Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wednesiay aaan?ag? January 1.1873? body of anoient literature which la supe? rior'to that of ?ioero on "Mora! Duties." It embodies the highest standard of man and tnuu'a obligations which; has come down to us t\fin tho cu tivatod nations of antiquity. Id reading it, we instinct? ively ask, were there men lo those day a who fulfill*'d thia beautiful ideal? We should think bo, in a country illustrated by so many noble and self-sacrificing deeds,, aud , where the, ^compliment of tfyrrhua to ITabriaiOs. that the eon could be mire easily turned from his oouree than he from honor, might have been eiteo'decl to more individuals than among any other people who have "ever lived. It refleota honor upon. Cicero as a man sud a patriot; that in moral subject*, where hia heart WS8 most deeply inte? rested,.ho felt drawn by a strong attrac? tion to the lofty doatrine of the Btoioe. It possessed extraordinary oharma for him und those compatriots of his, who ?trove to retain the ancient oharacteris tio gravity and elevation of mind, and to uphold the exemplary administration of - public affairs, in tho splendor and gran? deur of ita msxlffiB, in ite antagonistic tendenoy to the thon prevalent and in . creasing I corruption, and in the para? mount importance whioh it attributed to dOty' Vier 'every ' othor consideration, lacking in tenderness and unfavorable Ao roUhetio cultivation, this system, ?nevertheless, developed the highest type -of mail anterior to ?hriatianily, and by infusion into Iawa end jurisprudence, .imparted to them its own spirit of right, jaatice and moderation. Crystallized in . this tot no, it hftb OOme down to our own times, and enters into the code of all civilizednations. : According to Oioero and the authori? ties, .whom he followed; the Supremo Befog, who has prescribed moral datiea, has given tho rational-nature from whioh we are to learn them, and the faculties necessary to solve them. In that nature are imbedded the great cardinal princi? ples into whioh virtue may be resolved. Theee are justice, wisdom, fortitude and temperance. Intimately bound together; they have each ita appropriate and1. re? spective set of duties. The duty of wis? dom, for inatanoe, is to search after troth. We instinotively Iowo knowledge . and,are attracted to its pursuit. But we muafte* on gdferd that we give assent oqlf^'wjtiati!hat~ b$eu - well considered, that wo choose proper and worthy sub? jects of study, and that we do not be? come 'absorbed by airy abstract iodb to the neglect of the pressing dnties. of life;' The other three virtues directly concern active life, and belong to the field of human needs and responsibilities. Of these juatiaa is of the largest extent, and of the highest splendor. No action should be ventured upon of whioh we doubt - whether it be just or not. The very' doubt ? implies thought of wrong. Fortitudei .daisies the eyes of men; they generally' esteem it to be the nob lost of virtues; bat the stoics oorreot tho error which dwolls-in; popular apprehension of it, and jipressivoly define it to be* "vir? tue battling for equity." " Temperance is a lovely outgrowth of virtue. It is 1 native modtwty whioh shrinks from giv? ing offence to others; it is self-rest mint and the sway over the passions, the oalm ' of the sonl and jast propriety in word and flood.. It is the bloom of virtoe, and corresponds to beauty and oolor in tho complexion, As these show the vigorous constitution and sound health of the body, so does this become a proof and an exhibition of genuine probity in the s^uh : It gives lustre to the life, and secures the approbation of those about us,, by the dae order, consistency and regularity whioh it; enforces in all our words and notions. I ? ?? ?' > . We have been'led to risk the pronen tatton of this imperfect and meagre out? line of morul excellence as drawn by the vnatohleea pen of the Horn an orator, by the^ifadfion that G^rferal R.iS.'Lee, in our own times, baa fulfilled the ideal of the wrlierVbycombining in himself all the attributes of the almost faultless man, the man of duty as exemplified in perfect justice, extraordinary wisdom, manly fortitude and' exemplary tem? perance. The more thut is known of ? him, the more he grows in greatness, and the more closely he approaches the highest possible concsption of a man. New Orleans got woll rid of two bad negroes on Christmas. Jcsso Woods . and T3d.'Reed's brother quarrel led ovora game of cards. Ed. Reed heraing of the quarrel, came nnd shot Woods mortally, Woods responding by shooting him dead. ' Extensive preparations are being made in Savannah to celebrate General Lee's birth-day, which ooenrs on the lUth of January. | Gen. Wade Hampton will deliver an address on the oocaaidn. JffU;* u ' . VtHTi f/j % ?'