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Wjypp HAMPTON, Ll?ttvei'?d al theQeora?a Siafe1 Fair) in W '?Gsfe??, NdvenOi?rVl, 106?. 4lB.,'lAH?^t?* ??iD GEJSTIJKMEN OF THE Ibiirb?Lttm?ij Boodfcrfc: '?t.' th?'ro yrte&Y ll\ti?i?:lti 4?ti fiot unusual for tM^luiW.'iu^TlD history of ov?tttttb'BiMtrlT?sfc State, tribe gin with hil aocoaoi?tci tho crentioo of tho world; ?nd if it io over ndmissablo now to follow the ox'?mp?e.?f these medieval writqrs it'lfiulff?eiW tb'b? In treating of agri ortW?te;;lho burliest ocoopation of man. Wrheh thb ea*th was fbesh from the bonds of.i.t^.?fefvtor, the great .fore father of the haman race woe commanded by bia afrTftPfd keep ?bd: wrirl tho Eden in which he wnepl?ccd. r1W?are told thai Noahv wbeauiio left' tho nrk nnd began, aa it wore, a nov? creation, was a, farmer and a vine-dresser. Tho children of. Israel, toiling through the burning sands of Arabia. fwero cheered onward toward Canaan, nqC by, the pronii,qe of national groavnesk ira'd'renown, nor of richneBa and apleudor, but hy' Ino UP au run co thur they ahvonld find A lund, of coro and of wine. They wcro to farm the soil and prune th? vine, nnd they rendered thanks tq.God for.the bounty, of.nature in their great fensts at the first fruits nnd at tho ingathering. of the orops, when the farmer might rejoice and the song of tho vintage bo, heard. When the Incar? nate God was about to rise from earth to Heaven, did he. sot. leave as symbols' oi his eternal covenant between the two.the produco of tho field and tho vineyard, bread and wine? And what subject more appropriate to engage the attention ol the pepple of this great State than thal which has. caliea together this vast as sombloge? For this is "Georgia," whose very name is a synonym for "agricul ture." Let mo, then, take aa my subjeel tho theme which, since the days of thc Mantuan bard, has inspired the sweetes lays Of tho poets of all lands; has callee forth the eloquence of their orators, nut won the praise of their philosophers noe divines. When man's disobedience brought i curse on the earth, the mandate of Jeho vah went forth-"In the sweat of th; face shalt thoa eat bread, till thou rc tarn unto the grouud," And that deere* is yet io fall force, bat it has been mer cifully ordained that along with the pu nishment a blessing comes : " 'Tia the primal coree, But soften'd into mercy, made the pledgo Of oheerful days, aud nights without a groan. Bat while selecting agriculture as m; theme, it is with the utmost diffidenc that I venture to discuss before the agri culturiats of Georgia, who are desorvedl regarded as among the most practical scientific and successful in the Sout): any subject pertaining to their vocation for I feel my inability to throw light o questions so ably expounded by the me who have BO nobly illustrated their cal ing. Bat as the whole agricultural syt tem of the South has undergone a sue den and violent revolution, as it is no in a state of transition, it is only by frc consultation, by collating the experienc of .every planter, that we can educe tb true pnnoiples on which to build up an maintain a new system. In the hopi then, that I may contribute something however small, to that general fund ( knowledge which wo wish to accumul?t I filial! give you tho results of my n flections on the present condition on future prospects of the agriculture i the South. In doing this, I shall nece sarily touoh on topics of a mere gener and'comprehensive character; thcrcl involving not only the agricultural, bi tho national, social and political inter?s of the' South. These interests are i bound together, so dependent on ea< oth'et, that one'cannot be discussed wit out touching to some extent on all. 13 yohdwhat this mutual connection gi dependence renders necessary, I slit not, of course, enter the fixed domain political discussion, not only because would be unbecoming to do so on an c casida of this .kind, but because I fe an abiding conviction that the people Georgia need nd: exhortation to ma' them cling with unshaken hold to t ever-living principles taught by t fathers of the republic, tho only tr faith. In order to est i nm to properly t resources and power of tho South, must consider what was her conditi when the wnr ended, and what she 1 accomplished iu tho brief period tl has since elapsed. What, then, was 1 oondition when peace was {proclaime Her cities wore in ashes ; smonlderi ruins *of once happy and prospere homesteads marke 1 th?! v-; ..1 Sr*,ot o^ whioh the crimson tide of war had swe Her fields, once smiling in beauty a rich with boundless wealth, were dev tated; the labor which had subdued 1 forest, and given this wide and