Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ipttefflt jntclligtucrx THE LAWYER. BY J. G. SAXE. An attorney was taking a "turn," In shabby habiliments drest, His coat was shockingly worn, And the rust had invested his Test. His breeches had suffered a breach-, His linen and worsted were worse, He scarce had a crown in his hat, And not half a crown in his purse. And thus as he wandered along, A cheerless and comfortless elf, He sought for relief in a song, Or complaingly talked to himself. "Most unfortunate man that 18% For my only client is Grief; The case is, Fve no 'case' at all, And in briet; I ne'er had a 'brief.' "The profession's already so full Of lawyers so full of profession, That a modest young man like myself ? CJanJt make the smallest impression. "They grant Fm acquainted with 'grants,' Can devise a 'devise' or a plea, Can make a good fee in 'simple,' But I can't get the simplest 'fee!' "I waited and waited in vain, Expecting an 'opening' to find, Where an honest young lawyer might gain Some reward for the toil of his mind." While thus he wandered along, His eyes accidentally fell On a very deep hole in the ground, And he sighed to himself, "it is welL" To curb his emotions, he sat On the curbstone the space of a minute, Then cried, "here'? an opening at last," And in less than a jiffy was in it. Next day, twelve citizens came, The coroner's quest to attend, To the end that it might be determined How the man had determined his end. "The man was a lawyer, it seems," Said theforeman, who "opened" of course, "A lawyer, alas!" cried another, "He undoubtedly died of remorse." The third said he knew the deceased, 'An attorney well versed in the laws, And as to the cause of his death, 'Twas no doubt for the want of a "cause!" The "crowners" at length gave a verdict, Which finally settled the matter, That the young man was drown-ded, because He could not keep his head above wwter. Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. A Northerner's Yiew of Florida. Dayton a, Fla., April 2. With the falling of the leaf and the bleak winds of November comes the inclination on the part'of all inhabitants of colder latitudes to seek for a season at least a more genial clime. The snow-clad fields, the leafless trees, the cold gray clouds driven before the wintry winds, suggest to them all that they have ever heard or read of the perpetual summer of the tropics. The antithesis kindles the imagination, and they revel in dreams of blue skies and summer foliage, of the orange, the banana, and the Ealm, of summer airs, in whose breath is no arehness, and of bright waters whose spark? ling ripples are never congealed by the frosty hand of winter. Alone among the Territories of the Union -bounded by the Atlantic seaboard, Florida af? fords in the largest measure the soothing and genial influences of a tropical climate, and in some degree the exuberance and variety of tropical vegetation. Yet the feeling first experienced by the visi? tor to her shores is often one of disappoint? ment. A country in the main monotonously level, at no great elevation anywhere above tide-water, covered in great part with intermi? nable pine forests, and of that variety of pine which suggests only the baldest utilities, with an undergrowth in many places of saw pel metto, presenting an almost impenetrable cov? er, sluggish-looking streams, offering the alter? native of a dangerous ford or a wide detour, are features unattractive to the tourist, dis? tressing to,,th.e.in valid,, and suggest to the prac? tical worker in search of a new home, a return to the first principles of pioneer life not wholly captivating to the imagination. As you follow the sandy trails, for they are too lacking in definiteness of beginning, end, and continuity, to be dignified by the nameiof highways, you come occasionally to a break Jin the wilderness, and are introduced to the means and appliances of Florida life in the piney woods. For the most part, a partly improved clear? ing, inclosed with fences run without reference to any particular point of the compass?for from his isolated situation the Florida farmer has inexact ideas concerning the boundaries of his estate?within which will be found grow? ing, whatever else is not, a patch of sweet po? tatoes, generally a field of corn, and almost always either cotton or cane. In the garden the family of gourds is well represented, and including okra and egg-plant comprise most of the vegetables to which much attention is given. Outside the fence a herd of small, wild-looking cattle stare at the intruder with defiant