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Wednesday Morning, February 5,187 3. We have examined the bill introduced into the Senate by Mr. B. P. Whit to? rn ore, which pas Bed its second reading on Monday, to establish and support a State normal school. Its several aections seem to na to be consistent with each other, aud well adapted to aeoure the cuds which are sought. Teaching is an art whioh requires special qualifications, chief among whioh is teaobing itself. Experience only can perfect the teacher in the acquirements, aud in the taot and patience, which ere ihdiapeheable tc his ekill and success^ We havo always been surprised tbat.po little has been, learnt in this country from the admirable treatise of Professor Pillaus, Rector of the High School of Edinburgh, in whioh the bene? fits of the monitorial ' system are thoroughly demonstrated, and illustrated -by ten years of distinguished success in that school. According to it, as boys become oapablo, and show aptitude, they are advanced from one position to an? other as instruct ore of their youuger and less advanced associates. .The habit of teaobing is thus gradually acquired, and becomes as much ingrained in their nien . tal constitution as the learning itself which,they acquire. With the exactness and fullness of knowledge which are in? separable from the capable teaoher, the sense of responsibility and the habit of pucotnality in al] things, arc. developed ; by thi?_ayatum -moxo satiafaotorily and ' completely than by any other. The bill undoiv coneidoraUop. contemplates a courae of epopial instruction and training whioh shall qualify teachers for their calling. It is not stated in it whether the valuable feature to whioh we have alluded is to be incorporated in it or cot. Perhaps this is to bo left to the, option'of the inBtrnotors who are to be employed. It is worthy of their con? sideration, or of the regents, who, we suppose, are to be charged with the duty of seleeting them. . Just hero wo think tho bill defective. The mode in which the regents are to be constituted, their number, officers, spe? cial .functions- meetings and general duties are prescribed. The class from whioh they are to select the pupils of the school is defined. Lectures in chemis? try, anatomy, physiology, astronomy, the mechanic arts and agriculture, are to be provided for. Visitors are to be an? nually appointed^ and-, to mafco annual . reports upon the condition, organisation and management of the school, with each suggestions as they may think ex? pedient. But nowhere do 'we find any seotion or provision whioh points out bow the teachers are to be selected. This is a matter of extreme importance,. The principle of competitive examination, by a thoroughly competent and accom? plished board of examiners, should be applied to them, and ^favoritism in their appointment rigidly excluded by strin? gent regulations. We sincerely desire the success of this new educational movement. Entertain? ing this feeling, we look with some ap prehension to the seventeenth section of the bill, whioh gives authority to the re? gents and the State Superintendent of Education to appropriate whatever build? ings and grounds of the University they ? shall think fit and neoessary to carry out the soheme of the normal school. Un? fortunately, there is room there, it is trne. But we think it of doubtful expe? diency to enoroach npon an old institution, and to divert any part of its domain to other uses. It is . consecrated in the affections of our peo? ple, who look upon it with much interest oven in its present deoline. They ap? preciate the considerate aotion of the Board of Trustees of the new regime in its government. We believe that, if let alone, they will again rally to its sup? port, banishing from their view and re? collection certain untoward circum? stances whioh have caused their distrust. We do not ohoose to enlarge npon these. The Legislature, if it be wise and really desire this institution to revive, may do much toward it, by appointing, in a proper spirit of conciliation, a fair pro? portion of the trustees from the con? servative clement, selecting men of edu? cation and oharacter in tho State, non partisan in their views. Such an infu? sion would toud to harmonize the con? flicting interests and feelings of our people, and produce other good results, without in any way compromising tho party in power. It is a matter from whioh any political feeling