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* Wednesday Morning, Jone 2,1876. JoobnaxjhM.?The Richmond Enquirer has a good idea of modern journalism. It declares that the popular notion that almost any man with n fair share'.'of brains unsf a good English education can make himself an editor after a little practice, is a mistake that sometimes misloadSL,en^JMVWary. youth frosh from "academic groves," especially if he has the reputation among bis fellows of being "'a Una writer." It is one thing to indite tin essay at college, or, in later years, to prepare an article now nnd then on some subject of interest to the author, nnd it is quite another thing to write regularly, on all sorts of questions, in all sorts of styles, ibr all sorts of tastes, from day to -day, through the winter, and the spring, and the summer, and the fall. And it is not the writing only?it is judging what to touch, and what to leave 'untouched, with the editorial stylus that is so deli? cate a weapon to wield; in judging what to print and what not to print of the , thoasand contributions that come; in keeping the policy of the paper clear, and consistent, and right, and true. A man may write like Junius, or Gibbon,. or'Macauiayt or Irving, and yet he may be not only un tit for the editorship of a daily paper, from the want of the proper judgment and experience, but he may not have that ever-recurring, ever-recu? perating eraative capacity so rigorously required, The editor of a daily paper can sympathize with Sisyphus in rolling that faindus stone from the bottom of the hill to the top, when it would always ooms rolling back again. 'What we have said Was suggested by an article in the Philadelphia Proas, referring to offers of editorial assistance made by professors nnd students of colleges, with a view to mteBeelit^l s^nusemeht and improvement during the summer months. We make the following extract from it: "It has often occurred to us that, were the duties and the difficulties of journal? ism mere ftury appreciated and under? stood, there would -be fewer volunteers at the portals of the MMcf um, and did we feel competent to the task, we should do our correspondents a real favor, by seek? ing to enlighten them as to the true nature of the work they would under? take as a pleasant summer pastime. But there are one or two points to which we venture to call the attention of our well disposed friends, whieh they may not have considered, and which may serve to show them why their services are not called into requisition. It is not be? cause they tack scholarship or abilities, or sjsMMIas Of good sense, that they are not: wanted in journalism, but because they have no training for its duties. The difference between a college man and the praotiead journalist is the differenoe be tw? >n the raw recruit and the trained soli iar. Journalism is now universnUy reo gnised as a profession, and it is a pro ession which requires a. long and tho ough training for the proper per fon lance of it* duties. It is not merely a p easntiti occupation for a summer v tioi, hi? a calling of the highest mo t ardnoua oharaoter, for which y of study and practical training are p requisites. . We hardly think any of o correspondents Who think they could be of ?se in newspaper work, would tender then: sei vices wk the summer to the sur? geon to h?lp him <iaw off legs, or to help thai lawyer .along in his complex cases ?re the Caoviat' yet the ofler would y be but Httle more presumptuous^ e one ease than in the other." C fx? -1 e mystery of young Casper Hauser le time agitated Europe equally with I of tho Iron Mask. The New York Itercilry chums that the boy's llity has at last been established, and its article, which we publish this morning, upon the revelations of tho Frankfort Gaiette, which have made an immense sensation in Germany and caused the paper to be prosecuted by powerful nobles, who arc interested in keeping the truth of Casper Hauser buried in his grove. If the statements of the Frankfort Gazetle arc founded upon fact, and the mystery is a mystery no more, we need not yet despair of finding out1 who murdered Dr. Bnrdell, tho authorship of "Junius," or who stole the Augusta- diamonds. Tux Burdens or Louisiana.?In his lost letter to the New York Herald upon the condition of Louisiana, Mr. Charles Nord hoff gives a thoroughly detailed and painfully Interesting account of the bur? dens that oppress the tar-payers of that State. In I860 the whole expense, con? tingent and otherwise, of the Legislature ol the State was under $100,000. In 1873 it was well up to $500,000. Last year it was a smaller sum, but still (60,000 above the Comptroller's estimate of the proper cost In 1861 the State tax amounted to 20 cents en every $100. In 1867, the year before reconstruction, to 37} cents, and In 1874, after reaching a much higher figure, to $1.45, to which sum it , is limited by the Constitution. In spite c-f this enormous tax, the State debt hau trebled since 1866, and: nt the ? of th e present year it stood at 5, explained In large part by penitentiary and Other jobs. N ?? Drlean* is made to j?yi rge part of the State tax. Iths .Wonts own amounting to $22, 000,00?,: an? its tax rate has been run up to 3 per cent i while about $17,000,000 of ^yt^&yvfa but 35 cents on the ^onafdnthemarttet There should have been some hanging in Louisiana. . 