The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 25, 1869, Supplement, Image 5

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I THE BK?KBS HOME. "TfiUTp SX&AJiGJEK Xii AN FICTION.'' iif ?Tn^ffm^isco, on' t???f North "side" of Folsom airest, overlooking Mission liny, htaiiua a palatial r?sidence. Tho interior ' of this bonse is even moro beautiful than ita exterior, every apartment being in its way a gem of magnificence and refinement. The library, cspeoially, realizes tho most porfeot ideal of an elegant and cul? tured borne. And yet, at the moment we look in upon him-oue August afternoon, as he occupied his library-tho proprietor oT all this wealth appeared, of all men, the most miserable. Rj ? rle was Mr. Morton Preblo, for many years a loading banker of San Francisco. It was in vain that the broad bay-win? dow at the South cud of tho room bad been oponed, giving ingress to the sun? shine and the fragrance of rare flowers iu vain that tho valla wera lined with richly carved book-cases and paintings in vuiu that soft couches and luxuriona chairs had been gathered around him. Ho was wretched. He lay on a sofa, in the depths of the great bay-window, the wreck of a once powerful man. His figure was thin and gaunt; his face white as marble; his eyes having an expression of "woful apprehen? sion, of harrowing anxiety, of droadfnl expectancy. It was evident at a glauco that no merely physical ail mou t had made him what he was. By what withering" secret, by what de? stroying affliction, had ho been thus ago? nized? thus haunted? thus hunted? ho, so noble and goodl he, BO wealthy and distinguished! As he moved restlessly upon his luxu? rious cushions the pretty clock ou the m au tel-piece struck five, every stroke soeming to fall liko a hammer upon the heart of tho nervous invalid. He aroused himself, struggling feebly to a aittiug posture. "Oh, trill this-fatal day novor, never pass?" ho murmured; "nor bring us re? lief?" ' -' Noticing With k nervous start that he was albnet he touched a bell upon a ta? ble before him, and called: "Helen, Helen! where are yon?" Before the cohoes of his voice had died out a step was heard, and his wife entered bia presani* J. "Ju left you only for a moment, Mor? ton," she said, advancing to the banker's uide. "You were dozing, I think. I wished to send for the doctor!" She was a beautiful woman, of some six and thirty years, graceful, with broad white brows, and loving eyes, in which the brightness and sweetness of a sun? shiny nature ware still perceptible, un? der a grief and anxiety no less poignant than that evinced by her husband. "Tho doctorl" ho echoed, half-re? proachfully. "Yes, dear," she said, in a calm and cheerful voice, as abe drew a chair to the side of the sola, and sat down, stroking tho corrugated forehead of the invalid with a magnetic touoh. "He will be hero immediately. Your last nervous crisis alarmed mo. You may become seriously ill!" Mr. Preble bestowed au affectionate look upon his wife, but said despond? ently: "Tho doctor! ne cannot - 'minister to n mind diseased!' Oh, if theso long hours would only pass! . If I only knew what the day has yet in storo for us!" "Look up, Morton!" enjoined Mrs. Preble, willi a reverently trustful glance upward through tho open window at the blue sky, and as ii looking beyond the nzuro clouds therein. "Jjet us appeal from the injustice and wickedness of earth to the goodness and mercy of Heaven!" Tho banker gave a low, sobbing sigh. "I cannot" look up, Helen," ho uuswer cd, with a passionate tremor in his voice "only down, down afc the grave that is opening before me!" Mrs. Preblo continued to stroke his forohead softly, while sho. lifted her palo taco lo tho sun-light streaming into the apartment. "Lookup, Morton-always look up!" slio agaiu enjoined upon the invalid. "During all theso fourteen yearo of ago? ny, I havo not once doubte^p?Bi?her the goodness ot the jnatioe of Heaven. 