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THE OUTPOST. Towards the latter part of the year 1751, the French, aided by vast bodies of the Hurons and Iroquois Indians, had began to make themselves disagreeable neighbors to the American colonies in Northern Virginia and the North west portion of New York State?the French by their encroachment on the frontier, and the Indians by tbeir numerous forays and savage barbarity to all who we*e un? fortunate enough to fall into tbeir hands. To put a stop to these aggressive pro? ceedings, numerous bodies, both of the regulars and colonial militia, were des? patched to the several points assailed; among-tbe rest a Col. Henry Innis, with a company of thirty men, was ordered to occupy a small outpost, or log fort, which at the'period, stood within a few miles from the North fork of the Alleghany .river. ' Having arrived safely at their quarters the little company set about righting up the old post to make it as comfortable as circumstances would permit*; aud this being done aud order once more restored, sentries were placed at all the advauced points Of the station, while the strictest vigilance was both enjoined and exer? cised by day aud night. j?< Among the Virginia riflemen who had volunteered into the company, was a tall manly looking young fellow who from fatal aud unerring skill as a marksman had'received the somewhat inspiring non deplume of Death. But with whatever justice bis name had been applied to him . for his skill, his disposition certainly en? titled bim to no such terror spreading epithet. On the contrary, he was the very life of the company. His rich fund of mother wit, large social propensities and constant good - nature rendered him a general favorite with the men; while the never failing stock of game which bis skill enabled him to supply the mess tabie of the officers with, not only, recommended bim to their good graces, but caused many a little shortcoming of his to be winked at and passed over in silence, which other? wise, perhaps, he might not have got over so easy. . The company had not been stationed at the fort more than a week, ere Death, ?in one of his excursions for game, dis? covered s. small farm house some three v' miles from the fort; where lived a certain Miss Hester Stanhope, whose equal in beauty and amiable qualities he had nev? er seen before. And to render himself still'more certain of the fact, he called on the following day under cover of pretense * of having left his powder flask. . - Death was invited to come again 1 by . farmer Stanhope, who happened to be from the same parish as the father of our hero; and we need scarcely say that the invitation was eagerly and joyfully ac? cepted, and as often as circumstances would permit, complied with. .The second week after this occurrence -.took place, was marked with two events, which; though singular, both affected the welfare of widely different degrees of importance.- The first was, Death had either lost his skill as a marksman or that Same -had- removed to a safer or more istant neighborhood, for the officers' larder had been found sadly wanting in the items of wood cocks, black-cocks, partmigan, &c, for the week past?and the second and most important of the two events, was, that in regular succession, four sentinels had disappeared from the extreme left line, without leaving the ..slightest trace to elucidate the mystery of their disappearance. The circumstance struck such a dread intathe breast of the company, that no oue could be found willing to volunteer to take the post?well knowing it would* be only like signing their owu death warrant to do so; and Col. Innis, not wishing to wilfully sacrifice the lives of his men by compelling tbem to go, enjoined double caution on the remainder of the sentinels, and left the post unoccupied for a night or two. Two or three reconnoitering parties had been dispatched off around the-neigh . borhood in the hope of finding some clue -to the mystery, or of finding some intel? ligence of the enemy, but each of them returned as wise as they started, with no reward for their trouble except weary bones. It was on the third night of the deser? tion of the post that our hero, Death, was 'returning to the fort, after paying a visit :to Stanhope's farm. The moon was up, but her light was nearly all obscured by the dense masses of clouds which at every few minutes were driven by a pret? ty stiff breeze over her face, while the ^huge trees, now all in full leaf, cracked and groaned, and bent their tall forma to and fro, as the heavy gusts rushed whis? tling in among their branches. Our hero bad approached within a hundred yards of the terminatiou