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Prof. 8? F. B^ Jfersev The unveiling of the statueofc Prof"..S. F. R Morse i d the city of New York, on the 10th of June, r as given occasion to the press of the United States to review the history of the won ? derful discovery to which Prof. Morse is in debted'for all the renown he enjoys. The combination of two ideas, the first of which was given to the world by the Ko in an gsrierals, andthe second, at'different times/by u Fay and Franklin?the idea of communi? cating intelligence by signals and that of mak? ing eh*:mci?ythe motive power, by means of which ths signals-were to be made?produced, as a fin al result, the electric telegraph ofinod em times. As early as 1774 signals were com? municated by means of electricity by Lesage - at Geneva, and again by Lomound in Fiance in 1787. In 1794 a German student by the ?name o f Reizen employed the electric spark for, the same purpose, making use of lines and interrupted spaces ou strips of tinfoil so ai> ran red as to form by the illumination resulting fron the ?park, the parsicn lar character, letter or signal desired. Bu> this system, involved ?the Se of 37 wires from One station to another, each connecting with'a return.; wire making^ 74 in all, arid, was therefore, almost wholly im? practicable,.. In 1797-98 telegraphs-, on the system of Ca ?*t(dlo, were established in Spain?ono>; of them extending from. Madrid to Aranjuez, a distance fjof 26 miles. Don Francisco Salva^ of Madrid, vpjr?go*?i.aanjmprovement and seemed to be? lieve-that submariue communication.-* could be effected by the wires. ? It was be who iirst pro 'pdsed to substitute the Voltaic pile for the old electrical (friction) machine, llenalds . intro? duced the clock telegraph in England, but it :..was liable to the same objection as that we : Have named as agafnsf?he invention ?f Beizen, although ^bsequent improvements tended krgely to remove tliat difficulty. Tlie Voltaic pile, discovered in ifcuO was first used An con? nection with'the wires by' Simmering in 1809, who brought. telegAiphy to all "tne periection practicable in the then couditiou-of the science. He used 35 golden tipped wires, set vertically on a horizontal line at the bottom of a glass re? servoir of water. At the other end of the con? necting wires were brass plates, corresponding in number .and designation . with the tipped Soints referred to. The plate, onbeihgtouched y positive and negative poles, communicated the current to its corresponding point .in-the reservoir?'the water around it was decomposed " and the gases escaping '"told the tale." The telegraphs of SteinheuVof Munich, and of Cooku and wheatstonee, of England, were based on the movements of magnetic needles ?each needle having the name of a'letter of the alphabet; and these were subsequently jperfectetl^"by reducing the number of. the '"wires." The next step in the. improvement and per fectiop*of thisi wonderful instrument was made in 1825 by Mr. Sturgeon, of London, who first introduced the soft iron magnet. Prof. Heuryr of New. York, improving Sturgeon's discovery,* invented the now universal horse shoe magnet, by which the -magnetic force was so Intensified and the currentso largely increased that the liitherto insuperable difiiculty of transmitting messages to great distances was at-"once sur? mounted This was in 1828-50, at which time . -it was evident that the armature of a magnet, 'attracted and released for irregular intervals of time, could be made available for .the trans? mission of alphabetic signals to any required distance. .Electricians folly rcuvguized that fact, hut the difiiculty of perfecting and ^rendering practicable the. important discoveries . thfts far made, seems to have deterred scientific minds from making the attempt until the year 1832, when Baron Schilling, of St. Petersburg, applied them toCooke and Wheatstone's needle instrument, which he so modified and improved as to render it serviceable with but one needle instead of 35. Slight improvements were ad? ded in 1833-4 by Gauss and Weber, jof Cot tingen, and in 1836 Prof. Daniel introduced the first form of the constant battery for keep? ing np. a continual current? a principle yet retained, almost universally. But the first actual telegraph erer established appears to- have been invented by Prof, C. A. Stein heil, of Munich, in lSbU In 1837 Stein - - heir's telegraph was taken under the patronage and protection of the government of Bavaria ?after which Prof. Morse conceived the idea of becoming.the Steinbeil of this Continent. Steioheil's telejrraph operated on* small bells, and henco required all operators to be "sound readers/' Morse introduced the ?bbon-like strips of "hick paper, on which a pointed sty] as of iron , driven by the armature of the magnet, left.d?a und dashes corresponding by an arbi? trary ?reingeraent with given letters of the alphabet. Professor Morse ?ren exhibited, his invention in'July, 1837, in the Unrvefsitjr of '(?Now York, and in the month of October fol? lowing ho filed a caveat in the patent office at * Washington, to secure it In 1840 