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PISCIC?LT?BR T!T| ?An Essay^ ?^J^ort/^iS^Trttfrj^ft'^ q/" <?? iSfo/s Grange at Andereon, S. ,CT,J on the 9th of August 1877, by Major Thomas W. Woodward, of Fairfidd County, & a . Early historians of the South, and. of South Carolina in particular, all agree in the statement that our riven, creeks and. brooks once teemed with fishes. The; shad?the prince of : the 'frying pan?iu the memory of many new living, was as common even in creeks as is the diminu? tive minnow. It was the custom in those days for our people to visit annually the different fisheries, where were to be had shad at sixteen to the dollar"red-horse and other savory varieties at a song by the w?^bn load.- It'.is: distressing, gas tronomjcally at least; - when we reflect that these good old times,' like other, loved associations of the past, have de? parted. . 1 -:. ~- : That the .fish famine of the day may be properly understood, I shall add a few; . facts and produce some statistics. Bei a, in Washington a few years since, I call on the Hon. Spencer -F. Baird, .Unit States Pish Commissioner, for. .the pu. pose of hearing him on .this iotcrestin subject, and to see if anything could b done for the restocking of our rivers.. He informed me that he was anxious to do something for us, and that if I would: locate, for him any .point in the State where could be caught as-many as, say, j 500 shad during the season, he would I send out parties who, would, establish a hatching station. V , . , j After diligent search along.the borders; of the two rivers of my county?the! Broad and W?teree-^and having institu ted inquiry for ouch a point anywhere inj the State, so meagre was. the.catch at all; places that I was unwilling to hold further communication upon the subject, and despaired of enlisting his efforts in our- behalf, and here the matter, ended wfth'meJ' He, however, sent out a sub-commis si on i n 1S73, wh ich- was fnstruvtedf to in vestigate the very facts .which I had ob? tained but had failed .to" report;.^The observations made by this commission are specially cited, as they give] direct statistical testimony upon the numbers of shad caught in rivers of Georgia and South Carolina, and prove more thor? oughly, if, indeed, any -proof :were necessary, that there has been marked decrease. , A synopsis of Seth Green's report of shad batching at Augusta in 1873 is as follows: From April 21st to April 28th, thirteen fishes were taken, none of which being in proper condition, no eggs were procured. Prom Augusta he goes to Newbern, N. C, passing what were once important fisheries at varous points along the Cbngaree, and by the once celebrated station at Rocky Mount, on the Catawba, At Newbern, in consequence of the river being too high for fishing, he succeeded in procuring only two ripe fishes, from which were obtained 50,000 eggs. Of this number 43,000 were hatched and turned into the river. Thence he goes to Weldon, where, in consequence of continued high water, no shad are taken, but two ripe rock fish are caught,'from which are procured 110,000 Passing he meets with better success. One dred and eleven ripe fishes are stripped, 2,170,000; eggs obtained, and 1,370,000 fishes returned to the Potomac I and 90, 000 transplanted in other streams. The obova figures and facts, 'demon? strating as ? they vdo - the decrease in our fish supply; ?ca'U,.rfor.:asolution;i!rst and for a remedy? next. Is it to the clearing away Of forests with its accompanying damaging effect explanatic mediately the agent? Where forests have been, extirpated along the banks and sources; of our smaller! ^reams' and their beds &ri (fry, as is the. case in many instances, exter? mination has been the fate of every soli? tary individual; but in all - cases where the drought is not so severe, and a few holes retain; water, although the stream: may cease to'flow, there will you find; cosmopolitans, the cat; the ? 'sucker,' ? the I red-bellied perch and the universal min- J now, lenial descendants of the parent stocks placed there by Providence. , ':.,'; You see, then, that damaging.as are the above contingencies to the fish sup? ply, still-they'are n'ofof-so-serious a character as to account for: the total loss: for ha ving failed to exterminate the local varieties only in exceptional cases, theyi would^of^ course show less effect in thej larger streams'" which -aerer do '??fJ >3fi? ? upon species which inhabit them for only a part of-the year.?s {?^ Welcan "-accountfgr it^jMyby nroperly | considering the disastrous tendency of dams and the destroying agency of man with his. traps, nets, hooks and other im? proved appliances' of death. Common sense asserts the proposition that where dams intervene, cutting off the parent fishes from their spawning grounds and preventing the depositing of seed -for/ the succeeding year's supply, /that gradual diminution and eventual extermination are the inevitable results. " '.. All authorities agree in assigning the above as the cause of the decline. Now, with the enumerated impediments' pro? vided for, there is no reason why, sin may not again be secured. ? -We . are tunate in having remedies for these . < culties. Science has ? abundantly .provi-1 ded us with numerous patent' fish ways,I whereby the .parent fishes are enabled! to ascend to thejr,spawning>beds> wh.^ *t has also demonstrated1 that'" rappUi1 qf artificial impregnation aha 1 hatching boxes"more fish can be supplied-thanrby the natural process'of - recroduction. -In many of the States, the business of gather ing eggs, hatching the young and' trans* planting them by the millions, has be-' come of vast proportions, and is looked; upon as one of ? the important industries j of the "country"." $had have been shipped by the railroad from the Hudson to Cali? fornia and many intermediate points,; and the eggs of the Sacramento salmon brought back, hatched duo!" s??cessfully reared in the waters- of the Eastern slope.] The eggs of European varieties are now! in reach, and with the increased supply of fishes comes; increased facilities fori Sthering and hatching the eggs, so that ere seems to be no limit to the efforts; of those engaged in the good work until! every river, creek and brook throughout the country has been stocked to its ut? most capacity. It is advisable that, this State should: put itself In/harmony with the general movement and secure some of the. bene? fits. By procuring the services of some of the experts, which 'could be done by; the Legislature making a smaU appro- I priation* many millions ofeggs ebuM' bei1 secur^atatrifjtogcost ahoTp^aiited In all of our rivers during the next.spawu ing season, which; being continued for; three years; would be all that was neces? sary, as the shad after this time would be capable of reproduction -and furnish all the ?ggs-ueeded^and to therrend,o/rtime: could be continued tho apnoal process of compensatinshforthe, yearly graste. From ? What' J fcave1*?? of the Sacra-! j mento salmon-I have AO..hesitation, in) saying that there are many Of our' rivers, well adapted'tb'i s habits/ especially thei Edisto, which: was once one: of the finest' streams in the State for all the varieties common, ^to. us. . ^An J experiment before, the war with the brook trout (salmon fontinalis) convinced 'me that there was more importance attached to tempera? ture of water"than ms necessary. Twelve of these most beautiful fishes were procured from a mountain stream in Nor?'