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THE DAILY 'Let our Jutt Censure Attend tho True Event." BY J. A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1870. VOL. VI-NO. 174. Delftfa?ff WKf? 'th'? ' SfelOT Agricul? tural anti Meo nahlea! Society; on Wednes? day- evening, November 0: GcBiiLHnra OF Tiru ??OIETT: Hinco Soor last meeting, tho city o? Columbia as. i executed a> deed ot the pr?mices, upon which wo bald , our first Fair, in teoyrf for ihe us? of tliis Society, so long aa wo shall Continue to hold thereon at least, ono fair, annually. These pre misoa; oontainiog some thirty acres, wore fitted, up, by tho pity, with buildings, costing ?8,OOO, and aro very suitable for our purposes, though there has been and will b? required some further ex? penditure at our hands. The income of the. Society during the past year de? rived . from the Fair and from other sources exceeded our ordinary expen? diture by Something over $2,000; and the Executive Committee have expended nearly the whole of this balanco in im? provements upon tho buildings aud grounds. The report of the Treasurer, to bo submitted, will give the details of these traniiaotions, and it will bo seen upon its inspection, that to a considera? ble extent our incomo last year was de? rived from 8onrces to which wo cannot again have recourso. Their considera? tion, and the deeirc to see tho Society glaced upon an assured financial basis, as induoed tho Executive Committco tc prepare a report, which will bc laid be? fore you, suggesting certain changes in our organization. This report aud thc suggestions it makes are respectfully commended to your consideration. Thc changea proposed, aro tho result of thc best judgment the committco coule briug to bear upon tho subject. Perhup: better may be devised by tho wisdom o the Sooiety. But tho object sought-th? perpetuation and extension of tho usu fulness of our association-is of para mount importance, and it is feared is no sufficiently secured by our present or ganization. It may be that anxiety fo success has made those heretofore cn trusted with the management of you affairs too doubtful of tho moans at thci disposal; but the committee feel tba they are doing their duty in bringing t< your attention tho mattors embodied ii their report. It will bo for you to tak snob action in the premises as you thin) proper. lu re-assembling as a body represent: five of the industrial interests of the State we have much to congratulate ourselve upon in the developments of the pus yea)1. Industry and economy are steadi ly, if slowly, rehabilitating tho wast places of war. Our people-both em ployers and employed-aro becomin more accustomed to their changed rein tiona to each other, and understandin better the conditions under which the are placed. With this use and bette knowledge, there can bo no doubt thr our industrial machinery is running wit fewer jerks and jars, and doing its wor more effectually. The vory suenen: however, with which we have pushed tb industry in which wo aro chiefly ci gaged hes brought us face to face wit serious difficulty. Tho cotton crop, i approaching tho uumber of bales prc duced before the war, bas sunk to price soarcely equal to tho cost of pr? Quotion; and with our small reserve capital, even one j'ear's failure rises t grave consequence. That farming as a permanent bnsiuci is remunerative, is evident not only fro the fact that capital continues to be eu ployed in it, but also from tho fact tin by far the largest part of every civilize community finds in its labors a subsis once at least as ample as that secured I the sumo intelligence and industry d voted to other pursuits in tho same cou tries. In our own country another i terence of no little forco may bo drav ia favor of the comparative profit of a rieulture, from the well knowu versatili of our population. A people devoted the attainment of pbysicul wcll-bein and among whom neither law nor cu tom forbids at any time n change of po snit, would scarcely continue to cmpli three-fourths of their whole number an unprofitable calling, These gcuei consid?rations go further to establish t character of the pursuit in which mc