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CHAPTER L There was a cloud on the brow of Sir John Hawthorne, as he descended to his library at an earlier hour than usual; and his abstracted look and heavy tread betokened a more than ordinary degree of mental excitement. The expression of his countenance was not that of anger; rather it might be imagined that some heavy calamity had fallen upon or was impend ing. over him. The servants looked at one another in dismay as he passed silently through the hall; and none dared to intrude upon an abstraction so deep, so gloomy withal in its aspect, as to impress with a degree of awe, and almost of fear. The door of the library closed heavily after him, and he paced the room for many minutes with a rapid stride, and with his arms folded upon his breast "It. is folly/' he at length said, "to allow myself to be thus moved. The most supersti tious could hardly yield himself more entirely to the vagaries of an idle fancy. It was but a dream; and why can I not persuade myself t'nat it was so, and not be unmanned as I am.'fr' Unconsciously he continued to pace the floor, and;at length threw himself into a chair, and in an abstracted manner seized a volume which lay hear him. His eyes rested upon the words, but an hour had flown by and not a page had been turned, while every faculty seemed absorb? ed by. some ever-present thought. In despair he threw the book'from him, and at the same 'moment the door was softly opened by his daughter Julia?a sweet girl of seventeen?at? tired for a morning walk. As his glance fell upon her, his brow contracted, and with a half suppressed groan, he turned his head away, as if the sight of his child had brought some vision of horror before him. "FatherI dear father, are you ill?" ex? claimed Julia, throwing her arms about him in sudden alarm. "Why have you risen so early, and what is the cause of this unusual emotion? You are pale, too; pray tell me, father, has anything occurred to distress you V* "Nothing?nothing, my daughter. A sleep? less night and feverish dreams have made me restless, so that I have risen somewhat earlier than usual." He attempted to smile, as he kissed her cbeek, and with a manner which forbade further inquiries, added?"but, my daughter, what calls you out at this earl" hour ? The dew hangs yet heavy on the grass, and the morning air is too damp for you, my child." "Nver fear tor me, father; my walk will not be long; I am only going to visit poor Jenny Deane. She has been sinking more rapidly for the last few days, and yesterday she sent her little brother, to ask me to come to her early Jo-day for she had something to impart to me ^and wished to see me alone." "Ever bent on errands of mercy, my sweet child! God ble-s you I for you are a blessing to us all." There was an unwonted fervor in . his manner as he drew her toward him and kissed her brow, as if some fearful apprehen? sion had taken possession of him, which ren? dered her dearer than ever to his heart. She started and gazed wonderingly into his face, while a tear dimmed her clear blue eye, and she said tremulously. "I wish my dear father would tell me what has happened to disturb him." "Nothing, my precious child. Now go, but do not let poor Jennie's secret detain you be? yond the breakfast hour, for our guests will mi>s your sunny face." Again he tried to smile, but the effort only threw a deeper shadow on poor Julia's brow, and she went out with a heart less light than that with which she had entered. It was not long before her mother, with a hurrid and peturbed manner, entered the libra? ry. "I have come to you," she said, "in com? pliance with Julia's request; she tells me that you are disturbed; pray t?ll me the cause, John, and let me share it, whatever it may be." She drew her chair beside him, and laid ber hand upon his arm. "She is right," he replied, "believe me, Ara? bella, some Horrible woe is impending over us. God alone knows what it may oe, but that some heavy, some bitter calamity hangs like a sword suspended with a single hair over our heads, I feel as purely as if it were all revealed before me now. You may call it folly, superstition, what you will; and I have tried hard to think so, but the awful conviction is ever present to me. It has been revealed to me in a dream, every circumstance of which has passed away from me; but the impression left upon my mind is of a vague, an undefined, a shadowy vision of horror. So intense was the agony it awakened, that I sprung from my bed, and when I was standing in the centre of the room, with the perspiration startiug from every pore, my hands clenched in my hair, and as my eye