Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•1 I -*\ . ^ 1 •' •+ A A=\.L - r ~^7 i -t- v *■. >:• * f*" .-'j,! ; / Kates ^ol A»lrertlsinf. T'" One inch, one fnsertion . . *51 op ^ji-.^i^eMlLSuhieqaenl insertion. 50 cerna Qnsrterljr, eemi-nunual or yearly contracts niadeon liberal terms, —^ t'ontract a iTertining is payable SOilays af^ tor first insertion unless otherwise stipulated. No communication will be pnWtsiied un less acoompaBtedby the name ami address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as n guarantyof good faith. ' Address, THE PEOl'LK, .. <•• •• * Barnwell C. II., 8. C. l ' , 1 ■ A .t * L VOL. ffi. BARNWELL C. II.. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2^, 1879. NO. 111. Bequests. AT THE FOR SALE as:on Maggoi IHf Oastor Oil, •dugnsta 9 &a. 10t) Assorted Sizes Two-IIorso Wagons Iron Axles and Thimble Skjcins. 200 Assorted SizesOne-Horse Wagons, Tlain and Patent Vi'heels. 100 Sets Assorted Wagou Harness. At prices 10 per cent, lower than can be bought in life city. J. II. LOWKHV, at»g4r3aa Corner CantplwH awl KUis Streets-—1 SHackrille Still Alueml. Faiats, f araiihas, Brushes, and a Full. .Assortment 1st TIICUU AKY 1IV-AMJ-I51 V They tell me Hint 'tie all of life * ^ # T«* UvdoiMl toUond die; ~ Endlnsr at •once nil cure and ptrlfe, . Tbeie la uo by-and-by. Uur f-Uoriahod hope flint w« ehaU find * A Boaven beyond the sky. A'dbut ttie merest ml»t4j of mind; i here is no by-and^by. -®S?- R U G S and On *• Earth to earth and dust to dust*’ AL s m-*‘ can we rely ? Theie’s uothluir further wo eau trust-* llhurels no by-auu-by, Oh! can ft he that all our hopes Of linal heme and heaven. Or lit,-and test. < f joy and peaeo, , In one short Lour are riven ? WOl tliose dear friends we’ve Jove! so true In endless slumber he ?, No fonii embrace all ages through; No nr.(.'wing by-ai-.d-by. Tb's • uiious web we here call life lliilhii-hed soon must lie, I J:-! rarest patterns Incomplete, If. there's no by-and-by. Ah! tell pie, ye who look beyond 'l lunnmgti of nuirt.il ..ye y Is t his alone the sum of rife ? I, theio no Ly-arul-by '{ Just received, New and Choice. The Woman’s and largest and most complete line of Men’s, Childrens’ BOOTS AND SHOES, EVER PLACED BEFORE THE PEOPLE IN BARNWELL CO- ** * My entire Stock is new,"and with ipy long experience In the business. I am thoroq- gblv posted, and have selected mj stock t-> suit the plainest and the most fastkl^gs. Ladles and Gentlefuen will find It to their interest to call and examine the laisre^t and newtfet selection ever ouened In this section. Alt new Goods, no old stock, at un- -1 'he^Li-d of prWs 1 handle nothing else but ' ‘ prt‘‘C08. APft wltll this detep«ilm>ti.*w, i a tion, and that I can suit those wlio want a due oryovory day hoot or fch to order Boots an 1 Shoes. My store Is on Uio frost streetropposito the Brown and Farrell’s. All I want is a call, s itlsfaetion guaranteed. . Oak and Hemlock IJolo Leather, and a full stock of .Shoo Findings. : - MABTXH KSBIiSB, - * sepd-lm— SIGN T)F GILT BOOT. BOOTS and SHOES. My platform Is Iot m-positive that my utouk wiHU>ar.lmip.a.». hoe. I also make depot, betwwn Always on hand MEDICINES AT tssi: Williston Drag Willision, S. \kva-SMr One bright fall day a pqadron of ustrr’o me:), accompanied by for. go wagon?*, drew up i l/i?fOT t d-f> fattn boose ainrut throe miles wo<>t of Staunton, he ep-iry bud fallen back and no danger was to bo iippreht tided from any consideratdo foico. A Union scout w< 11 HHpnHfrWtP 4n the v«4)ey, bad guided the c-okunu, and wo baited c, hay could bo procured. „ Tea of us bad galloped along in advubcu of the wagon®, and when wo halted in front of ths-houso wo euvi^a fox.Lis.xola,. 1 wu.aklblrsa—and a Every Housekeeper Interested In K nowing-Uthwe to Buy Crockery, China, Glassware mnewe| --AND’ I-Ioviso FarixisliingGoods Generally Tim Cheapest, Largest and Best Assorted Stock Is To Be Found at E o U. SMYTIIE & CO’S 258 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. V AM / It on Has been In con-tunt u»« by r • . y! public for over twi-nly • . . T. i» years, ami is the best preparation ever In vented for RESTORING GUAY BAIR TO ITS YOVTJttrVX. fiOCOK AND LIFE. - zs ' •£ * AJ!) Tho State As saver and -- 4 -:o:- 'Thif 1 their Line. for all Goods in tho House that Pirt-an End to*High Prices in Augusta, -It will positively beau immense saving to. purchase from lib D, Smythe & C®. nr You arc not going to Augusta, write for Prices. nul 1 O oni E. E. JEFFERSON, * Johnston. R. M. M1XSQN, Wiliiston, S.