eyes. Somewhere about the premises a drove of black, ill-conditioned hogs are snuffing the faintest possible odor of food, a frowzy looking mule or marsh pony is straggling about making abortive nibbles at patches of wiry looking grass. Outbuildings for the most part of carelessly laid-up logs, palmetto-thatched. Carts and farm implements in every conceiva? ble state of fracture and premature invalidism, half a dozen surly looking dogs glaring at you from the veranda or under the house, which is without cellar, and elevated a few feet upon posts, itself built of unchinked logs, with rough scored timber for a floor, and huge open fire-place, furnished with hide-bottomed chairs, musquito barred beds, and unpaiuted table, not always suggestive of over zeal in the duties of house-keeping ; table furniture of the odd? est combinations and most primitive styles. Books of the fewest, and where the exception confirms the rule, invariably devotional in character. Of adornment, personal or other, no sign. Yet contrasted as these houses frequently are with a back-ground of noble oaks, or luxuriant magnolias or the brilliant foljage of the orange,! with their broad verandas and wide-open halls, not by any means unpicturesque. Almost without exception the stranger is made welcome to the rude hospitalities that the Elace affords, and treated with a grave courtesy ) singular and agreeable contrast to the eager and prying curiosity often exhibited by the same class at the North. But generally accurate as this representation is, it does not state the case fully nor fairly. < She has beyond all comparison the most ex? tended area of any State in the Union, adapted to the successful cultivation of the two most profitable productions known to agricultural economy?sugar and sea island cotton. She possesses, in that measure of abundance we term inexhaustible, four of the most useful kinds of wood known?oak, pine, cypress and red cedar. The Southern portion of the State is a wide extended savanna of luxuriant pas? ture. Hardly a county in this State that may not be made accessible by water communica? tion. Every river, lake, and tidal water abounds in fish. For healthfulness her record 3uals that of any equal area in the Union, er climate is simply incomparable. Nor is this all. By virtue of her topograph? ical position she enjoys a monopoly, upon the Atlantic slope, of the" cultivation of all that vast variety of semi-tropical productions for which we have been and in large measure still are dependent upon foreign importations. With the exception of a few of the extreme north-western counties of the State, the whole family of citrus, including particularly the orange, lemon, and lime, are profitably grown under reasonable conditions of intelligent and careful cultivation. North of the latitude of Cape Carnaveral, under precautions that do not too severely tax the skillful cultivator, the banana and pineapple may be grown. South of that latitude they are produced without hazard. Throughout the entire State, with the possi? ble exception of its extreme Southern portion, by the exercise of reasonable skill in the selec? tion of locality and conformity to known con? ditions of heat and moisture, the cultivation of the entire list of Northern vegetables may be successfully pr?sec?'t'?df " - The Northern fruits do not succeed here, nor are the cereals, with the exception of Indian corn, susceptible of profitable cultivation. Of the area of Florida a large portion is still held by government, and subject to entry under the regulations of the homestead law. Other large portions are owned by the State, by corporations, and by individuals, and held at prices not largely in excess of the home? stead lands. Small tracts in the possession of private parties are held at prices varying with the owners' estimate of the value of his im? provements, accessibility to market, etc. Com? paratively, land in Florida is cheap. The question is frequently put, why, with fine climate,-oheap~lands, and rich and; varied productions, Florida, so long known, with its 60,000 square miles of territory, contains but 200,000 inhabitants ? It can not be briefly an? swered, yet a fully satisfactory reason may be given. From its discovery, more the theatre of petty warfare than any other portion of the Union, subject to repeated and radical changes in it3 form of government, for years the scene of harassing Indian wars, isolated in position, and more than all else unsuited in its produc? tions to the habits and traditions of the im? mense majority of foreign immigration, she has been overlooked