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Tjmrsd*y iaorning, December 30,1889.
REDUCTION IN PHIOE - CLUBBING.-The
WJBUCIJX QMUITSB pop taine more reading
matter than any;other family paper pub?
lished In the South-thirty-two long
columns, printed in clear type. It is
filled with original as well os selected
matter-editorials, correspondence, gono?
ng news, marketa, telegrams, i ute rest?
ing stories, sketches, poetry, etc. Dur?
ina tho early part of the coming year its
OOlOinps Will be graced by a highly
entertaining nouvdletle, the production
;offe1laflJof this city,'and which has
been pronounced by disinterested critics
aa equal to the renr beet of "Marion
Harland's" works. This story is entitled
"Orkney, or the Fortunes of Juliet Clay?
born-a tale of the Palmetto State," and
will ran ihrough about twenty numbers
of tho "GUEANEB." As we are desirous
of introducing the paper-which is in
eVory sense a "home companion"-into
every family in the State, we have de?
termined to reduce the yearly subscrip?
tion price, as follows-payable, in all
?ases, in advance: Single copy $2.75;
?ten copies, (to one post office,) $25.00;
twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies $100.
The GLEANER and the "Rural Caroli?
nian"-the popular agricultural monthly
-will be furnished, for one year, at
rour dollars. The above rates go into
effect on the first of January, 1870.
Address orders to the PBXENIX and
GiiBANEB Office. Columbia, S. G.
Tino Political Situation at the Sontli
Analysed- Oar Duty and our Safety.
To our mind there are three classes of
political thought at the South-threo
different policios that address themselves
to men's views and regulate their action.
Let us analyze the matter.
Looking to the reconstruction scheme
of Congress, which, it seems, the coun?
try at large has resolved to carry out,
however outrageous and however unwise
and however damaging, there is, first,
the radical policy. This policy accepts
the situation imposed upon the South
freely, gladly, and blindly. This policy
finds its supporters mainly among the
freedmen of tho South, the political ad?
venturers that have come to the South,
and a small portion of nativo Southern?
ers, who, either through considerations of
property or power or office, have thrown
their fortunes into what seems to them
is tho heavier balance. That this motley
set should accept the scheme of a parti?
san and revengeful Congress is very na?
tural. They accept tho reconstruction
measures because these measures foster
their interests, feed them upou its for?
bidden fruits, and give them scope for
the practice of all their arts, and ull their
schemes of plunder and official emolu?
ments. This party, too, has been rein?
forced by that class of little-souled and
chicken-hearted men who find it agreea?
ble always to be on what seems the strong
side, and who are certainly not of that
kind who would not "flatter Neptune
for his trident, nor Jove for his power to
thunder." With regard, now, to this
polioy, we need not say that we condemn
it, and condemn it \itterly. Wo never
can-we never shall-accept the recon?
struction programme. We have submit?
ted to it. We do so because we cannot
help ourselves. Deeming it unjust, illo?
gical, unreasonable, unwire, nnpbilo
sophical, outrageous, and insulting to
the South, ull that we shall ever have to
do with the reconstruction schemo is to
make it as tolerable, as easy, and as de?
cent as possible. As for the freedmen who
embrace this policy, we excuse them, for
they know not what they do. As to tho
intelligent white men who havo con?
nected themselves with the freedmen and
the Northern squatters, we condemn
their oourse, and we hold them to be in
effect recreant to their race, and to the
soil that gave them birth.
-There is, next, another party ut Ibo
South, composed of men of the highest
tone and the noblest instinct, who may
be exiled the Southeru irreconcilables.
Utterly opposed to the. rule of tho
conqueror, utterly disgusted with the
changed condition of things, these mon
are disposed to break their swords, and
to turn away from the political conflict
of the hour. Times change, but these
men decline to chango with them. Al?
though intelligent, these men are indis?
posed to learn anything. Although gene?
rous and magnanimous, these men are
indisposed neither to forget nor forgive.
These men are high-minded, brave and
spirited, but they aro not wise. Under
their auspices, the South would not and
contd not prosper. We respect this
policy, but wo do not upprove it. It is
not masterly but fatal inactivity. It
will not answer; it must bo discurded.