be secured the patent covering the improvements he- had meanwhile made in the original apparatus, and. this syittem, as .perfected by the study and ex? perience of subsequent years, is now the almost universal ly recognized system of the world. In the speech made by the venerable Pro? fessor, aow in his 81st year, at the Academy of Music on the occasion of the unveiling of the statute eiecttcLto commemorate his name and his fame, he pays a merited tribute- to those "who aided him in his struggles and trials in perfecting his invention and obtaining the niean* to demonstrate its powers. It was near? ly twelve year* after he had began his labors before he obtained the aid he sought from Con gte*s. The bill which appropriated $30,000 for that purpose, und w'iich had been recommened and urged by President Tyjev onljt pas-wt on the last day of the session of 18*43, after he had been straggling for it for five year?. It seems almost incredible now, with the prodigi? ous performance of the magnetic telegraph before us, that sneering and* insulting amend? ments were oiTered-to the bill?one member proposing that half the sum be devoted to "jftesmensm," and another that a part be de ' voted in favor of "Millerism." The first at? tempt to construct the line through the earth having failed, the wires were placed on poles, as at present, and on Saturday, May 25, 1844, . messages were interchanged between Washing-, ton and Baltimore. The first ''press message" was sent to the Baltimore Patriot &t 1 p. m. of the day above mentioned, and was published as follows: "One o'clock. There has just bee-;, made it "motion in - the House to go into .com? mittee of the whole on the Oregon question. Rejected?ayes 79, nays 86." The use of the telegraph by the press gradually went on, and the first Presidents message ever sent over the' wjires was to the' Baltimore Sun. Two years elipsed before the next hundred miles <*f the line were completed from Baltimore to Phila? delphia. Now, Europe possesses 450,000 miles of wire, and 13,000 stations; America 180,000 miles of wire, and 6,000 stations; Australia -10,000 miles of wire, and*270 stations, and ex? tension throughout the world is at the rate of 100,000 miles of wire per annum. There are, in additon, 30,000 milesof submarine telegraph wire now in successful operation, extending beneath the Atlantic and) German, oceans, the Baltic, North, Mediterranean, Red, Arabian and China seas, the Per?ian Gulf, the Bay of Biscay, the Straits of Gibraltar, and the Gulf of Mexico and St. Lawrence. All this Prof. Morse has lived to see as the result of Iris la? bors and those of his co-laborers, to whom he pays a just tribute, mentioning, besides those in Congress, Kendall, Sibley, Swain, Wade and Qihecs.T-Montgomery Advertiser. ? A school committee in a frontier district are reported to have summed up their opinion of an examination which they had attended by making to the pupils this address: "You've spelled well, ana you've ciphered good, but you Won't sot still." From the Keowee Courier. The South. Undeir the energizing influence of good gov? ernment^ the material prosperity of the South is assured. At.no distant day, without argu-1 ment*cr proof cf their remunerative characters,I manufactories and machine shops will spring j up and prosper, bringing increased capital and j labor to enrich this favor s? s-ction. Our peo? ple understand that manufacturing is remuner? ative, and the want of capital is the only rea? son why they have not engaged in it. Prior to the war, the entire profits of Southern industry were invested in slaves, and had become in' value an immense amount. In the course of nature, these died from disease and old age, all their earniugs being represented by the young generations, wMch, likewise, went the way of all flesh. There could be no increase of wealth ?save by the increase of that class of population, which in reality, consumed three-fourths of its own labor. The. slave owner was always hard i pressed for money,-and in consequence con? tinued to cat down and wear out his land, in order tokeep his head above water and prevent the sale of his slaves. We can all now see the folly of slavery, and all willingly testify that it has been a curse to true prosperity.- At the close of the war, all the earnings' of preceding generations were swept away; aud we were left without money or banks, our stock thrice de? cimated and our farms in bad condition. Not? withstanding the political confusion of-the past few years, aud the many difficulties our people h^ve been compelled to me?t and overcome, no one can deny but we have made rapid progress towards a new and permanent basis of prosper? ity.