University of South Carolina Libraries
. A. HOOP. M. D., Barro*. s ^Ifaidfcste* wsj founded ^ Sot?knm in sad y tko.' wool ad?ertitiug w shortly jo a* tW awrpoee jiowfaf/ oaoo of aa , to ?^w^ o^o^wwiwi w^ Otito a ?Mi ort, to htm not ketiji *-' i??* kis rela I; oy oalliog mm a "rof tke ESS isa lit sai ls im a* * mom fa ?R/Cvood ordered a paae frooj Now York 32x32 McAdoo wrou feet when tke oktiged to>port took thick aad 22 M warn kiir^ Ike wharf J^Sfm ifMr, ?cAdoo I aokpaoa tkroogk too I? ikooojooatiooof are saw* of tke ff onfos of tables ara ^^fc^^k^o'o^oj^iWw* 00 piss* Jlowioetoso' ii^to m pabtio IMSJUMT ii? Xfoalis wit? elootrio of tU South to will tkojr a**<> elected a board of a* odHor-b? tit fe?ow Mr. JfW ac stitor-ia-eaisf, oodt^Diassta. "?f *D? fispsoo aod JS. *fj%fit\\im #raw> tae feporodiaa. Ktw York m: m writes A?t piaielj -of of too Otrslinisoa* ao a^int of pre *ha*e too State oo oooios Jkt to)o?lgvw9oo? oo fa Seojo, flnrafrna. bad weather, - sttoog aod* alow sales. This baa for oooHwm to build too 8oatksri Statss.^?mptoa Gaojwttttoo fa tkt 0%, sod wpoo too wotioo of 8aaator lactic too report**- laid on the table vatii ocxtday. Sunday tot being a looter,tfcoefetof tko tooa to k& tkabili so for as tob is ooMtrood. The foHere of is a great hiodraoee to tko pro? rtke work upoo the jetties io CfcMloatojt Harbor, tko protiawo ap ~ Jnaog by oo o?eana sufteitet oo tko work aa woo to traded, lookaiaoooof akoot sixty tkea* ssuef &o8*n rsoniaiag frost last Year's >awropmtioo/w^ieh will probably be wood to tko best adraotage aoti! the woxt Coafraas bmj meet tko required toaoalor too pioaiootioo of tko work. Tko Tarif bill paosed by Coogress io its closing boars is ahn pry a mockery of wMOpKsiiM with popular wilL It in* oroaaas, tostoad of bgktooiog, tko tax em nemj of tko articles of ooosaafty. aod is fraoMd iabrasaa disregard of the wisfcsa of ororybody axospt tko oHqos of otaomfootorars aod tjooopolists wko mem* to bars bad orerytkiag their owo ~ way. Bot tkoir ?SoSorv will prors a door 060, io tko sod. Btkor tooro will ko a now aligaoeat of partias opoo tko groat itsoo of a Tariff for Boosooo only, m wkick ooao tko Protootiooisto will go to tko wall; or owe the Bopoblieaa party aost itself shoulder tko respoasi* baity for this mot itrons Tariff kilt which has ksoo oOBOoetod aad passed by m Bopokltoaa 'Coagroso. Upoo what . bettor iaroa eoold the Free Trade Dcm oorsto Oestro to go koforo tko ooao try io 1$84 ??Newt and Courier. Tko olosiog boors of tko soeood sea gioo of tko Fortj-soYOOtk Coogress wars Barked by so outrageous exhibition of partisiiosbip, tko iotootion being to ?ipjioi Bomsoot&vfo Joho 3. Rieb ?WO?? of tko first South Carolina dis triot, aad giro bis seat to 8am neI Leo, tko sofortd oobtootaot wko bad been do 8,000 majority. Tko ooroof oooxpoetadly Saturday i far i orOjooSliiio to losspttko rfaoiirj SosftoS of too BMjority report, oWlpttor of wkisk bad koto, sigaod by interest was that he might abstract $10,000 from the treasury without having rendered any service. Sap STted by the entire Democratic side r. Calkins prevented a consummation of the attempted rascality. AU night long the filibustering was kepi up that justice sight be vindicated, and al though repeated snorts ware made to ieduee Mr. Calkins to ?Wfi Mr. Rseburdtoo where bt btkmgtd wae generally regarded as the oreptr thing to do, for the incumbent bad ran dared goal osrvtct tob* Statt and oeo by bit devotmn to the ioUretts* fcr wMab he bad been seet to the Htocej W^|^ gavel of the ?Votoftlloi noon, AsnntJ Lot .woo mkoa an Got. Alt? of*? eoadirioe frost day Vifc tht press that tW trat re ctf to oy every ont witb _ ^ l^glb OOflS and In but having frequently euf ssredfrom attacks of this kind, .? was and axpteted ^that bf, woold re Ot Friday i>* Surner who had attended bim rtptattdly be fore, was *eot for and arrived in the afternoon;/ So^oecbagblJ did be /in tbt ntealarides and idiosyn < Gey. Stepbtus* constitution, and seesjuttssfal otd Vet hts prtviooe treatment tbsS tbt pahtie wart -to-nt snrtd b>>s preeeoce, and some real tinpcottsncnt' was mansTisssd in tht condition of the. tlntingnisbtd pttitot, bat on Saturday bt frtw Worte, and at two o'clock in the eveiuag be tank into a stupor. Cc4. Jiw. Stephens. Cot. Grier and their feiniliiea,;Mrs. ; Linton Stepbets and tbc Statt ?ouse officers groaned aronod bit bed, and at twelre o'clock, witb a deep sigh bt pastad away/ His funeral will take place ia Craw JbrdavfBt, where, bt oiU bt bnritd % Win otpy from tbtAifli Cknmkk tbo following jpffi*m\Anm ^Mnnfrfltnls *8ttjpbsbs was barn bt Taiiaierro Cocnty. Georgia, FtbcpnrVilt1i;ittt. Hb ?rat oamt waa for his graadfatbtr, wbo might on tbt rdoninl aide in the revolutionary armies, and hts middle^ name, Hamil ton, was by him subsequently adopted for bis great benemctor, Bt?. Afexau dtr Hamilton Webster, of Wilksa County, ont of tbt most noted prtteb tra in Georgia, ond afterwards o pre otptor of Mr. BttphcBt. * His ?t?tr. Alexander B. Btenbtot, diod wbtn Mr> * Step boos eimeelf was only fbnrtotn years of age. Hb moth* er. Margaret