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aflcxs&oaEsiaXjADSiar-ar Bill Arp Addresses thc Lebanon Law School, ?nd Gtvm Kl? o vi-ii Sad Kx perteneV. MILEEOGEVIEL., Feby, 1866. Messrs. C. C. Cttmming* and others, Committee. GENTLEMEN: 1 bave reseved your kind invitation to address your law skool. In the situation by which I am surrounded, it is impossibul for me to go. I wish I could, tor I would like to tell you all I know about law, and it wouldent take jue long. I'm now in thc law bisness myself at this piase. We are engaged in manufak turin it by wholesale, and after awhile it will be retailed out by the lawyers to any that wants it. lb au easy bisness to make law, thougu some of the bills introduced are awfully spelt. To-day, I saw u bill in which "ma-j sheenery" was spelt with two esses j and four ease. But the greatest dif- j ficulty is in understandin the law after it is made. Among lawyers, I this diffikulty don't seem to lie so | much in the head as in the pocket. Ppr fivo dollars, a lawyer can lumiu ize some, and more akkordin to pay. But he oughent to luminize but one side at a time. The first case I ever had in a justice court, I employed old Bob Higgins, who was a sorter of a Belf-educated fool. I give him two dollars in advance, and he argued the case, as I thought, on two sides, and was more luminous agin than for me. I lost the case, and found out after? wards that the defendant had em? ployed Liggins after I did, and give him five dollars to lose. I look upon this as a warnin to all clients to pay big fees and keep your lawyers ont of tem talion. My experience in litigation have not been satisfaktory. I sued Sugar Black onst for the price of a load of shuks. He said he wanted to buy some ruffness, and I agreed to bring him a load of shuks for too dollars. My wTagin got broke and he got tired a waitin, and sent out after thc shuks hisself. "When I called on him for pay, he seemed surprised, and sed it had cost him too dollars and a half to have the shuks bauld, and that I jestly owd him a half a dollar. He was bigger than I was, so I swallowed my bile and sued him. His lawyer pied a set off for haulin. He pied that the shuks was unsound; that they were bard by limitations; that they dident agree with his cow, and that he never got any shuks from me. He spoke about an hour, and allooded to me as a swindler about 45 times. The bedeviled jury went out and brought in a verdik agin me for fifty cents and four dollars for costs of suits. I have saved nary shuk on im? plantation since, and I don't intend to untill it gets less expensive. I look upon this is a warnin to all folks never lo go to lau- about slinks, or any other small circumstance. The next trouble I had wus with a feller who I hired to dig me a well. He was to dig it for twenty dollars, and I wus to pay him in meat and meal, and sich like. The vagabond kept gittin along untill he got all the pay, but hadent got uary foot in the grown. So I made out my akkount, ! and sued him as foilers, to wit : Old John Hanks to Bill Arp Dr. ? To 1 Well you dident dig $20. Well, Hanks, he Lived a cheap law-1 yer, who rard round extensively, and sed a heap of funny things at ruy j expense, and finally dismissed my j case for what he called its "ridikulum j absurdum." I paid those costs, and I went home a sadder and a wiser mau. I pulled down my little cabin, and moved it some 300 yards nigher to j the spring, and I've drunk mity little well water since. I look upon this j case as a warnin to all folks never to j pay for anything till you've got it, . espeshially if it has