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WHAT MY LOVER SAID. By the merest chance in the twilight gloom, In the orchard path be met me? In the tall, wet grass, with its faint perfume? And I tried u pass, but he tuado no room; Oh, I tried, but he would not let me ; So I stood and blushed till the grass grew red, With my face bent down above it, While he took my hand, as he wbisp'ring said? (How the clover lifted each pink, sweet head, To listen to all that my lover said ; Oh.' the clover in bloom?I love It!) In the high, wet grass, went the path to bide And the low, wet leaves hung over: But I could not pass upon either side, For I found myself, when I vainly tried, In the arms of my steadfast lover. And he held me there, and he raised my head, While he closed the path before me; And he looked down Into my eyes and said? (How the leaves bent down from the boughs o'erhead, To listen to all that my lover said; Oh! the leaves hanging lowly o'er mo!) Had he moved aside a little way. I could surely then have passed him; And would not have heard what he bad to say, Could I only aside have cast him. It was almost dark, and the moments sped, .duel the searching night-wind found us; But he drew me nearer and softly said? Sow the pure, sweet wind grew still, instead, listen to all that my lover said; Oh, the whispering wind around us!) * I am sure he knew when he held me fast, That I must be all unwilling; For I tried to go, and I would have passed, As the night was aoming with its dew at last. And the sky with stars was filling; But he clasped me close when I would have fled, And he maaejmo hear his story. And bis soul came out from his lips and said? (How the stars crept out where the white moon led, To listen to all that my lover said; Oh, the moon and stars in glory!) I know that the grass and the leaves will not tell, And I'm sure that the wind?precious rover? Will carry his secret so safely and well That no being shall ever discover One word of the many that rapidly fe ll Fom the eager lips of my lover, Shall never reveal what a fairy-ltke spell, They wove round about as that night in the dell, In the path through the dew-laden clover ; Nor echo the whispers that made my heart swell ? As they fell from the lips of my lover. THE THREE CALLE RS. Horn called fondly to a fair boy straying *Mid golden meadows rich with clover dew; She calls?but he still thinks of naught save play Inf; And so she smiles, and waves him an Adieu ! Whilst he, stil. merry with bis flowery stoic, Breams not that Morn, sweet Morn! returns no more. Noon cometh?but the boy to manbool growing, Heeds not the time?he sees but one sweet form, One young fair face, from bower of jasmine glowing, And all bis loving heart with bliss is warm; So Noon unnoticed, seeks the western shore, And man forgets that noon returns no more. Night tappeth gently at tho casement 'learning With the thin firelight, flickering and low, By which a gray-haired man is sadly dreaming O'er pleasures gone?as all life's pleasures go; Night calls him to her?as ho leaves his door, silent and dark?and he returns no more. ANDERSON TILLE. A Story from the Last Man who left the Prison. "I was the", last man to leave Ander-' sonville prison. I locked the main gate,; and took- the key?this is it." Suiting: the action to the word he unrolled from its wrappings of tissue paper the rusty key that might have been doing duty upon the lock of some freedman's smoke bouse instead of lying formten years a? a relic. '"You see," said the old man, whom we will call Mr. Cook, (holding his true name at the service of any one who may desire to learn it,) "I was on duty up there at Andersonville for the last eigh? teen months of the war, issuing rations, and having them cooked for both the prisoners and the guards. When the Federals began sending out cavalry raids t) cut our railroads and liberate prison? ers, it became necessary to select a per? manent post in some part of the South least liable to sudden inroads. In fact, the Dahlgren raid, that came so near get? ting, into Richmond, freeing the Libby and Belle Isle prisoners, and burning the town, determined the Confederate Gov? ernment to move the bulk of the prison? ers at once. Gen. Winder, being the only officer of his rank at Richmond at the time who could be spared from active service, was sent South with instructions t?-? select a suitable place for a general depot for prisoners. He was about the v orst man for the mission, but he chose Anderson vilie, and I think his choice was good. It was the safest place from raids in the South?the enemy never got there ? until after the war; it was high, dry, and healthy, neither too cold nor too hot, at a distance from any large town, and in a region abounding with wood, water and farm produce." Reporter?Which benefit ted the guards but not the prisoners ? "You are mistaken. Most of the pris? oners had some money?or jewelry which they could sell at fabulous prices; and you know a few cents in greenbacks were worth dollars in Confederate?$20 for $1. Turnips and sweet potatoes sold for $1 per bushel in greenbacks, or $20 in our money. Then a good many of the farm? ers of the country used to send wagou loads of vegetables, &c., to be given the prisoners." Reporter?How about the "Pen ?" "The 'Pen' was an enclosure of twen? ty-seven acres, surrounded by a high stockade made of pine logs, set in the ground as closely as possible, with a nar? row walkway on top for the sentinels to overlook the interior. It was oblong in shape?a parallelogram?enclosing a Bmall valley like an amphitheatre, with a stream of water running through it." Reporter?And the prisoners had to drink this sluggish water ? "No?that is another of the many lies. There were two springs inside the 'Pen.' One a bold, strong flow of good water, which emptied from the side of the hill into a long trough?like a horse trough? so that fifty men could drink, or fill their canteens at one time. If you doubt it, go and examine the place. The branch that ran through the 'Pen' instead of being a sluggish stream, was often so strong that it washed away the lower end of the stockade, and we had to stand guard around the break for days. The stream was meant to be used for washing purposes, but when the place filled up much faster than was expected, it began to be used as a sewer, and so many men trod it into a muck. Then when a man got