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EJEC TED BY A (?HOST. BY JOHN PITMAN'. I had taken my chambers in Gray's-inn ?quarv, and was Inclined to like them." They were on the second floor, and consisted of (bree rooms. The door on the landing opened on to a narrow passage, at the end of which, on the right, was the door of the sitting room, the three windows of which looked on to a dingy green expanse, where stood a few tall gaunt London trees. In one corner ol' the Bitting room was a door leading into the bed? room, which communicated with a dressing room. This dressing room had a door leading Into the end of4he passage, to the left of the main entrance from the landing. Thus I could make the complete circuit ot my premises : from the sitting room, through the bed and dressing rooms into the passage, and through the passage iuto the ?ltling room again. I am anxious to be understood on this point, as a realization ol the topography ol the place is necessary lor the comprehension of thc Inci? dents I have to relate. I will premise by assuring my reader that at the time of which I am speaking I was in thorough physical health. As is the case with most sucking barristers, I rather prided my? self on cultivating a habit of mind that should not permit me to be unduly impressed by causes unwarranted by calm reflection. I had been accustomed to a sedentary, to some ex? tent a solitary life, and in moving to Gray's inn-square bad determined to apply nryself unremittingly to legal studies. My new chambers had been unoccupied for some monlhs, and after making sure that they had been well cleaned and scrubbed, I sent in my furniture, and took possession. It was on a chill dark October evening that, after dining at an accustomed eating-house, I wended my way to my new quarters. I shall never forget that evening : there was a heavy clammy feel? ing in tho air of the streets ; and as I turned into the dreary square the air seemed heavier and clammier. On arriving at my chambers, I found the deaf spirit sodden old creature who had attached herself to me as laundress And charwoman in the act of setting out the tea-things. Thu lamp was lighted, ancla bright fire burned in the grate. On my coming In, the old woman mumbled a few words, the meaning of which I did not catch;'however, wen picoeed wi tn the air of comfort she had imparted to the place, I wished her a cheery good night as she went out. Having closed and locked the outer door, I returned down the passage Into the sitting room. I can perfectly call to mind its appear? ance on that night. The polished furniture was gleaming and glistening in the light, the windows were veiled by thick curtains, and the door leading Into the bedroom stood ajar. I congratulated myself on my possessions, and . having poured myself out a cup of tea. and lighted my pipe, settled myself with a volume - of Hallam in an arm-chair by the Are. I had been reading for some time, my attention had somewhat wandered to a vague sleepy con? sideration of matters not strictly relevant to Constitutional history, when I became aware of a strange all-pervading sensation of cold. The sensation was so sudden, so acute, that I rose from my chair shivering, in the expecta? tion of Anding one ot the windows open. But no ; they were all closed and fastened. Through the panes I could discern the gaunt branches of the trees, unstirred by auy gust of wind. On glancing round the room, I noticed the flame ot the lamp, which, though somewhat -dim, did not flicker or seem agitated by the Icy stream of air which chilled me tb the bones, The bedroom door, as I have men? tioned, was ajar; and thinking the draught might proceed from one ot the Inner rooms, I lighted a candle, with the intention of looking .through them. Bot the instant I entered the .bedroom the candle went out ; not suddenly as from a current of air, but quietly, instantane? ously, as though lt had been introduced Into an atmosphere of carbonlc-acld gas. At the .-same moment the sensation of cold again -came over me with ten times greater intensity than before. The gaslight In tue square shone feebly into the rooms, and I was able to And my way through them into the passage, and back into the sitting-room. My sensations ap? peared to rae somewhat unaccountable ; but attributing them to some draught, of which I .could ascertain the cause in the morning, I closed the doors and resumed my place by the fire. After a little while I fell again into my Interrupted train of dreamy thought, and gradually fell asleep. Now, before proceeding further, I may state that I had never been a victim to nervous fancies. Nothing had ever -occurred to me bearing in the remotest way on the events I am about to relate, events so utterly inexplicable by natural causes, and yet ; ?o fantastically real, that even af ter a lapse of many years I call them to mind with a shudder i -of horror. I remember, as though it were yesterday, i the appearance of the room as I mused lazily i . in my arm-chair before going to sleep. The i sound of an organ, which was playing in some < neighboring street, came to me fitfully, at i times seeming to be almost close to me, at < times, again, seeming to proceed from some great distance. The dre had burned low,occa? sionally cracking and ticking ; the lamp, as I have mentioned, was burning dimly, and a large portion of the room was tn deep shadow. 