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Satard ay Horning, April 5,1873.
Th? Marl Beds mn& PhoipbftU jEUpcki
of South. Carolin?.?;
Wo have been pleasantly confirmed in
the estimate, derived from a review of
tho trade and commerce of Charleston
for the last seven years, of the extraordi?
nary vitality and varied resources of our
old oity by the sea, by a Bimilar. favora?
ble view of some of the leading business
journals of New fork and Boston. - We
have derived no little satisfaction from
the pamphlet of the Chamber of Com?
merce, whioh lucidly and elaborately
describes the growth of the numerous
branches of business in the oity, ont of
the losses and ashes of a protracted
siege and doaolatinK fires, and in despite
of heavy taxation and the extravagance
of an' ignorant and oorrapt Government.
From 'what has bean aohievod, under
euch difficult circumstances, we may in?
fer a rapid and healthful progress in the
future, under the more favorable condi?
tions whioh 'are' now rapidly grouping
themselves together.
As a matter of -general interest, and*
yet comparatively unknown i in its de?
tails, wo presented, a l|ew days ago, the
more important facta and statistics con?
cerning the manhfeotore and trade in
commercial fertilisers. 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 crude material,
the base of the manufactured artiole, is
drawn. We are indebted to the ex?
haustive articles on this interesting sub?
ject, contributed by Major Edward
Willis, and embodied in the reoent pub?
lication of the Chamber of Commerce,
lor valuable information, which we shall
freely use. The marls and rocks have
long been known and are treated of in
early histories and reports. , The eoo
notnio value of the marls was especially
brought to notice by Mr. Edmund
Buffiu, State Geologist, in 1811 and
1842, who also notioed in his report in
1813, the nodules, now known us phos?
phate rock, which hive since become so
famous. Mr. Tuomy, who filled the
8?rue ? position in 1848, alluded to them
as marl atoue, and represented to?con?
tain numerous fossils. Professor Holmes,
in 1850, described them with considera?
ble caref/Stf the' marl rock, f oesiliferous,
emitting a foetid binell, &o., but without
allusion to their pbOBphntio character,
of which, iu fact, there is no reoorded
evidence that it was understood prior to
the spring of 1867. Daring the summer
of that year, Dr. St. Julian Bavenil lie-,
oame aware, from the examination of
specimcus of teeth, nodules and marl
from Goose Creek and Ashley Biver, of
their true character and value. His con?
clusions were verified by the analysis of
Dr. Pratt, who at onoe grasped and
comprehended the immense interests
which depended on these rich deposits.
Thus, although known as early as 1795,
and more familiarly sinoe 1843, it was
regarded as worthless for all purposes of
practical Utility, Its riohnesa in thephos
phatic element undiscovered, until
within the last five years..
There are two characters of phosphate
deposit?the land and river. The first
mentioned is altogether dog by hand,
with spade, pick and shovel?a portion
being taken from the sand that overlies
it; bat the main yield is from the clay in
which it is imbedded, and is the best
land rock. The clay is hard to separate,
but that whioh is found in tho sand
readily yields to the action of water, and
and can be well cleaned at small cost.
This land is private property, mostly
owned by the parties working it, or it is
rented by them or worked on shareB or
for u subsidy. It pays no tax or royally
to the State. The river deposit is en?
tirely different, being mined from the
navigable streams, the property of tho
State. The Legislature has granted
oharters 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 wuter,
either out of the mud or Baud, it is
easily separated by the washers that ao
oonipany tho dredges. This deposit fur?
nishes tho balk of the supply now re?
ceived. Tho phosphato nodales lie along
tho water courses of the country, on the
banks of tho rivers and smaller streams,
and of tho swamps now or formerly dis?
charging their waters into these streams.
Major Willis points ont two other
facts of much interest. First, the marl
underlying the regions of a nodular de?
posit, is greatly richer in phosphatic
oonstitnents than those portions of tho
marl above whioh there has been no
each nodular deposit. Secondly, in
these richer marls, phosphate nodales,
olosely resembling those of the superfi?
cial deposits, have been found in vary
i?g quantities andinses, to "tho depth of
mote than 300 foot. Layers may possi?
bly bo found there at workable depths,
sufficiently Hob. to warrant the expense
of mining'for them. These m?U sill
give our renders some idea of the his*
tory( extent and value of this rust pkoa
phutio 'area, land and water. An analy?
sis of twenty different specimens of
phosphate rook shows a per oentage of
from 54.92 to 65.01 phosphate of lime.
