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4 smaltdi6erence.-Au individual some
where in Missouri, adverlises a pointer
dog for sale le-Twenty dollars, cash; a
hundred dollars, credir.
Z. Rome. as Romans" S,c.-In most ci-
lies and towns. The ladies have pet dogs
which they carry with hihem in their car;
:riages when they are al home. In Gin
scinaatii. pigs are used Us substitute, and
every fashionable young lady carries one
she takes ride through
The city. The louder pig squeals tho
more highly he is valued.
There is a man down south, who cele-
brales his birth day by paying for all his:
newspapers. Let's make him PRESIDENT
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HENRY A. WISE -I'he following i,
extracted from long article in thcNaIional
GazeI'r. aud is a graphic description Of The
distinguished Virginia Orator, Henry A..
Wise.
I'm person, this gentleman is about six
feet IN leIgh', and slenderly made His
hair IS IA shade between black and lghl-a
bro~n'sh shade pervadlng-he wears il
10 III front and sorl nrhInd. His fore
head Is broad. massive and :uly intellect
ual. In debate, his eyes, which arr dark,
: flash with eArrcme aniInatiOn. His nose
Is prominent & decided with large nosIrlIs.
iiIs mouths large, aud chm substantial
and manly lie has no red in his checks,
aud Vet nr li", mt sickIS io"k His tx
pirssnn Is lhaI uf IL huld. independent.
COURAGEOUS, ,hls h thinking rnan. Ill, man
nrr> courteous and alhhle-a grniIrncss
pcrvadIna them that would hr remarkable
III a ciiaractrrls'Icall proud Man. In lie
soc lni circle he Is us life aud soul. Full Of
humor, lum aud Anecdulr aud excessive
'b"uEc il"nnrie,' he is the best naturtd
CO.. ..lanlon tnat ever hasn d wit or utter
ed ii scnnnneul. Ills ha its are risidIy
correct, NO one sees I,lm drink anv thing
stronger than VINE or water: and il has
been well remarked by anosher drscrlbcr
Of this gentleman. ':illal II is fortunate thai
he is so ab>IemlOus, for were il otherwise,
he would be exceedingly dangerous" As
- drhaler he is quick and lnll Of rneigv-
fire is MOI nOr- ,corrhIng lian he is. Wo
to the n;;n who falls under his displrasnre.
lie is ferucious in his anger but no one sees
it in his mannrr save d nice observer. All
other emotions are expressed in his grs
lures and his looks. hut his personal rage
has no interpreter save in the firm seI
mouth the unilincfng and whitening eye
anu the compact and sulleu risi,lity ofeve
rv muscle. His voice is then low; his Iune
deliberate; aud he is a, composed as If he
wns aiming his servant for drink Of water.
At such moments we do not believe that
lie would hate his eye, Or change his mind
come whatever d, necr might
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The Ne,u Art.--It appears hat neither
NJ. Daguerrc, ror Mr.. Tailor are the true
originators of The ncw arI of--suu engra-
wing. A Mr.. Niepce has shown that he
produced the same results long since, aud
on this subject the London AthenRnm
has the following astounding particulars
"The most curious fact in relation To
This discovery yet remains 10 he rold. II
would appear. considering the character Of
the pictures. all hui impossible that i'm
pressions from them could be multiplied
after the manner Of an engraving; Nj.
Daguene, indeed, stated 10 us that il was
impossible. and il is but reasonable 10 be
lieve thai he is as fully informed the ma:
ture and extent Of the discoveries as M.s
Niepce himself. elin1S27. M. lNiepces
moi only declared ,tlati waS possible, hut
produced specimens Of such multiplied CO..
pies: aud Mr.. Raner has now IN his pos:
session, mol only copies Of eneravines Fixed
permanently by the action of light, mn
only scenes from nature but -metilic
pl,ites engraved, ana en-: cravings copied from
them: andhe understood aud believes thar
no engraving tool was used, bur thar the
dra,uings ,Uere fired By the action Of light.
and thr plates subsequently engraved By a
chemical process. discorersd by Mr.. Niepce.
lf So, the greatest secret of all remains yet
to I've made putlic. aud is. we believe, as
unknown to NJ. Daenerre as 10 Others
Jour. of Bellies LtttreS.
