is our duty to our fellowmen. Christ, as a prophet, reveals himself in the Bible and the Holy Spirit reveals the Bible to Christ's people. He who takes the Bible for his guide and the Holy Spirit for his interpreter of the Bible, will always be found possessed of the true wisdom. As a King, Christ rules the world. He is Lord of all. His sceptre knows no bounds. There is no limit to his kingdom. It is as extensive as creation. In a particular seDse, however, Christ is King of his people. He reigns over them and he reigns in them. By his strong arm, he protects them from all his and their enemies. To his people he is a wall of fire rouud about. Christ, as a King, also reigns in his people. By him they are made a willing and obedient people. Their evil passions and wicked lusts are restrained and by the power of his grace they are made to render to God a willing service. Throughout an endless eternity, Jesus will be loved and adored as the priest, prophet and king of his people. ? fOrlffinal 1 PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL. " We often hear it 9aid that the church is retrograding. In moments of despondency, pious people frequently exclaim that the number of Christians is decreasing rather than increasing. This is not the case. It is contrary to the promise of the Saviour, and it is contradicted by facts. The Saviour commissioned his early disciples and sent them out to preach the gospel to every creature, promising, at the same time, that he would be with them to the end of the world. The phrase "to every creature," roust mean to all of Adam's race; and the promise, "I am with you to the end of the world," evidently means with you, individually, so long as you may live, and with all your successors during each of their natural lives. Facts prove that the Saviour has been faithful to keep this promise to the very letter. Our Saviour graciously premises that his ministers, after his ascension, would do greater works than he did whilst tabernacling in the flesh.?John 14 : 12. Whatever may be the full import of this promise, we think it may be safely said, that a promise is made that ministers of the gospel, although only poor, erring men, would, by the powerful influences of the Holy Spirit, be more successful preachers than Christ himself. It is true that "never man spake like Jesus;" still many men have been more successful preachers than he. On the day of Pentecost three thousand souls were converted, and at present every Sabbath witnesses a pentecostal season. There are more pious men and women in the world to-day than there were yesterday, and there will be more to-morrow than there are to-day. It may be that in particular localities there is a falling away; but the progress of the gospel has beeu steadily and surely onward. T/il a a A am inl a a^* a aaa 10 fnlcAn Ailf r\4-' f kfl i3ic a.i lci joio ui iuc oca. 10 taacu uui vjx wuc grasp of Satan and added to the dominions of our Lord and Saviour. Each day beholds the triumphs of the cross in lands most remote from each other. The Bible is printed in not only all the refined and polished languages of the civilized nations of the globe, but in many of the barbarous dialects of heathen tribes. The missionary of the gospel proclaims salvation, through the blood of Jesus, in lands where the wild winds of the polar regions storm, and where a tropical sun pours down his fiery rays. The kingdoms of this world are fast becoming the kingdoms of Jesus Christ. The progress of the gospel, during the last three hundred years, has added hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the commerce of the world. The progress is as rapid to-day as it ever was. It has gained momentum, and before it every opposition is crumbling. Never were the triumphs of King Iramanuel so glorious as they are to-day. Victory after victory is achieved by him in every land. Visibly do we see the old serpent with a crushed head lying struggling onrl Joiner Konpath t.hfl ffifit flf .TeSUR. Nothing j " o | can withstand the progress of the gospel. It ! is a mill-stone. All on whom it falls it grinds i to powder. No one need fear that the world j will ever be worse than it is to-day. Multi! tudes of individuals may grow worse, but in{ finite multitudes will grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, in spite of all op' position. I Truk.?If the devil comes to my door with j his horns visible, I will never let him in; but j if he comeR with his hat on as a respectable gentleman, he is at once admitted. The met! aphor may be very quaint, but it is quite true, i Many a man has taken in an evil thing because it has been varnished and glossed over, *i i t _ l : and not apparently an evil; ana ne nas | thought in his heart, there is not much harm , in it; so he has let in the little thing and it has been like the breaking forth of water,? the first drop has brought after it a torrent, j The beginning has been but the beginning of a fearful end ?Spurgeon. 5??