The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 15, 1868, Image 4
/?j?fcriro Intelligent
From the South Carolina BavtitU
What Shall We Do?
Mr. Editor i I dislike to trcspasi
your space, but as no one etoo will di
I cannot longer refrain, from speal
against what Icongiileroatrage, injua
These are truly "times that try m
Bonis,"?when oppression, crime and
erty hold triune sway. " And not onl?
the fortitude and integrity of a Chris
soul tried, but the mental powers and
physical energies of all are severely e
- cis$d to devise ways and means of p
tically answering: the perplexing q
tions, "What Bhall we eat, and wh
?withal shall we be clothed ?" Ever
every country newspaper we find that
itors and correspondents self-impose
; 11aak:ol informing every one, that "it
Bis or her duty to be engaged in so
useful business, that will aid in rcstor
the exhausted resources of the countr
The motive of public good, however
moro remote than the dire necessity
working br starving. It is the duty,
cause it was the decree of the Desigr
for woman ever to be actively engag?e
the arena of life. A most important p
of her mission is to be performed heb
Becoming trammelled or exhausted'by I
cares that attend her in the sphere
wife or mother. In the present soc
status, the limit of labor for an unmarr
lady is, necessarily, very circumscrib
Say the fogies of ultra opinion in reg?
to the modesty and secluded employrafci
Of young ladies, "Let them stay at hoi
and/ assist their mothers, and dismiss 1
negro servants." Well, they do this, 1
cause they are obliged to; but they so
learn that it is easier to perform t
household duties, and sew for two, than
j? for a large family, and an early mj
f?ge*w9fr some son of Poverty is t
general result. Then, the censors of t
world condemu the young people for t!
indiscretion of . marrying, when all a
"so poor." Well, I for one, have reccivt
a year of nolens volens drilling in th
sehoolrand though I have not striven fe
nor Been accounted worthy of reteivir
the honorary degree, P. F. W., (fit fi
wife,) yet I have grown restive, and fe
tempted to play truant. But how can ]
; "Whilst vainly trying to read the last ne
novel, and churn at tho same time, I b
?ame convinced, by the forgetfulness i
the task set me in Domestic Econonr
and my entire absorption in the bool
that a literary pursuit would be moi
suited to my taste. Not that teach i ?ii
tho only available occupation, would t
any.easier. Speaking from experience,
t .know that sweeping the floor, washin
the dishes, and giving directions for dil
uer, is a light task, compared to the to
o? learning, an obtuse miss the value (
notes, the formation of major scales wit
their relative minors, &c. Thon what
trial of patience it is, to bear with tho Iii
tie obstinate, who, for the fiftieth tim
parses bird objective case and governe
by his; or hear the bright (?) student o
classics, after conjugating "arno" for i
week, call some tense the present passiv
participle ; and after hours of mental la
bpr, still to have to find for some younj
Archimedes, the misplaced v\ that hai
made his whole equation wrong. Nov
this is neither easy nor profitable. It ii
intense labor, and a sacrifice of one's time
and treasured thoughts, that cannot bi
repaid in dollars and cents. But "teach
ing young ideas," and "bending tende:
twigs," is doing good to others. Thii
consciousness, and the mental benefit, ii
the teacher's meed, Then, as the per
formaoce of home duties is inovitable, ai
some tfme in nearly every woman's life
why cannot young ladies engage in teach
ingrif competent? . Why do they pot ad
vertise for situation r if they wish 1;o teach !
Wei!, an acquaintance of mine who wai
willing and competent to make her own
living, and assist her father in the sup
port of a large and helpless family, did
advertise. Tho mails was brought in
"Pa, is my advertisement published V
"Yes, and the advertisement of a youny
man, a graduate of Mercer, in just above
it." "Do you see any advertisement loi
teachers ?" Yes, here are two, both wish?
ing 'gentlemen to take charge of a small
school.'" The lady's advertisement re?
ceived no answer. Suppose the "gentle?
men wanted" were easily found. This ia
the reason that hundreds of ladies who
wish for, and need employment, cannot
obtain it. Every paper teems with the
advertisements of ladies, wishing situa?
tions. But stalwart men, who had better
be employed in manual labor, are con?
sidered moro competent, and they obtain
them. Of course wo deprecate the re?
sult of another war, but wo do sincerely
wish that conscription or some othor
friendly law would remove these silken
sons of luxury from thea effeminate em?
ployments that thousands of ladios wish,
need', and have a right to.