fort domain to civilization, was rudely < stroyed; her oommerce was dead; 1 railroads, with all other internal i provements, were broken np; hor te pies of learning, and even her altars the Irving God, bad been cast down ; 1 surviving children were despoiled, wi throughout'all her coasts she bewai her countless and noble dead, who si beneath the soil they bad fought so roically, though so vainly, to defe The pathetic language in which the spirea prophet of old laid before his C tue sorrows of his people, ns he pre for their deliverance, could well h been applied to os: "Remember, O Lord, what is ec upon UR; con siller and behold our re? proafcb." ''Oar Inheritance, in turned to strangers; our houses to ali?na. " "Our necks are under persecution: ve labor aud havo no rest." "Wo hnvo given the land to tho Egyp? tians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread.'' "Servante haye) ruled over un, nnd there is none that doth deliver us out of. their hands. We looked for peace, but no good come,'and fot1 a fime of besltti, aud behold troubler* Such. without exaggeration . won our condition, audit was one that might well havo''appalled the stoutest heart, but timuka "be to Odd, our peoplo bro of sterner stuff than to yield themselves a prey tp. unmanly despair. -Girding up their.?Q^ns, and gathering around them their' shattered household gods, they set themselves to "put' their house in order, not to dio, bht to live." Pi ni cn lt i os va? nished beforo their fited purpose to overcome ,them. (jin spito pf inimical le? gislation, lu spite of unjust taxation, in spito of that horde of political adven? turers who flocked' here to drain the life? blood of our peoplo. like tho vultures of old which gathered around the bound nnd prostrate giant, tearing with bloody beaks his dtill living heart; in spito of tho seasons themselves, which seemed to war against them, they have passed in safety through tho narrow straits of po? verty, and not far distant they behold the golden waves of an ocean of prosperity. Let me not be understood, my friends, whilst holding up to your view the pro? mise of this prosperity, which seems tc be already within your grasp, and indi? cating anything beyond that material prosperity which comes from a wido aud general diffusion of wealth among a peo plo. That higher and nobler prosperity which ouly liberty gives, and which r freo nnd virtuous people alone can en< joy, you will have to achieve by slow une painful steps; by patient endurance; b^ ceaseless vigilance; by stern aciberen et to principle. National wealth, bringing as it does, material prosperity to a peo plo, is to bo desired; not for tho ease auc luxury which follow in its train, but us i means of giving national power, bj which a peoplo can Bccure and maintaii their liberties. It thon becomes ni honorable eud; but we should alway bear in mind that it will bo dearly bough if, in exchange for it, we hurter awn; faith, and honor, and truth. Better-i thousandfold better-to live poor, vir tuons and free, rather than rich, viciou and enslaved. All history is full of ex amples to "Teach us that st atop, of native strength poi seat, Though very poor, may still bo very bleat; And self-dependent power can Timo defy, As rocks resist the billows and tho sky." Tho dawn of a brighter day for th South begins to dispel tho gloom ii which she was left by the war, and to he agriculturists moro tbau to any othe class, is sho indebted for this auspiciou change; for. after all, tho truo and pei muneut wealth of a people springs frot thc product of the soil. We cannot, i is truo, grow "greenbacks," nor do we c tho South comprehend that wondrous a cbemy which transforms these picture "promises to pay" into those preciou metals, which, among nations behind ui perhaps, in political economy, aro alon regarded as money ; but we, and we alon? grow in perfection those great staple which the world demands as necesauric or luxuries. Cotton may, perbups, b no longer King, for in these day? whe mobocrucy baa dethroned laws and coi stitutions, hu, too, may have shared tl same fate, but he bids fair to remout his throne long before his fellow-suffe ers aro re-instated on theirs. Airead; bo grasps his sceptre with no nu stead hand, sad we may hope to see him, ei long, resume tbs imperial purple ac royal diadem. How can we, as legi subjects, hasten bis resumption of ai thority? For au answer, I point to tl men of whom Goorgia may well be prot -tho Dicksons, the Locketts, the Pei diet ons, aud others of her eminent plan ers; the men who have taught not on theoretically, but practically, the gre lessoidlio w to produce the greatest arnon of cottou on the