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iB- CONSU MpTIDN AND spru~r1vc,
bl-ooD.-Sec the ccr,iiicat. Of Mr.. Turner II
n'n'S"y' Tor many Years proprietor of the Far
'iers Hotel, Fredericksburg, Va, and late of
tho City Hotel, Richmond, Va.
Dr. John Mingc, of The city of Richmond.
though regular physician, and Of courre on
pose" to what Ia" called quack medicines, was
Obliged to say that IL good effects in the case Of
Mr.. KalnScy, were womb rful indeed
lie h'" been gwen up by several physicians
had tried most of the qnack medicines, and
Was on the verge oF despair. ~ we'll as ,he
grave when he tried Carriers Spanish Mix
turc.
We refer th" public to his full and lengthy
cert'''rai" around the ho;tlr stating his cure.
See advertisement.
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NCfico.

4 FINAL SETTLEMENT of tie Estate .f
II DOWNS CALHOUN, deed. will take place
IA IN the Commissioners Office, Abbuyi!le G..
IL, OIL 10Th February next.
W. d. CALHOUN,
Agent for Ex'or.
Jan. 81, 1886. Al At
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Books and Stationery.

NE" BEKki, S. G.
"a VIE undersigned hns opened Book stora
IL in Newbcrry, where he keeps constantv
on hand fine assortment of Religions, Miscsi-
laneous. aud School Books. Orders from n d;..
t"ncc, filled at the shortest notice.
W. j. DUFFIE.
Newberry c. H.. jan. 81, 1855. 40 -
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Ntw Post Offices Lylesford, Fairfield
District, South Carolina; james Andrews,
Postmaster.
Flowcrton. Sumter District, Soutl, Caro-
lima; Nicholas S. Punch, POSTMASTER.
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Curious Statistics.-The London Lancet
says that from an official document recently
Published on the statistics of France, it ap-
pears that there arc at present. in that coun-
try for every 100000 individuals los blind,
81 deaf and dumb, l25 insane, l1s goi-
trous, 1875 humpbacketi, Is having lost
one or both arms, so having lost one or
both legs, 62 with club.feet.
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Esy y railroad is in process of consruc
ton from Fcrnamlina to Cc'iar Keys, Flor
ida. There are four hundred hands now
at work upon it and two hundred more on
their way out. The whole distance is 1870
miles. The cost of construction is cstima-
tcl :;t three millions of dollars. The State
gives the right of way.
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CASH DRY GOODS BUSINESS.
WILLIAM SHEAR
WILL COMMENCE A CASH DRY GOODS
BUS1N ESS OH und utter the LIST Of FEBRUARY
next, and will keep well selected Stock of
Staple and Fancy Articles,
adapted TO the Southern trade, which he will
sell at prices to mike it the interest of purcha-
sers to buy for CASH. 1t requires ne argument
TO prove that Goods can be sold cheaper for Cash,
thrn they can on the usual credit terms. The
public are respectfully requested to call and ex-
anime the assortment
Augusta, Jan. 24, 1866. 4I 2m
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Notice!
&;AJ III. he Sold on Turs,l,y the 18th Of
w Fchst1:y next, at the Dra.lt:.' fno
variety of l!"us''l,"ld Furniture; Mules IIoscx
Cows, Hugs, Corn, Fodder and Oats.
Kwcit:y-ets,e AsaicS of Cotton,
and Cotton Scrl, Plantation and blacksmith
T""!s. &c., &c
Tcrl:s on the day.
J. N. COCHRAN, Er'or.
Jan. o6, 1856. fl t,
sf5- Press copy til day Of sale
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has been called to the fact that some post
masters are in the habit Of sending back to
the mailing Office letters reaching them for
delivery, because they were not prepaid hy
stamps, but by money. This is wrong, and
arises from misapprehension of the law.
In no case, indeed, should a letter, after it
has reached the office Of delivery, be re-
turned for postage, much less should it be
returned because the postage was not paid
by stamps. 1t is the general duty of post
masters to see that letters are prepaid by
stamps, bnt when (having been prepaid in
cash, either through ignorance Of the law,
or inadveTtence, or want of stamps on she
part of the mailing postmaster,) they reach
their destination, it is the duty of the post
master to deliver them the same as though
prepaid by stamps 1t will necessarily hap
pen, III the introduction of the stamp.pre-
payment system, that supplies of stamps
will fail to reach some Of the small and re-
mote offices at the proper time, and It would
be doing violence to the citizens Of those
localities to return, and thus delay theiy
corresponding, because Of circumstance
40 unavoidable. Entertaining this view of
the subject, the department has instructed
postn,asters, not having stamps to forward
letters az heretofore when prepaid by
money. If an unpaid letter, from any
cause, gets into the mail and reaches it's
it should he delivered on pay
meot Of postage at prepaid rate Wash
iRgton Union.
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F""r Doiiors anil F1tly Cents toy an
-I1Ppl".-A California letter, speaking of
the extrav"gant spirit that prevails every
where in th- State, SAYS:
"App!cs ("f large size, to be sure.) we're
offered at fruit stands for sale at four dol
lars AMI fifty cents apiece; the price is not
more remarkable than that there are many
persons i"disrFect enough to purchase anil
eat them Il. this rate. Ii this laste cnnlin-
uca, who will say that the orchards of Ore
!s"n shall not come to he us valuable rs the
gold mines "f California! The lovers of
apples, tine abundance Of gold, and the
little estimation in which the .lucrc' is
bcld in San Francisco, may Lc infer
red"
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Baltimors Tor thS past year amounted to
$9S7,21.36. :sa
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THE District E2ections.--The following
is the result Of of our recent elections -
Tillman Watson, Senator ;Thos. G. Bacon,
Clerk; James Edison. Shsriff; w. +. Duri-
soc. Ordinary. Tbestptal numbsr of votes
polled was two thonsand five hundred and
sixty y-eight.-Edgefeld Advpyt;ser.
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Guano;