Mr. Editor,. I will not des arve tho sneer?
ing epithet, "Woman's rights maintainer,"
tiiat every woman incurs from your sex,
if sho but raise her voice against her
wrongs. But I do think that the power
and sarcasm of the pen editorial, should
be wielded in behalf of the struggling, op?
pressed ladies of the South, who would
work if they were permitted.
In conclusion, I would say to any one.
ia the limits of tho circulation of your pa
uiu i. ii?w^?-= i -.
per,; who has a situation to offer, for a
moment to consider the superior claims
of ladies to that employment; and let him
remember that they aro a* faithful as
"gentlemen" in the performance of duty;
and if after due deliberation, he is willing
to engage the services of a lady, he will
please address
SOME ADVERTISING- LADY.
A MIDNI?ffl^APPARITION.
0 treacherous night?
Thou lencTst. thy ready-veil to every treason,
Aud teeming mischief thriveB beneath thy shade.
Mr. Colebrook was dead. He was a
rich man, yet a slight acquaintance with
him would have convinced even a superfi?
cial observer that he was not a healthy
man.. He was misanthropic in bis views
though he had the reputation in the street
of being a very kind-hearted and bonevo
lent man. Every day seemed to usher
him into the arena of a new strife with
the powers of misery. Apparently he was
tired' of life and impatiently waited for
the hour that had now come, and which
would put him beyond the trials and woes
of this sublunary existence.
And yet many could remember when
he was a gay and cheerful person. Before
his marriage with a poor but beautiful
girl; some years before his death, ho had
worn a sunny smile, and his fife seemed
to him a pleasant dream.
Though only thirty-five when he mar?
ried, people said there was too much dif?
ference between his own ago and that of
hia wife, who was, I believe, about twenty
two. She had been poor, and forced to
content herself with but Jew of tho gaye
tios of life; but now she was rich, and hor
indulgent husband gave her free access to
his coffers. Wealth fostered pride, and
Mrs. Colebrook became a leader of fash?
ion?the gayest of the gay. Her beauty
and influential position in society made
her a queen, and her smile was courted by
I the brilliant and dissolute. The house,
; when she was at home, was always filled
with gay gallants and lordly ladies.
AH the world could see this; and the
next thing it saw was, that Mr. Cole?
brook grew sad and melancholy?that his
wife was cold to him, and there was little
if any sympathy between them. The
people said the poor man had married
badly, ami the croakers all "knew it would
bo so." ?
Mr. Colebrook was dead. Whatever
woes had weighed him down, ho was be?
yond their reach now. People said he
had died of a broken heart; that the
whirl of pleasure in his own house had
been a hell to bim; and that his gay wife
had been the scorpion who had stung him
to death.
For my part, I pay but little attention
to the busy tongue of gossip. I account
all it says, whether good or bad, as mere
slander. Whatever stories I had heard
concerning Mrs. Colebrook?and I had
heard many?passed "in at one ear and
out at the other."
"Mr. Morton ?" said a man at my door.
"That is my name."
"Mr. Colebrook is dead, and Mrs. Cole?
brook wants you to come up to the house
and lay him out."
"Mr. Colebrook," I exclaimed, ftvr the
intelligence was very unexpected to me,
as well as to the whole city, when it was
announced.
I had heard that he was suffering from
an attack of billions cholic, but it had not
been even rumored that he was danger?
ously ill.
"Yes, he is dead," replied the man;
"Mrs. Colebrook wishes you to make
haute."
"He got very bad last night, and grew
worse ever since, till twenty minutes ago,
when he died."
Mr. Colebrook's house was not five min?
utes walk from home, and I hastened
there to perform the office for tho dead.
I was shown into the room where the
corpse lay, just as death had done its
work. The sufferer had apparently died
in tho greatest agony. The bed clothes
still evidenced the struggle between the
tyrant and his vic.tim.
With the assistance of a man servant
who had gone to my house, I laid him
out and put the room in order.
I was about to depart when the man
servant called me back.
"Mrs. Colebrook would like to see yon,"
he said, as he showed mo to a parlor in
front of the room in which the corpse lay.
She appeared to be in the deepest dis?
tress, and the family phj'sician wan still
present, using his best efforts to reduce
her to a Btate of calmness. Ho succeeded
to some extent; and she spoke to me with
tolerable self-possession.
