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UNDER THE SNOW. BY JOHN H. BONER. This beautiful poem originally appeared in the Salem (N. C.) Press. It is" one of the , most beautiful genis that we have encoun? tered in many days: The brown old earth lies quiet and still Under the snow; The furrows are hid on the broken hill Under the snow; Every twig is fringed with mossy pearl, The drooping cedars bend to the ground, The rose bush is drifted into the mound, And still from the silent sky to the ground The white Hakes noiselessly whirl. The roads and fields are burieji deep Under the snow; The hedges lie in a tangled heap Under the snow; And the little gray rabbits under them creep, While the twittering sparrows cunningly peep, ? From the sheltering briers and cozily sleep, Under the snow. The rough old bam and sheds near by, The mounded straws of the wheat and rye, Are covered with snow ; The straggling fences are softened with down, Every part is white, with a beautiful crown Of drifted snow. And I think, as I sit in the gloaming here, Watching the objects disappear. How many things are folded low Under the drift of the falling snow! There are hearts that once were full of love Under the snow; There are eyes that glowed with the soul of love Under the snow; There are faded tresses of golden hair And locks that were bleached with the frost of care There are lips that once were like the tose, j There are bosoms that were stung with ? woes, There are breasts that once were true and strong, There are forms that once were praised in song, 0, there's a strange and mighty throng Under the snow! Another mound will once lie deep Under the snow! And I will With the pale ones sleep Under the snow. 0, God, transform my soul with grace That in the lovelight of thy face I may stand pare when death shall place, My pulseless heart and body low Under the snow. IN THY GOOD TIME. In Thy good time, dear Lord, In Thy good time, I shall find rest, Far from the strife and tumult of the world, In regions blest. After the heat and turmoil of the day, The quiet night, With fragrant breeze, while silver stars look down With softened light. After the heat and burden of life's day, The quiet grave, Rest for the weary frame and aching head, Where sweet flowers wave. After the storm upon the billowy deep, The gentle calm Fierce winds are hushed and soothing gales steal down Like healing balm. After the storm upon life's billowy deep, I shall find peace? That blessed peace, in realms of holy joy, Where sorrows cease. In patience, Lord, I wait for Thy good time, When Thou wilt come To take me to Thy everlasting rest, My heavenly home. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C, April 6, 1876. A BITTER PILL FOB THE REPUBLICANS was the Connecticut election on the 3d inst. They are whistling very loud to keep their courage up.. The Washington King Organ announces "Large Republi? can gains in Connecticut," in a head line, and underneath, they give the returns from that State, which show that the Democrats have 18 in the Senate, to 3 Republicans, a gain of four over last year; and 159 Democrats, to 85 Repub? licans and 2 Independents, in the lower House, a gain of 22 over last year. This gives a Democratic majority of 87 on joint ballot. Ingersoll, the Democratic candidate for Governor, has a majority of 7,514 over the Republican candidate, a gain of 966 over his majority of last year. There were a "Greenback" and a Prohi? bition candidate who polled each about 1,900 votes, so that one offset the other, which leaves the regular Dremocratic gain as above stated. These returns will have reached your readers by telegraph before they see this; but experience proves that the Associated Press reports are frequently manipulated in the Re? publican interest; and I have thought it worth while to state the precise facts. One immediate result of the Democrat? ic gains ia Connecticut will be to in? crease the chances of Senator Conkling for the Republican nomination for the Presidency! He has two elements of strength. He is "in" with the Grant Bing, and he is supposed to have great strength in New York; and nothing is more certain than that it will be necessa? ry to carry that State, to win. We may expect, therefore, to see the Administra? tion use every means possible to secure New York in the coming election. It will not do for the Democratic party to underestimate the immense power Grant wields through the New York Custom House, and other Federal pat? ronage to counteract this power must be done. There is a very generally express? ed opinion, among leading Democrats here, that we may expect a bitter fight for the possession of New York State, and that we must arrange our plans for the campaign with that fact in view. THE P05T-TBADEBSHIP INVESTIGATION has involved another of Grant's special friends, Simon Wolf, a prominent Isreal ite of this city, who secured Presidential favor by naming a child "Ulysses S. Grant Wolf," and got, shortly after, the office of Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, which is estimated to be worth fully $15,000 per year. Wolf is well known in Washington as one of the few men on terms of intimacy with Grant, from whom he has secured numerous marks