Green be Iota wbtn bo waa qoitt an infant. Usro bin ttiheVt dtath bt bod boon ortgniarirtnidiltoftWvillay^ekb bwbnmf? osbooU and now accepting an aoV from bit nelt. Aaron W. Gritr. bo ?010 *011 boat with that ftnttsmto. art tho mUrott of bit little patrimony wet mod for bit tuition nod clothing. It wet at this time thai Mr. Stettens attracted tbt attention of Mr. Cos*. MSI* bitlaadty-tebool stperiu tsndtnt. wbo nmisitl him io unstring a ehunmml oobool at Wtehiagteu, Go., ?bort bo wot slm received tote MWiwmtf # leewjieviee) wnwreew At tbo teeth of bit presenter bo befriended by otooiol gentlemen of Washington, and then prepared for Franklin Cofegt, wbtro bt twttrtd tbt Freshman ekes in Aagtst. It bad been tbo wish and aosnttioo of bit friends abet bt prepare hTmself for tbt ministry, for which bit strict moral ity and signal piety eminently fitted him ; bot while at college grate doubts arttt in tbo yooag man*t miad at to bit fitness for tbo stored office. These doubts be tommnoiealted to bio uncle, wbo readily surrendered to bit nephew, yet in minority, bis email patrimony, which relieved htm from bit embarrass ed otodition. Thus replenished, be paid bit way throogh college and grad uated i a 1832. With tbo eery highest Mr. Stephens now obtained a position to teacher in Madison, Georgia, and afterward ia Liberty county. Being thee enabled to purchase a Urn law books, bo oommenmd studying law in tbt sheriffs oflkt at Crawfotdfitte, and was ia that pmos admitted to the bar on the 22d day of July. 18S4. in tbo twenty third- year of bit tgt. Although be bad prosecuted bit studies unaided, be was highly tompltmtotod by Joseph Henry Lumpkia oofort tht last court but one which Hon. Wm. H. Crawford over held. Mr. Jeffries, of Colombo*, now made tbo promising young attor ney some very flattering offers to prac tica with bim, but the latter preferred to remain at Crawford villa and pursue bit projects amid tbt scenes of his childhood, near tbt home of bm vene rated father*. Here bo assiduously labored day and night, ptrtof over bis legal votamen; and often tradging miles to court. His practice wen too fined entirely to tbt Northern Circuit, which was tbtn tbt arena of some of the intellectual giaou of Georgia, ft was there that ffatnao C. 8ayrt. Eli H. Better and James Thomas, ridjog upon tbt.full tides of soocefol practice aod^snleodid reputation, ruled with sovereign wills their judicial tridents It wot there thst Garnet Andrews. Daniel Chandler and Robert Toombt, younger in tbt fray, but promising ted vigorous, grappled tbt gonrled and gnotty limbs with matter feed*. It waa there tbtt Dawsoo end rNrae, elo quent and logical, humorous and sue citet, were winning greener laurels with advancing years. It was there that Lnmpkin, whose judgments in low and equity have since fallen far and near, even at tbt ''fittost of descending smews whitening everywhere they fell, bad eommeueed n lift of glory, no o young eooastltor of low. It wot in tba field, toon, that young Stephens, fragile, delicate and poor, entered tbo pofTtm or am cocten prommion. . At tbitttmt, however, bo woo bioo> EU VT -a^a_ JU x tioo grew aod bie admiring oeighbors were not content to leave bim alooe in tbe practice of bis profession. Io 1886 be waa elected a member of the lower bouse io tbe Legislature ?f | Georgia, wae re-elected for five atttcott ire terms, aocL exerted himself with., twooaac to aeewW legislative aid fof tko. system of internal improve mean*. Ia 1889 be woo a delegate to tko eotaaaer eral eeoveotioo ai- Ckarlettoo, 8. C.# aod dtfsnded the steaears* proposed by tke Georgia delegates" against tko as* jaulu of tkooo from South Carolin*; aod in 1842 bo was elected to tke State Statte, where be actively sustained the measures of the Whig part y> In 1848 ho waa elected to Congress by over 8, 000 toojorttf, jajoilikis party kjott& riooalj-mim a minority oft***too* ^000.w1^koWWaieat^?1869. He supported Mr/g?e^tbe Preside*** io ?84tr, thaefV differing from kim on tie ^QOomjpa "Of.- .tko aoncxa?oa of fena^e^ he ?oadt one term ia Goafroot. Tko authorship of tko rOBoisjttoae for Ho an aeration waa j indeed due to kim. conjointly with tbe fioa. Miltoo Brown, of Tennessee. Io February, 1847. be submitted a aeries of resolutions io relation to tke Mexi oaa war* watch afterward formed tbo platform of the Whig party . He ?p "posed tbt Cranoc com proa ise io 1848, aad took o leudiog part in effecting tko adjustment known as tko compromise of 1850. The passage of tko Kaaaas and* Nebraska set of 1834 ia the House > pf, Representatives was io groat measure, duo to bis efforts, as chairman of 'the Committee bo Territories. After the breaking op. of the Whig party Mr. Stepbens suited with tko Democrats, aad was a prominent champion f f the measures of Mr. Buehauao's sdminis tratiou. At the close of tke Thirty Fifth Coagreso Mr. Stepbeos, declined to be again a candidate. During tko Presidential canvass of 1880 be sus^j taiaed Messrs, Douglass aod Johaeoo, oad ia aumerous public addresses too?N aouriccd those who ad rotated a dissolu