11 <t<?*>+ i'^JS^?r* *f dnfortunate in their HiT^12k^:**\*A ??rt there is an overjpre^tt^ef^oel in the x>onn$Tli l.kely to obtain Work, even if they ?W' don their demands Wnigber pay.'^^'.] . .Tjny QiWim, m >jtoniiWM.^W>o | thought of tho newspaper first? It seemB to have had its birth in that land of vivid gesture and grave gossip, Italy, and , the. first paper of which we have any record wan a monthly, published) in Venice by order of the Government, in manuscript, as printing had not then been invented. It wo* called a Oazetlo* wfipjb word is a derivative of Gatzera, tue name of a mog Eie or chatterer. In the. Magliabcchia library, at Florence, are now to be seen thirty volumes of Venetian gazettes, in manuscript, tho last of which is dated in the sixteenth century. The Venetian Conservatives clung to their script after printing was an accomplished fact. The epoch of the Spanish Armada, in Eng? land} was the epoch of the first English newspaper. In the British Museum are preserved several newspapers which were printed in 1588, while the Spanish fleet lay hi the British Channel. The earliest of these is entitled the English Jfercttrie, which, by authority, "was imprinted at London by her Highness' printer, 1588." So to the sagacious forethought of the great Queen Bess, and the wise policy of the fAeat Minister Burleigh, the English speaking peoples of the world are in? debted for the model of our present ne? cessity, the newsoaper. Deprive us?ye sweat eherubs who sit up aloft, ye weird sisters three who presido over our fates? deprive us of our boots, our breakfasts, i pur funds in banks, but take not from us ouj morning papers. In thiB early jour? nal* are the news of the day and a well written article, designed to arouse and stiffen timid loyalty, tells of the disco? very^ of a Spanish plot to murder the Queen. There is a heroin poem, too, called '.'Elizabeth Triumphant,"-by one James Ankes; n critical article op en un? fortunate' author; entitled "Father Far son's Coat. Well.; Dusted,? and various witty sayings, all printed in Roman let? ter. To a physician of Paris, Benandot, belongs the credit of having first col lected in fugitive sheets the news of various countries. This first venture was a weekly, issued in healthv seasons, when {?atjeritH Mwera few, and the doctor at eisurS. 'HT obtained a liocijse to do this in 1632. The first daily paper, after the accession of William and Mary, set its sails to catch the wind of popular favor, by putting on its title page the Orange Intelligencer. Yellow, dust}', in? significant in comparison with our splen? did new sheets of to-day, we still cannot held regarding with a certain rfivertnee these pionoersof liberty and intelligence, the first newspapers. Thx New Yobk Press ok thb Third Term.?The Herald, referring editorially to the President's third term political declaration he has made since his acces? sion to office, says it is an exceedingly adroit letter, but tar from 'being satisfac? tory. There is nothing invft to prevent Grant's acceptance of the Presidency for a third term. We shall" be surprised if the country accepts this as a satisfactory declaration. It would have been much better for his fame, and even for the welfare of the party he professes to serve, if he had not written it. In sword, the country is told that the President will not take what is not offered him. Tho Jlcrakl wants a declaration that will destroy Coisarism by limiting all admi? nistrations to one term, and no re-elec? tion ever after. The Timen considers that the President's views are expressed Sith greet simplicity and frankness, and mt his declaration will be deemed satis fiictorv by the people. But the persons who originally raised the crv of a third term will not be satisfied; they will pick holes in tho letter here and there, take Out detached sentences, and twist them into a significance which they do not properly possess. The* Times .confesses that the letter oUght to be accepted by 4M just and fair-minded men as abso? lutely potting an end to the whole ques ton, and Republicans should prepare for is work of 1876 without reference to En a possibility of Grant being in the il as a