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NOT LOST! The look of sympathy, the gentle word, Spoken so low that only angels heard; The Beeret art of pure self-sacrifice, Unseen by men, but marked by angel's eyes? These are not lost. The sacred music of a tender strain, Wrung from a poet's heart by grief and pain, And chanted timidly, with doubt and fear, To busy crowds, who scarcely pause to hear? These are not lost. The silent tears that fall at dead of night Over soiled robes, that once were pure and white; The prayers that raise like incense from the soul, Longing for Christ to make it clean and whole? These are not lost. The happy dreams that gladdened all our youth, When dreams had less of self and more of truth, The childhood's faith, so tranquil and so sweet, Which sat, like Mary, at the Masters' feet?i These are not lost The kindly plans devised for others' good, Bo seldom guessed, so little understood; The quiet, steadfast love that strove to win Some wanderer from the ways of sin? These are not lost. Not lost, O Lord! for in thy city bright Our eyes shall see the past by clearer- light,; And things long hidden from our gaze below' Thou wilt reveal, and we shall surely know; These are not lost. CLOSING SCENES AT APPOMATTOX. Interesting Reminiscences in a Letter from Minister Washbarne. The Washington correspondent of the St. Loais Bq>iMican prints the following letter from Minister E. B. Washburne to a resident of Virginia: Legation op the UurrED States, 1 Paris, June 17, 1874. j Dear Sib : I hare duly received your letter from New York, dated the 23d ult. At the epoch you speak of great events were so crowded together that it is im? possible for me, at this length of time, to recall the details of many of them. But I well recollect the arrival of-the deputation of tbe three citizens from the municipal government of tbe city of Lynchburg at Appomattox Court House, and the object of their visit to Gen. Gib bou, then in command of the Union forces. I shall never forget the pleasant interview I had with those gentlemen, and tbe interest I took in their narration of events and the state of things at Lynchburg. After hearing their state? ments I too- I was in full sympathy with the purposes they had in view, and so expressed myself. But I was there simply as a private individual, and had no authority to advise or scarcely to sug? gest. Perhaps my opinions may have bad some weight, but I would not claim even that; and I fear that the generous citizens of Lynchburg have given me credit for what really belongs to others. I can only attest my feelings of gratifi? cation at the success which attended the efforts of the Lynchburg delegation on that occasion, and the pleasure we felt at the time at their having successfully accomplished their mission. Knowing Gen. Grant as I did, and knowing him to be as just and, magnanimous as be was brave, I had no hesitation in saying to the delegation (and to the others) that I had no doubt were he present he would at once accede to their request. Your letter and your allusions to Gen. Gordon revive many recollections of those eventful days. I arrived at Appomattox Court House on Tuesday, the 11th of April, 1865. Gen. Grant, after receiving the surrender of Gen. Lee on Sunday, the 9th, he left the next day with his staff officers en route for Washington. I met him the next evening at Prospect Station. Desiring to see the two armies, tiie next morning the General gave me a company of cavalry as an escort to Ap? pomattox. Though the surrender had been made on Sunday, yet the details as to tbe parole and many other matters had to be agreed upon, and the laying down of arms was to take place at a fu? ture day and as soon as the preliminaries could be arranged. Three Commission era were appointed ou either side for that purpose, Gen. Gordon, Gen. Pendleton, I think, and another gentlemen whose name I do not now recall, on the side of the Confederates, and Gen. Gibbon, Gen. Merritt, and a third, perhaps Gen. Mac* kenzie, on the side of the Union forces. When I arrived at the Court House ne? gotiations were going on between the Commissioners at Gen. Gibbon's bead quarters, at the house of a Mr. McLean, and I then saw many of tbe general offi? cers on both sides. From what one saw there it could hardly have been conceiv? ed that these men bad been in arms against each other through more than fonr yean of deadly strife. The terror of the breach, the fury of tbe charge, and the fatigue of the march seem to have been forgotten, and these bravo men come together more as friends than ene? mies. In all of their talks there was never a suggession nor a word from ei? ther side that could have wounded the tendered susceptibility. Many of these officers on both sides had served together in tbe old army ,and it was touching ahdin? teresting to witness the sympathy between them which had survived those long years of conflict and carnage. General Cadmus Wilcox told with emotion how his old classmate, Gibbon, accused him of having nothing but Confederate mon? ey, and taking from his pocket a new and crisp $50 greenback, thrust it upon him.' There was one sentiment among all of these men, which seemed to crop out in spite of themselves and that was, that after all the bloody struggle of the past, they were still all Americans. The only punishment I saw inflicted was that on some large jugs of brandy which had found their way to tbe Union headquar? ters, and nnder the peculiar circumstan? ces that was not taken and deemed as a "cruel and unusual punishment" within the meaning of tbe Constitution. I met on that occasion two gentlemen in the Confederate service with whom I had served in Congress,"Hon. Alexander R. Boteler, of Virginia, and Hon. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi. Lamar was a member of the Committee on Com? merce in the Thirty-sixth Congress, of which I was Chairman, and though we differed on all political matters as widely as two men could well differ, our person? al relations had always been pleasant and agreeable. Though I had not much money with me, I proposed to divide with him, but he declined, saying he could see his way clear to get to Balti? more, and when once where Winter Da? vis was he should be all right. I knew what that meant, for the intimacy and friendship that existed between those two brilliant and gifted men, so utterly op? posed to each other ou all of the political questions of the day, was well known in Washington circles. They were united by a tie which binds together scholars, persons of similar tastes, and men of genius and eloquence, and which even the storms of war could not sunder. Had these men lived in France during the great revolution, Lamar would have ri? valed Mirabeau in tbe tribune of the Na? tional Assembly, and Winter Davis would have been the peer of Vergniaud, the echoes of whose graceful but indig? nant eloquence resounded through all France long after his head had rolled in? to tbe basket of the guillotine and his blood ran in the gutters of the Place de la Revolution. After remaining two days at Appomat? tox, I was ready to start with my escort on my return teward Burksville and Bicbmond. Gen. Gordon, having heard of the sickness of his family at Peters? burg, was extremely anxious to get away M soon as his mission in connection with the surrender should be ended, and be sent word to Gen. Gibbon to inquire if he thought I would have any objection to his going with my escort. I sent as an answer that I should be pleased to have him or any of his friends for com? pany on the long horseback journey be? fore me. I had heard so much of Gor? don, and knew so much of his wonderful career as a soldier, that I was very hap? py to have him go along with me. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox, an old Regular Army Officer, and well known in military and naval circles before the war, and Gen. Alexander, a young graduate of West Point from Georgia, also joined us. With these generally cane many of their staff officers, and, therefore, by the time we got started we bad quite a large party. Our first day's march brought us to Farmville pretty late in the evening. I took my "command" directly to the head? quarters of the Union General in com? mand, _Gen. Curtin, an accomplished young officer from Pennsylvania. He received us with the most cordial hospi? tality, and immediately devoted himself l to providing some rations for his half J starved guests, and to 6towing them away for the night. The latter was a some? what difficult matter, for we were iu quite large numbers. Beds being scarce, Cur? tin and Gordon (I believe it was,) "turn? ed in" together, which reminded me of the incident so much talked of at the time, of John Tyler and John M. Rotts sleeping together at the National Hotel at Washington, soon after the death of Gen. Harrison, in the Spring of 1841. The next day we pursued our journey to Borksville, and from there we took the cars to Petersburg. We then separated, and I have seen none of the gentlemen since, except Gen. Alexander, whom I met a few days after in Washington.? All of these recollections are'now ex? tremely interesting to me. I had seen the culmination of events at Appomat tox, and I believe I was the only man there on either side who was not in some way connected with the military service. I enjoyed my long horse-back ride from Appomattox to Burksrillo very much. Gordon and I rode side by side most of the distance, and no "Radical" or "Con? federate*' ever got along better together, i found the General a man of rare intel? ligence and great conversational powers, i and as we went "marching aloug," we talked for hours and hours of the inci | dents of the war on both sides, and spec? ulated as to the future of the country. Bidding each other good-bye at Peters? burg, we each went our way. I do not believe that Gordon, at that time, believ? ed he would be a Senator in Congress from the State of Georgia within the next eight years, and I certainly had no idea that within the next few years I should change my residence from Galena to Paris. But so it falls out. And here I will stop, and you may say it is quite time. Not stoppingafter having endeav? ored to give you the information you sought for, I have run off into personal reminiscenses in which you can feel but little interest. ? I have the honor to be, very respect folly, your obedient servant, E. B. Washbune. John L. Winston, Lynchburg, Va. Revolt of the Colored Office-Holders. Washington, Feb. 18. The great political event of the time is the speech of the colored Senator from Mississippi in executive session last Thursday. It has attracted more atten? tion and been commented upon wider than any speech delivered in the Senate for many a day. In executive session, however, there is a freedom which Sena? tor*-do not enjoy in open session. It would be undignified for Senator Th?r man to smoke when the galleries are operr. So it would be a breach of good manners for Senator Conklingto comb his whiskers and arrange his hair when there are spectators in the chamber.? But in executive session Senators can do like other mortals?wear ' their hats, smoke, indulge in badinage, and still be considered respectable. So it Buited the colored Senator from Mississippi to speak his mind freely about Grant and the Re? publican party, aud in so doing he has incurred the displeasure of the high toned, dyed-in-the-wool Abolitionists, who are always prating about fidelity to party. "How did the nigger dare to open his mouth in our presence," asked a Sen? ator who was displeased at the remarks of Bruce. "He must have been drink? ing," answered another, while the opin? ion was offered by a third, "In wine there is truth." Another set pretend that Bruce is disgusted with Grant, and be? cause he does not applaud Grant's name for a third term, the President and Cabi inet are against the colored Senator. All manner of excuses are offered except the right one, and that is that Senator Bruce and bis constituents, black as well as white, are tired of the domination of the Republican party over the South, while