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TWO DOLLARS PER. ANNUM, y - GOD ^.ISTD OUTS, OOIJNTEY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE?.'. , ? , . ;_ tfi . : : > ??! I10UIS9V VOLUME 10. 1 SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, L876. NUMBER 8 EFRANK COE'S AMMONIATED . BONE SUPERPHOSPHATE. Having been appointed S0I9 Agent for thin State for the Bale 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 are too well known and apprceiatcd to require a more extended notice. Wo will only Ktate that ench consignment is subject to the severest analysis, and that the original standard is fully maintained. Dr II. PINCKNEY is our travelling Agent, nnd any communica tions to us through him shall have every care and dispatch. PINCKNEY BROTHERS, ' 3 Commercial Wharf, Charleston, S. C. feb 12 3m CHARLES S. BULL ATTORNEY AT I1A.W U. S. COMMISSIONER and Notery Public. Crangeburg, S. C oct 23 tf A CARD. Dr. J. G. WANNAMAKI2R is in pos session of the Receipts and Prescription Books of the late Dr. K.J. Oliveros. All pcrsens desiring to get any of the above Preparations or Renewal of Prescriptions can do so by calling on Dr. wannamakf.r, At Ins Drug Store. aug 21?3m GK?. S. Sil I hER, Commission Merchant. DKAI.KIt JS rjR< CERIKS, FINK WINKS, &c. Agent for Barton's Planter, AvcryV Plows, and all kinds of a pVi cid Ml rid Itnph-incuts. At New Brick Stoic next lo Duke's Diu?.' Store. sept 2??(im I JEN T1STKY. DR. IS. J. MUCIvi.rs FUSN Having entirely Recovered from bis Sick ness, can be fuinid at ids OF KICK over <*apt. J. A. Hamilton's Store, where he will be glad to SKR his Fill EX IM and the Public. [jjlKAP CStJANO. flO PKK TON This GUANO was oflcrcd al the close of la.-t Fcason. Some 3UU toils sohl on its own uicrits as per analysis of Prof. Sbcpafd. As far as heard from,the resiilis of its applica tion have been favorable-. To close the balance ?f the cargo, I oiler it at $10 per Ion rash, put up in new bags of ??? | bunds. j. N. hOBSONj CS East Bay, 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf, Chailesion, S. C. jan 8 3m. The Cerdial Italia of Syrieum and '5'onic IvU1h. NERVOUS DEBILITY, However obscure the eanse may be which contribute to render nervous debility a disontse so prevalent, nfleeting/na it dor:;, nearly one-half of our adult population; il is a melancholy fact that day by day, and year by year, we witness a most frightful iu crcape of nervous affections from the slight est neuralgia lo the more grave and extreme forms of ? NERVOUS PROSTRATION, Is characterized by a general languor or weakness of tbo whole organism, especially of the nervous system, obstructing and pre venting the ordinary ' functions ofnature; hence there is a disordered stale of the secretions; constipation, scanty and high colored urine, with an excess uf earthy or lime sediment, indicative of waste of brain nnd nerve substance, frequent palpitations of the heart, loss of memory ami marked irresolution of purpose, ami inability to carry into action anv well-defined business enterprise, or to fix tfic mind upon any one thing at a time. There is great sensitive ness to impress, though retained but a short time, with a flickering and fluttering condi tion of the mental faculties, rendering an individual what is commonly called a whiflle-minded or flicklc-mindcd man. This condition of (he individual, distress ing as it is, may with a certainty he cured by THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRICUM AND LOTH HOP'S TONIC PILLS, Medicines unrivaled for their wonderful properties and remarkable cures of all Ner vous Complaints. Theireflieuoy is equally great in the treatment and cure of Cancers, Nodes, Ulcortf, Pustule, Pimples, Tetter, Fever, Sores, Ringworm, Erysipelas, Scald-, head. Barbers' Itch, Scurvy, Salt Rheum, Copper-Colored Blotches, Glandular Swell* inga, Worms and Black Spots in the Flesh, Discolorations, Ulcers in the Throat, Mouth and Nose, Sore Legs, and Sores of every character, because these medicines are t he very best BLOOD MEDICINE Ever placed before the people, and arc war ranted to bo. .ho most powerful! Alterative* ever originated by< man, removing .Morbid Sensibility, Depressionsf Spirits, Dementia and Meitineboha - , , ? B6y* Sold by all Druggists, and will lie sent by express to all parts of the country qy ad dressing the proprietor, 0. .JCDUAIt LOTHROP, M. D., 143 Court street, Boston, Mass., who may be consulted free of charge either personally or by mail. Send 2"> cents and