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? A GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN. Nitrate of Sliver vs. A Loir-Country Complextou?Who Is It t Bon JPiatt in the Washington Capital. We came in possession the other day of rather a good story anent a new mem? ber of the House, that will bear publi? cation. He is a modest?no, not modest exactly, but a shy sort of a gentleman. It is astonishing how many perky mem? bers elect at home sink into this uncom? fortable Btate after being sworn in. From being the first man of the village he sinks into the last at Rome, and from one ex? treme he naturally swings over to the other. He finds himself lost in a crowd, and the eye of the Speaker?that blessed dispensation that lifts one from obscurity ?is monopolized by a dozen men no bet? ter than himself. He feels keenly his enforced obscurity, but accepts the situa? tion, in a shy, awkward sort of way that is quite amusing to everybody. Well, our shy Solon attended the session ana worked in his committee. He answered twenty letters a day, and ran through the departments as agent for his constit? uents, until he succumbed to the bad ventilation the pain-and-putty architect, Clarke, supplied the hall. Not only was his Congressional throat swollen and sore, but a strange irritating eruption broke out over his law-making person. He sent for Doctor Garnett, and Garnett not only put potions in him, but a lotion on him, in his (Garnetfs) usual heroic manner. And the Solon gradually con? valesced. One morning he determined to attend a sitting of the honorable body of which he was a member. He had not consulted his looking glass?too modest for that. Had he done so he wonld have seen, to his wonder and>distress, that the lotion given him by Doctor Garnett had turned his face to a dusty, copper color. He was other than what he had been, but all unaware of his transmorgrification, he approached the entrance to the hall of the House. The door-keeper hesita? ted. But the honorable member moved forward so decidedly that the man, half opening the door, asked: "Member, sir?" "Of course," was the response, in some wonder, for the guardian of the portal knew our friend well enough ; that is, he knew him before he was dyed. "Mem? ber I" quoth the door-keeper, as the Solon entered. "Humph! member from Afri? ca " Our friend took his seat and was sorting over his mail, when a gentleman of A fries.n descent approaced, and, bend? ing over, said confidentially, in an under? tone: "Pinchback's defeated, sure."? "You dou't say so." "Yes I does; de crisis is on us dis time, an' we mus'stan' shoulder to shoulder or de cause is lost." "I am much obliged to you, my friend, for this information; but what I have to do with the cause is more than I can make out" "You?you! whv, you is de man all eyes turn on; you is bein' talked of all ober de town. I tell ye dere's Soin' to be a serenade dis night, so you e prepared, sah; yes. sah." And before the bewildered member could recover from his astonishment the man was gone. What could the fool mean by Pincnoack and the cause, and he a Democrat from the South ? The fellow must be crazy. It was the wont of our friend to rise from his seat every morning with fifty others and shout, "Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker 1" at the full pitch of his lungs. Why he or they did this no man could tell, for the Speaker never sees any of them. Perhaps it is considered healthy exercise, or perhaps that is the way, to be Con gressmen. What the reason may or may not be, onr friend started up on this occa? sion, and to his astonishment the Speaker recognized him. He bad the eye of the Speaker. Strange sensation; and strang? er, the moment this occurred a dead silence fell upon the House, and every face turned to the amazed gentleman. He was equal to the emergency, and then and there introduced his little measure and made his little speech that he had been rehearsing from the first day of the session. Members gathered around and listened attendvel v, and as he resumed his seat he enjoyed a further surprise in hearing a Democrat remark quite audi? bly: "He speaks right pert for a nigger." Feeling far from well after his late at? tack, he soon wended his way back to his rooms, and on Pennsylvania avenue, meeting a lady of his acquaintance with her escort, lie politely lifted his hat The two stared at him in a queer way, and the gentleman escorting the fair dame hurried into a hat store, and overtaking our colored M. C. said, angrily: "How dare you insult that Lady, you skunk?" The M. C. had been ill; he was yet fee? ble, and although unaware of the fact, deeply colored; but his wrath was strong as ever, and so he collided his right law making fist on the nose of the questioner. A lively set-to followed, and although the Solon used due diligence in getting round and in on his adversary, he would have been a badly damaged part of Con? gress but for the interference of the po? lice. As it was. he found himself under arrest, and would hare been walked off to quod had he not fished up a card and two or three envelopes addressed to the M. C. The police of Washington know enough to be aware of the fact that a member cannot be arrested when on his way to and from the Capitol, and so our friend was released. A Woman Who Wanted to be Hanged.?The