1 I do not know how long I had slept, when I became conscious of my own being. I cannot say that I awakened; for though all my mental faculties were struggling painfully Into life, my vital action seemed suspended, and I was unable to move hand or foot. A cold perspl- 1 . ration burst from all my pores as I made t re- < m end ons but vain efforts to shake off the , incubus that was upon me. My feeling was not one of Impotence ; it was as though I had been frozen into a solid block'of ice. I en- I deavored to call out ; I had no power over ray i voice, and could not utter a sound. But as I i gasped and panted, there stole into my nos? trils a deadly, terrible, overpowering stencil, 1 unmistakable In Its penetrating sickliness lo : me who hud frequented hospitals. It was the ? dread odor of decomposing mortality that was suffocating me as I sat. I felt that I must 1 break the spell, or die. With oue terriAc axer- I tlon that strained every nerve and muscle, 1 burst from the chair, and fell cowering on my knees before the Are. The lamp had gone out, . s taint gleam from the Are afforded the ou y 1 light in the room. I relighted the lamp, aud having swallowed a glass ot brandy, endeav? ored to collect my thoughts. My Arst Idea ?was, that a dead body must be somewhere ?..ucealed in the room. The hideous odor si bl clung to my nostrils, and tile absurdity of such a supposition did not strike me. I searched the room, but of course found nothing ; though, to my astonishment, the bedroom door, which I had caretully closed, was wide open. As I advanced towards it with the in? tention of shutting it again, my lamp was ex? tinguished in thc same unaccountable manner ss bet?re ; I locked lt, however, securely, and again struck a light. By this time I had sufficiently recovered to endeavor to reconcile my sensations to natu? ral causes, or at any rate to a formidable at? tack of nightmare. I lighted my pipe, In the hope of neutralising the terrible stench that pervaded the room. Leaning on the mantel? piece, I actually smiled at beholding my owu pole scared-looking face in the mirror. As I looked, suddenly every pulse In my body stood stilL I beheld the reflection of the bedroom door, which gradually, noiselessly, opened of Itself. I tried to command myself, and turned round towards the door. The same Intense thrill ot cold, but not a soul was there. 1 con? sidered for au instant, and cross-examined myself as to my own condition. Il was evi? dent that my nen es were completely unstrung, and I decided, as I reflect? d in the looking glass my own giiastly-lool.ing face, that I w;is not in a condition to in.es?gaie thc matter any further for that night. A dread was upon me that I could not shake ofl'; so, has!.,;, put? ting on my great-coat an 1 hut, I hurried oui of Hie room, through the passage, found my? self on the landing with a igh of relief, ?"id locking the outer door, walked to tho rooms of a friend who lived in tito neighborhood. 8-, who was :\ ailing far the Indian Civil Service, was glad to see me, and offered mc a shake-down for the night. I informed bim at once of the cause of "my ignominious Hight from my own rooms. My experiences had been t >o*uum!stakablyrcalfortomc dread ridi? cule in t:ie relation of them. So, confessin ; unreservedly that I had been almost frighten? ed out of my wits, I sat patiently enough us he endeavored to prove satisfactorily that my sen? sations were entirely due to nerves or indiges? tion. Beloit* retiring to rest, however, we reed lo spend the following night together ? my chambers. In the inoruiug we each an to our respective duties, with au arrange? nt io meei at dinner in the evening. I dui ? Sali ut liray's-iunsquare during the day; , rbat with attending to lectures and read ougii law, had not only overcome auy | mi supernatural agency in thc events o? preceding night, but as the evening drew ? /.r, entirely ceaased to think of the matter. , it was about eight o'clock as wc entered the , rooms together. The old laundress hud evl- < dently been at work, as on the preceding , evening. The Are was burning brightly, the | lamp was lighted, and the tea-things ? ere set i out on the table. We walked thiough the , room6. and found everything in pei feet order. , 8- laughingly envied me my comfortable ? quarters, showing by his manner that lie was : :more than over convinced 1 had been the vic- , tim of an exceedingly bad attack c f nightmare. Altor a