firetending to be such good and true riends of the people of that section.? What the Senator from Mississippi said, and what the Democrats applauded was, that bis people were tired of being polit? ical slaves to any party. In this he is not alone. On the same day, Thursday last, Mr. Lynch, the colored member from Missis? sippi in the Honse, uttered the same sen? timents. He was replying to the speech of Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, who bad charge of the consular ana diplo? matic bill, when he said: "I cau assure my colleague that what we want is to have bis party inaugurate a liberal, fair, generous, reasonable policy that will tol? erate an honest difference of opinion upon political questions. We want bis party to pursue a policy that wilt con? vince the colored voters that their iden? tification as a mass with any one politi? cal organization is no longer a matter of necessity. Sir, I express it as my hon? est opinion that the identification of the colored people as a mass with one political organization, especially so far as local matters are concerned, is not so much a matter of choice as it is of Democratic hostility to them as a race, a matter of necessity. The affiliation of the masses of the white people in the South with one organization is not so much a matter of choice with them as it is the result of the existence of a public opinion which in some localities does not tolerate an hon? est difference of opinion upon political questions except at the sacrifice of social position and success in business. These are the evils that must be removed. White men must be allowed to disagree upon political questions without being socially ostracised and destroyed in busi? ness. Colored men must be convinced that they, too, can divide in political mat? ters withont running the risk of losing their rights and privileges under the gov? ernment. When this can bedone all will be well, and the South will prosper, but not till then." It will thus be seen that the sentiments of Mr. Bruce are not con? fined to the Senate. The more impor? tant significance is this : They give ex? pression to what the Radical leaders say is the voice of lamentation. The Presi? dent recognizes the fact that there are no more Durells in office to write mid? night orders, and he is powerless to force the carpet-baggers upon an oppressed people.? Cbr. Baltimore Qazeltc. Hz Came fbom Staten Island.? Revivalist (to rural visitor at Hippo? drome)? My friend, did you come here from curiosity ? R. V. (slightly deaf)?No, sir, I didn't; I came from Staten Island. Revivalist?You don't understand me. Did you come from curiosity alone 1 R. V.?Yes; came alone?the old wo? man's got corns, and had to stay at home. Revivalist (rather impatiently)?No, no, my good sir; what brought you here to-day ? R. V. (smiling)?Oh, I see I Why, the horse-car did.? Vommercial Advcrtizcr. Turkish Rules of Conversation. ?Conversation in Europe has been de? scribed as a duetto in an opera, in which the two persons engaged in it are talking to an imaginary third person, each re? counting a tale of his own. ''I say some* thing and you say something else, and we will agree to call it a conversation." Now in Turkey there are certain forms or canons of conversation, any violation of which is considered an outrage, and the sum of which constitutes their code of politeness as applied to conversation. 1 will enumerate these one by one. 1. Never to interrupt the speaker while he is talking. However long-winded or uninteresting bis conversation may be to you, politeness requires that you should wait for his conclusion. You are not under any obligations to enter into con? versation with him at all; but if you do, it is an understood condition of your con? versational treaty that you should let him have his say. 2. Never to diverge, in the middle of a conversation, from the main thread of a discourse into a collateral issue. The breach of this rule is considered by a Turk as unpardonable rudeness. To drive a red herring, as it were, across the scent of conversation is, in his opinion, to coufound all thought and render all profitable conversation impossible. This leads as a corollary, 3. To allow short but sufficient pause between the conclusions of a discussion on one subject and tbe entering on a new subject. 4. Never tell a person a thing be knows already. 5. Not to excuse one's self when convict? ed of being in the wrong. How very sel? dom you hear in Europe, "Yes, I was in the wrong, I am sorry for it." But in Turkey it is considered a violation of principle and a breach of politeness to refuse to be convicted of error. Tbe cause of this difference lies deep in the character of the two races; in the ab? sence on the part of the Turk of petty vanity and distracting self-esteem. The proudest race in the world, they are en? tirely exempt from vanity. 6. When you have nothing to say hold your tongue. They never talk for the sake of talking. Empty, idle jabbering is not an Ottoman practice. In Europe it is considered de rigueur to "say some? thing," whether that something is worth saying or not. Not so in Turkey; to say something when you have nothing to say worth saying is considered there a degra? dation to yourselPand a rudeness to your neighbor.?Pall Mall Gazette. Patronize Homb Merchants. ?To all our people we commend the following rules, which hare been deemed so suggestive that merchants in other places have united in causing their publication as an advertisement: First. It is your borne; you cannot improve it much by taking money away to spend or harvest. Second. There is no way of improving a place so much as by encouraging good merchants, good schools and good people to settle among you?spend your money at home. Third. Spend your money at home because there you generally earn it; it is your duty. Fourth. Spend your money at home, because when it is necessary for you to get credit, it is of your own town mer? chants you generally get it, and they must wait for the money; therefore, when you have the cash, in hand, spend it at