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THE JOURNAL.
JOHN KERSHAW,
PROPRIETOR.
^CAMDEN, S. C. MAY 8,1873.
j??"Will our subscribers please notice our
terms, and pay accordingly? The proprietor
of this paper has no other source of income,
and prompt payment is essential.
fW W. H. R. Workman, Esq., is authorized
to receiDt for monies due the Cam- ,
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dsn Journal.
CoiNcraiioB or Grace Church.
Th's Church was consecrated to the service
of the Holy Trinity on Wednesday by
the Rt. Rev. W. B. W. Howe, Bishop of the
Diocese of South Carolina, in the presence
of a large* and interested audience. The
following clergy were in attendance, participating
in the solemn and impressive service:
Revs. C C. Pinckney, James H. Elliott, Ellison
Capers, Nathaniel B. Fuller, Jno. D.
MeCullough, W. H. Hanckel, John Johnson.
P. P. Stevens, C. Bruoe Walker, J. H. Tillinghaat,
E. E. Bellinger, Jno H. Cornesh
H. T. Leef and B. F. D. Perry, the Rector.
We hope to publish a detailed account ot
these solemn servioes in our next
Tktaka About Colombia.
A brief visit to tbe capital of the State
suggests the mention of some topics that may
interest oar readers.
The city is still progressing towards reconstruction
of the waste places which Gen.
Sherman declines now to be responsible for,
and many new improvements have been
made in portions of the city not before built
upon. The various dry goods and other
stores on Main street constitute a striking
feature in the newly built and beautiful
structures that adorn that .grand thoroughfare,
among which the most oonspicuous are
those of Messrs. R. C. Shiver k Co., and W.
D. Love k Co. On the hill that intersects
Main street, the slope of "Taylor's Hill,"
the new Poetoffioe and .Federal Court House
is rapidly rising. It is an elegant edifioe,
constructed of the grey granite of Fairfield,
pronounced to be equal for beauty and polishing
oapacity to any known. It will greatly
adorn this beautiful city. In. contrast
with this, stands the State Capitol at the
south end of the avenue. A noble building,
with broad and deep foundations, rich in
architectural design and workmanship, a noble
specimen of man's work, but marred midway
io its career by the the fortunes of war,
and standing there the grim illustration and
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type 01 toe political cunumuu ui iue oiaie?
hideous in its deformity.
From the top of Taylor's Hill the view is :
most beautiful, eepecially overlooking Syd- i
.ney Park, the railroad and. the river. The :
gardens are filled with abundant and beautiful
flowers, and the air is redolent with ,
their sweet fragrance. The old Taylor mau- t
sion still stands on the loftiest pinnacle !
of this flair city, sternly resisting innova- 1
tioas, and proudly disdaining the vulgarity
of new paint, rejoicing in wearing the well (
worn garb of conscious integrity. Its near- <
set neighbor is the glittering mansion of '
Beverley. Nash, the colored Senator from '
Richland, the Republican leader of Co- '
hunbia, whose politics seem to have prospered
pecuniarily as well as most of his i
neighbors'. At this point, we could not <
help reflecting, the two extremes met. The j
old Carolina aristocracy and its successor,
the dominant negro; the latter having super- (
ficially, greatly the advantage. The greatest ]
success however, seems to have been achicv- 1
ed by the white adventurers, who have ridden 1
into power and place upon the titanic shoul-?
-^and lnmv ortf*
mni UI VUO ^CliCl UIW^ w unviug uuu iuu^-ouifaring
negroes, upon whose necks they continue
to sit like the Old Man of the Sea upon
that of Siobad, the Sailor. We think however,
that the old man is becoming drunken
with the sweet wine of prosperity
and ill-gotten wealth, and the patient Sinbed
is longing for release, now that he finds
hie too willing friend and guide is, after all,
bat an inexorable and useless burthen.
On the street above the Taylor Place,
stands the gubernatorial mansion of ex-Gov.
R. K. Scott, whose political suu has set
forever in the murky cloud of suspicion and ,
reproach, heaped upon him by friend and i
foe alike, until now there bo none that "do
bim reverence." 1
We learn that Mrs. Wright, formerly of t
the Nickerson House, proposes to open it soon i
u a boarding house. She is a deservedly pop- !
ular landlady, and in this most desirable 1
location, we predict for her a successful and
profitable career, afler the place shall have j
undergone a thorough expurgation from an- <
tecedent influences. There arc uiany other 1
palatial residences in this part of the city. '
chiefly occupied by successful politicians of
recent importation. They seem to be surrounded
with a redundancy of luxury that i
bespeaks a lavish and wasteful expenditure of
money, always indicative oftbo parvenue 1
to whom it comes only at the cost of helping
himself. We observo that a row of new and j
handsome street lamps marked the way from i
Main street, some two squares off, to the i
door of one of these mansions. Who can he '
the happy Aladdin of these wonderful lumps?
