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the estimate, derived from a review of
the trade and commerce of Charleston
for the last seven years, of the extraordi?
nary vitality and varied resources of our
old city by the sea, by a similar, favora?
ble view of some of the leading business
journals of li?w York and Boston. ? vre
have derived no little satisfaction from
the pamphlet of the Chamber of Com-'
merce, whioh luoidly and elaborately
describes the growth of the numerous
branches of business in the city, out of
the losses i and ashes of a protracted
siege and dosolating fire?, and in despite
of heavy taxation and the extravagance
of an'ignorant and corrupt Government.
From 'what has been achieved, under
such difficult oiroomatanoofl, we may in?
fer a rapid and healthful progress iu the
future, under tho tnore favorable, oondi
tions whioh aro' now rapidly grouping
themselves together.
As a matter of -general interest, and'
yet comparatively unknown in its de?
tails, wo presented, a few days ago, the
more important facta and statistics con?
cerning the mahh factor a and trade in
commercial fertiiixera. To make this
information 'more satisfactory and com?
plete, it will be necessary to briefly
notice, the marl beds and phosphate
rooks, from whioh the ornde material,
the base of the manufactured article, is
drawn. We are indebted to the ex?
haustive articles on this interesting bud
jeot, contributed by Major Edward
Willis, and embodied in the recent pub?
lication of the Chamber of Commerce,
for valuable information, which we Shall
freely use. The marls and rocks hare
long been known and are treated of in
early histories and reports. , The eco?
nomic value of the marls was especially
brought to notice by Mr. Edmund
Buffiu, State Geologist, in 1841 and
1812, who also noticed in his report in
1813, the uodules, now known us phos?
phate rock, which have since become so
famous. Mr. Tuomy, who filled the
an me' position in 1848, alluded to them
a a marl stone, and represented to a con?
tain numerous fossils. Professor Holmes,
in 1850, described them with considera?
ble carefsSi the'' morl'^ock.'.fossiliter'pus,
emitting.a fol?d smejv&o.', but without
allusion to their pbosphatio character,
of which, in faot, there is no reeorded
evidence that it was understood prior to
the spring of 1867. During the summer
of that.year, Dr. St Julian Ravenel- lie-,
oame aware, from the examination of
speoimeus of teeth, nodules and marl
from Goose Creek and Ashley River, of
their true character and value. His con?
clusions were verified by the analysis of
Dr. Pratt,' who at once grasped and
comprehended the immense interests
which depended on these rich deposits.
Thus, although known as early as 1705,
and more familiarly sinoe 1813, it was
regarded as, worthless for.all purposes of
practical tftility; Its riohnesa in the pbos?
phatio element undisoovered, until
within th^o last five years..
Thdre-are two obarnofers of phosphate
deposit?the land and river. The first
mentioned is altogether dog by hand,
with spade, pick and shove)?a portion
being taken from the sand that overlies
it; but the main yield is from the clay in
whioh it is imbedded, and in the best
land rock. The clay is hard to separate,
but that whioh is found in tho sand
readily yields to the notion of water, and
and oan be well oleaned at small cost.
This land is private property, mostly
owned by the parties working it, or it is
rented by them or worked on shares or
for a subsidy. It pays no tax or royalty
to the State. The rivor deposit is en?
tirely different, being mined from the
navigable streams, the property of tho
State. The Legislature has granted
charters to two oompanies to mine them,
and exacted for the State ono dollar per
ton royalty for every ton mined or re?
moved. This deposit is worked by hand
from April to September, but at all times
of the year whon machinery is employed.
As tho rock is raised through tho water,
either out of the mud or sand, it is
easily separated by the washers that ac?
company tho dredges. This deposit fur?
nishes tho bulk of the supply now re?
ceived. Tho phosphate nodules lie along
tho water courses of the country, on the
banks of tho rivers and smaller streams,
and of the swamps now or formerly dis?
charging their waters into these streams.