in the race for prosperity in a far larger measure than her attractions warrant. And her attractions are manifold and unique. Florida is a vast conservatory. From any Eoint south of her northern tier of counties to er extreme southern boundaries, where frost is almost unknown, a slight covering for a few i days in winter suffices to protect the most deli i cate exotic. The rose, the oleander, and the camellia are crowned with summer beauty through the heart of winter. The orange combines in rarest perfection the useful'and the beasiifhl. At all times the eye rests upon its bright foliage with a sense of re? pose. It is with happiest significance that the bride is adorned with its silver blossoms, typi? cal of a future so full of much golden promise. The purity of its summer air, the variety of light and shadow at morning and evening, the exquisite outlines of its fleecy summer clouds, the transcendent color of its summer sky, its wide-extended coast line, daily swept by a sea breeze whose refreshing coolness is fraught with messages of health and vigor, exhibit na? ture in her happiest and most compensating mood. H. Novels and Novel Beading. Tbe St. Louis Advocate, in the course of a long article on this subject, elicited by enquiries from a correspondent, says: As a matter of course there are good fables and bad fables; there are tales harmless and tales pernicious; and novels instructive-and ' useful, and novels demoralizing and hurtful. The Fables of iEsop, for instance, may be use? ful to almost every qhild and youth; so may such tales as those of Marmontel. And there are a few novels from which much wholesome instruction may be drawn. But with the most of them, it is as if one searched for three grains of wheat in a bushel of chaff?a deal of trouble to find them, and when found, not worth the labor expended in the search ; while a very large portion, particularly those of more moderate dates, are not only useless, but direct? ly pernicious, demoralizing, corrupting, and debasing, or more properly speaking, will be read and admired only by such as have been already corrupted and debased. To be pleased with them, or to enjoy them, can only be done by those whose moral tastes and moral feelings have been corrupted or overslaughed. J*o Imreminded man or woman will read them un ess from a sense of duty, and then it wili be with a shock and revulsioirof feetnrg, painful from beginning to end?a feeling of loathing and disgust. The works named in the com? munication above (Dickens, The Vicar of Wakefield, and Don Quixote) do not belong to this class. They and many others may be read with pleasure and profit. Like almost everything else, it all depends upon the char? acter of the novel and the tone of feeling and character of the mind by which it is read. A pure-minded person will read very few of the novels of the present day; and any person who does read and enjoy that class now in most common use wherein so much of low intrigue, immorality and licentiousness is directly or indirectly taught, may be sure their own feell iugs and tastes are anything but pure. We must not confound the good with the bad, nor reject the good because of the bad. John Wesley abridged and published the His? tory of Henry, Earl of Moreland?a pure novel, and one that in early life we read again and again with deep interest and no little prof? it. This work was, in general character, like a number that have more recently appeared, specimens of which may be found in all well selected libraries, many of them having been issued from the religious press. But the sub? ject being of a religious or moral character, does not make the works any the less novels in the proper sense of that word. It is the character of the matter of the book, and not the fact .of its being or not being a novel, that makes it proper or improper to be read. Ex-Governor A. J. Hamilton, of Texas. ?The death of this distinguished statesman is announced as having occurred at his residence, near Austin, on the 10th inst. The deceased served Texas in her legislative halls, and after? ward with marked power and effect in the Con? gress of the United States. In commenting upon his demise the Austin Statesman Rays: "He loved Texas with a most fervent zeal, and this love, while it led others to the reverse, im? pelled him at the breaking out of the Confed? erate war to quit the South. He spent the pe? riod which encompassed that eventful struggle at the North, and when it was ended he came back to Texas as its provisional Governor, and instead of exercising the powers of the conquer? or, dealt