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COLUMBIA, 8. C. Wednesday Morning, Nov. 4, 1874. Too Hack Cotton. It is stated in tho October monthly report of the Department of Agricul? ture, tbat it is estimated there are on the Paoino coast in California over 20,000,000aoresof land si i ed to oottm oaltare, or double the area aotoally employed in the cotton States of the Atlantio slope and the Mississippi val? ley. It is further said that this land, under proper treatment, may be made to produce from 10,000,000 to 11,000, 000 bales of cotton per annum; repre? senting a cash value of about $750, 000,000. This statement is, perhaps, highly colored. If admitted to be cor? rect, it proves too much. There is no nse*for the annual yield of 10,000,000 or 11,000,000 bales of cotton, in addi? tion to the crop raised in the cotton growing States. As it is, cottou is not sold at a remunerating price whenever the crop is large, say 4,000,000 bales. Ooe oause now of tbe depression in tbe staple is that goods manufactured from ootton remain unsold, and that manu? factories are in eonsequenoe running only on half time. It is possible that new markets may be found somewhere where the surplus may be worked fK. Tbe lesson to us of tbis state of things, and the prospective opening of more lands for ootton culture, is to diversify onr crops, and seek to secure inde? pendence, by raising every home sap ply tbat we need, and the soil will pro? duce. Tbo Boeptre of king ootton, from one course or another, may eventually be broken in onr hand. We had better, while it is time, look to other sources of power aud profit, and above all things develop whatever re? sources wo bavo. -< ? Influence of Forests] upon Ruin Full. A very interesting question is that of the influence of forests upon rain fall. The reckless way in which tbe wooded growth of tbe country has been sacrificed has been a matter of sincere regret to all who admire tho beautiful, who are concerned about influences whioh tend to promote health and preserve equanimity of cli? mate, valaabledo the life of man, and tbo steady growth of crops. Several earnest addresses upon this subject and many valuable essays huve been produced within a few years. We remember an address by our President of the State Auxiliary Society, Msj. T. W. Woodward, of Winnsboro, deliv? ered in St. Louis, we believe, which we regarded as valuable for its facts and deductions. Our eye has, to-day, chanced upon a brief article descrip? tive of a novel and deoisive test of tbo effect of forest growth on tho quantity of rain whioh fell iu a given time. The observations were made iu tbe forest domain of Hallotte, iu France, and a neighboring cultivated section of country. "Becquerul declares that forests in? crease the amount of rain fall, while Vail laut insists that tbey diminish it, and Muthieu c includes from his re? searches that the amount of raiu water received by forests is equal to or even greater than that reoeived by tbe open country. Dausse states tbat raiu is formed wbeu warm and moist winds encounter cold strata of air; the air of forests being cooler and more humid than that of uncovered soil, a greator quantity of rain should fall iu such localities. In order, if possible to settle the point thus disputed, toe authors have made observations: first, above a wooded section; and, second, at the same elevation at a distance from this eeotion so slight tbat the dif? ference observed can be due to the inflaenoe of tbe forest aloue. In order to carry oat these observations they placed, at an elevation of about six meters above a collection of oaks and elms, whioh were of about twenty years' growth aud about eight or nine meters high, a pluviometer, a Psychro? meter, an evaporometer, and maxi? mum and minimum thermometers, to determine tbe quantity of rain fall, the amount of moisture iu the air, and the variations of temperature and evapo? ration. At a distance of 300 meters from the forest, at tbe same eleva? tion, the same instruments were placed under tbe same conditions over an opun country." The quantity of ruin whioh fell in six mouths of tbe presont year, namo ]y, from February 1 to August 1, was above tbo wooded section 102.50 milli? meters,-and 300 meters away from tbo wooded seotioa was 177 millimeters, or a difference iu favor of tbe forest of 15.50 millimeters. Iu