smallest area of groan with tho most economical expenditure labor. They have shown how even o exhausted lauds, under judicious ai scientiOc culture, can bo made os pr duetive us the virgin and teeming si of tho great Delta of tho Missisbipi and if bo who 'makes two blades grass to grow where only ouo grow bofoi is entitled to the gratitude of manion what a debt does the South owe those who have made this truo of h great staple? With the example of th? brilliant success beforo you, it would presumption in me to instruct the pim (?rs of Goorgia as to the proper cul riv tion of cotton, and it is more appi priate that I should come before thc as a disciple, rather than ns a tooclu I have presented to you a picture, fail it is true, of tho condition of the Sou at the cessation of hostilities. Let seo what she has accomplished since tl time. She has systematized and ma available that labor whioh tho war h rendered the most unprofitable and v reliable in the world. She has open direct communication with Europe. B cotton factories, which, have been si to sell their ?oede in ??cc'sp lower, th the fabrics of Lowell, ste springing all over the country. Her cities andi railroads have beeb rebuilt, Sho bas added tb the wealth of the world from the prodn ct of tho soil, hundreds of mil? lions of dollars; her exports in the past your alono amount to millions moro tlmu balf the exportations of the whole, opun tryv and stranger thau all else,, H 'was her ii rm, 'paralysed though it be, 'that, pas saved the Federal Government from na? tional bankruptcy. Mar not thc pcoplo of tho Sonth well bo proud of these wonderful reanlts, accomplish? ed by their industry, their will, their energy, th? ir intellect, and their hons-Bt ?nd.maply toil ? And have they not cause ioho prqfonnd !ly grateful to that ?od wlio hau bestowed bu .them HO many blessings to comfort in tho deep sorrow and noa-, y trials he-baa seen tit to bring upon them ? , . BcsidcsnhlS snow of Southern auhlmcrB which brings moro of. wealth than the gobion showers tbat fellin tho larp of Dajj;i\ thia fair land of bur?. "wncro every season smiles,"ro i wards the labor of 'tho husbandman with -abundant harvests 'Cf sugar, rico', tob?ceo, hemp, sorghum andi nil tho cereal oropsywhile .deep in its bosom lio hid boundless trualurra of mineral wealth rich aa tho ruinen ot Qui cohda' or tho auriferous sands of California. All these prolifio Bources of wealth need but tito application of labor, skill, and soienco for 'their lull dovelopmont; and that our people ! possess."all thcBO qualities in a degree BJfjpue to aQttalr tho history of thc last fow years-tally proves. For proof, I need only refer to the extraordinary mechanical activity and ingenu? ity displayed by them during the war, when they not only fed and clothed our armies but made tho arma), which' -ori many a bloody and i glorious hold wero crowned with brilliant vic? tory, aud deathless glory. Aro i neon ti vcr wanting to call forth our noblost energies! Look around, and wo shall lind them on every sido. Wo have to organizo anew tho govern? mental policy of tho whole South, to establish and maint ain just and stable laws; to perfect a new system of labor; to placo the means o education within the reach ot all classes; to do veb'pi to their utmost, capacity tho almost ill? mit able resources of that Wido and magkili cent domain which ia our heritage. Tho most pressing need of tho South at Util niomcut ia a large accession to her white po pu'ation, and it should bo her policy to opel wide hor doors and to welcome cordially tlu honest and industrious of all lands. Tin sturdy Englishman, tho canny Scot, tho gal laut Irishman, tho gay Frenchman, the thrift; German, tho laborious peasant from tb shores of the Mediterranean, can all ?nd her congenial akies and congenial occupation while tho artisan, tho mechanic, thc manufac turer and tho agriculturist of the Northen States havo hero an ampio field for the exor eise of their callings, with tho assurance c much higher remuneration fur their labor tba they can possibly obtain amid tho sterile hill of Now England', or tho crowded cities of th North. Extend to all who come to make thi th*:r homo, with an honest purpose to becom truo and peaceful citizens, that warm Soutl ern hospitality which belongs to our peopl and has become proverbial. In tho last four years moro than 1,000,00 immigrants have reached the United statei and it has been computed that they bring, o an avcrago, $80 ap?ceo in coin. From thi source alone, then, we havo the enormous sui of $80,000,000 in specie added to tho wealth < tho country, whilo tho labor of these sturd eons of toil,by increasing