get a copy of his Rook on Nervous Diseases. . . . aug 14 1875 \y Mark Twain's Duel. Mark Twain con tribute." tho follow ing to" Torn Hood's annual : The only merit I claim for the fol lowing narrative is that it is a true story. It bus a moral on the end of it, but I claim nothing on that, as it; is merely thrown in 10 curry favor with the religious element. After I had reported a couple of years on the Virginia Oity (Nevada) Daily Enterprise they promoted me to be editor-in-chief; and 1 lasted just a week by the watch. But 1 made an uncommonly lively newspaper while I did last, and when 1 retired I had a duel on my hands and three horse whippings promised me. The latter J made no a! tempt to collect; however, this history concerns only the former. It was the old "Hush times" of the silver excitement, when the population waswonderfully wild and mixed; everybody went armed to the teeth., and nil slights and insults bad to be atoned for with the best article of blood your system could furnish. In the course of my editing I made trouble with a Mr. Luid, the editor of a rival paper, lie Hew up about some little tri lie or other that I said about him?1 do not remember now what it was. 1 suppose 1 called him a thief, or a body-snatcher, or an idot, or something like that; 1 was obliged to make the paperreadable, and I couldn't fail in my duty to a whole community of subscribers mere ly to save the exaggerated sensitiveness of an individual. Mr. Lord was ollcnded, and replied vigorously in his paper. Vigorously means a great deal when it refers ton personal edi torial in a frontier newspaper. Duel ing was all the fashion among the upper c lasses in that country, and a very few gentlemen woul I throw away no opportunity of lighting one. To kill one man in *> duel caused a man to b'* even mure looked up to than to, kill two men in the ordinary way Well, out there if you abuse a man and that in nil did not like it. you .had to call him out and kill him, other wise -ypu" .won hi bo disgraced. So J challenged Mr. Lord, und I did hope he would hot accept; but E knew per fectly well that he did not want to light, ami so I challenged him in the most vi leu; and imp arable manner And then I sal down and snuffed and snufled tili tho answer came. All the buys?tho editor.-.?were in the nfliee "helping" me in the dismal business, and telliu ? about duels ami dis missing the code witliv a- lot of aged ruffians, who bud experience in such matters, and iiltogether there was a loving interest taken in such matters that made me unspeakably uncomfortable. The answer came--^II'. Lord declin ed. Our boys were furious, and so was 1 on the surface. I tent him another challenge, and another, and the more he did not want lb light the more blood-thirstier I became. But at last, the man's tone began to change. He appeared to be waking up. It was becoming appar ent that he was going to fight me after all. I ought to have known how it would be?he was a man who could never be depended upon. Our boys I were jubilant. 1 was n t, though 1 tried hard to be. it was now time to go out and prac tice. Jt was the custom there to light duels with navy six-shooters at fifteen paces?load and empty till the game lor the funeral was secure. Wo went to a little ravine just olil,of town and borrowed a barn door for a target ? borrowed it from a gentleman who was absent'?and we stood this barn door up, and .stood a rail on one end agaiiist the middle ol it to represent Lord, nod put a squash on top of the rail to represent bis head. lie was a very tall, lean creature, the poorest sort of material for a duel; nothing but a line shot could fetch him, nno even then he might splityo.tr bullet. Exaggeration aside, the rail was, of course, a little too thin to represent the body accurately, but the. squash was nil right. If (here was any in tellectual difference between the squash and his head, it was in favor ol I he sqnsh. Well, 1 practiced and practiced at the barn door and could not hit it; and 1 practiced at the rail and cotild not hit that; and 1 tried for the squash and could not hii that. I would have been tentirely disheartened but that occasionally 1 crippled one of the boys, and thai guVo me hope. At last wo began to hear pistol shots near by, in the next ravine. \Yc knew what that meant! The other party was out practicing loo. Then I was in the least degree distressed, lor of course they would hear our shots and then send over the ridge, and the spies would lind my bam door with out a wound or murk, and that would simply bo an end to mo; for of course the other man would immediately be come as blood-thirsty nsT was. ? Just at this moment a little bird not larger than a sparrow flew by and lit on a bush, about thirty paces away, and my little second, Steve Gills, who was a dead shot with a pistol?much better than I was?snatched out bis revolver and shot I he bird's bead of!'