out justice and leniency to her people. Governor Hamilton was a member of the Re? construction Convention, and in it engaged ac? tively in preserving rights to the citizens of Texas, which otherwise would have been de? nied them. He also held a seat upon the Su reine Bench of this State. In consequence of is generous administration and conservative efforts, he became the compromise candidate of tbe democrats for Governor in 1868, but, though rightfully and fairly elected, was defeated by the Returning Board. He possessed the most generous impulses, and will be remembered as a kind and good man. He was adored by the members of his immediate family. His illness was of some duration?an affection of the lungs ?from which he seemed to be recovering, when, after a severe coughing spell, he became the victim of almost immediate suffocation from .a severe hemorrhage. At his obsequies, on the 12th inst., within the walls of the Capitol, an immense concourse of people, whites and blacks, paid homage to the dead chieftain. Eloquent eulogies were pronounced by Mr. John Hancock and General Shelly." ? A dead man can drift down stream, but it takes a live man to pull up against it. That is the time that tries a man's soul?when the tide is against him. -? Men think highly of those who rise rap? idly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw and feathers. The Fat Contributor on Spring. It is useless to attempt to conceal from our readers the startling fact that spring is coming 1 The unusual seventy, of the weather, the re? cent occurrence of two little children being fro? zen to death while searching for spring flowers, and other tokens of the ethereal mildness of a Western spring, tell the sad story without the assistance of the spring poems, which we have carefully suppressed; and then the newspapers are flooded with the usual array of items which are regularly resurrected every spring: "Hints on gardening," that are carefully scissored out by the people who will spend $4r for every rad? ish they raise, and .f 2.60 for every head of cab? bage they don't raise; and, too, we find those elaborate suggestion about furnishing houses ; how the "women can now apply to the furnish? ing of their houses the same infinite ingenuity which has been spent upon their tasteful toil? ets, and with the same fascinating results;" and how, by the use of "chintz coverings this faculty of invention may make over old furni? ture, and can render that which is new fit for everyday use, and so open all the rooms in the house to occupancy." Then the writer goes on to tell the deluded women how to make elegant lounges out of two pine boxes four feet long, two feet wide and fourteen inches high, stuffed with straw and covered with chintz?perfect abominations in appearance, costing only four times as much as a good haircloth sofa, and breaking down the first time incautious compa? ny sit thereon. The naturalists also the bugo meter, browsing through the leafless woods, seeking for the awakening of insect life, rush into print with their usual annoying contempt for humanity and adoration of potato-bugs, to? mato-worms and snails. The other day we picked up one of our exchanges and read this: "The locust can be heard a sixteenth of a mile. An ordinary man will outweigh 150,000 of them. Were a man's voice in proportion to his weight, in the ratio of the locust's, he could be heard over a thousand miles. A flea weighs less than a grain of salt and leaps a yard and a half when he's in a hurry ; were a man of 150 pounds weight possessed of equivalent agility, he could spring from the dome of the capitol to China, and go around the world in two jumps." It is about the season of the year for such items. It is time they began floating around insulting every man who chances to read them, for it is indeed humiliating in the extreme to be reminded of things in which a flea, or a bed? bug, or a giraffe is man's proud superior. "Comparisons are odious," ana never are they more so than in cases of this nature. Are we constantly to have these sarcastic allusions to and reminders of our infirmities and shortcom? ings held up before us ? Is it our fault that a locust can weigh less, scream louder and make more noise than a man ? Are we to blame be? cause we do not combine the lungs of locust with the other organs and internal improve? ments of man, so that we might be heard a thousand miles when we have occasion to make a remark in an earnest tone of voice? A nice bedlam we would make of Cincinnati when all the impatient women in the city would be try? ing to get their