'You will make all the arrangements,
Mr. Morton," said she.
"I will, madam."
"Oh, it was terrible !" groaned she.
"Be calm, Mrs. Colebrook," interposed
Dr. Row no.
"I cannot, Doctor, I feel as though I
should become distracted."
"Nay, madam, control yourself," said
the doctor, who was a young and very
good looking man. He took her hand
and uttered some sentimental remark,
which I have now forgotten.
"Will you watch with him ?" she almost
gasped, looking eagerly at me.
"Watch with hint?" asked Dr. Rowne,
in surprise.
"Yes."
"It is entirely unnecessary."
"This corpse must have watchers," she
added more calmly than she had yet
spoken.
"There is no need of that, but?"
"I would not have him lot alono for all
tho world/' she said, with a kind of con?
vulsive shiver.
"No possible harm could befall him."
"But it seems so neglectful to desert the
body as soon.as the spirit has fled."
"It is entirely a matter of choice," I
added.
"Couldn't you watch with him, Mr.
Morton ?"
"It you particularly desiro it."
"I do; 1 could not bear to have his re
mains guarded by a mere servant. You
will oblige me very much."
I consented to the arrangement, and
promised to return hy nine o'clock in the
evening.
After ordering the cofSn for the de?
ceased, for at that time they were not
kept on hand to such an extent as they
are now?and attending to my private af?
faire, I again repaired to Colebrook man
sion.
It was customary at the time of which
I write for two persons to perform the
service for which i was engaged, though
watching was then going rapidly out of
fashion;, hat as my business was with the
dead, I was perfectly at home in the
chamber of death, and was even better
satisfied to he alone than with company.
I had brought an interesting book from
home, and Mrs. Colebrook had provided a
very interesting repast for me in the din
ning-room below, so thaj, I looked forward
to a very comfortable night. Throwing
niyself'into a large rocking chair, which
had been placed there for my use, I was
soon engaged in the entertaining pages of
my book. As often as the clock struck I
arose and examined the corpse, moisten?
ing the face with alcohol, and wiping
away the purging at tho mouth.
At eleven o'clock some one entered' the
house and came up stairs. They were
the feet of a man, and I heard him enter
a parlor adjoining the room of death.
Though it seemed rather singular circum?
stance that a man should enter the honse
at that time of night, I thought nothing
more of it till I heard voices engaged in
earnest conversation. In a few minutes
they grew louder and more distinct, and
I recognized the voice of Dr. Rowne.
Perhaps Mrs. Colebrook was sick and
needed his assistance. But he spoke Dot
in the tones of his profession. The other
person spoke in a whisper; but the doc?
tor in his natural voice, and seemed to be
under no restraint.
ThiB house was still as the tomb, and
though 1 made no effort to hear what was
said, the expressions "will," "three wit?
nesses," "thirty days," and others of a
similar character came distinctly to my
ear. They aroused my curiosity. Who
was this Dr. Rowne? Why was he here
at this unseasonable hour?
Well, it was none of my business, and
a half dozen times I determined not to
concern myself about it. But it was in
vain that I tried to fasten my mind upon
the book again; it had lost the power to
interest me. I glanced at the door which
opened into the room where the speakers
were. It was the month of May, and the
weather was quite chilly. I had neglect?
ed to bring any extra clothing with me,
and I began to feel uncomfortably cold.
I rose and paced the room for several
minutes.
"Both wills" come to my hearing in the
unguarded tones of Dr. Rowne.
1 paused and looked at the door. Ap?
parently the other person, who I doubted
not was Mrs. Colebrook, was speaking,
but I heard nothing. I threw myself
into tho chair and began to shiver with
cold again. On the table lay a clean
Marseilles quilt, which had been left there
by a servant, and in the absence of any?
thing better, I unfolded it and threw it
over my shoulders. It completel}' onvel
oped my body, and I felt quite comforta?
ble again.
"Destroy the new will," said Dr. Rowne.
I dropped my book, for this looked like
foul phi)'. It occurred to mo that Mr.
Colebrook's poor relations would have to
suffer for this midnight conference. I
knew that ho had an only sister, an in?
valid, who was dependent upon his boun?
ty for subsistence, and my blood boiled
with indignation as I thought of what
might be the result of this midnight inter?
view.