?0*1 . . ? r ? ????in m * iiw?w?WytJ>^?Wj||)p>jpw>/iW^i^'i^'fi" 'TtpirVrit Colbert, controller of flnanoes ander Louis XIV of France, bad a hard strug? gle witfrthe^melw or|he^??^tf?Hth? were securely entr^hohedilh their &ao& leg and fraudulent system. His; it on will conquered at hy*t, and he succeeded in reooverlog^for tit* king control of the Bonroea of revonno, and in reducing the debts of the State. His greatest feat was;tbe enoonragement he gave to com? merce, and, we might .almost say, the creation of manufactures. He was the great champion of this new industry, and whatever his1 errors, and they were many, he BQOceeded in directing the na? tional mind towards this new and useful ezeroiBe of its faculties. The history of French manufactures may be said to have began with him. Thoy rose like magic at his touob. To him, When ask? ing of the merchants what were the bebt means of favoring commerce, was given the memorable answer of one, more en lightened and- sagacious than the rest, "faisae* Hons faire el laissez passer" let us alone, leave na free and uncontrolled in oar transactions, and let goods pass freely.' This happy retort has been accepted almost as a maxim by the advocates of free trade ever sinoe, and embodies a world of economic truth on that subject. It will well apply to the question as to the best means of promoting the pros? perity of Columbia. The inquiry, what can wo do toadvanae it, is best answered by considering well who we are, and what virtue thore may be in our not In? termeddling. Unless obstructed artifi? cially, unless impediments are thrown in the way by ignoranoe, pretension and fraud, the interest of an individual, or a corporation, or society in general, will take care of itself. The best that public opinion ean do dircotly, or through or? ganized bodies supposed to represent it, is to give it fair play, and keep out of the way. Lot it alone, aud let no ob? struction be put in the way of its healthy growth and Iree development. In a city like Columbia, the duties of its munici? pal government might be comprised and summed tip in tbe effort to k< ep down its debt, to reduce its taxes, to keep its existing public works in good order, to be prompt with its creditors in paying their jast daes, and in assuring its peace, good order and quiet, by an active, effi? cient and cheap police system. Tbe duties of such munioipal authorities are more active than passive, its example of more value than its precepts, its forbear? ance better than its experiments. Tbe merchants, manufacturers, artisans, all its industrious and busy people, can take better care of themselves than others con for them. In the success of private enterprise will be found the highest gua? rantee of the prosperity of the city. Laissez faire. The Laariam mines, in Greece, which now form the snbjeot of a dispute be? tween the Greek and the FreDch and Italian Governments, were anciently tbe source of the Greek coinage, but the Government finally abandoned them as having* been worked out. A company of Frenohmen and Italians purchased the property some ten years ago, and, having sinoe been profitably engaged in working the mines, attracted the atten? tion and cupidity of the Greek Govern? ment. The latter first attempted to gain possession of the surface ore, as not hav? ing been inoladed in the grant, but fail? ing, now seek to tax the company forty per eent. of its profits. Tho matter is now a diplomatic question, in whioh Italy and France take the part of their subjects. They have proposed reference to arbitration, but Greeoe refuses to ao qaiesce. A Female Banker ?