tion of tbe Union in case of Mr. Lio eola'o election, aad io aa address be fore tbo State coo reo two called after that ofoot, rigorously opposed too secession of Georgia., ^ . ? . Wats tbe Provisional Congress mot ia Mootgomerj Mr. Stephens was cho sen Yiee-Presideat of the Confederate States, aod was afterwards elected to tko tamo position by tbe people. Bot there was little to common between Mr. Stephens aod President Davis, aod fre- 1 quent diffcrencot resorted io a complete j eostraagetaest. Mr. Stephens was, riolsoUy opposed to tbe strong messuf es i adopted by the- Coo federate govern* meat, took at tke conscriptionand Impressment seta, aad believed io wa|ing war in toeordaoet with eoosti? tutmaal forms, la this way bo became identified with tko soft-Ad ministration: party in tko 8oatk. tn 1868 - he was ekosco a eommistiooer to arraogo for aa exchange of prisoners with the Uoited Stetes government bat kfs mis* sioo was oot attended witk success as tke Federal government deeliaed tore* ceive'nay propositions looking to an sx okaago. During tko winter of too tame year tbo fasse? resolutions of kis brother, Lintoo Stephens, were intro duced ia tko Georgia Legislature t witk which H it believed he had ?ach, to do. Ia 1885 be was ooo of tko " three oom misrioueri who ocafsrrod witk Presi dcot LiaeoHa at Fortrcos Monroe with a view to putting a atop to tko war, bat whose negotiations were frwitltos. Short ly after tko surrender kc was or* rooted oad imprisoned ia Fort Wsrrea, Bootoo Harbor. After a short eonuae atoat he woo released oa parole aod re taraod te kis home io Georgia. Io 1886 the Legislature which met after tko State kad keca reconstructed ac tordiag te President Johnson *t policy, elected Mr. Stepboas aod Berschel Y. Jokasoa to otate ia the Uoited States Senate, but tkey wore aot permitted to take their state. From that time ootil 18714872 Mr. Stephens scoots to koto taken no sctirs part ia politics. When the Logwiaturc elected taoer ths Skcr mao-Shellabarger scheme of recon struction stet ia 1868? Mr. Stephens advised against too ratiaoatmo of tko Fourteenth Amendment. Three years rsttr. wkoo Vailaodtegkam orgaaised kis *'oow departure," Mr. Stephens purchased a daily newspaper io Atlanta oaUed tbs Sm* aod fought it with great bitterness. He foogbt with even more bitterness tko Groely movement of 1872. aod became tko recognised leader of the "straight-outs" io Georgia. His paper supported Charles O'Connor for the Presidency, aod, while deelioing to make my fight oo tke State ticket, advised tbe running of "straight-out*' candidates for Congress. Unable to personally supervise tbs management of hie paper, he lost heavily by the ven ture, and after tbe Presidential election the Sun, suspended publication after swallowing op all tbe saving ofi ts owner s life. Io January. 1878, be was a can didate for United States 8enutar, run* ning against Hoc. B. H. Hill aod Gen eral Joho. B. Gordon. After aa exci ting contest kc was defeated by the latter. Oa the night after the day of | kis defeat ka was invited to run for Coogress from tbo Eighth Congression al District to ill the vacancy occasioned bv tbe death of General A. R Wright. He wss elected without opposition. Between the time of his election and tbe meeting of Coogress, tbe seisure of tko Virginia? sud the execntion of her crew by tbe Spanish commander at San tiago do Cuba occurred. Mr. Stephens wss pronouoeed iu tbe opioion tbst the United States should demand speedy oad ample reparation for the outrage aod that, if necessary, the demand should be backed by military power. Wkea ko took bis scat in Congress bs msde a speech defending what was koowo as tbe "back salary grab," a measure for which be did net rote, ss it was pasted by tbo preeeediog Con gress, but which he thought just and right. About this time his views upon the Louisiaoa question and General Grants connection therewith excited much hostile criticism. Mr. Stephens condemned in strong Isugusgs the in famous conduct of Kellogg aod Dorell, but ha ooia tended that the President wss aot to blame for supporting them with the military. He made a speech on this lino at tbe Augusta Opera House, to which Hon. B. H. Hill replied, at the request of a number of citisens. In 1874 bis health was so bad tbst he wrote a letter to some of his friends in Greene couoty, declining to be a candi date for re-election to Congress. But be afterwards grew atonger, aod when the convection sect bis friends insisted apoB puttrtgkim ktoatsaotfoa.