somnolent husbands up in time for breakfast. A charming array of discord this glad earth would present about ten o'clock Sunday morning, when an infuriated man in every household within the city would be yelp? ing for a clean boiled rag, or demanding to know who had been paring their corns with his razor. - And-then, as if this insulting comparison of our voices with the chirp of the locust, the howl of the giraffe, and shrill voice of the gay and festive bedbug were not sufficient, we must have thrown into our teeth that a flea can jump a yard and a half when he weighs less than a grain of salt. Devoutly do we wish that he weighed a ton, that he might swallow the para graphists who wrote about him. Man, we are told, ought to be able to jump "from the dome of the capitol to China." We read of a man who tried it, but strange to say he didn't suc? ceed. He only jumped 180 feet. These comparisons might be, and by enthu? siastic naturalists are, extended to an infinite number. Perhaps they teach us humility; if so let us accept the lesson, and not pine away for the voice of the locust or the muscular de? velopment of the ubiquitous flea. Probably, if we were around in so many places where we are not wanted, and were snatched at and left as often and as abruptly as the festive flea is, we too would acquire the agility for which he is dislinguished, and which is necessary for the protection of his life. But speaking of the flea's unparalleled feats in making a big "spring," reminds us that we are in danger of digressing from our remarks concerning a spring of anoth? er character. But there is yet another woe which comes with the budding spring time to lacerate the granger's breast. A. burden of such weight, s?ch awe compelling proportions, that, lfke-the Chicago fire, the Beecher-Tilton scan? dal and other public calamities, it can only be grappled by the muse. We allude to the spring poet. Bring forth the winged steed. Whoa, January ??Cincinnati Saturday Night. Preparing for the End of the World. ?The Chicago papers give an extended account of the proceedings of the Adventists or old Millerites in that city on Sunday last, prepara? tory to the ad vent of Christ, which they claimed would take place at midnight of Monday. Stanley Hall was crowded, and the exercises were conducted by Elder Thurman, who confi? dently predicted that the end of the world was near at hand. When questioned by one of the audience in regard to the truth of the report 1 that many of his followers had disposed of all of their goods, bedding, furniture, &c, Thur? man replied that he had heard that such was the case, but that "generally the people of Christ had but little to dispose of. Some thieves, unmindful of the great event which was alleged to be so near at hand, started the report that the hall was unsafe, and during the stampede which ensued succeeded in stealing a number of overcoats." Thurman stated to a reporter that thirty-two years ago when he began his studies of the Phophccies of Daniel, he was a farmer in Albemarle County, Va. When he became convinced that he was called to preach the word of God he sold his farm and gave all he had to the poor. He crossed the Potomac, on his way North, with sixty cents in his pocket, since which time he has traveled extensively North and West, preach? ing his peculiar doctrines. An Italian Sunset.?A correspondent of the Hartford Tones writes from Italy: "Last night we were driving slowly home, laden with flowers, after a warm, golden afternoon, when the air about us became suddenly glorified, and looking back we saw the most wonderful sun? set of our lives. Driving to a commanding point we gazed at the marvelous scene, t(ie set? ting sun and dazzling western clouds being only a part of it. The hills around Florence on every side were bathed in purple light, soft and tender, and exquisite as a dream, while the sky above, after the first blaze of western glo? ry, was aglow with rosy light that flooded the heavens and rolled in biilows, and even seemed to touch our cheeks in its omnipresence. At home I have seen equally brilliant displays in the west; they have seemed like a far-off won? der in which I had no part?a panorama to be admired at a distance. Here the whole world seemed tremulous with color, sky and earth glowed together, and it was near us; we were in it. The very air we breathed was rosy red, and over all there was a softness, a poetry of color, an ecstasy of illumination perfectly in? describable, throwing such a glamour over us that when at last the light died out of every? thing we awakened as from a