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THE CUINESE KEW YEAR. Interior of a Templo In San rranoUco Mock Monoy and ?tre-Cruckers-A KJng of Uell Two Feet Illgb. Sa*i Francisco Chronicle. New Year's being the greatest festival in the Chinese calendar, tho worship of tho gods and goddesses is more ostenta tious and impressive on this occasion than upon auy other. Almost all tho deities'tn thc mythology are propitiated at this season with various kinds of offer ings, sacrifices and observances, and no one of the many imposing and expensive festivals throughout tho year presents a belter opportunity of witnessing Chimmo worship. For several days previous to Kew Year's tho usual preparations for the celebration were in active operation; atores were decorated, the cooks in tho restaurants and elsewhere wcro exercis ing their culinary skill in preparing the most acceptable and choicest viands, and China town, in fact, was all bustle and joyous expectancy. Thc two temples in San Francisco wcro visited during tho week by a great many worshipers who laid offerings of artificial flowers cut out of tinsel paper and fastened to thin bam boo splints on tho shrine of various di vinities exposed for worship. The divin ities not so exposed, for want of roo..i all necessarily in miniature-wero care fully laid away on sholvcs, protected by iron wire, some distanco in front of ! iso shrine in each temple. The temple dedicated to the worship of the Pearly Emperor, Supreme Ruler-the Chinese Jupiter-on Clay street, between Kearny and Dupont, opposito the Plaza, is kept in excellent order, and contai IIB, of course, all tho sacred vessels and uten sils necessary for performing tho cere monies. It is a room on tho third story about twouty feet long and twelve feet wide, with two moro rooms behind it for tho uio of acolytes and servants, and to which tho priests sometimes resort for rest and smoking opium. lu ali Chinese cities of any consequence tho temple of this deity is from five hundred to a thou sand feet long and Boveral hundred feet wide. On entering this small templo in iran Francisco tho visitor stands in front of two altars, ouo behind tho ot.'.cr, and behind both i.i tho shrine or recess in which tho god is scated on a throne, which is scarcely perceptible from the profusion of artificial flowers and various offerings of a moro or lews ornamental character, which aro placed at hi? fect,and suspen ded around tho recess. Along the walls eight on ono ?ido and uino on the other are hronzo croziers, or what looked liko croziers. On the first altar is n large bronze urn for burning keime, arid on tho other sido of tho um aro thrco largo ( flower vases of composition metal, each titree feet high, and immediately behind the urn aro titree largo candles four feet long, together with a largo stick of fra- ? grant incense. Within this altar, on a aholf covert"* with iron wire, aro tho , numorous divinities ahovo mentioned. Thc second altar in ? ii every way similar to tho first, with tho exception that the , urn and flower vases aro smaller. From tho roof, between the two altars, is sus pended a chandelier, in which ono or L?? I:..M. ..... i......_t. ...... i.. ...... v. ............ ^ ... wumim; , Wo now como to tue shrine in which the | god is enthroned. It is a recess about , six feet high, four feet wido and about , thrco feet deep. Tho ?od himself, as , seated on his throne, is about thrco feet j high, tho head adorned with a crown , of gold ; thnt is to sny, of gold leaf. The , face ot tho god has u contour of tho best ? type of Mongolian physiognomy, a mild , benignant expression, and a thin, long, , black beard and mustache falling grace- \ fully over his chin nnd chest. Before | tho shrine is an um, in which n taper is | constautly burning; on the right of it is , suspended a bell as large ns ouo of our j small church bells, claimed to bo a '.un- i dred years old nt least, and fixed in a ? frame over tho boll is n drum, both used | in summoning worshipers on due occa- , ?ions to tho temple. Turning to leavo | thc temple we observo to the right of tho , staircase, in a corner, what looks liko a , very small baker's o von with a small | square aperture in each of its sides. . ? Thia Is used for burning mock money and mock clothing, etc. Mock money I i.". small pieces of paper painted to look . liko silver or gold, as tho case may be. The mock money or mock clothing or , other mock articles is forwarded to tho , spirit in Hades by their relatives on , earth by burning it in tho oven, where , by tho potency of a certain'formula or , prayer, it is transmuted into tho pre .. clous metal it represents, nnd BO received 1 by tho Bpirit, wtiom can purchaso with it whatever ho wants in the infernal rc " - ?- mi_1 ._.?.. 5>vuo. Aiiu OTJX.UHU fcixip?tt io on i^uponc Btreet, and is dedicated to several gods and godaesses. who have their respectivo 8hrincs, liko that of the Pearly Empe ror, Supremo Ruler just described. Like tho other temple, it contains a greut number of other divinities in miniature whoarokepton a shelf in the same manner as in the^omplo of tho Chinese Jove; it also contains two altars in front of the shrines uko thoso in the former and in many respects alike, save that tho sacred furniture a-<\ the templo itself, and indeed tho wholo paraphernalia of sacred belongings, aro or a kind much inferior to thoso in tho temple of the Pearly Emperor, Supremo Ruler. lu this templo aro three shrines, each dec orated liko that of tho Chineso Jove, and each about tho same dimension. In tho midlo shrine aro three goddesses. "Mother," tho greatest of all goddesses', being tho middle divinity, baviug ou her right tho Goddess of Mercy, and on her left tho Goddess of 8aiiors. Tho divin ities are of wood, painted in a dark col or, abcut two feet high, of no particular expression of countenance, and decked profusely with artificial flowers, and hav ing each a robe of rod colored paper over her nock nnd shoulders. In niches on either side of these divinities, but in tho samo shrine, is the God of Beasts, the God of War, tho God Confessor, tho Odd of Water, tho "Divine Tiger," tho Stop Devil, with bell in band to frighten away evil spirits, and tho God of Fire. In tho shrine on tho right is tho God of Doctors I:- t- u:__?.