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- |_t | ... ????^ mTTTMUTA a rs Banday Morning, July 19, 1874. Some Wholciom? Admissions, and Yet bo Reforming Spirit. We find in the Louisville Courier' Journal an interesting letter upon onr affairs from its traveling correspond? ent, written from this plaoe. Amongst others of the Radical faith whom he interviewed was Mr. D. H. Chamber lain, ..one of the candidates for Go? vernor. We have devoted considera? ble space to a discussion of this gen tleman's pretensions to ran as a re? form candidate. The views attributed to him by the New York Ttines streck na as lamentably inadequate, and not promising of any good. In all that has been said yet by any of these so called reformers, we have failed to flod the living germ of any genuine reform. We do not. do them the injustice of supposing or of saying that they have no impulses towards, no desire at all, of, better thing*. They may haye. We believe they have. Bui Abey speak of these things as men who dream, as men walking0 'ua sleep. There is no evidence that they have risen to the conception/of anything more than the troublesome straits in which their party ha#' been plaoed by Its ignorance, imbecility and corrup? tion. Every effy?rt they propose to make has juat Xhe inspiration of this selfish ipA6rest and no more. The party.'/the South Carolina Ridical party, condemned and contemned by jpHilhe rest of the world, is the object > of their supreme affection. Their concern seems to centre upon and end with it. Although they have, as they boastfully say, a majority of 50,000 votes, they are constantly agitated lest ?they shall lose the elections. They are tboa evidently conscious that they have forfeited the right?whatever right numbers, ignorance and the adroit use of prejudice as a political weapon gave them?to rule over, make laws for and carry on the civilization of a free people. They see the ruin, which is spreading over the land; they are con? scious, some of them, of the decay of vir? tue and iutegrity, the loss of decency, the lowering of the tone of morals, the increasing embarrassments in which all the public interests and institutions are becoming entangled. Bat seeing enough to make them aot in earnest; enough to pat a aoal ander the ribs of death, they show only an overpow? ering love of office, of position, of their own oontinaed ooatrol. They do not treat of reform as men into whose hearts the iron of oppression baa entered. They viaw it rather as they would a theme in a debating society, or consider it as they would a topic of history. No political Lather has yet appeared amongst them with high, determined objeots and a courage to carry them oat which would pace all the devils in hell; no honest Patrick Henry to tbnnder against violated law and invoke its proper punishment. Who cannot see how tbey mast neces? sarily fall short of accomplishing any object of value? There moat be some? thing more than a sense of a mere party need of reform, even to institute a single one in the State of the hun? dreds that are required. The statements of Mr. Chamberlain to the Courier Journal show an advance upon those made to the New York Times. First, there is an admission that there is "next to nothing" to show for the $12,000,000 increase of funded debt and the unknown floating debt; that the land parohased by the Land Commission for 8700,000 is "a bad, bad speculation;" that while there may have been exaggerations in some particulars aa to the wholesale specu? lations in the public moneys by the State officials, hundreds of thefts have never been mentioned; that it may be, after all, that more has been stolen than the State officials have been charged with stealing; and that the tronble is more in the wasteful way the tax money is expended than in the amount collected. Two other points ia this letter have attraoted oar atten? tion. One is the language in refer? ence to the repudiated conversion bonda: "The Legislature may deolare them frauds, and still they may not be." Tbia ia similar to the terms employed about these bonds by Trea? surer Cardozo, in conversation with New York bond-holders. Does it in? dicate a purpose to galvanize these bonds? It looks, at least, as if Mr. Chamberlain has some arriere pensee about them and moans to leave the question open. What sort of reform would it be, to aaddle them again upon onr poor, debt-ridden, bedevilled State? Finally, what is said about reform itself ia noticeable. Mr. Cham? berlain doea not differ materially from as in tbe idea he entertains of what his party means to do or csn do. Wc have the explanation here of his own luk?'warmuess. He j cap- only follow. He does not aim to lead. Hid party means, ho reform. It osb do true con* ceptiou of wbut it is. And Mr. Cham? berlain, with all bis merits?and tbey aro freely couoeded?is not tbe man to infuse it with any sublime, self-saori doing purpose. < ?