The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 12, 1868, Image 4
Ij?ityt? Jnffipcci
fm ?Msrmb. GOLDSM?T?
BY riiOF. J. U. DfQBAHAM.
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A'.modest'and exceedingly pretty gil
? plainly attired, entered-one of the gol
smith's stores on.-.street, and seeing
gentleman was engaged with the propri
turf she timidly shrunk aside until he shou
be at leisure. The assistants were al:
-Occupied with customers, whose dressai
appearance showed them to belong to tl
Heh arid-upper Circles, and so she wa9 su
"fered'to remain for some time staudii
there before she could be ?tteuded to.
T ; The gentleman was a fine, noble lookir
person, with aremarkably polished addres
wh?, see?Rg her waiting, stood' aside an
said to the goldsmith.:
"Do n?t;oc??py yourself with me nov
Mr. Brochardj'l can examine these watch?
? by myself while you t?ee what this youn
person wants, who has been waiting hot
so long and patiently to get an opportnuit
to speak to you.'' ; <
"What'do you wish,"-Miss?" asked th
goldsmith,'with.a look that, conveyed
;reproof of her interrupting him while ei
?h"-ed with a customer of more value t
? him.
Tire girl hesitatingly approached ? th
countermand taking from her bosom a sma
gold claspj bent over to him, and said in
ioW, "trembling voice : '
j&S**f wish,-f?r, you would ?e sq kind as t
keep this a few "days and let me have seve
dollars-on .k."
> Eovyjas' she" spoke, her." soft, tremblin
tones reached, tho ears of McHenry, th
gentleman i?ho was present. He turne
-ta observe her face and hear the reply c
the goldsmith'to this timid and painfull;
uttered, request. The goldsmith took th
clasp vBcbrnfiitly between-his fingers,-.an'
throwing it down, said sharply to her;:"
- "This is no pawnbroker's shop, girl,an'<
if it was, that thing is not worth two doi
lars."
-. . "It is of inestimable value to me, sir
indeed it is the only thing valuable
-have," '"she. answered, earnestly, and he
cheek slightly flushed at this rude reply.
"I don?t k"uow what you may value i
at," .he answered, with a cool laugh, glan
?hg at Col. Mcilenry, whom he saw se
vcrely eyeing him. "I Votild not like t<
give you six shillings for it."
- "But, sir," 2>leadod thegirl, "I must hav<
seven dollars tooday, and I have no othe
way -of get ting nf I waB in hoj)cs, sir
that.you.might .let me have the sum on it
I will certainly come back and take it nt
-? t?ga?h." ' '. .
"I tell -you," answered he angrily, "]
'keep no pawnbroker's shop ; go to the
?J-?'w?."
?'?Tkeyjwon't.giye me ?bat two dollars
and '?want seven."
"And so yo%i think to get it of me ?"
^ Tho young girl was about to speal
- ag^jn,-but, i;Sr if not knowing wbatfnrtbei
argument to urge, hesitated-and was turn
ing slowly away, when she checked hersel
? -and again spoketo him. ..
^?'pir,'.' she said ina thrilling tone of earn
'1 est entroaty;- "my mother is iying very ill
, c-ru? our" rent is due at twelve o'clock to
day, and. .thc-person we sew for having
d&appointeS ns m oui.pay, I have iud othei
*resoi;ree-than this." -Oh, sir-I-will you take
'his clasp only for a few.days, 3nd. l\wil?
.' then repay y o?r?" .
Mr?; Brochar? felt.vthat CoL McHenry's
oyes were, upon him awaiting an answer.
. and as he wished him tb think him a mac
. ?f business, (which iheant, in his notion, a
". ma?.\vithout a heart),he answered prompt?
ly and sternly ": .
. (tj\'?'..>:Do yon think we are simpletons
here ? 'If you haye nothing more to 'say,
please stand addefortmstbmers.
?> "W'e?l, Colonel, what. do. yoii think of
tho>o ? ' They are-the latest importation,
_ full jeweled and warranted in ?all joints.