It is a mine of wealth to the State in its
oxports, and when the fertilizers manu?
factured from it are more easily and
oheaply produced and diffused over it,
they will also tell iu the increased power?
ful influence whioh they will exert npo'n
its productive capacity.
Tue D?ohe33h of Qebolstbin's Tac?
tics.?A* angry correspondent of the
New York World oompares the promo?
tion of the President's son Fred, from
Second Lieutenant to Lieu tenant Co?
lonel, to a similar rapidity of promotion
by the Grand Duohosse of Gerolstein,
where another Frits figured. The cases
really are'very similar in many respects;
and point: the moral of Republican imi?
tation of royal precedents. After the
aspiration of the inaugural for universal
language . and universal equality, this
does Sot look consist ont?n bless the uni?
versal language be money, and the
equality to be oonfiued to the rnling
family* Young Grant may be a very
nioe young man, and a budding soldier
of promise; bat to elevate him so sud?
denly Over the heads of nil the General
Saums of the army, and the men who
have seen servioa and smelt powder,
through the aid and oonniranoe of
"Piegan Phil" Sheridan?who "made a
back," as the boys'say, for tho 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 his enemies; but
ho did not divide all the loaves and fishes
among his own household. Wo must
cease laughing at royal families, nfior
these rapidly recurring precedents in our
own reigning house.
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Sale,of the. Charleston Co unten.?
This-verierable journal?the oldest pub?
lication in the State?was sold at auc?
tion, on Thursday last, for the insiguifl
oant sum of $7,100. The Courier thus
speaks of the sale:
"The:i sale of the t%urier establish?
ment took placo yesterday, at public
auction, as advertised. Mr. H. H. De
Leon oopduCted the sale, which resulted
as follows: The' good will, subscription
list and material of the daily and tri?
weekly Qourier were sold to Messrs.
Riordan, Dawson & Co., for 87,100. The
bound volumes of the Courier?com?
plete file?were sold to Mr. O.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
-old to Gapt. W. A. Odurteuay,' of this
city. Tho files of the City Guzsite were
pnroha3od by Mr. S. Y. Tup per, for the
Chamber of Commerce."
The JVeuttsays:
"Tho public sale of the Charleston
Courier, yesterday, resulted in its pur?
chase by the proprietors of the News.
This, of course, will necessitate some
change in the management of the com?
bined journals; and we shall tako the
earliest possible opportunity of advising
tho public of what shall be tho course of
a liberal and progressive newspaper
whioh will then represent both the hoary
ago and the luBty vigor of the now South
Carolina, to which, through good and
evil report, we are bound forever."
The Bill Poster's Murder.?JubUco
for onoe in New York has made a signal
effort at directness, and has reached un
clogged a verdict of murder in the first
degree, in the brief space of ono day.
The trial of Charles Nixon, the bill
poster, who killed a poor truckman iu a
fit of auger some timo ago, was opened
at noon Tuesday, and closed Wednes?
day, when the jury, after au absence of
less than thrco hours, brought in a vor
diot of murder iu the first degree. The
prisoner seems to have been sloio onough
to boar tho vcrdiot with apparent indif?
ference, and yet sympathetic enough to
reflect upon the consequences to his
family.
The Marr heirs have met at Portlaud,
Me., and formed what thoy call "The
Murr Claim Association," to see if they
can't secure "tho estatoof Murr, in Scot?
land, worth $G0,000,000." We dou't
know what they are asking for thousand
dollar s nur es in tho association, but if
not more than a quarter ol a cent per
dozen, they may send us a couple of
them.
Blown Down.?A scvero storm of
thunder, lightning, wind and rain pasred
over our town on Tuesday aftornoon last.