should bo ex? cluded. We fear that a school of the kind con? templated in this bill will not flourish in Buoh oldse proximity to the Univer? sity. Some conflict of authority on the part of the governors of each, some col? lision of feeling among the pupils, may impair the efficiency and usefulness of both. Other diffloultiea whioh we will not moutiorr are no* anlikely.to ooo^r. Possibly, as a temporary expedient,^t may do. But justioo to! the normal eohool, if designed to become a power and influence, will require thai it have ita own home. And the same may be said of the University, whioh may yet ro vivo and flourish as of old. It is not the first time it has been under a oloud. The people who pay the taxeB for its support are willing to wait and work for ita renaissance, and would justly grieve if the opportunity should bo denied it. <????-? ItcutoreU to the Pension I.ist. There is some little oomfort in think? ing that the spirit of Radical injustice oaunot last forever. The bow of bitter? ness and' alienation cannot bo kept always bent. Time and the souse of justioo will at last relax it. Under an Aot of Congress, passed in 13G2, the names of soldiers of the war of 1812, and of their widows, who live in the Confede rato States, were struck oil the ponsiou list. They saddled all applications for pensions from Buoh persons with the con? dition that they must prove their loy? alty;. By a bill whioh has juBt passed the House of Representatives, this con? dition haB been removed. Ex-Governor Uawluy, of Connecticut, opposed it with the usual staple of denunciation, but he failed to make any serious impression. His speech met no echo. Messrs. Wil lard, Bingham and Farnsworth sustained the reoommendatious of the bill, and B. F. Butler?mirabile diclul?asked Con? gress to discriminate between tho New Orleans soldiers of 1312 and those of 1862. He "was loudly cheored, the strangeness of his sentiments, no doubt, contributing to the favor with which they were received. Tho'bill passed, and a small measure of justioo has beon done by it. - ?? "The Ohickasaws, one of tho few re? mainingrepresentative tribes of the once populous and prevalent red denizens of the forest," says an exohange, "have sent La a protest against the measures now pending in Congress looking to the division of their, fair lands among the whites. Poor Lo! one can't help feeling very sorry for him, bat his fate is inevi? table. The march of civilization, whioh meanB the white man, oannot be checked or stayed, and the broad fertile prairies, so bonntifally watered, oannot much longer be left to an idle and thriftless race to be used as a hunting ground and weeds pasture." If by "civilization," you mean lying, we are afraid that poor Lo, sure enough, is about to bo deprived of the land, whioh the solemn faith of the United States is pledged that he shall enjoy in perpetuity. Rev. B. M. Palmkh Again Bereaved. The New Orleans Times, of the 2d, says: "A large oircle of friends will be deep? ly pained to learn of the death of Miss Marion L. Palmer, a daughter of the eminent divine, who expired yesterday at the early age of seventeen. Twioe within a year has the grim aroher visited tbie bereaved family, and the truo hearts which have ever throbbed in sympathy for the sufferings of others, now need the all-powerfnl hand of a beneficent Provi? dence to sustain them in their owu great affliction. In common with the thou? sands who have been obeurod by their teachings, and encouraged by their shin? ing example, we tender the sorrowing parents our siaoorcst condolence." A Blind Confederate Hero.?Gene? ral Adam R. Johnson is a man vory well known in tho WeBt. Hois a Kentuokiun, and has been familiarly called "Stove? pipe Johnson," from a little incident in the late war, the particulars of whioh wo extract from the Galveston News: "During the year 1862 be captured the town of Newberg, Iodiana, garrisoned by 400 men, he having with him at the time but thirty. The manner was novel. He plaoed stove-pipes upon wagon wheels, and planted these sham cannon ou one side of the river, and commanded a surrender. The Federals, supposing that they would be torn to pieces by theso wide-mouthed monsters, surrendered, and marched out and paroled." The Baltimore Gazette adds: "We have heard of Quaker guns at Manassas and near Washington doiDg efficient service, but this occurrence ia new to ns. General Johnson was after? ward severely wonnded. For a time it was reported that he was dead, and ho had an opportunity afforded to but few men?that of reading his own obituary notice.