candidate. The Tribune says t, although somewhat delphic in its, phraseology, the President's letter will Srobably be regarded as finally with nvwing Grant's name from the list of candidates for tho next Presidency. If he had only said as much some time ago. what suffering, the Tribune remarks, might have been saved to tho Republican Oarty. The World says that nobody can fail to read the extreme reluctance* with which the President makes even a pre? tence of resigning his chance to a re? election. His letter, which purports to bo a resignation of his pretensions, is not ho in fact. The saving clause in it enables him to push those pretensions whenever he chooses, which lie means to do whenever he sees a possibility of suc? cess for them. - ? Tub CorroN Crop in South Carolina. The Committee of Information and Sta? tistics of tho Charleston Exchange makes the following statement in reference to the cotton crop in this State, condensed from replies received from the interior, under dote of May 15: Question-- What is the area of land planted in cotton in your section, as compared with last year? State increase or decrease. Answer?83 replies re? ceived, showing an average decrease of one-half of one per cent Question?What has been theoharaOter of the weather, and has it been more or less favorable for planting this than last rear? Answer?48 replies report less favorable; 17 replies report same as last year; 17 replies report more favorable. ' Question?How are the stands of cot? ton in your section? Answer?12 answer not good; 7 answer too early to judge; 40 answer good; 24 answer very good. Question?rHow much earlier, or later > the Cotton crop this than lost year? Answer?83 replies give sn average of seven days later. , Qufcation^-How is the labor, in num? bers JQsa efficiencyV Answer?Souk as lest year. ? Question?Has the use of fertilizers increased or diminished this as compared with last year? Answer?til replies re cei ved, showing' an average increase of 6} per^*aV . it| . ? o , ukMIji , Question What is the present condi? tion of1 the cotton crop in, your section? Answer ?17 on*wer not good ? nights too cool; 14 answer too early to judge; 38 answer good; 10 answer very good. . * Adam Sting and wife, each aged about Hamburg, New York, Friday night in QtMMtwm. mm Gmvmau. Bejee | bo ad?Its Condition and Pboupkots.^ Tho Charleston News and Courier, speak? ing of the report of the President and Directors of the Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad, presented to the stockhold? ers at the annual meeting, held In Co? lumbia on April 26, says it will doubtless be as satisfactory to the public as it proved to bo to the owners of the road. The earnings of the year 1874 were $591, 934, and tho expenses $321,489, leaving a balance of earnings of $270,445. As compared with 1872, there was a decrease of $39,508, or six per cent., in the gross earnings, and of $6,097 in the expenses. This was a very small decrease in com? parison with that shown in the accounts of other Southern railroads, some of which htive lost one-fifth of their former earnings. The down freight business of the road shows an increase of about $41,000, und the up freight business a loss of $06,000. The number of bales of cotton carried in 1S74 was 131,319, and the largest number in any preceding year was 107,174 in 1873. During 1874 the sum of $151,678 was spent for 1,212 tons of new mils, three new locomotives and sixty new freight cars. The equip? ment of the road is still incomplete, und the board have already purchased 5C0 tons of new rails, and are in treaty for 500 tons more. The road is threatened with n bnsiness competition that will Ux its energies to the utmost, and it is the part of wisdom to put it in complete or? der as rapidly as its means will allow. The President.well says that business contests, in these times, are too often to ! be waged with" companies" wb?se financial ] Eosition, affording no hope for the stock olders, consigns the direction of af? fairs to persons whose sole end seems to be to obtain quantities of tons, not pro? fitable returns from investments. The financial condition of the company I steadily improves. Three years ago the company was utterly bankrupt Since then, the past due interest has been ar? ranged to such an extent that no trouble is anticipated from that source; large ] bums of money have been spent in im? proving the property; the interest on the I acknowledged debt has been regularly ] and promptly paid, and the greater por? tion of the immense mass of disputed debt, bo long the cause of intense anx? iety, has been drawn back to the control j of the company. To complete the rangement of tho debt, the President j and Directors, in their report, asked for authority to create a first