1 will pell yon the one yon. have, just laid
?lownfor one hundred and ninty-five dol?
lars^, "j ; 'r
K The gentleman, however, was not heed?
ing^ miuy but- watching tho yoong girl,
whom he saw leaving the counter with a
heavy drooping step, and approach the
door. lier face had struck him for its
sweet, intelligent loveliness, and her mod?
esty had for him -an irr?sistable charm ;
? but her"plea of poverty deeply interested
? L1S;fe??iiigs, and enlisted his sympathies in
fier^behalf. He had-silently watched the
progress of her interview with emotions
of -contempt for one and pity for tho
other. . ?? r .
; Eerhand was on the knob of the door,
when advancing toward her, he suid :
"You asked,- ? believe, for seven dollars?"
Ho spoke vrith a gentle interest in his tone
that at once awakened a hope in her heart,
and again brought the light, to her eyes
and tho hue to her cheeks, as she diffidently
answered :
?'Yes, sir, I should not have been so ur
- gent?"
'.'ivone too much so. There is a ten
dollar note?and I have no squaller bills."
"Sir,.-yoa are too kind?"
"Xot a word. I am happy to do you a
service."
* "Take the clasp, sir, though I am asham?
ed to offer it to you, since the gentleman
says it^is;so valueless. But to me it is as
val liable'asi life, and I foolishly thought it
must be so to others."
"rdoB!t .wantit, child," answered McHen?
ry, feelingly, putting his hand aside while
she urged it upon him.".
- "Indeed, sir, yon must take it, for I shall
" feel in some degree under obligations to a
Etranger. Besfdes> I wish to call and re?
deem it. "Will you give me yonr address,
sir ?'' And a?t she spoke, he still declining
the jewel, she laid it on the show box.
"Oh, no matter,?but if you insist, it is
the United States Hotel.""
"Thank you, sir, you can never know
tho blessing to others that will follow
your kindness to me to-day." Thus speak
* ;?ng and-looking upon him with a.n expres?
sion of gratitude in her tearful eyes, she
left thVshop, forgetting the golden clasp
-which she left upon the ?how case.
"Will you look at one of the watches
nov/, Col. Mellenry ?" superciliously asked
thc goldsmith, without lifting his condemn?
ed eves.
"2\o, sir,"- answered the gentleman
sternly, arid-taking his gloves and cane he
-walked from tho shop of the avaricious
goldsmith, who too close to/risk a trifle to
relieve the wants of a poor family, proba?
ble lost a large amount of the. purchases
his wealthy customer might have made, I
kis well as bia own self-respect; such as it
I was j for avarice always sinks into its
! shell before the broad sun of benevolence.
"NOW, there goes a man who throws
away hi:* money upon vagrauts, while I
keep mine to support my family," said the
goldsmith, looking after'bim. "He thinks
me-a miser and I think" him a fool. Oh,
here is the clasp, after all! She left it for
him on the show case, and he wau too
proud to take it away if he saw it.?
Seven dollars ! It is not worth more thau
five."
He opened it as he spoke, and taking a
sharp instrument, tried the firmness of the
gold.
"It is good old Mexican gold. It might
have cost twenty dollars. Ah! what! a
star of diamonds in it!" he exclaimed, as
in working about with a point of steel lie
discovered a cavity. "Twelve diamonds
of the purest water 1 This is indeed valu?
able. Let me see; they are worth at
least fire hundred dollars. What! to ask
so little! JsOj no> she could not either;
for she would'not let it go for so small a
sum, or ask for nearer its value. I sus?
pect she was ignorant of the cavity which
I -detected only by accident. She has
stolen it and never will return for it."
"Ah, ah, Abraham Brochard, thou hast
made a good evening's work of it," he said
exultingty to himself
Then looking around among his shop
boys to ?ee if he was observed, he careful?
ly, yet with a cheerful air, locked the clasp
up in his private drawer, and taking out
the key, placed it in his pocket. He had
hardly done so when Col. McHenry re
entered, and without speaking or even
looking at him, he cast his eyes upon the
show case for the clasp, which he recollect?
ed, after going out, the young girl had lain
downl,,but did not tako up again, and so
he turned back for it. -
Abraham Brochard was busily engaged
in replacing the watches in their doeskin
coverings, and preserving silence and ig?
norance. At length Colonel McHenry
.spoke;
"That young person laid her clasp on
this case, sir, which I neglected to tako up.
It is a pity it should be lost, she valued it
so highly."
"The clasp! Oh, no, I have not seen it,
sir. She took it up again."
"Did you see her?"