$5,009,000 nearly oov?r tho liabilities of Franluiu Spitze der, a woman banker at Munich, in Ba? varia, who recently failed, utterly ruin? ing hundreds of small depositors, seri oiisly crippling tho resoarces of the middle classes and carrying consterna? tion to tho wealthy. Her bank had en? joyed the highest popularity and public confidence. Judicious advertising and carefully bestowed prosents and pecuni? ary favors had contributed to its success. After the failure it was discovered that its enormous dividends to depositors in the way of interest bad been made from the'capital stock, or in other words, from tbe deposits, The Pullman Company as Innkeepers A question has recently beon raised as to the responsibility-of the Fallman Palace Car Company for valuables lost in sleep? ing oars. It is well known that this com? pany own the sleeping cars whioh arc run over nearly all railroads. It is held that the Pullman Company is un inn? keeper, and held liable tbe samo as any other keeper of, a public house for the loss of valuables of its guests. Inconse? quence of this, it is said, safe3 aro to bo placed in all sleeping carp, in which passengers can deposit their valuables tho same as at a hotel. Tho pooplo of Selma are in a peck of trouble about the "Great Eastern" cir? cus elephant now stopping with them? it is nick. Tbe Times says the poor big thing is afll cted with tho "olepbantista gia," whioh its keeper, who is no scientist, oalls chills and fever. We don't know what Selma would do if it should die, for it is her first elephant as a citi? zen. Tho dea^ly^i?t^?t^Je^^at the So^le?ftun;reapecUDgJilB\tMt labors ioaearehof the olden.Troy,need* bat little introduction to our readers.". The Go/man scholar and archaeological enthu? siast tells his]- story with clearness and simplicity. If he does not exhaust the subject in all its bearings, ha explains what he has achieved in a manner which cannot fail to awaken keen interest in the oontinnanoe of his labors. It is a fitting phase of this progressive, inven? tive age; that amid the mighty struggle for light upon the subtle secrets of phy? sics and,-the applioaiion of knowledge thus acquired to the daily wants of life, so much interest can be centred in the dim paat. In this growing desire for a knowledge uf epochs beyond the reaoh of those we term historic, the modea in which the hunt for information is pur? sued are charuotoristio. The records ou which the learned for ages relied for thoii knowledge of these remote times, are now merely the often unreliable guide books whioh the seientitle searcher naes to iudioate how and where to aet about his work. The huge mounds by the banks of tho Tigris, that X-uo phon passed iu his flight tweuty-threo oonturics ago, without knowing any more than the Arabs of Mesopotamia of twenty three years since, that they con? tained tho ruined palaces of Nineveh, were reserved for tho spades of Botta and liiyard. In a few years of persist? ent excavation more of the glory of the Empire of Assyria was mado known than iu all the twenty-three oycles that pre? ceded. After the pioneers of tho ppade comes the mure profound labor of the comparativo philologists who learn to decipher cuneiform inscriptions and read from them the stories of tho people who engraved them thousands of years before. The same diligent inquiry and work have lately led to tho dtsentomb meut of tho Ephosian marbles from the great buried temple of Diana. From the same spirit and the same toil we 6ee appear before us tho sculptured trea? sures from the island of Cyprus. Among the greatest of these perform,moo will rank the triumph of Dr. Sobliemann in filing the site of Troy. For ages tho enthusiasm of cultivated minds has found an abiding plaoe iu the land made aaored to poetry aud heroic glory in the Iliad and A<] icid. Byrou could wander 'among the marshes of the Scamander and dream of Dion in its glory. Even the soldier of precision and ma? thematics, Yon Moltke, oould Und time to speculate upon its military atrongth. But the scientist did not let his dreams or his speculations interfere with the digging of his trenoh, and, as a result, the sceptics, who pronounced the wars of the heroes upon tho plain ull but a myth, are brought up against the great tower of Ilion itself after it had hidden its head for over 3,000 years. The set? tlement of this question is not, however, the only contribution to our knowledge. In the process of laying biro tho re? mains of ancient Troy, Dr. Sohliemann discovered successively tho traces of four succeeding peoples who had dwelt on the same spot, and whose cities were de? stroyed by fire, as Troy had been. "Peoples in regular strata!" It is a cu? rious thought, wherein soieuoe aud sen? timent may meet. More than this, by tho relics of pottery, arms, implements and symbols, ho is enabled to state of what raoe were the men and women who dwelt in those oities. The wide-spread aud unmistakable