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\\hxmx |i?el%nttr. TERMS: TWO DOLLABS AND A HALF PEE ANNUM, IN UNITED STATES C?BREK?T. BATES OE ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve, lines for the first insertion and Fifty Cent? for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. For announcing.a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. Fishing Without Sentiment BY JOHN QUILL. This thing of going-a. fishing and call ingjt sport is ridiculous. - Old Izaac Wal? ton was a deceiver, and bis- uComplete Angler" is calculated to pervert public morals, and lead tho unsuspecting astray. In my opinion it's an overrated book, and ought to be suppressed. It encourages the idea that fishing is a gonteel pastime, which affords time for meditation, and cultivates a love for the beautiful in na? ture. That this is all nonsense every man knows who ever went a fishing in his life. 1 leave it to the sufferers if it isu't. 1 DonJt you know that you go out and nearly burst a blood vessel digging worms for bait, and then have to dig a hole as big as a rifle-pit before you can lay your hands or. one solitary worm ? . Then, when you net to the water you very likely sit down on some blackbeny bush or other, and undergo nearly as much physical sufferings as you do when you stick the fish-hook into your cuticle when you are trying to put the bait on. When you once throw in you begin to watch the cork, and you look at it hour after hour, until you nearly go blind, and you think you see about twenty corks, and as it never budges- one inch all the time, you conclude that there ain't any fish about, until yon pull up, when you find that some well-balanced and insidi? ous member of the finny tribe has sucked all your bait oft Ajfter enough patient endurance to start eight or nine Christian murtyrsinto life, you get a nibble. Yes, the cork moves slightly, and you think, you.are at last going to get a fish. You watch it closely, while your mind runs over the big fish you have heard of. You think of Jonah, of whaling voyages, and of the sturgeons you have Been around on the waves. Perhaps this is one of large size, and you wonder if you hadn't better go home and get a dray to fetch it. Suppose you were to catch the sea ser? pent or a thousand pound snapper? and ? you involuntarily suggest soap to your? self, while all tho time the cork keeps bobbing up and down, until at last she gives one jerk and goes under. Got him, by George! Pull up, and there is a wretched little fish on the book, that wouldn't satisfy the appetite of a sics sardine, and he cost you just fourteen worms?enough to bait a school of mack? erel. Throw in again, wait for an hour, and you don't get a single nibble. Then you think you are safe to let go and light your pipe. No sooner do you get the match lit, and you can't throw it down, because it's the last one you've got, than you get a splendid bite; the cork goes clear out of sight, and before you have a chance to pick up the rod the fish gets off. Any man who says this isn't aggrava? ting ought to die ; he isn't fit to associate with ordinary human beings. But you try to encourage yourself by saying that while there's life there's hope, and that perseverance and patience over? come all things, and by getting off a lot more of old second-class falehood, and throw in again. Wait for several centuries, if you cal? culate according to your sufferings, and never <jet any bites but one on the calf of your leg from a sixtj'-legged spider, who has been on an exploring expedition up your pantaloons. Then you pull out and spit on the bait for luck; may be you blow on it, if you are superstitious, and you throw in and get a bite. You pull up several hundred times and never catch him. Tben you get mad; you believe it is an eel, and you swear to catch that eel or die You feel that life will be perfectly joyless and destitute of happiness unless you get a chance to put your grip on that eel. At last you hooked him and drew him out. He is active and playful and viva? cious. He is a wriggler, und combines himself into lotters S> and C and X, and runs through the alphabet generally, and slaps you in the face, and gels around your legs, and covers you all over with slime. Then he tangles your line into a hard knot, ami when you get your foot on him you find