'Blessed are they tirat-mourn; for they shall bo conifu;ud,.V rpelieve that we shall yet rejoice mo\ro ]?ct?nly than we have mourned, aird that wo shall como to a glorious day of joy beyond all this loug night of sorrow!" r *? The face of the invalid lighted pk-with an answering glpw, and beslKmmurc<l : "OloriouB faith! My wWEy'nu aro in? deed a blessed comforter! afl^ups. aft?r all, you are right!" \ _?ft \ A knock resounded on a fFlo door at this juncture, and the next moment Dr. Hutton, tho family physician, for whom Mrs. Preblo had sent, entered the room. Ho was au old man, portly in figure, with white hair and beard, hut with a frosh and ruddy complexion, a pair of shrewd blue eyes, and with aa exuberant boyishness of manner that tat well upon him. He had a kind heart and a clear heiuh Ho approached the sofa, after greeting: tho husband arid wife, and lift? ed the thin, restless hand of the invalid, feoling his pulse. "Quito a high fever," he said, after a brief pause. "Worrying agajn, eh. Mr. Preble? You are wearing1 yourself ont. Medicine will do you no good so long as your mind is in its present condition. I must give you an opiate-" "Not now, doctor," interposed the banker. "I cannot-must not-sleep to? day! I need to be broad awake now, for I cannot tell at any moment what the VTUolov, Perhaps even now- Ab, what waa that?" Hb started np wildly, add then, as the sound thai bad disturbed bien waa not re? peated, he oapk back againon, hut cash? ions, pallid and panting. ' , . , Tho doctor looked at Mrs. PrSbie With an anxious, qneaticuiog gla&ee. "It is tho anniversary," she replied to "his unspoken inquiry-"tho anniversary of our loss." "Ah, yes," said the doctor. "I re? member." "Yes, it's auother of those terrible days," cried the banker, in a hollow whis? per. "Sit down, doctor, and I will tell you the whole ?tory. 1 can think of no? thing else to-day, and am almost wild with apprehension and anxiety. Sit down." Dr. Hutton drew up aohair and seated himself, his faco exorcising the double solicitude of a friend and physician. "You kuew us fourteen year? ago, doc? tor," said Mr. Preble. "We lived then where wo do now, in a cottage on the aita of this great mansion. There were but tho throe of us-Heleu and I, and our three-year old Jessie. And it was four? teen years ago to-day that our little Jes? sie was stolon from us." "I remember it," said the doctor, soft? ly. "Yet, might she not have been lost, Mr. Preble? She went ont to play in the garden, if I remember rightly, and was never seen by you again. She might havo strayed away-" "So wo thought for a whole year, doc? tor," interrupted the banker. "We never dreamed that she had been stolen. We searched everywhere for her, and offered immense rewards for her recovery. I employed detectives, but all to no pur? pose. When our little Jessie ran down the s te ps iuto that flower-garden," and he poiuted to the front of the house, "us if tho earth had opened and swal? lowed her up, we never saw her again." "Sho must have found the gate open, and wandered out," suggested Dr. Hut? ton. "She might have strolled down to tho waters aud been drowned." The banker Axed his buruing oyes upon tho physician's face, aud whis? pered: "I said wc never saw the poor child again. I did not say we had not heard of her. She was lost on the 9th of