The principal themes of discussion in the ,
tity were the financial atid political lawsuits t
now pending. One of the most important to
the honest poor people of the State, is that
just heard in the Supreme Court, involving
the liability of the stockholders of the broken
banks for the bills outstanding. These bills
are mostly in thtf hands of the speculators
who bought them up at various rates of depreciation
from 2 to 10 per cent, and now
claim payment in full of the unheppy stockholders
many, perhaps, most of whom are widows
and orphans, and other dependent people'
who have lost nearly all they owned, by reason
of the failure of these banks. Of other cases
and their present aspect we may write in the
future. We have, not indulged much in
the discussion of the State finances and the
corruptions of the government, chiefly be
.i. J ~ /V DllKioof
cause we can nut uu jusuw u; tuv
and If we could, do not see how any good
could be accomplished. It is enough that
we have at the capital an able and watchful
chronicler of events?a sort of Cerberus,
who at least gives the alarm when the treasury
is being robbed?wakes us up and gives
us an opportunity of seeing somewhat that is
going on, and so keeps us jolly, as Martin
Chuzzlewit would say, while we are being
plundered. As a protest against and recorder
of events of this nature, all honest
people should sustain the South Carolinian.
A Chapee fbr Talented Yontli.
Congressman Cain invites the talented
youth of the State who aspire to a cadetship
at West Point, to appear before an examining
board at Columbia on the 13th inst.
for examination touching thefr qualifications
for this important position. Applicants are
required to pass " a thorough examination
in all the common and more advanced stuff?Vs"-*-whatever
that may mean. The board
consists of Judge Wright, Treasurer Cardoso
and Dr. Talley.
A Moat Palpable Hit.
Speaking of the Western excursion of the
President and his Secretaries, the associated
press telegraphs as follow?: " The visit of
tliaaa nrnminant nfficinlfl hM Created the best
feeling among the people, who regard it as
evidence that the government takes an interest
in frontier affairs." Whereupon, the
Tribune saya: " If the loyalty of the people
accept such evidence as this, there is certainly
no reason to complain of the decay of
faith in the nineteenth century."
Decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
In 1868, the State of Georgia enacted a
law increasing the Homestead exemptions,
and the Supreme Court of that State held
that such enlarged exemptions were good
against all debts contracted prior to 1868.
The Sheriff refused to levy on certain
property of a debtor, against whom judgment
had been obtained on an old debt, for
the reason that snch property was exempt
from execution under the Homestead law.
The judgment creditor asked for a writ of
mandamus against the Sheriff, to compel
him to make the levy. This was refused by
the Judge, and the case was taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States. Associate
Justice Swayne, of that tribunal, delivered
the opinion of the Court a few day
ago, reversing the decision of the Georgia
Courts, holding that homestead exemptions
cannot apply to pre-oxisting debts?being a
violation of that clause of the Constitution
cf tho Unitad States which prohibits any
Stato from passing a law that impairs the
obligation of the contracts.
This decision in effect sustains Chics Justice
Pearson, of our Supreme Court, and
Judge Brooks, of the United States District
Court, both of whom have decided in cases
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elatLSP in chapter tenth of the Constitution
of North Carolina, in so far as it exempted
property from execution against debts contracted
prcwous to tho adoption of the Constitution,
is unconstitutional and void.
In the case of Hill against Kestlcr, G3
North Carolina Reports, Associate Justice
Rcade delivered the opinion of the Supreme
Court, that the Homestead law of this State
was valid against pre-existing debts, as well
as those contracted after the law was passed,
and this opinion was concurred in by all the
Supreme Court Judges except Pearson, who
filed a dissenting opinion.
The language of our law is: The personal
property of any resident of this State to the
value of five hundred dollurs, to be selected
by such resident, shall be, and is hereby, exempted
from sale under execution or other
final process of any Court, issued for the collection
of any debt," and "every Homestead,
and the dwelling and buildings used therewith
not exceeding in value one thousand dollars,
to be selected by the owner thereof, Ac.,
shall also bo exempted."
