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ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1. 1881. WHOLESALE and RETAIL IRNITURE WAREROOMS. i the ladder of Low Prices in Furniture in this State, ?nnounces to tho public ?Jot he luis greatly enlarged Iiis Waierooms and is Mod tu rnrry the LAROUST STOCK OF FURNITURE THI8 ?IDE OF JTON. I .ave on baud, and am Rtill receiving direct from the heatnianufactu iture of all descriptions, which I guarantee lo ?ell cheaper than p chu-. ?in Mock OOO Bedsteads of different kinds, and good Bedsteads can be m. mc. with Slats and Castora complete, nt 81-75 apiece, and upwards. OOO pix) Hocking ? luttra. Tho celebrated Rattan Heat Chair, nicely painted bein from me at 70c. apiece. Fine Cane Scat Chuirslnt $4.7$ per set Car ? [Cune Hack Hocking Chairs at $1.50 apiece. KIO Dure??ur?, of ml style? with arch stundard, large frame Mid ,11133, at and upwards I of all styles and descriptions, from a Suite consisting of French Bedstead Bu rnell standard ai d glass plate, four Cane Seat Cl airs, one Cane Scat' and kin},' Chair, one rowclcnd Washstand with Drawer jnd one Table at ?18.50 10. and everything ehe in proportion. Tia Nnl.s, two doora and drawer Contre Table, 2 feet six inches diameter, i.t HI.SO apiece Wash willidrawer and towdend nt Hf .211. \Vnr.?r..n?, c;,u,"...i. u..n_ , CHEAPER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. CMldreus' Carriages, and rything kept in a first-class Furniture Store. On hand a linc lot of COP I t'AMKHTSi from a $5.00 Coffin to the finest ?lasi Casket ut $100 Dst lifetime experience, and buying for Ca*! . and f-om first bands', enables me I ClSiNor AND WILL NOT Uti tiNUEJSOLU, My Wn-erooms SPOT STREET. Come and c e me and be convdnced. -40 PracM Pois of SierioritF EMBODIED IN THE NEW REMINGTON SEWING MACHINE. tensions nre perfect, and do not vary w ith different rntes of speed. ?es work at a higher rate of speed than any other Shuttle Machine, ns no springs in hs tensions, tensions do not vary when using uneven tincad, needle is self t-etting and securely held in place by a grooved clamp, rid not skip stitches. rill never break a needle with ordinary care. ?as ac accurate gauge by w hich to set a needle. the only perfect thread controller, making the "perfect lock s'itch." {inver "loops" stitches oil the work, ?ws over heavy beams with tho greatest case, rill sew ?nd feed work at the extreme edge in commencing. Mitch r ay be lengthened or shortened while running ut its highest speed, us a moil convenient spooler. ?hultle is self-threading and carries a very large quantity of thread. :luiule is curried in an adjustable race, ensuring accuracy without friction. Iriving brit <-an be tightened instantly without cutting* SWBUII grades of muteriul with least change. ever has "lits" und cannot get "out of order." notions being positive, it cannot get "out of time." i most ncci?rately uiljusted in construction. jarte are interchangeable, und cnn be duplicated nt a trifling sosfc. r/earing parts are made of hardened steel, fas but lbw bearings, consequently but little friction. ins more lightly than any other Sewing Machine. ms more quietly than any other Shuttle Machine, las no "cog gear wheels" to run hard und noisy, las no "roller cams" to run slow and heavy, .as no "lever arms" to increase friction and wear, ni-.re conveniently arranged for oiling and cleaning. .quires but little oil, and will not gum up and run hard, table is lower, giving more perfect control over the work. ' -eadie motion being evenly balanced, will not fatigue the operator. ?ed can be more eusily raised and lowered, i more symmetrical in all its proportions. sltuchme'ikS ure more easily uiljusted. is a stop motion for winding bobbin without removing the work. AS fewer parts than any 1 Hier Machine. pnrts are so adjusted that all wear may bc taken up. is superior woodwork to any other M nebine. ALL MACHINES WAHR ANTED IN EVERY RESPECT. McCULLY & TAYLOR, ?nra for the New Remington Sewing Machines, Attachments. Needles, Ac, ANDERSON, S. C. -o !E are nlso In the market, with a lar?o and well-selected stock of GENERAI. lANDIZE, comprising all the Goods needed hy the average consumer of our These Goods have been selected at thu principal markets of thc United States, low us the lowest, ami we are fullv prepared to compete with any house in tim Wc aro LARGE CASU BUYERS OF COTTON, and are paying full all grades of the staple. unies indebted to us tor SUPPLIES, GUANO, MACHINERY, or otherwise, ided to call and settle their obligations, us it is our intention to bring all out Iclaims to a settlement. McCULLY & TAYLOR. I8S1 13 _ [CK SALES AND SMALL PROFifS. )E6IREtocall the attention of our friends and customers TO OUR LARGE CK OF GOODS, consisting, in part, of?a ULL LINE OF DRY GOODS, led and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings. Priute, Worsted Dress Goods. Jeans. Virginia Cassimerea, Flannels, A SPLENDID lot or BLANKETS. LADIES' CLOAKS, Thc beat Shirts und best titling. Cull and see them. Jk. FULL LINE OF HABDWABE, Carpets, MntH and Ruff?, LTE, CAPS, SADDLES AND BRIDLES. Shoes and. Boots. gul r^rUcular attention to our "Bay Stute" Boots amUShoea, and T. Mi.ea & Sons Sd Shoei. We warrant every pair. Give them a trial. I CROCKERY, CHINA AXD GLASSWARE. GROCERS ES. IConVe, Molasses, Bacon, Lard. The finest Tea in the market. Mackerel. A bf Fancy Groceries. Oat Meal. Try our Roasted Codee. We keep the BEST -Im', is made. Skim, Sol? Leather and Lining Skins, Woodenw*re TIMI nie? und "V tilisos. ic?