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Jttortfd fortrg. : ' '? " . A VERY1 OliD SONG. "To-morrow, ma, I'm sweet sixteen, And Billy Grimes, the drover, Has popped the question to me, ma, f , And wants to be my lover; - f 1 To-morrow morn, he says, mamma, , He's coming here quite early, To take a pleasant walk with me ' Across the field of barley." , "You must not go, my gentle dear, < There is no use a-talking; You shall not go across the field 1 With Billv Grimes a-walking. I To think of his presumption, too! The dirty, ugly drover. I wonder where your pride has gone, < To think of such a lover!" , "Old Grimes is dead, you know, mamma. , And Billy is so lonely ; Besides, they say, to Grimes' estate I That Rillv is the onlv Surviving heir to all that's left; And that, they say, is nearly A good ten thousand dollars, ma? . And six hundred yearly!" "I did not hear, my daughter dear, Your last remark quite clearly ; But Billy is a clever lad, And no doubt loves you dearly; Remember, then, to-morrow morn, To be up bright and early, To take a pleasant walk with him Across tne field of barley !" ?ttW0Wtti8 fcpattowut. 1 A BOOT-HEEL ROMANCE. Recently, while two men, employees of the \ Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, were on their way to their work in the car-ehop of the company, one mile west of this place, their attention was attracted by a boot-heel, < freshly torn off, sticking in the "frog" of the j railroad track, a short distance from the { shops. They stopped a moment to examine . it, and found that the hell was so seen rely 1 fastened in the iron "frog" that it required a ' smart blow from a crutch (one of the men had < lost a leg) to remove it. Long nails protru- J ded from the heel, and all the evidence went to j show that it had taken considerable effort to ( tear it from the boot. j "Ta. ? ?- ?-?? IA Ana fKo mon " ill S|)pearB IU liic, gaiu uuu vi iiuu iuuu, "that some fellow has had a narrow escape ' from being run down by a train last night, or else has been badly frightened and wrenched his boot-heel off when there was no occasion for it." 1 "It reminds me," replied his companion in * ? low tone, "of a little adventure that happened i to me several years ago on the Pan-Handle ] road. I was then a young man, but it isn't ] likely that I'll ever forget it," and he cast a rueful glance at the empty leg of his pants. "The story is soon told," he went on, turning the boot-heel over in his hand, as if to j hud inscribed on it a similar story to his own. 1 "I was walking on the track near Cadiz June- I tion, in Ohio. It was one dark and blustery | night in February, and a heavy snow storm was prevailing at the time. The snow and wind beating into my face, was almost sufficient to have blinded one, had it been broad ] daylight. I was walking briskly aloDg, not 1 dreaming of any harm?in fact, I was then < returning from a visit to my sweeheart, who g had that evening promised to be my wife? ] when suddenly I found my boot-heel fastened , between two rails where a side track joined the main track, just as this heel was fastened in the frog here at our feet. At that mo- y ment I heard the shrill whistle of a locorao- < motive, and looking up the track I saw t through the blinding snow, a light bearing t down upon me. I had passed the depot a ( few minutes previous and had noticed several itpi-Knns atandimr on t.he nlatfnrm. The Der sons were waiting for a train, and here was one coming! It was an unusual hour for a train, and the idea of meeting one bad not occurred to me before, but now the awful truth flushed upon me. I made a desperate effort w to release my foot and the horror of my situ* tion was increased a hundred fold when I found that it was securely fastened between the rails. The light was so close that its reflection upon the new fallen snow blinded me. As a man will, in like situation, I thought of a thousand things in an instant. I thought of my aged parents ; of events of my past life; of toy promised bride; and the thought that I should be torn from her, or what was worse, be maimed for life, was infinitely more dreadful than the thought of death. But I'll not trouble you with the painful details. What r I supposed to be the head light of a locorao- t tive was blazing, like the fires of hell, right in ray face. It was this leg that was fastened," he said, swinging his stump back and forth, ' "and I just threw myself?" * "Yes, yes," interrupted his companion, with 1 blanched cheeks, "you threw yourself to one i side and the engine severed your leg from your j body!" ] "Not exactly," returned the story-teller, ] smiling blandly upon the victim. "The truth is, sir, I am almost ashamed to say that the light did not proceed from a locomotive, 1 but from the lantern of a watchman who hap- i pened to be coming down the track." , "And the shrill whistle that you heard?" "That, I presume, came from a one-horse saw-mill not far off." "But your leg?how did you lose that?" 1 "As many another brave man has lost his," came the answer, accompanied with a heavy sigh, a far-away look as if to recall th8 1 scenes of some field of battle, "I fell under i a mowing machine and had it chopped off." < "Well, all I have to say," replied his com- ] panion, somewhat disgusted at the turn the ( romance had taken against him, "all I have to say is that I hope your girl went back on ; you and married an ax-handle maker, or some on else who could make her happy." "She stuck to me," said the romancer, < "stuck to me through good and evil and married me?married me one rapturous evening ( in the merry month of May, and now," and \ his voice grew husky with emotion, "and now I I'd give the top of this bald and beetling pate if she hadn't." He turned his face away to hide the tears, and the two walked slowly to the nearest saloon. Too Well Proved.?A lawyer had a j case on the docket, in which, among other | things, he wished to prove that his client had ! no money, and to that end he cross-questioned one of the opponent's witnesses as follows: "You asked my client for money, did you j not?" "Well?yes, sir." "Answer promptly, sir. Let us have no ' hesitation. You asked him for money?now ! what was his answer ?" "I don't know as I can tell ?" "But surely you remember." "Yes, sir." "Then out with it. What was his an-: swer?" "I'd rather not tell." "Ho! ho! You are on that track, are