"Yes, oh yes ! 1 had my eyes upon her,
and she said at the time you'd never see
your .ten dol lars or the clasp again."
The gentleman eyed bim steadily for a
moment, and then glancing around 4he
ehoW;case again, ?s if in search of it, he
quitted the shop.
Several days had elapsed, and Colonel
McIIeury had quite forgotten the circum?
stance we have narrated, whoa, as he was
passing leisurely along the street, he felt
his sleeve suddenly .pulled by someone he
heard running behind him, and looking
around, he beheld, with a cheek glowing
with tiae pursuit, the girl he had seen at
the.goldsmith's shop.
"Oh, sir, I am so happy to have found
you," she said, at once addressing him as he
stopped and with pleasure listened to her.
"I was at length able to get my pay, and
by ot her work have earned enough to repay
you the ten dollars you so kindly gave.?
You don't know tho good you did?the
suffering you relieved?the evil you avert?
ed. Here is the money, sir."
"Nay, my good girl, I do not want it.
I made you a pressut of it at the time, and
did not expect you-to return it. I am,
however, glad to find you have the dispo
tion to do so, and that I was not deceived
in my,estimation of you."
aY ou must take it," said she with inge?
nuous earnestness. "I should bo distressed
to be longor under pecuniary obligations
to an entire stranger. Besides that, I
would be very glad to have my clasp, if
you please."
"Did you not take it up from the case
where you laid it down ?" lie asked with
surprise and Justly directed suspicion.
"x\ o, sir. Indeed, sir, I hope it is not lost.
It is of countloss value to me. It was given
me by?by?"
"By a sweetheart," added he, smiling.
"He is now -dead, sir," she addod, with
overflowing eyes.
"You do well to value k. I did not
take it up. Are you sure that you left it
there?"
"Yes, sir, hoping you would take it and
keep it until I paid yon the money."
"Well, my child, I have not got it, but
believe the goldsmith has. Let us go to
him."
On their arrival at the shop, Mr. Broch
ard denied ever having seen it since she
went out, and that he saw her take it with
her and place.it in lier bosom as she left
the shop. The young lady turned pale
and was inconceivably distressed;
"Come with me. 1 will find the clasp
for you," said Colonel McHenry, offering
his arm and leaving the goldsmith's with
her.
"I do hope I shall find it, sir," she ?aid
as they walked along. "It was Robert's
last gift. It was given him in Cuba by a
rich lady whose life he had saved from the
water. He was a sailor, sir, and had little
to leave me, but Iiis memory and my poor
clasp. Oh, sir, if it is lost, I shall never
forgive myself for offering to pledge it.?
But, sir, our extremity was very great."
Colonel McHenry stopped at ajnstice's
office, aud briefly and clearly made his
complaint, and in a few minutes Mr. Broch
ard was brought into the presence of the
magistrate.
He appeared to be in great trepidation
and was pale as ashes; for he had been
suddenly taken without warning from be?
hind his counter, leaving his shop in charge
of his astonished assistants. Col. McHenry
and the young lady being sworn, deposed
that they last saw the clasp on the show
case, where each went out and left it;
the formei further deposed that he had
not gone three steps from the door before
he returned and found it missing, and no
one was in the-vicinity, but the defendant.
The goldsmith was then called up to be
sworn as to his knowledge of the facts.?
He approached tho stand where the magis?
trate held the Bible, laid his hands upon
it with a perceptible tremor of his body ;
but love of money was stronger than the
fear of the law, and he took the oath. It
appeared as if he would sink through the
floor when fie took it, but the moment it
was done he recovered his audacity. At
this moment an offices who, at the sugges?
tion of Col. McHenry, had been privately
dispatched by the justice with a search
warrant to the shop of the goldsmith, now
entered and placed something in the mag?
istrate's hand, after briefly whiepering to
!him.
"Did you ever see this gold ornament
before'?" asked the magistrate, holding
up the clasp before the young lady's eyes.
"Oh, it is my clasp!?it is my clasp!"
sho cried, springing forward.
"Yes?it is the same," answered the
Colonel.
"And did you ever see it before ?" de?
manded the justice sternly, holding it in
the direction of the goldsmith, who had
seen it at first and was appalcd with fear
and consternation. Instead of replying,
he uttered a wild, hysterical laugh, and
fell -his length in convulsions on the floor.