- J_ i -s-L. - ... J gill. a..J in tho sarine on tho loft is tho lod of Wealth, with a handful of gold which, with a benign expression, ho . offers to his worshipers. Io a niche in tho wnU close to tho door is ono of tho ton Kings of Hell, a grimy idol two feet high.?itu a laughing face, who prevents ovil spirits from entering the temple, and in a little shrine to bia right, on tho rj?ott is his policccman. tho Little Devil, ? slender imp two foot high, who aids tho .ting in excluding tho evil ones; and on tho left is the oven for burning mock - v-e -"', i-*~r-.? "?> for .treating tho celebration of Now Year's in its religious aspect, and for in troducing some of the principal deities in QhiOeee mythology, it may bo stated thnt tho festivities of the first day resolved themselves) into five classes, viz. : tho sacrifico to Heaven and Earth, tho wor ship cf the Ancestral Tablets, or family goa?, the worship, of deceased ancestors, prostration 'before living parents ana grandparents and making New Year's calis. Tho BAOTRICO to bea vc v e.nd. earth was performed between four and Uro o'clock in tho morning, by placing a buck; 'Jail of boilad'rice on a table in tho front entrance of each dwelling, together ., with ten bowls, of cooked vcgtablcs (rio meats,) ten cu ps of toa, ten cups of wino, two largo buruinp candles and three Klick? of common suceuse or ouo stick of i'fsgraat incense, with toa pairs of chop stjcla stuck here and there in tho rico. m-hrk money was burned and onercd io Ibo New Year with five kinds of fruit nod fiomo lot?e-Bkinned oranges. When all these thioga v<cro duly arranged in each dwelling, tim crackers wore exploded far and near announcing that Now Year. festivities had just begun. After this, tho head of each family, holding in Iiis hand a btick of lighted incense, knelt and honed his bead three times before tho tublc on which the viands were placed. This was thankintc Heaven and Earth for past favors and propriating them for future benefits. Then again was pei formed the ceremony of tho explosion of fire crackers and the burning of mock money. Tho worship of ancestral tab lets followed, and then worship by ju niors of the heads of their respective fam ilies, when the mule portion of thu pop ulation started out to make calls. Tho lirnt day was observed hy rich and poor alike; from the first to the fourth was kept uj) by persons in easy circumstan ces; while the rich abstain from all busi ness, theoretically at least, for a whole mouth. AH a general rule, no meats wero used on the first day. Herc it may bo stated, by anticipation, that the gods who went to heaven during the last days of the old year to report earthly nlfairs lo the Pearly Emperor, Supreme Killer, re turn on tho loth of ill's month to re sumo their duties. Among the mo t Im poten of those divinities aro the Oed of theKitchen, thc Cod of Wealth and the God of Joy, and these will be wel comed home with rejoicings and a festi val called "offering the rice." During the first week of this year and the expir ing days of the last um:, the principal gods mid goddesses receive each the homage due to him or I.er by appropri ate 0 fieri Uga and .sacrifi?e. Thc first and greatest of all, as already stated, is the Pearly Emperor, Supreme Ruler. This is the .Mongolian .love. It is he who produces and governs all things in heav en above and earth beneath. He re ceives the reports of tho higher goda re garding the management of their various departments, interior deities not being permitted to approach him, and examines into the merita and demerits of mortals, with the view to their rewards and pun ishments. Tho manner of worshiping bim is by three kncelings mid nine knockings, that is, th? worship? kneels and stands three times before him, and at each kneeling knocks his head three times on tho door. Immigration fur Hu* .Sundi. It is woll recognized rule In journal ism, that a newspaper is not responsible for tho opinions of correspondents, unless it gives til em editorial endorsement. Th? Chronicle is an independent Democratic journal, and gives both Hides of every question that comes up for discussion. Contributors are always allowed a wide latitude, and ore permitted to express their views, whether they agree with its own ideas or not. But tho Chronicle would fail In its duty as a publie jour nal if it did not emphatically express its dissent from some of thc propositions ad vanced in a letter from Charleston, that appears elsewhere this morning. The letter is a review of the ono from Gen. Sherman on Northern immigration, which was recently given to thc public. Our Charleston correspondent assarts in substance that wholesale immigration is not desired by thu South because tho country would "pass into tho hands of strangers;" because its manners and cus toms would be changed, and because largo numbers of Southern people "who cannot now obtain employment" would lie driven away by tho "strangers." I Dur correspondent expresses the opinion of an infinitesimal portion ofthcSoUlhcrn people. Immigration,wholesale immigra Lion iBdcsirabloand is most earnestly de dred. The hills and the valleys of Georgia iud Son tb Carolina can support in comfort millions of additional population. If foreigners, or Northerners, will come imong us and buy homes and improve ibo soil ami develop Ibo country, let them como and welcome, and let these two States "pass into the hands of stran gers" ns Texas und Kansas are doing. L)ur correspondent complains that "the thrifty and economical foreigner will, In nine cases out of ton, commence with a low Hillary or small capital ami in the course of a few years build up a lucrative business, while tho average nativo South .?ruer, with limited means, .v.il lind him self at tho end of each year scarcely ablo to make two ends meet." It is just such peoplo as he describes that the South needs. Thoy will not only increase our population ard sdd to our wealth, but they will ter. tho Southerner how to he thrifty ann economical, how to build up a lucrative business ou a Hiunii foun dation, and how to make "two ends meet." So far as Southern manners and customs uro concerned, it would bo a good thing if they did givo way, iii great mensuro, to thoso ot the "stranger." There aro a number of Southern cus toms that could bo dispensed with to great advantage. Tho South of to-day tho new South-is vnstly difforent in a material point of view from the South of tweuty years ago, and thc sooner tho the people put thc oast resolutely behind them tho better. '1 his ia a practical agc A people cannot live on what has been. They must adapt themselves to their surroundings and cease vain rcptuinga for that which has gone never to return. There 1.1 "room to-il" for the hundreds and thousands of Oi young men" whom our correspondent says uro out of em ployment. Thero is no reason why any man in tho South who is able and willing to labor should bo idle. There is no rea son why any mau ablo and willing to labor should not support himself. It is ; true that employment cannot bo readily obtained in tho towns and cities. lt is truo that there is a superabundance of ia\yynrJ ?ud doctors, lt is true that the merchants cannot find {daces for all tho young men who wish to be clerks, lt is true there aro not official positions enough for all the young men who wish to live upon the public. Hut for all those who are willing to quit tho cities and go out into thu country, who aro willing to put their hand, .J the plourjh and tho hoe, thcro ia employment and a liveli hood. There is no work on tho street corners, but thcro is plenty to do in tho field and in tho forest. Tho great need of (ho South is immigration-immigra tion that will Hettie unoccupied hinds, that will develop great natural resources, that will build up and enrich tho couti iry, and that will st ?mu?ate our people to put. torts, au theil energies in tue battle of life.-Chronicle and Oantlitulionalut. DOM PEDRO'S GIFT.-Thcro is?iow ly ing at jiior No. 41 East River, New York, a maasive block of atouo, which ia a gift from the Emperor of Brazil to the Nat ional Washington Monument Committee at Washington. Tho atouo is addressed to tho Brazilian legation at tho capital, in care of tho Brazilian conaul general, at New York. It arrived by ono of tho Roach steamers, late in December, and ia now awaiting transportation io this city, wbilo acaren ia being made for some Bailing vessel or canal boat strong enough to carry it when river navigat' ?n opens. Tho block ia about five feet square, and ia securely packed in stout oaken casing. It weighs 18,000 pounds, a weight which nono of tho steamet* plying between Now York and Washington can bear upon its decks, and hence tho necessity of sending tho Emperor's gift by canal boat or sailing vessel. The atouo is said to be magnificently carved, aud bears au appropriate inscription as coning from Dom Pedro to tho monument connuittco as bia offering "in perpetuating the mem ory of the illustrious of the American re public, xor whom his Majesty cherished tho warmest admiration." The block of stone is very valuable, and tho consul ?;encral and his subordinates have been nstructed by their government to ob serve the greatest care in its t/iusfer to this city. While in thia country tho Emperor made a trip to Washington's tomb nt Monnt Vernon, an'd with his own hands planted a 'sycamore.treo by tho aldo of the tomb, over which he also "A" and "Ii" aa Farmer*. Many people attribute success or its ppositc, to good luck or bad luck ; but, ufter watching and Boanning closely thc actions of people, we bave come to tho conclusion that, in general, people are tho author? of their luck. Take, for in stance, two faimers, whom we will call A and II. After A ha? gathered all his crop he begins preparation for another, ile clear? hil ground of ?prouts and bushes, fixes bis fences and water-g>.;?S, and if he breaks his land before Christ mas! it is work that will he well reward ed. After li bas gathered Iiis crop, which is very easily done, he Bees noth ing at all to do. ll seems to him a long lime before he need do any moro work, lie goes to every public place within his reach, generally without any business at all. lie will ride eight or ten miles to a cash ?nie, as though he designed to buy at least a thousand dollars' worth, when al the ..nine lime ho has not a cent, lie docs no work ol' any sort until after Christmas. He cuts a few brush and throws them on some of thc lowest pau ncls of his fence ; half breaks his land, ami gets ready (?) to ?dani. A begins to plant calmly and carefully ; sccs Dial his rows are laid oil* right, and tho seed de posited al tho right distance, and is very careful to have tho seed well covered. It commences planting in a hurry. All is buille and hurry; ho liitlc cares whether his rows aro laid olf uniformly and of the right width or not; ho would as soon lav them up and down tho hill as on tho level, lie cares but little how his seed arc dropped, and fully a? little how tin y are covered. A generally re ports to his neighbors that hr has a very good stand of Corn, cotton and every thing he plants. It never was known, by tho oldest, to have a good utaud ol' any thing. Sometimes his corn comes up as thickly as bis cotton ought to, and his cotton so '.'.lick that ho docs not get il thinned till dog-days; bul this is not a good stand. As soon as A's need arc well up, he begins work' in real earnest - losing as little time as possible. B is ?'fruid to work his young corn and cotton too soon, as il may make a late frost kill them, or else it may iujuru tho lender roots. So be hunts, fishes, and froi ?ck* about till his fields look like a boll of green silk from center to circumference. A begins working over tho second lime while his croo ?J yet clean, and works as diligently aa nc did the first time. B is now in a great hurry lo get over the li rsl timi!. Ile always says it i* tho worst (.pring to tend a crop he ever ?aw. He gets tiver; but he has just about thinned the gr.i-s and weeds enough to make them c;row and do well. A keeps on and loses no time. If tho ground is dry, he ploughs on ; if it is too wet, he spends his time in pulling weeds, bushes, grass, or anything else that is doing au injury, l'he ground soon becomes too drv and han! for H to plough. He says it will kill corn and cotton to plough thuin when tho ground is so dry and hot. So he takes his gun jr fishing pole, or both, and sometimes spe nds al most :v week M.