home. Fifth. Spend yonr money at home. It will make better merchants of your merchants; they can and will keep bet? ter assortments, and sell at lower rates than if the only business they can do is what is credited out, while the money goes to other cities. Sixth. Spend your money at home. You may have sons growing up who will some day be the best merchants in the city ; it is a duty; it may be your pride in after years to say: "By trading at the store, I got my son a position as a clerk, and now he is proprietor," then you will think it hard if your neighbors spend their money out of town. Set tbe exam? ple now. Seventh. Spend your money at home. Set the example and this season try and buy your dry goods, groceries, meats, and everything at home, and you will see a wonderful change in a short time in the business outlook of the place; therefore deal with your merchants. Eighth. Spend your money at home. What do you gain by going off? Count tbe cost, see what you could have done at home by letting your merchant have it, and been just as well off, besides help? ing your merchants. Going to Give up His Situation.? In Forsytb, one day last week a gentle? man standing in the street noticed a two mule wagon drive up to one of the stores. There was nothing peculiar in this, but what particularly struck his attention was the fact that the driver?a colored man? bad an exceedingly lengthy pair of reins, and was seated in the hindmost part of the wagon. When tbe team stopped, the negro cautiously fastened the lines to a standard, got out over the bind-wheel and made a circle of forty or fifty feet to get to the beads of the mules. This so ex? cited the gentleman's curiosity that he walked up and asked: "Look here, uncle, you are not crazy, are you ?" "Does I look like a crazy nigger, Mars Tom?" "Well, what in the name of common sense are you cutting up these antics for ?walking almost twice around the wagon to get to your mules, and seated on the 'gate' to drive?" The negro looked at the gentleman a moment and then burst into an uncon trolable fit of laughter. "What the devil do you mean?" "Mars Tom, don't you know dat off mule dar? Dat's Mars Tump Ponder's roan mule." "Well, what the mischief is the matter with the mule ?" "Why, Mars Tom, dat mule is a sight ?dat mule is. She's the ongodliest mule in all cr'ashun. She got sense like white folks. No nigger can't come foolin' roun' her. Only las' Chuseday she kick a brass brespin off a town-merlatter's shirt-bozum. Trufe, Mars Tom. An' de nigger don' know twell now dat he ain't done gone an' los' it hissef. I got him home now. Why, Mars Tom, when I goes to hitch up dat mule, I has to put de harness on wid a pole, an' I has to git a new pole ebry time. Lemme play wid powder and Chrismus shooters, but don' gimme no roan mule. I can't stay wid Mars Tump arter dis week. I'm too fon' of my fam'ly, and I don't b'long to no church, nudder." A Leap Year Tragedy.?They stood together in the entry beneath the hall lamp. "Then Henry," she said, in a low voice, wherein were blended determina? tion, melancholy and love, "you refuse my suit?" "Yes, Ella," he replied, in accents that were firm though the speak? er's voice trembled. "I admire you ; I will be a brother to you, and watch with pride your course through life, and if ever trouble should befall you there will at least be one friend to whom you can come for succor; but I can never, never be your husband." "It is not be? cause I am poor, Henry ? For, oh, if that wore all I could toil gladly from morn till night for you and strive and win a home for you, humble it might be, but our own." "It is useless to attempt to iuduce me to change my determiua-. tion. Though I am out a poor, weak man, I can never, never change my mind." "Then, cruel young man, so fair, and yet so false, farewell. To-morrow you will see my mangled remains on the lecture platform, and know that it has been your work. But it will be teo late," and, clasping him to her bosom in a wild em? brace, she fled into the outer darkness. Climate and Weather.?Climate is geographically fixed, while weather is atmospherically variable; climate is a calculated quantity, while weather is an unknown one. All sorts of rules are ap licable to climate, but none are applica le to weather. Climate is monarchy, weather is anarchy. Climate is a consti? tutional government, whose organization wc see and understand; latitude and al? titude are its king and queen; dryness and dampness are its two houses of par? liament ; animal and vegetable products are its subjects, and the isothermal lines are its newspapers, but weather is a red hot, radical republic, all excitemonts and uncertainties, a despiser of old rules, a hater of proprieties and order. Climate is a great, stately sovereign, whose will determine*'the whole character of the lives and habits of its retainers, but those whose rule is regular, and therefore so lit? tle felt that it seems like liberty; but weather is a capricious cruel tyrant, who changes his decrees every day, and who forces us by his evor-varying whims, to remember that we are slaves. Climate is local; weather is universal. We are indifferent to climate because we are ac? customed to it, but we are dependent on weather because we never know what form it will take to-morrow. Climate is the rule; weather is the exception.? Climate is dignity; weather impudence. ?Blackwood Magazine. Don't Allow Smoking.?We mean around barns, gins and farm buildings. Most people who smoke will agree with us that it would be better if the practice could be abandoned entirely; but every farmer can at least make a rule that no smoking should be allowed in or near building, straw and hay stack and barn yards. It will need a good deal of vigil? ance to enforce such a regulation, but it is absolutely necessary if property is to be reasonably safe from the destructive element. ' More than half the fires in ru? ral districts originate in careless use of tobacco, often by hired negroes, or those roaming about the country and loafing around farms. Occasionally the