* Many of the chords of religion are untouched in times of prosperity, when they i are fanned by balmy zephyrs and regaled by rare perfumes; but when God plays upon . them with violent tempests, then the deeper , tones send forth, and they roll out majestic streams of music. I \ YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. VOLUME 233.?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 gricultural 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 newspaper, 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 unremittinirlv 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 exist, 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 populaV and widely circulated papers of the day. The course thus indicated we shall 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 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 Seriat. 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 an 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. 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It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same post office. Names may be taken at any number of places if they are all returned by the same Club Agent. One name for two years, will be equivalent to two names 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 be de livered until the requisite number of names nas 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 Yorkville post-offlce. We prefer that no monev be sent us by express unless the amount exceens $'25, and in every case the express charges must be prepaid. The receipt of the paper will be sufficient evidence tiiat we have received the subscription price; but should parties fail to receive the paper subscribed for in a reasonable time, they should notify us, giving full particulars, with the amount of money enclosed, names, post-office, Ac., that we may ascertain where the fault lies. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-offlce and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. Under the present postal laws, we are required to pre-pay postage on all papers sent to our subscribers, which we shall continue to do while the law remaiusin 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. 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, which must be paid for in advance. A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, 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 our 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 they deserve, all the elegant articles we offer as Premiums for clubs. Besides those specially described below, we offer a treble silver-plated Butter Knife, worth $1; child's treble silver-plated Gilt Cup, worth $3; hard rubber solid oval-handle Knives and Forks worth $5 per set; treble silver-plated TeaSpoons, worth |6 per dozen; treble silver-plated Syrup Cup, worth 86 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 Tahle Forks, worth 812 per dozen; treble silver-plated Cake Basket, worth $12; extra superfine full oval-handle Table-Knives, with silver-plated blades, worth 817 per dozen. These articles are of the best quality manufactured, and are rated in our schedule at manufacturers' regular retail prices. For number of subscribers to secure any one of the Premiums, see Premium List at bottom of Prospectus. Let all remember that our premium offer is not restricted to simply one article and one of each the specified clnbs; but to the contrary, the opportunity to secure any number of Premiums is open' to all. A Cash Present. In addition to the liberal Premiums we offer for clubs, we will also make a CASH PRESENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS to the olub-maker who shall send us the largest list of subscribers to the Yorkville Enquirer by the first Monday of November, 1876. This Present is not to be mistaken as a premium for the largest club; but it will be given as a bonm in addition to the Premiums offered. Correct lists will be kept of all names sent to us, and the award will be fairly made at 12 o'clock, M., of the first Monday of November, 1876. All names to be entered on the list must be Iiaid in advance, at the regular club rates of yeary subscription. No Competition. Club-makers, and those who may wish to form clubs, should bear in mind that the offers we here present do not Invite competition for Premiums, as in case of working to secure the larorst ci.tjb. Each club-nftker sending the requisite number of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. There Is no limit as to the time when the club must be completed. 8end the names as fast as obtained, accompanied with the cash, nnd the Premium will be delivered when the requisite number of names have been returned. The cash must, In all cases, accompany the name of every subscriber for Oar Cooking Stove Premium. 