newspapers of Germany are exercised over a remarkable murder trial, in which the defendant, although confessing to having committed the mur? der, was yet proved to be innocent of the crime. About six month;; ago Mrs. Anna Thormaelen confessed to the Hamburg authorities that she bad murdered her husband, who died April 5, 1875. Ac? cording to her confession she had given him morphine in the shape of self-made pills. She further stated that in 1869 she fell in love with her father's clerk, Mr. Schelenz, a druggist. But, inasmuch as Schelenz was not yet able to support her, be soon broke off the match; and, in 1870, the girl married a banker in Hamburg?the late Thormaelen?with? out loving him. Of course she was un? happy with her husband, and she con? cluded to poison him. She obtained morphine, and, according to her own confession, gave it to her husband in bis beer. He vomited it up, and was laid np on the 5th of April, and during the night she made a pill with four grains of morphine with water, and gave it to her husband, and he died. The physician, who was called in before the husband died, pronounced apoplexy the cause of death, and dissection of the corpse un? necessary. So much for her confession. The authorities arrested her, and her trial has just been concluded. The body of Mr. Tnomaelen was dug up and anal? yzed. The chemists found no trace of morphine, but gave as their opinion that Thormaelen could have died of morphine, and yet it might be impossible to prove it so long after death. The evidence was heard and the prisoner's counsel?who, by the way, was retained against her protest?showed that Mrs. Thormaelen, after the death of her husband, went to visit a clergyman, to whom she confessed the murder of her husband. Neverthe? less the jury found that Mr. Thormaelen had not come to his death by poison at all, and Mrs. Thormaelen was discharged from custody. It was shown that her husband's death had preyed so fiercely upon the mind of this unfortunate wo? man that she imagined herself guilty of his murder. With her natural desire for romantic fame, with her craving for im? aginary sufferings, she finally considered it a blessing ana a fame worth toiling for to die on the scaffold. She was disap? pointed. Anecdote of Washington Irring. A master mechanic named Williams, rea iding near sonnyside, had occasion to enlarge hin force. There came to him among others a native of Scotland?a man, apparently, of frugal, industrious habits, and of quite ordinary education. Conversation incidentally turning one day upon Scotland and its distinguished novelist, Sir Walter Scott, the laborer referred to, took occasion to compare him with Washington Irving, quite to the lat ter's advantage. Williams, thereupon, remarked to his companion that Irving resided in the neighborhood (a fact he had not before known ;) that he frequent? ly passed the place in his daily walks; ana, as he knew him well, when occasion offjred, he would introduce him. A few days after Williams was called to a neighboring town for a few days, leaving his man to continue the work in hi; absence, no opportunity having in the interim been afforded to secure to him the much desired introduction to Mr. Irvine. While Williams was away, Irring, as be had not done for some days previous, chanced to pass by the place where this man was employed. Mr. Irving, confronting hid, with trne gen? tlemanly instinct, raised his hat, and the laborer as gallantly responded. Being in a communicative mood, Mr. Irving passed some observations on the state of tho weather; to which be received a vet y respectful reply, although the laborer was totally unaware that he was address? ing Washington Irving. Mr. Irving, no? ticing his manner of pronunciation, re? marked, "Ah! you are a Scotchman, a countryman of the world's greatest nov? elist I should think that you would highly esteem the honor." "I thank you, sir," returned the laborer, "for your highly complimentary reference to my distinguished countryman ; but I must beg leave to differ with you in your es? timate of bis power and position. There are several, to my mind, who can success? fully compete for such a distinction with the author of 'Kennelworth.'" "Name a novelist," said Mr. Irving, "whom you consider as ranking above Sir Walter." "I consider Washington Irviug to be un? deniably his superior," was the response. "Puhaw! you are wholly mistaken," said Mr. Irving. "Washington Irving never wrote anything at all to be com? pared with this." quoting a favorite pas? sage from Scott's most interesting work. "I concede the beauty of the passage to which you have called my attention," rejoined the laborer; "but it becomes quite prosaic when one's attention is called to this," making another quotation from the author he was defending. "I again beg leave to differ," returned hia opponent, proceeding to specify the re? spects in which he considered the selec? tion be bad made from Irving1? works far superior to that which Irving had made from Scott; and so the intellectual battle progressed, each valiantly defending the author whom he had championed, and each by argument, by comparison, and by abundant illustration seeking to ap? prove the accuracy of bis views and the correctness of his position, and for every Oliver from Mr. Irving the laborer re? turned a Roland. Both