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VOL. XXXIII. CAMPEN, S. C., OCTOBER 30, 1873. NO. 9.
< v i /
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will, ftrom this date, make regular trips,
connecting with the
filoigDB. Celubia aid Apia
RAIL ROADS.
Through Bills of Lading rill be issued to Charleston
and the principal northern cities.
The freight on cotton, including insurance per
bale:
To Charleston, $1 50
Baltimore S 25
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New York, . 8 75
Boston, 4 75
Parties from tho interior shipping through
this line will not be charged for Drayage or
Storage at this place.
For further particulars, enquire of
GEO. ALDEN, Agent.
Camden, sept. 4. tf
CONG AREE IRON WORKS
Coumbia, S. C.
JOHN ALEXANDER. Proprietor.
SUGAR CANE MILLS
LIST OF PRICES.
8 Roller* 14 inches diameter, $60 00
S " 12 " 80 00
8 " 10 ... 70 00
2 * 14 " 70 00
2 " 12 " 60 00
2 ?* 10 " 60 00
A bore prices complete with frame. Without
frame, $10 less on each Mill.
Steam Engines, Boilers, Portable Grist Mills,
Circular and Muley Saw Mills. Mill Gearing
of all hinds made to order, Iron and Brass Castings
on short notice.
Gin Gearing constantly on hand ef the following
siios:
9 feet wheel and pinion $86 00
10 " " 40 00
11 " 46 00
12 " " 60 00
14 ? 66 00
1 --.I B-aa, P.lalinng ftf nil ili>?>rll.tiaill
iruu uuu V. -g
mad* to order.
Anti-friction PUtes uul Btlli for Cotton
Press, $15 00 and $20 par set.
N. B.?Term* cash on delivery at Railroad
Depot here.
j^Worka Foot of Lady Street, oppoeite the
Greenville Freight Dhpot.
Columbia, Aug* 21. 19t
THE BEST COTTON OIK.
NEBLETT & GOODRICH,
No. 189 Reynold* Street. Auguata, Qa., Mauufaeturera
of tbc
"Neblett Sl Goodrich Cotton Gin"
To thia Gin was awarded a Gold Medal by the
Cotton Statea M. and A. Aaaoeiation in 1871.
First Premium South Carolina State Fair, 1871.
We are now receiving ordera for our FIRST
CLASS COTTOA' GIN, which we deaire to atate
is above all competition, and is certain of unbounded
success wherever tried.
All the material naed ia No. 1.
r The workmanship ia akilled, and the Gin
guaranteed to give aatisfaction in every respect.
f^~3end in your ordera early to the makers,
through J. A T I. Jonea, Agents.
NEBLETT & GOODRICH,
Augusta. Ga.
f^$~Special attention paid to all orders for
Leather or Rubber Belting, which will be furnished
at Lowest Price.
Apply to J. A T. I. JONES,
Agents for Kershaw aud surrounding Counties.
Camden, August 84. it.
THE undersigned offer for sals at the lowest
figures for cash. Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes,
Hardware. Crockery, Saddlery, Ac., Ac, and
solicit a ahare of public patronage.
PHELPS A BILLINGS.
P. L. Phelps and W. M. Billings are duly nu
thoriied to act as our agents, and are empower
ed to sign the name of the firm in purchases and
settlements.
H A. PHELPS,
M A. BILLINGS,
8. A. HiSAl'SSURE.
June 6 tf
LAW CARD.
WM. D. TRANTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OAMDEX, 8. O.
Offlo# ityoining thit of J. M. Divii, Eaq
A FAMILY ARTICLE
Age?ts make$12.50 per day, $75 per weak .
AH ENTIRELY NEW
SEWING MACHINE
For Domefltic due,
ONLY FIVE DOLLARS.
With the New Patent
BUTTON HOLE WORKER .
Patented JuneTth, 1871.
AWARDED THE FIRST PREMIUM AT THE
AMERICAN INSTITUTE
AND MARYLAND 1N9TITUTE FAIRS, 1871.