trance, and, breaking the long silence, exclaimed. "So this is an Italian sunset I Well, 1 shall always feel that I have been in one I" ? * __ ? He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will see the defect when the weaving of a lifetime is unrolled. A Petrified Forest. Among California's most notable wonders may be mentioned the petrified forest, about half way between two celebrated sum? mer resorts, Mark West Springs, of Sonoma county and Calistoga Springs in Napa county. The forest is situated in a wild and mountain? ous region, and at a distance appears like a mass of fallen trees. On approaching what at a little distance appears to be a stump, proves, on examination, to be a broken section of some prostrate pine pe'trified. Every circle or year's growth is easily discernible, so that the exact duration of the tree's existeuce may be deter? mined. Next one sees the partially excavated trunk of a large pine, laying in an iuclined position. One sees in another spot a mass of solid stone in the form of a fallen tree some seven feet in diameter?every fissure in the bark and knot plainly indicated, as in that of a tree fallen by the woodman's axe, while around, thickly strewn upon the ground, are numerous fragments, similar to the chips and broken pieces of wood that are scattered by the wood? cutter in preparing a tree to be cut into logs for the mill. On striking the stony mass with a piece of petrified wood it gives back a metal ic sound very different from the dull thud pro? duced by striking a rock against a wooden log. So are to be seen many similar trees, as we call these peculiar rocks, varying only in size and length, all, however, haying the same incline and the same general position, viz: North and South. Occasionally, a peculiarity is noticea? ble, such as the division of a tree into sections of various lengths, ranging from three to seven feet; yet so slight are the fissures that separate these sections that at a very short distance they have the appearance of one solid log. Anoth? er peculiarity in one tree is its color, while the general color of the stone logs is a grayish white. This tree is to all appearances a tree of stone-coal, and the proprietor of the forest as? serts that it burns equally well with the best quality of that article. The largest of these natural wonders, as found so far, measures eleven feet in diameter, and is excavated to view for a distance of sixty-eight feet, though doubtless it penetrates the hillside many feet further. The space within the inclosure is cleared of underbrush, and contains very many beautiful shade trees of living oak, young pines, manzanita [now in full bloom), the madrona, and several other varieties peculiar to this locality. Here, indeed, is a field for the geologist. Not only in this particular place, but the whole range or mountains offers many attractive subjects for analysis.?San Francisco Chronicle Conscientious Journalism.?It is a con? ceded fact that the press exercises a potent in? fluence in guiding and controlling public sen? timent. It should, therefore, be governed by fixed principles, the most important of which is a conscientious adherence to truth. As it is confessedly an engine of great power, its influ? ence will be either salutary or baneful, accord? ing to the tone, matter and character of its articles. In our judgment, truly says the Sen? eca* Falls Reveille, the press" should be a con? servator of good morals, and not prostitute its proper functions by pandering to a vitiated taste in publishing articles of a sensational character, which have no foundation in fact, for the purpose of notoriety. Such popularity will have a mere ephemeral existence, and will be certain to meet with a proper retribution in the loss of confidence. To maintain a proper respectability the press should not be perverted to ignoble purposes, and be made the vehicle of scandal or mischeivous gossip. Its useful? ness will be commensurate with its high and elevated tone, and the exclusion of all matter which is of dubious character or offensive to decency or good morals. It should appreciate the responsibility of Its position, and like a faithful sentinel ou a watch tower, guard every avenue or portal in its domain, warn against impending danger, supervise with scrupulous fidelity the material iuterests of all who have confided to it the sacred trust. The proper office of the press n not ouly to disseminate news and to entertain, but to instruct and in? culcate lessons of practical value. It embraces within its jurisdiction every phase of society, the rights