little while wc agreed to play at chess, and arranged a small side-table in Iront of the Ure. I sat in thc arm-chair with my back to the bedroom-door, as on the previous night ; S- was seated opposite to me. consequently facing the door, which I had _ closed, locked, and bolted, on completing our'tour of inspec? tion ; S-, who was in high spirits, joking at me the while. I remembered, however, the uncomfortable tendency il had to ojien on its own account, and determined that it should bo as securely fastened as a good lock and bolt would admit of. We were both fair chess? players, and equally matched. Two hours, perhaps, had elapsed, when tho interest of the game culminated, and wo wore considering it with an intentness known only lo chess-players. Tin- move was with mo. Knowingit to be a critical one, I was consider? ing it at length, iu air its aspects; my decision was just formed, and I was on the point of moving a piece, whim gradually, surely, I bo came aware of the same extraordinary sensa? tion of cold as on the night before, just as if tho surrounding atmosphere wore becoming iced iuto solidity. I felt that the bedroom door behind me was opening. I looked up with the intention of calling S-'s attention to the phenomenon, but my movement was un? necessary ; he was equally conscions of it with myself. *He had risen from his chair, and I can never forget the expression of his face, which was livid and distorted. His eyes were wide open, and turned full on the door that was behind my chair. All his features were con? vulsed, and his appearance, as lie bent lor word, as in an intensity of horrified expecta? tion, was perfectly terrific. I actually saw his hair lilt from his head, and the great beads of perspiration burst from his forehead. He took not the slightest notice of my movement, but slowly raised one hand, as if pointiug to some? thing lu the room behind me ; then suddenly, and without giving me a moment's warning, with one loud yell of agonized terror, he dashed to the door leading into the pass passage, through thc passage, and out of the main door, wuicli slammed heavily behind him. 1 hurried alter him into the passage. Then I remembered that the outer door closed with a spring-lock, and that tho key was in the pocket ot my great-coat, which was hung up In the bedroom. We had inadvertently lett the door open on coming in, and thus S had beeu enabled to escape. It would be im? possible for me to describe my feelings at find? ing myself alone in the passage. How long it was before I mustered sufficient presence ol' mind for reflection, I cannot tell, but at last I realized to myself the fact that to leave my chambers it was necessary to get the key. With a desperate courage, 1 returned to the sitting-room. The lamp was extinguished ; the fire was burning with a sickly glare. With closed eyes I advauced into the bedroom. I quickly felt my way to the peg on which my coat was hanging, when something hap? pened that caused my very heart to fctand still, and mv blood to lreeze. I heard a move? ment in tho passage,-a strange, heavy, shuffl? ing sound, as of a body dragging Itself along the floor. An Impulse . eized me, unaccounta? ble as all the other events of that memorable night. I felt impelled to follow the thing that was painfully, slowly dragging Itself dowu the passage. I stepped through the dressing room ; and as I moved, I heard it move on be? fore me, keeping at the same relative distance f. um me. I quickened my pace, I ran ; bul still I could not overtake that which 1 still heard dragging itself along. After three or four headlong rushes trom room to room I stopped in the middle of the sitting room to recover breath. As I stood, a revulsion of feeling came ovor me. My eagerness to confront and discover thc cause of the sounds 1 still could hear, gave way to horror. I felt my life and reason to depend on my escape. As I moved to the bedroom-door, lt closed in my face. I frantically endeavored to force the lock. The thing was dragging it? self along the passage Into tue room in which I was. Again the nauseating stench of the night before rose into my nostrils ; I rushed to the window with thc intention of throwing it open and jumping into the space beneath; but lt was too late. I turned my eyes down? wards. It was close to me, and 1 beheld it. A man writhing on thc floor, his features blue, bloated and decomposed, the eyeballs turned up, yet bearing full upon me, dead and glassy, an Impure phosphorescent light emanating from the body itself. As I gazed, one discol? ored band was raised to the throat, in which I perceived a hideous gash. It drew Itaelt grad? ually closer to me. * * * I became Insen? sible. When I was discovered in the morning, my friends, who were telegraphed fer, re? moved me to the country, where, amongst cheerful scenes and people, I soon recovered. S- died of brain lover within three days of the night on which he