burning building makes the funeral pyre of its Originator?a result which does not seem so horrible to the man whose buildings are burned, as it naturally should; Easy Arithmetic.?In the new novol of Lady Wood, Below the Salt, one of the characters gives a definition in arithmetic that will be quite acceptable to our young lady readers. Edgar is speaking to Pleasance: "Now I kiss you three times on one cheek, and four times on your mouth. How many did that make alto? gether?" "Seven," whispered the girl, disen? gaging herself to breathe more freely. "That is arithmetic," said the youth, triumphantly. "Dear me," said Pleasance, "I could not have thought it." All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? What is the greatest stand ever made for civilization? The inkstand. ? Economical fathers of grown-up daughters are growling over the fact that there are fifty-three Sunday nights this year. And it is leap year. too. ? It may not appear of any particular personal interest to any of us, but it is a fact that there will be a total eclipse of the sun on the 11th of August, 1999. ? "No, sir," said a weary looking man on a street car to an individual by bis side. "I wouldn't marry the best wo? man alive. I've been a dry goods clerk too long for that." ? The difference between the sexes may be stated thus: "A man gives forty cents for a twenty-five cent thing he wants, and a woman gives twenty-five cents for a forty cent thing she does not want." ? An Alabama editor, in puffing a grocery store kept by a woman, says, Her tomatoes are as red as her own cheeks; her indigo as blue as her own eyes; and her pepper as hot as her own temper." ? Benjamin Franklin introduced broom corn into this country. While examining an imported corn whisk he found a single seed, which he planted in his garden. From that seed the corn was propagated. ? An old preacher, who had several calls to take a parish, asked his servant where he should go, and the servant said, "Go where there is most sin, sir." The preacher concluded that was good advice, and went where there was the most money. ? A man and wife at Eatonton, Ga., were remarried after two years of matri? mony. The first ceremony having been in some way informal, and the inheri? tance of a large amount of property de? pending upon the validity of their mari? tal relations, they called their friends to? gether and had a brilliant wedding, and went off on a honey-moon tour. ? One day you will be pleased with a friend, ana the next day disappointed in him. It will be so to the end and 9?u must make up your mind to it and not quarrel, unless for very grave causes. Your friend; you have found out is not perfect. Nor are you; and you cannot expect to get much more than you give. You must look for weakness, and vanity in human nature; it is unfortunate if you are too sharp in seeing them. ? Ex-Commodore V. M. Randolph, formerly of the United States Navy, died at the home of his son at Blount Springs, Alabama, on the 28th of last January, at the age of senty-nine years. He was a commodore in the United States Navy, but upon breaking out of the civil war he resigned the commission and entered the Confederate service. His advanced age unfitted him for active duty, but he was for a time placed in command at Mobile. THE STONO PHOSPHATE 00., Charleston, S. C. SOLUBLE GUANO.?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, 18.55 per cent.? Ammonia, 3.14 por cent.) April 1st, $44. Nov. 1st, $50. Cotton option?middlings at 15 cents?$65. ACID PHOSPHATE.?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, $22.83 per cent.) April 1st, $28. Nov. 1st, $33. Cotton op? tion, as above, $45. Special rates to Granges on cash orders. For particulars apply to E. C. WILLIAMS, Treasurer, Charleston, S. C, Or to C. A. REED, Agent, Anderson, S. C.; J. & D. S. McCULLOUGH, Agent, Hon ea Path. Jan 27, 1876 28 3m $ubti?^r? I ?riinVg Can buy direct of the Manufr on favorable terms. "The ANSON HARDY CUTTING MACHINES are the best and cheapest low pricod machine made, and have a national reputation for utility and du? rability."?(The El?ctro-typer, Chicago.) "The ANSON HARDY PAPER CUTTER is by far the best machine which can be obtained for a less price tbrji one hundred dollars. It is of great strength. "These machines havo always taken tho highest stand. It is the only machino to which Is applied tho patent Movable Cutting Board. This device has a reputation of itself; by it, the cutting board oan be instantly and accurately moved,so that apcrfect cut is Insured. This is a very important point in this machine, and one that is possessed by no other. It greatly reduce-?the labor of preparation in work? ing the paper backward and forward. We cannot too strongly recommend the advantages of this pat? ent movable board. It is worth the price of this machine, and purchasers should fully understand how highly it is to bo valued."?(Rowell's A Co.'s Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette) The latest improved hardy card cutter is pronounced the most desirable Cahd Cuttkb in the market, for the general uses of a printing office. The well-known ruggles card cutter with my latest improvements, it still preferred by many printers, and holds it* favoritism over other machines. 43- None genuine uut these having my full ad? dress lettered in the castings. 49* Newspapers in want of advertising, from trat parties, should send for my circular proposal. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNOALE, MASS. I wUl bay cf those that buy of me. Fcb 10,1876 30 ?m CAROLINA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. THE Second Term of the Scholastic Year of 1875-43, will open MONDAY, JAN? UARY 17th, 1876, with a full and efficient corps of Professors. EXPENSES?PER term. Primary Department.$ 0 00 Intermediate Department. 10 00 Collegiate Department. 14 00 Music on Piano. 13 33} Use of Instrument, (i hour per day),.. 2 00 Use of Instrument, (1 hour per day).. 3 00 German and French, each. G G6 Ornamentals, each. 5 00} Entrance Fee, (paid once a year,). 