In delivering the opinion of the- Supreme
Court, Judge Rcade said that these exemptions
were good against nil debts?old as well
is new, aud that such exemptions did not
impair the obligations of contracts, and there
[ore were not in contravention of the Constitution
of the United Spates. He argued that
the law was sanctioned by the Convention
that framed the Constitution, by the Legislature
of the State, by the people themselves
on a direct vote when they adopted the Constitution,
and by the Congress of the United
States which approved the Constitution.
In his dissenting opinion, Chief Justice
Pearson.takes the position that the language
'any debt," used in the Constitution, refers
to any debt that may be hereafter contracted
?that retroactive effect is never to be given
to a law, according to a settled rule of construction,
unless the words admit of no other
meaning?and that general and vague words 1
have never been nllowed to have that effect. If '
the words were intended to apply to old debts. '
it would be a violation of the fixed principle 1
)f common law, that all gifts and voluntary 1
conveyances of his property by a debtor are
mid as against existing creditors, on the
?ronnd of fraud. And if the law-makers in- t
ended to make a gift or conveyance to the <
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debtor himself of property on the faith of 1
which he received credit, it would be fraud 1
towards existing creditors, and therefore i
Judge Pearson thinks such a construction of i
the language of the Constitution improper.
Again, no State cau pass any law impair- i
ine the' obligations of contracts. Judge ,
Pearson thinks one of ihe obligations of a
contract consists in the means of compelling
its performance, according to the laws in
force at the time the contract is made?that
$500 of personal exemptions, and the $1,000
value of land exempted under the Constitution,
if applied to old debts, injuriously
change the remedy and alter the laws in force
at the time the contract was made. In other
words the obligations of the contract is impaired
by the Homestead exemption. And
where a debtor has nothing beside his exempted
property to pay a pre-existing debt,
the contract cannot be enforced, and the'
obligation is not only impaired, but entirely
destroyed. In the course of his opinion,
Pearson says:
"I am aware, that in several of the States
decisions Hav<^ been made sustaining Homestead
laws. These cases all rest on the
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ianacy 01 assuming me power io mane exemptions
to some extent, and then, in the
idea of Legislative discretion, the amount is
swelled up to thousands; and it is justified
on the ground of ''keeping pace with the progress
of the age"?a progress in this particular,
I fear, of dishonesty and fraud.
The same question came up before Judge
Brooks, of the United States District Court,
who held with Judge Pearson, that the exemptions
in our Constitution did not apply
to debts which had been made before the
Constitution went into affect, but were
only valid agaiust debts contracted subsequently.
The case from Georgia decided in^ the
Supreme Court of the United States at its
present term sustains the principle mantained
by Judges Pearson And Brooks, that
Homestead exemptions have no re-troactive
effect?that they cannot apply to contracts
made Mfor^ such exemptions were adopted
as the law of tho land.?Raleigh News.
The following Amendment to the Bankrupt
Act, passed, by the last Congress, secures
the exemptions made by the State Laws,
against all Debts, whether contracted prioj,
or subsequent to their passage :
"That it was the true intent and meaning
of an Act approved June 8,1872, entitled
"An Act to amend an Aot entied 'An Act
to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States,' approved
March 2d, 1867," that the exemptions allowed
the bankrupt by. the said Amendatory
Act should, and it is hereby enacted that
they shall be the amount allowed by the
constitution and laws of each State, respectively,
as oxisting in the year 1871; and that
such exemptions shall be valid against debts
contracted before the passage of the said
State constitution and laws as well as those
contracted after the same, and agauut lions
by judgement or dccreo of any State Court. (
any decision of any court rendered since the
passage and adoption of such constitution I
and laws to the contrary notwithstanding." !