of favor in the shape of appoint? ments for his friends. His influence was sufficiently strong to secure the appoint? ment of a Chicago Isrealite named Solo? mons, as Governor of one of the Western territories, a few years ago; a position from which he was forced to retire, soon 1 after, under suspicious circumstances.? It now appears that Wolf was connected with the sale of a certain post-tradersbip, { and received $250 for his influence with the President and Secretary Belknap. Wolf denied this at first; but when re? called to the stand, on Tuesday, he made a more feeble denial, saying that he did not remember that he had received $250 I from any person except, possibly, in a "professional" way. Other witnesses will be put on the stand to revive Mr. Wolfs memory, after which it is Mr. Clymer's intention to have him indicted for perju? ry. Oertainly, when the lightning strikes so near "the old man"?when it caroms on his warmest friends, and even on his own brother?the public is justified in believing it quite possible that the pend? ing investigations will ultimately incul? pate even the Chief Executive, himself. If it does not, the world will surely cease to credit the assertion that "a man is known by the company he keeps." a point in the republican game, in both Houses, is to provoke, by taunts and jeers, the members who were identi? fied* with the late Confederate States Gov? ernment, especially those who served in in the Southern army, into unguarded utterances. In the Senate, their target, for some time, has been Geueral Gordon, of Georgia, than whom a more courteous gentleman in debate does not occupy a seat in the Senate. Senator Gordon, as is generally known laid down his arms with Lee, at Appomattox, and has never violated his parole. And yet, Morton and his brother Radicals have hurled their envenomed shafts at him repeated? ly, hoping to provoke him into an angry and unguarded reply. "The devil on two sticks," as the witty Don Piatt styles the senior Senator from Indiana, recently called Gordon "a living monument of the magnanimity of the Republican party," fondly hoping that the Georgia Senator, in reply, would say something which he, Morton, and his followers, could quote from the political stump, to prove that the Southern people are still unrepentant and unreconstructed. The Georgia Sen? ator was wise enough to treat Morton's gibe as it deserved to be treated?with dignified silence. hon. b. a. willis, [of New York, who introduced the "com? promise" financial bill which has attract? ed such general attention, is one of the most energetic and efficient members of the House. Few men succeed, during their first term in Congress, in attaining so prominent a position as Mr. Willis has already achieved. Whatever may be the final action npon his bill, which is one of the most important before Con? gress, there can be no questions as to the ability and thought displayed in its preparation; and, should it be adopted as a means of compromise on the money question, by both parties, as Mr. Willis expects, it will confer an honorable fame upon its author. "they fall as the leaves fall." The telegraph will have informed you of the indictment, and arrest, of U. S. Senator S. B. Conover, of Florida, for the embezzlement of $40,000. This is truly a hard year for Republican office-holders. Spencer is expecting a coat of whitewash, and he will probably get it, as much of the most important evidence against him has been excluded by the committee.? He will commence to offer evidence for the defense to-day. Whatever may be the report of the committee, the people are not to be deceived. Two other Rad? ical Senators are understood to be on "the ragged edge," awaiting disclosures of frauds in which they are implicated. Political graves are being dug for a large number of gentlemen high in the Repub? lican party, and on their tombs will be inscribed, "Eicjacet?Gone to meet Bel knap." No wonder the National Repub? lican think that "these Congressional in? vestigations are doing more harm than good." Something of Interest to Plan? ters.?If the following described ma? chine will do what is claimed for it, it is bound to work a revolution in the cotton growing region, which will add im? mensely to the profits of producers of the staple. The Augusta Chronicle and Sen? tinel says that Mr. William H. Howard, of Augusta, has received a letter from Mr. V. M. Barnes, of Clay Hill, Lin? coln county, which asks his support of a new enterprise. The enterprise of which he writes is the "Clements attachment" ?a machine by means of which seed cotton, as it comes from the field, can be converted into yarn better than any ex? cept hand-made. The machine is at? tached to a common card stand, and gently frees the cotton lint from seed, dirt and motes, and delivers it in a roll to the spindle. It has a capacity of one hundred and fifty bales a year, and costs, with royalty included, only two hundred and fifty dollars. The inventor claims that it will make a thread thirty-three and one-third per cent, better in strength and evenness than any yarn that can be made from ginned cotton. He says that its use saves the costly and dangerous f>icker rooms, saves lapping and double apping, five-sixths