* ?? Important to Tax Payers ?In tbe case of tbe State ex rel. tbe Union Bank vs. Wm. Garney, County Tras? Barer of Charleston County, where tho relator tendered bills of the B*uk of the State for payment of taxes, it was decreed by Judge Graham thut ih?j' bills are to be received for taxes duo to the State, but not for taxe* due to the County of Charleston. The case as presented to ..the Court was in no material respect different from the cases.which have been before the Su? preme Court of this State and of tbe United States. The Court considered, therefore, that the question of the re oeivability of tbe bills of the corpora? tion known as the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, for payment of taxes doe to the State, is finally and conclu? sively settled by the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Uaited States and the Supreme Court of this State. The order was also made applicable to all other cases in which tender of such bills has been made aud refused and a mandamus asked for, us was done iu this case. -=-?->-? Southern Women in the Civil War.?In tue August uumber of the Atlantic Monthly appears a paper, with tbe title "A Rebel's Recolleotions," in which the oonduct of Southern wo? men during the war is portrayed. "Many of them denied themselves not only delicacies, but even substan? tial food als?, in order to add to tbe stock of provisions for tbe army. Oue of them was told by u friend that ehe was breaking down her health by lack of proper diet, and answered: 'I know that very well; but I must do the little I can at any cost.' And a mound in a Southern cburoh-yard testifies tl it she meant what she said." Here is an anecdote of u young lady who bad framed a bit of B. F. Butler's hand-writing: "Iu New Orleans, soon after the war, I saw in a drawing-room one day an elaborately-framed letter, of which, the curtains being drawn, I could read only tbe signature, which, to my as? tonishment, was that of General But? ler. " 'What is that?' I asked of the young gentlewoman I was visiting. *' 'Oh, that's my diploma?my certi? ficate of good behavior, from General Butler;' and, taking it down from the wall, she permitted me to read it, tell? ing me at the same time its history. It seems tiiat the young iady had been very active in aiding captured Con? federates to escape from New Orleaus, and for this and other sitniar offences sba was arrested several times. A gen? tleman who kuew General Butler per? sonally had interested himself in be? half of her uud some uf her friends, and, upou making an appeal for their discharge, received this personal note from the commanding General, in which he declared bis willingness to discharge all the others. 'But that black-eyed Mies B.,' he wrote, 'seems to me au incorrigible little devil, whom even prison fare won't tame.' The young lady had framed the note, and she cherishes it yet, doubtless." 8. C. Monument Association, Columbia, S. C , July 15, 1874. At a meeting of tbe Board of Direct? ors of the South Carolina Monument Association, held on Monday, July 13, 1874, the following statement of finances was made by the Treasurer, Mrs. W. K. Bachman: Total amount received, $5,603.16; small expenditures I by authority of the Board of Directors, 8124.63; paid Muldrow & Co., archi? tects of tbe monument, $5,476.53. About $5,000 are still wanting to complete the sum due. The Board of Direotors confidently hope that the different Districts will soon report a sufficient amount collected to enable tbe work to be finished. On motioD, Mrs. Annie DeSaussure was unanimously elected a member of tbe Board. ??y~Papers throughout tho State please copy. --???? For the last half of May the amount of freight delivered at the Fairbanks Rnale Works, St. Johnsbury, Yt., was 2,340 tons. Hard times necessitate the giving and receiving correct weights, and hence the increasing demand for Fairbanks' Scales. Nothing inferior bears this brand. Each year increases its repu? tation at home and abroad, Tho best iron, the best steel, the best of all ma? terial, iu fine, is placed in the hands of tho most skilled mechanics, and the produot is u scale considered the world over as the standard. Quality being the eriterion, there is no scale made in America or in Europe which can, for a moment, oompete with the Fairbanks, and there oan be no oheck to a business conducted on such principles as govern this famous industry. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, tho great colored Waboo, announces himself a oacdidate for Congress from the First Congressional District. Tse Bssb o? ifte Stale. James B. Campbell, Esq., ia a three column letter, to the Charleston News and Courier, explains his relations , to the Brink o! the State, and as aolioitor, likewise, of the Barings Brothera, of Xjbudon, who held the fire loan claim. He also pays his respects to Mr. Isaac W. Hay ue, in some tart and spicy re? marks, delivered in the course of his history of his connection as joint soli oitor with him of the bank aud the Barings. He does not omit to give a shot a* Mr. C. Richardson Miles, who made the repurt, on the part of the Tax-Payers' Convention, which was recently published, upou tin: affairs of the 15 ink of the Stute. We give the portion of this letter which couct-rns tht- writer's transactions with the bank as borrower of its money: "It is true that I did borrow from the Bank of the State fund, just before Judge Carpenter resigned, the sum of $30,000. $27,000 of this loan, upou only a part of the same securities, had been in and was transferred from the admirably managed bank of largest capital in the city. The transfer was for the sake of the lower rate of iute rest. It was upon ample stock securi? ties, certified to by two most respects ble stock brokers, and approved of by every solicitor in the cause, including Mr. Hayne himself, as he admits. A very large sum of the bank fund was lying idle; the presiding Judge was about to resign; a fierce political oou test was beginning; on one 6ide was Gov. Scott, who had already made an earnest, unsuccessful effort to get pos? session of the whole fund, aud it was generally, though erroneously, sup? posed tbe appointing power to fill the vacancy till tba rneutiug of the Legis? lature was with the Governor. The opinion seemed unanimous in favor ol some disposition of the money us a means of safety to it. There is nothiug in this transaction reproachful to any one. I have uo self-reproach m re? spect of it. It is quite true that tbe securities on which the loan rests have sunk in value till they are deplorably insufficient. But it does not follow from Unit fact, nor from tbe per.iotect efforts of such persous as Mr. Hayne and Mr. Miles to cripple the debtors, that there will be a loss by this loan, and, if there is not, it will bo iu spite of their efforts. "It would be neither proper nor wise for me to speak of my resources, but 1 have an unbroken courage, aud faith that rests upon them, that every dollar of it will be paid. I have never avoided my liabilities, whether con? tracted for myself or for others, aud of the latter I have paid since the date of this loan a sum quite equal to? even more than?its face, aud I see no reasou to despair of paying this; I am undismayed before it. There is also due by me a balance of $8,600 on a loan of $26,600, made uuder Judge Graham's administration. The secu? rities for this were ample, bat are now also insufficient; but this balance will, in any event, be paid. It has the preference, for a double reason: First, because it is within my resources, und 1 will not allow Judge Graham to suffer censure or obloquy for ?uy con? fidence placed iu me; aud, second, because the acceptance of the loan was of itself a professional indiscretion aud mistake, whioh I have always regret? ted, never defeuded, but have cen? sured with entire frankness. I do uot uousider myself above professional errors or below the courage to acknow? ledge them and censure myself as freely as I would others. I have never claimed to mitigate this error, or that it was less censurable because not a dollar of the money wont to my owu use, but was directly transferred to the aid of a corporation I was profoundly interested in sustaining. But I am uot responsible to Mr. Miles or the I Tax-payers' Convention for iny profes? sional acts. This $38,600 and what? ever of interest is due thereon is the entire sum due by me on my loans from the bank. Mr. Miles puts them at more than $83,000. "There is another liability of about 811,000 which Mr. Huyne, more truth? ful in this respect than his friend, Mr. i Miles, corractly states, and shows that the bank cannot be a loser by, but may be a gainer; that is to say, whatever my liability may be worth is clear gain. When near about a year ago I under? stood that Mr. Hayne bad applied to Attorney General Meltou, and in? voked the further intervention of the State authorities in this matter, I did not doubt tbe renewed mischief to the fond whioh he would bring about by the alliance he sought, and of which he now complains. Whon, soon after, If urther heard that his correspondence had somehow left the impression that his purpose was aimed more especially at me, I gave immediate orders for tbe sale of my securities at whatever they wonld bring, for the payment of my debt. I was advised thai there would bo a better markot for them a few weeks later. Unfortunately I yielded to this advioo. The panio oame, the securities shrunk to a nominal value, and I am, as things now stand, a loser much more than enough to pay this whole debt. It is a general rule that tbe creditor should seek to strengthen, and not to weaken, his debtor. If I wore the creditor, aud not tbe debtor, I should implore relief from Mr. Hayne, Mr. Miles, tuo Tax-payers' Convention, and the Greek advice and gifts they offer." The store of Mr. S. N. Hart, on Hayne street, Charleston, was found to be on fire on Friday, but the flames were extinguished beforo any serious damage was done; there was conside? rable injury by water, however. Admissions of