religious symbols of the Aryan raoe, the cross, simple and orotcheted, wero there. The sun, the stars, tho mystic ros? and the holy soma tree, each told their tale of raoe and be? lief. Refinement iu the heroic ago he found sncooeded by rudeness iu the next, then rudeness by semi-barbarousnosB, aud then by almost absolute barbarism. Next he traces in tho rubbish the com? ing of the Hellenic colony, whioh is called historic, but which mast have commenoed existence 2,400 years ago. Ho traces backwards from tho present inch by inob, instead of year by year, and finds heroic Troy upon the virgin soil or the solid rock some forty six feet below. There is a suggeativencHs in this idea of a century of history in a foot and a half of rubbish far deeper than the thought of "Imperial Cioiar, doad and turned to olay." While the decipherers of the arrow-head writings of Nineveh are discovering corroborulion of tho Bible story of the deluge, it is ourious to find proof of tho foundation iu fact of Homer's epic coming to light at tho same time. A work of tho character of Dr. Sohlie maun's requires that patiouoo and per severance which nothing but enthusiasm oau supply. Thero is, however, some? thing more needed, and that-is money. Dr. Schliomaun has carried on the vast work thus far at his own expense, and now appeals for help. For reward he asks nothing boyond permission to re baptizo tho 8c0003 of his labor with names whioh Homer gave them. Wo ?heartily recommend to our readers his unvarnished narrative of tho search among the "mournful monuments of a nation whose glory is immortal." [New York Herald. Phantom Indian Pensions ?It is now charged that tho Government has been expending considerably over half a mil? lion cf dollars to take caro of a tribo-of phantom Indians, tho "Totou Sioux." Persons from Montana oluim that the tribo exists only in imagination and on tho books of tho department at Washing? ton. They proposo to show that fraudu? lent vouchers hare covered up disburse? ments to tho round figures of 8700,000, ander tho authority in tho spondicg of tho money by the agency of o deposed superintendent who reported expenses and outlay in support of tho mythioal tribe. A Kansas newspaper agent in a col lootfl^g tour of a hundred miles, per formed on loot, railed two dollars. we stated .a few weeks ago, the system pursued by the TJoited States Tax Com ndarioaere io the ia*e of lands was do ?Ished to complicate ar d confuse I o ind arles so that it would bo next to impos? sible for any one to get -back an estate entire. It thus happens thai, oven in regard to school farmn, which are mostly in 160 acre traots, it cannot be told by the agent of the Government whether ? the whole is taken from ono estate or whether it may not be so situated as to extend over two or more boundary lines of other owners. It is necessary, therefore, for any one desiring toredoom lands now in tbe pos? session of tho Government to oomo pre? pared with tho fullest description, of the property sold. If possible, n plat of it should bo given, with the old laud marks and names of tho adj lining owners. We would recommend to all who desire to niuke applications to re? deem property to get all the details pos sible beforehand. It will be a waste of valuable time to inquire what property is subject to redemption. The Govern? ment cannot furnish such information. Lot each owner niako application for all his properly sold, complying with the regulations und Acts of Congress, copies of which can be had at this office. Tho lotn and houses iu the town, how? ever, are about all that is worth redeem? ing. These may be had without much difficulty. The plantation land cannot be Hold for more than six or seven dol? lars an acre ou the average, and a olaim against the Government for the full value of it when takeu will aeem to many of more value than the fractious of the pro? perty in its present condition. If all the sufferers by the tax sales could be brought to act together as peti? tioners to the Government for relief, ia stead of putting themselves iu tho posi? tion* of litigants against the present pos? sessors, there is not tho slightest doubt but that a reasonable compensation could be obtaiued, which would be infinitely to bo proferred by them, and which would, by settling tho tax titles, receive tho cor? dial support of the new owner?. Such a compensation, too, would not be sub? ject either to lawyers' fees or judgment claims