! We all ran to pick up the gxune, and sure enough, just at this momcntsomc I of the other duelists came reconuoitcr ing over the little ridge. They ran to our group to sec what the matter was, and when they saw the bird, Lord's second said : "That was a splendid shot. How far oil* was it ?" Steve said, with some indifference : "Oh, no great distance. About thirty paces." "Thirty paces! Heavens alive! Who did it?" "My man?Twain.'v "The mischief he did ! Can he do it often ?" "Well, yes. He can do it about four times out of five." 1 kn .w the little rascal was lying, but 1 never said anything. I never told him so. He wns hot of a disposi tion to invite confidence of that kiud, so 1 let the matter res'. Bui it was a comfort to see. those people look sick, and sec their jaws drop when Steve made that statement. They went off and got Lord and took him home; when we got home, half an hour Inter, there was a note, saying that Mr. Lbrd peremptorily declined to fight. We f mud out afterward that Lord bit his mark thirteen times in eighteen shots?if he had put those thirteen bullets into me it would have narrow ed my sphere of usefulness a good j deal. True, they could have put j pegs in the boles and used nie for a I bat rack; but what is a hat rack to a man who fee's he has intellectual (towers? I have written this true incident of my history for one purpose ouly?to .vain the youth ol to-day against the practice of dueling, and to plead with them to war against it. I was young and foolish when I challenged the gentleman, and thought it very fine and grand to be a duelist and stand upon the "field of honor." But 1 am older and more experienced now, and aim inflexibly opposed to tin* dreadful eu.-toin. I am glad, indeed, to be enabled to lift, up my voice against it 1 think it is a bad, immoral thing. It is ('very man's duty to do all he can to discourage dueling. If a man were to challenge me, I would go to that man and take him by the hand and lead him to a retired room ? and kill him. Sjii: Wanted to Propose.?A timid young man was visiting a beautiful young w iman on one of our streets the other evening, when, after a pause, she said, looking closely at him : "Now, I want to propose to you ?" "You are very kind," said t lie diffi dent young man, between gasps and blushes, "but l am not worthy of such happiness?und, in fact, none of our family are marrying people?besides, my income is limited?my 'differences' are on the wrtmg side?1 have to meet Mr. Smith, and I'm afraid I'll be late." Then without waiting to put on his overcoat, he tried to make exit through the door ol* a cupboard. ' Why," said the young woman, lifting her eyebrows in surprise, "1 wanted you to accompany me to a friend's on Main street." "Oh, in that case," answered her swain, "if your head's level, and the boot is oil the other foot, I shall only be too hitppy, but I was af? aid?that is almost dared to hope?in fact, I am subject to the seizures;'' and he sat down on the coal scuttle and said it was a very cold day?hadn't seen such weather since the 4th of July. An Irishman's Logic.?An Irish man sold his farm, and moved nil his personal property to one adjoining, which lie had purchased. He claimed that stable manure was personal property and not real estate, and commenced moving the saRio?lawsuit ensued, and they declared ngiinst him. His final remark to the Judge, alter the jury had found a verdict against him, were as follows : "Mr. Judge, a horse and a cow aro personal property ?" "Yes," answered the judge. "Mr. Judge, corn, oats, bay, etc., are personal properly?" "Yes," responded the judge. "Then," says Pat, "How in the devil can personal property eat per sonal property and produce real estate'{" How he Became a Lawyer?A day or two ago, when a young man entered a Detroit lawyer's ollice to study law, the Free Press snys. the practitioner sat down beside him and said : "Now, see here, I have no time to fool away, and if you don't pan out well I won't keep you here thirty days. Do you want lo make a good lawyer?" "Yea, sir." "Well, now listen. Be polite to old people, because