-). When he recovered he was blind. He has Binoe devoted himself to the aid of his fellows in misfortnne. His last venture in, wo believe a novel one. Ho proposes to publish a paper in raised letters for the blind. He testifies Jrom experience that none but those who grope their way in utter darkness can know how mnoh real pleasure such a pa? per wonld afford. General Johnson re? sides at Barnot, Texas, and is seeking aid for this enterprise." Tho decision of Jndgo T. J. Mackoy, of the Sixth Circuit, in the case of Maria Miller vs. Joseph R. Blsckman, to reco? ver possession of three minor children bonnd oat ander the Froedmen's Bureau laws in 1867, is that "they will bo imme? diately delivered into the custody of their mother and natural guardian, Maria Miller, she being a proper person and capable of caring for the>r oomfort and education." Niagara Falls Dry^qj% a T__ winter o& 1848- bad been inis??ely cold, ted fee fee fornftd op Lake Brie ?u very thiok. This -was loosened-aronn . toe shores by the warm days of early Spring. During fcho day, a stiff Eestorly wind moved the whole field op the lake. About sun-down, the wind chopped sud denly around and blew a gale from the West. This brought the vast tract of ice down again with auoh tremendous force that it filled tho neck of the lake and the outlet, ao that the outflow of the water was very greatly impeded. Of course, it only needed a very short space of time for the falla to drain off the water below Black Bock. The oonso queuoe was tbot, when we arose in the morning at Niagara, we found that our river was nearly half goue. Tho Ameri? can ohannel had dwindled to a respecta? ble creek. The British channel looked as though it bad been smitten with a quick consumption and was fast passing away. Far up from tho head of Goat Island, and out into the Canadian ra? pids, tho water was goue, as it was also from the lower end of that island, out beyond the tower. The rocks were bare, black and forbiddiug. The roar of Niagara had subsided almost to a moan. The scene was desolate, und but for its novelty and the certainty that it would ohange before many hours, would have been gloomy and saddening. Every person who has visited Niagara will re? member a beautiful jet of water whioh shoots up out of the water about forty rod) South of the outer Sister in the great rapids, called, with a singular con? tradiction of terms, the "Leaping Bock." The writer drove a buggy from near the head of Goat Island out to a point ubovo and near to that jet. With a log cart and four horses, ho had drawn from the outside of tho outer island n stick of timber, bowed, twolvo inches square aud forty feet long. From the top of the middle island wis drawn n still larger stick, hewed on one side, and sixty feet long. There are few places on tho globe where a person would be Ibas likely to go lumbering than in the rapids of Niagara, just above the brink of the Horse-shoe fall All the people of the neighborhood were abroad exploring recesses and cavi? ties that had never before been exposed to mortal eyes. The writer went some distanoe np the shore of the river. Large fields at the muddy bottom lay bare. This singular syncopo of the waters lasted all the day, und night closed over the strange scene. But in tho morning the river was restored in all its strongth, beauty and majeety, and we were glad to welcome its swelling tide once more. Old Leadeus of the South.?The New York World, referring to the cor? ruptions in Oongress, advocates the re? moval of all political disabilities, in order that the South may "send her old leaders to Washington." It Bays: "Let Davis, Stephens, Toomhs, Chest? nut, Wigfall, and the rest of them, bo not only allowed, but enoouraged, to re? turn to Oongress, and then tell them it will be considered as a vory speoial favor if they will deteot and expose the rogues and jobs therein. It is charming to con? template the alaority with which they would enter upon that tusk. It is human nature to hit back, and how glorious an opportunity for poor, beaten, despised rebels and traitors to provo one after another of their conquerors and revilers an immeasurable hypocrite and thief. For years, those old leaders havo been ground into tho dirt, spit upon, branded, put upon record as compeers of Benedict Arnold and Judas. As a matter of course, they