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Qtibttm JnieBipetr. TN SOUTH CAROLINA. "O winds of Marcb, how soft ye blow Across this lovely land of flowers. The very winds th?t toss the snow On far off Northern hills of ours! How strange to dream of storm and cold, Of frosty nights and days of gloom. When jasmine twines its-wreaths of gold. And* bright azaleas gaily bloom L" So musing, wandering on apart With idle steps, I chanced to stray To where, against the city's heart, An ancient churchyard nestling lay. A sapphire sky was o'er my head, Fresh springing grass beneath my feet; That quiet dwelling of the dead Seemed made for slumber calmand sweet. Great names of old, their country's pride,. Were graven here on many a stone; But, passing these, I turnud aside To one low cross that stood alone. "Hedied at Gettysburg," it said, "An only son. Aged twenty years." Down on the grass I laid my head And wet the grave with bitter tears. For at that moment, to my thought, Another cross appeared to rise; Almost the self-same words are wrought Upon the marbie where he lies; "At Gettysburg, just twenty-one"? My boy, my hero, young and brave! "He was his mother's only son"? Her heart is buried in his grave. A voice was sounding in my ears, A voice that spoke with cruel tone; "O foolish woman I Useless tears! Far better had you kept your own! Who knows which side the right doth lie? Dispute the question as you may, Two noble boys went out to die? One life was surely flung away 1" "No, no!" I cried. "We needs must take Our journey oft through cloud and night; Yes, even at the morning's break, We turn, bewildered, Irom the light. The eagle minds, whose steady eyes Can lace the sun, alas! are few'; But since we cannot aB be wise, Thank God, wo can at least be true! "The gold is mixed with baser ore, But yet the furnace can refine; In self-devotion, evermore Some sparks of heavenly metal shine; And so the soldier who laid down His life for what he deemed the right, He surely shall not miss the crown Kept for aU heroes in tho fight. "In years to come, when men shall learn To view this conflict from afar, True faith and courage then will burn, Amid the darkness, like a star. Perhaps the children may exclaim, 'Our fathers stumbled in the night; Their grand devotion shall not shame Our better wisdom, wider sight.' " Then, rising from that holy ground, I plucked a leaf of budding palm Ana laid it gently on the mound. "After the tempest comes the calm; . Sleep, gallant boy?the life you gave Its precious fruit one day shall bring, As, even now, from out your grave, The flower of sympathy doth spring." THOMPSON'S DOG JERRY. About one hundred miles from Mobile, on the banks of the Tombigbee river, there lived an old planter named Thompson. Mr. Thomp? son was a great lover of horses and dogs, par? ticularly the latter, and his plantation was headquarters for the lovers of the canine race for miles around. Mr. Thompson bad a son named William ; we will call him Bill, because everybody called him by that name. Bill was about fourteen years of age when the war broke out, and it interfered with his father's plans concerning his education. How? ever, the war ended, and he was sent to finish Mb education at the University of Virginia. Bill remained at the University for about four years, and at the expiration of that time re? turned to his home. The old gentleman was very proud of Bill indeed, he had reason to be. He had grown to be a tall, elegantly formed man, of graceful manners and genteel appearance. ? . In his joy at his son's return, Mr. Thompson had provided an elegant repast, and the elite of society were invited to welcome Bill home. The entertainment was numerously attended, and the occasion promised to be the one of the season, for the old gentleman and Bill were really great favorites. The old mansion was thronged with youth and beauty, and to the merry music of the dance the hours glided swiftly away. Bill was congratulated over and over ; but the mauy congratulations be received oc? casioned the drinking of more whiskey than he could carry, and his part of the reception was brought to a clo^e by his getting helplessly drunk, in which condition he was found by his father, under one of the tables. The old gentleman, however, smothered his resentment, taking into consideration that this might have been an accident, and that it might not again occur; but his hope was destiued soon to be dispelled, for at other places, it was found that Bill was too fond of whiskey and that he regularly came to grief at each enter? tainment. Mr. Thompson was not a man to very long tolerate such action on his son's part, and one