I arose from my chair and went to the
door. That the end will justify the menus
1 do not think is sound logic, but whcie a
poor, suffering, dependent woman was in
danger of being cast upon tho tender
mercies of a cold world, 1 was content to
be blamed for the meanness of caves
dropping, if thereby I could prevent so
foul a wrong.
Before 1 did it I could not but recall the
reputed character of Mrs. Colebrook.
Without believing much of the gossip
that had been circulated concerning her,
I could easily arrive at the conclusion that
she had been tho bano of her husband's
happiness.
I had been personall}' acquainted with
him who now lay cold in death before me,
so that I anv obliged to guess at the facts
in the case. My own observation, though
I moved in an humbler sphere than she,
was sufficient to assure me that all was
not right. I placed my ear to the key?
hole.
"When we aro married"?
"Hush !" said Mrs. Colebrook.
They spoke in whispers then, and I
could distinguish nothing more. Need I
have heard more?
"Woman, angel, or devil?"
Was it she who had wept great tears
in my presence, who had trerabicd in the
agony of grief before me, now calmly
plotting with tho paramour, bargaining
away the affections which should have
lingered like a weeping angel over the
couch of him who was not buried out of
sight ? Was she who had groaned in bit?
terness at her bereavement, now schem?
ing to rob her sister and orphan of her
bounty ?
"Oh, woman, falso as fair! Yet she is
not a woman ; sho is a demon !"
The clock struck twelve and I turned
from my reflections to attend to the corpse.
The alcohol which had been prepared to
wet tho face was all used, and I needed a
further supply Taking the dish in my
hand, I went to tho door with tho inteu
tion of calling Mrs. Colebrook for it.
First rapping on tho door to surprise
them, I opened it and stepped into the
room.
"I neod a little more alcohol, Mrs. Cole?
brook," I began.
She roso from her chair, and with ono
long and most unearthly shriek, fell upon
the floor.
Dr. Kownc's knees smote each other,
and he shrank back to the furtherest cor?
ner of the room.
"Who are you ?" he gasped.
Of course 1 was very much surprised at
that singular reception. Long familiarity
with the dead had made me so indifferent
to those dreads and fears which disturb
many persons, that I had little considera?
tion for nervousness on this subject.
"Who are you ?" groaned the doctor,
his teeth chattering with terror.
; Then it flashed upon my mind that the
quilt which enveloped my body was the
cause ofthe mischief. I was involuntarily
personating the ghost of the deceased,
Mr. Colebrook, and I do not wonder that
the guilty wife and wretched accomplice
were torrificd when at midnight I stalked
into tho room.
I I had pinned the counterpane around
my neck, eo that nothing could be seen of
me but my face.
I was a ghostly spectre, coming?
"How awful ia <bat hour when conscience stiDgs,"
To curse her for the base treachery she i
was concocting. No wonder she lainted,
no wonder even the doctor trembled. '
I threw off the quilt and told the doctor
who 1 was.
"See what }*ou have done!" said he,
pointing to the prostrate lady.
"I heard some voices here, and I came
for some alcohol."
"Need you have come in that garb?"
"I had quite forgotten that i had the
quilt on."
"You have killed her, 1 believe," ho con?
tinued, bending over the prostrate form
of Mrs. Colebrook,
We raised her up and placed her upon
a Ioo-nge. She was not dead, and pres?
ently her eyes opened. .
"Where is he'i'T gasped she, shaking
convulsively.
"Be calm!"
"He will haunt me all my days."
"It was only Mr. Morton."
Her eyes glared upon me, and then
rolled up in her head. Heaven grant that
I may never see such a hideous expression
again. She was in a fit.
The house was alarmed, and Dr. Rowne
used every exertion to restore her, but all
in vain.
"She will die," ho said savagely; "you
have killed her."
"Which will did you destroy, Doctor?"
I asked.
He staggered into the corner of the
room, unable to reply. He would never
accuse me again and yet I promised not
to expose him; but it was in deference
to the invalid sister of the deceased that
I allowed myself to be silent in the pres?
ence of infamy.
Before daylight there was another
corpse in the house; and it was told for
two months after, that Mrs. Colebrook
had been killed by the shock of her hus?
band's death.
I buried them both two days after, and
I had the pleasure of seeing the Colebrook
fortune pass into tho hands of the poor
and deserving sister.
I have never seen or heard from Dr.
Rowne from that day to this. It is said
he went to the East Indies. If he did the
devil is with him there, and always will
be.