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Schools in Tmkey.-Seven academies
IRE L. be established in Turkey, at The ci-
lies of' '"nlan'innple. Adrianople, SaIoni-
ca. Bronssa. Smyrna, Bngdad. and Tre-
blzonde, where. among other sciences.
mathematics. physics. and chemistry, ,lre
to be especially taught. The governments
"l that country now think. thai Tic only
"av IN cure numhrr OF prejmlices, is 10
make real knowledge mnre general. The
lectures are la b. delivered inFrencb anil in
Turkish anu the Sultan has requested The
Academy of Sciences in Paris to send
hln SOME vonns professors Inrhe acade-
mes OF ConslaninopIe, Smyrna. and Sa-
l'rlra. -'''"'n'ar, geography, and history,
are 10 be taught in French. after the En-.
rolean mnnner The professors aIe TO
have a fixed salary, and pension on re-
Ilremeni.
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IN old times (l747) it was the tip OF
fashion for female to sport long waists
coat with porkets in each side, and nothing
was II ore common than to see lady spin
ming street yarn, with her hands in her
pockets Our modern bellies, however,
wishing TO differ from the other sex az
mnch as possible, carry their pockets in.
their hands.
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" UllIRNRG. S. c.

" III W HUNu, ., Z.
FEVHE Subscribers beg leave to inform thei.
ID friends, and the public generally. that
they have associated themselves to. ether in the
Town Of Hamburg, for the purpose of trans
acting 4 general
Grocery and Commission Business,
in which capacity they offer themselves to the
public. and ho.r., by n strict and close attention.
TO business. 10 r. ceive liberal share o. patron
age. Their Stock shall Q, er be composed Of the
most choice and well selected articles usually
kept in a Grocery and Sta lie Dry Goods linz.
All Orders, or letters addressed to them. for
any artc G. or business on ColUlniSscn, shall
meet with careliI ta'tcntion ard deS.'ntrh
HENRY l. JEFFERS.
HUMPHREYS BOULWARF.
Hamburg, May 13, 1889 nc I6
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NEW GuN.-We were shewu a few days
since, newly invented Gun, which, as
far as we were able 10 judge Of The merits
of such death dealing implements, is The
most ingenious and effective we have ever
seen or heard of: 1t has received the
name Of The Torpedo. and was invented
bv Mr. h. F. Smith. of South Hadley,
Mass. and made in that town. Ii is so
constructed that the cartridge, which con-
tains the powder, ball. or shnt, and wad-
ding in their prope" order. is inserted in
chamber at once; aud in moment of time;
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VIZ:
The tract on which lie now resides, contain.
ing about 100 acres, wing a.. the Stus', Road
leading ii om Edgefeld Court House to Augusta,
within 4 miles of the Cogrt House, and j.
from augusta. On the premises are sood Build,
ings. and an Orchard Of two thousand and
eight hundred fine rmi Trees.
\so. ihr place formerly owned by l.. j..
Younghlood containing about $50 acres, with
necessary buildings al new
Also. the place known as Bellevue, ithin =
and 81 miles olte Village. Il hasa two story
Bul'ding. and is MS fine IL situation as any in the
District 1t contains l0D acres. lO OF which
are cleared.
All Inc tracts contain about 700 acres OF fine
timber wo. d. and and dl have fine s'rInss.
= rsonS desrou< o. purchasing may examine
for themselves.
The terms will be accommodating.
w. 3. MAYS.
May 4. 1920 If IA
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and the discharge is produced by percus-
sion, the result of rod or piston driven
forrIhl> through cap, TO a powderin the
chamber. With such facility is the pro-
cess carried on, thai The piece can he char
ged and discharged ten times in a minute.
or once in six seconds. The machinery
connected with The gun is entirely hidden
from sight. Its said to lie perfectly safe,
and is considered a great improvement, o.
yer every other fire arm thai has been in
vented Providence Cour.
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n beg leave most respectfully to inform INV
ID friends, and the public generally, that Mr.
HUMPHREYS BouLwARE has assoclaled himself
with me, and that the business will hereafter lie
done under the name of JEFFERS s B0UL-
W4RE and hope that continuation of the
!heral patronage hitherto bestowed. will he
mcrit''d and received.
II. L. JEFFERS.
HAMBURG Nav l3 1S39 nc is
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dependent treasury and cash system, nn
which The trainers of the constitution in
tended it should operate, and on which it
would. probably, have operated from TIE
breinning, had nntllrc first Secretary Of the
Treasury Alexander Hamilton without re.
gard to law or constitution, run the feder-
al car oil the course, Oh track of his con.
structIUu.