*p GOOD GOODS, and we dc.dre to show them. We think we can satisfy i and Quality. Please give us a call before buying. A. B. TOWER* & CO., No. 4 Granite Kew. IMPORTANT ! ft is Important that persons owing ;>.? for GUANO and other SUPPLIES should ?thelr Cotton and settle promptly. This is Important, an it will ?nublo us to pay fowe. Make a noto of UH?, ?nd remember! & o - t. 18R1 lt jilli i nu i i7 i I B. CLARK & SONS, MERCHANT TAILORS, AND DE Ai EES IN KINDS OF GENTS' FURNISHING GOOPS. beaire to oall the attention of the public to tb? frd that w? b?v? tb? Ura<*t Hock pf Gcntlemens' Goods we ever had AND ARE SELLING THEM AT HARD TIME PRICES. ?ve a beautiful lin? of English Diagonals and Wowte; Goods. Also, i great varloty. Our lin? of Foreign and Domestie' Suiting* and Pants Goods C equalled this sido of New York. _ , i",". e fully prepared to CUT AND MAKE UP CI.OTU1NG in th? very latest OtlON AB?I> UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT, such as Suspenders, Col Fi. Neck Th? and 8carf<, Fine Dress Shirts, both luundried and unlaundtied, ti ito. is complote. ... , , .?_?_,?_ -We have u large and very pretty stock of Hais, of tho very latest style?. READY MADE CliOTHDSra. rould nsk all in search of a Suit al? roady made to bo sure to caU and sw our Ititi* lino before baying. You ?an uuy n Salt at any price you want. OVWi ? in great variuty. . .. , i""^? WW ?.nuik*. sarts/uctinn in ev?ay Instance, and will tell a? low as tho lowest, W? I WHAT WE 8AY. TN THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING. 1*01 u ? THC NEWS FR.i.M LIBERIA. Intorsion with tho Kx-clerk of tito Eso ?las Association The Rev. H. N. Bouoy, who is well known in connection witii tho Liberian exodus movement, is now in Chnrlestou, r.r.-*. having come fresh from the lllnck Republic, wa? called on yesterday by a Reporter for the News ??cf Courier with a view to get his ideas about Liberian emigration as well os some nows from the ill-fated passengers of tho bark Azor. Mr. Roney was found comfortably housed at the residence of a colored fr:?nd and fellow citizen at ?) Percy street. ?Io occupied the parlor floor, and upon Jie introduction of tho Reporter, was found seated amidst a world of newspapers aud ! written documents. The trophies from j '"Afrio's sunny fountains" were paeked j away in a hugo dry goods box, which j occupied the best half of thc front piazza j of the residence. The object of ''tc visit ! was stated, and the returned m...aionnry taking a scat ut the oppossite end of the table from the Reporter at once entered into a recital of his adventures in the Black Republic. STAGNATION IN LIBERIA. I was sent to Liberia, he said, us a missionary by the Baptist Educational Missionary Sunday-school Convention of South Carolina. Leaving Charleston March 17lh, 1879, I went to New York and thence to Monrovia by steamer ! via Liverpool, arriving at Mon- \ rovia on the 8th of May. I lound the country presenting a very dilapidated ? appearance, ns. has been stated already iu j the News and Courier. The people seem ed at a loss to understand why the Re- ; public made no progress on the road to prosperity, and I at once set myself to Investigate the cause of this seeming stagnation. After acquainting myself with the history of the settlement, I ! thought I detected the cause of the fail- ( ure in the fact that the settlers paid n attention whatever to agriculture. The , population was essentially a non-produ- 1 , cing one. Up to within fifteen years ago ; : thc colony was supported almost entirely I by charities from the outside world, by j the lavish expenditure of mission funds, and equally lavish disbursements of the J funds of the Colonization Society. The , people learned lo depend Upon these re sources, und none of them felt themselves driven lo the soil for a support. Every- , thing that they wanted ?ras bought from . the stores, and little or nothing was pro- ! ( duced. The continual drain soon pro- j duced a money famine. And only within the past three or four years have they ? realized the fact that they must look to agriculture as their only hope for the , future. SION OE IMPROVEMENT. Have you noticed any signs of im provement in this respect? 1 Ob, yes. I dont think that there is now a mun around Monrovia who has I not acquired a furm, and I am quite con fident that the outlook will improve. I I would like to say that a good muny of the | immigrants to Liberia make a misluke ! in not separating acclimatization from < the fever. You nee they are two differ- I cut things. Acclimating will commence < immediately upon arrival, and the uew- . couler should avoid taking the fever < while undergoing thc process, because l the precess is in itself sickening, and if il is aggravated by fever the case is very nearly hopelefcs. Well, but how can an immigrant, , amid taking the fever? Ob ! very easily, with proper precau tions. They should avoid the mid-day sun, thc night air and tho rain, and 1 by no means ont fruit. Even now, however, thc people are learning to treat the fever more successfully. You don't regard ?tua a healthy couti- i try, then ? Well, it ls probably ns healthy as thc general run of countries in the tropics, but it has its drawbacks. Strangers who intend to bettie in Liberia will lind them selves sider at the interior settlements than nt Mourovia, because of tho man grove swamps and tidal muds which sur round the capital. Like thc Potomac flats at Washington ? Yes, they are very like them. These Ants around Monrovia extend four or five mi'ja opposite the city, and aro very fruitful of fevers. The settlements, too, ore rather sickly. THE SETTLEMENTS. Where are the settlements ? These aro nearly all nutated on tho banks of the river* convenient for travel and transportation, but they are, most of them, more or less sickly, and the reason of it is because they ure, close to tho bush. Immigrants, ns a general thing muke a mistake in building their holmes in the settlements instead ol' locating #at once upon their farms. Tho lund is rap idly taken up, and a settler who has bia house in a settlement soon finds that