- In the fall, our crjbs and smoke-houses are filled with the staff of life, our depots and railroad stations are crowded with cotton, aud our cities and towns are supplied with mer? chandize. Nearly all our citizens have some spare -m'offey to employ in improving their farms and educating their children. We can? not but hope for a prosperous future, -when the last few years have exhibited such vitality and euergy on the part of our citizens in the face of so many/material and political difficulties. The establishment of manufactories and the opening of hew avenues to wealth will come of themselves. Already, in some portions of our State there is some surplus capital. This must' and will increase annually. $tk what way will it be employed 1 Firsjt.in improving our lands, which will odd to their products. And then how?' There are no slaves to be purchased and, necessity will prompt other investments. Does not nature1 in this section suggest the choice ? Look at our water powers, our tim? ber, the finest in the world; our mild, but salu? brious climate, permitting labor every day in the year; our fertile soil yielding, not only the staple, cotton, in abundance, but equally fa? vorable to the.growth of corn, oats, hogs, cattle and horses amply sufficient for twenty times the Eresent population ; our railroad connections ranching out and connecting us with every portion of the civilized world by land and wa? ter ; and who can doubt but the creation of capital will insure the establishment, of manu? factories'and general prosperity in every branch of productive industry. In our present disor? dered political condition, capital will be cau? tious of any investment, out as peace and security become more sure these results must follow. _ '_ Resolutions of the Haine Democracy. The Democratic State Convention of Maine met on Tuesday, 27th of June. Hon. Charles P. Kimball, of Portland, was nominated by an almost unanimous vote for Governor. The following resolutions, similar to.those adopted in Ohio, were passed with only four dissenting votes. Their tone is progressive, hopeful and patriotic: Resolved, That, burying out of sight all dead issues and deprecating the discussion of all past questions that can have no application to the presentafiairs and conditions, of our State and country, we address ourselves to' the vital issues and questions of the hour, bringing them to and determining them by the .living principles of Democracy, as promulgated by the fathers of the republic ,* that we recognize our binding obligations to the Constitution of the United States ?s it now exists, denouncing the means by which the same became tbe supreme law of the land; that we will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States as it now ex? ists, and that we demand 'or'it' a strict con? struction so as to protect equally the rights of the State and individuals. Resolved) That we cherish the American sys tom of State and local governments, and we will forever'defend the same against centralized Federal power. Resolved, That we reject the idea of repudia? tion, of the national debt, and believe it to be the duty of the government to pay according to law and in lawful money all of its liabili? ties.. Resolved, That the Democracy are opposed to a high protective tariff, believing ic to be based upon a false philosophy destructive to the in? dustries of the natton, delusive* in its profes? sions ; a tax levied on the many for tbe benefit of the few, calculated to foster great monopo? lies, and in effect permanently to increase the income of the National Treasury or hasten the liquidation of the public debt. Resolved, That the imperfections of the civil service under tbe Republican administration demand a further application of the rule of examinations as to qualifications which the Democratic party long since inaugurated, and we are in favor of any. judicious and .constitu? tional measure of reform in this important par? ticular. ' Resolved, That we would extend universal amnesty to the South as the hest corrective measure the government can apply to soothe all irritation, remove local irregularity and dis? orders, and- restore peaceful and harmonious relations between the different sections, which are the only permanent basis of union, and should be the chief aim of our national legis? lation. * . Resolved, That the recent action of the ad? ministration, in using the power of appointment to override the settled decision of the Supreme Court, we regard as dangerous, an ominous in? dication, and as demonstrating that, since the grand co-ordiuate divisions of the government are not safe from executive usurpation, toe party upholding such an arrogant assumption ot power is un it for the position of trustees of constitutional liberty. Resolved, Their in. the Hon. C. P. Kimball, the nominee of this convention, wo recognize a gentleman of : ntelligence,'honorable record, a thorough Democrat, and a firn* friend of tile working-men, and that wo pledge to him our cordial and united support in the coming elec? tion._ ? Why is a good husband like dough?? Doughn't you know? Why it is because a woman needs him. ? ? A Missouri paper says it always prints marriages and deaths together, as an intimation that misfortunes never come singly. ? It waa one of Douglas Jerold's favorite savings that "in the midst of life we are in debt.'7 . ? la reply to a young friend leaving a town because some things in it were not exactly to her ta9te or content, an old lady of experience said, "My dear, when you have found a