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SUBJ REASUkY SLHkME.-'N hat Is
til, eilrcI ol In, sub-Ireasury scheme but
to multiply beyond computations, the num-
ber Of dependent Executive OH, e!s!'
II would, II in operation, have, ''Ihe ef-
feet" ofprevenling public deiaIcallon, by
preventing The frsl step towards it-use
ol Ihe puhlc funds.
Ii would, il ~ operation, chain the legs
OF wllai the VI hgs call leg treasurcrs, anu
chaiu them too III prison, il'lhey broke the
law.
|, wnuld close the door TO the Wing
scheme 9I rrsortlng 10 their lei bank sys-
tenn of depuoitcs-an "ellcci" that would
drive The Wings 10 Desperation.
It would, il It had hecn IN operation,
have prevented the Wing Conservative
Swariwour pocke,ing anove ii nI.ilIou OF
the peoples muney, and cuoped INN up
securely within the dark Walls OF prison.
Instead uI giving him the range ci The cas-
tern world,
II would. ifit had been in operation;
have prevented The loss 10 IlIe people, by
banks rnlrlsred With The public funds. of
S42. .OLU in iruerul Jack-nus's aduimi>tra
ZION; uI S27U,OUU. in Mr.. j. q. Adams ad-
miuislralinn; ol $SUO, 100 in Mr.. hlonrue's
administrator; md oi So, ,U0U, ,OUU previous
TO that administration.
Irwnuld have prevented the loss by col
lector,, Inarshas, attorneys, &c, Of above
Sd, ,0UO. .0G0and by land receivers. paymas-
ters. purchasers, &C.. nfS4 ,7,3.00O.
ifil had tern in operation, ii would have
had the "ellct 10 preclude the ruinOus cred
it system in relation to bonds for duties. by
which the people have lost. of their na.
tional revenue. moi less than 50 1UO,0UO.
Here Ihru. Is The loss of twenty and II
half millions, thai would have been saved
if the government had adhered 10 the in.
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DEssasH,gTE'zasM.

FENHE opar,ncrsIlip o, Fl L.JErreRs& GO.
q Of Hamburg. Souh Carroll a. WAS dis
snlvcd on the ]St of Nueus 1sSS. by mutual
ronsert. All nns''tt Ell business al the concrrn
"a i'll be attended to by II l.. Jefiers.
Fl l.. JEFfERS.
4. BARBER.
Hamburg. Mayo 1889 ac l6
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HHeas, Quarters.

CHARLESTON 10th April, 1889.
General Orders. No. =.
E lIARLESTON READ. Jr.. JOHN CuY.
eDs . NISGHAM. and ARTHUR SlMKIss. have
been appointed Aids.de-Cumps Ia The Com
nandcr IN Chief with The rank of It. Colonel
They will be obeyed and respected accmdingly
By order of The Commander m-Chief
JAMES JO>FS,
April 25 IL .1dj. s. Insp. Gen.
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A fellow who will cheat printer, will
rob a hen roost; and for either offence de-
serves 10 be measured for halter, with
directions for despatch and a tight fit.
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FOR SALE,

az ia N dence in PotrersviIIc,
@aSJ=SG of about ii acres of gooi
fEs1SsI3 SI3 Land-a part not cleared. On
the premises are n good Dwelling House, l sto-
ry aud half high, with five rooms-a large
framed Kitchen and Smoke.honse-an excel
lent Wei! Of pure water. For particulars en-
quire at this q flee.
Feb Ia, 1889 If 2
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He who begins life with "Nil admirari.1
will end it "Epicuri de grese porous" 80
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YEHHE subscriber will dispose of nlI his
IL Lands. colisiS ins OF ab"u, l4CO acres,
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N e " NJ Ee VA

Hamburg. May l3. ls:n
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May 4. 1899
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-14
PROSPECTUS.