Major Willis points oat two other
facts of muoh interest. First, the marl
underlying the regions of a nodular de?
posit, is greatly richer in phosphatic
oonstitnente than those portions of tho
marl above whioh there has been no
each nodular deposit. Secondly, in
these richer marls, phospha(io nodales,
olosely resembling those of the superfi?
cial deposits, bare been found in vory
Batarday Morning, April 5,1673.
f a g q u an tit i es and' slfiwsV tolne "ofeptb* of
inore than 300 feet. Layers may possi?
bly be found there at workable depths,
sufficiently fach to warrant the expense
of mining^ffor them. These facts* will
give our readers some Idea of the his?
tory, extant and value of this vast phos
phutio ares, land'and water. An analy?
sis of twenty different specimens of
phosphate rook shows a per oentage of
from 51.92 to 65.01 phosphate of lime.
It is a mino of wealth to the State in its
exports, and when the fertilizers manu?
factured from it are more easily and
cheaply produced and diffused over it,
they will also tell in the increased power?
ful influence which they will exert upon
its productive capacity.
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TOS D?OUE33H OF GltHOIrSTIils's Tao
Tics.?-An angry correspondent-of the
New xpiaE. Jr'vric? compares the promo?
tion of the President'a son Fred, from
Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant Co?
lonel, to a similar rapidity of promotion
by tho Grand Daohesse of Gerolstein,,
where another Frits flgared. The cases
really ere very similar in many respects;
and point tfao moral of Republican imi?
tation of royal precedents. After the
aspiration of the inaugural for universal j
language . and a niversal equality, this
does iot look consistent?ubless the uni
veraal language be money, and the
equality to be confined to the ruling
family. Young Grant may be a very
nice young man, and a budding soldier
of promise; bat to elevate him so sud?
denly Over the heads of all the General
Raums of .the army, and the men who
have seen servioa and smelt powder,
through the aid and connivanoe of
"Piegan Phil" Sheridan?who "made a
back," as the boys "say, for the vaulting
ambition of the young lieutenant
smacks of favoritism and nepotism too
much to satisfy the public. Andrew
Jackson did not eoruple to use the pa?
tronage of the Government to reward
his friends and punish bis enemies; bat
ho did not divide all the loaves and fishes
among his own household. We most
cease1 laughing at royal families, after
these rapidly recurring precedents in our
I own reigning house.
Sale,o?" iue Cuahlestqx CouniEU.?
Thrs-venersble journal?tho 'oldest pub?
lication in the -Statq?was sold at auc?
tion, on Thursday last, for the insignifi?
cant sum of $7,100. Tho Courier thua
speaks of the sale:
"The > sale of the Courier establish*
ment took placo yesterday, at public
auction, as advertised. Mr. H. H. De
Leon conducted the sale, which resultod'
as follows: The' good will, subscription
list and material of the daily and tri?
weekly- Courier were sold to Messrs.
Riordan, Dawson Sc Co., for $7,100. The
bound volumes of the Courier?com?
plete file?were sold to Mr. C. A. Spof
ford, for $2,250. It is said that they
were purchased for the Congressional
Library at Washington. Seventy-six vo?
lumes of the Courier, 1801 to 1872, were
sold to Copt. W. A. Courtenay,* of this
city. Tho flies of the City Qaz3'.te were
purchased by Mr. S. Y. Topper, for the
Chamber of Commerce."
The News says:
"Tho publio salo of the Charleston
Courier, yesterday, resulted in its pur?
chase by the proprietors of the Mews.
This, of coarse, will necessitate some
change in the management of the com?
bined journals; and we shall take the
earliest possible opportunity of advising
tho public of what shall be the course of
a liberal and progressive newspaper
which will then represent both the hoary
age and the lusty vigor of the now South
Carolina, to which, through good and
evil report, we are bound forever."
The Biiiij Promt's Murder.?Justico
for onoe in New York has made a signal
effort at direotness, and has reached un
clogged a verdict of murder in the first
degree, in the brief space of ono day.
