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lluMowusi gepattmetrt. A WOMAN IN COURT. A small boy was brought before a magistrate in Pottsville the other day upon a serious charge. He was a little fellow with a red head, and his face speckled liks a guinea egg. A tuft of hair stuck through the top of a pointed slouched hat, and his knees shone through holes in those portions of his pants. His mother held him fast, and, as she struggled into the office, the boy swung back like a contrary mule at the end of a halter. "What's the matter?" said the magistrate. "Everything said," the woman. "He's bad ; he's rotten bad, and thar ain't no doing nothin' with him. Thar ain't a cherry tree round the town he don't know, and thar ain't a cat what shows its nose that he don't let drive >?M*k a otnno T have wnrn nut three Bibles reading 'urn to bim, but it don't do no good. All the trees in the back yard has been killed gitting switches off to lick 'um, and he chaws all the terbacker that the old man can buy. He's a-breaking of ray heart, and I wants hira punished. Yes, Ben Franklin, you are bringing ray gray hairs to the grave." "Benjamin Franklin," said the magistrate, in an imperious manner, "I am afraid you are derelict to those high principles of Christian morality and rectitude which maternal affection has endeavored to instill into your composition." "Now look here, Mr. Judge," said the woman, "that 'ere boy hain't had much laming and he can't talk Dutch." "Well, I didn't say he could," replied the magistrate. "Waren't that Dutch you were talking then." "No, madam, that was pure Anglo-Saxon." "What's she got to do with this case ?" "Who?" "Why Angelina Saxton." "Who said anything about Angelina Saxton?" "You did." "I did not." "You did." "I repeat I did not." " Y nn HiH ! vnn did!! did!!! did!!!! did ml! did !! nil didl I i ! fif and did, and did, and you did, did, did, and I'll never give in." In the meantime Benjamin Franklin sat on a box and said, "Go in old woman and don't give up; I seen you take down dad that way many a time." Her breath nearly exhausted, she snatched the namesake of the great founder of journalism in America and philosopher by the nape of the neck and swept out of the room declaring she had never been so insulted in all her life, and that too by a judge who had had no bringing up. ? ? -? A Quick Conversion*.?A hard old customer was Badger. He uever was known to attend church, and was considered the wickedest man in the small town in which he lived. One night his old cow was prowling about the house seeking what she might devour, and stuck her head in the swill-barrel. By the time the barrel was empty, her head was so far in that she could not withdraw it, and she made a blind rush to free herself from the incumbrance. As luck would have is, she struck a bee-line for the house, and directly for the front door. The old man was sitting inside telling his family all about a great murder trial, when the cow gave a lrightful bellow, which was prolonged by the empty barrel into an unearthly roar. At the same time the front door crashed from its hinges, and the cow, with her uncommon headgear, bolted into the room. "Old wickedness" gave one agonized look at the frightful demon which confronted him ; each separate and individual hair stood on end ; a shivfaalinr? /toowln^ II r\ Qnrl ^AOjn k1Q ki) CI UI^ ICCIIIJ^ vianibu v? p UHV4 MV'IU W vmw? J his eyes protruded from hie"head; altogether, he was a picture of abject terror. Suddenly his tongue was loosened, and he screamed, "For heaven's sake, take Mary! She's better prepared than I am!" Since that eventful night the man has joined an easy-going church, which is one step progressive, and he only swears when he sees old brindle or the swill-barrel. The old cow "fetched him." Slow But Sure.?The slow fighter was a tall, raw-boned specimen of the Pike county breed, and when he arrived in the mining camp the boys began to have fun with him? to "mill him," as they call it in the parlance of the mine: He stood it for a long time with perfect equanimity, until finally one of the party dared him out of doors to fight. He went. When they got all ready and squared off, Pike county stretched out his long neck and presented the tip of his big nose temptingly close to his tormentor: "I'm a little slow," he said, "and can't fight unless I'm well riled ; just paste me one?a good 'un?right on the end of that smeller !" His request was complied witn. "That was a good 'un," he said, calmly, "but I don't feel quite riled yit"?turning the side of his head to his adversary?"please chug me another lively one under the ear." The astonished adversary again complied, whereupon, Pike county, remarking that he was "not quite as well riled as he would like to be, but would do the best be could," sailed into the crowd, and for the next ten days the "boys" were engaged in mending broken jaws, repairing damaged eyes and tenderly resurrecting smashed noses.?New Orleans Democrat. * i \ J A Mean Man.?Some gentlemen were talking about meanness, yesterday, writes "Eli Perkins," when one said he knew a man on Lexington Avenue who was the meanest man in New York. "How mean is that ?" I asked. "Why, Eli," he said, "he is so mean that he keeps a five-cent piece with a string tied to if *r\ fr\ Knnrnrorc* an/1 trhon fKpir hftpkfl* " LV' fe' * ^ ? i -"* ....v/.. are turned he jerks it out of their pockets! "Why, this man is so confounded mean," continued the gentleman, "that he gave his children ten cents apiece every night for going to bed without their supper, but during the night, when they were asleep, he went up stairs, took the money out of their clothes, and then whipped them in the morning for losing it!" "Does he do any thing else?" "Yes, the other day I dined with him, and I noticed the poor little servant-girl whistled all the way up stairs with the dessert?and, when I asked the mean old scamp what made her whistle so happily, he said: "'Why I keep her whistling so she can't eat the raisins out of the cake.'" Wouldn't Go.?An unfortunate widower, nrenarintr. not Ion? since, for a ride with a I f O' O youug lady, desired to blind the eyes of his housekeeper respecting his errand, and very politely informed his little son that he could go too. "No, I guess not," answered the email man in roundabouts. "Why, yes; wash your face and come along," persisted the father. "Shan't do it ?" replied the urchin. "Why didn't you