sat and watched with ?e. I have never cared to make any inquiries as to the previous Inmates of the chambers. It is true I have heard that an inmate of one set cut his throat uuder peculiarly horrible cir? cumstances; but I was never curious to iden? tify Hie scene of the suicide's death with the chambers I occupied for so short a time; in? deed, nothing would induce me ever agaiu to inter Gray's-Tnn-square. ABOUT DREAMS. The Border Land of Dreams-A Cur iou* Analysis-How to Sleep. What Professor Bain calls the voluminous pleasure of failing asleep," ls so very rarely ?nalyzed by men of science, that some very odd notions arc abroad upon the subject. One sf these is, that you cannot tali asleep until pou cease thinking. The common recipe for lor tho securing of sleep-to goon counting tmndred after hundred until you become in? sensible-is said to be invaluable, because it is supposed to exorcise thought, lu fact, it docs nothing of the kind. It is possible to go on counting mechanically while the mind is busy lu qi?te other directions, drawing Imaginary pictures, recalling the events of the day. and so forth. The monotony of counting certainly tends to induce sleep, and so tar lessens thu chances of the obtrusion of conscious thought. But the notion that ono must cease lo think before one can sleep ls only a vulgar error. Certain operations of tho mind-of memory) reason, Judgment, and, above all, of Imagina? tion-do not cease even after actual sleep has set in. In sleep we remember and call up before us persons long dead; we reasou with thom, and Mme limes, by au Inexplicable mental freak, we allow them to puzzle aud perplex us with an argument or u conundrum which I they have to explain to ns, and Judge of their appearance and conduct; and we imagine an incessant panorama of action iu which they are engaged. Frequently the mental products of sleep ate next day available to us. Weare possessed at the epigram which one or other of the characters in the sleeji-drama uttered. We eau remember the extravagant vagaries and gorgeous spectacular effects of the sloop scenery-the castles of milk-white cloud, the seas of liquid fire, the guidons In which every flower has a heart of diamonds. And as all these intallcctual processes must have their correlative physical effects, lt ls Just probable that tho brain-material gets no rest at all; that the constant transmutation ol substance in thc cerebral colls, which physiologists postulate, goes i n by night as by day. Some great anti radical differences there undoubtedly are be? tween inc tuiiiking of wakefulness and thc thinking of sleep; in ihe latter, for example, we are never conscious thal wo arc thinking, and our thoughts ure entirely beyond thc di? rection tf tho will. But lhere is a remarkably curious period just on this side of actual sleep, in which there ls only u half consciousness of thought, and in which our thinking is, to a certain extent, subject to volition. The men anil women, and the scenes wo behold during Ibis period. have none of thc fine Independence and com? pleteness of tho creations of dreams. Thc dream ligures aro like tho impossible figures Which the magic lantern shows us; tho figures thal haunt this transit ional state ure like real mon and women soon through a piece ol bottle-glass. During this period wo still pre? serve some notions of consistency and agree? ment; in thi? land of dreams impossibility has become nat ural. Take thc very case of count? ing numbers. In a dream you feel confident th.u you ca i count u hundred backwards and forwards a tho same time, and you may have A vogue ph /slea! Impression that your organ Bf calci.la ion is a pirco of india rubber which bus been paiufully stretched lo the ex? tremes of the hundred, and thal its two points drill somehow cross each other when you (who ire outside of the process) arrive at fifty. This nonsense is Impossible In that confused and : Mill conscious period of which wo speak. Then ive ?tili have the resolution to go on counting :>ne, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. nins, ten, in constant succession. lu a .short time we become vaguely aware that nine lias dropped out. Thou eight drops out. Each Lime we come to seven wo uiake a sudden grasp at ten. as if the Ailing up ol the hiatus were an unnecessary mental effort.. Every decade is now represented by one, tv .