that he has swallowed tho hook, and just as likely as not youve got to |Jp that eel clear open from head to tail to get it out, and when you do he will wriggle away from you and annoy you as long as yon stay there. Eels, never die ; immortality is their strong point, and tlioy lay themselves out \o make you abjectly miserable, When you got all straightened out and throw in again yon wait for an hour, but you only got about one first-class bite du? ring that tiuio. You pull up and you have on an enormous fish, and before you get him near the share he quickly lets go his hold and drops back again into bin native olement. It is rough on yon, I admit, but when you go a fishing you'vo got to take it as it comes without growling. There is a kind of subdued melannholy about it?a rogretful disappointment that it is pleasant. How interesting it is when you have dropped the last one off, and you get an other bite, to make up your mind to get this one anyhow, and then to concentrate all your strength and pull up with a vio? lent jerk, and sling your line back on a tree, and have it wind around the branch? es as tight as if it bad been pulled by a steam engine, and in such a bewildering condition that you can't get it loose iu a weok. / "Caip if calculated to make yon use bard expressions, but not any more so than it is to have your cork drawn under gently and steadily, and go down, down, down until it is out of si^ht. hA catfish, most probably," you say ; "they always pull in this manncr.'T You draw your line in gently, and the catty tugs at the other end. "They always do this," you observe. You pull up slowly, bo as to keep him on the hook, and when you get your line out you most probably find an old snag with more branches than the Pennsylva? nia railroad, and covered with mud, and not a solitary fish in tho neighborhood, while all the time there is a boy with a pin-hook and. an old hank of twine who is catching them so fast that ho can't bait his hook, and the ground is white with them all around hitn. I don't advocate violent language; but it there ever, is an occasion when the ten commandments should be temporarily suspended, this is it. A. man is legally entitled to relieve his pent-up feelings, and the more so because whon he gets up to go home he finds that his fish-hook has caught him by the shirt,, and that there iB a puddle deep enough to float a canal-boat just where he has been sitting. Of course you can't go home without fish, to be laughed at, so you go over and try to buy them of the boy, who not on? ly tries to insult }Tou by asking you if you uketched any ?" but feels that he has j'ou in his power, and makes you pay more money than jrou could buy out a whole oyster-sloop for. Ko, I don't see any 6port in it, and'ifT wanted to make a man utterly wretched ; if I wanted to hurt his feelings and break down his spirits and ruin his morals, I would get him to go a fishing about once a week. I approve of abolishing peni? tentiaries and jails, and making convicts fish for tbe benefit of the State. Eow Small Expenditures Count.? Five cents each morning. A mere trifle. Thirty-five cents per week. Not much, yet it would buy coffee or sugar for a whole family. 818.25 a year. And this amount invested in a savings bank at the end of each j'ear, and tbe intenst there? on at six per cent, computed annually, would in twelve years amount to more than $670. Enough to buy a good farm in-tho West. Five cents before breakfast, dinner, and supper; you'd hardly miss it, yet 'tis fif? teen cents a day; 8105 per week. Enough to buy a wife or a daughter a dress. $54.60 a year. Enough to buy a small library of books. Invest this as be? fore, and in twenty years you would have over 82.000. Quite enough to buy a good house and lot. Ten-cents each morning; hardly worth a second thought; yet with it you can .buy a paper of pins or a spool of throad. Seventy cents per week; 'twould buy several yard's of! muslin. 836 50 in one year. Deposit this amou nt as before, and you would have SI,340 in twenty years; quite a-fruug little fortune. Ten cents be? fore each' break-last, dinner, arid supper? thirty cents a day. It would buy a book tor the children. 82.10 a week; enough to pay for a year's subscription to a good newspaper. 