'The elegant Cooking Stoves which we offer as Premiums, are manufactured by Messrs. Sergeant k McCauley, at Greens boro, N. C. Them: Stove., are made of the heat Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove in the mnrkct, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are or a handsome pattern nnd neat finish, and warranted equal in points of appearanoe, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured In the Union. The stove we have selected to give as a Premium is the largest size made by the manufacturers, and with ench one will be furnished, without charge, 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 pan, one long frying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle Irons, two sheet Iron bread pans, one scraper nnd one lifter. Over five thousand of these stoves are In use In Virginia and North nnd South Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves 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, Is the well-known 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 any one; ft runs enslly; is always ready; 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 Elastic Lock-Stltch; stands solid nnd firm, with long and roomy folding table, nnd has the convenience of two drawers. Several of these Mnchlnes, during the past past year, have been delivered to persons who have returned the requisite number of names. To secure this valuable Premium, (or any other that we may offer,) it is not required that all Use names be sent in at onetime. Send the nnmes, accompanied with the cash, as fast as you procure them, and when the complement of subscribers Is made, which need not be restricted to the same post-office, the Premium will be promptly delivered as may be directed. Smith's Bible Dictionary* This Dictionary is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London, and the most eminent lexicographer In the world, who, In Its preparation associated with himself over seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, in the greattask of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the religious public. The result of these labors appeared in three large and very costly volumes, a wonderful monumeut of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. 8mlth himself, Is the one we have arranged to Atrnlsh our subscribers. The book contains every name in the Bible respecting which anything can be said. It embraces the results of historic research, antiquarian Investigation, the study of languages and dialects, nttd the discoveries of the modern travelers and explorers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnson, Ferguson, Layard, OfTert and Stanley. The hook is printed from new stereotype plates, on good paper, and Is appropriately Illustrated with over 105 Engravings of beautiful Scenes, Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed, doublecolumn, octavo pages, Including 124 elegant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It Is printed In type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary is $3.50. See prospectus for the liberal offer we make with this valuable publication as a Premium for clubs. Webster'fi Dictionaries. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED?The most vnluable secular book In the English Inngunge U Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. It is an extensive Art Gnllery, containing over three thousand engravings, representing animals, Insects, reptiles, plants, Implements, machinery, heraldic devices, etc., etc. The Intest edition, which wo give ns a premium, has also four pages of chromatic Illustrations, representing, in their proper colors, the flags and coats of arms of the different nations. The Dictionary is a vast library affording Information of every description. Resides giving the orthography, pronunciation and derivation of words, it also teaches the pronunciation of Scriptural, uiufnrt^ni rtnrwmnhical. Greek. Latin and French names, and given a vnriety of statistical information. It la regarded by a majority of English speaking people as the standard authority, and as has been well observed, It is the most remarkable compendium of human knowledge in our language. WEBSTER'S PICTORIAL NATIONAL DICTIONARY. This edition of Webster's Dictionary has been prepared expressly for the benefit of those who are cultivating English com position on a broad scale, and arc desirous to gain an exact knowledge of ourlnnguage and a ready command of Its various forms of expression. By the liberal offer we make, nny student, or other young man desiring" to possess an invaluable book, can secure either of the above volumes. Three-Qaart Commun. Set. Churches unsupplied with a Communion det appropriate to the requirements of the sncred rite of administering the Lord's Supper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a fine, treble silver-plated three-quart Communion 9et of six pieces, with little trouble, and, comparatively, nt no cost. The number of subscribers required in order to secure this vnluableand elegnnt Service can be procured In almost any congregation; and the mem hers who may be thus called upon to contribute their share ot the expense, will receive