^ After ottojd over oppoti tion. His next speech ia Congress wsa in opposition to the Civil Rights bill. On the 4th of July, 1875, be delivered an address to an immense andienen in the city of Atlanta. lie was renominatod nod re-elected to Congress for the term ending March 4th, 1879. It was during this ssoeioo that Mr 8tephens in Jans, 1878, tout exceptions to some strictures made not his vote upon the Potter resolution of inquire into the electoral fraud of 1876. Ho wrote whet Was known as the Ca? oy letter and avowed bis inUntioo of submitting bis olntmo to the people. He was, however reaominated and elected without opposition, as be was umouiJ$*fc. Mr. Stephens devoted otoob of the latter part of his Coagree sionol lifo to the revision of the system >f coinage, weights tad tea eures, of which committee he wan chairman ia the House. It mas during the Forty-sixth Congress that be took bis firm stand against the peHey of attaching riders to appropriation bills. Earlv in 1882 Mr. Stephens nonoonoed bis intention of retiring from public lifo; bot the people willed it mnVrently. He was nought alike by Democrats, Iadepeo den>reod Republicans to ran for Gov ernor, and io the midst of much excite ment and speculstion, aoeepted the Democratic, nomination, and after a sberp but decisive campaign, in which JCr. Stepbens muds n brilliantly sue* 'cessfol personal eanvnm, be was elected Governor of Georgia by over 62,000 majority, aojd wsa just beginning a nte%t"thorough and remarkable adminis tration of that high office. His last public-net was the delivery of bis won derful %98uM*Ceuvenniol oration in Savannah, February, 12th last'. Since his exertion at that trme, however, be has been confined to his '.bed, und last Saturday oigjft at 12 p'eneck passed peacefully a way *t the ^eoutive Mao* sioo m Atlsjim^-i - :\\ :>, . ~-- ' ^ ^aVy \: " t^oe*1fc^ CorretpoOaVat.] WjksniwoTon, March 3, 1883. Congress is ekeinr out its time in >igjst sessions. Soooty is, secretly plot* ting against the restrictions of Lent, and furtively dining, wining, dancing, and?'but don't yon say I told yon.' The Ulk to-day is that there wOt be an extra session, bat I am no Wiggins, and since you will know bow it is before this reaches you, 1 will postooe all pro phecy until after the event. But, if. there should be an extra session, they will have a time of it io the election of a Speaker and the organisation of the House. There is a powerful lobby here, now, but its racks will be much in* creased should an extra seesiou.be sail* od.? Mr. Cerlrits ia sold to have nins ty-eigbtmcmbers "of the next House pledged to support bim for Speaker, but s regiment rarely rallies its raster replete, and Randall relies on a roll list as large. ^ Within four days of final adjourn*, mehi of Congress, the distracted ques tion of uriff re vriion was referred to a. oommittee of conference, shoe imposing upon tea mew hers (five JromT each house) a dutv that the. whole ] body baa foilee^tsr'petform. But" before entering upon eoasidcratiou Of the tariff, the oomtaittee had to- determine the consti tutional question raised b the House, via: whether the S?onsteii>y orignating 1 the tariff bill, has refrinred the prero gative of the House. * Sbueitd the com mittee reach an agreement on this j question, there is still no assurance j that it would be accepted by tbe two bouses. Tbe eoafiiet of opinion as to what tariff legislation ought to be has net been allayed. If the result of tbe conference shall be objectionable to tbe low-tariff men in Congress they will oppose it, and if it shall disappoint the proteetiooisu they will fight it Thus the outcome is still deeply involved in doubt, and denew&apoa tbe ability of the*conference committee to hormooiae tbe eeufi ieting si em sate, first in its own body, and in tbe two bouses. Tbe most etching episode of tbo ses sion occurred at tbo House last eight. The galleries were crowded, as tbey have been for a week, by the familiss of members and their frienda, and by o large number of transient viaitors. The River snd Harbor bill was under discussion. Mr. Van Voorhis, of New York, had opposed the bill very bitter ly,' and, moving to strike out tbe item for tbe improvement of the Socramento river, said that if tbe chairman of tbe Committee of Commerce. Mr. Page, had not been from California no such item would bare been put in it. 'It is so outrageous, so damnable,' continued Mr. Van Voorhis, 'that nobody bot n gambler and a cut-throat would think of tacking such an iUm to this bill.' Immediately there ensued such a scene as reminded one of the memorable st uck of John Young Brown, of Ken tucky, upon tbe present Governor of Massachusetts. There was an excited and aprorous denunciation of the lan guage need, n dosen members endeav oring, in tbe interest of peace and good order, to poor kerosene on tbe troubled waters Mr. Van Voorhis, who ia neither an Adonis or a Demosthenes, made an abject apology, both to the House snd to Mr. Page, but some members moved an expulsion, and Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, would not be placated until Mr. Van Voorhis bad been reprimanded by the Speaker. Mr. Herbert, however, railed to carry bin motion, much to the regret of the gal i leries, who were anxious for a scene with Mr. Keifer in the role of repri \ mender. At thi* point, the diplomatic Kssson arose and with a voice much weakened and cracked since he plead tbe eause of tbe fraudulent President and was paid by a mission to Vienna, ar gued that there wss no precedent for re primanding a member who had with drawn bis offensive words and made a double apology