But there is another policy and another
party that exist in the South, lt stands
opposed to radicalism and its extrava?
gances on the one hand, and to tho irre?
conciliables and their inactivity on tho
othor hand. This policy condemns the
reconstruction system as wrong in spirit
and wrong in substance. This policy is
practical, sonsiblo, and progressive. It
distinguishes "between what is practical
s mm jw^iagppsi?!
and what ia desirable." It does not "let
pass ail opportunities o? present UBeful
noss for ibo ?ak? of righting an ancient
wrong or redressing sonno old time griev?
ance." It understands that "?hen some
things nra doue they cannot bo undone "
It holds that "the praotioal business of
statesmanship is to find ont not what is
theoretically, or, abstractly speaking,
the best, but what best can be done
nuder existing circumstances, and as far
as sound principles are applicable." This
policy concedes something to the force
of imperious circumstances. It ?.loes not
disdain to stop to conquer. In fine, this
polioy prefers "to take a half loaf rathor
than to starve." This policy, to be more
pointed in our application, dooa not ac?
cept the regime imposed upon tho South,
but decides to reform it, and in the mean?
time to make tbe most of it. It does
not abandon the field, but it contests
every inch of tho ground, fighting
bravely, resolutely, and yet fairly aud
warily. This is tho polioy that addresses
itself to the good common senso of the
country. This is the policy of ultimate
victory. This is the path of duty and
of safety to us of the South. We intend
to walk in it. It stands blazed out bo
fore us, and in the distance we can see
noble summits with the sunlight of vic?
tory gilding and beautifying them. Wo
invite tho trno, tho gonuiuo Bons of tho
South to take this highway to the tri?
umph in reservo for tho political faith?
ful.
Looking at tho policy of radicalism,
nnd considering tho polioy of tho irre?
conciliables, wo point to a better policy.
It is the polioy of the irrepressibles. Wo
endorse tho sontimeut of the French
Emperor, and we say: between those who
would change all, and those who would
grant nothing, a glorious course may be
chosen. Let tho great Southern move?
ment that is to mako us prosperous and
great ns a community be vitalized with
this idea, nnd we will hnvo a vigorous
party, and a policy that coutains n living
soul.
O. Consistency, Thou ?rt u Jowil!
Tho Now York Times has nu article on
"what should bo douo with Ireland."
It condemns "tho logic of tho present
statesmanship in Ireland." Itvonturcs
tho magnanimous Times-to advise Eng?
lish statesmen how to doal with Ireland :
" Tho sword will never pacify Ireland.
Cromwell tried it, and BO did Marlbo?
rough, and Mr. Gladstone should remem?
ber that if two of England's greatest
soldiers failed to make a lasting peace by
tho sword, there is an evil far beyond its
reach. Terror is nu old, old story, and
all that terror has done for Ireland lins
been to add to its misery and give its
people a now reason for hating tho Eng?
lish natue nnd rebelling against tho Eng?
lish rule. 'Put away the sword,' says
Richelieu; 'States can bo saved without
it.' History teaches no truer lesson, and
we commend it to tho illustrious and
enlightened statesmau who presides over
the destinies of tho British empire."
Hus it nevor occurred to tho Times
that there is an Ireland this sido of tho
Atlantic ? What it says of Ireland, let it
say of the South ; and what it advises
English statesmen todo, let it urge upon
radical exponeuts. Physician, heal thy
eolf ! pull the beam out of thino eva !
PASSINU AWAY.-18G9, says the Wash?
ington Intelligencer, is dying, slowly
dying; its pulses are sinking fainter and
fainter, and
"Thc life of thc <.ld ven is touched <">rr not?
edly,
And tho echoing winds, which some suppose
tho voices fit' the (Jods,
Do hy the passing comments that they make,
Forctoll its coming dissolution."
Naught is hoard but tho low, wailing
requiem of the sighing winds and the
slow ticking pulses of tho dying cycle, ns
its three inseparable companions, man,
conscience and memory, gather sadly
around his lonely couch. Suddenly,
without warning, in tho midst of tho
gloom of the death-chamber, memory
arraigns man beforo tbe bar of consoience,
and solomly charges him with-time mis?
spent; opportunities for doing good un?
improved; the commission of ovils innu?
merable, and the violation of known
laws; the charges and specifications are
sustained by consoience, who passes a
sentence that pierces like arrows of keen
solf-condemnation to tho soul of man; he
appeals to the dying year, and the faint
I ing old monarch, hearing tho appeal,
pardons the offender, and, whilo his dirge
is being chanted by the spirits of the
gale, and his lifo is ebbing slowly away,
points to another, a now year, that shall
soon bo born, and adjures him to be
moro faithful to it than he has becu to
tho past.