go?" questioned the lady in charge, after the father had left; "be wished it, I think." "Didn't either," retorted the boy; "he said in the bedroom he'd give me ten cents if I'd stay at home." Got Enough of it.?There is a precocious six-year-old boy in Auburn who is wonderful on spelling and definition. The other day his teacher asked him to spell matrimony. "M-a-t. r-i-m-o-n-y," said the youngster, promptly. "Now define it," said the teacher. "Well," replied the boy, "I don't exactly know what it means, but I know ray mother's got enough of it!" An Affectionate Coupi.e.?An old bachelor was courting a widow, and both sought the aid of art to give their fading hair a darker shade. "That's going to be an affectionate couple," said a wag. "How so?" asked a friend. "Why, don't you see that they are .dying for each other already ?" was the reply. $be and fireside. A PHENOMENON EXPLAINED. A planter owning one thousand acres fair J average land in the healthy portion of the cotton States is a poor roan. He could not sell his land probably for more than $5,000. He looks to the North, and finds lands rang- I ! ing from $50 to $200 per acre. He looks to England, Holland, Belgium, and finds the price averaging from $300 to $500 per acre. ! : Why this'difference ? Is the land in those | countries better than ours ? Not by nature? 1 i if it be better it is by the difference of treat- j ment Is their climate better than ours ? This acknowledged superiority is on our side. Are the prices of their products any better i than ours? On an average not so good. Are the taxes lighter than ours ? If we were i compelled to pay their tax either at the North or in England our lands would at once be sold for taxes. Have they valuable crops which they can raise and we cannot raise? There is not a farm product in Old England or New England which we cannot raise in equal perfection at the South. Is the labor cheaper than ours ? The cost of labor at the North nearly doubles the cost of labor South. In England labor is cheaper than with us. But the difference is perhaps compensated by the poor and church rates and excessive taxes k?? Fnrvliok formorfl paiu UJ Xjug Iiau If our climate is as good as that of the countries referred to, if our lands are as good as theirs, if our products bring as good prices, if we can grow all they can grow, all the crops that they grow, if labor is cheaper with us than at the North, and if difference in taxes compensate for the cheapness of labor in England, why is it that their lauds are so valuable and ours so valueless? We shall find the map of use to us in answering this question. If we take the map of theUuited States and put our finger upon the State in which lands sell at the highest price, we shall find that in those States or parts of those States the greatest attention is paid to the cultivation of the grasses and forage plants. If we open the map of Europe we shall find that the same rule holds good. The cheapest lands in Europe are those of Spain, where little attention is paid to the grasses. The value of land rises exactly in proportion to the attentiou which is given to them, in England and Holland reaching for farming purposes to $1,000 per acre. Holland is almost a continuous meadow. This land val ue culminates in Lombardy, where irrigated meadow lauds rent for 860 to 8100 per acre. Without exception, in Europe and America, where a large portion of land is in grass or forage crops, the price of the land is high, reaching the figures above mentioned. On the other hand, without exception, wherever in either continent the grasses do not receive this attention, landed estates are comparatively of low value.? C. W. Howard. SELF-SUPPORTING FARMERS. In the cotton States, and sugar States, planters frequently turn their whole attention to a single crop, depending solely upon that to obtain the money to buy everything else. If there is a failure of that crop, planters are in a bad predicament indeed. If it sells very * - f i . ii low?below tbe cost or production?mere is nothing else to bring them out. And whether ? failure, or a high or low price, every mouthful of hay or grain fed to the teams, every pound of lard or bacon consumed by the family or hands, every barrel of flour or corn meal, every pouud of butter, beef or mutton, every horse or mule used?has to be bought and paid for. It is money out of pocket from the first day of the year to the last day of the year. It seems to us that this is a bad policy. But many planters have been raised to pursue this system, and canuot change it. They do not seem to know how to raise an oat, corn, hay or wheat crop. They do not seem to know how to keep a flock of sheep, or a herd of cattle or hogs, to supply their homes with UonP ni\rlr lurrl Klltfor pfn T.iL'P Ill U tlUU| uuui, pui u) iu1u| uiivvv>| vw. mi?V the fisherman (who was trying to catch cat fish) who got violently mad when a bass seized his hook, slung it back into the water, saying, "when I go a catting I go a catting," so do some of our friends in the cotton States refuse to take hold of the more promising things that offer, giving their whole attention to a single object, aud being totally dependent upon others for the very necessities of life. Some of the readers in the cotton States? where our circulation is rapidly increasing? may think we talk quite plainly on these matters, but we tell them plainly that cotton and sugar growers must be more self-reliant, produce more of the necessaries of life, keep more money in their own pockets, and send off less for what they eat and wear, and feed to their stock, and depend more upon a diversity of crops, instead of placing their sole reliance on a single crop. Every year is bringing about a change in these cotton and sugar growers, and they are subscribing for agricultural papers, reading them and learning more of stock, fruit and farm matters. This is the true course to pursue. Most of the Southern States are well ? - * .?