both to the House and to the offended representative. This ended the row snd rumpus. The ele gant and edified sudience left the galle ries, and the House proceeded with the diseusaion of the bill. Tbe marriage of the recently di vorced vulgar man and ephemeral Re publican Senator from the rotten borough of Colorado occurred at Wil lard's Hotel laat night, and was attend ed by tbe President. Tbe woman who was made the wife of the mitliooare is a physical beauty, with face and form of almost ideal outline. She is of medium height, well rounded figure, twenty-two yeara old. Tbe Presidsnt paid particular attention to tbe bride, and just before she left expressed a wish for a rose from her bouquet, wbiob she quickly chose snd handed him. Remember, if yon want health and strength of mind sad muscle, urn Brown's Iron Bit* tees. j 1111 ADVICE TO THE SOUTH* Host tod Hominy First?The Sur plus in Cotton. The eottoo footers of St. Louis bo?e united io the following circular to the hope of iaJataciog the growth of food prodostt in the South the coming eoe Sr Losmy^*., Febroery,24,1888 ? To tho Merehmnts, Fsrmers, snd Ten note of toe Cotton Belt: The Sooth is now on too " Ore of plootiog soother crop, nod tfter ss experience of seyen teen jeors it eeesss sdeissble that gome change should be made io her msoosr of farming, nod we call jour attention to the following foots, which ore offered with the ho cere tope tost the people will giro then proper coasid oration. Your sttioo pceessses the Soest forming lands and the most salubrious climate io too world, and should be to day financially independent; instead of baring to borrow on a crop before it is made, should hare her oorn bins nod larders filed before com men cm g a crop. Compere your situation with the formers of toe North and West. They oy systematic labor are growing richer each year, while you with patient toil and close economy are neither so thfir ing nor prosperous as you should be. - There is cause for these troubles, sad we, as eottoo men, wbose interest is closely identified with yours, beiiere we are io a position to note msoy of the eri!? that exist, aod offer, without pre* sumiog, the following suggestions: 1. The credit system, as at present in vogue throughout the South it disas trous to the planters and?tenants forc ing them to pay extrsrsgsot prices for supplies, and causing their crops to be forced into market with such rapidity aod io such quantities as to break prices almost invariably, below cost of pro duction. 1. After noting for years the effect of large crops of cotton, we find that the over-prod notion of this staple is the key-note to the situation, aod we strong ly advise all parties interested io the prosperity of the 8outh to discourage the plsnttng of a large acreage this year, and devote their labors first to the rais ing of grain, cattle tad hogs, snd give tko balance of their time to the culture of eottoo. This policy will brieg Joed results in many ways; for instance, many small farmers, ?od large ones alto,' ere so heavily in, debt when their eottoo it ready for s*)e thav 'they sre compelled to letit^fo, even though the price is be low its intrinsic W?rth; while, if they had supply*scheme, produced, aod not bought<o?cfedit, tbey could afford to .bold their^qptfon until they felt justi fied io sellio The price if cotton to-day it fullj 16 per cent, heftw. the average of the past lire years, while, on the other hand, corn it 83 per cent, and prertwnc $9 per cent, above the average.^Thua-are yno losers both wsys. * > With toe production of euougV^o vitioas oo each form, eottoo wouli .he come a surplus, and toot the inoubwt of/debt wouid be lifted from your people, aap each year would record rajawV strides io wettth. V: .{Decreased production of cotton, and increased production of breed, asset and J. other .oecetssries will bring about t more prosperous condition of affairs for the South, aod instead of sheriff sales to satisfy the mortgages that tko poor laborers must now give, ws wouid see grinding poverty banished forever, aod pleoty would pour in upon you. We ask that the merchants aod plan ten of each State, by calling a conven tion, or in tome practicable msoner, agitate this question until the influence is felt throughout the entire eottoo belt. Signed by twenty firms. Now they speak of crude Petroleum as a remedy for consumption; better not try it, But take Dr. Ball's Coogb Syrup.?tee stan dard Cough Remedy of our age. It is eg ree able to the taste, aever fails to eure, and costs only 25 cents a bottle. WANTED 50e000 bBS. DRY HIDES. 50,000 LB8. WOOL, for which the highest market price will be paid. Leather given io exchange for Bides. 1600 LATEST STILE EATS From a New York Bankrupt Sale?your choice for 50 cents, by D. MORRIS * BRO.,' Liberty St., Sumter, S. C. March 6_ 3m. WOOD'S ODONTINE, FOR WHITENING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH. Seeps the ft oath Pure and Sweet and HardOBi ttit QtBBE Formula of Dr. T. T. Moore. W. O. rXSRBft, Wholesale Agent, COLUMBIA, S. C. For sale ie Samter by Dr. A. J. CHINA, 1 and Dr. 0. J. ACLD. March 6 BIGGEST THING OUT! SURFEITS WELCOME OATS. ?