The force of the wind was so groat about
a milo South of this placo, that a house
owned by Ben Dargan, and recentlv put
np, was blown down, and most of tho
furniture and orookory destroyed.
{Darlington Southerner.
Death.?Mr. Thomas Murtishaw, of
Maybinton, Newberry County, died bu
the 30th nit., very suddenly. It appears
that ho and his wife had gone out to
walk, when ho oomplained of feeling un?
well. He returned home and was fonnd
by his nophew lying upon the floor
with his head in the fire place?dead. A'
small portion of his face- was burned.
A Woman P?bmeb ?The story, of a
young woman in Illinois is worth read?
ing in these days of mooh prattle (about i
woman's rights) and little practical per?
formance. The name of the damsel we
knew nought cf, 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 f?rm?oonside
rably mortgaged, and a widow whose
health did not permit her to manage the
estate profitably; whereupon our euer- .
getio young woman bid farewell to the
leading seminary, and became practical ,
ly bnooiio. She had eighty acres to
manage, half of it well broken in, and
half of it land rioh but liable to over?
flow. - The barn had been reoently
burned, and all the fencing was in 1 bad
order. Such was the position when the
young lady left the seminary und'turnod
farmer. She had one horse; she bor?
rowed another; and a friend, helped
her by the loan of implements. vl'hp.s
provided, she has accomplished some?
what.- v
Wearing a gymnastic suit, with a
broad-brimmed hat, gloves and boots 1
made to order, she ploughed; she direct?
ed the removal of stumps of trees; she
assisted in drilling the wheat; she even
helped to feil trees, and is reported to
use an axe boautifnlly. She has eight
acres in grass and twelve in orohard; she
raised twenty-three acres of winter wheat
in 1872; and would have had from three
to five aoree more, but for the failure of
a horrid ine?ioient man, who failed to
cot it in time. In all, she got 450
busheis oi wheat, weighing sixty-two
Sounds to the bushel. Most of the
ome farm is cultivated in corn, though
there are eight aores of grass and twelve
of orohard. Our 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 had her little
sorrows, like the rest of womankind; she
has been called 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
Providence which presides over agricul?
ture has smiled upon her. She is gra?
dually paying off the mortgage bo
?quealhed to her by-her sire. She has
forty aores of wheat sown for the ooming
year. She 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 rule.-?, we
should be tempted to print it iu 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 exoited 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.
Rowdyism..- We Tegret to bo obliged
to reoord a most disgraceful soene of
tnrbulanoo, which occurred on Saturday
afternoon. Mr. Colemau, a young man
from the country, was grossly assailed
with moat abusive epithets by a colored
man, (Charles Green ) Being the second
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 Green, 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
siles freely, while the .wvugo mass cla?
mored "Kill him,kill him," Ac. Two
colored men, David Palmer and Frank
Millett, ran to the rescue, and did all
that was possible to allay the excitement,
and for their pains ono carries now a de?
cided elevation on his cranium, the ef?
fect of a half brick. Mr. Colomau, tho?
roughly oonvinoed that his life was
sought, drew his knife, and Charles
Green was made to feel the edge of it, in
two dangerous stabs in the bend and
neck. This added to tho fury of the ne?
groes, and they would have immolated
the cornered man, except that he held
bis knifo too defiantly. Mr. Colemau
afterwards proceeded to tho office of tho
Trial Justice, Mr. Browning, and there
tho savage crowd, greedy for a fight, laid
hold of Mr. D. F. Culler, who, in an in?
staut, was hurled to the ground, and
swarmed with a crowd, who continued
their yells for blood. Fortunately, a few
gentlemen wove present, who jumped in
and rescued Mr. Culler. In the throng
were soveral colored meu, who kept tho
passions of thoso deluded peoplo excited,
aud tho white citizens, fearing a rescue
of Mr. Colemau from tho authorities,
stood by to preaorvo him from violenoo.
A second 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 have hud
much business; but, ay iu nil those dis?
turbances, our white citizens acted pru?
dently and calmly. Whiskey, as usual,
was at the bottom of the tight, and a few
h.iir-braiued fools that houuded it on,
who should have been arrested, were
pormitted to go free. Our local authori?
ties must interforo in the iuoipiency of
these disturbances, or u generul scrim
rnago will bo tbo result.