mortgage for an amount not exceeding $3,000,000, the bonds to bear not more thnn 7 per cent, interest, and to run not less than twenty years. The stockholders unanimously | authorized the making of the mortgage, of which not more than $2,500,000 shall | be used for the settlement of the debt, and $500,000 be held in trust, applicable only to such acquisitions nnd additions to the property as have been authorized and approved by the stockholders. The Directors do not doubt that this will be acceptable to the holders of all classes of | bonds, who will be relieved from carry? ing securities whose status is questioned, and whose value iK, therefore, impaired, and will receive in return bonds whose character will be unquestioned, and whose class will commend them to favor? able consideration in financial circles. With the means furnished them by the first mortgage, the Board have great con? fidence in their ability to place the entire indebtedness of the company in a condi? tion of such strength and soundness as to entitle the credit of the Greenville nnd Columbia Railroad to rank far beyond what it has ever known. Facts and results show that the affairs of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad have been managed with sagacity and consummate ability. It was a mere1 wreck, the shuttlecock of rings and cliques, the victim of political ad? venturers. No concern in the South had a future more dark. In three years its j worst difficulties have been overcome its condition is comparatively sound, and it has a prospect of becoming steadily and richly profitable. Tht holders of the first mortgage bonds will have a first class security, and stock? holders will soon begin to dream of I dividends on stock which, not long since, was little better than waste paper. Pecumxb Pkopix,?A Boston letter to an Eastern newspaper relates that upon one of the fashionable South End squares of that city there has lived in a swell front, four-story brick house, until very lately, a woman who has hired for her I servant her own sister. The lotter was | [treated in all respeets as a menial, and though the woman and her husband, having no children, dined alone when there was no company in the house, they never permitted the sister to sit with them. Not only this, but the sister servant was kept at work from early till lute, and there was no such thing as leisure for her, or a particle of the con? sideration due from one so nearly related to her. Finally, the woman moved out of town, and the sister determined to find an easier place. Accordingly, she engaged to go to a summer resort as Esstry cook in a fashionable boarding ousp. Now it has transpired that her sister und former mistress has engaged ' board for the warm season not only at this vory resort, but also at tho very house where her sister is to furnish the daily pies and puddings. I) is truly wonderful, the variety and Ingenuity of the conveniences for the j desk and office?pens of varied patterns, inkstands possessing unmberless ad? vantages, letter files, each one the best, envelopes of sise and qualities infinite. It is almost bewildering to enter the large Broad street store of Walker, Evans A Cogswell, |n Charleston, and see the number of these attractions. ?Hero you find the largest stationery ?stock South of RalUmpre, and you only have two troubles?first, so&leient cash; and, Bocond, the difficulty in deciding among the many things offered, each equally suitable to your wants. M7f The New Torlc^vSs^ m^ry folsorae in its praises of Beeehetk end asserts his innocence on all occasions. It seems, however, that this is all paid for, the New York Times stating it as a fact that the Tribune gets five dollars per column f?r its verbatim report of the trial and remarks, the bill being paid by Plymouth Church. Plymouth has thus paid the Tribune so far $8,000 on.account That accounts for the 7Wbtme* stnrfly chain pionship for Beecher and his church. jGxhvt, im DnrA.uisimo Tail ?it? [ Camp, tue defaulting County Treasurer, baa unbosomed himself. He has owned to the soft impeachment that the green? backs of the County possessed for him to irre&istable a charm that his integrity was overcome. He has disgorged $2,600 of his spoils, but the clutch of the She? riff is still oil him, and we hope the balance will come, for the sake of our tax-burdened people, and the punish? ment he deserves may he meted out to the thief, for the sake of justice. [OretnvlUt Sites. Business in New York.?The New York Tribune says n revival of trade in tbat city is manifest. With the warmth af spring, it declares, "there has come a rapid development of retail business, ind leading houses find their sides much exceeding those of May of last year. In Fact, the genera! testimony is that the spring tmde has put a quietus on the zry of hard times. " A lady was recently overheard at an evening assembly speaking in high praise of a pretty girl just passing. "Why she is a perfect parcgruin of a voung lady!" "I think you mean paral? lelogram, do you not?'