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CQLUMBIA,S.C, Friday Morning, May 21, 1875. Better Era Approaching; v Wituin a few months the political sen? timent of the country 1ms very peroe'pti hly hecomo more conciliatory nnaV just towards the Southern State?.; The in? crustation of a bitter prejudice' and hide? bound bigotry has been broken through, and the last Congress, which assembled ready,to go. to any extreme of so-called legal expression, which has usually meant persecution and oppression of the South, rounded od its action before ad? journment i with an exposition of the Louisiana 'frauds, with a defeat of tho nefarious Arkansas scheme, and with a virtual reprobation of the use of force in the modification of the Civil Bights Bill, and in the rejection of the odious * forco biB. Congress only acknowledged what it could no longer deny. Public opinion has, in a large measure, liberated itself from the control of hacks and po? liticians of the baser sort, who have feasted opd flourished in prejudice, and mado merchandise and profit out of de? traction. The people have hurst through the customary trammels, and under the enlightened' teachings and fearless ex? posures of the independent press have moved on far beyond the hide-bound as? sociations in which they.wcre held. This advanced position of the masses has made itself felt in Congress and even reaohed the Cabinet of President Grant It is because it is recognized that Attor? ney-General Williams has been forced into retirement The new em requires better men in responsible positions. In? cumbents of office have to walk the plank like Williams, or like Secretary Bristow must show their faith by their works. His pursuit of the abuses in his j department of the internal revenue sor vioe testifies to the quiet but decided re? volution which is sweeping over the country. The pressure against Delano has tho same meaning. We need not refer to the popular elec- j tions for confirmation of what we have said. We have in view rather their ef? fect on the class which is hardest to move in this country and the latest to recog nizo any wholesome change. Office? holders are prone to take up the idea that they are above tho people, are prac? tically irresponsible und their powers unlimited. Such is the official opinion at Washington and everywhere until it is rebuked and taught bettor?a lesson which it is now oonscious of receiving every day. In connection with this, the anniversary of the great event which heralded the separation of the American colonies;from the mother country and resulted in their independence, is com? ing like another sun, putting to flight the evil birds of night, dissipating dark? ness and gloom, bringing light and joy and healing in its wings. All foel the awakening of new hopes, all look for the return of a long lost cordiality between sections, races and parties. ;-^tH The Grand Jury. The report of the grand jury was read by . Mr. LyBrand, yesterday, before the Court. The labors of this body have been long, continued and earnest It has made a .large number of present? ments, shouldering in one notable case the responsibility which properly do volved upon the City Council. It might have gone further in certain directions, but it has done well and deserves the thanks of the community. We arc pleasod to learn that it has had an eye to the country as well as the city, and re? ports: the roads in improved condition. Its recommendation to put a prohibitory tax on the retailing of intoxicating liquor in tho country is well worth considering, and a similar measure, if it would only diminish the vice of drinking here, would bo hailed with satisfaction by most citizens of Columbia. The present grand jury has made a good beginning. It has important functions. Wo trust that it will prove equal to their faithful and fearless discharge when its season of activity comes round again' in the fall. '-:? Bhaix axd Nebve Aotion,-tM. Helm holts claims to have ascertained, by most carefully conducted experiments, that sensations are transmitted to tho brain with a rapidity of about 180 feet per second, or at one-fifth the rate of sound, and that this is nearly the same in all in? dividuals; also, that the brain requires one-tenth of a second' to