to be <~'ug. The next law case I hau I gained it all by myself by the force of cirkum-1 stances. I bought a man's note that was given for the hire of a nigger boy, Dik. Findin he wouldent pry j me, I sued him before old Squire j McGiunis, beleevin it was sich a dead i thing that the devil couldent keep me out of a verdik. The feller's at- j torney plead failure of consideration, and non set fakiuni, and ignis falluis, \ and infancy, ard that the nigger's! name wasent Dik, but Richard. The ! old squire was a powerful secesh, and hated the Yankees amazin. So, after the lawyer had got through his j . speech and finished up his readin from a book called "Greenleaf," I rose forward to an attitood. Stretchin '? forth my arm, ses I, "Squire McGin-, nis, I would ask. if this is a timo iu ? the history of oar afthkted country j when Federal law books should be j admitted ic a Southern patriot's ! court? Havent we seeeeeded for ever from their foul domination?; Don't our flag wave over Fort Sum-1 ter and what, sur, have we got to do with Northern laws? On the very j first page of the gentleman's hook I ' Keed the name of the city of Bosting. Ves. sur, it was written in Bosting, published in Bosting and sold in Bos- j ting, where they don't know no more about the hire of a nigger than an ox knows the man who will tan his hide.'' I sed some more things that was pinted and patriotik, and closed my argument by bandin the book to the squire. He put on his spekta kles, and after lookin at the book about n minet, sez he, "Mr. Arp, you can have a judg? ment, and I liopt: Mutt from hence? forth and for ever, r.o lawyer will persoom to come before this honor? able court with pisen dokuments to provo his caso. If he do, this court * ?_ _ _ will take it ft* a insult, and send him j to jail." I look upon this cuse as a warniv : to all folks who gamble in daw, to hold a good hand and pluy it well. High jestic<> and patriotism are \viu- ^ nm trumps. After this I had a difficulty with a man by the name of Kohen, and I j thought, I wonldent go to law, but would arbitrate. I had bought Toni j Swillins wheat at ft dollar a bushel if he coiddent do any better, and if he ! could do any better he was to cum j back and give, me the preference. The j ska mp went oft* and sold the wheat to \ Kohen for a dollar and live cents, and Kokon knowd all about his con trackt with mi'. Me and him like to have lit, and perhaps would if I had nt been puny; but we finally left it all to Josh Billings to arby trate. Old Josh deliberated on thc tining for three days and nights, and finally brot in a award that Kohen should have the wheat, and / should have the preference. I ii ai ut submitted no more cases to arbitration since, and my advice to all peepul is to arby trate mithin ii your case is honest, for there ain't no judge there to keep one man from trikm the other. An honest man dont stand no chance no? where exseppin in a court house with a good lawyer to back him. The motto of this case is, never to arby trate nuthin but a bad case, and take a good lawyer's advice and pay him for it before you do that. But I got Fretman-I dident, but my lawyer Marks did. Fretman was a nutmeg schoolteacher who had gone round my naborhood with Iiis skool artikles, and I put down lor Troup and Calhoun to go, and intended to send seven or eight more if he pro vd himself right. ? soon found that the little nullifier wasent belevin in any? thing, and on iuquiry^I found that Nutmeg was givin powerful long re? cesses, and was employin his time chiefly in carryin on with a tolerabul sizd female gal that