* suggested the waggish gentleman addressed, "I said parallelogram, Mr.-," exclaimed the lady, with a combination of dignity and indignation impossible to descibe. Considering the amount of downright wickedness left us by Lord Byron, the Brooklyn Argus' assertion that there is probably not a young lady in this coun? try who would not cheerfully givr* some? thing toward a monument for him, is rather startling. However, the Argus looks at things from a Brooklyn observ? atory with a ragged edge. A negro- named Harry Carter was killed on a plantation, five miles from Augusta, by overseer Z. 11. Harris, who found him in the act of skinning a bog. On boing accosted. Carter reached for his 41111, which was on the ground near him, but before he could obtain it, Harris firod and wounded him fatally. The Governor has, upon the recom? mendation of Judge T. II. Took*, re oioved Alexander Brycc. Sr., Trial Jus? tice of Ooone*. Mr. J. B. Sanders has been appointed Trial Justice of the same County. N. W. Salley. Notary Public of Aiken* and I). M. Felts, Census Taker of Lancaster. A little girl at school road thus: "The wi.low lived on a limbacy left by her relatives." "What did you call that wordV" asked the teacher; "trie word is legacy, not limbacy.', "But." said the little girl, "my sister says I must say limb, not log.'* "Well, doctor, itV no use, I'm going to die!" "Nonsense," said the doctor, "you're not going to die at all. No man ever died with feet as warm as yours!" "Aii, yes they did. doctor." "I should like to know who, then?" said the doctor. ??John llogors Jiil," said the patient. A rustic youngster, being asked out to take tea with a friend, was admonish? ed to praise the eatables. Presently the butter was passed to him, when he re? marked, "\oryniee butter?what there in of it," and observing a smile, ho added, "and plenty of it -such as it is." The successful railroadist, A. S. Bu ford, President of the Richmond* and Danville Railroad, was once a printer. Horace Gretley. Hon. S. S. Cox, Vice President Wilson and a host of others ha7? risen to eminence from the printers' case. "What's your business?" asked the judge id'a prisoner at the bar. "Well, a'pose you might call me a locksmith." ??When did you last work at your trade?" "Last night, when I heard a call for the police, I made a bolt for tho door."J L- Sbrtl, of Brussels, says that in con? sequence of the recent attitude of Eng? land to maintain peace in Europe, public opiuion in Germany is agitating tho irre? vocable ex dusion of England from the concert of the continental powers. ? Mr. J. Felder Meuors, for several years editor of the Orangeburg Neies, '.Kep.) has seen the error of his ways, resigned from the paper and the Republican party, and will establish a lively Con? servative paper at Blackville. It recently rained boiled shrimps in France, the contents of a water spout ap? parently being tumbled on tho country after the sun had heated the water suffi? ciently to cook the game. Tho sales of r??al estate recorded in the office of tii-? Register of Mesne Convey? ances, Charleston, f>>r the week ending May 31, aggregates the sum of$S7,362. Mr. John Barron, who left Clarendon County .or.ie time sine'* to settle in Cali? fornia, has returned to his old home. No place like home. A gang of counterfeiters ban been ar? rested at Now Orleans --five men and one women. They had $500 in counterfeit nickels, and a full set of plates, dies, etc. Mrs. Young, wife of Captain Charles Young, of Toronto, Ontario, committed suicide a few days ago. This is a suicide year, sure. A colored preacher, nam^d Jackson Green, died in the pulpit of his church, at Robertville, Colleton County, on Thursday evening last. A report has been brought into Fort Valley that the Indians have killed a ?artv of whites in the vicinity of the lack Hills. Further particulars of the earthquakes in Asia Minor show that several villages were destroyed and 2,000 persons lost their lives. $30,000 has been raised by the actors throughout the country for a fund for the family of Dan Bryant. Good manners are always admired by all persons; bad manners are, on the contrary, always despised. Dr. Wm. E. Dearing, a well known and highly popular citizen of Augusta, died a Tew days ago. Mr. George N. Reynolds, of Fairfiold, and Mr. W. D. Bramlette, of Greenville, died last week. ThoSe who believe that money can do everything, are frequently prepared to do everything for money. | 4,900 persona by the name of Duval read each othor's letters in Paris. Never pnt much confidence in those who put no confidence in others. Winnshoro boasts of a goose with four wings. As-far West as Nevada, "hundreds are out of work." lend your Paomz, --"[igest to the would bo borrower that he had better subscribe. Beading matter on every page. Seegern' artificial ice is clear and cold ?we've tried it. Senator John J. Patterson fe in the eity. Sorrow show.