you? You won't tell?" * "I should rather not, sir." "But I should rather you would! So, sir, if you do not answer ray questions promptly and truthfully, I'll call upon the court to commit you for contempt." "Well, if I must tell tales out of school, here you have it. I asked him yesterday if he couldn't lend me half a dollar, and he told me he could not." "And you believed him, did you not ?" "Yes, sirj for he said you bad robbed him of every cent of his ready money, and if he didn't get out of your hands pretty soon his wife and little ones would come to?" "That will do, sir. You can step down off the stand." V8F A gentleman caught a negro carrying off some of his fancy poultry the other night. "What are you doing with my chickens?" he yelled* "I was going to fetch 'em back, boss. Dere's a nigger 'round here what's bin 'sputin' longer me 'bout dem chicken's. I sed dey wuz Cochin' Chyniz an' he sed dey wuz Alabaraer pullets, an' I wuz jest taken' _ 'em for ter 'stablish my nollege." & ifte $xtm ,firmfo. 1- [Original.] CLOVER PATCH. The probability ia that food for mau and beast will be scarce during the coming summer. So far, the winter has been unusually severe. In order to bring stock through the winter, a large amount of forage will be feijuired. To meet the wants of the summer, avery farmer should prepare him a patch of ground and at the proper time sow it in clover. Now, or as soon as the ground is in a proper condition to be plowed, is the time to begin this thing. Red stiff* land is the best adapted to the growth of clover. The land should be thnrnnirhlv manured and plowed as deep as O J possible. A piece of ground which was cultivated last year and kept free from weeds, should be selected. A clover patch costs little when compared with its real value. I t t [Original ] THROWING OUT MANURE. It is the practice of many individuals to throw the manure out of their stables during the month of January. The object these persons have in view in so doing, is to give the manure time to rot. The manure is thrown out, generally, in front of the stable door and there it lies, exposed to the rains, until near planting time. This we regard as a very bad practice. Manure thus treated sustains loss in two ways. It heats and much of its fertilizing properties is evaporated. The substance of it is washed out by the rains. Stable manure should remain in the stable until the time arrives for putting it in the ground, or if taken out of the stable before that time, should be put under cover where it will be sxposed neither to the rain nor the sunshine, [t is argued that stable manure rotted as is indicated above, is not so liable to burn the ;rop. This is true, but this fact shows that ts strength is gone. [Original.] IRISH POTATOES. There may be better sections of country iban the cotton belt of tbe South, but such lections are few and small. In the cotton jelt, including a vast area larger than some dngdoms in the old world, the laborer gets a return for bis labor in a few months. Even sotton, which takes more labor and more time in its cultivation than any other crop requires mly about seven months in which to convert it into money. There are few regions of county which are so favorable to the condition of ;he poor man as tbe eotton belt. Food of the best kind may be produced in i variety of ways. Corn, wheat, rice, peas and jotatoes may be raised on nearly every farm n the South, sufficient to meet the demand >f a dense population. Irish potatoes can be grown nearly as well in the South as in the North. The poor people of the South seem lever to think of the vast amount of food that :an be produced on a single acre of ground vhen plauted in Irish potatoes. Giving no crelence to those wonderful amounts that are said ,o be sometimes produced, we may safely say hat, on average ground, with proper culture, me acre of land will produce in Irish potatoes in abundance of food for an ordinary sized amily from June to October. Then another icre planted in sweet potatoes, will produce jnough to feed the same family from October ,o March. Irish potatoes and butter-milk are good bod. The Irish, in their native land, live ipon it. They are healthy and strong. The nen aregiant8, if there are any modern giants, ind the Irish girls have cheeks that need no lain ting. Without food, it is impossible for laborers ;o work, and it is impossible to procure hon?t food without work. Time rolls on in spite if political confusions, and the time for plantng some kinds of crops will soon be upon us. The time to prepare for planting has already irrived. The necessities of the times demand ;hat every poor man (and a great many come mder that head) should go to work at once ind prepare an Irish potato patch. It makes srery little difference how pleuty or how cheap neal and flour may be, there will soon he not nuch money in the country to buy anythiug. No man is in much danger of perishing so long as he has potatoes. Irish potatoes ought, in this region of country, to be planted in February or March. It makes more differeuce about tbe manner in which the ground is prepared before planting, ind the amount of manure applied, than it Joes about the time of the moon in which the planting is done. Use of Blinders.?An English journal disposes of the practice of using blinders in the following trenchant terms: "We never could see what vice or deformity lay in a horse's eye that should make it necessary to cover it up, and shut out its owner from at least two-thirds of his rightful field of vision. The poets say that old age looks backward, but we never heard of such an idiosyncracy charged upon horses. The theory that a horse is less apt to be frightened when shut out from everything behind him, we suspect to be a fallacy, else saddle horses and war horses would be duly blinded. Every horse is as familiar with his own carriage as with his own tail, and so far as personal fortitude is concerned, is no more disturbed by being pursued by one than another. As for other scarescrows that come behind, they are mostly familiar to the animal, and the more fully the horse can perceive them the more quietly will hesubmit to their approach. Theu it is ? t* ^I? x 1__M sucfi a pity co cover up one or cue most uruliant features of this most brilliant creature. The horse has borne such a hand in the civilization of this rough-and-tumble world, that