*C. Fire Insurance Agency, - ! AT WTMISTOff. S. C, supplies the natu ral food and color to the hair glands without staining the skin. It will Increase and thicken the growth of the hair, pre vent its blanching and falling off, and thus EKT BALDNESS, y cures Itching, Ei up-\ tlons and Dandruff. A a a HAIR DRESSING it Is very desirable, giving tho hair a sUltcn softness . which all ndmlru. It keeps the head dean, sweet and healthy. > AVI iJa Chemist of Mass, and leading Physi cians’ endorse and recom mend it as a great triumph idi- 1 * . ' > .. W© will take ohly first-class riska, and only after a careful poraonttl anr- voy and valuation of tbe premise© <>r property to be insured, thus avoiding the possibility of litigation in tho,event of loss. Captain E. E. . !l &' at JolinHtcn’s, 8. C., wilt attend to all tbe Agency busiuess in Edgefield, New berry, Lau reus and Lextnptbn counties. Robert M. Mixsou, of Williston, will Kive personal attention to Aiken, Orangcburj?, Barnwell and adjoining counties. We expect to make this out permanent business, and will write policies at ns low rates as can be procured In any first-class Companies. JEFFKRSON & MIXSOX, jiuiSO—1/ ’ • W1LLLSTO Jefferson, residing A El MY AIIVKATUBtlD*. * Tlxe Nlun in tl» ti ilurrel. wheu-ver.he Iilnied that corn, oaU or young man dressed la .Confederate uniform in the path between the gate and the veranda. We all saw thfrCou federate as ws rodenp, but while we were'dismounting he disappeared.. The farmer and his wife and ebtldien stood still until we• cau.o up, and then he gh«*mily said: • I reckon you have come to take away my grain and provisions. Well, ~ can't st.t)p you.” The captain explained our mission, and then asked him who tbe 'Confed erate soldier was, and where he dis appeared. ‘•Wo don’t know anything about any Cofrfwjerate soidterl” sharply respond- e*i t bewRa, and that settled it with us, lint u. r ixu tlixxHtat ded off In the direction of tho horses tbe sentinels dared not fire J«>r fear of kjlbug some one in camp. Five hun dred men turoed'Ofit in u moment, and the alarm was given. Phillips was seen to crowd his way among the horses, and with all the camp astir It did not «cem ns if he had tho (slight est Mho^Jer getting away. While he wuo oo<4 ffud eoileetod -eweryhody else was excited. He mounted,, wheeled the horse about, and riding straight at the tine die opened a gap and went through. He was struck at and shot at. and one troopercaught him by the left bout and hung on until dragged to the ground. -'Ttae-borea was-beadod' forthe high way, upset one tept, cleared tU’field- piece at a flying . leap, and finally struck the highway at a gallop. More than twenty men mounted'bareback and pursued, but Phillips got. safe away and took a.§200 horse with him. About three mouths after this I was one evening at the armorer’s quarters to got my revolver repaired. Several others were In waiting. We had been tathing for a quarter of an hour, when supposed tho dtscoveror wasonl in came the teamster and the dog. “Here, I want this shooter fixed 1 !’’ said the teamster, as he pulled out his revolver—why, what ails the dog?” The animal stood before one of the soldiers, growling fiercely: War all Turned to the man, whose‘face grow pale at onco. ’—-—. ■ -* “ That chap ia either a Oocfed. or am elephant 1” bluntly remarked the team ster. “Old Jack ia never stirred up that way, except by one or T'other i ’ “ I belong to the First Michigan,” answered, tho man, ” WhaJ Company?’