sick, medicines were scarce. The Government finally offered to receive any medicines or clothes, and let the Federal surgeons come with them to attend to their sick, but no notice was taken of the offer till five months after it was first made." Reporter?Wbatkind of rations were issued ? "Precisely the same iu quality and quantity as all the guards ana employees of the post received; and that was a good deal better than Lee's army were getting. I remember when the soldiers in Virginia were getting one-fourth of a pound of meat and a pint of meal per day, we issued half a pound of meat, a pint of meal, peas, rice, die., to the pris? oners. In fact, there was an act of Con? gress requiring that all prisoners should receive the same fare in quantity and quality as our soldiers. But the Yankees, being r.ccustomed to splendid rations of meat, bread, vegetables, coffee, sugar, &c, couldn't believe our boys were marching and fighting on such hard fare, but thought they were purposely starved." Reporter?Were not part of their ra? tions stolen ? "How could they be, when all the cooks were paroled prisoners ? I bad the issuing of rations myself, and I assure you I used to increase the allowance all I could?giving down weight, and that sort of thing?for I really pitied the poor fellows?though there was about as much complaint among the guards as the pris? oners. There were a few of Gen. Win? der's Baltimore "Plugs" aroupdthe place for a while, who may have pilfered small quantities, but not more than they could eat. The trouble was, the prisoners, finding themselves carried a long distance into the heart of the South, soon become despondent, homesick, utterly careless about themselves, wouldn't turn out of! bed to cleanse themselves. This was al? ways very noticeable after the fnilure of our different attempts to get an exchange; and when it became settled that their own Government meant to let them die in prison for the sake of a paltry punc? tilio, or a few darkeys, who had rather be in prison than at the front, they just died like sheep, some cursing their own and our Government iu the same breath." Reporter?Why were they not housed? "Well, we couldn't get tools and axes to build houses. All the wagons were running night and day hauling ratious ; and there weren't enough axes to cut firewood. Besides, we were all the time expecting removal either by exchanging the prisoners or by taking them some? where else. Once we started 10,000 of tbem to the coast, offering to deliver them?the sick without any equivalent? but their Government wouldn't take them?made some excuse or other." Reporter?Why not put the prisoners to building houses ? v? "We did that after Grant's celebrated telegram saying that it was better to keep their men in prison than exchange the rebels. We put three hundred men in the woods, and when the war closed there were ?long rows of comfortable cabins going up or finished. But the great lack was axes?you know how scarce they were. One day I got permission, and rode over four couuties, but could find only thirteen axes, which I bought with my own money, and I carried them to Andersonville. Let me tell you another thing. When I first went there the peas given the prisoners were threshed out on the ground, negro-fashion, which left lit? tle pieces of shells, wood, and ttand in the soup. I goes to Maj. Wirz for a fan sifter. 'How can I get one?' says he. 'Give me an order on the quartermaster.' But that officer sent me to the commis? sary. 'I have nothing to do with it,' said the commissary. I returned to Major Wirz, who was about to stop the effort, when I said, 'Give me an order for one.' He gave the order, and the first sifter I could find was pressed into the service put to fanning out the prisoners' peas. So you sec how hard it was to get any? thing." Reporter?Did many of tho prisoners escape ? "A few of them got away every week. There was always two or throe hundred of them outside the pen on parole, cook? ing, working at trades, waiting ou the of? ficers, &c.,; they could get into the mountains in a single night, go up through East Tennesse, and escape. Be? sides, the guards were mostly old men and boys?home guards, you know, who wern't very vigilant. Bloodhounds? That's all bosh. Pre read accounts of how we kept packs of bloodhounds shut up and starved to make 'em chase pris? oners. Now, some of the officers used to hunt a good deal, and there were four common fox hounds, such as you can see on any plantation; and after the paroled Yankees had poisoned several by giving them pounded glass, the rest were shut up in au old cabin for their own safety. But all four of them couldn't kill a man if they caught him. They were never of any service catching runaways." Reporter?Tell me of Wirz. Was he cruel ? "That man will yet be better thought of than when he was sacrificed to popular fury. I think the Government made a great mistake, to say the least, in mar? tyrizing him ; for history will show that he was not so black as painted. Major Wirz was a course, uncultivated foreign? er, and when half drunk, as he was pret? ty often, he would curse and browbeat the prisoners (and guards too) when things did not go to please him ; but never did I see him strike, kick, shoot, or otherwise abuse a prisoner. Indeed, [ never heard of any shooting at prison? ers, except in one or two cases of delib? erate crossing the 'dead line.'" Reporter?Ah I that dead line 1 _ "That dead line was a wise and benefi? cial arrangement. There was one at Point Lookout and at Fort Deleware in ;he Federal prisons?the object being to restrict the inmates from approaching within a certain distance of the guards. At Andersonville the dead line consisted of a line of short stakes driven in the ground twenty feet from the stockade. Every prisoner knew what it was for. It was necessary, for if the 30,000 to 40,000 prisoners were allowed to approach the wall they would quickly overpower the .50 or 100 guards on duty. Occasionally a man would grow so homesick and weary of prison life as to walk over the line ana coolly dare the sentinel to kill him.? Such insfances occur iu all prisons. "I give you my word I never saw any of our officers or men needlessly abusive of prisoners. When we first went there with our minds full of the sufferings of our boys in the chilly Northern prisons, we thought we should not care how bad? ly the Yankees were