We find in tile published proceedings of
the United States Agricultural Society, a
paper upon Guano, submitted by ID. j..
BnowN, of the Patent Office, in which the
annual imports into this country is stated
to be 100000 tons, ut cost of $50 per
ton; and if the fact Of its discovery in an
Island of the Pacific prove truc, us stated
in the following axtract, it will save an All
nual expenditure of five or six millions to
the farmers of this country:
Under the circumstances it is impor.
tant to know that Il recent discovery has
been made of waists deposits of g,,anno on
an island in the Pacific, of quality be-
licvcd to be equal to the best aminoniatcd
Peruvian guanno. The island is under
control OF our citizens, it having been dis
covered by the Captain of IN American
whaling ship. The government mas deemed
| this Il subject of sufficient importance to
the commander of the Pacific squadron to
dcach one of his vessels ;p examine and
survey the island and its product of g,,alr,
and to protect the owncrs in their territorial
rights.
"a company has been formed in the
city of New York to MANAGE this enter
PRISE, and an expedition has already been
sent out, the return Of which Will bc looked
for with no little anxiety 10y all who feel an
interest i'll the question of agriculturc--
Should the expectations of this company
rs to the quantity aml quality of this gu
ano dcpo,i.e hc realized, they propose to
sell it to the American farmer III the rate of
from $50 to $40 per ton, or at about
two-thirds the present price Of Peruvian
g'lano.
with such 4 reduction in the cost of an
article OF prime necessity to the cul,ivatorS
OF the soil, we may naturally look for Il
vast increase in the production of grain and
in the general mciiorai,n Of the economy
Of far'ling.
"Tlle subject is one Of too much impor
tancc to he treated in Il cnrSory notice of
this kind, and is only now alluded to with
the object of calling to it the attention of
all persons interested in the subject Of ayri-
culture.
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Notice.