Terrible Scene*
The Erie (Pa.) Dispatch gives tho fol?
lowing account of the destruction of the
two rear cars on the Lake Shore Road.
It says:
Now comes tho horror of the scene.
These two cars having parted with the
train, which could not be stopped until
some distance had been made, the last one
of tho train, and the last one to leave the
track, went over on its end with a force
which caused every passenger, tho stoves,
and all the scats of the car. to sink like a
dead weight in the lower end. It turned
a complete somersault, and stopped on its
side near, the bottom of the precipiece,
forty feet below the track. The other
car rolled down and rested on its side.
The signal ot "down brakes" had attract?
ed the attention of the people at the sta?
tion, but none of them were able to reach
the scono soon enough to render efficient ^
assistance. .We gather from what we
soon afterward saw, and from the lips of
those who were first present, tho follow?
ing particulars of the scene :
The last train of tho car had no more
than stopped its somersaults before it was
on fire. Tho nature of the embankment,
together with the ice upon the steep de?
clivity, would not admit of immediate
assistanco, even though hundreds of peo?
ple had been at hand, lor no ore could go
down the embankment hurriedly without
loar of death. The men who wore first
at the scetio managed to reach the car by
going down, ono holding upon another,
thus forming a line track to tho car. But
they were too late. The men. women
and children in the car had been so se?
verely injured by the fall and fright that
they were alarmed and helpless, and
before tho feeble assistance, which was
hastily organized, reached thorn, the car
was so enveloped in flames that their
reseue was impossible. The sceno at this
time cannot be described. The voices of
men directed to heaven for help, the
shrieks and prayers of women asking for
assistance, and the wailing of ehildren,
was the most soul-piercing and agonizing
sounds that ever reached mortal ear. The
flames were gaining very rapidly, and
arras were protruded through the shatter?
ed windows, heads wore extended, and
the cry for help was intensified by the
increase of heat, of pain, of agony, and
the certain prospect of destruction. The
reader must picture this sceno, we cannot
describe it. Our ears will never lose tho
60und of the plaintive wails, the beseech
ings for help, the heart-rending shrieks,
the fiery scene, and tho last, last look.
The few men who could, who were not
struck dumb, worked manfully. They
succeeded in taking out three persons
who were removed elsewhere to die, but
they could not subdue the flamen which
were roasting their fellow-beings alive.
They could not answer the prayers of the
agonized victims ot death. They could
do nothing but look at them roast, listen
to them shriek, sicken at the sight, and
pray to God to deliver them from another
such scene. As the odor of burning flesh,
human flesh, rose upon the air, it seemed
as though the place had turned into a
very hell, and when tho shrieks came
from flames and smoke, hands were held
aloft through the grim atmosphere, the
world and flesh seemed a mockery in
realit}*. Let us close this horrible-scene
by saying that from tho best information
we could obtain, but five out of forty of
the pansengcrs in this car escapod. The
rest?fully fort)1?were buried alive.
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? A tradesman presented a bill for the
tenth time to a rich skinflint. " It strikes
me," said the latter, "that this is a pretty
round bill." "Yes," replied the trades?
man, " I've sent it round often enough to
make it appear so, and I have called now
to get it squarred."
? The light of love is very beautiful
amid scenes of sorrow, and as the moon?
beams seems holier and more tender round
a ruin or churchyard than in festivej halls,
so is affection brighter when bestowed up?
on the wretched than when attracted by
youth and happiness.'
Betting on Babies.
The editor of the Columbia (Pennsyl?
vania) Spy, relates the following pleasant
incident:
Last week, two prominent and influen?
tial business men of Columbia, got into
conversation on thc comparative merits of
their babies, each one saying that he had
the best baby, and the conversation wax?
ed warm on this point. Tlie matter was
finally left to the three disinterested per?
son?, and the decision was to be given at
an oyster supper,, the party whom the com?
mittee decided against paying for the same.