of the carding and other machinery, besides the cost of gin? ning, bagging, ties, compressing, etc. There is a mill containing four of these machines in operation in Corinth, Mis? sissippi, and the owner writes that he re? cently manufactured yarn from a very in? ferior lot of cotton, costing from 1J "to 2 cents per pound in the seed, which sold 25 cents per pound; some of it was ginned ana the yarn from this sold for only five cents per pound. Mr. Barnes is confident that yarn from middling cot? ton made by this machine will bring 25 cents, when middling in the bale sells for 10 cents. Mr. Barnes wishes to start an establishment with these machines at Raysville, with 1,800 spindles, giving a capacity of six hundred bales of cotton per annum, which can be readily ob? tained in the neighborhood. He is con? fident that such a mill will pay a very large profit, andhe is anxious to get a few gentleman of Augusta to take stock in the enterprise.?EufauJa Times. "Must Tink Roschiles Am Playin' Dis Game."?Some darkies, it is said, started a faro bank somewhere in town a short time since, on a small scale.? Their funds were limited, and no one was allowed to bet over ten cents at a time. A man from Allen County was in tbe city seeing what be could see, and in his rambles came upon the darkey faro bank. He pulled out a five dollar bill, bought its worth in chips and put them on the jack. The dealer was busy, and at first did not see tbe big pile of chips, and commenced dealing. He all at once looked up, saw Allen County's pile, and inquired: "Who's dat got dat pecamid ondatjack?" Allen County, not know? ing the rules of the game, very sternly remarked, "That's mine." The dealer gazed at him for a moment and replied : "Pull her down from dar; you must tink Roschiles am playin' dis game." Allen County "pulled her down from dar," but we do not know whether he thought he was in "Roschiles" presence or not.? Bowling Green [Ky-) Democrat. ? Statistics show that the world is in debt several billions of dollars. The young man who says it owes him a living, would do well to look after his claim, or he may lose it. The Sun as a Curative Agency.? Dr. Ponza, director of the Lunatic Asy? lum at Alessandria (Piedmont), having conceived the idea that the solar rays might have some curative power in dis? eases of the brain, communicated his views to Father Secchi, of Rome, who replied: "The idea of studying the dis? turbed state of lunatics in connection With magnetic perturbations, and with the colored, especially violet light of the sun, is of remarkable importance." Such light is easily obtained by filter? ing the solar rays through a glass of that color. "Violet," adds Father Secchi, "has somethiug melancholy and depress? ive about it, which, physiologically, cau? ses low spirits; heuce, no doubt, poets have draped melancholy in violet gar? ments. Perhaps violet light may calm the nervous excitement of unfortunate maniacs." He then, in the letter, ad? vises Dr. Ponza to perform his experi? ments in rooms the walls of which are painted of the same color as the glass panes in the windows, which should be as numerous as possible, in order to favor the action of solar light, so that it may be admissible at any hour of the day. The patients should pass the night in rooms oriented to the east and south, and painted and glazed as above. Dr. Ponza, following the instructions of the learned Jesuit, prepared several rooms in the manner described, and kept several patients there under ob? servation. One of them, affected with morbid taciturnity, became gay and affa? ble after three hours' stay in a red cham? ber; another, a maniac who refused all food, asked for some breakfast after hav? ing stayed twenty-four hours in the . same red chamber. In a blue one, a highly excited madman with a strait waistcoat on was kept all day; an hour after he appeared much calmer. The action of blue light is very intense on the optic nerve, and seems to cause a 6ort of oppression. A patient was made to pass the night in a violet chamber; on the following day he begged Dr. Ponza to send him home, because he felt him? self cured; and indeed he has been well ever since. Dr. Ponza's conclusions from his experiments are these: "The violet rays are, of all others, those that possess the most intense electro-chemical power; the red light is also very rich in calorific rays; blue light, on the contra? ry, is quite devoid of them as well as of chemical and electric ones. It? benefi? cent influence is hard to explain ; as it is absolute negation of all excitement, it succeeds admirably in calming the fu? rious excitement of maniacs." Causes of Failure?A prize was once offered in a large college to the one who should give the best answer to this question: "What was the secret of suc? cess?" The student who bore off the palm merely wrote one word: "Determi? nation." This was the whole thing in a nutshell. The lack of determination will as surely lead to failure as determination will insure success. We often know what is right, and feel a desire to do it, and still fail in the resolution to begin work. We sometimes begin the work, and then drop it for the want of deter? mination and perseverance. Then we have a failure to