He was a few weeks afterward taken
from his prison and tried for perjury; but
his reason forsook him, and he is now an
inmate of the mad house. Thus avarice
and parsimony and indifference to the
sufferings of the poor is punished in this
life; the acts of this selfish man will show
to all how acquisitiveness, if -wrongly
directed, is fatal to its possessor.
Col. McIIenry proved to be a bachelor;
though a little turned of thirty, his heart
was keenly alive to all the finer sensibili?
ties of our nature. He could feel for the
down-trodden poor, and sympathize with
the unfortunate. To this truth none could
more attest than the young friend of the
golden clasp, for ere two moons had waned,
she rejoiced in the euphonic title of Mrs.
Colonel Mclienry, surrounded with all the
appearance of wealth that a grateful heart
could enjoy, or even wish. Her poor, af?
flicted mother was well provided for, when
she recovered he health, and happiness
prosperity smiled upon all.
-. _o
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The London Times.
London, June 13, 1868.
To tho writer abroad the London Times
and its office are always objects of inter?
est, and your readers may, perhaps, like i
to knoW something of this great news?
paper, which stands at the head of the
press of Europe. In the heart of the
old city of London, near St.' Paul's
Church'and the Thames, aro "Printing
House Square" and "Piny House Yard,"
the former a small open space, about fifty
teot square, tho latter a narrow street, a
few yards, to the north; access being
gained to both through some of tho
smallest, most crooked and dingiest stroets
of the metropolis. Ltero, in a dozen or
more low, ancient-looking houses, cover?
ing perhaps an acre and a half, is pub?
lished the. Times, the publishing office
being on Play llouso Yard, the office for
receiving advertisements on ono side of
Printing House Square, the manager'6
office's on another, and tho editor's rooms
on a third! Tho place is a quiet ono, sc
cludcd.frora the bustle and noise of the
traffic of the great London streets, and
none of tho buildings make any preten?
sions or give, beyond one or two modest
signs, any indications o.'f the important
business transacted within.
On January 18, 1785,Mr.-John Walter,
of London, published tho first number of
the Daily Universal Register, whiob was
printed by what was known as tho logo
graphic system, in which types contain?
ing syllables and words were employed
instead of singlo letters. This system,
being not found to answer, was soon dis?
used. Mr. Walter determined to chango
the name of his newspaper, and on Jan?
uary 1, 1788, issued tho first number ol
the Times, a four-page sheet, a littlo lar?
ger than tho first number of tho Public
Ledger, and containing four columns on
each page. It was, of course, printed on
tho old fashioned hand prosscs. It had
many rivals to contend with, and gained
but slowly in circulation^ having at tho
6tart and until 1SU3, a sale of 1000 copies,
whilst the London Morning Post issued
4500. During this year, Mr. Walter
gave up tho paper to his son, in whose
hands it advanced to a high place in
journalism, its start being gained by en?
terprise in gathering news in Napoleon's
wars. On November 2, 1814, the Times
was first printed by .steam power, using
the first English stoam printing press,
constructed by M. Konig, und capablo of
working off 1200 copies por hour. By
successive improvements this capacity
was incroased, and in 1815 there wore
4200 copies per hour printed. -The pow?
erful articles contributed by Edward
Sterling to the Times gained it the well
known name of "The Thunderer." Du?
ring this period it gradually increased its
size, adding a fifth, and then a sixth col?
umn to each pago, and on Jan. 19, 1829,
it issued its first double number of eight
pages. In 1841, a memorable event hap?
pened in the history of the paper. It
usod its great power, to defeat and ex?
pose a schome organized by a public com?
pany to defraud, by forgery, all the in?
fluential bankers of Europe. This brought
upon tho proprietors a Jong and vexa?
tious action for libel, involving them in
heavy oxpense. Einally the juiy found
tho charge truo, but gavo a verdict of
only one farthing damages. This trial
was one of tho great events of the time,
and subscriptions wore sot on foot in all
parts of Europe to reimburse the proprie?
tors for their immense outlay in defend?
ing tho action, but this being firmly de?
clined, the money w\as expended in found?
ing "Times Scholarships" at Oxford,
Cambridge and other schools, and marble
tablets commemorating the event were
sot up in tho-Royal Exchange, in Print?
ing House Square, and other places.
