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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. } volume 9. GOD ATSTT) OUR COTJNTjUY. saturday morning, febuary 12. 1876. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. number 52 M?MICHAEL HOUSE ORANGEBURG, S. C. iNm iibusE Ifl now open for the reccp tt?h p! BOAItDERS. G ?ESTS wel 1 taken ??re qf. The TABLE amply supplied, and A HACK meeting each train at the Depot. Terms Moderate. may 20 <* 1875 ly denwstryT OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL. BY A. M. Snider. T.J.Calvert. Office open at all times. CHARLES S. BULL ATTORNEY AT LAW ?. S. COMMISSIONER NOTKItY l'UHMC. Crnngeburg, S. C. oet 25 tf A CAKI), Dr. J. O. WANXAMAKKlt is in pos session of the Receipts and Prescription Books of the late Dr. B. J. Otiveros. All per?kus desiring to get any of (he above Preparations or Renewal of Prescriptions can do so by calling on Dr. WA XN A MA K ER, At his Drug Store. aug 21?Hm GEO. S. SlilKEIl? Cpiiimis.sion Alei-eliaiit, i>i:ai.ku in G ULCER I ES, IT NE "WINES, ?c. Agent for Barton's Planier, Avery's Plows, and all kinds of Agricultural 1 mplemcnts. At New Brick Store next to Duke's Drug Store. sept l!"> ?(!iu OK. 15. J. M UCK KN F?S.S 1 In ring entirely Recovered friini Iii.- Sick? ness, can br found at his OFFICE over ('apt. J. A. Hamilton's Store, wheVo he will be glad to SEE his FRIENDS and the Public. UEAP GUANO. $10 i'ER TON. This GUANO wasofiercd at the ehwe oi Isst season. Sonic HbO tons sold on its own merit* as per aha 1\>is of Prof. Shcpard. As fsr a? beard from the results of its oppliea tion have been favorable. To close (lie balance ?f the cargo. 1 oiler it at $10 per ton <juh, put upfen hew bags of 200 | ounds. .j. X. ICOBSON, OS Eart Bay, ] and 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, S. C. jau S Hin: Th? Cordial Rnliai ol'?Syrienni end Tonic i'illts. NF.RYOUS DEBILITY, Ha^wartr ormcnr* the canee may be which ???triWwta to render nerrous debility n toww m prevalent, affecting, as it docs, ?ia?rlr ?ae-half of one adult population, it Ca a melancholy fact that day by day, and ycarV?r yoar, ite witness a most frightful in ctmm of ntrroiu affections from the slight ait neuralgia to the more grave and ?Kfc-*tne forms of NERYOUS PROSTRATION, Li characterized by a general languor or weakness of the whole irganisni, especially ?f tha nervous system, obstructing and pre venting the ordinary functions ofnatitrc; bonce there is a disordered state of the secretions; constipation, scanty and bigli oolored urine, with an excess ofearthy or lim? seiliment, indicative of wasteof'brain and nerve substance, fr< r|ttent palpitations ?f the heart, loss of memory and marked irresolution ?f purpose, and inability to tarry into action any well-delined business enterprise, or to lix the mind upon any one thing at a time. There is great sensitive ness to impress, though retained hut anh?rt time, with a flickering and fluttering condi tion of the mental faculties, rendering an individual what is commonly called a whiffle-minded or flick)c-mimlcd man. This condition of the individual, distress ing as it is, may with a certainty be cured by THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYR1CUM AND LOTH HOP'S TONIC PILLS, Medicines unrivaled for their wonderful properties and remarkable cures of all Ner vous Complaints. Theirellicncy is equally great in the treatment and cure of Cancers, Nodes, Ulcers, Pustule, Pimples, Tetter, Fever, Sores, Ringworm, Erysipelas, Scald head. Barbers' Itch, Scurvy, Salt Rheum, Copper-Colored Blotches, Glandular Swell ings, "Worms and Black Spots in the Flesh, Decolorations, Ulcers in the Throat, Mouth and Nose, Sore Legs, and Sores of every character, because these medicines arc the very best BLOOD MEDICINE Ever placed before the people, and are war ranted to be the most powerful! Alterative ever originated by man, removing Morbid Sensibility, Depression of Spirits, Dementia and Melancholia SSSr Sold by all Druggists, and will be sent by express to all part< of the country qy ad dressing the proprietor, G. EDGAR I.OTHROP, M. I) H .'5 Court street^ Boston, Mass., who may be consulted free of charge either personally or by mail. Send _?"