A most wonnderful and elegantly constructed
Sewing Machine for Family Work. Complete
in all its Parts, Uses the Straight Eye Pointec
Needle, Self Threading, direct upright Po9itivi
Motion, New Tension, Self Feed and Cloth
Guider. Operates by Whebl and on a Table.
Liyht Runniny. Smooth and noiseless, like all
good high-priced machines. Has Patent Cheel
* ll-? K?ol tiairn turned the wronu
IU prevciu vuc nuwv. c
way. Vsea the thread direct from the spool
Makes the Elastic Lock Stitch, (finest and
strongest gtich known;) fjrm, durable, close and
rapid. Will do all kinas of work,/fat and coaree,
from Cambric to heavy Cloth or Leather, and
uses all descriptions of thread. This Machine is
heavily constructed to give it strength; all
the parts of each Machine being made alike by
machinery, and beautifully finished and ornamented.
It is easy to learn. Rapid, Smooth and
Silent in operation. Reliable at all times, and a
Practical, Scientific, Mechanical Invention,
at a Greatly Re duced Price.
A Good, Cheap Family Sewing Machine at
last. The first and only success in producing a
valuable, substantial and reliable low priced
Sewing Machin-. Its extreme low price reaches
all conditions. Its simplicity and strength
adapts it to all capacities, while its many merits
make it a universal favorite wherever used, and
creates a rapid demand.
IT 18 ALL IT 18 RECOMMENDED.
I can cheerfully and confidently recommend its
use to those who are wanting a really good Sewing
Machine, a' a low price.
Mrs. H. B. JAMESON,
Peotone, Will County, 111.
Price of each Machine. 'Class A." "One,"
(warranted for five years by special certificate,)
with all the fixt.-ree, and everything complete belonging
to it, including SkltTkrxadin Needle,
packed in a strong wooden box, and delivered to
any part of >he country, by express, free of
farther charges, on receipt of price, oxly Five
Dollars. Safx delivery guaranteed. With
each Machine v.e will send, on receipt of $1 extra,
the new parent
BUTTON HOLE WORKER,
One of the niost important and useful inventions
of the age. So simple and certain, that a child
can work the fii.est button hole with regularity
and ease. Strong and beautiful.
Spicial Ten ms, nnd Extra Inducements to
Mali and Finalk Agents, Store Keepers, &e.,
who will establ' h agencies though the country
and and keep orr New Machixbs onj Exhibition
and Sale. County Riobts given to smart agents
rasa. Agent's omplete outfit, furnished without
any kxtra chat nr. Samples of seving, descriptive
circulars containing Terms, Testimonials,
Engravings, &c., ic.,' sent frek. We also
supply
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Latest Patents and Improvements for the Farm
and Oarden. Mowers, Reapers, Cultivators,
Feed Cutters, H trrows, Farm Mills, Planters,
Harvesters, Threshers and all articles needed
for Farm work. Rare Seeds in large variety.
All money sent in Post Office Money Orders,
Bank Drafts, or by express, will be at our risk,
and arc perfectly secure. Safe delivery of all
our goods guaranteed.
"An old and responsible firm that sell the best
goods at the lowest price, and can be relied
upon by our renders."?Farmer's Journal, Ntu
York.
Responsible for Registered Letters.
Aodbxss Ordvrs
JEROME B. HUDSON & Co.,
Cornet Greenwich & Cortlandt Streets, N. V.
Sept. 25, Cm.
WANTED We will give men and women
Busioess that will Pay
m A J 1 J ? ? ? ?% ?? ??tia/1 in VAil ?
irom 9* 10 90 por nay, vuu uo puiducm ...
own neighborhood; it Is a rare chance for those
out of employrai at or having leisure time; girls
and boys frequently do as well as men. Par
ticulars free.
Address J. LATHAM & CO.,
292 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
Sept. 4, Gt.
Hampden Sidney College.
THE next ses<;on of this Seminary of learning
will commence on Thursday, September 4th,
1873.
Hampden Sidney is Situated in Prince Edward
County, Vs., within a few hundred yards of
Union Theologit.nl Seminary, aid seven miles
from Farmvillet'ic nearest depot of the Atlautic,
Mississippi and Ohio Railroad. The locality of
the College is most healthy, and the community
around distinguished for intelligence and piety.