Mb. Chamberlain.? "Well, < Mr. Obamberlain," said tbe correspondent of tbe Louisville Cou? rier-Journal, ??you see from my card I represent a Western newspaper, tbe Courier-Journal, and I came to you to talk frankly about tbe affaire of South Carolina." O.?"OertaiDbjvsir. I recoguizu in the Courier Journal one of the ablest papers in tbe Uuited States, aud it will afford me pleasure to give you auy in? formation I can." ??What is the preseut debt of South Carolina?" "The fnuded debt is $17,000,000. The floating debt is so flouting that uobody kuows. I suppose, however, 81,500.000. Wheu Gov. Scott eume into office, iu lb'?S, the fnuded debt can 85,000,000 and a iiwle upward '* "What have you got to show for this* debt? Any cancellation nt old obligations, any railroads, any canale, stocks or I'oudh?" "Well, sir, to be candid with you, next to nothing. We did pay the in? terest ou the old debt for three years, about 8900,000, and we bought $700, 000 worth of land in the State for the use of the poor. With the exceptiou of this land, we have not a thing iu the world." "Is that land worth 8700,000 to? day?" "I am afraid not. It was a bad, bad speculation." "Are the reports of the wholesale speculations of public moneys by State officials all true?" "Not all of them, I think. But, whilst there are exaggerations iu some particulars, hnudreds of thefts which have taken place have never been men? tioned by the newspapers. I reckon they about average the truth." '?How about the Legislature repudi? ating 85.000.000 of the d. bt?" "So it did, ou tbe ground that that amount of bouds were fraudulently issued. The Legislature, yon know, may declare them frauds, aud still they may uot be." " The trouble ia," he continued, "uot iu the amount of taxation the people have to pay, fur that is ouly 15 mills, or one cent and a half on one dollar, but in tbe wasteful way iu which it is expended. It all goes to defray the expenses of the State Government. The cost of the Government for the lust fiscal year was uo less than $1,710, 000?that is, it took that amount to cover ail salaries uud legislative- aud judiciary expenses. Not a reut of interest bus been paid since 1871 upon the public debt. Some six or $300, 000 of new bouds have beeu exchanged for old at the rate of 50 per cent, dis? count ou the old, or two lor one." "Is there auy real disposition iu your party to reform ?" "Yes, a little; but whether tbe re? form party is strong enough to amount to anything iu tbe coming election this year, I cannot tell. The great body of the negroes scarcely know right from wrong, or at least their morality is qaite different from our own. In tbe Oise of Wbittemore, a few years since, who sold a cadatship and was turned out of Congress, they all voted for him to go back, uot thinking thut be had committed auy orime whatever." "The people of tbe Uuited States, Mr. Chamberlain, look upou the of? ficials of South Carolina as nothing but a band of rogues. Ii this true?" "I thiuk the reports to some extent exaggerated. Pike, of the New York Tribune, in his book, 'The Prostrate State,' made a great many misrepre seutatious. but wheu u people get to stealing it is natural to exaggerate their crimes. They have stolen a great deal, and it may be after all more than they are accused of instead of less. The great bulk of this 810,000,000 increase ot debt was stolen, besides nil, or nearly nil, the mouey which iu the meantime came in from taxation. It went out, of course, under the head of appropriations for State expenses." \u atrocious murder was commi;ted near the banks of the South Edisto Iliver, iu this County, on the 2d of this mouth. It seems that a white man, named Phillips, had beeu living I with a mulatto girl about fifteen years of age, aud being threatened with ex I posure, determined upou murder, j This be accomplished by inducing bis victim to follow him in tbe direction of Aiketi County, under the promise j that he would "fix bur all right." i I Having got her near the river where bis colored men had beeu stationed to assist him in his hellish design, he got out of his buggy, directing the girl to do likewise, aud shot her. She fell but was not killed, lie then instruct? ed his colorod accomplices to liuish hi? work. They shot her, then, until she was dead. During her death agonies she was delivered of the child begotten by this fiend Phillips. The woman and child were tied together, hung about with irons and thrown into tho river. Ou tbe 1th of this month, however, they wore discovered in a cove by two meu who wero fish ing. The body of tho murdered girl was at onco recognized, aud the se? ducer and murderer snspeoted. Steps were taken by Trial Justice Phillips and others, which led to the arrest of three of the patties. Tbe colored meu confessed their guilt, and that they were to receive $100 apiece for taking a human life.?Orangeburg News, Who is the Fortunate Man??It is impossible to say positively uutit after the 31st of July, 1871, who will draw the oapital prize in the Fifth Gift Con? cert of the Publio Library of Ken? tucky. But if we were to hazard a guess upon tho subject, it would be thut some oue of from fair to middling j luck, who buys a tioket in due time, I ! will draw it. We know, at least, that all the best financial intellects of tho I country entertain this opinion. City Matter ..?Subscribe for the Phoenix. "The bright jilver moon" now. -There is bat one way to obtain busi? ness?publicity; but one way of gain? ing publicity?advertising. Tbc Ander of an oblong onyx sleeve button will be reworded by leaving it at this office. The penalty will be attached to uon liot ?.