>. three, lour, five, six, suvou, ten. HIL l II.UUJIJC X Vj Thc same peculiarity attends tim coui|K>und montai processes. All thc faces, ligures, speeches, and scenes that crowd this semi? conscious state have a certain reality about them, which stops at a parti ciliar point.' They either want the complete Identification that, wakefulness would give them, or they include one or two points of extraneous detail. The combination is very singular-far more singular than anything that occurs In actual dreaming. For one is, by fas and starts, con scion* of thc gross absurdities that are present to one's mind. In dreaming proper, one is never conscious of the extravagance of the thing dreamed. It is true that a confused effort of consciousness is sometimes (elt In dreams. Some terrible danger threatens the dreamer; he is in a condition of absolute leur; and then, all at once, he says to himself. '.Why, what a fool I am ! It is only a dream."' And he may remember, after he has awoke, that he h:u (hus reasoned willi himself. But in almost all cases it will bc found that Hits bit of reasoning is only a recollective antidote against fear which the dreamer, in anticipa? tion of some snell frightful dream, had pre? viously prepared. As a matter of fact he can? not, in a dream, convince himself that he dreams. He hopes that he is dreaming: but he is still mortally afraid of the object that has terrified him; and before he has become quite assured that he is dreaming he Invariably awakes. Indeed, the occurrence of the notion that he may be dreaming is only one of Hie symptoms of dawning wakefulness. But in the pro-somnolent period there ls a nebulous consciousness that something is wrong, with an indolent disability to set it right. Perhaps it is the picture of Prague by moonlight thal rises up somehow in that won? derful and expansive mist which lies Imme? diately within the human eyelids. \^*e are standing up on the massive Pradschin, with the pale white castles beside us. with the great dark city sleeping down tncre on the plain, and willi Hie broad Moldau lying under thc lambent moonlight. There ls thc bridge wc know. The gas lamps by the river side glim? mer down into the water. There, too, arc the Sofien and Sch?tzen isles, a dark mass in the middle of the stream. But why is it that, lust beyond the islands, at the bend of the spacious river, wc hazily see the gray Tower of Lon? don ? Thc bridge down there ls adorned with big statues; it has massive gateways on tho city side; it clearly cannot be London bridge. And yet the Tower is there; and if wc fix our eyes on it long enough, thc islands out in the stream will melt away and give place to hud? dled masses of shipping; tho banks will de? velop wharfs; handsome cabs will begin to to drivo across the bridge In the direction of | the borough; policemen will quarrel with drunken women on the pavement, under the cold moonlight, with profuse use of Blllings gate, until we suddenly become arware of the absurdity of fancying that such things could happen In the grand old Bohemian city in which Nina Balatka loved the Jew. Not less singular arc the minute points of I detail in which the dozer loses his own identi? ty. Ile will be involuntarily recalling a con? versation lie has lind during the day with some one-following the successive remarks, as he imagines, willi sufficient accuracy-and acci dentally discover that he ls talking to this person," not as he did talk, but as he imagined during the afternoon that a friend of Iiis would have talked under the circumstances. Of | course, these freaks are moro marked when some time has elapsed since the occurrences with which they deal happened. Since imagi? nation ls onlv memory kept for a lew yo u s in bottle, it follows that memory, the older it grows, is the more likely tc play tricks with facts in the way of combining what might have been with what has been. Men delight to look back upon important events In their lives and imagine new versions of them. This amusement, which is universal, has other consequences than the temporary ti? tillation of the fancy. Tho clear lines of | fact become blurred, indefinite, ?'lastlc. so that they Include a good deal of ex post furto speculation. Let us say that a man has been Jilted in his youth-a circumstance that seemed to him sufficiently tragic at the time. Years afterwards there are few things which interest him so much as to look back and calculate, with the aid of accumu? lated experience, what would have been the result had be not been jilted-had he married the young woman who is now a sober matron. And, as he does so, he Invents all possible theo? ries of conduct which might have happened. He explains occurences this wuy or that way. a* his taney or mood inclines. Suppose the bare facts to be that he was absent trom the young person to whom he was engaged; (hat she In an Innocent way formed an intimacy willi somebody else; that her absent lover heard of it, and, without the least inquiry into the matter, broke off the engagement; that she. bitterly wounded and hurt, refused to re? ply to him", and subsequently married the third person who had partly caused the trouble. Now, In actual dre lining nb action ls taken o i these things at all; tue disappointed lover dreams that he has married his old love, that | he is walking about with her in beautiful val? leys, with a perpetual bloom of youth on her face. He wakes up in the morning only lo thank goodness, perhaps, that