* “Company B,” “ What’s your Captain’s name ?” Ho gave it. • . “ Who’s orderly-sergeant ?” * He hmitate^ha wfoeg- name, and finally said he was u recruit but lately arrived. This might he true. We were bound to find out, and be of fered to accompany us to company quarters. Half way there he sudden ly broke away, but the dog caught him, and it was not loop before we dis covered bim to be Charley PhiHips, and in our camp as a »py. r A court- martial made quick woik with his case, but wlulo wailing the rope and tinder guard bo opened the veins in his armband hied to death. fiiamo «*l ilte Yorthem Carpet* bagger® and Southern He ala* wac*. Am Inicrmtlnx I>e«criptiou of a Yircinla Ice-.Mouutaln. • f€u»rtupotideBf*«f the Wltwltiif R*i|i*Ur.) The ice mountain of Preston county is a great natural curiosity. We pass ed over tho HttRlgiore and Ohio road on thb 221 to Rowlesburg, then by steam throe miles up Cheat IHver, past ’ VldUBBu'rg, and Came out upon the Nurthwesternjilko. Following it two miles tfestwe came to tbe ice moun- taiu, situated on the right hank of Flag Run, ope-half mile from tbe pike. A picnic party was being held at the base of the mountain. After refreshing ourtelves with a very cold drink of water fretni the Twin UpTHigg,' Y» aacouded the mountain for some dis tance and arrived AT the ice-field, where wo found Drs. Kemble, W* et, Shafer and Schooley contemplating the wonder, Also a newspaper man or two taking in the situation. ^ It ia claimed that the ico mountain spring of 1S61. Its dtscovocy was afterward reported again, but persons 7 try ing to hoax some ono into making a fruitless trip into the mountain. No credence was givpn to the story until lately, when responsible parties visit ed the designated locality of its exist ence, and reported Its actual discovery. On the north elde of the mountain, about a quarter of an aero is covered with a muss’of loose, unstratlfied rock, nono of which are of any considerable size. All was covered with a heavy mass of mbss, which now ia all torn off. No trees grow upon it, only here and there a few small bushes. Remov ing the loose took ice Is discovered in large quantiles. A thermometer stood 90 degrees in the sun, 80 -degrade in tUc shade, and 4.3 degrees when placed in the rocks, otr tho tee In their-cre- tIces', A oold aHrls presen t In the cre- 1. Tn writing U this office on hoslnees <U- ways give jour name kuJ Poet Offioe»d>! re--. 2. Business letters tad communications to be published should be wrliteu on Mjiarete sheets, and the object of eech clcerly iudi- coto.l bynecemery note when required. v 8. Artlolesfor puMiceiion should be writ-. ' ten Tn » cleur;legible hind, had oh gtly •Ida of. the peg*. 4. All ehengee in adrertlseaents most reach us on Frioey. hILNIIMEAT A AO NKASU. The first step toward virtue Is to abstain from vlctf, Men may be angr&teful, but the human race is optso. It Is more profitable to look up otfr defects than to boast of our attaiu- ‘ *e: * Animals are agreeable friends—they a*k qo tpiestlons, they pass no cilt- iuisfiis. If mortals could discover thspclrnco of conquering themselves-W should have pei teotion. Wo all have our secret sins, and if wo knew ourselves, we should not Judge each other harshly. All men look to happiness In tho future. To every eye Heaven nod earth seem to emhiace In the distance. No than Is rich whose expenditures exceeds his means; and uo one is poor • whose incomings exceed his outgoings. Any coward can fight a battle when he’s aura of winning ; but it’s the bravO mao who has pluck to fight when bo is sure of losing. \- It. Is very often necessary to contempt than resentment, the former being never forgiven, but the latter sometimes forgot. Thorough education Is quite as nec essary for giving humility as for creat ing assurance ; for ballast as much as for gas, sails and feathers. It Is not always raining, and life is not always n storm. The whole of famine, pestilence and war taken into account, the result is a tendency to happiness. , > ORDER ’your SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, ‘ w CANE MILLS, GIN ENGINES, COTTON SCREWS, SHAFTING PULLEYS, Hanger’s Journal Boxes, Mill Goarinp, Gudgeons, Turbine Water W'heel, Gin Gearing, Cheap! Ju.lson’s Govornera, Diston’s Circular Saw, and Gtimers and Files, Belting and Babbitt Metui and Brass Fitting, Globe and Check Yalves and Whistles, Gauges, etc., and Iron Brass Castings and repairs from . Geo- 73- I^ombard & Co., FOREST CITT FOtlNJIlY AND MACHINE WORKS, KKAtt JIIB WATER TOWER, 1T0 FENWICK STREET, ~7~’ ' AUOUKTA. CJCORf.l A. TIIOAPMR A