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This subject may be regarded as somewhat trite, having been so frequently discussed by re? cent authors; but I cannot think it should be cast aside until it is fully impressed upon and appreciated by our countrymen, which is evi? dently not the case at present. "We are in the habit of treating it as of little consequence? unimportant as to its establishment, advance? ment or power; a useless ornament to fill some humble niche in the temple of literature which we are quite willing others should erect, em? bellish and govern. How mistaken a view is this ! What gross injustice to our country? what robbery to ourselves. But you enquire? has the South the material, the energy, the talent, to form and sustain a purely Southern Literature ? For reply to this query I refer you to a book styled "The Living Authors of the South," by James Wood Davidson, A. M. Glance over the long list of names contained therein and then read specimens of their pro? ductions. They challenge the North to coin 5etc with them, and the literati of Europe to eny their merit. And these specimens have been brought forth under the severest test of merit?under the sneers and jeers of their envi? ous neighbors of the North?the utter indiffer? ence, and I may say contempt of foreign com? petitors ; unaided, unsustained, and discouraged by the misgivings of their own people, they have produced these gems. What may they not accomplish with the aid, encouragement and appreciation that should attend and sustain them ? Why then is not the land flooded with Southern publications? and why does not the trumpet of fame sound the names of Southern authors as loudly as it docs those of other na? tions ? The fault lies at our own doors. We are allowing ourselves to be enchanted by dis? tance that deceptively robes in the habilaments of heaven-the unsightly irregularities of earth. Truly is a prophet dishonored in his own coun? try, unless ne nappens to be a Yankee; and be it "said to the praise of the North, they sustain their own people and public interests-. The South has the material requisite to the estab? lishment of a literature that would call forth the respect of the world and enhance her po? litical, financial and home interests. In the literature of the South lies the germ of a great country?it is the secret mainspring of power. Do we want the rights and independence be? queathed to us by our ancestors, and that ty? ranny has wrested from us ? Believe me it does not lie in the sword to achieve. Our strength is in the pen. Let us then build up a literature that the civilized world will bow in deference to and recognize as the axiom of our greatness. The North has done more with her pen than her sword, and we equal, and I am not quite sure but excel her in mental ability. Then why sit we idly wasting our energies and spending*our time and talents profligately, or worse still, giving our substance to feed a press that spits forth the bitterest vituperations, the most scathing sarcasms and ridicule upon us ? "Are we so fond of being abused" as some oue has enquired, that we pay certain journals an annual salary to indulge their malicious asper? sions at our expense ? How contemptible we must appear in their eyes ! I dare say if we are so fond of these invectives, we might make an arrangement with some Southern paper to give us a weekly or monthly mess for less mon? ey, and then we would derive the double ad? vantage of "keeping the money in the family" that is in our own land. How many of our people patronize the few choice, pure gems scattered here there through our country, known as Southern magazines ? Alas, but few! And how many?how very many subscribe for Northern periodicals! How are we to sustain a literature at this rate ? How make our influ? ence felt, our power owned, ourselves respected by foreign nations ? Must the few noble spirits who struggle to uphold our character advance our interests, promulgate the glorious truths be? longing to us as a people, perish in obscurity or dwindle into insignificance by the edict of a thankless community ? Heaven forbid ! Let us arouse from our apathy?awake to our danger, and resolve that, come weal or woe, we will support our owu people, build up our own country, and sustain our own press. Do we want our sons to have noble principles, to love their country and to guard its honor with a jealotia eye ? Then put Southern publications into their hands. Do we wajit our daughters to be pure and gentle, with vigorous minus and generous hearts! Then give them Southern books, Southern magazines and journals to read. There is a healthy atmosphere pervading our literature. The beauty of our sunny land?its genial clime, its uutarnished virtue, its "bap? tism of blood," its noble sacrifices, its immortal heroes, the brave smiles that havo made even ihc tears of affliction divinely beautiful, all tend to inspire the mind and heart with sub? lime ideas and pure sentiments, and make our literature the best iu the world of letter3. All we ask, all we need, is encouragement?and though the Shamrock cover the plains where the Laurel once proudly bloomed, will convert this emblem of sorrow that is seen only iu the land of the conquered, into a trophy of victory to deck the temple of fame. Only give a place in your libraries to