In return more than the value of their contribution in a year's subscription to the paper. Our Premium Tea Set. We feel sure this elegnnt Premium, consisting of six pieces of Silver Ware, viz.: a Coffee Pot, two Tea Pots, a Creamer, 8ugarand Slop Bowl, willgive great satisfaction to those who may obtain it. The pieces are all of beautiful, uniform pattern, new style, with raised or embossed figure work. They are nut the common silver-wnslied articles, but the best treble plnte, the foundation being white metal, so as not to show, even when the heavy silver coating may chance to be worn off In nny spot by long, hard usage. These articles, as well as all our Silver Ware Premiums, nre made by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, No. 22 Fulton street, New York City. Price $50. Our Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. With the very libera! offer which we are enabled to make, a beautifully furnished table is now within the reach of almost every house-keeper; and here is an opportunity, of which, if the Indies nvnll themselves, they may secure, with but little trouble, a valuable set of Silver. Those articles are made for us by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, 22 Fulton street, New York, and nre warranted to be of the best treble 8ilver Plate. The reputation of theMerldcn Cutlery Company, 49 Chambers street, New York, from whom we buy our Table Cutlery Pre mlUinB, 18 WBO lllllliy CHtilllllSIIUU IIK U1C UWIIVIItJ aim Buta.im> finish of the goods they manufacture. 4|?l> Value of our Premiums. We would Impress upon every one the flict that all of our Premiums are first-class goods, and the prices attached to them in our lists are the regular retail prices at which the articles sell by all dealprsand the manufacturers themselves. It is only by >.o ma.t n.iunnrnfTPnim tpmiM fffvpn us bv the manufacturers that we are ennbled to mnke the liberal offers we do, and we guarantee every article to be exactly as represented. A Clnb and an Extra Copy. For a club of tkn subscribers paid In advance at the regular club rates, we will give, Instead of a Premium, an extra copy of 1 the paper to any who may prefer that arrangement; but In consequence of the liberal Premiums we are now offering, we cannot afford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who recolvei any Premiums enumerated on our list. 4K mn 6 OA per day at home. 8amples worth #1 free. I qJO Stisbon & Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly W. P. HOBBS. THE NEW BUSINESS. HAVING become, by purchase, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, I respectfully announce that I shall conduct the business as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand a full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or design will be made at short notice and in superior manner. By having employed only the most competent workmen, in their respective branches, I feel assured that I can please the fhost exacting taste, both as to style and durability. Persons in want of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE 1 will do well to examine my stock. W P. HOBBS. GREAT BARGAINS. I WOULD inform the public that I now haveon hand alot of BUGGIES, finished in finestyle, in which RARE BARGAINS can be obtained. I will sell a tip-top Buggy for considerably less than such cla>is of work has ever been sold in this market sinje the war. Call and examine my stock and be convinced of the truth of what I say, and if you want, a Buggy take advantage of the present opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. PAY UP! PAY UP! ik T.T. nersnns infifthteri mo althnr fnr wnrlt A' done in my shops or on account of vehicles I purchased on credit, are earnestly requested to come forward and make payment, as longer indulgence cannot bo given. Many debts due to I me were contracted upon the faith of "selling i cotton in the fall." Those who have sold, and those who expect to sell, if they owe me, will do well to remember their promises. W. P. HOBBS. a/ wiLEifobd, 5 ROCK HILL, S. C. 60 FINE~HORSES. I HAVE now in my Livery and 8ale Stables at Rock Hill, 60 head of fine HORSES AND MULES, to which I. invite the attention of all who may wish to purchase good stock, for 3ither plantation, saddle or carriage purposes. For the accommodation of responsible parties, I am ready and willing to sell horses and mules on time, and will extend credit to those desiring it until next fall, requiring note and good security. When you come to Rock Hill, don't forget to call around at WILLIFORD'S LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. If you admire fine horses? and who doesn't ??your taste can be gratified; if you wish to buy a good animal, your need caD be supplied; and lastly, if you wish to "Swap," though not good in that line, yet I will endeavor to accommodate yon. So you see I "keep open house," in any emergency, remaining the public's obedient servant. A. WILLIFORD. PAY UP! ALL persons indebted to me for stock, and whose Notes became due on the 1ST OF OCTOBER, will do well to pay them up at once and save themselves cost, as I shall be compelled to sue all who fail to make payment. A. WILLIFORD. "RICHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS, TALBOTT & SONS. SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VAl., MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST, BARK AND PLASTER MILLS, 8HAFTIHGS, HAHGER8 AND PULLEY8, IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS. October 14 41 ly WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDM0ND ETTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTUHKJttW IMPORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, mill glaring, shafting, pulleys, ao. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. Send, for Catalog:vie. October 14 41 ly HEALTII, HAPPINESS. CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT 1' Not anything conduces more to good health than good, pure water. Such is furnished by the DOUBLE-ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP! T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent, YORKVILLE, SO, CA. A T the start it brings the water pure, fresh and /V cool, as it is in your well. No slime or filth collects on or in it. No snails or worms from wooden piping. Is free from rust or other impu-' rities, and discharges the water much faster than any other Pump. It works with ease?a small child can operate it. It is of stone, glazed on inside and outside like glass, and cannot wear out ordecay. Thoroughly ventilates your well, airs the water, and make's it living, moving water. Improves the water more than if there was no Pump in the well. With a hose attached, it becomes a Fire Engine, ever ready at yonr door, ? ?' *? ? AM/I 4V*/\ nxArv,inrw sn reducing UitJ ri?n. iruin jiio aim wu pioiuiiiiii ui insurance. Is easy to keep in repair, and works with TWO-THIRDS the POWER required by any other Pump of the same capacity, and can be used in very deep or very shallow wells. It gives entire satisfaction, as will be attested by the following persons now using them with success, to-wit * Dr. W. M. WALKER, T. M. DOBSON, Col. J. A. McLEAN, J. W. DOBSON, Capt. l. m. grtst, b. t. wheeler, Dr. A. I. BARRON. P. B. DARWIN, Maj. W. B. METTS, GEORGE L. RIDDLE, H. P. ADICKES, Sr., RQBT. R. MeCORKLE, H. F. ADICKES, Jr., J. B. WHITESIDES, CLARK BROTHERS, T. K. MICKLE. J. U. ZUROHER, June 15 24 tf 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, <fco, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. "THE"COLUMBIA REGISTER. THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER AT THE CAPITAL. C. P. PELHAM, Editor. 11. ft. lilUiiin, JUUCUl DU1IUI uuu luauaici. TORM8 I TV ADVANCEi Daily, Six Months ; $3 50 " Three Months, 1 75 " One Month 65 Tri-Weekly, Six Months, 2 50 Advertisements inserted at reasonable rates. Address MANAGER REGISTER PUBLISHING CO., Columbia, S. C. March 23 12 tf "THE MASONIC JOURNAL, GREENSBORO, N. C. THE only MASONIC WEEKLY, but one, published in the United states! Eight pages, thirty-two broad columns. Treats of all topics of interest to the Craft. Literature pure, ann is a household companion of which every Mason in the country may justly feel proud. Terms?One year, $2; Six months, $1.25. Remit by P. 0. Order or Registered Letter. Send stamp for specimen and get up a club. Address E. A. WILSON, Greensboro, N. C. April 8 14 tf THE CHESTER "nrTlT ?J Ha W _CX.JL.XX X CT X V_/Xl/JLJ. THE Store of the undersigned is supplied with a large and elegant assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS. JEWELRY, SILVER AJSD PLATED-WARE, and all articles usually found in a Jewelry establishment Moreover, I keep en hand - ? MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, among which is the celebrated ORGAN, made by George Woods & Co., Cambridge, Mass. R. BRANDT^ Proprietor* March 9 5 ly AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. May 18 20 5t (hi O a da? at home- Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. tpi^J TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 19 ly THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at out works in Greensboro, N. give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove In the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the nsnal pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply oecanae it is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R.E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, * Guthrie8vilie; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT 18 MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our price* delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieees ware and 8 feet pipe, $80 00 M 7 << It M M <<<< M <MIAA It . ^ . A M W Address, SERGEATSTT <fe McCAULEY, Greensboro, Ni C. T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorktfille, 8. 0. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, S. CT. GEORGE WOODS & CO/8 PAKJLUK UKUA^g j" fB8MBBB8HHHi^^^? ' ~ * ^ t8 H ' of ?f " ? 