the contestants became highly excited and both were oblivious of the rapid passing of time.? It was not until warned by the approach of twilight that the laborer realized how comfortably he bad been drawn from his proper work and how many hours had been passed in the earnest discussion.? Mortified that he should have thus been led away, be refused to continue it, though Mr. Irving was exceedingly de? sirous of so doing. About the middle of the forenoon of the following day Mr. Irving again ap? peared and desired to continue the argu? ment; but the laborer, knowing that he bad on the previous occasion employed time belonging to his employer for his own use, refused to comply with his re? quest, saying, "that his time was not his own and be could not use it as though it were." And so they separated. When Williams returned home he was informed by che laborer of what bad occurred, and though he suspected that the man's op eonent was none other than Mr. Irving irr.self. he said nothing to that effect.? It happened a few days later that they were working on the same spot where the colloquy occurred when, chancing to look up, Williams observed: "There comes Mr. Irving. Now I will introduce you." Judge of the surprise and consternation of tiae bumble laborer when ho discov- I ereel Mr. Irving to be the individual with whom be had so gallantly contended and whose works he had so successfully lauded but a few days previous. The recognition was mutual; but nothing was said, however, respecting their recon tre, and they soon parted. The laborer, upon returning to bis cot? tage at the close of the day's work, a few dayu later, found an express package awaiting him, which upon opening, he found to contain a complete set of the I works of Washington Irving, in most el? egant binding, with the author's auto? graphic compliments written on a fly leaf. He said nothing, however, but qui? etly punned bis usual occupation. Im? agine Mr. Irving's surprise when com? ing in from a drive a few days later, he I found a complete set of the works of Sir Wal ter Scott, very elegantly and tastily j gotten up, with the autographic regards of the laborer?his plebian opponent? written upon one of the blank pages. Of course ne could do nothing but retain the gift, for he had found in the laborer his equal, and one of the lower walks of life had disclosed to bim a man in whom, though a mere laborer, the instinct of true courtesy was as highly developed as in himself. Mr. Irving was afterward accustomed to allude to the episode with apparently great satisfaction, and it is one upon which an old resident of Snn nyside is glad to linger.?The Indepen dent. As Editob's Fabewell.?The Alex? andria (Va.) Sentinel suspended not long ago, and the editor took his farewell in in the following style: For four long years of trial, labor, and disappointment we have striven to fur? nish this community with an organ in which the rights of individual opinion might be sustained, and the interests of all classes protected, by a free and im? partial expression. We thought there were "millions in it" when we started, and so there were?and they remain in it yet; we have been too honest to draw them out. We have spent, in this enter? prise, the same number of years we gave to the service of another cause that was "lout," (in the opinion of everybody but ex-Governor wise,) and we have found the fruits we expected to crown our efforts on a sour apple tree, similar to that which General Lee found at Appo mattox. To the former we gave the best years of our physical life ; to the latter we have devoted our most mature mental resources, and though we knocked down in this contest fully as many false the? ories as our arm Blew "Yankees" in bat? tle, if not a few more, yet the result is the same. We have achieved only? glory! And as Falstaff said, "What is that to a man without legs?"?or, for that matter without greenbacks 7 How to Get Eably Tomatoes.?As soon as your tomato plant has made four leaves, pinch the top bud from the stem, then take up the plant, pinch off two inches from the tap root and transplant in a common box frame, where the soil is rich and loamy. The box will keep off the wind, ana plants sown and grown there eighteen inches apart will produce fruit two weeks sooner than the same planted in the open ground. A mat of a few boards spread over the frame at night, will keep them from the frost, and is far easier and quicker than going over a field nightly and setting boxes over each hill. As soon as the plants have set fruit on two blossoms 01 each branch, and the top has grown two to four leaves, the pinch? ing off the ends of each branch and top should be again put in practice. The True Line for the Democracy. The true line for the Democratic party to take is that suggested by the extraor? dinary and appalling events which now startle the country. Let the battle be fought upon the issues of Grant's malad? ministration. Let the party trace every stream of corruption which now pollutes the country to its source, and call upon the country to rise and cleanse the source. Let the leaders begin the campaign on the violation of the constitution involved in the appointment of staff officers and not statesmen to the Cabinet. Let them show how the moral sense of the nation was degraded by the selection of worth? less