There is no Qruiumer or Preparatory School
connected with the College. It retains the
curriculum and the great aim of its teachers is
to secure thoroughness in the training and instruction
of th< ir pupils and thus to pepare
theui for professional studies or the activeduties
of life.
Tht ordinary jxpensee of a student exclusive
of the cost of etching, travelling and books, are
from $225 to $2'< 0 a year.
For Catalogue and further information apply
to RKV. J. M. P. ATKINSON,
Presidtut Ilamden Sidney College,
Prince Edward County, Va.
August 21. 12m
NOTICE
IS hereby give i that application will be made
to the Legist dure at its next session for the
opening and es' tblishing a Public Road, from
the Black River Road three or four miles from
Camdeu, to the Uishopvilla Road at or near the
Big Hill
July 24 8ui.
SOMETHING NEW.
- ? * < ?*-? r??>r. ?!
A-> eicgani :.iuuiu .? wvum, R
fuli oited < urda, bound in full gilt cover
And sold at the low price of 25 cents, ouitable
for the pocket 0' centre table. Order a onuiple
ent by mail, pi <t paid on receipt of 25 centi. 3
for GO cent*, or i fo* $1. Addresa,
BURROW A CO. Baltimore, Md.
JQTAgentH Wanted. Catalogue* of Booki,
Pictinre* Ac., tent.
June 12 8 2.
rft r to |20 PSK DAY ! Agent* wanted. A1
ljj ) daises ef working people, of either *ex,
young or old, nake more money at work for ui
I in their *pare n.omenta, or all-the time, than at
anr tbimy else. Particulate free. Addreaa 0
I flflNTON A CO., Portlftod, Mailt
lepietnhtft If. 12m,
THE' PATHWAY TO THE POLE.
PERILS AND FASCINATIONS OF AN ARCTIC
WHALING CRUISE.
Whaling, in its details one of the most repulsive
of human industries, has associations
incomparably fascinating to the imagination,
apart from the terrible toil, the cour
age, the endurance and danger involved in
the pursuit. All these come into the picture?
and underlie its. charms, enhanced by
the great distance, the parting from home
I and friends, the absolute silence, the com!
plete isolation No news com6s to the homes
f of the whalers until they bring it, with ease
| and plenty, or the grim blank of failure ; no
passing ships hail the voyagers to the far
L north, to the region where mau's domiuinn
: has never been acknowledged, where he is no
: more than a persevering invader, who snatchl
es, with inconceivable toil and dificulty, a
1 few victories, and then is steadily, inexorab,
ly beaten back by the floating forces of the
I Ice King. The giant barriers of the ice|
realm are closed against him. and the mystcr,
ious night of the arctic winter bids defiance
' J?:? tU
10 Ills puuv unrui^. IT lieu w.v
I DARKNESS COMES DOWN
' upon the polar world, does tho strange ealui
that broods over the great wastes of water
within the great wastes of ice which form
the Spitzbergcn islands remain untroubled,
or do the winds howl over the black waves
until the ice-barriers shiver, and moan, and
spilt themselves into frantic fragments, careering
wildly under the rushing lash of the
tempests, and auon closing up for long spells
of their inexorable ward ? The whole region,
during the brief season for which man can
look upon it and live, is ono of cnchantnieut
and delight, but he leaves it with the lingering
longing to learn the mysteries of its winter
unfulfilled. No wonder that the good
people of Hull watched with patient curiosity
the ladiug of a schooner-yacht which sailed
from Huli on the 11th May, 1872, with a
small party of English gentlemen and an exclusively
English crew, for it was bound for
Spitsbergen, was to sail round the island,
and was fitted with all the requirements for
whaling and sealing. A large fishing licet
I was sailing, but the schooner soon ouscilcd
them all, and as the fisherman liauloU toward
their fishing banks, atul she stood on her
course alone, the talk on board her was of
THE HYPERBOREAN t?KAS AHEAD,
whose dread and danger the men knew and
had dared; and of the great whales, whose
capture is such fierce excitement and large
profit. Jttgny days' iait'fpass by before (lie
"tinners'* appear, but at leiigtjj* the gentlemen
see them, and their ill-eonsealed ndmir
ation seems uncalled ft r by the crew, to
whom theso wonderful creatures arc very
small deer, indeed, the mere outlying -wilde
fowle" of the ice realm, gliding on the surface
of the calm, clear sea, with a sudden,
gentle motion, and heaving a loud "p-o o !"'