Au? gust, 1854. For a year we thought her dead. But on tho anniversary of our loss we received a written message con? cerning her." "A message!" cried Dr. Hutton, start? ing. "A mere scrawl-a single line-in a baud evidently disguised," said the banker. "Here it is." He produced a dingy scrap of paper from a drawer iu the table, and held it up to the view of the physician, who read as follows: "AUGUST 9, 1855. Jessie, Ita, lia! Jessie." Dr. Hutton looked, with a puzzled air, from the scrap of paper, which ho turned over and over, to tho countenance of tho banker. "I eau make nothing of this," he de? clared. "It ia merely a date, with the namo of your lost daughter. It tells me nothing." "Nor did it ns, at first," said Mr. Pre? ble. "Then that name and that date, with the demon laugh connecting them, set us to thinking. A wholo year we agonized over the dreadful problem, and then we received another message, which you shall see." Ho thrust a second slip of paper, iden? tical in shape and appearance with the first, before the gaze of Dr. Hutton, who road it aloud: "AUGUST 9, 185f>. Your Jessie still Hoes." The physician started, as if electrified. '' "Ah! this is something definite-some? thing decisive," he muttered. "It con? vinced you that your daughter was still living." "Yes, doctor," said Mr. Preble, "and every anniversary of that day has brought us some message. The disap? pearance of the child, myaterions as it is, does not seem to me half so strange as that tho villain who took her away could contrive to communicate, with us every year since, and always on a par? ticular day-the anniversary of that on which she was stolen-without our being able to discover who he ia. And a still greater wonder to mo is what can be his motive. It seems incredible. If it was stated in a novel many people wonld not bolievc it. But 'truth is stranger than fiction.' " Mrs. Preble drew from hor husband's breast-pocket his note-book, opened it to tho proper page, and presented it to the physician. Dr. Hutton adjusted his spectacles, glanced over the page, and then slowly rend the group of entries aloud. The entry tho first year ia as follows: "AUGUST 9, 1855. Jessie, ha, hal Jessie!" And the next year it iu "AUGUST 9, 1856. Tout Jessie still lives!" And the next "AUGTST 9, 1857. She is in goodhands!" Arjd tho next "AUGUST 9, 1858. She is well as ever!" And the next * 'ATTOCST 9,1859. I saw her yesterday!*' And the next "AUO'UBT 9,1860. Site's growing rap? idly!" { And the next AUGUST, ?), 1861. She continues to do Mell!" And the next AUOUST 9, 1862. I've seen her again!" And the next^ "AUGUST 9, 1863. Site's becoming a woman! And the next "ATJOUST 9, 1864. Your child is thir? teen!" \ And the next- \ "ACQUIT 9,1865. Sis's lovelier than ever!" \ And the next- \ \ i "?TTOOBT 9, 186?. She's really charm? ing!" And last j ear it is Tua pbyajcu>^ looked up a?4 ?sod hw thougbwol^?aze ?pod tba Loreavod boa band and wai?, - .: i - "Hov did ; thea? Kfcosstgea come to you?" he demandod., ' > "Invarwbjy by^ post," . replied Mr. Preble. "Usually io the house; but sometimes to the office!" "Aud jon har? never s?en their au? thor?" "Never!" "The last of them is dated, I seo, a year ago to-day !" "Yes, yes," faltered the banker, "and the time has come for another message. This is the 9th of August, 18GSI" "I see," said Dr. Hutton. "Aud this is tho secret of your terrible excitemeut! You are expecting to receive to-day another of these strange messages!" There was a brief silence. Mrs. Tre? ble's hand fluttered in its task, and her face grew very pule. The banker breath? ed gaspingly. The physician regarded them both