fell on the mirror near me, it gave back to my gaze such a picture of frantic horror as I trust never again to look upon. My hair stood up? right upon my head; my face was livid an,! ghostly, and my eyes almost starting from their sockets. You slept profouudly, and I would not disturb you. Strange as it may seem to Sou, I cannot recall one feature of that awful ream ; but when restless and wretched?for I eould not throw off its dreadful influence?I descended to the library, in the yain endeavor to banish it from my remembrance ; suddenly eur darling child entered, and in a moment some mysterious influence seemed to cluster about her, and to connect her with all the horrible agony of that haunting vision. Gracious Heavens! what is the awful doom that awaits my child 1" "My dear husband, surely this is unlike yourself, to be so moved by a dream. Horrible as it was, reflect for a moment that it was only a dream. Come, come, free your mind from Uiis impression; it is mere weakness. Sir Charles expects you to join in the fox hunt to? day, and in the excitement of the chase you will forget these gloomy forebodings." "It is in vain, Arabella; I cannot join our fuests in the sport lo-day. At breakfast I will o my best to be cheerful; but this day I must pass alone. Above all, do not let our child suspect what I have told you." CHAPTER II. Meantime, Julia went forth on her errand of love to the dying girl, and the freshness of the morning air, the song of the birds, and more than all, the elasticity of her own joyous spirit, soon restored to her the happiness which was for a moment clouded. Lightly she went on, scarcely brushing the dew from the bending grass, and occasionally stopping to caress her Eet lap-dog, which was the companion of all er rambles. "Why; Mary, you are more frolicksome than ever, this morning," she said, as she stooped and patted the shaggy head of her favorite; but Mary bounded from her, rushed wildly over the smooth grass of the extensive lawn, and the next moment, with her snow-white hair all damp with the dew, she returned and sprung panting and leaping about her young mistress, as if beside herself with joy, and beseeching her to join in her frolic. "Mary, Mary!" exclaimed Julia, as she caught at her dress and her hand, in her hilar? ity, "this is boisterous mirth, indeed ;" and as she attempted to take her in her arms, she sprung again from her and bounded away into a grove of beeches at some distance. By this time she had arrived at her destination, and as she knocked at the door of the cottage which was the home of poor Jennie Deane, a shade of sadness fell upon her sun-bright counte? nance. The sick girl was lying feeble and lan fuid upon her little bed; she had evidently een long awake, and awaiting with anxiety the coming of the gentle girl, whose sympathy had helped to sustain her in her protracted sufferings. "I am sorry to learn, Jennie, that you are Worse," she said, as she advanced toward her; "and I am afraid that is too great an effort for i you. You have had a sleepless night I see." I The sufferer turned with a grateful smile to greet her visitor. Yes she had suffered much in body; but there was a weight upon her mind, of which she wished to relieve herself, and she was thankful to her, that she had come at her request. Julia seated herself beside the j low bed of the invalid, and took her thin hand in hers. "Your hand is wounded, Miss," said Jennie, as she oKserved a stain upon it. "You have scratched it, perhaps, in gathering those beau? tiful roses; for beautiful as they are, they will have their thorns." No, Julia replied, she had brought them for her from home; but Mary this morning was in one of her occasional frolics, and was rather more hilarious than usual. She remembered that her sharp tooth had touched her hand, but had not thought of it afterward. She wiped off the blood, said it was but a slight scratch, and then encouraged the sick girl to speak of her troubles. It was the last favor, poor Jennie said, that she would have to ask of her, for her hours were waning fast; and then, as a fr.int blush overspread ner wan cheek, she confessed she had one strong tie to life, which she had prayed for strength to sever. She had a friend who was very dear to her, and whose lot she was to have shared, had it pleased heaven to spare her longer. He had been unfortunate, and was now without employment; would she but use her influence with her father to obtain for him a situation on his estate ? That would make her happy, and she could lie down to her last rest in peace, for all other causes had ceased. She had learned the lesson of submission du? ring the long