| JTAVlNG associated ourselves in the property and
| j. management Of the " New-YOrk Times aud
| CommerciaI InteiIigencer," we Deem il proper to
adopt this method Of making its character and objects
more generally known, with the view Of extending its
circulation 4 sound POLITICAL commercial and mscella-
Originally established TO oppose those pernicious
schemes of the Federal Administration, which pro-
ductive of much calamity and threatened make the
sacred charter OF liberties dead letter the
Times will continue to maintain with boldness and as
much vgor it exert, the stand took at the begin
ming against the experiments abuses and corrptions OF
the Government. Devoted to the republican principles
under whose influence beloved country reached that
high prosperity in which our people reoiced and eoried
before ruthless commenced by their own ser
on their institutions and property will use our
best exertons restore the ascendancy OF those prnci
Piles. and to drive the IN power from the stao7s
they have abused and dishonored. Whatever may be
the result OF the present political conteswhatever new
combinations OF parties may arisethe public will ever
find republicans in principles and practice-fmfrends
Of true economy in expanding the public money, ana
If limitation of executive patronage and power-advo
Gates OF a sound and uniform currency convertible into
gold and syerand staunch supporters Of the doctrine Of
obedience to the will of the people, the only source OF
political power. tt4ax
As medium f conveying to its reader. the earliest
Foreign and Domestic Commercial and Shipping lntelli-
gence the Times acquired high character and we
will spare gains to make it still more valuable in this
respect.
Of general and varied interest," will endeavor to make
equal Mt leash TO other daily paper By the aid Of
frs, reporter and assistants, will be able to give
the earliest intelligence Of whatever in this great
city and the neghborhood. Notices OF works in lite
nature and science-of the drama-exhibtons-the fine
arts, &c DC; will be given at proper times and every
cxeriion will he made furnish readers newspa-
per- which will keep them informed Of all that is going
New York important and interesting to be known
We have made arrangements with correspondents
abroad who will regularly transmit to the latest com
mercal and political the leading papers and pero-
ideals, and series of spirited and graphic letters.
During the session OF Congress- one OF the editors
will resume his position Washington and personally
attend the political and general correspondence OF the
Times, from the seat Of government
N +. ELDREDGE,
sent IL DONALD MACLEOD.
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con6dIng people-yes, he gave Us "perpeiuai
feast &c neclared sweets" But as my other engage
menls are pressing, shall write noihing more on
this deeply Interesting subject Permit me, In con-
clusion, 10 assert, that have never attended any
festival where there was SO much good feeling
Many Wings were present, all Of whom seemed to
manifest the greatest saIisfacliun--lheir connIe-
nances beamed with delight and appreciation, plain
" potraying the liner feelings OF their noble souls.
Bul enough Ilmay not be amiss 10 state, that Sc
nator Fonlaine addressed the people OF Louisa
Courthouse on yesterday, In speech very far sur
passing any that have heard him deliver. He de-
clared an immulabie determination 10 give his cor
dial support TO Mr.. Rives, as our next Senator,
unless he could ascertain by evidence the most in
dispuiable, that majority OF his constituents we're
In favor Of the Sublreasury scheme, and, In thai
event, he would most cheerfuly resign his seat in
the State Senate He cautioned the friends Of the
administration against permitting their passions and
pfeJudices TO triumph over their reasoning faculties,
and exhibited to them, with much animation, the Inn
propreiy of rejecting men and measures, merely
because the Wings, perchance, might deem il expe-
dieni 10 sustain them. He concluded by enreatng his
friends 10 enter the contest like brave and gallant
men, and bear In mind the principles so warmly
advocated by the immortal Henry. His last sentence
as well as now recollect was In The language OF a
celebrated female marsyr, who exclaimed, "Ohl
liberty, what crimes have not been committed in thy
name r. s. w. M.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-14

FRANKINe PRIvILEoE.We perceive that
errors are made on both sides in regard to the
exercise Of the privilege Of ranking. The
following in an abstract Of the Post Office
law:
Each member Of the Senate, and each
member and delegate Of the House Of Re-
representatives., may send and receive, free Of
postage, newspapers, letters, and packets,
weighing not more than two ounces, Tin case
of excess Of weight, excess alone to be paid
for,) and all documents printed by order Of
either House, from the period Of sirfy days
before he takes his seat in Congress, till The
merit meeting Of the nert Congress.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-09-14

The Hon. Amos Keadall Postmaster General was
In this city yesterday. We suppose we must have
been out when he called upon US, as we did not see
MIN, except when ne passed through the street We
are sorry for this, for could have given him such
explanation touching the late election, as wonld en-
tirey exonerate from all blame the faithful hire
lings' OF the government in this State They did all
they could worked night and day promised, threat
ened, lied and cheated, and disposed of The money
very judiciousy, and as honestly as could have ben
expected, one keeping 10 his own use more than
half the amount entrusted to him by the party The
great fault lay In the people, who perversey obs,i-
natey and wlfully refused to give their support to
this most excellent and praiseworhy adminis,ra-
tion. Providence Journal.