morning, after one of Bill's excesses, he spoke to him concerning the matter. Bill could not deny it, and there was a poor chance for an apology. The old gentleman became enraged at Biff's silence, ana thus addressed him: "Bill1, I have raised you up as carefully as ever a child was raised. You have disgraced me and my name. I have fondly hoped you would be an honor to me and it. I'll have no more of this. You can remain if you want to, and this may be your home. You can have a horse to ride, and I will clothe you decently, but," he added with great emphasis, "you shall not hereafter get drank; you shall either earn your money or steal it." It was in vain that Bill tried to apologize. The old gentleman would take no ?pology. The fiat had gone forth, and however dry his throat might be, Bill knew there would be no retraction of his father's words. So he conclu? ded to be a temperance man, but, as is usual in such cases, though the spirit was willing, the flesh wa3 weak. Bill's throat soon became very dry and in noying, and at last he made up his minu that he must calculate upon some plan whereby he could get a drink of whiskey. In some of his readings Bill remembered the fable of "The Wise Dogs," and determined to profit by it. Meeting his father one evening, j about a month after he had received the pro? ceeding lecture, he thus addressed him : "Father, do you know anything about this colonv of Yankees down here at the mouth of the river?" "No, I don't," was the reply, and a gruflT one, too, for the old man didn't like the Yan? kees, and didn't like to hear anything about them. "Wellr father, they must be a queer lot, for they have got schools down there." "Yes," thundered his father, "schools for niggers." "Well," replied Bill, "let's give the devil his due; they teach white childreu too." "Yes," said the old man, "teach lies?they teach them lies." "Well, I suppose they do," replied Bill, "but what I was going^ to speak of is that they have got a school for dogs." ^A school for what ?" "A school for dogs I They teach dogs to talk.'r "Come, now, Bill, if yon are fool enoitgh to Believe such trash, don't try to make a big fool out of me! Teach dogs to talk! They may teach them to steal?I shouldn't wonder if they did, but don't tell me about this teaching dogs ! to talk!" J "Well, now, father, I respect every word you say," replied Bill, "but I am bound as a gentle? man to believe what geutlemen say; and I have heard several talking about it. Really, I know nothing of the facts; but, as I said, I heard several speaking about it, and I believe it. I was down town the other day and your dog Jerry was with me, and a gentleman from Tennessee noticed him as we were speaking of the school. I asked him how long it would take a dog like Jerry to learn to talk, and he said a dog as knowitig as Jerry would learn in two months. Some dogs will learn in three months, and he said a good many never would learn." Bill's praises of Jerry did not go unnoticed. If there was any one thing that the old gentle? man fully believed, it was that there was never another dog that knew as much as Jerry. The conversation for this time terminated, but Bill somehow felt that his father would mention the subject again, and he was not mistaken. A few days after the above dialogue, the old gentleman met him, and said : "Bill, do you really believe that Jerry could learn to talk?" "Yes, father, I certainly believe it," Bill re? plied. "Do you know how much they charge down there?" "Well," replied Bill, "I believe they charge twenty-five dollars admission, and then ten dollars a month for board and tuition for what? ever time it takes." "Bill, how much would it cost for you to take Jerry down there and put him to school and come back, make up the figures, and if it ain't too much I'll have you to go down and put him to school." Bill figured up the amount and came to the conclusion that about seventy-five dollars would defray the necessary expences, and so apprised his father. "Well, now, Bill, the Osage is coming down the river this afternoon; you get ready aud take Jerry down there, and put him to school, if you find the school all right; if not, you bring him home. I wouldn't sell him for a thousand dollars, and if any dog can learn to talk, Jerry is the dog." The grass did not grow under Bill's feet in getting ready, and at five in the afternoon he ?ot on board the steamer Osage, which was ound down the river to Mobile. Bill was not long on board before he had the whiskey he so much longed for; and by 8 o'clock in the evening he was as drunk as a lord, and had already got into a fight. Poor Jerry, seeing hio master rather roughly han? dled, took