Theso wero the greatest honors ever
given to an European newspaper. Sub?
sequently, the paper came into the hands
of Mr. John Wal tor, grandson of its
founder. In 1845, tho Times established
an overland expross from India for the
conveyance of nows. In 18-18, it first
used rotary printing machines, thoso of
Applegath, and in 1852 its average daily
circulation was 3S,000r whilst of tho num?
ber of Nov. 19, 1852, issued after the
death of the Duke of Wellington, and
containing his biography, 56,0<J0 copies
wero sold. In 1854, Dr. Russell was
employed as special correspondent in tho
Crimea, and wrote the letters that mado
him famous. During this period tho
Times began issuing triple and quadruple
sheets, papers of twelve and sixteen
pages. In 1858, Mr. Hoe's American
printing machine was first used to print
tho Times. In 1801, the daily circulation
had increased to 51,000 copies, over 18,
000,000 copies being issued during the
year. At this time the Times began oc?
casionally issuing quadruple sheets of
twenty pages to accommodate its busi?
ness, and on June 22. 1861, it issued a
sextuple sheet of twenty-four pages,
containing, besides the reading matter,
4076 different advertisements, quite an
an increase over its modest number of
150, fifty years before in 1811. In 18G7,
the Times began printing with the Walter
self-feeding press, patented the year be?
fore, and claimed to be tho fastest and
most economical printing machine in tho
world. The present circulation of the
Times is from 63,000 to 68,000 daily, the
ordinary issue being a sixteen page news?
paper, whilst sometimes it is increased to
a twenty page newspaper.
This is a brief history of tho paper,
and I now will pass ou to an account of
its present condition, and of tho office at
Printing House Square. The Times is in
an ora of great prosperity, and the en?
deavor in the establishment is to issue a
newspaper which will at once be a model
of correct typography, excellent printing,
and tho purest English. It is considered
that the caro bestowed in the Times oflico
upon the diction of its leading articles
has contributed more than anything elso
to preserve the purity of tho English
language. The staff of "loader" writers
is large, and upon it are the host nowa
paper writors in England, where an
editor's ambition is to be employed by
the Times. Unlike tho custom in Amer?
ica, the object at the Times office is to
preserve the impersonality of the paper.
What it contains is said by tho paper it?
self, and not by any individual, and for
that reason its opinions and statements
go before the world with all the weight
the newspaper can give them. Its edi?
tors never write. They forecast, day by
day, tho policy of the paper ; suggest
subjects to the leador writers; sit in
judgment upon their articles when -writ?
ten; and decido what shall or shall not
go into the paper. Its .correspondents,.
iu England and abroad, receive but one
instruction, and that is to send accurate
and impartial accounts of transpiring
oveut3, at the earliest moment, written
in such a manner as to interest tho read?
ers.
To conduct this establishment, a large
force is of course required. It prints,
every day from 1700 to 3000 advertise?
ments, and on extraordinary occasions
even more. It also prints twenty to
thirty columns of rending matter. To
perform the mechanical part of the work.
400 persons arc employed at Printing
House Square, whilst probably as man}'
more are attached to the paper in literary
'positions* With reference to advertise?
ments, as the paper is always receiving!
more than it can print, it promises early
insertions to none but tho poor people
who want places, and a few other urgent
classes. Jso one who comes after twelve
o'clock on any day with his advertise?
ment, can hope for an insertion in tho
next day's paper, whilst generally the
advertisers do not seo their advertise?
ments printed until two or three days, or
sometimes as many weeks, after they are
handed over tho counter. They have to
wait their turn, and such is tho anxioty
to get them in tho Times, that the English
public submit patiently to delays that tho j
American public would never tolerate.
The lowest charge is for "wants," in
which case each advertisor is allowed
tbroo lines for a half crown, about CO
cents, gold. For all others, the regular
rate is a shilling a lino, 24 cents, gold,
but no advertisement in taken for less
than four shillings, whilst long adver?
tisements are charged more in propor?
tion, the rate, after tho first fifty linos,
being two shilling a lino. Tho cheapest
rates are allowod to public charities and
similar classes, but nothing extra is
charged for favorite positions in tho pa?
per.