Notice.
ME undersigned will still carry on the CAR.
l. RAGE BUSINESS in all it's branches as
heretofore, and hopes to merit n ibcr, share Of
patronage. J. T.. BOND.
Jam 10, 1886. 10 a.
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Voluntary Easiavcm:nt-Evcry reader
Of the proceedings of the present LegisIa.
trHe, must have been struck with the num-
Der Of applications for voluntary euslave.
ment by free negroes. Scarcely week
passes that one or more petitions are not
presented from free negroes to enjoy the
blessings of slavery. So numerous have
tLese applications become, that the Senate
has pass general act, which will no iouDt
he acted on in due time by the House,
providing for tho voluntary ensavement Of
FREQ negroes. Whilst the abolitionists are
endeavoring to make it appear that the
slaves are groaning under u horrible bur
den, and eagerly seeking for delverance,
the fact is, that their condition is 80 happy
and comfortable, that the free negroes are
on their knees, begging to be placed in the
same situation.-Pichneond Dispatch.
What america has Learncd.-We may
learn more than one valuable lesson from
this war, says the New York Times
What have the most powerful fleets the
world has ever seen effected upon the Bal
tic9 Nothing at all. Under the most en-
terprising leader known in the British
navy, they have not attempted real attack
upon any Of tho well fortified harbors of
Russia. No more convincing argument of
the protection afforded by juliciously plan
ned, well constructed, and powerfully armed
Notifications need he sought than this, and,
it is hoped, viii have its due effect with
those who provide for the national defence
in placing our great harbors in a state of
complete security.
-. -As>sS
Governor of Kansas.-The Boston Jour
nal mentions a rumor, from source which
entities it to credit, that Ex-Governor Baker.
Of New Hampshire, is to be appointed
Governor Of Kansas 10 the place of Gov
etnor Shannon, who is now on his way to
Washington for the purpose, it Is stated, of
resIgnIng his commission. Gov. Baker has
recently sold his property in Concord, N.
H., with the idea of removing to the West
He was in Boston on Thursday, on his wav
To Washinpton
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January.
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-12-05
NUMBER ~.
MANS DUTY TO WOMAN.


Let him learn to be grateful to wo.
man for this undoubtful achievement
OF her sex. that it is shc--she far more
than he, and she too often in despite
OF him-who has kept Christianity
tromlapsing back into barbarism; kept
mercy and truth from being utterly
ovcrborne by these two greedy mon.
stcrs-money and war Let him be-
grateful for this, that almost every
great soul that has led forward or lift
ed up the race has been furnished for
each noble decd, and inspired with
each patriotic and holy aspiration, BY
the retiring fortitude ofsome Spartan
or more than Spartau--some Christian
mother. Moses, the deliver of his peo.
pie, drawn out of the Nile by the kings
daughter, some one has limited, is only
symbol OF the way that woman's
better instincts always outwit the ty.
ranical diplomacy of man. Let him
cheerinIly remember, that though the
slnewy sex achieves enterprise on pub
lie theatres; tits the nerve and sens;.
bility of the other. that arm the mind
and cntiame the soul in secret. A man
diecovered America, but O. woman
equipped the voyage. So everywhere;
man executes the performance but
woman trains the man. Every effec.
tual person, leaving his mark on the
world, is but another Columbus, for
whose furnishing some Isabella, in the
form of his mother, lays down her lew
elry, her vanities, and her comfort, Il
Above all, let not man practice up-
on woman the perpetual and shame
less falsehood Of pretending admire
ton and acting contempt. Let them
not cruelty her emotion, nor ridicule
her frallty, nor crush her individuality.
nor insult her independence, nor play
OFT mean Jests upon her honor in con-
vivlal companies, nor handy unclean
doubts OF her. as wretched substitute
Tor wit; nor whisper vulgar suspicious
OF Der purity, which, as compared with
their own, is like the immaculate
whlteness Of angels. Let them remem-
Der that, for the ghastly spectacle Of
her blasted character, they are an.
swerable. Let them multiply her so.
clal advantages, enhance her dignity.
minister to her intelligence, and by
manly gentleness, be the champions
.or her genius, the friend of her for
:unes, and the equals, if they can, of
ler heart.
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INDIAN SUMMER,