The trial of Charles Nixou, the bill
poster, who killed a poor truckman in a
fit of nnger some timo ago, was opened
at noon Tuesday, and closed Wednes?
day, when the jury, after an ebsenoo of
less than tbreo hours, brought in a ver?
dict of murder in the first degree. The
prisoner seems to have been stoio enough
to bear tho verdiot with apparent indif?
ference, and yet sympathetic enough to
reflect upoo the consequences to bin
family.
The Murr heirs have met at Portland,
Me., and formed what tboy call "The
Murr Claim Association," to sou if they
can't secure "tho estato of Murr, in Scot?
land, worth $GO,000,000." We don't
know what they are asking for thousand
dollar shores in the association, but if
not moro than a quarter ol a cent per
dozen, they may send us a couple of
them.
Blown Down.?A severe storm of
thunder, lightning, wind and ruin pushed
over our lown on Tuesday aftornoon last.
The force of the wind was so groat about
a tnilo South of this placo, that a house
owned by Ben Dargan, and rocently put
np, was blown down, and most of tho
furntturo and crockery destroyed.
I Dorling/on Southerner,
Death.?Mr. Thomas Tdurtishaw, of
Maybinton, Newberry County, died on
the 30th nit., very suddenly. It appours
that bo and his wife had gono out to
walk, when ho oomplained ol feeling un?
well. He returned homo and was fonnd
by his nephew lying upon tho floor
with his head in the fire plaoo?dead. A'
small portloo of his faoo was burned.
? Wowan Fabheb.?The story.of a
young woman in Illinois is worth rend*
mg in these days of much prattle (about
woman's rights) and little practical per?
form ance. The name of the damsel wo
know nought of, save that its initial
letter Is A.; of her locality we are
simply informed that she lives and labors
in Illinois. This maiden was a student
in a "leading young ladies' seminary."
Her father died, leaving a farmaonside*
rably mortgaged, and a widow whose
health did not permit her to manage the
estate profitably; whereupon our ener?
getic young woman bid farewell to tho
leading seminary, and became practical,,
ly bnoolio. 8he had eighty acres to
manage, half of it well broken in, and
half of it land rioh but liable to over?
flow. The bam had been recently
burned, and all the fenoicg was in' bad
order. Booh was the position when the
young lady left the seminary add'turned
farmer. She had one horse; she bor?
rowed another j and a friend, helped
her by tho loan of implements, '?'uns
provided, aha has aooompiisbod some?
what.- ?
Wearing a gymnastic Buit, with a
broad-brimmed hat, gloves aud boots
made to order, she ploughed; she direct?
ed the removal of stumps of trees; she
assisted in drilling the wheat; she even
helped to fell trees, and is reported to
use an axe beautifully. She has eight
acres in grass and twelve in orchard; she
raised twenty-three acres of winter wheat
in 1872; and would have had from three
to five acres more, but for the failure of
a horrid inefficient man, who failed to
out it in time. In all, she got 450
busheis of wheat, weighing sixty-two
pounds to the bushel. Most of the
home farm is cultivated in corn, though
there are eight acres of grass and twelve
of orchard. Oar pretty Pomona, in
1872, sold 100 barrels of apples, and re
oently had 160 barrels in the cellar.
Poor young woman I All has not been
bright with her. She has bad her little
sorrows. Like the rest of womankind; she
has been oalled to mourn over one horse
drowned and another stolen; she had
been bereaved of a colt, and her pigs
were a failure. But upon the whole, the
Providenoe which presides over agricul?
ture has smiled upon her. She is gra?
dually paying off the' mortgage be?
queathed to her by-her sire. She has
forty aores of wheat 6owu for tho coming
year. Sho has taken excellent care of
her widowed mother, of her fatherless
little brother, and of a smaller sister.
We wish that we know her name.