it seems not so much of a cruelty as a discourtesy, as well as a disgrace to hide his form with embarrassing toggery. No wonder we estimate the force in the world as horse power; no wonder the Romans and Germans, each in their own language, designated their aristocracy as riders ; no wonder their descendants made chivalry a synonym for their highest virtues. Let the horse be given his due and unblinded." Killing Fowls.?There are three modes of killing fowls. Some advocate suffocation, clever men among them. Others cut the throats. A third party breaks the neck. It is said that suffocation is the best, as the bird loses no part of its properties, but when death is caused by this process there is a dark color which is unpleasant and suggestive. When the throat is cut the flesh is beautifully white, but the meat is dry and suggestive of sawdust. When the neck is broken, the dislocation being perfect, if the fowl is held by the legs, the head being downward, all the blood runs to the disjunction of the vertebrae, none remains in the body, and the juiciness of the flesh is retained.?London Cottage Gardner. A good article to use in the water given moulting fowls to drink, is the tincture of iron. It is very handy and cheap, and should be accessible constantly during the critical time when old fowls are changing their plumage. It is strengthening, palata- J ble, and works like a charm in its way as a stomach tonic. A teaspoonful of the tincture to a quart of water is sufficient, and it may be bad at any apothecary's for a few i cents. I IpSttttMMit* Heading. | Correspondence of the Charleston News and Courier. ^ ? HOW CHAMBERLAIN TALKS. Columbia, Saturday, January 6.?Owing to the presence of the Congressional committees, the sessions of the Supreme and United States Circuit Courts, the proceedings of the several legislative bodies, and the presence of my duties in connection with each and all of ( these, I have been unable to see Mr. Cham- 1 berlain for several weeks. I called upon him f to-day, however, for the pnrpose of obtaining t his vie.ws upon the situation as it now ap- ( pears, and was admitted without delay, and . favored with a conversation of Borne length. , Mr. Chamberlain spoke freely and seemingly without reserve upon the topics proposed for ( discussion. I repeat his views, without at- ' tempting to give his exact words, in the order < in which they present themselves to my re- ] collection: I I asked how he regarded the proposed action of the Democratic taxpayers in refusing to pay any portion of the State tax, now due, ' to tax collectors holding his commission. ( Would not such action, if persisted in, embarrass his administration seriously ? j Mr. Chamberlain said, in reply, that such , concerted action on the part or the taxpayers of aDy State could not ran to emoarrass us Executive to a greater or less extent, but that ( the burden of this particular movement 1 would not fall upon himself or his administration so heavily as upon those who are dependent upon the payment of the taxes for their support. , . , /, I mentioned the case of the inmates of the Asylum and Penitentiary, and asked if'he had been informed of Governor Hampton's action in regard to those institutions? Mr. Chamberlain said he had been pleased to hear of this action, as supplies were very much needed both by the prisoners and patients, and as the State could not now relieve their wants, be was glad to have them supplied from any charitable source. If Gen. Hampton and his friends were willing to assume the burden of their maintenance, he wnnld internose no more obiection than if tha ^ " """ ^ f if - T relief came from any other private charitably disposed persons. I asked if he had no public funds whatever at command, in the banks or in the treas^ ury. which he could have applied to this object. Mr. Chamberlain said there were none now at his disposal. The injunction against the banks and the State treasurer is still in force. He had beeu led to believe, however, that Judge Carpenter would announce bis final decision in this matter at the same time with his decision in the recent habeas corpus pase. I asked what would be his.probable course in the eveut that the Democratic taxpayers persisted in their refusal to pay taxes to hii collectors. / , '? Mr. Chamberlain replied he supposed the collectors would proceed to enforce the collection in the usual legal way by advertising and sale. It is not a matter in which the Governor is required to take any direct action. The conversation here took a wider range, and Governor Chamberlain disposed of this branch of the subject, by saying, in substance, that the settlement of the present serious issues will not be left to the taxpayers. If he should be declared the rightful Governor by a proper authority, the taxpayers would' not ao mink o /tAlircA JJTCSB U1B JJUIUI. U1 iroiSMUkC, ag ouv.11 t? uuumu could only result in anarchy. * * The t question as to who is rightfully Governor { cannot be decided within the State. He believes hicuself to have been fairly elected, and has been recognized, is recognized and will be recognized as such by President Grunt, this recognition being sufficiently evidenced by the support of the troops. The matter will be decided in Washington ; by Congress, if it sees fit, or by Grant, if Congress does not act. * * If not decided before the 4th of March, all will then depend upon the views and possibly the politics of the incoming President. He believes Mr. Hayes has been elected and will be inaugurated, and in this event will sustain him rather than Gen. Hampton. Congressmen Lawrence, Lapham and Banks have just returned to Washington, and a telegram from that place, to-day, (Saturday,) brings the information that these gentlemen have waited on the President and have assured hirn that while their duties here restricted them to matters connected with the Electoral vote, yet, incidentally, they were also compelled to canvass the vote for Governor, and they are perfectly satisfied of his (Chamberlain's) election. * * On the other hand, continued Governor Chamberlain, if it should happen that Mr. Tilden becomes President, I have but little doubt that he would recognize Gen. Hampton's government. * * Par t isan considerations seem to exert some degree of force upon the fairest minded. * * If the decision is to be reached through the me- r dium