treated; but in a few weeks we came to regard them as fel? low men, whom we must hold as prison? ers, but not unmercifully or inhumanly maltreat." Reporter?What sort of a man was Gen. Winder? "An old granny. It is a mistake to accuse him of cruelty of disposition ; his worst fault was keeping a lot of Balti? more 'Pings' constantly about him in va? rious positions?whom he allowed to manage almost everything?himself in? cluded. Gen. D. BL Hill, who knew Winder iu the 'old army,' says be was noted for his kindness, which was regard? ed as amounting to weakness. He was the last man iu the world for the place; he loved his ease too well to give person? al inquiry into abuses; he was as incom? petent a3 a baby in providing for an emergency; and he left the practical de? tails to bis 'Plugs' and his sons, who em? ployed their time chiefly in drinking and gambling. Winder, you know, was post commandant in Richmond before going to Andersonville. At that time he was much cousured for letting anybody and everybody pass through the lines. It may be be divided the fees with the 'Plugs,' who were then acting as detec? tives, thus putting himself in their power; for certainly they had wonderful influ? ence over him. I think it is in this par? ticular President Davis was to blame; bis obstinacy in retaining Winder in command at Andersonville after he roust have known of his unfitness."?N. Y. Sun. _ .Duelling.?This is what George D. Prentice had to say about duelling. It is to the point: "I am no believer in the duelling code. I would not call a man to the. field un? less he had done me such a deadly wrong that I desired to kill him, and I would not obey his call to the field, unless I had done him so mortal an injury as to entitle him, in my opinion, to demand an oppor? tunity of taking my life. I have not the least desire to kill you, or to harm a hair of your head, and I am not conscious of having done anything to entitle you to kill me, I do not want your blood upon my hands, and 1 do not want my own upon anybody's. I might yield much to the demands of a strong public sentiment, but there is no public sentiment, nor even any disinterested individual sentiment, that requires me to meet you or would justify me in doing so. "I look upon the miserable code, that is said to require two men to go out and shoot at each other for which one of them may consider a violation of etiquette of punctilio in the use of language, with a J scorn equal to that which is getting to be felt for it by the whole civilized world of mankind. I am not afraid to express such views in the enlightened capital of Arkansas, or anywhere else. I am not so cowardly as to stand in dread of any im Eutation on my courage. I have always ad courage enough to defend my honor and myself, and I presume I always shall have."_ ? An author says that one of the uses , of adversity is to bring us out. This is true?particularly at the knees and elbows. The Consumption of Timber. The following startling array of figures are from a letter recently written in the New York World, by Major Brisbane, of the United States Army at Omaha, Ne? braska, and should be rend with serious reflection by the American people. "It is said that nearly one-half of the surplus hard woods are to be found in West Virginia. How long these will last is a doubtful question. Taking the one item of railroad ties and we find that the country requires for its annual sup? ply 94,530,000 cubic feet, equal to 738,515 cords of solid timber, to secure which at least 2,000,000 cords of standing timber have to be cut down. The average pro? duct per acre of the forests of Virginia is giveu by B. F. Maury at from forty to fifty cords per acre; so that taking the maximum yield, our railroad ties alone destroy annually 40,000 acres of wood? land. The annual consumption of the country for fuel is estimated at over 50, 000,000 cords of wood, of which three fifths may be assumed to be good stand? ing timber, cut expressly for fuel. This gives an annual clearing of 1,600,000 acres. The iron founderies consumed in 1870 635,000 tons of charcoal; and a fur? nace that makes six or seven tons of iron a day will use up two hundred acres of woodland a year. The pine lands of Michigan, the best in the country, yield 10,000 feet to the acre, broad measure. The annual consumption of the country in manufacturing lumber is 20,000,000, 000 feet representing an annual clearing of 2,000,000 acres, the fencing of the coun? try required 25,000,000 acres to be cleared in order to make it, and the annual re? pairs to fencing destroy 5,500,000 acres of forests. Our shipping tonnage repre? sents 80,000 acres of oak forest destroyed, and demands for repairs, 4,000 acres a year; the hard and turned wood manu? factures of the country use up an annual average of 300,000 acres of timber. Ta? king all these items together we have an aggregate annual consumption of 6,600, 000 acres of forest. As our total forest lands amount to 380,000,000 they will, last at this rate only seventy years. A certain percentage of forest destroyed is allowed to renew itself, and as in seventy years a pine woods can be cut over twice, this renewal amounts to a very consider? able figure, but it is scarcely sufficient to offset the increasing demand for timber for every purpose to keep pace with in creasing population and exigent indus? tries iu the same period. In other words, with our present system of husbandry, and our present growth of population, seventy years marks the maximum pe? riod that our forests may be expected to last. The demand for lumber in the whole United States increases at the rate of about twenty-five per cent, per annum, and the supply has in the last year in? creased thirty per cent., showing that lumber producers in their haste to de? stroy the forests, are overstocking the market, while the increase of forests from planting is less than one million acres, the decrease from all causes is over eight million acres annually. As an example, it is reported Chicago in 1871 received 2,500,000,000 of lumber, and 10,0(0 acres were stripped of timber to supply that great city with fuel alone. The fences of the United States are really the greatest consumers of our trees. This drain is almost beyond human com? putation or belief, and in every State in the East our farmers are becoming alarm? ed as to what they shall do for fence tim? ber in the