in frieudly sympathy. "Wo shall hear of ber again to-day," said Mr. Preble; "and what will the message he?" Tho mother averted her face. Her brave heart faltered as that question echoed in her soul. "The writer of these letters is uuques tionably the abductor of your child!" said Dr. Huttou. "Have you any suspi? cion as to his identity?" "Not the slightest," said Mr. Proble. "We have puzzled over the problem for many years, but wo cannot guess who he is." "Think,"said tho doctor. "Have you no enemy? Ido not moau people with whom you aro not friendly-every stir? ring man has plenty of these-but a downright enemy! Is thero no man whom you knew in the East who hated you? No one agaiust whom you wero oalled upon to testify no ono whom you possibly injured?" The banker shook his head. He had asked himself ull these questions repeat? edly. "I havo no such enemy, doctor," he answered with siucerity of voice and manner. "And Mrs. Preble?" suggested the doctor, turning to her. "Have you nc rejected suitor who might be revengeful enough to desolate your home?" "No," said the lady. "I was married early. Morton was my first lover!" "This is strange-very strange!" mut? tered the doctor. "You are not conscious of having an enemy iu the world, aud yet you have an enemy-a hidden foe-i fiend in humau form-who is working out against you a fearful hatred! And you havo not the slightest suspicion at to whom he is?" "Not the slightest, "declared the banker "Not the slightest!" echoed Mrs. Pre ble. "My husband had a step-brothei who might have been capable of this in f&my-but he is dead!" "Tho hand-writing is not familiar?" "No. It is mereiy a rudo scrawl, ai you see," said tho banker. "It suggest nothing-except that it is evidently dis guised!" Again there was a profouud silence. "Our child is .ie ven teen years old now,' at length murmured Mrs. Prebio, be voice trembling. "She is on the thresh old of womanhood. No doubt, darin; all these years, she has yearned for us wherever she may bo, aa we have yearnei for her!" "But where is she?" asked tho phy sician-and now his voice was broken b; his deep sympathy with tho agonize* parents. "Where can sho be?" "Heaven ouly knows," answered th mother. "Perhaps iu San Prancisco perhaps in some rude hut iu tho interior with some obscure farmer, and nnder i namo that is not hers! I think her ab ductor would have carried her to som lonely region of the interior, among th valleys and mountains. Yet I never se a young girl in tho streets without turn ing to look at her. I nover hear a girlisl voice without listening eagerly, half fan eying that it muy prove the voice of m; lost Jessie!" "Oh, pitying heavenl" sighed Dr. Hui ton, dashing a flood of tears from hi eyes. "Will this long ngony never b over?" "We hope so, and even believe so, answered Mrs. Preble, with the firmnes of an unfaltering trust in God's mere; "Tho last message we received from ou enemy seems to point to some kind of change." "True," ussented Dr. Hutton, bookin at the message in question. "It is un like tho others. It a?ys that his 'rewar ia at hand.' He means either that ho ic tends to marry your daughter, or that h intends to demand money of you fe bringing her back-or both." "We shall soon know," said Mrs. Prc ble, with forced calmness. "To-day w shall have another message, no doubl What will it be?" Tho banker turned restlessly on hi sofa, and his face grew even paler. "Whatever it is, let it come!" he mui mured. "Anything can be borne bettt than this awful suspense. Let itcomel As if his impatient words had preoip tated a crisis, a step waa heard on tb walk at this moment, and a ring at th front