resent all this with concen? trated fury, and so much raw material should not bo thrown away. Let us utilize the waste hate?pit the rebel against tho robber, aud lot tho oombat wage." The Atlauta Sun, commouting on tho above extract, from tho World, very truthfully 6ays: "Just as tho Northern people r.ro be? ginning to discover tho error of political disabilities boing imposed upon tho ex? perienced statesmanship of tho South, and the necessity of their return to Con? gress to defeat tho plans and schemes of the robbers of the General Government, we regret to say thero is a considerable class of politicians (?) in the South who have discovered that thesa 'old lenders' are old fogies, and do not represent 'the progressive ideas of the present genera? tion. ' "If these 'old loaders' were back in Congress to-day, they would be a terror to the evil-doers in the halls of the Na? tional Legislature, who ore enriching themselves by systematic robbery of the public treasury. They could not be bribed, nor would tboy wink at bribery to the detriment of tho public good." A Goon Shot?Dr. Wm. T. Field, of this County, informs m that ou Tuesday morning last, ho killed three wild turkey goblers at ono shot, weighing respect? ively 17, 17^4 and 18)^ pounds, making a total weight of G3J.J pounds. Tho beards of the turkeys measured uino inches. The Doctcr had bated them and con? structed a "blind" near by, in whioh he concealed himself, until they got in good distance, when ho fired ono barrel of his gnu, with tho abovo result. He and Mr. Thomas Looper caught two gray foxeB the morning before. If any of our sport? ing friends can beut this, we would like to hear from them.?Pickens Senlinel. In Germany, when the. vote of tho I jury stands six to six tho prisoner is ac 1 quitted. A vote of sovcu against five, leaves the decision to tho court, and in a vote of eight against four, the prisoner is convicted. Tho detectives found ont that a reoent murder of nu old hermit at Solon, Ohio, was a left-handed one; ao they arrested the first loft-handed man they found, and ho proved to bo tho right one by his own confession. The two wives of a Memphis man havo just become cognizant of each other's existenoe, after twenty-five years of ma? trimonial participation. - flfefiMMrf Bad Gas.?Tho injurious effect* of gaa of .*n inferior 'quaUty, es? pecially that whlphis rioh in sulphur, impounds, is not,g*nerally realised. In most cases, it is simply regarded as an inconvenience, and -.possibly in some in? stances as iDjurioaa to the eyes; bat these ere not by any means its most harmful effects. In the evidenoe taken in England before a parliamentary com? mittee engaged in investigating the qua? lity of the London gas, facts were given to show |ts deleterious effects upon silk and other goods. One witness, from tho woU-known establishment of Howell & James, in Regent street, testified that during the winter months, when muoh gas was burned, it destroyed some of tho more delicate colors used in dyeing silk. With regard to metal good.-, he stated that tho gas deposits a thin film upon them, and unless this is removed every day, it eats into tho metal, so that the article must be regilded. This ncoosai tutos the use of air-tight oases for sauh goods. A Regont street boot-maker gave evidence as to the effects of gas-combus? tion products on leather, which, he had found perfectly rotten, after having been exposed for a period. The witness ex? hibited boots so acted on to tho commit teo. Tho sulphuric acid, ho said, could bo tasted on applying the tongue to tbo leather. He gave two inches out of one pair of boots to Dr. Letbeby for analy? sis, and bis report was, that the piece of leather contained ten grains of commer? cial oil of vitriol. Ho had also teen wood which had beeu under tho action of gas for fifteeu years. It wus so rotten that it could be picked to pieces with tho finger-nail. Ho believed gns exerted a deleterious influence ou pictures, the back part of the canvas being rotten. Now, while this produces such effects upon the.