UIEtihCL, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. ' , ‘ MAJVTJF’A.CXUmcrtW OB’ • • • • Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Newels, Mantles, Balusters, Verandas, etc. ^MCWNGHAM-S oy e WHISKERS will chaniro the beard to a BROWN or BLACK at discretion. Being In ono preparation It is casUy applied, and produces a permanent color that win not wash off. rRi'.FAKED BY B. P. HALL & CO., NASHUA, N.H. Sold by all Dealers in Medicine. oc2-lv Waverly House, 82. CHARLESTON, S. C. DEALERS IX Glass, <7 First Class Beard per day. Meals at all hours Dressed and Undiessed Lumber, Paint, Oil, Putty, Window Bnildcra Hardware, etc., etc. PLANING MILL ANb LUMBER YARD, HALE STREET, NEAR | CENTRAL RAILROAD YARIK— OFFICE AND WARE RdOMS, 43 JACKSON STREET, AT7O;0»*TA.. OKOTCClIiY. — decl9-ly EDWIN DA TER, ’MARIES K. BATE, GEORGE C. S ELM AN, JAMES D. GIBBS. Til OS. Ut McGAHAN, EDWIN BATES & CO. -JOBBERS OF—- DRY «»" CLOTHING. Nos. 122 and 124 Meeting St., Charleston, S. C. Zl4m SmftMiatPthe houaei” was the order from the ^liptaiu, and ulmoet iuauutly we liad iiiucloaed by a circle of mount ed a ml diofi’iou tiled trooper^. The Woman’® suappleh reply had coqvii.o- nwry tm® of 41® that tto® uot-der W® had apt a was somebody worth captur ing. As soon ns tho circle was complete five of us entered tbe house to search it, while the family sat down in the woodshed. In the shed in a row stood three apple barrels. Two of these were uuheaded and contained corn in tho ear to feed poultry, while the third was headed up. We'had searched the house ft Am garrett to cellar without fludiug the Confederate, and It was believed that the man had escaped. The captain stationed a guard at each of the doors, and then began loading the corn, outs and hay. I was on guaui, and during ull this time none of the family left, cor did any of them exchange more than a word er two. • When tho captain came in he wau ac companied by the Unbrn scout. That there was au ugly feeling between the scout and the tanner was seen at a glance. “Then it was you who brought the Yankee® hero to rob us!” exclaimed rh® farmer. “He is a coward and a robber!” add ed tuo woman. Tho scout called the captain’s atten tion to the barrels of corn. » •?Th.u corn is my poultry, and you won’t rob a woman !” exclaimed the wife os she came forward. “I he leb® poultry you have the fewer foragefs you will see,” answered the sccut. The farmer and his wife protested and pleaded, but their harsh language had aroused the scout’s ire and he stripped pot until he had seen tbe bxr- rels loaded into ono of the wagons. borne of the cavalry were riding ^ahead and some behind, and we had gone pei haps a mile when the antics of a large dog belonging to the team ster began to attract attention. The animal began a furious barking and seemed determined to leap into the wagon, and ono of the troopers called out: ?- “ Hold on here a bit I Who knows but that Jobuy Reb slipped into that wagon?” " , - -, , We were dosing in on the wagon, when out jumped a Confederate. He alighted in the midst of the horses, dodged here nud there, and by the time we had made out who he was he was over the fence and running for the brush. Carbines were udhIudc and revolvers drawm hut he would doubt- *nd Lodging at f 1.50 j less have escaped but for the dog. He was thirty rods from tbs fence wneu “Jack” seized him by the leg. “ That man is Charley Phillips, one of the most noted Confederate scouts in the valley!” said our Union guide as he caught sight of the prisoner. Ho had been headed up in the bar rel by tho farmer, and after being loaded into the wagon had released himself. He was ordered Into tho wagon.along with two guards, and in this manner reached ca up. A Confed erate prisoner of war was no curiosity, and after an interview with Custer the scout was sent to the guard-tent A Federal in bis place might not have thought of escape. Before en tering tbe guard-tent he took a swift glance around the camp, noting the dliectiou of the highway, tbe general 52. PITUATF.D IN THE BF.Nf) OF KING 0 Street, the moet fashionable prome nade In the city. ' - l First class in nil Its nppointmentf'. Table furulsfted with the b-st afforded by local. Northern tuul Southern markets. First class Far and Harbor Shop. Tho finest Billiard Room in tho South. Servants polite and attentive. Board $2 per day. *?