of Congress, the question will come up squarely when Mr. Corbin applies for his seat. The Senate is bound to seat him on the prima facie evidence in his favor, and then his right and title will be protested or contested, and the whole question brought under examination. * * * Mr. Corbin's title depends immediately upon the question as to the validity of the actions of the Mackey House, as it is called, and that upon the further question as to what constitutes a quorum of the House of Representatives. * The decision of the one case necessarily involves a consideration and decision of all the others. The recently and anxiously expected proclamation, which was never made, came to my mind, and I asked pointedly whether he experienced any inconvenience from the presence of the rival government at the capital, and if so, believing as he does that he is the lawful Governor of the State, whether he did not feel impelled to take decided and active steps against Governor Hampton and his sup- ' porters. Mr. Chamberlain replied that there is no 1 clash of authority felt except in a few cases of ^ disputed claims to the possession of small of- 4 fices. These disputes will find peaceable set- ] tlement in the end in the courts. * * There ? is no necessity for resort to violence, and he , is not disposed to provoke or precipitate a collision. * * The case is a peculiar one, c without precedent, and be is content to let bad < enough alone, so long as there is no actual ( conflict. i I had now been closeted with Gov. Cham- ( berlain for nearly an hour perhaps?for much more was said than I have written here?but I was dissatisfied with the result of my visit. I ' felt somehow as if I had not propounded a ? sufficient number of questions. I certainly had i not asked the one that was uppermost in my < mind all the time. I determined to end my j suspense and the interview at once. I re- j marked, "Governor, the banks and the State treasury are closed against you ; ypu certainly ' require some money to meet the essential ex- ] penses of your administration; will you allow i me to ask if you ha?e any?" i Mr. Chamberlain said that he can readily j command all that he may need for any length , of time. Some of his friends who feel assured of the fact of his election, and therefore of his ultimate success and recognition, have kindly offered toadvance all that he requires. I then asked in the most deprecating manner possible, and with a full sense of the breadth of "cheek" I displayed in the asking, "if I might be allowed to inquire the names of these friends in need." Mr. Chamberlain recognized the performance of a ministerial duty in my direct examination, and helped me over my difficulty by a courteous reply. No, he was not at liberty to make public the names of the gentlemen j i who have laid him under such obligation. ? ^ + . I Jffi- Who says tha^ the fires of patriotism 1 are smouldering? A patriot in Rutland, Vt., < j did his whole duty on election day. He not ( I only voted, but he traded horses nine times | ! during the day, and at nightfall had the same . horse with which he started at dawn. He also had $45 in cash, a watch worth $25, a dou- 1 ble-barrelled shot-gun and four bushels of po tatoes. 1 pMittgi for tbr .A II U i f 0O*Dt7OTEb ? *' it A ' REV. ROBERT LATH AN. ...i. : rt f Original.] SECTARIANISM. In the present condition .of the .visible jhurch, there are many things that cannot be. itherwise than sources of pain to every good nan. That spirit of sectarianism,, which is 10 rampant in the church, is desolating in its iendency. The object for which Jesus Christ ?tabli&hed> thje Church on earth) was sjraply ;o convert pinners and prepare believers for Beaven. It seems that zealous sectarians jffcen lose sight.of this fact, and toil and laDor to promulgate some dogma, which it is lifficult to find taught in the Scriptures. Never, while men remain in the body, will they all see eye to eye. To charge every one with error who does not see everything as we >ee it, is to say that we are absolutely right iqd every one else absolutely, wrong, j;?? The saddest thing about sectarianism is that t neglects the work of converting sinners, ind devotes all its energies in attempting to I jbange the notions of those who profess to be >n the road to Heaven. Sectarianism cares rery little aboat piety, in the Bible sense of ;hat word. It regards those as pious who aslent to its restrictions, and who oppose everything it opposes. No small patt of tbe reigion of the world is anything but sectariansin. It is a mass of confused ideas, bitter prejudices and self-conceit. Sectarianism is ? the Church of the living God, an irritating tore?a fretting ulcer. It keeps the heritage )f Jesus in a fry. It makes those enemies to ;ach other who have been bought with the olood of Jesus, and are on the same road thpt leads to tbe same eternal home. % [Original.] WHAT MUST I DO J-Acts ix : 0. Experimental religion, like human nature, lever changes. What Paul felt when he was imitteu dowu by tbe convicting and converting power of God, every true convert, in some legree, experiences. When Paul exclaimed 'Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" he .lttered words which express the sentimeotsol I - ? - 1 _-!-l J I jvery one wno nas oeen quicaeueu uy iue Holy Spit-it. These words convey to our ninds, very clearly, the sentiments which prevail in every new convert's soul. To ask God 'or direction indicates several things. It signifies that we are conscious of our ignoranc^. The wicked are characterized, in God's werd, is fools. They know nothing, correctly, of ;heir own condition, and yet they think they ire wise. They are self-conceited and puffed jp. They never learn that they are blind, intil the light of God's Holy Spirit shines nto their hearts. To say with the spirit, in vhich Paul said it, "Lord, what wilt thou laveme to.do?" indicates a feeling of depenlence upon God for spiritual knowledge, vhich is very unlike the natural man. In his inconverted state, man is proud, self-depenlent and disrespectful toward God. The rue convert is given a child's disposition. To isk God to point out to us what we ought to lo, is to acknowledge our inability to learn iur duty from any other source. Unconverted men consult human oracles. Saul, the irst King of Israel, consulted the fortuneellerof Endor, but the truly pious man, the nan who ha9 been born from above, compassis God's altar, and with a suppliant heart, ;eeks guidance from the father of light. Hence, to point out to us our duty, is to aocnowledge him as both a God of infinite igislorn and almighty power. If be is not infintely wise, comprehending the past, present V / - ?t _ ? 