Judge ltives, IJ. States District Judge, 1
has so construed the above amendatory act: j
"Washington, April 12.?An important
decision iu regard to the amendatory
bankrupt act. was pronounced yesterday in
the United States District Court at Lynch-1
burg, Va , by Jndgo Rives. He held that it I
gave to bankrupts homestead exemptions
against old as well as new debts, and against
all liens of judgments in State Courts"
Senator Spraque and the Columbia
Canal.?The good people of Columbia, in
their eager, but, as it now results, mistaken
zeal, to develop the water power of the
Columbia Canal, were enthusiastic when the
manufacturing king of Rhode Island, Senator
Spragde, accented the canal as a gill. The
T AiMalnlnwA nl* finnllt Pavnlintt trkirtfi 111
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some way, controlled this water power, cove- j
nanled and agreed to deed it for all time to
Senator Sprague for the nominal sum of '
$200. In addit ion to this gilt, extraordinary
privileges and franchises were granted. It
was expected, as a natural consequence, that
Senator Spraguo would develop the water j
power without any delay, and erect cotton
mills. Year after year has passed, and yet
no mills appear, first one pretext and'
then another was urged for the delay. The
condition of political affairs in the Stato was ,
so uncertain and legislation so disastrous
that the people of Columbia were not disposed
to think otherwise than that Mr. Sprague :
was perhaps a prudcut man. He expended a
few thousand a year in the way of preparation
for the grand work which was expected
to follow in due time. The citizens of
Columbia desired a supply of water, and the
City Council contracted to pay him $16,000
a year. The Senator is now fulfilling this j
contract, which proves to him a most profitable
investment, Uut there arc no factories
even in prospective. Nor does the Senator
even intend to build one on the line of the
canal. lie tells the people so; and proposes
to dispose of his investment for the sum of
?300 OOO fli* intiTGsta in Rhode Island
arc so extensive that he cannot and rill nut
invest any portion of his capital in developing
the manufacturing interests of South (Jaro- 1
lina. This may be sharp financiering, but !
it suiacks of bad faith The canal was given j
to Mr. Sprnguc for a mere trifle, with the
implied, though perhaps not expressed, un- <
dcrstanding that lie was to use it for cotton i
factories. Under the circumstances, the'!
citizens of Columbia find themselves in an
embarrassing and unfortunate predicament.
They will cither have to submit to Senator 1
Sprague's extortion or permit their fine wa-;
ter power to go undeveloped for years to 1
come. The itliodo Jsland Senator and prince
of manufacturers is not favorable to
ii healthy competition from the South, and j <
thiJ, we presume, explains his bad faith to J
wards tho Carolinians.?Augusta Chronicle j
nnd Sentinel. (
Half Alive. i
i
It is 11 sad tiling to pnis tlirougb life only half
ulivo. Yet there are thousands whose linhiYual
jonditioti is one of languor and debility. They
:om plain of 110specific disease; they suffer no
positive pnin : but they h?*a no relish for anyliing
which affords mental or sensuous pleasure
o their more robust and energetic fellow-beings.
In nine esses but of ten this state of lassitude ind
torpor arises from a morbid stomach, lnligestion
destroys the energy of both mind and
body. When the waste of nature is not supplied
by a due and regular assimulnnion of the food,
every organ is starved, evefy fuifl!tion interrupted.
Now, what does eommon sense suggest under
these circumstances of depression ? The system
needs reusing and stscngthcning ; not merely
for an hour or two, to sink afterwards into a
more pitable condition than evcr^as it assuredly
would do if an ordinary alcoholic stimulent
was rcstorated to), but radically and permanently
How is tnis desirable object to be accomplished
? The answer to this question, founded on
the unvarying experience of a quarter of a centuary,
is easily given. Infuse new vigor into
tho digestive organs by a course of Hosteller's
Stomach Bitters." Do not waste time in administering
temporary remedies, but wake the system
v-? the fountain head of physical
"r "j r o . strength
and energy, the great organ upon
which all the other organs depend for their nurure
and support.
By the time that a dozen doses of the great
vegetable tonic andinvigorant have been taken,
the feeble frame of the dyspeptic will begin to
feel its benign inflnence. Appetite will be
created, and with apdetite the capacity to digest
what it craves. Persevere until the cure is complete?until
healthful blood, fit to be the material
of flesh and muscle, bone and nerve and hr&in,
flows through the chnnnels of circulation, instead
of the watery pabulum with which they
have heretofore beenimporfectly nourished.
FIREMEtmiOTICE.
pAMDEN I. F. E. COMPANY will assemble at
\J their engine house on MONDAY, the 12th
inst, at 4 o'clock P. M., in full uniform, for Anniversary
Exercise meeting. A full attendance
is requested. Also attend a business meeting at
your Hall at 8 o'clock.
The entire Firo Department are respectfully '
invited to participate with the Camden I. F. ?.
Company in their regular anniversa.-y exercise
meeting on the 12th inst., at 4 o'clock p m.