_Lower rates by the week or month. oGEO. M. SULLIVAN, (Late or A. J. Kekskdy & Co.,1 iTJ* J une^e-tf Proprietor. Bischoff’s Restaur ant, No. 03 Meeting St., near Broad, CMARLK.S’rONI S C. scplR-3m ' 2G7 King St., Charleston, S. C. FI! Piomiffls, r AND A LACOK COLLECTION OF JI’R.A.ai TOM at luederate ptki'n. 17-ly A LIMITED ^NUMBER OF active, ^nergctic canvassers ta engage in a nlcasajit and ,, , , - . profitable-business. Good nun wifi find tins i the land, and place whore »rare chance ‘ • TO MAKE MONEY. Such wilt please answer this lyivcrtise- ment by letter* enclosing; sump ‘for reply, elating what business they have been en gaged in. None but those a ho menn business need apply. Address, . Fisley, Uasyey & Co., nichl3-ly. ‘ Atle^lR} Ua, * v the nearest horses were tied, Four sentinels paced around the^eni, la tho very center of our camp, t Soon after the camp had grown quiet for the night, Phillips suddenly sprang from the tent upon one of tbe sentinels, and with a blow of sent tl^c surprised blue-coat rolling In tfie mud. Of oourso the alarm was ia- btauiiy given, but as Uio scout boun- ’ [Savannah News.) We learn from our exchangee that a movement has beej^ begun In \Va«b- iogton among Southern Radicate look- Up«» tsStrSfiana.IV.HtluO tho main object of Which Tar to uultu the Radical party la the approaching campaign®. Meetings held in Wash ington on Thursday and FilJay uighta were attended by ex Senator Fowler, of Tennessee; cx-ticnator Pool and General Rutherford, of North Caroli na ; ex-Reproeentative Pelham, of Ala bama ; Solicitor Raynor and Deputy First Comptroller Tarbel, ef Mississip pi ; Messrs. Cardoza and Nagle, of South Carolina; Auditor Reynolds, and others. A committee on resolu lions and organization reported Fri day night . . £> The report has not yet been made public, but a member of the committee says the resolutions appeal to Repub lican leadsis throughout the South to use their influence toward tho election of delegates to the next National Con vention, with instructions to vote for no partiouiar candidate, but to act harmoniously and in accord with the delegates from tho various Southern States. These delegates wiil meet at tho same place at which tho next Na tional Convention is to be held at least two days before tbe convention, with tho view of unifying tueir action in voting for candidates in the conven tion. The ransou given for this course by tbe leaders of the movement is that tho time has come when Southern Re publicans must inaintalu their rights in their own party, and even bailer and trade, if necessary, for recogni tion. They believe that, powerless as they may be in tbe National election, they constitute an important factor In the National Convention, and by the acting solidly in a body may be able to name the next Republican Presi dential nominee. It Is proposed that the Southern delegates organize and appoint a committee to confer with Northern delegates and the most prominent candidates, and to solict positive assurances from the latter Of what the South may hereafter expect. This movement on the part of North ern carpet-baggers and Southern scal awags, who, though powerless to aid their party in tbe coming contest, yet expect to monopolize tho offices in easGof its success, is not only well un derstood by the Northern Radicals, but is meeting no favor In tl).gt,quar- ter. The Washington correspondent of the New York Post,speaks of it as a movement deserving more than pass ing consideration by the of the North, and adds: “The organi zation already formed simply means that the carpet-baggers banging about Northern cities, who never went South with the Intention of remaining there and whose conduct has so Seriously injured tbe Republican party, propose to make a compact ring of delegates from the South to the next Republican National Convention and to dictate terms to that convention, hoping that In the event of a close contest between rival candidates they may, by casting the Southern vote as a unit, choose the Presidential candidate and