[ Orangeburg Times.
A heavy storm of wind aud rain passed
over Ocouee County ou tho 2Gtb nit.
Trees wero blown tlowu in many parts
of the County. A large stable and some
other buildings were ulso blow a down on
tho farm of Mr. Pool, somo twelve miles
South-west of Walhalla.
Midway.?Tho election for town of?
ficers took place on tho 24th nit., and
resulted in tho re-election of tho follow?
ing gentlemen: Intendant ?L. A. Burke.
Wardens?H. Berkman, John L. Souse,
W. W. Ellzey aud B. W. Middleton.
A Cincinnati man has invented a little
article which ladies can wear and mani?
pulate bo as to hoist their trains clear of
the mud in navigating gutters and wet
I crossings.
\ Not ab lz Mab?jb Disasters.?In tho
month of Maroh, 1841, the steamer Pre?
sident .sailed from New York with a
Urge pumber of ^pmsengere; when two
days oat, she is supposed to havo eur
ooantered a terrible gale, and*was never
again heard from. On the 28th of April,
18*7, the Exmouth, an emigrant ship
from Londonderry, was wrecked; and
nearly 240 lives lost. A still more disas?
trous wreck was that of the Royal Ade?
laide, whioh occurred on tho Tongue
Sands, off Margate, on whioh oouN^on
400 lives were lost. Wo think it wasps'
1837 that the Groavenor Iudiamau waa\
lost, while on the way to Australia, from
London; the passengers consisted of
600 convicts, nearly all of whom were
lost. In September, 1850, the Edmond
was lost on the Western coast of Ireland,
and more than half of the 200 passen?
gers perished. Upon the occasion of the
loss of the troop-ship Birkenhead, in
Simon's Bay, Sonth Africa, in February,
1852, 45i of the orew and soldiers pe?
rished. Ag-iin, in 1853, just a year after
this, the Independence took fire on the
coast of Lower California,'and- 140 per?
sons were consumed by the names or
drowned in the soa. In May of the
same year, 170 lives were lost by the
wreck of the William and Mary, near the
Bahamas; and five months afterward,
343 persons, mainly emigrant passengers,
on the Annie Jane, of Liverpool, pe?
rished on the We3t shore 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
Hesper, and 201 lives were sacrificed. In
May of the same year, 400 officers and
soldiers wore lost with the Lady Nugent,
a troop-ship, whioh fouudered in a hur?
ricane; and in tho succeeding fall, the
United States mail steamer Arotio came
in oontact, during a fog, with the Frenoh
steamer Vesta, and a loss of 300 lives
the result. The steamer City of Glasgow
disappeared also before the olose of this
disastrous year, with 430 persons on
board. In 1855, the only serious marine
accident was the loss of the George Cau
ning, near the month of tho Elbe, with
96 passengers ou board. Iu 1856, the
John, an emigrant vessel, was wrecked
on the Munch Rook), olT Fulmouth, on
whioh occasion 200 Hvcb wero lost. On
the 231 of February of tho succeeding
year, the well-kuown Collins steamer
Pacific ieft Liverpool for the oity
of New York, freighted with 186
souls, and was uever .again heard of.
During tho summer of 1857 tho clipper
ship Duubar was wreeked near Syd?ey,
and out of 121 persons on board only
one was saved. Iu September of the
same year tho ateamer Central America
fouudered at 6ca with 579 passengers;
only 152 wore rescued. Ou the 13th of
September, 1SDS, the steum emigrant
ship Austria was burned in mid-Atlantic,
and of tho 538 passengers but G7 were
saved. In September of the samo year
317 Chinese emigrants lost their lives in
consequence of the wreck of the St.
Paul on the island of Rossel. Of the
419 persons on ' the Pomona, which was
lost on Blackwutor Bank, April 28, 1859,
only 21 were saved. Daring the same
year the Boyal Charter was wrecktd off
Moelfra, with a loss of 446 livos. On
the night of February 2, 1860, a new
mail steamer, the Hungarian, was wreck?
ed oil the coast of Nova Scotia, and all
on board, 205, perished. Ten years ago
this mouth 237 out of 416 persons, pas?
sengers on the Anglo Saxon, lost their
lives when that steamer was wrecked off
Newfoundland. In January of 1866 the
steamer London foundered in the Bay of
Biscay, sacrificing about 220 lives.