The following very beautiful refec.
tons are from the Hartford Conrant:
"Do our readers reflect that we are
now in the enjoyment of our Indian
Summer! The season is now the
loveliest of the year, though at the
same time the saddest. Nature is DIV.
ing in beauty around US. As she fades
on earth, each hue is Iovelier than the
last, until the brown tinge Of absolute
decay covers her brilliant charms
The smile on the cheek of the expiring
season was never more beautiful
more winning. One would suppose
that its very loveliness would turn
aside the dart of death, or. if that
could not be, strip it OF all its poison.
Beautiful as the season is, it is most
melancholy. The varied hyes of the
bright leaves are too well known to
be hues of death not to create sadness
in the beholder. The gay dress Of the
forest cannot compensate for its 81.
lence. We tread over the scattered
and falling leaves, and ask, as our
football strikes dead on the car:
"Where nrc the forest birds,
The answer is silen, ono,
More eloquent than words!'
But let us enjoy the season whilc
we may. Its vivid beauty will not last
US long. IL is rs cvanescent as il is
gay. Letus then give our heart to its
loneliness while it flashes around us.
Winter and death will soon spread
their gloom around US without our
pining ourselves romantically With
heir anticipation. Nature viii not
DC dead. She only sleeps to rise in
beauty for another year. hS not %
rui MN"
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IIUMILIS.
S O n G .
BY THOMAS MOORE.
rankin CouN1Y, Nov. "a.

"Who comes so gracefully
Gliding along,
While the blue rivulet
Sleeps to her song;
Song, richly vyins
With the faint signing
Which swans, in dying,
Sweetly prolong?'
So sung the shepherd. boy
By the streams side,
Watching that fairy. boat
Down the food glide,
Like q bird winging,
Through the waves bringing
The Syren, singing
To the hush'd tide.
"Stay," said the shepherd. boy
"Fairy'boat, stay,
Linger sweet minstrelsy,
Llnger, day.
But vain his pleading,
Past him, unhecding,
Song and boat, speeding,
Glided away.
So to our youthful eyes
Joy and hope shone;
So, while we gazed on them,
Fast they flew on
Like flowers, declining
Ev'n in the twining,
One moment shining,
And the next gonel
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imaginations, and only make the feel
ings Of instability stronger and deeper
than before. The halls which were
once crowded with all that taste, and
science, and labor could procure;
which resounded with melody, and
were lighted up with beauty, are bu-
Rcd by their own ruins,---mocked by
their own dcsolation." Their courts
are deserted the voice Of hilarity
and wailing, and the steps of the busy
and the idle have alike ceased. In
the magnificent and spacious domes
that once held our fathers the lean
lizard crawls, the serpent Kisses, and
the wild bird screams. All, all are
fast passing away and melting like
mist before the meridian sun. So it
is with men and things.
Why is it the rainbow with its va
riegated and dazzling beauties, and
clouds enkindlng with radiant glow,
come over US, and then pass off so
suddenly and leave us to muse upon
thin faded loveliness? "Why is il
that the stars who hold their festivals
around the midnight throne, are set
above our limited faculties, forever
hooking US with their unapproacha-
bic glory! Why is it that the beau
tiIul forms Of human mold presented to
our view, are taken from US, and leave
the many streams Of affection and sin
cere attachment "to plow back in AL
pine torrents upon the heart ? It is
because we We're born for Il brighter
world than earth, and destined soon to
leave it with all it has that is bright
and vcly,--ts dearest and kindest
friends; yes, and its SORROWS and its
pains--fulsc friends and dccciuers-
usjuces and Judases.
No sooner do days, months, and
years appear with their productions
on the calendar Of time than they
have passed away never to return
Having passed from earth, perhaps to
rest for a while in oblivious silence,
we shall all be summoned before the
great Supreme Court of the Universe,
to be tried " for the deeds done in the
body; and if acquitted by the All
wise Ruler Of Worlds, our abode will
be in "a realm where rainbows never
fade,-wherc the stars will be out be-
fore US like islets that slumber on the
Ocean, and where the beings that pass
before US like shadows will stay in our
presence forever, and new scenes of
glory be bursting upon US throughout
Eternity.
HUMILIS.
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Written for the Winchester Appeal.
SOLITARY MUSINGS.
CO INCLUDED.