make trades as to patronage satisfactorily to themselves. Tbe organization is managed by some of the most skillful manipulators of ths old carp®t-bog re gime, and their avowed purpose is to attempt to control the Southern dele gation to tbe National Republican Con vention for their own Interests and as a means to secure patronage.” vices, but no strong freezing currents as reported. Hundreds huva-vialteii it. Tho rocks are torn up and the ice is only obtained now by going down some little depth in the rocks. We would suppose from observation that the mountain is mostly n vast heap of rock, a portion cf whoso west side is more broken and loose than the rest. The porous nature of this portion would admit through Its moss cover ing a considerable amount of water, infiltrating between tho stone, would form ico in Just the manner wo find It. The tee thus f ormed would be protect ed from all external temperature by the nou-coudacting properties of the vast surrounding mass of rock. Tbe lot mountain, w® would suppose, is nothing but a huge natural stone re frigerator. The common refrigerator depends for Its preservation of ice upon the gCKHj *«■■.~~,r.Af tt* sides. So the ice mountaia but naturally, though wonderfully, pre serves permanently, its Ice, by tbe vast mass of rock—good non-conducting material—which forms Its sides. An ice mountain, similar in a good many respects to this one. is in Hamp shire county, on North River, a few miles east of Romney. Divesting the Frestmi county’the ice mountain of its marvelous character that exaggerated accounts have given it, stands a won derful, but plainly possible result of natural laws. sorrows of men as well us their sins, he knows how many and deep are tbe sor rows that spring from false ideas for which no man is culpable. Every good word and act and gentle touch has Its fruit, and servfcs'bur kind ; every smile that we shed upon a child U uu net of devotion to our human providence and a deed of charity. If yon would add lustre to your ac coinplishments, study a modest be havior. To excel In anything valuable is great, but to be above conceit on ac count of one’s accomplishments, la greater. Our deeds are like children that aro born to us; they live and act apatt from our own will. Nay, children may die, but deeds never ; they have an indestructivo life both in and of our consciousness. *-v out Murder ai Brunson. ••Vldette,” writing from Brunson to the News and Courier under data of the 15th Inst., says, “Oa Friday lust, 10th instant, Marlon Suhivau, a young man about 20 years of age, while at the store of Mr. Miles Loadholdt, about five miles from this place, wns shot by Capers Bowers, from the ef fects of which ho died on the following night. We are informed that there was no altercation between them. Sullivan was in the store, which ia but a short distance from his mother’s residence, amusing himself and the persons present dancing, when Bowers rude up, (it is said that be had been drinking.) and snouted, “I’m the best man on tn® hill 1” S ullivan then repli ed, “I’m a man, too,” whereupon Bow ers drew his pistol and shot at bim twice, one shot striking him and prov ing mortal. Both parties aro white.” 1 gg ♦ ' Fet Dogs.—Tho New York Horn© Journal, referring to the fashion of making pets of dogs, says: “Tbe ataount of luxurious tendernoesthat is bestowed on these worthless creatures by some of our wealthy cilizans, 1® so astonishing os to be almost unbeliev able. It is not at all uncommoato see a carriage, wltb two liveried men up on the box, driving through the Park, upon a pleasant morning, with only a dog, or perhaps a pair of them, InHde, taking a sniff of fresh air/ They have Bad their hath, their locks huv© beea dressed, and if they are very shaggy dogs, such as poodles, Skye terriers, etc., fresh ribbons are in the braid or curl of their topnots, and possibly tiny cluster of fresh blossoms is tied in the same becoming fastenings. A sleek, sbortehalred dog is caretnliy taking^ blanketed and perhaps stockinged also with crotoheted comforts, the like of which only the fortunate few among children are able to possess.” The Troy (N. Y.) Press of the 11th Nplatoin* YoUom from ike Seed- [From