-.cintering ami idling about. When it rains, lt thinks the ground will bo too wet for several days, and goes out fishing or hunting again. When hu begins to plough tho grass chokes him up. He says it outgrows any grass bc ever saw. A works al li ii case and keeps his farm clean, 15 throws away hcvcrai acres which ho had planted, laying all thc l lame on thc dilHcult season to till the ground. A lays by clean and nice, and in the meantime keeps a sharp lookout around Iiis fences. 13 lays by very grassy ; says tho grass will keep tho corn cwol, and that when the cotton opens there ought to be grass to kee? tho rain from bealing the dirt on the cotton for fear tho sample might bo injured. He [.ays no attention to iris fences, but idles about till stock gct.s into his fields and almost cat np whnt little he lias made. A gathers, ns a general thing, ?1 tolerably good erop, whether tho season is wet or dry. lt never gathers a good crop, no matter what tho season may have been. - J fart nu-tl Sun. - Bayard Taylor left his family so poor that they can not ?my the rent of the houso in Berlin iu which they aro living, nor have they money enough to bring them home. - Imagine a mass of ico a mile wide and thirty miles long crashing along with the power of a thousand freight trains, ami you will have some idea of the break ing of a gorge on tho Ohio. -- Lord Bcaennsfioid comes from a long lived otook. Some pedigreemonger has, been looking upon bis antecedents, nnd has discovered that his father Isaac Dis raeli, lived to be82, and bia grandfather "Old Bon," after whom ho was uamod, Sd. - The population of England's South A frican colonies ia 2,000,000 blacks and GOO.OOO whiles. The Zulus have an army of 50,000 trained soldiers. Their military system is as rigid as that of Ger main*, and develops splendid fighting qualities. - Tlioson of a colored barber in Phil adelphia has astonished tho town by so curing admission to tho white boys Normal School through a competitivo examination in which 12G white boys took part. Ho ia the first of bia race BO distinguished. - Tlie Boston Advertiser tells this an ecdote of the late Hon. George S. Hil lard: "Mr. Hillard was always depended on to draw up resolutions on tho death of a member of tho Bar. On one occa sion a friend found him thus employed. He looked on with a sad smile and said : 'I wonder who will tin tin's service for mo when 1 am gone?' 'They cannot do bet ter tlinn to take some of your own reso lutions,' was the reply." - Ono of the Paris papers publishes tho following: "There uro Gascons iu America ns everywhere else. One of them recently said : 'In thc Stato of Ohio thc cold is so intenso in the winter that thia happened to mo : I was attacked by a robber. I took out my pistol. Thora was powder in it, but uo ball. I was in spire hy a lucky idea. I spit in t- o barrel and tired. Tho spittle froze on .... way, nnd the malefactor was shot dead 1' " - Tho Springfield (Mass.) Jtejmblictm (Ind. Hep.) says: "The most brazen piece of impudence in tho recent history of American politic* is tho acceptance by Algernon 8. Badger, Postmaster of New * 'in .?ii-, .un. j., M ,a-/.u.?..?'^,.. .... WW?.eWlvi at that port, of a position on tho Repub lican Campaign Committee of Ixuiisisna, in violation of the civil service order of President Hayes and in the face of tho removal of Naval Officer Cornell, of New York, Collector Simmons, of Boston, and others, for running with local political machines." - Tho glad tidings como back from a missionary in far Burmah that moro than 100,000 tracts and 25,000 Bibles have, been distributed among thc heathen there during tho past year. And tho Sun is lcd to remark: "Meantime, al though peace reigns in Breathitt County, Kentucky, and nineteen alleged mur derers are securely locked up in jail, tho inhabitants of that benighted region aro still sadly in need both of schoolmasters and missionaries; and Broathitt County ia a good deal nearer than Burmah." The home heathen ia never interesting. Tho missionary field is green that's far away. - A correspondent of tho Savannah Neva relates a horrible story about Sen ator Blaine. Ho says that somo thirty ?ears ago Blaine was teaching school in kentucky, and was "a tijry Bourbon Democrat." On one ?vasion Cassius M. Clay made himself a candidate for office on an abolition platform and was billed for a opeech at Frankfort. Young Blaine declared he would reply to bim, and a gentleman now living loaned bim ten dollars to pay his expenses. History doesn't say whether he anaworcd Clay or j not, bot tho party who loaned tho money says he still hos tho plumed knight's I proraitory note. AH lt is a Southern claim, there is co use in carrying the caso to Congress. LAWS OF THK STATE. A*U rn?K<<<! at the lU'roitt Hritilon ?if the J - |;l--l:it MI 0. AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled "Au Act to Charter thc Belton, Willium ston ami Kesley Hail road Company, and to Provide for Subscription1! There to by Certain Cities, Towns and Town ships." He il enacted by tho Senato and I louse of Representatives of the .State of South Carolina, now-met and bitting in General Assembly, and by thc authority of tho KU me : SKCTION 1. That an Act entitled "An Act to charter tho Helton, Williamaton and Ea^h y Railroad Company, and to provide fur subscriptions thereto by cer tain cities, towns and townships," be, and i he sanie is hereby, amended by in serting after tho word "from," on the third line ?d' Section 2, the words "a point un tho line of the proposed Savan nah Valley Hui I road, with the privilege of connecting with thc said road at or near tho village of Lowndesvillc, by way of;" and also by inserting the word "ten instead of thu word "twenty" on tho sixth line of tho third Section thereof; also by inserting in the f.'