as they come by the ship, whenee they ate
watched in strictest silence. The marvels
of the Northern seas come quickly;' Van
Mayen's Island lies in the ship's course, ond.
as they near it, the whole air is alive with
white winged armies of sea birds, the high
cliffs being tenanted by another ho: t at test;
two rocks staud out from the land, exactly
resembling swift-sailintr ships, coming o.i
with all sails set, and heeling over to the
gale; and the icy peak of Hecrenberg rises
above the saa-levol fi,870 feet. The beadi
had
A HISTORY TO TET.L
full of warning, and yet of weired attraction ;
for here were bits of whale boats, n duced to
matchwood by the frightful action of the
boisterous seas; fragments of wrecks of
ships that had lought bravely against the ice,
but had been beaten; bits of masts of merchant
vessels; liugo piles of drift wood, once
stately trees on the side of some Siberian river,
now stranded on the Arctic coasi, and
the little tunnels with which the sea woims
had perforated in every direction tenant lev.
for the wood borers connot live in the temper
. ???? 'i t,? wild
nture ol the awiui nnm.
duck and the whit* fox have the island. to
themselves, and beyond it lies the true commencement
of the west ice. the surge of the
heavy sea breaking upon the outer edge
the huge floating masses, and the illimitable
distance lndcn with heavy blocks interspersed
with flat snow. Surely here is the end of all
things; no ship can ever get beyond this
beautiful barrier?this spray-sprinkled diadem
on the brow of the awful Ice King,
shining with almost unbearable lustre of
rubies, diamonds, emeralds and sapphires;
and the thundering sound of the disrupted
masses which strew the sea is
THE WAHNINU OF DISMISSAL.
They heed neither, but sail toward the
densest part, through a fringe of broken ice in
a heaving sea, forcing the schooner at all
speed, and charging the most likely place for
an entrance, as the surge rises and falls with
awful fury. They get through, for they
have men on board wbo are accustomed t"
" * " . ? .1 i
dual with ice. to hit it carcioii\. anu mm ..
gently from its way; and the wonderful
operation succeeds, the seboinr stands out to
sea in a board channel, with ice walls on cith
er side, and the first terrific harrier lies he
twecn thwin and all life that is less than arctic.
At first it is a little difficult to prow accustomed
to.the absence of darkness, then
the perpetual lipht bccoiucs pleasant; but
there must.be always some e<>nfusion about
time, especially whun occupation is either so
vcrc toil or strong excitement, when
DANGER 18 NEVER AIHKN P
for lone, and every object is absolutely
strange and novel. To drift oft" into tlie in
distinguishublo fog on an ice-lnvcr. when in
I pursuit of a family of seals, wariest and ino^t
tantalizing of creatures, is only an incident,
i and then the sailors begin to recall dismal
precedents. The whaling boats are in
requisition, and the shoals of seals multiply
II tho schooner sails northward under the
never-setting sun, amid a scene of silent j
desolation, and frequently inutiled in dense c
fog; awfully insignificant, alien and alone, t
Suddenly they arc "beset with ice," and find 1
themselves contemplating an aspect of nature,- c
"such as the painter might imagine, or the t
poet, with his lying license, might invent, c
or the imagination of a sleeper could fancy j
in dreams of night." A great storm is blow- a
ingover the unfrozen sea far away, but the I
schooner, fastened to a bit of ice, whoso two I
projecting tongues keep off the pressure of a
the outer ice, which has closed them up with- {
