Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Rnilroud Bpitn;j>hs. , Here aro a few, classified umlcr heads explanatory of tbuordinary causes of rail? road accidents. It will Be seen that in pay? ing a tribute to the memories of thc shun, . no blame lias been attached to the com? panies : " BEOK.EX RAIL. 0 weep Tor me, my brethren dear - A rail defective sent mt here; Since whci, with kindly Christian care, The road's beim put in good repair. The first two Unes may be supposed, to have been furnished by the friends of tho deceased, the other two by tho company. OPEN DRAW-BRIDGE. '"Draw-bridge shut," the signal said, 'Twasn't shut! Alas! how solemn! Such is lifel Soe list of dead On the other side of column. COW OX TRACK. A bovine waif from the adjoining field The track invftded, andmy fate sire sealed. By the cow-catcher caught,, she Pew skv high; And so, dear friends, I hope at last shall I. MISPLACED SWITCH. . A son of Erin, to the duty new, And slightly tibsv, tho wrong lever drew; Thirty wore lulled, and here in sweet repose, They wait till Gabriel's warning whistle * blows- . . The Smashtown Railroad Com pan v. with a sigh, Records their fate-but ah! wc all niHst dio, And as fife's tracks all end in death's abode, Mach those escape who take the shortest road. OVERTAKEN BT AN EXTRA. Here lie travelers twenty-five; Cause of death, an extra train..^ .Engineer ahead was slow; .Engineer behind aU "go."* Hadihe former looked alike, Theta we mourn had not been alain. Company (of blame relieved J3y a jury of its peers,) Without '" o 11 .he bereaved. To tl ??.bis tablet roars. A ?riso or TWO TBUNS. . t7a derb ..aili this marble scroen Lie. crushed passengers fifteen. , Two trains met-two hundred spilled; WonderfulJHI moro wer - killed! Trust their wav to Heaven they found ByH.be Railroad underground. Thf above mementoes, having been -?"knocked off" almost aa hastdy as the lt. ft.'s knock off their victims, arc not as po? lished as they might bc. Amid tho inc?. ?ant crash of crowded cars and the shrieks' 4tl mutilated men, women a,n<\ children, it ia impossible to rhyme classically. . Agriculture. "We extract the. following f'ODi Arte? mus Word's new book : The Barclay ' County Agricultural Society having seriously invited the author of this volume to address them on the occasion of their next annual *fair, he wrote the President Ox that society as follows:' NEW YOKE, July 12, 1865. DEAK SIT.: I have thc honor to acknowledge tile receipt of yourlettcr of the 5th instanten which you invite jKic to deliver an address before your excellent agricultural society.. 1 ??vl nattered, and think I will ?oom e. Perhaps, meanwhile, abrief history ?>f my experience as an agriculturist will be acceptable, and as that history no dembt contains suggestions of > val uti to the entire agricultural com? munity, I have concluded to write you through the press. I have been an old honest farmer for some four years. My fitrm is in the interior of Maine. Unfortunately, niy lauds are eleven "mik-v from the railroad.' Eleven miles is traite a distance to haul immense quantities of wheat, corn, rye and ?ats; but as I haven't any to haul, I do not. after all, suffer much on that account. My farm is more especially a grass ia.au. My neighbors told me so at first, and. as an evidence that they were 3'peere in that opinion, they turned leir cows on to it the no anent I went off "lecturing." These cows are now quite ?it. 1 take pride in those cows, in fact, and J am gladi own'a grass farm. Two years ago, 1 tried sheep rais? ing I bought fifty lambs* and turned them loos?' on my broad and beautiful ;ic res. It was pleasant on bright mornings to stroll leisurely ont on the farm, in my dre: sing-gown, with a, cigar in my mouth and watch those? innocent little larnligas they danced gaily o'er the hill-side. Watching their saucy capers reminded me of caper sauce, and it occurred, to me 1 should have j some fine eating when thov grow rm j to b.