transmit its orders to the nerves which preside over voluntary motion, this amount varying, however, muoh in different individuals, and in the same individual at different times, according to tho disposition or the condition at the time, and is more regu? lar tho more sustained'the attention. M. Helmhohz likewise finds that the time required to transmit an order to the muscles by the motor nerves is nearb/ tho same as that required by the nerves of sensation to pass a'sensation; more? over, it nasses nearly one-hundredth of a second before the muscles aro put in motion^ The whole, operation requires one-anaVa-quartfeX to * two-tenths of a second/ M It is no more flgUTo of rhetoric, thereft^'141speak of i/J min^'that is actiyo and ardent, or one that is slow or cold. Miss Eastman, of Boston, speaks of "eyes as bright as buttons on an nnoel's undfcMlothingj* It is 'a startling com parison, rmd the melancholy part of it is the suggestion that ire fellows have got to be troubled with buttons over there as well as over here. "Christ Kxuuhb."?In thin goodly tswn, no*lcrng since, a little pirl oT He? brew parentage, on returning borne from school, said: "Father, what is the meaning of Ohrat-kUler?''.- fir i *? "'AT ?[?"fVhy do jbu ask, my daughter?" a|dd tho parent -i $ "Because, while, one of the girls was angry with me, to-day, she called ma a little Christ-killer." It*i8 needless to say to the reader that volumes are embniced in that incident. It illustrates in tones unmistakable, the impudence and injustice of thousands in this land of civil and reHgious liberty. It illustrates the blindness of that igno? rance whioh fails to realize the true cha? racter and the true history of the He? brew -people.* It ignores the lights of history. Omitting all allusion to the grand tenets of Chistianitv, in which we are humble but sincere believers, it sinks into oblivion of prejudiced ignorance, the grand truths of Hebrew history for 1,875 years. It failB to grapple with the sublime truth that to the Jewish race, more than any other source, wc are in? debted for the preservation of history, learning and letters during the centu? ries of too dark ages?that to that race in Spain, through hundreds of years, civili? zation owes its preservation, and other countries of Europe debts of grntitudo mountains high in the long road from barbarism to wealth, elegance and re? finement. It spits upon the fact that Jewish beggars and Jewish drunkards are rare as diamonds. It refuses to know that the Jewish poor never, in any coun? try on earth, became a charge to the Sublic. It forgets that for 1,875 years ews have, with rare exceptions, been a proscribed and persecuted race to the end of the earth, and yet, that to-day ! they are law givers in tho most enlight? ened, prosperous and liberal countries of the world. It refuses to acknowledge that tho Jews have all this time been tho friends of humanity, the patrons of learning, of science, of commerce, of liberty. Despite the jibes and flings of un? thinking men, women and children, no Hebrew has any cause to hang his head in shame by a fair comparison with any other race. "A nation without a coun? try," they have done as much, and are now doing as much, the world over, as any other nation, to break down the bat? tlements of hate, and spread over the world the spirit of peaceful intercourse and true humanity. Tho American Mason of to-day may go to any Masonic lodge to tho uttermost parts of the earth and enter tho portals of that great em? bodiment of benevolence, and there, as a friend and brother, tried and truo, he will find the Jew. Go into the street seeking alms for the distressed, and tho lost man to say nay will be the Jew. These thoughts rushed upon us on hearing tho incident above related, and we felt the blush of sorrow tingle our cheek. It is sad to realize that at this age mere thoughtless prejudice is allowed to sway the judgments of our children in matters so sternly appealing to,our sense of justice and our know? ledge. How much better to pluck the beam from their own eyes and leave the mote in the eyes of others? [Dalian (Texas) Herald. The Troy Times, too, pretending that all the hate comes from the South, puts in its malignant thrust at the dying form of John C. Brockinridge. So