place where everybody and everything are always {deasant, and nothing whatever is disagreeable, et me know, and I'll move there Moo" ? Seek not to please the world, but yourowni conscience. Tbe man who has a feeling within him that he has done hiB duty upon every oc? casion is far happier than he who hangs upon the smile of the great or the still more-fickle favors of the multitude. ? The best imitation of real'hair now in the market is that made from linen thread. A New Jersey man is the- patentee and' only i manufacturer in tbe country, ami he makes j black' Hnen switches, between which and the 1 genuine it is almost impossible to detect a dif I Terence. The price he received is three dollars 1 a pound.. p ? ? m Mark Twain's Autobiography. That inimitable humorist, IVIark Twain, ef? fectually burlesques that portion of creation accustomed to exist as pensioners upon "ye dead ancestors," in,the following graphic ae scription of his own progenitors: Ours is a noble old house, and stretches a long way back into antiquity. The earliest an? cestor the Twains have any record of was a friend of the family by the name of Higgins. Arthour Twain was a man of considerable note?a solicitor on the highway in William Bufus' time. At about the age of thirty he went to one of those fine old English places of resort, called Newgate, to see about something, and never returned again. While there he died suddenly. Augustus Twain seems to have made some? thing of a stir about the year 1160. He was as full of fun as he could be, and used to take his old sabre and sharpen it up, and get in a convenient place on a dark night, and stick it through people as they went by, to see them jump. He was a born humorist. But he got to going too far with it; and the first time lie wr.s foaud stripping one of these parties, the authorities removed one end of him, and put it up on ...a nice, high place on Temple Bar, where it could contemplate the people, and have a good time. He never liked any situation so much or stuck to it so long-. Then for the next two hundred years the family tree showed a succession of soldiers? noble, high-spirited {fellows, who always went into battle singing, right behind the army, and who always wont out a-whooping, right ahead of it. This is a scathing rebuke to old dead Frois sRrt's poor witticism, that our family treenever had but one limb to i t, and that that one stuck out at right angles, aid bore fruit winter and summer. Early in the fifteenth century we have Beau Twain, called "the Scholar." He wrote a beautiful hand; and he could imitate anybody's hand so closely that it was enough to make a parson Laugh .his head off to see it. He had infinite sport with his talent. But by and by he took a contract to break stone for a road, and the roughness of the work spoiled his hand. Still, he enjoyed life all the time he was in the stone business, which, with incon? siderable intervals, was some forty-two years. In fact, he died in harness. During all those long years he gave such satisfaction that he never was through with one contract a week till government gave him another. He was a Eerfect pot; and He was always a favorite with is fellow-artists, and was a conspicuous mem? ber of their benevolent secret society, called the Chain Gang. He always wore his hair short, had a preference for striped clothes, and died lamented by the government. He was a sore loss to' his country. For he was so regu? lar. * Pah-go-to-wah-wah-pul-ke-te-kee-wis-to-kee (Mighty Hunter with .a Hog-eye) Twain adorn? ed the middle of the eighteenth century, and aided Gen. Braddock with all his heart to resist the oppressor, Washington. It was this ances? tor who fired seventeen times at our "Washing? ton from behind a tree. Sd far the beautiful romantic narrative in the moral story-books is correct; but when that narrative goes on to say that at the seventeenth round the awe-stricken savage said solemnly that that man was being reserved by the Great Spirit for some mighty mission, and he dared not lift his sacriligious rifle against him again, the narrative seriously impairs the integrity of history. What he did say was: "It ain't' no (hie) no use! 'At man's so drunk he can't* stan' still long enough for a man to hit him. I (hie) /can't 'fiord to fool away tftiy more am'nition on him!" How to Lire Long. We copied from a recent number of Apple ton's Journal an account given by thepoet Bry? ant of the mode of life which he had pursued for many years, and to which ma,, fairly be at? tributed his remarkable health of mind and body at a very advanced age. A Georgian, who professes to be 96 years of age, and a car? penter by trade, has been moved by Mr. Bry? ant's letter to give his own method of preserv? ing- health, which is somewhat different from that of the poet. He says r "I get up about five in the morning, drink about six or eight drinks of good, solid corn whiskey by about eight o'clock. By that time I have jacked off ana dressed about five hun? dred feet of plank, mere or less, then take breakfast. "My breakfast ia generally a smothered chicken aud a stewed adfisb, or