and weary hours of her illness, which were hard to bear at first, till she had been taught where to look for strength. Now her spirit was at peace. Robert, she was sure, would, for her sake, watch over the last few years of her father and mother, and would be as a son to them ; and if Miss Julia could aid her in the fulfillment of her last wishes, she should carry down to the grave her memory, with a gratitude which words could not ex? press. Her request, was received as she had expected, and Julia promised her best endeav? ors in her behalf. Weak and exhausted as she was, the poor girl drew toward her the soft white hand which had been so often laid upon her brow in her hours of suffering, and pressed it fervently to her lips. "May God reward you," she said, "for you have been as one of his good angels to me, coming from your home to watch over me in my illness, and always bringing sunshine into my little room. To the last hour of my life, I will pray God to bless you." Jul ia remained some time at her bedside, and read to her from the sacred pages which were her ever increasing solace, until her mother returned from her morning's occupations, when she took her leave, and hastened home, won? dering all the while where Mary could have gone in her frolicsome mood, and, looking for her as she went. But Mary did not return that day, or the next; and search was everywhere made for her in vain. Some mischievous per? son, it was feared, had destroyed the shaggy favorite, who was deeply lamented by its mis? tress. The days and even the weeks passed on, and no tidings came of Mary; meantime, Julia obtained for poor Jennie Dean, the boon which she so earnestly coveted, and received in return her tearful thanks for this new proof of her kindness toward her humble friend. The guests at the hall were full of mirth and hilari? ty and the days passed away in rambles- on foot, and rides and drives through all the finest scenery which that portion of the country afforded. Sir John Hawthorne joined them occasionally, and their merriment solicited sometimes a gay sally from himself; but it was observed by all that his natural and hitherto uniform gayety was gone, and that he kept a more than usually careful and almost appre? hensive watch over the safety of his child ; ever hovering near her, as if to guard her from some impending danger. Something which they could not account for, and about I which they dared not imagine, seemed to weigh heavily upon his spirits. The third week had passed away since Ma? ry's disappearance, and as the twilight of lovely day was closing in, Julia stole away from the friends who had learned to love her deeply, and hurried to the bedside of the sick girl, who still lingered, though still declining, and whose face ever brightened at her approach. Her visit was somewhat shorter than usual in con? sequence of the lateness of the hour; but promising poor Jennie to see her again as early as possible, she returned to the circle where her gentleness and sweetness of disposition had made her "a bright star," which threw its beams on all. So is it, that goodness lights not alone the bosom from which it emanates, but sheds its soft radiance over all that come with? in its charmed circle. Alas! little dreamed they?the inmates of the cottage?who watched her light and airy step as she flitted from them, like a ministering angel departing from the scene she had blessed, that never should her footfall he heard again upon the threshold of their humble home; and that the light of her young life was doomed to sit, ere the poor in? valid over whom she had watched should take her farewell of this world. CHAPTER III. That evening there was a flush upon Julia's cheek, lending to the eye an unnatural lustre. She was excited?gay beyond her wont. Many guests were assembled at the Hall. Beauty and wealth, the gifted and the proud, filled the brilliantly lighted apartment, but fairest of all was she, the cynosure of all eyes, as she grace? fully trod the mazes of the dance, and received the homage of all hearts. The parents only watched with auxiety the heightened color and strange brilliancy of the eye. Many after? ward recalled the kind and gentle words which she had uttered on that fatal night, and love to think of her as she then was; she who, like the sun, had put on her brightest robes at her departing. The hours flew by; one after another the guests who were not inmates of the house, took their leave; the lights were extinguished, and sileuce reigned throughout the spacious man? sion. When all was still, the door of Julia's apartment was softly opened by her mother, who noiselessly approached her