such publications as the 'XIX Century," which is m itself a gem of literature and a valuable addition to any li? brary, and you will have contributed your part to this great cause. Let your children see, as they run their eyes over our book-shelves or tables, that we are what we profess to be?true, genuine Southerners, and do not preach De mocracy and yet patrouize and sustain Radical- j ism. Then let every mansion and cot in the ' South show at least some'Southern periodical. How respectable, how independent it looks to fee a batch of of Southern newspapers neatly folded and the "XIX Century" laid on the top j of them, in our parlors, sitting-room or libra? ries, as the case may be. They speak our sen? timents?they breathe to all comers that we arc a true people, true to our interests, true to our professions. Let these gorgeous cushion-plate ningazitrrs be appropriated by the juveniles of the household as embellishments in the picture gallery of their baby houses, and let those vile caricatures that stain the outside sheets of some Northern papers be pasted on: the vails of Sambo's hut, and the reading matter in them be converted into flambeaus to light his cob pipe, and let the "Banner of the South," the choice "Eclectic," the noble "Old Guard," aud the matchless, unequaled XIX Century furnish you with reading matter. They speak for you, ?nd to. you. They watch your interest* "and I guard your rights. Then let every true Southern- ! or resolve that he will contribute his aid to the j building up, sustaining and circulating the pure, chaste, elegant literature that belongs to us as j a people, and that is yet to win for us the ho mage of the literary world. Yancey. ? Advice to surgeons?Keep your temper or you'll lose your patients. Curious People who lire near Noted Places. "Gris," the humorous correspondent of the Cincinnatti Times, relates some interesting in? cidents about eccentric characters living near noted places: About ten miles from Booncville are the "Choteau Springs," whose waters are noted, in this region at least, for their excellent medici? nal qualities. It is generally believed about here that if the grounds were improved, as they might be, and suitable buildings erected, Cho? teau Springs would become as grea t a resort as Saratoga. How many springs have been dis? covered that the discoverers confidently expec? ted would rival Saratoga. As Toodles says of the "long lost brother"?then we heard of them, then we didn't. Fortunes have been lost in endeavoring to bring such places into promi? nence, but somehow the wonderful springs fail. "Do you know," said a man who told us about the springs, and who has the most pro? found belief in their virtues as in their future, "do you know there are people living within a mile of Choteau Springs who have never visi? ted them?" There is always some obstinate cus living within a short distance of a place of notoriety who never goes to see it. Niagara Falls keeps one on hand constantly. He lives within the sound of the great cataract and yet he reso? lutely refuses to go and see it. If he_ takes a walk it is always in the opposite direction. No amount of money could hire him to go and view the Falls. I remember hearing of this strange individual years ago?about the first time I heard of Niagara,! think. Whenever I thought about Niagara I thought about him. I came to be more curiotts about him. than I was about the Falls. How I wanted to Ree that man. How fervently I hoped he would hold out until I could see him, because, you see, all interest in him would be dissipated .is soon as 'he weakened and went and looked at; the Falls, no matter for how short a time. At length I made a trip to Niagara Falls. As soon as I arrived at the Falls although their thunder was in my ears, I inquired for the man that had lived eighty odd years without once being out of the sound of those fall, and yet hadn't been to see it. The clerk at the hotel said he had heard of him, but couldn't tell pre? cisely where he lived. Made inquiries gener? ally, and happened at length to meet a neigh? bor of his, in fact he lived next door to him. "You know this man then," said I, "who has lived all his life within the sound of Niagara's roar, and who yet has never looked upon that mighty cataract; whose ears hare been deafen? ed oy its thundering anthem, but whose eyes have resolutely refused to gaze upon its sublime and awful beauty." "Oh, yes," he "replied, "I know him well? seen him every day for over forty years." "Is there any reason for this strange per? versity ?" "No reason in the world. Stop, though: There is one thing that may have influenced him somewhat in this matter." "What is that?" "The man is blind/" The man who never rode in the cars is continually turning up. He lives close by a station, and has fourteen sons who are conduc? tors, besides enjoying the advantages of a sea? son pass every year, vet he never rode i n a rail? road car yet. He takes great.pride in relating the fact, and once or twice a year his county Eaper mentions the circumstance?greatly to is satisfaction. Then there is the man who never saw a locomotive?not for the want of eyesight however, but because he thinks it is a good thing to boast of, not having anything else to brag about. The locomotive passes right4>y his door a dozen times a day, but he never 6ees