of us are engaged, than carefully stat accounts of profit and loss in iudividt oases or in particular years. The elements with which tho farm works in making his crops aro land, lah and onrrent cash; and it is upon tho ti gregate oost of these as compared wi the value of the product that his rorr neration depends. What relations th bear to each other in his own case, a what modifications looking to a Inri profit are practicable, is a subject w worthy the farmer's attention at u timo, and of especial interest to us n that our exertions promise to bo rep: with bountiful production, and un i satisfactory balance shoot. Thc gol? ago of agriculture, if it ever existed gone, and these elements will never foond all at once to bo favorable. deed, from the nature ot* things, t happy condition of affairs could not lc exist. Abundant and productive lau cheap and efficient labor, and an e mou?;y market, would muke of farm Boob au El Dorado that tho rush to mines would soou restore theequilibri by enhancing the cost of thc element! production, as well as reducing tho vu of the product. Whenever labor is < oient by reason of its uumber aud ne? sities, though money may bo che lands appreciate onormously in val and where tho efficiency of labor is rived rather from its skill and int genoe than from its number, both 1 aud money will bo found to bo dear, with deficiency of money andinefficie of labor, lands, however productive, moro cheaply procured; and thus the gregute cost of tho investment, b'< loss the per cen tage of profit, may c pare well with apparently more favor conditions. Under tho slave system, with wi alone, until recently, we were fa in i wo possessed land under the most fav ble conditions of cheapness, forti organized and compact, was enlisted for the lifo of tho laborer, and could be wielded with tho force aud efficiency of regulars; but it was costly from its nili nnce with capital, and fatally limited in its supply to the natnrnl increase of the small class from which it was drawn. The rates of monoy wero easy enough; and while in emburking in tho business a large amount of money was needed as pcrtnuncnt investment, tho current sup ply of ready cash required was reduced to tho minimum. Under these circum? stances tho prosperity of the Southern agriculturist compared well with that of his brethren in auy other portion of the world. But the system under which ho worked, though tho legitimate result of the relations which labor, hind aud capital boro to each other in his caso, was sui generis, aud can never recur again. Cherishing bis costly aud highly prized labor, which was also, under the laws of the lund, the largest part of his capital, his whole efforts were given to its increase, and tho lund boro the penalty of tho favoritism-cut down, skimmed of its fertility, and thrown ont to tho recuperative efforts of nature, whilo the generous product of its virgin soil was invested in additional laborers, and tho plauter sud his gaug passed on to other fields. There was prosperity under the system. Laborers worked, and duneed, aud multiplied; aud the planter moved by the shortest road before him to wealth and comfort. Yet was there not in all this as much of tho prosperity ol tho Arab shiek passing with bis men? servants aud his maid-servants, his oxcu and his asses, from oasis to oasis, as thc prosperity of the agriculturist? But little improvement attached to the lund. Few buildings wero reared which were expected to last beyond the life of the tenant; no fence which would not require re-building in five or ten years; and seldom was any ameliorating process vouchsafed to the soil. "New ground,' in plantation pnrlauce, was tho equivalent ot' productiveness, and "old field" oj sterility. Thoroughly imbued with tho economic ideas of tho system under which thej wore reared, our people havo but slowly taken in the changes produced by eman cipation in their exact extent and pro portions. At first, provided a snfficien unmbcr of laborers could bo herded upor the plantation, the planter felt hopefu of success, however limited tho menus o supplying them, until tho crops wen realized, and however faulty, nay, suici dal