chronicle. Not only a failure, but a fearful inroad has been made into a perfect, strong character. The world is teeming with full grown men and women who Tack firmness, de? termination, executive power, and will. No moral culture is complete that does not give this kind of strength to charac? ter. The world is teeming with full grown men and women who lack firm? ness, determination, executive power, and will. No moral culture is complete that does not give this kind of strength to character. Parents should see that their children are.net forming the habit of beginning things, and then laying them aside before they are completed. Set th'em an example of courage and deter? mination to begin a work and go through it resolutely. Measure their capacity, and induce them to work up to it. Spare no time or pains to incalculate. habits of Eerseverance?no pains to teach them to ave confidence in their own powers. A child has a great service done him when he is induced to read the biography of a good and great man. Such biographies should be numerous in every family.? Children will rise from the reading of them with more admiration for noble deeds, and a greater desire to do them. Parents often grieve over a child who has a strong will, but they should be thankful for it. 'Tis true a strong will in a child may put parents and teachers who do not know now to control it to some inconvenience; but it is a nobler gift than the gift of genius. We live in a wonderfully progressive age. Such would not be the case were it not for men and women of strong will?of determination. Success and the highest virtues are unat? tainable without it. Too Much Cotton.?Bishop Pierce, in a letter to the Southern Christian Ad? vocate, offers the following rational advice to his countrymen: Verily King Cotton, like other kings, is consuming the substance of the peo? ple. Prosperity in this article of produc? tion, it seems "tendoth to poverty." A very heavy crop has been made, and yet the people are on the "ragged edge" of insolvency. The more we talk the poorer we grow. And yet the desperate bet is laid on another crop, in the face of ten years' unbroken uniformity of the results. The heathen adage, "Whom the gods mean to destroy they first make mad," is being actualized. No soil, no fertili? zer, no seasons, will save the country on the line of its present agricultural policy. The result is just as disastrous on the virgin soil of Texas as on the wasted lands of Georgia. The man who loses money in making ten bags of cotton, will lose yet more in the production of a hun? dred. This is the fact in experience, in spite of theory and figuring. Forgive this episode, for I am really distressed at the prospects of tho country, financially. Bad government may destroy us and our property, but no legislation can lift us out of the present "slough of despond," without home supplies. Bread and meat must be made, not bought. The great burden of expense lies right there. The stomach costs more than the back. Make bread, raise meat, live at home, be self supporting. Neither inflation, uor con? traction, nor the financial plank in the coming platform, will save us. Help must come out of the ground, in bread stuffs. You may go to Texas?all cottou will swamp you ; you may stay in Geor? gia and grow fat and rich on peas, pota? toes, wheat and corn. Let us fill our gar? ners with all manner of store; then our oxen will be strong to labor, our sheep will bring forth thousands; then there will "be no breaking in nor going out" in quest of food?plenty and peace will hush "complaining in our streets," and we shall be a happier and better people. Filling Teeth by Electricity.?A dentist of Philadelphia has invented a little machine lor putting the filling into teeth, which is thus described: A simple cylinder holds a small plunger, which is fastened to a spiral spring inside, so that it can move up and down within the cyl? inder. At one end of the cylinder is a piece of insulated iron, which is turned into a magnet by an electrical current, the attractive force of which is opposed to the spring. A simple automatic at? tachment to the plunger breaks the cur? rent and releases the magnet. The result is that the plunger, as soon as the cur? rent is applied, begins to move back and forth with as great rapidity as the con? nection of the magnet and battery can be made and broken. This depends somewhat on the distance through which the plunger passes. As in this instru? ment that distance is very small, tho ma? chine will deliver several hundred blows a minute; indeed, so fast as almost to produce the impression of a continuous pressure. A small I atfc sry works it at a cost of about twenty cents a day. More Capital to the Acre.?It is obvious to all who give the subject any consideration that in order to make a farm profitable, it must be run to its full capacity. To do this requires a definite amount of capital to the acre, just as much as the space within the factory walls needs to be fully occupied with the most improved machinery. Capital on Western farms is found to be the most productive, as a general rule, when in? vested in stock. Exceptional cases are common where surrounding circumstan? ces show that grain raising