door followed. "Another mossagel" breathed tb banker. A servant soon entered, bearing letter, which he extended to Mr. Prebh "^jp&ijswrer is in the ball. " With an eather gase, the banker giant ed at the auperseription of the missive. "It is from him/" he faltered. He tore the envelope open. w It contained a slip of paper, of wei kuown shape and appearance, npd /which was scrawled a single line, in t 'equally well-known hand-writing, whic the banker exhibited to bis wife and tl physician. ^?M^^^T?W/itf.tt coff/' . .Will Mt!!1/ nncl Mr PrfllMn of?vf,r.rv .also r.rising; It seems so," said Dr. Hutton, his ojes again reverting to the message. "Mo will be bore at six o'clock, and sod it is six already 1" Even as he spoke, the dook on the mantel-pioce commenced striking the appointed hour, and at that instant heavy footsteps resounded in the hall, approaching the library. "It is he!" criod the doctor, also aris? ing. As the last stroke of the hour resound* ed, tho door leading from tho hall again opened. One long and horrified glance cast the banker and his wifo in that direction, and then sho fell heavily to tho floor. Her senses had left her. Tho above we publish as a specimen chapter; but the continuation of tbis story will be found only in tho N. Y. Ledger. Ask for the number dated December 4th, which can ho had at any news offlce or bookstore. If yon arc not within reach of a news office, you eau havo tho Ledger mailed to you for oue year hy sending three dollars to Robert bonner, pub? lisher, 182 William street, New York. The Ledger pays moro for original con trihntions than any other periodical in tho world. It will publish none but tho very, very best. Ita moral tone is the purest, and its circulation the largest. Every body who takes it is happier for] having it. Leon Lewis, Mrs. Harriet Lewis, Mrs. Bouthworth, Mr. CobbJ Professor Peck, Mary Kylo Dallos, Fanu/ Fern and Miss Dupuy will write only fe tho Ledger hereaftor. Mr. Bonner, lil other leading publishers, might isa ufe threo or ?vc pupers and mngazines; bpt he prefers to concentrate all his energies upon oue, and iu that way to moko it the best. Oue Dexter is worth more thou three or five ordinary horses. One science only can ono genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow unman wit. Buckwheat and Syrup, NEW BUCKWHEAT FLOU ll. Cohluu JJ rip 8 Y BUB. For sale by Oct 28 E. A G. D. HOPE. Cotton Sagging. BORNEO.GUNNY, DUNDEE and DOUBLE ANCHOR. 10,000 yards of the above for Hale at lowest market rates. E. A CL I). MOPE. Empire Shuttle Machine. WHY IS IX THU it I" ST ? rr HUNS OVER Hearns all light, lt will take fifty stitches to the ,inch finer than any other Ma? chine. It will sew b' avior and thicker Oonda than any other Machine. It uses any and every kind of Thread", lt sews Starched Ooo?a an well as Unstarched. lt sews the most delicato, thin, sott fabric with? out drawing. It sews a Kian Seam as well as anv other. W. D. LOVE A CO., Columbia Hotel Building. Nov 21 Imo S ?le Agunta. Branch, Scott & Co., A U? US TA , GA., naur.Kits IM Flour, Grain, Provisions and Agent? for STOVALL'S EXCELSIOR MILLS. Nov ia 8mo* _ Extra Family Flour. ;>/\rv BARRELS and Bags, XXX Faaiily aixiKJ FLOUR, superior to the. bent ia the market, "so-called," for sale low bv Nov 21 E. AO b. HOPE. Mackerel, Heninso and Salmon. -I PT ra BARRELS, halves, quarters and IOU kits new MACKEREL and SALMON, of warranted qualitv and woight. 100 boxes Scaled HERRINGS Tor sale low by _ Nov 21 E. A G. D. nOPR. Riehland-In Equity. Januci Hopkins, Administrator, and David Hopkins CS. English Hopkins, Amy G. Hop? kins et al.