to good management, the terras upoi which they were engaged. Tho novelty of the experiment wus bis excuse. Tin uncertainly of the industrial effee which u sudden transition from the re straints of plantation discipline to tin extreme of political liberty would havi upon au uneducated race, gavo a larg, margin between tho anticipations of th sanguino and tho fears of tho despoud ont. Tho usurious rates at which moue; was held almost deprived him of its use And tho desperation of his fortune drove him to utilize all that he had left - hts laud-not as ho may havo wished but as best he conld. But the tirs fierce struggle for bread which follower the devastations of war, is passed; ex pcrionce has settled tho value of on labor; and patient industry has added t our money resources, until to day th customary rate of interest is just bul what it was four years ago. Let us ex amine the relations of the elements o tho farmers problem os presented to u now. It certainly canuot be foreign t tho objects of this Society to conside whether we are using them to the bee advantage. Since emancipation our lands rctai their favorable conditions of fertility an proximity to market, and are chcup? than they were bef >re. Our labor bi lost its characteristic of capital, unless bo that capital which taketh uuto itse wings; it has lost moro or less of its e iicieucy, and decreased in the quautit available; and tho supply of carrot cash HO little needed under the slave sy? tem, now rises to prime importune* These aro certainly tho general charin teristics of our condition us agricnlti rises, but when we attempt to come t details, Ibo variety of soilf, and the di feriug circumstances affecting labor i tho various localities of the State, mal it difficult to present au exact stutemei of thc items affecting the fanner's b lance sheet, without trenching too mat upon your timo. Some statistics, hot ever, applicable to our lighter soils, ai embracing tho country below the fulls tho rivers and above tide-water, mt possess interest sud servo as a standard comparison. In this region ? malo ci well cultivate (Iftuon acres in cotton ai fifteen acres in corn. Allowing sev and-a-half aeres more for small grui potatoes, Arc, twenty-two und-n-lu aares lying at fallow, and fifteen acres wood-land, we havo seventy-five acres tho mulo. This amount of land is ai pie for tho best rotation, and perm cotton to bo planted always on laud tl bas been resting either eighteen mont or two years-a faot which, in eradicati the orop grasses, decreases the expei of labor in tho cultivation of the em ing year, I am persuaded, at least 01 fourth. Now if thecropaof cotton a corn receive as muuure for eaob acre 1 lesa than six dollars worth of cotton sc or commercial fertilizer, while the 00 post heap goes to the smaller crops, I land will improve year by year, and uigu J in LU mg -wm DO prooticed as the cheapness of our lands and the deficien? cy of our cash capital will often warrant. Seventy-five acres of land, with tho usual and necessary buildings and fences, will cost $750, and the mute added will make it $900. About 880 per male muBt be added for wagons, ploughs and other farm tools, nod this sum will admit of using all tho improved implements which, so far, experience has shown can bo used successfully with our unskilled labor uud half cleared landa. Twenty dollars moro will supply a few milch cows nud the hogs necessary to consume the was to of tho burn-yard. Wo have now $1,000 per mule as tho amount oi permanent iuvestmont necessary undei tho highest farming, and with the mosl liberal treatment of tho land in practice among us. How much money, having , reference again to the mulo as tho stand j ard, is necessary to mako the crop' I For mauures (not valuing tho compos heap) wo have 8180. For hand labor including its board, there is needet $298. This includes the manager, am I puts tho field-workers at fifty cents fo , tho old slave task-nu amount of worl I readily accomplished before 2 p. m For feed of mules until tho year's crop i available there is needed 887. In this however, is included tho proportion pe mule of the feed of the!mauager'ssaddl horse. Seeds