.xth Section, a fte i the words "to wit," "Lowndcaville and Diamond Hill townships, in Abbe ville County, and Martin, Honen Hath, in Anderson County." SEC. 2. That Sections C-ll of said Act bc amended so as to allow the townships named to subscribe a sum of money not to exceed six thousand dollars to each township, lo be paid in four emmi annual installments, if they prefer to subscribe on this plan, instead of issuing bonds ILS therein provided ; and the County Com missioners of the several Counties named are hereby required to submit tho ques tion of subscribing by this plan, if so re quested in tho petitions therein provided tor; and if the subscription is made in the manner required, tho County Com missioners shall annually levy and col lect a tax suUieient lo pny oil'the install ments provided for, and shall pay over thc same to thc officers of the company duly authorized to receive the samo. SEC 3. That John K. Brownlee, Lewis Cl i ii lc scales, Dr. John H. Hell, J. Wil liams Black, William ClinkHcaies, J. M. Lattimer, Sr., W. S. Haskins, George F. Burdett, Jasper I*. Young, Robert Hutch orson, ll. II. Harper, Reuben S. Clink seale*, G. W. McDavid, C. V. Barnes, R. H. A. Robinson, James A. Drake, lt. N. Wright, R Cliukseales, George Brown lee, Joseph Fi mon and Robert Cum inings bc, and they are hereby, added as corporators of thc said railroad Company. | ? SKC. -1. All Acts and parts (d' Acts in consistent with this Acl are hereby re pealed. Approved December 24, 1S73. AN Ad to Prohibit Hersons Living To gether in Adultery. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thc State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Ccneral Assembly, and by tho authority of the samo : SK(TION I. 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Thc story which shall be declared tobo the host to bo tho absoluto property of tho proprietors of the AVici and Courier, and iiiiblishcd us a serial iu the Weekly Newt. {ejected manuscripts to bo returned forth with to the authors. In making this proposition tho object ls to encourage, as far tu practicable, the de velopment of literature tn South Carolina, and to give tho reading public, through thu Weekly AYtw, taloa of Southern life which shall preserve tho recollection of traits of character and social peculiarities and habits fast passing away, und koop before the rising generation the memory of a ntrugglo moro glorious than that of tb? Revolution and of .Mifl'erings greater than those which wero horno by tho men of ?aventy-aix. Should the experiment now i^.vlu prove successful, the proprietors of tho A'nr* atd Courier will hope to extend the literary field and enlist aa contributors to the Weekly News the tno&t brilliant writers In the whole South. _ Read Thiel ALL who are indebted to us fer 'Merchan dise or Guano will please attend to settling the saute aa soon os possible. Wo need money, ?ml will give tho highest price for Cotton. A, B. TOWERS & CO? Oe* io aa THE GENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC OR VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. fJMIE countenance is jule and leaden *? colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along tlte lower eye-lid ; the nose is ir ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds ; a swelling of the upper lip; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of th : stom ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach ; occasional nausea and vomiting ; violent pains throughout thc abdomen; bowels ir regular, at times costive; stools slimy; not unfrequently tinged wit!, blood ; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally dif?i ult, and accompanied by hiccough ; cough sometimes dry and convulsive ; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of tlie teeth ; temper variable, but gener ally irritable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, DR. J. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any form ; it is an innoc ent prepara tion, not capable of doing ?he slightest injury lo the mort tender infant. The genuine DR. MCLANE'S VER MIFUGE bears die signatures of C. Mc LANE and FLEMING BROS. on the wrapper. -:o; DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS arc not recommended ns a remedy "for all thc ills that flesh is heir to," bul in affections of thc liver, and in all bilious Complaints, I lyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of that character, they stand without a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. No better cathartic cnn be used preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they are unequaled. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Thc genuine arc never sugar coated. Each box basa red wax seal on thc lid with the impression DR. MCLANK'S LIVER PILLS. Each wrapper hears the signatures of C. Mc LANK and FLEMING I?KOS. Insist upon having the genuine T>r. C. Mc I.ANK'S LIVKR PILLS, prepared by Heming Hms., of Pittsburgh. Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name Mclstlliv, spciicd differently but same pronunciation. |^ Thii important organ weighs tut about tliree 0pound*, anti all the H. .. I In a living person tabuut three gail uns) passes through it at least once every lialf hour, to luve thc bile a.i.l ul!.cr impurities # strained or filtered from it. llilc in the natural rj: purgative of thc liowt.lt, anti if the Liver becomes Wi toroid lt is nut separated from thc blood, but car ?_ ried through thc veins to alt part? of she system, gH?and in trying lo escape through the pores of the .-j I skin, causes it to turn yellow or a dirty brown " color. The stomach becomes diseased, and Dys bjpeptia. Indigestion, Constipation, Headache, Hili ".'oUiresv, Jaundice, Chills. Malarial Fevers. I'?cs, .SjSick and Sour Stomach, and general debility fol f. ilow. MBRHBLL'S HnfATiNS, thecrcat vegetable ^discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw Hoff from one to two ounces ol bile each time the ?blood passes through it, as locg aa there is an cx ?I cess of bile; and the clue, of even a few doses ?upon yellow complexion or a brown dirty h>okin? skin, will astonish all who try it-they being the mm first symptoms to disappear. 1'hc cure of all bill in ous diseases and Livct complaint is made certain BS by taking HBTATINK In accordance w ith directions. H Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes, H and no disease that orites (rom Ute Liver can exist ?fl if a fair trial ls given. R9 SOLD AT. A SUBSTITUTE FOR PILLS ! BY ALL DRUGGISTS. I Price 25 Cents and $1.00 ILUNGS The fatality of Consumption or Throat and fia Lung- Dil-ajes, which sweep to the grave at least U oae-third of all death's victims, arises from tho M Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu* M pefics as the work of death gees cn. Sto.ooo will '"j Le paid if Opium or Morphine, or any preparation fji ot opium, morphine or r rustic Acid, eau L- fuuui? pH In the GLOSS FLOWER COUCILSYRI-?