he is not mar? ried to her. But on the borders of dream? land all thc old circumstances are preservo with Important modifications. It is clear thal In the tacts we have mont ton? ed a dozen different explanations might be procurable. All these the disappointed loroi has conned again and again, until he ls nol quite clear as to the particular version ho ought to believe. And now the face ot thal tender friend of his appears through tho haze of Imperfect sleep, and there is a sorrowful look in the eyes, which has also in ir some Hiing of reproach. He begins to think he mun have truelly wronged her. Ho goes back to tho old times, and reviews all the old scenes and Incidents and faces, and lo ! tho figure of UK'third person has dropped ont of the picture. He forgets entirely ilia! Iben was a young lieutenant coucerned in thc affair. He ia amazed ai his own hardness of heart, and resolves to repair the wrong done to this girl with the sail and beautlfid eyes. He win go to-morrow morning and bo: her forgiveness. 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Their sugar coating preserves them ever 1 esh and makes them pleasant to take, while being purely vegetable uo harm can arise from their usc in any quantity. They "operate by their powerful Influence on the internal viscera to purify the blood and stimulate it into healthy action-remove the obstructions or thc stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs or the body, restoring their irregular action to health, and bv correcting, wncrever they exist, such derangements as are the first origin of disease. Minute directions are given in thc wrapper on the box. for the following complaints, which these PILLS rapidly cure: For DYSPEPSIA or INDIGESTION, LISTLESSNESS LANGUOR and Loss or AI-PETITE, they should be taken moderately to stimulate the stomach and restore its healthy tone and action. For LIVER CoMn.Aivr and its various symp? toms, BILIOUS HEADACHE, SICK HEADACHE, JAUN? DICE or GREEN SICKNESS. BILIOUS COLIC ami Bi Lint s FEVERS, they should be judiciously taken for each case, to correct the diseased action or remove the obstructions which cause it. For DYSENTERY or DIAKBMOXA, but one mild dose is generally required. . For RHEUMATISM, GOUT, GRAVEL, PALPITATION OF THE HEART, PAIN IN TUE SIDE, BACK and LUNGS, they should be continuously taken, as re? quired, to change the diseased action or thc sys tem. With such change those complaints dis? appear. For DROPSY and DROPSICAL SWELLINGS they should be taken In large and frequent doses to produce thc effect of a drastic purge. For SUPPRESSION a large dose should be taken as it produces the desired effect by sympathy. As a DINNER PILL, take one or two PILLS to pro? mote digestion and relieve the stomach. An occasional dose stimulates the stomach ano bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite, and invigorates thc system. Hence it is orten ad? vantageous where no"serious derangement exists. One who reels tolerably well, orten finds that a dese or these PILLS makes him feel decidedly bet? ter, I rom their cleansing and renovating effect en thc digestive apparatus. DR, J. C. AYER A CO., Practical Chemists. Lowell. Mass., U. S. A.* Sold at wholesale and retail by BOWIE MOISE, Charleston, S. C., and by Retail Druggists everywhere. DAC -0Ct4 mwf3mos J. 51 A D S E N'S CIGAR MANUFACTORY AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOBACCO HOUSE, No. GU King street, Corner or Society street, "SIGN OK THE INDIAN CHIEF." CIGARS: LA CAROLINA CIGARS, at $20 per M La Carolina Cigars, No-1, at $22 per M Corona je Espa?a, No. 1, at $25 per M El Bouquet, at $30 per M Partagas, (Havana filling,) at $40 per M H. Upraann, (Havana.) at $50 per M Figaro, (Genuine Spanish.) at $75 per M Jenny Lind, at $M) per M. As all these brands arc made under my especial care and supervision, I can warrant that all Cigars smoke well and will give satisfaction at thc prices. Imported Cigars of different grades. For Cigar Manufacturers, a large assortment of Leaf Tobacco. ALSO, A stock or Chewing and Smoftng TOBACCO, and PIPES. Merchants and Consumers arc respectfully In? vited to give me a call, thc undersigned being re? solved to give satisfaction. dcclS smwlmo_J. MADSEN. fTIHE WATT PLOUGH TRIUMPHANT! This PLOUGH ls now thc leading Plough or the Middle and Cotton States. Among the hundreds or testimonials wc have rrom practical Planters and Farmers, we would call attention to the following extract rrom a let? ter received rrom Colonel B. G. LOCKETT, or the large planting firm of Jordan A Locket!, dated Albany, Ga., November 27, 1809: "Berorc closing this letter, I cannot refrain from expressing mv sincere thanks to you for the iu vcntlon or the" BEST PLOUGH NOW IN CSE. It is the delight of thc negro. Besides doing the best work that I have ever seen any Plough do, it runs with more ease to the ploughman, and tte draft to thc animal is lighter than any