In tho mornings, when the people flock
to the Times office to hand in their adver?
tisements, Printing House Square is a
place of tho greatest bustle and activity,
but in the afternoons it i* comparatively
deserted.. Tho advertising pages are
made up in a regular order, beginning
with the births on the first, column of the
first page, and tho "agonies," as "person?
als" aro called, on the second column,
and closing with tho auction notices, of
which alono in the paper of last Satur?
day $ Juno 6th, thcro were twenty-live
columns. There aro no headings to tho
advertising columns, each department
coming unannounced on tho hoels of its
predecessor, and this course by bringing
"washing takon in" immediately ahead
of tho aristocratic "tutors," I am told,
has caused great complaint among that
class of tho English community, as they
regard their characters as soiled by tho
juxtaposition. The office for tho receipt
of advertisements is conducted by olevon
persons, and is devotod to that business
exclusively, tho publication oflico being a
separate building.
The reading matter is furnished by tho
editorial, reportoiial and corresponding
staffs, there being bosides, 22 law repor?
ters, 10 Parliamentary reporters, 12 po?
lice reporters, and an indefinite number
of miscellaneous writers, known as "pen
ny-a-lincra" in London, at least 100 cor?
respondents in various parts of Great
Britain, and some 40 foreign correspon?
dents in other parts of tho world. Of
tho Parliamentary reporters, 16 aro pho
nographcrs, two make summaries of the
debates in tho Houses, and ono directs
tho force. To set up tho types there arc
130 compositors employed, 60 laboring
by day, and 70 at night, whilst 11 fore?
men and assistants direct their move?
ments. Twenty-four persons are requi?
red to road proofs, and thrco aro employed
merely to '-pull" tho proofs. Tho adver?
tisements are set up during the day, and
the reading matter at night, tho adver?
tising pages being mads up at from 5 to
7 o'clock in the evening. .Reading matter
is received until daylight and afterwards,
and the reading pages are rarely put to
press before 4 a. m., whilst leading arti?
cles aro frequently written on Parliamen?
tary debates and other ovents happening
after midnight, and appear in print tho
following morning. England is different
in its habits from tho United States, and
vory early newspaper issues aro not de?
manded. In all this work tho greatest
caro is taken to guard against mistakes,
and every lino printed is read over by
proof-readers, four or five different times.
Ten storootypers prepare the plates for
tho printing machines, by tho papier
mache process now in use in tho Public
Ledger office and in other leading newspa?
per offices in the United States, and theso
machines are now run continuous])' from
about 8 o'clock in the. evening until 7 tho
next morning, besides work during the
day upon "second editions." Sixteen
firemen and engineers attend the engines
and boilers, six men prepare the paper,
before printing, ninety are employed on
tho presses, and seven deliver the paper
to the news-agents after it is printed. No
carriers are employed, as in tho United
States, but tbe wbolo edition is sold out
to news agents, the number of copies
printed being no more than tho sum total
of their orders, which have to bo handed
in by two p. m. on the previous day.
The wholesale price of tho Times is
2id. per copy (about 4$ cents gold) ;
the retail price, 3d., (G cents gold.) For
the benefit of the employees, there are
established in the olfico a saving fund, a
sick fund, and a co-operative restaurant,
managed by five persons, at which all the
employees got their food and drink at
wholesale cost prices. This is known
familiarly as "Tho Canteen." Stability
and comfort aro great objects in Printing
Douse Square. The apartments, dingy
without, aro clean and spacious within,
and faithful Jaborors remain thoro a life?
time, bequoathing thoir places to their
sons. Many now in tho place have work?
ed there five and twenty. years, and
two in particular, still hale and hearty,
havo been in the office respectively 45
and 55 years. Father and son work side
by side, and all seem to regard the placo
and its directors with the greatest affec?
tion.
To print tho Times 70 tons weight of
paper, and two tons of printing ink are
used every week, whilst the average
weight of the daily issue of the paper is
from 11 to 12 tons. The machines upon
which this largo edition is printod are tho
best of their kind. Thoro are two ten
cylinder Hoe presses, and two eight cyl?
inder Applegath machines; the aggregate
actual work done by them being 52.000
impressions an hour, 10,000 from each of
the former, and 10.000 from each of the
latter. Besides these there is now in use
the "Walter Printing Press," which is a
self-feeder, and managod by a man and
two boys, prints a largo sharo of tho ad?
vertising pagt's of the Times. Its capac?
ity is from 22,000 to 24,000 impressions
an hour, and it produces in that time from
11,000 to 12,000 perfect sheets, printed
on both sides, and ready for the reader.