-o substances, it cannot bo otherwise than injurious to the tissues of tho human body. A drop of sulphuric acid upon the hand will iustautly disor? ganize the flesh. What must bo tho effect upou tho more delioalu tissues of tho lungs of a constant inhalation of this acid? Good gas is not only a couvo nience, but an absolute, necessity, and inspections of its quality, not only illu? minating powor, but purity, should be insisted upon and enforced by heavy penalties.? The American Manufacturer, Tho following is the text of tho reso? lution iutroduced by Mr. Hanks iu the Houso of Representatives. Whereas, an armed contest for independenco, which has boon maintained by the patriotic people of Cuba against the Government of Spain for more than four years, is now withoat any reasonable expectation of present or remote termination; and whereas this contest has been obstinately continued, in total disregard of all the rales of civilized warfare, with a wanton and careless sacrifice of the lives of non oombatants, whether men, women or ohildren, and such a disregard of the rights of other nations as to|threaten tho intervention of peaceful relations with Spain; and whereas it is believed that the principal Governments of America and Europe, in the interests of humani? ty and Christian civilization, desire t hat some just and efficient means may bo do vised to assuage the horrors of this fra? tricidal struggle and promote a just and permanent peace; therefore, bo it Resolved, That the President of tho United States bo, and hereby is, re? quested, if in his judgment it be not in? consistent with tho rights of this Go? vernment, to open communication with such foreign Governments of America or Europe as ho may deem proper, with a view to tho adoption of such general and efficient measures as will ensure tbo safety of non-combatants, whether men, women or children; encourage the eman? cipation of slaves; enforce the strict ob? servance of tho rules of oivilized warfare, and establish in the island of Cuba, with which all nations havo hitherto main? tained peaceful and important oommer ciai relations, a just und permanent peace. Tho resolution was referred to the Committee ou Foroign Relation?. Newspapeu Head Lines.?The Phila? delphia Ledger says: "The leading news? papers of tho country are begiuuiug to rely upon tho news they present to their readers to toll its own story, without pa? rading it iu flaring and oftou incorrect 'head linoj.' Tho system of printing 'tadpole telegrams,' all head and very littlo elso, began during the war; but", one after another, the really good news? papers are abandoning it, the matter tbey now print being usually presented without a third of a oolumu of sensa? tional head lines prefixed to croate alarm and bewilderment. In Now York, tho Times, Tribune and World havo all aban? doned tho old sensational style, tho World having been tho latest journal to mako tho whole change. Tho great ma? jority of newspaper readers prefer a plain, reliable narrative of tbo news, even without any head lino, to those ex? travagant 'displays' whioh aro too often but n soundinerprolndo to au empty tale. Two of our New York contemporaries evon go further, and recommend tho wholesome change to tbeir advertisers, tho World oxpres8?ng and tho Tribune commending tho hope that advertisers may soon loam that their favors will bo more attractive and more sure to bo read when 'loss disfigured by splotchy dis? play.*" A sanguine, young Atohisonian had faith in his ability to make himself tbo receptacle of four pints of raw whiskey within fifteen minutes. Ho wagorcd $25 to that effect with a skeptic in tbo neighborhood, and made a suburban bar? room tbo scene of the performance. Upon his neat and ornamented tomb stone, now in proceas of crcctiou, will be inscribed the simple epitaph, "He smiled and died." No lawyers are allowed to resido on the island of St. Helena; nor is a news? paper permitted to be printed there, an almanac every year being tho only pro? duction of tho press. Eooal Ite ty\ mm c?y ?attbbsX-S- ptoeBf single oopfabfi of tho Phcrxix is five cents. Aecoattts due the Phcentx office m^si be seUleapromptli/, as farther indulgence cannot be givoa. Wo must have money to oarry on business. Old newspapers for Bale at Phoenix office, at fifty cents a hundred. The latest styles wedding and visiting cards and envelopes, tastily printed, can bo obtained at the PncENix office. The Phcbnix is in receipt of u lot of printer's copying ink. It serves tho pur? pose of ordinary copying ink, and is in? valuable to railroad officials and others who havo much printed matter to copy. The cost of printi jg done with this ink is but little more than with the ordinary ink. On tho 13th instant, a "Cotton States Convention" is to be held in Augusta, Oa. Cannot our Board of Trade appoint a committee? Tho