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^^^^^^ " l ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, y GOD .A.jsti) OTXR COTJjSTT:RY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 10. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 18T6. NUMBERT~ EFRANK COE'fl AMMONIATED . BONE SUPERPHOSPHATE, Having been appointed Sole Agent for this State for the sale of the above old and well known FERTILIZER, we shall al ways keep a full supply on hand. Orders entrusted to our care shall meet with prompt attention. The merits of this Fertilizer arc too well knewn and appreciated to require a more fextended notice. We will only state that each consignment is subject to the severest Analysis, and that the original standard is fully maintained. Dr II. PINCKNEY is bur travelling Agent, and any communica tions to us through him shall have every care and dispatch. PINCKNEY BROTHERS, 3 Commercial Wharf, Charleston, S. C. feb 12 3m gharlss s. bull ATTORNEY AT LAW U. S. COM MISSION ER ANI> NOTEItY l'UBLIC. Crangeburg, S. C. oct 23 tf A CARD. Dr. J. O. WANNAMAKEIl is in pos Bennien of the Receipts and Prescription Books of the late Dr. E. J. Olivcros. All persans desiring to get any of the above Preparations or Renewal of Prescriptions can do so by calling on Dr. WANNA MAKER, At his Drug Store. aug 21?3m GKO. S. SHilvKR, Commission ISIerclitirit; DRAI.Kit IN XiR< CERIES, FINE WINKS, &c. Agent for P.arlon's Planter, Avery's Plows, and all kinds of Agrieuhural ImpW meid*. At New Brick Store next lo Duke's Drug Htote. sept 2??Gin -PIvS 31STKY. I)K. IS. .1. MUCki Nl'iJ?'X Having entirely Recovered from bis ?|ek iifris, can be found at his O'.'TTCK over Cnpt. J. A. Hamiiton's Store, where he .w.UJ -W'glao. to j SEE hi* Fit I KNt)S and th~e" Public. c 1IIEA1' CS I; A NO. $10 PER TON. 'Phis til.'ANO was oflcrid at the close ol btt-t r-eaxoi. Si.me ."!<! ? tons .-old "ii its own hicru* per analysis ??t 1 ruf. Hiepard. As far as btiird from ihc r> suits of its appli.a lion have luen faverahle. To dys? tile ba'am-v of lite cargo, 1 offer it at $10 per ton va?li. put up in new hags of 200 | ounds. .1. N. I.OISON, 68 Fast Bay, I and 2 Atlantic Vt barf, Charleston, S. C. jan 8 ."tu. The C ordial Italia of Nyriciiiu and Toil Hi 1'ilta. NERVOUS DEBILITY, However obscure the cause may be which bentributf! to render nervous debility a ?Immsc so prevalent, a fleeting, as it does, taoarlv one-half of our adult population, it Is a melancholy fact that day by day, and year by year, we witness a most frightful in erease of nervous a fleet ions from the slight est neuralgia to the more grave and extreme forms of NERVOUS PROSTRATION, tn characterized by a general languor or "weakness of the whole organism, especially of the nervous system, obstructing and pre venting the ordinary functions ofliaturc; hence there is a disordered state of the Recretions; constipation, scanty and high colored urine, with an excess of cart by or lime sediment, indicative of waste of brain and nerve substance, frequent palpitations of the heart, loss of memory and marked irresolution of purpose, ami inability to carry into action any well-defined business enterprise, or to fix the mind upon any One thing at a time. There is great sensitive ness to impress, though retained but a short time, witll a flickering and fluttering condi tion of the mental faculties, rendering an individual what is commonly called a whifllc-minded or flick le-nun< led man. This condition of the individual, distress ing as it is, may with a certainty be cured by THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRICUM AND LOTHROP'S TONIC PILLS, Medicines unrivaled for their wonderful properties and remarkable cures of all Ner vous Complaints. Thcircflica?y is equally frrcat in the treatment and cure of Cancers, Nodes, Ulcers. Pustule, Pimples, Tetter, Fever, Sores, Ringworm, Erysipelas, Scald head. Barbers' Itch, Scurvy, Salt Rhrum, Copper-Colored Blotches, Glandul?r Swell ings, Worms