the productive ci pacify of all our industrial interests is wort annually millions moro. Thero is scarcely grain, a grasB, a vegetable or a fruit grown i tho Northern States which cannot bc mac equally productive, if not moro so, at tl South. Even hay, which is ao valuable an a ticle of consumption and exportation with tl North can bo mado with greater advantage ; tho South. Herc, too, flourish, besides tl plants already cnn moral ed, tho tea of Chin the vine of France, the olivo of Italy and tl orango of tho West Indies, all offering gold? returns for their cultivation. I am aware that the quick and large prof! held out by tho cultivation of cotton, temp our people to dovoto themselves exclusive to the production of thia groat staple; but is wiso to continue under tho now system of 1 bur a policy which was injudicious evon und tho old? That it was a mistake for ns to e: ploy, as ws did formerly, not only all o available labor, but ull our capital, in the cc ton-growing States, in the production of ct ton, admits, I think, of not a doubt; for 1 did so at tho sacrifice of all our other indi trial interests. We di<l not even grow gr? enough to support our laborera and work at malu, while for all supplied of food and clot ing wo wero dependent on othors. If this BI tem was a mistake, when we owned tho lal by which wo cultivated our fields, it will pro doubly so now, when tho labor is hired; 1 tho only profits which can now be mado planting como from the product of tho s and none from the ownership of tbo lab To make this labor moro profitable, wo nu give it greater diversity than hitherto. Tl is necessary, not only to prevent tho i healthy expansion ot one branch of indnsl at tho expenso of all others, but in order open every source of wealth to the count It is doubtless desirable tbat the world shot have an ample supply of cotton to keep mills at work, but it surely is not the. inter of tho planter to finnish an unlimited qm tity or tho raw material, and thus bring do the price of his product. His object sho be to make cotton enough to drive all con? tition out of tho field, while ho koopa thu pr at remunerativo rates. Tho pelioy that wo induce ns to throw all our labor into the p duction of cotton would bo suicidal, for wi wo ahould be doubling our expenses in do ling tho crop, we should be reducing the pr in an inverse ratio. The present crop of e too offers a striking illustration of this, whilo it will not exceed two and a half i lions of hales, it will bc worth moro to South than the largest crop evor grown-t of 1850. In that year 6,335,854 bales w mado, which, at the prices then ruling, wo havo been worth about $200,000,000. while prosent crop will command at least $250,0 000. When the South is able, and I trust may be at no distant day, to manufacture or nearly all tho cotton she producen, it bo timo enough to stimulate to its highest pacify her production of cotton; but until t let us bc content for the world to pay wagon of that labor by which we now grow great staple, as well as dead-rent on those v and fertile acres which aro now lying wa In tho meantime, let us diversify to th? most extent possible, th? industry of our ] plo; thus openiug to honest taber every i nue of lucrative employment. To do successfully, we must encourage our ye men, the future hope of the country, to t other avocations than those offered by learned professions. Teach them tbat hoi toil is honorable; that so' far from 'being consistent with it, lt adds tb manly dig and true greatness. Elisha waa taken f the plow to deelare tho inspired word of < Cinoinnatus to save his country. Are not names of Fulton, Whitney, Arkrlght. Walt Stephenson, more worthy to be enrolled, pu ly among the benefactors of mankind, among the groat af the earth? When Fe eon, who, whilo tending hie herds on the bleak hills of Scotland, learned to read all the se? crets of astronomy, ?nd'tqflnd In tho courue of.the planets that dono une anOpnipotent hand could guido thom in their orbits, and Miller, who, working at bi? lowly tra do, taught himself to trace in tho w?ndere of Geology, tho flng?r of the Almighty in tho creation of the earth, did they not j^ivo cvidonco that the highest intellectual endowments were not in? compatible with tho humblest1 occupations? Examples anett as these should bo held up to our young men to teach them that "Honor and famo from no condition ripe; Act well your part-thor? SH thc honor lies." Let them act well their parta; but, to enable thc ni to do this, it ia incumbent on those charged With lids snored duty to give them not only prober instructions,'bot adcqnato mcansr-They must bo "not" only Titted for tho freat battle