- "muttons." My gentle shepherd, Mr. Eli Per? kins, said, "We must have some, shep? herd dogs." 1 had no very precise idea as to what shepherd dogs were, but 1 as? sumed a rather profound look, and said: "Wc must, Eli;] spoke to you about this some time ago." I wrote to my old friend, Dr. Dex? ter H. Follett, of Boston, f?rtwo shep? herd dogs. Mr. F. is not an honest l>Id fanner himself, but 1 thought he know about shepherd dogs. Ho Irindly forsook far more important ? business to accommodate^ and the dogs ' came ' forthwith They were splemhd creatures > snuff-colored, ha? zel-eyed, long-tailed, and shapely jawed. ' We led them proudly to the fields. "Turu them in, Eli," I said. Eh" turned them in. * They went in at once, and killed twc?ty of my best lambs in about four minutes and a half. My friend had made a trifling mis? take in the breed of these dogs. These dogs t??re not partial to the sheep. Eli Perkins was astonished", and ob? served:* ' "* r^Waal! did you ever!" I certainly never 'hud* There were pools of blood o?n tho green sward, and fragments of wool and raw lamb chops lay round in con? fused heaps. Thc dogs would have been sent to Boston that night, had they not rather suddenly died that afternoon of a throat 1isteniper. It wasn't a swell? ing of tne throot. It wasn't diptheria. lt "Was a violent openiijg of the throat extending from ear-to ear. Thus ?dosed their life-stories. Thus ended their interesting tails. I failed as a raiser of lamb .. As a shcepist, I was not a success. Last summer, Mr. Perkins said : ' 'I think we'd better cut some grass this season, sir." We cut some grass. To me the new mown hay is very ' weet and nice. Tho brilliant George Arnold sing? about it, in beautiful verses, down in Jersey every summer; so does tho brilliant Aldrich, of Ports? mouth, N. H. And yet I doubt if either* of these men knows the {(rice of a ton of lr - to-day. But new mown hay is a really fine thing. It is good for man and beast. 1 Wediired four honestiarmers to as? sist us, and I led them gaily to tho meadows. 0 I was going to mbw, myself. I saw the sturdy peasants go round olice ere I dipped my flashing s<$ythe into* the tall green grass. ** "Are you ready ?" said E. Perkins. "I am here !" "Then follow us !" I followed them.fc Followed them rather too closely, evidently, for a white-haired old man, who immediately followed Mr. Per? kins, called upon us to halt. Then in a lOw, firm voice, he said to his son, who was just ahead of. me. "John, change places with mr. I hain't got long to live, anyhow. Yon? der berryin* ground will soon Have those old bones, and it's no matt - whether I'm carried there with . c ! 4eg off and ter'bh gashes in f>?ior 1 or not! But you ! John . .. ^are young." . . 0 The old man chartered ; ?s with ?iis son. A smile o' cairn . :signation lit up his wrinkled face, as he said, "Now, sir, I am v ly !" ''Whatmean; o'"' .?an ?"I aid. "I mean thc " _:i continue to bran'ish that blade ?.>?. you have brau'ish it. yo. il slash h- oui. of some ol' us before we"re a hour" old? r!" Tluj?e was some reason mingled with this white-haired old peasant's profanity. It was true that I had twice escapad mowing off his son's legs, and his father was pei'haps natu? rally alarmed. I rant, and sat down nuder a tree. "I W^cv know'd a literary man in my lifo, I overheard the old man say, "that know'd anything." Mr. Perkins was not as valuable to me this season as I had fancied he might be. Every - afternoon he dis? appeared from the held regularly, and remained about some two hours. He : I said it was headache. Ho inherited | I il from his mother. Kis mother was I often taken in that way. and suffered ? ' a great ?h al. , J ' At the end of the two homos Mr. j I Perkins would re-appear with his head ! I neatlv done up in a large wet rag, and ! I say ho "felt bett?>r." Ono afternoon it so happened that ! 1 soon followed tho invalid io the i house, and as I neared tho porch I I heard a female voice energetically 1 observe, "You stop !" it was tho I voice 01 the hired girl, and she added, j "I'll holler for Mr. Brown !" "Oh no, Nancy," I heard the in? valid E. Perki- s soothingly say: Mr I Brown knows I love you. Mr. Brown J approves of it !" This was pleasant for Mr. Brown! I peered cautiously through tho kitchen blinds, and, however unnatu? ral it may appear, the lips of Eli Per? kins and my hired girl were very near together. She said, "You shan't do so," and he do-soed. She also said she would get right-up and go away, and, as an ovitieneo that sh?