two- or three trout; sometimes two or three shad, with beef? steak and ham and fried eggs, with two or three dozen boiled eggs, fifteen or twenty bat? ter cakes, with a little coffee or tea?say about six or eight cups?just as I feel about the num? ber of cups. I then joint, tongue, and groove the plank". By about 1 o'clock I am ready for putting up or down, at which time I dine. "My dinner is not always the same; but gen? erally I take about three or four quarts of turtle or pea soup, a small baked pig, or a roasted goose, sometimes a quarter of a iamb or kidy greens, beans, peas, onions, eschalots, potatoes, cabbage, and other like vegetables, by .which time I have drunk about fifteen or twenty i drinks of old, solid corn whiskey. After din? ner I put up or down my plank, as the case may be; take a few drinks during the time,say about twelve or fourteen. ,"I then'take the last meal, which is general? ly called tea; don't use any meat; drink about six quarts of good buttermilk, with about one and a half or two pounds of light bread1; take aboot four drinks to hold it steady, lav down about eight, and rest better than if I had crowd? ed my stomach. I then rest well, dream pleas , ant dreams, and rise early again. "This has been my mode of Living through life. I am stout and active; weigh from 266 to 275 pounds; health fine. My head is as black as a gander's back. I am not very ex ' trava&ant in using tobacco; only use about two or three plugs a day, say one and a half pounds; smoke some and chew the balance?not that. I like the weed; use it only to keep my flesh down."_ The Battle of Dojiking.?The "Battle of, Dorking; Reminiscences of a Volunteer," is a long sketch, which, appearing in the current number of Blackwood'? Magazine, has created no little excitement in England. It purports to be the narrative told in 1922 by an English volunteer to bis grandchildren, concerning events which are supposed to have happenedin our own time, and describes-how England; in? dulging in fancied security, and taken unawares, was pounced upon, by Germany, London and all English soil c&ptnred; and! her colonies possessed by her victorious conqueror. It is substantially the story of France to-day, and of her German foes, and its purpose is to arouse the English poople to?a sense of their possible danger from the ambitions of the great Conti nental Power. Its influence has been remark- j able. A profound effect has been produced in the English mind by a perusal of ft. and gen? eral attention has been turned to the military deficiencies, and other dangers of invasion' which it enumerates and deplores. One of the more immediate results springing from this able and timely sketch, is that it is inducing many Englishmen to give their adhesion to'the plan of a new military system, which the Duke of Cambridge-, Commander-in-Chief of the British army, is said to favor, namely, the re? organization of that service on the Prussian system; in other words, a system by which all Englishmen shall serve compuisorily in. the army for a certain number of yeara,and where? by, in case of war, .a.i men. within' the years subject to service at that special timeshall be I come soldiers of the regular army, without any I other preliminary ceremony than that of mus | taring them in and supplying them with a uni : form aud with equipments.. So, serious, indeed, ' arc the military .consequences of German unity,. : that even John Bull, in his old age, is thinking : about putting on a martial, instead of a shop keeping, gune.. The Habit of Swearing. Of all bad habits, it would be difficult .to name one that has less reason or provocation in it than that of using profane and vulgar language. When coolly viewed, the act of one human being calling violently on his Maker to deliver over nis fellow man to condemnation is wicked in the extreme; it is a vain and irreve? rent use of his Maker's name, and it is the ex? pression of a hateful and infernal wish. But leaving the wickedness of the habit out of ac? count, it is useless and irrational. It brings no pleasure, nor comfort, nor relief. No swearer, is ever the wiser, richer or happier for his curses. He cannot inflict the evil he invokes, | Ho may curse his enemy for a lifetime, without turning one hair of his enemy's head white or black, by the process.. The language furnishes all the words and terms needed to give strength and vigor to expression, without resorting to oaths and curses. All the words needed to ex? press indignation and wrath, even, are to be found in it. An oath does not give strength or emphasis to the truthful man's yea; and all the oaths and maledictions that can be imagined | cannot give an atom of strength to the liar's hay. ?wearing is chiefly a habit; the oath, which a well bred man utters in a moment of passion or vexation, may be overlooked, for it is, perhaps, an accident; but for the foul vol lies of oaths and curses that the habitual swearer pours out in ordinary conversation, or on slight provocations, there is no shadow, for excuse. They are a shame to himself, and a disgust to his acquaintances. Some men are such