bedside, to see if all was well with her child. She was in deep slumber; the same flush was upon her cheek, and a slight degree of restlessness was observable; but by no means sufficient to ex? cite alarm; and impressing a kiss upon her brow without awakening her, she crept back to her own room. An hour had scarcely passed away, however, and she was just sinking into a quiet sleep, while every other beneath that roof was sealed in slumber, when all were aroused by a shriek that echoed from room to room, and filled every heart with dread. Some, springing from their beds, believed tliat some horrible dream had visited them; others de? clared that it was not within the house ; but while they reasoned, as yet half unconscious, again and again it came upon the ear, so strange, so unearthly was the sound, that it scarcely died away before the doors in every direction were opened, and the great hall was filled with anxious and inquiring faces.? "What is it?" "What is it?" were questions asked on every side, but none could answer. There was a moment's breathless pause, and every faculty was strained to listen; again came upon the ear that horrible cry, and the parents simultaneously exclaimed? "My child 1" "Our Julia 1" and rushed to the apartment, from whence the sound proceeded. But oh ! what pen shall dare to portray the scene that met the eye of the frantic mother, the bewil? dered and terror stricken group of guests and servants that thronged to witness the awful spectacle. There stood the beautiful girl who a few hours before had attracted every eye, and was the idolized of every heart, "the observers of all observers," her hands clenched wildly, her eyes dilated, blood shot, almost starting from their sockets; her beautiful hair dishe? velled and streaming over her shoulders; her face pale as her night robe, and the white foam pouring from her mouth. "Father?mother," sbe shrieked, as they ap? peared at the door, "I am mad?mad ! Do not come to me?away?away I" She clung with a desperate and frantic grasp to a chair which was near her, while she glared upon them with the awful gaze of the victim of hydrophobia, and, with another heart-rend? ing shriek, sunk exhausted and foaming upon the floor. It was too much for the agonized parents. "Great God I" exclaimed the father, "was it this?this, that I have foreseen 1" while the poor mother fell senseless into the arms of the I friends who were near her. She was borne to her appartment, and powerful opiates were ad? ministered, which kept her in a state of uncon? sciousness. Physicians were summoned in ev? ery direction ; but for her?the child of many hopes, the idolized, the worshipped?for her all hope was past 1 No medical skill could avail. The venom had infected the warm current that I rushed through her veins, and writhing in the agony of hydrophobia, which no pen can paint, a few hours must terminate her young career. The poor victim was bound at her own request, and the physicians stood around, overpowered with the thought of the inefficiency of their skill to avail them at this awful hour. The wretched and almost frantic father walked the floor of a distant room, that he might not hear the moaning and occasional shrieks of the ; idolized child, but he could not look upon her agony. The rector of the parish was with him, endeavoring to whisper comfort to the bereaved and heart-broken man. Physicians and attendants alone were assem | bled in the darkened room of the dying girl. I Presently two of them drew apart from the rest ana held a whispered consultation; the others successively followed. "There is no hope," said one, "and all that remains is to shorten her misery, and terminate this awful scene. God knows now dreadful the alternative seems to me, yet in my heart I be? lieve there is none other." Some minutes more passed in consultation, and then the family physician, a man of keen sensibility, was deputed' to open their proposal to the agonized father and to obtain his con? sent. It was difficult to fortify himself for the task, but with an inward prayer for strength, he fulfilled, with as much delicacy as possible, the painful duty. The suggestion was received with a cry of anguish which went to the hearts of all who heard it. "Oh, my friend," he said, after a moment's pause, "if you cannot save my child"?here was a burst of sorrow which seemed to rend the very heart strings?"I consent; perhaps this is best?0 God, sustain me!" He covered his face with his hands and wept like a child. The clergyman, overcome by the scene, threw his arms about him and whispered, "He can and he will, my friend! resign yourself wholly to him 1" The physician