1_ /?._ J! TO ma iuture, wny ask mm ior direction r ji le is not almighty, he is not able to assist us the midst of our trials. It would be well for the world, did all the luman family look to God that they might earn their duty. Human wisdom is a good hing; but we need more than human learning hat we may Bubserve the purposes for which ve were brought into existence. Especially hould professed Christians pray often, and >ray from the heart, the prayer, "Lord, what vilt thou have me to do?" [Original.] BORN OF GOD, AC. "Whosoever is born of God, doth not comnit sin." 1st John iii: 9. In the exposition of any passage of Soripure, we must be governed by the same priniiples that guide us in criticising any other look. Passages should not be singled out ind made to have a detached meaning, indeDendent of their connection. If this rule is lot observed, the works of any author will be bund destitute of all harmony. In the versrf ireceding the one quoted, it is said, "He that loraraitteth sin is of the devil." The phrases, born of God' and 'of the devil,' are designed, ve suppose, to convey to the mind ideas the rery opposite of each other. To be "of the levil," cannot mean that the individual was created by the devil, or in any sense, a defendant of the devil. God is the creator of ill things. To be of the devil, means, ve apprehend, to be under the eontrol of the levil. Such is the condition of all men in U?;* unrorronomstate. This is the teach g of the Bible, and it accords with the universal experience and observation of all ages. \dam begat a son in his own likeness. Not ike himself before he sinned ; but like himself after he had eaten the forbidden fruit The doctrine of universal depravity is the loctrine of the Bible, and is a part and par:el of the creed of every orthodox church on jarth. To be of the devil is to be in our natural state; to be the willing subjects of the ;nemy of all good. To commit sin does not mean to violate the aw of God for a single time, or even occalionally. To commit sin, as the words are jsed in the passage before us, means to sin jonstantly, habitually and willingly. There s no man that liveth and doth not sin. The aeat men on earth sin. None are more ready :o confess their transgressions than those who purpose, in their hearts, to serve only the living and true God. The man -who is of the ievil loves to sin, does it willingly, of his own free choice. The man who is born of God, jn the contrary, does, as Paul expresses it, evhat he would not when he sins. To be born if God is to be regenerated by the Holy spirit and to be made a new creature in Christ Jesus. The man who undergoes this change may sin, yea, doee frequently sin, but not willingly. The purpose of his heart is to serve God. His spirit is right with the Lord. He may deplore his shortcomings and grieve over his transgressions. He may be conscious of: the fact that what he ought to do he does not,< and what he ought not to do that he does.; Still, with his mind, he serves God. The truly converted man never sins willingly and of his own free choice. The flesh, bis carnal nature, may often get the upper hand ! Df him; but the holy seed, the holy spirit by which be was quickened into life, remains in him. He is under the control and guid- j ance of this Spirit and cannot sin willingly. J [f he could, he could serve two masters, and . love and serve both equally. The elipsis of' the ?*?age being supplied, and all the-difficulties of the text vanish. - "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin mUingfyF "Be that eommitteth sin willingly, is of the devil." THE CHESTER FURNITURE STORE. THE readers of the "Yorkvllle Enquirer" aud the public generally, are invited to inspect my large and elegant STOCK OF FURNITURE. In consequence of ray having directly from the Manufacturers, lam safe in saying that I can sell Furniture AS CHEAP AS ANY ESTABLISHMENT ' . .! South of Baltimore. My stock of Furniture is of such a character as will please all classes and individuals. It is both if PLAIN AND ELEGANT, to suit the wishes and wants of the buyer. It is complete. Whatever is wanted IN THE FURNITURE LINE T evvt rtrtnfl/T nwt rt/ mtr nK111itt t/\ unnrvln LVi wn 1 x aili wuuuciib UI ill V a 17111 itjr iu oupuijr. jc uuuture is delivered at different points along the railroad, FREE FROM FREIGHT CHARGES. R. BRANDT, Cheater, S. C. Jnne29 . 5 ly NOTICE. IAMatill Agent for the "American" because it it the best and cheapest Sewing Machine made. ' J. R. 8CHORB. December 21 51 tf YORKVItXE ESQ ORIGINAL SE1 VALUABLE PBB? 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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. McLurb, they cannot fail to be of interest to our readers in Chester, as well as elsewhere in the State. AUTHENTIC NEWS. Particular attention is given to collating and condensing the news of the day, and this department of the ENQUIRER, whether treating 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. The Other Departments. In addition to the above features, Rev. Mr. Lathan will continne his regular contributions to the "Sabbath Readiug," and the "Children's Department," which, under his management for the past seven years, have been an important attraction. Mr. Latban will also oontinue his contributions of Historical Sketches, which, with the usual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adapted to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and nseful information for the farmer and house-wife; a column of Humorous Reading every week; "Scraps and Facts," embracing light ourrent topics; a compend of the News Abroad and at Home; Correapondence; 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 Subscription?Free of Postage.? Single copy oue year, $3.00. In clubs, each subscriber, per year, $2.50. Money may be forwarded at our risk by draft, post-offloe order or regis* tered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-offloe, oounty and State. Address all letters to L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkville, 8. C. PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. By a favorable arrangement with the different manufacturers, we are enabled to make the fol lowing liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiums for Clubs. These Premiums have been adopted by us with speeial reference to securing only 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 prices, and cannot be bought with cash any lower than the prices here given. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 8 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 offloe, arrangements may be perfected for reducing the freight charges on small articles to a nominal amount. The charges for freight on the Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums will be from New York ; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and on the Sewing Machines from Baltimore, Md. READ THE LIST. 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 to any single subscriber not in a club. No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give aoopy of the ENQUIRER one DESCRIPTION OF Oar Cooking Stove Premium. Tbe elegant Cooking Stove* wblcb we offer u Premium*, are manufactured by Messrs. Sergeant k McCauley, at Oredb*boro, N. C. These Stoves are made of the be*t Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove in the market, and consequently will the longer wlthftand heat and hard u*age. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal In point* of appearance, durability and cuperlor coolting qualltlei, to any stove manufactured In tbe Union. Tl\e*tc-? we have selected to give a* a Premium I* the largest die imce by the manufacturer*, and with each one will be furnished, without charge, three joint* and one elbow of pipe, and all the necessary cooking utensil*, vis.: one ham boiler, one bulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one long frying pad, one round griddle, one pair waffle Irons, two *he*t Iron bread pans, one scraper and one lifter. Over rirt thousand of these stoves are in use In Virginia and North and South Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will be shipped to those entitled to receive tbem a* Premiums, direct from the manufactory in Greensboro, N. C. Sewing Machine Premium. The superior Sewing Machine we offer a* 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; It runs easily; Is always ready; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing and fswer extra attachments; Is self-adjusting; is a two-thread Machine, making an Elastic l.ock-Stltch; stands solid and Arm, with long and roomy folding table, and bas the convenience of two drawer*. Heveral of these Machines, during the past year, have been delivered to person? who have returned the requisite number of name*. Smith's Bible Dictionary. This Dictionary U the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London, and the moat eminent lexicographer in the world, who, in its preparation aaaoclated with himself over seventy distinguished divine* and authors, of both Europe and this country, In the great task 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 monument of learning. An abridgement of tbls great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, is the one we have arranged to ftirnlsh our subscribers. The book contains every name in the Bible respecting which anything can be said. It embraces the results of nistorie research, antiauarlan investigation, the study of languages and dialeets, and the dieooverie* of the modern traveler* ani eiplo HAMPTON ANDRETORMt FURNITURE AND LOW PRICES ATTHB1- ' NEWFURNITUKE STORE, Opposite the Oottnn Hotel, CHESTER, S. C. T ONG experienoe, and having to buy for the \j house of MARKS A RETD, of Rook Hill, InooTineetion with my own; enables me to boy to superior advantage; and owing to the low price of cotton, I am SELLING AT ALMOST COST. Come and see for yourselves. :, - i -: Goods DELIVERED FREE to all points between Gastonia and WInnsboro. S. K. MARK8. ' December 7 49 tf JAMES A. GLENN, D. D. 8?>. SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTBT. HAVING completed a thorough course in,the Baltimore .College of Dental Surgery, offers his professional 1 4. V.lT? 'W? 4a 7>nn Ml IWrTIUDO Ul UIU |/UUIIV> iM? ouuivoa h mvuw) York county, 8. C., to whichsll letters request!ng my professional services may be addressed! Prompt attention given to all cans, and Dental work will be done at the residence of those requiring it, upon giving me notification. All work warranted to give satisfaction. Terms moderate. J. A. GLENN, D. D. 8. I cah also, sell yon a SEWING MACHINE. J. A. G. August 10 8$ tf XAxmo avd REPAisnrG or ou*?, FTtHE undersigned is thoroughly acquainted 1. with the business of MAKING AND REPAIRING GUNS. My work will give SATISFACTION to my friends residing in York and Chester oountiea, who will extend their patronage tome. THOMAS BENNETT, Chester. 8. C. July 6 ' fi ly itHBER FOB 1877. EUAL STORIES. HUMS FOB CLUBS. huhntouium ' ' / <; -ii 1. year, or a set of six treble silver-plated TEA SPOONS, worth *3.00. No. 4.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at |2.50 each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard Rubber-Handle TABLE KNIVE8 AND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which is $5.00. No. 5.?For a club of Iff subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give either a treble silver-plated 8YROP CUP, worth $8.00; or a set of six treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth$8.00. 1 No. 6.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at $2.50 e*cb,wewilig?vei* treble sttver-phited BUTYBR DISH, worth $8.00-. No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one set of six solid cast steel oval-handle TABLE KNIYE8, and one set of aix treble silver-plated TABLE FORK8, the manufacturer's price of whioh articles is $10.00. No. 8.?For a club of 80 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a full set of extra superfine, full I oval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silver* plated blades, qnd a fnll set of treble silver* plated j TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles is $15.00. No. 9.