- was tho? roughly in-earnest about it, she re? mained where .she was. They are married now, and Perkins 1 is troubled no more with the head- I ache. ^ j -. This year we are planting corn. Mr. Perkins writes me that "on accounts o* io skare krows bein put up krows cum and digged fust crop np but soon, got nbtlier in. Old Bisbec who was frade youd cut his sons leggs off Sos you bet go and stand np in feeld yrself with dressin gown on ?: gesses krows will-keep way. this made Boys in store lari', no More terday from "Yours respectful - ' "ELT PEI?KINS. " "bis letter." My friend Mr. D. T.'T. Moore, of the Rural New Yorker, thinks if I "keep on" I will get in the poor bouse in about two years. If you think thc honest old farmers of Barclay County want me. I will come. Truly vours, CHARLES F. BROWNE. Government Prnerty, , IAll persone in tho Districts of. Rich . land, Lexington, Fairfield and Ker? shaw, who have in their possession or con? trol property belonging to the late so-called Confederate* Government, ..re directed to give immediate notice thereof,- aird to sur? render the same to thc undersigned on or before November 1st. This order embraces cotton and every dthcr description of Gov? ernment property,- no matter under -what authoritv the same mav be held or de? tained. 2. Parties holding property for which receipts have been given will exhibit them forthwith. 3. Persons haring information which will lead to the detection of individuals who have soW, abstracted, or Concealed Govern? ment property, and who furnish iuforrria tion thereof, will be fairly compensated. 4. Public, sales will bc held at this place on WEDNESDAY, at 10 A.? M. of each week, at tho College Campus, of Govern? ment property. Terms cash. 5. AJI persons who fr. '' to comply with this order will subject themselves to arrest and punishment. EDGAR McMULLEN, Asst. special Treasury Agent. Coi., mix, October 12. ISiJ?. ?f Fair?eld, Lexington and Ker*' * District papers will copy four times "?..ti 8v ul bill to this omeo. October 15 ||10fi ' COLUMBIA, S. C. Ljgjj^~^<\ THE undersigned, having ?wWlifch^km. l**1"^ the largo and eonv ^KgrnKTSfc Tn?dious building known M ?Ptri^TrXbJl-^,t he "Columbia Methodist Female College," ?as opened it as i? FUiSTE CLASS HOTEL. T. S. KICKE?SON, sept ll . Proprietor. AV. B. JOHXSTOS, ofice ?ri ' Of.-' end nf Lady. WILL af official business brought o( ..... -'U also attend to drawing up Deeds, Co: anees, Mort? gages, Contracts, and otb r ordinary legal astrumcuts of writing. Fair copies of any documeut executed with neatness and dc' spatch. August 1_ New Y' -r1 L ivertisejiients. nit judi's iftp WE. THE Original and Best in the World! The only true .and perfect HAIR D?E. Han.tless, Reliable and Instantaneous. Produces immediately a splendid black ot natural Brown, without injuring tho hail or skin. Remedies the ill effects of bad dyes. Sold by all Druggists. Tho genuine is signed WiUiani A. Batchelor. Also, RE? GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLE FLEURS, for Restoring and Beautifying the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR, Oct 25 ly New York. fflffllffi.il WHOLESALE, at the lowest possible ? price of Importation, for Cash. \V\ R. CAMERON & Co., Importers of Hair and Manufacturers. No. ol8 Fulton St., Brooklj n, near New York Large and small orders punctually at tended to. Oct 25 Imo FENNER, BENNETT & BOWMAN, (Suc'sora to Hotchkiss, Fcnne- <i Bennett, GOW. ME8G8/WT8t 40 VESEY STREET, MEW YORK, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. . rilOS. PEKSEK, H. BENNETT. I>. w. BOW3?AIT. MR. T. A. TOBIN, who u ns for a Icngtl of time connected with the old firm ol Hotchkiss, Kenner ti Bennett, h;>s an inter? est in thc present firm, and will devote his attention prhicipallv 0> the State of South Carolina. His address will -bc* flinton. Laurens District. Oct :i Imo BALDWIN & CO., UIDK A\[) BROKERS, NO. 70 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. COVERNM^T SECURITIES AND other STOCKS, BONDS, &?., bought and sold on commission. DEWITT (!. LAWRENCE,, member N. Y. Stock Exchange. H??EON BALDWIN, JR.. member N. Y. Peo- ileum ami Mining board. CYRUS J. LAWRENCE WM. A. HALSTED Sept i (imo To the Citizens of South Carolina. Thc termination'of a sanguinary contest, which for the past four years has presented an impassable barrier to all social or com? mercial intercourse between the two great sections of our country, having at length happily cleared away all obstacles to a re? re oval of those relations which formerly bound us toge ther in a fraternal union, I lake the earliest opportunity afforded me by thia auspicious event, to greet my South? ern friends, and to solicit from them a re lewalnf that extensive business connection rhieh for a quarter of a century has been uninterrupted, save by the great public calamity .tb which I iiave adverted. lt is scarcely necessary, on the threshold of s business re-union, 1 shpnld*repeat the 'warning so often given to my friends-to beware of all those spurious and deleteri-ej otis compounds which, under the specious and false titles of "mported Wines, Bran? dies, Hollarfd Ginv, Liquors. Ac. have been equally destructive to the health of eur citizens as prejudicial to the interests of | tho legitimate importer. * Many years of my past life have buen i expended in an open and candid attempt to oxpose these wholesale frauds; no time nor expense ha? been spared to accoqiplish this salutary^purpose, and to place before my friends and the ^nblie generally, at the lowest possible market price, and in such quantities as might suit their convenience, a truly gonuin? import?e! article. Twenty-five years' business, transactions with the largest and most respectable ex? porting houses in France and Great B?jUiin bare afforded me unsurpassed facilities for supplying onr home market with Wine?, Liquors and Liqneres of the best and most approved brands ia Bur op?, in addition to my cr- distillery in Holland for the manu? facture of the "Schiedam ?ohuappe."' The latter, so lonj? vestpd and approved .by the medical faculties of the United Suites, West Indies and South America as an invaluable Therapeutic, a wholesome, pleasant and perfectly safe bevorago in all climat*1* and during all seasons, quickly excite?Vthe cupidity of the home manufac? turers ?nd venders of a spurious article under tho same name. I trust that I have, after mneh toil and expense, surrounded all my importations with safeguards and directions whioh, witn ordinary circumspection, will insure their deliver^ as I reeeive them froru Europe, to all my customers. I would, however, recommend, in all cases where it is possible,<hat orders tee sent direct to my Depot, 22 Beaver street; Kew York, or that pnrehasee bc made of my accredited agents. In addition to a large stock of Wines, Brandies, &c., in wood, I have a eocsider able supply of ?ld tried foreign Wines, em? bracing vintages of many past years, bot? tled up before the commencement of the war, which I ean especially recommend to all connoisseurs of these rare luxuries. In conclusion, I would special!v ?all the attention of mv Southern customers to the advantage to. be derived by transmuting ! their orders without hiss of time, or calling personally at the Depot, in order to insure tho fulfillment of their favors from tlje pre? sent large and well selected assortment. ' . DBOLPHO WOLFE, Opt 3 Ime 2*2 Beaver st.. New York. DEVLIN & CO, BROADWAY? V. CLO fill G AT ?ND RETAIL! "CTTr; open the season with a large stock W of elegant CLOTHING and F?R , NISHING GOODS in o,,r Kcady-made De? partment-. We have also sccuicd the ser? vices of first-class artists In our Custom Department, wlijeh is likewise supplied with tho FINEST an??. BEST FABRICS of thc Home and Foreign MarScts. T-j those who wish to order bv mail, will 1)0 sen! (<>n application) SAMPLES OF GOODS, witli directions t .icasuring. .which, if correctly followed, will secure a DEVLIN .