<^^Tfa','tfd^tr?Ikmie and! placed in a pone, where they kept: healthy and grew finely during several of the hottestrracmths, v and I believe would have ?hfl?f siiccessftilly ? for' their loss by the breaking of the dam by which they were confined, before the fall season, at wnich time they spawn; showing that the theory, that these fish can only survive in the/jeoldest, purest water is incorrect And so it may be withHbe Sacramento-salmon, whose - de? gree* oftatitude does not vary materially froDnsnj- own. and whose'natural habits" a? t?le?t and cold would; be modified by, being-placed in our waters during the winter and at a tender age. . In any event there is ho reason why the experiment might not be tried. Upon the contrary, every inducement is held, 'out for experimenting with all of the nmtrite species, not excepting even the salmon salar itself. The much that hasten learned in pisicuiture leaves" verylmfch yet to be discovered, and ho. department of science, no branch of in? dustry, offers a wider field to the natu? ralist, nor larger margins for gain to him who will successfully prosecute the busi? ness.,.-^ ''??>? ' ? H 1 With a fish commissioner, such as is had inmost of the States, whose business it wpj?ld be to keep in communication with:-the other commissioners and with the 'United States Commissioner, much valuable information would be dissemi? nated, and many varieties of valuable eggs and fishes imported and exported for experiment. We have many native varies well adapted to the. purpose of bothQKUids and streams, and by a system of interchange with commssioners rfrom other.States, sending eggs and fry from homeland receiving a similar shipment from abroad, there is no estimating the g^cod that might be accomplished. Our State""has recently shown a disposition to banish barbarism and to put itself in I harmony with other countries in the on? ward march towards material improve* ment and refining civilization. Let us not neglect this important-matter, which offers so much good for bo little outlay. The next division of my subject?fish ponds?is more interesting to_us person? ally, beTBcf "within reach of all, and re? quires no State aid. Any person owning a fejE^acpea of land, with a-stream.of waf^rt>m%yembartrin^the enterjprisejrith more or lesThope of success." ' The bolder the stream and the larger the extent of pond surface, the greater the variety of fish which can be raised and the larger the profits, although many kinds grow finely and breed well in smaller ponds fed by streams that barely supply evaporation. In treating of ponds, I may as well admit in advance the fact that in most instances failure has been the result. I think, for causes which can be accounted for, and which,, when properly considered, are not of sufficient magnitude to discourage the undertaking for the future. My first criticism is on the size of ponds, very few of which are entitled to the dignity of the appellation, being in most instances, mere puddles of water, from a few-feet in diameter tarperhaps 2uarter of an acre in extent. Into these iminutive enclosures. have. been turned any and all varieties which could be ob? tained, many of them unsuited by nature for the habitation of such places, whilst others of them seem to have been formed with special reference to the destruction of the other kinds. Failure in such cases is as much to be looked for as it would be in the case of a farmer who would ex? pect to rear successfully a hundred head of cattle on a two-acre lot, or who would f' tempt to keep the peace between a pack of wolves and a flock of sheep which were required to roam upon the same pasturage; To illustrate, 1 shall reiterate experiments <"giveh t? the public before, anuTv&i&^nDj^ has connrmedV^AlL bf_pur fish eat fish; ex? cept members of thJttucl?frfiunUy jTthese eat eggt.? #wc?icallyri therefore, all fish consumeFfeBr ?n\eVniore,' some less. What is known here as the trout (Megaa toma Ccarolinienis and Grystes Salmoxdes) ?^6H"strilrlhgTrr?sfrationV The older ones are caught almost exclusively with living .fish, used, as bait, or by its artificial represi?rjtat^re. the Jr?b. Ali- fishermen^ know this, and attach' importance to hav? ing fresh lively minnows on hand for a successful day's sport. This justifies the statement that in its natural state its habitual food is fish. And whilst it has its preferences for..certain varieties, none are exempt from the attacks -of its vora? cious jaws. I Kavecaught' aTour-pound trout which had swallowed a catfish which weighed over a quarter of 3 pound, the tail of which was still visible lir the cavity of the trout's mouth, because there was not sufficient room for its reception in the stomach, and yet it bit with spirit at a .silver fish on the hook. I have taken them with their stomachs distended with smaller members of their own species, with all the varieties of the perch clan, including the exceedingly nimble bream, with suckers, with minnows; in fact no fish seems beyond the scops of its appetite. Oreat as is the destruction done by older members of this family, you can, imagine, that the-supply..which would disappear down the capacious tfirqat ofca ten^oiimier ha twelve months $rould be no ineoiwiderabledrain upon pie ^oj?cfB^?pltod|o# a quarter or an acre in extent; still, strange to relate, the depredations of the young trout are even more'disastrous. A pair of trout'of two and a half pounds each are capable of producing 16,000 in a season; these young commence upon smaller varieties as soon as the umbilical egg has been absorbed, and when they have attained a length of one and a quarter inches, re? quiring ' from a month^to six weeks of growth, will eat sixty-one fish each in twenty-four hours. This I have wit? nessed again and again. It is true that the fishes swallowed were very small and of exceedingly tender age, being scarcely, more than eggs with tails appended; still they werensh* and if uninterrupted, would have attained ?s large size as any in the pond. Now, suppose that the young of only one pair are hatched in a pond of a quarter of an acre and that the unusually small number of 5.000 is the result. These 5,000 are capable of de? vouring 805,000 per day. It occurs to me that it would be only necessary for them to survive one day to effect the -complete depopulation of ordinary ponds. Having accomplished their work of de? struction, they are themselves made the victims of larger fish; which are in turn e?ten_bv still Jatger,jjjyhich . are in turn attacked "by man, the veriest butcher of j them* all. The probabilities are that out ?of the 5,000 which have wrought such dire destruction, not more than a half dozen reach maturity. This is the reason that ponds of narrow compass on being drawn off after having stood for two or three years have only a few large fish in them, and also the reason that even our largest mill ponds afford better fishing ?whilst they are known as uew ponds. ? ['Take one more example?I have many '-"-the1 Ted-bellied perch, (Pomotis Ery throgaster,) perhaps the commonest fish La$f .the South, !being j found in every ?branch, creek, j river, pond j and lake in this State. It is. ..one of the finest pan 1 fishes in the United States, those in the 1 waters of the Edisto befug Rarely second to the celebrated ?antee Dieati, "which I regard as not inferior to the much lauded cavalli. I have seen the young of this perch,-three-fourths of an inch-in length, rc<^me*durt?en<bf their Sown species fn a day; and if any of our ponds or streams are carefully examined in the month of June, there will be discovered the first broom which^hftye- beea hatched, amounting to millions in 'some Places, industriously engaged in the [daily de? struction of fourteen times their number. Col. Paul Felder, of Orangeburg, testi tifie8 that 1,200 perch, as broad as two fingers, and about three inches long, were destroyed by eleven trout in three months. Is it to be wondered at that fish ponds have not given satisfaction? Is it not rather remarkable that they have yielded any fish at all ? Yet many of them have been the source of no in considerable supply. In the spring of -1876-. haying occasion to repair