a share in it, and biting one of the parties engaged was quickly set upon and Knocked over the side of the boat, and falling just in front of the paddle wheel was struck by it and instantly killed. Bill did not discover the loss of the dog until the steamer had arrived at Mobile; and it was to that place that he had intended to go. His astonishment and sorrow at the loss of hia father's favorite dog were very gr^at. ?nd it moreover necessitated all the strategy Uiii was possessed of to bring his original plans to any? thing like a successful ending. He had originally intended to take the dog with him to Mobile, and on returning to his home to declare to his father that he ha'd been misinformed, that the school was a humbug and the pretended teachers knaves; and he well knew that so great was his father's dislike for anything Yankee that he would escape without any very severe cross-examination. The_ killing of the dog had upset all Bill's reckoning, and he was compelled to frame a new ^torv which, as the sequel will show, he successfully did. -After remaining for about a week at Mobile, and having pretty nearly exhausted his cash in hand, Bill started for home. His father met him at the landing and asked him many questions concerning Jerry's chances of learn? ing to talk. Bill declared that there was no doubt of his ability to learn, that he had seen many dogs not half so knowing as Jerry who could talk quite well; and the result was that the old gentleman was much elevated with the idea of possessing such a wonderful being as a dog that could talk. Be?re the end of the two mouths, which Bill had declared would* be sufficient to give Jerry a decent education, Mr. Thompson had become quite impatient to hear concerning Jerry's progress, and Bill had written several letters by his father's orders to ascertain how the dog was getting along, but strange as it seemed, no reply was received to any of them, and at last Bill was ordered to get ready and go down and see about Jerry, and bring him home if only for a visit. Bill again went down the river on the same steamer by which he went on his previous trip, aud with very much the same results so far as his own conduct was concerned, until he re? turned home. This time his father did not meet him at the landing, to Bill's great relief, but soberly waited for him at the house. The old gentleman's disappointment can better be imagined than described, when Bi. came into the house alone; for he had not the slightest doubt that his favorite dog, fully in? formed on subjects in general, would soon de? light his ears with a hearty "good evening" in place of his accustomed familiar bark. "Bill," said his father, "where's Jerry ?" Bill made no reply. "I say, Bill, where's Jerry?" "Jerry's dead, father." "Dead ?" "Yes, dead." "How did he die ?" "I killed him," coolly replied Bill. "You killed bim I You killed Jerry ?" "Yes, father, I killed him." "You rascal-" "Hear me, father," interrupted Bill. "Let me tell my story, and then if you think I did wrong you can v.hnse me, and do and say what you like." "I went down to the school," continued Bill, "and I was there all through the examination. Jerry could talk as well as I cau I They said he was the smartest dog they ever saw I We came d >wn aboard the steamer, and Jerry sat up in a chair, and as the ladies whom he had seen before came one by one iuto the cabin, Jerry would say, 'good morning, Mrs. Smith,' or 'gooJ morning, .Mrs. Jones,' aud he looked as stately as a Judge. "Well, father, at last we got started away from the landing. Perhaps we had got a half mile away, aud the ladies were looking out of the windows, and Jerry was still sitting iu his chair, when all of a sudden he turns round to me aud says: " 'Bill, how are you, my boy ?' "I says 'I'm all right.' " 'How's the old man ?' says he. " 'All right,' I replied. "'How's the old woman ?' raid Jerry. "Now, father, I didn't like to hear him r oeak as he did about you, and when he ( died you the 'old man,' I couldn't stand it very well, but when he spoke that way about mother I Cv>uld not bear it at all; still *I didu't want auy fu._, because you thought so much of him, so I didn't say anything only to say she was quite well. "Just then he looked around, and speaking right loud, says he: " 'Bill, does the eld man hug and kiss the cook as much as he used to ?' "I didn't reply, and he kept on : " 'Bill,' says he, 'I've secu the old man kiss the cook, Louise, I mean, more than fifty times, and I'll tell the old woman* when I get home. Won't she give it to the old man ?' "Father, I couldn't stand it. It was right before the ladies. I got up and took Jerry by the