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING STOVE, with pipe and a full set of fixtures, the manufacturer's price of which is $80.00. No. 10.?For a club of 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one three-quart, treble silverplated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting of SIX pieces, worth $40. No. 19.?For a club of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Draw era and Drop .Lear, the manufacturer's price or which is |75. ; Specimens of the Sewing Machines, and ' nearly all the other articles included in the above premium list, can be seen and examined at onr publication office; and in all cases we guarantee that the Premiums tarnished to those entitled to receive them, will be equal to the specimens shown. ' NOTICE TO CLUB-MAKERS. 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 clubs under the above offer is limited to the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1877, by which time the names with the cash, should be returned to the office, though names may be returned at anytime between this and the above date. No premium will be delivered until the requisite number of names has been returned, and the tall 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-office. We prefer that no money be sent us J by express unless the amount exceeds |25, and in , every case the express charges must be prepaid. ! All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving conn- 1 ty, post-office and State. AH subscriptions will be discontinued atthe expiration of the time paid for. All subscribers to the Enquirer will receive nanApfcAanf nnafuffa VUW WW W? f/VU^WI Persona entitled to reoeive 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 unlesstherequiaite number of names be sent, which must be i paid for in advance. A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, 1 who will be credited with every name sent, so that the number returned by any person can be j 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. THE TOTE OP CLOSING. Club-makers, and those who may wish to form olubs, should bear in mind that the offers we here . present do not invite competition for Premiums, as in the case of working to secure the largest ; club. Each club-maker sending the requisite ] number of subscribers will obtain the Premium ' offered for the specified number. The time, however, for completing a club is limited until the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1877, by which ! date the names, with the subscription price, should be forwarded. Names may be sent in at any time prior to the above date. Send the names aa fast as obtained, acoompanied with the cash, and the I Premium will bo delivered when the requisite number of names has been returned. 1 PREMIUMS, ETC. I rera in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawlinaon. Ferguson, Lay- ! i arH. rwftrtand Stanley. The book U minted from new ftereo type plate*, on food paper, and I* appropriately illustrated with over 135 Engraving* of beautiful Scene*, Ancient CitiM, and Memorable Place* of the Holy Land. de*cripdve Figure* and valuable Map*. It contain* nearly 800 closriy-prlnted, doublecolumn, octavo page*. Including 34 elegant full-pare, Steel and . Wood Engraving*. It 1* printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary 1* ' $3.50. Thrae-Quart Communion Set. Churche* unaupplled with a Communion Set appropriate to the requirement* of the lacred rite of administering the Lord'* Supper, can. by our Premium arrangement, aecure a fine, treble silver-plated three-quart Communion Set of ?lx piece*, with little trouble, and, comparatively, at no coat. The number of *ub- j acriber* required in order to *ecure thl* valuable and elegant Service can be procured in almoat any congregation; and the mem ' ber* who may be thu* called upon to contribute their ahare ot ] the eipen*e, will receive la return more than the value of their I contribution In a year'* subscription to the paper. Oar Silver Ware aid Cutlery Premiums. With the very liberal offer which we are enablad to make, a . beautifully furnlibrd table la now within the reaeb of almoet every house-keeper; and here la an opportunity, of which, if the j ladle* avail themselves, they may secure, with but little trouble, a valuable set of Silver or Cutlery. Those articles are miUta for us by the Luelu* Hart Manufacturing Company, 33 Fulton street, J New York, and are warranted to be of the beat matarial. Value of our Premiums. 1 We would lmpreaa upon every one the fkct that all of our ' Premium* are flrst-claaa good*, and the price* attached to them ( in our lltt* are the regular retail price* at which the article* sell I by all dealers and the manufacturers themselves. It is only by the most advantageous terms given us by the manufacturers that wa are enabled to make the liberal offers we do, and wa guarantee every article to be exactly as represented. ( ? - ?<*.? ..? i A Club and an Extra Copy. J For a dub of Tax subscribers paid in advance at the regular ' club rates, we will give, instead of a Premium, an extra eopy of ' the paper to any who may prefer that arrangement; bat in consequence of the liberal Premiums we are now offering, wa cannot afford to give an extra copy loathe club-maker who receives 1 any Premiums enumerated oa our Use 1 AISI^OtJCEMEWT. ON the 16th day of November, 1876, and in the * city of .Raleigh, the undersigned oommenoed the publication of > THE OBSERVER, a DAILY and WEEKLY Democratic newspaper. Of long experience in their profession aaeditors respectively of the FoyetteviAe Observer and the Wilmington Journal, they do not affect to doubt the soundness of the general Judgment which assigns them ability to furnish a newspaper suited to the needs and adapted to the tastes of the people of North Carolina. Differing in polities In the plden timMbore was never a difference between the Observer and the Journal in seal for the interests and honor of North Carolina. To promote the one, and to uphold and add to the other, will be the object of THE OBSERVER now. Of very decided opinions on questions of pub- 1 lie interest, and apt to give those opinions plain expression, they deem it the first duty of a newspaper to furnish its readers with the information necessary to the formation of their opinion#?to publish all "the newsand thoir. purpose is to t.