There is littlo more to say of this great
uowspaper. It circulates not only through?
out Great Britain, but all over the world.
Its policy in the treatment of public
affairs is not a fixed one, but is governed
by expediency. Towards Amorica, its
former courso of severe criticism has been
changed to one of greal friendliness, and
it judges us new'with far moro candor
and generosity than the majority of its
London contemporaries, besides paying
great attention to the collection of Amer?
ican intelligence. Who directs its course
or controls its opinions, however, is a
sealed book. The editor is invisible, nor
aro the writers known except by heresay.
It tries to draw an impenetrable veil over
tho individuality of all connected with it.
and what this or that writer may say is
buried in tho great mass of leaders, news
and other matters which the Times pre?
sents to tho world on its sixteen or twen?
ty broad pages every week-day morning.
? Some itemizer asserts that Butler's
father was hanged for piracy. The son's
exploits too, have been on the high seize.
? Lesson in Grammar?Lo ! the poor
Indian; lower the negro; lowest the poor
white man who is taxed to purchase bread
and blankets for both tho others.
? The man who is writing a "History
of the Devil" has gone to Congress to col?
lect material for his work.
? Tho good easy man who takes things
as they come was a little too careless and
look something which didu't belong to
him.
? One of the points of differenco be?
tween a Christian and a cannibal is, that
one is supposed to enjoy himself and the
other enjoys other people.
? The Washington correspondent of a
Georgia paper says that Senator Doolittle
and Gen. Butler recently met at the same
dinner-table. It must have been a placo
of "accommodation for man and beast."
? "Hans," said the Judge to a Dutch?
man who was a witness in the case of a
stolen pig, "had the animal any ear-marks?''
" Vel, do only ear vat 1 see vas mit his tail
cut oil".
? An old lady, reading an account of a
distinguished old lawyer who was said to
be the father of the New York bar, ox
claimcd ; "Poor man ! ho has a dreadful
set of children !"
? An Illinois editor claims champion
dnnncrs belt for a gentleman in Jackson?
ville in that State, who dunned a man on
his knees in church, and compelled him to
payment beforo he be allowed to resume
his prayor.
? It takes a long time to start a news?
paper and bring it up to a good establish?
ed paying condition. Tho publishers of
a paper in Sweden, after trying it one
hundred and threo years, have at last
abandoned tho enterprise.
? An ill-natured cynic said that the
charity of a beneficent ncigbor was in?
duced by a wish to be extolled. "Ah.
sir,''replied the object of charity, "if wo
see tho hand of a clock go right, we aro
suro that the mechanism insido cannot be
going very wrong."
? A few years since, at the celebration
of a national anniversary, a poor pedlar,
who was present, being called upon for a
toast, offered the following: "Hero is
health to poverty: it sticks to a man when
all his friends desert htm."
? Over a seventh part of the State of
Mississippi is advertised for sale undor ex?
ecution.
To Kill Pats?A Ekclpe Worth a
Year's Subscription'.?We are assured
by thoso who have tried it, that rats may
bo effectually driven from anj- building
by sprinkling thoir places of resort with
yellow ochre, a cheap paint, to bo found
in any drug storo.?Jiome ((?a.) Courier.
? Gen. Butler said in a speech, two or
three days ago, that President Johnson
was more guilty than Judas Iscariot. It
u very natural that Ben. should have a
kind feeling for Judas, for the latter took
sundry pieces of silver and carried the
bag.
PENDLETON FACTORY.
THE WOOL CARDS
AT this place-arc now in completo running order,
All the Wool offered will be carded into Bolla of
the best quality at short notice, at the following
rates for cash:
All Wool, Plain and Mixed Rolls, 12Jc. por lb,
Mixed'otton and Wool Rolls, 15c. per lb.
Bacon,.Lard, Corn and Cotton will be tafeerr al
market rates in exchange for carding. Wool may
bo sent to tho Factory from any points on the
Railroads, through the agents, and the Rolls de?
livered by them as soon as the Wool can ba ?arded
and returned.
AN ASSORTMENT OT
??????! ? Ar Bi H ?
OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY,
Will be kept on hand at the Factory, and easte?
rners supplied promptly, at as low figures as th?
market will justify.