it. The number of people who live within a mile of Mammoth Cave without caving in is quite wonderful. Some of them have moved there from a great distance in order not to go in the cave. Oth ers, being born there, stubbornly remain, although brilliant prospects await them elsewhere, just so as to keep, out of that cave, and have folks talk about it as something mar? velous. This indifference to the marvels of na? ture when brought in close juxtaposition to them is quite human, after all. As a boy I have stood close by a red-hot horse-shoe and never touched it! Work is one of the loftiest attributes of our nature, and yet how often have I lain down and gone to sleep right by the side of it I The Late Benj. Fbanklin.?This party was one of those persons whom we call phi? losophers. His maxims were full of animosity toward boys. Nowadays, a boy cannot follow out a single natural instinct without tumbling over some of these everlasting aphorisms and hearing from Franklin on the spot. If he buys two cents' worth of peanuts, his father says: Remember what Ben. Franklin has said, my son, "A groat a day's a penny a year," and the comfort is all gone out of those pea? nuts. If he wants to spin a top when he has done his day's work, his father quotes, "Pro? crastination is the thief of time." If he does a virtuous action he never gets anything for it, because, "Virtue is its own reward." And that boy is hounded to death and robbed of his natural rest, because Franklin once said, in one of his inspired flights of malignjty:" tarly to bed, early to rise, Makt/s a man healthy, wealthy and wise. As if it were any object to a boy to be healthy and wealthy and wife on such terms. The sorrows that that maxim has cost me through uy parents' experimenting on me with it, tongue cannot tell. The legitimate result is my present 6tate of general debility, indigence and mental aberration. My parents used to have me up before nine o'clock in the morning sometimes, when I was a boy. If they had let me take my natural rest, where would I have been now ? Keeping store, no doubt, and re? spected by ail. And what tin adroit old Ad? venturer the subject of this memoir was ! In order to get a chance to fly his kite on Sunday, he used to hang a key on the string ?.ud let on to be fishing for lightning. And a guileless public would go home chirping about the ''wisdom" and the "genius" of the hoary Sab? bath breaker. If anybody caught him playing "mumble peg" by himself, after the age of 3ixty, he would immediately appear to be ciphering out how the grass grew?as if it was any of his business. My grandfather knew him well, and he says Franklin was always fixed?always ready. If anybody, during his old age, happened on him unexpectedly when he was catching flies, or making mud pics, or sliding on a cellar door, lie would immediately look wise, and rip out a maxim, and walk eff with his nose in the air and his cap turned wrong side before, trying to appear absent minded and eccentric. He was a hard lot. He invented a stove that would smoke your head off in four hours by the clock. One can sec the almost devilish satisfaction he took in it, by giving it hi* name. He was always proud of telling how he en? tered Philadelphia for the first ti me, with noth? ing in the world but two shillings in his pock? et and four rolls of bread under his arm. But really, when you come to examine it critically, it was nothing. Anybody could have done it. ?Mar/: Twain in "Galaxy." Texas.?It is estimated that over one hun? dred thousand immigrants have entered Texas within the last twelve ?oonlh?. and during last December over oik? thousand live hundred per? sons came daily into the State. The crops this summer, it is believed, will be double those of last year. T!fc hilly regions of the western part of the S'tate are very healthy, but the per? sons who settle on the low, flat lands, and ose the water cf the streams, nre liable to chills and fever, and the inhabitants of the iroast cities arc subject to yellow fever. Labor ? in great demand in the"agricultural districts, and farm hands receive from ?15 to $20 a month and their board. During the cotton-picking season they are paid from $2.50 to $3 a day and board. In the cities journeymen mecht.nics arc paid from $3.50 to $5 a day. The Phosphates. human bokes as fertilizers. The manufacturers of phosphate of lime for artificial manures, generally employ for this purpose the boues of animals. In this country the battle-fields of the late war have furnished large quantities of horses' hones. Sometimes human bones are accidentally collected among the rest; but the care and reverence with which the dead on both sides have been buried, prevent such unpleasant occurrences almost entirely. Not long ago much indignation was caused in England by the report that cargoes of human as well as animal hones were shipped from the Crimea to the British manufacturers. How much foundation there was for the story, we do not know. Certainly the objection of civilized people to seeing the remains of their fellow-citizens or ancestors brought into com? merce is most natural. The English manufacturers appear not to be satisfied with the supply of the bones of animals, either because it is not adequate to the demand or because its scattered sources and the consequent expense of collection leave too