Amoug the more recent losses at sea that
of tho Oity of Boston and that of the
Northfleet, the 'Evening Star, the Cen?
tral America, aud tho San Francisco
may be added to tho list.
The Narrow Gauge Bailroad.?On
last Saturday, at Chester, the Chester
and Lenoir Narrow . Gauge Bailroad
Company was organized by the eleotion
of a President and Directors. Dr. A.
H. Davega, of Chester, was eleoted Pre?
sident. A meeting is called, on the 7th
of May, at Hickory Tavern, North Caro?
lina, of tho stockholders of the Carolina
Narrow Gauge Bailroad and of tho
Chester aud Lenoir Narrow Gauge Bail?
road, the object of which, it is said, is
to consolidate tho two roads. When
constructed, those roads will be of in?
calculable value to the whole of upper
Sonth 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. Tho Carolina Nar?
row Gauge and tho Chester and Lenoir
Narrow Gango Railroads will, iu all pro?
bability, bo consolidated ao boon as the
law will allow them, aud the work of
construction bo im mediately commenced.
Tho people of Chester County, on the
I 23.1 instant, will vote on tho question of
n County subscription of $100,000. This
looks liko business. In fact, the motto
of the company is busiucss?not talk.
It intends to build tho road, and that as
soou as tho nature of tl>& case will ad?
mit.? Vorkrille Enquirer. '
Killed uv a Trek.?Last Saturday,
during the high wind, u man named
donas JPostell, living near Society Hill,
was struck by a falling tree, and must
have died very soon afterwards. Pos
tell's body was found afterwards dead,
aud his mule near him uninjured.
{Darlington Southi'ncr.
Coroner's Inquest.?Au inquest, by
Coroner James Henderson, was hold on
tho body of London liorbert, on tho
:51st of March. Tho verdict of tho jury
was death by apoplexy. Deceased was
about sixty-five years of age, and a co?
lored resident of Newberry.
It is said that Brick Pomeroy, since
old Pom's failure iu Kansas, has de?
termined to change his name. He de?
clares that a Pomeroy who is suoh a
blockhead as to spend ?100, COD for a seat
in the United States Senate, without
getting it, is a disgrace to the family.
?IBOBBaWBWWWlWI ???"lull ? i ?
Ha o o a, 1 Ite xxx as.
City M.vttbhs.?Tho prioe of tinlg
Jopies of the Phcehix i* five cent*
All the leading papers io the country
ire oh file in the Pumicix office, for the
inspection of the pnblio.
Major Koon proposes to dispose of a
fine piece of property, suitable for ma
Qnfactnricg purposes. The site is on
Broad River, noar the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad. The attention of
manufacturers is called to his advertise?
ment.
Tar tie for terrapin) soup at the Pol?
lock House, for luuob, 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 convince
oar wives that "they are commanded to
be under obedience" by Divine authori?
ty, though it is an undertaking that will
test the highest courage of our manhood.
Mrs. A. M. Badwtll, of Ambers', has
recently patented a self-fastening button,
which needs no button-hole, holds fast,
and yet unbuttons at a touch. We have
frequently felt the need of jnst such but?
tons as that.
Dr. W. C. Fisher's, soda fountain will
famish thirsty temperance folks with a
pleasant beverage. His establishment is
directly opposite the Columbia Hotel.
A representation of the hotel on Ger?
vais street, (of which our old acquaint?
ance, W. E. Rose, Esq , is the proprie?
tor,) is printed in another column.
It is conveniently located to the Green?
ville and Charleston Railroad depots, is
well kept, haa a biiliard 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
tbey are greatly delighted.
A requisition has been issued from tho
Wilmington, N. C, post office, and is
now on file iu the department at Wash?
ington city, for 50,000 of the new postal
cards. These are to be furnished from
the first lot printed, and will probably
be received thcro about the 1st of May.