does the Hartford Post; whilo Senator Mor? ton's organ at Indianapolis fairly exudes with indecent venom. "When Leo died, the conduct of the Government and the temper of the Radical press were mean (in the last dogrec, and therefore wo need expect nothing but a similar outburst of Saltry rage when the breath leaves reckinriuge. We have reason to thank God that this is not the spirit which animates tho generous masses of tho North. It is the expiring venom of tho party of hate and vengeance wreaking its pusillanimous passion upon the de? fenseless and the weak. More Factories and Better Ones.? The factory men, Messrs. Sampson, Hall A Co., have secured the water power at the "Falls" from Squire McBee, and will proceed to erect another factory?an immense one this time?for the manu? facture of cotton goods. It is rumored that two factories will probably bo erect? ed?one on each side of the "Falls," ?where McBec's grist mill and Cagle's planing mill now are located. [Ureencille Enterprise. One of those "prominent Southern Republicans" has been writing to the Chicago Tribune that the Southern peo? ple are preparing for another war, and that the negroes will help them estab? lish another Confederacy. He concludes by remarking that "the* only means to prevent this is the maintenance of the Republican party South." The absurdity of this scheme is so apparont that the Tribune, itself Bays: "We publish these views merely as curiosities, and disavow any sympathy or respect for them." President Grant announces that he cannot attend the Bunker Hill celebra? tion on the 17th prox. Naughty corre? spondents insinuate that he is deterred by the dread of being obliged to pay his railroad fare, as on the occasion of his last visit to Massachusetts. This is in? correct, however, as tho Government steamer Tallapoosa lies at the Washing? ton Navy Yard, and might be utilized. That vessel is assigned tho duty of carry? ing the President and family to Long Branch next month. If the Republicans do not intend to nominate Judge Taft for Governor, they should talk about some other man. Judge Taft is the only strong man, of high oharacter and real personal foroe to put into a campaign, whose name ap? pears in the newspapers as a possible Republican candidate. Judge Tart might be elected Governor. If nominated, he .would he a power in the land. A small political brigadier, who runs on a skim milk diet, cannot beat Governor Allen. [Cincinnati Commercial., Misfortunes never come singly. A Kentucky man lost his barn hy . fire last winter; one month later, three of his horses died; soon after he had eight hogs stolen; and now his mother-in-law ban come to stay with him until the 4th of July. ' Dr. Konealy announces himself as the prophet of a new religion in a book of more than 2,000 pages. The general be? lief in London now is that1 the Doctor is oh mad as a-March hare. ! .?? /'.to f? II f'f > '? ?' i'i . > ?.< nn Touohenbd Glass.?The Paris oorres -pendent WVh8"lX1idb**Wii?sf reclfiljf wrote to that journal an account of .some toughened glass, known as. Bastio glass, which has been exhibited'^jjsfbro thevSo cicty'fbr the Encouragement of Manu? factures. Thin plates of tho glass were thrown on a tiled floor, fronY*> height pf nine feet, without being broken, and were afterwards flung against the walls with considerable force, but without In? jury. Some pieces were broken with blows from a hammer, but there was an entire absence of continuous oraoku from the fracture. Where tho hammer took effect the glass lost adhesion and trans? parency, and was reduced to granular 'particles. No description was. given of the process whereby this glass is pro? duced other than this: "The resisting temper of the Bastio glass is obtained by menus of a chemical bath, to which it is subjected when hot from the furnace." A patent has been taken out for the pro? cess by the inventor, M. de la Bastie, and a large building, to cost $025,000, is now being built for its manufacture. It is said that this malleable glass can he used for the manufacture of frying-pans and other cooking utensils, as well as for gloss chimneys for lamps and gas burners. A quiet game of draw, quarter ante, was in progress, the other evening, at Chicago. One of the party managed to get a heart flush, ace at the head, out of the deck, and hud it in his lap, waiting a chance to play it. Presently the chance came. The guileless gentleman counted out $40 better with one hand, and quietly went down with the other hand for that flush. It wasn't there. He had to play his original hand. Two of tho party called his $40 better, and one of them in tho show-down produced the identical heart flush that he had been at such pains to secure. He knew it was the same, for the ace was crimped just as he had done it. The secret was, that Ira Wctherbee's dog, "Potscy," had quietly put his noso in, picked up the flush, car? ried it around to his friend, wagged his tail knowingly, and walked oft'. It is sufficiently proved that the found? ers of the nation wero in favor of rota 1 tion in office, and feared long or con? tinuous Presidential terms as dangerous. [The traditions of their wiadom stdl sur jvivo in the popnlar prejudice against any one man holding the Executive seat i for more than eight years. Their exist? ence is the best evidence of the folly of the third term sensation in the present time, and that it can never be more than what Mr. Nast has pictured it?a phun tom with ass' ears.?Baltimore American. The King of Burmah rceentlv pre? sented $30,000 to the Ceylon Govern? ment, to keep in repair "the Buddhist monuments in Ceylon. There is a mo? nument at Washington, designed to per? petuate the memory of George Washing? ton, which stands a commentary on the indifference and neglect of his country? men, which could be completed if there was somewhat of the Burmese veneration left in the. land. Rome months ago, Dr. Cole, of Van Wert, O., was put off a train between Perrvsburg and Toledo, on the Dayton and Michigan Bead, because he refused to pay more than the legal fare, throe cents per mile. He brought suit against tho company for $5,000 damages, which resulted in his favor, the jury awarding him $3,500. A young lady in Milwaukic undertook to climb a ladder that had been left standing against the sido of a house, but before she had gone a quarter of tho way up quite a crowd assembled, per? ceiving which she began at onco to de? scend, observing with much feeling: "Well, now, there ain't going to be no free circus hero this afternoon, you bet." Captain Lawson has astonished the geographers, by discovering a mountain six miles high, on tho Island of New Guinea. This is a mile higher than Mt. Evarest, of the Himalayan range, hitherto believed to be the highest mountain in the world. It is rather singular that such a protuberance has not been seen before. The bankruptcy of 1837 boro fruit in the defeat of Martin Van Buren. There is now a tougher customer to deal with, and stronger fortifications to carry; but if the present sore stress and evil times in tho land do not get Cront out by 187fi, it will be because our Ciesar has already crossed his Rubicon.?St. Louis limes. There was a prompt case of justice in Richmond the other day: A man named Smith visited the penitentiary in the morning to see n friend; in the evening ho stole fifty dollars; next day he was tried, convicted, nnd sentenced, and the same night he slept with his friend in the institution ns a regularly initiated member. At Louisville, recently, the approaches to the city at an early hour in the morn? ing were guarded by the police, who took from each incoming milk wagon a sample of its contents. These samples wore aftorwords analyzed, and the milk? men whoso milk was found below a cer? tain standard are to ho prosecuted. On a reoent trial in Wales to test tho validity of a will, it was proved that in 1869 tho testator became impaired in in? tellect to such an extent that ho went to the post office with a postage stamp on his forehead, and requested to be sent to a placo ho mentioned. A young woman in Macoupin County, 111., recontly sawed a oord of hard wood in 105 minutes, cutting eaoh stick twice. Pretty and not quite eighteen, she per? formed this feat because her mother tlod her that she was good for nothing but to read novels. A painting has just been discovered at Pompeii, which is tho most important brought to light up to the present in the destroyed city. It is an illustration of the story of Laoooon. The painting is in a good state of preservation and the oolors are not much faded., Charles Bcade is the author of a little biography of Winwood Beade, his no phew, in whioh he says "The Outcast," the now novel of Winwood Reade, iust Snblished, was written with the hand of oath upon the author. Deaths in Charleston for the wook ending May 15, 42?whites, 10; colored, 32. The striking printers' new daily, the Washington Tribune, has made its ap >pearance. I The first wealth is health. hidden treasure by workmen employed on Staten Inland, the other day, has a romantic interest. The place where the gold was discovered is an old manor house oconpied by George Dongan, Earl of Limriok, in colonial times. Tho peer dreamed one night that a large amonnt of gold was -hidden beneath the soil of tho garden. Ho related this dream to his retinue, and his lordship, according to tradition, commanded a detachment of his soldiers, to flog and scorch John Bodine, the owner of the estate, into the mood of making known the hiding place of this treasure. They con? founded his ignorance with obstinacy, and tortured him almost to the point of death. Several of his children had dreams similar to those; of the cruel lord, and repeatedly upturned the gar? den earth. Some time ago the property came into the possession of a gentleman who rented it to Mr. H. C Windsor, pay? ing tellor of tho Mercantile Bank. Sud? denly be and Iiis family disappeared. Then it becamo known that be was an apparent defaulter. For years after? wards stangers' voices sounded in the old house, and strangers' faces appeared at the windows. While digging about the premises, the workmen came upon a buried treasure in gold coin to the amount of $20,000. In consequence, every well-regulated familv in the neigh? borhood has bought a spade and a crow? bar. He was a rich American in Paris, who discovered that an unpleasant looking fellow followed him every day from morning till night. He became uneasy, and diplomatic inquiry was made whether the man who watched was eon nected with the police. As a result of such negotiation, the unpleasant person was arrested, and proved to be a gather? er of butts of cigars. The rich American only smoked famous brands, and only smoked them half Up,"and it paid to fol? low him. About a year ago a very diminutive Troy man was married, and in due sea? son found himself a happy father. Last I Friday night his wife, as she supposed, I lifted the infant Over by her side. She did not discover her error, however, until she tried to force a dose, of syrup down the. infant's throat, when she* was startled by hearing her spouse exclaim, "What in thunder are you about?" The good lady had mistaken her ??hubby" for the babe. It is to be observed of a regular adver? tiser that he is a man who is pretty sure to be prosperous in business; generally stands Al among bis neighbors; always wears a clean shirt; never parts his hair in the middle; never postpones his pew rent until the last quarter day, and, when he dies, succeeds in being buried in a first-class rosewood collin with satin linings and a handsome silver door-plate, without provoking a riot among bis heirs. A carpenter who was repairing a barn in Plymouth County, Mass., away from any human habitation, was so unfortu? nate as to throw his ladder to the ground. Being a stout man and not young, he dared not jump; so ho sat on the. ragged edge of that barn the rest of the dav and all the night, until he was rescued by a tramp, who for once in his life was made useful. If you call on a lady friend at this season, and she suddenly leaps from her chair, clasps her hands together, darts about like a hen after a grasshopper, and shrieks "kill the wretch," do not be alarmed; she is only seeking to destroy the festive moth who had ventured out for an airing. "Feel sick? Been moving?" said a gentleman upon encountering a friend who seemed to bo laboring under con? siderable depression of spirits. "No; nothing ofthat sort," he replied. "Only my wife's been taking medicine, going on four months, now, and the drug clerk hasn't made a fatal mistake yet." St. Louis is a nice place for a hungry man. The directary will tell him where he can find: 1 Oyster, 1 Bawe, 13 Frvs, 0 Fish, 4 Salmon, 1 Trout, 1 Shad* 1 Mackeral, 1 Forges, 8 Pikes, 2 Fowles, 2 Chicks, 7 Hams, 3? Lambs, 4 Pickles, 1 Pudding, 2 Pyes, 2 Figges, 2 Nutts, 2 Coffees, 2 Segers. "And now, Mrs. Sullivan," said the counsel, "will you be kind enough to tell the jury whether your husband was in the habit of striking you with im? punity?" "Wid what, sir?" "With im? punity." "He was. sir, now and thin, but he struck me oftener wid his lisht." "On which side of the platform is my train?" asked a stranger in aJcrsay City depot the other day. "Well, my friend," replied a gentleman passing, "if yon take the left, you'll be right, if you take the right, you'll be left." A cruel joke at the expense of those la? dies who are perpetually striving to gain a hearing in the press, has been going the round of literary circles, to the effect "that they look much better in muslin than in print." A gontlman attached to the intellectual department of a New York journal has just broken off his engagement with an heiress, because ho caught her scratching her head at tho dinner table with the hanblo of her fork. A deer, owned in tho County of Limerick, Ireland, recently jumped over a wall thirteen foot in height It had been separated from his companions, and to rejoin them took this extraordi? nary leap. Highway robbers continue their dopre dations in California, and make it lively for passengers. A short time ago, the express safe was taken from a coach, and on another occasion the passengers were forced to shell out. The Bev. Themas Beeclier of Elmira, N. Y., opened a dancing party with prayer the other evening, after which he said, "Now, boys, form on and I'll see you dance once, and then go home." A banana skin caused two men to trip and swear, but the third one who came 1 along had a cane in his hand, with I which ho tossed the slimy offender into the streot Blessod be oan- un! According to the census of Austin, I Texas, just completed, the city contains : a population of 12,438. Five years ago i it had only 4,428 inhabitants. A rovolver with which five of its pre ? vious owners had committed suicide, was sold at auction, in Paris, the other Jday. ml I lend your Pirasix, suggest to the wonld be borrower that he had better subscribe. Beading matter on every page. . Enjoyment stops where?? indolence begins. A poor, idle man, cannot be an honest man. A friend indeed is on" who is not in n?ed. The worst men often give the best ad? vice. H?-* who often swears distrusts his own word. Even the laziest boy can sometimes catch a whipping. Attention is directed to the announce? ment of the German pie-nie. Wo shall refer to it hereafter. Now that the irrepressible Leslie is squelched, the indefatigable Kirk turns up in a l?tter to the Xe.tcs ami Courier. Many editors are of such a peacful na? ture that they will not put a head on ono of their editorials. Columbia and vicinity was visited by a refreshing and much needed rnin yesterday afternoon. The carrier on the upper route being sick, subscribers North of Plain street will please call at this office for their papers. Dull times are best for advertisers. What little trade is going they manage to catch, and pay expenses at least, while others grumble ut the loss of trade. With the newspapers as a life-preserver, they cm tloat over the troubled seu, while others are catching at straws, or sinking. Now for the Bunker Hill Centennial, June 17. Now if the rest of the "Old Thirteen" keep up tho centennial thun? der as fast as the events come around, the winde hori/.ou will blaze with celebrations for a year to come, and by the time the grand culmination comes at Philadelphia, the patriotic fever will be at burning point. Dr. B. M. Palmer's life of the late Rev. Dr. Thornwell, of South Carolina, is to embalm and perpetuate the memory of Dr. Thornwell. and incidentally to pro? vide for the necessities of his widow, to whom the profits will accrue. R will be published us an octavo of about GOO pages, anil will be furnished at the price of $:i. Ways of advertising are as numerous as the busy brain of man can invent The most unmitigated humbugs in so? liciting advertisements, are the men who have hotel cards, depot cards, business cards, maps and similar abominations. Men will invest in these wild-cat enter? prises who think an advertisement in the daily or weekly paper is so much money thrown away! Benedict Institute. ?The closing ex? ercises of this institution took place Wednesday afternoon. Quite a number of visitors were present; among them Hon. J. K. Jillson, Judge Wright and Rev. T. H. Jackson. The exercises con? sisted chiefiy of singing, which, under the able tuition of Miss H. W. Goodman, has become a very prominent feature of the institution, but the pleasantest part of the exercises was the presentation to Miss Goodman by the stndonts of an elegant silver cup. It was presented by J. A. Lampley, one of the students, in a neat speech, and was responded to by Miss Goodman in a very feeling manner. Miss G. left for her home in Massachu? setts Wednesday night. The City Debt.?The Mayor will re? ply, in a short time, to the demand of citizens made upon him a few days ago, as to tho amount of the debt of the city, and the several particulars connected with it. The following acknowledgment has been handed us for publication: Office City Clerk, t. kud A., Columbia, S. C., May 19, 1875. Zolirin J. Scott, Ksrp, and others?DEAn Sins: Your communication calling for a statement of tho city indebtedness, Ac, came to hand on the 17th instant Tho Mayor directs me to inform yon that it will receive attention as early as practi? cable. Yours very respectfully, ? RICHARD JONES, j City Clerk, Treosuror and Assessor. The Corr.t of Common Pleas.?The I Court met yesterday at 10 A. M. In the case of L, D. Childs vs. W. B. Nash & Co., no answer having been put I in, judgment by default was taken. The cases of G. W. DaviB vs. C, CA A. R. R. Co., Sinking Fand Commission? ers vs. Niles G. Parker, and Furman Hortin vs. James H. Davis and William Thomas, were continued. The cases of Ezra W. Wheeler vs. T. M. Pollock were referred. The Carolina National Bank vs. Thos. J. Maokey was loR open for trial. The Columbia Water Power Co. vs. tho City of Columbia was set for trial to-day. Sarah W. Pool vs. Caleb Bouknight, transferred to Calendar No. 2. The grand jury returned no bill in the case of the State vs. J. H. Bryant and J. J. Goodwin, indictment for breach of trust with fraudulent intent Tho presentment of the grtmd jury for the term was then read, and. the jury thanked by the Court and discharged. Calendar No. 5 was then called: Pataey Munson vs. Plckens Berry, ver? dict for defendant. James Dent vs. M. Barnett, verdict for plaintiff for $11.50. James Waters vs. Daniel Kelly, verdict for plaintiff. Thomas W. Berry v*. John English, sealed verdict Mrs. E. MoAUister Vs. G. AO. R. R. Co., verdict for plaintiff for $75. Court then ddjoufned until 10 A. M. to-day: ' *? ? -^liMSSUl Iii! W&**&mmWm Hotel?J. Jenkins, Miss JL A. Bnie, city; O. M. Drnry and wife, N. Y.; I Mayer, Pa.; J. W. Collins, Beaufort; C. Johnson, J. P. Wing,Ga.; J. Burke, Jr., J. H. E. Stalling/, I. 8. Beesch, J. F. Newman, Charleston; S. B. P&nner, Bidgeway; J. M. Seigler, Jr. D. Stoney, 8. C. Mansion Hbiise~?A. Crawford, W. F. Turner,*. S. Fillebrowne, E. W. Wheel? er, city; A. J. Green, Richland; Mrs. E. A. Yarborongh, Greensboro; G. T. Heid, S. C; H. Eubanks, Atlanta; J. 8. Bow? ers, Newberry; W. J. Leonard, N. C. Hctalrix House?W. H. Wise. Aiken; Simeon Corley, Lexington; J. L. Honor, J. E. Foster, E. A. Wagoner, Charleston; It. P. Lnmpkin, B. K. Lnmpkin, Winns Loro; W. J. Leonard, Charlotte; John G. Henderson, city; W. H. Haskell, Md.; J. A. Pickert, New Orleans. List of New ?ovebtisements. ? B. I. Boone?Petition for Discharge. German Schnetzen-Verein Pic-nio. S. W. McKenzie?To the Public. Consignees? Per South Carolina Rail? road. Mav 20, 1875.? R. D. Sonn A Son, H. P. Green, W. D. Love A Co., Giegcr A McGregor, J. E. Gyles, Agent, W. S. Plumer, H. Muller, L?rick A Lowrance, W. Johnson, G. W. Smith A Broughton, J. Agnow A Son, M. Snlzbacher, H. Solomon, G. Kolderwav, J. A. Hendrix A Bro.. J. Witcofsky, Ml A. Warren, O. Brookbanks A Co., "j. H. Schroder, W. B. Burk, R. Tozer, J. S. Rawls, D. Goodman, O. Z. Batos, E. P. Hie, J. C. Dial, W. AJ Clark, [S], E. L King*Son, F. D. Koneman, C. L. K?nig. Intection in the Am.?At this season, the vegetable world takes a new leasei of life; but to the sensitive1 nnd delicate members of the human family, it is a timo of danger and often of great Buffer? ing. The moisture