little margin of profit. They have at last found a country rich in bones, and possessed of a population not too scrupulous to sell them. The mummy-pita of Egypt, containing thousands of tons of the bones of ancient Egyptians, are now "worked" on a large scale. Then ones are dug, claimed and sifted, packed in bags or bundles of 200 pounds each, slung to the sides of camels, and transported to Alex? andria? where they are shipped to England.? The business affords a brisk trade to the modern Egyptians, and employs a large number of the population, in justice to whom, we should add that they are probably not descendants of the venerable worthies whose relics they put to such base uses. It is curious to reflect that the phosphate of lime which once formed the frame ot a mem? ber of the Egyptian aristocracy, should after a quiet repose of some thousands of years enter upon a new career of usefulness in a distant land as an excellent manure for turnips and other garden vegetables, which may in turn furnish the necessary phosphate of lime to give backbone to the British aristocracy. Great Caesar stopping a hole to keep the wind away, is nothing in comparison 1 What future tradesmen will grow rich and what future turnips thrive, we wonder, on the tombs of Westminster and St. Paul's, or the vaults of Cologne Cathedral, Or the ghastly sepulchre of the Capuchins at Rome? The more carefully the bones of the great or the sainted are preserved; the less likely, would it appear, are they to rest in peace.?Manufactu? rer and Builder. The Wealth of New York.?Every year New York adds from seventy-five to a hundred millions to its bank account. It can now claim to be worth, according the official account, over $1,000,000,000. The real estate valuation for 1870 is $742,000,000 and the personal estate is ?230,000,000. There is besides, in the oflicial table, an item of $75,000,000 set down to share? holders in banks, which brings the aggregate wealth of the city considerably above a thous? and millions. But it is really much more than the oflicial figures show. The basis of real es? tate valuation is that fixed by the Tax Com? missioners, and this is far below the market basis. The actual value of the house and lot property on Manhattan Island, according to the present selling prices, is not less than $1,500, 000. The personal estate amounts to a great deal more?thirty per cent at least?than the owners ever confess. The official return of bank property may be all right, but the returns of real.and personal estates are certainly much below the mark. The whole value of property in New York city is probably not less than $1,800,000,000. The increase last year was $83,000,000, which was less than the" increase the year before. And New York does not boast of it either. It does not go around bragging about its riches and making other cities feel envious and ill-natured. It just pitches into every sort of enjoyment, spends its money freely, and acts all through on the principle of "go it while you're young." If New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and their general sub? urbs could convert their property into cash, they could pay off the whole national blessing and have enough left for a champagne supper. ?But they don't mean to do anything of that sort. Thev are too generous to deprive other places of their portion of the great blessing, and I hardly think they are quiet "loil" enough to take it all on their own shoulders, anyway.? Cor. Boston Post. Teasing a Will to Pieces.?The San Fraucisco Califori?an publishes the following curious story about a ladv of that State, who became angry at being disinherited, and tore her father's will to pieces: A few days ago an old Californian died in an adjoining town, leaving somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,000,000 worth of property, as it was generally supposed, to his only daugh? ter, the wife of a highly respectable citizen. But after the burial had taken place the will of the dead man was brought to light and read to the daughter and a number of those who were employed by the testator during his life time. It then became evident that the father had cut the daughter off without a shilling, and that he had bequeathed all his vast estate to per? sons who had been his employees, his compan? ions, &c. When the will was read, and the daughter learned that she had been robbed of her just inheritance, she flew into a passion, and seizing the will, tore it in pieces. This action caused considerable consternation ; and our informant states that the grand jury of the county being in session, the matter was imme? diately referred to them, and the daughter in? dicted for her hasty and imprudent action. Our informant says that ten or twelve years ago the daughter married her present husband in opposition to the wishes of her father, who swore that he would never forgive her, and while laboring under his passion he made his will. The coolness between the father and daughter lasted for several days, and then a reconciliation took place, and the one uct of disobedience was forgotten and forgiven. The daughter and her husband became frequent visitors at the old man's house, and were with him during hip last illness and when he died. They, as well as others, supposed that the will disinheriting the daughter had been destroyed, but