ho is .'rom five to ten miles from his farm, i Ho will uudergo the process of getting acclimatized in the settlement, and when hu gets through this ho generally has neither the energy nor the means to go through the same process on his farm. I would recommend all hellier to build a' once on their farms and avoid tho towna. What ia the most important settlement in Ihe country? Brewerville, I should sty. It is about four miles up the St. Paul River, and about ten miles from the coast. There are a great many people there who have failed mid who ure dissatisfied, und thc cause of the failure is easily explaiued PAUPERS NOT WANTED. Well,please explain it? Persons who go to Liberia without mon ey muke a great mistake. No one should go there unless he has some culture nnd money enough to tako him through the fever and acclimatizing process, and leave him with capital enough to start him. Whit* ?B mcaul by "culture?" I mean persons who aro able to direct and manage labor. Tho society of Libe ria is very fair, and it hesitates to admit newcomers into its coufidence and in timacy, uuless they come well recom I mended. I Yea, I sec 1 And then, again, the Immigrant labor er can't contend against the nativo work man. There is plenty of the latter class and they work readiiy for three dollars per mouth, payable in any kind of cloth at 25 cents a yard. There is absolutely no demand for American labor, and a min can't make a living if ho bau lo depend upon getliug employment. TUE "AZOR" PEOPLE. Did you seo any of tho A zor people ? Yes, I saw them. Most of them are settled in a settlement allied Roycsville, about twenty-six mile? north of Monrovia, and they are getting along very well now, although some of thea; would ii-c to come back to America. What are they doing? Well, most of them are planting coffee. 'They have acquired somo knowledge of the.country and arc pretty well under way. When I left they had got the President of the Republic to cotisent to allow them to organize a municipal gov ernment at Roycsville. Are all thc Azor emigrants at thia set tlement? About one half of those who left Char leston on M?e Azor are there or scattered around the neighborhood country. Some of them died you kuow and others re-. turned home. Yes! What about Clement Irons? He nee m ed likely to succeed anywhere. Did you see him ? Ye-*, he is settled up the river and is getting along very well. But he hau a bard time of it, as like the other* ho went out without means and money. He is now planting coffee. Please name eome more of the Azor's passengers? William Adams, of Lancaster, is doing well near Roycsville, heia planting coffee and palm treta. Thoa. Williams, of Burke County, Georgin, and tireen Barr, of Hamburg, nre also planting coffee in the same locality and ure making consid erable headway. Gaillard died about three weeks belore I got there. POLITICS IN THK REPUBLIC. How abuut ihe politics? Well, politics in Liberia aro very much like politics everywhere else. There are two parties, of course. Tho administration party and the anti-admin istration party. You mean thc "ins" and the "outs?" Yes 'hat's about it. They call them selves Whigs and Republicans. The Whigs won the laat election When tho issue was directly made of native-born citizens against thc immigrants. By na tives I mean the descendants of thc orig inal settlers, not native Africans. These last arc not allowed to vote until they be come to a certain estent civilized. PROPERTY QUALIFICATION FOR VOTERS. What is considered civilization ? They must have acquired landa and have >t good knowledge ot thc English language. The immigrants aro allowed to vote as soon as they get the deeds to their lands. The government gives to ? each family a town lot and twenty-five : acres, and to each single mau a town lot | and ten acres. The deeds for theso cost ; about ^1, and they must bo taken out before the immigrant can vote. The ! President is now in treaty with the King j of the Mandingocs with a view to forming j a commercial alliance, and to get his ns- ? data nco in building a railroad to thc in- j lerior. What made you return ? I came nt thc call of the secretary of ? the Convention which sent me. Tho : board of managers meet next week in Columbia, and I will bo present at the : board. Are you still connected with the late Liberian Exodus Association ? No. I waa merely the Clerk of that nssociation aud have nothing to do with it now. THE WORK AMONO THE HEATHEN. Well, what is the outlook among tho heathen ? I think tho mission ?erk among the heathen in Africa has heretofore been conducted on a mistaken basis. The missionary who is ignorant of the lan guage and dialect of the natives is com- \ punitively powerless to do good. Ono j cannot preach the gospel effectively j through interpreters. Tho interests of j civilization and Christianity can only he i advanced by educating the native eli i 1 iren and making them mssionnries, and j me iluptist Convention is now turning its attention in that direction. The Liberian Baptist Association have two j mis-ionaries in the field now. The Rev. ? J. S. Washington, who is a missionary to the Gol lah tribe, and the Rev. Judge J Cook, who hus gone to the Bassa tribe. ; The Rev. R. B. Richardson, who is my ! eolaborer, will be here next spring, and j we will advocate thc miasioary cause here. At this point Mr. Bout-y went into an explanation of the wants and workings of the cause, and became eloquent. A diversion was made by the interviewer in the direction of the huge chest of cu riosities which the returned missionary had brought w ith him, and these were ex hibited and explained. Among them j is the mask and fetiseb of tho head of the i devil cr thc wild African, which Mr. Bouey donned in all ita horrible de- j tails, explaining the modus operandi of j thc fetiseb. There