and interests of which should not be ignored nor disregarded.. It should be the aim and purpose of all editors to make their journals eminently useful in the advancement of all objects tending to the public good. In striving to attain this end they will adorn their profession and receive the plaudits of a grate? ful people. A Fox-Hound's Run.?An extraordinary run by a fox-hound is thus described by a news? paper published at Titusville, Penn.: "Captain Mackoy, who resides a short distance below this city, on Monday morning found a hound lying in one of his fields on the snow, and the dead fox by his side. The hound's feet were bleeding, caused.;evidently by the frozen crust on the snow, and the result of a very long chase. The dog was unable to move, and Mr. Mackoy picked him up and carried him to his house, where he was cared for. It was conceded by all who knew the circumstances that the fox had been started from some distance, and with that indomitable pluck and perseverence character? istic of the fox-hound, he had chased him till the fox was completely exhausted. On Satur? day a gentleman residing near Hartstown, Crawford County, forty miles from Mackoy's residence, called and claimed the dog. He stated that the hound was started on the Fri? day before, and that he had followed on the trail and found him as above stated. Take in consideration the manner in which a fox runs (continually circling,) the gentleman states that in his opinion the dog ran at least two hundred miles." ? The best capital to begin life with is a capital wife. ? Compulsory education?learning a trade in a State prison. ? A good tailor sponges his cloth, and his customers sometimes sponge him. ? The poor cannot be fed and clothed by people saying it ought to be done. ? Many men are blessed with the most un? common sense, and do not seem to know it. ? He who knows how to demean himself properly in church, in a sick room and in a printing office, may be set down as a gentle? man. ? The orthographic sociables spell mosquito in at least fourteen different ways. No wonder the insect has a vengeful thirst for human bipod. ? Veils have been constructed with nose pockets to allow the veils to be pinned back closely and yet set well on the face. In giv? ing orders for the article, leugth of nose is to be stated. ? Take life easy, and don't always be try? ing to beat the sun up. You may win for a while, but in the long run you are sure to be beaten, and some morning it will rise when you don't. ? Stephen Gonzales was convicted of big? amy in New York the other day. Two wives were present. When asked what he had to say, he looked at his two wives and said, "send me to prison." Sensible Gonzales! ? Aunt Tabitha is worried by the frequent changes of the French miuistry. She says : "I never had much opinion of them French people any way, and nothing could save them but good, stated, regular preaching." ? Mrs. Partington having heard her son say that there were a great many anecdotes in the new almanac, begged him to cut them all out, as she heard that when anybody was pois? oned, nothing was necessary but to give him an anecd" 'e, and it would cure him. ? Once on a time a Frenchman and a Dutchman were traveling in Pennsylvania, when their horse lost a shoe. They drove up to a blacksmith's shop, and no one being in they proceeded to the house to inquire. The Frenchman rapped and called out, "Is de smitty wittin Y "Shtand back," says Hans; "letmc spheak. Ish der black mith's shop in dor house." J THE FARMER'S GUANO. Grreat Reduction in Price. COTTON FIFTEEN CENTS. ZELL'S PHOSPHATE. CASH PRICE. Per Ton, payable May 1, 1875,....._._$45 TIME PRICE. Per Ton, payable Nov. 1,1875,.?.$55 Cotton Option. Per Ton, payable Nov. 1,1875,.$65 FREIGHT AND DBAYAGE ADDED. P. ZELL & SONS, Manufacturers, Baltimore, Md? WATSON & SON, Agents, Anderson, S. C. Feb 11,1875_30_gm FARMERS, LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST. GREAT HOME-MADE FERTILIZER. SIMPSON, HILL & CO. would in form the Farming immunity that they are prepared to furinsh CHEMICALS, properly'proportioned, for one of the best FERTILIZERS known, at not exceeding one-fourth the cost of the Commercial Fertilizers. Within the last three years we have placed it in the hands of some of the most thoroughly practical Farmers of the County, who express themselves fully satisfied with results, regarding it as equal, if not superior to any of the Commercial, some of them having tested them side by side. We refer you to a few of them, viz: Wm. Burbiss, John Brown, James A. Drake Hugh McCarlet, Geo. Stevenson, Dr. Carpenter, John