of all kinds will cost $13 the blacksmith and wheelwright SIC State and County taxes about 814; wea and tear of implements, about $10; nu other miscellaneous expenses nt least ?3( This foots up tho sum of 8G4G that th crop will cost; of which about three fourths-say 8500-should bo in th farmer's huuds nt tho outset, unless h expects to bo reduced to tho niiserabl shift of mukiug purtucrs of his laborer iu the culture of his crop, and when it i harvested, both ho and they becom mere tenants at will, iu tho product c their labor, to tho factor or merchin from whom they hive received advance; Those figures are drawn from the expi rieuce of 1868 and 1809, aud are corre* for tho locality from which they ai taken. Tliey aro behoved to approx mato accuracy for tho State. Tho prii at which cotton was made under thei was twelvo and a third (1213] cents pi pouud, delivered at tho railroad fi transportation to market. The averaj prico at which it was sold, clour < freight and factorage, was twouty-tv (22) cents per pound, and the profit c tho investment in farming was twen (20) per cent. ; but no charge is made f? the superintendauco of the farmer Ilk self. This profit looks well, and pr bably compares favorably with furmii elsewhere. It is to be observed, ho ever that it does not exceed the rato interest upon money loaned upon go< security during these two years in tl South; and to reach it no dead capital iuvested ia waste laud, no usurious i terest upon cash borrowed for curre purposes is allowed, and a largo uso mado of animal force, to the exclusion tho unreliable manual labor nt our coi maud. How niuuy land-holders arno us uro not burdening themselves with in vent ment iu lauds in excess of $750 tho mule- nn investment dead for nil pn t ?eal purposes-and are making no efft to vitalize it by tho importation of t purchasers and tenants which, as a cia have no existence in the commuui And how few of us, in the anxiety to store our broken fortunes, aro content bring our enterprise within the si limits of the capital at our commai In tho spirit of the gamester agni; whom luck has been running, we \ our nil upon the hazard ol a single cu and if, by reason of favoring seasons n good markets, success attends tho iss wo complacently pocket the profits, forgetful as the old slave-holder of capital in laud sunk by tho slovenly c tivation of largo acres. It appears to that ther? ii in all this matter for p found reflection. It is, however, a q<: tion of dollars and cents, and eajh < must and will dcciilo for himself nj the arrangement of his capital accord to his own ideas of profit. Passing on from the preliminary ort iug ol our means of success, let hastily aud in conclusion glance at system of farming-the tactics of field of ell'ort. With the prices of and '09, not more than tho ordic profit of successful industry was secu by the cotton plauter. To day, prico of the staple leaves him no pn and in many cases insures loss. ' causes producing this state of t li i may bo exceptional. If they ure wo must make cotton cheaper, or make it at all, except upon tho alluvial soils, and hud other employn for our lighter lands. I nm uo advo for BWeuping changes in this or i thing el*o. When a whole commur with at least a fair share of worldly dom, almost without exception, ai un economical system, you may assured that iu the main it is the ud tptcd to their circumstances. populi is neurer vox dei here, thai most of tho eases to which the adap applied. Indigo was once as muoh market orop as cotton is now; yet in has passed away, and so will cot when it also ceases to pay. "But g ing that the price of this staple o nues to be fairly remunerative, doe system described admit of no imp: ment? Recurring to the Agares, it be seen that of tho 01,600 per needed to start with, the mule ittel 8150, is one-tenth of tho investment, ano* has to be renewed by purchase iu a short number of years. One mare to avery eight or ten mules, bred annually to the jack, will keep up tho supply of moles. Her services as nu extra plough horse, or as the manager's saddle horse, willfully repay her keep. Tbo expenso of rearing tho colts will bo so incurred as