and Black Spots in the Flesh, Hiscolorations, Ulcers in the Throat, Mouth and iv'ose, Sore Legs, and Sores of every character, because these medicines are the Very best BLOOD MEDICINE Ever placed before the people, ami are war ranted to he the most powcrfull Alterative ever originated by man, removing Morbid Sensibility, Depression of Spirits, Dementia and Mciancholia fifty* Sold by all Druggists, and will be sent by cxprcHftto all parts of the country qv ad dressing tbe proprietor, O. EDOAR LOTHROP, M. D? 148 Court street, Boston, MaM., who may be consulted free of charge eithor personally or by mail. Send 25 cents and get a copy of his Rook on Nervous DiffCAFCfl. ?.ng 14 1875 Jy An Important Decision. Tiie following is the opinion of the Supreme Court of this State in the case of the Homestead Building ami Loan Association vs. Enslow, in which it was held that a party could not claim a Homestead exemption as against a mortg ge : SUPREME COURT?NOVEMBER TERM? 1875. Homestead 'Building and Loan Associa tion, vs. J. A. Enslow, Respondent, and C. Ii. L. Association, et. al. Apjwllant?Opinion?Witlard, A. J. The defendant Euslow, the head of a family, residing within this Stale, mortgaged in 1871 the premises on which he resided with his family. The premises appear to be such as might he considered a family home stead within the sense of the Consti tution allowing exemption from cer tain process, as "gainst premises so held and occupied. These premises have been sold under a decree fore closing such mortgage, and a portion of the purchase money arising from such sale is held tinder a decree of the Circuit Court ascertaining that the defendant Enslow is entitled to the same in right of his claim to home stead exemption as against his mort gage of said premises. The appeal is lrom that decree,and alledgcs that the homestead right can not be asserted as against the inert gage made by Enslow. There is no doubt but that Enslow could make a valid mortgage. A homestead had never been actually set apart. The homestead provisions do not in terms prevent the owner of laudsfrohi mortgngill ? them. Such an intent cannot be enforced as against the com mon law right of dominion unless it is found io be essential to the operation , of the homestead provisions as it re gards the specific object of tbuse pro visions. All (lint the Constitution seeks to accomplish is to prevent premises so uiiJ OccUp.vcv', ('???<iji Womiji sub jeetcd to proccsjj for the purpose oi enlorcing obligations of a certain cbniacter. Art. .2, Sec 32. ,??< ^-^UorV^gritijfnlT.niioion of ihe owner of amis, including the power to lieu or i neu ml cr, is not., either directly pi* indirectly, ihe subject, of ibis pi 6 vision. The whole lorcc of, the consti tutional provision is expended in pic venting inter fere ice in certain cases will? ihat provision; 'lie Statutes, in pursuance of this (dame of the Constitution,do not en large the nature or operation oftne homestead provision of the Constitu tion. Whether the Legislature had not the right to extend the measure of relief afforded to the beiuls of fami lies by the section above cited, under a mere general grtilit-of:Legislative authority conferred by See. 20, 1st of the Constitution, need not be con sidered at this time, for no su< h exer cise of authority beyond the. terms of Sec. 132, Art. 2. has been attempted. The Statutes (G?ll. Statutes -174) merely provhks specific means for accomplishieg that which constituted the end and purpose of the constitu tion as contained in Sec. 32, Art. 2. il ltd the mortgagee obtained possession of the mortgaged premises otherwise than by proceedings for their sale, cither under authority con ferred by law or the con tract of die parties, on the mortgagee, no question under the Constitution affecting the rightiuIness of that posses: ion could ha ve a risen. It remains then, only; to consider whether a judicial sale for the fore closure of the piortgage is embraced under this discriptiou ''attachment, levy or sale on any mesiie or final process issiud from any court'* con tained in Sec. 32, Art. 2. The portion of that section involved in the present const ruction is as follows: "The family homestead of the. head of each family residing in this State, such homestead oonsi.