throat, and says I, 'You lying dog, I'll choke you to death. This comes of your cursed Yankee education. .1 might have known they'd teach you to slander your friends.' "Well, father, the villian tried to bite me. I had him by the throat and?I don't know what I was going to do with him, I was so en- | raged, but I carried him out on the deck, when j he tried to bite me worse than ever. I went to kick him, and some how?I was too angry to I recollect just how?he either jumped over-' board, or I threw him overboard, and killed him. "Now, father, I have done. If you blame me I must bear it, but I really was glad he was dead when I came to myself, for I thought what trouble he would make with his infernal lies." When Bill finished, the old gentleman was as pale as a ghost. "Bill," said he, "you did right. I ought to have known that he'd lie it he could talk. Bill, here's a hundred dollars. Don't go and get drunk on this money, now, but Bill, don't you say anything about this you have told, jerry was a mighty smart dog, but somehow," he added in an undertone, "I always had an idea that he was watching me ["?Metropoli? tan. Mark Twain on Spelling. There was a spelling match at Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday evening, and Mr. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) being called on for a few preliminary remarks, spoke as follows : Ladies and 'Gentlemen?I have been honored with the office of introducing these approaching orthographical solemnities with a few remarks. The temperance crusade swept the land some time ago?that is, that vast por? tion of the land where it was needed, but it skipped Hartford. ISow comes this new spel ling epidemic, and this time we are stricken. So i suppose we needed the affliction. I don't say we needed it, for I don't see any use in spelling a word right, and never did. I mean I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleas? ing. I have a correspondent whose letters are always a refreshment to me, there is such a breezy unlettered originality about his orthog? raphy. He always spells Kow with a large K'. Now that is just as good as to spell it with a small one. It is better. It gives the imagina? tion a broader field, a wider scope. It sug? gests to the mind a giaud, vague, impressive kind of a cow. Superb effects can be produced by variegated spelling. Now there is Blind Tom, the musical prodigy. . He always spells a word according to the sound that is carried to his ear. And he is an enthusiast in orthog? raphy. When you give him a word, he shouts it out?puts all his soul i'-.toit. I once heard him called upon to spe'i orang-outang before an audieuce. He said, "0, r-a-n-g, orang, g-e-r, oranger, t-a-n-g, oranger tang!" Now a body can respect an orang-outang that spells his name iu a vigorous way like that. But the feeble dictionary makes a mere kit? ten of him. In the old times people spelled just as they pleased. That was the right idea. You haa two chances at a stranger theu. You knew a strong man from a weak one by his iron-cla.l spelling, aud his hand writing limped you to verify your verdict. Some peo? ple have an idea that correct spelling can be taught?and taught to anybody. This is a mi-take. The spelling faculty is born in a man, like poetry, music and art. It is a gift; it is a talent. People who have this gift in a high degree only need to see a word once in print, and it is forever photographed upon their memory. They cannot forget it. Peo? ple who haven't it must be content to spell more or less like?like thunder?and expect to splinter the dictionary wherever their or? thographical lightning happens to strike. There are 114,000 words in the unabridged dictionary. I know a lady who can spell on? ly 180 of them right. She steers clear of all the rest. She can't learn any more. So her letters always consist of those constantly re? curring ISO words. Now and then, when she finds herself obliged to write upon a sub? ject which necessitates the use of some other words, she?well, she don't write on that sub? ject. I have a relative in New York who is almost sublimely gifted. She can't spell any word right. There is a game called Verbari um. A dozen people are each provided with a sheet of paper, across the top of which is written a long word like kaleidoscopical, or something like that, and the game is to see who can make up the most words out of that in three minutes, always beginning with the initial letter of that word. Upon one occa? sion the word chosen was cofferdam. When time was called everybody had built from five to twentv words except this young lady. She only hact one word?calf. We all studied a moment, and then said : "Why, there is no 1 in cofferdam." Then we examined her paper. To the eternal honor of that uninspired, un? conscious, sublimely independent soul, be it said, she had spelt that word "caff!" If any? body here can spell calf any more sensibly than that, let him step to the front and take his milk. The insurrection will now begin. Deep Cultivation.?Ploughing is simply a mechanical action, and as such, is of the greatest importance to tiie growing plant. By proper pulverization, you make the home of the plant more comfortable, allowing free movement of its lower limbs, in whatever di? rection instinct may select. Again, when in proper tilth, the plant can send its spongiole roof* in every direction in quest of fooef, so that, ? i-Laphorically speaking, "no pent-up Utica," made so by barriers of hard, impene? trable soil around and below, contracts its powers or circumscribes the limits in which it shall draw its supplies. But good mechanical action leads to and is productive of chemical action?so their increased fertility is often su? perinduced by proper culture. Certain organic and mineral matters in the soil! require the free access of the air in order that the oxygen of the latter may exert its influence in bringing the former into soluble or available food for the plants. The more and deeper stir the soil quicker and more effective this action. It matters not for this purpose whether we turn the soil or not, the great object is to let in the air. Again, by deep ploughing we render the soil warmer. This can be tested by placing the thermometer alternately upon shallow and deep-ploughed lands, and the latter will always 8huw an increased temperature, and a warm temperature is one of the favorable conditions of plant life. Aga;n. we increase by deep plowing the capacity oi the soil for retaining moisture, and thus p irlialiy perfect it against adrouglit which our summers usually bring. Indeed, we can not even estimate properly the great good accomplisheu by keeping the soil constantly moist and warm?two thing* in? sured by deep cultivat ion.?Southern Plantation. An Important Law.?For the information of the people generally, we publish the follow? ing law In regard to the duties of County Commissioners when auditing the accounts of Trial Justices, and the rights of the peop'i before paying any costs in Trial J;u>dee's courts, which are set forth in the third section* :o which we call particular attention : Section 1. Be it enacted, &<\, That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the several counties of this State, auditing the ac? counts of Trial Justices, to require them to exhibit with true bill of costs, all the original papers in each case h which said costs have accrued, and that no bill of costs, against any county in this State, shall be allowed by any i board of county comimU-:i ;ers unless accom? panied by the original papers iu each case mentioned in the bill of account. Sec. 2. That the county jommissioncrs, after examining the original papers of any Trial Justice, sHidl return them to him without de? lay. Sec. That it shall be the right of any per? son, before paying any costs in any Trial Jus? tice's court, to demand from said Trial Justice an itemized account of such costs; said ac? count shall be receipted by the said Trial Jus? tice at the time said costs are paid, and no per? son shall be compelled to pay any costs in any j Trial Justice's court unless the Trial Justice shall furnish to such person said itemized ac? count. Approved March 5, lb7?. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? One of the hardest trials of life is to shed tears at the news that your wife's uncle has died and left her $30,000. ? It is an extraordinary fact that when peo- | pie come to what is commonly called high words they generally use low language. ? Hillsboro, N. C, enjoys the remarkable distinction of not having a single person ' named Smith in its entire population. ? Music is the only sensual gratification 1 which mankind may indulge in to excess with out injury to their moral or religious feelings. ? An exchange says: "New York is not en? tirely prepared to contend with a large confla? gration." Sodom labored under the same dif? ficulty. ? He who betrays another's secret because he has quarreled with him was never worthy of the name of a friend ; a breach of kindness will notjustify a breach of trust. ? Upon the death of her husband the lady married his brother, and when a friend saw the portrait of the first husband in the house he said "is this a member of your family?" "It is my poor brother-in-law," she said. ? Some time-honored proverbial sayings need revision to suit