before them but fully armed, 'lace in their hands the mighty weapons forgod by skill, by industry, by integrity burnished by science and art-and then launch them hopefully and pnfjtprfully upon tho arena ofxlifo. As ono of tue most efficient means to furnish weapons, I would suggest tho estab? lishment of agricultural colleges and schools , irt-overy Bonthern State. Wo of tho Soo<.u b?te .boon and aro woefully behind tho age in (lits particular; for, as far as I ?m'aware, our coj^cges, with two exceptions, offer no facili tias for the acquisition of a practical agricul? tural or mechanical education. Ono of thoao exceptions is found in a most admirable col? lege, under tho superintendence of Mr. Bow? man, raost lilly located on th? toi mer farm of Kentucky's great statesman, Henry Clay. No noblor monument could bo erected on Ashland to tho genius and patriotism of the illustrious, man wuo once owned it. Tho other honoranlo' except ion is to bo found in Washington Col .lege, Va., where tho hero who has so often led a mighty army to victory, having sheathed tho sword never tarnished bycrneltyor dis? honor, now dedicates his time, his intellect, and tho influence of his spotless virtue to thc noble task of leading oursons along tho paths of learning, of honor and of piety. Tho ex? ample Bot Iiero is worthy of Imitation, and if agricultural colleges cannot bc founded in all of the Southern States, it would bo well to en? graft on tho curriculum of all our existing in? stitutions of learning a department similar to that just organized at Washington College. This subject is worthy of tho thoughtful con? sideration of the ablest intellects of thc South, and no talents, however great, could bo botter employed among us than in giving impetus and direction to tho proper develop? ment of tho resources of our country, and praotical education lo our people. These make a country's strength, tho nerve, the bono; Tho love of country dwells with these alone; Or North, or South, their healthful vigor gives Tho crimson stream by which a nation lives; Trained to tho rifle's uso, they fear no foe, And war confrou t, though heavy strike the blow. Twice over ocean, England's warriors carno, Proud iu their strength, and vaunting of theil fame; Twice back defeat has scourged tho broker hosts, Their honor dimmed, and shamed their idh boasts; Though trained to arms the braved of thc brave, They won and kept no conquest but a grave." I have ventured to throw out these crudo sug' gestious, for they aro nothing moro, for youl consideration; tho field ia too vast, the theme too comprehensive, for mo to do moro. There aro, however, ono or two t?pica to which I bej; to call your special attention, as deserving al thc care and thought you can bestow on them and as tending to that grand result wo all havi in view, the prosperity of thc South. We ari essentially an agricultural people, and wc mus look to this great interest as tho basis upoi which to build up tho permanent welfare of om country. To do this, we roust uso all tho meani which experience, guided bv science, has placed at our disposal. How shall this bett bi done? Thc two points which present thom selves most prominently in this connection are: first, the labor hy which wc cultivate oui lands; and second, the manner of cultivation Thc negro is undoubtedly hotter fitted, from hi long training, his physical configuration am his adaptability to all tho diversities of ou climate, to make a moro efficient laborer thai any other. Especially is this true when th labor is to bc performed in thc more malaria portions of our country. Our object, then should be to develop to tho utmost his ci pa city as a laborer. To do this, timo is rcqui sito, and we shall have to exercise great for boaranco, constant prudence and steady kind noss. Wo must make him feel iliat hi interests are indissolubly bound up with ours that high prices for our products insure big wages for him; that wo havo no animosity tc wards him; but, on the contrary, that we che rieh tho kind feelings engendered by earl associations and old memories. Lo'. 114 h scrupulously just in our dealings with birt let UH assi-t him in hi v awpirations for know ledge and aid him tn itt? acquisition. Try t ?devale him in the scale of tm?