* us truth us the night | brings out the stars. The first day of summer was delight? ful?a pleasant breeze blowing all day. Wo pity the poor fellow who goes through life unnb'.lsed, unattached and calm as u summer sunset. The annual pic-nic of the Brick-ma? sons' and Plasterers' Link takes place at Seegers' brewery, to-day. You con get all styles of job printing, from a visiting card to a four-Bheet post? er ti the ,Ph?emx office. Sir. Taylor, of the Greenville Daily I .Yew.*, is* in the city. Ho is combining business with pleasure. Old type metal, suitable for man}' pur? poses about mills, can be obtained at | Phosnix office at '25 cents a pound, or 20 | cents by the 100 pounds. Columbia is not alone in the appoint no nt of a committee to examine into I city affairs. A similar committtco is at] work in Charleston. The new flag-staff at tin- State House, to take the place of the one blown down during the late Ptorm, was erected yes? terday. Judges Cook?, Heed and Carpenter were on the streets, yesterday?a trio of judicial dignitaries. Judge Mackey was here a day or two ago. The charges against the ex-Land Com-1 missioner, the irrepressible C. P. Leslie, arc said tn bo unaccounted-for funds of | the land commission, fraudulent prac? tices during the recent election in Barn well, and riot -heavy. The Mayor of Charleston has ordered the bar-rooms to close their front doors on Sunday. That always was the rule in Columbia; but dry individuals had the "open, cesame," to the back ?oor of a | majority of these institutions. The sale of unclaimed articles ut tho I Southern Express office comes off to-mor? row?Mr. Jacob Levin being the auc? tioneer. Bargains are sometimes ob? tained; but, as a general thing, purchasers [ find they "pay pretty dear for the whis? tle." The Board of Health should begin their inspection of the yards and out-1 houses throughout the city. In some places there are smells equal, we verily believe, to the famous city of Cologne, which is said to have several hundred ] different kinds. We regret to learn that it ia feared that Lawson Melton, son of the Attorney General, who was appointed to a cadet ship at West Point, will not be able to j accept the position?his expulsion from Annapolis, in consequence of a difficulty with a colored lad, being the stumbling block. Lawson is a promising young j man. Sheriff McGukin, of Anderson, ar? rived in the city, yesterday, bringing | with him three prisoners, who, by direc? tion of Judge Cooke, will take up their quarters in the Penitentiary for different periods?Charles Calhoun, vagrancy, twelve mouths; Charles Drake, rape, ten years; Wm. Martin, manslaughter, two years. The Work Completed.?The sub? committee of Five, appointed to investi gite the financial condition of the city, have completed their arduous duties, and a meeting will be held this afternoon, to submit the report to the Committee of j Twenty. There will be a meeting of the entire committee to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock, at Major Gulick'.s office, Cen? tral Hank building. Omnibuses, carriages and spring wagons were occupied all yesterday morning in carrying out, and in the i afternoon bringing back, the crowds of | J Sunday-school children, teachers and visitors to the Schuetzen-plu-z-?the cause of tho gathering being the St. Peter's Church Sunday-school pic-nic. Tho little folks romped to their hearts' content, the young misses and gents danced, while the older heads looked on. Eatables of every kind were in abun? dance, and the country air gave every? body an appetite. Keep up these frolics ?they cost but little and are very en? joyable. m ? ?-? The Diamond Bobbsbt.?All sorts of j reports were in circulation, yesterday, relative to the diamond robbery. The first was, that Lomax had confessed that he had taken the cross, while another officer had the diamond; another was, that the Mayor had received a letter or I telegram from Augusta, stating that the , missing articles had been mysteriously returned, etc., with others of a similar nature. Upon inquiry, wc learned that all these reports were mere fabrications, and tho mystery is as deep as ever. Ex Policeman Lomax was arrested, yester? day, on the affidavit of Chief Nixon, that to the best of his knowledge and belief, Lomax either had the missing articles in his possession or knew where they were. Lomax was carried