next fifteen or twenty years. Each one is yearly economizing more and more his little store of timber, but still he sees it melting away and no new forest at hand to replace it. It is an as? tonishing fact that the fences of the Uni? ted States have cost more than the land, and they are to-day the most valuable class of property in the country except railroads and real estates in the cities. Our fences are now vai.ued at $1,800,000, 000 and to keep in repair, cost $1)8,000, 000 annually. In Illinois it is estimated $2,000,000 is invested in fences, sixty per cent, of which arc board, pest and rail, and forty per cent, wire and hedges. These fences cost $175,000 annually for repairs, and yet Illinois is one of our new States." Record Your Contrac ts and Save Rtrnt. We have been often asked, why it is that the owner of lands cannot get his rent. . We say there is nothing to prevent his getting his pay, or his share of the crop. It is only neiessary to reduce your contracts to writing and record the same at once with the clerk of the court, and you will get your money, and we give as our authority the following act: An act for the better protection of land owners, and perhaps renting land to oth? ers, for agricultural purposes, and to amend acts relating thereto. That in all cases wh ere land is rented either for a share of the crop, or for a stipulated sum in money, or for so much cotton, corn, or other product of the Soil, the land so rented shall be deemed and taken to' be an advance for agricultural purposes; and the land owner upon redu? cing the contract of letting to writing, and recording the same, as provided in the lien law, section 5?, chapter 30, (that is recording the same within thirty days from the date of contract,) shall nave a lien on the crop, which may be made du? ring the year upon the land, in preference to all other liens existing or otherwise, to an amount not exceeding one-third of the entire crop so produced, and to be applied to the satisfaction of the rent stipulated to be paid. In such cases the landlord shall have all the rights accorded to persons advan? cing any other supplies, as provided in sections 55 and 56 of the same chapter, to the extreme of one-third of the crop as above stated, This law does not apply to contracts made prior to March 111, 1874, but to all contracts since that time. It will not do to nake verbal con? tracts ; they must be made in writing and recorded, or the liens will take prefer? ence, and the land owners fail to get their rent. You may be able to prove your con? tract and the parties renting may admit the; contract, but you must not depend on this. Write it out and record it, and your claim has preference over anv other claim.?Spartanbimi Her? ald. Setting his Triggers.?In this Pres? idential connection there is a little an ecc ote which I respectfully commend to our friend the Governor of Indiana. Ths other evening I went over to call on tht. excellent Senator fiom South Caroli? na, "Old Tom Robertson," as he is called in ;he irreverent phrase of this locality, and in the course of conversation the topic of the Presidential field came up. ' Hendricks," said Sonator Robertson, "will be very strong both in the Conven? tion and then before the people if he is nominated. He reminds me," pursued the urbane Senator, "of a darkey I used to own in South Carolina. One day the datkey, Bob, was setting a dead-fall to cai/m a coon, and I noticed that the con? cern was open at both ends and had the trigger in the middle, unlike the custom? ary colored dead-fall, which could be en? tered only from one direction. " 'Dis is a 'provement ober dese traps dat de common niggers sets 'round hyar ' said Bob, contemplating his work with much satisfaction. 'You see, Moss' Tom, de common niggers on ly sets dere triggers to kotch dc coon acomin', butlsctsmino to kotch him jess de same a comin' or a gwine.'"?Cor. Cin. Enquirer. ? This will be one of the hardest years since the surrender, and every resource should be husbanded. Every man and boy should work manfully and help to make something. Let there be no drones on the farm, in the shop or any? where. ? The capital employed in the manu? facture of paper collars in this country is $3,000,(100, and nearly a million- are made daily. ? Every man should have something to do, even if it is only sitting on a stool behind the bare in a county jail and counting :he minutes before dinner. ? Bermuda Hundred, on the James, river, which figured so largely during the war, has dwarfed into a cluster of negro hovels. Only one white family remains in the place. ? An Ohio woman has knit one hun? dred and thirty tidies and given to poor people, acid now she feels that some one else ought, to take hold and buy rocking chairs to hang the tidies on. ? A "bride's night dres3," magnifi? cently decorated, is on exhibition in a Brooklyn dressmaker's window, and the cry of the police outside, "Form a line, gentlemen !" can be heard at almost any hour of the day. ? A man in Indianapolis has invented a new kind of fine-tooth comb. That nan understands the needs of the peo? ple, and his memory will be gratefully cherished long after Eeely is forgot? ten. ? Camden, S. C, is an awfully pious town; They charge a man down there ii5 for every swear. When a man gets real road and can't hold in he goes out? side of the city limits. Swearing excur? sions are numerous. ? Scene at a Brooklyn wedding break? fast : Company all seated about the table. A pause in the general conversation. Happy husband to his wife's little sister at thi} other end of the room: "Well, Julie, you have a new brother now." Julie: "Yes; but mother said to papa the other day that she was afraid you would, never amount to much, but that it seemed to be Sarah's hast chance." In? tense silence for a moment, followed by a rapid piny of knives and. forks. SHERIFF'S SALES. BY T. H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. .: ?'":? s'l . BY virtue of Executions to me direc? ted, I will expose to sale on the First Monday in February next, at Anderson Court House, the following ?. Also, one Tract of Land, containing 30 acres, situate in Anderson County, S. C. one mile Northeast of Anderson C. H., ana bounding lands of T. P. Benson, J. M. Pegg, Thomas Harrison and W. D. Evins. Le? vied or.i as the property of John B. Neal, at the suit of W. S. Sharpe. Terms