Charleston Board has done so. It will, doubtless, be an im portant meeting. We had an opportunity, yesterday, of examining tho working of Blatchley's cucumber wood pump, for whioh Mosers. John Agnew & Sons nro tho agents. It is believed to bo tho very best invention of tho kiud, as it can be introduced and used effectively in an ordinary well. In case the pump should got out of repair, it cau be put in order without difficulty, as it can bo repaired from the top. The pump is worthy of examination. Yesterday was a fit representative of spring. Tho wind attempted to stir up things, but was soon quieted down. Always excellent, always enjoyable, the Rural Carolinian is indispensable to the educated Southern planter or farmer, and contains much of value to the gene? ral reader. Its heavy articles contain valuable information which the agricul? turist should study carefully, aud from its shorter pieces and miscellaneous ar? ticles any intelligent reader oan cull use? ful ideas. Tho literary and home de? partment is edited expressly for the bene? fit of ladies aud children, aud should make the taagazine alwaya welcome to tho farmer's family, as well as to the farmer. The illustrations, though not numerous, aro goad, and serve to ex? plain the text. Walker, Evans & Cogs? well, and D. Wyatt Aiken, Charleston, aro the publishers, at $2 per annum. Messrs. Seibels uud Ezell offer for sale several valuable pieces of property this morning. See their advertisement. President Grant will make a tour of the Southern States, leaving Washington about the 20th of March next. Ho will visit Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia, Charleston, Augusta, Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Mobilo, New Orleans and other points, aud on tho return route will go via Momphi?. Ho will bo accompanied by all tho members of the Cabinet. The Governor has appointed F. L. Walker, of Aiken, N. C. McDuffio and N. B. McQueen, of Marion, and Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, Notaries Public. J. P. Mayes and J. L. Rice, of Orango burg, havo been appointed Trial Jus? tices. It is currently reported that the Su? preme Court has decided to refuse the mandamus in tho Bine Ridge scrip case. The opinion will be filed in a few days. Cupt. F. W. Dawaon, of the Charles? ton News, is in the city. Associate Juatico Wright has furnished ns with a copy of his address beforo the Benedict Institute, entitled "How shall wo attain tho end for which we were created?" In the Court of Common Pleas, yes? terday, argument was heard upon the motion of Mr. Chamberlain to sot aside tho jury. Messrs. You mans and At? torney-General Melton in opposition. Mr. Chamberlain foj^yy^otiun. The Judge reserved -wKm fo.this morning. H ^ The Senate has'S^jjJjJ^tot} follow? ing appointees: -v County Treasurers?H. A. Smith, of Fairlield; J. H. McDevitt, of Edgefield. County Auditors?Win. McKenna, of Lancaster; P. A. Belaoger, of Edgefield. Tho following is tho programme whioh Prof. Buchar furnishes for this after? noon, commencing at half-past 4 o'clook: Grand DuohesB Quick-step?Hania. Cavatiua Lombardi?Verdi. Waltz?II Baccio?Arditti. Overture Samiredi?Rossini. Tanz Jubel Polka?Strauss. Signal Galop?Wiopreoht. What tho soldier likes best?tho puy gout. Mail A. khan a shunts.?The Northern mail opens 6.30 A. M. und 3.00 P. M.; closes 8 P. M. aud 11.00 A. M. Charles? ton day mail opens G.15 P. M.; closes 6 A. M.; night opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.15 P. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Western opens 6.80 A. M. and 12.30 P. M.; closes 8 and 1 P. M. Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.? oloses 10.30 A. M. On Sunday tho office is open from 3 to 4 P. M. BtjPB?u Ob??T?TvteoxT, February i ^ 4, 1878.?Georg? W. Patron, reeponio u ent, ??.! the South Carolina Railroad Company. ' 1t in ordered, that the mtn tion be dismissed; lVbe opinion of Jadgo Wright will be hereafter filed. F. J. i Moses, 0. J. Piixenixiana.?Though a pawnbroker's shop is crowded, it is atill a loanaome place. An exobauge says that a brother editor slipped down and broke his scissors arm. Some moo who are reported "to live on their wits," must live on very limited premises. What house pet iu it that is so general? ly admired, nought after and valued, yet more abused, trampled upon, kicked about, looked down npon -and whipped than any other? A carpet. Woman was mude from a rib-bone? she loves rib