\Z IST 60 POTCRDS na LXTML 2TJ82BL. The handsomest Gate erer aeeo, and will undoubtediy everywhere prove the molt pro ductive variety of oati known. The grain is rery large, plump aod full, and with good cultivation will yield from 80 to 135 legal bushels per acre. 0155.00 in Cash Prises for 188a. To be paid tbe most lucressful growers of BURPEE'S W BL.COM K OATS. Competi tion open to all who purchase one or more tweo4y?five cent packapei, each containing two ounces of seed. Price 25 cents per pack age, or 5 packages for $1.00. Send 25 cents in posUf e itamps for one package, and our Handsomely Illustrated Catalogue for 1813, aad if not satisfied, money will be retained. Address, "SPECIAL DEPARTMENT," V. ATLBS STOMJB * 00., HiiiAdtipMft, n. ?mV* The Editor of this paper has a sample of tbe Oats. March e__ THE BEST CORN! IN ORDBR that numereoe parties may test my FINE CORN,?a distinct variety hybridised from tbe "Milee" and tbe WHITE GOURD SBED, (and as I think the beet Corn far a mete crop that ean be had), I will pay the postage and send One PINT asy where for 30 CENTS IN 8TAMPS. This amount carefully planted to itself, will satisfy say thinking farmer, as to its merits; aad the outlay will not break any one. J. W. VANDIVER, Seed Producer, March 0 Wearer rille, N. Q. MASTER'S SALE. State of Sou t h Carolina, COUNTY OP SUMTEK. In tu Com or Common Plus. B..F. Holland (hear Fear tall f Go* partners as HaU .and PearsaU, Plaintiffs.agaxnst Alfred J.McLeod, and Nuty E. McLeod, Defendants. BY TIBTUR of a decree made is this canes, deled February 11, 1883,1 will ofer for sale os saleeday In April aest, (April 1, 1883,) before the Court House of said eoesty, between II o'clock in the forenoon see o'clock In the afternoon, the following pro perty: "All tbst piece, pereel or tract of Use1, situate sad being In the County of Sumter end Stete aforesaid, containing two hundred Acres, bounded bj 8cepe O'er Swamp and by lends of Thomas J. McCutcosu, Very C. MeCntcbeu, Leyeauer II more and others, with the dwelling boote and other improve ments thereon." Terms of sale?Oaeh?Pnrthasir to pay tar ******* GUIQNARD RICHARDSON, Mar 5?it _Master. Master's Sale. Tek Stats or Soctx Casoujca, Scmtx* CoUHTT. Ik thc Court or Coxxox Plias. John Oieen, Plaintiff, against Arsemut Mitchell, Jupy Richardson, Jupg Richardson, Jr., Edsemrd Harvin and Philip Scott, Defendants. BY VIRTUS of e decretal order made in this eanse, and dated October 11th, 1881, 1 will offer for sale on Saleday in April next, 1883, before the Conrt House of said County, during the legal boars of sale, the following premises: All that parcel or tract of land sitnats in said County and State, lying on Fellers Earth Creek, waters of Santee Hirer, con taining Three Hundred and Seventy-Nine Acrei, and bounded North by land of John B. Rogers, last by the Rim . Road from Charleston to Camdea, South br leads of | Jsmes Lawrence, West by lands now or lets of John B. Rodger*." Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for all necessary paper*. G?IQKAfiO RICHARDSON, March 5, 1883. _Master. Martert Sate, State of South Cartoina. COUNTY OP SUMTER. in trx co car or common rixasi Francis W. Kerchner. Robert E. Col der and WnHmtn Colder, Copartner* ns Kerchner dt Colder Bros., Plain* tiffs, against Margaret I. Brown and George W. Brown, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decree made io this cause, dated February 12th, 1883,1 will offer for sale on ^aledaj in April nest, (April 2d, 1883,) before the Court Honse, of, said County, between the boars II o'clock in the forenoon and $ o'clock in tie afternoon, ' the follow ingaroperty: "All tbatp?ce, parcel or tract of land con 4siaiog Ooe Head red acres, formerly owned by fcrM. Saann, and bounded on the North hy lands new or formerly of at. W. Moist, test hy lands of Mrs. S.-Cba?aier, Seeth by faeds of the Estate eft. M. Spans, sad West by tads of Thomas Cats, teesaid land lying Sad beiag! ia Sumter Co*e\y, ia-' the State aforesaid." "* .Tema of Safe?Cash.? Purchaser to pay fer^aperi. *. jO?JQNARD RJCHARD80N, "j^jajy.v-4tv_Master. ?ASTEtPS SALE. thej^elof South Carolina, ^C^mtkR COUNTY. ': 0?URT i)F COMMON* PLEAS. ffarriet A Haynxworth, Plaintiff, ' against MoUhey S..M. Mayn+wrth, as Trustte^D^ftndmnt. ' ' BY VI BIT K of orders made la tufts reuse, to me directed, I will oftr fbr sale at public auction, on se'e*dey in April nest, (April 2, 1883,) before the Conrt House of! ssid County, between the boars of 11 o'clock in the forenoon aad 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following lots or parcels of land !a the town ofSnmter, to wit : 1. That let or parcel of land npoa which A. W. Sader resides, and leased to him until Jane 2)lst, 188C, and bounded en tht North by Wm. Bogin's lot, on the West^by the let hereinafter described, ea tee feast by the lot recently purchase a* by Wm^Mogi*, ?P?" which the late Joha F. Hnv as worth resided at tee time of his death, aad sseseerlsf Ify feet therefrom oa Pagan Sues*, by watch rt Ubeeaded oa the South. The same So ee sold tuhject to said lease, aad upon the tal lowing terms, to wit: "One-third cteh,tao balance payable la two equal eneceeei*e4e sullments?the first payable ea the first day of January next, and the ascend en tie erst day of January, 1885, with interest free* the day of sale, to be secured by the bond end mortgage of tbe purchaser" to me. The dwelling hones on said lot'or parcel of lead to be kept ineured by the purchaser to aa amount to be fixed by me or my anccessors in office, and the policy of insurance to be as signed to me as Master. Possession to be delirered to the purchaser en June 21st; 1888. -also,? 