_ i . - - j ?hi. 1 adapted to raising nogs ana cattie aiiu sneep, and fine fruits, and a diversity of farm crops; and planters should liberally patronize agricultural papers, that they may learn how to manage bees and poultry, fruit and stock, and raise everything that their generous soil can produce for the support of man and beast. And if these crops were raised to sell, they would frequently be found more profitable to the farmer than cotton or sugar.? Colman's Rural World. THE FENCE LAW. It has been calculated, upon actual examination, that in parts of Georgia the interest on the money spent for fences would annually pay for all the cattle fenced out. The chief argument used in defence of the law, in common is, that if each cattle owner was obliged to keep in his own cattle, much hardship would be the lot of some, who have but one cow or one hog; for example, a lone widow, with her single cow and her one sow, living near the farmer of forty acres of good land. It will require one mile of fencing, or at least 6,000 rails, to put a legal fence around forty ] acres of land, and this at ?10 per thousand, i would be 860. Interest on this fence (lasting j two years), with wear aud tear, would be, say j an annual cost of 810, representing a capital ofSiOU, agaiDSt aoout sro.w invested in cow ! and pig. Now, a poor man with a family would rent this land at 81 per acre, and support himself and family or it comfortably, hut he cannot do so for want of me^ns to make the fence cow and hog proof; therefore the land lies idle, the owner gets no interest, and the laboring man goes elsewhere to dig; all that the poor widow may enjoy the use of' ' other people's land?aye, of the poor man's ! land, for whoever holds the title, he who pro- J fits most by the use of it is virtually the owner. Experience has proved that one acre of j land, manured by the products of one cow stall and one pig pen, with the refuse of the } house and of the land, will support one first quality cow, give 500 pounds or more of ba-; con, and go far to feed a small family. 11 i would, therefore, be to the interest of all par-; ties for the farmer to loan one acre of fenced ground to the poor widow, and work it for j her with his own crop, rather than have to , fence forty acres against her cow and pig. i But how enormous would this imposition ap-1 pear to be if fixed by legislative action, Tiie Corn Crop.?Did you ever know any farmer to fail whose cribs were filled with corn ? ; Did you ever know a man to emigrate whose cribs were filled with corn ? Did you ever know a man to complain of j hard times whose cribs were filled with corn ? i Did you ever know a man to be sold out by the sheriff whose cribs were filled with corn ? Did you ever know a man whose house and fences were all in good order, and that such other evidences of prosperity crowned him, [ whose cribs were not filled with corn ? 1 IpSttUattMttS fading. RELIGION IN LEE'S ARMY. But the religioxu element which entered that army, or was developed in it, has absolutely no parallel in all history. Our old chief (General Lee) was a Christian, not merely in profession but in reality, and did everything in his power to promote the moral and spirit- 1 ual welfare of his array. The piety of "Stonewall" Jackson is as historic as his splendid military achievements, and the influence j which he exerted for the religious good of his ( officers and men can never be fully known in 1 this world. These leaders had at the first the < co operation of such Christian soldiers as D. i H. Hill, T. R. Cobb, A. H. Colquitt, J. E. B. ' Stuart, W. A. Pendleton, John B. Gordon, ' C. A. Evans, John Pegram, and a large rtum- 1 her of other general, field, staff and subordi- ' nate officers; and during the war Generals 1 Ewell, Longstreet, Hood, Pender, R. H. An- 1 demon. Rhodes. Paxton. Bavlor. and a num- ' berof others made professions of religion. Of the first four companies from Georgia which ' arrived in Virginia, three of the captains 1 were earnest Christians and fifty of one of the ' companies belonged to one church. I remem- ' ber one single regiment which reported over f four hundred church members when it firBt ' came into the service, and another regiment 1 which contained five ministers of the gospel? j a chaplain, one captain aud three privates. 1 I have not space to give the details, but I J have in my possession the minutes of our j Chaplains' Association, my diary carefully < kept at the time, files of our religious news- ' papers, a large number of letters and memoranda from chaplains and army missionaries, ' and other data, going to show that the world has rarely witnessed such revivals as we had < in Lee's army from the autumn of 1862 to < the close of the war. I never expect to ad- 1 dress such congregations, or to witness such i results as we daily had in that array. I fre- 1 quently preached to several thousand eager 1 listeners, and I have seen over five hundred I inquirers after the way of life present them- 1 selves at one time, and have witnessed hun- | dredsof professions at one service. I preached 1 /loir m Trio' \finniooirvrii krirvurlo fn a 1 UliC ua.j iu lyavio Hi. 1001001^/pi wi i^muv w m large congregation, who assembled in the open j air, and sat through the service with appa- i rently the deepest interest, notwithstanding 1 the fact that a drenching rain was falling at the time. Several occasions I saw barefooted men stand in the snow at our service, and one of the chaplains reported that in February, 1 1864, he preached in the open air to a very large congregation, who stood in snow several '< inches deep during the entire service, aud that he counted in the number fourteen barefooted men. And this eagerness to hear the gospel was even more manifest during the most active campaigns. On those famous i marches of the valley campaign of 1862, which won for our brave fellows the soubriquet I of "Jackson's Foot Cavalry," I never found i the men too weary to assemble in large nura- I bers at the evening prayer meeting, and enter i with hearty zest into the simple service. At i balf-pastseven o'clock in the morning the i day of the battle of Cross Keys, a large part i of Key's brigade promptly assembled on an intimation that there would he preaching; the I chaplain of the twenty fifth Virginia regiment i (the Rev. Dr. George B. Taylor, now a mis- I sionary to India,) was interrupted at "thirdly" in his able and eloquent sermon by the ad- I vance of the enemy, and soon the shock of i battle succeeded the invitations of the gospel. i The morning Early's brigade was relieved I from its perilous position at Warrenton, White * Sulphur Springs, on the second Manassas t campaign, and recrossed to the south side of < the Iiappahaonock, oue of the largest congre- 1 gations I ever saw assembled for preaching, 1 unmindful of the fierce artillery duel that was going on at the time, until the service was in- < terrupted