before Trial Justice Marshal, his counsel (Speaker Elliott) waived an examination, and he was or? dered to prison, in default of $1,000 bail. Jlouat?R, A. Young, Mrs. ?. E. Wilt be rger, H. R. WUtborger. Louis Xe Conte, city; W. H. McLaughlin, U. S. A.; W. J>. Young and wife, cRy; A. E. Smith, S. C; E. 11. Tavlor, Greenville; A. J. Sitten, Mrs. M. N*. Sitton, Pendleton; J. D. Smith, James Tomer, Union; Wm. McGmkin, J. IL Drunnan, Anderson: B. F. Mauldin, Williamston. Liht of Nkw Aovektisemexts.? Bichland Lodge, No. 39, A. F. M. W. B. Burke?Mackerel, Potatoes, Ac. A Wholesome Stimulant, that is Ab? solutely Punr_?Physicians throughout the world agree as to the necessity for diffusive stimulants in medical practice, but complain, and with good reason, of the impossibility of obtaining them pure. The difficulty here presented would be a serious one indeed, if the class of agents was limited to the adulterated liquors and wines of trade. It vanishes, how? ever, when the absolute purity and ex? traordinary restorative properties of Hostetter's Bitters are taken into con? sideration. As a stimulant the article is absolutely free from everything objec? tionable; but this is only one of its re? commendations. If it were nothing more than an excitant its effects would Via {{..linn T* -?f~...V, ..?,1 Hnia i???5*M?g. .......... ?.??w revive the system for a few minutes, but could produce no permanent benefit The stimulating elements of the Bitters is a means, not an end. The tonic, anti bilious, depurative and aperient vegeta? ble juices combined in the preparation arc the agents that impart vigor and regularity to the weakened and disor? dered organization, the spirituous princi? ple being chiefly useful in diffusing their influence through the system and other? wise facilitating their operation. Alco? hol, even in its purest form, is not so much u medicine as a motive power, by which the specifics of the vegetable kingdom may be brought to bear upon the debilitated and disordered organs that require renovating and regulating ; and it Ls in this way that the pure es? sence of rye incorporated in Hostetter's Bitters increases the efficiency of tho purely medical ingredients. M28|3vl The Indians out West have a regular mating season in the spring, when they do all their wooing, omitting such fool? ishness during the remainder of the year. The ship Henrietta, which was built at Bucks vi I le, Horry County, and launch? ed on the 29th of April, has sailed on her first voyage. Bichland Lodge, Ho. 38, A. F. X. A THE KEG CLAP. Communica XYtion of this Lodge will be held at rSr* Masonic Hall, THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. By order of the W. M. E. It. ARTHUR, June 2 1 Secretary. Maclwrel! ~ Mad^lM^kackere?M 1 /\ BBLS. Nos. 1 and 2 MACKEREL, iU new crop; 20 half and quarter bbls. ditto; 100 kits Nos. 1 and 2, new crop. Direct from Boston; weights gua? ranteed; warranted not repacked; Kits from $1.75 up; large packages inpropor tion. For sale by : W. B. BURKE, Com. Merchant, City Hall Building. * ? June 1 1 New Potatoes, Cabbages, Early Truck. 1 f\ BARRELS prime new POTA XVJ TOES. 10 Crates prime new POTATOES. 5 Crates ONIONS, SQUASHES and BEANS; 250 CABBAGES, 3 to 7 pounds. Receive the above fresh every morn? ing. Purchasers will find my prices lower than they can order for. W. B. BURKE, Commission Merchant, City Hall Build - ing. June 2 f6 SEED PEAS! *7 A A BUSHELS select SEED PEAS, 4 Vj\j for sale by June 1 J. A. HENDBIX A BRO. For Sale, APAIR OF GREY HORSES, small size. Work well in double or single harness and under saddle. Will be sold together or separately. Apply at this office. '_May 0 6 CICARS For HS Cent?, I at I PEKKV Si. SLAWSON'S { Statement of Affairs j of the Royal Canadian Insurance Company, JANUARY 1, 1875. j CAPITAL.86,000,000. ASSETS. United States Bonds, and other securities, and cash in hands of trustees.$112,877 33 Montreal Harbor Bonds, (in hands of "Receiver-Gene? ral,"). 55,000 00 Montreal Warehouse Com? pany's Bonds. 27,107 87 Bank Stock. 304,409 5C Mortgages on Beal Estate_ 22,000 00 I City of Quebec Consolidated Fund. 2,200 00 Bills Receivable for Marine Premiums. 13,993 20 Agents' Balances in Course of Transmission and Unool lected Premiums. 56,777 37 I Sundry Accounts Due the Company for Salvages and Re-Insurance. 25,346 42 Cash on Hand snd Deposit.. 80,754 84 $1,005,561 59 LIABILITIES. All Outstanding Claims.$45,180 19 HAGOOD * TREUTLEN. May 30 3 Agents, Columbia, S. C. i What To? Heed. I7?XTRA MESS BEEF, 10 cents per Zi pound. _ I Fresh May BUTTER, direct from Mil ' ford, N. Y., 3 pounds for $1. 1 CIGARS. ? We are closing out our stock ! of Cigars, and offer the best FIVE CENT i Cigars in the city, and only want a trial , to convince you. 1 May 16 L?RICK ft LOWRANCE,