slaves of the vicious habit, that they swear without knowing it; they converse in a dialect of oaths. They would be disgusted themselves if .they could see one of their simple conversations ta? ken down in short and put in print with coarse oaths bristling all along the line of their re? marks. Profanity and vulgarity do not always go together, but they are apt to. The swearer is in danger of becoming vulgar, and the vul? gar roan is almost invariably a swearer. When Both habits meet in the same individual, they make him inteusely offensive to all pure-minded people. -It is imagined by some that an occa? sional oath or a little vulgarity {rive spice and flavor to conversation ; but if it does it is a very offensive flavor. There is nothing more charming than chaste and simple language, and it is worth any young man'3 while to culti? vate the habit of using it. An oath would not be considered a flavor to the conversation -of a modest and beautiful maiden; . neither can it be justly held to add to the spirit of piquancy of the conversation of a man. . An O?trage.?It is our duty to record one of the most brutal outrages that was ever com? mitted in this or any other county. This out? rage" was committed on the night of the 30th June, at the residence of Mr. Harrison Scott, who is one of our best citizens, and who resides in the western portion of the County, near Mt. Gallagher -post office. At the time, Mr. Scott was absent on business, having gone to Honea j Path Tor the purpose of selling cotton. A'bout 1 o'clock on the night mentioned! a band of negroes, supposed to be some ten or twelve in number, came to his premises, and first made an attack upon the store-room, in which a little boy was" sleeping. ? The little fellow, becoming frightened, ran out, and was fired upon, but fortunately escaped without in? jury. Xhey then made an attack upon the dwelling house, in which they found Mrs. Scott, her two children and her mother. Her mother fled from the house, and was fired upon without effect Entering, they demanded money of Mrs. Scott, or information as to the place in which it was kept. Mrs. Scott refusing to tell, they proceeded to search the room, breaking in pieces a splendid bureau and smashing things {'enerally, amid oaths and all manner of foul anguage. Failing in their search, they re? turned to Mrs. Scott, dragged her from her bed by the hair of her head, fired pistols around her person, and finally presented them at her bosom and swore that she must either tell or die. She was still firm. They then carried her daughter through the same ordeal, with like result. Seizing upon a little son, they held him up by the hair of the head, and swore if he did not tell them where they could find the money they would cut his throat from ear to ear. In' his fright the child referred them to a certain trunk, Where they found and took some $300 in gold'ahd silver?mostly gold. All this was done amid the most horrid oaths and abusive language. After ibis the band returned to the store-room, whore they obtain? ed some $20 more, aud were only prevented 'from sacking it by the gathering of the neigh : bora, who had been awakened by the firing-and the shouting to the distance of a mile or more. Ths proper affidavit was made before Trial Justice Lark, who issued a warrant and has already arrested and lodged in jail at this place three of the guilty party?Squire Jackson, Claries Clardy and George Smith. The Trial Justice and his officer are in hot pursuit of the others, and, in a short time, expects to have the entire band of outlaws undei; the power of the law.?Lavrensvillc Herald. A New Cotton Press.?The Memphis Avalanche makes mention of a new cotton S'ress which, if correctly represented, seems estined to supercede all others now in use. It can compress 70 bales or 35,000 pounds into such a compass as will enable them to occupy . the space now necessary to contain 87 bales. The bales come from under the press equal in size, and either cylindrical or octagonal in shape. Ninety bales can be pressed in an hour, and it is claimed that not only can the press be run with more economy than any other now in use, but that the tying of the bauds and the sewing of the heads can all be done after the bale;, pass out of the compressing chamber, thus saving the time that is lost in doing this work while the bale is in the press, as is now the case. The Avalanche says the press, which is called the-"Annihilator." will be in opera? tion at Memphis, New Orleans and Savannah by the time the present growing crop begins to come forward. ? What is now styUd a "beautiful blonde," says some fellow, once went by the name of a "tow head." ? "Patty," a lady culled to a little girl who was in the parlor, "did you tell your mother that I was here V "Yes'm," answered Patty, demurely. "And what did she say?" "She said, 'Oh,, that dreadful woman again I' " ? Dr. Hall has written a long article to prove that it is unhealthy for man and wife to sleep in the same room, but the Borne (Ga.