-ting of dwelling house, out buildings and lands appurtenant, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars, and yearly product thereof, shall l>c exempt from attachment, levy or sale on any mesne or final process issued from any Court." It is obvious (hat process issued to enforce a judgment or decree, for the payme t of money, ami which may be enforced against the whole estate of i he judgment debtor is here intend ed. To extend the sense of the Con stitution as demanded by the respond ent Enslow would be equivalent to holding that no judgment nor order of any Court could bind such a home stead so as to disturb the possession of the occupant. This is manifestly be yond the intention of the < (institution. It is noticeable that the exemption conferred by the Constitution is not limited in terms to the bead of a family holding premises, occupied as a family homestead, by rightful title. Ncr can this be regarded as an in tentional omission, if the object of the Constitution was merely to shield the possession of the family homestead against creditors having only a general right to subject the lands of their debtors to their judgments; fir as against judgment creditors at large there is as much reason for protecting a homestead held by a defective title as onu held by good title. But the whole sense of the Constitution would have to be changed, if we are to sup pose that no judgmenl or order of any Court could become the means of ousting the possession of the head of the family, for that construction would necessarily include a judgment re covered by one having good title to the premises against one holding under a defective title. If wc attempt to meet this difficulty by interpolating words in the Cotisti tution, confining the right of exemp tion to cases where the person claim ing such exemption holds by rightful title, then wo disturb th s provisions and deprive the in of their obvious fitness, as they stand, to provide pro tection ngainst judgment creditors having no other right to the hind than that arising from the operation of process issued to enforce a money judgment or decrc. The view just presented is confor mable to what was said by the Court in Shelor vs. Nason (2 S. C 238.) The sale for foreclosure was not forbidden by the Constitution as it re gards the homestead in question, arid the mortgagor has no right to claim any part of the proceeds of sale, by reason of the allcdged occupation o!' the mortgaged premises a? a family homestead. The judgment bclew must he modi fied accordingly. ? The opinion eoncuired in by Chici Justice Moses stud Associate Justice Wright*. Romance of a Ring. Fomc time ago a wealthy young gentleman of Washington was engag ed Jo be married to a beautiful belle of Morgantown, ofVthis/f t?te; and a bni'imVil ''^.vuety wedding" was look ed forward to' by iVii-frit uds of both parties, particularly the young bujy. intimates of the prospective bride. Hut the course of trite love was true to the proverb about true love in gen er a', anil about, a month ago the engage ment was broken oil', Low or why does not. concern this story, though the whole a (fair may possibly ho rudely dragged before tbu public by unro man tie lawyers, and lor no fault?in less carelessness is a crime?of either of the parties. Of course, her engage ment broken j the young lady quickly scut hack her ring, and the quickest way she could think of was by mail, so by mail it went?that is, it started from Morgantown, but never t ouched Washington. The gentleman made no inquiries about it, and but for a train of events that couldn't possibly have been arranged by chance, might have gone, on thiuking that his former fiancee