the age. For instance, "Boys will be boys" is entirely wrong, for everybody knows that they endeavor to appear like men as much and as soon as possible. ? The good married man can protect all the unprotected females, and make himself gener? ally agreeable to the ladies, and yet never leave a doubt on any mind that there is a precious little woman at home worth all the world to him. ? The clerk of a country club, who was a schoolmaster, being called on to give a toast, produced the following: "Addition to the friends of old England, substraction to her wants, multiplication of her blessings, divis? ions among her foes, and reduction of her debts and taxes." ? An obliging gentleman, who thinks that personal.favors do not cost much, while they make friends, was applied to by a colored man for a certificate of character by which he might get a situation. The testimonial proved to be more complimentary than Scipis himself had expected , and that worthy, on recovering from his astonishment, exclaimed : "Say, Mr -, wo'nt you gib me someding to do yerseli on dat recommendation?" ? An old Highlander, rather fond of his toddy, was ordered by his physician, during a temporary illness, not to exceed one ounce of spirits daily. The old gentleman was dubious about the amount, and asked his son, a school boy, how much an ounce was. "Sixteen drachms," was the reply. "Sixteen drams ? An excellent doctor !" replied the Highlander. "P.uu and tell Donald McTavish and big John to come down the nicht." ? There is an old story of a prominent citi? zen of St. Louis who, in a car, kept, his seat on the entrance of two ladies, who were obliged to stand. The conductor stepped up briskly and said, "Make way for these ladies, sir." "No, sir," growled the citizen, "one of those 'ladies' washes my shirts, and the other cooks my diu uers. I am used to seeing them wait on me and my family at home, and I don't propose to give up my seat to them here." ? Mr. Wilson, while waiting at the railway station for a train in Little Kock, Ark., the other day, was startled by the following conundrum : "Boss, is Mr. Grant gwine to run for President next time ?" "Well, I can't tell you, my friend," was the reply ; "he has not yet informed his friends and the country what his intentions are." "Well, Boss," returned the incorrigible darkey," if he don't run, will you?" The Yice-President hadn't time to answer, for the train summoned him away. ? A school teacher in Mississippi used his facility iu short baud to make a verbatim re? port of a negro clergyman's prayer, and he sends it to the Educational Monthly as follows : "0 Lord God of dis glorious universe, wiltdou look down in de omnipresence of dy eye upon dese dy col lard children bowed upon de knuck? le-bone dis night. Take a solemn peep upon us and let a heap o' light in. Doti knowest what dese dy poor darkies need. On every side dou knowst, 0 Lord, is de evidence of de dis? location and destruction of the human family. Dcre be fighting among one another and natu? ral disease. But we die to live again either as saints or evil spirits. Dere be discushions on doctrines, elecshion, beforeordination, perfec? tion, and sick like, confuse de intellects of both black men and white. But, good Lord, dou knowest dat dese are vane allusions, splittin' and dividin' dy creatures into sexes without mercy. Whoever will, can go to glory. Many dere will be with slick countenances, white col lards aud'fine clothes, who will find de gates shut against them, while de blind old woman, hobbling on crutches, she go straight in. Amen." An Old Time Spelling Bee.?We find floating around the press, without credit, a hu? morous description of a "Spelling Bee" among Mr. Adams' Cabinet. No doubt the whole thing is a coinage of some fertile imagination, but it m:iy*be said of it, as has been so often expressed, of other witty things?if not true, ^t is happily conceived. Hear the wag: Mr. Adams held a book in Iiis hand, from which he selected the words. Ho said that his administration had called public attention to Gen. Jackson's want of knowledge in orthog? raphy, aud that it behooved them all to mind their P's aud CPs, and that he had assembled them for the purpose of exercising them in spell? ing. He tben took his seat and commenced giving out words, saying, spell "female." Mr, Clay began by spelling it "re-mail;" Southard, fee-male;" Barbour, "phe-male;" Porter, "phe-mail;" McKinney, who stood foot, and being a cats-paw for the Cabinet, had put him? self there without being asked, when Mr. Ad? ams nodded to him, spelt at the top of his voice, "phe-mail." Mr. Clay had by this time recov? ered his self-possession, aud being