Dealers will find it to their interest te girt) ?a a*
trial before buying elsewhere.
Respectfully,
? WILLIAM PERRY & CO.
Proprietor*.
Oct. S, 18C7 17?tf
Keese & Mc Cully,
DEALERS IS
HEAVY BSY GOODS;
GROCERIES, HARBWABE,
S?fil, LAIB? 4S.?
1 -
Brokers and Commission Merchants,
ISO. IO GRANITE ROW,
Anderson. G. H., S. C.
April 15, 18G8 43' tf'
SHARPE & FANT,
BROKERS,
No. 7 Granite Row,
ANDERSON C. H-, S. C.
STOCKS, Bonds, Gold and Exchange on Kew
York and Charleston, and uncurrent Bank Billa
bought and so?d.
State money always on hand for sale. Boi x?
pav Tot.'r Taxes.
Feb .12,1808 84
Charleston Hotel,
TITE undersigned respectfully informs his friends'
and the travelling public, he has taken charge of
the above well-known FIRST CLASS' HOTEL',
and refurnished and refitted it, in all iui depart?
ments.
Tho celebrated ARTESIAN WATFR BATHS,,
HOT. COLD and SHOWER, at all hours.
Coaches run to and from all Railroads and
Steamers, with attentive Porters-. The patronage
of thc travelling public is respectfully-solicited.
J. P. HORBACH, AaeaL
Jan 20,1868 32 frbpfifok.
PAVILION HOTEL,
CHAELESTOU",^ S.C*
BOARD, PER DAY, - - - ?S.OO
Mks. H. L. BUTTERFIELD,
A. BUTTERFFED, Froprictvrss..
Superintendent.
March ll, 1868 J8
NICKEBSOlYS HOTEL,
SiLifflBSA, S. t.
Passengers conveyed to and from the De?
pots, free of charge.
T. S. NTCKERS0N, Proprietor.
Rob't. Hamilton, Stp't.
Oct 16, 1867 18 ly
E. F. MUMU A Sf 9
Painter, Glazier and Paper Hanger,,
BEGS to inform his friends an?tbo public'gea
erally that he has resumed work, and is prepared
to fill all orders in his line, with promptness and'
dispatch. He will be found at this place, when>
not engaged in thc country, and all orders ad?
dressed to him at Anderson C. H. wiU be attended
to at once.
May 20, 1868 48 3m
WHITNER & WHTTNER,
COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
WILL practico in the Courts of Law and Fqafty
in the Western Circuit, the United States Conrts
for South Carolina, and pay particular attention*
to Bankruptcy.
Feb 26, 186S 86
Change of Schedule on the G. & C.
Railroad.
ON and after FRIDAY, the 6th instant, Passenger
Trains will run daily, Sundays excepted, aa fol?
lows :
Leave Columbia at 7.00 a. ni?
44 Alston at 8.65 ?*
?? Newberry at 10.36 "
Arrive at Abbeville at 3.30 p. mi .
?* al Anderson at 5.15 **
" at Greenville at COO '?
Leave Greenville at 6.00 a. nv
?? Anderson at 6-45
44 Abbeville at 8.45 44
44 Newberry at 1.25 p. m.
Arrive at Alston at 3.00 4t
at olumbia at 5.00 "
Trains on the Blue Ridge Railroad will also rna
daily, Sundays excepted, connected with the up
and dowu trains on the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad, as follows :
Leave Anderson at 6.20 p. nw
44 Pendleton ac ?.20 44
Arrive at Walhalla at 8.00 ??
Leave Walhalla at 4.00 a. uk
44 Pendleton at 6.40 "
Arrive at Anderson at C.40 "
The train will return from Belton io Anderson
on Monday and Friday mornings.
JAMES 0." MEREDITH, Gen. Sup't
Dec 3, 1867
Greenville & Columbia RailroadCo.
THIS company has now for sale, in Lieu of
4,Season Tickets," a Ticket which entitles a person
to travel over the road
1,000 Mile? for $40,
Within one year from date of purchase. The
Tickets can be purchased from the Agents at Co?
lumbia. Newberry, Abbeville Anderson and GreeiK
^lle W. ALSTON GIBBES,
General Ticket Agent G. & 0. R, R.
May 2?, 1808 48 &