relations and whiskey-drinking cro? nies to high offices here and abroad. Let them show how the Senate degraded it? self by becoming a sharer in the plunder and patronage of the Executive. Let them show how the country was parcelled out like the provinces of the ancient Roman Empire, every State with a Sena? torial proconsul?Conkling in New York, Cameron in Pennsylvania, Patterson in South Carolina, and so on until the coun? try, so far as the patronage was concerned, is under the dominion of an oligarchy which only opposes the President when he names men for office like Hoar and Dana, supporting him in his selection of a Billings and a Delano. Let them show investigations in the House were made impossible so long as the brothers of members were allowed to hold trade posts and rob Indians and soldiers. Let them show how scandal after scandal super? vened until we had a Secretary of War at the bar of the Senate as a confessed robber, and a Secretary of the Navy rapidly on his way thither for having used a million of dollars of the Govern? ment money to sustain a sinking banking house in London. Let the Democrats lay down as a car? dinal maxim of their canvass the neces? sity of one term for the Presidency and the re-establishment of the civil service. Let a Senator as brave and keen as Bay? ard show that the root of all these evils lies in that tendency to Cajsarism which has grown out of the two term principle. Let him show, with the re-elective prin? ciple as it now stands, we virtually offer a premium to all ambitious Presidents to do as Grant has done?namely, use the Presidency as he would have used a rebel camp, for pillage by himself and his sol? diers. Let him show that the President, instead of taking the Presidency as a sa? cred trust, regarded it as a chance for a good time with his friends and cronies? high pay, little work, lots of fun and no questions asked, and the only care so to handle its enormous power that it might last as long as possible. Let the country dd summoned, without distinction of party, to r?e as one man and put an end to it all even as in New York the peo le> rose and put an end to Tweed ana his naveries.?N. Y. Herald. Forbear to Judge.?How often do we read, or hear of one's personal char? acter being attacked, and we find our? selves believing the slander, without ever stopping to think of the social position ana standard of the slanderer. No mat? ter how insignificant the man is who ri? dicules his neighbor, it will be always a stain on the party attacked. The slan? dered party may be a man of virtue and good standing in the community, and his accuser a low and unprincipled man; but pnblic opinion will decide that the charge is a bold one and is evidently true. How mean and low it is to speak ill of another! Often a man's reputation is at? tacked because he has attained a high position in society, and become influen? tial and wealthy among his fellow-beings. Oh, reputation! you are difficult to gain, but how easily lost! And when a good name is lost we are thrown out of society into the depths of degradation, never, perhaps, to raise our heads to the level of our lost position. How various are the characters of the people in this world! Some are ever ready to lend a helping band, while others will dig into the history of their fellow-beings, vainly endeavoring to find their vices, so that they can go forth and proclaim them to the world, hoping to gain favor by it. Investigations of such a nature should commence at home, then this world would be pure ana good. A man with ever so little judgment and commom sense will ever be prepared to conceal his friend's vices, ana instead of exposing him, will endeavor to raise him higher in others' estimations by speaking of his virtues. If you cannot speak well of your fellow beings never speak ill of them, because there is no character so mean, low. and unprincipled, as the char? acter of a slanderer. Therefore "forbear to judge, for we are sinners, all." Simple Cure for the Headache.? The Omaha Herald says: "If the say? ing is true that 'he who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew be? fore is a public benefactor,' how much more is he who discovers a remedy for one of the most distressing diseases that a poor human is heir to ? Having been afflicted many years with neuralgic head? ache, and after trying all the remedies I could hear of without any benefit, I had given up all hope of cure, and having an elder brother die of the disease, and told by the doctor there was no cure for it, I happily thought of trying salt, and in a short time I was delighted to see it had the results. It is now about two morths since I tried the experiment, and I have not been troubled with it since. Now I want to let 'the world and the rest of mankind' know the remedy, and it is so simple anyone can use it. Take a pinch of salt and snuff it up the nostrils until you can taste the salt in you throat. Do not blow yeur nose for a considerable time, but, as the waters run off, snuff it until you can spit it out of your mouth. In changeable weather, or if you feel auy return of it, repeat the remedy." The Largest Yield or Corn Yet. ?We find the following statement in the Country Gentleman, of Albany. It far surpasses anything we ever heard of be? fore in the way of corn crops : Elias R. Lake, of Marion county, took Sremiums on corn at the Indiana State 'air, as follows: For 1 acre, 263 bushels; 5 acres, 247 bushels per acre; 10 acres. 