Cash?purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Jan 13, 18V6_26_4_ SHERIFF'S SALE. BY JAMES H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, , AltDERSOK CoUXxyT* In the Court of Probate. J. H. Erskine, Plaintiff, against Margaret Erskine, James S. Erskine, Wm. P. Ers? kine.?DecreUd Order to Sell Land, dc. ; BY virtue of an order from W. W. Eiumphreys, Esq. Probate Judge for Ander? son County, S. C, to mo directed, in the above stated case, I will expose to sale on the first MONDAY in FJSBRUARY next, at Anderson Court House; ? ONE TRACT OF LAND, Can tain ing 100 acres, more or lesa, situate in Anderson County, S. C, bounded by lands oL* Thomas Erskine, E. J. Major, Matthew Cibb or d others. . Sold as the Real Estate of John Eirskine, deceased. Terms or Sale?One-fifth cash; the re? naming purchase money on a credit of one and two years, with interest from day of stile, secured by bond with approved surety, together with a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary pa WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Jan 13, 1876 26 4 SHERIFFS SALE. BY JAMES H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. The State or South Carolina, Anderson County. In the Probate Court. John W. Hai-per, Plaintiff, vs. Wm.R. Har? per, Joel M. Harper, Sallie A. Cothran and Elizabeth Balentine, Defendants.?Com? plaint to Partition the Real Estate of Newton . Harptr,-deceased. BY virtue of an order from W. W. Hum? phreys, Esq., Probate Judge for An? derson 'bounty, to me directed in the above stated izase, I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY next, at Anderson Court House, ONE TRACT OF LAND, Containing 160 acres, more or less, situate in Anderson County, and State aforesaid, lying o:a waters of Saluda River, and bound? ing lantls of John H. Harper, John R. Har? per and others. Teems or Salb.?One-fourth cash, the re? maining three-fourths on a credit of one and two years, with intercut at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, secured by bond with approved surety, togethor with a mort? gage of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Jan 13, 1876 26 4 SheriliPs Sale. BY JAMES H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. State or South Carolina, an3br60n COUJTTY. In the Probate Court. W. A. McFn.ll, Plaintiff, a.iainst Lanrissa C. Herron, Elizabeth J. Herron, et al., De? fendants.?Summons for Relief. "OY virtue of an order from W. W. Huni jD phrejs, Esq., Probate Judge for An? derson County, to me directed in the above stated case, I will expose to sale on the Firet Monday in February next, at Anderson C!ourt House, ONE TRACT OF LAND, Containing 92 acres, more or less situate, in Anderson County, S. C, bounding lands of B. F. Dunkin, J. Branyan, Estate of Vir? gil Herron, deceased, and others. Sold as the Real Estate of John Herron, deceased, and known as the home place in the parti? tion of said Estate. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, the re? maining half on a credit of twelve months, secured by a bond and mortgage of the premises, with interest fror.: the day of sale. Purchaser to pay extra fo;: all necessary pa? pers. WM. McGUKIN, Sheriff. Jan 13,1876_26_4 ASSIGNEE'S SALE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, District of South Carolina. IN THE DISTRICT COURT. Ex Parte ) JOSEPH N. BROWN, \ Assignee, J In Re ) In Bankruptcy. NATHAN McALISTER, [ Bankrupt. J BY virtue of an order of Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of the District Court of the Un-tcd States for said District, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, on 8ALEDAY in FEBRUARY next, the following TRACT OF LAND, Situate in Anderson County, in said State, to wit: The Homestead oi: said Nathan Mo Alistcr, containing 55 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of John B. Leverett, and other lands of said Bankrupt. TERMS OF SALE?One-third cash and the remainder on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, the purchaser to give, at least, two sureties, with a mortgage of the premises to secure the purchase mon? ey. The purchaser to pay extra for papers. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Assignee. Jan i:t, 1876_26_4_ NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? Notice is hereby given that the under? signed, guardian of Wm. Maddox, George N. Maddox, Nancy A. Massey and Sarah J. Smith, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County on the first day of March next, for a final (settlement and dis? charge from said guardianship. WM. HOLMES, Guardian. Jan 27,1875. 21 5 A New Advertisements. domestic' SEWING MACHINES. Liberal Terms of Ex* changrefor Second-hand Machines of overy de* atiptfon. DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS, The But Patterns made. Send 5cts. lor Catalogue. Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO. Asrjn WArrrra. -ga JIEWYORK. dfr-i c% aday at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and V*-* terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. ASTONISHING! "Yet forty dayi, and Nineeah shall be orerthrotrn." Future eTcnts prophccled byrulcslnBENNER'S PROPHETIC BOOK. Fortunes foretold In the ups and downs of prices fcr the next twenty rears; the future judged by the past. What years to make money on pig-iron, hogs, corn, provisions, cotton, and when we will have the next panic, what year hard times will end and business ruvlvo again. Every farmer, manufacturer, legitimate trader and speculator should have this book to know the fu? ture, so as to avoid loss and be successful. Sent to iny rmmo, post paid, for 81. Address SAMUEL BLNNER, Balnbridge, Rcas County, 0 $ar FOR 1876. jg? PPLlTON'S JOURNAL, 1 Household Weekly Magazine, devoted to POPULAR LITERATURE, AND ALL MAT? TERS OP TASTE AND CULTURE. Appletons' Journal appears in new type and with other mechanical improvements, making it the handsomest weekly literary journal In the country. Appleton's journal aims to be com? prehensive, including la Its plan all branches of literature, and treating all subjects of interest to intelligent readers ; it designs to be elevated in tute and pure in tone ; it gives in quantity fully twenty-five per cent, more than the largest of the Monthly Magazines, while in quality its literature in of the highest class. I rice, $4 per annum; 10 cents per Number. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. The undersigned have procured, exclusively for subscribers to Appletons' Journal, a splendid Bi.cel engraving of "CHARLES DiCKENS IN NIS STUDY," Which is offered, under special terms, to every sub? scriber?in advance?to Journal for 1876. This steel engraving Is in Une and stipple. It is not ? fancy picture, but an actual representation o.' Charles Dickens' stndy at Gadsbill, while the portrait of the distinguished author is strikingly fsithful. The size of the plate is 20x 14, printed ou heavy plate paper 24 x 30, making a large and h indsome engraving for the parlor or library wall. The* execution of the plate is of a superior order. The ordinary price of a steel engraving of this character in the print-shops would not be less than fi re, and perhaps six dollars. It is offered exclu? sively to subscribers, In addition to the Journal I for one yenr, for 85.00?that is, for 81.00 additional, each yearly advance subscriber to the Journal for ' 1876 may receive a superb engraving worth fuUy ' five times the amount. I This engraving is entirely new.' It has never been for sale in the print-shops, and caunot be ob? tained except in connection with Applktons' Journal upon the terms and conditions given i above. It will be mailed to subscribers postage prepaid. . . ? D. APPLETON & CO., _549 & BB1 Broadway, New York. Ann A WEEK GUARANTEED to Agents, \ I /Male and Female, in their own locality. (Tllf Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Address P. 0. T ' 1 VICKERY & CO., Augusta, Maine. I (bit rn d>nn per day at home. Samples worth 81 ff.J IU ffflj free Stisbqn & Co., Portland, Maine C.pSYCEOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARMING." A- How either sex may fasclnato and gain the lore and affections of any purson they choose, in? stantly. This art all van posses i, free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyp? tian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000, 000 sold. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM &. CO., Publishers, Philadelphia._' , , AGENTS, the greatest chance of the age, Address, ? with stamp, National Copying Co., Atlanta, Go. EMPLOYMENT.?Male and Female, salary or commission. We pay agents a salary of 8300 a week and expenses' Eureka M'f'o Co., Hartford, Conn. Particulars free._ Sflses. Lib Violets. Caniafa. Mm k \ 10 DISTINCT CHOICE KINDS. MAILED FOR Si. 10 FERNS, do ,SI. 10 GREENHOUSE PLANTS, do., SI. 10 FOL1AGED PLANTS, do., 81. 10 WINDOW PLANT9, do., gl. 10 ASSORT? ED PLANTS fcomprislnif all the above varieties), do?Sl. 12ASSORTED BEDDING PLANTS, do,.81.12VERBENAS, do.,75cents. 3 Choice Al br.mChromoM err.? ic\U> eich collection. Addreia Ti,9 Oreenbrook & Paterson City Nurseries; or J.QRETVES.Bcc'y, Box 15*7, Patmson, N.J. = ?AROLINA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. rpHE Second Term of the Scholastic Year of 1875-6, will open MONDAY, JAN? UARY 17th, 1876, with a full and efficient corps of Professors. EXPENSES- PER TERM. Primary Department.$ 6 00 Intermediate Department. 10 00 Collegiate Department..?. 14 00 Music on Piano.*. 13 8Si Use of Instrument, (1 hour per day),.. 2 00 Use of Instrument, (1 hour per day).. 3 00 German and French, ?ach. 6 6(1 Ornamentals, each. 5 00} Entrance Fee, (paid once a year,). 1 "30 Graduation Fee. 5 00 N. B.?A Term is- one-third of the Scho? lastic Year. . . Board can be obtained in private families at rates ranging from $12.50 to $15.00 p;r month, varying according to arrangements made as to washing, fuel and lights. The President oners to board boys at $12..'K) per month, exclusive of washing and lights. A few rooms can be rented to those de? siring to board themselves. Some have tried it this year, and the arrangement has proved satisfactory. For further information, apply for a Cata? logue. W. J. LIGON, President. Dec 9, 1875_21_ THE CARSWELL INSTITUTE, MALE and FEMALE. -0 THIS Institution is of recent birth. The building is now in process of erection. It is beautifully located, thirteen miles South of Anderson, on the Lowndesville road. The exercises of its first session will opon on the FIRST MONDAY In FEBRUARY, 1S7G, unless notice be given otherwise through these columns. The Literary Department will he con? ducted by E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., A. M., of Mercer University, Macon, Geo.. assisted by M. L. C'ARswELL,*of the same institution. The Art and Music Departments will be presided over by Miss Georgia C. Cais well. New and improved methods of instruc? tion in every branch of study. 1 Terms of Tuition arc as follows : For students in primary department...$16 00 Intermediate department. 20 00 Academic department. 30 00 These charges are for the whole Scholastic yca.r, and will be made unless private ar? rangements arc effected, which may be done to the advantage of patrons having several students to send. Board in good fam ilies at from $8 to $uO per month, fuel and lights included. Boaid from Monday until Friday from $4 to $S6 per month. For furth er particulars, address E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., Principal, Or Rev. W. E. WALTERS, Chairman of Board Trustees. Dec 10, 1875_22_ Reidville Male High School, Twelve Miles West of Spnrtanlnirg C H., S. C. -0 THE THIRTY-SEVENTH Session of j this School will commence on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY, 1870. The location is retired, quiet, healthy and discipline strict. The students have accc?s to an extensive and well-selected Chemical and Philosophical apparatus. Students arc carefully fitted for a business life?as mer? chants and practical, scientific farmers; or are prepared for the higher University course, in the languages or any of the Specialities they choose to pursue. The Principal takes pleasure 111 stating that this Institute, in both Male and Fe? male Departments, is well patronized from the upper Counties, and the same is distant but five miles from Wclford Station, on the Air Line Railroad. Tuition per Session?Third Grade, $10.00; Second Grade, $15.00; First Grade, $20.00. Boarding, $12.00 per month. WM. TENNENT, Principal. Reidville Post Office, Spartanhurg County, S. C. Jan 13,1876 26 4 QUICK SALES SMALL PROFITS. TOWERS & BROTLES, \ RE offering their large stock of Season -OL able Dry Goods, at prices to suit the times. Give them a call before buying. BRY GOOBS. WE have a large stock Diy Goods, viz: Dress Goods, Black Alpacca, French