Plough 1 havs ever used. "Your Plough has already become a necessity to me, ami 1 would feel ruined without it. 1 am natisBed we have saved, anunually, thousands of dollars in mules alone, lt ls the Cheapest Plough I have ever used, or any kind or descrlpilon, ami I am anxious Ul bring, if I can, to the notice of my fellow-planters, this most valuable Plough." Colonel Lockott commenced using these Ploughs in the snriug of ISM, and now lias mon; than two hundred and nfty (250) of them ou his plantations. We have testimonials as emphatic rrom leading planters la North carolina. South Carolina. Geor? gia, Alabama and Texas, but this will suilicc for Hie most incredulous. During tin- present Tall. I his Plough has taken Premiums at Eight Fairs held in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, and rc eel ve I Hie Highest Ratings at Hie Great Field Trial in Pennsylvania, in August last, when more than Fifty Different Ploughs were tested. WATT A KNIGHT, No. 1452 Franklin street, Richmond, Va. For salo at Factory Prices, freight added, by J. E. A DC ER A CO., Sole Agents, der6 mws Charleston, s. C. p 0 P U L A Ii BOOKS SENT FREE OF POSTAGE AT THE PRICES ANNE XE D NOVELS BY CHARLES DICKENS. OLIVER TWIST, 172 pages, SOC.; American Notes, 104 pages, 20c; Dombey A Son, 305 pages, 40c: Martin Chuzzlcwit, 342 pages, 4uc; Our Mu? tual Friend. 330 pages, 40c; Christmas Stories, 162 pages, SOc; Tale or Cities, 144 pages, 25c: ? Hard Times and addlonal Christmas Stones, -oj' pages, :ioe.; Nicholas Nickulby. 340 pages, -10c. ; Bleak House, 340 pages, 40c; Little Dorritt, 330 pages. 4oc; Pickwick Papers, 326 pages, 40c; Da? vid Coperlicld, 33u pages, -loc; Barnaby Illidge, 257 pages, 35e.: Old Curiosity Shop, 221 pages, 35c; Great Expectations, 184 pages, 3uc; Sketches, 1M pages, 30C. NOVELS BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. Thc following Novels by Sir WalterScott malled nt 300. each: Waverley, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, Guy Mauuering, Antiquary, Rob Rov, Old Mortality, The Black Dwarf and a Legend of Montrose, Bride or Lammermoor, Heart or Mid-Lothian, Tho Mon? astery, The Abbot, The Pirale, Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril or the Peak, quentin Durward, st. uo nan'a Well, Ked Gauntlet, "iii" Betrothed and Highland Widow, Thc Talisman, Woodstock, Fair Maid ur Pen li. Annie or Gelcrstcin, Conni Ki (jeri of Paris, Th? Surgeon's Daughter. SEA TALES OF (.'ATTAIN MARRY ATT. Midshipman Easy, Peter Simple. Jacob Faith? ful, Naval Officer, King's Own, Newton Forster, Pacha or Many Tales, The Poacher, The Phantom siui), ttaarleyow, Percival Keene, malled at 55c. each. MISCELLANEOUS. Meta's Faith. 55c; Countess Gisela, Marlin. 4de.; Thc Seve-i Clines of London, 30C.; Hard Cash, Charles Reade, 40c.; Love Me Little, Love Me Long, Charles Beatle, 4oc; Madame Le Mar? chand? Fortune Teller and Dreamer's Dictionary, 40c.; Laws Of Love, 35c; Ladies' Guide tu Beauly, Mc.; Parlor Theatricals, or Winier Evening's En? tertainment, 35c; The Modern Pocket Hoyle, eou taluingall the Games of Skill and Chance, 55c: The Parlor Magician, 35c; How to Behave, or thc Spirit of EHquettC, 20C.: How lo Talk and Debate, 20c; How to Dress with Taste, SOC.; How lo Cul and Contrive Children's Clothes at H Small Cost, SOC. on receipt of the price, either In cash or slumps, copies or anv Books in Hus list will bo sent by mull posipuid. CHARLES C. RIGHTER, nov? No. H? Klug st.. Charleston, S. C. TTPIIAM'S ANTIDOTE FOR STRONG U DRINK. A SPRK CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. One Dollar a Bottle. Sent by wall, post:.t.e paid, on receipt of pri c. The Antidot? is the best remedy that can Ix ad w in i.-tered in Maiiia-u-Potti, and also for all uervvus affections. Kui sale by Dr. ll. RAER. No. 131 Meeting street, ocio Agent for South Carollda. Q.E011GE S. HACKEE'S DOOR, SASH AND BLIND FACTORY, KING STREET, OTTC-SITE CANNON". PRESSED LUMBER or every description. Turtling done to order. Alarge Stock or the above constantly on hand. WircruonM anil office, No. -.-J ELAYNE STREET, de IT fmwlmoPAO Charleston, S. C. O Hi JL fl. IS.'S "O.N.T." Spool Cotton 18 THE BEST FOB HANDIMACHJNE SEWING. FOB 8AXE BY ALL tVnoLFS.VLF. and RETAH, DRY COOPS DEALERS dec?s wrm2mos iJ2 .a'a^ 2" ls t? ejH ^ 2 I "2 ? - I 5I?S 3 ? " 2/sS? s ?1 g**., ti"* ls*-BS ia .2 J ga aja -a=; ? fig u Sr-. sV^?"?