8109.29 per year. With it jou could buy a good melodeon on which your wife or daughter could produce sweet music to pleasantl}' while the even? ing hours away. And this amount, in? vested as before, would in forty years pro? duce the desirable amount S12,000. Boys, learn a lesson.. If you would be a happy youth, lead a sober life, and be a wealthy and influential man?instead of squandering your extra change, invest in a library or a savings bank. If you would be a miserable youth, lend a drunken life, abuse your children, grieve your wife, be a wretched and despicable being while you livo, and. finally go down to a dishonorable grave?tako your extra change and invest it in a drinking saloon. James Bowie and Henry Clay.?One day Henry Clay, who had arrived in Frederick, Maryland, by stage coach from Wheeling, met Keverdy Johnson in the Mreet. "Reverdyr" he said, UI have jist had an extraordinay acquaintance back here at Cumberland. A man got halt my seat in the coach, a little knotty, freckled fel? low, and on the next seat were a man and his wife, on the third seat wero a couple of big men. "We had no sooner started and got clear of Cumberland than one of the big men on the forward seat lit a cigar. He puffed and puffed and puffed till in a little while the stage coach was full of strong fumes and the woman grow very sick. She asked her husband to raise the win? dow, and still unable to bear the smoke told him she must lean upon his lap. "The husband leaned over and said to the big man: " 'My wife is sick. Please do not smoke by her side." "The big man smoked like a blast chimney and paid no heed whatever. The woman grew fainter and coughed. My blood was boiling, but I knew the man could doublo me up and throw .me out of tho window. "Suddenly the little being at my s:de leaned forward, pulled a long bowie-knife out of his coat collar, and said to the smoking giant : "Yes, you d?d son of a pussy cat on the female side! I am James Bowie. Throw away that cigar, or I'll split you into half apples !" " The man," concluded Mr. Clay, "dropped the cigar liko an automaton, and we had not a word spoken for thirty minutes." ? A curious story is told of therescuo of a blind horse in Indianapolis by another horse gifted with vision. The sightless beast had wandered into the riyer and lost his bearings. lie was swimming helplessly in a cirele when his companion discovered him, and having failed to lead him in the right direction by neighing, wont into the water and guided tho horso in total eclipse safely to land. The sight was witnessed and cheered by a largo number of spectators on the banks, ? Tho La Crosse Democrat says the lightning Saturday morning struck on tho wire of the Mississippi Valley tele? graph, two miles below that city, and shivered forty-three poles, a distance of a mile nnd a half I AM DYING. The following beautiful poem is taken from the Memphis Bulletin. It is rarely we and such con? tributions to the columns of a newspaper. It is sweetly, beautifully sad : Raise my pillow, husband dearest? Paint and fainter comes my breath-, And these shadows stealing slowly, Must, I know, he those of death. Sit down close beside me, darling, Let me clasp your warm strong hand, Yours that ever has sustained m? To the borders of this land. For your God and mine'?our Father Thence shall ever lead me on, Where upon a throne eternal, Sits his loved and only Son; I've had visions and been dreaming O'er the past of joy and paiu ; Year by year I've wandered backward, Till I was a child again. Dreams of girlhood, and the moment When I stood your wife and bride? How my heart thrill'd with Love's triumph In that hour of woman's pride. Dreams of thee and all the earth-chords Firmly twined about my heart? Ch ! the bitter, burning anguinh, When I first knew we must part. It has past?and God has promised All thy footsteps to attend ; He that's more than friend or brother, He'll be with you to the end. There's ro shadow o'er the portal Leading to my heavenly home? Christ has promised life immortal, And 'tis He that bids me come. When life's trials wait around thee, And its chilling billows sve'l, Thou'lt thank Heaven that I'm spared them, Thou'lt then feel that "all is well." Bring our boys unto my bedside; My last blessing let them k>sep? But they are sleeping'?do not wake them? They'll learn soon enough tc weep. Tell them often-1 of their mother, Kiss them for me