Against all our typographical rule3, we
.should be tempted to priut it in large
capitals. It is aggravating to bo forced
to speak of her simply as Miss A. The
letter, however, is a good letter,stauding.
at the head of the alphabet, and is sug?
gestive of A No. 1. The tender interest
which she has excited in our own heart
is sufficiently indicated by .the fact that
we have before mentioned her, though
all too briefly, as we were not then in full
possession of all the pleasant facts.
RowDTiSM.r-We regret to bo obliged
to record a most disgraceful soene of
turbulanoo, whioh occurred on Saturday
afternoon. Mr. Colemau, a young man
from the country, was grossly assailed
with most abusive epithets by a colored
man, (Charles Green ) Being tho secoud
offence, from the same party, and unable
to defend himself, other than with a
weapon, as he was a cripple, Mr. Cole
man fired upon Greet), inflicting a
wound in the leg of the latter. A colored
woman among the crowd joined in the
fray, and used brickbats and other mis
eilca freely, while the savage mass cla?
mored "Kill him, kill him," &c. Two
colored men, David Palmer and Frank
Millet I, ran to the rescue, and did all
that was possible to allay the excitement,
and for their pains one cirries now a de?
cided elevation on his cranium, tho ef?
fect of a half brick. Mr. Colemau, tho?
roughly oonvinoed that his life was
sought, drew bis knife, aud Charles
Green was made to feel the edge of it, in
two dangerous stabs in the head and
neck. This added to the fury of the ne?
groes, and they would have immolated
the cornered man, except that he hold
his knifo too defiantly. Mr. Colemau
afterwards proceeded to the office of the
Trial Justice, Mr. Browniug, aud there
tho savago crowd, greedy for a fight, laid
hold of Mr. D. F. Culler, who, in an in?
stant, was hurled to the ground, aud
swarmed with a crowd, who continued
their yells for blood. Fortunately, a few
gentlemen wore present, who jumped in
and rescued Mr. Culler. In the throug
were several colored men, who kept tho
passions of these deluded peoploexcited,
aud tho white Citizen?, fearing a rcscuo
of Mr. Colemau from tho authorities,
stood by to presorvo him from violence
A seoond thought impressed the rioters,
and they began to disperse. Had they
boon met upon their own offer, it is very
likely that the Coroner would Lave had
much business; but, as.iu nil theso dis?
turbances, our white citizens acted pru?
dently and oalmly. Whiskey, as usual,
was at the bottom of thu fight, and a few
hair-brained fools that hounded it on,
who should bavo been arrested, were
permitted to go free. Our local uulhori
itics mnst interforc in tho iueipiency of
these disturbances, or a general scrim?
mage will ho tho result.
I Orangeburg Times.
A heavy storm of wind and rain passed
over Ooouee County on the 2?th nit.
Trees woro blown down iu many parts
of the County. A largo stable aud some
other buildings were ulao blows down on
tho farm of Mr. Pool, somo twelve miles
South-west of Walhalla.
Midway.?Tho election for town of?
fleer? took place on tho 24th nit., and
resulted in tho rc-olection of tho follow?
ing gentlemen: Intondaut?L. A. Burke.
Wardens?H. Berkman, John L. Soaso,
W. W. Ellzey aud B. W. Middloton.
A Cincinnati man has inventod a littlo
article whioh ladies can wear and mani?
pulate so as to hoist their trains clear of
the mud iu navigating gutters and wet
crossings.
Notable Marine Disasters.?la the
month of Maroh, 1841, the steamer Pre?
sident .sailed from New York with a
Urge number otnassengers; when two
days out, she-is Supposed to have ear
countered a terrible gale, and*was never
?Main heard from. On the 28th of April,
1847? the Exmontbr an emigrant ship
from Londonderry, was wrecked/ and
nearly 240 lives lost. A still more disas?
trous, wreck wsb that of the Royal Ade?
laide, which ooourred on the Tongue
Sands, off Margate, on whioh oous^ton
.400 lives were lost. We think it wasVa
1837 that the Grosvenor Iudiaman was>
lost, while on the way to Australia, from
London; the passengers consisted of
600 convicts, nearly ail of whom were
lo9t. In September, 1850, the Edmond
was lost on the Western ooast of Ireland,
and more than half of the 200 passen?