-manhood, < civilization and Christianity, so that ho ma bo botter fitted for tito grave duties and big responsibilities, force d upon him by his ne position. In a word, convinco him that we ai bis best, if not his only, friends, and when w shall have dono this, WC shall not ord. ha\ placed our labor ou a bound footing, but v shall have gained in tho laborer a strong au Beatons ally. On this subject, I speak not fro theory but cxporienco-an experience whic has ta Ugh I me that the kindest relations co exist between tho planter and hu foi UH slaves, resulting in mutual advantage to bot parties. My old slaves aro cultivating the la: on which they have lived 'or } earn, and the bu." been a oonstaut aud marked hnprovamei in tin ir industry in each year since their emu cipation, though they have not yet atman tho same ctliciency as laborers they former possessed. I have promised to put up f them a achoul-houso and church, and to pay portion of tho salaries of their teachers. Sui a system, if generally adopted, would tel greatly to lix the laborers to thu soil, ai would, by adding to their content and enjo mont, result in vast ultimate henel]I to tl landlord. That kiud treatment, just dcalii and sincere efforts to improve their condilli are not without effect upon them, is Droved I tho fact, gratitying to myself, that 1 am m on my way to Mississippi hy tho request hundreds of negroes, besides my own lubor?*i to advise them what courso to pnrsno in t approaching oleotion there. I am not of tho who bolievo that tho mero possession of t rudiments of education makes a people st nm er, better or happier: "a little learning ia dangerous thing, sud nulsen moral sducatl goos hand in hand with intellectual, tho seo of knowledge will be sown on a barren soil, will produce but thorns and thistles; but I believe that in proportion as you make all 1 bor, other than compAlsory, intelligent, y render it profitable. If thia is true, wo shoi educate tiro mind, tho hoart and the soul the negro, looking at the question only in material aapnot and leaving oat of considoi tion altogether those higher and nobler tx ti ves which should prompt us to do so. longer experience of mi newly-acquired fri dom, and hi? acquisition of higher intelligem will teach bim, not only his dependence on t whites of tho Seeth, but tho great truth which nu laws can change, . - "in every noil. That those who thiuk must govern those who toil." It ie our duty to assist him in qualifying him- , Heir for hie changed condition; time alono can ?how whether that change has been for his benefit. The South wilt look willi profound interest to tho next census to seo how free? dom has effected the numbera of his raco; for wo can tell with absolnto certainty what Hinno numbers would have been had no convulsion shaken our entire system. Several years ago, I had oocaeion to collect some data bearing on this-question, and they give tho following facts and calculations. Takiug the resulta of tho census of 1810 and that of 1850, wo find Hie ratio of increase- among tho freo blacks to' bo 12 18 per ?ent., and of slaves 28.82 per cont, By these rates of incroaBo, there should have | been in the United States, in ... Froo. Slave. Total., I860 . 48,872 412.79C 4,61C,5?5 1870...:.. ii-.348,7l2 5,317.127 5,806,139 1880... (117,191 C.819,009 7,4G7,100 1890..._..... ....C04.210 ,8,821,052 .9,518,2G9 Theuo calculations chow one or two other ! significant facts, which, as bearing on an ex? ploded bys tem, might as well bo placed upon tho record to aid io tho general summary that will be made at some futuro day. By those it appears that tho deaths among slaves wore less than among freo blacks S?Uper cent.; that births among tho freo were 334 per cent, less than among tho elavo; and that tho not in? crease of slaves was 180.93 per cont, greater than that of tho free blacks. Then o statistics may be valuable as enabling ne to approximate what will bo. or what should bo, tho number of negro laborers in the South during any vear up to 1890, and to ascertain what effect free? dom has had on tho mortality and tho ratio of | increase among tho blacks. [CONCLUn?i> IN oun NEXT.] Exchange of Bonds. OFFICE CHAM.OTTE, COLOMBIA A A. R. R. Co., COLUMBIA, S. C., November 18, 18G9. THE Stockholders of tho Charlotte and South Carolina, and the Columbia ami Au costa Railroad Companies in jointConvention, July 8, 1869, having consolidated and autho? rized tho issuance, by this Company of RB First Mortgage Bevon per cont. Coupon BONDS, to be used for tho purpose of retiring tho Bonds of said two Companies, respectively, tho un? dersigned hereby gives notico of his readi? ness to make tho Exchange of the BONDS. The Coupon due January 1, 1870, will bo at? tached to tbe New Bonds. This issno of Bonds for tho purpose designated, will amount to $1,200,000, which is equivalent to a lion of only about ifi,000 per mile on this Company's road of 195 miles. As a security, they aro regarded as being better than any heretofore issued by either of thc two Companies named, and are conddontly commended as