> cents and get a copy of bis Look on Nervous Diseases. ang H 1S75 ly Mistakes of a Majority. * _ i Tho Washington correspondent of the Nines and Courier, writing to that paper, under date 28th ult., lias this to sny of the House of Representatives: "The present Congress bids lair to be known as a Congress of mistakes. I refer simply to the Democratic majority in the House, which has shown neither w'sdom nor statesman ship thus far. The chcosc-paring policy of Messrs. Randall and Hol man can never command tho support of the American people. We arc not niggardly as a ration. The intelli gence of the country favors fair sal aries to competent men. Meagre salaries promote negligence and peculation, It is a penn/-wisc, pound foolish policy which places ?neu in re sponsible positions and pays them mere laborers' wages. Yet, this is the policy Messrs. Randall and Hoi man are urging upon the House, ami lo which they are committing tho Democratic party. With what con sistency can Mr. Randall advocate, the cutting down of the pay of pro fessors and cadets at West Point when he advocated the increased pay to Congressmen in the Forty second Con gress, and dc.ended, pocketed and kept the bach pay, otherwise known as the salary grab? Tbc popular de mand for retrenchment and reform will not be met by cutting down tho salaries of a lew clerks, or uf men who have served their country faithfully and well. We pay our public. Ser vituts to day less than any other country in Christendom, and an in crea/sc of salaries in certain quarters would boa wiser policy than the pro posed who osale icduct ion. There are plenty of leaks to he stopped without, resorting to such expedients as this to lessen the drain upon the treasury. The cutting down of iitiy dollars there does not look well when contrasted I with the, giving-away ofiV"0 million and a half of the public money to a private corporation. I do not regard the passage of an amhc?iy hill as of very great inipnr .tanco, inn it is very evident the meas ure Would have passed but for the mistakes Mr. Randall made in his management of it; Am.1 bud be shown the wisdom to he expected in a party leader, Mr. II ill would not. have bud an opportunity to place his associates in false position; Mr. Iilaino in assume the role oJ a hyena, or Con, Banks to cover himself with glory by deliver ing the only statesmanlike speech of this debate. Possibly the 1 louse may redeem itself later in the session. It li to be hoped it wl.'l. Rut thus far it not only has gained nothing on its op ponents^ but has actually lost ground in public estimation, and dimmed the Democratic prospects for success in the coming Presidential election. Ther is nothing to he gained by concealing the truth, nor in this regard can it be conccalud, for the facts stated are notorious to all intelligent observers here." - _ mm% ? t&- - - A Champion Snori'Eh.?She swept into our largest dry goods store, says the Baltimore Gazette, with that easy grace that belongs as a birth right to Baltimore's fair daughters, stopping at the glove counter. The polite clerk rushed forward lo wait on her, with a note of interrogation in each eye. She asked for kid gloves. "Yes'm, what si/.e'm ?" A gorgeous pull back passed her, and she turned to look at it, and then ejaculated: "Kid gloves." "Yes'm, what sizo'm ?" "Why, Miss Sue, how do you do? I laven't seen you for an age," etc. Good-bye," and she turns to the pad cut clerk and transfixes lriui with a stony stare, und again demands, in tin injured tone : "Kid gloves." "Yes'm, what si/.e'm V" asked the somewhat excited clerk. "Oh, why, live and three-quarters." Tho box, containing six do/en of every conceivable shade, is placet! be fore her. Carefully she looks at each one of the seventy-two pairs, draws some seventeen pairs out of their var ious packages, bursts the bauds that held them in dozens, sind then re marks : "Why, I wanted black gloves." The box containing the black kids is produced, a similar process of disarranging the stock is gono through, and d pair arc finally selec ted. "How much tire they ?" chirps the fair one. One dollar ami seventy five cents," replies lib ofthc yardstick. "Oh, my gracious ! Tell hells them for fifty cents." Yardstick explains that the goods would cost three times that .sum, etc., goods must be damag ed to sell at that price. Lady admits that they arc somewhat damaged, but just as good; gets mad and flounces out of the store. Til is I'nrssiAX