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person Intelligenter, TERMS? Ono copy for one year.-.???$ 2.50 *' " " six months. 1.25 Ton copies for one year....20.00 Twenty copies for one year.37.50 The clubs of ten and twenty will be sen t to any address. Subscriptions will not be received for a less period than six months*. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar Her square of one inch space for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with thoee wishing to advertise for thr<;e, six or twelve months. Obituary notices exceeding five lines will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcement of candidates, Five Dollars in each casu in'variably in advance. Job Work cash on delivery, in every instance. Graphic Description of the Ice Fields of ] Newfoundland. A correspondent of the New York Evening Post furnishes a description of the wonderful jce-fiel<js. the scenery and perils of which are graphically delineated: St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 20. Since early in January eno;rmous fields of | ice, sometimes 200 miles in. breath, have been passing these shores in almost a continuous stream. The thickness of this field-ice is from twenty to thirty feet The distance between Baffin's Bay, where the ice-fields are formed, and the waters of the Gulf Stream, where the masses are dissolved,, is from 1,500 to 2,000 miles. It may be affirmed without any exag? geration, that a river of ice, varying from 60 to 200 miles in breadth, and 2,000 miles in length has been for three months, pouring incessantly its contents into the tepid waters of the Gulf J Stream. The winter has been fearfully severe, and the quantity and thickness of the ice un? precedented. The consequences to our seal nshery have been ruinous. During nearly the whole of March and part of April northeast winds prevailed, by which this huge stream of j ice' was deflected and pressed upon our shores in a close "pack," filling every bay, harbor and inlet with masses of ice and completely block? ading the whole coast, with the exception of a few intervals, when the west wind loosened the "pack" and drove it out to sea. The enormous quantity of ic3 which is carried in this way from the polar regions to warmer temperatures no arithmetic could calculate. Some slight idea of its extent may be formed from the case of the Resolute, exploring ship, which having been abandoned by reason of its getting en? tangled in a vast field of ice, in Melville*s Straits, was found afterwards in Baffin's Bay, having been carried one thousand miles from its former position. A similar occurrence car? ried Captain De Haven, of the United States Navy, and Captain McClintock, of the British Navy, in a mass of frozen sea-water, an equal distance south of their position. SCENERY OF THE ICE-FIELDS. An ice-covered ocean, such as that on which we have been so long gazing this year, is gen? erally a grim and ghostly sight; but at times, when the stately bergs come along in troops, their domes, spires and turrets glittering with dazzling whiteness in the sunbeams, and when the long swell of the Atlantic rends the ice? field into floes, and hurls them against each other in wild warfare, piling the shattered frag? ments one upon another, and when the icebergs sail in and take part in the fray, then the scene is^grand and awful. Fancy two ice-floes, each a million tons in weight, under the influence of | opposite rotatory motions, rushing together in the death grapple! The crash is awful, but the struggle is only momentary. The weaker yields, and is crushed beneath the waves, while the shattered fragments of the victor are piled on the back of its prostrate foe to the height of | forty or fifty feet; or it may be a huge berg, half a mile in circumference, smites with its lofty forehead a small field of ice, and with a roar like the discharge of a park of artillery the floe is rent into wide fissures and split into a thousand fragments, which strew the ocean far and wide. Think of some unhappy ship caught in such a drifting pack, where at any moment the meeting floes may grind her into atoms 1 Night comes down, and the blinding snow-drift, hurled on the wings of a fierce nor'easter, darkens the air. The spray beats over the deck, freezing as it falls, and covers everything with ice. '.So situation more trying to human courage and endurance can be imag? ined. Huge blocks of ice are hurled as from a catapult against the ship