233 bushels per acre. The soil was sand and loam, based on clay, a river bottom; the one acre was plowed ten inches deep and planted iu drills three feet apart, and merely plowed out with shovel plow three times; the five acres were plowed six inches deep and planted in bills three and a half feet each way, plowed out with shovel plow four times, hoed once; the ten acre piece was plowed six in. lies deep and hau the same cultivation as the five acres. The corn was measured by weight, and would probably shrink con? siderably in drying. Remedy for Sleeplessness.?Many persons, from nervousness, fatigue, or mental excitement, are unable to sleep. Mr. Frank Buckland, an English natu? ralist, prescribes a very simple remedy for insomnia, or sleeplessness. The fact that opiates, in any form, leave traces of their influence the next morning, induced himself, as he has also frequently pre? scribed for others?onions; simply com? mon raw onions. The well known taste of onions is due to a peculiar essential oil contained in them, and this oil has high? ly soporific powers, which, in his own case, Mr. Buckland avers, never fail; if much pressed with work, and feeling an inability to sleep, his practice is to eat two or three small onions, the effect of which is magical in producing the desired repose. Such a remedy has a great ad? vantage over the stupefying drugs com? monly resorted to for this purpose. ? Language was given to men and women that they might communicate their wishes and say pleasant things to each other with it, but it has been great abused by lying. '?'Attorney vs. Citizen."?Col. John W. Ferguson, the editor of the Laurensville Herald, and a lawyer by profession, expresses himself thusly in regard to the duty of lawyers to their clients: The impeachment trial of Judge Mo? ses has led to an expression of opinion which we deem worthy of consideration. The attorneys engaged in that trial on the part of the accused are men of repu? tation, and their ability ranks them among the foremost in their profession, and yet their course in this trial has not met with unqualified approval. From this the question has arisen in the public mind as to the relative duties of the at toniey and the citizen. Now, we recognize it as the duty of | every attorney to use every legitimate means to ensure the success of his client, but we fail to see that it is the duty of an attorney to accept every cause that may be offered. We belong to that class who felt that the welfare of the many is rath? er to be consulted than individual suc? cess, and that the claims of the country as represented in the citizen are superior to those of the attorney. It is certainly the duty of every attorney who aspires to character and reputation, not to lend himself to an unjust cause, and to with hold the support of his good name from a corrupt action. But let some thieving public official with plenty of money be? come entangled in the meshes of the law; or let some man denounce him as a scoundrel and thief, and what is the first I thing that he does ? He looks around I him for men distinguished for their vir ! tue and the integrity of their character j to aid him in his cause. It may be, and we are satisfied that it has been, that these very men had their client in their mental vision when they spoke so elo? quently to their fellow citizens about "the thieves, the plunderers, and the rob? ber band, that have so long disgraced our once proud commonwealth." Yet, they accept the cause and for the time they are cheek by jowl with their client, and then set themselves to work to prove him innocent of the very charges wnich they themselves have made and which they honestly believe to be true. It would be amusing, if it were not for the demorali? zing effect which it has, to see these men raving before the jury about the inno? cence cf the accused, and lending the splendid reputation which they have among the masses for truth and virtue in support of his rotten character. In our opinion this is carrying the matter too far. Both truth and virtue imperatively demand of an attorney to decline any such a cause and, unless we read the signs amiss, the time is upon us when public opinion will be satisfied with nothing less. Santa Anna in his Old Age.?A correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer gives the following information concern lug Santa Anna, the Mexican hero: He lives in the city of Mexico, in a third rate house of two stories, with courts of not more than twenty feet square, the pavements out of repair, the whole telling the story of poverty. He was seated upon a much-worn sofa, at? tended by a smart-appearing Mexican of middle age, and rose, with some difficul? ty in receiving us. He complained con? siderably of his wooden leg, and also of blindness. He ia an old man of eighty years, very decrepit, yet in full command of his fac? ulties, has a good head and face, not un? like the pictures of Humbold, in old age, with broad temples and an abrupt, square nose, and, at one time, good eyes. He had little to say, but appeared pleased at our visit; and as we tola him of the four or five general officers of the Mexican war still living, he listened