It is. well enough to state here that one
was a male and the other a female. The
babies were each duly examined by the
committee. Their finely drawn features,
capacity for milk and Winslow's syrup,
good looks, weights, health, lungs, good?
ness, and gentle qualifie?, and the number
of sleepless nights they had caused their
fathers?all these were inquired into and
taken into consideration by thecomm'ttee
chosen for the purpose?one of them a
gray- haired veteran, who had reared and
dandled on Ins-knees many a baby, declar?
ed that he was a good judge and rather
liked his mission. Alter all this had been
gone through with, nothing was now lett
but to partake of the supper, which was
prepared by mine host, Black, of the
Washington House, on Monday evening
last ; and such a supper?oysters in every
conceivable style, with all necessary ac?
companiments. After full justice had been
done to the elegant banquet, tire committee
made the following report :
"We, the undersigned, having been ap?
pointed to examine and report on the
first fruit of Mr.-and wife, and the
last fruit of Mr.-and wife, would re
! speetfui?y report that, after examining the
babies of the respective parties the com?
mittee are of the unanimous opinion that
Mr.-? and wife, have the finest male
child, and that Mr.-and wife have
the finest female child. The committee
are, therefore, of the opinion that Messrs.
-and-shall bear an equal pro
portion of the expe-jwea of this great ban?
quet, ?fcc., as both parties have done
admirably, and the committee hope that
they will continue their efforts, and carry
out the scriptural injunction to increase and
multiply."
[Signed by the Committee.]
_-o
Sensible to the Last.?It has long been
observed by medical writers that death is
frequently preceeded by insanity, a fact
which has occasioned the remark that it
was not astonishing for everybody knew
that when folks get madder, they were
about to c?ie. This reminds us ot a case
which occurred many years ago in aPhila?
delphia court, wherein a pretty young wid?
ow was in danger of losing two-thirds of
her husband's estate?his relatives groun
ding their claim on the alleged insanity of
the defunct. It nay be as well to premise
that the presiding judge was not only cou
vival, but also very gallant.
"What were your husband's last word*?"
inquired the attorney.
Thc pretty widow blushed, and looking
down replied, "I'd rather not tell."
"But, indeed, you must ma'am. Your
claim may be decided by it."
Still blushing, the widow declined to
tell. At last a direct appeal from the
bench elicted tne information.
"Ile said, 'kiss me, Polly, and open that
other bottle of champagne.' "
We know not whether it was admiration
for the deceased husband or the living wife,
that inspired the judge at this instant, but
he at once cried with all the enthusiasm
of conviction.?"Sensible to the last"
Kissing.?Josh Billings says there is
" one cold, blue, lean kiss, that always
makes him shiver to see. Two persons
(ov the femail persuasion) who have wit
ncsst a greate many younger and more
pulpy daze, meat in some public place,
and not having saw each other for twenty
four hours, tha kiss immegiately?then
tha tork about the weather and the young
man who preached yesterday, and then
tba blush and lart at what tha say to each
other, and then kiss again immegiately.
This kind of kissing ol was put me in niind
ov tew old flints trieing to strike fire."
Personal.?It is stated that Judge A.
P. Aldrich, who was snspended by the
military authorities from the exercise of
hin judicial functions, is about to take up
his residence and practice law at Augusta.
The State can ill afford to lose so conscien?
tious and able a man as Judge Aldrich, and
it is to be hoped that his absence will not
be permanent.?Charleston News.
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? A Dutchman was relating his marve?
lous escape from drowning, when 13 of his
companions were lost by the upsetting of
a boat and he alone saved. "And how did
you escape ?" asked one of bia hearers. "I
tid not go in de pote," was the Dutchman's
placid reply.
? The Quincy Whig is responsible for
the following : An Irish girl in the employ
of one of our first families was sent by the
lady of the house one day last week to a
dry goods store, with instructions to bring
home a bed-comforter. She returned after
a short abscence with one of the clerks.
Miscellaneous Advertisements
Great Popular Paper!
THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS.
subscription prick
Six Dollars a Year.
The Charleston Tri-Weekly News,
Three Dollars a Year?Two Dollars
tor Six Months.
TEEMS, CASH IN ADVANCE.
BST" No Paper sent unless the Cash
accompanies the order.
???T* No Paper sent for a longer time
than paid for.
RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO.,
Proprietors.
Dec 25, 1867 28 3m
Established 1845.
WM. H. TUTT,
Importer and Wlioletale Dealer In
DRUGS, MBDIC1VKS,
Acids, Dye-Stnffs,
Paints, Oils, &c,
264 Broad Street,
Augusta, - - Georgia.
THE attention of Merchants. Physicians *nt?
Planters is invited to onr Stock, which is on* of
the largest in the South, and every article guaran?
teed to bo of the strictest purity.
Prices at a very slight advance en New York,
rates.