1 00 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 $12.00 to $15.00 per month, varying according to arrangements made as to washing, fuel and lights. . The President oners to board boys at $12.60 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. 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 open on the FIRST MONDAY in FEBRUARY, 1876, unless notice be given otherwise through these columns. The Litbrmiv Department will be con? ducted by E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., A. M., of Mercer University, Macon, Geo., assisted by M. L. Cars well, of the same institution. The Art and Music Departments will be presided over by 'Miss Georgia C. Cars well. New and improved methods of instruc? tion in every branch of study: Termt of Tuition are as follows : For students in primary department...$16 00 Intermediate department. 20 00 Academic department. 30 00 - These charges arc for the whole Scholastic year, and will be made unless private ar? rangements are effected, which may be done to the advantage of patrons having several students to serfd. Board in good families at from $8 to $10 per month, fuel and lights included. Board from Monday until Friday from $4 to $6 per month. For further particulars, address E. R. CARSWELL, Jr., Principal, Or Rev. W. E. WALTERS, Chairman of Board Trustees. Dec 16,1875 22 _ P. P. TOALE, manufacturer of DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. dealer in BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, See. sole aoent for The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. Send for Prices. OFFICE AND WARERQ0MS, Hob. 20 & 22 Hayn? & 33 & 35 Pirctnoy Sts. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River. West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875_10_ly CENTENNIAL HOUSE, ANDERSON, S. C, BY J. S. ASHLEY. Cincinnatti Lager Beer! J. S. ASHLEY'S. Fresh Fruits, Confectioneries J. S. ASHLEY'S. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AKDKH60N COUHTT. By W. W. Humphreys, Esq., Probat g Judge. WHEREAS, Jack Prince has made suit to me to grant him letters of Administra? tion on the Estate and effects of Elijah Williams, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all kindred and creditors of the said Elijah Williams, deceased, to be and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on Friday, March 3rd, 1876, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew causo, if any they have, why the said administra? tion should not be granted. Given under ray hand, this 10th day of February, A. D. 1876. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Feb 17, 1876_31_2? BRIDGE NOTICE. THE Countv Commissioners of Green? ville and Anderson Counties will let the contract for building a Bridge across Saluda River at Piedmont, to the lowest bidder, on TUESDAY, the 7th day March next. Plans and specifications to be made known on day of letting. Commissioners reserve the right to reject anv or all bids. O. H. P. FANT, Chairman Board Co. Commissioners, Anderson County. JAMES BANISTER, Chairman Board Co. Commissioners, Greenville County. Feb 3, 1870_ 29_5 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN THE PROBATE COURT. W. S. Williams, Survivor, vs. Sarah A. Ran kin, W. R. Rankin, et al.?Complaint to sell Real Estate, Marshal Assets, Ac. THE creditors of Thomas F. Rankin, de? ceased, are hereby notified to prove their respective claims before me at my office in Anderson C. H., on or before the 29th day of April next, or be barred of all the benefits of any decree in this complaint. W. W. HUMPHREYS. Judge of Probate. Jan 27, 1876 28 3m AND SMALL PROFITS. TOWERS & EROYLES, ARE offering their large stock of Season? able Dry Goods, at prices to suit the I times. Give them a call before buying. DRY GOODS. WE have a large stock Dry Goods, viz: Dress Goods, Black Alpacca, French Merino, Calico, Shawls, BLANKETS, Flannel. A large lot of Jeans, Cassimcrcs, Brown and Bleached Homespun, Bed Ticking, &c, for | sale low bv _TOWERS & BROYLES. BOOTS and SHOES. A FULL line of the Best Boots and Shoes for sale low bv _' TOWERS & BROYLES. GLOTHING * WE have a fine lot of Clothing, which will be sold at lower price/ than ever offered in the market. Give us a call. _TOWERS <fc BROYLES. SADDLES, BRIDLES, and HARNESS. WE have the largest and best stock of I Saddles, Bridles and Harness in Town. The Harness and Bridles we 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, <tc, for sale low by _TOWERS <fe BROYLES. Groceries. RIO and Java Coffee, Sugar, New Orleans and Muscovado Molasses, Rice, Salt, Bacon, Lard and Fancy Groceries, for sale low by _TOWERS <fc BROYLES. SUNDRIES. CROCKERY, China and Glass Ware, Wooden Ware, Buggy Makers' Materials, Bagging, Ties, CARPETS. A large assortment of Trunks and Va? lises. All of 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 & BROYLES. Dec 16,1875_22 FLOURI THE celebrated Tennessee Flour, "Swan's Down," and '"Gem of the Burg." Also, Buckwheat Flour, for sale low by _TOWERS & BROYLES. HATS. A LARGE lot of Men's and Boys' Hats, I 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. O. Molasses for sale low, in quantities to I suit the purchaser, by TOWERS & BROYLES. New Advertisements. A J MACHINES. J?/ Liberal Terms of Ex changefuT Second-hand Machines of every des? cription. "DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS. Toe Beit Pattern, made. Send Sets, for Catalogue. Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO. Aokhts Wurm. "536 NEW YORK. ?>-] ct a dar at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and ?P *? a terms free. TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine. ASTONISHING! "Yet forty days, and Ninevah shall be overthrotrn." Future events prophecled by rules in BENNER'S PROPHETIC BOOK. Fortunes foretold in the ups and downs of prices fcr the next twenty years; 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 revive again. Every farmer, manufacturer, legitimate trader and speculator should have this book to know the fu? ture, so as to avoid loss and bo successful. Sent to any name, post paid, for 81. Address SAMUEL BENNER, Balnbridgc, Ross County, 0_ FOR 1876. ^? PPLETONS JOURNAL, i Household Weekly Magazine, devoted to \ POPULAR LITERATURE, AND ALL MAT? TERS OF TASTE AND CULTURE. Applstons' 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 Erehenslre, including in its plan all branches of teratare, and treating all subjects of interest to intelligent readers; it designs to be elevated in taste 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 is of the highest class. Price, $4 per annum; 10 cents per Number. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. The undersigned have procured, exclusively for j subscribers to Appletoxs' Journal, a splendid j steel engraving of "CHARLES DICKENS IN HIS STUDY," Which is offered, under special terms, to every sub? scriber?in advance?to Journal for 187G. This steel engraving is In line and stipple. It is not a fancy picture, hut an actual representation of Charles Dickens' study at Gadshill, while the portrait of the distinguished author Is strikingly faithful. The size of tho plate is SB x 14, printed on heavy plate paper 24 x 30, making a large and handsome engraving for the parlor or library wall. The execution of the plate is of a superior order. The ordinary price of a steel ongraving of this character in the print-shops would not be less than fire, and perhaps six dollars. It is offered exclu? sively to subscribers, in addition to the Jocrval for one year, for 83.00?that is, for 81.00 additional, each yearly advnncc subscriber to the Journal for 1876 may receive a superb engraving worth fully five times the amount. This engraving is entirely new. It has never been for sale in the print-shops, and cannot be ob? tained except in connection with Appletons' Journal upon the terms and conditions given above. It will be mailed to subscribers postage prepaid. D. APPLET0N &. CO., 649 & 051 Broadway, New York. Ann A WEEK MJ / /Male and ] (011 Terms and < T 1 1 VICKERY i-'EEK GUARANTEED to Agents, Female, In their own locality. , OUTFIT FREE. Address P. O. 1 VICKERY A CO., Augusta, Maine. rn 4lOft Per day at home. Samples worth Si <PU tU <DL\J free Stixson & Co., Portland, Maine CCPSYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARMING." A How cither sex may fascinate and gain the love and affections of any pttrsoii they choose, in? stantly. This art all can possess, 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 A CO., Publishers, Philadelphia._ AGENTS, the greatest chance of the age, Address, with stamp, National Copying Co., Atlanta, Ga. EMPLOYMENT.?Male and Female, salary nr commission. We pay agents a salary of 8M0 a week and expenses- Eureka M'f'o Co., Unrtford, Conn. Particulars free. 10 DISTINCT CUOIt ? l..:.> . ..tO /03 51. 10 FERNS, do..f: I. 1?Aliyt\i\UpVgp PLANTS, do.,?1. 10FOLIA'jJ DrL/.i-S.de-gl. 10 WINDOW PLANTS, do.. S1. 13 ? SSORT ED PLANTS (comnrlslnc=:i ?fiorcvarlctte); do.,81. 13 ASSO IITFD P. SfiUiNO PI<A NTS, do..81. ? VERBENAS, do, 75 con M. Sihoico AlonmCuromoaifn* trifft euch coiiiction. aioroM TheCrreenlrcok St Patersou City Nurseries: or j. GRE1YES, Scs'y, Uox 637, Patebson, N.j. , b NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? Notice is hereby given that the under? signed, guardian of Win. Maddox, George N. Maddox, Nancy A. Masscy 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 und dis? charge from said guardianship. WM. HOLMES, Guardian. Jan 27, 1875._21 5 Notice. PARTIES having business in my hands will find my office and papers in the care of Col. J. N. Brown, who will attend to any business in my absence. JAMES L ORR. Nov 18, 1875 18 LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. TT7K desire to call attention to tho fact tbn* we have on band a LARGE and TT well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes Hardware Crocker^. Ware, Etc* We have just received a large lot of B;i >u Sides, Shoulders, Sugai -Cured Biams, Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, D?.- crara and New Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHO .CE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Cot.- es and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, &c. A very largo stock of Iron, Steel, Hot- . Shovels} Spades, and fanning Implement* generally. In short, we havo everytli ig that tho farmer or man of family nseds. We are selling the forogoing article.- :it the most reasonable cash price*. Call and bo convinced of this fact. * " pgr And now a word to thoso that w e havo supplied with Goods during the year 1872,1873 and 1874. Unless you come forward7 and pay up, your Notes and Ac? counts will be placed in tho bands of an Officer for collection. BYRUM & McGRATH. ? Important to those Indebted to Us. To thoso indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will giv*- ono-half cent above the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts awJ Sfotfs, at any time between tho 1st of November next. We must have the money ?ft uttfci, and do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at onco and settle up. BYRUM & McGRATH, ' - Mechanics' Row. Oct 7, 1875_12 i . ly THF ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE CDMPAHY C. E. THAMES. President. T- N. FOWIEJt, Secretary. Gen. S D. LEE, Superintendent of Agencies. CASH CAPITAL PAID IN, - - $200,000 GOLD. Assets, $759,084.79. Surplus in hand, $266,921.47. \ THE above statement is based on examination of Company by the Insurance Commissioner of Maryland, on admitting Company to work in .Maryland. The Company has paid from 17 to 27 per cent, dividends per, annum since prganl zation. Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years. BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. B. P. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B, LEE, . , ? C. A. REED, R. F. DITVER, J. B. LEWIS, J. A. HOYT. Tho above gentlemen are insured in Compauy, and will take, pleasure in giving; information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. ,: ? WM. WATIE9, Affept. Sept 2, 1875_47_? C. A. REED. ' A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF A BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, R0CKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C, &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HIX, A?eut. Helton. S. C. Fair Play. ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the most, thorongh Ironwork, Wood work, Painting and Trimming, j as we employ on? ly tho best work? men. None but well-seasoned lumber used in the manufacture of our work. All per? sons desiring to purchase are cordially invited to- call at our Manufactory, (at the buildings formerly owned by John A. Reeves, Esq.,) and inspect the work for themselves. ? ? . . .,? BUGGIES always on hand at our REPOSITORY, (near the Railroad Bridge, on Main Street,) where Mr. Joseph Martin can always be found, ready to sell a new set of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 9, 1875_8_"_' Iy ' TALBOT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, YA. M AN?FACTURERS OF Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Turbine Water Wheels. Oct 14, 1875 13 ly wm. ettenger. h. p. ed5i0nd. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RI HMOND, VA? manufacturers PORTABLE and STATIONARY ENGINES, Boilers, of all kinds, Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, , Mill Gearing, Shafting. Pulleys, &c. American Turbine Water Wheel, Cameron's Special Steam Pumps, . Send for Catalogue. Oct 14,1875_13_ly_ g. F. WATSOtf, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills*, RICHMOND, VA. COTTAGE Beadsteads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, &c, manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er hard woods. No soft Pine used. Cot tago Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14, 1875 13 ly METROPOLITAN WORKS, Caxal St., from Sixth to Sk.ve.nth, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENG3NES, Portable and Stationary. Saw ITIills, * Grist Mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass A Iron, Forgings, &c. ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done by experienced hands. Wc call special attention to our Improved Por? table 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 it CO. Aug."), IS?,") 3 ly "medical ??ri> dr. r. g. witherspoon OFFERS his services as medical prac tioncr. Ofiicc at Andcrsonvillc, S. C. Dec 9, 1S7") . 21 3m THE ANSON HARDY commission house. Orders for every description of Eastern Manufactures and Importations, Promptly filled, strictly upon commis? sion. Send for circulars. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Feb 10, 1876 30 6m THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. SUMMONS FOR MONEY DEMAND. William S. Ligon and Rums S*. HilL.part? ners under the name, and style of Licon & Hill, Plaintiffs, against John B. Har? per, Defendant. ? . . : ; . ., i >-. .r To John B. Harper: . ?? ? . ... YOU are hereby summoned aud required to answer the complaint in this ac? tion, which is filed in my office, Anderson C. H.. S. C, and to serve a copy of your an? swer on the subscriber at his office, within twenty days after the, service ;of this sum? mons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to answer this complaint with? in the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs will bo allowed judgment against you for the sum of Fiftyrfour Dollars and Twepty-eix cents, with interest at the rate of seven per ,c*nt. per annum? from the 13th day of January, A. D. 1876, and costs. ? - Dated Anderson C. H., Jan. 18,1876. JOHN E. BREAZEALE, Trial Justice-A. C. Jan 20. 1876 .27 ..... 6 It. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. PHOENIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. O. GOLDSMITH & KIND, FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. HAVE always on hand Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers for Saw Mills, etc., Saw and Grist Mills, Cotton Presses, Gearing, Shafting, ?JUejp, et? Castings of every kind in IrorTOr-Braai. We guarantee to furnish Engines 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 Im? proved Water Wheel, -which we recom? mend for power, simplicity of construc? tion, durability and cheapness. We war? rant our work, and assure promptness and dispatch in filling orders. GOLDSMITH ?fc KIND, . Columbia, 8.C. May 28,1874 46_ ly APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD.? Mrs. Almanza Pmitt, widow 'of J. P. Pmitt, in behalf of herself and minor chil? dren, having applied to me for the benefit of Homestead in the Real and Personal .Es? tate of the said J. P. Pmitt, dee'd, all per? sons interested will take notice that her ap? plication will be heard at "my office on the 8th dav of March next, at 10 o'clock. ? W. W..HUMPHREYS, . Judge of Probate, . Feb 3, 1870_29 5? TWO MONTHS FREE !! THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, ?'The heading American Newspaper." On receipt of $2 and* this advertisement, The Weekly Tribune will be sent, postage paid, to any address until December 31, 1876, or for $12.50, six copies; for 22, eleven \ for 30, thirty-one. Address THE TRIBUNE, New York, ADVERTISING: Cheap: Good: Systematic?All persons who contem? plate making contracts with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should send 25 Cents to Geb; P. Rowell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, for their PAMPH? LET-BOOK (ninety-seventh edition), contain? ing lists of over 2?00 newspapers and esti? mates, showing the cost. Advertisements taken for leading papers in rnnnv States nt a tremendous reduction from publishers' rates. Get the book. (CtoCOH l,cr Agents wanted. 4)0 4>ZU All classes of working peo? ple of both sexes, young and old, make more money at work for us, in their own locali? ties, during their spare moments, or all- the time, than at anything else. We ?fter em? ployment that will pay handsomely for every hour's work. Full particulars, terms, Ac, sent free. Send us your address at once. I Don't delay. Now is the time. Don't look for work or business' elsewhere, until you have learned what we offer. G. Stinsok Js ? Co., Portland Maine. 14 ' ' lyfl