ray dam, I drew dd.wn the water of my pond and caught 700 pounds of edible fish, consist? ing of trout, bream, maw-mouths, red bellied perch and suckers?the trout, of which there were onlyr.lOO, weighing from four pounds, which: was the heavi? est, to one and a half pounds, the oldest and largest being- four years old." My Jond is-twp acres-and a half inextent. ly'riads of young fish, the weigbt of which is not reckoned in the above, were put back and are now doing better since the larger ones have been taken out. In fact, all' ponds,- including mill ^p'onds, should be'drained and the fish.assorted j at least every third -year. It should be borne in mind that the 700 pounds were 'the -product: of the pond, with no assist? ance wbatever, except the occasional throwing^u^f a3ittle grist, more for the purpose of attracting the fish to-certain localities where I was in the habit of using the hook, than for regular feeding, and that it was not the result of an un? usual accumulation, for the pond had been subjected to vigorous fishing each year since its commencement. ,_ The truth is, that meagre as have been the results obtained by pisciculturists of this State, there is not an instance, and I include myself, in which we had a right to expect better returns?not -one in which we deserved success. I have yet to hear of any one in this State who has made use of hatching boxes, artificial -fecundation, or any of the plans or ap Eliances by means of which so much is eing done elsewhere. My experiments in artificial hatching have been on an ex? ceedingly small scale, mostly in-tum? blers, soup plates and in a small glass aquarium, arid more for the purpose of testing the truth of the discovery than for practical advantage. Seth Green and other pisciculturists of the North, who have done, so much for -the country, pursue a regular systematic, scientific routine-first constructing ponds with a proper regard for water supply and extent of surface, having due care against damage from freshets and other unfavorable contingencies. Then attention is given to ;he procuring and impregnating of eggs. These are hatched in ,boxes judiciously arranged for. tsbe "purpose; theyodng are then confined in separate reservoirs, according to age and size, because fishes of the same size can? not swallow each other. Here they are regularly supplied with animal food, which is made to take the place of fish \ diet until ready for market. So com? pletely has the: process been perfected that nature herself has been outwitted in 'the arrangement, and the fact established that pisciculturists can breed fish faster than fish can breed themselves. It has been said that whoever raises and sends to market a million of frogs will be the possessor of an immense fortune by the transaction. It is equally true that who? ever properly cultivates the fresh water turtle, which flourishes in any kind of water and feeds largely upon aquatic -plants, which all ponds should furnish, will find himself largely the gainer. But to him who first raises the produce of only a single pair of either the trout, the, bream, red-bellied perch, maw mouth, red-horse, humped-back sucker, cat, or almost any other of our numerous species, simple as is the process,-, will be due the gratitude of the State. Do with our trout (Grystes salmoides) what Green has done with his trout (Saline ibn tinalis), and compare results. His fish produces about 600 eggs, requires several months to hatch and about four years of careful feeding to reach one pound in weight. From" one of our, trout'IJiave counted over 16,000 - eggs, and'ibey, fre? quently rear two broods in a yeari*they can be batched in from four to six. days, and , in four years would easily average four pounds in weight. Deduct ten per cent.?usual loss from eggs to-fish?and you have 540 fry in one*' insrAnce, "14,400 in the other. Now allow half for casual? ties, and you have 2,070 for one and 7,200 for the other. Feed them for four years and the difference in weight is in favor of the -Southern fish by.28,530 pounds. The difference in 1 flavor is claimed for the' salmo fontinalis, 'but I have yet to see even the epicure who would discard the Grystes salmoides either for pot or pan purposes. As a game fish, he is little if at all inferior to the brook trout. All can testify who have had one at the end:of his rod that he neither lacks pluck nor energy. I do believe, with this fish treated as are some at the North, that it is practicable to add millions of pounds to our supply, and yet I am not prepared to say that it is our most valuable species for ponds ; in fact I have always thought that to some of the cyprinoid family would be given the palm. Whilst engaged on this article, Mr. James M. Stewart, of Winn&boro, fur? nished the following information: His mill dam broke during the last heavy rains and ran down to the bottom. In it were left two trout of several which I had given him, and which Were just two years old. One weighed two pounds and three-quarters, the other two pounds and one-qnarten Neither.4iad been-^e^!arti*> facially. - - ; \ This information is exce^mglyliralu able, as it. shows that larger results as to weight can be reached than has been, es? timated, and that clear waters are by no means essential, for Mr. Stewart's, pond is situated among the reddest and steep? est hills of Fairneld, and is after every rain as muddy as a clay hole. I suggest, in conclusion, the formation ?f a society, which will haye-ior its ob? ject the advancement of pisciculture, to be called "The South Carolina Piacicul- j tural Association." This body, having: such by-laws and officers as may be I agreed upon, could meet with either the State Grange or the State Agricultural! and Mechanical Society, or with both, and could by assigning experiments with different kinds of fish to different sections of the State, and by sending delegates to; similar bodies in other States, tend large ly to the speedy solution of the now! doubtful question so often asked, what is! the best fish for the ponds of this State ? The problem before us, then, is to; raise the young of & single pair, even where there are thousands of pairs in reach. Do this, and fish ponds are a grand success. The Time to Cut Grass.?The pr?p-! er time to cut grass or hay is a matter of some dispute, though the weight of testi? mony is in favor of early cutting. - As an old writer on agriculture has wittily said, "grass should be cut while it is! grass, and not after it has become hay." The flavor or richness of the grass passes1 away as soon as the stalk becomes dry, tough and fibrous, and evidently much nourishment is lost as well as the fra? grance which gives it relish by leaving it standing too long. Farmers as a rule do not attach that inportance to the hay crop which its real value demands, and are apt to consider the exacttime of har? vesting it as a matter of no great conse? quence. But when it is considered that it is tbe crop that furnishes the largest share of food for both horses and cattle during at least half of the year, it will be admitted that it is of value enough to warrant tbe best, care in cutting and, curing. If it is cut at the right time a| very few hours of sunshine will fit it for the mow or stack. It is better to be '? put up a little damp than to have all the moisture dried out in the sun. It should be put away in such a condition as.to show green and bright when fed out in the winter. It is then eaten: with'the ?greatest relish and yields the largest amount of nourishment.?Indiana Farm ? The papers relate an anecdote of a beautiful young lady, who had become blind, having recovered her sight after] marriage. It is no uncommon thing for people's eyes to be opened by matrix mboy. PRAISE FROM SIR HUBERT. - A Gallant Virginian tells ? Bit of Per . // ^l^torr,';.^ !, The following letier. from the Rev. A. Toome/. Porter, published in the Augusta Chronicle ana. Constitutionalist of yester? day, is reproduced in the News and)Oou tier, without the knowledge of the gen? tleman whose war record it gives to the public: B.H.R: Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: I was last week at the White S?lpher Springs, in Virginia, where I met Com4 modore Pegraiu, whd^ is'sd well -known throughout tbe country. In the course of conversation, at which Dr. Wro; Hur ger, Mr. Frank Huger and other Charles? ton ians were present, the Commodore gave us the following information, which was so new to all of us that I determined to publish it, which I now do, with the Commodore's consent, that the gentleman whose heroic conduct is narrated may re? ceive at the hands of his lelJaw^cf^nB that honor which he has so rich merited. In the year 186-, Commodore Pegram then in command of the Nashville, was, with his wife, in English waters; Due day a very brignt^eyrarjntejligent,(well mann^rejL&UlPj^ man, came to him, and asked That he might'take..passage with him '.to.,the Southern1 States,'- 'as he wanted to come and join tbe army of tbe Southern States. Commodore Pegram refused tbe request, saying he was under age and he could not think of taking the youth out among strangers, to run all the risks of war. The' young man besought' tbe Commo? dore, but in vain; he asked if he could get the consent of his guardian, if he would let him- have passage ? The Com? modore stifl declined.15 Tue yooth then went to Hon. W. L. Yancey, then in London. He so worked upon Mr. Yan cey's feelings that he wrote an earnest request to the Commodore to bring the young man over. Still the Commodore refused. Just then tbe Queen of England, having gone down to see the Tuscarora and Nashville in port, ordered both to sea. This command, for reasons, the Commodore declined to obey, and he went up to London to arrange for his stay. While away, some hands were shipped on the Nashville, and in doe course she put out to sea. Some days after the Commodore was accosted by a very bright youth, who was all begrimed with coal dust and dirt. He asked who he was and where he had come from, and to his surprise, found that it was the young man who had tried to come as pas? senger. He told the Commodore he must overlook ISE? D*uCher had" determined to fight' for?tneSSouth. The- Co^mc4p>e, pieased with* his spirit, told tbe officer of the ship to put him to some other work. One day, a certain paper passing through the young man's hands to the Commo? dore, he said it was very bad English, and, if the Commodore would allow him, heKwbnid corrects This was done, arid so excellent was the report as made ont by the youth, that the Commodore im? mediately-made him the captain's clerk. On the arrival of tbe Nashville in the South, the Commodore informed tbe See* ; retary of the .Navy of his appointment, j and asked that it be continued; this was I at once done.-' Soon after this Commo? dore Pegram was put in command of the 'James River squadron, and took the ; English youth with him, to whom he had I become greatly attached. The Commo? dore says more faithful or intelligent ser? vice he has never seen rendered than did that young man give to a cause for which he had left country and friends, and had come, a perfect stranger, to help them in their Btruggle-for constitutional freedom. The fleet in the James. River was, for a long while, inactive. It seems that this young man's spirit chafed, for he had to fight, and so one night a splash was heard alongside the ship, and soon a man was' seen rowing toward the enemy. There' ; was a general discharge of guns at him, but it was not known whether he wasbit [ or who he was. The roll was called, and none was missing but the Englishman.' I The Commodore was very much hurt by this, but he felt sure that, it would he ex? plained. A few days afterward there was a very heavy engagement, in which Capt. Pegram's battery was in the thickest. After the fight Commodore Pegram re? ceived a message from his relative, saving there was a young Englishman with them badly wounded who wished to see him. The Commodore went at once. Capt. Pegram told him that he had never seen such cool bravery in his life ?s this young man displayed;: that he knew be had come from his shipV Ee "Thdr:?q!d\all the cir? cumstances. He had swam out towards the Yankees to escape our sentinels,, but had'turned^as 9o6t\ tas fpossible^ral3iad swam^tM; jPe^ms^tery;; %tifcre he "had taken part in the fight, and had beeB sevoeely ..wounded in the Jeg^and shoulder:11 T^ItCommod6re -had-"*im taken'to-Jfrs. Cary's, in - Richmond, and carefully nursed.1- While there an order was issued, for an examination of men for office in the ordnauce dep^feient. Com? modore Pegram furn'sli^'hia young frierjd;with oo^ks, and came two or three times1 a week to examine him.' The Com? modore says he progressed so rapidly.that soon he found himself unable to examine hint, .as he koew more ^bontTt;tBan -.^e did. He introduced the young wounded man to acertain g^n^tfian.in*^^^ who had soine'V^r^^ Tjiis gentfema^ conceived such a-fiking^Tor the ihtblHgent, I>rav? young fellow-.that he offered him'!the pick of his horses if be would come out No. 1 in the examin? ation. This the youth mqdestly -said could scarcely; lie -expected.-; .W;e}lv?ud the gentleman,.-pass your/examination, and you shall have the second cfaoice. The examination came off,' and the'young man came out No. 1.' The best horse of the stables was given him, and still wounded and against remonstrances, he reported for duty. Before the war was over he had pushed himself up to the first position in his department. Commodore Pegram's history is much longer than j this,' but it may be summed in these words?that in all his experience of men he never met with- more devotion to doty, more gallant action, seldom more ability I than; this -young Englishman displayed on all occasions, and in every position, and how he has for him the most sincere and devoted affection. The circle io whom these things were told were all so ignorant of ? them that it occurred to us that many others were curious, and that it was only due to ourselves that we should all know the record of one who has for Weal or woe cast in his lot among us. This young Englishman, my fellow citizens, ?s none other than F. W. Daw son; Esq., one of the able editors of the Charleston News and Courier. All honor to whom honor is due. Respectfully, ; Ar Toombb Porter. COMMENTS BY A GEORGIA JOURNALIST. We publish this morningin the Chron? icle and Constitutionalist a letter from Rev. A. Tdomer Porter, relating the ac? count recently given by Commodore Pe ?ram of the gallant service rendered the outh during , the war. by Capt.'F* Wj. Dawson, now one of the editors and pro? prietors of the Charleston News and Cou? rier. Commodore Pegram was a distin? guished officer of the Confederate States Navy, and compliments from such a source must heed be gratifying to any man. He does, cot .stint his praise in speaking of the -career of Capt, Dawson, but bears unsolicited testimony to the zeal, tbe devotion" and the conspicuous gallantry displayed by the young Eng? lishman in the cause of constitutional liberty. But it is as a journalist ttiat Capt. Dawson is best known, and Iiis ser? vices in that field have been of the great? est value to his adopted State and section. He has striven long and untiringly to raise South Carolina to her proper place in the American Union, and has advo? cated with all the ardor of his nature, etery measure calculated to promote her' material or political prosperity.: The splendid work done by Capt. Dawson.and bis colleague,of theNews and Courier in the great Hampton campaign of last year ?work; which never ceased until crowned with victory?is still fresh in the minds of Carolinians and Georgians. It affords us great pleasure to publish the letter of the distinguished divine who gives the words of Com modore Pegram when speak? ing to Carolinians of one who ? has done so much for Carolina. AH Sorts of Paragraphs. .... u l?. Tlie best present for a base-ball club ?ah ice-pitcher. ? Why are troubles like babies ? Be? cause tbey get bigger by nursing. ?! Wringing tbejhanda is asignofsor row., biit ringing the fingers jsasign of joy. ? I . ?- "Life w'short," moralizes the 7W hint.' We can sympathize with Life. We are short too. 1 ? ? German literary man says that in America-thieves are so scarce that re? wards are offered for them. ~ Au Atlanta woman says if death loves ashining mark, it's a wonder it never aimed at her husband's nose. ? Spare moments are the gold-dust of time. Of all this portions of our life, ?pare moments are the most fruitful in good or evil. '?'? "John^ what is the chief branch of education in your school?" "Willow branch, sir; master's used up nearly a whole tree." ? Nobody knows to this day what a time old Noah had of it in the ark with the antedeluvian ancestors of the present Kentucky mule. ? A congregation in Maine has Con? cluded that a minister may skate if be wants to, but he must keep his mouth shut when his heels fly up. ? Boy's composition: Ancient Greece was proud of herathletes. The champion was Thermopylae. Every man who made a pass at old Thermopylae got his eye blacked. ? An exchange says: "An Albany man who used to live on ten cents a day died wealthy." He may have died wealthy, but we will bet money he did not die fat. ;?"How many deaths?" asked the: hospital physician while going his rounds. "Nine." "Why, I ordered med? icine for ten." "Yes, but one wouldn't take it." ? Charade?My first (syllable) is company; my second shuns company; my third calls company, and my whole entertains company. Give it up ? Why, co-nun-drum, of course! i? "I always think," said a reverend guest, "that a certain quantity of wine does a man no harm after a good dinner." "Oh, no, sir," replied his host, "it is the uncertain quantity that does the mis? chief." ? Jennie (looking in a milliner's win? dow)?"Don't you think they are very pretty?" Lizzie (whose thoughts are on the other side of the street)?"Very; especially the one with the long, black side-whiskers." - Landlady (to boarder who has pass? ed his cup six times)?"You are very fond of coffee, Mr. Smith." Mr. Smith ?" Yes^: ma'am, it looks as if I was, when I ani willing to swallow so much iw?ter for the sake of getting a little." -? She said it was a very bright idea. He said he knew a brighter one, and when she asked him what it was he an? swered, "Your eye, dear!" There was 'silence for a moment; then she laid her head upon the rim of his ear and wept. ? "Ldidh't at all expect company to? day, but I hope you will make yourselves at home," said a lady to a visitor, with not a very pleasant look. "Yes, indeed," replid one of them, starting off, "I will make myself at home as quickly as pos? sible." I t? "Now, my boy," said the examiner, "if I had a mince pie, and should give two-twelfths of it to John, two-twelfths to Isaac, two-twelfths to Henry, and should take half the pie myself, what would be Jeft? '.Speak out loud, so that all can hear ?" "The plate!" Bhouted Sthe boy. ? ?**? A story is told of a shrewish Scotch? woman who tried to wean her husband from the public-house by employing her brother to act the part of a ghost, and frighten John on his way home. "Who are you ?" said the guidman, as the appa xition rose before him from behind i js bush. "I am Auld Nick I" was the |reply. "Come awa', mon," said John, nothing daunted; "gia's a shake o' your jhand?I am married tae a sister o' yours." I ;?A little girl who sat on the front steps of a house on Montealm street was asked by a strange girl why she didn't have on a better dress. "I can wear silk if I want to," quietly replied the little one. "Your folks ain't as rich as them jfolks over' there," sneered the big one. ;"Yes we are, and a good deal richer. They was beating their carpets yesterday, and we was beating ours, and we had twice as much dust as they did I" That settled the big one, and she moved on. ? A minister was once riding through a section of the State of South Oarolina, where custom forbade inn-keepers to I take pay from the clergy who stayed with them. The minister in question Itook supper without prayer, and ate his I breakfast without prayer or grace, and iwas about to take his leave when "mine host" presented his bill. "Ay, sir," said he, "I am a clergyman 1" "That may be," responded Boniface; "but you came here; slept like a sinner and ate and drank like a sinner, and now you shall pay like a sinner." ? In the days of Sir Matthew Hale, men who could read might, by law, be? come priests. On one occasion a man who could not read desired to be or? dained, and he took his place before his examiner, with a copy of the Lord's prayer in his hand, and a friend who could read at his back. Prompter com? menced whispering to him?Our Father who art in Heaven?"Our Father who art in Heaven/' he repeated, in a loud, confident voice; the prompter continued ?Hallowed be thy name?"Hallowed be thy name." His thumb .was now over the next sentence, and the prompter gently requested, him to take it away, when "Take away your thumb:-' rang through the room, and this was clearly illustrative of the learning of that time. Beware of Damp Clothing.?Few persons understand fully the reason why wet clothing exerts such a chilling influ? ence. It is simply this: Water, when it evaporates, carries off an immense amount of beat, in what is called the latent form. One pound in vapor con? tains as much heat as nine or ten pounds of liquor water, and all this heat must, of course, be taken from the body. If our clothes are moistened with three pounds of water, that is, if by wetting they are three pounds heavier, these three pounds will, in drying carry off as much heat as would raise three gallons of ice-cold water to the boiling point. No wonder, then, that damp clothes chill Fresh Turnip Seed. JUST received, D. Landrcth <fe Sons, and D. Mi Ferry's New Crop Turnip Seed, viz: Flat Dutch, Purple Top, Pomeranean Globe, Amber Glove, Yellow Ruta Baga, and Seven Top, for sale low by , . ,s ? A. b. TOWERS & CO.. ?' July119,! 1877 ? - ' j Can't be made by every agent evcrv month in the business wo furnish, but those willing to work can easily earn a dozen dollars a day right in their own localities. Have no room to explain here. Business pleasant and hon?rable. Women, and boys and girls do as well as men. We will fur? nish you a complete Outfit free. The business pays better than anything else. We will bear expense of starting you. Particulars free. Write ana see. Farmers and mechanics, their-sons and daughters, and all classes in need of paring work at home, should write to us and learn all about the work at once. Now is the time. Don't delay. Address TnvE & Co., Augusta, Mai do. 43?10 FIRST DOSE ON A BOSTON POLICE OFFICES. . .?. BoSTO>Y&ov. lfi. 1874. H. R. Stevens: Dear Sir?Id the spring of 18691 was stricken down with fever, which had a long and almost hopeless ran. The best medical advice being in attendance,'I'was taken tliroiigb the fever; but it left me terribly reduced and weak, witb ex? cruciating pains in my :side, back and nips. I was completely prostrated; with Kidney Com? plaint, and no medic jiie' seemed to reach my case. In this Condition I was persuaded to try Veg? etine by a friend whom it cured of the same disease, and it seemed as though I could feel the effect of the first dose through my whole system;' and from that moment I began to mend, gradu? ally growing better from day to day; and I fol? lowed on with the Vegetine, until it completely restored me to health, since- which time 1 have been able to perform mv duties as a police oihccr, enjoying good health; and there is no doubt about the great value of Vegetine In Kidney Complaint and similar diseases. j. am, sir, respectfully. ... LAFAYETTE FORD, 564 Broadway. All Diseases of the Blood. ? ItVEGETKJB will relieve pain, cleanse, purify and cure such diseases, restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different physicians, many;remedies,.,suffering :for years, ia.it no: conclusive proof, if j'ou area sufferer, yo? can be-cured?. "Why Is this medicine perfornihip' such great cures? It works in the blood, in the circulating;fluid. It can truly be called the' GREAT-BLOOD PURIFIER; The great source of.disease originates in the blood;.and no med? icine that does not act directly upon it, to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public attention. ^ ' Seventy-one Years.of .AgB. East Mabshfield, Aug. 22, 1870. Mr. Stevens : Dear Sir?I am seventy-one years of age ; have suffered many years with Kidney Complaint, weakness in my back and stomach. I was in? duced by friends to try your Vegetine|.and I think it the beat medicine for weakness of the kidneys I ever UBed. I have tried many reme? dies for this complaint, and never found so much I rolief as from the Vegetine. It strengthens and invigorates the whole system. Many of my ac? quaintances have taken'it, und I believe it to be good for all the complaints for which it is re? commended. Yours truly, JOSIAH H. SHERMAN. Would Give a Dollar for a Dose. Boston, May SO, 1871. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: . Dear Sir?I have been badly afflicted with Kid? ney Complaint for ten years; have suffered-' Sreat pain in my back, hips and side, w ith great 1 (Acuity in passing urine, which was often and in verysmaO quahnOes; frequently aVcompauTod' with blood and excruciating pain. 1 have faith? fully tried most of the popular remedies recom? mended for my complaint; I have been under the treatment of some of the most skilful physi? cians in Boston, all of whom pronounced my case incurable. This was my condition when 1 was advised by a friend to try'the Vegetine, and I could see the good effects from the first dose I took, and from that moment I kept on improving until I was entirely cured, taking in all, I should think, about six bottles. It is indeed a valuable medicine, and if I should be afflicted again in the same way I would give a dollar for a dose, if I could not get it without. Respectfully, J. BT. GILE, 361 Third St., South Boston. Life a Burden. B08TON, NOV. 2,1873. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: ? , Dear Sir?From a poor, emaciated sufferer, the Yeoetine has restored me to perfect health. I have for years been a terrible sufferer from Canker and Dyspepsia, at times rendering life almost a burden to me. I am now fifteen (15) pounds heavier than when I commenced the use of Vxoetine. I will make mention that I was also a great sufferer from Kidney Complaint, causing excru? ciating pain through the small of the back nearly afl of the time. This, too, Vegetine has cured, and I am now a perfect picture of health, and I will add, happiness?all caused from the use of a few bottles of Vegetine. Respectfully, H. G. HUGHES, . 1 Union place, Boston, Mass. - Vegetine is composed of Roots, Barks and : Herbs. It is very pleasant to take; every child likes it. Vegetine is sold by all Druggists. TUTT|S_PILLS . A Noted Divine says" They are worth their weight in gold. READ WHAT HE SAYS: Dk. Tutt:?Dear Sir: For ten years I have been martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last ?ring your pills were recommended to me; I used iifin (liut with little faith I am now a well, man, p c good appetite, digestion pcrlect, regolarslools, iirs gutta, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh, v arc worth their weight in gold. '? Rev. R. L, SIMFSON, Louisville, Ky. 7?TPS PILLS 1 CURE SICK HEAD? ACHE. t?tpFpills cuke dyspepsia. TUrPS~PiLLS I cube constipation TUTTSPiLLS cuke' piles. tutwpills cube fever and ague. TUTfS~pills cube bilious couc ti'tpFpills RS KIDNET com? plaint. i:;fFS"PiLLS cur;-: torpid liver Dr. Tutt has been en gagcd'in the practice of medicine thirty years, and for a longtime was demon, stratorof anatomy hvthe Medical College of Geor? gia, hence persons using his Pills havetheguaran? tee that they are prepared on seien tine principles, and are-free from all quackery. He has succeeded in Combining 'in them the hcretoiore antagonistic qualities of a strengthen' tttg,purgative, and afur ifying tonic. Their first apparent ef? fect is to increase the ap? petite by causing the food to properly assimilate. Thus the system is nour? ished, and by their tonic action on the digestive or? gans, regular and healthy evacuations are produced. The rapidity with which persons take on flesh, while under the influence of these pills, ?i itself in? dicates their adaptability to nourish the body, and hence their efficacy in cur? ing nervous debility, mel? ancholy, dyspepsia, wast-, ing of the muscles, slug, gishness of the liver, chronic constipation, ana lii and strength to the system. Sold I HHce, 35 Mu ray Street, New York. OF SCIENCE. Gray Hair can be changed to a clossy black by a single application of Dr.TuTT's Hair Dye. It acts like magic, and is warranted as harmless as water. Price $i.oo. Office 3$ Murray St., N. Y. 9BSEBHBE What is Queen's Delight? Read -the Answer It is a plant that grows in the South, and is. spe? cially adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate. U NATURE'S OWN REMEDY, Entering at once intothejblood, cxpcljing all scrof*. nlons, syphilitic, and rheumatic affections. Alone, t it a searcliinz alterative', but when combined -with -?.irsaparilhi, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it form? .Dr. Tntt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight*,,,;, The most powerful Mood purifier known to medical, science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, four discharges I rinn the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin : <li-. ;i-< s. dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of ? : ! ? i-'i-ticcs, disordered liverand spleen. Its use . ii,:-. -mens the nervous system, imparts- ?r com? plexion, and builds up the body with HEALTHY, SOLID FLESn. ?\ :i< antidote to syphilitic poison' it is strongly - < ?? ?? tided: Hundreds of cases of the worst type ;>.;vi been radically cured by it. Being purely v'?.? eitible its continued use will do no harm. The best time to take it is during the summer and fall; and instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you will enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists. Price, $1.00. Office. 35 Murray Street, New York. Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passengor Trains run daily, Sunday excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad up and down. On and after Monday, July 16, 1877, the following will be the schedule: UP. Leave Columbia at.12 45 pm Leave Alston. 2 35 p m Leave Newbcrry.3 43 p m Leave Hodges.- 6 50 p m Leave Belton.... 8 30 p m Arrive at Greenville......'.10 00 p ra DOWN. Leave Greenville at. 5 40 a m Leave Belton. 7 20 a m Leave Hodges.- 8 67 a m Leave Alston. 1 05 p nr Arrive at Columbia..:. 2 50 p m ANDERSON BRANCH?DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 4 25 a m Leave Perryville. 5 00 a in Leavo Pcndlcton. 5 40 a m Leave Anderson. 6 30 a ra Arrive at Belton.7 10 a m UP. Leave Belton. 8 30 p m Leave Anderson. 9 20 p ra Leave Pendleton.10 10 pm Leavo Perryville. 10 40 p m Arrive at Walhalla.11 15 p m THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup't. dt> -| q dU O K a (lav sure made by tW) X\J H ?JP dmi O Agenta selling our Chroruos, Crayons,, and Reward, Motto, Scripture Text, Transparent, Picture and Cbronio Cards. 