| O.mmer.cial knows of some wives that would make it unhealthy fox their husbands to sleep anywhere else ? They use-guano down in Alabama to coax the crops along, and a man who sells the best guano gets the most trade. There is one kind that is awful strong. A farmer put a sample of if. in his pocket, and started for home. There was a carpet-tack in his pocket when he put the guano in there, and when he got home there was a bar of railroad iron in his pocket, which almost.weighed his horse down. He said he thought he felt something heavy in the last half of the journey. If some papers should tell this story no one would believe it ? Ex-President Davis declines to lecture in Mobile, because, he says, his words would be abused by political opponents in the North to injure his Southern friends. The following is the closing portion of Mr. Da vis's letter: "Ut surely would not be difficult, with the freedom you allow in the selection of a subject,, to avoid any expression which could fairly be used to the injury of my Southern friends, but it would hardly be possible und?r existing circumstances to prevent my words fromi being abused for such a purpose. Hopefully looking forward to the better day when- such restraints shall no longer exist, I beg you to make my acknowl? edgements-acceptable to your associates, and to accept for yourself assurances of the high re-, gcrd with which I am your friend" DON'T OVERLOOK THIS.: No Charge for Showing Goods. FT1HE subscriber has just returned from New I York, and is now receiving a large and well-selected stock of Goods, which he is confi? dent can BE SOLD LOWER j - ; /-?' - ? : ., ? - '? . \ f Than any stock of Goods ETEB BROUGHT TO THIS HARKET, His stock consists, in part, oC ? Calicoes, Cambrics, Lawns, Peroales, Muslins, Mozambique?, Japanese Cloths, Mohairs, Organdies, Delaines, A1 paccas, Jaconets, . Swiss, Nainsook, Blea. & unblea. Shirting and Sheetiirg, ? Plaid & Striped Homespuns, Bed Tickings, And, in fact, everything else belonging to the Dry Goods line; I have also an unusually large and cheap stock of Mens', Ladies, Boys and Misses BOOTS and SHOES. My stock of Mens', Touths' and Boys' CLOTHING- and CLOTHS, Embraces everything hr that line,'from Cot? ton and Linen TWEEDS to. the finest CLOTHS and CASSIMEBE8. My Gents' Furnishing Department Is complete in everything usually kept in U> at line Of Fancy Goods and Yankee Notions, - I have an endless variety. All of the latest slylc9 of? Ladies' and Misses Hats and Bonnets, Mens', Youths'and Boys'Hats and Caps, Hosiery, Gloves, Collars, Cravats, Toilet Soaps, Ribbons, Laces, Gimps, Embroideries, Ac. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, IRON,'-STEEL, HOELOW-WARE, SHOVELS, FORKS, SPADES, HOES, AXES, HATCHETS, HAMMERS, &c, &c, &c. Be snre and examine my stock before purcha? sing, for I am confident I can sell you goods. A trial is all I ask. M. LESSER, No. 3 Granite Row, Anderson C. EE., S. C. April 6, 1871 40 MARBLE WORKS. LOCATION, Main St., near Railroad. Bridge. TTTE WILL FURNISH MARBLE WORK AS VY LOW AS CAN BE BOUGHT ELSE? WHERE. Below is our Price List: Tomb Top*, of Vermont Marble, common and ordinary, 6x2 feet...$ 35 to 40 Good Quality. 45 to 47 No. 1 and Statuary. 50 to 65 Italian, of same..'. 50 to 55 Head Stones, 4x1 ft. 6 inches. 14 to 16 ' Head Stones, 3x1 ft t inches, and 8x1 feet. 8P to 9 Monuments, Monumental Head Stones at same rates. Box Tombs, plaiu.115 to 125 Paneled, good quality. 135 to 160 No. 1 Heavy Paneled, with posts... 175 to 190 Lettering._3 and Z\ cents a letter. At our Shop we put up those $250 Tombs at $160, and guarantee to furnish' as good ma? terial and heavier paneled work for the same. Parties wishing Marble Work will find it to their interest to call on as. T. WILDMAJS k CO. May 25,1871 ? 47 Greenville & Columbia Railroad. Columbia, 8. ?., March 1,1871. ON and after this date, the following Schedule will be run daily, Sundurs excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Rood, up and down, abo-with Trains going North and Fouth on Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad': OF TRAIN. Leave Columbia.?..7.00 a. ra Alston.?.9.10 a. m. Newberry.?....11.15 a. m. Cokeshury......_.'..3.00 p. m. Bel ton_.ft...m. 5.00 p.m. Arrive Anderson..t.... 6.00 p. nr.. at Greenville.6.30 p. m. DOWN TRAIN. Le.rre Greenville-.6.15 a. ra. Anderson _.-.~...&45 a. mi Belton._.-.8.04 a. m. .Cokesburjr.7.........?10.07 a. m. Abbeville.-._?.?.8:18 aim. New berry..._;_._1.50 p.m.. Alston.- 4.05 p. m. Arrive Columbia.-6.55 p. m. If. T. BARTLETT, General Ticket Agent. March 9, 1871 . 36 WATCHES, CLOCES AHB JEWELKY FOR SALE AT LOW FIGURES. ALL kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry neatly and carefully repaired at tbe old stand of W. K, HARRIS. Having bad' a practi? cal experience of six years in the trade, is confi? dent of giving entire satisfaction. AH repairing warranted for twelve months. Wost end Masonic Building. J. A. DANIELS. April 13, 1871 41 1 MGisiui'MaclflrT AT PENDI.ETON,. S- C. ALL orders for TINWARE from country mer? chants and village stores promptly filled at low cash prices. Old tin vessels, lamps, guns, pistols, sewing machines, etc, repaired. Rags, Beeswax, Tallow, &c, taken in exchange. Any one wishing anything in the above line will do well to give me an early call. PAR? LOR, and COO KING STOVES always on hand. GEO. D. BARR, Pendleton, S. C. Fob 16; 1871 38 J. C. C. FEATHERSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL praotico in tbe Courts of Anderson, Abbe? ville and surrounding Counties, and in the United States Courts. Office?No. 8 Granite Row, up stairs,, o-en Watson & Bro's. Store, Anderson 0. H. Jan 6? 