was goin to him. Troup sed he heard the gal squeel herself one day, and he knowd Fret? man was a squeezin of her. I dont mind our boys squeezin of the Yan? kee gals, but I'll be blamed if tiie Yankees shall be a squeezin oura. So I got mad and took the children away. At the end of the term Fret? man sued me for eighteen dollars, and hired a cheap lawyer to collekt it. Before this time I had lerned some sense about a lawyer, so I hired a good one, and spred my pocket book down before him, and told him to take what would satisfy him. Ami he tuk. Old Phil Davis was the jes tice. Marks made the openin speech to the effek that every professional man ought to be able to illustrate hii trade, and he therefore proposed tt put Mr. Fretman on the stand and smell him. The motion was foul hard, but it agreed with old Phil's notions of "high jestice," and says he, "Mr. Fretman you will have tc ! syell sur." Marks then swore him. j that he would give true evidence it I this case, and that he would spel I every word in Dan'l Webster's spell ing book correkly to the best of his knowledge and belief so help him ?fcc. I saw then that he wer tremblir all over like a cold wet ?log. Sayi Mark, "Mr. Fretman, spell "tisik;' well he spelt it, puttin in a ph and ti and i: /,7- and a sh, and I dont knov what all, and I thought he was gout up the first pop, but Marks said i waa right. He then spelt him rigk strait along on all sorts of big worri* and little words, and long words, anc short words, and afterwords and h< knowd em all, till fiueily Marks ses. "Now sur, spell Ompompynusuk.' Fretman drawd a long breth and set" it wasent in the book. Marks provee it was by an old preacher who wa? setting by and old Phil spoke up witt power, ses, "Mr. Fretman you mus? spell it, sur. " Fretman was sweatir. like a run down nih". He tuk ont pass at it and missd. " "You can come down, sur." says Marks, "you've lost your case." And. shore enuf, old Phil give a verdick against him like a darn. Marks was a whale in his wny. Al the same court, he was about to no snit a doktor because he dident have his diplomy, and the doktor beg'd tin court for time to go home aiter it He rode seven miles and back as hare as he could lick it, and when ht handed it over to Marks very tri umfantly, Marks ses, "Now, sur, yo? will take the stand and translate thi Latin into English, so that the cour may understand it." Well, he jes caved, for he couldent do it. Ho lost his case in too minutes, fo: the old squire said that a doktor wh< couldent read his diplomey had n< more right to praktis than a magis trate who couldent read the licens that to jine two cupul together. Thi is a warnin to all professional men t understand their business, and th moral of the case is, that a ma: oughtent to be squeezin the gal when anybody can see him. But don't want it understood that I i agin it on proper okkashions and in tender manner. There aint no squee in necessary. ]>iit I must close this brief episth Yours, truly, BILT ARP. P. S.-I forgot to mention that th Freedman's B?ro have had me \\\ because Mrs. Arp turned off lu nurse for not talking baby talk to h< chile. She said that my wife throw a cheer at her head. The lying hus? was therr a wcariu Mrs. Arp's coila ! and shawl that she'd stole. I pinte em out to the buro, and left in d . fiant disgust. The moral of this "to stand your ground," or nur? 1 your babies yourself. B. A. Baltimore Advertisements Importation 1866. 