An interviewing reporter has discov?
ered that Mrs. James Fisk, Jr., lives in
a Boston house, four stories high, and
has upwards of $40i),000 worth of jew?
els.
"I um strong and healthy, yet to pre
! servo my good condition," I use Soro
I 5IOM*S BlTTEBS. N21
Troubles are Uko dogs-the smaller
they are the more they annoy you.
What tent would it be well if we could
?11 dwell in?-Cfen-tent
The following ia a ayaogei? va tho re?
port bf the Comptroller-General to tho
Ge nora! Aaocmbly of tfee?tato of Booth
Carolina:
Statement No. 1 shows th? d?bita and
cr?dita of tba State os October 81,1869,
?bowing a balance against the State of
$955,056.01, whiob, says Mr. Neaglo, ?is
caused by the State being charged with
$2,700,000 of bonds, signed op and
placed in the bauds of tho ii nun ci al agent,
and remaining unsold, which, if deducted
from the actual outstanding debts of the
State, will show a balance in favor of the
State of 81,744.943.96. Some of tho
bonds, in the hands of the financial
agent, will be sold to reliovo the State of
the floating debt, necessarily incurred in
New York, but the policy is to hold them
until, by proper management of our
finances, our credit is appreciated to
something like a fair valuation."
The following (tho "debtor" side of
this statement) is a list of the assets the
State has to show as a set off agaiust her
debt: Bank of the State of Sooth Caro?
lina for Capitol. 6187,163.92; Bank of
the State of South Carolina, sinking fund,
$3,387,784.26; Bank of the State of South
Carolina, special fund for redemption of
six per cent, bonds, $39,200.00; Treasu?
ry State of South Carolina, $11,851.07;
Shares in Northeastern Railroad Com?
pany, $120,000.00; Shares in Spartan
burg and Union Railroad Compauy,
$250,000.00; Shares in Pendleton Rail?
road Company, $42,500.00; Shares in
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com?
pany, $433,960.00; Shares in Blue Ridge
Railroad Company, $1,310,000.00; Shares
in Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com?
pany, $42,200.00; Share;} in Cheraw and
Coalfield Rnilroad Company, $200,000.00;
obares in Laurens Railroad Companv,
$50.000.00; Shar.,'8 in South Carolina
Railroad Company, $24,000.00; Shares
in Charleston and Savannah Railroad
Company, $270.000.00; Shares iu South?
western Railroad Bank, $6,000.00; Shares
in Keowee and Tuckasegeo Turnpike.
$6,000.00; H. H. Kimpton, Fiuancial
Agent, $2.181.496.17; General Taxes,
1863, $1,023,096.98.
Ou the creditor side of the statement,
we find the followiug exhibit:
Bank of tho State of South Carolina,
for current fund, $1.178,973.60; three
per cent. State stock, $38,836.60; six per
cent, stock, 1838, Fire Loan, $304,143 89;
five per cent, bonds, 1838, Firo Loan,
$184,444.51; six per cent, bonds, 1854.
Blue Ridgo Railroad, $1,000,000.00; six
per cent, stock, 1856, New Capitol,
$228,055.66; six per cent, stock, 1857,
Now Capitol, $215,873.44; six per cent.
?tock, 1858, Now Capitol, $351.770.00;
six pur cent, stock, 1859, Now Capitol,
$331,203.86; six per cent, stock, 1861,
New Capitol. $339,385.00; six per cont,
stock, 1863, New Capitol, $20,650.00; six
per cent, bonds, 1853 and 1855, New
Capitol, $500,000.00; six percent, bonds,
1866, Now Capitol, $11,600,00; seven per
cent, bonds, loan for relief of Treasury,
$1,000.000.00; six per cont, bonds, 1869,
Funding Bills of the Bank of the Statu
of South Carolina, $1,246,400.00; * *
Bills Receivable, Stato of South Caroli?
na, $10,741.00; general interest account,
$3,137.48; six per cent, bonds, 1866.