with interest, but showed no special recognition until the name of Pillow was mentioned, whom he remembered perfectly. Over the sofa where Santa Anna sat was the picture of a beautiful woman in her fullness of youth and loveliness.? This was his wife when both led the for? tunes of Mexico. As we passed out the court our attention was called to the fig? ure of a woman of fifty in the window opposite, in plain dress, and devoid of any interesting attribute. This was she whose picture nad so interested us, Mrs. General Santa Anna, Poetic Sentiment.?The settinr of I the sun last evening presented a truly magnificent sight. The western sky was o'erspread with waving, billowy clouds, rendered transccndently beautiful the glow of color from the reflection of the retiring god of day. Here a faint blush of rose tint; there a gorgeous purple; beyond a cloud fringed with a glitter of S?lden color or enriched with the sub ued hue of amber. It was a sight to move the soul of a painter to its inner? most depths; and to the poetic mind it brought the thought that even then, far down in the peaceful valley, the reflec tion of the dying day might be casting a halo of glorious Tight about the head of a red-headed girl milking a brindle cow, and that in the vast and varied economy of nature even a red-headed girl may have her uses. ? Here is something neat from tL. Griffin Newt: A poor town cow that would bog up ana mire down and die in three inches of mud, can climb into a countryman's wagon and eat twenty-four bundles of fodder and a basket full of eggs while the innocent victim is taking his first dram. This kind of cow is pro? verbially dry. The strongest persuasion in behalf of a sick infant won't make her let down a "drop," and yet she will open your front gate at any time in the night and eat up all the shrubbery and plants in sight. What she don't eat she tram? ples under foot and destroys. When you search for the owner to get damages, you never find him. But when that cow meets the inevitable fate of all such cat? tle?to wit: is run over by the railroad cars?then there are an abundance of owners, and they prove the cow is worth a hundred dollars. The railroad pays, and everybody is glad. THE WEEKLY SUN. 1876 NEW YORK. 1876 Eighteen hundred and aevcnty-slx la the Centen? nial year. It la alao the year In which an Oppoal tion House of Representatives, the first since the war, will be in power at Washington; and the rear of the twenty-third election of a President of tho United 8tates. All of these events ore sure to be of great intcreat and importance, eapeclolly tho two latter: and all of them and everything con? nected with them will be fully and freshly repor? ted and expounded in The Son. The Opposition House of Representatives, taking np the line of inquiry opened years ago by Tuk Sun, will sternly and diligently inveatigate the corruptions and misdeeds of Grant's administra? tion ; and will, It la to be hoped, lay tho foundation for a new and hotter period In our national history. Of all thia tue sun will contain complete and ac? curate accounts, furnishing its readers with early and truatworthy information upon theae absorbing topics. The twenty-third Presidential election, with tho preparations for it, will be memorable as deciding upon Grant's aspirations for a third term of power and plunder, and still more as deciding who shall be the candidate of the party of Reform, and as electing that candidate. Concerning all these sub? jects, those who read The Sun will haro the con? stant means of being thoroughly well informed. Tho Weekly 8un, which has attained a circu? lation of over eight; thousand copies, already has Its rcadera In ovcry State and Territory, and we trust that the year 187S will sco their numbcra doubled. It will continuo to be a thorough news? paper. AH the general news of the day will be found in it, condensed when unimportant, at full length when of moment; and always, wo trust, treated in a clear, interesting and Instructive man? ner. _ . , It ia our aim to make tho Weekly bus the best family newspaper In the world, and we ahall con? tinue to give in 1U columns a large amount of mis? cellaneous reading, such as stories, tales, poems scientific Intelligence and agricultural information, for which we are not able to make room in our dally edition. The agricultural department espe? cially is one of its prominent features. Tho fash? ions are also regularly reported in its columns; and so are the markets of every kind. The Weekly Sun, eight pages with fifty-six broad columns Is only $1.20 a year, postage prepaid. As this price barely repays the cost of the paper, no discount can be made from thia rate to clubs, agents, Postmasters, or any one. The Daily Sun, a large four page newspaper of twenty-eight columns, gives nil the news for two cents a copy. Subscription, postage prepaid, 55c. a month or $6.50 a year. Sunday edition extra, $1.20 per year. We hnve no traveling agents. Address, TI1E SUN, New York City. April 27, 1876 40 9 THE MONEY MUST COME WE NEED EVERY DOLLAR DUE US, AND YOU MUST CALL AND SETTLE YOUR NOTES AND ACCOUNTS AT ONCE, OR PAY THE OOSTS prompt paying customers can continue to buy goods at prices as low as the lowest. -o OUR STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDIZE IS COMPLETE. GIVE US A CALL. LEWIS <3c GO., NO. 2 BENSON HOUSE PLACE Jan 20. 