Akmy.?Tin; rank and file in the Prussian army arc miserably paid and poorly led, accord ing to our idea?. Tbc Court Journal gives some interesting statistics con cerning this matter. Tbc only ration which a priv ate soldier receives in peace is one and one-half pounds ol coarse bread. His pay is thirty-six thalers a year, or about nine shillings a month; from this a deduction cl one and one-fourth groschon, or about one and one-half pence a day is made lor messing, and to this is added an allow ance made, by government, which varies according to the garrison, and is fixed quarterly. On the winde, it I may be said that each German soldier has a bowl of gruel or codec in the morning and one meal in the middle ! of the day provided for him, also thai he lias about two and one-half pence remaining over irbni his pay to pro vide his supper. There is no fixed rate of pay for the non commissioned ranks. A bargain is made with each non-com mi.v ioned officer from time to time, according to the value oi'his ser vices. But after they leave the army they arc well provided for, ami it. is wholly unknown tiiaf?**n deserving non-com missioned officer should be necessitated to seek employment, after he has served his time, because he is unprovided for.^ j _ , , IIOW uk J>11> It.?The Jntlcpcuii mux ./>'<//<? tell a story of a priest who during the Jubilee mis-ion was ex cessively disappoint oil at finding none but fa male listeners to hi* sermon. Oh the day before Iiis final minist ration he thus suldressed Ids congregation : "It is a gicut comfort to us that you have duly confessed your sins every day to us, but. that is not chough; we wish to sec your husbands, fat hers, brothers present also. Tell them, therefore, that it' they will assemble here to-morrow I will teach them how to make an excellent pair ol shoes in five minuter;." As might be expected, the church oh the ensuing day was crowded to overflowing, when the priest having giving his hearers a les son on their duties told them that, as no doubt curiosity bat! brought them there, be would now gratify it. and .stooping down betook u pair of'hoots from the door, and in five niiu'ttes shaped them with a shears into a serviceable pair of shoes. How ir May hi: Donk.?.Some body wrote lb the editor of an agricul tural paper to a.-k how lie would ''break ah ox ?" The editor answered as, follows: If only one ox. a good way would be lo hoist him, by means of a chain attached to Iiis fad, to the top of a polo forty feet fiom the ground. Then hoist him by n rope tied to bis horns to another p Ic Then descend on his back a live-ton pile driver, and if that don't break him, lot him start ;t country news paper and trust people for subscrip tions. Cine of the two ways will do it sure. "Luvest thou me?" n?ked .1 Min ircopolis switin oi his last year's girl, ".Not much, I don't," was her cmpba tic reply. "Then death is my be.41 friend, and here's lo his health !" spoke tip the sighing lover its he drank oll*u bottle filled with a mixture which he supposed lo be laudanum. Jhit when the emetic, which a shrewd druggist had given instead of laudanum, began to work, his girl just held his hat to save the carpet, and then dragged him out oil the doorsteps by the hair of his head. Ho has no longer any faith ill the vaunted tenderness of wo men's sympathetic mittlre. Convontion of Southern Republi cans. A printed \eii culnr has been issued from Charleston and sent to largo numbers of Republican! in the South ern States, inviting their co operation in holding'a Convention of Southern Republicans to consult on the inter ests of the party and devise mearsn. es for putting it on a heller looting. The circular so?3 forth that seven yeais ago the Republicans were in possession of every State which had joined the war for secession except Virgin in, and that tit present there are only two in which thd party has a clear ascend ancy, ten _being completely dead three more yiiSj?j?itfy in tho hands of the Democrats. It goes on to state that these losses have occur mil in spite of the great advantage for tho Republi cans that-the whole inilucnce of the Federal Government has been active ly exerted on their side with the whole olli co-holding clement in both State and National positions The circular uttribu tcs these sweeping reverses to the bad management of the Republi can party in the South, and suggests that if the party is not to be title ly wrecked and destroyed it must at once put an end to the ascendancy of lead ers whose unwise, selfish and corrupt practices have loaded the party down with disjrracc aud disasters, and fit?. threatens! its extinction even in the two Staates of which it still; retains possession. The trouble with our Re publican friends i" the South is that if they ."unload" all the bad nu n in the party there won't he anv party left. :. '1 ho.sinconsistencies, in our orthog raphy'are something fearful to con template!