for old debts. The United States in paying claimants does not allow its agents to be subject to orders of courts. Money cannot be attached in the hands of the United States officers. We urgo upon losers to form an association to procure legislation of this kind. Every? thing favors it. Cougress is overwhelm? ingly Republican, and is anxious to show good will to the South. The President would gladly avail himself of tho oppor? tunity to show tho same feeling. The Northern aud colored element here could join their interests heartily iu the movement by representing the benefit aooruing to them by assuring them of the undisturbed possession of their property. It is possible also for the Boldiors aud sailors who have lost tbe one-fourth whioh they paid on a great deal of property, to have it returned to them. Tbs Government never ought to remain in the position of real estate spe? culators. All that it ought to have done by tho tax commissioners was to obtain the taxes duu from this section. If the bueiness had been done by sensible, practical men, that would have been the view taken by thorn of their duties. Un? fortunately they were visionary enthusi? asts aud fanatics who imagined tint they hud a humanitarian mission to per? form, and while professing a desire to bless, only succeeded iu cursing the country with the silliest projects, half carried out.?Beaufort Republican. REMARKAnLE Succession of Deaths.? A singular fatality appears to have at? tached to the new building of the Young Men's Christian Association, in New York, as no less than eight sudden deaths have o:currod among the artists, occupants of its studios, and of those intimately connected with them, within a period of a little more than two years. Edward J. Kuntzu's death occurred first, shortly after tho opening of tho build? ing. Edward D. Nelson was killed, a few hours after leaving his studio, on the Uarlom Railroad. Adolph Vogt died u few months later, very suddenly, ol small-pox. Mrs. Tail, wife of the artist, died in her husbaud's studio last winter. Amen, the portrait painter, wus stricken down iu his studio while working beforo bis easel last summer, aud died a few days later. Mrs. Vincent Coiyer, wifo of the artist, was drowned nt Darien, Connecticut, in October. Mr. Kensctt's death occurred suddenly on tho 11th of the last month, and beforo the emblems of mourning wero removed from his studio door, Mr. George P. Putnam, tho art publisher, was stricken with apo? plexy in his storo and died ^eforo ho could bo removed to his homo. [New York Post. Honston (Texas) Union, December 21: "Yesterday, about COO immigrants passed up tho Central for Washington, Fayelte, Lastrop, Travis and other Counties, some going as far East us Palestine. Tboy were from Georgia, Alabtfma, Vir? ginia and Kentucky. Today, about500 German?, brought over by tho steamship Frankfort, from Bremeu, will arrive? making in all abont 1,100 arrivals in two days. This looks liko business. Tho passenger trains of tho Central wero im? mense yesterday, and will be no less ex? tensive aud swarming to day." -. Bridgeport tells a curious story of an unclaimed trunk. Fonrteen years ago, a regularly checked trunk arrived by ono of tho trains, and, no one calling for it, it was placed in the baggage room, where it lay for eleven.years. At tho ex? piration of that time, a gentleman ap? peared with a duplicate check, and ar? ranged to pay two dollars for tho stor n?e? promising to call for his trunk tho next day. Throe years have sinoe passed, but tho trunk still awaits his rotnrn. Whiskey is said to bo a horn of plonty, because it will corn you copiously. City Matters.?The price ol single oopiee of the Phosnix is five cents.. New Year's day being regarded as a holiday, no paper}will p>e jtSs?ed:|fr?m J this office on Thursday. Triweekly , subscribe? will : be furnishedI- with , Wednesday's daily. < The latest styles wedding and visiting ! cjrds and envelopes, tastily printed, can \ bo obtained at the Phcbnix office. I O'd newspapers for sale at Phxbnix I offioe? at fifty cents a hundred. 