Fuuding Act 1866, $'.152,800.00; six per
j cont, stock, 18(56, Funding Aet 1866,
$106,205.37; funded debt under Act Sep
! tomber and December, 1806, $191,397.15;
I *ix per cent, bonds, 1868, redeemed Billa
Receivable, $500,000.00; six per cent.
bond?, 1868, payable of interest public
debt, $1,000,000.00; six perceut. bonds,
converted State securities, $332,600.00;
six per cent, bonds, 1869, laud commis?
sion, $200,000.00; iuterest on public
debt, general account, $843,078.12.
Statement No. 2 exhibits tho receipts
j and expenditures at tho Treasury, dur?
ing the last twelve months, just closed,
j Tit is table shows a balance on li ?uni, last
report, of $26,285,07, and paid in during
I tho year. $2.084,911.44; making a total
! of $2,111.196.51. "Thin largo amount
of receipts is made up, to a considerable
exteut, by time loans, through thu fiuau
cial agent and other sources, aside from
direct taxes. The total expenditures
are $2,099,315.44; of this amount $995,
973.24 was paid out on account of flout?
ing debts and expenses incurred prior to
the beginning of this fiscal year, making
the actual cost of the State Government
for this year, only $1,103,372.20; out of
which sum, tho followiug amounts have
hoon paid on account of extraordinary
expenses, which will not occur again for
a number of vears. For repairing and
fitting up new State House, $20,795.80;
for census takers, $48.324, leaving nu
expenditure of $1,034,252 40, for actual
expenses of tho State Government, and
paying one year's interest on the public
debt of the State."
Among the "receipts" in this state?
ment we find November 30, 1868,
amounts received from Governor Scott,
as collaterals and loan $22,185. Amounts
received from H.H. Kimpton, Financial
Agent, $20,000; December, 1868, from
Kimpton, $50,000; and from Governor
Scott, bills receivable to effect loan,
$120,000. January, 1869, from Kimp?
ton, $10,000. February, from Kimpton,
$35,000; in March, from Kimpton, $135,
000; April, from same, $30,000; May,
$150,000; June, $15,000; July, ?70,000;
August, $100,000; September, $8,000.
Under "expenditures" in this state?
ment we find: Free Schools, $39,023.81;
Salaries, $137,501.43; Jurors and Con?
stables, $1.967.58; Contingent Fnnd
Exe jutive Department, $34,010.70; Con?
tingencies Comptroller and Treasury
offices, $1,455.40; Contingent Fund Seo
rotary of State, $1,000.00; Contingent
Fund Comptroller-General, $1,524.18;
Contingont Fund Treasury, $1,463.52;
Contingent Fnnd Superintendent of
Education, $1,000.00; Contingent Fund
Adjutant and Inspector-General, $1,075;
Contingent Fund State Auditor. $628.79;
Contingent Fond Chief Constable, $500;
Contingent Expenses L?gislative Libra?
rian, $125.00; Contingont Account, $72,
847.63; Fons of Sheriffs, dieting prison*
ara, ?Yo., $41,985.73; Executive Hall
rent, furniture, &o., General Assembly,
ander nair Constitution, (768.95; Ex?
pana? Suprema Court, ?868.08; Legisla?
tive axpensea Speaial Session*. 1868,
$12,888.72; LegiB?at?fe expanses Regalar
Session. 1868, $169,205 79; State Con
atobnlary Force. $31,854.58; Advance to
to Bin? Ridge Railroad? $20,600.00;
County School Commissioners, 918,*
791.91; Commissioners and Managers of
Election, $23,240.24; Claims passed,
$12,268.10; State Penitentiary, $36,800;
State Orphan Asylum, $5,657.41; Lunatic
Asylum. $14,984,55; Catawba Indians,
81,200.00; Expenses Loans $125.000,
Special Session, '68, $294.41; Committee
Investigation Third Congressional Dis?
trict, $10,281.80; Land Commission,
$1,223.25; Permanent Printing, $12,000;
Fitting up New State House, $20,795.80;
Purchase of Arms and Ammunition,
$1,012.69; Census Taker, $48,324.00;
Trausicnt Sick Poor, $6,050.00; Ex?
penses enrolling and organizing Militia,
$2,996.90.