1871 27 S8T OLD NEWSPAPL'BS fcr sale at. this- Office by the Hundred or TtausaxuL. June 1,1871 4& 3 1871. SPRING TRADE. 1871. CROQUET. Complete sets from $3 to $20 per set. BASE BALLS. All the different kinds at reduced prices. FISHING TACKLE, Of every description. TRAVELING BAGS, For ladies and gentlemen. ? FOREIGN FANCY GOODS, GUNS AND PISTOLS OP ALL KINDS and PRICES, AMMUNITION, SPORTSMEN'S GOODS, . Goods shipped to any part of the country per express. The same careful attention .given to or? ders by mail as to personal purchases. Prices' for oar goods based on gold' at par. POULTXEY, TRIMBLE ? CO., 200 W. Baltimore Street, BALTIMORE, JO, April 6, 1871 40 ly IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS QF DRY GOODS, All Retail Orders amounting to 920 and Over Delivered in any Part of the Country free ot Express Cliarg-e?, HAMILTON EASTER & SONS, OF BALTIMORE, MD., ; In order the better to meet the mats of their Retail Cof tomers at a distance, havu established a SAMPLE BUREAU,' . " and will, upon application, promptly send by mail full line* of Samples of the Newest and most Fashionable Goods, of FRENCH, ENGLI8H and DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE, , guaranteeing at all times to sell allow, If not at lest prices, tban any bouse Ih the country/. Buying our good* from the largest and most celebrated manufacturers in the different parts of Europe, and Im? porting the Mime by Steamers direct* to Baltimore, our stock is at all times promptly supplied with the novelties of the London and Paris markets. As we buy and sell only Jot cash, and make no bad'debit; we are able and willing to sell our goods at ?bom Tex to* Fiftees Pee Cent. Less Peofit than if we gare credit. In tending for samples specify the kind of goods desired. We keep the best grades oi every class of goods, from, the lowest to the most costly. Orders unaccompanied by the cash will be sent C 0. D. PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS aro invi? ted to inspect the Stock in onr Jobbing and Packing De? partment. Address ^ HAMILTON EASTER & SONS, ? ? 197, 199, 201 and 203 West Baltimore Street, ' Baltimore, Md. Oct27,1870 - 18 ly W?VER LT HOUSE, Anderson, S. C. - JOES A. MATES, Proprietor. ,-:--0-; THE WAYERLY BOUSE has been repaJred an* fitted up, and has new a .magnificent ap? peal ance. Mr May es is lately of Abbeville, and is well known as a good Hotel keeper. The House has been newly furnished, and has all th? modern improvements and comforts, and will give the best the country afford* io way of fare, which will be served up in the best of style. .j Stop and see us. and you will be well treated. March 23, 1871 88 H.H. SCUDDAY* UL D., Physician and Surgeon,, ANDERSON C. H., S. C, RESPECTFULLY tenders his services to the citizens Of Anderson Village and vicinity. With an experience of sixteen, years in all forms* of disease peouliar to this -?climate, he hopes to-, meet tbe expectations of all patients committed to his care. Special attention given to Obsterics, and dis? eases of women and children. When not professionally engaged, he can usn ally be seen at the Drug Store of Messrs. Simp? son, Hill & Co., 0* art the residence formerly oc? cupied by J. B. Sloan, deceased. March 28,1871 88 6m M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND.. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, - (?ff<SJTIX 1B0H woeks,) ?' m COLUMBIA, S. G.y MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of alf sices: Horse Powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railing? of every sort, including graveyards, residences, &o. Agricultural Implements, Brass and iron Castings of all kinds'made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terras. Also, manufacturers- of Cotton Pscsses, &o. May 18, 1871 AS- ly HENRY BISCHOFF & CO., Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERS IN WIKES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, &C No. 19? East Bay, Hi BISCHOFF,"! ? ISf Charleston, S. C. Fob 28,: 1871 34 ] 6> MAOaUEEN & RIECKE, WHOLESALE Produce & Provision Dealers, Have constantly on hand and receiving, Ba? con, Dry Salted Meats, Fork, Lard, > Floun, Sugar, Molasses, &c.,. &a. Purchasers are requested to examine their stock at 21 and 23 VEND?E RANGE, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, Feb 23,-1871 84 .Cm IV^TER WHEEL Mill Gearing.ShafiinfeJPullejs ^*H#%M0r# L?eiuxfoba cibcuur, Sepil?, 1870 12 ly UV. HERRY TRMCOH. IK W. HCMPUUETS. TKESCOT & HUMPHREYS, Attorneys at Law, WILL practice in the Courts of the Eighth Circuit, and in tbe United States Court Office in Broyles' building, opposite the Bensca Hoose, Anderson C. II. Feb 9, 1871 32