when they wake; Lead them gently in life's pathway, Love them doubly for my sake. Clasp my hand still closer, darling, This, the Ust night of my life. For to-morrow I shall never Answer, when you call me "wife." Fare thee well, my noble husband; Faint not 'neath the chost'ning rod ; Throw your strong arm 'round our children; Keep them close to tbee?aod God ! Miscellaneous Items. ? The caterpillar has arrived in Lee county, Georgia, and creates quite a sensa tiom j ? Kansas City has a bee conjurer. The little honey-makers obey his every com? mand. ? Sixteen divorces were granted in St. Louis last week. ? Augusta, Ga., is shipping ripe peach? es to New York. ? The wheat crop of Missouri this year is estimated at 15,000,000 bushels? three times that of any prev ious year. ? A year ago a young man went to Chicago* with $5,000. He put it all in open lots. Less than a month ago he sold the property for $60,000. ? Twelve men, engaged in lumbering on Fish river lake, in the Northeastern part of Maine, were recently poisoned to death by drinking tea in which a lizard had been boiled. ? A few days since, a young man re? siding at Burlington, Boone county, Mo., for the pitiful sum of one dollar, killed a poisonous snake by bitiing its head off with his teeth. ? Mrs. Yell cowhided Mr. Lay for not performing a promise to marry her. As he would'nt make her Lav, she made him yell. ? Judge Carpenter has decided that there is no law authorizing the payment of "bystanders" who are summoned to sit on a jury temporarily. ? Sabbath schoolsuperintendant asked his scholars if any of them could quote a passage of Scripture which forbade a man's having two wives, whereupon near? ly the-whole school cried out, 'No man can serve two masters.' ? If we would have powerful minds, we must think ; if wo would have faithful hearts, we must love ; t? we would have strong muscles we must labor. These in? clude all that is valuable in life. ? "Ah, Jemmy," said a sympathizing friend to a man who was jus; too late for the train, "you did not run fast enough." '?Yes, I did," said Jemmy, "but I didn't start soon enough." ? The question why printers do not succeed as well as brewers is thus answer I ed : Because printers work for the head, i and brewers for the stomach?and where twenty men have stomachs, but one has brains. ? 'Bob,' said a facetious old farmer to his son, 'we had a pretty hard day's work yesterday; now let us have a game of chopping wood.' ? The servant of an army officer one ! day met a crony, who inquired of him how ho got along with his licry master. 'Oh, excellently,' answered the servant, 'wo Iivo on very friendly terms; every morning we beat each others coats; the only difference is, he takes his off to be I beaten, and I keep mine on.' Rather Savage.?Mrs. Annie Osborn, of Albany. N. Y., has lost her husband, who, it appears, is more under the control of his mother than his wife. The slight? ed lady publishes the following tender card, in reference to the truant lord of her affections: "I am anxious to find him?not that I over purpose stooping so low as to live with him, but as he is 26 years old, 1 have serous thoughts of assisting his mother to wean him. His stature is five feet eight inches; he has brown eves, brown hair, moustache and goateo, arid is rather good-looking?what I once considered quite the pink of beaux. I wish those gentlemen who have the ruling of things in general, would havo the kindness to enact a law allowing people to hang, choko or smother all mothers-in-law who intentionally and maliciously mt.ke dis? turbances between husbaud and wife." Woman,?It oan always be told what \ sort of a woman a man married by the j way ho treats the printer. If he gets a j common wife he forgets the printer alto j gother. If ho gets a tolerable good wife, he sends in the notice of his unarriage. If he gets a very good one, he will send the printers a nice slice of cake accompany ; ing the notice. If ho gets an oxtra one, he will send a nice slice of cake and a bottle of wine with the notice, And if he gets a glorious, angelic creuture?all affection and goodness?he hi sure to send the printers a nice lot of cake and wine and three dollars for a year'n subscription for the paper Sharife & Fant's Colnmn. ALARGE and beautiful lot of L?DiESf BTSESS GOODS, consisting in part, of