1 The Indian Girl, owing to an increase 1 in family, ha? beim forced to seek more , roomy quarters. Messrs. Perry & Slaw- i sou, the proprietors of this well-known ' smoke-house, have occupied the nowlj ' fitted np store, two doors above their old J staud. i A dog-fight drew quite a crowd on the South side of the market, yesterday. As outsiders interfered, it was decided to be a drawa*batt!e. "Dr." Bollinger superintends the de? livery of tho wood donated to tho poor by Mr. Shiver. Col. Palmer, Messrs. Frey, K>eoan aud Hamberg ate enti? tled to credit for services gratuitously rendered. Messrs. Niles G. Parker, George A. Richmond & Co. have broken ground on Richardson atreet, a few doors above Gervais, with the intention, it is said, of ereotiug a large three-story iron and brick building. If the march of im? provement ooutinnes, our principal tho? roughfare will soon he rebuilt. The case?of H. Terry vs. the stock? holders of tho Commercial Bank will como up at the present term of the Su? preme Court. As Henator O-vens was passing the corner of Richardson aud Lady streets, yesterday morning, a shovel-full of con? gealed snow demolished his beaver, but, fortunately, did not injure his head. Dr. W. L. Temploton is on a visit to his old friends iu Columbia. Measrs. S. W. Melton & D. H. Cham? berlaio have formed a co-partnership for practice in all the Courts iu the State. It is a strong team. Mr. Charles Smith, tho proprietor of tho original headless rooster, whioh at? tracted euch general attention iu Geor? gia, several months ago, has another bird in a similar fix. Dick seems lively, aud although unable to pick up oorc, swallows it with great gusto. This bird curiosity can be seeu at Mr. McGainnia', on Assembly street, opposite the market. Yesterday was a delightful day, al? though muddy. The back of the cold snap has been broken. Dr. Thomas T. Moore will be absent from the city on bnsiness until the Gth of January. Patient/* who have appoint? ments with him are requested to post? pone their visit until after his return. Our neighbors of the corner grocery, Mobsrs. J. A. Hendrix & Bro., ever mind? ful of the wants of a household, have presented us with samples of the choice articles whioh they keep on hand, viz: Wright's miuco meat?all ready for pies; pickled tripe ?as dear as glass, almost; pickled pig's feet, that are as firm as' though just lopped off. Mr. C. F. Jackson is in receipt of a lot of articles suitable for New Year presents. The Parisian bouquet is par? ticularly fragrant. The new law firm of Butler A DeSaus sure announce a card iu our columns. These gentlemen aro so well known to tho public, that comment is superfluous upon their professional acumen and sa? gacity. The firm of Baohmau Sc Waties having been dissolved, Messrs. W. K. Baohman and Leftoy F. You mans have formed a copartnership for tho .praotice of law. Those gentlemen are well known through? out tho State. By a card from Secretary D. W. Aikeu, wo learn that the State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry will convene in Columbia, on tho 15th of January, at 10 o'clock A. M., in Floral Hall, on the Fair Grounds. ? ? .... - ?- , , Phosnixiana.? Suffioiont bad whiskey is sure to kill. Hence the Latin maxim, "Id cerium est quod red eye" etc. Brought up by hand?Pantaloons. A roso whioh by any other name would smell as sweet?The neg-roes. During tho prevalence of wet and cold weather, tho pastime of hawking .has been revived pith immense success. A tenor, who sings incorrectly, is not only guilty of uttering false note?, bot of fiat murder on the high Cs. Mail Arrangements.?The Northern mail opeus G.30 A. M and 3.00 P. M.; closes 8 P. M. aud 11.00 A. M. Charles? ton day mail opens 6.15 P. M.; doses 6 A. M.; night opens 7.00 A. M.; closes ti.15 P. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P. M.; cloaca 6 A. M. Western opens 6.30 A. M. and 12.30 P. M.; olosos 8 and 1 P. M. Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.; closes 10.30 A. M. On Sunday the offloe ia open from 3 to 4 P= M. CaL. WaQNEU'B lowried tronpe made their first appear mce at the Opera; House laat night, to? me of tbe largest audiences /??rar eeeu vitbin that building, and thanks to those . a charge of the building, and tho at entive ushers; the building was ,-ftosa* I ortabte, and 'everything conducted in : he beat order. To say that the fanon* 3aI. Wagner is at the head ol a good ?ompany, wiii uut. express by Laii its merits, for it haa thodeserved reputation >f being the very best now traveling,, ind by tbe way, one of tbe largest, com? bining excellence in both vocal and in? strumental. Among the vocalists, the names of J. W. Freeth. Albert Welling ;nd Charles Welling, sstzj be mentioned, is a trio of artists not often found in any 30o company, while Oal. Waguer and 3am. Price do up the eomio handsomely. After tbe first part the audience was fa? vored with an olio which was sido-split-. ting, from beginning to end. The songs ??H hr e.,?ii?U ?