by the falling of an immense shell i in the centre of the congregation, but was re- > sumed and completed so soon as the command i could be moved back to a more sheltered po- t sition. The night before the last day at the i second Manassas, Col. W. H. S. Baylor was < in command of the old Stonewall brigade, of * which he was made brigadier-general the very < day he was killed. Sending for his friend Captain Hugh White, he said to him: "I 1 knnw the men are verv much wearied out bv 1 the battle of to-day, and that they need all t the rest they can get to fit them for the im- I pending struggle of to-morrow. But I cannot ' consent that we shall seek our repose until we I have had a brief season of worship to thank ' God for the victory of to-day, and to beseech I his continued protection and blessing during | this terrible conflict." The men were quietly i notified that there would be a short prayer 1 meeting, and nearly the whole of the brigade and a number from other commands assembled at the appointed place. Captain Hugh j White led the meeting with the intelligent . zeal of the experienced Christian. Colonel s Baylor joined in it with the fervor of one who i had but recently felt the preciousness of a t new born faith in Christ, and it was a solemn I and impressive scene to all. In the great 1 battle which followed the next day, Colonel ( Baylor with the flag of the "Stonewall" brig- i ade in his hands, and the shout of victory on ] his lips, fell, leading a splendid charge, and I gave his life to the cause he loved so well. I Hard by, and about the same moment, Cap- 1 tain White was shot down while behaving i with most couspicuous gallantry. ] As the great oavalry ohief, General J. E. 1 B. Stuart, was quietly and calmly breathing < out his noble life, he said to President Davis, ! who stood at his bedside: "I am ready and t willing to die if God and ray country think I 1 have fulfilled ray destiny and discharged ray ( duty." Colonel Lewis Miuor Coleman, of the ] University of Virgiuia, who fell mortally 1 wounded at first Fredericksburg, and liugered 1 some weeks in the greatest agony, uttered ( many sentiments which would adorn the I brightest pages of Christian experience, and, ] among other things. sent this message to his ( loved and honored chieftains: "Tell Generals 1 Lee and Jackson that they know how a Chris* j tian soldier should live; I only wish they t were here to see a Christian soldier die/" j Not many mouths afterward Jackson was i called "to cross over the river and rest under j theshade of the trees," and left another bright illustration of how Christian soldiers of that army were wont to die. Colonel Willie Per I gram, "the boy artillerist," as he was familiar j ly called, left the University of Virgiuia at t the breaking out of the war, as a private sol- 1 dier, rose to the rank of colonel of artillery i (he refused a tender of promotion to the com- 1 mand of an infantry brigade,) upon more 1 than one occasion elicited high praise from A. P. Hill, Jackson and Lee? &nd at the early c age of twenty-two fell ou the ill-fated Qeld of i Five Forks,gallantly resisting the overwhelm- t ing odds against him, His last words were : ? "j have done my duty and now J turn to my j Saviour."?Rev. Wm. Jones in Philadelphia, t Weekly Times. i Would Not Lie for Money.?A story j is told of a young Waterville, Me., lawyer, ? who was of a convivial turn, who had in his i Knnrta a nnmhflr of unsettled accounts against i ? an old farmer in the vicinity, who never paid s any debts until he was sued, and then only I ( after loud outcries against the lawyers for 1 "grinding the faces of the poor." Que day he j came in to settle a bill, when the lawyer offer-1r ed to discount him a dollar and a half if he j would go into the street, mingle wjtb all the I groups of people whom he might tpeet and j \ lead the conversation up to a point where hp ( could incidentally remark that he (the lawyer) ! i was a sharp and very worthy fellow. The old man wanted the money, but finally he said, 1 impressively: "Squire! I'm a very old man, i and have done many wicked tnmgs iu my i life ; but with my views of eternity I can't lie i ( like that for money." < t Do not carry your own burdens. The ] strain will be too great for your back. He i 1 who casts his burden on the Lord, can go ) easily under cares that would crush the man [ ( who has not learned the secret. 1 j funding far the J>ahkth. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. "WE LIVE UNTO THE LORD." The true and the only true Christian life is not only to live unto the Lord, but to live eutirely to Him. And is not here an intimation of what may be deemed the great and vital defect in the Christian character, as we generally observe it? There are multitudes of Christians, and many whom we are accustomed to call good Christians. In all their deportment they seem to be blameless. Tbey ire punctual in their ordinary religious duties. The Sabbath, the closet, the sanctuary, the sacrament, the social assemblies of worship, ire duly honored. Their conversation is habitually becoming and pure, and such as often tends to edification ; and they are accustomed to be pointed at as examples of genjine Christian character. At the same time, passing behind and beleath all these outward manifestations, what i'._ n A aI nay oiten De ine existing reamy r Are inese Christians, after ail, deeply, eminently, totaly devoted to the God whom they profess to lerve? Is He always in their thoughts? Is Christ in their hearts as His permanent ibode? Does He breathe in their every areath? Does He speak in all their words? Does He sanctify all their thoughts, and purify all their desires and affections? Does He control all their movements ? Is He the jbject of their perpetual trust ? Do they really acknowledge Him in aibtheir ways, so that He directs all their paths ?$ ?Do they coniciously live, move, and have their being in Him ? Is He their momentary and infinite ielight? Do they,-in everything, and with; avery breath, aim to please Him ? and do they always consider that to please Him is indeed "the best and happiest thing in the world?" Is Christ their life? And the life they now life in the flesh, do they live by faith on the Son of God? Do they recognize themselves as branches of' the true Vine1?engrafted into Christ, and evermore partakers of His infinite, blessed nature and spirit ? Is their conversation?that is all that they say and do?in heaven ? And thus do they walk in the Soirit?walk with God from momeut to moment? In a word, do they love God with all their heart, mind and might? This is to live unto the Lord; and this, most assuredly, is the true style of the Christian life. How many are there who truly and fully exemplify it, and thus in all their ways acknowledge the Lord ??Rev. Chcu. Adam, D. D., in Zion's Herald. 