2. That lot of land which is bounded North by Wm. Bogin's lot, West by Sumter street, Rast by the lot above described, and upon which A. W. Suder resides, and South by Degen street?upon tbe following terms: One-third cash, tbe balance payable in two successive annual instaliments, with interest from the day of sale payable semi-anaually until tbe whole be paid, to be secured by the bond and mortgage of tbe purchaser. Tbe Purchaser or Purchasers of above lots to pay for papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, March 5?4t Master. FOR SALE. rpHAT DESIRABLE LOT on a central J square of the Town, on tbe corner of I Dugan and Sumter Streets, on which tbe Mill of the Joint Stock Company waa located. May be sold in whole or in lots. Apply to HAYNSWORTHS ft COOPER. Feb 20_ Estate of Jack Burrows, DECEASED. ALL PERSONS holding claims against the said Estate will present the same duly attested, and al! persons ia any way indebted to said Estate will make immediate payment to J. T. FRIBRSON, Qualified Administrator. Feb 20_3t ESTATE OP Mr& An Filtti MriMrtae, DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PROBATE for Suratter County on the 2 2d day of March, 1883, for a Fin*' Discharge as Executor of aforesaid Estate. JOHN C PARNILL, Feb 20?4t_Executor. Estate of Hary C. HcCrtcta, MINOR. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF PRO batefor Sumter County, on March 22d, 1883, for a final discbarge as Guardian ofj aforesaid Minor. ANNA F. PARNILL, Feb 20?4t Guardian. Estate of Marz E. Cohen. DECEASED. IWILL APPLY TO THE JUDGE OF Probate for Sumter County on 22d day of March, 1883, for a final discharge as Exec utrix of aforesaid Estate. ARMIDA H. COHEN, Feb 20?4t Executrix. WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE, with all modern improvements, is bow open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT ft SON, May 8. Proprietors THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I hare thi? da/ publicly burned in.front of my store, all my stock of Laadreth's and Buist's Garden Beets, left over from last year. Jan. 1, 1883. D. J. A?LD. Ds. B. M. Bsscs,! Wh^^ Wn. Ysanon, /Witnesses. Having received a fresh supply of Garden Seeds, from, D. LANDRETH k SONS, ROBT. BUIST, Ja., HIRAM SUBLET * CO., D. M. FERRY k CO., CR?SMAN BROS., I am prepared to supply the trade er2th RELIABLE SEEDS. Peached Silver ssd Gold Coins taken at tare ralee. D. J. AULD. -^ Jan 16 lm I LIENS, TITLES, : MORTGAGES. BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, . von Iiis SEED CORN. MAMMOTH CHESTER COTJKTT GrOTJBD B?ED COHN. HAVING tested -this corn, and fonad it early, hardy and prolific, and much snperioMe the old varieties of corn, I offer for ?a!e my surplus stock of feed?raised by myeerjf last season?at half the price that I paid for my seed. Any one- desiring infor-j mation about it are referred to Mr. Wm. A. Nettles, R. M. Cain, or other of my neigh bors, who saw the corn while growing. A supply- will be found at the Shoe. Store of Bnltmaaa k Bro., is Sumter. FebS-2m J. H. N1CH?LES. Meioate Csttoa lanf'jCe. COTTON B ATTING PREPARED IN ROLLS FOR COMFORTS, QtTTLTS ANI> MATTRE9fta.J. SOLD AT THE FACTORY AND BY merchants in Snmter. at IS mats per poead. Liberal discount to the trade eJIowed. ' D. JAMBS W?tN, Sept 19?ly_President. RUBBER STAMPS IMME STAMPS FOR. MAftXINn ClOTHiN. .with indeUibia ink, er far printing ? letting esVds, and ST AM PS OF AN Y KIND Tie -stomping BUSINESS CARDS, BNVSL 0PK3 or nny thing elsa.- Specimen* *f rations. stylen to 'land, which will be shwws with plena* are. .The LOWEST PRICES passible, aad ereerr filled pretoptTy/ CaJfe* C. P. OSTBRN, At tho Wateamnn aad Saetheon OSes. EORSOIf* COTTON AXUSOZX FERTILIZER. ITOMOW-'-'COMnsW ACID1 Pr193WAit. . Tasse grades are rich in - all. the essentials constituting $rst class articles, ?rsraliy ate*' pared from heat materials* .Our leaf expert* esee in the trade, together with Prof. Seep erd'e analysis, are gaaraatsm that they are adapted to the waata of consumers. For sale at market rates for cash, time er cotton. J. N. ROBSON k SON, 61 Bast Bay, Jan 9?3m_Charleston, S. C. A. J. CHINA, DE A LEU IN* DRUGS, MEDICINES, ?aas etE FINE TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. Ac, Ac. Ftinti. (Ulf. Varnishes, ?V? STUFFS. GLASS, PUTTY, Ac. '0t- Hjiiilm* ymil^iw? Hmwl; ? ?, ??