gers perished. Upon the occasion of the
loss of the troop-ship Birken head, in
Simon's Bay, Sonth Afrioa, in February,
1852, 451 of the crew and soldiers pe
! rished. Again, in 1853, jast a year after
I this, the Independence took fire un the
coast of Lower California, and, 140 per?
sons were consumed by the flames or
drowned in the sea. In May of the
same year, 170 lives were lost by the
wreck of the William and Mary, near the
Bahamas; and five mouths afterward,
343 persons, mainly emigrant passengers,
on the Annie Jane, of Liverpool, pe?
rished on the We3t Bhore of Scotland,
where the vessel was beached. The Fa?
vorite, on her way from Bremen to Bal?
timore, in April, 1854, ran into the bark
Deeper, and 201 lives were sacrificed. In
May of the same year, 400 offioers and
soldiers were lost with the Lady Nugent,
a troop-ship, whioh fouudered in a hur?
ricane; and in the succeeding fall, the
United States mail steamer Arotio came
in contact, during a fog, with the French
steamer Vesta, and a loss of 300 lives
the result. The steamer City of Olasgow
disappeared also before the close of this
disastrous year, with 4SI) persons on
board. In 1855, the only serious marine
accident was the loss of the George Can?
ning, near the month of tbe Elbe, with
06 passengers on board. In 1856, the
John, an emigrant vessel, was wrecked
on the Manch Book*, oil Fulmouth, on
whioh occasion 200 lives were lost. On
the 23J of February of the succeeding
year, the well-known Collins steamer
Pdcific left Liverpool for the city
of New York, freighted with 186
souls, and was never .again heard of.
During the summer of 1657 the clipper
ship Dunbar was wrecked near Sydney,
ami out of 121 persons on board only
one was saved. lu September of the
?ame yuar the steamer Central America
fouudered at 6ca with 579 passengers;
only 152 wore rescued. On the 13th of
Septomber, 1S5S, the steam emigrant
ship Austria was burned in mid-Atlantic,
and of tho 538 passengers but 67 Were
saved. In September of the samo year
317 Chinese emigrants lost their lives in
oonsequenco of the wreck of the St.
Paul on the island of Rossel, Of the
419 persons on' the Pomona, w hich was
lost on Blackwutor Bank, April 28, 1859,
only 24 were saved. Da ring the same
year tbe Royal Charter was wrecked off
Moelfra, with a loss of 446 lives. On
tho night of February 2, 1860, a new
mail steamer, the Hungariau, was wreck?
ed off the coast of Nova Scotia, and all
on board, 205, perished. Ten years ago
this mouth 237 out of 1 IG persons, pas?
sengers on the Anglo Saxon, lost their
lives when that steamer was wrecked off
Newfoundland. In January of I860 the
steamer London foundered in tbe Bay of
Biscay, sacrificing about 220 lives.
Among the more receut losses at sea that
of tho City of Boston and that of the
Northfleot, the 'Evening Star, the Cen?
tral America, and the San Franciaoo
may be added to tho list.
Toe Narrow Gauge Railroad.?On
last Saturday, at Chester, tbe Chester
and Lenoir Narrow . Gauge Railroad
Company was organized by the eleotion
of a President and Directors. Dr. A.
H. Davega, of Chester, was elected Pre?
sident. A meeting is called, on the 7th
of May, at Hickory Tavern, North Caro?
lina, of the stockholders of the Carolina
Narrow Gauge Railroad and of tho
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Rail?
road, the object of which, it is said, is
to consolidate tho two roads. When
oonstruoted, those ronds will be of in?
calculable value to tho whole of upper
South Carolina and Western North Ca?
rolina. To York and Chester Counties
they will afford facilities never before en?
joyed. Fully impressed with tho great
importance of this projected road, the
company is determined to build it as
speedily as possible. Tbe Carolina Nar?
row Gauge and the Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gau go Railroads will, iu all pro?
bability, bo consolidated as soon as the
law will allow thorn, and the work of
construction be immediately commenced.
The pcoplo of Chester County, on the
23.1 instant, will vote on tho question of
a County .subscription of .i?10J,0o0. This
looks liko business. In fact, the motto
of tho company is business?not talk.
It intends to build tho road, and that as
soon ub tho nature of the. c.i6o will ad?
mit.? York villa Enquirer.
Killed lv a Trek.?Last Saturday,
during the high wind, a man named
Jouus JPostell, living near Society Hill,
was struck by n falling troc, and must
have died very soon afterwards. Pos
tcir.1 body was found ufterwards dead,
und 'tis mule near him uninjured.
\Darli >if/ton JSuttlKe 'ncr.
Coroner's Inquest,?Au inquest, by
Coronet James Henderson, was hold on
tho body of London Horbcrt, on the
3lst of March. The verdict of tho jary
was death by apoplexy. Decoased was
about sixty-five years of age, and a co?
lored resident of Newburry.
It is said that Brick Pomeroy, since
old Pom's failure iu Kansas, has de?
termined to change his namo. He de?
clares that a Pomeroy who io suoh a
blockhead as to spend 8100,000 for a seat
in the United States Senate, without
getting il, is a disgrace to the family.
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City \Uttshs.?Tho price of einig
copies of the Pnoniix ia-fivVoeots; 1
AH the leading papers in the good try
are on file iu the Puea^lx office, for the
inspect ion of (he public.
Major Koon proposes to dispose of a
fine piece of property, suitable for ma
nufacturiog purposes. The site is on
Broad River, near the Greenville and
Columbia Bailroad. The attention of
^manufacturers is called to his advertise?
ment.
Tnrtle (or terrapin) soup at the Pol?
lock House, for luuoh, to-dsy.
Yesterday was a regular summer day?
unoomfortably warm.
The only way we see to head off the
woman's rights movement is to oonvince
our wives that "they are commanded to
be under obedienoe" by Divine authori?
ty, though it is an undertaking that will
test the highest courage of our manhood.
Mrs. A. M. Badwtll, of Ambers1, has
recently patented a self-fasteningbutton,
which needs no button-bole, holds fast,
and yet unbuttons at a touch. We have
frequently felt the need of just suoh but?
tons as that.
Dr. W. C. Fisher's, soda fountain will
famish thirsty temperanoe folks with a
pleasant beverage His establishment is
directly opposite the Columbia Hotel.
A representation of the hotel on Ger?
vais Btreet, (of which our old acquaint?
ance, W. E. Bose, Esq , is the proprie?
tor,) is printed iu another column.
It is conveniently located to the Green?
ville and Charleston Bailroad depots, is
well kept, has a biiliarJ room, etc.
One could almost see the greeu things
growing yesterday.
The weather has become warm enough
for the boys to go bare footed, at which
they are greatly delighted.
A requisition has been issued from the
Wilmington, X. O, post ofQje, and is
now on filo iu the department at Wash?
ington city, for 50,000 of the new postal
oards. These are to be furnished from
the first lot printed, and will probably
be received there about the 1st of May.
We have not heard that any requisition
has beon made for Columbia.
Hon. Horatio Seymour and wife, of
New York, arc at tho Columbia Hotel.
Cal Wagner's minstrel troupe perform
two nights in IrwinTs Hall, next week
Monday and Tuesday.' They have addi?
tional attractions, and are^ow rated the
best band exhibiting. "1 '
Venus is most brilliant this month.
The New York Graphic looks better
and better every day. It is an illustrated
daily, and oan be seen on file in this
office.
W. A. Courtonay, Eaq, tho well
known shipping agent, has purchased a
file of the Charleston Courier, and pre?
sented it to the Chamber of Commerce
of that city.
A bunch of large keys was lost several
days ago. Tho fioder will be suitably
rewarded- by leaving^.thern at Pnozarx
offiae.