hardly to bo appreciated; and one com? ing into service annually permits an older mule, before it is worn out, to bo sold off at as much or moro than tho cost,ot tho recruit. Of tho money paid for labor, at least $130 is its board; add to thiB the 887 for mulo feed, tho 813 for need, and $16 for miscellaneous articles purchased that could very well have been made on tho place, and wo have $240, nearly four-tenths of tho current ex? pense. It is true that tho seed, and part of the mule feed, and part ot tho labor? ers' board is always produced on thc place; but tho rule is general thot thc other part is purchased, and, togethoi with all our bacon, oomca to us bur ? dened with the profits of the pro j duoer in thc far North-west, and tho ex 1 penses of a long transportation. Win not transfer these profits and expense, of transportation to the credit side o our own accounts? Tho answer on ni sides is, that hogs cannot be profitably reared on as expensive feed as corn i with us, and that thieves make it impos sible to avail ourselves of our natu rn pastures-tho unenclosed woodlands o tho country. Hut the bacon wo buy i not reared in tho "range;" and eve: here, such stock as is kept in enclc sures aud yarded at night is safe fror .tho depredator. More attention to th pea, and root, and nut crops, whic thrive nowhere better than with us; an the culture of artificial grasses suited t the climate, together with the uso ( cotton seed meal-a cheap and exceller feed for hogs-would, I am convincet profitably solve this difficulty. Th increased production of compost, permi nently enriching tho soil, would bo n small part of the profit to bo derive from the change. I am not for dethroning cotton as tl market crop, lt exhausts land less thu any hoed crop wo cultivate; it returns I the ?oil in its seed ono of the best mi mires wo can uso; and converted iul meal, it is a most decided addition to tl food crop. Its compactness gives cottc in transportation to market advantagi over all the other products of the pla tation, and its cash value there makes tho true golden fleece. But to nvi ourselves of all tho advantages we pc suss in this staple, the plantation shoal as fur as possible, be made stff-sustainin and ike cotton product be the exponent profit. Adopting this ns the cardin idea of our system, and realizing it nearly us we can under thecircumstauc amid which each of us is placed, we w lind our herd crops decreasing iu arc and as their limits decrease their produ will increase. Instead of a buln to ti ?cres, wo will havo two bales to the aci aud our corn and small grain fields w experience tho same changes. The. lan withdrawu from these crops will bo c voted to hay and pasturo fields, whi yield their profits with but littlo outl of annual labor. Our laborers, inste of the motley gaug which every Jannr is with difficulty enlisted, will be rcduc in number; aud as their number is duccd and selection becomes possib their character aud efficiency will i prove. Having fewer to feed and pi we can afford to give higher wages-st wages ai will bo a powerful stimulant tho native laborer, to qualify himself earn, and such as will draw to us fr ubroad the skillful aud intelligent lab which would be mora valuablo to State than all tho blessings of eoil ? climate with which a bountiful Prc deuce has blessed her. Living m within ourselves, our pockets would feel so sharply tho vicissitudes of c< merco or tho vagaries of politics. Ha ling less money, moro would stick. A above all, wo will bo doing justice to land "which is our inheritance," transmit it io those who como after beautified and enriched by our pos sion. New Books. fTVIK Memories ot' Filly Years, co?tai X nbticcu anti anecdotes of distingu? Americano ?o?d remarkable men, Ac, bj ti. Smirks. Price t'J 50. Tent Lifo in Siberia and Adventure Kaiuschatka and Northern Asia, l?y Ken with a ma;?. $1.50. (Hujier Snaps, hy Funny Fern, fl .CO. Old SOURS and New, by the authorci Beechen brook. i2. Fmis iu December, 1951; or, Coup d'Et Napoleon III, by Terr t, (rom thc thirtc French edition, il 50. Lccke's nationalism in Enroue, twovoli Tho Lite ol Uetieral Nathaniel tireen. Tho Court and Times of Queen Fli/.a Also, a number of new novels, by Tro and other popular authors. Also, new juvenile books from London Chromos, Painting*), Ac. For sale at li H Y AN .V. McCARTEIt'S Bookstc Carriage Materials. _ CONSISTING ?n part of fl rt/C':/ AH^Spokes, Felloes, Hhatts. WI f?8S25f?