Lenos, Pop? lins, Mozambiques, Organdies, Muslins, &c. We respectfully invite the ladies to call and ex? amine before purchasing, as the most fastidious can be suited, both in price and quality. Just received by SHARPE & FANT. ALARGE lot of WHITE GOOD?, such1 a* Jac? onet, Swiss and Nansook Muslins, both plain and striped, for sale low by 8HARPE & FANT. ASPLENDID slock of CALICOES and GING? HAMS, of all grades and prices to suit pur? chasers, for sale by SHARPE & FANT. A LARGE variety of Ladies and Missen HOOP SKIRTS, which are offered very low by SHARPE & FANT. AVERT large stock of Sheetings, Bleached and Brown Shirting and Drills, Tickings, Domes? tics, &c., which we offer low. 6HARPE & FANT. AGREAT variety of YANKEE NOTIONS, Gloves and Hosiery suited to the trade, offer? ed very cheap by SHARPE & FANT. ABEAUTIFULLY selected stock of Ladies' BONNETS and HATS, of the latest styles. Also, Trimmings of every description, for sale low by SHARPE & FANT. ASPLENDID variety of GENTS' WEAR, such as Cassimeres, Satinets, Linens, &c, which are offered at prices to suit purchasers, by SHARPE 4 FANT. GOOD stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING, in suits or single piece, for sale low by SHARPE & FANT. Large lot of Mens* and Boys HATS ft CAPS just received and for sale low by SHARPE & FANT. A Large lot of Trunks and Valises, Carpet Bags, Satchels and Umbrellas, for sale low by 8HARPE & FANT. A Splendid stock of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, of every variety, at prices to suit buyers. SHARPE & FANT. Good stock of Saddles, Bridles, Whips, &c, for sale by SHARPE & FANT. ASplendid assortment of Hardware, Cutlery, Tools, &c, selected with care, just received, and for sale low by SHARPE & FANT. CROCKERY and Glassware not to be surpassed in this market, either in price or variety, just received and for sale low by SHARPE & FANT. FRESH supplies of Groceries of every variety. Buirable for ibis market, just received, and for sale low by SHARPE & FANT. ANice lot of Woodenwafe, such as Buckets, Tubs, Keelcrs, Kegs, Brooms, &c, just re? ceived and for sale cheap by SHARPE & FANT. GOOD supply of Iron?Steel, Nails, Potware, Trace Chains, &c, constantly on hand, and at low prices, by SHARPE & FANT. A Lot of splendid Baoon and Lard just received and offered low by SHARPE & FANT. FINE stock of Hemlock and country tanned Sole and Upper Leather, offered low by SHARPE & FANT. t i GET THE MOST FOR TOUR MONEY, Is the Motto of all Prudent People* and this can best be done by making your Purchases or Carrying your Produce to the CHEAP GASH STORE OF SULLIVAN, MATTISON & CO. No. IS Granite Row, WHO have a large and complete assortment of Goods in every line, which they are offering at Very Low Prices, So as to make it an inducement to buyers to pay CASH. All heavy Goods of last year's stock sold AT COST. We have on hand now of the latest styles, Staple anb Janej $rg ?wht CLOTHING, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, Gloves, Hosiery and Notions, In great variety and at the lowest possible prices. In Dry Goods, We would call particular attention to our Mozambiques, Xjenofis Poplins, Organdies, Lawns, ?See. WE OFFER A SUPERIOR STOCK OF Groceries, Hardware, Woodware, Trunks, Chinaware. Crockery, &c, &c, &c, ggj- We invite an examination of our stock by our friends and the public generally before pur? chasing elsewhere. jjgf The highest market price paid for all kinds of country produce. SULLIVAN, MATTISON & CO. April 29, 1869 44 8m Spring and Summer Goods. I HAVE NOW OPENED A COMPLETE ?ND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF DRT GOODS, CkOTSINS, Fancy Ware and Groceries, MT STOCK INCLUDES A FINE ASSORTMENT OF Jaconets, Hats, Mozambiques, Boots, Muslins, Shoes, Delaines, Coats, Calicoes, Pantaloons, Hoop Skirts, Vesta, &c. I can furnish an excellent article of FLOUR at $12.00 per Barrel, and am now receiving a fine lot of Brade's Scythe^ Blades, Brade Hoes, Axes, Shovels, Forks, And all kinds of Farming Utensils. I want it understood by the public at large that no one can undersell" me. M. LESSER, Agent, April 1, 1869 3 Granite Row. 40 F.C.vBORSTEL. No.4.BRlCK RANGE.. ? Feb 11, 1869 83 ly* TO THE PUBLIC, THE undersigned gives notice that he is again established in business for himself, and will take pleasure in receiving calls from all of his old