of the forest that skirted the small open space in which the fort stood, when he sudden? ly paused aud crouching down unon his hands and knees crept cautiously forward a few paces. Having remained in this position for several minutes, he stealthily -again returned in the manner he had advanced, and plunged into the forest at a point considerably lower than where he had intended to leave it before. Col. Innis sat reading alone in his pri? vate apartment, when an orderly entered and informed him that one of the men wished to speak to him. "Send him in," said the colonel; aud at the next moment oar friend Death had entered, and made his bow to the com? manding officer. "Well, what scrape have you been get? ting into now?" said the colonel when he saw who his visitor was. "None, Colonel," replied Death, "but I have come to ask a favor." "Let ua hear it," said the Colonel, "and we will then see what we cau do." "Well, Colonel, it is simply this, if you will put the "rifles" under my orders for to-night, and let me occupy the deserted post, I will not only clear up the mystery of the disappearance of the sentries, but make the post tenable for the future." "But how?" said the Colonel, in intense surprise,. "I guess, Colonel," answered Death, "you had better let me have the men, and order us off, and I'll tell you the whole affair afterwards. I promise that not one shall receive a single scratch, that is'if they follow my directions implic? itly." "You are a strange mah,"said the Col? onel, "but I think I will let you have your way this time. When do you in? tend to start?" "In about an hour's time," answered the elated Death. "Very well, I will give necessary orders so that you can start when you think proper. And what is more, if you per? form all that you have promised and don't cause me to repent having honored . you, you shall have poor Campbell's ' place. Hector Campbell was a brave but very head strong young Scotchman, who had occupied the post of Lieutenant* at the fort. In a sudden freak of daring he volunteered to stand sentry at the fatal spot where three seutries had already mysteriously disappeared, aud he paid for his rashness with his life. "Now my lads," said Death, as in about an hour after his conversation with Col. Innis, he approached the deserted posts at the head of a dozen riflemen who bad been temporarily placed under his com? mand, "I will tell you what we are going to do. The long and short of the affair is simply this: it's a gang of them cussed ? thievin' Iroquois that have circumvented and carried off our four men?shooting them with tbeir rifles." "To-night as I was returning to the fort, I suddenly thought I beard the sound of several voices, and creeping on my hands and knees towards the spot, got near enough to hear and see that about a dozen Iroquois were then and there arranging their plans ' o sur prise-the fort to-night?intending to steal in upon it by the point which their cuss? ed deviltry had rendered so easy of ac? cess. I only stopped long enough to learn this, when I hurried off to the Col? onel and asked him to place you at my disposal; and here we are. I did not say a word to him about what I had learned*, being determined that if possible the "rifles" should have the honor of exter? minating the varlets. And now I ask yon-, are you willing and ready to follow my orders ?" Every man ch'eerfully answered in the affirmative; and with quickened pulse, and sanguine hopes, the little company moved forward again. The post consisted of a long narrow space, bounded on each side by a rocky shelving bank, while its extreme end was closed in by dark and impenetrable look? ing forests. The bank on each side of the pass was covered thickly with brush and under? growth, and among these Death now carefully concealed his men; taking care to arrange them so that their fire would cross each other, and bidding them not to fire until he bad given the signal, and after they had fired not to stop to reload, bot clubbing their rifles, to jump down and finish the struggle in that manner. With steady alacrity each man took up the post assigned bim ; and in another moment the spot presented the same lone, still and solemn appearance it bad pre? vious to their arrival. The little company had begun to grow very impatient, and Death himself feared they had either abandoned the attempt, or else changed their plan of attack, when suddenly 'his quick eye detected the form of one of his crafty foes issue, in a crouch? ing position, from the deep shadow which the lofty trees threw far up the pass. "Three, six,, nine, twelve, thirteen," counted Death, as one after another they emerged, in single file, from