ttie SuvUtcrs lluraU uxl State BulMei.] We have visited and examined the Westminister narrow guage cotton factory, in Oconee county, 6. C., where two “mules,” of 250 spindles each, are made to spin forty bunches of yarn, per day, from the seed. The factory ia owned by three or four adjacent farmers, who have thus combined to spio Mail own cotton near tbeir field*. The factory Is located 00 a small creek, 'and tbs machinery ,1s turned by a twelve Inch turblnoYhcel. The gin la a small one like any other gin. The seed cotton is weighed and spread over an endless cloth, moved regularly by rollers, from which tho seed cotton is dropped into the gin. Instead of passing into a Hut room, the Hut is car ried, by means of the '‘Clement attach- meut” from tho gin in rolls to the spindles. Ou the very same principle* a factory of ten or fifty spindles can 3© operated. Just order what you want. The machinery of the Wontmluleter uctory cost about $2,500 ; and tb* whole expens© for houses and every thing about $5,000. But we are sure that factories can be started with a capital of a few hundred dollars, on the principles already at work. Anvers, a pretty village near Porte and Pontotee, is just now In a wonder ful condition. It only contains about fifteen hundred inhabitants, but no fewer than forty fires have startled It during tbe past three weeks. No soon* er is one flro extinguished than the bells peal again and tbe service® of tbe pompiers arc required u another’ quarter. Do what they will, tbe aulhorities are unable to quell this scourge or to detect tbe cul- irlt. An Inviasible band has traced on the wall of a house the terrible word*, *’Not a roof will remain ttaud- in Auvers.” The most extraordinary part dt tbe affair is that, although Auvrrs la crammed with gendarmes, the fires continue as before, and one began Just as a patrol was passing down the very street In which the bouse was situated* The agitation in the country continues, and there ere families which have left their 1 Let our first efforts be, not for wealth, but for Independence. What ever be your talents and prospects, his fist never be tempted to speculate away, on tbe oh&nce of a palace, that which you need as a provision against the workhouse, ‘ Inst., says : “ Mr. Kelly's whole course as a leader has been a series of blun ders, except in the matter of securing office for himself. He has made quarter of a million of dollars out of offlces'to which he has been elected by tbe Democratio party. But on® of tbe gravest and most unfortunate mte take* of Mr. Kelly was in his selection of ths witnesses to the compact be made wltb General Arthur, as agent for Cornell. One of those witnesses has betrayed Mr. Kelly, and Is about to give to the public the full and pr© else terms of tbe bargain. This wil make pleasant reading when It comes, _1 he people will then know just how generous Mr. Cornell premised to be, and just bow much Mr. Kelly consid ered bis “sacrifice" worth. It will be delightful reading for those Republi- who have been wont to believe that Tammany was the ‘sum of all villanies.’” ^ „ other belongings. Here Is tbe mtttter certainly for a first-class story of tho school of Gaborlau, especially a* Au vers has its eve on an Auversian sent to the galleys and then exiled to Mar- sallies ten years ago. Not very far behind the story of tfc* hen that batched alligators is this story of a dancing rooster, told by tho Alabamian, of Wetumpka, Ala.: “ We learn from Dr. T. B. Whitby that Mr. Samuel Spigener, living near Buyek- ville, entertained him recently with a dancing rooster. Mr. Spigocer called up his crower and offered bim seme dough provided he will dance a “dou ble shuffle,” which tbe, fowl proceeds at once to do to I bn merriment of the crowd. We have seen a dog chum butter, but ww take off our hat to tbe Buyckvilie chicken that dances.” -j ■ The Charlotte Observer says that there is a Mecklenburg man who has been travelling pretty extensively iu Georgia by private conveyance and who reports that he found quite a number of people who had never heard the Bible, but anything about knew all about Nan HU1, Economy is of Usolf a groat revenue, them had heard of Bsb Toosaiha.