pressed his hand silently; for a moment buried his face in his hankerchief, and then brushing away his tears, hurried back to the poor victim. A vein was opened, and the current of her young life-blood flowed forth like water. Ere long her struggles ceased. The sorrow-stricken father was summoned ; he bent over his sweet child, and pressed his lips to her cold forehead, she opened her eyes, fixed them upon him in a long and earnest gaze, and then closed them forever. The body of poor Mary was found a few days subsequent to this event, in a neighboring thicket, shot through the heart. She had at? tacked, with all the rage of hydrophobia, a young peasant, who had preserved his life by destroying the well-known favorite. She was buried near the grave of her young, beautiful, and ill-fated mistress. As the flowers bloomed forth in the spring? time, and the earth was mantled by a carpet of grass, they were both buried beneath the cold sod. Near Richmond, August, 1868. ? "I suppose," said a physician smiling, and trying to be witty while feeling the pulse of a patient, who had reluctantly submitted to solicit his advice, "I suppose you think me a bit of a humbug." "Sir," gravely replied the sick man, "I was not aware that you could discover a man's thoughts by feeling his pulse." ? "You have heern, gentlemen of the jury," said an eloquent advocate?"you have heern the witness swar he saw the prisoner raise his gun ; you have heern him swar he saw the flash and heerd the report; you have heern him swar he dug the bullet out with his jackknife, and ou have seen the bullet produced in court; ut whar, gentlemen, whar, I ask you, is the man who saw that bullet hit that dog!" _? There is a station on theSelmaand Meri? dian Railroad named Cuba. A few nights since, as the train, with an emigration agent and a crowd of freedmen going West, reached this point, the brakesman put his head inside the car door, and sung out "Cuba!" One old dar? key rose, and as his wool straightened out, said : "Dar! 'fore God, I know'd it! Heah we is in Cuba, an' dat'ar white man gwine to put us in de war, or sell us 'fore day. Oof! I'se gwine from heah." And he, with about thirty more, loped off'into the woods, leaving the agent to use big "cuss words" about Cuba, brakesman, and the uncertainty of the "nigger." ? At a Baptist revival in the little town of Hannibal, Mo., many years ago, there was an aged negro named "Uncle Pete," who offered himself for regeneration by means of immer? sion. The season was early spring, and the ice still came down the river. "Uncle Pete," how? ever, braved the element, and after being soundly doused by the enthusiastic clergyman longer than he thought necessary for the sal? vation of his soul, scrambled ashore dripping and choking, exclaiming as he climbed up the bank, "Some gentleman's niggers guine git drownded wid dia yer darn foolishness, eure." Pacific Guano Company's (CAPITAI, $100,000,) THIS GUANO is now so well known in all the Southern States, for its remarkable effects as an agency for increasing the products of labor, as not to require special recommenda? tion from us. Its use for eight years past has established its character for reliable excellence. The large fixed capital invested by the Com? pany in this trade affords the surest guarantee of the continued excellence of this Guano. The supplies put into market this season are, as heretofore, prepared under the superintendence of Dr. St. Julian Ravcnel, Chemist of the Com? pany, at Charleston, S. C. Hence planters may rest assured that its quality and composition is precisely the same as that heretofore sold. J. N. ROBSON, Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C. JOHN S. REESE & CO., General Agents, Baltimore. Terms?$48 cash; $53 time, wtthout interest. To accommodate planters, they can order now and have until 1st of April to decide as to whether they will take at time or cash price. "When delivered from the factory by the car load, no drayage will be charged. I ACID PHOSPHATE, GUANO, BONE, PLASTER, &c, always on hand, quality gua? ranteed. J. N. ROBSON. W. S. SHARPE, Agent, Anderson, S. C. Dec 25, 1873 25 3m NEW ARRIVALS. In its various designs, styles and patterns. IN fact, a GENERAL ASSORTMENT in my line of business just received, which will be sold CHEAPER than such goods were EVER SOLD BEFORE in this Market. Call on F. C. v. BORSTEL. REPAIRING OF WATOHtm JJEW1EIL1Y AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Done in a workmanlike manner, and warrant? ed, at Drices to suit the times, by F. C. v. BORSTEL, Practical Wachmaker. Dec 4, 1S73 22 3m REPAIRING Watches, Clocks and Jewelry A. SPECIALITY, PERSONALLY