the wood, and with quick, cat-like stealthiuess of movement, advanced up tbe pass, their rifles in trail and their faces and bodies rendered still more hideous and ferocious looking by the grotesque markings of their war paint. On they came, swiftly and silently, and all unconscious of tbe fate that-was in store for them. The foremost of the band, whose com? manding stature, wolf-teeth collar, and eagle tuft, at once proclaimed him as the chief, had advanced until he was di? rectly opposite tbe bush in which Death was hid, when tbe latter, with startling distinction, suddenly imitated tbe cry of a night owl, and discharged his rifle. Eight of the Indians fell * by* the volleyj now poured in upon them, but strange to aay one of tbe five that did not fall was the chief that Death aimed at. This un? usual event was owing to tbe following cause: -thebranch of tbe bush on which be bad steadied bis aim in firing bad suddenly yielded at tbe moment he had discharged bis piece, rendering harmless his otherwise unerring aim. Uttering an imprecation at his ill luck, Death sprang down tbe bank with tbe rest of his companions, and with one bound reached the side of the Iroquois chief. They grappled and botb fell heavily to the ground, clasped in a fear? ful embrace; and darted glances of savage hatred at each other beneath their knitted and scowling brows. '?"Keep offT'-shouted Death, as he saw one or two of his companions in the act of stooping down to ausist him, "Keep off! and if he masters me let bim go." Over and over they rolled, writhing and straining, but seemingly neither obtaining any advantage over tbe other. At last toe head of tbe Iroquois sudden? ly came in contact with tbe point of a rock that protruded from tbe bank, stun? ning him so that he released bis vise grip of Death's throat; and tbe latter, thus released, springing to his feet finished bis career by bringing the heavy breech of bis rifle with sledge hammer force down on bis head. The remaining four Indians had been likewise despatched; and the victorious riflemen (none of whom had received any wound worth mentioning,) now set up such a shout of triumph-for-their vic? tory that the echoes of the woods rung it for minutes after. As Col. Innis promised, Death was promoted to the vacant post of Lieuten? ant ; and now dear reader, we beg to in? form you that our hero and the uncom? promising veteran, General Morgan, of revolutionary notoriety, were one and the same individual. About a fortnight af? ter this eventful night, Stanhope's farm became the scene of as much mirth, good eating and dancing, as could be possibly disposed of during twenty-four hours, and although we think it will be almost su? perfluous to do so, will add, that the cause of all this merry making was the marriage of the beauteous Hester Stan? hope to Lieutenant Henry Morgan. Authentic Account of Gen. Ouster's Death. The Milwaukio&enfiW's special corres? pondent at Miles City, Montana Territory, telegraphs a sensational story in the shape of a statement by Rain-in-the-Face, the Indian chief who killed Gen. Custer in the memorable Indian fight of June, 1876. From that day to this there has been a my s - tery hanging about the affair, from the fact that~n ot a man of Gen. Ouster's little band escaped death to tell the story of their fate, and tbe historian has no other source form which to fill the page than the horrible imagination which clustered around the dead and mutilated bodies of the gallant commander and his troops, heightened by the memories of the smouldering ruins of the Indian village, to capture which they paid the penalty of their recklessness with their lives. While tbe correspondent was in the merchandising house of Mr. J. J. Graham at Fort Keogh, three Indian chiefs, Rain in-the-Face, Two-Roads and Spotted Eagle, who surrendered to Gen. Miles last spring, came in as their custom, be? ing encamped only two miles away, on the Tongue River, for the purpose of conversation with Mr. William M. Courte nay, the., clerk, and interpreter of tbe establishment, in whom the Indians religiously believe. Mr.Courte nay was reading Whittaker's life of Ouster, and in turning the leaves of the book, one of tbe Indians c&nght sight of his own picture, which he imme? diately recognized. They then took the book from Mr. Courtenay and found all their portraits, but exhibited very little emotion of pleasure or otherwise until one of Gen. Custer was revealed. At this Rain in-the-Face became greatly excited, going through with all the gyrations of the war-daoce, and giv? ing the Sioux war-hoop at tbe top of his voice. After he hau1 got through with his wiid demonstration, but still exhibit? ing