We have not heard that any requisition
has been made for Columbia.
Hon. Horatio Seymour and wife, of
New York, are at the Columbia Hotel.
Cal Wagner's minstrel troupe perform
two nights in Irwiu'a Hall, next week?
Monday and Tuesday.' They have addi?
tional attractions, aud are now rated the
best band exhibiting. 1 ' '
Yenus is most brilliant this month.
The New York Graphic looks better
and better every day. It is an illustrated
daily, and oau be seen on file in this
I office.
W. A. Courlonay, Esq , 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. The linder will be suitably
rewarded ? by leaving-.them at PHOZMrx
office.
Tbo Vigilant Fire Engine Company?
Captain Johu Dennis?paraded, yester?
day afternooo, and exercised their ma
ohinc. They were headed by the
Chicora Band.
Mr. McKenzie'* Arctic soda fountain
is now in condition to dispense pure
soda, with fruit syrups, to all who desire
the genuine article.
The Governor has appointed W. H.
Wise Auditor for Aiken Connty, vice
JamesF. Hurling, resigned. A. Moroso,
Notary Public for Charleston. The
resignation of J. G. Thorpe, as Trial
Justice of A ikon, has been accepted.
About 4 o'clock, yesterday morning,
fire was discovered in the kitchen on tho
old Wallaoo place, now oooupied by Dr.
Wallace. It is believed to havo been
the result of carelessness on the part of
tho cook, who, before going to bed,
raked the coals out upon the hearth,
some of which were raked upon the
floor, s.tting it on fire. It was with the
utmost difficulty that tho flames were
subdued?about half tbo kitchen being
cut away iu tho attempt. The dwelling
houso cauioyery near bciug burned.
PllOENisiAXiV.?Corn-fields that require
neithor plowing nor sowing?tho feet.
What no dairyman can adulturate?
the milk of human kindness.
"Beware," said an Arabian caliph,
when about to die, to his presumptive
successor?"bowaro of appointing thy
relatives to office. Put not tho family
of Hasohem ou the uecks of tho pooplo."
Tho successor appointed his ninety
ninth cousins and came thereby ulti?
mately to great grief, though we do not
read that even ho promoted hobblede?
hoy sons over veteran leaders of tbe
army.
??This insurance policy is a queer
thing," said Dobbs, reflectively. "If I
can sell it, I can-eel it; and if I oau-cel
it, I can't sell it."
Though a pawnbroker's shop ia
crowded, it is still a lonesome plane.
Mail Abrahokmjlkts,?The Northern
mail opens 6.80 A.JkL and8.00 P. M-;
oloaea8 P. M. and-11.00'A. M Obarl es -
ton day mair opens ai?.PjJM.';; closes 6
A. 31.; night opens 7/00. A, H.; oloees
6.16 P.: M. Greenville opens 0.45 P. M.;
olosee 6 A. M. Western opens 6.80 A.
M. and 12.30 P. M.; doses 8 and 17. M.
Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.; oloees
10.30 A. M. On Sunday the office is
open from 3 io 4 P. H.
Hotel AnniVALB, April 4, 1878.?
Wluilftr HouseS R Ridgley, 8 Barns
and wife. Md; -R Fant, S M?ton, J Ar?
thur, Columbia; W H JefforavBlohland;
OE Staniels, Mass; J P. Tackermau,
Mrs M E Babbitt, Pa; D J Carter, Lan?
caster; S A Amstun, J V Carhart and
wife, N McNanell, N Y; P Daffie,
Charleston; H Titus, N Y; Miss A W
Titus, L I; W H Tresoott, Pendle ton; T
R Robertson, Wiansboro; Bot W B
Blaok. NO. .... , .,r .,
Hendrix House?lira Adams, Edgefleld;
CO Carroll, A H Culpeper, Aiken; Q J
Thomas, NY; WS Alston- John'*
Island; E.W White, Abbeville; W B
McNutty, Mrs M D Dnrham, Doko; FC
Niohodemus, Md; P P Pease, Ky; J M
Dnbson, Abbeville; J B Latham, Pros?