making the masts quiver as if about to fall, and straining every joint till the vessel groans again. Should she come between two meeting bergs, or a floe and berg, instant destruction follows ; for iron and timber could no more resist the pressure than & wine-glass the effect of a cannon-ball. The resounding blows of the ice-bergs, the roar of the storm overhead, the straining of the ship's timbers?all these make up a scene enough to appal the stoutest heart. These are the dangers amid which our hardy sealers pursue their perilous calling. When the storm abates and the morning dawns a ghastly scene presents itself. The ice is piled in "hummocks" twenty or thirty feet high, un? der the force of the tremendous concussion; aidges and furrows of ice, with dark Hues of water between, everywhere meet the eye; the spray is breaking in foam against the crystal walls of tbe ice-bergs, and the waves are dash? ing through their emerald caves. The poor sailor breathes a hurried thanksgiving for de? liverance from an awful death. FORMATION OF ICE-FIELDS AND BERGS. ? Whence come these immense ice-fields that glide past our coast? They are fragments of the ice formed during winter on the surface of the sea in Davis's and Baffin's Bay. There the aea>even in deep water, becomes frozen at the surface. Fresh water congeals at a tempera? ture of 32 degs. of Fahrenheit, but. sea-water must be reduced to 27 degs. before it deposits its salt and begins to freeze. When formed, it floats like the ice of fresh water and nearly with the same buoyaucy. It may, indeed, be doubted whether salt water ice be really any? thing else than fresh, with a portion of con? centrated brine entangled in its pores. Snow falling and floating on water of 28 degs. does not, of course, melt, so that the Polar seas be? come coated with a stratum of perfectly fresh ice over very extensive tracts. As the sun comes north the ice in these Polar seas break up and is driven southward on the Arctic cur sent past our shores. The icebergs, detached from nhe enormous masses of ice that tbe Greenland glaciers project in the fords along the coast, are also carried away on the same current. These bergs are all of land formation. The gleus and valleys of Greenland are filled up with solid ice, which has been accumulating for uncounted ages; and from these sources the floating bergs are supplied. Pressed forward by accumulations of snow far up the gorges, these frozen rivers project their extremities in? to the sea. Water, freezing in their fissures, -~t??arnjswith irresistible force, tears ofF large fragmelrrjr-frr^^jj^ outer edge, which are pre? cipitated into the ocean ; the tides and storms undermiue their base and produce the same effect The huge masses, thus dislodged, float away as icebergs. But the parent-glacier, noth? ing lessened by the numerous progeny which it throws off year after year, continue- still to rear Us sapphire battlements, crery anowflake aw? ing adamantine firmness to its walls. PERILS OF THE ICE-FIELDS. The ice-fields constitute one of the moat wonderful and beautiful objects to be met with in the world. Frequently they are seen twenty or tbirtjsrniles in diameter, and when closely packed they sometimes extend to a length of fifty or a hundred miles. As a general rule, their surface is covered with snow, and when ^**tfro7'en the^e is no difficulty in traveling perfectly level and Sm^ but mwe frequent-1 ly their surfaces are varied with hummocks, some of which form ridges or chains, while oth? ers consist of insulated heaps. These hum? mocks often present serious difficulties in the way of our seal-hunters, when dragging their burdens of fat to the vessels; but they relieve the uniformity of intense light reflected from the surface of the ice-field by exhibiting shades of delicate blue in all the hollows, where the light is partly intercepted by passing through a portion of ice. When there is a heavy swell on the ocean these ice-fields often acquire a ro? tatory motion; and when we consider their immense weight, we may form some faint idea of the irresistible impetus communicated by such a body in motion. Scoresby calculates one mentioned by him at ten thousand millions of tons. Such a mass encountering a vessel would crush her as a trip-hammer would crush a walnut; or under favorable circumstances, might lift her, by the pressure, clean out of the water, and place her high and dry upon the ice. It is marvellous with what dexterity our seal