81 S BO $3 S, Millinery and Straw Goods. ARMSTRONG. I'ATOR & CO., IMPORTERS and Jobbers of RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS and LACES. VEL? VETS, RUCHES. FLOWERS, FEATHERS; STRAW BONNETS, LADIES' HATS, (trim? med and untrimmed.) SHAKER HOODS, Ac, Ac., No. 237 WHI Lofl$,,f Baltimore St., Baltimore, I^ZcSL?, Offer a stock unsurpassed hi tlic United States in variety and cheapness. Orders solicited and prompt attention given. March 3 10* MAKE YOLR OWX SOAP ! By Saving anti Using yam- Waste t?reoste. RUY ONE BOX OF THE Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company's SAPONIFIER, OR CONCENTRATED LYE. IT will make 10 pounds of excellent H ARD SOAP, or 25 gallons of thc very best ' SOFT SOAP, for only about 35 CENTS. Directions ou each box. For salo at all ! Brute and Grocery stores, and in lots at j wholesale bv WM. "M. ELLICOTT A SONS. j No. 3 Spear's Wharf. March 1 3mo Baltimore, Md. -;-. Charleston Advertisements, j MOLASSES!~(?jbUWW! ? FOR sale. 25 lihds. new crop CUBA MO- I LASSES--balance of cargo of. Sehr, j "Jas. Henrv." GONZALES, WOODWARD & CO., 73 East'Bnv, Charleston, 8. C. j Feb 2J _ _ t?_ j STRAUSS, YAXIB * tl)., ? 130 Meeting Street, Cor. Hasel Street, '? Opposite Pavilion Hotel, THE ATTENTION OF THE Wholesale Trade Is respectfully called to our NEW and WELL-SELECTED STOCK of FOREIGN MD DOMESTIC j DEY GOODS,! GOODS, j Sii)?)l? d?^ireg, ?taiettf, &rc, &c. j "VT7TTH our facilities for buying in the i VT foreign and home markets, we feel j confident that no house in the trade eau i offer superior inducements. Our stock will he large and varied, com- ? prising Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS generally; a full lino of WHITE GOODS. GLOVES, HOSIERY, FANCY GOODS and | NOTIONS. .V1.SO. Wb have established a COMMISSION I and FORWARDING BUSINESS, under the firm of E. J. WISS & CO. Goods and Produce consigned to us will I have our especial care. When you visit the city, wc would re- j spectrally invite you to call and examino ? our stock. j Orders entrusted to us will receive our j prompt personal attention. STRAUSS. VANCES & CO. j M. STB.VCSS, J. SANCE, J. C. VANCE, i E. J. WISS, THOS. MAHON. I March 4_?3_ | Dry Goods. THE undersigned, of thc late timi of ROBERT ADGER A CO., has this day ! commenced the Wholesale and Retail CRY GOODS BUSINESS ? At iVo. 252 King Street, (in the Bend.) CHARLESTON, S. C., !. And offers a stock adapted to a first-class trade. Tho business will be conducted strictly upon the ONE-PRICE SYSTEM. ! The patronage of the friends of his late j ?nn, and ut' the public generally, is respect- j fully solicited. Jj&JSt. IQ. B!ETTS. Jan 2(5 l|15w4?M j Mils House, Croner Queen and Meeting Sis.. Charleston, i MUt'~>^-> THIS popular and well j ?^llK^iv known HOUSE is now fully ?**M&3fc_,''l'''n :": reception of j Bff iirflo3T*_% ?sit..rs. having been RE FU KNISH ED with new and elegant Purni tnre throughout, ..nd oilers to the traveler I accommodations and conveniences as a ? FIRST-CRASS HOTEL, not to be equaled 1 by any. North or South. The patronage of j the traveling publie is respectfully soli- i cited. JOSEPH PURCELL, Proprietor. Rates or Board per day, S4.00. " .. per month, as may be I agreed on. Fab 13 PRATT & W] ROL 29M KIBG ST., I OFFER FOR SALE AT NEW Y 100 1ox1,lowers i?f'nzin,:'1 w 200 lbs. BLUE MASS, 1 lb. pot?. 50 lbs Extracts Colocvnth. cte. 1.000 lbs. Cream Tartar. 15 lb. can-. ?JUD lbs. feast Powders. 50 lbs. Iodide Potass. 200 lbs. Tartaric and Citric Acids. fill ASSORTMENT OF DRUGS, Mardi 2 Charleston Advertisements. HAVE made arrangements with Mr. ,). S. PHILLIPS lo continue the DBAPEB and TAILORING BUSINESS at their old stand, 32 Broad street. Charleston, S. C., in all its branches, as formerly conducted by them, and solicit for him", from their j former patrons and friends, the same libe ? ral patronage so generously extended to j themselves. EDGERTON A RICHARDS. . j ar. ss. i?ii?xi?i3js, i DRAPER AND TAILOR, j Successor f<> EDGERTON & RICHARDS. 