were also a number of household implements, weapons, cloth and other things, all of which will bc i exhibited during the lectures which Mr. ! Bouey intends to deliver, commencing on Mendy night next at the Morris street Baptist Church. Mr. Bouey is a very light-colored col ored mau, and highly intelligent, as his tal!: with our reporter shows. He is, we believe, from Edgefteld County in thia State. Helling Married in North Carolina? : A couple from Virginia landed in Mil- I ton the olher morning, a local paper says, to be married by 'Squire Lewis. They walked band in hand up Maiu ?.treet and took a seat upon the front step of the 'Squire's office, nnd the man asked for a license. Aa the 'Squire was preparing to make it out, thc buxom girl ? began to inch olf, and hesitated, and ; finally raid to the young niau in half whisper: "John," said she, "I don't believe J will-? never did feel so flustrated lawd ! I wonder what papy's doing now -I feel right trcmbtoiome ; lesa go back ; come on, John." "Weil, you don't want tho license, then?" paid the 'Squire. "Hold on thar, Miater; ye?, wo do," said tho man ; and he moved closer up and set bia chin tooarnest work. "Now, Sally," said he "dont't go on thator way ; what 'ml the folks say ? It 'nd be awful bard on mc. An' thur's the candy Blew itt Bob Brown's to-night, au' aller that; and Sukey Jones would jeal die a grin nin over you about it. She was mad as pizen yi-terday when she beard wo waa comin'-" "I don't mind her no moro'n the dust off my foot, but I feel so skittish like. John ; wish ermydie if I hain't sorry we come. I don t wanter r?ct married, John." "Say, Mister, fix on your papers," said John. "Marryin'a mithin' : no more'n standin' up in upollin' class at Oldfield School." "Well, uland up, said tho 'Squire. 'I'm ready." Butas thc ce--Jinny was under way the girl jerked back, exclaiming : "I'll bo Johudinged ef I do !" The 'Squire suggested that the "license had befits given, and that they bad gone movt too far to bsck out now. "That's HO I" said John. "Stand fast, Sally! Don't git all ine'r quiver now," gently taking her arm. "Come'r long in pince; it's most over with;" aud she sidled back. As the 'Squire enid, "I now pronounce you man nnd wifo !" "Lud'nincrcy !" cried tho bride "an is it done?" "You bet 'tis-easy as et.sllin ; and now we'll go," said the man ; and they mounted the horse doublo and redo out of town. - Tho peanut crop of Virgin a, th's year, will only amount to 200,0.0 tuabe!?. DOWN WITH THE TAXES. Tho JJuty o? ? oiigrem to ltcllvvc til?, l*eo- ; plo from tilt- War Measures of Taxation. I WASHINGTON, November 1:5.-The duties nod responsibilities of Democrnla in Hie coming Congress will bc of exeep- . lion*! importance because ot thc position ! of practical legislative control wbicb tin y ? will occupy, without absolute control of ; eitlieir branch of Congres* the Democrats ? are in uucb strength in botli brunches as to be able to prevent, tbe passage of any j vicious measure to wbicb they may be ? barmoniously opposed, ami bhoulu also i be able to secure Ibo enactment of any | obviously b?n?ficient measure upon which ; tbey will uutic, or else put their oppo nents in nu attitude of notorious nntugo- . hisin tu such measures. Tho Democrats i have one half of the Senate and tho Rc- ! publicans have not one half of the House. I lu botli branches the Democrats w ill havo ! the advantage in strong men. Colliding j and Ii' i'no are out ot thc Senate, and ; Garlic! ' and some others aro not in tho ? House. The "Constitutional majority ' ! of Republicans in Congress will, or should, ; ?irove lo be a melancholly minority in ; egislalivo ability, parliamentary skill I and Congressional force. For these rca- j som? among others the Democrats should \ gnther together at the opening of tho . Congress in December with Hms of pa- . triotic policy distinctly defined in their j minds, and then pursue them consistent- . ly. .... i The j ipular demand should and will j be, "Down with the taxes." That por tion of our taxation system which eau most speedily and easily be reached is thc internal revenue system. Tliero ii an urgent necessity widely acknowledged for tarif!" reform ; but this is slower of accomplishment, from the extout and in- - tricacy of that method of taxation, than thc reform of the internal revenue sys tem, which covers narrow grotiud and is within easy touch. The internal reve nue tax takes two-thirds as much money Iron tho pockets of the people as does the tariff tax ; and both combined take $100,UOO,OOiJ more than the sum required lo pay all the legitimate expense? of tho ! government, all thc stealings ami all the interest on tho public debt. This tho ? people will not and should not long pa- '? tieutly endure. The internal revenue system was among the liiat of the great w ar measures of taxation to which Congres resorted during thc strugglo for the Union. It was nul until three war turill Acts had been ' passed and the proceeds from them found i insufficient that tho law-making po-?-er adopted this mode of taxation, ll was only proposed in tho aire** of thc'war lo raise $101,925,000 by this method. But now, in n lime ot profund pence, nineteen ! years later, ?13f>,(X)O,?0O a year aro ex- I tractcd from the taxpayers by this obtlOX- > iouB process 1 This inquisitorial mode o? taxing, as , a system, is hostile to thc principles of; equitable taxation, liad in principle, il is worse in practice. Sonic of it gentlest I features now in operation in this country j would not be tolerated in England. The i tux on matches, for example, has been i borne without complaint herc and hus ! becu less felt than most of thc oilier | shapes of thc taxation. Tho suece.