Statement No. 4 (same as list of assets
published abovo under No. 1, from
"shares in Northeastern Railroad" to
.'shares in KeoweeandTuckasegeu Turn?
pike," both inclusive,) "exhibits tho
amount of $2,754,160 assets due thc
Stnto, consisting principally of shares in
the various railroad companies, which
our State received in lieu of advances
made to tho companies by former Legis?
latures, none of which are remunerative
at this time, but some of them, it is
boped, will bo in a few years, aud will
command aufiieient value on thc market
to enable the State to pay off a consider?
able portion of its debt ns it falls duo in
tho futuro."
"No. 5," says Mr. Nong'c, "exhibits
the debits and credits of tho Stnto, in?
curred prior to aud during tba war. This
statement shows tho amount of $2,728,
594.50 duo by the Stute, most of which
was incurred in diroct aid of the rebel?
lion. The Comptroller-General would
herc rcnow the recommendation mado on
thiB subject lust year, tbnt h? bo directed
to sink all of them, and leave the books
j in this otllce showing nothing but what
; is solid."
[Tho debtors are Sheriffs and Tux Col?
lectors, and so are many of the creditors.
Among tho latter we also find A. Q. Ma?
grath, Governor, $2,625.00; Private Se?
cretary in 1862 to Governor, $312.50;
Chancellors Duukin and Inglis, S750
ouch; Judge Wardlaw $1,500, and other
claims of this description.]
Statement No. 6 exhibits thc funded
debt of tho State, outstanding on Octo?
ber 31, 1869, showing tho entire amount,
to bo $G, 183,319.17, bearing an annual
iutereat of 833S.693.S6. Of thia amount
J $304.443.89 falls duo in Juuo, 1S70.
I "It is hoped that the Treasurer will bo
I able to take care of this debt, by the nid
of the financial agent; and the LegiskV
turo, therefore, will not bo culled on tins
session to make any further provisions to
meet it. $481,414.51 Firo Loan (5 per
tceut.) bouds, payable in London, was
j past due in 1868. As it is expected that
I this debt will be mot by tho assets of tho
I Batik of the State, it is set asido as iu u
1 st ato of liquidation."
I No. 8 exhibits the Comptroller's esti?
mate of supplies for tho prcsout year;
?Salaries, 8129,000 [including$10,50.) fur
: tho three Code Commissioners;] ?egisiu
tive Department, $100,000; Executive
j Department, $33,100; for University,
! $27.00 J; for Free Schools, $125,000; for
j Military Department, $70,000; and for
contiuuing the coustruction of the Peni
; tentiary, $75,000; for interest ou public
debt, $338.693.86, making a total-esti?
mate for the next year-of $936,293.86.
No. 9 exhibits tho returns of the quar?
terly taxes receivod since last report. * *
No. 16 exhibits a statement of contin?
gent liabilities of the Stato, ou account
of endorsements of the bonds of tho rail?
road companies. Of this amount, $2,
093.312.40 of bouds of tho South Caro?
lina Railroad Company are past due ia
1868. Every effort, I am assured by tho
President of tho company, is being made
to take up these bonds, but I am not yet
iuformod of a final settlement being ac?
complished.
I havo uo informatiou of the settle?
ment, by tho North-eastern Railroad
Company, of $92.000 of thoir guaranteed
bonds; but, ns uo demand has beon made
upou the State, I presumo that company
is meeting Ibis debt. It is very unfor?
tunate for tho State, that most of these
companies aro permitting tho acctunula
iation of those liabilities by a failure to
pay the interest falling duo annually.
This course, if pursued much longer,
will bankrupt tho companies and force
the State to meet a heavy amount of past
duo indebtednees, while she is now tax?
ing her greatest resonrcos to meet ber
own legitimate obligations. This matter
should be met with promptness.
No. 17 coatains reports of tho follow?
ing railroad companies, viz: Greenville
aud Colombia, North-eastern, Cheraw
and Darlington, King's Mountain, Spar
tanburg and Union. The other compa?
nies have failed to comply with the law.