100 samples, worth $4.00, sent postpaid for 7f)c Illustrated Catalouge free. J. H. BUTOED'S SONS,. Boston. Established 1830. June 7?6m. New Advertisements. DT A "NTHO Magnificent $650 Rosewood Pianos XlAiN UoW5,flneRosewood Upright Pianos i ? -(little used), CO8tl$800 only, $126, fiB P A WO must be sold. .Parlor Organs, 2 UTLU"AVi O Stops $45,9 Stops 563, 12 Stops on I-r^i'y*76 '-NearlyNew 4SetReed 12 Sfop, Sub Bass & Octave Coupler Organs, cost over 8360, only-S.W. i 'Lowest Prices ever offered sent on 15 days test trial. You ask why I offer so cheap 7 I reply Hard Times. Result sales over 100,000,000 annually. War commenced by monopolists. Be? ware anonymous Circular. ' Write for explanation. BniHe. raging. Full Particulars free Address DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey. CHARLOTTE INSTITUTE, ^'?????'??iPoR YorirG LAirtn?sr: REV. 8. TAYLOR MARTIN, Principal. cKARLOLf?,#.;:<r"., The exeTcrses of this fnWtution'wfU be naumed with a full eorjttiof efficient instructors, on 28th Sept., 1877. Board and tuition per term ?100. For catalogue write to Tlddy'a Bookstore, Charlotte.N.C. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, N. C. PREPARATORY CLASS. Taught by the Profs, ?f tatln, Gteek Wno! Mathe? matics. Sessiort begins Sept. 27, 187?..'Send for catalogue to J. R. BLAKE, Chairman of Faculty. (frCJC a week. lfl~your own- towntTrTerras and S5 $00 outfit free. - H. HALLETT 4'CO., Port ,land,.Malno. ,!::v > . y yf ? f)C EXTRA:FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, &V 10 cts., post paid. .L. JONES & CO., Nas? sau, N.Y.' '? ' Those TERRIBLE HEADACHES generated by obstructed secretions, and to which ladies are espe? cially subject,'can always be relieved; and their re? currence prevented by the use of Tarrajjt's Ef-. fervesce5t Seltzer Aperient. Procurable at all drug stores, i .- ? ? ' ?? ?'; j :i ?' ? ? iK'tn <<on per day at homo. Samples worth $5 <pj tU ip&V free Stinsok Sc. Co., Portland, Maine. ONLY FIVE DOLLARS FOR AS ACRE ! Of the BEST LAND in AMERICA, near the Great Union Pacific Railroad. A ^nix for $200, In easy ? payments with, low rates of interest. SECURE IT NOW, Full information sent free, address ? " ? OJ F.DAVIS, Land Agent, U. P. B. K., _ OMAHA, NEB. <tlCC O iSnn a Week to Agents. SlOOutfitfree. q>QQ H ip//P.O.YICKERY, Aognsta,Malne. dji a a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and <pLA term8 fre0t TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line R. R Atlanta, Ga., June 10,7877. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta... 4.00 p m Arrive at Gainesville?..-?.....6.24 p m " ". Jlew. Holland.,..v.. .6.29 p m " " 3*[hU....';....:.l. J:..?..;.- 6.65 pm " " Belton (Supper).7.00 p m - " Mt. Airy......'..-.7.50 p m " " Tocooa.............-8.21pm " " Greenville.11.18 pm " " Spartanburg.?1X52 a m '.' " Charlotte........4.12 a m " " Charlotte (Railroad) Junction.-4.20am GOING WEST. ' Leave Charlotte (Railroad) Junction-.7.00 p m Leave Charlotte..7.10 p m Arrive" at Spartanburg.......??a....10.42 p m " " Greenville.-.-11.30 am " " Toccoa..'-3.47 am ? " Mt. Airy.i-4.28 a m " " Lula......;...*<._5.08 am " " New Holland......-.;................? ?M3 a m " ? Galnesville..:...i.^.I...-.:.......-.-.'5.48am " " Buford (Breakfast).-.....-6.33 am " " Atlanta.. ....v..................8.45 am' _. G.J. FOREACBE, General Manager. HARNESS! HARNESS! BARGAINS given in Buggy and Double Harness, by .... A. B. TOWERS &. CO. July 26,1876 2 COLUMBIA1 K Pmlyr ffri-Weekfr ?rf Wookly, at ??? >mbla, Sf cV/byir HOYT, EMLYg ? McLASIEL, JAMES A. HOVT, Editor. f Tnx'Daily Beoistkh confalns'tne latest news of tho day, all commercial,political *nd other mat? ters sent by telegraph, full Weil reports, editorials upon all current topics, and Grange and AgricuItu ial Departments. I Tjat Tbi-Weekly Rbgisteb Jk issued eyery Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, and contains all the news of two .days Jn one issue. The Weekly Register is an eight page paper, containing forty-eight.'columns, embracing, the cream of the news of each week. This paper is wtthinV.the. reach-;of. every famlly?.*nd we are , pleased to state the fact that its larga circulation is rapidly extending. >?' ?>..:.' / The Register Is now the organ of the State Grange, and all blatters of interest to Um Patron of Husbandry will be treated in thrfr appropriate depart men. The Agricultural snd Grange arti? cles will appear in each of our publication ?Sail v. Tri-Weekfy and Weekly. ??' | TERMS OF SUBSCBIPTJON. ' Daily Register?One year, $7.00 ; six months, $3.50; three months, $1.75. , . , ? . , Tbi-Weekly?One1 year, $5.00; six months, ?? vi. BMattfj t* a _-. ? Weekly?One year, $2.00; six months, $1.00, threemonths,5G,,;rT^TA?^HoTT> . . . -H.N. EMLYN. ?'' * W. B. -HcDANIEL, .1*1 ai Proprietors and Publisher i?*-??~~ fttt& A1VTAC The largest and finest UiXK Ui7iU O. stock In ihc world, em- ? bracing over 3,000,000 Chromos, Paintings and' . Choice Prin ts, at our enlarged Art Udohb. All the ? new and popular subjects at rock-bottom prices.; The Falls of the Rhine, size 20x28?romantic and ? grand; Scene on the 8nsquebanna, oae of the hits ? of the season, 19x27: I^ke Lucerne. Switzerland, the most beautiful lake in the world; 'Isola BMla, a charming scene in Northern Italy, companion to the preceding; Off Boston Light, a 1>eantiful ma? rine, size 14x20, in great demand; Old Oaken Bucket, White Mountains, Niagara Fi Iis, Newport, Saratoga, Gathering Primroses, At-the Sea- Shore, Paddy in Difficulty. Also- Virgin. Vests, Snow? storm, American Fruit, and other 24x30 subjects. . Floral Business Cards, Sunday School Cards, Statua? ry, Mottoes, Black ground Panels, etc. Also-the finest and most complete assortment of 9x11 Chro? mos, both on white mounts, blue tiveT and black mounts, gold line. Oar stock embraces everything desirable for Dealers, Agents or PreajianrpOrpOiBa, and all should test our prices and qur.lity of work. The righf parties can realize an imfcpendenu is every locality by taking an agency for jur stretched and framed Chromos. Particulars free . HlustfleSed Catalogue-on receipt of stamp. Send for $3 ot ftS outfit. Address J. LATILATI A CO., 419 Washington St., Boston, Mass. f May 3,1877 42 ? V 6m. $777 is not easily earned in these times, but it can be made in three months by any one of either sex, in any part of the country w'io is willing to work steadily at tfce employ? ment that we furnish. $66 per week in your own town. Yon need not be away from home- over night Yon can give your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments.' We have agents who are making over $20 per day. All who engage at once can make money fast. - At the.TireaeiU' time money cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any other business. It costs nothing to try, the business. Terms and $5 Outfit free. AddreW-at once. H. Hallett A Co.. Portland. Mw'.ne. ti?m-au July 26,1977 . 2 5m TO THE WORKING' CLASS.?We are now pre? pared to furnish all classes' with constant employ? ment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments.' Business new, light and profita? ble. Persons of either.sex easily earn from 50c to $5 per evening, and a proportional snm by devoting thel r whole time to the business. Boys and- gilrs earn nearly as much as men. That all who see this notice may send their address and test the bus iness we make this unparalleled offer: To each as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to'pay for the trouble of writing. Fall particulars, sam? ples.worth several dollars to commes 2e work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside one1 of- the largest and best Illustrated Publications, all sent free by - mall. ? Reader, if yon want permanent, profitable- work, address, George Stutsow A Co., Portland, Maine, ._.49?16 TI? & and (i ": he uross the Ohescent. A volume of thrilling interest by the eminent historian, L. P.Brocket! ; describing vh'j Russians and.Turks: social, political, and religious history ' and condition ; their name-life, varied customs, and peculiarities, the cauxes of the war, the issues at stake?Christian against Mohamme? dan?the mighty interests of other 'nations in? volved : Biographies of the Rulers, Statesmen and Generals: all Richly Illustrated. Thj book mil? lions need now. Wanted instantly, 3, wo agents on very liberal terms. Address HUBBABD BROS., Publishers, 733 Sansom St., Philadelphia,' July 19,1877 .1. . - ' 4. :3 JAK?i BUSINESS IS BUSINESS I ?. . >.