-s of this tax on this side the Atlantic led Ruben Lowe, now Dork Sherbrokc, when Chancellor of th j Exchequer, lo submit to Parlinttieut a proposition for j u similar tax in Great Britain, from ! which it was expected would be derived a j much less sum than is produced in this country. Tuc popular clamor against the i lax was such that the government was coin pel lcd to abandon the project, t How many years aller the country bas j escaped from danger will the people un complainingly bear these war laxes, j which are obnoxious, harsh|iind offensive j in execution, all of them inquisitorial and vexatiously petty, and some of them exhorbituut ? The government even now steals into the offices of brokers and other business men in thc metropolis of tho country, spying out the laud and possessing itself of thc business secrets of men, under the pretense of a desire to lanni whethor or nul they have obeyed the internal reve nue lawn. There are nt present sixty dillerent rates of internal revenue taxation, and some of these rates cover a great multi tude of articles. A vnst horde of ageuts, detectives, aB9C8sorsr.collectora, spies, are employed in thc execution of these in quisitorial war statutes, their ollicial busi ness being worse. The pains mid penal ties prescribed for tho enforcement of thc laws themselves aro illogical and ineq uitable, else they would not need such reinforcements. The first practicable important work which it will be the duty ot Congress to perform will be the revision and reform ation of this system of taxation. Il must bc made less petty and vexatious; must touch fewer ugents to net as political emissaries and must bo reduced to the equitable level of tho principles of pence taxation. In this work tho Democrats in Congress must take n lending part. Republicans have only taught the art how not lo do it. And in this work thc Democrats in Congress will be sustained by the science of political economy, by the reasoning of all of its great exponents and by the "Ver-tuxed peoplo of the United States. EARTH-EATING TKIBES.-Mr. Crev aux, a French naval surgeon, has lately been exploring the northern parts of South America, more especially in ibo valley of thc Orinoco ami its atllucnts. Among other facts of observation, bc states that the Gu?rannos, at thc deita of tho river take refuge in the tr~ wheu the delta Is inundated. There I .cy rnuke u sort of dwelling with branches and clay. Thc women light, on n small piece of floor, the fire needed for cooking, and travelers on the river by night often see with surprise long rows of flame at a considerable height in tho air. Tho Quaraunoa dispose ' of tlreir dead by bunging thom in hammocks in thc tops of trees. Dr. Crevnux, in tho course of I. is travels, met with gcophagous or earth eating tribes. The clay, which often serves for their food for whole months, seems U~> bo a mixture of oxide iron and some organic substances. They havo recourse to it moro especially in limes of scarcity ; but strange to cay there are eager gourmands for tbo substance, individuals in whom thc depraved taste becomes so pronounced that they may be seen tearing pieces of ferruginous clay from huts made of ii, and putting them in their mouths. - Hanover College, Indiana, recently admitted ladies to ber halls, and ti e re sult Ima been several weddings among the students. Ono occurred lust week, und tho groom mid his best man wero suspended for their innocent diversion, end tho bride ran off homo to escape tbo H uno fate. Co-educ.uion is a RUCCCPS nt Hanover. Tho poor sufferer that har been dosing himself with so-called Troche*and there by upset bis stomach without curing the troublesome cough, should tako our ad vice and uso nt once Dr. Hull's Coujth Syrup and get well. Our Unexplored Wilds. South Carolina is hut ii small State, and yet within her limits may be found a most amazing diversity of type*? ol humanity. And it would really prove itu interesting study, ?iud ono tue time to span- for euch studies, lo investigate thc character and account for '.ho cause of such diversity. Often, in even n brief railway journey, t hese diversities are vividly presented ito tho mind. Here, from one corner may he bearii the soft, gliding, yet clear accents which proclaim t. e dweller in thc ''Low Country ;" p?-.baldy they come from a stately old gentleman whose graceful courtesy and dignity of air are shown even in the slight necessary intercourse he holds with i he conductor. Here a voice, a little harsher perhaps, with a marked difference in tho pronunciation of the vowel sounds, may be unmistakably set down as of the "Up-Country." Its owner's manner, too, is different; less polished, perhaps, but more hearty, with a certain rugged dignity, not with out beauty. Here, we note the soil, gliding accents again less clear and moro careless as regards the finer shades of enunciation than the old gentleman's; almost lapsing, at times, into strange tin-English sounds, yet having, from ibis very peculiarity, a certain odd charm ol' its own. This voice'belongs without doubt lo a dweller on one of the Islands that skirt the coast. Did he speak with tho abrupt crisp clear ness ol' the up-countrymun, or omit his cherished provincialisms, how could ho make his wishes intelligible lo tho wild "hands" who till his fields and speak a patois of their own '.' To ears accustomed lo note the shades of accent in voice and speech, and to one familial with every nook and cor ner ol' South Carolina, it would not bo a difficult task even to name, or at any rate approximate, the county which each of these travellers claims as his own. A few moments of conversation willi each would soon convince the student of "diversified speech" that in made of thought, in opinions, in objects ol rev erence or aversion, these inhabitants of thc same little Stale are iii unlike as in their pronunciation of the vowel sounds. Here, one will speak of his native eily with