tbo degree of saturation of the air there was tbe ad? vantage; on the forest side of the ex? periment of 1.3 centimes. A pre? sumption was thus fairly raised that forests do possess ao advantage over cleared and cultivated laud iu the in? fluence exerted upon raiu. Had tbe experiment embraced the whole year, with corresponding results for the other six months, it wonld bavo been conclusive Tuero is not much doubt, however, that Iba general oouoIqbiod ia correct that wueu we slay forest trees, we slay valuable friends. Bather should - vre cultivate the beautiful ouatorn bf planting out treee to testify for uV when wd are gone to oar though tfuluesa for the generations Which are to succeed as. ' The man who outs down trees thoughtlessly, is to be pitied; who does it ruthlessly,] has not the tone of any high or tender humanity in him. Death of a Philologist and Au? thor.?Mr. Wm. A. Wheeler, Assist? ant Superintendent of tbe Boston Pablio Library, died at bis home iu Boxbury, Mass., on Wednesday even? ing, after three weeks' illuess. He was ohiefly known in literature as a compiler, having assisted Dr. Worces? ter in 1856 in the preparation of his Unabridged Dictionary, and afterwards assissted in preparing Webster's Una? bridged Dictionary for publication. Under his supervision the latter work was carried through tho press, aud to bim was wholly due tbe appendix, known as a "Dictionary of tbe Noted Namen in Fiction," which was soon after published in an enlarged form, and by which bo is most widely knowu. Harvard gave bim the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1871. The difficulty between Major E. A. Burke und acting Governor Kellogg, of Louisiana, no doubt grew out of a sharp correspondence which passed between them on tbe 27th aud 23th ult., on the Bubjeot of uaturalizatiou papers from the Second District Court. Burke is Chairman of the State Demo? cratic and Conservative Committee on Registration. He pointedly rejeoted a proposition mado by Kellogg con? cerning tbe votes of citizens natural? ized iu that Court, which proposition was, substantially, that tboy bo placed in a separate box, to bo counted or rejeoted as after circumstances might require?that is, to be counted if they would not affect tbe result of tba elec? tions, but to bo rejected if the count? ing of them would elect tbe Demo? cratic tiokets. Figaro's reporter always saw ut the Paris exeoutions an old mau dressed iu black, of distinguished appearance, aud who always took an iuteuse inte? rest iu all the details, and was on familiar terms with all tbe functiona? ries. For a long while tbe reporter was mystified, and finally resorted to an interview. His man proved to be an ex-diguitury of the guillotine. He bad beeu the assistant fur many years of Heindreiuh, the former executioner. He atti-nds tho exooatious out of a feeling oi "home sickness for bin former occupation." He finds tbo presont executions only so-so, and says that Heindreiob was more distingue. In bis retirement he has made him? self a little guillotine, and guillotines rats and mice at his borne, No. 131 Boulevard Mout Pamasse. From Europo come tbe rumors of various dashinge. Prussia and Bussia are said to be at odds; a Spanish ves? sel has tired into a French st-amer; Austria is at loggerheads with the Porte; France is arming, and Ger? many, every new and then, insults bur, just to keep ber blood up; the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs declared, iu bis speech tho otbor day, "tbe exist? ence of a party in Europe hostile to Italy;" Denmark bears no good will to Prussia, and the Schleswig question is still nnsettled. And yet, when war oumes?-as come it will?uot oua of these problems will, in all probability, enter iuto the cause. These little irri? tabilities ouly keep tbe nations iu a fighting humor?tbey are iu the na? ture of tho bauderillas in a Spanish bull fight. Mgr. Theodali, tho Pope's Chamber? lain, previously reported captured by brigauds, has beeu released upon the payment of tbe ransom demuuded, 310,000. He was captured ut the Ab? bey of Trivulti, ucor Frosinone. There be bad been accustomed after dinner to wulk iu tho woodseo a spot whore u chapel to the Virgin has been erected. On the last visit be weut beyond it, but had not proooodod more than five miuutes when five brigands, armed with guns, seized bim uud led bim to the top of an adjoining bill. Oar hard times have reached China. Iu that country the demand for silk? worm eggs is so muoh smaller than usual that there is great distress throughout the country. So if one's resources are shortened ou this side tho 1 world, bis numerous daughters buy fewor silks and tho manufacturer makes fewer calls for his raw material, and so it goes from point to point, aud tho last ripple of our panic is felt, per? haps, in tho middle of the Chinese Empire. Bismarck's real gricvanco agaiust Von Arnim lies deeper thau tbe mure possession of those letters. Homo tights the Prince very bard, even in Berlin, and tbe game of tho ultmmon taue opposition is to get tbe Chancel? lor out of his office uud another man in it; and their candidutu is Von Ar? nim. This is the real sonrco of the animus. Fuuuy ueoision in Franco on an in suranoo case If a house is insured for tbe total value, tho value of the luud must be included in tbe sum, uud may bo deducted by the company from the payment of Joss. So that one must pay premiums for the insurance of ibat which cm not bo destroyed, though be cannot have the benefit of that in? surance. In conversation, a wise man may bo ut a loss bow to begin, but a fool never kuows bow to stop. ?A Bo?y-Hnat<jhkb with thb Corpse of a Young Lady Capiured on a Train.?A owe of body-snttohing was developed in Seymour, Indiana, on Saturday last. On one of tbe laat days of the past week a young lady of ro speotablo family, very popular with her friends, and much beloved in that olty, died of consumption, and was bnriod in the cemetery near that oity. The day after her interment, some near relatives went to the oemetery for the purpose of decorating her grave. But what was their alarm and horror on finding strong indications that the grave had been tampered with?suoh marks as to lead at once to the suspi? cion that tbe body had been removed. As quickly as possible, tbe family aaused the earth to be removed, and, on opening the coffin, their suspicions were verified. The body of the girl had been stolen. The friends and re? latives of the deceuaud instautly set a watch for tbe thief, and endeavored, if possible, to arrest him. Ou Saturday night last, a man got ou tbe E i-t bound train, at Hardeusburg, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and bad bis baggage?a rather small-sized traveling trunk?checked for Cincin? nati. As soon as tbe trunk was put ou board the train, some relatives of the family, who were on tho train, watching for suspicious characters, weut for tbe baggage car, und, disco? vering an unpleasant odor arising from the truuk, bad it opened, and found tho body of tbe young lady closely wedged within it. To get the corpse into so small a space it was necessary to cramp it in u man? ner which indicated that much violent force had been used. Shu was lying ou ber side, with her knees doubled up under ber chin und ber head violently forced over to one side in a corner of the truuk. Tbe muu having charge of the trunk wus immediately arrested, aud when the tram reached North Vernon was taken off, with the truuk audits ghastly couteuts, to await tbe arrival of tbe West bound traiu to take him back to Seymour. When the news reached that pluce the greatest indig? nation was felt umong the people, aud opinions wero freely expressed tbat the body-snatcher would bo Ijuchcd on his return there. Tho body-snatoil? er is a German, bat we were uuablu to learn his name or anything concerning bim. Immediately ufter his arrest be confessed tbe deed, aud said be had been engaged in the business for two years, getting bis subjects from along tbe line of tbe Ohio aud Mississippi Railroad and other roads running luto Cincinnati. The price he said he was paid was 820 a subject. He seemed to be so terribly frightened that be could give no intelligible account of himself or bis confederates. [Louisville Courier Journal, loth. Midnight M?rder ?Mack Thomas, a peaceable and iuoffeusive colored mau, was brutally murdered ut Flo? rence on Friday night last by un un? known assassin, who shot him iu bis bouse by pointing his gun through the door while Thomas was seated at tbe table with his family. A few days previous to tbe murder a bale of cot? ton had been stoleu from the gin house of Mr. L-Jwis, wbicb was in charge of Thomas. The deceased en? tertained suspicions as to tbe identity of the thief, ^hicLi he c imtnBuioated to tho authorities, and the supposed thief, a colored man, bad threatened to kill Thomas for informing on him. This would seem to poiut to the mur? derer, who, however, at the lust ac? counts hud not yet beeu arrested. ? ? ?? ?? j Prepare for the Kino.?We have bad u lord or two and a grand dake, but not a king for many a d-?y. Aud uow a king is coming. He is not. it is j true, a monarch of any portentous power. His navies do not sweep the Southern sens, nor do his invading hosts spread terror and desolutiou through countries. He is uot the kiug of thu Cunnibal Island-, yet be comes very near deserving that lyric appella? tion. His name is Kalakqa, und he reigns in Hawaii. He is a bachelor, is I this visiting kiug, and will probably have time for pleasure as well as for busidess. Those youug ladies, there? fore, who would prefer reigning in Hawaii to sweeping carpets aud knead? ing dough in the Uuited States, bad better commence preparing the caps they are to set at bim forthwith. Fighting at the Mines.?Warlike demonstrations ut Armstrong's mines, near Buena Vista, Pa., betweeu Ita? lians and discharged miners, uro caus? ing considerable excitement among the people in that vicinity. A number of citizens of Buena Vistu and Elizaboth towu called upon the Sheriff Saturday, asking for aid to suppress the trouble. They state that bring is kept up across tbe river during tbe nigbt, tho balls striking bouses, and endangering tho lives of tbe peoplo iu the neighbor? hood. Tho Sheriff has telegraphed tbe Governor, lukiug tbat measures be taken to suppress tbe riotous proceed? ing. ? - New Orleans Picayune: "A Texan scut a letter, unclosing ?10 in green? backs, to a business house iu New Or : leans, but, unfortunately, they bavo failed to receive it. Tho countryman is much surprised ut tho failure, espe? cially as ho marked ou tbe envelope, 'forty dollars enclosed.' Ho writes to tho business houso to hunt up tho missing lottcr, aud a clerk from the establishment was actually inquiring ut tho post office for the missing let? ter." "My dear boy," said a fond until to a very fast living nephew, "don't you kuow tbat iu leading this irregular lifo you are shortening your days?" "It's quite possible that 1 may be shorten? ing my days, but, then, look bow I lengthen my uights," was tbo reply. So?THBBN HlSTOBIOAL SOOIBTX? The Secretary of the Southern His* torics! Scoiety reported to the recent anuaal meeting at Richmond that he had received liberal documentary con? tributions of great value in the pre? paration of the proposed history of the Sonthern Confederacy. The total receipt? of the society were SI,51(3 02 and the disbursements $817.47. There are sixteen life members of the society and 613 annual members. Of the life members two are from Alabama, one from the District of Columbia, one from Maryland, four from Mississippi, two from New York and six from Vir? ginia. Of the auuual members 123 are from Alabama, three from Ar? kansas, nine from the Distriot of Co? lumbia, 182 from Georgia, one from Illinois, sixty-four from Louisiana, tbirty-nino from Maryland, two from Massachusetts, seventeen from Missis? sippi, three from Missouri, seven from North Carolina, nine from Now York, thirty five from South Carolina, twelve from Tennessee, four from Texas, 1UU from Virgiuia aud three from West Virginia. A mistake of the new YoRK Herald.? With all the erudition of the editorial corps of the New York egregious blunder in the use of a word iu the following eeutenco iu an edi? torial ou the l?tb iust.: "Mr. Scott, though elected as a Cameron man, has proved restive." The writer evidently lutuuded to onvey another idea, as the word restive is defiaed by lexico? graphers to denote "luchued or dis? posed to rest or stand still." There will, however, be much restlessness with m.iuy after the lUth of November uext, wbeu they learu thut they have missed the chance of making a fortune by failing to embark in the enterprise of the Masonic R ?lief Association, of Norfolk, Va., which at its (Jraud Gilt Concert will distribute a number of large prizes. For particulars, address H. V. Moore, Secretary Masonic Re? lief Association, Norfolk, Va., or au authorized ugeut of the ussociati u. Tue Administration method of re? construction is commented upon by the Louisville Courier ?Journal; "Tue South is dick of this sort of surgery. It is beiug tortured und ruiue-d by it. It will never recover its health if it be uot subjected to a different treatment. Louisiana already asks a military go? vernment aud martial law iu prete-r encu to thu corrupt civil government which she tried to displace. South Carolina would welcome un emperor. All of us would prefer uu umpire if we were sure of uo escape from the intole? rable aggrcs-dous of the Radical policy; aud that is all that we have ever said touching a third term, which we should deplore as thu beginning of the end of free government in America. Our love for free government is only the more ardent as we see it sliding away from as; it is our faith that has waned until it has nearly died out." A Little Girl's Suicide.?Teresa Grossell, agod six years, of Newark, N. J., was found on Tuesday afternoon by hor mother banging dead in a wash home. The child bad been swinging, aud hud made u uoose of the rope by tying the looso end of the swing to a beam Th*?n !>h? drew herself uo, us is supposed, by bor bands, and placing her head in the twisted uoose, swung oil'and was strangled. Wbeu found, she was stiff and cold. A gentleman recently from Now Orleans informs the Providence Press that just Ifeforo be left to come North he was shown u fine estate, iu a most desirable part of the city, and told that he could have the use of it if he 1 would pay the taxes. This illustrates the onerous rule which bus prevailed iu Louisiana, aud explains why busi? ness is at a stand-still. Cattle drovers tried to drive u droro 1 of cattle across the Macou aud Bruns? wick Railroud the other day as the down train was approaching. Result: Fifty feet of road toro up, thirty eight head of cattle killed, live cars smashed aud the engineer aud lire man slightly bruised. lie was a billiard player of some note. Ho went out hunting, und one of his shots weut very wide of the mark. "Cau't you do better than that?" said the person accompanying him. "Y-e-s," be said, "of oourse; but I never was good on a straight shot, and so I tried to oarrom on it." Some time ago a Parisian manager, not so rich as they are boro, borrowed u twonty frauo piece of a Bohemian, and the Bohemian has lived ou the enfe men ever siuco ou tho tradition that "a manuger bud accepted a piece from him." "Do you know why you aro liko tbo j third term?" said Susan Jaue to her brother, who lingered to talk with hor Adolphus after the old folks bad re tired. "No, I don't." "Well," ro plied bis saccharine sist r, "its because you're ouo too muny." At tho Paris Morgue, here was cx ! posed this month the bony of a young j woman, aged about twon y, so won drously beautiful that thu authorities caused a mould to be taken of her. i She was si ? u to throw lien elf into the j river. j A Sau Juan miner who has been ? prospecting in South-western Colo | rado, has found a whole forest of petri? fied trees, with petrified birds sitting on the limbs siugiug pulrilied songs. All sorts ol fan is poked at tho no ! initiation of Aver for Congress, in ! Massachusetts. Tho Boston (Hobe 'says: "No ballots geuuiuo without tho I signature of J. C. A}er k Co." Of a lawyer und doctor, walkiug 1 arm in arm, ono said: "Those two uro j equal to ouo high wuyintu:?your j mouey or your life." Cmr aIattbbs.?Subscribe for the Phoenix?don't borrow. "Suffering from wet groceries" is prevalent of late. Difference of a vowel: Murre 11 and Merrill J. It- Clark haa been commissioned a Trial Justice for Biobland. Transient advertisements and no? tices must bo paid fur in advance. This rule will be adhered to hereafter. Thanksgiving only tbreo weeks off, and turkeys are shaking in their bouts like mad. Job printing uf every kind, from a miniature visiting card to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, from Phoenix office. Try us. Supreme Court Decisions? Tues? day. November 3, 1874.?John R. Welsh, respondent, vs. Andrew J. Kibler, appellant. Motion dismissed. Opinion by Wright, A. J. Ex parte Hewitt el ai, respondents, in re flaw et ux., vs. Nelson el al., up pollants. Motion granted. Opinion by Wright, A. J. ;l ul akranobments.?Northen ui u i opens 0.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes 11 v. M., 0 P. M. Charleston opent8 A. Al., 5.30 P. M.; closes8 A. M.,6 P. M. Western opens 6 A. M., 1 P. M.; closes 6, 1.30 P. M. Groonville owous tj.45 P. M.; closes ? A. M. Wil? mington opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.30 A.M. On 3uuday open from 2.30to 3.30 P. M. The Election.?The election passed off very quietly iu this city yesterday, uud, us far as we have beuu able to learn, was equally peaceful throughout the Cuuuty. We have not received any returns from any of tho precincts up to the hour of going ta press, und as there cau be nothing gained by Pub? lishing suppositions or opinion* of the result, we forbeir to draw conclusions, and will await tbo returns of the inauiigors. There were several rumore in the city yesterday of difficulties, aud eveu homicides, iu two or three Counties in tho State, but as we have no positive information in regard to them, wo are not disposed to credit the rumors. Carelessness With Fire.?Ai the season bus arrived when fires become necessary iu dwellinge and places of business, tbe danger of conflagrations increases. In all tbe essays which have ever been written upon the un? deniable truth tbat "great effects pro? ceed from little causes," one of tbe most fumiliar and universal illustra? tions employed is fire. We are always pointed to the fact tbat the most de? structive fires bjfce small beginnings. A spark whiofj i tumbler of water might have o/aenehed, left to itself, destroys whol/ii tqitfos, involving the ioss of millioios. AiCOW kicks over a lauteru in a stable, aW the most valu? able part of a large city is destroyed. A burning cigar or match oarolessly cast aside, or a grate tire left un watcbud, often cause immense confla? grations. During tbo yoar ending December 31, 1S72, there were, in New York city alone, 439 fires caused by want of ciro with matches; 198 by de? fects in flues aud heating aud cooking apparatus; 140 by foul chimneys; 17 by hot ashes und coals. Thus, among 1,390 tires, the total number in tbat city duriug tbe year named, 800?a fraction over 57 per cent.?might bave been prevented by ordinary care. During tho year ending 31st Ma.cb, 1374, there wero in Chicago 110 fires caused by "carelessness," and to matches, defective and foul obimneys, stoves aud gas-pipes wero attributable 101. The inspector of buildings in Boston, in 1S73, reported 529 danger? ous chimneys and dofective flues. These same mischievous matches and defective tl les and defective heating and cooking apparatus in twelve cities, not including Now York, Boston aud Chicago, caused 600 flres during the year 1872. Important lessons of care aud caution ought to be learned from tboso figures. Fire-places, stoves, flues and chimneys ought to bo exa? mined carefully and often. Cigar ends and matches oogbt not to bo incau? tiously disposed of. They are small thiugs in themselves, but never forgot tho old suying, that "great effects pro? ceed from little causes." Tuojnixiana.?Waste not?neither timo, money nor talent. Tho flowers of spoecb spring from the root of tbo tongue. I No man was ever written out of a I reputation but by himself. Many young people think uu idle j life must be u pleasant one. i Dates, according to most womou'.s j ideas, are tho true forbiddou fruit. There is nothing that will let tbe J light into tho soul like personal in? fluence. Who has not looked up from his lit ^lo life-world and seon no cheering i sun above him?nothing but a heavy, I leaden sky hanging over? Hotel Akrivalh, Novemhkh 2. Bendrix Bouse?J R Bryan, Williams burg; S ? Caogbman, Lexington; D McQueen. W A Cooper, P P Cooper. Somter; J H Stewart, Winneboro^F E Smith, Y?rvvjii8; w A yja&0t #3 Duncan, Vs; B Froneberger, Charles tOD; 0 D Farrar, O H Sloan, N Y; M O Teaadule, Philadelphia; H Fontaiu, Ohio; A G Bookman, Fairfield. List of New Advertisements. Meeting Bioblaod Lodge. W. P. Mix?Final Notice. FuncnaoTT, Benedict & Co., Charles? ton, S. G, are offering one of the largest stocks of Dby Goods and Cab pets in the United States. Parties in want of the same will save from 25 to to 30 per cent, by ordering from them. They are prepared to Bend samples on application. All retail orders over $10 will be sent free of charge to any part of the Southern States. Remit by P. O. Order, Express or Draft drawn to onr order, or Goods will be sent C. O. D. 017 Consumption Can Be Cubed.? tichenok's Pulmonio Syrup, Schenok's Sea Weed Tonic, and Sobenck's Man? drake Pills, are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary Consump? tion. Frequeutly mediciues that will stop a cough will occasion the death of the patient; they lock up the liver, stop the circulation of the blood, he? morrhage follows, and, in tact, they clog the action of the very organs that caused the cough. Liver Compluint uud Dyspepsia ere the causes of two thirds of the oases of Consumptiou. Many persons com? plain of a dull puin in the Bide, consti? pation, coated tongue, pain in the shoulder-blade, feobugs of drowsiness and restlessness, the food lying heavily on the stomach, accompanied with acidity and beicbing up of wind. These symptoms usually originate from a disordered condition of the stomach or a torpid liver. Persons 60 affected, if tbey take one or two heavy colds, aud if the cough in these cases bo suddenly cbeoked, will ?nd the stomach and liver clogged, remaining torpid and inactive, and al? most before they are aware, the lungs are a mass of sores aud ulcerated, the result of which is death. Schenck's Palmouic Syrup is an ex? pectorant, which does not contain opium or anything calculated to check a cough suddenly. Sobenck's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food, mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids digestion and creates a ravenous appetite. When the bowels are costive, akin sallow or the symptoms otherwise of a bilious tendency, Sobenck's Mandrake Pills are required. These medicines are prepared only by J. H. Schenck & Son, N. E. corner Sixth aud Arch streets, Philadelphia, and are for sale by ull druggists and dealers. Oot 11 fid Malaria Evebtwhebb.?Barely has there been a season as fruitful as this of malarious diseases. Not only on the prairies and in the valleys of the West; not merely in all the old haunts of fever and ague and bilious remit? tent fever have these prostrating dis? eases been unusually virulent; bat tin j have exteuued io towns and cities never befo-e infested with them, and have even ascended the mountains and attacked thousands of people supposed to have been placed by the laws of na? ture above their reach. Henoe we are compelled to admit that a fata] ele? ment pervades cue universal air this season, und should at once resort to the only approved preventive of its consequences, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a tonic so potent, an antiseptic so perfect, an alterative so irresistible, and a stimulant so pare, that it enables the human system to resist aud baffle all tho predisposing causes of disease. With the confidence that one clothed in incombustible garments might move among blazing buildings, the man who arms himself against mularia with tbis powerful defensive medicine may walk a fever-scourged district fearless of its insalubrious atmosphere. The intermitteuts and remittents, at pre? sent bo general in all parts of the conntry, may be but the fore-runners of a deadlier scourge. Prepare the system with Hostetter's Bitters for a successful battle with the mephitio causes of all epidemics. Be wise in time. All the disorders common to the season may be held in abeyance by tbis potent antidote: They may also bo ejected from the system, after they have made a lodgment there, by its persevering nee. It is, therefore, mo? ral insanity for any family to be with? out it. Nlffit Business Necessities.?In these days of progress, most enterprising firms use every means of pntting their names before their customers. In no way can this be moro conveniently and attractively done than by using Printrf Letter Headings and Bill Heads. Thffr have como into such general use by Merchants, that one soems old fashioned who doe., not ose them, and the custom should bo generally adopted by the Country Merchants. Walkeb, Evans & Cooswell, Charleston, S. G, furnish Letter and Bill Heads of all grades, and at tho most reasonable prices. Send to tbem j for samples and prices. By the wny, Messes Walker. I Evans & Cogswell are gettiug up aud selling like hot cakes, some excellent books for our Merchauts. Ouo, tho Merchants' Cotton Book, for keeping correct accounts of purchases and shipments of Cotton; the other, the Merchants' Bill Book, for readily kuowing how the payments on their customers' notes and accounts stand. Both books are exceedingly complete, and answer the purposes exactly. 017