- Hill to Marshal Assets, Sale of | Heal Estate, ?fcc, Ac. PURSUANT to a decretal ordor in this case, tho creditors of the late General William Hopkins are notified to establish their de? mands against the said Estate, beforo me, on or before tho 4th day of Decombcr next. D. B. MILLER, C. C. P. Clerk's Oflice, Columbia, 8. C., November I 20, 18(19._ _ Nov 21 Choice Wines and Liquors. PT f\ BASKETS and Cases Genuine CHAM rj\? PAGNE, Heidsiook.Lac D'Or and Carte D'Or. London Dock and Honneaey Brandies, Hol? land Gin. Harmony, Sherry, Claret and Southside Ma? deira Wines. Warranted, and for salo by Nov 10 E. A G. D. HOPE. Flour! Flour!! PC Af? BARRELS FLOUR, comprising all ?J Uv/ tho various grades, from tho choice cream of the city at flO.OO per barrel, which is the best in the market, down to tho lowcat grades, 0.50 por barrel. Do not bc humbug? ged by largo stocks ou papers, which, on exa? mination, will be found all gas. Call and sec for yourselves, at the etore of _ Nov ll _ J. ?t T. B. AGNEW. Canned Goods. I ? f\f\ CASES Ovstcrs, Salmon, Lobster, I JA/V/ Poaches, Tomatoes and Preserves; I fresh and for sale lowJiy E^A G. DLHOPE _ T 1?LNE ASSORTMENT COUGH REMEDIES. SARSAPARILLAS, QUEEN'S DE? LIGHTS, COD LIVER OIL, LIVER REGULATORS, LIVER INVIGOR ANTS, at E. E. JACKSON'S. J HAVE JUST RECEIVED1 AitOOP?NfeD a very largo and doeirablo Stock of Fall and Winter CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, Au., which I am di-ti rm m. d to offer purchasers on tho moat reasonable terras. Oct 13 . WM. J. HOKE. J? ? U ZUEtTXO? AND GHAJR WAREHOUSE, Next to Agnew's, on Plain Street. ?TOW on hand and receiving tho largest ?j stock of FURNITURE OE EVERY DE? SCRIPTION ever brought to this market, con? sisting in part of 50 Bed-room suits in Maho? gany, Walnut, Chosnut aud Fainted-somo of them at very low prices. ALSO, DINING ROOM and PARLOR SUITS. BEDSTEADS o? all kinds-Maple, Walnut and Mahogany? SIDEDOARbS and BUREAUS at all prices. CHAIRS of ovory description, direct from tho manufacturers, and at prices that cannot fail to please tho (losest buyers. ?-All kinds of FURNITURE MADE TO ORDER. REPAIRING at shortest notice and in tho best manner. FUNERALS served with al) kinds ur Metalic ior Wood Couina. M. H. BERRY, i _Oct 24 C F. JACKSON, Agent for E. Dntterick A Co.'a celebrated PATTERNS OP GARMENTS For Ladies, Misses, Boys and Litt]ie jChildr en. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. THE undersigned mont respect fully informa bia patrons, and thu public in _Lgencral, that ho has received a ?veil sc ie?t?u assortment of lino Watches, Jewelry and Clocks-amongst them tho celebrated German CUCKOO CLOCKS, carved in Walnut and Oak. SPECTACLES and Eye-gla^seB of every focus, to suit all eyes. Above-mentioned articles will be sold ai reasonable prices. All work connected with thia lino will lie executed in tho best workmanlike manner, and properlv warranted. A. W. WEHRHAN, * Plain street, opposite Mr. Berry's Furniture Rooms._^0^27 Family Supplies. WE take pleasure itt notifying our friends and the public that wc have removed our Stock, ' GROCERIES, Ac, to Old EXCHANGE BANK CORNER, nearly opposite Co? lumbia Hotel, where wo will bc pleased to soo and o'er them extra inducements in all articles usuallv kept in tho GROCERY, HARDWARE and LIQUOR line. T. J. A H. M. CIRSON, Oct 15 Old Exchange Rank Corner. Qroeeries, Wines, Liquors, &c. -rf. BAGGING. ROPE, IHON ."J TIES, BACON, Clear Ribbed? HHK^Sidcs and Shoulders. A choice 1*| article Canvassed HAMS. Family Lard,1^ in barrels, kegs. 3 Iba., 5 and 10 lb. packages. Choice Family Flour, io bids and bags, with a full uaaorttuetit of other grades. Liverpool