-. T-o n g-u-e s peel Is "ton gue" andjthe man that first spelled it so should have been "honihtc." A-e-h-o tspells "ache," ami that's all you ..!?:i"rV tmiehe out of it. Ivi g-h-t sjiel's height" no matter how yo? itie preco'ght the idea; and that a-i-s l-c should spell "aisle" anil fe-i-g-n "feign" is enough to make anybody smuislu if the effort were loo peignful. ? Allntih/ Ari/iiitl -? wna> - - ? ?8B_ John Surratt married a Virginia lady last year and is now teaching school at a village in Maryland,about twenty miles thence. Miss Surratt married a treasury clerk, but immedi ately after the nuptials he was dismiss ed front the department. ? ? ii1 p.. ? . -rv*? 1 ? Whcu is a horse not worth ashill ing? W hen it is worth less (worth 1-sQ_ Encourage Home People AND iiomiz untkupRisi;:: DOORS, SASH & BUNDS "Ght'ivl/psioii, S. C. Only Carolinian engaged in llie inhnii fiieture of Doors, S;isb. I'd bids, Moulding* und Turiied Work in Charleston, S. 0. f&if* 1 * ii *-?as Low as any other House, aud all work first class. jail 22 187(1 "ni STONO I'UOSPHATK CO.. j CBARbKSTOA, S. C. SeSublc itlwaiio?(Available Hone Phosphate of Lima IS-Vi per ivnt. Aih mouia tl-l-l per cent;) April 1st; $l<?, Nov. 1st, $53. Cotton Option; .Middlings at l"> ets. ?<?.'>. Acid l*ll<??I?llHi<i?(Available Uoiio Phosphate of Linie, 22-IS per real.) April 1st, $?10; Nov. Ist, $H?; Cotton option is>-I?">. Special Kates to CS range rs on cash orders. l?'or particular* applv tin JB. V. Will'itMH*, Treasurer, Charleston, S. (.'. Or to H. Kzekiel and C. I?. Kortjohii, Orahgcburg, S. C, \V. P. Cain ? (*<?., Lew isville, S. C., W. ?. Utsey, George's, S. |;ili 22 1 bVtl 3ni U M M O V K B* TO THE HEAR OF 3\. ITSCIIKli's STORK Where I hin prewired to serve (he Public at the shortest notice in my line of business. Thanking the Citizens for their liberal patronage in the past, I beg a continuance of illc same in the future. MOSKS M. BROWX, Barbar; With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir and Clcsot. I:-". fcuy an dd-fa:bi;sci Bisve, tut get cno With all latest improvements* Largest Oven and Flues. Longest Fire Box for long wood. Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Firo Box Bottom?In sures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast. Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't soil floor or carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Burns butllttlo wood. Ha* Mica cr Solid iron Front. Carerutly Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iren? Nickel Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Doors. Ground and Silver-like Polished Ed *cs and Mouldings. Heavy^ Best New Iron. Won't crack. WAS3AHT2S CA7I3FACT037. Manufactured by RATHBONE, SARD &. CO., Albany, N.Y. Bold by an Enterprising Dealer tn every Town, W'ILLC?CK ? WOLF 10, nbv 20?!>m Oranguburg, s. c, T X. ROIJ30X, O ? c.s fast bay, COMMISSION' MKBC11AXT AXD DKALF.B3 ix FFRTILIZFRS. CitAi.iwroS, S. c. Xovember 1, 1 S7">. Having been eng.'.ged for twenty years in the Ciugno Trade with eminent success, 1 deemed it advisable to introduce lunulj/ers under my own name and guarantee. I have made arrangements to have preps cd a li.iuio under niv inspection ami cotuvol; called HOBSON's COTTOX A-XD C?KX FKBTI bl/dCHS. Th's < biano :* of the highest standard. Ii contain*, amongolh?; valuable iiigrcd'eiit*. Ii reo per echt, oi' Ani nioiiia. one and a half percent, of I'o.. .?'i. and fiiiirt.eein pe:\ cent, of Avalable I'hbW pliiUc. I also have prepared or me a CO.MI'OP.S I) ACll) IMIpSlMlATiv of (lie highest si.tinl.ud. These Fertilizer* are comp'outidetl of the purest materials, and sire manipu'a.i'd aild te/led nailer ihe su pervision ofBr. St. J* Uavenel, of this city whose n.imc gives a warrant lor their litgli character, and adaption for cihr soil. I otter ;he-e her i'.'