was mercenary enough to hold on to the magnificent ring that had been a token of lier loyalty to him. .But the mysterious destiny that sin pes our ends ordered it otherwise. A few weeks ago one of the Morgantown young lady's friends saw the ring oh the hand of a lady in the same town, who was not acquainted with the first named, afuj " consequently did not know the ring nor its history Investi gation was at once begun, and a few (lays' lime and very litth: trouble traced the ring to a clerk in the Fair moot post-office, w ho, it is alleged, had stolen it from the mail, loaned it to a gentleman friend at Mannington, who made it do duty as an engagement ring for his fiancee in A [organ town I The Fairmont post-office clerk was arrested by tho government oflicials and will he tried in the United .States District Court at l'arkersbtirg some tiihe during this month. To the trial of lli'o post-office clerk will be sum moned the young lady who "sent back the ring," and possibly all parties connected with it, including the Man nington gc:illcvinn and his fiancee Should the question of the ownership of the ring conic up, it will prove a knotty one. To whom does or did the ring belong at the time of its loss ? The case will be an interesting oho at all events, and highly so if it should ho necessary t? prove, the ownership of the alleged stolen property,? Wheeling ( If. InteHiyenccr. Be cheerful, contented and lrhi fi cart cd. Always remember that there arc others whose troubles arc greater tliah yours. In the family circle show the sunny side of your nature. Don't go around complaining, miser able and unhappy. It is too much like the uncomfortable custom of the ancient Kgyptiuns, who novcr gave a feast without a skeleton in full view, that they might not forget their mortality. Capital punishment?Hanging on the neck of a pretty girl. A Shower of Flesh. Description of a Remarkable Phenomenon in Kentucky. Louisville, Ky., March 10, 1870.?On Friday lasta most remark able phenomenon occurred tit a point in Bath county, Ky., two miles i'rom Mud Lick Springs. At the time, two p. in., the heavens were bright, the sun was shining, and oidy a lew float ing clouds were visible. Suddenly there appeared a light cloud over the larm ol Air. Crouch, which seemed descending upon the earth. It hung overhead a few biief moments and then flukes of something white fell to earth. The full con tilted ten minutes. Men and women (hen went out and examined the flakes, and discovered them to be flosh, resembling mutton. When picked up they quivered. A space 200 by 100 yards in extent was covered, and a number of trees, fences, &c, were also full of the strange .substance. Stains like t'x se produced by blood in its secondary condition marked spots where the Hakes bad touched. Drove? of chickens and bogs swarm cd aiound the place und ate the flesh with great gusto. The inhabitants for miles around came for several days after and collected specimens. Hundreds are willing to testify by affidavit! to the truth of the entire matter. Professor J. Lawrence Smith, a scientist^ says the substance is of an animal nature. When the flakes tell they \vtirc from the size of a pea to that of a human finger, and an eighth of an inch in thickness, and of the color of flesh. They have since as sumed a dull red and white hue, and arc somewhat withered. A butcher ate one' flakG and pronounced it very palatable, but was unable io say what kind of, an animal the flesh came from. The inhabitants of the locality where ihe phenomenon occurred, nj proached the flesh with superstitious awe, aud,at first would not touch it. _n-?