I in two hundred vards. lies in deep calm. A t
- J ,
boat is lowered, and the men sit in dead si- r
lence in it, watching for the nar whal, which c
arc blowing near, and throw up little jest of
vap.>r from the bihw-holcs on either side of 1
the head. v
THE HAHI'OONBR IS READY, V
the tubs and the line ar prepared; but the 1
narwhal is difficult game; ho goes at tremcn- t
dous speed, and his range of vision is wide; r
so that when ho is dragged on to tho ice, i
with his spotted hide and polished horn, he p
is a trophy of the first class. Great hordes e
of this curious mammal travel through the i
Arctic seas, tusk to tusk and tail to tail, like a
a regiment of cavalry thousands strong, and o
thoir play in great ice-circled water-wastes is
wonderful to sec. as theirdappled sides.curve 1
close to the surface; and the tilting swords
are thrust above the waves in their reckless
lunges; or they suddenly skim along the surface,
curve their backs, and plunge headlong b
down, fcdlowing the vagaries of some chosen ii
leader. When the crew of the schooner had li
killed their first narwhal, they made a vast i
' fireplace out of his remains, the opeuing be- c
twecn the ribs serving the purpose of a grate, a
packed in wood and oakum, and set fire to v
the materials, in order that the odorous, f
funics mlelit attract any bears that might be | o
in the neighborhood. Rut neither narwhal w
nor bear causes such exc temcnt as the real a
"right whale," the tremendous \
OIANT OP TtlE SEAS, 0
with the likeness of a man's head and face u
in the roof of his mouth, whose coming is u
waitod for in speechless expectation, whose r
j capture is the hardest work that men can do, o
i whose value repaysfur all the labor and all e
the ri^k, even men who have no eyes for the o
beauty and no sense of the suuilimity of the tl
I scene. They are sailing <?n a silver sea, in f<
I the wonderful arctic sunlight, which is unlike s
flight in any other region ; in the still, intoxi- h
eating air. which fills their veins with life si
i and thrills them with a strange happiness; <:
past iridescent caves rising out of the pure t!
' water?they can sen far back into them, e
kwliere the upper edges are festooned with a v
dazzling ornament like a net-work of lace 1;
composed of fine gems: the fringe gleams in d
tlic prismatic light with every motion of the t
waves, and the fniry-hnlls with awful sound. \
What marvelous, constant beauty and life J
where man is only a brief accident. u
Grant Out for Fr?o Banking.
I e
i Wbon wc stated last week that the New ;J
I . m. . r. ? Unnl'ii ?
1 nrk />???> was OUl III limir ill u? uaimc,
| it occurred to lis that, General Grant was ,l
probably the man wlmee views had suggested 1:
, the article in the Timet. His Washington !
organ removes all ilouht upon the subject. .
Yesterday's Rqiuhfic<tn gives a report of a !(
i conversation between the President and n re j
porter, which discloses the former's financial 0
j opinion in full." These are important, not as P
coming from Gen. Grant, but as coming a
from the President of the ( nited States, and ?
as indicating what the official action of the
Administration is likely to be in the present 11
monetary crisis.
The President pointed out a contrast be- :i
; twecn the last and former panics. The Inst
happened in time of prosperity. Our exports 11
i since the fiscal year commenced havo exceed- "
<? :?o a
( e?l our unpori-a. v/:ir papvi umnj i3 ou
i lliat people hoarded it. He sees a sign of (
j specie payments coming near. [A false pro- 0
pliet.ssto this.] Ife really believed the cf- ?