Dalrymple, Rev. Jacob Burriss. Many others might be mentioned. In no case have unfavorable results been reported. Please call on us at our Drug Store and get your Chemicals, also formula and directions for use. SIMPSON, HILL & CO. We would respectfully inform our customers that our OLD ACCOUNTS from the year 1870 to 1873, inclusive, MUST BE PAID. We have waited long enough. We do not wish to be harsh?but the money MUST COME. SIMPSON, HILL & CO. Nov 19, 1874_19_______ Hos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, yet, by using cheaper grades of stock, we can furnish work at LOWEST L1VIHC PRICES. fine FASHION?BlTsTATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and ?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN "HE LATEST STYLE. Sept 10,1874 The Above Cut Represents Tozer's Improved AGRICULTURAL ENGINE! OP which there are now more than a dozen at work in Andorson County. For further information, apply to N. K. SULLIVAN A CO., Anderson, S. C, or ad? dress the undersigned. EICHAED TOZER, Columbia, S. C. Dec 3,1874 21 ly E. W. Marshall. W. H. Snowdkn. Jos. T. Wells. T875T SPRING TRADE. E. W. MARSHALL & CO., DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY G00?S \ NOTIONS, 9 and 11 Hayne Street, Charleston, - - So. Ca. WE are now opening a large and well-as? sorted stock of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, which will be completed by the 5th of March, and to which we invite the attention of the Trade at our now Stores, Nos. 9 and 11 Hayne Street. March 4, 1875 33 Sm WILHITE & WILLIAIS WOULD irfc m their friends, and the pub? lic generally, that they have bought out Bonson & Sharp?, and are receiving a fresh supply of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, etc., (Selected by tbo senior partner, who has an ex? perience of tbirtv years.) They expect tokeop only pure and reliable Drugs. Also, LAMPS and LAMP FIXTURES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, DYE STUFFS, etc. Also, a full line of PERFUMERY aud TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS and TOBAC? CO. Pure BRANDIES and WINES, for med? ical purposes strictly, and other articles usually kept in our line, ??" Prescriptions carefully compounded. Jan 14, 1875 26 ly Important News to Planters! GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. THE CAE8IIA WSSSBL IN view of the low prices obtained for Cotton the present season, and in order to place our Guanos within the reach of every Planter, we have greatly reduced our prices. They will be sold as follows: TME CAROLINA FERTILIZER. Cash Price. Per Ton of 2,000 lbs., - - (46. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price, Per Ton of 2,000 lbs., - $53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, Free of Interest. THE Bradley's Patent Phosphate. Cash Price. Per Ton of 2,000 lbs., - - $46. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price. Per Ton of 2,000 lbs., - - $53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, Free of Interest. THE Palmetto Acid Phosphate. Cash Price. Per Ton of 2,000 lbs., - - $30. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price. Per Ton of 2.000 lbs., - - $35. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, Free of Interest. Freight and Bray age to he Added. Call on Agents fpr Almanacs and Informa? tion. FOR SALE BY W. S. SHARPE, Anderson, a C. TOWERS <fe BROYLES, Anderson, S. C. A. J. STRINGER <fe CO., Belton. J. & D. S. McCTJLLOUGH, Honea Path. WM. LEE & CO., Honea Path. THOMAS CRYMES, W?liamston. C. E. HORTON, Williaraston. J. C. CHERRY, Pendleton. Geo. W. Williams & CO., Proprietors, Charleston, S. C Jan 14,1875 26 4m M. GOLDSMITH. T. KTHD. PHOENIX IRON WORKS. COLUMBIA, S. C. GOLDSMITH & SIND, FOUNDEBS & MACHINISTS, HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton Presses, Gearing. Shafting, Pullies, etc. Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish En? gines and Boilers of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can be had in the North. We manufacture, also, the Gaddy Improved Water Wheel, which we recommend for pow? er, simplicitv of construction, durability and cheapness. We warrant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. GOLDSMITH & KIND, Columbia, S.O. May 28,1874 46 ly HENRY BISCH0FF & CO., Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERS IN CAROLINA RICE, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, &c., &o., &c, 197 and 199 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON S. C. Sole Agents for South Carolina for the Sale of OLD VALLEY WHISKEY. Aug 20,1874 6 tat