tbe greatest anger, be struck tbe picture with bis hand, and, with a domo niac sneer on his face, exclaimed in the Sioux tongue: "I killed him. I made many holes in him. He once took my liberty. I took his life. I am glad I did." On being told by a bystauder that Gen. Custer was still living, Rain-in the-Face became very violent, and hissed between his teeth: "Your tongue is forked," which is the Sioux figure for "you lie." Continuing be said: "I visited his body after the battle. I cut him open. I ate-a part of bis liver. I am glad I killed him. He was bad to my people. He killed many warriors." It is a superstition among the Sioux that by eating the liver of a valorous vic? tim the warrior so eating obtains all his prowess. This is the first authentic ac? count of Ouster's death ever given. ? The raising of horses in tbe great Yellowstone Valley of the far West has become an important and profitable business. Some of the herders have from 500 to 1,500 each, and dispose of their three-year old celts at from $50 to $100. The animals feed on grass alone, and the only shelter from the weather is roughly built sheds. I The Apportionment Bill. This Bill, passed by the House on the 30th inst., fixes the number of Represen? tatives in Congress at 319. Section 1 provides: "That from and after March the 3d, 1883, the House of Representatives shall be composed of 319 members, appor , tioned as follows: Alabama 8, Arkansas 5, California 6, Colorado 1, Connecticut 4, Delaware 1, Florida 2, Georgia 10, Illinois 20, Indiana 13, Iowa 10, Kansas 6, Kentucky 11, Louisiana 6, Maiue 4, Maryland 6, Massachusetts 12, Michigan 11, Minnesota 5, Mississippi 7, Missouri 14, Nebraska 3, Nevada 1, New Hamp? shire 2, New Jersey 7, New York 33, North Carolina 10, Ohio 21, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 28, Rhode Island 2, South Carolina 6, Tennessee 10, Texas 9, Ver? mont 2, Virginia 10, West Virginia 4, Winconsin 8. The present membership is 293. Some of our exebauges are already deploring the increase of the House by 26 mem? bers, which it is gravely contended will so enlarge the chamber as to make "con? fusion worse confounded." This is a striking illustration of how printer's ink disturbs our common sense. Why does not every oue at all familiar with' assemblies or large public bodies know that the interjection of 26 members into a house of 293 would not be appre? ciable to the eye or ear of the most accustomed observers ? Again, we can? not see way a bouse of 500 members is not just as easily managed under the rules necessary to preserve order in an assembly of 250 men as 250 would be. So far as other civilized States are con? cerned, they seem to get along quite as well as we do in their legislative bodies ?with much larger numbers. The British House of Lords consists of 479,,-members; the House of Commous of 658. The French assembly has over 700 members, and the German Reich? stag consisted in 1873 of 382 members. 'The Reichstag is elected by universal direct suffrage and by ballot at the aver? age rate of one deputy for every 100,000 inhabitants. This body is very much in the nature of our Congress, coming from the, several States of Germany. It is hard to see why the people of free Amer? ica should not have a representation coming as near to the people as prevails in the German Empire. If we had the same representation that the people of the. German.States have, the representa? tion an Congress would be some 500. If we had a proportionate representation to the British House of Commons, we would have one in about 50,000 inhabitants, or 1,000 members of Congress; and with the representation of the French people, about the same membership of 1,000, or rather more. A bouse of a thousand in order can be readily addressed, and one of 293 in coufusion is as utterly beyond reach as if it were 1,000. The true matter of representation \s the sufficient proximity of the represen? tative to his constituency as to make him familiar with the people and their more immediate wants and wishes. With the rate of representation of the German Reichstag, South Carolina would have some 10 representatives in Congress, and the local interests be much better represented than it can be now. One representative to every 100,000 inhabitants, if the people are to have representatives of their own, seems to us not unreasonable; and finding this rate of representation recognised by a great practical Empire like Germany, seems to go very far in justifying an increased, rather than a diminished representation in Congress. But somebody gets a notion in his head and then it gets into a newspaper, and is mechanically handed around from one to the