No. 18 consists of the statement of the
following banks, in accordance with the
Aot of 1869, viz: Bank of Charleston,
People's Bank of South Carolina, Mer?
chant's Bank of South Carolina, at Che?
raw, Bank of Hamburg, Commercial
Bank of Columbia, the South-western
Railroad Bank, Union Bank, Bank of the
State, Baak of Camden, Bank of New?
berry, Planter's and Mechanics' Bank of
Charleston, Exohange Bank of Columbia,
South Carolina Loan and Trout Compa?
ny, of Charleston, Bank of Georgetown.
When the Act of Assembly was passed,
last session, it was hoped tbat it would
enable some of these institutions to re?
new business, and thereby grant larger
banking facilities within the Stato. That
hope has been realized, to some extent,
by the Union Bank, of Charleston, re?
suming business early after the passage
of the Act with a capital of $100,000; and
otbers have given notice at this office of
their intention of renewal about the 1st
of lX-oembor, making an aggregate of
over $1,000,000 capital in the city of
Charleston alone.
Accompanying this report is also the
report of tba Financial Agent in New
York oity, H. H. Kimptou, bat we do
not think that a publication of it won kl
throw any further light upon the finances
fff?L_U? _ j
POPULAR SONUS, WITH AFSKIOATIONS.
"From countries far away I carno," sus
tho returned convict sr.-'?.
"AU is lost now," as tho ruined gam?
bler said.
"Stay, traveler, stay," as the highway?
man said.
"'Twere vain to tell thee all I feel," as
the lobster said to the man who was boil?
ing bim.
"Good news from horne," as tho young
reprobate said wheu his father died and
left bim bis hoir.
"I'm leaving thee in sorrow, Annie,"
as the man said to his wife when he sold
his furniture and eloped with another
woman.
A hymu book lately published by tho
Spiritualists makes au nttompt to com?
bino nu index of authors and au index
of theliuos, occasionally abbreviating tho
lutter, to save s puce, with some very cu?
rious results. Itefereuces nre given to:
"Do not wound the heart that loves
Dexter Smith.
"Have ye heard of the beautiful
Amanda T. Joues.
"O, I love the sparkling-Mrs. Cora
Daniels.
"We come, we como from-Hudson
Tuttle."
Archbishop Whately ouco puzzled a
number of clever men in whose company
ho was by asking them this question:
"How is it that white sheep cat moro
than black?"
Some were uot aware of the curious
fact; others set to work, and tried to
givo learned nud loug reasons; but nil
were anxious to know the real cause.
After keeping thom wandering for some
time, ho said: "The reason is, because
there aro more of thom."
Dr. Bernsie, of Puris, blenches tho
ruddy nose of topers by means of elec?
tricity. He hos recently restored a lady
of tho highest rank to happiness, chang?
ing her nose, a blooming rose, into a
delicuto lily, und this casu in causing n
great sensation in the scientific world.
Douglass Jerold having been invited
to a large dinner party at the house of
his friend, Mr. Pepper, observed upon
entering tho room, with a cordial shake
of tho hand, "My dear Mr. Popper, how
delighted you must bo to soe so mauy
devoted friends mustered."
Au English laborer's wife recently pre"
Bonted her husbaud with fivo childreu nt
a birth, nil of whom were alive nt last
accounts. Tho poor woman has twenty
two children, including two sets of tri?
plets. The Queen has sent her ?7.
A Pacifia slopo editor had the impu?
dence to say that u man named Smith
broko down telegraphic poles. He was
waited upon by all tho Smiths within
fifty miles, and told to retract his asser?
tion or point out tho Smith alluded to.
It is distrust of God to be troubled
about what is to come; im patience agaiust
God to bo troubled at what is prosent;
and anger at God to be troubled for what
is past.
The California Steam Navigation Com?
pany have decided to construct a flying
machine, to tpst tho invention of John
Walker Silas, the latest norial speculator.
"Mr. Drown, why do you wear that
bad hat?" "Because, my dear sir, Mrs.
Brown vows she will uot go out of the
boase with mo until I got a now one."
"Just tho thing!" Such is tho excla?
mai iou of tho Dyspeptics who use SOLO?