32 BR?AD ST.. CHAULESTOX, S. C., Keeps constantly on hand a full assort? ment of thc best grad'-s of French, Eng? lish and American (.'LOTUS, CASS1MERES j and VESTINGS, which will be Hold by the ! yard or triado to order. In tho latest fn j Phions. Feb 3 3mo ; ^RCHANrS HOTEtt CHARLESTON S. C. j. CHEAPEST and BEST HOTEL in , <?? the State. Transient Board, t3 per ! jiiflLday; Weekly Boi-rd, $14 per week. ? Feb 1*3 Imo NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON Leaving each Port every Alternate Thursday. STEAMSHIP EMILY B. SOVDER, CAPT. R. W. LOCKWOOD. STEAMSHIP MONERA, CAPT. C. P. MAHSRMAN. I^HESE STEAMSHIPS, offering every inducement to SHIPPERS and the TRAVELING PUBLIC, having superior , accommodations for Passengers, with i tables supplied by every luxury the New York and Charleston markets can afford; and. for safety, spend and comfort, are un- j rivalled mn thc coast. THE STEAMSHIP M O NE K A, CAPTAIN C. 1'. MARSHMAN. ?XXTILL LEAVE NORTH ATLANTIC V> WHARF, ON THURSDAY, March S, 1866, at - o'clock. Liberal advances made on consignments j to New York. For Freight <M- Passage apply at the! Agents. WILLIS A CHIS?LM, March '2 _ North Atlantic Wharf. Payment cf City Debt by an Issue i of City Six Per Cent. Stock. OFFICE CITY TREASURER. CHARLESTON. S. C., February 14. 1866. THE Citv Treasurer is ready to ISSUE ! CERTIFICATES for the amounts of: 1 interest due to Stockholders on the 1st of January. 1866, and the redeemable Stocks i and ?solids remaining due at same date, in pursuance of the City Ordinances "To ! Provide for the Payment of Arrears of j Principal and Interest on the City Debt hy ? an Issue of City Stock." The Certificates v.ill be issued to tho j names of Stockholders as shown bv tho J books of the office, and delivered only to j I the parties therein named, their legal re]?- j resentatives or attorneys appointed to re- i ceive and receipt for tho same. In all cases it will be necessary tliat parties who wish to draw their interest through agents shall give new orders or '. ! powers of attorney, and renewed evidence ! t of legal representation will be required. ', 1 The books for the issue and transfer of j this stock will be open even- day until the j 17th of March, and re-opened o? the 1st of I April next. The Ordiuance of February 13, 186G. di- j ?reeta that "The City Treasurer shall be j authorized to pay roch portions of stock ; as shall be lei;s than ten dollars in curren- j cy, so that there shall not appear on any i Certificate of Stock a fractional sum of less titan ten dollars, and so that no new Certificate shall be for a less sum than fifty dollars." These Certificates will bear interest, pay able quarterly, from the 1st of January, 18?6. A. CAMPBELL, Fel> 24 IO Citv Treasurer. XSON BROS., KfMMSTS, ^i?lL?Sf?l, s. c., ORK WHOLESALE PRICES : IO bois. Borax, refined. 2i)0 lbs. Camphor, refined. ??OO'lbs. Calomel. ..;3 lbs. Sweet Spirit.-' Nitre, 1 lu. bottles. 56 lbs. Chloroform. ..MO lbs. Coleman's Mustard, C lb. cans. ._>n bids. Epsom Salt". 20 bbls. Alum. .ES, SC., D\ i Imo j New York Advertisements. Occupation at Your Own Homes. THOUSANDS can realize $100 weekly. No utensil* required except those found in j ev? ry household. Profits 100 percent.; de? mand staple as flour, ir i.> tho greatest ! discovery of the ag.'