it appears that the father had either for? gotten or neglected to tear it op. ? Mlle. Christine Nilssox.?Chirstinc Nils nm is the name of the new Swedish nightin? gale who is creating as much furor in Europe as did her distinguished predecessor, Jenny Lind. Her parents were humble peasants. Be? fore ton years of age. her musical abilities were asserted in various ways. Accompanying her voice with the violin, she attracted much at? tention at fairs and other public places. After resisting various offers from traveling players to accompany them, the Baroness of Lonhusen, once celebrated in her country as a singer under the name of Mile. Valerius took her In charge and gave her lessons in music. At Stockholm, she studied under Franz Barnald, where she at? tracted the attention of royalty. Thence she was sent by her patrons to Paris to complete her musical education under Wartel, "a very Warwick of his craft, a true Divamaker." In her first appearance before a French audience in Paris iu 1864, she at once established the i reputation as the best living Diva of the lyric stage. Estimable by virtue of her accomplishments and of the high position her genius has secured, she is no less to be admired for the modesty and gentleness with which she wears her honors. She "bears her faculties so meek" that to know her in private is to merge admiration of tho gifted artist into esteem for the unassuming wo? man. This Swedish nightingale is to make appear? ance in New York in the second week in Sep? tember, under an engagement with Mr. Max Strakosch. The Political Future.?Republicans from the South, at present in Washington, take a gloomy view cf the situation at home. A Louisiana Republican, for instance, informs his friends in tue Senate that Louisiana will give five thousand Democratic majority next i November, and twenty-five thousand at the next Presidential election. A Mississippi Republican predicts a Demo? cratic victory in that State in November. He told Alcorn, the other day, it was inevitable, and Alcorn laughed. Now, if Alcorn had been at heart a Radical, he would have cried : but he never shed a tear?on the contrary, as above stated, he laughed. Depend upon it that man Alcorn?the old friend of Clay, Webster and Fillmore?is "ripe for treason, statagems and spoils." Alabama, I am assured by good Republican authority, will give 5,000 Democratic majority in November. Enough said about Alabama. Georgia, not being as yet reconstructed, I leave out of the account for the present. South Carolina may be set down as doubtful, but the Hon. Frederick Augustus Sawyer, one of her Senators?a native, by the way, of Bos? ton, Mass., and a graduate of Harvard Univer? sity?pursues so conservative a course as to lead many persons to suspect that he appre? hends a bouleversement there in October. In Tennessee, the Radicals give it up. May nard may possibly be re-elected in the Knox ville District. If so, he will be the only Radi? cal member from Tennessee in the next Con fress. Etheridge is on the war path in his istrict, and he will be elected. North Carolina, as the Southern phrase has it, is looking "very peart." The Holden party there is dwindling every day, and will go un? der forever in August. Virginia is already redeemed. Gov. Walker is a trump, and you will find nulla vestigia res torian there. The Old Dominion is good for 25,000 Conservative majority. Maryland and Kentucky, in spite of negro suffrage, will maintain their present indepen? dence of Radicalism. Delaware will be a close State?but who ever knew the Blue Hen's Chicken to fail in an emergency? They always come up to the scratch when required. Pennsylvania Republicans are not in favor of negro suffrage. The Fifteenth Amendment there is a two-edged 6word, and cuts right and left. In the Southern tier of counties the white people do not yet believe that negroes are their equals. Nor in Lchigh, nor Lycom ing, nor Dempshire, either, Simon Cameron to the contrary notwithstanding. How it may be in Lancaster, deponent saith not. A couuty that worshipped such a strange and uncouth god as Thad. Stevens, might reasonably be re farded as thoroughly unclean and irredeema le. If she be joined to her idols, we will let her alone. Ot New York and New Jersey no one doubts. Indiana shows symptoms of throwing off the Radical collar. Ohio is so manipulated by Delano and his tribe of tax-gatherers that it is hardly possible to tell what is to become of her; but if Penn? sylvania caves in, Ohio will follow with a rush. From the above statement, compiled from reliable data, it would appear that the Radicals are about to be defeated next fall in many States now held by their party.? Washington Correspondence Xeic York Express. Putting Children to Sleep.?Putting a child away to sleep, without rocking or sooth? ing, is good only for robust and healthy chil? dren. For the delicate, nervous kind I have spoken of, it is cruel, and it is dangerous. We know'one authentic instance of a mother who was trained to believe it her duty to put her infant to bed in a lonely chamber and leave it. Not daring to trust herself "in the ordeal, she put on her bonnet, and, positively forbidding the servants to go near the child, went out for a walk. When she returned the child was still and had been so for some time. She went up to examine. The child had struggled