> nov!3 36 MARVIN'S PATENT Alum & Dry Piaster FIRE PROOF SAFES Aro most desirable for quality, finish and price. MARVIN'S SPHERICAL BURGLAR ill E S Cannot be Sledged! Cannot be Wedged ! Cannot be Drilled! BANK VAULTS, VAULT DOORS, EXPRESS BOXES, FAMILY PLATE SAFES, COMBINATION LOCKS Please send for a catalogue to MARVIN & CO.; (oldest cafe manufacturers) -, . . , (205 Broadway, New York. Principal )m chestnut St., Phila.. \! arebousca j m Bftnk St > Ck.velautL0 And for sale by our agents in the principal cities throughout the United States, For sale by WM. M. BIRD A CO., No. 9M EAST BAY, dteto lye CHAKLMTOK. ROSAD ALIS, ? ROSAD ALIS. Sold by GOODRICH, WINEMAN k CO., Direct Importers of European Drugs and chem cals. Obaiteston, S. C. mays stuthly Jg E CAltEFU WHAT MEDICINES YOU TAKE When you are exhausted by overwork of head or hand, and feel the need of something Invigorate ing, don't drink whiskey or any Intoxicating thing, whet ber nmler the name of Bitters or other? wise. Such articles give just as much strength to your weary body and mind as thc whip gives to the jaded norse, and no more. Alcoholic stim? ulants arc injurious to nerve health, and arc al? ways followed by depressing reaction. DODD'S NERVINE AND INVIC.ORATOIi Is a Tonic and Kentle stimulant, which ls not at? tended by reaction. What lt gains for you it maintains. When it refreshes body or mind, it refreshes with natural strength thai comes to stay. We are not recommending teetotalism lu the interoet of any faction; but long nnd extend? ed observation toadies ua that he who resorts to the bottle for rest or recuperation, will lind, as !. ? keeps at it, that he is kindling a lire in his bones which will consume like the flames of |ierdltion. Turn from it. Take a tonic that will refresh and not destroy. DODD'S NERVINE id for salo by all Druggists. Price one dollar. Sec book of coru? scates that accompanies each bottle, iuuevlo 7mos tfai?xoate, Cntlerrj, Six. ? JJ A R T ? CO., HARD w A RJE MERCHANTS,* CHARLESTON, S. C. D. D. COHEN. D. S. HART. N. S. HART. r. MORAN. JOHN V. M'NAMEE. WHOLESALE STORE, No. 39 ELAYNE STREET: BETAIL STORE. CORNER KING AND MARKET STREETS. BAR IRON, MILL ROCKS, * PLOUGHSrEEL, BOLTING CLOTH, NAILS, CIRCULAR SAWS, METALS, FAN MILLS, GUNS, HOES, PLOUGHS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BUILDING MATERIALS, CARPENTERS' TOOLS, BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS, BRICKLAYERS' TOOLS, TANNERS' TOOLS. ALSO, A UANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF RODGF.R8' TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, PLATED AND BRITANNIA WARE, ^ HOUSE FURNISHING AND FANCY GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Bcpt24 fmw3mos DAC * ^oli?an (SSoobs. JJOLIDAY PRESENTS. -o W OPERA GLASSES FRENCH JEWELRY CO DRESSING CASES b ^ GLOVE BOYCES ? HANDKERCHIEF BOXES WORK BOXES AND BASKETS 3 S BOLLS, TOYS, ETC. ?* H M Wc offer TOOTH BRUSHES from 5 cents to 60 cents; Hair Brushes 15 cents to $10; Nail Hat, Bata am! Clothes Brushes. Combs, Pomades, Perfumery, Ac, m large variety, and cheapest In the city. EUGENE WARD ic. CO., No. 219 KINO STREET, decSO 0? Two doors below the Academy of Music THATCHES AND JEWELRY AT REDUCED PRICES. W . CARRINGTON" ?Sc CO., No. 2?G KING STREET, Have, by late Importations, greatly Increased their stock of 1 JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND DIAMOND GOODS, Making our assortment the largest in tho State, and which we are now offering at prices compatible with the decline in gold. We desire to call special attention to our line of WATCHES or English, Geneva and American manufacture. Waltham Watches, in solid Silver Cases, at $20, warranted. AGENTS FOR TUE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY. W. CARRINGTON. W. THOMAS. dcc20 Snsxixamt. URELY MUTUAL. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, No. 93 BROADWAY, NEW YORK OITY. WM. C. ALEXANDER.PRESIDENT -o Organizo cl September, 18 5'9. -0 CASU ASSETS OVER.$10,000,000 ANNUAL INCOME OVftt.$ 5,000,000 -o All PROFITS divided annually among tho assured. Its losses are paid promptly. AU its POLICIES ARK NON-FORFEITING. 0. A. BOWEN, ol JAMBS ADOER & 'Jo., Resident Agent. WM. B. SHAW. No. IU Meeting street, General Agent, Charleston, S. O. nov24 wfmlmo_, Drugs, (?l)cmicais, Sit. BEFORE USING AFTE't USING It ls sold by Druggists everywhere. MCKESSON A ROBBINS, JOHN F. HENRY, Wholesale Agents, New York. G. W. AIMA R, CHARLESTON, AGENT FOR DR. TUTT'S STANDARD - PREPARATIONS EVIDENCE: Dr. William II. Tull: DEAR SIR-AS a Hair-Dresser for thc last twenty-five years, Ia Europe and the ?"nlted States, I have^^UndsT?^TB? and it affords me pleasure to say yet introduced. For ?ic last lew years, I have used it, iu presence to aU others, with entire satiB^C C. BALZEAU, H0U. Ladies' Hair-Dresser. No. 108 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Prepared at the Laboratory or WJf ff Turr & LAND, Augusta, Ga. nov22 mws l mo_, fertilisers. I KAM BOXE m STANDARD GUARANTEED ?j? tm IfeSa I MANUFACTURED BY ? WALTON,WHANN&E| I WILMINGTON, DE L-| a ?fifa*. F0R SALE DY MM ?^0 CHARLESTON^/ \ dCCO 0IUO3D4C hepatic Bitten PANKNIN'S HEPATIC SITTERS. THEY CURE DYSPEPSIA, AND ALL DIS EA5E6 OP THI STOMACH AND LIVER. TITBT ARE r."COMMENTED BT TEX ME DIC A. XJ FACULTY. HEGEMAN & CO., AGENTS, NEW TOES. i?anufactnred by C. F. PANKNIN, r.vmmr ?OT /JtTETSASY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ^ ^Fw A'ate ty Druggist* Everytchcre,-?M f?bl? m-vfiyr