bon(e)s to this day. Mice harm the cheese, but girls charm the he's. Tho same is true of their re? spective eating of obeeso and cheating of bo's. The difference between true and false doctrine is often only the width of a hair, I see. And yet the false doctrine is tho heresy. List of Nbw Advuhtihumknts. Meeting Ricbland Lodge, Seibels & Ezeil?Auction. J. Agnew & Son?Pumps, etc. S. A. Ollever?Mnsical. Hotei. AriuvatjS, February 4t, 1873^?. Columbia Hotel?W N Roach, Ireland; M G Ulanchard, Atlanta; G A Addison, G G Wells, Greenville; E P Jones, M O Dixou, N C; James French, SO; A J Mima, Thos MoOrady, Charleston; Miss Carpenter, city; Wm Dudley, F W Daw i-ou, Charleston; Jns Conville, J D Sa? vage, New York; J H O'Neill, John B O'Neill, New berry; Samuel Watson and daughter, Marion; CL B Marsh, Wil- . mington; W J Crosswell, S C; G W Thames, Wilmington; T C Parker, Ken? tucky; A Shaw, W, C & A R R; John J Joye, New York; W F Hartzog, Augusta; Miss M A Buie, Aiken. Wheeler House?A Pondleton, Va; J D Savage, N Y; A S Thomson, Ala; Miss 3 L Roberts, N O; H S Offeitt, N Y; Z N Lockhart, Va; J R Mears, Charleston; Mrs W Caldwell, Chester; J A Fr?ser, 8 C; J L Kearny, N J; J Jackson, Fort Motte; S B Griffin, S C; E A Lindsay, Ga; G B Anderson, S C; W Johnson, N 0; T Steers, Pa; T W Woodward, Winna boro; J Watson, Va; A S Eaaterlin, J A Meraney, Orangeburg; F H Mason, S Angol, N C; A A Nathan, Newberry; 8 Place, Camden; Miss Thompson, New berry; R M Brawley, Charleston; W H Trescott, 8 C; J E Carey, Md; John W Martin, Ga; M Baay, Mrs Adams and four ohildrcn, Walhalla; E F Farley, SC. The True Bams of Success.?Falla? cies and frauds are short lived. They may flourish for a little while, bat the sober second thought of the people con? demns them and they perish. It would take even the "Lightning Calculator" a long time to count the imitations and counterfeits of the supreme tonio of the ago, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, that have been brought out since the first in? troduction of that celebrated remedy. They have collapsed one after another, but the great vegetable preventative and curative is still on its disease-conquer? ing march. At this season, as the air becomes more and more chilly, and searching vapors affect the integuments and create unwonted pains in the sto? mach and bowels, it is of the utmost im? portance to tono and regulate tho sys? tem so as to enable it to bear up against tho uncongenial temperature which pro? duces these disturbances. Fever and ague, rheumatism, biliousness, nervous prostration, coslivoness and chronic in? digestion are a few among the many dis? orders whioh yield readily to this fam? ous restorative. F2f3Jl Make money fast and honorably, $12.50 per day, $75 per week, by at once applying for a territorial rieht, (whioh are given free to agents.) to soli tho best, strongest, most useful and rapid selling sewing machine, and patent button-holo worker, ever used or recommended by families, or buy one for your own ose; it is only 85. Sent free everywhere by ex? press. Address, for particulars, Mr. A. Cateloy, corner Greenwich and Court an dt streets. New York. DlOtutf A most melancholy thing recently happened to a young gentleman in Paris, He had been dining out and wining pretty freely, and as ho was going to the bal d'opera, he submitted himself to the operations of a strcot shoe-black. Lean? ing back in his chair he was. asleep be? fore the polishing was conolqded; bat when tho juvenile artist fonnd oat the condition of his ooBtomer he hastened to improvo it. Ho gently drew off the boots, added his victim's pnrse and watch to the booty, gathered np his brashes, and departed. The gontleman was at last aroused by his cold feet, and igno minioaaly made the best of his way home. Thoro was no dancing for him that night'. Prohibition.?The experience of Maiuo and Massachusetts really does not look aa if the drinking of spirituous liquors can be stopped by legislative en? actments. The Boston Advertiser says that thoro are 2,768 places in Boston whore intoxicating liquors arc sold in defiance of the prohibitory laws of that Stato. Notwithstanding this fact, the prohibitionists are applying to tho Le? gislature to forbid tho sale of malt liquors also, and to enlarge the pro? vision of a law which is a dead letter on the statute books. A sobool boy at Virilin, 111., who was "kept in" during recess, has sued tie school-master for false imprisonment.