ono of tho best in? vestments now offered in the S mt hern States. Nov 18 _ MANSON. Treasurer. NEW STORE ! NEW GOODS ! ! f?jju? IN store, and to arrive, lOOv--* J?Sf*?Jsacks Liverpool SALT, 300 bar- (glj^ Jl ?Siajgrcle FLOUR, various brands;J3EBBlL 500 bushels Corn, 50 barrels Whiskey, 10 cases Champagne, Brandy, Rum, Gin and Wine; Euglish Alo and Borter, 50 boxes Chewing To? bacco, 275 pounds Smoking Tobacco, 20,000 Segare, Sugar, Coffee, Toa, Rice, Potatoes, Buckets, Brooms, Soap, Sugar Cured Break? fast Strips, Dry Salted Sides, Butter, Cheese, Pickles, by the Dozou and Jars; Fresh Cove Oysters, Wrapping Paper, and everything generally found in a first class grocery: and many other articles too numerous to mention. I havo, for tho accommodation of my custom? ers, a large Wagon Yard and a House for them to Bleep in. Also, a largo Store Room for thc storage of cotton and other country produce, and highest market price paid for such articles. R. ALLEN, Nov 9 At Rrvce's Old Stand. FOR BARGAINS Clothing, Dry Goods, Boo ta and Shoes, HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, Ladies and Gent's Furnishing Goods, Call at JACOB 8ULZBACHEIPS. Nov 7 To the Public. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY )inform tbe citizens of Columbia and the surrounding country ge? nerally, that I have resumed my 'old Business again, after a lapse nf twenty years, engaged in the manufacture nf Iron, I am again back at mv drat Business, that of WATCH, CLOCK AND JEWELRY where a full Stock of all Goods kept in a First Class Establishment can be found. I shall u-c my best endeavors to give satisfaction to all. I hope to re?oive a share of patronage. I shall keep Firet Class Workmen, and all work en? trusted to me will bu warranted. Nov? WILLIAM GLAZB. Groceries, Wines, Liquors, &c. .te-rf. BAGGING. ROPE, IRON ft? J TIES. BACON, Clear Ribbed ?3HHK8idea and Shoulders. A choiccH?? article Canvassed HAMS. Family Lard, in barrels, kegs. 3 lbs., 5 and 10 lb. packages. Choice Family Flour, in bbls and bags, with a full assortment of othor grades. Liverpool Snit, in sacks. Mackerel-Nos. 1, 2 and 3, in bbls., halves, quarters ami kits. SUGAR and COFFEE, of all grades. TEAS, of all grades. Molasses-Muscovado. New Orleans and Sugar House Syrup. Tobacco and Segars. Soap; Can? dles, in boxes and half boxes; Cheese, Crack? ers, Pickles, Can Fruit, Spiced Oysters, Sal? mon, in cans aud glass. Liquors-Choice Old Cabinet, Monongahela, Rye and Corn Whis? key, and a varioty of other flue brands. WOODEN WARE, Nests Iron and Braes Bound TubB, Pails, Churns, Buckets and CanB, Nails, of all sizes. Shot of all numbers, Caat ing, Pots, Ovens, Spiders, Skillets and Frying Pans, of all sizes. All the above named with many other arti? cles has been ..Tinily purchased and selected with care and will bo sold low for cash. Give as a call. WELLS A CALDWELL, Noar the 8. 0. and O. and C. Railroad Depot, next door to National Hotel._Pot 10 C. F. JACKSON, Agent for E. buttcriok A Co.'s celebrated PATTERNS OF GARMENTS For Ladies, Misses, Boys and little Children. Spool?a Notices. TO fcOPJSTJMPTIVKS^--The advertiser, having been restored to health in ?few weeks, by a very Bim pie remedy, af tor having Buffered sevoral years with a serer?lang affection, and ' that dread disease, Consumption, is anxious tb mako known to his fellQjT-Buffererff tUomoans of cure. f >j J ' F ^ , . ... .. To all who desir? lt, ho will send a^coM^>f tho prescription used, Xfree" ot Wtfsf?) wtth the directions for proprfring and ?isltig tho same, which they Trill find a BORE CoRZ FOB CONSUMICI?N, ASTHMA, Bno;<cu|T,ifv Cjtc. Tho bio; and he hoped every sufferer witt try Mir ' remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may provo a blessing. . Parties wjahiug the praseriptsoni will please address. lt KV. EDWARD A,WIt??N?' >? Williamsburg, Khig? .?rrairry, NW^TK NovJO. ;_ ; J j.. ,i wfcffmb.. ' KKUOR3 OF YOU I, H.-nA gentleman who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Pro- I mature Decay, and all tho efleets of youthful indiscretion, will, foi* sako of suffering huma? nity, send free- to all who need it, the re? ceipt and directions for making tho simple remedy by which ho was cured! Sufferers ( wishing to profit by the advertiser's experi? ence, can do so by addressing, with nerfect . confidence, JOHN BY OGDEN, Nov 10 3mo No. i2 Cedar street, Now York. ' A Itegwlnr Habit of Body is absolutely essential to physical health and clearness of intellect. Nor is thin all. Beauty of person cannot co-oxiet with an unnatnral condition of tho bowels. A Tree passage of tho refuse matter if tho system through these natural waate pines, is SB necessary to the purity of ' tho body as tho free passage, of tho offal of a city through its Bowers is necessary to the health of its inhabitants. Indigestion is the primary cause of most of tho diseases of tho discharging organs, and one of its most common results ia constipa' Hon. This complaint, besides being danger? ous in itself, has many disagreeable concom? tan ts -such as an unpleasant breath, a aallew skin, contaminated blood and bile, hemer i bonis, headache, loss of memory, and gene? ral debility. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS re? move all tbeso evils by removing their imme? diate cau-o in thu digestive organs, and regu? lating tho action of ino intestine?. The com? bination of properties in this ce Icbm tod preparation is one of its chief merits. It ia not mon ly a stimulant, or a tonio, or an anti bilious ageut, or a nurviue, or a blood d?pu? rent, or a cathartic, but all these curativo elements judiciously blended in ono powerful restorative. It lends activity and vigor to the inert and enervated stomach, relieves tho ali? mentary canal of its obstructions, ?nd ?ives tone to thc mcuibrauo which linea it, gently stimulates tho liver, braces thc nerves, and cheers tho animal spirits. No other remedy possesses such a variety of hygienic virtue?. It is tn these characteristics that it' owes it? prestige aa a household medicine. Experi? ence has proved that it is aa harmless an it is efficacious, and hence it is as popular with the weaker sex as with the stronger. HOSTETTER'S 8TOMACH BITTERS is sold in bottles only, and the trade-mark blown in tho glass and engraved on the label, with our steel engraved revenue stamp over the cork, is the test of genuineness. Buware of coun? terfeits. _ Nov 17 fG THE HEALING POOL,_ESSAYS FOB YOUNG MEN, who havo fallen into vicious habits, and now desire, a higher life, and a bet? ter Manhood, with certain means of jelicf for the afflicted. Sent in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Address, HOWARD ASSoOl ATION, Rox P., Philadelphia. Pa. Sent 25 3tao SPECIAL AOT1CE-To partit s lu w ant of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, wc refer to ?ho ad? vertisement of P. P. Toals, the Urge manu? facturer of those goods in Cluarlcaton. Price list furnished on application. .July, $7 9mo Pare Dickson Cotton Seed.1 WE offer t?rsalo 500 busbole pure "Dickson COTTON SEED," grown from seed ob? tained from Mr. David Dickson. Oxford, Ga., tact spring, and which were selected for his own use. Notwithstanding the unprecedented dry sea? son-which has continued for l?verai months wo havo gathered, up to tho present limo, from 1,500 to 2,450 pounds to tho acre. Price $3.50 for ono to five bushel?; $3 00 for. fivo bushels or moro. O xi ono, Ga., November 4, 1869. I do certify that I sold to Messrs. Richard ? 'Neale k Son. of Columbia, 8. C., toine of my cboico improved Cotton Seed, for planting purposes. They proposed to snll a portion of what they raised. Plantera purchasing the Seed tin v raise, may roly upon getting th? Ijonuiuo Dickson Seod. DAVID DICKSON. Wo aro Mr. Dickson'-! agents h*re, and will Drder Seod direct from Mr. Dickson, if desired. Price $5 00 from one to five bushels, or 14.00 for five and upwards. Nov9 RICHARD O'NEALE A SON. For Sale. DICKSON'S IMPROVED COTTON SEED. GROWN from Seed purchased directly of Mr. David Dickson, in 18C7, aud carefully preserved from mixing or adulteration with other seed. I will deliver tho Seed, sacked in good order, at the Louis ville Depot, South Cnvoliua Rail? road, at $2.00 ,>y. V : !.. I, foi any amount Un? der 5 bushels, or at $1.50 per bushel, for all amounts in excess of 5 bushell. A. P. AMARES, St. Matthew'?, 8. O. I res],, ci fully refer to the below named gen? tlemen, who purchased Seed of me last spring, lor information touching the purity and supe? riority o? the Seed, to wit: Hon. T. J. Good? wyn, Dr. A. It. Taber, Fort Motte ; P. M. Hoa? xer, Esq., and Wm. PanUing, Esq., St. Mat? ine.v's; E.R. Beckwith, Esq., Jamison's; and Captain P. H. W. Brlggmann and W. B. Muller, Esq.. Orangeburg Court House ; aUcf Orange bnrg County, S. C. A. P. A. Nov 3_Imo? Guns and Ammunition. I respectfully Inform my jZ>^? friends and the publie in general ^??>?2iswthat I have Just received a fin? V W% ^assortment of DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARRELED GDN8, Breach-loading [lunn, simple make, from the best Enr?rean ii an nf nc i ur ?rs, Repeaters of all descriptions, Powder Flasks, Shot Ponches, CapsA Powder, ^hot and Cutlery, which I ofiW lu DOH ai roa idnablo prices. Guns mad? to order. Repair - ng done and warranted, at short notice. Nov ll P. W, KRAFT, Main street.