violently, thrown itself over on its face, a pillow had fallen over it, and it was dead from suffocation. Nervous children suffer untold agonies from fear when put to bed alone. No tongue can tell the horrors of a lonely room to such chil? dren. A little, delicate boy, whom his parents were drilling to sleep aloue, used to cry vio? lently every night, and his father would go in and whip him. He mistook the pertinacity for obstinacy, and thought it his duty to conquer the child's will. One night he said: "Why do you always scream so when you know you will be nunisfied'?" "O, father, father!" said the little fellow, "I don't mind your whipping me, if you'll only stay with me." That father's eyes were opened from that moment. He saw that a human being cannot be governed by dead rules, like a dead plant or an animal.? Hearth and Home. Increase of Crtme.?The Boston Post makes the following comment upon the present condition of the country. They indicate the existence in the North especially, of a bad state of society: "Whatever wars rage elsewhere, the war of violent passions goes on in this country at a rate absolutely appalling. Never in our histo? ry did the press teem with such a constant suc? cession of reports of inhuman and bloody deeds?murders, suicides, arson, and their long line, of legitimate kin. The last shock of this kind is caused by the mysterious murder of an old, respectable and retired New York merchant. He was found dead in his bed, his skull crushed, and with every proof of the assassin's bloody work fresh about him. The hankers of Wall street offer a reward of ten thousand dollars for the discovery of the criminal, which should be increased ten fold rather than suffer a deed of such enormity to go unpunished. Is it in a re? laxed state of social morals, or is it in the at? mosphere, that this insane riot of human pas? sion has its origin ? Certainly, the state of things is unprecedented, and it is obvious that some restraining power is wanted more than, the inefficient influence of threatened penalties. It will not take long for the current rage of violent passion to wash away the very buttress? es of the social state." -1> Throwing TnE Blame ox Cuffee.?The white men of the Ring are getting very much ashamed of having had the sneak Whittcmore as chief cook and bottle-washer of their State Convention, and are sending North all sorts of excuses for the disgraceful proceeding. They are now trying to make the black man the scapegoat of Whittemore's sin3. Witness the following special despatch from Washington (July 2(J) to the New York Evening Post, a, Radical sheet: "It appears that the cause of Whittemore's prominence in the late Republican State Con? vention of South Carolina was iiot the work of delegates, the better class of whom were greatly disgusted, but the positions to which he was as? signed, namely, chairman of the Committee on Credentials and chairman of the Committee on Itcsolutions, were by appointment of the presi? ding officer, a negro ana one of Whittemore's strongest supporters." A Mother's Ixflttf.xce.?How touching is this tribute of Hon. T. II. Bcnton, to his moth? er's influence : "My mother asked me never to use tobacco ; I have never touched it from that time to the present day. She asked me not to gamble, ana I have never gambled; I cannot tell who is losing in games that arc being played. She admonished me, too, against hard drinking; and whatever capacity for endurance I have at present, and whatever usefulness I have attained through life, I attribute to having complied with her pious and correct wishes. When I was seven years old she asked me not to drink, and then I made a resolution of total absti? nence ; and that I have adhered to it through all time I owe to my mother." ? A Western editor consoled a man who had complained that justice had not been done him. by the remark that it was "very lucky for him." Cotton Cultivation in Central Asia.? The Russian Invalid publishes some informa? tion on the cultivation of cotton in Central Asia, In the vicinity of Taschkend, it says, there are large cotton fields, and the American cotton plant has also been lately grown there, though as yet with little success. The best cotton in Central Asia is that produced in Bok? hara, some sorts of which are nearly equal in quality to American cotton. A great deal of cotton is also cultivated in Khokand, and es Secially in Khiva; there are also a few fields in fbrthern Turkistan. The value of the cotton of Bokhara is much diminished by the insuffi? ciency of the materials used in cleaning it. Its price at Taschkend is now 5. roubles 50 kopees (about 14c) per pound. Russia imports from the above countries large quantities of raw cotton, part of Which is sent back manufactured. The-importation of cotton is now nine times as great as it was eleven years ago. The total quantity produced in Central Asia is upwards of 3,000,000 pounds. ?i Essay on Dogs.?The following vigorous composition on the subject of dogs was lately presented by a pupil in an Indiana school: "Dogs.?Dogs aire very usefull thing's thaire aire several different sorts of Dogs thaire is the Newfound Land Blud Hown and the Pinter which is a very scillfull dog in ketchin birds sum dogs aire very good for watchdogs while others aire good for nuth in but to liabout and doo nuth in sum