which rises from the earth and hangs suspended over it in the form of morning and evening mists and fogs, holds in solution, so to speak, the mephitic elements which produce* fever and ague, remittent fevers, rheumatism, and many painful nervous disturbances, and which aggravate dyspepsia, bilions nesa and all minor affections of the stomach and the bowels. This, there? fore, is a critical period of the year?a season when tho renovating, refreshing and purifying operation of the mightiest of all vegetable tonics and alteratives, Hostctter's Stomach Bitters, is salvation to tho weak, and the best security for the continuance of the health and vigor of the strong. Now is the time not only t? protect the system against the common ailments of the season, but to prevent the disorders incident to a warmer tempera? ture. Let not the exhausting heats of the summer months find you unprepared to meet them. A course of Hostetter's Bitters, commenced now, will put all the physical energies in fighting trim, dou? ble the capacity of the internal organs to repel the causes of disease, refresh the brain and clear it of all hypochondriacal * cobwebs, and place the whole physique in an attitude of defence, with every available point fortified and guarded ana as nearly invulnerable to unwholesome influences as it is possible for the human structure to be. A29 It is truly wonderful, the variety and ingenuity of the conveniences for the desk and office?pens of varied patterns, inkstands possessing unmberless ad? vantages, letter files, each one the best, envelopes of size and qualities infinite. It is almost bewildering to enter the large Broad street store of Walker, Evans A Cogswell, in Charleston, and Bee the number of these attractions. Here you find tho largest stationery stock Sonth of Baltimore, and you only have two troubles?first, sufficient cash; and, second, the difficulty in deciding among the many things offered, each equally suitable to your wants. M7f When the wind is adverse,'and it blows a brisk gale, And the ship has no tack and to shift every sail, What, then, is she like," in a nautical phrase? Why, a lady of fashion; she's always in stays. . A physician who had been greatly an? noyed by numerous questions concern? ing the condition of a certain patient, was stopped while on his busy round? bv a man with the old question: "How's Mr.-~?" "Sick," replied the physician. "Docs he keep his bed?" "Of ooursehe does: you don't suppose he's fool enough to sell his bed because he's sick, do you?" "Stay," he said, his right arm around her waist, and her face expectantly turned to him, "shall it be the kiss pa? thetic, sympathetic, graphic, oriental, intellectual, paroxysmal, quiok and dis? mal, slow and unotious, long and tedi? ous, devotional, or what?" She said per? haps that would bo tho better way. A Salt Lake City Mormon gives to the world the following ? remedy; "If you have children with red hair, give them warm, fresh milk from a Texas cow. It will change it for certain to a black." If somebody will lend us a Texas cow and baby with red hair we should Uke to try it. There is a man in St Louis who is in a fair way to get used to trouble. He has married a second wife, and his first mother-in-law has dragged him into court to make him pay her for nursing his first love. "Oh liokotty slam, pop," exclaimed a lad whose father had praised him for his Edlantry in holding a young lady on his p in a crowded car, "and didn't I feel just Uke a pot full of hot potatoes!" It is not pleasant to contemplate the paroxysmal expression of a young lady's face while she is working her mouth in an effort to get a piece of chowing gum off a back tooth. First oiasa in geography?"How many States in the Union?" "Tho books say thirty-seven, but the newspapers have H thirty-nine." '.'The newspapers oro ahead as usual, my son. ? Go to the head." I Pleasant-fatted people are generally the most welcome, but the auctioneer is always pleased to see a mau whose coun? tenance is for bidding. A Northern man who wintered in Florida brought homo 1,563,450 flea-bites and an alligator's tooth as trophies of his visit Wonder how Father Ryan, the poet Briest, will like the idea of having, a raoo orse named for him. Between two evils chooflS neither.