perity; H A Gibson, Alston;.T B Mo
Kiostry, R H JenningB, C E Leightrue,
Fairfield. _
Columbia Hotel?C L B Marsh and.
wife, Mrs. Bates, .Ala; F Elder, wife and
child, Winusboro; H Seymour and wife,
N Y; O P Gaitner, Md; H E Hill and
wifo, Mass; Mrs M Phillips and son, Pa;
JR Fant, city; A S Garthere, Md; A S
Douglass. S O; J D Gardner, NO; TB
Denney, M Crauoh, Edgefleld; G T An?
drews, Charleston; R L Bingletary, N C:
F D Bush, G & O R R.
List of New Advektiekmkntb.
O. O. Martindale?Cotton Seed.
F. M. Drennan, Sr.?Fine Beef.
Thomas Stenn ?Sundries.
John Agncv (? "on?Beef.
W. O. FiBher?Jioda Water.
Cal Wagner'u MiuBtrele*
J. H. Koon-Mill Site for Salo.
Thomas Steen?Auotion.
Bose's Hotel.
A New Sensation .?Some of the nu?
merous itinerant burlesque troupea that
find their fittest fields for dispensing
sensationalism in the far West? have, in
a few recorded instances, introduced
marriages between actors and actresses
upon the stage as interludes to the main
attraction. This hint the Bev. De Witt
Talmage adopted, not to make a side?
show, but to bring out his principal idea,
when, as has been detailed, he opened
the doors of tho Brooklyn Academy of
Music, and at fifty cents a head, invited
the people to come in and witness the
ceremony of a real Wedding with jtbe
parties masquerading in the costumes of
a century ago. The reverend gentleman
has always been a man of marked eccen?
tricities, but perhaps he never evidenced
such a lack of good taste, to put no
worse construction upon it, as when he
lent himself to the scheme of this real
marriage, a la burlesque, with: stage ap- ?'
pointmeuts. scenic effeot and all the
paraphernalia of clown, harlequin and
pantaloon. Now, theatrical perform?
ances aud oeremonies, requiring the of?
fices of religion with real prayers and
sliced formulas, are, or should be, en?
tirely distinct. The theatres have as
muoh right to exist as the pulpits and
have as specific a purpose, .bat none of
the better class of tho former axe so irre?
verent as to make religion a show .and
a mockery, as Mr. Talmage has given
the pnblio too muoh reason to think he
has done. His intentions may have
been excellent, but bis spiritual suscep?
tibility needs cultivating.
Personal honor is the apple of the
Japanese eye, and the sensitive Jap has
a ourious way sometimes of vindicating
it. For instauce, not long ago fifteen
followers of a murdered officer commit?
ted suioide, after waiting vainly for years
to see if the murderers of their master
would be punished for their orime. The
murderers wero only sentenced to soli?
tary confinement in their own houses.
The followers of the mnrdered official
then gave notice of their intention to
commit hari-kari, and actually disem?
bowelled themselves as a rebuke to the
courts. It is frightful to reflect what
would be the effeot in4his oountry if the
friends of murdered people were as
sensitive as this.
Fedehal Ait-ointments in ibe South,
According to the Washington Rcpubli
can, the President is said to be firm in
his determination to appoint none bat
native Republicans, or men who have
the endorsement of the people of their
respective localities in tho [South; and
.further, ho purposes making no moro
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?, ho proposes a strict adho
reuco to and application of tho civil
service rules.
A number of returned emigrants have
arrived iu New York from Brazil. They
found, according to their statements,
that they had been deluded into settling
in Brazil by assertions that were totally
false. Something of the name kind re?
cently occurred, in England, wheie
charges wero preferred against the Bra?
zilian agents at Liverpool, when the
emigrants again rcachod that port.
Upon tho whole, it may be stated as
highly probable that Brazil is not a
favorablo oountry for English or Ameri?
can ooloniBts.
"Yon don't woxk hard.enough to earn
your salary," said the head of a Govern?
ment department to one of bis olerks.
"Work!" exclaimed the dandy; "I
worked hard enough to get here; surely
voa don't expect me to work, now lam
here."