is the most profitable. In some localities butter making has been found to pay beat. In these, it will justify the farmer to either sell off a portion of his land to increase his working capital or hire capital and keep more cows. In another locality, remote from market, a flock of Merino sheep may prove a better investment than cash invested in a large area of land. At all events, whether the farmer's capi? tal be in the land or stock, he should make full use of it. As a rule, stock farms, especially dairy farms, are better adapted to the constant employment of every day in the year than are grain farms. To make farming successful, ei? ther on grain or on stock farms or on both combined, the plans for conduct? ing them should be so well arranged that no one about the place?either employer or the hired laborers?should at any time be without something to do that will be profitable during the entire year. The speculative tendency should be checked; the holding of large areas of land with view to making a large profit in its in? creased value in the future. This is too common. Taxes and interest on bor? rowed money are more than a match for constant labor. Better to sell a portion of the land to raise money to properly stock the remainder. All land that is not used is an incubus on the farmer's prosperity, and some kind of a returu, either in the farm of grain, stock or other products, should be exacted from each acre of land owned. To make the farm pay, sufficient capital to the acre must be used to work the farm up to its full capacity of productiveness.?Rural World. Tell Your Wife.?If you are in trouble or a quandary, tell your wife? that is, if you have one?all about it at once. Ten to one her invention will Bolve your difficulty sooner than all your logic. The wit of woman has been praised, but her instinct is keener than her reason. Counsel with your wife or mother, or sister and be assured light will flash upou your darkness. Women are too commonly adjudged as verdant in all but purely womanish af? fairs. No philosophical student of the sex thus judges them. Their intuitions, or instincts, are the most subtle, and if they cannot see a cat in the meal, there is no cat there. In counseling a man to tell his trouble to his wife, we would go farther, and advise him to keep none of his affairs secret from her. Many a home has been happily saved, and many a for? tune retrieved by man's full confidence in his better half. Woman is far more a ? seer and prophet than a man, if she be a fair choice. As a general rule, wives confide tbe minutest of their plans and thoughts to their husbands, having no involvements to screen from them. Why not reciprocate, if but for the pleasure of meeting confidence with confidence ? We are certain that no man succeeds so well in tbe world, as he who, taking a partner for life, makes her the partner of all his purposes and hopes. What is wrong of his impulses or judgment, she will check and set right with her almost ?universally right instincts. "Help meet" was no insificant title as applied to man's companion. She is a meet help to him in every darkness, difficulty, and sorrow of life. And what she most craves and most deserves, is confidence?without which love is never free from shadow. Watering Horses After Feeding. ?Probably one-half of our farmers prac? tice watering their teams immediately after eating. There is nothing about the stable economy worse than this, except, perhaps, allowing the animal to go al? together uncleaned from day to day. A large portion of water drank by horses especially when large quantities are given, goes directly to the intestines, and if given immediately after eating carries a considerable portion of undigested food with it, to be voided whole or nearly so. Thus the contents of the stomach are washed out of it before digestion takes place, and the food is entirely lost. Some years ago experiments were made in Edingburgh, with the following re? sults : Old horses were fed with split peas and then supplied with water imme? diately before being killed. It was found that the water had carried the peas from fifty to sixty feet into the intestines, where no digestion took place at all. Therefore the animal should be offer? ed water before eating, and in no case should they be given it immediately after eating, except enough to just moisten the food swallowed. \Ve have for years practiced the plan of never allowing a horse to drink more than a bucket of water at a time. In nine cases in ten, the animal will refuse more if offered after the lapse of 6 or 10 miuutes. The jule will apply to other stock, especially to fattening stock. They should have sufficient fluid only to answer the pur? pose of digestion. A Very Good Reason.?Judge Pit? man came down /stairs the other day in response to a call from his servant girl, ana found standing at the front door a man with a carpet-bag. The man said: "Is your piano out of tune ?" "No, I don't think it is," said the Judge. "Ain't you sure about it?" "No; I never tried it to see." "How long since it has been tuned?" "It has never been." "Then, of course, it ougl ' to be tuned at once. You'll ruin it if you don't have it attended to." "I don't believe I will." "Oh, yes, you will though. Nothing's worse for a piano than standing un? tuned." "Do you think you can tune it?" "Certainly I can." "I don't believe you can," said the Judge. ^ "I'd like to know why not. I never saw a piano yet that I couldn't tackle." "There's one mighty good reason why you can't in this case." 