S&~ It. A.'LAND, formerly of Nowberrj, may
bt found at this House.
Oct 9, 18G7 17 tm
H. L. JEFFERS & CO.,
A? JL C X O S ?
H.TB
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Charleston, S. C
k. l. jarrxRs. wk. h. jtsffiks. t. a. jxrms.
ON entering upon the business of the next sea?
son, we beg leave to return our thanks for the pat?
ronage so kindly extended to us since the re?
opening of our business at the close of the war.
With renewed euergy we will continue to study
the interest of our friends, confining ourselves as
heretofore to a legitimate Coxjussion Businjess.
Liberal advances will be made on Consignments.,
and careful attention paid to filling Order? foe
Supplik.
Our patrons will be kept fully posted on the
Markets, free of charge, by our Wefkly Prioes
Current. ? H. L. J. & CO.
Charleston, S. C. August 1, 1867. ?
BACOY, LARD, COM,
MOLASSES, Ac, Sc(\
10 HHDS. Clear Ribbed Sides,
6 Hhds. Clear Sides,
5 Casks Sugar Cured Sams,
150 Pkgs. Leaf Lard, in barrel? tubs, pails,
15 Hhds. Prime Muscovado Mola??es,
10 Hhds. Clayed Cuba Moiiww,
175 Sacks Prime White-bread Corn,
75 Boxes Adamantine Candle*,
125 Sacks Liverpool Salt.
With a full assortment of everything in the Groce?
ry Line.
&gr For sale* at the lowesl figures by
A. STEVENS,
Augusta, Ceo.
August 28. 1867 11
Look to Tour Interests I
HAVING had the entire assets of the firms of
Sullivan & Sloans, John T. Sloan & Sullivan, and
John T. Sloan & Co., assigned and transferred to
mo, all persons indebted to either of the above
firms wi.ll save cost by settling soon, as I am com?
pelled to soe, which I dislike to do very much.
The Bool:s and Notes of Sullivan & Sloans are in
the hands of Judge J. S. Murray. The Accounts
and Notes of J. T. Sloan & Siillivan and J. T.
Sloan & Co.. Pendleton. S. C.. will very soon ho
placed in an officer s hands, at which time I will
give notice. N. K. SULLIVAN.
Feb 20. 1867 36
ft* as. a. casoc.
GllIGG &.CO.,
Importers and Dealers In
Jorncr Richardson and Taylor Streets
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Oct 9. 1867 17
GEO. M. JONES,
Surgeon Dentist,
RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the people
of Anderson and surrounding country. He is pre?
pared for Extracting Teeth, Filling Teeth, in the
best style. Setting Teeth on Pivot, Setting Artifi?
cial Teeth in the latest and most improved plann.
Mounting Teeth upon Vulcanite base. Gold or Pla
tinn?these are neat and handsome.
All calls attended to at 6hort notice, and all
work warranted. Terms Cash, at moderate prices.
Office?Up-stairs,' vcr the old Enroll1 ng Ofnc?.
May 11, 1866 8i
TO PLANTERS,
MERCHANTS,
AND
SPECULATORS.
ON and after this day we will be prepared to make?
advances on cotton and all other produce shipped
to Geo. W. Williams & Co., Charleston, or Wil?
liams, Tatlor & Co., New Yorfc. Parties wishing
advance*, will furnish us the railroad receipts for
the produce shipped.
SHARPE & FANT,
July 81, 1867 7
Assignees Notice.
ISHAM W. TAYLOR, having made an assignment
to the UDdersigDed. for the benefit, of certain pre?
ferred creditors, notice is hereby given to all per?
sons indebted to him, by Not e or Account, to make
payment to myself, or A. T. Broyles, Esq., with
whom the same have heen deposited for coUectioa.
JAMES M. McFALL, Assignee.
Feb 14, 1S67 35
WHITNER & WHITNER,
Successors to Harrison & Whitners,
Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Equity.
J. H WHITNER, B. F. WHITNER,
Pickens C. II. Anderson C. H
Jan 17, 1807 81
Bibles and Testaments.
THE Anderson District Bible Society has a supply
of Fine Bibles and Testaments, small and large,
for sale at what they cost. Also, a lot of common
hound Bibles and Testaments, for sale and distri?
bution. Call at Towers & Burriss', No. 4 Granite
Row, Anderson, S. C.
A. B. TOWERS, Treasurer.
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