Tho Vigilant Fire Engine Company?
Captain John Dennis?paraded, yester?
day afternoon, and exercised their ma?
chine. They were headed by the
Chicora Band.
Mr. McKenzie'? Arctio soda fountain
is now in condition to dispense pure
sods, with fruit syrups, to all who desire
the genuine article.
The Governor has appointed W. H.
Wise Auditor for Aiken County, vice
JamesF. Hurling, resigned. A. Moroso,
Notary L'ublic for Charleston. Tho
resignation of J. G. Thorpe, as Trial
Justice of Aiken, has been accepted.
About 4 o'clock, yesterday morning,
fire was discovered in the kitchen on the
old Wallace place, now oooupied by Dr.
Wallace. It is believed to havo been
tho result of carelessness on the part of
the cook, who, before going to bod,
raked the coals out upon the hearth,
Bomo of whioh were raked upon the
floor, selling it on fire. It was with the
utmost difficulty that tho flames were
subdued?about half tho kitchen being
cut away iu tho attempt. Tho dwelling
houso catno very near boiug burned.
Piiojn i xi asa . ?Corn-fields that require
neither plowing nor sowing?tho feet.
What no dairyman can odulturate?
tho milk of human kindness.
"Beware," Baid an Arabian caliph,
when about to die, to his presumptive
suooesaor?"bowaro of appointing thy
relativos to office. Tut not tire family
of Haschern on tho necks of the people."
The successor appointed his ninety
ninth cousins and camo thoreby ulti?
mately to great grief, though we do not
read that even ho promoted hobblede?
hoy sons over veteran leaders of the
army.
"This iusuranoe polioy is a queer
thing," said Dobbs, reflectively. "If I
can sell it, I oan-cel it; and if I oan-cel
it, I can't sell it."
Though a pawnbroker's shop is
crowded, it is still a lonesome place.
; ?UiiABBA?qsJWT8?'Aha ?JHort?ern
mail ope us 6.80-A ..JA. ?ndS.OO P, M.;
oloaee 8 P.M. and'11.00* A.' M. Charles
ton day mail; opens 6.15.1*; M.; olosea 6
A.' M.; night opens 7/OQ At M.; ?loses
6.15 P.; M. Greenvillo opena 0.45 P. M.;
olo*es6 A. M. : Western open* 6.30 A.
M. and 12:30 P. M.; closes 8 and 1 P. M.
Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.: closes
10.30 A. M. On Sunday the office is
opon from 8 to 4 P. M.
Hoibx. Aubiyalb, April 4, 1878.?
Wlmcler Housed R Ridgley, 8 Bums
and wiie, Md; -B rani, b aiiiion, J Ar?
thur, Columbia; W H JefferavBlehland;
OE Staniels, Mass; J P, Taikerman,
Mrs M ? Babbitt, Pa; D J Garter, Lan?
caster; S A Amstun, J J> Car bar t and
wife, N McNanell, ,N Y; P Defile,
Charleston; H Titus/ N Y; Mise A W
Titus, LI; WH Trescott, Pendle ton; T
R Robertson, Winnaboro; Bey' W 8
Blaok, N 0..._o. . .? _:, .... ^
aendrix House ? Mrs Adams, Jfidgefleld;
CO Carrol). A H Culpeper, Aiken; G I
Thomas, N Y; W 8 Alston, Jota?*?''
Island; L.W White, AbhevMei- W E
McNntty, Mrs M D Durham, Doko; F C
Niobodemua, Md; P P Pease, Ky; J M
DobaoD, Abbeville; J B Latham, Pros?
perity; BT A Gibson, Alston; T B Mg
Kinstry, R H Jennings, C E Leightrue,
Fairfleld.. ,
Coluihbiq Hotel?C. L B Marsh and
wife, Mrs. Bates,, Ala; F Elder, wife and
child, Winnaboro'; H Seymour and wife,
N Y; 0 P Gaither, Md; H B Hill and
wife, Mass; Mrs M Phillipe and son, Pa;
J R Fant, esty; A S Girihefc, Md; A 3
Douglass, SO; JD Gardner, NO; TR
Denney, M Cr auch, Edgefleld; G T An?
drews, Charleston; R L Singletary, N C;
F D Bush, G A O R R.