*, which has ma cured people who are living to-day with but one remaining tung. No greater wang can be dono & than to say that Con' utnption is Incurable. Tho U GLOBS FLOW BR COUCH ivaerwill cure it when ? all other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough, j Asthma, Bronchitis, and ?il diseases of the throat r*i and lungs. Read the testimonials of the Hon. bi Alexander H. Stephens, Gov. Smith and Ex-Gor. Drown of Ga., Hon. Geo. Peabody, as v.?ll -a? U those o* Mhcr remarkable cures In our book-free Ci to all a. JO drug stores-and be convinced that if M you wish to be ? red you can bc by takiug tho 0 GLOBO FLOWBR COUCH SYRUP. j Take no Troches or Loienges for Sore Throat, IH when you can ret GLOBB FLOWBR SYRUP at samo TH prica. For tale by >dl Druggists 1 (Price 25 Cents and $1.00 .BLOOD j Grave mistakes are mad? in the treatment of all -^ diseases that arise frOtuDOlsoa ir, tho bSooii. Not ?pt one case of Scrofula, Syphilis, White Swelling, Ulcerous Sores ?nd Skin Disease, In ? thousand, |[J '* *rr -ted w ithout the ute ot Mercury In some form. I , M.rcury rots the bones, and thc diseases it pro* Bj dttces are worse than any other kind of blood or _j skin disease ian Le. DR. PSMJI'JTDS'SSTH ON CIA or QIIKUN'S DBLIGIIT ls the only medicino Sal upon which a hope of recovery from Scrofula, Sy ^? ptiilis and Mercurial disease? in ?ll stages, can ba |Hl reasonably founded. ?nd th?t will cur? Cancer. - fiUjCcc "sill be r~- -V 'he proprietors if Mercury, or any Ingredient not purely vegetable and haitn less can be found in it. WPrice by all Druggists fi.co. C. con* FLOWER CbtjGB SYRUP and MBHRELL'S IHI'PATIMR foR THE LIVRR for sale by all Drug gists in zs cent and ti.uo baldes. A. ?. MSHEELL Xs CO., Proprietors, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Groceries. Ont line of FAMILY GROCERIES complete. Fine TEAS, vii. : Gunpow der, Young Hyson, Oolong and English Breakfast-a Spccialtv. A. B. TOWERS ? CO. Oct 10 13 Corn Sheller. DKXTF.lt 0OP.N SHELLER, which separates tito cobs from thc corn, ant! DEXTER STRAW CUTTER. Formo a will please cull and soo them. A. li. TOWEllS A CO, Viw T. 1W IT_ _ THE LADIES ILL always And something attractive in our largo lins of Print*, new styles; CaMiiiiercs, Alpacas, Mohairs, etc. Shawls, Blankets, Toilet Quilts, Bleached, Brown and Cheeked Ilomcpnns. Don't forget, thc iilace. No. 4 Granite Row. A. ll. TOWERS A CO. Sept 20, 187S ll ?cs? make nonoy faster /ork for us than at anything elrv. Capital rein Ired s wo will start you. ?12 per day at homo mano by th Industrious. Mt-n, women, boy? stitt girls-war.? ted ?very wberv to work for us. Now U lUo tims (Vally cut flt ant! Urns, f rs*. Add ross Tu WK A Co. .dugw.ta.Maln?. _' 1 bruin ?ss you ?sn an g .gu In. SS io groper day mads by any work er of either sex, right lu th au own locallllea. Particular, and aamplaa fra?. Improv* your spare UKI e. at till, ba?, inoas. AjBrSSS ftrnssos ? Or>" Portland. Mai*? Q??C a weak In yonr own tows. SS outal frei. Uly O Ho risk. Kr?der, tr you want a bnsinrsxat ? nit-1. person, of ?lilt tr M-X eau snake K" ?? \*J all tho limo thay work, writ? for parti ?u lu * to ll. IlALLarrr A<V>., Vorstand. Mains._ .osMBS)t%?xsBivus>H??*tc aHIIVav F. W. WAGENER & CO., CHARLESTON, S. C., COTTON FACTORS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS. Agent) fur the Celebrated Revertible Cotton Tie. Agenta for the Oriental Gun Powder Company. Agents for the California Vinegar Company. Agents for the Georgia (?rang?; Fertilizers. Agenta for Old Crow Whiskey. In addition to our Cotton and Naval .Store Department, we bavo eitabluhari a Country I'roduce Department, for which wc solicit shipment*. April "|H. 1878_40_ _ _ty CHEAPER THAN EVER. TOLLY tho Loader of LOW IMHO ES. ?ji)K ut tome of the figures ut which you can buv Feruiluro ut ia Anderson > j Good Hurd Wood Cottage Hcdsteadsut $2.50; without Slats ami Cantors, $2.00. Towel End and Drawer Washstands, $1.35. I ?urge Wardrobes, $11.00. Large Tiu Bafea, with two doors and drawer. $.~t.i*>. (Jooil. strong Rocking Chairs, fl. 40. (.'une Uottoin Choirs, per set, $?1.00. Tainted Chamber Kfts. consisting of Dress Bureau, Bedstead, Washstand und Table, $U.??>; with four Chairs und Hocking Chair, complete, $lff.75. Walnut Chamber .Suits, consisting of high head-board French Bedstead, Hurtan, with Arch Standard and tilosa, Washstand and Table, $23.75; with lour fine Walnut ( hairs and Oval Hack Bocking Chair, $;ii.7l?. And everything else in proportion. I bave on hand a very large Slock, from a fi fl cen dollar Suit up to a two hundred dollar Suit. I claim to yell cheaper than (?leenville, and will duplicate any bill that eau be bought ibero. Ci. F. TOUT, Depot Street. Oct-1. l?7f 12 Eminent Chemists and Physioiano certify that these coeds are froo from ailultorntion, rioher, moto effective, produce better results than any others, and that thoy UB9 them in their o%vn families. Bil TS lYf HTI'fl UNIQUE PERFUMES are the Oems of all Odors. K MK li H \ TOOTHEKE. Au agreeable, healthful Liquid Dentifrice, l! I lllUll ll LEMON SUCAK. A substitute for Lemons. fc *i-s-v-*J EXTRACT JAMAICA GINGER. From tho puru rooL STEELE &. PRICE'S LUPULIN YEAST GEMS. lite liett liry Hop Yeast in tho WorlO. STEELE & PRICE, Maiifrs,, Chicago, St. LOU?B & Cincinnati. Buy only the NEW AMERICAN IT 18 THC Only Sowing Machine WHICH I1A3 A k h&s Self Setting Kooilo. Never Breaks the Throad. Ki7er Skips Stitches. Is tho Lightest Huming. The Simplest, the Most Dur able, and in Every Fespect The Best Family Sewing Mine! The "NEW AMERICAN" is easily learned, dorn .iot get out of order, and will do more wor!, with less laDor than any othei machine. Illustrated Circular fuini6h?d on application. AGENTS WAKTED. J. S. DO VE Y Manager. ru K. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. C. A. REED, Agent, Anderson, Dec 5, ls?s f Special iuduccmcnta for casii. 