MONS' BrrTEi?s. N21
- -? . -- - -
NASBT TALKS "PLANTATION."-I hev
j traided Off my Post Ollis ?t tuk mi Pay
in PLANTASIIUN! P'raps yu may be sup
prized to hero nv mi relioquishin my
Gnv'ment Offis with Awl its glory in seen
a Caws.
Here moo fust; then jedge Mee. It
happend thnswisely: I wns ennvassin thee
Maw mea Flats for owr Bluvid Kedcutry
it tho Post Ofiis suksecbun. In thet land
uv pewer Delito I struk a snag * * *
Theo Fever Ager tuk me, Sc thoo Chills
& Shivers sh uk mo-slink mo like a Nold
loos button on a Shaiky smoke-House
dour; till mi fraim uv 40 Summers, lukd
like sum Ole plaid Ont bumerz ou a
mornin' wen his Gin is gon it ho can't
git no moor! * * * * (N. B. This
is not rit by Edd. A. Powe; but it cums
so awlfired neer too it thot you woodn't
no the difruncc in tho dark.)
In this ourfnl eggstremitty I Flue at
wonts tu a Nold lady fren' uv Mine Sc
toald bur mi kritterkal pbix. Sbeo hes
no'd meo Long Sc Luvd me Wei & she
cawls mo Pot Names. "Troly,"sez Shoe
(sech is the Plaiful kniknomon uv mi
Boibood) "yu orter taik a good Doste uv
PLANTASUUN BITURZ. I've livd Sc Suferd
in theaz H wan m ps every sons tho 3 thay
ors wus Hung Sc I no, to a ded surtinty,
thet PLANTASHUN BITURZ is theo only reel
kewer fur the Shaiksl" B-b-but air
than 1-1-loyawl drink?" asked I, shiv
erin'ly, feerin Least I mito bee inour
ridgin' suththin uv a suthern Nacher.
"Doont bee skeord, 'Troly," replide the
estimabul Dorcuss, "tima air Maid nv
Callasayya. 8. T.-1860-X & thee Verry
loyawlist kind uv Santy Crows Bum."
Mi Douts bein remuved St mi Peers fur
theo Post Offis us.') waged I tuk an awlmity
Dostejjuv "PLANTASUUN" SC yu bett bru Hi?
erin, it maid mee bile! I tuk anuther in
21._. ours Sc mi shaiks quit. I may sa,
thu "parsed in tliair Checks"! Tba got!
'Not won uv 'em lingurd too say good bi!
I woz a Nasby kowced; a Petroleum wei!
-wei 1 wu/.! Now I am a PLANTASHUN
misbnnnory; I go abo wt preacbin tho
good Tidin's to Awl shakers {Sc "uthers
requirrin a Jentelstimmerlent," sea small
hil/..) I hev traided oft mi Post Offis Sc
may Now be found talkin PLANTASIIUN j
BITURZ, in the hiwaiz & thee biwaiz from j
Erly Morn till Dewey Eve. What si uni n,
nu fri n, shaikon brutber'll hev the next
Bottul?
MAGNOLIA WATMR.-Superior to the
best imported Gorman Oologno, and sold
at half the price. D25J3 |
j?ooal Item?.
The presents to the scholars of the
Baptist Sunday Bohoel will be distributed
at the church at h alf-past 0 o'clock thia
morning, having been postponed in con?
sequence of the inclemency of the weather
Foui, AND BnurAn ASSAULT.-Wo learn
that the house of Mrs. Richardson, aged
ninety-seven, was entered on Monday
last. She was wounded in the breast
with five buckshot, beaten over the head,
face and arms, severely bruised, then
thrown in the oorner of a ohicken-ooop
near by on the lot. When found, she
waa in au insensible condition. Dra. G*.
S. Trezevant and B. W. Taylor extracted
four balls from tho breast of the injured
woman. The old woman is still alive
speaks only at intervals in monosylablee.
She says that there were two persons en?
gaged in tho assault upon her, bnt aa yet
no further information lins boen gotten
from her. We trust that the perpetra?
tors of this act will be discovered and
arrested.
Msw ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is
called to tho following advertisements,
published the first time this mernina*:
Certain Pr?servation of the Sight.
Wm. K. Bachman-Adm'r's Notice.