hunters manage to make their way amid these ice-fields, and evade the dangers. A variety of circumstances conduces to aid them. In a fog, a peculiar blackness in the atmosphere rouud a bright haze at the horizon indicates the posi? tion of an ice-field; and its place and charac? ter are shown at night by the reflection of the snow-light on the horizon. An experienced seal-hunter can readily distinguish, by/the blink, as it is termed, whether the ice is newly formed, heavy compact or open. The most lucid blink or snow-light is that of field-ice, it is tinged with yellow; of packed ice it is pure white; ice newly formed lias a greyish blink; and a deep yellow tint indicates snow on land. To the seal-hunter these signs are all important, and when carefully noted, help him much in threading his way amid the "ice meadows"' in safety. No year passes without some loss of life or of vessels; but not more than once in half a century do such disasters occur as those over which we are mourning this year. Seven? teen sailing vessels and three large steamers are known to be lost at present; fifty hunters have met a watery grave, and serious appre? hensions are entertained regarding other ves? sels of which no intelligence has been received up till this date. Such occurrences remind us of the fearful perils of the ice-fields, against which, at times, no skill or courage can guard. A Short Chapter on Snoring. BY ABE KICK. I slept with a bachelor friend uv mine last nite?I mean, mi friend slept with me?I didn't sleep. He was a p'ticklar friend in everything ekcept snorin'. In this nokturnal akkomnlishment he isn't at all p'ticklar. He would az soon snore a break-dowu az a selektion from the opera. I was entirely ignorant uv hiz surpriizin' skill on the nose when I offered him the hospi? talities uv mi bed, but I knose all about it now. .He kirne tu mi bed jist az the red rooster that sleeps in the apple tree krowed one o'clock A.M. I happened tu be awake. I allers am when I ort tu be asleep. I waz thinkin' about Dan yel in the lions den, and wouderin' wi' .Dan didn't travel with a menaggerie. Mi friend locked the door and asked if I was awake. I answered yes, tu the best of my ability. He then shook me, az tho' he sus peckted sum deception. Next I heard him skrapin' matches on the wall, and swearin' in whispers. When the lamp waz lit, the wall appeared ornamented in imitp+ion uv little brush heaps. He kicked his klothes under the bed, thru both boots at a stragglin' muskeeter, blew out the lite and jumped intu bed. Then he shook- me again, an' commenced tellin' me where he'd been, who he'd seen, and what he'd done thru the evenin'. He sandwiched hiz entertainin' konversa shun with "wouldn't yu ? and didn't yu ? and yu bet? and how iz that for high ?" I tried tu keep on thinkin' about Danyel, but he wouldn't let me, and I kept answerin' "yes and no" till I thought I would never be able tu sa anything else for the rest uv mi daze. Finally I took a desperit rezolve, and rollin* over toards the wall stopt answerin'. Thinkin' I waz asleep he komraenced drum min on the head board with hizfhigers. Then he remarked to himself that it waz a thunderin hot nite for September! and drawin' hiz knees up to hiz chin, straightened himself out, dash? ed both feet thru the footboard and carried away all the klothes. Then he waz still for ten minutes, and the old red rooster krowed two o'clock. Next I thort I heard frogs at a distance. The noise inkreased hi gentle degrees till I imagined sumbody waz screnadin' me bi drawin' a heavy flank over a board fence. -Then it thundered; rose up and rubbed mi izc. The moon slung its rays ontu the bed, and I perceived mi friend doubled up like the letter S, with hiz head fast under hiz arm and snorin'! Sich snorin az he snored I had never before had an opportunityuv witnessin'. I ekstrikated hiz head and rolled him over on hiz side. He blu a blast thru his nostrils like the charge from a kavalry bugle, and set? tled down intu filin little saws. He kept enlarging the saws and the noize with 'em till the muskceters stopped their hummin and the glass begun tu shiver in the windoz. I shook him, tailed him bi name, punched him with mi thumbs, and tried tu kick him on hiz sore leg wich I knew he had, but he stuck it strait out uv bed beyond mi reach. He kept on regardless uv everything, directin' all hiz energies, koncentratiu' all hiz sleepin' thoughts upon the one grand object? snorin'. I gru fidgety! nervous ! fearfully ekcited I In ten minutes I shood be a ravin' lunatic!:. I sprang out on the floor and rushed for the match-box jist az he discharged a volley like the outburstin' uv Vesoovius. The lite waz struck, and what a site I The plasterin' was droppin' off in little scales, mounted bi a dead muskeeter killed bi koncussion. The door rattled in its frame, the window glass clicked az the cracks spread akross them, the bedstead trembled and the fowls out uv doors had biu woke up and were cackliu az tho' surrounded bi an army uv weazles. Twenty exscrutiatin' minutes I spent in frantik efforts tu wake mi friend?not that he slept the sleep that knows no wakin'?he was simply snorin' the snore that knows no stop pin'. I dressed, went down stairs three steps at a time, burst out of doors and hollered lire. Then I rushed madly awa from the house, over the bridge, up the hill beyond?anywhere tu eskape that agonizin' snore, that bclchin', snortin', chokin', car-splittin', nerve-destroyin' nose musick. I sat down on a stump. The bucheous orb uv nite waz hi in the heaven, for the man in the moon had doubtless heard that snorin' and got az far off az possi? ble. The fanners' dogs were harkin' far and near, and I heard the fowls at home flyiu' awa from their roosts and liglitin' ontu the barn. I sat there until my nerves kum together agin, thort sum more about Danyel, and went home at sunrizc. Mi friend waz up, washin'. He said he had spent a refreshin' nite, and thort that az he waz idle just now, he would sta with me a da or two longer. I've got sum bizzincss in town which will take me at least forty-eight hours tu transact, and 1 think I will start rite after breakfast. ? An importunate creditor of Sclma, Ala., being exceedingly anxious to collect a debt of several months* ntandiug, armed two of his clerks with similar bills against one and the same individual, and each one attacked hla victim unsuccessfully. The offended debtor called upon the merchant for an explanation why he had been "dunned" by different men for one amount. "For the reason," replied the merchant, with the utmost nonchalance, "it ap t)cars to be more than one man can do to col ect it!" Explanations were perfectly satisfac? tory, and the bill was paid. Johnny's Opinion of Grandmother. Grandmothers aro very nice folks, They beat all the aunts in creation, They lot a chap do as he likes, And they don't worry about education. I'm sure I can't see it at all, What a poor fellow ever could do For apples, and pennies, and cakes, Without a grandmother or two. Grandmothers speak softly to "mas" To let a boy have a good time; Sometimes they will whisper, 'tis true,' T'other way, when a boy wants to climb. Grandmothers have muffins for tea, And pies, a whole row in the cellar, And they're apt (if they know it in time) To make chicken pie for a "feller." And if he is bad now and then, And makes a great racketing noise, They only look over their specs, And say, "Ay, these boys will be boya. "Life is only so short at the best, Let the children be happy to-day;" Then they look for a while at the sky, And the hills that aro far, far away. Quite often, as twilight comes on, Grandmothers sing hymns, very low. To themselves as they rock by the fire, About heaven, and when they shall go. And then, a boy stopping to think, Will find a hot tear in his eye, To know what will come at the last; For grandmothers all have to die. I wish they could stay here and pray, For a boy needs their prayers ev'ry night; Some boys more than others, I s'pose, Such as I noed a wonderful sight. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? Never attempt to form an opinion of a woman by her signs. ? Some irreverent chap says Eve was made for Adams Express Company. ? The man is indeed "hard up" who can not get credit for even good intentions. ? "Come "where my love lies dreaming," and eee how she looks without paint on her face. ? "I don't care about the bugs," said Warm? ly to the head of a genteel boarding house, "but the fact is, madam, I haven't the blood to spare; you see that yourself." ? A gushing poet asks in the first line of a recent effusion, "How many weary pilgrims lie ?" We give it up, but experience has taught us there arc a good many. ? An economical individual in Indiana, who lost two wives within sixteen months, made the last funeral the occasion of having a sermon preached for both of them. ? An Alabama cemetery bears this inscrip? tion over its entrance: "Positively no admit? tance here.'' Quite gratifying to the living, but very annoying to the dead. ? A modern writer has truly said: "It is mortifying to see how largely our antipathies grow out of ignorance, and how we regard as enemies those who are simply strangers." ? An attorney in New Mexico addressed a very forcible argument to a jury the other day by threatening to put a bullet in any man who should intimate that his client was guilty. ? Noses are worn rather shorter than form? erly, with an inclination to turn up. Ears are now worn on both sides the head?one on each side?and those of pink color are preferred. Hair is again fashionable. ? "Alfthc ways of man are clean in his own eyes." He looks with affected, it may be with honest, surprise at the sins, follies, and crimes of others, which he may already have commit? ted in the si.mc or in different forms. ? An Iowa woman lost her thimble last No? vember, and on Palm Sunday found it in her stockiug. She would not have found it then bad she not mistaken the day, and, under the impression it was Easter, made her annual change of hose. ? Put not your faith in him who predicts a hot season?he keeps ice; nor in him who pre? dicts a cold one?he owns a cheap clothing store; nor yet in him who declares a wet one ?he has umbrellas; nor a dry one?he sells beer. ? Mr. Sumner says he has stood by the cra? dle of the Republican party, but is not willing to follow its hearse. Let him get out of the hack, then, and give us his seat We would rather attend that funeral than to go to the Bos? ton Jubilee. ? A Boston lawyer had a horse that always stopped and refused to cross a certain bridge leading out of the city. No whipping, no urg? ing, would compel him to cross; so he adver? tised him: "To be sold for no other reaaon than that the owner wants to go out of town." ? An Irishman went to Baugor and bought a horse for two dollars and a half. When he had dragged him home, a neighbor said : "Ar rah now, Pat! why didn't you give another half dollar and git a good one ?" ? A lady correspondent of the San Francis? co Call, writing on earthquakes, thinks that "heterogeneous parallexes prismaticahy con? verging are not due to the silicious introduc? tions of photosphericai asteroids, but rather to parabolic stratifications of ingenous zygema." We think so, too. The Last of Dolly Varpen.?Miss Dolly Varden, whose name has several times been mentioned in connection with the curtain calico fashions, which the fair ones have gloried in for some months, has at last played out, and anoth? er young lady claims the honor of being the leader of the gay and festive circles of the fashionable. Her name is Miss Polly Knees. The name of this fashion is emiuently appro? priate, for two or three reasons. Now, Miss Polly was the daughter of a Dutch baker, who was one of the earliest settlers of this country. In the course of time, her father w*as attacked with rheumatism and had to give up his work. But Polly was a noble, brave, sensible girl, and insisted that the sign should not be taken down, and that she should become head bakist of the establishment The old man Knees (this is pronounced Nay) was a very indulgent parent and assented to his daughter's wishes. She came to be so much accustomed to wearing her skirts tucked up while tramping the dough in a trough used for the purpose that she just had her Sunday dresses and all made to tuck up about knee high. The "oldest inhabitant" of New York, who will be 170 years old, if he lives long enough, related this circumstance a few weeks ago to the fashion circle, and the idea of supplanting Dolly Varden with the immortal Polly Knees took like wildfire, as a matter ol'cuurse. Hur? rah for Polly Knees 1 A Hint to Grumblers.?"What a noisy world this is!" croaked an old frog, as he squatted on the margin of the pool. "Do vou hear those geese, how they scream and hiss ? What do they do it for?" "Oh, just to amuse themselves," answered a little field mouse. "Presently we shall havo the owls booth g. What is that for?" "It's the music they like the best," said the mouse. "And the grasshoppers, they can't go home without grinding and chirping. Why do that?" "Oh, they're so happy they cau't help it," said the mouse. "You'll find excuses for all. I believe you don't understand music, so you like the hide? ous noises." "Well, friend, to be honest with you," said the mouse, "I don't greatly admire any of them; but they are all sweet in my ears