of them bite those aire the best of all those are the best watch dog of all. Ow how plesent it would be to bo at home an see Brother an his pet dogs to sea them play an scip a bout the yarde. I am fare from home and cant see Bruthcr and his pet dogs but of all the dogs the Rat Tairerier is the best of all a dog bite is very dangerous sum fokes have bin bit by them it makes sum fokes sic that has bin bit I can remember when a dog bit Pap it has bin a bout four years a go. The end." ?:-?j>-? ? Why does the minister have more wives than any one else ? Because he often marries a couple at a time. ? Mr. Short says that the only thing he can pay these hard times is his addresses to the ladies ; and these he never allows to get over? due. ? It may be said of too many of our public men that they are last in war, last in peace, but first in the pockets of their countrymen. ? A. queer temperance pledge was once cir? culated in Russia. It bound the signers to abstain from brandy?till brandy should be better and tolerably cheap. ? A gentleman in Indiana says, in a note ac? companying a letter for publication in the Louisville Courier-Journal: "I sumtimes mis? spell a word, and it is posible I have spelt sic afant rong." ? A veteran observer once declared that no one knew what envy and jealousy were until he had served in the army. The observer probably had never belonged to a church choir. ? A curious Western visitor inquired if the State prison was reckoned among institutions of charity? "Certainly," was the reply, "it covers a multitude of sin." ? A country paper says: "There is a grave? yard in this neighborhood where may be seen the impressive picture of a man sleeping peace? ably by the side of his six wives." ? A* bridegroom interfered with a parson at Ringgold, Georgia, who, in accordance with the usual custom desired to kiss the bride, and assured the preacher that he had paid for the ceremony and was not going to have auy of that fooling. ? A fellow on the race-course was staggering about with more liquor than he could carry.? "Hallo! what is the matter now ?" said a chap, whom the inebriated individual had just run against. "Why?hie?why, the fact is, a lot of my friends have been betting liquor on the races to-day, and they have got me to hold the stakes." ? A Wisconsin farmer winds up an adver? tisement offering his farm for sale in the fol? lowing words: "The surrounding country is the most beautiful the God of Nature ever made. The scenery is celestial?divine ; also two wagons to sell and a yoke of steers." ? Some of the questions proposed for dis? cussion at a meeting of a Western debating club were these : "Is it necessary that females shud receive a thurry literary education? Ort females to take part in polytix ?" ? The young gentleman who serenaded us the other night, and sang, "Come where my love lies dreaming," will accept many thanks for the invitation, but we beg to be excused, as it might not be agreeable to all parties. ? A couple of Georgians have laid claim to eighty-two million dollars' worth of real estate in the city of New York. Is there no other gentleman in the State who will be kind enough to step forward and claim the rest of it ? ? Two certificates of death in the San Fran? cisco coroner's oliice read: "Ded from rapture of the head," and "Sufrocated from eating poi? son." ? An exchange says: "A Savannah paper has been fooled with an account of a regatta at Atlanta. The only thing like a regatta that ever occurred here was a big row during the war." ? An English life insurance company has aid the insurance for the death of a man one undred and three years old, who took out his policy in 1799. It is said to be the first instance in which an insurance has ever been paid on the life of a centenarian. ? A spinster went to a well-known lawyer and engaged him to manage a suit for her, on which sue claimed a legacy, to which her right was disputed. The suit was lost, and the poor maiden said to the lawyer: "How can I ever repay you for all the time and trouble which you have taken on my account? I have nothing but my heart to give you." "My clerk takes the fees?go to him," answered the lawyer gruffly. ? A young lady saw in a wicked paper that if two young ladies would each take a pole of a galvanic battery in one hand and then com? plete the circuit by kissing, that the sensation upon the lips was exactly that of the pressure of a moustache. She communicated the fact to a number of friends; a battery was secured and the experiment tried, and found to work to a charm. A large number of pocket batteries have been ordered, so that hereafter when ladies meet and kiss, as is their custom, they can shut their eyes and fully enjoy the satisfaction of feeling*a gentleman's lips pressing to theirs. THE RURAL CAROLINIAN, An Agricultural MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Two Dollars per Annum. G4 Pages Reading Matter, 30 Pages Advertisements. WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, and D. WYATT AIKEN, Charleston, S. C. JAMES A. HOYT, Agent, Anderson C. H, 8. C. July 14, 1870 a THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL, Published at Augusta, f!a. DAILY, TRMVEEKLY AND WEEKLY CONTAINS nil the latest news by Mail and Telegraph, embracing full Commercial and Financial Rei>ort8 from all the leading centres, together