21 ly YIR.QIITIA HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S- C. - A. J. DODAMEAD, .... I'Kor-Kinrron. T> TI' S House is conveniently located-41 Main street, near State House-being within five minutes' wall: of thc business portion of thc city and the depot. The rooms aro large and well ventilated. Hods clean and comfortable. Tho table is supplied with thc best the market altords. Hates reduced to suit the time?. Hourd and Lodging, i>or dav, $1 .10- ministers, $1.00. H. A. WILSON, Mutiugor. Dee ft, 1X78 24 DR. M. W. CASE'S Liver Remedy BLOOD PURIFIER Tonic and Cordial, j This Ia not a patent medicine, but ls prepared | nuder Uie direction of Hr. M. \V. Case, mun his , favorite prescription, wliich In an extensivo ! prncU *3 of over twenty-seven yeare he has found . milkt eCucUve in all cases of disordered H vcr or I Impuro Mood. It is AOTX-BILIOTJS. It arts directly npon thc liver, rctortnor lt when dlstaicd to Its nomi- i condition; und In rcpulalliig tim activity of tills great plana every other oigan of tho sy.-tem ls benefited. In Wood Piscases it hus no equal as u pnritlcr. lt im proves dire-.il-jii. mid icsiat.i nature to ellmlnato ? all Impurities from thu system; and while it is tho cheapest nio-.llcino in Uio market, it is also siipcilor to all known remedies. Whila lt ls I moro effectual Uian niuo Wast, it is mild and perfectly rafe,containing nothing tliut can in the slightest degreo injure ino system, lt docs not sicken or i?ivo pain; neither docs it weaken tho patient, nor lcavo tho system coiustipatcd, us do most otlier medicines. ^^?1^0 Idvesr Complaint, Dyo *AJ ls J pepsin, Hiltons Fever, vdnrhr, Slctti?eada^he^ Water-Brash, Ilrarttmrn, Mick Stomach, Jannelle*. Colic, Vertigo, ateuralula, Palpitation os the Ucarty I-Vmnlo ?rrruujarltlea and WcnkarM, all ?kin rv id Blood Diseases, Worms. Fever nul Ague, cud Constipa tion of the Howth. In ?mall doses ti ta also a sroro care for i Chronic Ul arr lice a. Tufa.cn two or three times si dny, lt pre? Tenu Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, Scarlet ?."ever, Cholera,and Small-Pox. HOW TO BE Usc Dr. Case?? tiver -Vjr -V.-* m>? s Remedy aaa Blood YOUR OWN Partner, a pleasant T8>^/Vlirvv5 Tonic and Cordial, JUCvfOR ANTI-UILIOVK. And save your doctor hills. Only 25 cts. a bottle. It ls tho most cffcctlvo and valuable medicino ever uucau io liio Amen can peopic. As rnsi as ita merita bc co ru o known, lu use becomes universal in every community. No family will bo without lt aftur having once tested ita great Taluo. It has provod an InesUmable blasting to thornlands who havo used it, bringing bark health andrtrcneth to those wno were seemingly at death's door, Prepared ai tho Laboratory of Die Homo Medicine Co., Philadelphia, Fa. Price per Bottle, 2?o. Extra largo Slzo.Tia. sar-Por sala by DnitcUU, A QBNTS_ '"wieraloiorcai.audAgents. Xh. x!/AJ*r?Y>'Zi> Sold wholesale and retail by HOWIE & MOISE, Ohurlcston, S. 0." _ ?'AffiS?p"PF.?T&CKM -?T. ALO, Blfl?. U?.eHIHERY. nxZi RXDU?CD AH. -O, '78. {'.n.ijd.u free. Ofrica, Tosa, Va. DURHAM mm TOBACCO KOSCEIPTIO?? FREE! ToTtheepeedy ?? "rc ortk-nilnat Wi-Hknr'.*. l^t lian hood ami nil disorders broaehl on hy Indle cretton ores??*, ?ny nrurtut hiv? Un Irra d?enla- Ad^rew*. Or. TV. JatttTK * ?.?-? ta? seyv sVsctaa murern*, CaeWdassiaU. &. South Carolina Railroad. CIIARLKSTOH, Nov'r9.1?7? On sud af*?r Sunday, loth lest., P???9Pg--'rTrsi.?! ?rill run on fol ..vii: von auuusea. ts o ml^y morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.9:13 a m nnd7..lo u m Arri tu ?i Augusta.5.iW p in and 6:55 a ai ron cot.un ni A. (?uud:ty luomlug excepted.) - v.i Charlcaton nt.7:."!0 a m an-l R:S0 p ai Arriva at Columbia.1:115 j. m autl 7.?-, a m VOU CI1AULKSTOM. (Sunday inuriiing uxrejitud.) i.fnru AtlglialaaL..Hiail a m *iul 7:30 p m A rrivo at fharlcstoil.-.4:20 p in an-l 7:15 a m Leave Coltini'dia at.a-'J"> p in and 8:00 p ut Arrive nt Charleston.9:49 p ni and c. 15 a m Above Schedule mahdi clo<c connectloa at Co~ I il ni bia with (iri-oiiTillo aud Columbia llullroad and Charlotte road, and at AiiKimta with Macos and Atlanta trains, 3. S. SOLOMONS, SupcrUilcuiliiut, 8. H. l'lcui:*.-!, Ccn.rnvt Tiekut A);r-nt. Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANUK OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Train run dally, Sunday rxmpiud, conncetlng with the Night Train? un bouth Caro .Ina Kallroail, up and dowu. Ou und after Wo?Iii?;?<lav. N.)TC-IUIH.T 18, 1878, tho folloftlug will hu thc ticliudulu: *" UP. Leave CohiTiblaat-.-.8 13 a ui I. -av? Alston.10 UO a in l.ruvo Newlierry.Il 2:1 a m Leave Hoiges.2 <5 p m Leave Belton.-I vu p ru Arriva at Ureonvills.} 45 p m DOWN. Ix-avaOrcanvlUsat.".. 8 40 a m Leave H?lton.io 30 a m Leave Hodges._|J {?ri p m Leave Newberry.3 10 p ni I.e.,vf Alston. 4 30 p tu Arrive at Columbia.fi CS p m ANDERSON BRANCH A BU'E RTDOB R. R. Dally, except Mundays, betweeu ll, I tun and And erson. Tri-weekly between Anderson and Walhal la, viz.: Li are W udialla for Anderdon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; leave A udarsoii for Wal halla Tuesdays, Thursdays and Haturdayt. UP. Lear? neltnn._._.. 4 JO p m Laave Anderson.S 15 y m Leave Pendletou.6 lu p ta I.' .iv.) Perryvllle. fi 50 p tn Arrive at Walhalla._.7 SO p m DOWN. Learo Walhalla. 7 00 a ra Leave Perryvllle.7 4? s ta Leave Pendleton.8 SO a ja - Audorson.?.- 1? VA a >n Arrivant Kelton.lu 15 a m THOMAS DODAMKAD. 6?u. 8m.'l THE LOUlSVILIiE Hardware ! OUBKtocic of HARDW ARK cannot be excelled In the Town. Tools, Lock?, Pocket omi Tabla Cutlery, Screw*, Hinges, and Blacksmith's bellows, Aifila, Visse, Har-1friars and Tongs, A/o. XOVT?W? & aa. C/ONCEDRD to bt th? bast, nawslast, brlghlaat and most attractive weekly paper In th? Units? Btatea-good for all latitudes, climates aufl peoples; popular with the old and young ; Invaluable ts politician! of >olb parllee; {air and libiral in Ita treatment of all nattera of public latrmt ; a rep resentativo Southern nsvrtpaper ; edited by Hon. Henry Watterson-offor? remarkable injucemonta to new subacribert and agents. Speelufa eoplee free. IS a year ; ?1 CO lu el nbs. Elegant and val uable preratume. Du rbi g tha holiday* ? Double Numbor will ba prlntel. consisting of elflhty losjeolurans ea a single abeot, 4Sx60 Inchrs-TH P. LA Uti 1ST PAPER IN TH H WOULD-with nov?]oUes and ahelea reallng niatUr in variety-a sopy of which will bo prose? tud |0 erary new subscriber. Add reit W. N. HALDK1IAN, PrcildentC?nrltl-Jflu.tnat?u, ?c*i**,*ii?