com? pared with the constant ciuilkiug of a frog." i thos. p. benson. dr. m. l. siiakpe. BENSON & SHARPE, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, FANCY GOODS, PERFUMERY, Combs, Brushes and Druggists Articles, INo. O Granite How, .Anderson C. EL, S. C. April 25, 1872 42 Attention, Physicians! TT7"E would respectfully call the attention of Y1 Physicians to our stock of Medicines and Chemicals, All of them purchased from reliable bouses, and we will guarantee them to be FRESH and. GENUINE. We have lately received? Pul. Pepsin ; Pul.Pancrcatine; Elixir Pepsin and Pancreatine; Elixir Pepsin, Strychnia and Bismuth; Elixir Pepsin, Strychinia and Bismuth with Pancreatine; Syrup Phosphates Iron Qninia and Strychnia; Aromatic Elixir Valerenate Ammonia; Cantharideal Collodium; Nitrate Silver; Podophyllin; Leptandria; Hyd. Chloral Quinine; Brom. Iron; Sul. Morphia ; Vaccine Matter; Citrate of Iron and Quinia; Pancreated Cod Liver Oil, Ac. We are constantly receiving Patent Medi? cines, Bitters, Perfumery, Trusses, Braces, Ac., all of which we propose to sell for short profits. BENSON A SHARPE. May 30, 1872 47 3,000 lbs. Pure White Lead, PAINTS, of all colors, dry and in oil, 1 and 2 pound cans; Damar, Copal, Japan, Fur? niture, Spirit and Coach Varnish; Boiled and Raw Linseed Oil and Turpentine; Machine, Tanners' and Train Oil; Kerosine and Pratt's Astral Oil?pure; Glass, Putty, Glaziers' Points and Putty Knives. For sale "by BENSON A SHARPE. April 25, 1872 42 Hair Kestoratives. HALL'S Hair Restorative; Lyon's Kathai ron; Mrs. Sarah A. Chevalier's Life of the Hair; Burnett's Cocoaine; Ayere' Hair Vigor; Chalfant's Coco Cream; Mrs. S. A. Al? len's Zylobalsamum; Magnolia Bahn. For sale by BENSON A SHARPE. April 25,1872 42 Harness Oil, BLACKING, Sapolio Stove Polish, Sewing Machine Oil, Laundry Blue, Axle Grease, Concentrated Lye, for sale by BENSON A SHARPE. April 25, 1872 42 Prescriptions COMPOUNDED at all hours of the night. Dr. Sharpe rooms over the store. BENSON A SHARPE. April 25, 1872 42 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Complaint to Ascertain Life Estate, for Partition, die. Laura H. Bruce and others vs. H. R.# Vandi ver, Assignee, and others. To the Defendants, Francis M. Allen and Thomas Allen: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the oflice of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for Anderson County, at Andorson Court House, South Carolina, and servo a copy of your answer on the sub? scriber at his office, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the* day of such service ;.and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plain? tiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, I PlaintilFs Attorney. To the Dofondants, Francis M. Allen and Thomas Allen. TAKE NOTICE, That this action is com? menced to .ascertain Life Estate of Plaintiff, Laura H. Bruce, and for Partition of the re? mainder, in the Tract of Land described in the Complaint, in the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County; and that a Summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, to? gether -with the Complaint, has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Anderson Court Houso, in Anderson County, South Carolina. ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Plaintiffs Attorney. May 10, 1S72 45 ? GET THE BEST. The Brown Cotton Gin. SHARPE A TOWERS arc agents for tho sale of tho Brown Cotton Gin. Wo can recommend these Gins. They are of light draft, gins fast, cleans the seed well, and makes a good sample. Those expecting to buy a Gin this season will do well to call on us before buying any other Gin. These Gins are got up in a handsome style, and wo warrant them to porform well, wo have now in Storo ouo 40, one 45 and ono 50 saw Gin, and will get any sizo you want. Call on us and see the testimo? nials in their favor. There aro several in use in this County. SHARPE A TOWERS, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. June 6, 1872 48 COTTON TAX! AS there is a probability that tho Tax on Cotton collected by tho United States Government will be refunded, the undersigned would request parties of whom thoy bought Cotton not to make any arrangements lor col? lecting the same before seeing them. B. F. CRAYTON A SONS, SHARPE A FANT, S. BLECK LEY, E. W. BROWN, Survivor Brown A Smith. M. LESSER, A. B. TOWERS, Survivor Towers A Burriss. N. K. A J. P. SULLIVAN, N. A. McCULLY, For Bewley, Keese A Co. Anderson, S. C, May 30, 1872. 