<, Itrtb 18? If -TRADS NORMAN'S ^aare*tiaisjt CORDIAL. ?MARK? gmttamt ?SVtmAl Rrmed? forth* *rtr?4 aU iirmwimtiUm aad dl?ord?ri of tt**tot? i aad Bn*ato, vkaW U cbikbtn er aefofea, - tgaenMna wut stooMOx wa*c?(beinf -iT*t*?k*ta*t*. a?ajiaa??sni eJ*Pm> )t0f%tja\ Ftae, ncaftlnen, Bandnean aad VrtiUftU, May t? wad sa aa satanyanantaoi tfctStooMofc aaalnA froa rttoxatio* ?? in* laiMtlnaaceastanaaatSeonertaatae. aroTMter ajr*a NSUTRALIZINQ CORDIAL I? as eteasant and hnrsskss as Blaefcv aestf Wtn> Doce not contain Opmm aad will sot constipate. Specially leonm* neneed for leeelewnnee aad Teething Price tfC aad $ i.co per bottle. am seen r* nssasneas Dmitn mjsniasne, gJBKIaPOB QHBM [QAL 00, Sale QBspsletnca, WeAnJSa,S.C U.S.A. "Qf^QfTl not, life is sweeping by, go jLij!i? l ?B<i dMt Morv * * Ms, something mighty and sublime leave behind to conquer tiros." See a week in your own town. So outfit free. No risk. Everything asw. Capital not required. We will foreieh roe everything. Many am making fortunes. Ladies make as much as men, aad boys aad girls make treat pay. Reader, if yon want easiness at which you can anahe great pay all the time, write for particulars to H. Hallett k Co.,Portiend, Maine. JOS. F. NORRIS, FURNITURE WARE ROOMS, 217 AND 219 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Two Mammoth Stores and Ware Hofjses, filled with s Full Line of the Finest and Cheapest Furniture. The Cheapest Furniture Hoase in Charleston, and a IHseonnt of Fire per sent, off on all Cash Sales. Dec 14 3m THE PALMETTO LAIER IEER BREWERYj CHARLESTON, S. C. Has of late doubled their capacity, to suit the demand, with all moeern improve ments, and manufactures now a very superior article. Lager Beer of such a nature that it is always bast where it eaa be had fresh from the Brewery, and is then the finest, most harmless sad healthiest tonic for family use. For particular;} and prices write to CLAtTSSEN BREWING CO., Dec 12 Charleston, 8. C. R. S. CATHCART, CHOICE FAMILY flROCHJIES, WINES AND LIQUORS, WHOLESALE AffD RETAIL, 318 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ATMORE'S MINCE MEAT. MagUse Flam Padding. Imperial Raisins, Debesse Raisins, Sultana Seislas. Leghorn Citron. . . CrystaKsed Ginger, Preferred Canton Gin ger. Fmit Better In cans. Preserres aad Jellies fa eaes. Maraalades and Jesse in .jars. Onyx CleaeasfjiBatter. ' Bouquett Creamery Better. Ferris Haass, Strips aad Tongues. Ferris -Fulton Ma rket Bee/. - Pickled Sermon, Fish Roes aad Pig's Fest. 'Messand No. 1 Macketel. Aaisette Mariscbino Cordial. Pore Cora Wbisker. Rock C*n&j. . Buckingham aed Giesen Whiskey. Htasssy and Ctttforaie Brandy. Datf?ordoo aad Craw a Sherry. Laeock's Madeira, Pure Old Port, Swan Gin. Irish aad Scotch Whiskeys. Pare Old Jamaica Rum. _. I make a specialty of ROASTED COFFEE. Fancy Hysoa,' Gunpowder, - Oolong aad English Breakfast Teas.- . Sugars retailed at Wholesale Prices. . Royal Baking Powder absolutely pare. Royal Extracts. ~8oap, Starch, Lard, New Crop New Orkane Molasses. Choice Syrup .. - Imported - Whist Wine Vinegar. Ceased gooes ia great Variety. 0.1. HO YT St BRO., Vctate, Clodet, Jtwiliy, SpoSUel**, lte.t dec REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTING MATERIAL, Sheila, Wads and 'Ererything Pertain, ing to Breecb-Loeding'Gona. - Sept 2S AT COS1 FOR CASH FR TBE NEXT THIRTY DATS I oner at Cost my stack of DOLMANS, CLOAKS, WALKING JACKETS, J wasss GOODS, _ WER COATS. ASb CL0T81N0. - I hare a nice stock of - ~ DOMESTICS/.FLANNELS. [" * NOTIONS, - BOOTS AND SHOES. Which Twill sell si low as any Oos."~ FULL STOCK. OF Tin und Wooden War?, CUTLERY, GUNS, AND PISTOLS. MjStodeef . CHINA AND GLASS WARE Can't be surpassed and cay low prices oa them hare already become a bouse* hold saying.' As in tbe pest my Grocery will he stocked with first class goods at lowest prices. ." Tnaakiog the public for their liberal pat ronage ia the past, I opea the New Year by proaisiag them the sasss fair dealing tber hare always had at my heads. - . ALTAMONT MOSES. - GUANO! KATJSTITI BEFORE BUYING FERTILIZERS -CALL ON ALTAMONT M< 1 HAVE THE A6ENCY FOB TBE FOLLOWING : TanatlPs Pooch Cigar, Which has earasd the name_ of Asseeka's Finest Flee Cent Cigar. Starke* Dixie Row, Each one warranted to gift satisfaction am can be returned after trial. -ALSO? THE FOLLOWING. DgDfiiRCS COMP? Commercial Union of London. Nisjara Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y. . 1/ Fire Association of Philadelphia, anr* Rates as low as any First Class Company. ? ... ALTAMONT m?B Jan? _ j YJI7TC1T? P*0*** ** always on the W A&SJlJ lookout for chances to.in crease their earnings, aad ia time become wealthy; those who do not improve their op* portunities remain in poverty. We offer a great chance to make money. We want ma men, women, boys and girls to work far right in their owe localities. Any do the work property frees tee Brat The business will pay more then tea ordinary wages. Expensive outfit free. No one who engages fails to money rapidly. You can devote year time to the work, or only yoar meets. Fall information and i needed sent fret. Address STINSONi Portland, Maine.