3? - ^ H fl *" ' ** g S ? ^ 2^? ^ ^-^A J scr ||p^jj Bjilg These remarkable Instruments possess capaeities for musical effects and expression never before attained. Adapted for Amateur and Professional, and an ornament in any parlor, pjf Beautiful New Styles now ready. GEO. WOODS &, CO., Cambridfeport, Mass. WAREROOMS: 608 Washington St, Boston; 170 State St., Chicago ; 28 Ludgate Hill, London. THE "VOX HUMANA. A leading Musical Journal of selected music and valuable reading matter. By mil] for $1 per year, or ten cents a number. Each-number contains from $2 to $3 worth of the. firmest selected music. GEO. WOODS <fe CO., Polishers,' ' Cambridgepbrt, Mass. January ^0 8 > . :-j.{ tfv.-i: THE BANNER OF LIBERTY. CAMPAIGN OF 1870. THIS old, r?H*We, ah.ie, trenchant IDEMO^ CRATIC FAMILY PAPER, devoted to the promulgation of the old sterling Jcffersonian principles, will issue TWO CLUB SERIK8 during the campaign of 1876, of Twenty-FoUr and Nineteen weeks each, respectively. FIRST SERIES. (From June 3d to Nov. 11th, 1876?24 weeks.) Two Copies, to One Address, ..$ 80 1 Five Copies, 44 .... 2 2Qt. Ten Copies, 41 4 30 Fifteen Copies, 44 6 25 Twenty Copies, 44 8 00 ? Fifty Copies. 44 ......... 19 00 SECOND SERIES. (From July 8th to Nov. 11th, 1876?19 weeks.) Two Copies, to One Address, $ 70 Five Copies, 44 1 70 Ten Copies, 44 ' 8 30 Fifteen Copies, 44 .4 80 Twentv Copies, 4* 6 20 Fifty Copies, 44 16 00 Postage will, in all cases, bo prepaid at our office. Single copies will not be sent under the above terms, as the expense of full address, and I single wrapper cannot be afforded. The name of each subscriber will be written on his paper for post-office distribution when an addition of FIVE CENTS is made to each subscription in aclnb. Otherwise, papers will be sent In a bundle addressed to club agent, and can be conveniently distributed at Democratic headquarters, or at the residence of any Democrat conveniently looated. We invite Democrats in every partoftne Union. who desire the success of the party in the coming campaign, to unite with us in spreading sound Democratic reading, as Jthe most effective and honest way of securing such result. v All Remittances at senders' risk, unless by Postal Order or in Registered Letter. Address BANNER OF LIBERTY, Ellenville, Ulster county, N. Y. May 25 21 tf YORK MARBLE YARD./ THE undersigned respectfully announces that he is still conducting the above business in Yorkville, and is prepared to furnish anything in the MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed in the best style ot tpe art, with the very best materials, and 4t as low prices as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders I from a distance promptly filled, and the same at- 1 tention given to work ordered by mail aa if the J parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point %>n the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. SKY LIGHT, ~ AND HO MOEE CLIMBING UP-STAIBS ! 1 TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHO? JL TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with fine sky and side-lights,near my residence? first house east of the jail, and only a few hundred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 years 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 MA80NA HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, forcash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. $250 REWARD* : THE National Board of Fire Underwriters hereby offers a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, for the detection, conviction and punishment of the party or parties, charged with the crime of Arson, in firing the premises situate near Yorkville, 8. C., being the DWELLING OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 22d. 1878. Said reward will be paid only on due proof being furnished the Executive Committee of the oonviction and actual punishment of said criminals. By order of Executive Committee. GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. New York, May 8, 1876.t 20 tf BARBER SHOP. ~~ TIOSE in want of an EASY'SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish out of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shamnoo. are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop meet door to the Enquirer building, where it wjll afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of thai kind .promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD; TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS* RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants Of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For sale at tho ENQUIRER OFFICE. ffiihe Kfftlwillr (^aaaitet. TKRM8?IN ADVANCE t One copy, one year. .......... ? 00 One copy, six months,... ........a.....^ 1 50 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, 10 Two oopies, one year*.................... 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 fSf To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge.