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PHASES OF LIBERIAN LIFE. FOLITICAJC rasUKS-TAXATION-THK . CVUUKNCV. Vbrresjtondence Newt and Courier. MONROVIA, LIBERIA, June 17. The principal question that the politi cal parties split on are hard to get at, ns hardly anybody seems to understand them. As well as I can make out, how ever, one pnrty ("Republicans" or "True Liberians") favor the borrowing of what money is to be borrowed by tho govern ment from Liberians, and a generally con servativo course. The other ??do aro more liberal, and wish to borrow from outside, and also to modify the laws in sot"* respects-especially regarding tho white man. The former party is now in power, their ticket having been elected, ?o it is said, by 1,500 majority. Cam paigns are warm, however, and detach ments of the 3,500 voters manage occa sionally to get up very decent riots among themselves, there being the full est scopo for a display of demagogry. Thc President teds me that THE GOVERNMENT INCOME from duties is about $150,000. and from internal revenue about $15,000. Total, $106,000. Tho government tax is half per cent, on real estate and personal property, besides which thero is usu ? *.!y a municipri tax (it must be recollected that the municipal officers, officeholders and expenses are not included irr tho above estimate) ' of the same, the total taxes being generally ono per cent. There arc complaints made that proper ty is greatly overvalued, although as the above revenue returns show tax?e paid only on less than t3,000,000 of real and personal property in ibo country, (there being a poll tax of $1) that can hardly bo possible. Somo person or persons, in England, was or were foolish enough to make up a loan to tho Liber' nu Government of one hundred thc i? and pounds sterling, for which bonds were issued. Borne of tho Liberian of ficiai?, who were sent to London for the money, succeeded in "losing" a consid erable portion, while much of tho re mainder was squandered by a ring com posed of other Liberian officials and English contractors and ayants. The public debt in now stated to he ?30,000, the remaining ?70,000 having eithei been paid, or "the bouda securing it having been (oat by the holders." That's the tait that somebody told mo. Liberia hst pinned much of her faith on .'West paper credit ; hi.it and best supply That lends corruption lighter wings to fly." . Sho has a PAPER CURRENCY gotten up in a style that reminded mc forcibly of ola Confederate dollnra They promise on their face to pay thc bearer in gold BO much, no date, howev er, being specified. As long as thy gov ernment had gold, mattera progr?*sec very well, but hy and by a bitch occ ir red in the arrangements. Io 1378 an au was passed authorizing tho signing ant issuing of $100,000 additional currency Then the papor went down, and down until at length it became 50 per cent below par. The net authorizing the is sue was repealed last year, and the cur ?ency has been gradually getting back Now it is only at_a discount of from 1! to io por cent, jcven thia price, how over, ts paid principally I expect, becausi the money is receivable for duties There appears to be a lack of confidenci in the government. In tho matter o currency, by the by, Liberia is thoroughly cosmopolitan. Anything in the shapo o money is received. One time in a hand full of change for half a sovereign ] found a Mexican dollar, a Freuen fi vt franc piece, two Eng?tsh sixpences United ?tates coin and notes, and Libe xian currency. This is another point o difference between Monrovia End Slsr ra Leone. At the latter placo anylhinj but English money was rejected scorn fully, and Unelo cam's promises to pa] were evidently little trusted. The con' trol of politics in Liberia is k.geiy ii the hands of a class, consisting of tin older . settlers and their descendants . Many of these persons aro, as before hint ed, par excellence, demagog"^ We cat respect and sympp'hisa with shabby gen tility, (generally, i the South, on tin principle that a fellow feeling makes tu wondrous kind) and be dazzled by Mn displays of shoddyiam with its barharh splendor, hat SHABBY BHODDYI8M is an altogether disgusting spectacle That is the class in which tho pol?tica' ?cen in Liberia most frequently may bi fonnd however. They will incut trifling debts to Kroo boys rather that; carry a parcel homo through even the unobservant streets of Monrovia. Thej belong to that species that glories in lib en bosom and coarse cotton Dody, to theil physical and moral shirts, scrupulously particular and vulgarly extravagant as to what is in sight, -caring nothing how many rents, ana stains, and crooked brass pins there may be beneath the Outward Sloss either on mind c body, and de ghtltg in cheap champagne and flash cigars. I formeii this' opinion from my own observation. There are, doubtless, a low exceptions, but I saw only a very few. I was not surprised to hear that such parsons wero anxious to devise means to keep back tho intelligent and wealthy immigrants, whom they expected, and cf ?h?ffi ?bey were already jealous. It is only fair to say, however, regarding this lost statement,-that I have it only on hearsay evidence, and that the general ran of people seem to appreciate the Im portance of immigration, and to be anx ious to encourage and disposed heartily to wei como it. 1 will dismiss tho sub ject of politics with a statement that there is said on good authority to ba a deficiency pf $12,000 and over in tho budget this year, which is attributed to war debts. This government is fortun ate.in having no paupers to look ont for. Tho President says there are only two of that class in the territory. This speaks well for the Woil. One thing gives me hope ci Liberia, and that ls the ap* UNIVERSAL RELIGIOUS FEELING, From the highest to tho lowest all seem to have an unalterable raith In the Almighty, and believe in His active in terference in human affairs. Solomon was a wiso man, and know more and had seen more of real life thin nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of us with all our steam and telegraph, and when he said "in all thy ways acknowledge Kim and He shall direct thy paths," ho mast bato meant it. Or looking titi it !W>?a tn ftnt ? rwW smlaiila stanHrvnlnt there SB another proposition. Christian? i ty, where it exists, must bo progressive. Fer that we have the word of ita great est exemplars and teachers. The ?.> gresslVeness of Christianity Is certainly towards perfection, and the nearer a. peo ple approach perfection their creations must seep paco. This isn't t. sermon, hut a practical view of matters, which the veriest infidel can agree with. Churches are every where, and in almost every set tlement in Liberia; The Methodists largely predominate' hat there are quita a number ol' Baptists, with ? fair sprink ling of Presbyterians, and some Episco pallaug. Of the latter church tho itt. liov'. Dr. Pcnick, ft Virginia clergy mari, ia the bishop. His residence is at Grand o Mount, and I had no opportunity of seeing him, hut' on &U sletes he is !; highly Bpokei of both os a niinislur BHHP&WBU. . From, all account;, liv o'Liberians Va good example of ntly expressed principle, Chv -cu has its agents always at work hero too, and is one of the props of Li beria. Its drafts are printed, aud circu late here at par, as currency. This soci ety supports a number of primary and intermediate SCHOOLS, and with the government schools there is a weil attended institution of learning io evory settlement. Besides the chil dren of Bettlers, a number of those of the natives attend. There is, thanks to this American society, no lack of educa tional facilities, although the governmeut schools are said tobe much injured by ? political wire-working obtruding on their ! management. It in very rare to meet a i Liberian who cannot read und write, and most of them have progressed much further. Besides these, there is Liberia College, supported and controlled by lite New York Colonization Society and another body; the Alexandria High School, supported by Homebody CIHC, and the Monrovia Seminary, under tho aus pices of the A. M. VJ. Church Missionary Society, and of which Kev. Itoyull J. Kellogg is principal. Tho Liberians manifest the same inertness regarding their schools that they do uboui every thing else. Politics are al h.* wed to mix in the public schools, and tho appropriation for their support is spoken of UH morel} nominal." L1HKRIA COLLEGE, albeit it has turned out "the best men it the country," has been allowed lo lan guish of lute y eura, for, a? I gather, lack of efficiency in the board of trustee and president. Dr. Pi nuey has been re cently sent out from America tu taki charge of it, and while he rushes ene? Selicnlly about devising improvements tc, the Liberiuu?, for whose benefit b io working, stand back and staro und ex press the opiniou that ho is crazy, think that Mr. Kellogg, who has recenll come out, has adopted thc best plan. 1 is probable that much of tho Liberian1 COiwlifrMortrd dinlike to doing anylhin for themselves, is duo to their bavin learned to depend BO much on thc American backers. Mr. Kellogg teaching that most valuable of all lessui -independence. All who aro ablo I pay for tho instruction of their childre are required to do no. The system i vogue in public schools in america b been adopted in this institution, whit \ has been opened since I have been her The scholars had already acquired tl '. drill, marching, &a, when visited r week after the opening, aud operatio , wero well under weigh. There we , ninety scholars, (all pny,) divided up i to appropriate classes and departmen and they seemed generally intelligent a , well advanced for their respective ag The Instructors "skip about" in tho X sons, and tho pupils' answers give o denco .that they understand woat th j say, and have uot merely learned by ra Generally, I think that i THE COMING GENERATION OF LIBERIA promises to bo a considerable i j movement on tho present one. Mr. K > logg hs; introduced a number of nov ? tics beyond those already stated, inch j lng the telephone iu a miniature foi . This gentleman cannot fail to mak . good impression upon nil who i 1 brought into control with him. It is < . conniving to see that he is already be: . much lookou up to, us hu may be able . exert a most beneficial iniluence. . sacros just Yankee enough to ?et an 2 J ample nf shrewdness, energy and enl . prise, un i truo mau enough lo tc 9 morality, honor and the arts and seien . along with thom. Probably ono of 3 ebiet C&UBC8 of f LIBERIAN .'BACKWARDNESS ' is that in tho arrogance of newly . quired social equality, they have rom - to heed ccunsol, und shut out wi I men who, butter educated and more i porioDocd; might tar* taught th i something. I doubt if it would be . visnble to change tho laws regard I* white nun as yet. Tho Caucasian hi - trick oijahoviug weaker and i csa in I ligent pljwfio to the wall when brought " to cont&cTwith them, and wera healloi 7 io overrun this country, with Lia sup ? or advantages, it would not hs lon* i fore tho colored brother would be cit 9 relegated to his former back scat, or f< . ed to move on. As before meutioi . tho few white men here Lavo invariu > gone far ahead and made tbousai . while the Liberians were slowly ac ' mulutlng hundreds. In this ?tate of 1 fuira such men ns Bishop Peuick and 3 Kellogg, who can act as tho people's 3 emplnrs without being their riv must be of inestimable benefit. NO "DRUKEN AND DIHORDERLYH.' . Monrovia, and in fact all of tho to I through Liberia, seem to bo vory ord? > and quiet. I have not eeen a sir ' drunken or disorderly person. A mun ? pal police system ie mair'ained, b ' ever. In Monrovia there aro fill ' policemen, who wear no uniforma ' Badge of authority. They aland ' corners aud expectorate, however, ' gracefully and vigilantly as any ol > guardians of tho peace, although ' American officer docs possess a great > vantage in having a club to swing c I' red cord. There aro jails in noi evory settlement, but they rarely con i anybody' except netty criminals. I th the most the jailer, has to do is to k cows out of the building. It reseml the ordinary country Jail in the Sot . but, from what I saw, 1 can't see why man :-nould stay in uniese he wanted THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM j resembles that of South Carol There Is first the magistrates' court, t como the monthly and probate court? each county ; from this appeal may taken to a court of quarter sessions, i from it tu tho Supreme Court which in Monrovia, and ia composed of a cl juatico and two associates. Tho coi j seem to have little to do, there being much ' litigation. Although a nuts of petty larcenies are being constai perpetrated, the "bush" is so handy I the depredators, who are geueri natives, flee thereto, and escape, e should pursuit be mada. Petty ossa aro usually disposed of by tue ma trates. Petty thieving ia a source great annoyance to planters, natives I othors picking email quantities of gr coffee while passing along, which t noa plenty or storekeepers to porch Even in Liberia, therefore, the m maligned shot-gun 1s greatly relied oi an enforcer of the rights-of prope "Anti-green coffee Bhop clubs" maj . krtb? oeap future. . THE BAB does not seem to boone of great abil I attended the quarterly court whet suit for damages was in progress, proceeding* were opened by the rest of the .journal of the previous d after which the judge put the quos Tfiicttier ur UM tu? ?M??L?S ?u?uiu ht: i firmed, and .kept on putting it u every one of tue four lawyers pre voted aye." Although there seem? be a delightful absence of those fora tier? and accessories which make the ministration of the law so terrible grim elsewhere. There were no got no cocked-hats, no swords, co tipsta only ooo bald-headed nun, and but al twenty constables. There was sott a mau with a paper collar on to stau tho door and 'deafen everybody by ling "silence I" and no niles of books and green bags to fill tie spec ti with dark forebodings. The o dy I I saw was a copy of the Sto-r*? of h e ri a. There wasn't even atv ?imanar when tho judge wanted to seo what a certain day would fall OD ha had to over the desk and look at tho tlu ct dar hung to the clerk's watch cl l&han ?La tfiro br/moht ind o Aril t $1,000 damages ?br plaintiff, the coi bles hastily dispersed themselves to four winds In a state of apparent bi me inexplicable, excitement. Honc-i counsel for ulai ti tin" and ditto dill defchhwi (tho lutte?' in t* very i jacket and having tito general appear vivent hotel waiter) sprang ultaiie vilely to their feet, ?nd each claimed the ear of the court, the former with n motion to record the verdict, and the lutter proposing to have it set aside as being contrary to tbe law and evidence. Each seemed to think that it was a mat ter of vital importance to have his say first, claiming the floor on the ground that be had first spokcu. Tho judge or dered both to sit down several times, to which they responded by easing very grudually to their seats, keeping one eye nu euch other, and suddenly straighten ing out their legs and coming on their feet again. Finally the honorable coun sel entered into verbal compact, each binding himself tn sit down if thu other would. From l'un ?ceno I would judge that tho legal talent nf thc country lies tu the supple hinges of thc knee, the ad I vocale wno can como to his feet quickest being the successful one. When it is said, therefore, of a Liberian attorney that ho is a rapidly rising young mun, it H high praise, and the man who waits is not the successful mun. The judge, on this occasion, after consulting thc Statute book, and after several attempts on the part of honorable counsel for thc defence to put the motion properly in writing not a day for the hearing of argument on the motion tu set unifie. Tho judge, b> the way, is ANOTHER VIRGINIAN, being from Richmond, and laid aside hi dignity for a time to talk of old time mid old people, and thc "new market.' Virginians seem to about run thu mu chine hero. I expect that from them tin Liberians inherit the delusion that thc; are constantly occupying n large share C the world'* attention, thut being a weak ness of tho Old Dominion. In fact mun of our Southern foibles obtain here. When I Leard "our colleges have turne out world renowned scholars, our soil i tho moHt fertile, and our climate th most salubrious, our men brave und ot women handsome," I could have sat tri down and wept, ut hearing tho fuinilu song of Zion in a strange land. Anothi peculiarity which tho Liberians, despi ! their peace and good will platform, see 1 to have brought from thc South wit 1 them is tho 1 FASHION FOR FIREARMS. ' I don't think it a manifestation of ' blood-thirsty spirit, Lut a Southern un 1 who does not delight in the owning ai ' handling of a handsome rifle, ii fine sb< 3 gun or an improved pistol is a rarity, a 1 the samo remark will hold good of t ' Liberians, there being hardly ono, as I 3 as my knowledge goes, who is not t possessor of several of those instrtimcn j The favorite revolver appears to be t old-fashioned Colt, which Mr. Thom '' Nast delights to delineate in the hm of the Southern white mnn who is not Republican. I don't think the pmct " of carrying such toys is nt all an unca mon one. Ono or two coses I beard cidentally mentioned, where one indlv 8 ual had either "drawn a pistol" or "1 . elled a shotgun." and administered - quietus to some other individual. - one or two places there was quite a t 1- lection of old-fashioned regulation di i. ling pistols, but the owner? appearing a bo profoundly ignorant of all the usa e anti requirements of "tho Code," it . probable that they aro intended more g show than uso. The carrying of a o hero, however, is not without excuse e the natives occasionally Heck to wr - private vengeance through tho medi - of Q A HANDFUL OF HLUUS 3 fired from a bush. In Monrovia titer 0 a yard and garden tastefully arran] enclosed in a neat iron fence, and ador with carefully planted trees and flow in tho midst of which nro four st tl walla-the beginning of a large ho e This place was to havo been tho reside ?. of a successful Liberian planter and r a chant named Wilnnn, From its ?pp '* anco, it would havo been undoubti ! by far the handsomest residence in M B rovia, mid an ornament to the tc * Tho owner, however, had incurred * bitter hatred of tho natives in sonic \ 1 and after several attempts to poison 1 ' ho was shot and killrd uno evening w wa'king^ in a path through the bush r which deed ono or two natives were i '.. sequcntly tried and hanged. His I? houso was just well under way there, Y the widow either lacked tho spiri 'J moans to complete it. She kcops ; gardon und yard, however, in good oi . and even now it prcsonts a very all '. appearance, giving un idea of wh ' beautiful place Monrovia could be n ? by a little care and attention. I I seen few floral novelties, our com roses, coxcombs mid white lilies b B the general reliance. There is, how? f a bright scarlet Illy which grows i s and is very beautiful ; a "coral ph . thc fiower of which exactly resembl * brunch of coral, a pretty variously > ored "Jacob's cont, hi "ribly suj r live "leprosy plant," wau partially w l leaves, the hybisca, tho sensitivo p ? plant, an inferior violet, and a fowot t coining under tho general term "pre ? A. B. WlLLIAH 1 PRECOCIOUS GIRLS.-An old-fashi r notion that the simplest plan is to t ' all the young people together, am : them amuse themselves, turns out ; > a complete failure. This is not all * is expected, and even their parent i disappointed with the fiasco. Tha ' elaborate toilet should end in blind-n > buff is intolerable ; and so a child fiarty only differs from a full-dress n tue height uf the dancers. The ) lady starts for her night's dissipi when she ought to bo in bcd, and ba i cares of maturity carly on her mind I her card should not bo filled up ic \ evening. She reproduces the talk o mother s boudoir in thu ball room 1 can criticise the dress of her vis ' after the best modols of well-bred pnrngemont. She distinguishes bet the dreamy pleasures of a waltz an more athletic enjoyment of a galop, j'n ws tho attractions .of a "supper ....d can flirt with an air of ingenuo gliclty which might suggest very v le hints to her elder sister. She I Eoor opinion of square dances, k cr dress may got torn in the ?ast f of a lancers, and finds ono of "tho of dancing a quadrille'' is that the fi, aro always changing. With sed care she keeps ber programme, a malice prepense is able to lose her po handkerchief. She ia quite up tc method by which an undesirable po may bo courteously avoided, and is ful to see how the gentleman dunc; fore she permits his autograph ot card. When the evening is ove knows she has utilized her time an< engaged herself three or four dee the next children's ball at some o bor'? house. A dance in January forgotten in ibo ensuing mouin, nu correspondence on the 14th of Feb has reference to some remembered ia the night's entertainment. She fine contempt for her own brothers, with characteristic precocity nflt terror of school boys generally, bul herself quite equal to sustain pro! conversation with her eldest sistei mirer. That worshipper having i withdrawn to the more appropriate i I of his devotion, she admits to a i I quent partner that all tho time si bored. There can bo, she says, n pleasure in talking to an engaged -London Mayfair. - A skeptic, who was badger simple-minded old man about m and Balaam's asa, finally ?aid: "I it possible for an ass to talk like a i ! "Well," replied the honest old Ix Vr'i'.li ***e?**i*>a ifir??diu.nia "f Ant why lt ain't ais easy* for an asa to ta a man as it is for a man to talk 1 AM." - A boy at school, on being a# describe a kitten, said ; "A kitten markable for tushing like rand at n whatever, and stopping before i i there." History of the Pion. Thc history of tho plow is remarkable ; the most ancient ao'i simple of machines, yet it has been alnvst tho last to undergo improvement. The finit plow is supposed to have been the rude branch of a tree, cut HO as to have a cleft end, thc point of which, dragged along tho surface of tho ground, scraped a furrow into which seed were thrown. It soon occurred to tho husbandman that he might relievo his own labor by yoking au animal to tho long arm of this primitive instrument; then arose tho necessity for a bondie, affixed to the back, BO that the plow might be guided. The strength of thc animal soon wore away or broke tho cleft of the branch, and this necessity gave rife to the invention of means for attach ing movable shares, lirst of wood, and next of ?tone, copper or iron, worked to ?i shape adapted to the cutting of furrows, KO os to avoid the excessive labor arising from the plowman's having to lean upon the plow with all his weight to press it into thc earth. .Just such un implement as these, conjectures indicate, was used by thc ?Saxons. Some of the fucts con nected with the history of the plow are almoHt incredible. In Ireland there once prevailed a custom of "plowing by horse's tail." The druught-pole was lushed to the tail of the horse, and, us no harness was employed, two men were necessary, one to guide and press upon tho plow, tho other to direct the horse, which he did hy walking backwards before the miserable animal, and beating it on the head oil either side, according to the di rection required. This custom prevailed for a considerable time, in ?pile of a law which was passed in the early part of thc seventeenth century imposiug Hevcre penalties upon persons found guilty of '"plowing hy tho horse's tail." A paper in tlie "Transaction? of the Society of Antiqua?' < of Scotland" npeaks of "tho awkward custom of yoking horsca by the tail, and tho driver of harrows walking backward, with his face directly turned to tho horse which he led." Tho Rev. C. Otway says: "In ancient times, all through the West of Ireland, it was the practice to work both the plow and the harrow with horses drawing from their tails. I am assured that it is still (IS!')) a part of the Erris husbandry." lu l??i during the reign of Charlea I, thc Irish Parliament passed tho following: "Act against Ploughing by the Tayle, Pulling tho Wool of Living Sheep; "No per son or persons whatsoever shall, after one yearo next ensuing the end of thc pres ent Parliament, plough, harrow, draw, or worko with uny horse, gelding, marp, garren, or colt, hy the taile, or ahull cause, (>rocure, or suffer any other carriages with lia horses, maren, geldings, garrans, or colts, or any of them by tue tail; and that no person or persona whatsoever shall, after the end of this present Parli ament, pull tho wool off any living sheep, or cause or procuro to be pulled instead of shearing or clipping of them; and ii any shall io contrarie to this act and tho intention thereof, that the justices oi assize at the general assizes to be holden before them, and tho justices of peace at their quarter-sessions, shall have power by this act to euquire of, hearo and de termine ull and every offence and offences done contrnry tn the present act, and to punish the offenders which shall do con trary to the same, by fino' aud imprison ment, as they in their discretion Bhall think fit." A Niuo Little Story. Apropos of an item of news which comes all tho way from Italy, and is to tho effect that Mis. Jehu Lorrimer Gra ham, wife, now widow of our former consul to Florence, ia about to marry her first husband's Italian secretary, there ia a little atory. Mrs. Lorrimer was before her marriage Miss Josephine Garner, daughter of tho millionaire proprietor ot numerous great cotton manufactories. Mr. Graham belonged to a good family, bul had no fortune, and was occupy in;; the position of confiden tial clerk in Mr. Garncr'H office, when he married bia daughter. At the time of a business criais aoeut 1857, when no aaa felt safe, Mr. Garner, as a precautionary measure, placed $100,U00 in his son-in law's keeping, not as a gift, but in trust against possible contingencies. Those possibilities became realities. Mr. Garner failed, but relied on bia reserve fund to begiu life anew. He applied to his son-in-law for the money, but Mr. John Lorrimer Graham declined to re linquish it. Ho hud it, and he was de termined to keep it. "Very well," remrrLed Mr. Garner, "I have as much energy, as much pluck, as much preservanco as ever I had. I shall go into business nguiu ; I shall moko money ; but remember you lio ve fot all you will ever get from ino:" He ept his word. He did go into business again ; be succeeded so as to le-ve when he died, a few years ago a fortune of several millions behind him. One mil lion of dollars of this money was loll to bia daughter Josephine after her hus band's death. Before that event she could not toi a it. Mr. and Mrs. Graham lived abroad, and entertained magnificently on tho In terest of the $100,000 and the insignifi cant salary of a United States consul. One year ago Mr. Graham died, and .Iiis widow carno in for her million, which is now to be shared by the handsome and gentlemanly secretary of her late .hus band.-HalCimore American. OATMEAL.-In Great Britain children of all ranks arc raised cr. oatmeal diet alone, because it causes them to grow strong and beautiful, and no better food can po -i'oly be found for them. It is U'LIO qnito as desirable for the student as for tho laborer, and for tho delicate lady and'her hard-working sister ; indeed, all classes would be greatly benefitted by its use, and dyspepsia, with all ita manifold annoyances, can be kept at a distance. Oatmeal is more substantial food, it ia said, than veal, pork, or lamb, giving aa much or more mental vigor, whi!:.* its great desideratum, consists in ono's not becoming \v:.uy of it, for it is as welcome for breakfast or at tea as is wheat or gra ham bread. Hean be eaten with syrup end huttcr as hasty pudding, or with cream nod engar like rice. It in especi ally good for young mothers, upon whose nervous forcer too great a demand has been made, and they lose the equilibrium of the syAtem and become depressed and dispirited. Oatmeal requires to be cooked slowly, and the water should bo boiling hot when it is atirred in. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. - An effort is making to have a receiver ap pointed for the South Carolina Railroad Company on th? ground, among Others, that the'men now in charge of Ft are un skillful and inefficient. From the com pany's reports, however, its misfortunes seem to bo owing rather to uncontrollable circumstances than to bad management. With a sharp competition at numerous vital points, and a consequent decrease of gross earnings from $1,490,000 in 1873 to $1,020,000 in 1877, the per centage of operating expenses has been reduced from 62 per cent, of the earn' i in 1878 to 68 per cent, in 1877; so that the net earnings in 1877 were $427,000 against $576,000 in 1878. Thia showing, more over, is better than -\hat of the Georgia and Central Railroads, both of which are regarded as among tho beat managed roads in the neighborhood. It is difficult to see how a receiver could do any better with tho property, and if ons ia appointed it will probably be for other reasons than those ot economy.-New Yorkfbrn. .. - Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll is re ported to bare stated that it was the duty of the government tn furnish every man with a bouco of throe or four roams, av wife and three or four children. Tue Boston Kerald suggests that "thia ou eh t to be left to private enterprise^" - Some of tho lady money-counters in tho Treasury are greatly excited because the money coining from thc yellow (ever districts is nut uninfected before it is given to them to count, and they say there in no surer way of conveying infec tious diseases than from bank bills. When Gen. Spinner was Treasurer all money was disinfected before given to the counters. - Once upon an evening dismal, I gave her u paroxismal kiss and called her name baptismal, precious name I loved of yore. Ah! slit' was a darling creature, port of feature ; but egad, you couldn't teach her, for she had been there before, and only murmured, ''Buss mo more." - The New Orleans Picayune fays young men resemble tea leaves; they must get In hot water before their strength can be drawn out. - To American boys there is an aw ful, a majestic difference in thc weight between the hutt end of a fishing-pole and a hoe-handle. - Wc have all heard of "patience on a monument," but physicians usually find theirs under ono. - lt is a little singular how quick tho blue g lav. excitement died out when everybody knew if as azure thing. - Nice thing for a hot day-a cool, thousand. - A spirit-wrapper-The paper around a bottle of whiskey. Overtasking the Knerglcn. It lu nut advisable- for any of us to overtask our energies, corporal or ment?), but In the eager pur suit of wealth or fame or knowledge, how many transgress thia salutary rule. It must bo a nut ter of great Importance to all ?ho do so to know how they can regain the vigor ?o recklessly expend ed. Tho remedy ls neither costly or difficult to obtain. Hostetter's Stomach Hitters Is procurable n every city, town and settlement in America, and it compensates tor c drain ot bodily or mental energy moro rllVclually than any invlgorant ?ver prescribed or advertised, taboring men, athletes, students, Journalists, lawyers, clorgymon, physicians, all bear testimony to Its wondurously rcmovating powe a. It increases tho capabilities foi underglng fatigue, and counteracts thc In jurious affects upon th? system of exposure, sed entary habita, unhealthy or wearying avoeatlons, oran insalubrious climate, and is a prinuvsjlero tive, diuretic and blood d?purent. A NEW AND INTERESTING FEATURE OF TUE O South Carolina's Beloved Sons In Tho ~ tograph and Biography. A BOUT tho first of July, tho ADV BR? J\. TIBER will begin tho publication of a sorlen'of Biographical Sketches, giving in synopsis, tho lives of many promi nent and distinguished sons, dead and living, of South Carolina. In connec tion with these, thoro will appear in our columns each woek, a portrait of the in dividual whoso Ufo is sketched, dono in tho highest stylo of modern photograph ic art.' From tho prent and good mon of tho past, such selections have been mado as John C. Calhoun. George McDu??o, Judge P. M. Butlor, Colonel of tho Pul inotto Kentmont, Senator Louis T. Wig full, JudgeO'Noulo.Gon. Waddy Thomp son, Gon. Janies Jones, Edmund Bacon, Esq., alias "Ned Brace," of tho "Georgia Donnes," Maj. Jack Jeter. Hon. Preuton Brooks, Gov. S. D. Miller, and others, whoso names wo have uot Hpuco to men tion just now. Later wo will take up mich mon as tho Hon. J. P. Carroll, Gov. 51. L. Bonham, Gen. Abnor Perrin, Gen. M. W. Gary, Gen. R. G. M. Dunovont, GenoraLs Ker shaw, Kennedy, Logan, Connor, Wal lace, McGowan, Hngood and Bee, Col. Thomas G. Bacon, Col. Thomas G. La mar, Col. Joseph Abney, Col. W. C. Mom?::?, Speaker John C. Sheppard. Col. Arthur Simpkins, Gen. J anica Ches nut, Hon. W. D. Simpson, and others whoso names shall occur to us In tho fu ture. Subscription price, $2.60 per an num, in advance. Address, ADVERTISER, Edgcilold, S. C. THE PAPER ?0 TAKE. L.ONG ESTABLISHED ! ! ENTERPRISING 1 RELIABLE I THE Cr RONICLE & SENTINEL, (Established 1785.) THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, (Established 1700.) Two Paper? Consolidated March 18, 1877. npiIE CHRONICLE A CONSTITU X TIONA LIST, (Dally, Til-Woekly, Weekly) thc only morning paper pub llshcd in tho city of Augusta, and the only paper receiving the Telegraphic Dispatches of tho New York Associated Press. Thoonly morning papor publish ed in Eastern Georgia ana Western South Carolina. Oilers greater advantages to advertisers than any paper in the South. Tho Cbroniclo A Constitutionalist ls Democratic in politics, but perfectly in dependen* in ita comments upon men and mcasaitfs. Its opinions upon all Important, mattera aro fearlessly ex pressed, and resolutely maintained. Du ring tho coining Wintor special corres gnintenta in Washington, Atlanta sud olumbla, will koop our readers fully Informed of tho proceedings of Congress and of tho Legislature of Georgia and South Carolina. Its Commercial Re ports uro carefully compiled, mid aro full, aot.itrate. Now ls the time io subscribe. Dally, $10 per annum ; Tri-Woekly, $5; Weokly, (a mammoth uheet) 82, cash in advance. Address, WALSH A WRIGHT, Managers, Augusta, Ga. University of Virginia. SESSION begins on the F?r?t of October, and continues nine months. This in stitution is organized op the elective system, giving tho student freo choleo of studies, with full courses in the Schools of the Academic Department and in thc Schools of Law, Medicine, Engineering sud Agri culture. For cateloguo apply to tho Secre tary of the Faculty. P. O. University of Virginia. JAMES P. HARRISON, M. D., Chairman oj tho Faculty. August 1,1?78 3 2m TM}UKEQUAUBHA& IETTO DW?E Titi KB IN EVWATEH W?fc*KL."... v EKff,wara ATO GRIST anjA V, '.I HINI . i1li| lljr \\ !.. (;I:\.M:I. VIRGINIA HOUSE No. 41 Main St., Near State House, COLUMBIA, - - S. C. . A. J. DODAMEAD, Proprietor. Terms, $1.80 per day. Bstisfastion guar anteed. May 2,1878 ^ A. WILSON. Manage, j BURN HAM'S & talarm; R IUI KB BACH1JEST. BKHJCEDAHL 80, UL rusf?tlotofMa. Oma*, Tea?, FA. I F. W. WACENER & CO., CHARLESTON, S. C., COTTON FACTORS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS. Agenta for the Celebrated Reversible Cotton Tie. Agents for the Oriental Qun Powder Company. Agents for the California Vinegar Company. Agents for the Georgia Grange Fertilizers. Agents for Old Crow Whiakey. In addition to our Cotton and Naval Store Department, we have established a Country Produce Department, for which we solicit abipmente.. Apr? 18. 1878 40 ly ONE HUNDRED TONS OF ZELLS AMMONIATED BONE PHOSPHATE. AND ACID PHOSPHATE, ON HAND AND TO ARRIYE TO BK SOLD ON A Cotton Option at 15 cents per pound for Middling Cotton? jtSr- Call in ami get our terms before buying clsowhore. WILSON & REED, No. 7 Gr?ulte Kow. Mureil 14. 1H78 25) ly C. A. REED, AGENT, THE PLACE TO FIND LOW PRICES FOR CASH. CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, SHOES and HATS, BUGGY MATERIAL and IRON. Tlie A-riierican Sewing Machine, With ull thc latest improvements and attachments now ottered at greatly reduced prices. WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER. April 25. 187? 14 ly WILKINS, WILLIAMS & CO., Main Street, Greenville, S. C., WHOLESALE AND B?TAIL DEALERS IN HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS, &c. Fine Tobie and Pocket Cutlery a Specialty. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Bur Iron and Steel, Blacksmiths, Carpenter*, and Mechanics Tools, Builders' Hardware, of every description, Wagon and Carriage Materials, <fcc. A full line of best quality Leather and Rubber Belting always in stock. AGENTS FOR Fuirhank's Standard Scales, The Hall 8afe and Lock Company, The Taylor Cotton Gin, Tucker 8 Patent Alarm Money Drawers, Also, for the Celebrated Shoenberger Horse and Mule Shoes. We are pr cpa rec1, to Hell Swedes Iron at the lowest quotations from any market, ar-d still propose to duplicate Invoices frr"n Northern Johhing houses-adding only actual freights. WILKINS. WILLIAMS & CO.. Greenville. S. C. 8ept6."1877 eowGm _J_. ^- mpmmBBBHBgBSB FURNITURE^FURNITURE. CHEAPER THAN EVER. TOLLY the Leader of LOW PEIOB8. ?J^OOK a', ionic of the figures at which you can buy Furniture ut in Anderson : G omi Hard Wood Cottage Bedsteads at $3.00; without Slats and Castora, $2.50. Towel End and Drawer Washstands, $1.00. Largo Wardrobes, Ol 1.00. Largo Tin Safes, with two doors and drawer, $5.00. Good, strong Rocking Chairs, $1.40. Cane Bottom Chairs, per se't, $5.00. Fainted Cbr.mbpr Sets, consisting of Dress Burean. Beratend, Washstand and Tuble, $15.00 ; with four Chairs and Rocking Chair, complete, $21.00. Walnut Chamber Snits, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Bureau, with Arch Standard ar'* Glass, Washstand and Table, $23.75 ; with four fine Walnut Chairs and Oval Back Rocking Chair, $32.75. And everything else in proportion. I have on hand a very large Stock, from a fifteen dollar Suit up to a two hundred dollar Suit. I claim to sell cheaper than Greenville, and will duplicate any bill that can be bought there. ?, F. TOLLY* Depot Street. Oct 4,1877 12 Price of Carolina Fertilizer and Palmetto Acid Phos phate Reduced for 1878. CAROLINA FERTILIZER-A Ton for 475 pounds of Middling Cotton. PALMETTO ACID PHOSPHATE--A Ton for 350 pounds Middling Cotton. All expenses paid by us, and the Cotton to bo delivered by tho first of November next. Wc are still the Agents also for the Celebrated Wando Fertiliser. We have a large Stock of GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac, on hand, to sell Cheap for the Money, or on a ?redit to thoa? who are good, and pay their debts promptly. Como on, pay tis np, and buy Supplies and Fertilizers trora us. We will do you right. BLECHLEY, BROWN Sc CO. Jan 17. 1878 27 CONCAREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, 8. C. J"olin Alexander, iProprieto??, Reduced Prices Vertical Cane Mill. LIST OF PRICES. 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter.$35 00 2 " 12 " " . 45 00 1 " 14 " ". 65 00 ? " 10 " M. 60 00 3 " 12 " ". 70 00 3 " 14 " ? . 80 00 Above prices complete with Frame. Without Frame, $10 less on each Mill. HORIZONTAL-3 Roll Mill, for Steam or Water Power. $150 00 Steam Engines, Boilers, Cotton Presses, Grist Mills, AND SAW MI IL L GEARING, Of all kinds to order. ' IRON and BRASS CASTINGS on short notice and most reasona I able terms. * REDUCED PRICES. 4un uearang constantly on hand or the following siseas 8 feet wheel and pinion.$21 00 9 " " . 23 00 10 " . ?!. 25 00 11 M ". 30 00 12 ?. " . 35 00 ' 14 14 ". 40 00 With Bolts, $3.50 extra for each net. Anti-friction Plates and Balla for Cotton Press, $10 and $13 per sot. Would rcciwctfolly call attention to ten new patterns of Patcpt Iron Railings ; can bo run any length without pesta. Also ten new patterns of Bannisters, got up expressly by J. Alexander for the Fair. I have a great many different patterns at my shop of ola stylo ; will be pleased to show any ono around who may call, v Terms Cash on delivery at Railroad Depot in Columbia. Works foot of Lady Street, opposite Greenville Railroad Freight Depot. SULLIVAN & CO., Agento, Anderson, 6. C. Oatt, 1877_12j___I7 l?MfJftl^lSB BUTTS LUMBER ! LUMBER ! m? n? ?laTriiii.TL^ , E?J?Ji??i'5? Si Yard at the Blue Ridge Depot in Anderaonr f^t?*&fr2&SSr?Sl^Ti^?r^?^ and orders for large or small lots of any Th. DuvGini AAV ATMIH.IIA. ' pnces. Mr. Kudo i ph Kaufman us my agent TK? SB AJ??; M ^Jf^iSwi^? tor the sal? of Lnmbsr at Anderson, and n^v?.^^Y??!Lf?5?y.<?^!t,ADyieEe furnish any Information desired to panions wishing to make an order. d^^S^r^?^>4% JOHN KAUFMAN. ^gi^^ggS^ffiMa^g April il, 1878 39 ?MS?SS^^^S^^^^ Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line R. R i?5?1^5rt?j>^ff^t7^tVffi>wlit **? ??SS**?*? "Diasaitosa Trato* will roo aa foll a wa on and af. SfJ^aSajg ^^r? ?It^J^tWWfr BfVj * Ur Bund??, Jun? 9lh, 1878: gjwJs^Wg^Bji^r an* ta SrtfrjJ 11 FM ft ? CO?NO EAST, rortaan mem-tn MtStMkfiM il ?3 Arrive at Aeneo*.7: ?8 r. m ^?^?^^?'i? Itt 1 SB al u <M ?"?.?.-.p ? T*T Vi itr?rmriaii wiener m itewieiSaHI M ?Tj fiOiNO Wm. ------- , ? Arriva at Seaeea.....-."......"7AS a K ?ean ntX* money tarter at work for ne tb IA at Lear? Aonee*.._.-7:08 m u anything tl&e. Capital not required; va trIU Clo?? aonnacUo? at- Atlanta tor all }K>lnta Weat, ?tart you. in per day at homo ta ade by th? and at Charlotta for all pointa Caa!. ? / . -<?mlrlc.ua. M?O, vomon, boya and siria *mt> O. J. 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Leave Augusta at....._.8:80 a ta and 7-A0 p tu Arrive at Charleston....~4:20 p m and 7:45 a ia Leave Columbia at._.6.-to p nt and 8.-00 p m Arrive wt Charleston_.....12:15 night aad 6:45 a m Above Schortau makes eloae connection at Co lumbia with Granville and Columbia Railroad and Cbarlotto road, and at Augusta with Mt? ?ii and Atlanta tHdns. a S. 80LOMOW?, Superintendent. S. P. Pi cK Kr s, ?encrai Ticket Agent. Greenville s.\hd Columbia Rai I Mad CHANG? OF SCHEDULE. ! Passenger Train? run dally, Sunday ?xcop.ed, connecting with Fast Day Train? on South Caro da* Railroad, up and down. On and after Wodneadav, November li, 1877, the fallowing wlU hq tho schedule,: . UP. "Leave Columbia at-,."..ll 10 a m Leavo Alston.". 1 10 p ? Leave Newberry.". ........ i ts p ta Leave Hodges.......".? 8 IC p ra Leave Belton......"...v.., 7 ? p . Arriv? at Oreenviuo.^ 8 ?5 p W DOWN". Leav?Greenvlllaat"..^....~.....M...-....~. 7 99 ? ? Leavo Brilon. * M ? ? Leave Hodges_......,.^.^-19 >?? ? ? 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