.i - lo I'lanters on the follow ing '.ivorahle terms : n?i'.sox'.s c?tt?x axd corx fkr Tl U Z KBS. C.tsh SI! per toil; on luiicvSoO* K? I'-'OX'S C?MI'O?X? ACID im IDS I'll AT K, Cash. i?2S per ton; on time, S33. Planters ordering imniodiatelv will he ah lowed to the first of April to decide which ihcy prefer, cash or time. An order for a carload of eight ton* .will he sent free of dravage: hm lor a loss amount Si per ton w ill be charged. < >n orders for large lots from (irangers or dealers, a liberal discoiin w'.'.! he allowed. I take this occasion to return my thanus to those who have so largely patronized the Fertilizers hitherto olliyed by !ii<> .ml in soliciting their favorable attention to imbib er, 1 pledge niy l e t efforts lo merit aconliii uan e of confidence by keeping the highest standard of Fertilizers adapted to cotton and corn. nbv -7 3th. AN OUTFIT FRSB We want, sonic one in every county to take orders and deliver goods for the obi a id original c. < >. I >? House Large cash wages. Splendid chance in every neighbor hood for the right person of either sex, young or old. Samples, new lists, circul ars, terms, etc., a completeotiUil sent free and post paid. Send for it at once and make mohev at ybtir homes. Address, 11. .]. llALi;&*co. '(! X' Jfoiuml Street Haiti wire. :././. IIOV 13 3(R You will lind Red Utisi Proof Oats fur Spring Hawing ut Store of J. A. IIAHHT/rON. You can- leave Orders ulito with him for (lie MAPI'S STANDARD FKRTILIKKR, KT I WAN. ATLANTIC aud olher PHOSPHATES. 3?eruviftii Grim-uo will ho scam* for a pure article, hut ivlikt we will Oiler will he A >\?. 1. Agency for the staunehest Companies in Fire Insurance, NIAGARA; ^l.l?n.OOO Assets. ATLANTIC, $700,000. MILYILLK, $1,300,000. RICHMOND, $000,000. Risks taken on Dwellings, Outhouses ?c.Xc. JOHN A. HAMILTON, Next to Court House on Market St. J O M 3$ O WREN SfCCKiSoli OF j u ~> n e ivr j je x x v. Importer and Manufacturer OF . HARNESS A SADDLES. Has the pleasure to inform thu Public that he has Hecoi.'cd a heavy Stock from the North of every description what belong* to a first class Saddlery Kbtablishiueiit. Also wi.-h to draw particular attention to his Stock of LA DIES It I Dl NO SA DDLES and bis assortment of SI 10 KS. Prices lower then ever. Oood Saddles at $3..r>0. (iootl Shoes at $1.70 Books! Stationery! Music! ALSO A lot of ^YL\'I>0\Y Nil AUKS of an im proved Patent, being neat, simple in pat ting up, durable and Oll KAP in price. Lamps, C'himucys and Lamp Fixtures .always ou haud. SOLK AGENT fr'OK THE Celebrated WATT PLOW and Carting, which I sell at Manufacturer'* Prices, with freight added, vis : (hie Horse A and B.$0 00 Two H?rst M aud N. 0 0? Castings.7c per lb. Insm unco and Collections prompt ly attended lo. AGENT FOll Liverpool, London ami (!lobe Insurance Co. Georgia Home. Insurance Co. Manhattcn Life Insurance Co. Kllllv UORINSON. Market 3t, oct 2 8^ JUST FRO? NEW YORK. WHO? ARTHUR II. LEWI5 DERMATOLIGIST AND PRACTICAL HAIR CUTTER, Kespecl fully announces to the Citiw** of Oraagibnrg, that he lias permuncatlr loeatiid himself in this place, and requosU a .-Inn.- of dieir patronage. Call at No. 3 Law hange, opposite I'pst Ollice. sept I 1875 ly NOTICE. Tbc Subscribers are local Agents for the Security Life Insurance and Annuity Comp liny of New York, and for 3 Fire Insurance Co.?'panics; and will be pleased lo recir? from (heir friends, and all others, applica tions for insurance of either kind. The Security Life is well known as one of the most reliable Companies in the United Stales, and the Fire Companies they represent are believed by them to be emi lientlv safe and trustworthy. ni'TsoN & inirsoN, Local Agents, dec '2? 3m jSTotieo to Creditors. All persons having demands against the Fstate of J. D. I'M wards deceased; will pre sent the same on or before the loth day of April next, aud all persons indebted to said Kstate will make immedratc payment to the undersigned. A. F. KPWA ADS, .L A. KUWAUUS, (Julilicd Administratot. jau 10 4t N?tice ?f ^Dismissal. Notice is hereby givsn, that on the fifteenth day of February, A. D. 1876, I will lile my final account in the Probate Court as liuaidian of A NN IK K. IIKUNEK, (now deceased), and apply for tny final dis charge. JOHN Ii. RUSH, Guardian of Annie E, Rruncr. inn 15 4t