^ Poles, Bolts. Malleable Casi W W-Fifth Wheels, Bands, Enan Leather, Dash Leathor, Patent and Enan Cloth, Oil Carpet, Lining Nails. Bp: Axles, Fire and other Iron, Daub Fr PalntB, 0:1?, Carrirge Varnishes, Ao Our stock of theao gooda is second to nc Oolumb:a, and those deairing to pure ./till save money by calling on 8eptll J. AT. R. AQN1 Just received, at POLLOCK'S, Canary Seed. GEO. HUGGINS' IMMNCfi AGENCY. ESTABLISHED IN COL UMBI A, S. C., 18-19. ? ???? Old and Wealthy Companies Represented. AGGREGATE CAPITAL OVER $25,000,000! F3RE DEPARTMENT. iEtna Fire Insurance Company OF HARTFORD, CONN. Chartered 1819-Charter Perpetual. ASSETS SO,000,000. Imperial Fire Insurance Co. of London, Chartered 1803. ASSETS 98,000,000 IN ?OLD. JtarThis Company insures against Firn only. No Marino or Life risks taken, as in most Fo? reign Insurance Companies. Manhattan Fire Ins. Go., of New York, Chartered 1821. Tho oldest Fire Insurance Company' in the City of New York. ASSETS $1,400,000. Phcnix Fire Ins. Co., of Brooklyn, K.Y Chartered 1S53. Assets $2,000,000. PUTNAM FIRE INS. CO., of Hartford,Conn. Chartered 18C4. Assets $700,000. UNION FIRE INS. CO., of San Francisco, Cal. Chartered 18G5. Assets $1,200,000in Gold. ea-Policies issnod payable in Gold or Currency. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Knickerhocker Life Insurance Company Of New York. Chartered 1853. ASSETS $7,SOO.OOO. Thc above Companies have each made the deposit of South Carolina Stato Bonds, with tho Comptroller-General ol'the State, as re? quired hy the Act of thc General Assembly. Tho undersigned has conducted tho busi? ness of this Agency tor tho last twenty-one years, during which period no enuc of litiga? tion with any claimant has over occurred. RISKS TAKEN IN COLUMBIA AND UPPER COUNTIES OF THE STATE. All Claims for hnam-a Adjaatcd and Paid At THIS AGENCY. GEORGE HUGGINS, AGENT, Office nndor tho "Columbia Hotel," In rear of Mesare. Duffie & Chapman's, Columbia, S. C. GEORGE HUGGINS, Notary Public, Aug 18 4m COLUMBIA, S. 0. JSjE>o<slQ,l Notioea. Co-Call at the Sign of tho Indian Girl. Co? lumbia Hotel Block, and ocleot your Clgaxfi, Tobacco, Pipea, io., from a vory fine atock jost received._'_..__Nov 1 iaEDiCftL.-.TnK 1)HIT)ALC7I \Mnr.ii;-Eaeuyn for Yoong lien, on great ?OCLIL EVIW ?ad ADUSES, which interioro with MABMAOE with aare meena of relief for tho Firing ! and' Unfortunate, diseased and debilitated. Koot free of chargo, in Healed envelopes. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 8. Ninth St., Philadelphia. Pa._Nov 5 Omo Hound Loy lc for tb? Bick.-TllO invalid has often good reasons to exclaim, "eavo mo from my frionds." As a general thing, eaeh of thom will havo a different medicino to pro? pose, and if hu follows all their prescriptions in turn, their well-meant advico may bo the death of him. Tho only sensible course in any case of sickness is to resort promptly to a specific willoh has stood the test of a long and widely extended public experience, and obtained on solid and sufficient grounds tho reputation of a Standard Itt nicely. This rank among the restoratives of our day belongs of right, and beyond all dispute, to Hoatctter's Stomach Bitters. Let tho^o who aro tailing it answer for themselves as to its tonio pro? perties. Can aay dyspeptic, who has ever used it, question it? snperioriiv ss a sio mach'c over every other medicine ? Can any pcrsoit of bilious habit, who has over taken lt for liver complaint, doubt its efficiency? It ia believed among tho tons of thousands who aro now using, or havo herctoforo used it as an alterative and corrective, not one can bo found who would exchange it for any other prop-ration in tho known world. For inter? mittent fevers, nervous debility, constipation, sick stomach, and all complaints arising from indigestion or impoverishment of the blood, it is tho only artiole whioh can be con