i f<;ct was going to be'beneficial in many ways
! to the country at large, though the cost to
some individuals deserving of a better fate
may be severe. ti
"A return to a specie basis can never be g
effected except by a shrinkage of values. '1
This always works hard to u largo class c
of people, who keep all they are worth in o
margins. This shrinkage has now taken r
place. Disasters to individuals have already t
overtaken them, and it is to he sincerely f
Imped the advantage may be retained in order s
( ) reach a solid financial basis. Already the s
. i nrroncy has appreciated to nhout par with c
silver. The wonder is that silver is not now i
pouring ont." a
'i'hi-t hit/t is all stuff. Ilut what he tells l'
us he will tit, is important ?Hear him : 1
' I thought muc|) upon this subject, ami if 1
I were now engaged in writing my annual '
message to Congress, I should recommend 1
|itivc authority t re issue t!> forty Jour
III iii; us nl' lot<al louder reserve : a I'ree bank- '
ing law, with the same protection to bill bold- '
:s a- now ; a repeal of the clause requiring I
a reserve for the protection of deposit- i"; a '
percent aye of the other reserve to bo in gold. '
in! that increased in a regular ratio until s
i In whole reserve would be in gold. This '
r, llld I e solely eft'eeli d by reijiin ing sueli ill- '
it tit t. ns to save the whole or a large ]>er- '
II'. . . 1.I
<111:^0 III llle Ml llllfifM
ill' ir bonds IicM l'\ ilie Treasurer ?>f the j
I nili'i Stairs tor I lie prntectmu ufbill hold- '
1 iTin; I'resident f'nrll?? r said lliat lie 4
I iv ii< >1 an alisnluti )>r<Jiiltili??ii| to the pay- 1
inoiit i.r interest on deposits. lie did not I
Mend that lie would he ri?!if in tlicsfl to- *
i i "inn Dilations. hut tliev oiiiljudied (lie \ie\vs
u lisi-h his unaided reflections had brought
(" linn There was no -ijuestioii but that I
, !..ueli demoralization and injurious specula. <
IIi oi and gambling va# caused by (lie aei
uiiiul.ition of enpiial in forgo centres during :
a portion of the year, when money is not re- i
(|iiirt'd for tho moving of products, by the I
>ayment of interest on deposits. This leads '
ouiitry bankers, merchants, and others to
leposit in city banks, principally in New
fork, to make this money earn something
luring the period when they do not wish
0 use it. Bunks paying interest on deposits
:aniiot afford to hold the money idle, hence, i
,rauibling in fancy stocks^ millions of which,
is an investment, \Vould not support a f'auii- 1
y even in tho most economical manner; the i
ntildiog of railroads that are not wantedv i
ind which cannot for years pay running ex i
.onscs, &c. "Such gambling and specula- I
ion," continued tho President, "I trust, has
eceived a blow from which it will never re- I
mver." i
In ogpclusion, the President said that uness
his mind should undergo a' change, he '
vo'tild recommend a post olhee bank. This
eonld give us an institution, in which everybody
would have great confidence, within
1 1. -c -.1.- ? J
IIU I Kill'11 iji v * u i y unv mi'/ i;an uj/|/iuuvii u noncy-ordor
post office.?lie should rccom- f
ncnd the payment of four per cent, to debitors,
and the conversion of deposits eithr
into outstanding United States bonds or
nto new four and a half per cent, bonds,
nd the taking up of a corresponding amount
f those outstanding."?Richmond Dispatch.
?ho Gold Premium and Movement?
Hopeful Prospect. < >
Gold fell on Saturday lower than it has
iccu since the calamities of the war sent it
ip to a high premium?that is lower than it
ins been for nearly ten years. At the openng
of the market the price was 110. In the
ourse of the day it rose to 1103. But with
11 the fluctuations the tendency was downrard,
and the closing price was 10S4. This
net is as remarkable as gratifying, for we had
nly a few days ago a panic that threatened
widespread financial disarrangement, and as
conseauonce. a higher premium on gold.
Vc liave said all along that there was no 1
ause for any general disturbance in the
arkct or business and that the trouble 1
rould end with the breaking down of a few i
otten ot- speculative firms. Had the panic j
ccurred when imports were excessive and
xports diminished, when gold was going (
ut rapidly instead of coming in and when *
here was little prospect of a large demand
ir the products of our soil, or inability to
upply that demand, the result would havo '
eon different, Thero would have been (
erious difficulties all round. Happily the J
old movement, the balance of trade, and
he prospect of a great demand for our !
rops. which are abundant, proved most fa- '
orable just at the right time. Consequent- 1
j? we arc not only saved from widespread
isaster, but the reaction has brought us to
he lowest gold prcmitun| referred to above.