1876 27 LOOK OUT ! LOOK OUT ! PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. T\7E desire to call attention to the fact tba> we have on hand a LARGE and Tt well-selected stock of Heavy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes Hardware Orockers Ware, Etc* We have just received a large lot of B;u on Sides, Shoulders, Sugai -Cured Hams Cheap Grades of Syrups, Muscovado, Do i.orara and New Orleans Molasses,. 100 BARRELS CHG.fJE FAMILY FLOUR, A complete assortment of Sugars, CoilVos and Teas, Pickles, Canned Goods, <fec. A very large stock of Iron, Steel, Hoe.', Shovels, Spades, and farming Implements generally. In short, we have everythi'Jg that the farmer or man of family nseds. We are selling the forogoing articles at the most reasonable cash prices. Call and bo convinced of this fact. And now a word to those that v? 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 be placed in the hands of an Officer for collection. BYBUM & 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. BYRTJM & McGRATH, % Mechanics' Row. Oct 7, 1875 12 ly C. A. REED. A. S. STEPHENS. REED * STEPHENS, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES, PHOTONS, ROCKAWAYS, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C., &C. A. J. STRINGEB, Agent. W. J. HIX, Agent, Beiton, S. C. Fair Play. ESPECIAL at? tention paid to REPAIRING, and all work ful? ly warranted. We claim the most thorough Ironwork, Wood I work, Painting 'and Trimming, / as we employ on-' ly the 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 1 THE MM GOLD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY C. E. THAMES. President. T- N. FOWLER, Secretary. Oen. 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 iu Gold or Currency, and non-forfeitable after two years. BOARD FOR ANDERSON COUNTY. B. F. WHITNER, President. F. C. v. BORSTEL, W. H. NARDIN, J. L. ORR, Secretary, G F. TOLLY, T. B. LEE, C. A. REED, R. P. 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, Agent. Sept 2, 1875_47 WILL IT PAY TO BUY CAROLINA FERTILIZER, SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, PALMETTO ACID PHOSPHATE, COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE. fl?r The above old reliable Fertilizers far sale at Reduced Prices. For prices and terms, apply to W. S. 8HARPE. Feb 3, 1870 _29_3m 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 und pay us up and begin anew. Some of von 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 ONLY because we believe it as GOOD, OR TILE BEST MADE IN 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. Feb 3,1870 IAM now offering my entire Stock of Merchandize at VERY LOW PRICES FOR On hand, I have? Groceries, Hardware, Iron, Crockery ware, Bnggy 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 "CHEATI!AM \ 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 are earnestly requested to come forward and pay up, or close their ac? counts at oneo*by well secured notes. Feb 3, 1875 29 R R TO ALE, MANUFACTURER OF DOORS,SASHES, Blinds, Flooring, &c. DEALER IN BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Paints,' Oils, &c. SOLE AGKN'T FOR The National Mixed Paint Co. Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. jZSJ- Send for Prices. OFFICE NO WARER00MS, Nob. 20 & 22 Hayn? & 33 & 35 Pinciney Sts. FACTORY and YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept 23, 1875 10 ly Encourage Home People and Home Enterprise. GEORGE ~ST HACKER, Charleston, S. O. THE only DOOR, SASH and BLIND. FACTORY owned and managed by a Carolinian in this City. All work guaran? teed. Terms Cash. Always on hand a large Stock of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Turned Work of every description. Glass, White Leads, and Builders' Hard- j ware. Dressed Lumber and Flooring deliv? ered in any part of this State. March 16,1876_33_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 sell 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 & 00. BELTOJT, S. C. Jan 27, 1875_28_ FOR SALE. -0 BEING compelled by the late serious in? juries of Mr. Os6orne 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 & Columbia Railroad Depot, con? sisting of One Lot One Steam Engine, Grist and Saw Mill, Two Cotton Gins, Brooks' Press, cither 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-1 dition. Terms casv. Apply at once. OSBORNE & McCULLY. March 0,1876_34_ THE ANS0N HARDY COMMISSION HOUSE. Orders for every description of Eastern Manufactures and Importations, Promptly filled, strictly upon commis? sion. Send for circulars. ANS0N HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Feb 10, 187G 30 6m THE ANSON HARDY PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS Commission House. Every article in the Publishing and Print? ing business bought at the lowest market prices. Strictly upon Commission. Send for circular. ANS0N HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. Feb 10, 1876_30_6m LUMBER! LUMBER! IAM now prepared to furnish PINE, OAK, HICKORY and POPLAR LUMBER on the Blue Ridge and Air Line Railroads at Seneca City, in any quantities desired. Mr. Jas. H. McConnell is my age?t at Anderson, who will always be found at the SherirFs Oifico, ready to wait on cus? tomers. WM. J. HARBIN. July 8, 1875 51 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Executor of John