friends, at the store formerly oocupied by Wra. M. Osborne, on Mechanic's Row, on the street leading to the Depot. He solicits a share of patronage, and will keep constantly on hand a full assortment of Liquors, Family Groceries, Country Produce, &o. E. W. BY RUM, Feb 4, 1869 82 In Equity?Anderson, Matthew Broajenle vs. David K. Breazeale, et al, Petition for Distributive Shart 0/ Estate to pay Debts, #c. BY virtue of an order of Court in this case, all persons having claims against David K. Breazealc, jr., ore required to pro*o the same before me on or before the Thirtieth day of August next, or be debarred the benefits of this suit. JOHN W. DANIELS, o.ca.c. Clerk's Office, Anderson, 8.0,1 June 10, 1869. / fiO-6 theo mm BY THOMAS DAWSON, MANl"FACTI"REE OF ALL KINDS OF Tinware, Stove Pipe, Guttering, House-Roofing, ?Scc A FULL ASSORTMENT OF Plain, Fancy and Japanned f BH ? WARS'; Constantly on hand, at Wholesale and Retail. ALSO, Stoves! Stoves! Stoves! COOKING, HALL, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES. I would respectfully call the attention of the public to our Cooking Stove Department. 1 hope that all those who wish anything in this line will call and see for themselves. I will give the highest price for Beeswax, Old Copper, Pewter and cotton Rags. THOMAS DAWSON, North-East corner of Poblie Square, Oct 14, 1868 17 TBV PANKNIN'S HEPATIC BITTERS, THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA, ans all DISEASES of tob STOMACH AND LIVER. I HIT ABE RECOMMENDED BY TBS MEDICAL FACULTY. HEGEMAN & CO,, AGENTS, NEW YORK. MannfactiirefJbyC.F P?NK1OT, CHEMIttT LSZ AFQTEECA37, CHARLESTON, S. C t^-For 8alr by pruauixts Everyu/irrr."S9 Feb 25, 1869 85 ly CITIZEN'S SAVINGS BANK, or SOUTH CAROLINA. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL-9500,000. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS ! Deposit? of 91 and Upwards Received. MECHANICS, Laborers, Clerks, Planters, Pro? fessional Men and Trustees can deposit their Funds and receive interest compounded every six month*. officers : Ges. WADE HAMPTON. President. Cor.. J. B. PALMER. Vice President. THOMAS E. GKFGG. Cashier. J'. C. B. SMITH, Assistant Cashier. Persons at a- distance may send money by Er precs or Exchange. April 1, 1869 40 ly WIDOWS AND OBPHANS Benefit Life Insurance Company, Ot ISe^r York. ALL T&E'PROFITS TO POLICY SOLDERS. S'o Restriction upon Travel or Residence. POLICIES issued upon all modern and ap? proved plans of insurance, including children's endowments. Dividends annually to Policy holdert. GREGG, PALMER & CO.. General Agents for South Carolina. WM. LEE, Special Agent, Anderson C. H., S. G. Dr. T. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner April 1, 1869 40 ly Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The Largest; in the World.' ASSETS OVER THIRTY MILLIONS Policies Self-Sustaining in Thirteen Years. All Profits Paid to Policy Holders. DIVIDENDS PAID ANNUALLY. GREGO, PALMER & CO., General Agents for South Carolina. WM. LEE. Special Agent, Anderson C. H., S. C. Dr. T. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner. April 1, 1869 40 ly NOTE.?We would catl the particular attention? of our friends to the above card. P. P. Tos-V has a large Factory, and such facilities as enable him to supply the best work of his own make at low prioes. A very large and complete assortment al? ways on hand at his Factory, Horlbeck's Wharf, near North Eastern Railroad Depot, Charleston^ S. C. N. B.?Orders from the country solicited*, and strict attention paid to shipping in good order. April 8, 1869_41_ly_ J* N. ROBSON, Commission Merchant, Nos, 1 ? 2 Atlautic Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. HAVING ample means for advances, a business experience of twenty years, and confining himself strictly to a Commission Business, without opera? ting on his mrlr account, respectfully solicits con? signments of Cotton, Flour, Wheat, Corn, &c. Shippers of Produoeto him may. at heir option, have their consignments sold cither in Charleston or New York; thus having the advantage of two markets, without extra oommission. REFERENCES. Bishop W M Wightman, S C; Col Wm John, ston. Charlotte, N C; Rev T 0 Sommers, Tenn; Hon John King, Augusta, Ga ; Messrs George W Williams & Co, Charleston; Messrs William*, Taylor & Co, New York. April 29, 1869 44 lv