47 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. IN THE PK Oil ATE COURT. Matthew Williamson vs. James Williamson, et al.?Petition to Partition Real Estate. IT appearing to my satisfaction that the heirs of acorgo Williamson, deceased, to wit: M. R. Williamson, II. M. Williamson, Sarah L. Williamson, M. J. Williamson, W. J. Wil? liamson ami R. F. Williamson, Defendants in tho above stated case, reside beyond the limits of the Stale, on motion of John E. Brcazeale, Sol. Pro. Pel., it is Ordered, That they do appear and plead, an? swer or demur to tho petition in this ease with? in forty days from the publication hereof, or the same will be taken as to them pro con/esso. A. O. NORRIS, Judgo of Probate. June fl, 1S72 _4S 6 Notice to Contractors. THE Repairing of tho Bridgo at Shallow Ford, belonging to tho Instate of John B. Karle, deceased is offered by contract to tho lowest rosponsiblo bidder. Scaled bids will bo received until tho 1st nf July at the office of JJ. F. Whitner, Esq., Anderson C. H. Bidders must stato the timo of completing ropairs, as the expedition-of tho contract will partly de? termine the award. Parties taking tho con? tract will bo required to givo a good and suffi? cient bond for tiie faithful porfornunco of con? tract, and sufficient bond will be given for the ? payment of money when due. Specifications can be seen at Maj. Whitner'H office. Mrs. JANE A. EARLE, Miw. HORTENSE C. COOLEY, Lessees. June fi, 1872 48 3 ' A FINE STOCK of NEW and DESIRABLE GOODS just received at the BIG STORE, No. 4 Granite Row, where you will be sure to find a DRESS That will just suit any Lady. You can get ei? ther Pique, Alpacca, Challe, Leno, Mozam? bique, Grenadine, Japanese Silk, Cloth or Pop? lin, Percales, or some of that excellent Scotch Ginghams not to be found anywhere else in Town. We charge nothing FOR Showing our Goods. We take pride in dis? playing what the Ladies say is THE Largest and handsomest stock of Calicoes in the market, while they say none of them arc the "UGLIEST They ever saw." And if you want a pretty Dress for tho BABY We have it in any kind of goods. We also have a good selection of Ladies' and Misses' Hats, trimmed and untrimmed. IN Our House you will always find a large stock of Gent's Clothing?Cassiraeres, Linens, Cot tonades, Hats and Caps. We have THE Largest stock of Boots and Shoes this side of Columbia, and can fit any foot in the COUNTY. We also have a large stock of Groceries, Hardware, Woodenware, Glass and Crockery ware. In fact, almost anything you want you w?l find at SHARPE & TOWERS', No. 4 Granits Bow. N. B.?All these Goods MUST be sold, and we will sell them LOW FOR CASH. May 16, 1872 45 PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER PIC TUBES. THE vory latest?adopted to the Dolly Var den and other styles. Call at F. C. v. Borstel's Photograph Gallery and get a perfect likeness of yourself at from four lor one dollar to five dollars apiece. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. All Pictures are warranted not to lade, as my past work for the last twenty years will prove. A lady is in constant attendance. Call soon and call" often. F. C. v. BORSTEL, No. 4 Brick Range. April 25, 1872 42 m. goldsmith. F. usd GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDEES & MACHINISTS, (pncExrx iron woeks,) COLUMBIA, S. C, MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all sizes; norso Powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railings of every sort, including gravuyards, residences, &c. Agricultural Implements, Brass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice, and on tho most reasonable terms. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses, &c. May 18, 1871 46 ly Cotton Tax. ALL persons who havo paid Internal Rove nuo Tax on Cotton, would consult their interest by calling on the undersigned, at an early dav. D. BROWN, Agent for Ilerschel V. Johnson A Co., For Anderson County. SUB AGENTS: Samuel Brown and Watson A Bro., Ander? son C. H. ; Ft. F. Brown, Williamston ; B. D. Dean, Helton : Wm, Leo, Honea Path; E. Webb, Storoville; W. S. Brown, Townvillo ; T. S. Crayton, Pendleton. May 23, 1872 46 M. C. PARKER, M. D., Graduate of the Medical University of Maryland. HAS commenced tho practice of his profes? sion, and respectfully solicits tho patron? age of his friends. Having not only enjoyed the superior advantages afforded by the Medi? cal University of Maryland, but also having had