aciontiously guaranteed, and no ono who is thoroughly acquainted with ita virtues will allow intereetcd dealers in worthless ??ops, ou which they make a larger profit, to furnish them in the place of tho great vegetable re? st oro ti vo._ Nov 2 tO-. PAIN KILLER. Wc ask tho attention of tho publio to this, long-tested and unrivaled FAMILY MEDICINE. It has been favorably kuown for more than twenty years, during which time wo have re? ceived thousands of testimoni?is, showing this medicino to bo an almost nover-failing remedy for diseases caused by or attendant upon Sudden Colds, Coughs, Fever and Ague, Headache,Billons Fever. Pains in tho Side, Buck and Loins, a? woll as in the Joints and Limbs, Neuralgia and Rheu? matic Pain in any part of tho symtem, Toothache and Pains in tho head and faoe. As a Blood Purifier and Tonic jor the Stomach. It Heidorn fails to euro Dyspepsia, Indiges? tion, Liver Complaint. Acid Stomach, Heart? burn, Kidney Complaints, Sick Headache, PilcB, Asthma or Phthisic, Ringworms, Boils, Felona, Whitlows, Old Sores, Swelled Joints, a id General Debility of the System. It is aleo i\ prompt and euro remedy for Cramps a ?jd Pain in tho Stomach, Painters' Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Summer Com? plaint, Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infantum, acalda, Burns, Sprains, Bruises, Frost Bites, Chilblains, as well as the Stings of Insects, Scorpions, Centipedes, and tho Rites of Poi? sonous Insects and Venomous Reptiles. Sec Directions accompanying each bottle. Nov 1 lltlmo CITIZENS' SAVINGS BAN? SOUTH CAROLINA Deposits of S?l afld Upwards Received, IX TE lt EST A i .Lu WED A T TUE EA TE Ol SEVEN PEU CENT. PEU ANNUM, UN CEJITJFICA'lES OF DEPOSIT, AND SIS PEE CENT. COM? POUNDED EY EDY SIN MON TUS ON A CCO UN TS. OFFICERS. Wm. Martin, President. John R. Palmer. I . John P. Thomas,} ^"-Presidents. A. G Brenizur. Cushier. John C. B. Smith, Assistunt Cushiui. Directors. Wade Hampton, Columbia. William Martin. Colombia. F. W. MoMaeter, Columbia A. C. Haskell, Columbia. J. P. Thomas. Columbia. E. H. Hcinitsh, Columbia. John B. Palmer, Columbia. Thomas E. Gregg, Columbia J. Eli Gregg, Marion. O. T. Scott, Newberry. \V. G. Mayes, Newberry. R. H. Rutledge, Charleston. Daniel Ravened. Jr.. Charleston. Mechanics, Labor?is, Clerks. Widow?, Or? phans and others may here deposit their sav? ings and draw a liberal rate of interest thero on. Planters, Professional Mon and Trustees wishing to draw luterefet < n their fonds until thoy require them for business or other pur? poses; Parents desiring to set apart small sums for their children, and Married Women and Minors (whose deposits can only be with? drawn by themselves, or, in caso of death, by their legal representatives,) wishing to lay aside funds for future use. aro here afforded an opportunity of depositing their means whero they will rapidly accumulate, and, at tho same time, bo subject to withdrawal when needed. _ _Aug 18 Fresh Crackers. JUST received, a supplv of frosh CRACK? ERS. BISCUITS, Ac..'consisting of BUTTER CRACKERS, Boston Crackers, Ginger Schnapps, Butter Crackers, Soda Riscuit, Wine Biscuit, MILK BISCUIT, Cream Crackers, Non;>urei) Biscuit, Fancy Crackers, Egg Ribcuit, Loreon Crackers ,A'C For-.do bv J. ft T. R. AGNEW. Fresh Arrivals. ENUINE DURHAM SMOKING TOBAC VX CO, direct from (ho factory j the great Dalby lVff Smoking Tobacco, tho Kniinyaido Fine-Cut Chewing Tobacco- Ibo best in tho cunntry< Mollers* Fig Chewing Tobacco, very lino, just received. A full assortment of choice WINES and LI? QUORS always on hand. JOHN C. REE0ER8, Main street, near tho Poat Office, and Main street, near PHOMX Oflico._ July 21) ICE! ICE! ICE! HAVING put nv maohino in operation, I now inform tho publio lott I am ready touupplv any and all orders for ICE. Price two cents per pound by tho retail. For 100 poonda or more, agreements will bo made. The Ice can be obtainod at either tho ? PP or lower atoro._ J. C. ?ggjKQMaa. Selling- Off ALOTof fine JEWELRY, Ear-rings, Breaat pirs, Plain Gold Rings, Gold and Silver Thimbles, Ao. .... Parties will find it to their interest to oall and examino tho various articles. Oct80 G. DIEROKS.