. Full particulars sent ; on receipt of two stamps for return post : ?^'.'. Address HOPKINS & BROWN, Maren (> ti iii! Broadway, New York. IIENRY M. MORRIS, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, . " 9'.) Pearl stree;. New York. Ii. B. - Win. j S. Hill, (formerly Hill .v Norrioet.) of Rich I mond, Ya., ami Charles J>. Hill, of North ' Carolina, arc associated with nie in th? j above business, and will be pleased tu serve thei: Sor.tli.Tii friends. References- Gen. ? R. D. Johnston and li. W. Lawson A Cu., I Charlotte, N. C.; John Wilks, President 1st I National Rank. Charlotte, N. C. Feb 7_ tiinio* ! E?WAB? LA?BEBT, Banker and Broker, .YO. :?t? WALL STREET, NEW YORK. OVERNMENTSECURITIES, STOCKS, VT BONDS and GOLD bought and sold ; on commission and carried on tho usual margin, if desired. Interest allowed on deposits subject to sight. Drafts of South? ern money bought and sold mid unsettled Northern claims adjusted. Particular at? tention paid to the negotiation oi Com I mercial Paper and bills of Exchange. Jan 20 T2IIK> SITHERIBAM Hi WANTED BY LAWRENCE BRO.'S & CO.. I? ^VTV KERS . 10 WALL STREET. NEW YORK. Feb S Imo WER ANDREWS & LEET, Importers and Jobbers oi* Foreigr and American Fancy Goods, Ho? siery, Gent's Furnishing Goods Stationery, Cutlery, and also Manu? facturers of Hoop Skirts, 23 Park Place and 20 Murray St., :Nr<?x*r YorlsL. WE have one of the largest and hos' assorted st-x-ks of above goods ii this country, adapted to Southern trade which we offer upon favorable terms. Buy ers will do well tn give ns .: trial. VI orders promptly attended f... WELD. ANDREWS v LEET. Feb 4 3mo BOOTS. SHOES & 'LEATHER. NO. ll BEY ST., NEW YORK. ALEXIS BRAGG &; WESSON Successors of the old established firm of ALEXIS BRAGG ft WARREN, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS, SHOES AND LEATHER BEC to invite the attention of purchaser to their splendid stock, adapted to al sections of thc country, and which the; offer-at thc lowest market prices. Specid attention paid to order.-. ALEXIS BRAGG. ANDREW WESSON, JI F eb 13 3mo SHELDON, HOYT & CO.. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN TFLJ*. 1^.*DWA*R. *E3 CUTLERY, GUNS. HOES and othe goods suited to SOUTHERN TR ADI No. 43 Chambers st. and 21 Reade st., few doors East of Broadway, and opposit the new Court House. New York. HENRY K. SHELDON, SAMUEL A. BCSICK, W?LLIAX J. HOYT. ISDWABD LYNES, J. ERASTUS SUELDO: Iron Carolina HOES, Elwell's Crows (steel.) Brade"s Crown, Brade's Paten! Rice Hoes, Seovill's Planters' Hoes an other makes American Planters* Hoes, ha! bright and full bright, round and oval ev< Mr. D. F. DAY, of late firm Hyde, Oreg A Day. Charleston, S. C., is with us, an will he happy to see his friends and cut tumers. Feb s 3mo New York. January h">, 18GC. Ssawrence, Brothers &. Co. s A n K E ra s, NO. IG WALL STJiEEZ KEW YO Iii -- /GOVERNMENT SECURITIES AN VT other STOCKS. BONDS, GOLD, Ac bought and sold on commission for cash. DEPOSITS n rived front Banks. Bani ers. Merchants and others, subject to chec on sight. COLLECTIONS made on a girts of the United States. EWITT C. LAWRENCE. JOHN R. CECIL. Crans J. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALSTEI Dec 31 BATCH?I? HAIR DIE! 11HE Original and Best in the '?"orli The only true and perfect HAIR Dil Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneou Produces immediately a splendid Black < natural Brown, without injuring the ha or skin. Remedies the ill effects of ht dyes. Sold by all Druggists. Thegenuii is' signed William A. Batchelor. Also, RI GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLI FLEURS, for Restoring and Beautifyii the Hah. CHARLES BATCHELOR, Oct 25 ly New York. WESTCHESTER HOUSE, CORNER BROOME ST ANO BOWER1 NEW YORK. riMIlS house, cai.ahle of accommodatit 1_ three hundred guests and kept on tl European plan, is centrally located, ar near to all points. Citv ears pass tl Hotel to ;*U the Ferries. Railroad Depo and places of Amusement every thr< minutes. SitiL-le Rooms, $1.00 per da double. S2.00. J. F. DARROW A CO., Jan 14 Iv Proprietors. JAMES CONNER'S SONS UNITED STATES TYPE FOUNDS AND PRINTERS' WAREHOUSE, "VTOS. 28, 30 and 32 Centre street, (corn ?S of Reade street, ) New York. The ty on which this paper is printed is from t above Foundry. Nov 1? W W. BO-STOE, (Late of South Carolina,) ATTORNEY AT LAV WILL PRACTICE IN IHK Supreme Court aud Court of Ciaiu Office .Yo. 252 F St.. bet. l'ilh <i/id Mn Si Dec 27 WASHINGTON. D. C. tufton I New York Advertisements. BY THE EliREKl(JIFTASSOCIATIOi\. ESTABLISHED 1K46. 180 Broadway. New York. Rosewood Pianos, Melodeons, Fine OR Paintings, Engravings, S?ver Ware, Fine Gold and Silver Watches. Diamond Pins, Dia? mond Rings, Gold Bracelets, Coral. Florentine, Mosaic, Jet, Lava and Cameo Ladies' Sets, Gold Pens with. Gold and Silver Extension Holders, Sleeve ; Buttons, sevs of Studs, Vest and ! Neck Chains, Gold Rings, &o . VALUED AT $1,000,000. DISTRIBUTION is mad.- in thc following manner: Certifica-tes, naming each I article and its value, are placed in sealed i envelopes, which are well mixed. One of i these envelopes, containing the certificate j or order for some article, will be delivered j at our office or sent by mail to any address, without regard to choice, on receipt of 25 cents. On receiving the certificate, the I purchaser will see what article it draws and ! its value, and can then send ONE DOLLAR j and receive the article named, or can choose I any other one article on our list of the same ] value. ; CS" Purchasers of our SEALED ENVE? LOPES may. in this manner, obtain an article VOOtih from One to Fice. Hundred Dollars, For One Dollar? Which they need not pay until it is knowu what is drawn and its value. Entire satis? faction guaranteed in ali cases. THE EUREKA GIFT ASSOCIATION Would call attention to the fact of its being thc original and largest Gift Association in thc country. We are, therefore, enabled t?> send finer goods und give better chances te? obtain the more cainable prizes than any other establishment of the kind. The bu? siness continues to he couducted in a fair and honorable manner, and a large and greatly increasing trade is proof that our patrons appreciate this method of obtain? ing rich and elegant goods. During the past year, this Association has sent a very largo number of valuable prizes to all parts of the country. Those who patronize u.s will receive the full vaina of their money, as no article cm our list is worth less than One Dollar, retail, and there are no blanks. Parties dealing with us may depend on having prompt returns, and the article drawn will be immediately sent to any ad? dress by return mail or express. The following parties have recently drawn valuable prizes from the Eureka As? sociation, and have kindly allowed the use of their names: many otner names might he published were we permitted: Andrew Wilson, Custom House, Philadel? phia, Penn., Oil Painting, value $100; Jas. Hargraves, 821 Broadway, New York, Oil Painting, value ?lOO; E. V. .loues. Barrett, Marshall Co., Kansas, Melodcon, value $200; P. J. Bvrnes. Waterbury, Ct., Gold Watch, value $125; J. F. Shaw, 224 East 24th street, New York, Piano, value $350; Mrs. Chas. J. Nevis. Elmira, N. Y., Piano, value $300; Miss Lucy Jaueway, Elmira, N. Y.. Cluster Diamond' liing, value $200;' Mrs. K. Pen noyer, City Hutel. Nashville, Tenn., Melo deon, value $125; Oscar M. Allon. Co. Ii. 142d Reg. Iud. Vols., Nashville,' Tenn.. Watch, value $85: howland S. Patterson. Co. D, 10th Iowa Vet. Vols., Oil Painting, value $100: Mrs. Abbey J. Parsons, Spring? field. Mass., Melodcon, value $150; Jas. L. Dexter, City Surveyor. Syracuse, N. Y.. Gold Watch", value $150; Mrs. James Ely. 177 Wooster street, cor. Bleeker, N. Y., Oil Paintiug. value $100; Mrs. J. C. Coles, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Silver Castor, value $40; Dr. J. R. Sinclair, No. 4 Main st.. Utica, N. Y., Framed Engraving, value $25: Hon. Luther Detmold, Washington. D. C.. Oil Painting, value $100. Letters from various parties throughout the country, acknowledging the receipt of very valuable gifts, may he seen on file at our office. To be Sold for One Dollar Each, Without regard to value, andnot to be paid for until you kuoir what you >n'Jl receive. .">!) Eleg't Rosewood Pianos, EACH. worth from.$250.00 to 500.00 50 Melodeons, Ros'd eases. 125.00 to 225.00 100 fine Oil Paintings. 25.00 to 100.00 100 gold H'g Case Watches 75.00 to 159.00 150 Diamond Rings. 50.00 to 200.60 250 Ladies' Gold Watches. (id.00 to 85.00 450 Silver Watches. 25.00 to 50.00 200 fine Steel Eng's, fr'md. 12.00 to 25.00 100 Musi.: Boxes. 12.00 to 45.00 lOUSil'r Rev'g Pat.Castors 15.00 to 40.00 100 -. F't and C'ko B'kets. 15.00 to 35.00 500 sets Silver Tea and Tablespoons. 15.00 to 30.00 2,500 Yest and Neck Chains 5.1)0 to 25.00 2.500 Ladies' Silver Porte monaies. 8.00 to 15.00 3,000 Silver Butter Knives 3.00 to 7.00 2,000 pr Ear-rings.new style 1.50 to COO 3,000 Gold Pencils and Toothpicks. 3.00 to 8.00 3.000 Onvx and Amethvst Brooches . 4.00 to 10.00 3.000 Lava anti Florentine Brooches. 4.00 to COO 1,000 Masonic Pins. 4.00 to 0.5O 2,000 line Gold W'ch Revs. 3.50 to C.5? 5.000 Children's Armlet's.. 2.50 to 8.00 2.500 sets Bosom Studs. . 1.50 to 5.00 2,500 En'd Sleeve Buttons. 2.50 to 10.00 10,000 Plain Gold and Chased Rings. 1.00 to 5.00 5,000 Stone Set & S'l Rings 2.50 to 10.00 5,000 Lockets, all sizes. . .. 2.00 to 7.00 10.000 sets Ladies' Jewclrv 8.00 to 20.00 4 OOO Watch Charms, eacji 3.00 to 5.50 5,000 Gold Pens, Silv Ex C's 4.00 to COO 5.000 Gent's Breast and Scarf l*ins . 3.00 to 20.00 ?,000 Ladies' New Style Pelt Buckles. 4.0O to 0.50 2,OOO Chatelaine and Guard Chains. ii oO to 20.00 1,000 Gold Thimbles. 7.00 to 14.00 2.000 set Ladies'Jet A Gold 10.00 to 20.00 10,000 Gold Crosses. 1.50 to ?.00 '.,000 Oval Band Bracelets. 0.00 to 20.00 1.000 Chased Bracelets. 5.00 to 10.00 2,000 Ball Ear-drops, A11 colors. 3.00 to 5.00 '?,000 tine Gold Pens. . 2.00 to 3.50 2.00O Now Style Jet Mid Gold Ear-ilrops . . . . 3.00 io T OO 2,500 New Stvle Long Crvs tal Ear-drops.' . 4.00 to 8.00 2.000 Gol 1 Pens. 3.00 to b.OO A chance to obtain any of tho above irticlea for ONE DOLLAR by purebashig a Scaled Envelope, for 25 cents. C?- Five Sealed Envelopes will be sent Tor $1.00; eleven for $2.00; thirty for $5.00; sixty-five for $10.00; one hundred for $15.00 AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Our patrons are desired tosend United States money when it is convenient. Long letters are unnecessary. Orders for Sealed Envelope-, must in every ease be accompa uied by the cash, with the name of the person sending, and Town, County and State plainly written. Letters should bo addressed to the Managers as follows: GOODWIN, HUNT ? CO.. Feb 10 75* Eos 5.70C Post Office, N. Y.