much experience in practice in tho Baltimore Hospitals, lie feels confident of his ability to give entire satisfact ion. He can be found at tho residence of Iiis father, Robert Parker's, at all hours, unless professionally engaged. Fresh and pure Drags always on hand. May 9, 1872 44_3m Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned hereby gives notice that ho will make application to A. O. Norris, Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on Saturday, the 29th day of June next, for a Final Settlement of the Estate of Jane Price, deceased, and a final discharge therefrom. H. P. PRICE, Adm'r. May 23, 1872 46 5 SIXTY-FIVE FIRST FEI2E MEDALS AWABDED. THE GREAT Southern Piano ' MANUFACTORY. WM, KNABE & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIAINTO FOETES, BALTIMORE, MD. THESE Instruments have been before the Public for nearly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alono attained an unpurcluatsed pre? eminence, ?which pronounces them unequalled, in TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP and DURABILITY. $35* All our Square Pianos have our New Improved Overstrung Scale and the Agraffe Treble. ??f We would call special attention to our late Patented Improvements in GRAND PI? ANOS and SQUARE GRANDS, found in no other Piano, which bring the Piano nearer Per? fection than has yet been attained. Every Piano Fully Warranted for Five Years. j23r* We are by special arragement enabled to furnish PARLOR ORGANS and MELODE ONS of the most celebrated makers, Wholesale and Retail, at Lowest Factory Prices. Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists prompt? ly furnished on application to WM. KNABE & CO.. Baltimore, Md., Or any of our regular established agencies. Jan 4, 1872 26 6m GENTS' FUMISHINGr STORE. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that they are now receiving from New York a fine assortment of Goods In their line, such as? French and English Cloths, Cassimeres and Testings, SHIRTS, HATS. And other articles usually kept in a Gentle? man's Furnishing Store. We are also prepared to CUT and make up to order in the LATEST and MOST AP? PROVED STYLES, and guarantee satisfaction in every instance. Give us a call that we may prove to you what we say. J. B. CLARK & SON, East End Masonic Building. April 4, 1872 39 TRAYEL BY RAIL, WHEEL AND SADDLE. LIVERY and SALE STABLES AT WALHALLA and ANDERSON, BT THOMPSON & STEELE. THE undersigned have formed a partnership in the above business at the points named, and have supplied themselves liberally with the best Vehicles, Horses, Drivers and Ostlers; Grain, Forage, <fec, for the accommodation of the traveling public. Hacks, Carriages, Buggies or Saddle Horses, can be had at all times, by the day or week, at reasonable rates; and we are prepared at a mo? ment's notice to convey passengers from An? derson or Walhalla to the 'terminus of the Air Lino Railroad, or to any other point desired. The Stables at Anderson will bo under tho immediate charge of T. J. Steele, and those at Walhalla under the direction of A. W. Thomp? son, each of whom will give his personal su? pervision to tho business, and spare no pains to give general satisfaction. ??T The patronage of tho traveling public respectfully solicited. A. W. THOMPSON, T. J. STEELE, Walhalla, S. C. Anderson, S. C. Nov 30,1871 22 GEO. S. HACKER, Door, Sash and Blind Factory, Charleston. S. C THIS is as large and complete a Factoiy as there is iu tho South. We keep no Northern work to fill country orders. jZS?* Send for Price List. Address, GEO. S. HACKER, P. 0. Box 170, Charleston, S. C. par- Factory and Warerooms, King Street, opposite Cannon Street, on lino of City Railway. Sept 7,1871 10 ? ly Doors, Sashes, Blinds, &c. P. P. T O A !L E, Manufacturer and Dealer, No. 20 Hayne Street and Horlbeck's Wharf, CIIALESTON, S. C. $?r- T UTS Is the largest and most complete Factory of the kind in the Southern States, and all articles in this line can be furnished by Mr. P. P. To ale at prices which defy competition. TJff* A pamphlet with full and detailed lint of'all sizes of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, and the prices of each, will bo sent free and post paid, on application to P. P. TO ALE, Charleston, S. C. July 13, 1S71 2_lj h. niSCHOFF. c. wl'lbern. j. h. TlErER. HENRY BISCH0FF & CO., Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERS IN Wines,, Liquors, Segars, Tobacco, &c.f 197 EAST BAY, Charleston, S. C Fob 20. 1872 34 6m