a certain calm assur ance of its superiority in manners and customs, and in fact in all else, to the rest ol' the world ; an assurance, indeed, which is so.perfect, so immovable, that it holds 'io tinge of arrogance, rising into the dignity nf faith. Hero, another will discuss "that same city With no in tention to eilend, but with an air which seems to ask the old, scornful question, "Can any good como out nt Naza reth ?" The Up countryman ridicules ho queer sound the Low-countryman gives to certain common words, and brings up Webster or Worcester to support his views. The Low- cou n try ni a n smiles and shrugs his shoulders. is Webster or Worcester infallible? So lie goes on pronouncing as his father and his fath er's father did before him. "Custom," he tells ^you, "is the only ?afc guide." The further inland one goes, away from the coasts und the lowlands and nearer ti e borders of North Carolina, thc stranger to one act ustoincd to lowlaud ways grows the aspect of the people and thc sound ol'their tongues. They travel thousands of miles to study strange types of men, when here, at our own door, lies ar- unexplored region, present ing most peculiar features ! To be sure, thc eye must be one eager to read the poetry that lies in (so-called) common things, quick to appreciate the finer ele ments of romanee which may invest even ibu uncouth with ii halo. To such au eye thc wilder nooks of our own little South Can 'ina aro rich and fertile with "subjects." .Mrs. Burnett has seized on one of these types us exhibited in Soutji Carolina, and developed it in "Louisiana," with lier usual powi-r of gruspiug detail and imbuing herself with the very spirit of the thiug described. But lhere 1? a type a little lower tlown in the social scale than "Louisiana," as yet unporlrnyed-to the full as strongly marked with individual peculiarities. Go into some retired "wild"' ol' South Carolina, away from the refinements of her centres, away from tho bright activ ity of her growing towns, i n to sonic prim itive spot-and thero aro inany^ucb and watching the strange teams winding along the HU? nnlry roads, noting ihc dress and bearin,. of their still stranger drivers, you can almost imagine yourself in some foreign land, among beings whose ways you cannot understand. Herc comos a "subject:" The great canvas-covered wagon, drawn by oxen, not milk-white und Juno-eyed, as you might see in Italy, nor plump und of a lender dun liku those of Euglnud,*but with a wild and scraggy strength and dignity all their own. Their dull and yet defiant looks are mir rored in their driver's face. Not the comfortable, halo and hearty "farmer" of tho story books, but a lean and sun browne? man, wiry but stooping, with unkempt hair and beard, and glancing, defiant eyes, which have a certaiu surly pride. He keeps on his slouched and shabby hat, and bc addresses you as "you-uns," and he defies (yes, that if the word, for he certainly does not so licit,) you to buy his cabbages. Only a mau with cabbages to sell. But he is a man for all that, living u man's life, clod-like though Dial lite may be, with a man's dreams aud desires mid passions and pains, limited as they may all be by his narrow horizon. Could one enter into the "true inwardness" of such a life, a new type, in thia age of stale things, .night bo presenred to the student of hu manity. But this man with cabbages to sell is fenced about with wild pride which creates as impassable a bar rier as tho carefully cultivated self-possession of the man of cities and of tho world. "Thus far, and no farther," the child of culture says, with a smile like ice, and a courtesy as repelling as it is perfect. "Stand offl" tho cubbage man says, meaning the same thing ; but he says it by his shy and sav age looks, and the grim deflanco that would demand thu respect- that fortune has not yielded him. Buy his cabbages, and perhaps as be lazily takes the reina again he may remark in a casual way that he has butter, loo-or apples 1 Not with thc least apparent intention of al lowing you to buy them, however, for he cracks his whip and opens his mouth. While the oxen are awaiting the famil iar cry, and slowly preparing to move, and the wagon creaks in every joint, perhaps you call out that you want but ter, too-or apples. On this bc will turn his head and tell you'that the bullet ia not ?o good as u-ual, o' tho npples am somewhat green all in curious dialect ol his own. Supposing that you nie deter mined to have the butter, or tho apples, be allows you to examine them, and looks on with the languid indifference of a mere spectator. Ile desires you to weigh the butter as ho docs not know how much ho has. When you takeout your purse to pay him, he tells you "Just what you-uns is wiitin* lo give," with an utter lack of the spirit af gain, and an absolute trust in your honesty that touches you, -;?ito of the harsh defn ance of Iiis air. You look after tho can- ! vns-covcred wagon ns it creaks down the ? country road, and you feel faint stirrings ; of interest in its uncouth driver, that the j shrewd trader of the cites could never ? awaken. Should yon happen lo tel* thc Cabbage man that you do not care to-day 1 f;>r eahhaires, uor for butter, nor for np- j pies, be will nod his good-day nnd drive ; leisurely away, abs..lute- indifference on j his face, whistling softly the dreamy air j ! that was interrupted when he spoke lo ; you. , This is hut one of the many strange, ; j quaint types, lo be found in our own ? ' little State as yet untouched by pen or1 ' pencil. There are women, (nnd -orno i ' <>1 them may wear pink or green BIM* I bonnets,) whose lives are full of tragedy, j and whose characters are as original and i strong as any that have won our admira- i lion springing Miuervn-likc from thc ! brain ot some Dickens or Scott. Wehavo | j merely pointed out what a rich field lies j untrodden here while our talented young ! writes go Hying on to distant lands to : cull their "specimens." May nome na tive genius arise, at no distant day, who will touch these homely lives, and warm ; them into poetry transplanting them to j the immortal gardens of Literature. j Charleston Weekly Newt. I AN INTERESTING PAPER. j <?lliui> ?i?.