& CO.. Broadwav. cor. Grand street, New York. Broadway, cor. Warren street, New York. Sept -jv Imo [ESTABLISHED TN Isis.] \V!i. SMITH BROM & CO., . .WHOLESALE DUUSS IM JVo. 53 Chambers St., Neu) York. WM. SMITH BROWN will receive con? signments of COTTON for sale on commission, and make cash advance? on shipments. If is arrangements arc such as to insure faithful attention to the interest of the consigner. Sept 17 2mo Charleston Advertisements. C. N. AVERUJ.. J. H. AVERIL*. C. X. AVERILL & SON, General Auction, Commission, a FORWARD'G MERCHANTS* Jib. 20 HWNK Sr.. CHAKI-ESTO??, S. C. (COMMISSIONS for Forward*?g, ie conti _^ per Package, with funds in hand *o pav charges. Refer to George W. Williams & Co. Oct 24 . ""COFFEE, GUNNY CLOTH, ETC BAGS RIO COFFEE: Ol f\ h li l halos GUNNY CU >TH. 200 coils ROPE. 200 bMs. FLOUR. For sale bv CLACIUS A WITTE. 70 East Bay, cor. North Atlantic Wharf, Oct 22 t>" . Charleston, S. C. CHAJOAGNE, CLAJRETT^TCT CASJSS CHAMPAGNE, ^f) 50 cases RHINE WINE. **00 eases CLARET. . lOObbfc. WHISKEY. m . BRANDIES. WINES. Ac. in casks. F . sale bv CLACIUS & WITTE. 70 East Env, cor. North Atlantic Wharf. ? Oct 22 6' Charleston, S. C. Browne & Bchirmer, .Uti) FORWARDING MERCHANTS. W. R. BROWNE, "* F M. SCHIRMER', Hopkins' Turn- ?<o. 9 Exchange st., Out, S. C. Charleston, S. C CONSIGNMENTS of COTTON and other PRODUCEwill .be received and sold, ^or, if desired, will be shipped to New York for sale. COTTON and MERCHANDIZE forwarded with despatch from Hopkins' T. i O. Particular attention given to the for? warding of goods arriving from the Nortb intended for the up-country. Charges from either point 15 cents per package, wh?o ov?- 2.? in number; 20 cents when under. BKFKKHXCKS. Messrs. JOHN FRASER & GO., Charleston. Mr. \V. EL HALL, Charleston, S. C. Messrs. T. S AY AGE HEYWARD A- SON?, Augusta, Ga. Oct 18 Imo (Formerly Cothran, Jeffers <fi cb.,i A RE prepared to rece've and forward all J\_ COTTON and MERCHANDIZE con? signed to ' t ^-ir eare at Orangeburg an4 Hopkins' Tn rn-Oni, ott South Carob"" Railroad. On completion of tho ro: > Columbia, they will continue bunine* that place. By strict attention to business and m.. - rate charg?s, they hope to merit a share patronage. Oct 6 Imo ?yThe Abbeville. Edgef?eld, Anderson, Newberry, Laurens and Greenville papers please copy for one-month, and send bu,l tc this office." ZIMMERMAN DAVIS, ? (J'AIU- of t?-ic Finn of A'lams, Frost <? <}-.. ) OFFERS his services to his friends a* FACTOR and COMMISSION MER? CHANT. Particular attention paid to the sale of Cotton and other Produce. Also, to the purchase of family supplies. Oftic corner Accommodation Wharf and East Bav, Charleston, S. C. Oct 5 Imo Hi HOTEL. * CO USER El Nit A KD SOCIETY STS., CHARLESTON, S*. C, PROPRIETORS, S. H. LORING. (.'HAS. Hu BENNETT. Sept 27 " _Imo PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPASY. LISE COMPOSED OF THE NEW AN"f> FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS , JIO.\?BKA, Capt. Uarshman, ? E M11. Y K. SOCuBR.Capt. Wlnchestei, FOR NEW YORK DIRECTS The new and favorite passenger, steamet CAPT. 31A USU MAS, "ITTILL leave Accommodation Wharf OM VT THURSDAY, October 26. at -oYlock. These vessels alternating weekly. olT-rin^ every Thnrsdav to thc traveling pnblic -i FIRST-CLASS" PASSENGER BOAT, with supe ri oi" accommodations, There will be a mail bag koptat rbeom*? of the Agents, closing always an hou: b* fore the sailing wT each steamer. For Passage or Freight, apply to WILLIS ? CHISOLM, Agents, Oct ? Mills House, Charleston. AEOBGE W. WILLIAMS & CO,, Merch'ts Sc Bankers l enid '?> Hayna Sf.', Charleston, S. ?'. A RE receiving the LA?GESTSTOCK of j\ FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC M EE CHAND7ZE ever offered at tb- Sooth, which will be sold at the LOWE! T .MAR K ET PRICES. (?OLD. SILVER, RANK NOT?S, STOCKS, BONDS, EXCHANGE, ste bongl and sold. CONSIGNMENTS of COTTON and otb. i COUNTRY PRODUCE will be r%?eived and sold; or, ii' desired, will bc forwarded u> New York for sale. Cash advances will ii.: made on such consitrnments. Aug 29 {2mo