Halt, in sacks. Mackerel-Noa. 1, 2 and 3, in bbla , halves, quarters and kits. SUGAR und COFFEE, of all grades. TEAS, of all grados. Molasses--Muscovado, New Orleans ami Sugar Hourn Syrup. Tobacco and Bogara.Soap; Can? dios, in boxes and half boxes; Cheese, Crack? ers, Picklea, Can Fruit, Spiced Oysters, Sal? mon, in cans and glass. I.upi o rs -Choice Old Cabinet, Monongahela. Rye and Corn Whis? key, and a variety of other tine brands. WOODEN WARE, Nests Iron and Brass Rounel Tubs, Pails, Churns, Buckets and Cans, Nails, of all sizes, Shot of all linmborw, Cast? ing, Pots, Ovens, Spiders, Skillets and Frying Pans, of all sixes. All the above named with many other arti? cles has been recently purchased and selected with care and will bo ?old low for cash. Give us a call. WELLS A CALDWELL, Near tho S. C. and G. and C. Railroad Depot, nuxt door to National Hotel. _?v* ?1_ THE CAROLINA HOUSE, Washington street, a few doors from .Vam. BEST of LIQUORS, WINES, SEGARS, fete, constantly on hand, and dispensed _ promptly. Hot Mixtures of various kinds. FREE LUNCH every day at ll o'clock. Nov 7 R. BARRY, Proprietor. For sale at Pollock House, AFEW DOZEN DRIED MULLET ROE. For Sale at l'oltock House, Genuine. Imported SWITZER CH EESE. For Sale at FoL'ock House, McEwan's Celebrated SCOTCH ALE. Fur Sale at Pollock House, Guinness' Celebrated EXTRA STOUT. For S ile at Pollock House, Imported Bremen LAGER. Just rocoived a small lotof the Messina LE? MONS, For Side at the Potluck House. "The Exchange House," Just Opened BY PAYSINGER ?4 FRANKLIN. rr-, TRAVELING buaineas MEN JBEb^ UDfwill lind at this House many *''--^WgE ?ff vantages over ordinary Hotels, .sT?^^ as the best of MEALS AND LODGINGS can ho obtained at all hours and at moderate rates. Restaurant and Bar attached, whore will al ivavs bo kept on hand the b?Bt LIQUORS, WINES AND SEGARS; also, Fresh OYSTERS, GAME. FISH. Ac. Nov 17 JW Newberry Herald copy one week. OUR HOUSE RESTAURANT, SITUATED on Assembly street, near tho North-east corner of the Market, is now prepared to ssrve up OYSTERS in svery style, to please the patrons ot the House. Families can bo supplied with Oysters either on the shell or opened. The BAR ii furnished with the beat of WINE8, LIQUORS. ETC. A floe BOWLING ALLEY is attached to the House. D. McGUINMS, Nov 4 5* Proprietor. Cream Cheese. pf A DOXES Primo Catting CHEESE, Ol" IC Boxes Young America Cqeese, for sale by _E. * G. D. HOPE. ALEX. Y. LEE, Architect, Civ liante! Hydrwalle Mutineer. GENERAL Agent for the Stat? of Sooth Ca? rolina for Moulo's Patent EARTH CLO? SET. Nov 10 WOULD reapootfullj ?lu? natrons kb itt L largest ?tock ol Goodr, iu .Si? lino. Columbia sincn tb<i w?r, which wi? "nu ?ola New York retail price?. Examine wy ?-tock before purchasing elsewhere, ?ml I: wi poet' ti vu j ou will bo repaid. My ?tock ir|5 pliais O', Fine l'tigli-di, hwiss and. American Gobi and Silver Watches, American ?nd lui).?rteil Jewelry, Silver Ware, Cutlery, Fairchild Di?' mond Foin ted Feua, Prend? and' Anu-ricat Clock?. Larne assortment Fine Musical lu ?tviuni-.iliGold, Silver and S? ?ul Spce?tc?t ? and many ?thor articles tuo numerous to i lion. Hair Jewelry made to order. Noue but Iiiat-cluHu gooda kept ou baud.1 Nov 21_ Pure Dickson Cotton Seed. WE oder for aale 300 bushels pure " COTTON 8EED." grwwu fror tained from Mr. David Dickson, last spring, and whioh were tole own nse._ NolwuiiKtandihg the nnprcci.-ib:i sou- -which baa continued for ter wo have gathered, up to thol from 1,500 to 2.450 pounds to th| Frico $3.00 for one lo five hu? (Ive bushels or moro. th. vnri^ _ 0r I Acr* Oxrouu, Ga., NuvciA ,9j 1 do certify that I auld to MeMlrdJB O'Ncalc ft Son, or Columbia, 8. C.fln?fl| choice improved Cotton Seed, SarH purposes. They proposed to sollC U'B| what they raised. Planters puromtbeH Seed tltcv ruine, may rely upon ??h?