-J HsAK^'li .uh.uifilUiO tij va-u^iu ?hu uyyiw, wore never , equalled in tho country, wl^ilo Cal. Wagner's plantation melodies are so natural that you can Imagine yourself at au old-fashioned corn-piUnck- ? ing.' , Fr^d. Wilson, in/,, his Grecian statues, and Ben. Brown in his oham pio u j ig, are. also deserving.'*) f\! epecial a mention. ,? , . ' , ^Y ;|^ . ,. LlBT OV N?W ADVBBXnSEliEJSTa. Melton & Chamberlain?Card. Ohas. Smith?Headless Booster. "J. C: B. Smith?Ba?K mtTee: '*'?'" Communication Bichland .Lodge. A. G. Brenizer?Bank Notice.* G. M. Walker?Bank Notice. 8. D. 8 wygort?Notice. A. G. Breniaer?Dividend Notice, Tbos. Taylor?Patrons of Husbandry. D. C. Peixotto & Sons?Auction Sales. W. B. Gulick?Dividend Notice. J. & A. Oliver?Notice. C. F. Jackson?Reduced Prices. Baobman & Watiea?Dissolution. Baohman Sc, Yonmans?Card. P. Cant well?Cow Feed. Butler & DeSaussore?Card. ; Hotel Ahiuvam, December 31,1872. ? Central Hotel?Mrs H Hardin, Chester; J S Je flora, Richland; A Ferninger, T B Gaines. city; ? L Oldbam, B B fltar ness, Kentucky; J A McDowell," W P Fortune, G W Clayton, E Clayton, A L R R; J Dgarden, O & 8 R R; T B Puokett, A L R R; 8 W Porter, city; W A Gaines, Chester; D B Elkin, Alston;. J 8 Land, G & O B B; A Davis, city; M Nicely, Q ft?RB; David Wilson, NU;: A Auoker, Baltimore; J O F Sims, Rich laud; J L Banks, LeesvHle; J Corp and wife, Now York; D Moore, Bichland; R L Stan sell, G & O B B. Hendrix House?Rev J M Boyd and wife, S C; B H Jennings, Fairfteld; H D Hamitor, Bichland; J H Meelze, W M Barnett, city; T F Wesson, N Y| Wm 8 Lowrey, Dae West; J P Strobeker, Charleston; Mrs MeMeekin, Miss A B -MeMeekin, J A MeMeekin, Fairfleld; J T Cauthen, Lanoaater; G W Gibson, Df J M Glenn, Fairfleld;Thos J Coviugton. wife and child, Brightsville; j B Later, ' J E Myers, Baltimore; G Miles, Liberty, Va; R B Plait, 5f A Orafg, O Peterkin, Chesterfield. " . PitoTEOx Yolk Health.?Cold aod moisture combined have a torporizing vfleet upon the bodily organs, and the digestive and secretive processes are apt to be more tardily performed io winter than in tho fall. The same is true, also, of the excretory functions. The bowels, are often sluggish, and the pores of the skin throw off but little waste matter at this season. The system, therefore, re? quires opening up a little, and also pari* tying and regulating, and the safest, surest and moat pnlatablo tonic and alterative that can be used for these pur*, poses is HoBtetter's Stomaoh Bitters. Persons who wish to escape the rheu? matic twinges, the dyspeptic agonies, the painful disturbances of the bowels, the bilious attacks and the nervous visita? tions, so common at this time of the year, will do well to reinforce their sys? tems With this renowned- vegetable stomachio and invigorant, It improves the appetite, strengthens the stomach, o?eers tho spirits and renovates the whole physique. D29 fl ?-?-?-?-m h A PAsron's Rewaup?That good, faithful pastoral work is appreciated-' in the State of Ohio, is illustrated by the following incident that occurred in Iron ton: A revival preaoher, who had won famo by bispower in the pulpit, came to Iron ton for a week's work. He was very zealous, preached every night, excited considerable interest, and wue vehement in his exhortations to the nnreuewed portion of the c >ngregation to come for? ward. On the last evening of his labors, ho outdid himself, but not a person rose to come forward. Discouraged, he sat down; whereupon a grave-faced, anxious. ' looking man got up, and said that tho elder had been working hard add labor? ing faithfully .among (hem, and, . as. a ' token of their: appreciation,' he moved that the congregation give him three olieersl It was done right hrartWy, and that conlrife. congregation went quietly out and silently home, satisfied that they had fnlly and faithfully performed their dnty. ? '? M aiuu a a a at the Dbaxh Bed.?Albert C. Abbott, a fireman of Oharlestowtf, Mass., injured at the great fire in Bos I too, died on Friday.night. At the time I of bis injury be was engaged lo be mar? ried to a yonng tady, and. at the desire of both parties, the conple were married at'the hospital, three days before-the yonng man's death. His brother was buried in tho ruins at tho same fire, and tbe mother died from grief at her bo resvemect.