^ K*^t IMA vs, um tm ? SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY, Conducted by J. G. HOLLAND. Tho Handsomest Illustrated Magaslue lu thc Wnrldi rilliK American cdlthm ts now more than 70, \_ OOO Munt lily, anti lt liss a larger circulation In England tltau any other American Magasine. Every number contains al. m: ono hundred and OUf pages,and from fifty to sevouty-?ve original wood-cut illustrations. Announcements for 1378-79. Among the attractions for tho coming year oro lln> following: "JIAWORTJI'fl," a serial novel, hy Mrs. Francos Hodgson Hu nutt, author <>f "That Lais o' l/iwrlo's."" Th? scene I* laid In Lancashire; thc hero ls n young Inventor of Ameritan 1 i rt h. "Haworth'*" ii tl/u longest story Mrs. Burnut lu?a yet written. It will run through lw< Ive "umbers, beginning with Nu vcnibor, IH78, and wi i be profusely UlttatratciL PAIJ.'ONHEIKi, a serial io.ti l, by ll. II. Iloyo. r*n, author of "Cuunar," "Tho Man ? ho Lost hts Name," Ac, the author graphically describe* tho peculiarities of Norse immigrant life in a Western settlement. A STORY OK NEW ORLEANS, hy CrnrguW. Cable, to be begun ?II the conclusion of "Falcon berg." This ?ill exhibit society in Creole Louisi ana shout thu years 1*03-1-5, tho time of the Ces? sion, n perlud hearing a remarkable lil;?-n. : s lo tko present ltt*oiiitructft?n period. PORTRAITH OF AMERICAN POETS.-This ?e'lc? (begun In August with the portrait of Hry aut) ?ill he continued, thal of Longfellow appeas ing In November. These |x.rtrail? aro drawn frtiat life by Wyatt liat?n and nigra.-id hy T. Cole. U luatratrd sketche* of the lives of the pouts will ae> coinirstry these portraits-?=r STUDIES IN TilE SIERRAS-A series of sa per? (mollir Illustrated) by John Muir, thc Calf rornln naturalist. Th" seri?* will f ketch th? Cali fornia l'a-to*, Lakes. Wind Storni* and Forests. A NEW VIEW OF HR AZI L.-Ur. Herbert If Hmith, of Cornell University, n rompanion of shu late l'rof. Mailt, is now in Brazil, willi Ur. J. WflW Cham tilley (the artist who accompanied Mr. Ed ward King iu his tour through "The'?nat SoaSL") preparing for HcRIUNKR a serh'sof papers on sh* pn .?eut condition-th? cities, rivers and reseusMe of the great empira of Smith America. THE "JOHNNY HEH" PAPERS* br cu "ex Confederate'1 soldier, will he muong tux raaiest ( ont r iliut ?ons lo Sr HI IINKK during the coin I tig ynsa They ar? written and Illustrated hy Mr. Alica SX Redwood, of Ilallltuore. The first of the seria*. "Johnny Keb ut Way," appears in the HOVOIMUMS nuiulicr. Among tho additional series of papers lo sppftSS may Itu mentioned I bose on "How Shall we Spell,'* (two papers by l'rof. Ijounsbury), " Thc Kew South,* "I.awti-I'laiiting for Small Places," hy Samuel I'ar sonsof Klushlug; "Canada of To-Day," "American Art and Arti-.!*," ''American Archeology," "Mod ern I n venlors." Also, Paper* of Travel, History. Physical Science, Studies in Literature, Politisai sut] Social Science,Stories, Poems; "Topis* of tho Tillie," hy Or. J. li. Holland; record of New In tel.lions and Mechanical Improvements ; Papers on Education, Decoration, Ac; Hook Reviews;, fresh hits of Wit mid Humor, Ac, Ac. Terms, 84. a yoar in advance ; 35 cts. a Mo. Subscriptions received hy tba publishers of this naper, and hy all booksellers and postmasters. Persons wishing to subscribe direct with th? pnl> iUhers, should write natue. Post-olBco, County, and Stale, in lull, and send with remittance in chucks, P. 0. money order, or registered letter, to SCIttliNER A CO., 74 ? an 1 7tT Broadway, New-York. ST. ^SCHOLAS, Scribner's Illustrated iiMaga zine for Girls and Boys. An Ideal Children's Magazine. MESSRS. STIUIINER & Co., in 187.1, began tho publication of ST. NICKOLAS, nu Illustrated Magasine forlilrlsand Roys, with Mrs. Mary Mapes iJ.nlgi! as editor. The Magasine Luis won the high est position. It basa monthly circulation of ovev .10,000 conlon, ll ls puhll-h> .1 simultaneously lu London and New York, and tho transatlantic re cognition bi almost os general and hearty as tko American. AL0SR LY TUB WOULD Ol-' HOOKS i The* Now York Tribuno has said of lt: Ort NICHOLAS h t? reached a higher platform, ami com mands for Hs service willi r r?sonnes in ?rt and letters than any of Its predecessors orcontciiip.irn rles." 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NICHOLAS will contain short stories, pictures, ommis, humor, Instructive sketches, and the lore ol" "Jauk-in-the-FulpiL," .he "Very Lillie Folks" du|iarttueut, and tho "Letter-bos," and "Uiddlo box." Terms, $3.00 a year ; 2-1 cents a number. Subscription* received by the Publisher ef tlih? I'aiier. and by all Booksellers and Postmasters, Persons wishing to subscribe direct with tho pub lishers should write name. Post-office, County aad, State, in full,and scud with remittance In e'heck. P, I), money ord. r, or registered letter to SCRIBNER A CO., 743 ?roadway, New York. THE COLUMBIA REGISTER DA IL r, TH y. WEE KL Yt WEE KL Y. Ii EST NEWSPAPER EVER PUBLISHED CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Circulation Largo und Constantly Increasing WTE RESPECTFULLY INVITE THE YY ATTENTION of ibo reading coni munity to tbe excellent newspapers we aro now publishing ill Columbia. HIE REG ISTER is tbe only paper ever published at tltc capital of South Carolina which is con ducted" as uri; tbe loud i nu; dailies of the prin cipal i:lf tes of the country. Wo hore an able and distinguished con'? of editors-gontlu inen well known till over the Suite for their learning, ability and sound Democratic prin ciples; mon who have served tbe State and South on every occasion when thu demand arose for their nor vices, and wini may be safely depended upon us reliable leaden of the Democracy in the line of journalism. Tuts DAILY" RKUISTKU is a twenty-eight column paper. 24x;f8 indies, printed on good paper ami willi Iure:?, clear cut type, con taining tibi latest telegraphic news, full market reports, editorial muttor on tho leading occurrences of the times, and rejileto with interesting miscellaneous reading. Our correspondence iront Washington una other places of note gives an interesting resumo of all the Important events of the tiny. 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