ATTENDED TO BY J. A. DANIELS. TO all who are in search of Plain Rings, Setts, Pins, Drops, Sleeve Buttons, Hoop Ear Rings, Watch Charms, Gold and Silver Keys, Bosom Buttoms, Ladies' Gold Watches, English Band Rings, the latest style, Ac, it might pay you to CALL ON DANIELS, In the MASONIC BUILDING, and have your Old Spectacle Frames filled with the best lenses in the world? ORSBORNE'S ENGLISH PERIS COPIC. Nov 13, 1873 19 NEW FIRM. NEW BUSINESS! For Andersox, though she has long since merited it?yea, more. THE undersigned have this day entered into partnership in the name of WATSON <fc SON, for the express purpose of conducting a General Commission Business. We tender our sincere thanks to our friends and a generous public for liberal patronage the past seventeen years, and we do hope to act in such a way, in this our new business, as to merit a continuance of the same. Liberal advancements made on everything consigned us on sale. Office with Lewis <fc Co., No. 9 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. JOHN B. WATSON, L. REED WATSON. March 4, 1873 35 White & Featherston, DEALERS IN MARBLE, AVE ALWAYS ON HAND A GOOD Assortment of H TOMB STONES, And are prepared at all times to make them tc order in the BEST OF STYLE. MARBLE YARD UNDER TOLLY'S FUB NITURE STORE, Anderson, 8. C. August 14, 1873 6 PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL. Absolutely safe. Perfectly odorless. Always uniform. [Humiliating qualities superior to gas. Burns in any lamp without danger of exploding or takingfire. Manufactured expressly to displace the use of volatile and dangerous oils. Its safety under every possible test, and its perfect burning qualities, ure proved by its continued use in over 300,000 families. Millions of gallons have been sold and no accident? directly or indirectly?has ever occurrhd from burning, storing or handling it. The Insurance Companies and Firo Commissioners throughout the country recommend the ASTRAL as the best safeguard when lamps are used. Send for circular. For sale at retail by the trade generally, and at whole? sale by the proprietors, C'HAS. PKATT & CO., 108 Fulton Street, New York. Doc 11,1S73 23 6m EEMOVAL. DR. H. H. SCUDDAY HAS removed to tho western portion of the Bkn.son House, in rear of Simpson & Hill's Drug Store. Thankful to the public for their liberal patronage, I earnestly call upon those indebted to mo to make payment by the first day of February, or they will find their accounts in the hands of an officer for collec? tion. I am compelled to havo money. Jan 8,1S74 26 lm OGRE'S SOUTHERN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, OA. Estab? lished 15 years. A Standard Institution. The Largest, Cheapest, and Best Practical Business School in the South. "One of ihe best UiiMness Schools i:? the Country." [Christian Index. For TcTins, &c, address B. F. MOORE, A.M., Pres. June 19, 1873 50 ly MEDICAL CARD. DR. M. O. PARKER HAS located at tho late residence of Rev. D. Humphreys, near Evergreen, Ander? son County, and otters his professional services to the surrounding country. Dec 4, 1873 22 3m* Wanted! FIVE HUNDRED Men and Boys to buy HATS and CAPS, at low down prices, of TOWERS & BROYLES. Dec 4, 1873 Farmers, Head This! BLACK'S Improved Fertilizer! We invite the attention of Farmers to the cheapness and excellence of Black's IMPROVED FERTILIZER. It can be made on the farm, by any sensible man, at a cost of $10 PER TON, and we warrant it to give satisfaction. It will mature a crop as early as the best Guano, which is so expensive that the farmer frequent? ly has nothing left after paying for it. The certificates given us by those who have used it warrant us in presenting it to the public, not as an untried experiment, but as a First-Class Fertilizer, as witness the following: Certificate of Dr. W. C. Brown, of Belton. I herebv certify that I used six tonsjof Black's Improved Fertilizer this year. I lind it to bo an excellent and cheap Fertilizer, and would advise all my friends to give it a trial, and think they will not regret it. I expect to use about fifteen tons of it next year. W. C. BROWN. Dec. 19,1S73. Certificate of Col. John Martin, of Anderson Co. I take pleasure in saying that I have made and used Blade's Improved Fertilizer on my corn and cotton this year. The corn grew off as fast as any I ever had. My cotton was fine. I used Etiwan Guano in the same field, and the cotton manured with Black's Improved Fer? tilizer was fully equal in every respect to that manured with the Etiwan. The cotton manured with the Fertilizer opened sooner than the other. Some of my neighbors examined my crop, and said the Fertilizer beats the (?uano> but I am sure it was fully equal. JOHN MARTIN. Storevillc, S. C, Dec. 1?, 1873. Seo our Agents, or address us by letter or in person. BLACK'S IMPROVED FERTILIZER CO., Williamston, S. C. Dec 25, 1S73 25 THE WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINE TOOK THE PREMIUM AT THE World's Fair in Vienna. ALSO, AT THE BECENT Anderson and Abbeville Fairs. T?OR TWENTY YEARS the standard of J_ excellence throughout the world, the Wheeler it Wilson Sewing Machine, with the J?test improvements, stands unrivalled. If you think of buying a Sewing Machine, it will pay you to examine the records of those now iri use, and profit by experience. The Wheeler & Wilson stands alone as the only LlOHT running Machine, using the Rotary Hook, making the Lock Stitch, alike on both sides of the fabric sewed. All shuttle machines waste power in drawing the shuttle back after the stitch is formed, bringing double wear and strain upon both machine and operator; hence, while other machines rapidly wear out, the Wheeler & Wilson lasts a life-time, and proves an economical investment. Do not be? lieve all that is promised by so-called "cheap"' machines ; you should require proof that years of use have tested their value. Money onco thrown away can not lie recovered. * Send for our circulars. Machines sold on easy terms, or monthly payments taken. Old machines put in order or received in ex -hange. Silk and Cotton Thread, Needles, Extra At? tachments, Oils, and Sewing Machine Find? ings, for sale in the office. The undersigned may be found at tho Jew? elry Store of Maj. F. C. v. Borstel, who is the local agent for Anderson. Second-hand Improved Singer Machines for salo at reduced rates. C. G. IIADDON, Gen. Agent Wheeler & Wilson S. M. Nov 6, 1?73 18 3m ? CibuidMihrsRis WoodifLc* MWorAWkmuited. LOWEST PRICES. SendfbrjPrbelfot* LH. H ALL & CO. JSomfiefurere &LD tiler* 0,8, ID. mrhtt street* CHARLESTON, S.CM 0 This Cut entered according to Act <>f Congress, ;D the year l?lJ, l>v I. IL Hall a Co., tn the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. June 2C, 1873 51 ly MULES AND HORSES. CUNNINGHAM & GAILLARD, JBeG to inform tho public that they have just roceive 1 a strictly FIRST CLASS lot of ex? TRA NO. 1 Mules and Horses, And would bo very happy to sec our patrons and friends. We arc bound to soli, and WILL SELL CHEAP ! Also, Single and Double BUGGIES, Saddle and Harness HORSES for hire. CUNNINGHAM & GAILLARD, Anderson Livery and Salo Stable. Oct lf?, 1873 15 Notice to Fiduciaries. ALL Guardians, Executors, Administrators and other Fiduciaries, who are required by law to make Returns to tho Probate Judge's Office, uro notified to do so on or by tho first dav of March next. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate Jan 8, 1874 2<i 7 New Advertisements. COLLEGIATE AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE, NflW Haven, Conn. Preparatory to College, Business, Sci? entific Schools, U. s. Military and Naval Academies. Win tor session, thirty-sixth year, begins Jan. 8th4 _ _WM. H. RUSSELL, Principal. 200 PIANOS and ORGANS, NEW and SECOND-HAND, of First-Claes Makers, will be sold at Lower Prices for cash, or on instalments, in city or country, during this Fi' nancial Crisis and the Holidays, by HORACE WATERS & SON, 481 Broadway, than ever be? fore offered in Neio York. Agents wanted to sell Waters' celebrated Pianos, Concerto and Orches? tral Organs. Illustrated catalogue mailed. Great inducements to the trade. A large discount to Ministers, Churches, Sunday-Schools, etc._ ChC 4- <?OA perday! Agents wanted! All classes kPO lO ?p^?U of working people, of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us in their spar? mo? ments, or all the time, than at anything else. Particulars free. Address G. STINSON A CO., Portland, Maine. "BUILDING FELT. (No Tar used,) for outside work and inside, instead of plaster. Felt Carpetings, Ac. Send two 3-cent stamps for Circular and Samples. C. J. FAY, Camden, N. J._ BEST~ANrrOLT)EST FAMILY MEDICINE san FORD'S Liver Invigorator, A purelv Vegetable Cathartic and Tonic, for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility, Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks and all derangements of Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Aak your Druggist tor it. Beware of imitations. GeiP.Bowell&Co. conduct an Agency for the reception of advertisements for American Newspapers?the most complete establishment of the kind in the world. Six thousand Newspapers aro kept regularly on file, open to inspection by customer*. No reading room, however complete, receives one-twentieth of this number. Every Advertisement is taken at the