We are passing array! We live in
world Of life, motion, and progress
sion. On It's surface dwell multiplied
millions Of animated beings, from man,
the highest order Of Intelligence, down
to the lowest grade Of being. Inter-
spersed in every direction are human
beings Of different intcllecis, different
habits, different pursuits, different in
degrees of civilization and enlightun-
ment, from the lowest order of savage
life to the most enlightened and intel
ligent circles in the land Of Christrn-
dom. All, even from those who have
for ages CROPPED in grossest darsnoss,--
who had only the iaintest scntil.a-
tons Of the lights of nature to direct
them,--to those VINO for centuries have
had the learning Of the most renown-
ed and classical nations Of antiquity
handed down to them, with all the i'm
provements and advantages OF civil
ized life, and above all, with the great
source and (ountaia of all Hght--ihc
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Daniel Webster, whilea young law
yer, was retained in q case for which
he received fee Of SIS. Later in
life he was employed in similar case
and received q fee of $4,000. though
he used the same brief which he had
prepared for the first case.
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Money proves to be a friend. f-e.
quently. when men prove untrue.
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On THE WRoNG TRACK.-In illustration oil
the fact that railroads and turnpikes are too
intimately confOunded in this country, to the
no small peril of travellers on both descriptions
of road, the New Haven Palladiam relates an
incident which it states occurred on the West
ern road near Worcester several years since.
An old man who had been into town on bust
ness, and had imbibed pretty freely, was re-
turning home in the evening in his wagon, and,
losing bis reckoning, permitted his horse to
take the railroad. Jogging along leisurOly, it
was not long before the train OF cars overlook
him. and the locomotive striking the wagon,
sent the old man "luking," and killed the
horse, without however, injuring the man.
The train was stopped, and the conductor re
turned 10 ascertain the damage. AS he at
preached the scene Of the accident, he inquired
ofthe man if he was hurt. "HurtS" he re-
Piled mo; but shonld like to know what
IN thunder you are running your blasted old
cars on the turnpike for?
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6unrorOus lacuOins,
a snnrf .sirhted GOvernOr.

Some wears since, on the road from Laneas-
"a, n Philadelphia. on blazing hot summers
s.y Judge Pollock, Governor Of Pensylva'
MIA \ Hon James Quiggle. the plain Lawyer
Quirgle J and your correspondent who kne"
the former +, but not the latter, were alone IN 'he
rs.rmoa car of the train. Pollock was look
iny ont Of the car window, at a place where
the train stopped to water, when suddenly ne
dr.w h;s white handkerchief from his pocket
and began waving it in the air. at the same
time bobbins bis head out Of the window ID a
very vehement manner.
aWha. are you about, Judge ?" asked Mr.
O.. without raising from his seat
"Wby, don't you see yOnder There's a
lady waving a white handkerchief and l am
rs,nrninp The sAlute-some acquaintance I've
made formerly. suppose"
Judge P. ceased, but in few moments he
.r.;0 I,oked out and resumed the operation
with his cambre.
"WbO is she, Judge 2" asked Mr.. Q, as he
was longing in the corner Of the car with his
neither extremllies curled up like gigantic /
talie capital q,
"Weu the fact is, don't exactly know.
am near sighted, and can't recognize her' but
she is dressed in grey silk, and stands yondei
under big maple tree, near my friend John
BIS house.
By and by the locomotive gave SNORT anu
,ba train began 10 more. Judge Pollock again
airted his cambric to the lady in fnal salute
and this time Jim Quiggle thought he would
take a peep at her. 80 he crossed over TO 'h'
Judge, and pOking out hi ; head, took view
but didn't see the lady, Nevertheless th
Judge kept on waving his handkerchief 'h
usrspiralion rolling down his face with the G
fort.
"Where is she l don't see anybody,
said Mr., O., after scanning the landscape Will
out observing any female.
"There p was the rather petulent reply
,'don't you see that lady in the grey silk dress
standing under that maple tree, waving whit
handkerchief Z
There was suppressed snortng sound an
Jim Quggle rolled over on the seat red in th
face as boiled lobster, while your correspond
ent picked him up in state of violent Parol
ysm Of laughter, and laid him out upon IL
seat. After sacrificing all the buttons on
vest and waistband, he explained to the wo
dering Judge the occasion of the cachinatO
spasm. The Judge had been exchanging S
luLes for twenty minutes with an iro" gr
mare, whose long tail, as it tapped away Il
Aios, had been taken by him for white han
kercbief, waved by lady in grey silk dres
The Judge didn't swear, but he changed Il
subject to saw mills, the only portion OF whl'
was ineligible being the frequent repetition
the word "dam."