they have cash. Be good to the hoys, because they arc growing opto a cash basis. Work in with reporters and get pulls. Goto church for the sake of example. Don't fool any time away on poetry, and don't even look at a girl unlii you can pl?ad a case. If you' enn Inflow these instructions you will succeed. If you cannot, go and learn to boa doc tor and kill your best friend." For ? straigtforward pica to the question-of "Uuilly, or not guilty?" commend us to that Missouri chap, on trial for murder: "If your honor please, 1 am guilty, I killed the man because he took my gal from me. She was about the ouly thing I had an' 1 didn't want to live after she went, an' I Jidcn't want him to live neither. Ail' I should he much obliged to your honor if you would bang nie as soon as possible." ' - ITI-.-..-JJI. . "What do.yuU.mcau, you little ras cal ?'' exclaimed an individual to an impudent youth that had seized him by the nose upon the street. "Oh, nothing, only 1 am going out to seek thy fortune, and father told nie to seize hold of the first thing that'turn ed up.'" ' ?NOTICE U. S. INTERNAL KEYENUE SPECIAL TAXES, May i; 1870, <o April :tO. 1877. Tlie Revised Statutes of the United ?Stales. Sections HTM, 323S, and '!2:>9, rcqiiire every person engaged in any busi ness, avocation, or employment which renders him liable to a Special Tax, tri pro cure and place conspicuously in bis estab lishment Of place of liusiness a Stamp de noting the payment of saidSpcial Tax for the Special Tax year beginning May, 1, 1870, before coinmencing or continuing businessafier April 00, 1870. The Taxes . embraced within the Pro visions of Vli'i -Law., above quoted avo the following, viz: Rectifiers $200 00. Dealers, retail liquor $25 00. I'ealcrs, wholesale liquor $100 00. Dealers, in malt liquors, wholesale $30 00. Dealers in malt liquors, retail $20 00. Dealers in teal* tobacco $2? 00. Retail dealers in leaf tooaeeo $300 00. And on sales of over $1-000^ lifty cents for every dollar in excesi of $1,000. Dealers in manufactured tobacco $3 0(J. Manufacturers of stills !|i?0 00. And for each still manufactured $20 00. And for each worm manufactured $20 00. Manufacturers of tobacco SI0 00. Manufacturers of cigars $i0 00. Peddlers of tobacco, first class (more than two horses or other animals) .foO 00 Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two horses or other animals) $"_!? 00. Peddlers of tobacco, third class (one horse or other animal) $15 00 Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class (on foot or public conveyance) $10 00. brewers of less than 500 hundred barrels $50 00? Brewers of ."00 barrels or more SI00 00. Any person, so liable, who .-hall fail to comply with the foregoing requirements will be subject to severe penalties. Persons or linns liable to pay any of the Special Taxes named above must apply t< A. J. RANSIF.H, Collector of Internal Revenue at Charleston, those in Orangeliuij and Ham well Counties to P. V. DI HBLK, Deputy Collector at Orangeburg; S. C, and pay for and procure the Special-Tax Slaiup or Stamps they need, prior to May I, 1870, and without further notice: D. I). PRATT, Commissioner of Internal Keveiuie, Office of Internal Kevcnue, Washington, D. C, February 1, 1870. mar 25 It Notice ol" Diss?ltitioii? The limited Partncr.-hip entered iiiti on the Thirteenth day of October, A. D. 1 S7"?. by Joab W. Moseley; as general Partnci and Saraeh F. Tol in, as special Partner, trading under the linn name of Joab W: Moseley. The certificate whereof is record ed in the office of the Register of Mcmc Conveyance for Orangeburg ('o;:nty afore said in Hook No. M, pages45, 132, 453, has been this day dissolved by mutural consent and notice of this dissolution has been dub tiled and recorded in the said ollice. Orangeburg, S. C, Feb. 18th IS70. J. W. MOSFLKY, SARA II K. TO PIN, feb 10 3m sr.roNo PI-IOSPHATK CO., Clf VULESTOX, s. c. Soltll?lo Ciluailo?(Available Bono Phosphate of Lime 18-55 per cent. Am monia 3-11 per cent.).'April Ist, S N, Nov. 1st, S50. Cotton Option, Middlings at 15 cts. $05. Acid I*h O.sall a <C?( Available Pone Phosphate of Lime, 22-18 per cent.) April 1st, $-fy Nov. 1st, $:{.'?; Cotton option $13. Special Kalcfe to Grangers onc-aili orders. For particulars apply to Ii. V. Williams, Treasurer, Charleston, S. C. Or to C. 1). Kortjohn, Orangeburg, S. C., W. P. Cain A Co:, Lewisville, S. C, W. S. Utsey, Georgo's, S. C. jao 22 1876 3m GRAND OPENING 61 -mia,..' McCREERY, LOVE & CO., WILL open to-morrow, (Monday,) Msrcli 27, 187'.:, it ^veatlr i.'