> nt tito ContfMttN of Colonel Hul ler** Itvnoi-t. One of the most interesting reports I w hich will be submitted to the General Assembly is that of Colonel A. I?. But ler, Commissioner of Agriculture. Tho paper is a very comprehensive one, touching upon many subjects of public interest. Among other things it contains the regulations governing the salo of fcr li lizers, with the result of the analyses made during thc past season by Professor Charles LT. Shepard, the State Chemist. Also a full account ol* the work of thc Phosphate Department, with the report ol the Special Assistant in that? depart ment, Mr. IC. L. Roche, showing what companies are engaged in mining thc phosphate rock and what amount ol' roy alty each company pays I he State. Con cerning this Mr. Roche says: "The increased prosperity in all branches of trade hus also reached the phosphate business. The amount of roy ally paid baa been greater thnn over ho lme paid in any one year, and nearly I double that of the past fiscal year. The actual amount received for this year is $124,041.14, as against $66,001.% report ed for last year." It recommends thal : the State should encourage tho Culler de velopment of this interest by encour aging in every way the investment of cupital in the large extent of territory rich in thia deposit, which remains un mined. An account o? the work of thc Immi gration Bureau ?a also submitted, show ing that 531 immigrants have been intro duced into the State since hist April, when the Board olected Dr. E. M. Boy kin Superintendent of that Department. The report of the Suprintctident gives an account ol' the work done and what is proposed to be dono in tho future for supplying the State with this class of laborers, and for the inducement of capi tal. Tho work done by the Department in restocking the streams of the Stnte with fish is also shown in detail in the repmt. During the past season 157,000 California salmon and 820,000 shad have been placed in our principal rivers, and 2,253 German earp placed in ponds in various parts of the State. Two fish butcheries have been built, one on tho Kdisto for Bhad hutching-where the very finest simd can be procured for that purpose and tho Winter hatchery fur salmon und trout built in Oconce county, vvhcie in October last 300,000 California salmon eggs, reeei ed from the Hon. S. F. Baird, wero successfully hatched. An account of the yield of amati grain in tho State is also given, made up from returns received by tho Department from each county in the State; alun of the grasses and forage crops. An article on sheep husbandry shows, from reports of correspondents all over thc Stale, that this industry would be come invaluable to the planters if they could only get laws enacted lo secure their flocks from the ravages of dogs ; and the statistics show that in 1871? ten per cent, of the whole number raised in the Statv were destroyed by dogs. A chapter on the ravages of insects gives a description of the new enemy lo corn that appeared in the State last sea son. The report recommends nome legisla tion un the sale nf home-made wines, and to encourage viticulture in thc State. The report shows, also, what has been done nt the Allanta Exposition to show the resources of the State. Tho Commissioner furnishes a table showing tho number of liens recorded in 1881, und sums up tho arguments used lor mid against a repeal of the law, and says ''whether it should bo repealed or continued is a matter for tho considera tion of tho members of thc Legislature, ; who are fresh from tho peoploand un dcrstand their wants and necessities." The report also recommends the estab lishment of an experimental stalior. Statistical information, obtained through thc courtesy of the Superinten dent of the Census, is -mblishcd with thc report.- Columbia lieyitlcr. Lost Time. Lost wealth may bo restored by indus trious nnd frugal endeavor ; wrecked health may sometimes bo regained by temperance and self-denial ; forgotten knowledge may be brought back by earn est study ; friends that have been alien ated may be won again by assiduous at tention ; for fie! ted reputation may be measurably restored by penitence, hu mility and fidelity ; but time once lost is lost forever. The moments thnt are gone conic back no more ; the priceless hours thnt have -caped us in our listlessness, our idleness and our folly, no toils can win them, no effort can bring them back No prayers, r o; tears, nor repentaut sighs can give us that which, when wo bud it, we. idly cast away. To day God gives us limo, and with it opportunity. The precious gift ls in our hands; thc past cannot bo recalled; the future cannot bo foreseen. To-morrow, of which we often boast ourselves, may never come to us. Wc do not live to morrow. We cannot find it in any title deeds. The man who owns whole, blocks of real eatate, and great ships on the sea, does not own a single minute of to -mor ro* ! It ?a a mysterious possibility not yet born. Il lies under tho great seal of midnight, bcl-'ndtho veil of glittering constellations. Now in thc living present is thc ...:ar of probation, tho opportunity for im provement, the day of salvation. Let us redeem the time, because tho days aro evil. I A Maryland exchango refers to Mr. 1 ! Thoa. G. Forward, of Belair, that Stato, who was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of rheumatism.