^H Genuino Dickson Seoa. DAYID-Dlffi. ?M Wu nra Mr. Dickson's agcntfyttflLtil\H order Seed direct from Ur. Diofll Pri?e $5.00 from oue to Ave SS for five and upwards. Nov 9 RICHARD O'N?/M For Bale. M DICKSONS IMPROVED CM GROWN from Seed purchfB Mr. David Dickson, io 18JH preserved from mixing or cdrJM other seed. C^^^^^B I will deliver tho Seed, sacked in gooHJ at the Louisville Depot, South CarolioES road, at $2.00 per bushel, for any arno? der 5 bushels, or at $1.C0 per buahelJH amouuta in exceso of 5 bushels. m A. P. AMAKER, St. Matthew'?? I respectfully refer to the below naiuOJ tlemen, who purchased Seed of me lastfll tor irformation touching the purity *uH rioritv of thc Seed, tn wit: Hon. T. I WI wyn, Dr. A. R. Taber, Furt Motte ; P. ?H ?or, Esq., and Wm. Faulting,. Esq-. SflJ thew's; L. R. Ibn-kwith, E?q., Js??jsgjl Captain F. IL W. liriggmaun andTcfll Esq.. Orangeburg Court House ; air*r.flB burg County, H. C. - ... A. SJ Nov 3 *_JL_*2T?J To the Public. \ ' I WOULD RE8PECT? /?cPfcfcQ in Torin the citizens of Ccflj IL ( atStarul the surrounding Vteaofl JflBslnarally, that I have resurfl f^y^P***"1'1 Business again, after K of twenty years, onpaged in the m an a Wm ol Iron, I sm a^ain back at my fltstStfll that of WATCH, CLOCK ilfb' JEWM when- a full Sleek of all Gooda kept in B Class KM ablinbinent eau bo found. I efl HIV bpHt endeavors to glvo satiejactionflj [ hop'< to receive a share of patronage, fl keep First Class Wommen, aiidkll WfflJ ' trusted to me will be warranted: 1 - TB Nov t? fn?JJAyOlM Industrial Iron Works. '1 HF. utidcrt-igned, having prflj ?y./S&goud tools, has commenced a jflj \0K Ai achine business, at the e?Mj Wayne and Gervais or Bridge streets, oflj tho Greeuvil'u passenger depot, and fl ready to receive orders for building and fl ing all kinds nf Machinery, such as SteaH nines and boilers, Circular Saw, Flofl Grist Mill*, Mill Gearing, Shattiug anti leys, Cotton Press Screws and Irons! Railings for Cemeteries ami Buildings;, fl and other Bolts and Nuts of any dceirccfl and Wrought Iron Forgings. Prom! guaranteed. J. A. J. DEimfl CO I. V M. ?? Wbr.irsale ami RclwltVcVI t CLOTHING, HJtl mn mumm HOBSBJ Main S?tet, next to Mr. H. C Sith Dry Hoods Ho UM?. R, & W. C. 8WAFF?1 WE havo now on hand s. large aud varied assortmsnf of tho above Goods, bought low for cash, and will he sold for that cotnj dity, at A small advance. Some of our t^j are our owu manufacture, and every gi wo have m store has beon sok-oted with care, and will bo warranted. IN HATS, wo have always been the ] Dealing extensively iu thom, we are i st H a single one or hy the dosen at] uriccH than smaller houses. lu the CUSTOM n&PARTHESK I have added te oar already large* eorj .workmen a> Cutter and a Tailor of I experience iu their Uno, recently from) sud wc uro thus enabled to malta m of Goods superior to any Gooda made iu Stato. We have ehoioe and varied patton English and French 0A88IMERE8, and np to tho market in styles. Shirts, Drawers, Socks, Handkerchiefs, i style Ties, separo Nock Handkerchiefs, ' Valises, Sha*!?. ftc Got : Medicated Candies. . . ? /~1 UM DROP?, CHOCOLATE GMul VX Licorice Drops, Ginger Loaengeaj fl eone Lw^ngus, Mint Lozenges; Co)t'aV?rf| Rock, Wild Cherry and Hoarhound CANkfl F,RTTJA ?LfL- ?AC3KSOJr?8 Drug Stojrj Fire Dogs and Fender?. AHANDSOME Assortment of Plain a Fancy FIRE DOG8, SHOVELS A! TONGS, FENDERS, ftc, Ac, on hand andi sale low, by J. ft T. Ti. XSrfjfl