.-Ju'ced prices, during the next fifteen days, will soil their entire stoc''. of Dry 6oods, Huts. Caps, Hoots and Shoes sit luwer prices than ever before offered to make room for large shipments ooir 6ii the way. Your attention is direeted to the following partial prico list of the many articles VTO propose to sell you at a bargain : 50 pieces New "Style Drew Goods, at 11 cents per yard. ? cases Wnmsuttn Blenched Muslin, ?t 12 1-2 cents per yard. 50 dozen Ladies' EIoj;ant New .Style lies, at25 cents each. 5 eases White Piques, at 12 1-2 cents per yard. 5 cases Prints. Fast Colors, warranted at 5 cents per yard. 10 eases Good Style Prints, warranted at G 1-4 cents per yard. 2 eases Yard Wide Cambrics, at 10 cents per yr.rd. .. ; f. . | 25 pieces Grass Cloth all Colors, at 10 cents per yard. All of lite Newest Styles and bent brand* of Prints will he sold at 8 1-2 cents por yard. Brown, Pleached and Plaid Uoincsnuns at proportionately low prices. . Our stock oflloots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, at a general reduction of 20 per cent. The best assortment of Trunks, Valises, Lunch and Market Baskets in lh?,citri Our entire Stock of Carpets, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Paper, &c wid bu closed out lit and below cost. The obovo will convince you that the place to get cheap goods arid good attention u at the Grand Central Dry Goods Establishment- Now is your time to secure bargains. Call early and often. MoCliEKRY, LOVE & CO, iharch27tf COLUMBIA, S- C. ? GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN It is said has repented entirely of the Robberies his Party has commit* led, especially those in which he HAD A SHARE And means to stand forever hereafter as a penitent sinner. He beliovca that If he had always drank as (jOOD liquors As those kept at the Enterprise Saloon h? would hm been the equal of Geo. Washington. Feeling ''tbusly" he will shortly send a Special Message to the Legislature announcing the fact that Fine Groce ries. Tobaccos, Cigars, and a thousand other good things are to be had ONLY AT MY STORE. Now, us it is probable that when this fact is made known to the Colum bia Colons, tl ey will immediately adjourn to my Store, I respectfully recjufeat the Orangeburg Public to call at once and make purchases. Legislator* generally" leave nothing behind them. " ' _A_. FISCHER P. P.?My TIVOLI TA11LK though private can bo seen bv liojrular Customers. Encourage Honia People ii o aie e nte hphise CtSOE&B s. hacker CJhaflesi?n, S. C. BOOKS, SASU & BLINDS The only DOOR, SASH and BLIND Factory owned and managed by a Carolin ian in this City. All work guaranteed. Terms Casli. Alwavs on band a l ice Stoek of DOORS, SASH, i;MNI>S, MOULDINGS, Scroll ami Tinned Work of every description ?Mas-, White Leads, and Builders'! Hard ware, Dressed Lumber and Flooring delivered in anv part of this State. jan 22 lv OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL. 11Y A. M. Snider. L. S. WOLFE &T. J. Calvert. A??/' Office open at all times. A KTIIUK II. LEWIiV dermat0l1gist and practical hair cutter, If yon want a good and easy Shaveoran Artistic Hair Cut or a delightful Shampoo, go to , ARTHUR II. LEWIS'S Hair Cutting Rooms, No. 3 Law Range opposite Com i House Square. fad"* Special attention paid to Children Hair Cutting. Extra Room? for L.uHcs. sept 1 1S7? ly Garden Seeds JUST REGEVIED FROM D. LANDRETH &, SON E. B. EZEKIELu jnn 1 tf COL, ASBURY COWARD ' AIM. corps of a CojUplQto outfit OtAxfOB. tyui. menial and yhyaleai t*mnht&, - dec 11 Book.! Stationery 1 Music 1 ALSO A lot of WINDOW SHADES of an im proved Patent, being neat, simple in pat ting up, durable and CHEAP in price. Lamps, Chimneys and Lnmp Fixtures always on hand. SOLE AGENT *0R TME Celebrated WATT PLOW and Caittlij?, which I sell at Manufacturer's Prices, with freight added, vir.: One Horse A and 1!.$6 00 Two Horst M and N. 9 00 (Justing*.7c per lb. Insiu mice and Collections prompt ly attended to. AGENT FOR hiverpool, London nnd Globe insurance Co, Georgia Home Insurance Co. Manhatten Life Inauronoe Co. KIRK U0BIN80M. Market St rict 2 Sq CORN TO ARRIVE. 300 Bushels of Prime WetUm Corn in Sacks TO ARRIVE and will be so'd low. Orders received lor the same to be delivered at Depot or from Store. SUGARS AND C0FEE3 DOWN IN PRICE at Store of JOHN A. HAMILTON. . Next to Court Heuao on Market St, -? i ? ? i &5 TO $&0 PER BAY AT tK) Home. Samples worth $1 free. SUnton '& Co., Portland, Maine.