home price of the paper, without any additional charge or commuion, so that an advertiser, in dealing with the Agency,is saved trouble and correspondence, making on. contract instead of a dozen, a hundred or a thousand. A Cook of eighty pages, containing lists of best papers, lar? gest circulations, religious, agricultural, class, political, Saily and country papers, also magazines and all publica? tions which are specially valuable to advertisers, with sonic information about prices, is sent FREE to any ad? dress on application. Persons at a distance wishing to make contiacts for advertising in any town, city, county. State or Territory of the United States, or any portion of the Dominion of Canada, may send a concise statementof w hat they want, together with a copy of the Advertise? ment they desire inserted, and will enable them to decide whether to increase, reduce or forego the order. For such information there is no charge whatever. Publishers not only send their files free, bui pay Messrs. Geo. P. Boweia & Co. for their services. Orders are accepted forasjngl? paper .as well as for a larger list; for a single dollar as readily as for a larger sum. Address the American News? paper Advertising Agency, 41 Paek Row, N. Y. Made Rapidly with Stencil and Key . -? Check Outfits. Catalogues and fall par? ticulars FREE. 8. M. Spexckk, 117 Hanover St., Boston. <k -| r\ to SlOOln Wall St. often leads to a fortune. I'll! No risk. 32-page pamphlet for stamp. Yal JN III ENxiNE Tumbridgs & Co., Bankers and Bro tyj A.\J kers, 30 Wall street, N.Jf._ KpsYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARMING."-How IT either sex may fascinate and gain the love and affections of any porsou they choose, instantly. This sim? ple mental acquirement all can possess, free, by mail, for 2.3 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Ora? cle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies. A nueer book, loo.ooo sold. Address T. WILLIAM a CO, Publishers, Phila? delphia. HENRY BISCHOFF & CO., Wholesale Grocers, and dealers in CAROLINA RICE, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, ?See, ?See., ?See-, 197 and 199 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sole Agents for South Carolina for fee Sale of OLD VALLEY WHISKEY. August 28,1873 8 ly Dr. January and Cancer I rpiHE celebrity of the January Infirmary, X established in Murphreesboro. Tenn., in 1848, associated the above name with, the treat? ment of Cancer until they became synony? mous, both passed away with the war. But great discoveries, like truths, live forever. Dr. J. O. January, inheriting his father's talents, and improving on his experience, has achieved a success in advance of their former history, owing to his increased patronage he has perma? nently located in St. Louis ; the numerous let? ters he is receiving, and large arrival of pa? tients, justify his move to this central point. We would advise all afflicted with Cancer, Scrofula, Fistula, Piles, &c, to apply to him, as he possesses perfect control of those diseases, without pain or the knife. Address, JANUARY & MADISON, 715 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo. July 10. 1S73 1 ly m. goldsmith. p. xiv? GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (piicexix iron works,) COLUMBIA, S. O., MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, of all sizes ; Horse Powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Grist and Sugar Cant Mills. Ornamental House and Store Fronts, Cast Iron Railings of every sort, including graveyards, residences, &c. Agricultural Implements, Bran* and Iron Castings of all kinda made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terns Also, manufacturers of Cotton Tresses, &o. May 18, 1871 46 y COOKING and Heating Stoves at Retail. Pictures of each, with full descriptions, as well as prices and lists of furniture for Cook Stoves, will be promptly sent on application. WILLIAM SHEPHERD & 00., Charleston, S. C. Sept 4, 1873 9 6m FOR SALE. a valuable farm! TWO-THIRDS of which lies within the cor? porate limits of the Town of Anderson, containing 109 acres, of which '20 acres are good bottom, 12 acres in the woods, and the balance good cotton and wheat land. On the premises aro a new dwelling-house, outbuildings, etc. Barley, Ryo and Wheat have been sowed on the place this Fall, and a portion of it rented to a good tenant. If desired, the tract wiU be divided, and from sixty to eighty acres sold off. Terms.?One-third Cash, and the balance in one and two years. For further particulars, apply at this Oflice. Dec 25, 1S73 25 Dr. "W. Gr. Browne, DENTIST, .Anderson O. EL> S. C. i Sept 25, 1873 12