McCown, de? ceased, will apply to W. '\V. Humphreys, Judge of Probate, on the 10th day of May next, for a final settlement and'discharge from said Estate. WM. T. McCOWN, Ex'r. April 6, 1870 38 5 "New Adver?sementsi!' BOYS and MIDDLE-AGED MEN trained for a successful start In Business Life at Eastman Col? lege. The oldest, largest and only Institution that gives an Actual Business Practice. Currency and Merchandise used bare a real ralue. Each day's transaction based on quotations of New York Mar? ket. New Buildings. Bates loir. Graduates as? sisted to situations. Applicants received any week day. Refer to Patrons and Graduates In nearly every city and town. Address for particulars and Catalogue of 3,000 Graduates In Business. H. G. EASTMAN, LL.P., Poughkeopsle. V.T. ' a day at home. Agents Wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE A OOj Aognsta, Maine. $12 FREE TICKET ToPhiladelphiapS^j mar. From any point in U. 8. east of Utia. P/lflPMTQ AboveR R Ticket (it also.id nubll I tf mils to Cont?nnlal ?round?} and 110 cash a day easily earneil canwain* for our paper pictorw, A?-Anybjdr can dolt, Particulars free. Bend addrens on postnlcar' J TorcceiTBCopyof pap?r also, send 6 cts. Ad (dress: The illustrated Wuhkly. No. U Dey fct, New York. rj2 Ann A WEEK GUABANTEED to Agenta.. v i /Male and Female, in Uiehr own locality. (Dil Terms and OUTFIT FBEE. Address P. 0. T 1 1 VICKEBY & CO., Augusta, Maine. <j?e fft *on per day at home. Samples worth til ?p J W q>?i\J frcc Stisso? & Co., Portland, Maine MIND BEADING, PSYCHOMAlfCY, FABCI nation, Soul Charming. MesmerlEm. atiiI Marriage Guide, shewing bow either aex ? may fascinate and gain tbo love and affection of anv person they choose instantly. 400 pages. By ' ma'il 50 cents. Hunt A Co., 139 S. 7th St., PbJlat. ^ THE BEST FAMILY MEDICINES, Tested by popular use for over A QUARTER OF A CENTURY! Dr. Strong's Compound Sanative Pills Cure Constipation, Biliousness, Lirer Complaint Malarial Fevers, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, and all diseases requiring an active but mild purgative. Dr. Strong's Pectoral Stomach Pills Cure Coughs, Colds, Fevers, Female Complaint*, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia,, and all derangements of the Stomach. C. E. H?ll, A Co, New York, Proprietors._' ADVERTISING In RELIGIOUS and AGRICULTURAL WEEK? LIES HALF PRICE. Send for Catalogue on the LIST PLAN. For information, address GE0. P. R0WELL& CO., 41 Par* Rowr NEW YORK. ^ Can buy direct of the Manof r on favorable terms. "The AiySON HARDY CUTTING MACHINES are the best and cheapest low priced machine nude, and have a national reputation for utility aud du? rability."?(The Electro-typer, Chicago.) "The ANSON HARD! PAPER CUTTER la by far tho best machtne which can be obtained for at less price than one hundred dollars. It is of great strength. "These machines have always taken the highest stand. It is the only machine to which I 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 i this machine, and one that is nossessed by no other.. It greatly reduces the labor oipreparation in work- ? ing the paper backward and forward! We cannot too strongly recommend the advant?s?* of this pat? ent movaole board. It is worth the price of this machine, and purchasers should fully understand how highly it is to be valued."?{Powell's A Co.'s ? Monthly Reporter and Printers Gazette.) The LATEST IMPROVED HARDY CARD ? CUTTER Is pronounced the most desibableCaSD Cutter in the market, for the general uses of a printing office. _ The well-known RUGGLES CARD CUTTER with my latest improvements, is still preferred by many printers, and holds its faTorltism over othar machines. 49- None genuine but these having my full ad? dress lettered in the castings. 9S~ Newspapers in want of advertising, from first parties, should send for my circular proposal. ANSON HARDY, AUBURNDALE, MASS. I will buy of those that buy of me. Feb'lO, 1870 30 8m METROPOLITAN WORKS, Canal Sr., fbom Sixth to Sevesth; RICHMOND, - - VIRGINIA. ENGINES, Portable and ^Statiowabt. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass & Iron, Forgings, *tc. ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK, IN all its branches, dono'j by experienced hands. We call special attention to onr Improved Por-; table Engines for agri? cultural ana other purpo-j ses. A number of second-! hand ENGINES and BOIL-) ERS of various patterns, in | first-rare order, on hand. Repair work solicited and promptly done WM. E. TANNER & CO. Aug 5, 1875_3 ly TALBOT & SONS, SH0CK0E MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VA. M ANUFACTTJRERS OF Steam Engines and Boilers, Agricultural Engines, Circnlar Saw Hills, Grist, Bark and Plaster Hills, Shafting, Hangers and Pulleys, Improved Turbine Water Wheels. Oct 14, 1875 13 It WM. ETTENOEIt. H. P. EDMOND. ETTENGER & EDMOND, RICHMOND, VA., MANTJPACTtrREBS 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. WATSOX, 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? tage Bedsteads and Cheap Mattresses leading articles. Oct 14,1875 13 ly M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. PHENIX 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, Pnllies, 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 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 A KIND, Columbia, S.C. May28,lS74 46 ly ?