other, without the exer? cise of any brain at all, until it turns out to be a foolish or unnecessary abridg? ment of popular rights put forward in the name of the people.? Columbia Reg? ister. Agricultural Notes. ? Nebraska's importation of sheep last year was about two hundred thou 'sand. ? There were 1,223 failures among British farmers last year, 208 less lhau in 1879. ? According to BradstreeVs, the amount of lumber manufactured in the leading Michigan districts during the year 1880 was 3,938,187,227 feet, an increase of 651,510,514 feet over the pro? duction of 1879. More than niie-third of the demand, or about 6,000,000,000 feet was supplied by Michigan, Wiscon? sin aud Minnesota. ? Great Britain and the United States are reported to consume one-third of the world's production of sugar. Great Britain consumes seventv-four pounds per capita, and the United States forty two-pounds per capita, and Russia only seven pounds per capita. Ninety per cent, of the sugar used in the United States is imported frouv abroad, and it forms one-seventh of all our imports. ? The manufactures of agricultural implements have doubled in the United States during the last tan years. In 1850 this industry gave employment to 5,361 hands. This year it gives employ? ment to 40,680. .Ohio leadu off, employ? ment 10,248 people in this branch of manufacture. Illinois follows closely with 8,000. New York next with 7,237, and then Pennsylvania employing a few over 3,000. Twenty years ago all this class of manufacture was confined to New York and the New England States. ? The number of eggs consumed in this country is enormous, and has been rapidly increasing for a quarter of a century. As many as 10,000,000 have been shipped to New York annually from Montreal alone, and it is computed that more than thrice ?hat number come East from Ohio and the interior States. Eggs are reported as very scarce and. dear this winter in Great Britain, where some 400,000,000, valued at near $8,000 000, are annually imported, mainly from the Continent. It has been estimated that the consumption in the United States reaches more than 1,000,000,000 every year. ? Last year 3,759,743 gallons of wine and 133,764 gallons of brandy were received at San Francisco from the inte? rior of California, against 3,364,607 gal? lons of wine aud 93,506 gallons of brandy in 1879. The vintage of 1880 has been estimated officially at between 10,000,000 and 12,000,000 gallons, of the value of $3,312,500. From $100,000 to $150,000 should be added for grapes used for table use, and about $100,000 for raisins, mak? ing the grand total value of the grape production of the State about $3,500,000 in the producers' hands. Seed Corn.?Now is the time to commence to look after your seed corn ; don't wait until the day you are going to plant, and then send a couple of darkeys into your barn to bring out anything they can get hold ofthat is sound, but go to work and select it yourselves at inter? vals you may have in your more active labors. Nothing pays -better for the trouble than a careful selection of good seed, whether it be corn,?cpttoti: or any? thing else. Nub from, both ends of the cob, saving for seed-only straight tows and well formed, grains!.* Examine your cotton seed that you have- saved. for, planting, and see whether they are in good condition. There has been a great deal of rain, and sometimes seed that has been placed iri moisturo freely, astonish the owner about planting time by being in very good condition as manure, but not worth a cent as seed. ? Four hundred acres is cultivated in grapes around Cbarlottaville, Va. ? Wayne MacVeagb, the new Attor? ney General, parts his hair in the middle and cuts bis official opinions bias. P. K. McCULJ A". D. S. TAYLOR. rCULLY & TAYLOR, ANDERSON, S. 0. CASH COTTON BUYERS AND DEALERS IN :dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps, trunks, umbrellas, grain, molasses, provisions. Agents for the Sale of Georgia Grange Ammoniated Bone, Georgia Grange Fertilizer, Empire Guano, Monarch Guano, Wagener Ammoniated Bone, Wagener's Fertilizer, Wagener's Acid. Danl. Pratt Gin Co's Revolving Head Gins, Feeders and Condensers. SEWANEE FLOUR MILLS. InsLiranoe Department. LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. 