very famil? iar with the subject, spelt it right. The next word was "negro," which was given to South? ard, who, having once been a schoolmaster and taught latin to two or three boys in Virginia, spelt it "ni-ger." The lord of the empty bar? rels, as Mr. Barbour was popularly called, was at home with the word, and spoke out with his full voice, "nig-ger,'; that being the Virginia way of pronouncing it. Porter -pelt it "ni-gro." Mr. Adams, bursting with his pent-up rage, threw the book at McKinney's head and dis? missed the class; McJCinney going off, blub? bering out that he would bet a copy of the De? claration of Independence that Mr. Adams coulden't spell Michilimackinac or Anabomi nablehuinblebee withhistailcurtailedan-half-an inchormore. Hon. Jefferson Davis.?Tho Galveston News says that the paragraph which has been going the rounds of the press to the effect that tho Hon. Jefferson Davis has been tendered the position A' the Presidency of the Agricul? tural College at Bryan, Texas, is premature at least. Seeing the paragraph, an old Missis? sippi friend of Mr. Davis wrote to him on the subject, and in reply Mr. Davis states that he has never been apprised of such appointment, but it is inferred from the tone of his letter that he would have accepted the position. He speaks very gloomily of the future of Missis? sippi ; says the majority of negro voters is al? ready so large and so rapidly increasing by immigration that lie cannot foresee the day of her deliverance. In speaking of Texas he says : "Texas is the only Southern State which has advanced in prosperity since the war, and as a field for ono who has sons to launch upon the world, oilers the most inviting prospect." (JOHN! CORN! CORN! rpn BUSHELS CORN on the cob for sale ?/V'V/ lor Cash, or on time to prompt pay? ing parties. Appl y earl y to LEWIS A- CO., Anderson, S. C. May'JO, 1S75 M 1 FOSTER'S SECOND Texas Drawing. $200,000 883! Houses & Lands. POSITIVELY THE LAST POSTPONEMENT. Will draw, without fail, at Houston, Texas, JUNE 30, 1875. We'did not soil quite all our Tickets in time to draw on the 13th of May ; but so certain are we of success, and in evidence of our go'tu faith and intentions, wo will receive, in payment for Tickets, certificates of deposit in any first class bank in the U. S., with this endorsement: I "Payable only when Foster's Texas Drawing ! takes place." No Scaling of Prizes, but every one paid in full. Over 00,000 acfes of choice land, centrally located, near railroads, 17 Houses, 2325 Gold Coin prizes, among them one of 810,000, and ; one of 85,000. Our enterprise is endorsed by ! the City Council. Reliable Agents Wanted. ; Send for Circulars. They will convince you we are both reliable and responsible. Tickets only $1.00. Eleven for $10, and 23 for $20. No connection with any other similar enterprise. Commendatory.?Having, from our long acquaintance with J. E. Poster, every confi? dence in his integrity, we feel justified in say? ing we believe he will carry out hia Distribu? tion honestly and fairly.?Signed by the Mayor, Hon. J. T. ?>. Wilson, and the City Council. We are specially desirous that parties inter? ested would write to the Ranks, Merchants and Postmaster of this place (where we have lived 15 years) for information as to our relia? bility. J. E. FOSTER, Manager, Houston, Texas. May 20, 1875 . 44 4 Xlie Above Cut Represents Tozer?s Improved AGRICULTURAL ENGINE! OF which there are now more than a dozen at work in Anderson County. For further information, apply to N. K. SULLIVAN & CO., Anderson, S. C, or ad? dress the undersigned. RICHARD T0ZER, Columbia, S. C. Dec 3,1S74 21 ly WILHITE & WILLIAMS WOULD inform their friends, and the pub lie generally, that they have bought out Benson & Sharps, and are receiving a fresh supply of Drugs,. Medicines, Chemicals, etc., (Selected by the senior partner, who has an ex? perience of thirty years.) They expect to keep onlv pure and reliable Drugs. Also, LAMPS and' LAMP FIXTURES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, DYE STUFFS, etc. Also, a full line of PERFUMERY and TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS and TOBAC? CO. Pure BRANDIES and WINES, for med? ical purposes strictly, and other articles usually kept in our lino. jtSSr Prescriptions carefully compounded. Jan 14, 1875 20 lv NEW ST?RE! AX ^BELTON, S. C. THE undersigned would respectfully call attention to the fact that he has just open? ed a Grocery and Provision Store At Belton, S. C, and solicits the patronage of his friends and the public generally. W. S. SMITH. May 13, 1875 43 HENRY BISCHOFF & CO., Wholesale Grocers, and dealers in CAROLINA RICE, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, ?Ste., Ace, ?See., 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 6m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ?U UNTY OF A NDER80N. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. W. W. Orr, Adm'r. of James Orr, dec'd.Plain litf, against Georgiana Orr, J. M. Orr, and others.?Complaint to sell Land, Marshal As? sets, Relief, d'C. Hp HE Creditors of James Orr, deceased, are J. hereby notified to present and prove their demands before me on or before the 15th day of July next, on pain of losing all interest or advantage under any decree made in the above stated case. JOHN Wr. DANIELS, Clerk Court Common Pleas. .May 13, 1875 43 S T. 1). KENNEDY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, WILL practice in the Circuit and Probate Courts ot the Eighth .Judicial Circuit, and in Trial Justice Courts of this County. Prompt attention given [c the collection of claims. Office?Second door to the left over A. P. Hubbard's Store. Ma/-h 1!?, 1S74 86 NOTICE IS hereby given that application will be made thirty days alter date to John W. Daniels, Esq., Clerk of the Court for Anderson County, for a Charter incorporating the Welfare Color? ed Baptist Church, in accordance with the Act of Assembly in such cases made and provided. Bv order of the Church. N. B. OA ILL A RH. Church Clerk. May 13, 1 S7"> 43 5* Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned herein- gives notice that he will make application to W. W. Humphreys, JtldgO of Probate for Anderson County, on Wednesday, the ?Rh day of June next, for a Fi? nal settlement of the Estate of Benjamin Gas sawav. deed., and ti Final Discharge therefrom. JAMES S. GASS A WAY, Administrator with Will annexed. May (i, 1875 42 5 Administrator's Notice. V1d> persons having demands against the Estate of Thomas Bowen, deceased, are hereby notified lop eisen 1 them to the under? signed, properly attested, within the time pro? scribed by law, and those indebted to make pavmcnt. K. T. < '00LEY, Adm'r. May 20, 1875 11 J" THE STJ3ST. DAILY AND WEEKLY FOR 1875. 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To every new subscriber for 1S75, who sends $4, the reg? ular subscription price, direct to the publishers, LIPPISCOTT'S MAGAZINE, th* be.it of the American Monthlies, illustrated, will be sent, postage paid for one year, and a premium, to be chosen from a selected list of over one huddred and sixty popular boote, will also be sent postage paid, to the address of the subscriber. To a club of twenty subscribers, this Magazine is put at $3.u<) per year to each, and CHAMBERS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA. the most complete and reliable work of general reference, illustrated, 10 vols., royal 8vo., bound in sheep, is presented to the person gi/tting up the club. N. B.?Having been obliged to print a second edition of the January and February numbers, back numbers can be supplied from the first ?f the year. Specimen number, with premium list, mailed on receipt of 20 cents. J B LIPPINCOTT& CO., Publishers, 715 and 717 Market St. Philadelphia. Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTONS. C. First-ClassWork OUR SPECIALTY, yet, by using cheaper. grades of stock, we can furnish work at LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIOH?BLESTATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and (Ball invitations ON THE 0EST STOCK ANO PBIHTEO IN THE LATEST STYLE. Sept 10,1874 9 ly E. W. Marshall. W. H. Ssowden. Jos. T. Wells. SPRING TRADE. E. ?. MARSHALL & CO., DEALKUS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS 1 NOTIONS, 9 and 11 Hayne Street, Charleston, - - So. Co.. WE are now opening a large and well-as? sorted stock of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, which will ho completed by the 5th of March, and to which wo invite the attention of tho Trade at our new Stores, Nos. 9 and 11 Ilnvne Street. March 4, 1675 33 3in M. GOLDSMITH, p KIND PH(EN!X IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA., S. C. GOLDSMITH & KIND, founders & machinists, HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers fo;- Saw Mills etc. Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton Presses, Gearing! Shafting, Cullies, otc. Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish En nines and I toilers of as sood ijualitv andpowcr, und at as low rates as can be had in tho North. We manufacture, also, the Gaddy Improved Waver Wheel, which wo recommend for pow? er, simplicity of construction, durability and ?heapnoss. We warrant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in tilling orders,. GOLDSMITH iV. KIND, Columbia, S.C. May -s, Is71 4t> 1 v