with the latest Political and General information upon all subjects which interest the reading public. The terms of the DAILY are f.") for six months, and 810 for one year. The TH I-WEEKLY Is $&50 for six months, and $6 for ""tVVwkKKI.Y CHRONICLE ,t SENTINEL is a mam moth paper of thirty-six columns, filled with Editorial*, I Telegraphic Dispatches, Communications on home matters, i together with Agricultural, Commercial and Financial ar I tieles?making it one of the most desirable and raluaUo panels in the country to thv Planter, Farmer and Mer? chant. The terms are 3a ppr annum, or $1.50 six months. All subscriptions an! required in advance. Liberal commissions paid responsible agents. Address all letters and communications to the CHRONICLE & SENTINEL, 1 Augusta, Ga. Mjg* Specimen copies eent frc<* May 26,1870 4? 1 THE POLICY-HOLDERS' LUE ANS> TONTINE ASS USANCE COMPANY OF TSE SOUTH, 29 Broad Street, Charleston^ S. C> HAYING deposited $50,000 with the Comp troller General for the protection of its policy-holders, will issue the usual forms of Life and Endowment Policies. It u the mott liberal Company to the Assured in the World. The Charter guarantees to the assured the cash surrender value of his policy after one annual pre? mium has been paid, except in case of fraud. It it the only purely mutual Company in the South, It hits no Stockholders. All surplus profits inust'be divided among the policy-holders. It is thoroughly conservative. Its investments are confined by charter to the most solid securities, and it is under management of men of well established ability and integrity. Persons desiring any information wUl please communicate with any of tho officers. WM. MCBURNEY, President. E. P. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres. and Act* GEO. E. BOGGS, Sec. and Gen. Agent. JOHN T. DARBY, M. D., Med. Adviser. JAMES A. HOYT, Local Agent for Andeison, and Dr. THQS. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner. April 21, 1870 48 GEORGE W. CARPENTER'S Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsfa* par?la? GEORGE W. CARPENTER'S Compound Fluid Extract of Buch? THESE celebrated preparations,- originally ia* troduced by George W. Carpenter, under the pat? ronage of the medical faculty, have been, so long extensively used by Physicians and others, that they are generally known for their intrinsic value< and can be relied on as being most valuable rem? edies in all cases where Sarsaparilla or Buchu aro applicable, and cannot be too highly recommend? ed. They arts prepared in a highly concentrated form, so as to render the dose small and conven? ient. Orders by mail-or otherwise, will receive prompt attention. GEORGE W. CARPENTER, HENSZE? & CO., Wholesale Chemical Warehouse,' No. 737 Market street, Philadelphia. For sale by Walters & Baker and W. H. Nardia & Co., Anderson, S. C. Dowie & Jtfoise, Whole-' sale Agents, Charleston, S. C. Oct 21, 1869 17 A. B. MULLIGAN, COTTON FACTOR AND General Commisson. Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Liberal Advances made-on Cotton. ?SfJf I will, when placed in funds, purchase and torward all kinds of Merchandize, Machine ry. Agricultural Implements, Manures, Seeds, &c. Sept 23, 17(19 13 ly R. BISCHOF?. C. WCLBEBM. 3. H. P1KFSS. JOHN McFALL, WITH HEURY BISCH?FE & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AtfD HEALEBS IX WINES, LIQUORS, CifpfurSf Tobacco, ?See., NO. 197 EAST BAY, Nov 25, 1869 22 Schedule Blue Bidge Railroad. ON and after this date tho following schedule will be observed by the Passenger Trains over this Road : VP. L'vc Anderson, 4.20 p m ? Pendleton, 5.20 " Perry ville, 6.10 M Arr. Walhalla, 7.00 " nows. . L've Walhalla, 3 30am " Perry ville, 4.10 " Pendlejlon, 5.10 " Arr. Anderson, 6.10 ?* In cases of detention on the G. and C. R. R.r the train on this Road will wail one hour for the train from Belt on, except on Saturdays, when it will wait until the arrival of the Belton train. W. H. D. GAILLARD, Sup't. March 10, 1870 37 J. HAYNSWORTH EARLE, Attorney at Law. OFFICE IN THE BENSON HOUSE* May 26, 1870 ? 48 3m JAMES H. THORNWELL, Attorney at Law, ANDERSON C. H., S. C. Office in the residence immediately oppo? site Dr. Cater's, on Main street. Feb 3, 1870 32 3m Leather! Leather! IF you want the best Upper or Harness Leath? er, go to C. A. REED'S, Corner Anderson Hotel. June 9, 1870 50 W. S. KEESE, AGENT FOR BATII PAPER MILLS, WILL pay the highest cash price for BASS Depot street. May 26, 1870 48 &a Flour. Bacon, Corn, &c AFINE lot of Flour, Bacon, Corn, &?., on hand, and for sale cheap by M. LESSER, Ageni. March 24, 1870 SO You had better Believe It. ALL persons owing me money had better com? forward and pay up, or they will certainly be sued. M. LESSER, Agent. March 24, 1870 39 Groceries. SUGAR, Coffee, Tea, Syrnps, and all kinds Groceries can be had, at reduced prices for cash, by going to M. LESSER, Agent March 24, 1870 39 _ The Spondulix! HAVING purchased my Goods for cash, I want it strictly understood that I most have cash for them. ? M. LESSER, Agent. March 24, 1S70 39_' At Private Sale! THAT VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on Eighteen Mile Creek and Seneca River, oontain-r ing 1770 acres, formerly owned by James Steele The Tract will be divided to suit purchasers* Apply to W. H. D. GAILLARD,' - Vl 3 Peudleton, S. C. Jan 6, 1870 18