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Rogers has applied to nie to grant him Letters of Administra? tion on the Personal Estate of Elizabeth Rogers, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred ami creditors of the said Elizabeth Rogers, deceased, that they be and appear before nie in the Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson C. H. on Friday, the 1st day of April, 1881, after publication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not he granted. Given under my hand, this 15th day of March, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. March 17, 1881_3G_2 Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. In the Court of Common Pleas. James B. Moore, Plaintiff, vs. W. R. Red? mond, Defendant.?CompldTnt to Foreclose Mortgage. BY virtue of a Decretal Order to nie di? rected in the above stated case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., on SALEDAY IN APRIL, 1881, the following described Tract of Land, to wit: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, Containing one hundred and thirty-six acres, more or less, bounded by lands of A. A. Bowie, Estate of James Morris, the Gilmer estate, Daniel K. Watkins, and on the West by Seneca River. Tkums of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. March 10,1881 35 4 MASTERS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. Court of Common Pleas. I T. T. Wakefield, Administrator, vs. Harriet May, ct ah?Complaint to Sell Lands, to pay Debts. BY virtue of an order of sale to me di? rected in the above stated case, I will sell at Anderson C. H., S. C, at public out? cry, on SALEDAY IN APRIL, 18.81, the Land described in the pleadings as the Real Estate of Tucker W. May,deceased, to wit: TRACT NO. 2, Situate in Anderson County, adjoining lands of John N. Harkness, Joseph Hall and John Hall, containing SGI acres, more or less. Terms of Sale?One-third cash ; the re? mainder on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale. Purchaser to give bond, with mortgage, to secure the same, and to pay extra for papers. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. March 10,1881 35 _ 4_ SHERIFF'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of various Executions to me directed, I will expose to sale on the first MONDAY in APRIL, A. D. 1881, at Anderson Court House, South Carolina, the following Tracts of Land, to wit: The Gambrell Tract, containing one hun? dred and fifty-live (155) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Harper Gambrell, Lewis Johnson and others. The Horton Tract, contniningseventy (70) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of M. G. Cox, Carter Chatman and others. The Manly Tract, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of A. J. Stringer, Carter Chatman and others. The Allen Tract, containing one hundred and fifty (150) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of M. P. Tribble, the homestead and others. The Pruitt Tract, containing seventy-five (75) acres, more or less, bounded by lands of M. P. Tribble and the Allen Tract. The Osbornc Tract, containing one hun? dred (100) acres, bounded by lands of Wil? liam Telford, M. G. Cox and others. All the above tracts of land levied on as the property of John J. Mattison, in favor of Sloan & Seignous, and others, against John J. Mattison. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchasers to pay extra for all necessary papers. A re-survey of the above tracts of land will be made before the day of sale, and plats of the same can be seen by calling on the Sheriff at his office. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Sheriff of Anderson County, S. C. March 10, 1881_35_4_ Crtcya, weolc. Sl2 a day at home easily made Costly j ?P? AwtlR free. Address True A Co., Augusta, Me ! 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RoWEU A Co 10 Spruce si, New York, can learn the exact cost of any proposed line of ADVERTISIXUIuAmerican Newspapers. ??>- 100-page Pamphlet, 25 cents. LANDRETHS' 1 SEEDSSBEST If not sold in roar town, yon can get them by mail Drop us a Potto'- Card for Cata? log-no and Prices. The Oldeit and matt txteneire Seed t/roucM in the United Statei. DAVID LANDKETH & SONS,Philad a.,Pa, GUNSMITH! IAM prepared to repair GUNS, PIS? TOLS, SEWING MACHINES, itc, at short notice. I have a full stock of Gun Material on hand, and guarantee all work done. Office in front room over New York Cash Store. E. W. SOUTH. Feb 17,1881 32 8m s T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County By W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, A. W. Thompson lias ap? plied to me to grant him letters of admin? istration on the Personal Estate and effects of Mrs. L. H. Taylor, deceased. These arc thercforo to cito and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. L. H. Taylor, deceased, to bo and ap? pear beforo mo in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the first day of April, 1881, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the .said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 15th day of March, 1881. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. March 17, 1SS1_3l>_2_ PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS. THE Plymouth Rock is one of the finest and largest Chickens grown, and is becoming more popular as it is better known. I have a limited number of Eg from this stock, and also from other breeds, which arc pure, and which I will sell at two dollars per dozen. Orders addressed to me at Anderson, S. C, will receive prompt and careful attention. Persons wishing Eggs should send in their orders at once, stating the kind of Eggs desired, as they will be filled in the order received. FRANK CRAYTON. _Jan 27, 18S1 _ _29_14 GET THE BEST. J?IGTIONAflJfstIPPLaimTi PablishedbyG. &C. MERRIAM. Springfield, Mass. 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J, Alto Webster's National Pictorial Dictionary. 9 1040 Pages Octavo.* 600 Engravings. MARBLE YARD. SAMUEL MURPHY, Anderson, S. C, DEALER and Manufacturer of Mona? monfs, Monumental Head? stones, Tombs, Vases, Etc. As I am a practical workman, and do work my? self, I can afford to furnish anything in my line cheaper than any one else. Working only the best grades of marble, I am able to give better satisfaction to my customers, and guarantee all work that leaves my shop. I work only new designs. Call and see me at my shop on Depot Street, and he con? vinced of these facts, before purchasing elsewhere. June 17,1880_49_ly_ BLUE STONE. WE have just received a large lot of | Blue Stone, which will be sold CHEAP for CASH. CLOVER SEED. IF YOU want FRESH CLOVER SEED call on us and you can get it. DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY And everything kept in a first-class DRUG STORE always on hand in the greatest abundance. WILHITE & WILHITE, No. G, Granite Row. 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I am prepared to take care of the County travel and regular boarding at reasonable rates at the Benson House. Meals 2") cents. Lodging 25 cents. THOS. M, WHITE, geh 20. 1880 _ 33_ The Wiliiamston Female College EKSPF.CTFULLY offers: its services lo those pa? rents wko desire to seen re for their daugh? ters Ui? thorough and symmetrical cultivation of their physical, intellectual, and moral powers. It is conducted on what is called the "ONE-STUDY" PLAN, with a SjiCMI-ANNC.w. C'ovitsii of Study; and, by a system of Tuilional Premiums, its Low Hates are utadesti.l lower for all who average 85 percent. No Public Exercises. No"itcccplions." Uraduation, which is always private, may occur ei.e;lit limes a year. For full information, write for an Illustrated Catalogue. Address Kcv. S. LAN? DER. PrwMent, WSIllamaton. 3. v.. 1;?IK Application for Charter. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the under J3I signed will apply to the Clerk of the Court of Anderson County for a Charter of the "Grcelcy Institute," situate in the town of Anderson, S. C, under provision of an Act.'nf the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to provide for flic granting of certain Charters," approved Feb. 20th, 1874. JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chi.i'ii. Board Tritstess G. 1. Fcb 24, 1881 33 5 PTTOiT-i ?v^ BEQQiu A valuable Discovery and New Departu-e In Med? ical Science, an entirely New and positively offectKo Hmnody for t ho speedy and permanent Cnn for tlrj deplorable dlseaso resulting from lndlscreot pracilcoi or oxcessea in youth or at any tlmo of life, by the only true wny, viz: Direct Application acting by Ab? sorption, and oxerting its specific lnfluoncoon tha Vesicles. Ducts, and Qlnnd, tbat are unablo to per? form their oatural fuoctlons while tbls dlsoaso per? vades the human organism. 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During the eight years that it has been In general use, we have thousands of testi? monials as to Its value, and It is now conceded by tbo Medical Profession to bo tho moat rational means yet discovered of reaching and curing this very prevalent trouble, tbat Is well known to bo tho cause of untold misery tu so many, and upon whom quacks prey with their ueoless nostrums and big fees. The Remedy is put up in neat boxes, of three sizes. No. 1, (enough to last a month,) s3; No. 3, (sufficient to effect a per? manent cure, unless In sovore cases,) SB; No. 3, (lasting ovor three months, will restore those In tho worst condltlon.l s7. Sont by mall, in plain wrappers. Full DIRECTrONB for using: will occompany EACH box. f Sctul for aeair.,1 Descriptive Vsmj?^ \lcts giving Anatomical Illustrations and Testimony, which trill convince the wont skeptical that they canbe re? stored to perfect health, and the vital forces thoro'ly re-established same WM if never affected. 