>??? ?? ? "Mamma," said a thoughtful young ster tb?: other day., "hoiy.old shall 1 ^Sm^S0j^^? "Sir/my sv.tv; if you live." "Well, suppose I don't live, caii't I go right on having birth days like George Washington ?" There are some older boys who would like to have their birthdaysi "go right on." A FLORAL FAIR ok Tin-; 03ANGEBURG AGRICULTURAL AND MECHAMCAb ASSOCIATION Will he held at Orangoburg in the P.uihl ing May the Dili 187(5, at which time Prcmimus will ho awarded to successful competitors as follows : For the largest and best collection of Green House Planta hy one person. For the second best collection of the above. For the best collection of Zonale Gerari iuni*. For the host collection of lVlargoruims. For tho best collection of Koses (cut flowers.) For the beat collection of Aritorn. For the best collection of Fuchias. For the liest collection of a Zalcas. For the best collection of Pansics. For the best collection of Native Wild flowers?arranged. For the best collection of Vegetables, by one person. For the second best collection of the above. l'rciniunins will not be awarded unleis there be a fair competition. For further particular-, apply to Klltlv KOIJI.WSON, Secret a ry. mar 11 2in (2>5 TO $20 PK It DAY A T Home. Samples worth $1 fr?e. St bison !i Co., Portland, Maine. 'J?e. to ?. P. UOWKMi?lMj., New York, for Pamphlet of 100 pagos, containing lists of 3U00 newspapers, and and estimates allowing cost of nil vert Ising. it ilny at home. Agent? wanted; W> Outfit and terms free. TKU1C & I'll., Augusta, Maine, mar 11 1R70 ly C( > M I NO ?I will have on Wednes day next, sixteen of tho finest HORSES ever oflercd lor Sale in this market. Also ten or twelve No. 1. MULES. Now is the time for buyers to give nie a call, Terms moderate. ED WAKED F. SLATBK; mar U * tf I?STRAY SAI.K-The following Cattle haying been delivered to me as estray, will be sold at Joseph Johnson's place, Middle Township, at public outcry, on-the usual terms, on 20th day of April next. One Black, Hriudle Oow a nd Cal f, One IJlack Cow, On? lied Heifer, Ono Rod Hull, Yearling. Said eslrays can be seen at Joseph Johnson'B plaec. J. P. M. FOURKS, Trial Jtntico. feb 26 Srn NOTICE U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE sMrciaij taxes, May I, 1870, to April :iO, 1877. The Revised Statutes df the United Stales. Sections 3232, l\TM, :;2.??s, and :>23ty require every person engaged in any busi ness, avocation, or em ploy men t which render.') hi in liahlcto a Special Tax, to pro cure and place conspicuously in his estab lishment or place of business a Stamp de noting the payment of-aid Spc.-ial Tax for ; the Special Tax year beginning .May, I, | 187t), before cotiuiieneing or continuing businessaftbr April."0, 1870. The Taxes embraced within tin- Pro* visions of the Law above quoted are the following, viz: Rectifier* $200 00. Dealers, retail liijuor $2") 00. Dealers, wholesale liquor $100 00. Dealers, in malt liquors, wholesale S?O 00. Dealers in mall iiqiiors, retail $20 00. Dealer.-, in leaftobacco $25 00. Hetail dealers in leaf.tobacco$000 00. Anil on sales nf over $1,000, lifiy cents for every dollar in excess of $ 1,0UU. D. alcrs in manufactured tobacco $5 00. Manufacturers of stills JJt.'jO 00. And for each still manufactured $20 00. And for each worm manufactured $20 00. Manufacturers of tobacco $10 00. Manufacturers of cigars $1.0 00. Peddlers of tobacco, first class (more (ban two horses or other animal-) $?0 00 Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two horses or other animals) $25 00. Peddlers of tobacco, third class (one horse or other animal) $1) U0 Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class (on foot or public conveyance) $10 tit); Brewers of less than 500 hundred barrels $30 01). Brewers of 00.) barrel.) or ninre $100 00. Any person, so liable, who shall fail to comply with the foregoing requirements will be subject to severe penalties. Persons or firms liable to pay any pt the Special 'Paxes named above must apply to A- RANSIF.R, Collector of Internal Revenue at Charleston, those in Orangebuig and Barn well Comities to P. V. D1BHLK, Deputy Collector at Orangeburg, S. C, ami pay for and procure the Special-Tax Stamp or Stamp" they need, prior to May 1, 1870, and without further notice. 1). 1). PRATT, . Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Ofi'uv of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C, February 1, 1S7<>. mar 2<1 4t Encourage Home People ASM) I rO^fe KN u?.E UPRISE C^EORGiKE s. hacker CJliMi'lcfiioii, S. C ). DOORS, SASH A HIJMLS The only 1)00?, SASH and BLIND Factory owned ahdmanagod by a Carolin ian in this City. All work guaranteed. Terms Cash. Alwavs on hand a l?ge Stock of DOORS, SASH, "BLINDS, MOULDINGS, Scroll and Turned Work of cverv description. (Has--, White Leads, and Builders' Hard ware, Dressed Lumber and Flooring delivered in any pan of ibis -State. jan 22 ly Not it'O of I Mssolut ion. The limited Partnership entered Into on the Thirteenth day of OctobcryA. D.TS7?, by Joab W, Moseley, as general Partner and Sarach K. Tel in, as special Partner, trading under the firm name of Joab IV. Moselcy. The certificate whereof is record ed in the oflice of the Register of Mcjtuc Conveyance for Omngeburg County afore said in Look No. I I, pages l">, -152, 4?!lj has been ibis day dissolved by mutural convent and notice of this dissolution has been duly tiled ami recorded in the said office. Orangcburg. S. (.'., Feb. ISth IS7t?. J. W. MOSKLKY, SARAH K. T?RIN, feb 19 3m DENTISTRY. OPENATIVE AND MECHANICAL. A. M. Snider. L. S. WOLFE &T. J.Calvert j?-^V" Office open nt all times. A KT II UK If. LEWI.V DERMAT0L1CIST AND PRACTICAL HAIR CUTTER, If you want a good and easy Shave or an Artistic Hair Chi or a delightful Shampoo, go to A KT II UK II. LEWIS'S Hair Cutting Rooms, No. 3 Law Range opposite Court House Square. ffcti?" Special attention paid to Children I Hair Cutting. Extra Rooms for Ljdic*. Kept! 1S<'<> ly REMOVED TO THE REAR OF A. FISCH Kit'? 3TOKE Where T sun prepared to serve the 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 the same in the future. MOS KS M. BROWN, Barbar. COL, ASBURY -COWARD A lull corn"aVlo'Profaasorp. il ,. Cknnploto outfit oC -Anna, nparntua otn. ftrr MOMM jnu-nlol and physical trnlni&g. Itwnlionni/edX8r JuTolUJUnoBaaiui poflacsBmg railroad and trfc^?* 1bdlito.BirIIhutriaeJCa?nlp^flirj^ii " dec 11 1S75 tf JOHXOGREN SL'CCFSiOtt or 3lO BERT JENNY. Importer and Manufacturer OF HARNESS & SADDLES. Has the pleasure to inform the Public that he has Received a heavy Stock from the North of every description what belongs to a first class Saddlery Establishment. Also wish to draw particular attention to his Stock of LADIES RIDING SADDLES and Iiis assortment of SHOES. Prices lower then ever. Good Saddles at $3.50. (iood Shoes at $1.75 Book ! Stationery I Musio! AT .SO A lot bf WINDOW .SHADES. nf jjn 1m pYo\%rPat*i\tr being* he?ly simple in~ptfff~~" ting up, durable and CHKA1' In price. Lamps, Chimneys and Lamp Fixtures always ou hand. SOLE AUEXT FOR THE Celebrated WATT PLOW and Casting?, which I sell at Manufacturer's Prices, with freight added, viz.: One Horse A and li.$G 00 Two Horst M and N. 9 00 Castings.?.7c per lb. Instil mice and Collections prompt ly attended to. AOT'jNT FOR Liverpool, London and Globo Insurance Co. Georgia Home Insurance Co. Mauhatten Life insurance Co. KIRK H0BLN8ON. Market St. oct 2 3q CORN TO ARRIVE. 300 Bushels of Prime Western Corn in Sacks TO ARRIVE and will be sold low. Orders received lor the same to be delivered at Depot or from Store. SUGARS AND COPEES DOWN IN PRICE at Store of JOHN A. HAMILTON, Next to Court House on Market St. STONO PIIOSPIIATK CO., CH ARLESTON, S. C. Soluble CJUIUIO?(Available Bono Phosphate of Lime 18-53 per cent. Am monia 3-1-1 per cent.) April 1st, $14, Nov. 1st, $00. Cotton Option, Middlings at 15 cts. $(}">. Ac hl "PhosplmlC?(Available Bone Phosphate of Lime, 22-18 per'cent.) April Isl, $28; Nov. 1st, $33; Cotton option $45. Aipocitll Htites to Grangers on cash orders. For particulars apply to IS. V. Wllllnms, Treasurer, Charleston, S. C, Or to C. D. Kortiohn, Orangebiirg, S. C4 W. P. Cain & Co.," Lewis villo, 8. C., W. 8, L'tscv, George's, S. 0. tan 22 187G 3m FKESH Garden Seeds JUST RECEVIED FROM ?. LANDRBTH & SON E. E. KZEKIEL, jsn 1 tf