Merino, Calico, Shawls, BLANKETS, Flannel. A large lot of Jeans, Cassimeres, Brown and Bleached Homespun, Bed Ticking, <fcc, for sale low bv TOWERS & BROYLES. BOOTS and SHOES. A FULL line of the Best Boots and Shoes for sale low by TOWERS & BROYLES. CLOTHING! WE have a fine lot of Clothing, which will be sold at lower prices than ever offered in the market. Give us a call. _TOWERS & BROYLES. SADDLES, BRIDLES, and HARNESS. WE have the largest and best stock of Siddlcs, Bridles and Harness in Town. The Harness and Bridles wc have manufactured in our store, of superior quality, and we offer inducements in this line .to cash custo? mers. Any description of harness manu? factured to order on short notice, bv . TOWERS &, BROYLES. HARDWARE. A COMPLETE assortment of Hardware, viz: Shelf Hardware, Iron, Nails, Axes, Plows, Plow Irons, Blacksmith Tools, &c? for sale low by _TOWERS & BROYLES. Groceries. RIO and Java Coffee, Sugar, New Orleans and Muscovado Molasses, Rice, Salt, Bacon, Lard and Fancy Groceries, for sale low'by / TOWERS & BROYLES. SUNDRIES. CROCKERY, China and Glass Ware, Wooden Ware, Buggy Makers' Materials, Bagging, Ties, CARPETS. A largo assortment of Trunks and Va? lises. : All or our stock of Goods are now offered at prices to suit the times. Give us a call, and see our goods.. We charge nothing for showing our goods. TOWERS-<fc BROYLES. Dec 16,1875 ,. ,., , 22 , . . , ; FLOUR! THE celebrated Tennessee Flour, "Swan's Djwn," and ''Gem of the Burg." Also, Buckwheat Flour, for sale low by TOWERS & BROYLES. HATS. . A LARGE lot of Men s and Boys' Hats, Ladies' Hats, Fur Capes and setts of Furs at uncommonly low prices, for Christmas presents, by TOWERS & BROYLES. New Orleans Molasses. ASPLENDID article of new crop N. 0. Molasses for sale low, in quantities to suit the purchaser, by _;__ TOWERS <fc BROYLES. P. P. TOALE, . MANUFACTURER OF DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE,; 'Paints, Oils, &c. SOLE A?ENT FOR ' The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. jZStr* Send for Prices. OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, Nos. 20 k 22 Havre k 33 k 35 Pinckney Sts. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley Bivcr, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 ,, 10_ly RATHBONE'S ACORN COOK. With or without Portable Not Water Reservoir and Closet. Soa't tajr an old-fashioaed Stow, tat gsi cat Witt all latest improvements. Largeit Oven and Rues. Longest Fire Box for long wood. Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box BottomHn surei a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast. Swing Hearlh and Ash Catch. Won't soil floor or carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Coven. Iltirns but little wood. Has Mica or Solid Iron Front. Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iron. Hlckel Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Door*. Ground and Silver-like Polished Edges and Mouldings. Heavy. Best New Iron. Won't crack. wASmTZS 8ATISrACT087. Mauufacturcd by RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N.Y. Sold by an Enterprising Dealer in every Town. B, F. CRAYTON & SONS, Agent, Anderson, S. ?. NOT 25,1875 19 3m METROPOLITAN WORKS, Canal St., fbom Sixth to Skventh, RICHMOND, ? - VIRGINIA. ?ENGINES, Pobtable and SlATIOlCAKY. Saw .Hill*. Grist Mulls. Boilers, Castings of Brass A Iron, Forgings, Ac. ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done bv experienced hands. "We call special attention tp our Improved Por? taltic Engines for agri? cultural and other purpo? ses. A number of second? hand ENGINES and BOIL? ERS of various patterns, in first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done WM. E. TANNER <fc CO. Aug 5, 1875 3 ly MEDICAL CAKjD DR. R. G. WITHERSPOON OFFERS his services as medical prac tioncr. Oflice at Andersonvillc, d. C. Dec 9,1875 21 3m LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. T1TE desire to call attention to the fact tha* we hare on hand a LARGE and TT well-solected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes Hardware CrockerV Ware, Etc We have lust received a large lot of B:. >n Sides, Shoulders, Sugai -Oured Haras, Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, D..- orara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHO .fJE FAMILY FLOU R, A complete assortment of Sugars, Cp'-'x-s and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, <fcc. A very large stock of .Iron, Steel, Hoe . Shovels. Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have everythi ig that the farmer or man of family nse is. We are selling tho forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash prices! Call and be convinced of this.fact. ?$S- And now a word to thoso that w o have supplied with Goods during the yoar 1872, 1878 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ac ?unts will bo placed in the hands of an Officer for collection.- ? BYR?M & MeGRATH. Important to those Indebted to tTs. To thoso indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will givt-'oiie^balf 'cent s.bovo the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Account? and Notes, at any time between ,tho 1st of November next. Wo must have the .money .on them, and ck> not wish to add any cost. ""So come forward at once and settle up. 1 . BYRUM & McGRATH, Mechanics' .Row. Oct7,1875 . 12 ? :,. .....,;jy THE MM GQLI3 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. -__o- - " ? C. E. THAMES, President, T- H. FOWLER, Secretary. Gen. S I). LEE, Superintendent of Agencies1.: ''. ".T? iT-.fi. ' lj 1 CASH CAPITAL PAID 1(1.; ? ,; $200,000?. Assets, $759,084.79. Sniplhs in hand; $206,M.47. THE above statement is based on examination of Company by the Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company to Kvorlc far -Maryland. Tlio Company has.paid from 17. to 27. per cent, dividends per-annum since 'organi? zation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years. BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY.' ?B. P. WHITNER,-President.' ; P. O. v. B?RSTEL, W.. H. N?BPIN, J; L. ORR, Secretary, O F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, a A. REED, ? . E.fi' DIVVER, *"?Ji' B;'XiEWiS,: : : ,.iT f ' r . : vJ.AvHOYTi loanntl ' The above gentlemen are insured ,in Company..and. will taJce,ple^ureiiUi giving information as to obtaining policies, ahdlany. facts as to Company,,. r > j.t ,. ;3ept2,1875 ? \ 47 .:..:..??