J. L. BRAFINGTON, Chm'n. Com.
? May 8-1U
A CARD. 7
I^HE subscriber proposing to visit his native
Germany the ensuing summer, takes this
method of returning bis thanks to the citizens of
t'amdon and ?1ia vininitv fnr tho lrindnptut and
many favors which he has received at their
hands during his residence in Camden.
Mr. MARCUS TOBIAS is my duly authorized
Attorney during my absence from the State, *
to whom payment may be made of all monies
due me.
CHARLES ELIAS.
May 10. . it.
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE.
NOTICE
To Special Tax-Payers.
THE LAW of December 24, 1872, requires every
person engaged in any business avocation,
or employment, which renders hiin .liable
to a
SPECIAL TAX,
to procure an>l place consjiiciiousfy in his establishment
or place of business,
A STAMP
denoting the payment of said Special Tax before
commencing business.
The taxes embraced within the provisions of
law above quoted are the following, viz :
Rectifiers $200 00
DEALERS, RETAIL LIQUOR. 25 00
DEALERS, WHOLESALE LIQUOR. 100 00
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale, 50 00
Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20 00
Dealers in leaf tobacco 25.00
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 500 00
and on sales of over $1,000,-fifty
cents for every dollar in excess of
$1,000. . i
DEALERS IN MANUFACTURED TOBACCO;
5 00
Manufacturers of stills 50 00
and for each still or worm manufactured
20 00
Manufacturers of tobacco 10 00
Manufacturers of cigars 10 00
Pedlers of tobacco, first class, (more than
two horses) 50 00
Pedlers of tobacco, second class, (two
horses) 26 00
Pedbers of tobacco, third class, (one horse) 16 00
Pedlers of tobacco, fourth clnss, (on foot
or public conveyance) 10 00 ,
Brewers of less than 500 barrels 50 00
Brewers of 500 barrels or more 100 00
Any person who shall fail to comply with the .
foregoing requirements will be subject to severe .
penalties.
npeciHt-inx payers in mis collection uisirici
ire reminded tliat they must make application
lo the undersigned, and procure the proper
stamp for the fpccinl-tnx Year, commencing
May 1, 187.1, without waiting for further noticeWM.
F. DeKNIGHT,
Col. hit. Revenue,
1st Dist. S. 0,
Sumter, S. C.
Aprif 30. [May 8.] 4t.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant General's Office, 1
Washington, March 18, 1873. j
To the iron. Jonrph II. Rainey, M. ., George- (
town, Sooth Carolina.
Sik: I have the honor to inform you that all
Colored Soldiers, or Sailors; or their It gal representatives,
who have received notice from the
Treasury Department that certificates linvcbeen
issued in settlement of their claims for Pay, J
Bounty, l'rizo Money, kc,, and who hare not re"tireil
the amoiinft ilue them, cun now be paid
promptly without further expense to claimants, ,
m soon as thistMHce shall have learned thtf post f
office address.
Therefore, 1 respectfully request that you will v
inform theclaimants within your reach, and re|Uest
them to send their names, with postoffice
iddress, and the designation of the company
Hill l*i?<riliw>nt ill u!ti/?li tltn fim vian u?a
-'<1, to tln? Adjutant General of the D. S. Army,
Washington. D. t\
It should he distinctly understood that a
daimant need not send his or her name, Ac., unless
he or she shall have been notified from the
rrensury Department that n certificate in his or
ter favor has been issued, this Office not having
o do with cases prior to that action.
Your aid in the mutter indicated will not only (
benefit tlie colorM claimants, hut prove ndvan- ^
ageous to the public aerviee.
Very 11 espect fully.
Your obedient servant,
E. 1). TOWXSEnD; a
Adjutant General. 11
May 8. It. s
SODA WATER.
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Camden, March 20.
SPRING, 1873.
I invite your attention to my
SPRING STOCK OF
Dress Goods,
PRINTED LAWNS,
PRINTS, EMBROIDERIES,
Laces, Hosiery ?loves,
Handkerchiefs and White Goods,
ALSO.
Hen's and Boy's Wear.
Cottonades, Plain and Fancy Drills,
Tweeds and Cass! meres
Hats and Clothing^,
In great variety. Together with
A FULL STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES.
The above, with many other desirable articles,
too numerous to mention, hare been:
recently selected with great oare and will be
sold at the most.reasonable prices.
I respectfully solicit a call.
ROBERT M. KENNEDY.
March 27. tf.
BARGAINS
IN
DRE9S GOODS,
CLOTHiire, .
Hats, Shoes, Sec.