Vail street speculators may attribute this '
ecline in gold to bear operations or conizations,
as they arc in the habit of doing, aoording
to their narrow views of financial (
tatters, but it is evident the causes are gen- 1
ral and healthy and arise from the actual r
nd prospective condition of our commerce. J
'he export of specie since the 1st of January j1
mounts S 42.O50.8G2. Last year for the i y
uue period it was $59,230,038, and fur 18- ['
1. $01,202,238?that is nearly $17,000,000 , .
...... i ?T-? nnd 10.000.000 I .
:a? ? -1 . ' , '
?ss than ia 1871. Better still, gold has I
een coming from Europe in large amounts j |
very day or so for weeks past, Last week the :
reduce exports amounted to $171,368,333. :'
nd in 1871 to 8178, 218.249. The imports
f general merchandize were less this year'
linn last year. Besides all these favorable!*
igns of specie movcbient there is the prospect 11
fan enormous demand for grain, corn, flour j '
nd other produce in excess of former years, |
V'hy. then, should not gold decline ? What
eeessity is there to fear the consequences j
f the late punic among the shaky banks 1
nd railroad and stock speculation'( Everyliinir
looks hop?Jdi, and should the prospects
f trade be realized there is no reason why
old should not continue to decline, ,
A". 1 faaltI.
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1'oxino Ears.?"Children's ears should | ever
he boxed." so.writes an eminent sur- <
eon in the I'ojiufur Science Monthly.? t
'hough the stnteuient will doubtless be re- t
eived by many a juvenile reader in the light t
f a self-evident proposition, there uiav yet i t
cuiain a few parents and rural pedagogues j i
o whom t ho reasons for the abolition of this ! s
urtn of rebuke may be of interest. We have I ?
ecu. writes Professor Ilinton, that the pas-1<
age of the ear is closed by a thin membrane
specially adapted to be influenced by every
tnpulsc of the ^jr. and with nothing but the jf
ir to support it internally. What, then. 1
an be more likely to injure this membrane I
ban a sudden ami forcible compressing of I
he air in front of it'! If any one designed c
o break or overstretch the membrane, he 11
ould scarcely devise a more effective means t
b in to bring the hand suddenly and forci- i t
ily down upmi the passage of the car. thus J r
itlm air violently before it. with no j '
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mssiliility lor it* c-s^apo but by the lncm- >rano
giving way. So rcnsonablcarcthc.se 1
' inclusion* that there was not needed even -s
etlio high authority of the writer tor the sub- -v
Iuetit statement that many children are mad c
leaf hv boxes on the ear. It is unfortunate, 1
mvvever. that this and many other rebukes '
if tlie same order precede the reason, and t
icni e a safer general order may be ?
ssned to the intent that no child should >
ivcr receive any form of corporal punish- t
nent until the parent or preceptor has stop- 1
>cd to reason?first with the child and theu ?
\itli himself. <
Lahor ami Kkst.?Labor during the day 1
hat you may rest during the night; labor }
luring the week that you may rest on th% '
"hibbath; labor during this life, (for (Jed !
iml your own regeneration.) that yon may
est in the next. '-Six dnys sbalt thou labor
and do all thy work," is fts much a di- i
nue command as "in it (the Sabbath,) thou
shalt do no manner of worl^ Without labor
there can be no genuineras^j^without
rest to recuperate the exhausted energiqyjf^
the mind and body, there can be no efficient
labor. Incessant labor would soon exhaust
and destroy the power of laboring; constant
rest would soon result in paralysis and
death, or in those reactive conditions of the
nervous system to which the term "unrest"
Giight more properly be applied. The two
must alternate with each other in order that
the physical and mental systems may be preserved
in a normal and healthy state, and
that either the uses or enjoyments of life
may be properly secured.
rhc Financial Remedy for the Farmer.