. List of New AovaBXisxwirxa.
O. O. Martindale?Cotton Seed.
F. M. Drennan, Sr.?Fine Beef.
Thomas Steen?Suudries.
John Agoew & Son?Beef.
W, O. Fisher?Soda Water.
Cal Wagner'? Minstrels*
J. H. Koon?Mill Site for Sale.'-- >
Thomas Steen?Auotion.
Rose's Hotel.
A New Sewsaiion.?Some of tbe nu
meroup. itinerant burlesque troupea that
find their fittest fields'for dispensing
sensationalism in the far West, have, in
a few recorded instances, introduced
marriages between aotors and actresses
upon the stage as interludes to the ma'h j
attraction. This hint the Rev. De Witt
Talmage adopted, not to make a aide
I show, but to bring out his principal idea,
I when, as has been detailed, he. opened
the doors of tho Brooklyn Academy of
Music, and at fifty oents a head, invited
the people to come in and witness the
ceremony of a real wedding with jthe
jartieo masquerading in the costumes of
oentury ago.. The reverend gentleman
las always been a-man of marked eccen?
tricities, but perhaps he never evidenced .
I such a lack of good taste, to pot no *
worse construction upon it, aa when he
lent himself to the scheme of -this real
[marriage, a. la btcrlesqua, with sUgo ap- '?
point meuts; sceuio effect, and all the
paraphernalia of clown, harlequin and
pantaloon, Now, theatrical perform
| ances and oerexnontee, requiring the of?
fices of religion with real prayers and
snored formulas, are, or should be, en
' tirely distinot. The theatres have as
muoh right to exist as the pulpits and
hare as specific a purpose, bus none of
the better class of tho former are.so irre-.
verent as to make religion a show and
a mockory, as Mr. Talmage has given
the public too muoh reason to think he
has done. His intentions may have
been excellent, but his spiritual suscep?
tibility needs cultivating.
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Personal honor is tbe apple of the
Japanese eye, and the sensitive Jap has
a onrious way sometimes of vindicating
> it. For instance, not long ago fifteen
followers of a murdered officer commit?
ted Buioide, after waiting vui nly for years
to see if tho murderers of their master
would be punished for their orime. The
murderers were only sentenced to soli?
tary confinement in their own house?.
I The followers of the murdered official
then gave notice of their intention to
commit hari-kari, and actually disem?
bowelled themselves as a rebuke to tho
court?. Tt is frightful to reflect what
would bo the effect in?this oonntry if the
friends of murdered people were as
I sensitive as this.
Federal Appointments in ibe South,
According to the Washington Republi?
cs, the President is said to be firm in
his determination to appoint none bat
native Republicans, or men who have
the endorsement of tho people of their
rospectivo localities in tho [South; and
I .further, ho purposes making no more
changes in offices subject to his appoint?
ment until tho commissions of the pre?
sent incumbents shall expire, except for
such causes as improper conduct. In
other word?, he proposes a strict adho
reuco to nud application of tho oivil
service rules.
A number of returned emigrants have
arrived iu Now York from Brazil. They
found, according to their statements,
that they had been deladed into settling
in Brazil by assertions that were totally
[false. Something of tho same kind re?
cently occurred in England, where
charges wero preferred against the Bra?
zilian agents at Liverpool, when the
emigrants again reached that port.
Upon the whole, it may be stated as
highly probable that Brazil is not a
favorable country for English or Ameri?
can colonists.
"Yon don't work hard.enoogh to earn
[your sajary," said the head of a Govern?
ment department to one of bis olerks.
"Workr exokdmed the dandy; "I
worked hard enough to get here; sorely
von don't expect me to work, now I am
here."