'Td like to know what it is." "You want me to tell you, do you ?" "Yes." "Well, it's because I havn't got any piano." Then the man put his carpet-bag un? der his arm, rubbed his nose thought? fully, and left. ? The latest discovery in the vegeta? ble world is an incombustible tree found on an island of New Caledonia, and called by the natives the niaouli. If this trop? ical tree exist in sufficient quantities, or will propagate in our Southern States, it is likely to prove an invaluable addition to our present building materials. Chica? go and Boston have proved to their sorrow that iron, stone and bricks are no proof against great fires; iron columns bend with heat, marble cracks, and bricks crumble. A wood that really is incom? bustible, such as is promised from the newly-found tree, would seem to meet the case. ? A North Carolina negro thought he could outrun a locomotive the other day on the Air Line Road, and when he picked himself up, after being thrown twenty feet and landing on his head, he said: "Yer don't ketch dis yer chile doin' dat agin. It's a right Bmart won? der I didn't tear dese britches clean off." ? Why is a mad bull an animal of a convivial disposition? Because he offers a horn to every one he meets. THE MONEY MUST COME! WE NEED EVERY. DOLLAR DUE US, AND YOU MUST CALL AND SETTLE YOUR NOTES AND ACCOUNTS AT ONCE, OR IFJL"Z" TUE COSTS. -0 PROMPT PAYING CUSTOMERS CAN CONTINUE TO BUY GOODS AT PRICES A? LOW AS THE LOWEST. -o OUR STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDIZE IS COMPLETE. GIVE US A CALL. LEWIS &c CO., 3VO. 2 BENSON HOUSE PLACE Jan 20. 1876 27 LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. TT7E desire to call attention to tbe fact that we hare on band a LARGE and TT well-selected stock of ? H?avy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes Hardware O rockers W"are, Eto We have just recoived a large lot of Batfia Sides, Shoulders, Sugai -Cured Hams Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, Do uorara and Now Orleans Molasses, 100 BARRELS CHO^E FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, Cori'eus and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, <fec A very large Rtock of Iron, Steel, Hoej, Shovels, Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have evorythi jg that the farmer or man of family nseds. We are selling the forogoing articles :\t the most reasonable cash prices. Call and be convinced of this fact. $3f~ And now a word to those that n e have supplied with Goods during the year 1872,1873 and 1874. Unless you come forward and pay up, your Notes and Ac? counts will bo placed in the hands of an Officer for collection. BYRUM & McGRATH. Important to those Indebted to Us. To those indebted to us on Accounts for last year, we will give one-half cent above the market price for Cotton, in payment of such Accounts and Notes, at any time between the 1st of November next. We must have the money on them, and do not wish to add any cost. So come forward at once and settle up. BYRUM & McGRATH, Mechanics' Row. Oct 7. 1875 12 ly C. A. REED. A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF * BUGGIES, PH/ETONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C, &C. A. J. STRINGER, Agent. W. J. HI V, Agent. Bclton, S. C. Fair Play. ? ESPECIAL at- ' tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the .most thorough I Ironwork, Wood work, Painting 'and Trimming,! as we employ on-1 ly the best work? men. None but well-seasoned lumber used in tbe manufacture of our work. All per? sons desiring to^jurchase 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 bo found, ready to sell a new sot of HARNESS, or to repair old ones. Anderson, Sept. 9, 1875_8_] THE ALABAMA GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY C. E. THAMES. President. T- ff. F0W1EB, 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 organi? zation." Policies issued in Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitablo after two years. BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. B. F. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. N?RDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, C. A. REED, R. F. DIVVER, J. B. LEWIS, J. A. HOYT. The above gentlemen are insured in Company, and will take pleasure in giving information as to obtaining policies, and any facts as to Company. WM. WATIES, Asrent. Sopt 2, 1875_47 THE YEAR 1876 IS HERE! AND WE ARE NOT PAID ! WE want EVERYBODY to pay all they owe us! No people can prosper and all the time be in debt. Come on and pay us up and begin anew. Some of vou will be SUED the first thing you know! We have a LARGE STOCK OF GOODS always on hand to sell for Cash, or on Credit to good men. THE PRICE OF THE WANDO FERTILIZER IS RE? DUCED THIS YEAR. We sell IT ONL Ybecause we believe it as GOOD, OR THE BEST MADE LV THE WORLD. Come and get what you want of it for cash, good credit, or for Cotton at 15 cents per pound. BLECKLEY, BROWN & CO. S. BLECKLEY. Fcb 3, 1876 COTTON FOR GUANO! A FAIR EXCHANGE! THE CELEBRATED FERTILIZER, WILCOX, GIBBS A CO.'S MANIPULATED GUANO! IS OFFERED ON THE FOLLOWING LIBERAL TERMS: ON Credit to 1st November, 1870. with option of paying in Cotton on the basis of 17 cents for Middling, delivered at Planter's nearest depot, (Planter paying expenses on Guano to destination,) #70 Per Ton. The advantage to the Farmer in baying on these terms is plain, as ha will know when he buys the Guano, that 412 pounds Cotton, (Middling) will pay for it, no matter how low the price mav be, and can make Iiis calculations accordingly. The quality of this Guano is unequalled, as has been thoroughly established by the use of the many thousand tons we have sold. Our Agents sell on same terms. WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., Importers and Dealers in Guano, Charleston, S. C, and Savannah, Ga. For sale by N. K. SULLIVAN & CO., Agents, Anderson, S. C. Jan 27, 187G 28 3m SOLUBLE PA.CIFIC GUANO, AND COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE THESE well known Manures of high grade, made under the supervision of Dr. St. J. RAVENEL, are for sale at reduced prices on limited terms. For descriptive circulars containing full information und prices apply to E. H. FROST &, CO., General Agents, Charleston, S. C. W. S. SHARPE, Anderson, S. C. A. J. STRINGER A CO., Bclton, S. C. T. A. HUDGENS, Honea Path, S. C. Jan 27,1876 28 3n> IAM now offering my entire StoC>': Merchandize at VERY LOW PRICES FOR JZL.&kWMMm On hand, I have? Groceries, Hardware, Iron, Crockery ware, Buggy Material, etc. The following Goods I will Sell at Cost for Cash, viz: Clothing, Hats, Boots, Jeans, Cassimeres, Etc. I can also supply the Farmers with first FERTILIZERS, And the justly celebrated "CIIEATIIAM COTTON SEED." Call and see me, for I mean what I say. C. A. REED, Waverly House Corner. N. B.?Those who have not yet settled their accounts arc earnestly requested to come forward and pay up, or close their ac? counts at once by well secured notes. Feb 3, 1875 29 SIMPSON & SADLER, DRUGGISTS, BENSON HOUSE CORNER, WOULD call the attention of their cus? tomers, and the public generally, to their largely increased Stock of MEDICINES, &C. They also have on hand 15,000 LBS. CHEMICALS FOR Home-Made Fertilizer, At reduced rates for Cash. ALSO, A LARGE LOT OF Fresh Garden and Field Seed. From Johnson, Robbins & Co., D. M. Ferry ft Co., and Robert Buist. Feb 17,187G 31 P. P. TOALE, MANUFACTURER OF DOORS,S?SH ES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, &>C ? SOLE AGENT FOR The National. Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. Send for Prices. OFFICE N 0 WARER00MS, Nos. 20 & 22 Hayne & 33 & 35 Pincfcney Sts. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 10 ly THEN BUY FOR CASH AND MONEY SAVE. HAVING exhausted all our means by selling Goods on credit and not get? ting paid for them, we will hereafter seU for CASH or its equivalent. Call and examine. You can buy Goods Fifty per Cent. Cheaper by paying cash. MERRYMAN'S GUANO, The best in the -world, for sale by J. N. SUTHERLAND & CO. BELTON, S. C. Jan 27, 1875 . 28 _ THE ST0N0 PHOSPHATE CO., Charleston, S. C. SOLUBLE G17AXO.?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, 18.55 per cent.? Ammonia, 3.14 per 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 applv to E. C. WILLIAMS, Treasurer, Charleston, S. C., Or to C. A. REED, Agent, Anderson, S. C.; J. ft D. S. McCULLOUGH, Agent, Hon ca Path. Jan 27, 1876_28_3m FOR SALE. -o BEING compelled by the late serious in? juries of Mr. Osborne to discontinue our business for an indefinite time, we have concluded to offer at private sale our entire Establishment, situate in the incorporate limits of the Town of Anderson, near the Greenville ft Columbia Railroad Depot, con? sisting of One Lot One Steam Engine, Grist and Saw Mill, Two Cotton Gins, Brooks' Press, either by hand or power, Turning Lathe, Tannery complete, wooden building, ca? pacity 3,000 sides per annum. Buildings all nearly new, and in good con? dition. Terms cosy. Applv at once. OSBORNE '& McCULLY. March 9, 1878 34 WILHITE & WILLIAMS, ANDERSON, ST. C, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, Paints and Oils, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS, CHEMICALS FOR Homemade Fertilizer. Feb 10, 187? 30 New Advertisements. CENTSabaeldwrlU forClrcnlan forpawbook by AnnEliza f Young ?SBI&SA1TS WIFE No. 19. Th? wind incceu of lh? year. 30th ft?ml I? F^*v?J KxpoM of Mormon lern an? Polygamy, a man's Story taK in full, introSoeiToii.iy jChr>. V. . "ough^Mra.tivermore. Brannrw,w.tho*.v-.7 ** ?> ilinitraUoni. Do not ?wrag? with aoybooV uo'llyr u-.-i 20\ V niattraUd ClrcoUn, ihowlne Ijr? i?1m. wot. - * S;"f>, 'I8TI??iOH.MAN ACO-Rlchrty? - -IV at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and ;iflta f? fr?. TRUE & CO.. Augusta, Maine. v1" tern.-?-_, , &.NTED! Medals and Diplomas AGENTS W. Awarded for HOLMAN'8 NEW KIHTORIAL BIBLES. .?~Tii ? it "*? ? Address for new circulars, 1,S00 111. stratlon QoZm, Arch Street, Phila. A. ?>? ?"?UlvMAN It ? n,;eE TICKET I C .. *."> '?ia ?ud RETURN; j r To Philadefpu ^rfSf?fe" fAPCNTQ AborcR. R. TV ^(Grounds) 'HUCR I V mils to OnUrrm.