4 # 4 THANKING THE MINISTER. It is strange how few persons in the average congregation feel called on to thank their pastor for any sermon of his which brings to them a word of comfort, stimulus or instruction. They perhaps value his ministrations, but they do not tell him so. Indeed, some of them think it would savor of forwardness or flattery for them to say in so many words that they were helped by the truth he preached to them, and that they are grateful accordingly. Yet those same persons would feel it no more than their simple duty to say "I thank you," if the man who is their pastor should direct them on the street to some place which they wanted to reach, but of the location of which they were in doubt; or if he should assist them nto or out of a crowded street car, or to point fn tlipm somp Hanuer nf which t,hev had been unobservant. Why, then should they hesi;ate to express their thanks as freely when he sought earnestly and prayerfully to prepare ;hat which will direct, or assist, or warn, or jheer them, and ha9 brought it to them in he hope that it will prove timely and serviceable? Many a pastor feeh the lack of these words )f thanks more than is commonly supposed. It s hard for him to work on month after month n those whom he loves and would fain help, vithout ever being assured that be has met heir needs er excited their gratitude. The very effort of a preacher to 611 his place ac ? ? ? 1 1 i 1_!_ C :eptaoiy ten as 10 exnausi 11 is uervuus lurue, ind to bring a doubt, if, after ail, be has suc:eeded in the work to which he was set. When, therefore, not one of his hearers acknowledges help received, or expresses thanks :or acquired benefits, the sensitive preacher is empled to depression, lest his work was a 'ailure. Said a venerable pastor, "I have ieen preaching to one people for now more ban thirty years,-and there are members of ny church who have never, in all that time, ;old me that any word I had spoken was of iervice to them, or that they were grateful for ts speaking." How could such an experience he otherwise thau depressing??S. S. Times. Small Things Test Men.?In things imall, lie the crucibles and the touchstones. .\ny hypocrite will come to the Sabbath worjhip, but it is not every hypocrite that will ittend prayer meetings, or read the Bible in iecret, or speak privately of the things of jrod to the saints. You shall find the same ;rue in other things. A man who is no Christian very likely will not tell you a downright lie by saying that white is black, but le will not hesitate to declare that whiteyijrown is white; he will go that length. Now, ;he Christian will not go half way to a falsehood ; nay, he scorns to go an inch on that *oad. He will no more cheat you out of two pence farthing than he would out of two thousand pounds. He will not rob you of an ill. Even a Pharisee will ask Christ to his bouse to sit at meat with bim^?be is willing ;o entertain a great religious leader at his ta)le; but it is not every one who will stoop lown and unloosen his shoes; for that very Pharisee who made the feast never brought dm water to wash his feet, nor gave him the siss of welcome. He proved the insincerity >f his hospitality by forgetting the little hings. I will be bound to say Martha aud Mary never forgot to unloose his shoelatch28, and that Lazarus never failed to see that lis feet were washed. Look, then, I pray fou, as Christians, to the service of Christ in ;he obscure things, in the things that are not 'ecognized by men, in the matters that have io honor attached to them, for by this shall four love be tried.?Spurgeon. A Skeptic's Conversion.?A minister iad among his congregation an eminent lawyer who was an jnfjdel. He had long desired he salvation of the skeptic, and oue day, mowing that he was to be present in the meetng, he prepared a sermon especially for him, loping and praying that through it he would )e converted. The infidel came. It was an icy winter's lay; he listened to the sermon and went his vay, and not long after confessed his faith in he Lord Jesus Christ. The minister rejoiced, ind in conversing with him inquired what portion of the sermon it was which especially iffected his mind, and led to such a desirable esult. He answered : "It was not your sermon at ill; I did not hear it; I was making a brief ill the time you were preaching. But after neeting closed, as I came out, I saw old black lunt Chloe trying to get down the slippery iteps. I stepped forward and helped her lown over the ice to the crossing and as I left ler she looked up in my face and said, "0, nassa, I wish you loved my dear Jesus 1" rhose words rung in my ears, and I could not ;et rid of them until I went to my office, and j sowed myself on my knees, $nd gave myself! ,o Christ. It was not your sermon, but it was j )ld aunt Chloe's words that led me to theSa- i riour." Purity of Heart?Blessed are the puFe j n heart. But what is purity of heart? It s commonly regarded as simply the reverse ' if mere outward immorality, or of immoral' lesirfcs. But it has a far deeper and broader lignificance. It is, primarily, fidelity to the . Lord as the sole and single ohject of the leart's religious affections, just as conjugal j aurity is entire attachment to the one partner >f married life. Many persons whose lives 1 ire spotlessly moral as to outward conduct, I or even free from what are termed immoral desires, may yet be as impure in the Lord's sight and in His final judgment, as some of the most profligate and abandoned of mankind. If business and trade, visits and recreations, music, literature and art, so absorb the soul habitually, as to render it cold towards the Lord, then He is not the main and single object of its love, or at least its love to Him becomes in so far an impure one. How frequently in the Bible, He has, by His servants and prophets, proclaimed His anger and grief at such divided allegiance, such distracted affection. The Apostle exhorts "to singleness of heart" toward Christ. The Lord Himself declares, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." fJcrfeviUr inquirer. TERMS?11ST ADVANCE t One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 i?9-T0 persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be fhraiahad nnA vAar fraa nf />haror?