-e takers by tho city authorities on and ulter to-morrow, July 20. Tbore were seven deaths iu Colum? bia for the week ending tha 18th? whites 2; colored 5. Capt. Jack Little's buggy wan con? siderably damaged, yesterday, UV bis borse runniug off. Tbe bread of life id love: the s.*lt of lift- is work; the sweetness of life is poe'ry; the water of life is faith. A paper in the Mobes interest is spoken of. If reports are to be relied upou, the Governor has been unfortu? nate in his newspaper enterprises. Round trip tickets to New York, t?i? South Carolina Railroad and steamer, can now be obtained at the extraordi? nary low price cf 831.30. Job priutiog of every kind, from a miniature visiting card to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, from Pnoisix office. Try us. Taylor Sc Johnson, of this city, are the contractors for making bricks for the new theatre in Charleston. They turn out over 30,000 a day. A hole sufficiently large to put your bead through was burnt iu the roof of the dwelling on the South west corner I of Laurel and Pickens streets, at au early hour, yesterday muruing No alarm, aud no </tber damage. A Suit, w* are informed, has beea brought against holders of stock iu the Bank of Hamburg, for their liabi? lity for tho bills issued by that bunk; and, iu cousfijnenee, the bills are in great demand aud rapidly appreciating. Some of tbe ladies connected with tbe Sewing Society of the Episcopal Cbup'b propose having a moonlight entertainment on the evening of Thurs? day, the 231 of July. They will be pleased to see their friends on the lawn of the Mule Academy, hetweeu the hours of G>2 ftod 10 P. M. In case of rain, the academy itself has been kindly tendered to them for the even? ing. ltemember tho meeting of tbe Rich land Rifln Club, to-morrow evening, at 3}J o'clock, iu the Walker buildiug, between Messrs. Bryau aud Swaffields' stores. Ninety-six names have been signed to the list?active aud contri? buting members. Officers are to be elected and other business of impor? tance attended to. The organization will, doubtless, prove a very efficient oue, as some, of onr best citizens are connected with it. Grand Concert?One Fare.?In order that the citizeus of Nowberry and vicinity may have an opportunity to attend the grand ooccert that will be given by the Columbia Choral Union for the benefit of the Palmetto Orphan Home, on next Wednesday eveuing, Superintendent Dodamead has kindly offered to take persons from there and return for one fare. As this concert is for a charitable bene? fit, we hope a great many will take ad? vantage of this opportunity to enjoy a tine musical treat. Mail Arrangements.?Northern mail opens 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes 11 A. M., 6 P. M. Charleston opens 8 A. M., 5.30 P. M.; closes 8 A. M.,6 P. M. Wostern opens 6 A. M., 1 P. M.; -loses 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville opeua 6.45 P. M.: oIoscb 6 A. M. Wil miugton opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.30 A.M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to 3.30 P. M. The Concert for the Orphan Home.?Our city readers need hardly to be reminded that tho Columbia Choral Union will give a grand ooncert at Parker's Hall, on Wednesday even? ing, for the benefit of the Palmetto Orphau Home. This is a charity which is commeuded to the support of every person who can appreciate the siguittcance of that sad word. A child deprived of parents! Id this world, no father's protection, no mother's ten? derness! Surely, such child has pow? erful claims upon our sympathy and indefeasible right to substantial aid. Ia the present instance, we can enjoy a double pleasure?the satisfaction of kindly remembering the orphans and of enjoying the best amateur music which tbo city affords. The Choral Union made a reputatiou upon its first appearance. It now adds to its titles to our admiration, careful and con? tinued study, assiduous praotice, am? bition to excel and tho spirit of dedica? tion to the tender offices of bonevo lenoe and humanity. We cannot doubt that the hall wilt he crowded oa I Wednesday night. Reliotous Services To-Day.? Presbyterian Church?Rev. J. H. Bry sop, 11 A. "M. and 8 P. M. Trinity Ouuroh?Rev. P. J. Sband, Rector, 11 A. M. and b% P M. 8t. Peter's Oatholio Church?Rev. J. L. Fnllerton, first Mass 7 A.M.; second Mass 10K A. M.; Vespers ?% P. M. Second Baptist Congregation?Rev. A. M. Cartledge. Services in Boll Street Cbapel. at 11 A. M. Sunday School. 9 A. M. Marion Street Methodist?Rev. W. D. Kirkland, 10WJ A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 9)? A. M. Washington Street Methodist?Rev. A. Coke Smith. 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 9 A. M. Lutheran?Rev. Z. W. Bedenbanorh, 10)$ A. M. Sunday School. 4>? P.*M. Baptist?Ruv. J. K. Meudenball, 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 9 A.M. List of New Advertisements. Meeting Myrtle Lodge, K. of P. Meeting Columbia Lodge, A. F. M. A. G. Breuizer?Residence for Sale. William Price?Cottage to Rent. West 57 Plain Street?To Bent. P. B. Glass?Cypress Shingles. Hoteei An rivals, July 18, 1874.? Columbia Hotel?J O Reems, Va; U R ThomaB, B A Steele, N Y; C T James, Pa; E H Brooks, city; A M Lee, Jr., S C Gilbert, J D Stoney, L Muller. J P Foster, Charleston; W D Kennedy, Augusta; E A Scott, S C; H F Hodgson. Camdeo. Wheeler House?W T Butt, W Scott, Augusta; F B Hacker, Charleston; J W Zimmerman, Batesbarg; J Jenkins, Augusta; F T Miller, oity; J L Cohen, Baltimore; D B DeSaussure. C A Darling, city; W H Tresaot, Pendle tou. Nervous Diseases.?The nervous System exercises a powerful iufiuenoe over tbe digestiou, secretion, nutri? tion, absorption and the circulation of tbe blood, and its purpose seems to be to bind together the machinery of the body aud to combine and harmonize the action of its several parts. Diseases of tbe nerves are more numerous and H?hetive now tbau at any former pe? riod?a result due to tbe luxurious habits of tbe age and to the excite? ment which tbe struggle for wealth and position kindles and inflames. Almost every individual one meets in society, of either sex, is troubled with some nervous uffrotion or other. Among the various medicinal agents recommended by tbe profession or recognized by the general public as nervines, Hostutter's Stomach Bitters occupies the foremost place. Physi? cians of eminence concede to it very extraordinary tonio properties, and its popularity ns an invigorant with all classes of tbe community is indicated by a demand for the article which has distanced competition and is still con? tinually increasing. Men of business, politicians, authors, lawyers, invent? ors, speculators?in short, all who are engaged in exciting pursuits?will find this healthful ?Iterative and restora? tive the most restful oordial for tbe brain and the over-tasked nervous sys? tem that the combined resources of botany and chemistry have yet given to the world. It is agreeable to tbe taste, promotes digestion, regulates tbe liver and the bowels, depurates the blood, and is tbe most helpful elixir in cases of severe mental despondency that ever cheered the depressed spirits of man or woman. J19J8fil Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic.?In the atmosphere experienced here dariug tbe summer months, the lethargy pro? duced by tbe heat takes away tbe de? sire for wholesome food, and frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, particularly those suffering from the effectb of debilitating diseases. In order to keep a natural healthful ac? tivity of the system, we must resort to artificial means. For this purpose, Schenck's Sea Weed Tonio is very effectual. A few doses will create an uppetite and give fresh vigor to the enervated body. For dyspepsia, it is invaluable. Many eminent pbysioiana have doubted whether dyspepsia can be permanently cured by tbe drugs wbioh are generally employed for that purpose. Tbe Sea Weed Tonic, in its nature, is totally different from such drugs. It contains no corrosive mine? rals or acids?in fact, it assists the re? gular operations of nature, and sup? plies her deficiencies. Tbe Tonic, in its nature, so much resembles tho gas trio juice, that it is almost identical with that fluid. The gastric juioe is tbe natural solvent wbioh, in a healthy condition of the body, oauses tbe food to be digested; and when this juice is not excreted in sufficient quan? tities, indigestion, with all its distress 1 ing symptoms, follows. The Sea Weed Tonio performs the doty of the gastric juice when the latter is deficient. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is sold by all druggists. July 9 f 13 Fires ?On Wednesday morning, about 2 o'oiock, thai large iwu-btory dwelling knowu as tbe MoMorries bouse, iu the North-east section of our town, was found to be on fire and so far gone that in a very little while it was burned to the ground. The pre? mises are owned by Rev. J. W. Hum? bert and were ocoopied by J. W. Hay ward. The origin of the fire is not known. The house and effects were covered by insurance. Shortly after daylight several bales of cotton wero found on fire at the warehouse near the depot. Martin Harris was prompt? ly on band with his extinguisher, and saved the burning cotton. There is no doubt of this fire being the work of ao incendiary. [Newberry Progressive Age. Robbers are operating successfully at Long Branch.