=????? ^ . ? ?. A. REED. '? - A. 8. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MAN?BACff?RERS OIF . BUGGIES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C i&C. A. J. STRINGER, Affent. W. J. ITIX, Agent, Helton, S. C. . .FmlrBlmj. ESPECIAL at tention paid -, to- ? ' ? :_' ? REPAIRING, djgfe and all work ful- \X./V'l |ly warranted. .. M^\Ji ? "We claim the 1 .. ? r*^f ? most thorough I JSSZl^--^ Ironwork, Wood ^rp^mBtt?/\ work, Painting jC if\ and Trimming, f >lf V f 3 J?f ' ') iastoe employ on-1 /IN. 7 \xTV / ly the best work- ^^.L^^ 'None but well-seasoned lumber used in the manufacture of. our work. -All per? sons desiring to purchase are'cordiaUy invited to call at our Manufactory, (at the buildings formerly owned by John A.'Reoves, Esq.,) and inspect tfcework^for themselves. ?? ?' i ? .- " ' BUGGIES always on hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge, on Main Street.) whore Mr. Joseph Martin ban always be found, reedy to sell a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones; [' 7 .. .AmJersonJ3ejJt.-9, 1875 i 8 ???<. . jy WILHIT|^p.LIAMS DRUGS, MEDICINES, UHEMICALS, &c', Also Lamps and Lamp Goods, Paints, Oil, Varnishes, Brushes, Dye Stuffs, &c. iAIso a full line of - Perfumery arid Toilet' Ar? ticles, :Cigar3 and Tobacco. Pure Brandies, Wines ? and Whiskies for msdidrial purposes strictly, and other articles usually kept in fttteir line. Prescriptions carefully .compound dfr' A choice selection of Buisf 3 new ?crop Turnip Seed on hand. ? 1 1?ly ' ? TALBOT ?.'SONS, SHOCKOE. MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, TA. Manufacturers of Stcnrn Engines and Boilers, Afrricnltuf.il Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Grist, Baric and Plaster Mills, ? Shafting, Rangers aud Parleys, Improved. TurJbinc Water Wheels. Get 14, 1875 ; V/U ly WM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA? '*! . MANUFACTURERS., PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Hollers, of all tinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mils, Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &c. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps. Send for Catalogue. Octl4, 1875 13 ly G. F. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, TA. COTTAGE Beadslcads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, Ac., manufactured of Walnut and cheap er bard woods. No soft Pine used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Cctl4, 1875 13 ly BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, Gr sen villa - Street, Anderson, S. 0. Mas. J. V.: MOORE," 1 \ p. . Mm S. Y. ROBINSON, J P?cipals. FlIRST SESSION^ commencing on 4th of January, 1870. TERMS?PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS. Fo;* all higher branches, including I'rench, Latin, Greek and Mathe? matics.$15 00 Intermediate Classes.*. 12 00 Primary. 8 00 Music. 20 00 Drawing and Painting..... 20 00 Boarding per month,cxclusivc of lights and washing.... 12 50 Pupils boarding with the Principals will receive tuition free for one session. For fur? ther information, address Mrs. J. V. MOORE, Anderson, Si C. Nov 11,1875 17 3m Dr. W. G. BROWNE, DENTIST, Anderson, S. C. A reliable TOOTH POWDER for sale *t 25 cents a Box. ;." M.; GOLDSMITH. ' ' P. ^KllrD; PHENIX IRON WORKS, GOLD SMITE & KIND, FOtJNDEttSjan< XlCHLNISTS. HAVE always on Land Stationary . StcaraEngines arid Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Savv and .Grist Mala,. Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, Pullie?, et* Castings of every" kind'iii Jton?rBiras?. We guarantee %o furnlsli Unginen and Boilers of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can be had in the North. We:manufacture,', also, the Gaddv Im? proved Water'Yyheel, which .we;recom? mend for power, simplicity of construe- t tion, d-jrabxlity and cheapness. We war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling ordera. \.' GOLDSMITH & KLND,*, .] Colrnnim^ S.fc.. May 28,1874 , , ?46 , ? ! :: , ly j j - IAM now prepared to furnhbtr PINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on the Blue Rid^o and. Air Line, Railroads at, Seneca City, in any quantities desired. , ...... For further information, see eja at my Mills, onoanda half miles west of Senoci', City, or address me at Senoca. City, ,:..;1 Mr. 0. H., P. McKinney is my agon t a t Anderson, who will alwtiya be: found at the Yard, ready to wait on customers.. . WM. J: HARBIN. ! ? " July 8,1875 .?1 ,-. ' TWO MONTHS FREE!! THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, ?'The Leading American Newspaper*" On receipt of $2 and t!his advertisement, The Weekly Tribune will be sent,' postage paid,' to any address. until December, 31, ' 187G, or for $12.50, six copies; for 22, eleven; for 30, thirtv-one. ? Address ? ? - ? THE TRIB?NE, New Vor*. ADVERTISING: Cheap: Good: Systematic.?All persons who'contem? plate making contracts with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should sand 25 Cents to Gco. P. Rowell & Co., 44 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPfl LET-BOOK (ninety-seventh edition), contain? ing lists of over 2000 newspapers and esti? mates, showing the cost. Advertisements taken for leading papers in many States at a tremendous reduction from pnbhshcrs' rates. Get the book. peo? ple of both sexes, young and old, make more mqnev at work for us, in their own locali? ties, during their spare moments, or all the time, than at anything else. We offer em? ployment that will pay handsoniely for every hour's work. Full particulars, terms,' &c? sent free. Send us your address at once. Don't delay. Now is the, time. Don't look for work or business elsewhere, until you have learned what we offer. G."8TiH80K.i& Co., Portland Maine. - ? 14?,t ?. ? ;t '. ly "VTOTICE OF FINAL. SETTLEMENT ? -131 Notice is hereby 'given that I will make application to the Judge of Probate on the 15th of February next, for a Final Settlement of the .Estate of J. Calvin, Hall, deceased, and a final discharge from said Estate. C. D. MADDEN, AdnfY.-' Jan 6,1876 ' 25 * : KOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the.un dersigned, Administrator of William'Loifg, deceased, will apply -to '' tbe Judge-, of Probate for Anderson County/ on the,15th of February, next, for a final settlement and discharge from said Estate. ' ' ' HENRY LONG, A?brtv Jan 13,1876 f! , 26 - . ? 6? ..!