One Door above Dr. Young'9 Boole Store.
I" AM NOW OPENING a eomplete and well
I well assorted stock of
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Springand Summer Goods
which have hern selected with care, and will be
iold cheap for cash.
Please give ine a call before purchasing elsevhere.
W. WALLACE.
March 27. 8m.
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FACTORS
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
HALT I MORE, >ID,
Having purchased the entire STOCK OF
500DS of Messrs. D. L. DeSaussure k
Jo., we will sell the same at
COST for CASH,
nd for that purpose heieby constitute the
nenibers of that tirm our agentsto effect such
J. I. MIDDLETON & CO.
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Havna Ornanges
iud NORTHERN APPLES. For sale bj
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Prepared Cos! Tar
AND,
. Ammoniated Mucilage,
For Steeping and Props ring Seeds befcr
Panting.
This preparation, laieljr infodueed to the Agricultural
world, appears from recent experiments
to surpass all that baa ever been attempted
in that line. It not only contains all the elements
and fit food for the seed in its infant state, which
which enables it to come up strong and vigorous,
hut it is positively claimed that no rust, smut or
blightcan exist where it is applied, and that
it proves a certain preventive against the Potato
rot. It dissolves readily, and forms a mucilage
by which any material can be made to adhere to
the seed. Coal Tar being a very Small portion of
this valuable compound to prevent the ravages of
birds sad insects, but so united and prepared as
to form a dry powder, which dissolves readily,
one pound producing one and a half gallons, or
fifteen pounds of mucilage. On every farm there
are to be found in abundance valuable material*
for rolling seeds in befbreptnattng, which should
never he negloeted. These are rich and dry
blaok earth and wood ashes, or lime, and should '
be mixed in proportions of one part of wood
ashes or lime to (our parts of earth. By the pid
of the mncilage much of this material can bt
made to afher?4rf:6aA seW, which never fhHs
to show feood res alts, ft has been tried on corn,
rioo, eoiton, wheat, potatoes, pea* and all the
cereals with market effect, none showing any
signs of rust, blight nr fungus where it was
applied. * " , ?
The Cohl Tar lb thts preparation, which plays .
aefa an important'pnrtas a preventive against
birds and Insects, is in n Jamah* more mild and
valuable form, than vfcen oaed in its raw crude
If one of the Onaaos or cosnmerdajt Fertilisers
| efthe day should be used for ronlng, ttnlasajgreatlyreduded
wither? earth, all acting too strung
and stimulating when made to adheM to the
tender seed. The proportions should bc?oae
part to six parts of earth. Pat op in one pound
packages, at 25 cents per pound, aaftrisnt for
two bushels of seed.
Directions for Using.?To one pound of the
Powder pour one and a half galloaa of hot boiling
water; let it remain over night, when by
morning it will haTe completely dissolved and
formed a thick mucilage, and ready for use.
Place the seed on the ground or floor, then gently
pouring the mucilage over until etery grain
or need is saturated, stiring it over aad over
with a hoe, spade or shovel*. Lot it remain tea
or fifteen minutes toallpi^.the maoilag* 1?
here more firtnly; then strew over it the sart^t
end wood ashes or lime mixed, stiring it over aa
before until every grain or aired has received a
good coating, aad none adheres to each other.
Let it dry one or two hours before planting. The
mucilage should be well stirred before pouring
out, as the heavier portions settles at *he
bottom.
All orders promptly attended to. Shipped to
any part Of the country, in paokages of ona
pound and upwards. For sale by
VATisT /lAlitirva a t a _ *
jima uunuiriD, ooie Agent,
142 Meeting St., nearly opposite Pavilion Hotel,
Charleston, S. C.
April 17, 4t.
LAW CARD.
WM. D. TRANTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
rSAMTYRN. 8. O.
Office adjoining that of J. M. Davis, Esq.
February 13, 3m.
"south carolina,
Kershaw County.
To all Person* whom it may Concern :
IN THE PROBATE COURT.
WHEREAS, Rebecca Newman, hath thlathia
day filed her petition, praying a Home*
atead to be setoff to her, asprovided by Statute.
April 3-t J. F. SUTHERLAND, J. P.
Probate tfotlee.
GUARDIANS, Trustees, Receivers, and all
others liable to account to #this office are
hereby notified to hand in their returns within
the legal time^ Defaulters will be rigidly dealt
with. T J. F. SUTHERLAND, J. f.
Probate Office, FA. 0. tf.4,