_ THE COLUMBIA REGISTER, published DAIIY, TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, at COLUMBIA, S. C., by HOTT, EMLYN & M'DANIEL. JAMES A. HOTT, Editor. THE DAILY REGISTER contains the latest news of the day, all commercial, political and other matter sent hy telegraph, full focal reports, editorials upon all current topics, and GRANGE AND AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS. The Daily has a circulation extending to all parts of the State, is circulated in nearly every State in the Union, and is constantly increasing ; therefore as an advertising medium it cannot be surpassed. THE TRI-WEEKLY REGISTER is issued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all the news of two days in one issue. THE WEEKLY REGISTER is an EIGHT PAGE paper, containing forty-eight columns, embracing the cream of the news of each week. This paper is within the reach of every family, and we are pleased to state the fact that its large circulation is rapidly increasing. THE REGISTER is now the Organ of the Slate ? i 1. A. uranrje, ana an mailers or interest 10 ui? ratruiig of Husbandry will be treated in their appropriate department,'The Agricultural and Grange articles will appear in each ol our publicationsDaily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY REGISTER. One year $7.00 Six months, . 3.50 Three months -1.75 TRI-WEEKLY REGISTER. One year 5.0ft Six months 2.50 Three months 1.25 WEEKLY REGISTER. One year, 2 00 Six months, 1 00 Three months, 50 May 31 22 tf "BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY. A THIRTEEN J&. different machines with which JvAj Builders, Cabinet Makers, Wagf T il <iSf on Makers, and Jobbers in Misoellaneous Work can compeU gjkjL QUALITY AND PRICE, with Steam Power Manufacturing; also, Amateurs' Supplies, Saw Blades, Fancy Woods and Designs. Say where you read this and send for Catalogue and Prices. W. F. & JOHN BARNES, Rockford, Winnebago County, 111. June 7 23 10m ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA. MANUFACTURERS of Portable and Stationary Engines, Boilers of all kinds, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Grist Mills. Mill Gearintt. Shaftinir. Pulleys. Ac., American Turbine WATER WHEELS, and Cameron's Special Steam Pump. Send for Catalogue. WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. November 2 44 ly "cheer yotjr homes with music. THAVE made such arrangements with that enterprising and reliable Southern Wholesale House, Luddenand Bates, of Savannah, that I can supply, on short notice, the Mason A Hamlin Organs, Pianos of the most celebrated manufactories, Sheet Music, or any other kind of Musical Merchandize, at the lowest factory prices, and at prices adapted to these hard times. A settled determination to sell nothing I cannot recommend, and a practical acquaintance of many years with such goods, enables me to offer great inducements to purchasers. f^aii at mv 'Phnf.n.Gftllerv for further oarticu lara." * " "" J. R. SCtfORB. December 21 51 tf BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY 8HAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirrr building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. December 21 51 tf CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable prices. THOMAS BALLARD. March 29 18 tf rR. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, and a determination to do my best, enables tne to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likenesses, Cloudy ah V.a^f am thon cinnuhlna Pa roll WtJUUItir IM OM Huuu VI ucmii nil... .. i, no....... .... ... subjects, except small children. July 12 28 It April 5 14 ly* I. D. WITHF.RSPOON. C. E. SPENCER WITHERSPOON & SPENCER. ATTORNEYS AT XjAW, YORKVILLE, S, C, pgr- Office in rear of Court Jfouse, WII^Tj practice in tlie Courts of the State and the United States. Speolal attention given to the settlement of estates in the Probate Court. January 25 4 iy W. P. GOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, 8. C.f ?*7ILL practice In all the Courts of the State, ff Prompt attention given to business. Terms moderate. nn*- cfflno nv?r t.lm Store-room of T. M. Dobson ifcCo. April 19 19 tf ~FOR RENT OR SALE. THE DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT situated neap the Metl)od|st QhurPh (p Yorkvillp. The house is two-story and contains si* large rooms and basement. The lot contains about two ^cres and is well enclosed. On the lot is a well of Water, 9 lijmber hopse, stable, crib, etc. For further particulars, apply to L, M, GRIST, April 19 10 tf _ ______ Fhyf SHAKSPEARE says, that "Macbeth d)d murr der most fowl (frill,") but Dqtober'a Fly Pflper Is even with him op the fly. The paper 1? for sale at the York Drug Store, JOHN C. KUYKBNDAL. WRAPPING PAPERT OLD Newspapers, of large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at 50 oent* per hundred, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. March 9 5 ly THE TROPIC STOVE, GREENSBORO. N. C. FflHE COOKING STOVES manufactured atonr J. works in Greensboro, N. i;.( 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 usual pieces or 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 because it is a home production, buton accountofits 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, Gutbriesville; Jehn 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 IS MORE DURABLE thanthoae of northern make. The following are our prices delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $S0 00 ii 7 ii ii ii *i ii ii it 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro. N. C. T. M. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents, Yorkville, 8. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rook Hill, 8. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McConnellsville, York county, 8. C. J. L. CARROLL Agent at Chester. 8. C. PRICES REDUCED. "THE FAMILY FAVORITE" IMPROVED NEW MODEL MACHINE. Light-Running, Noiseless, No Gears, No Cams, No Springs, New and Elegant Styles of Wood Work. From this date, by the expiration of Patents under which we have been paying ro3'alties, we aer enabled to sell our machines at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, and as low as those of any firat-class machine. Send for Circulars and Price Lists. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MD, June 7 23 tf " YORKVILLE AGENCY OF A1ITIMAID OTHEfi IACHI9E1Y I AM prepared to tamisn, at snort nonce, ana on liberal terms, all kinds of AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, consisting of Engines for Ginning Cotton, Engines and Saw Mills, Horse-Powera, Sweepstake Thrashers, Eureka Smutters, BOLTING CLOTHS, AO. I have on hand and in Warehouse, Winship Gins, Hall's Self-feeding Gins, Needle Gins, Gin Feeders, Gin Condensers, CENTENNIAL COTTON PRESSES, ' ; Sherrer Cotton Presses. Prairie Corn Sbellers, the best at only $0 50. SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, Avery and Cook Plows. Also, the celebrated and much admired STONE PUMP7 Over forty of these Pumps are now in use in this county, giving entire satisfaction. Also, THE FOUNTAIN PUMP, A good safeguard against fires. Every Dwelling ana Gin House should be furnished with oae of them. Price only 810.00. All articles sold by me, are at the MANUFACTURERS' LOWEST PRICES, with freight added. T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. July 5 27 tf a-r a wit nnnir in a winr' A PTflR V IlIiAll n. WVfrnm. AfA Am.*.* *-* a a*. -w A -w . 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, Ac, 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, 1 Old Books rebound and repaired. PBINTED BILL AND LBTTEB HEAPS A SPECIALTY , Orders pronrptlv attended to, at lowest oash prices, * E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. ( STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ! COUNTY OP YOBK-GOUBT OP PBOBATE. J J. Newman McElwee, Sr., Plaintiff, against John < Barber, Mary Barber, Sarah L. Barry, Eliza- ' both Barber, Jane Barber, James R. Barber, J and the children and heirs of Samuel Barber, who died In the County of Pope, in the State of Arkansas, whose names are to Plaintiff unknown j children and heirs of Jane Barber, i deceased, Defendants. ? ORDER IN ABOVE CAUSE. J Complaint to Sell Land to Pay Debts. ON motion of Hart A Hart, it is Ordered: f l?af nrwlitr>rs of JANE BARBER. de? ceased, do establish their demands against her estate, before me, on or before the 80th day of July, 1877. That this Order be published in the "YorkVILT.E Enquirer" fbr five successive weeks. June 21st, 1877. [i.. s.] J, A, McLEAN, Probate Judge, Y. C. June 7 23 6t NOTICE. I RESPECTFULLY inform the publio that I < am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears 1 an 3 other flne-ejgcd instruments. Prices?for J boning and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for , sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber, , November 80 48 tf ( AGRICULTURAL LIENS, ; MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the i ENQUIRER OFFICE, OUR PREMIUM OFFERS. CLUB BOOKS YET OPEN 1 WITH the view of accommodating a number of club-makers, whose clubs for the current volume of the ENQUIRER are not as large as they desire, as well also as to extend to all who may desire it the opportunity of obtaining the paper at club rates, we have decided to keep open our club books until the FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT. Until that date, subscribers will be received through club-makers, who obtained lists under our previous offer?the clubmakers being duly accredited with all names they may return under the pre-ent proposition, which names will be added to their former lists. New clubs will also be received from those who may desire to obtain any of the elegant Premiums we offer for such service. In this connection we would again invite attention to our LIST OF PREMIUMS, The articles comprising which have been adopted by us with Rpecial reference to securing only articles of value, and which w'ill prove serviceable to those procuring tiiein. The regular retail price IS given wiin eucn, ana uiey arejusi an guou as so mnch 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 prioe* 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 office,arrsngements 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. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at I2.R0 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 ABRIDGEt) 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 EirqnntBR one year to any single subscriber not in a clnb. No. 3.?For a club of 10 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a copy of the ENQUIRER one year, or a set of six treble silver-plated TEA 8POONS, worth $3.00. No. A.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2A0 each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard Rubber-Handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which is $6.00. No. 5.?For a club of 16 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give either a treble silver-plated 8YRUP CUP. worth $6,00; or a set of six treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth $6.00. No. 6.?For a club of 18 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH, worth $8.00. No. 7.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one set of six solid cmt steel oval-handle TABLE KNIVES, and one set of six treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, the manufacturer's price of which articles is $10.00. No. 8.?For a club of 30 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a fall set of extra superfine, fall oval ivory-handle TABLEKNIVE8,with silverplated blades, and a full set of treble silver-plated 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 pipeand a full set of fixtures, the manufacturer's price of which is $30.00. No. 10.?Foraolub of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one three-quart, treble silverplated COMMUNION SERYTCE, consisting of ' SIX pieces, worth $40. No. 19.?For a clnb of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a WEED SEWING MACHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Drawers and Drop Leaf, the manufacturer's price of which is $75. Specimens of the Sewing Machines, and nearly all the other articles included in the above premium u*t, can ue seen ana examined aw our publication office; and in All cases we guarantee that the Premiums furnished to those entitled to receive them, will be equal to the specimens shown t 1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 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 NOVEMBER. 