'
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
While wc write, we read in Northern "
ournals that, to obtain currency for cotton
sold in New York, the services of a broker
nust be obtained and a premium of four per
? i 1 i? ?;j mi.;- i
:em. must ue paiu. aiijs is asiuuiiuiug.
rhe currency itself is only a loc.il promise
:o pay. It possesses no'natur^ value. Its
tole value is that a part is made legal tender
ay a law carefully based upon a war-making
power, and the remainder redeemable in an
irredeemable tender engraved note. And
ret, whithal, wc have a financial crash. The
Government ' suspended" when it issued
greenbacks. The .National banks suspended
when they issued first notes redeemable
11 an irredeemable currency; aud they suspend
now for want of that currency: It is
igrced that the volume of currency is more
ban double the commereial necessities of
lie country; but just at the time when it is
leeded to move the crops, it unfortunately alvays
happens that it is not available; and
vnen currency uecomes scarce, prices gv
lown, and the farmer gets less for his crop,
liau the price which the natural law of sup)ly
and demand would warrant.
Now, it is just as well known in Liverpool
ind New York that cotton growers have giv;n
their obligations payable in November, to
arry on their planting operations, as it is
mown by the farmers themselves. It is
equally well known that the cotton has to be
lent forward to meet these advances. And
urtlier, it is perfectly well known that the
junking capital of the South is utterly inefficient
when compared with the two hunIred
and fifty millions requiree to pay for the
;otton crop. This is a true picture of the
inaucial situation, of which cotton buyers
ire thoroughly advised and of which they
?aleulute to take the advantage. Now, what
remedy has the cotton planter ? There are
10 banks to couie to his relief. He is at the
nercy of the money-lender, and the Manches:cr
spinner and the Lowell spinner, unless *
some mode of relief can be devised? Yes:
Jet out of debt?keep out of debt. This is
he remedy, and the only one which can bo
levised in the present Condition of the
ifouth.
The Farmer out of debt can hold or sell,
rhe farmer to be out of debt must grow his
jwn corn and meat. The farmer out of debt
vitli corn and meat, can hold his cotton a
nueh longer period than the spinner can afbrd
to let his machine lie idlo
ilcrc is good work for the Oranges. It is
die to talk about affecting an organization
vhich will possess a money power adequate
o the purchase or control of a cotton crop
if the value of two or three hundred milions.
But that combination, which can induce
IfVVD ill'T AP HPUT Will
uvwii puiubtio iv atibr vvi vi j n ...
nost effectually do that which no artificial
noneyed corporation could ever effect.
Let the Granges adopt as their mottoes :
Buy for Cash.
Buy nothing that ran he raised on jjie plan
at ion.
Buy not/iin;/ upon credit.
Death Valley.?Tho Beaver (Utah)
Enterprise has the following respecting a
cecnt visit to this noted valley :
The Valley of Death?a spot almost at
terrible as the prophet's Valley of Dry Bones .
?lies just north of tho old Mormon road so
California, a region thirty miles long be
hirty broad, and surrounded, except at
wo points, by inaccessible mountains. It is
dally devoid of water and vegetation, and
ho shadow of a bird or wild beast never
larkcns its white, glaring sands. The Kanas
Pacific Railroad engineers discovered it,
iikI also some papers, which showed the fate
>f the last Montgomery train, which came
s'outh from Salt Lake in 1850, guided by a
dornion. When near Death Valley, some
auic to the conclusion that the Mormon
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;new tunning nuout mo cuuuuj, bu mcj up*
>ointcd one of their number a leader, and
>roke off from the party. The leader turnd
due West; so, with the people and wag?ns
and flocks, lie traveled three days, and
hen descended into the broad valley, whoso
rcacherous mirage promised water. They
cached the centre, but only the white sand,
toituded by.scorching peaks, met their gaze.
Vround the valley they wandered, and one
?v one the men died, and the panting flocks
tretched themselves in death under the hot
tin. Then the children, crying for water,
lied at their mothers' breast, and with swolen
tongues and burning vitals, the helpless
not hers followed. Wagon after wagon
vas abandoned, and strongmen tottered and
lied. After a week's wandering, a dozen
survivors found souie water in the hollow ot
i rook in the mountain. It lasted
jut a short time, when all died but two, who
'soaped out of the valley, and followed' the
trail of their former companions. Kighty:even
families, with hundreds of animals
perished here; and now. after twenty-three
tears, the wagons stand still complete?the
iron works and tires are bright, and the
shrivelled skeletons lie side by side
When a man "fires" with wrath, what
sort of shot does he use f
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