- m.vsuiir ?nd $10 cosh a day easily eornMe. :\ida it for oar paper pirtaros, &c. Anylrwj- card. I Particulars free. Send artdre.? Mipm?. I- , J TorccciTflcopyof pap^ralso, <wnd Get*. a* 1 dress: The Illustrated Wkkslt, \ Ko. U Dey bU, New York. ^ ^ ents, VEEK GUARANTEED to Aa itT. and Female, in their own local- q# ....s and OUTFIT FREE. Address P. ICKERY A CO., Augusta, Maine. THETANITE CO., STROUDSB?RG, Pa.. Emory Wheels and Machinery. AROMATIC EFFERWSSCISG BEVERAGES; ? Orange, Lemon, and Sarsaparilla flavors. De? lightful drink by simply mixing with water. Send 25 cts. and receive, post paid, four packets assorted. WM. UEBBERD, GS Wall street, New York. Clr? fn ?JtOft per day at home. Samples worth $B $J tU igiSU free Stixsqx <fcCo.', Portland, Maine UpSYCnOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARMING/ I How either sex may fascinate and gain the.' love and affections of any person 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 Ladles, etc. 1,000, 000 sold. A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM & CO., Publishers, Philadelphia._ Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. P. Rowel A Co., es? tablished their advertising agency in New York City. Five years ago they absorbed the business conducted by Mr. John Hooper, who was the first to go into this kind of enterprise. Now they have the satisfaction of controlling the most extensive and complete advertising connection which has ever been secured, and one which would be hardly possible in any other country but this. They have succeeded in working down a complex business into so thoroughly a systematic method that no change In the newspaper system of America can ? escape notice, while the widest information upon all topics interesting to advertisers is placed read? ily at the disposal or the public NEW YORK TIMES, June 14,1875. ??* Can bny direct of the Mannfr on favorable terms. "The ANSON HARDY CUTXEJTG MACHINES are the best and cheapest low priced machine made, and have a national reputation for utility and du? rability."?<The El ect ro-typor. Chicago.) "The ANSON HARDY PAPER CUTTER Is by far the best machine which can be obtained for a less price than one hundred "dollars. It is of great strength. "These machines have always taken the highest stand. If is the onjv -machine to which Is applied the patent Movable Cutting Board. This device has a reputation of itself; by it, the cutting board can be instantly and accurately moved,so that a perfect cut is insured. This is a very important point in this machine, and one that Is possessed by no other. It greatly .reduces the labor of preparation in work ing thopaber backward and forward. We cansml too sfrangly recommend the advantages of this par? ent movable board. It is worth the price of this, machine, and purchasers should ,fully undenttsndl how highly it Is to be valued."?(Rowell's <fc Co.'n Monthly Reporter and Printer's Gazette.) , The LATEST IMPROVED HARDY CARD' CUTTER is pronounced the most desirable Cxbd ? Cuttkk in the market, for the general uses of-ai printing office. The well-known RUGGLES CARD CUTTER with my latest Improvements, is still preferred by many printers, and holds its favoritism over othtr - machines. *5T None genuine but these having my full ad? dress lettered in the castings. 45" Newspapers in want of advertising, from, first parties, should send for my circular proposal.. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS.. I will buy of those that bay of me. FeblO, 1876 30 8m METROPOLITAN WORKS,. Canal St., fbom Sixth to Seventh, RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENGINES, Portable and .[Stationary. Saw 51 ills, Grist Hills. Boilers, Castings of Brass & Iron, Forcings, Ac. ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, done'! hy experienced hands. *We call special attention I to our Improved Por table -Engines for agri CUlLural and other purpo-j scs. A number of second? hand ENGINES and BOIL? ERS of various patterns, in j first-rate order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly dono WM. E. TANNER ?fc CO. Aug 5, 1875 3 ly TALB0T & SONS, SH0CK0E MACHINE WOHKS, RICHMOND, VA. M ANTJFACTURERS OF Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circular Saw Mills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Mills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Tnrbine Water Wheels. Oct 14, 1875 13 IT WJI. kttkngkr. h. p. edmond. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, 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. WATSON, Furniture Works and Lumber Mills, RICHMOND, YA. COTTAGE Beadstoads, Chamber and Parlor Furniture, Lounges, Chairs, &c, manufactured of Walnut and cheap? er hard woods. No .soft Pine used. Cot? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14, 1S75 13 ly m. goldsmith. p. kind. PHffiNIX IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, S. C. 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, Pullies, etc Castings of every kind in Iron or Brass. We guarantee to furnish Engines and Boilers of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can bo had in the North. We manufacture, also, the Gaddy Ira 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 & KIND, Columbia, S.C. May 28,1874 46 ly