1877, bv which time the names with the cash, should be returned to the office, though names may be returned at any time l?etween this and the above date. No premium will bo delivered until the requisite number of names has been returned, and the full amount due for them paid. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-office and State. All subscriptions will he discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. All subscribers to the Enquirkr will receive the paper free of postage. Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must ?give full directions as to whom and how they shall be delivered. A separate list will be kept for each clnb-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 THE TIME OF CLOSINO. 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 the case of working to secure the largest club. Each clnb-miiker sending the requisite nnmber of subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for the specified number. The time, however, for completing a club is limited, under the present offer, until the FIR8T MONDAY OF WUVfimnCiK, to//. ^mnea uittv uc nut in m any time prior to the above date. Send the names as fast as obtained, accompanied with the cash, and the Premium will he delivered when the requisite nnmber of names This been returned. DESCRIPTIVE LIST. Our Cooking Stove Premium. The elegant Cooklnc Stove* which we offer as Premiums, lire manufactured by Messrs. Serjeant It MeCauley, at Greensboro, N. C. These Stove* are made of the bent Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any oiher Move in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are or a handsome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal In point* of appearance, durability and superior cooking qutlllle*, to any Stove manufactured In the ITnlon. The?tnve we have ielected to giro ?* * Premium la the largest *lza made by the manufacturer*, and with each ooe will be furnished, without Charge, three Joint* and one elbow of pipe, and all the necessary cooking utensils, vis.: one bam holler, one bulge pot and cover, one tea kettle, one round frying pan, one ? long frying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle Iron*, two *be?t Iron bread pan*, one *craper and one lifter. Over rtvt thousand of these stove* are In use in Virginia and North nnd Ho nth Cnmlina, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will he shipped to those entitled to receive them a* Premium*, direct from the manufactory In Greeniboro N.C. 'Ml (Villi. Sewing Machine Premium. The superior Sewing Machine we nflbr aa a Premlnm, Is the well-known Weed Machine and Is manufactured by the Weed Sewing Mjtchlne Company, Hartford, Conn. It Is adapt ed to-alljhe w""t* of family sewing; It can be readily comprehended byTrnfflV-l It runs easily; I* always ready; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer eitm attachment*; Is self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making ? o.ia.k . ??11A and nn r.WIIC liOC?-r<UKll i nuiiiuo ??i1u nnu mill, ni|u unik iiuu roomy folding tnble, and has the convenience of twwdrawers. Several of these Machines, during the past year, have heen delivered to persona who have returned the requisite number of names. 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 great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt by the religions public. The result of these labors appeared In three large and very costly volumes, a wonderftil monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, Is the one we have arranged to fhrnlsh 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, and the discoveries of the modem travelers and explo rers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnson, Ferguson, Lay ard, Offert and Stanley. The hook Is printed from new stereotype plates, on good paper, and is appropriately Illustrated with over 195 Engravings of baautlflil Scenes, Ancient Hlles, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. It contains nearly 800 closelv-printed, douhlecnluinn, octavo pages. Including 24 elegant fhll-page, steel and Wood Engravings. It is printed In type of a heavy, distinct, and verv legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary is 93.50. m Three-Qnart Communion 8et. MA Churches unsupplled with a Communion Set appropriate to the requirement* of the sacred rite of administering the Lord's jr Supper, can, by our Premium arrangement, secure a fine, treble M silver-plated three quart Communion Set of six pieces, with little trouble, nod, comparatively, at no cost. The number of subicribers required in order to secure this valuable and elegant Service can be procured in almost any congregation; and the mem Iters who maybe thus called upon to contribute their share ol the expense, will reefelve in return more than the value of t heir contribution In a year's subscription to the paper. Oar Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. With the very liberal offer which we are enabled to make, a beautifully fumlshrd tnble la now within the rench of almost ev?ry house keeper; and here la an opportunity, of which, If the adieu avail themselves, they may secure, wltn hnt little trouMe, i valuable set of Silver or Cutlery. Those articles nre made for iih by the Lucius Hart Manufhotnrlng Company, 22 Pulton street Mew York, and are warranted to be of the best material. Value of oar Premiums. ; r We would Impress upon every one the fhet that nil of our Premiums are first-class roods, and the prices attached to them in our lists ore the regular retail price* at which the article* *e|| ay alt dealpraand the manufacturer* themselves. It is only by ihe most advantageous terms given us by the manufacturers tfint we are enabled to make the liberal offers we do, and we guaran:ee every article to be exactly as represented. A Clab and an Extra Copy. For a club of tin subscribers paid In advance at the regular :lub rates, we will give, instead of a Premium, an extra copy of the paper to any who may prefer that arrangement; bat in conference of the liberal Prerplpms we are now offering, we cannot tfford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who receives ?ny Premiums enumerated on our list. Terms of Subscription--Free of Postage. Single copy one year, $3.00. In clubs, eaoh subscriber, per year, $2.50. Money may be forwarded at our risk by draft, post-omce order or registered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-ofHoe, county and State. Andreas all letters to L. M, GRIST, Publisher, Yorkvllle, 8. 0,