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1or readers are already acquainted with the
,s,ouOding disclosures made by Mr.. Pleasan-
- i relation to the contemplated attempt to
hlow no the militia sent to queil the mob Of
Destruc lives at Harrisburg. and prevent the
LEGISLATORS from being thrust out OF the State
House windows. Frightful as such develop
men.s naturally were, they are scarcely less
revolving than the impudent and unblushing
o,,omn, bv some of the office-holders Of this
,ne,ropoIs, 10 control the Maryland elections
bv dipt Of money. Yes, under the very nose
Of The Executive, have agents come here and
openly solicited, from the vassals Of the Pre-
siden,, money to- secure the State 'tohis de-
moeratie friends I" While the citizens Of the
proud monumental city are engaged in the ce-
remony of laying the corner Stone of agrand
temple TO perpetuate one among the most glo-
rious Of their achievements (,he battle of
Norh.poinD the minions ofpower are seek
Ing to corrupt the elective franchise by the
purchase Of uoiss TO retain the Destructives in
their ill-gotten power. What citizen of Ma
ryand, not entirely lost to every sentiment Of
honor, 10 every kindred feeling for his native
or adopted state, but must turn with scorn and
disgust from the imputation that the principles
which her CAROLS, her Towards and her
Stones fought and bled to sustain, could be
sacrificed on the altar Of lucre. Already have
the Loco.focos here, sworn shat Thomas shall
be returned, and that Johnson and Jenifer shall
be defeated" In accordance with this oath,
large sums have already been subscribed and
placed in the hands of corrupt and designing
agents, the degenerate sons Of proud and gal
liant old Maryland. The editors Of the Globe
do not scruple to hint to the tools Of the party,
that Maryland and Mississippi must be revo-
luionized per tas aut nsfas, and while thou
sands are lavished on the former, another bait
is held out to their emissaries in the latter,
VIZ that upon their full success depends their
hope Of office. Thus while money is squan-
dered here, the Offices Of the country are pro-
missed there, and heaven and earth moved to
effect their unholy purpose.
We have the fullest confidence in the Con-
serVatives and Wings Of Maryland. They
feel how great stake their own state as well
as the whole nation has in the result, and will
neither suffer themselves to be defeated in the
coming contest through an overweening conf
dence in their own strength, or by the machi-
nations Of the enemy. Maryland is now look
ed to as having the power to give the last
blow to the hopes ofthe Destructives, and in
the face of this fact, we most sincerely trust
that every honest son she has, (native or a
dopted), Of whatever party, will do his duty
10 her, and to the Union.
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We have only 10 adopt the plan Of Row.
land Hill with suitable qualifications, to re-
Iieve the people Of the heavy tax now paid
to support this Post Office monopoly Of the
letter carrying business. The reduction could
injure nobody--the Department would be
equally well sustained. BY the consequent in
crease Of correspondence. and the people at
large would be intellectually benefited. We
are not satisfied that the Congressional frank
ing privilege should be abolished-but post
age on letters and newspapers should be re-
duced so that the thanking privilege would
virtually be conferred on the whole nation
the immense power of the Post Office should
be brought nearer TO the people, by giving to
Congress the appointment Of the Post Master
General. and to the people the election Of the
more important deputies. Think OF an army
Of THRTY-FIsE THOUSAND Posr Masters
under the control Of ONE MAN This is too
much power for republican government.
The U. S. Bank was nothing compared with
it. We are glad TO see these subjects agita-
ted, and we hope the people in their assem-
blies win speak their wishes on them, and
let them be automatically knownto the Prcsi-
dent and to Congress. For our part. we are
for PENNY POSTAGE AND rosyorrIcE REFORM.
The following is given in the New York
papers as an abstract Of the most important
sections Of the "penny postage BILL" which
has passed the English Parliament and re-
ceived the royal assent on the 10th Of August
last;
Letters OF given weight TO be fixed upon here
after, one penny above such weight sum proper
tionae 10 the increase.
Discretionary power is vested in the Lords Of the
Treasury to take such measures they fiji, with
regard 10 the official privilege of sending and recev
ing letters postage free. Parliamentary franking
| is abolished. Whether the two-penny post in the
cities of London and Dublin shall be continued as
al present. or the rates reduced Is also e to the de-
cision of the Lords Of the Treasury, who are fur
Their authorized to limit the allowance OF masters Of
| vessels for letters conveyed by them.
The word letter" whenever used In the act APP
plies equally to newspapers but does not deprive the
latter OF any previously existing privilege 10 pass
tree Of charge.