W. H. Wigg-Citation.
J. H. Howell-Executor's Notice-.
S. B. Thompson-Celebration.
P. Cantwell-Sweet Potatoes.
"Oh! what an excellent Tonio," is the
language of the invalid who uses SOLO?
MONS' BITTERS. N21
BLOOD! BLOOD!! BLOOD!!!-Out; out,
I say, this canker spot; this self-con?
demning fruit of a diseased body; viti?
ated system; impaired health;disordered
liver; foul stomach, and other ills which
flow from this self-same cans?. Bad
blood! Bad blood! the primal cause of
all disease. HEINTTSH'S QUEEN'S DE?
LIGHT. This elegant preparation is tho
only truo remedy yet discovered for re?
moving every disease and symptoms of
disease, which may be traced to bad
blood. It is truly a sovereign remedy,
and thousands will attest the truth. DIO
lu another column will bo found the
advertisement of Messrs. J. H. ZEILIN
k Co., Druggists, Macon, Qa.
Simmons' Liver Regulator is prepared
ouly by them, nud is highly recommend?
ed by all who have taken it for the dis?
cuses it professes to enre. The junior
editor of this journal has derived great
benefit from its use, and can conscien?
tiously recommend it as an excellent
remedy for disoases of the stomach and
bowels, arising from torpidity of the
livor. - Tallahasse Floridian. D26 6
THE ABORIGINES USED IT.-The medi?
ci ual virtues of Roots, Herbs and Barks
which vero used by the "Medicinemen"
of tho Indian tribes, and which long ex?
perience has proven to possess the most
efficient alterativo properties for the cure
of Scrofula, King's Evil, Ulcers, Cancer?
ous and Indolent Tumors, Mercurial and
Syphilitic Affections, Enlargement of the
Bones, Totter, Ringworm, Boils, Pim?
ples and diseases resulting from a de?
praved state of tho blood, and all female
diseases, aro contained in a highly con?
centrated form in DR. TTTT'S SARSAPA?
RILLA AND QUEEN'S DELIGHT. It is a
very popular medicine, and deservedly
so. D25 6
Executor's Notice.
ALI. persons having demands against the
estaco of tirs. S. H. HOWELL, deceased,
will present tin in, properly attested; and all
persons iudebted, will mako payment, within
three mouths from date of this pnblication, to
JAMES H. HOWELL, Administrator.
r>ee 30 th8
Administrator's Notice.
rftHE undersigned gives notion that on the
JL 28th day of January next, ho will apply to
W. Il iltoon Wigg, Esq., Judge of Probato for
Richland County, at his oiilco, at 10 o'clock A.
M.. for a final discharge as Administrator of
William ll u h sn ng, deceased. %
Dec 30 thsl3 WM. K. BACHMAN.
Sweet Potatoes.
"j pf BARRELS Yam POTATOES, in fine
LO order, for salo at C^NTWELL'S,
Dec 30 1 Main street.
State of Eonth Carolina-Richland Co.
IN TUE COURT OF PROBATE.
By William Hutton Wigg, Judge of Probai? in
Richland County.
WHEREAS, Riobard Tozer bath applied to
me for letters of administration on the
estate o? JOHN HARRISON, late of Richland,
deceased. These are, therefore, to oite and
admonish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said deceased, to be and ap?
pear before me at a Court of Probate for the
said Connty, to bo holden at Columbia, on the
13th day or January, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. M.,
to show cause, if any, why the said adminis
st rat iou should not be granted.
Oiven under my hand and tho seal of the
Conrt, this 29ih dav of January, A. D. 1869,
and in the ninety-fourth year of American
Independence.
WILLIAM HUT80N WIOG,
Deo 30 Jil Jndge of Probate.
CERTAIN PB^EEVAT?ON
or TUE
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/ T 1 S A FACT
THAT tho celebrated perfected SPECTA?
CLES and EYE GLASSES, manufactured
by Lazarus A Morris, Hartford, Connecticut,
strengthens and preserves the Eyes-assists
the Sight most brilliantly, and lasts a great
many voars without chango,
i 18 A AO S?LZ BAC H ER, Jeweler,
1 Colombia Hotel Row, is the sole appointed
ARent in Columbia, 8. C., and vicinity, for thor
aale. Deo SO ly