-mcrti r\nouDiri?D Al4 +?n+H_ UiHXfcU JL qa vok9aik t Ciil)| I*V1T WVI wiuj jp mmvmftil, accurate, condensed history of the times in which we live. It was thus that "theold Observer" won its hold upon the people of. North Carolina, enjoying theaffection of its party friends, re-' oeiving the respect and oonfldenoe of its bitterest political foes, and commanding in its comparatively isolated location a circulation larger than has ever been attained by any other North Carolina newspaper ; and It is thua, by like dignity and fairness, that the editors of THE OBSERVER, transferred to the State capital, hope it will deserve, and soon eoual, and then surpass, its former circulation ana prosperity. It will be their high aim to deserve the public confidence by earnest efforts to promote the public welfare, first and foremost of North Carolina, next of all the Southern States, and finally, and through. these, of the whole Union. They think that this can only be.effeoted by the prevalence .of Democratic principles, and the dismissal of the Radical party from the places and power which they have so greatly abused, and under whose baleful rule the South has been outraged and the whole country has been impoverished and disgraced. . PETER M. HALEV WILLIAM M. SAUNDERS.. SUBSCRIPTION RATES i , * Daily Observer, one year,. $8 00 Daily Observer, six mouths 4 00 Weekly Observer, one year, 200> " Weekly Observer, six months, 1 00 All communications should be addressed to THE OBSERVER, " - , ' Raleigh, N. C,. November 30 48 tf ^ 7 3 '' ^ 0 p JkJ th /innirTwn dt/ittvo - .<.' r wvaii.1 wjt kjo uihuutwHirvu aiour I works in Greensboro, N. 0., (rive universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They aire made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, wfth heavier and thicker plate than any other stove, in (hn market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and war ran ted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove aoid. in the United States, wblleit is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking uterisils ate famished with each Stove. An important oonisideratkra.' with purchasers la 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 oost of casting. Hot simply because it is a home production, but on aooonntof 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 i Mre Elisabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, GutLriesville; John A. Brown, Koch Hill; B. P, Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, YorkvHle. You can save the freight from the northern citita and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same timb get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than thoae of northern make. The fallowing are our prieee delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 <i 7 < in it it it ii n 20 00 Address, 8ERGEANT A MeCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. D0B80N A CO., Agents, Yorkville, & C. JOHN R LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. O.. A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Cheater county, 8. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, 8, 0. COTTON GINS AND PRESSES. 1AM prepared to famish, at short notice, the following reliable machinery: THE WINSHIP SAW GIN. Manufactured at Atlanta, Georgia, at $3.60 per saw, delivered at anypoint desired, without charge for freight These Gins never break the roll, operate very rapidly, and eleans the seed perfectly. I refer to the following parties, now using them, with entire satisfaction: F. H. Brown, J. B. Whitesides, T. W. Clawson, John O.'Crawford, J; Wfl son Marshall,J. C. Klrkpetrlck and J. Ban Wallace. THE HALL SELF-FEEDING GIN, having a self-feeding attachment, by which the Gin can be operated with one hand in the Gin Honse. Italso protects the Saws from damage by rooks and other substances, that are often carried' into the Gin by band-feeding, and'often censing the destruction of &le Gin Hopte by fire. I also sell THE AMERICAN NEEDLE GIN, so well known and so successfully operated. All of the above Gins can be tarnished with or without Condensers. The feeding apparatus can be attached to any of the above Gins. I also Manufacture the SHEERER RAILROAD COTTON PRESS, which surpaaaess any other Press now in use. It , can be operated with steam, water, horse or band power. I will tarnish tbe Presses complete,. I or sell the right to manufacture, furnishing all' the Irons. All of these Gins and Presses in operation in this section are giving entire satisfaction. Call and get Circulars. J T. 8. JEFFERYS, Agent. : J CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL IB PUBLISHED DAILY, TBI-WEBXLY * W BUILT, A.T AUGUSTA, GA? By WALSH A WEIGHT, Proprietors. I .VIILL Telecranhic Disnatohes from all Points. 1; Latest and most accurate Market Reports. Interesting and Reliable Correspondence from all parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Washington City. Georgia and Carolina News a Specialty. DAILY: TRIWEEKLY: WEEKLY: One year,...|10 One year, $5 00 One year,....$2 Six months, 5 8ix Months, 2 60 Six Months, 1 Deoember 7 49 tf $250 REWARD. rpHE National Board of Fire Underwriters here1 by offers a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, for the detection, oonvictfon and punishment of the party or parties, charged with the crime of Arson, in firing the premises situate near Yorkville, S.C., being the DWELLING OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 23d, 1876, Said reward will be paid only on due proof being rurnished the Executive Committee of the conviction and actual punishment of said criminals. By order of Exeoutive Committee. " GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. New York, May 8,1876. 20 tf rAKBs f. habt] q?w? a. habtL HART & HART, A.TTOBXB7B AT I?AW, YOEKVULE, 8. WILL practice in the State and United Statee Courts. Special attention given to Accountings and causes in die Probate Courts. Will undertake for collections and legal business in all parts of the United States, through reliable business agencies. ' January 1 1 ly . TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For isle at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. 15TO$20 Jjl O 1 home. Agents wanted. Otttflt and tenia free. 812 TRUE k CO., Auiwta, Maine. 1? \j ?be fotMfc &tnjuiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE ? Dneoopy, one year. f 3 00 Dne copy, six months, ... I 80 Dne oopy, three months, - 100 Single oopy, 10 rwo copies, one year, 6 00 Itan oopies, one year, 25 00 To persona who make up clubs, often or more names, an extra oopy of the paper will bo tarnished one year, free or charge. ' ' *