-Rochester (Ar. Y.) Sunday Morning Tribune. Keira and Gossip. - Tho public debt of Tennessee is $"3.3,000,000. - There/aro 2,019 prisoners, in the Texns penilentinry. - Next to a clear conscience, for solid comfort, give us an easy boot. - Twenty churches in New York uso the revised version of the New.Testa nient. - The lund for the Garfield.Professor shin at Williams'CoIlege now amounts to ?7,710. - Marvin, the mullltudinou.dy-mnr ried. is making thees in tho Virginia penitentiary. - Tho mania of the future, ?ays a financial writer, ts not likely to bo gold but diamonds. - Four hundred people are employed in the Philadelphie mint,f?and all aro making money. - John Merriman, the well-known fertilizer manufacturer, died in Bahimoro .m tho 15th instant. - Georgia has forty cotton mills, and Limy pay from eight to twenty-five per ?eui. net on the money invested. - "I love men," said Queen Christin? >f Sweden, "not because they nre men, mt because they uro not women." - Whisky will rob many a little child )f Christmas presents. Santa Claus lever visits thc rum-drinker's hovel. - Within thc past eighteen months iver twelve hundred tuiles of railrond lave been built in Texas and Louisiana. - It is well to point out thnt the man vim goes about solely to kill time should ionflne himself strickly to his own time. - It is stated that Dr. Bliss has diurged the comfortable little sum of ?25,000 for his services to thc late Prcsi lent. - New Orleans has six women to ?very five men. This is said to be a treater excess than in any other city in he Union. - A Chicago woman has just given firth to her twenty second child. Chi :ago women seem to think there's going n be another war: - Money often leads men astray, 'onie of them will run after a dollar ; mt a hound dog ia more avaricious. Ho viii follow n scent. - Thc spectacle of nu entire family lying of starvation in Texas is not nu insuring one for people who are seeking i Western Eldorado. - On arriving at Wilmington, N. C.,, .'orcpnugh'8 circus disbanded. Tho me ingeric wus pent direct to Forepaugh's vinter quarters in Philadelphia. - Some men, when they y<> to church, lever think of studying tho frescoing on he ceiling of thc edifice ui. . il tho col lec ion plate is being passed around. - A hotel on the European plan baa Asiatic laundrymen, African waiters, ind ii North American clerk with a fou th American diamond in hU shirt rout. - Tho London Quarterly Review has n rilicisin of the new version of the New l'entament, which charges that it is full if errors and not near HO occurato as the ?ld version. - If our Washington reports arc cor ed thc cotton yield in tho South will be ully forty per cent, short. Tho crop is indcniably short and prices will go up >eyond expectancy thia season. - A professor of French in an Alba ly school recently asked a pupil what van the gender of Academy. Tho un isually bright pupil responded that it Upended on- whether it was n male or Vinnie academy. - Colonel William Cameron, the Gov irnor elect of Virginia, is ono of tho 'oungest, if not, indeed, the youngest nan who has over been elevated to the gubernatorial chair in the State. He is mly about 38 yearn old. - No di.nger of Confederate bonds nuning short. They can bo engraved .nd printed for about n cent apiece, and cveral men have gone into it for a liviug. Iring on your market and tho bonds will ic there.-Detroit Free Prese. - A Treasury Departmoot official at Va-bi igton states that bill? aggregating n rm 'unt $300,000 havo been received t ihe Department for mourning decora iona oo the public buildings throughout ho country in memory of tho late Prcsi-. tent. - The Russian army has been strength ned by the addition of a pack of trained munda attached to each company who iccoinpany the sentries on picket duty. Choy arc also used as dispatch bearers, iud provo hard messengers to catch when eut stealing through thc woods nt night. - Mr. F. Theodore Walton, whoso bet ing exploits in England gained him arno and money, has arrived in New fork. He admits winning $465,000 luring the racing BCason, $375,000 of vhicli was won on three races of Foxhall. 'Ic was called the American plunger, a erm formerly applied to tho MarquiB of [lastings, who during his career on the urf was equally reckless. - Word wa? sent by Mr. H-, n de Vated candidate, to a married lady, who vas supposed to have ehauged the ex pected vole of her husband on election lay, to the oDposito partv, to the follow ng effect: "Go and tell Mrs.-that 1 ?viii send her, bv tho first opportunity, a ?nir of pantaloons, for her political ser nces." "Go and tell Mr. H-," was .bo reply, "to send them along at once. Don't forget to tell bim t"ja? 1 want a aew pair-not a pair thai .'.is wife has half worn out." - Corn losea one-fifth by drying and wheat one-fourteenth. From this tho Estimate is mndo that it is more profit ?ble for farmers to soil unshelled corn in Lhc fall for 75 cents, than at $1 a bushel in thc following summer ; and that wheat at ?1.25 in December, is equal to gl.50 in the succeeding Jone. In the jase of potatoes-toking those that rot und are otherwise lost with the shrink age, there ia but little doubt tbat between October and Juno tho loss to the owner who holds them is not lesa than 33 per cent. i - A witty druggist, on a cold night last winter, was woke by a terrible rap ping nt the door. Going down he found a poor fellow who wanton to purchase a duse of salts. Tho shop waa entered the dose prepared, aud a half dime put in tho drawer. "How much did you make in that operation I" asked bli wife as he got in bed. "Four cont?," waa the reply. "A shame it is," returned the irritated dame, "for u man to disturb your rett just for a dose of salts." "Recollect, my love," said the druggist, "that one doso of salts will disturb the mau'? rest more than it has mino, and reflect, tbat theso little inconveniences, nlwaya wort well in timo,"