--., ?.- . :.n '? '?? trnvfl .?: ? - itk,?J >s:f /. AND those who carry on business are compelled to, have monfcy. I.Tbatisour situation at present! Therefore, we earnestly call upon all parties indebted to,an to pay. at once and SAVE COST! Prompt payment is a great source of friendship, and it is oar desire to remain friendly with our customers, if they come forward promptly and pay us what they owe. Money we are obliged to have. We offer an inducement of one cent per .pound for Cotton over market value to those indebted to us, and- wish to settle their Ac? counts. We have on hand a large 'stock of j ;; Flour, Bacon, Shoulders, Hams, Coffee, Sugar, ^ Molasses. ALSO, Boots, Shoes, Leather, Saddles. Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, "Wines. Liquors, Iron. Steel; And all Farming Implements. Any person or persons purchasing Goods!will-benefit themselves by calling and exam? ining our stock before purchasing elsewhere. ' W6 'bay' for Cash and sell for cash only: therefore, we are enabled to sell cheaper.. Call and judge for yourselves, and be convinced of this fact. McGRATH & BYBTJM, Mechanics' Row, ROMAINE GOLD, so extensively worn in Paris; was first discovered in 1870, by the celebrated French chemist, M?ns. D. Be Lalnge, who manufactured it into jewelry, and for fire years sold it to the leading Jewelers of Paris for Solid Gold. In 1875, when his secret becam ? kDown, ten of the manufacturing jewelers established a stock company, with a capital of $10,000,0>3 for the purpose of manufacturing ROMAINE GOLD JEWELY AND WATCHES. With this immense capital, and the aid of improved machinery they are enabled to produce all the. latest patterns of jewelry at less than one-tenth the cost of Solid Gold, and of a quality and color which wakes it Impossible even for experts to detect it from the genuine. ' ; We have secured the exclusive agency of the United States and Canada, for the sale of ali goods manufactured from this tuetal, and In order to introduce them in the meet speedy manner, have put up assorted sample lots as given below, which we will sell at one-tezith the retail value until January 1st, 1878.' Bead the list: 1 50 CENT LOT. i [, $3.00 LOT. One Gent's Watch Chain retail price....Si oo! One Ladles' Opera Guard Chain One pr. Engraved Sleeve Buttons,retail price 75 One Stone-Set Scarf Pin, " " 75 One set (3) Spiral Shirt Studs. ' " ? " 75 One improved^hape Collar Button " " 50 One heavy Plain Wedding Ring, " " 125 Total...-.'..'..:.85 00 For 50 cents we will send above six articles postpaid. $1.00 LOT. One pair Sleeve Buttons, stone setting. One set (3) Spiral Shirt Studs. One heavy band Engagement Bing. One set (2) Engraved Bracelets. One Ladies' Long Guard or Neck Chain. One Engraved Miniature Locket, for the above. One Gent's Heavy Link Watch Chain. .One Lake George Lianiond Stud. * $2;00 LOT. One Ladies' Neck Chain and Charm. One Ladies' Heavy. Guard Chain for Watch. One set Pin and Ear Bings, Amethyist. One extra fine Miniature Locket. One Cameo Seal and Hing. One very heavy Wedding or Epgagement^Ring One Gent's heavy Watch Chain with Charm. One pair Peal Inlaid Sleeve Buttons. One Lake George Cluster Pin. . _ One Ladies'Chemise Button. One pair (2) heavy hand Bracelets. '-'"' " 1 ijOne Amethyst or Topas Bing, (extra finish). The retail price of the articles In each sample lot amounts to exactly ten times'the price we ask for the lot; for example, our 81.00 lot retails Tor $10.00; our $5.00 lot for $50.00. ' - A SOLID ROMAINE GOLD HfNTING^CASE WATCH FREE. To any one sending us an order for the above! 16ts"by express to the amonnt of $15.00, we will send FREE one Solid Romaine Gold Hunting-Case Watch, Gents' or Ladies' size,-warranted to keep perfect time and look equally as well as a $100.00 gold watch. By mail postpaid, $15.50. This is our hest offer tQ AGENTS, and is worth a trial, as the: watch alone will sell or trade readily for from $20.00 to $50.00. Gents' or Ladies' Watch alone, 87.00 or $8,00, with- a Heavy Gent's Gold Pattern Vest Chain and Charm, or Ladles' Opera Chain with slide and tassel. REMEMBER:?This offer only holds good until Jan. 1st, 1878.' Alter that time we shall, uell on? ly to Jobbers and Wholesale dealers, ana any one wishing our .goods will then have to pa" full re? tail prices. Romaine Gold is the best, and, m fact, the only imitation of genuine gold msdk being the same in weight, color and finish, and all our goods arc made in the latest gold patterns. Will guarantee satisfaction in every instance, or refnull money. - HE Send money by P. 0. Money Order, or Registered letter, AT OUR .RISK. No goods sent O. 0. D. unless at least $5.00 accompanies the order. Address plainly, ", W. F. EVANS & CO., SolelAgt's for \j9 s. and Canada, 95 & 97 South Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois. One Ladies' Neck Chain and Cross. .. Oiie: beautiful Locket, (engraved). One pair Band Bracelets. ' ? . One Gent's Twist Link Vest Chain .and Charm. One, pair Onyx Sleeve Buttons. One set (3) Onyx Shirt Studs. One new improved Collar Button. One extra cut Cameo Seal Ring. One Arizona Solitaire Stud. One set Amethyst or Topaz Pin and Ear Drops. 8ne Ladies' Chemise Button. ; no Plain Ring, stamped 18 K. $5.00 LOT. One Sadies' Opera Chain, with slide and tassel, (retail price $5.00). One Gent's heavy Watch Chain, with Curb Charm ' (retailprice,$6.00). ... One Ladles' heavy long Neck Chain. One elegant Chased Miniature Locket for above. One set Cameo Medalion Pin and Ear Drops. One pair (2) heavy chased Band Bracelets. One Gent's Solitaire Diamond Stud. One Gent's Cluster Diamond Pin. One pair Amethyst or Onyx Sleeve Buttons. _ One set (3) Studs to match the above. Brie elegant heavy set Cameo Seat Ring. . ne Massive Band or Wedding Ring., One new "patent" Collar Button. THE BEST-PUMP j IN THE WOELD. , ' ' 1 :'':<? ' trtutnjt^ji *!?? '? - ? "VTOTHING conduces more to GOOD HEALTH than PURE WATER. Such is fur JS% nished by the DOUBLE ACTING STONE FORCE PUMP, Manufactured by J. C. Nichols & Bro., Atlanta, Ga., which brings the water pure and fresh from the bottom of the well. No slime or filth collects on the pump or in the srelL No snails, wo.hns or green moss gets about the water. It is free from rust or other impurities, and can be operated by a small child with eaise, and brings the water fresher than any oth? er Pump. It is of stone, glazed inside and outside, and never will decay. It improves the water beyond a doubt by ventilating the well, and, keeping it like a moving stream qi water. With a hose attached, it becomes aj good fire-engine, ever ready at your door to extinguish the flames in case of fire. It is better and cheaper than insurance. Its work? ing givet complete satisfaction, as those.acqdainted with it will testify. It is a home enterprise, permanently established, and relies on its own merits, upon which it asks your patronage. This Pump is represented in Anderson and adjoining Counties, together with the Counties of Hart, Elbert, Wilkes and Oglethorpe in Georgia. ALaN?O r.. V^ELCH, Anderson, S. C. 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