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C. 37?lj Perry, Houston Co.. Ga., Jan. 28, 18S0. In the year 1873, there were two negro prisoners confined in the jail of this county, who were very badly afllictcd with that loathsome disease Syphilis. In my ollicial capacity as Ordinary, I employed Capt. C. T. Swift, then a resident of this place, to cure them, under a contract, "rut cure, no pay." He administered to them his celebrated Syphilitic Specific, and in a few weeks I felt bound, ander my contract, to pay him out of the county treasury, as he had cflected a complete and radical cure. In testimony I hereunto set my official signa *,?"?,* Mure and seal. I Seal I A. S. GILES, ???,?'? Ordinary Houston County, Ga. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1879. We tako pleasuro in saying that the S. S. S. is giving good satisfaction. We have had excellent results from a number of cases. One gentleman, who had been confined to his bed six weeks with Syphilitic Rheumatism, has been cured entirely, and speaks in the highest praiso of it. It also acts well in primary as In secondary and tertiary cases. -7-.- CHILES & BERRY. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors, Atlanta, Go. Sold by Simpson, Rnid k Co., and Wllhite & Wilhite, Anderson, S. C. Call for a copy of "Young Men's Friend." Nov IS, 1880 19 1ml CURES AW^9=?i CURE IIIDIQESTION, fiff juarafr L0ST AppET,TE' Oiuousness, ^^^afT Sour Stomach. BickHeadashe ^fe gfl Foul Bheath, c0sttvenes3. LOW spirit9, dyspepcia, ^^SSSBKrWi enlargm'T Of ffl It IsfiO veara the oldest, and only genuine Sim? mons Medicine no w In market. Prepared only by C. F.Simmons & Co. S810-W Clark Av. St. Lou K successors to M. A. Simmons, M. I). In25c ant 51 bottles and packages, Sold by All Druggists. South Carolina Railroad. On and after Thursday, January C, 1881, Passen? ger trains will run as follows: DOWN. Leave Columbia.COO p ni 9.f!0 p m Arrive at Charleston.11.10 p m 7.00 p ra Arrive at Augusta.7.55 a m UP. Leave Charleston. 0.20am 8.10 pm Arrive at Columbia.11.30 am 5.29 am Close connections iuad<; with Greenville and Co lumblu Itailriuul to and from Wiilhalls, Grecnvillo, Anderson, Spnrtanhurg, Flat Rock and Henderson TlllC. Day trains run daily, Sundays excepted. Night train's run daily, Sundays included. Sleeping cars on all night trains?berths only $1.50. On u ednesdays and Saturdays connection is made at Charleston with steamers for New York, and on Tuesdays and Saturdays with steamer St. John for Jacksonville and St. John's River points. Passenger trains to Augusta leave Charleston at 9 a. m. and 1C.15 p. in., md arrivo at Augusta at :i.2<) p. in. and 7.50 a. m , making connections daily with trains of Central Htolroadof Georgia, and of the Georgia Railroad, for Macon, Atlanta and all points West and Southwest. John R. Peck, Gen. Supt. D. C. Allen, Gen. Ticket A *t., Charleston, 8. C. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R. R. On and after Sunday, Jan. 1G, 1881. Doublo Dai? ly Trains will run on this road as follows : GOING EAST. Night Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.8 37 p m Leave Seneca.8 39 p m Day Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.9 12 a m Leave Seneca.9 13 a m GOING WEST. Night Mail and Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.7 10 a m Leave Seneca. 7 11 \ m Day Passenger Train. Arrive Seneca.7 18 p in Leave Seneca*.7 19 p m Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, Seneca City, Greenville und Spartanburg to all poinu? East and West: W. J. HOUSTON, ft. T. and P. Agwnt Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and alter Wednesday, Jan. 26 1881, the passen? gcr Trains over the Greenville and Columbia Rail road will be run dailv, Sundays excepted: UP. Leave Columbia at.11 ?O a m Leave Alston. 1 02 p m Leave Ni wherry. 1 58 p m Leave Hodges.4 34 p m Leave Helton. 5 53 p m Arrive at Greenville.7 17 p m DOWN. Leave Greenville at.10 35 a ra Leave Bel ton.12 01 p m Leave Hodges. 1 19 p m Leave New berry. 4 03 p m Leave Alston. 8 01 p ra Arrive at Columbia. 6 10 p ra AXDEBSOX BR ASCII ?fc BI.CF. RlO<?Z R. R. UP. Leave Helton. 5 53 p ra Leave Anderson.6 31 p ra Leave Pcndleton. 7 11pm Leave Perryville. 7 41 p m Leave Seneca City.7 53 j? ra Arrive at Walhalla.S 25 p m DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 9 05 a m Leave Seneca.D^am Leave Perryville. 9 50 a m Leave Pendleton.10 23 a ji Leave Anderson.11 09 a m Arrive at Bolton.11 49 a a EXTRA TRAIN FROM HELTON TO ANDER? SON?DAILY. UP. Leave Helton.12.30 p. m Arrive at Anderson. 1.10 p. m DOWN. Leave Anderson. 4.40 p m Anive at Belton.5.20 p m J, W. FRY, Ocn. Su-it. A POPP, Gbnx USuet Ar*r*